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 THE 
 
 HOLY BIBLE 
 
 CONTAINING THE 
 
 OLD AND NEW TESTAMENTS 
 
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 PREFACE. I^EH^ 
 
 The Revision of the Authorised Version was undertaken in consequence 
 of a Resohition passed by both houses of the Convocation of the Province of 
 Canterbury, as has been fully explained in the Preface to the Revised Version 
 of the New Testament, which was first published in May 1881. When the 
 two Companies were appointed for carrying out this work, the following 
 (Jeneral Principles, among others, were laid down by the Revision Committee 
 of Convocation for their guidance : — 
 
 '1. To introduce as few alterations as possible into the Text of the 
 Authorised Version consistently with faithfulness.' 
 
 ' 2. To limit, as far as possible, the expression of such alterations to the 
 language of the Authorised and earlier English Versions.' 
 
 '4. That the Text to be adopted be that for which the evidence is 
 decidedly preponderating ; and that when the Text so adoi)ted differs from 
 that from which the Authorised Version was made, the alteration be indic- 
 ated in the margin.' 
 
 '7. To revise the headings of chapters and pages, paragraphs, italics, 
 and punctuation.' 
 
 In order to shew the manner in which the Old Testament Company have 
 endeavoured to carry out their instructions, it will be ct)nvenient to treat 
 the subjects mentioned in the foregoing rules in a somewhat difterent order. 
 
 It will be observed that in Rule 4 the word 'Text' is used in a different 
 sense from that in Rule 1, and in the case of the Old Testament denotes the 
 Hebrew or Aramaic original of the several books. In this respect the task 
 of the Revisers has been much simpler than that which the New Testament 
 Company had before them. The Received, or, as it is commonly called, 
 the Massoretic Text of the Old Testament Scriptures has come down to us in 
 manuscripts which are of no very great antiquity, and which all belong to 
 the same family or recension^. That other recensions were at one time 
 in existence is probable from the variations in the Ancient Versions, the 
 oldest of which, namely the Greek or Septuagint, was made, at least in 
 part, some two centuries before the Christian era. But as the state of 
 knowledge on the subject is not at present such as to justify any attempt 
 at an entire reconstruction of the text on the authority of the Versions, the 
 Revisers have thought it most prudent to adopt the Massoretic Text as the 
 basis of their work, and to depart from it, as the Authorised Translators 
 had done 2, only in exceptional cases. With regard to the variations in the 
 Massoretic Text itself, the Revisers have endeavoured to translate what 
 appeared to them to be the best reading in the text, and where the alternatiA^e 
 reading seemed sufficiently probable or important they have placed it in the 
 margin. In some few instances of extreme difficulty a reading has been 
 adopted on the authority of the Ancient Versions, and the departure from 
 the Massoretic Text recorded in the margin. In other cases, where the 
 versions appeared to sujiply a very probable though not so necessary a 
 correction of the text, the text has been left and the variation indicated in 
 the margin only. 
 
 In endeavouring to carry out as fully as possible the spirit of Rules 1 and 
 2, the Revisers have borne in mind that it was their duty not to make a new 
 translation but to revise one already existing, which for more than two 
 
 1 The earliest MS. of wliicli the age is certainly hnown bears date A. p. 91 G. 
 
 2 See, for instauee, 2 Sam. xvi. 12 ; 2 Chr. iii. 1, xxii. 6 ; Job xxxvii. 7 ; Ezek. xlvi. 
 10; Am. V. 26; Hag. i. 2. 
 
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 vi PREFACE, 
 
 centuries and a half had held the position of an English classic. They have 
 therefore departed from it only in cases where they disagreed with the 
 Translators of 1611 as to the meaning or construction of a word or sentence ; 
 or where it was necessary for the sake of uniformity to render such parallel 
 passages as were identical in Hebrew by the same English words, so that 
 an English reader might know at once by comparison that a difference in the 
 translation corresponded to a difference in the original ; or where the language 
 of the Authorised Version was liable to be misunderstood by reason of its 
 being archaic or obscure ; or finally, where the rendering of an earlier English 
 version seemed preferable, or where by an apparently slight change it was 
 possible to bring out more fully the meaning of a passage of which the trans- 
 lation was already substantially accurate. 
 
 It has been thought advisable in regard to the word 'Jehovah' to follow 
 the usage of the Authorised Version, and not to insert it luiiformly in place 
 of 'Lord ' or ' God', which when printed in small capitals represent the words 
 substituted by Jev;ish custom for the ineflfable Name according to the vowel 
 points by which it is distinguished. It will be found therefore that in this 
 respect the Authorised Version has been departed from only in a few passages, 
 in which the introduction of a proper name seemed to be required. 
 
 Terms of natural history have been changed only where it was certain 
 that the Authorised Version was incorrect and where there was sufficient 
 evidence for the substituted rendering. In cases of doubt the alternative 
 rendering has been given in the margin ; and even where no doubt existed, 
 but where there was no familiar English equivalent for the original word, 
 the Old Version has been allowed to remain i, and the more accurate term has 
 been placed in the margin. 
 
 In some words of very frequent occurrence, the Authorised Version being 
 either inadequate or inconsistent, and sometimes misleading, changes have 
 been introduced with as much uniformity as appeared practicable or desirable. 
 For instance, 'the tabernacle of the congregation' has been everywhere 
 changed to ' the tent of meeting', on account of Exodus xxv. 22, xxix. 42, 43, 
 and also because 'the tabernacle of the congregation' conveys an entirely 
 wrong sense. The words 'tabernacle' and 'tent', as the renderings of two 
 different Hebrew words, are in the Authorised Version frequently inter- 
 changed in such a manner as to lead to confusion ; and the Revisers have 
 endeavoured throughout the Pentateuch to preserve a consistent distinction 
 between them. Their practice in regard to the words 'assembly' and 'con- 
 gregation' has been the same in princij^le, although they have contented 
 themselves with introducing greater consistency of rendering without aiming 
 at absolute iniiformity. In consequence of the changes which have taken 
 place in the English language, the term ' meat offei-ing ' has become in- 
 appropriate to describe an offering of which flesh was no part ; and by 
 the alteration to 'meal offering' a sufficiently accurate representation of the 
 original has been obtained with the least possible change of form. 
 
 As regards the use of words, there are only a few cases in which it has 
 been found needful to deviate from the language employed in the Authorised 
 Version. One of these deviations occurs so frequently that it may be well to 
 state briefly why it was adopted. The word 'j^eoples' was nowhere used by 
 King James's Translators in the Old Testament, and in the New Testament 
 it occurs only twice (Rev. s. 11, xvii. 15). The effect of this was to leave 
 the rendering of numerous passages inadequate or obscure or even positively 
 misleading. Thus in one of the best known Psalms (Ps. Ixvii.), where the 
 Septuagint has Xaot and the N \\\'g&iQ populi, the English had 'Let the people 
 praise thee, God ; let all the people praise thee'; leaving it at least doubtful 
 
 1 As for instance, 'coney' (Lev. xi. 5), 'fitclies' ds. xx\'iii. 25, 27), 'gourd' (Jon. iv. 6V
 
 whether the 'nations' of verse 4, or God's people, Israel, be referred to. And 
 in Isaiah Iv. 4, ' Behold, I have given him for a witness to the people, a leader 
 and commander to the people', the word 'people' is naturally understood by 
 the English reader to refer to Israel. 
 
 Again, the Hebrew word goyim 'nations', which is applied to the nations 
 of Canaan dispossessed by the Hebrews, and then also to the surrounding 
 nations among whom the people of Israel were afterwards dispersed, acquired 
 in later times a moral significance, which is represented in the Authorised 
 Version by the rendering 'heathen' or 'Gentiles'. While recognizing this 
 moral sense of the word, the Eevisers have employed it much more sparingly 
 than their predecessors had done. 
 
 Similarly, the Hebrew Sheol, which signifies the abode of departed spirits, 
 and corresponds to the Greek Hades, or the under world, is variously rendered 
 in the Authorised Version by 'grave', 'pit', and 'hell'. Of these renderings 
 'hell', if it could be taken in its original sense as used in the Creeds, would 
 be a fairly adequate equivalent for the Hebrew word ; but it is so commonly 
 understood of the place of torment that to employ it frequently would lead 
 to inevitable misunderstanding. The Revisers therefore in the historical 
 narratives have left the rendering 'the grave' or 'the pit' in the text, with a 
 marginal note 'Heb. iyJieoV to indicate that it does not signify 'the place of 
 burial'; while in the poetical writings they have put most commonly 'Sheol' 
 in the text and 'the grave' in the margin. In Isaiah xiv. however, where 
 ' hell ' is used in more of its original sense and is less liable to be mis- 
 understood, and where any change in so familiar a passage which was not 
 distinctly an improvement would be a decided loss, the Revisers have con- 
 tented themselves with leaving ' hell ' in the text, and have connected it 
 with other passages by putting ' Sheol ' in the margin. 
 
 In connexion with this it may be mentioned that ' Abaddon ', which has 
 hitherto been known to the English reader of the Bible only from the New 
 Testament (Rev. ix. 11), has been introduced in three passages (Job xxvi. G; 
 Prov. XV. 11, xxvii. 20), where a proper name appears to be required for giving 
 vividness and point. 
 
 The Hebrew word Asherah, which is uniformly and wrongly rendered 'grove' 
 in the Authorised Version, most probably denotes the wooden symbol of a 
 goddess ; and the Revisers therefore have not hesitated to introduce it as a 
 proper name in the singular (Judg. vi. 25, &c.), with the plurals Asherim (Ex. 
 xxxiv. 13, &c.) and Asheroth (Judg. iii. 7, &c.), following the analogy of the 
 Baalim (Judg. iii. 7) and the Ashtaroth (Judg. ii. 13), which are already familiar. 
 
 In regard to the language of the Authorised Version, the Revisers have 
 thought it no part of their duty to reduce it to conformity with modern 
 usage, and have therefore left untouched all archaisms, whether of language 
 or construction, which though not in familiar use cause a reader no embarrass- 
 ment and lead to no misunderstanding. They are aware that in so doing 
 they will disappoint the largo English-speaking race on the other, side of 
 the Atlantic, and it is a question upon which they are prepared to agree 
 to a friendly difierence of opinion. The principle by which they have been 
 guided has been clear and consistent. Where an archaic word or expression 
 was liable to be misunderstood or at least was not perfectly intelligible, they 
 have substituted for it another, in equally good use at the time the Authorised 
 Version was made, and expressing all that the archaism was intended to 
 convey, but more familiar to the modern reader. In such cases the gain 
 was greater than the loss. But in other instances where the word or ex- 
 pression, although obsolete, was not unintelligible, it was thought that the 
 change would involve greater loss than gain, and the old rendering was 
 therefore allowed to stand. More especially was this the case when the 
 archaism was a perfectly correct rendering of the original and there was no
 
 viii PREFACE. 
 
 exact modern equivalent for it. The principle adopted by the Company 
 will be best illustrated by two typical examples. The verb ' to ear ' in the 
 sense of ' to plough ' and the substantive ' earing ' for ' ploughing ' were 
 very reluctantly abandoned, and only because it was ascertained that their 
 meaning was unknown to many persons of good intelligence and education. 
 But it was easy to put in their place equivalents which had a pedigree of 
 almost equal antiquity, and it would have been an excess of conservatism 
 to refuse to substitute for an unintelligible archaism an expression to which 
 no ambiguity could be attached. On the other hand the word 'boiled' (Ex. 
 ix. 31), which signifies 'podded for seed' and is known in provincial dialects, 
 has no synonym in literary English. To have discarded it in favour of a 
 less accurate or more paraphrastic expression would have been to impoverish 
 the language ; and it was therefore left, because it exactly expresses one wiew 
 which is taken of the meaning of the original. 
 
 One of the few instances in which the language of the Authorised Version 
 has been modified in accordance with later usage is the change of the neuter 
 possessive pronoun from ' his ' to ' its '. It is well known that ' its ' does not 
 occur in the Bible of 1611, and it does not appear to have been introduced 
 into any edition before 1660. But it is found ten times in Shakespeare, and 
 there is other evidence to shew that at the time of the Authorised Version 
 it was coming into nse. It was found necessary in some cases to substitute 
 ' its ' for ' his ' in order to avoid obscurity, and there seemed no good reason, 
 when it was once introduced, for refusing to admit it generally when it re- 
 ferred to purely inanimate objects. 
 
 In making minor changes, whether in translation or language, the Revisers 
 have followed the example of the translators of the Authorised Version, who 
 allowed themselves in this respect a reasonable freedom, without permitting 
 their liberty to degenerate into license. 
 
 It will be at once seen that the old division of the books into chapters 
 and verses has been al>anddned in favour of the arrangement in paragraphs, 
 the numbering of the cliapters and verses being however retained for con- 
 venience of reference. AVhere the change of subject seemed to require a 
 greater break than was marked by the beginning of a new i^aragraph, it has 
 been indicated by a space before the paragraph. Occasionally the divisions 
 of the chapters in the Authorised Version differ from those in the common 
 Hebrew Bibles. In such cases the variations are given in the margin. In 
 the Psalms, the titles are printed in smaller type, as in some modern English 
 Bibles, which differ in this respect from the edition of 1611. One con- 
 sequence of the arrangement in paragraphs has been the omission of the 
 headings of chapters, which for other and more imjjortant reasons it was 
 thought advisable to abandon, as involving questions which belong rather 
 to the province of the commentator than to that of the translator. With 
 the headings of chapters the head-lines of pages naturally disappeared also, 
 and for the same reason. 
 
 In the poetical portions, besides the division into paragraphs, the Revisers 
 have adopted an arrangement in lines, so as to exhibit the parallelism which 
 is characteristic of Hebrew Poetry. But they have not extended this arrange- 
 ment to the prophetical books, the language of which although frequently 
 marked hj parallelism is, except in purely lyrical passages, rather of the 
 nature of lofty and impassioned prose. 
 
 In the use of italics the Revisers departed from the custom of the 
 Authorised Version and adopted as their rule the following resolution of 
 their Company : 
 
 ' That all such words now printed in italics, as are plainly implied in the 
 Hel)rew and necessary in English, be i)rinted in common type.' 
 
 But where any doubt existed as to the exact rendering of the Hebrew,
 
 PREFACE. ix 
 
 all words which have been added in order to give completeness to the 
 English expression are printed in italic type, so that the reader by omitting 
 them may be able to see how for their insertion is justified by the words of 
 the original. This of course is especially true (jf those renderings for which 
 an alternative is given in the margin, where the roman and italic type play 
 exactly opposite parts. 
 
 To complete the account of the Revised Version it remains only to 
 describe the marginal notes. These will be found to contain 
 
 (1) The renderings of such variations in the JMassoretic Text as appeared 
 to be of sufficient importance. These variations are known by the teclmical 
 names of K'ri {read) and C'thib {u-ritien), which denote that the K'ri, or 
 reading in the margin of the Hebrew Bible, is to be substituted for the 
 C'thib which appears in the written text. The Revisers have generally, 
 though not uniformly, rendered the C'thib in the text, and left the K'ri 
 in the margin, with the introductory note ' Or, according to another reading ', 
 or ' Another reading is '. When the K'ri has been followed in the text, the 
 C'thib has been placed in the margin, if it represented a variation of sufficient 
 importance. 
 
 (2) Alternative renderings, introduced by ' Or '. These are either dif- 
 ferent meanings of the word or passage, or they serve to connect it with other 
 renderings elsewhere. 
 
 (3) Literal renderings of the Hebrew or Aramaic, indicated by the prefix 
 ' Heb.' or 'Aram.' 
 
 (4) Changes of text made on the authority of the ancient Versions. 
 
 (5) Readings from ancient Versions which appeared to be of sufficient 
 importance to be noticed. 
 
 (6) Renderings of the Hebrew consonants as read with different vowel 
 points, or as differently divided. These are introduced by the words ' Or, as 
 otherwise read'. 
 
 (7) Marginal references to other passages, which are either strictly 
 parallel, or serve the purpose of illustrating or justifying a particular ren- 
 dering. 
 
 (8) Explanations of certain proper names, the meaning of which is 
 referred to in the text. 
 
 In the Proper Names the Revisers have endeavoured to ascertain the 
 system of transliteration adopted by the Translators of the Authorised Version 
 and to carry it out with somewhat greater consistency. They have not how- 
 ever attempted anything like rigid uniformity, and have left unchanged all 
 those names which by usage have become English; as, for instance, Moses, 
 Aaron, Isaiah, Jeremiah, Ezekiel, and the like. 
 
 Among the Rules laid down by the Revision Committee of Convocation 
 for the guidance of the Revisers was one that no change should be finally 
 made in the text of the Authorised Version except by the vote of two-thirds 
 of the Company present and voting ; and this Rule has been invariably acted 
 upon. The result has been that in many cases a rendering which was pre- 
 ferred by the majority of the Companj^ voting has been recorded in the 
 margin, the majority not being sufficient to give it a place in the text. But 
 all questions of marginal readings, as well as of punctuation and division into 
 paragraphs, except where these affected the sense of a passage, were decided 
 by a simple majority. 
 
 It may be of some interest to describe the method observed by the 
 (Company in their work, if only to shew that every question raised was 
 carefully and deliberately considered. In the first Revision it was the 
 practice for the Secretary to read over each verse, first in the original and then 
 in the Authorised Version : the proposals for change were then taken ; first 
 those communicated in writing by absent members, and next those made by
 
 the members present. Each proposal was moved, and if seconded was dis- 
 cussed and voted upon ; the decision in the first Revision being by a majority 
 only. If a proposal met with no seconder, it was not discussed but allowed to 
 drop. In the second Revision, the Secretary read out in order the changes 
 which had been made at the first Revision ; if these wei-e unchallenged they 
 were allowed to remain, otherwise they were put to the vote and aflirmed or 
 rejected according as they were or were not supported by the requisite majority 
 of two-thirds. In the second Revision new propositions could only be made 
 by special permission of the Company, and discussion was limited, as far as 
 possible, to exceptional cases. In the final review, which was in reality the 
 completion of the second Revision, the Company employed themselves in 
 making a general survey of what they had done, deciding finally upon reserved 
 points, harmonizing inconsistencies, smoothing down roughnesses, removing 
 unnecessary changes, and generally giving finish and completeness to their 
 work. Everything in this final survey was decided by the vote of a majority 
 of two-thirds. 
 
 The Revisers had already made some progress, and had in fact gone 
 twice through the Pentateuch, before they secured the co-operation of the 
 American Old Testament Revision Company. The first Revision of the 
 several books was submitted to the consideration of the American Revisers, 
 and, except in the case of the Pentateuch, the English Company had the 
 benefit of their criticisms and suggestions befoi'e they proceeded to the 
 second Revision. The second Revision was in like manner forwarded to 
 America, and the latest thoughts of the American Revisers were in the 
 hands of the English Company at tlieir final review. In every instance the 
 suggestions from America were treated with the same consideration as those 
 proceeding from members of the English Company, and werfe adopted or 
 rejected on their merits. It was a part of the terms of agreement with the 
 Amei'ican Company that all points of ultimate difterence between them and 
 the English Revisers should be placed on record, and they will accordingly 
 be found fully stated at the end of the Old Testament, or' at the end of the 
 several portions, according as the Revised Version appeal's in one or more 
 volumes. Many of them will be found to be changes of language which are 
 involved in the essentially different circumstances of American and English 
 readers; others express a preference for the marginal rendering over that 
 given in the text ; others again involve a real diflference of opinion ; but all 
 shew that they have been dictated by the same leading principle, the sincere 
 desire to give to modern readers a faithful representation of the meaning of 
 the original documents. 
 
 It could not but be expected that in the course of fourteen years many 
 changes would take place in the members of the Company. Of the original 
 number who first put their hands to the work on the 30th of June 1870, only 
 fifteen now remain. Ten of the Company have been removed by death, and 
 two resigned: the places of these were filled from time to time by others; 
 but since October 1875 no new members have been added. The Revisioii 
 was completed in eighty-five sessions, ending on 20th June, 1884; and it 
 occupied 792 days. The greater part of the sessions were for ten days each, 
 and each day the Company generally sat for six hours. The labour therefore 
 has been great, but it has been given ungrudgingly ; and now with a feeling 
 of deep thankfulness to Almighty God, and the earnest hope that their endea- 
 vours may with His blessing tend to a clearer knowledge of the Old Testament 
 Scriptures, the Revisers bring their long task to a close. 
 
 Jerusalem Chamber, Westminster Abbey, 
 10 July, 1S81.
 
 THE NAMES AND ORDER 
 
 or ALL THE 
 
 BOOKS OF THE OLD TESTAMENT. 
 
 Genesis 1 
 
 Exodus 41 
 
 Leviticus 76 
 
 Numbers 101 
 
 Deuteeonouy 137 
 
 Joshua 167 
 
 Judges 188 
 
 Ruth 208 
 
 I. Samuel 211 
 
 II. Samuel 237 
 
 I. Kings 259 
 
 II. Kings 284 
 
 I. Chronicles 308 
 
 II. Chronicles 330 
 
 E7,EA 358 
 
 Nehemiah 366 
 
 Esther 377 
 
 Job 383 
 
 The Tsalms 109 
 
 The Proverbs -172 
 
 ecclesiastes 194 
 
 The Song of Songs ..... 499 
 
 Isaiah 504 
 
 Jeremiah 543 
 
 Lamentations 588 
 
 Ezeziel 593 
 
 Daniel ' . . 634 
 
 HosEA 646 
 
 Joel 652 
 
 Amos 654 
 
 Ob.ujiah 653 
 
 Jonah C59 
 
 Micah ' 661 
 
 Nahum 664 
 
 Hacakkuk 665 
 
 Zephaniah 667 
 
 Haggai 669 
 
 Zechariah . . .   670 
 
 Malachi 677
 
 THE NAMES AND ORDER 
 
 OF ALL THE 
 
 BOOKS OF THE NEW TESTAMENT. 
 
 I'aije 
 
 S. Matthew 1 
 
 S. Makk 26 
 
 S. Luke 41 
 
 S. John 68 
 
 The Acts 88 
 
 To THE EoiIANS Hi 
 
 I. COEINTHIANS 124 
 
 II. COKINTHIANS 134 
 
 To THE Galatians 141 
 
 To THE EpHESLiNS 144 
 
 To THE PniLIPPIAXS 148 
 
 Pcuje 
 
 I. TlilOTHY ^ 156 
 
 II. Timothy 159 
 
 To Titus 161 
 
 To Philemon- 162 
 
 To THE Hebeews 162 
 
 James 170 
 
 I. Peter 173 
 
 II. Peter 176 
 
 I. John 178 
 
 II. John 180 
 
 III. John 181 
 
 To the Colossians 
 
 150 JUDE 
 
 I. Thessalonians 152 
 
 n. Thessalonians 155 
 
 181 
 
 Eevelation 182
 
 THE FIRST BOOK OF MOSES, 
 
 COMMONLY CALLEU 
 
 GENESIS. 
 
 1 Or, wn8 
 brooding 
 upon 
 
 JHeb. 
 cxpaiue. 
 
 1 In the begiiiiiiiig God created the 
 
 2 heaven and the earth. And the earth 
 ■was waste and void ; and darkuess 
 ■was upon the face of the deep : and 
 the si)irit of God Amoved upon the 
 
 3 face of the waters. And God said, 
 Let there be hght : and there was 
 
 ■lUght. And God saw the Hght, that it 
 was good : and God divided the Hght 
 
 5 from the darluiess. And God called 
 the light Day, and the darkness he 
 called Night. And there was evening 
 and there was morning, one day. 
 
 6 And God said, Let there be a ^fii-ma- 
 ment in tlie midst of the waters, and 
 let it divide the waters from the waters. 
 
 7 And God made the firmament, and di- 
 vided the waters which were under 
 the firmament from the waters which 
 were above the firmament : and it was 
 
 8 so. And God called the firmament 
 Heaven. And there was evening and 
 there was morning, a second day. 
 
 9 And God said, Let the waters under 
 the heaven be gathered together unto 
 one place, and let the dry land ap- 
 
 10 pear : and it was so. And God called 
 the dry land Earth ; and the gathermg 
 together of the waters called he Seas : 
 
 11 and God saw that it was good. And 
 God said. Let the earth put forth grass, 
 herb yielding seed, and fruit tree bear- 
 ing fruit after its kind, wherein is the 
 seed thereof, upon the earth : and it was 
 
 12 so. And the earth brought forth gi'ass, 
 herb yielding seed after its kind, and 
 tree beariiig fruit, wherein is the seed 
 thereof, after its kind : and God saw 
 
 13 that it was good. And there was even- 
 ing and there was morning, a 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 
 
 15 days and years : and let them be for 
 lights in the firmament of the heaven 
 to give Hght upon the earth: and it 
 
 16 was so. And God made the two great 
 Hghts ; the gi-eater light to rule the 
 daj', and the lesser light to rule the 
 
 17 night: he made the stars also. And 
 God set them }i\ the finuament of the 
 heaven to give light upon the earth, 
 
 18 and to rule over the day and over the 
 night, and to divide the' Hght from the 
 darkness: and God saw that it was 
 
 11) good. And there was evening and 
 there \\as morning, a fourth day. 
 
 20 And God said. Let the waters -^ bring 
 forth abundantlj' the moving creature 
 that hath life, and let fowl fly above 
 the earth •'in the open firmament of 
 
 21 heaven. And God created the gi-eat 
 sea-monsters, and every living crea'- 
 ture that moveth, which the waters 
 brought forth abimdantly, after their 
 kinds, and every winged fowl after 
 its kind: and God saw that it was 
 
 22 good. And God blessed them, saying, 
 Be fruitful, and nmltiply, and fill the 
 ■waters in the seas, and let fowl mul- 
 
 23tiply in the earth. Aiid there was 
 evening and there was morning, a 
 fifth day. 
 
 24 And God said. Let the earth bring 
 forth the living creature after its kind, 
 cattle, and creeping thing, and beast 
 of the earth after its kind : and it was 
 
 25 so. And God made the beast of the 
 earth after its kind, and the cattle 
 after their kind, and every thing that 
 creepeth ujion the ground after its 
 kind : and God saw that it was good. 
 
 26 And God said, Let us make man in 
 our uuage, 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 
 thmg that creepeth ui^on the earth. 
 
 27 And God created man in his own 
 image, in the image of God created 
 he him ; male and female created he 
 
 28 them. And God blessed them: and 
 God said mito them. Be fruitful, aiid 
 multiply, and rei)lenish 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 
 
 29 5 moveth upon the earth. And God 
 said, Behold, I have given you evei\y 
 herb yielding seed, which is upon the 
 face of all the earth, and every tree, in 
 the which is the fruit of a tree yield- 
 ing 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 ui)on the earth, 
 wherein there is ^life, / have given 
 every green herb for meat: and it 
 
 31 was so. And God saw every thing 
 that he had made, and, behold, it was 
 
 3Heb. 
 
 $warm 
 
 leith 
 
 itttrarnis 
 
 of living 
 
 crea- 
 ' turet. 
 j 4 Heb. 
 ( on the 
 
 face of 
 
 the ex- 
 ' pajue of 
 
 the 
 
 heaven. 
 
 !• Or, 
 creepeth 
 
 e Heb. a 
 
 living 
 
 loul.
 
 GENESIS. 
 
 1. 31. 
 
 iHeb. 
 Jehovah, 
 as in 
 other 
 places 
 wliere 
 Lord is 
 put in 
 capitals. 
 
 2 Or, 
 
 lieryl 
 
 3 That is, 
 Tigris. 
 i Or, to- 
 ward the 
 east of 
 
 5 Or, 
 antiwar- 
 ing to 
 
 very good. And there was evening and 
 there was mornmg, the sixth day. 
 2 And the heaven and the earth were 
 finished, and all the host of them. 
 
 2 And on the seventh day God finished 
 his work which he had made ; and he 
 rested on the seventh day from all his 
 
 3 work which he had made. And God 
 blessed the seventh day, and hallowed 
 it : because that in it he rested from 
 all his work which God had created 
 and made. 
 
 4 These are the generations of the hea- 
 ven and of the earth when they were 
 created, in the day that itlie Lord 
 
 .') God made earth and heaven. And no 
 idant of the field was yet in the earth, 
 and no herb of the field had yet sprung 
 up : for the Lord God had not caused 
 it to rain upon the earth, and there 
 Avas not a man to till the gi'ound ; 
 
 6 but there went uj) a mist from the 
 earth, and watered the whole face of 
 
 7 the ground. And the Lord God form- 
 ed man of the dust of the ground, and 
 breathed into his nostrils the breath 
 of life ; and man became a living soul. 
 
 8 And the Lord God i)lauted a garden 
 eastward, in Eden ; and there he put 
 
 9 the man whom he had formed. And 
 out of the ground made the Lord God 
 to grow every tree that is pleasant to 
 the sight, and good for food ; the tree 
 of life also in the midst of the garden, 
 and the tree of the knowledge of good 
 
 10 and evil. And a river went out of 
 Eden to water the garden ; and from 
 thence it was parted, and became four 
 
 11 heads. The name of the first is Pi- 
 shon : that is it which compasseth the 
 whole land of Havilah, where there is 
 
 12 gold; and the gold of that land is 
 good : there is bdelHuni and the 2 onyx 
 
 13 stone. And the name of the second 
 river is Gihon : the same is it that 
 compasseth the whole land of Cusli. 
 
 14 And the name of the third river is 
 f'Hiddekel: that is it which goetli *in 
 front of Assyria. And tlie fourth 
 
 15 river is Euphrates. And the Lord 
 God took the man, and put him into 
 the garden of Eden to dj-ess it and to 
 
 IGkeei) it. And the Lord God com- 
 manded the man, saying. Of every 
 tree of the garden thou mayest freely 
 
 17 eat : but of the tree of the knowledge 
 of good and evil, thou shalt not eat of 
 it: for in the day that thou eatest 
 thereof thou shalt surely die. 
 
 18 And the Lord God said, It is not good 
 that the man should be alone ; I will 
 
 19 make him an help ^meet for him. And 
 out of the gi-ound the Lord God f onned 
 every beast of the field, and every fowl 
 of the air ; and brought them unto the 
 man to see what he would call them: 
 and whatsoever the man called every 
 living creatui-e, that was the name 
 
 20 thereof. And the man gave names to 
 
 all cattle, and to the fowl of the air, 
 and to every beast of the field ; but for 
 '' man there was not f oimd an help meet 
 
 21 for him. And the Lord God caused a 
 deep sleej) to fall upon the man, and 
 he slept ; and he took one of his ribs, 
 and closed \\\) the flesh instead thereof: 
 
 22 and the rib, which the Lord God had 
 taken from the man, '^ made he a woman, 
 
 23 and brought her unto the man. And 
 the man said. This is now bone of my 
 bones, and flesh of my flesh : she shall 
 be called ^ Woman, because she was 
 
 24 taken out of ^Man. Therefore shall a 
 man leave his father and his mother, 
 and shall cleave unto his wife: and 
 
 2,'i they shall be one flesh. And they were 
 both naked, the man and his wife, 
 and were not ashamed. 
 
 3 Now the serpent was more subtil than 
 any beast of the field which the Lord 
 God had made. And he said unto the 
 woman, Yea, hath God said,Ye shall not 
 
 2 eat of 1*^ any tree of the garden ? And the 
 woman said unto the serpent. Of the 
 fruit of the trees of the garden we may 
 
 3 eat : but of the fruit of the tree which 
 is in the midst of the garden, God hath 
 said, Ye shall not eat of it, neither shall 
 
 4 ye touch it, lest ye die. And the ser- 
 pent said unto the woman, Y'e shall not 
 
 5 surely die : for God doth know that in 
 the day ye eat thereof, then your eyes 
 shall be opened, and ye shall be as "God, 
 
 6 knowing good and evil. And when 
 the woman saw that the tree was good 
 for food, and that it was a delight to 
 the eyes, and that the tree was i'^ to be 
 desu'ed to make one wise, she took of 
 the fruit thereof, and did eat ; and she 
 gave also mito her husband with her, 
 
 7 and he did eat. And the eyes of them 
 both were opened, and they knew that 
 they were naked ; and they sewed fig 
 leaves together, and made themselves 
 
 8 1-^ aprons. Aiid they heard the invoice 
 of the Lord God walking in the gar- 
 den in the I'cool of the daj': and the 
 man and his wife hid themselves from 
 the presence of the Lord God amongst 
 
 9 the trees of the garden. And the Lord 
 God called unto the man, and said un- 
 
 10 to him. Where art thou '? And he said, 
 I heard thy i^ voice in the garden, and 
 I was afraid, because I was naked ; and 
 
 11 1 hid myself. And he said. Who told 
 thee that thou wast naked '? Hast thou 
 eaten of the tree, whereof I command- 
 ed thee that thou shouldest not eat? 
 
 12 And the man said. The woman whom 
 thou gavest to be with me, she gave 
 
 13 me of the tree, and I did eat. And the 
 Lord God said unto the woman. What 
 is this thou hast done ? And the wo- 
 man said. The serpent beguiled me, 
 
 14 and I did eat. And the Lord God 
 said unto the serpent. Because thou 
 hast done this, cui-sed art thou i^ above 
 all cattle, and i<5 above every beast of
 
 4. 26. 
 
 GENESIS. 
 
 2 Or, 
 sorrow 
 
 3Heb. 
 Hawaii, 
 that is, 
 Living, 
 or. Life. 
 
 4Heb. 
 kanah, 
 to get. 
 
 5 Or, 
 shall it 
 not be 
 lifted 
 up J 
 « Or, i? 
 its de- 
 sire, but 
 thou 
 
 shotlldest 
 rul^ over 
 it 
 
 -neb. 
 said 
 unto. 
 Many 
 ancient 
 authori- 
 ties have, 
 said 
 unto 
 AbelTti.i 
 brother. 
 Let us go 
 into the 
 field. 
 
 the field ; upon tby belly shall thou go, 
 aud dust shalt thou eat all the days of 
 
 15 thy life : and I will put enmity be- 
 tween thee and the woman, and be- 
 tween thy seed and her seed : it sliall 
 1 bruise thy head, and thou shalt 
 
 16 1 bruise his heel. Unto the woman he 
 said, I will greatly multijily thy sor- 
 row and thy conception; in sorrow 
 thou shalt bring forth children; and 
 thy desu'e shall be to thy husband, 
 
 17 and he shall rule over thee. And 
 uiito Adam he said. Because thou 
 hast hearkened unto the voice of 
 thy wife, and hast eaten of the tree, 
 of which I commanded thee, saying. 
 Thou shalt not eat of it : cui-sed is the 
 ground for thy sake ; in ^ toil shalt thou 
 
 18 eat of it all tlie days of thy life ; thorns 
 also and thistles shall it bring forth to 
 thee ; and thou shalt eat the herb of 
 
 19 the field ; m the sweat of thy face 
 shalt thou eat bread, tUl thou return 
 unto the gromid ; for out of it wast 
 thou taken : for dust thou art, and 
 
 20 unto dust shalt thou return. And the 
 man called his wife's name ^Eve ; be- 
 cause she was the mother of all living. 
 
 21 And the Lord God made for Adam and 
 for his v.dfe coats of skins, and clothed 
 them. 
 
 22 And the Lord God said. Behold, the 
 man is become as one of us, to know 
 good aud evil ; and now, lest he put 
 forth his hand, and take also of the 
 tree of life, and eat, and live for ever : 
 
 23 therefore the Lord God sent him forth 
 from the garden of Eden, to till the 
 gromid from whence he was taken. 
 
 24 So he drove out the man ; and he 
 placed at the east of the garden of 
 Eden the Cherubim, and the flame of 
 a sword which turned every way, to 
 keep the way of the tree of life. 
 
 4 And the man knew Eve his ■wife; 
 and she conceived, and bare Cain, 
 and said, I have * gotten a man with 
 
 '2 the help of the Lord. Aivl again she 
 bare his brother Abel. And Abel was 
 a keeper of sheep, but Cam was a 
 
 Stiller of the ground. And in process 
 of time it came to pass, that Cain 
 lirought of the fruit of the ground 
 
 4 an offering mito the Lord. And Abel, 
 he also brought of the firstlings of 
 his flock and of the fat thereof. And 
 the Lord had respect imto Abel and 
 
 5 to his offering: but unto Cain and 
 to his offering he had not respect. 
 And Cain was very wroth, and his 
 
 countenance feU. And the Lord said 
 unto Cain, Whj art thou wroth ? and 
 
 7 why is thy countenance fallen? If 
 thou doest well, s shalt thou not be 
 accepted ? and if thou doest not well, 
 sin coucheth at the door : and unto 
 thee 6 shall be his desire, and thou 
 
 8 shalt rule over him. And Cain '' told 
 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. And tlio Lord said 
 unto Cain, Where is Abel thy brother ? 
 And he said, I know not : am I my 
 
 10 brother's keeper ? And he said, Wliat 
 hast thou done ? the voice of thy bro- 
 ther's blood crieth unto me from the 
 
 11 ground. And now cursed art thou 
 from the ground, which hath opened 
 her mouth to receive thy brother's 
 
 12 blood from thy hand ; when thou 
 tillest the ground, it shall not hence- 
 forth yield unto thee her strength ; a 
 fugitive and a wanderer shalt thou be 
 
 13 in the earth. And Cain said mito the 
 Lord, 8 My punishment is greater 
 
 14 9 than I can bear. Behold, thou hast 
 driven me out this day from the face of 
 the ground ; and from thy face shall I 
 be hid ; and I shall be a fugitive and 
 a wanderer in the earth ; and it shall 
 come to i)ass, that whosoever findeth 
 
 15 me shall slay me. And the Lord said 
 unto him. Therefore whosoever slay- 
 etli Cain, vengeance shall be taken on 
 him sevenfold. And the Lord ap- 
 pointed a sign for Cain, lest any find- 
 ing him should smite hun. 
 
 16 And Cain went out from the presence 
 of the Lord, aud dwelt in the land of 
 
 17 10 Nod, lion the east of Eden. Aud 
 Cain knew his wife; and she con- 
 ceived, and bare Enoch : and he build- 
 ed a city, and called the name of 
 the city, after the name of his son, 
 
 18 Enoch. And imto Enoch was born 
 L-ad : and Irad begat Mehujael : and 
 Mehujael begat Methushael : and Me- 
 
 19thushael begat Lamech. And La- 
 mech took unto him two wives : the 
 name of the one was Adah, and the 
 
 20 name of the other Zillali. And Adah 
 bare Jabal : he was the father of such 
 
 21 as dwell in tents and hm-e cattle. And 
 his brother's name was Jubal : he was 
 the father of all such as handle the harp 
 
 22 aud pipe. And Zillah, she also bare 
 Tubal-cain, i^the forger of every cut- 
 ting instrument of i^bj-ass and iron : 
 and the sister of Tubal-cain was Naa- 
 
 23 mah. And Lamech said unto his wives : 
 
 Adah and Zillah, hear my voice ; 
 Ye wives of Lamech, hearken imto 
 
 my speech : 
 For ui have slain a man i^for 
 
 wounding me. 
 And a yoimg man for bruising me : ' 
 
 24 If Cain shall be avenged sevenfold. 
 Truly Lamech seventy and sevenfold. 
 
 25 And Adam knew his wife again; 
 and she bare a son, and called his 
 name i6 geth : For, said .the, God 
 I'^hath appointed me another seed 
 instead of Abel ; for Cain slew him. 
 
 26 And to Seth, to him also there was 
 born a son ; and he called his name 
 Enosh : then began men to call upon 
 the name of the Lord. 
 
 8 Or, 
 
 .\fine 
 
 iniquity 
 
 oOr, 
 
 than can 
 
 be/or- 
 
 given 
 
 10 That 
 is, Wan- 
 dering. 
 "Or, 
 in front 
 of 
 
 12 Or, 
 ati in- 
 structor 
 of every 
 artificer 
 
 13 Or, 
 copper 
 and so 
 else- 
 where. 
 
 "Or, 
 / will 
 slay 
 
 15 Or, 
 to my 
 woiotd- 
 ing, and 
 a young 
 man to 
 iny hurt 
 
 IS Heb. 
 Sheth. 
 17 Heb. 
 slutth.
 
 GENESIS. 
 
 5. 1. 
 
 lOi-, 
 Man 
 
 9 
 
 10 
 
 11 
 
 1-2 
 13 
 
 14 
 
 15 
 16 
 
 17 
 
 18 
 19 
 
 •20 
 
 21 
 2-2 
 
 '25 
 26 
 
 29 
 
 This is the book of the generations 
 of Adam. In the day that God created 
 man, in the likeness of God made he 
 him ; male and female created he them ; 
 and blessed them, and called their 
 name ^Adam, in the day when they 
 were created. And Adam lived an 
 hmidred and thirty years, and begat 
 a son in his own likeness, after his 
 image ; and called his name Seth : 
 and the days of Adam after he begat- 
 Seth were eight hundred j'ears : and 
 he begat sons and daughters. And all 
 the days that Adam lived were nuie 
 hmidi'ed and thirty years : and he died. 
 
 And Seth lived an hmidred and five 
 years, and begat Enosh : and Seth lived 
 after he begat Enosh eight hundred 
 and seven years, and begat sons and 
 daughters: and all the days of Seth 
 v/ere nine hundred and twelve j'ears: 
 and he died. 
 
 And Enosh lived nuiety years, and be- 
 gat Kenan : and Enosh lived after he 
 begat Kenan eight hmidred and fifteen 
 years, and begat sons and daughters : 
 and all the days of Enosh were nine 
 hundred and five years : and he died. 
 
 And Kenan lived seventy years, and 
 begat Mahalalel: and Kenan lived 
 after he begat Mahalalel eight hun- 
 dred and forty years, and begat sons 
 and daughters : and all the days of 
 Kenan were nine hundred and ten 
 jears : and he died. 
 
 And Mahalalel lived sixty and five 
 years, and begat Jared : and Mahal- 
 alel lived after he begat Jared eight 
 hundred and thu'tj' years, and begat 
 sons and daughters : and aU the days 
 of Mahalalel were eight hundred nine- 
 ty and five years : and he died. 
 
 And Jared lived an hundi-ed sixty 
 and two years, and begat Enoch : and 
 Jared lived after he begat Enoch eight 
 hvmdi-ed years, and begat sons and 
 daughters : and aU the daj's of Jared 
 were nuie hundred sixty and two 
 years : and lie died. 
 
 And Enoch lived sixty and five years, 
 and begat Methuselah : and Enoch 
 walked with God after he begat Me- 
 thuselah three hundi-ed years, and be- 
 gat sons and daughters : and all the 
 days of Enoch were three hundred six- 
 ty and five years : and Enoch walked 
 with God : and he was not ; for God 
 took him. 
 
 And Methuselah lived an hundred 
 eighty and seven years, and begat 
 Lamech : and Methuselah lived after 
 he begat Lamech seven hundred eighty 
 and two years, and begat sons and 
 daughters : and all the days of Methu- 
 selah were nine hmidred sixty and 
 nme years : and he died. 
 
 And Lamech lived an hundred eighty 
 and two years, and begat a sou : and 
 he called his name Noah, saying. This 
 
 same shall 2 comfort us for our work 
 and for the toil of our hands, ^ because 
 of the ground which the Lokd hath 
 SOcm-sed. And Lamech lived after he 
 begat Noah five hundred ninety and 
 five years, and begat sons and daugh- 
 
 31 ters : and all the days of Lamech were 
 seven hmidred seventy and seven 
 years : and he died. 
 
 32 And Noah was five himdred years 
 old : and Noah begat Shem, Ham, and 
 Japheth. 
 
 6 And it came to pass, when men 
 began to multiply on the face of 
 the gi'omid, and daughters were born 
 
 2 unto them, that the sons of God saw 
 the daughters of men that they were 
 fair ; and they took them wives of aU 
 
 3 that they chose. And the Lord said, 
 My spu'it shall not ^strive with man 
 for ever, '^for that he also is flesh : iJyet 
 shall his days be an hmidred and 
 
 4 twenty years. The '^Neiihilmi were 
 in the earth m those days, and also 
 after that, when the sons of God came 
 in mito the daughters of men, and they 
 bare children to them : the same were 
 the mighty men which were of old, the 
 
 5 men of renown. And the Lord saw 
 that the wickedness of man was gi'eat 
 in the earth, and that every imagin- 
 ation of the thoughts of bis heart 
 
 6 was only evil continually. And it re- 
 pented the Lord that he had made 
 man on the earth, and it gi'ieved him 
 
 7 at his heart. And the Lord said, I 
 will 8 destroy man whom I have cre- 
 ated from the face of the gi'ound ; both 
 man, and beast, and creeping thuig, 
 and fowl of the air; for it reijenteth 
 
 8 me that I have made them. But Noah 
 fomid grace in the eyes of the Lord. 
 
 9 These are the generations of Noah. 
 Noah was a righteous man, and "per- 
 fect in his generations : Noah walked 
 
 10 with God. And Noah begat thi-ee 
 
 11 sons, Shem, Ham, and Japheth. And 
 the earth was corrujjt before God, and 
 the earth was filled with violence. 
 
 12 And God saw the earth, and, behold, 
 it was corrujit ; for aU flesh had cor- 
 rupted his way upon the earth. 
 
 13 And God said unto Noah, The end of 
 all flesh is come before me ; for the 
 earth is filled with violence through 
 them; and, behold, I will destroy 
 
 14 them with the earth. Make thee an 
 ark of gopher wood ; i" rooms shalt 
 thou make in the ark, and shalt 
 pitch it within and without with pitch. 
 
 15 And this is how thou shalt make it: 
 the length of the ark three hundred 
 cubits, the breadth of it fifty culiits, and 
 
 16 the height of it thirty cubits. A flight 
 shalt thou make to the ark, and to a 
 cubit shalt thou finish it i- upward ;, and 
 the door of the ark shalt thou set uiythe 
 side thereof; with lower, second, and
 
 8. 9. 
 
 GENESIS. 
 
 17 third stories shalt thou make it. And 
 I, beliold, I do bring the Hood of waters 
 ni^on the earth, to destroy all flesh, 
 wherein is the breath of life, from under 
 heaven ; every thing that is in the earth 
 
 18 shall die. But I will establish my 
 covenant with thee ; and thou shalt 
 come into the ark, thou, and thy sons, 
 and thj' wife, and thy sons' wives 
 
 19 with thee. Aiid of every living thing 
 of all flesh, two of every sort shalt 
 thou bring into the ark, to keep them 
 alive with thee; thej- shall be male 
 
 20 and female. Of the fowl after their 
 kind, and of the cattle after their 
 kind, of every creeping thing of the 
 gi'ound after its kind, two of every 
 sort shall come unto thee, to keeji 
 
 21 them alive. And take thou unto thee 
 of all food that is eaten, and gather 
 it to thee ; and it shall be for food for 
 
 22 thee, and for them. Thus did Noah ; 
 accordmg to all that God commanded 
 him, so did he. 
 
 1 And the Lord said unto Noah, Come 
 thou and all thy house into the ark ; for 
 thee have I seen righteous before me 
 
 2 in this generation. Of every clean 
 beast thou shalt take to thee seven 
 and seven, the male and his female; 
 and of the beasts that are not clean 
 
 3 two, the male and his female; of the 
 fowl also of the air, seven and seven, 
 male and female: to kee}) seed alive 
 
 4 upon the face of all the earth. For 
 yet seven days, and I will cause it to 
 rain upon the earth forty days and 
 forty nights; and every living thing 
 that I have made will 1 1 destroy from 
 
 5 off the face of the ground. And Noah 
 did according unto all that the Lokd 
 commanded him. 
 
 6 And Noah was six hundred years old 
 when the flood of waters was upon 
 
 7 the earth. And Noah went in, and 
 his sons, and his wife, and his sons' 
 wives with him, into the ark, because 
 
 8 of the waters of the flood. Of clean 
 beasts, and of beasts that are not 
 clean, and of fowls, and of every 
 thing that creepeth ujion the ground, 
 
 9 there went in two and two unto 
 Noah into the ark, male and female, 
 
 10 as God commanded Noah. And it 
 came to jmss after the seven days, 
 that the waters of the flood were upon 
 
 lithe earth. In the six hundredth year 
 of Noah's life, in the second month, on 
 the seventeenth day of the month, on 
 the same day were all the fomitains 
 of the gi'eat deep broken up, and the 
 
 12 windows of heaven were opened. And 
 the rain was upon the earth forty days 
 
 13 and forty nights. In the selfsame day 
 entered Noah, and Shem, and Ham, 
 and Japheth, the sons of Noah, and 
 Noah's wife, and the tlu-ee wives of his 
 
 14 sons with them, into the ark; they, 
 and every beast after its kind, and all 
 
 iHeb. 
 
 blot out. 
 
 the cattle after their kind, and every 
 creeping thing that creepeth upon the 
 earth after its kind, and every fowl 
 after its kind, every bird of e^•ery 
 1.5 2 sort. And they went in imto Noah 
 into the ark, two and two of all flesh 
 
 16 wherein is the breath of life. And 
 they that went in, went in male and 
 female of all flesh, as God commanded 
 
 17 hun : and the Lord shut him in. And 
 the flood was forty days ui^on the 
 earth ; and the waters increased, anil 
 bare up the ark, and it was lift up 
 
 18 above the earth. And the waters pre- 
 vailed, and increased greatly upon the 
 earth ; and the ark went upon the face 
 
 19 of the waters. And the waters pre- 
 vailed exceedingly upon the earth ; and 
 all the high mountains that were mi- 
 der the whole heaven were covered. 
 
 20 Fifteen cubits upward did the waters 
 j)revail ; and the mountains were cover- 
 
 21 ed . And all flesh died that moved uj)on 
 the earth, both fowl, and cattle, and 
 beast, and every ^ creepmg thing that 
 creei^eth upon the earth, and every 
 
 22 man : aU in whose nostrils was the 
 breath of the spirit of life, of aU that 
 
 23 was in the dry land, died. ^ And every 
 living thing was ^ destroyed which was 
 upon the face of the gromid, both man, 
 and cattle, and creeping thing, and 
 fowl of the heaven; and they were 
 5 destroyed from the earth : and Noah 
 only was left, and they that were with 
 
 24 him in the ark. And the waters pre- 
 vailed upon the earth an hmidred and 
 fifty days. 
 
 8 And God remembered Noah, and 
 every living thing, and all the cattle 
 that were with him in the ark: and 
 God made a mnd to pass over the 
 
 2 earth, and the waters assuaged ; the 
 fountains also of the deep and the wm- 
 dows of heaven were stopped, and the 
 
 3 ram from heaven was restrained ; and 
 the waters retm-ned from off the earth 
 contmuallj-: and after the end of an 
 hundred and fifty days the waters de- 
 
 4 creased. And the ark rested in the se- 
 venth month, on the seventeenth day of 
 the month, upon the mountams of Ara- 
 
 5 rat. And the waters decreased continu- 
 ally until the tenth month : in the tenth 
 mouth, on the first day of the month, 
 were the tops of the momitains seen. 
 
 6 And it came to pass at the end of forty 
 days, that Noah opened the window of 
 
 7 the ark which he had made : and he sent 
 forth a raven, and it went forth to and 
 fro, until the waters were dried uj) from 
 
 8 off the earth. And he sent forth a 
 dove from him, to see if the waters 
 were abated from off the face of the 
 
 9 ground; but the dove fomid no rest 
 for the sole of her foot, and she re- 
 tm'ued unto him to the ark, for the 
 waters were on the face of the whole 
 earth : and he put forth his hand, and 
 
 2Heb. 
 
 3 Or. 
 
 sicarni- 
 
 inf/thing 
 
 that 
 
 swarm- 
 
 eth 
 
 4 Or. 
 And 
 he de- 
 stroyed 
 every 
 living 
 thing 
 5Heb. 
 blotted 
 ont.
 
 GENESIS. 
 
 8. 9. 
 
 lOr, 
 
 a fresh 
 olive leaf 
 
 2 Or, 
 
 saTie;for 
 
 the 
 
 3 Or, 
 creepeth 
 
 took her, and brought her in unto him 
 
 10 into the ark. And he stayed yet other 
 seven days; and again he sent forth 
 
 11 the dove out of the ark ; and the dove 
 came in to him at eventide; and, lo, 
 in her mouth ^an oHve leaf i^luckt 
 off: so Noah knew that the waters 
 
 12 were abated from off the earth. And 
 he stayed yet other seven days; and 
 sent forth the dove ; and she retui-ned 
 
 13 not again unto him any more. And 
 it came to pass in the six hundred 
 and first year, in the first month, the 
 first day of the month, the waters 
 were di'ied uj) from off the earth : and 
 Noah removed the covering of the 
 ark, and looked, and, behold, the face 
 
 14 of the ground was dried. And in the 
 second month, on the seven and tv/en- 
 tieth day of the month, was the earth 
 dry. 
 
 15 And God spake unto Noah, saying, 
 
 16 Go forth of the ark, thou, and thy 
 wife, and thy sons, and thy sons' wives 
 
 17 with thee. Bring forth with thee every 
 living thmg that is with thee of all 
 flesh, both fowl, and'cattle, and every 
 creeping thmg that creepeth upon the 
 earth ; that they may breed abundantly 
 in the earth, and be fi'uitful, and mul- 
 
 18 tiply upon the earth. And Noah went 
 forth, and his sons, and his wife, and 
 
 19 his sons' wives \vith him : every beast, 
 every creeping thmg, and every fowl, 
 whatsoever moveth upon the earth, 
 after then- families, went forth out of 
 
 20 the ai'k. And Noah builded an altar 
 imto the Lord ; and took of every clean 
 beast, and of every clean fowl, and 
 offered bui'nt offerings on the altar. 
 
 21 And the Lord smelled the sweet sa- 
 vour ; and the Lord said in his heart, 
 I wiU not again curse the ground any 
 more for man's ^sake, for that the 
 imagination of man's heart is evil 
 from his youth; neither %\'ill I again 
 smite any more every thing living, as 1 
 
 22 have done. While the earth remain- 
 eth, seedtime and harvest, and cold 
 and heat, and summer and winter, and 
 
 9 day and night shall not cease. And 
 God blessed Noah and his sons, and 
 said unto them. Be fruitful, and 
 multiply, and replenish the earth. 
 
 2 And the fear of you and the dread 
 of you shall be upon every beast of 
 the earth, and upon every fowl of 
 the air ; with all wherewith the ground 
 steemeth, and all the fishes of the 
 sea, into your hand are they delivered. 
 
 3 Every mo^-ing thing that liveth shall 
 be food for you ; as the green herb 
 
 4 have I given you all. But flesh with 
 the life thereof, which is the blood 
 
 5 thereof, shall ye not eat. And surely 
 your blood, the blood of your lives, 
 will I requu-e; at the hand of every 
 beast will I requke it : and at the 
 hand of man, even at the hand of every 
 
 man's brother, will I require the life 
 
 6 of man. Whoso sheddeth man's blood, 
 by man shall his blood be shed : for in 
 
 7 the image of God made he man. And 
 you, be ye fruitful, and multij)ly ; bring 
 •forth abundantly in the earth, and 
 multiply therein. 
 
 8 And God spake unto Noah, and to his 
 9sons with him, saying. And I, behold, 
 
 I establish my covenant with you, and 
 10 with your seed after you; and with 
 every living creature that is with you, 
 the fowl, the cattle, and every beast 
 of the earth with you; of all that 
 go out of the ark, even every beast 
 
 11 of the earth. And I will estabHsh 
 my covenant with you; neither shall 
 all flesh be cut oii any more by the 
 waters of the flood ; neither shall there 
 any more be a flood to destroy the 
 
 12 earth. And God said. This is the 
 token of the covenant which I make 
 between me and you and every li^'ing 
 creatm-e that is with you, for per- 
 
 13 petual generations : * I do set my 
 bow m the cloud, and it shall be for 
 a token of a covenant between me 
 
 14 and the earth. And it shall come 
 to i^ass, when I bring a cloud over 
 the earth, that the bow shall be seen 
 
 15 in the cloud, and I will remember 
 my covenant, which is between me 
 and you and every Uving creatm-e of 
 all flesh ; and the waters shall no 
 more become a flood to destroy all 
 
 16 flesh. And the bow shall be in ths 
 cloud ; and I will look upon it, that I 
 may remember the everlastmg coven- 
 ant between God and every living 
 creatm-e of aU flesh that is upon the 
 
 17 earth. And God said unto Noah, This 
 is the token of the covenant which 
 I have established between me and all 
 flesh that is upon the earth. 
 
 18 And the sons of Noah, that went 
 forth of the ark, were Shem, and Ham, 
 and Japheth: and Ham is the father 
 
 19 of Canaan. These three were the sons 
 of Noah : and of these was the whole 
 earth overspread. 
 
 20 And Noah began to be an husband- 
 
 21 man, and planted a vineyard : and he 
 drank of the wine, and was drunken; 
 and he was uncovered within his tent. 
 
 22 And Ham, the father of Canaan, saw 
 the nakedness of his father, and told 
 
 23 his two brethren without. And Shem 
 and Japheth took a garment, and 
 laid it upon both their shoulders, 
 and went backward, and covered the 
 nakedness of their father; and their 
 faces were backward, and they saw 
 
 24 not their father's nakedness. And 
 Noah awoke from his wine, and knew 
 what his ^ youngest son had done unto 
 
 25 him. And he said. 
 
 Cursed be Canaan ; 
 A servant of servants shall he be 
 imto his brethren.
 
 11. 14. 
 
 GENESIS. 
 
 uOr, 
 went 
 forth 
 Asshur 
 
 'Heb. 
 Pellsh- 
 tim. 
 
 » Or, the 
 
 brother 
 o/Ja- 
 pheth 
 the elder 
 
 26 Aiid lie said, 
 
 Blessed be the Louu, tlio Ciod of 
 
 Shorn ; 
 And let Canaan be ^ his servant. 
 
 27 God enlarge Japlieth, 
 
 And 2 let him dwell in the tents of 
 
 Shem ; 
 And let Canaan be ^his servant. 
 
 28 And Noah lived after the Hood three 
 2it hundred and fifty years. And all the 
 
 days of Noah were nine hundred and 
 fifty yeai's : and he died. 
 
 10 Now these are the generations of 
 the sons of Noah, Shem Ham and 
 Japlieth: and unto them were sons 
 born after the flood. 
 
 2 The sons of Japheth; Gomer, and 
 Magog, and Madai, and Javan, and 
 
 ii Tubal, and Meshech, and Tiras. And 
 the sous of Gomer; Ashkeiiaz, and 
 
 4!'Eiphath, and Togamiah. And the 
 sons of Javan ; Elishah, and Tarshish, 
 
 5Kittim, and ^Dodauim. Of these were 
 the s isles of the nations divided iu 
 their lands, every one after his tongue ; 
 after their families, in their nations. 
 
 (i And tlie sons of Ham; Cush, and 
 
 7 Mizraim, and Put, and Canaan. And 
 the sons of Cush ; Seba, and Ha-vilah, 
 and Sabtah, and Eaamah, and Sabteca : 
 and the sons of Kaamah ; Slieba, and 
 
 8 Dedan. And Cusli begat Nimrod : he 
 began to be a mighty one in the earth. 
 
 9 He was a mighty hunter before the 
 Lord : wherefore it is said, Like Nim- 
 rod a mighty hmiter before the Lord. 
 
 10 And the beginning of his kingdom was 
 Babel, and Ereeh, and Accad, and 
 
 11 Calneh, in the land of Siiinar. Out of 
 that land "he went forth into Assyria, 
 and builded Nineveh, and Eehoboth-Ii-, 
 
 12 and Calah, and Eesen between Nineveh 
 and Calah (the same is the gi-eat city). 
 
 13 And Mizraim begat Ludim, and Aiia- 
 mun, and Leliabun, and Naphtuhim, 
 
 14 and Pathrusim, and Casluliim (whence 
 went forth 'the Phihstines), and 
 Caphtorim. 
 
 15 And Canaan begat Zidon his first- 
 1(5 born, and Heth ; and the Jebusite, and 
 
 17 the Amorite, and the Girgashite ; and 
 the Hivite, and the Ai'kite, and the 
 
 18 Sinite ; and the Ai-vadite, and the 
 Zemarite, and the Hamathite: and 
 afterward were the families of the 
 
 19 Canaanite spread abroad. And the 
 border of the Canaanite was from 
 Zidon, as thou goest toward Gerar, unto 
 Gaza ; as thou goest toward Sodom and 
 Gomorrah and Admah and Zeboiiin, 
 
 20 unto Lasha. These are the sons of Ham, 
 after their families, after their tongues, 
 in their lands, in then' nations. 
 
 21 And unto Shem, the father of all 
 the children of Eber, ^the elder brother 
 of Japheth, to him also were children 
 
 22 born. The sons of Shem; Elam, and 
 Assliur, and Ai-paehshad, and Lud, and 
 
 2.'5 Aram. And the sons of Aram ; Uz, 
 
 21 and Hul, and Gether, and Mash. And 
 Ai'pachshad ■' begat Shelah ; and Shelah 
 
 2r)))egat Eber. And unto Eber were 
 born two sons: the name of the one 
 was if^Peleg; for in his days was the 
 earth divided; and his brother's name 
 
 20 was Joktan. And Joktan begat Al- 
 modad, and Shelei)li, and Hazarma- 
 
 27veth, and Jerah ; and Hadoram, and 
 
 28 Uzal, and Diklali ; and " Obal, and 
 
 29 Abimael, and " Sheba ; and Ophir, and 
 Havilah, and Jobab: all these were 
 
 30 the sons of Joktan. And their dwell- 
 ing was from Meslia, as thou goest 
 toward Sephar, the 12 mountain of the 
 
 31 east. These are the sons of Shem, after 
 their families, after their tongues, in 
 their lands, after their nations. 
 
 32 These are the families of the sons of 
 Noah, after their generations, in their 
 nations : and of these were the nations 
 divided in the earth after the flood. 
 
 11 And the whole earth was of one 
 
 21^ language and of one 1* speech. And 
 
 it came to jjass, as they journejed 
 
 15 east, that they found a plain in the 
 
 land of Shinar ; and they dwelt there. 
 
 3 And they said one to another, Go to, 
 let us make brick, and burn them 
 throughly. And they had brick for 
 stone, and is slime had tliej^ for mortar. 
 
 4 And they said, Go to, let us build us 
 a city, and a tower, whose top 711 ai/ 
 reach unto heaven, and let us make us 
 a name ; lest we be scattered abroad 
 
 5 upon the face of the whole earth. And 
 the Lord came down to see the city 
 and the tower, which the chihh-eu of 
 
 6 men builded. And the Lord said, Be- 
 liold,they are one peo^jle, and they have 
 all one language ; and this is what they 
 begin to do: and now nothing wUl 
 be withh olden from them, which thej' 
 
 7 pm-pose to do. Go to, let us go down, 
 and there confound then- language, 
 that they may not understand one 
 
 8 another's speech. So the Lord scat- 
 tered them abroad from thence upon 
 the face of all the earth : and they left 
 
 9 off to build the city. Therefore was 
 the name of it called Babel ; because 
 the Lord did there i' confound the 
 language of all the earth: and from 
 thence did the Lord scatter them a- 
 broad upon the face of all the earth. 
 
 10 These are the genei^tions of Shem. 
 Shem was an hundi-ed years old, and 
 begat Ai'pachshad two years after the 
 
 11 flood: and Shem lived after he begat 
 Ai'pachshad five huiKh'ed j'ears, and 
 begat sons and daughters. 
 
 12 And Ai'pachshad lived five and thirty 
 
 13 years, and begat Shelah : and Ai'pach- 
 shad lived after he begat Shelah four 
 hunth'ed and three years, and begat 
 sous and daughters. 
 
 14 And Shelah lived thirty years, and 
 
 6 The 
 
 Sept. 
 
 reiida, 
 
 begat 
 
 C'tiiiaii, 
 
 and 
 
 Cninan 
 
 begat 
 
 Hlielah. 
 '"That is. 
 Division. 
 
 11 111 
 1 Clu-. I. 
 2i, JSbal. 
 
 i'^Or.hiU 
 count ri) 
 
 13 Heb. 
 lip. 
 
 u Heb. 
 leords. 
 I'i Or, ill 
 the east 
 
 If! That 
 is, bitu- 
 men. 
 
 V Heb. 
 bajal, to 
 con- 
 found.
 
 GENESIS. 
 
 11. U. 
 
 1.5 begat Eber : and SbeJali lived after he 
 begat Eber four hundred and three 
 years, and begat sons and daughters. 
 
 16 And Eber lived fom- and thu-ty years, 
 
 17 and begat Peleg : and Eber lived after 
 he begat Peleg four hundred and 
 thirty years, and begat sons and 
 daughters. 
 
 18 And Peleg lived thirty years, and 
 
 19 begat Reu: and Peleg lived after he 
 begat Eeu two hiuidred and nine years, 
 and begat sons and daughters. 
 
 20 And Keu lived two and thu-tj- years, 
 
 21 and begat Serug : and Eeu lived after 
 he begat Serug two hundi-ed and seven 
 j"ears, and begat sons and daughters. 
 
 22 And Serug lived thirty years, and 
 
 23 begat Nahor : and Serug lived after 
 he begat Nahor two hmulred years, 
 and begat sons and daughters. 
 
 24 And Nahor lived nine and twenty 
 
 25 years, and begat Terah: and Nahor 
 lived after he begat Terah an hundred 
 and nineteen years, and begat sons 
 and daughters. 
 
 26 And Terah lived seventy years, and 
 begat Abram, Nahor, and Haran. 
 
 27 Now these are the generations of 
 Terah. Terah begat Abram, Nahor, and 
 
 28 Haran ; and Haran begat Lot. And 
 Haran (bed in the presence of his 
 father Terah in the land of his nativity, 
 
 29 in Ur of the Chaldees. And Abram 
 and Nahor took them wives : the name 
 of Abram 's wife was Sarai; and the 
 name of Nahor's wife, Milcah, the 
 daughter of Haran, the father of Mil- 
 
 30 call, and the father of Iscah. And 
 Sarai was barren ; she had no child. 
 
 31 And Terah took Abram his son, and 
 Lot the son of Haran, his son's son, 
 and Sarai his daughter in law^ his son 
 Abram's wife; and they went forth 
 with them from Ur of the Chaldees, to 
 go into the land of Canaan ; and they 
 came mito Haran, and dwelt tliere. 
 
 32 And the days of Terah were two 
 hundred and live years: and Terah 
 died in Haran. 
 
 12 Now the Lord said unto Al)ram. Get 
 thee out of thy country, and from thj- 
 kindred, and from thy fathers house, 
 unto the land that I will shew thee : 
 
 2 and I ^ill make of thee a gi-eat nation, 
 and I will bless thee, and make thy 
 name great; and be thou a blessing: 
 
 3 and I will bless them that bless thee, 
 and him that curseth thee will I curse : 
 and in thee shall all the families of 
 
 4 the earth be blessed. So Abram 
 went, as the Lord had spoken unto 
 him ; and Lot went v/ith liun : and 
 Abram was seventy and five years old 
 
 5 when he departed out of Haran. And 
 Abram took Sarai his wife, and Lot 
 his brother's soji, and aU their sub- 
 stance that they had gathered, and tlie 
 souls that they had gotten in Haran ; 
 
 and they went forth to go into the 
 land of Canaan; and into the land 
 
 6 of Canaan they came. And Abram 
 passed through the laud mito the jdace 
 of Shechem, luito the i oak of Moreh. 
 And the Canaanite was then in the 
 
 7 land. And the Lord appeared unto 
 Abram, and said. Unto thy seed will 
 I give this land: and there builded 
 he an altar imto the Lord, who appear- 
 
 8 ed unto him. And he removed from 
 thence unto the mountain on the east 
 of Beth-el, and pitched his tent, having 
 Beth-el on the west, and Ai on the 
 east : and there he builded an altar un- 
 to the Lord, and called upon the name 
 
 9 of the Lord. And Abram journeyed, 
 going on still towai-d the ^ Soutli. 
 
 10 And there was a famine in the land: 
 and Abram v.ent down into Egyjjt to 
 sojourn there; for the famine was 
 
 11 sore in the land. And it came to 
 pass, when he was come near to enter 
 into Egypt, that he said unto Sarai 
 his wife. Behold now, I know that 
 thou art a fair woman to look upon : 
 
 12 and it shall come to pass, when the 
 Egyptians shall see thee, that they 
 shall sa}-, This is his wife: and thej' 
 will kill me. but they will save thee 
 
 13 alive. Say, I pray thee, thou art mj- 
 sister: that it may be well with me 
 for thy sake, and that mj' soul may live 
 
 14 because of thee. And it came to pass, 
 that, when Abram was come into 
 Egypt, the Egyptians beheld the wo- 
 
 1,5 man that she was very fair. And the 
 princes of Pharaoh saw her, and praised 
 her to Pharaoh: and the woman was 
 
 16 taken into Pharaoh's house. And he 
 entreated Abram well for her sake: 
 and he had sheep, and oxen, and he- 
 asses, and menservants, and maid- 
 servants, and she-asses, and camels. 
 
 17Ajid the Lord plagued Pharaoh and 
 his house with great plagues because 
 
 18 of Sarai Abram's wife. And Pharaoh 
 called Abram, and said, What is this 
 that thou hast done unto me ? why 
 didst thou not tell me that she was 
 
 19 thy wife? Why saidst thou. She is 
 my sister ? so that I took her to be 
 my wife: now therefore behold thy 
 
 20 wife, take her, and go thy way. And 
 Pharaoh gave men charge concerning 
 him : and they l)rought him on the way, 
 and liis wife, and all that he had. 
 
 13 And Abram went uj) out of Egypt, 
 he, and his wife, and all that he had, 
 and Lot with him, into the South. 
 
 2 And Abram was very rich in cattle, in 
 
 3 silver, and in gold. Ajid he went on his 
 journeys from the South even to Betli- 
 el, mito the jilace where his tent had 
 been at the beginnuig, between Beth- 
 
 4 el and Ai ; unto the jilace of the altar, 
 which he had made there at the first: 
 and there Abram called on the name 
 
 5 of the Lord. And Lot also, which
 
 14. 24. 
 
 GENESIS. 
 
 lOr, 
 
 Circle 
 
 2 Orjere- 
 bhiths 
 
 9 Or, 
 
 nations 
 
 4 Or, 
 
 Joined 
 them- 
 $f?ves to- 
 gether 
 agaimt 
 
 went Avith Abrain, had flocks, and 
 
 6 herds, and tents. And the land was 
 not able to bear them, that they might 
 dwell together: for their substance 
 was great, so that they could not d^\ell 
 
 7 together. And there was a strife be- 
 tween the herdmen of Abram's cattle 
 and tlie lierdmen of Lot's cattle: and 
 the Cauaanite and the Perizzite dwell- 
 
 8ed then in the land. And Abram 
 said imto Lot, Let there be no strife, I 
 pray thee, between me and thee, and 
 between my herdmen and thy herd- 
 9 men ; for we ai'e brethren. Is not the 
 ■\vliole land before thee ? separate thy- 
 self, I pray thee, froia me: if iJiou 
 wilt fake the left hand, then I wiU go 
 to the right; or if thou take the right 
 
 10 hand, then I wiU go to the left. And 
 Lot lifted up his eyes, and beheld all 
 the 1 Plain of Jordan, that it v/as 
 AveU watered every where, before the 
 Lord destroj^ed Sodom and Gomor- 
 rah, like the garden of the Lohd, like 
 the laud of Egj-^jt, as thou goest unto 
 
 llZoar. So Lot chose him all the Plain 
 of Jordan; and Lot journeyed east: 
 and they separated themselves the 
 
 12 one from the other. Abram dwelled 
 in the land of Canaan, and Lot 
 dwelled in the cities of the Plain, 
 and moved his tent as far as Sodom. 
 
 13 Now the men of Sodom Avere wicked 
 and sinners against the Lord excee^- 
 
 14 tugly. And tlie Lord said unto Abram, 
 after that Lot was separated from him. 
 Lift up now thine eyes, and look from 
 the place where thou art, northward 
 and southward and eastward and west- 
 
 15 ward: for all the land which thou 
 seest, to thee VviU I give it, and to thy 
 
 16 seed for ever. And I vnll make thy 
 seed as the dust of the earth : so that 
 if a man can number the dust of the 
 earth, then shall thy seed also be 
 
 17 numbered. Ai'ise, walk through the 
 land in the length of it and in the 
 breadth of it ; for unto thee wiU I give 
 
 18 it. And Abram moved his tent, and 
 came and dwelt by the ^ oaks of Mamre, 
 which are in Hebron, and built there 
 an altar unto the Lord. 
 
 14 And it came to pass in the days of 
 Amraphel king of Shinar, Ariocli king 
 of Ellasar, Chedorlaomer king of E- 
 
 21am, and Tidal king of SGoiim, that 
 they made Avar with Bera king of 
 Sodom, and with Bu'sha king of Go- 
 morrah, Shinab king of Admah, and 
 Shemeber king of Zeboiim, and the 
 
 3 king of Bela (the same is Zoar). All 
 these 4 joined together in the vale of 
 Siddim (the same is the Salt Sea). 
 
 ■1 Twelve years they served Chedorlao- 
 mer, and in the thirteenth year they 
 
 5 rebelled. And in the fourteenth year 
 came Chedorlaomer, and the kings that 
 were Avith hini, and smote the Ilephaim 
 in Ashteroth-karnaun, and the Zuzun 
 
 in Ham, and the Emun in ^-Shaveh- 
 
 (i kiriathaim, and the Horites in their 
 
 momit Seir, unto El-paran, Avhich is 
 
 7 by the Avilderness. And they returned, 
 and came to En-mishpat (the same is 
 Kadesh), and smote all the (-country of 
 the Amalekites, and also the Ainorites, 
 
 8 that dwelt in Hazazo)i-tamar. And 
 there Avent out the king of Sodom, 
 and the king of Gomorrah, and the 
 king of Admah, and the king of Ze- 
 boiim, and the king of Bela (the same 
 is Zoar) ; and they set the battle in 
 array against them in the vale of Sid- 
 
 9 dim; against Chedorlaomer king of 
 Elam, and Tidal king of Goiim, and 
 Amraphel king of Shinar, and Arioch 
 khig of Ellasar; four kings against 
 
 10 the five. Now the vale of Siddim Avas 
 fuU of ''slime pits; and the kings of 
 Sodom and Gomorrah fled, and they fell 
 there, and they that remained fled to 
 
 lithe mountain. And they took all the 
 goods of Sodom and Gomorrah, and 
 all their Aictuals, and Avent their way. 
 
 12 And they took Lot, Abram's brother's 
 son, Avho dwelt in Sodom, and his 
 
 13 goods, and departed. And there came 
 one that had escaped, and told Abram 
 the Hebrew: noAv he dwelt by the 
 2 oaks of Manii-e the Amorite, brother 
 of Eshcol, and brother of Aner; and 
 these Avere confederate Avith Abram. 
 
 14 And Avhen Abram heard that his bro- 
 ther Avas taken captive, he led forth 
 his trained men, born in his house, 
 tlu-ee hundred and eighteen, and pur- 
 
 15 sued as far as Dan. And he divided 
 himself against them by night, he and 
 his servants, and smote them, and 
 pm-sued them unto Hobah, Avhich is 
 
 16 on the ^left hand of Damascus. And 
 he brought back all the goods, and 
 also brought again his brother Lot, 
 and his goods, and the Avomen also, 
 
 17 and the people. And the kmg of So- 
 dom Aveut out to meet him, after his 
 return from the slaughter of Chedor- 
 laomer and the kuigs that were Avitli 
 him, at the A'ale of Shaveh (the same 
 
 18 is the King's Vale). And Melchizedek 
 king of Salem brought forth bread 
 and AA'ine: and he Avas priest of 9 God 
 
 19 Most High. And he blessed him, and 
 said, Blessed be Abram of 'J God Most 
 High, 10 possessor of heaven and earth : 
 
 20 and blessed be "God Most High, aa-McIi 
 hath delivered thine enemies into thy 
 hand. And he gave hun a tenth of all. 
 
 21 And the king of Sodom said unto 
 Abram, Give me the persons, and take 
 
 22 the goods to thj'self . And Abram said 
 to the king of Sodom, I have lift up 
 mine hand unto the Lord, 9 God Most 
 High, lOpossessor of heaven and earth, 
 
 23 that I AviU not take a thread nor a 
 shoelatchet nor aught that is thine, 
 lest thou shouldest say, I haA'e made 
 
 24 Abram rich : ii save only that which the 
 
 '' (Jr, 
 
 theplain 
 0/ Kiria- 
 thaim 
 
 « Heb. 
 field. 
 
 "That Is, 
 bitumen 
 2ntt. 
 
 8 Or, 
 north 
 
 9 Heb. 
 t:l 
 
 Eli/oil. 
 
 10 Or. 
 maker 
 
 II Or, let 
 there be 
 nothing 
 for me; 
 only that 
 ic.
 
 10 
 
 GENESIS. 
 
 14. 24. 
 
 1 Or, thy 
 reward 
 shall br 
 exceed- 
 ing 
 great 
 
 JHeb. 
 
 Jehovah, 
 
 as in 
 
 other 
 
 places 
 
 where 
 
 Goi) is 
 
 put in 
 
 capitJils. 
 
 3 Or, go 
 
 heura 
 
 «Tha 
 
 Chaldeo 
 
 and 
 
 Syriac 
 
 have, 
 
 Eliezer 
 
 the Da- 
 
 maKene. 
 
 young men have eaten, and the por- 
 tion of the men which went with me ; 
 Aner, Eshcol, and Mamre, let them 
 take tlieir portion. 
 15 After these tilings the word of the 
 Lord came imto Abrani in a vision, 
 saj'ing, Fear not, Abrani : I am thy 
 shield, '^and thy exceeding great re- 
 
 2 ward. And A])ram said, O Lord 
 2 God, what wilt thou give me, seeuig 
 I ''go childless, and he that shnU be 
 possessor of my house is ^Dammesek 
 
 SEHezer? And Abram said. Behold, 
 to me thou hast given no seed : and, 
 lo, one born in my house is mine 
 
 4 heir. And, behold, the word of the 
 Lord came unto him, saj'ing. This 
 man shall not be thine heir; but 
 lie that shall come forth out of thine 
 
 Sown bovvels shall be thine heir. And 
 he brought him forth abroad, and 
 said, Look novv^ toward heaven, and 
 tell the stars, if thou be able to tell 
 them : and he said luito him. So shall 
 
 6 thy seed lie. And he believed in the 
 Lord; and he counted it to him 
 
 7 for righteousness. And he said unto 
 him, I am the Lord that brought thee 
 out of Ur of the Chaldees, to give 
 
 a thee this land to inlierit it. And ho 
 said, Lord God, whereb}' shall I 
 
 9 know that I shall inherit it? And 
 he said luito him, Talce me an heifer 
 of three years old. and a she-goat of 
 tliree years old, and a ram of three 
 years old, and a turtledove, and a 
 
 10 young ingeon. And he took him all 
 these, and divided them in the midst, 
 and laid each half over against the 
 other : but the bu"ds divided he not. 
 
 11 And the birds of prey came down 
 upon the carcases, and Abram drove 
 
 12 them away. And when the sun was 
 gomg dowii, a deep sleep fell upon 
 Abram ; and, lo, an horror of great 
 
 13 darkness fell upon him. And he said 
 unto Abrani, Know of a suretj' tliat 
 thy seed shall be a stranger in a land 
 that is not tlieu-s, and shall serve 
 them ; and they shall afflict them four 
 
 14 hundred years; and also that nation, 
 whom they shall serve, will I judge: 
 and afterward shall they come out 
 
 15 with great substance. But thou shalt 
 go to thy fathers m peace; thou shalt 
 
 16 be buried in a good old age. And 
 ill the fourth generation thej' shall 
 come hither again : for the iniquity 
 
 17 of the Amorite is not yet full. And 
 it came to pass, that, when the sun 
 went down, and it was dark, behold a 
 smoking furnace, and a flaming torch 
 
 18 that i^assed between these pieces. Li 
 that day tlie Lord made a covenant 
 with Abram, saying, Unto thy seed 
 have I given this land, from the river 
 of Egj-pt unto the great river, the 
 
 19 river Euphrates: the Kenite, and the 
 20Kenizzite, and the Kadmonite, and the 
 
 Hittite, and the Perizzite, and the 
 21Rephaim, and the Amorite, and the 
 Canaanite, and the Girgashite, and 
 the Jebusite. 
 16 Now Sarai Abram's wife bare him 
 no children: and she had an hand- 
 maid, an Egyjitian, whose name was 
 2Hagar. And Sarai said unto Aliram, 
 Behold now, the Lord hath restiained 
 me from bearing; go in, I pray thee, 
 mito my handmaid ; it may be that I 
 shall •' obtain cliildi-en by her. And A- 
 brani hearkened to the voice of Sarai. 
 
 3 And Sarai Abram's wife took Hagar 
 the Egyptian, her haiKhnaid, after A- 
 bram had dwelt ten years in the land 
 of Canaan, and gave her to Abram her 
 
 4 husband to be his wife. And he went 
 iu unto Hagar, and she conceived: 
 and when she saw that she had con- 
 ceived, her mistress was despised in 
 
 5 her eyes. And Sarai said luito Abram. 
 My wrong be upon thee: I gave my 
 handmaid uito thy bosom; and when 
 she saw that she had conceived, I was 
 despised in her eyes : the Lord judge 
 
 G between me and thee. But Abram 
 said unto Sarai, Behold, thy maid is 
 in thy hand; do to her that which is 
 good in thine eyes. And Sarai dealt 
 hardly with her, and she fled from 
 
 7 her face. And the angel of the Lord 
 found her by a fountain of water 
 in the wilderness, by the fountaui in 
 
 8 the way to Shiu'. And he said, Ha- 
 gar, Sarai's handmaid, whence earnest 
 thou? and whither goest thou? And 
 she said, I flee from the face of my 
 
 9 mistress Sarai. And the angel of the 
 Lord said unto her, Keturn to thy 
 mistress, an<l submit thyself under her 
 
 10 hands. And the angel of the Lord 
 said unto her, I will greatly multiplj' 
 thy seed, that it shall not be numbered 
 
 11 for multitude. And the angel of the 
 Lord said unto her. Behold, thou art 
 with child, and shult bear a son; and 
 thou shalt call his name ''Ishmael, be- 
 cause the Lord hath heard thy afflic- 
 
 12tion. And he shall be as a wild-ass 
 among men; his hand xhall he agamst 
 every man, and every man's hand 
 against him ; and he shall dwell "^ m 
 
 13 the presence of all his brethren. And 
 she called the name of the Loud that 
 siiake unto her, "^Thou art "a God 
 that seeth : for she said, Have I even 
 here looked after him that seeth me ? 
 
 14 Wherefore the well was called ^^Beer- 
 lahai-roi ; behold, it is between Kadesh 
 
 15 and Bered. And Hagar bare Abram a 
 son : and Abram called the name of his 
 
 16 son, which Hagar bare, Ishmael. And 
 Abram was fourscore and six years 
 old, when Hagar bare Ishmael to 
 Abrani. 
 
 V7 And when Abram was ninety years 
 old and nine, the Lord appeared to 
 Abrani. and said unto him, I am " God
 
 18. 13. 
 
 GENESIS. 
 
 11 
 
 I That is. 
 Princess. 
 
 2 From 
 the Ht'i. 
 word 
 meaniiii]: 
 to law/h. 
 
 Abnighty; walk l)efore me, and be 
 2 thou perfect. Aiut I will make my 
 
 covenant between me and thee, and 
 Swill multiply thee exceedingly. And 
 
 Abram fell on his face : and (rod talked 
 
 4 with him, saying. As for me, behold, 
 my covenant is with thee, and thou 
 shalt be the father of a multitude of 
 
 5 nations. Neither shall thy name any 
 more be called Abram, but thy name 
 shall be Abraham ; for the father of a 
 multitude of nations have I made thee. 
 
 G And I will make thee exceeding fruit- 
 ful, and I will make nations of thee, 
 
 7 and kings shall come out of thee. And 
 I will establish my covenant between 
 me and thee and thy seed after thee 
 throughout their generations for an 
 everlasting covenant, to be a God 
 unto thee and to thy seed after thee. 
 
 8 And I will give imto thee, and to thy 
 seed after thee, the land of thy sojouni- 
 ings, all the land of Canaan, for an 
 everlasting possession ; and I will be 
 
 9 their God. And God said imto Abra- 
 ham, And as for thee, thou shalt keep 
 my covenant, thou, and thy seed after 
 thee throughout their generations. 
 
 10 This is my covenant, which ye shall 
 keep, between me and you and thy 
 seed after thee ; every male among 
 
 llj'ou shall be cu'ciuncised. And j-e 
 shall be cii'cumcised in the flesh of 
 yonr foreskin ; and it shall be a token 
 of a covenant betwixt me and you. 
 
 12 And he that is eight days old shall be 
 circumcised among you, every male 
 throughout your generations, he that 
 is born in the house, or bought with 
 money of any stranger, which is not of 
 
 13 thy seed. He that is born in thy house, 
 and he that is bought with thy money, 
 must needs be circmncised: and my 
 covenant shall be in your flesh for an 
 
 14 everlastuig covenant. And the uncu'- 
 cumcised male who is not circumcised 
 in the flesh of his foreskin, that soul 
 shall be cut off from his people; he 
 hath broken my covenant. 
 
 1,5 And God said unto Abraham, As for 
 Sarai thy wife, thou shalt not call her 
 name Sarai, but i Sarah shall her name 
 
 16 be. And I will bless her, and more- 
 over I will give thee a sou of her : yea, 
 I will bless her, and she shall be a mo- 
 tJier of nations ; kings of peoples shall 
 
 17 be of her. Then Abraham fell upon 
 his face, and laughed, and said in his 
 heart. Shall a child be born unto him 
 that is an hundi-ed years old ? and shall 
 Sarah, that is ninety years old, bear? 
 
 18 And Abraham said uaito God. Oh that 
 
 19 Islunael might Hve before thee I And 
 God said. Nay, but Sarah thy wife shall 
 bear thee a son; and thoii shalt call 
 his name "Isaac: and I will establish 
 my covenant with him for an everlast- 
 ing covenant for his seed after him. 
 
 20 And as for Islmiael, I have heard thee : 
 
 behold, I have blessed him, and will 
 make him fruitful, and will multiply 
 him exceedingly ; twelve princes shall 
 he beget, and I will make him a great 
 
 21 nation. But my covenaiit will I estab- 
 lish with Isaac, which Sarah shall 
 bear unto thee at this set time in the 
 
 22 next j^ear. And he left off talking with 
 him, and God went xip from Abraham. 
 
 23 And Abraham took Ishmael his son, 
 and all that were born in his house, 
 and aU that were bought with his 
 money, every male among the men 
 of Abraham's house, and cu'cumcised 
 the flesh of their foreskin in the self- 
 same day, as God had said unto him. 
 
 24 And Abraham was ninety years old and 
 nine, when he was cu'cmncised in the 
 
 25 flesh of bis foreskin. And Ishmael his 
 son was thirteen years old, when he 
 was circumcised in the flesh of his 
 
 26 foreskin. In the selfsame day was 
 Abraham circimicised, and Ishmael his 
 
 27 son. And all the men of his house, 
 those boi"n in the house, and those 
 bought with money of the stranger, 
 were cii'cumcised with hun. 
 
 18 And the Lord a^jpeared unto hun by 
 the -^ oaks of Mamre, as be sat in the 
 
 2 tent door in the heat of the day ; and 
 he lift up his eyes and looked, and, lo, 
 three men stood over against him : and 
 when he saw them, he ran to meet 
 them from the tent door, and bowed 
 
 3 himself to the earth, and said, ■'My lord, 
 if now I have found favour in thy 
 sight, pass not away, I pray thee, from 
 
 4 thy servant : let now a little water be 
 fetched, and wash yom- feet, and rest 
 
 5 yourselves under the tree: and I wUl 
 fetch a morsel of bread, and comfort 
 ye yom- heart; after that ye shall 
 pass on : ^ forasmuch as ye are come to 
 youi' servant. And they said, So do, 
 
 6 as thou hast said. And Abraham hast- 
 ened into the tent unto Sarah, and said. 
 Make ready quicldy three measures of 
 fine meal, knead it, and make cakes. 
 
 7 And Abraham ran unto the herd, 
 and fetched a calf tender and good, 
 and gave it unto the servant; and he 
 
 8 hasted to dress it. And he took butter, 
 and milk, and the calf which he had 
 dressed, and set it before them ; and he 
 stood by them under the tree, and they 
 
 9 did eat. And they said unto him, "WTiere 
 is Sarah thy wife ? And he said. Behold, 
 
 10 in the tent. And he said, I will cer- 
 tainly retm-n unto thee when the 
 season ^cometh round; and, lo, Sarah 
 thj' wife shall have a son. And Sarah 
 heard in the tent door, which was be- 
 ll hind Imn. Now Abraham and Sarah 
 were old, and well stricken in age ; it 
 had ceased to be with Sarah after the 
 12 manner of women. And Sarah laughed 
 within herself, saying, Mter I am 
 waxed old shall I have pleasm-e, my 
 13 lord being old also? And the Loitn 
 
 3 Or, tere- 
 binths 
 
 4 Or. O 
 Lord 
 
 ^ Or, for 
 there- 
 fore 
 
 "Heb. 
 liveth, 
 or, re- 
 viveth. 
 
 I-G
 
 12 
 
 GENESIS. 
 
 18. 13. 
 
 lOr. 
 
 7vo7uler- 
 
 ful 
 
 2Heb. 
 livetht 
 or, re- 
 viveth. 
 
 3 See 
 Amos 
 iii. 2. 
 
 4 Or, 
 
 said unto Abraham, Wherefore did 
 Sarah laugh, saying, Shall I of a 
 14siu-ety bear a cMd, which am old? Is 
 any thing too ihai-d for the Lord? 
 At the set time I wiU return unto 
 thee, when the season 2 cometh round, 
 
 15 and Sarah shall have a son. Then 
 Sarah denied, saying, I laughed not; 
 for she was afraid. And he said, Nay ; 
 but thou didst laugh. 
 
 16 And the men rose up from thence, 
 and looked toward Sodom : and Alira- 
 ham went with them to bring them 
 
 17 on the way. And the Lord said, 
 Shall I hide from Abraham that which 
 
 181 do; seeing that Abraham shall 
 surely become a great and inighty na- 
 tion, and all the nations of the earth 
 
 19 shall be blessed in him ? For I have 
 ''known him, to the end that he may 
 command his children and his house- 
 hold after him, that they may keep the 
 way of the Lord, to do justice and 
 judgement; to the end that the Lord 
 may bring upon Abraham that which 
 
 20 he hath spoken of him. And the Lord 
 said, * Because the cry of Sodom and 
 GomoiTah is great, and * because their 
 
 21 sin is very grievous; I will go down 
 now, and see whether they have done 
 altogether accordmg to the cry of it, 
 which is come unto me ; and if not, I 
 
 22 wiU Imow. And the men turned from 
 thence, and went toward Sodom : but 
 Abraham stood yet before the Lord. 
 
 23 And Abraham da-ew near, and said. 
 Wilt thou consume the righteous with 
 
 24 the wicked? Peradventure there be 
 fifty righteous within the city: wilt 
 thou consume and not spare the place 
 for the fifty righteous that are there- 
 
 25 in? That be far from thee to do 
 after this manner, to slay the righteous 
 with the wicked, that so the righteous 
 should be as the wicked; that be far 
 from thee: shall not the Judge of all 
 
 26 the earth do right ? And the Lord said. 
 If I find in Sodom fifty righteous within 
 the city, then I will spare aU tlie jilace 
 
 27 for their sake. And Abraham answered 
 and said. Behold now, I have taken 
 upon me to speak unto the Lord, which 
 
 28 am but dust and ashes : peradventure 
 there shell lack five of the fifty right- 
 eous : wilt thou destroy all the city for 
 lack of five? And he said, I will not 
 destroy it, if I find there forty and five. 
 
 29 And he spake unto him yet again, and 
 said, Peradventure there shall be forty 
 found there. And he said, I will not 
 
 30 do it for the forty's sake. And he said, 
 Oh let not the Lord be angry, and I wiU 
 speak : peradventure there shall thu'ty 
 be found there. And lie said, I will not 
 
 31 do it, if I find thirty there. And he 
 said. Behold now, I have taken upon 
 me to speak unto the Lord: perad- 
 venture there shall be twenty found 
 there. And he said, I will not destroy 
 
 32 it for the twenty's sake. And he said, 
 Oh let not the Lord be angry, and I 
 will speak yet bvit this once : perad- 
 venture ten shall be foimd there. And 
 he said, I will not destroy it for the 
 
 33 ten's sake. And the Lord went his 
 way, as soon as he had left communing 
 with Abraham : and Abraham returned 
 unto his place. 
 
 19 And the two angels came to Sodom 
 at even; and Lot sat in the gate of 
 Sodom : and Lot saw them, and rose 
 up to meet them; and he bowed 
 himself with his face to the earth ; 
 
 2 and he said. Behold now, my lords, 
 turn aside, I pray yoix, into your 
 servant's house, and tarry all night, 
 and wash your feet, and ye shall rise 
 up early, and go on your way. And 
 they said. Nay; but we will abide in 
 
 3 the street all night. And he urged 
 them greatly ; and they turned in un- 
 to him, and entered into his house; 
 and he made them a feast, and did 
 bake unleavened bread, and they did 
 
 4 eat. But liefore they lay down, the 
 men of the city, even the men of 
 Sodom, compassed the house romid, 
 both young and old, all the people 
 
 5 from every quarter; and they called 
 unto Lot, and said unto liim. Where 
 are the men which came in to thee this 
 night? bring them out unto us, that 
 
 6 we may know them. And Lot went 
 out unto them to the door, and shut 
 
 7 the door after him. And he said, I pray 
 you, my brethren, do not so wickedly. 
 
 8 Behold now, I have two daughters 
 which have not known man; let me, 
 I pray you, bring them out unto you, 
 and do ye to them as is good in your 
 eyes : only unto these men do nothing ; 
 6 forasmuch as they are come imder the 
 
 9 shadow of my roof. And they said. 
 Stand back. And they said. This one 
 fellow came in to sojourn, and he will 
 needs be a judge : now will we deal 
 worse with thee, than with them. And 
 they pressed sore upon the man, even 
 Lot, and drew near to break the door. 
 
 10 But the men put forth their hand, 
 and brought Lot into the house to 
 
 11 them, and shut to the door. And they 
 smote the men that were at the door 
 of the house with blindness, both 
 small and great : so that they wearied 
 
 12 themselves to find the door. And 
 tlie men said unto Lot, Hast thou here 
 any besides ? son in law, and thy sons, 
 and thy daughters, and whomsoever 
 thou hast in the city ; brmg them out 
 
 13 of the place: for we will destroy this 
 place, because the cry of them is waxen 
 great before the Lord ; and the Lord 
 
 14 hath sent us to destroy it. And Lot 
 vrent out, and sjiake unto his sons in 
 law, which ^ married his daughters, and 
 said, Up, get you out of this jjlace ; 
 for the Lord will destroy the city. But
 
 20. 11. 
 
 GENESIS. 
 
 13 
 
 lOr, 
 
 ptmish- 
 
 ment 
 
 2 See ch. 
 xiii. 10. 
 
 3 Or, O 
 
 Lord 
 
 i Oi', 
 the evil 
 
 5 That is, 
 Little, 
 ver. 20. 
 See ch. 
 xiv. 8. 
 
 he seemed unto bis sons in law as one 
 
 15 that niofkcd. And wlien the morning 
 arose, then the angels hastened Lot, 
 saying, Ai'ise, take thy wife, and tliy 
 two daughters which are here ; lest 
 thou be consumed in the i iniquity of 
 
 16 the city. But he Imgered ; and the men 
 laid hold upon his baud, and upon the 
 hand of his wife, and upon the hand 
 of his two daugliters ; the Lord being 
 merciful mito him : and they brought 
 hun forth, and set him without the 
 
 17 city. And it came to pass, when they 
 had brought them forth abroad, that he 
 said. Escape for thy life ; look not be- 
 hind thee, neither stay thou in all the 
 ■■^ Plain; escape to the moiuitain, lest 
 
 18 thou be consumed. And Lot said unto 
 19 them, Oh, not so, ^my lord: behold 
 
 now, thy servant hath fomid grace in 
 thy sight, and thou hast magnified thy 
 mercy, which thou hast shewed mito 
 me in saving my life; and I eaimot 
 escape to the momitam, lest * evil 
 20 overtake me, and I die: behold now, 
 this city is near to flee imto, and it is a 
 little one : Oh, let me escape thither, (is 
 it not a little one?) and my soul shall 
 
 21 live. And he said unto him, See, I 
 have accepted thee concerning this 
 thing also, that I will not overthrow 
 the city of which thou hast spoken. 
 
 22 Haste thee, escape thither ; for I cannot 
 do any thing till thou be come thither. 
 Therefore the name of the city was 
 
 23 called ^ Zoar. The sun was risen upon 
 the earth when Lot came mito Zoar. 
 
 24 Then the Lord rained upon Sodom 
 and upon Gomorrah brimstone and fire 
 
 25 from the Lord out of heaven ; and he 
 overthrew those cities, and all the 
 Plain, and all the inhabitants of the 
 cities, and that which gi'ew ujion the 
 
 26 ground. But his wife looked back from 
 behmd him, and she became a pillar of 
 
 27 salt. And Abraham gat up early in the 
 morning to the place where he had 
 
 28 stood before the Lord : and he looked 
 toward Sodom and Gomorrah, and 
 toward all the land of the Plain, and 
 beheld, and, lo, the smoke of the laud 
 went up as the smoke of a im'iiace. 
 
 29 And it came to pass, when God de- 
 stroyed the cities of the Plain, that God 
 remembered Abraham, and sent Lot 
 out of the midst of the overthrow, wlien 
 he overthrew the cities in the which 
 Lot dwelt. 
 
 30 And Lot went up out of Zoar, and 
 dwelt in the mountain, and his two 
 daughters with him ; for he feared 
 to dweU in Zoar: and he dwelt in a 
 
 31 cave, he and his two daughters. And 
 the firstborn said unto the younger. 
 Our father is old, and there is not a man 
 in the earth to come in unto us after 
 
 32 the manner of aU the earth: come, 
 let us make our father drink wine, and 
 we will lie with him, that we may 
 
 33 preserve seed of our father. And they 
 made their father drink wine that 
 night : and the firstborn went in, and 
 lay with her father ; and he knew not 
 when she lay down, nor when she 
 
 34 arose. And it came to pass on the 
 morrow, that the firstborn said unto 
 the younger, Behold, I lay yesternight 
 with my father : let us make him drink 
 wine this night also; and go thou in, 
 and lie with him, that we may jire- 
 
 35 serve seed of om- father. And they 
 made thek father drink wine that night 
 also: and the yomiger arose, and lay 
 with hun ; and he knew not when she 
 
 36 lay down, nor when she arose. Thus 
 were both the daughters of Lot with 
 
 37 child by their father. And the first- 
 born bare a son, and called his name 
 Moab: the same is the father of the 
 
 38Moabites unto this day. And the 
 younger, she also bare a son, and 
 called his name Ben-ammi : the same 
 is the father of the chililren of Ammon 
 unto this day. 
 
 20 And Abraham journeyed from thence 
 toward the land of the South, and 
 dwelt between Kadesh and Shur ; and 
 
 2 he sojourned in Gerar. And Abraham 
 said of Sarah his wife. She is my sister : 
 and Abimelech king of Gerar sent, and 
 
 3 took Sarah. But God came to Abimel- 
 ech in a di-eam of the night, and said 
 to him. Behold, thou art but a dead 
 man, because of the woman which thou 
 hast taken; for she is a man's wife. 
 
 4 Nov/ Abimelech had not come near 
 her : and he said. Lord, wilt thou slay 
 
 5 even a righteous nation ? Said he not 
 himself unto me. She is my sister? 
 and she, even she herseK said. He is my 
 brother : in the integi'ity of my heart 
 and the umocency of my hands have 
 
 6 1 done this. And God said unto him 
 in the dream, Yea, I know that m the 
 integi'ity of thy heart thou hast done 
 this, and I also withheld thee from 
 simiing against me : therefore suiiered 
 
 7 I thee not to touch her. Now there- 
 fore restore the man's wite ; for he is 
 a prophet, and he shall pray for thee, 
 and thou shalt live : and if thou restore 
 her not, know thou that thou shalt 
 sm'ely die, thou, and aU that are thine. 
 
 8 And Abimelech rose early ui the 
 morning, and called aU his servants, 
 and told all these things m their ears : 
 
 9 and the men were sore afraid. Then 
 Abimelech called Abraham, and said 
 imto him. What hast thou done imto 
 us ? and wherein have I sinned against 
 thee, that thou hast brought on me and 
 on my kingdom a great sin ? thou hast 
 done deeds mito me that ought not to 
 
 10 be done. And Abimelech said unto 
 Abraham, WHiat sawest thou, that thou 
 
 11 hast done this thing ? And Abraham 
 said. Because I thouglit, Surely the 
 fear of God is not in this place; and
 
 14 
 
 GENESIS. 
 
 20. 11. 
 
 1 Or, Jic 
 
 2 Or, be- 
 fore aXl 
 men 
 
 3 Or, pre- 
 pared 
 I'iughter 
 /or me 
 
 lOr, 
 ptaying 
 
 5 Or, 
 
 they will slay me for my wife's sake. 
 
 1'2 And moreover she is indeed my sister, 
 
 the daughter of my father, but not the 
 
 daughter of my mother; and she be- 
 
 13 came my wife : and it came to jiass, 
 when God caused me to wander from 
 my father's hotise, that I said unto 
 her. This is thy kindness which thou 
 shalt shew unto me; at every place 
 whither we shall come, say of me, He 
 
 14 is my brother. Arid Abimelech took 
 sheep and oxen, and menservants and 
 womenservants, and gave them mito 
 Abraham, and restored him Sarah his 
 
 15 wife. And Abimelech said, Behold, 
 my land is before thee : dwell where 
 
 16 it jileaseth thee. And unto Sarah he 
 said. Behold, I have given thy brother 
 a thousand pieces of silver: behold, 
 lit is for thee a covermg of the eyes 
 to aU that ai-e with thee; and 2 in re- 
 
 17 spect of all thou art righted. And Abra- 
 ham prayed unto God : and God healed 
 Abhnelech, and his wife, and his maid- 
 
 18 servants ; and they bare children. For 
 the Lord had fast closed up all the 
 wombs of the house of Abimelech, be- 
 cause of Sarah Abraham's wife. 
 
 21 And the Lord visited Sarali as he 
 had said, and the Lord did unto Sarah 
 
 2 as he had spoken. And Sarah con- 
 ceived, and bare Abraham a son in 
 his old age, at the set time of which 
 
 3 God had sxjoken to him. And Abra- 
 ham called the name of his son that 
 was born unto him, whom Sarah bare 
 
 4 to him, Isaac. And Abraham circum- 
 cised his son Isaac when he was eight 
 days old, as God had commanded him. 
 
 .'SAud Abraham was an hundred years 
 old, when his son Isaac was Iwrii unto 
 
 B him. And Sarah said, God hath ^made 
 me to laugh ; every one that heareth 
 
 Twill laugh with nie. And she said, 
 Who would have said unto Abraham, 
 that Sarah should give children suck ? 
 for I have borne him a son in his old age. 
 
 8 And the child gi'ew, and ^\&s, weaned : 
 and Abraham made a great feast on 
 
 9 the day that Isaac was weaned. And 
 Sarah saw the son of Hagar the 
 Egj^iJtian, which she had borne unto 
 
 10 Abraham, ^mocking. Wlierefore she 
 said unto Abraham, Cast out this bond- 
 woman and her son : for the son of this 
 bondwoman shall not be heir with my 
 
 11 son, even with Isaac. AnA the thing 
 was very gi-ievous in Abraham's sight 
 
 12 on account of his son. And God said 
 unto Abraham, Let it not be gi'ievous 
 in thy sight because of the lad, and be- 
 cause of thy bondwoman; in all that 
 Sarah saith unto thee, hearken unto 
 lier voice ; for in Isaac shall thy seed 
 
 13 be called. And also of the son of the 
 bondwoman ^\iU I make a nation, be- 
 
 14 cause he is thy seed. And Abraham 
 rose up early in the morning, and took 
 bread and a = bottle of v.'ater, and gave it 
 
 unto Hagar, putting it on her shoulder, 
 and the child, and sent her away : and 
 she dejiarted, and wandered in the 
 
 15 wilderness of Beer-sheba. And the 
 water in the bottle was spent, and she 
 cast the child mider one of the shrubs. 
 
 16 And she went, and sat her down over 
 against hun a good vv-aj- off, as it were a 
 bowshot : for she said. Let me not look 
 upon the death of the child. And she 
 sat over against him, and lift up her 
 
 17 voice, and wept. And God heard the 
 voice of the lad ; and the angel of God 
 called to Hagar out of heaven, and said 
 unto her. What aileth thee, Hagar ? 
 fear not ; for God hath heard the voice 
 
 18 of the lad where he is. Arise, lift up 
 the lad, and hold him in thine hand ; 
 for I will make him a great nation. 
 
 19 And God opened her eyes, and she saw 
 a well of water; and she went, and 
 fiUed the bottle with water, and gave 
 
 20 the lad drink. And God was with the 
 lad, and he grew ; and he dwelt in the 
 wilderness, and "became an archer. 
 
 21 And he dwelt in the wilderness of 
 Paran : and liis mother took him a wife 
 out of the land of ~Eigj^i. 
 
 22 And it came to pass at that time, that 
 Abimelech and Phicol the captain of 
 his host spake unto Abraham, sajirig, 
 God is with thee in all that thou doest : 
 
 •23 now therefore swear mito me here 
 by God that thou wilt not deal falsely 
 with me, nor with ''my son, nor with 
 my son's son : but according to the 
 kindness that I have done unto thee, 
 thou shalt do unto me, and to the land 
 
 24wherem thou hast sojourned. And 
 
 25 Abraham said, I ^vill swear. And 
 Abraham reproved Abimelech because 
 of the well of water, which Abimelech's 
 servants had violently taken away. 
 
 26 And Abimelech said, I know not who 
 hath done this thing : neither didst thou 
 teU me, neither yet heard I of it, but 
 
 '27 to-day. And Abraham took shee^j and 
 oxen, and gave them unto Abimelech ; 
 
 28 and they two made a covenant. And 
 Abraham set seven ewe lambs of the 
 
 29 flock by themselves. And Abhnelech 
 said unto Altraham, What mean these 
 seven ewe lambs which thou hast set 
 
 30 by themselves? And he said, These 
 seven ewe lambs shalt thou take of 
 my hand, that it may be a witness 
 unto me, that I have digged this well. 
 
 31 "Whei'ef ore he called that place Beer- 
 sheba ; because there they sware both 
 
 32 of them. So they made a covenant at 
 Beer-sheba: and Abimelech rose up, 
 and Phicol the captain of his host, and 
 they returned into the land of the 
 
 33 Philistines. And Ahraliam planted a 
 tamarisk tree in Beer-sheba, and called 
 there on the name of the Lord, the 
 
 34 Everlasthig (xod. And Abraham so- 
 journed in the laud of the Philistines 
 many days.
 
 23. 13. 
 
 GENESIS. 
 
 15 
 
 iHeb. 
 
 fee/or 
 hlmiclf. 
 
 '-' Or, ac- 
 cording 
 to many 
 ;;ncieiit 
 :iiitliori- 
 ties. 6t'- 
 hold a 
 •Heb. 
 <jne)rani 
 caught 
 ■' That is, 
 The 
 
 IMRD 
 
 iciU see, 
 or, pro- 
 vide. 
 i Or, Tie 
 shall be 
 seen 
 
 22 And it came to pass after these things, 
 that God did prove Abraham, and 
 said unto limi, Altraham ; and )ie said, 
 
 •iHere am I. And he said, Talce now 
 thy son, thine onlj- son, whom thon 
 htvest, even Isaac, and pet thee uito 
 the hind of Moriah ; and oifer liini there 
 for a bm-nt oU'eriiif,' npon one of the 
 mountains whie}i I will tell thee of. 
 
 ;J.\nd Abraham rose early in the morn- 
 ing, and saddled his ass, and took 
 two of his young men with him, and 
 Isaac his sou ; and he clave the wood 
 for the burnt offering, and rose up, 
 and went unto the place of which 
 
 •i God had told liim. Oil the third day 
 Abraham lifted up his eyes, and saw 
 
 5 the place afar off. And Abraham said 
 unto his young men. Abide ye here 
 with the ass, and I and the lad will go 
 yonder ; and we will \vorship, and come 
 
 6 again to you. And Abraham took the 
 Avood of the burnt oifering, and laid it 
 upon Isaac his son ; and he took in his 
 hand the iii-e and tlie knife ; and they 
 
 7 went both of them together. And 
 Isaac spake unto Abraham his father, 
 and said. My father : and he said. Here 
 am I, my son. And he said. Behold, 
 the lire and the >vood : but where is the 
 
 8 lamb for a burnt oifering ? And Abra- 
 ham said, God will i provide hunself 
 the lamb for a bm-nt oifering, my son: 
 so they went both of them together. 
 
 y And they came to the place which God 
 had told him of ; and Abraham built 
 the altar there, and laid the wood in 
 order, and bound Isaac his sou, and 
 laid him on the altar, upon the wood. 
 
 10 And Abraham stretched forth his hand, 
 and took the knife to slay his son. 
 
 11 And the angel of the Lokd called unto 
 him out of heaven, and said, Abraham. 
 Abraham: and he said. Here am I. 
 
 12 And he said. Lay not thine hand upon 
 the lad, neither do thou any thing 
 unto him: for now I knoAv that thou 
 fearest God, seeing thou hast not with- 
 held thy son, thine only son, from me. 
 
 13.'uid Abraham lifted up his eyes, and 
 looked, and '-^ behold, behind him a ram 
 caught in the thicket by his horns: 
 and Abraham went and took the ram, 
 and offered him up for a burnt offering 
 
 1 1 in the stead of his son. And Abraham 
 called the name of that place " Jehovah- 
 jireh: as it is said to this day. In the 
 mount of the Loed -it sliall be pro- 
 
 15vided. And the angel of the Lord 
 called mito Abraham a second tune out 
 
 16 of heaven, and said, By uiyseK have I 
 sworn, saith the Lord, because thou 
 hast done this thing, and hast not with- 
 
 17 held thy son, thine oidy son: that in 
 blessing I will bless thee, and in multi- 
 plymg I will multiply thy seed as the 
 stars of the heaven, and as the sand 
 which is upon the sea shore ; and thy 
 seed shall possess the gate of his 
 
 18 enemies ; and in thy seed shall all the 
 natitms of the earth ^ be blessed; be- 
 lt) cause thou hast obeyed my voice. So 
 Abi-aham returned uTito his young men, 
 and they rose up and went together to 
 Beer-sheba; and Abraham dwelt at 
 Beer-sheba. 
 
 20 And it came to pass after these 
 things, that it was told Abraham, say- 
 iiig. Behold, Milcali, she also hath 
 borne children luito thy brother Na- 
 
 21 hor ; Uz his firstborn, and Buz his 
 brother, and Kenniel the father of 
 
 22 Aram ; and Chesed, and Hazo, and 
 Pildash, and Jidlaph, and Bethuel. 
 
 23 And Bethuel begat Kebekah : these 
 eight did Milcah bear to Nahor, Abra- 
 
 24 ham's brother. And his concubine, 
 whose name was Remnah, she also 
 bare Tebah, and Gaham, and Tahash, 
 and Maacali. 
 
 23 And the life of Sarah v>'as an hundred 
 and seven and twenty years: these 
 were the years of the life of Sarah. 
 
 2 And Sarah died in Kiriath-arba (the 
 same is Hebron ) , in the land of Canaan : 
 and Abraham came to mourn fen- Sarah, 
 
 Sand to weep for her. And Abraham 
 rose up from before his dead, and 
 spake unto the children of Heth, say- 
 
 4ing, I am a stranger and a sojourner 
 with you: give me a possession of 
 a burjingplace with you, that I may 
 
 5 bury my dead out of my sight. And the 
 children of Heth answered Abraham, 
 
 (3 saying unto him. Hear us, my lord: 
 thou art c a mighty prmce among 
 us: in the choice of our sei^ulchres 
 bra-y thy dead ; none of us shall with- 
 hold from thee his sepulchre, but 
 that thou mayest bury thy dead. 
 
 7 And Abraham rose up, and bowed 
 hunself to the people of the land, even 
 
 8 to the children of Heth. And he 
 comnumed ■v^ith them, saying. If it 
 be your mind that I should bury my 
 dead out of my sight, hear me, and 
 intreat for me to Ephron the son of 
 
 if Zohar, that he may give me the cave 
 of Machpelah, wiiich he hath, which 
 is in the end of his field ; for the full 
 price let him give it to uie in the 
 midst of you for a jjossession of a 
 
 10 buryingidace. Now Ephron was sittmg 
 in the midst of the children of Heth : 
 and Eplu-ou the Hittite answered Abra- 
 ham ui the audience of the children 
 of Heth, even of all that went in at 
 
 11 the gate of his city, sayuig, Nay, my 
 lord, hear me: the field give I thee, 
 and the cave that is thereui, I give it 
 thee ; m the presence of the sons of my 
 people give I it thee : bury thy dead. 
 
 12 And Abraham bowed himself down 
 
 13 before the people of the land. And he 
 spake unto Ephron in the audience 
 of the jieople of the land, saying. But 
 if thou wilt, I pray thee, hear me: 
 I will give the price of the field ; take it 
 
 "Or.WcM 
 
 them- 
 
 selves 
 
 n Heb. a 
 prince 
 uf God.
 
 16 
 
 GENESIS. 
 
 23. 13. 
 
 i Or, /or 
 an the 
 good) of 
 his 
 
 master 
 were in 
 hia hand 
 
 of me, and I will bury my dead there. 
 14Aiid Epliron answered Abraham, say- 
 15ing nnto hmi. My lord, hearken unto 
 me: a piece of land worth four hun- 
 dred shekels of silver, what is that 
 betwixt me and thee? bury therefore 
 
 16 thy dead. And Abraham hearkened 
 unto Ephron ; and Abraham weighed 
 to Ephron the silver, which he had 
 named in the audience of the children 
 of Hetli, four hundred shekels of 
 silver, current mo net/ with the mer- 
 
 17 chant. So the field of Eplu-on, which 
 was in Machpelah, which was before 
 Mamre, the field, and the cave which 
 was therein, and all the trees that were 
 in the field, that were in all the border 
 thereof round about, were made sure 
 
 18 unto Abraham for a possession in the 
 presence of the children of Heth, before 
 all that went in at the gate of his 
 
 19 city. And after this, Abraham buried 
 Sarah his wife in the cave of the field 
 of Machpelah before Mamre (the same 
 is Hebron), in the land of Canaan. 
 
 20 And the field, and the cave that is 
 therein, were made sure unto Abraham 
 for a possession of a buryingi)lace by 
 the children of Heth. 
 
 24 And Abraham was old, and well 
 stricken m age: and the Lord had 
 
 2 blessed Abraham in all things. And 
 Abraham said unto bis servant, the 
 elder of his house, that ruled over all 
 that he had. Put, I pray thee, thy 
 
 3 hand under my thigh : and I will make 
 thee swear by the Lord, the God of 
 heaven and the God of the earth, that 
 thou shalt not take a wife for my son 
 of the daughters of the Canaanites, 
 
 4 among whom I dwell : but thou shalt 
 go unto my country, and to my kindred, 
 and take a wife for my son Isaac. 
 
 5 And the servant said unto him, Per- 
 adventure the woman will not be 
 willing to follow me unto this land: 
 must I needs bring thy son again unto 
 the land from whence thou camest? 
 
 6 And Abraham said unto him. Beware 
 thou that thou bring not my son 
 
 7 thither again. The Lord, the God of 
 heaven, that took me from my father's 
 house, and from the land of my nativ- 
 ity, and that spake unto me, and that 
 sware unto me, saying. Unto thy seed 
 will I give this land ; he shall send his 
 angel before thee, and thou shalt take 
 
 8 a wife for my son from thence. And 
 if the woman be not willing to follow 
 thee, then thou shalt be clear from 
 this my oath ; only thou shalt not bring 
 
 9 my son thither agam. And the servant 
 put his hand under the thigh of Abra- 
 ham his master, and sware to him 
 
 10 concerning this matter. And the serv- 
 ant took ten camels, of the camels of 
 his master, and departed; ^having all 
 goodly thmga of his master's in his 
 hand : and he arose, and went to 
 
 2 Mesopotamia, unto the city of Nahor. 
 
 11 And he made the camels to kneel down 
 without the city by the well of water 
 at the time of evening, the time that 
 
 12 women go out to draw water. And he 
 said, Lord, the God of my master 
 Abraham, send me, I pray thee, good 
 speed this day, and shew kindness 
 
 13 unto my master Abraham. Behold, I 
 stand by the fountain of water; and 
 the daughters of the men of the city 
 
 1-1 come out to draw water: and let it 
 come to pass, that the damsel to whom 
 I shall say, Let do\vn thy i)itcher, 
 I pray thee, that I may drink; and 
 she shall say, Drink, and I will give 
 thy camels drink also: let the same 
 be she that thou hast ajipointed for 
 thy servant Isaac; and thereby shall 
 I laiow that thou hast shewed kind- 
 
 ISness unto my master. And it came 
 to pass, before he had done speakmg, 
 that, behold, Rebekah came out, who 
 was born to Bethuel the son of Milcah, 
 the wife of Nahor, Abraham's brother, 
 with her pitcher upon her shoiilder. 
 
 16 And the damsel was very fair to 
 look upon, a "virgin, neither had any 
 man known her: and she went down 
 to the fountain, and filled her pitcher, 
 
 17 and came up. And the servant ran 
 to meet her, and said. Give me to 
 drink, I pray thee, a little water of 
 
 18 thy pitcher. And she said. Drink, my 
 lord : and she hasted, and let down 
 her pitcher upon her hand, and gave 
 
 19 him drink. And when she had done 
 giving him drink, she said, I wUl 
 draw for thy camels also, until they 
 
 20 have done drinking. And she hast- 
 ed, and emptied her pitcher into the 
 trough, and ran agam unto the well 
 to draw, and drew for all his camels. 
 
 21 And the man looked stedfastly on her ; 
 holding his peace, to know whether the 
 Lord had made his journey prosperous 
 
 22 or not. And it came to pass, as 
 the camels had done drinking, that 
 the man took a golden ring of ^half 
 a shekel weight, and two bracelets 
 for her hands of ten shekels weight of 
 
 23 gold; and said. Whose daughter art 
 thou? tell me, I pray thee. Is there 
 room in thy father's house for us to 
 
 24 lodge in ? Ajid she said unto him, I am 
 the daughter of Bethuel the son of 
 Milcah, which she bare unto Nahor. 
 
 2.') She said moreover unto him. We have 
 both straw and provender enough, and 
 
 26 room to lodge in. And the man bowed 
 his head, and worshipiied the Lord. 
 
 27 And he said. Blessed be the Lord, 
 the God of my master Abraham, who 
 hath not forsaken his mercy and his 
 truth toward my master: as for me, 
 the Lord hath led me in the way to the 
 
 28 house of my master's brethren. And 
 the damsel ran, and told her mother's 
 
 29 house according to these words. And
 
 24. 65. 
 
 GENESIS. 
 
 Eebekah had a brother, and liis name 
 was Labaii : and Laban ran out unto 
 HOtho man, unto tho fomitain. And it 
 came to pass, wheii he saw the rm^, 
 and the bracelets upon his sister's 
 hands, and wlien he heard the words 
 of Eebekah his sister, saying. Thus 
 spake tlie man unto me ; that he 
 came unto tho man ; and, behold, he 
 stood by tho camels at tlie fountain. 
 
 31 And he said. Come in, thoit Idessed 
 of tho Lord ; wherefore standest 
 thou without? for I have ]5repared 
 the house, and room for the camels. 
 
 32 And the man came into the house, 
 and he ungirded tho camels; and he 
 gave straw and provender for the 
 camels, and water to wash his feet 
 and the men's feet that were with him. 
 
 33 And there was set meat before him 
 to eat: but he said, I will not eat, 
 until I have told mine errand. Aiid 
 
 34 he said. Speak on. And he said, I 
 
 35 am Abraliam's servant. And the 
 Lord hath blessed my master gi-eat- 
 ly ; and he is become gi-eat : and he 
 hath given him flocks and herds, 
 and silver and gold, and menservants 
 and maidservants, and camels and 
 
 36 asses. And Sarah my master's wife 
 bare a son to my master when she 
 was old : and unto him hath he given 
 
 37 all that ho hath. And my master 
 made me swear, saying. Thou shalt 
 not take a wife for my son of the 
 daughters of the Canaanites, in whose 
 
 38 land I dwell: but thou shalt go luito 
 my father's house, and to my kindred, 
 
 39 and take a wife for my son. Aiid 
 I said unto my master, Peradventure 
 
 40 the woman will not follow me. And 
 he said unto me. The Lord, before 
 whom I walk, will send his angel with 
 thee, and prosper thy way; and thou 
 shalt take a wife for my son of my 
 kindred, and of my father's house: 
 
 41 then shalt thou be clear from my 
 oath, when thou comest to my kind- 
 red ; and if they give her not to thee, 
 
 4'2 thou shalt be clear from my oath. And 
 I came this day unto the fountain, and 
 said, O Lord, the God of my master 
 Abraham, if now thou do prosper my 
 
 43 way which I go: behold, I stand by 
 the fountain of water ; and let it come 
 to pass, that the maiden which cometh 
 forth to draw, to whom I shall say, 
 Give me, I pray thee, a little water 
 
 44 of thy pitcher to drink ; and she shall 
 say to me, Both drink thou, and I 
 will also draw for thy camels: let 
 the same be the woman whom the 
 Lord hath appointed for my master's 
 
 45 son. And before I had done speaking 
 in mine heart, behold, Eebekah came 
 forth with her pitcher on her shoulder ; 
 and she went down tmto the fount- 
 ain, and drew: and I said unto her, 
 
 46 Let me drink, I pray thee. And she 
 
 made haste, and let down her i)itcher 
 from her slioulder, and said. Drink, 
 and I will give thy camels drink also : 
 so I dranlc, and she made the camels 
 
 47 drink also. Ajid I asked her, and 
 said. Whose daughter art thou ? And 
 she said. The daughter of Bethuel, 
 Nahor's son, whom Milcah bare unto 
 him : and I put tlie ring upon her nose, 
 and the bracelets upon her hands. 
 
 48 And I bowed my head, and worshipped 
 the Lord, and blessed the Lord, the 
 (xod of my master Abraham, which 
 had led me in the right way to take 
 my master's brother's daughter for 
 
 49 his son. And now if ye will deal 
 kindly and truly with my master, 
 tell me : and if not, tell me ; that 
 I may turn to the right hand, or to 
 
 50 the left. Then Laban and Bethuel 
 answered and said. The thing pro- 
 ceedeth from the Lord : we cannot 
 
 51 speak unto thee bad or good. Behold, 
 Eebekah is before thee, take her, and 
 go, and let her be thy master's son's 
 
 52 wife, as the Lord hath spoken. And 
 it came to pass, that, when Abraham's 
 servant heard their words, he bowed 
 himself down to the earth mito the 
 
 53 Lord. And the servant brought forth 
 jewels of silver, and jewels of gold, 
 and raiment, and gave them to Ee- 
 bekah: he gave also to her brother 
 and to her mother precious things. 
 
 54 And they did eat and drink, he and 
 the men that were witli huu, and 
 tarried all night; and they rose up 
 in the morning, and he said, Send 
 
 55 me away unto my master. And her 
 brother and her mother said. Let the 
 damsel abide with us a fern days, at 
 the least ten ; after that she shall go. 
 
 56 And he said unto them. Hinder me 
 not, seeing the Lord hath prospered 
 my way; send me away that I may 
 
 57 go to my master. And they said. We 
 will call the damsel, and inquu-e at 
 
 58 her mouth. And they called Eebekah, 
 and said unto her. Wilt thou go with 
 this man? And she said, I will go. 
 
 59 And they sent away Eebekah theu* 
 sister, and her nurse, and Abraham's 
 
 60 servant, and his men. And they blessed 
 Eebekah, and said unto her. Our sister, 
 be thou the mother of thousands of ten 
 thousands, and let thy seed possess the 
 
 61 gate of those which hate them. And 
 Eebekah arose, and her damsels, and 
 they rode ui)on the camels, and fol- 
 lowed the man: and the servant took 
 
 62 Eebekah, and went his way. And Isaac 
 came ifrom the way of Beer-lahai-roi ; 
 for he dwelt in the land of the South. 
 
 63 And Isaac went out to meditate in the 
 fleld at the eventide : and he lifted uj) 
 his eyes, and saw, and, behold, there 
 
 64 were camels coming. And Eebekah 
 lifted up her eyes, and when she saw 
 
 65 Isaac, she lighted off the camel. And 
 
 iThe 
 Sept. lu« 
 throxitjli 
 the wil- 
 derness.
 
 18 
 
 GENESIS. 
 
 24. 65. 
 
 lOr, 
 si-ttlvd 
 Heb./cH. 
 2 Or, over 
 agahist 
 
 she said rmto the servant, What man 
 is this that walketh in the fiekl to 
 meet us? And the servant said, It is 
 my master : and she took her veil, and 
 
 66 covered herself. And the servant told 
 Isaac all the things that he had done. 
 
 67 And Isaac Ijrought her into his mother 
 Sarah's tent, and took Kebekah, and 
 she became his wife ; and he loved 
 her: and Isaac was comforted after 
 his mother's death. 
 
 25 And Aln-aham took . another wife, 
 
 2 and her name was Keturah. And she 
 bare him Zinnan, and Jokshan, and 
 Medan, and Midiau, and Ishbak, and 
 
 3 Shuah. And Jokshan ))egat Sheba, 
 and Dedan. And the sons of Dedan 
 were Asshmim, and Letushiin, and 
 
 4Leuuuuim. And the sons of Midian; 
 Ephah, aiid Ejiher, and Hanoch, and 
 Abida, and Eklaah. All these were 
 
 5 the children of Keturah. And Abra- 
 ham gave all that he had unto Isaac. 
 
 6 But luito the sons of the concubines, 
 which Abraham had, Abraham gave 
 gifts; and he sent them away from 
 Isaac bis son, while he yet lived, 
 
 7 eastward, unto the east countrj'. And 
 these are the days of the years of 
 Abraham's life which he lived, an 
 hmidred threescore and fifteen years. 
 
 8 And Abraham gave vq) the ghost, and 
 died in a good old age, an old man, and 
 fuU of years ; and \\as gathered to his 
 
 9 people. And Isaac and Islmiael his sons 
 buried hun in the cave uf Machpelah, 
 in the field of Ejjhron the son of Zoliar 
 the Hittite, which is before Mamre; 
 
 10 the field which Abraham purchased of 
 the children of Heth: tliere was Abra- 
 
 11 ham buried, and Sarah his v.ife. And 
 it came to pass after the death of 
 Abraham, that God blessed Isaac his 
 son ; and Isaac dwelt by Beer-lahai-roi. 
 
 12 Now these are the generations of 
 Ishmael, Abraham's son, whom Hagar 
 the Egyptian, Sarah's hanchnaid, bare 
 
 13 unto Abraham : and these are the 
 names of the sous of Isluuael, by then- 
 names, accorduig to their generations : 
 the iu'stboi'n of Islunael. Nebaioth ; and 
 
 14Kedar, and Adbeel, and Mibsam, and 
 
 Mislmia, and Dumah, and Massa; 
 
 l.T Hadad, and Tenia, Jetm% Na2)hish, and 
 
 16 Kedemah: these are the sons of Ishmael, 
 and these are their names, by their 
 villages, and by their encampments ; 
 twelve princes according to their ua- 
 
 17 tious. And these are the j-ears of the 
 life of Islunael, an hundred and thirty 
 and seven years : and he gave up the 
 ghost and died ; and was gathered unto 
 
 18 his people. And they dwelt from Havi- 
 lah unto Shur that is before Egypt, as 
 thou goest toward AssjTia : he i abode 
 2 in the presence of aU his brethren. 
 
 19 And these are the generations of 
 Isaac, Abraham's son: Abraham begat 
 
 20 Isaac: and Isaac was forty years old 
 
 when he took Rebekah, the daughter of 
 Bethuel the ^Syrian of Paddan-aram, 
 the sister of Liban the ^ Syrian, to be 
 
 21 his wife. And Isaac intreated the 
 Lord for his \vife, because she was 
 barren: and the Lord was intreated 
 of hun, and Rebekah his wife con- 
 
 22ceived. And the children struggled 
 together within her; and she said. If 
 it be so, * wherefore do I live? And 
 
 23 she went to inquire of the Lord. And 
 the Lord said mito her, 
 
 Two nations are in thy womb. 
 
 And two i)eoples shall be separated 
 even from thy bowels : 
 
 And the one people shall be stronger 
 than the other jjeople ; 
 
 And the elder shall serve the young- 
 er. 
 
 24 And when her days to be delivered were 
 fulfilled, behold, there were twins in 
 
 25 her womb. And the first came forth 
 "red, all over like an hau-y garment; 
 
 26 and they called his name Esau. And 
 after that came forth his brother, and 
 his hand had hold on Esau's heel ; and 
 his name was called ^ Jacob : and Isaac 
 was threescore years old when she bare 
 
 27 them. And the boj's grew : and Esau 
 was a cunning hunter, a man of the 
 field; and Jacob was a ''plain man, 
 
 28 dwelling in tents. Now Isaac loved 
 Esau, because he did eat of his venison: 
 
 29 and Rebekah loved Jacob. And Jacob 
 sod pottage: and Esau came in from 
 
 30 the field, and he was faint: and Esau 
 said to Jacob, Feed me, I pray thee, 
 with *^that same redpattage ; for I am 
 faint: therefore was his name called 
 
 31 '-'Edom. And Jacob said. Sell me i^this 
 
 32 day thy birthright. And Esau said. 
 Behold, I am at the point to die: and 
 what iirofit shall the birthright do to 
 
 33 me? And Jacob said, Swear to me 
 10 this day; and he sware unto him: 
 and he sold his birthi-ight unto Jacob. 
 
 34 And Jacob gave Esau bread and pot- 
 tage of lentils; and be did eat and 
 drink, and rose up, and went his way : 
 so Esau desiused his birthright. 
 
 26 And there was a famine in the 
 land, beside the first famine that was 
 in the days of Abraham. And Isaac 
 went unto Abunelech king of the 
 
 2 Philistines unto Gerar. And the 
 Lord appeared mito him, and said. 
 Go not down into Egypt; dwell in 
 the land which I shall tell thee of: 
 
 3 sojourn in this land, and I will be 
 with thee, and will bless thee ; for mito 
 thee, and unto thy seed, I will give all 
 these lands, and I will establish the 
 oath which I sware unto Abraham thy 
 
 4 father ; and I will multiply thy seed as 
 the stars of heaven, and will give unto 
 thy seed all these lands ; and in thy seed 
 shall all the nations of the earth i^be 
 
 5 blessed ; because that Abraham obey- 
 ed my voice, and ke])t my charge, my 
 
 ■■> Heb. 
 A rnvl- 
 ean. 
 
 J Or, 
 
 where- 
 fore a^n 
 I thus I 
 
 5 Or, 
 ruddy 
 
 6 That is, 
 One tfutt 
 takes by 
 the heel 
 or sup- 
 pla nis. 
 ^ Or, 
 quiet 
 Or, 
 
 harm- 
 less 
 Hel). 
 per/ecC. 
 
 »Heb. 
 thf red 
 pottajie, 
 this red 
 pottage. 
 « That is, 
 Jlcd. 
 wOr, 
 first (if 
 all 
 
 11 Or, 
 liless 
 the77i- 
 selves
 
 27. 10. 
 
 GENESIS. 
 
 19 
 
 iHeb. 
 liviwj. 
 
 2 That is, 
 
 Conten- 
 tion. 
 
 3 That is, 
 Enmity. 
 
 ■> That is, 
 Broad 
 places, 
 01, Room. 
 
 8 
 
 10 
 
 11 
 
 12 
 13 
 
 14 
 
 15 
 
 16 
 
 17 
 18 
 
 19 
 20 
 
 21 
 5'2 
 
 23 
 24 
 
 coimiiaiidments, my statutes, and my 
 laws. And Isaac dwelt in Gerar: and 
 the men of the place asked him of 
 his wife ; and he said, Slie is my sister : 
 for he feared to say, My wife; lest, 
 .laid he, the men of the iilace should 
 kill me for Rebekah : because she was 
 fair to look upon. And it came to 
 l)ass, when he had been there a long 
 time, that Abimelech king of the Phil- 
 istines looked out at a window, and 
 saw, and, behold, Isaac was sporting 
 with Eebekah his wife. And Abunel- 
 ech called Isaac, and said. Behold, of a 
 surety she is thj- wife : and how saidst 
 thou, She is my sister? And Isaac 
 said unto him, Because I said, Lest 
 I die for her. And Abimelech said, 
 "What is this thou hast done unto us ? 
 one of the people might lightly have 
 lien with thy wife, and thou shouldest 
 have brought guilthiess upon us. And 
 Abimelech charged all tlie people, 
 saying, He that toucheth this man or 
 his wife shall surely be put to death. 
 And Isaac sowed in that land, and fomid 
 ill the same year an hundredfold : and 
 tlie LoKD blessed him. And the man 
 waxed great, and grew more and 
 more until he became very great: 
 and he had possessions of Hocks, and 
 possessions of herds, and a great house- 
 hold: and the Philistines envied him. 
 Now all the w^ells which his father's 
 servants had digged in the days of Abra- 
 ham his father, the Philistines had stop- 
 ped them, and tilled them with earth. 
 And Abimelech said unto Isaac, Go 
 from us; for thou art much mightier 
 than we. And Isaac departed thence, 
 and encamped in the valley of Gerar, 
 and dwelt there. And Isaac digged 
 again the wells of water, which they 
 had digged in the days of Ahraham his 
 father ; for the Philistines had stopped 
 them after the death of Abranam : and 
 he called their names after the names 
 by which his father had called them. 
 And Isaac's servants digged in the val- 
 ley, and found there a well of ^ spruig- 
 ing water. And the herchnen of Gerar 
 strove with Isaac's herdmeu, sayhig, 
 The water is ours: and he called the 
 name of the well s'Esek; because 
 they contended with him. And they 
 digged another well, and they strove 
 for that also : and he called the name 
 of it ^Sitnah. And he removed from 
 thence, and digged another well; and 
 for that they strove not: and he 
 called the name of it ^Eehoboth; and 
 he said, For now the Lord hath made 
 room for us, and we shall be fruitful 
 in the land. And he went uji from 
 thence to Beer-sheba. And the Lord 
 apjieared unto huu the same night, 
 and said, I am the God of Abraham 
 thy father : fear not, for I am with thee, 
 and will bless thee, and multiply thy 
 
 seed for my servant Abraham's sake. 
 
 2.") And he buikhsd an altar there, and 
 called upon the name of the Lord, 
 and pitched his tent there: and there 
 
 2(5 Isaac's servants digged a well. Then 
 AIninelech went to him from Gerar, and 
 Abuzzath his friend, and Phicol the 
 
 27 captain of his host. And Isaac said 
 unto them. Wherefore are ye come unto 
 nie, seeing j-e hate me, and have sent me 
 
 28 away from you? And they said. We 
 saw plainly that the Lord was with 
 thee: and we said. Let there now be 
 an oath betwixt us, even betwixt us 
 and thee, and let us make a coven- 
 
 29 ant with thee; that thou wilt do us 
 no hurt, as we have not touched thee, 
 and as we have done unto thee nothuig 
 but good, and have sent thee away 
 in peace: thou art now the blessed 
 
 30 of the Lord. And he made them a 
 feast, and they did eat and drink. 
 
 31 And they rose up betimes in the 
 morning, and sware one to another: 
 and Isaac sent them away, and they de- 
 
 32 parted from him in peace. And it came 
 to pass the same day, that Isaac's 
 servants came, and told him concern- 
 ing the well which they had digged, 
 and said unto him, We have found 
 
 3o water. And he called it *Shibah: 
 therefore the name of the city is Beer- 
 sheba unto this day. 
 
 34 And when Esau was forty years old 
 he took to wife Judith the daughter 
 of Beeri the Hittite, and Basemath 
 the daughter of Elon the Hittite: 
 
 35 and they were "a gi-ief of mmd unto 
 Isaac and to Eebekah. 
 
 27 And it came to pass, that when Isaac 
 was old, and his eyes were dim, so that 
 he could not see, he called Esau his 
 elder son, and said unto him. My son: 
 
 2 and he said unto him. Here am I. And 
 he said. Behold now, I am old, I know 
 
 3 not the day of my death. Now there- 
 fore take, I pray thee, thy weapons, thy 
 quiver and thy bow, and go out to the 
 
 4 field, and take me venison; and make 
 me savour}' meat, such as I love, 
 and bring it to me, that I may eat; 
 that my soul may bless thee before 
 
 51 die. And Eebekah heard when 
 Isaac spake to Esau his son. And 
 Esau went to the field to hunt for 
 
 G venison, and to bring it. And Eebekah 
 spake unto Jacob her son, sajing. Be- 
 hold, I heard thy father speak unto 
 
 7 Esau thj' brother, saying. Bring me 
 venison, and make me savoury meat, 
 that I may eat, and bless thee before 
 
 8 the Lord before my death. Now* there- 
 fore, my son, obey my voice according 
 
 9 to that which I command thee. Go 
 no"w to the flock, and fetch me from 
 thence two good kids of the goats ; and 
 I wiU make them savom-y meat for thy 
 
 10 father, such as he loveth: and thou 
 shalt bring it to thy father, that he 
 
 5 See 
 ch. xxi. 
 
 ul. 
 
 B Heb. 
 bitter- 
 Ttcss of 
 apirit.
 
 20 
 
 GENESIS. 
 
 27. 10. 
 
 lOr, 
 
 mocker 
 
 may eat, so that he may bless thee 
 
 11 before liis death. And Jacob said to 
 Eebekah his mother, Behold, Esau 
 my brother is a hairy man, and I am a 
 
 12 smooth man. My fatlier peradventui'e 
 will feel me, and I shall seem to him 
 as a 1 deceiver; and I shall bring a 
 ciu'se upon me, and not a blessing. 
 
 13 And his mother said unto him, 
 Upon me be thy curse, my son : only 
 obey my voice, and go fetch me them. 
 
 14 And he went, and fetched, and brought 
 them to his mother: and his mother 
 made savoury meat, such as his 
 
 15 father loved. And Eebekah took the 
 goodly raiment of Esau her elder son, 
 which were with her in the house, and 
 put them upon Jacob her younger 
 
 16 son : and she put the skins of the 
 kids of the goats upon his hands, and 
 
 17 upon the smooth of his neck: and she 
 gave the savoury meat and the bread, 
 which she had prepared, into the hand 
 
 18 of her son Jacob. And he came 
 unto his father, and said. My father: 
 and he said, Here am I ; who art thou, 
 
 19 my son? And Jacob said unto his 
 father, I am Esau thy firstborn; I 
 have done according as thou badest 
 me: arise, I pray thee, sit and eat 
 of my venison, that thy soul may bless 
 
 20 me. And Isaac said unto his son. How 
 is it that thou hast found it so quick- 
 ly, my son? And he said. Because 
 the Lord thy God sent me good speed. 
 
 21 And Isaac said unto Jacob, Come 
 near, I pray thee, that I may feel thee, 
 my son, whether thou be my very son 
 
 22 Esau or not. And Jacob went near unto 
 Isaac his father; and he felt hun, 
 and said. The voice is Jacobs voice, 
 but the hands are the hands of Esau. 
 
 23 And he discerned him not, because his 
 hands were hairy, as his brother Esau's 
 
 24 hands : so he blessed him. And he said. 
 Art thou my very son Esau? And he 
 
 25 said, I am. And he said, Bring it near 
 to me, and I will eat of my son's veni- 
 son, that my soul may bless thee. And 
 he brought it near to him, and he did 
 eat: and he brought him wine, and he 
 
 26 drank. And his father Isaac said mito 
 him, Come near now, and kiss me, my 
 
 27 son. And he came near, and kissed 
 him: and he smeUed the smeU of his 
 raiment, and blessed him, and said. 
 
 See, the smell of my son 
 Is as the smeU of a field which the 
 LoED hath blessed : 
 
 28 And God give thee of the dew of 
 
 heaven, 
 And of the fatness of the earth, 
 And i^lenty of corn and wine : 
 
 29 Let peoples serve thee. 
 
 And nations bow down to thee : 
 
 Be lord over thy brethren, 
 
 And let thy mother's sons bow down 
 
 to thee : 
 Cursed be every one that cui'seth thee, 
 
 And blessed be every one that bless- 
 eth thee. 
 
 30 And it came to pass, as soon as 
 Isaac had made an end of blessing 
 Jacob, and Jacob was yet scarce 
 gone out from the presence of Isaac 
 his father, that Esau his brother came 
 
 31 in from his hunting. And he also 
 made savoury meat, and brought it 
 unto his father; and he said unto 
 his father. Let my father arise, and 
 eat of his son's venison, that thy soul 
 
 32 may bless me. And Isaac his father 
 said unto him. Who art thou? Aiad 
 he said, I am thy son, thy firstborn, 
 
 33 Esau. And Isaac trembled very exceed- 
 ingly, and said, Who then is he that 
 hath taken venison, and brought it me, 
 and I have eaten of all before thou 
 earnest, and have blessed him? yea, 
 
 34«HfZ he shaU be blessed. When Esau 
 heard the words of his father, he cried 
 with an exceeding great and bitter cry, 
 and said unto his father. Bless me, even 
 
 35 me also, my father. And he said, 
 Thy brother came with guile, and hath 
 
 36 taken away thy blessing. And he said. 
 Is not he rightly named 2 Jacob ? for he 
 hath supplanted me these two times: 
 he took away my birtlu-ight ; and, be- 
 hold, now he hath taken away my 
 blessing. And he said. Hast thou not 
 
 37 reserved a blessing for me ? And Isaac 
 answered and said unto Esau, Behold, 
 I have made him thy lord, and all his 
 brethren have I given to him for serv- 
 ants; and with coi'n and wine have 
 I sustained him: and what then shall 
 
 38 1 do for thee, my son ? And Esau said 
 unto his fatlier. Hast thou but one 
 blessing, my father? bless me, even 
 me also, my father. And Esau lifted 
 
 39 ui) his voice, and wept. And Isaac his 
 father answered and said unto him. 
 
 Behold, ^ of the fatness of the earth 
 
 shall be thy dweUmg, 
 And 'of the dew of heaven from above; 
 
 40 And by thy sword shalt thou live, and 
 
 thou shalt serve thy brotbar ; 
 And it shall come to pass when thou 
 
 shalt break loose. 
 That thou shalt shake his yoke from 
 
 off thy neck. 
 
 41 And Esau hated Jacob because of the 
 blessing wherewith his father blessed 
 him: and Esau said in his heart. The 
 days of mom-ning for my father are at 
 hand ; then will I slay my brother Ja- 
 
 42 cob. And the words of Esau her elder 
 son were told to Eebekah ; and she 
 sent and called Jacob her younger son, 
 and said unto him. Behold, thy bro- 
 ther Esau, as touching thee, doth com- 
 
 43 fort himself, 7Jj(?po.si»(/ to kill thee. Now 
 therefore, my son, obey my voice ; and 
 arise, flee thou to Laban my brother 
 
 44 to Haran; and tarry with hun a few 
 days, until thy brother's fury turn 
 
 45 away ; until thy brother's anger turn 
 
 2 See ch. 
 XXV. 26, 
 
 3 Or, 
 
 away 
 
 from
 
 29. 12. 
 
 GENESIS. 
 
 21 
 
 iHeb. 
 El Shad- 
 dai. 
 
 2Heb. 
 
 Aram- 
 tan. 
 
 3Heb. 
 
 the 
 
 jAace. 
 
 i Or, be- 
 side him 
 
 SHeb. 
 
 break 
 forth. 
 
 away from tlieo, and he forget that 
 which thou hast done to him : tlien I 
 will send, and fetch thee from thence: 
 why should I be bereaved of you both 
 in one day ? 
 
 46 And llebekah said to Isaac, I am 
 weary of my life because of the daugh- 
 ters of Heth : if Jacob take a wife of 
 the daughters of Heth, such as these, 
 of the daughters of the land, what 
 
 28 good shall my life do me ? And 
 Isaac called Jacob, and blessed him, 
 and charged him, and said unto him. 
 Thou shalt not take a wife of the 
 
 2 daughters of Canaan. Arise, go to 
 Paddan-aram, to the house of Bethuel 
 thy mother's father; and take thee a 
 wife from thence of the daughters of 
 
 3 Laban thy mother's brother. And i God 
 Almighty bless thee, and make thee 
 fruitful, and multiply thee, that thou 
 
 4 mayest be a company of peoples ; and 
 give thee the blessing of Abraham, 
 to thee, and to thy seed with thee; 
 that thou mayest mherit the land 
 of thy sojouruings, which God gave 
 
 5 unto Abraham. And Isaac sent away 
 Jacob: and he went to Paddan-aram 
 unto Laban, son of Bethuel the ^Syrian, 
 the brother of Piebekah, Jacob's and 
 
 6 Esau's mother. Now Esau saw that 
 Isaac had blessed Jacob and sent him 
 away to Paddan-aram, to take him a 
 ■wife from thence; and that as he 
 blessed him he gave hun a charge, say- 
 ing. Thou shalt not take a wife of the 
 
 7 daughters of Canaan ; and that Jacob 
 obeyed his father and his mother, and 
 
 8 was gone to Paddan-aram: and Esau 
 saw that the daughters of Canaan 
 
 9 pleased not Isaac his father ; and Esau 
 went unto Ishmael, and took unto 
 the wives which he had Mahalath 
 the daughter of Ishmael Abraham's 
 son, the sister of Nebaioth, to be his 
 wife. 
 
 10 And Jacob went out from Beer-sheba, 
 
 11 and went toward Haran. And he 
 lighted upon ^a certain place, and 
 tarried there all night, because the sun 
 was set ; and he took one of the stones 
 of the place, and put it under his head, 
 and lay down in that place to sleep. 
 
 12 And he dreamed, and behold a ladder 
 set up on the earth, and the top of 
 it reached to heaven : and behold the 
 angels of God ascending and descend- 
 
 13ing on it. And, behold, the Lord 
 stood *above it, and said, I am the LoiiD, 
 the God of Abraham thy father, and 
 the God of Isaac: the land whereon 
 thou liest, to thee will I give it, and 
 
 14 to thy seed; and thy seed shall be 
 as the dust of the earth, and thou 
 shalt ^ spread abroad to the west, and 
 to the east, and to the north, and 
 to the south: and in thee and in thy 
 seed shall all the families of the earth 
 
 15 be blessed. And, behold, I am with 
 
 thee, and wiU keep thee wliitherso- 
 ever thou goest, and will bring thee 
 again into this land; for I will not 
 leave thee, until I have done that 
 
 16 which I have spoken to thee of. And 
 Jacob awaked out of his sleep, and lie 
 said. Surely the Loud is in this place; 
 
 17 and I knew it not. And he was afraid, 
 and said, How dreadful is this i>lace ! 
 this is none other but the house of God, 
 
 18 and this is the gate of heaven. And 
 Jacob rose up early in the morning, 
 and took the stone that he had i)ut 
 under his head, and set it up for 
 a pillar, and jioured oil upon the 
 
 19 top of it. And he called the name 
 of that place '•Beth-el: but the name 
 
 20 of the city was Luz at the first. And 
 Jacob vowed a vow, sayiug, If God 
 will be with me, and will keep me in 
 this way that I go, and will give me 
 bread to eat, and raiment to jiut 
 
 21 on, so that I come again to my fa- 
 ther's house in peace, '^then shall the 
 
 22 Lord be my God, and this stone, 
 which I have set up for a pillar, 
 shall be God's house: and of all that 
 thou shalt give me I wiU surely give 
 the tenth unto thee. 
 
 29 Then Jacob ^went on his journey, 
 and came to the land of the children 
 
 2 of the east. And he looked, and behold 
 a "^^■eU in the field, and, lo, tlu-ee flocks 
 of sheep lying there by it ; for out of 
 that well they watered the flocks : and 
 the stone upon the well's mouth was 
 
 3 great. And thither were all the flocks 
 gathered: and they rolled the stone 
 from the well's mouth, and watered 
 the sheep, and put the stone again 
 upon the well's mouth in its place. 
 
 4 Ajid Jacob said unto them. My breth- 
 ren, whence be ye? And they said, 
 
 5 Of Haran are we. And he said unto 
 them. Know ye Laban the son of Nahor? 
 
 6 Aaid they said. We know him. And he 
 said unto them, Is it well with him ? 
 And they said. It is well : and, behold, 
 Eachel his daughter cometh with the 
 
 7 sheep. And he said, Lo, it is yet high 
 day, neither is it time that the cattle 
 should be gathered together: water 
 ye the sheep, and go and feed them. 
 
 8 And they said. We camiot, until 
 all the flocks be gathered together, 
 and they roll the stone from the well's 
 mouth; then we water the sheep. 
 
 9 While he yet spake with them, Rachel 
 came with her father's sheej); for 
 
 10 she kept them. And it came to pass, 
 when Jacob saw Eachel the daughter 
 of Laban his mother's brother, and 
 the sheep of Laban his mother's bro- 
 ther, that Jacob went near, and rolled 
 the stone from the well's mouth, and 
 watered the flock of Laban his mother's 
 
 11 brother. And Jacob kissed Piachel, 
 and lifted iip his voice, and wejit. 
 
 12 And Jacob told Eachel that he was 
 
 6 That is, 
 The 
 
 house of 
 Uod. 
 
 'Or. 
 and the 
 Lord 
 wilt be 
 my God, 
 then this 
 stone «t-c. 
 
 «Heb. 
 lifted up 
 his feet.
 
 22 
 
 GENESIS. 
 
 29. 12. 
 
 iHeb. 
 
 rafih 
 beont/i. 
 
 2Heb. 
 
 ihatna. 
 
 her father's brother, and that he was 
 Rehekah's son: and she ran and told 
 
 13 her father. And it came to pass, 
 when Laban heard the tidmgs of Ja- 
 cob his sister's son, that he ran to 
 meet him, and embraced him, and 
 kissed him, and brought him to his 
 house. And he told Laban all these 
 
 14 things. And Laban said to liim, Sm-ely 
 thou ait my bone and my flesh. And 
 he abode v.itli him the space of a 
 
 15 month. And Laban said unto Jacob, 
 Because thou art my brother, should- 
 est tliou therefore serve me for nought? 
 
 16 tell me, what shall thy wages be '? And 
 Laban had two daughters: the name 
 of the elder wasLeah. and the name of 
 
 17 the younger was Rachel. And Leah's 
 ej'es were tender; but Rachel was 
 
 18 beautiful and weU fa\'ovu'ed. And 
 Jacob loved Rachel; and he said, I 
 will serve thee seven years for Racliel 
 
 19thj' younger daughter. And Laban 
 said. It is better that I give her to 
 thee, than that I should give her to 
 
 20 another man: abide with me. Ajid 
 Jacob served seven years for Rachel ; 
 and they seemed unto him but a few 
 
 '21 days, for the love he had to her. And 
 Jacob said unto Laban, Give me my 
 wife, for my days are fulfilled, that 
 
 '221 may go in unto her. And Laban 
 gathered together all the men of the 
 
 2:*) place, and made a feast, ibid it came 
 to pass in the eveniiig, that he took 
 Leah his daughter, and brought her 
 to him; and he went in mito her. 
 
 24 And Laban gave Zilpah his handmaid 
 imto his daughter Leah for au hand- 
 
 25 maid. And it came to pass in tlic 
 morning that, behold, it was Leali: 
 and he said to Lalian, YvTiat is this 
 thou hast done unto me? did not I 
 serve •^'sith thee for Rachel ? wherefore 
 
 '20 then hast thou beguiled me ? And 
 Lalmn said. It is not so done in oui' 
 l^lace, to give the younger before the 
 
 27 firstborn. Fulfil the week of this one, 
 and we will g\\e tliee the other also 
 for the service which thou shalt serve 
 
 28 with me j'et seven other years. Aiid 
 Jacob did so, and fulfilled her week: 
 and he gave him Rachel his daughter 
 
 29 to v>'ife. And Laban gave to Rachel 
 his da'aghter Bilhali his handmaid to 
 
 30 be her liandmaid. And he went in also 
 mito Rachel, and he loved also Rachel 
 m.ore than Leah, and served with him 
 yet seven other years. 
 
 31 And the Lord saw that Leah was 
 hated, and he ojiened her womb: but 
 
 32 Rachel was barren. And Leah con- 
 ceived, and bare a, son, and she called 
 his name Reuben : for she said. Because 
 the Lord ihath looked upon my afflic- 
 tion ; for now my husband will love me. 
 
 33 And she conceived again, and bare a 
 son ; and said, Because the Loed 2 hath 
 heard that I am hated, lie hath there- 
 
 fore given me this son also: and she 
 
 34 called his name •'' Simeon. And she con- 
 ceiA'ed again, and bare a son ; and said. 
 Now this time will my husband be 
 ^joined imto me, because I have borne 
 him three sons: therefore was his 
 
 35 name called Levi. And she conceived 
 again, and bare a son: and she said. 
 This time ■n'iU I Upraise the Lord: 
 therefore she called his name " Judah; 
 and slie left bearing. 
 
 30 And when Rachel saw that she bare 
 Jacob no children, Rachel envied her 
 sister ; and she said unto Jacob, Give 
 
 2 me chilch-en, or else I die. And Jacob's 
 anger was kindled against Rachel : and 
 he said, Am I in God's stead, who hatli 
 withheld from thee the fruit of the 
 
 3 womb ? jVnd she said. Behold my maid 
 Bilhah, go in imto her; that she may 
 bear upon my knees, and I also may 
 
 4'? obtain children bj' her. And she gave 
 him Bilhah her hanchuaid to wife : and 
 
 5 Jacob went in unto her. And Bilhah 
 conceived, and bare Jacob a son. 
 
 6 And Rachel said, God hath ^ judged 
 me, and hath also heard my voice, and 
 hath given me a son : therefore called 
 
 7 she his name Dan. And Bilhah Ra- 
 chel's handmaid conceived again, and 
 
 8 bare Jacob a second son. And Rachel 
 s?id, Trith y mighty wrestlmgs have I 
 lOvvrestled v.'ith my sister, and have 
 prevailed: and she called his name 
 
 9 Naphtali. When Leah saw that she 
 had left bearing, she took Zilpah her 
 handmaid, and gave her to Jacob to 
 
 10 wife. And Zilpah Leah's handmaid 
 
 11 bare Jacol) a son. And Leah said, 
 iiFortmiate! and she called his name 
 
 12 12 Gad. And Zilpah Leah's handmaid 
 
 13 bare Jacob a second son. And Leah 
 said, isHappj'am I! for the daughters 
 will i^call me happy: and she called 
 
 14 his name Asher. And Reuben went in 
 the days of wheat harvest, and found 
 i-"'mandi'akes in the field, and brought 
 them imto his mother Leah. Then 
 Rachel said to Leah, Give me, I pray 
 
 15 thee, of thy son's mandrakes. And 
 she said mito her, Is it a small m.atter 
 that thou hast taken away my husband? 
 and wouldest thou take away my son's 
 nianehakes also? And Rachel said, 
 Therefore he shall lie with thee to-night 
 
 IGfor thy son's man(h-akes. And Jacob 
 came from the field in the evenmg, 
 and Leah went out to meet him, and 
 said, Thou must come in unto me; 
 for I have surely hired thee with my 
 son's mandi'akes. And he lay with 
 
 17 her that night. And God hearkened 
 luito Leah, and she conceived, and 
 
 18 bare Jacob a fifth sou. And Leah said, 
 God hath given me my iGliiro, because 
 I gave my handmaid to my husband : 
 and she called his name Issachar. 
 
 19 And Leah conceived again, and bare 
 
 20 a sixth son to Jacob. And Leah said, 
 
 3Heb. 
 Shimeon. 
 
 iFrom 
 the root 
 lavah. 
 
 ^ From 
 tlie Heb. 
 hotlah. 
 
 6 Heb. 
 Jehu- 
 dtih. 
 
 ■Heb. 
 be build- 
 ed by 
 her. 
 
 a Heb. 
 dan, he 
 judged. 
 
 Heb. 
 urest- 
 lings of 
 God. 
 10 Heb. 
 niphtal, 
 he 
 wrestled. 
 
 u Heb. 
 With 
 
 fortune/ 
 Another 
 reading 
 is. For- 
 tune is 
 come. 
 
 12 That 
 is. For- 
 tune. 
 
 13 Heb. 
 With my 
 happi- 
 ness I 
 
 H Heb. 
 
 ash^ry to 
 
 call 
 
 happy. 
 
 IS Or, 
 
 love- 
 
 apples 
 
 le Heb. 
 saehfir.
 
 31. 14. 
 
 GENESIS. 
 
 23 
 
 iHcb. 
 tabal, ho 
 dwelt. 
 
 ! Hob. 
 
 jottt'ph. 
 
 3Heb. 
 broken 
 forth. 
 * Heb. ac 
 ^nif foot. 
 
 5 Or. 
 
 ttortix 
 free 
 
 (toiT liath ondowed mo V\-illi n, good 
 dowry; now will my husband idwell 
 with nie, because I have bonio him 
 six sous: and she called his name 
 
 21 Zel)uluu. And afterwards she bare a 
 daughter, and called her name JJinah. 
 
 22 And God remembered Ivachel, and 
 God hearkened to her, and opened 
 
 '2;iher womb. And she conceived, and 
 bare a son: and said, God hath taken 
 
 24awaj' my reproach: and she called 
 liis name Joseph, saying. The Lokd 
 -add to me another son. 
 
 25 And it came to pass, when Rachel 
 had borne Joseph, that Jacob said unto 
 Laban, Send me away, that I may go 
 unto mine own place, and to my coun- 
 
 26 try. Gi\e me my wives and iny child- 
 ren for whom I have served thee, and 
 let me go : for thou knowest my service 
 
 27 wherewith I liave served thee. And 
 Laban said unto him, If now I have 
 found favour in thine eyes, /«rn/ : for 
 I have divined that the Lokd hath 
 
 28 blessed me for thy sake. And he said, 
 Appttint me thy v.ages, and I will give 
 
 29 it. And he said unto him, Thou knov/- 
 est how I have served thee, and liow 
 
 I 30 thy cattle hath fared with me. For it 
 was little which tlioii hadst before I 
 came, and it hath ^ increased unto a 
 multitude ; and the Lord hath blessed 
 thee ■* whithersoever I turned : and now 
 when shall I provide for mine own 
 .'51 house also ? And he said, VHiat shall I 
 give thee ? And Jacob said. Thou shalt 
 not give me aught: if thou wilt do 
 this thuig for me, I will again feed thy 
 
 32 flock and keep it. I will pass through 
 all thy flock to-day, removing from 
 thence every speckled and spotted one, 
 and every black one among the sheep, 
 and the spotted and speckled among the 
 goats : and of such shall be my hire. 
 
 33 So shall my righteousness answer for 
 me hei'eafter, when thou shalt come 
 concerning mj- hire that is before thee : 
 every one that is not speckled and spot- 
 ted among the goats, and black among 
 the sheep, that if found with me shall 
 
 3'4be counted stolen. And Laban said, 
 Behold, I would it might be according 
 
 35 to tlij- word. And he removed tliat 
 day the he-goats that were riugstraked 
 and spotted, and all the she-goats 
 that were speckled and spotted, e^■ery 
 one that had white in it, and all the 
 black ones among the sheep, and gave 
 
 36 them into the hand of his sons; and 
 he set thi-ee days' journey betwixt 
 himself and Jacob : and Jacob fed the 
 
 37 rest of Labau's docks. And Jacob 
 took him rods of fresh ^ poplar, and 
 of the almond and of the plane tree; 
 and peeled white strakes in them, 
 and made the white appear which 
 
 38 was in the rods. Aiid he set the rods 
 which he had peeled over against the 
 flocks in the gutters in the watering 
 
 troughs where the flocks came to 
 drink; and tliey conceived when they 
 
 31) came to drink. And the flocks con- 
 ceived l)efore the rods, and llu^ flocks 
 brought forth riugstraked, speckled, 
 
 ■10 and spotted. And .tacob separated tlie 
 land)s, and set the faces of the flocks 
 toward the riugstraked and all the 
 black in the flock of Laban; and ho 
 put his own droves apart, and put 
 
 41 them not imto Labau's flock. And it 
 came to pass, whensoever the stronger 
 of the flock did conceive, that Jacob 
 laid the rods before the eyes of the 
 flock in the gutters, that they might 
 
 42 conceive among the rods; l)ut when 
 the flock were feeble, he put them 
 not in : so the feebler were Labau's, 
 
 43 and the stronger Jacob's. And tlu' 
 man increased exceedingly, and had 
 large flocks, and maidservants and 
 menservants, and camels and asses. 
 
 31 And he heard the words of Labau's 
 sons, saying, Jacob hath taken away 
 all that v.as our father's ; and of 
 that which was our father's hath he 
 2 gotten aU this ''glory. And Jacob be- 
 held the countenance of Laban, and, 
 behold, it was not toward him as 
 3beforetime. Arid the Lord said unto 
 Jacob, Eeturu unto the land of thy 
 fathers, and to thy kinth-ed; and I 
 
 4 will be with thee. And Jacob sent and 
 called Rachel and Leah to the field 
 
 5 unto his flock, and said unto them, I 
 see your father's countenance, th.at 
 it is not toward me as bef oretime ; 
 but the God of my father hath been 
 
 6 with me. And ye know that with all 
 my power I have served your fathei-. 
 
 7 And your father hatli deceived me, 
 and changed my wages ten times ; but 
 
 8 God suffered him not to hm-t me. If 
 he said thus. The speckled shall be thy 
 wages ; then aU the flock bare speckled: 
 and if he said thus. The I'ingstraked 
 shall be thy wages ; then bare all the 
 
 9 flock riugstraked. Thus God hath 
 taken away the cattle of your father. 
 
 10 and given them to me. And it came 
 to pass at the time that the flock con- 
 ceived, that I lilted up mine eyes, and 
 saw in a dream, and, behold, the he- 
 goats which leajied upon the flock were 
 
 11 ringstraked, speckled, and grisled. And 
 the angel of God said unto me in the 
 di-eam, Jacob : and I sai<l. Here am I. 
 
 12 And he said. Lift up now thine ej'es, 
 and see, all the he-goats wliicli leap up- 
 on the flock are ringstraked, speckled, 
 and grisled: for I have seen all that 
 
 13 Laban doeth unto thee. I am the 
 God of Beth-el, where thou anointedst 
 a pillar, where thoii vowedst a vow 
 unto me: now arise, get thee out from 
 this land, and retm-n unto the land 
 
 14 of thy nativity. And Rachel and 
 Leah answered and said unto him. Is 
 there yet any portion or inlieritance 
 
 6 Or, 
 
 Wt'Kjth
 
 24 
 
 GENESIS. 
 
 31. 14. 
 
 1 Or, the 
 price 
 paid fur 
 un 
 
 2 .See 
 vv. 3(1, 34, 
 Judg. 
 xvii. 5, 
 1 Sam. 
 xix. 13, 
 .ind Hos. 
 iii. 4. 
 
 ■■< Heb. 
 stole the 
 heart 
 of Laban 
 the Ar- 
 a7nea>u 
 J That is, 
 the Eu- 
 phrates. 
 
 s Heb, 
 
 rlitlst 
 
 steal me. 
 
 15 for us in our father's house ? Are we 
 not counted of Lim strangers? for 
 he hath sold us, and hath also quite 
 
 16 devoured loui- money. For all the 
 riches -which God hath taken away 
 from om- father, that is ours and our 
 chUdreu's : now then, whatsoever God 
 
 17 hath said unto thee, do. Then Jacob 
 rose up, and set his sons and his wives 
 
 18 ui)on the camels ; and he carried away 
 all his cattle, and all his substance 
 which he had gathered, the cattle of 
 his gettuig, which he had gathered 
 in Paddau-aram, for to go to Isaac 
 his father unto the laud of Canaan. 
 
 19 Now Laban was gone to shear his 
 sheei): and Eachel stole the ^teraphim 
 
 20 that T.'ere her father's. And Jacob 
 ■''stole away unawares to Laban the 
 Syrian, in that he told him not that 
 
 21 he fled. So he fled with all that he 
 had ; and he rose up, and passed over 
 *the Eiver, and set his face toward 
 the mountain of Gilead. 
 
 22 And it was told Laban on the tliird 
 
 23 day that Jacob was fled. And he t.iok 
 his brethren with him, and pursued 
 after him seven days' journey; and 
 he overtook him in the momitain of 
 
 24 Gilead. And God came to Laban the 
 Syi'ian tu a dream of the night, and 
 said unto him, Take heed to thyself 
 that thou speak not to Jacob either 
 
 25 good or bad. And Laban came vq> 
 with Jacob. Now Jacob had pitched 
 his tent in the mountain: and Laban 
 with his brethi-en pitched in the mount- 
 
 26aiu of Gilead. And Laban said to 
 Jacob, What hast thou done, that thou 
 hast stolen away unawares to me, and 
 carried away my daughters as captives 
 
 27 of the sword? "WTierefore didst thou 
 flee secretly, and ^ steal away from me ; 
 and didst not tell rue, that I might 
 have sent thee away with mirth and 
 with songs, with tabret and with haiiJ ; 
 
 28 and hast not suffered me to kiss my 
 sons and my daughters ? now hast thou 
 
 29 done foolishlj'. It is in the jiower of 
 my hand to do you hm-t : but the God 
 of yom- father spake unto me yester- 
 night, saying. Take heed to thyself that 
 thou sj)eak not to Jacob either good or 
 
 30 bad. And now, thouf/h thou wouldest 
 needs be gone, because thou sore long- 
 edst after thy father's house, yci where- 
 
 31 fore hast thou stolen mj' gods ? And 
 Jacob answered and said to Laban, Be- 
 cause I was afraid: for I ,said, Lest 
 thou shouldest take thy daughters from 
 
 32 me by force. With whomsoever thou 
 findest thj' gods, he shall not live : be- 
 fore our brethren discern thou what is 
 thine with me, and take it to thee. For 
 Jacob knew not that Eachel had stolen 
 
 33 them. Aiid Laban went into Jacob's 
 tent, and into Leah's tent, and into the 
 tent of the two maidservants ; but he 
 found them not. And he went out of 
 
 Leah's tent, and entered into Eachel's 
 
 34 tent. Now Eachel had taken the 
 teraphim, and put them in the camel's 
 furuitiu-e, and sat upon them. And 
 Laban felt about all the tent, but 
 
 35 found them not. And she said to her 
 father. Let not my lord be angry 
 that I cannot rise uj) before thee ; for 
 the mamier of Vvomen is vipon me. 
 And he searched, but found not the 
 
 36 teraphim. And Jacob was wroth, and 
 chode with Laban : and Jacob answer- 
 ed and said to Laban, What is my 
 tre,sj)ass? what is my sin, that thou 
 
 37 hast hotly pursued after me? ^Vliereas 
 thou hast felt about all my stuff, what 
 hast thou found of all thy household 
 stuff ? Set it here before mj' brethren 
 and thy brethren, that they may judge 
 
 38 betwixt us two. This twenty years 
 have I been with thee ; thy ewes 
 and thy she-goats have not cast their 
 young, and the rams of thy flocks 
 
 39 have I not eaten. Tliat which was 
 torn of beasts I brought not unto 
 thee; I bare the loss of it; of my 
 hand didst thou require it, whether 
 
 40 stolen by day or stolen by night. Thus 
 I was ; in the day the drought con- 
 sumed me, and the frost by night; 
 and my sleep fled from miue eyes. 
 
 41 These twenty years have I been in 
 thy house ; I served thee fourteen 
 years for thy two daughters, and six 
 years for thy flock: and thou hast 
 
 42 changed my wages ten times. Except 
 the God of my father, the God of A- 
 braham, and the Fear of Isaac, had 
 been with me, surely now hadst thou 
 sent me away empty. God hath seen 
 mme affliction and the labour of my 
 hands, and rebuked thee yesternight. 
 
 43 And Lal)au answered and said unto Ja- 
 cob, The daughters are my daughters, 
 and the chiklren are my children, and 
 the flocks are my flocks, and all that 
 thou seest is mme : and what can I 
 do this day unto these my daugh- 
 ters, or unto their chilth-en which they 
 
 44 have borne? And now come, let us 
 make a covenant, I and thou ; and let 
 it be for a witness between me and 
 
 45 thee. And Jacob took a stone, and set 
 
 46 it up for a xiillar. And Jacob said unto 
 his brethren. Gather stones ; and they 
 took stones, and made an heap: and 
 
 47 they did eat there by the heap. And 
 Laban called it ^ Jegar-sahailutha : but 
 
 48 Jacob called it ''Galeed. And Laban 
 said. This heap is witness between me 
 and thee this day. Therefore was the 
 
 49 name of it called' Galeed : and * Mizpah, 
 for he said. The Lord watch between 
 me and thee, when we are ^ absent one 
 
 50 from another. If thou shalt afflict 
 my daughters, and if thou shalt take 
 T.ives beside my daughters, no man 
 is with us; see, God is witness betwixt 
 
 51 me and thee. And Laban said to 
 
 6 That is. 
 The heap 
 of wit- 
 ness, in 
 Aramaic. 
 
 " That is, 
 T>te heap 
 of ivit- 
 tiess, in 
 Hebrew. 
 
 8 That is, 
 The 
 watcJi- 
 tower. 
 
 Heb. 
 hidden.
 
 33. 1. 
 
 GENESIS. 
 
 25 
 
 " Thnt is. 
 Hosts, or, 
 Com- 
 
 3Heb. 
 / am Uxs 
 than at I 
 
 Jacob, Behold this heap, and Lcliold 
 the pillar, which I have set betwixt 
 
 52 me and thee. This heap be witness, 
 and the pillar bo witness, that I will 
 not pass over this heap to thee, and 
 that thou shalt not pass over tliis 
 heap and this pillar unto nie, for 
 
 58 harm. The God of Abraham, and the 
 (rod of Nahor, the i (lod of their father, 
 judge betwixt us. Aiid Jacob sware by 
 
 54 the Fear of his father Isaac. And Ja- 
 cob offered a sacritice in the mountain, 
 and called liis brethren to eat bread: 
 and they did eat bread, and tarried 
 
 55 all night in the mountain. And early 
 ill the morning Labaii rose up, and 
 kissed his sons and his daughters, and 
 blessed them: and Laban departed, 
 
 32 and returned unto his place. And 
 Jacob went on his way, and the angels 
 
 2 of (iod met him. And Jacob said when 
 he saw them. This is God's host : 
 and he called the name of that plr.ce 
 '•^Mahanaim. 
 
 3 And Jacob sent messengers before 
 him to Esau his brother unto the land 
 
 4 of Seir, the field of Edoin. ^Vnd he 
 commanded them, saying. Thus shall 
 ye say unto my lord Esau ; Thus saith 
 thy h'ervant Jacob, I have sojourned 
 with Laban, and stayed until now: 
 
 5 and I have oxen, and asses and flocks, 
 and menservants and maidservants: 
 and I have sent to tell my lord, that I 
 
 6 may find grace in thy sight. And the 
 messengers returned to Jacob, say- 
 ing. We came to thy brother Esau, 
 and moreover he cometli to meet 
 thee, and four huii(b-ed men with him. 
 
 7 Then Jacob was gi-eatly afraid and 
 was distressed: and he divided the 
 jieople that was with him, and the 
 flocks, and the herds, and the camels, 
 
 8 into two companies; and he said, If 
 Esau come to the one company, and 
 smite it. then the company which is 
 9 left shall escape. And Jacob said. 
 (jod of my father Abraham, and God 
 of my father Isaac, Lord, which 
 saidst unto me. Return unto thy coun- 
 try, and to thy kindred, and I will do 
 
 10 thee good: ^I am not worthy of the 
 least of all the mercies, and of all 
 the truth, which thou hast shewed un- 
 to thy servant; for with my staff I 
 passed over this Jordan; and now I 
 
 11am become two companies. Deliver 
 me, I pray thee, from the hand of my 
 brother, from the hand of Esau : for I 
 fear him, lest he come and smite me, the 
 
 12 mother with the children. And thou 
 saidst, I will surely do thee good, and 
 make thy seed as the sand of the sea, 
 which cannot be numbered for multi- 
 
 13 tude. And he lodged there that night ; 
 and took of that which he had with 
 him a present for Esau his brother; 
 
 14 two hundred she-goats and twenty he- 
 
 goats, two hundred ewes and twenty 
 15 rams, thirty milch camels and their 
 colts, forty kine and ten bulls, twenty 
 IG she-asses and ten foals. And he de- 
 livered them into the hand of his serv- 
 ants, every drove by itself; and said 
 unto his servants, Pass over before 
 me, and put a space betwixt drove and 
 
 17 drove. And he commanded the fore- 
 most, saying. When Esau my brother 
 meeteth thee, and asketh thee, saying. 
 Whose art thou? and whither goest 
 thou ? and whose are these before thee ? 
 
 18 then thou shalt say. The;/ he thy serv- 
 ant Jacob's ; it is a present sent unto 
 my lord Esau : and, behold, he also is 
 
 19 behind us. And he commar.ded also 
 the second, and the third, and all that 
 followed the droves, saying, On this 
 manner shall ye speak unto Esau, 
 
 20 when 3'e find him; and ye shall say, 
 Moreover, behold, thy servant Jacob 
 is behind us. For he said. I will aji- 
 pease him with the present that goetli 
 before me, and afterward I will see his 
 face; iieradventure he will accept me. 
 
 21 So the iiresent jiassed over before him : 
 and he himseK lodged that night in the 
 companj-. 
 
 22 Aiid he rose up that night, and took 
 his tv.o wives, and his tvvo handmaids, 
 and his eleven children, and passed 
 
 23 over the ford of Jabbok. And he took 
 them, and sent them over the stream, 
 
 24 and sent over that he had. And Jacob 
 was left alone; and there ■wi-estled a 
 man with limi until the breaking of 
 
 25 the daj'. And when he saw that he 
 jirevailed not against him, he touched 
 the hollow of his thigh ; and the hollow 
 of Jacob's thigh was strained, as he 
 
 26 wrestled with liinl. And he said, Let 
 me go, for the day breaketh. And he 
 said, I will not let thee go, except thou 
 
 27 bless me. And he said unto bun, What 
 is thy name'? And he said, Jacob. 
 
 28 And he said. Thy name shall be called 
 no more Jacob, but "* Israel : for ^ thou 
 hast •'striven with God and irifh men, 
 
 29 and hast prevailed. And Jacob asked 
 him, and said. Tell me, I pray thee, 
 thy name. And he said. Wherefore is 
 it that thou dost ask after my name ? 
 
 30 And he blessed him there. And Jacob 
 called the name of the place ■? Peniel : 
 for, said he, I have seen God face to 
 
 31 face, and my life is preserved. And 
 the sun rose upon him as he passed 
 over Penuel, and he halted upon his 
 
 32 thigh. Therefore the children of Is- 
 rael eat not the sinew of the hip which 
 is upon the hollow of the thigh, unto 
 this day : because he touched the hol- 
 low of Jacob's thigh in the sinew of 
 the hip. 
 
 33 And Jacob lifted up his eyes, and 
 looked, and, behold, Esau came, and 
 with him four hiuidred men. And he 
 divided the children unto Leah, and 
 
 1 That is. 
 
 //(■ who 
 
 sfrii'cfh 
 
 u'Uh God, 
 
 or, (rod 
 
 striveth. 
 
 5 The 
 
 Sei>t.and 
 
 Vulgate 
 
 have, 
 
 thou hast 
 
 had 
 
 power 
 
 with 
 
 God, and 
 
 thou 
 
 shalt 
 
 prevail 
 
 at/ainst 
 
 ^nen. 
 
 e Or, had 
 
 power 
 
 with 
 
 "That is. 
 
 The/arc 
 
 of God.
 
 26 
 
 GENESIS. 
 
 33. 1. 
 
 1 Or, far 
 there- 
 fore 
 have I 
 seen 
 2Heb. 
 blessing. 
 
 3Heb. 
 all. 
 
 i That is, 
 Booths. 
 5 Or, to 
 Slialem, 
 a city 
 
 6Heb. 
 kesitah. 
 
 7 That is, 
 God, the 
 Ood of 
 Jariip'h 
 
 unto Rachel, and unto the two hand- 
 
 "2 maids. And he put the handmaids 
 
 and their childi-en foremost, and Leah 
 
 and her children after, and Rachel and 
 
 3 Joseph hindermost. Aiid he himself 
 passed over hefore them, and bowed 
 himself to the ground seven times, 
 until he came near to his brother. 
 
 4 And Esau ran to meet him, and em- 
 braced him, and fell on his neck, and 
 
 5 kissed him: and they wejjt. And he 
 lifted u^) his eyes, and saw the women 
 and the children; and said, "V^Tro are 
 these with thee? And he said, The 
 childi-en which God hath jri-aciously 
 
 6 given thy servant. Then the hand- 
 maids came near, they and their child- 
 
 7 ren, and they bowed themselves. Aiid 
 Leah also and her childi-en came near, 
 and bowed themselves : and after came 
 Joseph near and Rachel, and they 
 
 8 bowed themselves. And he said, What 
 meanest thou by all this company wliich 
 I met ? And he said, To find gi-ace in 
 
 9 the sight of my lord. And Esau said, 
 I have enough; my brother, let that 
 
 10 thou hast be thme. And Jacob said. 
 Nay, I pray thee, if now I have found 
 grace in thy sight, then receive my jjre- 
 sent at my hand : i forasmuch as I have 
 seen thy face, as one seeth the face of 
 God, and thou wast pleased with me. 
 
 11 Take, I pray thee, my ^gift that is 
 brought to thee ; because God hath dealt 
 gi-aciously with me, and because I have 
 ■^enough. Arid he urged him, and he 
 
 12 took it. And he said. Let us take cm- 
 journey, and let us go, and I will go be- 
 
 13 fore thee. And he said unto bun. My 
 lord knoweth that the children are ten- 
 der, and that the flocks and herds with 
 me give suck: and if they overdi'ive 
 
 14 them one daj', all the flocks will die. Let 
 my lord, I pray thee, pass over before 
 his servant : and I will lead on softly, 
 according to the pace of the cattle that 
 is before me and according to the pace 
 of the chikh-en, until I come unto my 
 
 15 lord unto Seir. And Esau said, Let 
 me now leave with thee some of the 
 folk that are ■with me. And he said, 
 What needeth it ? let me And grace in 
 
 16 the sight of my lord. So Esau retmiied 
 
 17 that day on his way unto Sen*. And 
 Jacob journeyed to Succoth, and built 
 him an house, and made booths for his 
 cattle : therefore the name of the place 
 is called * Succoth. 
 
 18 And Jacob came ^in peace to the 
 city of Shechem, which is in the land 
 of Canaan, when he came from Paddan- 
 aram; and encamped before the city. 
 
 19 And he bought the parcel of gromid, 
 where he had spread his tent, at 
 the hand of the childi'en of Hamor, 
 Shecheni's father, for an huncb-ed 
 
 20 fi pieces of money. And he erected 
 there an altar, and called it 'El-elohe- 
 Israel. 
 
 34 And Dinah the daughter of Leah, 
 which she bare unto Jacob, went out 
 
 2 to see the daughters of the land. And 
 Shechem the son of Hamor the Hivite, 
 the i^rince of the land, saw her ; and 
 he took her, and lay with her, and 
 
 3 humbled her. And his soul clave unto 
 Dinah the daughter of Jacob, and he 
 loved the damsel, and spake * kindly 
 
 4 unto the damsel. And Shechem spake 
 unto his father Hamor, saying, Get 
 
 5 me this damsel to wife. Now Jacob 
 heard that he had defiled Dinah his 
 daughter ; and his sons were with his 
 cattle m the field : and Jacob held his 
 
 G peace until they came. And Hamor 
 the father of Shechem went out unto 
 
 7 Jacob to commune with hun. And 
 the sons of Jacob came in from the 
 field when they heard it : and the men 
 were grieved, and they were very 
 wroth, because he had wrought folly 
 in Israel in lying with Jacob's daugh- 
 ter ; which thing ought not to be done. 
 
 8 And Hamor communed with them, 
 saying, The soul of my son Shechem 
 longeth for j'our daughter: I jiray 
 
 9 you give her unto him to wife. And 
 make ye marriages with us ; give your 
 daughters imto us, and take our daugh- 
 
 10 ters mito you. And ye shall dwell with 
 us: and the land shall be before you; 
 dwell and trade ye therein, and get 
 
 11 you possessions therein. And Shechem 
 said luito her father and unto her 
 brethren. Let me find grace in your 
 eyes, and what ye shall say unto me 
 
 121 will give. Ask me never so much 
 dowry and gift, and I wiU give accord- 
 ing as ye shaU say luito me : but give me 
 
 13 the damsel to wife. And the sons of Ja- 
 cob answered Shechem and Hamor his 
 father with guile, and sjiake, because 
 
 14 he had defiled Dmah their sister, and 
 said unto them. We camiot do this 
 thuig, to give oiu' sister to one that is 
 imcu'cumcised; for that were a rejiroach 
 
 15 unto us : only on this condition will 
 we consent mito you : if ye wiU be as 
 we be, that everj' male of j'ou be cir- 
 
 16 cumcised ; then wiU we give our daugh- 
 ters unto you, and we will take your 
 daughters to us, and we will dwell with 
 you, and we ivill become one people. 
 
 17 But if ye will not hearken unto us, 
 to be circmncised; then will we take 
 our daughter, and we will be gone. 
 
 18 And their words pleased Hamor, and 
 
 19 Shechem Hamor's son. And the young 
 man deferred not to do the thing, be- 
 cause he had delight in Jacob's daugh- 
 ter: and he was honoured above all 
 
 20 the house of his father. And Hamor 
 and Shechem his son came unto the 
 gate of their city, and communed with 
 
 21 the men of their city, saying, These 
 men are peaceable with us ; thei'e- 
 fore let them dwell in the land, and 
 trade therein ; for, behold, the land is 
 
 8 Heb. to 
 theheart 
 of the 
 damsel.
 
 35. 29. 
 
 GENESIS. 
 
 27 
 
 lOr, 
 boldlu 
 
 2 Or, 
 tere- 
 binth 
 
 3 Heb. a 
 terror of 
 God. 
 
 large enough for them ; let us take their 
 (laughters to us for wives, and let us 
 
 '22 give them our daughters. Only on this 
 condition will the men consent unto us 
 to dwell with us, to become one people, 
 if every male among us be circumcised, 
 
 2.Sas they are circumcised. Shall not 
 their cattle and their substance and 
 all their beasts be ours? only let us 
 consent imto them, and they will dwell 
 
 24 with us. And unto Hamor and unto 
 Shechem his son hearkened all that 
 went out of the gate of his city; and 
 every male was circimicised, all that 
 
 25 went out of the gate of his city. And it 
 came to pass on the third day, when 
 
 ^ they were sore, that two of the sons 
 of Jacob, Simeon and Levi, Dinah's 
 brethren, took each man his sword, 
 and came upon the city i unawares, 
 
 26 and slew all the males. And they slew 
 Hamor and Shechem his son with the 
 edge of the sword, and took Dinah out 
 of Shechem's house, and went forth. 
 
 27 The sons of Jacob came upon the 
 slain, and spoiled the city, because 
 
 28 they had deiiled their sister. They 
 took theii- flocks and their herds and 
 their asses, and that which was in the 
 city, and that which was in the field ; 
 
 29 and all their wealth, and all their little 
 ones and their wives, took they caj)- 
 tive and spoiled, even all that was in 
 
 30 the house. And Jacob said to Simeon 
 and Levi, Ye have troubled me, to 
 make me to stink among the inhabit- 
 ants of the land, among the Canaan- 
 ites and the Perizzites : and, I being 
 few in number, they will gather them- 
 selves together against me and smite 
 me; and I shall be destroyed, I and 
 
 31 my house. And they said. Should he 
 deal with om- sister as with an har- 
 lot? 
 
 35 And God said unto Jacob, Ai-ise, go up 
 to Beth-el, and dwell there : and make 
 there an altar unto God, who appeared 
 mito thee when thou fleddest from the 
 
 2 face of Esau thy brother. Then Jacob 
 said unto his household, and to all that 
 were with him. Put away the strange 
 gods that are among you, and purify 
 yom-selves, and change your gai-ments : 
 
 3 and let us arise, and go up to Beth-el ; 
 and I will make there an altar mito 
 God, who answered me in the day of 
 my distress, and was with me in the 
 
 4 way which I went. And they gave 
 unto Jacob all the strange gods which 
 were in then- hand, and the rings 
 which were in their ears ; and Jacob hid 
 tliem mider the ^oak which was by 
 
 5 Shechem. And they jom-neyed: and 
 '' a great terror was upon the cities that 
 were round about them, and they did 
 
 6 not pursue after the sons of Jacob. So 
 Jacob came to Luz, which is in the land 
 of Canaan (the same is Beth-el), he 
 and all the people that were with him. 
 
 7 And he built tliere an altar, and call- 
 ed the place ^El-beth-el : because there 
 God was revealed unto liim, when he 
 
 8 fled from the face of his brother. And 
 Deborah Rebekah's imrse died, and 
 she was buried below Beth-el under 
 the oak : and the name of it was called 
 ^Allon-bacuth. 
 
 9 And God api^eared unto Jacob again, 
 when he came from Paddan-aram, 
 
 10 and blessed huu. And God said tmto 
 him, Thy name is Jacob: thy name 
 shall not be called any more Jacob, 
 but Israel shall be thy name : and he 
 
 11 called his name Israel. And God said 
 imto him, I am ''God Ahnighty: be 
 fruitful and multiply; a nation and 
 a company of nations shall be of thee, 
 and kings shall come out of thy loins ; 
 
 12 and the land which I gave unto Abra- 
 ham and Isaac, to thee I will give it, and 
 to thy seed after thee will I give the 
 
 13 land. And God went uj) from him in 
 the iilace where he sjiake with him. 
 
 14 And Jacob set up a pillar in the iilace 
 where he spake with him, a pillar of 
 stone : and he poui'ed out a di'mk offer- 
 ing thereon, and i^oured oil there- 
 
 15 on. And Jacob called the name of the 
 idace where God spake with him, Beth- 
 
 16 el. And they journeyed from Beth-el ; 
 and there was still some way to come 
 to Ejihrath : and Rachel travailed, and 
 
 17 she had hard labour. Aiul it came to 
 j)ass, when she was in hard labom*, that 
 the midwife said unto her, Fear not ; 
 for now thou shalt have another son. 
 
 18 And it came to pass, as her soul was in 
 departmg (for she died), that she call- 
 ed his name 'Ben-oni: but his father 
 
 19 caUedhim^Benjamin. And Rachel died, 
 and was bm-ied in the way to Ephrath 
 
 20 (the same is Beth-lehem). Aiid Jacob 
 set uj) a pillar upon her grave: the 
 same is the Pillar of Rachel's gi-ave 
 
 21 unto this day. And Israel journeyed, 
 and spread his tent beyond the tower 
 
 22 of Eder. And it came to pass, while 
 Israel dwelt in that laud, that Reuben 
 went and lay with BiUiah his father's 
 concubine: and Israel heard of it. 
 
 Now the sons of Jacob were twelve : 
 
 23 the sons of Leah ; Reuben, Jacob's 
 firstborn, and Simeon, and Levi, and 
 
 24 Judah, and Issachar, and Zebulun : the 
 sons of Rachel; Joseph and Benja- 
 
 25 min : and the sons of Bilhah, Rachel's 
 
 26 handmaid ; Dan and Naphtali : and 
 the sons of ZUpah, Leah's handmaid; 
 Gad and Asher : these are the sons of 
 Jacob, which were born to him in Pad- 
 
 27 dan-aram. And Jacob came unto Isaac 
 his father to Mamre, to Ku'iath-arba 
 (the same is Hebron), where Abraham 
 
 28 and Isaac sojourned. And the days 
 of Isaac were an hundred and fourscore 
 
 29 years. And Isaac gave up the ghost, 
 and died, and was gathered unto his 
 
 « That 
 is, 'ihc. 
 Hod of 
 ISelh-el. 
 
 5 That is, 
 Tlie oak 
 of weep- 
 ing. 
 
 BHeb. 
 El Shad- 
 dau 
 
 1 That is, 
 The son 
 of rny 
 sorrow, 
 
 s That is, 
 The son 
 of the 
 right 
 hand.
 
 28 
 
 GENESIS. 
 
 35. 29. 
 
 1 Some 
 ancient 
 authori- 
 ties have. 
 »o?(. See 
 ver. 24. 
 
 2Heb. 
 
 Edom. 
 
 3 In 
 
 1 Chr. i. 
 3li, 
 Zeph i. 
 
 4 Or. 
 
 cltiffa 
 
 people, old and full of days ; and Esau 
 and Jacob his sons buried him. 
 36 Now these are the generations of 
 
 2 Esau (the same is Edom). Esau 
 took his wives of the daughters of 
 Canaan ; Adah the daughter of Elon 
 the Hittite, and Oholibamah the 
 daughter of Anah, the i daughter of 
 
 3 Zibeon the Hivite ; and Basemath 
 Ishmael's daughter, sister of Nebaioth. 
 
 4 And Adah bare to Esau Eliphaz; 
 
 5 and Basemath bare Eeuel ; and 
 Oholibamah bare Jeush, and Jalam, 
 and Korah: these are the sons of 
 Esau, which were born luito him 
 
 6 in the land of Canaan. And Esau 
 took his wives, and his sous, and his 
 daughters, and all the souls of his 
 house, and his cattle, and all his beasts, 
 and all his possessions, which he had 
 gathered in the land of Canaan ; and 
 went mto a land away from his 
 
 7 brother Jacob. For their substance 
 was too gi-eat for them to dwell to- 
 gether; and the land of their sojom-n- 
 ings could not bear them because of 
 
 8 their cattle. And Esau dwelt in mount 
 9Seir: Esau is Edom. And these are the 
 
 generations of Esau the father of 2 the 
 
 10 Edomites in mount Seir : these arc the 
 names of Esau"s sons ; Eliphaz the 
 son of Adah the wife of Esau, Eeuel 
 the son of Basemath the wife of Esau. 
 
 11 And the sons of Eliphaz were Teman, 
 Omar, ^Zeplio, and Gatam, and Ke- 
 
 12uaz. And Tiuuia was concubine to 
 Eliphaz Esau's son; and she bare to 
 Eliphaz Amalek : these are the sons of 
 
 13 Adah Esau's wife. And these are the 
 sons of Reuel; Nahath, and Zerali, 
 Shammah, and Mizzah : these were the 
 
 14 sons of Basemath Esau's wife. And 
 these were the sons of Oholibamah 
 the daughter of Anah, the daughter of 
 Zibeon, Esau's wife : and she bare to 
 Esau Jeush, and Jalam, and Korah. 
 
 15 These are the * dukes of the sons of 
 Esau: the sons of Eliphaz the firstborn 
 of Esau; duke Teman, duke Omar, 
 
 16 duke Zepho, duke Kenaz, ditke Korah, 
 duke Gatam, duke Amalek: these are 
 the dukes that came of Eliphaz in the 
 laud of Edom; these are the sons 
 
 17 of Adah. And these are the sons of 
 Eeuel Esau's son ; duke Nahath, duke 
 Zerah, duke Shammah, duke Mizzah : 
 these are the dulses that came of Eeuel 
 in the land of Edom; these are the 
 
 18 sons of Basemath Esau's wife. And 
 these are the sonsof OhohbamahEsau's 
 wife; duke Jeush. duke Jalam, dnke 
 Korah : these are the dukes that came 
 of Oholibamah the daughter of Anah, 
 
 19 Esau's wife. These are the sons of 
 Esau, and these are their dukes: the 
 same is Edom. 
 
 20 These are the sons of Seir the Horite, 
 the inhabitants of the land ; Lotan 
 and Shobal and Zibeon and Anah, 
 
 21 and Dishon and Ezer and Dishan: 
 these are the dukes that came of the 
 Horites, the children of Sen- in the 
 
 22 land of Edom. And the children of 
 Lotan were Hori and ■''Heniam; and 
 
 23Lotan's sister was Timna. And these 
 are the children of Shobal; ^Alvan 
 and Manahath and Ebal, ''Shepho 
 
 24 and Ouam. And these are the child- 
 ren of Zibeon: Aiah and Anah: this 
 is i\juah who found the hot spi-ings 
 in the wilderness, as he fed the asses 
 
 25 of Zibeon his father. And these are 
 the children of Anah; Dishon and 
 Oholibamah the daughter of Anah. 
 
 26 And these are the children of * Dishon ; 
 ■'Hemdan and Eshban and Ithran 
 
 27 and Cheran. These are the children 
 of Ezer; Bilhan and Zaavan and 
 
 28ioAkan. These are the children of 
 
 29 Dishan; Uz and Ai-an. These are the 
 
 dukes that came of the Horites ; duke 
 
 Lotan, duke Shobal, duke Zibeon, duke 
 
 30 Anah, duke Dishon, duke Ezer, duke 
 Dishan: these are the dukes that 
 came of the Horites, according to their 
 dukes ui the land of Seir. 
 
 31 And these are the kings that reign- 
 ed in the land of Edom, before there 
 reigned any king over the children 
 
 32 of Israel. And Bela the son of Beor 
 reigned in Edom; and the name of 
 
 33 his city was Duihabah. And Bela 
 died, and Jobab the son of Zerah 
 
 34 of Bozrah reigned in his stead. And 
 Jobab died, and Husham of the land 
 of the Temanites reigned in his stead. 
 
 35 And Husham died, and Hadad the son 
 of Bedad, who smote Midian in the 
 field of Moab, reigned in his stead : and 
 
 36 the name of his city was Avith. And 
 Hadad died, and Samlah of Masrekali 
 
 37 reigned ui his stead. And Samlah died, 
 and Shaul of Eehoboth by the Eiver 
 
 38 reigned in his stead. And Shaul dietl , 
 and Baal-hanan the sou of Achbor 
 
 39 reigned in his stead. And Baal-hanan 
 the son of Achbor died, and "Hadar 
 reigned m his stead: and the name 
 of his city was ^^^Pau; and his wife's 
 name was Mehetabel, the datighter of 
 Hatred, the daughter of Me-zahab. 
 
 40 And these are the names of the dukes 
 that came of Esau, according to tlieu* 
 families, after their j)laces, by their 
 names; duke Timnah, duke i^Alvah, 
 
 41 duke Jetheth ; duke Oholibamah, duke 
 
 42 Elah, duke Pinon ; duke Kenaz, duke 
 
 43 Teman, duke Mibzar; duke Magdiel, 
 duke Ii'am : these be the dukes of Edom, 
 according to their habitations ui the 
 land of then- possession. This is Esau 
 the father of ^the Edomites. 
 
 37 And Jacob dwelt in the land 
 of his father's sojournmgs, in the 
 2 land of Canaan. These are the 
 generations of Jacob. Joseph, beuig 
 seventeen years old, was feeding the 
 flock with his brethren; and he was 
 
 ■'In 
 
 1 Chr. i. 
 39, I!o- 
 
 niain. 
 
 sjn 
 
 1 Chr. i. 
 40, 
 
 Alian. 
 "In 
 
 1 Chr. i. 
 40, 
 A'/fe/>7f7. 
 
 8Heb. 
 Dishan, 
 
 nin 
 1 Chr. i. 
 
 41, Ham- 
 ran. 
 
 10 In 
 1 Chr. i. 
 
 42, Jaa- 
 kau. 
 
 ninl 
 Chr. i. 
 60, and 
 some an- 
 cient au- 
 thorities, 
 Hadad. 
 12 In 
 1 Chr. i. 
 SO, Pal. 
 
 "In 
 1 Chr. i. 
 51, 
 Allah.
 
 38. 3. 
 
 GENESIS. 
 
 29 
 
 lOr, 
 a long 
 garment 
 wth 
 sleeves 
 
 2Heb. 
 
 master 
 
 of 
 
 dreams. 
 
 a lad with the sons of Billiah, and with 
 the sons of Zilpah, his father's wives: 
 and Joseph brought the evil report of 
 
 3 them unto their father. Now Israel 
 loved Joseph more than all his cliild- 
 ren, because he was the son of his old 
 age : and he made him i a coat of many 
 
 4 colours. And his lirethren saw that 
 their father loved him more than all 
 his brethren; and they hated him, 
 and could not speak peaceably mito 
 
 Shim. And Josejih dreamed a dream, 
 and he told it to his bretlu-en: and 
 
 6 they hated hun yet the more. And he 
 sai(i unto them. Hear, I pray you, tliis 
 
 7 dream which I have dreamed: for, 
 behold, we were binding sheaves in 
 the field, and, lo, my sheaf arose, and 
 also stood upright ; and, behold, your 
 sheaves came round about, and made 
 
 8 obeisance to my sheaf. And his 
 brethren said to him, Shalt thou in- 
 deed reign over us '? or shalt thou indeed 
 have dominion over us ? And they 
 hated hun yet the more for his dreams, 
 
 9 and for his words. And he dreamed 
 yet another dream, and told it to 
 iiis brethren, and said. Behold, I have 
 dreamed yet a dream; and, liehold, the 
 siui and the moon and eleven stars 
 
 10 made obeisance to me. And he told 
 it to his father, and to his brethren; 
 and his father rebuked him, and said 
 unto him, What is this dream that 
 thou hast dreamed? Shall I and thy 
 mother and thy brethren indeed come 
 to bow down ourselves to thee to the 
 
 Hearth? And his bretlu-en envied him; 
 but his father kept the saying in 
 
 12 mind. Aiid his bretlu-en went to 
 feed theu- father's flock ui Shechem. 
 
 13 And Israel said unto Joseph, Do 
 not thy brethren feed the flock in 
 Shechem? come, and I wiU send 
 thee unto them. And he said to him, 
 
 14 Here am I. And he said to him, (to 
 now, see whether it be weU with thy 
 bretlu-en, and well with the flock; and 
 bring me word again. So he se)it him 
 out of the vale of Hebron, and he 
 
 15 came to Shechem. And a certain 
 man found him, and, behold, he was 
 wandering in the field : and the man 
 asked hun, saymg, AVhat seekest thou ? 
 
 IGAnd he said, I seek my brethren: 
 teU me, I pray thee, where they are 
 
 17 feeding the flocl-. And the man said. 
 They are departed hence : for I heard 
 them say, Let us go to Dothan. And 
 Josejih went after his brethren, and 
 
 ISfomid them ui Dothan. And they 
 saw him afar off, and before he came 
 near unto them, they conspired agauist 
 
 19 him to slay hun. And they said one 
 to another. Behold, this '-^dreamer 
 
 20 Cometh. Come now therefore, and 
 let us slay him, and cast him into one 
 of the pits, and we will saj'. An evil 
 beast hath devoured him: and we 
 
 shall see what will become of his 
 
 21 dreams. And Reuben heard it, and 
 delivered him out of their hand ; and 
 
 22 said, Let us not take his life. And 
 Ileuben said luito them, Shed no 
 blood; cast him into this pit that is 
 in the wilderness, but lay no hand 
 tipon him: that he might dehver him 
 out of their hand, to restore him to 
 
 23 his father. And it came to pass, when 
 Josei)h was come unto his brethren, 
 that they stript Joseph of his coat, 
 the coat of many colours that was on 
 
 24 him; and they took him, and cast 
 hun into the i)it: and the pit was 
 
 25 empty, there was no water in it. And 
 they sat down to eat bread : and thej- 
 lifted up their eyes and looked, and, 
 behold, a travelling comjiany of Ish- 
 maelites came from Gilead, with their 
 camels bearing ^spicery and ■^bahn 
 and 5 myrrh, going to carry it down 
 
 •26 to Egyiit. And Judah said unto his 
 brethren. What profit is it if we slay 
 our brother and conceal his blood? 
 
 27 Come, and let us sell him to the 
 Islunaelites, and let not our hand be 
 upon him ; for he is our brother, our 
 flesh. And his brethren hearkened 
 
 28 unto hun. And there passed by Midi- 
 anites, merchantmen; and they drew 
 and lifted up Joseph out of the pit, 
 and sold Joseph to the Islunaelites 
 for twenty pieces of silver. And they 
 
 29 brought Joseph into Egyi)t. And 
 Eeuben returned unto the pit; and, 
 behold, Joseph was not in the jiit ; and 
 
 30 he rent his clothes. And he returned 
 unto his brethren, and said. The child 
 
 31 is not ; and I, whither shall I go ? And 
 they took Joseph's coat, and killed a 
 he-goat, and dii^iied the coat in the 
 
 32 lilood ; and they sent the coat of many 
 colours, and they brought it to their 
 father ; and said. This ha^'e we found : 
 know now whether it be thj' son s 
 
 33 coat or not. And he knew it, and 
 said. It is my son's coat; an evil 
 beast hath devom-ed him; Josejih is 
 
 34 without doubt torn in pieces. And 
 Jacob rent his gannents, and put 
 sackcloth upon his loins, and mourii- 
 
 35 ed for his son many daj's. And all 
 his sons and all his daughters rose up 
 to comfort him; but he refused to be 
 comforted ; and he said. For I will go 
 down to ''the grave to my son mourn- 
 ing. And his father wept for him. 
 
 36 And the ''Midianites sold him into 
 Egj-pt unto Potiphar, an ofiicer of 
 Pharaoh's, the "^captain of the guard. 
 
 38 And it came to j^ass at that time, that 
 Judah went down from his brethi-en, 
 and tm-ned in to a certain Adullamite, 
 
 2 whose name was Hirah. And Judah saw 
 there a daughter of a certain Canaanite 
 whose name was Shua; and he took 
 
 3 her, and went ui unto her. And she 
 conceived, and bare a sou; and he 
 
 ^Or.yMHi 
 
 ti'figa- 
 
 C'lnth 
 
 Or, 
 
 storax 
 
 lOr, 
 
 ^nnstic 
 
 ■■■Or, 
 
 lad- 
 
 « Heh. 
 Sheol, 
 the name 
 of the 
 .tbode of 
 the dead, 
 answer- 
 ing to 
 the 
 Greek 
 Hades, 
 Acts ii. 
 27. 
 
 •JHeb. 
 
 Medan- 
 
 ites. 
 
 SHeb. 
 chief 
 of the 
 exeeu- 
 tloners.
 
 30 
 
 GENESIS. 
 
 38. 3. 
 
 ISee 
 Deut. 
 XXV. 5. 
 
 2Heb. 
 kede- 
 .•ihnh, 
 that is, 
 a woman 
 dedicat- 
 ed to 
 impure 
 heathen 
 worship. 
 See 
 Deut. 
 xxiii. 17, 
 Hos. iv. 
 14. 
 
 4 called liis name Er. And she conceived 
 again, and bare a son ; and she called 
 
 5 his name Onan. And she yet again 
 bare a son, and called his name Shelah : 
 and he was at Chezib, when she bare 
 
 6 him. And Judah took a wife for Er 
 his firstborn, and her name was Ta- 
 
 7 mar. And Er, Judah's firstborn, was 
 wicked in the sight of the Lord ; and 
 
 8 the Lord slew him. And Judah said 
 nnto Onan, Go in unto thy brother's 
 wife, and i perform the duty of an 
 husband's brother unto her, and raise 
 
 9 up seed to thy brother. And Onan 
 knew that the seed should not be 
 his; and it came to pass, when he 
 went in unto his brother's wife, that 
 he spilled it on the ground, lest he 
 
 10 should give seed to his brother. And 
 the thing whicli he did was evil in the 
 sight of the Lord : and he slew him 
 
 11 also. Then said Judah to Tamar 
 his daughter in law, Eemaiii a widow 
 in thy father's house, till Shelah my 
 son be grown up: for he said. Lest 
 he also die, like his brethren. And 
 Tamar went and dwelt in her father's 
 
 12 house. And in jirocess of time Shua's 
 daughter, the wife of Judah, died ; 
 and Judah was comforted, and went 
 up unto his slieepsliearers to Tminah, 
 he and liis friend Hirah the Adullam- 
 
 13ite. And it was told Tamar, saying. 
 Behold, thy father in law goeth up to 
 
 14 Timnah to shear his sheep. And she 
 jiut off from her the garments of her 
 widowhood, and covered herself with 
 her veil, and wi'apped herself, and 
 sat in the gate of Enaim, which is 
 by the way to Timnah; for she saw 
 that Shelah was grown up, and she 
 was not given unto him to wife. 
 
 15 When Judah saw her, he thought her 
 to be an harlot ; for she had covered 
 
 16 her face. And he turned unto her by 
 the way, and said. Go to, I pray thee, 
 let me come in unto thee : for he laiew 
 not that she was his daughter in law. 
 And she said. What wUt thou give 
 me, that thou, mayest come in unto 
 
 17 me? And he said, I will send thee 
 a kid of the goats from the flock. 
 And she said. Wilt thou give me a 
 
 18 pledge, tUl thou send it? And he 
 said, What pledge shall I give thee? 
 And she said, Thy signet and thy cord, 
 and thy staff that is in thine hand. 
 And he gave them to her, and came in 
 unto her, and she conceived by him. 
 
 19 And she arose, and went away, and 
 put off her veil from her, and put on 
 
 20 the garments of her widowhood. And 
 Judah sent the kid of the goats by 
 tlie hand of his friend the AduUamite, 
 to receive the jiledge from the woman's 
 
 21 hand: but he found her not. Then 
 he asked the men of her place, saying. 
 Where is the 2 harlot, that was at 
 Enaim by the way side? And they 
 
 said, There hath been no ^ harlot here. 
 
 22 And he returned to Judah, and said, 
 I have not foinid her; and also the 
 men of the place said, There hath 
 
 23 been no ^ harlot here. And Judah 
 said. Let her take it to her, lest we be 
 put to shame : behold, I sent this kid, 
 
 24 and thou hast not found her. And it 
 came to pass about three months after, 
 that it was told Judah, saying, Tamar 
 thy daughter in law hath played the 
 harlot; and moreover, behold, she is 
 with child by whoredom. And Judah 
 said. Bring her forth, and let her 
 
 25 be bm-nt. When she was brought 
 forth, she sent to her father in law, 
 saying. By the man, whose these are, 
 am I with child : and she said, Discern, 
 I pray thee, whose are these, the 
 signet, and the cords, and the staff. 
 
 26 And Judah acknowledged them, and 
 said, She is more righteous than I; 
 forasmuch as I gave her not to Shelah 
 my son. And he knew her again no 
 
 27 more. And it came to jiass in the 
 time of her travail, that, behold, twins 
 
 28 were in her womb. And it came to 
 pass, when she travailed, that one put 
 out a hand: and the midwife took 
 and bound upon his hand a scarlet 
 thread, saying, This came out first. 
 
 29 And it came to pass, as he drew back 
 his hand, that, behold, his brother 
 came out: and she said, 8'V\nierefore 
 hast tliou made a breach for thyself? 
 therefore his name was called ^ Perez. 
 
 30 And afterward came out his brother, 
 that had the scarlet thread upon his 
 hand : and his name was called Zerah. 
 
 39 And Joseph was brought down to 
 Egypt ; and Potiphar, an officer of 
 Pharaoh's, the captain of the guard, 
 an Egyptian, bought him of the hand 
 of the Ishmaelites, which had brought 
 
 2 him down thither. And the Lord was 
 with Joseph, and he vvas a prosi^erous 
 man ; and he was in the house of his 
 
 3 master the Egyiitian. And his master 
 saw that the Lord was with him, and 
 that the Lord made all that he did to 
 
 4 prosper in his hand. And Joseph found 
 grace in his sight, and he ministered un- 
 to him : and he made him overseer over 
 his house, and all that he had he ijut in- 
 
 5 to his band. And it came to pass from 
 the time that he made him overseer in 
 his house, and over all that he had, 
 that the Lord blessed the Egyjitian's 
 house for Josej)h's sake; and the 
 blessing of the Lord was upon all that 
 he had, in the house and in the field. 
 
 G And he left all that he had in Joseph's 
 hand ; and ''he knew not aught t7iaf was 
 with him, save the bread which he did 
 eat. And Joseph was comely, and 
 
 7 well favoured. And it came to pass 
 after these thmgs, that his master's wife 
 cast her eyes upon Joseph; and she 
 
 8 said, Lie with me. But he refused, and
 
 40. '21. 
 
 GENESIS. 
 
 31 
 
 lOr, 
 
 knowcth 
 not with 
 ine what 
 is &c. 
 2 Or, he 
 ' t not 
 
 said unto his master's wife, Behold, 
 my master iknoweth not what is with 
 me ill tlie house, aud he hath pnt all 
 9 that he hath into my hand; '-^ there is 
 none greater in this house than I ; nei- 
 tlier liath he kept back any thing from 
 me hut thee, because thou art his 
 wife: how then can I do this great 
 
 10 wickethiess, and sin against God ? And 
 it came to pass, as she spake to Joseph 
 day by day, that he hearkened not unto 
 her, to lie by her, or to be with her. 
 
 11 And it came to pass about this time, 
 that he went into the house to do his 
 work ; and there was none of the men 
 
 12 of the house there within. And she 
 caught him by his garment, saj'ing. 
 Lie with me : and he left his garment 
 in her hand, aud fled, and got liim out. 
 
 13 And it came to pass, when she saw 
 that he had left his garment in her 
 
 14 hand, and was fled forth, that she 
 called unto the men of her house, and 
 spake unto them, sayuig. See, he hath 
 brought m an Hebrew unto us to mock 
 lis; he came in unto me to lie with 
 
 15 me, and I cried with a loud voice : and 
 it came to pass, when he heard that I 
 lifted up my voice and cried, that he 
 left his garment by me, and fled, and 
 
 16 got him out. And she laid up his gar- 
 ment by her, until his master came 
 
 17 home. And she spake unto him ac- 
 cording to these words, saying, The 
 Hebrew servant, which tliou hast 
 brought unto us, came in unto me to 
 
 18 mock me : and it came to pass, as I lift- 
 ed up my voice and cried, that he left 
 
 19 his garment by me, and fled out. And 
 it came to pass, when his master heard 
 the words of his wife, which she spake 
 unto him, saying. After this mamier 
 did thy servant to me ; that his wrath 
 
 20 was kindled. And Joseph's master 
 took him, and put him into the prison, 
 the place where the king's prisoners 
 were bomid: and he was there m the 
 
 21 prison. But the Lord was •mt\i Jo- 
 seph, and shewed kindness mito him, 
 and gave him favour in the sight of the 
 
 22 keeper of the prison. And the keeper 
 of the prison committed to Joseph's 
 hand all the prisoners that were in the 
 prison ; and whatsoever they did there, 
 
 23 he was the doer of it. The keeper of 
 the prison looked not to any thing that 
 was under his hand, because the Lord 
 was with him ; and that which he did, 
 the Lord made it to prosper. 
 
 40 And it came to pass after these 
 things, that the butler of the king of 
 Egypt and his baker offended their 
 
 2 lord the king of Egypt. And Pharaoh 
 was wroth against his two officers, 
 agamst the chief of the butlers, and 
 
 3 against the chief of the bakers. And he 
 put them in ward in the house of the 
 captain of the guard, into the prison, 
 the place where Joseph was bound. 
 
 4 And the captain of the guard charged 
 Joseph with them, and he ministered 
 unto them: and they continued a 
 
 5 season in ward. And they dreamed 
 a dream both of them, each man 
 his dream, in one night, each man 
 according to the interpretation of his 
 dream, the butler and the baker of tlie 
 king of Egyjjt, which were bound in 
 
 6 the prison. And Joseph came in unto 
 them in the mornuig, and saw them, 
 
 7 and, behold, they were sad. And he 
 asked Pharaoh's officers that were with 
 him in wai'd in his master's house, say- 
 ing, Wherefore look ye so sadly to-day ? 
 
 8 And they said unto him, We have 
 dreamed a dream, and there is none 
 that can interpret it. And Joseph said 
 mito them. Do not interiiretations be- 
 long to God? tell it me, I pray you. 
 
 9 And the chief butler told his dream 
 to Joseph, and said to him. In my 
 dream, behold, a vine was before me ; 
 
 10 and in the vme were three branches : 
 and it was as though it budded, and 
 its blossoms shot forth; and the 
 clusters thereof brought forth rijie 
 
 11 grapes : and Pharaoh's cup was in my 
 hand; and I took the grapes, and 
 pressed them into Pharaoh's cuj), and 
 I gave the cup into Pharaoh's hand. 
 
 12 And Joseph said unto him. This is the 
 interpretation of it : the tlu-ee branches 
 
 13 are three days ; within yet three days 
 shall Pharaoh lift up thine head, aud 
 restore thee unto thine office: and 
 thou shalt give Pharaoh's Cup into his 
 hand, after the former manner when 
 
 14 thou wast his butler. But have me 
 in thy remembrance when it shall 
 be well with thee, and shew Idndness, 
 I pray thee, unto me, and make men- 
 tion of me unto Pharaoh, and Jiring 
 
 15 me out of this house: for indeed I 
 was stolen away out of the land of the 
 Hebrews: and here also have I done 
 nothing tha. they should iiut me into 
 
 16 the dungeon. When the chief baker 
 saw that the interpretation was good, 
 he said unto Joseph, I also was in my 
 dream, and, behold, three baskets of 
 
 17 white bread were on my head : and in 
 the uppermost basket there was of all 
 manner of bakemeats for Pharaoh ; and 
 the birds did eat them out of the basket 
 
 18 upon my head. Aiid Joseph answered 
 and said, This is the interpretation 
 thereof: the tln-ee baskets are three 
 
 19 days; within yet three days shall 
 Pharaoh lift up thy head from off thee, 
 and shall hang thee on a tree ; and the 
 birds shall eat thy flesh from off thee. 
 
 20 And it came to pass the third day, 
 which was Pharaoh's birthday, that he 
 made a feast unto all liis servants : and 
 he lifted up the head of the chief 
 butler and the head of the cliief baker 
 
 21 among his servants. And he restored 
 the chief butler unto his butlership
 
 32 
 
 GENESIS. 
 
 40. 21. 
 
 1 Heb. 
 I'eor, 
 that is, 
 the Nile. 
 
 2 ileb. 
 fat. 
 
 a Or, 
 sacred 
 
 scribes 
 
 i Or, will 
 
 inake 
 
 mention 
 
 5 Or, / 
 was re- 
 stored... 
 and he 
 was 
 hanged 
 
 again; and he gave the cuiJ into 
 22 Pharaoh's hand: but he hanged the 
 
 chief baker : as Joseph had interpreted 
 23 to them. Yet did not the chief butler 
 
 remember Josejih, but forgat him. 
 41 And it came to pass at the end of 
 
 two full years, that Pharaoh di'eamed : 
 
 and, behold, he stood bj- the driver. 
 
 2 And, behold, there came up out of 
 the river seven kijie, well favoured and 
 fatfleshed; and they fed in the reed- 
 
 3 grass. And, behold, seven other kine 
 came up after them out of the river, ill 
 favoured and loanfleshed; and stood 
 by the other kuie upon the brink of 
 
 ■Ithe river. And tlie ill favoured and 
 leanfleshed kine did eat ui> the seven 
 well favoured and fat kuie . So Pharaoh 
 
 5 awoke. And he slejit and dreamed a 
 second tune: and, behold, seven ears 
 of corn caine up upon one stalk, 2 rank 
 
 (iand good. And, behold, seven ears, 
 thin and blasted with the east whid, 
 
 7 sprung up after them. And the thin ears 
 swallowed up the seven 2 rank and full 
 ears. And Pharaoh awoke, and, behold, 
 
 Sit was a dream. And it came to pass 
 in the mornuig that his spirit was 
 troubled; and he sent and called for 
 all the ^magicians of Egypt, and 
 all the wise men thereof: and Pha- 
 raoh told them his dream; but there 
 ■\\as none that could interpret them 
 
 !) unto Pharaoh. Then spake the chief 
 butler unto Pharaoh, saying, I ''do 
 
 10 remember my faults this daj': Pha- 
 raoh was wroth with his servants, and 
 jnit me in ward in the house of the 
 captain of the guard, me and the 
 
 11 chief baker: and we dreamed a dream 
 in one night, I and he; we dreamed 
 each man according to the interpreta- 
 
 12tion of his dream. And there was 
 with us there aj-oiuignian.anHebrew, 
 servant to the captain of the guard ; 
 and we told him, and be interpreted to 
 us our dreams ; to each man according 
 
 13 to his dream he did interiiret. And 
 it came to pass, as he interpreted to us, 
 so it was; ^me he restored unto mine 
 
 11 office, and him he hanged. Then Pha- 
 raoh seiit and called Joseph, and they 
 brought him hastily out of the dmigeon : 
 and he shaved himself, and changed 
 his raiment, and came in unto Pha- 
 
 15 raoh. And Pharaoh said mito Joseph, 
 I have di-eamed a dream, and there is 
 none that can uiterpret it : and I have 
 heard say of thee, that when thou 
 hearest a dream thou canst uiterpret it. 
 
 16 And Joseph answered Pharaoh, saying. 
 It is not in me : God shall give Pharaoh 
 
 17 an answer of peace. Ajid Pharaoh 
 spake unto Joseph, In my dream, be- 
 hold, I stood ui)on the brink of the 
 
 18 river : and, behold, there came up out 
 of the river seven kuie, fatfleshed and 
 well favoured ; and they fed in the reed- 
 
 19 grass: and, behold, seven other kine 
 
 came up after them, poor and very ill 
 favoured and leanfleshed, such as I 
 never saw in all the land of Egj^)! 
 
 20 for badness: and the lean and ill fa- 
 voured kine did eat up the first seven 
 
 21 fat kine: and when they had eaten 
 them up, it could not be known that 
 they had eaten them ; but they were still 
 ill favoured, as at the beginnuig. So 
 
 221 awoke. And I saw in my dream, 
 and, behold, seven ears came up upon 
 
 23 one stalk, fuU and good : and, behold, 
 seven ears, withered, thin, and blasted 
 with the east wmd, si)rung uj) after 
 
 24 them : and the thin ears swallowed up 
 the seven good ears : and I told it luito 
 the magicians ; but there was none that 
 
 2.5 could declare it to me. And Josejih 
 said unto Pharaoh, The dream of 
 Pharaoh is one: what (xod is about 
 to do he hath declared unto Pharaoh. 
 
 26 The seven good kuie are seven years ; 
 and the seven good ears are seven 
 
 27 years : the dream is one. And the seven 
 lean and ill favoiu-ed kine that came 
 up after them are seven years, and also 
 the seven empty ears blasted with the 
 east wind; they shall be seven years 
 
 28 of famine. That is the thing which 
 I spake unto Pharaoh: what God is 
 al)out to do he hath shewed unto 
 
 29 Pharaoh. Behold, there come seven 
 years of great plentj' throughout all 
 
 30 the land of Egj^pt: and there shall 
 arise after them seven j'ears of famine ; 
 and all the plenty shall be forgotten 
 ui the land of Egypt ; and the famine 
 
 31 shall consume the land ; and the plentj' 
 shall not be known in the land by 
 i-eason of that famuie which followeth ; 
 
 32 for it shall be very grievous. And for 
 that the dream was doubled unto Pha- 
 raoh twice, it is because the thing 
 is established by God, and God will 
 
 33 shortl}' bring it to i)ass. Now therefore 
 let Pharaoh look out a man discreet 
 and wise, and set him over the land 
 
 34 of Egj-jrt. Let Pharaoh do this, and 
 let him appoint overseers over the 
 land, and take up the fifth j)art of the 
 laud of Eg\i)t in the seven plenteous 
 
 35 years. And let them gather all the 
 food of these good years that come, 
 and lay uj) corn mider the hand of 
 Pharaoh for food in the cities, and let 
 
 36 them keep it. And the food shall be 
 for a store to the land against the 
 seven years of famine, which shall be 
 in the land of Egyjit; that the land 
 
 37 perish not through the famine. And 
 the thing was good in the ej'es of 
 Pharaoh, and in the eyes of all his 
 
 38 servants. And Pharaoh said unto his 
 servants. Can we find such a one as 
 this, a man in whom the spirit of God 
 
 39 is? And Pharaoh said unto Joseph, 
 Forasmuch as God hath shewed thee 
 all this, there is none so discreet and 
 
 40 wise as thou: thou shalt be over my
 
 42. 23. 
 
 GENESIS. 
 
 3.3 
 
 2 Or, 
 cotton 
 
 probably 
 ••iiiEcypt- 
 ijinwnrri, 
 einiilar 
 ill se>uik1 
 to the 
 Hebrew 
 won I 
 men tun:,' 
 to kitt'cL 
 
 i That is. 
 
 Making 
 
 toforget. 
 
 j -"i From a 
 I Hebrew 
 '. word si£;- 
 I iiifying 
 
 to be 
 i fruitful. 
 
 house, and according unto tlij- word 
 shall all my people Mje ruled: only 
 in tlie throne will I lie f,'reater than 
 
 •11 thou. And Phai-aoh said unto .Toscph, 
 See, I have set thee over all the land 
 
 •12 of EgJlit. And Pharaoh took off his 
 signet ring from his hand, and put it 
 upon Joseph's hand, and an-ayed hha 
 in vestures of 2 fine linen, and put a gold 
 
 •IP) eliain about his neck ; and he made him 
 to ride in the second chariot which he 
 had; .ind they cried before him, ''Bov.- 
 the knee: and he set him over all tiie 
 
 •{4 land of Egj^)!. And Pharaoh said un- 
 to .Joseph, I am Pharaoh, and v.ithont 
 thee shall no man lift uj) his hand or his 
 
 45 foot in all the land of Egj-pt. And 
 Pharaoh called Joseph's name Zaplie- 
 nath-paneah ; and he gave him to wife 
 Asenath the daughter of Poti-phera 
 priest of On. And Joseph went out 
 
 •16 over the land of Eg^^jt. And Joseph 
 was thirtj- years old when he stood 
 before Pharaoh king of Egypt. And 
 .Joseph went out from the presence of 
 Pharaoh, and went throughout all the 
 
 47 land of Eg^^it- Ajid in the seven plen- 
 teous years the earth brought forth by 
 
 48handfuls. i\iu\ he gathered up all tlie 
 food of the seven j'ears which were 
 in the land of Egypt, and laid up the 
 food in the cities: the food of tlie field, 
 which was round about every city, laid 
 
 4i)lie up in the same. Aiad Joseph laid 
 up corn as the sand of the sea, very 
 much, until he left numbering ; for it 
 
 50v,'as without number. And unto .Jo- 
 seph were born two sons before the 
 year of famine came, Avhich Asenath 
 the daughter of Poti-phera priest of 
 
 51 On bare unto him. Ai\A .Joseph called 
 the name of the fi^rstborn ■'Manasseh: 
 For, mid he. ftod hath made me forget 
 all my toil, and all my father's house. 
 
 52 And the name of the second called he 
 ^Ephraim: For God hath made me 
 fruitful in the land of my affliction. 
 
 5o And the seven j-ears of plenty, that was 
 in the land of Egypt, came to an end. 
 
 54 And the seven years of famine began 
 to come, according as .Joseph had said: 
 and there was famine in all lands; but 
 in all the land of Egypt there was 
 
 55 bread. And when all the land of E- 
 gj'pt was famished, the i^eople cried 
 to Pharaoh for bread : and Pharaoh 
 said unto all the Egyptians, Go un- 
 to .Joseph; what he saith to you, do. 
 
 56 And the famine was over all the face 
 of tlie earth : and -Joseph opened all 
 the storehouses, and sold unto the 
 Epji^tians; and the famine was sore 
 
 57 in the land of Egji^t. And all coun- 
 tries came into Egypt to .Joseph for 
 to buy corn; because the famine was 
 sore in all the earth. 
 
 42 Now Jacob saw that there was corn 
 in Egy|)t, and .Jacob said unto his sons, 
 "Wliy do ye look one ujjon another? 
 
 2 And he said. Behold, I have heard that 
 there is corn in Egypt : get j-ou down 
 thither, and biiy for us from thence; 
 
 ?> tliat we may live, and not die. And 
 .Joseph's ten brethren went down to 
 
 4 l)uy corn from Egj^it. But I3enjamin, 
 .Joseph's l)rother, Jacob sent not with 
 his ])rethren ; for he said, liCst perad- 
 
 5 venture mischief befall him. And the 
 sons of Israel came to buj- among 
 those that came: for the famine was 
 
 Gin the land of Canaan. And .Joseph 
 was the governor over the land; he it 
 was that sold to all the people of the 
 land : and .Joseph's brethren came, and 
 bowed down themselves to him with 
 
 7 their faces to the earth. And Joseph 
 saw his brethren, and he knew them, 
 but made himself strange unto them, 
 and spake roughly with them ; and he 
 said unto them, "Whence come ye? 
 And they said. From the land of Ca- 
 
 S naan to buy food. And .Joseph Imew 
 his brethren, but they knew not him. 
 
 And .Joseph remembered the dreams 
 which he dreamed of them, and said 
 unto them. Ye are spies; to see the 
 nakedness of the land ye are come. 
 
 10 And they said unto him. Nay, my lord, 
 l)ut to buj' food are thy servants come. 
 
 11 We are all one man's sons; we are 
 true men, thj' servants are no spies. 
 
 12 And he said unto them, Naj-, but to 
 see the nakedness of the land j'e are 
 
 13 come. And they said. We thy servants 
 are twelve brethren, the sous of one 
 man in the land of Canaan; and, be- 
 hold, the yomigest is this day with our 
 
 14 father, and one is not. And .Joseph 
 said unto them. That is it that I spake 
 
 15 unto you, saying, Ye are spies : hereby 
 ye shall be proved : by the life of Pha- 
 raoh ye shall not go forth hence, ex- 
 cept your youngest brother come hither. 
 
 16 Send one of you, and let him fetch your 
 brother, and ye shall be bound, that 
 your words may be proved, whether 
 there be truth in you: or else by the 
 life of Pharaoh siu-ely ye are sijies. 
 
 17Ajid he put them all together into 
 18 ward three days. And .Joseph said un- 
 to them the third daj'. This do, and 
 10 live ; for I fear God : if j'e be true men, 
 let one of your brethren be bound in 
 your prison house; but go ye, carry 
 
 20 corn for the famine of your houses : and 
 bring j-our youngest brother unto me ; 
 so shall j'our words be verified, and j'e 
 
 21 shall not die. And thej- did so. And 
 they said one to another. We are veri- 
 ly guilty concerning our brother, in 
 that we saw the distress of his soul, 
 when he besought us, and we v.-ould not 
 hear; therefore is this distress come 
 
 22 upon us. And Eeuben answered them, 
 saying, Sjmke I not unto you, saying. 
 Do not sin against the child; and ye 
 would not hear? therefore also, be- 
 
 23 hold, his blood is required. And they
 
 34 
 
 GENESIS. 
 
 42. 23. 
 
 lOr. 
 upon 
 
 2Heb. 
 Sheol. 
 Seech. 
 
 XXXTil. 
 
 35. 
 
 knew not that Joseph maderstood them; 
 for there was an interpreter between 
 
 24 them. And he turned himself about 
 from them, and wei^t ; and he returned 
 to them, and spake to them, and took 
 Simeon from among them, and bound 
 
 25 him before theu' eyes. Then Joseph 
 commanded to fill theu- vessels with 
 corn, and to restore every man's money 
 into his sack, and to give them pro- 
 vision for the way: and thus was it 
 
 26 done unto them. And thej' laded their 
 asses with their corn, and departed 
 
 27 thence. And as one of them opened 
 his sack to give his ass provender m 
 the lodguig place, he espied his money ; 
 and, behold, it was in the mouth of 
 
 28 his sack. And he said unto his breth- 
 ren. My money is restored; and, lo, 
 it is even in my sack : and their heart 
 failed them, and they turned trembling 
 one to another, saying, "What is this 
 
 29 that God hath done unto us ? And they 
 came unto Jacob theu' father unto the 
 land of Canaan, and told him all that 
 
 i 30 had befallen them; saying. The man, 
 j the lord of the land, s^iake roughly 
 ! with us, and took us for spies of the 
 
 31 country. Arid we said unto him, We 
 
 32 are true men ; we are no spies : we be 
 twelve brethi-en, sons of om' father; 
 one is not, and the youngest is this 
 day with om* father in the land of Ca- 
 
 33naan. And the man, the lord of the 
 land, said unto us, Hereby shall I 
 know that ye are true men ; leave one 
 of your brethi-en with me, and take 
 corn for the famme of your houses, 
 
 34 and go yom- way : and bring yoiir 
 youngest brother unto me : theu shall 
 I know that ye are no spies, but that 
 ye are true men : so will I deliver you 
 your brother, and ye shall trafiSck in 
 
 35 the land. And it came to pass as 
 they emptied their sacks, that, behold, 
 every man's bundle of money was in 
 his sack: and when they and their 
 father saw theu- bundles of money, they 
 
 36 were afraid. And Jacob their father 
 said unto them, Me have ye bereaved 
 of my children: Joseph is not, and 
 Simeon is not, and ye will take Benja- 
 min away : all these things are i against 
 
 37 me. And Reuben spake imto his father, 
 saying, Slay my two sons, if I brmg 
 him not to thee : deliver hiui into my 
 hand, and I will bring hmi to thee a- 
 
 38 gam. And he said, My son shall not 
 go do^\Ti with you; for his brother is 
 dead, and he only is left : if mischief 
 befall him by the way in the which ye 
 go, then shall ye bring down my gray 
 hah's with sorrow to 2 the gi-ave. 
 
 43 And the famine was sore in the land. 
 
 2 And it came to pass, when they had 
 eaten up the corn which they had 
 brought out of Egypt, their father said 
 unto them. Go again, buy us a little 
 
 3 food. And Judah spake unto him, say- 
 
 ing. The man did solemnly protest unto 
 us, saying, Ye shall not see my face, 
 
 4 except your brother be with you. If 
 thou wilt send our brother with us, we 
 
 5 will go down and buy thee food : but 
 if thou wilt not send him, we will not 
 go down : for the man said unto us. Ye 
 shall not see my face, except yom- bro- 
 
 6 ther be with you. And Israel said, 
 Wherefore dealt ye so Ul with me, as 
 to tell the man whether ye had yet a 
 
 7 brother ? And they said, Tlie man asked 
 straitly concerning om-selves, and con- 
 cerning our kindred, saying. Is your 
 father yet alive? have ye another bro- 
 ther ? and we told him according to the 
 tenor of these words : could we in any 
 wise know that he would say, Brmg 
 
 8 your brother down? And Judah said 
 unto Israel his father, Send the lad with 
 me, and we will arise and go ; that we 
 may live, and not die, both we, and 
 
 9 thou, and also our little ones. I will 
 be sm'ety for him; of my hand shalt 
 thou requu'e him : if I bring him not 
 unto thee, and set him before thee, 
 then 8 let me bear the blame for ever: 
 
 10 for except we had lingered, surely 
 we had now retm'ned a second tune. 
 
 11 And their* father Israel said unto 
 them, If it be so now, do this; take 
 of the choice fruits of the land in your 
 vessels, and carry down the man a 
 present, a little ^balrn, and a little 
 honey, spicery and myi-rh, ^nuts, and 
 
 12 almonds : and take double money in 
 your hand; and the money that was 
 retm-ned in the mouth of j'our sacks 
 carry again in your hand; peradven- 
 
 13 tm'e it was an oversight : take also your 
 brother, and arise, go again mito the 
 
 14 man: and "^God Almighty give you 
 mercy before the man, that he may 
 release mito you yom- other brother 
 and Benjamin. And if I be bereaved 
 of my children, I am bereaved. 
 
 15 And the men took that present, and 
 they took double money in their hand, 
 and Benjamin; and rose up, and went 
 down to Egyiit, and stood before Joseph. 
 
 16 And when Joseph saw Benjamin with 
 them, he said to the steward of his 
 house. Bring the men into the house, 
 and slay, and make ready ; for the men 
 
 17 shall dine with me at noon. And the 
 man did as Joseph bade ; and the man 
 brought the men into Joseph's house. 
 
 18 And the men were afraid, because they 
 were brought into Josejib's house ; and 
 they said. Because of the money that 
 was retm'ned in our sacks at the 
 first time are we brought in ; that 
 he may ^seek occasion agamst us, and 
 fall upon us, and take us for bondmen, 
 
 19 and our asses. And they came near 
 to the steward of Joseph's house, and 
 they spake unto hun at the door of 
 
 20 the house, and said. Oh my lord, we 
 came uideed down at the fixst time to
 
 41 23. 
 
 GENESIS. 
 
 35 
 
 I Or, 
 
 messpa 
 
 were 
 
 taken 
 
 2Heb. 
 drank 
 large!!/. 
 
 21 buy food: and it came to pass, wlien 
 we came to the lodging place, that we 
 opened om* sacks, and, behold, every 
 man's money was in the moutli of liis 
 sack, our money in full weiglit: and 
 we have brought it again in our hand. 
 
 22 And other money have we bi'ought 
 down in our hand to buy food : we 
 know not who put our money in our 
 
 23 sacks. Aiid he said. Peace be to you, 
 fear not: your God, and the God of 
 your father, hath given you treasure 
 in your sacks : I had. j'our monej'. Aiid 
 he brought Simeon out unto them. 
 
 24A2id the man brought the men into 
 Joseph's house, and gave them water, 
 and they -washed their feet ; and he 
 
 25 gave their asses provender. And they 
 made ready the present against Joseph 
 came at noon : for they heai'd that they 
 
 26 should eat bread there. Aiid when Jo- 
 seph came home, thej' brought him the 
 present which was in their hand into 
 the house, and bowed down themselves 
 
 27 to him to the earth. And he asked them 
 of their welfare, and said. Is your fa- 
 ther well, the old man of whom ye spake? 
 
 28 Is he yet alive ? And they said. Thy 
 servant our father is well, he is yet 
 alive. Aiul they bowed the head, and 
 
 29 made obeisance. And he lifted up his 
 eyes, and saw Benjamm his brother, 
 his mother's son, and said, Is tliis 
 your youngest brother, of whom ye 
 spake unto me? And he said, God be 
 
 30 gracious unto thee, my son. And Jo- 
 seph made haste ; for his bowels did 
 yearn upon his brother : and he sought 
 where to weejp; and he entered into 
 
 31 his chamber, and wept there. And he 
 washed his face, and came out; and 
 he refrained hunself, and said. Set on 
 
 32 bread. And they set on for him by 
 himself, and for them by themselves, 
 and for the Egyptians, which did eat 
 with him, by themselves : because the 
 Egyptians might not eat bread with the 
 Hebrews; for that is an abomination 
 
 33 unto the Egyptians. And they sat be- 
 fore him, the firstborn according to his 
 birthright, and the youngest according 
 to his youtli: and the men marvelled 
 
 34 one with another. Ajid ihe took and 
 sent messes unto them from before 
 him: but Benjamin's mess was five 
 times so much as any of theirs. And 
 they drank, and ^^vere merry wdth 
 him. 
 
 44 And he commanded the steward 
 of his house, saymg. Fill the men's 
 sacks with food, as much as they can 
 caiTy, and put every man's money in 
 
 2 his sack's mouth. Aiid put my cup, 
 the silver cup, in the sack's mouth of 
 the youngest, and his corn money. And 
 lie did according to the word that Jo- 
 
 3 seph had spoken. As soon as the morn- 
 ing w^as light, the men were sent away, 
 
 4 they and their asses. And when they 
 
 were gone out of the city, and were 
 not yet far off, Joseidi said unto his 
 steward. Up, foUow after the men; and 
 when thou dost overtake them, say unto 
 them. Wherefore have ye rewarded evil 
 
 5 for good ? Is not this it in which my 
 lord driidieth, and whei-eby he indeed 
 divineth? ye have done evil in so douig. 
 
 6 And he overtook them, and he sjiake 
 
 7 unto them these words. Aaid they said 
 unto him. Wherefore speaketh my lord 
 such words as these? God forbid that 
 thy servants should do such a thing. 
 
 8 Behold, the money, which we found 
 in our sacks' mouths, we brought again 
 unto thee out of the laud of Canaan: 
 how then should we steal out of thy 
 
 9 lord's house silver or gold ? Witli 
 whomsoever of thy servants it be 
 found, let him die, and we also will 
 
 10 be my lord's bondmen. And he said. 
 Now also let it be according unto your 
 words : he with whom it is found shall 
 be my bondman ; and ye shall be blame- 
 
 11 less. Then they hasted, and took down 
 every man his sack to the ground, and 
 
 12 opened every man his sack. Aiid he 
 searched, and began at the eldest, 
 and left at the youngest : and the cup 
 
 13 was found in Benjamin's sack. Then 
 they rent their clothes, and laded every 
 man his ass, and returned to the city. 
 
 14 And Judah and his brethren came to 
 Joseph's house; and he was yet there: 
 and they fell before lum on the gi'ound. 
 
 15 And Joseph said mito them. What 
 deed is this that ye have done ? laiow 
 ye not that such a man as I can indeed 
 
 16 divine? And Judah said. What shall 
 we say unto my lord? what shall 
 we speak ? or hoW' shall we clear om-- 
 selves? God hath found out the in- 
 iquity of thy servants : behold, we are 
 my lord's bondmen, both we, and he 
 also in whose hand the cup is found. 
 
 17 And he said, God forbid that I should 
 do so : the man in whose hand the cup 
 is found, he shall be my bonchnan ; but 
 as for you, get yoi; up in i)eace unto 
 your father. 
 
 18 Then Judah came near unto him, and 
 said. Oh my lord, let thy servant, I pray 
 thee, speak a word in my lord's ears, 
 and let not thine anger bm-n against 
 thy servant : for thou art even as Pha- 
 
 19 raoh. My lord asked his servants, say- 
 
 20 ing, Have ye a father, or a brother? And 
 we said unto my lord. We have a father, 
 an old man, and a child of his old age, 
 a little one; and his brother is dead, 
 and he alone is left of his mother, and 
 
 21 his father loveth him. And thou saidst 
 unto thy servants. Bring huu down 
 unto me, that I maj' set mine eyes up- 
 
 22 on him. And we said mito my lord. 
 The lad cannot leave his father: for 
 if he should leave his father, his fa- 
 
 23 tlier would die. And thou saidst imto 
 thy servants, Except youi- youngesj^
 
 GENESIS. 
 
 44. 23. 
 
 1 !Teb. 
 
 evU. 
 
 ^Heb. 
 
 KJieol. 
 
 See ch. 
 
 xxxvii. 
 
 xotd is 
 7:nit with 
 1'if lafVf 
 nottl 
 See 
 1 Sam. 
 xviii. 1. 
 
 I Hell. 
 <Iflr'r 
 
 Jorth hi ft 
 voice in 
 tveepittff. 
 
 I 
 
 brother come down witii tou. ye sliall 
 
 24 see my face no more. And it came 
 to pass -(vhen we came np unto thy serv- 
 ant my father, we told him the words 
 
 25 of my lord. And our father said, Go 
 
 26 again, buy us a little food. And we 
 said, We cannot go down : if our young- 
 est brother be with us, then will we go 
 down: for we may not see the man's 
 face, except our youngest brother he 
 
 27 with us. And thy servant my father 
 said unto us, Ye know tliat my wife 
 
 28 bare me two sous: and the one went 
 out from me, and I (said, Surely he 
 is torn in pieces ; and I have not 
 
 29 seen him since: and if ye take this 
 one also from me, and mischief befall 
 him, ye shall l>ring down my gray 
 hairs with i sorrow to ^the grave. 
 
 30 Now therefore when I come to thy 
 servant my father, and the lad be 
 ii.ot with us; seeing that -^his life is 
 
 31 bound up in the lads life; it shall 
 come to iiass, when he see Hi that the 
 lad is not icilJi us. that he will die: 
 and thy servants shall bring down the 
 graj' hairs of thy servant iiur father 
 
 32 with sorrow to 2 the grave. For thy 
 servant became surety for the lad unto 
 my father, sayuig, If I liring liim not 
 luito thee, then shall I bear the blnme 
 
 33 to my father for ever. Now therefore, 
 let thy servant. I pray thee, abide 
 instead of the lad a liondman to my 
 lord ; and let the lad go up with his 
 
 34bretlu"en. For how shall I go up to 
 1113' father, and- the lad be not with 
 nie ? lest I see the evil that shall come 
 on my father. 
 
 45 Then Joseph could not refrain him- 
 self before all them that stood by bun : 
 and he cried. Cause every man to go 
 out from me. And tliere stood no man 
 with him, while .losepli made liini- 
 
 2 self known unto 
 lie •'^vept aloud: 
 lieard, and the 
 
 ."heard. And .Tosepli 
 lireth.ren, I am Joseph 
 
 his lirethren. And 
 
 and the Egyptians 
 
 house of Pharaoh 
 
 said inito b.is 
 
 doth mv father 
 
 ^ Or. to 
 
 hr a 
 
 great 
 
 com- 
 
 I esca^. 
 
 yet live? And his brethren could not 
 answer him: for fhey were troubled at 
 
 4 his presence. And Joseph said unto 
 his brethren. Come near to me, I pray 
 you. And they came near. And he 
 said, I am .Toseph your brother, whom 
 
 5 ye sold into Egypt. And now lie not 
 grieved, nor angry witli yourselves, 
 that ye sold me hither : fin- Had did 
 send me liefore you to preserve life. 
 
 6 For these two years bath the famine 
 been in the land : and there are yet five 
 years, in the which there shall be nei- 
 
 7ther plowing nor harvest. And God 
 sent me before you to preserve you a 
 reiminnt in the earth, and to save j-ou 
 
 8 alive ''bj' a gTeat deliverance. So nov.- 
 it was not j'ou that sent me hither, but 
 God: and lie hath made me a father 
 to Pharaoh, and lord of all liis liouse, 
 
 and ruler over all the land of Egypt. 
 9 Haste ye, and go up to my father, 
 and say raito him. Thus saith thy son 
 Joseph, God hath made me lord of 
 all Egji^t : come down unto me, tarry 
 
 10 not : and thou shalt dwell in the land 
 of Goshen, and tliou shalt be near 
 unto me, thou, and thy cliildren. and 
 thy children's children, and thy flocks, 
 and thy herds, and all that thou hast: i 
 
 Hand there will I nourish thee; for; 
 there are yet five years of famine: | 
 lest thou come to poverty, thou, and 
 thy household, and all that thou hast. 
 
 12 And, behold, your eyes see, and the 
 eyes of mj' brother Benjamin, that 
 it is my month that speaketh unto 
 
 13 you. And ye shall tell my father of 
 all my glory in Egji^t, and of all that 
 ye have seen ; and ye shall haste and 
 
 14 bring down luj' father hitlior. And 
 he fell upon his livotber Benjamin's 
 neck, and wept; and Benjamin wept 
 
 15 u^ion his neck. And he kissed all his 
 bi-etlu'cn, and wept iipon them: and 
 after tliat his In-ethi'en talked with 
 him. 
 
 l(i And the fame t}iereof was heard 
 in Piiaraoh's house, saying, Joseph's 
 brethren are come : and it iileased 
 
 17 Pharaoh well, and his servants. And 
 Pliaraoh said unto Josejdi, Say unto 
 thy brethren. This do ye; lade your 
 beasts, and go. get you unto tlie land 
 
 IS of Canaan: and take your father and 
 your households, and come unto me: 
 and I will give you the good of the 
 land of Egyiit, and ye shall eat the 
 
 19 fat of the laud. Nov\' thou art com- 
 manded, this do ye : take you wagous 
 out (if the laud of Egypt for your 
 little ones, and for your Avives, and 
 
 20 bring your father, and come. Also 
 regard not your stuff; for the good of 
 
 21 all the land of Eg_\q)t is yours. And 
 the sons of Israel did so : and Josepli 
 gave them wagons, according to the 
 commandment of Pharaoh, and gave 
 
 22t)iem provision for the vray. To all 
 of them he gave each man changes 
 of raunent; but to Benjamin he gave 
 three huncb'ed pieces of silver, and 
 
 23 five changes of raiment. And to his 
 father he sent after tliis manner ; ten 
 asses laden with the good thmgs of 
 Egyi)t, and ten she-asses laden with 
 Corn and bread and victual for his 
 
 24 fa ther l)y the waj-. So he sent his breth- 
 ren away, and they departed: and he 
 said unto them, See that ye fall not 
 
 25 out bj- the way. And they went up 
 out of Egypt, and came into the land 
 of Canaan unto Jacob their father. 
 
 26 And they told him. saying, Joseph 
 is yet alive, and he is ruler over all 
 the land of Egj-jit. And his heart 
 tainted, for he believed them not. 
 
 27 And they told Inni all the words of 
 Joseph, which he had said unto them :
 
 47. 5. 
 
 GENESIS. 
 
 37 
 
 Un 
 
 Num. 
 xxvi. 13, 
 
 1 Chr. 
 iv. 24, 
 
 2 III 
 
 1 Chr. l\. 
 •2A.JarHi. 
 
 3 In 
 Num. 
 xxvi. KJ. 
 1 Chr. 
 iv. -U, 
 Zcrah. 
 Unl 
 Cbr. vi. 
 16, Ger- 
 itiont. 
 3Inl 
 Chr. vii. 
 1, Puali, 
 Jashub. 
 See 
 Num. 
 xxvl 23, 
 
 Cln 
 Num. 
 xxvi. 15, 
 
 •In 
 Nmu. 
 xxvi. It), 
 Otni. 
 8 In 
 Num. 
 xxvi. 17, 
 
 and when lie saw the wagons wliich 
 Joseph had sent to carry hhii, the 
 sph'it of Jacob their fatlier revived : 
 28 and Israel said, It is enough; Joseph 
 my son is yet alive : I will go and see 
 hiiu before I die. 
 46 And Israel took his journey with all 
 that he had, and came to Beer-shelia, 
 and offered sacrifices unto the God of 
 
 'iliis fatlier Isaac. And God spake unto 
 Israel in the visions of the night, and 
 
 3 said, Jacob, Jacob. And he said. Here 
 am I. Aiid he said, I am God, the God 
 of thy father : fear not to go dovvii into 
 Egypt ; for I will there make of thee 
 
 4a great nation: I will go down with 
 thee into Egypt ; and I will also sure- 
 ly bring thee up agaui : and Joseph 
 shall init his hand upon thine eyes. 
 
 5 And Jacob rose up from Beer-sheba : 
 and the sons of Israel carried Jacob 
 their father, and their little ones, and 
 their wives, in the wagons which 
 
 6 Pharaoh had sent to car)y him. And 
 they took their cattle, and their goods, 
 which they had gotten in the land of 
 Canaan, and came into Egypt, Jacob, 
 
 7 and all his seed with huu : his sons, 
 and his sons' sons with him, his daugh- 
 ters, and his sons' daughters, and all his 
 seed brought he with huu into Egypt. 
 
 8 And these are the names of the 
 children of Israel, which came into 
 Egjiit, Jacob and his sons : lieuben, 
 
 9 Jacob's firstborn. And the sons of 
 Keuben; Haiioch, and Pallu, and Hez- 
 
 10 ron, and Carmi. And the sons of Sim- 
 eon; iJemuel, and Jamiii, and Ohad, 
 and 2Jachin, and -'Zohar, and Shaul 
 
 11 the son of a Canaanitish woman. And 
 the sons of Levi; '^Gershon, Kohath, 
 
 12 and Merari. Aiid the sons of Judah ; 
 Er, and Onan, and Shelah, and Perez, 
 and Zeiah : but Er and Onan died in 
 the land of Canaan. And the sons of 
 
 13 Perez were Hezron and Hamul. And 
 the sons of Issachar; Tola, and ^Puv- 
 
 14 ah, and lob, and Shimron. And the 
 sons of Zebulmi ; Sered, and Elon, 
 
 15 and Jahleel. These are the sons of 
 Leah, which she bare unto Jacob in 
 Paddan-arain, with his daughter Di- 
 nah : all the souls of his sons and his 
 
 16 daughters were thirty and throe. And 
 the sons of Gad ; cZiphion, and Haggi, 
 Shuni, and 'Ezbon, Eri, and ^^Arodi, 
 
 17 and Areli. And the sons of Asher ; 
 Imnah, and Ishvah, and Islivi, and 
 Beriah, and Serah their sister : and 
 the sons of Beriah ; Heber, and Mal- 
 
 18chiel. These are the sons of Zilpah, 
 which Laban gave to Leah his daugh- 
 ter, and these she bare unto Jacob, 
 
 19 even sixteen souls. The sons of Piachel 
 Jacob's wife; Joseph and Benjamm. 
 
 20 And unto Joseph in the land of Egj-pt 
 were born Manasseh and Ephraim, 
 which Asenath the daughter of Poti- 
 phera priest of On bare unto him. 
 
 21 And the sons of Benjamin ; Bela, and 
 Becher, and Ashl)cd, Gera, and Naa- 
 in.^ai, '-'P^hi, and Itosli, lOMuppim, and 
 
 221'Huppim, and Ard. These are the 
 sons of Kachel, which were born to 
 Jacob : all the souls were foui'teen. 
 
 ^■j And the sons of Dan ; i^Hushim. And 
 
 " the sons of Nai)htuli; I'Mahzeel, and 
 
 25 (xuni, and Jezer, and i ' Shillem. These 
 are the sons of Bilhali, which Laban 
 gave unto Rachel his daughter, and 
 these she bare unto Jacob : all the 
 
 26 souls were seven. All tins i" souls that 
 came with Jacob into Egyi)t, which 
 came out of his loins, besides Jacob's 
 sons' wives, all the souls were tlu-ee- 
 
 27 score and six ; and the sons of Josei)h, 
 which weie born to him in Egyjjt, 
 \vere two souls : all the souls of the 
 house of Jacob, which came into Egypt, 
 were threescore and ten. 
 
 28 Aiid he sent Judah before him unto 
 Josejih, to shew the way before him 
 unto Goshen ; and they came into the 
 
 29 land of Goshen. And Joseph made 
 ready his chariot, and went up to meet 
 Israel his fatlier, to Goshen ; and he 
 presented himself unto him, and fell on 
 his neck, and wept on his neck a good 
 
 30 while. And Israel said unto Joseph, 
 Now let me die, since I have seen thj' 
 
 31 face, that thou art j-et alive. And Jo- 
 se^ih said unto his brethren, and unto 
 his father's house, I will go up, and 
 tell Pharaoh, and will say unto hun, My 
 brethren, and my father's house, which 
 were in the land of Canaan, are come 
 
 32 unto me ; and the men are she^jherds, 
 for they have been keepers of cattle ; 
 and they have brought their flocks, and 
 their herds, and all that they have. 
 
 33 And it shall come to pass, when Pha- 
 raoh shall call you, and shaU say. What 
 
 34 is your occuiiation ? that ye shall say, 
 Thy servants have been keepers of 
 cattle from our youth even luitil now, 
 both we, and our fathers : that 3'e may 
 dwell ill the land of Goshen ; for every 
 shepherd is an abomination unto the 
 Egjiitians. 
 
 4T Then Joseph went in and told Pha- 
 raoh, and said, My father and my 
 brethren, and their flocks, and then- 
 herds, and all that tliej' have, are come 
 out of the land of Canaan ; and, be- 
 hold, thej' are in the land of Goshen. 
 
 2 And from among his bretlu-eii he took 
 live men, and presented them unto 
 
 3 Pharaoh. And Pharaoh said unto his 
 brethren, Wliat is your occupation ? 
 Aiid they said unto Pharaoh, Thy 
 servants are shepherds, both we, and 
 
 4 our fathers. And they said unto Pha- 
 raoh, To sojourn in the land are we 
 come ; for there is no pasture for thy 
 servants' flocks ; for the famine is sore 
 in the laud of Canaan: now there- 
 fore, A\'e pray thee, let thy servants 
 
 5 dwell in the laud of Goshen. And. 
 
 Num. 
 xxvl. :a. 
 Ahint/n. 
 
 10 In 
 Num. 
 xxvi. ;Kt, 
 !ilieph .1- 
 ffhflni 
 
 ui 1 Clir. 
 vii. li', 
 
 j'int. 
 
 11 In 
 Num. 
 xxvL :J9, 
 Hit- 
 J'ham. 
 li In 
 Nuiu. 
 xxvi. 42. 
 
 "In 
 
 I Chr. 
 vii. IJ. 
 JahiUl. 
 
 II In 
 1 Clir. 
 vii. Vi, 
 Sh,il- 
 lU}H, 
 
 "Or, 
 
 souU 
 
 btilong- 
 
 inyto 
 
 JacoU 
 
 that
 
 38 
 
 GENESIS. 
 
 47. 5. 
 
 'Or, 
 
 ^nen of 
 actMtj/ 
 
 2 Or. 
 
 sq>owrn- 
 in'jt 
 
 s Or, ae- 
 cordiwj 
 to the 
 number 
 of their 
 little 
 
 «Heb. 
 cattle 
 of the 
 flock*, 
 and for 
 the 
 cattle 
 of the 
 herdi. 
 5Heb. 
 led them 
 as a 
 shep- 
 herd. 
 
 Pliaraob spake unto Joseph, saying, 
 Thy father and thy brethren are 
 
 6 come unto thee : the land of Egj'jDt 
 is before thee ; in the best of the laud 
 make thy father and thy brethren to 
 dwell ; in the land of Goshen let them 
 dwell : and if thou kuowest auy i able 
 men amoug them, then make them 
 
 7 rulers over my cattle. And Joseph 
 brought in Jacob bis father, and set 
 him before Pharaoh : and Jacob bless- 
 
 8ed Pharaoh. And Pharaoh said unto 
 Jacob, How many are the days of the 
 
 9 years of thy life ? And Jacob said 
 unto Pharaoh, The days of the years 
 of my ^pilgi'image are an hundred 
 and thirty years : few and evil have 
 been the days of the years of my 
 life, and they have not attained unto 
 the days of the years of the life of 
 my fathers in the days of their '-^pil- 
 
 10 grimage. And Jacob blessed Pharaoh, 
 and went out from the presence of 
 
 11 Pharaoh. And Joseph placed his fa- 
 ther and his brethren, and gave them 
 a possession in the laud of Egj^jt, in 
 the best of the land, in the laud of 
 Eameses, as Pharaoh had commaud- 
 
 12 ed. And Joseph nourished his father, 
 and his brethi-eu, and all his father's 
 household, with bread, '^according to 
 their families. 
 
 13 And there was no bread in all the 
 land ; for the famhie was very sore, 
 so that the laud of Egj^jt and the 
 laud of Canaan famted by reason of 
 
 lithe famine. And Joseph gathered up 
 all the money that was found in the 
 laud of EgyiJt, and in the laud of Ca- 
 naan, for the corn which they bought : 
 and Joseph brought the money into 
 
 15 Pharaoh's house. And when the money 
 was all spent in the land of Egypt, and 
 ui the land of Canaan, all the Egj-pt- 
 iaus came mito Joseph, and said, Give 
 us bread : for why should we die in 
 thy presence ? for our money faUeth. 
 
 16 And Joseph said. Give yom- cattle ; 
 and I will give you for your cattle, if 
 
 17 money fail. And they brought their 
 cattle unto Joseph : and Joseph gave 
 them bread in exchange for the horses, 
 and for the ■* flocks, and for the herds, 
 and for the asses: and he °fed them 
 with bread in exchange for all tlieir 
 
 18 cattle for that year. AnA when that 
 year Avas ended, they came unto him 
 the second year, and said unto him, 
 "We wUl not hide from my lord, how 
 that om' money is aU spent ; and the 
 herds of cattle are my lord's ; there is 
 nought left in the sight of my lord, 
 
 19 but om' bodies, and om- lands : where- 
 fore should we die before thine eyes, 
 both we and om' land '? buy us and 
 
 ,. our land for bread, and we and our 
 land will be servants imto Pharaoh : 
 
 . and give us seed, that we may live, 
 and not die, and that the laud be not 
 
 20 desolate. So Joseph bought all the 
 land of Egjiit for Pharaoh ; for the 
 Egyptians sold every man his field, 
 because the famine was sore upon 
 them : and the land became Pha- 
 
 •21raoli's. And as for the people, ^\\q 
 removed them ''to the cities from one 
 end of the border of Eg3^)t even to 
 
 22 the other end thereof. Only the land 
 of the priests bought he not : for the 
 priests had a portion from Pharaoh, 
 and did eat their portion which Pha- 
 raoh gave them ; wherefore they sold 
 
 23 not then- land. Then Joseph said mi- 
 to the people, Behold, I have bought 
 you this day and your land for Pha- 
 raoh : lo, here is seed for j-ou, and ye 
 
 24 shall sow the land. And it shall come 
 to pass at the ingatherings, that ye 
 shall give a fifth imto Pharaoh, and 
 four parts shall be yom' ovfM, for 
 seed of the field, and for your food, 
 and for them of your households, and 
 
 25 for food for yoiir little ones. And 
 they said, Thou hast saved our lives : 
 let us find gi'ace in the sight of my 
 lord, and we wiU be Pharaoh's serv- 
 
 26 ants. And Joseph made it a statute 
 concerning the land of Egypt unto this 
 day, that Pharaoh should have the 
 fifth ; only the land of the priests 
 
 27 alone became not Pharaoh's. And 
 Israel dwelt in the land of Egypt, in 
 the land of Goshen ; and they gat 
 them possessions therein, and were 
 fruitful, and multiphed exceedingly. 
 
 28 And Jacob lived in the land of Egypt 
 seventeen years : so the days of Jacob, 
 the years of his life, were an hundi'ed 
 
 29 forty and seven years. And the time 
 drew near that Israel must die : and 
 he called his son Joseph, and said 
 unto hun. If now I have found gi'ace 
 in thy sight, put, I pray thee, thy 
 hand under my thigh, and deal kindly 
 and truly with me ; bury me not, I 
 
 30 pray thee, in Egypt: but when I 
 .sleep with my fathers, thou shaft 
 carry me out of Egypt, and bm-y me 
 m their bm-yiugplace. And he said, 
 
 -311 will do as thou hast said. And he 
 said, Swear unto me : and he sware 
 imto him. And Israel bowed himself 
 upon the bed's head. 
 
 48 And it came to pass after these 
 things, that one said to Joseph, Be- 
 hold, thy father is sick : and he took 
 with him his two sons, Manasseh and 
 2Eplu'aim. And one told Jacob, and 
 said, Behold, thy sou Joseph cometh 
 imto thee : and Israel strengthened 
 
 3 himself, and sat upon the bed. And 
 Jacob said unto Joseph, ''God Al- 
 mighty a^ipeared unto me at Luz in 
 the land of Canaan, and blessed me, 
 
 4 and said unto me. Behold, I will make 
 thee fruitful, and multiply thee, and 
 I vnYi. make of thee a company of 
 peoples ; and wiU give this land to 
 
 8 Accord- 
 ing to 
 Samar., 
 Sept. and 
 Vuk., Ae 
 inade 
 boiui- 
 meii of 
 thc^n, 
 from. <fcc. 
 
 7 Or, ac- 
 
 eordinfj 
 to their 
 citiei 
 
 SHeb. 
 
 JllShail- 
 
 dai.
 
 49. 12. 
 
 GENESIS. 
 
 39 
 
 'Or, 
 hojif be- 
 gotten 
 
 2 Or. 
 
 to my 
 
 sorrow 
 
 3 Or, 
 
 crossing 
 
 his 
 
 hanfls 
 
 «Heb. 
 
 fuhmss. 
 
 s Or, Bg 
 
 thy seeil after thee for an cverhistiug 
 
 5 possession. And now thy two sons, 
 whicli were born unto thee in the huul 
 of Egypt before I came unto thee into 
 Egj^pt, are mine ; E2)hi'aini and Manas- 
 seh, even as Eeuben and Simeon, shall 
 
 6 be mine. And thy issue, wliich thoxi 
 ibegettest after them, shall be thine; 
 they shall be called after the name 
 of their brethren in their inheritance. 
 
 7 And as for me, when I came from Pad- 
 dan, Kachel died "by me in the laud 
 of Canaan in the way, when there was 
 still some way to come unto Ephi'ath : 
 and I buried her there in the way 
 to Ephrath (the same is Beth-Iehem). 
 
 8 And Israel beheld Joseph's sons, and 
 
 9 said. Who are these '? And Joseph 
 said unto his father. They are my 
 sons, whom God hath given me here. 
 And he said. Bring them, I pray thee, 
 
 10 unto me, and I will bless them. Now 
 the ej'es of Israel were dim for age, so 
 that he could not see. And he brought 
 them near unto hun ; and he kissed 
 
 11 them, and embraced them. And Israel 
 said unto Joseph, I had not thought 
 to see thy face : and, lo, God hath let 
 
 12 me see thy seed also. And Joseph 
 brought them out from between his 
 knees; and he bowed himself with 
 
 13 his face to the earth. And Joseph took 
 them both, Ephraim in his right hand 
 toward Israel's left hand, and Manas- 
 seh in his left hand toward Israel's 
 right hand, and brought them near 
 
 14 unto him. And Israel stretched out 
 his right hand, and laid it upon Eph- 
 raim's head, who was the younger, 
 and his left hand upon Manasseh's 
 head, ^ guiding his hands wittingly; 
 
 15 for Manasseh was the fii-stborn. And 
 he blessed Joseph, and said. The God 
 before whom my fathers Abraham and 
 Isaac did walk, the God which hath 
 fed me all my life long unto this day, 
 
 16 the angel which hatlr redeemed me 
 from all evil, bless the lads; and let 
 my name be named on them, and 
 the name of my fathers Abraham 
 and Isaac ; and let them grow into a 
 multitude in the midst of the earth. 
 
 17 And when Joseph saw that his father 
 laid his right hand upon the head of 
 Ephrami, it displeased him: and he 
 held up his father's hand, to remove it 
 from Ephraun's head unto Manasseh's 
 
 18 head. And Joseph said unto his father, 
 Not so, my father : for this is the first- 
 born ; put thy right hand upon his head. 
 
 19 And his father refused, and said, I 
 know it, my son, I know it : he also 
 shall become a people, and he also shall 
 be great : howbeit his younger brother 
 shall be gi-eater than he, and his seed 
 shall become ■* a multitude of nations. 
 
 20 And he blessed them that day, saying, 
 "In thee shall Israel bless, saying, 
 God make thee as Ephraim and as 
 
 Manasseh : and ho set Ephraim before 
 
 21 Manasseh. And Israel said unto Jo- 
 seph, Behold, I die : but God shall be 
 with you, and bring you again unto 
 
 22 the land of your fathers. ^Moreover 
 I have given to thee ono Sportion 
 above thy brethren, which I took out 
 of the hand of the Aniorite with my 
 sword and with my bow. 
 
 49 And Jacob called unto his sons, and 
 said : Gather j'omrselves together, that 
 I maj' tell you that which shall befall 
 you in the latter days. 
 2 Assemble yourselves, and hear, ye 
 sons of Jacob ; 
 And hearken unto Israel your father. 
 .^ Keuben, thou art my firstborn, m}- 
 might, and the ^ beginning of my 
 strength ; 
 The excellency of digrdty, and the 
 excellency of power. 
 •1 8 Unstable as water, ^thou shalt not 
 have the excellency ; 
 Because thou wentest up to thy 
 
 father's bed : 
 Then defiledst thou it : he went up 
 to my couch. 
 
 5 Simeon and Levi are brethren ; 
 Weapons of violence are their 
 
 10 swords. 
 
 6 my soul, come not thou into their 
 
 11 council; 
 
 Unto their assembly, my glory, be 
 
 not thou united ; 
 For in their anger they slew i^a man. 
 And in their selfwill they houghed 
 
 13 an ox. 
 
 7 Cursed be their anger, for it was fierce; 
 And their wrath, for it was cruel : 
 
 I will divide them in Jacob, 
 Ajid scatter them in Israel. 
 
 8 Judah, thee shaU thy brethren 
 
 l^raise : 
 Thy hand shall be on the neck of 
 
 thme enemies ; 
 Thy father's sons shall bow down 
 
 before thee. 
 
 9 Judah is a lion's whelp ; 
 
 From the prey, my son, thou art 
 
 gone up : 
 He stooped down, he couched as a 
 
 lion. 
 And as a lioness ; who shall rouse 
 
 him up ? 
 
 10 The sceptre shall not dejDart from 
 
 Judah, 
 Nor I'lthe ruler's staff from between 
 
 his feet, 
 16 Until Shiloh come ; 
 And unto him shall the obedience 
 
 of the peoples be. 
 
 1 1 Binding his foal unto the vine, 
 AjkI his ass's colt mito the choice 
 
 vine; 
 He hath washed his garments m wine, 
 And his vestm'e in the blood of 
 
 grajjes : 
 
 12 His eyes shall be red with wine, 
 And his teeth white with milk. 
 
 9 Or, 
 
 Tnount- 
 
 ain 
 
 slope 
 
 Hell. 
 
 shech^m, 
 
 shoulder. 
 
 7 Or, 
 first- 
 fruits 
 
 8 Or, 
 Bubbling 
 ovey 
 
 9 Or, 
 have not 
 thoii 
 
 10 Or, 
 com- 
 pacts 
 
 "Or. 
 secret 
 
 12 Or, 
 men 
 
 13 Or. 
 
 oxen 
 
 "Or, 
 a law- 
 giver 
 15 Or. 
 Till he 
 come to 
 Shiloh, 
 having 
 the obe- 
 dience 
 of the 
 peoples 
 
 read by 
 the Sept, 
 Until 
 that 
 which is 
 his shaU 
 come ic. 
 Another 
 ancient 
 render- 
 inK is. 
 Till he 
 come 
 whose it 
 is (fee.
 
 40 
 
 GENESIS. 
 
 49. 13. 
 
 iHeb. 
 
 - Or, by 
 
 «0r. 
 
 horned 
 
 inake 
 
 "Heb. 
 gedud, n 
 marauil- 
 ing 
 band. 
 eHeb. 
 S>ad. 
 to preiis. 
 • Accord- 
 ing to 
 some 
 ancient 
 versions, 
 Aihcr, 
 hit bread 
 Jte. 
 
 »Heh.the 
 so>t of a 
 fruitful 
 tree, 
 SHeb. 
 daugh- 
 ters. 
 
 10 Or. 
 active 
 
 "Or, 
 From 
 thence. 
 from the 
 shep- 
 herd 
 Or, as 
 other- 
 wise 
 read. 
 By tha 
 namQ 
 of the 
 ihepherd 
 
 13 Ac- 
 cording 
 to some 
 ancient 
 author- 
 ities, the 
 blessings 
 of the 
 ancient 
 ■nwunt- 
 aina, 
 the 
 deiire 
 (or, de- 
 sirable 
 things) 
 of the 
 everlast- 
 ing hills. 
 
 "Or, 
 tltatii 
 prince 
 among 
 
 i;j Zebulmi shall dwell at the i haven 
 of the sea : 
 And he shall be for an i haven of 
 
 ships ; 
 Aiul his border shall be - upon Zidon. 
 1-1 Issacliar is a strong ass, 
 
 Couchmg down between the sheep- 
 folds : 
 sQt.reH 15 AiiA he saw ■''a resting place that it 
 was good. 
 And the land that it was pleasant ; 
 And he bowed his shoulder to bear, 
 Aiid became a servant under task- 
 work. 
 Itj Dan shall judge his people, 
 As one of the tribes of Israel. 
 
 17 Dan shall be a serpent in the way, 
 An '^ adder in the path, 
 That biteth the horse's heels, 
 So that his rider falletli backward. 
 
 18 I have waited for thy salvation, O 
 Lord. 
 
 19 Gad, -"a troop " shall jjress upon 
 him: 
 
 But he shall press upon their heel. 
 '20 'Out of Asher his bread shall be 
 
 And he shaU j'ield royal dauities. 
 '21 Naphtali is a hind let loose : 
 He giveth goodly words. 
 
 22 Joseph is ** a fruitful bough, 
 A fruitful bough by a fountain ; 
 His ''brandies rmi over the wall. 
 
 23 The archers have sorely grieved him, 
 And shot at him, and persecuted 
 
 him : 
 21 But his bow abode hi strength, 
 
 And the arms of his hands v.ere 
 
 made lo strong, 
 By the hands of the Mighty One of 
 
 Jacob, 
 (11 From thence is the shepherd, the 
 
 stone of Israel, I 
 25 Even by the God of thy father, v,h() 
 
 shall hell) thee. 
 And by the Almighty, who shall 
 
 bless thee. 
 With blessings of heaven above, 
 Blessings of the deep that coucheth 
 
 beneath. 
 Blessings of the breasts, and of the 
 
 womb. 
 
 20 The blessings of thy father 
 Have prevailed above i'-^ the blessings 
 
 of my progenitors 
 
 Unto tlie utmost bomid of the ever- 
 lasting hills : 
 
 They shall be on the head of Jo- 
 seph, 
 
 And on the crown of the head of 
 him I'^that v/as separate from his 
 brethren. 
 
 27 Benjamin is a wolf that raviueth : 
 In the morning he shall devour the 
 
 prey, 
 And at even he shall divide the 
 sijoil. 
 
 28 AH these are the twelve tribes of 
 
 Israel : and this is it that their father 
 spake mito them and blessed them ; ' 
 every one according to his blessing 
 
 29 he blessed them. And he charged ; 
 them, and said unto them, I am to j 
 be gathered unto my people : bury j 
 me with my fathers in the cave that 
 is in the field of Epliron the Hittite, | 
 
 30 hi the cave that is in the field of Mach- 
 pelah, which is l)efore Mamre, in 
 the land of Canaan, which Abraham 
 bought with the field from Ephron 
 the Hittite for a possession of a lim-j-- 
 
 31ingi)lacs: there they bm-ied Abraham 
 and Sarah his v. ife ; there they biu'ied 
 Isaac and Eebekah his wife ; and 
 
 32 there I buried Leah: the field and 
 the cave tliat is thereui, which was 
 purchased from the children of Heth. 
 
 33 And vv'hen Jacob made an end of charg- 
 ing his sons, he gathered up his feet 
 into the bed, and j'ielded up the ghost, 
 and was gathered unto his people. 
 
 50 And Joseph fell upon his fatlier's 
 face, and wept upon him, and kissed 
 
 2 him. And Joseph commanded his 
 servants the i^hysicians to embahn his 
 father : and the phjsicians embahued 
 
 3 Israel, ^ind forty days were fulfilled 
 for him ; for so are fulfilled the days 
 of embalming : and the Egyptians wept 
 for him tlireescore and ten days. 
 
 •i And when the days of weepuig for 
 hmi were past, Joseph spake unto the 
 house of Pharaoh, saying, If no\v I 
 have found grace in your eyes, speak, 
 I pray you, m the ears of Pharaoh, 
 
 osajdng. My father made me swear, 
 saying, Lo, I die : in my grave which 
 I i%ave digged for me in the land 
 of Canaan, there shalt tliou bury me. 
 Nov,- therefore let me go up, I pray 
 thee, and bm-y my father, and I will 
 
 6 come again. And Pharaoh said, Go 
 up, and bury thy father, according as 
 
 7 he made tliee swear. And Joseph went 
 up to bury his father : and with him 
 went up all the servants of Pharaoh, 
 the elders of his house, and all the 
 
 8 elders of the land of Egj^it, and all 
 the house of Joseph, and his brethren, 
 and his father's house: only their 
 little ones, and their flocks, and their 
 herds, they left in the land of Goshen. 
 
 9.\jid tliere went uj) with him both 
 chariots and horsemen : and it was a 
 
 10 very great coiaijanj-. And they came 
 to the threshing-floor of Atad, which is 
 beyond Jordan, and there they lament- 
 ed with a very gi'eat and sore lament- 
 ation : and he made a mourning for 
 
 llliis father seven days. And when the 
 inhabitants of the land, the Canaanites, 
 saw the mourning in the floor of Atad, 
 they said. This is a grievous i^ mournuig '^ Heb. 
 to the Egj-ptians : wherefore the name 
 of it was called Abel-mizraim, v.'hich 
 
 12 is beyond Jordan. And his sons did 
 unto him' according an he commanded 
 
 " Or, 
 bought 
 
 ebtl.
 
 1. 16. 
 
 EXODUS. 
 
 41 
 
 1 Or, too 
 many 
 and too 
 mighty 
 for ii» 
 
 13 them: for his sous carried him into 
 the laud of Canaau, and buried him 
 in the cave of the field of Machpelah, 
 which Abraham bought with the field, 
 for a possession of a buryuigplace, of 
 Ephron the Hittite, before Mamre. 
 
 14 And Joseph returned uito Egj'pt, he, 
 and his brethren, and all that went 
 up with him to bury his father, after 
 
 15 he had bui'ied his father. And when 
 Joseph's brethi-en saw that theu* father 
 was dead, they said, It may be that 
 Joseph will hate us, and will fully 
 requite us all the evil which we did 
 
 16 unto him. And they sent a message 
 unto Joseph, saying. Thy father did 
 
 17 command before he died, saying. So 
 shall ye say unto Joseph, Forgive, I 
 pray thee now, the transgression of 
 thy bretlu-en, and then- sin, for that 
 they did mito thee evil : and now, we 
 pray thee, forgive the transgression of 
 the sei-vants of the God of thy father. 
 And Joseph wept \\hen they spake 
 
 18 unto hini. And his brethren also 
 went and fell down before his face; 
 and they said. Behold, we be thy 
 
 19 servants. And Joseph said unto them, 
 
 I in the place of- 
 you, ye meant evil 
 
 Fear not: for am 
 20 God? And as for 
 
 against me ; but God meant it for 
 good, to bring to pass, as it is this 
 
 21 day, to save much people alive. Now 
 therefore fear ye not: I wiU noui'ish 
 you, and your little ones. And he 
 comforted them, and spake i kindly 
 unto them. 
 
 22 And Joseph dwelt in Egypt, he, and 
 his father's house: and Joseph Uved 
 
 23 an hundred and ten years. And Joseph 
 saw Ephraini's children of the third 
 generation: the children also of Ma- 
 chir the son of Manasseh were born 
 
 24 upon Joseph's knees. And Joseph 
 said mito his brethren, I die : but God 
 will sui'ely visit you, and bring you up 
 out of this land unto the land which 
 he sware to Abraham, to Isaac, and 
 
 25 to Jacob. And Joseph took an oath 
 of the children of Israel, saying, God 
 will surely visit you, and ye shall 
 
 26 carry up my bones from hence. So 
 Joseph died, being an hundred and 
 ten j'ears old: and they embalmed 
 him, and he was put in a coffin in 
 Egypt. 
 
 THE SECOND BOOK OF MOSES, 
 
 COMMONLY CALLED 
 
 EXODUS. 
 
 1 Now these are the names of the sons 
 of Israel, which came into Egypt; 
 every man and his household came 
 
 2 with Jacob. Eeuben, Simeon, Levi, 
 
 3 and Judah; Issachar, Zebulun, and 
 4 Benjamin; Dan and Naphtah, Gad 
 
 5 and Asher. And all the souls that 
 came out of the loins of Jacob were 
 seventy souls: and Joseph was in 
 
 6 Egj'pt ah-eady. And Joseph died, and 
 all his brethren, and aU that genera- 
 
 7 tion. And the children of Israel were 
 fi-uitful, and increased abundantly, 
 and multiplied, and vraxed exceeding 
 mighty; and the land was filled with 
 them. 
 
 8 Now there arose a new king over 
 
 9 Egypt, which knew not Joseph. And 
 he said unto his people, Behold, the 
 people of the children of Israel are 
 
 10 1 more and mightier than we: come, 
 let us deal wisely with them ; lest 
 they multiply, and it come to pass, 
 that, when there faUeth out any war, 
 
 they also join themselves unto our 
 enemies, and fight agauist us, and get 
 
 11 them up out of the land. Therefore 
 they did set over them taskmasters to 
 afilict them with their- bui'dens. And 
 they built for Pharaoh store cities, 
 
 12Pithom and Raamses. But the more 
 they afflicted them, the more they 
 multiijlied and the more they spread 
 abroad. And they ^were grieved be- 
 
 13 cause of the children of Israel. And 
 the Egyptians made the children of 
 
 14 Israel to serve with rigour : and they 
 made their lives bitter with hard 
 service, in mortar and in brick, and 
 in all manner of service in the field, 
 all theu' service, wherein they made 
 them sei've with rigour. 
 
 15 And the king of Egypt spake to the 
 Hebrew mid wives, of which the name 
 of the one was Shiphrah, and the name 
 
 16 of the other Puah : and he said, Wlien 
 ye do the oflice of a midwife to the 
 Hebrew women, and see them upon the 
 birthstool ; if it be a son, then ye shall 
 
 iHeb. 
 to their 
 heart. 
 
 2 Or. ab- 
 horred 
 
 2-5
 
 42 
 
 EXODUS. 
 
 1. 16. 
 
 iSee 
 Gen. xll. 
 1. 
 
 a That is, 
 papyrut, 
 3 That is, 
 
 *Heb. 
 Moilieh, 
 
 »Heb. 
 mashah, 
 to draw 
 out. 
 
 kill him ; but if it be a cLiugliter, tbeu 
 
 17 she shall live. But the midwives feared 
 God, and did not as the king of Egypt 
 commanded them, but saved the men 
 
 18 children alive. And tlie king of Egypt 
 called for the midwives, and said unto 
 them, Why have ye done this thing, 
 and have saved the men children alive? 
 
 19 And the midwives said unto Pharaoh, 
 Because the Hebrew women are not 
 as the Egyptian women ; for they are 
 lively, and are delivered ere the mid- 
 20 wife come unto them. And God dealt 
 
 well with the midwives : and the peojjle 
 multiijlied, and waxed very might}'. 
 
 21 And it came to pass, because the 
 midwives feared God, that he made 
 
 22 them houses. And Pharaoh charged 
 all his people, saying, Every son 
 that is born ye shall cast into ithe 
 river, and every daughter ye shall 
 save alive. 
 
 2 Aiid there went a man of the house 
 of Levi, and took to wife a daughter 
 
 2 of Levi. And the woman conceived, 
 and bare a son : and when she saw him 
 that he was a goodly cliild, she hid 
 
 Shim three months. And when she 
 could not longer hide him, she took 
 for him an ark of '■^buh'ushes, and 
 daubed it with " slime and with pitch; 
 and she put the child therein, and laicl 
 it in the tiags by the river's brink. 
 
 4 And his sister stood afar off, to know 
 
 5 what would be done to him. And the 
 daughter of Pharaoh came down to 
 bathe at the river; and her maidens 
 walked along by the river side; and 
 she saw the ark among the flr.gs, and 
 
 Gsent her handmaid to fetch it. And 
 she opened it, and saw the child : and, 
 behold, the babe wept. And she had 
 compassion on him, and said, This is 
 
 7 one of the Hebrews' children. Then 
 said his sister to Pharaoh's daughter. 
 Shall I go and call thee a nm-se of the 
 Hebrew women, that she may nm-se 
 
 8 the child for thee? kx\A Pharaoh's 
 daughter said to her. Go. And the 
 maid went and called the child's 
 
 9 mother. And Pharaoh's daughter said 
 unto her, Take this child away, and 
 nurse it for me, and I ^vill give thee 
 thy wages. And the woman took the 
 
 10 child, and nursed it. And the child 
 grew, and she brought him unto 
 Pharaoh's daughter, and he became 
 her son. And she called his name 
 * Moses, and said. Because I ''drew him 
 out of the water. 
 
 11 And it came to pass in those days, 
 when Moses was grown up, that he 
 went out unto his brethren, and looked 
 on their burdens: and he saw an E- 
 gyjitian smiting an Hebrew, one of his 
 
 12 brethren. And he looked this way and 
 that way, and when he saw tliat there 
 was no man, he smote the Egj^ptian, 
 
 13 and hid him in the sand. And he v,'ent 
 
 out the second day, and, behold, two 
 men of the Hebrews strove together: 
 and ho said to him that did the wrong, 
 ■\Vlierefore smitest thou thy fellow? 
 
 14 And he said. Who made thee a prince 
 and a judge over us? thinkest thou to 
 kill me, as thou killedst the Egj-ptian ? 
 And Moses feared, and said, Surely the 
 
 15 thing is known. Now when Pharaoh 
 heard this thing, he sought to slay 
 Moses. But Moses tied from the face 
 of Pharaoh, and dwelt in the land of 
 Midian: and he sat down by a well. 
 
 16 Now the priest of Midian had seven 
 daughters: and they came and drew 
 water, and filled the troiighs to water 
 
 17 their father's flock. And the shepherds 
 came and drove them away : but Moses 
 stood uj) and helped tliem, and watered 
 
 18 their flock. And when they came to 
 Reuel their father, he said. How is it 
 
 19 that ye are come so soon to-day ? And 
 they said. An Eg5'ptian delivered us 
 out of the hand of the shepherds, 
 and moreover he drew water for us, 
 
 20 and watered the flock. And he said 
 unto his daughters, And where is he ? 
 why is it that ye have left the man ? 
 
 21 call bun, that he may eat bread. And 
 Moses was content to dwell with the 
 man: and he gave Moses Zipporah 
 
 22 bis daughter. And she bare a son, 
 and he called his name Gershom : for 
 lie said, I have been i^a sojourner in a 
 strange laud. 
 
 23 And it came to pass m the course of 
 those many days, that the king of 
 Egypt tlied : and the children of Israel 
 sighed by reason of the bondage, and 
 they cried, and their cry came up mito 
 
 24 God by reason of the bondage. And 
 God heard their groanmg, and God re- 
 membered his covenant with Abi-aham, 
 
 25 with Isaac, and witli Jacob. And God 
 saw the children of Israel, and God took 
 knowledge of them. 
 
 3 Now Moses was keeping the flock of 
 Jetln-o his father in law, the priest 
 of Midian: and he led the flock to 
 the back of the wilderness, and came 
 to the moiuitaiu of God, unto Horeb. 
 
 2 And the angel of the Lord appeared 
 unto him in a flame of Are out of the 
 midst of a bush : and he looked, and, 
 behold, the bush burned with fire, 
 
 3 and the bush v/ns not consmned. And 
 Moses said, I will tm-n aside iiow, and 
 see this gi-eat sight, whj' the busli is 
 
 4 not burnt. And when the Lord saw 
 that he turned aside to see, God called 
 unto hun out of the midst of the 
 bush, and said, Moses, Moses. And he 
 
 5 said, Here am I. And he said, Drav.- 
 not nigh hither : put off thy shoes from 
 off thy feet, for the place whereon thou 
 
 6 standest is holy ground. Moreover he 
 said, I am the God of thy father, the 
 God of Abraham, the (iod of Isaac,
 
 4. 13. 
 
 EXODUS. 
 
 43 
 
 lOr, 
 
 / AM, BH- 
 CA USK 
 I Ail 
 
 Or, 
 
 1 AM 
 WBUAH 
 
 Or. 
 
 / WILL BH 
 THAT I 
 WILL BH 
 
 a Or, 
 
 / <flLI, 
 
 Be 
 
 Heb. 
 
 Ehyeh. 
 
 SHeb. 
 J<-JiOvah, 
 from the 
 Sfinie 
 root ns 
 
 and the Gotl of Jacob. Aiiil Moses 
 hid his face ; for lie was afraid to look 
 
 7 upon God. And the Lord said, I 
 have surely seen the aftliction of my 
 people which are in Egypt, and have 
 heard their cry by rea.son of their 
 taskmasters ; for I know their sorrows ; 
 
 8 and I am come down to deliver them 
 out of the hand of the Egyptians, 
 and to bring them up out of that 
 land imto a good land and a large, 
 unto a land tiowing with milk and 
 honey ; mito the i)lace of the Canaan- 
 ite, and the Hittite, and the Amorite, 
 and the Perizzite, and the Hivite, and 
 
 9 the Jebusite. And now, beliold, the 
 cry of the children of Israel is come 
 unto me: moreover I have seen the 
 opi^ression wherewith the Egyptians 
 
 10 oppress them. Come now therefore, 
 and I will send thee mito Pharaoh, 
 that thou mayest bring forth my jieople 
 the chUdreu of Israel out of Egj^it. 
 
 11 And Moses said unto God, Who am I, 
 that I should go unto Pharaoh, and 
 that I should bring forth the children 
 
 12 of Israel out of Egypt ? Arid he said, 
 Certainly I wiU be with thee ; and this 
 shall be the token unto thee, that 
 I have sent thee: when thou hast 
 brought forth the jjeople out of Egypt, 
 ye shall serve God upon this momitain. 
 
 13 And Moses said unto God, Behold, 
 when I come unto the children of 
 Israel, and shall say unto them, The 
 God of yom' fathers hath sent me 
 mito you; and they shall say to me. 
 What is bis name? what shall I say 
 
 14 unto them ? And God said unto Moses, 
 ii AM THAT I am: and he said, Thus 
 shalt thou say unto the children of 
 Israel, ^i am hath sent me mito you. 
 
 15 And God said moreover unto Moses, 
 Thus shalt thou say mito the cliildren 
 of Israel, ''The Lokd, the God of your 
 fathers, the God of Abraham, the God 
 of Isaac, and the God of Jacob, hath 
 sent me luito you : this is my name for 
 ever, and this is my memorial unto 
 
 16 aU generations. Go, and gather the 
 elders of Israel together, and say unto 
 them. The Lord, the God of your 
 fathers, the God of Abraham, of Isaac, 
 and of Jacob, hath appeared unto me, 
 saying, I have surely visited you, and 
 seen that which is done to you in Egj'pt : 
 
 17 and I have said, I wUl bring you up out 
 of the affliction of Egyi)t unto the land 
 of the Canaanite, and the Ilittite, and 
 the Amorite, and the Perizzite, and the 
 Hivite, and the Jebusite, unto a land 
 
 18 flowing with milk and honey. And 
 they shall hearken to thy voice: and 
 thou shalt come, thou and the elders of 
 Israel, mito the king of Egy^it, and ye 
 shall say unto him, Tlie Lord, the God 
 of the Hebrews, hath met with us : and 
 now let us go, we pray thee, three days' 
 journey into the wilderness, that we 
 
 may sacrifice to the Lord our God. 
 
 19 And I know that the king of Egypt will 
 not give you leave to go, no, not by a 
 
 20 mighty hand. And I wiU put forth 
 my hand, and smite Egypt with all my 
 wonders which I will do in the midst 
 thereof : and after that he will let you 
 
 21 go. And I will give this people favour 
 in the sight of the Egyjitians : and 
 it shall come to pass, that, when ye 
 
 22 go, ye shall not go empty: but every 
 woman shall ask of her neighbour, and 
 of her that sojourneth in her house, 
 jewels of silver, and jewels of gold, and 
 raiment : and ye shall put them upon 
 your sons, and upon your daughters; 
 
 4 and ye shall spoil the Egyptians. And 
 Moses answered and said, But, behold, 
 they will not believe me, nor hearken 
 unto my voice : for they will say. The 
 Lord hath not appeared mito thee. 
 
 2 And the Lord said unto him, Wliat is 
 that in thine hand ? And he said, A i 
 
 3 rod. And he said. Cast it on the gromid. i 
 And he cast it on the ground, and it I 
 became a ■'serpent; and Moses fled | 
 
 4 from before it. And the Lord said 
 unto Moses, Put forth thhie hand, and 
 take it by the tail : (and he put forth 
 his hand, and laid hold of it, and it 
 
 5 became a rod in his hand:) that they 
 may believe that the Lord, the God of 
 their fathers, the God of Abraham, the 
 God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob, 
 
 Ghath appeared unto thee. And the 
 Lord said fmthermore mito him, Put 
 now thine hand into thy bosom. And 
 he put his hand into his bosom : and 
 when he took it out, behold, his hand 
 
 7 was leprous, as irldte as snow. And he 
 said. Put thine hand into thy bosom 
 again. (And he put his hand into his 
 bosom again ; and when he took it out 
 of his bosom, behold, it was turned 
 
 8 again as his other flesh.) And it shall 
 come to pass, if they will not believe 
 thee, neither hearken to the voice of 
 the first sign, that thej- will believe 
 
 9 the voice of the latter sign. And it 
 shall come to pass, if they will not 
 believe even these two signs, neither 
 liearken unto thy voice, that thou shalt 
 take of the water of the river, and pom- 
 it uison the dry land: and the water 
 which thou takest out of the river 
 shall become blood upon the dry land. 
 
 10 And Moses said unto the Lord, Oh 
 Lord, I am not ^ eloquent, neither 
 heretofore, nor since thou hast spoken 
 unto thy servant: for I am slow of 
 
 11 speech, and of a slow tongue. And the 
 Lord said unto him. Who hath made 
 mans mouth '! or who niaketh a man 
 dmub, or deaf, or seeing, or blind? 
 
 12 is it not I the Lord? Now there- 
 fore go, and I will be with thy mouth, 
 and teach thee what thou shalt speak. 
 
 13 And he said. Oh Lord, send, I pray 
 thee, hv the h.ind of him whom thou 
 
 <Heb. 
 nnhash. 
 
 5 Heb. 
 
 a inttn of 
 words. 
 
 -0
 
 ii 
 
 EXODUS. 
 
 4. 13. 
 
 IHeb. 
 Jether. 
 
 2Heb. 
 make 
 xtrong. 
 
 3Heb. 
 made it 
 toitch. 
 
 *0r, A 
 bride - 
 groom of 
 bUtod in 
 regard 
 of the 
 circum- 
 cision 
 
 14 wilt send. And the anger of the Lord 
 was kindled against Moses, and he 
 said, Is there not Aaron thy brother 
 tlie Levite ? I know tliat he can speak 
 weU. And also, behold, he cometh 
 forth to meet thee : and when he seeth 
 
 15 thee, he will be glad iu his heart. And 
 thou slialt speak unto hiui, and put the 
 words in his mouth : and I will be with 
 thy mouth, and with his mouth, and 
 
 16 will teach you what ye shall do. Aiid 
 he shall be thy spokesman unto the 
 people: and it shall come to pass, 
 that lie shall be to thee a mouth, and 
 
 17 tliou shalt be to him as God. And 
 thou shalt take in thine hand this 
 rod, wherewith thou shalt do the 
 signs. 
 
 18 And Moses went and returned to 
 1 Jethro his father in law, and said unto 
 him. Let me go, I pray thee, and 
 return unto my brethren which are 
 in Egypt, and see whether they be 
 yet alive. And Jethi'o said to Moses, 
 
 19 (to in peace. And the Lord said un- 
 to Moses in Midian, Go, return into 
 Egj^pt : for all the men are dead which 
 
 20 sought thy life. And Moses took his 
 wife and his sons, and set them upon 
 an ass, and he returned to the land of 
 Egy|it : and Moses took the rod of God 
 
 '21 in his hand. And the Lokd said unto 
 Moses, When thou goest back into 
 Egypt, see that thou do before Pharaoh 
 all the wonders which I have put in 
 thine hand: but I vrHl 2 harden his 
 heart, and he will not let the people 
 
 22 go. And thou shalt say unto Pharaoh, 
 Thus saith the Lord, Israel is my son, 
 
 23 my firstborn: and I have said unto 
 thee. Let my son go, that he may 
 serve me; and thou hast refused to 
 let him go: behold, I will slay thy 
 
 24 son, thy firstborn. And it came to 
 pass on the way at the lodging place, 
 that the Lord met huu, and sought to 
 
 25kiLl him. Then Zipporah took a flint, 
 and cut off the foreskui of her son, 
 and 3 cast it at his feet ; and she said. 
 Surely a bridegroom of blood art thou 
 
 26 to me. So he let him alone. TheJi 
 she said, *A bridegroom of blood art 
 thou, because of the cu-cumcision. 
 
 27 And the Lord said to Aaron, Go 
 uito the wilderness to meet Moses. 
 And he went, and met him in the 
 mountain of God, and kissed bun. 
 
 28 And Moses told Aaron aU the words of 
 the Lord wherewith he had sent him, 
 and all the signs ^v'herew^th he had 
 
 29 charged him. And Moses and Aaron 
 went and gathered together all the 
 
 30 elders of the children of Israel: and 
 Aaron spake all the words which the 
 Lord had spoken unto Moses, and 
 did the signs in the sight of the 
 
 31 people. And the peojile believed : and 
 when they heard that the Lord had 
 visited the children of Israel, nnd that 
 
 he had seen their affliction, then they 
 bov/ed their heads and worshipped. 
 5 And afterward Moses and Aaron came, 
 and said unto Pharaoh, Thus saith 
 the Lord, the God of Israel, Let my 
 people go, that they may hold a feast 
 
 2 unto me in the wilderness. And Pha- 
 raoh said. Who is the Lord, that I 
 should hearken unto his voice to let 
 Israel go? I know not the Lord, and 
 moreover I will not let Israel go. 
 
 3 And they said, The God of the He- 
 brews hath met with us: let us go, 
 we pray thee, three days' journey into 
 the wilderness, and sacrifice vmto the 
 Lord out God; lest he fall upon us 
 with ijestilence, or with the sword. 
 
 4 And the kuig of Egypt said unto them, 
 Wherefore do ye, Moses and Aaron, 
 loose the people from then- works? 
 
 5 get you unto your burdens. And Pha- 
 raoh said. Behold, the i^eople of the 
 land are now many, and ye make 
 
 6 them rest from their bui'dens. And 
 the same day Pharaoh commanded the 
 taskmasters of the people, and their 
 
 7 officers, saying. Ye shall no more give 
 the xteople straw to make brick, as here- 
 tofore: let them go and gather straw 
 
 8 for themselves. And the tale of the 
 bricks, which they did make hereto- 
 fore, ye shall lay upon them; ye shall 
 not dimuiish aught thereof: for they 
 be idle ; therefore they cry, sayuig, Let 
 
 9 us go and sacrifice to our God. Let 
 heavier work he laid upon the men, 
 that they may labour therein ; and let 
 
 10 them not regard lying words. And the 
 taskmasters of the people went out, 
 and their officers, and they spake to the 
 l^eople, saying, Thus saith Pharaoh, I 
 
 11 will not give you straw. Go yom'selves, 
 get you straw where ye can find it: 
 for nought of your work shall be dimm- 
 
 12ished. So the people were scattered 
 abroad throughout aU the land of 
 
 13 Egypt to gather stubble for straw. And 
 the taskmasters were urgent, saying, 
 Fulfil yom' works, your daily tasks, 
 
 14 as when there was straw. And the 
 ofiicers of the children of Israel, which 
 Pharaoh's taskmasters had set over 
 them, were beaten, ^and demanded. 
 Wherefore have ye not fulfilled your 
 task both yesterday and to-day, in 
 
 15 making brick as heretofore ? Then the 
 officers of the children of Israel came 
 and cried unto Pharaoh, saying. Where- 
 fore dealest thou thus with thy serv- 
 
 16 ants? There is no straw given unto 
 thy servants, and they say to us. Make 
 brick: and, behold, thy servants are 
 beaten ; but the fault is ui thine own 
 
 17 people. But he said, Ye are idle, ye 
 are idle: therefore ye say, Let us go 
 
 18 and sacrifice to the Lord. Go there- 
 fore now, and work ; for there shall no 
 straw be given you, yet shall ye deliver 
 
 19 the tale of bricks. And the ofiicers
 
 7. 3. 
 
 EXODUS. 
 
 45 
 
 lOr, 
 
 vierc Sft 
 
 Oft mis- 
 
 chir/, 
 
 ■when 
 
 they 
 
 said 
 
 2Heb. 
 Kl SiMd- 
 dai. 
 3 Or, as 
 to 
 
 lOr, 
 made 
 Tznovm 
 
 5 Or inl- 
 patiettce 
 Heb. 
 
 shortness 
 of spirit. 
 
 of the cliiltlrcii of Israel did see that 
 t}iey iwere in evil case, when it was 
 said, Ye shall not minish aught from 
 
 20 your bricks, »/o?u- daily tasks. And 
 they met Moses and Aaron, who stood 
 in the way, as they came forth from 
 
 21 Pharaoh : and they said unto them. The 
 Lord look upon you, and judge; he- 
 cause ye ha^'e made our savour to be 
 abhorred in the eyes of Pharaoh, and 
 in the eyes of his servants, to put a 
 
 22 sword in their hand to slay us. Aud 
 Moses returned unto the Lord, and 
 said. Lord, wherefore hast thou evil 
 entreated this people? why is it that 
 
 23 thou hast sent me ? For smce I came 
 to Pharaoh to speak in thy name, he 
 hath evil entreated this people ; neither 
 hast thou delivered thy people at all. 
 
 6 And the Lord said unto Moses, Now 
 shalt thou see what I will do to Pha- 
 raoh: for by a strong hand shall he 
 let them go, and by a strong hand 
 shall he drive them out of his land. 
 
 2 And God spake unto Moses, and said 
 
 3 unto him, I am jehovah: and I ap- 
 Xieared unto Abraham, unto Isaac, and 
 unto Jacob, as 2 God Almighty, but 
 Shy my name jehovah I was not 
 
 i^ known to them. And I have also 
 established my covenant with them, 
 to give them the land of Canaan, the 
 land of their sojourunigs, wherein they 
 
 5 sojourned. Arid moreover I have heard 
 the gi'oaning of the children of Israel, 
 whom the Egyptians keep in bondage ; 
 and I have remembered mj^ covenant. 
 
 6 Wherefore say unto the children of 
 Israel, I am Jehovah, and I will bring 
 you out from mider the burdens of the 
 Egyptians, and I will rid you out of 
 their bondage, and I will redeem you 
 with a stretched out arm, and with 
 
 7gi-eat judgements: and I will take you 
 to me for a j)eople, and I will be to 
 you a God : and ye shall know that I 
 am Jehovah your God, which bringeth 
 you out from under the burdens of the 
 
 S Egyptians. And I will bring you in 
 unto the land, concerning which I lift- 
 ed up my hand to give it to Abraham, 
 to Isaac, and to Jacob ; and I will give 
 it you for an heritage: I am Jehovah. 
 
 9 And Moses spake so unto the children 
 of Israel : but they hearkened not unto 
 Moses for ^ anguish of spii-it, and for 
 cruel bondage. 
 10 And the Lord spake unto Moses, say- 
 lling. Go in, speak unto Pharaoh king 
 of Egyjit, that he let the children of 
 
 12 Israel go out of his laud. And Moses 
 si)ake before the Lord, saying. Behold, 
 the children of Israel have not heark- 
 ened imto me ; how then shall Pharaoh 
 hear me, Avho am of uncircumcised 
 
 13 lips '? And the Lord spake unto Moses 
 and unto Aaron, and gave them a 
 charge imto the children of Israel, and 
 unto Pharaoh king of Egypt, to bring 
 
 the children of Israel out of the land 
 of Egypt. 
 
 14 These are the heads of their fathers' 
 houses: the sons of Heuben the first- 
 born of Israel; Hanoch, and I'allu, 
 Hezron, and Carmi : these are the fami- 
 
 15 Ues of Reuben. And the sons of Sim- 
 eon ; Jemuel, and Jamin, and Ohad, 
 and Jachin, and Zohar, and Shaul the 
 son of a Canaanitish woman : these are 
 
 16 the families of Simeon. And these are 
 the names of the sons of Levi accord- 
 ing to their generations ; Gershon, and 
 Kohath, and Merari : and the years of 
 the life of Levi were an hundred thirty 
 
 17 and seven years. The sons of Gei'- 
 shon; Libni and Sliimei, accordmg to 
 
 IStheu" families. And the sons of Ko- 
 hath ; Amram, and Izhar, and Hebron, 
 and Uzziel: and the years of the life 
 of Kohath were an hundred thirtj- and 
 
 19 three years. And the sons of Merari : 
 Mahli and Muslii. These are the fami- 
 lies of the Levites according to their 
 
 20 generations. And Amram took him Jo- 
 chebed his father's sister to wife; and 
 she bare him Aaron and Moses: and 
 the years of the life of Amram were an 
 hundred and thirty and seven years. 
 
 21 And the sons of Izhar; Korah, and 
 
 22 Nepheg, and Zichri. And the sons of 
 Uzziel; Mishael, and Elzaphan, and 
 
 23 Sitlu'i. And Aaron took hmi Elisheba, 
 the daughter of Ainmmadab, the sister 
 of Nahshon, to wife ; and she bare him 
 Nadab and Abihu, Eleazar and Ithamar. 
 
 24 And the sous of Korah; Assu-, and 
 Elkanah, and Abiasaph ; these are the 
 
 25 families of the Korahites. And Eleazar 
 Aaron's son took him one of the daugh- 
 ters of Putiel to wife ; and she bare liun 
 Phinehas. These are the heads of the 
 fathers' houses of the Levites according 
 
 26 to their families. These are that Aaron 
 and Moses, to whom the Lord said, 
 Bring out the children of Israel from 
 the land of Egypt according to their 
 
 27 hosts. These are they which spake to 
 Pharaoh king of Egypt, to bruig out 
 the children of Israel from Egypt: 
 these are that Moses and Aaron. 
 
 28 And it came to pass on the day when 
 the Lord spake unto Moses in the land 
 
 29 of Egypt, that the Lord spake iinto 
 Moses, saying, I am the Lord : speak 
 thou luito Pharaoh kmg of Egypt all 
 
 30 that I speak unto thee. And Moses 
 said before the Lord, Behold, I am 
 of imcirciimcised lips, and how shall 
 
 "7 Pharaoh hearken unto me ? And the 
 Lord said unto Moses, See, I have 
 made thee a god to Pharaoh: and 
 Aaron thy brother shall be thy pro- 
 
 2 phet. Thou shalt speak all that I com- 
 mand thee, and Aaron thy brother 
 shall speak unto Pharaoh, tliat he let 
 the children of Israel go out of his land. 
 
 3 And I will harden Pharaoh's heart, and 
 multii^ly my signs and my wonders in
 
 4G 
 
 EXODUS. 
 
 o. 
 
 iHeb. 
 
 any large 
 reptile : 
 and so in 
 vv. 10, 12. 
 
 2 See 
 Gen. xli. 
 
 s Or, se- 
 cret arts 
 
 4Heb. 
 
 was 
 strong. 
 
 6Heb. 
 heavy. 
 
 " See oh. 
 iv. 3. 
 
 "Or, 
 ranaH 
 
 ,4 the lantl of Egypt. But Pliarao]i will 
 not hearken unto you, and I v^ill lay 
 my hand upon Egyjit, and bring forth 
 my hosts, my people the children of Is- 
 rael, out of the land of Egrjit ])y great 
 
 5 judgements. And the Egyptians shall 
 know that I am the Lord, vrhen I 
 stretch forth mine hand upon Egypt, 
 and bring out the children of Israel 
 
 6 from among them. And Moses and 
 Aaron did so : as the Lord command- 
 
 7 ed them, so did they. And Moses was 
 fourscore years old, and Aaron four- 
 score and three years old, when they 
 spake unto Pharaoh. 
 
 8 And the Lord spake unto Moses and 
 
 9 unto Aaron, saying. When Pharaoh 
 shall speak unto you, saying, Shew a 
 wonder for you: then thou shalt say 
 unto Aaron, Take thy rod, and cast it 
 down before Pharaoh, that it become 
 
 10 a 1 serpent. And Moses and Aaron went 
 in unto Pharaoh, and they did so, as 
 the Lord hatl commanded : and Aaron 
 cast down his rod liefore Pharaoh 
 and l)efore his servants, and it became 
 
 11 a sei-pent. Then Pharaoh also called 
 for the wise men and tlie sorcerers: 
 and they also, the ^ magicians of Egj^^t, 
 did in like manner with their ^enchaut- 
 
 12 ments. For they cast dow^l every man 
 his rod, and they became serpents : but 
 Aaron's rod swallowed up their rods. 
 
 13 And Pharaoh's heart 'was hardened, 
 and he hearkened not unto them; as 
 tlie Lord had spoken. 
 
 14 xVnd the Lord said unto Moses, Piia- 
 raoli's heart is ® stubborn, he refuseth 
 
 15 to let the people go. Get thee unto 
 Pharaoh in the monimg ; lo, he go- 
 eth out unto the water ; and thou 
 shalt stand by the river's brink to 
 meet him; and the rod which was 
 turned to a ''serpent shalt thou take 
 
 16 ill thine hand. And thou shalt say 
 luito him, The Lord, the God of the 
 Hebrews, hath sent me unto thee, 
 saj'ing. Let my peojile go, that they 
 may serve me in the wilderness : and, 
 behold, hitherto thou hast not heark- 
 
 ITcned. Thus saith tlie Lord, In this 
 thou shalt know that I am the Lord : 
 behold, I will smite with the rod 
 that is in mine hand upon the wa- 
 ters which are ui the river, and tliey 
 
 18 shall be turned to blood. And the fish 
 that is in the river shall die, and tlie 
 river shall stink ; and the Eg;\-ptians 
 shall loathe to drink vrater from the 
 
 19 river. And the Lord said unto Moses, 
 Say unto Aaron, Take thy rod, and 
 stretch out thine hand owr the wa- 
 ters of Egj-jit, over their rivers, over 
 their ^streams, and over their j)ools. 
 and over all their jioiuls of water, 
 that they may become l)lood; and 
 there shall be blood throughout all 
 the land of Egypt, both in vessels of 
 
 20 wood and in vessels of stone. And 
 Moses and Aaron did so, as the Lord 
 commanded ; and he lifted up the rod, 
 and smote the waters that were in the 
 river, in the sight of Pharaoh, and in 
 the sight of his servants; and all the 
 waters tliat were in the river were 
 
 21 turned to blood. And the fish that 
 was ill the river died; and the river 
 stank, and the Egj-ptians could not 
 drink water from the river; and the 
 blood v.'as throughout all the land of 
 
 22 Egypt. And the magicians of Egj-pt 
 did in like manner with their enchant- 
 ments : and Pharaoh's heart * was hard- 
 ened, and he hearkened not unto them ; 
 
 23 as the Lord had spoken. And Pha- 
 raoh turned and v.ent into his house, 
 neither did he ''lay even this to heart. 
 
 24 And all the Egyptians digged round 
 about the river for water to drink ; for 
 they could not drink of the water of 
 
 25 the river. And seven days were ful- 
 filled, after that the Lord had smitten 
 the river. 
 
 8 And the Lord spake unto Moses, Go 
 in unto Pharaoh, and say unto him, 
 Thus saith the Lord, Let my people 
 
 2 go, that they may serve me. And if 
 thou refuse to let tliein go, behold, I 
 will smite all thy borders •«'ith frogs: 
 
 3 and the river shall swarm with frogs, 
 Avhich sliall go up and come into thine 
 house, and into thj' liedchamber, and 
 upon thy lied, and into the house of 
 thy servants, and upon thy people, and 
 into thuie ovens, and into thj- knead- 
 
 4ingtroughs: and the frogs shall come 
 up both uijOIi thee, and upon tliy people, 
 
 5 and upon all thy servants. And the 
 Lord said unto Moses, Say unto Aaron, 
 Stretch forth thine hand with thy 
 rod over the rivers, over the ''streams, 
 and over the pools, and cause frogs to 
 
 come up upon the land of Egypt. And 
 Aaron stretched out his hand over the 
 waters of Egypt; and the frogs came 
 uji, and covered the land of Egypt. 
 
 7 And the magicians did in like manner 
 with their enchantments, and In-ought 
 
 8 up frogs upon the land of Egypt. Then 
 Pharaoh called for Moses and Aaron, 
 and said, Intreat the IjOrd, that he 
 take away the frogs from me. and from 
 my people: and I will let the people 
 go. that they may sacrifice unto the 
 
 9 Lord. And Piloses said unto Pliaraoh, 
 Have thou tliis glory over me: a- 
 gainst what time shall I intreat for 
 thee, and for thy servants, and for 
 thy people, that the frogs be destroyed 
 from thee and thy houses, and remain 
 
 10 in the river only? And he said, A- 
 gamst to-morrow. And he said. Be 
 it according to thy word: that thou 
 niayest know that there is none like 
 
 11 unto the Lord our God. And the frogs 
 shall depart from thee, and from thy 
 houses, and from thy servants, and 
 
 SHeb. 
 ■^et hU 
 heart. 
 
 this. 
 
 [C'h. vii. 
 UH in 
 Hcu.J 
 
 [Ch. vill. 
 
 lin 
 
 Heb.]
 
 9. 12. 
 
 EXODUS. 
 
 47 
 
 1 Or, (M 
 he had 
 appoint- 
 pd unto 
 Pharaoh 
 
 2Heb. 
 made 
 heavy. 
 
 'Or, 
 Rand 
 Jlies 
 Or./wj 
 
 <Heb. 
 
 was 
 
 strong. 
 
 5 Or. w' 
 a sign of 
 detiver- 
 ance 
 Heb. 
 tct 
 
 redemp- 
 tion. 
 
 c Or. de- 
 stroyed 
 
 from thy people ; they shall remain in 
 
 12 the river only. And Moses and Aaron 
 went out from Pharaoh: and Moses 
 cried unto the Lord concerning the 
 frogs 1 which he had brought wpow 
 
 13 Pharaoh. And the Lord did accord- 
 ing to the word of Moses; and the 
 frogs died out of the houses, out of 
 
 14 the courts, and out of the fields. And 
 thej' gathered them together in heaps : 
 
 15 and the land stank. But when Pha- 
 raoh saw that there was respite, he 
 - hardened his heart, and hearkened not 
 unto them; as the Lord had spoken. 
 
 Ifi And the Lord said unto Moses, Say 
 unto Aaron, Stretch out thy rod. and 
 smite the dust of the earth, that it may 
 become "lice throughout all the land 
 
 17 of Egypt. And they did so ; and Aaron 
 stretched out his hand with his rod, 
 and smote the dust of the earth, and 
 there were lice upon man, and upon 
 beast; all the dust of the earth became 
 lice throughout all the land of Egypt. 
 
 18 And the magicians did so ivith their 
 enchantments to bring forth lice, but 
 they could not: and there were lice 
 
 19 ui-on man, and upon beast. Then the 
 magicians said unto Pharaoh, This 
 is the finger of God: and Pharaoh's 
 heart ^was hardened, and he heark- 
 ened not unto them ; as the Lord had 
 spoken. 
 
 '20 And the Lord said unto Moses, Rise 
 up early in the morning, and stand 
 before Pharaoh; lo, he cometh forth 
 to the water; and say unto him. Thus 
 saith the Lord, Let my people go, 
 
 21 that they may serve me. Else, if thou 
 wilt not let \ay people go, behold, I 
 will send swarms of flies upon thee, 
 and upon thy servants, and ujjon thy 
 people, and into thy houses: and the 
 houses of the Egyptians shall l)e full 
 of swanns of flies, and also the ground 
 
 22 whereon they are. And I will sever in 
 that day the land of Goshen, in which 
 my people dwell, that no swarms of 
 flies shall be there; to the end thou 
 mayest know that I am the Lord in 
 
 2.3 the midst of the earth. And I v.-ill 
 *put a division between my people 
 and thy people: by to-mon-ow shall 
 
 24 this sign be. And the Lord did so; 
 and there came gi'ievous swanns of 
 flies into the house of Pharaoh, and 
 into his servants' houses: and in all 
 the land of Eg^'pt the land was « cor- 
 rupted by reason of the swarms of 
 
 25 flies. And Pharaoh called for Moses 
 and for Aaron, and said. Go ye, sacrifice 
 
 26 to your God in the land. Aiid Moses 
 said. It is not meet so to do; for we 
 shall sacrifice the abomination of the 
 Egyptians to the Lord our God: lo, 
 shall we sacrifice the abomination of 
 the Egyptians before theii- eyes, and 
 
 27 will they not stone us? We will go 
 three days' journey into the wilder- 
 
 ness, and sacrifice to the Lord our 
 
 28 God, as he shall command us. And 
 Pharaoh said, I wiU let j'ou go, that 
 ye maj' sacrifice to the Lord your 
 God in the wilderness; only j-e shall 
 not go very far away : intreat for me. 
 
 29 And Moses said. Behold, I go out from 
 thee, and I will intreat the Lord that 
 the swarms of flies may depart from 
 I'haraoh, from his servants, and from 
 his people, to-morrow: only let not 
 Pharaoh deal deceitfully any more in 
 not letting the people go to sacrifice 
 
 ."Oto the Lord. And Moses went out 
 from Pharaoh, and intreated the Lord. 
 
 31 And the Lord did according to the 
 word of Moses; and he removed the 
 swarms of flies fi'oin Pharaoh, from 
 his servants, and from his people; 
 
 32 there remained not one. And Pharaoh 
 2 hardened his heart this time also, 
 and he did not let the people go. 
 
 9 Then the Lord said unto Moses, Go 
 in unto Pharaoh, and tell him. Thus 
 saith the Lord, the God of the Hebrews, 
 Let my peoi^le go, that they may serve 
 
 2 me. For if thou refuse to let them go. 
 
 Sand wilt hold them still, behold, the 
 hand of the Lord is upon thy cattle 
 which is in the field, upon the horses, 
 upon the asses, upon the camels, upon 
 the herds, and upon the flocks: there 
 
 4. shall he a very grievous murrain. And 
 theLoRD shall sever between the cattle 
 of Israel and the cattle of Egypt : and 
 there shall nothing die of all that be- 
 
 5 longeth to the children of Israel. And 
 the Lord appointed a set time, say- 
 ing. To-morrow the Lord shall do this 
 
 6 thing in the land. And the Lord did 
 that thing on the morrow, and all the 
 cattle of Egypt died : but of the cattle 
 of the children of Israel died not one. 
 
 7 And Pharaoh sent, and, behold, there 
 was not so much as one of the cattle 
 of the Israelites dead. But the heart 
 of Pharaoh was '' stubborn, and he did 
 not let the i^eople go. 
 
 8 And the Lord said mito Moses and 
 imto Aaron, Take to you handfuls of 
 hashes of the furnace, and let Moses 
 sprinkle it toward the heaven in the 
 
 9 sight of Pharaoh. And it shall become 
 small dust over all the land of Egypt, 
 and shall be a boil breaking forth with 
 Wains upon }nan and upon beast, 
 throughout all the land of Egyj)t. 
 
 10 And they took ashes of the furnace, 
 and stood before Pharaoh ; and Moses 
 sprinkled it up toward heaven; and 
 it became a boil breaking forth with 
 blauis upon man and upon beast. 
 
 11 And the magicians could not stand 
 before Moses because of the boils ; for 
 the boils were upon the magicians, 
 
 12 and upon all the Egyptians. And 
 the Lord ''hardened the heart of 
 Pharaoh, and he hearkened not imto 
 
 " ileb. 
 heavy. 
 
 e Or, loot 
 
 "Heb. 
 yyiad* 
 gtronff.
 
 48 
 
 EXODUS. 
 
 9. 12. 
 
 I Or, 
 Jlasiiing 
 continu- 
 ally 
 
 amidst 
 
 2Heb. 
 voices 
 [or thun- 
 derings) 
 of Ood. 
 
 them; as the Lord had spoken unto 
 Moses. 
 
 13 T^d the Lord said unto Moses, Rise 
 up early in the morning, and stand 
 before Pharaoh, and say unto hun, 
 Thtis saith the Lord, the God of the 
 Hebrews, Let my people go, that they 
 
 14 may serve me. For I will this time 
 send all my plagues upon thine heart, 
 and upon thy servants, and upon thy 
 people; that thou mayest know that 
 there is none like me in all the earth. 
 
 15 For now I had put forth my hand, 
 and smitten thee and thy peoj^le with 
 pestilence, and thou hadst been cut oil 
 
 16 from the earth: but in very deed for 
 this cause have I made thee to stand, 
 for to shew thee my power, and that 
 my name may be declared through- 
 
 17 out all the earth. As yet exaltest 
 thou thyself against my peojjle, that 
 
 18 thou wilt not let them go ? Behold, to- 
 morrow about this time I will cause 
 it to rain a very grievous hail, such as 
 hath not been ui Egj'pt since the day 
 
 19 it was founded even until now. Now 
 therefore send, hasten in thy cattle 
 and all that thou hast in the field ; for 
 every man and beast which shall be 
 found in the field, and shall not be 
 brought home, the hail shall come 
 down upon them, and they shall die. 
 
 20 He that feared the word of the Lord 
 among the servants of Pharaoh made 
 his servants and his cattle flee into 
 
 21 the houses : and he that regarded not 
 the word of tlie Lord left his servants 
 and his cattle in the field. 
 
 22 And the Lord said unto Moses, 
 Stretch forth thine hand toward hea- 
 ven, that there may be hail in all the 
 land of Egypt, upon man, and upon 
 beast, and upon every herb of the 
 field, tlu'oughout the land of Egypt. 
 
 23 And Moses stretched forth his rod 
 toward heaven: and the Lord sent 
 thunder and hail, and fire ran down 
 imto the earth; and the Lord rained 
 
 24 hail upon the land of Egyjit. So there 
 was hail, and fire i mingled with the 
 hail, very grievous, such as had not 
 been in all the land of Eg3'pt since it 
 
 25 became a nation. And the hail smote 
 thi'oughout all the laud of Egypt all 
 that was in the field, both man and 
 beast; and the hail smote every herb 
 of the field, and brake every tree of 
 
 26 the field. Only in the land of Goshen, 
 where the children of Israel were, was 
 
 27 there no hail. And Pharaoh sent, and 
 called for Moses and Aaron, and said 
 va\io them, I have sinned tliis time: 
 the Lord is righteous, and I and my 
 
 28 j)eople are wicked. Intreat the Lord ; 
 for there hath been enoiigh of these 
 2 mighty thimderings and hail; and I 
 will let you go, and ye shall stay no 
 
 29 longer. And Moses said unto him, 
 As soon as I am gone out of the 
 
 city, I will spread abroad my hands 
 unto the Lord; the thunders shall 
 cease, neither shall there be any more 
 hail ; that thou mayest know that the 
 
 30 earth is the Lord's. But as for thee 
 and thy servants, I know that ye will 
 
 81 not yet fear the Lord God. And 
 the flax and the barley were smitten : 
 for the barley was in the ear, and 
 
 32 the flax ^was boiled. But the wheat 
 and the spelt Avere not smitten: for 
 
 33 they were not grown up. And Moses 
 went out of the city from Pharaoh, 
 and spread abroad his hands unto the 
 Lord: and the thunders and hail 
 ceased, and the rain was not poured 
 
 34 upon the earth. And v>'hen Pharaoh 
 saw that the rain and the hail and 
 the thmiders were ceased, he sinned 
 yet more, and * hardened his heart, 
 
 35 he and his servants. And the heart of 
 Pharaoh ^was hardened, and he did 
 not let the childi-en of Israel go; as 
 the Lord had spoken by Moses. 
 
 10 And the Lord said mito Moses, Go 
 in unto Pharaoh: for I have * hard- 
 ened his heart, and the heart of his 
 servants, that I might shew these my 
 
 2 signs in the midst of them : and that 
 thou mayest tell in the ears of thy son, 
 and of thy son's son, ^^what things I 
 have wrought upon Egypt, and my 
 signs which I have done among them ; 
 that ye may know that I am the 
 
 3 Lord. And Moses and Aaron went 
 in imto Pharaoh, and said ruito him, 
 Thus saith the Lord, the God of the 
 Hebrews, How long wilt thou refuse 
 to humble thyself before me? let my 
 people go, that they may serve me. 
 
 4 Else, if thou refuse to let my people 
 go, behold, to-morrow will I bring 
 
 5 locusts into thy border : and they shall 
 cover the face of the earth, that one 
 shall not be able to see the earth: 
 and they shall eat the residue of that 
 which is escaped, which remaineth 
 unto you from the hail, and shall eat 
 every tree which gi-oweth for you out 
 
 6 of the field: and thy houses shall 
 be filled, and the liouses of all thy 
 servants, and the houses of all the 
 Egyptians ; as neither thy fathers 
 nor thy fathers' fathers have seen, 
 since the day that they were upon 
 the earth unto this day. And he 
 turned, and went out from Pharaoh. 
 
 7 And Pharaoh's servants said mito 
 him. How long shall this man be a 
 snare mito us? let the men go, that 
 they may serve the Lord theii' God: 
 knowest thou not yet that Egypt is 
 
 8 destroyed? And Moses and Aaron 
 were brought again unto Pharaoh: 
 and he said unto them. Go, serve the 
 Loud your God: but who are they 
 
 9 that shall go? And Moses said, We 
 will go with om- young and with our 
 old, with oiu" sons and with our daugh- 
 
 5 Or, was 
 in bloom 
 
 iHeb. 
 tnade 
 heavy. 
 
 6Heb. 
 
 was 
 strong. 
 
 6 Or, 
 how 1 
 have 
 mocked 
 the 
 
 Egypt- 
 ians
 
 12. 3. 
 
 EXODUS. 
 
 49 
 
 'Or, 
 
 what yc 
 
 purpose 
 
 Heb. 
 
 be/ora 
 
 pour 
 
 face. 
 
 2 Heb. 
 made, 
 strong. 
 
 ;' Or, so 
 thatmen 
 shall 
 grope in 
 darkness 
 
 ters, with our flocks and with our 
 herds will we go ; for we must hold a 
 10 feast unto the Lord. And he said unto 
 them, So be the Loud with you, as I 
 will let you go, and your little ones: 
 look to it; for evil is i before you. 
 
 11 Not so: go now ye that are men, and 
 serve the Loud; for that is what ye 
 desii-e. And they were driven out from 
 Pharaoh's presence. 
 
 12 And the Loud said unto Moses, 
 Stretch out thine hand over the land 
 of Egypt for the locusts, that they may 
 come up upon the land of Egypt, and 
 eat every herb of the land, even all 
 
 13 that the hail hath left. And Moses 
 stretched forth his rod over the 
 la-^ad of Egji^t, and the Lord brought 
 an east wind upon the laud all that 
 day, and all the night; and when 
 it was morning, the east wind brought 
 
 14 the locusts. And the locusts went 
 up over all the land of Egypt, and 
 rested m all the borders of Egj'pt; 
 very gi'ievous were they ; before them 
 there were no such locusts as they, 
 neither after them shall be such. 
 
 15 For they covered the face of the 
 whole earth, so that the land was 
 darkened ; and they did eat every herb 
 of the laud, and all the fruit of the 
 trees which the hail had left: and 
 there remained not any green thmg, 
 either tree or herb of the field, through 
 
 16 all the land of Egypt. Then Pha- 
 raoh called for Moses and Aaron in 
 haste; and he said, I have sinned 
 against the Lord your God, and 
 
 17 against you. Now therefore forgive, I 
 pray thee, my sin only this once, and 
 intreat the Lord yom* God, that he 
 may take av/ay from me this death only. 
 
 18 And he went out from Pharaoh, and 
 19uitreated the Lord. And the Lord 
 
 turned an exceeding strong west wind, 
 which took up the locusts, and drove 
 them into the Eed Sea; there re- 
 mained not one locust in all the border 
 
 '20 of Egypt. But the Lord 2 hardened 
 Pharaoh's heart, and he did not let 
 the children of Israel go. 
 
 "21 And the Lord said unto Moses, Stretch 
 oixt thine hand toward heaven, that 
 there may be darkness over the land of 
 Egypt, '^even darkness which may be 
 
 22 felt. And Moses stretched forth his 
 hand toward heaven ; and there was a 
 thick darkness in all the land of Egypt 
 
 23 thi'ee days ; they saw not one another, 
 neither rose any from his jilace for 
 three days: but all the children of 
 Israel had light in their dwellmgs. 
 
 24 And Pharaoh called unto Moses, and 
 said. Go ye, serve the Lord ; only let 
 your flocks and your herds be stayed : 
 let your little ones also go with you. 
 
 25 Aiid Moses said, Thou must also give 
 uito our hand sacrifices and burnt offer- 
 ings, that we may sacrifice unto the 
 
 26 Lord qnr God. Our cattle also shall 
 go with us ; there shall not an hoof be 
 left behind ; for thereof must we take 
 to serve the Lord our God ; and we 
 know not with what we must serve 
 
 27 the Loud, until we come thither. But 
 the Lord ^hardened Pharaoh's heart, 
 
 28 and he would not let them go. Ajid 
 Pharaoh said unto him. Get thee from 
 me, take heed to thyself, see my face 
 no more; for in the day thou seest 
 
 29 my face thou shalt die. And Moses 
 said. Thou hast spoken well; I vriU 
 see thy face again no more. 
 
 11 And the Lord said unto Moses, Yet 
 one plague more will I bring upon 
 Pharaoh, and upon Egypt ; afterwards 
 he will let you go hence: ^when he 
 shall let you go, he shall surely thi-ust 
 
 2 you out hence altogether. Speak now 
 in the ears of the people, and let them 
 ask every man of his ueighl)om% and 
 every woman of her neighbour, jewels 
 
 3 of silver, and jewels of gold. And the 
 Lord gave the peoi^le favour in the 
 sight of the Egyjjtians. Moreover the 
 man Moses was very great in the land 
 of Egypt, in the sight of Pharaoh's 
 servants, and in the sight of the 
 people. 
 
 4 Aiid Moses said. Thus saith the 
 Lord, About midnight will I go out 
 
 5 into the midst of Egyjjt : and all the 
 firstborn in the land of Egj-j^t shall die, 
 from the firstborn of Pharaoh that 
 sitteth upon his throne, even unto the 
 firstborn of the maidservant that is 
 behind the miU; and all the firstborn 
 
 6 of cattle. And there shall be a gi'eat 
 cry throughout all the land of Egypt, 
 such as there hath been none like it, 
 
 7 nor shall be like it any more. But 
 against any of the children of Israel 
 shall not a dog ''move his tongue, a- 
 gainst man or beast: that ye may 
 know how that the Lord doth put a 
 difference between the Egyptians and 
 
 8 Israel. And all these thy servants shall 
 come down imto me, and bow down 
 themselves unto me, saymg. Get thee 
 out, and aU the people that f oUow thee : 
 and after that I will go out. And he 
 went out from Pharaoh in hot anger. 
 
 9 And the Lord said unto Moses, Pha- 
 raoh will not hearken unto you: that 
 my wonders may be multiplied in the 
 
 10 land of Egypt. And Moses and Aaron 
 did all these wonders before Pharaoh : 
 and the Lord 2 hardened Pharaoh's 
 heart, and he did not let the children 
 of Israel go out of his land. 
 
 12 And the Lord spake unto Moses and 
 Aaron ui the land of EgyjDt, saj'iug, 
 
 2 This month shall be unto you the begin- 
 ning of months: it shall be the first 
 
 3 month of the year to you. Speak ye 
 unto aU the congregation of Israel, say- 
 ing, In the tenth dai/ of this month they 
 
 4 Or. 
 when he 
 shall let 
 you, go 
 alto- 
 getfier, 
 he shall 
 utterly 
 thrust 
 you out 
 hence 
 
 !> Heb. 
 whet.
 
 50 
 
 EXODUS. 
 
 12. 3. 
 
 1 Or. kid 
 
 'Heb. 
 between 
 the two 
 even- 
 ings. 
 
 'Or./oc 
 j a de- 
 1 ttroi/er 
 
 shall take to tliem every man a ^lamb, 
 according to their fathers' houses, a 
 
 4 lamb for an houseliolcl: and if the 
 household be too little for a lamb, 
 then shall lie and liis neighbour next 
 unto his house take one according to 
 the number of the souls ; according 
 to every mans eating ye shall make 
 
 .5 your count for the lamb. Your lamb 
 shall be without l)lemish, a male of 
 the first year: ye shall take it from 
 
 6 the sheeii, or from tlie goats: and ye 
 shall keep it up until the fourteenth 
 day of the same month : and the 
 whole assembly of the congregation of 
 
 7 Israel shall kill it '^at even. And they ' 
 shall take of the blood, and put it on j 
 the two siile posts and on the lintel, i 
 upon the houses wherein thej' shall 
 
 Seat it. And they shall eat the flesh 
 in that night, roast with fire, and 
 unleavened bread : with bitter herbs 
 
 they shall eat it. Eat not of it raw, 
 nor sodden at all with water, but 
 roast with lire: its head v.'ith its legs 
 
 10 and witli the inwards thereof. And ye 
 shall let notliing of it remain until the 
 morning; but that whicli remainetli 
 of it until the morning ye shall burn 
 
 11 with tire. And thus shall ye eat it; 
 with .your loins girded, your shoes on 
 your feet, and your stail in your hand : 
 and ye shall eat it in haste: it is the 
 
 12 Lord's passover. For I vi-ill go through 
 the land of Egj-jit in that night, and 
 will smite all the firstborn in the land 
 of Egj-pt, both man and beast; and 
 against aU the gods of Egypt I will 
 execute judgements: I am the Lord. 
 
 13 And the blood shall be to you for a 
 token upon the houses v>iiere ye are : 
 and v.-lien I see the blood, I will pass 
 over you, and there shall no x'lague 
 be ui)on j'ou ^to destroy you. when I 
 
 14 smite the land of Egypt. And this 
 da^- shall lie unto you for a memorial, 
 and ye sliall keep it a feast to the 
 Lord: throughout 3'our generations 
 ye shall keej) it a feast by an ordiu- 
 
 15 aiice for ever. Seven days shall .ye 
 eat unleavened bread; even the first 
 day ye sliall put away leaven out 
 of your Ijouses : for whosoever eateth 
 leavened lircad from the first day until 
 the seventh day, that soul shall be 
 
 16 cut off from Israel. And in tlie first 
 day there sliall be to you an holy con- 
 vocatio'i, and in the seventh day an 
 holy convocation ; no manner of work 
 shall be done in them, save that which 
 every man must eat, that onlj- may 
 
 17 be done of you. And ye shall observe 
 i\\& feast of unleavened bread; for in 
 this selfsame day have I brought j'our 
 hosts out of the land of Egypt : there- 
 fore sliall ye observe this daj' through- 
 out yoiu- generations by an ordinance 
 
 18 for ever. In the fii'st month, on the 
 fourteenth day of the month at even, ye 
 
 shall cat unleavened liread, until the 
 one and twentieth day of the month 
 
 19 at even. Seven days shall there be 
 no leaven found in your houses: for 
 whosoever eateth that which is lea- 
 vened, that soul shall be cut off from 
 the congregation of Israel, whether he 
 be a sojourner, or one that is bom 
 
 20 in the land. Ye shall eat nothing 
 leavened ; in all your habitations shall 
 ye eat unleavened bread. 
 
 21 Then Moses called for all the elders 
 of Israel, and said unto them, ^Draw 
 out, and take you *> lambs according to 
 your families, and kiU the passover. 
 
 22 And ye shall take a liuncli of hyssop, 
 and dip it in the blood that is in the 
 bason, and strike the lintel and the 
 two side posts witli the blood that is 
 in the bason; and none of you shall 
 ,go out of the door of his house until 
 
 2." the morning. For the Lord will pass 
 tlirough to smite the Egjiitians; and 
 \vhen he seeth the blood upon the lintel, 
 and on the two side posts, the Lord 
 Avill pass over the door, and will not 
 suffer the destroyer to come in unto 
 
 243'our houses to smite you. And ye 
 shall oliserve this thing for an ordin- 
 ance to thee and to thy sons for ever. 
 
 25 And it shall come to pass, when ye be 
 come to the land which the Lord v.'ill 
 give you, according as lie hath pro- 
 mised, that j'e shall keep this service. 
 
 20 And it shall come to pass, when your 
 children shall say unto you. What 
 
 27 mean ye b.y this service? that .ye shall 
 say. It is the sacrifice of the Lord's 
 passover, "^ who passed over the houses 
 of the ciiildren of Israel in Eg.ypt, 
 when he smote the Egyptians, and 
 delivered om' houses. And the people 
 
 28 bowed the head and worshipped. And 
 the children of Israel went and did so ; 
 as the Lord had commanded Moses 
 and Aaron, so did they. 
 
 29 And it came to pass at midnight, 
 that the Lord smote all the firstborn 
 in the land of Egypt, from the first- 
 born of Pharaoh that sat on liis throne 
 unto the firstborn of the captive that 
 was in the dungeon ; and all the first- 
 
 30 born of cattle. And Pharaoh rose 
 xx]^ in the night, he, and all his serv- 
 ants, and all the Egyptians; and there 
 was a great cry in Egj-jit; for there 
 was not a house where there was not 
 
 31 one dead. And he called for Moses 
 and Aaron bj- night, and said. Else up, 
 get you fortli from among my people, 
 lioth ye and the children of Israel; 
 and go, serve the Lord, as ye have 
 
 32 said. Take both your flocks and .your 
 herds, as ye have said, and be gone; 
 
 33 and bless me also. And the Egj-ptians 
 vv'ere urgent upon the people, to send 
 them out of the land in haste ; for they 
 
 34 said. We be all dead men. And the 
 people took their dougli before it was 
 
 i Or, Go 
 
 fortli 
 
 6 Or, kidt 
 
 '-•Or, for 
 that he 
 passed
 
 13. i: 
 
 EXODUS. 
 
 51 
 
 1 Or, a 
 niffhl of 
 watch- 
 ing un- 
 to the 
 
 JjORl) 
 
 ' Or, this 
 Kame 
 flight ix 
 a night 
 ofwafch- 
 iitg un- 
 to the 
 JjiHI) 
 far all 
 ic. 
 
 3Heb. 
 do it. 
 
 leavened, tlicir kneadingtrouglis being 
 bound up in their clotlies ujion their 
 
 .".") phonlders. And the children of Israel 
 did according to the word of Moses; 
 and they asked of the Egyptians 
 jewels of silver, and jewels of gold, 
 
 .30 and raiment: and the Lord gave the 
 people favour in the sight of the 
 Egyptians, so that they let thom have 
 what they asked. And they spoiled 
 the Egj-ptians. 
 
 S7 And the children of Israel journeyed 
 from Kaineses to Suecoth, about six 
 hundred thousand on foot that were 
 
 38 men, beside children. And a mixed 
 nmltitude went up also with them; 
 and flocks, and hei'ds, even very much 
 
 ,S9 cattle. And they baked unleavened 
 cakes of the dough wliicli they brought 
 forth out of Egypt, for it was not 
 leavened; because they were thrust 
 out of Egj-pt, and could not tarry, 
 neither had tliey j^repared for tliem- 
 
 40 selves an 3- %actual. Now the sojomui- 
 ing of the children of Israel, which 
 thej' sojourned in Egypt, was four 
 
 41 hundred and thirty years. Aiid it came 
 to jiaas at the end of four hundred 
 and thirty years, even the selfsame 
 day it came to pass, that all the hosts 
 of the Lord went out from the land 
 
 42 of Egyi^t. It is ^a night to be much 
 observed luito the Lord for bringing 
 them out from the land of Egj^it: 
 -this is that night of the Lord, to be 
 much observed of all the clsildreu of 
 Israel throughout theii* generations. 
 
 43 And the Lord said unto Moses and 
 Aaron, This is the oidinance of the 
 passover: there shall no alien eat 
 
 44 thereof : but everj- man"s servant that 
 is bought for money, when thou hast 
 circimicised him, then shall lie eat 
 
 45 thereof. A sojourner and an hired 
 
 46 servant shall not eat thereof. In one 
 house shall it be eaten ; thou shalt not 
 carry forth aught of the flesh abroad 
 out of the house ; neither shall ye lireak 
 
 47 a bone thereof. All the congi-egation 
 
 48 of Israel shall •''keei> it. And when a 
 stranger shall sojourn with thee, and 
 wiU keep the jjassover to the Lord, let 
 all his jnales he circmncised, and then 
 let him come near and keep it; and 
 lie shall be as one that is born in the 
 land: but no uncircumcised person 
 
 49 shall eat thereof. One law shall be to 
 him that is homeborn, and unto the 
 stranger that sojourneth among you. 
 
 50 Thus did all the children of Israel; 
 as the Lord commanded Moses and 
 
 .'SI Aaron, so did they. And it came to 
 pass the selfsame day, that the Loi-.d 
 did bring the children of Israel out of 
 the land of Egjiit by their hosts. j 
 
 13 And the Lord spake unto Moses, ; 
 
 2 saying, Sanctify unto me all the first- I 
 
 born, whatsoever openeth the womb 1 
 
 among the children of Israel, both of 
 man and of beast: it is mine. 
 
 3 And Moses said unto the peojile. Re- 
 member this day, in which ye came out 
 from Egypt, out of the house of •'bond- 
 age ; for l)y strength of hand the Lord 
 brought j-ou out from this jilace : there 
 
 4 shall no leavened bread be eaten. This 
 day ye go forth in the month Abib. 
 
 ;") And it shall be when the Lord shall 
 bring thee into the land of the Canaan- 
 ite, and the Hittite, and the Amorite, 
 and the Hivite. and the Jebusite. which 
 he sware unto thy fathers to give thee, 
 a land flowing with milk and honey, 
 that thou shalt keep this service in this 
 
 month. Seven days thou shalt cat un- 
 leavened bread, and in the seventh 
 day shall be a feast to the Lord. 
 
 7 Unleavened lu'ead shall be eaten 
 throughout the seven days; and there 
 shall no leavened bread be seen with 
 thee, neither shall there be leaven seen 
 
 8 with thee, in all thy borders. And 
 thou shalt tell thy son in that day, 
 saying. It is because of that whicii the 
 Lord did for me when I came forth 
 
 9 out of Egypt. And it .shall be for a 
 sign xinto thee upon thine hand, and 
 for a memorial between thine eyes, 
 that the law of the Lord may be in thy 
 mouth: for with a strong hand hath 
 the Lord brought thee out of Egyjjt. 
 
 10 Thou shalt therefore keep this ordin- 
 ance in its season from year to year. 
 
 1 1 And it shall l)e when the Lord shall 
 bring thee into the land of the Canaan- 
 ite, as he sware luito thee and to thy 
 
 12fathers, and shall give it thee, that thou 
 shalt •'' set apart unto the Lord all that 
 oiieiieth the womb, and every firstliaig 
 which thou hast that cometh of a beast ; 
 
 13 the males shall be the Lord's. And 
 every firstlmg of an ass thou shalt re- 
 deem with a "lamb; and if thou wilt 
 not redeem it, then thou shalt break its 
 neck : and all the firstborn of man a- 
 
 14 inong thy sons shalt thou redeem. And 
 it shall be ■when thy son asketh thee in 
 time to come, saying. What is this ? that 
 thou shalt say unto him, By strength of 
 hand the Lord l:)rought us out from 
 Egyiit, from the house of ''bondage: 
 
 15 and it came to pass, wlien Pharaoh 
 ''would haiilly let us go. that the 
 Lord slew all the firstborn in the laud 
 of Egj-pt, both the firstliorn of man, 
 and the firstborn of beast: flierefore 
 I sacrifice to the Lord all that ojieiieth 
 the womb, being males; but all the 
 
 16 firstborn of my sons I redeem. And 
 it sliaU be for a sign upon thine hand, 
 and for frontlets betv>'een tlnne eyes: 
 for by strength of hand the Lord 
 brought us forth out of Egypt. 
 
 17 And it came to pass, when Pharaoh 
 had let the people go, that God led 
 them not by the way of the laud of 
 
 < Ileh. 
 bond- 
 men. 
 
 PHeb. 
 cause to 
 pa.'is 
 over. 
 
 " Or, kid 
 
 ■Or, 
 hard- 
 ened 
 himself 
 againtt 
 letting 
 Its go
 
 52 
 
 EXODUS. 
 
 13. 17. 
 
 I Or, he 
 took not 
 away the 
 pillar of 
 cloud by 
 day. nor 
 the &c. 
 
 2Heb. 
 make 
 strong. 
 
 3 Or, 
 churiots 
 
 *Heb. 
 
 inade 
 strong. 
 
 the Philistines, although that was near ; 
 for Gofl said, Lest peradventure the 
 people repent when they see war, and 
 
 18 tliey return to Egypt : but God led the 
 people about, bj- the way of the wilder- 
 ness by the lied Sea : and the children 
 of Israel went up armed out of the 
 
 19 land of Egyi)t. And Moses took the 
 bones of Joseph with him : for he had 
 straitly sworn the children of Israel. 
 saying, God will surely visit you ; and 
 ye shall carry up my bones away hence 
 
 20 with you. And they took their- journey 
 from Snccoth, and encamped in Etham, 
 
 21 in the edge of the wilderness. And the 
 LoED went before them by day in a 
 pillar of cloud, to lead them the way ; 
 and by night in a i)illar of fire, to give 
 them light; that they might go by day 
 
 22 and by night : ^ the pillar of cloud by 
 day, and the pillar of fire by night, 
 departed not from before the people. 
 
 14 And the Lord spake unto Moses, 
 
 2 sayuig. Speak unto the childi'en of Is- 
 rael, that they turn back and encamp 
 before Pi-hahu-oth, between Migdol 
 and the sea, before Baal-zephon : over 
 against it shall ye encamp by the sea. 
 
 3 And Pharaoh will say of the childi'en of 
 Israel, They are entangled in the land, 
 
 4 the wilderness hath shut them in. And 
 I will ^harden Pharaoh's heart, and he 
 shall follow after them ; and I wiU get 
 me honour upon Pharaoh, and upon 
 all his host; and the Egyptians shaU 
 know that I am the Loed. And they 
 
 5 did so. And it was told the king of 
 Egypt that the people were fled : and the 
 heart of Pharaoh and of his servants 
 was changed towards the people, and 
 they said. What is this we have done, 
 that we have let Israel go from serving 
 
 6 us? And he made ready his s chariot, 
 
 7 and took his people with him : and he 
 took six hundred chosen chariots, and 
 all the chariots of Egypt, and captains 
 
 8 over all of tliem. And the Loed * harden- 
 ed the heart of Pharaoh king of Egypt, 
 and he pursued after the children of 
 Israel : for the children of Israel went 
 
 9 out with an high hand. And the 
 Egyi)tians pursued after them, all the 
 horses and chariots of Pharaoh, and 
 his horsemen, and his anny, and over- 
 took them encamping by the sea, be- 
 side Pi-hahu'oth, before Baal-zephon. 
 
 10 And when Pharaoh drew nigh, the 
 children of Israel lifted up their eyes, 
 and, behold, the Egyptians marched 
 after them ; and they were sore afraid : 
 and the children of Israel cried out 
 
 11 unto the Loed. And they said mito 
 Moses, Because there were no graves 
 in Egj^pt, hast thou taken us away to 
 die in the wdderness ? wherefore hast 
 thou dealt thus with us, to brmg us 
 
 12 forth out of Egypt? Is not this the 
 word that we spake unto thee in 
 Egypt, sayuig, Let us alone, that we 
 
 may serve the Egyptians ? For it were 
 better for us to serve the Egyptians, 
 tlian that we should die in the wil- 
 
 ISderness. And Moses said unto the 
 people. Fear ye not, stand still, and see 
 the salvation of the Lord, which he 
 will work for you to-day: *for the 
 Egj'ptians whom ye have seen to-day, 
 j-e shall see them again no more for 
 
 14 ever. The Lord shall fight for you, 
 and ye shall hold your peace. 
 
 1.5 And the Lord said unto Moses, Where- 
 fore criest thou unto me? speak unto 
 the children of Israel, that they go 
 
 16 forward. And lift thou up thy rod, and 
 stretch out thine hand over the sea, 
 and divide it : and the children of Is- 
 rael shall go into the midst of the 
 
 17 sea on dry ground. And I, behold, I 
 will 2 harden the hearts of the Egypt- 
 ians, and they shall go in after them: 
 and I will get me honour upon Pha- 
 raoh, and upon all his host, upon 
 his chariots, and upon his horsemen. 
 
 18 And the Egyptians shall know that 
 I am the Lord, when I have gotten 
 me honour upon Pharaoh, upon his 
 
 19 chariots, and ujion his horsemen. And 
 the angel of God, which went before 
 the canij) of Israel, removed and went 
 behind them ; and the pillar of cloud 
 removed from before them, and stood 
 
 20 behind them : and it came between the 
 camp of Egypt and the camp of Israel ; 
 and there was the cloud and the dark- 
 ness, yet gave it light by night: and 
 the one came not near the other all 
 
 21 the night. And Moses stretched out 
 his hand over the sea ; and the Lord 
 caused the sea to go hacJi by a strong 
 east wind all the night, and made the 
 sea dry land, and the waters were di- 
 
 22 vided. And the children of Israel went 
 into the midst of the sea upon the dry 
 gi'ound: and the waters were a wall 
 unto them on their right hand, and on 
 
 23 their left. And the Egyptians pursued, 
 and went in after them into the midst 
 of the sea, all Pharaoh's horses, his 
 
 24 chariots, and his horsemen. And it 
 came to pass in the morning watch, 
 that the Lord looked forth upon the 
 host of the Egyjitians through the 
 pillar of fire and of cloud, and dis- 
 comfited the host of the Egyptians. 
 
 25 Aiid he "took off their chariot wheels, 
 ■^ that they di'ave them lieavily : so that 
 the Egyiitians said, Let us flee from the 
 face of Israel; for the Lord fighteth 
 for them against the Egyptians. 
 
 26 And the Lord said unto Moses, 
 Stretch out thme hand over the sea, 
 that the waters may come again upon 
 the Egyjitians, upon their chariots, 
 
 27 and upon theii- horsemen. And Moses 
 stretched forth his hand over the sea, 
 and the sea returned to its ^ strength 
 when the morning ajipeared ; and the 
 Egyptians fled against it; and the
 
 15. 26. 
 
 EXODUS. 
 
 53 
 
 iHeb. 
 
 shook off. 
 
 !Heb. 
 hand. 
 
 ' Or, 11 
 highly 
 
 czaltfU 
 
 iHeb. 
 Jah. 
 
 Lord i overthrew the Egyptians iu the 
 
 28 midst of the sea. And the waters re- 
 turned, and covered the cliariots, and 
 the horsemen, even all the host of 
 Pharaoh that went in after them into 
 the sea; there remained not so much 
 
 29 as one of them. But the children of 
 Israel walked upon dry land in the 
 midst of the sea ; and tlie waters 
 were a wall unto them on their right 
 
 30 hand, and on their left. Thus the 
 Lord saved Israel that day out of the 
 hand of the Egyptians; and Israel 
 saw the Egyptians dead upon the sea 
 
 31 shore. And Israel saw the great 2 work 
 which the Lord did upon the Egypt- 
 ians, and the people feared the Lord : 
 and they heUeved in the Lord, and in 
 his servant Moses. 
 
 15 Then sang Moses and the children 
 of Israel this song mito the Lord, and 
 spake, saymg, 
 I will sing unto the Lord, for he 
 
 ■^ hath triumx)hed gloriously : 
 The horse and his rider hath he 
 thi'own into the sea. 
 
 2 * The Lord is my strength and song, 
 And he is become my salvation : 
 This is my God, and I will praise 
 
 him; 
 My father's God, and I will exalt him. 
 
 3 The Lord is a man of war : 
 The Lord is his name. 
 
 4 Pharaoh's chariots and his host hath 
 
 he cast into the sea : 
 And his chosen captains are sunk in 
 the Eed Sea. 
 
 5 The deeiDS cover them : 
 
 They went down into the depths like 
 a stone. 
 
 6 Thy right hand, O Lord, is glorious 
 
 in power, 
 Thy right hand, O Lord, dasheth iu 
 pieces the enemj'. 
 
 7 And iu the greatness of thine excel- 
 
 lency thou overtlu'owest them that 
 rise up against thee : 
 Thou seudest forth thy wrath, it 
 consumeth them as stubble. 
 
 8 And with the blast of thy nostrils 
 
 the waters were piled vqy, 
 The floods stood upright as an heap ; 
 The deeps were congealed iu the 
 
 heart of the sea. 
 The enemy said, 
 
 I will pursue, I will overtake, I will 
 
 divide the spoil : 
 My lust shall be satisfied upon them ; 
 I will draw my sword, my hand shall 
 
 destroy them. 
 
 10 Thou didst blow with thy wind, the 
 
 sea covered them : 
 They sank as lead iu the mighty 
 waters. 
 
 11 Who is like mito thee, Lord, 
 
 among the gods ? 
 "Who is like thee, glorious in holi- 
 ness. 
 
 Fearful in praises, doing wonders ? 
 
 12 Thou stretchedst out thy right hand. 
 The earth swallowed them. 
 
 13 Thou in thy meicy hast led the 
 
 people which thou hast redeemed : 
 
 Thou hast guided them iu thy 
 strength to thy lioly habitation. 
 11 The peoples have heard, they 
 tremble ; 
 
 Pangs have taken hold on the in- 
 habitants of Philistia. 
 15 Then were the dukes of Edom 
 amazed ; 
 
 The 5 mighty men of Moab, trem- 
 bling taketh hold upon them : 
 
 All the inhabitants of Canaan are 
 melted away. 
 1(5 Terror and dread faUeth upon 
 them ; 
 
 By the greatness of thine arm they 
 are as still as a stone ; 
 
 Till thy people pass over, O Lord, 
 
 TiU the people pass over which thou 
 hast 1^ purchased. 
 
 17 Thou shalt bring them in, and jjlant 
 
 them in the mountain of thme in- 
 heritance, 
 
 The place, Lord, which thou hast 
 made for thee to dwell in. 
 
 The sanctuary, O Lord, which thy 
 hands have established. 
 
 18 The Lord shall reign for ever and 
 
 ever. 
 
 19 For the horses of Pharaoh went in 
 with his chariots and with his horse- 
 men into the sea, and the Lord brought 
 again the waters of the sea upon them ; 
 but the children of Israel walked on 
 
 20 dry laud iu the midst of the sea. And 
 Mu'iam the prophetess, the sister of 
 Aaron, took a timbrel in her hand ; 
 and all the women went out after her 
 
 21 with timbrels and with dances. And 
 Miriam answered them, 
 
 Sing ye to the Lord, for he ^hath 
 
 triumphed gloriously ; 
 The horse and his rider hath he 
 
 thi'owu into the sea. 
 
 22 And Moses led Israel onward from 
 the Eed Sea, and they went out into 
 the wilderness of Shur ; and they went 
 thi-ee days iu the wilderness, and found 
 
 23 no water. And when they came to 
 Marah, they could not di-iuk of the 
 waters of Marah, for they were bitter: 
 therefore the name of it was called 
 
 24 'Marah. And the people murmured 
 against Moses, saying, What shall we 
 
 25 drink '! And he cried unto the Lord ; 
 and the Lord shewed him a tree, and 
 he cast it into the waters, and the 
 waters were made sweet. There he 
 made for them a statute and an ordin- 
 
 26 auce, and there he proved them ; and 
 he said. If thou wilt diligently hearken 
 to the voice of the Lord thy God, 
 and wilt do that which is right in his 
 eyes, and wilt give ear to his corn- 
 
 's Heb. 
 
 ramn. 
 
 8 Heb. 
 
 gotten. 
 
 7 That is, 
 Bitter- 
 ness.
 
 54 
 
 EXODUS. 
 
 15. 26. 
 
 iHeb. 
 Betfi een 
 the two 
 eve II- 
 inijs. 
 
 mantlments, and keep all Ms statutes, I 
 will put none of the diseases upon thee, 
 which I have put upon the Egyptians : 
 for I am the Lokd that healeth thee. 
 
 27 And they came to Elim, where were 
 twelve spruigs of water, and three- 
 score and ten pahn trees: and they 
 
 16 encamped there by the waters. Ajid 
 they took their journey from Ehm, 
 and all the congi-egation of the child- 
 ren of Israel came unto the wilder- 
 ness of Sin, which is betvifeen Eliin 
 and Sinai, on the fifteenth day of the 
 second month after their departing out 
 2 of the land of Egj'pt. And the whole 
 congi-egation of the chiklren of Israel 
 murmured against Moses and agamst 
 'i Aaron in the wilderness : and the child- 
 ren of Israel said unto them, "Would 
 that we had died by the hand of tlie 
 Loud m. the land of Egji^t, when we 
 sat by the flesh iiots, when we did eat 
 bread to the fidl ; for ye have brought 
 us forth into this wilderness, to kill 
 tliis whole asseml'ly with hiuiger. 
 •IThen said the Lord unto Moses, I3e- 
 hold, I will raui bread from heaven 
 for yoii; and the people sliaU go out 
 and gather a day's portion every day, 
 that I maj- prove them, whether tliey 
 
 5 will walk in my law, or no. And it 
 shall come to pass on the sixth day, 
 that they shall prepare that which 
 they Ijring in, and it shall be twice 
 
 6 as much as they gather daDy. And 
 Moses and Aaron said mito aU the 
 children of Israel, At even, then ye 
 shall know that tlie Loud hath brought 
 
 7 you out from the land of Eg^^pt: and 
 in the morning, then ye shall see 
 the glory of the Lord; for that he 
 heareth your murmui-ings agauist the 
 LoEU : and what are we, that ye mm-- 
 
 8 mur against us ? And Moses said, Th is 
 shall he, when the Loud shall give you 
 in the evenuig Hesh to eat, and in 
 the morning bread to the full; for 
 that the Lord heareth your mm-m.m-- 
 ings which ye mminur against him: 
 and what are we ? your miu-mm-uigs are 
 not against us, but against the Lord. 
 
 And Moses said unto Aaron, Say unto 
 all the congi-egation of the children of 
 Israel, Come near before the Lord: 
 for he hath heard your mmium-uigs. 
 lO^Vnd it came to pass, as Aaron spake 
 unto the whole congregation of the 
 children of Israel, that they looked 
 toward the wilderness, and, behold, 
 the glory of the Lord appeared ui the 
 
 11 cloud. And the Lord spake unto Moses, 
 
 12 saying, I have heard the mm-nmrJigs 
 of the children of Israel: speak unto 
 them, saying, i At even ye shall eat flesh, 
 and in the morning ye shall be filled 
 with bread ; and ye shall know that I 
 
 13 am the Lord your God. And it came 
 to pass at even, that the quails came 
 up, and covered the camj) : and in the 
 
 morning the dew lay roimd about the 
 11 camp. And when the dew that lay was 
 gone up, behold, upon the face of 
 the wilderness a small ^roimd thing, 
 small as the hoar frost on the ground. 
 
 15 And when the cliildreu of Israel saw 
 it, they said one to another, ^What 
 is it? for they wist not what it was. 
 And Moses said mito them, It is the 
 bread which the Lord hath given you 
 
 16 to eat. This is the thing which the 
 Lord hath commanded. Gather ye of it 
 every man according to his eating ; an 
 omer a head, according to the nmnber 
 of your persons, shall ye take it, every 
 man for them which are in his tent. 
 
 17 And the chikh'en of Israel did so, and 
 
 18 gathered some more, some less. Aiul 
 when thej' did mete it with an omer, lie 
 that gathered much had nothuig over, 
 and he that gathered little had no lack ; 
 they gathered every man according 
 
 19 to his eatuig. And Moses said vuito 
 them. Let no man leave of it till the 
 
 20 mornuig. Notwithstandmg thej' heark- 
 ened not unto Moses ; but some of 
 them left of it mitil the morning, and 
 it bred worms, and stank : and Moses 
 
 21 was wroth with them. And they gath- 
 ered it morning by morning, every 
 man according to his eatuig : and when 
 
 22 the smi waxed hot, it melted. And it 
 came to pass, that on the sixth day 
 they gathered twice as much bread, 
 two omers for each one: and all the 
 rulers of the congi-egation came and 
 
 23 told Moses. And he said unto them, 
 This is that which the Lord hath 
 spoken, To-morrow is a solemn rest, 
 a holy sabbath imto the Lord: bake 
 that which ye will bake, and seethe 
 that Avhicli ye wiU seethe ; and all that 
 remaiueth over lay up for you to be 
 
 24 kept mitil the mornuig. And they laid 
 it up till the morning, as Moses bade: 
 and it did not stink, neither was there 
 
 25 any worm therein. And Moses said, 
 Eat that to-day; for to-day is a sab- 
 bath luito the Lord: to-day ye shall 
 
 2(3 not find it in tlie field. Six days ye 
 shall gather it ; l)ut on the seventli day 
 is the sabbath, in it there shaU be none. 
 
 27 And it came to pass on the seventli 
 day, that there went out some of the 
 people for to gather, and they found 
 
 28 none. And the Lord said unto Moses, 
 IIow long refuse ye to keep mj' com- 
 
 20mandineiits and my laws? See, for 
 that the Lord hath given you the 
 sabbath, therefore he givetli you on 
 the sixth day the bread of two days ; 
 abide ye every man ui his place, let 
 no man go out of his place on the 
 
 30 seventh day. So the people rested 
 
 31 on the seventh day. And the house of 
 Israel called the name thereof ■* Manna : 
 and it was like coriander seed, white; 
 and the taste of it was like wafers 
 
 32 made with honev. And Moses said. 
 
 2 Or. 
 
 Jlukj 
 
 3 Or. n 
 
 it >/tan- 
 
 na 
 
 Heh. 
 
 Jltin hu. 
 
 Mail.
 
 18. U. 
 
 EXODUS. 
 
 55 
 
 I Or, 
 itaijea 
 
 2 That Is, 
 Tempt- 
 ing, or, 
 Proving, 
 
 3 That is. 
 Chiding, 
 or. 
 Strife. 
 
 This is the thing which the Lord hath 
 comniaiicled, Let an omcrful of it be 
 kept for your generations; tliat they 
 may see the bread wherewitli I fed 
 you in the wilderness, when I brought 
 you forth from the land of Egypt. 
 
 33 And Moses said unto Aaron, Take 
 a pot, and put an onierful of manna 
 therein, and lay it up before the Lord, 
 
 34 to be kept for your generations. As 
 the Lord coninianded Moses, so Aaron 
 laid it \\\y before the Testimony, to bo i 
 
 35 kept. And the children of Israel did 
 eat the mainia forty years, until they 
 came to a land inhabited ; they did eat 
 the manna, until they came unto the 
 
 36 borders of the lar.d of Canaan. Now an 
 omer is the tenth part of an ephah. 
 
 17 And all the congregation of the 
 children of Israel journeyed from the 
 wilderness of Sin, by their ^ journeys, 
 according to the coinmaiubnent of the 
 Lord, and pitched in Eephidim : and 
 there v.'as no water for the people to 
 
 2 drink. Wherefore the peojile strove 
 with Moses, and said. Give us water 
 that we may driiik. And Moses said 
 luito them. Why strive ye with me? 
 
 3 wherefore do ye temjit the Lord ? And 
 the people thirsted there for water; 
 and the people murmiu'ed against 
 Moses, and said. Wherefore liast thou 
 brought us up out of Egypt, to kiU us 
 and our cliilfb-en and our cattle with 
 
 4 thirst V And Moses cried mito the 
 Lord, saying. What shall I do mito 
 this people? they be abnost ready to 
 
 5 stone me. And the Lord said unto 
 Moses, Pass on before the people, and 
 take with thee of the elders of Israel : 
 and thy rod, where^vith thou smotest 
 the river, take in tlime liand, and go. 
 
 6 Behold, I will stand before thee there 
 vqion the rock in Horeb ; and thou shalt 
 smite the rock, and there shall come 
 water out of it, that the people may 
 drmk. And Moses did so in the sight 
 
 7 of the elders of Israel. And he called 
 the name of the place ^Massali, and 
 •^Meribah, because of the striving of 
 the children of Israel, and because 
 they tempted the Lord, saying, Is the 
 Lord among us, or not ? 
 
 8 Then came Amalek, and fought with 
 
 9 Israel in Eephidim. And Moses said 
 unto Joshua, Choose us out men, and 
 go out, fight witli Amalek : to-morrow 
 I will stand on the top of the hill with 
 
 10 the rod of God in mine hand. So 
 Joshua did as Moses had said to him, 
 and fought with Amalek: and Moses. 
 Aaron, and Hur went up to the top of 
 
 11 the hill. And it came to i)ass, when 
 Moses held up his hand, that Israel 
 prevailed : and when he let down his 
 
 12 hand, Amalek prevailed. But Moses' 
 hands were heavy ; and they took a 
 stone, and put it under him, and he 
 sat thereon: and Aaron and Hm- 
 
 stayed up his hands, the one on the 
 ono side, and the other on the other 
 side; and his hands were steady until 
 
 13 the going down of the sun. And 
 Joshua •* discomfited Amalek and his 
 l)eoi)le with the edge of the sword. 
 
 14 And tlio Lord said unto Moses, Write 
 this for a memorial in a book, and re- 
 hearse it in the ears of Jo.shua : •' that I 
 will utterly blot out tlie remembrance 
 
 15 of Amalek from under heaven. And 
 Moses built an altar, and caUed the 
 
 IGnaiue of it i* Jehovah-nissi : and he 
 said, ''The Lord hath sworn: the 
 Lord will have war with Amalek from 
 generation to generation. 
 
 18 Now Jethro, the priest of Midian, 
 Moses' father in law, heard of all that 
 God had done for Moses, and for Israel 
 his people, how that the Lord had 
 
 2 brought Israel out of Egjpt. And 
 Jethro, Moses' father in law, took Zip- 
 porah, Moses' wife, after he had sent 
 
 3 her away, and her two sons ; of which 
 the name of the one was Gershom ; for 
 he said, I have been **a sojourner in 
 
 4a strange land: and the name of the 
 other was ''Eliezer; for he mid. The 
 God of my father was mj' help, and de- 
 livered me from the sword of Pharaoh : 
 
 5 and Jethro, Moses' father in law, came 
 with his sons and his wife unto Moses 
 into the wilderness where he was en- 
 
 6 camped, at the mount of God: and 
 he said unto Moses, I thy father in 
 law Jethro am come unto thee, and 
 thy wife, and her two sons with her. 
 
 7 And Moses went out to meet his father 
 in law, and did obeisance, and kissed 
 him; and they asked each other of 
 their welfare ; and they came into the 
 
 8 tent. And Moses told his father in law 
 all that the Lord had done unto Pha- 
 raoh and to the Egj'j^tians for Israel's 
 sake, all the travail that had come 
 upon them by the way, and how the 
 
 9 Lord delivered them. And Jethro re- 
 joiced for all the goodness which the 
 Lord had done to Israel, ui that he had 
 delivered them out of the hand of the 
 
 10 Egji)tians. And Jethro said, Blessed 
 be the Lord, who hath delivered you 
 out of the hand of the Egj-jitians, and 
 out of the hand of Pharaoh ; who 
 hath delivered the people from under 
 
 lithe hand of the Egyi)tians. Now I 
 know that the Lord is greater than 
 all gods: yea, in the tiling whereui 
 
 12 they dealt proudly against them. And 
 Jethro, Moses' father in law, took a 
 bm'nt olfermg and sacrifices for God : 
 and Aaron came, and all the elders of 
 Israel, to eat bread with Moses' father 
 
 13 in law before God. And it came to 
 pass on the morrow, that Moses sat to 
 judge the people : and the people stood 
 about Moses from the morning unto 
 
 14 the evening. And when Moses' father 
 
 i Hcb. 
 pros- 
 trated. 
 
 lOi-./or 
 
 6 That Is, 
 Tim Loiai I 
 is m,u I 
 banner. 
 
 7 Or, 
 Because 
 there is 
 a hand 
 ttguinst 
 the 
 
 th rona 
 of the 
 
 L'RU 
 
 Heb. A 
 hand is 
 lifted up 
 ulfni the 
 throne of 
 Jah. 
 
 8 Heb. 
 Ger. See 
 ch. ii. 22. 
 
 9 Heb. 
 El. God. 
 and ezer, 
 help.
 
 56 
 
 EXODUS. 
 
 18. 14. 
 
 iu law saw all that he did to the 
 people, he said, What is this thing that 
 thou doest to the people ? why sittest 
 thou thyself alone, and all the people 
 stand about thee from morning unto 
 
 15 even ? And Moses said unto his father 
 in law, Because the peoiile come unto 
 
 16 me to iuquu-e of God : when they have a 
 matter, they come unto me ; and I judge 
 between a man and his neighbour, 
 and I make them know the statutes 
 
 17 of God, and his laws. And Moses' 
 father in law said unto him. The thing 
 
 18 that thou doest is not good. Thou 
 Avilt surely wear away, both thou, and 
 this people that is with thee: for the 
 thing is too heavy for thee ; thou art 
 not able to perform it thyself alone. 
 
 19 Hearken now unto my voice, I will 
 give thee comisel, and God be with 
 thee: be thou for the people to God- 
 ward, and bring thou the causes unto 
 
 20 God: and thou shalt teach them the 
 statutes and the laws, and shalt shew 
 them the way wherein they must 
 walk, and the work that they must do. 
 
 21 Moreover thou shalt provide out of all 
 the people able men, such as fear God, 
 men of truth, hating imjust gain ; and 
 place such over them, to be rulers of 
 thousands, rulers of hundi'eds, rulers 
 
 22 of fifties, and rulers of tens: and let 
 them judge the people at all seasons : 
 and it shall be, that every great 
 matter they shall bruag unto thee, but 
 every small matter they shall judge 
 themselves: so shall it be easier for 
 thyself, and they shall bear the. burden 
 
 23 with thee. If thou shalt do this thing, 
 and God command thee so, then thou 
 shalt be able to endure, and all this 
 peojde also shall go to theii' place in 
 
 24 peace. So Moses hearkened to the 
 voice of his father in law, and did aU 
 
 25 that he had said. And Moses chose 
 able men out of all Israel, and made 
 them heads over the people, rulers of 
 thousands, rulers of hundreds, rulers 
 
 26 of fifties, and rulers of tens. And they 
 judged the people at all seasons : the 
 hard causes they brought unto Moses, 
 but every small matter they judged 
 
 27 themselves. And Moses let his father 
 in law depart; and he went his way 
 into his o^vu land. 
 
 19 In the thu-d month after the children 
 of Israel were gone forth out of the 
 land of Egypt, the same day came 
 
 2 they into the wilderness of Suiai. And 
 when they were departed from Eephi- 
 dim, and were come to the wilderness 
 of Sinai, they pitched in the wilder- 
 ness ; and there Israel camjied befoi'e 
 
 3 the mount. And Moses went up unto 
 God, and the Lord called mito him out 
 of the mountain, saymg. Thus shalt 
 thou say to the house of Jacob, and 
 
 4teU the children of Israel; Ye have 
 seen what I did unto the Egyptians, 
 
 and how I bare you on eagles' wings. 
 Sand brought you mito myself. Now 
 therefore, if j'e wiU obey my voice 
 indeed, and keep my covenant, then 
 ye shall be a pecuhar treasure unto 
 me 1 from among aU peoples : for aU the 
 6 earth is mine: and ye shall be unto 
 me a kingdom of priests, and an holy 
 nation. These are the words which 
 thou shalt speak unto the children of 
 
 7 Israel. And Moses came and called for 
 the elders of the people, and set before 
 them all these words which the Lord 
 
 8 commanded him. And all the people 
 answered together, and said. All that 
 the Lord hath spoken we will do. And 
 Moses reported the words of the people 
 
 9 unto the Lord. And the Lord said 
 unto Moses, Lo, I come unto thee in a 
 thick cloud, that the peojile may hear 
 when I speak with thee, and may also 
 beUeve thee for ever. And Moses told 
 the words of the people unto the Lord. 
 
 10 And the Lord said unto Moses, Go unto 
 the people, and sanctify them to-day 
 and to-morrow, and let them wash 
 
 11 their garments, and be ready against 
 the third day: for the third day the 
 Lord will come dovvii in the sight of 
 
 12 aU the ijeople upon mount Smai. And 
 thou shalt set bounds unto the people 
 round about, saying, Take heed to 
 yom'selves, that ye go not up into 
 the mount, or touch the border of it: 
 whosoever toucheth the mount shall 
 
 13 be siu'ely put to death: no hand shall 
 touch '2 him, but he shall siurely be 
 stoned, or shot thi-ough ; whether it be 
 beast or man, it shall not live: when 
 the 3 trumpet soundeth long, they shall 
 
 14 come up to the mount. And Moses 
 went down from the momit unto the 
 jjeople, and sanctified the people ; and 
 
 15 they washed then- garments. And 
 he said unto the people, Be ready a- 
 gainst the third day : come not near a 
 
 16 woman. And it came to pass on the 
 third day, when it was morning, that 
 there were thunders and lightnings, 
 and a thick cloud upon the mount, and 
 the voice of a trmnpet exceeding loud ; 
 and aU the people that were in the 
 
 17 camp trembled. And Moses brought 
 forth the people out of the camp to 
 meet God ; and they stood at the nether 
 
 18 part of the momit. And mount Sinai 
 was altogether on smoke, because the 
 Lord descended upon it in fire: and 
 the smoke thereof ascended as the 
 smoke of a fm-nace, and the whole 
 
 19 ■'mount quaked gi'eatly. And when 
 the voice of the trumpet waxed louder 
 and louder, Moses spake, and God 
 
 20 answered him by a voice. And the 
 Lord came down upon mount Sinai, 
 to the top of the mount : and the Lord 
 called Moses to the top of the mount ; 
 
 21 and Moses went uj). And the Lord 
 said unto Moses, Go down, charge the
 
 21. 11. 
 
 EXODUS. 
 
 57 
 
 people, lest they break throu;.';h unto 
 tile Louu to tjaze, and many of tlieiu 
 
 •22 perish. Aiiil let the priests also, which 
 come near to the Lord, sanctil'y them- 
 selves, lest the Loud hnnli forth upon 
 
 '23 them. And Hoses said unto the Loud, 
 The people cannot come up to mount 
 Sinai: for thou didst charge us, say- 
 ing, Set bound.s about the mount, and 
 
 '24 sanctify it. And the Lokd said unto 
 him. Go, get thee down; and thou 
 shalt come up, thou, and Aaron with 
 thee: but let not the priests and the 
 l^eoplo break through to come up unto 
 the^Lora), lest he break fortli upon 
 
 '25 them. So Moses went down unto the 
 people, and told them. 
 
 20 And God spake all these ^^■ords, 
 
 sayuig, 
 
 '2 I am the Lokd thy God, which 
 
 brought thee out of tlie land of Egj'pt, 
 
 out of the house of i bondage. 
 
 3 Thou shalt have none other gods 
 
 '•'befoi'e me. 
 •1 Thou shalt not make unto thee a 
 graven image, nor the li7.-f:ne^.< of any 
 fonii that is in heaven above, or that is 
 in the earth beneath, or that is in the 
 .5 water under the earth : thou shalt not 
 bow down thyself unto them, nor serve 
 them: for I the Lord thy God am a 
 jealous God, visiting the iniquity of 
 the fathers uijon the children, upon 
 the third and upon the fourth geuer- 
 
 6 ation of them that hate mo ; and 
 sheA'.'ing mercy unto '^ thousands, of 
 them that love me and keep my com- 
 mandments. 
 
 7 Thou shalt not take the name of the 
 Lord thy God ^iu vain; for the Lord 
 wiU not hold him guiltless that taketh 
 his name •'in vain. 
 
 8 Eemember the sabbath day, to keep 
 
 9 it holy. Six days shalt thou labour, 
 10 and do all thj^ work : but the seventh 
 
 day is a sabbath milo the Lord thy 
 God: in it thou shalt not do any work, 
 thou, nor thy son, nor thy daughter, 
 thy manservant, nor thy maidservant, 
 nor thy cattle, nor thy stranger that 
 His within thy gates: for in six days 
 the Lord made heaven and earth, the 
 sea, and all that in them is, and 
 rested the seventh day : \vherefore the 
 Lord blessed the sabbath day, and 
 hallowed it. 
 
 12 Honom- thy father and tliy mother: 
 that thy days may be long upon the land 
 which "the Lord thy God giveth thee. 
 
 13 Thou shalt do no mm-der. 
 
 14 Thou shalt not commit adultery. 
 
 15 Thou shalt not steal. 
 
 16 Thou shalt not bear false witness 
 against thy neighbom-. 
 
 17 Thou shalt not covet thy neighboui-'s 
 house, thou shalt not covet thy neigh- 
 bour's wife, nor his manservant, nor 
 his maidservant, nor his ox, nor his ass, 
 nor any thing that is thy neighbour's. 
 
 18 And all the people saw the thun- 
 derings, and the lightnings, and the 
 voice of the trumpet, and the mountain 
 smoking : and when the people saw it, 
 they •'tremliled, and stood afar off. 
 
 19 And tliey said unto Moses, Speak thou 
 with us, and v/e will hear : but let not 
 
 •20 God speak with us, lest we die. And 
 Moses said unto the people. Fear not : 
 for (iod is come to prove you, and 
 that his fear may be before you, that 
 
 21 ye sin riot. And the people stood afar 
 off, and Moses drew near unto the thick 
 darkness where God was. 
 
 '2'2 And the Lord said unto Moses, Thus 
 thou shalt say unto the children of 
 Israel, Ye youi'sclves have seen that 
 I have talked with you from heaven. 
 
 '23 Yc shall not make other gods with 
 me ; gods of silver, or gods of gold, 
 
 •24 ye shall not make unto you. An altar 
 of earth thou shalt make unto me, 
 and shalt sacrifice thereon thj' bm'nt 
 offerings, and thy peace offerings, thy 
 sheep, and thine oxen: in everyplace 
 where I "J record my name I will couie 
 
 25 mito thee and I will bless thee. And 
 if thou make me an altar of stone, 
 thou shalt not build it of hewn stones: 
 for if thou lift up thy tool upon it, 
 
 20 thou hast polluted it. Neither shalt 
 thou go up by steps mito mine altar, 
 that thy nakedness be not discovered 
 thereon. 
 
 21 Nov/ these are the judgements which 
 thou shalt set before them. 
 
 '2 If thou buy an Hebrew 'servant, six 
 years he shall serve : and in the seventh 
 
 3 he shaU go out free for nothing. If he 
 come in by himself, he shaU go out 
 by himseU' : if he be married, then 
 
 4 his wife shall go out with him. If his 
 master give him a wife, and she bear 
 him sons or daughters; the v/iie and 
 her children shaU be her master's, 
 
 5 and he shall go out by himself. But 
 if the servant shall plainly saj', I love 
 mj' master, my wife, and my cliildren ; 
 
 () I v.'ill not go out free : then his master 
 shall bring him unto «God, and shall 
 bring him to the door, or unto the 
 door post ; and his master shall bore 
 his ear through with an awl ; and he 
 shall serve him for ever. 
 
 7 And if a man sell his daughter to 
 be a ''maidservant, she shall not go 
 
 8 out as the menservants do. If she 
 please not her master, i^who hath 
 espoused her to hunself, then shall he 
 let her be redeemed: to sell her unto 
 a strange people he shall have no 
 power, seeing he hath dealt deceit- 
 
 9 fully with her. And if he espouse 
 her unto his son, he shall deal with 
 her after the manner of daughters. 
 
 10 If he take him another wife ; her 
 11 food, her raiment, and her duty of 
 
 11 marriage, shall he not diminish. And 
 if he do not these three unto her, then 
 
 5 Or, 
 were 
 movvd 
 
 i^Or, 
 
 cam*: 
 
 my 
 
 name 
 
 to be 
 
 rciy^eni' 
 
 bered 
 
 lOr, 
 bond- 
 man 
 
 8 Or, the 
 
 Jiul'jed 
 
 "Or. 
 
 bond- 
 
 ivunuin 
 
 10 An- 
 other 
 reading 
 is. so 
 that he 
 hath not 
 espoused 
 her. 
 
 " Heb. 
 Jtesh.
 
 58 
 
 EXODUS. 
 
 21. 11. 
 
 'Or, 
 revileth 
 
 2Heb. 
 
 his 
 
 sitting 
 
 or 
 
 ceasing. 
 
 3 Or, 
 
 his bond- 
 man, or 
 his bond- 
 woman 
 
 shall she go out for nothing, without 
 money. 
 
 12 He that smiteth a man, so that he 
 
 13 die, shall surely be i)ut to death. And 
 if a man he not in wait, but God 
 deliver him into his hand ; then I will 
 appomt thee a place whither he shall 
 
 1-4 flee. And if a man come iiresumptu- 
 ously upon his neighbour, to slay him 
 with guile ; thou shalt take him from 
 mine altar, that he may die. 
 
 15 And he that smiteth his father, or his 
 mother, shall be siu-ely put to death. 
 
 16 And he that stealeth a man, and 
 seUeth him, or if he be found in 
 his hand, he shall surely be put to 
 death. 
 
 17 And he that icurseth his father, or 
 his mother, shall surely be put to death. 
 
 18 And if men contend, and one smiteth 
 the other with a stone, or with his fist, 
 
 19 and he die not, but keep his bed : if he 
 rise again, and walk abroad upon his 
 staff, then shall he that smote him be 
 quit: only he shall joay for '-the loss 
 of his time, and shall cause liim to be 
 thoroughly healed. 
 
 20 And if a man smite ^his servant, or 
 his maid, with a rod, and he die imder 
 his hand ; he shaU sm-ely be iJimished. 
 
 21 Notwithstanding, if he contiuue a day 
 or two, he shall not be punished : for 
 he is his money. 
 
 22 And if men strive together, and hurt 
 a woman with chUd, so that her fruit 
 depart, and yet no mischief follow : he 
 shall be surely fined, according as the 
 woman's husband shall lay upon him ; 
 and he shall pay as the judges deter- 
 
 23 mine. But if any mischief follow, then 
 
 24 thou shalt give life for life, e5'e for eye, 
 tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot 
 
 25 for foot, burning for burning, wound 
 for wound, stripe for stripe. 
 
 26 And if a man smite the eye of his 
 servant, or the eye of his maid, and 
 destroy it ; he shall let him go free for 
 
 27 his eye's sake. And if he smite out his 
 manservant's tooth, or his maidserv- 
 ant's tooth ; he shall let him go free 
 for his tooth's sake. 
 
 28 And if an ox gore a man or a woman, 
 that they die, the ox shall be surely 
 stoned, and his flesh shall not be 
 eaten; but the o^^^ler of the ox shall 
 
 29 be quit. But if the ox were wont to 
 gore in time i^ast, and it hath been 
 testified to his owner, and he hath not 
 kept him in, but that he hath killed 
 a man or a woman; the ox shall be 
 stoned, and his owner also shall be put 
 
 30 to death. If there be laid on him a 
 ransom, then he shall give for the re- 
 demption of his life whatsoever is laid 
 
 31 upon him. Whether he have gored 
 a son, or have gored a daughter, ac- 
 cording to this judgement shall it be 
 
 32 done unto him. If the ox gore a man- 
 servant or a maidsei-vant ; he shall 
 
 give unto their master thu-ty shekels 
 of silver, and the ox shall be stoned. 
 
 33 And if a man shall open a pit, or if 
 a man shall dig a pit and not cover 
 it, and an ox or an ass fall therein, 
 
 34 the owner of the pit shall make it 
 good; he shall give money unto the 
 owner of them, and the dead heast 
 shall be his. 
 
 35 And if one man's ox hurt another's, 
 that he die; then they shall sell the 
 live ox, and divide the price of it ; and 
 
 86 the dead also they shall divide. Or if 
 it be known that the ox was wont to 
 gore in time past, and his o^vner hath 
 not kept him in ; he shall surely pay 
 ox for ox, and the dead heast shall be 
 his own. 
 
 22 If a man shall steal an ox, or a 
 sheep, and kill it, or sell it ; he shall 
 pay five oxen for an ox, and four 
 
 2 sheep for a sheep. If the thief be 
 found breaking in, and be smitten that 
 he die, there shall be no ^ bloodguilti- 
 
 3 ness for him. If the sun be risen upon 
 him, there shall be bloodguiltiness for 
 htm : he should make restitution ; if he 
 have nothing, then he shall be sold for 
 
 4 his theft. If the theft be found in his 
 hand alive, whether it be ox, or ass, or 
 sheep ; he shall pay double. 
 
 5 If a man shall cause a field or vme- 
 yard to be eaten, and shall let his 
 beast loose, and it feed in another 
 man's field; of the best of his own 
 field, and of the best of his own vine- 
 yard, shall he make restitution. 
 
 6 If fire break out, and catch in thorns, 
 so that the shocks of corn, or the 
 standing corn, or the field, be con- 
 sumed; he that kindled the fire shall 
 surely make restitution. 
 
 7 If a man shall deliver unto his 
 neighbour money or stuff to keep, and 
 it 1)6 stolen out of the man's house; 
 if the thief be found, he shall pay 
 
 8 double. If the thief be not found, 
 then the master of the house shall 
 come near unto ^God, to see whether 
 he have not put his hand unto his 
 
 9 neighbour's goods. For every matter 
 of tresi^ass, whether it be for ox, for 
 ass, for sheeii, for raiment, or for any 
 manner of lost thmg, whereof one 
 saith. This is it, the cause of both 
 parties shall come before ^God; he 
 whom ''God shall condemn shall pay 
 double unto his neighbour. 
 
 10 If a man deliver mito his neighbom- 
 an ass, or an ox, or a sheep, or any 
 beast, to keep ; and it die, or be hurt, 
 
 11 or driven away, no man seeing it: the 
 oath of the Lord shall be between 
 them both, whether he hath not put 
 his hand unto his neighbour's goods; 
 and the owner thereof shall accept 
 it, and he shall not make restitution. 
 
 12 But if it be stolen from him, he shall 
 make restitution unto the owner there-
 
 23. 23. 
 
 EXODUS. 
 
 59 
 
 6 Or, 
 bear 
 witness 
 
 13 of. If it be torn in pieces, let him 
 bring it for witness ; lie shall not make 
 gooii that which was torn. 
 
 14 And if a man i borrow aught of his 
 neighbour, and it bo hurt, or die, tlie 
 owner thereof not being with it, he 
 
 15 shall surely make restitution. If the 
 owner thereof be with it, he shall not 
 make it good : if it be an hired thuig, 
 2 it came for its hire. 
 
 16 And if a man entice a virgin that is 
 not betrothed, and lie with her, he shall 
 surely pay a dowi-y for her to be his 
 
 17 wife. If her father utterly refuse to 
 give her unto him, he shall pay money 
 according to the dowry of virgins. 
 
 18 Tliou shalt not sutfer a sorceress to 
 live. 
 
 19 Whosoever lieth with a beast shall 
 surely be put to death. 
 
 20 He that sacrificeth unto any god, 
 save unto the Lokd only, shall be 
 
 21 ''utterly destroyed. And a stranger 
 shalt thou not wrong, neither shalt 
 thou oppress him : for ye were strang- 
 
 22ers in the land of Egypt. Ye shall 
 not afflict any widow, or fatherless 
 
 23 child. If thou afflict them in any wise, 
 and they cry at all unto me, I will 
 
 24 surely hear their cry; and my wrath 
 shaU wax hot, and I will kill j-ou with 
 the sword; and your wives shall be 
 widows, and your children fatherless. 
 
 25 If thou lend money to any of my 
 people with thee that is poor, thou 
 shalt not be to him as a creditor ; uei- 
 
 26 ther shall ye lay upon him usmy. If 
 thou at all take thy neighbour's gar- 
 ment to pledge, thou shalt restore it 
 unto him by that the sun goeth down : 
 
 27 for that is his only covering, it is his 
 garment for his skin : wherein shall he 
 sleep ? and it shall come to pass, when 
 he crieth unto me, that I will hear; 
 for I am giacious. 
 
 28 Thou shalt not revile ^God, nor 
 
 29 curse a ruler of thy people. Thou 
 shalt not delay to offer of ^ the abund- 
 ance of thy fruits, and of thy liquors. 
 The firstborn of thy sous shalt thou 
 
 30 give unto me. Likewise shalt thou do 
 with thine oxen, and with thy sheep : 
 seven days it shall be v/ith its dam; 
 on the eighth day thou shalt give it 
 
 31 me. And ye shall be holy men unto 
 me : therefore j'e shall not eat any 
 flesh that is torn of beasts m the field ; 
 ye shall cast it to the dogs. 
 
 23 Thou shalt not take up a false re- 
 port: put not thine hand with the 
 wicked to be an unrighteous witness. 
 
 2 Thou shalt not follow a multitude to 
 do evil ; neither shalt thou ^ speak in a 
 cause to tmm aside after a multitude 
 
 'S to wve&t judgement: neither shalt thou 
 favour a poor man iu his cause. 
 
 4 If thou meet thine enemy's ox or 
 his ass going astray, thou shalt surely 
 
 5 bring it back to him again. If thou 
 
 see the ass of him that hateth thee 
 lying under his burden, 'and wonki- 
 est forbear to help him, thou shalt 
 sm'ely help with him. 
 
 6 Thou shalt not wrest the judgement 
 
 7 of thy poor iji his cause. Keeii thee 
 far from a false matter; and the in- 
 nocent and righteous slay thou not: 
 
 8 for 1 will not justify the wicked. And 
 thou shalt take no gift: for a gift 
 blindeth them that have sight, and 
 perverteth the ^ words of the righteous. 
 
 9 And a stranger shalt thou not oppress : 
 for ye know the heart of a stranger, 
 seeing ye ^\'ere strangers in the lam I 
 of Egypt. 
 
 10 And six years thou shalt sow thy 
 land, and shalt gather in the increase 
 
 11 thereof : but the seventh year thou 
 shalt '■'let it rest and lie fallow; that 
 the poor of thy people may eat: and 
 what they leave the beast of the field 
 shall eat. In like manner thou shalt 
 deal with tliy vineyard, and with thy 
 
 12 oliveyard. Six days thou shalt do thy 
 work, and on the seventh day thou 
 shalt i^i-est: that thine ox and thine 
 ass may have rest, and the son of thy 
 handmaid, and the stranger, may be 
 
 13 refreshed. Aiid in all things that I 
 have said vmto you take ye heed : and 
 make no mention of the name of other 
 gods, neither let it be heard out of thy 
 mouth. 
 
 14 Thi'ee times thou shalt keep a feast 
 
 15 unto me in the year. The feast of un- 
 leavened bread shalt thou keep : seven 
 days thoiT shalt eat unleavened bread, 
 as I commanded thee, at the time ap- 
 pomted in the month Abib (for in it 
 thou camest out from Egj'pt) ; and 
 none shall appear before me empty: 
 
 16 and the feast of harvest, the firstfruits 
 of thy labours, which thou sowest in 
 the field : and the feast of ingathering, 
 at the end of the year, when thou gath- 
 erest in thy labours out of the field. 
 
 17 Tkree times m the year aU thy males 
 shall ajipear before the Lord God. 
 
 18 Thou shalt not offer the blood of my 
 sacrifice with leavened bread ; neither 
 shall the fat of my feast remain all 
 
 19 night until the morning. The first of 
 the firstfruits of thy ground thou shalt 
 brmg into the house of the Lord thy 
 God. Thou shalt not seethe a kid in 
 its mother's milk. 
 
 20 Behold, I send an angel before thee, 
 to keep thee by the way, and to bi'ing 
 thee into the place which I have 
 
 21 prepared. Take ye heed of him, and 
 hearken unto his voice; n provoke 
 him not : for he will not pardon your 
 transgression; for my name is in 
 
 22 hun. But if thou shalt indeed heark- 
 en unto his voice, and do all that 
 I speak; then I will be an enemy 
 unto thine enemies, and an adversary 
 
 23 unto thine adversaries. For mine 
 
 7 Or, 
 
 and 
 
 woiUdest 
 
 forbear 
 
 to release 
 
 it/or 
 
 hun, 
 
 thou 
 
 shalt 
 
 surely 
 
 rrlranext 
 
 vnth him 
 
 'Or. 
 cause 
 
 oOr, 
 release 
 it and 
 let it lie 
 fa llow 
 See Dent. 
 XV. 2. 
 
 10 Or, 
 keep 
 sabbath 
 
 n Or. be 
 not re- 
 bellious 
 against 
 hint.
 
 60 
 
 EXODUS. 
 
 23. 23. 
 
 lOr, 
 
 oheUt>l:s 
 See Le\ . 
 xxvi. 1, 
 2 Kins.s 
 ill. 2. 
 
 ■i That Is, 
 the Eu- 
 phrates. 
 
 angel shall go before tliee, and bring 
 thee in nnto the Amoritc, and the 
 Hittite, and the Perizzite, and the Ca- 
 naanite, the Hivite, and the Jebusite: 
 
 24 and I wiU cut them olf. Thou shalt 
 not bow down to their gods, nor serve 
 them, nor do after their works: but 
 tliou shalt utterly overthrow them, and 
 
 25 break in i)ieccs their ipilLirs. Aiid ye 
 shall serve the Lord j'oiir God, and he 
 sh.all bless thy bread, and thy water; 
 and I will take sickness awaj' from the 
 
 •26 midst of thee. There shall none cast 
 her young, nor be barren, in thy land : 
 the number of thy days I will fullil. 
 
 27 1 will send my terror before thee, and 
 will discomfit all the people to whom 
 thou shalt come, and I v.'ill make all 
 thine enemies turn theu- backs unto 
 
 28 thee. And I v/ill send the hornet before 
 thee, which shall drive out the Ilivite, 
 the Canaanite, and the Hittite, from 
 
 29 before thee. I will not drive them 
 out from before thee in one year; 
 lest the land become desolate, and the 
 beast of the field multijilv against thee. 
 
 30 By little and httle I will drive them 
 out from before thee, until thou be 
 
 31 increased, and inherit the land. Aiid 
 I will set thy border from the Ked Sea 
 even unto the sea of the Philistines, 
 and from the wilderness unto ^tlie 
 Kiver: for I will deliver the inhabit- 
 ants of the land into your hand ; and 
 thou shall drive them out before thee. 
 
 32 Thou shalt make no covenant with 
 
 33 them, nor with their gods. They shall 
 not dwell in thy land, lest thej' make 
 thee sin against me : for if thou serve 
 their gods, it will sm'cly be a snare 
 unto thee. 
 
 24 And he said unto Moses, Come up 
 unto the Lord, thou, and Aaron, 
 Nadab, and Abihu, and seventy of 
 the elders of Israel ; and worshiij ye 
 
 2 afar off : and Moses alone shall come 
 near unto the Lord; but they shall 
 not come near; neither shall the pco- 
 
 3 pie go uj) with him. And Moses cane 
 and told the peoijle all the words of 
 the Lord, and all the judgements: 
 and all the people answered viith one 
 voice, and said. All the words which 
 the Lord hath spoken will we do. 
 
 4 And Moses wrote all the v,'ords of the 
 Lord, and rose up early in the moiii- 
 ing, and builded an altar under the 
 mount, and twelve jiiUars, according 
 
 5 to the twelve tribes of Israel. And 
 he sent young men of the chUdren 
 of Israel, which olfered burnt offer- 
 ings, ar.d sacrificed jjeace offerings of 
 
 6 oxen unto the Lord. And Moses took 
 half of the blood, and put it in basons; 
 and half of the blood he sprinkled on 
 
 7 the altar. Aiid he took the book of 
 the covenant, and read in the audience 
 of the i)eople : and they said. All that 
 the Lord hath spoken will we do. 
 
 Sand be obedient. And Moses took 
 the blood, and spruilded it on the 
 Ijeople, and said. Behold the blood of 
 the covenant, which the Lord hath 
 made v/ith you 3 concerning aU these 
 
 9 words. Then went up Moses, and Aaron, 
 Nadab, and Abihu, and seventy of the 
 
 10 elders of Israel : and they saw the 
 fiod of Israel; and there was under 
 his feet as it were -^a paved work of 
 sapphu'e stone, and as it were the 
 
 11 very heaven for clearness. And upon 
 the nobles of the children of Israel he 
 laid not his hand: and they beheld 
 God, and did eat and drink. 
 
 12 And the Lord said mito Moses, Come 
 \\^ to me into the mount, and be 
 there : and I will give thee the tables of 
 stone, and the lav\' and the command- 
 ment, which I have wi'itten, that thou 
 
 ISmayest teach them. And Moses rose 
 up, and Joshua his minister: and Moses 
 
 14 went up into the momit of God. And 
 he said unto the elders. Tarry ye here 
 for us, until we come again unto you: 
 and, Jjehold, Aaron and Hur are with 
 you : whosoever hath a cause, let him 
 
 15 come near mito them. And Moses went 
 up into the mount, and the cloud 
 
 16 covered the mount. And the glory of 
 the Lord abode upon mount Sinai, and 
 the cloud covered it six days : and the 
 seventh day he cnUed unto Moses out 
 
 17 of the midst of the cloud. And the 
 api^earance of the glory of the Lord 
 was like devouring fire on the top of 
 the mount in the eyes of the children 
 
 18 of Israel. And Moses entered into the 
 midst of the cloiid, and went ujj into 
 the mount: and Moses was in the 
 mount forty days and forty nights. 
 
 25 And the Lord spake mito Moses, 
 2 saying. Speak unto the children of 
 Israel, that they take for me an *offer- 
 ing : of every man whose heart niaketh 
 him willing ye shall take my ^offer- 
 Sing. And this is the ^offering which 
 ye shall take of them; gold, and 
 4 silver, and brass ; and blue, and pur- 
 ple, and scarlet, and sfine linen, and 
 5 goats' hair; and rams' skins dyed red, 
 6 and '' sealskins, and acacia wood ; oil 
 for the light, sjiices for the anoiutmg 
 7 oil, and for the sweet incense; '*onyx 
 stones, and stones to be set, for the 
 Sepliod, and for the breastplate. And 
 let them make me a sanctuary ; that I 
 9 may dwell among them. According 
 to all that I shew thee, the pattern 
 of tlie "tabernacle, and the imttern of 
 all the fiu-niture thereof, even so sliall 
 ye make it. 
 
 10 And they shall make an ark of 
 acacia wood : two cubits and a half shaU 
 be the length thereof, and a cubit and 
 a half the breadth thereof, and a cubit 
 
 11 and a half the height thereof. And 
 thou shalt overlay it with pure gold, 
 within and without shalt thou over-
 
 26. 8. 
 
 EXODUS. 
 
 61 
 
 ' Or, rim 
 Or. 
 
 y/totUd- 
 ing 
 
 2 Hcb. 
 rib. 
 
 3 Or. 
 cmicrtng 
 
 «0r. 
 
 turned 
 
 * Hob. 
 out of the 
 mercy- 
 seat. 
 
 «%ef 
 ver. 11. 
 
 ' Or, Pre- 
 ience- 
 I bread 
 
 lay it, and slmlt make upon it a 
 12 1 crown of fjolcl rotuid about. And tbou 
 shall cast lour rings of gold for it, and 
 put them in the four feet thereof; 
 and two rings shall he on the one 
 " side of it, and two rings on the other 
 1?> " side of it. And thou shalt make staves 
 of acacia wood, and overlay tliom with 
 
 14 gold. And thou shalt put th.e staves 
 into the rings on the sides of the 
 
 l.'iark, to licar the ark withal. The 
 staves shall be in the rings of the ark : 
 
 16 they shall not be taken from it. And 
 thou shalt put into the ark the testi- 
 
 ITmony which I shall give thee. And 
 thou shalt make a ■* mercy-seat of pure 
 gold: two cubits and a half shull he 
 the le'igtli thereof, and a cubit and a 
 
 15 half the breadth thereof. And thou 
 shalt raake two cherulmu of gold; 
 of ''beaten work shalt thou make 
 Ihem, at tlie two ends of the mercj-- 
 
 1 9 scat. And make one cherub at the 
 one end, and one cherub at the other 
 end: ^of one piece with the mercy- 
 seat shall ye make the cherubim 
 
 20 on the two ends thereof. And the 
 cherubim shall spread out tlieii- wings 
 on high, covering the mercy-seat with 
 their v.ings, with their faces one to 
 another; toward the mercy-seat shall 
 
 21 the faces of the cherubim be. And 
 thou shalt put the mercy-seat above 
 upon the ark; and in the ark thou 
 shalt put the testimony that I shall 
 
 22 give thee. And there I will meet with 
 thee, and I will c<mnnune with thee 
 from above the mercy-seat, from l)e- 
 tween the two cherubim which are 
 upon the ark of the testimonj', of 
 all things which I will give thee in 
 commandment unto the children of 
 Israel. 
 
 23 And thou shalt make a table of acacia 
 wood: two cubits xhnU he the length 
 thereof, and a cubit tlie breadth there- 
 of, and a cubit and a half the height 
 
 24 thereof. And thou shalt overlay it 
 with pm'e gold, and make thereto a | 
 
 25'"'crov.ii of gold round about. And thou 
 shalt make unto it a border of an 
 handbreadth round about, and thou 
 shalt make a golden crown to the bor- 
 
 26der thereof romid about. And thou 
 shalt make for it four rings of gold, 
 and put the rings in the four corners 
 tlmt are on the fom- feet thereof. 
 
 27 Close by the border shall the rings 
 be, for places for the staves to bear 
 
 28 the table. And thou shalt make the 
 staves of acacia wood, and overlaj' 
 them with gold, that the table may 
 
 29 be borne with them. And thou shalt 
 make the dishes thereof, and the 
 spoons thereof, and the flagons there- 
 of, and the bowls thereof, to pour out 
 v.ithal : of puie gold shalt thou make 
 
 30 them. And thou shalt set upon tlie 
 table '^shewbread before me alway. 
 
 31 And thou shalt make a candlestick 
 of pure gold: of * beaten work shall 
 the candlestick be made, even its ^base. 
 and its shaft ; its cups, its knops, and 
 its flowers, shall be -'of one piece with 
 
 ■32 it: and there shall be six branches 
 going out of the .sides thereof; three 
 branches of the candlestick out of the 
 one side thereof, and three branches 
 of the candlcsticlc out of the other side 
 
 33 thereof : three cups made like almond- 
 blossoms in one branch, a kiiop and 
 a Hower; and three cups made like 
 almond-blossoms in the other branch, 
 a knop and a flower: so for the sis 
 branches going out of the candlestick: 
 
 34 and in the candlestick four cups made 
 like almond-Iilossoms, the knops there- 
 
 35 of, and the flowers thereof: and a knop 
 under two branches ^ of one piece witli 
 it, and a knop under two branches 
 "of one piece with it, and a knop 
 mider two branches '■' of one piece v.-ith 
 it, for the six branches going out of 
 
 36 the candlestick. Their knops and their 
 branches shall be ''of one piece vritli 
 it: the whole of it one •'beaten work of 
 
 37 pure gold. And thou shalt make the 
 lamps thereof, seven: and they shall 
 i^Hght the lamps thereof, to give light 
 
 .38 over against it. And the tcmgs there- 
 of, and the snuiidishes thereof, shall 
 
 391)0 of pure gold. Of a talent of pure 
 gold shall it be made, with all these 
 
 40 vessels. And see that thou make them 
 after their pattern, v.diich hath been 
 shev,-ed thee in the mount. 
 
 2S Moreover thou shalt make the 
 11 tabernacle with ten curtains; of fine 
 t^^^ned linen, and blue, and purjile, 
 and scarlet, with cherubim the work 
 of the cunning workman shalt thou 
 
 2 make them. The length of each cur 
 tarn shall be eight and twenty cubits, 
 and the breadth of each curtain four 
 cubits : all the curtains sliall have 
 
 3 one measiu-e. Five curtains shall be 
 coupled together one to another; and 
 the other live curtauis shall be coupled 
 
 4 one to another. And thou shalt make 
 loops of blue ui)on the edge of the one 
 curtain I'^from the selvedge in the 
 couijling ; and likewise shalt thou make 
 in the edge of the curtain that is out- 
 
 5 most in the second i''' coupling. Fifty 
 loops shalt thou make in the one cur- 
 tain, and fifty loops shalt thou make in 
 the edge of the curtain that is in the 
 secoiid 1'' coupling: the loops shall be 
 
 6 opiiosite one to another. And thou shalt 
 make fifty clasps of gold, and couple 
 the curtains one to another v^"ith the 
 clasx^s: and the tabernacle shall be one. 
 
 7 And thou shalt make curtains of goats' 
 hair for a tent over the tabernacle: 
 eleven curtains shalt thou make them. 
 
 8 The length of each curtain shall be 
 thirty cubits, and the breadth of each 
 cm-tain four cubits : the eleven curtains 
 
 s Ilcb. 
 thigh. 
 
 "Heb. 
 nut of the 
 
 Kfitue. 
 
 '■'Or. act 
 up 
 
 U See ch. 
 XXV. 9. 
 
 12 Or. 
 that IS 
 outiiLOat 
 in the 
 first set 
 
 13 Or, stt
 
 62 
 
 EXODUS. 
 
 26. 8. 
 
 lOr, 
 first set 
 
 » Or. tet 
 
 3 Or, 
 
 porpoine- 
 
 skhts 
 
 '■ Or, 
 viofticed 
 
 5 Or, 
 thejirtt 
 
 9 shall liave one measure. And thou shalt 
 couple live curtains by themselves, 
 and six curtains by themselves, and 
 shalt double over the sixth curtain in 
 
 10 the forefront of the tent. And thou 
 shalt make fifty loops on the edge of 
 the one curtain that is outmost in the 
 1 coupling, and fifty loops upon the 
 edge of the curtain which is oufiiioxt in 
 
 11 the second '■* coupling. And thou shalt 
 make fifty clasi>s of brass, and put 
 the clasps into the loops, and couple 
 the tent together, that it may be one. 
 
 12 And the overhanging part that remain- 
 eth of the curtains of the tent, the 
 half curtain that remaineth, shall hang 
 
 13 over the back of the tabernacle. And 
 the cubit on the one side, and the 
 cubit on the other side, of that which 
 remainetli in the length of the cur- 
 tains of the tent, shall hang over the 
 sides of the taliernacle on this side and 
 
 14 on that side, to cover it. And thou 
 shalt make a covering for the tent of 
 rams' skins dyed red, and a covering 
 of 3 sealskins above. 
 
 15 And thou shaltmake the boards for the 
 tabernacle of acacia wood, standing 
 
 16 up. Ten cubits shall be the length of a 
 board, and a cubit and a half the breadth 
 
 17 of each board. Two tenons shall there 
 be hi eacli board, ^joined one to an- 
 other : thus shalt thou make for all the 
 
 18 boards of the tabernacle. And thou 
 shalt make the boards for the taber- 
 nacle, twenty boards for the south side 
 
 19 southward. And thou shalt make forty 
 sockets of silver under tlie twenty 
 boards ; two sockets under one board 
 for its two tenons, and two sockets 
 under another board for its two tenons : 
 
 20 and for the second side of the taber- 
 nacle, on the north side, twenty boards : 
 
 21 and their forty sockets of silver ; two 
 sockets under one board, and two 
 
 22 sockets under another board. And 
 for the hinder part of the tabernacle 
 ■westward thou shalt make six boards. 
 
 2.8 And two boards shalt thou make for 
 the corners of the tabernacle in the 
 
 24 hinder part. And they shall be double 
 beneath, and in like manner they shall 
 be entire unto the top thereof unto 
 ^one ring: thus shall it be for them 
 both; they shall be for the two cor- 
 
 25 ners. And there shall be eight boards, 
 and their sockets of silver, sixteen 
 
 ' sockets ; two sockets under one board, 
 and two sockets under another board. 
 
 26 And thou shalt make bars of acacia 
 wood; five for the boards of the one 
 
 27 side of the tabernacle, and five bars 
 for the boards of the other side of 
 the tabernacle, and five bars for the 
 boards of the side of the tabernacle, 
 
 2Sfor the hhider part westward. And 
 the middle bar in the midst of the 
 boards shall pass thi-ough from end to 
 
 29 end. And thou shalt overlay the boards 
 
 with gold, and make their rings of gold 
 for places for the bars : and thou shalt 
 
 30 overlay the bars with gold. And thou 
 shalt rear up the tabernacle according 
 to the fashion thereof which hath been 
 shewed thee in the mount. 
 
 31 And thou shalt make a veil of blue, 
 and purple, and scarlet, and fine twmed 
 linen : with cherubim the work of the 
 cmming workman shall it be made: 
 
 .32 and thou shalt hang it upon four pillars 
 of acacia overlaid with gold, their hooks 
 shall he of gold, upon four sockets of 
 
 33 silver. Aiid thou shalt hang up the 
 YeU imder the clasps, and shalt bring 
 in thither within the veil the ark of 
 the testimony: and the veil shall di- 
 vide tmto you betv/een the holy place 
 
 34 and the most holy. And thou shalt 
 imt the mercy-seat upon the ark of the 
 
 35 testimony in the most holy place. And 
 thou shalt set the table without the veil, 
 and the candlestick over against the 
 table on the side of the tabernacle to- 
 ward the south: and thou shalt put 
 
 36 the table on the north side. And thou 
 shalt make a screen for the door of 
 the Tent, of blue, and purple, and 
 scarlet, and fine twined linen, the work 
 
 37 of the embroiderer. And thou shalt 
 make for the screen five pillars of 
 acacia, and overlay them with gold; 
 their hooks shall be of gold : and thou 
 shalt cast five sockets of brass for 
 them. 
 
 27 And thou shalt make the altar 
 of acacia wood, five cubits long, 
 and five cubits broad ; the altar shall 
 be fom-square: and the height there- 
 
 2 of shall be three cubits. And thou. 
 shalt make the horns of it upon 
 the four corners thereof: the horns 
 thereof shall be of one piece with 
 it: and thou shalt overlay it with 
 
 3 brass. And thou shalt make its pots 
 to take away its ashes, and its shovels, 
 and its basons, and its fleshhooks, and 
 its fii-epans: all the vessels thereof 
 
 4 thou shalt make of brass. And thou 
 shalt make for it a grating of network 
 of brass ; and upon the net shalt thou 
 make four brasen ruigs in the four 
 
 5 6 corners thereof. And thou shalt put 
 it under the ledge round the altar be- 
 neath, that the net may reach halfway 
 
 Gup the altar. And thou shalt make 
 staves for the altar, staves of acacia 
 wood, and overlay them with brass. 
 
 7 And the staves thereof shall be put into 
 the ruigs, and the staves shall be upon 
 the two 'sides of the altar, in bearing 
 
 Bit. Hollow with planks shalt thou 
 make it : as it liath been shewed thee 
 in the moiuit, so shall they make it. 
 
 9 And thou shalt make the com-t of the 
 tabernacle: for the south side south- 
 ward there shall be hangings for the 
 com-t of fine twined linen an hundi-ed 
 10 cubits long for one side : and the pillars 
 
 CHeb. 
 ends. 
 
 " Hell. 
 
 ribs.
 
 28. 25. 
 
 EXODUS. 
 
 63 
 
 1 Or, to 
 set up ti 
 lamp 
 continu- 
 al!!/ 
 
 2 See 
 ch. XXV. 
 22, xxix. 
 42, XXX. 
 36. 
 
 3 Or, due 
 lOr. 
 from 
 
 • Or, 
 turban 
 
 thereof shall be twenty, and their 
 Bockets twenty, of brass ; the hooks of 
 the inllars and then- fillets shall he of 
 
 11 silver. And likewise for the north side in 
 length there shall be hangings an hmi- 
 dred cubits long, and the pillars thereof 
 twenty, and their sockets twenty, of 
 brass ; the hooks of the pillars and their 
 
 12 fillets of silver. And for the breadth 
 of the court on the west side shall be 
 hangings of iifLy cubits: their pillars 
 
 13 ten, and then- sockets ten. And the 
 breadth of the court on the east side 
 
 14 eastward shall be fifty cubits. The 
 hangings for the one side of the gate 
 shall be fifteen cubits: tlieir pillars 
 
 15 three, and their sockets three. And for 
 the other side shall be hangings of 
 fifteen cubits : their pillars three, and 
 
 16 their sockets three. And for the gate 
 of the court shall be a screen of twenty 
 cubits, of blue, and purple, and scarlet, 
 and fine t\vined linen, the work of the 
 embroiderer: their pillars four, and 
 
 17 their sockets four. All the pillars of 
 the court round about shall be fillet- 
 ed with silver; their hooks of silver, 
 
 18 and their sockets of brass. The length 
 of the court shall be an hundred 
 cubits, and the breadth fifty every 
 where, and the height five cubits, of 
 fine twined linen, and then- sockets of 
 
 19 brass. All the instruments of the 
 tabernacle in all the service thereof, 
 and all the pins thereof, and all the 
 pins of the coui't, shall be of brass. 
 
 20 And thou shaft command the child- 
 ren of Israel, that they bring unto 
 thee inu'e olive oil beaten for the 
 light, ifo cause a lamp to burn 
 
 21 continually. In the 2 tent of meet- 
 ing, without the veil which is before 
 the testimony, Aaron and his sons 
 shall order it from evening to morn- 
 ing before the Lord: it shall be a 
 3 statute for ever throughout their 
 generations ^on the behalf of the 
 children of Israel. 
 
 28 And bring thou near unto thee 
 Aaron thy brother, and his sons with 
 hun, from among the children of Is- 
 rael, that he may minister unto me in 
 the priest's office, even Aaron, Nadab 
 and Abihu, Eleazar and Ithamar, 
 
 2 Aaron's sons. And thou shalt make 
 holy garments for Aaron thy brother, 
 
 3 for glory and for beauty. And thou 
 shalt speak unto all that are \nse 
 hearted, whom I have filled with the 
 spirit of wisdom, that they make 
 Aaron's garments to sanctify him, that 
 he may minister unto me in the priest's 
 
 4 office. And these are the garments 
 which they shall make ; a breast]3late, 
 and an ephod, and a robe, and a coat 
 of chequer work, a ^niitre, and a girdle : 
 and they shall make holy garments 
 for Aaron thy brother, and his sons, 
 that he may minister unto me in the 
 
 5 priest's office. And they shall take 
 6 the gold, and the blue, aiid the puqile, 
 and the scarlet, and the fine linen. 
 
 6 And they shaU make the ephod of 
 gold, of blue, and x)urple, scarlet, and 
 fine twined linen, the woi'k of the 
 
 7 cuiming \\orkman. It shall have two 
 shoulderpieces joined to the two ends 
 thereof; that it maybe joined together. 
 
 8 And the cimningly woven band, which 
 is upon it, to gird it on withal, shall be 
 like the work thereof and of the same 
 piece; of gold, of blue, and pur^jle, 
 and scarlet, and fine twined linen. 
 
 9 And thou shalt take two ' onyx stones, 
 and grave on them the names of the 
 
 10 children of Israel : six of then- names 
 on the one stone, and the names of 
 the six that remain on the other stone, 
 
 11 according to their birth. With the 
 work of an engraver in stone, like the 
 engravings of a signet, shalt thou 
 engrave the two stones, according to 
 the names of the children of Israel: 
 thou shalt make them to be inclosed 
 
 12 in ouches of gold. And thou shalt put 
 the two stones upon the shoulder- 
 pieces of the ephod, to be stones of 
 memorial for the children of Israel: 
 and Aaron shall bear their names be- 
 fore the Lord upon his two shoulders 
 for a memorial. 
 
 13 And thou shalt make ouches of gold : 
 
 14 and two chains of pure gold ; like cords 
 shalt thou make them, of wreathen 
 work : and thou shalt put the wreathen 
 
 15 chains on the ouches. And thou shalt 
 make a breastplate of judgement, the 
 work of the cunning worlanan; like 
 the work of the ephod thou shalt make 
 it; of gold, of blue, and purple, and 
 scarlet, and fine twined linen, s^halt 
 
 16 thou make it. Foursquare it shall be 
 and double ; a span shall be the length 
 thereof, and a span the breadth there- 
 
 17 of. And thou shalt set in it settings 
 of stones, four rows of stones : a row 
 of Sgardius, topaz, and » carbuncle 
 
 18 shall be the first row ; and the second 
 row an lo emerald, a sapphire, and a 
 
 19iidiamond; and the third row a 12 ja- 
 
 20 cinth, an agate, and an amethyst ; and 
 the fourth row a i3 beryl, and an ^onyx, 
 and a jasper: they shall be inclosed in 
 
 21 gold in their settings. And the stones 
 shall be according to the names of the 
 children of Israel, twelve, according to 
 their names ; like the engravings of a 
 signet, every one according to his name, 
 
 22 they shall be for the twelve tribes. And 
 thou shalt make upon the breast- 
 plate chains like cords, of wi-eathen 
 
 23 work of pure gold. And thou shalt 
 make upon the breastplate two rings 
 of gold, and shalt put the two rings 
 on the two ends of the breastplate. 
 
 24 And thou shalt put the two wreathen 
 chains of gold on the two rings at the 
 
 25 ends of the breastplate. And the 
 
 Seo ch. 
 XXV. 3. 
 
 •Or, 
 b,:ri/l 
 
 8 Or, 
 
 rub!/ 
 
 "Or, 
 emerald 
 
 10 Or, 
 car- 
 buncle 
 
 11 Or, 
 sard- 
 onyx 
 
 12 Or. 
 amber 
 
 13 Or, 
 
 chal- 
 cedony
 
 64 
 
 EXODUS. 
 
 28. 25. 
 
 I 
 
 1 That is, 
 the 
 J.ights 
 and the 
 Perfec- 
 tions, 
 
 2 Or, 
 tJiere 
 shall be 
 a hole in 
 the top 
 I "fit 
 
 3 Or. 
 tvrban 
 
 « Or. «?»■ 
 
 othrr two ends of tlio two ■wreatlieii 
 chains thou shalt put on the two 
 ouches, and put them on the shoulder- 
 pieces of the ejihod. in the forepart 
 
 26 thereof. And tliou shialt make two 
 rings of gold, and thou shalt put them 
 upon the two ends of the breastplate, 
 upon the edge thereof, which is to- 
 ward the side of the ephod inward. 
 
 27 And thou slialt make two rings of 
 gold, and shalt put them on the two 
 slioulderpieccs of the ephod under- 
 neath, in the forepart thereof, close by 
 the coupling tlicreof, aliove tlie cun- 
 
 28 ningly woven hand of the ephod. And 
 thej- shall l)ind the breastplate bj- the 
 rings thereof unto the rings of the 
 ephod with a lace of blue, that it may 
 be upon the cimningly woven band of 
 the ephod, and that the l)reastplate be 
 
 29 not loosed from the ephod. And Aaron 
 shall bear the r.ames of the children 
 of Israel ui the l)rcaRtplate of judge- 
 ]nent uxion his heart, wheji he goeth in 
 unto the holy place, for a memorial 
 
 .30 before the Loun continually. And 
 thou shalt put in the breastplate of 
 judgement ithe Urim and the Tlnim- 
 -mim; and thej* shall be upon Aaron's 
 heart, wlien he goeth in l)efore the 
 Lonn: and Aaron shall Ijear the judge- 
 ment of the children of Israel upon his 
 heart before the Loud continually. 
 
 31 And thou slialt make the robe of 
 
 32 the ephod all of blue. And 2 it shall 
 have a hole for the head in the midst 
 thereof: it shall have a binding of 
 Vv'oven woi-k roimd about the hole of it, 
 as it were tiie hole of a coat of mail, that 
 
 .3.3 it be not rent. And uj)on the skirts of 
 it thou shalt make pomegranates of 
 blue, and of purple, and of scarlet, 
 romid altout tiie skirts thereof; and 
 bells of gold between tliem round a- 
 
 34 bout: a golden bell ajid a pomegranate, 
 a golden l)ell and a pomegranate, Tipon 
 the skirts of the robe round about. 
 
 35 And it shall be w\}0\\ Aaron to minister: 
 and the sound tliereof shall be licard 
 when he goeth in unto the holy place 
 before the Loiu), and when he cometh 
 out, that he die not. 
 
 30 And thou shalt make a ];late of pure 
 gold, and grave upon it, like the en- 
 gi'avings of a signet, holy to the 
 
 37 i.oEi). And thou shalt put it on a lace of 
 blue, and it shall be upon the ■''mitre; 
 upon the forefront of the •''mitre it shall 
 
 38 be. And it shall be upon Aaron's fore- 
 head, and Aaron shall bear the iniqtiity 
 of the holy things, which the children 
 of Israel shall hallow in all their lioly 
 gifts; and it shall be always upon, liis 
 forehead, tliat they may be accepted 
 
 39 before the Lokd. And thou slialt weave 
 the coat in chequer work of ^ fine linen, 
 and thou shalt make a "mitre of ^fine 
 linen, and thou shalt make a girdle, 
 
 40 the work of the embroiderer. And for 
 
 Aaron's sons thou shalt make coals, and 
 thou shalt make for them gu'dles, and 
 headtires shalt thou make for them, for 
 
 •tlglorj' and for beauty. Ar.d tliou shalt 
 put them upon Aaron thy brother, and 
 upon his sons with him; and shalt 
 anoint them, and ''consecrate them, 
 and sanctifj' them, that they may 
 minister unto mc in the priest's office. 
 
 •12 And thou shalt make them linen 
 breeches to cover the flesh of their 
 nakedness; from the loins even mito 
 
 43 the thighs they shall reach : and they 
 sliall be upon Aaron, and upon his 
 sons, when they go in unto the tent of 
 meeting, or when the}- come near unto 
 the altar to minister in the holy place ; 
 that they bear not iniquity, and die : it 
 shall be a statute for ever unto him 
 and unto his seed after liim. 
 
 29 And this is the thing that thou shalt 
 do unto them to hallow them, to 
 minister unto me in tlie priest's office: 
 take one young bullock and two rams 
 
 2 without blemish, and unleavened bread, 
 and cakes unleavened mingled with 
 oil, and wafers unleavened anointed 
 with oil: of line wlicaten flour shalt 
 
 3 thou make tliem. And thou shalt put 
 them into one basket, and 1)ring tlicm 
 in the basket, with tlie bullock and the 
 
 4 two rains. And Aaron and his sons 
 thou shalt bring unto the door of the 
 tent of meeting, and shalt wash •them 
 
 .") with water. And thou slialt take the 
 garments, and put upon Aaron the 
 coat, and the robe of the ephod, and 
 the ephod, and the l>reastplate, and 
 gird him with the cunningly woven 
 
 () band of the ephod : and thou shalt 
 set the •''mitre upon his liead, and put 
 
 7 the hoi J' crown upon the •''mitre. Then 
 shalt thou take the anointing oil, and 
 pour it upon his head, and anoint him. 
 
 8 ^Vud thou shalt bring his sons, and put 
 
 9 coats upon them. And thou shalt gird 
 them with girdles, Aaron and Ins sons, 
 and ])ind headtires on them : and they 
 shall have the priesthood by a j)er- 
 petual statute: and thou shalt coiise- 
 
 10 crate Aaron and his stms. And thou 
 shalt bring the bullock before the tent 
 of meeting: and Aaron and his sons 
 shall lay their hands upon the head of 
 
 11 the bullock. And thou shalt Idll the 
 bullock before the Lord, at tlie door of 
 
 12 the tent of meeting. And thou shalt 
 take of the blood of tlie bullock, and 
 inxt it uiion tlie liorns of the altar with 
 tliy finger ; and thou shalt pour out all 
 the blood at the base of the altar. 
 
 13 And thou shalt take all tb.e fat that 
 coAcreth the inwards, and the caul 
 ujion the liver, and the two kidnej's, 
 and the fat that is upon them, and 
 
 14 burn them \\])o\\ the altar. But the 
 flesli of the bullock, and its skin, and 
 its dung, shalt thou burn with fire 
 without the camp ; it is a "sin offering. 
 
 '■ Heb 
 tin.
 
 30. L 
 
 EXODUS. 
 
 65 
 
 15 Thou sbalt also take the one ram ; 
 aud Aaron and his sons shall lay their 
 
 10 hands upon the head of the ram. And 
 thou shalt slay the ram, and thou 
 shalt take its blood, and s^n-inkle it 
 
 17 round about upon the altar. And thou 
 shalt cut the ram into its pieces, and 
 wash its inwards, and its legs, and put 
 them iwith its pieces, and ^with its 
 
 18 head. And thou shalt burn the whole 
 ram upon the altar: it is a burnt of- 
 fering unto the Lokd: it is a sweet 
 savour, an offering made by fire unto 
 
 19 the Lokd. And thou shalt take the 
 other ram; and Aaron and his sons 
 shall lay their hands upon the head of 
 
 "20 the ram. Then shalt thou kill the ram, 
 and take of its blood, and put it upon 
 the tip of the right ear of Aaron, and 
 upon the tip of the right ear of his 
 sons, aud upon the thumb of then* 
 right hand, and upon the great toe 
 of their right foot, aud siirinkle the 
 blood upon the altar round about. 
 
 21 And thou shalt take of the blood that 
 is upon the altar, and of the anointing 
 oU, and sprinkle it upon Aaron, aud 
 upon his garments, aud upon his sous, 
 and upon the garments of his sons 
 with him: and he shall be hallowed, 
 and his garments, and his sons, and 
 
 22 his sons' garments with him. Also 
 thou shalt take of the ram the fat, 
 and the fat tail, and the fat that 
 covereth the inwards, and the caul 
 of the liver, and the two kidneys, 
 and the fat that is upon them, aud 
 the right ^ thigh; for it is a ram 
 
 23 of consecration: and oue loaf of 
 bread, and one cake of oiled bread, 
 and one wafer, out of the basket of 
 unleavened bread that is before the 
 
 24 Lokd: and thou shalt put the whole 
 upon the hands of Aaron, and upon 
 the hands of his sons ; and shalt wave 
 them for a wave offering before the 
 
 25 Lord. Aud thou shalt take them from 
 theu' hands, and bm-n them on the altar 
 upon the bm-nt oilering, for a sweet 
 savour before the Lord : it is an offer- 
 
 26 ing made by fire unto the Lokd. And 
 thou shalt take the breast of Aaron's 
 ram of consecration, and wave it for a 
 wave offering before the Lord : and it 
 
 27 shall be thy portion. And thou shalt 
 sanctify the breast of the wave offering, 
 and the ^ thigh of the heave offering, 
 which is waved, and which is heaved 
 up, of the ram of consecration, even of 
 that which is for Aaron, aud of that 
 
 28 which is for his sons : and it shall be 
 for Aaron and his sons as a due for 
 ever from the children of Israel: for 
 it is an heave offering: aud it shall 
 be an heave offering from the children 
 of Israel of the sacrifices of then- 
 peace offerings, even then- heave offer- 
 
 29 ing unto the Lord. And the holy gar- 
 ments of Aaron shall be for his sons 
 
 after hun, to be anouited in them, 
 .SO and to be consecrated in them. Seven 
 days shall the son that is priest in his 
 stead put them on, when he cometh 
 into the tent of meeting to minister in 
 
 31 the holy iilace. And thou shalt take 
 the ram of consecration, aud seethe 
 
 32 its flesh in a lioly place. And Aaron 
 and his sous shall eat the flesh of the 
 ram, and the bread that is in the 
 basket, at the door of the tent of meet- 
 
 33 ing. And they shall eat those thmgs 
 wherewith atonement was made, to 
 consecrate and to sanctify them : but 
 a stranger shall not eat thereof, be- 
 
 34 cause they are holy. And if aught of 
 the flesh of the consecration, or of the 
 bread, remain unto the morning, then 
 thou shalt burn the remauider with 
 fire : it shall not be eaten, because it is 
 
 35 holy. And thus shalt thou do unto 
 Aaron, and to his sons, accordmg to 
 all that I have commanded thee : seven 
 
 36 days shalt thou consecrate them. And 
 every day shalt thou offer the bullock 
 of sin offering for atonement: and 
 thou shalt 3 cleanse the altar, when 
 thou makest atonement for it; and 
 thou shalt anoint it, to sanctify it. 
 
 37 Seven days thou shalt make atone- 
 ment for the altar, and sanctify it: and 
 the altar shall be most holy; ^whatso- 
 ever toucheth the altar shall be holy. 
 
 38 Now this is that which thou shalt 
 offer upon the altar; two lambs of 
 the first year day by day continually. 
 
 39 The one lamb thou shalt oif er in the 
 morning; and the other lamb thou 
 
 40 shalt offer ^ at even : and with the one 
 lamb a tenth part of an ephah of fine 
 flour mmgled with the fourth jjart of 
 an bin of beaten oil; and the fourth 
 part of an bin of wuie for a drmk 
 
 41 offering. And the other lamb thou 
 shalt offer ^at even, and shalt do 
 thereto according to the meal offering 
 of the morning, and accordmg to the 
 drink offering thereof, for a sweet sa- 
 vour, an offering made by lu-e unto the 
 
 42 Lord. It shall be a continual biu-nt 
 offering throughout your generations 
 at the door of the tent of meeting 
 before the Lord: where I will meet 
 with you, to speak there unto thee. 
 
 43 And there I will meet with the children 
 of Israel; and the Tent shall be sanc- 
 
 44 tified by my glory. Aud I will sanctify 
 the tent of meetuig, aud the altar: 
 Aaron also and his sons wUl I sanctify, 
 to minister to me in the iwiest's office. 
 
 45 And I will dwell among the children 
 
 46 of Israel, and will be then* God. And 
 they shall know that I am the Lord 
 their God, that brought them forth 
 out of the land of Egj^jt, that I may 
 dwell among them: I am the Lord 
 their God. 
 
 30 And thou shalt make an altar to 
 burn incense upon: of acacia wood 
 
 3 Or, 
 
 pHrge 
 the 
 aUar, 
 ill! thy 
 vtaklng 
 atone- 
 ment 
 
 ^ Or, who- 
 soever 
 
 5Heb. 
 
 between 
 the two 
 evenings.
 
 66 
 
 EXODUS. 
 
 30. 1. 
 
 iHeb. 
 
 roof. 
 
 2Heb. 
 
 waLU. 
 
 3 Or. ri^n 
 
 Or, 
 
 mow^rf- 
 
 ing 
 
 «0r, 
 setteth 
 up 
 Heb. 
 eauseth 
 to as- 
 cend. 
 
 6 Heb. 
 between 
 the two 
 evenings. 
 
 6 Or, /or 
 
 ^Or. 
 ttpon 
 
 2slialt thou make it. A cubit shall be 
 the length thereof, and a ciibit the 
 breadth thereof; four-square shall it 
 be : and two cubits shall be the height 
 thereof: the homs thereof shall be 
 
 3 of one jjiece with it. And thou shalt 
 overlay it with pure gold, the ^top 
 thereof, and the 2 sides thereof round 
 about, and the horns thereof; and 
 thou shalt make unto it a ^ crown of 
 
 4 gold round about. And two golden 
 rings shalt thou make for it under the 
 crown thereof, upon the two ribs there- 
 of, upon the two sides of it shalt thou 
 make them; and they shall be for 
 places for staves to bear it mthal. 
 
 5 And thou shalt make the staves of 
 acacia wood, and overlay them with 
 
 G gold. And thou shalt put it before the 
 veil that is by the ark of the testi- 
 mony, before the mercy-seat that is 
 over the testimony, where I will meet 
 
 7 with thee. And Aaron shall burn there- 
 on incense of sweet spices: every 
 morning, when he dresseth the lamps. 
 
 She shall burn it. And when Aaron 
 '^lighteth the lamps ^at even, he shall 
 burn it, a peii)etual uicense before the 
 LoKD throughout youi- generations. 
 
 9 Ye shall offer no strange incense 
 thereon, nor burnt offering, nor meal 
 offering; and ye shall pour no drink 
 
 10 offering thereon. And Aaron shall 
 make atonement "upon the horns of 
 it once in the jear : with the blood of 
 the sin offermg of atonement once in 
 the year shall he make atonement 7 for 
 it throughout your generations: it is 
 most holy mito the Loku. 
 
 11 And tlie Lord spake unto Moses, 
 
 12 saying. When thou takest the sum of 
 the children of Israel, according to 
 those that are nmnbered of them, then 
 shall they give every man a ransom 
 for his soul mito the Lord, when thou 
 numberest them; that there be no 
 plague among them, when thou num- 
 
 ISberest them. This they shaU give, 
 every one that passeth over unto them 
 that are numbered, half a shekel after 
 the shekel of the sanctuary: (the 
 shekel is twenty gerahs :) half a shekel 
 
 14 for an offering to the Loed. Every 
 one that passeth over unto them that 
 are numbered, from twenty years old 
 and upward, shall give the offering of 
 
 15 the Lord. Tlie rich shall not give 
 more, and the x^oor shall not give less, 
 than the lialf shekel, when they give 
 the offering of the Lord, to make 
 
 16 atonement for your souls. And thou 
 shalt take the atonement money from 
 the children of Israel, and shalt ap- 
 point it for the service of the tent of 
 meeting ; that it may be a memorial for 
 the children of Israel before the Lord, 
 to make atonement for your souls. 
 
 17 And the Lord spake unto Moses, 
 
 18 saying, Thou shalt also make a laver 
 
 of brass, and the base thereof of brass, 
 to wash withal : and thou shalt put it 
 between the tent of meeting and the 
 altar, and thou shalt put water thereui. 
 
 19 And Aaron and his sons shall wash 
 their hands and their feet thereat: 
 
 20 when they go into the tent of meeting, 
 they shall wash with water, that they 
 die not; or when they come near to 
 the altar to minister, to burn an offer- 
 
 21 mg made by fire unto the Lord: so 
 they shall wash their hands and their 
 feet, that they die not : and it shall be 
 a statute for ever to them, even to 
 Mm and to his seed thi-oughout their 
 generations. 
 
 22 Moreover the Lord spake unto Moses, 
 
 23 saying, Take thou also mito thee the 
 chief spices, of flowing myrrh five 
 hundred shekels, and of sweet cinna- 
 mon half so much, even two hundred 
 and fifty, and of sweet calamus two 
 hundred and fifty, and of ^ cassia five 
 hundred, after the shekel of the sanc- 
 tuary, and of oUve oil an bin: and 
 thou shalt make it an holy anointmg 
 oil, a perfume compounded after the 
 art of the perfumer : it shall be an holy 
 anomting oil. And thou shalt anoint 
 therewith the tent of meetmg, and 
 the ark of the testimony, and the table 
 and all the vessels thereof, and the 
 candlestick and the vessels thereof, and 
 the altar of incense, and the altar of 
 burnt offeiing with all the vessels there- 
 of, and the laver and the base thereof. 
 And thou shalt sanctify them,, that 
 they may be most holy: ^ whatsoever 
 toucheth them shall be holy. And 
 thou shalt anoint Aai'on and his sons, 
 and sanctify them, that they may 
 minister imto me in the priest's office. 
 
 31 And thou shalt speak unto the children 
 of Israel, saying. This shall be an holy 
 anointing oil mito me thi'oughout yom- 
 
 32 generations. Ujion the flesh of man 
 shall it not be jiom-ed, neither shall 
 ye make any like it, according to the 
 composition thereof: it is holy, and it 
 
 33 shall be holy unto you. Whosoever 
 comijomideth any like it, or whosoever 
 putteth any of it upon a stranger, he 
 shall be cut off from his people. 
 
 34 And the Lord said unto Moses, Take 
 mito thee sweet spices, ^^stacte, and 
 onycha, and galbanum; sweet spices 
 with pure frankincense : of each shall 
 
 35 there be a like weight ; and thou shalt 
 make of it incense, a perfume after 
 the art of the perfumer, n seasoned 
 
 36 with salt, pure and holy : and thou 
 shalt beat some of it very small, and 
 put of it before the testimony in the 
 tent of meeting, where I wUl meet with 
 thee : it shall be unto you most holy. 
 
 37 And the incense which thou shalt 
 make, according to the composition 
 thereof ye shall not make for your- 
 selves: it shall be unto thee holy for
 
 32. 15. 
 
 EXODUS. 
 
 67 
 
 38 the Lord. Whosoever shall make like 
 unto tliat, to smeU tlici'eto, he shall be 
 cut off from liis people. 
 31 Ajul the Lord spake unto Moaes, 
 
 2 sayinff, Sec, I have called hj name 
 Bezalel the son of Uri, the son of 
 
 3 Hiir, of the tribe of Judah: and I ha\e 
 filled him with the spirit of G-od, in 
 wisdom, and in understanding;, and in 
 knowledge, and in all manner of work- 
 
 4manship, to devise cmming works, to 
 work in gold, and in silver, and in 
 
 5 brass, and in cutting of stones for 
 setting, and in carving of wood, to 
 work ill all manner of worlnnanship. 
 
 6 And I, behold, I have appointed with 
 liim Oiioliab, the son of AMsamach, of 
 the tribe of Dan ; and in the hearts of 
 all that are wise hearted I have put 
 wisdom, that they may make aU that 
 
 7 1 have commanded thee : the tent of 
 meeting, and the ark of the testimony, 
 and the mercy-seat that is thereupon, 
 
 8 and all the fimiiture of the Tent ; and 
 the table and its vessels, and the ]}uve 
 candlestick with all its vessels, and tlie 
 
 9 altar of incense ; and the altar of biu-ut 
 offering with all its vessels, and the 
 
 lOlaver and its base; and the i finely 
 wrought garments, and the holy gar- 
 ments for Aaron the priest, and the 
 garments of his sons, to minister in the 
 
 11 priest's office; and the anointing oil, 
 and the incense of sweet spices for the 
 holy place : according to all that I have 
 commanded thee shall they do. 
 
 12 And the Lord spake unto Moses, 
 
 13 saying, Speak thou also unto the 
 cliildren of Israel, saying. Verily ye 
 shall keep my sabbaths: for it is a 
 sign between me and you throughout 
 your generations ; that ye may know 
 that I am the Lord which sanctify 
 
 14 you. Ye shall keej) the sabbath there- 
 fore; for it is holy unto you: every 
 one that ijrofaneth it shall surely be 
 put to death : for whosoever doeth any 
 work therein, that soul shall be cut 
 
 15 off from among his people. Six days 
 shall work be done ; but on the seventh 
 day is a sabbath of solemn rest, holy 
 to the Lord: whosoever doeth any 
 work in the sabbath day, he shall 
 
 16 surely be put to death. Wherefore the 
 cliUdi-en of Israel shall keep the sab- 
 bath, to observe the sabbath through- 
 out their generations, for a jiei-petual 
 
 17 covenant. It is a sign between me 
 and the children of Israel for ever: 
 for in six days the Lord made heaven 
 and earth, and on the seventh day he 
 rested, and was refreshed. 
 
 IS And he gave unto Moses, when he 
 had made an end of communing with 
 him upon mount Sinai, the two tables 
 of the testimony, tables of stone, 
 written with the finger of God. 
 
 32 And when the people saw that Moses 
 delayed to come down from the mount, 
 
 the people gathered themselves to- 
 gether unto Aaron, and said unto him, 
 Up, make us 2 gods, which shall g(j 
 before us ; for as for this Moses, the 
 man that brought us up out of tlie 
 land of Egypt, wo know not what is 
 
 2 become of liim. And Aaron said unto 
 them. Break off the golden rings, 
 which are in the ears of your wives, 
 of your sons, and of your daughters. 
 
 Sand bring them unto mo. And all 
 the people brake off the golden rings 
 which were in their ears, and brought 
 
 4 them unto Aaron. And he received it 
 at their hand, and fashioned it with 
 a graving tool, and made it a molten 
 calf: and they said, ^ These be thy 
 gods, O Israel, which brought thee up 
 
 5 out of the land of Egypt. And when 
 Aaron saw this, he built an altar be- 
 fore it ; and Aaron made proclamation, 
 and said. To-morrow shall be a feast 
 
 6 to the Lord. And they rose up early 
 on the morrow, and offered burnt 
 offerings, and brought peace offerings ; 
 and the jjeople sat dovm to eat and to 
 drink, and rose ui? to play. 
 
 7 And the Lord spake luito Moses,. Go, 
 get thee down ; for thy peo^ile, which 
 thou broughtest up out of the land 
 of Egypt, liave corrupted themselves : 
 
 8 they have turned aside quickly out of 
 the way which I commanded them: 
 they have made them a molten calf, 
 and have worshipped it, and have sacri- 
 ficed unto it, and said, These be thy 
 gods, O Israel, which brought thee up 
 
 9 out of the land of Egj-pt. And the 
 Lord said unto Moses, I have seen this 
 people, and, behold, it is a stiffnecked 
 
 10 people: now therefore let me alone, 
 that my wi-ath may wax hot against 
 them, and that I may consume them : 
 and I win make of thee a great nation. 
 
 11 And Moses besought the Lord his God, 
 and said, Lord, why doth thy wrath 
 wax hot against thy j)eople, which thou 
 liast brought forth out of the land of 
 Egypt with great power and with a 
 
 12 mighty hand? Wherefore should the 
 Egyptians speak, saying. For evil did 
 he bring them forth, to slay them in 
 the mountains, and to consume them 
 from the face of the earth ? Turn from 
 thy fierce wrath, and repent of this 
 
 13 evil against thy people. Eemember 
 Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, thy serv- 
 ants, to whom thou swarest by thine 
 own self, and saidst unto them, I wiU 
 multiply your seed as the stars of 
 heaven, and aU this land that I have 
 spoken of will I give unto your seed, 
 
 14 and they shall inherit it for ever. And 
 the Lord repented of the evil which 
 he said he would do unto his people. 
 
 15 And Moses tm-ned, and went down 
 from the mount, mth the two tables 
 of the testimony in his hand; tables 
 that were written on both their sides ; 
 
 2 Or, 
 a ffocl 
 
 3 0i- 
 TItis is 
 thy god 
 
 3-2
 
 68 
 
 EXODUS. 
 
 32. 15. 
 
 iHeb. 
 
 whisper- 
 ing. 
 
 2Heb. 
 
 FlUijour 
 
 hand. 
 
 3 Or. for 
 
 every 
 
 man 
 ^ath 
 ■Been 
 
 against 
 
 his son 
 
 and 
 
 against 
 
 his 
 
 brother 
 
 <0r, 
 
 Upo7l 
 
 on the one side and on the other were 
 
 10 they written. And the tables were the 
 
 work of God, and the writing was the 
 
 writing of God, graven upon the tables. 
 
 17 And when Joshua heard the noise of 
 the people as they shouted, he said 
 unto Moses, There is a noise of war in 
 
 18 the camp. Aiid he said, It is not the 
 voice of them that shout for mastery, 
 neither is it the voice of them that 
 cry for beuig overcome : but the noise 
 
 19 of them that sing do I hear. And it 
 came to pass, as soon as he came nigh 
 unto the camp, that he saw the calf 
 and the dancing: and Moses' anger 
 waxed hot, and he cast the tables out 
 of his hands, and brake them beneath 
 
 20 the mount. And he took the calf 
 which they had made, and burnt it 
 with fire, and ground it to powder, 
 and strewed it upon the water, and 
 made the children of Israel drink of it. 
 
 21 And Moses said unto Aaron, Wliat 
 did this iteople unto thee, that thou 
 hast brought a great sin upon them ? 
 
 22 And Aaron said. Let not the anger of 
 my lord wax hot: thou knowest the 
 
 23 people, that they are set on evil. For 
 they said unto me. Make us gods, 
 which shall go before us: for as for 
 this Moses, the man that brought us up 
 out of the land of Egypt, we know not 
 
 24 what is become of him. And I said 
 unto them, Wliosoever hath any gold, 
 let them break it off; so they gave 
 it me : and I cast it into the fire, and 
 
 25 there came out this calf. And when 
 Moses saw that the people were broken 
 loose; for Aaron had let them loose 
 for a 1 derision among their enemies: 
 
 26 then Moses stood in the gate of the 
 camp, and said. Whoso is on the 
 Lord's side, let Iiini come unto me. 
 And aU the sons of Levi gathered 
 
 27 themselves together imto him. And he 
 said unto them. Thus saith the Lord, 
 the God of Israel, Put ye every man 
 his sword upon his thigh, and go to 
 and fro from gate to gate throughout 
 the cami), and slay every man his 
 brother, ^.nd every man his comj»anion, 
 
 28 and every man his neighbour. And 
 the sons of Levi did according to the 
 word of Moses: and there fell of the 
 people that day about three thousand 
 
 29 men. And Moses said, ^ Consecrate 
 yourselves to-daj' to the Lord, ^yea, 
 every man ^agauist his son, and ■'a- 
 gahist his brother ; that he may bestow 
 
 30 upon you a blessing this day. And it 
 came to pass on the morrow, that 
 Moses said unto the people. Ye have 
 sumed a great sin : and now I will go 
 up imto the Lord; peradventure I 
 shall make atonement for your sin. 
 
 31 And Moses returned unto the Lord, 
 and said. Oh, this jieople have smned 
 a great sin, and have made them gods 
 
 32 of gold. Yet now, if thou wilt forgive 
 
 their sin — ; and if not, blot me, I 
 pray thee, out of thy book which thou 
 
 33 hast written. And the Lord said unto 
 Moses, Whosoever hath sinned against 
 me, him v/ill I blot out of my book. 
 
 34 And now go, lead the people unto 
 the place of which I have spoken unto 
 thee: behold, mine angel shall go be- 
 fore thee: nevertheless in the day 
 when I visit, I will visit their sin 
 
 35 upon them. And the Lord smote the 
 people, because they made the calf, 
 which Aaron made. 
 
 33 And the Lord spake unto Moses, 
 Depart, go up hence, thou and the 
 people which thou hast brought up out 
 of the land of Egypt, unto the laud of 
 which I sware unto Abraham, to Isaac, 
 and to Jacob, saying, Unto thy seed 
 
 2 will I give it : and I will send an angel 
 before thee ; and I will drive out the 
 Canaanite, the Amorite, and the Hit- 
 tite, and the Perizzite, the Hivite, and 
 
 3 the Jebusite : imto a land flowing with 
 milk and honey : for I wiU not go up in 
 the midst of thee ; for thou art a stiff- 
 necked people : lest I consume thee in 
 
 4 the way. And when the j)eople heard 
 these evil tidings, they mourned : and 
 no man did put on him his ornaments. 
 
 5 And the Lord said unto Moses, Say 
 unto the children of Israel, Ye are a 
 stiffnecked people : if I go up into the 
 midst of thee for one moment, I shall 
 consume thee: therefore now put off 
 thy ornaments from thee, that I may 
 
 6 know what to do unto thee. And the 
 children of Israel stripped themselves 
 of theu' ornaments from moimt Horeb 
 onward. 
 
 7 Now Moses used to take the tent and 
 to pitch it without the camp, afar off 
 from the camp ; and he called it. The 
 tent of meeting. And it came to pass, 
 that every one which sought the Lord 
 went out unto the tent of meeting, 
 
 8 which was without the camp. And it 
 came to i)ass, when Moses went out 
 luito the Tent, that all the peo2)le rose 
 up, and stood, every man at his tent 
 door, and looked after Moses, until he 
 
 9 was gone into the Tent. And it came 
 to pass, when Moses entered into the 
 Tent, the piUar of cloud descended, and 
 stood at the door of the Tent: and the 
 
 10 LojtD spake with Moses. And all the 
 lieople saw the piUar of cloud stand at 
 the door of the Tent : and all the people 
 rose up and worshipped, every man at 
 
 11 his tent door. And the Lord spake 
 unto Moses face to face, as a man 
 si^eaketh mito his friend. And he turn- 
 ed again into the camp : but his minis- 
 ter Joshua, the son of Nun, a young 
 man, departed not out of the Tent. 
 
 12 And Moses said unto the Lord, See, 
 thou sayest unto me, Bring up this 
 peojile: and thou hast not let me 
 know 5 whom thou wUt send with
 
 34. 24. 
 
 EXODUS. 
 
 69 
 
 lOr, 
 
 and he 
 
 stood 
 
 with 
 
 Jiitn 
 
 there, 
 
 and 
 
 called 
 
 upon 
 
 ie. 
 
 2 Or, 
 Jehovnh 
 by 7t(ime 
 
 3 See ch. 
 XX. 5, 6. 
 
 me. Yet tbou hast said, I know tliee by 
 name, and thou hast also found grace 
 IB in my sight. Now therefore, I pi'ay 
 thee, if I have found grace hi thy sight, 
 wliew me now thy ways, that I may 
 know thee, to the end that I may find 
 grace m thy sight: and consider tliat 
 
 14 this nation is thy people. And he said, 
 My presence shall go ivifh thee, and I 
 
 15 will give thee rest. And he said unto 
 him, If thy presence go not loith me, 
 
 16 carry us not uj) hence. For wherein 
 now shall it be known that I have 
 foimd grace in thy sight, I and thy 
 people? is it not iii that thou goest 
 with us, so that we be separated, I 
 and thy jieople, from all the people 
 that are upon the face of the earth ? 
 
 17 And the Lord said unto Moses, I 
 will do this thing also that thou hast 
 spoken: for thou bast foimd grace in 
 my sight, and I know thee by name. 
 
 18 And he said, Shew me, I pray thee, 
 
 19 thy glory. And be said, I will make 
 aU my goodness pass before thee, and 
 will proclaim the name of the Lord 
 before thee ; and I will be gracious to 
 whom I will be gi-acious, and will sliev; 
 mercy on whom I will shew mercy. 
 
 20 And be said, Ihow canst not see my 
 face : for man shall not see me and live. 
 
 21 And the Loud said. Behold, tbei-e is 
 a place by me, and thou shalt stand 
 
 22ui)on the rock: and it shall come to 
 pass, while my glory i^assetb by, that 
 I will put thee in a cleft of the rock, 
 and will cover thee with my hand 
 
 23mitil I have passed by: and I will 
 take away mine baud, and thou shalt 
 see my back : but my face shall not be 
 seen. 
 
 34 And the Lord said unto Moses, Hew 
 thee two tables of stone like mito the 
 first : and I will write upon the tables 
 the words that were on the first tables, 
 2 which thou brakest. And be ready by 
 the mornmg, and come up m the morn- 
 ing unto mount Sinai, and present 
 thyself there to me on the top of the 
 3momit. And no man shall come up 
 with thee, neither let any man be seen 
 throughout all the mount ; neither let 
 the flocks nor herds feed before that 
 
 4 mount. And he hewed two tables of 
 stone like unto the first; and Moses 
 rose up early in the morning, and 
 went up unto mount Suiai, as the 
 Lord had commanded him, and took 
 
 5 in his band two tables of stone. And 
 the Lord descended in the cloud, i and 
 stood with him there, and proclaimed 
 
 6 2 the name of the Lord. And the Lord 
 liassed by before bun, and proclaim- 
 ed, The Lord, the Lord, a God fiill 
 of compassion and gracious, slow to 
 anger, and iilenteous in mercy and 
 
 7 truth; ^ keeping mercy for thousands, 
 forgiving iniquity and transgression 
 and sin: and that will by no means 
 
 clear the guilty; visiting the iniquity 
 of the fathers up(m the children, and 
 upon the children's children, upon the 
 third and upon the fourth generation. 
 
 8 And Moses made haste, and bowed 
 liis head toward the earth, and wor- 
 
 9shii)ped. And he said, If now I have 
 found grace in thy sight, O Lord, let 
 the Lord, I pray thee, go in the midst 
 of us; for it is a stiilnecked people; 
 and pardon our iniquity and our sin, 
 
 10 and take us for thine inheritance. And 
 be said, Behold, I make a covenant: 
 before all thy people I will do marvels, 
 such as have not been * wrought in 
 all the earth, nor in any nation: and 
 all the people among which tbou art 
 shall see the work of the Lord, for it 
 is a terrible thing that I do with 
 
 11 thee. Observe thou that which I com- 
 mand thee this day: behold, I drive 
 out before thee the Amorite, and the 
 Canaanite, and the Hittite, and the 
 Perizzite, and the Hivite, and the Je- 
 
 12 busite. Take heed to thyself, lest thou 
 make a covenant with the inhabitants 
 of the land whither tbou goest, lest 
 it be for a snare in the midst of thee : 
 
 13 but ye shall break dowai their altars, 
 and dash in pieces their ^ pillars, and 
 ye shall cut down their sAsherim: 
 
 14 for thou shalt worship no other god : 
 for the Lord, whose name is Jealous, 
 
 15 is a jealous God: lest thou make a 
 covenant with the inhabitants of the 
 land, and they go a whoruig after 
 their gods, and do sacrifice unto their 
 gods, and one call thee and thou eat 
 
 16 of his sacrifice ; 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 
 
 17 after their gods. Thou shalt make 
 
 18 thee no molten gods. The feast of im- 
 leavened bread shalt thou keep. Seven 
 days tbou shalt eat mileavened bread, 
 as I commanded thee, at the time aj)- 
 poiuted in the month Abib : for in the 
 month Abib thou earnest out from 
 
 19 Egypt. All that openeth the womb is 
 mine ; and all thy cattle that is male, 
 
 20 the firstlings of ox and sheep. And 
 the firstling of an ass tbou shalt re- 
 deem with a '^lamb: and if thou wilt 
 not redeem it, then thou shalt break 
 its neck. All the firstborn of thy 
 sons thou shalt redeem. And none 
 
 21 shall appear before me empty. Six 
 days thou shalt work, but on the 
 seventh day thou shalt rest : in plow- 
 ing time and in harvest thou shalt 
 
 22 rest. And thou shalt observe the feast 
 of weeks, even of the fiirstfruits of 
 wheat harvest, and the feast of in- 
 
 23 gathering at the year's 8 end. Tkree 
 times in the year shall all thy males 
 appear before the Lord God, the God 
 
 24 of Israel. For I will cast out nations 
 before thee, and enlarge thy borders : 
 
 1 Heb. 
 
 created. 
 
 5 Or, 
 obelisks 
 
 6 Proba- 
 bly the 
 wooden 
 symbols 
 of a 
 
 goddess 
 Asherah. 
 
 ' Or, hid 
 
 y 
 
 8 Heb. 
 revolu- 
 tion^
 
 70 
 
 EXODUS. 
 
 34. 24. 
 
 iHeb. 
 imrds. 
 
 2 Or, sent 
 forth 
 beams 
 (Heb. 
 Tiorns) 
 
 3 Or, 
 while he 
 talked 
 with 
 him 
 
 4 See ch. 
 xxxi. 15. 
 
 "■See 
 ch. XXV. 
 i-7. 
 
 neither shall any man desire thj' land, 
 when thou goest uj) to appear before 
 the LoED thy God three times in the 
 
 25 year. Thou shalt not offer the blood 
 of my sacrifice with leavened bread; 
 neither shall the sacrifice of the feast 
 of the passover be left unto the moru- 
 
 26 ing. The first of the firstfruits of thy 
 gi-ouud thou shalt bring unto the house 
 of the Loud thy God. Thou shalt 
 not seethe a kid in its mother's mUk. 
 
 27 And the Loed said unto Moses, Write 
 thou these words: for after the tenor 
 of these words I have made a coven- 
 
 28 ant with thee and with Israel. And 
 he was there with the Loed forty 
 days and forty nights ; he did neither 
 eat bread, nor driak water. And he 
 wrote upon the tables the words of the 
 covenant, the ten i commandments. 
 
 29 And it came to pass, when Moses came 
 down from mount SLuai with the two 
 tables of the testunony in Moses' hand, 
 when he came down from the mount, 
 that Moses wist not that the skiu of his 
 face 2 shone ^by reason of his speak- 
 
 30 ing with him. And when Aaron and all 
 the children of Israel saw Moses, be- 
 hold, the skin of his face shone; and 
 they were afraid to come nigh him. 
 
 31 And Moses called unto them; and 
 Aaron and all the rulers of the con- 
 gregation returned unto him: and 
 
 32 Moses spake to them. And afterward 
 all the children of Israel came nigh: 
 and he gave them in commandment all 
 that the Loed had sijoken with him 
 
 33 ia mount Sinai. And when Moses had 
 done speaking with them, he put a veil 
 
 34 on his face. But when Moses went Lu 
 before the Lord to speak mth him, 
 he took the veil off, until he came out ; 
 and he came out, and spake mito the 
 chUdi'eu of Israel that which he was 
 
 35 commanded ; and the children of Israel 
 saw the face of Moses, that the skin of 
 Moses' face shone: and Moses jjut 
 the veil upon his face again, untU he 
 went in to sjjeak with him. 
 
 36 And Moses assembled all the con- 
 gregation of the chUdren of Israel, 
 and said unto them. These are the 
 words which the Loed hath eom- 
 
 2 manded, that ye should do them. ^ Six 
 days shall work be done, but on the 
 seventh day there shall be to you an 
 holy day, a sabbath of solemn rest to 
 the Loed : whosoever doeth any work 
 
 3 therein shall be put to death. Ye 
 shall kindle no fire throughout your 
 habitations upon the sabbath day. 
 
 4 And Moses spake unto all the con- 
 gregation- of the children of Israel, 
 saying, This is the thmg which the 
 
 5 Lord coin manded, saying, ^Take ye 
 from among you an offering unto 
 the Lord: whosoever is of a wiUing 
 heart, let him bring it, the Lokd's of- 
 
 6 fering ; gold, and silver, and brass ; and 
 
 blue, and xJui'ple, and scarlet, and 
 
 7 fine Imen, and goats' hair ; and rams' 
 skins dyed red, and sealskins, and 
 
 8 acacia wood ; and oil for the light, and 
 spices for the anomting oil, and for 
 
 9 the sweet incense ; and onyx stones, 
 and stones to be set, for the ephod, 
 
 10 and for the breastplate. And let evei'y 
 wise hearted man among you come, 
 and make aU that the Lord hath com- 
 
 11 manded; the tabernacle, its tent, and 
 its covering, its clasps, and its boards, 
 
 12 its bars, its ijillars, and its sockets ; the 
 ark, and the staves thereof, the mercy- 
 
 13 seat, and the veil of the screen; the 
 table, and its staves, and all its ves- 
 
 14sels, and the ''shewbread; the candle- 
 stick also for the light, and its ves- 
 sels, and its lamps, and the oil for the 
 
 15 light ; and the altar of incense, and its 
 staves, and the anointing oil, and the 
 sweet incense, and the screen for the 
 door, at the door of the tabernacle; 
 
 16 the altar of burnt offering, with its 
 grating of brass, its staves, and aU its 
 
 17 vessels, the laver and its base; the 
 hangings of the court, the pUlars there- 
 of, and then- sockets, and the screen 
 
 IS for the gate of the court; the pins 
 of the tabernacle, and the pins of the 
 
 19 court, and their cords; the ''finely 
 wrought garments, for ministering in 
 the holy place, the holy garments for 
 Aaron the jiriest, and the garments of 
 his sons, to minister in the priest's 
 office. 
 
 20 And aU the congregation of the child- 
 ren of Israel departed from the jire- 
 
 21 sence of Moses. And they came, every 
 one whose heart stirred him up, and 
 every one whom his spu-it made wUling, 
 and brought the Lord's offering, for 
 the work of the tent of meeting, and 
 for aU the service thereof, and for the 
 
 22 holy garments. And they came, both 
 men and women, as many as were 
 willing hearted, and brought brooches, 
 and 8 earrings, and signet-rings, and 
 "armlets, aU jewels of gold; even every 
 man that offered an offering of gold 
 
 23 unto the Lord. And every man, with 
 whom was found blue, and pm-ple, 
 and scarlet, and fine linen, and goats' 
 hair, and rams' skins dyed red, and 
 
 24sealskms, brought them. Every one 
 that did offer an offering of silver 
 and brass brought the Lord's offering: 
 and every man, with whom was found 
 acacia wood for any work of the 
 
 25 service, brought it. And aU the women 
 that were vns,e hearted did spin with 
 then- hands, and brought that which 
 they had sjiun, the blue, and the 
 lim^ple, the scarlet, and the fine linen. 
 
 2G And all the women whose heart stirred 
 them uj) in v/isdom si)un the goats' 
 
 Tl hair. And the riders brought the 
 I*' onyx stones, and the stones to be set, 
 for the ephod, and for the breastplate;
 
 36. 29. 
 
 EXODUS. 
 
 71 
 
 1 See clu 
 
 xxxi. 
 
 1-6. 
 
 2 Or, 
 
 man 
 
 3 See ch. 
 
 xxvi. 
 
 l-U 
 
 •28aud tlio spice, ami the oil; for the 
 light, and for the anointing oil, and 
 
 29 for the sweet mcense. The children of 
 Israel brought a freewill offering unto 
 the Lord; every man and woman, 
 wliose heart made them willing to 
 bring for all the work, whicli the Loud 
 had commanded to be made by the 
 hand of Moses. 
 
 30 lAnd Moses said unto the children 
 of Israel, See, the Lord hath called 
 by name Bezalel the son of Uri, the 
 
 31 sou of Hui-, of the tribe of Judah ; and 
 he hath filled him with tlie spirit 
 of God, in wisdom, in understanding, 
 and in knowledge, and in all mamier 
 
 32 of workmanship ; and to devise cmming 
 works, to work in gold, and in silver, 
 
 33 and in brass, and in cuttmg of stones 
 for setting, and in carvuig of wood, 
 to work in all manner of cumimg 
 
 34 workmanship. And he hath put in 
 ills heart that he may teach, both he, 
 and Oholiab, the sou of Ahisamach, 
 
 35 of the tribe of Dan. Them hath he 
 filled with wisdom of heart, to work 
 all manner of workmanship, of the 
 2engi-aver, and of the cunning work- 
 man, and of the embroiderer, in blue, 
 aud in pm'ple, in scarlet, and in fine 
 linen, and of the weaver, even of them 
 that do any workmanship, and of those 
 
 36 that devise cunning works. And 
 Bezalel and Oholiab shall work, and 
 every wise hearted man, in whom the 
 Lord hath put wisdom and imder- 
 standmg to know how to work all the 
 work for the service of the sanctuary, 
 according to all that the Lord hath 
 commanded. 
 
 2 And Moses called Bezalel and Oholi- 
 ab, and every wise hearted man, m 
 whose heart the Lord had put viis- 
 dom, eveu every one whose heart 
 stirred him up to come unto the 
 
 3 work to do it: and they received of 
 Moses all the offering, which the 
 children of Israel had brought for the 
 work of the service of the sanctuary, 
 to make it withal. And they brought 
 yet unto him freewill offerings every 
 
 4 morning. And aU the wise men, that 
 wrought all the work of the sanctuary, 
 came every man from his work which 
 
 5 they wi-ought; and they spake unto 
 Moses, saymg. The people brmg much 
 more than enough for the service of 
 the work, v^'hich the Lord commanded 
 
 6 to make. And Moses gave conunand- 
 ment, and they caused it to be pro- 
 claimed throughout the camp, saying. 
 Let neither man nor woman make 
 any more work for the offering of the 
 sanctuary. So the people were re- 
 
 7 stramed from bringing. For the stuff 
 they had was sufficient for all the 
 work to make it, and too much. 
 
 8 3 And every wise hearted man among 
 them that \\T;ought the work made the 
 
 tabernacle with ten curtains; of fine 
 twined linen, and blue, and i)urple, 
 and scarlet, with cherubim the worlv 
 of the cunning workman made he 
 9 them. The length of each curtain 
 was eight and twenty cubits, and the 
 breadtii of each curtain four cubits: 
 
 10 all the curtains had one measure. And 
 he coupled five curtains one to an- 
 other: and the other five curtauis be 
 
 11 coupled one to another. And he made 
 loops of blue upon the edge of the 
 one curtain ^from the selvedge in the 
 couphng: likewise he made in the 
 edge of the curtain that was outmost 
 
 12 in the second ^ coupling. Fifty loops 
 made he m the one curtain, and fifty 
 loopy made he in tlie edge of the cui'- 
 taiu that was in the second * coupling : 
 the loops were opposite one to another. 
 
 13 And he made fifty clasjis of gold, and 
 coupled the cm-tains one to another with 
 the clasps : so the tabernacle was one. 
 
 14 And he made curtains of goats' hair 
 for a tent over the tabernacle : eleven 
 
 15 curtains he made them. The length of 
 each ciu'tain was thirty cubits, and four 
 cubits the breadth of each curtain : the 
 
 16 eleven curtains had one measure. And 
 be coupled five curtains by themselves, 
 
 17 and six cm-tains by themselves. And 
 he made fifty loops on the edge of 
 the curtain that was outmost in the 
 6 coupling, and fifty loops made he 
 upon the edge of the curtain which 
 was outmost in the second ^ coupling. 
 
 18 And he made fifty clasps of brass to 
 couple the tent together, that it might 
 
 19 be one. And he made a coveruig for 
 the tent of rams' skins dyed red, and 
 a coveruig of ■? sealskins above. 
 
 20 8 And he made the boards for the 
 taberuacle of acacia wood, standmg up. 
 
 21 Ten cubits was the length of a board, 
 and a cubit and a half the breadth 
 
 22 of each board. Each board had two 
 tenons, '■'joined one to another: thus 
 did he make for all the boards of the 
 
 23 tabernacle. And he made the boards 
 for the tabernacle ; twenty boards for 
 
 24 the south side southward: and he 
 made forty sockets of silver under the 
 twenty boards ; two sockets vuider one 
 hoard for its two tenons, and two 
 sockets under another board for its 
 
 25 two tenons. And for the second side 
 of the tabernacle, on the north side, 
 
 26 he made twenty boards, and their 
 forty sockets of silver; two sockets 
 under one board, and two sockets 
 
 27imder another board. And for the 
 huider part of the tabernacle west- 
 
 28 ward he made six boards. And two 
 boards made he for the corners of 
 
 29 the tabernacle in the hinder part. And 
 they were double beneath, and in like 
 manner they were entire unto the toji 
 thereof unto lOone ring: thus he did 
 to both of them in the two corners. 
 
 4 Or. 
 
 thai wa^ 
 outmost 
 ill the 
 first set 
 
 5 Or, set 
 
 eOr, 
 first set 
 
 'Or, 
 
 porpoist- 
 
 skins 
 
 8 See ch. 
 
 xxvL 
 
 15-29. 
 
 a Or, 
 
 moi'- 
 ticed 
 
 10 Or, ttm 
 first
 
 rr 
 
 1 •> 
 
 EXODUS. 
 
 36. 30. 
 
 > See ch. 
 
 XXVJ. 
 
 31-37. 
 
 2 See cli. 
 
 XXV. 
 
 lu-i!0. 
 
 3 Or. 
 
 rim 
 
 Or, 
 
 mould- 
 
 i>m 
 
 4Heb. 
 
 rib. 
 
 5 Or. 
 covering 
 
 6 Or. 
 
 turned 
 
 " See ch. 
 
 XXV. 
 
 23-29. 
 
 SOAiid there were eight boards, and 
 their sockets of silver, sixteen sockets ; 
 
 31 under every board two sockets. And 
 he made bars of acacia wood; five 
 for the boards of the one side of the 
 
 32 tabernacle, and five bars for the boards 
 of the other side of the tabernacle, 
 and five bars for the boaids of the 
 tabernacle for the hinder part west- 
 
 33 ward. And he made the middle bar 
 to pass tlu-ough in the midst of the 
 boards from the one end to the other. 
 
 34 Arid he overlaid the boards with gold, 
 and made their rings of gold for 
 l^laces for the bars, and overlaid the 
 bars with gold. 
 
 35 lAnd he made the veil of blue, and 
 pm-ple, and scarlet, and fine twined 
 linen : with cherubim the work of the 
 
 36 cunning workman made he it. And 
 he made thereunto four pillars of 
 acacia, and overlaid them with gold: 
 their hooks were of gold ; and he cast 
 
 37 for them four sockets of silver. And 
 he made a screen for the door of the 
 Tent, of blue, and XHirple, and scarlet, 
 and fine twined linen, the work of the 
 
 38 embroiderer ; and the five pillars of 
 it with their hooks: and he overlaid 
 theu" chapiters and their fillets with 
 gold: and their five sockets were of 
 brass. 
 
 37 ^And Bezalel made the ark of 
 acacia wood : two cubits and a half 
 was the length of it, and a cubit and 
 a half the breadth of it, and a cubit 
 
 2 and a half the height of it : and he 
 overlaid it with pure gold within and 
 without, and made a <* crown of gold 
 
 3 to it round about. And he cast for it 
 four rings of gold, in the four feet 
 thereof ; even two rings on the one ^ side 
 of it, and two rings on the other ^ side 
 
 4 of it. And he made staves of acacia 
 wood, and overlaid them with gold. 
 
 5 And he put the staves into the rings 
 on the sides of the ark, to bear the 
 
 6 ark. And he made a ^ mercy-seat of 
 pure gold : two cubits and a half was 
 the length thereof, and a cubit and a 
 
 7 half the breadth thereof. And he made 
 two cherubim of gold; of "beaten work 
 made he them, at the two ends of the 
 
 8 mercy-seat ; one cherub at the one end, 
 and one cherub at the other end: of 
 one j)iece with the mercy-seat made he 
 the cherubiui at the two ends thereof. 
 
 9 And the cherubim spread out their 
 wings on high, covering the mercy- 
 seat with their wmgs, with their faces 
 one to another ; toward the mercy-seat 
 were the faces of the cherubim. 
 
 10 '?Aud he made the table of acacia 
 wood : two cubits toas the length there- 
 of, and a cubit the breadth thereof, and 
 a cubit and a half the height thereof; 
 
 11 and he overlaid it with pure gold, and 
 made thereto a crown of gold round 
 
 12 about. And he made unto it a border 
 
 of an handbreadth round about, and 
 made a golden crown to the border 
 
 13 thereof roimd about. And h'e cast for 
 it four rings of gold, and put the rings 
 in the four corners that were on the 
 
 14 four feet thei-eof. Close by the border 
 were the rings, the places for the 
 
 1.5 staves to bear the table. And he made 
 the staves of acacia wood, and over- 
 laid them with gold, to bear the table. 
 
 16 And he made the vessels which were 
 upon the table, the dishes thereof, and 
 the spoons thereof, and the bowls 
 thereof, and the flagons thereof, to 
 pour out withal, of pure gold. 
 
 17 SAiid he made the candlestick of 
 pure gold: of beaten work made he 
 the candlestick, even its base, and its 
 shaft; its cups, its knops, and its 
 flowers, were of one piece with it: 
 
 18 and there were six branches gomg out 
 of the sides thereof; three branches 
 of the candlestick out of the one 
 side thereof, and three branches, of 
 the candlestick out of the other side 
 
 19 thereof : three cups made like almond- 
 blossoms in one branch, a knop and 
 a flower; and three cvqta made like 
 almond-blossoms in the other branch, 
 a knop and a flower: so for the six 
 branches gomg out of the candlestick. 
 
 20 And in the candlestick were four cups 
 made like almond-blossoms, the knops 
 
 21 thereof, and the flowers thereof: and 
 a knop under two branches of one 
 piece with it, and a knop under two 
 branches of one piece with it, and a 
 knojt under two branches of one piece 
 with it, for the six branches going out 
 
 22 of it. Their knops and their branches 
 were of one piece with it: the whole 
 of it was one beaten work of pure gold. 
 
 23 And he made the lamps thereof, seven, 
 and the tongs thereof, and the snuff- 
 
 24 dishes thereof, of pure gold. Of a 
 talent of pure gold made he it, and all 
 the vessels thereof. 
 
 2.5 9 And he made the altar of incense of 
 acacia wood: a cubit was the length 
 thereof, and a cubit the breadth there- 
 of, foursquare ; and two cubits was the 
 height thereof ; the horns thereof were 
 
 26 of one jjiece with it. And he overlaid 
 it with pure gold, the top thereof, and 
 the sides thereof round about, and the 
 horns of it: and he made mito it a 
 
 27 crown of gold round about. And he 
 made for it two golden rings under the 
 crown thereof, upon the two ribs there- 
 of, upon the two sides of it, for places 
 
 28 for staves to bear it withal. And he 
 made the staves of acacia wood, and 
 
 29 overlaid them with gold. WAnd he 
 made the holy aiiointing oil, and the 
 l^ure uicense of sweet spices, after the 
 art of the perf inner. 
 
 38 11 And he made the altar of burnt 
 offering of acacia wood: flve cubits 
 was the length thereof, and five
 
 39. 5. 
 
 EXODUS. 
 
 73 
 
 1 See I iL 
 XXX. 18. 
 
 2 Or, 
 tho 
 
 wnmfii 
 which 
 nsi,ent' 
 bled Pi 
 minister 
 
 3 See 
 Num. 
 iv. 23, 
 viii. '2i ; 
 1 Sani. 
 ii. •2'2. 
 
 i See ell. 
 xxvii. 
 
 a-ia. 
 
 cubits the breacltli tliereof , foursquare ; 
 and tliree cubits tbo boiglit tbereof. 
 
 2 And bo made tbo lioriis thereof upou 
 the four comers of it ; the horus tliere- 
 of were of one jjiece with it: and he 
 
 3 overlaid it with brass. And he made 
 all the vessels of the altar, the pots, and 
 the shovels, aud the basons, the flesh- 
 hooks, and the tircpans : all the vessels 
 
 4 thereof made he of brass. And he 
 made for the altar a grating of network 
 of brass, under tho ledge round it 
 
 5 beneath, reaching halfway up. And 
 he cast four rings for the four ends of 
 the grating of brass, to be jilaces for 
 
 6 the staves. And he made the staves of 
 acacia wood, and ovei'laid them with 
 
 7 brass. And he put the staves into 
 the rings on the sides of the altar, to 
 bear it withal ; he made it hollow with 
 planks. 
 
 8 lAnd he made the laver of brass, aud 
 the base thereof of brass, of the mirrors 
 of 2 the ^serving women which served 
 at the door of the tent of meeting. 
 
 9 -^And he made the com-t: for the 
 .south side southward the hangings of 
 the court were of fine twined linen, 
 
 10 an hundred cubits : their pillars were 
 twenty, and their sockets twenty, of 
 brass; the hooks of the ijillars and 
 
 lltheu- fillets were of silver. And for 
 the north side an hundi-ed cubits, 
 their pillars twenty, and their sock- 
 ets twenty, of brass ; the hooks of 
 the pillars and their fillets of silver. 
 
 12 And for the west side were hangings 
 of fifty cubits, then- pillars ten, aud 
 their sockets ten; the hooks of the 
 
 13 pillars and their fillets of silver. And 
 for the east side eastward fifty cubits. 
 
 14 The hangings for the one side of the 
 (jate were fifteen cubits; their pillars 
 
 15 three, and their sockets three ; and so 
 for the other side: on this hand and 
 that hand by the gate of the com-t 
 were hangmgs of fifteen cubits ; then- 
 pillars three, and their sockets three. 
 
 16 All the hangings of the court round 
 
 17 about were of fine twined linen. And 
 the sockets for the pillars were of 
 brass; the hooks of the pillars and 
 their fillets of silver; and the over- 
 laying of theii chapiters of silver; 
 and all the pillars of the com't were 
 
 IS filleted with silver. And tho screen 
 for the gate of the com-t was the work 
 of the embroiderer, of blue, and pm-ple, 
 and scarlet, and fine twmed linen: 
 and twenty cubits was the length, and 
 the height in the breadth was five 
 cubits, answerable to the haug-lngs of 
 
 19 the court. And their j)illars v.-cre four, 
 and then- sockets four, of brass ; their 
 hooks of silver, and the overlaying 
 of their chapiters and their fillets of 
 
 20 silver. And aU the i)ius of tho taber- 
 nacle, and of the court round about, 
 were of brass. 
 
 5 Or, a 
 
 i-rafti- 
 
 1\. This is the sum of the thiwjs fur the | 
 tabernacle, even the tabernacle of tho 
 testimony, as they were counted, ac- 
 cordnig to the conniiaiKlment of Moses, 
 for the service of the Levites, by the 
 hand of Ithamar, the son of Aaron the 
 
 22 priest. And Bezalel the son of Uri, 
 the son of Hm-, of the tribe of Judah, 
 made aU that the Lokd commanded 
 
 23 Moses. And with hun was Oholiab, 
 the son of Ahisamach, of the tribe of 
 Dan, *an engraver, aud a cumiuig 
 workman, and an embroiderer in blue, 
 and hi pm-ple, and iu scarlet, and fiue 
 linen. 
 
 21 All the gold that was used for the 
 work in all the work of the sanctuary, 
 even the gold of the oifering, was 
 twenty and nine talents, and seven 
 hundred and thirty shekels, after the 
 
 25 shekel of the sanctuary. And the silver 
 of them that were numljered of the 
 congregation was an hundred talents, 
 and a thousand seven hundred and 
 threescore aud fiJteen shekels, after 
 
 2Gthe shekel of the sanctuai-y: a beka 
 a head, that is, half a shekel, after the 
 shekel of the sanctuary, for every one 
 that passed over to them that were 
 numbered, from twenty years old and 
 upward, for six hundred thousand and 
 three thousand and five hundred and 
 
 27 fifty men. And the hundred talents of 
 silver were for casting the sockets of 
 the sanctuary, and the sockets of the 
 veil ; an hundred sockets for the hun- 
 dred talents, a talent for a socket. 
 
 28 And of the thousand seven hundred 
 seventy and five shekels he made hooks 
 for the pillars, and overlaid theu- 
 chapiters, and made fiUets for them. 
 
 29 And the brass of the offering was 
 seventy talents, and two thousand and 
 
 SOfom- hundred shekels. And therewith 
 he made the sockets to the door of the 
 tent of meetuig, and the brasen altar, 
 and the brasen gratiag for it, and all 
 
 31 the vessels of the altar, aud the sockets 
 of the court romid about, aud the 
 sockets of the gate of the court, aud 
 all the pius of the tabernacle, and all 
 the pius of the com-t round about. 
 
 39 And of the blue, and pm-ple, and 
 scarlet, they made finely wrought 
 garments, for ministering m the holy 
 place, and made the holy garments 
 for Aiiron; as the Lokd conmianded 
 Moses. 
 
 2 6 And he made the ephod of gold, 
 blue, and luu-jjle, and scarlet, aud fhie 
 
 3 twined linen. And they did beat tlie 
 gold into thui plates, aud cut it into 
 wh-es, to work it in the blue, and in 
 the purple, and in the scarlet, and iu 
 the tine linen, the work of the cunning 
 
 4 workman. They made shoulderpieces 
 for it, joined together: at the two 
 
 5 ends was it joined together. And the 
 cunningly woven band, that was upon 
 
 G See c!i. 
 
 .xxviii. 
 
 tj-li
 
 74 
 
 EXODUS. 
 
 39. 5. 
 
 1 See oh. 
 
 xxviii. 
 
 15-28. 
 
 2 See ch. 
 
 xxviii. 
 
 31-34. 
 
 it, to gird it on withal, was of the 
 same piece and like the work there- 
 of; of gold, of blue, and purple, and 
 scarlet, and fine twined linen; as the 
 Lord commanded Moses. 
 
 6 And they -WTOught the onyx stones, 
 inclosed in ouches of gold, graven 
 with the engravings of a signet, ac- 
 cording to the names of the children 
 
 7 of Israel. And he put them on the 
 shoulderpieces of the ephod, to be 
 stones of memorial for the children 
 of Israel; as the Lord commanded 
 Moses. 
 
 8 lAnd he made the breastiilate, the 
 work of the cumiing workman, like 
 the work of the ephod; of gold, of 
 blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine 
 
 9 twined linen. It was foursquare ; they 
 made the breastplate double: a span 
 was the length thereof, and a span 
 
 10 the breadth thereof, being double. And 
 they set in it foui- rows of stones: a 
 row of sardius, topaz, and carbuncle 
 
 11 was the first row. And the second 
 row, an emerald, a sapphu-e, and a 
 
 12 diamond. And the third row, a jacinth, 
 l^an agate, and an amethyst. And the 
 
 fourth row, a beryl, an onyx, and a 
 jasper: they were inclosed in ouches of 
 
 14 gold in their settings. And the stones 
 were according to the names of the 
 children of Israel, twelve, according to 
 theu' names ; like the engravings of a 
 signet, every one according to his 
 
 15 name, for the twelve tribes. And they 
 made upon the breastplate chains like 
 cords, of wreathen work of pure gold. 
 
 16 And they made two ouches of gold, 
 and two gold rings; and put the two 
 rings on the two ends of the breast- 
 
 17 iilate. And they put the two wreathen 
 chains of gold on the two rings at the 
 
 18 ends of the breastplate. And the other 
 two ends of the two WTeathen chains 
 they put on the two ouches, and put 
 them on the shoulderpieces of the 
 
 19 ephod, in the forepai't thereof. And 
 they made two rings of gold, and put 
 them upon the two ends of the breast- 
 plate, upon the edge thereof, which 
 was toward the side of the ephod in- 
 
 20 ward. And they made two rings of 
 gold, and put them on the two shoul- 
 dei-pieces of the ephod underneath, 
 in the forepart thereof, close by the 
 coupling thereof, above the cunningly 
 
 21 woven band of the ephod. And they 
 did bind the breastplate by the rings 
 thereof unto the rings of the ephod 
 with a lace of blue, that it might be 
 upon the cunningly woven band of the 
 ephod, and that the breastplate might 
 not be loosed from the ephod ; as the 
 Lord commanded Moses. 
 
 22 2 And he made the robe of the ephod of 
 
 23 woven work, all of blue ; and the hole 
 of the robe ui the midst thereof, as the 
 hole of a coat of mail, with a binding 
 
 round about the hole of it, that it should 
 24 not be rent. And they made upon the 
 skirts of the robe pomegranates of blue, 
 and purple, and scarlet, a7id twined 
 251(71671. And they made beUs of pure 
 gold, and put the beUs between the 
 pomegranates upon the skirts of the 
 robe round about, between the pome- 
 
 26 gi-anates ; a bell and a pomegranate, a 
 bell and a pomegranate, upon the skii-ts 
 of the robe romid about, to minister in ; 
 as the Lord commanded Moses. 
 
 27 8 And they made the coats of fine linen 
 of woven work for Aaron, and for his 
 
 28 sons, and the * mitre of fine linen, and 
 the goodly headtires of fine linen, and 
 the linen breeches of fine twined linen, 
 
 29 and the girdle of tine twined luien, and 
 blue, and purple, and scarlet, the work 
 of the embroiderer ; as the Lord com- 
 manded Moses. 
 
 30 6 And they made the plate of the 
 holy crown of pm-e gold, and wrote 
 upon it a writing, like the engravings 
 
 31 of a signet, holy to the lord. And 
 they tied unto it a lace of blue, to 
 fasten it upon the * mitre above; as 
 the Lord commanded Moses. 
 
 32 Thus was finished aU the work of 
 the tabernacle of the tent of meeting : 
 and the children of Israel did accord- 
 mg to all that the Lord commanded 
 Moses, so did they. 
 
 33 And they brought the tabernacle imto 
 Moses, the Tent, and all its furniture, 
 its clasps, its boards, its bars, and its 
 
 34 pillars, and its sockets ; and the cover- 
 ing of rams' skins dyed red, and the 
 covering of 6 sealskins, and the veil of 
 
 35 the screen; the ark of the testimony, 
 and the staves thereof, and the mercy- 
 
 36 seat ; the table, all the vessels thereof, 
 
 37 and the shewbread ; the pure candle- 
 stick, the lamps thereof, even the lamps 
 to be set in order, and aU the vessels 
 
 38 thereof, and the oil for the light ; and 
 the golden altar, and the anointing oil, 
 and the sweet incense, and the screen 
 
 39 for the door of the Tent; the brasen 
 altar, and its grating of brass, its 
 staves, and aU its vessels, the laver 
 
 40 and its base; the hangings of the 
 court, its pillars, and its sockets, and 
 the screen for the gate of the coui-t, 
 the cords thereof, and the pins thereof, 
 and aU the instruments of the service 
 of the tabernacle, for the tent of meet- 
 
 41 ing ; the finely wrought gannents for 
 ministering in the holy place, and the 
 holy garments for Aaron the priest, 
 and the garments of his sons, to minis- 
 
 42 ter in the priest's office. According to 
 all that the Lord commanded Moses, 
 so the children of Israel did aU the 
 
 43 work. And Moses saw all the work, 
 and, behold, they had done it; as 
 the Lord had commanded, even so 
 had they done it : and Moses blessed 
 them.
 
 40. 38. 
 
 EXODUS. 
 
 75 
 
 lOr, 
 net njt 
 
 40 Aiid the Lord spake unto Moses, say- 
 
 2 iiig, On the first day of the first moutli 
 shalt thou rear np the tabernacle of the 21 
 
 3 tent of meethig. And thou shalt put 
 therein the ark of the testimony, and 
 thon shalt screen the ark with the veil. 
 
 4 And thou shalt hruig in the table, and 22 
 set in order the things that are upon 
 it ; and thou shalt bring iti the candle- 
 stick, and flight the lamps thereof. 23 
 
 5 And thou shalt set the golden altar 
 for incense before the ark of the testi- 
 mony, and put the screen of the door 24 
 
 6 to the tabernacle. And thou shalt set 
 the altar of burnt offeruig before the 
 door of the tabernacle of the tent of 25 
 
 7 meeting. And thou shalt set the laver 
 between the tent of meeting and the 26 
 altar, and shalt put water therein. 
 
 8 And thou shalt set up the court round 27 
 about, and hang up the screen of the 
 
 9 gate of the court. And thou shalt 28 
 take the anomting oil, and anoint the 
 tabernacle, and all that is therein, and 29 
 shalt hallow it, and all the furniture 
 
 10 thereof: and it shall be holy. And 
 thou shalt anoint the altar of bm-nt 
 offering, and all its vessels, and sanc- 
 tify the altar: and the altar shall be 30 
 
 11 most holy. And thou shalt anoint the 
 
 12 laver and its base, and sanctify it. And 31 
 thou shalt bruig Aaron and his sous 
 unto the door of the tent of meeting, 
 
 13 and shalt wash them with water. And 32 
 thou shalt put upon Aaron the holy 
 garments ; and thou shalt anoint him, 
 and sanctify him, that he may minister 33 
 
 14 mito me in the priest's office. And thou 
 shalt brmg his sons, and put coats 
 
 15 upon them : and thou shalt anoint 
 them, as thou didst anoint theii- father, 
 that they may minister unto me hi the 34 
 priest's office : and their anointing shall 
 be to them for an everlasting priest- 35 
 hood thi'oughout their generations. 
 
 16 Thus did Moses : according to all that 
 the Lord commanded him, so did he. 
 
 17 And it came to pass in the first month 36 
 in the second year, on the first day of 
 the month, that the tabernacle was 
 
 18 reared up. And Moses reared up the 
 tabernacle, and laid its sockets, and 
 set up the boards thereof, and put in 
 the bars thereof, and reared up its i 38 
 
 19 pillars. And he spread the tent over 
 the tabernacle, and put the covering 
 of the tent above upon it ; as the Lord 
 
 20 commanded Moses. And he took and 
 
 put the testimony into the ark, and 
 set the staves on the ark, and put tlie 
 mercy-seat above upon the ark: and 
 he brought the ark mto the tabernacle, 
 and set up the veil of the screen, and 
 screened the ark of the testimony ; as 
 the Lord commanded Moses. And he 
 imt the table in the tent of meeting, 
 upon the side of the tabernacle north- 
 ward, without the veil. And he set 
 the bread in order upon it before 
 the Lord ; as the Lord commanded 
 Moses. And he put the candlestick 
 m the tent of meetmg, over against 
 the table, on the side of the taber- 
 nacle southward. And he i lighted the 
 lamps before the Lord ; as the Lord 
 commanded Moses. And he put the 
 golden altar in the tent of meeting 
 before the veil : and he burnt thereon 
 incense of sweet spices; as the Lord 
 commanded Moses. And he put the 
 screen of the door to the tabernacle. 
 And he set the altar of burnt offering 
 at the door of the tabernacle of the 
 tent of meeting, and offered upon it 
 the bui-nt offering and the meal offer- 
 ing; as the Lord commanded Moses. 
 And he set the laver between the tent 
 of meeting and the altar, and put 
 water therein, to wash withal, ^^(i 
 Moses and Aaron and his sons washed 
 their hands and their feet thereat; 
 when they went into the tent of meet- 
 ing, and when they came near unto the 
 altar, they washed : as the Lord com- 
 manded Moses. And he reared wp the 
 court round about the tabernacle and 
 the altar, and set up the screen of the 
 gate of the court. So Moses finished 
 the work. 
 Then the cloud covered the tent of 
 meeting, and the glory of the Lord 
 filled the tabernacle. And Moses was 
 not able to enter into the tent of meet- 
 ing, because the cloud abode thereon, 
 and the glory of the Lord filled the 
 tabernacle. And when the cloud was 
 taken up from over the tabernacle, 
 the children of Israel went onward, 
 throughout aU then- journeys: but if 
 the cloud were not taken u}), then 
 they journeyed not till the day that it 
 was taken n]}. For the cloud of the 
 Lord was upon the tabernacle by day, 
 and there was fire therein by night, 
 ill the sight of all the house of Israel, 
 throughout all their journeys. 
 
 2 See ch. 
 XIX. 19, 
 
 20. 
 
 3-6
 
 THE THIRD BOOK OF MOSES, 
 
 COMIIONLX CALLED 
 
 LEYITICUS. 
 
 I And the Lord called unto Moses, 
 and spake unto him out of the tent 
 
 '2 of meeting, sayiug. Speak unto the 
 children of Israel, and say unto them, 
 Wlien any man of you oifereth an 
 oblation unto the Lord, ye shall offer 
 youi' oblation of the cattle, even of the 
 herd and of the flock. 
 
 3 If his oblation be a burnt offermg 
 of the herd, he shall offer it a male 
 vdthout blemish; he shall offer it at 
 the door of the tent of meeting, that 
 he may be accepted before the Lord. 
 
 4 And he shall lay his hand upon the 
 head of the bm-nt oliering ; and it 
 shall be accepted for him to make 
 
 5 atonement for him. And he shall 
 kill the bullock before the Lord : and 
 Aaron's sons, the priests, shall pre- 
 sent the blood, and sprinkle the blood 
 round about ui^on the altar that is at 
 
 6 the door of the tent of meetmg. And 
 he shall flay the bui-nt offering, and 
 
 7 cut it into its pieces. And the sons of 
 Aaron the priest shall put fire ui)ou 
 the altar, and lay wood in order upon 
 
 8 the fire: and Aaron's sous, the priests, 
 shall lay the pieces, the head, and the 
 fat, in order upon the wood that is on 
 
 9 the fire which is upon the altar: but 
 its inwards and its legs shall he wash 
 with water : and the ^Driest shall burn 
 the whole on the altar, for a burnt 
 offering, an offering made by ni-e, of a 
 sweet savoui' unto the Loud. 
 10 And if his oblation be of the flock, of 
 the sheep, or of the goats, for a burnt 
 offering ; he shall offer it a male with- 
 
 II out blemish. And he shall kiU it on 
 the side of the altar northward be- 
 fore the Lord : aud Aaron's sons, the 
 priests, shall sprinkle its blood upon 
 
 12 the altar round about. And he shall 
 cut it into its pieces, with its head 
 and its fat: and the jn-iest shall lay 
 them in order on the wood that is on 
 
 13 the fii'e which is upon the altar: but 
 the inwards and the legs shall he wash 
 with water : and the priest shall offer 
 the whole, and bm'u it upon the altar : 
 it is a biu-nt offering, an ofl'ering made 
 by fire, of a sweet savom' uuto the 
 Lord. 
 
 14 And if his oblation to the Lord 
 be a burnt offeriui: of fowls, then 
 
 'Or, 
 
 2nnch 
 
 2 Or. 
 
 fealher& 
 
 he shall offer his oblation of turtle- 
 
 15 doves, or of young pigeons. And the 
 priest shall brmg it uuto the altar, 
 and 1 wring off its head, and burn it 
 on the altar; and the blood thereof 
 shall be drained out on the side of the 
 
 16 altar : and he shall take away its crop 
 with the 2 filth thereof, and cast it 
 beside the altar on the east part, in 
 
 17 the i^lace of the ashes : and he shaU 
 rend it by the wings thereof, hut shall 
 not divide it asmider: and the priest 
 shall burn it upon the altar, upon the 
 ^vood that is upon the fire: it is a 
 burnt offering, an offermg made by 
 fii'e, of a sv/eet savour uuto the Lord. 
 
 2 And when any one offereth au obla- 
 tion of a meal offering unto the Lord, 
 his oblation shall be of fine flour ; and 
 he shall pour oil upon it, and put 
 2 fi'ankmcense thereon: and he shall 
 bring it to Aaron's sons the priests: 
 aud he shall take thereout his handful 
 of the line flour thereof, and of the 
 oil thereof, with all the frankincense 
 thereof; and the priest shall burn it 
 us the memorial thereof upon the 
 altar, an offering made by fire, of a 
 
 3 sweet savoui* unto the Lord : and that 
 which is left of the meal offering shall 
 be Aaron's and his sons' : it is a thing 
 most holy of the offerings of the Lord 
 made by fire. 
 
 4 And when thou offerest an oblation 
 of a meal offering baken in the oven, 
 it shall be unleavened cakes of fine 
 flour mingled with oil, or unleavened 
 
 5 wafers anoiuted with oil. ^^d if thy 
 oblation be a meal offering of the 
 ^ baking pan, it shall be of fine flom* I ^ or, 
 
 6 unleavened, mingled with oil. Thou j Opiate 
 shalt part it in pieces, and pour oil i 
 
 ] 7 thereon : it is a meal offering. And if I 
 
 I thy oblation be a meal offering of the 
 
 I frying pan, it shall be made of fine 
 
 I 8 flour with oil. And thou shalt bring 
 
 the meal offering that is made of tliesc 
 
 things unto the Lord : aud it shall be 
 
 presented mito the ijriest, and he shall 
 
 I 9 bring it imto the altar. And the priest 
 
 I shall take up from the meal offering 
 
 I the memorial thereof, and shall burn 
 
 it upon the altar : au offering made 
 
 by fire, of a sweet savour unto the 
 
 10 Lord. And that which is left of the
 
 4. 9. 
 
 LEV1TI0U8. 
 
 77 
 
 meal offering shall be Aaron's and his 
 sons': it is a thing most holy of the 
 offerings of the Lord made hy iii'c. 
 
 11 No meal offering, which ye shall ofl'er 
 mito the Lord, shall be made with 
 leaven; for ye shall burn no leaven, 
 nor any honey, as an oft'eriug made 
 
 12 by fire unto the Lord. As an obla- 
 tion of tirst/V?«Y,'; ye shall offer them 
 imto the LoiiD : but they shall not come 
 up for a sweet savour on the altar. 
 
 13 And every oblation of thy meal offeruig 
 shalt thou season with salt; neither 
 shalt thou suffer the salt of the coven- 
 ant of thy God to be lackuig from thy 
 meal offering : with all thine oblations 
 thou shalt offer salt. 
 
 14 And if thou offer a meal offering of 
 firstfruits unto the Lord, thou shalt 
 offer for the meal offermg of thy first- 
 fruits corn in the ear parched with 
 
 15 fii-e, bruised corn of the fresh ear. And 
 thou shalt put oil upon it, and lay 
 frankincense thereon: it is a meal of- 
 
 16 f ermg. And the priest shall bm-n the 
 memorial of it, part of the bruised 
 corn thereof, and part of the oil there- 
 of, with all the frankincense thereof: 
 it is an offering made by fire mito the 
 Lord. 
 
 3 And if his oblation be a sacrifice 
 of 1 peace offerings; if he offer of the 
 herd, whether male or female, he shall 
 offer it without blemish before the 
 
 2 Lord. And he shall lay his hand 
 upon the head of his oblation, and 
 kill it at the door of the tent of meet- 
 ing: and Aaron's sons the priests shall 
 spriakle the blood upon the altar 
 
 3 round about. And he shall offer of the 
 sacrifice of peace offerings an offering 
 made by fire unto the Lord; the fat 
 that covereth the inwards, and all the 
 
 4 fat that is upon the inwards, and the 
 two kidneys, and the fat that is on 
 them, which is by the loins, and the 
 caul upon the Uver, '^ with the kidneys, 
 
 5 shall he take away. And Aaron's sous 
 shall burn it on the altar upon the 
 burnt offering, which is upon the wood 
 that is on the fu-e: it is an offermg 
 made by iu-e, of a sweet savour unto 
 the Lord. 
 
 6 And if his oblation for a sacrifice 
 of peace offerings unto the Lord be 
 of the flock ; male or female, he shall 
 
 7 offer it without blemish. If he offer 
 a lamb for his oblation, then shall 
 
 She offer it before the Lord: and he 
 shall lay his hand upon the head of 
 his oblation, and kill it before the 
 tent of meetmg: and Aaron's sons 
 shall sprinkle the blood thereof upon 
 
 9 the altar round about. And he shall 
 offer of the sacrifice of peace offer- 
 ings an offering made by fire unto the 
 Lord ; the fat thereof, the fat tail en- 
 tire, he shall take it away hard by the 
 backbone ; and the fat that covereth 
 
 the inwards, and all the fat that is 
 
 10 upon the inwards, and the two kid- 
 neys, and the fat that is upon them, 
 which is by the loins, and the caul 
 upon the liver, -^ with the kidneys, shall 
 
 11 he take away. 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 liis oblation be a goat, then 
 
 13 he shall ofl'er it before the Lord : and 
 he shall lay his hand upon the head 
 of it, and kill it before the tent of 
 meetmg: and the sons of Aaron shall 
 sjtrinkle the blood thereof upon the 
 
 14 altar round about. And ho shall offer 
 thereof his oblation, even an offering 
 made by fire mito the Lord; the fat 
 that covereth the uiwards, and all the 
 
 15 fat that is upon the inwards, and the 
 two kidneys, and the fat that is ujion 
 them, which is by the loms, and the 
 caul upon the liver, ^ with the kidneye, 
 
 16 shall he take away. And the priest 
 shall bm"n them upon the altar: it is 
 the food of the offering made by fu-e, 
 for a sweet savour: aU the fat is the 
 
 17 Lord's. It shall be a perpetual stat- 
 ute throughout your generations in 
 all your dwellings, that ye shall eat 
 neither fat nor blood. 
 
 4 And the Lor.D spake unto Moses, 
 2 saying. Speak imto the chiltlren of 
 Israel, saymg. If any one shall sin 
 5 unwittingly, in any of the things 
 which the Lord hath couuuanded not 
 to be done, and shall do any one of 
 8 them : if the anomted priest shall sm 
 so as to bring guilt on the people; 
 then let him offer for his sin, which 
 he hath sumed, a young bullock with- 
 out blemish unto the Lord for a sin 
 
 4 offermg. And he shall bring the 
 bullock unto the door of the tent of 
 meetmg before the Lord ; and he 
 shall lay his hand upon the head of 
 the bullock, and kill the bullock before 
 
 5 the Lord. And the anointed priest 
 shall take of the blood of the bullock, 
 and bring it to the tent of meeting: 
 
 G and the priest shall dix) his finger in 
 the blood, and sprmkle of the blood 
 seven times before the Lord, before 
 
 7 the veil of the sanctuary. And the 
 priest shall put of the blood upon the 
 horns of the altar of sweet mcense 
 before the Lord, which is in the tent 
 of meetmg; and aU the blood of the 
 bullock shall he poui- out at the base of 
 the altar of burnt offeruig, which is at 
 
 8 the door of the tent of meeting. And all 
 the fat of the buUock of the sin offering 
 he shall take off from it ; the fat that 
 covereth the inwards, and ah. the fat 
 
 9 that is upon the mwards, and the two 
 kitlneys, and the fat that is upon them, 
 v.'hich is by the loins, and the caul 
 upon the liver, 6 with the kidneys, shall 
 
 3Seo 
 ver. 4. 
 
 < Hel). 
 bread. 
 
 5 Or, 
 
 lurollg'h 
 error 
 
 5 See cli. 
 iii. 4.
 
 LEVITICUS. 
 
 4. 9. 
 
 10 he take away, as it is taken off from 
 the ox of the sacrifice of peace offer- 
 ings; and the priest shall burn them 
 
 11 upon the altar of bm-nt offering. And 
 the skin of the bullock, and all its 
 flesh, -with its head, and with its legs, 
 
 12 and its inwards, and its dung, even 
 the whole bullock shaU he carry forth 
 without the camp unto a clean jilace, 
 where the ashes are poured out, and 
 burn it on wood with fire : where 
 the ashes are poured out shall it be 
 bui'nt. 
 
 13 And if the whole congregation of 
 Israel shall err, and the thing be hid 
 from the eyes of the assembly, and 
 they have done any of the things 
 which the Lord hath commanded not 
 
 14 to be done, and are guilty; when 
 
 the sin wherein they have sumed is 
 
 known, then the assembly shall offer 
 
 a young bullock for a sin offering, 
 
   and bring it before the tent of meet- 
 
 15ing. And the elders of the congrega- 
 tion shall lay their hands upon the 
 head of the bullock before the Lord: 
 and the bullock shall be killed before 
 
 16 the Lord. And the anointed jiriest 
 shall bring of the blood of the buUock 
 
 17 to the tent of meeting: and the iiriest 
 shall dip his finger in the blood, and 
 sprinkle it seven times before the Lord, 
 
 18 before the veil. And he shall put of 
 the blood upon the horns of the altar 
 which is before the Lord, that is m 
 the tent of meeting, and all the blood 
 shall he pour out at the base of the 
 altar of burnt offering, which is at the 
 
 19 door of the tent of meeting. And all 
 the fat thereof shall he take off from 
 
 20 it, and burn it upon the altar. Thus 
 shall he do with the bullock ; as he 
 did with the bullock of the sin offer- 
 ing, so shall he do with this: and the 
 priest shall make atonement for them, 
 
 21 and they shall be forgiven. And he 
 shall carry forth the buUock without 
 the camj), and burn it as he burned 
 the first bullock : it is the sin offering 
 for the assembly. 
 
 22 When a ruler suineth, and doeth un- 
 ■nattingly any one of all the things which 
 the Lord his God hath commanded not 
 
 23 to be done, and is guilty; if his sm, 
 wherein he hath sumed, be made known 
 to him, he shall bring for his oblation 
 
 24 a goat, a male without blemish ; and he 
 shall lay his hand upon the head of the 
 goat, and kLU it in the jjlace where they 
 kill the burnt offering before the Lord : 
 
 25 it is a sin offering. And the priest 
 shall take of the blood of the sui of- 
 fering with his finger, and put it upon 
 the horns of the altar of burnt offer- 
 ing, and the blood thereof shall he 
 pour out at the base of the altar of 
 
 26 burnt offering. And all the fat thereof 
 shall he burn upon the altar, as the 
 fat of the sacrifice of peace offerings : 
 
 and the priest shall make atonement 
 for him as concerning his sin, and he 
 shall be forgiven. 
 
 27 And if any one of the i common 
 peoi^le sin miwittingly, in domg any 
 of the things which the Lord hath 
 conamanded not to be done, and be 
 
 28 guilty ; if his sm, which he hath sinned, 
 be made known to him, then he shall 
 bring for his oblation a goat, a female 
 without blemish, for his sin which he 
 
 29 hath sinned. And he shall lay his 
 hand upon the head of the sin offering, 
 and kill the sin offering in the place 
 
 30 of burnt offering. And the priest shall 
 take of the blood thereof with his finger, 
 and put it upon the horns of the altar 
 of burnt offering, and all the blood 
 thereof shall he pour out at the base 
 
 31 of the altar. And all the fat thereof 
 shall he take away, as the fat is taken 
 away from off the sacrifice of peace 
 offerings ; and the jjriest shall burn it 
 upon the altar for a sweet savour unto 
 the Lord; and the priest shall make 
 atonement for him, and he shall be 
 forgiven. 
 
 32 And if he bring a lamb as his oblation 
 for a sin offering, he shall brmg it a 
 
 33 female without blemish. And he shall 
 lay his hand upon the head of the sin 
 offering, and kill it for a sin offer- 
 ing in the place where they kill the 
 
 34 burnt offei'ing. And the priest shall 
 take of the blood of the sin offering 
 with his finger, and put it ujion the 
 horns of the altar of burnt offering, 
 and all the blood thereof shall he pour 
 
 35 out at the base of the altar: and all 
 the fat thereof shall he take away, as 
 the fat of the lamb is taken away from 
 the sacrifice of peace offerings; and 
 the priest shall bm-n them on the 
 altar, ^ upon the offerings of the Lord 
 made by fire : and the priest shall make 
 atonement for him as touching his sin 
 that he hath sinned, and he shall be 
 forgiven. 
 
 5 And if any one sin, in that he heareth 
 the voice of adjuration, he being a 
 witness, whether he hath seen or 
 known, if he do not utter it, then he 
 
 2 shall bear his iniquity : or if any one 
 touch any unclean thing, whether it 
 be the carcase of an unclean beast, 
 or the carcase of unclean cattle, or 
 the carcase of unclean creeping things, 
 and it be hidden from him, and he be 
 
 3 miclean, then he shall be guilty : or if 
 he touch the uncleanness of man, what- 
 soever his uncleanness be wherewith 
 he is unclean, and it be hid from him ; 
 when he knoweth of it, then he shaU 
 
 4 be guilty : or if any one swear rashly 
 with his lips to do evil, or to do good, 
 whatsoever it be that a man shall utter 
 rashly with an oath, and it be hid 
 from him ; when he knoweth of it, then 
 he shall be guilty in one of these things :
 
 6. 14. 
 
 LEVITICUS. 
 
 79 
 
 'Or. 
 for hit 
 ffuUt 
 Or, his 
 
 3 Or. 
 prepare 
 
 »0r, 
 
 after the 
 itiatmer 
 
 5 and it shall be, when he shall be guilty 
 in one of these thiiujs, that he shall 
 confess that wherein he hath sinned: 
 
 6 and he shall bring ^his guilt offering 
 unto the Lord for his sin which he 
 hath siimed, a female from the flock, a 
 lamb or a goat, for a sin offermg ; and 
 the jiriest shall make atonement for 
 
 7 him as concerning his sin. And if his 
 means suffice not for a lamb, then 
 he shall bring ^his guilt offering for 
 that wherein he hath sinned, two 
 turtledoves, or two young pigeons, lui- 
 to the Lord ; one for a sin offering, and 
 
 8 the other for a burnt offermg. And he 
 shall bring them mito the priest, who 
 shall offer that which is for the sin 
 offeruig first, and ^ wring off its head 
 from its neck, but shall not divide it 
 
 9 asunder : and he shall sprinkle of the 
 blood of the sui offering upon the side 
 of the altar ; and the rest of the blood 
 shall be drained out at the base of 
 
 10 the altar: it is a sin offering. And 
 he shall s offer the second for a bmuit 
 offering, according to the ordinance: 
 and the jiriest shall make atonement 
 for him as concerning his sin which 
 he hath sinned, and he shall be for- 
 giTen. 
 
 11 But if his means suffice not for two 
 turtledoves, or two young pigeons, then 
 he shall bring his oblation for that 
 Avherein he hath sinned, the tenth part 
 of an ephah of fine flour for a sin otter- 
 ing; h-e shall put no oil u^ion it, neither 
 shall he put any frankincense thereon : 
 
 12 for it is a sin offering. And he shall 
 bring it to the priest, and the priest 
 shall take his handful of it as tlie 
 memorial thereof, and burn it on the 
 altar, *ui>on the offerings of the Lord 
 
 13 made by fij-e : it is a sui offermg. And 
 the priest shall make atonement for 
 him as touching his sin that he hath 
 sinned in any of these thmgs, and he 
 shall be forgiven: and the remnant 
 shall be the priest's, as the meal 
 offering. 
 
 14 And the Lord spake mito Moses, 
 
 15 saying. If any one coimuit a tres^mss, 
 and SUI unwittingly, in the holy things 
 of the Lord; then he shall brmg his 
 guilt offering imt'o the Lord, a ram 
 without blemish out of the flock, ac- 
 cording to thy estimation in silver by 
 shekels, after the shekel of the sanc- 
 
 16 tuary, for a guilt offering : and he shall 
 make restitution for that which he hath 
 ■done amiss in the holy thmg, and shall 
 add the fifth part thereto, and give it 
 unto the priest: and the jiriest shall 
 make atonement for him with the ram 
 of the guilt ottering, and he shall be 
 forgiven. 
 
 17 And if any one sin, and do any of 
 the things which the Lord hath com- 
 manded not to be done; though he 
 knew it not, yet is he guilty, and shall 
 
 18 bear his iniquity. And he shaU bring 
 a ram without blemish out of the flock, 
 according to thy estimation, for a guilt 
 ott'ei'ing, mito the priest : and the priest 
 shall make atonement for him con- 
 cerning the thing wherein he erred 
 unwittingly and knew it not, and he 
 
 19 shall be forgiven. It is a guilt offer- 
 ing: he is certainly guilty before the 
 Lord. 
 
 Q And the Lord spake onto Moses, 
 "2 saying, If any one sin, and commit 
 a trespass against the Lord, and deal 
 falsely with his neighbour ui a matter 
 of deijosit, or of ^bargain, or of rob- 
 bery, or have oppressed his neighbour ; 
 3 or have found that which was lost, 
 and deal falsely therein, and swear 
 to a lie ; in any of aU these that a 
 4 man doeth, smuing therein: then it 
 shall be, if he hath sinned, and is 
 guilty, that he shall restore that which 
 he took by robbery, or the thing 
 which he hath gotten by oppression, 
 or the deposit which was committed 
 to him, or the lost thing which he 
 
 5 found, or any thing about which he 
 hath sworn falsely; he shall even re- 
 store it in full, and shall add the 
 fifth part more thereto: unto him to 
 whom it ajipertaineth shall he give it, 
 in the day of his being fovmd guilty. 
 
 6 And he shall bring his guilt ottering 
 unto the Lord, a ram without blemish 
 out of the flock, according to thy 
 estimation, for a guilt offering, unto 
 
 7 the priest : and the jiriest shall make 
 atonement for hini before the Lord, 
 and he shall be forgiven ; concernuig 
 whatsoever he doeth so as to be 
 guilty thereby. 
 
 8 And the Lord spake unto Moses, 
 
 9 saying. Command Aaron and his sons, 
 sayuig, This is the law of the burnt 
 offering: the burnt offermg shall be 
 fi on the hearth upon the altar all night 
 unto the mornmg ; and the fire of the 
 altar shall be kept bm-uing thereon. 
 
 10 And the priest shall put on his linen gar- 
 ment, and his linen breeches shall he 
 put upon his flesh; and he shall take 
 up the ashes whereto the fire hath con- 
 sumed the bmnt offering on the altar, 
 and he shall put them beside the altar. 
 
 11 And he shall put off his garments, and 
 put on other garments, and carry forth 
 the ashes without the camp luito a 
 
 12 clean place. And the fire upon the altar 
 shall be kept bm-nmg thereon, it shall 
 not go out; and the priest shall burn 
 wood on it every morning: and he 
 shall lay the burnt offering in order 
 upon it, and shall bm-n thereon the 
 
 13 fat of the i^eace offerings. Fne shall 
 be kept burnuig upon the altar con- 
 tiuuall}' ; it shall not go out. 
 
 14 And this is the law of the meal 
 offering : the sous of Aaron shall offer 
 
 ICh. V. 20 
 in Heb.J 
 
 5 Or. 
 plcdgt 
 
 rch. vi. 1 
 in Heb.] 
 
 «iOr, 
 on its 
 firewood
 
 80 
 
 LEVITICUS, 
 
 6. 14. 
 
 1 See ch. 
 ii. 5. 
 
 2The 
 meaning 
 of the 
 Hebrew 
 word 
 is un- 
 certain. 
 
 SOr, 
 
 Whoso- 
 ever 
 
 it Ijefore the Loed, before the altar. 
 15Aiifl he shall take up therefrom his 
 handful, of the fine flour of the meal 
 ofl'erLug, and of the oil thereof, and 
 all the frankincense which is upon the 
 meal offering, and shall bui-n it upon 
 the altar for a sweet savoiu', as the 
 memorial thereof, unto the Lord. 
 
 16 And that which is left thereof shall 
 Aaron and his sons eat: it shall be 
 eaten without leaven in a holy x:)lace ; 
 in the court of the tent of meeting 
 
 17 they shall eat it. It shall not be 
 baken with leaven. I have given it 
 as their j)ortiou of my offerings made 
 by fire ; it is most holy, as the sin of- 
 
 ISfering, and as the guilt off eruag. Every 
 male among the children of Aaron shall 
 eat of it, as a due for ever throughout 
 your generations, from the offerings 
 of the Lord made by lire : whosoever 
 toucheth them shall be holy. 
 
 19 And the Lord spake imto Ivleses, 
 
 20 saying, Tiiis is the oblation of Aaron 
 and of his sous, which they shall offer 
 unto the Lord in the day when he 
 is anointed; the tenth part of an 
 eijhah of fine flour for a meal offeruig 
 perpetvially, haK of it in the morning, 
 
 21 and half thereof in the evening. On 
 a 1 baking pan it shall be made with 
 oil; when it is soaked, thou shalt brhig 
 it in: in. shaken pieces shalt thou 
 offer the meal offering for a sweet sa- 
 
 22vour rmto the Lord. And the anoint- 
 ed priest that shall be in his stead 
 from among his sons shall offer it : by 
 a statute for ever it shall be wholly 
 
 23 biu'nt unto the Lord. And every meal 
 offering of the priest shall be wholly 
 burnt : it shall not be eaten. 
 
 24 And the Lord spake mito Moses, say- 
 
 25 ing, S^ieak unto Aaron and to his sons, 
 saying. This is the law of the sm offer- 
 ing : in the place where the burnt offer- 
 ing is kUled shall the sin offermg be 
 killed before the Lord : it is most holy. 
 
 26 The priest that offereth it for sin shall 
 eat it : in a holy place shall it be eaten, 
 in the court of the tent of meeting. 
 
 27 8 Whatsoever shall touch the flesh 
 thereof shall be holy : and when there 
 is sprinkled of the blood thereof upon 
 any garment, thou shalt wash that 
 whereon it was sprinkled in a holy 
 
 28 place. But the earthen vessel wherein 
 it is sodden shall be broken : and if it 
 be sodden in a brasen vessel, it shall 
 
 29 be scoured, and rinsed m water. Every 
 male among the priests shall eat there- 
 
 30 of : it is most holy. And no sin offering, 
 whereof any of the blood is brought 
 into the tent of meeting to make atone- 
 ment m the holy place, shall be eaten : 
 it shall be burnt with fire. 
 
 7 And this is the law of the gmli offer- 
 
 2 ing- it is most holy. Li the place 
 
 where they kiU the burnt offering 
 
 shall they "kill the guilt offering: and 
 
 the blood thereof shall he sprinkle 
 
 3 upon the altar round about. And he 
 shall offer of it aU the fat thereof ; the 
 fat tail, and the fat that covereth the 
 
 4 inwards, and the two kidneys, and the 
 fat that is on them, which is by the 
 loins, and the caul upon the liver, * with 
 
 5 the kidneys, shall he take away: and 
 the priest shall bm-n them upon the 
 altar for an offermg made by tire unto 
 
 6 the Lord : it is a guQt offering. Every 
 male among the i^riests shall eat there- 
 of : it shall be eaten in a holy place: 
 
 7 it is most holy. As is the sin offering, 
 so is the guilt offering: there is one 
 law for them: the priest that maketh 
 atonement therewith, he shall have it. 
 
 8 And the priest that offereth any man's 
 burnt offering, even the jiriest shall 
 have to himself the skin of the burnt 
 
 9 offering which he hath offered. And 
 every meal offei-ing that is baken in 
 the oven, and aU that is dressed in 
 the frying pan, and on the i baking 
 pan, shall be the priest's that offereth 
 
 10 it. And every meal offering, mingled 
 with oil, or dry, shall all the sons 
 of Aaron have, one as weU as an- 
 other. 
 
 11 And this is the law of the sacrifice of 
 peace offerings, which one shall offer 
 
 12imto the Lord. If he offer it for a 
 thanksgiving, then he shall offer with 
 the sacrifice of thanksgiving mileaven- 
 ed cakes mingled with oil, and un- 
 leavened wafers anointed with oil, and 
 cakes mmgled with oU, of fine flour 
 
 13 soaked. With cakes of leavened bread 
 he shall offer his oblation with the sacri- 
 fice of his peace offerings for thanks- 
 
 14 giving. And of it he shall offer one out 
 of each oblation for an heave offering 
 unto the Lord ; it shall be the j)riest's 
 that sprinkleth the blood of the peace 
 
 15 offerings. And the flesh of the sacri- 
 fice of his peace offerings for thanks- 
 giving shall be eaten on the day of his 
 oblation; he shall not leave any of it 
 
 16 until the morning. But if the sacri- 
 fice of his oblation be a vow, or a 
 freewiU offermg, it shall be eaten on 
 the day that he offereth his sacrifice: 
 and on the morrow that which remain- 
 
 17 eth of it shall be eaten : but that 
 which remaineth of the flesh of the 
 sacrifice on the third day shall be 
 
 IS burnt with fire. And if any of the 
 flesh of the sacrifice of his peace offer- 
 uigs be eaten on the thuxl day, it shall 
 not be accepted, neither shall it be im- 
 imted vmto him that offereth it : it shall 
 be an abomination, and the soul that 
 eateth of it shall bear his iniquity. 
 19 And the flesh that toucheth any unclean 
 thing shall not be eaten; it shall be 
 Inu'nt with fire. And as for the flesh, 
 every one that is clean shall eat there- 
 to of: but the soul that eateth of the 
 flesh of the sacrifice of peace offer- 
 
 4 See ch. 
 iii. 4.
 
 8. 20. 
 
 LEVITICUS. 
 
 81 
 
 lOr, 
 shouZdtrr 
 
 2 Or. 
 portion 
 
 ings, that pertain unto the Lord, 
 havhifj his unclearuiess upon liini, 
 that soul shall be cut off from his 
 
 21 people. And when any one shall touch 
 any unclean thing, the uncleanuess 
 of man, or an unclean beast, or any 
 uncloan abonmiation, and eat of the 
 tlesh of the sacrifice of peace offeruigs, 
 which pertam unto the Loud, that soul 
 shall be cut off from his people. 
 
 22 And the Lord si)ake unto Moses, 
 
 23 saying. Speak unto the children of 
 Israel, saying. Ye shall eat no fat, of 
 
 24 ox, or sheep, or goat. And the fat of 
 that which dieth of itself, and the f nt 
 of that which is torn of beasts, may be 
 used for any other service : but ye shall 
 
 25 in no wise cat of it. Tor whosoever 
 eateth the fat of the beast, of which 
 men offer an offering made by fire 
 unto the Lord, even the soul that eat- 
 eth it shall be cut off from his people. 
 
 26 And ye shall eat no manner of blood, 
 whether it be of fowl or of beast, m 
 
 27 any of your dwellings. 'Wliosoever it 
 be that eateth any blood, that soul 
 shall be cut off from his people. 
 
 28 And the Lord spake unto Moses, say- 
 
 29 ing. Speak imto the chiltli-en of Israel, 
 saymg. He that offereth the sacrifice of 
 his peace offermgs unto the Lord shall 
 bruig his oblation unto the Lord out 
 of the sacrifice of his peace offeruigs : 
 
 30 his own hands shall bring the offerings 
 of the Lord made by fire ; the fat with 
 the breast shall he bruig, that the 
 breast may be waved for a wave offer- 
 
 31 ing before the Lord. And the priest 
 shall burn the fat upon the altar : but 
 the breast shaU be Aaron's and his 
 
 32 sons'. And the right i thigh shall ye 
 give unto the i^riest for an heave offer- 
 ing out of the sacilfices of your peace 
 
 33 offermgs. He among the sons of Aaron, 
 that offereth the Idood of the jjeace 
 offeruigs, and the fat, shall have the 
 
 34 right i thigh for a portion. For the 
 wave breast and the heave i thigh 
 have I taken of the childi-eu of Israel 
 out of the sacrifices of their peace offer- 
 ings, and have given them unto Aaron 
 the priest and unto his sons as a due 
 for ever from the children of Israel. 
 
 35 This is the 2 anom ting-portion of 
 Aaron, and the anointing-portion of his 
 sons, out of the offerings of the Lord 
 made by fire, in the day when he pre- 
 sented them to minister mito the Lord 
 
 36 in the priest's office; which the Lord 
 commanded to be given them of the 
 childi-en of Israel, in the day that he 
 anointed them. It is a due for ever 
 
 37 throughout then- generations. This is 
 the law of the burnt offering, of the 
 meal offering, and of the sui offering, 
 and of the guilt offering, and of the 
 consecration, and of the sacrifice of 
 
 38 peace offerings ; which the Lord com- 
 manded Moses in mount Sinai, in the 
 
 day that he commanded the cliUdren of 
 Israel to offer their olilations unto tlic 
 Lord, in the wilderness of Sinai. 
 
 8 ^ And tlie Lord spako unto Moses, say- 
 
 2 ing. Take Aaron and his sons with him, 
 and the garments, and the anointing oil, 
 and the bullock of the sin offcruig, and 
 tlie two rams, and the basket of un- 
 
 3 leavened bread ; and assemble thou aU 
 the congregation at the door of the 
 
 4 tent of meetuig. And Moses did as the 
 Lord commanded Inni; and tlie con- 
 gregation was assembled at the door 
 
 5 of the tent of meeting. And Moses 
 said unto the congregation. This is tlie 
 thing which the Lord hath coimnanded 
 
 6 to be done. And Moses brought Aaron 
 and his sons, and washed them with 
 
 7 water. And he put ujion him the 
 coat, and gu-ded hmi with the girdle, 
 and clothed him with the robe, and 
 put the ephod upon him, and he girded 
 him with the cunningly woven band 
 of the ephod, and bound it unto him 
 
 8 therewith. And he placed the breast- 
 plate upon him : and in the breastplate 
 he put *the Urim and the Thummun. 
 
 9 And he set the » mitre upon his head; 
 and upon the ^ mitre, in front, did he 
 set the golden plate, the holy cro^\^l; 
 
 10 as the Lord conunanded Moses. And 
 Moses took the anointing oil, and 
 anointed the tabernacle and all that 
 
 11 was therem, and sanctified them. And 
 he sprinlvled thereof upon the altar 
 seven tunes, and anointed the altar 
 and all its vessels, and the laver and 
 
 12 its base, to sanctify them. And he 
 poured of the anouiting oil upon Aaron's 
 head, and anointed him, to sanctify 
 
 13 him. And Moses brought Aaron's sons, 
 and clothed them with coats, and girded 
 them with girdles, and bound head- 
 tires upon them; as the Lord com- 
 
 14manded Moses. And he brought the 
 bullock of the sin offering: and Aaron 
 and his sous laid their hands upon 
 the head of the buUock of the sin of- 
 
 15feruig. And he slew it; and Moses 
 took the blood, and put it upon the 
 horns of the altar round about with his 
 iinger, and jjurified the altar, and pour- 
 ed out the blood at the base of the altar, 
 and sanctified it, to make atonement for 
 
 16 it. And he took all the fat that was 
 upon the inwards, and the caul of the 
 liver, and the two kidneys, and their fat, 
 and Moses burned it upon the altar. 
 
 17 But the buUock, and its skin, and its 
 flesh, and its dmig, he burnt with fire 
 witliout the camp; as the Lord com- 
 
 18 manded Moses. And he presented the 
 ram of the burnt offermg : and Aaron 
 and his sons laid their hands upon the 
 
 19 head of the ram. And he killed it: 
 and Moses sprinkled the blood upon the 
 
 20 altar round about. And he cut the 
 ram into its pieces ; and Moses burnt 
 
 » See Ex. 
 xxix. 
 
 i Tliat is, 
 
 the 
 
 Lights 
 
 (UHlthe 
 
 Pcrfec- 
 
 t/OJlS, 
 
 5 Or. 
 t urban
 
 82 
 
 LEVITICUS. 
 
 8. 20. 
 
 lOr, 
 shoulder 
 
 2 The 
 Sept., 
 Onkelos 
 and Syr. 
 read, 
 
 as lam 
 com- 
 manded. 
 See ver. 
 3.5, ch. X. 
 13. 
 
 3 Heb. 
 fill your 
 hand. 
 
 the head, and the pieces, and the fat. 
 
 21 And he washed the inwards and the 
 legs with water ; and Moses bui-nt the 
 whole ram iipon the altar : it was a 
 burnt offering for a sweet savour: 
 it was an offering made by fire unto 
 the Lord ; as the Lord commanded 
 
 '22 Moses. And he presented the other 
 ram, the ram of consecration: and 
 Aaron and his sons laid then- hands 
 
 23 upon the head of the ram. And he 
 slew it; and Moses took of the blood 
 thereof, and put it upon the tip of 
 Aaron's right ear, and upon the thumb 
 of his right hand, and upon the great 
 
 24; toe of his right foot. And he brought 
 Aaron's sons, and Moses put of the 
 blood upon the tip of their right ear, 
 and upon the thumb of their right 
 hand, and upon the great toe of their 
 right foot : and Moses sprinkled the 
 
 25 blood upon the altar round about. And 
 lie took the fat, and the fat tail, and 
 all the fat that was upon the inwards, 
 and the caul of the liver, and the 
 two kidneys, and theu- fat, and the 
 
 26 right ^ thigh : and out of the basket 
 of unleavened bread, that was before 
 the Lord, he took one unleavened 
 cake, and one cake of oiled bread, and 
 one wafer, and placed them on the fat, 
 
 27 and upon the right thigh : and he put 
 the whole upon the hands of Aaron, 
 and upon the hands of his sons, and 
 waved them for a wave offering before 
 
 28 the LoKD. And Moses took them 
 from off theii' hands, and burnt them 
 on the altar upon the burnt offering : 
 they were a consecration for a sweet 
 savour : it was an offering made by fire 
 
 29 unto the Lord. And Moses took the 
 breast, and waved it for a wave offer- 
 ing before the Lord : it was Moses' jior- 
 tion of the ram of consecration ; as the 
 
 30 Lord commanded Moses. And Moses 
 took of the anointing oil, and of the 
 blood which was upon the altar, and 
 sprinkled it upon Aaron, upon his gar- 
 ments, and upon his sons, and upon his 
 sons' garments with him; and sancti- 
 fied Aaron, his garments, and his sons, 
 
 31 and his sons' garments with him. And 
 Moses said unto Aaron and to his sons. 
 Boil the flesh at the door of the tent 
 of meeting: and there eat it and the 
 bread that is in the basket of con- 
 secration, '-^as I commanded, saying, 
 
 32 Aaron and his sous shall eat it. And 
 that which remaineth of the flesh and 
 of the bread shall ye burn with fire. 
 
 33 And ye shall not go out from the door 
 of the tent of meeting seven days, 
 until the days of your consecration be 
 fulfilled : for he shall ^ consecrate you 
 
 34 seven daj's. As hath been done this 
 day, so the Lord hath commanded to 
 
 35 do, to make atonement for you. And 
 at the door of the tent of meeting shall 
 ye abide day and night seven days. 
 
 and keep the charge of the Lord, 
 that ye die not : for so I am com- 
 36 manded. And Aaron and his sons did 
 all the things which the Lord com- 
 manded by the hand of Moses. 
 
 9 And it came to pass on the eighth day, 
 that Moses called Aaron and his sous, 
 
 2 and the elders of Israel ; and he said 
 luito Aaron, Take thee a buU calf for 
 a sin offering, and a ram for a burnt 
 offering, without blemish, and offer 
 
 3 them before the Lord. And unto the 
 children of Israel thou shalt speak, 
 saying. Take ye a he-goat for a sin 
 offering ; and a calf and a lamb, both 
 of the first year, without blemish, for a 
 
 4 burnt offering; and an ox and a ram 
 for peace offerings, to sacrifice before 
 the Lord ; and a meal offering mingled 
 with oil : for to-day the Lord appear- 
 
 5 eth unto you. And they brought that 
 which Moses commanded before the 
 tent of meeting : and all the congrega- 
 tion drew near and stood before the 
 
 6 Lord. And Moses said, This is the 
 thing which the Lord commanded 
 that ye should do : and the glory of the 
 
 7 Lord shall ajipear unto you. And 
 Moses said unto Aaron, Draw near 
 unto the altar, and offer thy sin offer- 
 mg, and thy burnt offering, and make 
 atonement for thyself, and for the peo- 
 ple : and offer the oblation of the peo- 
 ple, and make atonement for them ; as 
 
 8 the Lord commanded. So Aaron drew 
 near mito the altar, and slew the calf 
 of the sin offering, which was for him- 
 
 9 self. And the sons of Aaron presented 
 the blood unto him : and he dip^ied his 
 finger in the blood, and put it upon 
 the horns of the altar, and poured out 
 
 10 the blood at the base of the altar : but 
 the fat, and the kidneys, and the caul 
 from the liver of the sin offering, he 
 burnt upon the altar ; as the Lord 
 
 11 commanded Moses. And the flesh and 
 the skin he bui-ut with fii-e without 
 
 12 the camp. And he slew the burnt 
 offering ; and Aaron's sons delivered 
 unto him the blood, and he sprinkled 
 
 13 it upon the altar round about. And 
 they delivered the burnt offering unto 
 him, piece by piece, and the head: 
 and he burnt them ujioii the altar. 
 
 14 And he washed the inwards and the 
 legs, and burnt them upon the burnt 
 
 15 offering on the altar. And he pre- 
 sented the i^eople's oblation, and took 
 the goat of the sin offering which was 
 for the people, and slew it, and of- 
 
 16fered it for sin, as the fii'st. And he 
 presented the burnt offermg, and of- 
 fered it according to the ordinance. 
 
 17 And he presented the meal offering, 
 and filled his hand therefrom, and 
 burnt it upon the altar, besides the 
 
 18 burnt offering of the morning. He 
 slew also the ox and the ram, the 
 sacrifice of peace offerings, which was
 
 11. 6. 
 
 LEVITICUS. 
 
 83 
 
 1 Or. fire 
 nigh 
 
 2 Some 
 
 ancient 
 
 versions 
 
 render. 
 
 Uncover 
 
 not your 
 
 heads. 
 
 3 Or. 
 
 ;/esh>:!l 
 
 for the people: and Aaron's sons de- 
 livered luito him the blood, and he 
 spriulded it upon the altar round 
 
 19 about, and the fat of the ox; and of 
 the ram, the fat tail, and that which 
 covereth the inwards, and the kid- 
 
 20neys, and the caul of the liver: and 
 they put the fat upon the breasts, 
 and he burnt the fat upon the altar: 
 
 21 and the breasts and the right thigh 
 Aaron waved for a wave offering before 
 
 2'2 the Lord ; as Moses conunanded. And 
 Aaron lifted up his hands toward the 
 people, and blessed them ; and he 
 <"ame down from offering the sin ofifer- 
 ing, and the burnt offering, and the 
 
 2.S peace offerings. And Moses and Aaron 
 went into the tent of meeting, and 
 came out, and blessed the people : and 
 the glory of the Lord ajipeared unto 
 
 24 all the people. Arid there came forth 
 fire from before the Lord, and con- 
 sumed ujion the altar the burnt offermg 
 and the fat: and when all the people 
 saw it, they shouted, and fell on their 
 faces. 
 
 10 And Nadab and Abihu, the sons of 
 Aaron, took each of them his censer, 
 and put fire therein, and laid incense 
 thereon, and offered strange fire be- 
 fore the Lord, which he had not com- 
 
 2 manded them. And there came forth 
 fire from before the Lord, and de- 
 voui'ed them, and they died before the 
 
 3 Lord. Then Moses said unto Aaron, 
 This is it that the Lord spake, say- 
 ing, I will be sanctified in them that 
 ^come nigh me, and before all the 
 people I will be glorified. And Aaron 
 
 4 held his jjeace. And Moses called 
 Mishael and Elzaj^han, the sons of 
 Uzziel the uncle of Aaron, and said 
 unto them. Draw near, carry your 
 brethren from before the sanctuary 
 
 5 out of the camp. So they drew near, 
 and carried them in theu' coats out of 
 
 6 the camp; as Moses had said. And 
 Moses said unto Aaron, and unto Elea- 
 zar and luito Ithamar, his sons, ^Let 
 not the hair of yoiu* heads go loose, 
 neither rend your clothes ; that ye die 
 not, and that he be not wroth with all 
 the congregation : but let your breth- 
 ren, the whole house of Israel, bewail 
 the biu'nmg which the Lord hath 
 
 7 kindled. And ye shall not go out from 
 the door of the tent of meeting, lest ye 
 die : for the anointmg oil of the Lord is 
 upon you. Aiid they did according to 
 the word of Moses. 
 
 8 And the Lord siiake unto Aaron, say- 
 9ing, Drink no wine nor strong drink, 
 
 thou, nor thy sons with thee, when ye 
 go into the tent of meeting, that ye 
 die not: it shall be a statute for ever 
 10 throughout your generations : and 8 that 
 ye may put difference lietween the 
 holy and the common, and between 
 
 lithe unclean and the clean; and ''that 
 ye may teach the children of Israel 
 all the statutes which the Lord hath 
 spoken unto them by the hand of 
 Moses. 
 
 12 And Moses spake unto Aaron, and un- 
 to Eleazar and unto Ithamar, his sons 
 that were left. Take the meal offering 
 that remaineth of the offerings of the 
 Lord made by fire, and eat it without 
 leaven beside the altar : for it is most 
 
 13 holy : and ye shall eat it in a holy place, 
 because it is thy due, and thy sons' 
 due, of the offerings of the Lord made 
 
 14 by fire : for so I am commanded. And 
 the wave breast and the heave thigh 
 shall ye eat in a clean place ; thou, and 
 thy sons, and thy daughters with thee : 
 for they are given as thy due, and thy 
 sons' due, out of the sacrifices of the 
 lieace offerings of the children of Is- 
 
 15rael. The heave thigh jind the wave 
 breast shall they bring "with the offer- 
 ings made by fire of the fat, to wave 
 it for a wave offermg before the Lord : 
 and it shall be thine, and thy sons' 
 with thee, as a due for ever; as the 
 Lord hath commanded. 
 
 16 And Moses diligently sought the goat 
 of the sin offering, and, behold, it was 
 burnt : and he was angry with Eleazar 
 and with Ithamar, the sons of Aaron 
 
 17 that were left, saying. Wherefore have 
 ye not eaten the sin offering m the 
 place of the sanctuary, seeing it is 
 most holy, and he hath given it you 
 *to bear the iniquity of the congrega- 
 tion, to make atonement for them be- 
 
 18 fore the Lord ? Behold, the blood of 
 it was not brought mto the sanctuary 
 within : ye should certainly have eaten 
 it in the sanctuary, as I commanded. 
 
 19 And Aaron spake unto Moses, Behold, 
 this day have they offered their sin 
 oS'ering and their biu-nt off'ering before 
 the Lord ; and there have befallen me 
 such things as these : and if I had eaten 
 the sm offering to-day, would it have 
 been well-pleasing in the sight of the 
 
 20 Lord? And when Moses heard that, 
 it was well-pleasmg in his sight. 
 
 11 And the Lord spake unto Moses and 
 2 to Aaron, saying imto them, Speak 
 unto the children of Israel, saying, 
 These are the living things which ye 
 shall eat among all the beasts that are 
 8 on the earth. Whatsoever parteth the 
 hoof, and is clovenfooted, a??a?5cheweth 
 the cud, among the beasts, that shall 
 
 4 ye eat. Nevertheless these shall ye 
 not eat of them that chew the cud, or 
 of them that part the hoof : the camel, 
 because he ^ cheweth the cud but j)art- 
 eth not the hoof, he is unclean unto 
 
 5 you. And the ^ coney, because he 
 s cheweth the cud but parteth not the 
 
 G hoof, he is unclean unto you. And the 
 hare, because she ^cheweth the cud 
 
 *0r, 
 to take 
 away 
 
 5 Heb. 
 
 hringeth 
 
 up. 
 
 6 Heb. 
 
 sha- 
 
 plian, 
 
 the //)/- 
 
 raxSi/ri- 
 
 acus or 
 
 rock- 
 
 badger.
 
 84 
 
 LEVITICUS. 
 
 11. 6. 
 
 i > Hel). 
   bringeth 
 
 i 
 
 2 Or, 
 
 great 
 
 vulture 
 
 3Heb. 
 tahnias^ 
 of un- 
 certain 
 meaninfr- 
 
 «0r. 
 
 swan 
 5 Or. 
 iins 
 
 •' Four 
 idnds of 
 locusts or 
 grass- 
 hoppers, 
 which 
 are not 
 certainly 
 known. 
 
 but parteth not the hoof, she is un- 
 
 7 clean unto you. And the swine, be- 
 cause he parteth the hoof, and is 
 clovenfooted, but icheweth not the 
 
 8 cud, he is unclean unto you. Of theu- 
 flesh ye shall not eat, and then- car- 
 cases ye shall not touch ; they are un- 
 clean unto you. 
 
 9 These shaU ye eat of all that are in 
 the waters : whatsoever hath fins and 
 scales in the waters, in the seas, and 
 
 10 in the rivers, them shall ye eat. And 
 all that have not fins and scales in 
 the seas, and in the rivers, of all that 
 move in the waters, and of all the 
 living creatures that are m the waters, 
 they are an abomination unto you. 
 
 Hand they shall be an abomination unto 
 you; ye shall not eat of their flesh, 
 and their carcases ye shall have in 
 
 12 abomination. YvTiatsoever hath no fins 
 nor scales in the waters, that is an 
 abomination unto you. 
 
 13 And these ye shall have in abomina- 
 tion among the fowls ; they shall not 
 be eaten, they are an abomination: 
 the 2 eagle, and the gier eagle, and the 
 
 14ospray; and the kite, and the falcon 
 
 15 after its kind; every raven after its 
 
 16 kind; and the ostrich, and the ^ night 
 
 hawk, and the seamew, and the hawk 
 
 17 after its kind; and the little owl, and 
 
 18 the cormorant, and the great owl ; and 
 
 the ^horned owl, and the pehcan, and 
 
 19 the vulture; and the stoi'k, the ^ heron 
 
 after its kind, and the hoopoe, and the 
 
 bat. 
 
 "20 All winged creeping thmgs that go 
 
 upon all four are an abomination 
 
 21 unto you. Yet these may ye eat of all 
 
 ■RT-Uged creeping things that go upon 
 
 aU four, which have legs above then- 
 
 feet, to leap withal upon the earth; 
 
 22 even these of them ye may eat; the 
 
 I" locust after its kind, and the 6 bald 
 
 locust after its kind, and the " cricket 
 
 after its kind, and the "grasshoiiper 
 
 23 after its kind. But aU winged creej)- 
 ing things, which have four feet, are 
 an abomination tmto you. 
 
 24 And by these ye shall become i;n- 
 clean : whosoever toucheth the carcase 
 of them shall be unclean until the 
 
 25 even: and whosoever beareth anght of 
 the carcase of them shall wash his 
 clothes, and be unclean until the even. 
 
 26 Every beast which parteth the hoof, 
 and is not clovenfooted, nor cheweth 
 the cud, is imclean unto you : every 
 one that toucheth them shall be un- 
 
 27 clean. And whatsoever goeth upon its 
 paws, among all beasts that go on all 
 four, they are unclean unto you : who- 
 so toucheth their carcase shall be un- 
 
 28 clean until the even. And he that 
 beareth the carcase of them shall wash 
 his clothes, and be unclean until the 
 even : they are unclean unto you. 
 
 29 And these are they which are unclean 
 
 44 
 
 45 
 
 unto you among the creeping things 
 that creep upon the earth ; the weasel, 
 and the mouse, and the great lizard 
 after its kind, and the ''gecko, and the 
 'land-crocodile, and the 'lizard, and 
 the 7 sand-lizard, and the chameleon. 
 These are they which are unclean to 
 you among all that creep : whosoever 
 doth touch them, when they are dead, 
 shall be unclean until the even. And 
 upon whatsoever any of them, when 
 they are dead, doth fall, it shall be un- 
 clean ; whether it be any vessel of wood, 
 or raiment, or skm, or sack, whatso- 
 ever vessel it be, wherewith any work 
 is done, it must be put into water, and 
 it shall be unclean mitil the even ; then 
 shall it be clean. And every earthen 
 vessel, whereinto any of them falleth, 
 whatsoever is in it shall be miclean, 
 and it ye shall break. All food there- 
 in which may be eaten, that on which 
 water cometh, shall be unclean: and 
 all drink that may be drunk in every 
 mich vessel shall be unclean. And 
 every thing whereupon aivj part of 
 their carcase falleth shaU be unclean ; 
 whether oven, or •* range for pots, it 
 shall be broken in pieces : they are un- 
 clean, and shall be miclean unto you. 
 Nevertheless a fountam or a "pit 
 wherein is a gathering of water shall 
 be clean: but i^that which toucheth 
 their carcase shall be unclean. And if 
 Might of their carcase fall upon any 
 sowing seed wliich is to be sown, it is 
 clean. But if water be put upon the 
 seed, and aught of their carcase fall 
 thereon, it is unclean imto you. 
 
 And if any beast, of which ye may 
 eat, die ; he that toucheth the carcase 
 thereof shall be unclean until the even. 
 And he that eateth of the carcase of 
 it shall wash his clothes, and be un- 
 clean matil the even : he also that bear- 
 eth the carcase of it shall wash his 
 clothes, and be miclean until the even. 
 
 And every creeping thing that creep- 
 eth upon the earth is an abomination ; 
 it shall not be eaten. Whatsoever 
 goeth upon the belly, and whatsoever 
 goeth upon all four, or whatsoever 
 hath many feet, even all creeping 
 things that creep upon the earth, 
 them ye shall not eat ; for they are an 
 abomination. Ye shall not make yom'- 
 selves abominable with any creeping 
 thuig that creepeth, neither shall ye 
 make yom-selves luiclean with them, 
 that ye should be defiled thereby. For 
 I am the Loud your God: sanctify 
 yom'selves therefore, and be ye holy ; 
 for I am holy : neither shall ye defile 
 yoiu-selves with any maimer of creep- 
 ing thing that moveth upon the earth. 
 For I am the Lord that brought you 
 up out of the land of Egypt, to be 
 your God : ye shall therefore be holy, 
 for I am holy.
 
 13. 23. 
 
 LEVITICtJS. 
 
 85 
 
 lOr. 
 separa- 
 
 46 This is tlie law of the beast, aud of 
 the fowl, and of every living creatm-e 
 that moveth in the waters, and of 
 every creature that creepeth upon the 
 
 ■17 earth : to make a difference between 
 the unclean and the clean, and between 
 the livhig thing that mny be eaten and 
 the living thing that may not be eaten. 
 
 12 And the Lonn sjiakc unto Moses, 
 '2 saying, Speak imto the children of 
 
 Israel, saying, If a woman conceive 
 seed, and bear a man child, then she 
 shall be unclean seven days ; as in the 
 daj's of the ^ impurity of her sickness 
 
 3 shall she be miclcau. And in the 
 eighth day the flesh of his foreskin 
 
 ■1 shall be circumcised. And she shall 
 continue in the blood of her purifying 
 three and thii'ty days ; she shall touch 
 no hallowed thing, uor come into the 
 sanctuary, until the days of her puri- 
 
 5 fying be fulfilled. But if she bear a 
 maid child, then she shall be imclean 
 two weeks, as in her limiiurity: and 
 
 ^ she shall contmue in the blood of her 
 purifying threescore and six days. 
 
 6 And when the days of her purifying 
 are fulfilled, for a son, or for a daugh- 
 ter, she shall bring a lamb of the first 
 year for a burnt offering, and a yomig 
 pigeon, or a turtledove, for a sin of- 
 fering, unto the door of the tent of 
 
 7 meetmg, unto the priest : and he shall 
 offer it before the Lord, and make 
 atonement for her; and she shall be 
 cleansed from the fountam of her 
 blood. This is the law for her that 
 beareth, whether a male or a female. 
 
 8 And if her means suffice not for a 
 lamb, then she shall take two turtle- 
 doves, or two young pigeons ; the one 
 for a bm-nt offering, and the other for 
 a sin offering : and the ^Driest shall make 
 atonement for her, and she shall be 
 clean. 
 
 13 And the Loed spake unto Moses and 
 "2 unto Aaron, sajTng, ^Vhen a man shall 
 
 ha'se in the skin of his flesh a rising, 
 or a scab, or a bright spot, and it be- 
 come in the skin of his flesh the plague 
 of leprosy, then he shall be brought 
 imto Aaron the priest, or luito one of 
 
 3 his sons the priests : and the priest shall 
 look on the plague m the skin of the 
 flesh : and if the hair in the islague be 
 turned white, and the apjiearance of 
 the plague be deeper than the skin of 
 his flesh, it is the plague of leprosy : and 
 the priest shall look on him, and pro- 
 
 4 nounce him unclean. And if the bright 
 spot be white in the skin of his flesh, 
 and the aiipearance thereof be not 
 deeper than the skin, and the hair 
 thereof be not tui-ned white, then the 
 priest shaU shut up him that hath the 
 
 5 league seven days : and the priest shall 
 look on him the seventh Ap.y: and. 
 
 behold, if in his eyes the jilague be at a 
 stay, and the plague be not spread in 
 the skin, then the jniest shall shut 
 Ghim up seven days more : and tlie 
 priest shall look on hun again the 
 seventh day : and, behold, if the plague 
 be dim, and the plague be not spread 
 in the skin, then the i)riest shall pro- 
 nounce him clean: it is a scab: and he 
 shall wash his clothes, and be clean. 
 
 7 But if the scab spread abroad m the 
 skin, after that he hath shewn himself 
 to the priest for his cleansing, he shall 
 
 8 shew himself to the j)riest agaui : and 
 the priest shall look, and, behold, if 
 the scab be spread in the skin, then 
 the priest shall pronounce him un- 
 clean: it is leprosy. 
 
 9 When the plague of leprosy is in a 
 man, then he shall be brought mito 
 
 10 the i^riest; and the jmest shall look, 
 and, behold, if there be a white rising 
 in the skin, and it have turned the 
 hau' white, and there be quick raw 
 
 11 flesh in the rising, it is an old leprosy 
 in the skin of his flesh, and the priest 
 shall i^ronounce hun unclean : he shall 
 not shut him up; for he is unclean. 
 
 1"2 And if the leprosy break out abroad in 
 the skin, and the leprosy cover aU the 
 skin of him that hath the plague from 
 his head even to his feet, as far as ap- 
 
 13 iieareth to the in'iest ; then the priest 
 shall look: and, behold, if the leprosy 
 have covered all his flesh, he shall pro- 
 nounce him clean that hath the plague: 
 
 14 it is all turned white : he is clean. But 
 whensoever raw flesh api^careth in 
 
 15 him, he shall be imclean. And the ' 
 priest shaU look on the raw flesh, and 
 pronoimce him miclean : the raw flesh 
 
 16 is unclean : it is leprosy. Or if the raw 
 flesh turn again, and be changed unto 
 white, then he shall come unto the 
 
 17 priest, and the jiriest shall look on him : 
 and, behold, if the plague be turned uito 
 white, then the priest shaU pronounce 
 /uHt clean that hath the plague: he is 
 clean. 
 
 18 And when the flesh hath in the skin 
 
 19 thereof a boil, and it is healed, and in 
 the place of the boU there is a white 
 risuig, or a bright spot, reddish- white, 
 then it shall be shewed to the priest ; 
 
 '20 and the priest shall look, and, behold, 
 if the appearance thereof be lower than 
 the skin, and the hair thereof be tm'ued 
 white, then the priest shall pronomice 
 him unclean : it is the T)lague of lein-osy, 
 
 21 it hath broken out in the boil. But if 
 the priest look on it, and, behold, there 
 be no white hau's therein, and it be not 
 lower than the skin, but be dim, then 
 the iiriest shall shut him up seven 
 
 22 days: and if it spi-ead abroad in the 
 skm, then the priest shall pronounce 
 
 23 him unclean: it is a plague. But if 
 the bright spot stay in its place, and 
 be not spread, it is the scar of the boO.;
 
 86 
 
 LEVITICUS. 
 
 13. 23. 
 
 and the priest shall pronounce hmi 
 clean. 
 
 24 Or when the flesh hath ui the skua 
 thereof a burning by fire, and the 
 quick flesh of the burnmg become a 
 bright spot, reddish-white, or white; 
 
 25 then the priest shall look upon it: 
 and, behold, if the hair in the bright 
 spot be turned white, and the appear- 
 ance thereof be deejjer than the skin ; 
 it is leprosy, it hath broken out in the 
 burnmg: and the priest shall pro- 
 nounce him unclean : it is the plague 
 
 26 of leprosy. But if the priest look on 
 it, and, behold, there be no white 
 hair in the bright spot, and it be no 
 lower than the skin, but be dim ; then 
 the priest shall shut him up seven 
 
 27 days: and the priest shall look upon 
 him the seventh day: if it spread 
 abroad in the skin, then the priest 
 shall pronounce htm unclean : it is the 
 
 28 plague of leprosy. And if the bright 
 spot stay in its place, and be not 
 spread in the skin, but be dim; it is 
 the rising of the burning, and the 
 priest shall pronounce him clean : for 
 it is the scar of the burning. 
 
 29 And when a man or woman hath a 
 plague upon the head or upon the 
 
 30 beard, then the priest shall look on 
 the plague : and, behold, if the apj)ear- 
 ance thereof be deeper than the skin, 
 and there be in it yellow thin hair, 
 then the i^riest shall pronounce htm 
 unclean : it is a scaU, it is leprosy of 
 
 31 the head or of the beard. And it the 
 priest look on the plague of the scall, 
 and, behold, the appearance thereof be 
 not deeper than the skin, and there 
 be no black hair in it, then the priest 
 shall shut uj) fdm that liath the plague 
 
 32 of the scall seven days : and in the 
 seventh day the priest shall look on 
 the plague: and, behold, if the scall be 
 not spread, and there be m it no yellow 
 hau', and the appearance of the scall 
 
 33 be not deeper than the skm, then he 
 shall be shaven, but the scall shall he 
 not shave; and the piiest shall shut 
 up liiiii that hath the scaU seven days 
 
 34 more: and in the seventh day the 
 priest shall look on the scall: and, 
 behold, if the scall be not .sj^read in 
 the skin, and the appearance thereof 
 be not deeper than the skin ; then the 
 priest shall pronounce him clean: 
 and he shall wash his clothes, and be 
 
 35 clean. But if the scall spread abroad 
 
 36 in the skin after his cleansing; then 
 the priest shall look on him : and, be- 
 liold, if the scall be spread in the skin, 
 the priest shall not seek for the yellow 
 
 37 hair; he is miclean. But if in his 
 eyes the scall be at a stay, and black 
 hair be grown up therein ; the scall is 
 healed, he is clean: and the priest 
 shall pronounce him clean. 
 
 38 And when a man or a woman hath in 
 
 the skin of their flesh bright spots, 
 39 even white bright spots; then the 
 priest shall look: and, behold, if the 
 bright spots in the skin of then- flesh 
 be of a dull white; it is a tetter, it 
 hath broken out m the skin ; he is clean. 
 
 40 And if a man's hair be fallen off his 
 
 41 head, he is bald ; yet is he clean. And 
 if his hair be fallen off from the front 
 part of his head, he is forehead bald ; 
 
 42i/et is he clean. But if there be in 
 the bald head, or the bald forehead, 
 a reddish-white plague; it is leprosy 
 breaking out in his bald head, or his 
 
 43 bald forehead. Then the priest shall 
 look upon him: and, behold, if the 
 rising of the plague be reddish- white 
 in his bald head, or in his bald fore- 
 head, as the appearance of leprosy in 
 
 44 the skin of the flesh ; he is a leprous 
 man, he is miclean: the priest shall 
 surely pronounce him xmclean; his 
 l^lague is in his head. 
 
 45 And the leper in whom the plague is, 
 his clothes shall be rent, and ^the hau- 
 of his head shall go loose, and he shail 
 cover his upper lij), and shaU cry, Un- 
 
 46 clean, unclean. All the days wherein 
 the plague is in him he shall be un- 
 clean; he is unclean: he shall dwell 
 alone; without the camp shall his 
 dwelling be. 
 
 47 The garment also that the plague of 
 leprosy is in, whether it be a wooUen 
 
 48 garment, or a linen gannent ; whether 
 it be in 2 warp, or woof; of linen, or of 
 woollen ; whether in a skin, or in any 
 
 49 thing made of skm; if the plague be 
 greenish or reddish in the garment, 
 or in the skm, or in the waii), or in 
 the woof, or in any thing of skin ; it is 
 the plague of leprosy, and shall be 
 
 50 shewed unto the in-iest : and the priest 
 shall look upon the plague, and shut 
 up that which hath the plague seven 
 
 51 days: and he shall look on the plague 
 on the seventh day: if the plague be 
 spread in the gai-ment, either in the 
 warp, or in the woof, or in the skin, 
 whatever service skm is used for; 
 the plague is a fretting leprosy; it 
 
 52 is unclean. And he shall bm-n the 
 gannent, whether the warp or the 
 woof, ui woollen or in linen, or any 
 thing of skin, wherein the i^lague is : 
 for it is a fretting leprosy; it shall 
 
 53 be bm'ut in the fii-e. And if the 
 priest shall look, and, behold, the 
 plague be not sjiread in the garment, 
 either in the warp, or in the woof, or 
 
 54 in any thmg of skm; then the priest 
 shall command that they wash the 
 thing wherein the plague is, and he 
 
 55 shall shut it up seven days more : and 
 the priest shall look, after that the 
 plague is washed : and, behold, if the 
 Ijlague have not changed its colom% 
 and the plague be not spread, it is 
 unclean; thou shalt bm"n it in the
 
 14. 27. 
 
 LEVITICUS. 
 
 87 
 
 1 Heb. 
 whether 
 it be 
 baUi in 
 the hciid 
 thereof, 
 or in the 
 /oreheitU 
 thoreo/. 
 
 2 Heb. 
 
 iiuiny. 
 
 lire: it is a fret, i whether the bare- 
 56ness be withm or without. And if 
 the priest look, and, behold, the jjlague 
 be dun after the washing thereof, then 
 he shall rend it out of the garment, or 
 out of the skin, or out of the warp, or 
 
 57 out of the woof: and if it aj)pear still 
 in the garment, either in the warp, or 
 in the woof, or in any thing of skin, 
 it is breaking out: thou shalt burn 
 that wherein the plague is with fire. 
 
 58 And the garment, either the warp, or 
 the woof, or whatsoever thmg of skin 
 it be, which thou shalt wash, if the 
 plague be departed from them, then 
 it shall be washed the second time, 
 
 59 and shall be clean. This is the law of 
 the plague of leprosy in a garment of 
 woollen or linen, either iii the warj), 
 or the woof, or any thing of skin, to 
 pronounce it clean, or to pronounce it 
 unclean. 
 
 14 And the Lord spake unto Moses, 
 
 2sayu]g, This shall be the law of the 
 
 leper in the day of his cleansing: he 
 
 3 shall be brought unto the priest : and 
 
 the priest shall go forth out of the 
 
 camp; and the priest shall look, and, 
 
 behold, if the plague of leprosy be 
 
 4 healed m the leper; then shall the 
 
 priest command to take for him that 
 
 is to be cleansed two living clean 
 
 bii'ds, and cedar wood, and scarlet, 
 
 5 and hyssop : and the priest shall com- 
 mand to kill one of the birds m an 
 earthen vessel over ^ruuning water: 
 
 6 as for the living bu-d, he shall take it, 
 and the cedar wood, and the scarlet, 
 and the hyssop, and shall dip them 
 and the living bird in the blood of the 
 bu'd that was killed over the ^ruiming 
 
 7 water : and he shall sprinkle upon hmi 
 that is to be cleansed from the leprosy 
 seven times, and shall xjronounce hmi 
 clean, and shall let go the living bird 
 
 8 into the open held. And he that is to 
 be cleansed shall wash his clothes, 
 and shave off all his hair, and bathe 
 himself in water, and he shall be clean : 
 and after that he shall come into the 
 camp, but shall dwell outside his tent 
 
 9 seven days. And it shall be on the 
 seventh day, that he shall shave all his 
 hair off his head and his beard and 
 his eyebrows, even all his hair he 
 shall shave off : and he shall wash his 
 clothes, and he shall bathe his flesh 
 
 10 in water, and he shall be clean. And 
 on the eighth day he shall take two he- 
 lambs without blemish, and one ewe- 
 lamb of the first year mthout blemish, 
 and three tenth parts of an ephah of 
 fine flour for a meal offering, mingled 
 
 11 with oil, and one log of oil. And the 
 IDriest that cleanseth him shall set the 
 man that is to be cleansed, and those 
 things, before the Lord, at the door 
 
 12 of the tent of meeting : and the priest 
 
 shall take one of the he-lanibs, and 
 offer him for a guilt offering, and the 
 log of oil, and wave them for a wave 
 
 13 otiering before the Lord : and he shall 
 kill the he-lamb in the jjlace where they 
 kill the sin offering and the bui'iit offer- 
 ing, in the place of the sanctuary : for 
 as the sin offering is the priest's, so is 
 the guilt offering: it is most holy: 
 
 14 and the priest sliall take of the blood 
 of the guilt offerhig, and the priest 
 shall put it upon the tip of the right 
 ear of him that is to be cleansed, and 
 ui)on the thimib of his right hand, 
 and ujiou the great toe of his i-ight 
 
 15 foot : and the priest shall take of the 
 log of oil, and pour it uito the pahn 
 
 16 of his own left hand : and the priest 
 shall dip his right finger in the oil 
 that is in his left hand, and shall 
 sprinkle of the oil with his finger 
 
 17 seven times before the Lord : and of 
 the rest of the oil that is in his hand 
 shall the priest put upon the tip of 
 the right ear of him that is to be 
 cleansed, and upon the thumb of his 
 right hand, and upon the great toe of 
 his right foot, upon the blood of the 
 
 18 guilt offering: and the rest of the oil 
 that is in the priest's hand he shall 
 jjut upon the head of liun that is to be 
 cleansed: and the priest shall make 
 atonement for hun before the Lord. 
 
 19 And the priest shall offer the sin 
 offering, and make atonement for him 
 that is to be cleansed because of his 
 micleanness; and afterward he shall 
 
 20 kill the biu-nt offering : and the priest 
 shall offer the burnt offering and the 
 meal offering upon the altai : and the 
 priest shall make atonement for him, 
 and he sliall be clean. 
 
 21 And if he be jjoor, and cannot get so 
 much, then he shall take one he-lamb 
 for a guilt ofteruig to be waved, to 
 make atonement for him, and one tenth 
 part of an ephah of fine floiu" mmgled 
 mth oil for a meal offermg, and a log 
 
 22 of oil; and two turtledoves, or two 
 yomig pigeons, such as he is able to 
 get; and the one shall be a sin offer- 
 ing, and the other a bm'nt offermg. 
 
 23 And on the eighth day he shall bring 
 them for his cleaiismg unto the priest, 
 unto the door of the tent of meetmg, 
 
 24 before the Lord. And the priest shall 
 take the lamb of the guilt offering, 
 and the log of oil, and the priest shall 
 wave them for a wave offering before 
 
 25 the Lord : and he shaU kill the lamb of 
 the guilt offering, and the priest shall 
 take of the blood of the guilt offering, 
 and put it upon the tip of the right 
 ear of hun that is to be cleansed, and 
 upon the thumb of his right hand, and 
 upon the great toe of his right foot: 
 
 26 and the priest shall pour of the oil 
 into the jjalm of his own left hand: 
 
 27 and the priest shall sprinkle with his
 
 88 
 
 LEVITICUS. 
 
 14. 27. 
 
 right finger some of the oil that is in 
 his left hand seven times before the 
 
 28 Lord : and the priest shaU jrat of the 
 oil that is in his hand upon the tip of 
 the right ear of hun that is to be 
 cleansed, and upon the thumb of his 
 right hand, and upon the great toe of 
 his right foot, upon the place of the 
 
 29 blood of the guilt offermg: and the 
 rest of the oil that is in the priest's 
 hand he shall jiut upon the head of 
 him that is to be cleansed, to make 
 atonement for him before the Lord. 
 
 30 And he shall offer one of the turtle- 
 doves, or of the young pigeons, such as 
 
 31 he is able to get ; even such as he is 
 able to get, the one for a sin offermg, 
 and the other for a burnt offering, 
 with the meal offering : and the priest 
 shall make atonement for hiai that is 
 
 32 to be cleansed before the Lord. This 
 is the law of him in whom is the j)lague 
 of leprosy, who is not able to get that 
 tvhich pertaineth to his cleansing. 
 
 33 And the Lord spake unto Moses and 
 34mito Aaron, saymg. When ye be come 
 
 into the land of Canaan, which I give 
 to you for a possession, and I put the 
 l^lague of leprosy in a house of the 
 
 35 laud of your possession ; then he that 
 owueth the house shall come and tell 
 the priest, saymg, There seemeth to 
 me to be as it were a plague in the 
 
 36 house : and the priest shall command 
 that they emjity the house, before the 
 priest go in to see the plague, that 
 all that is m the house be not made 
 unclean : and afterward the x^riest shall 
 
 37 go in to see the house : and he shall 
 look on the plague, and, behold, if the 
 plague be in the walls of the house 
 with hollow strakes, greenish or red- 
 dish, and the appearance thereof be 
 
 38 lower tliau the wall; then the priest 
 shall go out of the house to the door 
 of the house, and shut up the house 
 
 39 seven days : and the priest shall come 
 again the seventh day, and shall look : 
 and, behold, if the x^lague be spread 
 
 40 iQ the walls of the house; then the 
 priest shall command that they take 
 out the stones in which the plague 
 is, and cast them into an unclean 
 
 41 place ■ndthout the city : and he shall 
 cause the house to be scraped within 
 rovmd about, and they shall iiour out 
 the mortar that they scrape off without 
 
 42 the city into an unclean place: and 
 they shall take other stones, and jmt 
 them in the jilace of those stones; 
 and he shall take other mortar, and 
 
 43 shall plaister the house. And if tlie 
 plague come again, and break out in 
 the house, after tliat he hath taken 
 out the stones, and after he hath 
 scraped the house, and after it is 
 
 44 plaistered ; then the priest shall come 
 in and look, and, behold, if the j)lague 
 be spread in the house, it is a fretting 
 
 leprosy in the house: it is unclean. 
 
 45 And he shall break down the house, 
 the stones of it, and the timber thereof, 
 and all the mortar of the house ; and 
 he shall carry them forth out of the 
 
 46 city into an unclean place. Moreover 
 he that goeth into the house all the 
 while that it is shut up shall be unclean 
 
 47 until the even. And he that lieth in 
 the house shall wash his clothes ; and 
 he that eateth in the house shall wash 
 
 48 his clothes. And if the priest shaU 
 come in, and look, and, behold, the 
 plague hath not spread in the house, 
 after the house was plaistered; then 
 the priest shall jjronounce the house 
 clean, because the plague is healed. 
 
 49 Aiid he shall take to cleanse the house 
 two birds, and cedar wood, and scarlet, 
 
 50 and hyssop: and he shall kill one of 
 the bu'ds in an earthen vessel over 
 
 51 iruunmg water: and he shall take the 
 cedar wood, and the hyssop, and the 
 scarlet, and the livmg bird, and dip 
 them in the blood of the slam bird, 
 and in the ^ running water, and sprinkle 
 
 52 the house seven times: and he shall 
 cleanse the house with the blood of 
 the bird, and with the i running water, 
 and with the living bird, and with the 
 cedar wood, and with the hyssop, and 
 
 53 with the scarlet : but he shall let go the 
 living bird out of the city into the open 
 field : so shall he make atonement for 
 the house : and it shall be clean. 
 
 54 This is the law for all manner of 
 
 55 plague of leprosy, and for a scall ; and 
 for the leprosy of a garment, and for 
 
 56 a house ; and for a rising, and for a 
 
 57 scab, and for a bright spot: to teach 
 when it is unclean, and when it is 
 clean : this is the law of leprosj'. 
 
 15 And the Lord spake unto Moses and 
 
 2 to Aaron, saying, Speak unto the 
 children of Israel, and say unto them, 
 When any man hath an issue out of his 
 flesh, because of his issue he is miclean. 
 
 3 And this shall be his uncleanness in 
 his issue: whether his flesh run with 
 his issue, or his flesh be stojiped from 
 
 4 his issue, it is his uncleanness. Every 
 bed whereon he that hath the issue 
 lieth shall be unclean : and every thing 
 v;hereon he sitteth shall be unclean. 
 
 5 And whosoever toucheth his bed shall 
 wash his clothes, and bathe himself in 
 water, and be miclean until the even. 
 
 6 And he that sitteth on any thing where- 
 on he that hath the issue sat shall wash 
 his clothes, and bathe himself in water, 
 
 7 and be unclean mitU the even. And 
 he that toucheth the flesh of him that 
 hath the issue shall wash his clothes, 
 and bathe himself in water, and be 
 
 8 unclean until the even. And if he 
 that hath the issue spit upon him that 
 is clean ; then he shall wash his clothes, 
 and bathe himself in water, and be
 
 16. 7. 
 
 LEVITICUS. 
 
 89 
 
 3 Or, 
 
 separa- 
 tion 
 
 9 unclean until the even. And what 
 1 saddle soever lie that hath the issue 
 
 lOrideth upon shall be unclean. And 
 •whosoever toucheth any thuig that 
 was under him shall he unclean until 
 the even: and he that hearoth those 
 things shall wash his clothes, and 
 bathe himself in water, and be unclean 
 
 llmitil the even. And whomsoever he 
 that hath the issue toucheth, without 
 havmg ruised his hands in water, he 
 shall wash his clothes, and bathe him- 
 self in water, and be unclean until the 
 
 12 even. And the earthen vessel, which 
 he that hath the issue toucheth, shall 
 be broken : and every vessel of wood 
 
 13 shall be rinsed in water. And when 
 he that hath an issue is cleansed of 
 his issue, then he shall number to 
 himself seven days for his cleausmg, 
 and wash his clothes; and he shall 
 bathe his flesh in '^rmining water, and 
 
 14 shall be clean. And on the eighth 
 day he shall take to him two turtle- 
 doves, or two young pigeons, and 
 come before the Lord unto the door 
 of the tent of meeting, and give 
 
 15 them mito the priest: and the priest 
 shall offer them, the one for a sm 
 offering, and the other for a burnt 
 oiiering; and the priest shall make 
 atonement for him before the Loed 
 for his issue. 
 
 16 And if any man's seed of copulation 
 go out from him, then he shall bathe 
 all his flesh m water, and be unclean 
 
 17 until the even. And every garment, 
 and every skin, whereon is the seed of 
 copulation, shall be washed with water, 
 
 18 and be miclean until the even. The 
 woman also with whom a man shall 
 lie with seed of copulation, they shall 
 both bathe themselves in water, and 
 be unclean until the even. 
 
 19 And if a woman have an issue, and 
 her issue in her flesh be blood, she 
 shall be in her simpm-ity seven days: 
 and whosoever toucheth her shall be 
 
 20 miclean until the even. And every 
 thing that she lieth upon in her ^ im- 
 purity shall be imclean: every thing 
 also that she sitteth upon shall be 
 
 21 miclean. And whosoever toucheth her 
 bed shall wash his clothes, and bathe 
 himself in water, and be unclean 
 
 22 until the even. And whosoever touch- 
 eth any thmg that she sitteth upon 
 shall wash his clothes, and bathe 
 himself in water, and be unclean mitil 
 
 23 the even. And if it be on the bed, or 
 on any thing whereon she sitteth, 
 when he toucheth it, he shall be unclean 
 
 24 until the even. And if any man lie 
 with her, and her impurity be upon 
 him, he shall be unclean seven days ; 
 and every bed whereon he lieth shall 
 be unclean. 
 
 25 And if a woman have an issue of her 
 blood many days not in the tune of her 
 
 impurity, or if she have an issue 
 beyond the time of her impurity; all 
 the days of the issue of her uiicleainiess 
 she shall bo as in the days of her 
 
 20 impurity : she is unclean. Every bed 
 whereon she lieth all the days of her 
 issue shall be unto her as the bed of 
 her impm-ity : and every thing whereon 
 she sitteth shall ))e miclean, as the 
 
 27uncleanness of her impurity. And 
 whosoever toucheth those things shall 
 be unclean, and shall wash his clothes, 
 and bathe himself in water, and be 
 
 28 miclean until the even. But if she 
 be cleansed of her issue, then she 
 shall number to herself seven days, 
 
 29 and after that she shall be clean. And 
 on the eighth day she shall take unto 
 her two tm-tledoves, or two young 
 pigeons, and bring them unto the 
 jiriest, to the door of the tent of meeting. 
 
 30 And the priest shall offer the one for a 
 sin offermg, and the other for a burnt 
 offering; and the jjriest shall make 
 atonement for her before the Lord foi' 
 the issue of her uncleaimess. 
 
 31 Thus shall ye separate the children 
 of Israel from their uncleauness ; that 
 they die not in their micleamiess, when 
 they defile my tabernacle that is in the 
 midst of them. 
 
 32 This is the law of him that hath an 
 issue, and of him Avhose seed of cop- 
 ulation goeth from him, so that he is 
 
 33 unclean thereby; and of her that is 
 sick with her impurity, and of him 
 that hath an issue, of tlie man, and of 
 the woman, and of him that heth with 
 her that is miclean. 
 
 16 And the Lord spake unto Moses, 
 after the death of the two sons of 
 Aaron, when they drew near before 
 2 the Lord, and died; and the Lord 
 said mito Moses, Speak unto Aaron 
 thy brother, that he come not at all 
 times into the holy place within the 
 veil, before the mercy-seat which is 
 upon the ark; that he die not: for I 
 will appear in the cloud upon the mercy- 
 
 3 seat. Herewith shall Aaron come into 
 the holy place : with a young bullock 
 for a sin offermg, and a ram for a 
 
 4 burnt offering. He shall put on the 
 holy Imen coat, and he shall have the 
 luien breeches upon his flesh, and shall 
 be gkded with the linen girdle, and with 
 the linen ''mitre shall he be attired: 
 they are the holy garments; and he 
 shall bathe his flesh in water, and jiut 
 
 5 them on. And he shall take of the 
 congregation of the children of Israel 
 two he-goats for a sui offering, and one 
 
 6 ram for a burnt offering. And Aaron 
 shall present the bullock of the sin of- 
 fering, which is for himself, and make 
 atonement for himself, and for his 
 
 7 house. And he shall take the two goats, 
 and set them before the Lord at the 
 
 <0r. 
 
 tuyban
 
 90 
 
 LEVITICUS. 
 
 16. 7. 
 
 1 Or. dis- 
 missal 
 
 -Or, 
 
 over 
 
 8 door of the tent of meeting. And Aaron 
 shall cast lots upon the two goats ; one 
 lot for the Lord, and the other lot for 
 
 9 1 Azazel. And Aaron shall present the 
 goat upon which the lot fell for the 
 Lord, and offer him for a sin offering. 
 
 10 But the goat, on which the lot fell for 
 Azazel, shall be set alive before the 
 LoED, to make atonement '-^for him, to 
 send htm away for Azazel into the 
 
 11 wilderness. And Aaron shall present 
 the bullock of the sin offering, which is 
 for himself, and shall make atonement 
 for himself, and for his house, and 
 shall kni the bullock of the sin offer- 
 
 12 ing which is for himself : and he shall 
 take a censer full of coals of fire from 
 off the altar before the Lord, and 
 his hands full of sweet incense beaten 
 small, and bring it ^\ithin the veil: 
 
 13 and he shall put the incense upon the 
 fii'e before the Lord, that the cloud of 
 the incense may cover the mercy-seat 
 that is upon the testimony, that he 
 
 14 die not : and he shall take of the blood 
 of the bullock, and sprinkle it with 
 his finger upon the mercy-seat on the 
 east; and before the mercy-seat shall 
 he sprinkle of the blood A\'ith his 
 
 15 finger seven times. Then shall he 
 kUl the goat of the sm offering, that 
 is for the people, and bring his blood 
 withia the veil, and do with his blood 
 as he did with the blood of the bull- 
 ock, and sprinkle it upon the mercy- 
 
 16 seat, and before the mercy-seat: and 
 he shall make atonement for the holy 
 place, because of the uncleannesses 
 of the children of Israel, and because 
 of their transgressions, even all then- 
 sins: and so shall he do for the tent 
 of meeting, that dwelleth with them 
 in the midst of their uncleannesses. 
 
 17 And there shall be no man in the 
 tent of meeting when he goeth in to 
 make atonement in the holy place, im- 
 tU he come out, and have made atone- 
 ment for himself, and for his household, 
 
 18 and for all the assembly of Israel. And 
 lie shall go out unto the altar that 
 is before the Lord, and make atone- 
 ment for it; and shall take of the 
 blood of the bullock, and of the blood 
 of the goat, and put it upon the horns 
 
 19 of the altar round about. And he shall 
 sprinkle of the blood upon it with his 
 finger seven times, and cleanse it, and 
 hallow it from the uncleannesses of 
 
 20 the children of Israel. And when he 
 hath made an end of atoning for the 
 holy place, and the tent of meetmg, 
 and the altar, he shaU present the 
 
 21 live goat : and Aaron shaU lay both his 
 hands upon the head of the live goat, 
 and confess over him all the uiiquities 
 of the chUdren of Israel, and aU their 
 transgressions, even all their sins ; and 
 he shall put them ui)on the head of the 
 goat, and shall send hun away by the 
 
 hand of a man ^that is in readiness 
 
 22 into the wilderness : and the goat shall 
 bear upon him aU their iniquities unto 
 a soUtary land: and he shall let go 
 
 23 the goat in the wilderness. And Aaron 
 shall come into the tent of meeting, 
 and shall put off the Imen garments, 
 which he put on when he went into 
 the holy place, and shall leave them 
 
 24 there : and he shall bathe his flesh in 
 water in a holy place, and put on his 
 garments, and come forth, and offer his 
 burnt offering and the burnt offering 
 of the people, and make atonement for 
 
 25hunseli and for the people. And the 
 fat of the sin off'ermg shall he burn 
 
 26 upon the altar. And he that letteth 
 go the goat for Azazel shall wash his 
 clothes, and bathe his flesh in water, 
 and afterward he shall come into the 
 
 27 camp. And the buUock of the sin offer- 
 ing, and the goat of the sin offering, 
 whose blood was brought m to make 
 atonement in the holy place, shall be 
 carried forth without the camp; and 
 they shall bm-n in the fii-e their skins, 
 
 28 and their flesh, and their dung. And 
 he that burneth them shall wash his 
 clothes, and bathe his flesh in water, 
 and afterward he shall come into the 
 camp. 
 
 29 And it shall be a statute for ever unto 
 you: in the seventh month, on the 
 tenth day of the month, ye shall af- 
 flict your souls, and shall do no manner 
 of work, the homeborn, or the stranger 
 
 30 that sojourneth among you: for on 
 this day shall atonement be made for 
 you, to cleanse you; from aU yom- 
 sins shall ye be clean before the Lord. 
 
 31 It is a sabbath of solemn rest unto 
 you, and ye shall afflict your souls ; it 
 
 32 is a statute for ever. And the priest, 
 who shall be anointed and who shall 
 be consecrated to be priest in his 
 father's stead, shall make the atone- 
 ment, and shall put on the linen gar- 
 
 33ments, even the holy garments: and 
 he shall make atonement for the holy 
 sanctuary, and he shall make atone- 
 ment for the tent of meetuig and for 
 the altar ; and he shall make atone- 
 ment for the pi-iests and for aU the 
 
 34 jieople of the assembly. And this shaU 
 be an everlasting statute unto you, to 
 make atonement for the chddi-en of 
 Israel because of all then- sins once 
 in the year. And he did as the Lord 
 commanded Moses. 
 
 IT And the Lord spake mi to Moses, 
 2 saying. Speak unto Aaron, and unto 
 his sons, and imto all the children 
 of Israel, and say unto them ; This 
 is the thuig which the Lord hath com- 
 3manded, saying. What man soever 
 there be of the house of Israel, that 
 kiUeth an ox, or lamb, or goat, in the 
 camp, or that kUleth it without the
 
 18. 22. 
 
 LEVITICUS. 
 
 91 
 
 4 camji, and hath not brouglit it unto the 
 door of the tent of meeting, to offer 
 it as an oblation unto the Lord before 
 the tabernacle of the Lohu: blood 
 shall be imputed unto that man; he 
 hath shed blood; and that man shall 
 
 5 be cut off from among hi.s people: to 
 the end that the children of Israel 
 may bruig their sacrifices, which they 
 sacrifice in the open field, even that 
 they may bring them unto the Lord, 
 unto the door of the tent of meeting, 
 unto the priest, and sacrifice them for 
 sacrifices of peace offerings mito the 
 
 6 Lord. Aiid the priest shall sprinkle 
 the blood upon the altar of the Lord 
 at the door of the tent of meeting, 
 and bm-u the fat for a sweet savour 
 
 7 unto the Lord. And thej' shall no more 
 sacrifice their sacrifices unto the i he- 
 goats, after whom they go a whoring. 
 This shall be a statute for ever uuto 
 them throughout then- generations. 
 
 ■S Arid thou shaft say uuto them, What- 
 soever man there be of the house 
 of Israel, or of the strangers that 
 sojourn among them, that off ere th a 
 
 9 burnt offering or sacrifice, and brmg- 
 «th it not rmto the door of the tent of 
 meeting, to sacrifice it unto the Lord ; 
 even that man shall be cut off from 
 his people. 
 
 10 And whatsoever man there be of the 
 house of Israel, or of the strangers 
 that sojourn among them, that eateth 
 any manner of blood; I will set my 
 face against that soul that eateth 
 blood, and wiU cut him off from among 
 
 11 his people. For the ^life of the flesh 
 is in the blood : and I have given it to 
 you upon the altar to make atonement 
 for yom- souls : for it is the blood that 
 maketh atonement by reason of the 
 
 12 2 life. Therefore I said uuto the child- 
 ren of Israel, No soul of you shall 
 eat blood, neither shall any stranger 
 that sojomnieth among you eat blood. 
 
 13 And whatsoever man there be of the 
 children of Israel, or of the strangers 
 that sojomoi among them, which tak- 
 eth in hmiting any beast or fowl that 
 may be eaten; he shall jiour out the 
 blood thereof, and cover it with dust. 
 
 14 For as to the life of all flesh, the blood 
 thereof is all one with the life thereof: 
 therefore I said mito the chUdi-en of 
 Israel, Ye shall eat the blood of no 
 manner of flesh: for the Life of all 
 flesh is the blood thereof: whosoever 
 
 15 eateth it shaU be cut off. And every 
 soul that eateth ^that which dieth 
 of itself, or that which is torn of 
 beasts, whether he be homeborn or a 
 stranger, he shall wash his clothes, 
 and bathe himself in water, and Ije 
 unclean until the even: then shall he 
 
 16 be clean. But if he wash them not, 
 nor bathe his flesh, then he shall bear 
 his iniquity. 
 
 18 And the Lord spake unto Moses, say- 
 
 '2 ing, Sjjeak mito the children of Israel, 
 
 and say uuto them, I am the Lord your 
 
 3 God. After the douigs of the land of 
 Egypt, wherein j'e dwelt, shall ye not 
 do : and after the doings of the land of 
 Canaan, whither I bring you, shall ye 
 not do : neither shall ye walk in then- 
 
 4 statutes. Mj^ judgements shall ye do, 
 and my statutes shaU ye keep, to walk 
 
 5 therein : I am the Lord your God. Ye 
 shall therefore keeij my statutes, and 
 my judgements: which if a man do, he 
 shall live *in them: I am the Lord. 
 
 6 None of you shall approach to any 
 that is near of kin to him, to uncover 
 
 7 their nakedness: I am the Lord. The 
 nakedness of thy father, even t)ie na- 
 kedness of thy mother, shaft thou not 
 imcover : she is thy mother ; thou shalt 
 
 8 not inicover her nakedness. The naked- 
 ness of thy father's wife shalt thou 
 not uncover: it is thy father's uaked- 
 
 9 ness. The nakedness of thy sister, the 
 daughter of thy father, or the daughter 
 of thy mother, whether born at home, 
 or born abroad, tixen then- nakedness 
 
 10 thou shalt not micover. The naked- 
 ness of thy son's daughter, or of thy 
 daughter's daughter, even then- naked- 
 ness thou shalt not uncover : for theirs 
 
 11 is thine own nakedness. The naked- 
 ness of thy father's wife's daughter, 
 begotten of thy father, she is thy sister, 
 thou shalt not uncover her nakedness. 
 
 12 Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness 
 of thy father's sister : she is thj father's 
 
 13 near kinswoman. Thou shalt not un- 
 cover the nakedness of thy mother's 
 sister: for she is thy mother's near 
 
 14 kinswoman. Thou shalt not micover 
 the nakedness of thy father's brother, 
 thou shalt not approach to his wife : she 
 
 15 is thine aunt. Thou shalt not uncover 
 the nakedness of thy daughter in law : 
 she is thy son's wife; thou shalt not 
 
 16 uncover her nakedness. Thou shalt 
 not uncover the nakeibiess of thy bro- 
 ther's wife: it is thy brother's naked- 
 
 17 ness. Thou shalt not micover the na- 
 kedness of a woman and her daughter ; 
 thou shalt not take her son's daughter, 
 or her daughter's daughter, to uncover 
 her nakedness; they are near kias- 
 
 18 women : it is ° wickedness. And thou 
 shalt not take a woman to her sister, 
 to be a rival to her, to uncover her 
 nakedness, beside the other m her life 
 
 19 time. And thou shalt not apiiroach 
 unto a woman to vmcover her naked- 
 ness, as long as she is 'Jimpiu-e by her 
 
 20 uncleanness. And thou shalt not Me 
 carnally with thy neighbour's wife, 
 
 21 to delile thj'self with her. And thou 
 shalt not give any of thy seed 'to 
 make them pass through the fire to 
 Molech, neither shalt thou profane 
 the name of thy God: I am the Loud. 
 
 22 Thou shalt not lie with mankind, as 
 
 ■1 Or, bi/ 
 
 5 Or, 
 
 enorm- 
 
 ity 
 
 6 Or, 
 separ- 
 ated for 
 
 7 Or, 
 
 to set 
 them 
 apart to 
 MolecJi
 
 92 
 
 LEVITICUS. 
 
 18. 22. 
 
 iHeb. 
 things of 
 7iought. 
 See Jer. 
 xiv. 14, 
 
 with womankind: it is abomination. 
 
 23 And thou shalt not lie with any beast 
 to defile thyself therewith: neither 
 shall any woman stand before a beast, 
 to lie do^v^l thereto: it is confusion. 
 
 24 Defile not ye yourselves in any of 
 these things: for in all these the na- 
 tions are defiled which I cast out from 
 
 25 before you : and the land is defiled : 
 therefore I do visit the iniquity thereof 
 iipon it, and the land vomiteth out her 
 
 26 inhabitants. Ye therefore shall keep 
 my statutes and my judgements, and 
 shaU not do any of these abomina- 
 tions; neither the homeborn, nor the 
 stranger that sojoui-neth among you: 
 
 27 (for aU these abominations have the 
 men of the land done, which were be- 
 
 28 fore you, and the land is defiled;) that 
 the land vomit not j-ou out also, when 
 ye defile it, as it vomited out the na- 
 
 29tion that was before you. For who- 
 soever shall do any of these abomin- 
 ations, even the souls that do them 
 shall be cut off from among their 
 
 30 people. Therefore shall ye keep my 
 charge, that ye do not any of these 
 abommable customs, which were done 
 before you, and that ye defile not 
 yourselves therein : I am the Lord 
 your God. 
 
 19 And the Lord spake unto Moses, say- 
 
 2ing, Speak unto all the congregation 
 
 of the children of Israel, and say unto 
 
 them. Ye shall be holy : for I the Lord 
 
 3 your God am holy. Ye shall fear every 
 man his mother, and his father, and 
 ye shall keep my sabbaths : I am the 
 
 4 Lord yom- God. Tm-n ye not unto 
 1 idols, nor make to yourselves molten 
 
 5 gods : I am the Lord your God. And 
 when ye offer a sacrifice of peace offer- 
 ings mito the Lord, ye shall offer it 
 
 6 that ye may be accepted. It shall be 
 eaten the same day ye offer it, and on 
 the morrow: and if aught remain 
 untn the third day, it shall be burnt 
 
 7 with fire. And if it be eaten at all on 
 the thu*d day, it is an abomination ; it 
 
 8 shall not be accepted: but every one 
 that eateth it shall bear his iniquity, 
 because he hath profaned the holy 
 thing of the Lord : and that soul shall 
 be cut off from his peoj^le. 
 
 9 And when ye reap the harvest of 
 your land, thou shalt not wholly reap 
 the corners of thy field, neither shalt 
 thou gather the gleaning of thy har- 
 
 10 vest. And thou shalt not glean thy 
 vineyard, neither shalt thou gather 
 the fallen fruit of thy vineyard ; thou 
 shalt leave them for the poor and for 
 the stranger: I am the Lord your 
 
 11 God. Ye shall not steal ; neither shall 
 ye deal falsely, nor lie one to another. 
 
 12 And ye shall not swear by my name 
 falsely, so that thou profane the name 
 
 13 of thy God: I am the Lord. Thou 
 
 shalt not oppress thy neighbour, nor 
 rob hini: the wages of a hired serv- 
 ant shall not abide with thee all night 
 14imtil the morning. Thou shalt not 
 curse the deaf, nor put a stumbling- 
 block before the blind, but thou shalt 
 
 15 fear thy God : I am the Lord. Ye 
 shall do no unrighteousness in judge- 
 ment : thou shalt not respect the per- 
 son of the poor, nor honour the person 
 of the mighty: but in righteousness 
 
 16 shalt thou judge thy neighbour. Thou 
 shalt not go up and down as a tale- 
 bearer aruoiig thy people : neither shalt 
 thou stand against the blood of thy 
 
 17 neighbour- : I am the Lord. Thou 
 shalt not hate thy brother in thine 
 heart : thou shalt surely rebuke thy 
 neighbour, and not bear sin because of 
 
 18 him. Thou shalt not take vengeance, 
 nor bear any grudge against the child- 
 ren of thy iieople, but thou shalt love 
 thy neighbour as thyself: I am the 
 
 19 Lord. Ye shall keep my statutes. 
 Thou shalt not let thy cattle gender 
 with a diverse kind : thou shalt not 
 sow thy field with two kinds of seed : 
 neither shall there come ui^on thee a 
 garment of two kmds of stuff mingled 
 
 20 together. And whosoever Ueth carn- 
 ally with a woman, that is a bond- 
 maid, betrothed to an husband, and 
 not at all redeemed, nor freedom given 
 her; ^they shall be punished; they 
 shall not be put to death, because she 
 
 21 was not free. And he shall bring his 
 guilt offering unto the Lord, mito the 
 door of the tent of meeting, even a 
 
 22 ram for a guilt offering. And the 
 priest shall make atonement for him 
 with the ram of the guilt offering be- 
 fore the Lord for his sin which he 
 hath sinned : and he shall be forgiven 
 
 23 for his sin which he hath sinned. And 
 when ye shall come into the land, 
 and shall have planted all manner of 
 trees for food, then ye shall count the 
 fruit thereof as their imcircumcision : 
 three years shall they be as micircum- 
 cised unto you; it shall not be eaten. 
 
 24 But in the foiu'th year all the fruit 
 thereof shall be holy, for giving praise 
 
 25 unto the Lord. And m the fifth year 
 shall ye eat of the fruit thereof, that 
 it may yield mito you the increase 
 thereof: I am the Lord your God. 
 
 26 Ye shall not eat any thmg with the 
 blood: neither shall ye use enchant- 
 
 27 ments, nor practise augury. Ye shall 
 not round the corners of your heads, 
 neither shalt thou mar the corners of 
 
 28 thy beard. Ye shall not make any 
 cuttings in your flesh for the dead, nor 
 prmt any marks upon you: I am the 
 
 29 Lord. Profane not thy daughter, to 
 make her a harlot ; lest the land fall to 
 whoredom, and the land become fuU 
 
 30 of '^ wickedness. Ye shall keep my sab- 
 baths, and reverence my sanctuary : I
 
 20. 26. 
 
 LEVITICUS. 
 
 93 
 
 31 am the Lokd. Tm-n ye not unto tliem 
 that have familiar spirits, nor unto the 
 wizards ; seek them not out, to be 
 delilecl by them : I am the Loud your 
 
 32 God. Thou shalt rise up before the 
 hoary head, and honour the face of the 
 old man, and thou shalt fear thy God : 
 
 331 am the Lord. And if a stranger 
 sojourn with thee in your land, ye shall 
 
 34 not do him wrong. The stranger 
 that sojourneth with you shall be un- 
 to you as the homeborn among you, 
 and thou shalt love bun as thyself; 
 for ye were strangers in the land of 
 
 35 Egypt: I am the Lord your God. Ye 
 shall do no unrighteousness in judge- 
 ment, in meteyard, in weight, or in 
 
 36 measure. Just balances, just weights, 
 a just ephah, and a just bin, shall ye 
 have : I am the Lord your God, which 
 brought you out of the land of Egypt. 
 
 37 And ye shall observe aU my statutes, 
 and aU my judgements, and do them: 
 I am the Lord. 
 
 20 And the Lord spake unto Moses, 
 2 saying. Moreover, thou shalt say to 
 the chUdi-en of Israel, Whosoever he 
 be of the children of Israel, or of the 
 strangers that sojourn in Israel, that 
 giveth of his seed unto Molech ; he 
 shall sui-ely be put to death : the people 
 of the land shall stone him with stones. 
 31 also will set my face against that 
 man, and will cut him off from among 
 his people; because he hath given of 
 his seed unto Molech, to defile my sanc- 
 tuary, and to profane my holy name. 
 
 4 And if the people of the land do any 
 ways hide then* eyes from that man, 
 when he giveth of his seed unto Molech, 
 
 5 and put him not to death : then I will 
 set my face against that man, and 
 against his family, and will cut him off, 
 and all that go a whoring after him, to 
 commit whoredom with Molech, from 
 
 G among their people. And the soul that 
 turneth unto them that have famihar 
 spirits, and unto the wizards, to go a 
 whoring after them, I wOl even set my 
 face against that soul, and will cut him 
 
 7 off from among his people. Sanctify 
 yourselves therefore, and be ye holy : 
 
 8 for I am the Lord your God. And ye 
 shall keep my statutes, and do them: 
 I am the Lord which sanctify you. 
 
 9 For every one that curseth his father 
 or his mother shaU surely be put to 
 death: he hath cursed his father or 
 his mother; his blood shall be upon 
 
 10 him. And the man that committeth 
 adultery with another man's wife, even 
 he that committeth adultery with his 
 neighbom-'s wife, the adulterer and the 
 adulteress shall surely be put to death. 
 
 11 And the man that lieth with his father's 
 wife hath imcovered his father's naked- 
 ness : both of them shaU surely be put 
 to death ; their blood shall be upon 
 
 12 them. And if a man lie with his daugh- 
 
   ter in law, both of them shall surely 
 be put to death: they have wrought 
 confusion | their blood shall be uj)- 
 
 13 on them. And if a man lie with man- 
 kind, as with womankind, both of them 
 have conuuitted abomination : they 
 shall surely be put to death ; then' 
 
 14 blood shall be upon them. And if a 
 man take a wife and her mother, it is 
 1 wickedness : they shall be burnt with 
 fu-e, both he and they; that there be 
 
 15 no wickedness among you. And if a 
 man lie with a beast, he shall sm'ely 
 be put to death : and ye shall slay the 
 
 16 beast. And if a woman aiiproach unto 
 any beast, and lie down thereto, thou 
 shalt kill the woman, and the beast: 
 they shall sm-ely be put to death ; their 
 
 17 blood shall be upon them. And if a 
 man shall take his sister, his father's 
 daughter, or his mother's daughter, 
 and see her nakedness, and she see 
 his nakedness ; it is a shameful thing ; 
 and they shall be cut off' in the sight of 
 the children of their people: he hath 
 luicovered his sister's nakedness ; he 
 
 18 shall bear his iniquity. And if a man 
 shall lie with a woman having her 
 sickness, and shall uncover her naked- 
 ness ; he hath made naked her fount- 
 ain, and she hath uncovered the fount- 
 ain of her blood : and both of them 
 shall be cut off from among their peo- 
 
 19 pie. And thou shalt not uncover the 
 nakedness of thy mother's sister, nor 
 of thy father's sister: for he hath 
 made naked his near kin: they shall 
 
 20 bear then- iniquity. And if a man 
 shall lie with his uncle's wife, he hath 
 uncovered his uncle's nakedness : they 
 shall bear their sin ; they shall die 
 
 21 childless. And if a man shall take his 
 brother's wife, it is tmpm'ity : he hath 
 uncovered his brother's nakedness; 
 they shall be childless. 
 
 22 Ye shall therefore keep aU my stat- 
 utes, and all my judgements, and do 
 them : that the land, whither I bring 
 you to dweU therein, vomit you not 
 
 23 out. And ye shall not walk in the 
 customs of the nation, which I cast 
 out before you : for they did aU these 
 things, and therefore I abhorred them. 
 
 24 But I have said unto you. Ye shall 
 inherit theu' land, and I will give it 
 unto you to possess it, a land flowing 
 with milk and honey : I am the Lord 
 your God, which have se^jarated you 
 
 25 from the peoples. Ye shall therefore 
 separate between the clean beast and 
 the unclean, and between the unclean 
 fowl and the clean : and ye shall not 
 make yoiu- souls abominable by beast, 
 or by fowl, or by any thing wherewith 
 the ground ^teemeth, which I have 
 
 26 separated from you as unclean. And ye 
 shall be holy unto me : for I the Lord 
 am holy, and have separated you from 
 the peoples, that ye should be mine. 
 
 'Or. 
 
 fnorin- 
 ill/ 
 
 2Heb. 
 crecpeth.
 
 94 
 
 LEVITICUS. 
 
 20. 27. 
 
 lOr, 
 
 asrt- 
 Jtimbantf. 
 The Sept. 
 lias, on a 
 sudden. 
 
 I 2 Or. 
 polluted 
 
 3Heb. 
 
 whose 
 
 ' hand is 
 
 filled. 
 
 4 Or. 
 con- 
 seera- 
 iion 
 
 6 Or, tlit 
 
 27 A man also or a woman that hath a 
 familiar spirit, or that is a wizard, 
 shall sui-ely be put to death : they shall 
 stone them with stones: their blood 
 shall be upon them. 
 
 21 And the Loed said imto Moses, Speak 
 unto the priests the sons of Aaron, 
 and say unto them. There shall none 
 defile hhnself for the dead among his 
 
 2 people; except for his kin, that is near 
 unto him, for his mother, and for his 
 father, and for his son, and for his 
 
 S daughter, and for his brother ; and for 
 his sister a virgin, that is near unto 
 him, which hath had no husband, for 
 
 4 her may he delile himself. He shall 
 not delile himself, '^heing a chief man 
 among his people, to profane himself. 
 
 5 They shall not make baldness upon 
 their head, neither shall they shave off 
 the corner of their beard, nor make 
 
 6 any cuttings in their flesh. They shall 
 bo" holy unto their God, and not pro- 
 fane the name of their God: for the 
 offerings of the Loed made by tu-e, 
 the bread of then- God, they do offer: 
 
 7 therefore they shall be holy. They 
 shall not take a woman that is a 
 harlot, or 2 profane; neither shall they 
 take a woman put away from her 
 husband : for he is holy unto his God. 
 
 8 Thou shalt sanctify liim therefore; for 
 he offereth the bread of thy God : he 
 shall be holy unto thee: for I the 
 Lord, which sanctify you, am holy. 
 
 9 And the daughter of any priest, if 
 she profane herself by playing the 
 harlot, she profaneth her father: she 
 shall be burnt with fire. 
 
 10 And he that is the high priest among 
 his brethren, upon whose head the an- 
 ointmg oil is pom-ed, and ^that is con- 
 secrated to put on the garments, shall 
 not let the hair of his head go loose, 
 
 11 nor rend his clothes ; neither shall he 
 go in to any dead body, nor defile him- 
 self for his father, or for his mother ; 
 
 12 neither shall he go out of the sanctuary, 
 nor profane the sanctuary of his God ; 
 for the * crown of the anomting oil of 
 his God is upon him : I am the Lord. 
 
 13 And he shall take a wife in her vii-- 
 
 14 ginity. A widow, or one divorced, or 
 a 2 profane woman, an harlot, these 
 shall he not take : but a virgin of his 
 
 15 own people shall he take to wife. And 
 he shall not profane his seed among 
 his people : for I am the Lord which 
 sanctify him. 
 
 16 And tiae Loed spake unto Moses, say- 
 
 17 ing. Speak unto Aaron, saying. Who- 
 soever he be of thy seed thi-oughout 
 their generations that hath a blem- 
 ish, let him not approach to offer the 
 
 18 bread of his God. For whatsoever 
 man he be that hath a blemish, he 
 shall not approach: a blmd man, or 
 a lame, or he that hath a ^flat nose, or 
 
 19 any thing .superfluous, or a man that 
 
 20 is brokenfooted, or hrokenhanded, or 
 crookbackt, or a dwarf, or that hath 
 a blemisli in his eye, or is scur\'y, or 
 
 21 scabbed, or hath his stones broken ; no 
 man of the seed of Aaron the priest, 
 that hath a blemish, shall come nigh to 
 offer the ofl'eriugs of the Loed made 
 by fire: he hath a blemish; he shall 
 not come nigh to offer the bread of his 
 
 22 God. He shall eat the bread of his 
 God, both of the most holy, and of the 
 
 23 holy. Only he shall not go m unto 
 the veil, nor come nigh unto the altar, 
 because he hath a blemish; that he 
 profane not my sanctuaries : for I am 
 
 24 the Loed v%'hich sanctify them. So 
 Moses spake unto Aaron, and to his 
 sons, and unto aU the children of 
 Israel. 
 
 22 And the Lord spake unto Moses, 
 
 2 saying, Speak unto Aaron and to liis 
 sons, that they separate themselves 
 from the holy things of the children of 
 Israel, which they hallow unto me, 
 afld that they profane not my holy 
 
 3 name: I am the Lord. Say imto them. 
 Whosoever he be of all your seed 
 throughout your generations, that ap- 
 proacheth mito the holy things, which 
 the children of Israel hallow unto the 
 Lord, having his uncleanness ujion 
 hun, that soul shall he cut off from 
 
 4 before me: I am the Loed. What 
 man soever of the seed of Aai-on is 
 a leper, or hath an issue; he shaU 
 not eat of the holy thuigs, until he 
 be clean. And whoso toucheth 6 any 
 thmg that is imclean by the dead, or 
 a man whose seed goetli from him; 
 
 5 or whosoever toucheth any creeping 
 thing, whereby he may be made un- 
 clean, or a man of whom he may 
 take tmcleanness, whatsoever miclean- 
 
 6ness he hath; the soul which toiTch- 
 eth any such shall be unclean until 
 the even, and shall not eat of the holy 
 things, unless he bathe his flesh in 
 
 7 water. And when the sun is down, 
 he shall be clean; and aftei-ward he 
 shall eat of the holy things, because 
 
 Sit is his bread. That which dieth of 
 itself, or is torn of beasts, he shall not 
 eat to defile hunself therewith: I am 
 
 9 the Loed. They shall therefore keep 
 my charge, lest they bear sm for it, 
 and die therein, if they profane it: I 
 am the Lord which sanctify them. 
 10 There shall no stranger eat of the 
 holy thing: a sojom-ner of the priest's, 
 or an lined seiwant, shall not eat of 
 lithe holy thuig. But if a priest buy 
 any soiil, the purchase of his money, 
 he shall eat of it ; and such as are born 
 in his house, they shall eat of liis bread. 
 
 12 And if a priest's daughter be married 
 unto a stranger, she shall not eat of | 
 the heave offeiing of the holy things. 
 
 13 But if a priest's daughter be a widow, 
 
 6 Or, 
 any on&
 
 23. 16. 
 
 LEVITICUS. 
 
 95 
 
 'Or, 
 
 make a 
 special 
 vow 
 
 2 Or. 
 
 sores 
 
 3 Or, 
 
 sacrifice 
 them 
 
 or divorced, and have no child, and is 
 ]-eturned unto her father's house, as 
 in her youth, she shall eat of her 
 father's hread: but there shall no 
 
 14 stranger eat thereof. And if a man 
 eat of the holy thing unwittingly, then 
 he shall put the tifth part tliereof unto 
 it. and shall give unto the priest the 
 
 If) holy tiling. And they sliaU not pro- 
 fane the holy things of the children of 
 Israel, wliich they offer luito the Lord; 
 
 16 and so cause them to bear the iniquity 
 that brmgeth guilt, when they eat 
 their holy things : for I am the Lokd 
 which sanctify them. 
 
 17 And the Lord spake unto Moses, 
 
 18 saying, Speak unto Aaron, and to his 
 sons, and mito aU the children of Is- 
 rael, and say imto them, Whosoever he 
 be of the house of Israel, or of the 
 strangers in Israel, that offereth his 
 oblation, whether it be any of then- 
 vows, or any of their frecwiU offerings, 
 which they offer unto the Lord for a 
 
 19 bm-nt offering; that ye may be accepted, 
 'ye shall offer a male without blemish, 
 "of the beeves, of the sheep, or of the 
 
 20 goats. But whatsoever hath a blemish, 
 that shall ye not offer : for it shall not 
 
 21 be acceptable for you. And whosoever 
 offereth a sacrifice of peace offerings 
 unto the Lord to ^accomphsh a vow, 
 or for a freewill offering, of the herd 
 or of the flock, it shall be perfect to be 
 accepted; there shall be no blemish 
 
 22 therein. Blind, or broken, or maimed, 
 or having ^ a wen, or scurvy, or scabbed, 
 ye shall not offer these imto the Lord, 
 nor make an offering by fire of them 
 
 23 upon the altar unto the Lord. Either 
 a buUock or a lamb that hath any 
 thmg superfluous or lacking in his 
 parts, that maj^est thou ofl'er for a 
 freewill offering; but for a vow it 
 
 24 shall not be accepted. That which 
 hath its stones bruised, or crushed, 
 or broken, or cut, ye shaU not offer 
 unto the Lord ; neither shall ye ^do 
 
 lb thus in your land. Neither from the 
 liand of a foreigner shall ye offer the 
 bread of your God of any of these; 
 because then- corruption is in them, 
 there is a blemish in them : they shall 
 not be accepted for you. 
 
 26 And the Lord spake unto Moses, 
 
 27 saying, When a bullock, or a sheep, or 
 a goat, is brought forth, then it shall 
 be seven days under the dam; and 
 from the eighth day and thenceforth 
 it shall be accepted for the oblation 
 of an offering made by fu'e unto the 
 
 28 Lord. And whether it be cow or ewe, 
 ye shall not kiU it and her young both 
 
 29 in one day. And when ye sacrifice a 
 sacrifice of thanksgiving mitothe Lord, 
 ye shall sacrifice it that ye may be ac- 
 
 30 cepted. On the same day it shall be 
 eaten; ye shall leave none of it mitil 
 
 31 the morning : I am the Lord. There- 
 
 fore sliaU ye keep my commandments, 
 .32 and do them: I am the Lord. And 
 
 ye shall not jn-ofane my lioly naihc; 
 
 but I will be liallowed among the; 
 
 children of Israel: I am the Lord 
 33 wliich hallow you, that brought you 
 
 out of tlie land of Egj-pt, to be yoiu- 
 
 God : I am the Lord. 
 
 23 And the Lord spake unto Moses, say- 
 
 2 ing, Sj)eak unto the children of Israel, 
 and say unto them. The ''set feasts of 
 the Lord, which ye shall proclaim to 
 be holy convocations, even these are 
 
 3 my set feasts. Six days shall woi-k 
 be done : but on the seventh day is a 
 sabbath of solemn rest, an holy con- 
 vocation; ye shall do no manner of 
 work: it is a sabbath unto the Lord 
 in all yom- dweUings. 
 
 4 These are the set feasts of the Lord, 
 even holy convocations, which ye shall 
 
 5 proclaim in theu- appointed season . In 
 the first month, on the fourteenth day 
 of the month *at even, is the Lord's 
 
 6passover. Aiid on the fifteenth day 
 of the same month is the feast of un- 
 leavened bread mito the Lord: seven 
 days ye shall eat unleavened bread. 
 
 7 In the first day ye shall have an holy 
 convocation: ye shall do no "'sei'vile 
 
 8 work. But ye shall offer an offering 
 made by fire unto the Lord seven 
 days: in the seventh day is an holy 
 convocation; ye shall do no servile 
 work. 
 
 9 And the Lord spa,ke unto Moses, say- 
 
 10 ing. Speak imto the children of Israel, 
 and say unto them, When ye be come 
 into the land which I give mito you, 
 and shall reap the harvest thereof, 
 then ye shall bring the sheaf of the 
 firstfruits of your harvest unto the 
 
 11 priest: and he shall wave the sheaf 
 before the Lord, to be accepted for 
 you : on the morrow after the sabbath 
 
 12 the priest sliaU wave it. And in the 
 day when ye wave the sheaf, ye shall 
 offer a he-lamb without blemish of the 
 first year for a burnt offering mito the 
 
 13 Lord. And the meal offermg thereof 
 shall be two tenth parts of an ephah 
 of fine flour mingled with oil, an oft'er- 
 mg made by fh-e unto the Lord for a 
 sweet savour : and the drmk offering 
 thereof shall be of wine, the fom-th 
 
 14prirt of an hin. And ye shall eat nei- 
 ther bread, nor parched corn, nor fresh 
 ears, until this selfsame day, until ye 
 have brought the oblation of yom- God : 
 it is a statute for ever throughout yom- 
 generations in all your dwellings. 
 
 15 And ye shall count imto you from 
 the morrow after the sabbath, from 
 the day that ye brought the sheaf 
 of the wave offering ; seven sabbaths 
 
 16 shall there be complete : even unto 
 the morrow after the seventh sab- 
 bath shall ye number fifty days ; and 
 
 i Or, ap- 
 
 pointed 
 seasons 
 
 5 Heb. 
 between 
 the two 
 evenings. 
 
 6 Heb. 
 work of 
 labour.
 
 96 
 
 LEVITICUS. 
 
 23. 16. 
 
 / 
 
 ye shall offer a new meal offering unto 
 
 17 the LoED. Ye shall brmg out of your 
 habitations two wave loaves of two 
 tenth imrts of an ephah; they shall he 
 of fine flour, they shall he haken with 
 leaven, for firstfruits unto the Lord. 
 
 18 And ye shall present with the bread 
 seven lambs without blemish of the first 
 year, and one young bullock, and two 
 rams ; they shall be a burnt oiieriug 
 unto the Lord, with then- meal offer- 
 ing, and their drmk offerings, even 
 an offering made by fire, of a sweet 
 
 19 savour unto the Loed. Arid ye shall 
 offer one he-goat for a sin offermg, 
 and two he-lambs of the first year 
 
 20 for a sacrifice of peace offerings. And 
 the iH'iest shall wave them with the 
 bread of the firstfruits for a wave 
 offering before the Loed, with the 
 two lambs : they shall be holy to the 
 
 21 Loed for the priest. And ye shall 
 make proclamation on the selfsame 
 day ; there shall be an holy convoca- 
 tion unto you: ye shall do no servile 
 work ; it is a statute for ever m all 
 j'oui- dwellmgs throughout your gener- 
 ations. 
 
 22 And when ye reap the harvest of 
 your land, thou shalt not wholly reap 
 the corners of thy field, neither shalt 
 thou gather the gleanmg of thy har- 
 vest : thou shalt leave them for the 
 poor, and for the stranger; I am the 
 Loed yoiu- God. 
 
 23 And the Lord spake unto Moses, say- 
 
 24 mg. Speak unto the children of Israel, 
 saying, In the seventh month, in the 
 first day of the mouth, shall be a solemn 
 rest unto you, a memorial of blowing 
 
 25 of trumijets, an holy convocation. Ye 
 shall do no servile work -, and ye shall 
 offer an offering made by fii-e unto the 
 Loed, 
 
 26 And the Lord spake unto Moses, 
 
 27 saying, Howbeit on the tenth day 
 of this seventh month is the day 
 of atonement; it shall be an holy 
 convocation unto you, and ye shall 
 afflict your souls; and ye shall offer 
 an offering made by fire unto the 
 
 28 Loed. And ye shall do no manner 
 of work in that same day: for it is 
 a day of atonement, to make atone- 
 ment for you before the Loed your 
 
 29 God. For whatsoever soul it be that 
 shall not be afflicted in that same day, 
 he shall be cut off from his people. 
 
 30 And whatsoever soul it be that doeth 
 any manner of work in that same 
 day, that soul will I destroy from 
 
 31 among his people. Ye shall do no 
 manner of work ; it is a statute for ever 
 throughout your generations m all 
 
 32 your dwellings. It shall be unto you a 
 sabbath of solemn rest, and ye shall 
 afflict your souls : in the nuith day of 
 the month at even, from even unto 
 even, shall ye keep your sabbath. 
 
 33 And the Loed spake unto Moses, 
 
 34saymg, Speak unto the children of 
 Israel, saying, On the fifteenth day 
 of this seventh month is the feast 
 of 1 tabernacles for seven days unto 
 
 35 the Loed. On the first day shall be 
 an holy convocation: ye shall do uo 
 
 36servUe work. Seven days ye shall 
 offer an offering made by fire unto the 
 Loed: on the eighth day shall be an 
 holy convocation unto you ; and ye 
 shall offer an offering made by fire 
 unto the Lord: it is a 2 solemn as- 
 sembly ; ye shaU do no servile work. 
 
 37 These are the set feasts of the Lord, 
 which ye shall proclaim to be holy 
 convocations, to offer an offering made 
 by fire unto the Loed, a bm-nt offer- 
 ing, and a meal offermg, a sacrifice, 
 and drink offeriags, each on its own 
 
 38 day : beside the sabbaths of the Loed, 
 and beside your gifts, and beside aU 
 your vows, and beside aU your free- 
 wUl offermgs, which ye give imto the 
 Loed. 
 
 39 Howbeit on the fifteenth day of the 
 seventh month, when ye have gather- 
 ed in the fruits of the land, ye shall 
 keep the feast of the Lord seven 
 days : on the first day shall be a 
 solemn rest, and on the eighth day 
 
 40 shall be a solemn rest. And ye shall 
 take you on the first day the fruit of 
 goodly trees, branches of pahn trees, 
 and boughs of thick trees, and willows 
 of the brook; and ye shall rejoice be- 
 fore the Lord your God seven days. 
 
 41 And ye shall keej) it a feast mito the 
 Loed seven days in the year: it is a 
 statute for ever in your generations: 
 ye shall keep it in the seventh month. 
 
 42 Ye shall dwell in booths seven days ; 
 all that are homeborn in Israel shall 
 
 43 dwell in booths : that your generations 
 may know that I made the children 
 of Israel to dwell in booths, when I 
 brought them out of the land of 
 Egypt; I am the Loed yom- God. 
 
 44 And Moses declared unto the children 
 of Israel the set feasts of the Lokd. 
 
 24 3 And the Loed spake unto Moses, 
 
 2 saying, Command the children of 
 Israel, that they brmg unto thee i)ure 
 olive oil beaten for the light, ^to cause 
 
 3 a lamj) to burn continually. With- 
 out the veil of the testimony, in the 
 tent of meetmg, shall Aaron order it 
 from evening to morning before the 
 Loed continually ; it shall be a statute 
 for ever thi'oughout your generations. 
 
 4 He shall order the lamps upon the 
 pure candlestick before the Loed con- 
 tinually. 
 
 5 And thou shalt take fine flour, and 
 bake twelve cakes thereof; two tenth 
 parts of an ephah shall be in one cake. 
 
 6 And thou shalt set them ui ^two
 
 25. 19. 
 
 LEVITICUS. 
 
 97 
 
 Mir, 
 
 2 Or. 
 
 from 
 
 rows, six on a row, upon the pure table 
 7 before the Lord. And thou nhalt put 
 pure frankmcense upon each ^row, 
 that it may be to the bread for a me- 
 morial, even an offering made by lire 
 8mito the Lokd. Every sabbath day 
 he shall set it in order before the 
 Lord continually; it is ^on the behalf 
 of the children of Israel, an everlast- 
 9hig covenant. And it shall be for 
 Aaron and his sons; and they shall 
 eat it in a holy place : for it is most 
 holy unto him of the offerings of the 
 Lord made by fire by a perpetual 
 statute. 
 
 10 And the son of an Israehtish woman, 
 whose father was an Egyptian, went out 
 among the children of Israel: and the 
 son of the Israelitish woman and a man 
 of Israel strove together in the camp ; 
 
 11 and the son of the Israehtish woman 
 blasphemed the Name, and cursed: 
 and they brought him unto Moses. 
 And his mother's name was Shelomith, 
 the daughter of Dibri, of the tribe of 
 
 12 Dan. And they put him in ward, that 
 it might be declared unto them at the 
 moutli of the Lord. 
 
 13 And the Lord spake unto Moses, 
 
 14 saying, Brhig forth him that hath 
 cm-sed without the camp ; and let all 
 that heard hun lay then- hands upon 
 his head, and let all the congi-egatiou 
 
 15 stone him. And thou shalt speak mito 
 the children of Israel, sayuig, Whoso- 
 ever curseth his God shaU. bear his 
 
 16 sin. And he that blasphemeth the 
 name of the Lord, he shall surely be 
 put to death; all the congregation 
 shall certainly stone him : as well the 
 stranger, as the homeborn, when he 
 blasphemeth the name of the Lord, 
 
 17 shall be put to death. And he that 
 smiteth any man mortally shall sui'ely 
 
 18 be put to death; and he that smiteth 
 a beast mortally shall make it good: 
 
 19 life for life. And if a man cause a 
 blemish in his neighbour ; as he hath 
 done, so shall it be done to him ; 
 
 '20 breach for breach, eye for eye, tooth 
 for tooth : as he hath caused a blemish 
 in a man, so shall it be rendered unto 
 
 21 hun. And he that killeth a beast shall 
 make it good: and he that killeth a 
 
 .22 man shall be put to death. Ye shall 
 have one manner of law, as well for 
 the stranger, as for the homeborn : for 
 
 23 1 am the Lord your God. And Moses 
 spake to the children of Israel, and 
 they brought forth him that had 
 cui'sed out of the camp, and stoned 
 him with stones. And the children of 
 Israel did as the Lord commanded 
 Moses. 
 
 25 And the Lord spake unto Moses in 
 
 2 mount Sinai, saying, Speak unto the 
 
 childi'en of Israel, and say unto them. 
 
 When ye come into the land which I 
 give j'ou, then shall the land keep a 
 
 3 sabbath unto the Lord. Six years 
 thou shalt sow thy field, and six years 
 thou shalt prmie thy vineyard, and 
 
 4 gather in the fruits thereof; but in 
 the seventh year shall be a sabbath of 
 solemn rest for the land, a sabbath 
 unto the Lord : thou shalt neither 
 sow thy field, nor prune thy vmeyard. 
 
 5 That which groweth of itseK of thy 
 harvest thou shalt not reap, and the 
 grapes of tliy undressed vine thou 
 shalt not gather : it shall be a year of 
 
 6 solemn rest for the land. Aid the 
 sabbath of the land shall be for food 
 for you ; for thee, and for thy servant 
 and for thy maid, and for thy hh'ed 
 servant and for thy stranger that so- 
 
 7journ with thee; and for thy cattle, 
 and for the beasts that are in thy 
 land, shall all the increase thereof be 
 for food. 
 
 8 And thou shalt number seven sab- 
 baths of years unto thee, seven times 
 seven years; and there shall be unto 
 thee the days of seven sabbaths of 
 years, even forty and nine years. 
 
 9 Then shalt thou send abroad the loud 
 trumpet on the tenth day of the 
 seventh month; in the day of atone- 
 ment shall ye send abroad the trumpet 
 
 10 throughout aU your land. And ye 
 shall haUow the fiftieth year, and pro- 
 claim liberty throughout the land unto 
 all the inhabitants thereof : it shall be 
 a jubile unto you ; and ye shall return 
 every man unto his possession, and ye 
 shall retm-n every man unto his family. 
 
 11 A jubile shall that fiftieth year be 
 unto you: ye shall not sow, neither 
 rea]) that which groweth of itself in 
 it, nor gather the grapes in it of the 
 
 12 undressed vmes. For it is a jubile ; it 
 shall be holy imto you : ye shall eat 
 the mcrease thereof out of the field. 
 
 13 In this year of jubile ye shall return 
 
 14 every man unto his possession. And 
 if thou sell aught unto thy neighbour, 
 or buy of thy neighbour's hand, ye 
 
 15 shall not wrong one another : accord- 
 ing to the number of years after the 
 jubile thou shalt buy of thy neigh- 
 bour, and according unto the number 
 of years of the crops he shall sell unto 
 
 16 thee. According to the multitude of 
 the years thou shalt increase the price 
 thereof, and according to the fewness 
 of the years thou shalt diminish the 
 price of it ; for the nmnber of the 
 
 17 crops doth he sell unto thee. And 
 ye shall not wrong one another; but 
 thou shalt fear thy God: for I am 
 
 18 the Lord yom* God. Wherefore ye 
 shall do my statutes, and keep my 
 judgements and do them; and ye shall 
 
 19 dwell in the land in safety. And the 
 land shall yield her fruit, and ye shall 
 eat your fill, and dwell therein in
 
 98 
 
 LEVITICUS. 
 
 15. 19. 
 
 'Or, 
 
 a 7nan 
 
 redeem 
 
 from 
 
 the 
 
 Levites 
 
 2 Or, 
 
 after the 
 Vulgate, 
 redeein 
 iiot 
 
 3 Or, 
 
 pasture 
 land8 
 
 J Or. 
 
 relieve 
 
 20 safety. And if ye shall say, What shall 
 we eat the seventh year? behold, we 
 shall not sow, nor gather in our Ln- 
 
 21 crease : then I wUl command my bless- 
 mg upon you in the sixth year, and it 
 shall bring forth fruit for the three 
 
 22 years. And ye shall sow the eighth 
 year, and eat of the fruits, the old 
 store; luitil the ninth year, until her 
 fruits come in, ye shall eat the old 
 
 23 store. And the land shall not be sold 
 in perpetuity; for the land is mine: 
 for ye are strangers and sojourners 
 
 24. with me. And in all the laud of yoiu- 
 possession ye shall grant a redemption 
 for the land. 
 
 25 If thy brother be waxen poor, and 
 sell some of his possession, then shall 
 his kinsman that is next imto him 
 come, and shall redeem that which his 
 
 26 brother hath sold. And if a man have 
 no one to redeem it, and he be waxen 
 rich and find sufficient to redeem it; 
 
 27 then let him comit the years of the 
 sale thereof, and restore the overplus 
 unto the man to whom he sold it ; and 
 he shall return unto his possession. 
 
 28 But if he be not able to get it back 
 for himself, then that which he hath 
 sold shall remain iu the hand of htm 
 that hath bought it untU the year of 
 jubUe: and in the jubUe it shall go 
 out, and he shall retm-n unto his pos- 
 session. 
 
 29 And if a man sell a dwelling house in 
 a walled city, then he may redeem it 
 ■wfithin a whole year after it is sold; 
 for a full year shall he have the right 
 
 30 of redemption. And if it be not re- 
 deemed withiu the space of a full year, 
 then the house that is in the walled 
 city shall be made sm-e in pei-petuity 
 to him that bought it, throughout his 
 generations : it shall not go out in the 
 
 31 jubUe. But the houses of the villages 
 which have no wall roiuid about them 
 shall be reckoned with the fields of 
 the country: they may be redeemed, 
 and they shall go out in the jubUe. 
 
 32 Nevertheless the cities of the Levites, 
 the houses of the cities of their pos- 
 session, may the Levites redeem at 
 
 33 any time. And if lone of the Levites 
 ^redeem, then the house that was sold, 
 and the city of his possession, shall go 
 out in the jubUe: for the houses of 
 the cities of the Levites are their pos- 
 session among the children of Israel. 
 
 34 But the field of the ^ suburbs of their 
 cities may not be sold ; for it is then* 
 perpetual possession. 
 
 35 And if thy brother be waxen poor, 
 and his hand f aU with thee ; then thou 
 shalt * uphold him: as a stranger and 
 a sojoui'uer shall he live with thee. 
 
 36 Take thou no usury of him or uicrease ; 
 but fear thy God : that thy brother may 
 
 37 live with thee. Thou shalt not give him 
 thy money iipon usirry , nor give him thy 
 
 38 victuals for increase. I am the Lord 
 your God, which brought you forth 
 out of the land of Egypt, to give you 
 the land of Canaan, to be your God. 
 
 39 And if thy brother be waxen poor 
 with thee, and seU himself unto thee ; 
 thou shalt not make htm to serve as a 
 
 40 bondservant : as an hired servant, and 
 as a sojourner, he shall be with thee; 
 he shall serve with thee unto the year 
 
 41 of jubtle: then shall he go out from 
 thee, he and his children with htm, and 
 shall return unto his own family, and 
 uuto the possession of his fathers shall 
 
 42 he retm-n. For they are my servants, 
 which I brought forth out of the land 
 of Egypt: they shall not be sold as 
 
 43bondnien. Thou shalt not rule over 
 htm with rigour; but shalt fear thy 
 
 44 God. And as for thy bondmen, and 
 thy bondmaids, which thou shalt have ; 
 of the nations that are round about 
 you, of them shall ye buy bondmen 
 
 45 and bondmaids. Moreover of the child- 
 ren of the strangers that do sojourn 
 among you, of them shall ye buy, and 
 of theii- families that are with you, 
 which they have begotten ta your land : 
 and they shall be your possession. 
 
 46 And ye shall make them an inheritance 
 for your chUdren after you, to hold 
 for a possession; of them shall ye 
 take your bondmen for ever : but over 
 your brethren the cMldi-eu of Israel ye 
 shall not rule, one over another, with 
 rigour. 
 
 47 And if a stranger or sojourner with 
 thee be waxen rich, and thy brother 
 be waxen poor beside htm, and sell 
 himself unto the stranger or- sojourner 
 with thee, or to the stock of the strang- 
 
 48er's family: after that he is sold he 
 may be redeemed ; one of his brethren 
 
 49 may redeem htm : or his uncle, or his 
 uncle's son, may redeem htm, or any 
 that is nigh of kin mito him of his fam- 
 ily may redeem htm ; or if he be waxen 
 
 50 rich, he may redeem himself. And he 
 shall reckon with htm that bought him 
 from the j'ear that he sold himself to 
 him unto the year of jubUe: and the 
 price of his sale shall be according 
 unto the number of years ; according 
 to the time of an hired servant shall 
 
 51 he be with him. If there be yet many 
 years, accordmg mito them he shall 
 give back the price of his redemption 
 out of the money that he was bought 
 
 52 for. And if there remain but few 
 5'ears unto the year of jubtle, then he 
 shall reckon with htm ; according unto 
 his years shall he give back the i)rice 
 
 53 of his redemption. As a servant hired 
 year by year shall he be with him : he 
 shall not rule with rigour over htm in 
 
 54 thy sight. And tf he be not redeemed 
 ^by these means, then he shall go 
 out in the year of jubile, he, and his 
 
 55 children with him. For iinto me tlie 
 
 5 Or. 
 in the^e 
 years
 
 26. 37. 
 
 LEVITICUS. 
 
 99 
 
 cliilclren of Israel are servants; they 
 are my servants wlioin I brought forth 
 out of the laud of Egypt: I am the 
 Loud your God. 
 26 Ye sluill make you no i idols, nei- 
 ther shall ye rear you up a gi-aven 
 image, or ^a pillar, ueitlier shall ye 
 place any figured stone ui your laud, 
 to bow down » unto it : for I am the 
 
 2 Lord your God. Ye shall keep my 
 sabbaths, and reverence my sanctuary : 
 I am the Lord. 
 
 3 If ye walk in my statutes, and keep 
 
 4 my coumiaudments, and do them ; then 
 I will give your rains in then- season, 
 and the land shall yield her uicrease, 
 and the trees of the field shall jdeld 
 
 5 then- fruit. Aiid your threshuig shall 
 reach unto the vintage, and the vint- 
 age shall reach unto the sowing time : 
 and ye shall eat yom- bread to the 
 full, and dwell in your laud safely. 
 
 6 And I will give peace iu the land, and 
 ye shall lie down, and none shall make 
 you afraid: and I will cause evil 
 lieasts to cease out of the land, neither 
 shall the sword go through your land. 
 
 7 And ye shall chase your enemies, and 
 they 'shall fall before you by the sword. 
 
 8 And five of you shall chase an himdred, 
 and an himdred of you shall chase ten 
 thousand : and yom- enemies shall fall 
 
 9 before you by the sword. And I will 
 have respect unto you, and make you 
 fruitful, and multiply you; and will 
 
 10 establish my covenant with you. And 
 ye shall eat old store long kept, and 
 ye shall bruig forth the old * because of 
 
 11 the new. And I will set my tabernacle 
 among you: and my soul shall not 
 
 12 abhor you. And I wiU walk among 
 you, and will be yoiu' God, and ye 
 
 13 shall be my people. I am the Lord 
 your God, which brought you forth 
 out of the land of Egyi^t, that ye 
 should not be their bondmen; and I 
 have broken the bars of your yoke, 
 and made you go upright. 
 
 14 But if ye will not hearken unto me, and 
 will not do all these commandments; 
 
 15 and if ye shall reject my statutes, and if 
 yom- soul abhor my judgements, so that 
 ye will not do all my commandments, 
 
 16 but break my covenant ; I also will do 
 this unto you; I wiU appoint terror 
 over you, even consimiption and fever, 
 that shall consiuue the eyes, and make 
 the soul to pine away : and ye shall sow 
 your seed iu vain, for your enemies 
 
 17 shall eat it. And I will set my face 
 against you, and ye shall be smitten 
 before your enemies: they that hate 
 you shall rule over you; and ye shall 
 
 18 tiee when none pursue th you. And if 
 ye will not yet for these things heark- 
 en unto me, then I will chastise you 
 
 19 seven times more for yom* sins. And 
 I will break the pride of your i>ower; 
 
 and I will make your heaven as 
 20 iron, and your earth as brass: and 
 your strength shall be spent in vain : 
 for your land shall not yield her in- 
 crease, neither shall the trees of the 
 
 21 land yield their fruit. And if ye walk 
 contrary unto me, and will not hearken 
 unto me; I will bring seven times 
 more plagues upon you according to 
 
 22 your sins. And I will send the beast 
 of the field among you, which shall 
 rob you of your children, and destroy 
 your cattle, and make you few ui 
 number ; and yom' ways shall become 
 
 23 desolate. And if by these things ye 
 will not be reformed ^unto me, but 
 
 24 will walk contrary unto me ; then will 
 I also walk contrary mito you ; and I 
 will smite you, even I, seven times for 
 
 25 yom' sins. And I will bring a sword 
 uijon you, that shall execute the 
 vengeance of the covenant; and ye 
 shall be gathered together within your 
 cities: and I will send the pestilence 
 among you ; and ye shall be delivered 
 
 26 into the hand of the enemy. When I 
 break your staff of bread, ten women 
 shall bake your bread in one oven, 
 and they shall deliver your bread again 
 by weight : and ye shall eat, and not 
 be satisfied. 
 
 27 And if ye will not for all this hearken 
 unto me, but walk contrary unto me ; 
 
 28 then I wOl walk contrary unto you in 
 fm-y; arid I also will chastise you 
 
 29 seven tunes for your sins. And ye 
 shall eat the flesh of your sons, and 
 the flesh of your daughters shall ye 
 
 30 eat. And I wiU destroy yom- high 
 places, and cut down your sun-images, 
 and cast your carcases upon the car- 
 cases of your idols ; and my soul shall 
 
 31 abhor you. And I will make yom* 
 cities a waste, and will bring your 
 sanctuaries unto desolation, and I will 
 not smell the savom- of your sweet 
 
 32 odours. And I will brmg the land into 
 desolation: and your enemies which 
 dwell therein shall be astonished at it. 
 
 33 And you will I scatter among the 
 nations, and I will draw out the sword 
 after you : and your land shall be a 
 desolation, and your cities shall be a 
 
 34 waste. Then shall the land enjoy her 
 sabbaths, as long as it Ueth desolate, 
 and ye be in your enemies' land ; even 
 then shall the land rest, and enjoy her 
 
 35 sabbaths. As long as it lieth desolate 
 it shall have rest ; even the rest which 
 it had not in your sabbaths, when ye 
 
 36 dwelt upon it. And as for them that 
 are left of you, I Tvill send a faintness 
 into their heart in the lands of their 
 enemies: and the sound of a driven 
 leaf shall chase them ; and they shall 
 flee, as one fleeth from the sword ; and 
 they shall fall when none pm-sueth. 
 
 37 And they shall stumble one upon 
 another, as it were before the sword, 
 
 ■' Or, 6.V
 
 100 
 
 LEVITICUS. 
 
 26. 37. 
 
 1 Or, 
 make a 
 special 
 vow 
 
 2 Or, ac- 
 cording 
 to thy 
 estima- 
 tion of 
 persmis 
 unto the 
 Lord, 
 then thy 
 estima- 
 tion &c. 
 
 when none pursuetli: and ye shall 
 have no power to stand before your 
 
 38 enemies. And ye shall perish among 
 the nations, and the land of your ene- 
 
 39 mies shall eat you up. And they that 
 are left of you shall pine away in 
 their iniquity in your enemies' lands ; 
 and also in the iniquities of their 
 fathers shall they pine away with 
 
 40 them. And they shall confess their 
 iniquity, and the iniquity of their 
 fathers, in their trespass which they 
 trespassed against me, and also that 
 because they have walked contrary 
 
 41 unto me, I also walked contrary unto 
 them, and brought them into the land 
 of their enemies : if then their rmcir- 
 cumcised heart be humbled, and they 
 then accept of the punishment of their 
 
 42 iniquity ; then will I remember my 
 covenant with Jacob ; and also my 
 covenant with Isaac, and also my 
 covenant ■with Abraham will I remem- 
 ber; and I wiU remember the land. 
 
 43 The land also shall be left of them, 
 and shall enjoy her sabbaths, whUe 
 she lieth desolate without them; and 
 they shall accejit of the punishment 
 of their iniquity: because, even be- 
 cause they rejected my judgements, 
 and their soul abhon-ed my statutes. 
 
 44 And yet for all that, when they be in 
 the land of their enemies, I will not 
 reject them, neither wiU I abhor them, 
 to destroy them utterly, and to break 
 my covenant with them : for I am the 
 
 45 Lord their God: but I will for then- 
 sakes remember the covenant of their 
 ancestors, whom I brought forth out 
 of the land of Egypt in the sight of 
 the nations, that I might be theii' 
 God : I am the Lord. 
 
 46 These are the statutes and judge- 
 ments and laws, which the Lord made 
 between him and the children of Is- 
 rael in mount Sinai by the hand of 
 Moses, 
 
 27 And the Lord spake unto Moses, 
 
 '2 saying. Speak imto the children of Is- 
 rael, and say unto them. When a man 
 shall 1 accomplish a vow, 2 the persons 
 shall be for the Lord by thy estima- 
 
 Stion. And thy estimation sllaU be of 
 the male from twenty years old even 
 unto sixty years old, even thy estima- 
 tion shall be fifty shekels of sUver, 
 
 4 after the shekel of the sanctuary. And 
 if it be a female, then thy estima- 
 
 5tion shall be thirty shekels. And if 
 it be from five years old even mito 
 twenty years old, then thy estimation 
 shall be of the male twenty shekels, 
 
 6 and for the female ten shekels. And 
 if it be from a month old even unto 
 five years old, then thy estimation 
 shall be of the male five shekels of 
 silver, and for the female thy estima- 
 tion shall be three shekels of silver. 
 
 7 And if it be from sixty years old and 
 upward ; if it be a male, then thy estim- 
 ation shall be fifteen shekels, and for 
 
 8 tlie female ten shekels. But if he be 
 poorer than thy estimation, then he 
 shall be set before the priest, and the 
 priest shall value him; according to 
 the ability of him that vowed shall 
 the priest value him. 
 
 9 And if it be a beast, whereof men 
 offer an oblation unto the Lord, aU 
 that any man giveth of such unto the 
 
 10 Lord shall be holy. He shall not alter 
 it, nor change it, a good for a bad, or 
 a bad for a good : and if he shall at aU 
 change beast for beast, then both it 
 and that for which it is changed shall 
 
 11 be holy. And if it be any unclean 
 beast, of which they do not offer an 
 oblation unto the Lord, then he shall 
 
 12 set the beast before the priest: and 
 the priest shall value it, whether it be 
 good or bad : as thou the priest vainest 
 
 13 it, so shall it be. But if he wiU indeed 
 redeem it, then he shall add the fifth 
 part thereof unto thy estimation. 
 
 14 And when a man shall sanctify Ms 
 house to be holy unto the Lord, then 
 the priest shall esttaiate it, whether 
 it be good or bad : as the priest shall 
 
 15 estimate it, so shall it stand. And if 
 he that sanctified it will redeem his 
 house, then he shall add the fifth part 
 of the money of thy estimation imto 
 it, and it shall be his. 
 
 16 And if a man shall sanctify unto the 
 Lord part of the field of his posses- 
 sion, then thy estimation shall be ac- 
 cording to the sowing thereof: the 
 sowing of a homer of barley shall he 
 
 11 valued at fifty shekels of silver. If 
 he sanctify his field from the year of 
 jubile, according to thy estimation it 
 
 18 shall stand. But if he sanctify liis 
 field after the jubile, then the priest 
 shall reckon unto him the money ac- 
 cording to the years that remain imto 
 the year of jubile, and an abatement 
 shall be made from thy estimation. 
 
 19 And if he that sanctified the field will 
 indeed redeem it, then he shall add 
 the fifth part of the money of thy 
 estimation unto it, and it shall be 
 
 20 assured to him. And if he will not 
 redeem the field, or if he have sold the 
 field to another man, it shall not be 
 
 21 redeemed any more : but the field, 
 when it goeth out in the jubile, shall 
 be holy unto the Lord, as a field de- 
 voted ; the possession thereof shall be 
 
 22 the priest's. And if he sanctify mito 
 the Lord a field which he hath bought, 
 which is not of the field of his pos- 
 
 23 session; then the priest shall reckon 
 unto him the worth of thy estimation 
 unto the year of jubile: and he shall 
 give thine estimation in that day, as 
 
 24 a holy thing unto the Lord. In the 
 year of jubile the field shi^U return
 
 1. 25. 
 
 NUMBERS. 
 
 101 
 
 1 In ch. 
 ii. 14, 
 
 2 Or, 
 families 
 
 vmto him of whom it was bought, even 
 to hmi to whom tlie possession of the 
 
 25 land belongetb. And all thy estima- 
 tions shall be according to the shekel 
 of the sanctuary : twenty gerahs shall 
 be the shekel. 
 
 26 Only the firstling among beasts, which 
 is made a firstling to the Lord, no man 
 shall sanctify it; whether it l)e ox or 
 
 27 sheep, it is the Lord's. Aiid if it be 
 of an unclean beast, then he shall ran- 
 som it according to thine estLination, 
 and shall add luito it the fifth part 
 thereof : or if it be not redeemed, then 
 it shall be sold according to thy estim- 
 ation. 
 
 •28 Notwithstanding, no devoted thing, 
 that a man shall devote unto the Lord 
 of all that he hath, whether of man or 
 beast, or of the field of his possession, 
 shall be sold or redeemed : every de- 
 
 voted thing is most holy unto the 
 
 29 Loud. None devoted, which shall be 
 devoted of men, sliall be ransomed ; he 
 shall surely be i)ut to death. 
 
 30 And all the tithe of the land, whether 
 of the seed of the land, or of the fruit 
 of the tree, is the Lord's: it is holy 
 
 31 unto the Lord. And if a man will 
 redeem aught of his tithe, he shall add 
 
 32 unto it the fifth part thereof. And 
 all the tithe of the herd or the flock, 
 whatsoever passeth under the rod, the 
 
 33 tenth shall be holy luito the Lord. He 
 shall not search whether it be good or 
 bad, neither shall he change it: and 
 if he change it at all, then ))oth it and 
 that for which it is changed shall be 
 holy ; it shall not be redeemed. 
 
 34 These are the commandments, which 
 the Lord conmianded Moses for the 
 children of Israel in mount Sinai. 
 
 THE FOURTH BOOK OF MOSES, 
 
 COMMONLY CALLED 
 
 NUMBERS. 
 
 1 And the Lord spake unto Moses in 
 the wilderness of Sinai, in the tent of 
 meeting, on the first day of the second 
 month, m the second year after they 
 were come out of the land of Egypt, 
 
 2 saying. Take ye the sum of all the 
 congregation of the children of Israel, 
 by their families, by then- fathers' 
 houses, according to the number of the 
 
 3 names, every male, by then- polls ; from 
 twenty years old and upward, all that 
 are able to go forth to war in Israel, thou 
 and Aaron shall number them by then- 
 
 4 hosts. And with you there shaU be a 
 man of every tribe ; every one head of 
 
 5 his fathers' house. And these are the 
 names of the men that shall stand 
 with you : of Keuben ; EUzur the son of 
 
 6 Shedeur. Of Simeon ; Shelumiel the 
 
 7 son of Zm'ishaddai. Of Judah ; Nah- 
 
 8 shon the sou of Ammuiadab. Of Issa- 
 
 9 char ; Nethanel the son of Zuar. Of 
 10 Zebulun ; Eliab the sou of Helon. Of 
 
 the children of Joseph: of Ephraim; 
 
 EUshama the son of Ammihud : of 
 
 Manasseh ; Gamaliel the son of Pedah- 
 
 llzur. Of IBenjamm; Abidan the son 
 
 12 of Gideoni. Of Dan ; Ahiezer the son 
 
 13 of Ammishaddai. Of Asher; Pagiel 
 
 14 the son of Ochran. Of Gad ; Eliasaph 
 
 15 the son of i Deuel. Of Naphtali; Ahu-a 
 
 16 the sou of Enan. These are they that 
 were called of the congregation, the 
 princes of the tribes of their fathers ; 
 they were the heads of the ^ thousands 
 
 17 of Israel. And Moses and Aaron took 
 
 these men which are expressed by 
 
 18 name : and they assembled all the 
 congi-egation together on the first day 
 of the second month, and they declared 
 their pedigrees after theii' families, by 
 their fathers' houses, according to the 
 number of the names, from twenty years 
 
 19 old and upward, by their polls. As the 
 Lord commanded Moses, so he num- 
 bered them in the ■wilderness of Suiai. 
 
 20 And the children of Eeuben, Israel's 
 firstborn, then- generations, by theu- 
 famiUes, by then* fathers' houses, ac- 
 cordmg to the nmnber of the names, 
 by their polls, every male from twenty 
 years old and upward, all that were 
 
 21 able to go forth to war ; those that 
 were nmnbered of them, of the tribe of 
 Eeuben, were forty and six thousand 
 and five hundred. 
 
 22 Of the chikb'en of Simeon, theu* 
 generations, by theii- families, by their 
 fathers' houses, those that were num- 
 bered thereof, according to the nmnber 
 of the names, by their poUs, every male 
 from twenty years old and upward, all 
 
 23 that were able to go forth to war ; those 
 that were numbered of them, of the 
 tribe of Simeon, were fiity and nine 
 thousand and three hundred. 
 
 24 Of the children of Gad, their genera- 
 tions, by their families, by their fathers' 
 houses, accordmg to the nmnber of 
 the names, from twenty years old and 
 upward, all that were able to go forth 
 
 25 to war; those that were nmnbered of
 
 102 
 
 NUMBEES. 
 
 1. 25. 
 
 them, of tlie tribe of Gad, were forty 
 and five thousand six hundred and 
 fifty. 
 
 '26 Of the childi-en of Judah, their 
 generations, by their famihes, by their 
 fathers' houses, according to the num- 
 ber of the names, from twenty years 
 old and upward, all that were able to 
 
 27 go forth to war; those that were 
 numbered of them, of the tribe of 
 Judah, were threescore and fourteen 
 thousand and six hundred. 
 
 28 Of the children of Issachar, their 
 generations, by their families, by then- 
 fathers' houses, according to the num- 
 ber of the names, from twenty years 
 old and upward, all that were able to 
 
 29 go forth to war ; those that were num- 
 bered of them, of the tribe of Issachar, 
 were fifty and four thousand and fom- 
 hundi-ed. 
 
 30 Of the children of Zebidun, their 
 generations, by their families, by their 
 fathers' houses, according to the num- 
 ber of the names, from twenty years 
 old and upward, all that were able to 
 
 31 go forth to war ; those that were num- 
 bered of them, of the trilie of Zebulun, 
 were fifty and seven thousand and 
 four hundred. 
 
 32 Of the children of Joseph, namely, of 
 the children of Ephraim, then- genera- 
 tions, by their families, by their fathers' 
 houses, according to the number of the 
 names, from twenty years old and uj)- 
 ward, all that were able to go forth to 
 
 33 war; those that were numbered of 
 them, of the tribe of Ephi-aim, were 
 forty thousand and five hundred. 
 
 34 Of the childi-en of Manasseh, their 
 generations, by theii* famihes, by their 
 fathers' houses, according to the num- 
 ber of the names, from twenty years 
 old and upward, all that were able to 
 
 35 go forth to war ; those that were num- 
 bered of them, of the tribe of Manas- 
 seh, were thu'ty and two thousand 
 and two hundi'ed. 
 
 36 Of the children of Benjamin, their 
 generations, by their families, by their 
 fathers' houses, according to the ntmi- 
 ber of the names, from twenty years 
 old and upward, all that were able to 
 
 37 go forth to war ; those that were num- 
 bered of them, of the tribe of Ben- 
 jamm, were thirty and five thousand 
 and four hundi'ed. 
 
 38 Of the children of Dan, their gen- 
 erations, by their famihes, by their 
 fathers' houses, according to the num- 
 ber of the names, from twenty years 
 old and upward, all that were able to 
 
 39 go forth to war ; those that were num- 
 bered of them, of the tribe of Dan, 
 were tlu-eescore and tv/o thousand and 
 seven hundred. 
 
 40 Of the children of Asher, their gener- 
 ations, by their famihes, by their fa- 
 thers' houses, according to the number 
 
 of the names, from twenty years old 
 and upward, all that were able to go 
 
 41 forth to war; those that were num- 
 bered of them, of the tribe of Asher, 
 were forty and one thousand and five 
 hundred. 
 
 42 Of the children of Naphtali, their 
 generations, by their f nmilies, by their 
 fathers' houses, according to the num- 
 ber of the names, from twenty years 
 old and upward, all that were able to 
 
 43 go forth to war ; those that were mmi- 
 bered of them, of the tribe of Naph- 
 tali, were fifty and three thousand and 
 four hundi'ed. 
 
 44 These are they that were numbered, 
 which Moses and Aaron nmnbered, 
 and the prmces of Israel, being twelve 
 men: they were each one for his fa- 
 
 45 thers' house. So all they that were 
 numbered of the cliildren of Israel by 
 their fathers' houses, from twenty years 
 old and upward, all that were able to 
 
 46 go forth to war in Israel ; even all they 
 that were numbered were six hundred 
 thousand and thi-ee thousand and five 
 hundred and fifty. 
 
 47 But the Levites after the tribe of 
 their fathers were not numbered a- 
 
 48 mong them. For the Loed spake unto 
 
 49 Moses, saymg. Only the tribe of Levi 
 thou shalt not number, neither shalt 
 thou take the smn of them among the 
 
 50childi'en of Israel: but appoint thou 
 the Levites over the tabernacle of the 
 testimony, and over all the furnitm'e 
 thereof, and over all that belongeth to 
 it : they shall bear the tabernacle, and 
 all the fm-nitm'e thereof; and they 
 shall minister unto it, and shall en- 
 
 51 camp round about the tabernacle. And 
 when the tabernacle setteth forward, 
 the Levites shaU take it down: and 
 when the tabernacle is to be pitched, 
 the Levites shall set it up: and the 
 stranger that cometh nigh shall be put 
 
 52 to death. And the chUdren of Israel 
 shall pitch their tents, every man by 
 his own camp, and every man by 
 his own standard, according to their 
 
 53 hosts. But the Levites shall pitch 
 round about the tabernacle of the test- 
 imony, that there be no wrath upon 
 the congregation of the children of 
 Israel : and the Levites shall keep the 
 charge of the tabernacle of the test- 
 
 54unony. Thus did the children of Is- 
 rael; according to all that the Lord 
 commanded Moses, so did they. 
 
 2 And the Lord spake mito Moses 
 
 2 and unto Aaron, saying. The children 
 of Israel shall jiitch every man by 
 his own standard, -with the ensigns 
 of their fathers' houses : over against 
 the tent of meeting shall they pitch 
 
 3 round about. And those that pitch 
 on the east side toward the smirising 
 shall be they of the standard of the 
 camp of Judah, according to their
 
 3. 7. 
 
 NUMBERS. 
 
 103 
 
 I In ch. 
 i. 14, 
 
 hosts: and the j)riiice of tlie children 
 of Judah shall be Nahslion the son 
 
 4 of Aimuiuadab. And his host, and 
 those that were numbered of them, 
 were threescore and foiu'teen thou- 
 
 5 sand and six hundred. And those 
 that pitch next unto him shall be the 
 tribe of Issachar: and the prmce of 
 the children of Issachar shall be Neth- 
 
 Oanel the son of Zuar: and his host, 
 and those tliat were numbered there- 
 of, were fifty and four thousand and 
 
 7 four hundred: ami the tribe of Zebu- 
 luu: and the iiriuce of the children 
 of Zebulun shall be Eliab the son of 
 
 SHelon: and his host, and those that 
 were nmnbered thereof, were fifty and 
 
 9 seven thousand and four hundred. All 
 that were nimibered of the camp of 
 Judah were an hundred thousand and 
 fourscore thousand and six thousand 
 and four hundred, according to their 
 hosts. They shall set forth trrst. 
 10 On the south side shall be the stand- 
 ard of the cnniji of Eeuben according 
 to their hosts: and the prince of the 
 chilih-en of Keuben shall be Eliziu- 
 lithe son of Shedeur. And his host, 
 and those that were numbered there- 
 of, were forty and six thousand and 
 
 12 five hundred. And those that pitch 
 next unto him shall be the tribe of 
 Simeon : and the prince of the children 
 of Simeon shaU be Shehimiel the son 
 
 13 of Zurishaddai : and his host, and those 
 that were numbered of them, were 
 fifty and nine thousand and three 
 
 14hundi-ed: and the tribe of Gad: and 
 the j)rince of the children of Gad shall 
 
 15 be Eliasaph the son of ^Reuel: and his 
 host, and those that were numbered of 
 them, were forty and five thousand 
 
 16 and six hundred and fifty. All that 
 were numbered of the camp of Reuben 
 were an hundred thousand and fifty 
 and one thousand and four hundred 
 and fifty, according to then- hosts. And 
 they shall set forth second. 
 
 17 Then the tent of meetmg shall set 
 forward, with the camp of the Levites 
 in the midst of the camjjs : as they en- 
 camp, so shall they set forward, every 
 mnn in his place, by their standards. 
 
 18 On the west side shall be the standard 
 of the camp of Eijhraim according 
 to their hosts: and the prince of the 
 childi-en of Ephraim shall be Eli- 
 
 19 shama the son of Ammihud. And his 
 host, and those that were numbered, 
 of them, were forty thousand and five 
 
 "20 hundred. And next unto him shall be 
 the tribe of Manasseh : and the prince 
 of the children of Manasseh shall be 
 
 21 GamaUel the son of Pedahziu- : and his 
 host, and those that were numbered 
 of them, were thirty and two thou- 
 
 22 sand and two hundred: and the tribe 
 of Benjamin: and the prince of the 
 children of Benjamin shall be Abidan 
 
 23 the son of Gideoni: and his host, and 
 those that were numbered of them, 
 were thirty and five thousand and four 
 
 24 hundred. All that were numbered of 
 the camp of Ephraim were an hundred 
 thousand and eight thousand and an 
 hundred, according to their hosts. 
 And they sliall set forth third. 
 
 25 On the north side shall bo the stand- 
 ard of the camp of Dan according to 
 their hosts: and the prmce of the 
 chil(h-en of Dan shall be Ahiezer the 
 
 2G son of Ammishaddai. And his host, 
 and those that were numbered of them, 
 were tlu-eescore and two thousand and 
 
 27 seven hundred. And tliose that x)itch 
 next unto him shall be the tribe of 
 Asher : and the prince of the children 
 of Asher shall be Pagiel the son of 
 
 28 Ochran : and his host, and those that 
 were numbered of them, were forty 
 and one thousand and five hundred: 
 
 29 and the tribe of Naphtali: and the 
 prince of the children of Naphtali shall 
 
 30 be Ahii-a the son of Enan: and his 
 host, and those that were numbered 
 of them, were fifty and three thou- 
 
 31 sand and four hundred. All that 
 were numbered of the camp of Dan 
 were an hundi-ed thousand and fifty 
 and seven thousand and six himdred. 
 They shall set forth hindmost by then- 
 standards. 
 
 32 These are they that were numbered 
 of the children of Israel by theii" fa- 
 thers' houses : all that were numbered 
 of the camps according to their hosts 
 were six hmidi'ed thousand and three 
 thousand and five hundred and fifty. 
 
 33 But the Levites were not numbered 
 among the children of Israel; as the 
 
 34 Lord commanded Moses. Thus did the 
 children of Israel ; according to aU that 
 the LoED commanded Moses, so they 
 pitched by their standards, and so they 
 set forward, every one by their families, 
 according to then* fathers' houses. 
 
 3 Now these are the generations of 
 Aaron and Moses in the day that the 
 Lord spake with Moses in mount Sinai. 
 
 2 And these are the names of the sons of 
 Aaron ; Nadab the firstborn, and Abihu, 
 
 SEleazar, and Ithamar. These are the 
 names of the sons of Aaron, the priests 
 which were anointed, whom he con- 
 secrated to minister in the priest's 
 
 4 office. And Nadab and Abihu died 
 before the Lord, when they offered 
 strange fire before the Lord, in the 
 wilderness of Smai, and they had no 
 children: and Eleazar and Ithamar 
 ministered in the priest's office in the 
 presence of Aaron their father. 
 
 5 And the Lord spake unto Moses, say- 
 
 6 ing, Bring the tribe of Levi near, and set 
 them before Aaron the priest, that they 
 
 7 may minister unto him. And they shall 
 keep his charge, and the charge of the 
 whole congregation before the tent of
 
 104 
 
 NUMBERS. 
 
 3. 7. 
 
 iHeb. 
 given, 
 given. 
 
 2 Or, 
 from 
 
 3 Or, 
 number 
 
 meeting, to do the service of the taber- 
 
 8 nacle. And they shall keep aU the furn- 
 iture of the tent of meeting, and the 
 cliai'ge of the children of Israel, to do 
 
 9 the service of the tabernacle. And thou 
 shalt give the Levites unto Aaron and 
 to his sons : they are i whoUy given 
 unto him 2 on the behalf of the child- 
 
 lOren of Israel. And thou shalt * ap- 
 point Aaron and his sons, and they 
 shall keeji their priesthood : and tlie 
 stranger that cometh nigh shaU be put 
 to death. 
 
 11 And the Lord spake nnto Moses, say- 
 
 12 ing, And I, behold, I have taken the Le- 
 vites from among the children of Israel 
 instead of all the firstborn that openeth 
 the womb among the children of Israel ; 
 
 13 and the Levites shall be mine : for all 
 the firstborn are mine ; on the day that 
 I smote all the firstborn in the land 
 of Egypt I hallowed unto me all the 
 firstborn in Israel, both man and beast : 
 mine they shall be ; I am the Loed. 
 
 14 And the Lord spake unto Moses in 
 
 15 the wilderness of Sinai, saying. Num- 
 ber the children of Levi by their fa- 
 thers' houses, by their families : every 
 male from a month old and upward 
 
 16 shalt thou number them. And Moses 
 nmubered them according to the word 
 of the Lord, as he was commanded. 
 
 17 And these were the sons of Levi by 
 their names; Gershon, and Kohath, 
 
 18 and Merari. Abd these are the names 
 of the sons of Gershon by their fami- 
 
 19 lies; Libni and Shimei. And the sons 
 of Kohath by their families ; Amram, 
 
 20 and Izhar, Hebron, and Uzziel. And 
 the sons of Merari by their fami- 
 lies ; Mahli and Mushi. These are the 
 families of the Levites according to 
 their fathers' houses. 
 
 21 Of Gershon was the family of the 
 Libnites, and the family of the Shime- 
 ites: these are the families of the 
 
 22 Gershonites. Those that were num- 
 bered of them, according to the num- 
 ber of all the males, from a month 
 old and upward, even those that were 
 numbered of them were seven thou- 
 
 23 sand and five hundi-ed. The families 
 of the Gershonites shall j)itch behind 
 
 24 the tabernacle westward. And the 
 prince of the fathers' house of the Ger- 
 shonites shall be Eliasaph the son of 
 
 25 Lael. And the charge of the sons of 
 Gershon in the tent of meeting shall 
 be the tabernacle, and the Tent, the 
 covering thereof, and the screen for 
 
 26 the door of the tent of meeting, and 
 the hangings of the coiu't, and the 
 screen for the door of the court, which 
 is by the tabernacle, and by the altar 
 round about, and the cords of it for all 
 the service thereof. 
 
 27 And of Kohath was the family of the 
 Amramites, and the family of the Izliar- 
 ites, and the family of the Hebronites, 
 
 and the family of the Uzzielites : these 
 are the famihes of the Kohathites. 
 28Accordmg to the number of all the 
 males, from a month old and up- 
 ward, there were eight thousand and 
 six hrmdred, keeping the charge of 
 
 29 the sanctuary. The families of the 
 sons of Kohath shall pitch on the side 
 
 30 of the tabernacle southward. And the 
 prmce of the fathers' house of the 
 families of the Kohathites shall be 
 
 SlElizai^han the son of Uzziel. And 
 their charge shall be the ark, and the 
 table, and the candlestick, and the 
 altars, and the vessels of the sanctuary 
 wherewith they minister, and the 
 screen, and all the service thereof. 
 
 32 And Eleazar the son of Aaron the 
 priest shall be prince of the princes of 
 the Levites, (nid hare the oversight of 
 them that keep the charge of the 
 sanctuary. 
 
 33 Of Merari was the famUy of the 
 Mahlites, and the family of the Mush- 
 ites : these are the famihes of Mera- 
 
 34 ri. And those that were numbered 
 of them, according to the number of 
 all the males, from a month old and 
 upward, were six thousand and two 
 
 35 hundi'ed. And the prince of the fathers' 
 house of the families of Merari was 
 Zuriel the son of Abihail : they shall 
 pitch on the side of the tabernacle 
 
 36 northward. And * the ap^iointed charge 
 of the sons of Merari shall be the boards 
 of the tabernacle, and the bars thereof, 
 and the pillars thereof, and the sockets 
 thereof, and all the instrimients there- 
 
 37 of, and all the service thereof; and the 
 pillars of the court round about, and 
 their sockets, and their puis, and their 
 
 38 cords. And those that pitch before 
 the tabernacle eastward, before the 
 tent of meeting toward the sunrising, 
 shall be Moses, and Aaron and his 
 sons, keeping the charge of the sanc- 
 tuary 5 for the charge of the chUdi-en 
 of Israel; and the stranger that com- 
 
 39eth nigh shall be jjut to death. A.l 
 that were numbered of the Levites, 
 which Moses and Aaron numbered at 
 the commandment of the Lord, by 
 their families, aU the males from a 
 month old and upward, were twenty 
 and two thousand. 
 
 40 And the Lord said imto Moses, Number 
 aU the firstborn males of the children of 
 Israel from a month old and upward, 
 and take the immber of their names. 
 
 41 And thou shalt take the Levites for 
 me (I am the Lord) mstead of aU the 
 firstborn among the children of Israel ; 
 and the cattle of the Levites instead 
 of all the firstlings among the cattle 
 
 42 of the chUdi-en of Israel. And Moses 
 numbered, as the Lord commanded 
 hun, all the firstborn among the chUd- 
 
 43ren of Israel. And all the firstborn 
 males according to the number of
 
 4. 27. 
 
 NUMBERS. 
 
 105 
 
 1 Or, 
 fhitsc 
 that 
 are to 
 tic re- 
 deemed, 
 the <C-c. 
 
 2 Or, 
 the 
 
 tnoiiey 
 of thetn 
 that 
 VJi^c re- 
 deemed 
 
 3 Hel). 
 warfare, 
 or, hoi-'t 
 (and so 
 m w. 
 as, 39, 
 43>. 
 i^Or, 
 ivork 
 
 5 Or. 
 a Ijtir 
 
 names, from a month old and upward, 
 
 of those that were nunihered of tliem, 
 
 were twenty and two thousand two 
 
 hundred and threescore and tliu'teen. 
 
 44 And tlie Lord si)ake unto Moses, say- 
 
 4.')ing, Take the Levites instead of alltlie 
 
 firsthorn among the children of Israel, 
 
 and the cattle of the Levites instead of 
 
 their cattle : and the Levites shall be 
 
 4(> mine ; I am the Lord. And for i the 
 
 redemj)tiou of the two hundred and 
 
 threescore and thirteen of the firstborn 
 
 of the children of Israel, which are over 
 
 and above the number of the Levites, 
 
 47 thou shalt take five shekels apiece by 
 the jioll ; after the shekel of the sanc- 
 tuary shalt thou take them (the shekel 
 
 48 is twenty gerahs) : and thou shalt give 
 the money wherewith the odd number 
 of them is redeemed unto Aaron and 
 
 49 to his sons. And Moses took the 
 redemption-money from them that 
 were over and above them that were 
 
 50 redeemed by the Levites: from the 
 firstborn of the children of Israel took 
 he the money ; a thousand three himd- 
 red and threescore and five shekels, 
 
 51 after the shekel of the sanctuary : and 
 Moses gave ^the redemj)tion-money 
 unto Aaron and to his sous, accordmg 
 to the word of the Lord, as the Lord 
 commanded Moses. 
 
 4 And the Lord s^^ake mito Moses and 
 
 2 unto Aaron, saying. Take the sum of 
 the sons of Kohath from among the 
 sous of Levi, by their families, by their 
 
 3 fathers' houses, from thirty years old 
 and upward even until fifty years old, 
 all that enter upon the ^ service, to do 
 
 4 the work in the tent of meeting. This 
 is the * service of the sons of Kohath 
 in the tent of meeting, about the most 
 
 5 holy things : when the camp setteth 
 forward, Aaron shall go in, and his 
 sons, and they shall take down the 
 veil of the screen, and cover the ark of 
 
 6 the testimony with it : and shall put 
 thereon a covering of sealskin, and 
 shall spread over it a cloth all of blue, 
 and shall put in the staves thereof. 
 
 7 And upon the table of shewbread 
 they shaU sjiread a cloth of blue, and 
 put thereon the dishes, and the simoons, 
 and the bowls, and the cuiis to pom- 
 out withal: and the continual bread 
 
 8 shall be thereon : and they shall spread 
 upon them a cloth of scarlet, and cover 
 the same with a covering of sealskin, 
 and shall put in the staves thereof. 
 
 9 And they shall take a cloth of blue, and 
 cover the candlestick of the light, and 
 its lamps, and its tongs, and its snuff- 
 dishes, and all the oil vessels thereof, 
 
 10 wherewith they mmister unto it : and 
 they shall put it and all the vessels 
 thereof within a covering of sealskin, 
 and shall put it upon ^the frame. 
 
 11 And upon the golden altar they shall 
 spread a cloth of blue, and cover it 
 
 with a covering of sealskin, and shall 
 l'2put in the staves thereof: and they 
 shall take all the vessels of uiinistrj', 
 wlierowith they minister in the sanctu- 
 ary, and put them in a (;loth of blue, 
 and cover them with a covering of 
 sealskin, and shall put them on the 
 13 frame. And they shall take away the 
 ashes from the altar, and spread a 
 14 purple cloth thereon: and they shall 
 put upon it all the vessels thereof, 
 wherewith they minister about it, the 
 firepans, the fleshhooks, and the shov- 
 els, and the basons, all the vessels of 
 the altar ; and they shall spread upon 
 it a covering of sealskin, and j)ut in 
 
 15 the staves thereof. And when Aaron 
 and his sons have made an end of 
 covering the sanctuary, and all the 
 furniture of the sanctuary, as the camp 
 is to set forward ; after that, the sons 
 of Kohath shall come to bear it : but 
 they shall not touch the ^sanctuary, 
 lest they die. These thmgs are the 
 bm-den of the sons of Kohath in the 
 
 16 tent of meetmg. And the charge of 
 Eleazar the son of Aaron the priest 
 shall be the oil for the light, and the 
 sweet incense, and the continual meal 
 offering, and the anointing oU, the 
 charge of all the tabernacle, and of all 
 that therein is, the sanctuary, and the 
 fm-nitm-e thereof. 
 
 17 And the Lord spake unto Moses and 
 
 18 mito Aaron, saying, Cut ye not off the 
 tribe of the families of the Kohathites 
 
 19 from among the Levites : but thus do 
 unto them, that they may Uve, and not 
 die, when they approach unto the most 
 holy things : Aaron and his sons shall 
 go in, and appomt them every one to 
 
 20 his service and to his burden : but they 
 shall not go in to see the 6 sanctuary 
 even for a moment, lest they die. 
 
 21 And the Lord spake mito Moses, say- 
 
 22 ing. Take the sum of the sons of Ger- 
 shon also, by their fathers' houses, by 
 
 23 their families; from thirty years old 
 and ujiward until fifty years old shalt 
 thou lumiber them ; all that enter in to 
 ''wait uijon the service, to do the work 
 
 24 in the tent of meetmg. This is the 
 service of the famiUes of the Gershon- 
 ites,iu serving and in bearing burdens: 
 
 25 they shaU bear the curtains of the tab- 
 ernacle, and the tent of meeting, its 
 covering, and the covering of sealskin 
 that is above upon it, and the screen 
 for the door of the tent of meeting; 
 
 26 and the hangings of the com-t, and 
 the screen for the door of the gate of 
 the court, which is by the tabernacle 
 and by the altar round about, and 
 then- cords, and all the instruments 
 of their service, and whatsoever shall 
 be done with them, therein shall they 
 
 27 serve. At the commandment of Aaron 
 and his sons shall be all the service of 
 the sons of the Gershonites, in aU their 
 
 8 Or, 
 holif 
 things 
 
 "Heb. 
 
 way the 
 warfare. 
 
 4—5
 
 106 
 
 NUMBERS. 
 
 4. 27 
 
 lOr, 
 nuviber 
 
 burden, aucl in all their service : and ye 
 shall appoint iruto them in charge aU 
 
 28 their bui-den. This is the service of 
 the families of the sons of the Ger- 
 shouites in the tent of meetuig: and 
 their charge shaU be under the hand of 
 Ithamar the son of Aaron the priest. 
 
 •29 As for the sons of Merari, thou shalt 
 number them by their families, by their 
 
 30 fathers' houses ; from thirty years old 
 and uj)ward even unto fifty years old 
 shalt thou number them, every one 
 that entereth upon the service, to do 
 
 31 the work of the tent of meeting. And 
 this is the charge of theii" burden, ac- 
 cording to all their service in the tent 
 of meeting; the boards of the taber- 
 nacle, and the bars thereof, and the 
 pUlars thereof, and the sockets there- 
 
 32 of ; and the pillars of the court round 
 about, and their sockets, and their pins, 
 and their cords, with aU their instru- 
 ments, and with all their service : and 
 by name ye shall i appoint the instru- 
 ments of the charge of their burden. 
 
 33 This is the service of the famihes of 
 the sons of Merari, according to all 
 their service, in the tent of meeting, 
 under the hand of Ithamar the son of 
 Aaron the i^riest. 
 
 34 And Moses and Aaron and the prmces 
 of the congregation numbered the sons 
 of the Kohathites by their families, 
 
 35 and by then* fathers' houses, from 
 thirty years old and upward even unto 
 fifty years old, every one that entered 
 upon the ser'S'ice, for work m the tent 
 
 36 of meeting : and those that were num- 
 bered of them by theu' families were 
 two thousand seven hundred and fifty. 
 
 37 These ai-e they that were numbered of 
 the families of the Kohathites, all that 
 did serve in the tent of meeting, whom 
 Moses and Aaron numbered according 
 to the commandment of the Lord by 
 the hand of Moses. 
 
 38 And those that were numbered of the 
 sons of Gershon, by their families, and 
 
 39 by their fathers' houses, from thu-ty 
 years old and upward even mito fifty 
 years old, evei-y one that entered upon 
 the service, for work in the tent of 
 
 40meetmg, even those that were num- 
 bered of them, by their families, by their 
 fathers' houses, were two thousand 
 
 41 and six hundred and thu-ty. These 
 are they that were numbered of the 
 families of the sons of Gershon, all 
 that did serve in the tent of meeting, 
 whom Moses and Aaron numbered 
 according to the commandment of the 
 Lord. 
 
 42 And those that were numbered of 
 the families of the sons of Merari, by 
 their families, by their fathers' houses, 
 
 43 from thu'ty years old and upward even 
 unto fifty years old, every one that en- 
 tered ui^on the service, for work in the 
 
 44 tent of meeting, even those that were 
 
 numbered of them by their families, 
 were thi-ee thousand and two hundred. 
 
 45 These are they that were niunbered 
 of the families of the sons of Merari, 
 whom Moses and Aaron niunbered 
 according to the commandment of the 
 Lord by the hand of Moses. 
 
 46 AM those that were numbered of the 
 Levites, whom Moses and Aaron and 
 the princes of Israel umnbered, by 
 their families, and by their fathers' 
 
 47 houses, from thirty years old and up- 
 ward even unto fifty years old, every 
 one that entered ui to do the work of 
 service, and the work of beai'ing bur- 
 
 48 dens in the tent of meeting, even those 
 that were niunbered of them, were 
 eight thousand and five hundred and 
 
 49 foiu-score. According to the command- 
 ment of the Lord they were numbered 
 by the hand of Moses, every one ac- 
 corduig to his service, and 2 according 
 to his burden: thus were they num- 
 bered of him, as the Lord commanded 
 Moses. 
 
 5 And the Lord spake luito Moses, 
 
 2 saying. Command the children of Israel, 
 that they put out of the camp every 
 leper, and eveiy one that hath an issue, 
 and whosoever is imclean by the dead : 
 
 3 both male and female shall ye put out, 
 without the camj) shall ye put them; 
 that they defile not then camp, in the 
 
 4 midst whereof I dwell. And the children 
 of Israel did so, and put them out with- 
 out the camp : as the Lord spake mito 
 Moses, so did the chdtb-en of Israel. 
 
 5 And the Lord spake unto Moses, 
 
 6 saying, Speak unto the children of 
 Israel, When a man or woman shall 
 commit any sui that men commit, to do 
 a trespass against the Lord, and that 
 
 7 soul be guilty ; then they shall confess 
 their sin which they have done: and 
 he shall make restitution for his guilt 
 in fuU, and add unto it the fifth part 
 thereof, and give it unto him in respect 
 
 8 of whom he hath been guilty. But if 
 the man have no kinsman to whom 
 restitution may be made for the guUt, 
 the restitution for guilt which is made 
 unto the Lord shall be the priest's ; 
 besides the ram of the atonement, 
 whereby atonement shall be made for 
 
 9 him. And every heave offering of 
 all the holy things of the children of 
 Israel, which they present unto the 
 
 10 priest, shall be his. Ajid every man's 
 hallowed things shall be his : whatso- 
 ever any man giveth the priest, it shall 
 be his. 
 
 11 And the Lord spake unto Moses, say- 
 
 12 iug, SiJeak unto the children of Israel, 
 and say imto them, If any man's wife 
 go aside, and commit a trespass against 
 
 13 bun, and a man lie with her carnally, 
 and it be hid from the eyes of her hus- 
 band, and be kept close, and she be 
 defiled, and there be no witness against
 
 6. 13. 
 
 NUMBERS. 
 
 107 
 
 lOr, 
 
 with 
 
 another 
 
 instead 
 
 of thy 
 
 husband 
 
 See 
 
 Ezek. 
 
 xxiii. 5, 
 
 Uom. vii. 
 
 2. 
 
 2 Or, ad- 
 Juration 
 
 her, iicdtlier she be taken iu the act; 
 
 14 and the spu'it of jealousy come npou 
 huu, and he be jealous of his wife, and 
 she be defiled: or if the spirit of jeal- 
 ousy come upon huu, and he be jealous 
 of his wife, and she be not defiled: 
 
 15 then shall the man bring his wife unto 
 the priest, and shall bring her oblation 
 for her, the tenth i>art of an epliah of 
 barley meal; be shall jjour no oil upon 
 it, nor j)ut frankincense thereon; for 
 it is a meal ofi'ering of jealousy, a 
 meal offering of memorial, bruiging 
 
 10 iniquity to remembrance. And the 
 priest shall bring her near, and set her 
 
 17 before the Lokd : and the priest shall 
 take holy water iu an earthen vessel ; 
 and of the dust that is on the floor of 
 the tabernacle the priest shaU take, 
 
 18 and put it into the water: and the 
 priest shall set the woman before the 
 Lord, and let the hair of the woman's 
 head go loose, and put the meal offer- 
 ing of memorial in her hands, which 
 is the meal offering of jealousy: and 
 the priest shall have in his hynd the 
 water of bitterness that causeth the 
 
 19 cm-se : and the priest shall cause her 
 to swear, and shall say unto the wo- 
 man, K no man have lien mth thee, 
 and if thou hast not gone aside to un- 
 cleanness, i being under thy husband, 
 be thou free from this water of bitter- 
 
 20ness that causeth the curse: but if 
 thou hast gone aside, ^ being under thy 
 husband, and if thou be defiled, and 
 some man have lien with thee besides 
 
 21 thme husband : then the priest shall 
 cause the woman to swear with the 
 oath of 2 cursing, and the priest shall 
 say mito the woman. The Lord make 
 thee a ^ciu'se and an oath among thy 
 people, when the Lord doth make thy 
 thigh to fall away, and thy belly to 
 
 2'2 swell; and this water that causeth 
 the curse sliall go into thy bowels, 
 and make thy belly to swell, and thy 
 thigh to fall awaj': and the woman 
 
 23 shall say. Amen, Amen. And the 
 priest shall write these curses in a 
 book, and he shall blot them out into 
 
 24 the water of bitterness: and he shall 
 make the woman drink the water of 
 bitterness that causeth the cm'se : and 
 the water that causeth the cui'se shall 
 
 25 enter into her and become bitter. And 
 the priest shall take the meal offermg 
 of jealousy out of the woman's hand, 
 and shall wave the meal offering be- 
 fore the Lord, and bring it unto the 
 
 26 altar : and the priest shall take an 
 handful of the meal offering, as the 
 memorial thereof, and burn it upon 
 the altar, and afterward shall make 
 
 27 the woman drink the water. And 
 when he hath made her drink the 
 water, then it shall come to pass, if 
 she be defiled, and have committed 
 a tresjiass agamst her husband, that 
 
 the water that causeth the curse shall 
 enter into her and hecoine bitter, and 
 her belly shall swell, and her thigh 
 shall fall away : and the woman shall 
 
 28 be a curse among her people. And 
 if the woman be not defiled, but lie 
 clean ; then she shall be free, and 
 
 29 shall conceive seed. This is the law 
 of jealousy, when a wife, ''behig under 
 her husband, goeth aside, and is de- 
 
 30 filed; or when the spirit of jealousy 
 Cometh upon a man, and he be jealous 
 over his wife; then shall he set the 
 woman before the Lord, and the x)riest 
 shall execute upon her all this law. 
 
 31 And the man sliall be free from in- 
 iquity, and that woman shall bear 
 her iniquity. 
 
 6 And the Lord spake unto Moses, say- 
 2 ing. Speak unto the children of Israel, 
 and say unto them. When either man 
 or woman shall make a special vow, 
 the vow of ^a Nazuite, to ^ separate 
 8 himself mito the Lord : he shall separ- 
 ate hunself from wine and strong 
 drink; he shall drmk no vinegar of 
 wine, or vinegar of strong drmk, 
 neither shall he drink any Uquor of 
 gi-apes, nor eat fresh grapes or dried. 
 
 4 All the days of his 6 separation shall 
 he eat nothing that is made of the 
 gi'ape-vine, from the kernels even to 
 
 5 the husk. All the days of his vow of 
 separation there shall no razor come 
 upon his head : mitil the days be ful- 
 filled, in the which he separateth 
 himself unto the Lord, he shall be 
 holy, he shall let the locks of the hah- 
 
 6 of his head gi'ow long. All the days 
 that he separateth himself unto the 
 Lord he shall not come near to a 
 
 7 dead body. He shall not make him- 
 self unclean for his father, or for his 
 mother, for his brother, or for his 
 sister, when they die: because his 
 separation vmto God is uj)on his head. 
 
 8 All the days of his separation he is 
 
 9 holy mito the Lord. Ajid if any man 
 die very suddenly beside him, and he 
 defile the head of his separation ; then 
 he shall shave his head m the day of his 
 cleansing, on the seventh day shall he 
 
 10 shave it. And on the eighth day he shall 
 bring two tm-tledoves, or two young 
 pigeons, to the priest, to the door of 
 
 11 the tent of meetmg : and the priest 
 shall offer one for a sin offering, and the 
 other for a burnt offermg, and make 
 atonement for him, for that he simied 
 by reason of the dead, and shall hallow 
 
 12 his head that same day. And he shall 
 separate unto the Lord the days of 
 his separation, and shall bring a he- 
 lamb of the first year for a guilt offer- 
 ing : but the former days shall be void, 
 because his separation was defiled. 
 
 13 And this is the law of the Nazu-ite, 
 when the days of his separation are 
 fulfilled : he shall be brought unto 
 
 3 Or, 
 
 t/oeth 
 
 aside 
 
 with 
 
 anotlier 
 
 instnui 
 
 of hrr 
 
 husband 
 
 4 That is 
 
 one 
 separ- 
 ated 
 or conse- 
 crated. 
 
 5 Or, 
 con- 
 secrate 
 
 eor. 
 
 con&e- 
 
 cration 
 
 Or, 
 
 J\^azir- 
 
 iteship 
 
 4-a
 
 108 
 
 NUMBERS. 
 
 6. 13. 
 
 1 Or, 
 shoulder 
 
 14 the door of the tent of meetmg : and he 
 shall offer his oblation mito the Lord, 
 one he-lamb of the first year without 
 blemish for a bm-ut offering, and one 
 ewe-lamb of the first year without 
 blemish for a sin offering, and one ram 
 without blemish for peace offerings, 
 
 15 and a basket of mileavened bread, 
 cakes of fine flour mingled with oil, 
 and mileavened wafers anointed with 
 oil, and their meal offering, and theii- 
 
 16 drink offerings. And the priest shall 
 present them before the Loed, and shall 
 offer his sin offering, and his burnt 
 
 17 offering: and he shall offer the ram 
 for a sacrifice of peace offerings unto 
 the Lord, with the basket of un- 
 leavened bread : the priest shall offer 
 also the meal offering thereof, and 
 
 18 the drink ofl'ermg thereof. And the 
 Nazu-ite shall shave the head of his 
 separation at the door of the tent of 
 meeting, and shall take the hair of the 
 head of his separation, and put it on 
 the fire which is under the sacrifice 
 
 19 of peace offerings. And the priest 
 shaU take the sodden shoulder of the 
 ram, and one unleavened cake out of 
 the basket, and one unleavened wafer, 
 and shall put them upon the hands of 
 the Nazirite, after he hath shaven the 
 
 '20 head of his separation: and the priest 
 shall wave them for a wave offering 
 before the Lord ; this is holy for the 
 pi'iest, together with the wave breast 
 and heave i thigh: and after that the 
 
 21 Nazirite may drink wine. This is the 
 law of the Nazu-ite who voweth, and 
 of his oblation unto the Lord for his 
 separation, beside that which he is able 
 to get : according to bis vow which he 
 voweth, so he must do after the law of 
 his separation. 
 
 '22 And the Lord spake unto Moses, 
 
 23 saying, Speak unto Aaron and unto 
 his sons, saying, On this wise ye shall 
 bless the children of Israel; ye shall 
 say unto them, 
 
 24 The Lord bless thee, and keep thee : 
 
 25 The Lord make his face to shine 
 upon thee, and be gracious mito thee : 
 
 26 The Lord lift up his countenance 
 upon thee, and give thee peace. 
 
 27 So shall they put my name upon the 
 childi-en of Israel; and I will bless 
 them. 
 
 Y And it came to pass on the day that 
 Moses had made an end of settmg 
 up the tabernacle, and had anointed 
 it and sanctified it, and all the furn- 
 iture thereof, and the altar and all 
 the vessels thereof, and had anointed 
 
 2 them and sanctified them; that the 
 princes of Israel, the heads of their 
 fathers' houses, offered ; these were 
 the princes of the tribes, these are 
 they that were over them that were 
 
 Snmnbered: and they brought their 
 oblation before the Lord, six covered 
 
 wagons, and twelve osen; a wagon 
 for every two of the prhices, and for 
 each one an ox: and they presented 
 
 4 them before tlie tabernacle. And the 
 
 5 Lord spake imto Moses, saying. Take 
 it of them, that they may be to do the 
 service of the tent of meeting; and 
 thou shalt give them unto the Levites, 
 to every man according to liis service. 
 
 6 And Moses took the wagons and the 
 oxen, and gave them unto the Levites. 
 
 7 Two wagons and four oxen he gave 
 unto the sons of Gershon, according to 
 
 8 their service: and four wagons and 
 eight oxen he gave unto the sons of 
 Merari, accordmg unto then- service, 
 under the hand of Ithamar the son of 
 9 Aaron the priest. But unto the sons 
 of Kohath he gave none : because 
 the service of the sanctuary belonged 
 unto them; they bare it upon their 
 
 10 shoulders. And the princes offered 
 2 for the dedication of the altar in the 
 day that it was anointed, even the 
 princes offered their oblation before 
 
 lithe altar. And the Lord said imto 
 Moses, They shaU offer their oblation, 
 each prince on his day, for the dedica- 
 tion of the altar. 
 
 12 And he that offered his oblation the 
 first day was Nahshon the son of Am- 
 
 ISminadab, of the tribe of Judah: and 
 his oblation was one silver charger, 
 the weight thereof was an hvindred 
 and thirty shel-els, one silver bowl 
 of seventy shekels, after the shekel 
 of the sanctuary; both of them full 
 of fine flour mingled with oil for a 
 
 14 meal offering; cue golden spoon of 
 
 15 ten shel-els, full of mcense ; one young 
 bullock, one ram, one he-lamb of the 
 
 16 first year, for a bm-ut offering; one 
 male of the goats for a sin offering; 
 
 17 and for the sacrifice of peace offerings, 
 two oxen, five rams, five he-goats, five 
 he-lambs of the first year: this was 
 the oblation of Nahshon the son of 
 Ammiuadab. 
 
 18 On the second day Nethanel the son 
 of Zuar, prince of Issachar, did offer: 
 
 19 he offered for his oblation one silver 
 charger, the weight thereof was an 
 hundred and thirty shekels, one silver 
 bowl of seventy shekels, after the 
 shekel of the sanctuary ; both of them 
 full of fine flour mingled with oil for 
 
 20a meal offering; one golden spoon of 
 
 21 ten shekels, fuU of incense ; one young 
 bullock, one ram, one he-lamb of the 
 
 22 first year, for a burnt offermg; one 
 male of the goats for a sin offering; 
 
 23 and for the sacrifice of peace offerings, 
 two oxen, five rams, five he-goats, five 
 he-lambs of the first year : this was the 
 oblation of Nethanel the son of Zuar. 
 
 24 On the thii-d day Eliab the son of 
 Helon, prmce of the children of 
 
 25 Zebuhm : his oblation was one silver 
 charger, the weight tliereof was an
 
 7. 72. 
 
 NUMBERS. 
 
 100 
 
 liiuulred and thirty shekels, one silver 
 bowl of seventy shekels, after the 
 shekel of the sanctuary ; both of them 
 full of fine flour mingled with oil for 
 
 26 a meal ofifermg; one golden spoon of 
 
 27 ten shekels, full of incense; one young 
 bullock, one ram, one he-lamb of tlie 
 
 28 first year, for a burnt offering; one 
 male of the goats for a sin offering; 
 
 29 and for the sacrifice of peace offerings, 
 two oxen, five rams, five he-goats, five 
 he-lambs of the first year : this was the 
 oblation of Eliab the sou of Helon. 
 
 30 On the fourth day Elizur the son of 
 Shedem-, prince of the childi-en of 
 
 SlKeuben: his oblation was one silver 
 charger, the weight thereof was an 
 hundred and thii-ty shelels, one silver 
 bowl of seventy shekels, after the 
 shekel of the sanctuary ; both of them 
 full of fine flour mmgled with oil for a 
 
 32 meal offermg; one golden spoon of ten 
 
 SSshekels, full of incense; one yomig 
 bullock, one ram, one he-lamb of the 
 
 34 first year, for a bm-ut offering; one 
 male of the goats for a sin offering; 
 
 35 and for the sacrifice of peace offerings, 
 two oxen, five rams, five he-goats, five 
 he-lambs of the first year : this was the 
 oblation of Elizur the son of Shedeui-. 
 
 36 On the fifth day Shelumiel the son of 
 Zurishaddai, x^rince of the childi-en of 
 
 37 Simeon : his oblation was one silver 
 charger, the weight thereof was an 
 hundred and tlm-ty shekels, one silver 
 bowl of seventy shekels, after the 
 shekel of the sanctuary ; both of them 
 full of fine flour mingled with oil for 
 
 38a meal offering; one golden spoon of 
 39 ten shekels, full of incense ; one young 
 
 bullock, one ram, one he-lamb of the 
 40 first year, for a burnt offering; one 
 
 male of the goats for a sin offering; 
 
 41 and for the sacrifice of peace offerings, 
 two oxen, five rams, five he-goats, five 
 he-lambs of the first year: this was 
 the oblation of Shelumiel the son of 
 Zurishaddai. 
 
 42 On the sixth day Eliasaph the son of 
 Deuel, prince of the childi-en of Gad : 
 
 43 his oblation was one silver charger, 
 the weight thereof was an hunch-ed 
 and thirty shekels, one silver bowl 
 of seventy shekels, after the shekel 
 of the sanctuary; both of them full 
 of fine flour mingled ^vith oil for a 
 
 44 meal offering; one golden spoon of 
 45 ten shekels, full of incense ; one young 
 
 bullock, one ram, one he-lamb of the 
 46 first year, for a bm-nt offering; one 
 
 male of the goats for a sin offering; 
 
 47 and for the sacrifice of peace offerings, 
 two oxen, five rams, five he-goats, 
 five he-lambs of the first year: this 
 was the oblation of Eliasaph the son 
 of Deuel. 
 
 48 On the seventh day Elishama the 
 son of Ammihud, prince of the chUd- 
 
 49 ren of Ephi-aim : his oblation was one 
 
 silver charger, the weight thereof was 
 an hundred and thirty shekels, one sil- 
 ver bowl of seventy shekels, after the 
 shekel of the sanctuary ; both of them 
 full of fine flom* mmgled with oil for a 
 .50 meal offering; one golden spoon of 
 51 ten shekels, full of incense ; one young 
 bullock, one ram, one lie-lamb of the 
 52 first year, for a burnt offermg; one 
 male of the goats for a sin olfering; 
 
 53 and for the sacrifice of peace offerings, 
 two oxen, five rams, five he-goats, five 
 he-lanil)s of the first year: this was 
 the oblation of Elishama the son of 
 Ammihud. 
 
 54 On tlie eighth day Gamaliel the son 
 of Pedahzur, prince of the childi-en of 
 
 55 Manasseh : his olilation was one sUver 
 charger, the weight thereof was an 
 hundred and thirty shekels, one silver 
 bowl of seventy shekels, after the 
 shekel of the sanctuary ; both of them 
 full of fine flour mmgled with oil for a 
 
 56 meal offering; one golden spoon of 
 57 ten shekels, full of incense; one young 
 
 bullock, one ram, one he-lamb of the 
 58 first year, for a bm-nt offering; one 
 
 male of the goats for a sin offering; 
 
 59 and for the sacrifice of iJeace offerings, 
 two oxen, five rams, five he-goats, five 
 he-laml)s of the first year: this was 
 the oblation of Gamaliel the son of 
 Pedahzur. 
 
 60 On the nuith day Abidan the son of 
 Gideoni, prince of the children of 
 
 61 Benjamin : his ol)lation was one silver 
 charger, the weight thereof was an 
 hundi-ed and thii'ty shekels, one sUver 
 bowl of seventy shekels, after the 
 shekel of the sanctuary ; both of them 
 full of fine flour mingled with oil for a 
 
 62 meal offering; one golden spoon of 
 
 63 ten shekels, full of incense; one young 
 
 bullock, one ram, one he-lamb of the 
 
 64 first year, for a burnt offering; one 
 
 65 male of the goats for a sin offering ; and 
 for the sacrifice of peace offerings, 
 two oxen, five rams, five he-goats, five 
 he-lambs of the first year: this was 
 the oblation of Abidan the son of 
 Gideoni. 
 
 66 On the tenth day Aliiezer the son of 
 Ammishaddai, pruice of the children of 
 
 67 Dan : his oblation was one silver charg- 
 er, the weight thereof was an hundred 
 and thirty shekels, one silver bowl of 
 seventy shekels, after the shekel of the 
 sanctuary; both of them full of fine 
 flour mingled with oil for a meal ofter- 
 
 68ing; one golden spoon of ten shekels, 
 
 69 full of incense; one young bullock, 
 
 one ram, one he-lamb of the first year, 
 
 70 for a bm-nt offermg; one male of the 
 
 71 goats for a sin offering; and for the 
 sacrifice of peace offerings, two oxen, 
 five rams, five he-goats, five he-lambs 
 of the fii-st year : this was the oblation 
 of Ahiezer the son of Ammishaddai. 
 
 72 On the eleventh day Pagiel the
 
 110 
 
 NUMBERS. 
 
 7. 72. 
 
 lOr, 
 dedica- 
 Hun-gift 
 2 Or, 
 at the 
 hands of 
 
 3 Or, 
 aettest up 
 
 son of Ocbran, prince of the children 
 73 of Asber : his oblation was one silver 
 charger, the weight thereof was an 
 hunflred and thirty shekels, one silver 
 bowl of seventy shekels, after the she- 
 kel of tlie sanctuary ; both of them full 
 of fine flour mingled with oil for a meal 
 74oiiermg; one golden spoon of ten she- 
 
 75 hels, full of incense ; one young bullock, 
 one ram, one he-lamb of the first 
 
 76 year, for a burnt offering ; one male of 
 77 the goats for a sin offering; and for 
 
 the sacrifice of peace offerings, two 
 oxen, five rams, five he-goats, five he- 
 lambs of the first year : this was the 
 oblation of Pagiel the son of Ocbran. 
 
 78 On the twelfth day Aliira the son 
 of Enan, ijruice of the children of 
 
 79Naphtali: his oblation was one silver 
 charger, the weight thereof was an 
 hundred and thu-ty shekels, one silver 
 bowl of seventy shekels, after the 
 shekel of the sanctuary ; both of them 
 full of fine flour mingled with oil for a 
 
 80 meal offermg; one golden spoon of 
 
 81 ten shekels, full of incense ; one young 
 bullock, one ram, one he-lamb of the 
 
 82 first year, for a burnt offering; one 
 male of the goats for a sin offeruig; 
 
 83 and for the sacrifice of peace offerings, 
 two oxen, five rams, five he-goats, five 
 he-lambs of the fii'st year : this was the 
 oblation of Ahira the son of Enan. 
 
 84 This was the i dedication of the altar, 
 in the day when it was anointed, ^by 
 the princes of Israel: twelve silver 
 chargers, twelve sUver bowls, twelve 
 
 85 golden spoons: each sUver charger 
 iveighi-iui an hundred and thirty she- 
 kels, and each bowl seventy: all tlie 
 sQver of the vessels two thousand and 
 four hundred shekels, after the shekel 
 
 86 of the sanctuary ; the twelve golden 
 spoons, full of incense, iveighing ten 
 shekels apiece, after the shekel of the 
 sanctuary : all the gold of the spoons 
 
 87 an hundred and twenty shekels: aU 
 the oxen for the burnt offering twelve 
 bullocks, the rams twelve, the he-laml)s 
 of the first year twelve, and then- meal 
 offering: and the males of the goats 
 
 88 for a sm offering twelve: and all the 
 oxen for the sacrifice of peace offerings 
 twenty and four bullocks, the rams 
 sixty, the he-goats sixty, the he-lambs 
 of the first year sixty. This was the 
 1 dedication of the altar, after that it 
 
 89 was anomted. And when Moses went 
 into the tent of meetmg to speak with 
 him, then he heard the Voice speakmg 
 unto him from above the mercy-seat 
 that was upon the ark of the testi- 
 mony, from Ijetween the two cherubim : 
 and he si)ake mito him. 
 
 8 And the Lord spake unto Moses, 
 
 2 saying, Speak unto Aaron, and say 
 
 unto him. When thou ^ lightest the 
 
 lamps, the seven lamps shall give 
 
 Slight in front of the candlestick. And 
 
 Aaron did so; he * lighted the lamps 
 thereof so as to give light in front of 
 the candlestick, as the Lord com- 
 4nianded Moses. And this was the 
 Avork of the candlestick, 5 beaten work 
 of gold ; unto the base thereof, and 
 unto the flowers thereof, it was beaten 
 work : according unto the pattern which 
 the Lord had shewed Moses, so he 
 made the candlestick. 
 
 5 And the Lord spake unto Moses, sny- 
 
 6 ing, Take the Levites from among the 
 children of Israel, and cleanse them. 
 
 7 And thus shnlt thou do unto them, to 
 cleanse them : sprinkle the water of ex- 
 piation upon them, and let them cause 
 a razor to pass over all theu" flesh, and 
 let them wash their clothes, and cleanse 
 
 8 themselves. Then let them take a 
 yomig bullock, and its meal offering, 
 fine flour mingled with oU, and another 
 young bullock shalt thou take for a 
 
 9 sin offering. And thou shalt present 
 the Levites before the tent of meeting : 
 and thou shalt assemble the whole 
 congi-egation of the childi-en of Israel : 
 
 10 and thou shalt present the Levites 
 before the Lord : and the children of 
 Israel shall lay their hands upon the 
 
 11 Levites: and Aaron shall 6 offer the 
 Levites before the Lord for a wave 
 offering, ' on the behalf of the children 
 of Israel, that they may be to do the 
 
 12 service of the Lord. And the Le- 
 vites shall lay their hands upon the 
 heads of the bullocks: and offer thou 
 the one for a sm offering, and the 
 other for a burnt offering, unto the 
 Lord, to make atonement for the Le- 
 
 13 vites. And thou shalt set the Levites 
 before Aaron, and before his sons, and 
 offer them for a wave offering unto 
 
 14 the Lord. Thus shalt thou separate 
 the Levites from among the children 
 of Israel: and the Levites shall be 
 
 15 mine. And after that shall the Levites 
 go in to do the service of the tent of 
 meeting : and thou shalt cleanse them, 
 and offer them for a wave offermg. 
 
 16 For they are ^whoUy given unto me 
 from among the children of Israel; 
 instead of all that oi^eneth the womb, 
 even the firstborn of all the children of 
 
 17 Israel, have I taken them unto me. For 
 all the firstborn among the children of 
 Israel are mine, both man and beast: 
 on the day that I smote aU the firstborn 
 in the land of Egyjit I sanctified them 
 
 18 for myself. And I have taken the Le- 
 vites instead of all the firstborn among 
 
 19 the chihh-en of Israel. And I have 
 given the Levites as ^ a gift to Aaron 
 and to liis sons from among the children 
 of Israel, to do the service of the child- 
 ren of Israel in the tent of meeting, 
 and to make atonement for the children 
 of Israel: that there be no plague a- 
 mong the children of Israel, i" when the 
 children of Israel come nigh unto the
 
 10. 2. 
 
 NUMBERS. 
 
 Ill 
 
 1 Heb. to 
 war thp. 
 warfare 
 ill the 
 work. 
 
 2 Heb. 
 return 
 frtmi the 
 warfare 
 of the 
 work. 
 
 3 Heb. 
 
 between 
 tJie t?t'o 
 evenings. 
 
 20 sanctuary. Tims did Moses, and Aaron, 
 and all tlie congregation of the child- 
 ren of Israel, unto the Levites: ac- 
 cording unto all that the Lord com- 
 manded Moses touching the Levites, so 
 did the children of Israel luito them. 
 
 21 And the Levites purified themselves 
 from sin, and they washed their clothes ; 
 and Aaron offered them for a wave 
 offering before the Lokd; and Aaron 
 made atonement for them to cleanse 
 
 22 them. And after that went the Levites 
 in to do theu' service in the tent of meet- 
 ing before Aaron, and before his sons : 
 as the Lord had commanded Moses 
 concerning the Levites, so did they 
 unto them. 
 
 23 And the Lord spake unto Moses, say- 
 
 24 ing, This is that which belongeth unto 
 the Levites : from twenty and five years 
 old and upward they shall go in i to wait 
 upon the service in the work of the tent 
 
 25 of meetmg : and from the age of fifty 
 years they shall ^ cease waiting upon 
 
 26 the work, and shall serve no more ; but 
 shall minister with their brethren in the 
 tent of meeting, to keep the charge, 
 and shall do no service. Thus shalt 
 thou do unto the Levites touching their 
 charges. 
 
 9 And the Lord spake unto Moses in the 
 v/Uderness of Sinai, in the first month of 
 the second year after they were come 
 
 2 out of the land of Egypt, saying. More- 
 over let the children of Israel keep the 
 
 3 passover in its appointed season. La the 
 foui'teenth day of this month, Sat even, 
 ye shall keep it in its appointed season: 
 according to all the statutes of it, and 
 according to all the ordinances there- 
 
 4 of, shall ye keep it. And Moses spake 
 mito the children of Israel, that they 
 
 5 should keep the passover. And they 
 kept the passover in the first month, 
 on the fourteenth day of the month, 
 8 at even, in the Tvilderness of Sinai: 
 according to all that the Lord com- 
 manded Moses, so did the children of 
 
 6 Israel. And there were certain men, 
 who were unclean by the dead body of 
 a man, so that they could not keep the 
 passover on that day : and they came 
 before Moses and before Aaron on that 
 
 7 day: and those men said unto him, 
 We are unclean by the dead body of a 
 man : wherefore are we kept back, that 
 we may not offer the oblation of the 
 Lord m its appointed season among 
 
 8 the chOdren of Israel? And Moses 
 said unto them. Stay ye; that I may 
 hear what the Lord will command 
 concerning you. 
 
 9 And the Lord spake unto Moses, say- 
 
 10 ing, Speak unto the chQdren of Israel, 
 saying, If any man of you or of your 
 generations shall be rmclean by reason 
 of a dead body, or be in a journey afar 
 off, yet he shall keep the passover unto 
 
 11 the Lord : in the second month on the 
 
 fourtcentli day ■''at even they shall keep 
 it; they shall eat it with unleavened 
 
 12 bread and bitter herbs : they shall leave 
 none of it unto the morning, nor break 
 a bone thereof: according to all the 
 statute of the i^assover they shall keej) 
 
 13 it. But the man that is clean, and is 
 not in a journey, and forheareth to 
 keep the passover, that soul shall be 
 cut off from his people: because ho 
 offered not the oblation of the Lord in 
 its appointed season, that man shall 
 
 14 bear his sin. And if a stranger shall 
 sojourn among you, and will keep the 
 passover unto the Lord ; accorduig to 
 the statute of the loassover, and ac- 
 cording to the ordinance thereof, so 
 shaU he do : ye shall have one statute, 
 both for the stranger, and for him that 
 is born in the land. 
 
 15 And on the day that the tabernacle 
 was reared up the cloud covered the 
 tabernacle, even the tent of the test- 
 imony: and at even it was upon the 
 tabei'nacle as it were the aj)pcarance 
 
 16 of fire, until morning. So it was 
 alway: the cloud covered it, and the 
 
 17 appearance of fire by night. And when- 
 ever the cloud was taken up from over 
 the Tent, then after that the children 
 of Israel journeyed: and in the j)lace 
 where the cloud abode, there the cliild- 
 
 18 ren of Israel encamped. At the com- 
 mandment of the Lord the children 
 of Israel journeyed, and at the com- 
 mandment of the Lord they encamped : 
 as long as the cloud abode upon the 
 tabernacle they remained encamped. 
 
 19 And when the cloud tarried upon 
 the tabernacle many days, then the 
 children of Israel kept the charge of 
 
 20 the Lord, and journeyed not. And some- 
 times the cloud was a few days upon 
 the tabernacle; then according to the 
 commandment of the Lord they re- 
 mained encamped, and according to 
 the commandment of the Lord they 
 
 21 journeyed. And sometimes the cloud 
 was from evening until morning; and 
 when the cloud was taken up in the 
 morning, they journeyed: or if it con- 
 tinued by day and by night, when the 
 cloud was taken up, they journeyed. 
 
 22 Whether it were two days, or a month, 
 or a year, that the cloud tarried upon 
 the tabernacle, abidmg thereon, the 
 children of Israel remained encamped, 
 and journej^ed not : but when it was 
 
 23 taken up, they journeyed. At the 
 commandment of the Lord they en- 
 camped, and at the commandment of 
 the Lord they journeyed: they kept 
 the charge of the Lord, at the com- 
 mandment of the Lord by the hand 
 of Moses. 
 
 lO And the Lord spake mito Moses, 
 
 2 saying, Make thee two trumpets of 
 
 silver; of * beaten work shalt thou 
 
 make them: and thou shalt use 
 
 turned
 
 112 
 
 NUMBEKS. 
 
 10. 2. 
 
 tliem for the calling of the congTegation, 
 and for the journeying of the camps. 
 
 3 And when they shall blow with them, 
 all the congi'egation shall gather them- 
 selves unto thee at the door of the 
 
 ■1 tent of meeting. And if they blow but 
 with one, then the Jirinces, the heads 
 of the thousands of Israel, shall gather 
 
 5 themselves mito thee. And when ye 
 blow an alaiin, the camps that lie on 
 the east side shall take their journe5'. 
 
 6 And when ye blow an alarm the 
 second time, the camps that lie on 
 the south side shall take their journey : 
 they shall blow an alarm for their 
 
 7 journeys. But when the assembly is 
 to be gathered together, ye shall blow, 
 but ye shall not sound an alann. 
 
 8 And the sons of Aaron, the priests, 
 shall blow with the trumjiets ; and 
 they shall be to you for a statute for 
 ever throughout your generations. 
 
 9 And when ye go to war in your land 
 against the adversary that opiiresseth 
 you, then ye shall sound an alarm 
 with the trumpets ; and ye shall he 
 remembered before the Lord your 
 God, and ye shall be saved from yoiu- 
 
 10 enemies. Also in the day of your 
 gladness, and in your set feasts, and 
 in the bcgiimuigs of your mouths, ye 
 shall blow ^\'ith the trump.ets over 
 your burnt offerings, and over the 
 sacrifices of your peace offerings ; and 
 they shall be to yoia for a memorial 
 before your God : I am the Lord 
 your God. 
 
 11 And it came to i^ass in the second 
 year, in the second month, on the 
 twentieth day of the month, that the 
 cloud was taken up from over the 
 
 12 tabernacle of the testimony. And 
 the children of Israel set forward 
 according to their journeys out of the 
 wilderness of Sinai ; and the cloud 
 abode in the wilderness of Paran. 
 
 13 And they first took their journey 
 according to the commandment of the 
 
 14 Lord by the hand of Moses. And in 
 the first ^>?at'e the standard of the 
 camp of the children of Judah set 
 forward according to their hosts : and 
 over his host was Nahshon the son of 
 
 15 Amminadab. And over the host of 
 the tribe of the children of Issachar 
 
 16 was Nethanel the son of Zuar. And 
 over the host of the tribe of the 
 childi'en of Zebulun was Eliab the son 
 
 17 of Helon. And the tabernacle was 
 taken down ; and the sons of Gershon 
 and the sons of Merari, who bare the 
 
 18 tabernacle, set forward. And the 
 standard of the camp of Eeuben set 
 forward according to their hosts : and 
 over his host was Elizur the son of 
 
 19 Shedeur. And over the host of the 
 tribe of the chOdren of Simeon was 
 Shelumiel the son of Zurishaddai. 
 
 20 And over the host of the tribe of the 
 
 children of Gad was Eliasaph the 
 
 21 son of Deuel. And the Kohathites 
 set forward, bearing the sanctuary : 
 and the other did set up the taber- 
 
 22nacle against they came. And the 
 standard of the camp of the children 
 of Ephraim set forward according to 
 their hosts : and over his host was 
 
 23Elishama the son of Ammihud. And 
 over the host of the tribe of the 
 children of Manasseh was Gamahel 
 
 24 the son of Pedahzur. And over the 
 host of the tribe of the children of 
 Benjamin was Abidan the son of 
 
 25Gideoni. And the standard of the 
 camp of the children of Dan, which 
 was the rearward of all the camps, 
 set forward according to their hosts : 
 and over his host was Aiiezer tlie 
 
 26 son of Ammishaddai. And over the 
 host of the tribe of the children of 
 Asher was Pagiel the son of Ochran. 
 
 27 And over the host of the tribe of the 
 childi'en of NaphtaU was Aliira the 
 
 28 son of Enan. Thiis were the joumey- 
 ings of the children of Israel according 
 to their hosts ; and they set forward. 
 
 29 And Moses said unto Hobab, the son 
 of Reuel the Midianite, Moses' father 
 in law, Y/e are journeying unto the 
 place of which the Lord said, I will 
 give it you: come thou with us, and 
 we ^^•ill do thee good : for the Lord 
 hath spoken good concerning Israel. 
 
 30 And he said unto him, I will not go ; 
 but I will depart to mine own land, 
 
 31 and to my kindred. And he said. 
 Leave us not, I pray thee ; forasmuch 
 as thou knowest how we are to encamp 
 in the wilderness, and thou shalt be to 
 
 32 us instead of eyes. And it shall be, if 
 thou go with us, yea, it shall be, that 
 what good soever the Lord shall do 
 unto us, the same will we do unto 
 thee. 
 
 33 And they set forward from the 
 mount of the Lord three days' jour- 
 ney ; and the ark of the covenant of 
 the Lord went before them thi-ee days' 
 jom'uey, to seek out a resting place for 
 
 34 them. And the cloud of the Lord 
 was over them by day, when they set 
 forward from the camp. 
 
 35 And it came to pass, when the ark 
 set forward, that Moses said. Rise up, 
 O Lord, and let tlime enemies be 
 scattered ; and let them that hate 
 
 36 thee flee before thee. And when it 
 rested, he said, Retm-n, Lord, unto 
 the ten thousands of the thousands of 
 Israel. 
 
 11 And the people were as mui-murers, 
 '^speaking evil in the ears of the 
 Lord : and when the Lord heard it, his 
 anger was kindled ; and the fire of the 
 Lord burnt among them, and devoured 
 in the uttermost part of the camp. 
 2 And the people cried unto Moses ; 
 and Moses prayed unto the Lord, and
 
 11. 33. 
 
 NUMBERS. 
 
 113 
 
 3 the fire abated. Aiid the name of that 
 place \va.s called i Taberali : because 
 the fire of the Lord burnt among 
 them , 
 
 4 And the mixed multitude that was 
 among them fell a lusting : and the 
 children of Israel also wept again, and 
 said, Who shall give us flesh to eat ? 
 
 5 We remember the fish, which we did 
 eat in Egypt for nought ; the cucum- 
 bers, and the melons, and the leeks, 
 
 6 and the onions, and the garlick : but 
 now our soul is dried away ; there is 
 nothing at all : we have nought save 
 
 7 this manna to look to. And the manna 
 was like coriander seed, and the ^aj)- 
 pearauce thereof as the appearance 
 
 8 of bdellium. The people went about, 
 and gathered it, and ground it in mills, 
 or beat it in mortars, and seethed it hi 
 jiots, and made cakes of it : and the 
 taste of it was as the taste of Afresh 
 
 9 oil. And when the dew fell upon the 
 camp in the night, the manna fell 
 
 lO^upou it. And Moses heard the peo- 
 ple weeping tlu-ougliout their families, 
 every man at the door of his tent : 
 and the anger of the Lord was 
 kindled greatly ; and Moses was dis- 
 
 11 pleased. And Moses said mito the 
 Lord, Wlierefore hast thou evil en- 
 treated thy servant ? and wherefore 
 have I not found favour in thy sight, 
 that thou layest the burden of all 
 
 12 this people upon me? Have I con- 
 ceived all this people '? have I brought 
 them forth, that thou shouldest say 
 unto me, Carry them in thy bosom, 
 as a nm-sing-father carrietb the suck- 
 ing child, unto the land which thou 
 
 13 swarest unto their fathers ? Wlience 
 should I have flesh to give unto all 
 this people? for they weep unto me, 
 saying. Give us flesh, that we may 
 
 14 eat. I am not able to bear all this 
 people alone, because it is too heavj' 
 
 15 for me. And if thou deal thus with 
 me, kill me, I pray thee, out of hand, 
 if I have found favour in thy sight ; 
 and let me not see my v/retched- 
 ness. 
 
 16 And the Lord said unto Moses, 
 Gather unto me seventy men of the 
 elders of Israel, whom thou knowest 
 to be the elders of the people, and 
 officers over them ; and biing them 
 irnto the tent of meeting, that they 
 
 17 may stand there with thee. And I 
 will come down and talk with thee 
 there : and I will take of the spirit 
 which is upon thee, and will put it 
 uijon them ; and they shall bear the 
 bm-den of the people with thee, that 
 
 18 thou bear it not thyself alone. And 
 say thou iiuto the people. Sanctify 
 yourselves agamst to-morrow, and ye 
 shaU eat flesh : for ye have wept in 
 the ears of the Lord, saying. Who 
 shall give us flesh to eat ? for it was 
 
 well with us in Egypt: therefore the 
 Lord will give you flesh, and ye shall 
 
 19 eat. Ye shall not eat one day, nor 
 two days, nor five days, neither ten 
 
 20 days, nor twenty days ; but a whole 
 month, until it come out at your 
 nostrils, and it be loathsome unto 
 you: because that ye have rejected 
 the LoitD which is among you, and 
 have wept before him, saying. Why 
 
 21 came we forth out of Egypt? And 
 Moses said. The people, among whom 
 I am, are six hundred thousand foot- 
 men ; and thou hast said, I wiU give 
 them flesh, that they may eat a 
 
 22 whole month. ShaU flocks and herds 
 be slain for them, to suffice them? 
 or shall all the fish of the sea be 
 gathered together for them, to suffice 
 them? 
 
 23 And the Lord said unto Moses, Is 
 the Lord's hand waxed short? now 
 shalt thou see whether my word shall 
 
 24 come to imss unto thee or not. And 
 Moses went out, and told the people 
 the words of the Lord : and he 
 gathered seventy men of the elders of 
 the people, and set them round about 
 
 25 the Tent. And the Lord came down 
 in the cloud, and spake unto him, and 
 took of the siDii'it that was upon him, 
 and iiut it upon the seventy elders : and 
 it came to pass, that, when the si^ii-it 
 rested upon them, they i^rophesied, 
 
 26 but they did so no more. But there 
 remained two men in the camp, the 
 name of the one was Eldad, and the 
 name of the other Medad : and the spirit 
 rested upon them ; and they were of 
 them that were written, but had not 
 gone out unto the Tent: and they 
 
 27 prophesied in the camp. And there 
 ran a young man, and told Moses, and 
 said, Eldad and Medad do prophesy ui 
 
 28 the camp. And Joshua the son of 
 Nun, the minister of Moses, ^one of 
 his chosen men, answered and said, 
 
 29 My lord Moses, forbid them. And 
 Moses said unto hun, Ai't thou jealous 
 for my sake? would God that all the 
 Lord's people were prophets, that the 
 Lord would put his spirit upon them ! 
 
 30 And Moses gat him into the camp, 
 
 31 he and the elders of Israel. And 
 there went forth a wind from the 
 Lord, and brought quails from the 
 sea, and let them fall ^hj the camp, 
 about a day's journey on this side, 
 and a day's journey on the other 
 side, round about the camp, and about 
 two cubits above the face of the earth. 
 
 32 And the people rose up all that day, 
 and all the night, and all the next 
 day, and gathered the quails : he that 
 ga,thered least gathered ten homers: 
 and they spread them all abroad for 
 themselves round about the camp. 
 
 83 While the flesh was yet between their 
 teeth, ere it was chewed, the anger 
 
 5 Or, 
 
 frimi hU 
 youth
 
 114 
 
 NUMBERS. 
 
 11. 33. 
 
 1 That is, 
 The 
 
 graves of 
 lust. 
 
 2 Oi-, l'!J 
 
 of the Lord was kindled against the 
 people, and the Lord smote the iieople 
 
 34 with a very gi-eat plague. And the 
 name of that place was called ^ Kibroth- 
 hattaavali : because there they biu-ied 
 
 35 the peojile that lusted. From Kibroth- 
 hattaavali the people journeyed unto 
 Hazeroth ; and they abode at Hazer- 
 oth. 
 
 12 And Miriam and Aaron spate against 
 Moses because of the Cushite woman 
 whom he had married : for he had 
 
 2 married a Cushite woman. And they 
 said, Hath the Lord uideed spoken 
 only 2 with Moses? hath he not spoken 
 also 2 with us ? And the Lord heard 
 
 3 it. Now the man Moses was very 
 meek, above all tlie men which were 
 
 4 ujion the face of the earth. And the 
 Lord spake suddenly unto Moses, and 
 nuto Aaron, and unto Miriam, Come 
 out ye three mito the tent of meeting. 
 
 5 And they three came out. And the 
 Lord came down in a pillar of cloud, 
 and stood at the door of the Tent, 
 and called Aaron and Miriam ; and 
 
 6 they both came forth. And he said. 
 Hear now my words : if there be a 
 prophet among you, I the Lord will 
 make myself kno'mi unto him in a 
 vision, I will sjieak with him in a 
 
 7 dream. My servant Moses is not so ; 
 
 8 he is faithful in all mine house : with 
 him will I speak mouth to mouth, even 
 manifestly, and not in dark speeches; 
 and the form of the Lord shall he 
 behold : wherefore then were ye not 
 afraid to speak against my servant, 
 
 9 against Moses ? And the anger of the 
 Lord was kindled agamst them ; and 
 
 10 he departed. Aiad the cloud removed 
 from over the Tent ; and, behold, 
 Miriam was leprous, as icliite as snow ; 
 and Aaron looked upon Mu'iam, and, 
 
 11 behold, she was leprous. And Aaron 
 said unto Moses, Oh my lord, lay not, 
 I pray thee, sin upon us, for that we 
 have done foolishly, and for that we 
 
 12 have sinned. Let her not, I pray, be 
 as one dead, of whom the flesh is half 
 consumed when he cometh out of his 
 
 13 mother's womb. And Moses cried 
 unto the Lord, saying. Heal her, 
 
 14 God, I beseech thee. And the Lord 
 said unto Moses, If her father had 
 but spit in her face, should she not 
 be ashamed seven days? let her be 
 shut up without the camp seven days, 
 and after that she shall be brought 
 
 15 in again. And Miriam was shut up 
 without the camp seven days: and 
 the people journeyed not tiU Mii'iam 
 
 16 was brought in agam. And afterward 
 the people joimieyed from Hazeroth, 
 and pitched in the wilderness of 
 Paran. 
 
 13 And the Lord spake unto Moses, 
 
 2 saying. Send thou men, that they may 
 
 spy out the land of Canaan, which I 
 
 give mito the children of Israel: of 
 every tribe of their fathers shall ye 
 send a man, every one a prince among 
 
 3 them. And Moses sent them from the 
 wilderness of Paran according to the 
 commandment of the Lord : all of 
 them men who were heads of the 
 
 4 children of Israel. And these were 
 their names: of the tribe of Keuben, 
 
 5 Shammua the son of Zaccur. Of the 
 ti'ibe of Simeon, Shaphat the son of 
 
 6Hori. Of the tribe of Judah, Caleb 
 
 7 tlie son of Jephunneh. Of the tribe 
 of Issachar, Igal the son of Joseph. 
 
 8 Of the tribe of Ephraim, Hoshea the 
 
 9 son of Nun. Of the tribe of Benja- 
 lOmin, Palti the son of Eaphu. Of the 
 
 tribe of Zebulun, Gaddiel the son of 
 
 11 Sodi. Of the tribe of Joseph, namely, 
 of the tribe of Manasseh, Gaddi the 
 
 12 son of Susi. Of the tribe of Dan, 
 13Ammiel the son of Gemalli. Of the 
 
 tribe of Asher, Sethur the son of 
 14 Michael. Of the tribe of Naphtali, 
 15Nahbi the son of Vophsi. Of the 
 
 tribe of Gad, Geuel the son of Machi. 
 
 16 These are the names of the men 
 which Moses sent to spy out the land. 
 And Moses called Hoshea the son of 
 
 17 Nun Joshua. And Moses sent them 
 to spy out the land of Canaan, and 
 said unto them. Get you up this way 
 ^by the South, and go up into the 
 
 18 mountains : and see the land, what it 
 is ; and the people that dweUeth there- 
 in, whether they be strong or weak, 
 
 19 whether they be few or many; and 
 what the land is that they dwell in, 
 whether it be good or bad ; and what 
 cities they be that they dwell in, 
 whether in camps, or in strong holds ; 
 
 20 and what the land is, whether it be 
 fat or lean, whether there be wood 
 therein, or not. And be ye of good 
 courage, and bring of the fruit of the 
 land. Now the time was the time of 
 
 21 the firstripe grapes. So they went 
 up, and spied out the land from the 
 %vOderness of Zin unto Eehob, to the 
 
 22 entering in of Hamath. And they 
 went up 8 by the South, and came 
 unto Hebron; and Ahiman, Sheshai, 
 and Tahnai, the children of Anak, 
 were there. (Now Hebron was built 
 seven years tiefore Zoan in Egypt.) 
 
 23 And they came unto the vaUey of 
 Eshcol, and cut down from thence a 
 branch with one cluster of gi-apes, and 
 they bare it upon a staff between two ; 
 then hroiight also of the pomegranates, 
 
 24 and of the tigs. That j^lace was 
 called the valley of ^Eshcol, because 
 of the cluster which the children of 
 
 25 Israel cut down from thence. And 
 they returned from spying out the 
 
 26 land at the end of forty days. And 
 they went and came to Moses, and 
 to Aaron, and to all the congregation 
 of the children of Israel, unto the 
 
 3 Or, 
 into 
 
 4 That is, 
 a cluster.
 
 14. 27, 
 
 NUMBERS. 
 
 115 
 
 2 Heb. 
 
 wilderness of Paran, to Kadesh; and 
 broiislU back word unto them, and 
 unto all the congregation, and shewed 
 '27 them the frnit of the land. And they 
 told hun, and said, We came unto the 
 land whither thou sontest us, and 
 surely it floweth with milk and honey ; 
 
 28 and this is the fruit of it. Howbeit 
 the people that d^vell in the land are 
 strong, and the cities are fenced, and 
 very great : and moreover we saw 
 
 29 the children of Anak there. Amalok 
 dwelleth in the land of the South : 
 and the Hittite, and the Jebusite, and 
 the Amorite, dwell in the mountains : 
 and the Canaanite dwelleth by the 
 sea, and along by the side of Jordan. 
 
 30 And Caleb stilled the people bef(n-e 
 Moses, and said, Let us go up at once, 
 and possess it ; for we are well able to 
 
 31 overcome it. But the men that went 
 up with him said. We be not able to 
 go up against the people ; for they 
 
 32 are stronger than we. And they 
 brought up an evil report of the land 
 which they had spied out unto the 
 children of Israel, saying, The land, 
 through which we have gone to spy 
 it out, is a land that eateth up the 
 inhabitants thereof; and all the peo- 
 ple that we saw in it are men of great 
 
 33 stature. And there we saw the ^Neph- 
 ilim, the sons of Anak, which come 
 of the Nephilim : and we were in our 
 own sight as gi-asshoppers, and so we 
 were in their sight. 
 
 14 And all the congregation lifted up 
 their voice, and cried ; and the people 
 2 wept that night. And all the children 
 of Israel mui-mured against Moses and 
 against Aaron : and the whole congreg- 
 ation said unto them, Would God that 
 we had died in the land of Egyi">t 1 or 
 would God we had died in this wilder- 
 Snessl And wherefore doth the Lord 
 bring us imto this land, to fall by the 
 sword? Our wives and our little ones 
 shall be a prey : were it not better for 
 
 4 us to return into Egypt ? And they said 
 one to another, Let us make a captain, 
 
 5 and let us return into Egypt. Then 
 Moses and Aaron fell on their faces 
 before all the assembly of the congreg- 
 
 6ation of the children of Israel. And 
 Joshua the son of Nun and Caleb the 
 son of Jephumieh, which were of them 
 that spied out the land, rent their 
 
 7 clothes: and they spake unto all the 
 congregation of the children of Israel, 
 saying. The land, which we passed 
 through to spy it out, is an exceeding 
 
 8 good land. If the Lord delight in us, 
 then he wiU bring us into this land, 
 and give it unto us; a land which 
 
 9 floweth with milk and honey. Only 
 rebel not against the Lord, neither 
 fear ye the people of the land; for 
 they are bread for us: their 2 defence 
 is removed from over them, and the 
 
 10 Lord is with us : fear them not. But 
 all the congi'egation bade stone them 
 with stones. And the glory of the 
 Loud appeared in the teiit of meeting 
 unto all the children of Israel. 
 
 11 And the Lord said unto Moses, How 
 long will this i)eople despise me? and 
 how long will they not believe in nic, 
 for all the signs which I have wrought 
 
 12 among tliem? I will smite them with 
 tlie i)estilenco, and disinhei'it tliem, 
 and will make of thee a nation gieater 
 
 13 and mightier than they. And Moses 
 said unto the Lord, Then the Egj^jitians 
 shall hear it; for thou broughtest u^) 
 this people in thy might from among 
 
 14 them; and they will tell it to the in- 
 habitants of this land : they have heard 
 that thou Lord art in the midst of this 
 people; for thou Lord art seen ^face 
 to face, and thy cloud standeth over 
 them, and thou goest before them, in 
 a i)illar of cloud by day. and in a pillar 
 
 15 of fire by night. Now if thou shalt kill 
 this people as one man, then the nations 
 which have heard the fame of thee will 
 
 16 speak, saying. Because the Lord was 
 not able to bring this peojile into the 
 land which he sware unto them, there- 
 fore he hath slain them in the wilder- 
 
 17ness. And now, I pray thee, let the 
 power of the Lord be great, according 
 
 18 as thou hast spoken, saying. The Lord 
 is slow to anger, and plenteous m 
 mercy, forgiving iniquity and trans- 
 gression, and that will by no means 
 clear the gidlty ; visiting the iniquity 
 of the fathers upon the children, upon 
 the third ajid upon the fom-th genera- 
 
 19 tion. Pardon, I pray thee, the iniquity 
 of this iieoi^le according unto the great- 
 ness of thy mercy, and according as 
 thou hast forgiven this people, from 
 
 20 Egypt even until now. Ajid the Lord 
 said, I have pardoned according to thy 
 
 21 word : but in very deed, as I live, and 
 as all the earth shall be filled with the 
 
 22 glory of the Lord; because all those 
 men which have seen my glory, and 
 my signs, which I wrought in Egypt 
 and in the wilderness, yet have tempted 
 me these ten times, and have not heark- 
 
 23ened to my voice; sui-ely they shall 
 not see the land which I sware unto 
 their fathers, neither shall any of them 
 
 24 that despised me see it : but my sei-vant 
 Caleb, because he had another spirit 
 with him, and hath followed me fully, 
 him wlU I bring into the land whereinto 
 he went ; and his seed shall possess it. 
 
 25 Now the Amalekite and the Canaanite 
 dwell in the valley: to-morrow turn 
 ye, and get you into the wilderness by 
 the way to the Ked Sea. 
 
 26 And the Lord spake unto Moses 
 
 27 and mito Aaron, saying. How long 
 shall I hear vnth. this evil congi'ega- 
 tion, which murmur against me? I 
 have heard the mm'nmrings of the 
 
 3 Heb. 
 rye to 
 cyt:
 
 116 
 
 NUMBERS. 
 
 14. 27. 
 
 iHeb. 
 
 shrp- 
 
 ItcrtU, 
 
 2 Or, the 
 
 rirvolcii!g 
 of my 
 jiramise 
 
 children of Israel, which they murmur 
 
 28 against me. Say unto them, As I live, 
 saith the Lord, sm-elj' as ye have spoken 
 
 29 ill mine ears, so will I do to you : your 
 carcases shall fall in this wUderness; 
 and aU that were numbered of you, 
 according to your whole number, from 
 twenty years old and upward, which 
 
 30 have mm-mured against me, surely ye 
 shall not come into the land, concerning 
 which I lifted uj) my hand that I would 
 make you dwell therein, save Caleb 
 the son of Jephumieh, and Joshua the 
 
 31 son of Nun. But your little ones, which 
 ye said should be a prey, them will I 
 bring in, and they shall know the land 
 
 32 which ye have rejected. But as for 
 you, your carcases shall fall in this 
 
 33 ^vilderness. And your children shall 
 be 1 wanderers in the wilderness forty 
 years, and shall bear your whoredoms, 
 until yom- carcases ]je consumed in the 
 
 34 wilderness. After the number of the 
 days in which j'e spied out the land, 
 even forty days, for every day a year, 
 shall ye bear your iniquities, even forty 
 years, and ye shall know ^my aliena- 
 
 35 tion. I the Lord have spoken, surely 
 tliis wUl I do imto all this evU con- 
 gi'egation, that are gathered together 
 against me: iu this wilderness they 
 shall be consumed, and there they 
 
 36 shall die. And the men, which Moses 
 sent to spy out the land, who returned, 
 and made all the congregation to mur- 
 mur against him, by bringing up an 
 
 37 evil report against the land, even those 
 men that did luring up an evU report of 
 the land, died by the plague before the 
 
 88 Lord. But Joshua the son of Nun, 
 and Caleb the son of Jephunneh, re- 
 mained alive of those men that went 
 
 39 to spy out the land. And Moses told 
 these words unto all the children of 
 Israel : and the peojjle moiu'ned great- 
 
 40 ly. And they rose up early in the 
 morning, and gat them up to the toi) 
 of the mountain, saying, Lo, we be 
 here, and will go up imto the j)lace 
 which the Lord hath promised: for 
 
 41 we have sinned. And Moses said, 
 Wherefore now do ye transgi'ess the 
 commandment of the Lord, seeing it 
 
 42 shall not prosper ? Go not up, for the 
 Lord is not among you; that ye be 
 not smitten down before yom* enemies. 
 
 43 For there the Amalekite and the Ca- 
 naanite are before you, and ye shaU 
 fall by the sword: because ye are 
 tm-ned back from following the Lord, 
 therefore the Lord will not be with 
 
 44 j-ou. But they presumed to go up to 
 the top of the mountain : nevertheless 
 the ark of the covenant of the Lord, 
 and Moses, departed not out of the 
 
 45 camp. Then the Amalekite came down, 
 and the Canaanite which dwelt in that 
 mountain, and smote them and beat 
 them down, even unto Hormah. 
 
 15 And the Lord spake unto Moses, 
 
 2 saying. Speak unto the children of 
 Israel, and say unto them. When ye be 
 come mto the land of your habitations, 
 
 3 which I give unto you, and wUl make 
 an o£feri)ig by fire unto the Lord, a 
 burnt offering, or a sacrifice, ^to ac- 
 complish a vow, or as a freewill offer- 
 ing, or in your set feasts, to make a 
 sweet savour unto the Lord, of the 
 
 4 herd, or of the flock: then shall he 
 that offereth his oblation offer unto 
 the Lord a meal offering of a tenth 
 part of an ephah of fine flour mingled 
 with the fom'th part of an bin of oil: 
 
 5 and wine for the di'ink offering, the 
 fourth part of an hin, shalt thou prepare 
 with the bm'nt offering or for the sacri- 
 
 6 flee, for each lamb. Or for a ram, 
 thou shalt i)repare for a meal offering 
 two tenth parts of an ephah of fine 
 flour mingled with the third part of 
 
 7 an hin of oil : and for the drink offering 
 thou shalt offer the third part of an hin 
 of ^vine, of a sweet savour unto the 
 
 8 Lord. And when thou prejiarest a 
 bullock for a burnt offermg, or for a 
 sacrifice, ^ to accomplish a vow, or for 
 
 9 peace offerings unto the Lord: then 
 shall he offer with the bullock a meal 
 offermg of three tenth parts of an 
 ephah of fine flour mingled with half 
 
 10 an hin of oil. And thou shalt offer for 
 the drink offering half an hin of wine, 
 for an offermg made by fire, of a sweet 
 
 11 savour imto the Lord. Thus shall it be 
 done for each bullock, or for each ram, 
 or for each of the he-lambs, or of the 
 
 12 kids. According to the number that 
 ye shall prepare, so shall ye do to 
 every one according to their number. 
 
 13 All that are homeborn shall do these 
 things after this manner, in offermg an 
 offering made by fire, of a sweet savom- 
 
 14 mito the Lord. And if a stranger so- 
 jom-n with you, or whosoever be among 
 you throughout your generations, and 
 wlU offer an offering made by fire, of 
 a sweet savour unto the Lord ; as ye 
 
 15 do, so he shall do. For the assembly, 
 there shall be one statute for you, and 
 for the stranger that sojourueth with 
 you, a statute for ever throughout 
 your generations: as ye are, so shall 
 
 16 the stranger be before the Lord. One 
 law and one ordinance shall be for you, 
 and for the stranger that sojourneth 
 with you. 
 
 17 And the Lord spake unto Moses, say- 
 
 18 ing, Speak mito the chihb'en of Israel, 
 and say unto them, WTien ye come 
 into the land whither I brmg you, 
 
 19 then it shall be, that, when ye eat of 
 the bread of the land, ye shall offer 
 up an heave offering unto the Lord. 
 
 20 Of the first of yom* * dough ye shall 
 offer up a cake for an heave offering : 
 as ye do the heave offering of the
 
 16. 13. 
 
 NUMBERS. 
 
 117 
 
 1 Or, Ml 
 error 
 
 threshing-floor, so shall yc heave it. 
 
 21 Of the first of your dough ye shall 
 give unto the Lord an heave offering 
 throughout your generations. 
 
 22 And when ye shall err, and not ob- 
 serve all these commandments, which 
 tlio Lord hath spoken unto Moses, 
 
 23 even all that the Lord hath command- 
 ed you by the hand of Moses, from the 
 day that the Lord gave command- 
 ment, and onward throughout j'our 
 
 24 generations ; then it shall be, if it be 
 done 1 unwittingly, without the know- 
 ledge of the congregation, that all the 
 congregation shall offer one young 
 bullock for a burnt offering, for a 
 sweet savour unto the Lord, with 
 the meal offering thereof, and the 
 drink offering thereof, according to 
 the ordinance, and one he-goat for a 
 
 25 sin offering. And the priest shall make 
 atonement for all the congregation of 
 the children of Israel, and they shall 
 be forgiven ; for it was an error, and 
 they have brought their oblation, an 
 offermg made by fire unto the Lord, 
 and their sin ofl'ering before the Lord, 
 
 26 for then* error ; and all the congrega- 
 tion of the children of Israel shall be 
 forgiven, and the stranger that so- 
 jom-neth among them; for in respect 
 of all the people it was done unwit- 
 
 27 tmgly. Ajid if one person sin un^vit- 
 tingly, then he shall offer a she-goat 
 
 28 of the first year for a sin offering. And 
 the priest sliall make atonement for 
 the soul that erreth, when he sinneth 
 unwittingly, before the Lord, to make 
 atonement for him; and he shall be 
 
 29 forgiven. Ye shall have one law for 
 him that doeth aught unwittingly, 
 for him that is homeborn among the 
 children of Israel, and for the stranger 
 
 SOthatsojourneth among them. But the 
 soul that doeth aught ^^^th an high 
 hand, whether he be homeborn or a 
 stranger, the same blasphemeth the 
 Lord ; and that soul shall be cut off' 
 
 31 from among his people. Because he 
 hath despised the word of the Lord, 
 and hath broken his commandment; 
 that soul shall utterly be cut off, his 
 iniquity shall be upon him. 
 
 32 And while the chikb-en of Israel were 
 in the wilderness, they found a man 
 gathering sticks upon the sabbath day. 
 
 33 And they that found him gathering 
 sticks brought him unto Moses and 
 Aaron, and unto all the congi-egation. 
 
 34 Arid they put him in ward, because it 
 had not been declared what should be 
 
 35 done to him. Ajid the Lord said unto 
 Moses, The man shall surely be put to 
 death : all the congi'egation shall stone 
 
 36 him with stones without the camp. And 
 all the congregation brought him with- 
 out the camp, and stoned him with 
 stones, and he died ; as the Lord com- 
 manded Moses. 
 
 37 And the Lord spake unto Moses, say- 
 38ing, S])cak unto the children of Israel, 
 an(( bid them that they make them 
 ^fringes in the borders of their gar- 
 ments tlu-oughout their generations, 
 and that they put ui)on the fruige of 
 
 39 each border a <;ord of blue : and it 
 shall be unto you for a fringe, that 
 ye may look u])on it, and remember 
 all the commandments of the Lord, 
 and do them; and that ye Sgo not 
 about after your own heart and your 
 own eyes, after which ye use to go a 
 
 40 whoring : that ye may remember and 
 do all my connnandments, and be holy 
 
 41 unto your God. I am the Lord yoiu- 
 God, which brought you out of the 
 land of Egj^it, to be your God : I am 
 the Lord your God. 
 
 16 Now Korah, the son of Izhar, the son 
 of Kohath, the son of Levi, with Dathan 
 and Abiram, the sons of Eliab, and On, 
 the son of Peleth, sons of Eeuben, took 
 2me7i: and they rose up before Moses, 
 with certain of the children of Israel, 
 two hundred and fifty princes of the 
 congregation, called to the assembly, 
 
 3 men of renown : and they assembled 
 themselves together against Moses and 
 against Aaron, and said mito them, 
 *Ye take too much upon you, seeing 
 all the congregation are holy, every 
 one of them, and the Lord is among 
 them : wherefore then lift ye up your- 
 selves above the assembly of the Lord ? 
 
 4 And when Moses heard it, he fell upon 
 
 5 his face : and he spake unto Korah 
 and unto all his comjjany, saying. In 
 the morning the Lord \\'ill shew who 
 are his, and who is holy, and ^will 
 cause him to come near unto him : 
 even him whom he shall choose will 
 
 6 he cause to come near unto him. This 
 do ; take you censers, Korah, and all 
 
 7 his company; and jiut fire therein, 
 and put incense ujion them before the 
 Lord to-morrow: and it shall be that 
 the man whom the Lord doth choose, 
 he shall be holy : ye take too much 
 
 8 upon you, ye sons of Levi. And Moses 
 said unto Korah, Hear now, ye sons 
 
 Oof Levi: seemeth it hit a small thing 
 unto you, that the God of Israel hath 
 separated you from the congregation 
 of Israel, to bring you near to himself; 
 to do the service of the tabernacle of 
 the Lord, and to stand before the con- 
 
 10 gregation to minister unto them ; and 
 that he hath brought thee near, and 
 all thy brethren the sons of Levi with 
 thee? and seek ye the priesthood also? 
 
 11 Therefore thou and all thy company 
 are gathered together agamst the Lord: 
 and Aaron, what is he that ye murmur 
 
 12 against him ? And Moses sent to call 
 Dathan and Abu'am, the sons of Eliab : 
 and they said. We will not come up : 
 
 13 is it a small thing that thou hast 
 
 2 Or. 
 
 ttUSfJS 
 
 in th'^ 
 conun 
 
 3Heb. 
 Kjiy not 
 out. 
 
 4Heb. 
 It is 
 enough 
 for you. 
 
 6 Or, 
 wliom he 
 wiU 
 
 ca'Ote to 
 coine 
 near
 
 118 
 
 NUMBERS. 
 
 16. 13. 
 
 iHeb. 
 lure out. 
 
 2Heb. 
 create a 
 erra- 
 tum. 
 
 •■' Heb. 
 Sheol, 
 
 brought us up out of a land flowing 
 vnih. milk and honey, to kill us in the 
 wilderness, but thou must needs make 
 
 14 thyself also a prince over us ? More- 
 over thou hast not brought us into a 
 land flowmg with milk and honey, nor 
 given us inheritance of fields and vine- 
 yai'ds: wilt thou iput out the eyes of 
 
 15 these men ? we will not come up. And 
 Moses was very wroth, and said unto 
 the Loud, Eespect not thou their offer- 
 ing: I have not taken one ass from 
 them, neither have I hui"t one of them. 
 
 16 And Moses said unto Korah, Be thou 
 and all thy congregation before the 
 Lord, thou, and they, and Aaron, to- 
 
 17 morrow: and take ye every man his 
 censer, and put incense upon them, 
 and bring ye before the Lord every 
 man his censer, two hundi-ed and fifty 
 censers ; thou also, and Aaron, each 
 
 18 his censer. And they took every man 
 his censer, and put fire in them, and 
 laid incense thereon, and stood at the 
 door of the tent of meeting with Moses 
 
 19 and Aaron. And Eorah assembled all 
 the congregation against them unto 
 the door of the tent of meeting: and 
 the glory of the Loed appeared unto 
 all the cougi-egation. 
 
 20 And the Lord spake unto Moses and 
 
 21 unto Aaron, saying, Sejiarate your- 
 selves from among this congi-egation, 
 that I may consiune them in a moment. 
 
 22 And they fell upon then- faces, and said, 
 
 God, the God of the spu-its of all 
 flesh, shall one man sin, and wilt thou 
 be wroth with aU the congregation? 
 
 23 And the Lord spake unto Moses, say- 
 
 24 ing. Speak unto the congregation, say- 
 ing. Get you up from about the taber- 
 nacle of Korah, Dathan, and Abii'am. 
 
 25 And Moses rose up and went unto 
 Dathan and Abiram; and the elders 
 
 26 of Israel followed htm. And he spake 
 unto the congregation, saying. Depart, 
 
 1 pray you, from the tents of these 
 wicked men, and touch nothing of 
 theirs, lest ye be consumed in all their 
 
 27 sins. So they gat them up from the 
 tabernacle of Korah, Dathan, and Abi- 
 ram, on every side : and Dathan and 
 Abiram came out, and stood at the 
 door of theh' tents, and theu' wives, 
 and their sons, and their little ones. 
 
 28 And Moses said. Hereby ye shall know 
 that the Lord hath sent me to do all 
 these works; for / have not done them 
 
 29 of mine own mind. If these men die 
 the common death of aU men, or if they 
 be visited after the visitation of all men ; 
 
 30 then the Lord hath not sent me. But 
 if the Lord 2 make a new thing, and 
 the ground open her mouth, and swal- 
 low them up, with all that appertain 
 unto them, and they go down alive into 
 8 the pit ; then ye shall understand that 
 these men have despised the Lord. 
 
 31 And it came to pass, as he made an 
 
 end of speaking all these words, that 
 the ground clave asunder that was 
 
 32 under them : and the earth opened 
 her mouth, and swallowed them up, 
 and their households, and all the men 
 that appertained unto Korah, and all 
 
 33 their goods. So they, and all that 
 appertained to them, went down alive 
 uito 8 the pit : and the earth closed 
 upon them, and they j>erished from 
 
 34 among the assembly. And all Israel 
 that were round about them fled at 
 the cry of them : for they said. Lest 
 
 35 the earth swallow us uj). And fire 
 came forth from the Lord, and de- 
 voured the two hundi'ed and fifty men 
 that offered the incense. 
 
 36 And the Lord spake unto Moses, say- 
 
 37 ing. Speak unto Eleazar the son of 
 Aaron the priest, that he take \\\) the 
 censers out of the burnmg, and scat- 
 ter thou the fire yonder ; for they are 
 
 38 holy; even the censers of * these sin- 
 ners against their own ^ lives, and let 
 them be made beaten j)lates for a 
 covering of the altar : for they offered 
 them before the Lord, therefore they 
 are holy: and they shall be a sign 
 
 39 unto the chdtb-en of Israel. And Ele- 
 azar the priest took the brasen cen- 
 sers, which they that were bm'nt had 
 offered ; and they beat them out for a 
 
 40 covermg of the altar : to be a memo- 
 rial unto the children of Israel, to the 
 end that no stranger, which is not of 
 the seed of Aaron, come near to biu'n 
 incense before the Lord; that he be 
 not as Korah, and as his company : as 
 the Lord spake unto him by the hand 
 of Moses. 
 
 41 But on the morrow all the congrega- 
 tion of the childi-en of Israel mm-mur- 
 ed against Moses and against Aaron, 
 saying. Ye have killed the people of 
 
 42 the Lord. And it came to pass, when 
 the congregation was assembled a- 
 gainst Moses and against Aaron, that 
 they looked toward the tent of meet- 
 ing: and, behold, the cloud covered 
 it, and the glory of the Lord appeared. 
 
 43 And Moses and Aaron came to the 
 44fi-ont of the tent of meeting. And 
 
 the Lord spake unto Moses, saying, 
 
 45 Get you up from among this congreg- 
 ation, that I may consume them in a 
 moment. And they fell upon then- 
 
 46 faces. And Moses said unto Aaron, 
 Take thy censer, and put fire therein 
 from off the altar, and lay incense 
 thereon, and carry it quickly unto the 
 congregation, and make atonement for 
 them : for there is wrath gone out from 
 
 47 the Lord ; the plague is begun. And 
 Aaron took as Moses spake, and ran 
 into the midst of the assembly ; and, 
 behold, the plague was begun among 
 the people ; and he put on the incense, 
 and made atonement for the people. 
 
 48 And he stood between the dead and
 
 18. 16. 
 
 NUMBERS. 
 
 Ill) 
 
 lOr, 
 
 shall die 
 
 'See 
 Gen. 
 xxix. ;>4. 
 
 the liviiif]; ; and the plague was stayed. 
 
 49 Now they that died by the plague were 
 fourteen thousand and seven hundred, 
 besides them that died about the uiat- 
 
 50 tor of Korali. And Aaron returned 
 unto Moses unto the door of the tent 
 of meeting: and the jilagiie was 
 stayed. 
 
 IT And the Lord spake unto Moses, 
 
 2 saying, Speak unto the children of 
 Israel, and take of them rods, one for 
 each fathers' house, of all then- princes 
 according to their fathers' houses, 
 twelve rods : ivrite thou every man's 
 
 3 name ujiou his rod. And thou slialt 
 write Aaron's name u^ion the rod of 
 Levi: for there shall be one rod for 
 each head of their fathers' houses. 
 
 4 And thou shalt lay them up in the 
 tent of meeting before the testimony, 
 
 5 where I meet with you. And it shall 
 come to pass, that the man whom I 
 shall choose, his rod shall bud : and I 
 will make to cease from me the mur- 
 murmgs of the children of Israel, 
 
 6 which they murmur against you. And 
 Moses spake unto the children of Is- 
 rael, and all their princes gave him 
 rods, for each prince one, according to 
 their fathers' houses, even twelve rods : 
 and the rod of Aaron was among their 
 
 7 rods. And Moses laid up the rods be- 
 fore the Lord in the tent of the test- 
 
 Simony. And it came to pass on the 
 morrow, that Moses went into the tent 
 of the testimony ; and, behold, the rod 
 of Aaron for the house of Levi was 
 budded, and put forth buds, and bloom- 
 ed blossoms, and bare ripe almonds. 
 
 9 And Moses brought out all the rods 
 from before the Lord unto all the 
 children of Israel: and they looked, 
 
 10 and took every man his rod. And the 
 Lord said unto Moses, Put back the 
 rod of Aarou before the testimony, to 
 be kept for a token against the child- 
 ren of rebellion; that thou mayest 
 make an end of then* mm-murings 
 
 11 against me, that they die not. Thus 
 did Moses : as the Lord commanded 
 him, so did he. 
 
 12 And the children of Israel spake unto 
 Moses, saying. Behold, we j)erish, we 
 
 13 are undone, we are aU undone. Every 
 one that cometh near, that cometh near 
 unto the tabernacle of the Lord, i dieth : 
 shall we perish all of us ? 
 
 18 And the Lord said unto Aaron, Thou 
 and thy sons and thy fathers' house 
 with thee shall bear the iniquity of the 
 sanctuary: and thou and thy sons 
 with thee shall bear the iniquity of 
 2 your priesthood. And thy brethi'eu 
 also, the tribe of Levi, the tribe of thy 
 father, bring thou near with thee, that 
 they may be 2 joined unto thee, and 
 minister unto thee : but thou and thy 
 sons with thee shall be before the tent 
 
 3 of the testimony. And they shall keep 
 thy charge, and the charge of all the 
 Tent : only they shall not come nigh 
 unto the vessels of the sanctuary and 
 unto the altar, that they die not, nei- 
 
 4 ther they, nor yc. And they shall be 
 joined unto thee, and keej) the charge 
 of the tent of meeting, for all the serv- 
 ice of the Tent: and a stranger shall 
 
 5 not come nigh unto you. And ye shall 
 keep the charge of the sanctuary, and 
 the charge of the altar: that there 
 be wrath no more upon the children of 
 
 6 Israel. And I, behold, I have taken 
 your brethi'en the Levites from among 
 the children of Israel : to you they are 
 a gift, given unto the Lord, to do the 
 
 7 service of the tent of meetuig. And 
 thou and thy sons with thee shall keep 
 your priesthood for every thing of the 
 altar, and for that withm the veil ; and 
 ye shall serve : I give you the priest- 
 hood as a service of gift: and the 
 stranger that cometh nigh shall be 
 put to death. 
 
 8 And the Lord spake unto Aaron, And 
 I, behold, I have given thee the charge 
 of mine heave offerings, even all the 
 hallowed things of the childi-en of Is- 
 rael, unto thee have I given them ^by 
 reason of the anointing, and to thy 
 
 9 sons, as a due for ever. This shall be 
 thine of the most holy thmgs, reserved 
 from the fire : every oblation of theirs, 
 even every meal offering of theirs, and 
 every sin offeiing of theirs, and every 
 guilt offering of theu's, which they 
 shall render unto me, shall be most 
 
 10 holy for thee and for thy sons. As 
 the most holy things shalt thou eat 
 thereof : every male shall eat thereof ; 
 
 Hit shall be holy unto thee. And this 
 is thine ; the heave offering of their 
 gift, even all the wave offerings of the 
 children of Israel : I have given them 
 unto thee, and to thy sons and to thy 
 daughters with thee, as a due for ever : 
 every one that is clean in thy house shall 
 
 12 eat thereof. All the *best of the oil, and 
 all the *best of the vintage, and of the 
 corn, the firstfruits of them which they 
 give luito the Lord, to thee have I 
 
 13 given them. The firstripe fruits of aU 
 that is in their land, which they bring 
 unto the Lord, shall be thine; every 
 one that is clean in thy house shall eat 
 
 14 thereof. Every thing devoted in Israel 
 
 15 shall be thine. Everj'thmgthatopeneth 
 the womb, of all flesh which they offer 
 unto the Lord, both of man and beast, 
 shall be thine : nevertheless the first- 
 born of man shalt thou surely redeem, 
 and the firstling of imcleau beasts 
 
 16 shalt thou redeem. ^AjxA those that 
 are to be redeemed of them from a 
 month old shalt thou redeem, accord- 
 ing to thine estimation, for the money 
 of five shekels, after the shekel of the 
 
 ^> 
 
 3 Or, 
 fur a 
 portion 
 
 i Heb. 
 fat. 
 
 5 Or, 
 
 And as 
 
 to their 
 
 redemjj- 
 
 tion 
 
 monei/, 
 
 from a 
 
 month 
 
 old shalt 
 
 thou 
 
 redeem 
 
 th*:m
 
 120 
 
 NUMBERS. 
 
 18. IG. 
 
 iHeb. 
 fat. 
 
 sanctuary (the same is twenty gerahs). 
 
 17 But tlie firstling of an ox, or the first- 
 ling of a sheep, or the firstling of a 
 goat, thou shalt not redeem ; they are 
 holy: thou shalt sprinkle theh' blood 
 upon the altar, and shalt burn their fat 
 for an oifering made by fire, for a sweet 
 
 18 savour unto the Lord. Ajid the flesh of 
 them shall be thine, as the wave breast 
 and as the right thigh, it shall be thuie. 
 
 19 All the heave offerings of the holy 
 things, which the chikb-en of Israel 
 offer unto the Lokd, have I given thee, 
 and thy sons and thy daughters with 
 thee, as a due for ever : it is a coven- 
 ant of salt for ever before the Lord 
 unto thee and to thy seed with thee. 
 
 20 And the Lord said unto Aaron, Thou 
 shalt have no inheritance in their land, 
 neither shalt thou have any portion 
 among them: I am thy portion and 
 thme inheritance among the children 
 of Israel. 
 
 21 And unto the childi-en of Levi, behold, 
 I have given all the tithe in Israel for 
 an mheritance, in return for their serv- 
 ice which they serve, even the service 
 
 22 of the tent of meeting. And hence- 
 forth the children of Israel shall not 
 come nigh the tent of meeting, lest 
 
 23 they bear sin, and die. But the Le- 
 vites shall do the service of the tent 
 of meeting, and they shall bear their 
 iniquity : it shall be a statute for ever 
 thi-oughout yom- generations, and a- 
 mong the children of Israel they shall 
 
 24 have no inheritance. For the tithe of 
 the children of Israel, which they offer 
 as an heave offering unto the Lord, I 
 have given to the Levites for an in- 
 heritance : therefore I have said unto 
 them. Among the children of Israel 
 they shall have no inheritance. 
 
 25 And the Lord spake unto Moses, say- 
 26ing, Moreover thou shalt speak unto 
 
 the Levites, and say unto them. When 
 ye take of the children of Israel the 
 tithe which I have given you from 
 them for yoiu' inheritance, then ye 
 shall offer up an heave ofl'ering of it 
 
 27 for the Lord, a tithe of the tithe. And 
 your heave offering shall be reckoned 
 unto you, as though it were the corn 
 of the threshing-floor, and as the ful- 
 
 28nes3 of the winepress. Thus ye also 
 shall offer an heave offering unto the 
 Lord of all your tithes, which ye re- 
 ceive of the children of Israel ; and 
 thereof ye shall give the Lord's heave 
 
 29 offering to Aaron the jn-iest. Out of 
 all your gifts ye shall offer every heave 
 offering of the Lord, of all the ^best 
 thereof, even the hallowed paj't there- 
 
 30 of out of it. Therefore thou shalt saj' 
 unto them, "When ye heave the ^best 
 thereof from it, then it shall be count- 
 ed unto the Levites as the increase of 
 the threshing-floor, and as the increase 
 
 31 of the winepress. And ye shall eat it 
 
 in every place, ye and j^our house- 
 holds : for it is your reward in return 
 for your service in the tent of meet- 
 32 ing. And ye shall bear no sin by rea- 
 son of it, when ye have heaved from 
 it the ibest thereof: and ye shall not 
 profane the holy things of the childi'en 
 of Israel, 2 that ye die not. 
 
 19 iVnd the Lord si^ake unto Moses and 
 
 2 unto Aaron, saying. This is the stat- 
 ute of the law which the Lord hath 
 conmianded, saying. Speak unto the 
 children of Israel, that they bring thee 
 a red heifer 3 without spot, wherein is 
 no blemish, and upon which never 
 
 3 came yoke : and ye shall give her unto 
 Elcazar the priest, and he shall bring 
 her forth without the camp, and one 
 
 4 shall slay her before his face : and 
 Eleazar the priest shall take of her 
 blood with his finger, and sprinkle of 
 her blood toward the front of the tent 
 
 5 of meeting seven times : and one shall 
 bui'n the heifer in his sight ; her skin, 
 and her flesh, and her blood, with her 
 
 6diuig, shall he burn: and the priest 
 shall take cedar wood, and hyssop, and 
 scarlet, and cast it into the midst of 
 
 7 the bm'ning of the heifer. Then the 
 priest shall wash his clothes, and he 
 shall bathe his flesh in water, and 
 afterward he shall come into the camp, 
 and the priest shall be unclean until 
 
 8 the even. And he that burneth her 
 shall wash his clothes in water, and 
 bathe his flesh in water, and shall be 
 
 9 unclean until the even. And a man 
 that is clean shall gather up the ashes 
 of the heifer, and lay them up without 
 the camp in a clean place, and it shall 
 be kept for the congregation of the 
 children of Israel for a water of ^ separ- 
 
 10 ation : it is a sin offering. And he 
 that gathereth the ashes of the heifer 
 shall wash his clothes, and be unclean 
 until the even : and it shall be unto 
 the children of Israel, and unto the 
 stranger that sojourneth among them, 
 
 11 for a statute for ever. He that touch- 
 eth the dead body of any man shall be 
 
 12 unclean seven days : the same shall 
 l^urify himself therewith on the third 
 day, Sand on the seventh day he shall 
 be clean : but if he purify not himself 
 the third day, ^then the seventh day 
 
 13 he shall not be clean. Whosoever 
 toucheth the dead body of any man 
 that is dead, and i)urifieth not himself, 
 defileth the tabernacle of the Lord ; 
 and that soul shall be cut off from Is- 
 rael : because the water of separation 
 was not sprinkled upon him, he shall 
 be unclean ; his uucleauness is yet 
 
 14 upon him. This is the law when a 
 man dieth in a tent : every one that 
 Cometh into the tent, and every one 
 that is in the tent, shall be unclean 
 
 15 seven days. And every open vessel,
 
 20. 26. 
 
 NUMBERS. 
 
 121 
 
 which liath no covering bound ui)on it, 
 
 16 is unclean. And whosoever in the 
 open field toucheth one that is slain 
 with a sword, or a dead hody, or a 
 hone of a man, or a giave, shall he un- 
 
 17 clean seven days. And for the unclean 
 they shall take of the ashes of the 
 hurning of the sui offering, and i run- 
 ning water shall he put thereto in a 
 
 18 vessel : and a clean person shall take 
 hyssop, and dij) it in the water, and 
 sj)rinkle it iqion the tent, and upon all 
 the vessels, and upon the jiersons that 
 were there, and U2iou him that touched 
 the hone, or the slain, or the dead, or 
 
 19 the grave: and the clean person shall 
 sprinkle ujjon the unclean on the third 
 day, and on the seventh day : and on 
 the seventh day he shall i)urify him ; 
 and he shall wash his clothes, and 
 bathe himself in water, and shall be 
 
 20 clean at even. But the man that shall 
 be unclean, and shall not purify hmi- 
 self , that soul shall be cut off from the 
 midst of the assembly, because he hath 
 defiled the sanctuary of the Lord : the 
 water of sejiaration hath not been 
 spruikled upon him ; he is unclean. 
 
 21 And it shall be a perpetual statute 
 unto them : and he that sprinkleth 
 the water of separation shall wash 
 his clothes; and he that toucheth the 
 water of separation shall be unclean 
 
 22 until even. And whatsoever the un- 
 clean j)erson toucheth shall be unclean ; 
 and the soul that toucheth it shall be 
 unclean until even. 
 
 20 And the children of Israel, even the 
 whole congregation, came into the 
 wilderness of Zin in the first month : 
 and the people abode in Kadesh ; and 
 Miriam died there, and was buried 
 
 2 there. And there was no water for 
 the congregation : and they assembled 
 themselves together against Moses and 
 
 3 against Aaron. And the people strove 
 with Moses, and spake, saymg. Would 
 God that we had died when om* bretkren 
 
 4 died before the Lord ! And why have 
 ye brought the assembly of the Lord 
 into this wilderness, that we should die 
 
 5 there, we and our cattle ? And where- 
 fore have ye made us to come up out 
 of Egyi^t, to bring us in unto this evil 
 place ? it is no place of seed, or of figs, 
 or of vines, or of pomegi'anates; neither 
 
 6 is there any water to drink. And Moses 
 and Aaron went from the presence of 
 the assembly unto the door of the tent 
 of meeting, and fell upon their faces: 
 and the glory of the Lord appeared 
 
 7 unto them. And the Lord spake unto 
 
 8 Moses, saying, Take the rod, and as- 
 semble the congregation, thou, and 
 Aaron thy brother, and speak ye unto 
 the rock before their eyes, that it give 
 forth its water; and thou shalt bring 
 forth to them water out of the rock: 
 
 so thou shalt give the congregation and 
 9 their cattle drink. And Moses took the 
 rod from before the Lord, as he com- 
 lOnianded him. And Moses and Aaron 
 gathered the assendjly together before 
 the rock, and he said mito them. Hear 
 now, ye rebels; shall we bring you 
 
 11 forth water out of this rock? And 
 Moses lifted up his hand, and smote 
 the rock with his rod twice: and water 
 came forth abundantly, and the con- 
 
 12 gregation drank, and then- cattle. And 
 the Lord said unto Moses and Aaron, 
 Because j'e believed not in me, to 
 sanctify me in the eyes of the children 
 of Israel, therefore ye shall not bring 
 this assembly into the laud which I 
 
 13 have given them. These are the waters 
 of ^Meribah; because the children of 
 Israel strove with the Lord, and he 
 8 was sanctified in them. 
 
 14 And Moses sent messengers from 
 Kadesh unto the king of Edom, Thus 
 saith thy brother Israel, Thou knowest 
 ail the travail that hath befallen us: 
 
 15 how our fathers went down into Egyjjt, 
 and we dwelt in Egj^pt a long time; 
 and the Egyptians evil entreated us, 
 
 16 and oui" fathers: and when we cried 
 unto the Lord, he heard om* voice, and 
 sent an angel, and lirought us forth out 
 of Egypt: and, behold, we are in Ka- 
 desh, a city in the uttermost of thy 
 
 17 border : let us pass, I pray thee, tkrough 
 thy land : we will not pass through field 
 or through vineyard, neither will we 
 drink of the water of the wells: we 
 will go along the king's high w'ay, we 
 will not turn aside to the right hand 
 nor to the left, until we have passed 
 
 18 thy border. And Edom said unto htm, 
 Thou shalt not pass through me, lest I 
 come out with the sword against thee. 
 
 19 And the children of Israel said unto 
 him. We will go up by the high way: 
 and if we drink of thy water, I and 
 my cattle, then will I give the jjrice 
 thereof: let me only, without doing 
 any thing else, pass through on my 
 
 20 feet. And he said, Thou shalt not pass 
 through. And Edom came out against 
 him with much people, and with a 
 
 21 strong hand. Thus Edom refused 
 to give Israel jiassage tlu-ough his 
 border : wherefore Israel turned away 
 from him. 
 
 22 And they journeyed from Kadesh: 
 and the children of Israel, even the 
 whole congi-egation, came unto moimt 
 
 23 Hor. And the Lord spake unto Moses 
 and Aaron in mount Hor, by the border 
 
 24 of the land of Edom, saying, Aai'on 
 shall be gathered unto his jieople : for 
 he shall not enter into the land which 
 I have given unto the children of Is- 
 rael, because ye rebelled against my 
 
 25 word at the waters of Meribah. Take 
 Aaron and Eleazar his son, and bring 
 
 26 them up imto mount Hor: and strip 
 
 2 That is. 
 Htrifu. 
 
 3 Or, 
 shelved 
 hansel/ 
 holy
 
 122 
 
 NUMBERS. 
 
 20. 26. 
 
 1 Or, 0/ 
 t?ie spies 
 
 3 Heb. 
 devote. 
 
 3 Heb. 
 
 devoted. 
 
 1 From 
 the same 
 root as 
 herem, a 
 devoted 
 tiling. 
 
 5 Or, 
 was iyn- 
 pmient 
 Heb. w^is 
 short- 
 ened. 
 
 6 Or, in 
 
 ' Or. rnle 
 
 Aaron of his garments, and put tliem 
 upon Eleazar his son : and Aaron shall 
 be gathered unto his j^eople, and shall 
 
 27 die there. And Moses did as the Lord 
 commanded: and they went up into 
 mount Hor in the sight of all the con- 
 
 28gregation. And Moses stripped Aaron 
 of his garments, and put them upon 
 Eleazar his son ; and Aaron died there 
 in the top of the mount : and Moses and 
 Eleazar came do\^'n from the momit. 
 
 29 And when all the congi-egation saw that 
 Aaron was dead, they wept for Aaron 
 thirty days, even all the house of Is- 
 rael. 
 
 21 And the Canaanite, the king of Arad, 
 which dwelt in the South, heard tell 
 that Israel came by the way i of Athar- 
 im ; and he fought against Israel, and 
 2 took some of them captive. And Is- 
 rael vowed a vow unto the Lord, and 
 said. If thou wilt indeed deliver this 
 people into my hand, then I will ^ut- 
 3terly destroy their cities. And the 
 Lord hearkened to the voice of Israel, 
 and delivered up the Canaanites ; and 
 they 3 utterly destroyed them and their 
 cities : and the name of the place was 
 called ^Hormah. 
 4 And they journeyed from mount Hor 
 by the way to the Red Sea, to com- 
 pass the land of Edom : and the soul 
 of the people ^was much discom-aged 
 o^because of the way. And the peo- 
 ple spake against God, and against 
 Moses, Wherefore have ye broxight 
 us up out of Egypt to die in the wild- 
 erness? for there is no bread, and 
 there is no water ; and our soul loatli- 
 
 6 eth this flight bread. And the Lord 
 sent fiery serpents among the people, 
 and they bit the people; and much 
 
 7 people of Israel died. And the peo- 
 ple came to Moses, and said. We 
 have sinned, because we have spoken 
 against the Lord, and against thee; 
 pray unto the Lord, that he take away 
 the serpents from us. And Moses pray- 
 
 8 ed for the people. And the Lord said 
 unto Moses, Make thee a fiery serpent, 
 and set it upon a standard : and it shall 
 come to pass, that every one that is 
 bitten, when he seeth it, shall live. 
 
 9 And Moses made a serpent of brass, 
 and set it upon the standard : and it 
 came to pass, that if a serpent had 
 bitten any man, when he looked mito 
 
 10 the serpent of brass, he lived. And 
 the children of Israel journeyed, and 
 
 11 pitched in Oboth. And they journeyed 
 from Oboth, and pitched at lye-abarim, 
 in the wilderness which is before Moab, 
 
 12 toward the sunrising. From thence 
 they journeyed, and pitched in the val- 
 
 13 ley of Zered. From thence they jour- 
 neyed, and pitched on the other side 
 of Arnon, which is in the wilderness, 
 that Cometh out of the border of the 
 Amorites:- for Arnon is the border of 
 
 Moab, between Moab and the Amorites. 
 
 14 ^\Tieref ore it is said in the book of the 
 Wars of the Lord, 
 
 Vaheb «in Suphah, 
 
 And the valleys of Arnon, 
 
 15 And the slope of the valleys 
 
 That inclineth toward the dwelling 
 
 of Ar, 
 And leaneth upon the border of Moab. 
 
 16 And from thence they journeyed to 
 9 Beer: that is the well whereof the 
 Lord said unto Moses, Gather the peo- 
 ple together, and I will give them 
 water. 
 
 17 Then sang Israel this song: 
 
 Spring up, well ; sing ye unto it : 
 
 18 The well, which the princes digged, 
 Wliich the nobles of the people delved, 
 10 With the sceptre, and with their 
 
 staves. 
 And from the wilderness they journeyed 
 
 19 to Mattanah: and from Mattanah to 
 Nahaliel: and from Nahaliel to Ba- 
 
 20 moth : and from Bamoth to the valley 
 that is in the field of Moab, to the top 
 of Pisgah, which looketh do"s\Ti upon 
 11 the desert. 
 
 21 And Israel sent messengers unto Sihon 
 
 22 king of the Amorites, saying. Let me 
 pass through thy land: we will not 
 turn aside into field, or into vineyard ; 
 we will not drink of the water of the 
 wells: we will go by the king's hu/h 
 way, until we have passed thy border. 
 
 23 And Sihon would not suffer Israel to 
 pass through his border: but Sihon 
 gathered all his people together, and 
 went out against Israel into the wilder- 
 ness, and came to Jahaz : and he fought 
 
 24 against Israel. And Israel smote him 
 with the edge of the sword, and pos- 
 sessed his land from Arnon unto Jab- 
 bok, even unto the children of Anunon: 
 for the border of the children of Ammon 
 
 25 was strong. And Israel took all these 
 cities : and Israel dwelt in all the cities 
 of the Amorites, in Heshbon, and in all 
 
 26 the 12 towns thereof. For Heshbon was 
 the city of Sihon the king of the Amor- 
 ites, who had fought against the former 
 king of Moab, and taken all his land out 
 
 27 of his hand, even unto Arnon. Where- 
 fore they that speak in proverbs say, 
 
 Come ye to Heshbon, 
 Let the city of Sihon be built and 
 established : 
 '28 For a fire is gone out of Heshbon, 
 A flame from the city of SLhon : 
 It hath devoured Ar of Moab, 
 The lords of i^the high places of 
 Arnon. 
 
 29 Woe to thee, Moab ! 
 
 Thou art undone, people of 
 
 Chemosh : 
 He hath given his sons as fugitives, 
 And his daughters into captivity, 
 Unto Sihon king of the Amorites. 
 
 30 We have shot at them ; Heshbon is 
 
 perished even unto Dibon, 
 
 8 Or, in 
 stonn 
 
 9 That is, 
 A Weil. 
 
 10 Or, By 
 order of 
 the Jaw- 
 giver 
 
 11 Or, 
 
 Jpshi- 
 inon 
 
 12 Heb. 
 daugh- 
 ters. 
 
 13 Or. 
 Buriwth
 
 22. 30. 
 
 NUMBERS. 
 
 12 
 
 sH 
 
 I Some 
 ancient 
 authori- 
 ties have, 
 Fire 
 rem'hod 
 unto. 
 
 2 Or. II 6- 
 horrtd 
 
 SHeb. 
 the as- 
 Setfibif/. 
 
 <Heb. 
 ei/e. 
 
 Aiid wo have laid waste even unto 
 
 Nopliali, 
 1 Which rearheth unto Medcba. 
 .SI Thus Israel dwelt in the land of the 
 
 32 Aniorites. And Moses sent to spy out 
 Jazer, and they took the towns there- 
 of, and drove out the Amorites that 
 
 33 were there. And they turned and went 
 up by the way of Bashan : and Og the 
 king of Bashan went out against them, 
 he and all his people, to battle at Edrei. 
 
 34 And the Lord said unto Moses, Fear 
 him not : for I have delivered him hito 
 thy hand, and all his people, and his 
 land; and thou shalt do to him as 
 thou didst unto Sihon king of the 
 Amorites, which dwelt at Heshbon. 
 
 35 So they smote him, and his sons, and 
 all his people, until there was none 
 left him remainuig: and they possessed 
 
 22 his land. And the children of Israel 
 journeyed, and pitched in the plains of 
 Moab beyond the Jordan at Jericho. 
 
 2 And Balak the son of Zippor saw all 
 that Israel had done to the Amorites. 
 
 3 And Moab was sore afraid of the people, 
 because they were many: and Moab 
 2 was distressed because of the children 
 
 4 of Israel. Aiid Moab said unto the 
 elders of Midian, Now shall 3 this mult- 
 itude lick up all that is round about 
 us, as the ox licketh up the grass of 
 the field. And Balak the son of Zippor 
 
 5 was kmg of Moab at that time. And 
 he sent messengers unto Balaam the 
 son of Beor, to Pethor, which is by the 
 Eiver, to the land of the children of 
 his people, to call him, saying. Behold, 
 there is a people come out from Egyjit : 
 behold, they cover the *face of the 
 earth, and they abide over against 
 
 6 me: come now therefore, I pray thee, 
 curse me this people ; for they are too 
 mighty for me: peradventure I shall 
 prevail, that we may smite them, and 
 that I may drive them out of the land : 
 for I know that he whom thou blessest 
 is blessed, and he whom thou cursest 
 
 7 is cursed. And the elders of Moab and 
 the elders of Midian departed with the 
 rewards of divination in their hand; 
 and they came unto Balaam, and spake 
 
 8 unto him the words of Balak. And he 
 said unto them. Lodge here this night, 
 and I will bring you word again, as 
 the Lord shall speak unto me: and 
 the princes of Moab abode with Balaam. 
 
 9 And God came mito Balaam, and said, 
 
 10 What men are these with thee ? And 
 Balaam said unto God, Balak the son 
 of Zippor, king of Moab, hath sent 
 
 11 unto me, saying, Behold, the people 
 that is come out of Egyjjt, it covereth 
 the face of the earth : now, come curse 
 me them ; peradventure I shall be able 
 to fight against them, and shall drive 
 
 12 them out. And God said unto Balaam, 
 Thou shalt not go with them ; thou shalt 
 not curse the people: for they are 
 
 13 blessed. And Balaam rose up in the 
 morning, and said unto the pruices of 
 Balak, Get you uito your land: for 
 the LoKD refuseth to give me leave to 
 
 14 go with you. And the princes of Moab 
 rose up, and they went unto Balak, 
 and said, Balaam refuseth to come 
 
 15 with us. And Balak sent yet again 
 princes, more, and more hououra1)lo 
 
 16 than they. And they came to Balaam, 
 and said to him. Thus saith Balak the 
 son of Zippor, Let nothing, I pray 
 thee, hinder thee from coming unto 
 
 17 me: for I will promote thee unto 
 very great honour, and whatsoever 
 thou sayest unto me I will do: come 
 therefore, I pray thee, curse me this 
 
 18 people. And Balaam answered and 
 said unto the servants of Balak, If 
 Balak would give me his house full of 
 silver and gold, I cannot go beyond 
 the word of the Lord my God, to do 
 
 19 less or more. Now therefore, I pray 
 you, tarry ye also here this night, that 
 I may know what the Lord will speak 
 
 20 unto me more. And God came unto 
 Balaam at night, and said unto him, 
 If the men be come to call thee, rise 
 up, go with them ; but only the word 
 which I speak unto thee, that shalt 
 
 21 thou do. And Balaam rose up in the 
 morning, and saddled his ass, and went 
 
 22 vnth the princes of Moab. And God's 
 anger was kindled because he went: 
 and the angel of the Lord placed him- 
 self in the way for an adversary against 
 him. Now he was riding upon his 
 ass, and his two servants were with 
 
 23 him. And the ass saw the angel of 
 the Lord standing in the way, with 
 his sword drawn in his hand : and the 
 ass turned aside out of the way, and 
 went into the field : and Balaam smote 
 
 24 the ass, to turn her into the way. Then 
 the angel of the Lord stood in a hoUow 
 way between the vineyards, a fence 
 being on this side, and a fence on that 
 
 25 side. And the ass saw the angel of 
 the Lord, and she thrust herself mito 
 the wall, and crushed Balaam's foot 
 against the wall: and he smote her 
 
 26 again. And the angel of the Lord 
 went further, and stood in a narrow 
 place, where was no way to turn either 
 
 27 to the right hand or to the left. And 
 the ass saw the angel of the Lord. 
 and she lay down under Balaam : and 
 Balaam's anger was kindled, and he 
 
 28 smote the ass with his staff. And the 
 Lord opened the mouth of the ass, 
 and she said unto Balaam, What have 
 I done unto thee, that thou hast smitten 
 
 29 me these three times? And Balaam 
 said mito the ass, Because thou hast 
 mocked me: I would there were a 
 sword in mine hand, for now I had 
 
 30 killed thee. And the ass said mito 
 Balaam, Am not I thine ass, upon 
 which thou hast ridden all thy life
 
 124 
 
 NUMBERS. 
 
 22. 30. 
 
 iHeb. 
 
 hi:ad- 
 long. 
 
 2 Or, 
 
 Banioth- 
 
 baal 
 
 long unto tliis day? was I ever wont 
 to do so unto thee? And he said, 
 
 31 Nay. Then the Lord opened the eyes 
 of Balaam, and he saw the angel of 
 the Lord standmg in the way, with 
 his sword drawn in his liand: and he 
 bowed his head, and fell on his face. 
 
 32 And the angel of the Lord said unto 
 liim. Wherefore hast thou smitten 
 thine ass these three times? behold, 
 I am come forth for an adversary, 
 because' thy way is i perverse before 
 
 33 me: and the ass saw me, and tm-ned 
 aside before me these tliree times: 
 unless she had turned aside from me, 
 surely now I had even slain thee, and 
 
 34 saved her alive. And Balaam said 
 unto the angel of the Lord, I have 
 sinned; for I knew not that thou 
 stoodest in the way agauist me : now 
 therefore, if it displease thee, I will 
 
 35 get me back again. And the angel of 
 the Lord said mito Balaam, Go with 
 the men: but only the word that I 
 shall speak unto thee, that thou shalt 
 speak. So Balaam went with the 
 
 36 princes of Balak. And when Balak 
 heard that Balaam was come, he went 
 out to meet him unto the City of Moab, 
 which is on the border of Arnon, which 
 is in the utmost part of the border. 
 
 37 And Balak said unto Balaam, Did I 
 not earnestly send unto thee to call 
 thee ? wherefore camest thou not mito 
 me? am I not able indeed to promote 
 
 38 thee to honour ? And Balaam said 
 vmto Balak, Lo, I am come unto thee : 
 have I now any power at aU to speak 
 any thing ? the word that God putteth 
 
 39 in my mouth, that shall I speak. And 
 Balaam went with Balak, and they 
 
 40 came unto Kiriath-huzoth. And Balak 
 sacrificed oxen and sheep, and sent to 
 Balaam, and to the princes that were 
 
 41 with him. And it came to pass in the 
 morning, that Balak took Balaam, and 
 brought him up into 2 the high p)laces 
 of Baal, and he saw from thence the 
 
 23 utmost part of the peoi^le. And Ba- 
 laam said unto Balak, Build me here 
 seven altars, and prepare me here 
 
 2 seven bullocks and seven rams. And 
 Balak did as Balaam had spoken ; and 
 Balak and Balaam offered on every 
 
 3 altar a bullock and a ram. And Balaam 
 said unto Balak, Stand by thy burnt 
 offering, and I wiU go; peradventure 
 the Lord will come to meet me : and 
 whatsoever he sheweth me I will teU 
 thee. And he went to a bare height. 
 
 4 And God met Balaam: and he said 
 unto him, I have prepared the seven 
 altars, and I have offered up a bullock 
 
 5 and a ram on every altar. And the 
 Lord put a word in Balaam's mouth, 
 and said, Eeturn unto Balak, and thus 
 
 Cthou shalt speak. And he returned 
 imto him, and, lo, he stood by his 
 burnt offering, he, and all the princes 
 
 7 of Moab. And he took up his parable, 
 and said. 
 
 From Aram hath Balak brought 
 me. 
 
 The king of Moab from the mount- 
 ains of the East : 
 
 Come, curse me Jacob, 
 
 And come, ^defy Israel. 
 
 8 How shall I curse, whom God hath 
 
 not cursed? 
 And how shall I defy, whom the 
 Lord hath not defied? 
 
 9 For from the top of the rocks I see 
 
 him. 
 And from the hills I behold him : 
 Lo, it is a people that dwell alone. 
 And shall not be reckoned among 
 
 the nations. 
 
 10 Who can count the dust of Jacob, 
 *0r number the foui-th part of Is- 
 rael? 
 
 Let 5 me die the death of the right- 
 eous, 
 And let my last end be like his ! 
 
 11 And Balak said unto Balaam, What 
 hast thou done imto me ? I took thee 
 to curse mine enemies, and, behold, 
 thou hast blessed them altogether. 
 
 12 And he answered and said. Must I 
 not take heed to speak that which 
 
 13 the Lord putteth in my mouth ? And 
 Balak said luito him. Come, I pray 
 thee, with me unto another place, from 
 whence thou mayest see them; thou 
 shalt see but the utmost part of them, 
 and shalt not see them all : and curse 
 
 14 me them from thence. And he took 
 him into the field of Zophim, to the 
 top of Pisgah, and built seven altars, 
 and offered up a bullock and a ram on 
 
 15 every altar. And he said unto Balak, 
 Stand here by thy burnt offeruig, while 
 
 161 meet the Lord yonder. And the 
 Lord met Balaam, and put a word 
 in his mouth, and said, Pieturn unto 
 Balak, and thus shalt thou speak. 
 
 17 And he came to him, and, lo, he 
 stood by his burnt offering, and the 
 princes of Moab with him. And Balak 
 said unto him. What hath the Lord 
 
 18 spoken ? And he took up his parable, 
 and said. 
 
 Rise up, Balak, and hear ; 
 Hearken unto me, thou son of 
 Zippor : 
 
 19 God is not a man, that he should 
 
 lie; 
 Neither the son of man, that he 
 
 should repent : 
 Hath he said, and shall he not 
 
 do it ? 
 Or hath he spoken, and shall he 
 
 not make it good ? 
 
 20 Behold, I have received command- 
 
 ment to bless: 
 And he hath blessed, and I cannot 
 reverse it. 
 
 21 He hath not beheld iniquity in 
 
 Jacob,
 
 24. 19. 
 
 NUMBERS. 
 
 125 
 
 Neither bath he seen perverseness 
 
 in Israel : 
 The Lord his God is with him, 
 And the shout of a king is among 
 
 tliem. 
 
 22 God bringeth them forth out of 
 
 Egyiit ; 
 He bath as it were the ^ strength of 
 the 2 wild-ox. 
 
 23 Surely there is no enchantment 
 
 ^with Jacob, 
 Neither is there any divination 
 
 8 with Israel : 
 *Now shall it be ^said of Jacob and 
 
 of Israel, 
 What hath God wrought ! 
 
 24 Behold, the people riseth up as a 
 
 lioness, 
 And as a lion doth he lift himself 
 
 up: 
 He shall not lie down until he eat 
 
 of the prey, 
 And drink the blood of the slain. 
 
 25 And Balak said unto Balaam, Neither 
 curse them at all, nor bless them at 
 
 26 all. But Balaam answered and said 
 mito Balak, Told not I thee, saying, 
 All that the Lord si^eaketh, that I 
 
 27 must do ? And Balak said unto Balaam, 
 Come now, I will take thee unto another 
 place ; peradventure it will j)lease God 
 that thou maj'est curse me them 
 
 28 from thence. And Balak took Balaam 
 unto the top of Peor, that looketh 
 
 29 down upon 6 the desert. And Balaam 
 said ixnto Balak, Build me here seven 
 altars, and prepare me here seven 
 
 30 bullocks and seven rams. And Balak 
 did as Balaam had said, and offered 
 np a bullock and a ram on every 
 
 24 altar. And when Balaam saw that 
 it pleased the Lord to bless Israel, he 
 went not, as at the other times, to meet 
 with enchantments, but he set his face 
 
 2 toward the wilderness. And Balaam 
 lifted uj) his eyes, and he saw Israel 
 dwelling accorduig to their tribes ; and 
 the spirit of God came upon him. 
 
 3 And he took up his parable, and said, 
 
 Balaam the son of Beor saith. 
 And the man whose eye '^was closed 
 saith : 
 
 4 He saith, which heareth the words 
 
 of God, 
 
 Which seeth the vision of the Al- 
 mighty, 
 
 Falling down, and having his eyes 
 open : 
 
 5 How goodly are thy tents, 
 
 Jacob, 
 Thy tabernacles, Israel ! 
 
 6 As valleys are they spread forth. 
 As gardens by the river side. 
 
 As lign-aloes which the Lord hath 
 
 planted. 
 As cedar trees beside the waters. 
 
 7 Water shall flow from his buckets. 
 And his seed shall be in many 
 
 waters, 
 
 And his king shall be higher than 
 
 Agag, 
 And his kingdom shall be exalted. 
 
 8 God brmgeth huu forth out of 
 
 Egyi>t ; 
 He hath as it were the 8 strength of 
 
 the 8 wild -ox: 
 He shall eat up the nations his 
 
 adversaries. 
 And shall break their bones in pieces. 
 And smite them through with his 
 
 arrows. 
 
 9 He couched, he lay down as a lion, 
 And as a Uoness ; who shall rouse 
 
 him uji ? 
 Blessed be every one that blesseth 
 
 thee. 
 And cursed be every one that 
 
 curseth thee. 
 
 10 And Balak's anger was kindled against 
 Balaam, and he smote his hands 
 together : and Balak said iinto Balaam, 
 I called thee to curse mine enemies, 
 and, behold, thou hast altogether 
 blessed them these three times. 
 
 11 Tlierefore now flee thou to thy place : 
 I thought to promote thee unto gi-eat 
 honour ; but, lo, the Lord hath kept 
 
 12 thee back from honour. And Balaam 
 said mito Balak, Spake I not also to 
 thy messengers which thou sentest 
 
 13 mito me, saymg. If Balak would give 
 me his house full of silver and gold, I 
 cannot go beyond the word of the 
 Lord, to do either good or bad of 
 mine own mind; what the Lord 
 
 14 speaketh, that will I speak ? And 
 now, behold, I go luito my people : 
 come, and I will advertise thee what 
 this ijeople shaU do to thy people 
 
 15 in the latter days. And he took up 
 his parable, and said, 
 
 Balaam the son of Beor saith. 
 And the man whose eye ' was closed 
 saith : 
 
 16 He saith, which heareth the words 
 
 of God, 
 
 And knoweth the knowledge of the 
 Most High, 
 
 Wliich seeth the vision of the Al- 
 mighty, 
 
 Falling down, and having his eyes 
 open : 
 
 17 I see him, but not now: 
 
 I behold him, but not nigh : 
 
 There sliaU come forth a star out 
 
 of Jacob, 
 And a sceptre shall rise out of 
 
 Israel, 
 And shall smite through the corners 
 
 of Moab, 
 And break do^vn all the sons ^of 
 
 tumult. 
 
 18 And Edom shall be a possession, 
 Seir also shall be a possession, which 
 
 were his enemies ; 
 While Israel doeth valiantly. 
 
 19 And out of Jacob shaU one have 
 
 dominion. 
 
 ^ Soo ch. 
 xxiii. iZ 
 
 9 Or, (1/ 
 Sheth
 
 126 
 
 NUMBERS. 
 
 24. 19. 
 
 1 Or, the 
 Eenites 
 
 2 Or, 
 How 
 
 longt As- 
 Ahur &c. 
 
 3 Or, ea- 
 tablish- 
 % hhn 
 
 >0r, 
 
 yolced 
 5 Or, the 
 Baal of 
 Peor 
 Sec ch. 
 xxiii. 23. 
 
 6 Or, 
 alcove 
 
 And shall destroy the remnant from 
 the city. 
 
 20 And he looked on Amalek, and took 
 up his parable, and said, 
 
 Amalek v/as the iii-st of the na- 
 tions; 
 But his latter end shall come to 
 destruction. 
 •21 And he looked on the Kenite, and 
 took up his parable, and said, 
 Strong is thy dwelling place, 
 And thy nest is set in the rock. 
 
 22 Nevertheless i Kain shall be wasted, 
 2 Until Asshur shall carry thee away 
 
 captive. 
 
 23 And he took up his parable, and said, 
 
 Alas, who shall live when God 
 sdoeth this? 
 
 21 But ships shall come from the coast 
 
 of Kitthn, 
 And they shall afflict Asshur, and 
 
 shall afflict Eber, 
 And he also shall come to destruction. 
 25 And Balaam rose up, and went and 
 returned to his place : and Balak also 
 went his way. 
 
 25 And Israel abode in Shittim, and the 
 people began to commit whoredom 
 
 2 with the daughters of Moab : for they 
 called the people unto the sacrifices of 
 their gods ; and the people did eat, 
 
 3 and bowed down to then- gods. And 
 Israel * joined himself unto ^ Baal -peor : 
 and the anger of the Loed was kindled 
 
 4 against Israel. And the Lord said 
 unto Moses, Take all the chiefs of the 
 people, and hang them up mito the 
 LoKD before the sun, that the fierce 
 anger of the Lord may turn away 
 
 5 from Israel. And Moses said unto the 
 judges of Israel, Slay ye every one 
 his men that have joined themselves 
 
 6 unto Baal-peor. And, behold, one of 
 the children of Israel came and 
 brought unto his brethren a Midian- 
 itish woman in the sight of Moses, 
 and in the sight of all the congrega- 
 tion of the children of Israel, while 
 they were weeping at the door of the 
 
 7 tent of meeting. And when Phiaehas, 
 the son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron 
 the priest, saw it, he rose uj) from the 
 midst of the congregation, and took a 
 
 8 spear in his hand ; and he went after 
 the man of Israel into the 6 pavilion, 
 and thrust both of them through, the 
 man of Israel, and the woman through 
 her belly. So the plague was stayed 
 
 9 from the children of Israel. And 
 those that died by the plague were 
 twenty and four thousand. 
 
 10 And the Lord spake unto Moses, 
 
 11 saying, Phinehas, the son of Eleazar, 
 the son of Aaron the priest, hath 
 turned my wrath aT\'ay from the 
 children of Israel, in that he was 
 jealous with my jealousy among them, 
 so that I consumed not the children 
 
 12 of Israel in my jealousy. Wherefore 
 say, Behold, I give unto him my coven- 
 
 13 ant of peace : and it shall be unto him, 
 and to his seed after him, the covenant 
 of an everlasting jiriesthood ; because 
 he was jealous for his God, and made 
 atonement for the childi-en of Israel. 
 
 14 Now the name of the man of Israel 
 that was slain, who was slain with the 
 Midiauitish woman, was Zimri, the son 
 of Salu, a prince of a fathers' house 
 
 15 among the Simeonites. And the 
 name of the Midianitish woman that 
 was slam was Cozbi, the daughter of 
 Zur ; he was head of the people of a 
 fathers' house in Midian. 
 
 16 And the Lord spake unto Moses, 
 
 17 saying. Vex the Midianites, and smite 
 
 18 them : for they vex you with their 
 wiles, wherewith they have beguiled 
 you in the matter of Peor, and in the 
 matter of Cozbi, the daughter of the 
 prince of Midian, their sister, which 
 was slain on the day of the plague in 
 the matter of Peor. 
 
 26 And it came to pass after the plague, 
 that the Lord spake unto Moses and 
 unto Eleazar the son of Aaron the 
 
 2 priest, saying. Take the sum of all 
 the congregation of the children of 
 Israel, from twenty years old and 
 upward, by their fathers' houses, all 
 that are able to go forth to war in 
 
 3 Israel. And Moses and Eleazar the 
 priest spake with them in the plains 
 of Moab by the Jordan at Jericho, 
 
 4 saying. Take the sum of the people, 
 from twenty years old and upward; 
 as the Lord commanded Moses and 
 the children of Israel, which came 
 forth out of the land of Egypt. 
 
 5 Eeuben, the firstborn of Israel: the 
 sons of Keuben; of Hanoch, tlie 
 family of the Hanochites: of Pallu, 
 
 6 the family of the Palluites : of Hezron, 
 the family of the Hezronites : of Carmi, 
 
 7 the family of the Carmites. These 
 are the famihes of the Eeubenites: 
 and they that were numbered of them 
 were forty and three thousand and 
 
 8 seven hundred and thu-ty. And the 
 
 9 sons of Pallu ; Eliab. And the sous 
 of Eliab ; Nemuel, and Dathan, and 
 Abiram. These are that Dathan and 
 Abiram, which were called of the con- 
 gregation, who strove against Moses 
 and against Aaron in the company 
 of Korah, when they strove against 
 
 10 the Lord : and the earth opened her 
 mouth, and swallowed them up to- 
 gether with Korah, when that com- 
 pany died ; what time the fire de- 
 voured two hundred and fifty men. 
 
 Hand they became a sign. Notwith- 
 standing the sons of Korah died not. 
 
 12 The sons of Simeon after their 
 families: of ■? Nemuel, the family of 
 the Nemuelites: of Jamin, the fami- 
 ly of the Jaminites: of ^Jacliin, the 
 
 " In Gen. 
 xlvi. 10. 
 Ex. vL \5, 
 Jemael. 
 
 «In 
 1 Chr. 
 iv. 34, 
 Jarib.
 
 26. 65. 
 
 NUMBERS. 
 
 127 
 
 13 family of the Jachinites: of iZerali, 
 the family of the Zerahites : of Shaul, 
 
 14 the family of the Shaulites. Those 
 are the famUies of the Suneonitcs, 
 twenty and two thousand and two 
 hundred. 
 
 15 The sons of Gad after their families : of 
 ■^ Zephon, the family of the Zex>honites : 
 of Haggi, the family of the Haggites: 
 of Shuiii, the family of the Shunites: 
 
 16 of ^Ozni, the family of the Oznites: of 
 
 17 Eri, the family of the Erites : of * Arod, 
 the family of the Ai'odites: of Ai'eli, 
 
 18 the family of the Ai'elites. These are 
 the families of the sons of Gad accord- 
 hig to those that were numbered of 
 them, forty thousand and five hun(h'ed. 
 
 19 The sons of Judah, Er and Onan: 
 and Er and Ouan died in the land of 
 
 20 Canaan. And the sons of Judah after 
 theu" families were; of Shelah, the 
 family of the Shelanites : of Perez, the 
 family of the Perezites : of Zerah, the 
 
 21 family of the Zerahites. And the sous 
 of Perez were ; of Hezron, the family of 
 the Hezronites: of Hamul, the family 
 
 22 of the Hamulites. These are the fami- 
 lies of Judah accordmg to those that 
 were numbered of them, threescore and 
 sixteen thousand and five hmidred. 
 
 23 The sons of Issachar after their 
 families: of Tola, the family of the 
 Tolaites: of Puvah, the family of the 
 
 24Pimites: of ^ Jashub, the family of the 
 Jashubites: of Shimi-on, the familj' 
 
 25 of the Shimi'onites. These are the 
 families of Issachar according to those 
 that were nmnbered of them, tkree- 
 score and four thousand and three 
 hundi'ed. 
 
 26 The sons of Zebulun after tlieii- 
 families: of Sered, the family of the 
 Seredites: of Elon, the family of the 
 Elonites : of Jahleel, the family of the 
 
 27 Jahleelites. These are the families of 
 the Zebultmites according to those that 
 were numbered of them, threescore 
 thousand and five hundred. 
 
 23 The sons of Joseph after their families: 
 
 29 Manasseh and Ej^hraim. The sons of 
 Manasseh : of Machu-, the family of the 
 Machirites : and Machu- begat Gilead : 
 of Gilead, the family of the Gileadites. 
 
 30 These are the sons of Gilead : o/' ^lezer, 
 the family of the lezerites : of Helek, the 
 
 31 family of the Helekites : and of Asriel, 
 the family of the Asrielites: and of 
 Shechem, the family of the Shechem- 
 
 32 ites : and of Shemida, the family of the 
 Shemidaites : and q/'Hepher, the family 
 
 33 of the Hepherites. And Zelophehad the 
 son of Hepher had uo sons, but daugh- 
 ters : and the names of the daughters 
 of Zelophehad were Mahlah, and Noah, 
 
 34Hoglah, Milcah, and Tu-zah. These 
 are the families of Manasseh : and they 
 that were numbered of them were fifty 
 and two thousand and seven hundred. 
 
 35 These are tlie sons of Ephraim after 
 
 their families : of Shuthelah, the family 
 of the Shuthelahites : of 'Bccher, the 
 family of the Becherites : of Tahan, the 
 
 36 family of the Tahanites. And these 
 are the sons of Shuthelah : of Eran, 
 
 37 the family of the Eranites. These are 
 the families of the sons of Ephraim 
 according to those that were numbered 
 of them, thirty and two thousand and 
 five hundred. These are the sous of 
 Joseijh after their families. 
 
 38 The sons of Benjamin after their 
 families: of Bela, the family of tlxe 
 Belaites: of Ashbel, the family of the 
 Ashbelites: of ^Ahiram, the family of 
 
 39 the Ahu-amites : of o Shephupham, the 
 family of the Shuphamites: of Huiiham, 
 
 40 the family of the Huphamites. And 
 the sous of Bela were i^Ard and Naa- 
 man : ofArd, the family of the Ai'dites : 
 of Naaman, the family of the Naamites. 
 
 41 These are the sons of Benjamin after 
 their families: and they that were 
 numbered of them were forty and five 
 thousand and six hundred. 
 
 42 These are the sons of Dan after their 
 families: of uShuham, the family of 
 the Shuhamites. These are the fami- 
 
 43 lies of Dan after their families. All 
 the families of the Shuhamites, accord- 
 ing to those that were numbered of 
 them, were threescore and four thou- 
 sand and four hundred. 
 
 44 The sous of Asher after their families : 
 of Imnah, the family of the Imiiites: 
 of Ishvi, the family of the Ishvites : of 
 
 45 Beriah, the family of the Beriites. Of 
 the sous of Beriah : of Heber, the fami- 
 ly of the Heberites: of Malchiel, the 
 
 46 family of the Malchielites. And the 
 name of the daughter of Asher was 
 
 47 Serah. These are the families of the 
 sons of Asher according to those that 
 were numbered of them, fifty and three 
 thousand and four hundred. 
 
 48 The sons of Naphtali after then- 
 families : of Jahzeel, the family of the 
 Jahzeelites : of Guni, the family of the 
 
 49Gunites: of Jezer, the family of the 
 Jezerites: of Shillem, the family of 
 
 50 the Shillemites. These are the families 
 of Naphtali according to their families : 
 and they that were mmibered of them 
 were forty and five thousand and four 
 hundred. 
 
 51 These are they that were numbered 
 of the children of Israel, six hmidred 
 thousand and a thousand seven himd- 
 red and thirty. 
 
 52 And the Lord spake unto Moses, say- 
 53ing, Unto these the land shall be di- 
 vided for an inheritance according to 
 
 54 the number of names. To the more 
 thou shalt give the more inheritance, 
 and to the fewer thou shalt give the 
 less inheritance : to every one accord- 
 ing to those that were nmnbered of 
 him shall his inheritance be given. 
 
 55 Notwithstanding the land shall be 
 
 'In 
 ] Clir, 
 vii. 20, 
 IlcrtU. 
 
 Geii. xhi. 
 21, Ehi 
 in 1 Cl;r. 
 viii. 1, 
 Aluirah. 
 a In Gen. 
 xlvi. 'Jl, 
 Mup- 
 phn.and 
 Ilup- 
 pitti. 
 Win 
 1 Clir. 
 viii. :i, 
 Addar. 
 
 11 In Gen. 
 xhi. 2-i, 
 liushhn.
 
 128 
 
 NUMBERS. 
 
 26. 55. 
 
 divided by lot : according to the names 
 of the tribes of their fathers they shall 
 
 5G inherit. According to the lot shall 
 their inheritance be divided between 
 the more and the fewer. 
 
 57 And these are they that were niun- 
 bered of the Levites after their families : 
 of Gershon, the family of the Gershon- 
 ites : of Kohath, the family of the Ko- 
 hathites: of Merari, the family of the 
 
 58Merarites. These are the families of 
 Levi: the family of the Libnites, the 
 family of the Helironites, the family 
 of the Malilites, the family of the Mush- 
 ites, the family of the Korahites. And 
 
 59 Kohath begat Amram. And the name 
 of Amram's wife was Jochebed, the 
 daughter of Levi, who was born to 
 Levi in Egypt: and she bare unto 
 Anu-am Aaron and Moses, and Mu-iam 
 
 60 their sister. And unto Aaron were 
 born Nadab and Abihu, Eleazar and 
 
 61 Ithamar. And Nadab and Abihu died, 
 when they offered strange fire before 
 
 62 the Lord. And they that were num- 
 bered of them were twenty and throe 
 thousand, every male from a month old 
 and upward: for they were not num- 
 bered among the children of Israel, 
 because there was no inheritance given 
 them among the childi'eu of Israel. 
 
 63 These are they that were numbered 
 by Moses and Eleazar the iiriest ; who 
 numbered the children of Israel in the 
 plains of Moab by the Jordan at Jeri- 
 
 64cho. But among these there was not 
 a man of them that were numbered by 
 Moses and Aaron the priest ; who num- 
 bered the children of Israel ui the 
 
 65 wilderness of Sinai. For the Lord had 
 said of them, They shall surely die in 
 the wilderness. And there was not 
 left a man of them, save Caleb the son 
 of Jei^hunneh, and Joshua the son of 
 Nun. 
 
 27 Then drew near the daughters of Ze- 
 lophehad, the son of Hejiher, the son 
 of Gilead, the son of Machir, the son 
 of Manasseh, of the families of Manas- 
 seh the son of Joseph : and these are 
 the names of his daughters; Mahlah, 
 Noah, and Hoglah, and Milcah, and 
 
 2 Tu-zah. And they stood before Moses, 
 and before Eleazar the priest, and be- 
 fore the princes and all the congrega- 
 tion, at the door of the tent of meeting, 
 
 3 saying. Our father died in the wilder- 
 ness, and he was not among the com- 
 pany of them that gathered themselves 
 together against the Lord in the com- 
 pany of Korah : but he died in his own 
 
 4 sin ; and he had no sons. Why should 
 the name of our father be taken away 
 from among his family, because he had 
 no son? Give unto us a possession 
 
 5 among the brethren of our father. And 
 Moses brought their cause before the 
 
 6 Lord. And the Lord spake unto Mo- 
 
 7 ses, saying. The daughters of Zelophe- 
 
 had speak right : thou shalt sm-ely 
 give them a possession of an inherit- 
 ance among theu' father's bretlu'en; 
 and thou shalt cause the inheritance 
 
 8 of their father to pass unto them. And 
 thou shalt speak unto the children of 
 Israel, saying. If a man die, and have 
 no son, then ye shall cause his inherit- 
 
 9 ance to pass unto his daughter. And 
 if he have no daugliter, then ye shall 
 give his inheritance unto his brethren. 
 
 10 And if he have no brethren, then ye 
 shall give his inheritance unto his 
 
 11 father's brethren. And if his father 
 have no brethren, then ye shall give 
 his inheritance unto his Isinsman that 
 is next to him of his family, and he 
 shall possess it: and it shall be unto 
 the children of Israel a statute of judge- 
 ment, as the Lord commanded Moses. 
 
 12 And the Lord said unto Moses, Get 
 thee up into this momitain of Abarim, 
 and behold the land which I have given 
 
 13 unto the children of Israel. And when 
 thou hast seen it, thou also shalt be 
 gathered imto thy people, as Aaron 
 
 14 thy brother was gathered : because ye 
 rebelled against my word in the wild- 
 erness of Zm, in the strife of the 
 congregation, ito sanctify me at the 
 waters before then' eyes. (These are 
 the waters of Meribah of Kadesh in 
 
 15 the wilderness of Zin.) And Moses 
 
 16 spake unto the Lord, saying. Let the 
 Lord, the God of the spirits of aU 
 flesh, appomt a man over the congreg- 
 
 17 ation, which may go out before them, 
 and which may come in before them, 
 and which may lead them out, and 
 which may bring them in; that the 
 congregation of the Lord be not as 
 
 18 sheep which have no sheijherd. And 
 the Lord said unto Moses, Take thee 
 Joshua the son of Nim, a man in whom 
 is the spu-it, and lay thine hand upon 
 
 19 him; and set him before Eleazar the 
 priest, and before all the congi-egation ; 
 and give hun a charge m their sight. 
 
 20 And thou shalt put of thine honour 
 upon him, that all the congregation of 
 
 21 the childi'en of Israel may obey. And 
 he shall stand before Eleazar the priest, 
 who shall inquu-e for him by the judge- 
 ment of the Urtm before the Lord : at 
 his word shall they go out, and at his 
 word they shall come in, both be, and 
 all the children of Israel with him, even 
 
 22 aU the congi-egation. And Moses did 
 as the Lord commanded him : and he 
 took Joshua, and set him before Elea- 
 zar the priest, and before all the con- 
 
 23 gi-egation : and he laid his hands upon 
 hini, and gave him a charge, as the 
 Lord spake by the hand of Moses. 
 
 28 And the Lord spake unto Moses, 
 2 saying. Command the children of 
 Israel, and say unto them. My ob- 
 lation, my 2 food for my offerings
 
 29. 9. 
 
 NUMBERS. 
 
 129 
 
 made by fire, of a sweet savour unto 
 me, isliall j'e observe to offer unto me 
 
 3 in their duo season. lAnd thou shalt 
 say unto them, This is the offering 
 made by iire which ye shall offer unto 
 the Lord; he-lambs of the first year 
 without blemish, two day by day, for a 
 
 4 continual burnt offering. The one lamb 
 shalt thou offer in the morning, and the 
 other lamb shalt thou offer 2 at even; 
 
 5 and the tenth part of an ephah of fine 
 flour for a meal offering, mingled with 
 the fourth part of an hiu of beaten oil. 
 
 6 It is a continual burnt offering, which 
 was ordained in mount Sinai for a 
 sweet savour, an offering made by fire 
 
 7 unto the Lord. Ajid the drink offerhig 
 thereof shall be the fourth part of an 
 bin for the one lamb : in the holy place 
 shalt thou pour out a drink offering of 
 
 8 strong di-ink unto the Lord. And the 
 other lamb shalt thou offer at even : as 
 the meal offering of the morning, and 
 as the drink offering thereof, thou shalt 
 offer it, an offering made by fire, of a 
 sweet savour unto the Loed. 
 
 9 And on the sabbath day two he-lambs 
 of the first year without blemish, and 
 two tenth j)arts of an ephah of fine 
 flour for a meal offering, mingled with 
 
 10 oil, and the drink offermg thereof : this 
 is the burnt offering of every sabbath, 
 beside the continual burnt offering, 
 and the drink offering thereof. 
 
 11 And in the beginnings of your months 
 ye shall offer a burnt offering unto the 
 Loed; two yoimg bullocks, and one 
 ram, seven he-lambs of the first year 
 
 12 without blemish; and three tenth parts 
 of an ephah of fine flour for a meal 
 offering, mingled with oil, for each 
 bullock; and two tenth parts of fine 
 flour for a meal offering, mingled with 
 
 13 oil, for the one ram; and a several 
 tenth part of fine flour mingled with 
 oil for a meal offering unto every 
 lamb ; for a bm-ut offering of a sweet 
 savour, an offering made by fire unto 
 
 14 the Loed. And their drink offerings 
 shall be half an hin of wine for a 
 bullock, and the third part of an hin 
 for the ram, and the fourth part of an 
 hin for a lamb : this is the burnt offering 
 of every month throughout the mouths 
 
 15 of the year. And one he-goat for a sin 
 offermg unto the Loedj it shall be 
 offered beside the continual bm-ut offer- 
 ing, and the drink offering thereof. 
 
 16 Ajid in the first month, on the four- 
 teenth day of the month, is the Lord's 
 
 17 passover. And on the fifteenth day of 
 this month shall be a feast : seven days 
 
 18 shall unleavened bread be eaten. In 
 the first day shall be an holy convoca- 
 
 19 tion ; ye shall do no servile work : but 
 ye shall offer an offering made by fire, 
 a burnt offering unto the Loed; two 
 young bullocks, and one ram, and seven 
 he-lambs of the first year : they shall 
 
 20 be unto you without blemish : and their 
 meal offering, fine flour mmgled with 
 oil: three tenth parts shall ye offer 
 for a bullock, and two tenth parts for 
 
 21 the ram; a several tenth part shalt 
 thou offer for every lamb of the seven 
 
 22 lambs ; and one he-goat for a sin offer- 
 23ing, to make atonement for you. Ye 
 
 shall offer these beside the burnt offer- 
 ing of the morning, which is for a 
 
 24 continual burnt offering. After this 
 manner ye shall offer daily, for seven, 
 days, the 5* food of the offering made by 
 fire, of a sweet savour unto the Loed: 
 it shall be offered beside the contmual 
 burnt offering, and the drink offering 
 
 25 thereof. And on the seventh day ye 
 shall have an holy convocation; ye 
 shall do no servile work. 
 
 26 Also in the day of the firstfruits, when 
 ye offer a new meal offering unto the 
 Lord in your feast of weeks, ye shall 
 have an holy convocation ; ye shall do 
 
 27 no servile work: but ye shall offer a 
 burnt offering for a sweet savour unto 
 the Lord; two young bullocks, one 
 ram, seven he-lambs of the first year ; 
 
 28 and their meal offering, fine flour 
 mingled with oil, three tenth parts for 
 each bullock, two tenth parts for the 
 
 29 one ram, a several tenth part for every 
 
 30 lamb of the seven lambs ; one he-goat, 
 
 31 to make atonement for you. Beside 
 the continual burnt offering, and the 
 meal offering thereof, ye shall offer 
 them (they shall be unto you without 
 blemish), and their drink offerings. 
 
 29 And in the seventh month, on the 
 first day of the month, ye shall have 
 an holy convocation; ye shall do no 
 servile work : it is a day of blowing of 
 
 2 trumjjets unto you. And ye shall offer 
 a burnt offering for a sweet savour 
 unto the Loed; one young bullock, 
 one ram, seven he-lambs of the first 
 
 3 year without blemish : and their meal 
 offering, fine floiu- mingled with oil, 
 three tenth parts for the bullock, two 
 
 4 tenth parts for the ram, and one tenth 
 part for every lamb of the seven lambs : 
 
 5 and one he-goat for a sin offering, to 
 6 make atonement for you: beside the 
 
 burnt offering of the new moon, and 
 the meal offering thereof, and the 
 continual burnt offering and the meal 
 offering thereof, and their drink offer- 
 ings, according imto their ordinance, 
 for a sweet savour, an offering made 
 by fire unto the Loed. 
 
 7 And on the tenth day of this seventh 
 month ye shall have an holy convoca- 
 tion; and ye shall afflict your souls; 
 
 8 ye shall do no manner of work: but 
 ye shall offer a burnt offering unto the 
 Lord for a sweet savom-; one yoimg 
 bullock, one ram, seven he-lambs of 
 the first year ; they shall be unto you 
 
 9 without blemish : and then* meal offer- 
 ing, fine flour mingled with oil, three 
 
 3Heb. 
 bread.
 
 130 
 
 NUMBERS. 
 
 29. 9. 
 
 tenth parts for the bullock, two tenth 
 10 parts for the one ram, a several tenth 
 part for every lamb of the seven lambs : 
 Hone he-goat for a sin offering; beside 
 the sin offering of atonement, and the 
 continual burnt offering, and the meal 
 offering thereof, and their drink offer- 
 ings. 
 
 12 And on the fifteenth day of the 
 seventh month ye shall have an holy 
 convocation; ye shall do no servile 
 work, and ye shall keep a feast unto 
 
 13 the Lord seven days : and ye shall offer 
 a burnt offeriug, an offering made by 
 fire, of a sweet savour unto the Lord ; 
 thirteen young bullocks, two rams, 
 fourteen he-lambs of the first year; 
 
 14 they shall be without blemish: and 
 their meal offermg, fine flour mingled 
 with oil, three tenth parts for every 
 bullock of the thirteen buUocks, two 
 tenth parts for each ram of the two 
 
 15 rams, and a several tenth part for every 
 
 16 lamb of the fourteen lambs : and one 
 he-goat for a sin offering ; beside the con- 
 tinual burnt offering, the meal offering 
 thereof, and the drink offering thereof. 
 
 17 And on the second day ye shall offer 
 twelve young bullocks, two rams, four- 
 teen he-lambs of the first year without 
 
 18 blemish: and their meal offering and 
 their drink offerings for the buUocks, 
 for the rams, and for the lambs, accord- 
 ing to then' number, after the ordmance: 
 
 19 and one he-goat for a sin offering ; be- 
 side the continual burnt offering, and 
 the meal offering thereof, and their 
 drink offerings. 
 
 20 And on the third day eleven bullocks, 
 two rams, fourteen he-lambs of the 
 
 21 first year without blemish; and their 
 meal offering and their drink offermgs 
 for the bullocks, for the rams, and for 
 the lambs, according to their number, 
 
 22 after the ordinance: and one he-goat 
 for a sin offering; beside the continual 
 burnt offering, and the meal offering 
 thereof, and the drink offering thereof. 
 
 23 And on the fourth day ten bullocks, 
 two rams, fourteen he-lambs of the 
 
 24 first year without blemish : their meal 
 offering and their drink offerings for 
 the bullocks, for the rams, and for the 
 lambs, according to then- number, after 
 
 25 the ordinance: and one he-goat for a 
 sin offering; beside the continual burnt 
 offeriug, the meal offering thereof, and 
 the drink offeriug thereof. 
 
 26 Aud on the fifth day nine bullocks, 
 two rams, fourteen he-lambs of the 
 
 27 first year without blemish: and then- 
 meal offering and their drink offerings 
 for the bullocks, for the rams, and for 
 the lambs, according to their number, 
 
 28 after the ordinance: and one he-goat 
 for a sin offering ; beside the contmual 
 burnt offering, and the meal offering 
 thereof, and the drink offering thereof. 
 
 29 And on the sixth day eight buUocks, 
 
 two rams, fom'teen he-lambs of the 
 30fii'st year without blemish: and then- 
 meal offeriug and their drink offerings 
 for the bullocks, for the rams, and for 
 the lambs, according to then- number, 
 
 31 after the ordinance: and one he-goat 
 for a sin offering ; beside the continual 
 burnt offeriug, the meal offering there- 
 of, aud the drink offerings thereof. 
 
 32 And on the seventh day seven bullocks, 
 two rams, fourteen he-lambs of the first 
 
 33 year without blemish : and their meal 
 offering and their drink offerings for 
 the bullocks, for the rams, and for the 
 lambs, according to then- number, after 
 
 34 the ordinance: and one he-goat for a 
 sin offering ; beside the contuiual burnt 
 offering, the meal offering thereof, and 
 the ch-jjok offering thereof. 
 
 35 On the eighth day ye shall have a 
 1 solemn assembly: ye shall do no 
 
 36 servile work : but ye shall offer a bm-nt 
 offering, an offermg made by fire, of 
 a sweet savour unto the Lord: one 
 bullock, one ram, seven he-lambs of 
 
 37 the first year without blemish: then- 
 meal offering and their drink offerings 
 for the bullock, for the ram, and for 
 the lambs, shall be according to then- 
 
 38 number, after the ordinance : and one 
 he-goat for a sin offering; beside the 
 continual burnt offering, aud the meal 
 offermg thereof, and the drink offering 
 thereof. 
 
 39 These ye shall offer vmto the Lord in 
 your set feasts, beside your vows, and 
 your freewill offerings, for your bm-nt 
 offerings, and for your meal offerings, 
 and for your drink offerings, and for 
 
 40 your peace offerings. And Moses told 
 the childi'en of Israel according to all 
 that the Lord commanded Moses. 
 
 30 And Moses spake unto the heads of 
 the tribes of the children of Israel, 
 saying. This is the thing which the 
 
 2 Lord hath commanded. When a man 
 voweth a vow unto the Lord, or swear- 
 eth an oath to bmd his soul with a 
 bond, he shall not ^ break his word; he 
 shall do according to all that proceedeth 
 
 3 out of his mouth. Also when a woman 
 voweth a vow unto the Lord, and 
 bindeth herself by a bond, being in 
 
 4 her father's house, in her youth ; and 
 her father heareth her vow, and her 
 bond wherewith she hath bound her 
 soul, and her father holdeth his peace 
 at her : then all her vows shall ,stand, 
 and every bond wherewith she hath 
 
 5 bound her soul shall stand. But if her 
 father disallow her in the day that he 
 heareth; none of her vows, or of her 
 bonds wherewith she hath bound her 
 soul, shall stand: and the Lord shaU 
 forgive her, because her father dis- 
 
 6 allowed her. And if she be married 
 to a husband, while her vows are upon 
 her, or the rash utterance of her lips, 
 wherewith she hath bound her soul;
 
 31. 26. 
 
 NUMBERS. 
 
 131 
 
 7 and her husband hear it, and hold his 
 peace at her in the day tliat he heareth 
 it: then her vows shall stand, and her 
 bonds wlierewith she hatli boiuid her 
 
 8 soul shall stand. But if her husband 
 disallow her in the day that he heareth 
 it; then ho shall make void her vow 
 which is upon her, and the rash utter- 
 ance of her lips, wherewith she hath 
 bound her soul: and the Lord shall 
 
 9 forgive her. But the vow of a widow, 
 or of her that is divorced, even every 
 thing wherewith she hath bound her 
 
 10 soul, shall stand against her. And if 
 she vowed in her husband's house, or 
 bound her soul by a bond with an 
 
 11 oath, and her husband heard it, and 
 held his peace at her, and disallowed 
 her not; then all her vows shall stand, 
 and every bond wherewith she bound 
 
 12 her soul shall stand. But if her hus- 
 band made them null and void in the 
 day that he heard them ; then whatso- 
 ever i>roceeded out of her lij)s concern- 
 ing her vows, or coucernmg the bond 
 of her soul, shall not stand : her hus- 
 band hath made them void; and the 
 
 13 Lord shall forgive her. Every vow, 
 and every binding oath to afflict the 
 soul, her husband may establish it, or 
 
 14 her husband may make it void. But if 
 her husband altogether hold his peace 
 at her from day to day ; then he estab- 
 lisheth all her vows, or all her bonds, 
 which are ui)on her: he hath estab- 
 lished them, because he held his peace 
 at her in the day that he heard them. 
 
 15 But if he shall make them null and 
 void after that he hath heard them; 
 
 16 then he shall bear her iniquity. These 
 are the statutes, which the Lord com- 
 manded Moses, between a man and his 
 wife, between a father and his daugh- 
 ter, being in her youth, in her father's 
 house. 
 
 31 And the Lord spake unto Moses, 
 
 2 saying. Avenge the childi-en of Israel of 
 the Midianites: afterward shalt thou 
 
 3 be gathered unto thy people. And 
 Moses spake unto the people, saying, 
 Arm ye men from among you for the 
 war, that they may go against Midian, 
 to execute the Lord's vengeance on 
 
 4 Midian. Of every tribe a thousand, 
 throughout all the tribes of Israel, 
 
 5 shall ye send to the war. So there 
 were delivered, out of the thousands 
 of Israel, a thousand of every tribe, 
 
 6 twelve thousand armed for war. And 
 Moses sent them, a thousand of every 
 tribe, to the war, them and Phinehas 
 the son of Eleazar the priest, to the 
 war, with the vessels of the sanctuary 
 and the trumpets for the alarm in 
 
 This hand. And they warred against 
 Midian, as the Lord commanded 
 Moses; and they slew every male. 
 
 8 And they slew the kings of Midian 
 with the rest of their slain ; Evi, and 
 
 Rekera, and Ziu*, and Hur, and licba, 
 the five kings of Midian : Balaam also 
 the son of Beor they slew with the 
 9 sword. And the children of Israel 
 took captive the women of Midian aiul 
 their little ones ; and all their cattle, 
 and all their flocks, and all their 
 
 10 goods, they took for a prey. And all 
 their cities in the places wherein they 
 dwelt, and all their encampments, they 
 
 11 burnt with fire. And they took all 
 the spoil, and all the prey, both of 
 
 12 man and of beast. And they brought 
 the captives, and the prey, and the 
 S23oil, unto Moses, and unto Eleazar 
 the priest, and unto the congregation 
 of the children of Israel, unto the 
 cami) at the plains of Moab, which are 
 by the Jordan at Jericho. 
 
 13 And Moses, and Eleazar the priest, 
 and all the princes of the congregation, 
 went forth to meet them without the 
 
 14 camp. And Moses was wroth with 
 the officers of the host, the captains 
 of thousands and the captains of hund- 
 reds, which came from the service of 
 
 15 the war. And Moses said unto them. 
 Have ye saved all the women alive ? 
 
 16 Behold, these caused the childi'en of 
 Israel, thi-ough the counsel of Balaam, 
 to commit tresi^ass against the Lord 
 in the matter of Peor, and so the 
 plague was among the congi-egation of 
 
 17 the Lord. Now therefore kill every 
 male among the little ones, and kill 
 every woman that hath know-n man 
 
 18 by lying with him. But all the 
 women children, that have not known 
 man by lymg with him, keep alive for 
 
 19 yourselves. And encamp ye without 
 the camp seven days : whosoever hath 
 killed any person, and whosoever hath 
 touched any slain, purify yourselves 
 on the thu'd day and on the seventh 
 
 20 day, ye and youi' captives. And as to 
 every garment, and all that is made 
 of skin, and all work of goats' hair, 
 and all things made of wood, ye shall 
 
 21 purify yourselves. And Eleazar the 
 priest said unto the men of war which 
 went to the battle. This is the statute 
 of the law which the Lord hath com- 
 
 22 manded Moses : howbeit the gold, 
 and the silver, the brass, the u'on, the 
 
 23 tin, and the lead, every thing that 
 may abide the fire, ye shall make to 
 go through the fire, and it shall be 
 clean ; nevertheless it shall be purified 
 with the water of i separation : and 
 all that abideth not the fire ye shall 
 
 24 make to go tkrough the water. And ye 
 shall wash yom* clothes on the seventh 
 day, and ye shall be clean, and after- 
 ward ye shall come into the camp. 
 
 25 And the Lord spake unto Moses, 
 
 26 saying. Take the sum of the prey 
 that was taken, both of man and of 
 beast, thou, and Eleazar the priest, 
 and the heads of the fathers' houses 
 
 1 Or, im- 
 purity 
 
 5—2
 
 132 
 
 NUMBERS. 
 
 31. 26. 
 
 27 of the congregation: and divide the 
 Ijrey into two parts ; between the men 
 skilled in war, that went out to battle, 
 
 28 and all the congi-egation : and levy a 
 tribute unto the Lord of the men of 
 war that went out to battle : one soul 
 of five hundred, both of the persons, 
 and of the beeves, and of the asses, 
 
 29 and of the flocks : take it of their half, 
 and give it unto Eleazar the priest, 
 
 30 for the Lord's heave offermg. And 
 of the childi-en of Israel's half, thou 
 shalt take one drawn out of every fifty, 
 of the persons, of the beeves, of the 
 asses, and of the flocks, even of all the 
 cattle, and give them unto the Levites, 
 which keep the charge of the taber- 
 
 Slnacle of the Lord. Aiid Moses and 
 Eleazar the priest did as the Lord 
 
 32 commanded Moses. Now the prey, 
 over and above the booty which the 
 men of ■n'ar took, was six hundred 
 thousand and seventy thousand and 
 
 33 five thousand sheei), and tlu'eescore 
 
 34 and twelve thousand beeves, and 
 threescore and one thousand asses, 
 
 35 and thirty and two thousand persons 
 in all, of the women that had not 
 
 36 know^l man by lying with him. And 
 the half, which was the portion of 
 them that went out to war, was in 
 number three hundred thousand and 
 thu-ty thousand and seven thousand 
 
 37 and five hundred sheep : and the 
 Lord's tribute of the sheep was six 
 hundred and threescore and fifteen. 
 
 38 And the beeves were thu-ty and six 
 thousand ; of which the Lord's tribute 
 
 39 was threescore and twelve. And the 
 asses were thirty thousand and five 
 hundred ; of which the Lord's tribute 
 
 40 was threescore and one. And the 
 j)ersons were sixteen thousand ; of 
 whom the Lord's tribute was thii-ty 
 
 41 and two persons. . And Moses gave 
 the tribute, which was the Lord's 
 heave offering, unto Eleazar the priest, 
 
 42 as the Lord commanded Moses. And 
 of the children of Israel's half, which 
 Moses divided off from the men that 
 
 43 warred, (now the congregation's half 
 was three hundred thousand and 
 thirty thousand, seven thousand and 
 
 44 five hundred sheei>, and thirty and 
 
 45 six thousand beeves, and thirty thou- 
 
 46 sand and five hundred asses, and 
 
 47 sixteen thousand persons ;) even of 
 the chUdreu of Israel's half, Moses 
 took one drawn out of every fifty, 
 both of man and of beast, and gave 
 them mito the Levites, which kept 
 the charge of the tabernacle of the 
 Lord ; as the Lord commanded Moses. 
 
 48 And the officers which were over the 
 thousands of the host, the captains 
 of thousands, and the captains of 
 
 49 hundreds, came near unto Moses : and 
 they said unto Moses, Thy servants 
 have taken the sum of the men of 
 
 war which are mider our charge, and 
 
 50 there lacketh not one man of us. And 
 we have brought the Lord's oblation, 
 what every man hath gotten, of jewels 
 of gold, ankle chains, and bracelets, 
 signet-rings, earrings, and ^ armlets, to 
 make atonement for our souls before 
 
 51 the Lord. And Moses and Eleazar 
 the priest took the gold of them, even 
 
 52 all wrought jewels. And all the gold 
 of the heave offering that they offered 
 up to the Lord, of the captains of 
 thousands, and of the captains of 
 hundreds, was sixteen thousand seven 
 
 53 hunth-ed and fifty shekels. {^For the 
 men of war had taken booty, every 
 
 54 man for himself.) And Moses and 
 Eleazar the priest took the gold of the 
 captains of thousands and of hundreds, 
 and brought it into the tent of meeting, 
 for a memorial for the chUdi-en of 
 Israel before the Lord. 
 
 32 Now the children of Reuben and 
 the children of Gad had a very great 
 multitude of cattle : and when they 
 saw the land of Jazer, and the land 
 of Gilead, that, behold, the place was 
 
 2 a place for cattle ; the children of Gad 
 and the children of Reuben came and 
 spake unto Moses, and to Eleazar the 
 priest, and unto the princes of the 
 
 3 congregation, saying, Ataroth, and 
 Dibon, and Jazer, and SNimrah, and 
 Heshbon, and Elealeh, and ^Sebam, 
 
 4 and Nebo, and ^ Beon, the land which 
 the Lord smote before the congrega- 
 tion of Israel, is a land for cattle, and 
 
 5 thy servants have cattle. And they 
 said. If we have found grace in thy 
 sight, let this land be given unto thy 
 servants for a possession ; bring us 
 
 6 not over Jordan. And Moses said 
 unto the children of Gad and to the 
 children of Reuben, Shall yom* breth- 
 ren go to the war, and shall ye sit 
 
 7 here ? And wherefore discourage ye 
 the heart of the children of Israel 
 from going over into the land which 
 
 8 the Lord hath given them? Thus did 
 your fathers, when I sent them from 
 
 9 Kadesh-barnea to see the land. Eor 
 when they went u^j unto the valley of 
 Eshcol, and saw the land, they dis- 
 couraged the heart of the cluldren of 
 Israel, that they should not go into 
 the land which the Lord had given 
 
 10 them. And the Lord's anger was 
 kindled in that day, and he sware, 
 
 11 sajong, Surely none of the men that 
 came up out of Egyjit, from twenty 
 years old and u^jward, shall see the 
 land which I sware unto Abraham, 
 unto Isaac, and unto Jacob ; because 
 they have not wholly followed me: 
 
 12 save Caleb the son of Jephunueh the 
 Kenizzite, and Joshua the son of Nun : 
 because they have wholly followed 
 
 13 the Lord. And the Lord's anger was
 
 33. 8. 
 
 NUMBERS. 
 
 133 
 
 kindled against Israel, and he made 
 them wander to and fro in the wilder- 
 ness forty years, until all the genera- 
 tion, that had done evil in the sight 
 
 14 of the LoRn, was consmned. And, 
 behold, ye are risen up in your fathers' 
 stead, an increase of sinful men, to 
 augment yet the fierce anger of the 
 
 15 Loud toward Israel. For if ye tm-n 
 away from after him, he will yet again 
 leave them in the wilderness ; and ye 
 
 16 shall destroy all this people. And 
 they came near unto him, and said. 
 We will build sheepfolds here for our 
 cattle, and cities for our little ones: 
 
 17 but we ourselves will be ready armed 
 to go before the children of Israel, 
 untU we have brought them unto theii' 
 place : and our little ones shall dwell 
 in the fenced cities because of the 
 
 18 inhabitants of the land. We will not 
 return unto our houses, until the 
 children of Israel have inherited every 
 
 19 man his inheritance. For we will not 
 inherit ^vith them on the other side 
 Jordan, and forward ; because our in- 
 heritance is fallen to us on this side 
 
 20 Jordan eastward. And Moses said 
 unto them. If ye will do this thing; 
 if ye will arm youi'selves to go before 
 
 '21 the Lord to the war, and every armed 
 man of you will pass over Jordan 
 before the Lord, untU he hath driven 
 
 22 out his enemies from before him, and 
 the land be subdued before the Lord : 
 then afterward ye shall return, and be 
 guiltless towards the Lord, and towards 
 Israel; and this land shall be unto 
 you for a i^ossession before the Lord. 
 
 23 But if ye will not do so, behold, ye 
 have smned against the Lord : and be 
 
 24 sure your sm will find yon out. Build 
 you cities for yom- little ones, and folds 
 for yonr sheep ; and do that which hath 
 
 25 proceeded out of your mouth. And 
 the children of Gad and the children 
 of Eeubeu spake unto Moses, saying. 
 Thy servants will do as my lord com- 
 
 26 mandeth. Our little ones, our wives, 
 our flocks, and all our cattle, shall be 
 
 27 there in the cities of GUead : but thy 
 servants will pass over, every man 
 that is armed for war, before the 
 Lord to battle, as my lord saith. 
 
 28 So Moses gave charge concerning 
 them to Eleazar the priest, and to 
 Joshua the son of Nmi, and to the 
 heads of the fatliers' houses of the 
 
 29 tribes of the children of Israel. And 
 Moses said unto them. If the childi-en 
 of Gad and the children of Eeuben 
 will pass with you over Jordan, every 
 man that is armed to battle, before the 
 Lord, and the land shall be subdued 
 before you; then ye shall give them 
 the land of GUead for a possession : 
 
 30 but if they wiU not pass over with you 
 armed, they shall have possessions a- 
 
 31 mong you in the land of Canaan. And 
 
 the children of Gad and the children of 
 Ileuben answered, saying, As the Lord 
 hath said unto thy servants, so will we 
 3'2do. We will pass over armed before 
 the Lord uito the land of Canaan, 
 and the possession of our inheritance 
 shall remain with us beyond Jordan. 
 
 33 And Moses gave unto them, even to the 
 children of Gad, and to the children 
 of Ileuben, and unto the half tribe of 
 Manasseh the son of Josej^h, the king- 
 dom of Sihon king of the Amorites, 
 and the kingdom of Og kuig of Bashan, 
 the land, according to the cities there- 
 of with their borders, even the cities 
 
 34 of the land round about. And the 
 children of Gad built Dibon, and At- 
 
 35 aroth, and Aroer ; and Atroth-shophan, 
 
 36 and Jazer, and Jogbehah; and Beth- 
 nimrah, and Beth-haran : fenced cities, 
 
 37 and folds for sheep. And the children 
 of Eeuben built Heshbon, and Elealeh, 
 
 38 and Kkiathaim ; and Nebo, and Baal- 
 meon, (their names being changed,) 
 and Sibmah : and gave other names 
 unto the cities which they builded. 
 
 39 And the children of Machir the son of 
 Manasseh went to Gilead, and took it, 
 and dispossessed the Amorites which 
 
 40 were therein. And Moses gave Gilead 
 unto Machu- the son of Manasseh ; and 
 
 41 he dwelt theretu. And Jair the son of 
 Manasseh went and took the towns 
 thereof, and called them iHawoth- 
 
 42 jair. And Nobau went and took Keu- 
 ath, and the 2 villages thereof, and 
 called it Nobah, after his own name. 
 
 33 These are the ^journeys of the child- 
 ren of Israel, *when they went forth 
 out of the land of Egypt by their hosts 
 under the hand of Moses and Aaron. 
 
 2 And Moses wrote their goings out ac- 
 cording to their journeys by the com- 
 mandment of the Lord : and these are 
 their journeys according to their goings 
 
 3 out. And they journeyed from Barn- 
 eses in the first month, on the fif- 
 teenth day of the first month ; on the 
 morrow after the passover the child- 
 ren of Israel went out with an high 
 hand in the sight of all the Egyjjt- 
 
 4ians, while the Egyptians were bury- 
 ing all theii' firstborn, which the Lord 
 had smitten among them : upon then- 
 gods also the Lord executed judge- 
 
 5ments. And the children of Israel 
 joiu-neyed from Eameses, and pitched 
 
 6 in Succoth. And they journeyed from 
 Succoth, and pitched in Etham, which 
 is in the edge of the wilderness. 
 
 7 And they journeyed from Etham, 
 and tm'ned back unto Pi-hahtroth, 
 which is before Baal-zephon: and 
 
 8 they pitched before Migdol. And 
 they journeyed from before Hahu-oth, 
 and passed through the midst of 
 the sea mto the wilderness : and 
 they went three days' jom-ney in the 
 
 1 That is. 
 
 The 
 
 towns of 
 
 Jair. 
 
 2Heb. 
 
 daugh' 
 
 ters, 
 
 3 Or, 
 stages 
 lOr, 
 by which
 
 134 
 
 NUMBERS. 
 
 33. 8. 
 
 wilderness of Etham, and jiitched 
 9 in Marah. And they journeyed from 
 Marah, and came unto Elim: and in 
 Elim were twelve springs of water, 
 and threescore and ten pahn trees ; 
 
 10 and they pitched there. And they jour- 
 neyed from Elim, and pitched by the 
 
 llEed Sea. And they journeyed from 
 the Ked Sea, and pitched in the wild- 
 
 12erness of Sin. Aaid they journeyed 
 from the ■ndlderness of Sin, and pitched 
 
 13 in Dophkah. And they journeyed from 
 
 14 Doi)hkah, and pitched in Alush. And 
 they journeyed from Alush, and pitch- 
 ed in Eefihidim, where was no water 
 
 15 for the people to drink. And they 
 journeyed from Kei^hidun, and pitched 
 
 16 in the wilderness of Suiai. And they 
 journeyed from the wUderness of Sinai, 
 
 17 and pitched in Kibroth-hattaavah. And 
 they jom-neyed from Kibroth-hattaa- 
 
 18vah, and pitched in Hazeroth. And 
 they journeyed from Hazeroth, and 
 
 19 pitched in liithmah. And they jour- 
 neyed from Kithmah, and pitched in 
 
 20 Eimmon-perez. And they journeyed 
 from Kimmon-perez, and pitched in 
 
 21Libnah. And they journej'ed from 
 
 22Libnah, and pitched in Eissah. And 
 
 they journej'ed from Eissah, and pitch- 
 
 23 ed in Kehelathah. And they jour- 
 neyed from Kehelathah, and pitched in 
 
 24 mount Shepher. And they journeyed 
 from mount Shepher, and pitched in 
 
 25Haradah. And they journeyed from 
 Haradah, and pitched in Makheloth. 
 
 26 And they jom-neyed from Makheloth, 
 
 27 and pitched in Tahath. And they 
 journeyed from Tahath, and pitched 
 
 28 in Terah. And they jom-neyed from 
 
 29 Terah, and pitched in Mithkah. And 
 they journeyed from Mithkah, and 
 
 30 pitched in Hashmonah. And they 
 journeyed from Hashmonah, and pitch- 
 
 31 ed in Moseroth. And they jom-neyed 
 from Moseroth, and i^itched in Beue- 
 
 32jaakan. And they journeyed from 
 Bene-jaakan, and pitched in Hor-hag- 
 
 33 gidgad. And they j om-neyed from Hor- 
 haggidgad, and pitched in Jotbathah. 
 
 34 And they journeyed from Jotbathah, 
 
 35 and pitched m Abronah. And they 
 journeyed from Abronah, and pitched 
 
 36 in Ezion-geber. And they journeyed 
 from Ezion-geber, and pitched in the 
 ■\nlderness of Zin (the same is Kadesh). 
 
 37 And they journeyed from Kadesh, and 
 pitched in mount Hor, in the edge of 
 
 38 the laud of Edom. And Aaron the 
 priest went up into mount Hor at the 
 commandment of the Lord, and died 
 there, in the fortieth year after the 
 children of Israel were come out of the 
 land of Egyjit, in the fifth month, on 
 
 39 the first day of the month. And Aaron 
 was an hundred and twenty and three 
 years old when he died in mount Hor. 
 
 40 And the Canaanite, the king of Arad, 
 which dwelt in the South in the land 
 
 of Canaan, heard of the comiug of 
 
 41 the children of Israel. And they jour- 
 neyed from mount Hor, and pitched in 
 
 42 Zalmonah. And they journeyed from 
 
 43 Zalmonah, and pitched in Punon. And 
 they journeyed froia Punon, and i)itch- 
 
 44 ed in Oboth. And they journeyed from 
 Oboth, and pitched in lye-abarim, in 
 
 45 the border of Moab. And they jour- 
 neyed from lyim, and iiitched in Dibon- 
 
 46 gad. And they jom-neyed from Dibon- 
 gad, and pitched in Ahnon-diblathaim. 
 
 47 And they journeyed from Almon-dibla- 
 thaim, and pitched in the mountains 
 
 48 of Abarim, before Nebo. And they 
 journeyed from the mountains of Ab- 
 arim, and pitched in the jjlaius of Moab 
 
 49 by the Jordan at Jericho. And they 
 pitched by Jordan, from Beth-jesh- 
 imoth even unto Abel-shittim in the 
 plauis of Moab. 
 
 50 And the Lord spake imto Moses in 
 the plains of Moab by the Jordan 
 
 51 at Jericho, saying. Speak unto the 
 childi-en of Israel, and say unto them, 
 When ye ijass over Jordan into the 
 
 52 land of Canaan, then ye shall drive 
 out all the inhabitants of the land 
 from before you, and destroy all their 
 figm-ed stones, and destroy all then- 
 molten images, and demolish all their 
 
 53 high places : and ye shall take posses- 
 sion of the land, and dwell therein: 
 for mito you have I given the land to 
 
 54 possess it. And ye shall inherit the 
 land by lot according to your families ; 
 to the more ye shall give the more in- 
 heritance, and to the fewer thou shaft 
 give the less inheritance : wheresoever 
 the lot falleth to any man, that shall 
 be his ; according to the tribes of your 
 
 55 fathers shall ye inherit. But if ye wiU 
 not drive out the inhabitants of the 
 land from before you ; then shall those 
 which ye let remain of them be as 
 pricks in your eyes, and as thorns in 
 your sides, and they shall vex you in 
 
 56 the land wherem ye dwell. And it 
 shall come to pass, that as I thought to 
 do unto them, so will I do unto you. 
 
 34 And the Lord spake unto Moses, 
 
 2 sayuig. Command the children of Is- 
 rael, and say unto them. When ye 
 come mto the land of Canaan, (this is 
 the land that shaU f aU unto you for an 
 inheritance, even the land of Canaan 
 
 3 according to the borders thereof,) then 
 your soiith quarter shall be from the 
 wilderness of Zin along by the side of 
 Edom, and your south border shall be 
 from the end of the Salt Sea eastward : 
 
 4 and your border shall turn about south- 
 ward of the ascent of AJjrabbim, and 
 jiass along to Zin : and the goings out 
 thereof shall be southward of Kadesh- 
 barnea ; and it shall go forth to Hazar- 
 
 5 addar, and pass along to Azmon : and 
 the border shall turn about from Az- 
 mon unto the brook of Egypt, and the
 
 35. 17. 
 
 NUMBERS. 
 
 135 
 
 goings out thereof shall be at the sea. 
 
 6 And for the western border, ye shall 
 have the great sea land the border 
 thereof: this shall be your west 
 
 7 border. And this shall be your north 
 border: from the gi-eat sea ye shall 
 
 8 mark out for you mount Hor: from 
 mount Hor ye shall mark out unto the 
 entering in of Hamatli ; and the goings 
 
 9 out of the border shall be at Zedad : and 
 the border shall go forth to Ziphron, 
 and the goings out thereof shall be at 
 Hazar-enau : this shall be your north 
 
 10 border. Aiid ye shall mark out your 
 cast border from Hazar-enau to Sheph- 
 
 11am: and the border shall go down 
 from Shepham to Eiblah, on the east 
 side of Ain; and the l)order shall go 
 down, and shall reach unto the 2 side 
 
 12 of the sea of Chinnereth eastward : and 
 the border shall go do^\Ti to Jordan, 
 and the gomgs out thereof shall be at 
 the Salt Sea : this shall be your land 
 according to the borders thereof round 
 
 13 about. And Moses commanded the 
 childi-en of Israel, saying, This is the 
 laud which ye shall inherit by lot, 
 which the Lord hath commanded to 
 give unto the nine tribes, and to the 
 
 14 half tribe : for the tribe of the children 
 of Eeuben according to their fathers' 
 houses, and the tribe of the children 
 of Gad according to their fathers' 
 houses, have received, and the half 
 tribe of Manasseh have received, their 
 
 15 inheritance : the two tribes and the 
 half tribe have received their inherit- 
 ance beyond the Jordan at Jericho 
 eastward, toward the smirising. 
 
 16 And the Lord spake unto Moses, say- 
 
 17 iug, These are the names of the men 
 which shall divide the laud unto you 
 for inheritance: Eleazar the priest, 
 
 18 and Joshua the son of Nun. And ye 
 shall take one pruice of every tribe, to 
 
 19 divide the laud for inheritance. And 
 these are the names of the men : of 
 the tribe of Judah, Caleb the son of 
 
 20 Jephunneh. And of the tribe of the 
 children of Simeon, Shemuel the son 
 
 21 of Ammihud. Of the tribe of Benja- 
 •22 min, Elidad the son of Chislon. And 
 
 of the tribe of the children of Dan a 
 23 prince, Bukki the son of Jogli. Of 
 
 the children of Joseph: of the tribe 
 
 of the children of Manasseh a prince, 
 24Hanniel the son of Ephod: and of 
 
 the tribe of the children of Ephraim 
 
 a prince, Kemuel the son of Shijihtan. 
 25 And of the tribe of the childi-eu of 
 
 Zebulun a prince, Elizaphan the son 
 26of Parnach. And of the tribe of the 
 
 children of Issachar a prince, Paltiel 
 27 the son of Azzan. And of the tribe 
 
 of the children of Asher a prince, 
 28Ahihud the sou of Shelomi. And of 
 
 the tribe of the children of Naphtali 
 
 a prince, Pedahel the son of Ammi- 
 29 had. These are they whom the Lord 
 
 commanded to divide the iidieritance 
 unto the children of Israel in the laud 
 of Canaan. 
 35 And the Lord spake unto Moses in 
 the plains of Moab by the Jordan at 
 
 2 Jericho, saying, Command the children 
 of Israel, that they give unto the Le- 
 vites of the inheritance of their pos- 
 session cities to dwell in; and ■'suburbs 
 for the cities round about them shall 
 
 3 ye give unto the Levites. And the 
 cities shall they have to dwell in ; and 
 their suburbs shall be for their cattle, 
 and for their substance, and for all 
 
 4 their beasts. And the suburbs of the 
 cities, which ye shall give unto the 
 Levites, shall be from the wall of the 
 city and outward a thousand cubits 
 
 5 round about. And ye shall measure 
 without the city for the cast side two 
 thousand cubits, and for the south side 
 two thousand cubits, and for the west 
 side two thousand cubits, and for the 
 north side two thousand cubits, the 
 city bemg in the midst. This shall 
 be to them the subvu-bs of the cities. 
 
 6 And the cities which ye shall give unto 
 the Levites, they shall be the six cities 
 of refuge, which ye shall give for 
 the manslayer to flee thither : and be- 
 side them ye shall give forty and two 
 
 7 cities. All the cities which ye shall 
 give to the Levites shall be forty and 
 eight cities : them shall ye give with 
 
 8 their subm-bs. Ajid couceruing the 
 cities which ye shall give of the pos- 
 session of the children of Israel, from 
 the many ye shall take many ; and 
 from the few ye shall take few : every 
 one according to his inlieritance which 
 he inheriteth shall give of his cities 
 unto the Levites. 
 
 9 And the Lord spake unto Moses, say- 
 
 10 iug, Sj)eak unto the children of Israel, 
 and say unto them. When ye j)ass over 
 
 11 Jordan into the land of Canaan, then ye 
 shall appoint you cities to be cities of 
 refuge for you ; that the manslayer 
 which killeth any person *miwittmgly 
 
 12 may flee thither. And the cities shall 
 be unto you for refuge from the 
 avenger; that the manslayer die not, 
 until he stand before the cougregation 
 
 13 for judgement. And the cities which ye 
 shall give shall be for you six cities of 
 
 14 refuge. Ye shall give tlu-ee cities be- 
 yond Jordan, and three cities shall ye 
 give in the land of Canaan ; they shaU 
 
 15 be cities of refuge. For the childi-en 
 of Israel, and for the stranger and for 
 the sojourner among them, shall these 
 six cities be for refuge : that every one 
 that Idlleth any person ^unmttingly 
 
 16 may flee thither. But if he smote him 
 with an instrument of ii'ou, so that he 
 died, he is a manslayer : the manslayer 
 
 17 shall surely be put to death. And if 
 he smote hun with a stone in the hand, 
 whereby a man may die, and he died. 
 
 sor. 
 
 pasture 
 lands 
 
 4 Or, 
 
 through 
 
 error
 
 136 
 
 NUMBERS. 
 
 35. 17. 
 
 lOr, 
 
 tJiere 
 
 shall he 
 
 no blood- 
 
 guiltl- 
 
 nessfor 
 
 him 
 
 lie is a manslayer : the manslayer shall 
 
 18 surely be put to death. Or if he smote 
 him with a weapon of wood in the hand, 
 whereby a man may die, and he died, 
 he is a manslayer : the manslayer shall 
 
 19 surely be put to death. The avenger 
 of blood shall himself put the man- 
 slayer to death : when he meeteth hun, 
 
 20 he shall put him to death. And if he 
 thrust him of hatred, or hm-led at him, 
 
 21 lying in wait, so that he died; or in 
 enmity smote him with his hand, that 
 he died : he that smote him shall surely 
 be put to death ; he is a manslayer : 
 the avenger of blood shall put the 
 manslayer to death, when he meeteth 
 
 22 him. But if he thrust him suddenly 
 without enmity, or hurled upon him 
 
 23 any thing without lying in wait, or 
 with any stone, whereby a man may 
 die, seeing him not, and cast it upon 
 him, so that he died, and he was not 
 his enemy, neither sought his harm : 
 
 24 then the congregation shall judge be- 
 tween the smiter and the avenger of 
 blood according to these judgements : 
 
 25 and the congi-egation shall deliver the 
 manslayer out of the hand of the a- 
 venger of blood, and the congregation 
 shall restore him to his city of refuge, 
 whither he was fled : and he shall dwell 
 therein until the death of the high 
 priest, which was anointed with the 
 
 26 holy oU. But if the manslayer shall 
 at any time go beyond the border of 
 his city of refuge, whither he fleeth ; 
 
 27 and the avenger of blood find him 
 without the border of his city of 
 refuge, and the avenger of blood slay 
 the manslayer ; ^he shall not be guilty 
 
 28 of blood : because he should have re- 
 mained in his city of refuge untU the 
 death of the high priest : but after the 
 death of the high priest the manslayer 
 shall return into the land of his i)os- 
 
 29 session. And these things shall be 
 for a statute of judgement unto you 
 tlu-oughout your generations in all 
 
 30 your dwellings. Whoso kDleth any 
 person, the manslayer shall be slain 
 at the mouth of witnesses : but one 
 witness shall not testify against any 
 
 31 person that he die. Moreover ye shall 
 take no ransom for the life of a man- 
 slayer, which is guilty of death : but 
 
 32 he shall surely be put to death. And 
 ye shall take no ransom for him that 
 is fled to his city of refuge, that he 
 should come again to dwell in the 
 land, mitil the death of the i^riest. 
 
 33 So ye shall not iwUute the land 
 wherein ye are : for blood, it polluteth 
 the land : and no expiation can be made 
 for the land for the blood that is shed 
 therein, but by the blood of him that 
 
 34 shed it. And thou shalt not defile the 
 land which ye inhabit, in the midst of 
 which I dwell : for I the Lord dwell 
 in the midst of the children of Israel. 
 
 36 And the heads of the fathers' houses 
 of the family of the children of Gilead, 
 the son of Machu-, the son of Manas- 
 seh, of the families of the sons of Jo- 
 seph, came near, and spake before 
 Moses, and before the prmces, the 
 heads of the fathers' houses of the 
 
 2 chUdi'en of Israel : and they said. The 
 Lord commanded my lord to give 
 the laud for inheritance by lot to the 
 children of Israel: and my lord was 
 commanded by the Lord to give the 
 inheritance of Zelophehad our brother 
 
 3 unto his daughters. And if they be 
 married to any of the sons of the other 
 tribes of the children of Israel, then 
 shall their inheritance be taken away 
 from the inheritance of om- fathers, 
 and shall be added to the inheritance 
 of the tribe whereunto they shall be- 
 long : so shall it be taken away from 
 
 4 the lot of our inheritance. And when 
 the jubile of the children of Israel shall 
 be, then shall their inheritance be 
 added unto the inheritance of the tribe 
 whereunto they shall belong : so shaU 
 their inheritance be taken away from 
 the inheritance of the tribe of our 
 
 5 fathers. And Moses commanded the 
 children of Israel according to the 
 word of the Lord, saying, The tribe 
 of the sons of Joseph speaketh right. 
 
 6 This is the thing which the Lord doth 
 command concerning the daughters of 
 Zelophehad, saying. Let them marry 
 to whom they think best ; only to the 
 family of the tribe of their father shall 
 
 7 they marry. So shall no inheritance 
 of the children of Israel remove from 
 tribe to tribe : for the children of Is- 
 rael shall cleave every one to the in- 
 heritance of the tribe of his fathers. 
 
 8 And every daughter, that possesseth 
 an inheritance in any tribe of the 
 children of Israel, shaU be wife tmto 
 one of the family of the tribe of her 
 father, that the children of Israel may 
 possess every man the inheritance of 
 
 9 his fathers. So shall no inheritance 
 remove from one tribe to another 
 tribe ; for the tribes of the children 
 of Israel shall cleave every one to his 
 
 10 own inheritance. Even as the Lord 
 commanded Moses, so did the daugh- 
 
 llters of Zelophehad: for Mahlah, Tu-- 
 zah, and Hoglali, and Milcah, and 
 Noah, the daughters of Zelophehad, 
 were married unto their father's bro- 
 
 12 thers' sons. They were married into 
 the families of the sons of Manasseh 
 the son of Joseph, and then- uiherit- 
 ance remained in the tribe of the family 
 of their father. 
 
 13 These are the commandments and 
 the judgements, which the Lord com- 
 manded by the hand of Moses unto the 
 chihh-en of Israel in the plains of Moab 
 by the Jordan at Jericho.
 
 THE FIFTH BOOK OF MOSES, 
 
 COMMONLY CALLED 
 
 DEUTERONOMY. 
 
 1 That is, 
 the deep 
 valley 
 runiiins; 
 North 
 and 
 South 
 
 of the 
 Dead 
 Sea. 
 
 2 Some 
 ancient 
 versions 
 have, the 
 
 1 These be the words which Moses 
 spake unto all Israel beyoud Jordan 
 hi the wilderness, in the ^Ai-abah over 
 against ^guph, between Paran, and 
 Tophel, and Labau, and Hazeroth, 
 
 2 and Di-zahab. It is eleven days' joiir- 
 ney from Horeb by the way of mount 
 
 3 Seir unto Kadesh-barnea. And it came 
 to pass in the fortieth year, in the 
 eleventh mouth, on the first day of 
 the month, that Moses spake unto the 
 children of Israel, according unto all 
 that the Lord had given huu hi com- 
 
 4mandnient unto them; after he had 
 smitten Sihon the king of the Amor- 
 ites, which dwelt in Heshbon, and Og 
 the king of Bashan, which dwelt in 
 
 5Ashtaroth, at E(h-ei: beyond Jordan, 
 in the land of Moab, began Moses to 
 
 6 declare this law, saying. The Lord 
 our God spake unto us in Horeb, say- 
 ing. Ye have dwelt long enough in this 
 
 7 mountain: turn you, and take your 
 journey, and go to the hill country of 
 the Amorites, and unto all the places 
 nigh thereunto, in the Ai'abah, in the 
 hill country, and in the lowland, and 
 in the South, and by the sea shore, 
 the land of the Canaanites, and Leba- 
 non, as far as the gi-eat river, the river 
 
 8 Euphrates. Behold, I have set the 
 land before you : go in and possess the 
 land which the Lord sware unto your 
 fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to 
 Jacob, to give unto them and to 
 
 9 their seed after them. And I si^ake 
 imto you at that time, saying, I am 
 
 10 not able to bear you mj'self alone : the 
 Lord your God hath multiplied you, 
 and, behold, ye are this day as the 
 
 11 stars of heaven for multitude. The 
 Lord, the God of your fathers, make 
 you a thousand times so many more 
 as ye are, and bless you, as he hath 
 
 12 ijromised you ! How can I myself alone 
 bear yoiu" cmnbrance, and your burden, 
 
 13 and yom- strife ? Take you wise men, 
 and understanding, and known, accord- 
 ing to your tribes, and I will make 
 
 14 them heads over you. And ye answered 
 me, and said. The thing which thou 
 
 15 hast spoken is good for us to do. So 
 I took the heads of yom* tribes, wise 
 men, and known, and made them heads 
 over you, captains of thousands, and 
 captains of hundreds, and captains of 
 
 fifties, and captains of tens, and of- 
 
 16 fleers, accordmg to your tribes. And 
 I charged your judges at that time, 
 sayhig, Hear the causes between your 
 brethren, and judge righteously be- 
 tween a man and his brother, and the 
 
 17 stranger that is with him. Ye shaU 
 not respect persons m judgement; ye 
 shall hear the small and the great 
 alike ; ye shall not be afraid of the face 
 of man; for the judgement is God's: 
 and the cause that is too hard for you 
 j'e shall bring unto me, and I wiU hear 
 
 18 it. And I commanded you at that time 
 all the things which ye should do. 
 
 19 And we journeyed from Horeb, and 
 went through all that great and terrible 
 wilderness which ye saw, by the way 
 to the hiU country of the Amorites, as 
 the Lord our God commanded us ; and 
 
 20 we came to Kadesh-barnea. And I 
 said unto you. Ye are come unto the 
 hill comitry of the Amorites, which 
 the Lord our God giveth unto us. 
 
 21 Behold, the Lord thy God hath set 
 the land before thee : go up, take pos- 
 session, as the Lord, the God of thy 
 fathers, hath spoken unto thee; fear 
 
 22 not, neither be dismayed. And ye came 
 near unto me every one of you, and said. 
 Let us send men before us, that they 
 may search the land for us, and bring 
 us word again of the way by which we 
 must go up, and the cities unto which 
 
 23 we ,shall come. And the thing pleased 
 me well: and I took twelve men of 
 
 21 you, one man for every tribe : and they 
 tiu-ned and went uj) into the mountain, 
 and came unto the vaUey of Eshcol, 
 
 25 and spied it out. And they took of 
 the fruit of the land in their hands, 
 and brought it down unto us, and 
 brought us word again, and said. It is 
 a good land which the Lord oui- God 
 
 26 giveth imto us. Yet ye would not go 
 up, but rebelled against the command- 
 
 27ment of the Lord yom* God: and ye 
 mm-mui-ed in your tents, and said, 
 Because the Lord hated us, he hath 
 brought us forth out of the land of 
 Egypt, to deliver us into the hand of 
 
 28 the Amorites, to destroy us. Whither 
 are we going up? our brethren have 
 made our heart to melt, saying, The 
 people is greater and taUer than we; 
 the cities are great and fenced up to 
 
 5—5
 
 138 
 
 DEUTERONOMY. 
 
 1. 28. 
 
 1 Or. far 
 am this 
 thing 
 
 2 Or, 
 
 deemed 
 It a 
 fight 
 thing 
 
 heaven; and moreover we have seen 
 
 29 the sons of the Aiiakim there. Then 
 I said unto you, Dread not, neither be 
 
 30 afraid of them. The Lord your God 
 who goeth before you, he shall fight 
 for you, according to all that he did 
 
 .31 for you in Egypt be''ore your eyes ; and 
 in the wilderness, where thou hast seen 
 how that the Lord thy God bare thee, 
 as a man doth bear his son, in all the 
 way that ye went, until ye came unto 
 
 :52this iilace. Yet ^in this thing ye did 
 
 o3not believe the Lord your God, who 
 went before you in the way, to seek 
 you out a place to pitch your tents in, 
 in fire by night, to shew you by what 
 way ye should go, and in the cloud by 
 
 34 day. And the Lord heard the voice 
 of your words, and was wroth, and 
 
 35sware, saying. Surely there shall not 
 one of these men of this evil generation 
 see the good land, which I sware to 
 
 36 give unto your fathers, save Caleb the 
 son of Jephunneh, he shall see it ; and 
 to him will I give the land that he 
 hath trodden upon, and to his children : 
 because he hath whoUy followed the 
 
 37 Lord. Also the Lord was angry with 
 me for your sakes, saying, Thou also 
 
 38shalt not go in thither: Joshua the 
 son of Nun, which standeth before 
 thee, he shall go in thither : encourage 
 thou him ; for he shall cause Israel to 
 
 39 inherit it. Moreover your little ones, 
 which ye said should be a prey, and 
 yoxu: children, which this day have no 
 knowledge of good or evil, they shall 
 go in thither, and unto them will I 
 
 ■10 give it, and they shall possess it. But 
 as for you, turn you, and take your 
 journey into the T\'ilderness by the way 
 
 41 to the Ked Sea. Then ye answered 
 and said unto me. We have sinned 
 against the Lord, we will go up and 
 fight, according to all that the Lord 
 our God commanded us. And ye gird- 
 ed on every man his weapons of war, 
 and 2 were forward to go up into the 
 
 42 mountain. And the Lord said unto 
 me, Say unto them, Go not uj), neither 
 fight; for I am not among you; lest 
 ye be smitten before your enemies. 
 
 43 So I spake unto you, and ye heark- 
 ened not ; but ye rebelled against the 
 commandment of the Lord, and were 
 liresumptuous, and went up into the 
 
 44 mountain. And the Amorites, which 
 dwelt in that mountain, came out a- 
 gainst you, and chased you, as bees 
 
 - do, and beat you down in Seir, even 
 
 45mito Hormah. And ye retiu'ned and 
 wept before the Lord; but the Lord 
 hearkened not to yom* voice, nor gave 
 
 46 ear unto you. So ye abode in Kadesh 
 many days, according unto the days 
 that ye abode there. 
 
 2 Then we turned, and took our journey 
 into the wilderness by the way to the 
 Eed Sea, as the Lord spake unto me: 
 
 and we comi^assed mount Seir many 
 
 2 days. And the Lord spake unto me, 
 
 3 sajdng, Ye have compassed this mount- 
 ain long enough : turn you northward. 
 
 4 And command thou the people, saying. 
 Ye are to pass through the border of 
 j-our bretlu'en the children of Esau, 
 which dwell in Seir; and they shall 
 be afraid of you: take ye good heed 
 
 5 unto yourselves therefore : contend 
 not with them ; for I will not give you 
 of theii' laud, no, not so much as for 
 the sole of the foot to tread on : because 
 I have given mount Seir unto Esau 
 
 6 for a possession. Ye shall purchase 
 food of them for money, that ye may 
 eat; and ye shall also buy water of 
 them for money, that ye may drink. 
 
 7 For the Lord thy God hath blessed 
 thee in all the work of thy hand : he 
 hath kno\vn thy walking through this 
 great wilderness : these forty years the 
 Lord thy God hath been with thee; 
 
 8 thou hast lacked nothing. So we passed 
 by from our brethren the children of 
 Esau, which dwell in Sen*, from the 
 way of the Arabah from Elath and 
 from Ezion-geber. 
 
 And we turned and passed by the 
 
 9 way of the wilderness of Moab. And 
 the Lord said unto me. Vex not Moab, 
 neither contend ^\ath them in battle: 
 for I will not give thee of his land for 
 a possession ; because I have given Ar 
 unto the children of Lot for a posses- 
 
 10 sion. (The Emim dwelt therein afore- 
 time, a j)eople great, and many, and 
 
 11 tall, as the Anakim: these also are 
 accounted SRephaim, as the Anakim; 
 but the Moabites call them Emim. 
 
 12 The Horites also dwelt in Seir afore- 
 time, but the children of Esau suc- 
 ceeded them ; and they destroyed them 
 from before them, and dwelt in their 
 stead; as Israel did unto the laud of 
 his possession, which the Lord gave 
 
 13 unto them.) Now rise up, and get you 
 over the brook Zered. And we went 
 
 14 over the brook Zered. And the days 
 in which we came from Kadesh-barnea, 
 until we were come over the brook 
 Zered, were thirty and eight years; 
 until all the generation of the men of 
 war were consumed from the midst of 
 the camp, as the Lord sware mito 
 
 15 them. Moreover the hand of the Lord 
 was against them, to destroy them from 
 the midst of the camp, until they were 
 consumed. 
 
 16 So it came to pass, when all the men 
 of war were consumed and dead from 
 
 17 among the i^eojile, that the Lord spake 
 
 18 unto me, saying. Thou art this day to 
 
 19 pass over Ar, the border of Moab : and 
 when thou comest nigh over against 
 the chUdreu of Ammon, vex them not, 
 nor contend with them : for I will not 
 give thee of the land of the children 
 of Ammon for a possession : because I
 
 3. IC. 
 
 DEUTERONOMY. 
 
 139 
 
 iHeb. 
 hy the 
 way, bi/ 
 the ivai/. 
 
 2Heb. 
 
 strong. 
 
 3 Or, ^o(^ 
 
 iHeb. 
 
 devoted. 
 6Heb. 
 city of 
 incn. 
 
 liave },'iveu it unto tlie children of Lot 
 
 20 for a possession. (That also is account- 
 ed a land of Eephaim : Kephuini dwelt 
 therein aforetime ; but the Ammonites 
 
 21 call them Zamzunnnim ; a peojile great, 
 and many, and tall, as the Auakim; 
 but the Lord destroyed them before 
 them; and they succeeded them, and 
 
 22 dwelt in their stead: as he did for tlie 
 children of Esau, which dwell in Seu% 
 when he destroyed the Horites from 
 before them ; and they succeeded them, 
 and dwelt in then- stead even unto this 
 
 23 day: aud the Avvim which dwelt in 
 villages as far as Gaza, the Caphtorim, 
 which came forth out of Caphtor, de- 
 stroyed them, aud dwelt in theii* stead.) 
 
 24 Rise ye up, take yoiu: journey, and pass 
 over the valley of Arnou: behold, I 
 have given into thine hand Sihon the 
 Amorite, king of Heshbon, and his 
 land : begin to iiossess it, and contend 
 
 25 with hun in battle. This day will I 
 begin to put the dread of thee and the 
 fear of thee upon the peoples that are 
 under the whole heaven, who shall 
 hear the report of thee, and shall 
 tremble, and be in anguish because 
 of thee. 
 
 26 And I sent messengers out of the 
 ■wilderness of Kedemoth unto Sihon 
 king of Heshbon with words of i^eace, 
 
 27 saying, Let me pass through thy land : 
 I will go 1 along by the high way, I 
 Avill neither turn unto the right hand 
 
 28 nor to the left. Thou shalt sell me food 
 for money, that I may eat; and give 
 me water for money, that I may drink : 
 only let me pass through on my feet ; 
 
 29 as the children of Esau which dwell in 
 Sen-, aud the Moabites which dwell in 
 At, did unto me ; until I shall pass over 
 Jordan into the land which the Lord 
 
 30 oui' God giveth us. But SUion king of 
 Heshbon would not let us pass by hun : 
 for the Lord thy God hardened his 
 spirit, and made his heart '^obstinate, 
 that he might deliver hun into thy 
 
 31 hand, as at this day. And the Lord 
 said unto me, Behold, I have begun to 
 deUver up Sihon aud his land before 
 thee : begin to possess, that thou may- 
 
 32 est uiherit his land. Then Silion came 
 out against us, he and all his people, 
 
 83iuito battle at Jahaz. And the Lord 
 our God delivered him up before us; 
 and we smote him, and his ^sons, and 
 
 34 aU his people. And we took all his 
 cities at that time, and * utterly de- 
 stroyed every ^ inhabited city, with the 
 women and the little ones; we left 
 
 35 none remaining: only the cattle we 
 took for a prey unto om-selves, with 
 the spoil of the cities which we had 
 
 36 taken. From Aroer, which is on the 
 edge of the valley of Aruon, and/;om 
 the city that is in the valley, even 
 mito Gilead, there was not a city 
 too high for us: the Lord our God 
 
 37 delivered up all before us : only to the 
 land of the chikb'en of Ammon thou 
 earnest not near; all the side of the 
 river Jabbok, and the cities of the hill 
 country, and wheresoever the Lord 
 our God forbad us. 
 
 3 Then we tm'ned, and wont up the 
 way to Bashan: and Og the kuig of 
 Bashan came out against us, he and 
 all his people, unto battle at Edrei. 
 
 2 And the Lord said unto me. Fear him 
 not: for I have delivered hun, and all 
 his people, and his land, into thy hand; 
 and thou shalt do unto him as thou 
 didst unto Sihon king of the Amorites, 
 
 3 which dwelt at Heshbon. So the Loid 
 our God delivered into our hand Og 
 also, the king of Bashan, and all his 
 people: and we smote him imtil none 
 
 4 was left to him remaining. And we 
 took all his cities at that time; there 
 was not a city which we took not from 
 them; threescore cities, all the region 
 of Ai-gob, the kingdom of Og in Bashan. 
 
 5 All these were cities fenced with high 
 walls, gates, and bars; beside the •'un- 
 
 6 walled towns a great many. And we 
 ^utterly destroyed them, as we did 
 unto Silion king of Heshbon, utterly 
 destroying every ^ inhabited city, -n-ith 
 
 7 the women and the little ones. But 
 all the cattle, and the si^oil of the cities, 
 we took for a prey imto om-selves. 
 
 8 And we took the land at that time out 
 of the hand of the two kings of the 
 Amorites that were beyond Jordan, 
 from the valley of Arnon imto mount 
 
 9 Hermon ; {vMch Hermon the Sidonians 
 call Su'ion, and the Amorites call it 
 
 lOSeuir;) all the cities of the ^platn, 
 aud all Gilead, and all Bashan, unto 
 Salecah and Edrei, cities of the king- 
 
 lldom of Og in Bashau. (For only 
 Og king of Bashan remained of the 
 remnant of the Rejihaim; behold, his 
 bedstead was a bedstead of iron ; is it 
 not in Eabbah of the children of Am- 
 mon ? nine cubits was the length there- 
 of, and four cubits the breadth of it, 
 
 12 after the cubit of a man.) And this 
 land we took in possession at that time : 
 from Ai'oer, which is by the valley of 
 Arnon, and half the hill comitry of 
 Gilead, aud the cities thereof, gave I 
 unto the Reubenites and to the Gad- 
 
 13ites: and the rest of Gilead, aud all 
 Bashan, the kingdom of Og, gave I 
 imto the half tribe of Manasseh; ^all 
 the region of Argob, ^eveu aU Ba- 
 shan. (The same is called the land of 
 
 14Eephaim. Jair the son of Manasseh 
 took all the region of Argob, unto the 
 border of the Geshurites and the Ma- 
 acathites; and called them, even Ba- 
 shan, 10 after his own name, Havvoth- 
 
 15 jair, unto this day.) And I gave Gilead 
 
 16 unto Machir. And unto the Reuben- 
 ites aud unto the Gadites I gave from 
 Gilead even unto the valley of Arnon, 
 
 "Or, 
 
 country 
 
 toimis 
 
 7 Or, 
 table 
 land 
 
 8 Or. 
 all the 
 regioyi 
 of Argob 
 I All that 
 Bash a n 
 is coiled 
 ie. 
 
 9 Or. 
 with 
 
 10 See 
 Num. 
 xxxii. i1. 
 
 5—6
 
 140 
 
 DEUTERONOMY. 
 
 3. 16. 
 
 I Or, /or 
 
 a border 
 
 2 Or, 
 springs 
 
 the middle of the valley, land the 
 border thereof; even unto the river 
 Jabbok, which is the border of the 
 
 17 children of Amnion ; the Ai-abah also, 
 and Jordan land the border thereof, 
 from Chiunereth even unto the sea of 
 the Ai-abah, the Salt Sea, imder the 
 2 slopes of Pisgah eastward. 
 
 18 And I commanded you at that time, 
 saying. The Lord your God hath given 
 you this land to possess it: ye shall 
 pass over armed before yom* brethren 
 
 • the children of Israel, aU the men of 
 
 19 valour. But your wives, and your little 
 ones, and your cattle, (I know that ye 
 have much cattle,) shall abide m your 
 
 20 cities which I have given you; until 
 the LoED give rest unto yom- brethi-en, 
 as unto you, and they also possess the 
 land which the Lokd your God giveth 
 them beyond Jordan: then shall ye 
 return every man unto his possession, 
 
 21 which I have given you. And I com- 
 manded Joshua at that tune, saying. 
 Thine eyes have seen all that the Lord 
 yom- God hath done unto these two 
 kmgs: so shall the Lord do unto all 
 the kingdoms whither thou goest over. 
 
 22 Ye shall not fear them : for the Lord 
 your God, he it is that tighteth for 
 you. 
 
 23 And I besought the Lord at that time, 
 
 24 saying, Lord God, thou hast begun 
 to shew thy servant thy gi-eatness, and 
 thy strong hand : for what god is there 
 in heaven or in earth, that can do ac- 
 cording to thy works, and according to 
 
 25 thy mighty acts ? Let me go over, I 
 pray thee, and see the good land that 
 is beyond Jordan, that goodly mouut- 
 
 26ain, and Lebanon. But the Lord 
 was wroth with me for your sakes, 
 and heai'kened not imto me: and the 
 Lord said unto me. Let it suffice thee; 
 speak no more unto me of this matter. 
 
 27 Get thee up into the top of Pisgah, and 
 lift U2) thine ej'es westward, and north- 
 ward, and southward, and eastward, 
 and behold with thine eyes: for thou 
 
 28 shalt not go over this Jordan. But 
 charge Joshua, and encourage him, 
 and strengthen him: for he shall go 
 over before this people, and he shall 
 cause them to inherit the land which 
 
 29 thou shalt see. So we abode in the 
 valley over against Beth-peor. 
 
 4 And now, O Israel, hearken unto the 
 statutes and unto the judgements, 
 which I teach you, for to do them; 
 that ye may live, and go in and possess 
 the land which the Lord, the God of 
 
 2 yom- fathers, giveth you. Ye shall 
 not add unto the word which I com- 
 mand you, neither shall ye diminish 
 from it, that ye may keep the com- 
 mandments of the Lord your God which 
 
 3 1 command you. Your eyes have seen 
 what the Lord did because of Baal- 
 peor: for all the men that followed 
 
 Baal-peor, the Lord thy God hath de- 
 stroyed them from the midst of thee. 
 
 4 But ye that did cleave unto the Lord 
 your God are alive every one of you 
 
 5 this day. Behold, I have taught you 
 statutes and judgements, even as the 
 Lord my God conmianded me, that ye 
 should do so ui the midst of the land 
 
 6 whither ye go in to possess it. Keep 
 therefore and do them ; for this is your 
 wisdom and your understanding in the 
 sight of the peoples, which shall hear 
 all these statutes, and say. Surely this 
 great nation is a wise and understand- 
 
 7 ing people. For what gi-eat nation is 
 there, that hath ^a god so nigh imto 
 them, as the Lord om* God is when- 
 
 8 soever we call upon him ? And what 
 great nation is there, that hath statutes 
 and judgements so righteous as all this 
 law, which I set before you this day? 
 
 9 Only take heed to thyself, and keep 
 thy soul diligently, lest thou forget the 
 things which thine eyes saw, and lest 
 they dei)art from thy heart all the 
 days of thy life ; but make them known 
 unto thy childi'en and thy children's 
 
 10chil(h-en; the day that thou stoodest 
 before the Lord thy God in Horeb, 
 when the Lord said unto me, Assemble 
 me the iieople, and I will make them 
 hear my words, that they may learn 
 to fear me all the days that they live 
 upon the earth, and that they may 
 
 11 teach their chilib'en. And ye came 
 near and stood under the mountain; 
 and the mountain burned with fire 
 mito the heart of heaven, with dark- 
 
 12ness, cloud, and thick darkness. And 
 the Lord spake unto you out of the 
 midst of the fire: ye heard the voice 
 of words, but ye saw no form ; only ye 
 
 13 heard a voice. And he declared unto 
 you his covenant, which he commanded 
 you to perform, even the ten ^com- 
 mandments ; and he wi'ote them upon 
 
 14 two tables of stone. And the Lord 
 commanded me at that time to teach 
 you statutes and judgements, that ye 
 might do them in the land whither ye 
 
 15 go over to jjossess it. Take ye there- 
 fore good heed unto yom-selves; for 
 ye saw no manner of form on the day 
 that the Lord spake unto you in Horeb 
 
 16 out of the midst of the tire: lest ye 
 corruiit yourselves, and make you a 
 graven image in the form of any figure, 
 
 17 the likeness of male or female, the like- 
 ness of any beast that is on the earth, 
 the likeness of any winged fowl that 
 
 ISfiieth in the heaven, the likeness of 
 any thuig that creepeth on the ground, 
 the likeness of any fish that is in the 
 
 19 water under the earth : and lest thou 
 lift up thine ej'es unto heaven, and 
 when thou seest the sun and the moon 
 and the stars, even all the host of 
 heaven, thou be drawn away and wor- 
 ship them, and serve them, which the
 
 5. 1. 
 
 DEUTERONOMY. 
 
 141 
 
 1 Or, ij- 
 
 171 the 
 
 latter 
 
 days 
 
 thou 
 
 return 
 
 2 Or, 
 trials 
 Or, cvldr 
 ences 
 
 Lord thy God bath divided unto all 
 the peoi^les under the whole heaveu. 
 '20 But the Lord hath taken you, and 
 brought you forth out of the ii-on 
 furnace, out of Egypt, to bo unto him 
 a people of inheritance, as at this day. 
 
 21 Furthermore the Lord was angry with 
 me for j'our sakes, and sware that I 
 should not go over Jordan, and that I 
 should not go in unto that good land, 
 which the Lord thy God giveth thee 
 
 22 for an inheritance : but I must die in 
 this land, I must not go over Jordan : 
 but ye shall go over, and possess that 
 
 23 good land. Take heed unto yoiu-selves, 
 lest ye forget the covenant of the Lord 
 your God, which he made with you, 
 and make you a graven image in the 
 form of any thing which the Lord thy 
 
 24 God hath forbidden thee. For the Lord 
 thy God is a devouring fire, a jealous 
 God. 
 
 25 When thou shalt beget children, and 
 childi-en's childi'en, and ye shall have 
 been long in the land, and shall cor- 
 rupt yoxu'selves, and make a gi'aven 
 image in the form of any thuig, and 
 shall do that which is evil in the sight 
 of the Lord thy God, to provoke him 
 
 26 to anger : I call heaven and earth to 
 vdtness against you this day, that ye 
 shall soon utterly i^erish from off the 
 land whereiuito ye go over Joi'dan to 
 possess it ; j-e shall not prolong your 
 days upon it, but shall utterly be 
 
 27 destroyed. And the Lord shall scatter 
 you among the peoples, and ye shall 
 be left few in number among the 
 nations, whither the Lord shall lead 
 
 28 you away. And there ye shall serve 
 gods, the work of men's hands, wood 
 and stone, which neither see, nor hear, 
 
 29 nor eat, nor smell. But if from thence 
 ye shall seek the Lord thy God, thou 
 shalt find him, if thou search after him 
 with aU thy heart and with all thy 
 
 30 soul. When thou art in tribulation, 
 and aU these thmgs are come upon 
 thee, ^in the latter days thou shalt 
 return to the Lord thy God, and 
 
 31 hearken unto his voice : for the Lord 
 thy God is a merciful God; he will 
 not fail thee, neither destroy thee, nor 
 forget the covenant of thy fathers 
 
 32 which he sware unto them. For ask 
 now of the days that are past, which 
 were before thee, since the day that 
 God created man u^jon the earth, and 
 from the one end of heaveu unto the 
 other, whether there hath beeu any such 
 thincf as this gi-eat thing is, or hath 
 
 33 been heard like it ? Did ever people 
 hear the voice of God speaking out of 
 the midst of the fire, as thou hast 
 
 34 heai-d, and Uve ? Or hath God assayed 
 ! to go and take him a nation from the 
 I midst of another nation, by ^ tempta- 
 tions, by signs, and by wonders, and 
 by war, and by a mighty hand, a,nd by 
 
 a stretched out arm, and by great 
 terrors, accorduig to all that the Lord 
 your God did for you in Egyi)t before 
 
 35 your eyes ? Unto thee it was shewed, 
 that thou mightcst know that the Lord 
 he is God ; there is none else beside 
 
 36 him. Out of heaven he made thee to 
 hear his voice, that he might instruct 
 thee : and upon earth he made thee to 
 see his great fire ; and thou heardest 
 his words out of the midst of the fire. 
 
 37 And because he loved thy fathers, 
 therefore he chose their seed after 
 them, and brought thee out with his 
 in-esence, with his great power, out 
 
 38 of Egypt ; to drive out nations from 
 before thee greater and mightier than 
 thou, to brmg thee in, to give thee 
 then" land for an inheritance, as at 
 
 89 this day. Know therefore this day, 
 and lay it to thine heart, that the 
 Lord he is God in heaven above and 
 upon the earth beneath : there is none 
 
 40 else. And thou shalt keep his statutes, 
 and his conunaudments, which I com- 
 mand thee this day, that it may go 
 well with thee, and with thy children 
 after thee, and that thou mayest pro- 
 long thy days upon the land, which 
 the Lord thy God giveth thee, for 
 ever. 
 
 41 Then Moses separated three cities 
 beyond Jordan toward the sum-ising; 
 
 42 that the manslayer might flee thither, 
 which slaj'eth his neighbour unawares, 
 and hated him not in time past ; and 
 that fleeing unto one of these cities 
 
 43 he might live : namely, Bezer in the 
 wUderness, in the 3 plain country, for 
 the Reubenites; andEamothinGilead, 
 for the Gadites ; and Golan in Bashan, 
 for the Manassites. 
 
 44 And this is the law which Moses set 
 45 before the children of Israel: these 
 
 are the testimonies, and the statutes, 
 and the judgements, which Moses 
 spake unto the children of Israel, 
 when they came forth out of Egypt; 
 
 46 beyond Jordan, in the valley over 
 against Beth-peor, in the laud of Sihon 
 king of the Amorites, who dwelt at 
 Heshbon, whom Moses and the child- 
 ren of Israel smote, when they came 
 
 47 forth oiit of Egypt : and they took his 
 land in jiossession, and the land of 
 Og king of Bashan, the two kuigs of 
 the Ajnorites, which were beyond Jor- 
 
 48 dan tov.ard the sunrismg ; from Aroer, 
 which is on the edge of the valley of 
 Ai-non, even unto mount Sion (the 
 
 49 same is Hermon), and all the Ai-abah 
 beyond Jordan eastward, even unto 
 the sea of the Arabah, under the 
 * slopes of Pisgah. 
 
 5 And Moses called unto all Israel, 
 and said mito them. Hear, Israel, 
 the statutes and the judgements 
 which I speak in yoiu" ears this day, 
 
 3 Or, 
 table 
 land 
 
 ^Or, 
 springs
 
 142 
 
 DEUTERONOMY. 
 
 5. 1. 
 
 ' See Ex. 
 XX. 2. 
 
 2Heb. 
 bond- 
 men, 
 3 Or, 
 
 tne 
 
 iSee 
 Ex. XX. 6. 
 
 5 Or, for 
 vanity 
 oifahe- 
 hood 
 
 rVer. 18 
 in Heb.] 
 
 that ye may learn them, and observe 
 
 2 to do them. The Lord our God made 
 
 3 a covenant with us in Horeb. The Loed 
 made not this covenant with our fathers, 
 but with us, even us. Mho are all of us 
 
 4 here alive this day. The Lord spake 
 with you face to face in the mount out 
 
 5 of the midst of the fire, (I stood be- 
 tween the Loed and you at that time, 
 to shew you the word of the Loed : for 
 ye were afraid because of the fire, and 
 went not up into the mount ;) saying, 
 
 6 II am the Loed thy God, which 
 brought thee out of the land of Egypt, 
 out of the house of ^bondage. 
 
 7 Thou shalt have none other gods 
 3 before me. 
 
 8 Thou shalt not make unto thee a 
 graven image, the likeness q/' any form 
 that is in heaven above, or that is in 
 the earth beneath, or that is in the 
 
 9 water under the earth : thou shalt 
 not bow down thyself unto them, nor 
 serve them : for I the Loed thy God 
 am a jealous God, visiting the iniqui- 
 ty of the fathers upon the children, 
 and upon the thhd and upon the 
 fourth generation of them that hate 
 
 10 me; and shewing mercy unto ^thou- 
 sands, of them that love me and keej) 
 my commandments. 
 
 11 Thou shalt not take the name of the 
 Lord thy God ^in vain: for the Loed 
 will not hold him guUtless that taketh 
 his name ^in vain. 
 
 12 Observe the sabbath day, to keej) it 
 holy, as the Lord thy God commanded 
 
 13 thee. Six days shalt thou labour, and 
 
 14 do all thy work : but the seventh day 
 is a sabbath unto the Lord thy God : 
 in it thou shalt not do any work, thou, 
 nor thy son, nor thy daughter, nor 
 thy manservant, nor thy maidservant, 
 nor thine ox, nor thine ass, nor any 
 of thy cattle, nor thy stranger that is 
 within thy gates ; that thy manservant 
 and thy maidservant may rest as well 
 
 15 as thou. And thou shalt remember 
 that th»u wast a servant in the land 
 of Egypt, and the Lord thy God 
 brought thee out thence by a mighty 
 hand and by a stretched out arm: 
 therefore the Lord thy God com- 
 manded thee to keeji the sabbath day. 
 
 16 Honour thy father and thy mother, 
 as the Lord thy God commanded thee : 
 that thy days may be long, and that 
 it may go well with thee, upon the 
 land which the Lord thy God giveth 
 thee. 
 
 17 Thou shalt do no murder. 
 
 18 Neither shalt thou commit adultery. 
 
 19 Neither shalt thou steal. 
 
 20 Neither shalt thou bear false witness 
 against thy neighbour. 
 
 21 Neither shalt thou covet thy neigh- 
 bom-'s wife ; neither shalt thou desire 
 thy neighbour's house, his field, or his 
 manservant, or his maidservant, his 
 
 ox, or his ass, or any thing that is thy 
 neighbour's. 
 
 22 These words the Loed spake unto all 
 your assembly in the mount out of the 
 midst of the lu-e, of the cloud, and of 
 the thick darkness, with a gi'eat voice : 
 and he added no more. And he wrote 
 them upon two tables of stone, and 
 
 23 gave them mito me. And it came to 
 pass, when ye heard the voice out of 
 the midst of the darkness, while the 
 mountain did burn with fij-e, that ye 
 came near unto me, even all the heads 
 
 24 of youi' tribes, and your elders; and 
 ye said. Behold, the Lord our God 
 hath shewed us his glory and his 
 greatness, and we have heard his 
 voice out of the midst of the fire : we 
 have seen this day that God doth 
 
 25 speak with man, and he liveth. Now 
 therefore why should we die ? for this 
 great tu-e will consume us : if we hear 
 the voice of the Loed our God any 
 
 2G more, then we shall die. For who is 
 there of all flesh, that hath heard the 
 voice of the living God siseaking out 
 of the midst of the fli-e, as we have, 
 
 27 and lived ? Go thou near, and hear all 
 that the Loed our God shall say : and 
 speak thou unto us all that the Loed 
 our God shall speak unto thee; and 
 
 28 we mil hear it, and do it. And the 
 Loed heard the voice of your words, 
 when ye spake unto me; and the 
 Lord said unto me, I have heard 
 the voice of the words of this people, 
 which they have spoken unto thee : 
 they have well said all that they have 
 
 29 spoken. 6 Oh that there were such an 
 heart in them, that they would fear 
 me, and keep all my commandments 
 always, that it might be well with 
 them, and with their chihb'en for 
 
 30 ever! Go say to them. Return ye to 
 
 31 your tents. But as for thee, stand 
 thou here by me, and I will speak 
 unto thee all the commandment, and 
 the statutes, and the judgements, 
 which thou shalt teach them, that 
 they may do them in the land which 
 
 321 give them to i)ossess it. Ye shall 
 observe to do therefore as the Loed 
 youi- God hath conunanded you: ye 
 shall not tui-n aside to the right hand 
 
 33 or to the left. Ye shall walk in all 
 the way which the Lord your God 
 hath conamanded you, that ye may 
 live, and that it may be well with you, 
 and that ye may prolong your days in 
 the land which ye shall possess. 
 
 6 Now this is the commandment, the 
 statutes, and the judgements, which 
 the Loed yom- God commanded to 
 teach you, that ye might do them in 
 the land whither ye go over to possess 
 
 2 it: that thou mightest fear the Lord 
 thy God, to keep all his statutes and 
 his commandments, which I command 
 thee, thou, and thy son, and thy son's 
 
 GOr. 
 
 Oh that 
 they had 
 sticli an 
 heart as 
 this ah 
 way, to 
 fear me, 
 andkeep 
 all my 
 com- 
 i)tand- 
 iitents, 
 that
 
 7. 11. 
 
 DEUTERONOMY. 
 
 143 
 
 » Or, tJio 
 Lord 
 our God, 
 the Loiiu 
 is one 
 Or, the 
 Lord is 
 our Ood, 
 the Loi'.u 
 is one 
 Or, the 
 Lord ix 
 our Go'J, 
 the Loud 
 alone 
 
 son, all the clays of thy life ; and that 
 
 3 thy flays may be i)rolonged. Hear 
 therefore, O Israel, and observe to do 
 it ; that it may be well with thee, and 
 that ye may increase mightily, as tlie 
 Loiii), the God of thy fathers, hath 
 promised unto thee, in a laud flowing 
 with milk and honey. 
 
 4 Hear, Israel: itlie Loed oiu' God 
 
 5 is one Lohi> : and thou shalt love the 
 LuitD thy God with all thine heart, 
 and with all thy soul, and with all 
 
 G thy might. And these words, which I 
 command thee this day, shaU be upou 
 
 7 thine heart: and thou shalt teach 
 them diligently unto thy childi-en, and 
 shalt talk of them when thou sittest 
 in thine house, and when thou walk- 
 est by the way, and when thou liost 
 
 8 down, and when thou risest up. And 
 thou shalt bind them for a sign upon 
 thine hand, and they shall be for 
 
 9 frontlets between thine eyes. And 
 thou shalt -write them upon the door 
 posts of thy house, and upon thy 
 gates. 
 
 10 And it shall be, when the Lord thy 
 God shall bring thee into the land 
 which he sware unto thy fathers, to 
 Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, to 
 give thee ; gi-eat and goodl}' cities, 
 
 11 which thou buildedst not, and houses 
 full of all good things, which thou 
 iiUedst not, and cisterns he\\Ti out, 
 which thou hewedst not, vineyards and 
 olive trees, vi'hich thou plantedst not, 
 
 12 and thou shalt eat and be full; then 
 beware lest thouforget the Lord, which 
 brought thee forth out of the land of 
 Egj-pt, out of the house of bondage. 
 
 13 Thou shalt fear the Lord thy God; 
 and him shalt thou serve, and shalt 
 
 14 swear by his name. Ye shall not go 
 after other gods, of the gods of the 
 peoples which are round about you; 
 
 15 for the Lord thy God in the midst of 
 thee is a jealous God ; lest the anger 
 of the Lord thy God be kmdled against 
 thee, and he destroy thee from off the 
 face of the earth. 
 
 16 Ye shall not tempt the Lord yom- 
 God, as ye tempted him in Massah. 
 
 17 Ye shall diligently keep the command- 
 ments of the Lord your God, and his 
 testimonies, and his statutes, which he 
 
 18 hath commanded thee. And thou shalt 
 do that which is right and good m the 
 sight of the Lord : that it may be well 
 with thee, and that thou mayest go in 
 and possess the good land which the 
 
 19 Lord sware unto thy fathers, to thrust 
 out all thine enemies from before thee, 
 as the Lord hath spoken. 
 
 20 When thy sou asketh thee in time to 
 come, saying. What mean the testi- 
 monies, and the statutes, and the judge- 
 ments, which the Lord our God hath 
 
 21 commanded you? then thou shalt say 
 unto thy son. We were Pharaoh's bond- 
 
 men in Egypt ; and the Lord brought 
 us out of Egypt with a mighty hand : 
 
 22 and the Lord shewed signs and won- 
 ders, great and sore, upon Egypt, upon 
 Pharaoh, and upon all his house, before 
 
 23 our eyes : and lie brought us out from 
 thence, that he might bring us m, to 
 give us the land \\hich he sware unto 
 
 24 our fathers. And the Lord command- 
 ed us to do all these statutes, to fear 
 the Lord our God, for our good always, 
 that he might preserve us alive, as at 
 
 25 this day. ^Vnd it shall be righteous- 
 ness unto us, if we observe to do aU. 
 this commandment before the Lord 
 om- God, as he bath commanded us. 
 
 7 When the Lord thy God shall bring 
 thee into the land whither thou goest 
 to possess it, and shall ^cast out many 
 nations before thee, the Hittite, and 
 the Girgashite, and the Amorite, and 
 the Canaanite, and the Perizzite, and 
 the Hivite, and the Jebusite, seven 
 nations gi-eater and mightier than 
 
 2 thou ; and when the Lord thy God 
 shall deliver them up before thee, and 
 thou shalt smite them ; then thou 
 shalt 8 utterly destroy them; thou 
 shalt make no covenant with them, 
 
 8 nor shew mercy unto them: neither 
 shalt thou make marriages with them ; 
 thy daughter thou shalt not give unto 
 his son, nor his daugliter shalt thou 
 
 4 take unto thy son. For he will turn 
 away thy son from following nie, that 
 they may serve other gods : so will the 
 anger of the Lord be kindled against 
 you, and he will destroy thee quickly. 
 
 5 But thus shall ye deal with them ; ye 
 shall break down then* altars, and 
 dash in pieces then- * pillars, and bev,^ 
 down then- SAsherim, and biu-n their 
 
 6 graven images with fire. For thou art 
 an holy people unto the Lord thy God : 
 the Lord thy God hath chosen thee to 
 be a peculiar people imto himself, ^a- 
 bove all peoples that are upon the face 
 
 7 of the earth. The Lord did not set 
 his love upon you, nor choose you, be- 
 cause ye were more in number than 
 any people; for ye were the fewest 
 
 8 of all peoples : but because the Lord 
 loveth you, and because he would keep 
 the oath which he sware unto your 
 fathers, hath the Lord brought you 
 out with a mighty hand, and redeemed 
 you out of the house of bondage, from 
 the hand of Pharaoh king of 'Egypt- 
 
 9 Know therefore that the Lord thy 
 God, he is God; the faithful God, 
 which keepeth covenant and mercy 
 with them that love bun and keep his 
 
 - commandments to a thousand genera- 
 lOtious; and repayeth them that hate 
 hiin to then- face, to destroy them : he 
 will not be slack to him that hateth 
 him, he wiil vej>aj him to his face. 
 11 Thou shalt therefore keep the com- 
 mandment, and the statutes, and the 
 
 2Heb. 
 pluck off. 
 
 3Heb. 
 devote. 
 
 4 Or, 
 obelisks 
 
 5 See Ex. 
 xxxiv. 13. 
 
 6 Or, 
 out of
 
 144 
 
 DEUTERONOMY. 
 
 7. 11. 
 
 lOr, 
 
 triaU 
 See ch. 
 iv. o4, 
 and xxix. 
 
 2 Or, 
 
 them- 
 selves 
 /rem 
 thee, 
 perrhh 
 
 3 Or. 
 
 judgements, wliich I command thee 
 this day, to do them. 
 
 12 And it shall come to pass, because ye 
 hearken to these judgements, and keep, 
 and do them, that the Lord thy God 
 shall keep with thee the covenant and 
 the mercy which he sware unto thy 
 
 13 fathers: and he will love thee, and 
 bless thee, and multiply thee : he will 
 also bless the fruit of thy body and 
 the fruit of thy ground, thy corn and 
 thy wiue and thine oU, the increase of 
 thy kine and the young of thy flock, in 
 the land which he sware unto thy 
 
 14 fathers to give thee. Thou shalt be 
 blessed above all peoples : there shall 
 not be male or female barren among 
 
 15 you, or among your cattle. And the 
 Lord will take away from thee all 
 sickness ; and he will put none of the 
 evil diseases of Egypt, which thou 
 knowest, upon thee, but will lay them 
 
 16 upon all them that hate thee. And 
 thou shalt consume all the peoples 
 which the Lord thy God shall deliver 
 unto thee; thine eye shall not pity 
 them: neither shalt thou serve their 
 gods ; for that will be a snare imto 
 
 17 thee. If thou shalt say in thine heart, 
 These nations are more than I ; how 
 
 18 can I dispossess them ? thou shalt not 
 be afraid of them : thou shalt well re- 
 member what the Lord thy God did 
 mito Pharaoh, and unto all Egyi^t; 
 
 19 the great i temptations which thine 
 eyes saw, and the signs, and the won- 
 ders, and the mighty hand, and the 
 stretched out arm, whereby the Lord 
 thy God brought thee out: so shall 
 the Lord thy God do unto all the 
 
 20 j)eoples of whom thou art afraid. More- 
 over the Lord thy God will send the 
 hornet among them, until they that 
 are left, and -hide themselves, perish 
 
 21 from before thee. Thou shalt not be 
 affrighted at them: for the Lord thy 
 God is in the midst of thee, a great 
 
 22 God and a terrible. And the Lord 
 thy God ■ndll cast out those nations 
 before thee by little and little: thou 
 mayest not consume them 3 at once, 
 lest the beasts of the field increase 
 
 23 upon thee. But the Lord thy God 
 shall deliver them up before thee, 
 and shall discomfit them with a great 
 discomfitm-e, until they be destroyed. 
 
 24 And he sliall deliver their kmgs into 
 thine hand, and thou shalt make their 
 name to perish from under heaven : 
 there shall no man be able to stand 
 before thee, until thou have destroyed 
 
 25 them. The graven images of then- 
 gods shaU ye burn with fire : thou 
 shalt not covet the silver or the gold 
 that is on them, nor take it unto thee, 
 lest thou be snared therein: for it is 
 an abomination to the Lord thy God : 
 
 26 and thou shalt not bring an abomin- 
 ation into thine house, and become 
 
 a devoted thing like unto it : thou 
 shalt utterly detest it, and thou shalt 
 utterly abhor it; for it is a devoted 
 thing. 
 8 All the commandment which I com- 
 mand thee this day shall ye observe to 
 do, that ye may live, and multiply, and 
 go in and laossess the land which the 
 
 2 Lord sware unto your fathers. And 
 thou shalt remember all the way which 
 the Lord thy God hath led thee these 
 forty years in the wilderness, that he 
 might hmnble thee, to prove thee, to 
 know what was in thine heart, whether 
 thou wouldest heeg his conmiandments, 
 
 3 or no. And he hmnbled thee, and 
 suffered thee to hunger, and fed thee 
 with manna, which thou knewest not, 
 neither did thy fathers know ; that he 
 might make thee know that man doth 
 not live by bread only, but by every 
 thing that proceedeth out of the mouth 
 
 4 of the Lord doth man live. Thy rai- 
 ment waxed not old upon thee, neither 
 did thy foot swell, these forty years. 
 
 5 And thou shalt consider in thine heart, 
 that, as a man chasteueth his son, so 
 the Lord thy God chasteneth thee. 
 
 6 And thou shalt keep the conunand- 
 ments of the Lord thy God, to walk 
 
 7 in his ways, and to fear him. For the 
 Lord thy God brmgeth thee into a 
 good land, a land of brooks of water, 
 of fountams and depths, springing 
 
 8 forth in valleys and hills ; a land of 
 wheat and barley, and vines and fig 
 trees and pomegranates ; a land of oil 
 
 9 olives and honey ; a land wherein thou 
 shalt eat bread without scarceness, 
 thou shalt not lack any thmg in it ; a 
 land whose stones are iron, and out 
 of whose hills thou mayest dig brass. 
 
 10 And thou shalt eat and be full, and 
 thou shalt bless the Lord thy God for 
 the good land which he hath given 
 
 11 thee. Beware lest thou forget the 
 Lord thy God, in not keepmg his 
 commandments, and his judgements, 
 and his statutes, which I comman.l 
 
 12 thee this day : lest when thou hast 
 eaten and art full, and hast built goodly 
 
 13 houses, and dwelt therein; and when 
 thy herds and thy fiocks multiply, and 
 thy silver and thy gold is multiijlied, 
 and all that thou hast is multiplied; 
 
 14 then thine heart be lifted uj), and thou 
 forget the Lord thy God, which brought 
 thee forth out of the land of Egyjjt, out 
 
 15 of the house of bondage ; who led thee 
 through the great and terrible wilder- 
 ness, wherein loere fiery serpents and 
 scorpions, and thu'sty ground where 
 was no water ; who brought thee forth 
 
 IG water out of the rock of flint ; who fed 
 thee in the wilderness with manna, 
 which thy fathers knew not ; that he 
 might humble thee, and that he might 
 prove thee, to do thee good at thy 
 
 17 latter end: and thou say in thine
 
 9. 26. 
 
 DEUTERONOMY. 
 
 145 
 
 heart, My power aiul the might of 
 mine hand hath gotten me this wealtli. 
 
 18 But thou shalt remember tlie Lord thy 
 God, for it is he that gis'eth thee 
 power to get wealth ; tliat ho may 
 estahhsh his covenant wliich lie sware 
 
 19 imto thy fathers, as at this day. And 
 it shall he, if thou shalt forget the 
 LoKD thy God, and walk after other 
 gods, and serve them, and worshij) 
 them, I testify against you this day 
 
 20 that j'e sliall surely ijerish. As the 
 nations which the Lokd maketh to 
 perish before j'ou, so shall ye perish ; 
 because ye would not hearken mito 
 the voice of the Lord yom- God. 
 
 9 Hear, Israel: thou art to jmss 
 over Jordan this day, to go in to pos- 
 sess nations greater and mightier than 
 thyself, cities gi-eat and fenced up to 
 
 2 heaven, a people great and tall, the 
 sons of the Anakim, whom thou know- 
 est, and of whom thou hast heard say. 
 Who can stand before the sons of 
 
 3 Anak ? Know therefore this day, that 
 the Lord thy God is he which goeth 
 over before thee as a devouring fire ; 
 he shall destroy them, and he shall 
 bring them down before thee : so shalt 
 thou drive them out, and make them 
 to perish quickly, as the Lord hath 
 
 4 spoken unto thee. Sjjeak not thou in 
 thine heart, after that the Lord thy 
 God hath thrust them out from before 
 thee, saying. For my righteousness the 
 Lord hath brought me in to possess 
 this land : whereas for the wickedness 
 of these nations the Lord doth drive 
 
 5 them out from before thee. Not for 
 thy righteousness, or for the upright- 
 ness of thine heart, dost thou go in to 
 possess their land : but for the wicked- 
 ness of these nations the Lord thy 
 God doth drive them out from before 
 thee, and that he may establish the 
 word which the Lord sware unto thy 
 fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to 
 
 6 Jacob. Know therefore, that the Lord 
 thy God giveth thee not this good land 
 to possess it for thy righteousness ; for 
 
 7 thou art a stiffneclved people. Eemem- 
 ber, forget thou not, how thou provok- 
 edst the Lord thy God to wrath in the 
 wilderness: from the day that thou 
 w'eutest forth out of the land of Egypt, 
 until ye came unto this place, ye have 
 
 8 been rebellious against the Lord. Also 
 in Horeb ye provoked the Lord to 
 wrath, and the Lord was angry with 
 
 9 you to have destroyed yoix. When I 
 was gone up into the mount to receive 
 the tables of stone, even the tables of 
 the covenant which the Lord made 
 with you, then I abode in the mount 
 forty days and forty nights; I did 
 neither eat bread nor drink water. 
 
 10 And the Lord delivered unto me the 
 two tables of stone written with the 
 finger of God ; and on them ivas written 
 
 according to all the words, which the 
 Lord spake with you in tlie mount out 
 of the midst of the fire in the day of 
 lithe assem])ly. And it came to pass 
 at the end of forty days and forty 
 nights, that the Lord gave me the two 
 tables of stone, even the tables of the 
 
 12 covenant. And the Lord said unto 
 me, Ai'ise, get thee down quickly from 
 hence ; for thy peoi)le which tluni hast 
 brought forth out of Egypt have cor- 
 rupted themselves; they are quickly 
 turned aside out of the way which I 
 commanded them; they have made 
 
 13 them a molten image. Furthermore 
 the Lord spake unto me, saying, I have 
 seen this people, and, behold, it is a 
 
 14 stiffnecked people: let me alone, that 
 I may destroy them, and blot out then- 
 name from under heaven: and I wUl 
 make of thee a nation mightier and 
 
 15 greater than they. So I turned and 
 came down from the mount, and the 
 mount burned Avith fire: and the two 
 tables of the covenant were in my two 
 
 16 hands. And I looked, and, behold, ye 
 had sinned against the LoSd your God ; 
 ye had made you a molten calf: ye had 
 tm'iied aside quickly out of the way 
 which the Lord had commanded you. 
 
 17 And I took hold of the two tables, and 
 cast them out of my two hands, and 
 
 18 brake them before your eyes. And I 
 fell down before the Lord, as at the 
 first, forty days and forty nights; I 
 did neither eat bread nor di-ink water ; 
 because of all your sin which ye 
 sinned, in doing that which was evil 
 in the sight of the Lord, to provoke 
 
 19 him to anger. For I was afraid of the 
 anger and hot displeasure, wherewith 
 the Lord was wroth against you to 
 destroy you. But the Lord hearkened 
 
 20 unto me that time also. And the Lord 
 was very angry with Aaron to have 
 destroyed htm : and I prayed for Aaron 
 
 21 also the same time. And I took your 
 sin, the calf which ye had made, and 
 burnt it with fire, and stamped it, 
 grinding it very small, until it was as 
 tine as dust : and I cast the dust there- 
 of into the brook that descended out 
 
 22 of the mount. And at Taberah, and 
 at Massah, and at Kibroth-hattaavah, 
 
 23 ye provoked the Lord to wrath. And 
 when the Lord sent you from Kadesh- 
 barnea, saying. Go np and possess the 
 land which I have given you ; then ye 
 rebelled against the commandment of 
 the Lord your God, and ye believed 
 bun not, nor hearkened to his voice. 
 
 24 Ye have been rebellious against the 
 Lord from the day that I knew you. 
 
 25 So I fell down before the Lord the 
 forty days and forty nights that I fell 
 down ; because the Lord had said he 
 
 26 would destroy you. And I prayed unto 
 the Lord, and said, Lord God, destroy 
 not thy ijeople and thine inheritance,
 
 146 
 
 DEUTERONOMY. 
 
 9. 26. 
 
 iHeb. 
 
 words. 
 
 2 Or, the 
 wells of 
 the child- 
 ren of 
 Jaakan 
 
 which thou hast redeemed thi'ough thy 
 greatness, which thou hast brought 
 forth out of Egypt ynila a mighty hand. 
 
 27 Remember thy servants, Abraham, 
 Isaac, and Jacob; look not unto the 
 stubbornness of this people, nor to 
 
 28 their wickedness, nor to their sin : lest 
 the land whence thou broughtest us 
 out say. Because the Lord was not 
 able to bring them into the land which 
 he promised unto them, and because 
 he hated them, he hath brought them 
 out to slay them in the v.ilderness. 
 
 29 Yet they are thy people and thine in- 
 heritance, which thou broughtest out 
 by thy great power and by thy stretched 
 out arm. 
 
 10 At 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 au ark of 
 
 2 wood. And I will write ou the tables 
 the words that were on the first tables 
 which thou brakest, and thou shalt put 
 
 3 them in the ark. So I made an ark of 
 acacia wood, and hewed two tables of 
 stone like unto the fu-st, and went up 
 into the mount, having the two tables 
 
 4 in miiie hand. And he v.Tote on the 
 tables, according to the fii'st writing, 
 the ten i commandments, which the 
 Lord spake unto you iu the mount 
 out of the midst of the fire in the day 
 of tlie assembly: and the Lord gave 
 
 5 them imto me. And I turned and 
 came down from the mount, and put 
 the tables in the ark which I had 
 made ; and there they be, as the Lord 
 
 6 commanded me. (And the children of 
 Israel journeyed from ^Beeroth Bene- 
 jaakau to Moserah : there Aaron died, 
 and there he was buried ; and Eleazar 
 his son ministered in the priest's office 
 
 7iu his stead. From thence they joiu-- 
 nej-ed unto Gudgodah ; and from Gud- 
 godah to Jotbathah, a land of brooks 
 
 8 of water. At that time the Lord separ- 
 ated the tribe of Levi, to bear the ark 
 of the covenant of the Lord, to stand 
 before the Lord to mmister unto him, 
 and to bless in his name, unto this 
 
 9 day. Wlierefore Levi hath no portion 
 nor inheritance with his brethren ; the 
 Lord is his inheritance, according as 
 the Lord thy God spake unto hun.) 
 
 10 And I stayed in the mount, as at the 
 fii'st time, forty days and forty nights : 
 and the Lord hearkened unto me that 
 time also ; the Lord would not destroy 
 
 11 thee, ^ud the Lord said unto me. 
 Arise, take thy joiu-ney before the peo- 
 ple; and they shall go m and possess 
 the land, which I sware unto their 
 fathers to give unto them. 
 
 12 And now, Israel, what doth the Lord 
 thy God require of thee, but to fear 
 the Lord thy God, to walk in all his 
 ways, and to love him, and to serve 
 the Lord thy God with all thy heart 
 
 13 and with all thy soul, to keep the com- 
 mandments of the Lord, and his stat- 
 utes, which I command thee this day 
 
 14 for thy good? Behold, unto the Lord 
 thy God belongeth the heaven, and 
 the heaven of heavens, the earth, with 
 
 15 all that therein is. Only the Lord had 
 a delight in thy fathers to love them, 
 and he chose their seed after them, 
 even you ^ above all peoples, as at 
 
 16 this day. Circumcise therefore the 
 foreskin of your heart, and be no more 
 
 17 stiffnecked. For the Lord your God, 
 he is God of gods, and Lord of lords, 
 the great God, the mighty, and the 
 terrible, which regardeth not persons, 
 
 18 nor taketh reward. He doth execute 
 the judgement of the fatherless and 
 ■widow, and loveth the stranger, in 
 
 19 giving him food and raiment. Love 
 ye therefore tlie stranger : for ye were 
 
 20 strangers in the land of Egyiit. Thou 
 shalt fear the Lord thy God; him 
 shalt thou serve; and to him shalt 
 thou cleave, and by his name shalt 
 
 21 thou swear. He is thy praise, and ho 
 is thy God, that hath done for thee 
 these great and terrible things, which 
 
 22 thine eyes have seen. Thy fathers 
 went do^^^l into Egypt ^vith threescore 
 and ten persons; and now the Lord 
 thy God hath made thee as the stars 
 of heaven for multitude. 
 
 11 Therefore thou shalt love the Lord 
 thy God, and keep his charge, and liis 
 statutes, and his judgements, and his 
 
 2 commandments, alway. And know ye 
 this day: for / speech not with your 
 children which have not known, and 
 which have not seen the ■* chastisement 
 of the Lord yoiir God, his greatness, 
 his mighty hand, and his stretched out 
 
 Barm, and his signs, and his works, 
 which he did in the midst of Egypt 
 unto Pharaoh the king of Egypt, and 
 
 4mito all his land; and what ho did 
 unto the army of Egypt, unto then* 
 horses, and to their chariots; how he 
 made the water of the Eed Sea to 
 overflow them as they pm-sued after 
 you, and how the Lord hath destroyed 
 
 5 them unto this day ; and what he did 
 unto you in the wilderness, until ye 
 
 6 came unto this place ; and what he did 
 unto Dathan and Abiram, the sons of 
 Eliab, the son of Reuben; how the 
 earth opened her mouth, and swallow- 
 ed them up, and their households, and 
 then- tents, and every living thing that 
 followed them, in the midst of all Is- 
 
 7 rael : but your eyes have seen all the 
 gi'eat work of the Lord which he did. 
 
 8 Therefore shall ye keep all the com- 
 mandment which I command thee this 
 day, that ye may be strong, and go in 
 and possess the land, whither ye go 
 
 9 over to possess it; and that ye may 
 prolong your days upon the laud, which 
 the Lord sware unto yom- fathers to
 
 12. 9. 
 
 DEUTERONOMY. 
 
 147 
 
 iHeb. 
 
 seeketh 
 after. 
 
 2 That is. 
 western. 
 
 give unto them and to their seed, a 
 land Howing with milk and honey. 
 
 10 For the land, whither thou goeKt in 
 to possess it, is not as the land of 
 Egypt, from whence ye came out, 
 where thou sov.-edst thy seed, and 
 wateredst it with thy foot, as a garden 
 
 11 of lierbs : but the land, whither ye go 
 over to possess it, is a laud of hills 
 and valleys, ami drinketh water of the 
 
 12 rain of heaven : a land which the Lord 
 tliy God icareth for; the eyes of the 
 Loiin thy God are always upon it, from 
 the beginning of the year even unto 
 the end of the year. 
 
 13 And it shall come to pass, if ye shall 
 hearken diligently unto my command- 
 ments which I conunand you this day, 
 to love the Lord your God, and to 
 serve him with all your heart and 
 
 14 with all your soul, that I will give the 
 rain of your land in its season, the 
 former ram and the latter rain, that 
 thou mayest gather in thy corn, and 
 
 15 thy -ivuie, and thine oil. And I will 
 give grass in thy fields for thy cattle, 
 
 16 and thou shalt eat and be full. Take 
 heed to yourselves, lest your heart be 
 deceived, and ye turn aside, and serve 
 
 17 other gods, and worship them; and 
 the anger of the Lord be kindled 
 against you, and he shut up the 
 heaven, that there be no rain, and 
 that the land yield not her fruit ; and 
 ye perish quickly from off the good 
 land which the Lord giveth you. 
 
 18 Therefore shall ye lay up these my 
 words in your heart and in your soul ; 
 and ye shall bind them for a sign 
 upon yom- hand, and they shall be for 
 
 19 frontlets between yoitr eyes. And ye 
 shall teach them your chikli-en, talk- 
 ing of them, when thou sittest in thine 
 house, and when thou walkest by the 
 way, and when thou liest down, and 
 
 20 when thou risest up. And thou shalt 
 write them upon the door posts of 
 
 21 thine house, and upon thy gates : that 
 your days may be multiplied, and the 
 days of your childi-en, upon the land 
 which the Lord sware unto your fa- 
 thers to give them, as the days of the 
 
 22 heavens above the earth. For if ye 
 sliall diligently keep all this com- 
 mandment which I command you, to 
 do it ; to love the Lord yom- God, to 
 walk in all his ways, and to cleave 
 
 23 unto him; then will the Lord di'ive 
 out all these nations from before you, 
 and ye shall possess nations greater 
 
 24 and mightier than yourselves. Every 
 place whereon the sole of your foot 
 shall tread shall be yours: from the 
 wilderness, and Lebanon, from the 
 river, the river Euphrates, even unto 
 the ^liinder sea shall be yom- border. 
 
 25 There shaU no man be able to stand 
 before you : the Lord your God shall 
 lay the fear of you and the dread of 
 
 you upon all the land that ye shall 
 tread upon, as he hath spoken unto 
 you. 
 2(i Behold, I set before you tliis day a 
 27 blessing and a ciu-se; tlie blessing, if 
 ye shall hearken unto the command- 
 ments of the Lord your God, which I 
 28 command you this day: and the curse, 
 if ye sliall not hearken unto the com- 
 mandments of the Lord your God, 
 but turn aside out of the way which 
 I coimnand you this day, to go after 
 other gods, which ye have not known. 
 
 29 And it shall come to pass, when the 
 Lord thy God shall bring thee into 
 the land whither thou goest to possess 
 it, that thou shalt set the blessing 
 upon mount Gerizim, and the curse 
 
 30 upon mount Ebal. Axe they not be- 
 yond Jordan, behind the way of the 
 going down of the smi, in the land of 
 the Canaanites which dwell in the 
 Arabah, over against Gilgal, beside 
 
 31 the 3 oaks of Moreh? For ye are to 
 pass over Joi-dan to go in to possess 
 the land which the Lord your God 
 giveth j'ou, and ye shall possess it, 
 
 32 and dwell therein. And ye shall ob- 
 serve to do all the statutes and the 
 judgements which I set before you 
 this day. 
 
 12 These are the statutes and the judge- 
 ments, which ye shall observe to do 
 in the land which the Loud, the God 
 of thy fathers, hath given thee to 
 possess it, all the days that ye live 
 2 upon the earth. Ye shall surely de- 
 stroy all the places, wherein the na- 
 tions which ye shall possess served 
 their gods, upon the high mountains, 
 and upon the hiUs, and luider every 
 3 green tree: and ye shall break down 
 their altars, and dash in pieces their 
 ^pillars, and burn their Asherim with 
 fire ; and ye shall hew down the graven 
 images of their gods; and ye shall 
 destroy their name out of that place. 
 
 4 Ye shall not do so unto the Lord yom- 
 
 5 God. But unto the place which the 
 Lord your God shall choose out of 
 all your tribes to put his name there, 
 even unto his habitation shall ye 
 seek, and thither thou shalt come: 
 
 6 and thither ye shall bi-ing your burnt 
 offerings, and your sacrifices, and 
 yoiu- tithes, and the heave offering 
 of your hand, and your vows, and 
 your freewill offerings, and the fir.st- 
 lings of yom- herd and of your flock: 
 
 7 and there ye shall eat before the Lord 
 your God, and ye shall rejoice in all 
 that ye put your hand unto, ye and 
 your households, wherein the Lord 
 
 8 thy God hath blessed tliee. Ye shall 
 not do after all the things that we do 
 here this day, every man whatsoever 
 
 9 is right in his ov^n eyes: for ye are 
 not as yet come to the rest and to the 
 inheritance, which the Lord your God 
 
 3 Or, 
 tere' 
 binths 
 
 lOr, 
 
 obelisks
 
 148 
 
 DEUTERONOMY. 
 
 12. 9. 
 
 lOgiveth thee. But when ye go over 
 Jordan, and dwell in the land which 
 the Lord your God causeth you to 
 inherit, and he giveth you rest from 
 all your enemies round ahout, so that 
 
 11 ye dwell in safety; then it shall come 
 to pass that the place which the Loed 
 your God shall choose to cause his 
 name to dwell there, thither shall ye 
 bring all that I command you; your 
 bm'nt offerings, and your sacrifices, 
 your tithes, and the heave offering of 
 your hand, and all your choice vows 
 
 12 which ye vow unto the Lord : and ye 
 shall rejoice before the Lord your 
 God, ye, and your sons, and your 
 daughters, and your menservants, and 
 your maidservants, and the Levite 
 that is within your gates, forasmuch 
 as lie hath no portion nor inheritance 
 
 13 with you. Take heed to thyself that 
 thou offer not thy burnt offerings in 
 
 14 every place that thou seest: but in 
 the place which the Lord shall choose 
 in one of thy tribes, there thou shalt 
 offer thy burnt offerings, and there 
 thou shalt do all that I command 
 
 15 thee. Notwithstanding thou mayest 
 kill and eat flesh within all thy gates, 
 after all the desire of thy soul, ac- 
 cording to the blessing of the Lord 
 thy God which he hath given thee: 
 the unclean and the clean may eat 
 thereof, as of the gazelle, and as of 
 
 16 the hart. Only ye shall not eat the 
 blood ; thou shalt pour it out upon the 
 
 17 earth as water. Thou mayest not eat 
 within tliy gates the tithe of thy corn, 
 or of thy wine, or of thine oil, or the 
 firstlings of thy herd or of thy flock, 
 nor any of thy vows which thou 
 vowest, nor thy freewill offermgs, nor 
 
 18 the heave offering of thine hand : but 
 thou shalt eat them before the Lord 
 thy God in the ijlace which the Lord 
 thy God shall choose, thou, and thy 
 son, and thy daughter, and thy man- 
 servant, and thy maidservant, and the 
 Levite that is within thy gates: and 
 thou shalt rejoice before the Lord thy 
 God in all that thou puttest thine 
 
 19 hand unto. Take heed to thyself that 
 thou forsake not the Levite as long as 
 thou livest upon thy land. 
 
 20 When the Lord thy God shall en- 
 large thy border, as he hath promised 
 thee, and thou shalt say, I will eat 
 flesh, because thy soul desireth to eat 
 flesh; thou mayest eat flesh, after all 
 
 21 the desire of thy soul. If the place 
 which the Lord thy God shall choose 
 to put his name there be too far from 
 thee, then thou shalt kill of thy herd 
 and of thy flock, which the Lord hath 
 given thee, as I have commanded thee, 
 and thou shalt eat within thy gates, 
 
 22 after all the desu-e of thy soul. Even 
 as the gazelle and as the hart is 
 eaten, so thou shalt eat thereof: the 
 
 unclean and the clean shall eat thereof 
 
 23 alike. Only "be sure that thou eat not 
 the blood: for the blood is the life; 
 and thou shalt not eat the life with 
 
 24 the flesh. Thou shalt not eat it ; thou 
 shalt ijour it out upon the earth as 
 
 25 water. Thou shalt not eat it ; that it 
 may go well with thee, and ■w'ith thy 
 chUdi'en after thee, when thou shalt 
 do that which is right in the eyes of 
 
 26 the Lord. Only thy holy things v/hich 
 thou hast, and thy vows, thou shalt 
 take, and go unto the place which the 
 
 27 Lord shall choose: and thou shalt 
 offer thy burnt offerings, the flesh and 
 the blood, upon the altar of the Lord 
 thy God: and the blood of thy sacri- 
 fices shall be poured out upon the 
 altar of the Lord thy God, and thou 
 
 28 shalt eat the flesh. Observe and hear 
 all these words which I command thee, 
 that it may go well with thee, and 
 with thy children after thee for ever, 
 when thou doest that which is good 
 and right in the eyes of the Lord thy 
 God. 
 
 29 When the Lord thy God shall cut off 
 the nations from before thee, whither 
 thou goest in to possess them, and 
 thou possessest them, and dwellest in 
 
 30 their land; take heed to thyself that 
 thou be not ensnared i to follow them, 
 after that they be destroyed from be- 
 fore thee; and that thou inquire not 
 after their gods, sayuig. How do these 
 nations serve their gods? ^even so 
 
 31 will I do likewise. Thou shalt not do 
 so unto the Lord thy God : for every 
 abomination to the Lord, which he 
 hateth, have they done unto theu- 
 gods; for even their sons and their 
 daughters do they burn in the fire to 
 theii- gods. 
 
 32 What thing soever I command you, 
 that shall ye observe to do : thou shalt 
 not add thereto, nor diminish from 
 it. 
 
 13 If there arise in the midst of thee a 
 prophet, or a di-eamer of di'eams, and 
 
 2 he give thee a sign or a wonder, and 
 the sign or the wonder come to pass, 
 whereof he spake unto thee, saying. 
 Let us go after other gods, which thou 
 hast not known, and let us serve them; 
 
 3 thou shalt not hearken unto the words 
 of that prophet, or unto that dreamer 
 of dreams: for the Lord your God 
 proveth you, to know whether ye love 
 the Lord your God with all your heart 
 
 4 and with all your soul. Ye shall walk 
 after the Lord yoiu- God, and fear 
 him, and keep his commandnieuts, and 
 obey his voice, and ye shall serve him, 
 
 5 and cleave unto him. And that pro- 
 phet, or that dreamer of dreams, shall 
 be put to death; because he hath 
 spoken ^ rebellion against the Lord 
 your God, which brought you out of 
 the land of Egypt, and redeemed thee
 
 14. 23. 
 
 DEUTERONOMY. 
 
 149 
 
 1 Or, i)i 
 
 2 Heb. 
 sotis of 
 worth- 
 lessness. 
 
 3 Heb. 
 devoting 
 
 i Or, as a 
 
 tvhole 
 
 burnt 
 
 offeriiuf 
 
 5 Or, 
 
 tnound 
 
 Heb. tel. 
 
 out of the liouse of bondage, to draw 
 thee aside out of the way which the 
 Lord tliy God comma'.iflod thee to 
 wallv in. So shalt thou put away the 
 evil from tlie midst of thee. 
 
 (■) If tliy brotlior, the son of thy mother, 
 or thy son, or thy daughter, or the 
 wife of thy bosom, or thy friend, 
 which is as thine own soul, entice 
 thee secretly, saying. Let us go and 
 serve other gods, which thou hast not 
 
 7 known, thou, nor thy fathers; of the 
 gods of the i)eoples which are romid 
 about you, nigh unto thee, or far off 
 from thee, from the one end of the 
 earth even unto the other end of the 
 
 8 earth; thou shalt not consent unto 
 htm, nor hearken unto him; neither 
 shall thine eye pity him, neither shalt 
 thou spare, neither shalt thou con- 
 
 9ceal him: but thou shalt sm-ely kill 
 hun; thine hand shall be first upon 
 him to put limi to death, and after- 
 
 10 wards the hand of all the people. And 
 thou shalt stone hmi with stones, that 
 he die ; because he hath sought to 
 di'aw thee away from the Lord thy 
 God, which brought thee out of the 
 land of Egypt, out of the house of 
 
 11 bondage. And all Israel shall hear, 
 and fear, and shall do no more any 
 such wickedness as this is in the midst 
 of thee. 
 
 12 If thou shalt hear tell i concerning 
 one of thy cities, which the Lord thy 
 God giveth thee to dweU there, saying, 
 
 13 Certain 2 base fellows are gone out 
 from the midst of thee, and have 
 drawn away the inhabitants of theu' 
 city, saying. Let us go and serve other 
 
 14 gods, which ye have not kuo^vTi ; then 
 shalt thou inquire, and make search, 
 and ask diligently; and, behold, if it 
 be truth, and the thuig certain, that 
 such abomination is wrought in the 
 
 15 midst of thee ; thou shalt sm-ely smite 
 the inhabitants of that city with the 
 edge of the sword, 3 destroying it ut- 
 terly, and all that is therein and the 
 cattle thereof, with the edge of the 
 
 16 sword. And thou shalt gather all 
 the spoil of it into the midst of the 
 street thereof, and shalt burn with 
 fire the city, and all the spoil thereof 
 ^every whit, unto the Lord thy God: 
 and it shall be an 5 heap for ever; it 
 
 17 shall not be built agam. And there 
 shall cleave nought of the devoted 
 thing to thine hand: that the Lord 
 may tm'n from the fierceness of his 
 anger, and shew thee mercy, and have 
 compassion upon thee, and multiply 
 thee, as he hath sworn unto thy fa- 
 
 ISthers; when thou shalt hearken to 
 the voice of the Lord thy God, to 
 keei) all his commandments which I 
 command thee this day, to do that 
 which is right in the eyes of the Lord 
 thy God. 
 
 14 Ye are the childi-en of the Lord your 
 God: ye shall not cut yourselves, nor 
 make any ])aldness between your eyes 
 
 2 for the dead. For thou art an holy 
 peojile unto the Lord thy God, and 
 the Lord hath chosen thee to be a 
 jieculiar iieople unto himself, "^ above 
 all peoples that are upon the face of 
 the eartli. 
 
 3 Thou shalt not eat any abommable 
 
 4 thing. These are the beasts which 
 ye shall eat: the ox, the sheep, and 
 
 5 the goat, the hart, and the gazeUe, 
 and the roebuck, and the wild goat, 
 and the pygarg, and the antelope, and 
 
 6 the chamois. And every beast that 
 parteth the hoof, and hath the hoof 
 cloven in two, and ' cheweth the cud, 
 among the beasts, that ye shall eat. 
 
 7 Nevertheless these ye shall not eat of 
 them that chew the cud, or of them 
 that have the hoof cloven : the camel, 
 and the hare, and the "^ coney, because 
 they chew the cud but part not the 
 
 8 hoof, they are unclean unto you : and 
 the swine, because he parteth the 
 hoof but cheweth not the cud, he is 
 unclean unto you: of theu* flesh ye 
 shall not eat, and theu- carcases ye 
 shall not touch. 
 
 9 These ye shall eat of all that are in 
 the waters : whatsoever hath fins and 
 
 10 scales shall ye eat: and whatsoever 
 hath not fins and scales ye shall not 
 eat ; it is unclean unto you. 
 
 Of all clean birds ye may eat. But 
 these are they of which ye shall not 
 eat: the ^ eagle, and the gier eagle, 
 
 13 and the ospray; and the glede, and 
 the falcon, and the kite after its kind ; 
 
 ^^and every raven after its kind; and 
 the ostrich, and the night hawk, and 
 the seamevv, and the hawk after its 
 
 16 kind; the little owl, and the great 
 
 17 owl, and the horned owl; and the 
 pelican, and the vulture, and the cor- 
 
 18 morant ; and the stork, and the heron 
 after its kind, and the hoopoe, and the 
 
 19 bat. And all winged creej)ing things 
 are miclean unto you : they shall not 
 
 20 be eaten. Of all clean fowls ye may 
 eat. 
 
 21 Ye shall not eat of any thing that 
 dieth of itself: thou mayest give it 
 mito the stranger that is within thy 
 gates, that he may eat it ; or thou 
 mayest sell it unto a foreigner: for 
 thou art an holy people unto the Lord 
 thy God. Thou shalt not seethe a kid 
 in its mother's milk. 
 
 22 Thou shalt sm-ely tithe all the in- 
 crease of thy seed, that which cometh 
 
 23 forth of the field year by year. And 
 thou shalt eat before the Lord thy 
 God, in the place which he shall 
 choose to cause his name to dwell 
 there, the tithe of thy corn, of thy 
 wine, and of thine oil, and the first- 
 lings of thy herd and of thy flock ; 
 
 11 
 13 
 
 f'Or, 
 out of 
 
 -I Heb. 
 
 hringeth 
 
 up. 
 
 ''See 
 Lev. xi. 5. 
 
 3 See 
 Lev. xl. 
 13, &c.
 
 150 
 
 DEUTERONOMY. 
 
 14. 23. 
 
 lOr. 
 
 release: 
 gave 
 when 
 there d-r 
 
 that tbou mayest learn to fear the 
 
 24 Lord thy God always. Aiid if the 
 way be too long for thee, so that thou 
 art not able to carry it, because the 
 place is too far from thee, which the 
 Lord tliy God shall choose to set his 
 name there, when the Lord thy God 
 
 25 shall bless thee : then shalt thou tui-n 
 it into money, and bind Tip the money 
 in thine hand, and shalt go unto the 
 place which the Lord thy God shall 
 
 26 choose: and thou shalt bestow the 
 money for whatsoever thy soul de- 
 sireth, for oxen, or for sheep, or for 
 wine, or for strong drink, or for what- 
 soever thy soul asketh of thee: and 
 thou shalt eat there before the Lord 
 thy God, and thou shalt rejoice, thou 
 
 27 and thuie household : and the Levite 
 that is within thy gates, thou shalt 
 not forsake him ; for he hath no por- 
 tion nor uiheritauce with thee. 
 
 28 At the end of every thi-ee years thou 
 shalt bruig forth all the tithe of thine 
 increase in the same year, and shalt 
 
 29 lay it up within thy gates: and the 
 Levite, because he hath no portion 
 nor inheritance with thee, and the 
 stranger, and the fatherless, and the 
 widow, which are ■\\dthin thy gates, 
 shall come, and shall eat and be satis- 
 fied; that the Lord thy God may 
 bless thee in all the work of thine 
 hand which thou doest. 
 
 15 At the end of every seven years thou 
 
 2 shalt make a release. And this is the 
 manner of the release : every creditor 
 shall release that which he hath lent 
 unto his neighbom-; he shall not 
 exact it of his neighboiur and his 
 brother; because the Lord's release 
 
 3 hath been proclaimed. Of a foreigner 
 thou mayest exact it : but whatsoever 
 of thuie is with thy brother thine 
 
 4 hand shall i release. Howbeit there 
 shall be no poor with thee; (for the 
 Lord will sm-ely bless thee in the 
 land which the Lord thy God giveth 
 thee for an mheritance to possess it;) 
 
 5 if only thou diligently hearken unto 
 the voice of the Lord thy God, to 
 observe to do aU this conunaudment 
 
 6 which I command thee this day. For 
 the Lord thy God will bless thee, as 
 he promised thee : and thou shalt lend 
 unto many nations, but thou shalt 
 not borrow ; and thou shalt rule over 
 many nations, but they shall not rule 
 over thee. 
 
 7 If there be with thee a poor man, 
 one of thy brethren, ^vithia any of 
 thy gates in thy land which the Lord 
 thy God giveth thee, thou shalt not 
 harden thine heart, nor shut thine 
 
 8 hand from thy poor brother : but thou 
 shalt surely open thuie hand unto him, 
 and shalt surely lend him sufficient 
 for his need in that which he wanteth. 
 
 9 Beware that there be not a base 
 
 thought in thine heart, saying. The 
 seventh year, the year of release, is at 
 hand; and thine eye be evil against 
 thy poor brother, and thou give him 
 nought; and he cry unto the Lord 
 against thee, and it be sin unto thee. 
 
 10 Thou shalt sui-ely give hun, and thine 
 heart shall not be gi-ieved \\'hen thou 
 givest unto hun: because that for 
 this thing the Lord thy God shall 
 bless thee in all thy work, and in all 
 that thou ijuttest thine hand unto. 
 
 11 For the poor shall never cease out of 
 the land: therefore I command thee, 
 saying, Thou slialt sm-ely open thuie 
 hand unto thy brother, to thy needy, 
 and to thy poor, in thy land. 
 
 12 If thy brother, an Hebrew man, or 
 an Hebrew woman, be sold unto thee, 
 and serve thee six years ; then in the 
 seventh year thou shalt let him go 
 
 13 free from thee. And when thou lettest 
 him go free from thee, thou shalt not 
 
 14 let him go empty : thou shalt furnish 
 him liberally out of thy flock, and out 
 of thy tlu-eshing-floor, and out of thy 
 winepress : as the Lord thy God hath 
 blessed thee thou shalt give unto him. 
 
 15 And thou shalt remember that thou 
 wast a bondman iu the laud of Egypt, 
 and the Lord thy God redeemed thee : 
 therefore I command thee this thing 
 
 16 to-day. And it shall be, if he say 
 unto thee, I will not go out from thee ; 
 because he loveth thee and thine house, 
 
 17 because he is well with thee; then 
 thou shalt take an awl, and thrust it 
 tlu-ough his ear unto the door, and he 
 shall be thy 2 servant for ever. And 
 also unto thy s maidservant thou shalt 
 
 18 do likewise. It shall not seem hard 
 unto thee, when thou lettest hun go 
 free from thee; for to the double of 
 the hire of an hireling hath he served 
 thee six years : and the Lord thy God 
 shall bless thee in all that thou doest. 
 
 19 All the firstling males that are born 
 of thy herd and of thy flock thou 
 shalt sanctify unto the Lord thy 
 God : thou shalt do no work with the 
 firstling of thine ox, nor shear the 
 
 20 firstling of thy flock. Thou shalt eat 
 it before the Lord thy God year by 
 year in the place which the Lord 
 shall choose, thou and thy household. 
 
 21 And if it have any blemish, as if it he 
 lame or bluid, any Ul blemish whatso- 
 ever, thou shalt not sacrifice it unto 
 
 22 the Lord thy God. Thou shalt eat it 
 •(vithia thy gates : the Tuiclean and the 
 clean shall eat it alike, as the gazeUe, 
 
 23 and as the hart. Only thou shalt not 
 eat the blood thereof ; thou shalt yyovx 
 it out upon the gromid as water. 
 
 IQ Observe the month of Abib, and keep 
 
 the passover imto the Lord thy God : 
 
 for Ul the month of Abib the Lord thy 
 
 God brought thee forth out of Egypt by 
 
 2 night. And thou shalt sacrifice the pass-
 
 17. 8. 
 
 DEUTERONOMY. 
 
 151 
 
 lOr, 
 seethe 
 
 2 See 
 Lev. 
 xxiii. 36. 
 
 3 Or, 
 
 after the 
 7neasure 
 of the 
 
 iHeb. 
 
 booths. 
 
 over mito the Lord thy God, of the 
 flock and the herd, in the place which 
 the LoKD shall choose to cause his 
 
 3 name to dwell there. Thou shalt 
 eat no leavened bread vfith it; seven 
 daj's shalt thou eat unleavened bread 
 therewith, even the bread of affliction ; 
 for thou earnest forth out of the land 
 of Egyi>t in haste: that thou uiayest 
 remember the day when thoii earnest 
 forth out of the land of Egypt all the 
 
 4 days of thy life. Aiid there shall be 
 no leaven seen with thee in all thy 
 borders seven days ; neither shall any 
 of the flesh, which thou sacriticest the 
 first day at even, remain all night 
 
 5 until the morning. Thou maj-est not 
 sacrifice the passover within any of 
 thy gates, which the Lord thy God 
 
 Ogiveth thee: but at the place which 
 the Lord thy God shall choose to 
 cause his name to dwell in, there 
 thou shalt sacrifice the passover at 
 even, at the going down of the sun, at 
 the season that thou camesi forth out 
 
 7 of Egypt. Aiid thou shalt ^ roast and 
 eat it in the place which the Lord thy 
 God shall choose : and thou shalt turn 
 in the morning, and go unto thy tents. 
 
 8 Six days thou shalt eat unleavened 
 bread : and on the seventh day shall be 
 2 a solemn assembly to the Lord thy 
 God; thou shalt do no work therein. 
 
 9 Seven weeks shalt thou number unto 
 thee : from the time thou beginnest to 
 put the sickle to the standing corn 
 shalt thou begin to number seven 
 
 10 weeks. And thou shalt keep the feast 
 of weeks unto the Lord thy God 3 with 
 a tribute of a freewill offering of thine 
 hand, which thou shalt give, according 
 as the Lord thy God blesseth thee: 
 
 11 and thou shalt rejoice before the Lord 
 thy God, thou, and thy son, and thy 
 daughter, and thy manservant, and 
 thy maidservant, and the Levite that 
 is within thy gates, and the stranger, 
 and the fatherless, and the widow, 
 that are in the midst of thee, in the 
 place which the Lord thy God shall 
 choose to cause his name to dwell 
 
 12 there. And thou shalt remember that 
 thou wast a bondman in Egypt: and 
 thou shalt observe and do these 
 statutes. 
 
 13 Thou shalt keep the feast of * taber- 
 nacles seven days, after that thou hast 
 gathered in from thy threshing-floor 
 
 14 and from thy mnepress: and thou 
 shalt rejoice in thy feast, thou, and 
 thy son, and thy daughter, and thy 
 manservant, and thy maidservant, and 
 the Levite, and the stranger, and the 
 fatherless, and the widow, that are 
 
 15 within thy gates. Seven days shalt 
 thou keej) a feast unto the Lord thy 
 God in the place which the Lord shall 
 choose: because the Lord thy God 
 shall bless thee in all thine increase, 
 
 and in all the work of thine hands, 
 and thou shalt be altogether joyful. 
 16Thi-ee times in a year shall all thy 
 males appear before the Lord tliy God 
 in the place which he shall choose; 
 in the feast of unleavened bread, and 
 in the feast of weeks, and in the feast 
 of tabernacles: and they shall not 
 
 17 ai^pear before the Lord empty : every 
 man ° shall give as he is able, according 
 to the blessing of the Lord thy God 
 which he hath given thee. 
 
 18 Judges and officers shalt thou make 
 thee in all thy gates, which the Lord 
 thy God giveth thee, according to thy 
 tribes: and they shall judge the peo- 
 
 19lilewith righteous judgement. Thou 
 shalt not wrest judgement; thou shalt 
 not respect persons: neither shalt 
 thou take a gift ; for a gift doth blind 
 the eyes of the wise, and pervert the 
 
 20 6 words of the righteous. ^ That which 
 is altogether just shalt thou follow, 
 that thou mayest live, and inherit the 
 land which the Lord thy God giveth 
 thee. 
 
 21 Thou shalt not plant thee an Asherah 
 of any kind of tree beside the altar of 
 the Lord thy God, which thou shalt 
 
 22 make thee. Neither shalt thou set 
 thee up a SpUlar; which the Lord thy 
 God hateth. 
 
 17 Thou shalt not sacrifice unto the 
 Lord thy God an ox, or a sheep, 
 wherein is a blemish, 07- any evil- 
 f avouredness : for that is an abomina- 
 tion unto the Lord thy God. 
 
 2 If there be found in the midst of thee, 
 within any of thy gates which the 
 Lord thy God giveth thee, man or 
 woman, that doeth that which is evil 
 in the sight of the Lord thy God, in 
 
 3 transgressing his covenant, and hath 
 gone and served other gods, and wor- 
 shipped them, or the sun, or the moon, 
 or any of the host of heaven, which 
 
 4 1 have not commanded ; and it be 
 told thee, and thou hast heard of it, 
 then shalt thou inquu-e diligently, and, 
 behold, if it be true, and the thing cert- 
 ain, that such abommation is wrought 
 
 5 in Israel ; then shalt thou bring forth 
 that man or that woman, which have 
 done this evil thing, mito thy gates, 
 even the man or the woman; and 
 thou shalt stone them with stones, 
 
 6 that they die. At the mouth of two 
 witnesses, or three witnesses, shall he 
 that is to die be put to death ; at the 
 mouth of one ■witness he shall not be 
 
 "put to death. The hand of the wit- 
 nesses shall be first upon hun to put 
 him to death, and afterward the hand 
 of all the people. So thou shalt put 
 away the evil from the midst of 
 thee. 
 
 8 If there arise a matter too hard 
 for thee in judgement, between blood 
 and blood, between plea and i^lea, 
 
 ■' Heb. 
 (tt^eord- 
 hig to 
 the gift 
 of his 
 handt 
 
 6 Or, 
 cause 
 1 Heb. 
 Justice^ 
 justice. 
 
 «0r, 
 obclUk
 
 152 
 
 DEUTERONOMY. 
 
 17. 8. 
 
 1 Or, and 
 
 and between stroke and stroke, being 
 matters of controversy within thy 
 gates: then shalt thou arise, and get 
 thee up unto the place which the 
 9 Lord thy God shall choose ; and thou 
 shalt come mito the i^riests the Le- 
 ■vites, and unto the judge that shall be 
 in those days : and thou shalt inquire ; 
 and they shall shew thee the sentence 
 10 of judgement: and thou shalt do ac- 
 cording to the tenor of the sentence, 
 which they shall shew thee from that 
 l)lace which the Lord shall choose; 
 and thou shalt observe to do according 
 
 11 to all that they shall teach thee: ac- 
 cording to the tenor of the law which 
 they shall teach thee, and according to 
 the judgement which they shall tell 
 thee, thou shalt do: thou shalt not 
 turn aside from the sentence which 
 they shall shew thee, to the right 
 
 12 hand, nor to the left. And the man 
 that doeth presimiptuously, in not 
 hearkening unto the priest that stand- 
 eth to minister there before the Lord 
 thy God, or unto the judge, even that 
 man shall die: and thou shalt put 
 
 13 away the evil from Israel. And all 
 the i^eople shall hear, and fear, and do 
 no more presumptuously. 
 
 14 When thou art come unto the land 
 which the Lord thy God giveth thee, 
 and shalt possess it, and shalt dwell 
 therein ; and shalt say, I will set a 
 king over me, like as all the nations 
 
 15 that are round about me; thou shalt 
 in any wise set him king over thee, 
 whom the Lord thy God shall choose : 
 one from among thy brethren shalt 
 thou set king over thee : thou mayest 
 not put a foreigner over thee, which 
 
 16 is not thy brother. Only he shall not 
 multiply horses to hunself , nor cause 
 the people to retm'n to Egypt, to the 
 end that he should multiply horses : 
 forasmuch as the Lord hath said unto 
 you, Ye shall henceforth return no 
 
 17 more that way. Neither shall he 
 multiply wives to himself, that his 
 heart turn not away : neither shall 
 he greatly multiply to himself silver 
 
 18 and gold. And it shall be, when he 
 sitteth upon the thi'one of his king- 
 dom, that he shall wi'ite him a copy 
 of this law in a book, out of that which 
 
 19 is before the jmests the Levites : and 
 it shall be with him, and he shall read 
 therein all the days of his life : that he 
 may learn to fear the Lord his God, 
 to keep all the words of this law and 
 
 20 these statutes, to do them: that his 
 heart be not lifted up above his breth- 
 ren, and that he turn not aside from 
 the commandment, to the right hand, 
 or to the left : to the end that he may 
 prolong his days in his kingdom, he 
 and his children, in the midst of Is- 
 rael. 
 
 18 The priests the Levites, ^even all the 
 
 tribe of Levi, shall have no portion nor 
 inheritance with Israel : they shall eat 
 the offerings of the Lord made by fire, 
 
 2 and his inheritance. And they shall 
 have no inheritance among their breth- 
 ren : the Lord is then- inheritance, as 
 
 3 he hath spoken unto them. And this 
 shall be the priests' due from the peo- 
 ple, from them that offer a sacrifice, 
 whether it be ox or sheep, that they 
 shall give unto the priest the shoulder, 
 and the two cheeks, and the maw. 
 
 4 The flrstfruits of thy corn, of thy wine, 
 and of thine oil, and the first of the 
 fleece of thy sheep, shalt thou give 
 
 Shim. For the Lord thy God hath 
 chosen hun out of all thy tribes, to 
 stand to minister in the name of the 
 Lord, him and his sons for ever. 
 
 6 And if a Levite come from any of 
 thy gates out of aU Israel, where he 
 sojom'ueth, and come with all the 
 desu'e of his soul viuto the place which 
 
 7 the Lord shall choose ; then he shall 
 minister in the name of the Lord 
 his God, as all his brethren the Le- 
 vites do, which stand there before the 
 
 8 Lord. They shall have like portions 
 to eat, beside that which cometh of 
 the sale of his patrimony. 
 
 9 When thou art come uito the land 
 which the Lord thy God giveth thee, 
 thou shalt not learn to do after the 
 
 10 abominations of those nations. There 
 shall not be found with thee any one 
 that maketh his son or his daughter 
 to pass through the fire, one that 
 useth divination, one that practiseth 
 augury, or an enchanter, or a sorcerer, 
 
 11 or a charmer, or a consulter with a 
 familiar spirit, or a wizard, or a uecro- 
 
 12mancer. For whosoever doeth these 
 things is an abomination unto the 
 Lord : and because of these abomin- 
 ations the Lord thy God doth drive 
 
 13 them out from before thee. Thou shalt 
 
 14 be perfect with the Lord thy God. For 
 these nations, which thou shalt pos- 
 sess, hearken unto them that practise 
 augury, and unto diviners : but as for 
 thee, the Lord thy God hath not suf- 
 
 15fered thee so to do. The Lord thy 
 God will raise up unto thee a prophet 
 from the midst of thee, of thy bretlrren, 
 like unto me ; unto him ye shall heark- 
 
 16 en ; according to all that thou de- 
 siredst of the Lord thy God in Horeb 
 in the day of the assembly, saying. 
 Let me not hear again the voice of 
 the Lord my God, neither let me see 
 this great fire any more, that I die 
 
 17 not. And the Lord said unto me, 
 They have well said that which they 
 
 18 have spoken. I will raise them ui> a 
 prophet from among their brethren, 
 like ruito thee ; and I wiU put my 
 words in his month, and he shall speak 
 unto them all that I shall command 
 
 19 him. And it shall come to pass, that
 
 20. 8. 
 
 DEUTERONOMY. 
 
 153 
 
 1 Hel). 
 iron, 
 ^Or.Clif 
 tree 
 
 3 Or, the 
 blood 
 of an 
 innoeent 
 man 
 
 wliosoever will not hearken unto my 
 words which lie shall speak in my 
 
 20 name, I will require it of him. But 
 the prophet, which shall sj^eak a word 
 presumptuously in my name, which I 
 have not commanded him to speak, or 
 that shall speak in the name of other 
 gods, that same prophet shall die. 
 
 21 Aiid if thou say iu thme heart, How 
 shall we know the word which the 
 
 22LoED hath not spoken ? When a pro- 
 phet speaketh iu the name of the Lord, 
 if the thuig follow not, nor come to 
 pass, that is the thing which the Loed 
 hath not spoken : the projjhet hath 
 spoken it presumptuously, thou shalt 
 not he afraid of him. 
 
 19 When the Lord thy God shall cut off 
 the nations, whose land the Lord thy 
 God giveth thee, and thou succeedest 
 them, and dwellest m their cities, and 
 
 2 in their houses ; thou shalt separate 
 tln-ee cities for thee in the midst of 
 thy land, which the Lord thy God 
 
 3 giveth thee to possess it. Thou shalt 
 prepare thee the way, and divide the 
 borders of thy land, which the Lord 
 thy God causeth thee to inherit, into 
 three parts, that every manslayer may 
 
 4 flee thither. And this is the case of 
 the manslayer, which shall fiee thither 
 and live : whoso killeth his neighbour 
 unawares, and hated him not iu time 
 
 5 past ; as when a man goeth into the 
 forest with his neighbour to hew wood, 
 and his hand fetcheth a stroke with the 
 axe to cut down the tree, and the ihead 
 slippeth from 2 the helve, and lighteth 
 upon his ueighbom', that he die ; he 
 shall flee unto one of these cities and 
 
 6 live : lest the avenger of blood pursue 
 the maaslaj'er, while his heart is hot, 
 and overtake him, because the way is 
 long, and smite him mortally ; whereas 
 he was not worthy of death, inasmuch 
 as he hated him not in time past. 
 
 7 Wherefore I command thee, saying. 
 Thou shalt separate three cities for 
 
 8 thee. And if the Lord thy God en- 
 large thy border, as he hath sworn 
 imto thy fathers, and give thee all 
 the land which he promised to give 
 
 9 unto thy fathers ; if thou shalt keep 
 all this commandment to do it, which 
 I command thee this day, to love the 
 Lord thy God, and to walk ever in 
 his ways ; then shalt thou add three 
 cities more for thee, beside these tkree : 
 
 10 that 3 innocent blood be not shed in 
 the midst of thy land, which the Lord 
 thy God giveth thee for au inheritance, 
 
 11 and so blood be upon thee. But if any 
 man hate his neighbour, and lie iu wait 
 for him, and rise up against him, and 
 smite him mortally that he die; and 
 
 12 he ilee into one of these cities : then 
 the elders of his city shall send and 
 fetch him thence, and deliver him into 
 the hand of the avenger of blood, that 
 
 18 he may die. Thine eye shall not pity 
 him, but thou slialt put away •* the 
 hmocent blood from Israel, that it 
 may go well with thee. 
 
 14 Thou shalt not remove thy neigh- 
 bour's landmark, which they of old 
 time have set, in thine inheritance 
 which thou shalt mherit, in the land 
 that the Lord thy God giveth thee 
 to possess it. 
 
 15 One witness shall not rise up against 
 a man for any iniquity, or for any sin, 
 iu any sin that he sinneth : at the 
 mouth of two witnesses, or at the 
 mouth of three witnesses, shall a mat- 
 
 16 ter be established. If an unrighteous 
 witness rise up against any man to 
 testify against him of * wrong doing; 
 
 17 then both the men, between whom 
 the controversy is, shall stand before 
 the Lord, before the priests and the 
 judges which shall be in those days ; 
 
 18 and the judges shall make diligent 
 inquisition : and, behold, if the wit- 
 ness be a false witness, and hath 
 testified falsely against his brother ; 
 
 19 then shall ye do unto him, as he had 
 thought to do unto his brother : so 
 shalt thou put away the evil from the 
 
 20 midst of thee. And those which re- 
 main shall hear, and fear, and shall 
 henceforth commit no more any such 
 
 21 evil m the midst of thee. And thme 
 eye shall not pity ; life shall go for 
 life, eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand 
 for hand, foot for foot. 
 
 20 When thou goest forth to battle a- 
 gainst thine enemies, and seest horses, 
 and chariots, and a people more than 
 thou, thou shalt not be afraid of them : 
 for the Lord thy God is with thee, 
 which brought thee up out of the land 
 
 2 of Egypt. And it shall be, when ye 
 draw nigh mito the battle, that the 
 priest shall approach and speak unto 
 
 3 the people, and shall say unto them, 
 Hear, O Israel, ye di-aw nigh this- day 
 unto battle against your enemies : let 
 not yom' heart faint ; fear not, nor 
 tremble, neither be ye affrighted at 
 
 4 them ; for the Lord yom* God is he 
 that goeth with you, to fight for you 
 agamst your enemies, to save you. 
 
 5 And the officers shall speak unto the 
 j)eople, saying. What man is there 
 that hath built a new house, and hath 
 not dedicated it ? let him go and return 
 to his house, lest he die in the battle, 
 
 6 and another man dedicate it. And 
 what man is there that hath planted 
 a vineyard, and hath not 6 used the 
 fruit thereof? let him go and return 
 unto his house, lest he die in the 
 battle, and another man use the fruit 
 
 7 thereof. And what man is there that 
 hath betrothed a wife, and hath not 
 taken her ? let him go and return unto 
 his house, lest he die iu the battle, and 
 
 8 another man take her. And the officers 
 
 'Or, the 
 
 blood 
 of the 
 innocent 
 
 5 Or, 
 
 rcbellio / 
 See c.h. 
 xiii. 5. 
 
 sSee 
 ch.xxviii. 
 30, and 
 Lev. xix. 
 •23—25.
 
 154 
 
 DEUTERONOMY. 
 
 20. 8. 
 
 I Or, 
 
 subject 
 to task- 
 VKyrk 
 
 SHeb. 
 devote. 
 
 shall speak further unto the people, 
 and they shall say, What man is there 
 that is fearful and fainthearted? let 
 him go and retm-n unto his house, lest 
 his hrethren's heart melt as his heart. 
 9 And it shall he, when the officers have 
 made an end of speaking unto the 
 l}eople, that they shall appoint captains 
 of hosts at the head of the people. 
 
 10 When thou di'awest nigh unto a city 
 to fight against it, then jiroclaim peace 
 
 11 unto it. And it shall he, if it make 
 thee answer of peace, and open unto 
 thee, then it shall he, that all the 
 people that is found therein shall he- 
 come 1 tributary mito thee, and shall 
 
 12 serve thee. Aiid if it will make no 
 peace with thee, but will make war 
 against thee, then thou shalt besiege 
 
 13 it: and when the Lord thy God de- 
 livereth it into thine hand, thou shalt 
 smite every male thereof with the edge 
 
 14 of the sword : but the women, and the 
 little ones, and the cattle, and all that 
 is in the city, even all the spoU thereof, 
 shalt thou take for a prey unto thyself; 
 and thou shalt eat the spoil of thine 
 enemies, which the Lord thy God hath 
 
 15 given thee. Thus shalt thou do unto 
 all the cities which are very far off 
 from thee, which are not of the cities 
 
 16 of these nations. But of the cities of 
 these peoples, which the Lord thy God 
 giveth thee for an mheritance, thou 
 shalt save alive nothing that breath- 
 
 17etli: but thou shalt 2 utterly destroy 
 them; the Hittite, and the Amorite, 
 the Canaauite, and the Perizzite, the 
 Hivite, and the Jebusite ; as the Lord 
 
 18 thy God hath commanded thee : that 
 they teach you not to do after aU then" 
 abominations, which they have done 
 unto their gods; so should ye sin a- 
 gainst the Lord your God. 
 
 19 When thou shalt besiege a city a long 
 time, in making war against it to take 
 it, thou shalt not destroy the trees 
 thereof by wielding an axe against 
 them; for thou mayest eat of them, 
 and thou shalt not cut them down; 
 for is the tree of the field man, that it 
 
 20 should be besieged of thee ? Only the 
 trees which thou knowest that they be 
 not trees for meat, thou shalt destroy 
 and cut them down; and thou shalt 
 build bulwarks against the city that 
 maketh war with thee, mitil it fall. 
 
 21 K one be foimd slain in the land 
 which the Lord thy God giveth thee 
 to possess it, lying in the field, and it 
 be not known who hath smitten hun: 
 
 2 then thy elders and thy judges shall 
 come forth, and they shall measure 
 unto the cities which are round about 
 
 Shim that is slain: and it shall be, that 
 the city which is nearest unto the slain 
 man, even the elders of that city shall 
 take an heifer of the herd, which hath 
 not been wi'ought with, and which hath 
 
 4 not drawn in the yoke ; and the elders 
 of that city shall bring down the heifer 
 unto a valley with rimning water , which 
 is neither jilowed nor sown, and shall 
 break the heifer's neck there in the 
 
 5 valley: and the priests the sons of 
 Levi shall come near; for them the 
 Lord thy God hath chosen to minister 
 unto him, and to bless in the name 
 of the Lord; and accordmg to their 
 word shall every controversy and every 
 
 6 stroke be : and all the elders of that 
 city, who are nearest unto the slain 
 man, shall wash then- hands over the 
 heifer whose neck was broken in the 
 
 7 valley : and they shall answer and say. 
 Our hands have not shed this blood, 
 
 8 neither have our eyes seen it. Forgive, 
 O Lord, thy people Israel, whom thou 
 hast redeemed, and suffer not innocent 
 blood to remain in the midst of thy 
 people Israel. And the blood shall be 
 
 9 forgiven them. So shalt thou put 
 away the innocent blood from the 
 midst of thee, when thou shalt do that 
 which is right in the eyes of the Lord. 
 
 10 When thou goest forth to battle a- 
 gainst thine enemies, and the Lord 
 thy God delivereth them into thine 
 hands, and thou carriest them away 
 
 11 captive, and seest among the caj^tives 
 a beautiful woman, and thou hast a 
 desire unto her, and wouldest take 
 
 12 her to thee to wife; then thou shalt 
 brmg her home to thine house; and 
 she shall shave her head, and pare 
 
 13 her nails; and she shall put the rai- 
 ment of her captivity from off her, 
 and shall remain in thine house, and 
 bewail her father and her mother a 
 full month : and after that thou shalt 
 go in unto her, and be her husband, 
 
 14 and she shall be thy wife. And it shall 
 be, if thou have no delight in her, then 
 thou shalt let her go whither she will ; 
 but thou shalt not sell her at all for 
 money, thou shalt not deal with her ^ as 
 a slave, because thou hast humbled her. 
 
 15 If a man have two wives, the one 
 beloved, and the other hated, and they 
 have borne him children, both the be- 
 loved and the hated ; and if the first- 
 ly born son be hers that was hated ; then 
 
 it shall be, in the day that he causeth 
 his sons to inherit that which he hath, 
 that he may not make the son of the 
 beloved the firstborn * before the son 
 of the hated, which is the firstborn: 
 
 17 but he shall acknowledge the firstborn, 
 the son of the hated, by giving him a 
 double portion of all that he hath : for 
 he is the beginnmg of his strength ; the 
 right of the firstborn is his. 
 
 13 If a man have a stubborn and rebel- 
 lious son, which will not obey the voice 
 of his father, or the voice of his mother, 
 and though they chasten him, will not 
 
 19 hearken unto them : then shall his fa- 
 ther and his mother lay hold on him,
 
 22. 27. 
 
 DEUTERONOMY. 
 
 155 
 
 iHeb. 
 
 the curse 
 qf Qod. 
 
 ■2 Heb. 
 fidness, 
 3 Heb. 
 conse- 
 crated. 
 
 'Or, 
 
 twisted 
 threads 
 
 and bring liim out unto tho elders of 
 his city, and unto the gate of his ])lace; 
 
 20 and they shall say unto the elders of 
 his city, This our son is stubliorn and 
 rebellious, he will not obey our voice; 
 he is a riotous liver, and a drunkard. 
 
 '21 And all the men of his city shall stone 
 him with stones, that he die: so shalt 
 thou put away the evil from the midst 
 of thee ; and aU Israel shall hoar, and 
 fear. 
 
 22 And if a man have committed a sin 
 worthy of death, and he be put to 
 death, and thou hang hun on a tree; 
 
 23 his body shall not remain all night 
 upon the tree, but thou shalt surely 
 bury him the same day; for he that 
 is hanged is i accursed of God; that 
 thou defile not thy land which the 
 LoKD thy God giveth thee for an 
 inheritance. 
 
 22 Thou shalt not see thy brother's ox 
 or his sheep go astray, and hide thyself 
 from them: thou shalt surely bring 
 
 2 them again unto thy brother. And 2 
 thy brother be not nigh unto thee, or 
 if thou know him not, then thou shalt 
 bring it home to thine house, and it 
 shall be with thee until thy brother 
 seek after it, and thou shalt restore it 
 
 3 to him again. And so shalt thou do 
 with his ass ; and so shalt thou do with 
 his gamient ; and so shalt thou do with 
 every lost thing of thy brother's, which 
 he hath lost, and thou hast found : thou 
 mayest not hide thyself. 
 
 4 Thou shalt not see thy brother's ass 
 or his ox fallen down by the way, and 
 hide thyself from them: thou shalt 
 surely help him to lift them up again. 
 
 5 A woman shall not wear that which 
 pertaineth unto a man, neither shall 
 a man put on a woman's garment: 
 for whosoever doeth these things is an 
 abomination unto the Loed thy God. 
 
 6 If a bird's nest chance to be before 
 thee in the way, in any tree or on the 
 gi-ound, with young ones or eggs, and 
 the dam sittmg upon the young, or 
 upon the eggs, thou shalt not take the 
 
 7 dam with the young : thou shalt in any 
 wise let the dam go, but the young 
 thou n^ayest take unto thyself; that it 
 may be well with thee, and that thou 
 mayest prolong thy days. 
 
 8 When thou bulkiest a new house, 
 then thou shalt make a battlement for 
 thy roof, that thou bruig not blood 
 upon thine house, if any man fall from 
 
 9 thence. Thou shalt not sow thy vine- 
 yard with two kinds of seed : lest the 
 2 whole fruit be ^ forfeited, the seed 
 which thou hast sown, and the increase 
 of the vineyard. 
 
 10 Thou shalt not plow with an ox and 
 
 11 an ass together. Thou shalt not wear 
 a mingled stuff, wool and linen to- 
 gether. 
 
 12 Thou shalt make thee ^fringes upon 
 
 tlie four borders of thy vesture, where- 
 with thou coverest thyself. 
 
 13 If any man take a wife, and go in 
 
 14 unto her, and hate her, and lay shame- 
 ful things to her cliarge, and bring up 
 an evil name upon her, and say, I 
 took this woman, and when I came 
 nigh to her, I found not in her the 
 
 15 tokens of virginity: then shall the 
 father of the damsel, and her mother, 
 take and bring forth the tokens of tlie 
 damsel's virginity unto tho elders of 
 
 16 the city in the gate: and the damsel's 
 father shall say unto the elders, I gave 
 my daughter unto this man to wife, 
 
 17 and he hateth her; and, lo, he hath 
 laid shameful things to her cliarge, 
 sayuig, I found not in thy daughter 
 the tokens of vh'ginity ; and yet these 
 are the tokens of my daughter's vir- 
 ginity. And they shall spread the 
 garment before the elders of the city. 
 
 18 And the elders of that city shall take 
 
 19 the man and chastise him; and they 
 shall amerce him in an hundred shekels 
 of silver, and give them unto the father 
 of the damsel, because he hath brought 
 up an evil name upon a virgin of Is- 
 rael: and she shall be his wife; he 
 may not put her away all his days. 
 
 20 But if this thing be true, that the 
 tokens of virginity were not found in 
 
 21 the damsel : then they shall bring out 
 the damsel to the door of her father's 
 house, and the men of her city shall 
 stone her with stones that she die: 
 because she hath wrought foUy in Is- 
 rael, to play the harlot in her father's 
 house : so shalt thou put away the evil 
 from the midst of thee. 
 
 22 If a man be found lying with a wo- 
 man married to an husband, then they 
 shall both of them die, the man that 
 lay A^ith the woman, and the woman: 
 so shalt thou put away the evil from 
 Israel. 
 
 23 If there be a damsel that is a vu-gin 
 betrothed unto an husband, and a man 
 find her in the city, and lie with her; 
 
 2-1 then ye shall bring them both out mito 
 the gate of that city, and ye shall stone 
 them with stones that they die; the 
 damsel, because she cried not, being 
 in the city; and the man, because he 
 hath himibled his neighbour's wife : so 
 thou shalt put away the evil from the 
 midst of thee. 
 
 25 But if the man find the damsel that 
 is betrothed in the field, and the man 
 force her, and lie with her; then the 
 man only that lay with her shall die: 
 
 2(5 but unto the damsel thou shalt do 
 nothing; there is in the damsel no sin 
 worthy of death : for as when a man 
 riseth against his neighbour, and slay- 
 
 27 eth him, even so is this matter : for he 
 found her in the field; the betrothed 
 damsel cried, and there was none to 
 save her.
 
 156 
 
 DEUTERONOMY. 
 
 22. 28. 
 
 rCh.xxiii. 
 linHeb.l 
 
 IHeb. 
 Aram- 
 Tiaha- 
 raim. 
 
 2 Or, 
 
 shovel 
 
 3Heb. 
 
 nalced- 
 ness of 
 any 
 thing. 
 
 28 If a man find a damsel that is a 
 virgin, which is not betrothed, and 
 lay hold on her, and lie with her, and 
 
 29 they be found ; then the man that lay 
 with her shall give mito the damsel's 
 father fifty shekels of silver, and she 
 shall be his wife, because he hath 
 humbled her; he may not put her 
 away all his days. 
 
 30 A man shall not take his father's 
 wife, and shall not uncover his father's 
 skirt. 
 
 23 He that is wounded in the stones, 
 or hath his privy member cut off, shall 
 not enter into the assembly of the 
 Lord. 
 
 2 A bastard shall not enter into the as- 
 sembly of the Lord ; even to the tenth 
 generation shall none of his enter into 
 the assembly of the Lord. 
 
 3 An Ammonite or a Moabite shall not 
 enter into the assembly of the Lord ; 
 even to the tenth generation shall none 
 belonging to them enter into the as- 
 
 4 sembly of the Lord for ever : because 
 they met you not with bread and with 
 water ui the way, when ye came forth 
 out of Egypt ; and because they hired 
 against thee IBalaam the son of Beor 
 from Pethor of ^Mesopotamia, to curse 
 
 5 thee. Nevertheless the Lord thy God 
 would not hearken unto Balaam ; but 
 the Lord thy God turned the curse 
 into a blessing unto thee, because the 
 
 6 Lord thy God loved thee. Thou shalt 
 not seek their peace nor their ^jrosjierity 
 all thy days for ever. 
 
 7 Thou shalt not abhor an Edomite; 
 for he is thy brother : thou shalt not 
 abhor an Egyptian ; because thou wast 
 
 8 a stranger in his land. The children 
 of the third generation that are born 
 unto them shall enter into the as- 
 sembly of the Lord. 
 
 9 When thou goest forth m camp 
 against thine enemies, then thou shalt 
 
 10 keep thee from every evil thing. If 
 there be among you any man, that is 
 not clean by reason of that which 
 chanceth hun by night, then shall he 
 go abroad out of the camp, he shall 
 
 11 not come within the camp: but it 
 shall be, when evening cometh on, he 
 shall bathe himself in water : and when 
 the sun is down, he shall come within 
 
 12 the camp. Thou shalt have a place 
 also Avithout the camp, whither thou 
 
 13 shalt go forth abroad : and thou shalt 
 have a ^paddle among thy weapons; 
 and it shall be, when thou sittest down 
 abroad, thou shalt dig therewith, and 
 shalt turn back and cover that which 
 
 14 cometh from thee: for the Lord thy 
 God walketh in the midst of thy camp, 
 to deliver thee, and to give uj) thine 
 enemies before thee; therefore shall 
 thy camp be holy: that he see no 
 3 unclean thing in thee, and turn away 
 from thee. 
 
 15 Thou shalt not deliver unto his 
 master a servant which is escaped 
 
 16 from his master unto thee: he shall 
 dwell with thee, in the midst of thee, in 
 the place which he shall choose with- 
 in one of thy gates, where it liketh 
 him best : thou shalt not opin'ess him. 
 
 17 There shall be no ^harlot of the 
 daughters of Israel, neither shall there 
 be a 5 sodomite of the sons of Israel. 
 
 18 Thou shalt not bring the hire of a 
 whore, or the wages of a dog, into the 
 house of the Lord thy God for any 
 vow: for even both these are an 
 abomination unto the Lord thy God. 
 
 19 Thou shalt not lend upon usm-y to 
 thy brother ; usury of money, usury 
 of victuals, usury of any thing that is 
 
 20 lent upon usm-y: unto a foreigner 
 thou mayest lend upon usury; but 
 unto thy brother thou shalt not lend 
 upon usury: that the Lord thy God 
 may bless thee in all that thou puttest 
 thine hand unto, in the laud whither 
 thou goest m to possess it. 
 
 21 When thou shalt vow a vow unto the 
 Lord thy God, thou shalt not be slack 
 to pay it: for the Lord thy God will 
 surely require it of thee ; and it would 
 
 22 be sin in thee. But if thou shalt for- 
 bear to vow, it shall be no sm in thee. 
 
 23 That which is gone out of thy lips 
 thou shalt obsei-ve and do ; according 
 as thou hast vowed mito the Lord thy 
 God, a freewill offering, which thou 
 hast promised with thy mouth. 
 
 24 When thou comest into thy neigh- 
 bom-'s vineyard, then thou mayest eat 
 grapes thy fill at thine own. pleasure ; 
 but thou shalt not put any in thy 
 vessel. 
 
 25 When thou comest into thy neigh- 
 bour's standing corn, then thou may- 
 est pluck the ears with thine hand ; but 
 thou shalt not move a sickle unto thy 
 neighbom-'s standing corn. 
 
 24 When a man taketh a wife, and 
 marrieth her, then it shall be, if she 
 find no favour in his eyes, because he 
 hath foimd some unseemly thuig in 
 her, that he shall ^Tite her a bill of 
 divorcement, and give it in her hand, 
 
 2 and send her out of his house. And 
 when she is departed out of his house, 
 she may go and be another man's ivife. 
 
 3 And if the latter husband hate her, and 
 write her a bill of divorcement, and 
 give it in her hand, and send her out 
 of his house ; or if the latter husband 
 die, which took her to be his wife; 
 
 4 her foimer husband, which sent her 
 away, may not take her agam to be 
 his wife, after that she is defiled ; for 
 that is abomination before the Lord : 
 and thou shalt not cause the land to 
 sin, which the Lord thy God giveth 
 thee for an uiheritance. 
 
 5 When a man taketh a new wife, he 
 shall not go out in the host, neither
 
 25. 16. 
 
 dp:uteronomy. 
 
 157 
 
 I Or, 
 as a 
 clmttel 
 
 shall lie be charged with any bushiess : 
 he shall be free at home one j'car, and 
 shall cheer his wife which he hath 
 C taken. No man shall take the mill or 
 the upper millstone to pledge : for he 
 taketh a man'a life to pledge. 
 
 7 If a man be found stealing any of his 
 brethren of the children of Israel, and 
 he deal with hmi i as a slave, or sell 
 him ; then that thief shall die : so 
 shalt thou put away the evil from the 
 midst of thee. 
 
 8 Take heed in the plague of leprosy, 
 that thou observe diligently, and do 
 according to all that the priests the 
 Levites shall teach you: as I com- 
 manded them, so ye shall observe to 
 
 9 do. Eemember what the Lord thy 
 God did unto Miriam, by the way as 
 ye came forth out of Egypt. 
 
 10 When thou dost lend thy neighbour 
 any manner of loan, thou shalt not go 
 into his house to fetch his pledge. 
 
 11 Thou shalt stand without, and the 
 man to whom thou dost lend shall 
 bring forth the pledge without unto 
 
 12 thee. And if he be a poor man, thou 
 
 13 shalt not sleep with his pledge : thou 
 shalt surely restore to him the pledge 
 when the sun goeth do's\ai, that he 
 may sleep in his garment, and bless 
 thee: and it shall be righteousness 
 unto thee before the Lord thy God. 
 
 14 Thou shalt not oi^press an hired serv- 
 ant that is poor and needy, whether 
 he be of thy brethren, or of thy 
 strangers that are in thy land within 
 
 15 thy gates : in his day thou shalt give 
 huu his hu'e, neither shall the sun go 
 down upon it; for he is poor, and 
 setteth his heart upon it : lest he cry 
 against thee unto the Lord, and it be 
 sm unto thee. 
 
 16 The fathers shall not be put to death 
 for the children, neither shall the 
 children be put to death for the fa- 
 thers : every man shall be put to death 
 for his own sin. 
 
 17 Thou shalt not wrest the judgement 
 of the stranger, nor of the father- 
 less ; nor take the widow's raunent to 
 
 18 pledge: but thou shalt remember that 
 thou wast a bondman in Egypt, and 
 the Lord thy God redeemed thee 
 thence : therefore I command thee to 
 do this thing. 
 
 19 When thou reapest thine harvest in 
 thy field, and hast forgot a sheaf in 
 the field, thou shalt not go agaiia to 
 fetch it: it shall be for the stranger, 
 for the fatherless, and for the widow : 
 that the Lord thy God may bless thee 
 in aU the work of thme hands. 
 
 20 When thou beatest thine olive tree, 
 thou shalt not go over the boughs 
 again: it shall be for the stranger, 
 for the fatherless, and for the widow. 
 
 21 When thou gatherest the grapes of thy 
 vineyard, thou shalt not glean it after 
 
 thee : it shall be for the stranger, 
 for the fatherless, and for the widow. 
 
 22i\jid thou shalt remember that thou 
 wast a bondman in the land of Egyjit : 
 therefore I command thee to do this 
 thing. 
 
 25 If there be a controversy between 
 men, and they come unto judgement, 
 &\\(\. the judges ]\\(Xge them; then they 
 shall justify the righteous, and con- 
 2demn the wicked; and it shall be, if 
 the wicked man be worthy to be beaten, 
 that the judge shall cause him to lie 
 down, and to be beaten before his face, 
 accordu}g to his wickedness, by num- 
 3ber. Forty stripes he may give him, 
 he shall not exceed : lest, if he should 
 exceed, and beat him above these with 
 many stripes, then thy brother should 
 seem vile unto thee. 
 
 4 Thou shalt not muzzle the ox when 
 he treadeth out the corn. 
 
 5 If brethren dwell together, and one 
 of them die, and have no son, the wife 
 of the dead shall not marry without 
 luito a stranger : her husband's brother 
 shall go in unto her, and take her to 
 him to wife, and perform the duty of 
 
 6 an husband's brother mi to her. Aiid 
 it shall be, that the firstborn which 
 she beareth shall succeed in the name 
 of his brother which is dead, that his 
 name be not blotted out of Israel. 
 
 7 And if the man like not to take his 
 brother's wife, then his brother's wife 
 shall go up to the gate unto the elders, 
 and say. My husband's brother re- 
 fuseth to raise up unto his brother a 
 name in Israel, he will not perform 
 the duty of an husband's brother unto 
 
 8 me. Then the elders of his city shall 
 call him, and speak unto him : and if 
 he stand, and say, I Uke not to take 
 
 9 her ; then shall his brother's wife come 
 unto him in the presence of the elders, 
 and loose his shoe from o£f his foot, 
 and spit in his face; and she shall 
 answer and say. So shall it be done 
 unto the man that doth not build up 
 
 10 his brother's house. And his name 
 shall be called in Israel, The house of 
 him that hath his shoe loosed. 
 
 11 When men strive together one with 
 another, and the wife of the one draw- 
 eth near for to deliver her husband 
 out of the hand of him that smiteth 
 him, and putteth forth her hand, and 
 
 12 taketh him by the secrets: then thou 
 shalt cut off her hand, thine eye shall 
 have no pity. 
 
 13 Thou shalt not have in thy bag divers 
 
 14 weights, a great and a small. Thou 
 shalt not have m thine house divers 
 
 15 measures, a great and a small. A 
 perfect and just weight shalt thou 
 have ; a perfect and just measure 
 shalt thou have: that thy days may 
 be long upon the land which the 
 
 16 Lord thy God giveth thee. For all
 
 158 
 
 DEUTERONOMY. 
 
 25. 16. 
 
 iHeb. 
 Aram- 
 ean. 
 2 Or, 
 wander- 
 ing 
 Or, Ust 
 
 that do such thmgs, even all that do 
 unrighteously, are au abomination 
 unto the Loed thy God. 
 
 17 Remember what Amalek did unto 
 thee by the way as ye came forth out 
 
 18 of Egyiit ; how he met thee by the 
 way, and smote the hinchnost of thee, 
 all that were feeble behind thee, when 
 thou wast faint and weary; and he 
 
 19 feared not God. Therefore it shall 
 be, when the Lord thy God hath 
 given thee rest from all thine enemies 
 round about, in the land which the 
 Lord thy God giveth thee for an 
 inheritance to possess it, that thou 
 shalt blot out the remembrance of 
 Amalek from under heaven; thou 
 shalt not forget. 
 
 26 And it shall be, when thou art come 
 in unto the land which the Lord thj- 
 God giveth thee for an inheritance, 
 and possessest it, and dwellest therein ; 
 
 2 that thou shalt take of the first of all 
 the fruit of the gromid, which thou 
 shalt bring in from thy land that the 
 Lord thy God giveth thee ; and thou 
 shalt put it in a basket, and shalt go 
 unto the place which the Lord thy 
 God shall choose to cause his name to 
 
 3 dwell there. And thou shalt come 
 luito the priest that shall be in those 
 days, and say unto him, I profess this 
 day unto the Lord thy God, that I am 
 come unto the land which the Lord 
 sware unto our fathers for to give us. 
 
 4 And the priest shall take the basket 
 out of thine hand, and set it down 
 before the altar of the Lord thy God. 
 
 5 And thou shalt answer and say before 
 the Lord thy God, A i Syrian ^ready 
 to perish was my father, and he went 
 down into Egyjit, and sojourned there, 
 few in number ; and he became there 
 a nation, great, mighty, and iJopulous : 
 
 6 and the Egyptians evil entreated us, 
 and afflicted us, and laid upon us hard 
 
 7 bondage: and we cried unto the Lord, 
 the God of our fathers, and the Lord 
 heard our voice, and saw om- affliction, 
 
 8 and our toil, and our opiiression : and 
 the Lord brought us forth out of 
 Egyi^t with a mighty hand, and with 
 an outstretched arm, and with great 
 terribleness, and with signs, and with 
 
 9 wonders : and he hath brought us into 
 this place, and hath given us this land, 
 a land flowing with milk and honey. 
 
 10 And now, behold, I have brought the 
 first of the fruit of the ground, which 
 thou, Lord, hast given me. Ajid 
 thou shalt set it down before the Lord 
 thy God, and worship before the Lord 
 
 11 thy God: and thou shalt rejoice in all 
 the good which the Lord thy God 
 bath given unto thee, and unto thine 
 house, thou, and the Levite, and the 
 stranger that is in the midst of thee. 
 
 12 When thou hast made an end of tithing 
 all the tithe of thine increase in the 
 
 third year, which is the year of tithing, 
 then thou shalt give it unto the Levite, 
 to the stranger, to the fatherless, and 
 to the widow, that they may eat within 
 
 13 thy gates, and be filled ; and thou shalt 
 say before the Lord thy God, I have 
 put away the hallowed things out of 
 mine house, and also have given them 
 vmto the Levite, and unto the stranger, 
 to the fatherless, and to the widow, 
 accordmg to aU thy commandment 
 which thou bast commanded me: I 
 have not transgressed any of thy com- 
 mandments, neither have I forgotten 
 
 14 them : I have not eaten thereof in my 
 mom-ning, neither have I put away 
 thereof, being unclean, nor given there- 
 of for the dead : I have hearkened to 
 the voice of the Lord my God, I have 
 done according to all that thou hast 
 
 15 commanded me. Look down from thy 
 holy habitation, from heaven, and bless 
 thy people Israel, and the ground which 
 thou hast given us, as thou swarest 
 unto our fathers, a land flowing with 
 milk and honey. 
 
 16 This day the Lord thy God command- 
 eth thee to do these statutes and judge- 
 ments : thou shalt therefore keep and 
 do them with all thine heart, and with 
 
 17 all thy soul. Thou hast avouched the 
 Lord this day to be thy God, and that 
 thou shouldest walk in his ways, and 
 keep his statutes, and his conomand- 
 ments, and his judgements, and heark- 
 
 18 en unto his voice : and the Lord hath 
 avouched thee this day to be a peculiar 
 people mitohimself , as he hath promised 
 thee, and that thou shouldest keep all 
 
 19 his commandments ; and to make thee 
 high above aU nations which he hath 
 made, ^in praise, and in name, and in 
 honour; and that thou mayest be an 
 holy people unto the Lord thy God, 
 as he hath spoken. 
 
 27 And Moses and the elders of Israel 
 commanded the people, saying. Keep 
 all the commandment which I com- 
 
 2mand you this day. And it shall be 
 on the day when ye shall pass over 
 Jordan unto the land which the Lord 
 thy God giveth thee, that thou shalt 
 set thee up great stones, and plaister 
 
 3 them with plaister: and thou shalt 
 write upon them all the words of this 
 law, when thou art passed over; that 
 thou mayest go in unto the land which 
 the Lord thy God giveth thee, a land 
 flowing ^vith milk and honey, as the 
 Lord, the God of thy fathers, hath 
 
 4 promised thee. And it shall be when 
 ye are passed over Jordan, that ye 
 shall set up these stones, which I com- 
 mand you this day, m mount Ebal, 
 and thou shalt plaister them with 
 
 5 plaister. And there shalt thou build an 
 altar unto the Lord thy God, an altar 
 of stones: thou shalt lift up no iron 
 
 ^ Or, far 
 a praise, 
 and for 
 a natne, 
 and for 
 an 
 honour
 
 28. 16. 
 
 DEUTERONOMY. 
 
 159 
 
 1 Heb, 
 wholv. 
 
 6 tovl upon them. Thou sluUt build thu 
 altar of the Lord thy God of i unhewn 
 stones : and thou shalt offer biu-nt offer- 
 ings thereon unto the Loud thy God: 
 
 7 and thou shalt sacrifice peace offerings, 
 and shalt eat there; and thou shalt 
 
 8 rejoice before the Lord thy God. And 
 thou shalt write upon the stones all 
 the words of this law very plainly. 
 
 9 And Moses and the priests the Levites 
 spake unto all Israel, saying, Keep si- 
 lence, and hearken, O Israel ; this day 
 thou art become the people of the Lord 
 
 10 thy God. Thou shalt therefore obey 
 the voice of the Lord thy God, and do 
 his commandments and his statutes, 
 which I command thee this day. 
 
 11 And Moses charged the people the 
 
 12 same day, saying, These shall stand 
 upon mount Gerizim to bless the i^eo- 
 lile, when ye are passed over Jordan ; 
 Simeon, and Levi, and Judah, and 
 Issachar, and Joseph, and Benjamin: 
 
 13 and these shall stand upon mount Ebal 
 for the curse; Keubeu, Gad, and Asher, 
 
 14 and Zebulun, Dan, and Naj)htali. And 
 the Levites shall answer, and say un- 
 to all the men of Israel with a loud 
 voice, 
 
 15 Ciu-sed be the man that maketh a 
 graven or molten image, an abomina- 
 tion unto the Lord, the work of the 
 hands of the craftsman, and setteth it 
 up in secret. And all the people shall 
 answer and say. Amen. 
 
 16 Cursed be he that setteth light by his 
 father or his mother. And all the peo- 
 ple shall say. Amen. 
 
 17 Ciu-sed be he that removeth his neigh- 
 bour's lantlmark. And all the people 
 shall say. Amen. 
 
 18 Cursed be he that maketh the blind 
 to wander out of the way. And all the 
 people shall say, Amen. 
 
 19 Cursed be he that wresteth the judge- 
 ment of the stranger, fatherless, and 
 widow. And all the people shall say. 
 Amen. 
 
 20 Cursed be he that lieth with his fa- 
 ther's wife; because he hath uncovered 
 his father's skirt. And all the people 
 shall say. Amen. 
 
 21 Cursed be he that lieth with any 
 manner of beast. And all the people 
 shall say. Amen. 
 
 22 Ciu-sed be he that lieth with his sister, 
 the daughter of his father, or the daugh- 
 ter of his mother. And all the people 
 shaU say. Amen. 
 
 23 Cursed be he that lieth with his 
 mother in law. And all the people 
 shall say. Amen. 
 
 24 Cursed be he that smiteth his neigh- 
 bour in secret. And all the people shall 
 say, Amen. 
 
 25 Cursed be he that taketh reward to 
 slay an innocent person. And all the 
 people shall say. Amen. 
 
 26 Cursed be he that confirmeth not the 
 
 words of this law to do them. And all 
 the people shall say. Amen. 
 28 And it shall come to pass, if thou 
 shalt hearken diligently mito the voice 
 of the Lord thy God, to observe to do 
 aU his commandments which I com- 
 mand thee this day, that the Lord thy 
 God will set thee on high above all 
 
 2 the nations of the earth : and all these 
 blessings shall come upon thee, and 
 overtake thee, if thou shalt hearken 
 unto the voice of the Lord thy God. 
 
 3 Blessed shalt thou be in the city, and 
 
 4 blessed shalt thou be in the field. Bless- 
 ed shall be the fruit of thy body, and 
 the fruit of thy groiuid, and the fruit 
 of thy cattle, the increase of thy kine, 
 
 5 and the young of thy tiock. Blessed 
 shall be thy basket and thy kneadmg- 
 
 6 trough. Blessed shalt thou be when 
 thou comest in, and blessed shalt thou 
 
 7 be when thou goest out. The Lord 
 shall cause thine enemies that rise 
 up agaiust thee to be smitten before 
 thee : they shall come out against thee 
 one way, and shall flee before thee 
 
 8 seven ways. The Lord shall com- 
 mand the blessing upon thee in thy 
 barns, and in all that thou puttest 
 thine hand unto; and he shall bless 
 thee in the land which the Lord thy 
 
 9 God giveth thee. The Lord shall 
 establish thee for an holy people unto 
 himself, as he hath sworn unto thee ; 
 if thou shalt keep the commandments 
 of the Lord thy God, and "oalk in his 
 
 10 ways. And all the peoples of the earth 
 shall see that thou art called by the 
 name of the Lord ; and they shall be 
 
 11 afraid of thee. And the Lord shall 
 make thee plenteous for good, in the 
 fruit of thy body, and in the fruit of 
 thy cattle, and in the fruit of thy 
 ground, in the land which the Lord 
 sware unto thy fathers to give thee. 
 
 12 The Lord shall open imto thee his 
 good 2 treasure the heaven to give the 
 rain of thy land in its season, and to 
 bless all the work of thine hand : and 
 thou shalt lend TUito many nations, 
 
 13 and thou shalt not borrow. And the 
 Lord shall make thee the head, and 
 not the tail ; and thou shalt be above 
 only, and thou shalt not be beneath ; 
 if thou shalt hearken unto the com- 
 mantbnents of the Lord thy God, which 
 I command thee this day, to observe 
 
 14 and to do them; and shalt not tm-n 
 aside from any of the words which I 
 command you this day, to the right 
 hand, or to the left, to go after other 
 gods to serve them. 
 
 15 But it shall come to pass, if thou wilt 
 not hearken unto the voice of the Lord 
 thy God, to observe to do aU his com- 
 mandments and his statutes which I 
 command thee this day ; that all these 
 curses shall come u^jon thee, and over- 
 
 16 take thee. Cursed shalt thou be in the 
 
 2 Or. 
 treasury
 
 160 
 
 DEUTERONOMY. 
 
 28. 16. 
 
 1 Or, ac- 
 
 corai]ig 
 
 to some 
 
 ancient 
 
 versions, 
 
 drought 
 
 2 Or, a 
 
 terror 
 unto 
 
 3 Or, 
 
 tinnoum 
 Or, 
 
 plague 
 boils 
 
 i See ch. 
 XX. 6. and 
 Lev. xix. 
 ■2S-25. 
 
 city, and cursed shalt thou be in the 
 
 17 field. Cursed shall be thy basket and 
 
 18 thy kneadingtrough. Cursed shall be 
 the fruit of thy body, and the fruit of 
 thy ground, the increase of thy kiue, 
 
 19 and the young of thy flock. Cursed 
 shalt thou be when thou comest in, 
 and cui'sed shalt thou be when thou 
 
 20goest out. The Lord shall send upon 
 thee cursing, discomfitvire, and rebuke, 
 in all that thou puttest thine hand un- 
 to for to do, until thou be destroyed, 
 and until thou jierish quickly ; because 
 of the evil of thy doings, whereby thou 
 
 21 hast forsaken me. The Lord shall 
 make the pestilence cleave unto thee, 
 until he have consumed thee from off 
 the land, whither thou goest in to 
 
 22 possess it. The Lord shall smite thee 
 with consumption, and with fever, 
 and with inflammation, and with fiery 
 heat, and with ^the sword, and with 
 blasting, and with mildew; and they 
 shall pursue thee until thou perish. 
 
 23 And thy heaven that is over thy head 
 shall be brass, and the earth that is 
 
 24 under thee shall be iron. The Lord 
 shall make the rain of thy land powder 
 and dust: from heaven shall it come 
 down upon thee, until thou be de- 
 
 25 stroyed. The Lord shall cause thee to 
 be smitten before thine enemies : thou 
 shalt go out one way against them, 
 and shalt flee seven ways before them : 
 and thou shalt be 2 tossed to and fro 
 among all the kmgdoms of the earth. 
 
 26 And thy carcase shall be meat unto aU 
 fowls of the air, and unto the beasts of 
 the earth, and there shall be none to 
 
 27 fray them away. The Lord shall smite 
 thee with the boil of Egypt, and mth 
 the ^emerods, and with the scurvy, and 
 with the itch, whereof thou canst not 
 
 28 be healed. The Lord shall smite thee 
 with madness, and with blindness, and 
 
 29 ^rith astonishment of heart : and thou 
 shalt grope at noonday, as the blind 
 gropeth in darkness, and thou shalt 
 not prosper in thy ways: and thou 
 shalt be only opi^ressed and spoiled 
 alway, and there shall be none to save 
 
 30 thee. Thou shalt betroth a wife, and 
 another man shall lie with her: thou 
 shalt build an house, and thou shalt 
 not dwell therein: thou shalt plant a 
 vineyard, and shalt not ^use the fruit 
 
 31 thereof. Thine ox shall be slain before 
 thine eyes, and thou shalt not eat 
 thereof: thine ass shall be violently 
 taken avi'ay from before thy face, and 
 shall not be restored to thee: thy 
 sheep shall be given imto thme enemies, 
 and thou shalt have none to save thee. 
 
 32 Thy sons and thy daughters shall be 
 given unto another people, and thme 
 eyes shall look, and fail with longing 
 for them all the day: and there shall 
 be nought in the power of thine hand. 
 
 S3 The fruit of thy ground, and aU thy 
 
 labours, shall a nation which thou 
 knowest not eat up ; and thou shalt be 
 
 34 only oppressed and crushed alway : so 
 that thou shalt be mad for the sight 
 of thine eyes which thou shalt see. 
 
 35 The Lord shall smite thee in the 
 knees, and in the legs, with a sore boil, 
 whereof thou canst not be healed, from 
 the sole of thy foot mito the cro^sTi of 
 
 36 thy head. The Lord shall bring thee, 
 and thy king which thou shalt set over 
 thee, vmto a nation which thou hast 
 not known, thou nor thy fathers ; and 
 there shalt thou serve other gods, wood 
 
 37 and stone. And thou shalt become 
 an astonishment, a proverb, and a by- 
 word, among all the i»eoples whither 
 
 38 the Lord shall lead thee away. Thou 
 shalt carry much seed out into the 
 field, and shalt gather little in ; for the 
 
 39 locust shall cousimie it. Thou shalt 
 plant vineyards and dress them, but 
 thou shalt neither drink of the wine, 
 nor gather the grapes; for the wonn 
 
 40 shall eat them. Thou shalt have olive 
 trees throughout aU thy borders, but 
 thou shalt not anoint thyself with the 
 oil ; for thine olive shall cast its fruit. 
 
 41 Thou shalt beget sons and daughters, 
 but they shall not be thine ; for they shall 
 
 42 go into captivity. All thy trees and 
 the fruit of thy ground shall the locust 
 
 43 possess. The stranger that is in the 
 midst of thee shall moimt up above thee 
 higher and higher ; and thou shalt come 
 
 44 down lower and lower. He shall lend 
 to thee, and thou shalt not lend to him : 
 he shall be the head, and thou shalt 
 
 45 be the tail. And aU these cm'ses shall 
 come upon thee, and shall pm-sue 
 thee, and overtake thee, till thou be 
 destroyed; because thou hearkenedst 
 not unto the voice of the Lord thy 
 God, to keep his commandments and 
 his statutes which he commanded 
 
 46 thee : and they shall be upon thee for 
 a sign and for a wonder, and upon thy 
 
 47 seed for ever : because thou servedst 
 not the Lord thy God Tvith joyfulness, 
 and with gladness of heart, by reason 
 
 48 of the abundance of all things : there- 
 fore shalt thou serve thine enemies 
 which the Lord shall send against 
 thee, in himger, and in thirst, and in 
 nakedness, and in want of all things: 
 and he shall put a yoke of iron upon 
 thy neck, until he have destroyed 
 
 49 thee. The Lord shall bring a nation 
 against thee from far, from the end of 
 the earth, as the eagle flieth ; a nation 
 whose tongue thou shalt not under- 
 
 50 stand ; a nation of fierce countenance, 
 which shall not regard the person of 
 the old, nor shew favour to the young : 
 
 51 and he shall eat the fruit of thy cattle, 
 and the fi'uit of thy ground, until 
 thou be destroyed: which also shall 
 not leave thee corn, wine, or oil, the 
 increase of thy kine, or the young
 
 29. 13. 
 
 DEUTERONOMY. 
 
 161 
 
 I Or, 
 
 after- 
 hirt?i 
 
 of thy flock, until lie have caused thee 
 
 52 to pei'isli. And he sliall I)esief,'e tliee 
 in all thy gates, until thy hi{,'h and 
 fenced walls come down, wherein thou 
 triistedst, throufjhout all thy land : 
 and he shall besiege thee in all thy 
 gates throughout all thy land, whicli 
 the Lour) thj' CJod liatli given thee. 
 
 53 And thou shalt eat the fruit of thine 
 own hod}', the flesh of thy sons and 
 of thy daughters which the Lord tliy 
 God hath gi>en thee ; in the siege 
 and in the straitness, wherewith thine 
 
 54 enemies shall straiten thee. The man 
 that is tender among j'ou, and veiy 
 delicate, his eye shall he evil toward 
 his brother, and toward the wife of 
 his bosom, and toward the remnant 
 of his children which he hath re- 
 
 55maiiiing: so that he will not give 
 to any of them of the flesh of his 
 cliildren whom he shall eat, because 
 he hath nothing left him ; in the siege 
 and in the straitness, wherewith thine 
 enemy shall straiten thee in all thy 
 
 56 gates. The tender and delicate ^^•oman 
 among you, whicli would not adventure 
 to set the sole of her foot upon the 
 gi'omid for delicateness and tenderness, 
 her ej-e shall be evil toward the hus- 
 band of her bosom, and toward her son, 
 
 57 and toward her daughter ; and toward 
 her 1 young one that cometh out from 
 between lier feet, and toward her 
 cliildren which slie shall bear ; for she 
 shall eat them for want of all things 
 secretly : in the siege and in the strait- 
 ness, wherewith thine enemy shall 
 
 58 straiten thee in thj' gates. If thou wilt 
 not observe to do all the words of this 
 law that are written hi this book, that 
 thou mayest fear this glorious and 
 fearful name, the lokd thy god; 
 
 59 then the Lord will make thy jilagues 
 wonderful, and the j)lagues of thy 
 seed, even gi-eat plagues, and of long 
 contmuance, and sore sicknesses, and 
 
 60 of long continuance. Aiid he will bring 
 uj)on thee again all the diseases of 
 Egypt, which thou wast afraid of; 
 
 61 and they shall cleave unto thee. Also 
 every sickness, and every iilague, which 
 is not written in the book of this law, 
 them will the Lord bring upon thee, 
 
 62 until thou be destroyed. Ajid ye shall 
 be left few in number, whereas ye 
 were as the stars of heaven for multi- 
 tude ; because thou didst not hearken 
 unto the voice of the Lord thy God. 
 
 63 And it shall conie to pass, that as the 
 Lord rejoiced over you to do you 
 good, and to multiply you; so the 
 Lord will rejoice over you to cause 
 you to perish, and to destroj' you ; and 
 ye shall be plucked from off the land 
 
 64 whither thou goest ui to possess it. And 
 the Lord shall scatter thee among all 
 peoples, from the one end of the earth 
 even unto the other end of the earth : 
 
 and there thou shalt serve other gods, 
 which thou hast not known, thou nor 
 
 65 thy fathers, even wood and stone. And 
 among these nations shalt thou find 
 no ease, and tliei'e shall be no rest for 
 the sole of thy foot: but the Loud 
 shall give thee there a trembling heart, 
 and failing of eyes, and pining of soul: 
 
 (■>(iand thy life shall hang in doulit before 
 thee; and thou shalt fear night and 
 day, and shalt have none assurance of 
 
 67 thy life : in the morning thou shalt 
 say, Would God it were even ! and at 
 even thou shalt say. Would God it 
 were morning! for the fear of thine 
 heart which thou shalt fear, and for the 
 sight of thine eyes which thou shalt 
 
 68 see. And the Lord shall bring thee 
 into Egypt agam with ships, by the 
 way whereof I said unto thee. Thou 
 shalt see it no more again : and there 
 ye shall sell yourselves imto your 
 enemies for bondmen and for bond- 
 women, and no man shall buy you. 
 
 29 These are the words of the covenant 
 which the Lord commanded Moses to 
 make with the children of Israel in 
 the land of Moab, beside the covenant 
 which he made with them in Horeb. 
 
 2 And Moses called unto all Israel, and 
 said unto them. Ye have seen all that 
 the Lord did before your eyes in the 
 land of Egj'i)t unto Pharaoh, and imto 
 all his servants, and unto all his land ; 
 
 3 the gi-eat 2 temptations which thine eyes 
 saw, the signs, and those great won- 
 
 4 ders : but the Lord hath not given you 
 an heart to know, and eyes to see, and 
 
 5 ears to hear, unto this day. And I 
 have led you forty years in the wilder- 
 ness: j-oui' clothes are not waxen old 
 upon }ou, and thy shoe is not waxen 
 
 6 old upon thy foot. Ye have not eaten 
 bread, neither have j-e drunk wine or 
 strong drmk : that ye might know that 
 
 7 1 am the Lord yom- God. And when 
 ye came mito this place, SUion the 
 king of Heshbon, and Og the king 
 of Bashan, came out agamst us unto 
 
 8 battle, and we smote them: and we 
 took their land, and gave it for an 
 inlieritance unto the Eeubenites, and 
 to the Gadites, and to tlie half tribe 
 
 Oof the Manassites. Keep therefore the 
 words of this covenant, and do them, 
 that ye may '^ prosper in all that ye do. 
 
 10 Ye stand this day all of you before 
 the Lord yoiir God ; your heads, your 
 tribes, j'our elders, and your officers, 
 
 11 even all the men of Israel, yoiu- Uttle 
 ones, your wives, and thy stranger that 
 is in the midst of thy camps, from the 
 hewer of thy wood unto the drawer of 
 
 12 thy water: that thou shouldest enter 
 into the covenant of the Lord thy God, 
 and into his oath, which the Lord thy 
 
 13 God maketh with thee this day : that he 
 may establish thee this day unto himself 
 for a people, and that he may be unto 
 
 [Ch. 
 
 xxvin.69 
 
 inHeb.] 
 
 [Ch.xxix, 
 1 in 
 Heb.I 
 
 2 See cli. 
 iv. 34. 
 
 3 Or. deal 
 U'iseli/
 
 162 
 
 DEUTERONOMY. 
 
 29. 13. 
 
 1 Heb. 
 rosh, a 
 poison- 
 ous herb. 
 
 2 Or. 
 oath 
 and so 
 w. 20, 21. 
 
 3 Or, to 
 add 
 drunk- 
 enness to 
 thirst 
 
 4 Heb. 
 divided. 
 
 thee a God, as be spake uuto thee, and 
 as he sware unto thy fathers, to Abra- 
 
 14 bam, to Isaac, ami to Jacob. Neither 
 with you ouly do I make this covenant 
 
 15 and this oath ; but Avith him that staud- 
 eth here with us this day before the 
 LoEi> our God, and also with him that 
 
 IG is not here with us this day : (for ye 
 know how we dwelt in the land of 
 EgJlJt ; and how we came through the 
 midst of the natitms through which 
 
 17 ye passed; and ye have seen their 
 abominations, and their idols, wood 
 and stone, silver and gold, which were 
 
 18 among theiu:) lest there sliould be 
 among yuu man, or Avoman, or family, 
 or tribe, whose heart turneth away 
 this day from the Lord our God, to 
 go to serve the gods of those nations ; 
 lest there should be among you a root 
 
 19 that beareth i gall and wormwood; and 
 it come to pass, when be beareth the 
 words of this ^cm'se, that he bless him- 
 self in his heart, saying, I' shall have 
 peace, though I walk in the stubborn- 
 ness of mine heart, -Ho destroy the 
 
 20 moist with the dry : the Lord will not 
 pardon bmr, but then the anger of the 
 Lord and bis jealousy shall smoke 
 against that man, and all the curse that 
 is written in this book shall he upon 
 him, and the Lord shall blot out his 
 
 •21 name from under heaven. Aiid the 
 Loud shall separate him unto evil out 
 of all the tribes of Israel, accorduig to 
 all the cm-ses of the covenant that is 
 22 written in this book of the law. And 
 the generation to come, yom- chiltb-en 
 that shall rise up after you, and the 
 foreigner that shall come from a far 
 land, shall say, when they see the 
 plagues of that laud, and the sick- 
 nesses wherewith the Lord hath 
 23 made it sick; and that the whole 
 land thereof is brimstone, and salt, 
 and a burning, tJtat it is not sown, 
 nor beareth, nor any gi-ass groweth 
 thereui, like the overthi-ow of Sodom 
 and Gomorrah, Admab and Zeboiim, 
 which the Lord overthi-ew in his 
 24 anger, and in his wrath: even aU 
 the nations shall say, Wlierefore hath 
 the Lord done thus unto this land? 
 what meaneth the heat of this great 
 25 anger? Then men shall say, Because 
 they forsook the covenant of the 
 Lord, the God of then- fathers, which 
 he made with them when be brought 
 them forth out of the land of Egyjit ; 
 26 and went and served other gods, and 
 Avorshipped them, gods whom they 
 knew not, and Avhom he had not 
 27^ given mito them: therefore the anger 
 of the Lord was kindled against this 
 land, to bring upon it all the curse 
 28 that is written hi this book: and the 
 Lord rooted them out of their land 
 in anger, and in wrath, and in great 
 indignation, and cast them uito another 
 
 29 land, as at this day. The secret things 
 belong unto the Lord our God : but the 
 things that are revealed belong unto 
 us and to our children for ever, that 
 we may do all the words of this law. 
 
 30 And it sh:ill 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 to mind among all the na- 
 tions, whither the Lord thy God hath 
 
 2 driven thee, and shalt return mito 
 the Lord thy God, and shalt obey 
 his voice according to all that I com- 
 mand thee this day, thou and thy 
 chQdreu, with all thuie heart, and witli 
 
 3 all thy soul ; that then the Lord thy 
 God win f-turn thy captivity, and have 
 compassion upon thee, and will return 
 and gather thee from all the peoples, 
 whither the Lord thy God hath scat- 
 
 4 tered thee. If aiuj of thine outcasts 
 be m the uttermost parts of heaven, 
 from thence will the Lord thy God 
 gather thee, and from thence will he 
 
 5 fetch thee: and the Lord thy God 
 will bring thee into the land which 
 thy fathers possessed, and thou shalt 
 possess it ; and he will do thee good, 
 and multiply thee above thy fathers. 
 
 6 And the Lord thy God will cu-cmucise 
 thine heart, and the heart of thy seed, 
 to love the Lord thy God with all 
 tbuie heart, and Avitli all thy soul, that 
 
 7 thou mayest live. And the Lord thy 
 God wiU put aU these cm-ses upon 
 thine enemies, and on them that hate 
 
 8 thee, which persecuted thee. And 
 thou shalt return and obey the voice 
 of the Lord, and do all his command- 
 ments which I command thee this day. 
 
 9 And the Lord thy God will make thee 
 plenteous in all the work of thine 
 hand, in the fruit of thy body, and in 
 the fruit of thy cattle, and in the fruit 
 of thy gi-omid, for good : for the Lord 
 will again rejoice over thee for good, 
 
 10 as be rejoiced over thy fathers: if 
 thou shalt obey the voice of the Lord 
 thy God, to keep his commandments 
 and bis statutes which are wi-itteu in 
 this book of the law; if thou turn 
 imto the Lord thy God with all thuie 
 heart, and with all thy soul. 
 For this commandment which I com- 
 
 s Or, re- 
 turn to 
 
 11 
 
 mand thee this day, it is not too ("hard 
 12 for thee, neither is it far off. It is 
 not in heaven, that thou shouldest 
 say. Who shall go up for us to heaven, 
 and bring it uuto us, and make us to 
 13 hear it, that Ave may do it? Neither 
 is it beyond the sea, that thou should- 
 est say, Wlio shall go over the sea for 
 us, and bring it imto us, and make us 
 
 14 to hear it, that we may do it ? But the 
 word is very nigh unto thee, in thy 
 mouth, and in thy heart, that thou 
 mayest do it. 
 
 15 See, I have set before thee this day 
 
 (iOr, 
 wonder- 
 /ul
 
 31. 23. 
 
 X>EUTERONOMY. 
 
 163 
 
 1 Or, that 
 
 16 life and Kood, and deatli and evil; in 
 that I command thee thi.s day to love 
 the LoKD thy God, to walk in his ways, 
 and to keep his commauiliuents and 
 his statutes and his judgements, that 
 thou mayest live and multiply, and 
 that the Lord thy God may bless thee 
 in the land whither tliou goest in to 
 
 17 possess it. But if thine heart turn 
 away, and thou wilt not liear, but shalt 
 be drawn away, and worship other 
 
 18 gods, and serve them ; I denounce unto 
 you this day. that ye shall surely 
 l)erish ; ye shall not prolong your days 
 upon the land, whither thou passest 
 
 19 over Jordan to go in to possess it. I 
 call heaven and earth to witness a- 
 gauist you this day, that I have set 
 before thee life and death, the blessing 
 and the curse: therefore choose life, 
 that thou mayest live, thou and thy 
 
 20 seed: to love the Lord thy God, to 
 obey his voice, and to cleave unto 
 him: for ihe is thy life, and the length 
 of thy days; that thou mayest dwell 
 in the land which the Lord sware 
 unto thy fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, 
 and to Jacob, to give them. 
 
 31 Ajid Moses went and spake these words 
 
 2 mito all Israel. And he said unto them, 
 I am an hundred and twenty years old 
 this day; I can no more go out and 
 come in : and the Lord hath said unto 
 me. Thou shalt not go over this Jordan. 
 
 3 The Lord thy God, he will go over 
 before thee ; he will destroy these na- 
 tions from before thee, and thou shalt 
 possess them: and Joshua, he shall 
 go over before thee, as the Lord hath 
 
 4 spoken. And the Lord shall do unto 
 them as he did to SLlion and to Og, 
 the kings of the Amorites, and unto 
 
 .5 their land ; whom he destroyed. And 
 the Lord shall deliver them u]) before 
 you, and ye shall do unto them accord- 
 ing mito all the commandment which 
 
 61 have commanded j'ou. Be strong 
 and of a good courage, fear not, nor be 
 affrighted at them: for the Lord thy 
 God, he it is that doth go with thee; 
 he will not fail thee, nor forsake thee. 
 
 7 And Moses called unto Joshua, and 
 said unto him in the sight of all Israel, 
 Be strong and of a good courage : for 
 thou shalt go with this i)eople into 
 the land which the Lord hath sworn 
 mito their fathers to give them; and 
 thou shalt cause them to inherit it. 
 
 8 And the Lord, he it is that doth go 
 before thee ; he will be with thee, he 
 will not fail thee, neither forsake thee : 
 fear not, neither be dismayed. 
 
 9 And Moses wrote this law, and de- 
 livered it unto the priests the sous 
 of Levi, which bare the ark of the 
 covenant of the Lord, and unto all the 
 
 10 elders of Israel. And Moses command- 
 ed them, saying. At the end of ei^enj 
 seven years, in the set time of the year 
 
 of release, in the feast of tabernacles, 
 
 11 when all Israel is come to apj)ear 
 before the Lord thy God in the place 
 which he shall choose, thou shalt read 
 this law before all Israel in their liear- 
 
 12 ing. Assemble the people, the men and 
 the women and the little ones, and 
 thy stranger that is within thy gates, 
 that they may hear, and that they 
 may learn, and fear the Lord your 
 God, and observe to do all the words 
 
 13 of this law; and that their children, 
 which have not known, may hear, and 
 learn to fear the Lord your God, as 
 long as ye live in the land whither ye 
 go over Jordan to possess it. 
 
 14 And the Lord said unto Moses, Be- 
 hold, thy days approach that thou must 
 die: call Joshua, and jiresent your- 
 selves in the tent of meeting, that I 
 may give him a charge. And Moses 
 and Joshua went, and presented them- 
 
 15 selves in the tent of meeting. And the 
 Lord appeared in the Tent in a pillar 
 of cloud : and the pillar of cloud stood 
 
 16 2 over the door of the Tent. And the 
 Lord said mito Moses, Behold, thou 
 shalt sleep with thy fathers ; and this 
 people will rise up, and go a whoring 
 after the strange gods of the land, 
 whither they go to be among them, 
 and will forsake me, and break my 
 covenant which I have made with 
 
 17 them. Then my anger shall be kindled 
 against them in that day, and I will 
 forsake them, and I will hide my 
 face from them, and they shall be de- 
 voured, and many evils and troubles 
 shall come upon them; so that they 
 will say in that day. Are not these evils 
 come upon us because om* God is not 
 
 18 among us ? And I will surely hide my 
 face in that day for all the evil which 
 they shall have wrought, in that they 
 
 19 are turned unto other gods. Now there- 
 fore WTite ye this song for you, and 
 teach thou it the children of Israel : put 
 it in their mouths, that this song may 
 be a witness for me against the child- 
 
 20ren of Israel. For when I shall have 
 brought them into the land which I 
 sware mito their fathers, flowing with 
 milk and honey; and they shall have 
 eaten and filled themselves, and waxen 
 fat; then will they turn mito other 
 gods, and serve them, and despise me, 
 
 21 and break my covenant. And it shall 
 come to pass, when many evils and 
 troubles are come upon them, that this 
 song shall testify before them as a 
 witness; for it shall not be forgotten 
 out of the mouths of theu" seed : for I 
 know their imagination which they go 
 about, even now, before I have brought 
 
 22 them into the land which I sware. So 
 Moses wrote this song the same day, 
 and taught it the children of Israel. 
 
 23 And he gave Joshua the son of Nun 
 a charge, and said, Be strong and of 
 
 2 Or, fty 
 
 6—2
 
 164 
 
 DEUTERONOMY. 
 
 31. 23. 
 
 1 Or, 
 
 cori'upt- 
 ed them- 
 selves, 
 they ic. 
 
 2 Or, but 
 a blot 
 upon 
 them 
 
 «0r, 
 
 possessed 
 Or, 
 gotten 
 
 a good courage : for thou shalt bring 
 the cliilflren of Israel into tlie land 
 wliich I sware unto them : and I will 
 be ^\ith thee. 
 
 24 And it came to pass, when Moses 
 had made an end of writing the words 
 of this law m a book, until they were 
 
 25 finished, that Moses commanded the 
 Levites, which bare the ark of the 
 
 26 covenant of the Lord, saying, Take 
 tliis book of the law, and put it by the 
 side of the ark of the covenant of the 
 Lord your God, that it may be there 
 
 27 for a witness against thee. For I 
 know thy rebellion, and thy stiff neck : 
 behold, while I am yet alive with you 
 this day, ye have been rebellious a- 
 gainst the Lord ; and how much more 
 
 28 after my death? Assemble unto me 
 all the elders of your tribes, and your 
 officers, that I may speak these wor<ls 
 in their ears, and call heaven and earth 
 
 29 to witness against them. For I know 
 that after my death ye wUl utterly cor- 
 rupt j'ourselves, and turn aside from 
 the way which I have commanded you ; 
 and evil will befall you in the latter 
 days ; because ye will do that which is 
 evil in the sight of the Lord, to provoke 
 hun to anger through the work of your 
 hands. 
 
 .SO And Moses spake m the ears of all 
 the assembly of Israel the words of 
 this song, until they were finished. 
 
 32 Give ear, ye heavens, and I will 
 speak ; 
 And let the earth hear the words of 
 my mouth : 
 
 2 My doctrine shall drop as the ram. 
 My speech shall distil as the dew ; 
 As the small rain upon the tender 
 
 gi'ass, 
 And as the showers upon tlie herb : 
 
 3 For I will proclaim the name of 
 
 the Lord: 
 Ascribe ye greatness unto our God. 
 
 4 The Rock, his work is perfect; 
 For all his ways are judgement: 
 
 A God of faithfulness and without 
 
 iniquity. 
 Just and right is he. 
 ) They have i dealt corruptly with 
 
 him, the;/ are not his children, "^if 
 
 is their blemish ; 
 Theij are a perverse and crooked 
 
 generation. 
 3 Do ye thus requite the Lord, 
 foolish people and unwise? 
 Is not he thy father that hath 
 
 ''boiTght thee? 
 He hath made thee, and established 
 
 thee. 
 
 7 Remember the days of old, 
 Consider the years of many gener- 
 ations: 
 
 Ask thy father, and he will shew thee ; 
 Thine elders, and they wiU tell thee. 
 
 8 When the Most High gave to the 
 nations their inheritance. 
 
 When he separated the children of 
 
 men. 
 He set the boimds of the peoples 
 According to the number of the 
 
 children of Israel. 
 9 For the Lord's portion is his people ; 
 Jacob is the lot of his inheritance. 
 
 10 He found him in a desert land, 
 And in the waste howling wilder- 
 ness; 
 
 He compassed him about, he cared 
 
 for him. 
 He kept bun as the apple of his eye : 
 
 11 As an eagle that stirreth up her 
 
 nest. 
 That fluttereth over her young, 
 ^He spread abroad his wings, he 
 
 took them. 
 He bare them on his pinions : 
 
 12 The Lord alone did lead him. 
 
 And there was no strange god with 
 
 him. 
 1.3 He made him ride on the high 
 
 places of the earth, 
 And he did eat the increase of the 
 
 field ; 
 And he made him to suck honey out 
 
 of the rock. 
 And oil out of the flinty rock : 
 
 14 Butter of kine, and milk of sheep. 
 With fat of lambs. 
 
 And rams of the breed of Bashan, 
 
 and goats. 
 With the fat of kidneys of wheat : 
 And of the l)lood of the gi-ape thou 
 
 drankest wine. 
 
 15 But Jeshurun waxed fat, and kicked : 
 Thoii art waxen fat, thou art grown 
 
 thick, thou art become sleek : 
 Then he forsook God which made him. 
 And lightly esteemed the Rock of 
 
 his salvation. 
 
 16 They moved him to jealousy with 
 
 strange gods. 
 With abominations provoked they 
 him to anger. 
 
 17 They sacrificed unto demons, vhich 
 
 vere no God, 
 To gods whom they knew not. 
 To new gods that came up of late, 
 Wliom j'our fathers dreaded not. 
 
 18 Of the Rock that ^ begat thee thou 
 
 art unmindful. 
 And hast forgotten God that gave 
 thee birth. 
 
 19 And the Lord saw it, and abhon'ed 
 
 them, 
 Because of the provocation of his 
 sons and his daughters. 
 
 20 And he said, I will hide my face 
 
 from them, 
 I will see what their end shaU be : 
 For they are a very froward gener- 
 ation. 
 Children m whom is no faith. 
 
 21 They have moved me to jealousy 
 
 with that which is not God ; 
 They have provoked me to anger 
 with their vanities :
 
 32. 5L 
 
 DEUTEllONOMY. 
 
 165 
 
 1 Hcb. 
 SheoU 
 
 ■2 Heb. 
 bur7ting 
 •coals. 
 See Hab. 
 iii. 6. 
 
 3 Seech. 
 xxix. 18. 
 
 »0r, 
 
 treantr- 
 iei 
 
 Aiiil I will move them to jealousy 
 
 with those which are not a peoijle ; 
 I will iirovoke them to anger with a 
 
 foolish nation. 
 1 Por a lire is kindled in mine anger, 
 Andburneth unto tlie lowest ipit, 
 And devoureth the earth with her 
 
 increase, 
 And setteth on fire the foundations 
 
 of the mountains. 
 23 I will heap mischiefs upon them ; 
 
 I will spend mine arrows upon them : 
 '24 TJifi/ s/iall be wasted with hunger, 
 
 and devoured Avitli '^burning heat 
 And bitter destruction ; 
 And the teeth of beasts will I send 
 
 upon them, 
 With the 2)oison of crawling thmgs 
 
 of the dust. 
 
 25 Without shall the sword bereave. 
 And in the chambers terror ; 
 It shall destroy both young man and 
 
 virgin. 
 The suclvUug with the man of gray 
 hairs. 
 
 26 I said, I would scatter them afar, 
 I would make the remembrance of 
 
 them to cease from among men : 
 
 27 Were it not that I feared the jn-o voc- 
 ation of the enemy, 
 
 Lest their adversaries should mis- 
 deem. 
 
 Lest they should say, Our hand is 
 exalted. 
 
 And the Lord liaih not done all this. 
 
 28 For they are a nation void of counsel. 
 And there is no miderstanduig in 
 
 them. 
 
 29 Oh that they were wise, that they 
 understood this. 
 
 That they would consider their 
 latter end ! 
 
 30 How should one chase a thousand. 
 And two put ten thousand to flight. 
 Except their Rock had sold them. 
 And the Lord had delivered them 
 
 up? 
 
 31 For their rock is not as our Rock, 
 Even our enemies themselves bemg 
 
 judges. 
 
 32 For their vine is of the vine of Sodom, 
 And of the fields of Gomorrah : 
 Their gi-apes are grapes of -'gall. 
 Their clusters are bitter : 
 
 33 Their wuie is the poison of dragons. 
 And the cruel venom of asps. 
 
 34 Is not this laid up in store with me. 
 Sealed up * among my treasures ? 
 
 35 Vengeance is mine, and recomjience, 
 At the time when their foot shall slide: 
 For the day of their calamity is 
 
 at hand, , 
 
 And the things that are to come upon 
 them shall make haste. 
 
 36 For the Lord shall judge his 
 people. 
 
 And repent himself for his servants ; 
 When he seeth that their power is 
 gone. 
 
 And there is none remainiiif/, shut 
 up or left at large. 
 
 37 And he shall say, Where are their 
 
 gods. 
 The rock in which they ^ trusted ; 
 
 38 AVhich did eat the fat of their sacri- 
 
 fices, 
 ^itid drank the wine of their drink 
 
 offering ? 
 Let them rise up and helj) you, 
 Let them be your protection. 
 3'.) See now that I, even I, am he. 
 And there is no god with me : 
 I kill, and I make alive; 
 I have wounded, and I heal : 
 And there is none that can deliver 
 
 out of my hand.- 
 
 40 For I lift up my hand to heaven, 
 And saj'. As I live for ever, 
 
 41 If I whet "^my glittering sword, 
 Aiid mme hand take hold on judge- 
 ment ; 
 
 I will render vengeance to mine 
 
 adversaries. 
 And will recompense them that 
 
 hate me. 
 
 42 I will make mine arrows drunk with 
 
 blood, 
 And my sword shall devour flesh ; 
 With the blood of the slain and the 
 
 captives, 
 'From 8 the head of the leaders of the 
 
 enemy. 
 
 43 ''Rejoice, i^ye nations, trltli his 
 
 peoijle : 
 For he will avenge 
 
 his servants, 
 And will render vengeance 
 
 adversaries. 
 And will make exijiatiou for 
 
 land, for his people. 
 
 44 And Moses came and spake all 
 words of this song in the ears of 
 people, he, and Hoshea the son of Nun. 
 
 45 And Moses made an end of s^ieaking all 
 
 46 these words to all Israel : and he said 
 unto them. Set j-our heart unto all the 
 words which I testify unto you this 
 day; which j-e shall command your 
 children, to observe to do all the words 
 
 47 of this law. For it is no vain thing 
 for you; because it is your life, and 
 through this thing ye shall i)rolong 
 your days upon the land, whither ye 
 go over Jordan to possess it. 
 
 48 And the Lord spake unto Moses that 
 
 49 selfsame day, saying. Get thee uii into 
 tins momitain of Abarim, unto mount 
 Nebo, which is in the land of Moab, that 
 is over against Jericho ; and behold the 
 land of Canaan, which I give unto the 
 
 50 children of Israel for a possession : and 
 die in the mount whither thougoest up, 
 and be gathered unto tli3'peoi)le ; as Aa- 
 ron thy brother died in mount Hor, and 
 
 51 was gathered unto his iJeoj)le : because 
 ye trespassed against me in the midst of 
 the children of Israel at the waters of 
 Meribah of Kadesh, iu the wilderness of 
 
 the blood of 
 to his 
 
 his 
 
 the 
 the 
 
 •1 Or, took 
 re/UffQ 
 
 e Heb. 
 the light- 
 ning of 
 my 
 sword. 
 
 'Or, 
 From 
 the be- 
 ginning 
 of re- 
 venges 
 upon the 
 enemy 
 
 8 Or, the 
 hairy 
 head 
 
 of the 
 enemy 
 
 9 Or, 
 I'raise 
 his 
 
 people, 
 ye na' 
 tions 
 
 10 Or, ye 
 nations, 
 his 
 people
 
 166 
 
 DEUTERONOMY. 
 
 32. 51. 
 
 1 Heb. 
 hoHness. 
 
 2 Or. 
 was fire, 
 a law 
 Or, as 
 other- 
 wise 
 read, 
 were 
 
 at reams 
 for them 
 
 3 Or. 
 tribes 
 <0r, 
 their 
 holy 
 ones 
 
 5 Or, re- 
 ceived 
 
 «0r. 
 there 
 was a 
 king 
 'Or. 
 And 
 let not 
 Ills nien' 
 
 8 Or, 
 LetWJ 
 hands be 
 siifficient 
 for him 
 sOr, 
 for them 
 
 10 Or, 
 
 him 
 
 whom 
 
 thozc 
 
 lovesf 
 
 11 Heb. 
 in thy 
 nostrils. 
 
 Zin: liecaiise ye sanctified me not in 
 52 the 1 ; lidst of the children of Israel. For 
 thou slialt see the land before thee ; but 
 thou slialt not go thither into the laud 
 which I give the children of Israel. 
 33 And this is the blessing, wherewith 
 Moses the man of God blessed the 
 children of Israel before his death. 
 
 2 And he said, 
 
 The Lord came from Sinai, 
 And rose from Seir mito them ; 
 He sinned forth from mount Paran, 
 And he came from the ten thousands 
 
 of 1 holy ones : 
 At his right hand ^was a fiery law 
 
 unto them. 
 
 3 Yea, he loveth the ^ peoples; 
 All ^his saints are in thy hand : 
 And they sat do-mi at thy feet ; 
 Everii one ^ shall receive of thy 
 
 words. 
 
 4 Moses commanded us a law, 
 
 An inheritance for the assembly of 
 
 Jacob. 
 .5 And ^he was king in Jeshmnui, 
 
 When the heads of the people were 
 
 gathered. 
 All the tribes of Israel together. 
 
 6 Let Reuben live, and not die ; 
 7 Yet let his men be few. 
 
 7 And this is the blessing of Judah: 
 and he said. 
 
 Hear, Lord, the voice of Judah, 
 And bring bun in unto his people : 
 8 With his hands he contended -'for 
 
 himself ; 
 And thou shalt be an help agauist 
 
 his adversaries. 
 
 8 And of Levi he said. 
 
 Thy Thimimim and thy Urim are 
 
 with 10 thy godly one, 
 Wliom thou didst jirove at Massah, 
 With whom thou didst strive at the 
 
 waters of Meribah ; 
 
 9 Wlio said of his father, and of his 
 
 mother, I have not seen him ; 
 Neither did he acknowledge his 
 
 brethren. 
 Nor knew he his own children: 
 For they have observed thy word. 
 And keep thy covenant. 
 
 10 They shall teach Jacob thy judge- 
 
 ments, 
 And Israel thy law : 
 They shall put mcense " before thee, 
 And whole burnt oifering upon thine 
 . altar. 
 
 11 Bless, Lord, his substance. 
 
 And accept the work of his hands : 
 Smite through the loins of them that 
 
 rise up against him. 
 And of them that hate him. that 
 
 they rise not again. 
 
 12 Of Benjamin he said. 
 
 The beloved of the Lord shaU dwell 
 
 in safety by him ; 
 He covereth him all the day long. 
 And he dweUeth between his shoul- 
 ders. 
 
 13 
 
 14 
 
 16 
 
 IS 
 19 
 
 20 
 
 21 
 
 23 
 
 24 
 
 And of Joseph he said, 
 Blessed of the Lord be his land ; 
 For the jirecious things of heaven, 
 
 for the dew. 
 And for the deep that coucheth be- 
 neath. 
 And for the precious things of the 
 
 fruits of the sun, 
 And for the precious things of the 
 
 growth of the moons. 
 And for the chief things of the 
 
 ancient mountains. 
 And for the precious things of the 
 
 everlasting hills. 
 And for the precious things of the 
 
 earth and the fulness thereof. 
 And the good will of him that dwelt 
 
 in the bush : 
 Let fJ/e hiesshif/ come upon the head 
 
 of Joseph, 
 And upon the crown of the head 
 
 of him 12 that was separate from 
 
 his brethren. 
 1-^ The fii-stling of his bullock, majes- 
 ty is his ; 
 And his horns are the horns of the 
 
 " wild-ox • 
 With them he shall i^push the peo- 
 ples aU of them, even the ends of 
 
 the earth : 
 And they are the ten thousands of 
 
 Ephraina, 
 And they are the thousands of 
 
 Manasseh. 
 And of Zebulun he said. 
 Rejoice, Zebulun, in thy going out; 
 And, Issachar, in thy tents. 
 They shall call the peoples unto the 
 
 momitain ; 
 There shall they offer sacrifices of 
 
 righteousness : 
 For they shall suck the abundance 
 
 of the seas. 
 And the hidden treasures of the 
 
 sand. 
 And of Gad he said. 
 Blessed be he that enlargeth Gad : 
 He dweUeth as a lioness. 
 And teareth the arm, yea, the crown 
 
 of the head. 
 And he i*" provided the first part for 
 
 himself. 
 For there was i^the lawgiver's por- 
 tion reserved ; 
 And he came ^^iinth the heads of the 
 
 people, 
 He executed the justice of the Lord, 
 And his judgements with Israel. 
 And of Dan he said, 
 Dan is a lion's whelp. 
 That Icapeth forth from Bashan. 
 And cf Naphtali he said, 
 O Na:phtali, satisfied with favour, 
 And full with the blessing of the 
 
 Lord: 
 Possess thou the lowest and the 
 
 south. 
 And of Asher he said. 
 Blessed be Asher 20 with children;
 
 1. 8. 
 
 JOSHUA. 
 
 167 
 
 Or, 
 shoes 
 
 2 Or, rest 
 
 Or. 
 
 security 
 
 3 Or, 
 pield 
 feignfd 
 
 obedi' 
 
 •25 
 
 26 
 
 27 
 
 Let liim be acceptable unto bi,s 
 
 bretliren. 
 And let hiiii dip his foot in oil. 
 Thy ibars shall be iron and brass; 
 And as thy days, so shall thy 
 
 '■* strength be. 
 There is none like unto God, 
 
 Jeshurnn, 
 Who ridetli upon the heaven for thy 
 
 help, 
 And in his excellency on the skies. 
 The eternal God is tJii/ dwelling 
 
 place, 
 And underneath are the everlasting 
 
 ai-ms: 
 And he thrust out the enemy from 
 
 before thee, 
 And said, Destroy. 
 And Israel dwelleth in safety, 
 The fountain of Jacol) alone. 
 In a land of corn and wine ; 
 Yea, his heavens drop down dew. 
 Happy art thou, O Israel: 
 Who is like unto thee, a people 
 
 saved by the Lord, 
 The shield of thy help. 
 And that is the sword of thy ex- 
 cellency ! 
 And thine enemies shall ■* submit 
 
 themselves unto thee ; 
 And thou shalt tread ujion their 
 
 high places. 
 34 And Moses went up from the plains 
 of Moab unto mount Nebo, to the 
 top of Pisgah, that is over against 
 Jericho. And the Lord shewed him 
 2 all the land of Gilead, unto Dan; and 
 all Naphtali, and the land of Ephraim 
 
 28 
 
 29 
 
 andManasseli.andall thelaiidof.Tndah, 
 
 3 unto the ■'hinder sea; and the South, 
 
 and tlie Plain of tlie valley of Jericho 
 
 4 the city of palm trees, unto Zoar. And 
 the Ijoiii) said unto him, This is the 
 land which I sware unto Abraham, un- 
 to Isaac, and unto Jacob, saying, I will 
 give it unto thy seed : I have caused 
 thee to see it with thine eyes, but thou 
 
 5 shalt not go over thither. So Moses the 
 servant of the Lord died there in the 
 land of Moab, according to the word 
 
 (jof the Lord. And^he buried him in 
 the valley in the land of Moab over 
 against Beth-peor: but no man know- 
 eth of his sepulchre unto this day. 
 
 7 And Moses was an hundred and twenty 
 years old when he died : his eye was 
 not dim, nor his natural force abated. 
 
 8 And the children of Israel wept for 
 Moses in the i)lains of Moab thirtj' 
 days : so tlie days of weeping in the 
 
 9 mourning for Moses were ended. And 
 Joshua the son of Nun was full of the 
 spirit of wisdom; for Moses had laid 
 his hands uiion him : and the children 
 of Israel hearkened unto him, and 
 did as the Lord commanded Moses. 
 
 10 And there hath not arisen a prophet 
 since in Israel like unto Moses, whom 
 
 11 the Lord knew face to face ; in all the 
 signs and the wonders, which the Lord 
 sent hhn to do in the land of Egypt, 
 to Pharaoh, and to all his servants, 
 
 12 and to all his laud ; and in all the 
 mighty hand, and in all the gi'eat teiTor, 
 which Moses ^vrought in the sight of 
 all Isi-ael. 
 
 THE 
 
 BOOK OF JOSHUA. 
 
 < That 
 is, west- 
 ern. 
 
 1 Now it came to pass after the death 
 of Moses the servant of the Lord, that 
 the Lord spake unto Joshua the son ^ 
 
 2 of Nun, Moses' minister, sajHing, Moses ' 
 my sei'vant is dead; now therefore ; 
 arise, go over this Jordan, thou, and i 
 all this people, mito the land which 
 I do give to them, even to the cliild- 
 
 3ren of Israel. Every place that the 
 sole of your foot shall tread upon, to 
 you have I given it, as I spake unto 
 
 4 Moses. From the wilderness, and this 
 Lebanon, even unto the great river, 
 the river Euiohrates, all the land of the 
 Hittites, and unto the gi-eat sea toward 
 the going down of the siui, shall be 
 
 .Tvour border. 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 wiU 
 
 6 not fail thee, nor forsake thee. Be 
 strong and of a good courage : for thou 
 shalt cause this people to inherit the 
 land which I sware unto their fathers 
 
 7 to give them. Only be strong and 
 very courageous, to observe to do ac- 
 cording 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 ^have good success 
 
 8 whithersoever thou goest. This book 
 of the law shall not depart out of thy 
 
 » Or, 
 he wan 
 buried 
 
 1 Or, deal 
 wisely
 
 1G8 
 
 JOSHUA. 
 
 1. 8. 
 
 "Or, 
 
 inouth, but thou ahalt meditate therein 
 (lay and niglit, that thou inayest obsei've 
 to do according to all that is written 
 therein: for then thou shalt make thy 
 way prosperous, and then thou shalt 
 9 ihave good success. Have not I com- 
 manded thee '? Be strong and of a 
 good courage ; be not affrighted, neither 
 be thou dismayed : for the Loud thj- 
 God is with thee whithersoever thou 
 goest. 
 
 10 Tlieu Joshua commanded the officers 
 
 1 1 of the people, saying. Pass through tlie 
 midst of the camp, and conmiand the 
 people, saying. Prepare you victuals ; 
 for within tliree days ye are to pass 
 over this Jordan, to go in to possess 
 the land, which the Lokd your God 
 giveth you to possess it. 
 
 12 And to the Eeubenites, and to the Gad- 
 ites, and to the haK tribe of Manasseh, 
 
 ISsjiake Josliua, saying, Itemendier the 
 word whicli Moses the servant of tlie 
 Lord coumianded you, saying. The 
 Lord j-our God giveth j'ou rest, and 
 
 14 will give j'ou this laud. Your wives, 
 your little ones, and your cattle, shall 
 abide in the land which Moses gave 
 you beyond Jordan ; but ye sliall pass 
 over before your brethren armed, all 
 the mighty men of \alour, and shall 
 
 15 help them ; until the Lord have given 
 yoiu' brethren rest, as he Itath gircn 
 you, and they also have possessed the 
 land which the Lord your God giveth 
 them: then ye shall return unto the 
 land of your jjossession, and possess it, 
 which Moses the servant of the Lord 
 gave you Ijeyond Jordan toward the sun- 
 
 16rising. And tlieyanswered Joshua, say- 
 ing. All tliat thou hast conomauded us 
 we will do, and whithersoever thou 
 
 17 seudest us we will go. 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 
 
 18 with Moses. Wliosoever he be that 
 shall rebel against thy commandment, 
 and shall not hearken mito thy woixls 
 in all that thou commandest him, he 
 shall be put to death: only be strong 
 and of a good corn-age. 
 
 2 h.m\ Joshua the son of Nun sent out 
 of Shittun two men as spies secretly, 
 saying. Go ^■iew the land, and Jericho. 
 And they went, and came into the 
 house of an harlot whose name was 
 '2Eahab, and lay there. And it was 
 told the Idng of Jericho, sayuig, Be- 
 liold, there came men in hither to- 
 night of the children of Israel to 
 
 3 search out the land. And the kuig of 
 Jericho sent unto Eahab, saymg. Bring 
 forth the men that are come to thee, 
 which are entered mto thine house: 
 for they be come to search out all the 
 
 4 land. And the woman took the two 
 men, and hid them; and she said, 
 Yea, the men came unto me, but I 
 
 5 wist not whence they were: and it 
 came to jmss about the time of the 
 shutting of the gate, when it was dark, 
 that the men went out: whither the 
 men went I wot not: pm-sue after 
 them quickly; for ye shall overtake 
 
 C them. But she had brought them up 
 to the roof, and hid them with the 
 stalks of flax, which she had laid in 
 
 7 order upon the roof. And the men 
 pursued after them the way to Jordan 
 unto the fords: and as soon as they 
 which pursued after them were gone 
 
 8 out, they shut the gate. And before 
 they were laid down, she came up 
 
 9 unto them upon the roof; 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 iidiabitants of the land 
 
 10 melt away before you. For we have 
 lieard how the Lord dried up the 
 water of the lied Sea before j'ou, when 
 ye came out of Egj'X)t ; and what ye 
 did unto the two kings of the Amorites, 
 that were beyond Jordan, unto Sihon 
 and to Og, whom ye utterly destroyed. 
 
 11 And as soon as we had heard it, 
 our hearts did melt, neither did there 
 remain any more spirit in any man, 
 because of you : for the Lord your God, 
 he is God in heaven above, and on 
 
 12 earth beneath. Now therefore, I pray 
 you, swear unto me by the Lord, since 
 I have dealt kindly Avith you, that ye 
 also will deal kindly with my father's 
 
 13 house, and give me a true token: and 
 that ye will save alive my father, and 
 my mother, and my l)rethren, and my 
 sisters, and all that they have, and will 
 
 14 deliver our lives from death. And the 
 men said luitoher. Our life ^for yours, 
 if ye utter not this our business ; and it 
 shall be, when the Lord giveth us the 
 land, that we will deal kuidlj- and truly 
 
 15 with thee. Then she let them down 
 by a cord through the window: for 
 her house was upon the town wall, 
 
 10 and she dwelt upon the wall. And 
 she said unto them, Get you to the 
 mountain, lest the pursuers light upon 
 you; and hide yourselves there tlu-ee 
 days, until the pursuers be returned: 
 and afterward may ye go your way. 
 
 17 And the men said unto her. We will 
 l)e guiltless of this thine oath which 
 
 18 thou hast made us to swear. Behold, 
 when we come into the land, thou 
 shalt bind this line of scarlet tlu-ead 
 in the window which thou didst let us 
 down by: and thou shalt gather unto 
 thee into the house thy father, and 
 thy mother, and thy brethren, and all 
 
 19 thy father's household. And it shall 
 be, that whosoever shall go out of the 
 doors of thy house into the street, his 
 blood shall be upon his head, and we 
 will be guiltless : and whosoever shall 
 be with thee in the house, his blood 
 
 2Heb. 
 instead 
 of you to 
 dii.
 
 4. 8. 
 
 JOSHUA. 
 
 169 
 
 shall be on our head, if any hand be 
 
 '20 upon hhn. But if thou utter this our 
 business, then we will be guiltless of 
 thine oath which thou hast made us to 
 
 '21 swear. And she said, According unto 
 your words, so be it. And she sent 
 them away, and they departed: and 
 she bomid the scarlet line hi the 
 
 '2'1 window. And they went, and came 
 unto the mountain, and abode there 
 three days, until the pursuers were 
 retmiied: and the pursuers sought 
 them throughout all the way, but found 
 
 '23 them not. Then the two men returned, 
 and descended from the mountain, 
 and passed over, and came to Joshua 
 the son of Nun; and they told hmi all 
 
 '24 that had befallen them. And they said 
 unto Joshua, Truly the Lord hath 
 delivered into our hands all the land ; 
 and moreover all the inhabitants of 
 the land do melt away before us. 
 
 3 And Joshua rose up early in the morn- 
 ing, and they removed from Shittini, 
 and came to Jordan, he and all the 
 chikU-eu of Israel; and they lodged 
 '2 there before they passed over. And it 
 came to pass after three da.ys, that the 
 ofticers went thi'ough the midst of the 
 
 3 camp ; and they commanded the people, 
 saying, When ye see the ark of the 
 covenant of the Lord yom- God, and 
 the priests the Levites bearing it, then 
 ye shall remove from your place, and 
 
 4 go after it. Yet there shall be a space 
 between you and it, about two thousand 
 cubits by measure : come not near imto 
 it, that ye may know the waj' by which 
 ye must go ; for ye have not passed this 
 
 5 way heretofore. And Joshua said mito 
 the people, Sanctify yourselves: for 
 to-morrow the Lord will do wonders 
 
 6 among you. And Joshua spake mito 
 the priests, saying. Take up the ark of 
 the covenant, and pass over before 
 the people. And they took up the ark 
 of the covenant, and went before the 
 
 7 people. And the Lord said unto Joshua, 
 This day will I begui to magnify thee 
 in the sight of all Israel, that they 
 may know that, as I was with Moses, 
 
 8 so i will be with thee. And thou shalt 
 command the priests that bear the ark 
 of the covenant, saying, "WTien ye are 
 come to the brink of the waters of 
 Jordan, ye shall stand still in Jordan. 
 
 9 And Joshua said unto the children 
 of Israel, Come hither, and hear the 
 
 10 words of the Lord yoiu* God. And 
 Joshua said, Hereby ye shall know 
 that the living God is among you, 
 and that he wiU without fail drive 
 out from before you the Canaanite, 
 and the Hittite, and the Hivite, and 
 the Perizzite, and the Gii'gashite, and 
 
 lithe Amorite, and the Jebusite. Be- 
 hold, the ark of the covenant of the 
 Lord of all the earth passeth over 
 
 1'2 before you into Jordan. Now there- 
 
 fore take you twelve men out of the 
 tribes of Israel, for every tribe a man. 
 
 13 And it shall come to pass, when the 
 soles of the feet of the jiriests that 
 bear the ark of the Lord, the Lord of 
 all the earth, shall rest in the waters 
 of Jordan, that the waters of Jordan 
 shall be cut off, even the waters that 
 come down from above; and they 
 
 14 shall stand in one heap. And it came 
 to pass, ^^'heu the people removed 
 from their tents, to pass over Jordan, 
 the priests that bare the ark of the 
 
 15 covenant bemg before the people ; and 
 when they that bare the ark were 
 come unto Jordan, and the feet of 
 the priests that bare the ark were 
 dipped m the brink of the water, (for 
 Jordan overfloweth all its banks all 
 
 IG the time of harvest,) that the waters 
 which came down from above stood, 
 and rose up in one heap, a great way 
 loff, at Adam, the city that is beside 
 Zarethan : and those that went down 
 toward the sea of the '•^Arabah, even 
 the Salt Sea, were wholly cut off : and 
 the people passed over right against 
 
 17 Jericho. And the priests that bare 
 the ark of the covenant of the Lord 
 stood firm on dry ground in the midst 
 of Jordan, and all Israel passed over 
 on dry ground, imtil all the nation 
 were passed clean over Jordan. 
 
 4 And it came to pass, when aU the 
 nation were clean passed over Jordan, 
 that the Lord spake unto Joshua, 
 '2 saying, Take you twelve men out of 
 the people, out of every tribe a man. 
 Sand command ye them, sayuig. Take 
 you hence out of the midst of Jordan, 
 out of the place where the priests' feet 
 stood firm, twelve stones, and carry 
 them over with you, and lay them 
 down in the lodgmg place, where ye 
 
 4 shall lodge this night. Then Joshua 
 called the twelve men, whom he had 
 prepared of the children of Israel, out 
 
 5 of every tribe a man : and Joshua said 
 unto them. Pass over before the ark 
 of the Lord your God into the midst 
 of Jordan, and take you up every man 
 of you a stone uiJou his shoulder, ac- 
 corduig mito the number of the tribes 
 
 6 of the childr-eu of Israel: that this 
 may be a sign among you, that when 
 your children ask in time to come, 
 saying, Wliat mean ye by these stones ? 
 
 7 then ye shall say unto them. Because 
 the waters of Jordan were cut off be- 
 fore the ark of the covenant of the 
 Lord; when it passed over Jordan, 
 the waters of Jordan were cut off : and 
 these stones shall be for a memorial 
 unto the children of Israel for ever. 
 
 8 And the children of Israel did so as 
 Joshua commanded, and took up twelve 
 stones out of the midst of Jordan, as 
 the Lord spake mito Joshua, accord- 
 ing to the nimiber of the tribes of the 
 
 'Another 
 reading 
 is, off 
 from. 
 2 See 
 Deut. 
 i. 1. 
 
 6—5
 
 170 
 
 JOSHUA. 
 
 4. 8. 
 
 1 So with 
 a change 
 of vowel- 
 points. 
 The 
 
 pointing 
 of the 
 tt-xt is 
 irrvguUu*. 
 
 children of Israel; and they carried 
 them over with them unto the place 
 where they lodged, and laid them 
 9 down there. And Joshua set up twelve 
 stones iu the midst of Jordan, in the 
 place where the feet of the priests 
 which hare the ark of the covenant 
 stood: and they are there, unto this 
 
 10 day. For the priests \v'hich hare the 
 ark stood in the niidtit of Jordan, until 
 every thing was finished tliat the Lord 
 commanded Joshua to speak unto the 
 people, accorduig to all tliat Moses 
 coimiianded Joshua: and the people 
 
 11 hasted and jiassed over. And it came 
 to pass, when all the people were 
 clean jiassed over, that the ark of the 
 Lord i)assed over, and the priests, in 
 
 12 the presence of the people. And the 
 children of Eeuben, and the children 
 of Gad, and the half tribe of Manasseh, 
 passed over armed before the children 
 of Israel, as Moses spake unto them : 
 
 13 about forty thousand ready armed for 
 war passed over before the Lord mito 
 
 14 battle, to the jilains of Jericho. On that 
 day the Loru magnified Joshua in the 
 sight of all Israel ; and they feared limi, 
 as they feared Moses, aU the days of 
 his life. 
 
 15 And the Lord spake unto Joshua, 
 
 16 saying, Coimnand the priests that bear 
 the ark of the testimony, that they come 
 
 17 up out of Jordan. Joshua therefore 
 commanded the priests, saying, Come j^e 
 
 18 up out of Jordan. And it came to jiass, 
 when the ]niests tliat bare the ark of 
 the covenant of the Lord were come up 
 out of the midst of Jordan, and the soles 
 of the priests' feet were lifted up mito 
 the (h'y gromid, that the waters of 
 Jordan returned unto their place, and 
 went over all its banks, as aforetime. 
 
 19 And the people came up out of Jordan 
 on the tentli day of the first month, and 
 encami)ed in Gilgal, on the east border 
 
 20 of Jericho. And those twelve stones, 
 which they took out of Jordan, did 
 
 21 Joshua set up in Gilgal. And he spake 
 luito the children of Israel, saying, 
 When j'om- children shall ask their 
 fathers in time to come, saying. Wliat 
 
 22 mean these stones? then ye shall let 
 youi' children know, saying, Israel 
 
 23 came over this Jordan on di-y laud. For 
 tJie Lord your God dried uj) the waters 
 of Jordan from before you, until j'e 
 wei'e passed over, as the Lord yom' 
 God did to the Red Sea, which lie dried 
 up from before us, until we were jiassed 
 
 24 over : that all the lieojiles of the earth 
 may know the hand of the Lord, that 
 it is mighty ; that i they may fear the 
 Lord your God for ever. 
 
 5 And it came to jiass, when aU the 
 kings of the Amorites, which were 
 beyond Jordan westward, and all the 
 kings of the Canaanites, which were 
 bv file pep., lienvd I'fiw that the Lord 
 
 had dried uj) the waters of Jordan 
 from liefore the childi-en of Israel, 
 until "^we were passed over, that their 
 heart melted, neither was there spirit 
 in them any more, because of the 
 children of Israel. 
 
 2 At that time the Lord said unto 
 Joshua, Make thee knives of flmt, and 
 circumcise agaui the children of Israel 
 
 3 tlie second time. And Joshua made 
 lihu knives of tliut, and cireumcised the 
 children of Israel at -^the hiU of the 
 
 4 foreskins. And this is the cause why 
 Joshua did cux-umcise: all the people 
 that came forth out of Egjpt, that 
 were males, even all the men of war, 
 died in the wilderness by the way, 
 after they came forth out of Egypt. 
 
 5 For aU the people that came out were 
 cu-cmncised : but all the peojile that 
 were born in the wilderness by the 
 way as they came forth out of Egypt, 
 
 they had not circumcised. For the 
 children of Israel walked forty years 
 ui the wilderness, till all the nation, 
 even the men of war which came forth 
 out of Egypt, were consumed, because 
 they hearkened not unto the voice of 
 the Lord : unto whom the Lord sware 
 that he would not let them see the 
 laud which the Lord sware mito their 
 fathers that he would give us, a land 
 
 7 flowmg with milk and honey. And 
 their children, whom he raised uiJ in 
 their stead, them did Joshua cuxum- 
 cise : for they were uucircumcised, be- 
 cause they had not circumcised them 
 
 8 by the way. And it came to jiass, 
 when they had done cu-cumcisuig all 
 the nation, that they abode m their 
 places in the camp, till they were 
 
 9 whole. And the Lord said unto 
 Joshua, This day have I rolled away 
 the reproach of Egypt from o£f you. 
 Wherefore the name of that place 
 was called * Gilgal, unto this day. 
 
 10 And the children of Israel encamped 
 in Gilgal ; and they kept the iiassover 
 on the fourteenth day of the month at 
 
 11 even iu the plains of Jericho. And 
 they did eat of the "old corn of the 
 land on the morrow after the pass- 
 over, mileaveued cakes and parched 
 
 12 corn, in the selfsame day. And the 
 mamia ceased on the morrow, after 
 they had eaten of the ^ old corn of the 
 land; neither had the children of Is- 
 rael manna any more ; but they did eat 
 of the fruit of the laud of Canaan that 
 year. 
 
 13 And it came to pass, when Joshua 
 was by Jericho, that he lifted up his 
 eyes and looked, and, behold, there 
 stood a man over against him with his 
 sword drawn in his hand : and Joshua 
 went unto him, and said unto him, 
 Art thou for us, or for om- adversaries ? 
 
 14 And he said. Nay; but a.i '^captam of 
 tlie liost of the Lord am I now come.
 
 7. 1. 
 
 JOSHUA. 
 
 171 
 
 1 Heb 
 ihiu ttie 
 gates 
 and Wat 
 ihutin. 
 
 2 Or. 
 
 trwnp- 
 eti 
 
 3 Heb. 
 <>i itt 
 plac«. 
 
 *Another 
 reading 
 is, Ae, 
 
 And Joshua fell on his face to the earth, 
 and did worship, and said unto huji. 
 What saith luy lord unto his servant? 
 
 15 And the captain of the Lord's host 
 said luito Joshua, Put off thy shoe 
 from off thy foot; for the place where- 
 on thou standest is holy. And Jo.shua 
 
 Qdid so. (Now Jericho iwas straitly 
 shut up Itecause of the children of 
 Israel : none went out, and none came 
 
 2 in.) And the Lokd said unto Joshua, 
 See, I have given into thine hand 
 Jericho, and the king thereof, and the 
 
 3 mighty men of valour. And ye shall 
 compass the citj', all the men of war, 
 gouig about the city once. Thus shalt 
 
 4 thou do six days. And seven i)riests 
 shall bear seven '^trumijets of rams' 
 horus before the ark : and the seventh 
 day ye shall compass the city seven 
 times, and the priests shall blow with 
 
 5 the trumpets. And it shall be, that 
 when they make a long blast with the 
 ram's horn, and when ye hear the somid 
 of the trumpet, all the people shall shout 
 with a great shout ; and the wall of the 
 city shall fall down ''flat, and the people 
 shall go uj) everj' man straight before 
 
 6 him. And Joshua the son of Nun 
 called the priests, and said unto them. 
 Take up the ark of the covenant, and 
 let seven priests bear seven trumpets 
 of rams' horns before the ark of the 
 
 7 Lord. And * they said mito the iJeople, 
 Pass on, and compass the city, and let 
 the armed men pass on before the ark 
 
 8 of the Lord. And it was so, that when 
 Joshua had spoken unto the people, the 
 seven priests bearing the seven trumj)- 
 ets of rams' horns before the Lord 
 passed on, and blew with the trumpets : 
 and the ark of the covenant of the 
 
 9 Lord followed them. And the armed 
 men went before the priests that blew 
 the trmnpets, and the rearward went 
 after the ark, the priests blowing with 
 
 10 the trmnpets as they went. And Joshua 
 commanded the peojile, saying, Ye shall 
 not shout, nor let your voice be heard, 
 neither sliall any word proceed out of 
 your mouth, until the day I bid you 
 
 11 shout; then shall ye shout. So he caused 
 the ark of the Lord to compass the city, 
 going about it once : and they came in- 
 to the cam]), and lodged in the camp. 
 
 12 And Joshua rose early ui the morn- 
 ing, and the x^riests took up the ark 
 
 13 of the Lord. And the seven priests 
 bearing the seven trumpets of rams' 
 horns before the ark of the Lord 
 went on contmually, and blew with the 
 trumpets: and the armed men went 
 before them; and the re u- ward came 
 after the ark of the Lord, the priests 
 blowing with the trumpets as they 
 
 14 went. And the second day they com- 
 passed the city once, and retm-ned uito 
 
 15 the camp : so they did six days. And 
 it came to pass on the seventh day, 
 
 tliat they rose early at the dawning of 
 the day, and compassed the city after 
 the same manner seven tuues : only on 
 that day they compassed the city seven 
 1() times. And it came to pass at the 
 seventh time, when the priests blew 
 with the trumpets, Joshua said unto the 
 people. Shout ; for the Ijokd hath given 
 
 17 you the city. And the city shall be 
 ^devoted, even it and all that is there- 
 in, to the Lord : only Kaliab the harlot 
 shall live, she and all that are with 
 her in the house, because she hid the 
 
 18 messengers that we sent. And ye, in 
 any wise keep yovirselves from the 
 devoted thing, lest Avhen ye have de- 
 voted it, ye take of the devoted thmg; 
 so should ye make the camp of Israel 
 
 19 ''accursed, and trouble it. But all the 
 silver, and gold, and vessels of brass 
 and iron, are holj' mito the Lord : they 
 shall come into the treasury of the 
 
 '20 Lord. So the people shouted, and the 
 jtriesfs blew with the trumpets: and it 
 came to pass, when the peojile heard 
 the sound of the trumi)et, that the 
 people shouted with a great shout, and 
 the wall fell down ^flat, so that the 
 l)eople went up into the city, every man 
 straight before him, and they took the 
 
 21 city. And they ''utterly destroyed all 
 that was in the city, both man and 
 woman, both young and old, and ox, 
 and sheej), and ass, with the edge of 
 
 '22 the sword. And Joshua said unto the 
 two men that had spied out the land. 
 Go into the harlot's house, and brmg 
 out thence the woman, and all that 
 
 23 she hath, as ye sware unto her. And 
 the young men the sjiies went in, and 
 brought out Eahab, and her father, 
 and her mother, and her brethren, 
 and all that she had, aU her ^kiudi-ed 
 also they brought out; and they set 
 them without the camp of Israel. 
 
 24 And they bm-nt the city with fire, and 
 all that was thereui : only the silver, 
 and the gold, and the vessels of brass 
 and of iron, they put into the treasury 
 
 25 of the house of the Lord. But Rahab 
 the harlot, and her father's household, 
 and aU that she had, did Joshua sa\e 
 alive; and she dwelt in the midst of 
 Israel, unto this day; because she 
 hid the messengers, which Joshua 
 
 26 sent to spy out Jericho. And Joshua 
 charged them with an oath at that 
 time, saying, Cm-sed be the man before 
 the Lord, that riseth up and buildeth 
 this city Jericho: with the loss of his 
 firstborn shall he lay the foundation 
 thereof, and with the loss of his young- 
 est sou shall he set up the gates of it. 
 
 27 So the Lord was with Joshua ; and 
 his fame was m all the land. 
 
 7 But the childi'eu of Israel com- 
 mitted a trespagu in the devoted 
 tiling: for Achan, the son of Carmi, 
 the son of Zabdi, the son of Zerah, 
 
 5 SeeLev. 
 xxvil. 14?. 
 Deut. XX. 
 17. 
 
 s Heb. 
 devoted. 
 
 7 Heb. 
 devoted. 
 
 a Heb. 
 /amiliei. 
 
 — (!
 
 172 
 
 JOSHUA. 
 
 7. 1. 
 
 1 Or, the 
 quarries 
 
 2 See ch. 
 vi. la 
 
 of the tribe of Judah, took of the 
 devoted thiiig: and tlie anger of tlie 
 Lord was kindled against the children 
 of Israel. 
 
 2 And Joshua sent men from Jericho 
 to Ai, which is beside Beth-aven, on the 
 east side of Beth-el, and spake unto 
 them, saying, Go up and spy out the 
 land. And the men went up and spied 
 
 3 out Ai. And they returned to Joshua, 
 and said unto liim, Let not all the people 
 go up ; but let about two or thi-ee thou- 
 sand men go up and smite Ai ; make 
 not all the i)eople to toil thither ; for 
 
 4 they are but few. So there went up 
 thither of the jieople about three thou- 
 sand men : and they fled before the men 
 
 5 of Ai. And the men of Ai smote of 
 them about thirty and six men: and 
 they chased them /Vo;/i before the gate 
 even unto iShebarim, and smote them 
 at the going down : and the hearts of the 
 people melted, and became as water. 
 
 6 And Joshua rent his clothes, and fell to 
 the earth upon his face before the ark 
 of the Lord until the evenmg, he and 
 the elders of Israel ; and they put dust 
 
 7ui3on then- heads. And Joshua said, 
 Alas, O Lord God, wherefore hast thou 
 at all brought this people over Jordan, 
 to deliver us into the hand of the Amor- 
 ites, to cause us to perish ? would that 
 we had been content and dwelt 1)eyond 
 
 8 Jordan! Oh Lord, what shall I say, 
 after that Israel hath tm-ned their 
 
 9 backs before their enemies ! For the 
 Canaanites and all the inhabitants of the 
 land shall hear of it, and shall compass 
 us round, and cut off our name from the 
 earth: and what wilt thou do for thy 
 
 10 great name ? And tlie Lori> said unto 
 Joshua, Get thee up; wherefore art thou 
 
 11 thus fallen upon thy face ? Israel hath 
 simied ; yea, they have even transgi-ess- 
 ed my covenant which I commanded 
 them: yea, they have even taken of the 
 devoted thing; and have also stolen, and 
 dissembled also, and they have even put 
 
 12 it among their own stuff. Therefore 
 the children of Israel cannot stand be- 
 fore their enemies, they tm-n their backs 
 before their enemies, because they are 
 become ^ accursed : I will not be with 
 you any more, except ye destroy the 
 
 13 devoted thing from among you. Up, 
 sanctify the people, and say, Sanctify 
 yourselves against to-morrow : for thus 
 saith the Lord, the God of Israel, There 
 is a devoted thing m the midst of thee, 
 O Israel : thou canst not stand before 
 thine enemies, until ye take away the 
 
 14 devoted thing from among you. In the 
 morning therefore ye shall be brought 
 near by your tribes : and it shall be, that 
 the tribe which the Lord taketh shall 
 come near by families ; and the family 
 which the Lord shall take shall come 
 near by households; and the house- 
 hold which the Lord shall take shall 
 
 15 come near man by man. And it shall 
 be, that he that is taken with the 
 devoted thing shall be bm-nt with fire, 
 he and all that he hath : because he hath 
 transgressed the covenant of the Lord, 
 and because he hath wrought folly in 
 Israel. 
 
 16 So Joshua rose up early in the 
 morning, and brought Israel near by 
 their tribes; and the tribe of Judah 
 
 17 was taken : and he brought near the 
 '^family of Judah; and he took the 
 family of the Zerahites : and he brought 
 near the family of the Zerahites *man 
 
 18 by man; and Zabdi was taken: and 
 he brought near his household man 
 by man ; and Achan, the son of Carmi, 
 the son of Zabdi, the son of Zerah, of 
 
 19 the tribe of Judah, was taken. And 
 Joshua said unto Achan, My son, 
 give, I pray thee, glory to the Lord, the 
 God of Israel, and ^make confession 
 mito him ; and teU me now what thou 
 
 20 hast done ; hide it not from me. And 
 Achan answered Joshua, and said, 
 Of a truth I have sinned against the 
 Lord, the God of Israel, and thus and 
 
 21 thus have I done : when I saw among 
 the spoil a goodly ^ Babylonish mantle, 
 and two hundred shekels of sUver, and 
 a wedge of gold of fifty shekels weight, 
 then I coveted them, and took them ; 
 and, behold, they are hid in the earth 
 in the midst of my tent, and the silver 
 
 22 under it. So Joshua sent messengers, 
 and they ran unto the tent; and, 
 
 'behold, it was hid in his tent, and the 
 
 23 silver under it. And they took them 
 from the midst of the tent, and brought 
 them unto Joshua, and unto all the 
 childi'en of Israel ; and they laid them 
 
 24 do^vn before the Lord. AjkI Joshua, 
 and all Israel with him, took Achan 
 the son of Zerah, and the silver, and 
 the mantle, and the wedge of gold, and 
 his sons, and his daughters, and his 
 oxen, and his asses, and his sheep, and 
 his tent, and all that he had: and 
 they brought them \\]} unto the valley 
 
 25 of Achor. And Joshua said. Why hast 
 thou troubled us? the Lord shall 
 trouble thee this day. And all Israel 
 stoned him with stones; and they 
 burned them with fire, and stoned them 
 
 26 with stones. And they raised over him 
 a great heap of stones, unto this day ; 
 and the Lord tm-ned from the fierce- 
 ness of his anger. Wherefore the name 
 of that place was called, The vaUey of 
 7 Achor, unto this day. 
 
 8 And the Lord said unto Joshua, Fear 
 not, neither, be thou dismaj^ed : take 
 all the people of war with thee, and 
 arise, go up to Ai : see, I have given 
 into thy hand the kmg of Ai, and his 
 2 people, and his city, and his land : and 
 thou shalt do to Ai and her kmg as 
 thou didst unto Jericho and her kmg : 
 only the spoil thereof, and the cattle 
 
 3 Accord- 
 ing to 
 some 
 ancient 
 authori- 
 ties, 
 families. 
 
 4 Accord- 
 ing to 
 some 
 ancient 
 authori- 
 ties, fey 
 house- 
 holds. 
 
 ^ Or, give 
 praise 
 
 6 Heb. 
 mantle 
 of 
 Shinar. 
 
 7 That is. 
 Trou- 
 bling.
 
 8. 33. 
 
 JOSHUA. 
 
 173 
 
 lAnother 
 reading 
 is, Ai, 
 
 2 Or, So 
 the 
 
 people 
 set all 
 ic. 
 
 3 Some 
 MSS. 
 read. 
 lodged 
 that 
 
 night in. 
 i Or, to 
 the place 
 appoint- 
 ed 
 
 thereof, shall ye take for a prey unto 
 yoiu'selves: set thee an aiubush for 
 
 3 the city heliiiul it. So Joshua arose, 
 au<l all the people of war, to go up 
 to Ai: and Joshua chose out thirty 
 thousand men, the mighty men of 
 valour, and sent them forth by night. 
 
 4 And he commanded them, saying. Be- 
 hold, ,ye sliall lie in ambush against 
 the city, beliind the city : go not very 
 far from the city, but be ye all ready : 
 
 5 and I, and all the peojile that are witli 
 me, will approach unto the city: and 
 it shall come to pass, when they come 
 ont against us, as at the tirst, that we 
 
 <» will tiee before them ; and they will 
 ctime ont after us, till we have drawn 
 them away from the city; for they 
 wiU say, Thej' flee before us, as at the 
 
 7 first ; so we will flee before them : and 
 ye shall rise up from the ambush, and 
 take possession of the city: for the 
 Lord your God will deliver it into 
 
 8 your hand. And it shall be, when ye 
 liave seized upon the city, that 3'e 
 shall set the city on fire; accordmg 
 to the word of the Lord shall ye do : 
 
 9 see, I have commanded you. And 
 Joshua sent them forth: and they 
 went to the ambushment, and abode 
 between Beth-el and Ai, on the west 
 side of Ai: but Joshua lodged that 
 night among the people. 
 
 10 And Joshua rose w^ early in the morn- 
 ing, and mustered the people, and went 
 up, he and the elders of Israel, before 
 
 11 the peoj)le to Ai. Aiid all the peojjle, even 
 the men of war that were with him, 
 went up, and drew nigh, and came be- 
 fore the city, and i)itched on the north 
 side of Ai : now there was a valley be- 
 
 12 tween liim and Ai. And he took abotit 
 five thousand men, and set them in 
 ambush between Beth-el and Ai, on the 
 
 13 west side of 1 the city. ^ go they set the 
 people, even all the host that was on 
 the north of the city, and tlieu" tiers in 
 wait that were on the west of the city ; 
 and Joshua '"^went that night into the 
 
 14 midst of the vale. And it came to pass, 
 when the kmg of Ai saw it, that they 
 hasted and rose up early, and the men 
 of the city went out against Israel 
 to battle, he and all his people, ^at 
 the time ai)pointed, lief ore the Ai-abah ; 
 but he wist not that there was an am- 
 
 15 bush against him behind the city. And 
 Joshua and all Israel made as if they 
 were beaten before them, and fled by 
 
 16 the way of the wilderness. And all 
 the people that were in 1 the city were 
 called together to j^ursue after them: 
 and they pm'sued after Joshua, and 
 
 17 were drawn away from the city. And 
 there was not a man left in Ai or 
 Beth-el, that w^it not out after Israel : 
 and thej' left the city open, and pm'- 
 
 18 sued after Israel. And the Lord said 
 unto Joshua, Stretch out the javelin 
 
 19 
 
 20 
 
 21 
 
 2'2 
 
 that is in thy hand toward Ai; for 
 I will give it into thine hand. And 
 Joshua stretched out the javelin that 
 was in liis hand toward the city. And 
 the ambush arose quickly out of their 
 place, and tlicy ran as soon as he had 
 stretched out liis hand, and entered 
 into the city, and took it; and they 
 hasted and set the city on fire. And 
 when the men of Ai looked behind 
 tliem, they saw, and, liehold, the smoke 
 of the city ascended up to heaven, and 
 they had no ^ power to flee this way 
 or that way : and the people that fled 
 to the wildei'ness turned back upon 
 the pursuers. And when Joshua and 
 all Israel saw that the ambush had 
 taken the city, and that the smoke 
 of the city ascended, then they turned 
 again, and slew the men of Ai. And 
 the other came forth out of the city 
 against them ; so they were in the 
 midst of Israel, some on this side, and 
 some on that side: and they smote 
 them, so that they let none of them 
 remain or escape. And the king of 
 Ai they took alive, and brought him 
 to Joshua. And it came to pass, when 
 Israel had made an end of slaying all 
 tlie inhabitants of Ai in the field, in 
 the wildei'ness wherein they pm'sued 
 them, and they were all fallen by the 
 edge of the sword, until they were 
 consumed, that all Israel returned 
 unto Ai, and smote it with the edge 
 of the sword. And all that fell that 
 day, both of men and women, were 
 twelve thousand, even all the men of 
 Ai. For Joshua drew not back his 
 hand, wherewith he stretched out the 
 javelin, until he had ^utterly destroyed 
 all the inhabitants of Ai. Only the 
 cattle and the sjjoil of that city Israel 
 took for a prey unto themselves, ac- 
 cordmg unto the word of the Lord 
 which he commanded Joshua. So 
 Joshua burnt Ai, and made it an 
 ■^heap for ever, even a desolation, 
 unto this day. And the king of Ai he 
 hanged on a tree until the eventide: 
 and at the going do^\'n of the sun 
 Joshua commanded, and they took his 
 carcase down from the tree, and cast 
 it at the entering of the gate of the 
 city, and raised thereon a great heap 
 of stones, unto this day. 
 
 Then Joshua built an altar unto the 
 Lord, the God of Isi'ael, in momit Ebal, 
 as Moses the servant of the Lord com- 
 manded the children of Israel, as it 
 is written in the book of the law of 
 Moses, an altar of ^ unhewn stones, up- 
 on which no man had lift up any iron : 
 and they offered thereon burnt offerings 
 mito the Lord, and sacrificed peace 
 offermgs. And he wrote there upon 
 ''the stones a copy of the law of Moses, 
 10 which he wrote, in the presence of the 
 children of Israel. And all Israel, and 
 
 •- Heb. 
 hands. 
 
 6 Heb. 
 devoted. 
 
 'Or, 
 ?nou?id 
 Heb. tel. 
 
 8 Heb. 
 whole. 
 
 nSee 
 Deut. 
 xxvii. 
 2-4. 
 10 Or, 
 which 7i^ 
 ^CTOte in 
 4c.
 
 174 
 
 JOSHUA. 
 
 8. 33. 
 
 lOr, 
 
 com- 
 manded 
 at the 
 firit, 
 that the^ 
 should 
 bless t?te 
 people o/ 
 Israel. 
 
 2Heb. 
 walked. 
 
 SAuother 
 
 reading, 
 
 followed 
 
 by most 
 
 ancient 
 
 versions, 
 
 is, took 
 
 them 
 
 pro- 
 
 viMons. 
 
 See ver 
 
 la 
 
 their elders and officers, and their 
 judges, stood on this side tlie ark and 
 on that side before the priests the Le- 
 vites, which bare the ark of the coven- 
 ant of the Lord, as well the stranger 
 as the homeborn ; haK of tlieni in front 
 of mount Gerizim, and half of them 
 in front of monnt El)al ; as Moses the 
 servant of the Lord had i commanded, 
 that they should bless the people of 
 
 34 Israel first of all. And afterward he 
 read all the words of the law, the 
 blessing and the curse, according to 
 all that is written in the book of the 
 
 35 law. There was not a word of all that 
 Moses commanded, which Josliua read 
 not before all the assembly- of Israel, 
 and the women, and the little ones, 
 and the strangers that ^-^vere con- 
 versant among them. 
 
 Q And it came to pass, when all the 
 kings which were beyond .Jordan, in 
 tlie hill country, and in the lowland, 
 and on all the shore of the great sea in 
 front of Lebanon, the Hittite, and the 
 Amorite, the Canaanite, the Perizzite, 
 the Hivite, and the Jebusite, heard 
 
 2 thereof; that they gathered themselves 
 together, to fight with Joshua and 
 with Israel, with one accord. 
 
 3 But when the inhabitants of Gibeon 
 heard what Joshua had done unto 
 
 4 Jericho and to Ai, they also did work 
 wilily, and went and ''made as if they 
 had been ambassadors, and took old 
 sacks upon their asses, and wme-skins, 
 
 5 old and rent and bound up ; and old 
 shoes and clouted upon their feet, 
 and old garments upon them ; and all 
 the bread of their provision was dry 
 
 6 and was become mouldy. And they 
 went to Joshua unto the camp at Gilgal, 
 and said unto him, and to the men of 
 Israel, We are come from a far comitry : 
 now therefore make ye a covenant with 
 
 7 us. And the men of Israel said unto 
 the Hivites, Peradventure ye dwell 
 among us; and how shall we make a 
 
 8 covenant with j'ou ? And they said unto 
 Joshua, We are thy servants. And 
 •Joshua said unto them, Who are ye ? and 
 
 9 from wlience come ye ? And tliey said 
 unto him, From a very far country thy 
 servants are come because of the name 
 of the Lord thj' God : for we have 
 heard the fame of him, and all that 
 
 10 he did in Egypt, and all that he did to 
 the two kings of the Amorites, that 
 were beyond .Jordan, to Sihon king of 
 Heshbon, and to Og king of Bashan, 
 
 11 which was at Ashtaroth. And our 
 elders and all the inhabitants of our 
 country spake to us, saying, Take pro- 
 vision in your hand for the journey, 
 and go to meet them, and say unto 
 them. We are your servar.ts: and now 
 
 12 make ye a covenant with us. This our 
 bread we took hot for our provision 
 out of our houses on the day we came 
 
 forth to go unto you; but now, be- 
 hold, it is dry, and is become mouldy : 
 
 13 and these wine-skins, which we filled, 
 were new; and, behold, they be rent : 
 and these our garments and our shoes 
 are become old by reason of the very 
 
 14 long journey. And the men took of their 
 provision, and asked not counsel at the 
 
 1.5 mouth of the Lord. And Joshua made 
 peace witli them, and made a coven- 
 ant with tliem, to let them live: and 
 the princes of the congregation sware 
 
 16 unto them. And it came to pass at 
 the end of three days after thej- had 
 made a covenant with them, that they 
 heard that they were their neighbours, 
 
 17 and that they dwelt among them. And 
 the children of Israel journeyed, and 
 came unto their cities on the thii-d day. 
 Now their cities were Gibeon, and 
 Chephirah, and Beei'oth, and Kiriath- 
 
 ISjearim. And the children of Israel 
 smote them not, because the princes 
 of the congi'egation had sworn imto 
 them by the Lord, the God of Israel. 
 And all the congregation murmured a- 
 
 19 gainst the jn-inces. But all the princes 
 said unto all the congregation, We 
 have sworn unto them by the Lord, 
 the God of Israel: now therefore we 
 
 20 may not touch them. This we will do 
 to them, and let them live ; lest wrath 
 be upon us, because of the oath which 
 
 21 we sware unto them. And the princes 
 said unto them, Let them live : so they 
 became hewers of wood and drawers 
 of water unto all the congi-egation ; as 
 the princes had spoken luito them. 
 
 22 And -Joshua called for them, and he 
 spake unto them, saying, Wherefore 
 have ye beguiled us, saying. We are 
 very far from you; when ye dwell 
 
 23 among us? Now therefore ye are 
 cursed, and there ^ shall never fail to 
 be c^ you bondmen, both hewers of 
 wood and drawers of water for the 
 
 24 house of my God. And they answered 
 Joshua, and said, Because it was cert- 
 ainlj- told thy servants, how that the 
 Lord thy God commanded his servant 
 Moses to give you all the land, and to 
 destroy all the inhabitants of the land 
 from before yon; therefore we were 
 sore afraid for our lives because of 
 
 2.5 you, and have done this thing. And 
 now, behold, we are in thine hand : as 
 it seemeth good and right mito thee to 
 
 26 do unto us, do. And so did he unto 
 them, and delivered them out of the 
 hand of the children of Israel, that they 
 
 27 slew them not. And Joshua made them 
 that day hewers of wood and drawers 
 of water for the congregation, and for 
 the altar of the Lord, mito this day, 
 in the place which he should choose. 
 
 10 Now it came to jass, when Adoni- 
 zedek king of Jerusalem heard how 
 Joshua had taken Ai, and had ^ut- 
 terly destroyed it; as he had done 
 
 <Heb. 
 shall not 
 be cut off 
 from 
 you. 
 
 5 Heb. 
 devoted.
 
 10. 29. 
 
 JOSHUA. 
 
 175 
 
 1 Heb. be 
 silent. 
 
 2 Or. rlie 
 
 Upri'jht 
 
 See 
 
 •1 Sanu i. 
 
 18. 
 
 to Jericho and lier king, so he liad 
 done to Ai and her king; and how tlie 
 inhal)itantH of (Til)eon liad made peace 
 
 2 with Israel, and were among them ; that 
 tliey feared greatly, because (iiheon 
 was a great city, as one of the royal 
 cities, and because it was greater than 
 Ai, and all the men thereof were 
 
 3 mighty. Wlierel'ore Adoni-zedek king 
 of Jerusalem sent unto Hoimm king 
 of Hebron, and unto Piram king of 
 Jannutli, and unto Japhia king of 
 Lachish, and inito Debir king of Eglon, 
 
 4 saying. Come up unto me, and help 
 me, and let us smite Gibeon: for it 
 hath made peace with Joshua and 
 
 5 with the children of Israel. Therefore 
 the five kings of the Amorites, the 
 king of Jerusalem, the king of Hebron, 
 the king of Jannuth, the king of La- 
 chish, the kuig of Eglon, gatliered 
 themselves together, and went np, 
 they an<l all their hosts, and encamped 
 against Gibeon, and made war against 
 
 6 it. And the men of Gibeon sent nnto 
 Joshua to tlie camp to (iilgal, saying, 
 Slack not thy hand from thy servants ; 
 come up to us quickly, and save ns, 
 and help ns: for all the kings of the 
 Amorites that dwell in the hill country 
 
 7 are gathered together against us. So 
 Joshna went np from Gilgal, he, and 
 all the people of war with him, and all 
 
 8 the mighty men of valour. And the 
 Lord saitl unto Joshua, Fear them 
 not: for I have delivered them into 
 thine hands; there shall not a man 
 
 9 of them stand before thee. Joshua 
 therefore came upon them suddenlj'; 
 for he went up from Gilgal all the 
 
 10 night. And the Lord discomfited 
 them before Israel, and he slew them 
 with a great slaughter at Gibeon, and 
 chased them by the way of the ascent 
 of Beth-horon, and smote tliem to 
 llAzekah, and unto Makkedah. And it 
 came to pass, as they fled from before 
 Israel, wliile they were in the going 
 down of Beth-horon, that the Lord 
 cast down great stones from heaven 
 upon them unto Azekah, and they died : 
 they were more which died with the 
 hailstones than they whom the children 
 of Israel slew with the sword. 
 12 Then spake Joshua to the Lord 
 in the day when the Lord delivered 
 up the Amorites before the children 
 of Israel; and he said in the sight of 
 Israel, 
 
 Sun, 1 stand thou still upon Gibeon: 
 And thou, Moon, in the valley of 
 Aijalon. 
 1.3 And the sun stood stiU, and the 
 moon stayed. 
 Until the nation had avenged them- 
 selves of their enemies. 
 Is not this written in the book of 
 2Jashar? And the sun stayed in the 
 midst of heaven, and hasted not to go 
 
 11 down about a whole day. And there 
 was no day like tliat l)efore it or after 
 it, that the Lord hearkened unto the 
 voice of a man : for the Lord fought 
 for Israel. 
 
 15 Ami Jos'nua returned, and all Israel 
 with him, unto tlie camp to Gilgal. 
 
 1() And these five kings lied, and hid 
 themselves in tlie cave at Makkedah. 
 
 17 And it was told Joshua, saying. The 
 five kings are found, liidden in the 
 
 18 cave at Miikkedah. And Joshua said, 
 Eoll great stones unto the mouth of 
 the cave, and set men by it for to keep 
 
 19tliem: but stay not ye; pursue after 
 your enemies, and smite the hindmost 
 of them ; suffer them not to enter into 
 their cities: for tlie Lord your God 
 hath delivered them into your hand. 
 
 20 Aiid it came to pass, when Joshua and 
 the children of Israel had made an 
 end of slaying them with a very great 
 slaughter, till they were consumed, 
 and the remnant which remained of | 
 them hid entered into the fenced 
 
 21 cities, that all the people returned to 
 the camp to Joshua at Makkedah in 
 peace : none •''moved his tongue against 
 
 22 any of the children of Israel. Then 
 said Joshua, Ojien the mouth of the 
 cave, and bring forth those five kings 
 
 23 unto me out of the cave. And they did 
 so, and brought forth those five kings 
 unto hun out of the cave, the king of 
 Jei'usalem, the king of Hebron, the 
 king of Jarmuth, the king of Lachish, 
 
 24 the king of Eglon. And it came to pass, 
 when they brought forth those kings 
 unto Joshua, that Joshua caUed for all 
 the men of Israel, and said unto the 
 chiefs of the men of war which went 
 with him. Come near, put your feet 
 upon the necks of these kings. And 
 they came near, and put theii* feet 
 
 25 upon the necks of them. And Joshua 
 said unto them, Fear not, nor be dis- 
 mayed ; be strong and of good courage : 
 for thus shall the Lord do to all your 
 
 26 enemies against whom ye fight. And 
 afterward Joshua smote them, and put 
 them to death, and hanged them on 
 five trees : and they were hanging upon 
 
 27 the trees until the evening. And it 
 came to pass at the time of the gomg 
 down of the sun, that Joshua com- 
 manded, and they took them Aovra off 
 the trees, and cast them into the cave 
 wherein thej' had hidden themselves, 
 and laid great stones on the mouth of 
 the cave, unto this very day. 
 
 28 And Joshua took Makkedah on that 
 day, and smote it with the edge of the 
 sword, and the king thereof ; he * utterly 
 destroyed them and all the souls that 
 were therein, he left none remaiumg: 
 and he did to the king of Makke- 
 dah as he had done unto the king of 
 Jericho. 
 
 29 And Joshua passed from Makke- 
 
 5 Heb. 
 vhftted. 
 
 1 Heb. 
 
 devoted.
 
 176 
 
 JOSHUA. 
 
 10. 29. 
 
 iHeb. 
 
 devoted. 
 
 dah, and all Israel with him, unto Lib- 
 
 30 nab, and fought agamst Libnah: and 
 the Lord delivered it also, and the kuig 
 thereof, into the hind of Israel; and 
 he smote it with the edge of the sword, 
 and all the souls that were therein; 
 he left none remaiimig in it; and he 
 did unto the kuig thereof as he had 
 done unto the king of Jericho. 
 
 31 And Joshua jjassed from Libnah. 
 and all Israel with him, unto Lachisli. 
 and encamped against it, and fought 
 
 32 against it: and the Lord delivered 
 Laclhsh into the hand of Israel, and he 
 took it on the second day, and smote 
 it with the edge of the sword, and all 
 the souls that were therein, according 
 to all that he had done to Libnah. 
 
 83 Then Horam kuig of Gezer came up 
 to help Lachish; and Joshua smote 
 him and his people, luitil he had left 
 hun none remaining. 
 
 34 And Joshua passed from Lachish, and 
 all Israel with him, unto Eglou; and 
 they encamped against it, and fought 
 
 35 against it ; and they took it on that day, 
 and smote it with the edge of the sword, 
 and all the soids that were therein he 
 1 utterly destroyed that day, according 
 to all that he had done to Lachish. 
 
 36 And Joshua went up from Eglon, and 
 all Israel with him, mito Hebron ; and 
 
 37 they fought against it : and they took 
 it, and smote it with the edge of the 
 sword, and the king thereof, and all the 
 cities thereof, and all the souls that 
 were therein ; he left none remaining, 
 according to all that he had done to 
 Eglon; i)ut he i utterly destroyed it, 
 and all the souls that were therein. 
 
 38 And Joshua returned, and all Is- 
 rael with him, to Debir; and fought 
 
 39 against it : and he took it, and the king 
 thereof, and aU the cities thereof ; and 
 they smote them with the edge of the 
 sword, and i utterly destroyed all the 
 souls that were therein; he left none 
 remaining : as he had done to Hebron, 
 so he did to Debir, and to the king 
 thereof ; as he had done also to Libnali, 
 and to the king thereof. 
 
 40 So Joshua smote all the land, the 
 hill country, and the South, and the 
 lowland, and the slopes, and all their 
 kings ; he left none remaining : but he 
 1 utterly destroyed all that breathed, 
 as the Lord, the God of Israel, com- 
 
 41manded. And Joshua smote them 
 from Kadesh-barnea even mito Gaza, 
 and all the country of Goshen, even 
 
 42 unto Gibeon. And all these kings 
 and then- land did Joshua take at one 
 time, because the Lord, the God of 
 
 43 Israel, fought for Israel. And Joshua 
 returned, and all Israel with him, 
 unto the camp to Gilgal. 
 
 11 And it came to pass, when Jabin 
 kuig of Hazor heard thereof, that he 
 sent to Jobab king of Madon, and 
 
 to the king of Shiniron, and to the 
 2 king of Achshaph, and to the kmgs 
 that were on the north, in the liHl 
 comitry, and in the Arabah south of 
 Chumeroth, and in the lowland, and 
 Sin ^the heights of Dor on the west, to 
 the Canaanite on the east and on the 
 west, and the Amorite, and the Hittite, 
 and the Perizzite, and the Jebusite in 
 the hill country, and the Hivite luider 
 
 4 Hermon in the land of Mizpali. And 
 they went out, they and aU theu' hosts 
 with them, much people, even as the 
 sand that is upon the sea shore in 
 multitude, with horses and chariots 
 
 5 very many. And all these kings met 
 together ; and they came and pitched 
 together at the waters of Merom, to 
 
 6 light with Israel. And the Lord said 
 unto Joshua, Be not afraid because 
 of them : for to-morrow at this tune 
 will I deliver them up all slain before 
 Israel : thou shalt hough their horses, 
 
 7 and biu-n then- chariots with fire. So 
 Joshua came, and all the people of 
 war with him, against them by the 
 waters of Merom suddenly, and fell 
 
 8 upon them. And the Lord delivered 
 them into the hand of Israel, and they 
 smote them, and chased them unto 
 great Zidou, and unto Misrejihoth- 
 maini, and unto the valley of Mizjieh 
 eastward; and they smote them, until 
 
 9 they l<^f t them none remaining. And 
 Joshua did unto them as the Lord 
 bade him: he houghed their horses, 
 and burnt their chariots with fire. 
 
 10 And Joshua turned back at that time, 
 and took Hazor, and smote the kuig 
 thereof with the sword: for Hazor 
 beforetime was the head of aU those 
 
 11 kingdoms. And they smote all the 
 souls that were therein with the edge 
 of the sword, -^utterly destroying them: 
 there was none left that breathed: 
 
 12 and he burnt Hazor with fire. And 
 all the cities of those kings, and all 
 the kings of them, did Joshua take, 
 and he smote them with the edge of the 
 sword, and! utterly destroyed them; as 
 Moses the servant of the Lord com- 
 
 13 nianded. But as for the cities that stood 
 on their mounds, Israel burned none 
 of them, save Hazor only; that did 
 
 14 Joshua burn. And all the spoil of these 
 cities, and the cattle, the children of 
 Israel took for a prey unto them- 
 selves ; but every man they smote with 
 the edge of the sword, luitil they had 
 destroyed them, neither left they any 
 
 15 that breathed. As the Lord command- 
 ed Moses his servant, so did Moses 
 command Joshua : and so did Joshua ; 
 * he left nothing undone of all that the 
 Lord commanded Moses. 
 
 16 So Joshua took all that land, the 
 hill country, and all the South, and 
 all the laud of Goshen, and the low- 
 land, and the Arabah, and the hill 
 
 2 Or, 
 
 ^aphoth 
 
 nor 
 
 3Heb. 
 devoting. 
 
 1 Heb. he 
 removed 
 notMng.
 
 13. 9. 
 
 JOSHUA. 
 
 177 
 
 'Or, 
 the bare 
 mount- 
 ain 
 
 2Heb. 
 
 make 
 
 strong. 
 
 3 Heb. 
 
 devote. 
 
 *0r, 
 
 inigitt 
 
 not sue 
 
 /or/a- 
 
 vour 
 
 5 Heb. 
 devoted. 
 
 «See 
 Deut ii. 
 
 'See 
 ch. xL 17. 
 
 countiy of Israel, and the lowland of the 
 17 same; from Amount Halak, tliat goeth 
 up to Seir, even unto Baal-gad in the 
 valley of Lebanon under mount Her- 
 mon : and all thtnr kings he took, and 
 snioto them, and put tliem to death. 
 
 18 Josliua made war <i long time with all 
 
 19 those kings. There was not a city that 
 made peace witli the cliildren of Is- 
 rael, save the Hivites the inliahitants 
 of (xiheon: they took all in battle. 
 
 •20 For it was of the Lord to '•'harden their 
 hearts, to come against Israel in battle, 
 that he might ''utterly destroy them, 
 that they ^ might ha^■e no favour, hut 
 that he might destroy them, as the 
 LoKP commanded Moses. 
 
 21 And Joshua came at tliat time, and 
 cut off the Anakim from the hill 
 country, from Hebron, from Debir, 
 from Anal), and from all the hill coun- 
 try of Jmiah, and from all the hill 
 country of Israel : Joshua ^ utterly de- 
 
 '22 stroyed them with their cities. There 
 Avas none of the Anakim left in the land 
 of the cliildren of Israel : only in Gaza, 
 in Gath, and in Ashdod, did some re- 
 
 23 main. So Joshua took the whole land, 
 accordmg to all that the Lord spake 
 unto Moses; and Joshua gave it for 
 an inheritance unto Israel According 
 to then- divisions by their tribes. And 
 the land had rest from war. 
 
 12 Now these are the kings of the land, 
 whom the children of Israel smote, and 
 possessed their land beyond Jordan 
 toward the smirising, from the valley of 
 Amon unto mount Hermon, and all the 
 2Arabah eastwai'd: Siliou king of the 
 Amorites, who dwelt in Heshbon, and 
 ruled from Ai'oer, which is on the edge 
 of the valley of Arnon, and ^Hhe citi/ that 
 is in the middle of the valley, and half 
 Gilead, even mito the river Jabhok, the 
 
 3 border of the children of Ammon ; and 
 the Arabah mito the sea of Chumer- 
 oth, eastward, and unto the sea of the 
 Arabah, even the Salt Sea, eastward, 
 the way to Betli-jeshimoth; and on the 
 
 4 south, under the slopes of Pisgah : and 
 the border of Og king of Bashan, of the 
 remnant of the Eepliaim, who dwelt 
 
 Sat Ashtaroth and at Edrei, and ruled ' 
 in mount Hermon, and in Salecah, j 
 and in all Bashan, unto the border of 
 the Gesliurites and the Maacathites, 
 and half Gilead, the border of Sihon 
 
 tikuig of Heshboii. Moses the servant 
 of the Lord and the children of Israel 
 smote them: and Moses the servant 
 of the Lord gave it for a possession 
 luito the Eeulienites, and the Gadites, 
 and the half tribe of Mauasseh. 
 
 7 And these 'are the kings of the 
 land whom Joshua and the children 
 of Israel smote bej'ond Jordan west- 
 ward, from Baal-gad m the vaUey 
 of Lebanon even mito ''niomit Halak, 
 that goeth up to Seir; and Joshua 
 
 gave it unto the tribes of Israel for a 
 
 pos.session according to their divisions ; 
 
 Hill tho liill country, and in tlie low- 
 land, and in the Araluih, and in the 
 slopes, and in the wilderness, and in 
 the South ; the Hittite, the Amorite, and 
 the Ciinaanite, tlie Perizzite, the Hivite, 
 
 '.)and the Jelmsite: tlio king of Jeri- 
 clio, one; tlie king of Ai, which is be- 
 10 side Beth-el, one; the king of Jerusa- 
 lem, one; the king of Helu'on, one; 
 
 11 the king of Jarmutli, one ; the king 
 
 12 of Lacliish, one ; the king of Eglon, one ; 
 13 the king of Gezer, one; the king of 
 
 Debir, one; the king of Geder, one; 
 14 the kmg of Hormah, one; the kmg 
 15 of Ai-ad, one ; the king of Lilmah, one ; 
 Kjthe king of Adullam, one; the king of 
 
 Makkedah, one ; the king of Beth-el, one; 
 17 the king of Tappuah, one; the king of 
 18Hex)her, one; the king of Aphek, one; 
 19 the king of Lassharoii, one ; the king 
 
 of Mad on, one ; the king of Hazor , one ; 
 20 the king of Shimron-meron, one; the 
 21 king of Achshai)h, one; the king of 
 
 Taanach, one ; the kingof Megiddo, one ; 
 22 tlie king of Kedesh, one; the king of 
 21! Jokneam in Cannel, one ; the king of 
 
 Dor in 8 the height of Dor, one ; tin; king 
 24 of ^Goiim in Gilgal, one; the khig of 
 
 Tirzah, one : all tlie kings thirt.y and one. 
 
 13 Now Joshua was old and well stricken 
 in years ; and the Lord said unto him, 
 Thou art old and well stricken in years, 
 and there remaineth yet very mucli 
 
 2 land to be jiossessed. This is the land 
 that yet remauieth: aU the regions 
 of the Philistines, and all the Geshur- 
 
 3 ites ; from i" the Shihor, w^hicli is liefore 
 Egypt, even mito the border of Eki-oii 
 northward, trkich is counted to the 
 Canaanites : the five lords of the Philis- 
 tines ; the Gazites, and the Ashdodites, 
 the Aslikelonites, the Gittites, and the 
 
 4Bkronites; "also the Avvim, on the 
 south : all the land of the Canaanites, 
 and Mearah that belongeth to the Zido- 
 niaiis, unto Aphek, to the border of the 
 
 .5 Amorites : and the land of the Gebal- 
 ites, and all Lebanon, toward the siin- 
 risiiig, from Baal- gad under moimt Her- 
 mon unto the entering in of Hamath : 
 
 Gall the inhabitants of the hill coim- 
 try from Leiianon unto Misrejihoth- 
 mami, even all the Zidonians ; them will 
 I drive out from before the children 
 of Israel : only allot thou it luito Israel 
 for an inheritance, as I have command- 
 
 7 ed thee. Now therefore divide this 
 land for an inlieritance luito the nine 
 tribes, and the half tribe of Manas- 
 
 8seh. With him the Reubenites and 
 the Gadites received tlieii- inheritance, 
 which Moses gave them, beyond Jordan 
 eastward, even as Moses the serv- 
 
 9 ant of tlie Lord gave them ; from 
 Aroer, that is on the edge of the vaUey 
 of Arnon, and the city that is m the 
 middle of the valley, and all the ^^^ plain 
 
 8 Or, Xa- 
 phath- 
 dor 
 
 9 Or, 
 natUnis 
 
 lo Com- 
 monly 
 called, 
 the 
 
 brook of 
 Egypt. 
 See 
 Num. 
 XKxiv. 5. 
 "Or. 
 aUo the 
 A twim : 
 from the 
 south, all 
 io. 
 
 12 Or, 
 table 
 lajtd
 
 178 
 
 JOSHUA. 
 
 13. 9. 
 
 »0r, 
 
 table 
 land 
 
 2 Or. 
 tprtngi 
 
 3 Or, 
 Lidehlr 
 
 «0r. 
 having 
 Jordan 
 for a 
 border 
 
 10 of Medeba unto Dibon; and all the 
 cities of Silion kiiifj; of the Aniorites, 
 which reigned in lleshbon, unto the 
 
 11 border of the children of Animon; and 
 Gilead, and the border of the Geslnu"- 
 ites and Maacathites, and all mount 
 Hennon, and all Bashan unto Salecah; 
 
 12 all the kingdom of Og in Bashan, 
 which reigned in Ashtaroth and in Edrei 
 (the same was left of the remnant of 
 the liephaim ) ; for these did Moses 
 
 13 smite, and drave them out. Neverthe- 
 less the children of Israel drave not out 
 the Cxeshurites, nor the Maacathites: 
 but Geshur and Maacatli dwelt in the 
 
 14 midst of Israel, unto this day. Only 
 unto the tribe of Levi he gave none 
 inheritance; the offerings of the Lord, 
 the God of Israel, made by fire are his 
 inheritance, as he spake unto liim. 
 
 m And Moses gave unto the tribe of the 
 children of lieuben according to their 
 
 16 families. And their border was from 
 .Aroer, that is on the edge of the valley 
 of Anion, and the city that is in the 
 middle of the valley, and all the i plain 
 
 17 by Medeba ; Heshbon, and all her cities 
 that are in the i plain; Dibon, and 
 
 18 Bamoth-baal, and Beth-baal-meon : and 
 Jahaz, and Kedemoth, and Mepliaath ; 
 
 19 and Kiriathaim, and Sibmali, and Zer- 
 eth-shahar in the momit of the valley; 
 
 20 and Beth-peor. and the '^slopes of 
 
 21 Pisgah, and Beth-jeshinioth ; and all 
 t the cities of the i plain, and all the 
 
 kingdona of Silion king of the Amor- 
 ites, which reigned in Heshbon, whom 
 Moses smote with the chiefs of Midian, 
 Evi, and Kekem, and Zur, and Ilur, and 
 Reba, the i^rinces of Sihon, that dwelt 
 
 22 in the land. Balaam also the son of 
 Beor, the soothsayer, did the children 
 of Israel slay with the sword among 
 
 2.3 the rest of their slain. And the border 
 of the children of Beubeii was .lordan, 
 and the border thereof. This was the 
 inheritance of the children of Eeuben 
 according to their families, the cities 
 and the villages thereof. 
 
 24 And Moses gave unto the tribe of 
 Gad, unto the children of Gad, ac- 
 
 2.5 cording to their families. And their 
 bonier was Jazer, and all the cities 
 of Gilead, and half the land of the 
 children of Amnion, unto Aroer that 
 
 2Gis before Kabbah; and from Hesh- 
 bon unto Eaniath-mizpeli, and Be- 
 tonim; and from Mahanaim luito the 
 
 27 border of -^Debir; and in the vaUey, 
 Beth-haram, and Beth-nimrah, and 
 Succoth, and Zaplion, the rest of the 
 kingdom of Sihon king of Heshbon, 
 ^Jordan and the border thereof, unto 
 the utterniost part of the sea of Chin- 
 
 28 nereth beyond Jordan eastward. This 
 is the inheritance of the children of 
 Gad according to their families, the 
 cities and the villages thereof. 
 
 29 And Moses gave inheritance unto the 
 
 half tribe of Manasseh: and it was 
 for the half tribe of the children of 
 Manasseh according to their families. 
 .SO And their border was from Mahanahn, 
 all Bashan, all the kingdom of Og kmg 
 of Bashan, and all ^the towns of Jair, 
 which are in Bashan, threescore cities: 
 
 31 and half Gilead, and Ashtaroth, and 
 Edrei, the cities of the kingdom of Og 
 in Bashan, were for the children of 
 Macliir the son of Manasseh, even for 
 the half of the children of Machir ac- 
 cordmg to their families. 
 
 32 These are the inheritances which 
 Moses distributed in the plauis of 
 Moab, beyond the Jordan at Jericho, 
 
 33 eastward. But unto the tribe of Levi 
 Moses gave none inheritance: the 
 Loud, the God of Israel, is their in- 
 heritance, as he spake unto them. 
 
 14 And these are the inheritances which 
 the children of Israel took in the land 
 of Canaan, which Eleazar the priest, 
 and Joshua the son of Nun, and the 
 heads of the fathers' houset! of the 
 tribes of the children of Israel, distrib- 
 
 2 uted unto them, by the lot of their in- 
 heritance, as the Lord commanded by 
 the hand of Moses, for the nine tribes, 
 
 3 and for the half tribe. For Moses bad 
 given tlie inheritance of the two tribes 
 and the half trilje beyond .Ionian : but 
 unto the Levites he gave none inherit- 
 
 4ance among them. For the children 
 of .loseph were two tribes. Manasseh 
 and Ephraim : and they gave no por- 
 tion unto the Levites in the land, save 
 cities to dwell in, with the « suburbs 
 thereof for their cattle and for their 
 
 .5 substance. As the Lord conunanded 
 Moses, so the children of Israel did, 
 and they divided the laud. 
 
 6 Then the children of Judali drew nigh 
 unto Joshua in Gilgal : and Caleb the 
 son of Jephunneh the Kenizzite said 
 unto him. Thou knowest the thing 
 that the Lord spake unto Moses the 
 man of (rod concerumg me and con- 
 
 7 cerning thee in Kadesh-barnea. Forty 
 years old was I when Moses the serv- 
 ant of the Lord sent me from Kadesh- 
 barnea to spy out the land; and I brought 
 him word again as it was in mine heart. 
 
 8 Nevertheless my brethren that went 
 up with me made the heart of the 
 people melt : but I wholly followed the 
 
 9 Lord my God. And Moses sware on that 
 day, saying. Surely the land whereon 
 thy foot hath trodden shall be an in- 
 heritance to thee and to thy children 
 for ever, because thou hast wholly 
 
 10 followed the Lord my God. And now, 
 behold, the Lord hath kept me alive, 
 as he spake, these' forty and five 
 years, from the time that the Lord 
 spake this word unto iloses, while 
 Israel walked in the wilderness: and 
 now, lo, I am this day fourscore and 
 
 11 five years old. As yet I am as strong
 
 15. 36. 
 
 JOSHUA. 
 
 179 
 
 1 That Is, 
 Ths cit.l 
 o/ Arb(L 
 
 2Heb. 
 
 tongue. 
 
 3 Hcb. 
 der. 
 
 this day as I was in the day that 
 Moses sent me: as my strength was 
 then, even so is my strengtli now, for 
 war, and to go out and to come in. 
 
 12 Now tlierefore give me tliis mountain, 
 whereof the Lord spake in tliat day; 
 for thou lioardest in that daj' how the 
 Anakim were there, and cities great 
 and fenced : it may he tliat the Loud 
 will 1)6 with me, and I shall dri^-e tliem 
 
 13 out, as the LoKD spake. And .loshua 
 hlessed liim ; and he gave Hebron mito 
 Caleb the son of Jeplumneh for an in- 
 
 14heritance. Therefore Hebron became 
 the inheritance of Caleb the son of 
 Jephunneh the Kenizzite, unto tliis 
 day; because that he wliolly followed 
 
 15 the Lord, the God of Israel. Now 
 the name of Hebron beforetime was 
 1 Kiriath-arba ; vhich Aiha vas the 
 greatest man among the Anakim. And 
 the land had rest from war. 
 
 15 And the lot for the tribe of the 
 cliildren of Judah according to their 
 families was unto the border of Edom, 
 even to the wilderness of Zin south- 
 ward, at the uttermost part of tlie 
 
 2 south. And their south l)order was 
 from the uttermost jiart of the Salt Sea, 
 from the -bay that looked soutliward: 
 
 3 and it went out southward of the ascent 
 of Akrabbim, and passed along to Zin, 
 and went up by the south of Kadesh- 
 barnea, and passed along by Hezron, 
 and went up to Addar, and turned about 
 
 4toKarka: and it passed along to Az- 
 mou.and went out at the ])rook of Egypt; 
 and the goings out of the border were 
 at the sea: this shall be your south 
 
 5 border. And the east border was the 
 Salt Sea, even unto the end of Jordan. 
 And the border of the north quarter was 
 from the '-^bay of tlie sea at the end of 
 
 6 Jordan : and the border went nj) to Beth- 
 lioglah, and passed along by the north 
 of Beth-arabah; and the border went 
 up to the stone of Bohan the son of Eeu- 
 
 7 ben : and the border went up to Del)ir 
 from the valley of Achor, and so north- 
 ward, looking toward Gilgal, that is 
 over agamst the ascent of Adunimini, 
 wliicli is on the south side of the river : 
 and the border passed along to the wa- 
 ters of En-shemesh, and the goings out 
 
 8 thereof wei-e at En-rogel: and the lior- 
 der went up by the valley of the son of 
 Hinnona unto the ^ side of the Jebusite 
 southward (the same is Jerusalem') : 
 and the border went wp to the toj) of the 
 mountaui that lieth before the valley 
 of Hinnom westward, which is at the 
 uttermost jiart of the vale of Eephaim 
 
 9 northward : and the border was drawn 
 from the top of the mountain unto the 
 fountain of the waters of Nephtoah, 
 and went out to the cities of moiuitEph- 
 ron ; and the border was draA^ni to Baal- 
 
 lOah (the same is Kiriath-jearim) : and 
 the border turned about from Baalah 
 
 westward unto mount Seu% and passed 
 along unto the side of luount Jearim on 
 the north (the same is Chesalon), and 
 went down to Beth-shemesh, and passed 
 along by Timnali : and tlie border went 
 out mito the side of Ekron nortliward : 
 and the border was drawn to Shili- 
 kcron, and passed along to mount Baal- 
 ali, and went out at Jabneel ; and the 
 goings out of the border were at the sea. 
 And the west border was to the great 
 sea, and tlie border thereof. This is the 
 border of the children of Judah round 
 about according to their families. 
 
 And unto Caleb the son of Jephunneh 
 he ga^e a portion among the children 
 of Judah, according to the command- 
 ment of the Lord to Joshua, even 
 iKiriath-arba, vhich Arha vax the 
 father of Anak (the same is Hebron). 
 And Caleb drove out thence the tlu-ee 
 sons of Anak, Sheshtu, and Aliiman, 
 and Talmai, the children of Anak. And 
 he went up thence against the inhabit- 
 ants of Debir : now the name of Debir 
 beforetime was Kiriath-seiiher. And 
 Caleb said. He that smiteth Kiriath- 
 sepher, and taketli it, to him will I give 
 Achsalimy daughter to wife. And 0th- 
 niel the son of Keiiaz, the brother of 
 Caleb, took it : and he gave him Achsah 
 his daughter to wife. And it came to 
 pass, when she came unto him, that she 
 moved him to ask of her father a field : 
 and she lighted down from off her ass ; 
 and Caleb said unto her, What would- 
 est thou? And she said. Give me a 
 ■* blessing; for that thou hast * set me 
 in the land of the South, give me also 
 springs of water. And he gave her the 
 upper springs and the nether springs. 
 
 This is the inheritance of the tribe 
 of the children of Judah accoi'ding 
 to their families. 
 
 And the uttermost cities of the tribe 
 of the children of Judah toward the 
 border of Edom in the South were 
 Kabzeel, and Eder, and Jagur ; and 
 Kinah, and Dimonah, and Adadah ; and 
 Kedesh, and Hazor, and Ithnan ; Ziph, 
 and Telem, and Bealoth ; and Hazor- 
 hadattah, and Kerioth-hezron (the 
 same is Hazor) ; Amam, and Sliema, 
 and Moladah ; and Hazar-gaddah. and 
 Heshmon, and Beth-pelet ; and Hazar- 
 shual, and Beer-sheba, and Biziothiah ; 
 Baalah, and lim, and Ezem ; and 
 Eltolad, and Chesil, and Hormah ; 
 and Ziklag, and Madmannah, and San- 
 sannah ; andLebaoth, and Shilhim, and 
 Am, and Eunmon : all the cities are 
 twenty and nine, with their villages. 
 
 Li the lowland, Eslitaol, and Zo- 
 rah, and Aslmah; and Zanoah, and 
 En-gannun, Tappuah, and Enam ; 
 Jarmuth, and Adullam, Socoh, and 
 Azekali ; and Shaaraim, and Adithaim, 
 and Gederah, and Gederothaim; four- 
 teen cities with theii* villages. 
 
 lOr, 
 present 
 
 5 Or, 
 given mc 
 the 7and 
 oftht! 
 South
 
 180 
 
 JOSHUA 
 
 15. 37 
 
 lOr, 
 Lahman 
 
 !Heb. 
 daugh- 
 ters. 
 
 37 Zenan, aud Hadashah, aud Migdal- 
 38 gad; and Dilan, aud Mizpeli, and 
 39Joktlieel; Lacliish, and Bozkatli, and 
 40Eglon; and Cabbon, and iLabmam, 
 
 41 and Chithlish; and Gederoth, Beth- 
 dagon, and Naamah, and Makkedah; 
 .sixteen cities with their villages. 
 
 42 Libnah, and Ether, aud Ashan ; 
 
 43 aud Iphtali, aud Ashnah, and Nezib; 
 
 44 aud KeQah, and Achzib, aud Mare- 
 shah ; nme cities with their villages. 
 
 45 Ekrou, with her ^ towns aud her 
 46 villages; from Ekrou even unto the 
 
 sea, all that were by the side of Ash- 
 dod, with their villages. 
 
 47 Ashdod, her towns and her villages; 
 Gaza, her towns and her villages; 
 unto the brook of 'Egypt, aud the great 
 sea, and the border fhereof. 
 
 48 And in the hill couutry, Shamir, and 
 49Jattir, and Socoh; and Daunah, and 
 
 Kiriath-saimah (the same is Debir) ; 
 
 50 and Auab, aud Eshtemoh, and Aiiim; 
 
 51 aud Goshen, and Holon, and GUoh; 
 eleven cities with tlieu' villages. 
 
 I? Arab, and Dumali, aud Eshan ; and 
 Jauim, and Beth-tappuah, aud Aphe- 
 
 54 kah ; aud Hmntah, aud Kiriath-arba 
 (the same is Hebron), aud Zior; nine 
 cities with their villages. 
 
 55 Maou, Carmel, and Ziph, aud Jutah ; 
 
 56 and Jezreel, and Jokdeam, and Zauoah ; 
 57Kaiu, Gibeah, aud Timnah; ten cities 
 
 with their villages. 
 Halhul, Beth-zur, aud Gedor; aud 
 Maarath, and Beth-anoth, aud Eltekou; 
 six cities with their villages. 
 
 60 Kiriath-baal (the same is Kii'iath- 
 jearun), and Eabbah; two cities mth 
 their villages. 
 
 61 111 the \'vilderiicss, Beth-arabah, Mid- 
 62 din, aud Secacah; aud Nibshau, and 
 
 the City of Salt, and Eu-gedi ; six cities 
 ^\^tll their villages. 
 
 63 And as for the Jebusites, the inhabit- 
 ants of Jerusalem, the children of 
 Judah could not drive them out : but 
 the Jebusites dwelt with the children 
 of Judah at Jerusalem, unto this day. 
 
 16 Aud the lot for the childi'eu of 
 Joseph went out from the Jordan at 
 Jericho, at the waters of Jericho ou 
 the east, even the wilderness, going 
 up from Jericho through the hill 
 2 country to Beth-el; and it went out 
 from Beth-el to Luz, and passed 
 along mito the border of the Aix-hites 
 
 3 to Ataroth; and it went down west- 
 ward to the l»order of the Japliletites, 
 luito the border of Beth-horou the 
 nether, even mito Gezer: and the 
 gomgs out thereof were at the sea. 
 
 4 Aud the children of Joseph, Mauasseh 
 aud Ephraiiu, took their inheritance. 
 
 5 And the border of the children of 
 Ephraun according to their families 
 was th us : even the border of then- in- 
 heritance eastward was Ataroth-addar, 
 
 6 unto Beth-horou the upper ; and the 
 
 58 
 59, 
 
 border went out westward at Mich- 
 methath on the north ; and the border 
 turned about eastward unto Taanath- 
 shUoh, and passed along it on the east 
 
 7 of Jauoah ; and it went down from 
 Jaiioah to Ataroth, aud to Naarali, 
 and reached mito Jericho, and went out 
 
 8 at Jordan. From Tappuah the border 
 went along westward to the brook of 
 Kanah ; and the goings out thereof were 
 at the sea. This is the inheritance of 
 the tribe of the children of Epliraini ac- 
 
 9 cordmg to their families ; together with 
 the cities which were separated for the 
 children of Ephraim m the midst of the 
 inheritance of the children of Mauas- 
 seh, all the cities with their vUlages. 
 
 10 Aiui they drave not out the Canaanites 
 that dwelt ui Gezer : but the Canaan- 
 ites dwelt in the midst of Ephraim, 
 mito this day, and became servants to 
 do taskwork. 
 
 lY And this was the lot for the tribe 
 of Mauasseh ; for he was the firstborn 
 of Joseph. As for Machu* the first- 
 born of Mauasseh, the father of GUead, 
 because he was a man of war, there- 
 
 2 fore he had GUead and Bashaii. And 
 the lot was for the rest of the child- 
 ren of Mauasseh accordmg to theu- 
 families ; for the chikli-en of Abiezer, 
 and for the childi-en of Helek, and for 
 the children of Asriel, and for the 
 children of Shechem, and for the 
 children of Hepher, and for the child- 
 ren of Shemida : these were the male 
 children of Mauasseh the son of Joseph 
 
 3 according to their families. But Zelo- 
 phehad, the son of Hepher, the son of 
 GUead, the son of Machir, the son of 
 Mauasseh, had no sons, but daughters : 
 and these are the names of his daugh- 
 ters, Mahlali, and Noah, Hoglah, MU- 
 
 4 cab, and Tirzah. And they came near 
 before Eleazar the priest, and before 
 Joshua the sou of Nmi, and before the 
 princes, sayuig. The Lobd commanded 
 Moses to give us an uilieritance among 
 our brethren: therefore according to 
 the commandment of the Lord he gave 
 them an udieritance among the breth- 
 
 5ren of then- father. And there fell 
 ten ^ parts to Mauasseh, beside the 
 land of Gilead and Bashan, which is 
 
 6 beyond .Jordan; because the daugh- 
 ters of Mauasseh had an uiheritance 
 among his sous: and the land of 
 Gilead belonged unto the rest of the 
 
 7 sous of Mauasseh. And the border of 
 Manasseh was from Asher to Mich- 
 methath, which is before Shechem; 
 and the border went along to the right 
 hand, unto the inhabitants of En-tap- 
 
 8puah. The land of Tappuah belonged 
 to Mauasseh: but Tappuah ou the 
 border of Manasseh Iielonged to the 
 
 9 children of Ephraim. And the bor- 
 der went down unto the brook of 
 Kanah, southward of the brook : these
 
 18. 17. 
 
 JOSHUA. 
 
 181 
 
 iHeb. 
 dauyh- 
 
 terp. 
 
 2 See ch. 
 xi. 2, xii. 
 2a 
 
 3 HeU 
 line. 
 
 «Heb 
 
 in not 
 found 
 for U&. 
 
 cities belonged to Ephraiiu among the 
 cities of Manasseli : and tlie border of 
 Manassch was on the nortli side of tlie 
 bi-ook, and the goings out thereof were 
 
 10 at tile sea: southward it was Ephraini's, 
 and northward it was Manasseli's, 
 and the sea was his border ; and they 
 readied to Asher on the north, and to 
 
 11 Issachar on the east. And Manasseh 
 liad in Issachar and in Asher Beth- 
 shean and her i towns, and Ibleani and 
 her towns, and the inhabitants of Dor 
 and her towns, and the inliabitants of 
 En-dor and her towns, and the inhabit- 
 ants of Taanach and her towns, and 
 the inhabitants of Megiddo and her 
 
 12 towns, even the three ^heiglits. Yet the 
 children of Manasseh could not drive 
 out the inhabitants q/' those cities; but 
 the Canaauites would dwell in that land. 
 
 13 And it came to pass, when the children 
 of Israel were waxen strong, that they 
 put the Canaauites to taskwork, and 
 did not utterly drive them out. 
 
 14 And the children of Joseph spake 
 unto Joshua, saying, Why hast thou 
 given me but one lot and one ^part for 
 an inheritance, seeing I am a great 
 people, forasmuch as hitherto the Lord 
 
 15 hath blessed me? And Joshua said 
 unto them. If thou be a gi-eat people, 
 get thee up to the forest, and cut dow^ii 
 for thyself there in the laud of the 
 Perizzites and of the Rephaim ; since 
 the hill country of Ephraun is too nar- 
 
 16 row for thee. And the children of Josei)h 
 said, The hill country ■*is not enough for 
 us : and all the Canaauites that dwell 
 in the land of the valley have chariots of 
 iron, both they who are in Beth-shean 
 and her to^v•ns, and they who are in the 
 
 17 vaUey of Jezreel. And Joshua spake un- 
 to the house of Joseph, even to Ephia- 
 ini and to Manasseh, saying. Thou art 
 a great people, and hast great power : 
 
 18 thou shalt not have one lot only : but 
 the hUl comitry shall be thine ; for 
 though it is a forest, thou shalt cut it 
 do'\\u, and the goings out thereof shall 
 be thine: for thou shalt drive out the 
 Cauaanites, though they have chariots 
 of iron, and though they be strong. 
 
 18 And the whole congregation of the 
 children of Israel assembled them- 
 selves together at ShUoh, and set up 
 the tent of meeting there: and the 
 '2 land was subdued before them. And 
 there remauied among the children 
 of Israel seven tribes, which had not 
 
 3 yet divided their inheritance. And 
 Joshua said mito the children of Is- 
 rael, How long are ye slack to go in 
 to ijossess the land, which the Lord, 
 the God of your fathers, hath given 
 
 4 you ? Appomt for you three men for 
 each tribe : and I will send them, and 
 they shall arise, and walk thi'ough 
 the land, and describe it according to 
 their uiheritauce ; and they shall come 
 
 5 unto me. And they shall divide it into 
 seven i)ortions: Judah sliall abide iu 
 his liorder on the south, and the house 
 of Joseph shall abide in tlieir border 
 
 6 on the north. And ye shall describe 
 the land into seven portions, and bring 
 the description hither to me: and I 
 wiU cast lots for j'ou here before the 
 
 7 Lord our God. For the Levites have 
 no jiortion among you ; for the priest- 
 hood of the Lord is their inheritance: 
 and Gad and Reuben and the half 
 tiibe of Manasseh have received their 
 inheritance beyond Jordan eastward, 
 which Moses the servant of the Loud 
 
 8 gave them. And the men arose, and 
 went : and Joshua charged them that 
 went to describe the land, saying. Go 
 and walli through the laud, and de- 
 scri1)e it, and come agam to me, and I 
 will cast lots for you here before the 
 
 9 Lord in Shiloh. And the men went and 
 passed through the land, and descriljed 
 it liy cities uito seven portions in a 
 book, and they came to Joshua unto the 
 
 10 camp at Shiloh. And Joshua cast lots 
 for them in Shiloh before the Lord: 
 and there Joshua divided the land unto 
 the children of Israel according to then- 
 divisions. 
 
 11 And the lot of the tribe of the child- 
 ren of Benjamin came up accorduig to 
 their families: and the border of theu' 
 lot went out between the chUdi'en of 
 
 I'l Judah and the children of Joseph. And 
 their border on the north quarter was 
 from Jordan; and the border went 
 up to the 5 side of Jericho on the north, 
 and went up through the hill country 
 westward ; and the goings out thereof 
 were at the wilderness of Beth-aveu. 
 
 13 And the border jjassed along from 
 thence to Luz, to the ^ side of Luz (the 
 same is Beth-el), southward; and the 
 border went down to Ataroth-addar, 
 by the mountain that lieth on the south 
 
 14 of Beth-horon the nether. And the 
 border was di-awn and turned about 
 on the west quarter soiithward, from 
 the mountain that lieth before Beth- 
 horon southward ; and the goings out 
 thereof were at Kiriath-baal (the same 
 is Kiriath-jearim), a city of the children 
 of Judah : this was the west quarter. 
 
 15 And the south quarter was from the 
 uttermost part of Kiriath-jearim, and 
 the border went out westward, and 
 went out to the foimtaiti of the waters 
 
 16 of Nei>htoali: and the border went 
 down to the uttermost part of the 
 mountam that lieth before the valley 
 of the son of Hinuom, which is in 
 the vale of Rephaim northward ; and 
 it went dow-n to the valley of Humom, 
 to the side of the Jebusite southward, 
 
 17 and went down to En-rogel ; and it 
 was drawii on the north, and went out 
 at En-shemesh, and went out to GelU- 
 oth, which is over agauist the ascent 
 
 5 Heb. 
 shout-
 
 182 
 
 JOSHUA. 
 
 18. 17. 
 
 iHeb. 
 
 2Heb. 
 line. 
 
 of Adiuimiiiii ; au<I it went do>vii to the 
 stone of Boliau the «on of Reuben; 
 
 18 and it jiassed along to the side over a- 
 gainst the Aiahah northward, and went 
 
 19 down unto the Arabah: and the bor- 
 der jiassed along to the side of Beth- 
 hoglah northward: and the goings out 
 of the border were at the north ibay 
 of the Salt Sea, at the south end of 
 Jordan: this wa,s the south border. 
 
 20 And Jordan was the border of it on 
 the east <iuarter. This was the in- 
 heritance of the children of Benjamin, 
 I)y the borders thereof round about, 
 
 21 accorduig to their families. Now the 
 cities of the tribe of the children of 
 Beujanim according to their famQies 
 were Jericho, and Beth-hoglah, and 
 
 22 Emek-keziz ; and Beth-arabah, and 
 '2'd Zeniaraun, and Beth-el ; and Avvun, 
 21 and Parah, and Ophrah ; and Chephar- 
 
 ammoni, and Ophni, and Geba; twelve 
 
 25 cities with their villages : Gibeon, and 
 
 26 Eamah, and Beeroth ; and Mizjioh, and 
 
 27 Chei)hirali, and Mozah ; and Rekein, 
 
 28 and Iri)eel, and Taralah ; and Zelah, 
 Elei^h, and the Jebusite (the same is 
 Jerusalem), Gibeath, a«(iKiriath; four- 
 teen cities with their villages. This is 
 the inheritance of the children of Ben- 
 jamin according to their families. 
 
 19 And the second lot came out for Sim- 
 eon, even for the tribe of the children 
 of Suneon according to then* families : 
 and their inheritance was m the midst 
 of the iidieritance of the children of 
 
 2 Judah. And they had for then* inherit- 
 ance Beer-sheba, or Sheba, and Mola- 
 
 3dah; and Hazar-shual, and Balah, and 
 
 4 Ezem ; and Eltolad, and Bethul, and 
 
 5 Honnah ; and Ziklag, and Beth-marc- 
 
 6 aboth. and Hazar-susah ; and Beth- 
 lebaoth, and Sharuhen ; thu'teeu cities 
 
 7 with their villages : Ain, Einimon, and 
 Ether, and Ashan ; four cities with their 
 
 8 villages : and all the villages that were 
 round about these cities to Baalath- 
 beer, Eamah of the South. This is the 
 inheritance of the ti'ibe of the children 
 of Simeon according to their families. 
 
 9 Out of the ^jjart of the children of Ju- 
 dah was the inheritance of the child- 
 ren of Simeon : for the portion of the 
 children of Judah was too much for 
 them : therefore the cliildren of Simeon 
 had iidieritance m the midst of then- 
 mheritance. 
 
 10 And the third lot came up for the 
 children of Zebulun according to their 
 families: and the border of their iu- 
 
 llheritance was unto Sarid: and their 
 border went up westward, even to 
 Maralah, and reached to Dabbesheth; 
 and it reached to the brook that is 
 
 12 before Jokneam; and it turned from 
 Sarid eastward toward the siuirising 
 unto the border of Chisloth-tabor ; and 
 it went out to Daberath, and went up 
 
 13 to Jai)hia ; and from thence it passed 
 
 along eastward to Gath-hepher, to Eth- 
 kaziii; and it went out at Eiiamon 
 
 14 which stretcheth unto Neah; and the 
 border turned about it on the north to 
 Hannathou : and the gouigs out there- 
 
 15 of were at the valley of Iphtah-el; and 
 Kattath, and Nahalal, and Shimron, 
 and Idalah, and Beth-lehem: twelve 
 
 16 cities with then- villages. This is the 
 inheritance of the children of Zebulun 
 accorduig to then- families, these cities 
 with their villages. 
 
 17 The fourth lot came out for Issachar, 
 even for the children of Issachar ac- 
 
 18cortling to then- families. And their 
 border was unto Jezreel, and Chesul- 
 
 19 loth, and Shunem; and Hapharaim, 
 
 20 and Shion, and Anaharath; and Eab- 
 
 21 bith, and Kishion, and Ebez ; and 
 Eemeth, and Eu-ganuiui, and Eu-had- 
 
 22 dah, and Beth-pazzez ; and the border 
 reached to Tabor, and Shahazumah, 
 and Beth-shemesh ; and the goings out 
 of their border were at Jordan : sixteen 
 
 23 cities with their villages. This is the 
 inheritance of the tribe of the childi-en 
 of Issachar according to their families, 
 the cities with then- villages. 
 
 24 And the fifth lot came out for the tribe 
 of the children of Asher according to 
 
 25 tlioir families. And their border was 
 Helkath, and Hali, and Beten, and Ach- 
 
 2Gshaph; and AUammelech, and Aniad, 
 and Mishal ; and it reached to Carmel 
 
 27 westward, and to Shihor-libnath ; and 
 it turned toward the sunrising to I3eth- 
 dagou, and reached to Zebulun, and to 
 the valley of Iphtah-el northward to 
 Beth-emek and Neiel ; and it went out 
 
 28 to Cabul on the left hand, and Ebron, 
 and Eehob, and Hammoii, and Kanah, 
 
 29 even unto great Zidon ; and the border 
 turned to Eamah, and to ^the fenced 
 city of Tyre ; and the border turned to 
 Hosah ; and the gouigs out thereof were 
 at the sea ^by the region of Achzib: 
 
 SOUnnnah also, and Aphek, and Eehob: 
 twenty and two cities with their vil- 
 
 311ages. This is the inheritance of the 
 tribe of the children of Asher accord- 
 ing to their families, these cities with 
 their villages. 
 
 32 The sixth lot came out for the children 
 of Naphtali, even for the children of 
 Naphtali accorduig to their famdies. 
 
 33 And their border wasfrom Heleph, from 
 the 5 oak in Zaauamiim, and Adami- 
 nekeb, and Jabneel, unto Lakkum ; and 
 the goings out thereof were at Jordan : 
 
 34 and the border turned westward to Az- 
 notli-tabor, and went out from thence 
 to Hukkok ; and it reached to Zebulun 
 on the south, and reached to Asher 
 on the west, and to Judah at Jordan 
 
 35 toward the sunrising. And the fenced 
 cities were Ziddhn, Zer, and Haimnath, 
 
 36Eakkath, and Chimiereth; and Ada- 
 37mah, and Eamah, and Hazor; and 
 38 Kedesh, and Edrei, and En-hazor; and
 
 21. 10. 
 
 JOSHUA. 
 
 183 
 
 iHeb. 
 JaphQ. 
 
 2 Or. 
 from 
 thetn: 
 and ic. 
 
 3 In 
 JudK. 
 xviir 29. 
 Laish. 
 
 ♦Or, 
 
 through 
 trror 
 
 5Heb. 
 
 gather. 
 
 Iron, and Mif,'ilal-cl, Horem, and Betli- 
 anatli, and lieth-shemesh ; nineteen 
 
 39 cities with their villat,'es. This is the 
 inheritance of the tril)e of tlie children 
 of NaplitaU accordinf,' to their families, 
 tile cities with their vilhi^'es. 
 
 40 The seventh lot came out for the trihe 
 of the children of l)an according to 
 
 41 their families. And the border of their 
 inheritance was Zorali, and Eshtaol, 
 
 4*2 and Ir-shemesh; and Shaalahbin, and 
 43Aijalon, and Ithlah; and Elon, and 
 
 44 Timnah, and Elcron ; and Eltekeh, and 
 
 45 Cribbethon, and Baalath; and Jehnd, 
 and Bene-berak, and (Tath-riumion ; 
 
 46 and Me-jarkon, and llakkon, with tlie 
 
 47 border over against iJoppa. Aiid the 
 border of the chilib-en of l)an went out 
 ^bej-ond them : for the children of Dan 
 went up and fought against ^Lesheni, 
 and took it, and smote it ^\•ith the edge 
 of the sword, and possessed it, and 
 dwelt therein, and called Leshem, Dan, 
 after the name of Dan their father. 
 
 48 This is the iulieritance of the tribe of 
 tlie children of Dan according to theu' 
 families, those cities with their tillages. 
 
 49 So they made an end of distributing 
 the land for inheritance by the borders 
 thereof ; and the children of Israel ga^e 
 an inheritance to Joshua the son of 
 
 50 Nun in the midst of them: according 
 to the couunandment of the Lord they 
 gave hull the city which he asked, even 
 Tunnath-serah in the hill country of 
 Eiihraim: and he built the city, and 
 dwelt therein. 
 
 51 These are the inheritances, which 
 Eleazar the priest, and Joshua the son 
 of Nun, and the heads of the fathers' 
 houses of the tribes of the children of 
 Israel, distributed for iidieritance by 
 lot in Shiloli before the Loud, at the 
 door of the tent of meeting. So thej- 
 made an end of dividing the land. 
 
 20 Aiid the Lord sjiake mito Joshua, 
 
 "2 saying. Speak to the children of Israel, 
 
 saying. Assign you the cities of refuge, 
 
 whereof I spake unto j'ou by the hand 
 
 3 of Moses: that the nianslayer that killeth 
 any person ■* unwittingly a hcZ unawares 
 }nay flee thither : and they shall be unto 
 you for a refuge from the avenger of 
 
 4 blood. And he shall flee unto one of 
 those cities, and shall stand at the en- 
 teviiig of the gate of the city, and de- 
 clare his cause in the ears of the elders 
 of that city ; and they shall * take him 
 into the city luito them, and give him 
 a iilace, that he may dwell among them. 
 
 5 And if the avenger of blood pursue af- 
 ter him, then they shall not deliver up 
 the manslayer into his hand ; because 
 he smote his neighbour unawares, and 
 
 6 hated him not beforetime. And he 
 shall dwell in that city, until he stand 
 before the congregation for judgement, 
 imtil the death of the high priest that 
 shall be in those days : then shall the 
 
 manslayer return, and come unto his 
 own city, and unto liis o\ni house, 
 unto the city from whence he fled. 
 
 7 And they '' set apart Kedesh in ' Galilee 
 in the hill country of Naphtali, and 
 Shechem in the hill country of Eplira- 
 iiu, and Kiriatli-arba (the same is 
 Hebronj ui the hill country of Judah. 
 
 8 And beyond the Jordan at Jericho 
 eastward, they assigned Bezcr in the 
 wilderness in the ** plain out of the tribe 
 of Eeuben, and Bamoth in Gilead 
 out of the tribe of Clad, and Golan m 
 Bashau out of the tribe of Manasseb. 
 
 y These were the appouited cities for 
 all the children of Israel, and for the 
 stranger that sojourneth among them, 
 that whosoever killeth any person * un- 
 wittingly might flee thither, and not 
 die by the hand of the avenger of blood, 
 until he stood before the congi-egation. 
 21 Then came near the heads of fathers' 
 houses of the Levites unto Eleazar 
 the i)riest, and unto Joshua the sou of 
 Null, and unto the heads of fathers' 
 houses of the tribes of the chUdreu of 
 
 2 Israel; and they spake unto them at 
 Shiloli in the land of Canaan, saying, 
 The Lord commanded by the hand 
 of Moses to give us cities to dwell hi, 
 \\ith the y suburbs thereof for our 
 
 Seattle. And the children of Israel 
 gave unto the Levites out of theu- in- 
 heritance, according to the command- 
 ment of the Lord, these cities with 
 then- suburbs. 
 
 4 And the lot came out for the families 
 of the Kohathites : and the children of 
 Aaron the priest, which were of the 
 Levites, had by lot out of the tribe of 
 Judah, and out of the tribe of the 
 Simeouites, and out of the tribe of 
 Benjamin, thirteen cities. 
 
 5 And the rest of the children of Ko- 
 liath had by lot out of the families 
 of the tribe of Eiihraim, and out of the 
 tribe of Dan, and out of the half tribe 
 of Manasseb, ten cities. 
 
 6 And the chUdi-en of Gershon had by 
 lot out of the families of the tribe of 
 Issachar, and out of the tribe of Asher, 
 and out of the tribe of Naphtali, and 
 out of the half tribe of Mauasseh iu 
 Baslian, thirteen cities. 
 
 7 The chddreu of Merari according to 
 then- families had out of the tribe of 
 Eeubeii, and out of the tribe of Gad, 
 and out of the tribe of Zebuluu, twelve 
 cities. 
 
 8 And the chikli'eu of Israel gave by lot 
 unto the Levites these cities with their 
 suburbs, as the Lord commanded by 
 
 9 the hand of Moses. And they gave 
 out of the tribe of the chiltti-en of 
 Judah, and out of the tribe of the 
 children of Smieon, these cities which 
 
 10 are here mentioned by name : and they 
 were for the cluldren of Aaron, of the 
 families of the Kohathites, who were of 
 
 «Heb 
 
 tied. 
 THeb. 
 
 UaM. 
 
 8 Or. 
 table 
 land 
 
 >>0t. 
 
 paalure 
 
 landu
 
 18^ 
 
 JOSHUA. 
 
 21. 10. 
 
 1 Heb. 
 Anok. 
 
 the children of Levi ; foi- tlieiis was the 
 
 11 firsx lot, Aud they gave them Kiriath- 
 arha, which Arha -was the father of 
 lAnak, (the same is Hehron,) iii the 
 hill comitry of Judah, with the sithurbs 
 
 12 thereof round about it. But the fields 
 of the city, aud the villages thereof, 
 gave they to Caleb the sou of Jephmi- 
 ueh for his possessiou, 
 
 13 And unto the childi-en of Aaron the 
 priest they gave Hebron with her sub- 
 urbs, the city of refuge for the laan- 
 slayer, and Libuah with her suburbs; 
 
 14 and Jattu- with her suburbs, and Esh- 
 15temoa with her suburbs; and Holou 
 
 with her suburbs, and Debir with her 
 
 16 suburbs ; aud Aiu with her suburbs, and 
 Juttah with her suliurbs, and Beth- 
 shemesh with her suburbs ; nine cities 
 
 17 out of those two tribes. Aud out of 
 the tribe of Benjamin, Gibeon with her 
 
 18 suburbs, Geba with her subui'bs; Aua- 
 thoth with her subui-bs, and Ahnou wdth 
 
 19 her suburbs ; foiu- cities. All the cities 
 of the children of Aaron, the priests, 
 were thu'teen cities with then- suburbs. 
 
 20 And the families of the children of 
 Kohath, the Levites, even the rest of the 
 children of Kohath, they had the cities 
 of then- lot out of the tribe of Eplu'aim. 
 
 21 And they gave them Shechem with her 
 suburbs in the hill country of Eplu'aim, 
 the city of refuge foi' the manslayer, 
 
 22 and Gezer with her suburbs ; and Kib- 
 zaim with her suburbs, aud Beth-horon 
 
 23 with her suburbs ; four cities. And 
 out of the tribe of Dan, Elteke with 
 her suburbs, Gibbethon with her sub- 
 
 24urbs; Aijalon with her suburbs, Gath- 
 rimmon with her suburbs ; four cities. 
 
 25 And out of the half tribe of Manasseh, 
 Taauach with her subm-bs, and Gath- 
 rimmon with her subui'bs; two cities. 
 
 26 All the cities of the famihes of the rest 
 of the children of Kohath were ten 
 with then- subiu'bs. 
 
 27 And mito the children of Gersliou, of 
 the families of the Levites, out of the 
 half tribe of Manasseh they gave Golan 
 in Bashan with her subui'bs, the city of 
 refuge for the manslayer ; and Be-esh- 
 
 28 terah with her suburbs ; two cities. And 
 out of the tribe of Issachar, Kishion 
 with her suburbs, Daberath with her 
 
 29 suburbs; Jarmuth with her suburbs, 
 En-gannuu with her subm-bs; four 
 
 30 cities. And out of the tribe of Asher, 
 Mishal with her suburbs, Abdon with 
 
 31 her suburbs ; Helkath with her suburbs, 
 and Kehob with her suburbs; fom- 
 
 32 cities. And out of the tribe of Naphtali, 
 Kedesh in Galilee with her subiu'bs, 
 the city of refuge for the manslayer, 
 and Hammoth-dor with her suburbs, 
 and Kartan with her suburbs; three 
 
 33 cities. All the cities of the Gershon- 
 ites according to their families were 
 thirteen cities with then- suburbs. 
 
 34 And mito the families of the children 
 
 of Merari, the rest of the Levites, out 
 of the tribe of Zehulim, Jokueam with 
 her subiu-bs, aud Kartah with her 
 
 35 suburbs, Duniiah with her suburbs, 
 Nahalal witli her suburbs ; four cities. 
 
 36 2 And out of the tribe of Reuben, 
 Bezer with her suburljs, and Jahaz 
 
 37 with her suburbs, Kedemoth with her 
 subm-bs, and Mephaath with her sub- 
 
 38 urbs ; fom- cities. And out of the tribe 
 of Gad, Ramoth in Gilead with her 
 suburbs, the city of refuge for the man- 
 slayer, and Mahanaim ^\-ith her sub- 
 
 39 urbs ; Heshbon ^vith her subm-bs, Jazer 
 with her suburbs; four cities in aU. 
 
 10 All these -luere the cities of the children 
 of Merari according to then- families, 
 even the rest of the families of the Le- 
 vites ; and their lot was twelve cities. 
 
 41 All the cities of the Levites in the 
 midst of the possession of the children 
 of Israel were forty and eight cities 
 
 42 vv^ith their suburbs. These cities were 
 every one with then- suburbs romid 
 about them . thus it was with all these 
 cities. 
 
 43 So the Lord gave unto Israel all the 
 laud which he sware to give unto then- 
 fathers; and they possessed it, and 
 
 44 dwelt therem. And the Lord gave 
 them rest round about, accordmg to 
 all that he sware unto then- fathers: 
 and there stood not a man of all then- 
 enemies before them; the Lord de- 
 livered aU their enemies into their 
 
 45 hand. There failed not aught of any 
 good thing which the Lord had spoken 
 unto the house of Israel ; all came to 
 pass. 
 
 22 Then Joshua called the Reubenites, 
 and the Gadites, aud the half tribe of 
 
 2 Manasseh, aud said unto them, Ye 
 have kept all that Moses the servant of 
 the Lord commanded you, and have 
 hearkened imto my voice in all that I 
 
 3 conunanded you : ye have not left your 
 brethren these many days unto this day, 
 but have kept the charge of the com- 
 
 4mandment of the Lord yoiu- God. And 
 now the Lord yom- God hath given rest 
 unto your brethren, as he spake imto 
 them : therefore now tm-n ye, and get 
 you unto yoiar tents, unto the land 
 of yom- possession, Avhicli Moses the 
 servant of the Lord gave you beyond 
 
 5 Jordan. Only take diligent heed to do 
 the commandment aud the law, which 
 Moses the servant of the Lord com- 
 manded you, to love the Lord yom- God, 
 and to walk in all his ways, and to keep 
 his commandments, and to cleave unto 
 him, and to serve him with all your 
 
 6 heart and with all your soul. So 
 Joshua blessed them, and sent them 
 away : and they went unto then- tents. 
 
 7 Now to the one half tribe of Ma- 
 nasseh Moses had given inheritance 
 in Bashan : but unto the other half 
 gave Joshua among then- brethx-en
 
 22. 31. 
 
 JOSHUA. 
 
 185 
 
 I Or, 
 /amiliet 
 
 beyond Jordan westwai-d. Moreover 
 wlien Joshua sent tlioni away unto 
 
 Stbeii' teats, lie blessed tlK'ni,and sp ;ke 
 unto them, sayuig, lleturn with much 
 wealth unto your tents, and with very 
 much cattle, with silver, and with gold, 
 and witli brass, and with iron, and with 
 very nuich raime)it: divide the spoil of 
 j'our enemies with your brethren. 
 
 9 And the children of Keuben and the 
 children of (iad and the half tribe of 
 Manasseh returned, and departed from 
 the children of Israel out of Sbiloh, 
 wliich is in the land of Canaan, to go 
 luito the land of Gilead, to the laud of 
 their possession, whereof they were 
 possessed, according to the command- 
 ment of the LoiiD by the hand of Moses. 
 
 10 And when they came unto the region 
 about Jordan, that is in the land of 
 Canaan, the children of Eeuben and the 
 children of Gad and the half tribe of 
 Manasseh built there au altar by Jor- 
 
 11 dan, a great altar to see to. And the 
 children of Israel beard say, Behold, 
 the children of lleuben and the childi'en 
 of Gad and the half tribe of Manasseh 
 have built an altar in the forefront of 
 the land of Canaan, in the region about 
 Jordan, on the side that pertaineth to 
 
 12 the childi-en of Israel. And when the 
 children of Israel heard of it, the 
 whole congregation of the children of 
 Israel gathered themselves together at 
 Shiloh, to go wp agauist them to war. 
 
 13 And the children of Israel sent unto 
 the cliildren of Eeube)i, and to tlie 
 children of Gad, and to the half tribe 
 of Manasseh, into the laud of Gilead, 
 Phinehas the son of Eleazar the priest ; 
 
 14 and with him ten princes, one prince of 
 a fathers' house for each of the tribes 
 of Israel; and they were every one 
 of them head of their fathers' houses 
 
 15 among the i thousands of Israel. And 
 they came unto the children of Eeu- 
 ben, and to the children of Gad, and 
 to the Iialf tribe of Manasseh, unto the 
 land of GUead, and thej' spake with 
 
 16 them, saying. Thus saith the whole 
 congregation of the Lord, What tres- 
 l^ass is this that ye have coumiitted 
 against the God of Israel, to turn away 
 this day from following the Lord, in 
 that ye have builded you an altar, to 
 
 17 rebel this day against the Lord? Is 
 the iniquity of I'eor too little for us, 
 from wliich we have not cleansed oui'- 
 selves unto this day, although there 
 came a plague upon the congregation 
 
 18 of the Lord, that ye must turn awa}' 
 this day from following the Lokd ? 
 and it will be, seeing je rebel to-day 
 against the Lord, that to-morrow he 
 will be Avroth with the whole coii- 
 
 19gregation of Israel. Howbeit, if the 
 land of your i)ossession be unclean, 
 then pass je over unto the land of 
 the possession of the Lord, wherein 
 
 the Loiin's tabernacle dwelleth, and 
 take possession among us: but rebel 
 not against the Loud, nor rebel a- 
 gainst us, in building you an altar 
 besides the altar of the Loan our God. 
 
 201>id not Achan the son of Zerah com- 
 mit a tr(;simss in the dt'voted thuig, 
 and wrath fell upon all tlie congrega- 
 tion of Israel? and that man perished 
 not alone in his iiii(iuity. 
 
 '21 Then the children of Eeuben and the 
 children of Gad and the half tribe of 
 Manasseh answered, and spake unto 
 the heads of the i thousands of Israel, 
 
 22'-iThe Lord, the God of gods, the Lord, 
 the God of gods, he knoweth, and 
 Israel he shall know; if it be in re- 
 bellion, or if in trespass against the 
 
 23 Lord, (save thou us not this day,) that 
 we have built us an altar to tui-n away 
 from following the Lord ; or if to offer 
 thereon burnt offering or meal offer- 
 ing, or if to offer sacrifices of peace 
 offerings thereon, let the Lord himself 
 
 24 require it; and if we have not rather 
 out of carefulness done this, and of 
 l)uri)ose, saying. In tmie to come your 
 children might speak unto oui- child- 
 ren, saying. What have j-e to do with 
 
 25 the Lord, the God of Israel? for the 
 Lord hath made Jordan a border 
 between us and you, ye children of 
 Eeuben and childi-en of Gad; ye have 
 }io portion in the Lord : so shall j'oiu' 
 cliildren make our children cease from 
 
 26 fearing the Lord. Therefore we said. 
 Let us now jjrepare to build i;s an altar, 
 not for burnt offering, nor for sacrifice : 
 
 27 but it shall be a witness between us 
 and you, and between our generations 
 after us, that we may do the service of 
 the Lord before him with oui- bui'nt 
 offerings, and with our sacrifices, and 
 M'ith om- peace offerings; that your 
 children may not say to our childi-en 
 in time to come, Ye have no portion in 
 
 28 the Lord. Therefore said we, It shall 
 be, when they so say to us or to oiu" 
 generations in time to come, that we 
 shall say. Behold the pattern of the 
 altar of the Lord, which oui- fathers 
 made, not for biu'ut offering, nor for 
 sacrifice ; but it is a witness between 
 
 29 us and you. God forbid tliat we shoidd 
 rebel against the Lord, and turn away 
 this day from following the Lord, to 
 build an altar for burnt offering, for 
 meal offering, or for sacrifice, besides 
 the altar of the Lord om" God that is 
 before his tabernacle. 
 
 30 And when Phinehas the priest, and 
 the jirinces of the congi'egation, even 
 the heads of the thousands of Israel 
 which were with him, heard the words 
 that the chikb-en of Eeuben and the 
 cliildren of Gad and the children of 
 Manasseh spake, it pleased them well. 
 
 31 And Phinehas the son of Eleazar the 
 priest said mato the childi-eu of Eeuben, 
 
 2 Or, 
 Ood, 
 even 
 Uod. 
 the Lord 
 Heb. El 
 Klohim 
 Jehovah.
 
 186 
 
 JOSHUA. 
 
 22. 31. 
 
 1 That is. 
 Witness. 
 
 '•^Or, 
 hath 
 chased 
 
 and to the cliiklren of Gad, and to the 
 children of Manasseh, This day we 
 know that the Lord is in the midst 
 of us, because ye have not committed 
 this tresjiass against the Lord: now 
 have j-e delivered the children of Israel 
 
 32 out of the hand of the Lord. And 
 Phmehas the sou of Eleazar the 
 priest, and the i)rinces, returned from 
 the children of Reuben, and from the 
 children of Gad, out of the land of 
 Gilead, unto the land of Canaan, to the 
 children of Israel, and brought them 
 
 33 word again. And the thing j^leased the 
 children of Israel ; and the chikh-en of 
 Israel blessed God, and sjjake no more 
 of going up against them to war, to 
 destroy the land wherem the children 
 of Reuben and the children of Gad 
 
 M dwelt. And the children of Reuben and 
 the children of Gad called the altar 
 i/iVZ: For, said they, it is a witness 
 between us that the Lord is God. 
 23 And it came to pass after many days, 
 when the Lord had given rest unto 
 Israel from all their enemies romid 
 about, and Joshua was old and well 
 
 2 stricken in years; that Joshua called 
 for all Israel, for then- elders and for 
 their heads, and for their judges and 
 for their officers, and said tinto them, 
 
 3 1 am old and well stricken in years : and 
 ye have seen all that the Lord your 
 God hath done unto all these nations 
 because of you ; for the Lord yom* God, 
 
 4 he it is that hath fought for you. Be- 
 hold, I have allotted unto you these 
 nations that remain, to be an inherit- 
 ance for your tribes, from Jordan, with 
 all the nations that I have cut off, even 
 xmto the great sea toward the going 
 
 .5 down of the sun. And the Lord your 
 God, he shall thmst them out fro'n 
 before you, and drive them from out of 
 your sight ; and j'e shall possess their 
 land, as the Lord your God spake unto 
 
 6 you . Therefore be ye very courageous 
 to keep and to do all that is written 
 in the book of the law of Moses, that 
 ye tm-n not aside therefrom to the 
 
 7 right hand or to the left ; that ye come 
 not among these nations, these that 
 remain among you; neither make 
 mention of the name of their gods, 
 nor cause to swear hy them, neither 
 serve them, nor bow down your- 
 
 8 selves unto them: but cleave unto 
 the Lord yom' God, as ye have done 
 
 9 unto this day. For the Lord hath 
 driven out from before you gi-eat 
 nations and strong: but as for you, 
 no man hath stood before you unto 
 
 10 this day. One man of you ^ shall chase 
 a thousand : for the Lort) your God, he 
 it is that fighteth for you, as he spake 
 
 11 unto you. Take good heed therefore 
 unto yourselves, that ye love the Lord 
 
 1'2 your God. Else if ye do in any wise 
 go back, and cleave unto the remnant 
 
 of these nations, even these that re- 
 main among you, and make marriages 
 with them, and go in unto them, and 
 
 13 they to you : know for a certainty that 
 the Lord your God will no more drive 
 these nations from out of youi; sight ; 
 but they shall be a snare and a trap 
 unto you, and a scom-ge m j'our sides, 
 and thorns in your eyes, mitil ye 
 perish from off this good land which 
 the Lord your God hath given you. 
 
 14 And, behold, this day I am going the 
 way of all the earth : and ye know in 
 all your hearts and in all your souls, 
 that not one thing hath failed of aU 
 the good things which the Lord j'our 
 God sjiake concerning you; all are 
 come to pass unto you, not one thing 
 
 1.5 hath failed thereof. And it shall come 
 to pass, that as all the good things are 
 come upon you of which the Lord 
 your God si)ake imto you, so shall the 
 Lord brmg upon you all the evQ 
 things, until he have destroyed you 
 from off this good land which the Lord 
 
 16 your God hath given you. When ye 
 transgress the covenant of the Lord 
 your God, which he commanded you, 
 and go and serve other gods, and bow 
 do^vn yourselves to them; then shall 
 the anger of the Lord be kindled 
 against j'ou, and j'e shall perish quick- 
 ly from oft' the good land which he 
 hath given unto you. 
 
 24 And Joshua gathered all the tribes of 
 Israel to Shechem, and called for the 
 elders of Israel, and for their heads, 
 and for their judges, and for their 
 officers ; and they presented themselves 
 
 2 before God. And Joshua said ruito all 
 the people. Thus saith the Loud, the 
 God of Israel, Your fathers dwelt of old 
 time beyond the River, even Terah, the 
 father of Abraham, and the father of 
 Nahor: and they served other gods. 
 
 3 And I took your father Abraham from 
 beyond the River, and led him through- 
 out all the land of Canaan, and multi- 
 plied his seed, and gave him Isaac. 
 
 4 And I gave unto Isaac Jacob and Esau : 
 and I gave unto Esau mount Seir, to 
 possess it ; and Jacob and his children 
 
 5 went down into Egypt. And I sent 
 Moses and Aaron, and I plagued Egyi)t, 
 according to that which I did in the 
 midst thereof : and afterward I brought 
 
 6 you out. And I brought your fathers 
 out of Egypt: and j'e came unto the 
 sea; and the Egyptians pursued after 
 your fathers with chariots and with 
 
 7 horsemen unto the Red Sea. And 
 when they cried out unto the Lord, 
 he put darkness between you and 
 the Egji^tians, and brought the sea 
 ui)on them, and covered them; and 
 your eyes saw what I did in Egypt: 
 and ye dwelt in the wilderness many 
 
 8 days. And I brought you into the land 
 of the Amorites, which d^\•elt beyond
 
 24. 33. 
 
 JOSHUA. 
 
 187 
 
 'Heb. 
 bond- 
 men. 
 
 Jordan; and they fought with you: and j 20 
 I gave them into your hand, and ye 
 liosscssed their land ; and I destroyed 
 9 them from hefore j'ou. Tlien Bahxk 
 the son of Zipi'or, Iving of Moah, arose 21 
 and fouglit against Israel; and he sent 
 and called Balaam tl)e son of Beor to i 22 
 
 10 curse j-ou : but I would not hearken [ 
 mito Balaam; therefore he blessed i 
 you still : so I delivered you out of his ! 
 
 11 hand. And ye went over Jordan, and 23 
 came unto Jericho: and the men of 
 Jericho fought against you, the Anior- 
 ite, and the Perizzite, and the Canaan- j 
 ite, and the Hittite, and the G-irgashite, 24 
 the Hivite, and the Jebusite; and I 
 
 12 delivered them into your hand. And 25 
 I sent the hornet before you, which 
 drave them out from before you, ovt'u j 
 the two kings of the Amorites; not 
 with thy sword, nor with thy bow. 26 
 
 13 And I gave you a land whereon thou 
 liadst not laboured, and cities which 
 ye built not, and ye dwell therein; 
 of vineyards and oliveyards which ye 27 
 
 14 planted not do ye eat. Now therefore 
 fear the Lord, and serve him in sm- 
 cerity and in truth : and jjut away the 
 gods which your fathers served beyond 
 the River, and in Egyjit; and serve ye ' 
 
 15 the Lord. And if it seem evil unto i 28 
 you to sei've the Lord, choose you 
 this day whom ye will serve ; whether 29 
 the gods which your fathers served 
 that were bej-ond the Eiver, or the 
 gods of the Amorites, in whose land 30 
 ye dwell: but as for me and my 
 
 16 house, we will serve the Lord. Aiid 
 the people answered and said, God 
 forbid that we should forsake the ! 31 
 
 17 Lord, to serve other gods ; for the ] 
 Lord our God, he it is that brought us 
 and our fathers up out of the h.nd of ; 
 Egypt, from the house of i bondage, : 
 and that did those gi'eat signs in our [ 32 
 sight, and jireserved us in all the way 
 wherein we went, and among all the 
 peoples through the midst of whom 
 
 18 we i^assed : and the Lord drave out 
 from before us all the i)eoples, even : 
 the Amorites which dwelt in the land : i 
 therefore we also will serve the Lord ; ' 
 
 19 for he is our God. And Joshua said ' 33 
 unto the j)eople. Ye cannot serve the j 
 Lord; for he is an holy God; he is 
 
 a jealous God: he will not forgive . 
 
 your transgression nor your sins. If 
 ye forsake the Lord, and serve strange 
 gods, then he will turn and do you 
 evil, and consume you, after that he 
 hath done you good. And the people 
 said unto Joshua, Nay; but we will 
 serve the Tjoud. And Joshua said unto 
 the people. Ye are witnesses against 
 yourselves that ye have chosen you 
 the Lord, to serve hhn. And they said, 
 We ai'e witnesses. Now therefore put 
 away, said he, the strange gods which 
 ai"e among you, and incline your heart 
 unto the Lord, the God of Israel. 
 And the people said unto Joshua, The 
 Lord our God will we serve, and unto 
 his voice viU we hearken. So Joshua 
 made a covenant with the people that 
 day, and set them a statute and an 
 ordinance in Shechem. 
 
 And Joshua wrote these words in the 
 book of the law of God; and he took a 
 great stone, and set it up there under 
 the oak that was ^by the sanctuary of 
 the Lord. And Joshua said unto all 
 the people. Behold, this stone shall be 
 a witness agauist us ; for it hath heard 
 all the words of the Lord which h:' 
 spake unto us: it shall be therefore a 
 witness against you, lest ye deny j-our 
 God. So Joshua sent the peoide away, 
 every man unto his inheritance. 
 
 And it came to iiass after these things, 
 that Joshua the son of Nun, the servant 
 of the Lord, died, bein;]; an hundred 
 and ten years old. And they buried 
 him in the border of his inheritance 
 in Timnath-serah, which is in the hill 
 country of Ephraim, on the north of the 
 mountain of Gaash. And Israel served 
 the Lord all the days of Joshua, and 
 all the days of the elders that outlived 
 Joshua, and h-'d known all the work 
 of the Lord, that he had wrought for 
 Israel. And the bones of Joseph, which 
 the children of Israel brought up out 
 of Egypt, buried they in Shechem, in 
 the pai'cel of ground ^ which Jacob 
 bought of the sons of Hamor the 
 father of Shechem for an hmidred 
 pieces of money : and they became the 
 inheritance of the children of Joseph. 
 And Eleazar the son of Aaron died; 
 and they buried hun in ^the hill of 
 Phinehas his son, which was given 
 liim in the hill country of Ephraim. 
 
 'Or, 
 
 3 See 
 Gen. 
 xxxLii. 19. 
 
 lOr, 
 Gibeah 
 0/ Phine- 
 has
 
 THE 
 
 BOOK OF JUDGES. 
 
 l.See 
 Josh. -xv. 
 13-19. 
 
 «0r, 
 
 pretetif 
 
 1 A>iD it came to pass after the death 
 of Jo.shua, that the children of Israel 
 asketl of the Lord, sajiiig. Who shall 
 go nj) for us first against the Cauaaii- 
 
 2ites, to fight against them? And the 
 Loi;d said, Jndah sliall go up : hehold, 
 I have (lelivere<l the land into his hand. 
 
 SAiid Jiidali said unto Simeon his 
 l)rother, Come up with me into my lot, 
 that we may fight against the Caiiaau- 
 ites ; and I likewise will go with thee 
 into thy lot. So Simeon went with 
 
 4 him. And Judah went up; and the 
 XiOUD delivered the Canaanites and the 
 Perizzites into their hand : and they 
 smote of them in Bezek ten thousand 
 
 5 men. And they found Adoni-hezek in 
 Bezek: and they fought against him, 
 and they smote the Canaanites and 
 
 6 the Perizzites. But Adoni-hezek fled; 
 and they pursued after him, and caught 
 him, and cut off his thumhs and his 
 
 7 great toes. And Adoni-hezek said, 
 Tlu'eescore and ten kings, having their 
 thumhs and their great toes cut off, 
 gathered their meat under my tahle: 
 as I have done, so God hath requited 
 me. And they hrought him to Jeru- 
 salem, and he died there. 
 
 8 And tlie children of Judah fought 
 against Jeriisalem, and toolc it, and 
 smote it with the edge of the sword, 
 
 9 and set the city on fire. And afterward 
 tJie children of Judah went down to 
 fight agauist the Canaanites that dwelt 
 in the laill comiti-j', and in tlie South, 
 
 10 and in the lowland, i And Judah went 
 against the Canaanites that dwelt in 
 Hehron: (now the name of Hehron he- 
 foretime was Kiriath-arha:) and they 
 smote Sheshai, and Aliiman, and Tal- 
 
 11 mai. And from thence he went against 
 the uiliahitants of Debir. (Now the 
 name of Debir beforetime was Kiriath- 
 
 12sepher.) And Caleb said. He that 
 smiteth Kiriath sepher, and taketh it, 
 to him -n-ill I give Achsah uiy daughter 
 
 13 to wife. And Othniel the sou of Kenaz, 
 Caleb's younger brother, tooli it: and 
 Le gave him Achsah his daughter to 
 
 14 wife. And it came to pass, when she 
 came unto him, that she moved him 
 to ask of her father a field: and she 
 lighted down from off her ass; and 
 Caleb said imto her. What wouldest 
 
 15 thou ? And she said unto hun. Give 
 me a ^ blessing; for that tliou liast 
 
 "Set me in the land of the South, give 
 me also springs of water. And Caleb 
 gave her the upper sjirings and the 
 nether springs. 
 IC And the children of the Kenite, 
 Moses' * brother in law, went up out 
 of 5 the city of i)alm trees with the 
 children of Judah into the wilderness of 
 Judah, which is in the south of Ai-ad ; 
 and they went and dwelt with the 
 
 17 people. And Judah went with Simeon 
 his l)rother, and they smote the Canaan- 
 ites that inhabited Zephath, and '■utter- 
 ly destroyed it. And the name of the 
 
 18 city was called THormah. Also Judah 
 took (xaza -with the border thereof, and 
 Ashkelon with the border thereof, and 
 
 19 Ekron with the border thereof. And the 
 Lord was with Judah ; and he drave 
 out the inhabitants of the hill country; 
 for he could not drive out the inhabit- 
 ants of the valley, because they had 
 
 20 chariots of u-on. And they gave Hebron 
 mito Caleb, as Moses had spoken : and 
 he drave out thence the three sous of 
 
 21 Anak. And the childi-en of Benjamm 
 did not drive out the Jebusites that 
 inhabited Jerusalem : but the Jebusites 
 dwelt 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 
 
 23 Lord was with them. And the house 
 of Joseph sent to spy out Beth-el. 
 (Now the name of the city before- 
 
 24 time was Luz.) And the watchers 
 saw a man come forth out of the city, 
 and they said unto him. Shew us, we 
 l)ray thee, the entrance into the city, 
 and ^^'e will deal kindly with thee. 
 
 25 And he shewed them the entrance 
 into the city, and they smote the 
 city with the edge of the sword ; but 
 they let the man go 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 And Manasseh did not drive out the 
 inhabitants of Beth-sheau and her 
 ** towns, nor of Taanach and her towns, 
 nor the inhabitants of Dor and her 
 to\\^ls, nor the inhabitants of Ibleam 
 and her towns, nor the inhabitants of 
 Megiddo and her towns: but the 
 Canaanites would dweU in that land. 
 
 28 And it came to pass, when Israel was 
 
 3 Or, 
 given ^nc 
 the land 
 o/thi- 
 South 
 
 4 Or, 
 father 
 in law 
 
 5 See 
 Deut. 
 xxxir. 3. 
 
 6Heb. 
 devoted. 
 
 '.See 
 Num. 
 xxi. S. 
 
 8Heb. 
 
 d^tttgh- 
 
 tt-rs.
 
 2. 23. 
 
 JUDGES. 
 
 189 
 
 I Or, 
 
 suiijecf to 
 ttlRktvork 
 and so 
 vv. 33, aj. 
 
 2 Or, Sela 
 
 3 Or, 
 
 a tnes- 
 senger 
 
 J Some 
 ancient 
 versions 
 have, 
 shidl be 
 advers- 
 aries 
 unto you. 
 
 5 See 
 Num. 
 xxxiii. 55. 
 
 6 That is. 
 Weepers. 
 
 "See 
 Josh, 
 xxiv. 
 29-31. 
 
 waxen wtroiif,', tliat they put 
 Caiiaanites to taskwork, and did 
 uttorlj' drive them out. 
 '29 And Ephvaini di-avo not out 
 Caiiaanites tliat dwelt in dozer : 
 
 tlie 
 not 
 
 the 
 but 
 
 the Caiiaanites dwelt in (lezer among 
 
 thein. 
 
 30 Zebulun dravo not out the inhabit- 
 ants of Kitron, nor the inhabitants 
 of Nahalol ; but the Caiiaanites dwelt 
 among them, and became i tributary. 
 
 31 Asher drave not out tlio inhabitants 
 of Acco, nor the inhabitants of Zidon, 
 nor of Ahlab, nor of Achzib, nor of 
 Helbah, nor of Ajihik, nor of Eehob: 
 
 32 but the Asherites dwelt among the 
 Caiiaanites, the inhabitants of the land ; 
 for they did not drive them out. 
 
 33 Naphtali drave not out the inhabit- 
 ants of Beth-shemesh, nor the inhabit- 
 ants of Beth-anath ; but he dwelt among 
 the Caiiaanites, the inhabitants of the 
 land: nevertheless the inhabitants of 
 Beth-shemesh and of Beth-anath be- 
 came tributary unto them. 
 
 34 And the Amorites forced the child- 
 ren of Dan into the hill country: 
 for they would not suffer them to 
 
 3.5 come down to the valley: but the 
 Amorites would dwell in mount Heres, 
 in Aijalon, and in Shaalbim: yet the 
 hand of the house of Joseph prevailed, 
 
 36 so that they became tributary. And 
 the border of the Amorites was from 
 the ascent of Akrabbim, from 2 the 
 rock, and upward. 
 
 2 And "the angel of the Lord came 
 up from Gilgal to Bochim. And he 
 said, I made you to go up out of 
 Eg3iit, and have brought 3'ou unto the 
 land which I sware unto .your fathers; 
 and I said, I will never lireak my 
 
 2 covenant with you : and j'e shall make 
 no covenant with the inhabitants of 
 this land; ye shall break down their 
 altars: but ye have not hearkened 
 unto my voice : why have j'e done this '? 
 
 3 Wherefore I also said, I will not drive 
 them out from before yon; but they 
 * shall be ^''as thorns in yoiu' sides, and 
 their gods shall be a snare imto you. 
 
 4 And it came to pass, when tlie angel 
 of the Lord spake these words unto 
 all the children of Israel, that the 
 people lifted u}) their voice, and wejit. 
 
 5Ajid they called the name of that 
 place 6 Bochim: and they sacrificed 
 there unto the Lord. 
 
 6 Now when Joshua had sent the 
 people away, the children of Israel 
 went every man unto his inheritance to 
 
 7 possess the land. ^And the people served 
 the Lord all the days of Joshua, and 
 all the days of the elders that outlived 
 Joshua, who had seen all the gi*eat 
 work of the Lord, that he had wrought 
 
 8 for Israel. And Joshua the son of 
 Nmi, the servant of the Lord, died, 
 being an hundred and ten years old. 
 
 9 And they buried him in the l)Order of 
 hisinlieritaiice in Tumiath-heres, in the 
 hill country of Ephraiin, on the north 
 
 10 of the mountain of Gaasli. And also 
 all tliat generation were gathered unto 
 their fathers : and there arose another 
 generation after them, which knew 
 not the Lord, nor yet the work which 
 he had wrought for Israel. 
 
 11 And the children of Israel did that 
 which was evil in the sight of the Lord, 
 
 12 and served the Baalim : and they forsook 
 the Lord, the God of their fathers, 
 which brought them out of the land of 
 Egypt, and followed other gods, of the 
 gods of the peoples that were round 
 about them, and bowed themselves 
 down unto them: and they provoked 
 
 13 the Lord to anger. And tliey forsook 
 the Lord, and .served Baal and the Ash- 
 
 14 tarotli. And the anger of the Lord 
 was kindled against Israel, and lie de- 
 livered them into the hands of spoilers 
 that spoiled them, and he sold thein into 
 the hands of then" enemies I'ound about, 
 so that they could not any longer 
 
 15 stand before their enemies. Whither- 
 soever they went out, the hand of 
 the Lord was against them for evil, 
 as the Lord had spoken, and as the 
 Lord had sworn unto them : and they 
 
 16 were sore distressed. And the Lord 
 raised up judges, which saved them out 
 of the hand of those that spoiled them. 
 
 17 And yet they hearkened not unto 
 their judges, for they went a whoring 
 after other gods, and bowed themselves 
 down mito them: they turned aside 
 quickly out of the way wherein their 
 fathers walked, obeying the conunand- 
 ments of the Lord ; Imt they did not so. 
 
 18 And when the Lord raised them up 
 judges, then the Lord was with the 
 judge, and saved them out of the liand 
 of their enemies all the daj's of the 
 judge : for it rejiented the Lord because 
 of their groaning by reason of them 
 that oppressed them and vexed them. 
 
 19 But it came to pass, when the judge was 
 dead, that they turned back, and dealt 
 more corruptly than their fathers, in 
 following other gods to serve them, and 
 to bow down unto them ; ^ they ceased 
 not from theu* doings, nor from their 
 
 20 stubborn way. And the anger of the 
 Lord w as kindled against Israel ; and 
 he said, Because this nation have trans- 
 gi-essed my covenant which I command- 
 ed their fathers, and have not heark- 
 
 21 ened unto my voice ; I also will not 
 henceforth drive out any from before 
 them of the nations which Joshua left 
 
 22 when he died : that by them I may 
 prove Israel, whether they will keep 
 the way of the Lord to walk therein, 
 
 23 as their fathers did keep it, or not. So 
 the Lord left those nations, without 
 driving them out hastily ; neither deliv- 
 ered he them uito the hand of Joshua. 
 
 SHeb. 
 they let 
 nothing 
 fall of 
 their 
 doings.
 
 190 
 
 JUDGES. 
 
 3. 1. 
 
 'Or, 
 the Cu- 
 naan- 
 ites, the 
 Sittitea 
 
 2 See Ex. 
 xxxiv. 13. 
 
 3 Heb. 
 Aram- 
 na- 
 harahn. 
 
 iHeb. 
 Aram. 
 
 3 Now these are the nations which the 
 Lord left, to prove larael by them, even 
 as many as had not linown all the wars 
 
 2 of Canaan; only that the generations 
 of the children of Israel might know, to 
 teach them war, at the least such as be- 
 
 3 foretime knew nothing thereof; name- 
 ly, the five lords of the Philistines, and 
 all the Canaanites, and the Zidouians, 
 and the Hivites that dwelt in mount 
 Lebanon, from mount Baal-hermon 
 
 4 unto the entering in of Hamath. And 
 they were for to prove Israel l)y them, 
 to know whether tliey would hearken 
 rmto the commandments of the Lord, 
 which he commanded their fathers by 
 
 5 the hand of Moses. And the children 
 of Israel dwelt among i the Canaanites ; 
 the Hittite, and the Amorite, and the 
 Perizzite, and the Hivite, and the 
 
 6 Jebusite : and they took their daugh- 
 ters to be their wives, and gave their 
 own daughters to then- sons, and served 
 their gods. 
 
 7»And the children of Israel did that 
 which was evil in the sight of the 
 Lord, and forgat the Lord their 
 God, and served the Baalun and ^the 
 
 8 Asheroth. Therefore the anger of the 
 Lord was kindled against Israel, and 
 lie sold them into the hand of Cushan- 
 rishatliaim king of s Mesopotamia : 
 and the children of Israel served 
 
 9 Cushan-rishathaim eight years. And 
 when the children of Israel cried uuto 
 the Lord, the Lord raised up a saviom' 
 to the children of Israel, who saved 
 them, even Othniel the son of Kenaz, 
 
 10 Caleb's younger brother. And the 
 spirit of the Lord came upon hun, and 
 he judged Israel; and he went out to 
 war, and the Lord delivered Cushan- 
 rishathaim kuig of "* Mesopotamia into 
 his hand: and his hand prevailed 
 
 11 against Cushan-rishathaim. And the 
 land had rest forty years. And Othniel 
 the son of Kenaz died. 
 
 12 And the children of Israel again 
 did that which was evil in the sight 
 of the Lord: and the Lord strength- 
 ened Eglon the king of Moab against 
 Israel, because they had done that 
 which was evil in the sight of the 
 
 13 Lord. And he gathered unto him the 
 children of Ammon and Amalek ; and 
 he went and smote Israel, and they 
 possessed the city of palm trees. 
 
 14 And the children of Israel served 
 Eglon the king of Moab eigliteen years. 
 
 15 But when the children of Israel cried 
 imto the Lord, the Lord raised them 
 up a saviour, Ehud the son of Gera, 
 the Benjamite, a man lefthanded: and 
 the children of Israel sent a present 
 by him unto Eglon the king of Moab. 
 
 16 And Ehud made him a sword which had 
 two edges, of a cubit length; and he 
 girded it under his raiment upon his 
 
 17 right thigh. And he offered tlie present 
 
 uuto Eglon king of Moab : now Eglon 
 
 18 was a very fat man. And when he had 
 made an end of offering the present, 
 lie sent away the people that bare 
 
 19 the present. But he hunself turned 
 back from the ^ quarries that were 
 by Gilgal, and said, I have a secret 
 errand ruito thee, king. And he 
 said. Keep silence. Aiid all that stood 
 
 '20 by him went out from him. And Ehud 
 came unto him ; and he was sitting by 
 hunself alone in his '^ summer parlour. 
 And Ehud said, I have a message 
 from God unto thee. And he arose out 
 
 21 of his seat. And Ehud put forth his left 
 hand, and took the sword from his 
 right thigh, and thrust it into his belly : 
 
 22 and the haft also went in after the 
 blade; and the fat closed upon the 
 blade, for he drew not the sword out 
 of his belly; and 'it came out behind. 
 
 23 Then Ehud went forth into the porch, 
 and shut the doors of the parlour upon 
 
 24 him, and locked them. Now when he 
 was gone out, his servants came ; and 
 they saw, and, behold, the doors of 
 the parlour were locked; and they 
 said, Surely he covereth his feet in his 
 
 25 summer chamber. And they tarried 
 till they were ashamed: and, behold, 
 be opened not the doors of the par- 
 lour ; therefore they took the key, and 
 opened them: and, behold, then- lord 
 was fallen down dead on the earth. 
 
 26 And Ehud escaped while they tarried, 
 and passed beyond the ^ quarries, and 
 
 27 escaped unto Seirah. And it came to 
 liass, when he was come, tliat he blew a 
 trumpet in the hiU comitry of Ephi-aim, 
 and the children of Israel went down 
 with him from the hill country, a,nd he 
 
 28 liefore them. And he said unto 'them. 
 Follow after me: for the Lord hath 
 delivered your enemies the Moabites 
 into your hand. And they went down 
 after" him, and took the fords of Jordan 
 ® against the Moabites, and suffered 
 
 29 not a man to pass over. And they 
 smote of Moab at that time about 
 ten thousand men, every lusty man, 
 and every man of valour; and there 
 
 30 escaped not a man. So Moab was 
 subdued that day under the hand of 
 Israel. And the land had rest four- 
 score years. 
 
 31 And after him was Shamgar the son 
 of Aiiath, which smote of the Philis- 
 tines six hundred men with an ox goad : 
 and he also saved Israel. 
 
 4 And the children of Israel again did 
 that which was evil in the sight of the 
 
 2 Lord, when Ehud was dead. And the 
 Lord sold them into the hand of Jabin 
 king of Canaan, that reigned in Hazor ; 
 the cai)taui of whose host was Sisera, 
 wliich dwelt in Harosheth of the "Gen- 
 
 3 tiles. And the children of Israel cried 
 unto the Lord: for he had nine hund- 
 red chariots of iron ; and twenty years 
 
 5 Or, 
 
 graven 
 
 linages 
 
 II Heb. 
 upper 
 eh amber 
 of codl- 
 ing. 
 
 'Or, 
 he went 
 ffUt into 
 the ante- 
 cham-ber 
 
 8 Or, 
 
 tfyward 
 Moab 
 
 9 Or, 
 nations
 
 5. 9. 
 
 JUDGES. 
 
 191 
 
 1 Or, sac 
 
 2Heb. 
 Kain, 
 See 
 Num. 
 xxiv. 22. 
 
 3 Or, 
 father 
 in law 
 
 4 Or, 
 
 terebinth 
 6 See 
 Josh. 
 xix. 33. 
 
 eor, 
 nations 
 
 ho mightily oppressed the chihlieu of 
 Israel. 
 
 4 Now Deborah, a i)roplietess, the wife 
 of Lappidoth, slie judged Isi-ael at that 
 
 5 tune. And she idwelt under the palm 
 tree of Deborah between Kaniah and 
 Beth-el in the hill country of Ephraim: 
 and the children of Israel came up to 
 
 6 her for judgement. And she sent and 
 called Barak the sun of Aliinoam out 
 of Kedesh-naphtali, and said unto him, 
 Hath not the Lokd, the God of Israel, 
 commanded, nai/ln;/, Go and draw 
 imto mount Tabor, and take with thee 
 ten thousand men of the children of 
 Naphtali and of the children of Zebul- 
 
 7 an ? And I will draw unto thee to the 
 river Kislion Sisera, the captain of Ja- 
 biu's army, with his chariots and his 
 multitude ; and I will deliver him into 
 
 8 thme hand. And Barak said unto her, 
 If thou wilt go with ine, then I will go : 
 but if thou wilt not go with me, I will 
 
 9 not go. And she said, I will siu-ely go 
 with thee : notwithstanding the joui-uey 
 that thou takest shall not be for thme 
 honour; for the Lord shall sell Sisera 
 into the hand of a woman. And Deborah 
 arose, and went with Barak to Kedesh. 
 
 lOAud Barak called Zebulmi and Nai)h- 
 tali together to Kedesh ; and there 
 went up ten thousand men at his feet : 
 
 11 and Deborah went up with bun. Now 
 Heber the Kenite had severed himself 
 from 2 the Kenites, even from the child- 
 ren of Hobab the ^ brother in law of 
 Moses, and had pitched his tent as far 
 as the ^oak in ^Zaanamiim, which is 
 
 12 by Kedesh. And they told Sisera that 
 Barak the son of Abinoam was gone up 
 
 13 to mount Tabor. And Sisera gathered to- 
 gether all his chariots, even nine hund- 
 red chariots of u-on, and all the iieople 
 that were with hun, from Harosheth of 
 the 6 Gentiles, unto the river Kishon. 
 
 14 And Deborah said mito Barak, Up ; for 
 this is the day in which the Lord hath 
 delivered Sisera uito thine hand : is not 
 the Lord gone out before thee ? So 
 Barak went down from momit Tabor, 
 
 15 and ten thousand men after him. And 
 the Lord discomfited Sisera, and all 
 his chariots, and all his host, with the 
 edge of the sword before Barak ; and 
 Sisera lighted down from his chariot, 
 
 16 and fled away on his feet. But Barak 
 pursued after the chariots, and after the 
 host, luito Harosheth of the <> Gentiles : 
 and aU the host of Sisera fell by the edge 
 of the sword ; there was not a man left. 
 
 17 Howbeit Sisera fled away on his feet 
 to the tent of Jael the wife of Heber 
 the Kenite: for there was peace be- 
 tween Jabin the king of Hazor and the 
 
 18 house of Heber the Kenite. And Jael 
 went out to meet Sisera, and said unto 
 him. Turn in, my lord, turn in to me ; 
 fear not. And he turned in unto her 
 into the tent, and she covered hun with 
 
 11) a rug. And he said unto her, (live me, 
 I pray thee, a little water to drink ; for 
 I am thirsty. And she opened a bottle of 
 milk, and gave lain drink, and covered 
 
 'iOliini. And he said unto her. Stand in 
 the door of the tent, and it shall be, 
 when any man doth come and iiKjuire 
 of thee, and say, Is there any man 
 
 21 here? that thou shalt say, No. Then 
 Jael Heber 's wife took a tent-pin, and 
 took an hananer in her hand, and went 
 softly mito hun, and smote the pin into 
 his temples, and it jjierced through into 
 the ground ; for he was ■? in a deep sleeji ; 
 
 •2'2 so he swooned and died. And, behold, 
 as Barak pursued Sisera, Jael came out 
 to meet him, and said unto him, Come, 
 and I wlQ shew thee the man whom thou 
 seekest. And he came unto her ; and, 
 behold, Sisera lay dead, and the tent- 
 
 "23 pm was in his temples. So God subdued 
 on that day Jabin the king of Canaan 
 
 24 before the children of Israel. And the 
 hand of the children of Israel prevailed 
 more and more against Jabin the kmg 
 of Canaan, until they had destroyed 
 Jobm king of Canaan. 
 
 5 Then sang Deborah and Barak the 
 son of Abuioam on that daj', saying, 
 
 2 For that the leaders took the lead in 
 
 Israel, 
 
 For that the people offered them- 
 selves wUlinglj', 
 
 Bless ye the Lord. 
 
 3 Hear, O ye kings; give ear, O ye 
 
 princes ; 
 I, even I, will suig unto the Lord ; 
 I wUl sing jiraise to the Lord, the 
 
 God of Israel. 
 1 Lord, when thou wentest forth out 
 
 of Seir, 
 When thou niarchedst out of the 
 
 field of Edoui, 
 The earth trembled, the heavens also 
 
 dropped. 
 Yea, the clouds dropped water. 
 
 5 The momitaius s flowed down at the 
 
 jjresence of the Lord, 
 Even yon Sinai at the presence of 
 the Lord, the God of Israel. 
 
 6 In the days of Shamgar the son of 
 
 Auath, 
 Li the days of Jael, ^the high ways 
 
 were luioccupied. 
 And the travellers walked through 
 
 10 byways. 
 
 7 11 The rulers ceased in Israel, they 
 
 ceased. 
 Until that I Deborah arose. 
 That I arose a mother in Israel. 
 
 8 They chose new gods ; 
 Then was war in the gates : 
 Was there a shield or spear seen 
 Among forty thousand m Israel ? 
 
 9 My heart is toward the governors of 
 
 Israel, 
 12 That offered themselves wiUmgly 
 
 among the people : 
 Bless ye the Lord. 
 
 ' Or, in 
 a deep 
 sleep aiul 
 weary ; 
 so he 
 died 
 
 8 Or. 
 qaafied 
 
 » Or, the 
 
 caravans 
 
 ceased 
 
 10 Heb. 
 crooked 
 xvays. 
 uOr.rfte 
 villages 
 were un- 
 occupied 
 
 12 Or, 
 re that 
 offered 
 your- 
 selves 
 wUlinglii 
 among 
 the peo- 
 ple, bless 
 Jic.
 
 192 
 
 JUDGES. 
 
 5. 10. 
 
 1 Or, Be- 
 cause of 
 the voice 
 of the 
 archers 
 
 . . .there 
 Ut them 
 rehear &e 
 
 2 Or, to- 
 ward h is 
 riUaffcs 
 
 3 Or, 
 
 Then 
 7nade 
 he a 
 
 reinnani 
 to have 
 domin- 
 ion over 
 the 
 nobles 
 and the 
 people ; 
 the Lord 
 made 
 me have 
 domin- 
 ion over 
 the 
 might}) 
 
 4 Or, as 
 otber- 
 wise 
 
 reai), the 
 people 
 of the 
 LoitD 
 came 
 down fur 
 ine a- 
 ffaiust 
 (or, a- 
 monff) 
 the 
 might!/ 
 
 5 Or, 
 ainon-j 
 
 6 See ch. 
 xii. 15. 
 "Or, 
 taw- 
 givers 
 
 8 Or, 
 the staff 
 of the 
 scribe 
 
 9 Or, my 
 princes 
 in Js- 
 sachar 
 
 10 Or, 
 
 "Or, 
 thou hast 
 trodden 
 down 
 strength 
 
 10 Tell of it, ye that ride on white asses, 
 Ye that sit on rich caiiiets, 
 
 And j'e that walk by the way. 
 
 11 iFar from the noise of archers, in 
 
 the places of drawing water, 
 There shall they rehearse the right- 
 eous acts of the Lord, 
 Ecen the righteous acts '-^of his rule 
 
 in Israel. 
 Then the people of the Lokd went 
 down to the gates. 
 
 12 Awake, awake, Deborah ; 
 Awake, awake, utter a song : 
 Arise, Barak, and lead thy captivity 
 
 capti\e, thou son of Abinoam. 
 
 13 3Xhen came down a renniant of the 
 
 nobles *and the people; 
 The Lord came down for me ^ against 
 the mighty. 
 
 14 Out of Ephraim came down ^they 
 
 whose root is in Amalek ; 
 
 After tliee, Benjamin, among thy 
 peoples ; 
 
 Out of Machir came down '^govern- 
 ors. 
 
 And out of Zebulun they that handle 
 8 the niarshal's staff. 
 
 15 And ''the pruices of Issachar «ere 
 
 with Deborah ; 
 As was Issachar, so was Barak ; 
 Lito the valley they rushed forth at 
 
 his feet. 
 By the watercom-ses of Reuben 
 There Avere great resolves of heart. 
 
 16 Why safest thou among the sheep- 
 
 folds, 
 To hear the pipings for the flocks ? 
 At the watercourses of lieubeu 
 There were great searchmgs of heart. 
 
 17 Gilead abode beyond Jordan : 
 
 And Dan, A\'hy did he remam in ships ? 
 Asher sat still at the lo haven of the 
 
 sea, 
 Aiid abode by his creeks. 
 
 18 Zebulun was a people that jeoparded 
 
 their lives unto the death. 
 And Naphtali, upon the high places 
 of the field. 
 
 19 The kuigs came and fought ; 
 Then fought the kings of Canaan, 
 In Taanach by the waters of Megiddo : 
 They took no gain of money. 
 
 20 They fought from heaven, 
 
 The stars in their courses fought 
 against Sisera. 
 
 21 The river Kishon swept them away. 
 That ancient river, the river Kishon. 
 my soul, " march on with strength. 
 
 22 Then did the horsehoofs stamp 
 
 By reason of the pran sings, the 
 pransings of their strong ones. 
 
 23 Curse ye Meroz, said the angel of the 
 
 Lord, 
 Curse ye bitterly the inhabitants 
 
 thereof ; 
 Because they came not to the help 
 
 of the Lord, 
 To the help of the Lord ''against the 
 
 mighty. 
 
 24 Blessed i'^ above women .shall Jael he, 
 The wife of Heber the Kenite, 
 Blessed shall she be 12 above women 
 i in the tent. 
 
 j 2') He asked water, and she gave him 
 milk ; 
 She brought him butter in a lordly 
 dish. 
 
 26 She put her hand to the I'^naU, 
 And her right hand to the workmen's 
 
 hammer ; 
 And with the hammer she smote 
 
 Sisera, she smote through his head. 
 Yea, she pierced and struck through 
 
 his temi)les. 
 
 27 At her feet he bowed, he fell, he lay : 
 At her feet he bowed, he fell: 
 Where he bowed, there he fell down 
 
 "dead. 
 
 28 Throvigh the window she looked 
 
 forth, and cried. 
 
 The mother of Sisera cried through 
 the lattice, 
 
 "Wiij is his chariot so long in coming ? 
 
 Wily tarrv the i^ wheels of his chari- 
 ots ? 
 20 Her wise ladies answered her, 
 
 ii'Yea, she returned answer to her- 
 self, 
 
 30 Have they not found, have they not 
 
 divided the spoil ? 
 
 A damsel, two damsels to every man ; 
 
 To Sisera a spoil of i' divers colours, 
 
 \ spoil of 17 (livers colours of em- 
 broidery. 
 
 Of l''di^•ers colours of embroidery on 
 both sides, on the necks of the 
 sjioil? 
 
 31 So let all thine enemies perish, 
 
 Lord : 
 But let them that love bun be as the 
 sxm when he goeth forth in his 
 might. 
 And the land had rest forty years. 
 6 And the children of Israel did that 
 whicli was evil in the sight of the Lord: 
 and the Lord delivered them into the 
 
 2 hand of Midian seven years. And the 
 hand of Midian prevailed against Israel: 
 and because of Midian the children of 
 Israel made them the dens which are 
 in the momitains, and the caves, and 
 
 3 the strong holds. And so it was, when 
 Israel had sown, that the Midianites 
 came uji, and tlie Amalekites, and the 
 children of the east; they came up 
 
 4 against them; and thej' encamped a- 
 gainst them, and destroj-ed the increase 
 of the earth, till thou come unto Gaza, 
 and left no sustenance in Israel, neither 
 
 5 sheei?, nor ox, nor ass. For they 
 came up with their cattle and their 
 tents, they came in as locusts for 
 multitude ; botli they and their camels 
 were without nmnber : and they came 
 
 6 into the land to destroy it. And Israel 
 was brought very low because of 
 Midian; and the children of Israel 
 cried mito the Lord.
 
 6. 37. 
 
 JUDGES. 
 
 193 
 
 7 And it came to pass, when the 
 children of Israel cried unto the Lokd 
 
 8 because of Midian, that the Lord sent 
 a prophet unto the children of Israel : 
 and he said unto them, Thus saith the 
 Loud, the God of Israel, I brought you 
 up from Egypt, and brought you forth 
 
 9 out of the house of bondage; and I 
 delivered you out of the hand of the 
 Egyptians, and out of the hand of all 
 that oppressed you, and drave them out 
 from before you, and gave you their 
 10 land; and I said unto you, I am the 
 Loud your God ; ye shall not fear the 
 gods of the Amorites, iii whose land 
 ye dwell: but ye have not hearkened 
 unto my voice. 
 
 11 And the angel of the Lokd came, 
 and sat mider the ^oak which was in 
 Oplu-ah, that pertauied unto Joash the 
 Abiezrite: and his son Gideon was 
 beating out wheat in the wiuepress, 
 
 12 to hide it from the Midianites. And 
 the angel of the Lord appeared mito 
 him, and said unto him. The Lord 
 is with thee, thou mighty man of 
 
 13 valom-. And Gideon said unto him, Oh 
 my lord, if the Lord be with us, why 
 then is all this befallen us ? and where 
 be all his wondrous works which our 
 fathers told us of, saying. Did not the 
 Lord bring us up from Egj^jf? but 
 now the Lord hath cast us off, and 
 delivered us into the hand of Midian. 
 
 14 And the Lord 2 looked upon hun, and 
 said, Go in this thy might, and save 
 Israel from the hand of Midian : have 
 
 15 not I sent thee? And he said unto 
 him, Oh Lord, wherewith shall I save 
 Israel? behold, my ^ family is the poor- 
 est in Manasseh, and I am the least m 
 
 16 my father's house. And the Lord said 
 unto him, Surely I will be with thee, 
 and thou shalt smite the Midianites as 
 
 17 one man. And he said unto him, If now 
 I have found grace m thy sight, then 
 shew me a sign that it is thou that 
 
 18 talkest with me. Depart not hence, I 
 pray thee, imtil I come unto thee, and 
 bruig forth my ^present, and lay it be- 
 fore thee. And he said, I will tarry mitil 
 
 19 thou come again. And Gideon went in, 
 and made ready a kid, and unleavened 
 cakes of an ephah of meal : the flesh he 
 put in a basket, and he put the broth 
 in a pot, and brought it out unto him 
 
 20 under the 1 oak, and presented it. And 
 the angel of God said unto hun, Take 
 the flesh and the mdeavened cakes, and 
 lay them uijon this rock, and poiu- out 
 
 21 the broth. And he did so. Then the 
 angel of the Lord put forth the end of the 
 staff that was in his hand, and touched 
 the flesh and the unleavened cakes; 
 and there went up fire out of the rock, 
 and consumed the flesh and the un- 
 leavened cakes ; and the angel of the 
 
 22 Lord departed out of his sight. And 
 Gideon saw that he was the angel of the 
 
 Lord ; and Gideon said, Alas, O Lord 
 GodI forasmuch as I have seen the 
 
 23 angel of the Lord face to face. And the 
 Lord said unto him, Peace be unto 
 thee; fear not: thou shalt not die. 
 
 2-1 Then Gideon buUt an altar there unto 
 the Lord, and called it ''Jehovah- 
 shalom: unto this day it is yet in 
 Ophrali of the Abiezrites. 
 
 25 And it came to i)ass the same night, 
 that the Lord said imto him. Take 
 thy father's bullock, 6 even the second 
 bullock of seven years old, and throw 
 down the altar of Baal that thy father 
 hath, and cut down the ''Asherah that 
 
 2G is "by it: and build au altar unto the 
 Lord thy God upon tlie top of this 
 strong hold, "in the orderly manner, 
 and take the second bullock, and offer 
 a burnt offering with the wood of the 
 Asherah which thou shalt cut down. 
 
 27 Then Gideon took ten men of his serv- 
 ants, and did as the Lord had spoken 
 unto him : and it came to pass, be- 
 cause he feared his father's household 
 and the men of the city, so that he 
 could not do it by day, that he did it 
 
 28 by night. And when the men of the 
 city arose early in the morning, behold, 
 the altar of Baal was broken dowTi, 
 and the Asherah was cut down that 
 was 8 by it, and the second bullock was 
 offered upon the altar that was built. 
 
 29 And they said one to another. Who 
 hath done this thing ? And when they 
 inquu'ed and asked, they said, Gideon 
 the son of Joash hath done this thing. 
 
 30 Then the men of the city said unto 
 Joash, Brmg out thy son, that he may 
 die : because he hath broken down the 
 altar of Baal, and because he hath cut 
 
 31 down the Asherah that was ^ by it. And 
 Joash said mito all that stood against 
 hun. Will ye plead for Baal ? or will j'e 
 save him ? he that will x^lead for him, 
 lofet him be put to death n whilst if is 
 yet morning: if he be a god, let him 
 plead for himself, because one hath 
 
 32 broken down his altar. Therefore on 
 that day he called him i^Jerubbaal, 
 saying, Let Baal plead against him, be- 
 cause he hath broken down his altar. 
 
 33 Then all the Midianites and the Amal- 
 ekites and the children of the east 
 assembled themselves together; and 
 they passed over, and x)itclied in the 
 
 34 valley of Jezreel. But the spirit of the 
 Lord i^came upon Gideon ; and he blew 
 a trimipet ; and Abiezer was gathered 
 
 35 together after him. And he sent mes- 
 sengers throughout aU Manasseh ; and 
 they also were gathered together after 
 him: and he sent messengers unto 
 Asher, and unto Zebulun, and unto 
 Naphtali; and they came uj) to meet 
 
 36 them. And Gideon said unto God, If 
 thou wilt save Israel by muie hand, as 
 
 37 thou hast spoken, behold, I will put a 
 fleece of wool on the threshing-floor ; if 
 
 5 That ia, 
 The 
 LriltD it 
 peace. 
 
 Or, and 
 
 7 See Ex. 
 xxxiv. 13. 
 «()r, 
 upon 
 •J Or, 
 with that 
 pertain- 
 ing to It 
 
 WOr, 
 shall 
 be jnit to 
 death : 
 let be till 
 morn- 
 iiia : if 
 (E-c. 
 
 11 Or, 
 before 
 morniwj 
 
 12 That is. 
 Let Baal 
 2Jlead, 
 
 13 Heb. 
 clothed 
 itself 
 li'ith.
 
 194 
 
 JUDGES. 
 
 6. 37. 
 
 1 That is, 
 
 hllng. 
 Seever. 3. 
 
 2 Or, 
 
 from the 
 Mil of 
 Moreh 
 onwards 
 in the 
 valley 
 
 3 Or, go 
 
 rouncl 
 
 about 
 
 * Accord- 
 ing to 
 some 
 ancient 
 versif)ns, 
 So they 
 took the 
 victuals 
 of the 
 people. 
 
 5 Or, 
 against 
 
 there be dew on the fleece only, and it 
 lie di-y upon all the ground, then shaU 
 I know that thou'wilt save Israel by 
 
 38 mine hand, as thou hast spoken. And 
 it was so : for he rose up early on the 
 morrow, and pressed the fleece to- 
 gether, and wringed the dew out of the 
 
 39 fleece, a bowlful of water. And Gideon 
 said unto God, Let not thine anger be 
 kindled agamst me, and I wiU speak 
 but this once: let me prove, I pray 
 thee, but this once with the fleece ; let 
 it now be dry only upon the fleece, and 
 upon all the ground let there be dew. 
 
 40 Ajid God did so that night : for it was 
 dry ujion the fleece only, and there was 
 dew on aU the ground. 
 
 7 Then Jerubbaal, who is Gideon, and 
 all the people that were with him, rose 
 up early, and pitched beside the spring 
 of iHarod: and the camp of Midiau 
 was on the north side of them, '-^by the 
 hiU of Moreh, in the valley. 
 
 2 And the Lord said unto Gideon, 
 The people that are with thee are too 
 many for me to give the Midianites 
 into their hand, lest Israel vaunt them- 
 selves agamst me, saying. Mine own 
 
 3 hand hath saved me. Now therefore 
 go to, proclaim in the ears of the peoijle, 
 saying. Whosoever is fearful and trem- 
 blmg, let him return and '<^ depart from 
 mount Gilead. And there returned of 
 the people twenty and two thousand ; 
 and there remained ten thousand. 
 
 4 And the Lord said unto Gideon, The 
 people are yet too many ; bring them 
 do^vn unto the water, and I will try 
 them for thee there: and it shall be, 
 that of whom I say unto thee, This 
 shall go with thee, the same shall go 
 with thee; and of whomsoever I say 
 unto thee. This shall not go with thee, 
 
 5 the same shall not go. So he brought 
 down the people imto the water : and 
 the Lord said unto Gideon, Every 
 one that lappeth of the water with his 
 tongue, as a dog lappeth, him shalt 
 thou set by himself; likewise every 
 one that boweth down upon his knees 
 
 6 to drink. And the number of them 
 that lapped, puttmg their hand to 
 their mouth, was three hundred men: 
 but aU the rest of the people bowed 
 down upon their knees to drink water. 
 
 7 And the Lord said imto Gideon, By 
 the three Imndred men that lapjjed 
 will I save you, and dehver the Midian- 
 ites into thine hand: and let all the 
 people go every man unto his place. 
 
 8* So the people took victuals in then- 
 hand, and their trumpets : and he sent 
 all the men of Israel every man unto 
 his tent, but retained the three hundi'ed 
 men : and the camj) of Midian was be- 
 neath him in the valley. 
 
 9 And it came to pass the same night, 
 that the Lord said unto him, Arise, get 
 thee down ^into the camp; for I have 
 
 lOdehvered it into thine hand. But if 
 thou fear to go down, go thou with 
 Purah thy servant down to the camp : 
 
 11 and thou shalt hear what they say ; and 
 afterward shall thine hands be strength- 
 ened to go down *into the camp. Then 
 ^vent he down with Purah his servant 
 unto the outermost part of the armed 
 
 12 men that were m the camp. And the 
 Midianites and the Amalekites and all 
 the children of the east lay along ui 
 the valley like locusts for multitude; 
 and their caiqels were without nmnber, 
 as the sand which is upon the sea 
 
 13 shore for multitude. And when Gid- 
 eon was come, behold, there was a 
 man that told a (h-eam unto hisfeUow, 
 and said. Behold, I (b-eamed a dream, 
 and, lo, a cake of barley bread timabled 
 into the camp of Midian, and came 
 unto the tent, and smote it that it fell, 
 and turned it upside down, that the tent 
 
 14 lay along. And his fellow answered 
 and said. This is nothing else save the 
 sword of Gideon the son of Joash, a 
 man of Israel : into his hand God hath 
 dehvered Midian, and all the host. 
 
 15 And it was so, when Gideon heard the 
 telling of the dream, and the interpret- 
 ation thereof, that he worshipped ; and 
 he returned into the camp of Israel, and 
 said, Arise ; for the Lord hath delivered 
 into your hand the host of Midian. 
 
 16 And he divided the three hmidred men 
 into thi-ee companies, and he put mto 
 the hands of all of them trumpets, and 
 emjjty pitchers, with torches within 
 
 17 the jiitchers. Arid he said unto them. 
 Look on me, and do likewise : and, be- 
 hold, when I come to the outermost 
 pai"t of the camj), it shall be that, as I 
 
 18 do, so shall ye do. When I blow the 
 trmnpet, I and aU that are with me, 
 then blow ye the trumpets also on every 
 side of aU the camp, and say, For the 
 Lord and for Gideon. 
 
 19 So Gideon, and the hundred men that 
 were ^vith him, came unto the outer- 
 most part of the camp in the begimiing 
 of the middle watch, when they had but 
 newly set the watch: and they blew 
 the trumpets, and brake in pieces the 
 
 20 pitchers that were in their hands. And 
 the three companies blew the trumpets, 
 and brake the pitchers, and held the 
 torches in their left hands, and the 
 trumpets in their right hands to blow 
 ■withal : and they cried, '" The sword of 
 
 21 the Lord and of Gideon. And they 
 stood every man in his place romid 
 about the camp : and aU the host ran ; 
 and they shouted, and ''put them to 
 
 22 flight. Ajid they blew the three hundred 
 trumpets, and the Lord set every man's 
 sword against his feUow, and against 
 all the host : and the host fled as far as 
 Beth-shittah toward Zererah, as far as 
 the 8 border of Abel-meholah, by Tab- 
 
 23 bath. And the men of Israel were
 
 8. 29. 
 
 JUDGES. 
 
 195 
 
 1 Or, and 
 also 
 
 2 Hel). 
 spirit. 
 
 3 Or, 
 
 tojjass 
 
 4Heb. 
 threslt. 
 
 6Heb. 
 lerrijleit. 
 
 gathered together out of Naphtali, and 
 out of Asher, aud out of all Manasseh, 
 
 '24 and pursued after Midian. And (lideoii 
 sent mesweugers thi'ougliout all the 
 hill country of Ephrahu, saying, (Jome 
 down against Midian, and take before 
 them the waters, as far as Beth-barah, 
 1 even Jordan. So all the men of Ephra- 
 im were gathered together, and took 
 the waters as far as Beth-barah, leven 
 
 25 Jordan. Arid they took the two princes 
 of Midian, Oreb and Zeeb; and they 
 slew Oreb at the rock otOreb, aud Zeeb 
 they slew at the winepress of Zeeb, and 
 pursued Midian : and they brought the 
 heads of Oreb aud Zeeb to Grideou be- 
 yond Jordan, 
 
 8 And the men of Ephraim said unto 
 him. Why hast thou served us thus, 
 that thoii calledst us not, when thou 
 wentest to fight with Midian? And 
 they did chide with him sharply. 
 2 And he said luito them. What have 
 I now done in comparison of you? 
 Is not the gleaning of the grapes of 
 Ephrahu better than the vintage of Abi- 
 3ezer? God hath delivered into your 
 hand the princes of Midian, Oreb and 
 Zeeb: and what was I able to do in 
 comparison of you? Then then- 2 anger 
 was abated toward him, when he had 
 
 4 said that. And Gideon came to Jor- 
 dan, ^and passed over, he, aud the three 
 hundred men that were with him, faint, 
 
 5 yet pursuing. Aud he said unto the 
 men of Succoth, Give, I pray you, 
 loaves of bread unto the people that 
 follow me ; for they be faint, and I am 
 pursuhig after Zebah and Zalmunna, 
 
 G the kings of Midian. And the princes 
 of Succoth said. Are the hands of Zebah 
 and Zahumma now in thine hand, that 
 we should give bread unto thuie army ? 
 
 7 And Gideon said, Therefore when the 
 Lord hath dehvered Zebah and Zal- 
 munna into -aiine hand, then I will * tear 
 your llesh with the thorns of the wilder- 
 
 8 iiess aud with briers. And he went up 
 thence to Peimel, and spake unto them 
 in like manner : and the men of Penuel 
 answered him as the men of Succoth 
 
 9 had answered. And he spake also unto 
 the men of Penuel, sayuig, Wlien I come 
 again in peace, I will break down this 
 tower. 
 
 10 Now Zebah and Zalmunna were in 
 Karkor, and their hosts with them, ab- 
 out fifteen thousand men, all that were 
 left of all the host of the children of the 
 east: for there fell an hundred and 
 twenty thousand men that di-ew sword. 
 
 11 And Gideon went up by the way of them 
 that dwelt in tents on the east of Nobah 
 aud Jogbehah, and smote the host ; for 
 
 12 the host was secure. And Zebah and 
 Zalmunna lied; and he pursued after 
 them; and he took the two kings of 
 Midian, Zebah and Zalmmiua, and ^dis- 
 
 13 comfited all the host. And Gideon the 
 
 sou of Joash returned from the battle 
 
 14 from the ascent of Heres. Aud he caught 
 a young man of tlie men of Succoth, 
 and inquired of liim; and he ''described 
 for liiiu the prhices of Succoth, and the 
 elders thereof, seventy and seven men. 
 
 15 Aiid he came unto the men of Succoth, 
 and said. Behold Zebah aud Zahnuuna, 
 concerning whom ye did taunt me, say- 
 ing, Ai'e the hands of Zebah and Zal- 
 munna now in thbie hand, that we 
 should give bread unto thy men that 
 
 16 are weary? And he took the elders of 
 the city, and thorns of the wilderness 
 and briers, and with them he 'taught 
 
 17 the men of Succoth. And he brake 
 down the tower of Penuel, and slew 
 
 18 the men of the city. Then said he mito 
 Zebah and Zahnuima, What manner 
 of men were they whom ye slew at 
 Tabor ? And they answered. As thou 
 art, so were they ; each one resembled 
 
 19 the children of a kuig. And he said, 
 They were my brethren, the sous of 
 my mother : as the Lord hveth, if ye 
 had saved them alive, I would not 
 
 20 slay you. And he said unto Jether 
 his firstborn. Up, and slay them. But 
 the youth drew not his sword: for he 
 feared, because he was j'et a youth. 
 
 21 Then Zebah and Zahniuma said. Else 
 thou, and f aU upon us : for as the man 
 is, so is his strength. Arid Gideon arose, 
 and slew Zebah and Zalmunna, and 
 took the crescents that were on their 
 camels' necks. 
 
 22 Then the men of Israel said unto 
 Gideon, Kule thou over us, both thou, 
 and thy son, and thy son's son also: 
 for thou hast saved us out of the hand 
 
 23 of Midian. And Gideon said unto them, 
 I will not rule over you, neither shall 
 my son rule over you : the Lord shall 
 
 24 rule over you. And Gideon said mito 
 them, I would desire a request of you, 
 that ye would give me every man the 
 *^earrmgs of his spoil. (For they had 
 golden earrings, because they were 
 
 25 Islunaelites.) And they answered. We 
 ■will willingly give them. And they 
 spread a garment, and did cast therein 
 every man the earruigs of his spoil. 
 
 26 And the weight of the golden earrmgs 
 that he requested was a thousand and 
 seven hundred shehels of gold; beside 
 the crescents, and the pendants, and the 
 purple raunent that was on the kings of 
 Midian, and beside the chains that were 
 
 27 about their camels' necks. And Gideon 
 made an ephod thereof, and put it in 
 his city, even in Ophrah : and all Israel 
 went a whoring after it there : and it 
 became a snare unto Gideon, and to his 
 
 28 house. So Midian was subdued before 
 the children of Israel, and they lifted up 
 their heads no more. And the land had 
 rest forty years in the days of Gideon. 
 
 29 And Jerubbaal the son of Joash 
 went and dwelt in his own house. 
 
 eOr, 
 down 
 
 ~ Some 
 ancient 
 author- 
 ities 
 read, 
 th rushed. 
 See 
 vc,-. 7. 
 
 «0r, 
 riiKji
 
 19G 
 
 JUDGES. 
 
 8. 30. 
 
 iHeb. 
 $el. 
 
 2 Or, 
 
 n-th- 
 i.iaio 
 
 3 Or. 
 1'-re- 
 blnth 
 lOr, 
 garriion 
 
 5 Or, 
 which 
 God aiui 
 man 
 honour 
 in me 
 
 30 And Gideon had threescore and ten sons 
 of his body begotten : for he had many 
 
 31 wives. And his concubine that was in 
 Shechem, she also bare him a sou, and 
 
 32 he 1 called his name Abimelech. And 
 Gideon the son of Joash died in a good 
 old age, and was buried in the sepulchre 
 of Joash his father, in Oplu-ah of the 
 Abiezrites. 
 
 33 And it came to pass, as soon as 
 Gideon was dead, that the children of 
 Israel tm*ued agam, and went a whor- 
 ing after the Baalim, and made Baal- 
 
 34 berith then- god. And the children of 
 Israel remembered not the Lord theh' 
 God, who had dehvered them out of 
 the hand of aU then- enemies on every 
 
 35 side : neither shewed they kindness to 
 the house of Jerubbaal, who is Gideon, 
 according to all the goodness which 
 he had shewed unto Israel. 
 
 9 And Abimelech the sou of Jerub- 
 baal went to Shechem uuto his mo- 
 ther's brethren, and spake with them, 
 and with all the family of the house 
 
 2 of his mother's father, saying. Speak, 
 
 1 pray you, m the ears of all the 
 men of Shechem, Whether is better 
 for you, that all the sons of Jerubbaal, 
 which are threescore and ten persons, 
 rule over you, or that one rule over 
 you? remember also that I am youf 
 
 3 bone and yom- flesh. And his mother's 
 brethren spake of him in the ears of all 
 the men of Shechem all these words : 
 and their hearts mclined to follow Abi- 
 melech ; for they said. He is our brother. 
 
 4 And they gave him thi'eescore and ten 
 2neces of silver out of the house of 
 Baal-berith, where with Abimelechhu'ed 
 vaui and light fellows, which followed 
 
 Shim. And he weut unto his father's 
 house at Oiilu-ah, and slew his brethi'eu 
 the sons of Jerubbaal, beuig threescore 
 and ten j)ersous, upon oue stone : but 
 Jotham the youngest sou of Jerubbaal 
 was left ; for he hid himself. 
 
 6 And all the men of Shechem as- 
 sembled themselves together, and aU 
 
 2 the house of Millo, and went and 
 made Abuuelech king, by the ^oak of 
 
 7 the ■'ijillar that was in Shechem. And 
 when they told it to Jotham, he weut 
 and stood in the to23 of mount Gerizim, 
 and lifted up his voice, and cried, and 
 said unto them, Hearken mito me, ye 
 meu of Shechem, that God may hearken 
 
 8 unto you. The trees went forth on a 
 time to anoint a king over them ; and 
 they said unto the oUve tree, Eeigu 
 
 9 thou over us. But the olive tree said 
 mito them. Should I leave my fatness, 
 5 wherewith by me they houom- God 
 and man, and go to wave to and fro 
 
 10 over the trees ? And the trees said to 
 the fig tree, Come thou, and reign over 
 
 11 us. But the fig tree said mito them. 
 Should I leave my sweetness, and my 
 good fruit, and go to wave to and fro over 
 
 12 the trees ? And the trees said irnto the 
 
 13 viae. Come thou, and reign over us. And 
 the viae said mito them. Should I leave 
 my vfine, which cheereth God and man, 
 and go to wave to and fro over the trees ? 
 
 14 Then said all the trees unto the ^bram- 
 
 15 ble. Come thou, and reigu over us. And 
 the 6 bramble said unto the trees. If in 
 truth ye anoint me kuig over you, then 
 come and put your trust iu my shadow : 
 and if not, let fire come out of the ^ bram- 
 ble, and devour the cedars of Lebanon. 
 
 16 Now therefore,if ye have dealt truly and 
 uprightly, in that ye have made Abi- 
 melech kuig, and if j'e have dealt well 
 wdth Jerubbaal and his house, and have 
 done mito him according to the deserv- 
 
 17iug of his hands; (for my father fought 
 for you, and ^adventm-ed his life, and 
 dehvered you out of the hand of Midian : 
 
 18 and ye are risen up against my father's 
 house this day, and have slain his sons, 
 threescore and ten persons, upon one 
 stone, and have made Abimelech, the 
 son of his maidservant, king over the 
 men of Shechem, because he is your 
 
 19 brother ;) if ye then have dealt truly 
 and uprightly with Jerubbaal aud with 
 his house this day, then rejoice j^e in 
 Abimelech, aud let him also rejoice in 
 
 20 you : but if uot, let fire come out from 
 Abimelech, and devour the men of 
 Shechem, and the house of MUlo ; and 
 let fire come out from the men of She- 
 chem, aud from the house of MUlo, and 
 
 21devom' Abimelech. And Jotham ran 
 away, and fled, and went to Beer, aud 
 dwelt there, for fear of Abimelech his 
 brother. 
 
 22 Aud Abimelech was ijrmce over Israel 
 
 23 three years. And God .sent an evil 
 spu'it between Abimelech aud the men 
 of Shechem ; aud the men of Shechem 
 dealt treacherously with Abimelech: 
 
 24 that the violence done to the three- 
 score aud ten sous of Jerubbaal might 
 come, and that their blood might be 
 laid upon Abimelech their brother, 
 which slew them, and upon the meu 
 of Shechem, which strengthened his 
 
 25 hands to slay his brethren. And the 
 meu of Shechem set liers iu wait for 
 him on the tops of the mouutauis, and 
 they robbed all that came along that way 
 by them : and it was told Abimelech. 
 
 26 And Gaal the son of Ebed came with 
 his brethren, and went over to She- 
 chem: and the men of Shechem put 
 
 27 their trust in him. And they went 
 ovit into the field, and gathered their 
 vineyards, aud trode the grapes, and 
 sheld festival, aud weut into the house 
 of their god, aud did eat and drink, and 
 
 28cm'sed Abimelech. And Gaal the son 
 of Ebed said. Who is Abimelech, and 
 who is Shechem, that we should serve 
 him ? is not he the son of Jerubbaal ? 
 and Zebul his officer ? serve ye the 
 meu of Hamor the father of Shechem :
 
 10. 6. 
 
 JUDGES. 
 
 197 
 
 1 (.)r, iif 
 
 2 Or, in 
 Tortnah 
 
 3 Or. 
 opjirfss 
 thr city 
 on thy 
 
 1 Heb. 
 as thine 
 hand 
 shall 
 find. 
 
 5 Heb. 
 navel. 
 
 6 That 
 is, the 
 auffurs^ 
 oak or 
 tere- 
 binth. 
 
 29 but why should we serve liini? And 
 would to God this peoido were under 
 my hiuidt then would I remove Abi- 
 melcch. And he said i to Abimelech, 
 Increase thine army, and come out. 
 
 .^0 And when Zeliul the ruler of tlie city 
 heard the words of Gaal the son of 
 
 SlEbed, his anger was kindled. And 
 he sent messengers unto Abimelech 
 2 craftily, saying. Behold, Gaal the 
 son of Ebed and his brethren are come 
 to Shechem ; and, behold, they ^ con- 
 strain the city to fake part against thee. 
 
 32 Now therefore, up by night, thou and 
 the people that is with thee, and lie 
 
 33 in wait in the field: and it shaU lie, 
 that in the morning, as soon as the sun 
 is up, thou shalt rise early, and set 
 upon the city: and, behold, when he 
 and the people that is with him come 
 out against thee, then mayest thou do 
 to them '^as thou shalt find occasion. 
 
 34 And Abimelech rose up, and all 
 the peoi)le that were with him, by 
 night, and they laid ^^'ait agauist 
 
 35 Shechem in four comjianies. And 
 Gaal the son of Ebed went out, and 
 stood in the entering of the gate of 
 the city : and Abimelech rose up, and 
 the peo^jle that were with him, from the 
 
 36 ambusliment. And when Gaal saw 
 the people, lie said to Zebul, Behold, 
 there come people down from the tops 
 of the mountams. And Zebul said 
 unto hun. Thou seest the shadow of 
 the mountauis as if they were men. 
 
 37 And Gaal spake again and said, See, 
 there come people down by the ^ middle 
 of the land, and one comijany cometh 
 by the way of ''the oak of Meonenim. 
 
 38 Then said Zebul luito him, Where is 
 now thy mouth, that thou saidst. Who 
 is Abimelech, that we should serve 
 him? is not this the people that thou 
 hast despised? go out now, I pray, 
 
 39 and fight with them. And Gaal went 
 out before the men of Shechem, and 
 
 40 fought with Abimelech. And Abi- 
 melech chased him, and he fled before 
 him, and there fell many wounded, 
 even unto the entering of the gate. 
 
 41 And Abimelech dwelt at Ai-umah : and 
 Zebul drave out Gaal and his bretlu'en, 
 that they should not dwell in Shechem. 
 
 42 And it came to pass on the morrow, 
 that the people went out into the 
 
 43 field; and they told Abimelech. And 
 he took the people, and divided them 
 uito three companies, and laid wait in 
 the field ; and he looked, and, behold, 
 the people came forth out of the city ; 
 and he rose up against them, and 
 
 44 smote them. And Abimelech, and the 
 companies that were with him, rushed 
 forward, and stood in the entering of 
 the gate of the city: and the two 
 companies rushed, upon all that were 
 
 45 in the field, and smote them. And 
 Abimelech fought against the city all 
 
 that day; and he took the city, and 
 slew the people that was therein : and 
 he beat down the city, and sowed it 
 witli salt. 
 
 46 And when all the men of the tower 
 of Shechem heard thereof, they entered 
 into the hold of the house of ' El-berith. 
 
 47 And it was told Abimelech that all the 
 men of the tower of Shechem were 
 
 48 gathered together. And Abimelech gat 
 him up to mount Zalmon, he and aU 
 the people that M'ere with him; and 
 Abimelech took ^an axe in his hand, 
 and cut down a bough from the trees, 
 and took it up,and laid it on his shoulder: 
 and he said unto the peojile that were 
 with him. What ye have seen me do, 
 make haste, and do as I have done. 
 
 49 And all the people likewise cut down 
 every man his Ijough, and followed 
 Abimelech, and put them to the hold, 
 and set the hold on fire upon them ; so 
 that all the men of the tower of She- 
 chem died also, about a thousand men 
 and women. 
 
 50 Then went Abimelech to Thebez, 
 and encamped against Thebez, and 
 
 51 took it. But there was a strong tower 
 within the city, and thither fled all the 
 men and women, and all they of the 
 city, and shut themselves in, and gat 
 them up to the roof of the tower. 
 
 52 And Abimelech came unto the tower, 
 and fought against it, and went hard 
 mito the door of the tower to burn it 
 
 53 with fire. And a certain woman cast 
 an upper millstone upon Abimelech's 
 
 54 head, and brake his skull. Then he 
 called hastily mito the young man his 
 armourbearer, and said unto him. Draw 
 thy sword, and kill me, that men say 
 not of me, A woman slew him. And 
 his young man thrust him through, 
 
 55 and he died. And when the men of 
 Israel saw that Abunelech was dead, 
 they de^jarted every man unto his jjlace. 
 
 56 Thus God requited the wickedness of 
 Abimelech, which he did unto his father, 
 
 57 in slaymg his seventy brethren: and 
 all the wickedness of the men of She- 
 chem did God requite ujion their heads : 
 and ujion them came the curse of Jo- 
 tham the son of Jerubbaal. 
 
 10 And after Abimelech there arose to 
 save Israel Tola the son of Puah, the 
 son of Dodo, a man of Issachar ; and 
 he dwelt in Shamir in the hiU country 
 2 of Ei^hraim. And he judged Israel 
 twenty and three years, and died, and 
 was buried in Shamir. 
 8 And after him arose Jair, the Gilead- 
 ite; and he judged Isi'ael twenty and 
 
 4 two years. And he had thirty sons 
 that rode on thii-ty ass colts, and they 
 had thu'ty cities, which are called 
 ^Havvoth-jair unto this day, which 
 
 5 are in the land of Gilead. And Jair 
 died, and was buried in Kamon. 
 
 6 And the children of Israel again 
 
 7 See 
 cb. viii. 
 
 8 Heb. 
 the axei. 
 
 9 That 
 i.s, 7'he 
 toicns 
 of Jair. 
 See 
 Nr.m. 
 xxxii. 
 41.
 
 198 
 
 JUDGES. 
 
 10. 6. 
 
 IHeb. 
 Aram. 
 
 2 The 
 Sept, has, 
 Midian- 
 iteg. 
 
 did that which was evil in the sight of 
 the Lord, and served the Baalim, and 
 the 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 Philis- 
 tines; and they forsook the Lord, and 
 
 7 served him not. And the anger of the 
 Lord was kindled against Israel, and 
 he sold them into the hand of the Phil- 
 istines, and into the hand of the child- 
 
 8ren of Ammon. And they vexed and 
 ojopressed the children of Israel that 
 year: eighteen years oppressed they aU 
 the children of Israel that were beyond 
 Jordan in-the land of the Amorites, 
 
 9 which is m Gilead. And the child- 
 ren of Ammon passed over Jordan to 
 fight also against Judah, and against 
 Benjamin, and against the house of 
 Ephraim ; so that Israel was sore dis- 
 
 10 tressed. And the children of Israel 
 cried mito the Lord, saying, We have 
 sinned against thee, even because 
 we have forsaken our God, and have 
 
 11 served the Baalim. And the Lord 
 said unto the children of Israel, Did 
 not I save you from the Egyptians, and 
 from the Amorites, from the children 
 of Ammon, and from the Philistines? 
 
 12 The Zidonians also, and the Amalek- 
 ites, and the ^Maouites, did oppress 
 you ; and ye cried unto me, and I saved 
 
 13 you out of their hand. Yet ye have 
 forsaken me, and served other gods: 
 
 14 wherefore I will save you no more. Go 
 and cry unto the gods which ye have 
 chosen ; let them save you in the time 
 
 15 of yom- distress. And the childi-en of 
 Israel said unto the Lord, We have 
 sinned: do thou unto us whatsoever 
 seemeth good unto thee ; only deliver 
 
 16 us, we pray thee, this day. And they 
 put away the strange gods from among 
 them, and served the Lord: and his soul 
 was grieved for the misery of Israel. 
 
 17 Then the children of Ammon were 
 gathered together, and encamped in 
 GUead. And the chililren of Israel as- 
 sembled themselves together, and en- 
 
 18 camped in Mizpah. And the people, 
 the princes of Gilead, said one to an- 
 other, Wliat man is he that will begin to 
 fight against the children of j\jnmon ? 
 he shall be head over aU the inhabit- 
 ants of Gilead. 
 
 11 Now Jephthah the Gileadite was a 
 mighty man of valour, and he was the 
 son of an harlot: and Gilead begat 
 
 2 Jephthah. And Gileads wife bare 
 birn sons; and when his wife's sons 
 gi-ew up, they drave out Jephthah, and 
 said unto him. Thou shalt not uiherit 
 in om- father's house ; for thou art the 
 
 3 son of another woman. Then Jei^h- 
 thah fled from his brethren, and dwelt 
 in the land of Tob: and there were 
 gathered vain fellows to Jephthah, 
 and they went out with him. 
 
 4 And it came to pass after a while, 
 that the children of Ammon made war 
 
 5 against Israel. 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 
 
 6 of Tob : and they said unto Jephthah, 
 Come and be our chief, that we may 
 
 7 fight with the children of Ammon. And 
 Jephthah said unto the elders of Gilead, 
 Did not ye hate me, and drive me out 
 of my father's house'? and why are ye 
 come unto me now when ye are in dis- 
 
 8 tress ? And the elders of Gilead said un- 
 to Jephthah, Therefore are we turned 
 agam to thee now, that thou mayest 
 go with us, and fight with the children 
 of Ajnmon, and thou shalt be om* head 
 
 9 over all the inhabitants of Gilead. And 
 Jephthah said mito the elders of Gilead, 
 If ye bring me home again to fight with 
 the children of Ammon, and the Lord 
 deliver them before me, shall I be your 
 
 10 head? And the elders of Gilead said 
 unto Jephthah, The Lord shall be 
 8 witness between us; surely accord- 
 
 11 ing to thy word so will we do. Then 
 Jephthah went with the elders of 
 Gilead, and the people made him head 
 and chief over them: and Jephthah 
 spake all his words before the Lord 
 in Mizpah. 
 
 12 And Jephthah sent messengers unto 
 the king of the children of Ammon, 
 saying. What hast thou to do with me, 
 that thou art come unto me to fight a- 
 
 13 gainst my land ? And the king of the 
 children of Annnon answered unto the 
 messengers of Jephthah, Because Is- 
 rael took away my laud, when he came 
 up out of Egypt, from Arnon even unto 
 Jabbok, and unto Jordan: now there- 
 fore restore those lands again peace- 
 
 14 ably. And Jephthah sent messengers 
 again unto the king of the children of 
 
 15 Ammon: and he said unto him. Thus 
 saith Jephthah : Israel took not away 
 the land of Moab, nor the land of the 
 
 16 childi'en of Ammon : but when they 
 came up from Egypt, and Israel walked 
 through the wddemess unto the Bed 
 
 17 Sea, and came to Kadesh; then Israel 
 sent messengers unto the king of 
 Edom, saymg. Let me, I pray thee, 
 pass through thy land : but the king 
 of Edom hearkened not. And in 
 like manner he sent unto the king of 
 Moab : but he would not : and Israel 
 
 18 abode in Kadesh. Then he walked 
 through the wilderness, and compassed 
 the land of Edom, and the land of 
 Moab, and came by the east side of 
 the land of Moab, and they pitched 
 on the other side of Arnon; but they 
 came not within the border of Moab, 
 for Arnon was the border of Moal). 
 
 19 And Israel sent messengers unto Sihon 
 king of the Amorites, the king of 
 Heshbon; and Israel said unto him.
 
 12. 7. 
 
 JUDGES. 
 
 199 
 
 iHeb. 
 
 daugJi- 
 ten. 
 
 2 Or, 
 
 whoso- 
 ever 
 
 3 That is, 
 The 
 
 meadow 
 of vine- 
 yard?. 
 
 Let ns pass, wo pray thee, tlirough 
 
 20 thy laud uuto my place. But Silioii 
 trusted uot Israel to pass through his 
 border: but Sihon gathered all his 
 people together, and pitched in Jaliaz, 
 
 21 and fought against Israel. And the 
 Loud, the God of Israel, delivered Silion 
 and all his people into.the hand of Is- 
 rael, and they smote them: so Israel 
 possessed aU the land of the Amorites, 
 
 22 the mhabitants of that country. And 
 they possessed all the border of the 
 Amorites, from Ai-non even unto Jab- 
 bok, and from the wilderness even ini- 
 
 23 to Jordan. So now the Loed, the God 
 of Israel, hath dispossessed the Amor- 
 ites from before his people Israel, and 
 
 24 shouldest thou possess them ? Wilt not 
 thou possess that which Chemosh thy 
 god giveth thee to possess ? So whom- 
 soever the Lord om* God hath dis- 
 possessed from before us, them will we 
 
 25 possess. Aiad now art thou any thmg 
 better than Balak the son of Zippor, 
 king of Moab? did he ever strive 
 against Israel, or did he ever fight 
 
 26agamst them? While Israel dwelt in 
 Heshbon and her i toTv^ls, and in Ai'oer 
 and her ^ towns, and in all the cities 
 that are along by the side of Aruon, 
 thi-ee hmadred years; wherefore did 
 ye not recover them within that time ? 
 
 271 therefore have not sumed against 
 thee, but thou doest me wrong to war 
 against me: the Loed, the Judge, be 
 judge this day between the children 
 of Israel and the children of Ammon. 
 
 28Howbeit the king of the childi-en of 
 Ammon hearkened not unto the words 
 of Jephthah which he sent him. 
 
 29 Then the spii-it of the Lord came up- 
 on Jephthah, and he passed over Gilead 
 and Manasseh, and passed over Mizpeh 
 of Gilead, and from Mizpeh of Gilead 
 he passed over unto the children of Am- 
 
 30 mon. And Jephthah vowed a vow unto 
 the Lord, and said. If thou wilt indeed 
 deliver the children of Ammon into 
 
 31 mine hand, then it shall be, that 2 what- 
 soever cometh forth of the doors of my 
 house to meet me, when I return in 
 peace from the children of Anuuon, it 
 shall be the Lord's, and I wiU offer it 
 
 32 up for a burnt offering. So Jephthah 
 j)assed over unto the children of Am- 
 mon to fight against them; and the 
 Lord deUvered them into his hand. 
 
 33 And he smote them from Aroer mitil 
 thou come to Mmnith, even twenty 
 cities, and unto ■'^Abel-cheramim, v.ith 
 a very great slaughter. So the child- 
 ren of Ammon were subdued before 
 the children of Israel. 
 
 34 And Jephthah came to Mizpah unto 
 his house, and, behold, his daughter 
 came out to meet him with timbrels 
 and with dances: and she was his 
 only child ; beside her he had neither 
 
 35 son nor daughter. And it came to 
 
 pass, when ho saw her, that ho rent liis 
 clothes, and said, Alas, my daughter I 
 thou hast brought mo very low, and 
 thou art one of them that trouble me : 
 for I have opened my mouth unto the 
 
 36 Lord, and I cannot go back. And she 
 said mito him. My father, thou hast 
 opened thy mouth mito the Lord; do 
 unto me according to that which hatli 
 proceeded out of tliy mouth; foras- 
 much as the Lord hath taken venge- 
 ance for thee of thuie enemies, even 
 
 37 of the children of Ammon. And she 
 said mito her father. Let this thing be 
 done for me : let me alone two months, 
 that I may depart and go down upon 
 the mountains, and bewail my virginity, 
 
 381 and my comimnions. And he said^ 
 Go. And he sent her away for two 
 months : and she departed, she and her 
 comjianions, and bewailed her virguuty 
 
 39 upon the mountains. And it came to 
 pass at the end of two months, that 
 she returned uuto her father, who did 
 wdth her accordmg to his vow which 
 he had vowed : and she had not known 
 man. And it was ''a custom in Israel, 
 
 40 that the daughters of Israel went yearly 
 to 5 celebrate the daughter of Jephthah 
 the Gileadite fom- days in a year. 
 
 12 And the men of Ephraun were 
 gathered together, and passed ^ north- 
 ward; and they said uuto Jephthah, 
 Wherefore passedst thou over to fight 
 agamst the children of Ammon, and 
 didst not call us to go with thee? 
 we will burn thme house upon thee 
 
 2 with fire. And Jephthah said unto 
 them, I and my people were at great 
 strife with the children of Ammon; 
 and when I called you, ye saved me 
 
 3 uot out of their hand. And when I 
 saw that ye saved me not, I put my 
 life in my hand, and passed over a- 
 gainst the children of Anunon, and the 
 Lord delivered them into my hand: 
 wherefore then are ye come up unto 
 me this day, to fight against me? 
 
 4 Then Jephthah gathered together aU 
 the men of Gilead, and fought with 
 Ephraim: and the men of Gilead 
 smote Eijhraim, because they said. Ye 
 are fugitives of Ephraim, ye Gilead- 
 ites, in the midst of Eplu'aim, and in 
 
 5 the midst of Manasseh. And the GUead- 
 ites took the fords of Jordan ■? agamst 
 the Ephi-aimites : and it was so, that 
 when any of the fugitives of Ephraun 
 said. Let me go over, the men of 
 Gilead said uuto him, Ai-t thou an 
 
 6Ephraimite? If he said. Nay; then 
 said they unto him. Say now Shib- 
 boleth ; and he said Sibboleth ; for he 
 could uot frame to pronounce it right ; 
 then they laid hold on hun, and slew 
 him at the fords of Jordan : and there 
 feU at that time of Ephraim forty and 
 two thousand. 
 
 7 And Jephthah judged Israel six 
 
 * Or, an 
 ordin- 
 ance 
 
 5 Or. 
 lament 
 
 5 Or, to 
 Zaphon 
 
 "Or, 
 
 toward 
 Ephra- 
 im
 
 200 
 
 JUDGES. 
 
 12. 7. 
 
 iSee 
 Num. \i. 
 2. 
 
 years. Then died Jephthah the Gilead- 
 ite, and was buried in one of the cities 
 of Gilead. 
 
 8 And after him Ibzan of Beth-lehem 
 
 9 judged Israel. And he had thirty sons, 
 and thirty daughters he sent abroad, 
 and thirty daughters he brought in 
 from abroad for his sons. And he 
 
 10 judged Israel seven years. And Ibzan 
 died, and was buried at Beth-lehem. 
 
 11 And after him Elon the Zebulunite 
 judged Israel; and he judged Israel 
 
 12 ten years. And Elon the Zebulunite 
 died, and was buried in Aijalon in the 
 land of Zebulun. 
 
 13 And after him Abdon the son of HiUel 
 
 14 the Pirathouite judged Israel. And he 
 had forty sons and thirty sons' sons, 
 that rode on threescore and ten ass 
 colts : and he judged Israel eight years. 
 
 15 And Abdon the son of HiUel the Pira- 
 thonite died, and was buried in Pirathon 
 in the land of Ei^hi-aim, in the hill 
 country of the Amalekites. 
 
 13 And the children of Israel again did 
 that which was evil ui the sight of the 
 Lord ; and the Lord delivered them uito 
 the hand of the Philistines forty years. 
 
 2 And there was a certain man of 
 Zorah, of the family of the Danites, 
 whose name was Manoah; and his 
 
 3 wife was barren, and bare not. And the 
 angel of the Lord appeared unto the 
 woman, and said unto her, Behold now, 
 thou art barren, and bearest not : but 
 thou shalt conceive, and bear a son. 
 
 4 Now therefore beware, I pray thee, and 
 drink no wine nor strong drink, and eat 
 
 Snot any unclean thing: for, lo, thou 
 shalt conceive, and bear a son ; and no 
 razor shall come upon his head : for the 
 child shall be a iNazu-ite mito God 
 from the womb : and he shall begin to 
 save Israel out of the hand of the Phil- 
 
 6istines. Then the woman came and 
 told her husband, saying, A man of God 
 came unto me, and his countenance was 
 like the countenance of the angel of 
 God, very terrible; and I asked him 
 not whence he was, neither told he me 
 
 7 his name : but he said unto me. Behold, 
 thou shalt conceive, and bear a son; 
 and now di-ink no wine nor strong 
 drink, and eat not any unclean thing : 
 for the child shall be a Nazirite luito 
 God from tlie womb to the day of his 
 
 8 death. Then Manoah intreated the 
 Lord, and said. Oh Lord, I pray thee, 
 let the man of God whom thou didst 
 send come again mito us, and teach 
 us what we shall do vmto the child 
 
 9 that shall be born. And God heark- 
 ened to the voice of Manoah ; and the 
 angel of God came again mito the 
 woman as she sat in the field: but 
 Manoah her husband was not with her. 
 
 10 And the woman made haste, and ran, 
 and told her husliand, and said unto 
 him, Behold, the man hath apjjeared 
 
 unto me, that came unto me the other 
 
 11 day. And Manoah arose, and went 
 after his wife, and came to the man, 
 and said unto him. Art thou the man 
 that spakest unto the woman? And 
 
 12 he said, I am. And Manoah said, 
 2 Now let thy words come to pass : what 
 shall be the -^ maimer of the child, and 
 
 13^ what shall be his work? And the 
 angel of the Lord said unto Manoah, 
 Of all that I said unto the woman let 
 
 14 her beware. She may not eat of any 
 tliuig that Cometh of the ^vine, neither 
 let her drink wme or strong drink, 
 nor eat any unclean thing; all that I 
 
 15 commanded her let her observe. And 
 Manoah said unto the angel of the Lord, 
 I pray thee, let us detain thee, that 
 we may make ready a kid for thee. 
 
 16 And the angel of the Lord said unto 
 Manoah, Though thou detain me, I will 
 not eat of thy bread : and if thou wilt 
 make ready a burat offering, thou 
 must offer it unto the Lord. For Ma- 
 noah knew not that he was the angel 
 
 17 of the Lord. And Manoah said unto 
 the angel of the Lord, What is thy 
 name, that when thy words come to pass 
 
 18 we may do thee honoui- ? And the 
 angel of the Lord said unto him, 
 Wherefore askest thou after my name, 
 
 19 seeing it is 6 wonderful? So Manoah 
 took the kid with the meal offeruig, 
 and offered it upon the rock unto the 
 Lord: and the angel did wondrously, 
 and Manoah and his wife looked on. 
 
 20 For it came to pass, when the flame 
 went up toward heaven from off the 
 altar, that the angel of the Lord 
 ascended in the flame of the altar : and 
 Manoah and his wife looked on; and 
 they fell on their faces to the ground. 
 
 21 But the angel of the Lord did no 
 more appear to Manoah or to his wife. 
 Then Manoah knew that he was the 
 
 22 angel of the Lord. And Manoah said 
 unto his wife, We shall surely die, 
 
 23 because we have seen God. But his 
 wife said unto him, If the Lord were 
 pleased to kill us, he would not have 
 received a burnt offeruig and a meal 
 offering at our hand , neither would he 
 have shewed us all these thuigs, nor 
 would at this time have told such 
 
 24 tilings as these. And the woman bare 
 a son, and caUed his name '^ Samson: 
 and the child grew, and the Lord 
 
 25 blessed him. And the spmt of the 
 Lord began to move hun in ^Mahaneh- 
 dan, between Zorah and Eshtaol. 
 
 14 And Samson went do^vn to Timiiah, 
 and saw a woman in Timuah of the 
 
 2 daughters of the Philistines. And he 
 came up, and told his father and his 
 mother, and said, I have seen a woman 
 in Timiiah of the daughters of the 
 Philistines : now therefore get her for 
 
 3 me to wife. Then his father and his 
 mother said mito him. Is there never
 
 15. 12. 
 
 JUDGES. 
 
 201 
 
 iTlie 
 Sept. 
 and 
 Syriac 
 have, 
 fourth. 
 2 Or, 
 
 take that 
 we have 
 
 a woman among tlio daughters of thy 
 brethren, or among all my people, that 
 thou goest to take a wife of the un- 
 ch-cumcised Philistmes? Anil Samson 
 said unto his father. Get her for me ; for 
 
 4 she pleaseth nie well. But his father 
 and his mother knew not that it was 
 of tlie LoKD ; for he sought an occasion 
 against the Philistines. Now at that 
 time the Philistines had rule over Israel. 
 
 5 Then went Samson Aovm, and his 
 father and his mother, to Tininah, 
 and came to the vineyards of Tim- 
 nah : and, behold, a yomig lion roared 
 
 6 against him. And the spirit of the 
 Lord came mightily upon him, and he 
 rent him as he would have rent a kid, 
 and he had nothmg in his hand: hut 
 he told not his father or his mother 
 
 7 what he had done. And he went do^\Ti, 
 and talked with the woman ; and she 
 
 8 pleased Samson well. And after a 
 while he retm-ned to take her, and he 
 turned aside to see the carcase of the 
 lion: and, behold, there was a swarm 
 of bees in the body of the lion, and 
 
 9 honey. And he took it mto his hands, 
 and went on, eating as he went, and he 
 came to his father and mother, and 
 gave unto them, and they did eat : but 
 be told them not that he had taken 
 the honey out of the body of the lion. 
 
 10 And his father went down unto the 
 woman; and Samson made there a 
 feast; for so used the young men to 
 
 lido. And it came to pass, when they 
 saw him, that they brought thirty com- 
 
 12 panious to be with him. And Samson 
 said unto them, Let me now put forth a 
 riddle unto you : if ye can declare it me 
 withm the seven days of the feast, and 
 find it out, then I will give you thirty 
 linen garments and thii'ty changes of 
 
 13 raiment: but if ye cannot declare it 
 me, then shall ye give me thkty linen 
 garments and thu-ty changes of rai- 
 ment. And they said imto him. Put 
 forth thy riddle, that we may hear it. 
 
 14 And he said unto them. 
 
 Out of the eater came forth meat. 
 And out of the strong came forth 
 sweetness. 
 And they could not in three days de- 
 
 15 clare the riddle. And it came to pass 
 on the 1 seventh day, that they said un- 
 to Samson's wife. Entice thy husband, 
 that he may declare unto us the riddle, 
 lest we burn thee and thy father's house 
 with fire: have ye called us to ^im- 
 
 16poverish us? is it not so? And Sam- 
 son's wife wept before him, and said. 
 Thou dost but hate me, and lovest me 
 not : thou hast put forth a riddle unto 
 the children of my people, and hast not 
 told it me. And he said imto her, Be^ 
 hold, I have not told it my father nor 
 
 17 my mother, and shall I tell thee ? And 
 she wept before him the seven days, 
 while their feast lasted: and it came 
 
 to pass on the seventh day, that he told 
 her, because she pressed him sore : and 
 she told the riddle to the children of her 
 
 18 people. And the men of the city said 
 unto him on the seventh day before 
 the sun went down, AVhat is sweeter 
 than honey ? and what is stronger than 
 a lion ? And he said unto them, 
 
 If ye had not plowed with my heifer, 
 Ye had not found out my riddle. 
 
 19 And the spirit of the Lord came 
 mightily upon him, and he went down 
 to Ashkelon, and smote thirty men of 
 them, and took then- ^ spoil, and gave 
 the changes of raiment unto them that 
 declared the riddle. And his anger 
 was khidled, and he went up to his 
 
 20 father's house. But Samson's wife 
 was given to his companion, whom he 
 had used as his friend. 
 
 15 But it came to pass after a while, in 
 the time of wheat harvest, that Samson 
 visited his wife with a kid ; and he said, I 
 will go in to my wife into the chamber. 
 But her father would not suffer him 
 
 2 to go in. And her father said, I verily 
 thought that thou hadst utterly hated 
 her ; therefore I gave her to thy com- 
 panion : is not her younger sister f aii-- 
 er than she? take her, I pray thee, 
 
 3 instead of her. And Samson said unto 
 them. This time ■'shall I be blameless 
 in regard of the Philistines, when I 
 
 4 do them a mischief. And Samson went 
 and caught three hiuidred ^ foxes, and 
 took 6 firebrands, and turned tail to 
 tail, and put a firebrand in the midst 
 
 5 between every two taUs. And when he 
 bad set the brands on fire, he let them 
 go into the standing corn of the Philis- 
 tines, and burnt up both the shocks 
 and the standing corn, and also the 
 
 6 oliveyards. Then the Philistines said. 
 Who hath done this? And they said, 
 Samson, the son in law of the Tinmite, 
 because he hath taken his wife, and 
 given her to his companion. And the 
 PhUistmes came up, and bm-nt her and 
 
 7 her father with fire. And Samson 
 said unto them. If ye do after this 
 manner, sm*ely I will be avenged of 
 
 8 you, and after that I will cease. And 
 he smote them hip and thigh with a 
 great slaughter : and he went down and 
 dwelt in the cleft of the rock of Etam. 
 
 9 Then the Philistines went up, and 
 pitched in Judah, and spread them- 
 
 10 selves in Lehi. And the men of Judah 
 said. Why are ye come ui> agaiust us ? 
 And they said. To bind Samson are 
 we come up, to do to him as he hath 
 
 11 done to us. Then three thousand men 
 of Judah went down to the cleft of 
 the rock of Etam, and said to Samson, 
 Knowest thou not that the Philistines 
 are rulers over us? what then is this 
 that thou hast done unto us ? And he 
 said unto them. As they did unto me, 
 
 12 so have I done unto them. And they 
 
 a Or, 
 
 ajjpfirri 
 
 lOr, 
 shall I 
 be tpiif-i 
 with 
 
 5 Or, 
 
 Jackals 
 
 6 Or, 
 torches 
 
 7--5
 
 202 
 
 JUDGES. 
 
 15. 12. 
 
 IHeb. 
 
 were 
 
 incited. 
 
 SHeb.an 
 heapt 
 two 
 heaps. 
 
 3 Or, he 
 called 
 that 
 pilace 
 i That is, 
 The hill 
 of the 
 jawbone. 
 
 5 0.-. 
 the jaw- 
 hone 
 
 fi Or, he 
 
 called 
 
 the 
 
 vdtne 
 
 thereof 
 
 "That 
 
 is. The 
 
 .^/frii/g of 
 
 htm that 
 
 called. 
 
 8 Or, 
 
 Wheji (or 
 
 Before) 
 
 the 
 
 viorning 
 
 'flight 
 
 Or, 6// 
 the brook 
 
 10 Or, 
 hum hie 
 
 said imto him, We are come down to 
 bind thee, that we may deliver thee 
 into the hand of the Philistines. And 
 Samson said unto them, Swear unto 
 me, that j-e A\'ill not fall ui^on me 
 
 13 yourselves. And they spake unto him, 
 saying. No ; but we will buid thee fast, 
 aud deliver thee iuto their hand : but 
 surely we will not kill thee. And they 
 bomid limi with two new ropes, aud 
 
 14 brought him up from the rock. When 
 he came unto Lehi, the Philistines 
 shouted as they met him : and the 
 spirit of the Lord came mightily ujion 
 him, and the ropes that were upon his 
 axTns became as flax that was burnt 
 with fire, and his bauds i dropped from 
 
 15 off his bauds. And he found a new 
 jawbone of an ass, and put forth his 
 hand, and took it, aud smote a thousand 
 
 16 men therewith. And Samsou said. 
 
 With the jawbone of an ass, ^ heaps 
 
 upon heaps. 
 With the jawbone of an ass have I 
 
 smitten a thousand men. 
 
 17 And it came to pass, when he had 
 made an end of speaking, that he cast 
 away the jawbone out of his liand ; and 
 3 that place was called *Eamath-lehi. 
 
 18 And he was sore athu'st, and called on 
 the Lord, and said. Thou hast given 
 this gi'eat deliverance by the hand of 
 thy servant: and now shall I die for 
 thirst, and fall into the hand of the un- 
 
 19 cii'cumcised. But God clave the hoUow 
 place that is in ^Lehi, and there came 
 water thereout; and when he had 
 drunk, his spu-it came agam, and he 
 revived : wherefore 6 the name thereof 
 was called 'En-hakkore, which is in 
 
 20 Lehi, mito this day. And he judged 
 Israel in the days of the Philistmes 
 twenty years. 
 
 16 Aud Samson went to Gaza, and saw 
 there an harlot, and went in imto her. 
 lAnd it was told the Gazites, saying, 
 Samson is come hither. And they com- 
 passed him in, and laid wait for him 
 all night in the gate of the city, and 
 were quiet all the night, saying, ^Let 
 be till mornmg light, then we will kill 
 
 3 him. And Samson lay till midnight, 
 and arose at midnight, and laid hold of 
 the doors of the gate of the city, and 
 the two posts, and plucked them up, bar 
 and all, and jjut them upon bis shoul- 
 ders, and carried them up to the top 
 of the mountain that is before Hebron. 
 
 4 And it came to pass afterward, that he 
 loved a woman ^in the valley of Sorek, 
 
 5 whose name was Delilah. And the 
 lords of the Philistines came up unto 
 her, and said unto her, Entice him, 
 and see wherein his great strength 
 lieth, and by what means we may pre- 
 vail against him, that we may bind him 
 to I'' afflict him: and we will give thee 
 every one of us eleven hundred pieces 
 
 6 of silver. Aud Delilah said to Samson, 
 
 Tell me, I pray thee, wherein thy great 
 strength lieth, and wherewith thou 
 
 7 mightest be bound to afflict thee. And 
 Samson said unto her. If they bind me 
 with seven n green withes that were 
 never di'ied, then shall I become weak, 
 
 8 and be as another man. Then the lords 
 of the Philistines brought up to her 
 seven ^igi-een withes which had not 
 been dried, and she bomid him with 
 
 9 them. Now she had liers in wait abiding 
 in the imier chamber. And she said 
 luito him. The Philistines be upon thee, 
 Samson. And he brake the mthes, 
 as a string of tow is broken when it 
 I'^toucheth the fire. So his strength 
 
 10 was not known. And Delilah said unto 
 Samson, Behold, thou hast mocked me, 
 and told me lies : now tell me, I pray 
 thee, where with thou mightest be bound. 
 
 11 And he said unto her. If they only bmd 
 me with new rojies wherewith no work 
 hath been done, then shaU I become 
 
 12 weak, aud be as another man. So Del- 
 ilah took new ropes, and bound him 
 therewith, and said imto him. The Phil- 
 istines be upon thee, Samson. And the 
 liers in wait were abiding in the inner 
 chamber. And he brake them from off 
 
 13 his arms like a thread. And Delilah 
 said unto Samson, Hitherto thou hast 
 mocked me, and told me lies : tell me 
 wherewith thou mightest be bound. 
 And he said unto her. If thou weavest 
 the seven locks of my head with the 
 
 14 web. And she fastened it with the pin, 
 and said mito him. The PhiUstines be 
 upon thee, Samson. And he awaked 
 out of his sleep, aud jjlucked away the 
 
 15 pin of the beam, aud the web. And 
 she said unto hun. How canst thou 
 say, I love thee, when thine heart is 
 not with me? thou hast mocked me 
 these three times, and hast not told me 
 
 16 wherein thy gi-eat strength lieth. And 
 it came to pass, when she pressed him 
 daily with her words, and urged lum, 
 that his soul was vexed unto death. 
 
 17 And he told her all his heart, and said 
 unto her, There hath not come a razor 
 upon mine head; for I have been a 
 Nazirite mito God from my mother's 
 womb : if I be shaven, then my strength 
 will go from me, and I shall become 
 
 18 weak, and be like any other man. And 
 when Delilah saw that he had told her 
 all his heart, she sent and called for the 
 lords of the Philistines, saying. Come 
 up this once, for i^ lie hath told me all 
 his heart. Then the loi'ds of the Phil- 
 istines came up unto her, and brought 
 
 19 the money in their hand. And she made 
 him sleep upon her knees ; and she 
 called for i^a man, and shaved off the 
 seven locks of his head ; and she began 
 to afflict hun, and his strength went 
 
 20 from him. And she said, The Philis- 
 tines be upon thee, Samson. And he 
 awoke out of his sleep, and said, I will
 
 18. 5. 
 
 JUDGES. 
 
 203 
 
 lOr, ?e 
 
 avenged 
 
 .for 
 
 oneofmy 
 
 two eyes 
 
 2 Or, an 
 adjura- 
 tioii 
 
 go out as at other times, and sliake 
 juyself. But lie wist not that the IjOud 
 
 '21 was departed from liim. And tlie I'liil- 
 iwtines laid hold on lum, and put out 
 liis eyes; and they Ijrought him down 
 to (iaza, and hound him with fetters of 
 brass; and he did grind in the prison 
 
 22 house. Howheit the hair of his head 
 began to grow again after he was 
 shaven. 
 
 23 And the lords of the PhiHstiues 
 gathered them together for to oifer a 
 great sacrifice unto Dagon their god, 
 and to rejoice: for they said, Our god 
 hath delivered Samson our enemy into 
 
 24 our hand. And when the people saw 
 him, they ^iraised their god : for they 
 said, Our god hath delivered into our 
 hand our enemy, and the destroyer of 
 oiu- country, which hath slain many of 
 
 25 us. And it came to pass, when their 
 hearts were merry, that they said. Call 
 for Samson, that he may make us si)ort. 
 And they called for Samson out of the 
 in-ison house ; and -he made sport be- 
 fore them : and the;^ set him between 
 
 26 the pillars. And Samson said mrto the 
 lad that held him by the hand, Suffer 
 me that I may feel the pillars whereupon 
 the house resteth, that I may lean upon 
 
 27 them. Now the house was full of men 
 and women; and all the lords of the 
 Philistines were there ; and there were 
 upon the roof about three thousand men 
 and women, that beheld while Samson 
 
 28 made sport. And Samson called unto 
 the Lord, and said, Lord God, re- 
 member me, I pray thee, and strengthen 
 me, I pray thee, only this once, God, 
 that I may ^be at once avenged of the 
 
 29 Philistines for my two eyes. And Sam- 
 son took hold of the two middle pil- 
 lars upon which the house rested, and 
 leaned upon them, the one with his 
 right hand, and the other with his left. 
 
 30 And Samson said, Let me die with the 
 Philistines. And he bowed himself with 
 all his might ; and the house f eU upon 
 the lords, and upon aU the people that 
 were therein. So the dead which he 
 slew at liis death were more than they 
 
 31 which he slew in his life. Then his 
 brethren and all the house of his fa- 
 ther came down, and took him, and 
 brought hun up, and bm-ied him be- 
 tween Zorah and Eshtaol in the bm-y- 
 ingplace of Maiioah his father. And 
 he judged Israel twenty years. 
 
 17 And there was a man of the hill 
 country of Epkraim, whose name was 
 
 2Micah. And he said unto his mother. 
 The eleven hundi-ed pieces of silver 
 that were taken from thee, about which 
 thou didst utter 2 a curse, and didst 
 also speak it in mine ears, behold, the 
 silver is with me ; I took it. And his 
 mother said. Blessed be my son of the 
 
 3 Lord. And he restored the eleven 
 hundred pieces of silver to his mother, 
 
 and his mother said, I verily "dedicate 
 the silver unto the Lord from my hand 
 for my son, to make a graven image 
 and a molten image: now therefore I 
 
 4 will restore it unto thee. And when 
 he restored the money unto his mother, 
 his mother took two hundred jiieces of 
 silver, and gave them to the founder, 
 who made thereof a graven image and 
 a molten image : and it was in the house 
 
 5 of Micah. And the man Micali had an 
 house of ^gods, and he made an ephod, 
 and teraphim, and ^ consecrated one of 
 
 Ghis sons, who became his priest. In 
 those days there was no king in Israel : 
 every man did that which A\'as right in 
 his own eyes. 
 
 7 And there was a young man out of 
 Beth-lehem-judah, of the family of 
 Judah, who was a Levite, and he so- 
 
 8 journed there. And the man departed 
 outof the city, out of Beth-lehem-judah, 
 to sojourn where he could find a place : 
 and he came to the liiU country of 
 Ephraim to the house of Micah, as he 
 
 9 journeyed. And Micah said mito him, 
 Whence comest thou ? And he said unto 
 him, I am a Levite of Beth-lehem- 
 judah, and I go to sojourn where I 
 
 10 may find a place . And Micah said imto 
 him. Dwell with me, and be unto me a 
 father and a priest, and I will give thee 
 ten piieces of silver by the year, and a 
 suit of apparel, and thy victuals. So 
 
 11 the Levite went in. And the Levite 
 was content to dwell with the man; 
 and the young man was unto him as 
 
 12 one of his sons. And Micah conse- 
 crated the Levite, and the young man 
 became his priest, and was in the house 
 
 13 of Micah. Then said Micah, Now know 
 I that the Lord wiU do me good, seeing 
 I have a Levite to my priest. 
 
 18 Li those days there was no king in 
 Israel : and in those days the tribe of 
 the Danites sought them an inherit- 
 ance to dwell in ; for unto that day 
 tkei)- inheritance had not fallen unto 
 
 2 them among the tribes of Israel. Ajid 
 the children of Dan sent of theu' 
 family five men from their whole 
 number, men of valour, from Zorah, 
 and from Eshtaol, to spy out the land, 
 and to search it ; and they said unto 
 them, Go, search the land: and they 
 came to the hOl country of Ephraim, 
 ruito the house of Micah, and lodged 
 
 3 there. When they were by the house 
 of Micah, they knew the voice of the 
 young man the Levite : and they tui-ned 
 aside thither, and said unto him, 'Who 
 brought thee hither? and what doest 
 thou in this j)lace ? and what hast thou 
 
 4 here? And he said unto them, Thus 
 and thus hath Micah dealt with me, and 
 he hath hired me, and I am become his 
 
 5i)riest. And they said unto hun. Ask 
 comisel, we pray thee, of God, that we 
 may know whether our way which we 
 
 3 Or, luid 
 
 d^'dic- 
 
 ateU 
 
 i Or, Ood 
 
 ■• Heb. 
 filled the 
 hand of. 
 
 7-S
 
 204 
 
 JUDGES. 
 
 18. 5. 
 
 iHeb. 
 power 
 of re' 
 straint. 
 2 Or, that 
 might do 
 any hurt 
 
 3 See ch. 
 siii. 25. 
 
 6 go shall be prosperous. And the priest 
 said mito them, Go in peace: before 
 the Lord is your way wherein ye go. 
 
 7 Then the five men departed, and came 
 to Laish, and saw the people that were 
 therein, how they dwelt in security, 
 after the manner of the Zidonians, 
 quiet and secure ; for there was none 
 in the land, possessing i authority, ^ that 
 might put them to shame m any thing, 
 and they were far from the Zidonians, 
 and had no dealings with any man. 
 
 8 And they came unto their brethren to 
 Zorah and Eshtaol : and their brethren 
 
 9 said unto them. What say ye? And 
 they said, Arise, and let us go up a- 
 gainst them : for we have seen the land, 
 and, behold, it is very good : and are ye 
 still '? be not slothful to go and to enter 
 
 10 in to possess the land. When ye go, ye 
 shall come untoa iieojile secure, and the 
 land is large : for God hath given it into 
 your hand ; a place where there is no 
 want of any thing that is m the earth. 
 
 11 And there set forth from thence 
 of the family of the Danites, out of 
 Zorah and out of Eshtaol, six hund- 
 red men gut with weapons of war. 
 
 12 And they went up, and encamped in 
 Kiriath-jearim, m Judah: wherefore 
 they called that place ^Mahaneh-dan, 
 unto this day : behold, it is behiud Kir- 
 
 13 iath-jearim. And they passed thence 
 unto the hill country of Ephraim, and 
 
 14 came unto the house of Micah. Then 
 answered the five men that went to 
 spy out the country of Laish, and said 
 unto their brethren. Do ye know that 
 there is in these houses an ephod, and 
 teraphini, and a graven image, and a 
 molten image ? now therefore consider 
 
 15 what ye have to do. And they turned 
 aside thither, and came to the house 
 of the young man the Levite, even unto 
 the house of Micah, and asked him of 
 
 16 his welfare. And the six hundred men 
 gu-t with their weapons of war, who 
 were of the children of Dan, stood by 
 
 17 the entering of the gate. And the five 
 men that went to spy out the land went 
 up, and came in thither, and took the 
 gi-aven image, and the ephod, and the 
 teraphim, and the molten image: and 
 the priest stood by the entering of the 
 gate with the six hundred men girt 
 
 18 with weapons of war. And when these 
 went into Micah's house, and fetched 
 the graven image, the ephod, and the 
 teraphim, and the molten image, the 
 priest said unto them. What do ye? 
 
 19 And they said unto him. Hold thy peace, 
 lay thine hand upon thy mouth, and 
 go with us, and be to us a father and a 
 priest : is it better for thee to be priest 
 unto the house of one man, or to be 
 priest unto a tribe and a family in 
 
 20 Israel ? And the priest's heart was glad, 
 and he took the ephod, and the teraph- 
 im, and the graven image, and went 
 
 21 in the midst of the people. So they 
 turned and departed, and put the little 
 ones and the cattle and the goods before 
 
 22 them. When they were a good way 
 from the house of Micah, the men that 
 were in the houses near to Micah's house 
 were gathered together, and overtook 
 
 23 the children of Dan. And they cried 
 unto the children of Dan. And they 
 turned their faces, and said unto Micah, 
 What aileth thee, ^that thou comest 
 
 24; with such a company ? And he said. Ye 
 have taken away my gods which I made, 
 and the priest, and are gone away, and 
 what have I more ? and how then say ye 
 
 25 unto me. What aileth thee? And the 
 children of Dan said unto him, Let not 
 thy voice be heard among us, lest 5angi-y 
 feUows fall upon you, and thou lose thy 
 life, with the lives of thy household. 
 
 26 And the children of Dan went then* 
 way : and when Micah saw that they 
 were too strong for him, he turned and 
 
 27 went back unto his house. And they 
 took that which Micah had made, and 
 the priest which he had, and came unto 
 Laish, unto a people quiet and seciu-e, 
 and smote them with the edge of the 
 sword; and they bm-nt the city with 
 
 28 fire. And there was no deliverer, be- 
 cause it was far from Zidon, and they 
 had no dealings with any man ; and it 
 was in the valley that lieth by Beth- 
 rehob. And they built the city, and 
 
 29 dwelt therein. And they called the 
 name of the city Dan, after the name 
 of Dan then- father, who was born unto 
 Israel: howbeit the name of the city 
 
 30 was Laish at the first. And the child- 
 ren of Dan set up for themselves the 
 graven image: and Jonathan, the son 
 of Gershom, the son of ^ Moses, he 
 and his sons were priests to the tribe 
 of the Danites mitil the day of tbe cap- 
 
 31 tivity of the land. So they set them up 
 Micah's graven unage which he made, 
 all the time that the house of God was 
 in Shiloh. 
 
 19 And it came to pass in those days, 
 when there was no king in Israel, 
 that there was a certain Levite so- 
 journmg on the farther side of the hOl 
 country of Ephraim, who took to him 
 a concubme out of Beth-lehem-judah. 
 
 2 And his concubme played the harlot 
 agauist him, and went away from him 
 unto her father's house to Beth-lehem- 
 judah, and was there the space of fom- 
 
 3 months. And her husband arose, and 
 went after her, to speak ? kindly unto 
 her, to bring *'her again, having his 
 servant \vith him, and a couple of asses : 
 and she brought him into her father's 
 house : and when the father of the dam- 
 sel saw him, he rejoiced to meet him. 
 
 4 And his father m law, the damsel's fa- 
 ther, retained him ; and he abode with 
 him three days : so they did eat and 
 
 5 drink, and lodged there. And it came
 
 20. 3. 
 
 JUDGES. 
 
 205 
 
 1 Heb. to 
 
 'hi/ 
 tents. 
 
 2 Or. 
 
 there are 
 none of 
 the child- 
 ren of 
 Israel 
 
 3 The 
 Sept. has, 
 audi am 
 
 ; ijning to 
 
 my 
 house. 
 
 to pass on tlie fourth day, that they arose 
 eaily in the nioruiiig, and he rose up to 
 depart: and the damsel's father said 
 unto liis son in law, Comfort thine lieart 
 with a morsel of bread, and afterward 
 Gye shall go your way. So they sat 
 down, and did eat and drink, both of 
 them together : and the damsel's father 
 said unto the man, Be content, I pi"ay 
 thee, and tarry all night, and let thine 
 
 7 heart be merry. And the man rose \\y> 
 to depart ; but his father in law urged 
 
 8 him, and he lodged there again. And 
 he arose early in the morning on the 
 fifth day to depart ; and the damsel's 
 father said, Comfort thine heart, I pray 
 thee, and tarry ye until the day de- 
 chneth ; and they did eat, both of them. 
 
 y And when the man rose up to depart, 
 he, and his coucubuie, and his servant, 
 his father in law, the damsel's father, 
 said unto him, Behold, now the day 
 draweth toward evening, I pray you 
 taiTy all night : behold, the day grow- 
 etli to an end, lodge here, that thine 
 heart may be merry; and to-morrow get 
 you early on your waj', that thou may- 
 
 10 est go ihome. But the naan would not 
 tarry that night, but he rose up and 
 departed, and came over against Jebus 
 (the same is Jerusalem) : and there were 
 with him a couple of asses saddled ; his 
 
 11 concubine also was with him. When 
 they were by Jebus, the day was far 
 spent; and the servant said unto his 
 master, Come, I pray thee, and let us 
 turn aside into this city of the Jebusites, 
 
 12 and lodge in it. And his master said 
 unto him, We will not turn aside into 
 the city of a stranger, 2 that is not of 
 the children of Israel ; but we will pass 
 
 13 over to Gibeah. And he said unto his 
 servant, Come and let us draw near to 
 one of these places ; and we will lodge 
 
 11 in Gibeah, or in Eamah. So they 
 I)assed on and went their way ; and the 
 sun went down upon them near to 
 Gibeah, which belongeth to Benjamm. 
 
 15 And they turned aside thither, to go m 
 to lodge in Gibeah : and he went in, and 
 sat him down in the street of the city : 
 for there was no man that took them into 
 
 16 his house to lodge. And, behold, there 
 came an old man from his work out of 
 the field at even ; now the man was of 
 the hill country of Ephraim, and he so- 
 jom-ned in Gibeah: but the men of the 
 
 17i>lace were Benjamites. And he lifted 
 up his eyes, and saw the wayfaring man 
 in the street of the city; and the old man 
 said, Whither goest thou ? and whence 
 
 18 comest thou ? And he said mito him. 
 We are passing from Beth-lehem-judah 
 unto the farther side of the liiD coun- 
 try of Ephraim; from thence am I, 
 and I went to Beth-lehem-judah : ^and 
 I am HOW going to the house of the 
 Lord ; and there is no man that taketh 
 
 19 me into his house. Yet there is both 
 
 straw and provender for our asses ; and 
 there is liread and wine also for me, and 
 ft)r thy handmaid, and for the young 
 man which is with thy servants: there is 
 
 20 no want of any thing. And the old man 
 said, Peace be inito thee; howsoever 
 let all thy wants lie upon me; only 
 
 21 lodge not in the street. So he brought 
 him into his house, and gave the asses 
 fodder : and they washed their feet, 
 
 22 and did eat and driidi. As they were 
 making their heai-ts men-y, liehold, the 
 men of the city, certain ^ sons of '' Belial, 
 beset the house round about, beatuig 
 at the door ; and they spake to the mas- 
 ter of the house, the old man, saying, 
 Bring forth the man that came into 
 thine house, that we may know him. 
 
 23 And the man, the master of the house, 
 went out unto them, and said unto 
 them. Nay, my brethren, I i>ray you, 
 do not so wickedly; seeing that this 
 man is come into mine house, do not 
 
 24 this folly. Behold, here is my daughter 
 a maiden, and his concubine; them I 
 will bring out now, and humble ye them, 
 and do with them what seemeth good 
 unto you: but unto this man do not 
 
 2,5 any such folly. But the men would not 
 hearken to him : so the man laid hold on 
 his concubine, and brought her forth un- 
 to them; and they knew her, and abused 
 her all the night until the morning : and 
 when the day began to spring, they let 
 
 26 her go. Then came the woman in the 
 dawning of the day, and feU down at 
 the door of the man's house where her 
 
 27 lord was, till it was light. And her lord 
 rose up in the morning, and opened the 
 doors of the house, and went out to go 
 his way: and, behold, the woman his 
 concubine was fallen down at the door 
 of the house, with her hands ujion the 
 
 28 threshold. And he said unto her, Up, 
 and let us be going ; but none answered : 
 then he took her up u^jon the ass ; and 
 the man rose up, and gat him unto his 
 
 29 place. And when he was come into 
 his house, he took a knife, and laid hold 
 on his concubine, and divided her, 
 "limb by limb, into twelve pieces, and 
 sent her throughout aU the borders of 
 
 30 Israel. And it was so, that all that 
 saw it said. There was no such deed 
 done nor seen from the day that the 
 childi-en of Israel came up out of the 
 land of Egypt unto this day : consider 
 of it, take counsel, and speak. 
 
 20 Then all the children of Israel went 
 out, and the congregation was as- 
 sembled as one man, from Dan even 
 to Beer-sheba, with the land of GUead, 
 
 2 unto the Lord at Mizpah. And the 
 'chiefs of all the jieople, ^even of all 
 the tribes of Israel, presented them- 
 selves in the assembly of the people of 
 God, foiu- hundred thousand footmen 
 
 3 that drew sword. (Now the childi-en 
 of Benjamin heard that the children of 
 
 4 Or, base 
 .fellows 
 6 Thnt is, 
 worth- 
 lessnesi. 
 
 6 Heb. 
 accord- 
 in;/toher 
 bones. 
 
 "Heb. 
 earners. 
 
 SOr. 
 even all
 
 20G 
 
 JUDGES. 
 
 20. 3. 
 
 iHeb. 
 Geba. 
 
 2Heb. 
 
 tribes. 
 
 See 
 
 Num. iv. 
 
 18, 
 
 1 Sam. 
 
 ix.21. 
 
 3 Or, base 
 fellows 
 
 4 That is. 
 worth- 
 lessness. 
 
 SAnotlier 
 readiug 
 is, the 
 children 
 of Ben- 
 jamin. 
 
 6 Accord- 
 ing to 
 some an- 
 cient au- 
 thorities, 
 five. 
 
 Israel were gone up to Mizpah.) And 
 the children of Israel said, TeU us, how 
 was this wickedness brought to pass? 
 
 4 And the Levite, the husband of the 
 woman that was murdered, answered 
 and said, I came into Gibeah that 
 belougeth to Benjamin, I and my 
 
 5 concubine, to lodge. And the men of 
 Gibeah rose against me, and beset 
 the house round about upon me by 
 night ; me they thought to have slain, 
 and my concubme they forced, and she 
 
 G is dead. And I took my concubine, and 
 cut her in j)ieces, and sent her through- 
 out all the country of the inheritance 
 of Israel : for they have committed 
 
 7 lewdness and folly in Israel. Behold, 
 ye children of Israel, all of you, give 
 
 8 here your advice and counsel. And all 
 the people arose as one man, saying. We 
 will not any of us go to his tent, neither 
 will we any of us turn unto his house. 
 
 9 But now this is the thing which we will 
 do to Gibeah; we will go up against it 
 
 10 by lot ; and we will take ten men of an 
 hundred throughout all the tribes of 
 Israel, and an hmidi'ed of a thousand, 
 and a thousand out of ten thousand, to 
 fetch victual for the peofde, that they 
 may do, when they come to ^ Gibeah of 
 Benjamin, according to all the folly 
 
 11 that they have wrought in Israel. So 
 all the men of Israel were gathered 
 agauist the city, knit together as one 
 man. 
 
 12 Aiid the tribes of Israel sent men 
 through all the 2 tribe of Benjamin, 
 saying, WTiat wickedness is this that is 
 
 13 come to pass among you ? Now there- 
 fore deliver up the men, the ^sons of 
 ^Belial, which are in Gibeah, that we 
 may put them to death, and put away 
 evil from Israel. But * Benj amin would 
 not hearken to the voice of their 
 
 14 brethren the children of Israel. Ajid 
 the children of Benjamui gathered 
 themselves together out of the cities 
 unto Gibeah, to go out to battle against 
 
 15 the children of Israel. And the child- 
 ren of Benjamm were numbered on 
 that day out of the cities twenty and 
 "six thousand men that drew sword, 
 besides the inhabitants of Gibeah, 
 which were nmnbered seven hundred 
 
 16 chosen men. Among aU this j)eople 
 there were seven hundred chosen 
 men lef thanded ; every one could sling 
 stones at an hair-breadth, and not miss. 
 
 17 And the men of Israel, beside Benja- 
 min, were numbered four hundi-ed thou- 
 sand men that drew sword: all these 
 
 18 were men of war. And the children of 
 Israel arose, and went up to Beth-el, 
 and asked counsel of God; and thej' 
 said, Who shall go ui) for us first to 
 battle against the children of Benjamin? 
 And the Lord said, Judah shall f/o nj) 
 
 19 first. And the childi'en of Israel rose uj) 
 in the morning, and encami)ed against 
 
 20 Gibeah. And the men of Israel went 
 out to battle against Benjamin; and 
 the men of Israel set the battle in 
 
 21 array against them at Gibeah. And 
 the children of Benjamin came forth 
 out of Gibeah, and destroyed down to 
 the gi-ound of the Israelites on that day 
 
 22 twenty and two thousand men. And the 
 people, the men of Israel, encoiiraged 
 themselves, and set the battle again 
 in array in the place where they set 
 
 23 themselves in array the first day. (And 
 the cliildren of Israel went u^j and wept 
 before the Loed until even ; and they 
 asked of the Lord, saymg. Shall I 
 again draw nigh to battle against the 
 children of Benjamin my brother ? And 
 the Lord said, Go up against him.) 
 
 24 And the children of Israel came 
 near against the childi-en of Benjamin 
 
 25 the second day. And Benjamin went 
 forth against them out of Gibeah the 
 second day, and destroyed down to 
 the gi'ouiid of the children of Israel 
 agaui eighteen thousand men; aU 
 
 26 these drew the sword. Then all the 
 children of Israel, and aU the peo- 
 ple, went uj), and came unto Beth-el, 
 and wept, and sat there before the 
 Lord, and fasted that day rmtil even; 
 and they offered bm-nt offerings and 
 
 27 peace offerings before the Lord. And 
 the children of Israel asked of the 
 Lord, (for the ark of the covenant of 
 
 28 God was there in those days, and 
 Phinehas, the sou of Eleazar, the son 
 of Aaron, stood before it in those days,) 
 sayuig. Shall I yet again go out to 
 battle against the children of Benjamui 
 my brother, or shall I cease ? And the 
 Lord said. Go up; for to-morrow I 
 
 29 will deliver him into thine hand. And 
 Israel set liers in wait against Gibeah 
 romid about. 
 
 30 And the chUdi-en of Israel went up 
 against the chililren of Benjamin on 
 the third day, and set themselves in 
 array against Gibeah, as at other times. 
 
 31 And the children of Benjamin went out 
 against the people, and were drawn 
 away from the city ; and they began 
 to smite and kill of the jjeople, as at 
 other times, in the high ways, of which 
 one goeth up to Beth-el, and the other 
 to Gibeah, in the field, about thirty 
 
 32 men of Israel. And the children of 
 Benjamm said. They are smitten down 
 before us, as at the first. But the 
 chUdi-en of Israel said, Let us flee, and 
 draw them away from the city unto the 
 
 33 high ways. And all the men of Israel 
 rose up out of their place, and set 
 themselves m array at Baal-tamar : and 
 the liers m wait of Israel brake forth 
 out of then- idace, even out of "^ Maareh- 
 
 34 geba. And there came over agamst 
 Gibeah ten thousand chosen men out 
 of all Israel, and the battle was sore : 
 biit they knew not that evil was ^ close
 
   21. 19. 
 
 JUDGES. 
 
 207 
 
 M)r, Ami 
 thr men 
 ...batlh': 
 
 hiiitv 
 
 Brnjii- 
 mill . . . 
 hetiveti:) 
 ami the 
 men ic. 
 
 2 Or, 
 theni 
 iphi<-h 
 came. . . 
 tJuiy de- 
 stroyed 
 
 3 Or, 
 overtook 
 them 
 
 4 Or, at 
 Mcnu- 
 hah 
 
 5 Or, ai 
 other- 
 wise 
 
 read, the 
 inhabit- 
 ed city 
 SeeDeut. 
 ii. 34. 
 
 35 upon tliciii. And the Loud smote Bcu- 
 janiin before Israel: and the cliildren 
 of Israel destroyed of Benjamin that 
 day twenty and five thousand and an 
 lumdred men : all these drew the sword. 
 
 36 So the children of Benjamin .saw that 
 they were smitten: for the men of 
 Israel gave place to Benjamin, be- 
 cause they trusted unto the Hers in 
 wait wliich they had set agauist Gib- 
 
 37eah. And the liers in wait hasted, 
 and rushed ui)on Gibeah ; and the liers 
 in wait drew themselves along, and 
 smote all the city with the edge of the 
 
 38 sword. Now the appouited sign be- 
 tween the men of Israel and the liers 
 in wait was, that they should make a 
 great cloud of smoke rise up out of the 
 
 39 city. 1 And the men of Israel turned 
 in the battle, and Benjamin began to 
 smite and kill of the men of Israel 
 about thirty persons: for they said, 
 Surely they are smitten down before 
 
 40 us, as m the first battle. But when 
 the cloud began to arise up out of the 
 city in a pillar of smoke, the Ben- 
 jamites looked behind them, and, be- 
 hold, the whole of the city went up 
 
 41in smohe to heaven. And the men of 
 Israel turned, and the men of Ben- 
 jamin were amazed: for they sa^v 
 
 42 that evil was come upon them. There- 
 fore they turned then- backs before 
 the men of Israel unto the way of the 
 wilderness; but the battle followed 
 hard after them ; and '^ they which 
 came out of the cities destroyed them 
 
 43 m the midst thereof. They inclosed 
 the Ben jamites roiuid about, a»(Z chased 
 them, and ^trode them Ao\m *at their 
 restmg place, as far as over agamst 
 
 44 Gibeah toward the suiu'ismg. And 
 there fell of Benjamin eighteen thou- 
 sand men ; all these were men of valour. 
 
 45 And they turned and fled toward the 
 wUderness unto the rock of Eimmon : 
 and they gleaned of them in the high 
 ways five thousand men ; and followed 
 hard after them unto Gidom, and smote 
 
 46 of them two thousand men. So that 
 all which fell that day of Benjamm 
 were twenty and live thousand men 
 that drew the sword; aU these viere 
 
 47 men of valour. But six hundred men 
 tmned and fled toward the wilderness 
 unto the rock of Eimmon, and abode 
 in the rock of Eimmon four months. 
 
 48 And the men of Israel turned again 
 upon the children of Benjamm, and 
 smote them with the edge of the 
 sword, both 5 the entu-e city, and the 
 cattle, and all that they found : more- 
 over all the cities which they fomid 
 they set on fire. 
 
 21 Now the men of Israel had sworn 
 in Mizpah, saying. There shall not any 
 of us give his daughter unto Benjamin 
 2 to wife. And the people came to Beth- 
 el, and sat there till even before God, 
 
 and lifted up their voices, and wept 
 
 3 sore. And they said, O Loud, the God 
 of Israel, why is tliis come to pass in 
 Israel, that there shoiild lie to-day one 
 
 4 tribe lacking in Israel ? And it came to 
 pass on the morrow, that the people rose 
 early, and buUt there an altar, and offer- 
 ed burnt offerings and peace offerings. 
 
 5 And the childreii of Isi-ael said, Who is 
 there among all the tribes of Israel that 
 came not up in the assembly unto the 
 Lord ? For they had made a great oath 
 concerning hhu that came not up unto 
 the Lord to Mizpah, saymg. He shall 
 
 6 siu'ely be put to death. And the children 
 of Israel repented them for Benjamin 
 then- brother, and said. There is one 
 
 7 tribe cut off from Israel this day. How 
 shall we do for wives for them that re- 
 mam, seeing we have sworn by the 
 Lord that we will not give them of our 
 
 8 daughters to wives? And they said. 
 What one is there of the tribes of Israel 
 that came not up unto the Lord to 
 Mizpah ? And, behold, there came none 
 to the camp from Jabesh-gilead to the 
 
 9 assembly. For when the people were 
 numbered, behold, there were none of 
 the mhabitants of Jabesh-gilead there. 
 
 10 And the congregation sent thither 
 twelve thousand men of the valiant- 
 est, and commanded them, saying. Go 
 and smite the mhabitants of Jabesh- 
 gilead with the edge of the sword, 
 with the women and the little ones. 
 
 11 And this is the thing that ye shall do ; 
 ye shall utterly destroy every male, 
 and every woman that hath lien by 
 
 12 man. And they found among the in- 
 habitants of Jabesh-gilead four hund- 
 red yoimg virgins, that had not known 
 man by lying with him: and they 
 brought them mito the camp to Shiloh, 
 which is in the land of Canaan. 
 
 13 And the whole congregation sent and 
 spake to the children of Benjamm that 
 were in the rock of Eimmon, and pro- 
 
 14clauned peace unto them. And Ben- 
 jamin returned at that time ; and they 
 gave them the women which they had 
 saved alive of the women of Jabesh- 
 gilead: and yet so they sufficed them 
 
 15 not. And the people repented them for 
 Benjamin, because that the Lord had 
 made a breach in the tribes of Israel. 
 
 16 Then the elders of the congregation 
 said. How shall we do for wives for 
 them that remain, seeing the women 
 
 17 are destroyed out of Benjamin? And 
 they said. There must be an inherit- 
 ance for them that are escaped of 
 Benjamin, that a tribe be not blotted 
 
 18 out from Israel. Howbeit we may not 
 give them wives of our daughters : for 
 the children of Israel had sworn, say- 
 ing, Cursed be he that giveth a wife 
 
 19 ta Benjamin. And they said. Behold, 
 there is ^a feast of the Lord from 
 year to year in Shiloh, which is on 
 
 6 Or, the 
 feaat
 
 208 
 
 JUDGES. 
 
 21. 19. 
 
 lOr, 
 
 strive 
 with us 
 2 Or, as 
 agist 
 
 iHeb. 
 
 Jinld. 
 
 2Heb. 
 ^ooini. 
 
 the north of Beth-el, on the east side 
 of the liigh way that goeth up from 
 Beth-el to Shechem, and on the south 
 •20 of Lehonah. And they commanded 
 the children of Benjamin, saying, Go 
 
 21 and lie in wait in the vineyards ; and 
 see, and, behold, if the daughters of 
 Shiloh come out to dance in the dances, 
 then come ye out of the vineyards, and 
 catch you every man his wife of the 
 daughters of Shiloh, and go to the 
 
 22 land of Benjamin. And it shall be, 
 when their fathers or their brethren 
 come to 1 complain unto us, that we will 
 say unto them, Grant them '^gi-acious- 
 ly unto us: because we took not for 
 
 each man of them his wife in battle: 
 neither did ye give them unto them; 
 
 23 else would ye now be guilty. And the 
 cbildi-en of Benjamin did so, and took 
 them wives, according to their number, 
 of them that danced, whom they carried 
 off: and they went and returned unto 
 their inheritance, and built the cities, 
 
 21 and dwelt in them. And the children 
 of Israel departed thence at that time, 
 every man to his tribe and to his 
 family, and they went out from thence 
 
 25 every man to his inheritance. In those 
 days there was no king in Israel: 
 every man did that which was right 
 in his own eyes. 
 
 THE 
 
 BOOK OF IIUTH. 
 
 1 And it came to pass in the days when 
 the judges judged, that there was a 
 famine in the land. And a certaui 
 man of Beth-lehem-judah went to 
 sojourn in the i country of Moab, he, 
 
 2 and his wife, and his two sous. And 
 the name of the man was Elimelech, 
 and the name of his wife 2 Naomi, and 
 the name of his two sons Malilon and 
 ChUion, Epln-athites of Beth-lehem- 
 judah. And they came into the country 
 
 3 of Moab, and continued there. And 
 Elimelech Naomi's husband died; and 
 
 4 she was left, and her two sous. And 
 they took them wives of the women of 
 Moab ; the name of the one was Orpah, 
 and the name of the other Euth : and 
 they dwelled there about ten years. 
 
 5 And Mahlon and Chilion died both of 
 them ; and the woman was left of her 
 
 6 two childi'en and of her husband. Then 
 she arose with her daughters in law, 
 that she might return from the country 
 of Moab: tor she had heard in the 
 country of Moab how that the Lord 
 had visited liis jieople m giving them 
 
 7 bread. And 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 
 
 8 land of Judah. And Naomi said unto 
 her two daughters in law, Go, return 
 each of you to her mother's house: the 
 Lord deal kindly with you, as ye have 
 dealt with the dead, and with me. 
 
 9 The Lord gi-ant you that ye may find 
 rest, each of you ui the house of her 
 husband. Then she kissed them ; and 
 they lifted up their voice, and wept. 
 
 10 And they said unto her. Nay, but we 
 will retm-n with thee unto thy people. 
 
 11 And Naomi said. Turn again, my 
 daughters: why will ye go with me? 
 
 have I yet sons in my womb, that they 
 
 12 may be your husbands ? Tm-n 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 
 even have an husband to-night, and 
 
 13 should also bear sons ; would ye there- 
 fore tarry till they were grown ? would 
 ye therefore stay from having hus- 
 jjands? nay, my daughters; for ^it 
 grieveth me much for your sakes, for 
 the hand of the Lord is gone forth 
 
 14 against me. And they lifted up theii- 
 voice, and wept again : and Orpah 
 kissed her mother in law; but Euth 
 
 15 clave unto her. And she said, Behold, 
 thy sister in law is gone back unto her 
 people, and unto her god : return thou 
 
 16 after thy sister in law. And Euth said, 
 lutreat me not to leave thee, and to 
 retui-u from following after thee : for 
 whither tliou goest, I will go; and 
 where thou lodgest, I wiU lodge : thy 
 people shall be my people, and thy God 
 
 17 my God: where thou diest, will I die, 
 and there will I be bui-ied : the Lord 
 do so to me, and more also, if aucht 
 
 18 but death jiart thee and me. And wlen 
 she saw that she was stedfastly minded 
 to go with her, she left speaking unto 
 
 I'Jher. 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 the laomen said. Is 
 
 20 this Naomi ? And she said unto them, 
 CaU me not * Naomi, call me ^Mara: 
 for the Ahnighty hath dealt very bitter- 
 
 21 ly with me. I went out full, and the 
 Lord hath brought me home again 
 empty : why call ye me Naomi, seeing 
 the Lord hath testified agamst me, and 
 
 22 the Almighty hath aiiiicted me? So 
 
 3 Or. « u 
 far more 
 bitter/or 
 me than 
 for you 
 
 t That is. 
 Pleas- 
 ant. 
 
 5 That is, 
 Bitter.
 
 3. 7. 
 
 RUTH. 
 
 209 
 
 'Or. 
 
 ralour 
 
 2 Heb. tn 
 the heari 
 of. 
 
 Naomi returned, and Ruth the Mo;il)- 
 itess, hor daugbtor in law, witli her, 
 which returned out of the country of 
 Moab: and they canio to Beth-lohem 
 iu the begmning of barley harvest. 
 2 And Naomi had a kinsman of her 
 husband's, a mighty man of i wealth, of 
 the family of Elimelech ; and his name 
 
 2 was Boaz. And Ruth the Moabitess 
 said unto Naomi, Let me now go to 
 the field, and glean among the ears of 
 corn after huu in whoso sight I shall 
 find grace. And she said unto her, Go, 
 
 3 my daughter. And she went, and came 
 and gleaned in the field after the reap- 
 ers : and her hap was to light on the 
 portion of the field belonging mi to Boaz, 
 who was of the family of Elimelech. 
 
 4 And, behold, Boaz came from Beth- 
 lehem, and said unto the reapers. The 
 Lord be with you. And they answered 
 
 5 him. The Lohd bless thee. Then said 
 Boaz mito his servant that was set 
 over the reapers, Whose damsel is 
 
 6 this ? 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 
 
 7 Moab : and she said, Let me glean, I 
 pray you, and gather after the reapers 
 among the sheaves: so she came, and 
 hath continued even from the morning 
 uutU now, save that she tarried a little 
 
 8 in the house. Then said Boaz unto 
 Ruth, Hearest thou not, my daughter ? 
 Go not to glean in another field, neither 
 pass from hence, but abide here fast 
 
 9 by my maidens. Let thme 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 athh-st, go 
 mito the vessels, and di-ink 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 thy 
 sight, that thou shouldest take know- 
 ledge of me, seeing I am a stranger? 
 
 11 And Boaz answered and said unto her. 
 It hath fully been shewed me, all that 
 thou hast done unto thy mother in law 
 since the death of tliine husband : and 
 how thou hast left thy father and thy 
 mother, and the land of thy nativity, 
 and art come unto a people which thou 
 
 12 knewest not heretofore. The Lokd re- 
 compense thy work, and a full reward 
 be given thee of the Lord, the God of 
 Israel, under whose wings thou art 
 
 13 come to take refuge. Then she said. 
 Let me find grace iu thy sight, my 
 lord ; for that thou hast comforted me, 
 and for that thou hast spoken ^ kindly 
 unto thine handmaid, though I be not 
 
 14 as one of thine handmaidens. And at 
 meal-time Boaz said xmto her. Come 
 hither, and eat of the bread, and dip 
 thy morsel in the vinegar. And she sat 
 
 beside the reapers: and ■''they reached 
 her pai-ched corn, and she did eat, 
 
 15 and was sufficed, and left thereof. And 
 AN'hen she was risen up to glean, Boaz 
 C(jmmanded his yomig men, saying. 
 Let her glean even among the sheaves, 
 
 16 and reproach her not. And also puU 
 out some for her from the bundles, and 
 leave it, and let her glean, and rebuke 
 
 17 her not. So she gleaned in the field 
 unto, even; and she beat out that she 
 had gleaned, and it was about an 
 
 18 ephah of barley. And she took it up, 
 and went into the city : and her mother 
 in law saw what she had gleaned: and 
 she brought forth and gave to her that 
 
 19 she had left after she was sufficed. And 
 her mother in law said unto her. Where 
 hast thou gleaned to-day? and where 
 wroughtest thou? blessed be he that 
 did take knowledge of thee. And she 
 shewed her mother in law with whom 
 she had ^vrought, and said. The man's 
 name with whom I wrought to-day 
 
 20 is Boaz. And Naomi said unto her 
 daughter in law. Blessed be he of the 
 Lord, who hath not left off his kind- 
 ness to the living and to the dead. 
 And Naomi said unto her. The man is 
 nigh of kin unto \is, *one of our near 
 
 21 kinsmen. And Ruth the Moabitess 
 said. Yea, he said unto me. Thou shalt 
 keep fast by my young men, until they 
 
 22 have ended all my harvest. And Naomi 
 said unto Ruth her daughter in law. 
 It is good, my daughter, that thou go 
 out with his maidens, and that they 
 
 23 meet thee not in any other field. So 
 she kept fast by the maidens of Boaz 
 to glean unto the end of barley harvest 
 and of wheat harvest; and she dwelt 
 with her mother in law. 
 
 3 And Naomi her mother iu law said 
 unto her, My daughter, shall I not 
 seek 5 rest for thee, that it may be well 
 
 2 with thee ? And now is thare not Boaz 
 om" kinsman, with whose maidens thou 
 wast? Behold, he winnoweth barley 
 
 3 to-night in the threshiug-floor. Wash 
 thyself therefore, and anoint thee, and 
 put thy raiment upon thee, and get 
 thee down to the threshing-floor : but 
 make not thyself known unto the man, 
 luitU he shall have done eatmg and 
 
 4druikiug. And it shaU be, when he 
 Ueth down, that thou shalt mark the 
 place where he shall he, and thou 
 shalt go iu, and uncover his feet, and 
 lay thee down;, and he wUl tell thee 
 
 5 what thou shalt do. And she said 
 unto her. All that thou ^sayest I will 
 
 6 do. And she went down unto the 
 threshing-floor, and did according to 
 all that her mother in law bade her. 
 
 7 And when Boaz had eaten and drunk, 
 and his heart was merry, he went 
 to lie down at the end of the heap 
 of corn: and she came softly, and 
 imcovered his feet, and laid her down. 
 
 3 Or, he 
 
 4 Or, one 
 
 of ^ht'ni 
 th'xt hath 
 the right 
 to re- 
 deemfor 
 vs 
 
 See Lev. 
 XXV. ;i-5. 
 
 5 Or. a 
 rrstiny 
 
 ^Another 
 reading 
 is, S'lycst 
 un'o vie.
 
 210 
 
 1 Or, 
 
 - Or, one 
 that hath 
 the ri'jht 
 to re- 
 deem 
 Heb. 
 goel. 
 
 3 Heb. 
 mite. 
 See cb. 
 iv. 1, n. 
 
 RUTH. 
 
 3. 8. 
 
 lOr, 
 accord- 
 ing to 
 some an- 
 cient 
 authori- 
 ties, she 
 went 
 5 Or, 
 
 How hast 
 thou 
 fared 
 'An- 
 other 
 reading 
 is, said 
 to ine. 
 
 ' See ell. 
 
 ii. 20. 
 
 XHeb. 
 
 uncover 
 
 thine 
 
 ear. 
 
 9 So 
 
 many 
 
 ancient 
 authori- 
 ties. Tlie 
 printed 
 Hebrew 
 text has, 
 he will. 
 
 8 And it came to pass at miduiglit, that 
 •the man was i afraid, and turned him- 
 self: and, l)ehold, a woman lay at his 
 9 feet. And he said, Who art thou? 
 And she answered, I am Ruth tliine 
 handmaid: spread therefore thy skirt 
 over thine handmaid ; for thou art 2 a 
 
 10 near kinsman. And he said, Blessed 
 he thou of the Lord, my daughter : 
 thoii hast shewed more kincbiess ui 
 the latter end than at the beguming, 
 inasmuch as thou f ollowedst not young 
 
 11 men, whether jioor or rich. And now, 
 my daughter, fear not; I will do to 
 thee all that thou sayest: for aU the 
 3 city of my peoi^le doth know that thou 
 
 12 art a virtuous woman. And now it is 
 true that I am a near kmsman : howbeit 
 
 13 there is a kinsman nearer than I. Tarry 
 this night, and it shall be in the morn- 
 ing, that if he will jjerfonn nnto thee 
 the part of a kuisman, well; let him 
 do the kinsman's i)art: but if he will 
 not do the part of a kmsman to thee, 
 then will I do the part of a kins- 
 man to thee, as the Lord liveth: lie 
 
 14 down until the moniiug. And she lay 
 at his feet mi til the morning: and 
 she rose up before one could discern 
 another. For he said, Let it not be 
 known that the woman came to the 
 
 1.5 threshing-floor. And he said. Bring 
 the mantle that is upon thee, and hold 
 it ; and she held it : and he measured 
 six measures of barley, and laid it on 
 
 16 her: and *he went into the city. And 
 when she came to her mother in law, 
 she said, ^ Who art thou, my daughter ? 
 And she told her all that the man had 
 
 17 done to her. And she said, These six 
 measures of barley gave he me; for he 
 •'said, Go not empty mito thy mother 
 
 18 in law. Then said she. Sit still, my 
 daughter, until thou know how the 
 matter will fall : for the man will not 
 rest, untU he have finished the thmg 
 this day. 
 
 4 Now Boaz went uj) to the gate, and 
 sat him down there : and, behold, the 
 'near kinsman of whom Boaz spake 
 came by; luito whom he said, Ho, 
 such a one ! tm-n aside, sit down here. 
 And he turned aside, and sat down. 
 
 2 And he took ten men of the elders of 
 the city, and said, Sit ye down here. 
 
 3 And they sat down. And he said unto 
 the near kmsman, Naomi, that is come 
 agam out of the comitry of Moab, 
 seUeth the jiarcel of land, which was 
 
 4 om- brother Elimelech's : and I thought 
 to ** disclose it unto thee, saying. Buy 
 it before them that sit here, and before 
 the elders of my people. If thou wilt 
 redeem it, redeem it: but if ^thou 
 wilt not redeem it, then tell me, that 
 I may know: for there is none to 
 redeem it beside thee ; and I am after 
 thee. And he said, I will redeem it. 
 
 5 Then said Boaz, What day thou buy- 
 
 est the field of the hand of Naomi, 
 thou must buy it also of Ruth the 
 Moabitess, the wife of the dead, to 
 raise up the name of the dead upon 
 
 6 his inheritance. And the near kinsman 
 said, I cannot redeem it for myself, 
 lest I mar mine own inheritance : take 
 thou my right of redemption on thee ; 
 
 7 for I cannot redeem it. Now this was 
 'the custom m former time in Israel 
 concerning redeemLug and concernuig 
 exchangmg, for to confirm all things ; 
 a man di-ew off his shoe, and gave it 
 to his neighbour: and this was the 
 
 8 manner of attestation in Israel. So 
 the near kinsman said mito Boaz, Buy 
 it for thyself. And he di-ew off his 
 
 9 shoe. And Boaz said unto the elders, 
 and unto aU the people, Ye are wit- 
 nesses this day, that I have bought 
 all that was Elimelech's, and all that 
 was ChiUon's and Mahlon's, of the hand 
 
 10 of Naomi. Moreover Ruth the Moab- 
 itess, the wife of Mahlon, have I pm-- 
 chased to be my wife, to raise up the 
 name of the dead upon his inheritance, 
 that the name of the dead be not cut 
 off from among his brethi'en, and 
 from the gate of his idace: ye are 
 
 11 witnesses this day. And aU the people 
 that were in the gate, and the elders, 
 said. We are witnesses. The Lord 
 make the woman that is come mto 
 thine house like Rachel and like Leah, 
 •\vhich two did buUd the house of 
 Israel: and i^do thou worthily in 
 Ephrathah, and be famous m Beth- 
 
 12 lehem : and let thy house be like the 
 house of Perez, whom Tamar bare vmto 
 Judah, of the seed which the Lord 
 shall give thee of this yomig woman. 
 
 13 So Boaz took Ruth, and she became 
 his wife ; and he went in imto her, and 
 the Lord gave her conception, and she 
 
 14 bare a sou. And the women said mato 
 Naomi, Blessed be the Lord, which 
 hath not left thee this day without a 
 near kinsman, and let his name be 
 
 15 famous m Israel. And he shall bo unto 
 thee a restorer of hfe, and a nom-isher 
 of thuie old age : for thy daughter in 
 law, which loveth thee, which is better 
 to thee than seven sons, hath borne 
 
 16 him. And Naomi took the child, and 
 laid it m her bosom, and became 
 
 17 nurse unto it. And the women her 
 neighbours gave it a name, saying, 
 There is a sou born to Naomi; and 
 they called his name Obed:' he is 
 the father of " Jesse, the father of 
 David. 
 
 18 Now these are the generations of 
 
 19 Perez : Perez begat Hezron ; and Hez- 
 ron begat Ram, and Ram begat Am- 
 
 20 minadab ; and AJmmmadab begat Nah- 
 shon, and Nahshon begat I'^gahnon; 
 
 21 and Salmon begat Boaz, and Boaz 
 22 begat Obed; and Obed begat Jesse, 
 
 and Jesse begat David. 
 
 WOr, 
 get thee 
 wealthor 
 power 
 
 " Heb. 
 Ishai. 
 
 12 Heb. 
 SulmnJl,
 
 THE 
 
 FIRST BOOK OF SAMUEL. 
 
 IThe 
 
 Sept. 
 
 reads, a 
 
 Hngle 
 
 2^ortion, 
 
 bccattse 
 
 sh« had 
 
 nochihl; 
 
 howheit 
 
 Elkanah 
 
 loved &Q. 
 
 2Heb. 
 
 seed of 
 men. 
 
 1 Now tliere was a certain man of 
 Eaniatliaini-zopliiin, of the hill country 
 of Ephraim, and his name was Elka- 
 nah, the son of Jeroham, the son of 
 Ehhu, the son of Tohu, the son of 
 
 2 Zuph, an Ephraimite : and he had two 
 wives ; the name of the one was 
 Hannah, and the name of the other 
 Peninnah: and Penmnahhadchilch'en, 
 
 3hnt Hannah had no children. And 
 this man went up out of his city from 
 year to year to worship and to sacri- 
 fice unto the Lord of hosts m Shiloh. 
 And the two sons of Eli, Hophni and 
 Phinehas, priests vmto the Lord, were 
 
 4 there. Ajid when the day came that 
 Elkanah sacrificed, he gave to Penin- 
 nah his wife, and to all her sons and her 
 
 5 daughters, portions : but mito Hannah 
 he gave i a double portion : for he loved 
 Hamiah, but the Lord had shut up her 
 
 6 womb. And her rival provoked her 
 sore, for to make her fret, because 
 
 7 the Lord had shut up her womb. Aud 
 as he did so year by year, when she went 
 xxp to the house of the Lord, so she 
 provoked her ; therefore she wept, and 
 
 8 did not eat. And Elkanah her husband 
 said unto her, Hannah, why weepest 
 thou ? and why eatest thou not ? and 
 why is thy heart grieved? am not I 
 
 9 better to thee than ten sous? So 
 Hamiah rose up after they had eaten 
 in Shiloh, and after they had dinink. 
 Now Eli the in-iest sat ujaon his seat by 
 the door post of the temple of the Lord. 
 
 10 And she was iu bittei-ness of soul, 
 and prayed unto the Lord, and wept 
 
 11 sore. Aiid she vowed a vow, and said, 
 Lord of hosts, if thou wilt indeed look 
 on the aiifliction of thine han(hnaid, 
 and remember me, and not forget thine 
 handmaid, but wilt give unto thine 
 handmaid 2 a man child, then I will 
 give him mito the Lord all the days of 
 his life, and there shall no razor come 
 
 12 upon his head. And it came to pass, 
 as she contmued prayuig before the 
 Lord, that Eli marked her mouth. 
 
 13 Now Hannah, she spake in her heart; 
 only her lips moved, but her voice was 
 not heard : therefore Eli thought she 
 
 14 had been diiuiken. And Eli said unto 
 her. How long wilt thou be diiuiken ? 
 
 15 put away thy -wine from thee. And 
 Hannah answered and said. No, my 
 lord, I am a woman of a sorrowful 
 
 spirit : I have drunk neither wine nor 
 strong drink, but I poured out my 
 
 16 soul before the Lord. Count not thine 
 handmaid for s a daughter of ^Belial : for 
 out of the abundance of my complaint 
 and my provocation have I spoken 
 
 17 hitherto. Then Eli answered and said. 
 Go in peace: and the God of Israel grant 
 thy petition that thou hast asked of 
 
 18 him. And she said. Let thy servant 
 find grace in thy sight. So the woman 
 went her way, and did eat, and her 
 
 19 countenance was no more sad. And they 
 rose up in the morning early, and wor- 
 shipped before the Lord, and returned, 
 and came to their house to Eamah: 
 and Elkanah knew Hannah his wife ; 
 
 20 and the Lord remembered her. And 
 it came to pass, when the time was 
 come about, that Hannah conceived, 
 and bare a son; and she called his 
 name Samuel, saying, Because I have 
 
 21 asked hun of the Lord. And the man 
 Elkanah, and all his house, went up 
 to offer luito the Lord the yearly 
 
 22 sacrifice, and his vow. But Hannah 
 went not up; for she said mito her 
 husband, / will not go vp until the 
 child be weaned, and then I will bring 
 hun, that he may appear before the 
 
 23 Lord, and there abide for ever. And 
 Elkanah her husband said unto her. 
 Do what seemeth thee good ; tarry 
 until thou have weaned him; only 
 the Lord establish his word. So the 
 woman tarried and gave her son suck, 
 
 24 until she weaned him. And when she 
 had weaned him, she took hini up 
 with her, with ^ three bullocks, and 
 one ephah of meal, and a ^bottle 
 of wine, and brought him unto the 
 house of the Lord in Shiloh : and the 
 
 25 child was yoiuig. And they slew the 
 buUock, and brought the child to Eli. 
 
 26 And she said. Oh my lord, as thy 
 soul liveth, my lord, I am the woman 
 that stood by thee here, praying unto 
 
 27 the Lord. For this child I prayed; 
 and the Lord hath given me my 
 
 28 petition which I asked of him : there- 
 fore I also have 7 granted him to the 
 Lord ; as long as he liveth he is 
 granted to the Lord. And ^he wor- 
 shi^jped the Lord there. 
 
 2 And Hannah prayed, and said: 
 My heart exulteth in the Lord, 
 Muie horn is exalted m the Lord : 
 
 3 Or. 
 a wicked 
 u'ojnan 
 i That is, 
 
 U'nrth- 
 
 iessnesg. 
 
 5 The 
 Sept. 
 and 
 Syriac 
 have, a 
 buUock 
 of three 
 years 
 oJd. 
 
 6 Or, slcin 
 
 ' Or, lent 
 
 8 Accord- 
 ins to 
 several 
 ancient 
 authori- 
 ties, (hey.
 
 212 
 
 I. SAMUEL. 
 
 2. 1. 
 
 I Accord- 
 ins to 
 another 
 reading, 
 Though 
 actions 
 be not 
 weighed. 
 
 2 Or, 
 
 liave rest 
 
 3Heb. 
 Sheol. 
 
 lOr. 
 
 godlif 
 
 ones 
 
 Another 
 
 reading 
 
 is, holy 
 
 one. 
 
 6 Or, 
 wicked, 
 men 
 
 (• That is, 
 worth- 
 iessfless. 
 ' Or, they 
 knew not 
 the 
 LOJW, 
 nor the 
 due of 
 the 
 
 priesti 
 frotn the 
 jfeople. 
 When 
 any loan 
 &c. 
 
 6 Some 
 ancient 
 authori- 
 ties read, 
 /or hUu- 
 tel/. 
 
 My mouth is enlarged over mine 
 
 enemies ; 
 Because I rejoice in thy salvation. 
 
 2 There is none holy as the Lord ; 
 For there is none beside thee : 
 Neither is there any rock like our 
 
 God. 
 
 3 Talk uo more so exceeding proudly ; 
 Let not arrogancy come out of your 
 
 mouth : 
 For the Lord is a God of knowledge, 
 1 And by him actions are weighed. 
 
 4 The bows of the mighty men are 
 
 broken, 
 And they that stumbled are girded 
 with strength. 
 
 5 They that were full have hired out 
 
 themselves for bread ; 
 And they that were hmigry 2 have 
 
 ceased: 
 Yea, the barren hath borne seven ; 
 And she that hath many children 
 
 languisheth. 
 
 6 The Lord kUleth, and maketh alive : 
 He bringeth down to ^the grave, 
 
 and bringeth up. 
 
 7 The Lord maketh poor, and maketh 
 
 rich : 
 He bringeth low, be also Itfteth up. 
 
 8 He raiseth up the poor out of the dust. 
 He lifteth up tlie needy from the 
 
 dunghUl, 
 To make them sit with princes. 
 And inherit the throne of glory : 
 For the pillars of the earth are the 
 
 Lord's, 
 And he hath set the world upon them. 
 He will keep the feet of his *holy 
 
 ones, 
 But tlae wicked shall be put to 
 
 silence in darkness ; 
 For by strength shall no man jire- 
 
 vaU. 
 They that strive with the Lord 
 
 shall be broken to pieces ; 
 Against them shall he thunder in 
 
 heaven : 
 The Lord shall judge the ends of 
 
 the earth ; 
 And he shaJl give strength imto his 
 
 king, 
 Ajid exalt the horn of his anointed. 
 
 11 And Elkanah went to Eamah to his 
 house. And the child did minister unto 
 the Lord before Eli the priest. 
 
 12 Now the sons of Eli were ^sons of 
 13<'Belial; ' they knew not the Lord. And 
 
 the custom of the i^riests with the peo- 
 jile was, that, when any man offered 
 sacrifice, the priest's servant came, 
 whUe the flesh was in seething, with 
 a fleshhook of three teeth m bis hand ; 
 
 14 and he struck it mto the pan, or kettle, 
 or caldron, or pot ; aU that the flesh- 
 hook brought up the priest took ^ there- 
 with. So they did in Shiloh imto all 
 
 15 the Israelites that came thither. Yea, 
 before they bm-nt the fat, the priest's 
 servant came, and said to the man that 
 
 9 
 
 10 
 
 sacrificed, Give flesh to roast for the 
 priest; for he win not have sodden 
 
 16 flesh of thee, but raw. And if the man 
 said unto him, They will surely burn 
 the fat 9 presently, and then take as 
 much as thy soid desireth; then i^he 
 would say, Nay, but thou shalt give it 
 me now : and if not, I will take it by 
 
 17 force. Aiid the sin of the young men was 
 very great before the Lord : for i^men 
 abhorred the offertug of the Lord. 
 
 18 But Samuel ministered before the 
 Lord, being a child, girded with a linen 
 
 19 ephod. Moreover his mother made him 
 a little robe, and brought it to htm from 
 year to year, when she came up with 
 her husband to offer the yearly sacrifice. 
 
 20 And Eli blessed Elkanah and his wife, 
 and said, The Lord give thee seed of 
 this woman 12 for the loan which was 
 lent to the Lord. And they went \m- 
 
 21 to their o^vn home. i^And the Lord 
 visited Hannah, and she conceived, and 
 bare three sons and two daughters. 
 And the child Samuel grew before the 
 Lord. 
 
 22 Now Eli was very old; and he 
 heard all that his sons did unto all Is- 
 rael, and how that they lay with the 
 women that i* did service at the door of 
 
 23 the tent of meeting. And he said unto 
 them. Why do ye such things ? for I hear 
 of your evO dealings from all this people. 
 
 24 Nay, my sons ; for it is no good report 
 15 tlaat I hear : ye make the Lord's peo- 
 
 25 pie to transgress. If one man sin against 
 another, i^ (jod shall judge him : but 
 if a man sm against the Lord, who 
 shall intreat for htm ? Notwithstandtng 
 they hearkened not unto the voice of 
 their father, because the Lord would 
 
 26 slay them. And the child Samuel grew 
 on, and was in favour both with the 
 Lord, and also with men. 
 
 27 And there came a man of God un- 
 to Eh, and said unto htm, Thus saith 
 the Lord, Did I reveal myself unto 
 the house of thy father, when they were 
 in Egyjit i''?m bondage to Pharaoh's 
 
 28hoixse? i8j^j(j i\\\ I choose htm out of 
 aU the tribes of Israel to be my priest, 
 to 13 go lip unto mine altar, to burn in- 
 cense, to wear an ephod before me? 
 -<>aiid did I give unto the house of thy 
 father all the offerings of the children 
 
 29 of Israel made by fire? Wherefore 
 -1 kick ye at my sacrifice and at mine 
 offering, which I have commanded in 
 my habitation; and honourest thy 
 sons above me, to make yourselves 
 fat with the chiefest of all the offer- 
 
 30ings of Israel my people? Therefore 
 the Lord, the God of Israel, saith, I 
 said indeed that thy house, and the 
 house of thy father, should walk be- 
 fore me for ever: but now the Lord 
 saith. Be it far from me ; for them that 
 honour me I will honour, and they that 
 desj)ise me shall be lightly esteemed..
 
 4. 7. 
 
 I. SAMUEL. 
 
 213 
 
 lOr. 
 
 anaih 
 ver&firy 
 in my 
 hnhitiL- 
 tiun 
 
 2 Or. rrt 
 wUi I not 
 cut off 
 cve.ril 
 man of 
 thine 
 frmix 
 mine 
 altar, to 
 consume 
 Jtc. 
 
 3 Heb. 
 when 
 the)' lie 
 men. 
 The 
 Sept 
 has, bi/ 
 the 
 
 s word of 
 men. 
 
 lOr, 
 rare 
 
 5 Or, 
 frequent 
 
 tfridetr/ 
 spread. 
 
 31 Bcliold, tlio (lays come, tliat I will cut oil 
 thine ami, and the aiin of thy father's 
 house, that there shall not be an old 
 
 ;-i'2 man in thine house. And thou shalt bc- 
 liokl 1 the aUhction of wy liabitation, in 
 all the wealth which God shall give 
 Israel: and there shall not be an old 
 
 33 man in thine house for ever. '^And 
 the man of thine, idiom I shall not 
 cut off from mine altar, sImU he to 
 consuino thuie eyes, and to grieve 
 thine heart: and all the increase of 
 thine house shall die ^m the flower 
 
 34 of their ago. And this shall bo the 
 sign tmto thee, that shall come u})on 
 thy two sons, on Hophni and Phine- 
 has ; in one day they shall die both of 
 
 35 them. And I will raise me up a faithful 
 priest, that shall do according to that 
 which is in mine heart and in my mind : 
 and I will l)uild him a sure house ; and 
 he shall walk before mme anointed for 
 
 36 ever. And it shall come to pass, that 
 eveiy one that is left in thine house 
 shall come and bow down to him for 
 a piece of sUver and a loaf of bread, 
 and shall say, Put me, I pray thee, 
 mto one of the priests' oiiQces, that I 
 may eat a morsel of bread. 
 
 3 And the child Samuel ministered unto 
 the Lord before Eli. And the word of 
 the Lord was * precious in those days ; 
 
 •2 there was no *open vision. And it 
 came to pass at that time, when Eli 
 was laid down iu his place, (now his 
 eyes had begim to wax dim, that he 
 
 3 could not see,) and the lamp of God 
 was not yet gone out, and Samuel 
 was laid down to sleep, in the temple 
 of the Lord, where the ark of God 
 
 4 was ; that the Lord called Samuel : 
 
 5 and he said, Here am I. And he ran 
 unto Eli, and said. Here am I; for 
 thou calledst me. And he said, I 
 called not; lie dowii again. And he 
 
 6 went and lay down. And the Lord 
 called yet again, Samuel. And Samuel 
 arose and went to Eli, and said. Here 
 am I ; for thou calledst me. And he 
 answered, I called not, my son; lie 
 
 7 down agahi. Now Samuel did not yet 
 know the Lord, neither was the word 
 of the Lord yet revealed unto him. 
 
 8 And the Lord called Samuel again the 
 third time. And he arose and went 
 to Eli, and said, Here am I ; for thou 
 calledst me. And Eli perceived that the 
 
 9 Lord had called the child. Therefore 
 Eli said unto Samuel, Go, lie down: 
 and it shall be, if he call thee, that 
 thou shalt say. Speak, Lord; for thy 
 servant heareth. So Samuel went and 
 
 10 lay down in his place. And the Lord 
 came, and stood, and called as at other 
 tunes, Samuel, Samuel. Then Samuel 
 said. Speak; for thy servant heareth. 
 
 11 And the Lord said to Samuel, Behold, 
 I will do a thing in Israel, at which 
 both the ears of every one that heareth 
 
 12 it shall tingle. Li that day I will per- 
 form against Eli all that I have spoken 
 concernhig his house, from the begin- 
 
 13 ning even unto the end. For I have 
 told him that I will judge his house 
 for ever, for the iniquity which he 
 knew, because his sons ^did bring a 
 curse upon themselves, and he re- 
 
 14 strained them not. And therefore I 
 have sworn unto the house of Eli, 
 that the iniquity of Eli's house shall 
 not be ''purged with sacriiice nor otfer- 
 
 laing for ever. And Samuel lay until 
 the morning, and opened the doors of 
 the house of the Lord. And Samuel 
 
 16 feared to shew Eli the vision. Then 
 Eli called Samuel, and said, Samuel, 
 my son. And he said. Here am I. 
 
 17 And he said, What is the thing that 
 the Lord hath si)oken unto thee? I 
 pray thee hide it not from me: God 
 do so to thee, and more also, if thou 
 hide any thing from me of all the 
 
 18 things that he spake unto thee. And 
 Samuel told him every whit, and hid 
 nothing from him. And lie said. It 
 is the Lord : let him do what seemeth 
 
 19 him good. And Samuel grew, and the 
 LoRi> was with hmi, and did let none 
 
 20 of his words fall to the gromid. And 
 all Israel from Dan even to Beer-sheba 
 knew that Samuel was established to be 
 
 21 a prophet of the Lord. And the Lord 
 appeared again in Shiloh : for the Lord 
 revealed himself to Samuel in Shiloh 
 
 4 by the word of the Lord. And the 
 word of Samuel came to all Israel. 
 
 Now Israel went out against the 
 PhUistmes to battle, and pitched be- 
 side ^Eben-ezer: and the PhUistiues 
 
 2 pitched in Aphek. And the PhiUstmes 
 put themselves in array against Is- 
 rael: and when ^they jomed battle, 
 Israel was smitten before the Philis- 
 tines: and they slew of the lOarmy in 
 the field about foiu' thousand men. 
 
 3 And when the people were come mto the 
 camp, the elders of Israel said. Where- 
 fore hath the Lord smitten us to-day 
 before the Philistines? Let us fetch 
 the ark of the covenant of the Lord out 
 of Shiloh mito us, that it may come 
 among us, and save us out of the hand 
 
 4 of our enemies. So the people sent to 
 Shiloh, and they brought from thence 
 the ark of the covenant of the Lord of 
 hosts, which ii sitteth upon the cherub- 
 im: and the two sons of Eli, Hoplmi 
 and Phinehas, were there with the 
 
 5 ark of the covenant of God. And when 
 the ark of the covenant of the Lord 
 came into the camp, all Israel shouted 
 with a great shout, so that the earth 
 
 6 rang again. And when the PhUistmes 
 heard the noise of the shout, they said, 
 What meaueth the noise of this great 
 shout in the camp of the Hebrews ? And 
 they miderstood that the ark of the 
 
 7 Lord was come into the camp. And 
 
 OTha 
 
 Sept. 
 has, 
 8lir,'ik 
 rvii of 
 (jod. ' 
 
 ■'Or. 
 
 expiated 
 
 8 See ch. 
 vii. 12. 
 
 9 Or. tha 
 battle 
 was 
 spread 
 
 10 Heb. 
 array. 
 
 II Or. 
 
 dwdUth 
 between
 
 214 
 
 I. SAMUEL. 
 
 4. 7. 
 
 iHeb, 
 smiting. 
 
 2Heb. 
 array. 
 
 ''The 
 Sept. 
 has, be- 
 side the 
 gate, 
 watch ' 
 iiig the 
 way. 
 
 'See 
 1 Kings 
 xiv. i 
 
 s That Is, 
 There is 
 no ylorii. 
 
 the Philistines were afraid, for they 
 said, God is come into the camp. And 
 they said, Woe unto us I for there hath 
 
 8 not been such a thuig heretofore. Woe 
 unto us! who shall deliver us out of 
 the hand of these mighty gods ? these 
 are the gods that smote the Egj^itiaus 
 with all manner of i plagues in the 
 
 9 wilderness. Be strong, and quit yom-- 
 selves like men, O ye PhUistuies, that 
 ye be not servants unto the Hebrews, 
 as they have been to you : quit your- 
 
 10 selves likemen, and fight. And the Phil- 
 istines fought, and Israel was smitten, 
 and they fled every man to his tent: 
 and there was a very great slaughter ; 
 for there fell of Israel tlih-ty thousand 
 
 11 footmen. And the ark of God was 
 taken ; and the two sons of Eli, Hophni 
 
 12 and Phmehas, were slain. And there 
 ran a man of Benjamin out of the 
 2 army, and came to Shiloh the same 
 day with his clothes rent, and with 
 
 13 earth upon his head. And when he 
 came, lo, Eli sat upon his seat ^by the 
 way side watching : for his heart trem- 
 bled for the ark of God. And when 
 the man came into the city, and told it, 
 
 14 all the city cried out. And when Eli 
 heard the noise of the crying, he said, 
 Wliat meaneth the noise of this tu- 
 mult ? And the man hasted, and came 
 
 15 and told Eli. Now Eli was ninety and 
 eight years old ; and his eyes were * set, 
 
 16 that he could not see. And the man 
 said mito Eli, I am he that came out 
 of the 2 army, and I fled to-day out 
 of the 2 army. And he said. How went 
 
 17 the matter, my son? And he that 
 brought the tidiugs answered and said, 
 Israel is fled before the Philistines, and 
 there hath been also a great slaugh- 
 ter among the people, and thy two sous 
 also, Hophni and Phinehas, are dead, 
 
 18 and the ai'k of God is taken. And 
 it came to pass, when he made men- 
 tion of the ark of God, that he fell 
 fi'om off his seat backward by the side 
 of the gate, and his neck brake, and 
 he died : for he was an old man, and 
 heavy. And he had judged Israel forty 
 
 19 years. And his daughter in law, Phi- 
 nehas' wife, was with child, near to be 
 delivered: and when she heard the 
 tidings that the ark of God was taken, 
 and that her father in law and her hus- 
 band were dead, she bowed herself and 
 brought fortli ; for her pains came upon 
 
 20 her. And about the time of her death 
 the women that stood by her said unto 
 her. Fear not; for thou hast brought 
 forth a son. But she answered not, nei- 
 
 21 ther did she regard it. And she named 
 the child ^Ichabod, saying, The glory 
 is departed from Israel: because the 
 ark of God was taken, and because of her 
 
 22 father in law and her husband. And 
 she said. The glory is departed from 
 Israel ; for the ark of God is taken. 
 
 5 Now the Philistines had taken the 
 ark of God, and they brought it from 
 
 2 Eben-ezer unto Ashdod. And the Philis- 
 tmes took the ark of God, and brought 
 it into the house of Dagou, and set it 
 
 3 by Dagon. And when they of Ashdod 
 arose early on the morrow, behold, 
 Dagon was fallen ''upon his face to 
 the ground before the ark of the Lord. 
 And they took Dagon, and set him 
 
 4 in his place again. And when they 
 arose early on the morrow morning, be- 
 hold, Dagon was fallen 6 upon his face 
 to the ground before the ark of the 
 Lord ; and the head of Dagon and both 
 the i^ahns of his hands lay cut off upon 
 the threshold ; only the stump o/Dagon 
 
 5 was left to liLm. Therefore neither the 
 priests of Dagon, nor any that come into 
 Dagon's house, tread on the threshold 
 of Dagon in Ashdod, unto this day. 
 
 6 But the hand of the Lord was heavy 
 uiion them of Ashdod, and he destroyed 
 them, and smote them with 'tumours, 
 ^even Ashdod and the borders thereof. 
 
 7 And ^vhen the men of Ashdod saw that 
 it was so, they said. The ark of the 
 God of Israel shall not abide with us : 
 for his hand is sore upon us, and upon 
 
 8 Dagon our god. They sent therefore 
 and gathered all the lords of the Phihs- 
 tines unto them, and said. What shall 
 we do with the ark of the God of Israel? 
 And they answered, Let the ark of the 
 God of Israel be carried about unto 
 Gath. And they carried the ark of 
 
 9 the God of Israel about thither. And 
 it was so, that, after they had carried 
 it about, the hand of the Lord was 
 against the city with a very great 
 discomfiture: and he smote the men 
 of the city, both small and great, and 
 
 lOtmnours brake out upon them. So 
 they sent the ark of God to Ekrou. 
 And it came to pass, as the ark of God 
 came to Ekron, that the Ekronites 
 cried out, saying. They have brought 
 aljout the ark of the God of Israel to 
 
 11 us, to slay us and our people. They 
 sent therefore and gathered together 
 all the lords of the Philistines, and 
 they said, Send away the ark of the 
 God of Israel, and let it go again to its 
 own place, that it slay us not, and our 
 jieople: for there was a deadly dis- 
 comfiture throughout aU the city ; the 
 hand of God was very heavy there. 
 
 12 And the men that died not were smitten 
 with the timiours : and the cry of the 
 city went up to heaven. 
 
 And the ark of the Lord was in 
 the y country of the Philistines seven 
 
 2 months i". And the Philistines called 
 for the priests and the diviners, saying. 
 What shall we do with the ark of the 
 Lord? shew us wherewith we shall 
 
 3 send it to its place. And they said, If 
 ye send away the ark of the God of 
 Israel, send it not empty ; but ui any 
 
 6 Or, 
 he/ore it 
 
 7 Or, 
 plague 
 boils 
 As read 
 I>j- the 
 Jews, 
 cmerods. 
 
 8 The 
 Sept. 
 iias in- 
 stead, 
 and in 
 the midst 
 of tlie 
 land 
 thereof 
 mice 
 were 
 brought 
 forth, 
 and 
 there 
 was a 
 great 
 and 
 deadly 
 destruc 
 tion in 
 the city. 
 
 »Heb. 
 field. 
 
 II) The 
 Sept. 
 a tuts, 
 a 'id 
 their 
 7 'I till 
 awftrmed 
 n-ith 
 til ice.
 
 7. 9. 
 
 I. SAMUEL. 
 
 215 
 
 'Or, 
 
 trespass 
 offering 
 
 JHeb. 
 
 them. 
 
 :iOr, 
 made a 
 mock of 
 iHeb. 
 them. 
 
 5Heb. 
 
 one 
 
 raised 
 
 way. 
 
 wise return liiin a i guilt offering : then 
 j'e shall he healed, and it shall l)e known 
 to you why his hand is not removed 
 •1 froin you. Then said they, What shall 
 he tlie guilt offering which we shall 
 return to him? And they said, Five 
 golden tumours, and five golden mice, 
 according to the niniiher of the lords of 
 the Philistines : for one plague was on 
 
 5 2you all, and on your lords. Wherefore 
 ye shall make images of youi- tumours, 
 and images of your mice that mar the 
 land ; and ye shall give glory unto the 
 God of Israel: peradventure he will 
 lighten his hand from off you, and from 
 off your gods, and fi-om off your land. 
 
 6 Wherefore then do ye harden your 
 hearts, as the Egyptians and Pharaoh 
 hai-dened their hearts? when he had 
 8 wrought wonderfully among them, did 
 they not let * the people go, and they 
 
 7 departed? Now therefore take and 
 prepare you a new cart, and two milch 
 kine, on which there hath come no 
 yoke, and tie the kine to the cart, and 
 
 8 bring then- calves home from them : and 
 take the ark of the Lord, and lay it 
 upon the cart; and put the jewels 
 of gold, which ye return him for a 
 guilt offering, in a coffer by the side 
 thereof ; and send it away, that it may 
 
 9 go. And see, if it goeth up by the way 
 of its own border to Beth-shemesh, 
 then he hath done us this great e\\\ : 
 but if not, then we shall know that it 
 is not his hand that smote us ; it was 
 
 10 a chance that happened to us. Arid 
 the men did so; and took two milch 
 kine, and tied them to the cart, and 
 
 11 shut up their calves at home : and they 
 put the ark of the Lord upon the cart, 
 and the coffer with the mice of gold 
 
 12 and the unages of their tumom's. Aiid 
 the kine took the straight way by the 
 way to Beth-shemesh ; they went along 
 ^the high way, lowing as they went, 
 and turned not aside to the right hand 
 or to the left; and the lords of the 
 Philistines went after them unto the 
 
 13 border of Beth-shemesh. And they 
 of Beth-shemesh were reaping their 
 wheat harvest in the valley : and they 
 lifted up their eyes, and saw the ark, 
 
 1-4 and rejoiced to see it. Aiid the cart 
 came into the field of Joshua the Beth- 
 shemite, and stood there, where there 
 was a great stone : and they clave the 
 wood of the cart, and offered up the 
 kine for a burnt offering unto the Lord. 
 
 15 And the Levites took down the ark of 
 the Lord, and the coffer that was with 
 it, wherein the jewels of gold were, and 
 put them on the great stone : and the 
 men of Beth-shemesh offered burnt 
 offerings and sacrificed sacrilices the 
 
 16 same day unto the Lord. And when 
 the five lords of the Philistines had seen 
 it, theyretiu-ued to Ekron the sameday. 
 
 17 And these are the golden tumours 
 
 which the Philistines returned for a 
 guilt offering unto the Lord ; for 
 Ashdod one, for Graza one, for Aslilielon 
 one, for (iath one, for Ekron one; 
 
 18 and the golden mice, accorduig to the 
 nunil)er of all the cities of the Philis- 
 tines belonging to the five lords, both 
 of fenced cities and of comitry vil- 
 lages: even unto the gi'eat ^^ stone, 
 whereon they set down the ark of the 
 Lord, ivhich stone reniaineth unto this 
 day in the field of Joshua the Beth- 
 
 lOshemite. 7 And he smote of the men 
 of Beth-shemesh, because they had 
 looked into the ark of the Lord, even 
 he smote of the people seventy men, 
 and fifty thousand men : and the 
 people mourned, because the Lord 
 had smitten the people with a great 
 
 20 slaughter. And the men of Beth- 
 shemesh said, Who is able to stand 
 before the Lord, this holy God? and 
 
 21 to whom shall he go up from us ? And 
 they sent messengers to the inhabit- 
 ants of Ku'iath-jearim, saying, The 
 Philistines have brought agam the ark 
 of the Lord ; come ye down, and fetch 
 
 Y it up to you. And the men of Kiriath- 
 jearim came, and fetched up the ark 
 of the Lord, and brought it into the 
 house of Abuiadab in "the hill, and 
 sanctified Eleazar his son to keej) the 
 ark of the Lord. 
 
 2 And it came to pass, from the day 
 that the ark abode m Ku-iath-jearun, 
 that the time was long; for it was 
 twenty years : and all the house of 
 Israel '-'lamented after the Lord. 
 
 3 And Samuel spake unto all the house 
 of Israel, saying, If ye do return 
 unto the Lord with all your heart, 
 then put away the strange gods and 
 the Ashtaroth from among you, and 
 I'^prei^are your hearts unto the Lord, 
 and serve him only: and he will de- 
 liver you out of the hand of the Philis- 
 
 4 tines. Then the children of Israel did 
 put away the Baahm and the Ash- 
 taroth, and served the Lord only. 
 
 5 And Samuel said. Gather all Israel 
 to Mizpah, and I wiU pray for you 
 
 Gimto the Lord. And they gathered 
 together to IMizpah, and cli-ew water, 
 and jjoured it out before the Lord, and 
 fasted on that day, and said there, We 
 have sumed agamst the Lord. And 
 Samuel judged the children of Israel 
 
 7 in Mizpah. And when the Philistmes 
 heard that the chilih-en of Israel were 
 gathered together to Mizpah, the lords 
 of the Philistines went up agamst Israel. 
 And when the children of Israel heard 
 it, they were afraid of the Philistines. 
 
 8 And the children of Israel said to 
 Samuel, Cease not to cry imto the 
 Lord our God for us, that he wiU save 
 us out of the hand of the Philistines. 
 
 9 And Samuel took a suckuig lamb, and 
 offered it for a whole burnt oftermg 
 
 6 So the 
 Sept. 
 und 
 
 TiirKuni. 
 Tlie 
 
 Hebrew 
 text h;is. 
 Abel 
 (that is, 
 a tnea- 
 dow). 
 
 7 The 
 Sept. 
 has, Aitd 
 the soils 
 of Jecttii- 
 iah re- 
 joiced 
 not 
 
 miionj 
 the ytwri 
 of neth- 
 shem.cnh, 
 tf'cause 
 they saw 
 the ark 
 of the 
 Lord ,- 
 and he 
 smote 
 atnoiuj 
 them 
 severity 
 nien. 
 and 
 
 fifty 
 thou- 
 sand 
 men. 
 
 8 Or, 
 
 Oibeah 
 
 9 Or. was 
 
 draicn 
 
 together 
 
 10 Or, 
 direct
 
 216 
 
 I. SAMUEL. 
 
 7. 9. 
 
 IHeb. 
 
 2 That is. 
 The 
 
 stone of 
 help. 
 
 unto the Lord : and Samuel cried unto 
 the Lord for Israel ; and the Lord an- 
 lOswered him. And as Samuel was of- 
 f ermg up the burnt offering, the Philis- 
 tines drew near to battle against Israel : 
 but the Lord thundered with a great 
 1 thunder on that day upon the Philis- 
 tines, and discomfited them ; and they 
 
 11 were smitten down before Israel. And 
 the men of Israel went out of Mizpah, 
 and pursued the Philistines, and smote 
 them, until they came under Betli- 
 
 12 car. Then Samuel took a stone, and 
 set it between Mizpah and Shen, and 
 called the name of it ^Eben-ezer, say- 
 ing, Hitherto hath the Lord helped 
 
 13 us. So the Phihstines were subdued, 
 and they came no more within the 
 border of Israel : and the hand of the 
 Lord was against the Pliilistines aU 
 
 14 the days of Samuel. And the cities 
 which the Philistines had taken from 
 Israel were restored to Israel, from 
 Ekron even unto Gath; and the border 
 thereof did Israel deliver out of the 
 hand of the Philistines. And there was 
 peace between Israel and the Amorites. 
 
 15 And Samuel judged Israel all the days 
 
 16 of his life. And he went from year to 
 year in circuit to Beth-el, and Gilgal, 
 and Mizpah ; and he judged Israel in all 
 
 17 those places. And his return was to 
 Eamah, for there was his house ; and 
 there he judged Israel: and he built 
 there an altar unto the Lord. 
 
 8 And it came to pass, when Samuel was 
 old, that he made his sons judges over 
 
 2 Israel. Now the name of his firstborn 
 was Joel ; and the name of his second, 
 Abijah: they were judges in Beer-sheba. 
 
 3 And his sons walked not in his ways, 
 but turned aside after lucre, and took 
 bribes, and perverted judgement. 
 
 4 Then aU the elders of Israel gathered 
 themselves together, and came to Sam- 
 
 5 uel unto Eamah: and they said unto him, 
 Behold, thou art old, and thy sons walk 
 not in thy ways : now make us a king to 
 
 6 judge us like all the nations. But the 
 thing displeased Samuel, when they 
 said. Give us a king to judge us. And 
 
 7 Samuel prayed unto the Lord. And 
 the Lord said imto Samuel, Hearken 
 unto the voice of the people in aU that 
 they say unto thee : for they have not 
 rejected thee, but they have rejected 
 me, that I should not be king over them. 
 
 8 According to aU the works which they 
 have done since the day that I brought 
 them up out of Egypt even unto this 
 day, in that they have forsaken me, 
 and served other gods, so do they also 
 
 9 unto thee. Now therefore hearken 
 unto their voice: howbeit thou shalt 
 protest solemnly unto them, and shalt 
 shew them the manner of the king that 
 shall reign over them. 
 
 10 And Samuel told all the words of the 
 Lord unto the people that asked of him 
 
 11 a kuig. And he said, This will be the 
 maimer of the king that shall reign 
 over you: he will take your sons, 
 and appoint them mito him, ^for his 
 chariots, and to be his horsemen ; and 
 
 12 they shall run before his chariots : and 
 he will appoint them unto him for 
 captams of thousands, and captains 
 of fifties; and he toill set some to plow 
 his gromid, and to reap his harvest, 
 and to make his instruments of war, 
 and the instruments of his chariots. 
 
 13 And he will take your daughters to be 
 ^confectiouaries, and to be cooks, and 
 
 14 to be bakers. And he wiU take your 
 fields, and your vineyards, and your 
 oliveyards, even the best of them, 
 
 15 and give them to his servants. And 
 he will take the tenth of your seed, 
 and of your vineyards, and give to his 
 
 IG^offlcers, and to his servants. And 
 he wiU take your menservants, and 
 your maidservants, and yom" goodliest 
 ''young men, and your asses, and put 
 
 17 them to his work. He wiU take the 
 tenth of your flocks : and ye shaU 
 
 18 be his servants. And ye shall cry out 
 in that day because of your king which 
 ye shall have chosen you; and the 
 Lord will not answer you in that day. 
 
 19 But the i^eople refused to hearken un- 
 to the voice of Samuel ; and they said. 
 Nay ; but we wUl have a king over us ; 
 
 20 that we also may be like all the nations ; 
 and that om- king may judge us, and 
 go out before us, and fight our battles. 
 
 21 And Samuel heard all the words of the 
 people, and he rehearsed them m the 
 
 22 ears of the Lord. And the Lord said 
 to Samuel, Hearken unto their voice, 
 and make them a king. And Samuel 
 said unto the men of Israel, Go ye 
 eveiy man unto his city. 
 
 9 Now there was a man of Benjamin, 
 whose name was Kish, the son of Abiel, 
 the son of Zeror, the son of Becorath, 
 the son of Aphiah, the son of a Ben- 
 
 2 jamite, a mighty man of ^ valour. And 
 he had a son, whose name was Saul, a 
 Syoung man and a goodly: and there 
 was not among the children of Israel a 
 goodlier person than he : f I'om his shoul- 
 ders and upward he was higher than 
 
 3 any of the peojJe. And the asses of 
 Kish Saul's father were lost. And Kish 
 said to Saul his son, Take now one of 
 the servants with thee, and arise, go 
 
 4 seek the asses. And he passed through 
 the hiU comitryof Ephraim, and passed 
 through the laud of Shalishah, but they 
 foimd them not: then they passed 
 through the land of Shaalim, and there 
 they were not : and he passed through 
 the land of the Benjamites, but they 
 
 5 found them not. When they were come 
 to the land of Zuph, Saul said to his 
 servant that was with him, Come and 
 let us return ; lest my father leave caring 
 for the asses, and take thought for us.
 
 10. 6. 
 
 I. SAMUEL. 
 
 IHeb. 
 un- 
 covered 
 the ear of 
 Samuel, 
 
 2 Or, 
 leader 
 
 3Heb. 
 an- 
 swered 
 him. 
 
 4 Or, of 
 whoyn I 
 said un- 
 to thee. 
 This 
 tame &c. 
 
 6 Or, on 
 whom is 
 all the 
 desire of 
 Israel / 
 Is it not 
 on thee, 
 and on 
 aU id 
 
 G And he said unto liim, Behold now, there 
 is in this city a man of God, and he is 
 a man that is lield in honour ; all that 
 he saith cometh surely to pass : now lot 
 us go thither ; peradventure he can tell 
 us concerning onr journey whereon 
 
 Two go. Then said Saul to his servant, 
 But, behold, if wo go, what shall we 
 bring the man ? for the bread is spent 
 in our Tessels, and there is not a 
 pi'esent to bring to the man of God: 
 
 8 what have we? And the servant an- 
 swei'ed Saul again, and said. Behold, I 
 have in my hand the fourth ])art of a 
 shekel of silver: that will I give to 
 the man of God, to tell us oiu- waj'. 
 
 9 (Beforetime in Israel, when a man 
 went to inquii-e of God, thus he said. 
 Come and let us go to the seer: for 
 he that is now called a Prophet M-as 
 
 10 beforetime called a Seer.) Then said 
 Saul to his servant, Well said; come, 
 let us go. So they went unto the city 
 
 11 where the man of God was. As they 
 went up the ascent to the city, they 
 found young maidens going out to draw 
 water, and said unto them, Is the seer 
 
 12 here? And they answered them, and 
 said. He is; behold, he is before thee : 
 make haste now, for he is come to-day 
 into the city ; for the i^eople have a 
 
 13 sacrifice to-day in the high place: as 
 soon. as ye be come into the city, ye 
 shall straightway find him, before he 
 go up to the high place to eat : for the 
 people wOl not eat imtil he come, be- 
 cause he doth bless the sacrifice; and 
 afterwards they eat that be bidden. 
 Now therefore get you up; for at this 
 
 14 time ye shall find him. And they 
 went up to the city ; and as they came 
 within the city, behold, Samuel came 
 out against them, for to go up to the 
 high place. 
 
 15 Now the Lord had i revealed unto 
 Samuel a day before Saul came, sayuig, 
 
 16 To-morrow about this time I will send 
 thee a man out of the land of Ben- 
 jamm, and thou shalt anoint him to be 
 2 prince over my people Israel, and he 
 shall save my people out of the hand of 
 the Philistines : for I have looked upon 
 my people, because their cry is come 
 
 17 unto me. And when Samuel saw Saul, 
 the Lord s said unto him. Behold the 
 man "* of whom I spake to thee ! this 
 same shall have authority over my 
 
 18 people. Then Saul di-ew near to Samuel 
 in the gate, and said, TeU me, I pray 
 
 19 thee, where the seer's house is. And 
 Samuel answered Saul, and said, I am 
 the seer ; go up before me unto the high 
 place, for ye shall eat with me to-day : 
 and in the morning I wiU let thee go, 
 and wDl tell thee all that is in thine 
 
 20 heart. And as for thine asses that were 
 lost three days ago, set not thy mind on 
 them; for they are found. And ^for 
 whom is aU that is desirable in Israel? 
 
 Is it not for thee, and for all thy father's 
 21 house ? And Saul answered and said, 
 Am not I a Benjamite, of the smallest 
 of tho tribes of Israel ? and my family 
 the least of all the families of the " tribe 
 of Benjamin? wherefore thonspeakest 
 22 thou to me after this manner? And 
 Samuel took Saul and his servant, and 
 brought them into tho guest-chamber, 
 and made them sit in the chiefest place 
 among them that were bidden, which 
 
 23 were about thirty persons. And Samu- 
 el said unto the cook. Bring the i)or- 
 tion which I gave thee, of which I said 
 
 24 unto thee, Set it by thee. And the 
 cook took up the ''thigh, and that which 
 was ujion it, and set it before Saul. 
 And Samuel said, Behold that which 
 hath been reserved ! set it before thee 
 and eat; because unto the appomted 
 time hath it been kept for thee, ^for 
 I said, I have invited the people. So 
 Saul did eat with Samuel that day. 
 
 25 And when they were come down from 
 the high place into the city, ^he com- 
 muned with Saul upon the housetop. 
 
 26 And they arose early : and it came to 
 pass about the spring of the day, that 
 Samuel called to Saul on the housetop, 
 saying, Up, that I may send thee away. 
 And Saul arose, and they went out 
 both of them, he and Samuel, abroad. 
 
 27 As they were going down at the end 
 of the city, Samuel said to Saul, Bid 
 the servant pass on before us, (and 
 he i^assed on,) but stand thou stUl at 
 this time, that I may cause thee to 
 
 10 hear the word of God. Then Samuel 
 took the vial of oil, and poured it upon 
 his head, and kissed huii, and said. Is 
 it not that the Lord hath anointed 
 thee to be pruice over his inheritance ? 
 
 2 When thou art departed from me to- 
 day, then thou shalt find two men by 
 Eachel's sepulchre, in the border of 
 Benjamin at Zelzah; and theywiU say 
 unto thee. The asses which thou went- 
 est to seek are found : and, lo, thy father 
 hath left the care of the asses, and 
 taketh thought for you, saying, What 
 
 3 shall I do for my sou ? Then shalt thou 
 go on forward from thence, and thoii 
 shalt come to the lOoak of Tabor, and 
 there shall meet thee there three men 
 going up to God to Beth-el, one cari-yuig 
 three kids, and another carrying tlaree 
 loaves of bread, and another carrying 
 
 4 a 11 bottle of wine: and they will salute 
 thee, and give thee two loaves of bread; 
 which thou shalt receive of their hand. 
 
 5 After that thou shalt come to i- the hill 
 of God, where is the garrison of the 
 PhUistines : and it shall come to jiass, 
 when thou art come thither to the city, 
 that thou shalt meet a band of prophets 
 commg down from the high place with 
 a psaltery, and a timbrel, and a pipe, 
 and a harp, before them ; and they shall 
 
 6 be prophesying : and the si)irit of the 
 
 217 
 
 « Heb. 
 triltit. 
 
 7 Or, 
 
 sfi'jidder 
 
 8 Ht-h. 
 saying. 
 
 OThe 
 
 Sept. 
 has, they 
 spread a 
 couch for 
 Saul on 
 the 
 
 house- 
 top, and 
 he lay 
 (tow?t. 
 And it 
 came to 
 pass Ac. 
 
 10 Or, 
 
 tere- 
 binth 
 
 11 Or, 
 skin 
 
 12 Or, 
 
 Gibeah
 
 218 
 
 I. SAMUEL. 
 
 10. 6. 
 
 IHeb. 
 it shoU 
 coTne to 
 
 that 
 when 
 thess 
 signs &c. 
 
 2Heb. 
 
 do/or 
 
 thee as 
 
 thine 
 
 hand 
 
 shall 
 
 find. 
 
 SHeb. 
 turned. 
 
 4 Or. 
 
 Cribi-ah 
 
 '■The 
 
 Sept. 
 
 adds. 
 
 and the 
 
 famittiof 
 
 the 
 
 Matrifes 
 
 was 
 
 brought 
 
 near 
 
 man by 
 
 man, 
 
 8 Or. Is 
 
 the man 
 yet eome 
 hither J 
 
 Lord will come mightily upon thee, and 
 thoii shalt prophesy with them, and 
 
 7 shalt be turned into another man. And 
 1 let it be, when these signs are come 
 unto thee, 2 that thou do as occasion 
 
 8 serve thee ; for God is with thee. And 
 thou shalt go down before me to Gilgal; 
 and, behold, I will come down unto 
 thee, to offer burnt offerings, and to 
 sacrifice sacrifices of peace offerings : 
 seven days shalt thou tarry, till I come 
 unto thee, and shew thee what thou 
 
 9 shalt do. And it was so, that when he 
 had turned his bacli to go from Samu- 
 el, God 3 gave him another heart: and 
 all those signs came to pass that day. 
 
 10 And when they came thither to * the 
 hill, behold, a band of prophets met 
 him; and the spirit of God came 
 mightily upon him, and he prophesied 
 
 11 among them. And it came to pass, 
 when all that knew him beforetime saw 
 that, behold, he prophesied with the 
 prophets, then the people said one to 
 another, What is this that is come un- 
 to the son of Kish ? Is Saul also among 
 
 12 the prophets? And one of the same 
 place answered and said, And who is 
 then- father? Therefore it became a 
 proverb, Is Saul also among the pro- 
 
 1.3 phets ? And when he had made an end 
 of prophesying, he came to the high 
 place. 
 
 14 And Saul's tmcle said unto liim 
 and to his servant, Wbither went ye ? 
 And he said. To seek the asses : and 
 when we saw that they were not found, 
 
 15 we came to Samuel. And Saul's uncle 
 said. Tell me, I pray thee, what Samuel 
 
 16 said unto you. And Saiil said unto 
 his uncle. He told us plainly that the 
 asses were found. But concernmg the 
 matter of the kingdom, whereof Samu- 
 el spake, he told him not. 
 
 17 And Samuel called the people to- 
 ISgether unto the Lord to Mizpah; and 
 
 he said unto the children of Israel, 
 Thus saith the Lord, the God of Israel, 
 I brought up Israel out of Egyi)t, and 
 I deUvered you out of the hand of the 
 Egyptians, and out of the hand of all 
 
 19 the kingdoms that oppressed you : but 
 ye have this day rejected your God, 
 who himself savetli you out of all your 
 calamities and your distresses ; and ye 
 have said unto him. Nay, but set a 
 king over us. Now therefore present 
 yourselves before the Lord by yom- 
 
 20 tribes, and by your thousands. So 
 Samuel brought all the tribes of Israel 
 near, and the tribe of Benjamin was 
 
 21 taken. And he brought the tribe of 
 Benjamin near by their families, and 
 the family of the Matrites was taken ^ : 
 and Saul the son of Kish was taken; 
 but when they sought him, he could 
 
 22 not be found. Therefore they asked 
 of the Lord further, ''Is there yet a 
 man to come hither? And the Lord 
 
 answered. Behold, he hath hid himself 
 23 among the stuff. And they ran and 
 fetched him thence ; and when he 
 stood among the people, he was higher 
 than any of the people from his shoul- 
 24ders and upward. And Samuel said 
 to all the people. See ye him whom 
 the Lord hath chosen, that there is 
 none like hmi among all the peo^ole? 
 And all the people shouteu, and said, 
 ■7 God save the king. 
 
 25 Then Samuel told the people the 
 manner of the kingdom, and wrote 
 it in ^a. book, and laid it up before 
 the Lord. And Samuel sent all the 
 people away, every man to his house. 
 
 26 And Saul also went to his house to 
 Giboah ; and there went with him the 
 9 host, whose hearts God had touched. 
 
 27 But certain 1° sons of " Behal said. How 
 shall this man save us ? And they de- 
 spised him, and brought hun no pre- 
 sent. 12 But, ]2e held his peace. 
 
 11 Then Nahasli the Ammonite came 
 up, and encamped against Jabesh- 
 gilead : and aU the men of Jabesh 
 said unto Naliash, Make a covenant 
 
 2 with us, and we wiU serve thee. And 
 Nahash the Ammonite said unto them, 
 On this condition will I make it with 
 you, that all your right eyes be put out ; 
 and I wiU lay it for a reproach upon 
 
 Sail Israel. And the elders of Jabesh 
 said unto him. Give us seven days' 
 respite, that we may send messengers 
 unto all the borders of Israel : and 
 then, if there be none to save us, we 
 
 4 will come out to thee. Then came the 
 messengers to Gibeah of Saul, and 
 spake these words in the ears of the 
 people: and aU the i^eople lifted up 
 
 5 their voice, and wej)t. And, behold, 
 Saul came following the oxen out of 
 the field; and Saul said. What aileth 
 the people that they weep ? And they 
 told him the words of the men of 
 
 6 Jabesh. And the spirit of God came 
 mightUy upon Saul when he heard 
 those words, and his anger was kindled 
 
 7 gi'eatly. And he took a yoke of oxen, 
 and cut them in pieces, and sent them 
 throughout all the borders of Israel 
 by the hand of messengers, saying, 
 W^hosoever cometh not forth after Saul 
 and after Samuel, so shall it be done 
 unto his oxen. And 13 the dread of the 
 Lord fell on the people, and they 
 
 8 came out as one man. And he num- 
 bered them in Bezek ; and the children 
 of Israel were three hundred thousand, 
 and the men of Judah thirty thousand. 
 
 9 And they said tmto the messengers 
 that came, Thus shall ye say unto the 
 men of Jabesh-gilead, To-moiTow, by 
 the time the sun is hot, ye shall have 
 deliverance. And the messengers came 
 and told the men of Jabesh ; and they 
 
 10 were glad. Therefore the men of Ja- 
 besh said. To-morrow we will come out
 
 13. 1. 
 
 I. SAMUEL. 
 
 219 
 
 1 Hell. 
 
 salva - 
 Hon. 
 
 2 Or, 
 bribe 
 
 3 Or, 
 
 that r 
 should 
 hide 
 mina 
 eyes at 
 him 
 
 The Sept. 
 has, ei'eii 
 a pair of 
 shoes t 
 answer 
 against 
 7ne and 
 I will itc. 
 See 
 
 Ecclus. 
 xlvi. 19. 
 
 4 Or, 
 
 yyiade 
 
 luito you, and ye slmll do with us all 
 
 11 that soeiiiclh good unto you. And it 
 was so on the morrow, that Saul put 
 tlie people in three companies; and 
 they came into the midst of the camp 
 in the morning watch, and smote tlie 
 Aumionites until the heat of the day: 
 iiud it came to pass, that they which 
 remained were scattered, so that two 
 
 12 of them were not left together. And 
 the people said unto Samuel, Who is 
 he that said. Shall Saul reign over us ? 
 bring the men, that we may put them 
 
 13 to death. And Saul said. There shall 
 not a man be put to death this da3': 
 for to-day the Lord hath wrought 
 1 deliverance in Israel. 
 
 11 Then said Samuel to the people, 
 Come and let us go to Gilgal, and re- 
 
 15 new the kingdom there. And aU the 
 people went to Gilgal ; and there they 
 made Saul king before the Lord in 
 Gilgal ; and there they sacrificed sacri- 
 fices of peace offerings before the 
 Lord ; and there Saul and all the men 
 of Israel rejoiced greatly. 
 
 12 And Samuel said unto all Israel, Be- 
 hold, I have hearkened unto j'our voice 
 in all that ye said unto me, and have 
 
 2 made a king over you. And now, be- 
 hold, the king walketh before yoii : and 
 I am old and grayheaded ; and, behold, 
 my sons are with you: and I have 
 walked before you from raj youth 
 
 Simto this day. Here I am: witness 
 against me before the Lord, and be- 
 fore his anomted: whose ox have I 
 taken? or whose ass have I taken? 
 or whom have I defrauded? whom 
 have I oppressed? or of whose hand 
 have I taken a ^ransom 3 to blind mine 
 eyes therewith? and I will restore it 
 
 4 you. And they said, Thou hast not 
 ■defrauded us, uor oppressed ns, neither 
 hast thou taken aught of any man's 
 
 5 hand. And he said unto them, The 
 Lord is witness against you, and his 
 anointed is witness this day, that ye 
 have not found aught m my hand. 
 
 6 And they said, He is witness. And 
 Samuel said unto the people, It is the 
 Lord that * appointed Moses and Aaron, 
 and that brought your fathers up out 
 
 7 of the land of Egypt. Now therefore 
 stand still, that I may plead with you 
 before the Lord concerning all the 
 righteous acts of the Lord, which he 
 
 8 did to you and to your fathers. When 
 Jacob was come into Egypt, and yoiir 
 fathers cried mito the Lord, then the 
 Lord sent Moses and Aaron, who 
 brought forth your fathers out of 
 Egypt, and made them to dwell in this 
 
 9 place. But theyforgat the Lord their 
 God, and he sold them into the hand 
 of Sisera, captain of the host of Hazor, 
 and into the hand of the Philistines, 
 and into the hand of the king of Moab, 
 
 10 and they fought against them. And 
 
 they cried imto the Lord, and said. 
 Wo have sinned, because we have for- 
 saken the Lord, and have served tlie 
 Baalim and the Ashtaroth: but now 
 deliver us out of the liand of our 
 
 11 enemies, and we will sen-e thee. And 
 the Loud sent Jenibbaal, and ''Bedan, 
 and Jeplithah, and Sanniel, and de- 
 livered you out of the hand of j'our 
 enemies on every side, and ye dwelled 
 
 12 in safety. And when ye saw that 
 Nahash the king of the children of 
 Amnion came against you, ye said 
 unto me, Nay, but a king shall reign 
 over us : when the Lord your (iod was 
 
 13 your king. Now therefore behold the 
 king whom ye have chosen, and whom 
 ye have asked for: and, behold, the 
 
 14 Lord hath set a king over you. If 
 ye will fear the Lord, and serve him, 
 and hearken unto his voice, and not 
 rebel against the commandment of the 
 Lord, Band both ye and also the king 
 that reigneth over you be followers of 
 
 15 the Lord your God, well : but if ye will 
 not hearken unto the voice of the Lord, 
 but rebel against the commandnicnt of 
 the Lord, then shall the hand of the 
 Lord be against you, 'as it was against 
 
 16 your fathers. Now therefore stand 
 still and see this great thing, which 
 
 17 the Lord will do before yonr eyes. Is 
 it not wheat harvest to-day? I will 
 call unto the Lord, that he may send 
 thmider and rain; and ye shall know 
 and see that your wickedness is great, 
 which ye have done in the sight of 
 
 18 the Lord, in asking you a king. So 
 Samuel called unto the Lord ; and the 
 Lord sent thmider and rain that day : 
 and all the people greatly feared the 
 
 19 Lord and Samuel. And all the people 
 said unto Samuel, Pray for thy serv- 
 ants unto the Lord thy God, that we 
 die not : for we have added unto aU 
 our sins this evil, to ask us a king. 
 
 20 And Samuel said unto the people, Fear 
 not : ye have indeed done all this evil : 
 yet turn not aside from following the 
 Lord, but serve the Lord with all 
 
 21 your heart; ^and turn ye not aside: 
 for then should ye go after vain things 
 which cannot profit nor deliver, for 
 
 22 they are vain. For the Lord will not 
 forsake his people for his gi-eat name's 
 sake : because it hath pleased the Lord 
 to make you a people unto himself. 
 
 23 Moreover as for me, God forbid that 
 I should sui ^.gainst the Lord in ceas- 
 ing to pray for you : but I wOl instruct 
 you in the good and the right way. 
 
 24 Only fear the Lord, and serve him in 
 truth with all your heart : for consider 
 how great things he hath done for you. 
 
 25 But if ye shall still do wickedly, ye 
 shall be consumed, both ye and your 
 king. 
 
 13 Saul was r'thlrfirj years old when 
 he began to reign; and he reigned 
 
 imciuiit 
 .'nithoii- 
 tie.s reiul, 
 Hiirah, 
 
 "Or, 
 
 then 
 
 shall 
 
 both 
 
 ye . . . thx; 
 
 LORli 
 
 your 
 
 God : 
 
 Out li-e. 
 
 "The 
 
 Sept 
 ha:-, '''vd 
 aij'tinst 
 your 
 king. 
 
 8 The 
 Sept. 
 ha.s, avd 
 turn ye 
 not axide 
 after the 
 vanitU'S 
 which 
 <tc. 
 
 OThe 
 Hebrew 
 text bus, 
 Saulieas 
 a year 
 old. The 
 whole 
 vei-se is 
 omitted 
 in the 
 unre- 
 vised 
 Sept.. 
 but in a 
 later re- 
 cension 
 tlie 
 
 number 
 tli Irty is 
 inserted.
 
 220 
 
 I. SAMUEL. 
 
 13. 1. 
 
 lOr, 
 
 holes 
 
 2 Or, 
 cisterns 
 
 3 Or. 
 bless 
 
 2 two years over Israel. Aiid Saul chose 
 him three thousand men of Israel; 
 whereof two thousand were with Saul 
 in Michmash and in the mount of 
 Beth-el, and a thousand were with 
 Jonathan in Gibeah of Benjamui : and 
 the rest of the jjeople be sent every 
 
 3 man to his tent. And Jonathan smote 
 the garrison of the Philistines that was 
 in Geba, and the Philistmes heard of 
 it. And Saul blew the trmnpet through- 
 out all the land, saying. Let the He- 
 
 4 brews bear. And all Israel heard say 
 that Saul had smitten the garrison of 
 the Philistines, and that Israel also 
 was had in abomination with the Phil- 
 istines. And the jieople were gathered 
 together after Saul to Gilgal. 
 
 5 Aiid the Philistines assembled them- 
 selves together to fight with Israel, 
 thirty thousand chariots, and six thou- 
 sand horsemen, and people as the sand 
 which is on the sea shore in multi- 
 tude: and they came up, and pitched 
 in Micluuash, eastward of Beth-aven. 
 
 6 When the men of Israel saw that they 
 were in a strait, (for the people were 
 distressed,) then the people did hide 
 themselves in caves, and in thickets, 
 and in rocks, and in i holds, and in 
 
 7 2pits. Now some of the Hebrews had 
 gone over Jordan to the land of Gad 
 and Gilead; but as for Saul, he was 
 yet ui Gilgal, and all the people fol- 
 lowed him trembling. 
 
 8 And he tarried seven days, according 
 to the set time that Sanuiel had ap- 
 pointed: but Samuel came not to 
 Gilgal ; and the people were scattered 
 
 9 from him. And Saul said, Bruig hither 
 the burnt offering to me, and the 
 l)eace offerings. And he offered the 
 
 10 burnt offering. And it came to pass 
 that, as soon as he had made an end 
 of offering the burnt offering, behold, 
 Samuel came; and Saul went out to 
 meet him, that he might s salute him. 
 
 11 And Samuel said. What hast thou 
 done? And Saul said. Because I saw 
 that the i^eople were scattered from 
 me, and that thou camest not withm 
 the days aiipointed, and that the Philis- 
 tines assembled themselves together 
 
 l'2at Michmash; therefore said I, Now 
 wiU the Philistines come down ujion 
 me to Gilgal, and I have not uitreated 
 the favour of the Lord : I forced my- 
 self therefore, and offered the bm-nt 
 
 13 offering. And Samuel said to Saul, 
 Thou bast done foolishly: thou hast 
 not kept the commandment of the 
 Lord thy God, which he commanded 
 thee: for now would the Lord have 
 established tliy kingdom uijon Israel 
 
 14 for ever. But now thy kingdom shall 
 not continue : the Lord hath sought 
 him a man after bis own heart, and 
 the Lord hath appointed him to be 
 prince over his people, because thou 
 
 hast not kept that which the Lord 
 commanded thee. 
 
 15 And Samuel arose, and gat him up 
 from Gilgal unto Gibeah of Benjamin. 
 And Saul numbered the people that 
 were present with him, about six 
 
 16 hundred men. And Saul, and Jonathan 
 his son, and the jieople that were pre- 
 sent with them, abode in Geba of Ben- 
 jamin : but the Philistines encamped 
 
 17 in Michmash. And the spoilers came 
 out of the camp of the Phihstines in 
 three companies : one company turned 
 unto the way that leadeth to Ophrah, 
 
 18 unto the land of Shual: and another 
 company turned the way to Beth-horon : 
 and another company turned the way of 
 the border that looketh down upon the 
 valley of Zeboim toward the wilderness. 
 
 19 Now there was no smith found 
 throughout all the land of Israel: for 
 the Philistines said. Lest the Hebrews 
 
 20 make them swords or spears : but all 
 the Israelites went down to the Philis- 
 tines, to sharpen every man his share, 
 and his coulter, and his axe, and his 
 
 21 mattock ; ^ yet they had a file for the 
 mattocks, and for the coulters, and for 
 the forks, and for the axes ; and to set 
 
 22 the goads. So it came to pass in the 
 day of battle, that there was neither 
 sword nor spear found in the hand of 
 any of the jieople that were with Saul 
 and Jonathan : but witli Saul and with 
 
 23 Jonathan his son was there found. And 
 the garrison of the Philistines went 
 out unto the pass of Michmash. 
 
 14 Now it fell upon a day, that Jonathan 
 the son of Saul said unto the yomig 
 man that bare his annour. Come and 
 let us go over to the Philistines' gar- 
 rison, that is on yonder side. But he 
 
 2 told not his father. And Saul abode 
 in the uttermost part of Gibeah mider 
 the pomegranate tree which is in 
 Migron: and the people that were 
 with him M'ere about six hundred 
 
 3 men ; and Ahijah, the son of Ahittib, 
 Ichabod's brother, the son of Phinehas, 
 the son of Eli, the priest of the Lord 
 in Shiloh, wearing an ephod. And 
 the peoijle knew not that Jonathan 
 
 4 was gone. And between the jmsses, 
 by which Jonathan sought to go over 
 unto the Philistines' garrison, there 
 was a rocky crag on the one side, and 
 a rocky crag on the other side : and the 
 name of the one was Bozez, and the 
 
 5 name of the other Seneh. The one 
 crag rose up on the north in front of 
 Michmash, and the other on the south 
 
 Gin front of Geba. And Jonathan said 
 to the young man that bare his armour. 
 Come and let us go over unto the 
 garrison of these uncircumcised : it 
 may be that the Lord will work for us : 
 for there is no restraint to the Lord 
 
 7 to save by many or by few. And his 
 armourbearer said unto him, Do all
 
 14. 38. 
 
 I. SAMUEL. 
 
 221 
 
 lOr, 
 haifan 
 acre qf 
 land 
 
 2Heb. 
 a trein- 
 hling of 
 God. 
 
 3 The 
 
 Sept. 
 
 lias, 
 
 firing 
 
 hither 
 
 the 
 
 cphod. 
 
 Fur he 
 
 ware the 
 
 cjihod at 
 
 that time 
 
 bffore 
 
 hracl. 
 
 iHeb. 
 and. 
 
 5 Or, 
 in the 
 camp, 
 round 
 about 
 
 SThe 
 Sept. 
 has, 
 
 they alto 
 turned 
 to be il-c 
 
 that is in tliino heart : turn thee, be- 
 hold I aiii with thee according to thy 
 
 8 heart. Then said Jonathan, Behold, 
 Wii will pass over nnto the men, and 
 we will discover ourselves unto them. 
 
 9 If they say thus nnto us. Tarry until we 
 tonio to you ; then we will stand still 
 in our place, and will not go up unto 
 
 10 them. But if they say thus. Come up 
 mito us; then we will go up: for the 
 Lord hath delivered them into our 
 hand: and this shall be the sign unto 
 
 11 us. And both of them discovered them- 
 selves unto the garrison of the Pliilis- 
 thies : and the Philistines said, Behold, 
 the Hebrews come forth out of the 
 holes where they had hid themselves. 
 
 12 And the men of the garrison answered 
 Jonathan and his armourbearer, and 
 said. Come up to us, and we will shew 
 you a thing. And Jonathan said unto 
 his armourbearer, Come up after me : 
 for the Lord hath delivered them 
 
 13 into the hand of Israel. Aiid Jonathan 
 climbed up upon his hands and upon 
 his feet, and his armoiu-bearer after 
 him: and they fell before Jonathan; 
 and his annourbearer slew them after 
 
 141nni. And that first slaughter, which 
 Jonathan and his armourbearer made, 
 was about twenty men, within as it 
 were ^half a furrow's length in an acre 
 
 15 of land. And there was a trembUng in 
 the camp, in the field, and among all 
 the iieople ; the garrison, and the spoil- 
 ers, they also trembled : and the earth 
 quaked; so there was '^an exceeding 
 
 16 great trembling. And the watclunen 
 of Saul in Gibeah of Benjamin looked ; 
 and, behold, the nmltitude melted a- 
 way, and they went hither and thither. 
 
 17 Then said Saul mito the people that 
 were with him, Number now, and see 
 who is gone from us. And when they 
 had nimibered, behold, Jonathan and 
 his armoui'bearer were not there. 
 
 18 And Saul said unto Ahijah, ^Bi-mg 
 hither the ark of God. For the ark of 
 God was there at that time *with the 
 
 19 children of Israel. And it came to 
 pass, while Saul talked imto the priest, 
 that the tumult that was in the camp 
 of the Philistines went on and m- 
 creased : and Saul said unto the i^riest, 
 
 '20 Withdi-aw thme hand. And Saul and 
 all the peoide that were with him were 
 gathered together, and came to the 
 battle : and, behold, every man's sword 
 was against his fellow, and there loas 
 
 21 a very great discomfiture. Now the 
 Hebrews that were with the PhiHs- 
 tuies as before time, which went up 
 with them ^mto the camj) ^from the 
 country romid about; even they also 
 turned to be with the IsraeUtes that 
 
 22 were with Saul and Jonathan. Like- 
 wise all the men of Israel which had 
 hid themselves in the hill country of 
 Ephraim, when they heard that the 
 
 Philistines fled, even they also followed 
 
 2'5hard after them in the battle. So the 
 
 Lord saved Israel that day: and the 
 
 24 l)attle passed over by Beth-aven. And 
 
 the men of Israel wei-e distressed that 
 
 day: but Saul adjured the people, say- 
 
 mg. Cursed be the man that eateth 
 
 any food until it be evening, and I bo 
 
 avenged on muie enemies. So none of 
 
 25theiieople tasted food. And all ''the 
 
 people came into the forest ; and there 
 
 26 was honey upon the ground. And 
 when the people were come unto the 
 forest, behold, « the honey dropped : but 
 no man put his hand to his mouth ; for 
 
 27 the people feared the oath. But Jona- 
 thanheard not when his father charged 
 the people with the oath: wherefore 
 he iiut forth the end of the rod that 
 was in his hand, and dipped it in the 
 honeycomb, and jiut his hand to his 
 mouth ; and his eyes were eidightened. 
 
 28 Then answered one of the people, and 
 said. Thy father straitly charged the 
 people with an oath, saying, Cm-sed 
 be the man that eateth food this day. 
 
 29 And the people were faint. Then said 
 Jonathan, My father hath troubled the 
 land : see, I pray you, how mine eyes 
 have been enlightened, because I 
 
 30 tasted a little of this honey. How 
 much more, if haply the people had 
 eaten freely to-day of the spoil of then- 
 enemies which they found? ^for now 
 hath there been no great slaughter 
 
 31 among the Philistuaes. And they smote 
 of the Philistines that day from Mich- 
 mash to Aijalon: and the people were 
 
 32 very faint. And the people flew upon 
 the spoO, and took sheep, and oxen, 
 and calves, and slew them on the 
 ground : and the people did eat them 
 
 33 with the blood. Then they told Saul, 
 saying. Behold, the peoj)le sin against 
 the Lord, in that they eat with the 
 blood. And he said, Ye have dealt 
 treacherously : roll a great stone unto 
 
 34 me this day. And Saul said, Disperse 
 yourselves among the peo^de, and say 
 mito them, Brmg me hither every 
 man his ox, and evei-y man his sheep, 
 and slay them here, and eat ; and sin 
 not against the Lord in eating with the 
 blood. And all the people brought 
 eveiy man his ox with him that night, 
 
 35 and slew them there. And Saul built an 
 altar imto the Lord : the same was the 
 first altar that he built unto the Lord. 
 
 36 And Saul said, Let us go down after 
 the Philistines by night, and spoil them 
 until the morning light, and let us not 
 leave a man of them. And they said, 
 Do whatsoever seemeth good unto thee. 
 Then said the priest, Let us draw 
 
 37 near hither imto God. And Saul 
 asked counsel of God, Shall I go down 
 after the Philistines? wilt thou deliver 
 them into the hand of Israel? But 
 
 38 he answered him not that dav. And 
 
 ^ ltd). 
 the hind. 
 
 8 Or, a 
 slreani 
 of honey 
 
 »0r, 
 for had 
 there not 
 been now 
 a viach 
 greater 
 £ta tafh- 
 ter &c.>
 
 ooo 
 
 I. SAMUEL. 
 
 14. 38. 
 
 iHeb. 
 
 corn&rs. 
 
 2 0r, fi(>e 
 't perfect 
 lot 
 
 SHeb. 
 
 ran- 
 
 Homed. 
 
 i Or, he 
 putt\\\i\i\ 
 
 I to the 
 
 I irnrae 
 'i'he Sept. 
 lias, he 
 wan vie- 
 tfjrwus. 
 
 •* Acconl- 
 \l\^ to 
 some 
 ancient 
 authori- 
 ties. And 
 Jiinh the 
 / !f At-r 0/ 
 a udand 
 -V'er . . . 
 v^re tite 
 *vu;a- of 
 Ahiel. 
 
 tiHeb. 
 
 ijiith- 
 ered. 
 
 'Or. «•« 
 
 Saul said, Draw nigh hither, all ye 
 1 chiefs of the people : and know and see 
 wherein this sin hath been this day. 
 
 39 For, as the Lord liveth, which saveth 
 Israel, though it be ui Jonathan my 
 son, he shall surely die. But there was 
 not a man among all the people that 
 
 40 answered him. Then said he mito all 
 Israel, Be ye on one side, and I and 
 Jonathan my son will be on the other 
 side. And the people said uuto Saul, 
 Do what seemeth good mito thee. 
 
 41 Therefore Saul said imto the Lokd, the 
 God of Israel, ^Shew the right. And 
 Jonathan and Saul were taken bi/ lot : 
 
 42 but the people escajjed. And Saul said, 
 Cast lots between me and Jonathan my 
 
 43 son. And Jonathan was taken. Then 
 Saul said to Jonathan, Tell me what 
 thou hast done. And Jonathan told 
 him, and said, I did certainly taste a 
 little honey with the end of the rod that 
 was in mine hand; and, lo, I must die. 
 
 44 And Saul said, God do so and more 
 also : for thou shalt surely die, Jona- 
 
 45 than. And the people said imto Saul, 
 Shall Jonathan die, who hath wrought 
 this great salvation in Israel ? God for- 
 bid : as the Lord liveth, there shall not 
 one hair of his head fall to the ground ; 
 for he hath wrought with God this day. 
 So the people ^ rescued Jonathan, that 
 
 46 he died not. Then Saul went up from 
 following the Philistines : and the Phil- 
 istines went to their own place. 
 
 47 Now when Saul had taken the kiug- 
 dom over Israel, he fought agamst aU 
 his enemies on every side, against 
 Moab, and against the children of Am- 
 nion, and againstEdom, and against the 
 kings of Zobah, and against the PhiMs- 
 tmes : and whithersoever he turned 
 
 48 himself, *he vexed them. And he did 
 valiantly, and smote the Amalekites, 
 and delivered Israel out of the hands 
 of them that siioiled them. 
 
 49 Now the sons of Saul were Jonathan, 
 and Ishvi, and Malchi-shua: and the 
 names of his two daughters were these ; 
 the name of the tu-stborn Merab, and 
 
 50 the name of the younger Michal : and 
 the name of Saul's wife was Ahuioam 
 the daiighter of Ahimaaz: and the 
 name of the captain of his host was 
 Abner the son of Ner, Saul's uncle. 
 
 51 ° And Kish was the father of Saul ; and 
 Ner the father of Abner was the son 
 of Abiel. 
 
 52 And there was sore war against the 
 Philistines aU the days of Saul: and 
 when Saul saw any mighty man, or any 
 valiant man, be ''took him unto him. 
 
 15 And Samuel said unto Saul, The Lord 
 sent me to anoint thee to be kmg over 
 his people, over Israel: now therefore 
 hearken thou unto the voice of the 
 2 words of the Lord. Thus saith the 
 Lord of hosts, I ^have marked that 
 which Amalek did to Israel, how he 
 
 set himself against him in the way, 
 
 3 when he came up out of Egypt. Now 
 go and smite Amalek, and ^ utterly 
 destroy all that they have, and spare 
 them not; but slay both man and 
 woman, infant and suckling, ox and 
 sheep, camel and ass. 
 
 4 Ajid Saul summoned the people, and 
 numbered them in Telaim, two hund- 
 red thousand footmen, and ten thou- 
 
 5 sand men of Judah. And Saul came 
 to the city of Amalek, and ^laid wait 
 
 6 in the vaUey. And Saul said unto the 
 Kenites, Go, depart, get you down 
 from among the Amalekites, lest I 
 destroy you with them : for ye shewed 
 kuidness to all the children of Israel, 
 when they came up out of Egypt. 
 So the Kenites departed from among 
 
 7 the Amalekites. And Saul smote the 
 Amalekites, from Havilah as thou 
 goest to Shur, that is before Egypt. 
 
 8 And he took Agag the king of the 
 Amalekites alive, and utterly destroyed 
 aU the i)eople ^\ith the edge of the 
 
 9 sword. But Saul and the people spared 
 Agag, and the best of the sheep, and of 
 the oxen, and of the fatlings, and the 
 lambs, and all that was good, and 
 would not 8 utterly destroy them: but 
 every thing that was vile and refuse, 
 that they destroyed utterly. 
 
 10 Then came the word of the Lord 
 
 11 unto Samuel, saying. It repenteth 
 me that I have set up Saul to be 
 king: for he is turned back from 
 foUowuig me, and hath not performed 
 my commandments. And Samuel was 
 wroth ; and he cried mito the Lord aU 
 
 12 night. And Samuel rose early to meet 
 Saul in the morning ; and it was told 
 Samuel, saying, Saul came to Carmel, 
 and, behold, he set him up a lo monu- 
 ment, and is gone about, and passed on, 
 
 13 and gone down to GUgal. And Samu- 
 el came to Saul: and Saul said unto 
 him,, Blessed be thou of the Lord: I 
 have performed the commandment of 
 
 14 the Lord. And Samuel said, What 
 meaneth then this bleatuig of the sheep 
 in mme ears, and the lowing of the oxen 
 
 15 which I hear? And Sard said. They have 
 brought them from the Amalekites : for 
 the iieople spared the best of the sheep 
 and of the oxen, to sacrifice unto the 
 Lord thy God ; and the rest we have 
 
 16 11 utterly destroyed. Then Samuel said 
 unto Saul, Stay, and I wiU tell thee what 
 the Lord hath said to me this night. 
 
 17 And he said luito him. Say on. And 
 Samuel said, 12 Though thou wast little 
 in thine own sight, wast thou not made 
 the head of the tribes of Israel ? And 
 the Lord anointed thee king over Is- 
 
 ISrael; and the Lord sent thee on a 
 jom-ney, and said. Go and utterly de- 
 stroy the sinners the Amalekites, and 
 tight agamst them until they be con- 
 
 19sumed. Wlierefore then didst thovi
 
 16. 18. 
 
 I. SAMUEL. 
 
 223 
 
 I Heb. 
 devoted. 
 
 SHeb. 
 
 divi7iu- 
 tioit. 
 
 3 Or. 
 iniquitt/ 
 
 4 See 
 (Jen. 
 xxxi. W, 
 34. 
 
 5 Or, 
 Victor t/ 
 Or, Glori/ 
 
 i^Or, 
 
 chfcr- 
 
 /uUy 
 
 'Or, but 
 
 not obey the voice of the Lord, hut 
 didst lly upon the spoil, and didst that 
 whicih was evil in the si},'ht of the IjORD ? 
 
 20 And Saul said unto Bairiuel, Yc^a, 1 
 liave obeyed the voice of the Lokd, and 
 liavo fjoiie the way which the Loud 
 sent me, and have brought Aga;^ the 
 king of Anialek, and have i utterly de- 
 
 21 stroyed the Anialekites. But the people 
 took of the spoil, sheep and oxen, the 
 chief of the devoted things, to sacrifice 
 
 22 unto the Lord thy God in GUgal. And 
 Samuel said, Hath the Lord as great de- 
 hght in burnt offerings and sacrifices, as 
 in oljeying the voice of the Lord '? Be- 
 hold, to obey is better than sacrifice, and 
 
 23 to hearken than the fat of rams. For 
 rebellion is as the sin of ^ witchcraft, 
 and stubbornness is as s* idolatry and 
 ^ teraphun. Because thou hast rejected 
 the word of the Lord, he hath also re- 
 
 24 jected thee from being king. And Saul 
 said mito Samuel, I have sinned : for I 
 have transgressed the commauihuent 
 of the Lord, and thy words: because 
 I feared the people, and obeyed their 
 
 25 voice. Now therefore, I pray thee, par- 
 don my sin, and tm-n again with me, that 
 
 26 1 may worship the Lord. And Samuel 
 said unto Saiil, I will not return with 
 thee : for thou hast rejected the word of 
 the Lord, and the Lord hath rejected 
 
 27 thee from being king over Israel. Aiad as 
 Samuel turned about to go away, belaid 
 hold upon the skirt of his robe, and it 
 
 28 rent. And Samuel said imto him. The 
 Lord hath rent the kingdom of Isra- 
 el from thee this day, and hath given 
 it to a neighbour of thine, that is better 
 
 29 than thou. And also the ^ Strength of 
 Israel will not lie nor repent : for he is 
 
 30 not a man, that he should repent. Then 
 he said, I have sinned : yet honour me 
 now, I pray thee, before the elders of 
 my people, and before Israel, and turn 
 again with me, that I may worship 
 
 81 the Lord thy God. So Samuel turned 
 agaui after Saul ; and Saul worshipped 
 the Lord. 
 
 82 Then said Samuel, Bring ye hither to 
 me Agag the king of the Amalekites. 
 And Agag came unto him ''delicately. 
 And Agag said. Surely the bitterness 
 
 33 of death is past. And Samuel said. As 
 thy sword hath made women childless, 
 so shall thy mother be childless among 
 women. And Samuel hewed Agag in 
 pieces before the Lord in Gilgal. 
 
 34 Then Samuel went to Eamah; and 
 Saul went up to his house to Gibeah of 
 
 35 Saul. And Samuel came no more to see 
 Saul until the day of his death ; ' for 
 Samuel momiied for Saul: and the 
 Lord repented that he had made Saul 
 king over Israel. 
 
 16 And the Lord said unto Samuel, How 
 long wilt thou mourn for Saul, seeing I 
 have rejected him from being king over 
 Israel? fill thine horn with oil, and go, 
 
 I will send thee to Jesse the Beth-lehem- 
 ite: for I havejirovidedmo a king among 
 
 2 his sons. And Sanniel said. How can I 
 go ? if S.iul hear it, he will kill nie. And 
 the liORD said. Take an heifer with thee, 
 and say, I am come to sacrifice to the 
 
 3 IjORD. And call Jesse to the sacrifice, 
 and I will shew thee what thou shalt do : 
 and thou shalt anoint luito me him 
 
 4 v.hoiu I name unto thee. And Sanuicl 
 did that wliicli the Lord spake, and 
 came to Beth-lehem. And the elders of 
 the city came to meet him tremhhng, 
 
 5 and said, Comest thou jieaceably ? And 
 he said. Peaceably : I am come to sacri- 
 fice unto the Lord : sanctifyyourselves, 
 and come with me to the sacrifice. And 
 he sanctified Jesse and his sons, and 
 
 6 called them to the sacrifice. And it 
 came to i)ass, when they were come, 
 that helookedon'^Eliah. andsaid, Sure- 
 ly the Lord's anointed is before him. 
 
 7 But the Lord said unto Samuel, Look 
 not on his countenance, or on the height 
 of his stature ; because I have rejected 
 him: for the Loan seeth not as man 
 seeth ; for man looketh on the outward 
 appearance, hut the Lord looketh on 
 
 8 the heart. Then Jesse called Ahina- 
 dab, and made him pass before Samuel. 
 And he said, Neither hath the Lord 
 
 9 chosen this. Then Jesse made " Sliam- 
 mah to pass by. And he said, Neither 
 
 10 hath the Lord chosen this. And Jesse 
 made seven of his sons to pass before 
 Samuel. And Samuel said unto Jesse, 
 
 11 The Lord hath not chosen these. And 
 Samuel said unto Jesse, Are here all 
 thy children ? And he said. There re- 
 mameth yet the yomigest, and, behold, 
 he keejieth the sheep. And Samuel 
 said unto Jesse, Send and fetch him: 
 for we will not sit lOdown till he come 
 
 12 hither. Ajid he sent, and brought him 
 in. Now he was ruddy, and withal ii of 
 a beautiful countenance, and goodly to 
 look upon. And the Lord said, Arise, 
 
 13 anomt him : for this is he. Then 
 Samuel took the horn of oil, and anoint- 
 ed him in the midst of his bretluren : and 
 the spirit of the Lord came mightily 
 uijon David from that day forward. So 
 Samuel rose up, and went to Eamah. 
 
 14 Now the spirit of the Lord had de- 
 parted from Saul, and an evil spirit 
 
 15 from the Lord 12 troubled him. Ajid 
 Saul's servants said unto him. Behold 
 now, an evil spirit from God trouble th 
 
 16 thee. Let our lord now command th}- 
 servauts, which are before thee, to 
 seek out a man who is a cunnuig 
 player on the harp : and it shall come 
 to pass, when the evil spirit from God 
 is ujion thee, that he shall play ■with 
 
 17 his hand, and thou shalt he well. And 
 Saul said unto his servants, Provide 
 me now a man that can play well, and 
 
 18 bring him to me. Then answered one 
 of the young men, and said. Behold, I 
 
 : Chr. 
 xxvii. 18, 
 Elthu% 
 
 fin 
 2 Sam. 
 xiii. 3, 
 Shbn'nh. 
 hil Chr. 
 ii. 13. 
 
 10 Hs-b. 
 around. 
 
 11 Heb. 
 
 f'lir of 
 ejes. 
 
 12 Or. 
 terrijied
 
 224 
 
 I. SAMUEL. 
 
 16. 18. 
 
 lOr, 
 skilful 
 2 Or, 
 Inuiness 
 
 3 Or, 
 
 skin 
 
 4 Or, the 
 tere- 
 binth 
 
 5 The 
 Sept. 
 and 
 
 Vulgate 
 have, 
 target. 
 
 6 Or. ac- 
 cording 
 to an- 
 other 
 reading, 
 blade 
 "Heb. 
 ra)tks, 
 and in 
 w. 10, 
 21, 22, 26, 
 
 &Q. 
 
 ' Or, re- 
 proach 
 
 9 The 
 Sept. 
 omits vv. 
 12-ai 
 and 55— 
 ch. xviii. 
 
 have seen a son of Jesse the Beth- 
 lehemite, that is cunning in playing, 
 and a mighty man of valour, and a man 
 of war, and i prudent in 2 speech, and a 
 comely person, and the Lokd is with 
 
 19 him. "Wherefore Saul sent messengers 
 unto Jesse, and said. Send me David thy 
 
 20 son, which is with the sheep. And Jesse 
 took an ass laden with bread, and a 
 3 bottle of wine, and a kid, and sent them 
 
 '21 by David his son mito Saul. And David 
 came to Saul, and stood before him : and 
 he loved huu greatly ; and he became 
 
 22 his armourbearer. And Saul sent to 
 Jesse, saying. Let David, I pray thee, 
 stand before me; for he hath fomid 
 
 23 favour in my sight. And it came to 
 pass, when the evil spirit from God was 
 upon Saul, that David took the harp, 
 and played with his hand : so Saul was 
 refreshed, and was well, and the evil 
 spii-it departed from him. 
 
 17 Now the Philistines gathered together 
 their armies to battle, and they were 
 gathered together at Socoh, which be- 
 lougeth to Judah, and pitched between 
 Socoh and Azekah, in Ephes-dammun. 
 
 2 And Saul and the men of Israel were 
 gathered together, and pitched in the 
 vale of ^Elah, and set the battle in 
 
 3 array against the Philistuies. And the 
 Philistines stood on the mountain on 
 the one side, and Israel stood on the 
 mountain on the other side : and there 
 
 4 was a valley between them. And there 
 went out a champion out of the camp 
 of the Philistines, named Goliath, of 
 Gath, whose height was six cubits and 
 
 5 a span. And he had an helmet of 
 brass upon his head, and he was clad 
 with a coat of mail; and the weight 
 of the coat was five thousand shekels 
 
 6 of brass. And he had greaves of brass 
 upon his legs, and a ^javeUn of brass 
 
 7 between his shoulders. And the ^ staff 
 of his spear was like a weaver's beam; 
 and his spear's head loeighed six 
 hmidred shekels of ii'on : and his shield- 
 
 8 bearer went before him. And he stood 
 and cried unto the ■? armies of Israel, 
 and said mito them. Why are ye come 
 out to set your battle m array? am 
 not I a Philistine, and ye servants to 
 Saul '? choose you a man for you, and 
 
 9 let hun come down to me. If he be able 
 to fight with me, and kill me, then will 
 we be your servants : but if I prevail 
 against him, and kill him, then shall ye 
 
 10 be our servants, and serve us. And the 
 Philistine said, I '^defy the armies of 
 Israel this day ; give me a man, that we 
 
 11 may fight together. And when Saul 
 and all Israel heard those words of the 
 Philistine, they were dismayed, and 
 greatly afraid. 
 
 12 '■> Now David was the son of that Ejih- 
 rathite of Beth -lehem- judah, whose 
 name was Jesse ; and he had eight sons : 
 and the man was an old man in the days 
 
 of Saul, stricken in years among men. 
 
 13 And the three eldest sons of Jesse had 
 gone after Saul to the battle : and the 
 names of his three sons that went to the 
 battle were Eliab the firstborn, and next 
 mito him Abinadab, and the thu'd Sham- 
 
 14 mah. And David was the youngest : and 
 
 15 the three eldest followed Saul. Now Da- 
 vid went to and fro from Saul to feed his 
 
 IG father's sheei) at Beth-lehem. And the 
 Philistine drew near morning and even- 
 ing, and presented hhnself forty days. 
 
 17 Aaid Jesse said unto David his son. 
 Take now for thy brethren an ephah of 
 this parched corn, and these ten loaves, 
 and carry them quickly to the camp 
 
 18 to thy brethren ; and bring these ten 
 cheeses unto the captain of theu' thou- 
 sand, and look how thy brethren fare, 
 
 19 and take then- pledge. Now Saul, and 
 they, and all the men of Israel, lOwere 
 in the vale of Elah, fighting with the 
 
 20 Philistines. And David rose up early 
 in the mornmg, and left the sheep with 
 a keeper, and took, and went, as Jesse 
 had commanded him ; and he came to 
 the 11 place of the wagons, as the host 
 which was going forth to the i^ fight 
 
 21 shouted for the battle. And Israel and 
 the Philistines put the battle in array, 
 
 22 army against army. And David left his 
 baggage m the hand of the keeper of the 
 baggage, and ran to the army, and came 
 
 23 and saluted his brethren. And as he 
 talked with them, behold, there came 
 up the champion, the Philistine of Gath, 
 Goliath by name, out of the ranks of the 
 Philistines, and spake accordmg to the 
 same words : and David heard them. 
 
 24 And aU the men of Israel, when they 
 saw the man, fled fi'om him, and were 
 
 25 sore afraid. And the men of Israel 
 said. Have ye seen this man that is 
 come up ? surely to 8 defy Israel is he 
 come up : and it shall be, that the 
 man who kiUeth him, the king will 
 enrich him with great riches, and will 
 give him his daughter, and make his 
 
 26 father's house free in Israel. And 
 David spake to the men that stood by 
 him, saying. What shall be done to the 
 man that killeth this Philistme, and 
 taketh away the reproach from Israel ? 
 for who is this uncircumcised Phihstine, 
 that he should ^defy the armies of the 
 
 27 living God ? And the people answered 
 him after this manner, saying, So shall 
 it be done to the man that kiUeth him. 
 
 28 And Eliab his eldest brother heard 
 when he spake unto the men ; and Eli- 
 ab' s auger was kindled against David, 
 and he said. Why art thou come down ? 
 and with whom hast thou left those few 
 sheep in the wilderness ? I know thy 
 pride, and the naughtiness of thine 
 heart ; for thou art come down that thou 
 
 29 mightest see the battle. And David said. 
 What have I now done ? i^ig there not 
 
 30 a cause 1 And he turned away from him
 
 18. 5. 
 
 I. SAMUEL. 
 
 90/1 
 
 lOr, 
 
 within 
 
 him 
 
 2 Or, and 
 there 
 came a 
 Hon and 
 a bear., . 
 and I 
 went out 
 >t-c. 
 
 3 Or, re- 
 proach- 
 ed 
 
 4 Or, 
 
 torreni 
 
 bed 
 
 toward another, and spake after the 
 same manner : and the people answered 
 liini a^ain after the former m;umer. 
 
 31 And wliiMi tlie words were lieard whieh 
 David spake, they rehearsed tliem be- 
 
 32 fore Saul; and he sent for him. And 
 David said to Saul, Let no man's heart 
 fail iheeauFe of him; thy servant will 
 
 3.3 ;;o and fight with this Pliilistine. And 
 Saul said to David, Thon art not able 
 to fj;o against this Pliilistine to fight 
 with him : for thon art but a youth, and 
 
 34 he a man of war from his youth. And 
 David so id unto Saul, Thy servant kept 
 his father's sheep; 2 and when there 
 came a lion, or a bear, and took a lamb 
 
 35 out of the fiock, I went out after him, 
 and smote him, and delivered it out of 
 his mouth : and when he arose against 
 me, I caught him by his beard, and 
 
 36 smote him, and slew him. Thy servant 
 smote both the lion and the bear: and 
 this uncircumcised Philistine shall be 
 as one of them, seeing he hath ^ defied 
 
 37theanniesofthelivingGod. And David 
 said, The Lord that delivered me out of 
 the iiaw of thelion, and out of the paw of 
 the bear, he will deliver me out of the 
 hand of this Phihstine. And Saul said 
 unto David, Go, and the Lord shall l)e 
 
 38 with thee. And Saul clad David with his 
 aiii)arel, and he put an helmet of brass 
 upon his head, and he clad him with a 
 
 39 coat of mail. And David girdc<l his sword 
 upon his apparel, and he assayed to go ; 
 for he had not proved it. Ajid David 
 said imto Saul, I cannot go with these ; 
 for I liave not proved them. Ajid 
 
 40 David put them off him. And he took 
 his staff in his hand, and chose him 
 five smooth stones out of the ■'brook, 
 and put them in the shepherd's bag 
 which he had, even in his scrip ; and 
 his sling was in his hand : and he drew 
 
 41 near to the Philistine. And the Philis- 
 tine came on and drew near unto 
 David ; and the man that bare the shield 
 
 42 went before him. And when the Phil- 
 istine looked about, and saw^ David, 
 he disdained him: for he was but a 
 youth, and ruddy, and withal of a fair 
 
 43coiTntennnce. And the Philistine said 
 unto David, Am I a dog, that thou 
 comest to me with staves'? And the 
 Philistine cursed David l)y his gods. 
 
 44 And the Pliilistine said to David, Come 
 to me, and I will give thy flesh unto 
 the fowls of the air, and to the beasts 
 
 45 of the field. Then said David to the 
 Philistine, Thou comest to me with a 
 sword, and with a spear, and with a 
 javehn: but I come to thee in the name 
 of the Lord of hosts, the God of tlie 
 armies of Israel, which thou hast ^de- 
 
 46 fled. This day will the Lord deliver 
 thee into mine hand ; and I will smite 
 thee, and take thine head from off thee ; 
 and I will give the carcases of the host 
 of the Philistines this day unto the 
 
 fowls of the air, and to the wild beasts 
 of tlie earth ; that all the earth may know 
 
 47 that there is a God in Israel: and that 
 all this assembly may know that the 
 Lord saveth not witli sword and spear: 
 fur the battle is theljORD's, and ho will 
 
 48 give you into our hand. And it came 
 to pass, when the Philistine arose, and 
 came and di-ew nigh to meet David, that 
 David hastened, and ran toward the 
 
 40 army to meet the Philistine. And Da- 
 vid put his hand in his bag, and took 
 thence a stone, and slang it, and smote 
 the Pliilistine in his forehead ; and the 
 stone sank into his forehead, and he fell 
 
 50 upon his face to the earth. So David 
 prevailed over the Philistine with a sling 
 and with a stone, and smote the Philis- 
 thie, and slew him; but there was no 
 
 51 sword in the hand of David. Then Da- 
 vid ran, and stood over the Philistine, 
 and took his sword, and drew it out of 
 the sheath thereof, and slew him, and 
 cut off his head therewith. And when 
 the Philistines saw that their ^champion 
 
 52 was dead, they fled. And the men of 
 Israel and of Judah arose, and shouted, 
 and pursued the Philistines, until thou 
 comest to "Gai, and to the gates of 
 Ekron. And the wounded of the Philis- 
 tines fell down by the way to '^Shaaraim, 
 
 53 even unto Gath, and unto Eki-on. And 
 the children of Israel returned from 
 chasing after the Philistines, and they 
 
 54 spoiled their camp. And David took 
 the head of the Philistine, and brought 
 it to Jerusalem ; but he put his armour 
 in his tent. 
 
 55 And when Saiil saw David go forth 
 against the Philistine, he said unto 
 Abner, the captain of the host, Abner, 
 whose son is this youth ? And Abner 
 said. As thy soul liveth, king, I 
 
 56 cannot tell. And the king said. Inquire 
 
 57 thou wliose son the stripling is. And 
 as David returned from the slaughter 
 of the Philistine, Abner took him, and 
 brought him before Saul with the head 
 
 58 of the Philistine in his hand. And Saul 
 said to him. Whose son art thou, thou 
 young man? And David answered, I 
 am the son of thy servant Jesse the 
 
 ISBeth-lehemite. And it came to pass, 
 when he had made an end of speaking 
 unto Saul, that the soul of Jonathan 
 was knit with the soul of David, and 
 Jonathan loved him as his own soul. 
 
 2 And Saul took him that day, and would 
 let him go no more home to his father's 
 
 3 house. Then Jonathan and Da^^d 
 made a covenant, because he loved 
 
 4 him as his own soul. And Jonathan 
 stripped himself of the robe that was 
 upon him, and gave it to David, and 
 his apparel, even to his sword, and to 
 
 5 his bow, and to his girdle. And David 
 8 went out whithersoever Saul sent 
 him, and '•* behaved himself wisely: and 
 Saul set him over the men of war, and 
 
 5 Or, 
 
 mighty 
 
 tnan 
 
 "The 
 Sept. 
 has. 
 Oath. 
 
 7 Or, the 
 
 two 
 
 gates 
 
 ^Or.weia 
 out ; 
 whither- 
 soever 
 Saul sent 
 him, Jie 
 ic. 
 
 OOr, 
 pro- 
 spered
 
 226 
 
 I. SAMUEL. 
 
 18. 5. 
 
 istines 
 
 2 Or, 
 
 triaufjtcs 
 Or, three- 
 stringed 
 instru- 
 ments 
 
 3 Or, an- 
 swered 
 one an- 
 other 
 
 *0r, 
 
 raved 
 
 5 Or, 
 pro- 
 spered 
 
 6 Or, who 
 are 7nt/ 
 kin^olk 
 
 it was good in the sight of all the 
 people, and also in the sight of Saul's 
 servants. 
 
 6 Aiid it came to pass as they came, when 
 David returned from the slaughter of 
 the 1 PhUistine, that the women came 
 out of all the cities of Israel, singmg 
 and dancing, to meet king Saul, with 
 timbrels, with joy, and with ^instru- 
 
 7 ments of music. And the women ^ sang 
 one to another in then- play, and said, 
 
 Saul hath slain his thousands, 
 And David his ten thousands. 
 
 8 And Saul was veiy wroth, and this say- 
 ing displeased him ; and he said, They 
 have ascribed unto David ten thou- 
 sands, and to me tliey have ascribed but 
 thousands : and what can he have more 
 
 9 but the kingdom ? And Saul eyed Da- 
 vid from that day and forward. 
 
 10 And it came to pass on the morrow, 
 that an evU spirit from God came 
 mightily upon Saul, andhe''proi)hesied 
 in the midst of the house : and David 
 played with his hand, as he did day by 
 day : and Saul had his spear in his hand. 
 
 11 And Saul cast the spear; for he said, 
 I will smite David even to the wall. 
 And David avoided out of his presence 
 
 12 twice. And Saul was afraid of David, 
 because the Lord was with him, and was 
 
 13 de^mrted from Saul. Therefore Saul re- 
 moved him from him, and made him his 
 cajjtain over a thousand ; and he went 
 
 14 out and came in before the iDeople. And 
 David 5 behaved himself wisely in all 
 his ways ; and the Lord was with him. 
 
 15 And when Saul saw that he behaved 
 himself very v/isely, he stood in awe of 
 
 16 him. But all Israel and Judah loved 
 David ; for he went out and came in 
 before tliem. 
 
 17 And Saul said to David, Behold, my 
 elder daughter Merab, her wiU I give 
 thee to wife : only be thou valiant for 
 me, and fight the Lord's battles. For 
 Saul said. Let not mine hand be upon 
 him, but let the hand of the PhUistmes 
 
 18 be upon him. And David said unto Saul, 
 Who am I, and '> what is my life, or my 
 father's family in Israel, that I should 
 
 19 be son in law to the king ? But it came 
 to pass at the time when Merab Saul's 
 daughter should have been given to 
 David, that she was given unto Adriel 
 
 20 the Meholathite to wife. And Michal 
 Saul's daughter loved David : and they 
 told Saul, and the thing pleased him. 
 
 21 And Saul said, I will give him her, 
 that she may be a snare to him, and 
 that the hand of the PhOistines may be 
 against him. Wherefore Saul said to 
 David, Thou shalt this day be my son 
 
 22 in law a second time. And Saul com- 
 manded his servants, saying. Commune 
 with David secretly, and say, Behold, 
 the king hath delight in thee, and aU 
 his servants love thee : now therefore 
 
 23 be the king's son in law. And Saul's 
 
 servants si)ake those words in the ears 
 of David. And David said, Seemetli 
 it to you a hght thing to be the king's 
 son in law, seeing that I am a poor 
 
 24 man, and lightly esteemed? And the 
 servants of Saul told him, saying. On 
 
 25 this manner spake David. And Saul 
 said. Thus shall ye say to David, The 
 kmg desireth not any dowry, but an 
 hunfh'ed foreskins of the PhUistmes, to 
 be avenged of the king's enemies. Now 
 Saul thought to make David fall by 
 
 2C the hand of the Philistines. And when 
 his servants told David these words, it 
 pleased David well to be the kmg's son 
 in law. And the days were not exi)u-ed ; 
 
 27 and David arose and went, he and his 
 men, and slew of the Philistines two 
 hiindied men ; and David brought their 
 foreskins, and they gave them in fuU 
 tale to the king, that he might be the 
 king's son in law. And Saul gave him 
 
 28 Michal his daughter to wife. And Saul 
 saw and knew that the Lord was with 
 David; and Michal Saul's daughter 
 
 29 loved him. And Saul was yet the more 
 afraid of David ; and Saul was David's 
 enemy continually. 
 
 30 Then the princes of the Philistines 
 went forth : and it came to pass, as 
 often as they went forth, that David 
 ''behaved himself more wisely than all 
 the servants of Saul ; so that his name 
 was much ®set by. 
 
 19 And Saul spake to Jonathan his son, 
 and to all his servants, that they should 
 
 2 slay David. But Jonathan Saul's son 
 delighted much in David. And Jona- 
 than told David, saymg, Saul my father 
 seelieth to slay thee : now therefore, I 
 pray thee, take heed to thyself m the 
 mornmg, and abide in a secret j)lace. 
 
 Sand hide thyseK: and I wiU go out 
 and stand beside my father in the field 
 where thou art, and I wUl commune 
 with my father of thee; and if I see 
 
 4 aught, I will tell thee. And Jonathan 
 spake good of David unto Saul his 
 father, and said unto him. Let not the 
 king sin against his servant, against 
 David; because he hath not siimed 
 against thee, and because his works 
 
 5 have been to thee-ward very good : for 
 he put his life in his hand, and smote 
 the PhiUstiiie, and the Lord wrought a 
 great '•* victory for aU Israel : thou saw- 
 est it, and didst rejoice : wherefore then 
 wilt thou sin against innocent blood, to 
 
 6 slay David without a cause ? And Saul 
 hearkened unto the voice of Jonathan : 
 and Saul sware, As the Lord Uveth, 
 
 7 he shall not be i)ut to death. And 
 Jonathan called David, and Jonathan 
 shewed hun all those thuigs. And 
 Jonathan brought David to Saul, and 
 he was in his presence, as beforetime. 
 
 8 And there was war again: and Da- 
 vid went out, and fought with the 
 Philistines, and slew them with a
 
 20. 18. 
 
 I. SAMUEL. 
 
 227 
 
 1 Or, the 
 spirit of 
 the Lunil 
 was evil 
 towarii 
 Saul 
 
 2 Or, 
 on at 
 Or, net- 
 tcork 
 
 3 The 
 Sept. 
 has, the 
 well of 
 the 
 
 thresh- 
 inff'fioor 
 that in 
 <£-c. 
 
 4 Or, 
 ciitem 
 
 i Or, fen 
 
 great slaughter; and they tied Ijeforo 
 
 9 him. And ^ an evil spirit from the LoitD 
 
 was upon Saul, as he sat in his house 
 
 with his spear in his hand; and David 
 
 10 played with his hand. Ajid Saul sought 
 to smite David even to the wall witl i the 
 spear ; but he slipped away out of Saul's 
 presence, and he smote the spear into 
 the wall: and David fled, and escaped 
 
 11 that night. Aaid Saul sent messengers 
 unto David's house, to watch him, and 
 to slay him in the mornuig: and Mi- 
 chal David's wife told him, saying. If 
 thou save not thy life to-night, to- 
 
 1'2 morrow thou shalt be slain. So Michal 
 let David down through the window: 
 and he went, and fied, and escaped. 
 
 13 And Michal took the teraphim, and 
 laid it in the bed, and put a -pillow of 
 goats' hair at the head thereof, and 
 
 14 covered it with the clothes. And when 
 Saul sent messengers to take David, 
 
 15 she said. He is sick. And Saul sent 
 the messengers to see David, saying, 
 Bring him up to me in the bed, that I 
 
 16 may slay him. And when the messen- 
 gers came in, behold, the teraphim was 
 in the bed, with the ^pillow of goats' 
 
 17 liair at the head thereof. And Saul said 
 unto Michal, Why hast thou deceived 
 me thus, and let mine enemy go, that 
 he is escaped ? And Michal answered 
 Saul, He said unto me. Let me go; 
 why should I kiU thee ? 
 
 18 Now David fled, and escaped, and came 
 to Samuel to Eamnh, and told him all 
 that Saul had done to hun. Aiid he and 
 
 19 Samuel went and dwelt in Naioth. And 
 it was told Saul, saying, Behold, David 
 
 '20 is at Naioth in Eamah. And Saul sent 
 messengers to take David: and when 
 they saw the company of the prophets 
 prophesying, and Samuel standing as 
 head over them, the spirit of God came 
 upon the messengers of Saul, and they 
 
 21 also prophesied. And when it was told 
 Saul, he sent other messengers, and they 
 also projihesied. And Saul sent messen- 
 gers again the thu-d time, and they also 
 
 22 prophesied. Then went he also to Ra- 
 mah, and came to^the great %ell that is 
 iu Secu : and he asked and said, Where 
 are Samuel and Da'sid ? And one said, 
 Behold, they be at Naioth in Eamah. 
 
 23 And he went thither to Naioth in Ea- 
 mah : and the spirit of God came upon 
 him also, and he went on, and prophe- 
 sied, untilhe came to Naioth in Eamah. 
 
 24 And he also stripped off his clothes, and 
 he also prophesied before Samuel, and 
 = lay down naked all that day and all 
 that night. Wherefore they say, Is 
 Saul also among the prophets ? 
 
 20 And David fled from Naioth in Ea- 
 mah, and came and said before Jona- 
 than, What have I done? what is mine 
 iniquity ? and what is my sin before thy 
 
 2 father, that he seeketh my life ? And 
 he said unto him, God forbid; thou shalt 
 
 not die: behold, my father doeth no- 
 thing either gi'eat or small, but that ho 
 "discloseth it mito me : and why should 
 my father hide this thing from me ? it 
 
 3 is not so. And David sware moreover, 
 and said, Thy father knoweth well that 
 I have found grace in thine eyes ; and 
 he saith. Let not Jonathan know this, 
 lest he be grieved : but truly as the Lord 
 livetli, and as thy soul liveth, there is 
 
 4 but a step between me and death. Then 
 said Jonathan unto David, '^Whatso- 
 ever thy soul sdesireth, I will even do 
 
 5 it for thee. And David said unto Jo- 
 nathan, Behold, to-morrow is the new 
 moon, and I should not fail to sit with 
 the kmg at meat : but let mo go, that 
 I may hide myself m the field unto 
 
 () the third day at even. If thy father 
 miss me at aU, then say, David earn- 
 estly asked leave of me that he might 
 ran to Beth-lehem his city : for it is the 
 yearly sacrifice there for all the f amOy. 
 
 7 If he say thus. It is well ; thy sei"vant 
 shall have jieace : but if he be wi'oth, 
 then know that evil is determined by 
 
 Shim. Therefore deal kindly with thy 
 servant ; for thou hast brought thy serv- 
 ant into a covenant of the Lord with 
 thee: but if there be ui me iniquity, 
 slay me thyself ; for why shouldest thou 
 
 9 bring me to thy father ? And Jonathan 
 said. Far be it from thee : for if I should 
 at all know that evU were detennined 
 by my father to come upon thee, then 
 10 would not I tell it thee? Then said 
 David to Jonathan, Who shaU tell me 
 if perchance thy father answer thee 
 
 11 roughly? And Jonathan said unto 
 David, Come and let us go out into 
 the field. And they went out both of 
 them uito the field. 
 
 12 And Jonathan said unto David, The 
 Lord, the God of Israel, he vntness ; 
 when I have sounded my father about 
 this time to-morrow, or the third day, 
 behold, if there be good toward DaAdd, 
 shall I not then send unto thee, and 
 
 13 disclose it mito thee? The Lord do 
 so to Jonathan, and more also, should 
 it please my father to do thee evil, if 
 I disclose it not unto thee, and send 
 thee away, that thou niayest go in peace: 
 and the Lord be with thee, as he hath 
 
 14 been with my father. And thou shalt 
 not only while yet I Hve shew me the 
 kuidness of the Lord, that I die not: 
 
 15 but also thou shalt not cut off thy kind- 
 ness from my house for ever : no, not 
 when the Lord hath cut off' the ene- 
 mies of David every one from the face 
 
 16 of the earth. So Jonathan made a 
 covenant with the house of David, 
 saying, And the Lord shall require it 
 
 17 at the hand of David's enemies. And 
 Jonathan caused David to swear again, 
 9 for the love that he had to him: for 
 he loved him as he loved his own soul. 
 
 18 Then Jonathan said unto htm, To- 
 
 "Heb. 
 uncover- 
 
 eth mitie 
 ear. 
 
 'Or, 
 
 mmt 
 
 doth thy 
 soul dc- 
 sir'\ that 
 1 should 
 do it for 
 thee t 
 
 OHeb. 
 
 saith. 
 
 9 Or, Sy 
 his love 
 toward 
 him 
 
 8—2
 
 228 
 
 I. SAMUEL. 
 
 20. 18. 
 
 iHeb. 
 
 7nissed. 
 
 2Heb. 
 grectUy. 
 
 3Heb. in 
 the day 
 of the 
 husiness. 
 See ch. 
 xix. 2. 
 
 4 Or, 
 as read 
 by the 
 Sept., 
 this 
 mound. 
 
 5 Or, him 
 
 BHeb. 
 
 notaxiy 
 
 thing. 
 
 ' Or, is 
 worthy 
 to die 
 Heb. is 
 a son of 
 death. 
 
 morrow is the new moon: and thou 
 sbalt be missed, because thy seat will 
 
 19 be 1 empty. And when thou hast stayed 
 tlu-ee days, thou shalt go down ^ quickly, 
 and come to the place where thou didst 
 bide thyself •''when the business was 
 in band, and shalt remain by * the stone 
 
 20Ezel. And I will shoot three arrows 
 on the side thereof, as though I shot at 
 
 21 n mark. Arid, behold, I will send the 
 lad, saying, Go, fijid the arrows. If I 
 say unto the lad, Behold, the aiTows 
 are on tliis side of thee: take sthem, 
 and come; for there is peace to thee 
 
 22 and ^no bui't, as the Lord liveth. But 
 if I say thus unto the boy, Behold, tlie 
 arrows are beyond thee : go thy way ; 
 for the Lord hath sent thee away. 
 
 23 And as touching the matter which 
 thou and I have s^joken of, behold, 
 the Lord is between thee and me for 
 ever. 
 
 24 So David hid himself in the field: and 
 when the new moon was come, the king 
 
 25 sat him down to eat meat. And the 
 king sat upon his seat, as at other times, 
 even upon the seat bj' the wall; and 
 Jonathan stood up, and Abner sat by 
 Saul's side: but David's place was 
 
 26 empty. Nevertheless Saul sjiake not 
 any thing that day: for he thought. 
 Something liath befallen him, he is not 
 
 27 clean ; surely he is not clean. And it 
 came to pass on the mon-ow after the 
 new moon, which v.as the second daji, 
 that David's place was empty : and Saul 
 said unto Jonathan his son, 'Wherefore 
 Cometh not the son of Jesse to meat, nei- 
 
 28 ther yesterday, nor to-day ? And Jona- 
 than answered Saul, David earnestly 
 asked leave of me to go to Beth-lehem : 
 
 29 and he said, Let me go, I pray thee ; for 
 our family hath a sacrifice in the city ; 
 and my 'brother, he hath commanded 
 me to he there : and now, if I have foiind 
 favour in thme eyes, let me get away, 
 I pray thee, and see my brethren. 
 Therefore he is not come unto the 
 
 30 king's table. Then Saul's anger was 
 kindled against Jonathan, and he said 
 unto Imn, Thou son of a i^erverse re- 
 bellious woman, do not I know that 
 thou hast chosen the son of Jesse to 
 thine own shame, and unto the shame 
 
 31 of thy mother's nakedness? For as 
 long as the son of Jesse liveth upon the 
 ground, thou shalt not be stablished, 
 nor thy kingdom. "Wherefore now send 
 and fetch him unto me, for he ■? shall 
 
 32 surely die. And Jonathan answered 
 Saul his father, and said unto him, 
 Wherefore should he be put to death ? 
 
 33 what hath he done ? And Saul cast his 
 spear at him to smite him : whereby 
 Jonathan knew that it was determined 
 
 34 of his father to put David to death. So 
 Jonathan arose from the table in fierce 
 anger, and did eat no meat the second 
 day of the month : for he was grieved 
 
 for David, because his father had done 
 him shame. 
 
 35 And it came to pass in the morning, 
 that Jonathan went out into the field 
 8 at the time ".iipointed with David, and 
 
 36 a little lad with bun. And he said imto 
 his lad, Eun, find now the arrows which 
 I shoot. And as the lad ran, he shot an 
 
 37 aiTOw 9 beyond him. And when the lad 
 was come to the place of the arrow 
 Avhich Jonathan had shot, Jonathan 
 cried after the lad, and said. Is not the 
 
 38 arrow beyond thee? And Jonathan 
 cried after the 1 ul. Make speed, haste, 
 stay not. And Jonathan's lad gathered 
 up the arrows, and came to his master. 
 
 39 But the lad knew not any thing : oidy 
 Jonathan and David knew the matter. 
 
 40 And Jonatlian gave his weaj)ons mito 
 his lad, and said unto him. Go, carry 
 
 41 them to the city. And as soon as the 
 lad was gone, David arose i^out of a 
 place toward the South, and fell on his 
 face to the groiuid, and bowed himself 
 three times: and they kissed one an- 
 other, and wept one with another, luitil 
 
 42 David exceeded. And Jonathan said 
 to David, Go in peace, forasmuch as we 
 have sworn both of us in the name of 
 the Lord, saying. The Lord shall be 
 between me and thee, and between my 
 seed and thy seed, for ever. And he 
 arose and departed : and Jonathan went 
 into the city. 
 
 21 Then came Da\id to Nob to Ahmiel- 
 ech the priest : and Aliimelech came 
 to meet David trembling, and said 
 luito him, "Why art thou alone, and no 
 
 2 man with thee ? And David said unto 
 Aliimelech the jiriest. The kmg hath 
 commanded mo a business, and hath 
 said unto me. Let no man know any 
 thing of the business whereabout I 
 send thee, and what I have commanded 
 thee : and I have appointed the j'oung 
 
 3 men to such and such a place. Now 
 therefore what is imder thine hand? 
 give me five loaves of bread in mme 
 hand, or whatsoever there is present. 
 
 4 And the i^riest answered David, and 
 said. There is no common bread under 
 mine hand, but there is holy bread; if 
 oidy the yomig men have kept them- 
 
 5 selves from women. And David an- 
 swered the priest, and said unto him, 
 Of a truth women have been kept from 
 us about these three days; when I 
 came out, the vessels of the young 
 men were holy, n though it was but a 
 common journey; how much more 
 then to-day shall their vessels be 
 
 6 holy? So the priest gave him holy 
 hreaci: for there was no bread there 
 but the shewbread, that was taken 
 from before the Lord, to jiut hot bread 
 in the day when it was taken away. 
 
 7 Now a certain man of the servants of 
 Saul was there that day, detained be- 
 fore the Lord ; and his name was Doeg
 
 22. 22. 
 
 I. SAMUEL. 
 
 229 
 
 lOr, 
 
 mit/hti- 
 
 2 Or, the 
 
 terebinth 
 
 3 Or, 
 
 made 
 marks 
 
 4Heb. 
 
 bitter of 
 
 OUT, 
 
 5 Or, on 
 
 the 
 
 height 
 
 the Edomitc, the i chief est of the herd- 
 8 men tliat bek)iige(l to Saul. And David 
 said unto Ahinielech, ^\jid is there not 
 here under thine hand spear or sword? 
 for I have neither brought my sword 
 nor my weapons with nie, because the 
 ^,)kinf,''s business re(jnired haste. And 
 the priest said, Tlie sword of (xohath 
 the riiilistine, whom thou slewest in 
 the vale of ^Elali, behold, it is here 
 wrapi)ed in a cloth behind the ei)hod : 
 if thou wilt take that, take it : for there 
 is no other save thr.t here. And David 
 said,There is none like that ; give it me. 
 
 10 And David arose, and tied that day 
 for fear of Saul, and went to Achish the 
 
 llkhig of Gath. And the servants of 
 Achish said unto him. Is not this Da\id 
 the kmg of the land? did they not 
 sing one to another of him in dances, 
 sayhig, 
 
 Saul hath slain his thousands, 
 Arid David his ten thousands ? 
 
 r2And David laid up these words in his 
 heart, and was sore afraid of Achish the 
 
 13 king of Gath. And he changed his be- 
 haviour before them, and feigned him- 
 self mad in their hands, and ^ scrabbled 
 on the doors of the gate, and let his 
 
 14 spittle fall down upon his beard. Then 
 said Achish unto his servants, Lo, ye see 
 the man is m id : wherefore then have 
 
 15 ye brought him to me ? Do I lack mad 
 men, tliat ye have brought this fellow 
 to play the mad man iu my presence ? 
 shall this f ello^v come uito my house ? 
 
 22 David therefore departed thence, and 
 escai)ed to the cave of Adullam: and 
 when his brethren and aU his father's 
 house heard it, they went down thither 
 '2 to him. And every one that was iu 
 distress, and every one that was in 
 debt, and every one that was * dis- 
 contented, gathered themselves unto 
 him ; and he became captain over them : 
 and there were with him about four 
 hundred men. 
 
 3 And David went thence to Mizpeh of 
 Moab: and he said unto the king of 
 Moab, Let my father and my mother, 
 I pray thee, come forth, and he with 
 you, till I know what God wUl do for 
 
 4 me. And he brought them before the 
 kuig of Moab : and they dwelt with 
 bun aU the while that David was in the 
 
 5 hold. And the prophet Gad said unto 
 David, Abide not in the hold ; dei>art, 
 and get thee into the land of Judah. 
 Then David departed, and came uito 
 the forest of Hereth. 
 
 6 And Saul heard that David was dis- 
 covered, and the men that were with 
 liiin: now Saul was sittmg in Gibeah, 
 imder the tamarisk tree ^in Eamah, with 
 his si)ear iu his hand, and all his serv- 
 
 7auts were standing about him. And 
 Saul said uuto his servants that stood 
 about him. Hear now, ye Eenjamites; 
 will the son of Jesse give everj- one of 
 
 you fields and vineyards, will he make 
 you all captains of thousands and cap- 
 
 8 tains of hundreds ; that all of you have 
 conspired agauist me, and "J there is 
 none tluit discloseth to me when mj' son 
 mak(;th a league with the son of Jesse, 
 and there is none of you that is sorry 
 for nie, or discloseth unto me that my 
 son liath stirred up my servant against 
 
 9 me, to lie m wait, as at this day? Then 
 answered Doeg the Edomite, which 
 ''stood by the servants of Saul, and said, 
 I saw the son of Jesse coming to Nob, 
 
 10 to Ahunelech the son of Ahitub. And 
 he iucpiired of the Loito for him, and 
 gave him victuals, and gave him the 
 
 11 sword of Goliath the Philistine. Then 
 the king sent to call Ahunelech the 
 priest, the sou of Ahitul), and all his 
 father's house, the priests that were ui 
 Nob : and they came all of them to the 
 
 12 kuig. And Saul said. Hear uow, thou 
 son of Aliitub. And he answered. Here 
 
 13 1 am, my lord. Aud Saul said unto him, 
 Why have ye couspii-ed against me, thou 
 and the son of Jesse, iu that thou hast 
 given him bread, and a sword, aud hast 
 in(piired of God for him, that he should 
 rise against me, to lie in wait, as at this 
 
 14 day? Then Almuelech answered the 
 king, and said. And who among all thy 
 servants is so faithful as David, whicli 
 is the kmg's sou in law, and is taken 
 into thy comicil, aud is honourable iu 
 
 15thuie house? Have I to-day begun 
 to inquire of God for him? be it far 
 from me : let not the kuig impute any 
 thuig mito his servant, nor to all the 
 house of my father: for thy servant 
 knoweth uotlimg of aU this, less or 
 
 16 more. Aud the kuig said. Thou shalt 
 surely die, Ahimelech, thou, aud all 
 
 17 thy father's house. And the kmg 
 said unto the s guard that stood about 
 him, Tiu'ii, aud slay the i)riests of the 
 Lord ; because their hand also is with 
 David, and because they knew that 
 he fled, aud did not disclose it to me. 
 But the servants of the kmg would 
 not put forth tlieu- hand to faU upon 
 
 18 the priests of the Lord. Aud the king 
 said to Doeg, Tiun thou, and fall upon 
 the priests. And Doeg the Edomite 
 tui'ued, aud he fell upon the priests, and 
 he slew on that day foiu-score aud five 
 persons that did «'ear a liuen ephod. 
 
 19 Aud Nob, the city of the priests, smote 
 he Avith the edge of the sword, both men 
 and women, children aud sucklings, 
 aud oxen and asses aud sheep, with the 
 
 20 edge of the sword. Aud one of the sous 
 of Ahimelech the sou of AJiitub, named 
 Abiathar, escaped, and fled after David. 
 
 21 Aud Abiathar told David that Saul had 
 22 slam the Lord's priests. And David 
 
 said unto Abiathar, I knew on that day, 
 wlieu Doeg the Edomite was there, 
 that he would surely teU Saul : I have 
 occasioned the death of all the persons 
 
 eor, 
 
 t/t^re 
 W(t.t none 
 that dis- 
 eloged it 
 to me 
 when my 
 son nuule 
 ie. 
 
 7 Or, was 
 
 set over 
 
 8Heb. 
 runners.
 
 230 
 
 I. SAMUEL. 
 
 22. 22. . 
 
 iHeb. 
 alien- 
 ated 
 him. 
 The Sept. 
 has, sold. 
 
 2 Or, 
 Hormh 
 
 23 of thy father's house. Abide thou 
 with me, fear not ; for he that seeketh 
 my life seeketh thy life : for with me 
 thou slialt be in safeguard. 
 
 23 And they told David, saying. Behold, 
 the Philistines are fighting against 
 Keilah, and they rob the threshing- 
 
 2 floors. Therefore David inquu'ed of 
 the Lord, saying, Shall I go and smite 
 these Philistines? And the Loed said 
 imto David, Go, and smite the Philis- 
 
 3 tines, and save Keilah. And David's 
 men said luito him, Behold, we be 
 afraid here in Judah : how much more 
 then if we go to Keilah against the 
 
 4 armies of the Philistines ? Then David 
 inquired of the Lord yet agaui. And 
 the Lord answered bun and said, Arise, 
 go down to Keilah ; for I will deUver 
 
 5 the Philistmes into thine hand. And 
 David and his men went to Keilah, 
 and fought with the Philistines, and 
 brought away their cattle, and slew 
 them with a great slaughter. So David 
 saved the inhabitants of Keilah. 
 
 6 And it came to pass, when Abiathar 
 the son of Ahimelech fled to David to 
 Keilah, that he came down with an 
 
 Vephod in his hand. And it was told 
 Saul that David was come to Keilah. 
 And Saul said, God hath idehvered 
 Mm into mme hand ; for he is shut in, 
 by entermg into a town that hath gates 
 
 8 and bars. And Saul summoned all the 
 people to war, to go down to Keilah, 
 
 9 to besiege David and his men. And 
 David knew that Saul devised mischief 
 against him ; and he said to Abiathar 
 the priest. Bring hither the ephod. 
 
 10 Then said David, O Lord, the God of 
 Israel, thy servant hath surely heard 
 that Saul seeketh to come to Keilah, 
 
 11 to destroy the city for my sake. Will 
 the men of Keilah deliver me up mto 
 his hand? will Saul come do^vu, as 
 thy servant hath heard ? O Lord, the 
 God of Israel, I beseech thee, teU thy 
 servant. And the Lord said, He will 
 
 12 come do^Ti. Then said David, WiU 
 the men of Keilah deliver up me and 
 my men into the hand of Saul ? And 
 the Lord said, They will deliver thee 
 
 13 up. Then David and his men, which 
 were about six hundred, arose and de- 
 parted out of Keilah, and went whither- 
 soever they could go. And it was told 
 Saul that David was escaped from 
 Keilah ; and he forbare to go forth. 
 
 14 And IDavid abode ui the wilderness 
 ui the strong holds, and remained 
 in the hill countiy in the wilderness 
 of Ziph. And Saul sought him every 
 day, but God delivered him not into 
 
 15 his hand. And David saw that Saul 
 was come out to seek his life: and 
 David was m the wilderness of Ziph 
 
 16 in 2 the wood. And Jonathan Saul's 
 son arose, and went to David into 
 2 the wood, and strengthened his hand 
 
 17 in God. And he said mito him. Fear 
 not: for the hand of Saul my father 
 shall not find thee; and thou shalt 
 be king over Israel, and I shall be 
 next mito thee ; and that also Saul my 
 
 18 father knoweth. And they two made a 
 covenant before the Lord : and David 
 abode in 2 the wood, and Jonathan 
 
 19 went to his house. Then came up the 
 Ziphites to Saul to Gibeah, saying, 
 Doth not David hide himseK with us in 
 the strong holds in ^the wood, in the 
 hiU of Hachilah, which is on the south 
 
 20 of -^ the desert ? Now therefore, king, 
 come down, according to all the desire 
 of thy soul to come do^A^l ; and our part 
 shall be to deliver bun u^d into the 
 
 21 king's hand. And Saul said. Blessed 
 be ye of the Lord ; for ye have had 
 
 22 compassion on me. Go, I pray you, 
 make yet more sure, and know and see 
 his place where his *haunt is, and who 
 hath seen him there : for it is told me 
 
 23 that he dealethvery subtilly. See there- 
 fore, and take knowledge of aU the 
 lui'king places where he hideth himself, 
 and come ye again to me ^of a certain- 
 ty, and I will go with you : and it shall 
 come to pass, if he be in the land, that 
 I v.ill search him out among all the 
 
 24 '^ thousands of Judah. And they arose, 
 and went to Ziph before Saul: but 
 David and his men were in the wilder- 
 ness of Maou, in the ^Ai-abah on the 
 
 25 south of ^the desert. And Saul and 
 his men went to seek him. And they 
 told David : wherefore he came down to 
 the rock, and abode in the wilderness of 
 Maon. And when Saul heard that, he 
 pursued after David in the wilderness 
 
 26 of Maou. And Saul went on this side of 
 the mountain , and David and his men on 
 that side of the mountain : and David 
 made haste to get away for fear of Saul ; 
 for Saul and his men compassed David 
 and his men round about to take them. 
 
 27 But there came a messenger unto 
 Saul, saying. Haste thee, and come; 
 for the Philistines have made a raid 
 
 28 upon the land. So Saul returned from 
 pui'suing after David, and went against 
 the Phihstines: therefore they called 
 
 29 that place ^ Sela-hanmaahlekoth. And 
 David went up from thence, and dwelt 
 in the strong holds of En-gedi. 
 
 24 And it came to pass, when Saul was 
 returned from following the Philistmes, 
 that it was told him, sayuig. Behold, 
 David is in the wilderness of En- 
 2gedi. Then Saul took tlu-ee thousand 
 chosen men out of aU Israel, and went 
 to seek David and his men ujion the 
 
 3 rocks of the wild goats. And he came 
 to the sheeijcotes by the way, where 
 was a cave ; and Saul went in to cover 
 his feet. Now David and his men were 
 ^abidhig in the innennost parts of 
 
 4 the cave. And the men of David said 
 iinto him, Behold, the day of which
 
 25. 14. 
 
 I. SAMUEL. 
 
 231 
 
 lOr, 
 
 htijest 
 
 wuitfjr 
 
 2 Heb. 
 pivc 
 
 :'ntenc€ 
 for me. 
 
 the Loud said unto tbee, Behold, I 
 will deliver thine enemy into thine 
 hand, and thou shalt do to hun as ii. 
 shall seem good unto thee. Then 
 David arose, and cut off the skirt of 
 
 5 Saul's rohe privily. And it came to pass 
 afterward, that David's heart smote 
 him, hecause he had cut off Saul's skirt. 
 
 C) Andlie said unto his men, TIiuLohd for- 
 bid that I should do this tlung uuto 
 my lord, the Lokd's anointed, to put 
 forth mine hand against him, secint; 
 
 The is the Lord's anointed. iSo David 
 checked his men with these words, and 
 suffered them not to rise agauist Saul. 
 And Saul rose ui) out of the cave, and 
 
 8 went on his way. David also arose after- 
 ward, and went out of the cave, and 
 cried after Saul, saying, My lord tho 
 king. And when Saul looked behind 
 him, David bowed with his face to tlie 
 
 9 earth, and did obeisance. And David 
 said to Saul, Wherefore hearkenest thou 
 to men's words, saying. Behold, David 
 
 10 seeketh thy hm't? Behold, this day thine 
 eyes have seen how that the Lord had 
 delivered thee to-daj' uito mine hand in 
 the cave : and some bade me kill thee : 
 but 7111716 ci/c spared thee ; and I said, 
 I will not put forth muie hand against 
 my lord; for he is the Lord's anoiut- 
 
 11 ed. Moreover, my father, see, yea, 
 see the skirt of thy robe in my hand : 
 for in that I cut off the skirt of thy 
 robe, and killed thee not, know thou 
 and see that there is neither evil nor 
 transgression in mine hand, and I have 
 not sinned against thee, though thou 
 
 12 1 huntest after my soul to take it. The 
 Lord judge between me and thee, and 
 the Lord avenge me of thee : but 
 
 13 mine hand shall not be upon thee. A.s 
 saith the proverb of the ancients, Out 
 of the wicked corueth forth wickedness : 
 but mine hand shall not be ui^on thee. 
 
 14 After whom is the king of Israel come 
 out? after whom dost thou pursue? 
 
 15 after a dead dog, after a ilea. The 
 Lord therefore be judge, and give 
 sentence between me and thee, and 
 see, and plead my cause, and 2 deliver 
 
 16 me out of thuie hand. And it came 
 to pass, when DaAdd had made an end 
 of speaking these words imto Saul, 
 that Saul said. Is this thy voice, my 
 son David? And Saul lifted up his 
 
 17 voice, and wept. And he said to David, 
 Thou art more righteous than I : for 
 thou hast rendered u'.ito me good, 
 whereas I have rendered imto thee evil. 
 
 18 And thou hast declared this day how 
 that thou hast dealt well with me : 
 forasmuch as when the Lord had de- 
 livered me xi]} into thine hand, thou 
 
 1.) killedst me not. For if a man find his 
 enemy, will he let him go well away ? 
 wherefore the Lord reward thee good 
 for that thou hast done unto me this 
 
 20 day. And now, behold, I know that 
 
 thou shalt surely be king, and that 
 the kingdom of Israel shall be estab- 
 
 21 li.shed in thine hand. Swear now 
 therefore unto me by the Lord, that 
 thou wilt not cut off my seed after mo, 
 and that thou wilt not destroy my name 
 
 22 out of my father's house. And David 
 swai'e unto Saul. And Saul went home ; 
 but David aud his men gat them up 
 unto the hold. 
 
 25 And Samuel died; and all Israel 
 gathered themselves together, aud la- 
 mented hun, and buried him in his 
 house at llamah. And David arose, and 
 went down to the wilderness of Parau. 
 
 2 Aud there was a man in Maon, whose 
 ■''liossessions were in Carmel; and the 
 man was veiy great, aud he had three 
 thousand sheeii, and a thousand goats : 
 and he was shearing his sheep in 
 
 3 Carmel. Now the name of the man 
 was Nabal ; and the name of his wife 
 Abigail : and the woman was of good 
 understanduig, and of a beautiful coun- 
 tenance : but the man was churlish and 
 e\al in his doings ; and he was of the 
 
 4 house of Caleb. Aud David heard in 
 the wilderness that Nabal did shear 
 
 5 his sheep. And David sent ten young 
 men, and David said uuto the young 
 men. Get you up to Carmel, and go to 
 Nabal, and greet him in my name: 
 
 6 and * thus shaU ye say ^ to him that 
 liveth in prosperity, Peace be both 
 unto thee, and peace be to thine house, 
 and peace be unto all that thou hast. 
 
 7 And now I have heard that thou hast 
 shearers : thy shepherds have now been 
 with us, and we "did them no hurt, 
 neither was there aught missing unto 
 them, aU the while they were in Car- 
 
 8mel. Ask thy young men, aud they 
 wiU tell thee : wherefore let the yomig 
 men find f avom- in thine eyes ; for we 
 come iu a good day : give, I pray thee, 
 whatsoever cometh to thine hand, unto 
 thy servants, and to thy son David. 
 
 9 And when David's yoimg men came, 
 they s^jake to Nabal according to all 
 those words in the name of David, and 
 
 10 ''ceased. And Nabal answered David's 
 servants, and said, Who is David? aud 
 who is the son of Jesse? there be 
 many servants now a days that break 
 away eveiy man from his master. 
 
 11 ShaU I then take my bread, aud my 
 water, and my "^ flesh that I have killed 
 for my shearers, and give it uuto men 
 of whom I know not whence they be ? 
 
 12 So David's young men turned on 
 their way, and went back, and came 
 and told him according to aU these 
 
 13 words. Aud David said unto his men, 
 Gird ye on every man his sword. And 
 they girded on every man his sword ; 
 and David also girded on his sword: and 
 there went up after David about four 
 hundred men ; and two hundred abode 
 
 14 by the stuff. But one of the young 
 
 3 Or, 
 was 
 
 4 Or, 
 thus 
 shall 
 ye my, 
 AU hail! 
 and 
 
 peace he 
 utiio thee 
 d-c. 
 
 5 The 
 Vulgate 
 has, fo 
 my 
 breth' 
 ren. 
 
 6 Heb. 
 2Jiit them 
 not to 
 shajne. 
 
 "Or. 
 
 reiTiain- 
 ed quiet 
 
 "Heb. 
 slaugh'
 
 232 
 
 I. SAMUEL. 
 
 25. U. 
 
 IHeb. 
 bless, 
 
 2 Or, 
 
 railedon 
 3Heb. 
 put to 
 ihamc. 
 
 i Or, base 
 felluw 
 
 5 That is, 
 worth- 
 lessness. 
 
 6 Or, 
 kins 
 
 'The 
 Sept. 
 has, unto 
 Davict, 
 
 8Heb. 
 any that 
 jiisseth 
 "gaifi^ 
 t!ie wall. 
 
 'I That is, 
 Fool. 
 
 w Heb. 
 
 from 
 
 coming 
 
 into 
 
 blood. 
 
 11 Heb. 
 
 thine 
 
 own 
 
 hand 
 
 savint/ 
 
 thee. 
 
 WHeb. 
 
 hUssiny. 
 
 men told Abigail, Nabal's wife, say- 
 ing, Behold, David sent messengers 
 out of the wilderness to isnlute our 
 15 master; and lie 2fl.ew upon them. But 
 the men were very good unto us, and 
 we were not ^hurt, neither missed we 
 any thing, as long as we were convers- 
 ant with them, when we were in the 
 
 16 fields : they were a wall mito us both 
 by night and by diy, all the while 
 we were with them keeping the sheep. 
 
 17 Now therefore know and consider what 
 thou wilt do; for evil is determined 
 against our mister, and against all his 
 house : for he is such a ■'son of ^ Belial, 
 
 18 that one cannot speak to huu. Then 
 Abigail nuide haste, and took two 
 hundred loaves, and two o bottles of 
 wine, and five sheep ready dressed, 
 and live measures of parched corn, and 
 an hundred clusters of raisins, and two 
 hundred cakes of figs, and laid them on 
 
 19 asses. And she said nnto her yomig 
 men, Go on before me ; behold, I come 
 after you. But she told not her hus- 
 
 20 b.md Nabal. And it was so, as she rode 
 on her ass, and came down by the covert 
 of the mountain, that, behold, David 
 and his men came dov.Ti against her; 
 
 21 and she met them. Now David had 
 said, Sm-ely in vain have I kept all 
 that this fellow hath m the wilderness, 
 so that nothing was missed of all that 
 liertamod unto him: and he hath re- 
 
 22 turned me evil for good. God do so 
 7 mito the enemies of David, and more 
 also, if I leave of all that iiertain to him 
 by the n^ornuig light t* so much as one 
 
 23 man child. And when Abigail saw 
 David, she hasted, and lighted off her 
 ass, and fell before David on her face, 
 
 24 and bowed herself to the ground. And 
 she fell at his feet, and said, Upon me, 
 my lord, upon me be the iniquity : and 
 let thine handmaid, I pray thee, speak 
 in thine ears, and hear thou the words 
 
 25 of thine hanchuaid. Let not my lord, I 
 pray thee, regard this ■'man of ^ Belial, 
 even Nabal: for as his name is, so 
 is he; o Nabal is his name, and folly 
 is with him: but I thine hancbnaid 
 saw not the young men of my lord, 
 
 26 whom thou didst send. Now therefore, 
 my lord, as the Lord liveth, and as thy 
 soul liveth, seeuig the Lo:;d hath witli- 
 holden thee lofrom bloodguiltiuess, and 
 from 11 avenging thyself v,-ith thuie own 
 hand, now therefore let tliine enemies, 
 and them that seek evil to my lord, 
 
 27 be as Nabal. And now this I'^present 
 which thy servant hath brought unto 
 my lord, let it be given unto the yomig 
 
 28 men that follow my lord. Forgive, I 
 pray thee, the trespass of thine hand- 
 maid : for the Lord will certauily make 
 my lord a sure house, because my lord 
 fighteth the bittles of the Lord; and 
 evil shall not be found in thee all thy 
 
 29 days. And though man be risen up 
 
 to pursue thee, and to seek thy soul, 
 yet the soul of my lord shall be bound 
 in the bmidle of i^iife with the Lord 
 thy God; and the souls of thine 
 enemies, them shall he sUng out, as 
 
 30 from the hollow of a sling. And it 
 shall come to pass, when the Lord 
 shall have done to my lord according to 
 all the good that he hath spoken con- 
 cernmg thee, and shall have appomted 
 
 31 thee pruice over Israel ; that this shall 
 be no 1^ grief unto thee, nor offence 
 of heart mito my lord, is either that 
 thou hast shed blood causeless, or 
 that my lord hath avenged himself: 
 and when the Lord shall have dealt 
 well with my lord, then remember thine 
 
 32 handmaid. And David said to Abigail, 
 Blessed be the Lord, the God of Is- 
 rael, which sent thee this day to meet 
 
 33 me: and blessed be thy w wisdom, and 
 blessed be thou, which hast kept me 
 this day frombloodguiltiness, and from 
 avenging myself with mine own hand. 
 
 34 For in very deed, as the Lord, the 
 God of Israel, liveth, which hath with- 
 holden me from hurting thee, except 
 thou hadst hasted and come to meet 
 me, surely there had not been left unto 
 Nabal by the morning light so much 
 
 35 as one man child. So David received 
 of her hand that which she had 
 brought him: and he said unto her. 
 Go up in peace to thine house ; see, I 
 have hearkened to thy voice, and have 
 
 36 accepted thy person. And Abigail came 
 to Nabal ; and, behold, he held a feast 
 in his house, like the feast of a king; 
 and Nabal's heart was merry within 
 luiu, for he was very drunken : where- 
 fore she told hun notlung, less or more, 
 
 37 until the morning light. And it came 
 to pass in the morning, when the wine 
 was gone out of Nabal, that his wife 
 told him these things, and his heart 
 died within him, and he became as a 
 
 38 stone. And it came to pass about ten 
 days after, that the Lord smote Nabal, 
 
 39 that he died. And when David heart! 
 that Nabal was dead, he said. Blessed 
 be the Lord, that hath pleaded the 
 cause of my reproach from the hand 
 of Nabal, and hath kept back his serv- 
 ant from evil : and the evil-doing of 
 Nabal hath the Lord retm-ued upon his 
 own heail. And David sent and i'' spake 
 concerning Abigail, to take her to him 
 
 40 to -ft-ife. And when the servants of 
 David were come to Abigail to Carmel, 
 they spake luito her, sayuig, David hath 
 sent us unto thee, to take thee to him 
 
 41 to wife. And she arose, and bowed 
 herself with her face to the earth, and 
 said. Behold, thine handmaid is a serv- 
 ant to wash the feet of the servants 
 
 42 of my lord. And Abigail hasted, and 
 arose, and rode upon an ass, with five 
 damsels of hers that followed her; 
 and she went after the messengers of
 
 27. 3. 
 
 I. SAMUEL. 
 
 233 
 
 Uu 
 
 i Sam. 
 iii. 15, 
 I'ullicl. 
 
 2 Or, 
 
 Jcshi' 
 
 See oh. 
 xxiii. 19. 
 
 ^Or, 
 to a set 
 place 
 Sco ch. 
 xxiii. 23 
 
 > Or, har- 
 ricude 
 
 5 Or, 
 either 
 
 4.^ David, and became his w'do. David 
 also took Aliiuoaiu of Jezreel ; and tliey 
 
 •llbecauio both of tlieni his wives. Now 
 Said had given Miehal liis daughter, 
 David's wife, to i I'alti the son of Laish, 
 which was of Cialliui. 
 
 26 And the Ziphites came unto Saul to 
 Gibeah, sayuig. Doth not David hide 
 himself in the hill of Hachilah, which is 
 
 2 before '-^the desert ? Then Saul arose, 
 and went down to the wilderness of 
 Ziph, having three thousand chosen 
 men of Israel with him, to seek David 
 
 3 in the wilderness of Ziph. And Saul 
 pitched in the hill of Hachilah, which 
 is before 2 the desert, by the way. But 
 David abode ui the wilderness, and he 
 saw that Saul came after huu into the 
 
 4 wilderness. David therefore scut out 
 spies, and xmderstood that Saul was 
 
 5 come ^of a certainty. And David a- 
 rose, and came to the place where Saul 
 had pitched: and David beheld the 
 place where Saul lay, and Abuer the 
 son of Ner, the captain of his host: 
 and Saul lay within the * place of the 
 wagons, and the people pitched round 
 
 G about him. Then answered David 
 and said to Ahimelech the Hittite, 
 and to Abishai the son of Zeruiah, bro- 
 ther to Joab, saying. Who will go dovi'u 
 with me to Saul to the camp? And 
 Abishai said, I -^vill go down with thee. 
 
 7 So David and Abishai came to the 
 people by night : and, behold, Saiil lay 
 sleeping within the -^place of the wagons, 
 with his spear stuck in the ground at 
 his head : and Abner and the people lay 
 
 8 round about him. Then saidA)>isliai 
 to David, God hath delivered up thine 
 enemy into thine hand this day : now 
 therefore let me smite him, I pray 
 thee, with the spear to the earth at one 
 stroke, and I will not smite him the 
 
 9 second time. And David said to Al)i- 
 shai, Destroy hi in not : for v/ho can put 
 forth his hand against the Lord's an- 
 lOointed, and be guiltless? And David 
 said, As the Lokd liveth, the Lord shall 
 smite him; ^or his day shall come to 
 die ; or he shall go down into battle, and 
 
 11 perish. The Lord forbid that I should 
 l)ut forth mine hand against the Lord's 
 anointed : but now take, I pray thee, 
 the spear that is at his head, and the 
 
 12 cruse of water, and let us go. So David 
 took the spear and the cruse of water 
 from Saul's head; and they gat them 
 away, and no man saw it, nor knew 
 it, neither did any awake : for they 
 were all asleep ; because a deep sleep 
 from the Lord was fallen upon them. 
 
 13 Then David went over to the other 
 side, and stood on the top of the 
 mountain afar off ; a great space being 
 
 14 between them : and David cried to 
 the people, and to Abner the son of 
 Ner, saymg, Answerest thou not, Al)- 
 ner ? Then Abuer answered and said. 
 
 Who art tliou that criest to the king ? 
 
 15 And David said to Abner, Art }iot thou 
 a valiant man? and who is like to 
 thee in Israel? wherefore then hast 
 thou not Icept watcli over thy hu'd the 
 kuig? for there came one of the peo- 
 ])le iu to destroy the king thy lord. 
 
 16 This thing is not good that thou hast 
 dune. As the Lord liveth, ye are 
 ''worthy to die, because ye have not 
 kept watch over j'our loi'd, the Lord's 
 anointed. And now, see, where the 
 king's spear is, and the cruse of water 
 
 17 that was at his head. And Saul laiew 
 David's voice, and said. Is this thy 
 voice, my son David ? And David said, 
 
 18 It is my voice, my lord, king. And he 
 said, ^Vherefore doth my lord i^ursue 
 after his servant? for what have I done? 
 
 19 or what evil is in mine hand ? Now 
 therefore, I pray thee, let my lord the 
 king hear the words of his servant. If 
 it be the Lord that hath stuTcd thee 
 up against me, let him ''accept an 
 offering: but if it be the children of 
 men, cursed be they before the Lord ; 
 for they have driven me out this day 
 that I should '^not cleave unto the 
 inheritance of the Lord, saymg. Go, 
 
 20 serve other gods. Now therefore, let 
 not my blood fall to the earth away 
 from the presence of the Lord : for the 
 king of Israel is come out to seek ^ a flea, 
 as when one doth hmit a partriilge in 
 
 21 the mountams. Then said Saul, I have 
 siimed: return, my son David: for I 
 ■\viU no more do thee harm, because my 
 life v.'as precious in thine eyes this 
 day : behold, I have played the fool, and 
 
 22 have erred exceedingly. And David 
 answered and said. Behold lo the spear, 
 
 king 1 let then one of the young men 
 28 come over and fetch it. And the Lord 
 
 shall render to every man his righteous- 
 ness and his faithfuhiess : forasmuch 
 as the Lord delivered thee into uij- 
 hand to-day, and I would not put forth 
 mine hand against the Lord's anoint- 
 
 24 ed. And, behold, as thy life was much 
 set by this day iu mine eyes, so let my 
 life be much set by in the eyes of the 
 Lord, and let him deliver me out of 
 
 25 all tribulation. Then Saul said to Da- 
 vid, Blessed be thou, my sou David : 
 thou shalt both do mightily, and shalt 
 surely prevail. So Da^'id went his way, 
 and Saul returned to his place. 
 
 27 And David said in his heart, I shall 
 now x^erish one day by the hand of Saul : 
 there is nothing better for me than that 
 
 1 should escape into the land of the 
 Philistines : and Saul shall despair of 
 me, to seek me any more in all the 
 borders of Israel: so shall I escape 
 
 2 out of his hand. And David arose, and 
 passed over, he and the six hundred 
 men that were Avith him, unto Achish 
 
 3 the son of Maoch, king of Gath. And 
 David -dwelt with Achish at Gath, he 
 
 « Heb. 
 
 Holts of 
 
 death. 
 
 -• Heb. 
 smell. 
 
 eOr, 
 have no 
 ihare iu 
 
 9 The 
 Sei)t. 
 li.is, mi/ 
 life. 
 
 10 An- 
 
 otlier 
 
 reading 
 
 is, the 
 
 Idiiij's 
 
 ■V^eur. 
 
 s-
 
 234 
 
 I. SAMUEL. 
 
 27. 3. 
 
 iHeb. 
 fiehl. 
 
 2Auothei- 
 
 reading 
 
 is, 
 
 Gizrites, 
 
 3 Some 
 
 copies of 
 
 the Sept. 
 
 have, 
 
 from 
 
 Tuluin. 
 
 ■1 So some 
 ancient 
 author- 
 ities. 
 Others 
 i3a<l, 
 ■'gainst 
 lihom. 
 
 SHeb. 
 
 camps. 
 
 and his men, every man with his house- 
 hold, even David with his two wives, A- 
 hinoam the Jezreehtess, and Abigail the 
 
 4 CarmeUtess, Nabal's wife. Aiid it was 
 told Saul that David was fled to Gath : 
 and he sought no more again for him. 
 
 5 And David said mito Achisli, If now 
 I have foimd grace in thine eyes, let 
 them give me a place in one of the 
 cities in the i comitry, that I may dweU 
 there : for why should thy servant dwell 
 
 G Lu the roj-al city with thee ? Then 
 Achish gave him Ziklag that day: 
 wherefore Ziklag pertaineth unto the 
 kings of Judah unto this day. 
 
 7 And the nmnber of the days that Da- 
 vid dwelt in the i country of the Phil- 
 istines was a f uU year and f om- mouths. 
 
 8 And David and his men went u^], and 
 made a raid upon the Geshurites, and 
 the ^Girzites, and the Amalekites: for 
 those nations were the inhabitants of 
 the land, =* which v/ere of old, as thou 
 goest to Shur, even imto the land of 
 
 9 Egypt. And David smote the land, 
 and saved neither man nor woman 
 alive, and took away the sheep, and 
 the oxen, and the asses, and the camels, 
 and the apparel ; and he retiu-ned, and 
 
 10 came to Achish. And Achish said, 
 •'Whither have ye made a raid to-day ? 
 And David said, Against the South of 
 Judah, and against the South of the 
 Jerahmeelites, and against the South 
 
 11 of the Kenites. And David saved nei- 
 ther man nor woman alive, to brmg 
 them to Gath, saying. Lest they should 
 tell on us, saying. So did David, and 
 so hath been his manner aU the while 
 he hath dwelt in the i comitry of the 
 
 1'2 Philistiues. And Achish believed Da- 
 vid, saying. He hath made his people 
 Israel utterly to abhor him ; therefore 
 he shall be my servant for ever. 
 
 28 And it came to pass in those days, 
 that the Philistines gathered then- 
 ^hosts together for warfare, to fight 
 with Israel. And Achish said imto 
 David, Know thou assuredly, that thou 
 shalt go out with me in the host, thou 
 
 2 and thy men. And David said to 
 Achish, Therefore thou shalt know 
 what thy servant will do. And Achish 
 said to David, Therefore wiU I make 
 thee keeper of mine head for ever. 
 
 3 Now Samuel was dead, and all Israel 
 had lamented him, and buried hun in 
 Eamah, even in his own city. And 
 Said had put away those that had 
 familiar spuits, and the wizards, out of 
 
 4 the land. And the Philistines gathered 
 themselves together, and came and 
 pitched in Shunem : and Saul gathered 
 all Israel together, and they pitclied in 
 
 5 Gilboa. And when Saul saw the host 
 of the Philistines, he was afraid, and 
 
 G his heart trembled greatly. And when 
 Saul inquired of the Lord, the Lord 
 answered him not, neither by dreams. 
 
 7 nor by TJrini, uor by lu'ophets. Then 
 said Saul unto his servants. Seek me a 
 woman that hath a familiar spirit, that 
 I may go to her, and inquire of her. 
 And his servants said to liim. Behold, 
 there is a vvoman that hath a familiar 
 
 8 spirit at En-dor. And Saul disguised 
 himself, and put on other ramient, 
 and vi'eiit, he and two men with him, 
 and they came to the woman by night : 
 and he said, Divine mito me, I pray 
 thee, by the familiar spirit, and bring 
 me up whomsoever I shall name un- 
 
 9 to thee. And the woman said unto 
 him. Behold, thou knowest what Saul 
 hath done, how he hath cut off those 
 that ha\'e familiar sx)irits, and the 
 wizards, out of the land : wherefore 
 then layest thou a snare for my life, 
 
 10 to cause me to die ? And Saul sware 
 to her by the Lokd, saying. As the 
 Lord liveth, there shall no Cpmiish- 
 meiit happen to thee for this thing. 
 
 11 Then said the woman, Whom shall I 
 bring up unto thee'? And he said, 
 
 12 Bring me up Samuel. And when the 
 woman saw Samuel, she cried \v'ith a 
 loud voice: and the woman spake to 
 Saul, saying, Why hast thou deceived 
 
 13 me? for thou art Saul. And the king 
 said unto her. Be not afraid : for what 
 seest thou ? And the woman said unto 
 Saul, I see '^ a god coming up out of the 
 
 Hearth. And he said unto her, What 
 form is he of ? And she said. An old 
 man cometli up ; and he is covered with 
 a robe. And Saul jjerceived that it was 
 Samuel, and he bowed v.ith his face to 
 
 15 the ground, and did obeisance. And 
 Samuel said to Saul, Why hast thou dis- 
 quieted me, to bring me uj) ? And Saul 
 answered, I am sore distressed ; for the 
 Philistines make war against me, and 
 God is dei^arted from me, and answer- 
 eth me no more, neither by prophets, 
 nor by dreams : therefore I have called 
 thee, that thou mayest make known 
 
 16 unto me what I shall do. And Samuel 
 said, "Wherefore then dost thou ask of 
 me, seeing the Lord is departed from 
 thee, and "is become thine adversary? 
 
 17 And the LoitD hath -'w-rought for him- 
 self, as he spake by me : and the Lord 
 hath rent the kingdom out of thine 
 hand, and given it to thy neighbour, 
 
 18 even to David. Because thou obeyedst 
 not the voice of the Lord, and didst 
 not execute his fierce wrath upon 
 Amalek, therefore hath the Lord done 
 
 19 this thing unto thee this day. More- 
 over the Lord will deliver Israel also 
 with thee into the hand of the Philis- 
 tines: and to-morrow shalt thou and 
 thy sons be with me : the Lord shall 
 deliver the host of Israel also into the 
 
 20 hand of the Philistines. Then Saul 
 fell straightway his full length ui>oii 
 the earth, and was sore afraid, because 
 of the words of Samuel: and there 
 
 6 Or, 
 
 guilt 
 come 
 upon, 
 thee 
 
 ' Or, ffods 
 
 STlie 
 Sept. 
 has, is on 
 the side 
 of thy 
 
 boar. 
 y Or, rfone 
 untohim 
 Some 
 ancient 
 authori- 
 ties read, 
 done 
 unto 
 thee.
 
 30. 12. 
 
 I. SAMUEL. 
 
 235 
 
 was 110 strength in him; for he had 
 eaten no broad all the day, nor all the 
 
 21 night. And tlie woman came unto Saul, 
 and saw that ho was sore tronl)lo(l, and 
 said untoliiin, Behold, tlnnehan(huaid 
 hatli hearkened unto thy voice, and I 
 have i»ut my life in my hand, and liave 
 hearkened unto thy words which thou 
 
 '2'2si)akest unto me. Now therefore, I 
 pray thee, hearken thou also unto the 
 voice of thine handmaid, and let me 
 set a morsel of bread before thee; and 
 eat, that thou may est have stren{,;tli, 
 
 23 when thou f,'oest on thy way. But he 
 refused, and said, I will not eat. But 
 his servants, together with the woman, 
 constrained him ; and he hearkened 
 unto their voice. So he arose from the 
 
 24 earth, and sat upon the bed. And the 
 woman had a fatted calf in the house ; 
 and she hasted, and killed it; and she 
 took flour, and kneaded it, and did bake 
 
 25 unleavened bread thereof : and she 
 brought it before Said, and before his 
 servants ; and they did eat. Then they 
 rose up, and went away that night. 
 
 29 Now the Philistines gathered to- 
 gether all their hosts to Aphek : and 
 the Israelites pitched by the fountain 
 
 2 which is in Jezreel. And the lords of 
 the Philistines passed on by hundreds, 
 and by thousands : and David and his 
 men passed on in the rearward with 
 
 3 Achish. Then said the iirinces of the 
 Philistines, What do these Hebrews 
 liere ? And Achish said unto the princes 
 of the Philistmes, Is not this David, 
 the servant of Saul the king of Israel, 
 which hatli been with me these days 
 or these years, and I have found no 
 fault in him since he fell away tmto 
 
 4.me unto this day? But the princes 
 of the PhUistuies were wroth with 
 him ; and the princes of the PliiUs- 
 tines said unto lum, Make the man re- 
 tiu"u, that he may go back to his place 
 where thou hast appomted hmi, and 
 let him not go down with us to battle, 
 lest hi the battle he become an ad- 
 versary to us : for wherewith should 
 this felloio reconcile hhnself unto his 
 lord? should it not be with the heads 
 
 5 of these men ? Is not this David, of 
 whom they sang one to another in 
 dances, saying, 
 
 Saul hath slain his thousands. 
 And David his ten thousands ? 
 
 6 Then Achish calledDavid, andsaidunto 
 him, As the Lord liveth, thou hast been 
 uiiright, and thy gouig out and thy 
 coming in with me in the host is good in 
 my sight : for I have not fomid evil in 
 thee suice the day of thy commg unto 
 me unto this day: nevertheless the 
 
 7 lords favour thee not. Wherefore now 
 return, and go in peace, that thou dis- 
 jilease not the lords of the Philistines. 
 
 8 And David said unto Acliish, But what 
 have I done ? and what hast thou found 
 
 ill thy servant so long as I have been 
 before thee unto this day, that I may not 
 go and light against the (enemies of my 
 U lord the kuig? And Acliish answered 
 and said to David, I know that thou 
 art good in my sight, as an angel of 
 God: notwitlistaiiiUng the princes of 
 the Philistuios have said. He shall not 
 
 10 go up with us to the battle. Wherefore 
 now rise up early in the mornuig with 
 the servants of thy lord that are come 
 with tliee : and as soon as ye be up early 
 in the mornuig, and have light, depart. 
 
 11 So David rose up early, he and Ids 
 men, to depart in the mornuig, to 
 return into the land of the Philis- 
 tines. And the Philistines went up to 
 Jezreel. 
 
 30 And it came to i)ass, when David and 
 his men were come to Ziklag on the 
 third day, that the Amalekites had 
 made a raid upon the South, and upon 
 Ziklag, and had smitten Zildag, and 
 
 2 burned it with fire ; and had taken 
 captive the women and all that were 
 therein, both small and great : they slew 
 not any, but carried them off, and went 
 
 3 their way. And when David and his 
 men came to the city, behold, it was 
 burned with fire ; and their wives, and 
 their sons, and their daughters, were 
 
 4 taken captives. Then David and the 
 people that were with him lifted up 
 their voice and wept, until they had 
 
 5 no more power to weep. And David's 
 two wives were taken captives, Ahiiio- 
 am the Jezreehtess, and Abigail the 
 
 6 wife of Nabal the Carmelite. AndDavid 
 was greatly distressed ; for the iieojile 
 spake of stoning him, because the soul 
 of aU the people was grieved, evei-y 
 man for his sons and for his daughters : 
 but David strengthened himself iu the 
 Lord his God. 
 
 7 And David said to Abiathar the priest, 
 the sou of Aliimelech, I pray thee, bring 
 me hither the ephod. And Abiathar 
 brought thither the ephod to David. 
 
 8 And David inquired of the Lord, say- 
 ing, ilf I piu'sue after this trooii, shall 
 I overtake them? And he answered 
 him, Pursue: for thou shalt sui'ely 
 overtake them, and shalt without fail 
 
 9 recover all. So David went, he and the 
 six hmidred men that were with him, 
 and came to the brook Besor, where 
 
 10 those that were left behind stayed. But 
 David pursued, he and foui- hundi'ed 
 men : for two hundred stayed behind, 
 which were so faint that they could 
 
 11 not go over the brook Besor: and they 
 found ail Egyptian in the field, and 
 brought him to David, and gave hun 
 bread, and he did eat ; and they gave 
 
 12 hull water to drink : and they gave 
 him a piece of a cake of figs, and two 
 clusters of raisuis ; and when he had 
 eaten, his spirit came agam to him; 
 for he had eaten no bread, nor (h-mik 
 
 lOr. 
 Shall I
 
 236 
 
 I. SAMUEL. 
 
 30. 12. 
 
 lOr. 
 amidst 
 
 ^ Or, with 
 
 3 Or, 
 asked 
 them of 
 their 
 welfare 
 
 4 Or, base 
 fellows 
 
 6 That is, 
 
 worth- 
 
 lessness. 
 
 6 Hel). 
 hlesgittg. 
 
 auy water, three days and tlrree nights. 
 
 13 And David said luito him, To whom 
 belongest thou ? and whence art thou? 
 And he said, I am a young man of 
 Egypt, servant to an Amalekite; and 
 my master left me, because three days 
 
 14 agone I fell sick. We made a raid up- 
 on the South of the Cherethites, and 
 upon that which belongeth to Judah, 
 and upon the South of Caleb ; and Ave 
 
 15 burned Ziklag with fu-e. And David 
 said to him. Wilt thou bring me down 
 to this troop ? And he said, Swear unto 
 me by God, that thou wilt neither kill 
 me, nor deliver me up mto the hands 
 of my master, and I will bring thee 
 
 16 down to this troop. And when he had 
 brought him doA^Ti, behold, they were 
 spread abroad over all the gi'ound, 
 eating and drmking, and feasting, i be- 
 cause of all the great spoil that they 
 had taken out of the laud of the Philis- 
 tmes, and out of the land of Judah. 
 
 17 And David smote them from the twi- 
 hght even imto the evening of the next 
 day : and there escaped not a man of 
 them, save four hundi-ed young men, 
 
 18 which rode upon camels and fled. And 
 David recovered all that the Amalek- 
 ites had taken : and David rescued his 
 
 19 two wives. And there was nothing lack- 
 ing to the:a, neither small nor great, 
 neither sons nor daughters, neither 
 spoil, nor any thing that they had 
 taken to them : David brought back 
 
 20 all. And David took all the flocks and 
 the herds, which they di-ave before those 
 other cattle, and said. This is David's 
 
 21 spoil. And David came to tlie two hund- 
 red men, which were so faint that they 
 could not follow David, whom also they 
 had made to abide at the brook Besor : 
 and they went forth to meet David, and 
 to meet the peojile that were with him : 
 and when David came near ^ to the peo- 
 
 22 pie, he ^ saluted them. Then answered 
 all the v/icked men and ^ men of ^ Belial, 
 of those that went with David, and 
 said, Because they went not with us, 
 we will not give them aught of the spoil 
 that we have recovered, save to every 
 man his wife and his children, that they 
 
 23 may lead them away, and dejiart. Then 
 said David, Ye shall not do so, my 
 bretlu-en, with that which the Lord 
 hath given imto us, who hath preserved 
 us, and deUvered the troop that came 
 
 24 against us into our hand. And who will 
 hearken unto you hi this matter? for 
 as his share is that goeth down to 
 the battle, so shall his share be that 
 tarrieth by the stuff: they shall share 
 
 25 alike. And it was so from that day for- 
 ward, that he made it a statute and an 
 ordinance for Israel, unto this day. 
 
 26 And when David came to Ziklag, he 
 sent of the spoil unto the elders of 
 Judah, even to his friends, saying. Be- 
 hold a ^present for you of the s\}qt1 of 
 
 27 the enemies of the Lokd ; to them 
 which were in Beth-el, and to them 
 which were in Kanioth of the South, 
 
 28 and to them which Avere in Jattir ; and 
 to them which were in Ai-oer, and to 
 them which were in Siplunoth, and to 
 
 29 them which were in Eshtemoa ; and to 
 them which were in Eacal, and to them 
 which were m the cities of the Jerah- 
 meelites, and to them which were in 
 
 30 the cities of the Kenites ; and to them 
 which were in Hormah, and to them 
 which were in ^ Cor-ashan, and to them 
 
 31 which were hi Athach; and to them 
 which were in Hebron, and to all the 
 places where David himself and his 
 men were wont to haunt. 
 
 31 ^Now the Phihsthies fought against 
 Israel : and the men of Israel fled from 
 before the PhUistines, and fell down 
 
 2 3 slain hi mount Gilboa. And the Phil- 
 istines followed hard upon Saul and 
 upon his sons ; and the Philistines slew 
 Jonathan, andi'^Abmadab, andMalchi- 
 
 3 shua, the sons of Said. And the battle 
 went sore against Saul, and the archers 
 overtook him ; and he was greatly dis- 
 
 4 tressed by reason of the archers. Then 
 said Saul to his annourbearer. Draw 
 thy sword, and thrust me through there- 
 with; lest these uncircumcised come 
 and thmst me through, and " abuse 
 me. But his annourbearer would not ; 
 for he was sore afraid. Therefore Saul 
 
 5 took his sword, and fell upon it. And 
 when his annom-bearer saw that Saul 
 was dead, he likewise fell upon his 
 
 6 sword, and died with him. So Saul died, 
 and his thi-ee sons, and his armour- 
 bearer, and all his men, that same day 
 
 7 together. And when the men of Israel 
 that were on the other side of the 
 valley, and they that v>'ere beyond Jor- 
 dan, saw that the men of Israel fled, and 
 that Saul and his sons were dead, they 
 forsook the cities, and fled; and the 
 Philistines came and dwelt in them. 
 
 8 And it came to pass on the mori-ow, 
 when the Philistines came to strip the 
 slain, that they fomid Saifl and his 
 
 9 three sons fallen in mount Gflboa. And 
 they cut off his head, and stripped off his 
 armour, and sent into the laud of the 
 Philistines round about, to carry the 
 tidings unto the house of their idols, 
 
 10 and to the people. And they i>ut his 
 annoiu' hi the house of the Ashtaroth : 
 and they fastened his body to the wall 
 
 11 of Beth-shan. And when the inhabit- 
 ants of Jabesh-gilead heard concern- 
 ing him that which the Phihsthies 
 
 12 had done to Saul, all the valiant men 
 arose, and went all night, and took the 
 body of Saul and the bodies of his 
 sous from the wall of Beth-shan; and 
 they came to Jabesh, and bm'nt them 
 
 13 there. And they took their bones, and 
 Iraried them under the tamarisk tree 
 in Jabesh, and fasted seven days. 
 
 7 Accord- 
 ing to 
 many 
 MSS. 
 and 
 
 versions, 
 Bor- 
 ashan. 
 
 8 See 
 
 1 Chr. X. 
 1—12. 
 
 9 Or, 
 wounded 
 
 10 In ch. 
 xiv. 49, 
 
 Ishvi. 
 
 "Or, 
 ■make a 
 mock of 
 me
 
 L_ 
 
 1 Or, ovey 
 
 2 Or, 
 
 giddi- 
 ness 
 
 THE 
 
 SECOND BOOK OF SAMUEL. 
 
 1 And it came to pasa after the death 
 of Saul, when David was retiu-iied 
 from the slaughter of the Amalekites, 
 anil David had abode two days hi 
 
 •2Ziklag; it came even to pass on the 
 third day, that, behold, a man came 
 out of the camp from Said witli his 
 clothes rent, and earth upon his head : 
 and so it was, when he came to Da- 
 vid, that he fell to the earth, and did 
 
 3 obeisance. And Daxdd said unto him, 
 Prom whence comes t thou? And he 
 said unto him, Out of the camp of 
 
 4 Israel am I escaped. And DaAid said 
 unto him, How went the matter? I 
 pray thee, tell me. And he answered, 
 The people are fled from the battle, 
 and many of the people also are fallen 
 and dead; and Saul and Jonathan his 
 
 5 son are dead also. And David said un- 
 to the yoiing man that told hmi. How 
 knowest thou that Saul and Jonathan 
 
 6 his son be dead? And the yoiuig man 
 that told him said. As I happened 
 by chance upon momit GUboa, behold, 
 Saul leaned upon his spear ; and, lo, tlie 
 chariots and the horsemen foUowed 
 
 7 hard after him. And when he looked 
 behind him, he saw me, and called 
 unto me. And I answered, Here am I. 
 
 8 And he said mito me. Who art thou ? 
 And I answered him, I am an Amalck- 
 
 9ite. And he said mato me, Stand, I 
 pray thee, ^beside me, and slay me, for 
 '^anguish hath taken hold of me; be- 
 
 10 cause my life is yet whole in me. So I 
 stood 1 beside him, and slew him, be- 
 cause I v/as sure that he could not live 
 after that he was faUen: and I took 
 the crown that was upon his head, 
 and the bracelet that was on his arm, 
 and have brought them hither unto 
 
 limy lord. Then David took hold on 
 his clothes, and rent them ; and hke- 
 wise all the men that were with 
 
 12 him: and they moui-ned, and wept, 
 and fasted until even, for Saul, and for 
 Jonathan his son, and for the people 
 of the Lord, and for the house of 
 Israel; because they were faUen by 
 
 13 the sword. And David said imto the 
 young man that told him, Whence art 
 thou? And he answered, I am tlie 
 
 14 son of a stranger, an Amalekite. And 
 David said unto him, How wast thou 
 not afraid to luit forth thme hand to 
 
 15 destroy the Lord's anouited ? And Da- 
 vid called one of the young men, and 
 said, Go near, and fall upon him. And 
 
 16 he smote him that he died. And Da- 
 vid said unto him. Thy blood bo upon 
 thy head; for thy mouth hath testi- 
 fied against thee, saymg, I have slain 
 the Lord's anointed. 
 
 17 And David lamented with this lament- 
 ation over Saul and over Jonathan 
 
 18 his son: and he bade them teach the 
 children of Judah flie somj q/'the bow: 
 behold, it is written in the book of 
 3 Jashar. 
 19 *Thy glory, Israel, is slain upon 
 thy high places ! 
 How are the mighty fallen 1 
 •20 Tell it not in Gath, 
 
 Publish it not in the streets of 
 
 Ashkelon ; 
 Lest the daughters of the Philis- 
 
 tiues rejoice, 
 Lest the daughters of the uncir- 
 cumcised triumph. 
 '21 Ye moimtains of GUboa, 
 
 Let there be no dew nor rain upon 
 
 you, neither fields of offerings : 
 For there the shield of the mighty 
 
 was 5 vilely cast away. 
 The shield of Said, <5uot anointed 
 with oil. 
 '22 From the blood of the slam, from 
 the fat of the mighty. 
 The bow of Jonathan tiu'ued not back , 
 And the sword of Saul returned not 
 empty. 
 
 23 Saul and Jonathan were lovely and 
 
 pleasant in then- Uves, 
 And m their death they were not 
 
 divided ; 
 They were swifter than eagles, 
 They were stronger than hons. 
 
 24 Ye daughters of Israel, weep over 
 
 Sard, 
 Who clothed you in scarlet 'deUc- 
 
 ately. 
 Who put ornaments of gold upon 
 
 yom- apparel. 
 
 25 How are the mighty faUen in the 
 
 midst of the battle ! 
 8 Jonathan is slain upon thy high 
 places. 
 
 26 I am distressed for thee, my brother 
 
 Jonathan : 
 Very pleasant hast thou been unto 
 
 me: 
 Thy love to me was wonderful. 
 Passing the love of women. 
 
 27 How are the mighty faUen, 
 
 And the weapons of war perished ! 
 2 And it came to pass after this, 
 that David inquired of the Lord, 
 
 3 Or, The 
 Upright 
 lOr, The 
 
 gazelle 
 
 5 Or, 
 defiled 
 
 6 Or, as of 
 
 one not 
 anointed 
 
 7Heb. 
 with de' 
 lights. 
 
 B0t,0Jo- 
 yiathan, 
 slain £c.
 
 238 
 
 II. SAMUEL. 
 
 2. 1. 
 
 :in 
 
 1 Chr. 
 viii. 33, 
 ix.39, 
 
 Esh- 
 baal. 
 
 2 The 
 Vulgate 
 and 
 Syriac 
 have, 
 Geshttr- 
 ties. 
 
 3Heb. 
 theTn to- 
 gether 
 
 1 That is, 
 The.fi.vld 
 of the 
 sharp 
 knives, 
 
 6 Heb. as 
 one of 
 the roes 
 that are 
 in the 
 field. 
 
 saying, Shall I go vq) into any of the 
 cities of Judali ? And the Lord said unto 
 him, Go lip. And David said, Whither 
 shall I go up ? Aiid he said. Unto Heb- 
 2ron. So David went up thither, and 
 his two wives also, Ahinoam the Jez- 
 reelitess, and Abigail the wife of Nabal 
 
 3 the Carmelite. And his men that were 
 with him did David bi-ing up, every 
 man with his household: and they dwelt 
 
 4 in the cities of Hebron. And the men 
 of Judah came, and there they anointed 
 David king over the house of Judah. 
 
 And they told David, saying. The 
 men of Jabesh-gilead were they that 
 
 5 buried Saul. Aiid David sent mes- 
 sengers luito the men of Jabesli-gUoad, 
 and said unto them. Blessed be ye of 
 the Lord, that ye have shewed this 
 kindness unto yoiu* lord, even vuito 
 
 6 Saul, and have buried him. And now 
 the Lord shew kinchiess and ti-uth unto 
 you : and I also will requite you this 
 kinchiess, because ye have done this 
 
 7 thmg. Now therefore let your hands be 
 strong, and be ye vahant : for Saul your 
 lord is dead, and also the house of Judah 
 have anointed me king over them. 
 
 8 Now Abner the son of Ner, captain of 
 Saul's host, had taken i Ish-bosheth the 
 son of Saul, and brought him over to 
 
 9 Mahanaim ; and he made him king over 
 Gilead, and over the ^Ashurites, and 
 over Jezreel, and over Ephraim, and 
 
 10 over Benjamin, and over all Israel. (Ish- 
 bosheth Saul's son was forty years old 
 when he began to reign over Israel, and 
 he reigned two years.) But the house 
 
 11 of Judah followed David. And the 
 tune that David was king in Hebron 
 over the house of Judah was seven 
 years and six months. 
 
 12 And Abner the son of Ner, and the 
 servants of Ish-bosheth the son of 
 Saul, went out from Mahanaim to 
 
 13 Gibeon. And Joab the son of Zeruiah, 
 and the servants of David, went out, 
 and met ^them by the pool of Gibeon; 
 and they sat down, the one on the one 
 side of the pool, and the other on the 
 
 1-i other side of the pool. And Abner said 
 to Joab, Let the young men, I pray 
 thee, arise and play before us. And 
 
 15 Joab said. Let them arise. Then they 
 arose and went over by number ; twelve 
 for Benjamin, and for Ish-bosheth the 
 son of Saul, and twelve of the servants 
 
 16 of David. And they caught every one 
 his fellow by the head, and thni.it his 
 sword in his feUow's side ; so they fell 
 down together: wherefore that place 
 was called ^Helkath-hazzurim, v.-hich 
 
 17 is in Gibeon. And the battle was very 
 soi'e that day; and Abner was beaten, 
 and the men of Israel, before the serv- 
 
 18 ants of David. And the three sons of 
 Zeruiah were there, Joab, and Alnshai, 
 and Asahel: and Asahel was as light 
 
 19 of foot 5 as a wild roe. And Asahel 
 
 jiursued after Abner ; and in going he 
 turned not to the right hand nor to 
 
 20 the left from following Abner. Then 
 Abner looked behind him, and said, Is 
 it thou, Asahel ? And he answered. It 
 
 21 is I. And Abner said to him. Turn 
 thee aside to thy right hand or to thy 
 left, and lay thee hold on one of the 
 young men, and take thee Ms "armour. 
 But Asahel would not turn aside from 
 
 22 following of him. And Abner said 
 again to Asahel, Turn thee aside from 
 following me : wherefore should I smite 
 thee to the ground? how then should 
 I hold up my face to Joab thy brother ? 
 
 23Howbeit he I'efused to turn aside: 
 wherefore Abner with the hinder end 
 of the spear smote him in the belly, 
 that the spear came out behind him; 
 and he fell down there, and died in 
 the same place: and it came to pass, 
 that as many as came to the place 
 where Asahel fell down and died stood 
 
 24 still. But Joab and Abishai pursued 
 after Abner: and the sun went down 
 when they were come to the hill of Am- 
 mali, that lieth before Giah 1)y the way 
 
 25 of the wilderness of Gibeon. And the 
 chilfb'en of Benjamm gathered them- 
 selves together after Abner, and became 
 one band, and stood on the top of an hiU. 
 
 26 Then Abner called to Joab, and said. 
 Shall the sword devour for ever? know- 
 est thou not that it will be bitterness 
 in the latter end? how long shall it 
 be then, ere thou bid the people return 
 
 27 from following their brethren? And 
 Joab said. As God liveth, ''if thou 
 hadst not spoken, surely then ^m the 
 morning the people had gone away, 
 
 28 nor followed every one his brother. So 
 Joab blew the trumpet, and all the 
 people stood still, and jnirsued after 
 Israel no more, neither fought they any 
 
 29moi'e. And Abner and his men went 
 aU that night through the Arabah; 
 and they passed over Jordan, and 
 went through all Bithron, and came to 
 
 30 Mahanaim. And Jo ib returned from 
 following Abner: and when he had 
 gathered all the people together, there 
 lacked of David's servants nineteen 
 
 31 men and Asahel. But the servants of 
 David had smitten of Benjamin, and 
 of Abner's men, ,so that three liundred 
 
 32 and tlu'eescore men died. And they 
 took up Asahel, and buried him in the 
 sepulchre of his father, which was in 
 Beth-lehem. And Joab and his men 
 went all night, and the day brake upon 
 them f.t Hebron. 
 
 3 Now there was long war between the 
 house of Saul and the house of Da- 
 vid: and David waxed stronger and 
 sti'onger, but the house of Saul waxed 
 weaker and weaker. 
 
 2 And unto David were sons born 
 in Hebron : and his firsll)orn was 
 Amnon, of Ahinoam the Jezreelitess; 
 
 «Or,spmt 
 See Jud;;. 
 xiv. 19. 
 
 ■^ See ver. 
 14. 
 
 8 Heb. 
 from, Vie 
 inoni- 
 ing.
 
 3. 35. 
 
 II. SAMUEL. 
 
 239 
 
 I Or, 
 
 sTu-wed 
 
 himself 
 
 strong 
 
 for 
 
 2 Or, tlic 
 faiM of 
 thi.1 
 ipoinan 
 
 3 Or, 
 
 where he 
 tvas 
 
 ISatn. 
 XXV. 44, 
 
 ruiti. 
 
 3 anil his second, Chilcnl), of Abigail tho 
 wife of Nal)iil the Cannehte; iiiul Uie 
 third, Alj.sahmi the son of Maacali th(! 
 daugliter of Talin;ii king of (Icslnii'; 
 
 4 and the fonrtli, Adonij;ih tho son of 
 Haggitli; and tlie fifth, Shejjhatiah the 
 
 .'Sson of Al)ital; and the sixth, Ithreani, 
 of Eglali David's wife. These were 
 born to David in Hebron. 
 
 G And it came to pass, wliilo there was 
 war between the liouse of Saul and the 
 liouse of David, that Abner i made liini- 
 
 7 self strong in the house of Saul. Now 
 Saul had a conculnne, whoso name was 
 liizpiih, the daughter of Aiiili : and Is/i- 
 hosheth said to Abner, Wherefore liast 
 thou gone in unto my father's concub- 
 
 8ine? Then was Abner veiy wroth for 
 the words of Ish-boslieth, and said, Am 
 I a dog's head that belongeth to Judah ? 
 This day do I shew kindness unto the 
 house of Saul thy father, to his breth- 
 ren, and to his friends, and hive not 
 delivered thee into the liand of David, 
 and yet thou chargest me this day witli 
 
 92a fault concerning this woman. God 
 do so to Abner, and more also, if, as the 
 Lord hath sworn to David, I do not 
 
 10 even so to him ; to translate the king- 
 dom from the house of Saul, and to set 
 up the throne of David over Israel and 
 over Judah, from Dan even to Beer- 
 
 11 sheba. And he could not answer Abner 
 another word, because he feared him. 
 
 12 And Abner sent messengers to David 
 3 on his behalf, saying, 'Whose is the 
 land? saying also. Make thy league 
 with me, and, behold, my hand shall 
 be with thee, to bring about all Israel 
 
 13 unto thee. And ho said, WeU; I will 
 make a league with thee : but one 
 thing I require of thee, that is, thou 
 slialt not see my face, except thou first 
 bring Michal Saul's daughter, when 
 
 14 thou comest to see my face. And 
 David sent messengers to Ish-bosheth 
 Saul's son, saying, Deliver me my wife 
 Michal, whom I betrothed to me for an 
 hundred foreskins of the Philistines. 
 
 15 And Ish-boslieth sent, and took her 
 from her husband, even from * Paltiel 
 
 16 the son of Laish. And her husband 
 went v/ith her, weeping as he went, 
 and followed her to Bahurim. Then 
 said Abner unto him. Go, return : and 
 he returned. 
 
 17 And Abner had communication with 
 the elders of Israel, saying. In times 
 past ye sought for David to be king over 
 
 18 you : now then do it : for the Lord liatli 
 spoken of David, saying, By the hnnd of 
 my servant David I will save my people 
 Israel out of the hand of the Philistines, 
 and out of the hand of all their enemies. 
 
 19 And Abner also spake in the ears of 
 Benjamin: and Abner went also to 
 speak in the ears of David in Hebron all 
 that seemed good to Israel, and to the 
 
 20 whole liouse of Benjamin. So Abner 
 
 came to David to Heln-on, and twenty 
 men with him. And D.ivid made Abner 
 andtlu! men that were with him a feast. 
 
 21 And Abner said unto I)avi(l, I will arise 
 and go, and will gather all Israel unto 
 iny lord the king, that they niay make a 
 covenant with thc^e, and tliat thou may- 
 cst reign over all that thy soul de.sireth. 
 And David sent Abner away; and he 
 
 22 went in peace. And, l)eiiol(l, the serv- 
 ants of David and .Joab came from ^a 
 foray, and brought in a great sjxdl with 
 them : but Abner was not with David ui 
 Hebron; for ho Jiad sent liim away, 
 
 23 and he was gone in peace. 'When Joab 
 and all the host that was with him 
 were come, they told Joab, saying, 
 Abner the son of Ner came to the king, 
 and he hath sent him away, and he is 
 
 24 gone in peace. Then Joal) came to the 
 king, and said. What hast thou done? 
 behold, Abner came unto thee; why is 
 it that thou hast sent him away, and he 
 
 25 is quite gone? Thon knowest Abner 
 the son of Ner, that he cime to deceive 
 thee, and to know thy going out and 
 thy coming in, and to know all that thou 
 
 26 doest. And when Joab was come out 
 from David, he sent messengers after 
 Abner, and they brought him back from 
 the Swell of Sirah: but David knew it 
 
 27 not. And when Abner was returned to 
 Hebron, Joab took him aside into the 
 midst of the gate to speak v»"ith him 
 quietly, and smote him there in the 
 belly, that he died, for the blood of 
 
 28Asahel his brother. And afterward 
 when David heard it, he said, I and 
 my kingdom are guiltless before the 
 Lord for ever from the blood of Abner 
 
 29 the son of Ner: let it fall upon the 
 head of Joab, and upon all his father's 
 bouse; and let there not fail from the 
 house of Joab one that hath an issue, or 
 that is a leper, or thatleaneth on a staff, 
 or that faUeth by the sword, or that 
 
 noiacketh bread. So Joab and Abishai 
 his brother slew Abner, because he had 
 killed their brother Asahel at Gibeon 
 in the battle. 
 
 31 And David said to Joab, and to all the 
 people that were with him, Rend your 
 clothes, and gird yon witli sackcloth, 
 and mourn before Abner. And king Da- 
 
 32 vid followed the bier. And they buried 
 Abner in Hebron : and the king lifted 
 up his voice, and wept at the grave of 
 
 33 Abner; and all the people we;,'t. And 
 the king lamented for Abner, and said, 
 
 Should Abner die as a fool dieth ? 
 
 34 Thy hands were not boimd, nor thy 
 
 feet put into fetters: 
 As a man falleth before the children 
 of iniquity, so didst thou fall. 
 And all the peojile wept again over 
 
 35 him. And all the people came to 
 cause David to eat bread while it 
 was yet day; but David sware, say- 
 ing, God do so to me, and more also. 
 
 s Heb. 
 
 the. 
 
 troop. 
 
 ' Or, 
 cistern
 
 240 
 
 11. SAMUEL. 
 
 3. 35. 
 
 lln 
 1 Clir. 
 viii. ^4, 
 ix.40, 
 Merib' 
 bactl, 
 
 2Th8 
 Sept 
 has,.4nrf, 
 behold^ 
 the wo- 
 man that 
 kept the 
 door of 
 the house 
 vias win- 
 nowinff 
 wheat, 
 and she 
 
 SlUTTl/- 
 
 bered 
 and 
 sl^pt ; 
 and the 
 breth yen, 
 Rechab 
 and 
 
 Baanahj 
 went 
 j)rtvily 
 into the 
 house. 
 
 3 Or. 
 
 there 
 
 came . . , 
 
 men 
 
 fetching 
 
 wheat 
 
 if I taste bread, or aught else, till the 
 
 36 sun be down. And all the people took 
 notice of it, and it pleased them" as 
 whatsoever the king did pleased all the 
 
 37 people. So all the people and all Israel 
 understood that day that it was not of 
 the king to slay Abner the son of Ner. 
 
 38Aiid the king said unto his servants. 
 Know ye not that there is a prince and 
 a great man fallen this day in Israel? 
 39 And I am this day weak, though an- 
 ointed king ; and tliese men the sons of 
 Zeruiah be too hard for me : the Lord 
 reward the wicked doer according to 
 his wickeibiess. 
 
 4 And when Isk-hosJietJi, Saul's son, 
 heard that Abner was dead in Hebron, 
 his hands became feeble, and all the 
 
 2 Israelites were troiabled. And hh- 
 bo.sheth, Saul's son, had two men that 
 were captains of bands ; the name of 
 the one was Baanah, and the name of 
 the other Rechab, the sons of Einimon 
 the Beerothite, of the childi'en of Ben- 
 jamin; (for Beeroth also is reckoned 
 
 3 to Benjamin: and the Beerothites tied 
 to Gittaim, and have been sojourners 
 there until this day.) 
 
 4 Now Jonathan, Saul's son, had a son 
 that was lame of bis feet. He was 
 iive years old when the tidings came 
 of Saul and Jonathan out of Jezrcel, 
 and his nurse took him up, and fled: 
 and it came to pass, as she made haste 
 to flee, that lie fell, and became lame. 
 And his name was ij\Iephibosheth. 
 
 .5 Arid the sons of Eimmon the Beeroth- 
 ite, Eechab and Baaiiah, went, and 
 came about the heat of the day to tlie 
 house of Ish-boshoth, as he took his rest 
 
 6 at noon . 2 And ^ they came thither into 
 the midst of the house, as though they 
 would have fetched wheat; and they 
 smote him in the belly: and Eechab 
 
 7 and Baanah his brother escaped. Nov/ 
 when they came into the house, as he 
 lay on his bed in his bedchamber, they 
 smote him, and slew him, and be- 
 headed him, and took his head, and 
 went by the way of the Ai-abah all 
 
 8 night. And they brought the head 
 of Ish-bosheth unto David to Hebron, 
 and said to the king, Behold the head 
 of Ish-bosheth the son of Saul thine 
 enemy, which sought thy life ; and the 
 Lord hath avenged my lord the king 
 
 9 this day of Saul, and of his seed. And 
 David answered Eechab and Baanah 
 his brother, the sons of Eimmon the 
 Beerothite, and said unto them, As the 
 Lord Uveth, who hath redeemed my 
 
 10 soul out of all adversity, when one 
 told me, saying, Behold, Saul is dead, 
 thinking to have Ijrought good tidings, 
 I took hold of him, and slew hiiii in 
 Ziklag, which was the reward I gave 
 
 11 him for his tidings. How much more, 
 when wicked men have slain a right- 
 eous person in his own house upon his 
 
 bed, shall I not now require his blooil 
 of your hanil, and take you away from 
 
 12 the earth? And David commanded 
 his young men, and they slew them, 
 and cut off their hands and their feet, 
 and hanged them up beside the pool 
 in Hebron. But they took the head of 
 Ish-bosheth, and buried it in the gi-ave 
 of A.bner in Hebron. 
 
 5 Then came all the tribes of Israel to 
 David unto Hebron, and spake, saying, 
 Behold, we are thy bone and thy flesh. 
 
 2 In times past, when Saul was king 
 over us, it was thou that leddest out 
 and broughtest in Israel : and the Lord 
 said to thee, Thou shalt feed my iieople 
 Israel, and thou shalt be ''prince over 
 
 3 Israel. So aU the elders of Israel came 
 to the king to Hebron ; and king David 
 made a covenant with them m Hebron 
 before the Lord; and they anointed 
 David king over Israel. 
 
 4 David was thirty years old when he 
 began to reign, and he reigned forty 
 
 5 years. In Hebron he reigned over 
 Judah seven years and six mouths ; and 
 in Jerusalem he reigned thirty and 
 three years over all Israel and Judah. 
 
 6 5 And the king and bis men went to 
 Jerusalem against the Jebusites, the 
 inhabitants of the land: which spake 
 unto David, saying, c Except thou take 
 away the blind and the lame, thou shalt 
 not come in hither: thinking, David 
 
 7 cannot come in hither. Nevertheless 
 David took the strong hold of Zion ; the 
 
 8 Scimc is the city of David. And David 
 said on that day, "WHiosoever smiteth 
 the Jebusites, let bun get up to the 
 watercourse, ''and smite the lame and 
 the bUnd, ^that are hated of David's 
 soul. Wherefore they say, 3 There are 
 the blind and the lame; he camiot 
 
 9 come into the house. Ajid David dwelt 
 ui the strong hold, and called it the city 
 of David. AJnd David built romid about 
 
 10 from Millo and mward. And David 
 waxed greater and greater; for the 
 Lord, the God of hosts, was with him. 
 
 11 iO/\jid Hiram king of Tyre sent mes- 
 sengers to David, and cedar trees, and 
 carpenters, and masons: and they 
 
 12 built David an house. Aiid David 
 perceived that the Lord had estab- 
 lished him king over Israel, aud that 
 he had exalted his kingdom for his 
 people Israel's sake. 
 
 13 And David took him more concubmes 
 aud wives out of .Jerusalem, after be 
 was come from Hebron: and there 
 were yet sons and daughters born to 
 
 14 David. And these be the names of 
 those that were boi-n unto him in Jeru- 
 salem; Sbammua, and Shobab, and 
 
 1.5 Nathan, and Solomon, and Ibhar, and 
 IGElishua; andNepbeg, and Japbia; and 
 
 Elishama, and^Eliada, andElii^helet. 
 17 Aud when the Philistines heard 
 
 that they had anointed David king 
 
 4 Or, 
 leader 
 
 ■"> Sec 
 1 Chr. 
 xi. 4—9. 
 
 3 Or, 
 
 Thou 
 
 shaft not 
 
 come in 
 
 hither, 
 
 but the 
 
 blind 
 
 and the 
 
 lama 
 
 shall 
 
 turn 
 
 thee 
 
 away 
 
 ' Or, and 
 as for the 
 lame and 
 thcblind, 
 that are 
 hated of 
 David's 
 soul — 
 
 ^Another 
 
 reading 
 
 is, that 
 
 hate 
 
 David's 
 
 soul. 
 
 9 Or, The 
 blind 
 and the 
 lame 
 shall not 
 come 
 into the 
 house 
 
 10 See 
 1 Chr. 
 xiv. 1 — 
 1«. 
 
 11 In 
 
 1 Chr. 
 xiv. 7, 
 /IfcUa- 
 da.
 
 7. 3. 
 
 11. SAMUEL. 
 
 241 
 
 ' Or, 
 
 broken 
 faith 
 upon 
 tnine . 
 enctnica 
 
 2 That is, 
 The 
 
 place of 
 break- 
 imji 
 forth. 
 
 3 Or, 
 
 balsam 
 trcc-i 
 
 J In 
 1 Chr. 
 xiv. 16, 
 Gibeo/7. 
 
 5 See 
 1 Chr. 
 xiii. 
 
 &-14. 
 
 «Heb. 
 
 wTierc- 
 
 upon in 
 
 called 
 
 the 
 
 Naine. 
 
 TOr, 
 
 dwelletii 
 
 between 
 
 8 Or, 
 
 Oibeah 
 
 9SeD 
 
 I Chr. 
 xiii. 8. 
 10 Or, 
 cypress 
 
 II Or, 
 sistra. 
 
 12 Or, 
 were 
 restive 
 Or. 
 
 threw ifc 
 dowit 
 
 13 Or, 
 rashness 
 
 II That 
 is. The 
 breaehuf 
 Uzzah^ 
 
 over Israel, all tlio PliilistiiioH went 
 up to seek David; and David heard of 
 
 18 it, and went down to the hold. Now 
 tho I'hilistinea had como and spread 
 thems-elvei) in tho valley of Kepliaini. 
 
 19 And David in(iuired of tho LoiU), say- 
 inf^, Shall I go up asaiurtt the Thil- 
 istiiies? wilt thou deliver them into 
 mine hand? And tho Lord said unto 
 David, Go u)): for I will certainly do- 
 liver the Philistines into thine hand. 
 
 20 And David came to Baal-perazini, and 
 David smote theni there; and he said, 
 Tho Lord hath ihrokeu niuic enemies 
 hefore me, like tho breach of waters. 
 Therefore ho called the name of that 
 
 21 place 2 Baal-perazmi. And they left 
 their images there, and David and his 
 men took them away. 
 
 22 And tho Phihstiues came up yet a- 
 gain, and spread themselves in tho 
 
 2.5 valley of Eephaim. And when David 
 inquired of the Lokd, ho said, Thou 
 shalt not go up : make a circuit behind 
 them, and come upon them over against 
 
 2-1 tho 3 mulberry trees. And it shall bo, 
 when thou hearest tho sound of marcli- 
 mg in the tops of the mulberry trees, 
 that then thou shalt bestir thyself : for 
 then is the Lord gone out before thee 
 to smite the host of tho Phdistines. 
 
 25 And David did so, as the Lord com- 
 manded him ; and smote the Philistines 
 from -^Geba until thou come to Gezer. 
 
 6 5 And David again gathered together 
 all tho chosen men of Israel, thirty 
 
 2 thousand. And David arose, and went 
 with all tho people that v/ere with him, 
 from Baalo Judah, to bring up from 
 thenco the ark of God, ''which is called 
 by tho Name, oven the name of the Lord 
 of hosts that 'sitteth upon the chenib- 
 
 3 im. And they set the ark of God upon 
 a new cart, and brought it out of the 
 house of Abinadab that was in s the hill : 
 and Uzzah and Xhio, the sons of Abi- 
 
 4 nadab, drave tho new cart. And they 
 brought it out of tho house of Abuia- 
 dab, which was in 8 the hUI, with the ark 
 of God: and Ahio went before the ark. 
 
 5 And David and all the bourse of Israel 
 played before the Lord ^withaU manner 
 of instruments made of ^ofir wood, and 
 with harps, and with psalteries, and 
 with timbrels, and with ^icastanets, and 
 
 6 with cymbals. And when they came to 
 the thi-eshing-floor of Nacoii, IJzzah put 
 forth his hand to tho ark of God, and 
 took hold of it ; for the oxen i^ stumbled . 
 
 7 And the anger of the Lord was kindled 
 agamst Uzzah; and God smoto him 
 there for his iSej-roi-; and there he 
 
 8 died by tho ark of God. Aiid David 
 was displeased, because the Lord had 
 broken forth upon Uzzah : andhe called 
 that i)lace ^'Perez-uzzah, unto this day. 
 
 9 And David was afraid of the Lord that 
 day ; and he said. How shall the ark of 
 
 10 tho Lord come unto me ? So David 
 
 would not remove tiio ai'k of the Loud 
 unto him into tho city of David; but 
 David carried it aside into the house of 
 
 llObcd-edoni the Gittite. And tho ark 
 of tho Lord remained in the house of 
 Obed-edoin tho Gittite three months: 
 and tho IjOrd blessed Obed-edoni, and 
 
 12 all his house. And it was told khig Da- 
 vid, saying. The Lord hath blessed tho 
 house of Obed-edom, and aU that per- 
 tainethiuito him, because of the ark of 
 God. i''And David went and brought 
 up the ark of God from tho house of 
 Obed-edom into tho city of David with 
 
 1.0 joy. And it was so, that when they that 
 bare the ai-k of the Lord had gone six 
 pace::, ho sacrificed an ox and a fatluig. 
 
 14 And David danced before the Lord with 
 alibis might; and David was gu'ded with 
 
 1.5 a linen ephod. So David and all the 
 house of Israel broiight up the ark of 
 the Lord with shouting, and with the 
 
 16 sound of tho trumjiet. And it was so, 
 as the ark of the Lord came into the 
 city of David, that Michal the daughter 
 of Saul looked out at the window, and 
 saw king David leajiing and dancing be- 
 fore the Lord ; and she despised him in 
 
 17 her heart. And they brought in the ark 
 of the Lord, and set it in its place, in the 
 midst of the tent that David hadpiitched 
 for it : and David offered bunit off eruigs 
 and peace offerings before the Lord. 
 
 18 And when David had made an end of 
 offering the burnt offering and the peace 
 offerings, he blessed the peojile in the 
 
 19 name of the Lord of hosts. Audhe dealt 
 among all the people, even among the 
 whole multitiule of Israel, both to men 
 and women, to every one a cake of bread, 
 and a portion "^^ of flesh, and a cake of 
 raisins. So all tho people departed 
 
 20 every one to his house. Then David 
 returned to bless his household. And 
 Michal the daughter of Saul came out 
 to meet David, and said. How glorious 
 was the king of Israel to-day, who un- 
 covered himself to-day ui the eyes of 
 the handmaids of his servants, as one of 
 the vain fellows shamelessly uncovereth 
 
 21 himself ! And David said unto Michal, 
 It was before the Lord, which chose 
 lae above thy father, and above all his 
 house, to appoint me prince over the 
 people of tho Lord, over Israel : there- 
 
 22 fore will I play before the Lord. And 
 I will be yet more vile than thus, and 
 will be base in mine own sight : but of 
 tho handmaids which thou hast spoken 
 of, of them shall I be had in honour". 
 
 23 And Michal the daughter of Saul had 
 no child unto the day of her death. 
 
 7 IT And it came to pass, when the king 
 dwelt in his house, and the Lord had 
 given him rest from all his enemies 
 
 2 round about, that the king said unto 
 Nathan the prophet. See now, I dwell in 
 an house of cedar, but the ark of God 
 
 3 dweUeth within curtains. And Nathan 
 
 15 Sen 
 1 Chr. 
 XV. 23- 
 xvi. 3. 
 
 ■"Or, 
 of wiiio 
 
 1- .See 
 IChr. 
 xvii.
 
 242 
 
 II. SAMUEL. 
 
 7. 3. 
 
 I In 
 IChr. 
 xvii. 6, 
 
 any of 
 
 the 
 
 judges. 
 
 2 Or, 
 pasture 
 
 3 Or. 
 leader 
 
 4 Or, 
 have 
 caiiaed 
 
 5 Or, and 
 istkisthe 
 Inw of 
 mav^ 
 Lord 
 GODt 
 
 said to the king, Go, do all that is 
 in thine heart; for the Lord is with 
 
 4 thee. AjkI it came to pass the same 
 night, that the word of the Lord came 
 
 5 unto Nathan, saying, Go and tell my 
 servant David, Tlius saitli the Lord, 
 Shalt thon huild me an house for me 
 
 6 to dwell in? for I have not dwelt in 
 an house since the day that I brought 
 wp the children of Israel out of Egypt, 
 even to tliis day, hut have walked in a 
 
 7 tent and in a tabernacle. In aU places 
 wherein I liave walked with all the 
 children of Israel, spake I a word with 
 ^any of the tribes of Israel, whom I 
 commanded to feed my people Israel, 
 saying. Why have ye not built me an 
 
 8 house of cedar? Now therefore thus 
 shalt thou say unto my servant David, 
 Thus saitli the Lord of hosts, I took 
 thee from the ^ sheepcote, from follow- 
 ing the sheep, that thou shouldest be 
 •''prince over my peoi)le, over Lsi-ael: 
 
 9 and I have been with thee whitherso- 
 ever thou wentest, and have cut off all 
 thine enemies from before thee ; and I 
 will make thee a gi'eat name, like un- 
 to the name of the great ones that are 
 
 10 in the earth. And I will appoint a 
 place for my people Lsrael, and will 
 plant them, that they may dwell in 
 their own place, and be moved no 
 more; neither shall the children of 
 wickedness aiflict them any more, as 
 
 11 at the first, and asi from the day that 
 I commanded judges to be over my 
 people Israel; and I ^wiU cause thee 
 to rest from all thine enemies. More- 
 over the Lord telleth thee that the 
 
 12 Lord will make thee an house. Wlien 
 thy days be fulfilled, and tliou shalt 
 sleep with thy fathers, I will set up 
 thy seed after thee, which shall proceed 
 out of thy bowels, ajid I will establish 
 
 13 his kingdom. He shall build an house 
 for my name, and I will establish the 
 
 14 throne of his kingdom for ever. I wiU 
 be his father, and he shall be my son : 
 if he commit iniquity, I will chasten 
 him with the rod of men, and with the 
 
 15 stripes of the children of men ; but my 
 mercy shall not depart from him, as I 
 took it from Saul, whom I put away 
 
 16 before thee. And thine house and thy 
 kingdom shall be made sure for ever 
 before thee : thy throne shall be estab- 
 
 171ished for ever. Accordmg to all these 
 words, and according to all this vision, 
 so did Natlian speak unto David. 
 
 18 Then David the king went m, and sat 
 before the Lord ; and he said, Who am 
 I, Lord God, and what is my house, 
 that thou hast brought me thus far? 
 
 19 And this was yet a small thing in 
 thine eyes, O Lord God; but thou 
 hast spoken also of thy seiwaut's house 
 for a great while to come; ^and this 
 Uio after the manner of men, Lord 
 
 20 God 1 And what can David say more 
 
 unto thee ? for thou knowest thy serv- 
 
 21 ant, Lord God. For thy word's sake, 
 and according to thine ovm heart, hast 
 thou wrought all this greatness, to 
 
 22 make thy servant know it. Wherefore 
 thou art great, O Lord God : for there 
 is none like thee, neither is there any 
 God beside thee, according to aU that 
 
 23 we have heard with our ears. "^And 
 what one nation in the earth is like thy 
 people, even like Israel, whom God went 
 to redeem unto himself for a people, 
 and to make him a }iame, and to do 
 great things for yoti, and terrible things 
 for thy land, before thy people, which 
 thou redeemedst to thee out of Egypt, 
 
 14: from the nations and their gods ? And 
 thou didst establish to thyself thy peo- 
 ple Israel to bo a people imto thee for 
 ever ; and thou, Lord, becamest theu* 
 
 25 God. And now, O Lord God, the word 
 that thou hast spoken concerning thy 
 servant, and concerning his house, 
 confirm thou it for ever, and do as 
 
 26 thou hast spoken. And let thy name bo 
 magnified for ever, saying, The Lord 
 of hosts is God over Israel: and the 
 house of thy servant David shall be 
 
 27 established before thee. For thou, 
 Lord of hosts, the God of Israel, hast 
 revealed to thy servant, saying, I wiU 
 build thee an house: therefore hath 
 thy servant "^ found in his heart to pray 
 
 28 this prayer luito thee. And now, O 
 Lord God, thou art God, and thy words 
 are truth, and thou hast promised this 
 
 20 good thing unto thy servant : now there- 
 fore ^ let it please thee to bless the house 
 of thy servant, that it may continue for 
 ever before thee : for thou, Lord God, 
 hast spoken it : and with thy blessing 
 let the house of thy servant be blessed 
 for ever. 
 
 8 "And after this it came to pass, that 
 David smote the Philistines, and sub- 
 dued them : and David took ^''the bridle 
 of the mother city out of the hand of 
 
 2 the Philistines. And he smote Moab, 
 and measured them with the line, mak- 
 ing them to lie down on the ground; 
 and he measiu'ed two lines to init to 
 death, and one fuU line to keep alive. 
 And the Moaliites became servants to 
 
 3 David, and brought presents. David 
 smote also Hadadezer the son of Eehob, 
 king of Zobah, as he went to recover his 
 
 4 dominion at iHhe Eiver. And David 
 took from him a thousand and seven 
 hundred horsemen, and twenty thou- 
 sand footmen : and David houghed 
 all the chariot horses, but reserved of 
 
 .5 them for an hunch-ed chariots. And 
 when 12 the Syrians of Damascus came 
 to succour Hadadezer king of Zobah, 
 David smote of i^ the Syrians two and 
 
 6 twenty thousaiul men. Then David 
 put garrisons in 12 Syria of Damascus: 
 and 12 the Syrians became sei'vants 
 to David, and brought presents. And
 
 10. 8. 
 
 II. SAMUEL. 
 
 243 
 
 I Or, 
 
 ttftvetl 
 
 David 
 
 2 In 
 1 Chi: 
 xviii. 8, 
 Tibhath. 
 
 1 Chr. 
 xviii. 10, 
 Ilado- 
 ram. 
 i Heb. 
 ask hhn 
 o/hii 
 welfare. 
 6 Heb. 
 was n 
 7nan of 
 wars. 
 c Heb. in 
 his hand 
 were. 
 1 Heb. 
 Aram. 
 Accord- 
 ing to 
 some 
 ancient 
 author- 
 ities, 
 Edom., 
 as in 
 1 Chr. 
 xviii. 11, 
 12, P.S. Ix. 
 title. 
 
 ?0r, 
 chron- 
 icler 
 
 9 Or, 
 secret- 
 ary 
 
 10 So in 
 ch. xx.2i, 
 and 
 
 1 Chr. 
 X"viii. 17. 
 The 
 
 Hebrew 
 text has, 
 and the 
 Cheretli- 
 lies &c. 
 uOr. 
 chief 
 minis- 
 ters 
 
 12 See 
 ch. iv. 4. 
 
 the Lord ipavc victoiy to David 
 
 7 whitlier.soever ho went. And David 
 
 took tlio sliioldH of Rold tliat woro 
 
 on the servants of Iladadozer, and 
 
 8])roufj;ht them to .Tcmsaleni. And from 
 
 '^Botali and from JJorothai, cities of 
 
 Hadadezer, king David took exceeding 
 
 Omuch I)rass. And when Tot king of 
 
 Hamath lu^ard that David had smitten 
 
 10 all the host of Hadadezer, then Toi 
 sent *< Joram his son unto kmg David, 
 to ■* salute him, and to ])less him, be- 
 cause he had fought against Hadadezer 
 and smitten him : for Hadadezer ^ had 
 wars with Toi. And ^ Joram brought 
 with him vessels of silver, and vessels 
 
 11 of gold, and vessels of brass : these also 
 did king David dedicate unto the Lord, 
 with the silver and gold that ho dedic- 
 ated of all the nations which he sub- 
 
 l'2dued; of '^Syi'ia, and of Moab, and of 
 the childi'en of Ainmon, and of the 
 Philistines, and of Ainalek, and of the 
 spoil of Had'idezer, son of Eeliob, kuig 
 
 13 of Zobali. And David gat him a name 
 when he returned from smiting of ^ the 
 Syrians in the Yiilley of Salt, even 
 
 14 eighteen thousand men. And he jiut 
 garrisons in Edom ; thi-oughout all 
 Edom put he garrisons, and all the 
 Edomites became servants to David. 
 And the Lord i gave victoiy to David 
 whithersoever he went. 
 
 15 And David reigned over all Israel; 
 and David executed judgement and 
 
 16 justice unto all his people. And Joab 
 the son of Zeruiali was over the host ; 
 and Jehoshaphat the son of Ahilud was 
 
 IT^recorder: and Zadok the son of Alii- 
 tub, and Ahimelech the son of Abiathar, 
 were priests; and Seraiah was 9 scribe; 
 
 18 and Bena iah the son of Jehoiada ^o wa.-i 
 over the Cheretliites and the Pelethites ; 
 and David's sons wore ^i priests. 
 
 9 And David said. Is there yet any 
 that is left of the house of Saul, that 
 I may shew bun kindness for Jona- 
 2than's sake? And there was of the 
 house of Saul a servant whose name 
 was Ziba, and they called him mito 
 David; and the king said unto him, 
 Art thou Ziba ? And he said. Thy serv- 
 
 3 ant is he. And the kmg said. Is there 
 not yet any of the house of Saul, that 
 I may shew the kiinbiess of God unto 
 him? And Ziba said unto the king, 
 1- Jonathan hath yet a son, which is 
 
 4 lame on his feet. And the king said 
 unto him. Where is he? And Ziba 
 said unto the king. Behold, he is in 
 the house of Machir the son of Am- 
 
 Smiel, in Lo-debar. Then king David 
 sent, and fetched him out of the house 
 of Machir the son of Ammiel, from Lo- 
 
 G debar. And Mephibosheth, the son of 
 Jonathan, the son of Saul, came unto 
 David, and fell on his face, and did 
 obeisance. And David said, Mephibo- 
 sheth. And he answered. Behold thy 
 
 7 servant! And David said unto him, 
 Fear not : for I will surely shew thee 
 kindness for Jonathan thy father's sake, 
 and will restore thee all the inland of 
 Saul tliy father; and Ihon slialt eat 
 
 8 bread at my table continually. And he 
 did obeisance, and said, What i.s thy 
 servant, that thou shouldest look upon 
 
 9 such a de d dog as I am? Then the 
 king called to Zibi, Saul's servant, and 
 said unto him. All that pertained to 
 Saul and to all his house have I given 
 
 10 unto thy master's son. Aiid thou shalt 
 till the land for him, thou, and thy sons, 
 and thy servants; and thou shalt bring 
 in the fruit !<, that thy master's son may 
 have bread to eat: but Mephibosheth 
 thy master's son shall eat bread alway 
 at my table. Now Ziba had fifteen 
 
 11 sons and twenty servants. Then said 
 Ziba unto the king, According to all 
 that my lord the kmg commandeth his 
 sei'vant, so shall thy servant do. i^^As 
 for Mephibosheth, said the king, he 
 shall eat at my table, as one of the 
 
 liking's sons. Aiid Mephibosheth had a 
 young son, Vi'hose name was Mica. And 
 all that dwelt in the house of Ziba were 
 
 13 servants unto Mephibosheth. So Me- 
 phibosheth dwelt in Jerusalem : for he 
 did eat contiimally at the king's table; 
 and he was lame on both his feet. 
 
 10 1-^ And it came to pass after this, that 
 the king of the children of Ammoii 
 died, and Hanun his son reigned in 
 
 2 his stead. And David said, I will shew 
 kindness unto Hanun the son of Na- 
 liash, as his father shewed kindness 
 unto me. So David sent by the hand 
 of his servants to comfort him concern- 
 ing his father. And David's servants 
 came into the land of the children of 
 
 3 Amnion . But the princes of the cliUdi-eii 
 of Ainmon said unto Hanun their lord, 
 Thmkest thou that David doth honour 
 thy father, that he hath sent comforters 
 luito thee? hath not David sent his 
 servants unto thee to search the city, 
 and to spy it out, and to overthrow it ? 
 
 ■1 So Hanun took David's servants, and 
 shaved off the one half of then- beards, 
 and cut off their garments in the middle, 
 even to tlieir buttocks, and sent them 
 
 5 away. When they told it unto David, 
 he sent to meet them ; for the men were 
 greatly ashamed. And the king said, 
 Tarry at Jericho until your beards be 
 
 G grown, and then return. And when the 
 children of Ammon saw that they were 
 become odious to David, the children of 
 Ammon sent and hired the Syiians of 
 Beth-rehob, and the Syrians of Zobah, 
 twenty thousand footmen, and the king 
 of Maaeali with a thousand men, and 
 the men of Tob twelve thousand men. 
 
 7 And when David heard of it, he sent 
 Joab, and all the host of the mighty 
 
 8 men. And the children of Ammon 
 came out, and put the battle in an-ay 
 
 " Hob. 
 field. 
 
 't Or, But 
 J/eph i- 
 
 bosheth 
 
 CfjLteth 
 
 ic. 
 
 ^■> See 
 IChr. 
 xix.
 
 244 
 
 II. SAMUEL. 
 
 10. 8. 
 
 iHeb. 
 
 the face 
 of the 
 battle 
 was 
 against. 
 
 2Heb. 
 
 Abshau 
 
 3 In cli. 
 viii. 3, 
 Hadad- 
 ezer. 
 
 ISec 
 1 Chr. 
 
 JUL 1. 
 
 at the entering in of the gate : and the 
 Syrians of Zobah, and of Rehob, and 
 the men of Tob and Maacah, were by 
 9 themselves in the field. Now when 
 Joab saw that ^the battle was set a- 
 gamst hmi before and behmd, he chose 
 of all the choice men of Israel, and 
 put them in array against the Syrians : 
 
 10 and the rest of the people he comniit- 
 ted into the hand of ^Abishai his bro- 
 ther, and he put them iu array against 
 
 11 the childi'eu of Amnion. And he said, 
 If the Syrians be too strong for me, 
 then thou shalt help me: biit if the 
 children of Ammon be too strong for 
 thee, then I wiU come and help thee. 
 
 12 Be of good courage, and let us play 
 the men for our people, and for the 
 cities of our God: and the Lord, do 
 
 13 that which seemeth him good. So 
 Joab and the people that were with 
 him drew nigh unto the battle against 
 the Syrians : and they fled before him. 
 
 14 And when the childi'en of Anmion sav/ 
 that the Syrians were fled, they like- 
 wise fled before Abishai, and entered 
 into the city. Then Joab returned 
 from the chUfkeu of Ammon, and came 
 
 15 to Jerusalem. And when the Syrians 
 saw that they were put to the worse 
 before Israel, they gathered themselves 
 
 16 together. And ^Hadarezer sent, and 
 brought out the Syrians that were 
 beyond the Eiver: and they came to 
 Helam, with Shobacli the captain of 
 the host of Hadarezer at their head. 
 
 17 And it was told David ; and he gathered 
 all Israel together, and passed over 
 Jordan, and came to Helam. And the 
 Syrians set themselves in array agauist 
 
 18 David, and fought with him. And the 
 Syrians fled before Israel ; and David 
 slew of the Syrians the men of seven 
 hrmdred chariots, and forty thousand 
 horsemen, and smote Shobach the capt- 
 ain of theu' host, that he died there. 
 
 19 And when all the kings that were serv- 
 ants to Hadarezer saw that they were 
 put to the worse before Israel, they 
 made peace with Israel, and served 
 them. So the Syrians feared to help 
 the childi'en of Ammon any more. 
 
 11 •* And it came to pass, at the retm-n of 
 the year, at the time when kings go 
 out to battle, that David sent Joab, 
 and hi.s servants with him, and all Is- 
 rael; and they destroyed the children 
 of Aimnon, and besieged Eabbah. But 
 David tarried at Jerusalem. 
 
 2 And it came to pass at eventide, that 
 David arose from off his bed, and 
 walked upon the roof of the king's 
 house: and from the roof he saw a 
 woman bathing; and the woman was 
 
 3 very beautiful to look upon. And Da- 
 vid sent and inquired after the woma;i. 
 And one said, Is not this Bath-shebx, 
 the daughter of Eliam, the wife of 
 
 4 Uriah the Hittite? And David sent 
 
 messengers, and took her; and slie 
 came in unto him, and he lay with her ; 
 (for she was purified from her imclean- 
 uess ;) and she returned unto her house. 
 5 And the woman conceived; and she 
 sent and told David, and said, I am 
 
 6 with child. And David sent to Joab, 
 saj/ivf/, Send me Uriah the Hittite. 
 
 7 And Joab sent Uriah to David. And 
 when Uriah was come unto hhn, David 
 asked of him how Joab did, and how 
 the people fared, and how the war 
 
 8 prospered. And David said to Uriah, 
 Go down to thy house, and wash thy 
 feet. And Uriah departed out of the 
 king's house, and there followed him 
 
 9 a .^mess of meat from the king. But 
 Uriah slept at the door of the kmg's 
 house with all the servants of his 
 lord, and went not down to his house. 
 
 10 And when they had told David, saying, 
 Uriah went not down luito his house, 
 David said unto Uriah, Art thou not 
 come from a journey? wherefore didst 
 
 11 thou not go down unto thine house? And 
 Uriah said unto David, The ark, and 
 Israel, and Judah, abide in booths ; and 
 my lord Joab, and the servants of my 
 lord, are encamped in the ojien field; 
 shall I then go into mine house, to 
 eat and to di'iuk, and to lie with my 
 wife? as thou livest, and as thy soiil 
 
 121iveth, I will not do this thing. And 
 David said to Uriah, Tarry here to- 
 day also, and to-morrow I will let thee 
 depart. So Uriah abode in Jerusalem 
 
 13 '' that day, and the morrow. And when 
 David had called him, he did eat and 
 drink before him; and he made him 
 drunk : and at even he went out to 
 lie on his bed with the servants of 
 his lord, but went not down to his 
 
 14 house. And it came to pass m the 
 morning, that David wrote a letter 
 to Joab, and sent it by the hand of 
 
 15 Uriah. And he wrote in the letter, say- 
 ing, Set ye Ui"iah in the forefront of 
 tlie ''hottest battle, and retire ye from 
 him, that he may be smitten, and die. 
 
 16 And it came to pass, when Joab '^kept 
 watch upon the city, that he assigned 
 Uriah mito the place where he Imew 
 
 17 that vahant men were. And the men 
 of the city went out, and fought with 
 Joab : and there feU some of the peo- 
 ple, even of the servants of Da^vid; and 
 
 18 Uriah the Hittite died also. Then Joab 
 sent and told Da-vid aU the thmgs con- 
 
 19 cernuig the v/ar ; and he charged the 
 messenger, saying, "WTien thou hast 
 made an end of telling aU the things 
 
 20concerumg the war unto the king, it 
 shall be that, if the kmg's wrath arise, 
 and ho say unto thee. Wherefore went 
 ye so nigh unto the city to fight ? knew 
 ye not that they would shoot from the 
 
 21 wall? who smote Abimelech the son 
 of '•> Jei-ubbesheth ? did not a woman 
 cast an ujji^er millstone upon him from
 
 12. 25. 
 
 .11. SAMUEL. 
 
 245 
 
 1 Hcb. 
 
 a son of 
 death. ' 
 
 the wall, that he died at Tliel)oa ? 
 why wont j'e so iii,fi;h the wall ? then 
 islialt thou say, Thy servant Uriah 
 
 22 the Ilittite is dead also. So the iiies- 
 songcr went, and came and shewed 
 David all that Joab Irad sent him for. 
 
 23 And the messenger said inito David, 
 The men prevailed against ns, and 
 came out unto us into the Held, and we 
 were upon them evo)i unto tlie euter- 
 
 24iiigof the gate. And the shooters shot 
 at thy servants from olf the x^aU. ; and 
 some of the king's servants he dead, 
 and thy servant Uriah the Hittite is 
 
 25 dead also. Then David said unto the 
 messenger, Thus slialt thou say unto 
 Joab, Let not this thmg displease thee, 
 for the sword devoureth one as well as 
 another : make thy battle more strong 
 against the city, and overthrow it : and 
 
 26encouragethouhim. And when the wife 
 of Uriah heard that Uriah her husband 
 was dead, she made lamentation for her 
 
 27 husband. And when the mourning was 
 past, David sent and took her home to 
 his house, and she became his wife, and 
 bare huu a son. But the thing that Da- 
 vid had done displeased the Lord. 
 
 12 And the Lord sent Nathan unto Da- 
 vid. And he came unto him, and said 
 uuto him. There were two men in one 
 city ; the one rich, and the other poor. 
 2 The rich man had exceeduig many 
 3 flocks and herds: but the poor man 
 had nothing, save one little ewe laml), 
 which he had bought and nourished 
 up : and it grew iip together with him, 
 and with his children ; it did eat of his 
 own morsel, and di-ank of his own cup, 
 and lay in his bosom, and was unto 
 
 4 him as a daughter. And there came 
 a traveller imto the rich man, and he 
 spared to take of his own flock and of 
 his own herd, to dress for the wayfar- 
 ing man that was come unto him, but 
 took the poor man's lamb, and dressed 
 it for the man that was come to him. 
 
 5 And David's anger was greatly kindled 
 against the man ; and he said to Na- 
 than, As the Lord liveth, the man 
 that hath done this is ^ worthy to die : 
 
 6 and he shall restore the lamb fourfold, 
 because he did this thing, and because 
 he had no pity. 
 
 7 And Nathan said to David, Thou art 
 the man. Thus saith the Lord, the 
 God of Israel, I anointed thee king over 
 Israel, and I dehvered thee out of the 
 
 8 hand of Saul ; and I gave thee thy 
 master's house, and thy master's wives 
 into thy bosom, and gave thee the 
 house of Israel and of Judah ; and if 
 that had been too little, I would have 
 added unto thee such and such things. 
 
 9 Wherefore hast thou despised the word 
 of the Lord, to do that which is evil "in 
 his sight ? thou hast smitten Uriah the 
 Hittite with the sword, and hast taken 
 his wife to be thy wife, and hast slain 
 
 him with the sword of the children 
 
 10 of Aimnon. Now therefore, the sword 
 sliall never depart from thme house ; l)e- 
 cause thou hast despised me, and hast 
 taken the wife of Uriah the Hittite to l)e 
 
 11 thy wife. Thus saitli the Lord, Behold, 
 I will raise up evil against thee out of 
 thhie own house, and I will take thy 
 wives before thine eyes, and give them 
 iinto thy neiglibom-, and ho shall lie 
 with thy wives in the sight of this sun. 
 
 12 For thou didst it secretly : but I wiU do 
 this thing before all Israel, and before 
 
 13 the sun. And David said unto Nathan, 
 I have sinned against the Lord. And 
 Nathan said unto David, The Lord also 
 hath put away thy sm ; thou shalt not 
 
 14 die. Howbeit, because by this deed thou 
 hast given great occasion to the enemies 
 of the Lord to blaspheme, the child also 
 tiiat is born unto thee shall surely die. 
 
 15 And Nathan departed unto his house. 
 
 And the Lord struck the child that 
 Uriah's wife bare xmto David, and it 
 
 16 was very sick. David therefore be- 
 sought God for the child ; and David 
 fasted, and went in, and lay aU night 
 
 17 upon the earth. And the elders of 
 his house arose, and stood beside hhn, 
 to raise him up from the earth: but 
 he would not, neither did he eat bread 
 
 18 with them. And it came to pass on 
 the seventh day, that the child died. 
 And the servants of David feared to 
 tell him that the child was dead : for 
 they said, Behold, while the child Avas 
 yet alive, we spake imto him, and he 
 hearkened not mito our voice: ^how 
 will he then vex hunself , if we tell hhn 
 
 19 that the child is dead '? But when Da- 
 vid saw that his servants whispered 
 together, David perceived that the 
 child was dead : and David said unto 
 his servants, Is the chUd dead? And 
 
 20 they said. He is dead. Then David 
 arose from the earth, and washed, 
 and anointed himself, and changed his 
 apparel; and he came into the house 
 of the Lord, and worshipi)ed: then 
 he came to his own house ; and when 
 he required they set bread before 
 
 21 him, and he did eat. Then said his 
 servants unto him, What thing is this 
 that thou hast done ? thou didst fast 
 and weep for the chUd, while it was 
 alive ; but when the child was dead, 
 
 22 thou didst rise and eat bread. And 
 he said, While the child was yet ahve, 
 I fasted and wept : for I said. Who 
 knoweth whether the Lord will not 
 be gracious to me, that the chUd may 
 
 23 live ? But now he is dead, wherefore 
 should I fast ? can I brmg him back 
 again ? I shall go to him, but he shall 
 
 24 not return to me. And David comforted 
 Bath-sheba his wife, and went in uuto 
 her, and lay with her : and she bare a 
 son, and ^he called his name Solomon. 
 
 25 And the Lord loved him ; and he sent 
 
 2 Or, 
 how then 
 aJtatt we 
 tell li im 
 that the 
 childis 
 dead, 
 so that 
 he do 
 himself 
 smne 
 harm I 
 
 3.\tiother 
 reading 
 is, she 
 called.
 
 246 
 
 II. SAMUEL. 
 
 12. 25. 
 
 1 That is, 
 Seloi'etl 
 of J ah.. 
 
 2 See 
 IChr. 
 XX. 1—3. 
 
 3Heb. 
 my 
 
 name be 
 called 
 upon it. 
 
 4 Or, 
 Malcam 
 
 See 
 Zeph. 
 ". 5. 
 
 « Or, to 
 
 6 0r,-»ith 
 
 a slight 
 
 change 
 
 in tlie 
 
 Hebrew 
 
 text, 
 
 iyiade 
 
 them 
 
 labour 
 
 at 
 
 "Or, 
 
 brick- 
 moiUd 
 
 8Heb. 
 morning 
 bi/ morn- 
 ing. 
 
 by the }iand of Nathan the prophet, 
 aucl he called his uame iJedidiah, for 
 the Lord's sake. 
 
 26 2Now Joab fought agamst Eabbah of 
 the children of Amnion, and took the 
 
 27 royal city. And Joab sent messengers 
 to David, and said, I have fought a- 
 gainst Kabbah, yea, I have taken the 
 
 28 city of waters. Now therefore gather 
 the rest of the people together, and en- 
 camp against the city, and take it : lest 
 I take the city, and ^ it be called after 
 
 29 my name. And David gathered all the 
 people together, and went to Eabbah, 
 
 30 and fought agauist it, and took it. And 
 he took the cro^vu of ■* their king from 
 off his head ; and the weight thereof 
 was a talent of gold, and in it were pre- 
 cious stones ; and it was set on David's 
 head. And he brought forth tlie spoil 
 
 31 of the city, exceeding much. And he 
 brought forth the people that were 
 therein, and put them ^mider saws, 
 and ° under harrows of iron, and ^ luider 
 axes of iron, and Cmade them pass 
 through the 'brickkihi: and thus did 
 he unto all the cities of the children of 
 Aminon. And David and all the iieoiile 
 returned unto Jerusalem. 
 
 13 And it came to pass after this, that 
 Absalom the son of David had a fair 
 sister, whose name was Tamar ; and 
 Ajnnon the son of David loved her. 
 
 2 And Anuioii was so vexed that he full 
 sick because of his sister Tamar ; for 
 she was a virghi ; and it seemed hard 
 to Amnon to do any thuig unto her. 
 
 3 But Amnon had a friend, whose name 
 was Jonadab, the son of Shuneah Da- 
 vid's brother: and Jonadab was a very 
 
 4 subtil man. And he said unto him, 
 Why, O son of the kuig, art thou thus 
 lean ** from day to day ? \vilt thou not 
 tell me ? And Ainnon said unto bun, 
 I love Tamar, my brother Absalom's 
 
 5 sister. And Jonadab said unto him. 
 Lay thee down on thy bed, and feign 
 thyself sick : and when thy father 
 cometh to see thee, say unto him, Let 
 my sister Tamar come, 1 2)ray thee, and 
 give me bread to eat, and dress the food 
 in my sight, that I may see it, and eat 
 
 6 it at her hand. So Amnon lay down, 
 and feigned himself sick : and when the 
 king was come to see him, Amnon said 
 luito the king. Let my sister Tamar 
 come, I pray thee, and make mo a couple 
 of cakes in my sight, that I may eat at 
 
 7 her hand. Then David sent home to 
 Tamar, sayuig, Go now to thy brother 
 
 8 Amuon's house, and dress him food. So 
 Tamar went to her brother Amnon's 
 hoiise ; and he was laid down. And 
 she took dough, and kneaded it, and 
 made cakes in his sight, and did bake 
 
 9 the cakes. And she took the pan, and 
 poured them out liefore him ; but he re- 
 fused toeat. And Ainnon said, Haveout 
 all men from me. And they went out 
 
 10 every man from him. And Amnon said 
 unto Tamar, Bring the food into the 
 chamber, that I may eat of thine hand. 
 And Tamar took the cakes which she 
 had made, and brought them mto the 
 
 11 chamber to Amnon her brother. And 
 when she had brought them near unto 
 hun to eat, he took hold of her, and 
 said unto her. Come lie with me, my 
 
 12 sister. And she answered him, Nay, 
 my brother, do not '■'force me ; for no 
 such thmg ought to be done in Israel : 
 
 13 do not thou this folly. And I, whither 
 shall I carry my shame? and as for 
 thee, thou shalt be as one of the fools 
 m Israel. Now therefore, I pray thee, 
 speak unto the king ; for he will not 
 
 14 withhold me from thee. Howbeit he 
 would not hearken mito her voice : but 
 bemg stronger than she, he forced her, 
 
 15 and lay with her. Then Aimion hated 
 her with exceeding great hatred ; for 
 the hatred wherewith he hated her 
 was greater than the love wheremth 
 he had loved her. And Amnon said 
 
 16 luito her, Arise, be gone. And she said 
 unto him, lo Not so, because this great 
 wrong in putting me forth is worse than 
 the other that thou didst unto me. 
 
   But he would not heai'ken unto her. 
 
 17 Then he called his servant that minis- 
 tered unto him, and said. Put now this 
 woman out from me, and bolt the door 
 
 ] 8 after her. And she had n a garment of 
 divers colours upon her : for with such 
 robes were the king's daughters that 
 were wgins apparelled. Then his 
 servant brought her out, and bolted the 
 
 19 door after her. And Tamar put ashes 
 on her head, and rent her garment of 
 divers colours that was on her ; and she 
 laid her hand on her head, and went 
 her way, crying aloud as she went. 
 
 20 And Absalom her brother said unto 
 her. Hath i^ Aimion thy brother been 
 with thee ? but now hold tliy peace, 
 my sister : he is thy brother ; take 
 not this thing to heart. So Tamar 
 remained desolate in her brother Ab- 
 
 21salom's house. But when king David 
 heard of aU these things, he was very 
 
 22 wroth. And Absalom spake unto Am- 
 non neither good nor bad : for Absalom 
 hated Amnon, because he had forced 
 his sister Tamar. 
 
 23 Auditcame to pass after two full years, 
 that Absalom had sheepshearers in 
 Baal-hazor, which is beside Ephraim : 
 and Absalom invited all the king's sons. 
 
 24 And Absalom came to the king, and said. 
 Behold now, thy servant hath sheep- 
 shearers ; let the king, I pray thee, and 
 
 25 his servants go with thy servant. And 
 the king said to Absalom, Nay, my son, 
 let us not aU go, lest we be bui-densome 
 unto thee. And he pressed him : how- 
 beit he would not go, but blessed him. 
 
 26 Then said Absalom, If not, I pray thee, 
 let my brother Amnon go with us. And
 
 14. I'J. 
 
 II. SAMUEL. 
 
 247 
 
 IHeb. 
 
 with a 
 
 very 
 
 great 
 
 weeping. 
 
 2Aiiother 
 
 reading 
 
 is, Ani- 
 
 tnihud. 
 
 tLekiiif,'saiiI iiiitohim, Why sliould lie 
 
 27 go with thee? But Absalnm pressed 
 
 Liin, th it he let Ainiioii and all tlie king's 
 
 28 sons go with hhii. And Absalom coni- 
 manded his servants, saying, Mark ye 
 no w, when Ainnon's heart is merry with 
 wine ; and when I say unto you, Smite 
 Aumon, then kill him, fear not: have not 
 I coumianded you ? be courageous, and 
 
 29 be valiant. And the servants of Absa- 
 lom did nuto Annion as Absalom had 
 coimnanded. Then all the king's sons 
 arose, and every man gat huu up upon 
 
 30 his nmle, and lied. And it came to pass, 
 Avhile they were in the way, that the 
 tidings came to David, saying, Absalom 
 hath slaui all the king's sons, and 
 
 31 there is not one of them left. Then 
 the khig arose, and rent his ganneuts, 
 and lay on the earth; and all his serv- 
 ants stood by with theii- clothes rent. 
 
 32 And Jonadab, the sou of Shimeah 
 David's brother, answered and said, 
 Let not my lord supiJose that they 
 have killed all the young men the king's 
 sons ; for Amnon only is dead : for by 
 the appointment of Absalom this hath 
 been determmed from the day that 
 
 33 he forced his sister Tamar. Now 
 therefore let not my lord the king take 
 the thing to his heart, to think that all 
 the king's sons are dead: for Amnon 
 
 34 oidy is dead. But Absalom fled. And 
 the young man that kept the watch 
 lifted up his eyes, and looked, and, be- 
 hold, there came much peoijle by the 
 
 35 way of the hill side behind him. And 
 Jonadab said unto the king, Behold, the 
 king's sons are come: as thy servant 
 
 3(5 said, so it is. And it came to pass, as 
 soon as he had made an end of speak- 
 ing, that, behold, the king's sons came, 
 and lifted up theii' voice, and wept : and 
 the king also and aU his servants wept 
 
 371 very sore. But Absalom fled, and 
 went to Tahnai the son of ^Ammihur, 
 king of Geshui'. And David mom'ued 
 for his son every day. 
 
 38 So Absalom lied, and went to Geshur, 
 
 39and was there three years. AixAthe soul 
 of kuig David longed to go forth unto 
 Absalom : for he was comforted con- 
 cerning Anuion, seeing he was dead. 
 
 14 Now Joab the sou of Zeruiah per- 
 ceived that the king's heart was to- 
 
 2 ward Absalom. And Joab sent to 
 Tekoa, and fetched thence a wise 
 woman, and said unto her, I pray 
 thee, feign thyself to be a mourner, 
 and put on mom-ning apparel, I i^ray 
 thee, and anoint not thj'self with oil, 
 but be as a woman that had a long 
 
 3 time mourned for the dead : and go in 
 to the king, and speak on this mamier 
 unto him. So Joab put the words in 
 
 4 her mouth. And when the woman of 
 Tekoa spake to the king, she fell ou 
 her face to the ground, and did obei- 
 
 5 sauce, and said, Help, khig. And the 
 
 king said unto her, AVhat aileth thee ? 
 And she answered. Of a truth I am a 
 widoAv woman, and mine husl^and is 
 Gdead. And thy handmaid had two 
 sons, and they two strove together iu 
 the field, and there Avas none to part 
 tliem, but the one smote the other, 
 
 7 and killed him. And, heliold, the whole 
 family is risen against tlihie handmaid, 
 and they said, Deliver him that smote 
 his brother, that we may kUl hun for 
 the life of his lnx)ther whoin he slew, 
 and so destroy the heii- also : thus shall 
 they quench my coal winch is left, 
 and shall leave to my husband neither 
 name nor remainder upon the face of 
 
 8 the earth. And the king said unto the 
 woman. Go to thine house, and I will 
 
 9 give charge concerning thee. And the 
 woman of Tekoa said unto the kmg. 
 My lord, king, the iniquity be on me, 
 and on my father's house : and the king 
 
 10 and his throne be guiltless. And the 
 king said. Whosoever saith aught unto 
 thee, broig him to me, and he shall not 
 
 11 touch thee any more. Then said she, 
 I ijray thee, let the king remember the 
 Lord thy God, that the avenger of blood 
 destroy not any more, lest they destroy 
 my son. And he said. As the Lord 
 liveth, there shall not one hair of thy 
 
 12 son fall to the earth. Then the woman 
 said. Let thine handmaid, I pray thee, 
 speak a word unto my lord the king. 
 
 13 And he said. Say on. And the woman 
 said. Wherefore then hast thou devised 
 such a thing agamst the peoide of 
 God? for m speaking this word the 
 king is as one which is guilty, in that 
 the king doth not fetch home again 
 
 14 his banished one. For we must needs 
 die, and are as water spilt on the 
 ground, which cannot be gathered up 
 again ; neither doth God take away life, 
 but deviseth means, that he that is 
 banished be not an outcast from him. 
 
 15 Now therefore seeing that I am come 
 to speak this word unto my lord the 
 king, it is because the people have 
 made me afraid: and thy handmaid 
 said, I wiU now speak mito the king ; it 
 may be that the king wUl perform the 
 
 16 request of his servant. For the king 
 wiU hear, to deUver his servant out of 
 the hand of the man that would destroy 
 me and my sou together out of the in- 
 
 17 heritance of God. Then thine hanibuaid 
 said, Let, I pray thee, the word of my 
 lord the king be ^ comfortable: for as 
 •* an angel of God, so is my lord the king 
 5 to discern good and bad : and the Lord 
 
 18 thy God be with thee. Then the king 
 answered and said mito the woman. 
 Hide not from me, I pray thee, aught 
 that I shall ask thee. And the woman 
 said. Let my lord the kuig now speak. 
 
 19 And the king said. Is the hand of Joab 
 with thee in all this? And the woman 
 answered and said, As thy soul liveth, 
 
 3Heb. 
 for rest. 
 1 Or, the 
 5Heb. 
 to hear.
 
 248 
 
 II. SAMUEL. 
 
 14. 19. 
 
 1 Or, the 
 
 -Another 
 reading 
 is, thou 
 hast 
 done. 
 
 -Another 
 leading 
 is, thij. 
 
 my lard the king, none can turn to the 
 riglit hand or to tiie left from aught 
 that my lord the khig hath spoken: 
 for thy servant Joab, he bade me, and 
 he put all these words in the mouth 
 '20 of tliuie handmaid : to change the face 
 of the matter hath thy servant Joah 
 done this thing : and my lord i.s wise, 
 according to the wisdom of i an angel of 
 God, to know aU things that are in the 
 
 21 earth. And the king said unto Joab, 
 Behold now, ^I have done this thuig: 
 go therefore, bring the young man 
 
 22 Absalom again. An<\. Joab feU to the 
 ground on his face, and did obeisance, 
 andblessed the king : and Joab said, To- 
 day thy servant knoweth that I have 
 f oiutdgracein thy siglit, my lord, kuig, 
 in that the king hath performed the re- 
 
 "23 quest of ^ his servant. So Joab arose and 
 wen t to Geshur , and brought Absalom to 
 
 24 Jerusalem. And the king said. Let him 
 turn to his own house, but let him not 
 see my face. So Absalom turned to his 
 own house, and saw not the king's face. 
 
 25 Now in all Israel there was none to 
 be so much praised as Absalom for his 
 beauty : from the sole of his foot even 
 to the crown of his head there was 
 
 26 no blemish in him. And Avhen he 
 polled his head, (now it was at every 
 year's end that he iiolled it: because 
 il(e hair was heavy on hun, therefore 
 he polled it:) he weighed the hair of 
 his head at two hundred shekels, after 
 
 27 the king's weight. And unto Absalom 
 there were born three sons, and one 
 daughter, whose name was Tamar : she 
 was a woman of a fair countenance. 
 
 28 And Absalom dwelt two full years in 
 Jerusalem ; and he saw not the king's 
 
 29face. Then Absalom sent for Joab, to 
 send hun to the king; but he would 
 not come to hun : and he sent agam a 
 second time, but he would not come. 
 
 30 Therefore he said imto his servants. 
 See, Joab's field is near mine, and he 
 hath barley there ; go and set it on lii-e. 
 And Absalom's servants set the field 0)i 
 
 31 fire. Then Joab arose, and came to 
 Absalom unto his house, and said unto 
 him, "^Vherefore have thy servants 
 
 32 set my field on fir-e '? And Absalom an- 
 swered Joab, Behold, I sent unto thee, 
 saying. Come hither, that I may send 
 thee to the king, to say, Wherefore am 
 I come from Geshur ? it were better for 
 me to be there stiU : now therefore let 
 me see the king's face; and if there 
 
 33 be iniquity in me, let him kill me. So 
 Joab came to the kmg, and told hun : 
 and when he had caUed for Absalom, 
 he came to the king, and bowed hun- 
 self on his face to the ground before the 
 king : and the liing kissed Absalom. 
 
 15 And it came to pass after this, that 
 
 Absalom prepared him a chariot and 
 
 horses, and fifty men to run before him. 
 
 2 And Absalom rose up early, and stood 
 
 beside the way of the gate: and it 
 was so, that when any man had a 
 suit which should come to the king 
 for judgement, then Absalom called 
 unto hira, and said, Of what city art 
 thou ? And he said. Thy servant is of 
 
 3 one of the tribes of Israel. And Ab- 
 salom said unto him. See, thy matters 
 are good and riglit ; but there is no 
 man dejjuted of the king to hear thee. 
 
 4 Absalom said moreover, Oh that I 
 v/ero made judge in the laud, that 
 every man which hath any suit or 
 cause might come vmto me, and I 
 
 5 would do hun justice 1 And it was 
 so, that when any mau came nigh 
 to do him obeisance, he put forth 
 his hand, and look hold of hun, and 
 
 6 kissed him. And on tliis manner did 
 Absalom to all Israel that came to the 
 Ijing for judgement: so Absalom stole 
 tlie hearts of the men of Israel. 
 
 7 And it came to i)ass at the end of 
 ^ forty years, that Absalom said unto 
 the king, I pray thee, let me go and pay 
 iny vow, which I have vowed rmto the 
 
 8 Lord, in Hebron. For thy servant 
 vowed a vow while I abode at Geshur in 
 ^ Syria, saying. If theLoED shall indeed 
 brmg me agaiu to Jerusalem, then I 
 
 9 will fi serve the Lord. And the king said 
 unto him. Go in peace. So he arose, and 
 
 10 went to Hebron. But Absalom sent 
 spies throughout aU the tribes of Israel^ 
 saying. As soon as ye hear the somid of 
 the trmnpet, then ye shall say, Absalom 
 
 11 is king in Hebron. And with Absalom 
 went two hundred men out of Jeru- 
 salem, that were invited, and went in 
 then' simiiUcity ; and they knew not any 
 
 12 thmg. And Absalom ■? sent for Ahitho- 
 phel the GUonite, David's comiseUor, 
 from his city, even from Giloh, while 
 he 'offered the sacrifices. And the con- 
 .spii'acy was strong; for the people 
 
 .increased continually with Absalom. 
 
 13 And there came a messenger to David, 
 saying. The hearts of the men of Israel 
 
 14 are after Absalom. And David said 
 mito aU his servants that were wit]i 
 him at Jerusalem, Arise, and let us 
 flee; for else none of us shaU. escape 
 from Absalom : make speed to depart, 
 lest he overtake us quickly, and bring 
 down evil upon us, and smite the city 
 
 15 with the edge of the sword. And the 
 king's servants said unto the king, 
 Behold, thy servants are ready to do 
 whatsoever my lord the king shall 
 
 16 choose. And the king went forth, and 
 all his household after him. And the 
 king left ten women, which were con- 
 
 17 eubuies, to keep the house. And the 
 king went forth, and all the people after 
 him ; and they tarried ^in Beth-merhak. 
 
 18 And all his servants passed on beside 
 linn; and aU the Cherethites, and aU 
 the Pelethites, and all the Gittites, six 
 hundred men which came after him
 
 16. 11. 
 
 II. SAMUEL. 
 
 249 
 
 I Or, 
 
 SeeH 
 fhout 
 
 ^Another 
 reading 
 is, in the 
 plains. 
 
 3 Or, 
 
 where he 
 VKis wont 
 to wor- 
 ship God 
 
 from (rath, passed on licforc the king. 
 
 19 Then said tlie king to Ittai the (littite, 
 WJicrcforo goest thou also with us? 
 return, and abide with the king: for 
 thou art a stranger, and also an exile ; 
 
 10 return to thine own place. AVhereas 
 thou earnest but yesterday, tjhould I 
 this day make thee go up and down 
 with us, seeing I go wliither I may ? re- 
 turn thou, and take back thy brethren ; 
 
 21 mercy and truth be with thee. And 
 Ittai answered the king, and said As 
 the Loud liveth, and as my lord the 
 king liveth, surely in what ])laee my 
 lord the king shall be, whether for death 
 or for life, even there also will thy serv- 
 
 22 ant he. And David said to Ittai, Go 
 and i)ass over. And Ittai the Gittite 
 l)assed over, and all his men, and all 
 
 23 the little ones that were with him. And 
 aU the coimtry wept with a loud voice, 
 and all the people passed over : the 
 Idiig also himself jjassed over the brook 
 Kidron, and all the iieople i)assed over, 
 
 24 toward the way of the wilderness. And, 
 lo, Zadok also came, and all the Levites 
 with him, bearing the ark of the coven- 
 ant of God ; and they set down the ark 
 of God, and Abiathar went up, until all 
 the people had done passing out of the 
 
 25 city. And the king said unto Zadok, 
 Carry back the ark of God into the 
 city: if I shall find favour in the eyes 
 of the LoED, he will bring me again, 
 and shew me both it, and his habita- 
 
 2G tion: but if he say thus, I have no de- 
 light in thee; behold, here am I, let 
 him do to me as seemeth good unto 
 
 27hun. The king said also unto Zadok 
 the priest, i Art thou not a seer? return 
 into the city in jjeace, and your two 
 sons with you, Ahimaaz thy son, and 
 
 28 Jonathan the sou of Abiathar. See, I 
 win tarry 2 at the fords of the -wilder- 
 ness, until there come word from you 
 
 21) to certify me. Zadok therefore and 
 Abiathar carried the ark of God agam 
 to Jerusalem : and they abode there. 
 
 30 And David went u}) by the ascent 
 of the mount of Olives, and wept as 
 he went up; and lie had his head 
 covered, and went barefoot: and all 
 the people that v/ere with him covered 
 every man his head, and they went iip, 
 
 31 weeinng as they went up. And one told 
 David, saying, Ahithophel is among 
 the conspirators with Absalom. And 
 David said, Lord, I pray thee, turn 
 the counsel of Ahithophel into foohsh- 
 
 32ness. And it came to pass, that when 
 David was come to the top of the 
 ascent, 3 where God was worshipped, 
 behold, Hushai the Archite came to 
 meet him with his coat rent, and earth 
 
 33 upon his head: and Da\ad said unto 
 him. If thou passest on with me, then 
 
 34 thou shalt be a burden unto me : but if 
 thou return to the city, and say mito 
 Absalom, I will he thy servant, king ; 
 
 as I have been thy father's servant 
 in time jiast, so will I now be thy 
 servant: then shalt thou defeat for 
 
 35 me the counsel of Ahithophel. And 
 hast thou not there with thee Zadok 
 and Abiathar the priests ? therefore it 
 shall be, that what thing soever thoix 
 shalt hear out of the king's house, thou 
 shalt tell it to Z.idok and Abiathar the 
 
 36 priests. Behold, they have there with 
 them their two sons, Ahimaaz Zadok's 
 S(jn, and Jonathan Abiathar's son ; and 
 by them ye shall send unto me every 
 
 37 thing tint ye shall hear. So Hushai 
 David's friend came into the city ; and 
 Absalom came into Jerusalem. 
 
 10 And when David was a little j^ast 
 the top of the ascent, behold, Ziba the 
 servant of Mei)hibosheth met him, with 
 a couple of asses siddled, and ui^on 
 them tv/o hundred loaves of bre.id, and 
 an huudred clusters of r.iisms, aud 
 an hui;(h'ed of summer fruits, and a 
 
 2 ^bottle of wine. Aud the king said un- 
 to Ziba, "What meanest thou by these? 
 And Ziba said. The asses be for the 
 king's household to ride on ; and the 
 bread and smumcr fruit for the young 
 men to eat ; aud the wme, that such as 
 be faint in the wilderness may drmk. 
 
 3 And the king said, And where is thy 
 master's son? And Ziba sniduuto the 
 king, Behold, he abideth at Jerusalem : 
 for he said. To-day shall the house of 
 Israel restore me the kingdom of my 
 
 4 father. Then said the king to Ziba, 
 Behold, thuie is all that pertaineth 
 unto Mej)hibosheth. And Ziba said, I 
 do obeisance ; let me find favour in thy 
 sight, my lord, king. 
 
 5 And when king David came to Ba- 
 hurim, behold, there came out thence a 
 man of the family of the house of Saul, 
 whose name was Shimei, the son of 
 Gera : he came out, aud cursed stUl as 
 
 6 he came. And he cast stones at David, 
 and at all the servants of king David : 
 and all the people arid all the mighty 
 men were on his right hand aud on 
 
 7 his left. And thus said Shimei wheu 
 he cursed, Begouo, begone, thou man 
 
 8 of blood, aud man of ^ liehal : the Lord 
 hath returned upon thee all the blood 
 of the house of Saul, in whose stead 
 thou hast reigned ; and the Loud liath 
 delivered the kingdom into the hand 
 of Absalom thy sou : and, behold, 
 thou art taken in thuie own mischief, 
 because thou art a man of blood. 
 
 9 Then said Abishai the son of Zeruiah 
 unto the king, "Why should this dead 
 dog cm-se my lord the kuig? let me 
 go over, I pray thee, aud take off 
 
 10 his head. And the king said, W^hat 
 have I to do with j'ou, ye sous of 
 Zeruiah? ''• Because he curseth, and 
 because the Loed hath said unto him. 
 Curse David; who then shall say, 
 
 11 "Wherefore hast thou done so? Aud 
 
 I0r,«i-/n 
 
 5 That is, 
 
 wofth- 
 
 lessness. 
 
 6 Or, 
 
 When he 
 
 curseth, 
 
 and 
 
 ivhen &c. 
 
 .\nother 
 
 re.ading 
 
 is, So 
 
 let him 
 
 curse, 
 
 because.
 
 250 
 
 II. SAMUEL. 
 
 16. 11. 
 
 • Some 
 
 ancient 
 
 versions 
 
 read, vny 
 
 afflh- 
 
 tion. 
 
 2Heb. 
 
 over 
 against. 
 3 Or, to 
 Ayephim 
 
 4Heb. 
 Let the 
 Icing 
 live. 
 
 CHeb. 
 
 word. 
 
 David said to Abishai, and to all his 
 sei-vauts, Behold, my son, vrhich came 
 forth of my bowels, seeketh my life: 
 how much more viaif this Beiijamite 
 now do it ? let him alone, and let him 
 curse ; for the Lord hath bidden hun. 
 
 12 It may be that the Lord will look on 
 ithe wrong done unto me, and that 
 the Lord wiU requite me good for his 
 
 13 cm-sing of me this day. So David and 
 his men went by the way : and Shimei 
 went along on the hiU side over against 
 hun, and cursed as he went, and threw 
 
 14 stones ^at him, and cast dust. And 
 the king, and all the jjeople tliat were 
 v.dth him, came s-^eaiy; and he re- 
 freshed hunself there. 
 
 15 And Absalom, and aU the peojile the 
 men of Israel, came to Jerusalem, and 
 
 16 Ahithophel with him. And it came to 
 pass, when Hushai the Ai-chite, David's 
 friend, was come unto Absalom, that 
 Hushai said unto Absalom, '^ God save 
 
 17 the king. Clod save the king. And 
 Absalom said to Hushai, Is this thy 
 kindness to thy friend? why wentest 
 
 18 thou not with thy friend ? And Hushai 
 said iinto Absalom, Nay; but whom 
 the Lord, and this jieople, and all the 
 men of Israel have chosen, his Vv'ill I 
 
 19 be, and with him will I abide. And 
 again, whom should I serve? slimdd I 
 not serve in the presence of his son ? as 
 I have served in thy father's presence, 
 
 20 so will I be in thy presence. Then 
 said Absalom to Ahithophel, C! ive yom* 
 
 21 counsel what we shall do. And Ahitho- 
 phel said unto Absalom, Go in untn 
 thy father's concubmes, which he hath 
 left to keep the house; and all Israel 
 Ghall hear that thou art abhoiTed of 
 thy father: then shall the hands of 
 
 22 all that are with thee be strong. So 
 they spread Absalom a tent upon the 
 top of the house; and Absalom went 
 irx unto his father's concubines in the 
 
 23 sight of all Israel. And the counsel 
 of Ahithophel, which he counselled in 
 those days, was as if a man inquired 
 at the ''oracle of God: so was all the 
 counsel of Ahithoijliel both with David 
 and with Absalom. 
 
 1*7 Moreover Ahithophel said unto Absa- 
 lom, Let me now choose out twelve 
 thousand men, and I AviU arise and 
 
 2 pursue after David this night: and I 
 will come upon him while he is weary 
 and weak handed, and will make him 
 afraid : and all the people that are with 
 him shall flee ; and I will smite the king 
 
 3 only: and I wiU bring liack all the 
 people unto thee : the man whom thou 
 seekest is as if all returned : so all the 
 
 4 people shall be in peace. And the 
 saying pleased Absalom well, and all 
 the elders of Israel. 
 
 5 Then said Absalom, Call now Hushai 
 the Archite also, and let us hear like- 
 
 6 wise what he saitli. And when Hushai 
 
 was come to Absalom, Absalom spake 
 unto him, saying, Ahithophel hath 
 si)oken after tliis manner : shall we do 
 offer his saying? if not, speak thou. 
 
 7 And Hushai said unto Absalom, The 
 counsel that Ahithoi)hel hath given this 
 
 8 time is not good. Hushai said more- 
 over. Thou kiiowest thy father and his 
 men, that they be mighty men, and 
 they be <' chafed in then* mmds, as a 
 bear robbed of her whelps in the field : 
 and thy father is a man of war, and 
 
 9 will not lodge with the people. Behold, 
 he is hid now in some pit, or in some 
 other i)lace: and it will come to pass, 
 7 when some of them be fallen at the 
 first, that whosoever heareth it will 
 say, There is a slaughter among the 
 
 10 i)eople that follow Absalom. And even 
 he that is valiant, whose heart is as the 
 heart of a hon, shall utterly melt : for 
 all Israel knoweth that thy father is a 
 mighty man, and they which be with 
 
 11 him are vaUaut men. But I counsel 
 that all Israel be gathered together un- 
 to thee, from Dan even to Beer-sheba, 
 as the sand that is by the sea for mult- 
 itude; and ^that thou go to battle in 
 
 12 thine own person. So shall we come 
 upon him in some place where he shall 
 be found, and we will light upon him as 
 the dew f aUeth on the ground : and of 
 him and of all the men that &re with 
 him we will not leave so much as 
 
 13 one. Moreover, if he '^be gotten into a 
 city, then shall all Israel bring ropes to 
 that city, and we will draw it into the 
 river, until there be not one small stone 
 
 14 found there. And Absalom and all the 
 men of Israel said. The counsel of 
 Hushai the Archite is better than the 
 counsel of Ahithophel. For the Lord 
 had ordained to defeat the good counsel 
 of Ahithophel, to the intent that the 
 Lord might bring evU upon Absalom. 
 
 15 Then said Hushai unto Zadok and to 
 Abiathar the priests, Thus and thus 
 did Ahithophel counsel Absalom and 
 the elders of Israel ; and thus and thus 
 
 16 havo I counselled. Now therefore send 
 quickly, and tell David, saying. Lodge 
 not this night ^"nt the fords of tlie 
 wilderness, but in any wise pass OA'er; 
 lest the khig be swallowed tip, and all 
 
 17 the people that are with him. i^Now 
 Jonathan and Ahimaaz stayed by En- 
 rogel; and a maidservant used to go 
 and tell them ; and they went and told 
 king David : for they might not be seen 
 
 18 to come into tlie city. But a lad saw 
 them, and told Absalom : and they went 
 both of them away quickly, and came 
 to the house of a man in Bahurim, 
 who had a well in his court ; and they 
 
 19 went down thither. And the woman 
 took and spread the covering over the 
 v/ell's mouth, and strewed bruised corn 
 
 20 thereon; and nothing was known. And 
 Absalom's servants came to the woman
 
 18. 19. 
 
 II. SAMUEL. 
 
 251 
 
 lln 
 
 1 Chr. ii. 
 17,JetJicr 
 the Ish- 
 'inacUte. 
 
 2 In 
 
 1 Chr. 
 ii. II), 17, 
 Abigail. 
 
 3 So some 
 ancient 
 author- 
 ities. The 
 Hebrew 
 text has, 
 for now 
 arc there 
 ten thou- 
 sa7i(l 
 such as 
 we. 
 
 to tlio house; and tlicy saiil, Where 
 arc Ahuiiaaz and Jonathan? And 
 tlie woman said unto thoni, They be 
 gone over the brook of water. And 
 wlien they had sought and coiikl not 
 find thein, they returned to Jerusalem. 
 
 21 And it came to jiass, after they were 
 deijarted, that they came up out of the 
 well, and M'ent and told king David; 
 and they said unto David, Ai'ise ye, and 
 pass quickly over the water: for thus 
 hath Aliithophel counselled against 
 
 22 you. Then David arose, and all the 
 l)eoiile that were with him, and they 
 passed over Jordan: by the morning 
 light there lacked not one of them 
 
 23 that was not gone over Jordan. And 
 when Ahithoi^hel saw that his counsel 
 was not followed, he saddled his ass, 
 and arose, and gat him home, unto his 
 city, and set his house in order, and 
 hanged himself; and he died, and wns 
 buried in the sepulchre of his father. 
 
 24 Then David came to Mahauaim. And 
 Absalom i^assed over Jordan, he and 
 
 25 all the men of Israel with hun. And 
 Absalom set Amasa over the host 
 instead of Joab. Now Amasa was the 
 son of a man, v.'hose name was ^-Ithra 
 the Israelite, that went in to ^Abigal 
 the daughter of Naliash, sister to 
 
 26 Zeruiah Joab's mother. And Israel 
 and Absalom pitched in the land of 
 Gilead. 
 
 27 And it came to pass, when David was 
 come to Mahanaim, that Shobi the son 
 of Nahash of llabbah of the children 
 of Amnion, and Machu- the son of 
 Ammiel of Lo-debar, and Barzillai the 
 
 28 Gileadite of Kogelim, brought beds, and 
 basons, and earthen vessels, and wheat, 
 and barley, and meal, and parched corn , 
 and beans, and lentils, and parched 
 
 29jj2«?se, andhouey, and butter, and sheep, 
 and cheese of kiue, for David, and for 
 the people that were with him, to eat : 
 for they said, The people is hungry, and 
 weary, and thirsty, in the wilderness. 
 
 18 And David numbered the people that 
 were with him, and set captains of 
 thousands and captains of hundreds 
 
 2 over them. And David sent forth the 
 people, a third part under the hand of 
 Joab, and a third part imder the hand 
 of Abishai the sou of Zeruinh, Joab's 
 brother, and a thu-d part under the 
 hand of Ittai the Gittite. And the ]:ing 
 said unto the people, I wUl surely go 
 
 3 forth with you myself also. But the 
 people said. Thou shalt not go forth: 
 for if we flee away, they wiU not 
 care for us ; neither if half of us die, 
 wiU they care for us: "but thou art 
 worth ten thousand of us: therefore 
 now it is better that thou be ready to 
 
 dsiaccour us out of the city. And the 
 khig said unto them. What seemeth 
 you best I wiU do. And the khig stood 
 by the gate side, and all the people 
 
 went out by hundreds and by thou- 
 
 5 sands. And the king (commanded Joab 
 and Abishiii and Ittai, saying. Deal 
 gently for my sake with the young man, 
 even with Absalom. And all the people 
 heard when the king gave all the 
 captains charge concerning Absalom. 
 
 6 So the people went out into the field 
 against Israel: and the battle was in 
 
 7 the forest of Ephraim. And the peojole 
 of Israel were smitten there before the 
 servants of David, and there was a 
 great slaughter there that day of 
 
 8 twenty thousand men. For the battle 
 was there spread over the face of all 
 the countiy : and the forest devoured 
 more people that day than the sword 
 
 9 devoured. And Absalom chanced to 
 meet the servants of David. And 
 Absalom rode upon his mule, and the 
 mule went mider the thick boughs 
 of a great *oak, and his head caught 
 hold of the oak, and he was taken 
 up between the heaven and the earth ; 
 and the mule that was tuider hun went 
 
 10 on. And a certain mau saw it, and 
 told Joab, and said. Behold, I saw 
 
 11 Absalom hanging in an oak. AJud Joab 
 said imto the man that told him. 
 And, behold, thou sawest it, and why 
 didst thou not smite hun there to the 
 ground ? and I would have given thee 
 
 12 ten pieces of silver, and a gu-dle. And 
 the man said unto Joab, Though I 
 should receive a thousand j»)?'rC(".s of sil- 
 ver in muie hand, yet would I not put 
 forth mine hand against the kmg's son : 
 for in our hearmg the king charged 
 thee and Abishai and Ittai, saying, 
 f' Beware that none touch the young 
 
 13 man Absalom. Otherwise if I had dealt 
 falsely against ''liis life, (and there is 
 no matter hid from the king,) then thou 
 thyself 'wouldest have stood aloof. 
 
 14 Then said Joab, I may not tai-ry thus 
 with thee. And he took three ^darts 
 in his hand, and tlu-ust them through 
 the heart of Absalom, while he was 
 yet alive in the midst of the oak. 
 
 15 And ten young men that bare Joab's 
 armour compassed about and smote 
 
 16 Absalom, and slew him. And Joab 
 blew the trumpet, and the people re- 
 timied from pursuing after Israel : for 
 
 17 Joab 9]ield back the people. And they 
 took Absalom, and cast hun into the 
 great pit in the forest, and raised over 
 him a very great heap of stones : and 
 all Israel fled every one to his tent. 
 
 18 Now Absalom m his life tune had taken 
 and reared up for himself the j)illar, 
 which is in the king's dale : for he said, 
 I have no son to keep my name in 
 remembrance : and he called the piUar 
 after his own name: and it is called 
 Absalom's monument, imto this day. 
 
 19 Then said Ahiniaaz the son of Za- 
 dok. Let me now run, and bear the 
 king tidings, how that the Lord hath 
 
 4 Or, 
 
 t-re- 
 hinth 
 
 6Heb. 
 
 JTave 
 a caret 
 whoso- 
 ever ye 
 he, of&c. 
 ^Another 
 reading 
 is, iny. 
 
 -Or, 
 
 wouldest 
 
 have set 
 
 thifsclf 
 
 against 
 
 me 
 
 SHeb. 
 
 staves- 
 
 9 Or, 
 spared
 
 252 
 
 II. SAMUEL. 
 
 18. 19. 
 
 ■1 Heb. 
 judged 
 liim 
 
 from the 
 hand *£-c. 
 
 2 Or. 
 
 luist no 
 
 sufficient 
 
 tidings 
 
 3 Heb. 
 Peace. 
 
 1 Heb. Is 
 there 
 jjeace 
 with 
 &e. ! 
 
 •5 Or, a7id 
 
 [Ch. xlx. 
 
 liii 
 
 Heb.1 
 
 20 1 avenged liim of liis enemies. And 
 Joab said unto him, Thou shalt not be 
 the beaver of tidings this day, but thou 
 shalt bear tidings another day: but 
 this day thou shalt bear no tidings, be- 
 
 21 cause the king's son is dead. Then said 
 Joab to the Cushite, Go tell the king 
 Tvliat thou hast seen. And the Cushite 
 bowed himself unto Joab, and ran. 
 
 22 Then said Ahimaaz the son of Zadok 
 yet again to Joab, But come what 
 may, let me, I pray thee, also run after 
 the Cushite. And Joib said. Where- 
 fore wUt thou run, my son, seeing 
 that thou -wilt have no reward for the 
 
 ■23 tidings ? But come what may, naidhe, 
 I w'ill mn. And lie said unto him, 
 Pain. Then Ahimaaz ran by the way 
 of the Plain, and overran the Cushite. 
 
 24 Now David sat between the two gates : 
 and the watclmiau went up to the 
 roof of the gate imto the wall, and 
 lifted up his eyes, and looked, and, be- 
 
 '25 hold, a man running alone. And the 
 watchman cried, and told the king. 
 And the king said. If he be alone, there 
 is tidings in his mouth. And he came 
 
 '26 apace, and drew near. And the watch- 
 man saw another man running: and 
 the watchman called unto the porter, 
 and said. Behold, «)io^/ie/-mau running 
 alone. And the king said. He also 
 
 ■27 bringetli tidings. And the watchman 
 said, Me thinketh the running of the 
 foremost is like the runnmg of Ahimaaz 
 the son of Zadok. And the king said. 
 He is a good man, and cometh with 
 
 "28 good tidings. And Ahimaaz called, and 
 said unto the king, ^ All is weU. And he 
 bowed himself before the king with his 
 face to the eai'th, and said, Blessed be 
 the Lord thy God, which hath delivered 
 up the men that lifted up their hand 
 
 29 against my lord the king. And the king 
 said, *Is it well ■with the young man 
 Absalom? And Ahimaaz answered. 
 When Joab sent the king's servant, 
 Seven me thy servant, I saw a great 
 tumult, but I knew not what it was. 
 
 30 And the king said. Turn aside, and 
 stand here. And he turned aside, and 
 
 31 stood still. And, behold, the Cushite 
 came; and the Cushite said. Tidings 
 for my lord the king: for the Lord 
 hath aA'enged thee this day of all them 
 
 32 that rose up agiinst thee. And the 
 king said unto the Cushite, Is it well 
 ■u'ith the young ui'aji Absalom? And 
 the Cushite answered. The enemies of 
 my lord the king, and aU that rise up 
 against thee to do thee hurt, be as 
 
 33 that young man is. And the king 
 was much moved, and went up to the 
 chamber over the gate, and wept : and 
 ns he went, thus he said, my son 
 Absalom, my son, my son Absalom! 
 would God I had died for thee, 
 Absalom, my son, my son ! 
 
 19 And it was told Joab, Behold, the king 
 
 weepeth and mourneth for Absalom. 
 
 2 And the ^ victory that diy was turned 
 into mourning iinto all the people : for 
 the iicoplo heard say that daj^ The king 
 
 3 grieveth for his son. And the people 
 gat them by stealth that day into the 
 city, as people that are ashamed steal 
 
 4 away when they flee in battle. And 
 the king covered his face, and the 
 kuig cried with a loud voice, my son 
 Absalom, Absalom, my son, my son! 
 
 5 And Joab came into the house to the 
 king, and said, Thou hast shamed this 
 day the faces of all thy servants, which 
 this day have saved thy life, and the 
 Uves of thy sons and of thy daughters, 
 and the lives of thy wives, and the lives 
 
 6 of thy concubines ; in that thou lovest 
 them that hate thee, and hatest them 
 that love thee. For thou hast de- 
 clared this day, that princes and sei-v- 
 ants are nought unto thee: for this 
 day I perceive, that if Absalom had 
 lived, and all v.'e had died this day, then 
 
 7 it had pleased thee well. Now therefore 
 arise, go forth, and speak comfort- 
 ably unto thy servants : for I swear by 
 the Lord, if thou go not forth, there 
 will not tarry a man with thee this 
 night : and that will be worse unto thee 
 than all the evil that hath befallen 
 
 8 thee from thy youth until now. Then 
 the kmg arose, and sat in the gate. And 
 they told unto all the people, saying. 
 Behold, the king doth sit in the gate : 
 and all the jieople came before the king. 
 
 Now Israel had tied every man to his 
 
 9 tent. And all the peojile were at strife 
 throughout all the tribes of Israel, 
 sayuig. The king delivered us out of 
 the hand of our enemies, and he saved 
 us out of the hand of the Philistines; 
 and now he is fled out of the land 
 
 10 from Absalom. And Absalom, whom 
 we anointed over us, is dead in battle. 
 Now therefore why speak ye not a 
 word of bringing the king back ? 
 
 11 And king David sent to Zadok and 
 to Abiithar the priests, saying. Speak 
 unto the elders of Judah, saying. Why 
 are ye the last to bring the king back 
 to his house ? seeing the speech of all 
 Israel is conre to the king, to hiing him 
 
 12 to his house. Ye are my brethren, ye 
 are my bone and my flesh : wherefore 
 then are ye the last to bring back the 
 
 13 king? And say ye to Amasa, Art thou 
 not my bone iuid my flesh? God do 
 so to me, and more also, if thou be 
 not captain of the host before me con- 
 
 14tinually in the room of Joab. And 
 he bowed the heart of all the men of 
 Judah, even as the heart of one man; 
 so that they sent mi to the king, say- 
 ing, Return thou, and all thy servants. 
 
 15 So the kuig returned, and came to 
 Jordan. And Judah came to Gilgal, to 
 go to meet the king, to bring the king 
 over Jordan.
 
 20. 
 
 II. SAMUEL. 
 
 253 
 
 1 Or, th:- 
 convQH 
 
 2 Or. 
 wotihl go 
 over 
 
 3 Or. 
 
 whin 
 
 Jeru- 
 
 sdlem 
 
 was 
 
 come 
 
 *Another 
 reading 
 is. to. 
 
 5 Or. <hc 
 
 BHeb. 
 inen of 
 death. 
 
 16 And Sliimei the son of Gcra, the Bca- 
 janiito, wliicli was of Bahurim, hasted 
 and cime down with the men of Jud ili 
 
 17 to nioet king David. And (liere wore 
 a tliousand men of Benjamin with him, 
 ;iid Zih.i tlic servant of the house of 
 Saul, and his fif te(;n sons and his twenty 
 servants with him; and (hey wont 
 through Jordan in the presence of llie 
 
 18 king. And there went over ^a ferry 
 boat to bring over the king's household, 
 and to do what he tliought fjood. And 
 Sliimei the son of Gera fell d(jwn l)ofore 
 the king, when he ^ was come over Jor- 
 
 19 dan. And he said unto the king, Let 
 not my lord impute iniquity inito me, 
 neither do thou remember that which 
 thy servant did perversely the day that 
 my lord the king went out of Jerusalem, 
 that the king should take it to his heart. 
 
 20 For thy servant doth know that I have 
 sinned: thei-efore, behold, I am come 
 this day the first of all the house of 
 Joseph to go down to meet my lord 
 
 21 the king. But Abishai the son of 
 Zeruiah answered and said. Shall not 
 Shimei be j)ut to death for this, because 
 
 22 he cursed the Lord's anointed? And 
 David Slid, What have I to do with 
 you, ye sons of Zeruiah, that ye should 
 this day be adversaries unto me ? shall 
 thei'e any man be put to de ith this day 
 in Israel ? for do not I know that I am 
 
 23 this day Idng over Israel? And the 
 kmg said unto Shimei, Thou shalt not 
 die. And the king sware unto him. 
 
 24 And Mephibosheth the son of Sinl 
 came down to meet the kuig ; and he had 
 neither dressed his feet, nor trimmed 
 his beard, nor washed his clothes, 
 from the day the king departed until 
 
 25 the day he came home in peace. And 
 it came to pass, ^when he was come to 
 Jerusalem to meet the king, that the 
 king said unto him, Wherefore wentest 
 
 26 not thou with me, Meiihibosheth ? And 
 he answered. My lord, O king, my 
 servant deceived me : for thy servant 
 said, I will saddle me an ass, that I may 
 ride thereon, and go ''with the king; 
 
 27 because thy servant is lame. And he 
 hath slandered thy servant unto my 
 lord the king; but my lord the king 
 is as ^an angel of God: do therefore 
 
 28 what is good in thine eyes. For all my 
 father's house were but odead men be- 
 fore my lord the king : yet didst thou 
 set thy servant among them that did 
 eat at thine own table. What right 
 therefore have I yet that I should cry 
 
 29 any more unto the king ? And the king 
 said unto him. Why speakest thou any 
 more of thy matters ? I say. Thou and 
 
 30 Ziba divide the land. And Mephibosheth 
 said unto the king. Yea, let him take aU, 
 forasmuch as my lord the king is come 
 in peace unto his own house. 
 
 31 And Barzillai the Gileadite came down 
 from Eogelun ; and he went over Jor- 
 
 dan with the king, to conduct liim over 
 32J()i-dan. Now Bai'zillai was a veiy 
 aged man, even fourscoi'e year.s old: 
 and ho had ]n-ovided the king with 
 sustenance wliile he liy at Mahanaim; 
 33f(n- ho was a very great man. And the 
 king said unto Barzillai, Conn; thou 
 over with me, and I will sustain thee 
 31 with me in Jerusalem. And Barzillai 
 said inito the king. How many are the 
 days of the yeirs of my life, that I 
 should go uj) with the king unto Jem- 
 s') salein ? I am this d ly fourscore years 
 old: can I discern between good and 
 bad? can thy servant taste what I eat 
 or Vi'hat I drink ? can I hear any more 
 the voice of singing men and singing 
 women? wherefore then should thy 
 servant be yet a burden unto my lord 
 
 36 the king? Thy servant would but just 
 go over Jordan with the king : and why 
 should the king recompense it me with 
 
 37 siich a rewai'd ? Let thy servant, I pray 
 thee, turn back again, that I may die 
 in mine own city, by the grave of my 
 father and my mother. But behold, 
 thy servant Chimham ; let him go over 
 with my lord the king ; and do to him 
 
 38 what shall seem good unto thee. And 
 the king answered, Chimham shall go 
 over with me, and I will do to him that 
 which shall seem good unto thee : and 
 whatsoever thou shalt 'i'reiiuire of me, 
 
 39 that will I do for thee. And aU the 
 people went over Jordan, and the Wng 
 went over: and the king kissed Bar- 
 zillai, and blessed him ; and he returned 
 luito his own place. 
 
 40 So the king went over to GilgrJ, and 
 Chimham went over with him : and aU 
 the peoille of Judah brought the king 
 over, and also half the jieople of Israel. 
 
 41 And, behold, all the men of Israel came 
 to the king, and said unto the king, Wliy 
 have our bretlu'eu the men of Judah 
 stolen thee away, and brought the king, 
 and his household, over Jordan, aaid 
 
 42 all David's men with him? And all 
 the men of Judah answered the men 
 of Israel, Because the king is near of 
 kin to us : wherefore then be ye angiy 
 for this matter? have we eaten at all 
 of the kmg's cost? or hath he given 
 
 43 lis any gift? And the men of Israel 
 answered the men of Judah, and said, 
 We have ten parts in the king, and we 
 have also more right in David than ye: 
 why then did ye despise us, ^that our 
 advice should not be first had in bring- 
 ing back our king? And the words of 
 the men of Judah were fiercer than 
 the words of the men of Israel. 
 
 20 And there happened to be there a 
 man of ''Belial, whose name was Sheba, 
 the son of Bichri, a Benjamite : and he 
 blew the trumpet, and siid, We have 
 no portion in David, neither have we 
 inheritance in the son of Jesse : every 
 2 man to his tents, Israel. So aU the 
 
 7Heb. 
 
 choose to 
 lay upon. 
 
 8 Or, and 
 were not 
 ve the 
 first to 
 speak of 
 bringing 
 hack our 
 king I 
 
 9 That is, 
 worth- 
 lessness.
 
 254 
 
 II. SAMUEL. 
 
 20. 2. 
 
 1 Heb. ill 
 widcnth 
 hood of 
 life. 
 
 2 Or, 
 
 icnder- 
 
 fnined 
 
 men of Israel went up from follow- 
 ing David, and followed Sbeba the 
 son of Biclu'i : but the men of Judah 
 clave unto theii* king, from Jordan 
 even to Jerusalem. 
 
 3 And David came to bis bouse at Je- 
 rusalem; and the king took the ten 
 women his concubines, whom he had 
 left to keep the house, and put them ui 
 ward, and provided them with susten- 
 ance, but went not in mito them. So 
 they were shut up unto the day of theii' 
 death, i living in widowhood. 
 
 4 Then said the king to Amasa, Call me 
 the men of Judah together within tbree 
 
 5 days, and be thou here present. So 
 Amasa went to call the men of Judah 
 together: but he tarried longer than 
 the set time which he had appointed 
 
 6 him. And David said to Abishai, Now 
 shall Sbeba the son of Bichi-i do us more 
 bai-m than did Absalom : take thou thy 
 lord's servants, and pursue after him. 
 lest be get biin fenced cities, and escape 
 
 7 out of om- sight. And there went out 
 after bim Joab's men, and the Chereth- 
 ites and the Peletbites, and aU the 
 mighty men: and they went out of 
 Jerusalem, to piu-sue after Slieba the 
 
 8 sou of Bicbi-i. AVhen they were at the 
 gi-eat stone which is in Gibeon, Amasa 
 came to meet them. And Joab was 
 gii-ded with bis apparel of war that be 
 bad put on, and thereon was a girdle 
 with a sword fastened upon his loins 
 ill the sheath thereof ; and as be went 
 
 9 forth it fell out. And Joab said to Ama- 
 sa, Is it well with thee, my brother? 
 And Joab took Amasa by the beard 
 
 10 with his right band to kiss bim. But 
 Amasa took no heed to the svv^ord that 
 was in Joab's hand : so he smote him 
 therewith in the belly, and shed out his 
 bowels to the gi'ound, and struck bim 
 not again ; and he died. And Joab and 
 Abishai his brother pursued after Sbeba 
 
 11 the son of Bichri. And there stood by 
 bim one of Joab's young men, and said, 
 He that favouretb Joab, and be that 
 
 12 is for David, let him follow Joab. And 
 Amasa lay wallowing in his blood in 
 the midst of the high way. And when 
 the man saw that aU the people stood 
 stOl, he carried Amasa out of the high 
 way into the field, and cast a gai-ment 
 over him, when he saw that every one 
 
 13 that came by him stood still. When 
 he was removed out of the high way, 
 aU the peoi^le went on after Joab, to 
 pursue after Sbeba the son of Bichi-i. 
 
 14 And be went through all the tribes of 
 Israel unto Abel, and to Beth-maacah, 
 and all the Berites: and they were 
 gathered together, and went also after 
 
 15 bim. And they came and besieged him 
 in Abel of Beth-maacah, and they cast 
 up a mount against the city, and it 
 stood against the rampart: and all the 
 people that were with Joab ^battered 
 
 16 the wall, to throw it down. Then cried 
 a ■wise woman out of the city. Hear, 
 bear ; say, I i)ray you, imto Joab, Come 
 near hither, that I may speak with 
 
 17 thee. And he came near imto her ; and 
 the woman said. Art thou Joab ? And 
 he answered, I am. Then she said lui- 
 to him. Hear the words of thine hand- 
 maid. And he answered, I do hear. 
 
 18 Then she spake, sayuig. They were 
 wont to speak in old time, saying, 
 They shall surely ask comisel at Abel: 
 
 19 and so they ended the matter. I am 
 of them that are peaceable and faithful 
 in Israel : thou seekest to destroy a city 
 and a mother ui Israel : why wilt thou 
 swallow up the inheritance of the Lord ? 
 
 20 And Joab answered and said, Far be it, 
 far be it from me, that I should swallow 
 
 21 up or destroy. The matter is not so : but 
 a man of the hiD. comitry of Eiihraim, 
 Sbeba the son of Bichri by name, hath 
 lifted up his hand against the king, 
 oven against David : deliver him only, 
 and I will de^jart from the city. And 
 the woman said unto Joab, Behold, 
 bis head shall be thrown to thee over 
 
 22 the wall. Then the woman went imto 
 all the people m her wisdom. And 
 they cut off the head of Sbeba the son 
 of Bichri, and threw it out to Joab. 
 And he blew the triunpet, and they 
 were dispersed from the city, every 
 man to his tent. And Joab returned 
 to Jerusalem unto tlie king. 
 
 23 Now Joab was over all the host of Is- 
 rael : and Benaiab the sou of Jehoiada 
 was over the s Cherethites and over the 
 
 24 Peletbites : and Adoram was over the 
 •* tribute: and Jehosbai^hat the son of 
 
 25 Ahilud was the ^ recorder : and Sheva 
 was 6 scribe: and Zadok and Abiatbar 
 
 26 were priests : and Ii-a also the Jairite 
 was Tjjriest imto David. 
 
 21 And there was a famine in the days 
 of David three years, year after year ; 
 and David sought the face of the Lord. 
 And the Lord said, It is for Saul, and 
 for his bloody bouse, because he jmt 
 
 2 to death the Gibeonites. Aiid the king 
 called the Gibeonites, and said unto 
 them; (now the Gibeonites were not 
 of the clulcb'en of Israel, but of the 
 remnant of the Amorites ; and the child- 
 ren of Israel bad sworn unto them: 
 and Saul sought to slay them in bis 
 zeal for the chikh-en of Israel and Ju- 
 
 3 dab :) and David said unto the Gibeon- 
 ites, What shall I do for you? and 
 wherewith sbaU I make atonement, 
 that ye may bless the inlieritauce of 
 
 4 the Lord? And the Gibeonites said 
 unto him. It is no matter of silver or 
 gold between us and Saul, or his house; 
 8 neither is it for us to put any man to 
 death in Israel. And he said. What ye 
 
 5 shall say, that wiU I do for you. And 
 they said unto the king. The man that 
 consumed us, and that devised against
 
 22. i; 
 
 11. SAMUEL. 
 
 255 
 
 1 Or, so 
 tliat wti 
 
 bt'.i'H de- 
 atroyeU 
 
 2 In 
 1 Sam. 
 xviii. 10, 
 Alcrah, 
 
 3 Or. 
 
 broad 
 
 placs 
 
 iHeb. 
 Jiaphah. 
 
 5 Or, 71CW 
 armour 
 
 esee 
 IChr. 
 XX. 4— 8. 
 
 "In 
 l.Chr. 
 x'x. 4, 
 Gezer. 
 
 US, 1 that WO should bo destroyed from 
 remaining in any of the borders of 
 
 6 Israel, let seven men of bis sons be 
 delivered xmto us, and we will hang 
 them up unto the Loud in Gibeali 
 of S;;ul, the chosen of the Lord. And 
 
 7 tlio king said, I ^/ill give them. But 
 the king spared Mephibosheth, the 
 son of Jonathan the son of Saul, be- 
 cause of the Loud's oath that was 
 between them, between David and 
 
 8 Jonathan the sou of Saul. But the 
 king took the two sons of Ivizpah the 
 daughter of Aiah, whom she bare unto 
 Saul, Ai-moiu and Mephi])osheth ; and 
 the five sons of ^Michal the daughter 
 of Saul, whom she bare to Adriel the 
 
 9 sou of I3arziUai the Meholathite : and 
 he dehvered them iuto the hands of 
 the Gibeonites, and they hanged them 
 in the momitaiu before the Lord, and 
 they fell all seveir together : and they 
 were x)ut to death in the days of har- 
 vest, in the first days, at the beginnhig 
 
 10 of barley harvest. And Kizpah the 
 davighter of Aiah took sackcloth, and 
 spread it for her upon the rock, from 
 the beginning of haiwest until water 
 was poured upon them from heaven ; 
 and she suffered neither the birds of 
 the air to rest on them by day, nor the 
 
 11 beasts of the field by night. And it wa.s 
 told David what Eizpah the daughter 
 of Aiah, the concubine of Saul, had 
 
 12 done. And Da^•id went aud took the 
 bones of Saul and the bones of Jona- 
 than his son from the men of Jabesh- 
 gilead, which had stolen them from 
 the 8 street of Beth-shan, where the 
 Philistines had hanged them, in the 
 day that the Philistiues slew Saul in 
 
 1.3 GUboa : and he brought up from thence 
 the bones of Saul aud the bones of 
 Jonathan his son ; aud they gathered 
 the bones of them that were hanged. 
 
 11 And they buried the bones of Saul aud 
 Jonathan his son in the country of 
 Benjamui in Zela, in the sepulclu'o of 
 Kish his father : and they performed all 
 that the king couxmauded. And after 
 that God was intreated for the land. 
 
 1.5 And the Philistines had war again v.ith 
 Israel; aud David went down, and his 
 servants with him, aud fought against 
 the Phihstines : and David waxed faint. 
 
 16 And Ishbi-benob, which was of the sous 
 of the ■* giant, the weight of whose spear 
 was tlu'ee hundred shelcels of brass in 
 weight, ho being gu-ded with ^a new 
 swovd, thought to have slain David. 
 
 17 But Abishai the sou of Zeruiah suc- 
 coured him, and smote the PhUistinc, 
 and killed him. Then the meu of Da- 
 vid sware imto him, saying, Thou shalt 
 go no more out with us to battle, that 
 thou quench not the lamp of Israel. 
 
 18 6 And it came to pass after this, that 
 there was agam war with the PhUistmes 
 at 7 Gob : then Sibbecai the Hushathite 
 
 slew 8Saph, which was of the sons of 
 
 19 the *giant. And there was again war 
 with the Philistines at Gob; aud El- 
 hanau the son of Jaare-oregim the 
 Beth-lehemite slew ^GoUath the Git- 
 tito, tlio stalf of whoso spear was lilie 
 
 20 a weaver's beam. And there was again 
 war at Gatli, where was a man of great 
 stature, that had on every hand six 
 fingers, and on evei-y foot six toes, four 
 and twenty m number ; and he also was 
 
 21 born to the •* giant. And wlien he i" de- 
 fied Israel, Jtmathan the sou of uShimci 
 
 22 David's brother slew him. These fom- 
 were born to the *giant in Gafch; and 
 they fell by the hand of David, aud by 
 the hand of his servants. 
 
 22 I'^And David spake mito the Lord 
 the words of this song in the day that 
 the Lord dehvered him out of the hand 
 of all his enemies, and out of the baud 
 
 2 of Saul : and he said, 
 
 The Lord is my rock, and my fort- 
 ress, and my deUverer, even mine ; 
 
 3 The God of my rock, in him will I 
 
 trust ; 
 
 My shield, and the horn of my salva- 
 tion, my high tower, aud my refuge ; 
 
 My saviour-, thou savest me from 
 violence. 
 
 4 I will call upon the Lord, who is 
 
 worthy to be praised: 
 So shall I be saved from mine ene- 
 mies. 
 
 5 For the waves of death compassed 
 
 me, 
 The floods of is ungodliness made me 
 afraid. 
 
 6 The cords of i^Sheol were round 
 
 about me : 
 The snares of death came upon me. 
 
 7 In my distress I called upon the 
 
 Lord, 
 Yea, I caUed unto my God : 
 And he heard my voice out of his 
 
 temple, 
 And my ciy came mto his ears. 
 S Then the earth shook and trembled. 
 The foundations of heaven moved 
 And were shaken, because he was 
 wroth. 
 9 There v/ent up a smoke is out of his 
 nostrils, 
 And fire out of his mouth devoui'ed : 
 Coals were kindled by it. 
 
 10 He bowed the heavens also, and 
 
 came down ; 
 And thick darkness was under his 
 feet. 
 
 11 And he rode upon a cherub, and did 
 
 fly: 
 
 Yea, he was seen upon the wings of 
 the wind. 
 
 12 And he made darkness pavilions 
 
 round about him. 
 Gathering of waters, thick clouds of 
 the skies. 
 
 13 At the brightness before him 
 Coals of fire were kindled. 
 
 8 1.1 
 
 1 iht. 
 XX. 4, 
 tiiljpal. 
 
 9 III 
 
 i Chr. 
 XX. 5. 
 the bro- 
 ther of 
 OoUuth. 
 
 10 Or, ra- 
 proachcil 
 niii 
 1 Sam. 
 xvi. il, 
 
 mah 
 in 1 Chr. 
 ii. 13, 
 XX. 7, 
 iiliinLea. 
 12 Seo P.-. 
 xviii. 
 
 13 Heb. 
 Belial. 
 
 usee 
 
 Gen. 
 
 xxxvU.35. 
 
 13 Or. 
 
 ill his 
 wrath 
 
 \
 
 256 
 
 11. SAMUEL. 
 
 22. 14. 
 
 lOr, 
 great 
 
 2 So Ps. 
 xviii. 26. 
 The text 
 has, tin- 
 savoury. 
 
 3 Or, 
 
 who'in 
 thou wilt 
 bring 
 down 
 
 4 Or, 
 through 
 
 5 Or, tet- 
 tethfree 
 Accord- 
 ing to 
 
 another 
 reading, 
 guUlctli 
 my wag 
 in per- 
 fectncss. 
 ^Another 
 reading 
 is. my. 
 
 14 The LoHn tlnindered from heaven, 
 Aiid the Most High uttered his voice. 
 
 15 And he sent out arrows, and scattered 
 
 them ; 
 Lightning, and discomfited them. 
 
 16 Then the channels of the sea appeared, 
 The foundations of the world were laid 
 
 bare, 
 By the rebuke of the Lord, 
 At tlie blast of the breath of his nos- 
 
 trDs. 
 17 He sent from on high, he took me; 
 He drew me out of imany waters ; 
 
 18 He delivered me from my strong enemy. 
 From them that hated me; for they 
 
 were too mighty for me. 
 
 19 They came upon me in the day of my 
 
 calamity: 
 But the Lord was my stay. 
 
 20 He brought me forth also into a large 
 
 place : 
 He delivered me, because he delighted 
 in me. 
 
 21 The Lord rewarded me according to 
 
 my righteousness : 
 According to the cleanness of ray hands 
 hath he recompensed me. 
 
 22 For I have kept the ways of the Lord, 
 And have not wickedly departed from 
 
 my God. 
 
 23 For all his judgements were before 
 
 me: 
 And as for his statutes, I did not depart 
 from them. 
 24 1 was also perfect toward him, 
 
 And I kept myself from mine iniquity. 
 
 25 Therefore hath the Lord recomj)ensed 
 
 me according to my righteousness ; 
 Accordiug to my cleanness in his eye- 
 sight. 
 
 26 Witli the merciful thou wilt shew thy- 
 
 self merciful. 
 With the jierfect man thou wUt shew 
 thyself pei-f ect ; 
 
 27 With the pure thou wilt shew thyself 
 
 pure ; 
 And with the perverse thou wUt shew 
 thyself 2 f reward. 
 
 28 And the afflicted people thou wilt save : 
 But thine eyes are upon the haughty, 
 
 3 that thou mayest bring them down. 
 29 For thou art my lamp, O Lord: 
 
 And the Lord wlU lighten my darkness. 
 
 30 For by thee I run * upon a troop : 
 By my God do I leap over a waU. 
 
 31 As for God, his way is perfect : 
 The word of the Lord is tried; 
 
 He is a shield unto all them that trust 
 in him. 
 
 32 For who is God, save the Lord ? 
 And who is a rock, save our God? 
 
 33 God is my strong fortress : 
 
 And he ^guideth the perfect in his 
 way. 
 
 34 He maketh ''•his feet lil^e hinds' feef: 
 And setteth me upon my high places. 
 
 35 He teacheth my hands to war ; 
 
 So that mine arms do bend a bow of 
 brass. 
 
 36 Thou hast also given me the shield of 
 
 thy salvation : 
 And thy 'gentleness hath made me 
 great. 
 
 37 Thou hast enlarged my steps under me, 
 And my 8 feet have not .slipped. 
 
 38 1 have pursued mine enemies, and de- 
 stroyed them ; 
 Neither did I turn again till they were 
 consumed. 
 
 39 And I have consumed them, and smitten 
 
 them through, that they cannot a- 
 rise : 
 Yea, they are fallen under my feet. 
 
 40 For thou hast girded me with strength 
 
 uuto the battle : 
 Thou hast 9 subdued under me those 
 that rose up agauist me. 
 
 41 Thou hast also made mine enemies turn 
 
 then- backs unto me, 
 Tliat I might cut off them that hate 
 me. 
 
 42 They looked, but there was none to 
 
 save; 
 Even imto the Lord, but he answered 
 them not. 
 
 43 Then did I beat them small as the dust 
 
 of the earth, 
 I did stamp them as the mire of the 
 streets, and did spread them abi-oad. 
 
 44 Thou also hast delivered me from the 
 
 strivuigs of my people ; 
 Thou 10 hast kept me to be the head of 
 
 the nations : 
 A people whom I have not known shall 
 
 seiwe me. 
 
 45 The strangers shall ^submit themselves 
 
 unto me : 
 As soon as they hear of me, they shall 
 obey me. 
 
 46 The strangers shall fade away. 
 
 And shall i'-* come trembling out of their 
 close I'ylaces. 
 
 47 Tlie Lord liveth ; and blessed be my 
 
 rock ; 
 And exalted be the God of the rock of 
 my salvation : 
 
 48 Even the God that execute th vengeance 
 
 for me, 
 And briugeth down peoples under me, 
 
 49 And tliat brmgeth me forth fi'om mine 
 
 enemies : 
 Yea, thon hf test me up above them that 
 
 rise up against me: 
 Thou deliverest me from the violent 
 
 man. 
 
 50 Therefore I will give thanks unto thee, 
 
 Lord, among the nations, 
 And will sing praises unto thy name. 
 51 1'Hivcat i-i deliverance giveth he to his 
 king : 
 And sheweth lovlngkindness to his an- 
 ointed. 
 To David and to his seed, for evermore. 
 
 23 Now these be the last words of David. 
 Da\'id the son of Jesse saith. 
 And the man who was raised on high 
 saith.
 
 24. 2. 
 
 II. SAMUEL. 
 
 257 
 
 iHeb. 
 
 jjlettsiant 
 in the 
 
 of Israel. 
 
 2 Or, In 
 
 3 Or, 
 There 
 shall be 
 
 viie . . . 
 and it 
 shall be 
 
 i Heb. a 
 right- 
 eous 
 one, 
 
 5 Or, For 
 in not my 
 house so 
 with 
 
 God I for 
 he... 
 .for all 
 viii salv- 
 ation, 
 and all 
 my de- 
 sire, will 
 he not 
 make it 
 to grow ! 
 "Heb. 
 Delial, 
 that is, 
 worth- 
 lessness. 
 
 ; Heb. 
 fdled. 
 
 8 See 
 1 Chr. 
 
 . 11— 
 47. 
 
 9 The 
 verse is 
 probably 
 corrupt. 
 Seel 
 Chr. 
 
 xi. 11. 
 
 10 Heb. 
 
 u Heb. 
 salva- 
 tion. 
 
 12 Or, 
 
 ■for for- 
 aging 
 
 The anointed of the God of Jacob, 
 
 And 1 tlio sweet psalmist of Israel: 
 -1 The spirit of the Lord spake 2 by me, 
 
 And Ids word was upon my tongue, 
 ii The God of Israel said. 
 
 The liock of Israel spake to me : 
 
 s One tliat ruleth over men ' rigliteously , 
 
 That ruleth in the fear of God, 
 •1 He ahull he as the liglit of the moruuig, 
 when the sun riseth, 
 
 A morning without clouds ; 
 
 When the tender grass s/}/iw(/e^7( out of 
 the earth, 
 
 Through clear shinmg after rain. 
 5 5 Verily my house is not so with God; 
 
 Yet he hath made with me an ever- 
 lasting covenant. 
 
 Ordered in all things, and sure : 
 
 For it is aU luy salvation, and all iinj 
 desire, 
 
 Although he maketh it not to grow. 
 GBut ''the ungodly shall be all of them 
 as thorns to be thrust away, 
 
 For they cannot be taken with the 
 hand : 
 
 7 But the man that toucbetli them 
 Must be farmed with iron and the 
 
 staff of a spear ; 
 And they shall be utterly bui'iied with 
 fire in their i)lace. 
 
 8 8 These be the names of the mighty 
 men whom David had: '•• Josheb-bas- 
 sliebeth a Tahchemonite, chief of the 
 captains ; the same was Admo the 
 Eznite, against eight hundred slain at 
 
 9 one time. And after him was Eleazar 
 the son of Dodai the son of an Ahohite, 
 one of the three mighty men with 
 David, when they defied the PhiHstines 
 that were there gathered together to 
 battle, and the men of Israel i^were 
 
 10 gone away: he arose, and smote the 
 PhiHstines until his hand was weary, 
 
 , and his hand clave unto the sword: 
 and the Lord wi-ought a great ii victory 
 that day ; and the jieople returned after 
 
 11 him only to spoil. And after him was 
 Shammah the son of Agee a Hararite. 
 And the Philistines were gathered to- 
 gether 12 into a troop, where was a plot 
 of ground full of lentils ; and the people 
 
 12 fled from the Philistines. But he stood 
 in the midst of the plot, and defended 
 it, and slew the Philistines: and the 
 
 13 Lord wrought a great ^i victory. And 
 three of the thirty chief went down, 
 and came to David in the harvest time 
 unto the cave of Adullam; and the 
 troop of the Philistines were encamped 
 
 14 in the valley of Eephaim. And David 
 was then in the hold, and the garrison 
 of the Philistines was then in Beth- 
 
 ISlehem. And David longed, and said. 
 Oh that one would give me water to 
 drink of the weU of Beth-lehem, wliich 
 
 16 is by the gate ! And the three mighty 
 men brake through the host of the 
 Philistines, and drew water out of the 
 well of Beth-lehem, that was by the gate, 
 
 and took it, and brought it to David: 
 but lie would not drink thereof, but 
 
 17 poured it out unto the Lord. And he 
 said, Be it far from me, Lord, tliat I 
 should do this: ghall I drink the blood 
 of the men that went ^^ in jeopardy of 
 their lives'? therefore he would not drink 
 it. These tilings did the three mighty 
 
 18 men. And Abishai, tlie lirother of Joab, 
 the son of Zeruiah, was cliief of the 
 three. And ho lifted up his spear a- 
 gainst three hundred i* and slew them, 
 and had a name among the tliree. 
 
 19 Was he not most honourable of the 
 three? therefore he was made their 
 captain : howbeit he attained not unto 
 
 20 the first, three. And Benaiah the son of 
 Jehoiada, the son of i^ a valiant man of 
 Kabzeel, who had done mighty deeds, 
 he slew the two sons o/' Ariel of Moab: 
 he went down also and slew a lion in 
 
 21 the midst of a pit in time of snow: and 
 he slew an Egyjitian, a goodly man : and 
 the Egyi^tian had a spear in his hand ; 
 but he went do■^v^l to him with a staff, 
 and plucked the spear out of the E- 
 gyptian's hand, and slew him with his 
 
 22 own spear. These things did Benaiah 
 the son of Jehoiada, and had a name 
 
 23 among the three mighty men. He was 
 more honourable than the thirty, but 
 he attained not to ihe first three. And 
 David set him over his i'' guard. 
 
 24 Asahel the brother of Joab was one 
 of the thirty; Elhanan the son of 
 
 2.5 Dodo of Beth-lehem ; Shammah the 
 26Harodite, Elika the Harodite; Helez 
 the Paltite, Ira the son of Ikkesli the 
 27 Tekoite; Abiezer the Anathothite, Me- 
 28bunnai the Hushathite; Zalmon the 
 29 Ahohite,Maharai the Netophathite ; He- 
 leb the son of Baanah the Netophath- 
 ite, Ittai the son of Eibai of Gibeah 
 30 of the childi-en of Benjamin; Benaiah 
 a Pirathonite, Hiddai of the brooks of 
 31 Gaash ; Abi-albon the Ai'bathite, Az- 
 32maveth the Barliumite; Eliahba the 
 Shaalbonite, the sons of Jashen, Jona- 
 
 33 than ; Shammah the Hararite, Ahiam 
 
 34 the son of Sharar the Ararite ; Eliphelet 
 the son of Ahasbai, the son of the 
 Maacathite, Eliam the son of Ahitho- 
 
 35 phel the Gilonite ; i^Hezro the Carmel- 
 36ite, Paarai the Ai-bite; Igal the son 
 
 of Nathan of Zobah, Bani the Gadite; 
 
 37Zelek the Ammonite, Naharai the 
 Beerothite, i^armourbearers to Joab 
 
 38 the son of Zeruiah; Ira the Ithrite, 
 
 39 Gareb the Ithrite ; Uriah the Hittite : 
 thirty and seven in all. 
 
 24 i''*And again the anger of the Lord 
 was kindled against Israel, and he 
 moved David against them, saying. Go, 
 2 number Israel and Judah. And the 
 king said to Joab the captain of the 
 host, which was \ni]i him, Go now to 
 and fro through aU the tribes of Israel, 
 from Dan even to Beer-sheba, and num- 
 ber ye the people, that I may know the 
 
 " Heb. 
 with 
 tJicir 
 fives. 
 
 11 Heb. 
 slain. 
 
 15 Ac- 
 cordinK 
 to an- 
 other 
 n"^ulin<:, 
 Isifhai. 
 
 ifi Or. 
 council 
 
 1" Or, 
 ffezrai 
 
 IS .\n- 
 
 other 
 
 readint: 
 
 is. ar7ii- 
 
 our- 
 
 bearer. 
 
 15 See 
 1 Chr. 
 xxi.
 
 258 
 
 II. SAMUEL. 
 
 24. 2. 
 
 lOr, 
 toward 
 
 2 Or, 
 Uiy upon 
 
 3 sum of the people. And Joab said 
 unto the khig, Now the Lord thy God 
 add unto the people, how many soever 
 they be, an hundredfold, and may the 
 eyes of my lord the king see it: but 
 why doth my lord the king dehght 
 
 4 in this thing? Notwithstanding the 
 king's word prevailed against Joab, 
 and against the captains of the host. 
 And Joab and the captains of the host 
 went out from the presence of the 
 kuig, to luimber the people of Israel. 
 
 5 And they passed over Jordan, and 
 pitched in Aroer, on the right side of 
 the city that is in the middle of the 
 
 6 valley i of Gad, and unto Jazer : then 
 they came to Gilead, and to the land 
 of Tahtim-hodshi ; a)id they came to 
 Dan-jaan, and round about to Zidon, 
 
 7 and came to the strong hold of Tyre, 
 and to all the cities of the Hivites, and 
 of the Canaanites: and they went out 
 to the south of Judah, at Beer-sheba. 
 
 8 So when they had gone to and fro 
 through all the land, they came to 
 Jerusalem at the end of nine months 
 
 9 and twenty days. And Joab gave up 
 the sum of the immbering of the people 
 unto the king : and there were in Israel 
 eight hundred thoiisand valiant men 
 that drew the svv^ord; and the men 
 of Judah were five hundred thousand 
 men. 
 
 10 And David's heart smote him after 
 that he had numbered the peoxde. And 
 David said unto the Lord, I have 
 sinned greatly in that I have done: 
 but now, Lord, put away, I beseech 
 thee, the iniquity of thy servant; for 
 
 11 1 have done \'ery foolishly. And when 
 David rose up in the morning, the 
 word of the Lord came unto the pro- 
 
 12phet Gad, David's seer, saying, Go 
 and speak unto David, Thus saith the 
 Lord, I ^ offer thee three things; choose 
 thee one of them, that I may do it 
 
 13 unto thee. So Gad came to David, 
 and told him, and said unto him. Shall 
 seven years of famine come unto thee 
 iu thy land? or wilt thou flee three 
 months before thy foes while they pur- 
 sue thee ? or shall there be three days' 
 pestilence in thy land? now advise 
 thee, and consider what answer I shall 
 
 14 return to him that sent me. And 
 David said unto Gad, I am in a great 
 strait : let us faU now into the hand of 
 
 the Lord; for his mercies are 8 great: 
 and let me not fall into the hand of 
 
 1.5 man. So the Lord sent a pestilence 
 upon Israel from the morning even to 
 the time appointed : and there died of 
 the people from Dan even to Beer- 
 
 IGsheba seventy thousand men. And 
 when the angel stretched out his hand 
 toward Jerusalem to destroy it, the 
 Lord repented him of the evil, and 
 said to the angel that destroyed the 
 people. It is enough; now stay thine 
 hand. A)id the angel of the Lord was 
 by the threshing-floor of ^ Araunah the 
 
 17 Jebusite. And David spake unto the 
 Lord when he saw the angel that smote 
 the people, and said, Lo, I have sinned, 
 and I have done pei-versely : but these 
 sheep, what have they done ? let thuie 
 hand, I pray thee, be against me, and 
 against my father's house. 
 
 18 And Gad came that day to David, and 
 said unto him, Go up, rear an altar 
 unto the Lord in the threshing-floor 
 
 19 of Araunah tlie Jebusite. And David 
 went up according to the saying of 
 
 20 Gad, as the Lord commanded. And 
 Araunah looked forth, and saw the 
 king and his sei-vants Scorning on to- 
 ward him: and Araunah went out, and 
 bowed hinaself before the king with his 
 
 21 face to the ground. And Araunah said, 
 Wherefore is my lord the king come to 
 his servant ? And David said, To buy 
 the threshing-floor of thee, to build an 
 altar unto the Lord, that the i)lague 
 
 22 may be stayed from the people. And 
 Araunah said unto David, Let my lord 
 the khig take and offer up what seem- 
 cth good unto hun : behold, the oxen for 
 the burnt offering, and the tlu-eshing 
 instruments and the fuiiiiture of the 
 
 23 oxen for the wood: "aU this, O king, 
 doth Aramiah give unto the khig. And, 
 Araunah said unto the kmg, The Lord 
 
 21 thy God accept thee. And the khig 
 said unto Araunah, Nay; but I will 
 verily buy it of thee at a price : neither 
 will I offer burnt offermgs unto the 
 IjOrd my God which cost me nothuig. 
 So David bought the threshing-floor 
 and the oxen for fifty shekels of silver. 
 
 25 And David built there an altar unto 
 the Lord, and offered burnt offerings 
 and peace ofl'erings. So the Lord was 
 hitreated for the land, and the plague 
 was stayed from Israel. 
 
 3 Or. 
 manif
 
 TIIR 
 
 FIRST BOOK OF THE KINGS. 
 
 1 Or. all 
 hilt It^fn 
 
 -2 Or. 
 
 snarl- 
 JiceU 
 
 1 Now king David was old and stricken 
 in years ; aud tliey covered him with 
 
 2 clothes, but he gat no heat. Where- 
 fore his servants said unto him, Let 
 there be sought for my lord tlie king 
 a young virgin: and lot her stand be- 
 fore the king, and cherish liim; and 
 let her lie in thy bosom, that my lord 
 
 3 the king may get heat. So they sought 
 for a fair damsel throughout all the 
 coasts of Israel, and found Abishag the 
 Shunanuaite, and brought her to the 
 
 4 kuig. And the damsel was very fair ; 
 and she cherished the king, and min- 
 istered to him; but the king knew 
 
 5 her not. Then Adonijah the son of 
 Haggith exalted himself, saying, I will 
 be king : and ho jjrepared hun chariots 
 and horsemen, and fifty men to run 
 
 6 before Inm. And his father had not 
 displeased him i at any time in saying. 
 Why hast thou done so ? and he was 
 also a very goodly man ; and he was 
 
 7 born after Absalom. And he conferred 
 with Joab the son of Zeruiah, and with 
 Abiathar the priest : and they f ollow- 
 
 8 ing Adonijah helped him. But Zadok 
 the priest, and Benaiah the son of Je- 
 hoiada, and Nathan the prophet, and 
 Shmiei, and Eei, and the mighty men 
 which belonged to David, were not with 
 
 9 Adonijah. And Adonijah ^ slew sheep 
 and oxen and fathngs by the stone of 
 Zoheleth, which is beside En-rogel; 
 and he called all his brethren the king's 
 sons, and all the men of Judah the 
 
 10 king's servants: but Nathan the pro- 
 phet, and Benaiah, aud the mighty 
 men, and Solomon his brother, ho called 
 
 11 not. Then Nathan spake luito Bath- 
 sheba the mother of Solomon, saying, 
 Hast thoii not heard that Adonijah the 
 son of Haggith doth reign, and David 
 
 12 our lord knoweth it not ? Now there- 
 fore come, let me, I pray thee, give thee 
 counsel, that thou mayest save thme 
 own life, and the life of thy son Solomon. 
 
 13 Go and get thee in unto king David, and 
 say unto him. Didst not thou, my lord, 
 king, swear luito thine handmaid, 
 saying. Assuredly Solomon thy son shall 
 reign after me, and he shall sit upon my 
 throne ? why then doth Adonijah reign ? 
 
 14 Behold, while thou yet taUcest there 
 with the king, I also will come in after 
 
 15 thee, and confirm thy words. And 
 Bath-sheba went in unto the kmg into 
 the chamber : and the king was very 
 old ; and Abishag the Shunammite min- 
 
 10 istei'ed unto the king. And Bath-sheba 
 bowed, and did obeisance unto the 
 king. And the king said. What would- 
 
 17 est thou? And she said unto hun. My 
 lord, thou swarest by the Loitn thy God 
 unto thine haufhnaid, sai/inrj, Assured- 
 ly Solomon thy son shall I'eign after 
 me, and he shall sit upon my throne. 
 
 18 And now, behold, Adonijah reigneth; 
 •''and thou, my lord the kuig, knowest 
 
 19 it not : and he hath 2 slain oxen and fat- 
 hngs and sheep in abundance, and hath 
 called all the sons of the king, and 
 Abiathar tho priest, and Joab the capt- 
 ain of the host : but Solomon thy serv- 
 
 •20 ant hath he not caUed. And ^ thou, my 
 lord the king, the eyes of all Israel are 
 upon thee, that thou shouldest tell them 
 who shall sit on the throne of my lord 
 
 21 the king after him. Otherwise it shall 
 come to jjass, when m^^ lord tho king 
 shall sleep ■ftdth his fathers, that I and 
 my sou Solomon shall bo counted '•of- 
 
 22 fenders. And, lo, while she yet talked 
 with the king, Nathan the prophet 
 
 23 came in. And they told the king, say- 
 uig. Behold, Nathan tho prophet. Aud 
 when he was come in before the kuig, 
 ho bowed hinrself before tho king with 
 
 24 his face to the ground. And Nathan 
 said. My lord, O king, hast thou said, 
 Adonijah shall reign after me, and he 
 
 25 shall sit upon my throne ? For he is 
 gone down this day, and hath '^ slain 
 oxen and fatlings and sheep in abund- 
 ance, and hath called all tho king's 
 sons, and the captains of the host, and 
 Abiathar the priest ; and, behold, they 
 eat and di-ink before him, and say, God 
 
 26 save king Adonijah. But me, even mo 
 thy seiwant, and Zadok tho priest, and 
 Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, and thy 
 servant Solomon, hath ho not called. 
 
 27 Is this thing done by my lord the 
 king, and thou hast not shewed unto 
 thy "servants who should sit on tho 
 tlu-one of my lord the king after him ? 
 
 28 Then king David answered and. said. 
 Call me Bath-sheba. And she came into 
 the kmg's presence, and stood before 
 
 29 the king. And the king sware, and said. 
 As the Lord hveth, who hath redeemed 
 
 30 my soul out of all adversity, verily as I 
 sware unto thee by the Lord, the God 
 of Israel, saymg. Assuredly Solomon 
 thy sou shall reign after me, and he shall 
 sit upon my throne hi my stead ; verily 
 
 31 so will I do this day. Then Bath- 
 sheba bowed with her face to the earth, 
 
 'Another 
 reading 
 is, anti 
 
 h>ril the 
 k'n}f/, 
 thou -tc. 
 
 ^Another 
 reaiiiii'; 
 is, now. 
 
 5Heb. 
 
 siriitcrs. 
 
 "Another 
 re.a(lin;? 
 is, svrv- 
 ant. 
 
 9-2
 
 260 
 
 I. KINGS. 
 
 1. 31. 
 
 lOr, 
 leader 
 
 ^Another 
 reiiding 
 omits 
 Thy. 
 
 and did obeisance to the king, and said, 
 Let my lord king David live for ever. 
 32Aiid king David said. Call me Zadok 
 the priest, and Nathan the proiihet, 
 and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada. And 
 
 33 they came before the kmg. And the 
 king said mito them, Take with you 
 the servants of your lord, and cause 
 Solomon my son to ride upon mine own 
 mule, and bring him down to (xihon : 
 
 34 and let Zadok the i>riest and Nathan 
 the prophet anoint him there king over 
 Israel : and blow ye with the trumpet, 
 
 35 and say, God save king Solomon. Tlien 
 ye shall come up after him, and he shall 
 come and sit upon my throne ; for he 
 shaU be kmg in my stead : and I have 
 appointed him to be i prince over Israel 
 
 36 and over Judah. And Benaiah the son 
 of Jehoiada answered the king, and 
 said. Amen: the Lord, the God of my 
 
 37 lord the king, say so too. As the Lord 
 hath been ivith my lord the king, even 
 so be he with Solomon, and make his 
 throne gi-eater than the throne of my 
 
 38 lord king David. So Zadok the priest, 
 and Nathan the prophet, and Benaiah 
 the son of Jehoiada, and the Chereth- 
 ites and the Pelethites, went down, 
 and caused Solomon to ride upon king 
 David's mule, and brought him to 
 
 39 Gihon. And Zadok the priest took the 
 horn of oil out of the Tent, and anointed 
 Solomon. And they blew the trumpet; 
 and all the people said, God save king 
 
 40 Solomon. And aU the peoj^le came up 
 after bun, and the people piped with 
 pipes, and rejoiced with gi-eat joy, so 
 that the earth rent with the sound of 
 
 41 them. And Adonijah and all the guests 
 that were with him heard it as they 
 had made an end of eating. And when 
 Joab heard the sound of the trumj)et, 
 he said, Wherefore is this noise of the 
 
 42 city being in an uproar? While he 
 yet spake, behold, Jonathan the son 
 of Abiathar the priest came: and Ad- 
 onijah said. Come in; for thou art a 
 worthy man, andbringest good tidings. 
 
 43 And Jonathan answered and said to 
 Adonijah, Verily our lord king David 
 
 44 hath made Solomon kmg : and the king 
 hath sent with him Zadok the priest, 
 and Nathan the prophet, and Benaiah 
 the son of Jehoiada, and the Chereth- 
 ites and the Pelethites, and they have 
 caused him to ride upon the king's 
 
 45 mule : and Zadok the priest and Nathan 
 the iirophet have anomted him king in 
 Gihon: and they are come up from 
 thence rejoicing, so that the city rang 
 again. This is tlie noise that ye have 
 
 4G heard. And also Solomon sittetli on the 
 47 throne of the kingdom. And moreover 
 the king's servants came to bless our 
 lord king David, sayuig, ^Thy God make 
 the name of Solomon better than thy 
 name, and make his throne greater 
 than thy throne: and the king bowed 
 
 48 himself upon the bed. And also thus 
 said the king. Blessed be the Lord, 
 the God of Israel, which hath given 
 one to sit on my throne this day, mine 
 
 49 eyes even seeing it. And all the guests 
 of Adonijah were afraid, and rose up, 
 
 50 and went every man his way. And 
 Adonijah feared because of Solomon; 
 and he arose, and went, and caught hold 
 
 51 on the horns of the altar. And it was 
 told Solomon, saying, Behold, Adonijah 
 feareth kmg Solomon: for, lo, he hath 
 laid hold on the horns of the altar, 
 saying, Let king Solomon swear unto 
 me 3 this day that he will not slay his 
 
 52 servant with the sword. And Solomon 
 said. If he shall shew himself a worthy 
 man, there shall not an hau- of him fall 
 to the earth : but if wickedness be found 
 
 53 in him, he shall die. So kmg Solomon 
 sent, and they brought bun down from 
 the altar. And he came and did obei- 
 sance to king Solomon : and Solomon 
 said luito him. Go to tliine house. 
 
 2 Now the days of David drew nigh 
 that he should die; and he charged 
 
 2 Solomon his son, saying, I go the 
 way of aU the earth: be thou strong 
 
 3 therefore, and shew thyself a man ; and 
 keep the cliarge of the Lord thy God, 
 to walk in his ways, to keei> his stat- 
 utes, and his commandments, and his 
 judgements, and his testimonies, ac- 
 cording to that which is written in the 
 law of Moses, that thou mayest ^ prosper 
 in all that thou doest, and whitherso- 
 
 4 ever thou turnest thyself: that the Lord 
 may establish his word which he spake 
 concerning me, saying. If thy children 
 take heed to their way, to walk before 
 me in truth with all then- heart and 
 with all their soul, there shall not fail 
 thee (said he) a man on the tlu'one 
 
 5 of Israel. Moreover thou knowest 
 also what Joab the son of Zeruiah 
 did unto me, even what he did to the 
 two captams of the hosts of Israel, 
 ixnto Abner the son of Ner, and unto 
 Amasa the son of Jether, whom he 
 slew, and ^shed the blood of war in 
 peace, and jrat the blood of war upon 
 his girdle that was about his loins, and 
 
 6 in his shoes that were on his feet. Do 
 therefore accordmg to thy wisdom, 
 and let not his hoar head go down to 
 
 7 " the grave in peace. But shew kind- 
 ness luito the sons of BarzUlai the 
 GOeadite, and let them be of those 
 that eat at thy table : for so they came 
 to me when I filed from Absalom thy 
 
 8 brother. And, behold, there is with thee 
 Shimei the son of Gera, the Benjamite, 
 of Bahurini, who cursed me with agiiev- 
 ous cm'se in the day when I went to 
 Mahanaim : but he came down to meet 
 mo at Jordan, and I sware to him by 
 the Lord, saymg, I wiU not put thee to 
 
 9 death with tlie sword. Now therefore 
 hold him not guiltless, for thou art a wise
 
 2. 40. 
 
 I. KINGS. 
 
 2G1 
 
 1 Hcl). 
 
 flheoL 
 
 !Heb. 
 turn not 
 away my 
 face. 
 
 3 Hell, a 
 
 man ; and tliou wilt know wliat thou 
 otifihtcsfc to do mito him, and tliou 
 shalt liriiig his hoar head down to 
 lOUlio gravo with hlood. And David 
 slept with his fathers, and was buried 
 
 11 in the city of David. And the days 
 that David reigned over Israel were 
 forty years : seven years reigned he in 
 Hebron, and thii-ty and three years 
 reigned he in Jerusalem. 
 
 12 And Solomon sat upon the throne of 
 David his father ; and his kingdom was 
 
 13 established gi-eatly. Then Adonijah 
 the son of Haggith came to Bath-sheba 
 the mother of Solomon. And she 
 said, Comest thou peaceably? And he 
 
 14 said, Peaceably. He said moreover, I 
 have somewhat to say unto thee. And 
 
 15 she said. Say on. And ho said. Thou 
 knowcst that the kingdom was mine, 
 and that all Israel set their faces on 
 me, that I should reign : howbeit the 
 kingdom is ttirned about, and is become 
 my brother's : for it was his from the 
 
 16 Lord. And now I ask one petition of 
 thee, 2 deny me not. And she said unto 
 
 17 him, Say on. And he said. Speak, I 
 pray thee, unto Solomon the king, (for 
 he will not say thee nay,) that he give 
 mc Abishag the Shunammite to wife. 
 
 18 And Bath-sheba said. Well; I will speak 
 
 19 for thee unto the king. Bath-sheba 
 therefore went unto kmg Solomon, to 
 speak ruito him for Adonijah. And the 
 king rose up to meet her, and bowed 
 himself mito her, and sat down on his 
 throne, and caused a throne to be set 
 for the king's mother; and she sat on 
 
 20 his right hand. Then she said, I ask 
 one small petition of thee ; deny me 
 not. And the king said unto her. Ask 
 on, my mother: for I will not deny 
 
 21 thee. And she said. Let Abishag the 
 Shunammite be given to Adonijah thy 
 
 22 brother to wife. And king Solomon 
 answered and said unto his mother, 
 And why dost thou ask Abishag the 
 Shunammite for Adonijah ? ask for him 
 the kingdom also ; for he is mine elder 
 brother; even for hun, and for Abia- 
 thar the priest, and for Joab the son of 
 
 23 Zeruiah. Then king Solomon sware by 
 the LoED, saying, God do so to me, and 
 more also, if Adonijah have not spoken 
 
 24 this word against his own life. Now 
 therefore as the Lord liveth, who 
 hath established me, and set me on the 
 throne of David my father, and who 
 hath made me an house, as he pro- 
 mised, sui-ely Adonijah shall be put to 
 
 25 death this day. And king Solomon sent 
 by the hand of Benaiah the son of Je- 
 hoiada ; and he fell upon him, that he 
 
 26 died. And imto Abiathar the priest said 
 the kmg. Get thee to Anathoth, unto 
 thine own fields; for thoia art 8 worthy 
 of death: but I -wtII not at this time 
 put thee to death, because thou barest 
 the ark of the Lord God before David 
 
 my father, and because thou wast 
 afliicted in all wherein my father was 
 
 27 afliicted. So Solomon thrust out Abi- 
 athar from being priest unto the Lord ; 
 that he might fulfil ^the word of the 
 Lord, which he spake concernuig the 
 
 28 house of Eli hi Shiloh. And the tiduigs 
 came to Joab: for Joab had timied 
 after Adonijah, though ho turned not 
 after Absalom. And Joab fled unto 
 the Tent of the Lord, and caught hold 
 
 29 on the horns of the altar. And it was 
 told king Solomon, Joab is fled unto 
 the Tent of the Lord, and, behold, he 
 is by the altar. Then Solomon sent 
 Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, saying, Go, 
 
 30 fall upon liim. And Benaiah came to the 
 Tent of the Lord, and said mito him, 
 Thus saith the kuig. Come forth. And 
 he said, Nay ; but I will die here. And 
 Benaiah brought the king word again, 
 saying, Thus said Joab, and thus he 
 
 31 answered me. And the kmg said imto 
 him. Do as he hath said, and fall upon 
 him, and biu-y him; that thou mayest 
 take away the blood, which Joab shed 
 without cause, from mo and from my 
 
 32 father's house. And the Lord shall 
 return his blood upon his own head, 
 because he fell upon two men more 
 righteous and better than he, and slew 
 them with the sword, and my father 
 David knew it not, to vnt, Abner the 
 son of Ner, captain of the host of Israel, 
 and Amasa the son of Jether, captain 
 
 33 of the host of Judah. So shall their 
 blood retiu-n upon the head of Joab, 
 and npon the head of his seed for 
 ever: but unto David, and unto his 
 seed, and unto his house, and unto his 
 throne, shall there be peace for ever 
 
 34 from the Lord. Then Benaiah the son 
 of Jehoiada went up, and fell upon 
 him, and slew him ; and he was buried 
 in his own house in the wilderness. 
 
 35 And the king put Benaiah the son of 
 Jehoiada in his room over the host: 
 and Zadok the priest did the king put 
 
 36 in the room of Abiathar. And the king 
 sent and called for Shimei, and said 
 unto him. Build thee an house in Jera- 
 salem, and dwell there, and go not 
 
 37 forth thence any whither. For on the 
 day thou goest out, and passest over the 
 brook Kidron, know thou for certain 
 that thou shalt surely die : thy blood 
 
 38 shall be upon thine o^vn head. And 
 Shimei said unto the king. The saying 
 is good : as my lord the king hath said, 
 so will thy servant do. And Shimei 
 
 39 dwelt in Jerusalem many days. And it 
 came to pass at the end of three years, 
 that two of the servants of Shimei ran 
 away imto Achish, son of.Maacah, king 
 of Gath. And they told Shimei, saying, 
 
 40 Behold, thy servants be in Gath. And 
 Shimei arose, and saddled his ass, and 
 went to Gath to Achish, to seek his 
 servants: and Shimei went, and brought 
 
 ■>See 
 ISam. 
 il. 27-36.
 
 262 
 
 I. KINGS. 
 
 2.40. 
 
 iSee 
 •2 Chr. 
 i. 3. &c 
 
 2 Heh. 
 hiuiriug. 
 
 3 TIeb. 
 
 heavj. 
 
 41 his sers^ants from Gatli. And it was 
 told Solomon that Shimei had gone 
 from Jerusalem to Gath, and was come 
 
 42 again. And the king sent and called for 
 Shimei, and said unto him, Did I not 
 make thee to swear hy the Lord, and 
 protested unto thee, saying. Know for 
 certain, that on the day thou goest out, 
 and walkest abroad any whither, thou 
 shalt surely die? and thou saidst unto 
 me. The saymg that I have heard is 
 
 ■13 good. 'Why then hast thou not kept 
 the oath of the Lord, and the command- 
 ment that I have charged thee with ? 
 
 14 The king said moreover to Shimei, 
 Thou knowest all the -nackedness wliich 
 thhie heart is privy to, that thou didst 
 to David my father: therefore the 
 Lord shaU return thy wickedness upon 
 
 45 thine own head. Eut king Solomon 
 shall be blessed, and the throne of 
 David shall be estabUslied before the 
 
 46 Lord for ever. So the king command- 
 ed Benaiah the son of Jehoiada ; and 
 lie went out, and fell upon him, that 
 he died. And the kingdom was estab- 
 lished in the hand of Solomon. 
 
 3 And Solomon made aflinity with 
 Pharaoh king of Egy^jt, and took 
 I'haraoh's daughter, and brought her 
 into the city of David, untU he had 
 made an end of buildmg his own 
 house, and the house of the Lord, and 
 the waU of Jerusalem round about. 
 
 2 Only the peoi^le sacrificed in the high 
 places, because there Avas no house 
 built for the name of the Lord imtil 
 
 3 those days. And Solomon loved the 
 Lord, walkmg ui the statutes of David 
 his father : only he sacrificed and burnt 
 incense in the high places. 
 
 4 lAnd the king went to Gibeon to 
 sacrifice there ; for that was the great 
 high place : a thousand burnt offerings 
 
 5 did Solomon offer upon that altar. In 
 Gibeon the Lord appeared to Solomon 
 in a dream by night: and God said, 
 
 G Ask what I shall give thee. And Solo- 
 mon said, Thou hast shewed unto thy 
 servant David my father great kind- 
 ness, according as he walked before thee 
 in truth, and in righteousness, and in 
 uprightness of heart with thee; and 
 thou hast kept for Imn this great kind- 
 ness, that thou hast given him a son to 
 
 7 sit on his throne, as it is this day. And 
 now, O Lord my God, thou hist made 
 thy servant king instead of David my 
 father: and I am but a little child; 
 I know not how to go out or come in. 
 
 8 And thy servant is in the midst of 
 thy peoide which thou hast chosen, a 
 great people, that cannot be numbered 
 
 9 nor counted for multitude. Give thy 
 servant therefore an ^ understanding 
 lieart to judge thy jjeoijle, that I may 
 discern between good and evil; for 
 who is able to judge this thy Sgreat 
 
 10 people? And the speech pleased the 
 
 Lord, that Solomon had asked this 
 11 thing. And God said inito him. Be- 
 cause thou hast asked this thing, and 
 hast not asked for thyself * long life; 
 neither hast asked riches for thyself, 
 nor hast asked the life of thine enemies ; 
 but hast asked for thyself understaud- 
 12ing to ^discern judgement; behold, I 
 have done accordmg to thy word : lo, I 
 have given thee a wise and an 2 under- 
 standing heart ; so that there hath been 
 none like thee before thee, neither after 
 thee shall any arise like unto thee. 
 
 13 And I have also given thee that which 
 thou hast not asked, both riches and 
 honour, so that there " shall not be 
 any among the kings like unto thee, all 
 
 14 thy days. And if thou wilt v/alk in my 
 ways, to keep my statutes and my com- 
 mandments, as thy father David did 
 walk, then I wUl lengthen thy days. 
 
 15 And Solomon awoke, and, behold, it was 
 a dream: and he came to Jerusalem, 
 and stood before the ark of the coven- 
 ant of the Lord, and offered up bui-ut 
 offermgs, and offered peace offermgs, 
 and made a feast to aU his servants. 
 
 16 Then came there two women, that 
 were harlots, unto the king, and stood 
 
 17 before him. And the one woman said. 
 Oh my lord, I and this woman dv.'ell 
 ia one house ; and I was delivered of a 
 
 18 child with her in the house. And it 
 came to pass the third day after I was 
 delivered, that this woman was do- 
 hvered also; and we were together; 
 there was no stranger with us in the 
 
 19 house, save Ave two in the house. And 
 this Avomau's child died in the night; 
 
 20 because she overlaid it. And she arose 
 at mithiight, and took my son from be- 
 side me, AvhUe thine handmaid slept, 
 and laid it ui her bosom, and laid her 
 
 21 dead child in my bosom. And AA'hen 
 I rose in the mommg to give my child 
 suck, behold, it Avas dead: but when I 
 had considered it in the moriung, be- 
 hold, it Avas not my son, Avhich I did 
 
 22 bear. And the other Avoman said, Nay ; 
 but the living is my son, and the dead 
 ia thy son. And this said. No; but 
 the dead is thy son, and the living is 
 my son. Thus they spake before the 
 
 23 king. Then said the khig, The one 
 saith. This is my son that Uveth, and 
 thy son is the dead: and the other 
 saith. Nay; but thy son is the dead, 
 
 24 and my son is the hving. And the king 
 said. Fetch me a sword. And they 
 
 25 brought a SAVord before the king. And 
 the king said. Divide the living child 
 in tAA'o, and give half to the one, and 
 
 26 half to the other. Then spake the 
 Avoman Avhose the living child was unto 
 the king, for her boAvels yearned upon 
 her son, and she said. Oh my lord, 
 give her the living child, and in no Avise 
 slay it. But the other said. It shall 
 be neither mine nor thine; diAade it.
 
 5. 6. 
 
 I. KINGS. 
 
 263 
 
 iSec 
 
 1 Chi-, 
 vi. 10. 
 
 2 Or, 
 
 (irics 
 
 3 Or, 
 chron- 
 icler 
 
 4Seo 
 vcr. 7. 
 
 "Or, 
 chief 
 ininistcr 
 See 
 
 '2 Sam. 
 viii. 13. 
 
 cOr, 
 
 .Va- 
 
 phath- 
 
 dor 
 
 7 Or, 
 
 region 
 
 sOr, 
 over 
 agaitist 
 
 oOr, 
 
 Havvoth- 
 
 jair 
 
 10 Or, 
 in Aloth 
 
 11 Hcb. 
 and one 
 oj^ccr. 
 
 [Ch. V. 1 
 in Heb.] 
 uSee 
 2 Chr. 
 
 ix. 2fi. 
 
 13 Heb. 
 cor. 
 
 21 Then the king answered and said, Give 
 licr tholiviiif,' cliild, and in no wise slay 
 
 28 it: slio i.s tlio mother thereof. And all 
 Israel heard of the judgement which 
 the king had -judged; and they feared 
 the king : for they saw that the wisdom 
 of God was in him, to do jndgemeiit. 
 
 4 And khig Solomon was king over all 
 
 2 Israel. And these were the princes 
 which he had ; Azariali the son of 
 
 3 Zadok, i the xn-icst ; Eiihoreph and Ahi- 
 jahjtlio sonsof Shisha, '-^scribes; Jeho- 
 shaphat the son of Aliilud, the •''record- 
 
 '1 er ; and IJenaiah the son of Jehoiada 
 was over the host ; and Zadok and Abia- 
 
 5 thar were priests ; and Azariah the son 
 of Nathan was over * the officers ; and 
 Zabud the son of Nathan was Spriest, 
 
 G and the king's friend ; and Ahishar was 
 over the household ; and Adoniram the 
 
 7 sou of Abda was over the le\'y. And 
 Solomon had twelve officers over all 
 Israel, which provided victuals for the 
 king and his household: each man 
 bad to make provision for a month 
 
 Sin the year. And these are then- 
 names: Ben-hur, in the hill country 
 
 9 of Epliraim : Ben-dcker, in Makaz, and 
 in Shaalbim, and Belh-shemesh, and 
 10 Elon-beth-hanau : Ben-besed, iiiArub- 
 botb; to him pertained Socoh, and all 
 lithe land of Henher: Ben-abinadab, in 
 all 6 the 7 heigh t'of Dor ; he bad Tapbatb 
 the daughter of Solomon to \\'ife : 
 
 12 Baana the son of Aliilud, in Taanacb 
 and Megiddo, and all Betb-shean which 
 is beside Zarethan, beneath Jezreel, 
 from Betb-sbeau to Abel-mebolab, as 
 
 13 far as ^ beyond Jokmeam: Ben-geber, 
 in Kamotb-gilead ; to him j^'^ftO'ined 
 ''the towns of Jair the son of Manas- 
 seb, which are in Gilead ; ewe?i to bim 
 pertained the region of Ai'gob, which 
 is m Bashan, threescore great cities 
 
 14 with walls and brasen bars: Ahiua- 
 dab the son of Iddo, in Mabauaim: 
 
 ISAbimaaz, in Napbtali; be also took 
 Basematb the daughter of Solomon to 
 
 16 wife : Baana the son of Husliai, in Asber 
 
 17 and I'^Bealotb: Jehoshapbat the son of 
 
 18 Paruab, in Issacbar : Shimei the son of 
 
 19 Ela, in Benjamin : Geber the son of Uri, 
 in the land of Gilead, the countiy of 
 Sibon king of the Amorites and of Og 
 king of Bashan ; ii and he was the only 
 
 20 officer which was in the land. Judah 
 andlsraelwere many, as the sand which 
 is by the sea in multitude, eating and 
 drinkmg and making merry. 
 
 21 I'^Aiid Solomon ruled over all the 
 kingdoms from the Kiver unto the land 
 of the Philistines, and unto the border 
 of Egypt : they brought presents, and 
 served Solomon all the days of bis 
 
 22 life. And Solomon's provision for one 
 day was tbu-ty ^^ measm-es of fine flour, 
 and threescore measures of meal; 
 
 23 ten fat oxen, and twenty oxen out of 
 the pastures, and an hundred sbeep. 
 
 beside harts, and gazelles, and roe- 
 21 bucks, and fatted fowl. For be had 
 dominion over all tlic region I'on this 
 side the liiver, from Tiphsah even to 
 Gaza, over aU the kings I'on this side 
 the Eiver: and be had peace i^'on all 
 25 sides round about bun. And Judah and 
 Israel dwelt safely, every man under 
 his vine and under hia fig tree, from 
 Dan even to Beer-sbeba, all the days of 
 20 Solomon. And Solomon bad i^" forty 
 thousand stalls of horses for his chari- 
 ots, and twelve thousand horsemen. 
 
 27 And those officers provided victual for 
 king Solomon, and for all that came 
 unto king Solomon's table, every man 
 in his month: they let nothing be 
 
 28 lacking. Barley also and straw for the 
 horses and swift steeds brought they 
 unto the place i'' where the officers were, 
 every man according to his charge. 
 
 29 And God gave Solomon wisdom and 
 imderstanding exceeding much, and 
 largeness of lieart, even as the sand that 
 
 30 is on the sea shore. And Solomon's 
 wisdom excelled the wisdom of all the 
 children of the east, and all the wisdom 
 
 31 of Egyi)t. For he was wiser than all 
 men; than Ethan the Ezrahite, and 
 Heman, and Calcol, andDarda, the sons 
 of Mahol: and his fame was in aU tlie 
 
 32 nations round about. And be spake 
 three thousand proverbs : and bis songs 
 
 33 were a thousand and five. And be 
 spake of trees, from the cedar that is 
 in Lebanon even unto the hyssop that 
 springeth out of the wall : be spake also 
 of beasts, and of fowl, and of creepmg 
 
 34 thmgs, and of fishes. And there came 
 of aU peoples to bear the wisdom of 
 Solomon, from all kings of the earth, 
 which had beard of his wisdom. 
 
 5 I'^And Hu'am king of Tyre sent bis 
 servants unto Solomon; for he bad 
 beard that they had anointed him king 
 ill the room of his father : for Hiram 
 
 2 was ever a lover of David. And Solo- 
 
 3 mon sent to Hu-am, saying. Thou know- 
 est how that David my father could not 
 build an bouse for the name of the Lord 
 bis God for the wars which were about 
 htm on every side, until the Lord put 
 
 4 them under the soles of bis feet. But 
 now the Lord my God bath given me 
 rest on eveiy side ; there is neither ad- 
 
 5 versary, nor evU occurrent. And, be- 
 hold, I j^m-pose to build an house for the 
 name of the Lord my God, as the Lord 
 spake unto Davi d my father, saying, Thy 
 son, whom I wiU set upon thy tlirone 
 in thy room, be shall build the bouse 
 
 6 for my name. Now therefore command 
 thou that they hew me cedar trees out 
 of Lebanon ; and my ser^'ants shall be 
 with thy servants ; and I will give thee 
 Im-e for thy servants according to all 
 that thou shalt say : for thou knowest 
 that there is not among us any that 
 can skUl to hew timber like unto the 
 
 "Or, 
 
 beyond 
 
 thcjtiver 
 
 15 Soini: 
 author- 
 ities 
 re.i<l, 
 with <Ut 
 his serv- 
 aiUis. 
 
 win 
 iiClir. U. 
 
 2r,,/,„„- 
 
 tkoii' 
 sand. 
 
 17 Or, 
 where lie 
 (tli.it is, 
 the king) 
 
 ■I this 
 
 Or,   
 
 wh*ire it 
 should le 
 
 [Ch. V. 1.1 
 in Heb.) 
 
 13 See 
 2 Chr. 
 ii. 3, &c.
 
 264 
 
 I. KINGS. 
 
 5. 6. 
 
 I Or. 
 
 cyirrcss 
 
 2 Or, 
 carry 
 thein 
 away 
 
 3 Hel>. 
 Hirorn, 
 and in 
 ver. 13. 
 
 4Heb. 
 
 COf. 
 
 5 Or, 
 beaten 
 
 6 Or, 
 
 broifffht 
 
 awny 
 
 "Sea 
 2Chr. 
 ill 1, 2 
 
 » Heh, 
 built. 
 
 « That is, 
 the huly 
 place. 
 
 10 Or, 
 
 windown 
 
 broad 
 
 witliin, 
 
 and 
 
 narrotr 
 
 witlioiit. 
 
 7 Zidoiiians. And it came to pass, when 
 Hiram heard the words of Solomon, 
 that he rejoiced gi'eatly, and said, 
 Blessed be the Lord this day, which 
 hath given unto David a wise son over 
 
 8 this great i^eople. And Hiram sent to 
 Solomon, saying, I have heard the mes- 
 sage which thon hast sent unto me : I 
 will do all thy desire concerning timber 
 of cedar, and concerning timber of ^ fir. 
 
 9 My servants shall bring them down 
 from Lebanon unto the sea : and I will 
 make them into rafts to go by sea unto 
 the place that thou shalt appoint me, 
 and will cause them to be broken up 
 there, and thou shalt 2 receive them: 
 and thoii shalt accomplish my desu'e, 
 
 10 in giving food for my household. So 
 8 Hiram gave Solomon timber of cedar 
 and timber of fir according to all 
 
 11 his desire. And Solomon gave Hiram 
 twenty thousand ^measiu-es of wheat 
 for food to his household, and twenty 
 measm-es of ^pure oil: thus gave 
 
 12 Solomon to Hiram year by year. And 
 the Lord gave Solomon wisdom, as 
 he promised him ; and there was i)eace 
 between Hiram and Solomon ; and they 
 two made a league together. 
 
 13 And king Solomon raised a levy out 
 of all Israel ; and the le^-y was thirty 
 
 14 thousand men. And he sent them to 
 Lebanon, ten thousand a month by 
 courses : a month they were in Lebanon , 
 and two months at home : and Adoni- 
 
 15 ram was over the levy. And Solomon 
 had threescore and ten thousand that 
 bare burdens, and fourscore thousand 
 that were hewers in the mountains; 
 
 16 besides Solomon's chief officers that 
 were over the work, three thousand 
 and three hundred, which bare rule 
 over the people that wrought in the 
 
 17 work. And the king coimnanded, and 
 they Shewed out great stones, costly 
 stones, to lay the foundation of the 
 
 18 house with wrought stone. And Solo- 
 mon's builders and Hiram's builders 
 and the Gebalites did fashion them, 
 and prepared the timber and the stones 
 to buOd the house. 
 
 6 ''And it came to pass in the four 
 hundred and eightieth year after the 
 children of Israel were come out of the 
 laud of Egyi)t, in the fourth year of 
 Solomon's reign over Israel, in the 
 month Ziv, which is the second month, 
 that he ^ began to build the house of 
 
 2 the Lord. And the house which kmg 
 Solomon built for the Lord, the length 
 thereof was threescore cubits, and the 
 breadth thereof twenty cubits, and the 
 
 3 height thereof thirty cubits. And the 
 porch before ^the temple of the house, 
 twenty cubits was the length thereof, 
 according to the breadth of the house ; 
 and ten cubits was the breadth thereof 
 
 d before the house. And for the house 
 he made i" windows of fixed lattice- 
 
 5 work. And against the wall of the house 
 he built stories round about, agamst 
 the walls of the house round about, both 
 of the temjile and of n the oracle : and he 
 
 6 made side-chambers round about : the 
 nethermost story was five cubits broad, 
 and the middle was six cubits broad, 
 and the third was seven cubits broad : 
 for on the outside he made rebate- 
 ments in the wall of the house round 
 about, that the beams should not have 
 
 7 hold in the walls of the house. And the 
 house, when it was in buildmg, was 
 built of stone made ready 12 at the 
 quarry : and there was neither hammer 
 nor axe nor any tool of iron heard in 
 
 8 the house, while it v/as in building. The 
 door for the i^midtUe side-chambers 
 was in the right ^side of the house: 
 and they went up by wmding stairs into 
 the middle chambers, and out of the 
 
 9 middle into the third. So he built the 
 house, and finished it; and he covered the 
 house with beams and 1° planks of cedar. 
 
 10 And he built the stories against all the 
 house, eachfive cubits high: and i^they 
 rested on the house with timber of cedar. 
 
 11 And the word of the Lord came to 
 
 12 Solomon, saying, Concernmgthis house 
 which thou art in building, if thou wilt 
 walk in my statutes, and execute my 
 judgements, and keep all my command- 
 ments to walk in them; then will I 
 estabhsh my word with thee, which I 
 
 13 spake unto I)a\'id thy father. And I will 
 dwell among the children of Israel, and 
 will not forsake my people Israel. 
 
 14 So Solomon built the house, and 
 
 15 finished it. And he built the walls of 
 the house withm with boards of cedar; 
 I'^from the floor of the house unto the 
 walls of the cieling, he covered them on 
 the inside with wood : and he covered 
 the floor of the house with boards 
 
 16 of ifh". i^And he built twenty cubits 
 on the hinder part of the house with 
 boards of cedar from the floor unto the 
 1^ walls: he even built tkcm for it with- 
 in, for an oracle, even for the most holy 
 
 17 place. Andthehouse,thatis,thetemi)le 
 before the oracle, was forty cubits lone/. 
 
 18 And there was cedar on the house 
 withm, cai-ved with ^oiniops and open 
 flowers: all was cedar; there was no 
 
 19 stone seen. And he prepared an oracle 
 in the midst of the house within, to set 
 there the ark of the covenant of the 
 
 20 Lord. And within the oracle was a space 
 of twenty cubits in length, and twenty 
 cubits in breadth, and twenty cubits in 
 the height thereof; and he overlaid it 
 ■nith pure gold : 21 and he covered the 
 
 21 altar with cedar. So Solomon overlaid 
 the house within with pure gold : and 
 he drew chains of gold across before 
 the oracle ; and he overlaid it with gold. 
 
 22 And the whole house he overlaid with 
 gold, until all the house was finished : 
 also the whole altar that belonged to 
 
 21 Or. Art 
 
 overlaid 
 
 the altar 
 
 aim, 
 
 which 
 
 was of 
 
 cedar
 
 7. 21. 
 
 I. KINGS. 
 
 2G5 
 
 iSee 
 2Clir. 
 iii. 10- 
 12. 
 
 2 Or, 
 
 3 Or, 
 cyr)rcss 
 
 •lOr. 
 
 with aU 
 the ap- 
 IJurten- 
 (cnces 
 thereof, 
 and with 
 aathe 
 ordin- 
 ances 
 tlwrcof 
 
 5 Or. 
 siUe- 
 chmn- 
 bers 
 Heb. 
 ribs. 
 
 6 Or, 
 
 Seams 
 
 'Or, 
 
 were 
 
 made 
 
 sgitare 
 
 loith 
 
 hcains 
 
 23 the oracle he overlaid with gold, i And 
 in the oracle ho made two chci'ubim of 
 
 24 olive wood, each ten cubits high. And 
 five cubits was the one wing of the 
 cherub, and five cubits the other wing 
 of the cherub : f i-oin the uttermost part 
 of the one wing unto the uttermost i)art 
 
 25 of the other were ten cubits. And the 
 other cherub was ten cubits : both the 
 cherubim were of one measure and one 
 
 26 form. The height of the one cherub 
 was ten cubits, and so was it of the 
 
 27 other cherub. And he set the cherub- 
 im within the inner house: and tlie 
 wings of the cherubim were stretched 
 forth, so that the wing of the one- 
 touched the one wall, and the wing of 
 the other cherub touched the other 
 wall ; and their wings touched one an- 
 
 28 other ui the midst of the house. And 
 he overlaid the clierubim with gold. 
 
 29 And he carved all the walls of the 
 house romid about with carved figures 
 of cheiiibim and iialni trees and open 
 
 30 flowers, within and without. And the 
 floor of the house he overlaid with gold, 
 
 81 within and without. And for the enter- 
 ing of the oracle he made doors of oUve 
 wood: the ^Untel and door posts were 
 
 32 a fifth part of th e wall. So he made two 
 doors of olive wood ; and he carved upon 
 them carvings of cherubim and palm 
 trees and open flowers, and overlaid 
 them -ftith gold ; and he spread the gold 
 upon the cherubim, and upon the palm 
 
 33 trees. So also made he for the entering 
 of the temple door posts of olive wood, 
 
 34 out of a fourth part of the wall; and 
 two doors of 8 fir wood; the two leaves 
 of the one door were folding, and the 
 two leaves of the other door were fold- 
 
 35ing. And he carved thereon cherubim 
 and iiahn trees and open flowers : and 
 he overlaid them with gold fitted ujion 
 
 36 the graven work. And he buUt the uiner 
 court with three rows of hewn stone, 
 
 37 and a row of cedar beams. In the fom-th 
 year was the f omidation of the house of 
 
 38 the LoED laid, in the month Ziv. And in 
 the eleventh year, in the month Bui, 
 which is the eighth month,was the house 
 finished * throughout all the parts there- 
 of, and according to all the fashion of 
 it. So was he seven years in building it. 
 
 7 And Solomon was building his own 
 house thirteen years, and he finished aU 
 
 2 his house. For he built the house of the 
 forest of Lebanon ; the length thereof 
 was an hmidred cubits, and the breadth 
 thereof fifty cubits, and the height 
 thereof thu-ty cubits, upon four rows of 
 cedar pillars, with cedar beams upon 
 
 3 the pillars. And it was covered with 
 cedar above over the forty and five 
 ^beams, that wei'e upon the i)iLlars; 
 
 4 fifteen in a row. And there were 
 fijirospects in three rows, and Ught 
 was over against light in three ranks. 
 
 .5 And all the doors and posts 'were 
 
 square in prospect: and light was over 
 G against light in tlirce ranks. And he 
 made tlie porch of pillars ; the length 
 thereof was fifty cubits, and the breadth 
 thereof thirty cubits; and a porch 
 before them; and xiillars and '^thick 
 
 7 beams before them. And he made the 
 porch of tlie throne where he might 
 judge, even the porc^h of judgement: 
 and it was covered with cedar from 
 
 8 floor to floor. And his house wliere be 
 might dwell, the other court witlun the 
 porch, was of the hke work. He made 
 also an house for Pharaoh's daughter, 
 (whom Solomon had taken to wife,) 
 
 9 like unto this jporch. All these were 
 of costly stones, even of hewn stone, 
 ^according to measure, sawed with 
 saws, within and v.'ithout, even from 
 the foundation unto the coping, and so 
 on the outside luito the great court. 
 
 10 And the fomidation was of costly 
 stones, even great stones, stones of 
 ten cubits, and stones of eight cubits. 
 
 11 And above were costly stones, even 
 hewn stone, according to measiu-e, and 
 
 12 cedar wood. And the great court 
 round about had tkree rows of hewn 
 stone, and a row of cedar beams ; loiike 
 as the imier court of the house of the 
 Lord, and the porch of the house. 
 
 13 And king Solomon sent and fetched 
 
 14 Hiram out of Tyre. HHe was the 
 son of a widow woman of the tribe of 
 Naphtali, and his father was a man of 
 Tyre, a worker in brass ; and he was 
 filled with wisdom and xmderstandiug 
 and cunning, to work all works in 
 brass. And he came to king Solomon, 
 
 15 and wrought all his work. For he 
 fashioned the two pillars of brass, ^'-^of 
 eighteen cubits high apiece: and a 
 line of twelve cubits compassed i-'' either 
 
 IG of them about. And he made tv.'o chap- 
 iters of molten brass, to set upon the 
 tops of the pillars : the height of the one 
 chapiter was five cubits, and the height 
 of the other cha^jiter was five cubits. 
 
 17 There were nets of checker work, and 
 wreaths of chain work, for the chapiters 
 which were upon the top of the pillars ; 
 seven for the one chapiter, and seven 
 
 18 for the other chapiter. So he made the 
 pillars ; and there were two rows round 
 about upon the one network, to cover 
 the chapiters that were upon the toj) of 
 the 1 - piUars : and so did he for the other 
 
 19 chapiter. And the chaijiters that were 
 upon the top of the jiLUars ui the porch 
 
 20 were of lUy work, four cubits. And 
 there were chapiters above also ui^on the 
 two pillars, close by the beUy which was 
 beside the network : and the pomegran- 
 ates were two hundred, in rows round 
 
 21 about upon the other chapiter, is And he 
 set ui) the pillars at the porch of the tem- 
 ple : and he set up the right pillar, and 
 called the name thereof ^^ Jachin : and 
 he set up the left pillar, and called the 
 
 " Or, a 
 thrrnh- 
 old 
 
 UOr, 
 
 (t/ter 
 
 divers 
 
 men- 
 
 suri:s 
 
 '"Or, 
 both for 
 .. . and 
 for 
 
 "See 
 2Chr. 
 ii. 11. 
 
 12 Heh. 
 eigh tee a 
 cubits 
 was the 
 height 
 of one 
 pillar. 
 
 13 Heb. 
 the other 
 jiiHur. 
 
 11 So 
 some 
 undent 
 authori- 
 ties. The 
 text has, 
 jxime- 
 iiran- 
 atts. 
 
 15 See 
 2 Chr. 
 iU. 17. 
 
 16 That 
 is. He 
 shall es. 
 tablislt.
 
 26G 
 
 I. KINGS. 
 
 7. 21. 
 
 1 That is. 
 iwrhaps. 
 [n it U 
 stretijth. 
 
 2 See 
 2Chr. 
 
 2, 4c. 
 
 3 Or, ten 
 in a 
 cubit 
 
 <0r, 
 patwis 
 land s<j 
 in ver. 
 29, &c.) 
 
 5 Or, 
 
 even 
 border.^ 
 
 6 Or, 
 it was 
 in nice 
 manner 
 above 
 •Heh. 
 shoul' 
 ders. 
 
 'Heb. 
 
 9 Sea 
 2Chr. 
 iv. 14. 
 
 10 See 
 2Chr. 
 iv. 6, &c. 
 
 22 name thereof ^Boaz. And upon the 
 top of the pillars was lily work : so was 
 
 23 the work of the pillars finished. '^kxA 
 he made the molten sea of ten cubits 
 from bmn to brim, round in comijass, 
 and the height thereof was five cubits : 
 and a line of thirty cubits compassed 
 
 24 it round about. And under the brim of 
 it romid about there were knoj)s which 
 did compass it, sfor ten cubits, com- 
 passing the sea round about : the knops 
 were in two rows, cast when it was 
 
 25 cast. It stood upon twelve oxen, three 
 looking toward the north, and three 
 looking toward the west, and three 
 looking toward the south, and three 
 looking toward the east: and the sea 
 was set upon them above, and all their 
 
 26 hinder jiarts were inward. And it was 
 an handbreadth thick; and the brun 
 thereof was wrought like the brim of a 
 cup, Hke the flower of a lily : it held two 
 
 27 thousand baths. And he made the ten 
 bases of brass; four cubits was the 
 length of one base, and foiu- cubits the 
 breadth thereof, and three cubits the 
 
 28 height of it. And the work of the bases 
 was on this mamier : they had * borders ; 
 Sand there were borders between the 
 
 29 ledges : and on the borders that were 
 between the ledges were lions, oxen, 
 and cherubim; and upon the ledges 
 •'there was a pedestal above: and be- 
 neath the hons and oxen were wreaths 
 
 30 of hanging work. And every base had 
 four brasen wheels, and axles of brass: 
 and the four feet thereof had '^under- 
 setters: beneath the laver were the 
 under setters molten, with wreaths at 
 
 31 the side of each. And the mouth of 
 it within the chapiter and above was 
 a cubit: and the mouth thereof was 
 round after the work of a j)edestal, a 
 cubit and an half: and also upon the 
 mouth of it were gi'avuigs, and then- 
 borders were foursquare, not round. 
 
 32 And the four wheels were underneath 
 the borders; and the axletrees of the 
 wheels were in the base : and the height 
 of a wheel was a cubit and half a cubit. 
 
 33 And the work of the wheels was like the 
 work of a chariot wheel: their axle- 
 trees, and their felloes, and their s^jokes, 
 
 34 and their naves, were all molten. And 
 thei'e were four undersetters at the four 
 corners of each base: the undersetters 
 
 35 thereof were of the base itself. And in 
 the top of the base was there a round 
 comi^ass of half a cubit high : and on 
 the top of the base the ^ stays thereof 
 and the borders thereof were of the 
 
 36 same. And on the plates of the stays 
 thereof, and on the borders thereof, he 
 graved cherubim, Uons, and pahn trees, 
 accordmg to the space of each, with 
 
 37 wreaths round about. 9 After this man- 
 ner he made the ten bases : all of them 
 had one casting, one measure, and one 
 
 38 form. 1° And he made ten lavers of brass : 
 
 one laver contained forty baths: and 
 every laver was four cubits : and upon 
 every one of the ten bases one laver. 
 
 39 And he set the bases, five on the right 
 11 side of the house, and five on the left 
 side of the house : and he set the sea on 
 the right side of the house eastward, 
 
 40 toward the south. And 12 Hiram made 
 the 13 lavers, and the shovels, and the 
 basons. So Hiram made an end of doing 
 all the work that he wrought for king 
 
 41 Solomon in the house of the Lord : the 
 two ijillars, and the two bowls of the 
 chapiters that were on the top of the 
 pillars ; and the two networks to cover 
 
 ^ the two bowls of the chapiters that were 
 
 42 on the top of the jnUars ; and the four 
 hundred pomegi'anates for the two net- 
 works ; two rows of pomegranates for 
 each network, to cover the two bowls 
 of the chapiters that were i^upon the 
 
 43 pillars ; and the ten bases, and the ten 
 
 44 lavers on the bases ; and the one sea, and 
 
 45 the twelve oxen under the sea ; and the 
 pots, and the shovels, and the basons : 
 even all i^ these vessels, which Hiram 
 made for king Solomon, in the house of 
 
 46 the Lord, were of burnished brass. In 
 the plain of Jordan did the king cast 
 them, in the clay ground between Suc- 
 
 47 coth and Zarethan. And Solomon left 
 all the vessels imiceighed, because they 
 were exceeding many: the weight of 
 
 48 the brass I6 could not be found out. And 
 Solomon made all the vessels that were 
 m the house of the Lord: the golden 
 altar, and the table whereupon the 
 
 49 shewbread was, of gold ; and the candle- 
 sticks, five on the right side, and five on 
 the left, before the oracle, of pure gold ; 
 and the flowers, and the lamps, and 
 
 50 the tongs, of gold; and the cups, and 
 the snuifers, and the basons, and the 
 spoons, and the firepans, of pure gold; 
 and the hinges, both for the doors of the 
 inner house, the most holy place, and 
 for the doors of the house, to tvit, of the 
 
 51 temple, of gold. 17 Thus all the work 
 that king Solomon wrought in the house 
 of the Lord was finished. And Solomon 
 brought in the thuigs which David his 
 father had dedicated, even the silver, 
 and the gold, and the vessels, and put 
 them in the treasuries of the house of 
 the Lord. 
 
 8 Then Solomon assembled the elders of 
 Israel, and all the heads of the tribes, 
 the princes of the fathers' houses of the 
 children of Isi-ael, unto king Solomon in 
 Jerusalem, to brmg uj) the ark of the 
 covenant of the Lord out of the city of 
 
 2 David, which is Zion. And all the men 
 of Israel assembled themselves unto 
 king Solomon at the feast, in the month 
 Ethanim, which is the seventh month. 
 
 3 And all the elders of Israel came, and 
 
 4 the priests took up the ark. And they 
 brought up the ark of the Lord, and the 
 tent of meeting, and aU the holy vessels
 
 8. 36. 
 
 I. KINGS. 
 
 26^ 
 
 I Or, tJte!/ 
 drew 
 out the 
 staves, so 
 that &c. 
 
 2 Or, 
 where 
 
 iSee 
 2Chr. 
 vi. 1, &c. 
 
 that were in the Tent ; even these did 
 tho priests and the Levites bring up. 
 
 5 And king Solomon and all the congi-eg- 
 ation of Israel, that were assembled 
 tmto hun, were with hun before the ark, 
 sacriticing sheej) and oxen, that could 
 not be told nor numbered for multitude. 
 
 GAnd the priests brought in the ark of 
 the covenant of the Loud unto its idaco, 
 into the oracle of the house, to the most 
 holy place, even under the wings of the 
 
 7 cherubim. For the cherubim spread 
 forth their wings over the place of the 
 ark, and the cherubim covered the ark 
 
 8 and the staves thereof above. And ithe 
 staves were so long that tho ends of 
 the staves were seen fr(jm the holy 
 place before the oracle ; but they were 
 not seen without : and there they are, 
 
 9 unto this day. There was nothmg in 
 the ark save the two tables of stone 
 which Moses put there at Horeb,2 when 
 the Lord made a covenant with the 
 children of Israel, when they came out 
 
 10 of the land of Egypt. And it came to 
 liass, when the ijriests were come out 
 of the holy place, that the cloud filled 
 
 11 the house of the Lord, so that tho 
 priests coiild not stand to muiister by 
 reason of the cloud : for the glory of the 
 Lord filled the house of the Lord. 
 
 12 3 Then spake Solomon, The Lord hath 
 said that he would dwell in the thick 
 
 13 darkness. I have surely buOt thee an 
 house of habitation, a place for thee to 
 
 14 dwell in for ever. And the king tm-ned 
 his face about, and blessed all the con- 
 gregation of Israel: and all the con- 
 
 1.5 gregation of Israel stood. And he said, 
 Blessed be the Lord, the God of Israel, 
 which spake with his mouth unto 
 David my father, and hath with his 
 
 16 hand fulfilled it, saying, Since the day 
 that I brought forth my people Israel 
 out of Egypt, I chose no city out of all 
 the tribes of Israel to build an house, 
 that my name might be there ; but I 
 chose David to be over my people Is- 
 
 17 rael. Now it was in the heart of David 
 my father to build an house for the 
 name of the Lord, the God of Israel. 
 
 18 But the Lord said imto David my 
 father. Whereas it was m thme heart 
 to build an house for my name, thou 
 didst well that it was m thme heart : 
 
 19 nevertheless thou shalt not build the 
 house; but thy son that shall come 
 forth out of thy loins, he shall build the 
 
 20 house for my name. And the Lord 
 hath established his word that he spake; 
 for I am risen up in the room of David 
 my father, and sit on the throne of 
 Israel, as the Lord promised, and have 
 built the house for the name of the 
 
 21 Lord, the God of Israel. And there 
 have I set a place for the ark, wherein 
 is the covenant of the Lord, which he 
 made with our fathers, when he brought 
 them out of the land of Egypt. 
 
 22 And Solomon stood before tho altar 
 of the Lord in the presence of all the 
 congregation of Israel, and spread forth 
 
 23 his hands toward heaven : and he said, 
 () Lord, tlie God of Israel, there is no 
 God like thee, in heaven above, or on 
 earth beneath ; who keepest covenant 
 and mercy ^ with thy servants, that walk 
 
 24 before thee with all their heart : who 
 hast kei)t ^ith thy servant David my 
 father that which thou didst iiromisc 
 him : yea, thou spakest with thy mouth, 
 and hast fulfilled it with thine hand, as 
 
 25 it is tliis day. Now therefore, O Lord, 
 tho God of Israel, keep with thy servant 
 David my father that which thou hast 
 promised him, saying, ^ There shall not 
 fail thee a man in my sight to sit on 
 the throne of Israel ; if only thy child- 
 ren take heed to their way, to walk 
 before me as thou hast walked before 
 
 26 me. Now therefore, God of Israel, 
 let thy word, I pray thee, be verified, 
 which thou spakest mito thy servant 
 
 27 Da\'id my father. But will God in very 
 deed dwell on the earth ? behold, hea- 
 ven and the heaven of heavens cannot 
 contain thee ; how much less this house 
 
 28 that I have builded! Yet have thou 
 respect mito the prayer of thy servant, 
 and to his suiiiilication, Lord my 
 God, to hearken unto the cry and to 
 the prayer which thy servant prayeth 
 
 29 before thee this day : that thine eyes 
 may bo open toward this house night 
 and day, even toward the place where- 
 of thou hast said, My name shall be 
 there : to hearken unto tho prayer 
 which thy servant shall pi'ny toward 
 
 30 this place. And hearken thou to the 
 suijplication of thy servant, and of thy 
 people Israel, when they shall pray 
 toward this place: yea, hear thou in 
 heaven thy dweUmg place ; and when 
 
 31 thou hearest, forgive, ^if a man sin 
 against his neighbour, and an oath be 
 laid upon him to cause htm to swear, 
 and he come a7id swear before thine 
 
 32 altar in this house : then hear thou in 
 heaven, and do, and judge thy servants, 
 condenmmg the "U'icked, to bring his 
 way upon his own head ; and justifying 
 the righteous, to give him according to 
 
 33 his righteousness. When thy people 
 Israel be smitten down before the ene- 
 my, because they have sinned against 
 thee; if they turn again to thee, and 
 confess thy name, and pray and make 
 supplication unto thee in this house: 
 
 34 then hear thou in heaven, and forgive 
 the sm of thy people Israel, and bring 
 them again unto the land which thou 
 
 35 gavest unto theirf athers. When heaven 
 is shut up, and there is no rain, be- 
 cause they have smned against thee; if 
 they pray toward this place, and con- 
 fess thy name, and turn from then* sin, 
 
 36 7when thou ^ dost afHict them : then hear 
 thou in heaven, and forgive the sm of 
 
 < Or, /or 
 
 There 
 KhaU not 
 be cttt off 
 unto thee 
 a 7nan 
 from my 
 sif/ht. 
 
 6 Or, 
 Where- 
 insoever 
 a man 
 shall sin 
 
 7 Or, 
 because 
 
 8 Or, an- 
 swerest 
 
 S— G
 
 268 
 
 I. KINGS. 
 
 8. 36. 
 
 'Or, 
 because 
 
 2Heb. 
 gates. 
 
 3 Or, 
 
 thy 
 
 name is 
 
 called 
 
 upon 
 
 this 
 
 house Ac. 
 
 4 Or, 
 
 right 
 
 5Heb. 
 
 thtnj that 
 
 take 
 
 them 
 
 captive 
 
 carry 
 
 them 
 
 atoay. 
 
 thy servants, and of thy people Israel, 
 iwhen thou teachest them the good way 
 -wherein they shoiild walk; and send 
 rain upon thy land, which thou hast 
 given to thy people for an inheritance. 
 
 37 If there be in the land famine, if there 
 be pestilence, if there be blasting or 
 mildew, locust or caterpiller ; if their 
 enemy besiege them in the land of 
 their 2 cities ; whatsoever plague, what- 
 
 38 soever sickness there be ; what prayer 
 and supplication soever be made by any 
 man, or by all thy people Israel, which 
 shall know every man the plague of his 
 own heart, and spread forth his hands 
 
 39tov/ard this house: then hear thou in 
 heaven thy dwelling place, and forgive, 
 and do, and render imto every man 
 according to all his ways, whose heart 
 thou knowest ; (for thou, even thou only, 
 knowest the hearts of all the childi-en 
 
 •10 of men;) that they may fear thee all 
 the days that they Uve in the land which 
 
 41 thou gavest unto our fathers. Moreover 
 concerning the stranger, that is not of 
 thy people Israel, when he shall come 
 out of a far country for thy name's 
 
 42 sake ; (for they shall hear of thy great 
 name, and of thy mighty hand, and of 
 thy stretched out arm ;) when he shall 
 
 43 come and pray toward this house ; hear 
 thou in heaven thy dwelling i^lace, and 
 do according to aU that the stranger 
 calleth to thee for ; that all the peoples 
 of the earth may know thy name, to fear 
 thee, as doth thy people Israel, and that 
 they may know that ^this house which 
 
 441 have built is called by thy name. If 
 thy people go out to battle against their 
 enemy, by whatsoever way thou shalt 
 send them, and they pray unto the Lord 
 toward the city which thou hast chosen, 
 and toward the house which I have buUt 
 
 45 for thy name : then hear thou in hea- 
 ven their prayer and their suppUcation, 
 
 46 and mamtain their * cause. If they sm 
 against thee, (for there is no man that 
 sinneth not,) and thou be angry with 
 them, and dcUver them to the enemy, 
 so that ^ they carry them away captive 
 mito the land of the enemy, far off or 
 
 47 near ; yet if they shall bethink them- 
 selves in the land whither they are 
 carried captive, and turn again, and 
 make supplication unto thee in the 
 land of them that carried them captive, 
 saying. We have smned, and have done 
 
 48 perversely, we have dealt wickedly; if 
 they return unto thee with aU theu" 
 heart a)id with aU their soul in the 
 land of their enemies, which carried 
 them captive, and pray unto thee to- 
 ward their land, which thou gavest 
 unto then- fathers, the city which thou 
 hast chosen, and the house which I 
 
 49 have built for thy name: then hear 
 thou their prayer and their supplica- 
 tion in heaven thy dwelhng place, and 
 
 50 maintain tlieir ^ cause ; and forgive thy 
 
 people which have sinned against thee, 
 and all their transgressions wherein 
 they have transgressed against thee; 
 and give them 6 compassion before 
 those who carried them captive, that 
 they may have compassion on them: 
 
 51 for they be thy people, and thine in- 
 heritance, which thou broughtest forth 
 out of Egy[)t, from the midst of the 
 
 52fui-nace of iron: that thine eyes may 
 be open unto the supplication of thy 
 servant, and unto the supplication of 
 thy people Israel, to hearken imto them 
 
 53 whensoever they cry unto thee. For 
 thou didst separate them from among 
 all the peoples of the earth, to be thine 
 inheritance, as thou spakest by the 
 hand of Moses thy servant, when thou 
 broughtest om- fathers out of Egypt, 
 O Lord God. 
 
 54 'Aiid it was so, that when Solomon I 
 had made an end of praying aU this 
 prayer and supiJlication mito the Lord, 
 he arose from before the altar of the 
 Lord, from kneeling on his knees with 
 his hands spread forth toward heaven. 
 
 55 Arid he stood, and blessed all the con- 
 gregation of Israel with a loud voice, 
 
 56 saying. Blessed be the Lord, that hath 
 given restuntohispeoplelsrael, accord- 
 ing to all that ho promised: there hath 
 not 8 failed one word of all his good pro- 
 mise, which he promised by the hand 
 
 57 of Moses his servant. The Lord our 
 God be with us, as he was with oiu- 
 fathers : let bun not leave us, nor for- 
 
 58 sake us : that he may incline our hearts 
 unto him, to v/alk in all his ways, and 
 to keep his commandments, and his 
 statutes, and his judgements, which he 
 
 59 commanded our fathers. And let these 
 my words, wherewith I have made sup- 
 l)lication before the Lord, be nigh unto 
 the Lord our God day and night, that 
 he maintain the cause of his servant, 
 and the cause of his people Israel, ^as 
 
 GO every day shall requh'e: that aU the 
 peoples of the earth may know that the 
 Lord, he is God; there is none else. 
 
 61 Let your heart therefore be perfect with 
 the Lord our God, to walk in his stat- 
 utes, and to keej) his commandments, 
 
 62 as at this day. And the king, and all 
 Israel with him, offered sacrifice before 
 
 63 the Lord. AjuI Solomon offered for the 
 sacrifice of peace offerings, which he 
 offered unto the Lord, two and twenty 
 thousand oxen, and an hundi-ed and 
 twenty thousand sheep. So the king 
 and all the children of Israel dedicated 
 
 64 the house of the Lord. The same day 
 did the king hallow the midiUe of the 
 court that was before the house of the 
 Lord; for there he offered the burnt 
 offering, and the meal offering, and the 
 f ,it of tiie peace offerings : because the 
 brasen altar that was before the Lord 
 Avas too little to receive the burnt of- 
 fering, and the meal offering, and the 
 
 GHeb. 
 to be 
 for 
 com- 
 passion. 
 
 7 See 
 •2 Ohr. 
 vii. ] , &c. 
 
 8Heb. 
 
 /alien. 
 
 9Heb. 
 
 the 
 
 thing 
 
 of a 
 
 day 
 
 in its 
 
 day.
 
 10. 2. 
 
 I, KINGS. 
 
 2G9 
 
 2Clir. 
 vii. 11, 
 &c. 
 
 a Or. 
 delisjht 
 
 3 Or, 
 
 spake 
 concern- 
 ing 
 
 lOr, 
 and tJti 
 hoitxp. 
 shall bii 
 high; 
 cveri/ 
 one &G. 
 
 5 ,S.-e 
 2 Chr. 
 viii. 1, 
 ic. 
 
 G5 fat of the peace offerings. So Solomon 
 held the feast at that time, and all 
 Israel with him, a great congi-cgation, 
 from the entering in of Hamath unto 
 the brook of Egyjit, before the Loud 
 onr God, seven daj's and seven days, 
 
 CGeveu foui-teen daj^s. On the eighth 
 day he sent the peo2)le away, and they 
 blessed the king, and went unto their 
 tents joyful aiul glad of heart for all 
 the goofiness that the Lord had shewed 
 unto David his servant, and to Israel 
 his people. 
 
 ^And it came to pass, when Solomon 
 had finished the building of the house 
 of the Lord, and the king's house, and 
 all Solomon's "desire which he was 
 
 2 pleased to do, that the Lord appeared 
 to Solomon the second time, as he had 
 
 3 appeared unto him at Gibeon. And the 
 Lord said unto him, I have heard thy 
 prayer and thy supplication, that thou 
 hast made before me: I have hallowed 
 this house, which thou hast built, to 
 put my name there for ever ; and mine 
 eyes and mine heart shall be there per- 
 
 4petually. And as for thee, if thou wilt 
 walk before me, as David thy father 
 walked, in integi-ity of heart, and in up- 
 rightness, to do accoi-duig to all that I 
 have commanded thee, and wilt keep 
 
 5 my statutes and my judgements ; then 
 I will establish the throne of thy king- 
 dom over Israel for ever ; according as 
 I "promised to David thy father, say- 
 ing. There shall not fail thee a man 
 
 Gupon the throne of Israel. But if ye 
 shall turn away from following me, ye 
 or your children, and not keep my com- 
 mandments and my statutes which I 
 have set before you, but shall go and 
 serve other gods, and worshii) them : 
 
 7 then will I cut off Israel out of the land 
 which I have given them; and tliis 
 house, which I have hallowed for my 
 name, will I cast out of my sight ; and 
 Israel shall be a proverb and a byword 
 
 S among all peoples: ^and though this 
 house be so high, yet shall eveiy one 
 that passeth by it be astonished, and 
 shall hiss ; and they shall say, Wliy hath 
 the Lord done thus unto this land, and 
 
 9 to this house ? And they shall answer, 
 Because they forsook the Lord their 
 God, which brought forth their fathers 
 out of the land of Egypt, and laid hold 
 on other gods, and worshii^ped them, 
 and sei-ved them: therefore hath the 
 Lord brought all this evil upon them. 
 
 10 5 And it came to pass at the end of 
 twenty years, wherein Solomon had 
 built the two houses, the house of the 
 
 11 Lord and the king's house, (now Hiram 
 the king of Tyre had furnished Solomon 
 with cedar trees and fir trees, and with 
 gold, according to all his desire,) that 
 then king Solomon gave Hiram twenty 
 
 12 cities in the land of Galilee. And Hiram 
 came out from Tyro to see the cities 
 
 which Solomon had given him; and 
 l.^tliey pleased him not. And ho said. 
 What cities are these whicli thou hast 
 given me, my brother ? And « Ik; called 
 them the land of Cal)nl, unto this day. 
 11 And Ilirain sent to the king sixscore 
 talents of gold. 
 
 15 And this is the 7 reason of the levy 
 which king Solomon raised; for to 
 build the house of the Loitn, and his 
 own house, and Millo, and the wall of 
 Jerusalem, and Hazor, and Megiddo, 
 
 16 and Gezer. Pharaoh king of Egjiit 
 had gone iip, and taken Gezer, and 
 burnt it with fire, and slain the Canaan- 
 ites that dwelt in the city, and given it 
 for a portion unto his daughter, Solo- 
 
 17 mon's wife. And Solomon built Gezer, 
 
 18 and Beth-horon the nether, and Baal- 
 ath, and ^Tamar in the wilderness, in 
 
 19 the land, and all the store cities that 
 Solomon had, and the cities for his 
 chariots, and the cities for his horse- 
 men, and that which Solomon desired 
 to build for his pleasure in Jcrasalem, 
 and in Lebanon, and in all the land of 
 
 20 his dominion. As for all the people 
 that were left of the Amorites, the 
 Hittites, the Perizzites, the Hivites, 
 and the Jebusites, which were not of 
 
 21 the chOdren of Isi-ael; their children 
 that were left after them in the land, 
 whom the childi-en of Israel were not 
 able utterly to destroy, of them did 
 Solomon raise a levy of bondservants, 
 
 22 unto this day. But of the children 
 of Israel did Solomon make no bond- 
 servants: but they were the men of 
 war, and his servants, and his i^rinces, 
 and his captains, and mlers of his 
 
 23 chariots and of his horsemen. These 
 were the chief officers that were over 
 Solomon's work, five hundi-ed and fifty, 
 which bare rule over the people that 
 
 24 wrought in the work. But Pharaoh's 
 daughter came up out of the city of 
 David unto her house which Solomon 
 had built for her: then did he build 
 
 25 Millo. And three times in a year did 
 Solomon offer burnt offerings and peace 
 offerings upon the altar which he buUt 
 unto the Lord, burning incense there- 
 with, upon the altar that was before 
 the Lord. So he finished the house. 
 
 26 And king Solomon made a navy of 
 ships in Ezion-geber, which is beside 
 Eloth, on the shore of the Bed Sea, in 
 
 27 the land of Edom. And Hiram sent 
 in the navy his servants, shipmen that 
 had knowledge of the sea, with the 
 
 28 servants of Solomon. Aiid they came 
 to Ophir, and fetched from thence gold, 
 four hundred and twenty talents, and 
 brought it to king Solomon. 
 
 lO 9 And when the queen of Sheba heard 
 
 of the fame of Solomon concerning the 
 
 name of the Lord, she came to prove 
 
 2 him with hard questions. And she came 
 
 to Jerusalem with a very great train, 
 
 "Or, 
 
 wrrc 
 catiml 
 
 'Or. 
 account 
 
 ^Another 
 reailing 
 LS. 7\ul- 
 tuor. So 
 ■2 Chr. 
 viii. 4. 
 
 "See 
 2 Ohr. 
 ix. 1, &c.
 
 270 
 
 I. KINGS. 
 
 10. 2. 
 
 iHeb. 
 
 ftn?id- 
 
 iag. 
 
 2 Or, his 
 
 offering 
 which he 
 offered 
 in &Q. 
 
 3 Or, 
 sayings 
 
 4Heb. 
 tliou, 
 hast 
 added 
 vdsdom 
 and 
 good- 
 ness to 
 thefame. 
 
 5 In 
 2 Chr. 
 ii. 8, 
 ix. 10, 
 alr/titn 
 trees. 
 Perhnps, 
 sandal 
 wood. 
 
 eOr. o 
 
 railing 
 Heb. a 
 prop. 
 
 ^ Ileb. 
 tvhich he 
 gave her 
 accord- 
 ing to 
 the hand 
 of king 
 Socman. 
 
 8 Heb. 
 nianeh. 
 
 with camels that bare spices, and very 
 much gold, and precious stones: and 
 when she was come to Solomon, she 
 communed with him of all that was in 
 
 3 her heart. And Solomon told her all 
 her questions : there was not any thing 
 liid from the king which he told her 
 
 4 not. And when the queen of Sheba 
 had seen all the wisdom of Solomon, 
 
 5 and the house that he had buUt, and 
 the meat of liis table, and the sitting 
 of his servants, and the i attendance 
 of his ministers, and their apparel, and 
 his cupbeai-ers, and ^his ascent by 
 which he went up unto the house of the 
 Lord ; there was no more spirit in her. 
 
 GAnd she said to the king. It was a 
 true report thnt I heard in mine own 
 land of thine ^acts, and of thy wis- 
 
 7dom. Howbeit I believed not the 
 words, until I came, and mine eyes had 
 seen it : and, behold, the half was not 
 told me : ^ thy wisdom and prosperity 
 cxceedeth the fame which I heard. 
 
 SHajipy are thy men, happy are these 
 thy servants, wliich stand continually 
 before thee, and that hear thy wisdom. 
 
 9 Blessed be the Lord thy God, which 
 delighted in thee, to set thee on the 
 throne of Israel: because the Lord 
 loved Israel for ever, therefore made 
 he thee king, to do judgement and just- 
 
 10 ice. And she gave the king an hund- 
 red and twenty talents of gold, and of 
 spices very great store, and precious 
 stones: thei-e came no more such a- 
 bundance of spices as these which the 
 queen of Sheba gave to king Solomon. 
 
 11 And the navy also of Hiram, that 
 brought gold from Oisliir, brought in 
 from Ophii- great plenty of ^almug 
 
 12 trees and precious stones. And the 
 king made of the ahnug trees 6 pillars 
 for the house of the Lord, and for the 
 king's house, harj)s also and i^salteries 
 for the singers: there came no such 
 ahnug trees, nor were seen, unto this 
 
 13 day. And king Solomon gave to the 
 queen of Sheba all her desire, whatso- 
 ever she asked, beside that 7 which 
 Solomon gave her of his royal bounty. 
 So she turned, and went to her own 
 1 md, she and her servants. 
 
 14 Now the Aveight of gold that came to 
 Solomon in one year was six hundred 
 
 15 threescore and six talents of gold, be- 
 ,side that which the chapmen brought, 
 
 and the traffic of the merchants, and of 
 aU the kings of the mingled people, and 
 
 16 of the governors of the country. And 
 king Solomon made two hmidred tar- 
 gets of beaten gold : six hundred shekels 
 
 17 of gold went to one target. And he 
 made three hundred shields of beaten 
 gold ; three 8 pound of gold went to one 
 shield : and the king put them in the 
 
 18 house of the forest of Lebanon. More- 
 over the king made a great throne of 
 ivoiy, and overlaid it with the finest 
 
 19 gold. There were six steps to the throne, 
 and the top of the throne was round be- 
 hind : and there were 9 stays on either 
 side by the place of the seat, and two 
 
 20 lions standing beside the stays. And 
 twelve lions stood there on the one side 
 and on the other upon the six steps: 
 there was not the like made in any 
 
 21 kingdom. And all king Solomon's drink- 
 ing vessels were of gold, and all the 
 vessels of the house of the forest of 
 Lebanon were of pure gold : none were 
 of silver ; it was nothing accounted of 
 
 22 in the days of Solomon. For the king 
 liad at sea a navy of Tarshish with the 
 navy of Hiram : once every three years 
 came the navy of Tarshish, bringing 
 gold, and silver, ivory, and apes, and 
 
 23 peacocks. So kmg Solomon exceeded all 
 the kings of the earth in riches and in 
 
 24 wisdom. And aU the earth sought the 
 presence of Solomon, to hear his wis- 
 dom, which God had put in his heart. 
 
 25 And they brought every m.an his pre- 
 sent, vessels of silver, and vessels of 
 gold, and raiment, and armour, and 
 spices, horses, and mules, a rate year 
 
 2Gby year. lOAnd Solomon gathered to- 
 gether chariots and horsemen : and he 
 had a thousand and four hundred chari- 
 ots, and twelve thousand horsemen, 
 which he bestowed in the chariot cities, 
 
 27 and with the king at Jerusalem. And 
 the kuig made silver to be in Jerusalem 
 as stones, and cedars made he to be as 
 the sycomore trees that are in the low- 
 
 28 land, for abundance, ^i And the horses 
 which Solomon had were brought out 
 of Egypt; and the king's merchants 
 received them in droves, each drove at 
 
 29 a price. - And a chariot came up and 
 went out of Egypt for six hvmdred 
 shekels of silver, and an horse for an 
 himdred and fifty: and so for all the 
 kmgs of the Hittites, and for the kmgs 
 of Syi'ia, did they brmg them out i^by 
 their means. 
 
 11 Now king Solomon loved many strange 
 women, 13 together with the daughter 
 of Pharaoh, women of the Moabites, 
 Ammonites, Edomites, Zidonians, and 
 2 Hittites; of the nations concerning 
 which the Lord said imto the children 
 of Israel, Ye shall not go among 
 them, neither shall they come among 
 you: for surely they vnil turn away 
 your heart after their gods : Solo- 
 
 3 mon clave unto these in love. And he 
 had seven hundred wives, princesses, 
 iind three hundred concubines: and 
 
 4 his wives turned away his heart. For 
 it came to pass, when Solomon was old, 
 that his wives turned away his heart 
 after other gods: and his heart was 
 not perfect with the Lord his God, as 
 
 5 was the heart of David his father. For 
 Solomon went after Ashtoreth the god- 
 dess of the Zidonians, and after MOcom 
 the abomination of the Ammonites. 
 
 9 Or. 
 armi 
 Heb. 
 hands. 
 
 wSee 
 2 Chr. i 
 1-1-17. 
 
 11 See 
 2 Chr. 
 i. 16, 
 
 12 Heb. 
 in their 
 hand- 
 
 13 Or, 
 besides
 
 11. 38. 
 
 I. KINGS. 
 
 271 
 
 IHeb. 
 i? wlfh 
 thee. 
 
 2 The 
 Sept. and 
 Syr. read, 
 de- 
 stroyed 
 Kdo:n. 
 
 6 Aiul Solomon did that which was evil 
 in the si{;ht of the Loud, and went 
 }iot fully aftci- the Lord, as did David 
 
 This father. Then did Solomon build 
 an high place for Chemosh the ab- 
 omination of Moab, in the mount 
 that is before Jerusalem, and for Mo- 
 lech the abomination of the children 
 
 8 of Amnion. And so did he for all his 
 strange wives, which burnt incense and 
 sacrificed mito theu' gods. 
 
 9 And the Lord was angry with Solo- 
 mon, because his heart was turned 
 away from the Lord, the God of Israel, 
 which had appeared unto huu twice, 
 
 10 and had commanded him concerning 
 this thuig, that he should not go after 
 other gods : but he kei>t not that which 
 
 11 the Lord commanded. Wierefore the 
 Lord said unto Solomon, Forasmuch 
 as this 1 is done of thee, and thou hast 
 not kept my covenant and my statutes, 
 which I have commanded thee, I will 
 surely rend the kingdom from thee, and 
 
 12 will give it to thy servant. Notwith- 
 standing in thy days I will not do it, for 
 David thy father's sake : but I will rend 
 
 13 it out of the hand of thy son. Howbeit 
 I will not rend away all the kingdom ; 
 but I will give one tribe to thy son, 
 for David my servant's sake, and for 
 Jerusalem's sake which I have chosen. 
 
 14 And the Lord raised up an adversary 
 unto Solomon, Hadad the Edomite: 
 he was of the king's seed in Edom. 
 
 15 For it came to pass, when David ^was 
 in Edom, and Joab the captain of the 
 host was gone up to bury the slam, 
 and had smitten every male in Edom ; 
 
 16 (for Joab and all Israel remained there 
 sLx months, until he had cut off every 
 
 17 male in Edom;) that Hadad fled, he 
 and certain Edomites of his father's 
 servants with him, to go into Egypt; 
 
 18 Hadad being yet a little child. And 
 they arose out of Midian, and came to 
 Parau : and they took men with them 
 out of Paran, and they came to Egyj^t, 
 unto Pharaoh king of Egypt; which 
 gave liun an house, and api^ointed him 
 
 19 victuals, and gave him land. And Hadad 
 found great favour in the sight of Pha- 
 raoh, so that he gave him to vaie the 
 sister of his own wife, the sister of 
 
 20 Tahpenes the queen. And the sister of 
 Tahpenes bare him Genubatli his son, 
 whom Tahpenes weaned in Pharaoh's 
 house : and Genubath was in Pliaraoh's 
 house among the sons of Pharaoh. 
 
 21 And when Hadad heard in Egypt that 
 David slept with his fathers, and that 
 Joab the captain of the host was dead, 
 Hadad said to Pharaoh, Let me depart, 
 that I may go to mine own country. 
 
 22 Then Pharaoh said unto him, But what 
 hast thou lacked with me, that, be- 
 hold, thou seekest to go to thine own 
 country ? And he answered, Nothing : 
 howbeit let me depart in any wise. 
 
 2;j And God raised up another adversary 
 unto him, Itezon the son of EHada, 
 wliich had fled from his lord Hadadezer 
 
 24 king of Zobah: and he gathered men 
 xuito him, and became captain over a 
 troop, when David slew them of Zobah : 
 and they went to Damascus, and dwelt 
 therein, and leigned in Damascus. 
 
 25 And he was an adversary to Israel all 
 the days of Solomon, beside tlie mis- 
 chief that Hadad did: and he abhoixed 
 Israel, and i-eigned over Syria. 
 
 26 And Jeroboam the son of Nebat, an 
 Ephraimite of Zeredah, a servant of 
 Solomon, whose mother's name was 
 Zeruah, a widow woman, he also lifted 
 
 27 up his hand against the king. And 
 this was the cause that he lifted up 
 his hand agamst the king: Solomon 
 built Millo, and ^ repaired the breach of 
 
 28 the city of David his father. And the 
 man Jeroboam was a mighty man of 
 valour: and Solomon saw the young 
 man that he was industrious, and he 
 gave him charge over all the ^labom- 
 
 29 of the house of Joseph. And it came 
 to pass at that time, when Jerobo- 
 am went out of Jerusalem, that the 
 prophet Ahijah the Shilonite found 
 him m the way; now Ahijah had clad 
 himself with a new garment ; and they 
 
 30 two were alone in the field. And 
 Ahijah laid hold of the new garment 
 that was on him, and rent it in twelve 
 
 31 pieces. And he said to Jei'oboam, 
 Take thee ten pieces: for thus saith 
 the Lord, the God of Israel, Behold, 
 I will rend the kmgdom out of the 
 hand of Solomon, aud will give ten 
 
 32 tribes to thee : (but he shall have one 
 tribe, for my servant David's sake, and 
 for Jerasalem's sake, the city which I 
 have chosen out of all the tribes of 
 
 33 Israel:) because that they have for- 
 saken ine, and have worshipped Ash- 
 toreth the goddess of the Zidoiiians, 
 Chemosh the god of Moab, and Milcom 
 the god of the children of Amnion ; and 
 they have not walked in my ways, to 
 do that which is right in mine eyes, and 
 to heep my statutes and my judgements, 
 
 34 as did David his father. Howbeit I 
 will not take the whole kingdom out of 
 his hand : but I will make him prince 
 all the days of his life, for David my 
 servant's sake, whom I chose, ^ because 
 he kept my commandments and my 
 
 35 statutes : but I will t.ake the kuigdom 
 out of his son's hand, and will give it 
 
 36 unto thee, even ten tribes. And mito 
 his son will I give one tribe, that 
 David my servant may have a lamp 
 alway before me in Jerusalem, the 
 city which I have chosen me to put 
 
 37 my name there. And I will take thee, 
 and thou shalt reign c according to aU 
 that thy soul desireth, and shalt be 
 
 38kmg over Israel. And it shall be, if 
 thon wilt hearken unto all that I com- 
 
 3Heb. 
 
 up. 
 
 i Hel). 
 burden 
 
 5 Or, 
 tfho hcj't 
 
 6 Or, 
 
 otfer att
 
 272 
 
 I. KINGS. 
 
 11. 38. 
 
 iSee 
 2 Chf. 
 ix. 29, 
 &c. 
 2 Or. 
 
 Or, 
 matters 
 
 'See 
 2 Chr. 
 . 1, &c. 
 
 mand thee, and wilt walk in my ways, 
 and do that which is right in mine 
 eyes, to keep my statutes and my com- 
 mandments, as David my servant did ; 
 that I wiU be with thee, and will build 
 thee a sm-e house, as I built for David, 
 
 39 and will give Israel unto thee. And I 
 will for this afflict the seed of David, but 
 
 40 not for ever. Solomon sought there- 
 fore to kiU Jeroboam: but Jeroboam 
 arose, andfled intoEgyi)t,unto Shishak 
 king of Egyjit, and was in Egypt until 
 tlie death of Solomon. 
 
 41 iNow the rest of the 2 acts of Solo- 
 mon, and aU that he did, and his 
 wisdom, are they not written in the 
 
 4'2book of the acts of Solomon? And 
 the time that Solomon reigned in Je- 
 rusalem over all Israel was forty years. 
 
 43 And Solomon slept with his fathers, 
 and was buried in the city of David 
 his father: and Kehoboam his son 
 reigned in his stead. 
 
 12 ^And Rehoboam went to Shechem: 
 for all Israel were come to Shechem 
 
 2 to make him king. And it came to 
 pass, when Jeroboam the son of Nebat 
 heard of it, (for he was yet in Egypt, 
 whither he had fled from the presence 
 of king Solomon, and Jeroboam dwelt 
 
 3 in Egyjit, and they sent and called 
 him;) that Jeroboam and all the 
 congregation of Israel came, and spake 
 
 4iinto liehoboam, saying. Thy father 
 made our yoke grievous: now there- 
 fore make thou the grievous service of 
 thy father, and his heavy yoke whicli 
 he put upon us, lighter, and we will 
 
 5 serve thee. And he said unto them, 
 Depart yet for three days, then come 
 again to me. And the people departed. 
 
 6 And king liehoboam took counsel with 
 the old men, that had stood before 
 Solomon his father while he yet lived, 
 saying, What counsel give ye me to 
 
 7 return answer to this people? And 
 they spake unto him, saymg, If thou wilt 
 be a servant unto this people this day, 
 and wilt serve them, and answer them, 
 and speak good words to them, then 
 
 8 they will be thy servants for ever. But 
 he forsook tlie counsel of the old men 
 wliich tliey had given him, and took 
 counsel with the young men that were 
 grown up with htm, that stood before 
 
 9 him. And he said unto them, What 
 counsel give ye, that we may return 
 answer to this peojile, who have spoken 
 to me, saying. Make the yoke that 
 thy father did put upon us hghter? 
 
 10 And the young men that were grown 
 up with hun spake unto him, sayuig, 
 Thus shalt thou say unto this people 
 that spake unto thee, saying. Thy father 
 made om* yoke heavy, but make thou it 
 lighter unto us; thus shalt thou speak 
 unto them. My little finger is thicker 
 
 11 than my father's loins. And now where- 
 as my father did lade you with a heavy 
 
 yoke, I wUI add to your yoke : my father 
 chastised you with whips, but I will 
 
 12 chastise you with scoi-pions. So Jero- 
 boam and all the people came to Eeho- 
 boam the third day, as the kmg bade, 
 saying. Come tome again the third day. 
 
 13 And the king answered the people 
 roughly, and forsook the counsel of 
 the old men which they had given him ; 
 
 14 and spake to them after the counsel 
 of the yomig men, saying. My father 
 made your yoke heavy, but I will add 
 to your yoke : my father chastised you 
 with whips, but I wUI chastise you 
 
 15 with scorjiions. So the king heark- 
 ened not unto the people; for it was 
 a thing brought about of the Lord, 
 that he might estabhsh his word, 
 which the Lord spake by the hand of 
 Aliijah the Shilonite to Jeroboam the 
 
 16 son of Nebat. And when all Israel saw 
 that the king hearkened not unto them, 
 the people answered the king, saying, 
 What portion have we in David? nei- 
 ther have we inheritance in the son of 
 Jesse : to your tents, O Israel : now see 
 to thine own house, David. So Israel 
 
 17 departed unto then- tents. But as for 
 the children of Israel which dwelt in 
 the cities of Judah, Eehoboam reigned 
 
 18 over them. Then kmg Eehoboam sent 
 Adoram, who was over the levy; and 
 all Israel stoned him with stones, that 
 he died. And king Rehoboam made 
 speed to get him up to his chariot, to 
 
 19 flee to Jerusalem. So Israel rebelled 
 against the house of David, unto this 
 
 '20 day. And it came to pass, when all 
 Israel heard that Jeroboam was re- 
 turned, that they sent and called him 
 unto the congregation, and made him 
 kmg over all Israel: there was none 
 that followed the house of David, but 
 the tribe of Judah only. 
 
 21 *And when Eehoboam was come to 
 Jerusalem, he assembled all the house 
 of Judah, and the tribe of Benjamin, 
 an hundred and fourscore thousand 
 chosen men, which were warriors, to 
 fight against the house of Israel, to 
 bring the kingdom again to Rehoboam 
 
 22 the son of Solomon. But the word of 
 God came unto Shemaiah the man of 
 
 23 God, saying. Speak unto Eehoboam the 
 son of Solomon, king of Judah, and 
 unto all the house of Judah and Benja- 
 min, and to the ^rest of the peoi)le, say- 
 
 24 ing. Thus saith the Lord, Ye shall not 
 go up, nor fight against your brethren 
 the chil<lren of Israel: retm-n eveiy 
 man to his house ; for this thing is of 
 me. So they hearkened unto the word of 
 the Lord, and returned and went their 
 way, according to the word of the Lord. 
 
 2.5 Then Jeroboam built Shechem in 
 the hill coiuitry of Ephraim, and 
 dwelt therein ; and he went out 
 
 2Gfrom thence, and built Penuel. And 
 Jeroboam said in his heai't. Now 
 
 4 See 
 2 Chr. 
 xi. 1, &c. 
 
 5 See 
 ver. 17
 
 13. 24. 
 
 I. KINGS. 
 
 273 
 
 lOr, JV 
 have 
 
 gone up 
 
 lo7ig 
 
 enough 
 
 2 Or. 
 each of 
 thein 
 
 3 Or, 
 offered 
 upon 
 1 Or. to 
 sncrificc 
 
 '"^Another 
 is.apurf. 
 
 slmll tlio kingdom return to the house 
 
 27 of David : if this people go up to offer 
 
 sacrifices in the house of the Loud at 
 
 Jenisalcm, then shall the heart of this 
 
 people turn again nnto their lord, even 
 
 unto llehohoam king of Judah; and 
 
 they shall kill nie, and return to Reho- 
 
 28hoani king of Judah. Whereupon the 
 
 king took counsel, and made two calves 
 
 of gold ; and he said unto them, ^It is 
 
 too much for you to go up to Jeinisa- 
 
 lem ; behold thy gods, Israel, which 
 
 brought thee up out of the land of 
 
 29 Egypt. And he set the one in Betli- 
 
 iJOol, and the other irat he in Dan. And 
 
 this thing became a sin : for the people 
 
 went to worship before ^tho one, even 
 
 31 iinto Dan. Andlie made houses of high 
 places, and made priests from among 
 all the peojile, which were not of the 
 
 32 sons of Levi. And Jeroboam ordamed 
 a feast in the eighth month, on the 
 fifteenth day of the month, like unto 
 the feast that is in Judah, and he ^went 
 up unto the altar ; so did he in Beth-el, 
 * sacrificing unto the calves that he had 
 made: and he placed in Beth-el the 
 priests of the high places which he had 
 
 33 made. And he ^ went up unto the altar 
 which he had made in Beth-el on the 
 fifteenth day in the eighth month, even 
 in the month which he had de\'ised ^of 
 his O'OTi heart : and he ordained a feast 
 for the children of Israel, and Swent up 
 unto the altar, to bum incense. 
 
 13 And, behold, there came a man of God 
 out of Judah by the word of the Lokd 
 unto Beth-el : and Jeroboam was stand- 
 
 2 ing by the altar to burn incense. And 
 he cried against the altar by the word of 
 the Lokd, and said, O altar, altar, thus 
 saith the Loed: Behold, a child shall 
 be born unto the house of David, Josiah 
 by name ; and upon thee shaU he sacri- 
 fice the priests of the high places that 
 bum incense iiiion thee, and men's 
 
 3 bones shaU they burn upon thee. And 
 he gave a sign the same day, saying. 
 This is the sign which the Lord hath 
 spoken : Behold, the altar shall be rent, 
 and the ashes that are upon it shall be 
 
 4 iioured out. And it came to pass, when 
 the king heard the saying of the man of 
 God, which he cried against the altar 
 in Beth-el, that Jeroboam fiut forth his 
 hand from the altar, saying. Lay hold 
 on him. And his hand, which he put 
 forth against him, dried up, so that 
 he could not draw it back agaui to 
 
 5 him. The altar also was rent, and 
 the ashes poured out from the altar, 
 according to the sign which the man 
 of God had given by the word of the 
 
 6 Lord. And the king answered and 
 said unto the man of God, Intreat 
 now the favour of the Lord thy God, 
 and pray for me, that my hand may 
 be restored me again. And the man 
 of God intreated the Lord, and the 
 
 king's hand was restored him again, 
 
 7 ami became as it was before. And 
 the king said unto the man of God, 
 Come home with me, and refresh 
 thyself, and I will give thee a reward. 
 
 8 And tlio man of God said luito the 
 king. If thou wilt give me half tliine 
 house, I will not go in with thee, neither 
 will I eat bread nor drink water in this 
 
 9 place: for so was it charged me by the 
 word of the Lord, saying, Thou shalt 
 eat no bread, nor di-ink water, neither 
 return by the way that thou camest. 
 
 10 So ho went another way, and re- 
 turned not by the way that' he came 
 to Beth-el. 
 
 11 Now there dwelt an old prophet in 
 Beth-el; and ''one of his sons came 
 and told him all the works that the 
 man of God had done that day in Beth- 
 el : the words which he had spoken unto 
 the king, them also they told unto their 
 
 12 father. And then* father said unto them, 
 Wliat way went he ? t Now his sons had 
 seen what way the man of God went, 
 
 13 which came from Jixdah. And he said 
 mito his sons, Saddle me the ass. So 
 they saddled him the ass : and he rode 
 
 14 thereon. And he went after the man 
 of God, and found him sitting under an 
 8 oak : and he said unto him, Ai't thou the 
 man of God that camest from Judah ? 
 
 15 And he said, I am. Then he said unto 
 him. Come home with me, and eat 
 
 16 bread. And he said, I may not return 
 with thee, nor go in with thee : neither 
 will I eat bread nor drink water with 
 
 17 thee in this place: for it was said to 
 me by the word of the Lord, Thou 
 shalt eat no bread nor drink water 
 there, nor turn again to go by the way 
 
 18 that thou camest. And he said unto 
 him, I also am a j)rophet as thou art ; 
 and an angel spake unto me by the 
 word of the Lord, saying. Bring him 
 back with thee mto thine house, that 
 he may eat bread and drink water. 
 
 1^ Bxit he lied tmto limi. So he went 
 back with him, and did eat bread in 
 
 20 his house, and drank water. And it 
 came to pass, as they sat at the table, 
 that the word of the Lord came unto 
 the prophet that brought hun back: 
 
 21 and he cried unto the man of God that 
 came from Judah, saying. Thus saith 
 the Lord, Forasmuch as thon hast 
 Sheen disobedient unto the mouth of 
 the Lord, and hast not kept the com- 
 mandment which the Lord thy God 
 
 22 commanded thee, but camest back, and 
 hast eaten bread and (h'unk water in 
 the iilace of the which he said to thee. 
 Eat no bread, and di'ink no water ; thy 
 carcase shall not come unto the sepul- 
 
 23 chre of thy fathers. And it came to 
 pass, after he had eaten bread, and 
 after he had drunk, that he saddled 
 for him the ass, to wit, for the prophet 
 
 24 whom he had brought back. And 
 
 SHeb. 
 his eo^i. 
 
 ' Acconl- 
 
 int; to 
 
 some 
 
 ancient 
 
 version.'^. 
 
 And his 
 
 sonx 
 
 shewed 
 
 him. 
 
 8 Or, 
 tere- 
 binth 
 
 oOr, 
 rebelled 
 a'jiiinst 
 the word
 
 274 
 
 I. KINGS. 
 
 13. 24. 
 
 lOr, 
 
 rebelled 
 against 
 the word 
 
 2 Or, 
 
 whomso- 
 ever he 
 would 
 
 3 Or, by 
 
 this 
 
 thing he 
 becama 
 
 bottle 
 
 when he was gone, a lion met him by 
 the way, and slew him : and his carcase 
 was cast in the way, and the ass stood 
 by it ; the Hon also stood by the carcase. 
 
 25 And, behold, men passed by, and saw 
 the carcase cast in the way, and the 
 lion standing by the carcase : and they 
 came and told it in the city where the 
 
 26 old prophet dwelt. And when the 
 prophet that brought him back from 
 the way heard thereof, he said. It is 
 the man of God, who ^was disobedient 
 unto the mouth of the Lord: there- 
 fore the Lord hath delivered him unto 
 the lion, which hath torn liim, and 
 slain him, according to the word of the 
 
 27 Lord, which he spake unto him. And 
 he spake to his sons, saymg, Saddle 
 me the ass. And they saddled it. 
 
 28 And he went and found his carcase 
 cast in the way, and the ass and the 
 lion standing by the carcase : the lion 
 had not eaten the carcase, nor torn 
 
 29 the ass. And the prophet took up the 
 carcase of the man of God, and laid it 
 upon the ass, and brought it back: 
 and he came to the city of the old 
 prophet, to mourn, and to bury him. 
 
 30 And he laid his carcase in his own 
 grave ; and they mourned over him, 
 
 31 saying, Alas, my brother ! And it came 
 to pass, after he had buried him, that 
 he spake to his sons, saying, ^Vhen I 
 am dead, then bury me in the sepul- 
 chre wherein the man of God is buried ; 
 
 32 lay my bones beside his bones. For 
 the saying which he cried by the word 
 of the Lord against the altar in Beth- 
 el, and agauist all the houses of the 
 high places which are in the cities of 
 Samaria, shall surely come to pass. 
 
 33 After this thmg Jeroboam returned 
 not from his evil way, but made again 
 from among all the people priests of 
 the high places: ^ whosoever would, 
 he consecrated him, that there might 
 
 34 be priests of the high places. And 
 8 this thing became sin unto the house 
 of Jeroboam, even to cut it oil, and 
 to destroy it from off the face of the 
 earth. 
 
 14 At that time Abijah the son of 
 
 2 Jeroboam fell sick. And Jeroboam 
 said to his wife, Ai-ise, I pray thee, 
 and disguise thyself, that thou be not 
 known to ha the wife of Jeroboam: 
 and get thee to Shiloh ; behold, there is 
 Ahijah the jirojihet, which spake con- 
 cerning me that I should be king over 
 
 3 this people. And take with thee ten 
 loaves, and cracknels, and a ^ cruse of 
 honey, and go to him: he shall tell 
 thee what shall become of the child. 
 
 4 And Jeroboam's ^v^fe did so, and a- 
 rose, and went to Shiloh, and came 
 to the house of Ahijah. Now Ahi- 
 jah could not see ; for his eyes were 
 
 5 set by reason of his age. And the 
 Lord said unto Aliijah, Behold, the 
 
 wife of Jeroboam cometh to inquh'e 
 of thee concerning her son ; for he is 
 sick: thus and thus shalt thou say 
 unto her: for it shall be, when she 
 cometh m, that she shall feign herself 
 
 6 to be another woman. And it was so, 
 when Ahijah heard the somid of her 
 feet, as she came in at the door, that 
 he said, Come in, thou wife of Jero- 
 boam ; why feignest thou thyself to be 
 another? for I am sent to thee with 
 
 7 hea\'y tidings. Go, tell Jeroboam, Thus 
 saith the Lord, the God of Israel : For- 
 asmuch as I exalted thee from among 
 the jieople, and made thee ^prince over 
 
 8 my people Israel, and rent the king- 
 dom away from the house of David, and 
 gave it thee : and yet thou hast not been 
 as my servant David, who kept my 
 commandments, and who followed me 
 with all his heart, to do that only which 
 
 9 was right in mine eyes; but hast done 
 evil above all that were before thee, and 
 hast gone and made thee other gods, 
 and molten images, to provoke me to 
 anger, and hast cast me behind thy 
 
 10 back : therefore, behold, I wiU bring 
 evil upon the house of Jeroboam, and 
 will cut off fi'om Jeroboam every man 
 child, him that is shut up and hun 
 that is left at large in Israel, and will 
 utterly sweep away the house of Jero- 
 boam, as a man sweepeth away dung, 
 
 11 till it be all gone. Him that dieth of 
 Jeroboam in the city shall the dogs 
 cat ; and him that dieth in the field 
 shall the fowls of the air eat : for the 
 
 12 Lord hath spoken it. Arise thou there- 
 fore, get thee to thine house: and 
 when thy feet enter into the city, the 
 
 13 child shall die. And aU Israel shall 
 mourn for him, and buiy him ; for he 
 only of Jeroboam shall come to the 
 grave : because m him there is found 
 some good thing toward the Lord, the 
 God of Israel, in the house of Jeroboam. 
 
 14 Moreover the Lord shall raise him up 
 a king over Israel, who shaU cut off the 
 house of Jeroboam that day: ^butwhat? 
 
 15 even now. For the Lord shaU smite 
 Israel, as a reed is shaken in the water ; 
 and he shall root up Israel out of this 
 good land, which he gave to their 
 fathers, and shall scatter them beyond 
 the Eiver ; because they have made 
 their Asherim, provokuig the Lord to 
 
 16 anger. And he shall give Israel up 
 because of the sins of Jeroboam, 7 which 
 he hath sinned, and wherewith he hath 
 
 17 made Israel to sin. And Jeroboam's 
 wife arose, and departed, and came 
 to Tirzah: and as she came to the 
 threshold of the house, the child died. 
 
 18 And all Israel buried him, and mourned 
 for him ; according to the word of the 
 Lord, which he spake by the hand of 
 
 19 his servant Ahijah the prophet. And 
 the rest of tlie acts of Jeroboam, how he 
 warred, and how he reigned, behold,
 
 15. 22. 
 
 1. KINGS. 
 
 275 
 
 iSee 
 2Chr. 
 xii. 13. 
 
 2 Or, 
 obelisks 
 
 3 See 
 Deut. 
 xxiii, 17. 
 
 »See 
 2 Clir. 
 i. 2, 
 -11. 
 
 5 Heb. 
 
 run- 
 ners. 
 
 6 .See 
 2 Chr. 
 xii. 15, IC. 
 
 7 In 
 2 Chr. 
 i. 16, 
 
 Abijah. 
 
 "See 
 2Clir. 
 xiii. 1, 
 &c. 
 
 Din 
 2 Chr. 
 xiii. 2, 
 Micaiah 
 the 
 
 daugh- 
 ter of 
 Uriel, 
 will 
 
 2Clir. xi. 
 ;0, 21, 
 Ab- 
 salom. 
 
 tliey are written in tlie book of the 
 chronicles of the kings of Israel. 
 
 20 And the (lay.s which Jeroboam reigned 
 were two and twenty ye.irs: and he 
 slept with hi.H fathers, and Nadab his 
 son reigned in his stead. 
 
 21 lAnd Ivehoboam the son of Solomon 
 reigned in Judah. Kehoboam was 
 forty and one years old when he began 
 to reign, and he reigned seventeen 
 years in Jerusalem, the city which the 
 Lord had chosen out of all the tribes 
 of Israel, to put his name there : and 
 liis mother's name was Naamah the 
 
 •22 Anunonitess. And Judah did that 
 which was evil in the sight of the Loed ; 
 and they provoked him to jealousy with 
 their sins whicii they committed, above 
 
 23 all that their fathers had done. For 
 they also built them high places, and 
 ^ijiUars, and Asherim, ou every high 
 hill, and under every green tree; 
 
 21 and there were also ^ sodomites iu the 
 land: they did according to all the 
 abominations of the nations which 
 the LoitD drave out before the child- 
 
 2oren of Israel. ''And it came to pass 
 in the fifth year of kuig Eehoboam, 
 that Shishak king of Egypt came up 
 
 26 against Jerusalem : and he took awaj- 
 the treasures of the house of the Loed, 
 and the treasures of the king's house ; 
 he even took away all: and he took 
 away all the shields of gold which 
 
 27 Solomon had made. And king Eeho- 
 boam made iu their stead shields of 
 brass, and committed them to the 
 hands of the captains of the ^ guard, 
 which kept the door of the king's house. 
 
 28 And it was so, that as oft as the king 
 went into the house of the Loed, the 
 guard bare them, and brought them 
 
 29 back into the guard chamber. ^Nqw 
 the rest of the acts of Rehoboam, and 
 all that he did, are they not written in 
 the book of the chronicles of the kings 
 
 30 of Judah '? And there was war between 
 Rehoboam and Jeroboam continually. 
 
 31 And Rehoboam slept with his fathers, 
 and was buried with his fathers in the 
 city of David : and his mother's name 
 was Naamah the Anunonitess. And 
 ''Abijam his son reigned in his stead. 
 
 15 8 Now in the eighteenth year of king 
 
 Jeroboam the son of Nebat began 
 
 2Abijam to reign over Judah. Three 
 
 years reigned he in Jerusalem: and 
 
 his mother's name was '•'Maacah the 
 
 3 daughter of ^ Abishalom. And he 
 waUied in all the sins of his father, 
 which he had done before him: and 
 his heart was not perfect with the 
 Loed his God, as the heart of David 
 
 4 his father. Nevertheless for David's 
 sake did the Lord his God give him 
 a lamp in Jerusalem, to set up his 
 son after him, and to establish Jeru- 
 
 osalem: because David did that which 
 was right in the eyes of the Loed, and 
 
 turned not aside from any thing that 
 ho commanded him all the days of his 
 life, save only in the matter of Uriah 
 Gtho Ilittite. Now there was war be- 
 tween 11 Rehoboam and Jeroboam all 
 
 7 the days of his life. And the rest of 
 the acts of Abijain, and all tliat he 
 did, are they not written in the book 
 of the cliroiiicles of the kings of Ju- 
 dah ? And there was war between 
 
 8 Abijain and Jeroboam. 12 And Abijam 
 slept with his fathers ; and they buried 
 him in the city of David: and Asa his 
 son reigned in his stead. 
 
 9 And in the twentieth year of Je- 
 roboam king of Israel began Asa to 
 
 10 reign over Judah. And forty and 
 one years reigned he in Jerusalem: 
 and his mother's name was Maacah 
 
 lithe daughter of Abishalom. And Asa 
 did that which was right iu the eyes of 
 the Loed, as did David his father. 
 
 12 And he put away the sodomites out of 
 the laud, and removed aU the idols 
 
 13 that his fathers had made, i^ And also 
 Maacah his mother he removed from 
 being 1^ queen, because she had made 
 an abominable image is for an Asherah ; 
 and Asa cut down her image, and burnt 
 
 11 it at the brook Kidi-on. But the high 
 places were not taken away : neverthe- 
 less the heart of Asa was perfect with 
 
 15 the Loed all his days. And he brought 
 into the house of the Lord the things 
 that his father had dedicated, and the 
 things that himself had dedicated, sU- 
 
 IGver, and gold, and vessels. And there 
 was war between Asa and Baasha 
 
 17 king of Israel aU their days, i^^nj 
 Baasha king of Israel went up against 
 Judah, andbuUtRamah, that he might 
 not suffer any to go out or come in to 
 
 18 Asa king of Judah. Then Asa took aU 
 the silver and the gold that were left in 
 the treasures of the house of the Lord, 
 and the treasures of the king's house, 
 and delivered them into the hand of 
 his servants : and king Asa sent them 
 to Ben-hadad, the son of Tabrunmon, 
 the son of Heziou, king of Syria, that 
 
 19 dwelt at Damascus, saying, ^T There is 
 a league between me and thee, between 
 my father and thy father: behold, I 
 have sent unto thee a present of sUver 
 and gold ; go, break thy league with 
 Baasha king of Israel, that he may 
 
 20 depart from me. And Ben-hadad 
 hearkened unto king Asa, and sent the 
 captains of his armies against the cities 
 of Israel, and smote Ijon, and Dan, and 
 Abel - beth - maacah, and all Chmner- 
 
 21 oth, with all the land of Naphtali. And 
 it came to jjass, when Baasha heard 
 thereof, that he left off building of Ra- 
 
 22mah,anddweltin Tirzah. Thenking Asa 
 made a proclamation unto aU Judah; 
 none was exempted : and they carried a- 
 way the stones of Ramah, and the timber 
 thereof, wherewith Baasha had builded; 
 
 11 Ac 
 
 cording 
 
 to some 
 
 iiiitlior- 
 
 ities, 
 
 AOiJam. 
 
 12 See 
 2 Chr. 
 xiv. 1, &c. 
 
 " See 
 2 Clir. 
 XV. l(j— 
 18. 
 
 "Or, 
 fjarfn 
 another 
 IS Or, for 
 A.'iherah 
 
 18 See 
 2 Chr. 
 xvi. 1— C. 
 
 17 Or, l^t 
 tliere be
 
 276 
 
 I. KINGS. 
 
 15. 22. 
 
 iSee 
 2 Chr. 
 xvi. 
 
 11—14. 
 
 2 Or, 
 leader 
 
 and king Asa built therewith Geba of 
 23 Benjamin, and Mizpah. iNow the 
 rest of all the acts of Asa, and all his 
 inisht, and all that he did, and the 
 cities which he built, are they not 
 wi-itten in the book of the clironicles of 
 the kings of Judah ? But in the time of 
 his old age he was diseased in his feet. 
 '2-i And Asa slept with his fathers, and 
 was buried with his fathers in the 
 city of David his father : and'Jehosha- 
 phat his son reigned in his stead. 
 
 25 And Nadab the son of Jeroboam be- 
 gan to reign over Israel in the second 
 year of Asa king of Judah, and he 
 
 26 reigned over Israel two years. And 
 he did that which was evil in the 
 sight of the Lord, and walked in 
 the way of his father, and in his sin 
 wherewith he made Israel to sin. 
 
 27 And Baasha the son of Ahijah, of the 
 house of Issachar, conspired against 
 him; and Baasha smote him at Gibbe- 
 thon, which belonged to the Phihstmes ; 
 for Nadab and all Israel were laying 
 
 28 siege to Gibbethon. Even m the thii'd 
 year of Asa king of Judah did Baasha 
 slay him, and reigned in his stead. 
 
 29 And it came to pass that, as soon as he 
 was king, he smote all the house of Je- 
 roboam; he left not to Jeroboam any 
 that breathed, until he had destroyed 
 him ; according unto the saying of the 
 Lord, which he spake by the hand of 
 
 30 his servant Ahijah the Shilonite: for 
 the sins of Jeroboam which he siimed, 
 and wherewith he made Israel to sin ; 
 because of his provocation wherewith 
 he provoked the Lord, the God of 
 
 31 Israel, to anger. Now the rest of the 
 acts of Nadab, and aU that he did, are 
 they not written in the book of the 
 
 32 chronicles of the kings of Israel ? And 
 there was war between Asa and Baasha 
 king of Israel all their days. 
 
 33 In the third year of Asa king of 
 Judah began Baasha the son of Ahijah 
 to reign over aU Israel in Tirzah, ajid 
 
 34 reir/ned twenty and four years. And 
 he did that which was evil in the sight 
 of the Lord, and walked in the way 
 of Jeroboam, and in his sm wherewith 
 
 16 he made Israel to sin. And the word 
 of the Lord came to Jehu the son 
 of Hanani against Baasha, saying, 
 
 2 Forasmuch as I exalted thee out of 
 the dust, and made thee 2 prince over 
 my peoi)le Israel; and thou hast 
 walked in the way of Jeroboam, and 
 hast made my people Israel to sin, to 
 provoke me to anger vsdth their sins ; 
 
 3 behold, I will utterly sweep away 
 Baasha and his house ; and I will make 
 thy house like the house of Jeroboam 
 
 4 the son of Nebat. Him that dieth of 
 Baasha in the city shall the dogs eat ; 
 and him that dieth of his in the field 
 
 5 shall the fowls of the air eat. Now the 
 rest of the acts of Baasha, and what 
 
 he did, and his might, are they not 
 written in the book of the chronicles 
 
 6 of the kings of Israel? And Baasha 
 slept with his fathers, and was bmied 
 in Tirzah ; and Elah his son reigned 
 
 Tin his stead. And moreover by the 
 hand of the prophet Jehu the son of 
 Hanani came the word of the Lord 
 against Baasha, and against his house, 
 both because of all the evil that he did 
 in the sight of the Lord, to provoke 
 him to anger with the work of his 
 hands, in being like the house of Jero- 
 boam, and because he smote ^him. 
 
 8 In the twenty and sixth year of Asa 
 king of Judah began Elah the son of 
 Baasha to reign over Israel in Tirzah, 
 
 9 and reigned two years. And his serv- 
 ant Zinu'i, captain of liaK his chariots, 
 conspired against him : now he was in 
 Tirzah, diinking himseK drunk in the 
 house of Ai'za, which was over the 
 
 10 household in Tu-zah: and Zimri went 
 in and smote him, and killed him, in the 
 twenty and seventh year of Asa kuig 
 of Judah, and reigned in his stead. 
 
 11 And it came to pass, when he began to 
 reign, as soon as he sat on his throne, 
 that he smote all the house of Baasha : 
 he left him not a single man child, 
 neither of his kinsfoUvs, nor of his 
 
 12 friends. Thus did Zimri destroy all 
 the house of Baasha, according to the 
 word of the Lord, which he spake 
 against Baasha by Jehu the prophet, 
 
 13 for all the sins of Baasha, and the sins 
 of Elah his son, which they siimed, and 
 wherewith they made Israel to sin, to 
 provoke the Lord, the God of Israel, to 
 
 14 anger with their vanities. Now the rest 
 of the acts of Elah, and all that he did, 
 are they not written m the book of the 
 chronicles of the kings of Israel ? 
 
 15 In the twenty and seventh year of 
 Asa king of Judah did Zunri reign 
 seven days in Tirzah. Now the peo- 
 ple were encamped against Gibbe- 
 thon, which belonged to thePhilisttues. 
 
 16 And the people that were encamped 
 heard say, Zimri hath conspired, and 
 hath also smitten the king: where- 
 fore aU Israel made Omri, the captain 
 of the host, king over Israel that 
 
 17 day in the camp. And Omri went up 
 from Gibbethon, and all Israel with 
 
 18 him, and they besieged Tirzah. And 
 it came to j)ass, when Zimri saw that 
 the city was taken, that he went into 
 the * castle of the king's house, and 
 burnt the king's house over him with 
 
 19 fire, and died, for his sins which he 
 sinned in doing that which was evil 
 in the sight of the Lord, in walking In 
 the way of Jeroboam, and in bis sin 
 which he did, to make Israel to sin. 
 
 20 Now the rest of the acts of Zimri, and 
 liis treason that he wrought, are they 
 not written in the book of the chron- 
 icles of the kings of Israel ?
 
 17. 21. 
 
 I. KINGS. 
 
 277 
 
 :Heb. 
 Sho- 
 nicron, 
 2 Or, 
 
 fortifioA 
 
 3Heb. 
 Izebeh 
 
 4 Sea 
 2 Kings 
 xiii. 6. 
 
 5 See 
 Josh, 
 vi. 2u. 
 
 6 Accord- 
 ing to tile 
 Sept., 0/ 
 Tishlxh 
 of 
 Gilead. 
 
 21 Then were the people of Israel di- 
 vided into two parts: half of the peo- 
 ple followed Tibai the son of Ginath, 
 to make hiin king; and half followed 
 
 22 0mri. Bnt the peojilo that foUowed 
 Oniri previiiled agamst the people that 
 followed Tibni the son of Ginath : so 
 
 23 Tibni died, and Omri reigned. In the 
 thirty and first year of Asa king of 
 Judah began Omri to reign over Israel, 
 and rvhjncd twelve years: six years 
 
 21 reigned he in Tirzah. And he bought 
 the hill 1 Samaria of Shemer for two 
 talents of silver ; and he ^ built on the 
 hill, and called the name of the city 
 ■which he built, after the name of 
 Shemer, the owner of the hill, iSa- 
 
 25 maria. And Onu-i did that which was 
 evil in the sight of the Loud, and dealt 
 wickedly above all that were before 
 
 26 him. For he walked in all the way of 
 Jeroboam the son of Nebat, and in his 
 sins wherewith he made Israel to sin, 
 to provoke the Lord, the God of Israel, 
 
 27 to anger with then- vanities. Now the 
 rest of the acts of Omri which he did, 
 and his might that he shewed, are they 
 not written in the book of the chron- 
 
 28 icles of the kings of Israel ? So Omri 
 slept with his fathers, and was buried 
 in Samaria : and Ahab his son reigned 
 in his stead. 
 
 29 And in the thirty and eighth year of 
 Asa king of Judah began Ahab the son 
 of Omri to reign over Israel : and Ahab 
 the son of Omri reigned over Israel in 
 
 30 Samaria twenty and two years. And 
 Ahab the son of Omri did that which 
 was evil in the sight of the Lord above 
 
 31 all that v/ere before him. And it came 
 to pass, as if it had been a light thing 
 for him to walk in the sins of Jeroboam 
 the son of Nebat, that he took to wife 
 s Jezebel the daughter of Ethbaal king 
 of the Zidonians, and went and served 
 
 32 Baal, and worshiinied him. And he 
 reared up an altar for Baal in the house 
 of Baal, which he had built in Sa- 
 
 33 maria. And Ahab made ^ the Asherah ; 
 and Ahab did yet more to i>rovoke 
 the Lord, the God of Israel, to anger 
 than all the kings of Israel that were 
 
 3'1 before him. ''In his days did Hiel the 
 Beth-elite build Jericlio : he laid the 
 foundation thereof with the loss of 
 Abiram his firstborn, and set up the 
 gates thereof with the loss of his 
 youngest son Segub ; according to the 
 word of the Lord, which he spake by 
 the hand of Joshua the son of Nun. 
 
 17 And Elijah the Tishbite, who was "of 
 the sojourners of Gilead, said unto 
 Ahab, As the Lord, the God of Israel, 
 liveth, before whom I stand, there 
 shall not be dew nor rain these years, 
 
 2 but according to my word. And the 
 word of the Lord came unto him, say- 
 
 3 ing. Get thee hence, and turn thee east- 
 ward, and hide thyself by the brook 
 
 4 Cherith, that is befoi'o Jordan. And it 
 shall be, that thou shalt drink of the 
 brook; and I have commanded tlie 
 
 5 ravens to feed thee there. So he went 
 and did according unto the word of tlie 
 Lord: for ho went and dwelt by the 
 brook Gherith, that is l)efore Jordan. 
 
 C And the ravens bi-ought hiiu bread and 
 flesh in the innriiiiig, and bread and 
 iiesh in the evening; and he drank 
 
 7 of the brook. And it cone to pass 
 after a while, that the brook dried U]i, 
 because there was no rain in the land. 
 
 8 And the word of the Lord came unto 
 
 9 him, sayuig, Arise, get thee to Zare- 
 l)hath, which belongeth to Zidon, and 
 dwell there : behold, I have commanded 
 a widow woman there to sustain thee. 
 
 10 So he arose and went to Zarei)hath ; 
 and when he came to the gate of the 
 city, behold, a widow woman was there 
 gathei'ing sticks : and he called to her, 
 and said. Fetch me, I pray thee, a little 
 water in a vessel, that I may drink. 
 
 11 And as she was going to fetch it, he 
 called to her, and said, Bring me, I 
 pray thee, a morsel of bread in thine 
 
 12 hand. And she said, As the Lord thy 
 God liveth, I have not a cake, but an 
 handful of meal in the barrel, and a 
 little oil in the cruse : and, behold, I am 
 gathering two sticks, that I may go in 
 and dress it for me and my son, that 
 
 13 we may eat it, and die. And Elijah 
 said unto her, Fear not; go and do as 
 thou hast said : but make me thereof 
 a little cake first, and bring it forth 
 unto me, and afterward make for thee 
 
 14 and for thy son. For thus saith the 
 Lord, the God of Israel, The barrel of 
 meal shall not waste, neither shall the 
 cruse of oil fail, until the day that the 
 Lord sendeth rain upon the earth. 
 
 15 And she went and did according to the 
 saying of Elijah: and she, and he, and 
 
 16 her house, did eat vianij days. The 
 barrel of meal wasted not, neither did 
 the cruse of oil fail, according to the 
 ■word of the Lord, which he spake by 
 
 17 Elijah. And it came to pass after 
 these things, that the son of the wo- 
 man, the mistress of the house, fell 
 sick; and his sickness was so sore, 
 that there was no breath left in him. 
 
 18 And she said unto Elijah, What have 
 I to do ■with thee, O thou man of God '? 
 'thou art come unto me to bring my 
 sin to remembrance, and to slay my 
 
 19 son ! And he said unto her. Give me 
 thy son. And he took him out of her 
 bosom, and carried him up uito the 
 chamber, where he abode, and laid 
 
 20 him upon his own bed. And he cried 
 unto the Lord, and said, O Lord my 
 God, hast thou also brought evil upon 
 the widow with whom I sojourn, by 
 
 21 slaying her son ? And he stretched 
 himself upon the child three times, 
 and cried unto the Lord, and said, O 
 
 7 Or, aH 
 ihou it-c.
 
 278 
 
 I. KINGS. 
 
 17. 21. 
 
 lOr. 
 and lone 
 none o/ 
 
 Lord my God, I pray thee, let this 
 
 22 child's soul come into him again. And 
 the Lord hearkened unto the voice of 
 Elijah ; and the soul of the child came 
 
 23 into him again, and he revived. And 
 EUjah took the child, and brought him 
 down out of the chamber into the 
 house, and dehvered him unto his 
 mother: and Elijah said, See, thy son 
 
 24hveth. And the woman said to Elijah, 
 Now I know that thou art a man of 
 God, and that the word of the Lord in 
 thy mouth is truth. 
 
 18 And it came to pass after many days, 
 that the word of the Lord came to 
 Ehjah, in the third year, saying. Go, 
 shew thyself unto Ahab; and I will 
 
 2 send rain upon the earth. And Elijah 
 went to shew himself unto Ahab. And 
 
 3 the famuie was sore in Samaria. And 
 Ahab called Obadiah, which was over 
 the household. (Now Obadiah feared 
 
 4 the Lord greatly: for it was so, when 
 Jezebel cut off the prophets of the 
 Lord, that Obadiah took an hundred 
 lirophets, and hid them by fifty in a 
 cave, and fed them with bread and 
 
 5 water.) And Ahab said imto Obadiah, 
 Go througli the land, unto all the fount- 
 ains of water, and unto all the brooks : 
 lieradventure we may find grass and 
 save the horses and mules alive, ^ that 
 
 6 we lose not all the beasts. So they 
 divided the land between them to pass 
 throughout it : Aliab went one way by 
 himself, and Obadiah went another 
 
 7 way by hunself. And as Obadiah was 
 in the way, behold, Elijah met him: 
 and he knew him, and fell on his face, 
 and said, Is it thou, my lord Ehjah? 
 
 8 And he answered him, It is I : go, tell 
 
 9 thy lord. Behold, Elijah is here. And 
 he said, "Wlierein have I sinned, that 
 thou wouldest deliver thy servant into 
 
 10 the hand of Ahab, to slay me ? As the 
 Lord thy God liveth, there is no nation 
 or kingdom, whither my lord hath not 
 sent to seek thee : and when they said, 
 He is not here, he took an oath of the 
 kingdom and nation, that they found 
 
 11 thee not. And now thou sayest. Go, 
 tell thy lord, Behold, Ehjah is here. 
 
 12 And it shaU come to pass, as soon as I 
 am gone from thee, that the spmt of 
 the Lord shall carry thee whither I 
 know not ; and so when I come and tell 
 Ahab, and he cannot fuid thee, he shall 
 slay me: but I thy servant fear the 
 
 13 Lord from my youth. Was it not told 
 my lord what I did when Jezebel slew 
 the iirojihets of the Lord, how I hid an 
 hun<h-ed men of the Lord's prophets 
 by fifty in a cave, and fed them with 
 
 14 bread and water? And now thou say- 
 est. Go, tell thy lord. Behold, Elijah is 
 
 15 here : and he shall slay me. And Ehjah 
 said, As the Lord of hosts liveth, before 
 ■whom I stand, I wiU surely shew my- 
 
 16 self luito him to-day. So Obadiah went 
 
 to meet Ahab, and told him : and Ahab 
 
 17 went to meet Ehjah. And it came to 
 pass, when Ahab saw Ehjah, that Ahab 
 said unto him. Is it thou, thou troubler 
 
 18 of Isi-ael? And he answered, I have 
 not ti'oubled Israel ; but thou, and thy 
 father's house, in that ye have forsaken 
 the cormnandinents of the Lord, and 
 
 19 thou hast followed the Baalim. Now 
 therefore send, and gather to me all 
 Israel unto momit Carmel, and the pro- 
 phets of Baal four hundred and fifty, 
 and the prophets of the Asherah four 
 hundred, which eat at Jezebel's table. 
 
 20 So Ahab sent luito all the children of 
 Israel, and gathered the prophets to- 
 
 21gether unto mount Camiel. And Eli- 
 jah came near unto aU the peoj)le, and 
 said. How long halt ye between two 
 opinions? if the Lord be God, follow 
 him : but if Baal, then f oUow him. And 
 the people answered him not a word. 
 
 22 Then said Ehjah unto the people, I, 
 even I only, am left a prophet of the 
 Lord; but Baal's prophets are four 
 
 23 hun(h-edand fif tymen. Let them there- 
 fore give us two bullocks ; and let them 
 choose one bullock for themselves, and 
 cut it in pieces, and lay it on the ■wood, 
 and put no fu-e under : and I wUl dress 
 the other bullock, andlay it on the wood, 
 
 24 and put no fire under. And call ye on 
 the name of yom- god, and I ■^vill call on 
 the name of the Lord : and the God 
 that answereth by fire, let him be God. 
 And all the people answered and said, 
 
 25 It is well spoken. And Ehjah said unto 
 the x)roi)hets of Baal, Choose you one 
 bullock for yom-selves, and dress it 
 first ; for ye are many ; and call on the 
 name of your god, but piit no fire under. 
 
 26 And they took the buUock which was 
 given them, and they dressed it, and 
 called on the name of Baal from morn- 
 ing even until noon, saying, O Baal, 
 2 hear us. But there ■was no voice, nor 
 any that ans"wered. Ajid they 3 leaped 
 
 27 about the altar which was made. And 
 it came to j)ass at noon, that Ehjah 
 mocked them, and said. Cry aloud : for 
 he is a god ; either he is musuig, or he 
 is gone aside, or he is m a journey, or 
 peradventure he sleepeth, and must 
 
 28 be awaked. And they cried aloud, and 
 cut themselves after their manner with 
 ^knives and lances, tUl the blood gushed 
 
 29 out upon them. And it was so, when 
 midday ■was past, that they i>rophesied 
 until the time of the offering of the 
 evening oblation; but there was neither 
 voice, nor any to answer, nor any 
 
 30 5 that regarded. And Ehjah said imto 
 aU the people. Come near unto me; 
 and all tlie people came near imto 
 him. And he repaired the altar of 
 
 31 the Lord that was thrown down. And 
 Ehjah took twelve stones, according 
 to the number of the tribes of the 
 sons of Jacob, unto whom the word of
 
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 279 
 
 1 Or. n 
 two-sen 'i 
 tneasurc 
 
 2 Or, /or 
 
 thoitr 
 
 didst 
 
 turn 
 
 th^ir 
 
 h^art 
 
 barK'- 
 
 ward 
 
 3 Or, 
 Yokti 
 
 the Lord came, sayiug, Israel shall bo 
 
 32 thy name. And with the stones he 
 built an altar in the name of the Lord ; 
 and ho made a trench about tlio altar, 
 as groat as would contain ^two moa- 
 
 33 suros of seed. And ho put the wood 
 in order, and cut the bullock in pieces, 
 and laid it on tho wood. And he said, 
 Fill four baiTcls with water, and pour 
 it on tlie burnt offering, and on the 
 
 84 wood. And he said. Do it tho second 
 time ; and they did it the second time. 
 And he said. Do it the third time; and 
 
 35 they did it the third time. And the 
 water ran round about the altar ; and 
 he filled the trench also with water. 
 
 36 And it came to jiass at the tune of the 
 olforing of the ercninij oblation, that 
 Elijah the prophet came near, and 
 said, Lord, tho God of Abraham, of 
 Isaac, and of Israel, let it be known 
 this day that thou art God in Israel, 
 and that I am thy servant, and that I 
 have done all these things at thy word. 
 
 37 Hear me, O Lord, hear me, that this 
 peojile may know that thou. Lord, art 
 God, 2 and that thou hast turned their 
 
 38 heart back again. Then the fire of the 
 Lord fell, and consmned the burnt 
 offering, and the wood, and the stones, 
 and the dust, and licked up the water 
 
 39 that was in the trench. And when all 
 the people saw it, they fell on their 
 faces : and they said, The Lord, he is 
 
 40 God ; the Lord, he is God. And Elijah 
 said unto them, Take the prophets of 
 Baal; let not one of them escape. And 
 they took them: and Ehjah brought 
 them down to the brook Kishon, and 
 
 41 slew them there. And Elijah said unto 
 Ahab, Get thee up, eat and drink ; for 
 there is the sound of abundance of ram. 
 
 42 So Aliab went up to eat and to drink. 
 And Elijah went up to the top of 
 Carmel; and he bowed himself down 
 upon the earth, and put his face be- 
 
 43 tween his knees. And he said to his 
 servant, Go up now, look toward the 
 sea. And he went up, and looked, and 
 said. There is nothing. Aiid he said, 
 
 44 Go agam seven times. And it came 
 to pass at the seventh time, that he 
 said. Behold, there ariseth a cloud out 
 of the sea, as small as a man's hand. 
 And he said. Go up, say unto Aliab, 
 3 Make ready thy chariot, and get thee 
 
 45 down, that the rain stop thee not. And 
 it came to pass in a little while, that 
 the heaven grew black with clouds and 
 wind, and there was a great rain. And 
 
 46 Ahab rode, and went to Jezreel. And 
 the hand of the Lord was on Elijah ; 
 and he girded up his loins, and ran be- 
 fore Ahab to the entrance of Jezi-eel. 
 
 19 And Ahab told Jezebel all that Eli- 
 jah had done, and withal how ho had 
 slain all the prophets with the sword. 
 2 Then Jezebel sent a messenger unto 
 Elijah, saying, So let the gods do 
 
 to me, and more also, if I make not 
 thy life as the life of one of them 
 
 3 by to-morrow about this time. *And 
 wlien he saw that, he arose, and went 
 for his life, and came to Beer-sheba, 
 which bolongelh to Judah, and left 
 
 4 his servant there. But he liimself went 
 a day's jomiiey into tho wilderness, and 
 came and sat down inider a ^juniper 
 tree: and ho requested for himself that 
 ho might die; and said, It is enough; 
 now, O Lord, take away my life ; for I 
 
 5 am not better than my fathers. And 
 he lay down and slept under a juniper 
 tree ; and, behold, an angel touched him, 
 
 6 and said luito him. Arise and eat. And 
 he looked, and, behold, there was at his 
 head a cake baken on the o coals, and a 
 criise of water. And ho did eat and 
 
 7 (h-ink, and laid him down again. And 
 the angel of the Lord came again the 
 second time, and touched him, and said, 
 Ai-ise and eat; because the journey is 
 
 8 too great for thee. And he arose, and 
 did eat and di-ink, and went in tho 
 strength of that meat forty days and 
 forty nights mito Horeb the mount of 
 
 9 God. And he came thither unto a cave, 
 and lodged there ; and, behold, the word 
 of the Lord came to him, and he said 
 unto him. What doest thou here, Eli- 
 
 lOjah? And he said, I have been very 
 jealous for the Lord, the God of hosts; 
 for the childi'en of Israel have forsaken 
 thy covenant, thrown down thine al- 
 tars, and slam thy prophets with tho 
 sword: and I, even I only, am left; 
 and they seek my life, to take it away. 
 
 11 And he said. Go forth, and stand ujion 
 the mount before the Lord. And, be- 
 hold, the Lord passed by, and a great 
 and strong wuid rent the mountains, 
 and brake in pieces the rocks before 
 the Lord ; but the Lord was not in the 
 wmd: and after the wind an earth- 
 quake; but the Lord was not m the 
 
 12 earthquake : and after the earthquake 
 a fire; but the Lord was not in the 
 fire: and after the fire 'a still small 
 
 13 voice. And it was so, when Elijah 
 heard it, that he wrapped his face in his 
 mantle, and went out, and stood in the 
 entering in of the cave. And, behold, 
 there came a voice unto him, and said, 
 
 14Wliat doest thou here, Ehjah? And 
 he said, I have been ver'y jealous for the 
 Lord, the God of hosts ; for the chikh'en 
 of Israel have forsaken thy covenant, 
 thrown down thine altars, and .slain thy 
 prophets with the sword ; and I, even I 
 only, am left; and they seek my life, 
 
 15 to take it away. And the Lord said 
 unto him, Go, retm-n on thy way ^to 
 the wilderness of Damascus : and when 
 thou comest, thou shalt anoint Hazael 
 
 16 to be king over Syi'ia: and Jehu the 
 sou of Nimshi shalt thou anouit to be 
 king over Israel: and Elisha the son 
 of Shaphat of Abel-meholah shalt thou 
 
 1 Acconl- 
 inx to 
 Homo 
 ancient 
 authori- 
 ties. And 
 he wat 
 ilfraid, 
 and 
 aro&c. 
 5 Or. 
 broom 
 
 " Or. hot 
 stones 
 
 7 Heb. « 
 
 sound of 
 
 gentle 
 
 stillness. 
 
 8 Or. bii 
 the wild- 
 erness 
 to
 
 280 
 
 I. KINGS. 
 
 19. 16. 
 
 lOr. 
 
 roasted 
 
 2 Hel). 
 all the 
 desire of 
 thine 
 ei/cs. 
 
 anoint to be prophet in thy room. 
 
 17 And it shall come to pass, that him that 
 escapeth from the sword of Hazael 
 shall Jehu slay : and him that escapeth 
 from the sword of Jehu shall Elisha 
 
 18 slay. Yet will I leave 7ne seven thou- 
 sand in Israel, all the knees which have 
 not bowed unto Baal, and every mouth 
 
 19 which hath not kissed him. So he de- 
 parted thence, and found Elisha the 
 son of Shaphat, who was plowmg, with 
 twelve yoke of oxen before him, and he 
 with the twelfth: and Elijah passed 
 over unto him, and cast his mantle upon 
 
 20hitn. And he left the oxen, and ran 
 after Elijah, and said. Let me, I pray 
 thee, kiss my father and my mother, 
 and then I will follow thee. And he 
 said unto him, Go back again; for 
 
 21 what have I done to thee? Aiid he re- 
 tiu'ned from following him, and took 
 the yoke of oxen, and slew them, and 
 1 boiled their flesh with the iastruments 
 of the oxen, and gave unto the people, 
 and they did eat. Then he arose, and 
 went after Elijah, and ministered unto 
 him. 
 
 20 And Ben-hadad the king of Syria 
 gathered all his host together: and 
 there v/ere thirty and two kings with 
 hun, and horses and chariots : and he 
 went up and besieged Samaria, and 
 
 2 fought against it. And he sent mes- 
 sengers to Ahab kmg of Israel, into the 
 city, and said unto him, Thus saith 
 
 3 Ben-hadad, Thy sUver and thy gold is 
 mine ; thy wives also and thy children, 
 
 4 even the goodliest, are mine. And the 
 king of Israel answered and said. It is 
 according to thy saying, my lord, 
 kuig ; I am thine, and all that I have. 
 
 5 And the messengers came again, and 
 said. Thus speaketh Ben-hadad, say- 
 ing, I sent indeed unto thee, saymg, 
 Thou shalt deliver me thy silver, and 
 thy gold, and thy wives, and thy child- 
 
 6 ren ; but I will send my servants unto 
 thee to-morrow about this time, and 
 they shall search thme house, and the 
 houses of thy servants ; and it shall be, 
 that 2 whatsoever is pleasant in thme 
 eyes, they shall put it in theu' hand, and 
 
 7 take it away. Then the king of Israel 
 called all the elders of the land, and 
 said, Mark, I pray you, and see how 
 this man seeketh mischief : for he sent 
 unto me for my wives, and for my child- 
 ren, and for my sQver, and for my gold ; 
 
 Sand I denied him not. And all the 
 elders and all the people said imto hun. 
 Hearken thou not, neither consent. 
 
 9 "WTieref ore he said imto the messengers 
 of Ben-hadad, Tell my lord the king. 
 All that thou didst send for to thy serv- 
 ant at the first I will do : but this thing 
 I may not do. And the messengers de- 
 parted, and brought him word again. 
 10 And Ben-hadad sent unto him, and said, 
 The gods do so unto me, and more also. 
 
 if the dust of Samaria shall suffice for 
 haudfuls for all the people that 3foIIov\' 
 
 11 me. And the king of Israel answered 
 and said. Tell him. Let not hun that 
 gu'deth on his armour boast himself as 
 
 12 he that putteth it off. And it came to 
 pass, when Ben-hadad heard this mes- 
 sage, as he was drmking, he and the 
 kings, in the ^i^avilions, that he said 
 unto his servants, ^Set yourselves in 
 array. And they set themselves in array 
 
 13 agauist the city. And, behold, a prophet 
 came near unto Ahab kuig of Israel, 
 and said, Thus saith the Lord, Hast 
 thou seen all this great multitude ? be- 
 hold, I wiU deliver it into thine hand 
 this day ; and thou shalt know that I am 
 
 1-1 the Lord. Aud Ahab said. By whom? 
 And he said, Thus saith the Lord, By 
 the ^ young men of the pruices of the 
 provinces. Then he said. Who shall 
 7 begin the battle? And he answered, 
 
 15 Thou. Then he mustered the young 
 men of the princes of the provinces, and 
 they were two hundred and thirty two : 
 and after them he mustered all the 
 people, even all the children of Israel, 
 
 16 beLug seven thousand. And they went 
 out at noon. But Ben-hadad was drink- 
 ing himself di"unk in the *pa-\alions, he 
 and the kings, the thu-ty and two kings 
 
 17 that helped him. And the young men 
 of the princes of the provmces went out 
 first ; and Ben-hadad sent out, and they 
 told him, saying. There are men come 
 
 18 out from Samaria. And he said. Whe- 
 ther they be come out for peace, take 
 them alive ; or whether they be come 
 
 19 out for war, take them ahve. So these 
 went out of the city, the young men of 
 the i^rinces of the jirovuices, and the 
 
 20 anny which followed them. And they 
 slew every one his man ; and the Syrians 
 fled, and Israel pursued them : and Ben- 
 hadad the king of Syria escaped ^on an 
 
 21 horse with horsemen. And the kmg of 
 Israel went out, and smote the horses 
 and chariots, and slew the Syrians with 
 
 22 a great slaughter. And the prophet 
 came near to the kmg of Israel, and 
 said unto him, Go, strengthen thyself, 
 and mark, and see what thou doest: 
 for at the return of the year the king 
 of Syria v.'iU come up against thee. 
 
 23 And the servants of the king of Syria 
 said unto him. Their god is a god of the 
 hiUs ; therefore they were stronger than 
 ■we : but let us fight against them in the 
 plain, and sm-ely we shall be stronger 
 
 21 than they. And do this thing ; take the 
 kings away, every man out of his place, 
 
 25 and put ^captams in then- room: and 
 luimber thee an army, like the army that 
 thou hast lost,horse for horse, and chari- 
 ot for chariot : and we will fight against 
 them in the plain, and surely we shall be 
 stronger than they. And he hearkened 
 
 26mito their voice, and did so. And it 
 came to pass at the return of the year,
 
 21. 10. 
 
 I. KINGS. 
 
 281 
 
 1 Or. tti.i 
 
 2 Or, 
 
 from 
 
 chaniber 
 
 to 
 
 chamb-r 
 
 3 0i-, 
 
 took it as 
 
 an omen 
 
 (Heb. 
 
 divhied), 
 
 and 
 
 hasted 
 
 lAnothor 
 
 reading 
 
 is, to 
 
 catch it 
 
 from 
 
 him. 
 
 5 Heb. 
 
 frotii 
 
 him. 
 
 that Bcn-liailad luusterod tlic Syrians, 
 ami went up to Apbek, to fight agamst 
 
 27 Israel. And tho children of Israel 
 were nuistered, and were victualled, 
 and went again.st them : and the child- 
 ren of Israel encamped before them 
 like two Mttlo fiocks of kids; but the 
 
 28 Syrians filled tho country. And ^a 
 man of God came near and spake unto 
 the king of Israel, and said. Thus saitli 
 the LoKD, Because the Syrians have 
 said. The Lord is a god of the hiUs, but 
 he is not a god of the valleys ; therefore 
 will I deliver all this great nmltitude in- 
 to thine hand, and ye shall know that 
 
 201 am the Loud. And they encamped 
 one o^'er against the other seven days. 
 And so it was, that in the seventh day 
 the battle was joined; and the children 
 of Israel slew of the Syi'ians an liund- 
 
 30 red thousand footmen in one day. But 
 the rest fled to Aphek, mto the city; 
 and the wall fell upon twenty and seven 
 thousand men that were left. And Ben- 
 liadad fled, and came into the city, 
 
 31 '•^into an iinier chamber. And his serv- 
 ants said unto him, Behold now, we 
 have heard that the kings of the house 
 of Israel are merciful kings : let us, we 
 Ijray thee, put sackcloth on our loins, 
 and ropes upon om- heads, and go out 
 to the king of Israel : peradventui'e he 
 
 32 wiU save thy life. So they girded sack- 
 cloth on their loins, and ^j^ti ropes on 
 their heads, and came to the king of 
 Israel, and said, Thy servant Ben- 
 hadad saith, I pray thee, let me 
 live. And he said, Is he yet alive? 
 
 33 he is my brother. Now the men Sob- 
 served diligently, and hasted •^to catch 
 whether it were ^ his mind ; and they 
 said, Thy brother Ben-hadad. Then 
 he said, Go ye, bring him. Then Ben- 
 hadad came forth to him; and he 
 caused him to come up into the chariot. 
 
 34 And Ben-hadad said unto him. The 
 cities which my father took fi'om thy 
 father I will restore; and thou shalt 
 make streets for thee in Damascus, as 
 my father made in Samaria. And I, 
 said Ahab, will let thee go with this 
 covenant. So he made a coA"enant 
 with him, and let him go. 
 
 35 And a certain man of the sons of 
 the prophets said unto his fellow by 
 the word of the Lord, Smite me, I 
 pray thee. Aiid tho man refused to 
 
 36 smite him. Then said he unto him, 
 Because thou hast not obeyed tho 
 voice of the Lord, behold, as soon 
 as thou art dejmrted from me, a lion 
 shall slay thee. And as soon as he 
 was departed from him, a lion found 
 
 37 him, and slew him. Then he found an- 
 other man, and said. Smite me, I pray 
 thee. And the man smote him, smiting 
 
 38 and wounding him. So the prophet de- 
 parted, and waited for the king by the 
 way, and disguised himself with his 
 
 3i) headband over his eyes. And as the 
 king passed by, ho cried unto the king : 
 and ho said, Thy servant went out into 
 the midst of tho battle ; and, behold, a 
 man turned aside, and brought a man 
 unto me, and said. Keep this man : if by 
 any means hol)e missing, then sliall thy 
 life be for his life, or else thou shalt pay 
 
 40 a talent of silver. AjhI as thy servant 
 was busy here and there, he was gone. 
 And tlie king of Israel said mito him. 
 So sliall thy judgement be; thyself 
 
 41hast decided it. And ho hasted, and 
 took the headband away from his eyes ; 
 and the kuig of Israel discerned him 
 
 42 that ho was of tho prophets. Aiid he 
 said unto him, Thus saith the Loud, 
 Because thou hast let go out of thy 
 hand tho man whom I had devoted 
 to destruction, therefore thy life shall 
 go for his life, and thy people for his 
 
 43 people. And the Idng of Israel went to 
 his house heavy and displeased, and 
 came to Samaria. 
 
 21 And it came to pass after these things, 
 that Naboth the Jezreelite had a vine- 
 yard, which was in Jezreel, hard by the 
 
 2 palace of Ahab king of Samaria. And 
 Ahab spake unto Naboth, saying. Give 
 me thy vineyard, that I may have it 
 for a garden of herbs, because it is near 
 unto my house; and I will give thee 
 for it a better vineyard than it : or, if 
 it seem good to thee, I will give thee the 
 
 3 worth of it in money. And Naboth said 
 to Ahab, The Lord forbid it me, that 
 I should give the inheritance of my 
 
 4 fathers unto thee. And Ahab came into 
 his house heavy and displeased because 
 of the word which Naboth the Jezreel- 
 ite had spoken to him : for he had said, 
 I will not give thee the inheritance of 
 my fathers. Aiid he laid bun down upon 
 his bed, and tiirned away his face, and 
 
 5 would eat no bread. But Jezebel his 
 wife came to him, and said unto him, 
 Why is thy spmt so sad, that thou 
 
 6eatest no bread? And he said unto 
 her, Because I spake mito Naboth 
 the Jezreelite, and said unto him, Give 
 me thy vineyard for money ; or else, if 
 it please thee, I will give thee another 
 vineyard for it : and he answered, I will 
 
 7 not give thee my vineyard. And Jezebel 
 his wife said unto him. Dost thou now 
 govern tho kingdom of Israel? arise, 
 and eat bread, and let thine heart be 
 merry : I. wiU give thee the vineyard 
 
 8 of Naboth the Jezreelite. So she wrote 
 "letters in Aliab's name, and sealed 
 them with his seal, and sent the letters 
 unto the elders and to the nobles that 
 were in his city, and that dwelt with 
 
 9 Naboth. And she wrote in the letters, 
 saying, Proclaim a fast, and set Naboth 
 
 10 ''on high among the people: and set 
 two men, sons of ^ Belial, before him, 
 and let them bear witness against bun, 
 saying, Thou didst » curse God and the 
 
 "5 Or, a 
 letter 
 
 •'Or, 
 at the 
 
 head of 
 
 8 Th:it is, 
 worth' 
 le&sness. 
 
 9 Or, re- 
 nounce
 
 282 
 
 I. KINGS. 
 
 21. 10. 
 
 lOr. 
 
 at the 
 head of 
 
 2 Or, re- 
 
 noutice 
 
 3 Accord- 
 ing to 
 some 
 ancient 
 autlior- 
 ities. 
 in the 
 portion, 
 as in 
 2 Kings 
 ix. 10, 36. 
 
 king. And then cany Lim out, and 
 
 11 stone liiin, that lie die. And the men 
 of his city, even the elders and the 
 nobles who dwelt in his city, did as 
 Jezebel had sent unto them, according 
 as it was written in the letters which she 
 
 12 had sent mito them. They i^roclaLmed 
 a fast, and set Naboth ^on high among 
 
 13 the peojile. And the two men, sons of 
 Belial, came in and sat before him : and 
 the men of Belial bare witness agamst 
 him, even against Naboth, in the j^re- 
 sence of the people, saying, Naboth did 
 2 curse God and the king. Then they 
 carried luia forth out of the city, and 
 stoned him Avith stones, that he died. 
 
 14 Tlion they sent to Jezebel, saying, Na- 
 
 15 both is stoned, and is dead. And it came 
 to pass, when Jezebel heard that Naboth 
 was stoned, and was dead, that Jezebel 
 said to Ahab, Arise, take possession of 
 the vineyard of Naboth the JezreeUte, 
 which he refused to give thee for money: 
 
 16 for Naboth is not alive, but dead. And 
 it came to i>ass, when Ahab heard that 
 Naboth was dead, that Ahab rose up to 
 go down to the vineyard of Naboth the 
 Jezreelite, to take possession of it. 
 
 17 And the word of the Lord came to 
 ISEhjah the Tishbite, saying. Arise, go 
 
 down to meet AJiab king of Israel, 
 which dwelleth in Samaria : behold, he 
 is ill the vineyard of Naboth, whither 
 he is gone down to take iiossession of 
 
 19 it. And thou shalt speak imto him, 
 saying, Thus saith the Lord, Hast 
 thou killed, and also taken possession? 
 and thou shalt speak unto him, saying, 
 Thus saith the Lord, In- the place 
 where dogs licked the blood of Naboth 
 shall dogs lick thy blood, even thuie. 
 
 20 And Ahab said to Ehjah, Hast thou 
 found rae, mine enemy ? And he an- 
 swered, I have found thee : because thou 
 hast sold thyself to do that which is 
 
 21 evil in the sight of the Lord. Behold, 
 I will bring evU upon thee, and will 
 utterly sweep thee away, and will cut off 
 from Ahab every man chUd, and bun 
 that is shut up and him that is left at 
 
 22 large in Israel : and I will make thine 
 house like the house of Jeroboam the 
 son of Nebat, and like the house of 
 Baasha the son of Aliijah, for the iiro- 
 vocation wherewith thou hast provoked 
 me to anger, and hast made Israel to 
 
 23 sin. And of Jezebel also spake the 
 Lord, sayuig, The dogs shall eat Jeze- 
 
 24bel ^by the rampart of Jezreel. Him 
 that dieth of Ahab in the city the dogs 
 shall eat ; and him that dieth in the 
 field shall the fowls of the air eat. 
 
 25 (But there was none like unto Ahab, 
 which did sell himself to do that which 
 was evil in the sight of the Lord, whom 
 
 26 Jezebel his wife stiiTed up. And he did 
 vei-y abominably in following idols, 
 accordhig to all that the ilmorites did, 
 whom the Lord cast out before the 
 
 27 children of Israel.) And it came to 
 pass, when Ahab heard those words, 
 that he rent his clothes, and put sack- 
 cloth upon his flesh, and fasted, and lay 
 
 28 in sackcloth, and went softly. And the 
 word of the Lord came to Elijah the 
 
 29 Tishbite, saying, Seest thou how Ahab 
 humbleth himself before me ? because 
 he humbleth himself before me, I will 
 not bring the evil m his days : but m his 
 eon's days will I bring the evil upon his 
 house. 
 
 22 And they continued three years with- 
 
 2 out war between Syria and Israel. ^And 
 it came to jiass in the third year, that 
 Jehoshajihat the king of Judah came 
 
 3 doAvu to the king of Israel. And the 
 king of Israel said unto his servants. 
 Know ye that Eamoth-gilead is ours, 
 and we ^he still, and take it not out 
 
 4 of the hand of the king of Syria ? And 
 ho said unto Jehoshaphat, Wilt thou 
 go with me to battle to Eamoth-gilead? 
 And Jehoshaphat said to the king of 
 Israel, I am as thou art, my people as 
 thy iieople, my horses as thy horses. 
 
 5 And Jehoshaphat said unto the king 
 of Israel, Inquu-e, I pray thee, at the 
 
 6 word of the Lord to-day. Then the 
 king of Israel gathered the prophets to- 
 gether, about four hundred men, and 
 said unto them, ShaU I go agamst 
 Eamoth-gilead to battle, or shall I for- 
 bear ? And they said. Go up ; for the 
 Lord shall deliver it into the hand of 
 
 7 the king. But Jehoshaphat said. Is 
 there not here besides a prophet of the 
 Lord, that we might inquire of him ? 
 
 8 And the king of Israel said unto Jeho- 
 shaphat, There is yet one man by whom 
 we may inquire of the Lord, Micaiah 
 the son of Imlah : but I hate him ; for 
 he doth not prophesy good concernhig 
 me, but evil. And Jehoshaphat said, 
 
 9 Let not the kuig say so. Then the 
 kuig of Israel called an 6 officer, and 
 said, Fetch quickly Micaiah the son 
 
 10 of Imlah. Now the king of Israel 
 and Jehoshaphat the king of Judah 
 sat each on his throne, arrayed in their 
 robes, in ' an open i^lace at the entrance 
 of the gate of Samaria; and aU the 
 
 lljirophets prophesied before them. And 
 Zedekiah the son of Chenaanah made 
 him horns of iron, and said, Thus saith 
 the Lord, With these shalt thou pusli 
 the Syrians, until they be consumed. 
 
 12 And all the prophets ]:)ropliesied so, 
 saying, Go up to Eamoth-gilead, and 
 prosjier: for the Lord shall deliver it 
 
 13 into the hand of the king. And the 
 messenger that went to call Micaiah 
 spake unto him, saying. Behold now, 
 the words of the jirophets declare good 
 unto the king with one mouth : let thy 
 word, I pray thee, be like the word of 
 one of them, and speak thou good. 
 
 14 And Micaiah said. As the Lord liveth, 
 what the Lord saith unto me, that will
 
 22. 49. 
 
 I. KINGS. 
 
 283 
 
 lOr, 
 deceive 
 
 2Heb. 
 
 the 
 
 spirit. 
 
 3 Or. 
 
 from 
 
 chamber 
 
 to 
 
 chavnber 
 
 'See 
 Micali 
 i. 2. 
 
 15 1 si)eak. And when be was corae to the 
 king, the hmg said unto biin, Micaiah, 
 sliall wo go to lUunoth-gilead to battle, 
 or bhall we forbear ? And he answered 
 bim, Go up, and prosper; and the 
 LoKD shall deliver it into fhe band of 
 
 16 the king. And the king said unto him. 
 How many times shall I adjure thee 
 that thou speak unto me notbbig but 
 the truth iu the name of the Lord? 
 
 17 And he said, I saw all Israel scattered 
 upon the mountains, as sheep that 
 have no shepherd: and the Loud said. 
 These have no master ; let them return 
 
 18 every man to his house in peace. Ajid 
 the king of Israel said to Jehosha- 
 pbat. Did I not tell thee that be 
 would not prophesy good concerning 
 
 19 me, but evil? And he said, Therefore 
 hear thou the word of the Lord : I saw 
 the Lord sitting on his throne, and all 
 the host of heaven standing by him 
 
 '20 on his right hand and on bis left. And 
 the Lord said, Who shall ^ entice Ahab, 
 that be may go up and fall at Ramoth- 
 gilead? And one s.iid on this manner; 
 
 21 and another said on that manner. And 
 there came forth 2 a si)irit, and stood 
 before the Lord, and said, I wiU en- 
 
 '22tice bim. And the Lord said unto 
 him, Wherewith ? And be said, I will 
 go forth, and will be a lying spirit in 
 the month of aU bis i^roi^hets. And he 
 said. Thou shalt entice liim, and sbalt 
 
 23 prevail also : go forth, and do so. Now 
 therefore, behold, the Lord hath put 
 a lying spirit iu the mouth of all these 
 thy prophets; and the Lord bath 
 
 24 spoken evil concerning thee. Then 
 Zedekiab the son of Chenaanab came 
 near, and smote Micaiah on the cheek, 
 and said. Which way went the spirit 
 of the Lord from me to speak unto 
 
 25 thee ? And Micaiah said. Behold, thou 
 shalt see on that day, when thou shalt 
 go i^uito an uuier chamber to hide 
 
 26 thyself. And the king of Israel said, 
 Take Micaiah, and carry bim back 
 mito Amon the governor of the city, 
 
 27 and to Joash the king's son ; and say. 
 Thus saitb the king, Put this fellow in 
 the prison, and feed him with bread of 
 affliction and with water of aiBiction, 
 
 28 until I come in i)eace. And Micaiah 
 said. If thou return at all in peace, the 
 Lord bath not spoken by me. And he 
 said, *Hear, ye peoples, all of you. 
 
 20 So the king of Israel and Jeho- 
 shaphat the king of Judah went up 
 
 30 to liamoth-gLlead. And the king of 
 Israel said unto Jehoshai)bat, I will 
 disguise myself, and go into the battle ; 
 but put thou on thy robes. And the 
 kuig of Israel disguised himself, and 
 
 31 went uito the battle. Now the king of 
 Syria bad commanded the thirty and 
 two captains of bis chariots, saying, 
 Fight neither vni\\ small nor great, 
 
 B2 save only with the king of Israel. And 
 
 it came to i)ass, when the captains of 
 the chariots saw Jehoshaphat, that 
 they said. Surely it is the kuig of Israel ; 
 and they turned aside to fight against 
 
 33 bim: nndJehosha])hat cried out. And 
 it came to pass, when the captains of 
 the chariots saw tliat it was not the 
 koig of Israel, that they tuiued back 
 
 34 from pursuing bim. And a certain 
 man drew bis bow ''at a venture, and 
 smote the kuig of Israel between ''the 
 joints of the harness: wherefore he 
 saidmito the driver of his chariot, Turn 
 thine hand, and carry me out of the 
 
 35 host ; for I am sore wounded. And the 
 battle increased that day: and the 
 king was stayed up in bis chariot 
 against the Syrians, and died at even : 
 and the blood ran out of the Avound 
 
 36 into the bottom of the chariot. And 
 there went a cry throughout the host 
 about the going down of the suu, 
 saying, Every man to his city, and 
 
 37 every man to bis country. So the king 
 died, and was brought to Samaria; and 
 
 38 they buried the king in Samaria. And 
 they washed the chariot by the pool 
 of Samaria; and the dogs licked up 
 bis blood; Cuow the harlots washed 
 themselves there ;) according unto the 
 
 39 word of the Lord which he spake. Now 
 the rest of the acts of Ahab, and all 
 that he did, and the ivory house which 
 be built, and aU the cities that he buUt, 
 are they not ^viitten iu the book of 
 the chronicles of the kings of Israel ? 
 
 40 So AJiab slept with liis fathers ; and 
 Abaziah his son reigned in his stead. 
 
 41 8And Jehoshaphat the son of Asa 
 began to reign over Judah in the 
 fourth year of Ahab king of Israel. 
 
 42 Jehoshaphat was thirty and live years 
 old when he began to reign; and he 
 reigned twenty and five years in Jeru- 
 salem. And his mother's name was 
 
 43 Azubab the daughter of Sliilhi. And he 
 walked in all the way of Asa his father ; 
 be turned not aside from it, doing 
 that which was right iu the eyes of the 
 Lord : bowbeit the high jjlaces were not 
 taken away ; the people still sacrificed 
 and burnt incense in the high places. 
 
 44 And Jehoshaphat made peace with 
 
 45 the king of Israel. Now the rest of 
 the acts of Jehosbai^bat, and his might 
 that he shewed, and how he warred, are 
 they not written in the book of the 
 
 46 chronicles of the kings of Judah ? And 
 the remnant of the sodomites, which re- 
 mained in the days of bis father Asa, he 
 
 47 put away out of the land. And there 
 was no king ui Edom : a deputy was 
 
 48 king. Jehoshaphat made ships of Tar- 
 sbisb to go to Ophu- for gold : but they 
 went not ; for the ships were broken 
 
 49 at Ezion-geber. Then said Abaziah 
 the son of Ahab unto Jehoshaphat, Let 
 my servants go with thy servants in 
 the ships. But Jehoshaphat would 
 
 t;t 
 
 5 Hel). 
 
 hinsiin- 
 
 plicity. 
 
 s Or, the 
 
 htwer 
 
 armour 
 
 and the 
 
 breast- 
 
 2jlate 
 
 ■Or, 
 
 aud then 
 icishcd 
 the 
 armour 
 
 8 See 
 •i Chr. 
 XX. 31, 
 &c
 
 284 
 
 I. KINGS. 
 
 22. 49. 
 
 ISee 
 2 Chr. 
 xjd. 1. 
 
 lOr, a 
 
 man 
 with a 
 garment 
 oihai?' 
 
 2 Or. 
 dwelt 
 
 50 not. lAnd Jehoshapliat slept with his 
 fathers, and was bui'ied with his fathers 
 in the city of David his fatlier: and 
 Jehoram his son reigned in his stead. 
 
 51 Aliaziah the son of Aliab began to 
 reign over Israel in Samaria in the 
 seventeenth year of Jehoshapliat king 
 of Judah, and he reigned two years 
 
 52 over Israel. And he did that which 
 
 was evil m the sight of the Lord, 
 and walked in the way of his father, 
 and in the way of his mother, and 
 in the way of Jeroboam the son of 
 Nebat, 2 wherein he made Israel to sin. 
 53 And he served Baal, and worshipped 
 him, and provoked to anger the Lord, 
 the God of Israel, according to all that 
 his father had done. 
 
 THE 
 
 SECOND BOOK OF THE KINGS. 
 
 1 And Moab rebelled agamst Israel after 
 
 2 the death of Ahab. And Aliaziah fell 
 down through the lattice in his upper 
 chamber that was in Samaria, and was 
 sick: and he sent messengers, and 
 said unto them. Go, inquire of Baal- 
 zebub the god of Ekron whether I 
 
 3 shall recover of this sickness. But the 
 angel of the Lord said to Ehjah the 
 Tishbite, Ai-ise, go up to meet the mes- 
 sengers of the king of Samaria, and say 
 unto them. Is it because there is no 
 God in Israel, that ye go to inquire of 
 
 4Baal-zebub the god of Ekron? Now 
 therefore thus saith the Lord, Thou 
 shalt not come down from the bed 
 whither thou art gone up, but shalt 
 
 5 sm-ely die. And Elijah departed. And 
 the messengers returned unto him, and 
 he said unto them, Wliy is it that ye 
 
 6 are retm-ned? And they said unto him. 
 There came up a man to meet us, and 
 said mito us. Go, turn again luito the 
 king that sent you, and say unto him. 
 Thus saith theLoRD,Isit because there 
 is no God in Israel, that thou sendest 
 to inquire of Baal-zebub the god of 
 Ekron ? therefore thou shalt not come 
 down from the bed whither thou art 
 
 7 gone up, but shalt sm-ely die. And he 
 said unto them, Wliat manner of man 
 was he which came up to meet you. 
 
 Sand told you these words? And they 
 answered him. He was ^an hahy man, 
 and girt with a girdle of leather about 
 his loins. And he said, It is Ehjah the 
 
 9 Tishbite. Then the ling sent unto liim 
 a captain of fifty with his fifty. And 
 he went up to him : and, behold, he ^ sat 
 on the top of the liUl. And he spake 
 unto him, man of God, the king hath 
 10 said. Come down. AndElijah answered 
 and said to the captain of fifty. If I be 
 a man of God, let fire come down from 
 heaven, and consume thee and thy 
 fifty. And there came down fire from 
 heaven, and consumed him and his fifty. 
 
 11 And again he sent unto him another 
 captain of fifty with his fifty. And he 
 answered and said mito him, man of 
 God, thus hath the kmg said, Come 
 
 12 do wn quickly . And EUj ah answered and 
 said unto them. If I be a man of God, 
 let fixe come down from heaven, and 
 consume thee and thy fifty. And the 
 fii-e of God came do«Ti from heaven, 
 
 13 and consumed him and his fifty. And 
 again he sent the captaui of a thu-d fifty 
 with his fiity. And the thu-d captain 
 of fifty went up, and came and fell on 
 his knees before Ehjah, and besought 
 him, and said unto him, O man of God, 
 I pray thee, let my life, and the life 
 of these fifty thy servants, be precious 
 
 14 m thy sight. Behold, there came fire 
 down from heaven, and consumed 
 the two former captains of fifty ■svith 
 their fifties: but now let my hfe be 
 
 15 precious in thy sight. And the angel of 
 the Lord said unto Elijah, Go down 
 with him : be not afraid of him. And he 
 arose, and went down with him unto the 
 
 16 king. And he said mito him. Thus saith 
 the Lord, Forasmuch as thou hast sent 
 messengers to inquire of Baal-zebub 
 the god of Ekron, is it because there 
 is no God m Israel to mquire of his 
 word? therefore thou shalt not come 
 down from the bed whither thou art 
 
 17 gone up, but shalt surely die. So he died 
 according to the word of the Lord which 
 Eli j ah had spoken . And Jehoram began 
 to reign in his stead in the second year 
 of Jehoram the son of Jehoshaphat 
 kmg of Judah ; because he had no son. 
 
 18 Now the rest of the acts of Ahaziah 
 which he did, are they not written in 
 the book of the chronicles of the kings 
 of Israel ? 
 
 2 And it came to pass, when the Lord 
 
 would take up Ehjah by a whirl wuid 
 
 into heaven, that Ehjah went with Eli- 
 
 2 sha from Gilgal. And Elijah said unto 
 
 I Ehsha, Tarry here, I pray thee ; for the
 
 3. 7. 
 
 11. KINGS. 
 
 285 
 
 1 Or, as 
 
 they 
 
 went 
 
 2 That 
 is, the 
 portion 
 of the 
 firstborn. 
 SeeDeut. 
 xxi. 17. 
 
 3 Or, 
 chariots 
 
 4 Or, 
 chariot 
 
 s Or. the 
 God of 
 Elijah, 
 even he i 
 and 
 
 icheii he 
 had 
 
 smitten 
 ic. 
 
 Lord hath sent nic as far as Beth-cl. 
 And Ehsha said, As tho Lord liveth, 
 and as thy sonl hvcth, I will not leave 
 thee. So thoy went down to lieth- 
 
 3 el. And the sons of the prophets that 
 were at Bcth-el came forth to Elisha, 
 and said unto him, Knowest thou that 
 tlio Loud will tiilio away thy master 
 from thy head to-day? And he said, 
 Yea, I know it; liold ye your peace. 
 
 4 And Elijah said unto him, Ehsha, tarry 
 here, I pray thee; for the Lord hath 
 sent ine to Jericho. And he said, As 
 the Lord liveth, and as thy soul liveth, 
 I wiU not leave thee. So they came to 
 
 5 Jericho. And the sons of the prophets 
 that were at Jericho came near to 
 Ehsha, and said unto him, Knowest 
 thou that the Lord will take away thy 
 master from thy head to-day? And he 
 answered. Yea, I know it; hold ye 
 
 Cyour peace. And Elijah said unto 
 
 / him. Tarry here, I pray thee ; for the 
 
 '^ Lord hath sent me to Jordan. And he 
 
 said. As the Lord Uveth, and as thy 
 
 soul liveth, I will not leave thee. And 
 
 7 they two went on. And fifty men of 
 the sons of tho prophets went, and 
 stood over against them afar off : and 
 
 8 they two stood hy Jordan. And Elijah 
 took hie mantle, and wrapped it to- 
 gether, and smote the waters, and they 
 were divided hither and thither, so that 
 they two went over on di-y gi-ound. 
 
 9 And it came to pass, i when they were 
 gone over, that Elijah said unto Elisha, 
 Ask what I shall ilo for thee, before I 
 be taken from thee. And Ehsha said, 
 I pray thee, let ^a double portion of 
 
 10 thy spirit be upon me. And he said, 
 Thou hast asked a hard thing: never- 
 theless, if thou see me when I am taken 
 from thee, it shaU be so unto thee ; hut 
 
 11 if not, it shall not be so. And it came 
 to i)ass, as they stiU went on, and 
 talked, that, behold, there appeared ^a 
 chariot of fire, and horses of fire, which 
 parted them both asunder; and Elijah 
 went up by a whirlwuid into heaven. 
 
 12 And Elisha saw it, and he cried. My 
 father, my father, the ^ chariots of Is- 
 rael and the horsemen thereof I And 
 he saw him no more: and he took 
 hold of his own clothes, and rent them 
 
 13 in two i)ieces. He took up also the 
 mantle of Ehjah that fell from him, 
 and went back, and stood by the bank 
 
 14 of Jordan. And he took the mantle 
 of Ehjah that fell from him, and smote 
 the waters, and said. Where is the 
 Lord, ^the God of Elijah? and when 
 he also had smitten the waters, they 
 were divided hither and thither: and 
 
 15 Ehsha went over. And when the sons 
 of the prophets which were at Jericho 
 over against him saw him, they said. 
 The spirit of Elijah doth rest on Elisha. 
 And they came to meet him, and bowed 
 themselves to the ground before him. 
 
 10 And they said unto him. Behold now, 
 there bo with thy .servants fifty strong 
 men; let them go, we pray thee, and 
 seek thy master : lest peradventure 
 the spirit of the Lord hath taken him 
 up, and cast liim njion some mountain, 
 or into some valley. And lie said, Ye 
 
 17 shall not send. And when they ui-gc^d 
 him till he was ashamed, he said, Send. 
 They sent therefore fifty men ; and 
 they sought three days, but found liim 
 
 18 not. And they came back to him, 
 while ho tarried at Jericho; and ho 
 said unto them, Did I not say unto 
 you, Go not? 
 
 19 And the men of the city said unto 
 Elisha, Behold, we pray thee, the situ- 
 ation of this city is pleasant, as my 
 lord seeth: but the water is naught, 
 
 20 and the land Smiscarrieth. And he 
 said. Bring me a new cnise, and put 
 salt therein. And they brought it to 
 
 21 him. And he went forth unto tho 
 spring of tho waters, and cast salt 
 therein, and said. Thus saith the Lord, 
 I have healed these waters; there 
 shall not be from thence any more 
 
 22 death or 7 miscarrying. So the waters 
 were healed unto this day, according 
 to the word of Elisha v.hicli he s^iake. 
 
 2.3 And he went up from thence unto 
 Beth-el: and as he was going up by 
 the way, there came forth ^little child- 
 ren out of the city, and mocked him, 
 and said unto him. Go up, thou bald 
 
 24 head; go up, thou bald head. And 
 he looked behind him and saw them, 
 and cursed them in the name of the 
 Lord. And there came forth two 
 she-bears out of the wood, and tare 
 
 25 forty and two children of them. And 
 he went from thence to mount Car- 
 mel, and from thence he returned to 
 Samaria. 
 
 3 Now Jehoram the son of Ahab began 
 to reign over Israel in Samaria in the 
 eighteenth year of Jehoshai^hat kuig 
 of Judah, and reigned twelve years. 
 2 And he did that which was evil in 
 the sight of the Lord; but not like 
 his father, and like his mother: for 
 he put away the ^ pillar of Baal that 
 Shis father had made. Nevertheless 
 he cleaved unto the sins of Jei-oboam 
 the son of Nebat, wherewith he made 
 Israel to sin; he departed not there- 
 from. 
 
 4 Now Mesha king of Moab was a sheep- 
 master ; and he rendered unto the king 
 of Israel i*^ the wool of an hiuidred thou- 
 sand lambs, and of an hundred thou- 
 
 5 sand rams. But it came to pass, when 
 Ahab was dead, that the king of Moab 
 
 G i-ebeUed against the king of Israel. And 
 king Jehoram went out of Samaria 
 at that time, and mustered aU Israel. 
 
 7 And he went and sent to Jehosha- 
 phat the king of Judah, saying. The 
 king of Moab hath rebelled against 
 
 c Or, 
 
 e<t.'iteth 
 
 her/ruit 
 
 "Or, 
 casting 
 of fruit 
 
 8 Or, 
 
 youmj 
 
 lads 
 
 OOr, 
 obelisk 
 
 1" Or, an 
 hundred 
 thou- 
 sand 
 lambs, 
 and an 
 hundred 
 thou- 
 sand 
 rams, 
 with the 
 wool
 
 286 
 
 II. KINGS. 
 
 3. 7. 
 
 lOr, 
 
 were 
 
 called 
 
 togethe}' 
 
 2Heb. 
 
 gird 
 
 fhem- 
 
 SfJfPS 
 
 with It 
 girdle. 
 
 me: wilt tlioii go with me against 
 Moab to battle? And he said, I will 
 go ui) : I am as thou art, my people as 
 thy people, my horses as thy horses. 
 
 8 And he said, Which way shaU we go 
 up? And he answered, The way of 
 
 9 the wildei-ness of Edom. So the king 
 of Israel went, and the king of Judah, 
 and the king of Edom : and they made 
 a cu'cuit of seven days' journey: and 
 there was no water for the host, nor 
 
 10 for the beasts that followed them. And 
 the king of Israel said, Alas I for the 
 Lord hath called these three kuigs to- 
 gether to deliver them mto the hand 
 
 11 of Moab. But Jehoshaphat said. Is 
 there not here a prophet of the Lord, 
 that we may inquire of the Lord l)y 
 him? And one of the king of Israel's 
 servants answered and said, Elisha the 
 son of Shaphat is hei-e, which i^oured 
 
 12 water on the hands of Elijah. And 
 Jehoshaphat said, The word of the 
 Lord is with him. So the king of 
 Israel and Jehoshaphat and the king 
 
 13 of Edom went down to him. And 
 Elisha said unto the king of Israel, 
 What have I to do with thee ? get thee 
 to the prophets of thy father, and to 
 the prophets of thy mother. And the 
 king of Israel said unto him, Nay: 
 for the Lord hath called these three 
 kings together to deliver them into the 
 
 14 hand of Moab. And Elisha said. As 
 the Lord of hosts liveth, before whom 
 I stand, surely, were it not that I re- 
 gard the presence of Jehoshaphat the 
 king of Judah, I would not look toward 
 
 15 thee, nor see thee. But now bring me 
 a minstrel. And it came to pass, when 
 the minstrel played, that the hand of 
 
 16 the Lord came uiion him. And he 
 said. Thus saith the Lord, Make this 
 
 17 valley full of trenches. For thus saith 
 the Lord, Ye shall not see wind, nei- 
 ther shall ye see rain, yet that valley 
 shall bo filled with water: and ye shall 
 drink, both ye and your cattle and your 
 
 18 beasts. And this is but a light thing 
 in the sight of the Lord : he will also 
 deliver the Moabites into your hand. 
 
 19 And ye shall smite every fenced city, 
 and every choice city, and shall fell 
 every good tree, and stoi) all fountains 
 of water, and mar eveiy good j)iece of 
 
 20 land v/ith stones. And it came to pass 
 in the morning, about the time of offer- 
 ing the oblation, that, behold, there 
 came water by the way of Edom, and 
 the country was filled with water. 
 
 21 Now when all the Moabites heard that 
 the kings were come up to fight against 
 them, they i gathered themselves to- 
 gether, all that were able to ^])nt on 
 armoiir, and upward, and stood on the 
 
 22 border. And they rose up early in the 
 morning, and the sun shone upon tlic 
 water, and the Moabites saw the water 
 
 23 over against them as red as blood : and 
 
 they said, This is blood; the kings 
 8 are surely destroyed, and they have 
 smitten each man his fellow: now 
 
 24 therefore, Moab, to the spoil. And 
 when they came to the cami) of Israel, 
 the Israelites rose up and smote the 
 ]Moabites, so that they fled before them: 
 and they went forward ^into the land 
 
 •25 smiting the Moabites. And they beat 
 down the cities; and on every good 
 piece of land they cast every man Ms 
 stone, and filled it; and they stopped 
 all the fountains of v^ater, and felled 
 all the good trees : until in Kir-hareseth 
 o»l>/ they left the stones thereof; liow- 
 beit the slmgers went about it, and 
 
 26 smote it. And when tlie king of Moab 
 saw that the battle was too sore for 
 him, he took with him seven hundred 
 men that drew sword, to break through 
 unto the kuig of Edom : biit they could 
 
 27 not. Then he took his eldest son that 
 should have reigned in his stead, and 
 offered him for a burnt offering upon 
 the wall. And 5 there was gi'eat wrath 
 against Israel : and they departed from 
 him, and returned to their own land. 
 
 4 Now there cried a certain woman of 
 the wives of the sons of the prophets 
 unto Elisha, saying. Thy servant my 
 husband is dead: and thou knowest 
 that thy servant did fear the Lord: 
 and the creditor is come to take unto 
 hmi my two children to be bondmen. 
 
 2 And Elisha said unto her, What shall 
 I do for thee ? tell me ; what hast thou 
 in the house? And she said. Thine 
 handmaid hath not any thing ui the 
 
 3 house, save a pot of oil. Then he said. 
 Go, boiTow thee vessels abroad of all 
 thy neighbom's, even empty vessels; 
 
 4 borrow not a few. And thou shalt go 
 in, and shut the door upon thee and 
 upon thy sons, and pour out into all 
 those vessels; and thou shalt set aside 
 
 5 that which is full. So she went from 
 him, and shut the door upon her and 
 upon her sons; they brought the ves- 
 
 Gsels to her, and she poured out. And 
 it came to i)ass, when the vessels were 
 full, that she said mito her son, Brmg 
 me yet a vessel. And he said unto her, 
 There is not a vessel more. And the 
 
 7 oil stayed. Then" she came and told 
 the man of God. And he said, Go, sell 
 the oil, and pay thy debt, and live thou 
 and thy sons of the rest. 
 
 8 And it fell on a day, that Elisha 
 passed to Shunem, whei-e was a great 
 woman; and she constramed him to 
 eat bread. And so it was, that as oft 
 as he passed by, he turned in thither 
 
 9 to eat bread. And she said unto her 
 husband, Behold now, I perceive that 
 this is an holy man of God, which pass- 
 
 lOeth by us continually. Let us make, 
 I pray thee, a little chamber "on the 
 wall; and let us set for him there a 
 bed, and a table, and a stool, and a
 
 4. 44. 
 
 II. KINGS. 
 
 287 
 
 3Heb. 
 
 Pence, 
 
 »Heb. 
 
 bitten; 
 
 candlestick: and it sball bo, when lie 
 Cometh to us, that ho shall turn in 
 
 11 thither. And it fell on a day, that ho 
 came thither, and he turned into the 
 
 12 chamber and lay there. And be said 
 to (xebazi his servant, Call this Shu- 
 nanniiite. And when he had called her, 
 
 13 she stood berore bun. And he said 
 unto him. Say now unto her, Behold, 
 thou bast 1 been careful for us with all 
 this care; what is to be done for thee'? 
 wouldest thou be spoken for to the 
 kins;, or to the captaui of the host? 
 And slie answered, I dwell among mine 
 
 14 own people. And ho said. What then 
 is to be done for her? And Geliazi an- 
 swered. Verily she hath no son, and her 
 
 15 husband is old. And be said. Call her. 
 And when he had called her, she stood 
 
 16 in the door. And he said. At this 
 season, when the time ^cometh round, 
 thou shalt embrace a son. And she 
 said. Nay, my lord, thou man of God, 
 
 17 do not lie unto thine handmaid. And 
 the woman conceived, and bare a son 
 at that season, when the time came 
 round, as Elisba b.ad said unto her. 
 
 18 And when the child was grown, it fell 
 on a day, that he went out to his father 
 
 19 to the reapers. And he said unto his 
 father. My head, my head. And be 
 said to his servant. Carry him to his 
 
 20 mother. And when he had taken him, 
 and brought him to his mother, he sat 
 on her knees till noon, and then died. 
 
 21 And she went up, and laid him on the 
 bed of the man of God, and shut the 
 
 22 door upon bini, and went out. And 
 she called unto ber husband, and said, 
 Send me, I pray thee, one of the serv- 
 ants, and one of the asses, that I may 
 nui to the man of God, and come again. 
 
 23 And he said. Wherefore wilt thou go 
 to him to-day? it is neither new mooii 
 nor sabbath. And she said, ^It shall 
 
 24 be well. Then she saddled an ass, 
 and said to her servant. Drive, and go 
 forward; slacken me not the riding, 
 
 25 except I bid thee. So she went, and 
 came unto the man of God to mount 
 Cai-mel. And it came to jjass, when 
 the man of God saw her afar off, that 
 he said to Gehazi his servant. Behold, 
 
 26 yonder is the Shunammite : run, I pray 
 thee, now to meet her, and say unto 
 her, Is it well ■nath thee? is it well 
 with thy husband? is it well with the 
 child? And she answered. It is well. 
 
 27 And when she came to the man of God 
 to the hill, she caught bold of his feet. 
 And Gehazi came near to thrust her 
 away; but the man of God said. Let 
 her alone : for her soul is "* vexed with- 
 in her ; and the Lord hath hid it from 
 
 28 me, and hath not told me. Then she 
 said. Did I desire a son of my lord? 
 did I not say. Do not deceive me? 
 
 29 Then be said to Gehazi, Gird up thy 
 loins, and take my staff in thine hand. 
 
 and go thy way : if thou meet any man, 
 salute him not; and if any salute thee, 
 answer him not again : and lay my 
 
 30 stall upon tho face of the child. And 
 the mother of the child said. As the 
 Lord liveth, and as thy soul liveth, I 
 will not leave thee. And ho arose, 
 
 31 and followed her. AthI (iebazi passed 
 on before them, and laid tlie staif upon 
 tho face of the child; but there was 
 neither voice, nor * hearing. Where- 
 fore he returned to metit him, and told 
 him, saying. The child is not awaked. 
 
 32 And when Elisba was come into the 
 house, behold, the child was dead, and 
 
 33 laid upon bis bed. He went in there- 
 fore, and shut the door upon them 
 
 34 twain, and prayed unto the Lord. And 
 he went up, and lay upon the child, and 
 put bis mouth upon his mouth, and his 
 eyes upon bis eyes, and his hands upon 
 his hands: and ho ^ stretched himself 
 upon bun; and the flesh of the child 
 
 35 waxed warm. Then he returned, and 
 walked in the house once to and fro; 
 and went uji, and ''stretched himself 
 upon him: ''and the child sneezed 
 seven times, and the child opened bis 
 
 36 eyes. And be called Gehazi, and said, 
 Call this Shiuiammite. So he called 
 her. And when she was come in unto 
 
 37 him, he said, Take up thy son. Then 
 she went ui, and fell at his feet, and 
 bowed herself to the ground ; and she 
 took up her son, and went out. 
 
 38 And Elisba came again to Gilgal : and 
 there was a dearth in the land; and 
 the sons of the projihets were sitting 
 before bim : and be said unto his serv- 
 ant, Set on the great pot, and seethe 
 pottage for the sons of the proiihets. 
 
 39 And one went out into the field to 
 gather herbs, and found a wild vine, 
 and gathered thereof wild gourds bis 
 lap full, and came and shred them into 
 the pot of pottage : for they knew them 
 
 40 not. So they poured out for tho men 
 to eat. And it came to pass, as they 
 were eating of the plottage, that they 
 cried out, and said, O man of God, 
 there is death in the pot. And they 
 
 41 could not eat thereof. But he said, 
 Then bring meal. And he cast it into 
 the i5ot ; and he said. Pour out for the 
 people, that they may eat. And there 
 was no ^hai'm in the pot. 
 
 42 And there came a man from Baal- 
 shalishah, and brought the man of God 
 bread of the firstfruits, twenty loaves 
 of barley, and fresh ears of corn in " his 
 sack. And he said, Give unto the peo- 
 
 43 i)le, that they may eat. And his i" serv- 
 ant said. What, should I set this before 
 an hundred men ? But he said. Give the 
 people, that they may eat ; for thus saitb 
 the Lord, They shall eat, and shall 
 
 44 leave thereof. So he set it before them, 
 and they did eat, and left thereof, ac- 
 cording to the word of the Lord. 
 
 'iVleh. at- 
 tention. 
 
 15 Or, 
 botveiZ 
 
 and em- 
 braced 
 the child 
 
 3Heb. 
 
 evil 
 
 thing. 
 
 9 Or, 
 tlie hn.tk 
 thereof 
 
 10 Or, 
 miuiiiter
 
 288 
 
 II. KINGS. 
 
 5. 1. 
 
 iHeb. 
 
 before, 
 2Heb. 
 salv- 
 ation. 
 
 3Heb. 
 was be- 
 fore. 
 
 J Or, Tie 
 
 5 Or, 
 shekels 
 
 6 Or, an. 
 occasion 
 
 'Heb. 
 
 betfiou 
 
 clean. 
 
 SAnother 
 reading 
 is, Ama- 
 nah. 
 
 5 Now Naaman, captain of the host of 
 the king of Syria, was a gi'eat man 
 iwith his master, and honourable, be- 
 cause by liim the Lokd had given ^ vict- 
 017 unto Syi'ia : he was also a mighty 
 
 2 man of valour, bu t he was a leper. And 
 the Syi'ians had gone out in bands, and 
 liad brought away captive out of the 
 land of Israel a little maid; and she 
 
 3 3 waited on Naaman's wife. And she 
 said unto her mistress, Would God my 
 lord were iwith the jiroi^het that is in 
 Samaria! then would he recover him 
 
 4 of his leprosy. And *one went in, and 
 told his lord, saying, Thus and thus said 
 the maid that is of the land of Israel. 
 
 5 And the king of Syria said. Go to, go, 
 and I will send a letter uuto the king of 
 Israel. And he departed, and took with 
 him ten talents of silver, and six thou- 
 sand ^pieces of gold, and ten changes of 
 
 C) raiment. And he brought the letter to 
 the kuig of Israel, saying. And now 
 when this letter is come unto thee, be- 
 hold, I have sent Naaman my servant 
 to thee, that thou mayest recover liim 
 
 7 of his leprosy. And it came to pass, 
 when the king of Israel had read the 
 letter, that he rent his clothes, and 
 said. Am I God, to kill and to make 
 alive, that this man doth send unto me 
 to recover a man of his lei)rosy? but 
 consider, I pray you, and see how he 
 
 8 seeketh '^ a quarrel against me. And it 
 was so, when Elisha the man of God' 
 heard that the kuig of Israel had rent 
 his clothes, that he sent to the king, 
 saying, Wlierefore hast thou rent thy 
 clothes ? let him come now to me, and 
 he shall know that there is a prophet 
 
 9 in Israel. So Naaman came with his 
 horses and with his chariots, and stood 
 
 10 at the door of the house of Elisha. And 
 Elisha sent a messenger imto him, say- 
 ing, Go and wash in Jordan seven times, 
 and thy flesh shall come again to thee, 
 
 11 and ■? thou shalt be clean. But Naaman 
 was wroth, and went away, and said. 
 Behold, I thought, He will surely come 
 out to me, and stand, and call on the 
 name of the Lord his God, and wave 
 his hand over the place, and recover the 
 
 12 leper. Are not ^Abanah and Pharpar, 
 the rivers of Damascus, better than all 
 the waters of Israel ? may I not wash in 
 them, and be clean? So he turned and 
 
 13 went away in a rage. And his servants 
 came near, and spake unto hun, and 
 said. My father, if the prophet had bid 
 thee do some great thing, wouldest thou 
 not have done it? how much rather 
 then, when he saith to thee. Wash, and 
 
 14 be clean? Then went he do'mi, and 
 dipped Idmself seven times in Jordan, 
 according to the saying of the man of 
 God : and his flesh came again like unto 
 the flesh of a little child, and he was 
 
 15 clean. And he returned to the man of 
 God, he and all his company, and came, 
 
 and stood before him : and he said. Be- 
 hold now, I know that there is no God in 
 all the earth, but in Israel : now there- 
 fore, I pray thee, take a ^iiresent of thy 
 
 16 servant. But he said. As the Loiic liveth, 
 before whom I stand, I will receive none. 
 And he urged him to take it ; but he re- 
 
 17 fused. And Naaman said, If not, yet I 
 pray thee let there be given to thy servant 
 two mules' burden of earth ; for thy serv- 
 ant will henceforth offer neither burnt 
 offering nor sacrifice unto other gods,but 
 
 18 unto the Lord. In this thing the Loed 
 pardon thy servant ; when my master 
 goeth into the house of Eimmon to wor- 
 ship there, and he leaneth on my hand, 
 and Ibowmyself in thehouseof Eimmon, 
 when I bow myself in the house of Rim- 
 mon,the Lord pardon thy servant in this 
 
 19thing. Andhesaiduntohim, Go in peace. 
 So he departed from hina i" a little way. 
 
 20 But Gehazi, the servant of Elisha the 
 man of God, said. Behold, my master 
 hath spared this Naaman the Syrian, in 
 not receiving at his hands that which he 
 brought : as the Lord liveth, I wiU run 
 after hun, and take somewhat of him. 
 
 21 So Gehazi followed after Naaman. And 
 when Naaman saw one running after 
 him, he lighted down from the chariot to 
 
 22 meet him, and said. Is all well ? And he 
 said, All is well. My master hath sent 
 me, saying. Behold, even now there be 
 come to me from the hill countiy of 
 Ephraim two young men of the sons of 
 the prophets; give them, I pray thee, 
 a talent of silver, and two changes of 
 
 23 raiment. And Naaman said. Be content, 
 take two talents. And he urged him, 
 and boimd two talents of silver in two 
 bags, with two changes of raiment, and 
 laid them upon two of his servants ; and 
 
 24 they bare them before hun. And when 
 he came to the " hill, he took them from 
 then hand, and bestowed them in the 
 house : and he let the men go, and they 
 
 25 departed. But he went in, and stood 
 before his master. And Elisha said un- 
 to him, 'Whence comest thou, Gehazi? 
 And he said, Thy servant went no 
 
 26 whither. And he said unto him, i'^ Went 
 not mine heart vith thee, when the man 
 turned again from his chariot to meet 
 thee ? Is it a time to receive money, and 
 to receive garments, and oliveyards and 
 vineyards, and sheep and oxen, and 
 
 27menservants and maidservants? The 
 leprosy therefore of Naaman shall 
 cleave unto thee, and unto thy seed for 
 ever. And he went out from his jire- 
 sence a leper as vhite as snow. 
 
 Q And the sous of the prophets said unto 
 EUsha, Behold now, the place where we 
 dwell before thee is too strait for us. 
 
 2 Let us go, we pray thee, unto Jordan, 
 and take thence every man a beam, and 
 let us make us a jjlace there, where 
 we may dwell. And he answered. Go 
 
 3 ye. And one said. Be content, I pray
 
 7. 2. 
 
 II. KINGS. 
 
 289 
 
 iHeb. 
 natifjn. 
 
 thee, and go with thy servants. And lie 
 
 4 answered, I will go. So he went with 
 them. And when they came to Jordan, 
 
 5 tliey cut down wood. But as one was 
 felling a heam, the axe-head fell into 
 the water: and he cried, and said, Alas, 
 
 6 my master ! for it was horrowed. And 
 the man of God said, Where fell it? 
 And he shewed him the place. And ho 
 cut down a stick, and cast it in thither, 
 
 7 and imade the kon to swim. And he 
 said. Take it up to thee. So he put 
 out his hand, and took it. 
 
 8 Now the king of Syria warred against 
 Israel; and he took counsel with his 
 servants, saying, In such and such a 
 
 9 place shaU be my 2 camp. And the man 
 of God sent unto the king of Israel, 
 sayuig. Beware that thou pass not such 
 a place; for thither the Sjiians are 
 
 10 coming down. And the king of Israel 
 sent to the place which the man of God 
 told him and warned him of; and he 
 saved himself there, not once nor twice. 
 
 11 And the heart of the king of Syi-ia was 
 sore troubled for this thing; and he 
 called his servants, and said unto them, 
 WiU ye not shew me which of us is 
 
 12 for the kmg of Israel? And one of his 
 servants said. Nay, my lord, king: 
 but Elisha, the prophet that is ui Israel, 
 teUeth the kmg of Israel the words that 
 
 13 thou speakest in thy bedchamber. And 
 he said. Go and see where he is, that 
 I may send and fetch him. And it 
 was told him, saying, Behold, he is in 
 
 14Dothan. Therefore sent he thither 
 horses, and chariots, and a great host: 
 and they came by night, and compassed 
 
 15 the city about. And when the » servant 
 of the man of God was risen early, and 
 gone forth, behold, an host with horses 
 and chai'iots was round about the city. 
 And his servant said unto him, Alas, 
 
 16 my master ! how shall v.'e do ? And he 
 answered. Fear not : for they that be 
 with us are more than they that be 
 
 17 with them. And Elisha prayed, and 
 said. Lord, I pray thee, open his eyes, 
 that he may see. And the Lord opened 
 the eyes of the young man; and he 
 saw: and, behold, the mountain was 
 full of horses and chariots of fire round 
 
 18 about Elisha. And when they came 
 down to him, Elisha prayed unto the 
 Lord, and said, Smite this ''people, I 
 pray thee, with blindness. And he 
 smote them with blindness according to 
 
 19 the word of Elisha. And Elisha said 
 unto them, This is not the way, neither 
 is this the city : follow me, and I wiU 
 bring you to the man whom ye seek . And 
 
 20 he led them to Samaria. And it came 
 to pass, when they were come into Sa- 
 maria, that Elisha said. Lord, open the 
 eyes of these men, that they may see. 
 And the Lord opened then- eyes, and 
 they saw ; and, behold, they were ui the 
 
 21 midst of Samaria. And the king of 
 
 Israel said unto Elisha, when he saw 
 them. My father, shall I smite them ? 
 
 22 shall I smite them ? And he answered. 
 Thou shalt not smite them: wouldest 
 thou smite those whom thou hast taken 
 captive with thy sword and with thy 
 bow ? set bread and water before them, 
 that they may eat and driids, and go to 
 
 23 their master. And he prepared great 
 provision for them : and wlien they had 
 eaten and drunk, he sent them away, 
 and they went to their master. And 
 the bands of Syi'ia came no more into 
 the land of Israel. 
 
 24 And it came to pass after this, that 
 Ben-hadad king of Syria gathered all 
 his host, and went up, and besieged 
 
 25 Samaria. And there was a great f amuie 
 in Samaria : and, behold, they besieged 
 it, until an ass's head was sold for four- 
 score ^pieces of sOver, and the fourth 
 part of a kab of dove's dung for five 
 
 1&^ pieces of silver. And as the king of 
 Israel was passing by upon the wall, 
 there cried a woman unto him, sayuig, 
 
 27 Help, my lord, O king. And he said, "If 
 the Lord do not heli) thee, whence shall 
 I help thee ? out of the threshing-floor, 
 
 28 or out of the winepress ? And the king 
 said imto her, Wliat aileth thee ? And 
 she answered. This woman said unto 
 me, Give thy son, that we may eat him 
 to-day, and we will eat my son to-mor- 
 
 29 row. So we boiled my sou, and did eat 
 him : and I said mito her on the next 
 day. Give thy son, that we may eat 
 
 30 hun : and she hath hid her son. And it 
 came to pass, when the king heard the 
 words of the woman, that he rent his 
 clothes ; (now he was passing by upon 
 the wall ;) and the people looked, and, 
 behold, he had sackcloth within upon 
 
 31 his flesh. Then he said, God do so to me, 
 and more also, if the head of Ehsha the 
 son of Shaphat shall stand on him this 
 
 32 day. But Elisha sat in hishouse, and the 
 elders sat with him ; and the ling sent a 
 man from before him : but ere the mes- 
 senger came to him, he said to the eld- 
 ers. See ye how this son of a murderer 
 hath sent to take away mine head? 
 look, when the messenger cometh, shut 
 the door, and ■? hold the door fast agauist 
 him : is not the sound of his master's 
 
 33 feet behind him? And while he yet 
 talked with them, behold, the mes- 
 senger came down unto him: and he 
 said, Behold, this e-\Tl is of the Lord ; 
 why should I wait for the Lord any 
 
 7 longer? And Ehsha said. Hear ye 
 the word of the Lord : thus saith the 
 Lord, To-morrow about this time shall 
 a 8measm-e of fine flour be sold for a 
 shekel, and two measures of barley for 
 2 a shekel, in the gate of Samaria. Then 
 the captam on whose hand the king 
 leaned answered the man of God, and 
 said. Behold, if the Lord should make 
 windows in heaven, might this thing 
 
 ■iOr. 
 shekels 
 
 fiQr, 
 Nay, Jet 
 the Lord 
 
 help 
 tlue I 
 
 ■:Heb. 
 thrust 
 him back 
 with the 
 door. 
 
 SHeb. 
 scah. 
 
 10
 
 290 
 
 II. KINGS. 
 
 7. 2. 
 
 1 Or, nt'r 
 
 will jintl 
 us out 
 
 2 Or, 
 jjorters 
 
 3 Or, the 
 pm-tn-s 
 called 
 
 1 Heb. 
 i/i it. 
 
 be ? Aiicl he said, Behold, thou shalt 
 see it with thine eyes, hut shalt not 
 eat thereof. 
 
 3 Now there were four leprous men at 
 the entering in of the gate : and they 
 said one to another. Why sit we here 
 
 4 until we die? If we say, We will 
 enter into the city, then the famine is 
 in the city, and we shaU die there: 
 and if we sit still here, we die also. 
 Now therefore come, and let us faU 
 unto the host of the Syrians : if they 
 save us alive, we shall live ; and if they 
 
 5 kill us, we shall hut die. And they 
 rose up in the twilight, to go unto the 
 camp of the Syrians : and when they 
 were come to the outermost part of 
 the camp of the Syrians, behold, there 
 
 6 was no man there. For the Lord had 
 made the host of the Syrians to hear 
 a noise of chariots, and a noise of 
 horses, even the noise of a gi'eat host : 
 and they said one to another, Lo, the 
 king of Israel hath hired against us 
 the kings of the Hittites, and the kings 
 of the Egyptians, to come upon us. 
 
 7 Wherefore they arose and fled in the 
 twilight, and left their tents, and their 
 horses, and their asses, even the camfi 
 
 8 as it was, and fled for their life. Arid 
 when these lepers came to the outer- 
 most part of the camp, they went into 
 one tent, and did eat and druik, and 
 carried thence silver, and gold, and 
 raiment, and went and hid it ; and they 
 came back, and entered mto another 
 tent, and carried thence also, and went 
 
 9 and hid it. Then they said one to an- 
 other, We do not well : this day is a 
 day of good tidings, and we hold our 
 peace: if we tarry till the morning 
 light, iijunishment will overtake us: 
 now therefore come, let us go and teU 
 
 10 the king's household. So they came 
 and called unto the '-^xjorter of the city : 
 and they told them, sajing, We came 
 to the cami) of the Syrians, and, be- 
 hold, there was no man there, neither 
 voice of man, but the horses tied, and 
 the asses tied, and the tents as they 
 
 11 vv^ere. And ^he called the porters ; and 
 they told it to the kmg's household 
 
 1'2 within. And the king arose in the 
 night, and said unto his servants, I 
 will now shew you what the Syi'ians 
 have done to us. They know that we 
 be hungiy ; therefore are they gone out 
 of the camii to hide themselves in the 
 field, saying. When they come out of 
 the city, we shall take them alive, and 
 
 1.^ get into the city. And one of his serv- 
 ants answered and said, Let some take, 
 I pray thee, five of the horses that re- 
 main, which are left ^in the city, (be- 
 hold, they are as all the multitude of 
 Israel that are left in it ; behold, they 
 are as all the multitude of Israel that 
 are consumed:) and let us send and 
 
 14 see. They took therefore two chariots 
 
 with horses; and the king sent after 
 the host of the Syrians, saying, Go and 
 
 15 see. And they went after them unto 
 Jordan : and, lo, aU the way was fuU of 
 garments and vessels,which the Syrians 
 had cast away in then- haste. And the 
 messengers returned, and told the kmg. 
 
 16 And the peoi>le went out, and spoiled 
 the camj) of the Syrians. So a measure 
 of fine ilour was sold for a shekel, and 
 two measures of barley for a shekel, 
 accordmg to the word of the Lord. 
 
 17 And the king appointed the captain on 
 whose hand he leaned to have the charge 
 of the gate : and the people trode upon 
 him in the gate, and he died as the man 
 of God had said, who spake when the 
 
 18 king came down to him. And it came to 
 jiass, as the man of God had spoken to 
 the king, sayuig. Two measures of bar- 
 ley for a shekel, and a measure of fine 
 flour for a shekel, shall be to-morrow 
 about this time in the gate of Samaria ; 
 
 19 and that captain answered the man of 
 God, and said. Now, behold, if the Lord 
 should make windows in heaven, might 
 such a thing be ? and he said, Behold, 
 thou shalt see it with thine eyes, but 
 
 20 shalt not eat thereof: it came to i^ass 
 even so unto him ; for the peo^ile trode 
 upon him in the gate, and he died. 
 
 8 Now Elisha had spoken unto the wo- 
 man, whose son he had restored to life, 
 saying, Arise, and go thou and thine 
 household, and sojourn wheresoever 
 thou canst sojourn: for the Lord hath 
 called for a famine ; and it shall also 
 
 2 come upon the land seven years. And 
 the woman arose, and did according to 
 the word of the man of God: and she 
 went with her household, and sojourned 
 in the land of the Philistines seven 
 
 3 years. And it came to pass at the seven 
 years' end, that the woman returned out 
 of the land of the Philistines: and she 
 went forth to cry unto the king for her 
 
 4 house and for her land. Now the king 
 was talking with Gehazi the servant of 
 the man of God, saying, Tell me, I pray 
 thee, aU the great things that Elisha 
 
 5 hath done. And it came to pass, as he 
 was telling the king how he had restored 
 to life liim that was dead, that, behold, 
 the woman, whose son he had restored 
 to life, cried to the king for her house 
 and for her land. And Gehazi said. My 
 lord, O king, this is the woman, and 
 this is her son, whom Elisha restored 
 
 6 to life. And vv'hen the king asked the 
 woman, she told him. So the king ap- 
 jiointed luito her a certain ^ officer, say- 
 ing. Restore all that was hers, and all 
 the fruits of the field since the day that 
 she left the land, even until now. 
 
 7 And Elisha came to Damascus; and 
 Ben-hadad the king of Syria was sick; 
 and it was told him, saying, The man of 
 
 8 God is come hither. And the king said 
 unto Hazael, Take a present in thine
 
 9. 11. 
 
 II. KINGS. 
 
 291 
 
 "Another 
 reading 
 is, titnl to 
 his child- 
 ren. 
 
 Laud, and go meet the man of God, 
 and iii(|uiro of the Lord by him, saying, 
 9 Shall 1 recover of this sickness? So 
 Hazael went to meet him, and took a 
 present 1 with him, ^even of every good 
 thing of Damascus, forty camels' bur- 
 den, and came and stood before him, 
 and said. Thy son Ben-hadad king of 
 Syria hath sent me to thee, saying. Shall 
 10 1 recover of this sickness ? And Elisha 
 said unto him. Go, "say unto him, Thou 
 shalt surely recover ; howbeit the Lord 
 hath shewed me that he shall surely die. 
 
 11 And he settled his countenance sted- 
 fastly upon him, until he was ashamed : 
 
 12 and the man of God wept. And Hazael 
 said, Wliy weepeth my lord? And he 
 answered, Because I know the evil 
 that thou wilt do unto the chihh'en of 
 Israel : their strong holds wilt thou set 
 on tire, and their young men wilt thou 
 slay with the sword, and wilt dash in 
 pieces their Uttle ones, and rip up 
 
 13 then- women with chUd. And Hazael 
 said. But what is thy servant, which is 
 but a dog, that he should do this great 
 thing? And Elisha answered. The 
 Lord hath shewed me that thou shalt 
 
 14 be king over Syria. Then he departed 
 from Elisha, and came to his master ; 
 vv'ho said to him, What said Ehsha to 
 thee ? And he answered, He told me 
 that thou shouldest sm'ely recover. 
 
 15 And it came to pass on the morrow, that 
 he took the coverlet, and dipped it in 
 water, and spread it on his face, so that 
 he died: and Hazael reigned in his stead. 
 
 IG Aiad ui the fifth year of Joram the 
 son of Ahab king of Israel, ■^ Jehosha- 
 phat being then kmg of Judali, Je- 
 horam the son of Jehoshaphat king 
 
 17 of Judah began to reign. 3 Thirty and 
 two years old was he when he began 
 to reign; and he reigned eight years 
 
 18 in Jerusalem. And he walked in the 
 way of the kings of Israel, as did 
 the house of Aliab: for he had ^Uie 
 daughter of Ahab to wife : and he did 
 that which was evil tu the sight of the 
 
 19 Lord. Howbeit the Lord would not 
 destroy Judah, for David liis servant's 
 sake, as he ^jromised him to give unto 
 him a lamp ''for his childi-en alway. 
 
 '20 In liis days Edom revolted from under 
 the hand of Judah, and made a king 
 
 21 over themselves, i'heu Joram passed 
 over to Zair, and all his chariots with 
 him: and he rose up by night, and 
 smote the Edomites which compassed 
 him about, and the captains of the 
 chariots: and the people fled to their 
 
 22 tents. So Edom revolted from under 
 the hand of Judah, unto this day. Then 
 did Libnah revolt at the same time. 
 
 23 And the rest of the acts of Joram, and 
 all that he did, are they not written in 
 the book of the chronicles of the kings 
 
 24 of Judah ? And Joram slept with his 
 fathers, and was birried with his fathers 
 
 in the city of David: and Ahaziah his 
 son reigned in his stead. 
 
 2.') i^ln (ho twcilfth year of Joram the 
 son of Ahab king of Israel did yVhaziah 
 the soji (if Jehoram king of Judah be- 
 
 2(>gin to reign. Two anil twenty years 
 old was Ahaziah when he began to 
 reign; and he reigned one year in Je- 
 rusalem. And his mother's name was 
 Athaliah the -'daughter of Omri king 
 
 27 of Israel. And ho walked in the way 
 of the house of Ahab, and did that 
 which was evil in the sight of the IjOud, 
 as did the house of Ahab : for he was 
 the son in law of the house of Ahab. 
 
 28 And he went with Joram the son of 
 Aliab to war against Hazael kmg of 
 Syria at Ramoth-gilead : and the Syri- 
 
 29 ans wounded Joram. And king Joram 
 returned to be healed in Jezreel of the 
 womids which the Syrians had given 
 him at Ramah, when he fought agauast 
 Hazael king of Syria. And Aliaziah 
 the son of Jehoram kuig of Judah 
 went down to see Joram the son of 
 Ahab in Jezreel, because he was sick. 
 
 9 And Elisha the prophet called one 
 of the sons of the proiihets, and said 
 nnto him, Gu-d up tliy loins, and take 
 this vial of oil in thuie hand, and go 
 
 2 to Eamoth-gUead. And when thou 
 comest thither, look out there Jehu 
 the son of Jehoshaphat the son of Nim- 
 shi, and go m, and make him arise u}) 
 from among his brethren, and carry 
 
 3 htm to an inner chamber. Then take 
 the vial of oil, and pour it on his head, 
 and say. Thus saith the Lord, I have 
 anointed thee kuig over Israel. Then 
 open the door, and flee, and tarry not. 
 
 4 So the young man, even the young 
 man the prophet, went to Eamoth- 
 
 5gLlead. And when he came, behold, 
 the captains of the host were sitting ; 
 and he said, I have an errand to thee, 
 
 captain. And Jehu said, Unto which 
 of all us? And he said, To thee, O 
 
 6 captain. And he arose, and went into 
 the house; and he poured the oil on 
 his head, and said unto him. Thus 
 saith the Lord, the God of Israel, I 
 have anointed tliee king over the people 
 
 7 of the Lord, even over Israel. And 
 thou shalt smite the house of Ahab 
 thy master, that I may avenge the 
 blood of my servants the prophets, 
 and the blood of all the servants of 
 
 8 the Lord, at the hand of Jezebel. For 
 the whole house of Ahab shall perish : 
 and I wiU cut off from Aliab evei-y 
 man chUd, and him that is shut up and 
 
 9 him that is left at large in Israel. And 
 
 1 wiU make the house of Ahab like 
 the house of Jeroboam the son of Ne- 
 bat, and like the house of Baasha the 
 
 10 son of Ahijah. And the dogs shall eat 
 Jezebel in the portion of Jezreel, and 
 there shall be none to bury her. And he 
 
 11 opened the door, and fled. Then Jehu 
 
 eseo 
 2 Chr. 
 xxii. 1, 
 it. 
 
 oOr. 
 
 tjraiid- 
 
 U'luijh- 
 
 ter 
 
 See ver. 
 
 18. 
 
 10—2
 
 292 
 
 II. KINGS. 
 
 9. 11. 
 
 ■Or, 
 
 oit the 
 
 bare 
 
 steps 
 
 2Heb. 
 Jcho- 
 ram^ 
 and in 
 vv, 17, 21. 
 22, 23, 24. 
 
 3 Or, Is 
 all well ? 
 
 ■lOr, 
 Yoke 
 
   Heb. 
 filled his 
 hand 
 20ith the 
 bow. 
 
 came forth to tlio servants of his lord : 
 and one said unto him, Is all well? 
 wherefore came this mad fellow to 
 thee ? And he said unto them, Ye know 
 
 12 the man and what his talk was. And 
 they said. It is false ; tell us now. And 
 he said. Thus and thus spake he to me, 
 saying, Thus saith the Lord, I have 
 
 13 anointed thee king over Israel. Then 
 they hasted, and took every man his 
 garment, and put it under him i on the 
 top of the stairs, and blew the trumpet, 
 
 14 saying, Jehu is king. So Jehu the 
 son of Jehoshaphat the son of Nimshi 
 conspired against Joram. (Now Joram 
 kept Ramoth-gilead, lie and all Israel, 
 
 15 because of Hazael king of Syria : but 
 king 2 Joram was returned to be healed 
 in Jezreel of the womids which the 
 Syrians had given him, when he fought 
 with Hazael king of Syria.) And Jehu 
 said. If this be your mind, then let 
 none escape and go forth out of the 
 
 16 city, to go to teU it in Jezreel. So 
 Jehu rode in a chariot, and went to 
 Jezreel; for Joram lay there. And 
 Ahaziah king of Judah was come 
 
 17 down to see Joram. Now the watch- 
 man stood on the tower in Jezreel, 
 and he spied the company of Jehu as 
 he came, and said, I see a comijany. 
 And Joram said. Take an horseman, 
 and send to meet them, and let him 
 
 IS say, ^Is it peace? So there went one 
 on horseback to meet him, and said, 
 Thus saith the kuig. Is it peace ? And 
 Jehu said. What hast tliou to do with 
 peace? turn thee behind me. And the 
 watchman told, saying, The messenger 
 came to them, but he cometh not a- 
 
 19 gain. Then he sent out a second on 
 horseback, which came to them, and 
 said. Thus saith the king, Is it peace ? 
 And Jehu answered. What hast thou 
 to do with peace? turn thee belimd 
 
 20 me. And the watchman told, saymg, 
 He came even unto them, and cometh 
 not again : and the diiving is hke the 
 driving of Jehu the son of Nimshi ; for 
 
 21 he driveth f m-iously. And Joram said, 
 *Make ready. And they made ready 
 his chariot. And Joram king of Israel 
 and Ahaziah king of Judah went out, 
 each in his chariot, and they went out 
 to meet Jehu, and foimd him in the 
 
 22 portion of Naboth the Jezreehte. Aiid 
 it came to pass, when Joram saw Jehu, 
 that ho said. Is it peace, Jehu ? And 
 he answered, What peace, so long as 
 the whoredoms of thy mother Jezebel 
 
 23 and her witchcrafts are so many ? And 
 Joram turned his hands, and fled, and 
 said to Ahaziah, There is treachery, 
 
 24 Ahaziah. And Jehu ^di-ew his bow 
 with his full strength, and smote Joram 
 between his arms, and the arrow went 
 out at his heart, and he sunk down m liis 
 
 25 chariot. Then said Jehu to Bidkar his 
 captain. Take up, and cast him in the 
 
 portion of the field of Naboth the Jez- 
 reelite : for remember how that, when 
 I and thou rode together after Ahab 
 his father, the Lord 6 laid this burden 
 2G upon him ; Surely I have seen yester- 
 day the blood of Naboth, and the blood 
 of his sons, saith the Lord; and I will 
 requite thee in this ''plat, saith the 
 Lord. Now therefore take and cast 
 him into the plat of ground, according 
 
 27 to the word of the Lord, sg^t when 
 Ahaziah the king of Judah saw this, he 
 fled by the way of the garden house. 
 And Jehu followed after him, and said. 
 Smite him also in the chariot : and they 
 smote him at the ascent of Gur, which 
 is by Ibleam. And he fled to Megiddo, 
 
 28 and died there. And his servants car- 
 ried him in a chariot to Jerusalem, 
 and biu'ied hun in his sepulchre with 
 his fathers in the city of David. 
 
 29 And m the eleventh yeai' of Joram 
 the son of Aliab began Aliaziah to 
 reign over Judah. 
 
 30 And when Jehu was come to Jezreel, 
 Jezebel heard of it; and she painted 
 her eyes, and tired her head, and 
 
 31 looked out at the window. And as Jehu 
 entered ui at the gate, she said, "Is it 
 peace, thou Zimri, thy master's murd- 
 
 32 erer ? And he lifted up his face to the 
 wmdow, and said, Who is on my side ? 
 who ? And there looked out to him two 
 
 33 or three eunuchs. And he said, Throw 
 her down. So they threw her down: 
 and some of her blood was sprinkled 
 on the wall, and on the horses : and he 
 
 34 trode her under foot . And when he was 
 come in, he did eat and drink ; and he 
 said. See now to this cursed woman, 
 and bury her : for she is a king's daugh- 
 
 35 ter. And they went to bury her : but 
 they found no more of her than the 
 skull, and the feet, and the pahns of 
 
 SGher hands. Wherefore they came a- 
 gain, and told him. And he said. This 
 is the word of the Lord, which he 
 spake by his servant Elijah the Tish- 
 bite, saying, In the portion of Jezreel 
 shall the dogs eat the flesh of Jezebel: 
 
 37 and the carcase of Jezebel shall be as 
 dung upon the face of the field ui the 
 portion of Jezreel ; so that they shall 
 not say. This is Jezebel. 
 
 10 Now Aliab had seventy sons in Sa- 
 maria. And Jehu wi-oto letters, and 
 sent to Samaria, unto the nilers of Jez- 
 reel, even the elders, and unto them that 
 
 2 brought up the S07is of Ah&h, saying, And 
 now as soon as this letter cometh to 
 you, seeing your master's sons are with 
 you, and there are with you chariots and 
 horses, a fenced city also, and armour ; 
 
 3 look ye out the best and meetest of your 
 master's sons, and set him on his fa- 
 ther's throne, and tight for your master's 
 
 4 house. But they were exceedingly a- 
 fraid, and said. Behold, the two kings 
 stood not before him : how then shall
 
 10. 31. 
 
 II. KINGS. 
 
 293 
 
 lOr. 
 house of 
 tf'tther- 
 ing 
 
 2 Or, 
 cistern 
 
 5 we stand ? And be that was over the 
 household, and he that was over the 
 city, the ehlers also, and they that 
 broiifjht up the children, sent to Jehu, 
 sayiiiK, We are thy servants, and will 
 do all that thou shalt Iiid us; wo will 
 not make any man king: do th<ju that 
 
 () which is good in thine eyes. Then he 
 ■vvi'oto a letter the second time to them, 
 saying. If ye be on my side, and if ye 
 will hearken unto my voice, take ye 
 the heads of the men your master's 
 sons, and come to mo to Jezreel by 
 to-morrow this time. Now the kmg's 
 sons, bemg seventy persons, were with 
 the great men of the city, which brought 
 
 7 them iip. And it came to pass, when 
 the letter came to them, that they 
 took the king's sons, and slew them, 
 even seventy persons, and put their 
 heads in baskets, and sent them unto 
 
 Shim to Jezreel. And there came a 
 messenger, and told him, saying, They 
 have brought the heads of the khig's 
 sons. And he said. Lay ye them in 
 two heaps at the entering in of the 
 
 9 gate until the morning. And it came 
 to pass in the morning, that he went 
 out, and stood, and said to all the peo- 
 ple. Ye be righteous: behold, I con- 
 spired against my master, and slew 
 
 10 him : but who smote all these ? Know 
 now that there shall fall unto the earth 
 nothing of the word of the Lord, which 
 the Lord sjiake concerning the house 
 of Aliab : for the Lord hath done that 
 which he sjiake by his servant Eli- 
 
 11 jah. So Jehu smote all that remained 
 of the house of Ahab in Jezreel, and 
 all his great men, and his familiar 
 friends, and his priests, until he left 
 
 12 him none remaining. And he arose 
 and departed, and went to Samaria. 
 And as he was at the ^ shearing house 
 
 13 of the shepherds in the way, Jehu 
 met with the brethren of Aliaziah 
 king of Judah, and said. Who are ye ? 
 And they answered, We are the breth- 
 ren of Ahaziah: and we go down to 
 salute the children of the king and the 
 
 14 children of the queen. And he said, 
 Take them alive. And they took them 
 ahve, and slew them at the '-^iiit of the 
 ^shearmg house, even two and forty 
 men ; neither left he any of them. 
 
 15 And when he was deimrted thence, 
 he lighted on Jehonadab the son of 
 Kechab coming to meet him : and he 
 saluted him, and said to him. Is thine 
 heart right, as my heart is with thy 
 heart? And Jehonadab answered. It 
 is. If it be, give me thine hand. 
 And he gave hun his hand; and he 
 took him up to him into the chariot. 
 
 16 And he said, Come with me, and see 
 my zeal for the Lord. So they made 
 
 17 him ride in his chariot. And when 
 he came to Samaria, he smote aU that 
 remained unto Ahab in Samaria, till 
 
 he had destroyed him, according to 
 the word of the Lord, which ho spake 
 
 18 to Elijah. And Jelm gathered all the 
 ])eople together, and said unto tliem, 
 Ahab served Baal a little; but Jehu 
 
 19 shall serve him much. Now there- 
 fore call inito me all the pi-ophets of 
 Baal, all his worshippers, and all his 
 priests ; let none be wanting: for I have 
 a great sacrifice to do to Baal ; who- 
 soever shall be wanting, he shall not 
 live. But Jehu did it in subtilty, to the 
 intent that he might destroy the wor- 
 
 20 shippers of Baal. And Jehu said. Sanc- 
 tify a solemn assembly for Baal. And 
 
 21 they iwoclaimed it. And Jehu sent 
 through all Israel : and all the worship- 
 j)ers of Baal came, so that there was not 
 a man left that came not. And they 
 came into the house of Baal ; and the 
 house of Baal was filled from one end 
 
 22 to another. And he said vnito him 
 that was over the vestry, Bring forth 
 vestments for all the worshijJiiers of 
 Baal. And he brought them forth vest- 
 
 23 meuts. And Jehu went, and Jehonadab 
 the son of Eechab, into the house of 
 Baal; and he said unto the worship- 
 pers of Baal, Search, and look that 
 there be here with you none of the 
 servants of the Lord, but the worship- 
 
 21 pers of Baal only. And they went in 
 to offer sacrifices and burnt offerings. 
 Now Jehu had appointed him foui-- 
 score men without, and said, If any of 
 the men whom I bring into your hands 
 escape, he that Ictteth him go, his life 
 
 25 shall be for the life of him. And it 
 came to pass, as soon as he had made 
 an end of offering the burnt offer- 
 ing, that Jehu said to the ^ guard and 
 to the cajitains. Go in, and slay them ; 
 let none come forth. And they smote 
 them with the edge of the sword ; and 
 the guard and the captains cast them 
 out, and went to the city of the house 
 
 26 of Baal. And they brought forth the 
 ^piUars that were in the house of Baal, 
 
 27 and burned them. And they brake down 
 the pillar of Baal, and brake down the 
 house of Baal, and made it a draught 
 
 28 house, unto this da}'. Thus Jehu de- 
 29stroyed Baal out of Israel. Howbeit 
 
 from the sins of Jeroboam the son of 
 Nebat, ^ wherewith he made Israel to 
 sin, Jehu departed not from after them, 
 to wit, the golden cah^es that were in 
 
 30 Beth-el, and that were in Dan. And 
 the Lord said unto Jehu, Because thou 
 hast 6 done well in executing that which 
 is right in mine eyes, and hast done 
 unto the house of Aliab according to 
 all that was in mine heart, thy sons of 
 the fourth generation shall sit on the 
 
 31 throne of Israel. But Jehu took no 
 heed to walk in the law of the Lord, 
 the God of Israel, with all his heart : 
 he departed not from the sins of Jero- 
 boam, wherewith he made Israel to sin. 
 
 3 Heb. 
 runners. 
 
 ^Or, 
 oOetisks 
 
 5 Or, who 
 
 "Or. 
 
 exe^'uted 
 
 ivell
 
 294 
 
 II. KINGS. 
 
 10. 32. 
 
 'See 
 2 Chr. 
 xxii. 10 — 
 li 
 
 '' Or, who 
 were 
 
 3 Or, 
 chamber 
 for the 
 beds 
 
 4 See 
 ■2 Chr. 
 xxlii. 1, 
 &c. 
 
 5 Or, exr- 
 cutioners 
 
 6 Heb. 
 runners. 
 
 ■Heb. 
 
 fhoalder. 
 
 32 In those clays the Lokd began to cut 
 Israel short : and Hazael smote them 
 
 33 in all the coasts of Israel ; from Jordan 
 eastward, aU the land of Gilead, the 
 Gadites, and the Reubenites, and the 
 Manassites, from Aroer, which is by the 
 valley of Arnon, even Gilead and Ba- 
 
 34 shan. Now the rest of the acts of Jehn, 
 and all that he did, and aU his might, 
 are they not written in the book of the 
 
 35 chronicles of the kmgs of Israel ? And 
 Jehu sle^it with his fathers : and they 
 buried him in Samaria. And Jehoahaz 
 
 36 his sou reigned in his stead. And the 
 time that Jehu reigned over Israel in 
 Samaria was twenty and eight years. 
 
 11 iNow when Athaliah the mother of 
 Ahaziah saw that her son was dead, 
 she arose and destroyed all the seed 
 
 2 royal. But Jehosheba, the daughter of 
 king Joram, sister of AJiaziah, took Jo- 
 ash the son of Ahaziah, and stole him 
 away from among the king's sons that 
 were slain, even him and his niu'se, 
 ^andjmt tliem in the ^ bedchamber ; and 
 they hid him from Athaliah, so that he 
 
 3 was not slain. And he was with her 
 hid in the house of the Lokd six years : 
 and Athaliah reigned over the laud. 
 
 4 ^Aud in the seventh year Jehoiada 
 sent and fetched the captains over 
 hundreds, of the ^Carites and of the 
 "guard, and brought them to him into 
 the house of the Lord ; and he made 
 a covenant with them, and took an 
 oath of them in the house of the 
 Lokd, and shewed them the king's 
 
 5 son. And he commanded them, say- 
 ing, This is the thing that ye shall 
 do: a third part of you, that come 
 in on the sal)l)ath, shall be keejjers of 
 
 6 the watch of the kmg's house ; and a 
 third i)art shall be at the gate Sur; 
 and a third part at the gate behind 
 the guard : so shall ye keej) the watch 
 
 7 of the house, and be a baiTier. And 
 the two companies of you, even aU 
 that go forth on the sabbath, shall 
 keep the watch of the house of the 
 
 8 Lord about the king. And ye shall 
 compass the king round about, eveiy 
 man with his weapons in his hand; 
 and he that cometh within the ranks, 
 let him lie slain : and be ye with the 
 kuig when he goeth out, and when 
 
 9 he cometh in. And the captains over 
 hundreds did accorduig to all that 
 Jehoiada the priest commanded: and 
 they took eveiy man his men, those 
 that were to come in on the sabbath, 
 with those that were to go out on 
 the sabbath, and came to Jehoiada the 
 
 10 priest. And the priest deUvered to 
 the captains over hundreds the spears 
 and shields that had been kmg Da- 
 vid's, which were in the house of the 
 
 11 Lord. And the guard stood, every 
 man with his weapons in his hancl, 
 from the right 'side of the house to 
 
 the left side of the house, along by the 
 altar and the house, by the king round 
 
 12 about. Then he brought out the king's 
 son, and ^put the crown upon him, and 
 gare him the testimony ; and they made 
 him king, and anomted him; and they 
 clajiped their hands, and said, '■'God 
 
 13 save the king. And when Athaliah 
 heard the noise of the guard and of the 
 people, she came to the people into the 
 
 14 house of the Lord : and she looked, and, 
 behold, the king stood loby the pillar, 
 as the manner was, and the captains 
 and the trumpets by the king ; and all 
 the people of the land rejoiced, and blew 
 with trumpets. Then Athahah rent 
 her clothes, andcried. Treason, treason. 
 
 15 And Jehoiada the priest commanded 
 the captains of hundreds that were 
 set over the host, and said unto them. 
 Have her forth between the ranks; 
 and him that followeth her slay with 
 the sword : for the priest said. Let her 
 not be slain in the house of the Lokd. 
 
 16 So they made way for her; and she went 
 by the way of the horses' entry to the 
 kuig's house : and there was she slain. 
 
 17 And Jehoiada made a covenant be- 
 tween the Lord and the king and the 
 jieople, that they should be the Lord's 
 jieople ; between the king also and the 
 
 18 people. And aU the people of the land 
 went to the house of Baal, and brake 
 it clown; his altars and his images 
 brake they in pieces thoroughly, and 
 slew Mattan the i)riest of Baal before 
 the altars. And the priest appointed 
 11 officers over the house of the Lord. 
 
 19 And he took the captains over hund- 
 reds, and the Carites, and the guard, 
 and aU the i^eople of the land; and 
 they brought down the king from the 
 house of the Lord, and came by the 
 way of the gate of the guard unto the 
 king's house. And he sat on the 
 
 20 tin-one of the kings. So all the people 
 of the land rejoiced, and the city was 
 quiet: and they slew Athahah with 
 the sword at the king's house. 
 
 21 Jehoash was seven years old when 
 12 he began to reign. In the seventh 
 
 year of Jehu began Jehoash to reign ; 
 and he reigned forty years in Jeru- 
 salem: and his mother's name was 
 2Zibiah of Beer-sheba. And Jehoash 
 did that which was right m the eyes 
 of the Lord aU his days wherein Je- 
 
 3 hoiada the priest instructed him. How- 
 beit the high places were not taken 
 away: the people still sacrificed and 
 burnt incense in the high x^laces. 
 
 4 And Jehoash said to the jn-iests. All 
 the money of the hallowed things that 
 is brought into the house of the Lord, 
 I'-in current money, li^the money of 
 the persons for whom each man is 
 ratecl, and all the money that it com- 
 eth into any man's heart to bring into 
 
 5 the house of the Lord, let the priests
 
 13. U. 
 
 II. KINGS. 
 
 295 
 
 1 Hcb. 
 
 thresh- 
 old. 
 
 2 Or, 
 
 secret- 
 ary 
 3Heb. 
 
 bou/ltf 
 up and 
 .t-c. 
 
 iHeb. 
 
 hroinjht 
 U/oi-lh. 
 
 JHeb. 
 
 went, 
 forth. 
 
 take it to them, every man from Lis 
 acqiiiiiiitiince : and tliey shall repair 
 the breaches of the house, whereso- 
 ever auy breach shall he found. But 
 it was so, that in the three and twentieth 
 year of Idnp; Jehoash the priests had 
 not repaired the breaches of the house. 
 
 7 Then kuig Jehoash called for Jehoiada 
 the priest, and for the other priests, 
 and said unto them, "Why repair ye not 
 the breaches of the house ? now there- 
 fore take no more money from yom- 
 acquaintance, but deliver it for the 
 
 8 breaches of the house. And the priests 
 consented that they should take no 
 7uore money from the jieople, neither 
 rei)aii' the breaches of the house. 
 
 But Jehoiada the priest took a chest, 
 and bored a hole m the hd of it, and 
 set it beside the altar, on the right side 
 as one cometh into the house of the 
 Jjord : and the priests that kept the 
 1 door put therem all the money that 
 was brought into the house of the 
 lOLoED. And it was so, when they saw 
 that there was much money in the chest, 
 that the king's -scribe and the high 
 priest came ivp, and they ^ i^ut up in bags 
 and told the money that was found 
 
 11 ui the house of the Lokd. Aiid they 
 gave the money that was weighed out 
 into the hands of them that did the 
 work, that had the oversight of the 
 house of the Lord: and they *paid it 
 out to the carpenters and the builders, 
 that wrought iiiJou the house of the 
 
 12 Lord, and to the masons and the hew- 
 ers of stone, and for buying timber and 
 hewn stone to repau' the breaches of 
 the house of the Lord, and for all that 
 5 was laid out for the house to repaii" it. 
 
 13 But there v/ere not made for the house 
 of the Lord cups of silver, snuffers, 
 basons, trmni^ets, any vessels of gold, or 
 vessels of silver, of the money that was 
 brought into the house of the Lord : 
 
 14 for they gave that to them that did the 
 work, and repau'ed therewith the house 
 
 15 of the Loud. Moreover they reckoned 
 not with the men, into whose hand 
 they dehvered the money to give to 
 them that did the work : for they dealt 
 
 16 faithfully. The money for the guilt 
 offerings, and the money for the sin 
 offeruigs, was not brought into the 
 house of the Lord : it was the priests'. 
 
 17 Then Hazael king of Syria went up, 
 and fought against Gath, and took it : 
 and Hazael set his face to go up to 
 
 18 Jerusalem. And Jehoash kmg of Judah 
 took all the hallowed things that Jeho- 
 shajihat, and Jehoram, and Ahaziah, 
 his fathers, kings of Judah, had dedic- 
 ated, and his o^\^l hallowed things, and 
 all the gold that was fomid ui the 
 treasures of the house of the Lord, 
 and of the king's house, and sent it to 
 Hazael king of Syria: and he went 
 
 19 away from Jerusalem. Now the rest of 
 
 the acts of Joash, and all that he did, 
 are they not written in the book of the 
 
 '20 chronicles of the kings f)f Judah? And 
 his servants arose, and made a con- 
 spiracy, and smote Joash at the house 
 of MiUo, on the vaij that goeth down to 
 
 21 Silla. For Jozacar the son of Shime- 
 ath, and Jehozabad the son of Sho- 
 mer, his servants, smote him, and he 
 died; and they buried him with liis 
 fathers in the city of iJavid: and 
 Amaziah his son reigned in jiis stead. 
 
 13 In the thi-ee and twentieth year of 
 Joash the son of Ahaziah, king of Judah, 
 Jehoahaz the son of Jehu began to reign 
 over Israel in Samaria, and reujned 
 
 2 seventeen years. And he did that which 
 was evil in the sight of the Lord, and 
 followed the sins of Jeroboam the son 
 of Nebat, wherewith he made Israel 
 to sin; he departed not therefrom. 
 
 3 And the anger of the Lord was kin<lled 
 against Israel, and he delivered them 
 into the hand of Hazael king of Syria, 
 and mto the hand of Ben-liadad the 
 
 4 son of Hazael, c continually. And Je- 
 hoahaz besought the Lord, and the 
 Lord hearkened unto him : for he saw 
 the ojjpression of Israel, how that the 
 
 5 king of Syria oppressed them. (And 
 the Lord gave Israel a saviour, so 
 that they went out from under the 
 hand of the Syrians : and the children 
 of Israel dwelt in their tents, as before- 
 
 6 time. Nevertheless they dejiarted not 
 .from the sins of the house of Jeroboam, 
 wherewith he made Israel to sin, but 
 7 walked thei'ein : and there remained 
 
 7 the Asherah also ui Samaria.) For 
 he left not to Jehoahaz of the jjeople 
 save fifty horsemen, and ten chariots, 
 and ten thousand footmen ; for the king 
 of Syria destroyed them, and made 
 
 8 them like the dust **in threshing. Now 
 the rest of the acts of Jehoahaz, and 
 all that he did, and his might, are 
 they not written in the book of the 
 
 9 clu'onicles of the kings of Israel ? And 
 Jehoahaz slept with his fathers; and 
 they buried hun in Samaria: and 
 Joash his son reigned in his stead. 
 
 10 In the thirty and seventh year of Joash 
 king of Judah began Jehoash the son of 
 Jehoahaz to reign over Israel in Sa- 
 il maria, and reigned sixteen years. And 
 he did that which was evil in the sight 
 of the Lord ; he departed not from all 
 the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, 
 wherewith he made Israel to sin : but 
 
 12 he walked therein. Now the rest of the 
 acts of Joash, and all that he did, and 
 his might wherewith he fought against 
 Amaziah king of Judah, are they not 
 written in the book of the chronicles 
 
 13 of the kings of Israel ? And Joash slei)t 
 Avith his fathers ; and Jeroboam sat 
 ujjon his throne : and Joash was buried 
 in Samaria with the kings of Israel. 
 
 It Now Elisha was fallen sick of his 
 
 c Hcb. 
 nil th<; 
 dat/s. 
 
 THeb. ?!» 
 walked. 
 
 » Or, to 
 
 trample 
 
 on
 
 296 
 
 II. KINGS. 
 
 13. 14. 
 
 iHeb. 
 
 his/ace. 
 
 2 See ch. 
 ii. ]2. 
 
 3 Or, 
 chariot 
 
 iHeb. 
 salva- 
 tioiu 
 5 Or, 
 against 
 
 «Heb. 
 
 when the 
 
 man 
 
 went 
 
 and 
 
 touched. 
 
 THeb. 
 until 
 
 8 See 
 2 Chr. 
 
 XXV. 1, 
 
 sickness whereof he died: and Joash 
 the kuig of Israel came do'mi unto hiiii, 
 and wept over ihim, and said, -My fa- 
 ther, my father, the ^ chariots of Israel 
 
 15 and the horsemen thereof ! And EUsha 
 said imto him, Take bow and arrows : 
 and he took mito him bow and arrows. 
 
 IG And he said to the king of Israel, Put 
 thine hand upon the bow : and he ptit 
 his hand upon it. And Elisha laid his 
 
 17 hands upon the king's hands. Aiid he 
 said. Open the window eastward : and 
 he opened it. Then Elisha said. Shoot : 
 and he shot. And he said. The Lord's 
 arrow of ^^dctory, even the arrow of 
 ^victory ^over Syria: for thou shalt 
 smite the Syrians in Aphek, till thou 
 
 18 have consumed them. And he said. 
 Take the aiTOws: and he took them. 
 And he said unto the king of Israel, 
 Smite upon the ground : and he smote 
 
 19 thrice, and stayed. Audthemanof God 
 was wi'oth with him, and said. Thou 
 shouldest have smitten five or six times ; 
 then hadst thou smitten Sjria till thou 
 hadst consumed it : whereas now thou 
 shalt smite Syria but thi'ice. 
 
 20 And EUsha died, and they buried him. 
 Now the bands of the Moabites in- 
 vaded the land at the comuig in of the 
 
 21 year. And it came to pass, as they were 
 buryuig a man, that, behold, they spied 
 a band ; and they cast the man into the 
 sepulchre of Elisha : and o as soon as 
 the man touched the bones of Elisha, 
 he revived, and stood up on his feet. 
 
 22 And Hazael king of Syria oppressed 
 
 23 Israel all the days of Jehoahaz. But 
 the Lord was gracious unto them, 
 and had compassion on them, and had 
 resiject unto them, because of his 
 covenant with Abraham, Isaac, and 
 Jacob, and would not destroy them, 
 neither cast he them from his pi-eseuce 
 
 21 ''as yet. And Hazael king of Syria 
 died; and Ben-hadad his son reigned 
 
 25 in his stead. And Jehoash the son of 
 Jehoahaz took again out of the hand 
 of Ben-hadad the son of Hazael the 
 cities which he had taken out of the 
 hand of Jehoahaz his father by war. 
 Three times did Joash smite huu, and 
 recovered the cities of Israel. 
 
 14 "In the second year of Joash son of 
 Joahaz kmg of Israel began Amaziah 
 the sou of Joash king of Judah to reign. 
 
 2 He was twenty and five years old when 
 he began to reign ; and he reigned twenty 
 and nine years in Jerusalem : and his 
 mother's name was Jehoaddiu of Jeru- 
 
 3 salem. And he did that which was right 
 in the eyes of the Lord, yet not like 
 David his father : he did according to 
 all that Joash his father had done. 
 
 4 Howbeit the high places were not taken 
 away: the i^eople stiU sacrificed and 
 
 5 burnt incense in the high places. And 
 it came to imss, as soon as the king- 
 dom was established in his hand, that 
 
 he slew his servants which had slain 
 
 6 the king his father : but the children 
 of the mui-derers he put not to death : 
 according to that which is written in 
 the book of the law of Moses, as the 
 Lord commanded, saying. The fathers 
 shall not be put to death for the child- 
 ren, nor the children be jmt to death 
 for the fathers ; but eveiy man shall 
 
 7 die for his own sin. He slew of Edoni 
 in the VaUey of Salt ten thousand, and 
 took '■* Sela by war, and called the name 
 of it Joktheel, unto this day. 
 
 8 Then Amaziah sent messengers to 
 Jehoash, the son of Jehoahaz sou of 
 Jehu, king of Israel, saying. Come, let 
 
 9 us look one another in the face. And 
 Jehoash the king of Israel sent to 
 Amaziah king of Judah, saying. The 
 10 thistle that was in Lebanon sent to 
 the cedar that was in Lebanon, saying, 
 Give thy daughter to my son to wife : 
 and there passed by a wild beast that 
 was in Lebanon, and trode down the 
 
 10 thistle. Thou hast indeed smitten 
 Edom, and thine heart hath lifted thee 
 up : glory thereof, and abide at home ; 
 for why shouldest thou n meddle to 
 thy hurt, that thou shouldest faU, 
 
 11 even thou, and Judah with thee ? But 
 Ainaziah would not hear. So Jehoash 
 king of Israel went uf); and he and 
 Ainaziah king of Judah looked one an- 
 other in the face at Beth-shemesh,which 
 
 12 belougeth to Judah. And Judah was put 
 to the worse before Israel; and they 
 
 13 fled every man to his tent. And Jehoash 
 kmg of Israel took Amaziah king of 
 Judah, the son of Jehoash the sou of 
 Ahaziah, atBeth-shemesh, and came to 
 Jerusalem, and brake down the wall of 
 Jerusalem from the gate of Ephraim un- 
 to the corner gate, foui' hundi-ed cubits. 
 
 14 And he took all the gold and silver, and 
 all the vessels that were found m the 
 house of the Lord, and in the treasm-es 
 of the king's house, the hostages also, 
 
 15 and returned to Samaria. Now the rest 
 of the acts of Jehoash which he did, and 
 his might, and how he fought with Am- 
 aziah king of Judah, are they not writ- 
 ten in the book of the chronicles of the 
 
 16 kings of Israel? And Jehoash slept with 
 his fathers, and was buried in Samaria 
 with the kmgs of Israel ; and Jeroboam 
 his son reigned in his stead. 
 
 17 And Amaziah the son of Joash king 
 of Judah lived after the death of Je- 
 hoash son of Jehoahaz king of Israel 
 
 18 fifteen years. Now the rest of the acts 
 of Amaziah, are they not written in the 
 book of the chi-onicles of the kings of 
 
 19 Judah ■? And they made a conspiracy 
 against him in Jerusalem ; and he fled 
 to Lachish: but they sent after him 
 
 20 to Lachish, and slew him there. And 
 they brought him upon horses: and 
 he was bm-ied at Jerusalem with his 
 
 21 fathers in the city of David. And all
 
 15. 25. 
 
 II. KINGS. 
 
 297 
 
 1 In ch. 
 XV. l:i, 
 anil 
 iChr. 
 xxvi. 1. 
 Uzziali. 
 
 2 In 
 verses 
 13,3),ic., 
 Uzziah. 
 
 3 See 
 2 Chr. 
 xxvi. 3, 4. 
 
 «See 
 2 Chr. 
 xxvi. :;i- 
 
 23. 
 6 Or, 
 
 lazfir 
 home 
 
 llio pcoiile of Judah took lAzariah, 
 wlio was sixteen years old, and made 
 him king in the rotim of his father 
 
 2'2 Amaziah. lie huilt Ehith, and restored 
 it to Judnh, after that the king slejit 
 with liis fatliers. 
 
 2.-5 In tlio lifteenth year of Amaziah tlie 
 son of Joash king of Judah Jerohoain 
 the son of Joasli king of Israel hegan 
 to reign in Samaria, and reigned forty 
 
 24 and one years. Ajid he did that which 
 was evil in tlie sight of the Lord: 
 he departed not from all the sins of 
 Jeroboam the son of Nehat, wherewith 
 
 25 he made Israel to sin. He restored the 
 border of Israel from the entering in 
 of Hamath unto the sea of the Ai'abah, 
 according to the word of the Lord, the 
 (rod of Israel, which he spake by the 
 hand of his servant Jonah the sou of 
 Amittai, the prophet, which was of 
 
 2() Gath-hepher. For the Loud saw the 
 affliction of Israel, that it was very 
 bitter: for there was none shut up nor 
 left at large, neither was there any 
 
 27 helper for Israel. And the Lord said 
 not that he would blot out the name 
 of Israel from under heaven: but he 
 saved them by the hand of Jeroboam 
 
 28 the sou of Joash. Now the rest of the 
 acts of Jeroboam, and all tliat he did, 
 and his might, how he warred, and 
 how he recovered Damascus, and Ha- 
 math, which had helonged to Judah, for 
 Israel, are they not written in the book 
 of the chronicles of the kings of Israel? 
 
 29 And Jeroboam slept with his fathers, 
 even with the kings of Israel; and 
 Zechariah his son reigned in his stead. 
 
 15 In the twenty and seventh year of 
 Jeroboam king of Israel began ^Azariah 
 son of Amaziah king of Judah to reign. 
 
 2 "Sixteen years old was he when he 
 began to reign ; and he reigned two 
 and fifty years in Jerusalem : and his 
 mother's name was Jecoliah of Jeru- 
 
 3 salem. And he did that which was 
 right m the eyes of the Lord, according 
 to all that his father Amaziah had doue. 
 
 4Howbeit the high ])laces were not 
 taken away : the j^eople still sacrificed 
 and burnt incense in the high places. 
 
 5 1 And the Lord smote the king, so that 
 he was a leper uuto the day of his 
 death, and dwelt in a = several house. 
 And Jotham the king's son was over 
 the household, judging the j)eople of the 
 
 Gland. Now the rest of the acts of Az- 
 ariah, and all that he did, are they not 
 written in the book of the chronicles of 
 
 7 the kings of Judah ? And Azariah slept 
 with his fathers ; and they buried hun 
 with his fathers in the city of David: and 
 Jotham his son reigned in his stead. 
 
 8 Li the thirty and eighth year of Az- 
 ariah khig of Judah did Zechariah the 
 son of Jeroboam reign over Israel in 
 
 9 Samaria six months. And he did that 
 which was evil in the sight of the Lord, 
 
 as his fathers had done: be departed 
 not from the sins of Jeroboam the son 
 of Nebat, wherewith he made Israeli to 
 sin. And Shallum the son of Jabesh 
 conspired against him, and sinotc; him 
 before the people, and slew him, and 
 reigned in his stead. Now the rest of 
 the acts of Zechariah, behold, they are 
 written in the book of tlie chronicles of 
 the kings of Israel. This was the word 
 of the Lord which he spake unto Jehu, 
 saying. Thy sons to the fourth genera- 
 tion shall sit upon the throne of Israel. 
 And so it came to jiass. 
 
 Shallum the son of Jabesh began to 
 reign in the nine and thirtieth year of 
 Uzziah king of Judah ; and he reigned 
 the space of a month in Samaria. And 
 Menahem the son of Gadi went up from 
 Tirzah, and came to Samaria, and 
 smote Shallum the son of Jabesh in 
 Samaria, and slew him, and reigned in 
 his stead. Now the rest of the acts of 
 Shallum, and his conspiracy which he 
 made, behold, they are written iu the 
 book of the chronicles of the kings of 
 Israel. Then Menahem smote Tiphsah, 
 and all that were therein, and the bor- 
 ders thereof, from Tirzah : because they 
 opened not to him, therefore he smote 
 it; and all the women therein that 
 were with child he ripjied up. 
 
 In the nine and thirtieth year of 
 Azariah king of Judah hegan Menahem 
 the son of Gadi to reign over Israel, 
 and reigned ten years in Samaria. And 
 he did that which was evil hi the sight 
 of the Lord : he departed not all his 
 days from the sins of Jeroboam the son 
 of Nebat, wherewith he made Israel 
 to sin. There came against the land 
 Pul the king of Assyria ; and Menahem 
 gave Pul a thousand talents of silver, 
 that his hand might be with him to 
 confirm the kingdom in his hand. And 
 Menahem exacted the money of Israel, 
 even of aU the mighty men of wealth, of 
 each man fifty shekels of silver, to give 
 to the king of Assyria. So the king 
 of Assyria turned back, and stayed not 
 there in the land. Now the rest of the 
 acts of Menahem, and all that he did, 
 are they not written iu the book of the 
 chronicles of the kings of Israel '! And 
 Menahem sle^it with his fathers ; and 
 Pekahiah his son reigned in his stead. 
 
 In the fiftieth year of Azariah king 
 of Judah Pekahiah the son of Mena- 
 hem began to reign over Israel in 
 Samaria, and reigned two years. And 
 he did that which was evil in the sight 
 of the Lord: he departed not from 
 the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, 
 wheremth he made Israel to sm. And 
 Pekah the sou of Eemaliah, his capt- 
 ain, conspired against hun, and smote 
 him in Samaria, in the •'castle of the 
 kuig's house, with Argob and Arieh ; 
 and witli him were fifty men of the 
 
 f^Or, 
 
 10
 
 298 
 
 II. KINGS. 
 
 15. 25. 
 
 iSee 
 2Chr. 
 xxvii. 1, 
 
 4.C 
 
 Gileadites: and he slew him, and 
 
 26 reigned in his stead. Now the rest of 
 the acts of Pekahiah, and all that he did, 
 behold, they are written in the book of 
 the chronicles of the kings of Israel. 
 
 27 In the two and fiftieth year of Az- 
 ariah king of Judah Pekah the sou of 
 Eeniahah began to reign over Israel 
 in Samaria, and reigned twenty years. 
 
 28 Aud he did that which was evQ in the 
 sight of the Lord: he departed not 
 from the sins of Jeroboam the son of 
 Nebat, wherewith he made Israel to 
 
 29 sin. In the days of Pekah king of 
 Israel came Tiglath-pileser king of As- 
 syria, and took Ijon, and Abel-beth- 
 maacah, and Janoah, and Kedesh, and 
 Hazor, and Gilead, and Gahlee, all the 
 land of Naphtah ; and he carried them 
 
 30cai)tive to Assyria. And Hoshea the 
 son of Elah made a conspiracy against 
 Pekah the son of Eemaliah, and smote 
 him, and slew him, and reigned in his 
 stead, m the twentieth year of Jotham 
 
 31 the sou of Uzziah. Now the rest of 
 the acts of Pekah, and all that he did, 
 behold, they are written in the book of 
 the chronicles of the kings of Israel. 
 
 32 In the second year of Pekah the son 
 of Kemahah king of Israel began Jo- 
 tham the sou of Uzziah king of Judah 
 
 33 to reign. iPive aud twenty years old 
 was he when he began to reign ; aud he 
 reigned sixteen years in Jerusalem : 
 and his mother's name was Jerusha 
 
 34 the daughter of Zadok. And he did 
 that which was right in the eyes of the 
 LoKD : he did according to all that his 
 
 35 father Uzziah had done. Howbeit the 
 high places were not taken away : the 
 people still sacrificed and burned in- 
 cense in the high places. He built the 
 upper gate of the house of the Loed. 
 
 36 Now the rest of the acts of Jotham, 
 aud all that he did, are they not written 
 in the book of the chronicles of the 
 
 37 kings of Judah? In those days the 
 Lord began to send against Judah 
 Eeziu the kmg of Syria, and Pekah the 
 
 38 son of Eemaliah. And Jotham slept 
 ■with his fathers, and was buried with 
 his fathers in the city of David his 
 father: and Ahaz his son reigned in 
 his stead. 
 
 16 In the seventeenth year of Pekah 
 the son of Eemaliah Ahaz the son of 
 Jotham king of Judah began to reign. 
 
 2 Twenty years old was Ahaz when he 
 began to reign; and he reigned six- 
 teen years in Jerusalem: and he did 
 not that which was right in the eyes 
 of the Lord his God, hke David his 
 
 3 father. But he walked in the way 
 of the kiiigs of Israel, yea, and made 
 his son to pass through the fii'e, ac- 
 cording to the abommations of the 
 heatlien, whom the Lord cast out from 
 
 4 before the children of Israel. And he 
 sacrificed and bui-nt incense in the 
 
 high places, and on the hiUs, and un- 
 
 5 der every green tree. Then Eezin king 
 of Syria and Pekah son of Eemahah 
 king of Israel came up to Jerusalem 
 to war: aud they besieged Ahaz, but 
 
 6 could not overcome him. At that 
 time Eezin king of Syria recovered 
 Elath to Syria, and drave the Jews 
 from 2 Elath: and the 3 Syrians came 
 to Elath, and dwelt there, unto this 
 
 7 day. *So Ahaz sent messengers to 
 Tiglath-pileser king of Assyria, sayuig, 
 I am thy servant and thy son: come 
 up, aud save me out of the hand of the 
 king of Syria, and out of the hand of 
 the king of Israel, which rise up against 
 
 8 me. And Ahaz took the silver and 
 gold that was found in the house of 
 the Lord, and in the treasures of the 
 king's house, aud sent it for a present 
 
 9 to the king of Assyria. And the king 
 of Assyria hearkened mito him : and the 
 kmg of Assyria went up against Da- 
 mascus, aud took it, and carried the 
 2)eople of it captive to Ku', and slew 
 
 10 Eeziu. And king Ahaz went to Da- 
 mascus to meet Tiglath-pUeser king of 
 Assyria, and saw the altar that was at 
 Damascus : aud king Ahaz sent toUrijah 
 the priest the fashion of the altar, and 
 the pattern of it, according to all the 
 
 11 workmanship thereof. Aud Urijah the 
 priest built an altar : according to all that 
 king Ahaz had sent from Damascus, so 
 did Urijah the jiriest make it against 
 
 12 king Ahaz came from Damascus. And 
 when the king was come from Damas- 
 cus, the king saw the altar : and the king 
 drew near mito the altar, and ^ offered 
 
 13 thereon. And he burnt his burnt offer- 
 ing and his meal offering, and i)oured 
 his di'uik offering, and sprinkled the 
 blood of 6 his peace offerings, ui^ou the 
 
 14 altar. And the brasen altar, which was 
 before the Lord, he brought from the 
 forefront of the house, from between 
 his altar aud the house of the Lord, 
 aud put it on the north side of his altar. 
 
 15 And king Ahaz commanded Urijah the 
 priest, saying. Upon the great altar 
 burn the morning burnt offering, and 
 the evening meal offering, and the king's 
 burnt ofieiing, aud his meal offermg, 
 with the burnt offering of all the people 
 of the land, and then* meal offermg, 
 aud their druik offerings ; and sprinkle 
 upon it all the blood of the burnt offer- 
 ing, aud aU the blood of the sacrifice : 
 but the brasen altar shall be for me 
 
 16 to inquire by. Thus did Urijah tb»3 
 priest, according to all that king Ahaz 
 
 17 commanded. And kmg Ahaz cut off 
 the 'borders of the bases, and removed 
 the laver from off them; and took 
 down the sea from off the brasen oxeu 
 that were under it, and put it upon a 
 
 18 pavement of stone. And the * covered 
 way for the sabbath that they had 
 buUt in the house, and the king's entry
 
 17. 28. 
 
 II. KINGS. 
 
 299 
 
 lOr. 
 round 
 
 2 Or, 
 
 prac- 
 tised 
 
 3 Or. 
 obelisls 
 
 witliout, turned ho luiito the liousc 
 of tlie LoRii, because of the king of 
 
 19 Assj'ria. Now tlio rest of tlio acts of 
 Ahaz which he did, are they not written 
 in the book of the chronicles of the 
 
 20 kings of Judah ? And Ahaz slept with 
 his fathers, and was buried witli his 
 fathers in the city of David: and 
 Hezekiah his son reigned in his stead. 
 
 17 In the twelfth year of Ahaz king of 
 Judah began Hoshea the son of Elah 
 to reign in Samaria over Israel, and 
 
 2 reif/ncd nine years. And he did that 
 which was evil in the sight of the Lord, 
 yet not as the kings of Israel that were 
 
 3 before him. Against him came up Slial- 
 maueser king of Assyi'ia ; and Hoshea 
 became his servant, and brought him 
 
 4 iiresents. And the king of Assyria found 
 conspiracy in Hoshea ; for he had sent 
 messengers to So king of Egyjit, and 
 offered no present to the king of 
 Assyria, as he had done year by year : 
 therefore the king of Assyria shut him 
 
 5 up, and bound huu in prison. Then 
 • the king of Assyi'ia came up through- 
 out all the land, and went up to Samaria, 
 
 Gand besieged it three years. In the 
 nmth year of Hoshea, the king of As- 
 syria took Samaria, and carried Israel 
 away unto Assyria, and jjlaced them in 
 Halah, and in Habor, on the river of 
 Gozan, and in the cities of the Medes. 
 
 7 And it was so, because the children of 
 Israel had sinned against the Lokd their 
 God, which brought them up out of the 
 land of Egyjit from iinder the hand of 
 Pharaoh king of Egypt, and had feared 
 
 S other gods, and walked in the statutes 
 of the nations, whom the Lord cast 
 out from before the childi-en of Israel, 
 and of the kings of Israel, which they 
 
 9 2 made. And the children of Israel 
 did secretly things that were not 
 right against the Lord their God, and 
 they built them high places in all their 
 cities, from the tower of the watchmen 
 
 10 to the fenced city. And they set them 
 up 3 pillars and Asherim upon every 
 high hill, and under every green tree : 
 
 11 and there they burnt incense in all the 
 high places, as did the nations whom 
 the Lord carried away before them; 
 and wrought wicked things to provoke 
 
 12 the Lord to auger: and they served 
 idols, whereof the Loud had said 
 unto them, Ye shall not do this thing. 
 
 13 Yet the Lord testified unto Israel, and 
 unto Judah, by the hand of every pro- 
 phet, and of every seer, saying. Turn ye 
 from your evil ways, and keep my coni- 
 mandinents and my statutes, accord- 
 ing to all the law Avhich I commanded 
 your fathers, and which I sent to you 
 by the hand of my servants the pro- 
 
 14 phets. Notwithstanding they would not 
 hear, but hardened their neck, like to 
 the neck of their fathers, who believed 
 
 15 not in the Lord their God. And they 
 
 rejected his statutes, and his coven- 
 ant that he made with their fathers, 
 and his testimonies which he testified 
 unto them; and they followed vanity, 
 and became vain, and vent after the 
 nations that were round about them, 
 concenung whom the Lo UD had charged 
 them that they should not do like them. 
 
 16 And they forsook all the command- 
 ments of the Loud their God, and made 
 them molten images, even two calves, 
 and made an Asherah, and worshipped 
 all the host of heaven, and served Baal. 
 
 17 And they caused their sons and their 
 daughters to pass through the fire, 
 and used divination and enchantments, 
 and sold themselves to do that which 
 was evil in the sight of the Lord, to pro- 
 
 ISvokehim to anger. Therefore the Lord 
 was vei-y angry with Israel, and re- 
 moved them out of his sight : there was 
 none left but the tribe of Judah only. 
 
 19 Also Judah kept not the commandments 
 of the Lord their God, but walked 
 in the statutes of Israel which they 
 
 202made. And the Lord rejected all the 
 seed of Israel, and afHicted them, and 
 delivered them into the hand of spoilers, 
 until he had cast them out of his sight. 
 
 21 For he rent Israel from the house of 
 David; and they made Jeroboam the 
 son of Nebat kmg: and Jeroboam 
 ^drave Israel from following the Lord, 
 
 22 and made them sin a great sin. And 
 the children of Israel walked in all 
 the sins of Jeroboam which he did; 
 
 23 they dejiarted not from them; mitil 
 the Lord removed Israel out of his 
 sight, as he spake by the hand of all his 
 servants the prophets. So Israel was 
 carried away out of their own land to 
 Assyria, unto this day. 
 
 24 And the king of Assyria brought men 
 from Babylon, and from Cuthah, and 
 from Avva, and from Hamath and Se- 
 pharvaim, and placed them in the cities 
 of Samaria instead of the children of Is- 
 rael : and they possessed Samaria, and 
 
 25 dwelt in the cities thereof. And so it was, 
 at the beginnmg of their dwellmg there, 
 that they feared not the Lord : there- 
 fore the Lord sent lions among them, 
 
 26 which killed some of them. Wherefore 
 they spake to the king of Assyria, saying. 
 The nations which thou hast carried 
 away, and placed in the cities of Sa- 
 maria, know not the maimer of the 
 God of the land : therefore he hath sent 
 lions among them, and, behold, they 
 slay them, because they know not the 
 
 27 manner of the God of the land. Then 
 the kmg of Assyria commanded, saying. 
 Carry thither one of the priests whom 
 ye brought from thence ; and let them 
 go and dwell there, and let him teach 
 them the maimer of the God of the 
 
 28 land. So one of the priests whom they 
 had carried away from Samaria came 
 and dwelt in Beth-el, and taught them 
 
 4 Accord- 
 
 ing to 
 
 .another 
 
 reading, 
 
 dreio 
 
 Israel 
 
 away. 
 
 10—6
 
 300 
 
 II. KINGS. 
 
 17. 28. 
 
 1 Or, god 
 
 2 See 
 2Chr. 
 xxix. 1,2. 
 
 29 how they should fear the Lord. How- 
 beit evei-y nation made gods of their 
 own, and put them in the houses of the 
 high places which the Samaritans had 
 made, eveiy nation in their cities where- 
 
 30 in they dwelt. And the men of Babylon 
 made Succoth-benoth, and the men of 
 Cuth made Nergal, and the men of Ha- 
 
 31 math made Ashima, and the Avrites 
 made Nibhaz and Tartak, and the 
 Sepharvites bui-nt their children in the 
 lire to Adrammelech and Anammelech, 
 
 32 the 1 gods of Sepharvaim. So they feared 
 the Lord, and made unto them from 
 among themselves jiriests of the high 
 places, which sacrificed for them in 
 
 33 the houses of the high places. They 
 feared the Lord, and served their 
 own gods, after the manner of the 
 nations from among whom they had 
 
 34 been carried away. Unto this day they 
 do after the f oimer manners : they fear 
 not the Lord, neither do they after 
 their statutes, or after their ordinances, 
 or after the law or after the command- 
 mojit which the Lord commanded the 
 children of Jacob, whom he named 
 
 35 Israel ; with whom the Lord had made 
 a covenant, and charged them, say- 
 ing. Ye shall not fear other gods, nor 
 bow yom-selves to them, nor sei've 
 
 36 them, nor sacrifice to them: but the 
 Lord, who brought you up out of the 
 land of Egyi)t v>'itli great power and 
 with a stretclied out arm, him shall ye 
 fear, and unto him shall ye bow your- 
 selves, and to bun shall ye sacrifice: 
 
 37 and the statutes and the orrlinances, 
 and the law and the commandment, 
 which he wrote for you, ye sliall observe 
 to do for evermore ; and ye shall not 
 
 38 fear other gods : and the covenant that 
 I have made with you ye shall not 
 forget ; neither shall ye fear other gods : 
 
 39 but the Lord your God shall ye fear; 
 and he shall deliver you out of the hand 
 
 40 of all your enemies. Howbeit they did 
 not hearken, but they did after their 
 
 41fonner manner. So these nations 
 feared the Lord, and sei-ved their 
 graven images ; then- children likewise, 
 and their children's children, as did 
 their fathers, so do they unto this day. 
 
 18 Now it came to pass in the third 
 year of Hoshea son of Elah kmg of 
 Israel, that Hezekiah the son of Aliaz 
 
 2 king of Judali began to reign. 2 Twenty 
 and five years old was he when he 
 began to reign ; and he reigned twenty 
 and nine years in Jerusalem: and his 
 motlier's name was Abi the daughter 
 
 3 of Zechariah. And he did that which 
 was right in the eyes of the Loud, ac- 
 cording to all that David his father 
 
 4 had done. He removed the high places, 
 and brake the iiillars, and cut down 
 the Aslierah: and he brake in pieces 
 the brasen serpent that Moses had 
 made; for unto those days the child- 
 
 ren of Israel did burn incense to it; 
 
 5 and ^he called it *Nehushtan. He 
 trusted in the Lord, the God of Is- 
 rael ; so that after him was none like 
 bun among all tlie kuigs of Judah, nor 
 
 6 among them that were before him. For 
 he clave to the Lord, he departed not 
 from foUowmg him, but kept his com- 
 mandments, which the Lord command- 
 
 7 cd Moses. And the Lord was with him ; 
 whithersoever he went forth he i)ros- 
 pered : and he rebelled against the king 
 
 8 of Assyria, and served him not. He 
 smote the Philistines imto Gaza and 
 the borders thereof, from the tower of 
 the watchmen to the fenced city. 
 
 9 And it came to pass iu the fourth year 
 of king Hezekiah,which was the seventh 
 year of Hoshea son of Elah king of Is- 
 rael, that Shahnaneser king of Assyria 
 came up agamst Samaria, and besieged 
 
 10 it. And at tlie end of three years they 
 took it : even in the sixth year of Hez- 
 ekiah, which was the ninth year of 
 Hoshea king of Israel, Samaria was 
 
 11 taken. And the king of Assyria carried 
 Israel away unto Assyria, and put them 
 in Halah, and in Habor, on the river of 
 Gozan, and in the cities of the Medes : 
 
 12 because they obeyed not the voice of 
 the Lord their God, but transgressed 
 his covenant, even all that Moses the 
 servant of the Lord commanded, and 
 would not hear it, nor do it. 
 
 13 *Now in the fom-teenth year of king 
 Hezekiah did ^ Sennacherib king of 
 Assyria come up against all the 
 fenced cities of Judah, and took them. 
 
 14 And Hezekiah king of Judah sent 
 to the king of Assyria to Lachish, say- 
 ing, I have offended ; return from me : 
 that which thou puttest on me will 
 I bear. And the king of Assyria ap- 
 pointed mito Hezekiah king of Judah 
 three huntb-ed talents of silver and 
 
 15 thirty talents of gold. And Hezekiah 
 gave /( iiii all the silver that was found 
 in the house of the Lord, and in the 
 
 16 treasm'es of the king's bouse. At that 
 time did Hezekiah cut off the gold from 
 the doors of the temple of the Lord, 
 &n([. from the '^jtillars wliich Hezekiah 
 king of Judah had overlaid, and gave 
 
 17 it to the king of Assyria. And the liiiig 
 of Assyria sent ** Tartan and "Eab- 
 saris and ^Kabsliakeh from Lachish 
 to king Hezekiah with a great army 
 unto Jerusalem. And they went up 
 and came to Jerusalem. And when 
 they were come u^), they came and 
 stood by the conduit of the upper pool, 
 Avhich is in the high way of the fuller's 
 
 18 field. And wlien they had called to 
 the king, there came out to them 
 Eliakim the son of Hilkiah, which was 
 over the household, and Shelinah the 
 9 scribe, and Joah the son of Asai)h 
 
 19 tlie i<*i-ecorder. And Eabshakeh said 
 unto them. Say ye now to Hezekiah,
 
 19. 12. 
 
 II. KINGS. 
 
 301 
 
 1 Hi^l.. a 
 
 word of 
 the lips. 
 
 2 Or, 
 with 
 
 •I HcIj. 
 Aratit- 
 ean. 
 
 i Heb. 
 Make, 
 with me 
 (I blcss- 
 iitij. 
 
 20 
 
 21 
 
 23 
 
 2-1 
 
 26 
 
 28 
 
 29 
 30 
 
 31 
 82 
 
 Thus saith the gi-eat king, the king of 
 Assyi'ia, What coiilidencc is this whei'e- 
 in thou trustest ? Tliou sayest, but they 
 are but lyaiii words, There is counsel 
 and strength for the war. Now on 
 whom dost thou trust, that thou hast 
 rel)elled against mo? Now, behold, 
 thou trustest upon tlie staff of this 
 bruised reed, even upon Egyi)t ; whereon 
 if a man lean, it will go into his hand, 
 and pierce it: so is Pharaoh king of 
 Egypt unto all that trust on him. But 
 if ye say unto me. We trust in the 
 Lord our Crod : is not that he, whose 
 high places and wliose altars Hezekiah 
 hath taken away, andliath said to Judah 
 and to Jerusalem, Ye shall worship 
 before this altar in Jerusalem? Now 
 therefore, I pray thee, ^give jjledges 
 to my master the king of Assyria, and 
 I will give thee two thousand liorses, 
 if thou he able on thy part to set riders 
 upon them. How then canst thou 
 turn away the face of one captain of 
 the least of my master's servants, and 
 put thy trust on Egyi)t for chariots 
 and for horsemen ? Am I now come 
 u\} without the Lord against this place 
 to destroy it? The Lord said unto 
 me, Go up against this land, and de- 
 stroy it. Then said Eliakim the son 
 of Hilkiah, and Shebnah, and Joah, 
 unto Eabshakeh, Speak, I pray thee, to 
 thy servants in the ^ Syrian language ; 
 for we imderstaud it: and speak not 
 with us m the Jews' language, in the 
 ears of the people that are on the wall. 
 But Eabshakeh said unto them. Hath 
 my master sent me to thy master, 
 and to thee, to speak these words? 
 hath he not sent me to the men which 
 sit on the wall, to eat their own dung, 
 and to drink their own water with 
 you ? Then Eabshalceh stood, and 
 cried with a loud voice in the Jews' 
 language, and spake, saying. Hear ye 
 the word of the great king, the king of 
 Assyria. Thus saith the king, Let not 
 Hezekiah deceive you; for he shall 
 not be able to deliver you out of his 
 hand: neither let Hezekiah make you 
 trust in the Lord, saying, The Lord 
 will surely deliver us, and this city 
 shall not be given into the hand of 
 the king of Assyria. Hearken not to 
 Hezekiah: for thus saith the king of 
 Assyria, *Make your i^eace with me, 
 and come out to me ; and eat ye evei-y 
 one of his vine, and every one of his 
 fig tree, and druik ye eveiy one the 
 waters of his own cistern ; until I come 
 and take you away to a land like your 
 own land, a land of corn and vnne, a 
 land of bread and vineyards, a land of 
 oil olive and of honey, that ye may 
 live, and not die: and hearken not 
 unto Hezekiah, when he persuadeth 
 you, saying, The Lord wiU deliver us. 
 Hath any of the gods of the nations ever 
 
 delivered his land out of the hand of 
 
 34 the king of Assj'ria ? Wh(!re are the 
 gods of Haniath, and of Aii)ad? where 
 are the gods of Sepharvaini, of Hoiia, 
 and Ivvah ? have they dtdivered Sa- 
 
 3.") maria out of my hand? Who are they 
 among all the gods of the countries, 
 that have delivered their counti-y out 
 of my hand, that the Lord sliould de- 
 
 3G liver Jerusalem oiit of my band? But 
 the people held their peace, and an- 
 swered him not a word: for the king's 
 commanchnent was, saying. Answer 
 
 37 him not. Then came Eliakim the sou 
 of Hilkiah, wh.ich was over the house- 
 hold, and Shebna the scribe, and Joah 
 the son of Asaph the recorder, to 
 Hezekiah with their clothes rent, and 
 told him the words of Eabshakeh. 
 
 19 And it came to pass, when king 
 Hezekiah heard it, that he rent his 
 clothes, and covered himself with sack- 
 cloth, and went mto the house of the 
 
 2 Lord. And he sent Eliakim, which 
 was over the household, and Shebna the 
 scribe, and the elders of the priests, 
 covered with sackcloth, unto Isaiah 
 
 3 the prophet the son of Amoz. Aiid 
 they said unto hmi, Thus saith Hezek- 
 iah, This day is a day of trouble, and 
 of rebuke, and of contumely: for the 
 children are come to the bu-th, and 
 there is not strength to brijig forth. 
 
 4 it may be the Lord thy God will hear 
 all the woi'ds of Eabshakeh, ^whom 
 the king of Assyria his master hath 
 sent to reproach the livhig God, and 
 wUl rebuke the Avords which the Lord 
 thy God hath heard : wherefore lift up 
 thy prayer for the remnant that is left. 
 
 5 So the servants of king Hezekiah came 
 
 6 to Isaiah. And Isaiah said unto them, 
 Thus shall ye say to your master, Thus 
 saith the Lord, Be not afraid of the 
 words that thou hast heard, where- 
 Avith the servants of the king of 
 
 7 Assjrria have blasphemed me. Behold, 
 I will i^ut a spu'it in him, and he 
 shall hear a rumour, and shall return 
 to his ovn\ land ; and I vdW cause him 
 to fall by the sword in his own land. 
 
 8 So Eabshakeh returned, and found 
 the king of Assyi'ia warruig against 
 Libnah : for he had heard that he was 
 
 9 dejiarted from Lachish. And when he 
 heard say of Tirhakali king of Ethio- 
 pia, Behold, he is come out to fight 
 against thee : he sent messengers again 
 
 10 unto Hezekiah, saying. Thus shall ye 
 speak to Hezekiah king of Judah, say- 
 ing. Let not thy God in whom thou 
 trustest deceive thee, saying, Jerusalem 
 shall not be given mto the hand of the 
 
 liking of Assyria. Behold, thou hast 
 heard what the kings of Assyria have 
 done to all lands, by ^ destroying them 
 utterly: and shalt thou be delivered? 
 
 12 Have the gods of the nations delivered 
 them, which my fathers have destroyed. 
 
 5 Or. 
 where- 
 vtith the 
 king of 
 A.'isyrht 
 Uffth seat 
 him 
 
 6 Hel). 
 
 derotiii'j 
 
 them.
 
 302 
 
 II. KIKGS. 
 
 19. 12. 
 
 lOr. 
 
 dimlle^t 
 
 between 
 
 2 Or, 
 that 
 thou, 
 Lord, 
 art God 
 
 3 Hell. 
 after. 
 
 1 Accord- 
 ing to 
 another 
 reading, 
 driving. 
 
 5 Or, 
 
 CJ/pres3 
 
 cOr, 
 defence 
 Heb. 
 Mazor. 
 
 Gozan, and Haran, and Eezeph, and 
 the children of Eden which were in 
 
 loTelassar? Where is the kmg of Ha- 
 math, and the king of Ai-pad, and the 
 king of the city of Sepharvaim, of 
 
 14Hena, and Iwah? And Hezekiah re- 
 ceived the letter from the hand of 
 the messengers, and read it : and Hez- 
 ekiah went iij) unto the house of the 
 Lord, and spread it before the Lokd. 
 
 15 And Hezekiah prayed before the Lord, 
 and said, O Lord, the God of Israel, 
 that isittest upon the cherubim, thou 
 art the God, even thou alone, of 
 all the kingdoms of the earth; thou 
 
 16 hast made heaven and earth. Incluie 
 thine ear, Lord, and hear; open 
 thine eyes, Lord, and see: and hear 
 the words of Sennacherib, wherewith 
 he hath sent him to reproach the 
 
 17 living God. Of a truth. Lord, the kings 
 of Assyria have laid waste the nations 
 
 18 and their lands, and have cast then- 
 gods into the fire: for they were no 
 gods, but the work of men's hands, 
 wood and stone; therefore they have 
 
 19 destroyed them. Now therefore, Lord 
 our God, save thou us, I beseech thee, 
 out of his hand, that all the kmgdoms 
 of the earth may know 2 that thou art 
 the Lord God, even thou only. 
 
 20 Then Isaiah the son of Ainoz sent to 
 Hezekiah, saying. Thus saith the Lord, 
 the God of Israel, Whereas thou hast 
 prayed to me against Sennacherib king 
 
 21 of Assyria, I have heard thee. This is 
 the word that the Lord hath spoken 
 concerning hun : The virgin daughter 
 of Zion hath despised thee and laughed 
 thee to scorn; the daughter of Jeru- 
 salem hath shaken her head ^at thee. 
 
 22 Whom hast thou reproached and blas- 
 phemed ? and agamst whom hast thou 
 exalted thy voice and lifted up thine 
 eyes on high? even against the Holy 
 
 23 One of Israel. By thy messengers 
 thou hast reproached the Lord, and 
 hast said. With the ''multitude of my 
 chariots am I come up to the height of 
 the mountains, to the innermost parts 
 of Lebanon ; and I will cut down the 
 tall cedars thereof, and the choice ^fir 
 trees thereof: and I will enter into 
 his farthest lodging place, the forest 
 
 24 of his fruitful field. I have digged 
 and di'unk strange waters, and with 
 the sole of my feet will I dry ujj all 
 
 25 the rivers of ^Egji^t. Hast thou not 
 heard how I have done it long ago, 
 and formed it of ancient times? now 
 have I brought it to pass, that thou 
 shouldest be to lay waste fenced cities 
 
 26 into ruinous heaps. Therefore their 
 inhabitants were of small power, they 
 were dismayed and confounded; they 
 were as the gi-ass of the field, and as 
 the green herb, as the grass on the 
 housetops, and as corn blasted before it 
 
 27 be grown up. But I know thy sitting 
 
 do\\Ti, and thy going out, and thy com- 
 ing in, and thy raging against me. 
 
 28 Because of thy raging against me, and 
 for that ■? thine arrogancy is come up 
 into mine ears, therefore will I put 
 my hook in thy nose, and my bridle 
 in thy lips, and I will turn thee back 
 by the way by which thou camest. 
 
 29 And this shall be the sign unto thee : 
 ye shall eat this year that which grow- 
 eth of itself, and in the second year 
 that which springeth of the same ; and 
 in the third year sow ye, and reap, and 
 plant vuieyards, and eat the fruit 
 
 30 thereof. And ^the remnant that is 
 escaped of the house of Judah shall 
 again take root downward, and bear 
 
 31 fruit upward. For out of Jerusalem 
 shall go forth a remnant, and out of 
 moiuit Zion they that shall escape : the 
 zeal of '^ the Lord shaU jierf omi this. 
 
 32 Therefore thus saith the Lord con- 
 cerning the king of Assyria, He shall 
 not come unto this city, nor shoot an 
 arrow there, neither shall he come 
 before it with shield, nor cast a mount 
 
 33 against it. By the way that he came, 
 by the same shall he return, and he 
 shall not come mito this city, saith 
 
 34 the Lord. For I will defend this city 
 to save it, for mine own sake, and for 
 my servant David's sake. 
 
 35 10 And it came to pass that night, that 
 the angel of the Lord went forth, and 
 smote in the camp of the Assyrians an 
 hundred fourscore and five thousand : 
 and when men arose early in the morn- 
 ing, behold, they were all dead coi-pses. 
 
 36 So Sennacherib king of Assyria de- 
 parted, and went and returned, and 
 
 37 dwelt at Nineveh. And it came to pass, 
 as he was worshipjiing in the house of 
 Nisroch his god, that ^lAdrammelech 
 and Sharezer smote him with the sword: 
 and they escaped into the land of Ai-arat. 
 And Esar-haddon his sou reigned in his 
 stead. 
 
 20 I'-^In those days was Hezekiah sick 
 unto death. And Isaiah the prophet 
 the son of Amoz came to him, and 
 said unto him. Thus saith the Lord, 
 Set thine house in order ; for thou shalt 
 
 2 die, and not live. Then he turned his 
 face to the wall, and i)rayed unto the 
 
 3 Lord, saying. Remember now, O Lord, 
 I beseech thee, how I have walked 
 before thee in truth and with a perfect 
 heart, and have done that which is good 
 in thy sight. And Hezekiah wept sore. 
 
 4 And it came to imss, afore Isaiah 
 was gone '^'^ out into i^ the middle part 
 of the city, that the word of the Lord 
 
 5 came to him, saying. Turn agam, and 
 say to Hezekiali the ispi-jnce of my 
 people. Thus saith the Lord, the God 
 of David thy father, I have heard 
 thy prayer, I have seen thy tears : be- 
 liold, I wiU heal thee: on the third 
 day thou shalt go up unto the house 
 
 "Or, 
 thif care- 
 less ease 
 
 SHeb. 
 the 
 
 escaped 
 of the 
 Jioti.se 
 of Judah 
 that re- 
 viain. 
 
 9 Accord- 
 ing to 
 .another 
 reading, 
 the Loitu 
 of hosts 
 and so 
 in Is. 
 xxxvii. 
 3J. 
 
 10 See 
 •2 Chr. 
 xxxii. 21. 
 
 llAccord- 
 ing to 
 another 
 reacting, 
 Adrarn- 
 mclech 
 and 
 
 Sharezer 
 his sons 
 and so 
 in Is. 
 xxxvii. 
 
 3a 
 
 12 See 
 2 Chr. 
 xxxii. 21. 
 
 " Or. 
 
 out of 
 
 n Ac- 
 cording 
 to an- 
 other 
 reiuling, 
 the 
 
 middle 
 court. 
 
 l"' Or, 
 leiuier
 
 21. 16. 
 
 II. KINGS. 
 
 303 
 
 1 Or, the 
 shadow 
 ix (June 
 fortcard 
 tenstcjjn, 
 shall it 
 fjo btwk 
 &c. 
 
 2 Or, 
 
 di^ijrees 
 
 3 Heb. 
 
 steps. 
 
 4 See 
 2 Clir. 
 xxxii. 31. 
 
 5 In Is. 
 xxxix. 1, 
 Mcro- 
 davh- 
 baladan. 
 
 6 Or, 
 spiccry 
 
 "Another 
 reiulin^^ 
 is, (f^; the 
 house. 
 
 !0r, 
 Jewels 
 
 tiSee 
 2 Chr. 
 xxxii. 33. 
 
 6 of tlie Lord. AikI I will ndd mito thy 
 (lays lifteen years; and I will deliver 
 tliee and this city out of the hand of 
 the king of Assyria ; and I will defend 
 this city for nime own sake, and for 
 
 7 my servant David's sake. And Isaiah 
 said, Take a cake of figs. And they took 
 and laid it on the hoil, and lie recov- 
 
 S cred. And Hezekiah said unto Isaiah, 
 What shall he the sign that the Lord 
 will heal iiie, and that I shall go up 
 unto the house of the Lord the third 
 
 9 day ? And Isaiah said, This shall bo 
 the sign uiito thee from the Lord, that 
 the Lord will do the thing that he hath 
 spoken : i shall the shadow go forward 
 
 10 ten 2 steps, or go back ten steps ? And 
 Hezekiah answered, It is a light thing 
 for the shadow to decline ten steps: 
 nay, but let the shadow return back- 
 
 11 ward ten steps. And Isaiah the prophet 
 cried unto the Lord: and he brought 
 the shadow ten stejis backward, by 
 which it had gone down on the ^dial 
 of Ahaz. 
 
 1'2 ^At that time SBerodacli-baladan the 
 son of Baladan, kuig of Babylon, sent 
 letters and a present unto Hezekiah : for 
 he had heard that Hezekiah had been 
 
 13 sick. And Hezekiah hearkened unto 
 them, and shewed them all the house of 
 his "in-ecious things, the silver, and the 
 gold, and the spices, and the precious oil, 
 and '?the house of his ® armour, and all 
 that was fomid in his treasm'es : there 
 was nothing in his house, nor m aU his 
 dominion, that Hezekiah shewed them 
 
 14 not. Then came Isaiah the prophet unto 
 king Hezekiah, and said mito hhii,What 
 said these men ? and from whence came 
 they unto thee? And Hezekiah said. 
 They are come from a far country, even 
 
 15 from Babylon. And he said. What have 
 they seen m thine house ? And Hezekiah 
 answered. All that is in mine house have 
 they seen : there is nothing among my 
 treasm-es that I have not shewed them. 
 
 16 iVnd Isaiah said unto Hezekiah, Hear 
 
 17 the word of the Lord. Behold, the days 
 come, that all that is in thine house, and 
 that which thy fathers have laid uj) in 
 store unto this day, shall be carried to 
 Babylon: nothing shall be left, saith 
 
 18 the Lord. And of thy sous that shall 
 issue from thee, which thou shalt beget, 
 shall they take away; and they shall 
 be eunuchs in the palace of the king 
 
 19 of Babylon. Tlien said Hezekiah unto 
 Isaiah, Good is the Avord of the Lord 
 which thou hast spoken. He said more- 
 over. Is it not so, if peace and truth 
 
 20 shall be in my days ? Now the rest of 
 the acts of Hezekiah, and all his might, 
 and how he made the pool, and the con- 
 duit, and brought water uito tlie city, 
 are they not wi-itten in the book of the 
 
 21 clu'onicles of the kings of Judah ? ^And 
 Hezekiah slejit with his fathers: and 
 Manasseh his son reigned in his stead. 
 
 21 i^Manasseh .was twelve j-ears old when 
 he began to reign; and he reigned five 
 and lifty years in Jerusalem : and his 
 
 2 mother's name was Hephzi-liali. And 
 he did that wliicli was evil in the sight 
 of the LoitD, after tlie abomuiations 
 of the lieathen, whom the Lord cast 
 
 3 out l)(>fore the children of Israel. For 
 he built again the high places whicli 
 Hezekiah his father had destroyed; 
 and he reared up altars for Baal, and 
 made an Asherah, as did Ahab king of 
 Israel, and worshipped all the liost of 
 
 4 heaven, and served them. And he built 
 altars in the house of the Lord, where- 
 of the Lord said. In Jerusalem will I 
 
 5 put my name. And he built altars for 
 all the host of heaven in the tw'o courts 
 
 6 of the house of the Lord. And he 
 made his son to pass through the fire, 
 and practised augury, and used en- 
 chantments, and 11 dealt with them that 
 had familiar spuits, and with wizards : 
 he wrought much evil in the sight of 
 the Lord, to provoke him to anger. 
 
 7 And he set the graven image of Asherah, 
 that he had made, in the house of which 
 the Lord said to David and to Solo- 
 mon his son. In this house, and in Jeru- 
 salem, which I have chosen out of aU 
 the tribes of Israel, will I i)ut my name 
 
 8 for ever : neither will I cause the feet 
 of Israel to wander any more out of the 
 land which I gave then- fathers ; if only 
 they will observe to do according to all 
 that I have commanded them, and ac- 
 cording to all the law that my servant 
 
 9 Moses commanded them. But they 
 hearkened not : and Manasseh seduced 
 them to do that which is evil more 
 than did the nations, whom the Lord 
 destroyed before the children of Israel. 
 
 10 And the Lord spake by his servants the 
 
 11 prophets, saying, Because Manasseh 
 king of Judah hath done these abomina- 
 tions, and hath done wickedly above all 
 that the Aniorites did, which were before 
 him, and hath made Judah also to sia 
 
 12 with his idols : therefore thus saith the 
 Lord, the God of Israel, Behold, I bring 
 such evil upon Jerusalem and Judah, 
 that whosoever heareth of it, both his 
 
 18 ears shall tingle. And I vrill stretch over 
 Jerusalem the line of Samaria, and the 
 plummet of the house of Ahab : and I 
 will ■nipe Jerusalem as a man wipeth 
 a dish, wiping it and turning it up- 
 
 14 side down. And I will cast off the 
 remnant of mine inheritance, and de- 
 liver them into the hand of then- ene- 
 mies; and they shaU become a prey 
 
 15 and a spoil to all their enemies ; because 
 they have done that which is evil ui 
 my sight, and have provoked me to 
 anger, since the day their fathers came 
 forth out of Egypt, even unto this day. 
 
 16 Moreover Manasseh shed innocent 
 blood very much, till he had fiUed Jeru- 
 salem from one end to another ; beside 
 
 wSee 
 2 Clir. 
 xxxiii. 1, 
 
 n Or. np- 
 pointed 
 lleb. 
 inad^.
 
 304 
 
 II. KINGS. 
 
 21. IG. 
 
 'See 
 2 Chi-, 
 xxxiii. 
 iO— 25. 
 
 ' See 
 •J (_;lir. 
 xxxiv. ], 
 
 = Ileb. 
 thresh- 
 (M. 
 
 liis sin v.liere'witli lie made Judali to 
 sin, in doing that which was evil in 
 
 17 the sight of the Lord. Now the rest of 
 the acts of Manasseh, and all that he 
 did, and his sin that he sinned, are they 
 not written in the book of the clironi- 
 
 IScles of the kings of Judah? lAnd Ma- 
 nasseh slept with his fathers, and was 
 hiu'ied in the garden of his own house, 
 in the garden of Uzza : and Anion his 
 son reigned in his stead. 
 
 19 Anion was twenty and two years 
 old when he began to reign ; and he 
 reigned two years in Jerusalem : and his 
 mother's name was Meshullemeth the 
 
 20 daughter of Haniz of Jothah. And he 
 did that which was evil in the sight of 
 the LoED, as did Manasseh his father. 
 
 21 And he walked in all the way that his 
 father walked in, and served the idols 
 that his father served, and worshipped 
 
 22 them: and he forsook the Lord, the 
 God of his fathers, and wallied not in 
 
 23 the way of the Lord. And the servants 
 of Anion conspired against hini, and 
 jiiit the king to death in his own house. 
 
 24 But the people of the land slew all 
 them that had conspired against king 
 Anion ; and the people of the laud made 
 
 25 Josiali his son king in his stead. Now 
 the rest of the acts of Anion which he 
 did, are they not written in the book of 
 the chronicles of the kings of Judah ? 
 
 26 And he was buried in his sepulckre ui 
 the garden of Uzza : and Josiah his 
 son reigned in his stead. 
 
 22 '•^Josiah was eight years old when he 
 began to reign ; and he reigned thirty 
 and one years in Jerusalem: and his 
 mother's name was Jedidah the daugh- 
 
 2 ter of Adaiah of Bozkath. And he did 
 that which was right in the eyes of the 
 Lord, and walked in all the way of 
 David his father, and turned not aside 
 to the right hand or to the left. 
 
 3 And it came to pass in the eighteenth 
 year of kuig Josiah, that the king sent 
 Shaphan the son of Azaliah, the son 
 of Meshullam, the scribe, to the house 
 
 4 of the Lord, sayuig, Go up to Hilkiah 
 the high priest, that he may sum the 
 money which is brought into the house 
 of the Lord, which the keepers of the 
 3 door have gathered of the people: 
 
 5 and let them deliver it into the hand of 
 the workmen that have the oversight 
 of the house of the Lord : and let them 
 give it to the workmen which are in 
 tlie house of the Lord, to repair the 
 
 6 breaches of the house; unto the car- 
 penters, and to the builders, and to the 
 masons; and for buying timber and 
 
 7 hewn stone to repair the house. How- 
 beit there was no reckoning made with 
 tl'.eni of the money that was delivered 
 into their hand; for they dealt faith- 
 
 8 fully. And Hilkiah the high priest said 
 unto Shaphan the scribe, I have found 
 tlie book of the law in the house of the 
 
 Lord. And Hilkiah delivered the book 
 9 to Shaphan, and he read it. And Sha- 
 phan the scribe came to the king, and 
 brought the king word again, and said. 
 Thy servants have * emptied out the 
 money that was found in the house, and 
 have delivered it into the hand of the 
 workmen that have the oversight of the 
 
 10 house of the Lord. Aiid Shaphan the 
 scribe told the king, saying, Hilkiah the 
 priest hath dehvered me a book. And 
 
 11 Shaphan read it before the king. And 
 it came to pass, when the king had heard 
 the words of the book of the law, that he 
 
 12 rent his clothes. And the king command- 
 ed Hilkiah the priest, and Ahikam the 
 son of Shaphan, and Achbor the son of 
 Micaiah, and Shaphan the scribe, and 
 
 13 Asaiah the king's servant, saymg. Go ye, 
 inquire of the Lord for me, and for the 
 people, and for all Judah, concerning 
 the words of this book that is found ; for 
 great is the wrath of the Lord that is 
 kmdled against us, because our fathers 
 have not hearkened unto the words of 
 this book, to do according unto all that 
 
 14 which is ^ written concerning us. So 
 Hilkiah the j)riest, and Ahikam, and 
 Achbor, and Shaphan, and Asaiah, went 
 unto Huldali the prophetess, the wife 
 of SliaUmn the son of Tikvali, the son of 
 Harlias, keejier of the wardrobe ; (novv' 
 she dwelt in Jerusalem in the c, second 
 quarter ;) and they communed with her. 
 
 1.5 And she said unto them. Thus saith the 
 Lord, the God of Israel: Tell ye the man 
 
 16 that sent you unto me. Thus saith the 
 Lord, Behold, I will bring evil upon 
 this place, and upon the inhabitants 
 tliereof, even all the words of the book 
 
 17 which the king of Judah hath read : be- 
 cause they have forsaken me, and have 
 burned incense unto other gods, that 
 they might provoke me to anger with 
 all the work of their hands ; therefore 
 my wrath shall be kindled against this 
 
 18 place, and it shall not be quenched. But 
 mito the kmg of Judah, who sent you to 
 inquu-e of the Lord, thus shall ye say 
 to him. Thus saith the Lord, the God 
 of Israel : As touching the words which 
 
 19 thou hast heard, because thine heart 
 was tender, and thou didst humble thy- 
 self before the Lord, when thou heard- 
 est what I spake against this place, 
 and against the inhal)itaiits thereof , that 
 they should become 'a desolation and 
 a curse, and hast rent thy clothes, and 
 wept before me ; I also have heard thee, 
 
 20 saith the Lord. Therefore, behold, I 
 will gather thee to thy fathers, and thou 
 slialt be gathered to thy grave in peace, 
 neither shall thine eyes see all the evil 
 ^vhich I will bring upon this place. And 
 they brought the king word again. 
 
 23 ''And the king sent, and they 
 
 gathered unto him all the elders of 
 
 2 Judah and of Jerusalem. And the 
 
 king went up to tlie house of the
 
 23. 24. 
 
 II. KINGS. 
 
 305 
 
 I Or, 
 on the 
 plat- 
 fonn 
 
 2 Or, 
 lifffonn 
 
 ■i Hel). 
 thresh- 
 old. 
 
 i Hcb. 
 Chemai' 
 im. 
 See Ho5. 
 
 .5, 
 Zeph. 
 i. 4. 
 
 5 Or, 
 si'jns 
 
 6Heb. 
 children 
 of the 
 peopU: 
 
 'See 
 1 Kings 
 xiv. iU, 
 •. 1-J. 
 
 8 Or, 
 teitts 
 Heb. 
 houses. 
 
 " Accord- 
 ing to 
 another 
 reariing. 
 
 Lord, and all tlio men of Judah and 
 all the inhabitants of Jerusalem witli 
 liiiu, and the priests, and the projihols, 
 and all the jjeople, both small and gvuAi : 
 and he read in their ears all the words 
 of the book of the covenant which was 
 i) found hi the house of the Loud. And 
 the king stood ^ by the pillar, and made a 
 covenant before the Lokd, to walk after 
 the LoED, and to keep his conmiand- 
 nients, and his testimonies, and his 
 statutes, with all his heart, and all his 
 soul, to ^coniirm the words of thiscoven- 
 ant that were wi'itten in this book : and 
 all the people stood to the covenant. 
 
 4 And the king commanded Hilkiah the 
 high jiriest, and the priests of the second 
 order, and the keepers of the ''door, to 
 bring forth out of the temple of the 
 Lord all the vessels that were made for 
 Baal, and for the Aslierah, and for all 
 the host of heaven: and he burned 
 them without Jerusalem in the fields of 
 Kiiti'on, and carried the ashes of them 
 
 5 unto Beth-el. And ho put down the 
 ^idolatrous jiriests, whom the kings of 
 Judah had ordained to biu-n incense in 
 the high places in the cities of Judah, 
 and in the i^laces round about Jerusa- 
 lem ; them also that bm-ned incense mito 
 Baal, to the sun, and to the moon, and 
 to the 5 planets, and to all the host of 
 
 6 heaven. And he brought out the Aslier- 
 ah from the house of the Lord, with- 
 out Jerusalem, unto the brook Kidroii, 
 and burned it at the brook Ki(h-on, and 
 stamped it small to powder, and cast 
 the powder thereof upon the graves of 
 
 7 the <5 common people. And he brake 
 down the houses of the "' sodomites, that 
 were in the house of the Lord, where 
 the Tfomen wove "^hangings for the 
 
 8 Asherali. And he brought all the priests 
 out of the cities of Judah, and defiled 
 the high places where the priests had 
 burned incense, from Gcba to Beer- 
 slieba ; and he brake down the high 
 places of the gates that were at the 
 entering in of the gate of Joshua the 
 governor of the city, which were on a 
 man's left hand at the gate of the city. 
 
 9 Nevertheless the priests of the high 
 lilaces came not np to the altar of the 
 Lord in Jerusalem, but they did eat 
 unleavened bread among their bretli- 
 
 lOren. And he defiled Topheth, which is 
 in the valley of the 9 children of Hin- 
 nom, that no man might make his son 
 or his daughter to pass through the fire 
 
 1 1 to Molech . And he took away the horses 
 that the kings of Judah had given to 
 the sun, at the entering in of the house 
 of the Lord, by the chamber of Nathaii- 
 melech the chamberlain, which was 
 in the precincts; and he burned the 
 
 12 chariots of the sun with fire. And 
 the altars that were on the roof of the 
 upper chamber of Aliaz, which the kings 
 of Judah had made, and the altars 
 
 which Manasseh had made in the two 
 courts of tlie house of the Ii0Jti>, did 
 the king break down, and i^beat them 
 down from thence, and cast tlie dust of 
 
 13 them into the brook Kidion. And tlie 
 high ])laces that were before Jtmisa- 
 leui, which were on tlio right liand of 
 the mount of HcoiTuption, wlncli Solo- 
 mon the king of Israel had builded for 
 Ashtoreth the abomination of the Zi- 
 donians, and for Chemosh the abomina- 
 tion of Moab, and for Milcom the abom- 
 ination of the children of Amnion, did 
 
 14 the king defile. And he brake in pieces 
 the i'-^ pillars, and cut down the Asherim, 
 and filled their places with the bones 
 
 15 of men. Moreover the altar that was 
 at Beth-el, and the high place which 
 Jeroboam the soJi of Nebat, who made 
 Israel to sin, had made, even that altar 
 and the high place he brake down ; and 
 he burned the higli place and stamped it 
 small to powder, and burned the Asher- 
 
 IG ah. And as Josiah turned himself, he 
 spied the sepulchres that were there in 
 the mount ; and he sent, and took the 
 bones out of the sepulchres, and burned 
 them upon the altar, and defiled it, ac- 
 cording to the word of the Lord which 
 the man of God proclaimed, who pro- 
 
 17 claimed these things. Then he said, 
 W^hat monument is that which I see ? 
 And the men of the city told him, It 
 is the sepulchre of the man of God, 
 which came from Judah, and pro- 
 claimed these things that thou hast 
 
 18 done against the altar of Beth-el. And 
 he said, Let him be ; let no man move 
 his bones. So they let his bones alone, 
 with the bones of the projihet that 
 
 19 came out of Samaria. And all the 
 houses also of the high places that 
 were in the cities of Samaria, which 
 the kings of Israel had made to jn-o- 
 voke the Lord to anger, Josiah took 
 away, and did to them according to all 
 the acts that he had done in Beth-el. 
 
 20 And he i^slew all the priests of the high 
 places that were there, upon the altars, 
 and bm-ned men's bones upon them; 
 and he returned to Jerusalem. 
 
 21 And the lung commanded all the peo- 
 ple, saying. Keep the passover unto the 
 Lord your God, as it is written in this 
 
 22 book of the covenant. Surely there 
 was not kept such a iiassover from 
 the days of the judges that judged Is- 
 rael, I'uor in all the days of the kings 
 of Israel, nor of the kings of Judah ; 
 
 23 but in the eighteenth year of king Josiah 
 was this iiassover kept to the Lord in 
 
 24 Jerusalem. Moreover them that had 
 familiar spirits, and the wizards, and 
 the teraphim, and the idols, and all the 
 abominations that were spied in the 
 land of Judah and in Jerusalem, did 
 Josiah put away, that he might ^ confirm 
 the words of the law which were written 
 in the book that Hilkiah the priest found 
 
 '"Or, 
 ran 
 from 
 tUcnc-i 
 
 11 Or, rtr- 
 structtou 
 
 12 Or, 
 obelUks 
 
 13 Or. 
 xarri- 
 ficed 
 
 U Ol', 
 evi'Ji in 
 all... 
 and of
 
 306 
 
 II. KINGS. 
 
 23. 24. 
 
 iRee 
 2 Chr. 
 
 XXXV. 
 
 ai-;;4. 
 
 2 Pec 
 2 Clir. 
 xxxvi. 
 1-4 
 
 3 Accord- 
 ing to 
 another 
 reading, 
 when hti 
 reigned. 
 
 1 Or, fine 
 
 ■> See 
 2 Chr. 
 x:ixvi. 
 5, ia 
 
 25 in the house of the Lord. And like unto 
 him was there no king before him, that 
 tm-ned to the Lord with all his heart, 
 and with all his soul, and with all his 
 might, according to all the law of Moses; 
 neither after him arose there any like 
 
 2G him. Notwithstanding the Lord tui'ued 
 not from the fierceness of his great 
 wrath, wherewith his anger was kindled 
 against Judah, because of all the pro- 
 vocations that Manasseh had provoked 
 
 27 Imn withal. And the Lord said, I will 
 remove Judah also out of my sight, as 
 I have removed Israel, and I will cast 
 off this city which I have chosen, even 
 Jerusalem, and the house of which I 
 
 28 said. My name shall be there. Now 
 the rest of the acts of Josiah, and all 
 tliat he did, are they not written in the 
 book of the chronicles of the kuigs of 
 
 29 Judah ? i In his days Pharaoh-necoh 
 king of Egyjit went up against the king 
 of Assyria to the river Euphrates : and 
 king Josiah went agamst him ; and he 
 slew him at Megiddo, when he had seen 
 
 30 him. And his servants carried him 
 in a chariot dead from Megiddo, and 
 brought him to Jerusalem, and buried 
 him in his own sepulchre. 2 And the 
 people of the land took Jehoahaz the son 
 of Josiah, and anointed him, and made 
 him king in his father's stead. 
 
 ol Jehoahaz was twenty and three years 
 old when he began to reign; and he 
 reigned tlu-ee months in Jerusalem: 
 and his mother's name was Hamutal 
 the daughter of Jeremiah of Libnah. 
 
 32 And he did that which was evil in the 
 sight of the Lord, accordmg to all 
 
 33 that his fathers had done. And Pha- 
 raoh-necoh put him in bands at Eiblah 
 in the land of Hamath, ^that he might 
 not reign in Jerusalem; and put the 
 laud to a * tribute of an hundred talents 
 
 31 of silver, and a talent of gold. And 
 Pharaoh-necoh made Eliakrm the son 
 of Josiah king in the room of Josiah 
 his father, and changed his name to 
 Jehoiakim : but he took Jehoahaz away; 
 and he came to Egypt, and died there. 
 
 35 And Jehoiakim gave the silver and 
 the gold to Pharaoh ; but he taxed the 
 land to give the money according to 
 the connnandment of Pharaoh : he ex- 
 acted the silver and the gold of the 
 people of the land, of every one accord- 
 ing to his taxation, to give it unto 
 Pharaoh-necoh. 
 
 3G 5 Jehoiakim was twenty and five years 
 old when he began to reign; and he 
 reigned eleven years in Jerusalem: 
 and his mother's name was Zebidah 
 the daughter of Pedaiah of Eumah. 
 
 37 And he did that which was evil in 
 the siglit of the Lord, according to all 
 
 24 that his fathers had done. In his 
 days Nebuchadnezzar kmg of Babylon 
 came up, and Jehoiakim became his 
 servant three years: then he turned 
 
 2 and rebelled against him. And the 
 Lord sent against him bands of the 
 Chaldeans, and bands of the Syrians, 
 and bands of the Moabites, and bands 
 of the children of Ammon, and sent 
 them against Judah to destroy it, ac- 
 cording to the word of the Lord, which 
 he spake by the hand of his servants 
 
 3 the jirophets. Surely at the command- 
 ment of the Lord came this upon Ju- 
 dah, to remove them out of his sight, 
 for the sins of Manasseh, according to 
 
 4 all that he did ; and also for the inno- 
 cent blood that he shed ; for he filled 
 Jerusalem with innocent blood: and 
 
 5 the Lord would not pardon. Now 
 the rest of the acts of Jehoiakim, and 
 all that he did, are they not written 
 in the book of the clu'onicles of the 
 
 6 kings of Judah? So Jehoiakim slept 
 with his fathers : and Jehoiachin his son 
 
 7 reigned in his stead. And the king of 
 Egypt came not again anymore out of 
 his land : for the king of Babylon had 
 taken, from the brook of Egypt mito 
 the river Euplu'ates, all that pertained 
 to the king of Egyjit. 
 
 8 Jehoiachin was eighteen years old 
 when he began to reign ; and he 
 reigned in Jerusalem three months : 
 and his mother's name was Nehushta 
 the daughter of Ehiathan of Jerusalem. 
 
 9 And he did that which was evil in 
 the sight of the Lord, according to all 
 
 10 that his father had done. At that 
 time the servants of Nebuchadnezzar 
 king of Babylon came up to Jeru- 
 salem, and the city was besieged. 
 
 11 And Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon 
 came unto the city, while his servants 
 
 12 were besiegmg it ; and Jehoiachin the 
 king of Judah went out to the king 
 of Babylon, he, and his mother, and 
 his servants, and his princes, and his 
 G officers : and the king of Babylon took 
 him tu the eighth year of his reign. 
 
 13 And he cai'ried out thence all the trea- 
 sures of the house of the Lord, and the 
 treasures of the king's house, and cut 
 in i^ieces all the vessels of gold which 
 Solomon king of Israel had made in 
 the temple of the Lord, as the Lord 
 
 14 had said. And he can-ied away all 
 Jerusalem, and all the princes, and all 
 the mighty men of valour, even ten 
 thousand captives, and all the crafts- 
 men and the smiths; none remained, 
 save the poorest sort of the people of 
 
 15 the land. And he carried away Jehoia- 
 chin to Babylon ; and the king's mother, 
 and the king's wives, and his •'officers, 
 and the ■? chief men of the land, car- 
 ried he into captivity from Jerusalem 
 
 16 to Babylon. And all the men of 
 might, even seven thousand, and the 
 craftsmen and the smiths a thousand, 
 all of them strong and apt for war, 
 even them the king of Babylon brought 
 
 17 captive to Babylon. ^knU the king
 
 25. 27. 
 
 II. KINGS. 
 
 307 
 
 .ItT. 
 
 lii. 1, Ac, 
 
 2 Hcl). 
 Jlifin- 
 itjl. 
 
 •JC'lir. 
 
 XXXVI. 
 
 17-20. 
 
 4 Or, 
 
 with li'nn 
 ofjiidge- 
 ynent 
 
 of Babylon made Mattaniah his f athei-'s 
 brotliur king in liis stead, and changed 
 his name to Zedekiah. 
 
 IS 1 Zedekiah was twenty and one years 
 old wlieu ho began to reign; and he 
 reigned eleven years in Jernsaleni : and 
 his mother's name was '•^Hamutul the 
 
 1'.) daughter of Jeremiah of Libnah. And 
 ho did that which was evil in the sight 
 of the Loud, according to all that Jehoi- 
 
 20 akim had done. For through the anger 
 of the Lord did it come to i)ass in Je- 
 rusalem and Judah, until ho had cast 
 them out from his presence : and Zedek- 
 iah rebelled against the king of Baby- 
 
 25 Ion. 8 And it came to pass in the ninth 
 year of his reign, in the tenth month, 
 in the tenth day of the month, that 
 Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came, 
 he and all his army, against Jerusa- 
 lem, and encamped against it; and 
 they built forts against it round about. 
 
 2 So the city was besieged unto the 
 
 3 eleventh year of kuig Zedekiah. On 
 tlie ninth day of the fourth month the 
 famine was sore in the city, so tliat 
 there was no bread for the people of 
 
 dthe land. Then a breach waij made 
 in the city, and all the men of war 
 Jled by night by the way of the gate 
 between the two walls, which was by 
 the king's garden: (now the Chaldeans 
 were against the city round about:) 
 and the king v/ent by the way of the 
 
 5Ai-abah. But the army of the Chal- 
 deans pursued after the king, and over- 
 took him in the plains of Jericho : and 
 all his anuy was scattered from him. 
 
 6 Then they took the king, and carried 
 him up unto the king of Babylon to 
 Eiblah; and they ''gave judgement uji- 
 
 7 on him. And they slew the sons of 
 Zedekiah before his eyes, and put out 
 the eyes of Zedekiah, and bound him 
 in fetters, and carried him to Babylon. 
 
 8 Now in the fifth month, on the seventh 
 day of the month, which was the uuie- 
 teenth year of king Nebuchachiezzar, 
 king of Babylon, came Nebuzaradan 
 the captain of the guard, a servant of 
 the king of Babylon, unto Jerusalem: 
 
 9 and he bmnit the house of the Lord, and 
 the king's house; and all the houses of 
 Jerusalem, even every great house, 
 
 10 burnt he with fire. And all the army 
 of the Chaldeans, that were with the 
 captaui of the guard, brake down the 
 
 11 walls of Jerusalem round about. And 
 the residue of the people that were left 
 in the city, and those that fell away, that 
 fell to the king of Babylon, and the resi- 
 due of the multitude, did Nebuzaradan 
 the captain of the guard carry away 
 
 12 captive. But the captain of the guard 
 left of the jioorest of the land to be vine- 
 
 13 dressers and husbandmen. And the pil- 
 lars of brass that were in the house of the 
 Lord, and the bases and the brasen sea 
 that were in the house of the Lord, did 
 
 the Chaldeans break in pieces, and car- 
 11 ried the brass of them to Babylon. And 
 the pots, and the shovels, and the snuff- 
 ers, and the si)oons, and all the v(^ss(^1h 
 of brass where with tiiey ministered, took 
 15 they away. And tho firepans, and the 
 basons ; that which was of gold, in gold, 
 and that which was of silver, in silver, 
 tho captain of the guard took away. 
 IG The two pillars, the one sea, and the 
 bases, which Solomon had made for 
 the house of tho Lord ; the brass of all 
 
 17 these vessels was witliout weight. The 
 height of the one pillar was eighteen 
 cubits, and a chapiter of brass was 
 upon it : and the height of the chapiter 
 was three cubits; with netwoi-k and 
 pomegranates upon the chapiter round 
 about, all of brass : and like unto these 
 had the second pillar with networlc. 
 
 18 And the cajitain of the guard took So- 
 raiah the chief jjriest, and Zei>hauiah 
 the second priest, and tho three keep- 
 
 lOers of the ^door: and out of the city 
 he took an "officer that was set over 
 the men of war ; and five men of them 
 that saw the king's face, which were 
 found in the city; and the ''scribe, the 
 captain of the host, which mustered 
 the people of the land ; and threescore 
 men of the people of tho land, that 
 
 20 were foimd in the city. And Nebuzar- 
 adan the captain of the guard took 
 them, and brought them to tho king 
 
 21 of Babylon to lliblah. And tho king 
 of Babylon smote them, and jjut them 
 to death at Eiblah in the land of Ha- 
 math. So Judah was carried away 
 
 22 captive out of his land. And as for 
 the people that were left in the land 
 of Judah, whom Nebuchadnezzar king 
 of Babylon had left, even over them 
 he made Gedaliah the son of AJbdkam, 
 the son of Shaphan, governor. 
 
 23 ''Now when all the captains of the 
 foi'ces, they and their men, heard that 
 the king of Babylon had made Gedaliah 
 governor, they came to Gedaliah to Miz- 
 pah, even Ishmael the son of Nethaniah, 
 and Johanan the son of Kareah, and 
 Seraiah the son of Tanlimneth the Ne- 
 tophathite, and Jaazaniah the sou of 
 the Maacathite, they and their men. 
 
 24 And Gedaliah sware to them and to their 
 men, and said unto them. Fear not be- 
 cause of the servants of the Chaldeans : 
 dwell in the land, and serve the king of 
 Babylon, and it shall be well with you. 
 
 25 9 But it came to pass in the seventh 
 month, that Islunael the son of Neth- 
 aniah, the son of Elishama, of the seed 
 royal, came, and ten men with hun, and 
 smote Gedaliah, that he died, and the 
 Jews and the Chaldeans that were with 
 
 26 him at Mizpah. And all the people, both 
 small and great, and the captains of the 
 forces, arose, and came to Egypt : for 
 they were afraid of the Chaldeans. 
 
 27 10 And it came to pass in the seven 
 
 5 He!). 
 th rcsh- 
 old. 
 
 «0r, 
 cuuuch 
 
 7 Or, 
 scrl/je of 
 the 
 
 captain 
 of the 
 ho.it 
 
 "See 
 .Ter. xl. 
 7"'J. 
 
 9 See 
 Jer. xli. 
 1,2. 
 
 inSee 
 Jer. lii. 
 31— :«.
 
 308 
 
 II. KINGS. 
 
 25. 27. 
 
 1 111 Geii. 
 X. 3, 
 
 llQjkath. 
 
 2 In Gen. 
 X. 4, 1)0- 
 ditnhit. 
 
 3 Heb. 
 Pelish- 
 ton. 
 
 t III Gen. 
 X. 23, 
 Mash, 
 
 5 In Gen. 
 X. -JS. 
 Obiil. 
 
 and thirtieth year of the captivity of 
 Jehoiachin kiug of Judah, in the tv/elf th 
 month, on the seven and twentieth day 
 of the month, that Evil-merodach king 
 of Babylon, in the year that he began 
 to reign, did lift up the head of Jehoia- 
 28 cliin king of Jndah out of prison ; and 
 he spake kindly to him, and set his 
 
 throne above the throne of the kings 
 29 that were with him in Babylon. And 
 he changed his prison gannents, and 
 did eat bread before him continually 
 SO all the days of his life. And for his 
 allowance, there was a continual allow- 
 ance given him of the king, every day 
 a portion, all the days of his life. 
 
 THE FIRST BOOK 
 
 OF 
 
 THE CHEONICLES. 
 
 l2 Adam, Setli, Enosli; Kenan, Mahal- 
 Salel, Jared; Enoch, Methuselah, La- 
 
 4 mech ; Noah, Shem, Ham, and Japheth. 
 
 5 The sons of Japheth; Gomer, and 
 Magog, and Madai, and Javan, and 
 
 6 Tubal, and Meshech, and Tu-as. And 
 the sons of Gomer; Ashkenaz, and 
 
 yiDiphath, and Togarmah. And the 
 sons of Javan ; Elishah, and Tarshish, 
 Kittim, and ^Eodanim. 
 
 8 The sons of Ham ; Cush, and Mizraun, 
 
 9 Put, and Canaan. Aiifl the sons of 
 Cush; Seba, and Havilah, and Sabta, 
 and Kaama, and Sabteca. And the 
 sons of Eaamah; Sheba, and Dedan. 
 
 10 And Cush begat Nimrod: he began to 
 
 11 be a mighty one in the earth. And 
 Mizraim begat Ludim, and Anamini, 
 
 12 and Lehabim, and Na^jhtuhim, and 
 Pathrusim, and Casluhim (from whence 
 came 3 the Philistines), and Caphtorim. 
 
 13 And Canaan begat Zidon his firstborn, 
 Wand Heth; and the Jebusite, and the 
 ISAmorite, and the Girgashite; and the 
 
 Hivite, and the Ai'kite, and the Sinite ; 
 
 16 and the Arvadite, and the Zemarite, 
 and the Hamathite. 
 
 17 The sons of Shem ; Elam, and Asshiu-, 
 and Arpachshad, and Lud, and Aram, 
 and Uz, and Hul, and Gether, and -iMe- 
 
 18 shech. And Arpachshad begat Shelali, 
 
 19 and Shelah begat Eber. And unto Eber 
 were born two sons: the name of the 
 one was Peleg ; for in his days the earth 
 was divided; and his brother's name 
 
 20 was Joktan. And Joktan begat Almo- 
 dad, and Sheleph, and Hazarmaveth, 
 
 21 and Jerah; and Hadoram, and Uzal, 
 
 22 and Diklah; and °Ebal, and Abimael, 
 23 and Sheba; and Ophir, and Havilah, 
 
 and Jobab. All these were the sons of 
 
 Joktan. 
 24,2.5 Shem, Arpachshad, Shelah; Eber, 
 2G Peleg, Reu; Serug, Nahor, Terah; 
 ^Abram (the same is Abraham). The 
 
 sons of Abraham; Isaac, and Ishmael. 
 29 These are their generations : the 
 
 firstborn of Ishmael, Nebaioth; then 
 
 Kedar, and Adbeel, and Mibsam, 
 
 30 Mislmia, and Dumah, Massa ; Iladad, 
 
 31 and Tema, Jetur, Naphish, and Ke- 
 demah. These are the sons of Ish- 
 mael. 
 
 32 And the sons of Keturah, Abraham's 
 concubine : she bare Zimran, and Jok- 
 shan, and Medan, and Midian, and 
 Ishbak, and Shuah. And the sons of 
 
 33 Jokshan; Sheba, and Dedan. And the 
 sons of Midian; Ephah, and Epher, 
 and Hauoch, and Abida, and Eldaah. 
 All these were the sons of Keturah. 
 
 34 And Abraham begat Isaac. The sons 
 of Isaac; Esau, and Israel. 
 
 35 The sons of Esau ; Eliphaz, Keuel, and 
 30 Jeush, and Jalam, and Korah. The sons 
 
 of Elii)haz ; Teman, and Omar, " Zephi, 
 and Gatara, Kenaz, and Timna, and 
 
 37 Amalek. The sons of Eeuel; Nahath, 
 
 38 Zerah, Shammah, and Mizzah. And the 
 sons of Seir; Lotan and Shobal and 
 Zibeon and Anah, and Dishon and Ezer 
 
 39 and Dishaii. And the sons of Lotan ; 
 Hori and ^ Homam : and Timna was Lo- 
 
 40 tan's sister. The sons of Shobal ; ^ Alian 
 and Manahath and Ebal, ^ Shephi and 
 Onam. And the sons of Zibeon ; Aiali 
 
 41 and Anah. The sons of Anah ; Dishon. 
 And the sons of Dishon ; WHamran and 
 
 42 Eshban and Itlu-an and Cheran. The 
 sons of Ezer ; Bilhan and Zaavan, njaa- 
 kan. The sons of Dishan ; Uz and Aran. 
 
 43 Now these are the kings that reigned in 
 the land of Edom, before there reigned 
 any king over the children of Israel: 
 Bela the son of Beor ; and the name of 
 
 44 his city was Dinhabah. And Bela died, 
 and Jobab the son of Zerah of Bozrah 
 
 45 reigned in his stead. And Jobab died, 
 and Husham of the land of the Teman- 
 
 4G ites reigned in his stead. And Husham 
 died, and Hadad the son of Bedad, which 
 smote Midian in the field of Moab, 
 reigned in his stead : and the name of 
 
 47 his city was Avith. And Hadad died, 
 and Samlah of Masrekah reigned in 
 
 48 his stead. And Samlah died, and Shaul 
 of liehoboth by the River reigned in 
 
 49 his stead. And Shaul died, and Baal-
 
 2. 54. 
 
 I. CHRONICLES. 
 
 309 
 
 4 In Josh, 
 vii. ], 
 
 Zabdi. 
 
 5 Many 
 ancient 
 .luthor- 
 ities 
 
 Darda. 
 See 
 
 1 Kings 
 iv. 31. 
 G-In Josll. 
 vii. 1, 
 Achan. 
 
 7 Heb. 
 
 Abskai. 
 
 sOr, 
 
 Havvoth- 
 
 Jalr 
 
 9 Heb. 
 d'-iugh- 
 
 tars. 
 
 hauaii tlie son of Acliboi* reigned in 
 
 50 his stead. And Baal-hanan died, and 
 iHadad reigned in his stead; and the 
 name of liiscity was ^ I'ai : and Ids wife's 
 name was Mehctabcl, tho daughter of 
 
 51 Jlatred, tlie daughter of Mc-zahab. And 
 Iladad died. And the dulses of Edoui 
 W(U-e; duke Tinina, duke ''Ahah, dxdie 
 
 .52 Jetheth ; duke OhoUbaniah, duke Ehih, 
 58 duke I'inon ; duke Kenaz, duke Teman, 
 54 duke Mil)zar ; duke Magdiel, duke Iram. 
 These are the dukes of Edora. 
 
 2 These are tlie sons of Israel; Reuben, 
 Simeon, Levi, and Judah, Issachar and 
 
 2Zebulun; Dan, Joseph and Benjamin, 
 Naphtah, Gad and Asher. 
 
 3 The sons of Judah ; Er, and Onan, and 
 Shelali: which tlu'ee were born unto 
 him of Bath-shua the Canaaiiitess. 
 And Er, Judah's firstborn, was wicked 
 in the sight of the Loud ; and he slew 
 
 4 him. And Tamar his daughter in law 
 bare liim Perez and Zerah. All tho 
 
 5 sons of Judah were five. The sons of 
 
 6 Perez ; Hezron and Hamul. And the 
 sous of Zerah; ^Zimri, and Ethan, and 
 Heman, and Calcol, and ^Dara: five of 
 
 7 them in all. And the sons of Camii ; 
 fiAchar, the troubler of Israel, who 
 committed a trespass in the devoted 
 
 8 thing. And the sons of Ethan; Az- 
 
 y ariah. The sons also of Hezron, tliat 
 
 were born unto him ; Jerahmeel, and 
 
 10 Eam, and Chelubai. And Eam begat 
 Amminadab; and Ammiuadab begat 
 Nahshon, jirince of the childi-en of 
 
 11 Judah; and Nahshon begat Salma, 
 
 12 and Salma begat Boaz ; and Boaz begat 
 
 13 Obed, and Obed begat Jesse ; and Jesse 
 begat his firstborn Eliab, and Abina- 
 dab the second, and Shimea the thml ; 
 
 14 Nethanel the fourth, Eaddai the fifth ; 
 
 15 Ozem the sixth, David the seventh : 
 
 16 and their sisters were Zeruiah and 
 Abigail. And the sons of Zeruiah; 
 'Abishai, and Joab, and Asahel, three. 
 
 17 And Abigail bare Amasa : and the father 
 of Amasa was Jether the Ishmaelite. 
 
 18 And Caleb the son of Hezron begat 
 children of Azubah Ms wife, and of Jeri- 
 oth : and these were her sons ; Jesher, 
 
 19 and Shobab, and Ai-dou. And Azubah 
 died, and Caleb took unto him Ephrath, 
 
 20 which bare him Hur. And Hur begat 
 
 21 Uri, and Uri begat Bezalel. And after- 
 ward Hezron went in to the daughter 
 of Macliir the father of Gilead ; whom 
 he took to wife when he was three- 
 score years old; and she bare him 
 
 22 Segub. And Segub begat Jair, who 
 had tiiree and twenty cities in the land 
 
 23 of Gilead. And Geshur and Aram took 
 8 the towns of Jair from them, with 
 Kenath, and the ^ villages thereof, even 
 threescore cities. All these were the 
 sons of Machir the father of Gilead. 
 
 24 And after tliat Hezron was dead in 
 Caleb-ephrathah, then Abiah Hez- 
 ron's wife bare him Ashhur the father 
 
 25 of Tekoa. And the sons of Jerahmeel 
 tho lirstliorn of Hozi'on were Kam tlie 
 firstborn, and Bunah, and Oren, and 
 
 2G Ozem, Aliijali. And Jerahmeel had an- 
 other wife, whose name was Atarah; 
 
 27 she was the mother of Onani. And the 
 sons of liam the firstborn of Jerahmeel 
 
 28 were Maaz, and Jamin, and Eker. And 
 the sons of Onam were Shammai, and 
 Jada : and the sons of Shannuai; Nadab, 
 
 29 and Aliishur. And the name of the wife 
 of Abishm' was Abihail ; and she bare 
 
 30 him Aliban, and Molid. And the sons 
 of Nadab ; Seled, and Apjiaim : but Seled 
 
 31 died without i^'childi'en. And the sons 
 of Appaim ; Ishi. And the sons of Ishi ; 
 Sheshan. And the sons of Sheshan; 
 
 32 Ahlai. And the sons of Jada tlie brother 
 of Bhanmiai; Jether, and Jonathan: 
 
 33 and Jether died without 1° children. And 
 the sons of Jonathan ; Peleth, and Zaza. 
 
 34 These were the sons of Jerahmeel. Now 
 Sheshan had no sons, but daughters. 
 And Sheshan had a servant, an Egypt- 
 
 35 ian, whose name was Jarha. And She- 
 shan gave his daughter to Jarha his 
 servant to wife ; and she bare him Attai. 
 
 36 And Attai begat Nathan, and Nathan 
 
 37 begat Zabad ; and Zabad begat Ephlal, 
 
 38 and Ephlal begat Obed ; and Obed begat 
 
 39 Jehu, and Jehu begat Azariah ; and Az- 
 ariah begat Helez, and Helez begat Ele- 
 
 40asah; and Eleasah begat Sismai, and 
 
 41 Sismai begat Shallum ; and Shallum 
 begat Jekamiah, and Jekamiah begat 
 
 42 Elishama. And the sons of Caleb the 
 brother of Jerahmeel were Mesha his 
 firstborn, which was the father of Ziph ; 
 and the sons of Maresliah the father 
 
 43 of Hebron. And the sons of Hebron ; 
 Korah, and Tai)puah, and Rekem, and 
 
 44 Sliema. And Sliema begat llaliam, the 
 father of Jorkeam ; and Rekem begat 
 
 45 Shammai. And the sou of Shammai 
 was Maou ; and Maon was tlie father 
 
 46 of Beth-zur. And Ephali, Caleb's con- 
 cubine, bare Haran, and Moza, and 
 
 47 Gazez : and Harau begat Gazez. And 
 the sons of Jahdai ; Regem, and Jotham, 
 and Geshan, and Pelet, and Ephah, an<l 
 
 48 Shaaph. Maacali, Caleb's concubine, 
 
 49 bare Sheber and Tirhanah. She bare 
 also Shaaph the father of Madmannah, 
 Slieva the father of Machbena, and the 
 father of Gibea ; and the daughter of 
 
 50 Caleb was Achsah. These were the 
 sous of Caleb ; the Hson of Hur, the first- 
 born of Eplu-athah, Shobal the father 
 
 51 of Kiriath-jearim ; Sabna the father 
 of Beth-lehem, Harepli the father of 
 
 52 Beth-gader. And Shobal the father of 
 Kiriath-jearim had sons; Haroeh.half 
 
 53 of the Menuhoth. And the families of 
 Ku-iath-jearim; the Ithrites, and the 
 Puthites, and the Shmnalhites, and the 
 Mishraites ; of them came the Zorath- 
 
 54ites and the Eshtaolites. The sons 
 of Salma; Beth-lehem, and the Neto- 
 phathites, Atroth-beth-Joab, and halt 
 
 »' Or, 
 
 11 The 
 .Sept.
 
 310 
 
 I. CHRONICLES. 
 
 2. 54. 
 
 lOr, 
 Assir 
 
 2 Heb. 
 son. 
 
 of the Manabatliites, the Zorites. 
 55 And the families of scribes which dwelt 
 at Jabez ; the Tirathites, the Shimeath- 
 ites, the Sucathites. These are the 
 Keiiites that came of Hammath, the 
 father of the house of Eechab. 
 3 Now these were the sons of David, 
 which were born mito him in Hebron : 
 the fia'stboru, Amnon, of Ahinoam the 
 Jezreelitess ; the second, Daniel, of Abi- 
 
 2 gail the Cannelitess ; the thii-d, Absalom 
 the son of Maacah the daughter of Tal- 
 mai king of Geshur ; the fourth, Adoni- 
 
 3 jah the sou of Haggith ; the fifth, Sheph- 
 atiah of Abital; the sixth, Ithream by 
 
 4Eglah his wife. Six were born luito 
 him in Hebron ; and there he reigned 
 seven years and six months: and in 
 Jerusalem he reigned thu-ty and three 
 
 5 years. And these were born unto him 
 in Jerusalem: Shimea, and Shobab, 
 and Nathan, and Solomon, fom% of 
 Bath-shua the daughter of Ammiel: 
 
 6 and Ibhar, and Elishama, and Elii)he- 
 7 let; and Nogah, and Nepheg, and Ja- 
 8phia; and Elishama, and Eliada, and 
 9Eliphelet, nine. All these were the 
 
 sons of David, beside the sons of the 
 concubines ; and Tamar was then- 
 
 10 sister. And Solomon's son was Ke- 
 hoboam, Abijah his son, Asa his son, 
 
 11 Jehoshaphat his son ; Joram his son, 
 
 12 Ahaziah his son, Joash his sou ; Amaz- 
 iali his son, Azariah his sou, Jotham his 
 
 lii son ; Ahaz his son, Hezekiah his son, 
 11 Manasseh his sou ; Amon his sou, Josiah 
 
 15 his sou. And the sons of Josiah ; the 
 firstborn Johanan, the second Jehoi- 
 akun, the third Zedekiah, the fourth 
 
 16 Shallum. And the sons of Jehoiakim : 
 Jecouiah his son, Zedekiah his sou. 
 
 17 And the sous of Jecouiah, i the captive ; 
 
 18 Shealtiel his sou, and Malchiram, and 
 Pedaiah, and Shenazzar, Jekamiah,Ho- 
 
 19 shama, and Nedabiah. And the sons of 
 Pedaiah ; Zerubbabel, and Shimei : and 
 the 2 sous of Zerubbabel; Meshullam, 
 and Hananiah ; and Shelomith was their 
 
 20 sister: and Hashubah, and Ohel, and 
 Berechiah, and Hasadiah, Jushab-hes- 
 
 21 ed, five. And the '•* sous of Hananiah ; 
 Pelatiah, aud Jeshaiah: the sous of 
 Eephaiah, the sous of Arnan, the sons of 
 
 22 Obadiah, the sons of Shecauiah. And 
 the sons of Shecauiah ; Shemaiah : aud 
 the sons of Shemaiah; Hattush, aud 
 Igal, and Bariah, and Neariah, aud 
 
 23 Shaphat, six. And the 2 sons of Neariah ; 
 Elioeuai, and Hizkiah, and Azrikam, 
 
 24 three. And the sous of Elioeuai; Ho- 
 daviah, and Eliashib, aud Pelaiah, and 
 Akkub, aud Johanan, and Delaiah, and 
 Auani, seven. 
 
 4 The sons of Judah; Perez, Hezron, 
 
 2 and Carmi, aud Hm-, and Shobal. And 
 Eeaiah the sou of Shobal begat Jahath ; 
 and Jahath begat Aliumai and Lahad. 
 These are the f amDies of the Zorathites. 
 
 3 And these were the soiis of the father 
 
 of Etam ; Jezreel, and Ishma, aud Id- 
 bash : and the name of their sister was 
 
 4 Hazzelelpoui : aud Penuel the father 
 of Gedor, and Ezer the father of Hu- 
 shah. Those are the sons of Hm', the 
 firstborn of Eplu-athah, the father of 
 
 5Beth-lehem. And Ashhm- the father 
 of Tekoa, had two wives, Helah aud 
 
 6 Naarah. And Naarah bare him Ahuz- 
 zam, and Hepher, aud Temeui, aud 
 Haahashtari. These were the sons of 
 
 7 Naarah. And the sons of Helah were 
 SZereth, ^jzliar, and Ethnan. And 
 
 Hakkoz Ijegat Auub, aud Zobebah, 
 aud the families of Aharhel the son of 
 9 Harum. Aud Jabez was more honour- 
 able than his bi-ethi'en : aud his mother 
 called his name Jabez, saying, Be- 
 
 10 cause I bare him with sorrow. And 
 Jabez called on the God of Israel, say- 
 ing. Oh that thou wouldest bless me 
 indeed, aud enlarge my border, and 
 that thine hand might be with me, 
 aud that thou wouldest keep me from 
 evil, that it be not to my sorrow ! And 
 God gi-anted him that which he re- 
 
 11 quested. And Chelub the brother of 
 Shuhali begat Mehir, which was the 
 
 12 father of Eshton. And Eshton begat 
 Beth-rapha, and Paseah, and Tehinnah 
 the father of ^ Ir-nahash. These are the 
 
 13 men of Eecah. And the sous of Kenaz ; 
 Othuiel, and Seraiah : and the sons of 
 
 14 0tbniel; Hathath. Aud Meonothai 
 begat Ophrah : and Seraiah begat Joab 
 the father of ^ Ge-harashim ; for they 
 
 15 were craftsmen. Aud the sous of Caleb 
 the sou of Jephrmneh; Iru, Elah, aud 
 Naam: and the sons of Elah; and 
 
 16 Kenaz. Andthesonsof Jehallelel; Ziph, 
 
 17 aud Ziphah, Th-ia, and Asarel. And the 
 sons of Ezrah ; Jetlier, and Mered, aud 
 Epher, and Jalon : aud she bare Miriam, 
 and Shammai, and Ishbah the father of 
 
 18 Eshtemoa. And his wife ^ the Jewess 
 bare Jered the father of Gedor, aud 
 Heber the father of Soco, and Jeku- 
 thiel the father of Zauoah. And these 
 are the sons of Bithiah the daughter 
 
 19 of Pharaoh, which Mered took. And 
 the sons of the wife of Hodiah, the 
 sister of Naham, were the father of 
 Keilah the Gannite, aud Eshtemoa 
 
 20 the Maacathite. And the sous of Shi- 
 mon; Aniuou, aud Einnah, Ben-hanau, 
 audTilon. Andthesonsof Ishi; Zolieth, 
 
 21 and Ben-zoheth. The sous oif Shelah 
 the sou of Judah ; Er the father of Le- 
 cah,and Laadah the father of Mareshah, 
 aud the families of the house of them 
 that wrought fine linen, of the house 
 
 22 of Ashbea ; aud Jokim, and the men of 
 Cozeba, and Joash, and Saraph,whohad 
 dominion in Moab, and Jashubi-lehem. 
 
 23 And the ' records are ancient. These 
 were the jiotters, and ^the inhabitants 
 of Netaim and Gederah: there they 
 dwelt with the kuig for his work. 
 
 24 The sous of Simeon; ^Nemuel, and
 
 5. 24. 
 
 I. CHRONICLES. 
 
 311 
 
 1 III Gen. 
 xlvi. HI. 
 JacJtlii, 
 
 2 In Gen. 
 xlvi. 10, 
 Zuhar, 
 
 3 Heb. 
 
 devoted 
 
 them. 
 
 lOr, 
 leader 
 
 25 Jamin, 1 J.irib,2Zerah, Shaul: Shalluiii 
 Lis son,Mibsam his son, Mishiiia his son . 
 
 26 Aiul tho sous of Mislima ; Haiumuel his 
 son, Zacciu" his son, Sliimei his son. 
 
 27Ai!(l Shimei had sixteen sons and six 
 
 daughters; but his brethren liad not 
 
 many children, neither did all their 
 
 family multiplj', like to the children of 
 
 28 Judah. And they dwelt at Beer-sheba, 
 
 2;) and Moladah, and Hazar-shual ; and at 
 
 30 Bilhah, and at Ezem, and at Tolad ; and 
 at Bethuel, and at Homiah, and at Zik- 
 
 31 lag ; and at Beth-marcaboth, and Hazar- 
 susuu,andat Beth-biri,and at Shaaraiin. 
 These were then- cities unto the reign 
 
 32 of David. And theu' villages were Etam, 
 and Ain, Emimou, and Tochen, and 
 
 33 Ashan, five cities : and all their villages 
 that were round about the same cities, 
 unto Baal. These were theu- habit- 
 ations, and they have their genealogy. 
 
 34 And Meshobab, and Jamlech, and Jo- 
 
 35 shah the sou of Amaziah ; and Joel, and 
 Jehu the son of Joshibiah, the son of 
 
 36 Seraiah, the son of Asiel ; and Elioeuai, 
 and Jaakobah, and Jeshohaiah, and 
 Asaiah, and Adiel, and Jesimiel, and 
 
 37 Beuaiah ; and Ziza the son of Sliiphi, 
 the son of Allou, the son of Jedaiah, 
 the son of Shinu-i, the son of Shema- 
 
 38iah; these mentioned by name were 
 princes in their families: and theii- 
 
 39 fathers' houses increased greatly. And 
 they went to the entering in of Gedor, 
 even unto the east side of the valley, 
 
 40 to seek pasture for theu- flocks. And 
 they found fat pasture and good, and 
 the land was wide, and quiet, aud 
 l>eaceable; for they that dwelt there 
 
 41 aforetime were of Ham. And these 
 ^vritten by name came in the daj's of 
 Hezekiah kmg of Judah, and smote 
 their tents, and the Meunim that were 
 found there, and ^ destroyed them utter- 
 ly, unto this day, and dwelt in then- 
 stead : because there was jiastm-e there 
 
 42 for their flocks. Aud some _pf them, 
 even of the sons of Simeon, five hund- 
 red men, went to mount Seu% having 
 for their captains Pelatiah, and Near- 
 iah, and Eephaiah, aud Uzziel, the sons 
 
 43 of Ishi. And they smote the remnant 
 of the Amalekites that escaped, aud 
 dwelt there, unto this day. 
 
 5 And the sons of Eeuben the firstborn 
 of Israel, (for he was the fii-stborn ; but, 
 forasmuch as he defiled his father's 
 couch, his birthright was given unto 
 the sons of Joseph the son of Israel; 
 and the genealogy is not to be reckoned 
 
 2 after the birthi-ight. For Judah pre- 
 vailed above his brethren, and of him 
 came the * prince; but the birthright 
 
 3 was Joseph's:) the sons of Eeuben 
 the firstborn of Israel ; Hauoch, and 
 
 4 PaUu, Hezron, and Carmi. The sons 
 of Joel; Shemaiah his son, Gog his 
 
 5 son, Shimei his son; Micah his son, 
 
 6 Eeaiah his son, Baal his son ; Beerah 
 
 his son, whom ^ TUgath-pihieser king 
 of Assyria carried away captive: he 
 
 7 was prince of the Eeul)euites. And 
 his brethren by thcu- families, when 
 the genealogy of their generations was 
 reckoned ; the cliief, Jeiel, and Zechar- 
 
 8iali, aud Bela the son of Azaz, the sou 
 of Shema, the son of Joel, wlio dwelt in 
 Aroer, even unto Nebo and Baal-meon : 
 
 9 and eastward ho dwelt even unto tlie 
 enteruig in of the wilderness from the 
 river Euplirates: because then- cattle 
 were multiplied in the land of Gilead. 
 
 10 And in the days of Saul they made war 
 with the Hagrites, who fell by then- 
 hand: and they dwelt in their teuts 
 thi'oughout all the land east of Gilead. 
 
 11 And the sons of Gad dwelt over 
 against them, in the land of Bashau 
 
 12mito Salecah: Joel the chief, aud 
 Shapham the second, aud Janai, and 
 
 13 Shaphat in Bashau : and then- brethi-en 
 of their fathers' houses; Michael, and 
 Meshullam, and Slieba, and Jorai, 
 and Jacan, and Zia, and Eber, seven. 
 
 14 These were the sous of Abihail the sou 
 of Hm-i, the sou of Jaroah, the son of 
 Gilead, the sou of Michael, the sou of 
 Jehishai, the son of Jahdo, the son of 
 
 15 Buz ; Alii the son of Abdiel, the sou of 
 Guni, chief of their fathers' houses. 
 
 16 And they dwelt in Gilead in Bashan, 
 aud in her <5towns,and in all the '^suburbs 
 
 17 of Sharon, as far as their ^borders. All 
 these were reckoned by genealogies in 
 the days of Jotham king of Judah, aud 
 in the days of Jeroboam king of Israel. 
 
 18 The sons of Eeuben, and the Gadites, 
 aud the haH tribe of Manasseh, of 
 valiant men, men able to bear buckler 
 and sword, and to shoot with bow, and 
 skilful in war, were forty and fom- 
 thousand seven hundi'ed aud three- 
 score, that were able to go forth to Avar. 
 
 19 Aud they made war wdtli the Hagrites, 
 with Jetm-, and Naphish, and Nodab. 
 
 20 And they were heljied against them, 
 and the Hagrites were delivered into 
 theu' hand, aud aU that were ■uith 
 them: for they cried to God in the 
 battle, and he was intreated of them; 
 because tliey put their trust in him. 
 
 21 And they took away theu* cattle ; of their 
 camels fifty thousand, and of sheep two 
 hundred and fifty thousand, aud of asses 
 two thousand, and of ^men an hmidred 
 
 22 thousand. For there fell many slain, 
 because the war was of God. And they 
 dwelt in their stead until the cai)ti\ity. 
 
 23 And the children of the half tribe of 
 Mauasseh dwelt in the land : they in- 
 creased from Bashau unto Baal-hermou 
 
 24 and Senu- and mount Hermon. And 
 these were the heads of then- fathers' 
 houses; even Eplier, and Ishi, and 
 Eliel, aud Azriel, and Jeremiah, and 
 Hodaviah, and Jahdiel, mighty men of 
 valoiu', famous men, heads of their 
 fathers' houses. 
 
 6 In 
 2 Kinca 
 
 XV. 'J!!, 
 
 xvl. 7, 
 
 Tinlath- 
 
 2JUeser. 
 
 6 Heb. 
 daugh- 
 ters. 
 
 7 Or, 
 pasture 
 lands 
 
 8 Heb. 
 ffoiu'/s 
 forth. 
 
 9 Heb. 
 souls of 
 men.
 
 312 
 
 L CHRONICLES. 
 
 5. 25. 
 
 [Ch. V. 27 
 in Heb.] 
 Un 
 ver. 16, 
 Oer- 
 shorn. 
 
 2 In 
 
 Mcshui- 
 
 IS 
 
 Ictm, 
 
 14 
 
 
 15 
 
 [Ch.vi 1 
 
 Ifi 
 
 in Heb.] 
 3 In 
 
 17 
 
 ver. 1, 
 
 
 Qcrshon, 
 
 18 
 
 Un 
 
 10 
 
 ver. 42. 
 
 
 Ethan. 
 
 
 5 In 
 
 
 ver. 41, 
 
 2v1 
 
 Adaiah, 
 
 8 In 
 
 2i 
 
 ver. 41. 
 
 
 lithnl. 
 
 00 
 
 7 In ver. 
 
 
 2, 18, 38, 
 
 
 Izhar. 
 
 ^a 
 
 8 In 
 ver. S6, 
 
 24 
 
 Zaphan- 
 
 
 icih, 
 Azariah, 
 
 2,5 
 
 Joel. 
 
 2f. 
 
 'J In ver. 
 
 
 35, Zuph. 
 
 
 10 In ver. 
 
 2/ 
 
 :J4, Toah. 
 
 
 11 In ver. 
 
 28 
 
 ■il, Elicl. 
 
 12 So the 
 
 2y 
 
 Syriac 
 
 
 See ver. 
 
 
 33 and 
 
 3U 
 
 1 Sam. 
 
 
 viii. 2. 
 
 
 The 
 
 :^i 
 
 Hebrew 
 
 
 text lias. 
 
 
 Vaiihni, 
 
 
 and 
 
 32 
 
 Abiah. 
 
 25 
 
 2!l 
 
 And tliey trespassed against the God 
 of their fathers, and ^vent a whoring 
 after the gods of the peoples of the land, 
 whom God destroyed before them. And 
 the God of Israel stirred uj) the sjiirit 
 of Pul Idug of Assyria, and the si)irit 
 of Tilgath-pilueser kuig of Assja-ia, and 
 he carried them awaj', even the Reu- 
 benites, and the Gadites, and the half 
 tribe of Manasseh, and brought them 
 unto Halah, and Habor, and Hara, and 
 to the river of Gozau, unto this day. 
 
 Tlie sons of Levi; iGershon, Kohath, 
 and Merari. And the sons of Kohath ; 
 Aniram, Izhar, and Hebron, and Uz- 
 ziel. And the children of Amram; 
 Aaron, and Moses, and Muiani. And 
 the sons of Aaron ; Nadab and Abihu, 
 Eleazar and Ithamar. Eleazar begat 
 Pliinehas, Phin ehas begat Abishua ; and 
 Abishua begat Bukki, and Bukki begat 
 Uzzi ; and IJzzi begat Zerahiah, and Ze- 
 rahiah begat Meraioth ; Meraioth begat 
 Amariah, and Amariah begat Ahitub; 
 and Aliitub begat Za,dok, and Zadok 
 begat Ahimaaz; and Ahimaaz begat 
 Azariah, and Azariah begat Johanan ; 
 and Johanan begat Azariah, (he it is 
 that executed the priest's office in the 
 house that Solomon built in Jerusa- 
 lem :) and Azariah begat Amariah, and 
 Amariah begat Aliitub ; and Ahitub be- 
 gat Zadok, and Zadok begat ^ ShaUum ; 
 and ShaUum begat Hilkiah, and Hilkiah 
 begat Azariah ; and Azariah begat Sera- 
 iah, and Seraiah begat Jehozadak ; and 
 Jehozadak went into captivity, when 
 the Lord carried away Judah and Jeru- 
 salem by the hand of Nebuchadnezzar. 
 
 The sons of Levi; ^Gershom, Kohath, 
 and Merari. And these be the names 
 of the sons of Gershom; Libni and 
 Shunei. And the sons of Kohath were 
 Amram, and Izhar, and Hebron, and 
 Uzziel. Tlie sons of Merari ; Mahli and 
 Mushi. And these are the families of 
 the Levites according to their fathers' 
 houses. Of Gershom; Libni his son, Ja- 
 hath his son, Zimmahhis son ; ^Joah his 
 son, ^Iddo his son, Zerah his son, *> Jea- 
 therai his son. The sons of Kohath; 
 'Amminadab his son, Korah his son, 
 Assir liis son ; Elkanah his son, and Ebi- 
 asaph his son, and Assir his son ; Tahath 
 his son, "^ Uriel his son, Uzziah his son, 
 and Shaul his son. And the sons of El- 
 kanah; Amasai, and Ahimoth. As for 
 Elkanah : the sons of Elkanah ; ^ Zophai 
 his son, and lONahathliis son; HEliab 
 his son, Jeroham his son, Elkanah liis 
 son. And the sons of Samuel ; tlie first- 
 born I'VoeZ, and the second Abiah. The 
 sons of Merari; MahH, Libni his son, 
 Sliimei his son, Uzzah his son ; Shimea 
 his son, Haggiah his son, Asaiali his son. 
 
 And these are they whom David set 
 over the service of song in the house 
 of tlie Lord, after that the ark had 
 rest. And they ministered with song 
 
 before the tabernacle of the tent of 
 meeting, until Solomon had built the 
 house of the Lord in Jerusalem : and 
 they 13 waited on their oiSce according 
 
 33 to their order. And these are they 
 that i-* waited, and then* sons. Of the 
 sons of the Kohatliites: Heman the 
 singer, the son of Joel, the son of 
 
 34 Samuel ; the son of Elkanah, the son of 
 Jeroham, the son of Eliel, the son of 
 
 35 1^ Toah ; the sou of ^^ Zuph, the son of 
 Elkanah, the son of Mahath, the son 
 
 36 of Amasai ; the son of Elkanah, the son 
 of ifi Joel, the son of Azariah, the son of 
 
 37 Zephaniah ; the son of Tahath, the son 
 of Assir, the sou of Ebiasajih, the son 
 
 38 of Korah ; the son of Izhar, the son of 
 Kohath, the son of Levi, the son of 
 
 39 Israel. And his brother Asaph, who 
 stood on his right hand, even Asaph the 
 son of Berechiah, the son of Shimea; 
 
 40 the son of Michael, the son of Baaseiah, 
 
 41 the son of Malchijah; the son of Ethni, 
 
 42 the son of Zerah, the son of Adaiah ; the 
 son of Ethan, the son of Zimmali, the 
 
 43 son of Shiniei ; the son of Jahath, the 
 
 44 son of Gershom, the son of Levi. And 
 on the left hand their brethren the sons 
 of Merari : i'' Ethan the son of I'^Kishi, 
 the son of Abdi, the son of MaUuch; 
 
 45 the son of Hashabiah, the son of Ain- 
 
 46 aziah, the son of Hilkiah ; the son of 
 Amzi, the son of Bani, the son of 
 
 47 Shemer ; the son of Mahli, the son of 
 Mushi, the son of Merari, the son of 
 
 48 Levi. And their brethren the Levites 
 were i^ appointed for all the service of 
 the tabernacle of the house of God. 
 
 49 But Aaron and his sons 20 offered up- 
 on the altar of burnt offering, and upon 
 the altar of incense, for all the work 
 of the most holy j)lace, and to make 
 atonement for Israel, according to all 
 that Moses the servant of God had 
 
 50 commanded. And these are the sons of 
 Aaron ; Eleazar his sou, Phinehas his 
 
 51 son, Abishua his son; Bukki his son, 
 
 52 Uzzi his son, Zerahiah his son; Meraioth 
 his son, Amariah his son, Aliitub his 
 
 53 son ; Zadok his son, Ahimaaz his son. 
 
 54 Now these are then* dwelling places 
 according to their encampments in 
 their borders: to the sons of Aaron, 
 of the families of the Kohatliites, for 
 
 55 theirs was the '^^ first lot, to them they 
 gave Hebron in the land of Judah, 
 and the suburbs thereof round about 
 
 56 it; but the fields of the city, and the 
 villages thereof, they gave to Caleb the 
 
 57 son of Jephunneh. And '-'-to the sons 
 of Aaron they gave the cities of refuge, 
 Hebron ; Libnah also with her subm'bs, 
 and Jattir, and Eshteiiioa with her 
 
 58 suburbs ; and '-^Hilen with her suburbs, 
 59Debir with her suburbs; and ^^Ashan 
 
 with her suburbs, and Beth-shemesh 
 
 60 with her suburbs : and out of the tribe 
 
 of Benjamin ; Geba with her suburbs, 
 
 and 23^iemeth with her suburbs,
 
 7. 19. 
 
 I. CHRONICLES. 
 
 313 
 
 1 But see 
 vv. tiU— 70 
 mill 
 Jush. 
 xxi. 5. 
 
 2 See 
 Josh. xxi. 
 
 where 
 some of 
 the 
 names 
 are dif- 
 ferent. 
 
 and Auathotli with her Kubiirlis. All 
 their cities tlu'ougliout their families 
 
 61 were thirteeu cities. lAiid unto the 
 rest of the sons of Koliath mere given 
 by lot, out of the family of the tribe, 
 out of the half tribe, the half of Ma- 
 
 62 nasseh, ten cities. And to the sons of 
 Gershoni, according to their families, 
 out of the tribe of Issachar, and out of 
 the tribe of Asher, and out of the tribe 
 of Naphtali, and out of the tribe of 
 Manasseh in Bashan, thirteen cities. 
 
 63 Unto the sons of Merari irere given by 
 lot, accorduig to their families, out of 
 the tribe of Keuben, and out of the 
 tribe of Gad, and out of the tribe of 
 
 64. Zebulun, twelve cities. And the child- 
 ren of Israel gave to the Levites the 
 
 65 cities with their suburbs. And they gave 
 by lot out of the tribe of the children 
 of Judah, and out of the tribe of the 
 children of Simeon, and out of the tribe 
 of the children of Benjamin, these 
 cities which are mentioned by name. 
 
 66 And some of the families of the sons 
 of Kohath had cities of their borders 
 
 67 out of the tribe of Ephi'aim. And they 
 gave mito them the cities of refuge, 
 Shechem in the hill country of Ephraim 
 Avith her suburbs ; Gezer also with her 
 
 68 suburbs; 2 and Jokmeam with her sub- 
 urbs, and Beth-horon with her sub- 
 
 69urbs; and Aijalon with her subiu'bs, 
 and Gath-rimmou with her suburbs: 
 
 70 and out of the half tribe of Manasseh ; 
 Aner with her suburbs, and Bileam 
 with her subm-bs, for the rest of the 
 
 71 family of the sons of Kohath. Unto 
 the sons of Gershom vjere given, out of 
 the family of the half tribe of Manas- 
 seh, Golan in Bashan with her sub- 
 urbs, and Ashtaroth with her suburbs : 
 
 72 and out of the tribe of Issachar; 
 
 Kedesh with her subm-bs, Daberath 
 73 with her suburbs; and Eamoth with 
 
 her subiu'bs, and Aiiem ivith her sub- 
 74urbs: and out of the tribe of Asher; 
 
 Mashal with her suburbs, and Abdou 
 
 75 with her suburbs ; and Hukok with her 
 suburbs, and Eehob with her sub- 
 
 76 urbs : and out of the tribe of Naphtali ; 
 Kedesh in Galilee with her subm-bs, 
 and Hammou with her suburbs, and 
 
 77 Kiriathaim ^vith her suburbs. Unto the 
 rest of the Levites, the sons of Merari, 
 were given, out of the tribe of Zebulun, 
 Eimmono with her suburbs, Tabor 
 
 78 with her suburbs: and beyond the 
 Jordan at Jericho, on the east side of 
 Jordan, were given them, out of the 
 tribe of Reuben, Bezer in the wilder- 
 ness with her suburbs, and Jahzah 
 
 79 with her subm-bs, and Kedemoth with 
 her suburbs, and Mephaath with her 
 
 80 suburbs : and out of the tribe of Gad ; 
 Eamoth in Gilead with her suburbs, 
 
 81 and Mahanaim with her subm-bs, and 
 Heshbon with her suburbs, and Jazer 
 with her suburbs. 
 
 Y And of the sons of Issachar; Tola, 
 and ''Puah, Jashub, and Shinu-on, four. 
 
 2 And the sons of Tola ; Uzzi, and Ee- 
 pliaiah, and Jeriel, and Jahmai, and 
 Ibsam, and Shemuel, heads of their 
 fathers' houses, to wit, of Tola ; mighty 
 men of valour in their generations: 
 their number in the days of David 
 was two and twenty thousand and six 
 
 3 hundred. And the sons of Uzzi; Iz- 
 raliiah: and the sons of Izrahiah; 
 Michael, and Obadiah, and Joel, Is- 
 
 4 shiah, five : all of them chief men. And 
 with them, by their generations, after 
 their fathers' houses, were bands of 
 the host for war, six and thu-ty thou- 
 sand: for they had many AAives and 
 
 5 sons. And their brethren among all 
 the families of Issachar, mighty men 
 of valour, reckoned in all by genealogy, 
 were fourscore and seven thousand. 
 
 6 The sons of Benjamin ; Bela, and Be- 
 
 7 cher, and Jediael, three. And the sons 
 of Bela ; Ezbon, and Uzzi, and Uzziel, 
 and Jerimoth, and Iri, five ; heads of 
 fathers' houses, mighty men of valour ; 
 and they were reckoned by genealogy 
 twenty and two thousand and thirty 
 
 8 and fom-. And the sons of Becher; 
 Zemii-ah, and Joash, and Eliezer, and 
 Elioenai, and Omri, and Jeremoth, and 
 Abijah, and Anathoth, and Alemeth. 
 
 9 All these were the sons of Becher. And 
 they were reckoned by genealogy, after 
 their generations, heads of then- fa- 
 thers' houses, mighty men of valour, 
 twenty thousand and two hundred. 
 
 10 Arid the sons of Jediael; Bilhan: 
 and the sons of Bilhan; Jeush, and 
 Benjamin, and Ehud, and Chenaanah, 
 and Zethan, and Tarshish, and Ahi- 
 
 11 shahar. All these were sons of Jediael, 
 according to the heads of then- fathers' 
 Tioxises, mighty men of valour, seven- 
 teen thotisand and two himdred, that 
 were able to go forth in the host for 
 
 12 war. * Shuppim also, and Huppim, the 
 sons of ^Ir, Hushim, the sons of "Alier. 
 
 13 The sons of Naphtali ; ■? Jahziel, and 
 Guni, and Jezer, and sghallum, the 
 sons of Bilhah. 
 
 14 The sons of Manasseh ; Asriel, ^ whom 
 his wife bare : (his concubine the Aram- 
 itess bare Machir the father of Gilead : 
 
 15 and Machir took a ■nafe lOof Huppim and 
 Shupiiim, 11 whose sister's name was 
 Maacah ;) and the name of the second 
 was Zelophehad : and Zelophehad had 
 
 16 daughters. And Maacah the vAie of Ma- 
 chir bare a son, and she called his name 
 Peresh ; and the name of his brother 
 was Sheresh ; and his sous were Ulam 
 
 17 and Eakem. And the sons of Ulam ; 
 Bedan. These were the sons of Gilead 
 the son of Machir, the son of Manasseh. 
 
 18 And his sister Hammolecheth bare Ish- 
 
 19 hod, and 12 Abiezer, and Mahlah. And 
 the sons of Shemida were Aliian, and 
 Shechem, and Likhi, and Aniam. 
 
 3 In Oen. 
 xhi. l.i, 
 fin^ili. 
 and I'jO. 
 
 iln 
 
 Num. 
 xxvi. 39, 
 lihephu- 
 pham 
 and J/ii- 
 pham. 
 
 •'> In ver. 
 7, Iri. 
 6 In 
 Num. 
 xxvi. 3S. 
 Ahiram, 
 ~ In Gen. 
 xivi. 24. 
 Jahzeel. 
 8 In Gen. 
 xlvi. 24, 
 Sfiinem. 
 
 Or, ac- 
 cording 
 to tlie 
 Sept., 
 
 his con- 
 cubine 
 the A- 
 ramitcss 
 bare; she 
 bare (tc. 
 10 Or, fur 
 
 nor, 
 
 and his 
 
 12 In 
 Num. 
 xxvi. ;!0, 
 fezer.
 
 314 
 
 I. CHRONICLES. 
 
 7. 20. 
 
 iHeb. 
 Noa. 
 
 2Heb. 
 
 daugh- 
 ters. 
 
 3 In Josh, 
 xvi. 7. 
 yatirah. 
 
 i Many 
 MSS. 
 read. 
 Am/ah. 
 
 ■■^ In ver. 
 :M, ,S7((,- 
 mer. 
 
 6 In ver. 
 32, Hhu- 
 mer, 
 
 THeb. 
 son. 
 
 s See ch. 
 vii. 12. 
 
 9 In Gen. 
 xlvi. 21. 
 Ard. 
 
 10 In 
 Num. 
 xxvi. W, 
 SShepha- 
 
 20 And the sons of Eiiliraim ; Shutlielah, 
 and Bered liis son, and Tabatli his 
 son, and Eleadah his son, and Tahath 
 
 "21 liis sou, and Zabad his son, and Shu- 
 thelah his son, and Ezer, and Elead, 
 whom the men of Gath that were born 
 in the land slew, because tliey came 9 
 
 22 down to take away their cattle. And 
 Epliraini their father mourned many 10 
 days, and his brethren came to com- 
 
 23 fort hiin. And he went in to his 11 
 wife, and she conceived, and bare a 
 son, and he called his name Beriali, 12 
 because it went evil with his house. 
 
 2-4 And his daughter was Sheerah, who 13 
 built Beth-boron the nether and the up- 
 
 25 per, and Uzzen-sheerah. And Eephah 
 was his son, and Kesheph, and Telah 
 
 26 his son, and Tahan his son; Ladan 14 
 his son, Amniihud his son, Elisha- 15 
 
 27 ma his son ; i Niui his son, Joshua his 16 
 
 28 son. And then- possessions and habit- 17 
 ations were Beth-el and the ^ towns 
 thereof, and eastward ^Naaran, and 18 
 westward Gezer, with the towns there- 19 
 of ; Shechem also and the to'nTis there- 20 
 of, unto ''Azzah and the towns thereof: 21 
 
 29 and by the liorders of the children of 
 Manasseh, Beth-shean and her towns, 22 
 Taanach and her towns, Megiddo and 23 
 her towns. Dor and her towns. In 24 
 these dwelt the children of Joseph the 25 
 son of Israel. 26 
 
 30 The sons of Asher ; Imnah, and Ish- 
 vah, and Ishvi, and Beriah, and Serah 27 
 
 31 their sister. And the sons of Beriah; 28 
 Helier, and Malchiel, who was the 
 
 32 father of Birzaith. And Heber begat 
 Japhlet, and sgboiner, and Hotham, 29 
 
 33 and Shua their sister. And the sons of 
 Japldet ; Pasach, and Bimhal, and Ash- 30 
 vath. These are the children of Jajih- 
 
 34 let. And the sons of 6 Shemer ; Alii, 31 
 and Eohgah, Jehiibbah, and Aram. 32 
 
 35 And tlie ' sons of Helem his brother ; 
 Zoiihah, and Imna, and Shelesh, and 
 
 36 Anial. The sons of Zophali ; Suah, 
 and Harnepher, and Shual, and Beri, 
 
 37 and Inirah ; Bezer, and Hod, and Sliam- 
 nia, and Shilshah, and Ithraii, and 34 
 
 38 Beera. And the sons of Jether ; Jepliun- 
 
 39 neh, and Pispa, and Ara. And the sons 35 
 of UUa ; Arah, and Hanniel, and Eizia. 
 
 40 All these were the children of Asher, 36 
 heads of the fathers' houses, choice 
 and mighty men of valour, chief of 
 the princes. And the number of them 37 
 reckoned by genealogy for service in 
 war was twenty and six thousand men. 38 
 
 8 And Benjamin begat Bela his first- 
 born, Ashbel the second, and ^Aharah 
 
 2 the tliird ; Nohah the fom-th, and Kapha 
 
 3 the fifth. And Bela had sons, '-"Addar, 39 
 
 4 and Gera, and Abihud; and Abishua, 
 
 5 and Naamaii, and Ahoah ; and Gera, 40 
 
 6 and i" Sheiihuphan, and Huram. And 
 these are the sons of Ehud : these are 
 the lieads of fathers' houses of the in- 
 haliitants of Geba, and they carried 
 
 them captive to Manahath : and Naa- 
 nian, and Ahijah, and Gera, he car- 
 ried them captive ; and he begat Uzza 
 and AhUiud. And Shaharaim begat 
 children in the field of Moab, after he 
 had 11 sent them away; Hushim and 
 Baara were his wives. And he begat 
 of Hodesh his wife, Jobab, and Zibia, 
 and Mesha, and Malcam ; and Jeuz, and 
 Shachia, and Mu-mah. These were his 
 sons, heads of fathers' Jtouses. And of 
 Hushim he begat Abitub and Elfiaal. 
 And the sons of Elpaal; Eber, and 
 Misham, and Sliemed, who built Oiio 
 and Lod, with the towns thereof : and 
 Beriah, and Sliema, who were heads 
 of fathers' houses of the inhabitants 
 of Aijalon, who jiut to flight the inhab- 
 itants of Gath ; and Aliio, Bhashak, 
 and Jeremoth ; and Zebadiah, and Arad, 
 and Eder; and Michael, and Ishpah, 
 and Joha, the sons of Beriah ; and 
 Zebadiah, and MeshuUam, and Hizki, 
 and Heber; and Islunerai, and Izliah, 
 and Jobab, the sons of Elpaal; and 
 Jakim, and Zichri, and Zabdi; and 
 Elienai, and Zillethai, and Eliel; and 
 Adaiah, and Beraiah, and Shmirath, 
 the sons of 12 Shiniei ; and Islipan, and 
 Eber, and Eliel ; and Abdon, and Zichri, 
 and Hanaii ; and Hananiah, and Elarn, 
 and Anthothijah; and Iphdeiah, and 
 Penuel, the sons of Shashak ; and 
 Shamsherai, and Shehariah, and Ath- 
 aliali; and Jaareshiah, and Elijah, and 
 Zicliri, the sons of Jeroham. These 
 were heads of fathers' hou.ses througli- 
 out their generations, chief men : these 
 dwelt in Jerusalem. And in Gibeoii 
 there dwelt the father of Gibeon , ^^Jeie I, 
 whose wife's name was Maacah: and 
 his firstborn son Abdon, and Zur, and 
 Kish, and Baal, and Nadab ; and Gedor, 
 and Ahio, and i'* Zecher. And Mikloth 
 begat 15 Shimeah. And they also dwelt 
 with tlieir brethren in Jerusalem, over 
 against their brethren. And Ner begat 
 Kish ; and Kish begat Saul ; and Saul 
 begat Jonathan, and Malchi-sliua, and 
 it'Abinadab, and I'Eshbaal. And the 
 son of Jonathan was 1** Merib-baal ; 
 and Merib-baal l)egat Micah. And the 
 sons of Micah ; Pithon, and Melech, and 
 li'Tarea, and Ahaz. And Ahaz begat 
 20Jehoaddah; and Jehoaddah begat A- 
 lemeth, and Azmaveth, and Zimri ; and 
 Ziim'i begat Moza : and Moza begat Bin- 
 ea ; ^lEaphah was his son, Eleasah his 
 son, Azel his son: and Azel had six sons, 
 whose names are these ; Azrikam, Bo- 
 cheru, and Ishmael, and Sheariah, and 
 Obadiah, and Hanan. AU these were 
 the sons of Azel. And the sons of Eshek 
 his l)rother ; Ulam his fii-stborn, Jeush 
 tlie second, and Elijihelet the thu-d. And 
 the sons of Ulam were mighty men of 
 valour, archers, and had many sons, 
 and sons' sons, an hundred and fifty. 
 All these were of the sons of Benjamin.
 
 9. 43. 
 
 I. CHRONICLES. 
 
 315 
 
 'See 
 Nell. 
 xi. 3, fn- 
 
 2 In Nch. 
 xi. 11, 
 iScraiah. 
 
 3InNi>li. 
 xi. 17, 
 Zahdi. 
 
 i In Neh. 
 xi. 17. 
 Abda. 
 
 5 In Neh. 
 
 17, 
 S'tam- 
 rmw.. 
 
 c Hell. 
 thresh- 
 olds. 
 
 ' Heb. 
 Tent. 
 
 9 So all Israel were reckoned by geiie- 
 alof,'ies ; and, behold, tliey are written 
 in the book of the kings of Israel : and 
 Judali was carried away captive to 
 
 2 Babj'lon for their transgression, i Now 
 the first inhabitants tliat dwelt in their 
 possessions in their cities were, Israel, 
 the priests, the Levites, and the Neth- 
 
 H inini. And in Jerusalem dwelt of the 
 children of Judah, and of the child- 
 ren of Benjamin, and of the children 
 
 4 of Eplu-aini and Manasseh ; Uthai the 
 son of Ammihud, the son of Oiiii'i, the 
 sou of Imri, the son of Bani, of the 
 childi-en of Pei'cz the son of Judah. 
 
 5 And of the Shilonites ; Asaiah the fii'st- 
 G born, and his sons. Ajid of the sons of 
 
 Zerah ; Jeuel, and theu- brethren, six 
 
 7 hundred and ninety. And of the sons 
 of Benjamin ; Sallu the son of Meshul- 
 1am, the son of Hodaviah, the son of 
 
 8 Hassenuah ; and Ibneiah the sou of Je- 
 roham, and Elah the son of Uzzi, the 
 son of Michri, and MeshuUam the son 
 of Shephatiah, the son of Keuel, the son 
 
 9 of Ibnijah ; and their brethren, accord- 
 ing to theu- generations, nine himdred 
 and fifty and six. AU these men were 
 heads of fathers' houses by their fathers' 
 houses. 
 
 10 Aiid of the priests ; Jedaiah, and Je- 
 ll hoiarih, Jachin ; and '■^Azariah the son of 
 Hilldab, the sou of Meshullam, the sou 
 of Zadok, the son of Meraioth, the son of 
 Aliitub, the ruler of the house of God ; 
 
 12 and Adaiah the son of Jeroham, the son 
 of Pashhur, the son of Malchijah, and 
 Maasai the son of Adiel, the son of Jah- 
 zerah, the son of Meshullam, the sou of 
 
 13 MeshUlemith, the son of Immer; and 
 their bretlu-en, heads of their fathers' 
 houses, a thousand and seven hundred 
 and thi-eescore ; very able men for the 
 work of the service of the house of God. 
 
 1-1 And of the Levites ; Shemaiah the son 
 of Hasshub, the son of Azrikam, the 
 sou of Hashabiah, of the sons of Merari ; 
 
 15 and Bakbakkar, Heresh, and Galal, and 
 Mattaniah the son of Mica, the son of 
 
 IG -^Zichri, the son of Asaph ; and ^Obadiah 
 the son of ^ Shemaiah, the son of Galal, 
 the son of Jeduthuu, and Berechiah 
 the son of Asa, the sou of Elkauah, that 
 dwelt in the villages of the Netoi^hath- 
 
 17ites. And the porters; Shallmn, and 
 Akkub, and Talmon, and Ahiman, and 
 their bretlu-en : Shallum was the chief ; 
 
 18 who hitherto waited in the king's gate 
 eastward: they were the porters for 
 
 19 the camp of the childi-en of Levi. And 
 Shallum the sou of Kore, the son of 
 Ebiasaph, the son of Korah, and his 
 brethren, of his father's house, the 
 Korahites, were over the work of the 
 service, keepers of the Agates of the 
 ■'tabernacle: and theii- fathers had 
 been over the camp of the Lord, keep- 
 
 20 ers of the entry ; and Phinehas the son 
 of Eleazar was ruler over them in time 
 
 past, ai/fl the Lord was with him. 
 
 21 Zechariah the son of Meshelemiah was 
 liorter of the door of the tent of meet- 
 
 22 ing. All these which were chosen to 
 be porters in the "gates were two hund- 
 red and twelve. These were reckoned 
 by genealogy in their villages, wh(mi 
 David and Samuel the seer did ordain 
 
 23 in tlieir "set otlice. So they and theh- 
 childreu had the oversight of the gates 
 of the house of the Lord, even the 
 house of the ^ tabernacle, by wards. 
 
 24 '-'On the four sides were the porters, 
 toward the east, west, north, and south. 
 
 25 And their brethren, in theii- villages, 
 were to come in every seven days from 
 
 2G time to time to be with them : for the 
 four chief porters, who were Levites, 
 were in a set office, and were over the 
 chambers and over the treasuries in the 
 
 27 house of God. And they lodged round 
 about the house of God, because the 
 charge thereof was u^ion them, and to 
 them pertained the opening thereof 
 
 28 moruing by morning. And certain of 
 them had charge of the vessels of serv- 
 ice ; for by tale were they brought in 
 
 29 and by tale were they taken out. Some 
 of them also were appointed over the 
 furnitm-e, and over all the vessels of 
 the sanctuary, and over the fine flour, 
 and the wiue, and the oil, and the 
 
 30 f raukincense, and the spices. Aud 
 some of the sous of the iiriests pre- 
 
 31 pared the confection of the spices. Aud 
 Mattithiah, one of the Levites, who was 
 the firstborn of Shallum the Korahite, 
 had the set office over the things that 
 
 32 were baked in pans. And some of their 
 brethi'en, of the sons of the Kohathites, 
 were over the shewbread, to prej)are it 
 
 83 every sabbath. And these are the sing- 
 ers, heads of fathers' houses of the Le- 
 vites, who dwelt in the chambers and 
 were ireefrom other service: for they 
 were employed in their work day aud 
 
 34 night. These were heads of fathers' 
 houses of the Levites, thi-oughout tlieir 
 generations, chief men : these dwelt at 
 Jerusalem. 
 
 35 And in Gibeon there dwelt the father 
 of Gibeou, Jeiel, whose wife's name was 
 
 3G Maacah : and his firstborn son Abdon, 
 aud Zur, and Kisli, aud Baal, and Ner, 
 
 37 aud Nadab ; and Gedor, and Aliio, and 
 
 38 Zechariah, aud Mikloth. Aud Mikloth 
 begat Shimeam. Aud they also dwelt 
 with their brethren in Jerusalem, over 
 
 39 against their bretlu-en. Aud Ner begat 
 Kish ; aud Kish begat Saul ; and Saul 
 begat Jonathan, aud Malchi-shua, and 
 
 40 Abinadab, and Eshbaal. And the sou of 
 Jonathan was Merib-baal ; aud Merib- 
 
 41 baal begat Micah. And the sons of Mi- 
 cab ; Pithou, and Melech, and Tahrea, 
 
 4'2^'^a7idAhaz. And Ahaz begat Jarah ; aud 
 Jarah begat Alemeth, and Azmaveth, 
 
 43 and Zimri ; and Zimri begat Moza : and 
 Moza begat Binea; aud Kephaiah his 
 
 «0r, 
 trutft 
 
 « Hob. 
 Toirardx 
 the/tiur 
 winds. 
 
 Id ,Scp rh. 
 viii. '■>).
 
 316 
 
 I. CHRONICLES. 
 
 9. 43. 
 
 iSee 
 
 1 Sam. 
 xxxi. 1, 
 
 &c. 
 
 2 Or, 
 wound- 
 ed 
 
 3 III 
 
 1 Sam. 
 xiv. 49, 
 Jiihvi. 
 
 4 Or, 
 
 make a 
 Viock of 
 ine 
 
 sOr, 
 tere- 
 binth 
 
 6 Or, in 
 
 7 See 
 2 Sam. 
 V. 1, i-c. 
 
 8 Or, 
 leader 
 
 son, Eleasah his son, Azel his son: 
 44 and Azel hatl six sons, whose names 
 are these ; Azrikam, Bocheru, and Ish- 
 mael, and Sheariah, and Obadiah, and 
 Hanan : these were the sons of Azel. 
 10 iNow the Philistines fought against 
 Israel: and the men of Israel fled 
 from before the Philistines, and fell 
 
 2 down 2 slain in mount Gilboa. And the 
 Philistines followed hard after Saul 
 and after his sons ; and the Phihstines 
 slew Jonathan, and ^Abinadab, and 
 
 3 Malchi-shua, the sons of Saul. And 
 the battle went sore against Saul, and 
 the archers overtook him ; and he was 
 distressed by reason of the archers. 
 
 4 Then said Saul unto his armourbearer, 
 Draw thy sword, and thrust me tlrrough 
 therewith; lest these uncircumcised 
 come and ■* abuse me. But his armour- 
 bearer would not ; for he was sore a- 
 fraid. Therefore Saul took his sword, 
 
 5 and feU upon it. And when his armour- 
 bearer saw that Saul was dead, he 
 likewise fell upon his sword, and died. 
 
 6 So Saul died, and his three sons ; and 
 
 7 all his house died together. And when 
 all the men of Israel that were in the 
 valley saw that they fled, and that 
 Saul and his sons were dead, they 
 forsook their cities, and fled ; and the 
 Philistmes came and dwelt in them. 
 
 8 And it came to pass on the morrow, 
 when the Philistines came to strip 
 the slain, that they found Satd and 
 
 9 his sons fallen in mount Gilboa. And 
 they stripped him, and took his head, 
 and his armour, and sent into the 
 land of the Philistines round about, 
 to carry the tidmgs unto theu" idols, 
 
 10 and to the people. And they i^ut his 
 armour in the house of their gods, 
 and fastened his head in the house of 
 
 llDagon. And when aU Jabesh-gilead 
 heard aU that the Philistines had done 
 
 12 to Saul, all the valiant men arose, and 
 took away the body of Saul, and the 
 bodies of his sons, and brought them 
 to Jabesh, and bm-ied theu" bones 
 under the ^oak in Jabesh, and fasted 
 
 13 seven days. So Saul died "for his 
 tresjiass which he committed against 
 the Lord, because of the word of the 
 Lord, which he kept not; and also 
 for that he asked counsel of one that 
 had a familiar spirit, to inquire fhere- 
 
 lihi/, and inquu-ed not of the Lord: 
 therefore he slew him, and tm-ned 
 the kingdom unto David the son of 
 Jesse. 
 
 11 ■? Then all Israel gathered themselves 
 to David mito Hebron, saying, Behold, 
 
 2 we are thy bone and thy flesh. In times 
 past, even when Saul was king, it was 
 thou that leddest out and broughtest 
 in Israel: and the Lord thy God 
 said unto thee. Thou shalt feed my 
 people Israel, and thou shalt be ^i^rince 
 
 3 over my people Israel. So all the 
 
 elders of Israel came to the king to 
 Hebron ; and David made a covenant 
 with them in Hebron before the Lord ; 
 and they anointed David king over 
 Israel, according to the word of the 
 
 4 Lord by the hand of Samuel. And 
 David and aU Israel went to Jeru- 
 salem (the same is Jebus) ; and the 
 Jebusites, the inhabitants of the land, 
 
 5 were there. And the inhabitants of 
 Jebus said to David, Thou shalt not 
 come in hither. Nevertheless David 
 took the strong hold of Zion ; the same 
 
 6 is the city of David. And David said, 
 Whosoever smiteth the Jebusites fii-st 
 shaU be chief and captam. And Joab 
 the son of Zeruiah went up first, and 
 
 7 was made chief. And David dwelt in 
 the strong hold ; therefore they called 
 
 8 it the city of David. And he built the 
 city round about, from Millo even 
 roundabout: and Joab ^rejiaired the 
 
 9 rest of the citj'. And David waxed 
 greater and greater ; for the Lord of 
 hosts was with him. 
 
 10 10 Now these are the chief of the 
 mighty men whom David had, who 
 I-' shewed themselves strong mth him 
 in his kingdom, together with all Israel, 
 to make him king, accordmg to the 
 word of the Lord concernmg Israel. 
 
 11 And this is the number of the mighty 
 men whom David had : Jashobeam, the 
 son of a Hachmonite, the chief of the 
 12 thirty ; he lifted up his spear against 
 three hundred i^ and slew them at one 
 
 12 time. And after him was Eleazar the 
 son of Dodo, the Ahohite, who was one 
 
 13 of the thi-ee mighty men. He was with 
 David at i^ Pas-dammim, and there the 
 Philistines were gathered together to 
 battle, where was a iilot of ground full 
 of barley ; and the people fled from be- 
 
 14 fore the Philistines. And they stood 
 in the midst of the plot, and defended 
 it, and slew the Philistines; and the 
 Lord saved them by a gi-eat i5 victory. 
 
 15 And three of the thirty chief went down 
 to the rock to David, into the cave of 
 Adullam; and the host of the Phil- 
 istines were encamped in the valley of 
 
 16Eephaim. And David was then in the 
 hold, and the garrison of the Philistines 
 
 17 was then in Beth-lehem. And David 
 longed, and said. Oh that one woidd 
 give me water to drink of the well of 
 
 18 Beth-lehem, which is by the gate ! And 
 the tlu-ee brake through the host of 
 the Philistines, and drew water out 
 of the vi'ell of Beth-lehem, that was 
 by the gate, and took it, and brought it 
 to David : but David would not drink 
 thereof, but poured it out unto the 
 
 19 Lord, and said. My God forbid it me, 
 that I should do this : shall I drink the 
 blood of these men I'^that have put 
 their lives in jeopardy? for Tvith the 
 jeopanh/ of their lives they brought it. 
 Therefore he would not drink it. These
 
 12. 20. 
 
 I. CHRONICLES. 
 
 317 
 
 1 Hi'li. 
 
 AOshdL 
 
 2 Heb. 
 dain. 
 
 3 Or, 
 O/thii 
 three in 
 the 
 
 second 
 rank 
 he W(U 
 the most 
 honour- 
 able 
 
 ^Or, 
 council 
 
 5 In 
 
 2 Sam. 
 sxiii. 25, 
 !^hftm- 
 viah the 
 Jfarod- 
 its. 
 
 6 111 
 
 2 Sam. 
 xxiii. 2fi, 
 Paltite. 
 
 'In 
 .^Sam. 
 xxiii. 27, 
 Mrbun- 
 tlai. 
 Sin 
 2 Sam. 
 xxiii. 28, 
 Zahnon. 
 
 9 In 
 2 Sam. 
 xxiii. 29, 
 HcUb. 
 
 win 
 2 Sam. 
 xxiii. 3!i, 
 liiddai. 
 "In 
 2 Sam. 
 xxiii. 31, 
 .IM- 
 albon. 
 12 In 
 2 Sam. 
 xxiii. 32, 
 J tshen. 
 "In 
 2 Sam. 
 xxiii. 33, 
 Sharar. 
 Uln 
 2 Sam. 
 xxiii. 34, 
 EUphelet 
 the son of 
 Ahasbai. 
 15 In 
 2 Sam. 
 xxiii. 3.5, 
 Paarai 
 the 
 A rbite. 
 
 1' Heb. 
 l>eing yet 
 shut up. 
 
 20 tilings (lid the three mighty men. And 
 lAbishai, the brother of Joab, he was 
 chief of the three : for he lifted up liis 
 spear against three hundred 2 and slew 
 them, and had a name among tlie three. 
 
 21 •''Of the three, he was more honour- 
 ahle than the two, and was made tlieir 
 captain : howbeit lie attained not to the 
 
 22Jirfit three. Benaiah the son of Jehoi- 
 ada, the son of a valiant man of Kab- 
 zeel, who had done mighty deeds, he 
 slew the two sons of Ariel of Moab : he 
 went do'svTi also and slew a lion in the 
 
 23 midst of a pit in time of snow. And 
 he slew an Egyjitian, a man of gi'eat 
 stature, five cubits high; and in tll^ 
 Egj^itian's hand was a s^jear like a 
 weaver's beam ; and he went down to 
 lihn with a staff, and plucked the spear 
 out of the Egyptian's hand, and slew 
 
 24 him with his own spear. These things 
 did Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, and 
 had a name among the three mighty 
 
 25 men. Behold, he was more honourable 
 than the thirtj% but he attained not to 
 the ^first three: and David set him over 
 his •* guard. 
 
 26 Also the mighty men of the armies; 
 Asahel the brother of Joab, Ellianan 
 
 27 the son of Dodo of Beth-lehem ; ^ Sham- 
 moth the Harorite, Helez the cPelonite ; 
 
 28 Ira the son of Ilvkesh the Tekoite, Abi- 
 
 29 ezer the Anathothite ; ^ Sibbecai the 
 
 30 Hushathite, "^Ilai the AJiohite ; Maharai 
 the Netophathite, ^Heled the son of 
 
 31 Baanah the Netophathite ; Ithai the 
 son of Eibai of Gibeali of the children 
 of Benjamin, Benaiah the Pirathon- 
 
 32ite; lOHurai of the brooks of Gaash, 
 33iiAbiel the Arbathite; Azmaveth the 
 
 Baharumite, Eliahba the Shaallioii- 
 34ite; the sons of i^jjashem the Gizon- 
 
 ite, Jonathan the son of Shage the 
 
 35 Hararite ; Ahiam the son of i^ Sacar 
 the Hararite, i^Eliphal the son of 
 
 36 Ur ; Heplier the Mecherathite, Ahijali 
 
 37 the Pelonite ; Hezro the CaiTuelite, 
 38 15 Naarai the son of Ezbai ; Joel the 
 
 brother of Nathan, Mibhar the son of 
 
 39Hagri; Zelek the Ammonite, Naharai 
 
 the Berothite, the armourbearer of Jo- 
 
 40 ab the son of Zeruiah ; Ii'a the Ithrite, 
 
 41 Gareb the Ithrite ; Uriah the Hittite, 
 
 42 Zabad the son of Ahlai ; Adina the son 
 of Shiza the Eeubenite, a chief of the 
 
 43 Eeubenites, and thu-ty with him ; Ha- 
 naii the son of Maacah, and Joshaphat 
 
 44 the Mitluiite; Uzzia the Ashterathite, 
 Shama and Jeiel the sons of Hotham 
 
 45 the Aroerite ; Jediael the son of Shimri, 
 46and Joha his brother, the Tizite; Eliel 
 
 the Mahavite, and Jeribai, and Joshav- 
 iah, the sons of Elnaam, and Ithmah 
 
 47 the Moabite ; Eliel, and Obed, and 
 Jaasiel the Mezobaite. 
 
 12 Now these are they that came to David 
 to Ziklag, 16 while he yet kept liunseK 
 close because of Saul the son of Kish : 
 and they were among the mighty men, 
 
 2 his holi)ers in war. They i^werc armed 
 with bows, and could use both the light 
 hand and the left in slinging stones and 
 in shooting arrows from the bow ; they 
 were of Saul's brethren of Benjamin. 
 
 3 The chief was Aliiezer, then Joash, the 
 sons of Shemaali tlie Gibeathite ; and 
 Jeziel, and Pelet, the sons of Azma- 
 veth ; and Beracah, and Jehu the Aiia- 
 
 4thotliite; and Ishmaiah the Gi])eonite, 
 a mighty man among the thirty, and 
 over the thirty; and Jeremiah, and 
 Jahaziel, and Johanan, and Jozabad 
 
 5 the Gederathite ; Eluzai, and Jerimoth, 
 and Bealiah, and Shemariah, and She- 
 
 6phatiah the Harupliite; Elkanah, and 
 Isshiah, and Azarel, and Joezer, and 
 
 7 Jashobeam, the Koraliites ; and Joelah, 
 and ZebacUah, the sons of Jeroham 
 
 8 of Gedor. And of the Gadites there 
 seiiarated themselves luito David to 
 the hold in the wilderness, mighty 
 men of valoui", men trained for war, 
 that could handle shield and spear; 
 whose faces were like the faces of 
 lions, and they were as swift as the 
 
 9 roes upon the mountains; Ezer the 
 
 chief, Obadiali the second, Eliab the 
 
 10 third ; Mislimannah the fourth, Jerem- 
 
 lliah the fifth; Attai the sixth, Eliel the 
 
 12 seventh ; Johanan the eighth, Elzabad 
 
 13 the ninth ; Jeremiah the tenth, Mach- 
 
 14 bannai the eleventh. These of the sons 
 of Gad were captains of the host: he 
 that was least was i^eqnal to an hundred, 
 
 15 and the greatest is to a thousand. These 
 are they that went over Jordan in the 
 first month, when it had overflown all 
 its banks; and they put to flight all 
 them of the valleys, both toward the 
 
 16 east, and toward the west. And there 
 came of the children of Benjamin and 
 
 17Judah to the hold unto David. And 
 David went out to meet them, and an- 
 swered and said unto them, If ye be 
 come peaceably mito me to helj) me, 
 mine heart shall be knit unto you : but 
 Lf ye be come to betray me to muie ad- 
 versaries, seeing there is no is wrong in 
 mine hands, the God of oiu- fathers look 
 
 18 thereon, and rebuke it. Then the spirit 
 20 came upon Amasai, who was chief of 
 the 21 thirty, and he said, Thme are 
 we, David, and on thy side, thou son of 
 Jesse : peace, peace be unto thee, and 
 peace be to thiue heljpers ; for thy God 
 lielpeth thee. Then David received 
 them, and made them captaius of the 
 
 19 band. Of Manasseh also there fell away 
 some to David, when he came ^\ith the 
 Philistines against Saul to battle, but 
 they helped them not : for the lords of 
 the Philistines upon advisement sent 
 hun away, saying. He will fall away to 
 his master Saul to the jeopardy of our 
 
 20 heads. As he went to Ziklag, there 
 fell to him of Manasseh, Achiah, and 
 Jozabad, and Jediael, and Michael, 
 and Jozabad, and Elihu, and Zillethai, 
 
 "Or, 
 drew the 
 bow 
 
 18 Or, 
 over 
 
 inolence 
 
 2-1 Heb. 
 clothed. 
 21 An- 
 other 
 reading 
 is, capt- 
 ains.
 
 318 
 
 I. CHRONICLES. 
 
 12. 20. 
 
 
 21 
 
 iSee 
 ISam. 
 
 XXX. 1. 
 
 22 
 
 
 23 
 
 
 24 
 
 
 25 
 
 
 26 
 
 
 27 
 
 
 28 
 
 
 29 
 
 2Heb. 
 
 kept the 
 charge 
 ofthi 
 house. 
 
 30 
 
 31 
 32 
 
 33 
 
 34 
 35 
 
 36 
 
 37 
 
 38 
 
 39 
 
 40 
 
 captains of thousands that were of Ma- 
 nasseh. And they helped David against 
 1 the band of rovers : for they were all 
 mighty men of valour, and were capt- 
 auis m tlie host. For from day to day 
 there came to David to help him, until 
 it was a great host, like the host of God. 
 And these are the numbers of the heads 
 of them that were armed for war, which 
 came to David to Hebron, to tiu'n the 
 kingdom of Saul to him, according to 
 the word of the Lord. The chilclren 
 of Judah that bare shield and spear 
 were six thousand and eight hundi-ed, 
 armed for war. Of the children of 
 Simeon, mighty men of valour for the 
 war, seven thousand and one hundred. 
 Of the children of Levi four thousand 
 and six hundred. And Jehoiada was the 
 leader of the house o/ Aaron, and with 
 him were three thousand and seven 
 hundred; and Zadok, a young man 
 mighty of valour, and of his father's 
 house twenty and two captatus. And of 
 the chikh'en of Benjamin, the brethren 
 of Saul, three thousand: for hitherto 
 the greatest part of them had 2 kept 
 their allegiance to the house of Saul. 
 And of the children of Eplu-aim twenty 
 thousand and eight hunch-ed, mighty 
 men of valour, famous men in their 
 fathers' houses. And of the half tribe 
 of Manasseh eighteen thousand, which 
 were expressed by name, to come and 
 make David kmg. And of the children of 
 Issachar, men that had understanding 
 of the times, to know what Israel ought 
 to do ; the heads of them were two 
 hundred; and all their brethren were 
 at their commandment. Of Zebulun, 
 such as were able to go out in the host, 
 that could set the battle in array, with 
 all manner of instruments of war, fifty 
 thousand ; and that could order the hat- 
 tie arraij, and v^ere not of double heart. 
 And of Naphtali a thousand captains, 
 and with them with shield and sjiear 
 thii'ty and seven thousand. And of 
 the Danites that could set the battle 
 in array, twenty and eight thousand 
 and six hundred. And of Asher, such 
 as were able to go out m the host, 
 that could set the battle in array, forty 
 thousand. And on the other side of 
 Jordan, of the Reubenites, and the 
 Gadites, and of the haW tribe of Ma- 
 nasseh, with all manner of instruments 
 of war for the battle, an hmidred and 
 twenty thousand. All these, being men 
 of war, that could order the battle 
 array, came with a perfect heart to 
 Hebron, to make David king over all 
 Israel: and all the rest also of Israel 
 were of one heart to make David king. 
 And they were there with David three 
 days, eating and drinking: for their 
 brethren had made preparation for 
 them. Moreover they that were nigh 
 unto them, even as far as Issachar and 
 
 Zebulun and Naphtali, brought bread 
 on asses, and on camels, and on mules, 
 and on oxen, victual of meal, cakes of 
 figs, and clusters of raisins, and wine, 
 and oil, and oxen, and sheep in abund- 
 ance : for there was joy in Israel. 
 13 And David consulted vrith the capt- 
 ains of thousands and of hundreds, 
 
 2 even with every leader. And David 
 said unto aU the assembly of Israel, 
 If it seem good unto you, and if it be 
 of the LoKD our God, let us send a- 
 broad every where unto our brethren 
 that are left in all the ^land of Israel, 
 *with whom the priests and Levites 
 are m their cities that have ^ suburbs, 
 that they may gather themselves unto 
 
 3 us : and let us bring again the ark of 
 our God to us : for we sought not unto 
 
 4 it in the days of Saul. And all the 
 assembly said that they would do so : 
 for the thmg was right in the eyes of 
 
 5 aU the people. 6 go David assembled 
 all Israel together, from Shihor the 
 brook of Egyjjt even unto the enter- 
 ing in of Hamath, to bring the ark of 
 
 6 God from Kiriath-jearim. And David 
 went up, and all Israel, to Baalah, that 
 is, to Kiriath-jearim, which belonged 
 to Judah, to bring up from thence the 
 ark of God, the Lord that '' sitteth up- 
 on the cheruljim, ^ which is called by 
 
 7 the Name. And they carried the ark 
 of God upon a new cart, and brought 
 it out of the house of Abinadab: and 
 
 8 Uzza and Aliio drave the cart. And 
 David and all Israel played before God 
 with all their might : even with songs, 
 and with harps, and with psalteries, and 
 with timbrels, and with cymbals, and 
 
 9 with trmniiets. And vvheu they came 
 unto the threshing-floor of Chidon, 
 Uzza put forth his hand to hold the 
 
 10 ark; for the oxen ^stimibled. And the 
 anger of the Lord was kindled against 
 Uzza, and he smote him, because he 
 put forth his hand to the ark: and 
 
 11 there he died before God. And David 
 was displeased, because the Lord had 
 broken forth upon Uzza : and he called 
 that place ^^Perez-iizza, unto this day. 
 
 12 And David was afraid of God that day, 
 saying. How shall I biing the ark of 
 
 13 God home to me ? So David removed 
 not the ark unto him into the city 
 of David, but carried it aside into the 
 
 14 house of Obed-edom the Gittite. And 
 the ark of God remained with the 
 family of Obed-edom in his house 
 three months: and the Lord blessed 
 the house of Obed-edom, and all that 
 he had. 
 
 14 11 And Hiram king of Tyi'e sent mes- 
 sengers to David, and cedar trees, and 
 masons, and caiiienters, to build him 
 2 an house. And David perceived that 
 the Lord had established him king 
 over Israel, for his kingdom was exalted 
 on high, for his people Israel's sake.
 
 15. 26. 
 
 I. CHRONICLES. 
 
 319 
 
 I Or. 
 br/urc 
 
 2 Or, 
 broken 
 forth 
 upon 
 mine 
 enemies 
 
 3 That is, 
 The 
 
 place of 
 break- 
 iwya 
 forth. 
 
 »0r, 
 
 btilsam 
 
 trees 
 
 5 In 
 
 2 Sam. V. 
 
 25, Qcou. 
 
 .T And David took more wives at Jeru- 
 salem: and David begat more sons 
 
 4 and daughters. And these are tlie 
 names of tlie children which ho had in 
 Jerusalem; Shammua, and Shohah, 
 
 SNatlian, and Solomon; and ri)har, and 
 
 OElishua, and Elpelet; and Nogah, and 
 
 7 Ne^iheg, and Jajihia ; and Elishama, 
 and Bceliada, and Eliphelet. 
 
 8 And when the Philistines heard that 
 David was anointed king over all Is- 
 rael, all the Philistines went up to 
 seek David: and David heard of it, 
 
 9 and went out i against them. Now the 
 Philistines had come and made a raid 
 
 10 iu the valley of Eephaim. And David 
 inquired of God, saying. Shall I go up 
 against the Philistines ? and wilt thou 
 deliver them into mine hand? And 
 the Lord said unto him, Go up; for 
 I will deliver them into thine hand. 
 
 11 So they came up to Baal-perazim, and 
 David smote them there; aud David 
 said, God hath ^ broken mine enemies 
 by mine hand, like the breach of waters. 
 Therefore they called the name of that 
 
 12idace s Baal-perazim. And they left 
 their gods there ; and David gave com- 
 mandment, and they were bmiied with 
 13 fire. And the Philistines yet again 
 1-1 made a raid in the valley. And David 
 incxuh-ed again of God; and God said 
 unto him. Thou shalt not go up after 
 them : turn away from them, and come 
 upon them over against the ■* mulberry 
 
 15 trees. And it shall be, when thou 
 hearest the sound of marching in the 
 tops of the mulberry trees, that then 
 thou shalt go out to battle : for God is 
 gone out before thee to smite the host 
 
 16 of the Philistines. And David did as 
 God commanded him : and they smote 
 the host of the Philistines from ^Gibeon 
 
 17 even to Gezer. And the fame of David 
 went out into all lands ; and the Lord 
 brought the fear of him uijon all na- 
 tions. 
 
 15 And David made him houses in the 
 city of David ; and he prepared a place 
 for the ark of God, and pitched for it a 
 2 tent. Then David said. None ought to 
 carry the ark of God but the Levites : 
 for them hath the Lord chosen to carrj' 
 the ark of God, and to minister unto 
 Shim for ever. And David assembled 
 all Israel at Jerusalem, to brmg up the 
 ark of the Lord unto its place, wliich 
 
 4 he had prepared for it. And David 
 gathered together the sons of Aaron, 
 
 5 and the Levites : of the sous of Ko- 
 hath ; Uriel the chief, and his brethren 
 
 6 an hundred and twenty: of the sons 
 of Merari; Asaiah the chief, and his 
 
 7 brethren two hundred and twenty : of 
 the sons of Gershom; Joel the chief, 
 and his brethren an hundred and thir- 
 
 8 ty : of the sons of Elizaphan ; Shema- 
 iah the chief, and his brethren two 
 
 9 hundi-ed : of the sons of Hebron ; Eliel 
 
 the chief, and his brethren fourscore : 
 
 10 of the sons of Uzziel ; Aimninadab the 
 chief, and his brethren an hundred 
 
 Hand twelve. And David called for 
 Zadok and Abiathar the priests, and 
 for the Levites, for Uriel, Asaiah, and 
 Joel, Shemaiah, and p]liel, and Am- 
 
 l'2minadab, and said unto them. Ye are 
 the heads of the fathers' houses of the 
 Levites: sanctify yourselves, both ye 
 and your liretlu'en, that ye may bring 
 uj) the ark of the Lord, the God of 
 Israel, imto the place that I have pre- 
 
 ISjiared for it. For because ye hare it 
 not at the first, the Lord our God 
 made a breach upon us, for that we 
 sought him not according to the ordin- 
 
 14 ance. So the iiriests and the Levites 
 sanctified themselves to bring up the 
 ark of the Lord, the God of Israel. 
 
 15 And the children of the Levites bare 
 the ark of God upon tlieu' shoulders 
 with the staves thereon, as Moses 
 commanded according to the word of 
 
 16 the Lord. And David s^jake to the 
 chief of the Levites to a^jpoint their 
 brethren the singers, with instruments 
 of music, psalteries and harps and 
 cymbals, sounding aloud and lifting 
 
 17 up the voice with joy. So the Levites 
 appointed Heman the son of Joel; 
 and of his brethren, Asaph the son of 
 Berechiah; and of the sons of Merari 
 their bretlu-en, Ethan the son of Ku- 
 
 18 shaiah ; and with them their brethren 
 of the second degree, Zechariah, Ben, 
 and Jaaziel, and Shemiramoth, and 
 Jehiel, and Umn, Eliab, and Benaiah, 
 aud Maaseiah, and Mattithiah, and 
 Eliiihelehu, and Mikneiah, and Obed- 
 
 19 edom, and Jeiel, the doorkeepers. So 
 the singers, Heman, Asaph, and Ethan, 
 were appointed, with cymbals of brass 
 
 20 to somid aloud; and Zechariah, and 
 Aziel, and Shemiramoth, and Jehiel, 
 and Unni, and Eliab, and Maaseiah, 
 and Benaiah, with psalteries set to 
 
 21 fi Alamoth ; and Mattithiah, and Eliphe- 
 lehu, and Mikneiah, and Obed-edom, 
 and Jeiel, and Azaziah, with harps set 
 
 22 to nhe Sheminith, to lead. And Che- 
 naniah, chief of the Levites, was over 
 8 the song: he instructed about "^the 
 
 23 song, because he was skilful. And 
 Berechiah and Elkanah were door- 
 
 24 keepers for the ark. And Shebaniah, 
 and Joshaphat, and Nethanel, and 
 Amasai, and Zechariah, and Benaiah, 
 and Eliezer, the priests, did blow with 
 the trumpets before the ark of God: 
 and Obed-edom and Jehiali were door- 
 
 25 keepers for the ark. ^ So David, and the 
 elders of Israel, and the captains over 
 thousands, went to bring up the ark of 
 the covenant of the Lord out of the 
 
 26 house of Obed-edom with joy: and it 
 came to pass, when God helped the 
 Levites that bare the ark of the coven- 
 ant of the Lord, that they sacrificed 
 
 BSee 
 Ps. xlvi. 
 title. 
 
 7 See 
 Pp. vi. 
 title. 
 
 8 Or, the 
 ear}'>iiu'j 
 of the 
 ark 
 
 Heb. the 
 lifting 
 U2J. 
 
 »See 
 2 Sam. 
 vi. 12, &c.
 
 320 
 
 I. CHRONICLES. 
 
 15. 26. 
 
 1 Or, fhe 
 
 carryiurj 
 
 of the 
 
 ark 
 
 Heb. the 
 
 lifting 
 
 up. 
 
 2 Or, 
 of wine 
 
 ^ In ch. 
 XV. 18, 
 Jaaziel. 
 
 <0r, 
 ^nake it 
 the chief 
 work 
 
 5 See Ps. 
 cv. 1-10. 
 
 oOr, 
 Meditate 
 
 27 seven bullocks and seven rams. And 
 David was clothed with a robe of fine 
 linen, and all the Levites that bare the 
 ark, and the singers, and Chenaniah 
 the master of i the song with, the sing- 
 ers : and David had upon him an ephod 
 
 28 of linen. Thus all Israel brought up 
 the ark of the covenant of the Lord 
 with shouting, and with sound of the 
 cornet, and with trumpets, and with 
 cyml)als, sounding aloud with iisalteries 
 
 29 and harps. And it came to pass, as 
 the ark of the covenant of the Lord 
 came to the city of David, that Michal 
 the daughter of Saul looked out at the 
 AvindoAV, and saw king David dancing 
 and playing; and she despised him 
 
 16 in her heart. And they brought 
 in the ark of God, and set it in the 
 midst of the tent that David had 
 pitched for it : and they offered burnt 
 oli'eriugs and peace offerings before 
 
 2 God. And when David had made an 
 end of offering the burnt offering and 
 the peace offerings, he blessed the 
 
 3 people in the name of the Lord. And 
 he dealt to every one of Israel, both 
 man and woman, to every one a loaf 
 of bread, and a portion ^of flesh, and a 
 cake of raisins. 
 
 4 And he appointed certain of the 
 Levites to minister before the ark of 
 the Lord, and to celebrate and to 
 thank and praise the Lord, the God 
 
 5 of Israel : Asaph the chief, and second 
 to him Zechariah, s Jeiel, and Shemu-a- 
 moth, and Jehiel, and Mattithiah, and 
 Eliab, and Benaiah, and Obed-edoni, 
 and Jeiel, with psalteries and with 
 harps ; and Asaph with cymbals, sound- 
 
 Ging aloud; and Benaiah and Jahaziel 
 the priests with trumxiets continually, 
 before the ark of the covenant of God. 
 
 7 Then on that day did David * first 
 ordain to give thanks unto the Lord, 
 by the hand of Asaph and his brethren. 
 
 8 5 O give thanks unto the Lord, call 
 
 ujion his name ; 
 Make known his doings among the 
 peoples. 
 
 9 Sing unto him, sing praises unto him ; 
 f Talk ye of all his marvellous works. 
 
 10 Glory ye in his holy name : 
 
 Let the heart of them rejoice that 
 seek the Lord. 
 
 11 Seek ye the Lord and his strength; 
 Seek his face evermore. 
 
 12 liemember his marvellous works 
 
 that he hath done ; 
 His wonders, and the judgements 
 of his mouth; 
 
 13 ye seed of Israel his servant. 
 
 Ye cliildren of Jacob, his chosen 
 ones. 
 
 14 He is the Lord our God : 
 
 His judgements are in all the earth. 
 
 15 Eemember his covenant for ever. 
 The word which he commanded to 
 
 a thousand generations ; 
 
 16 The. covenant which he made with 
 
 Abraham, 
 And his oath unto Isaac ; 
 
 17 And confii-med the same unto Jacob 
 
 for a statute, 
 To Israel for an everlasting coven- 
 ant: 
 
 18 Saying, Unto thee will I give the 
 
 land of Canaan, 
 The ''lot of your inheritance: 
 
 19 When ye were but a few men in 
 
 number ; 
 Yea, very few, and sojourners in it ; 
 
 20 And they went about from nation to 
 
 nation. 
 And from one kingdom to another 
 people. 
 
 21 He suffered no man to do them 
 
 wrong ; 
 Yea, he rei^roved kings for their 
 sakes ; 
 
 22 Saying, Touch not mine anointed 
 
 ones. 
 And do my prophets no haiTa. 
 
 23 8 Sing unto the Lord, all the earth ; 
 Shew forth his salvation from day 
 
 to day. 
 
 24 Declare his glory among the nations. 
 His marvellous works among all the 
 
 peoples. 
 
 25 For great is the Lord, and highly to 
 
 be praised : 
 He also is to be feared above all 
 gods. 
 
 26 For all the gods of the peoi)les are 
 
 "idols: 
 But the Lord made the heavens. 
 
 27 Honour and majesty are before him : 
 Strength and gladness are in his 
 
 place. 
 
 28 Give imto the Lord, ye kindreds of 
 
 the peoples, 
 Give unto the Lord glory and 
 sti-ength. 
 
 29 Give unto the Lord the glory due 
 
 imto his name : 
 Bring an offering, and come before 
 
 hun: 
 Worship the Lord lOin the beauty of 
 
 holmess. 
 
 30 Tremble before him, all the earth : 
 The world also is stablished that it 
 
 cannot be moved. 
 
 31 Let the heavens be glad, and let the 
 
 earth rejoice; 
 And let them say among the nations. 
 The Lord reigneth. 
 
 32 Let the sea roar, and the fulness 
 
 thereof ; 
 Let the field exult, and all that is 
 therein ; 
 
 33 Then shall the trees of the wood sing 
 
 for joy before the Lord, 
 For he cometh to judge the earth. 
 
 34 11 give thanks unto the Lord ; for 
 
 he is good : 
 For his mercy endureth for ever. 
 
 35 12 And say ye, Save us, O God of our 
 
 salvation.
 
 17. 25. 
 
 I. CHRONICLES. 
 
 321 
 
 Aiul ;j:atlier us together aiid deliver 
 
 UH i'roin the uations, 
 To give thanks unto thy holy name, 
 And to triumph in tliy praise. 
 
 36 Blessed be the Lonu, the God of 
 
 Israel, 
 From everlasting even to everlast- 
 
 mg. 
 And all the people said. Amen, and 
 liraised the Lohd. 
 
 37 So he left there, before the ark of the 
 covenant of the Lord, Asajih and liis 
 bretlu-eu, to minister before the ark con- 
 tinually, as every day's woi-k required : 
 
 38 and Obed-edom with their brethren, 
 threescore and eight ; Obed-edom also 
 the son of Jeduthun and Hosah to be 
 
 39 doorkeepers : and Zadok the priest, 
 and his brethren the priests, before the 
 tabernacle of the Louu in the high i)lace 
 
 40 that was at Gibeon, to offer burnt offer- 
 ings unto the Lord upon the altar of 
 burnt offering eontmually morning and 
 evening, even according to all that is 
 written in the law of the Loed, which 
 
 41 he conmianded unto Israel ; and with 
 them Heman and Jeduthim, and the 
 rest that were chosen, who were ex- 
 pressed by name, to give thanks to the 
 LoKD, because his mercy endureth for 
 
 42 ever ; and with them Heman and Jedu- 
 thun loith trvmipets and cymbals for 
 those that should sound aloud, and 
 toith instruments for ^the songs of 
 God : and the sons of Jeduthim to be 
 
 43 at the gate. And all the people de- 
 liarted every man to his house: and 
 David returned to bless his house. 
 
 17 2 And it came to pass, when David 
 dwelt in his house, that David said to 
 Nathan the prophet, Lo, I dwell in an 
 house of cedar, but the ark of the cov- 
 enant of the Lord dweUeth under curt- 
 2aius. And Nathan said unto David, 
 Do all that is in thine heart ; for God is 
 
 3 with thee. And it came to pass the 
 same night, that the word of God came 
 
 4 to Nathan, saying. Go and tell David 
 my servant. Thus saith the Lord, Thou 
 shalt not build me an house to dwell in : 
 
 5 for I have not dwelt m an house since 
 the day that I brought up Israel, unto 
 this day; but ^have gone from tent to 
 tent, and from one tabernacle to another. 
 
 6 In all places wherein I have walked 
 with all Israel, spake I a word with 
 any of the judges of Israel, whom I com- 
 manded to feed my people, saying, "Why 
 have ye not built me an house of cedar ? 
 
 7 Now therefore thus shalt thou say un- 
 to my servant David, Thus saith the 
 Lord of hosts, I took thee from the 
 ''sheepcote, from foUowmg the sheep, 
 that thou shouldest be ^ prince over my 
 
 Sjieoi^le Israel: and I have been with 
 thee whithersoever thou wentest, and 
 have cut off all thine enemies from be- 
 fore thee ; and I will make thee a name, 
 like mito the name of the great ones that 
 
 9 are in the earth. And I will appoint 
 a place for my iieople Israel, and will 
 idant them, that they may dwell in their 
 own place, and be moved no more; 
 neither shall the children of wickedness 
 waste them any more, as at the first, 
 
 10 and «,■* from the day that I command- 
 ed judges to be over my i)eople Israel ; 
 and I '' will subdue all thine enemies. 
 Moreover I tell thee that the Lord will 
 
 11 build thee an house. And it shall come 
 to pass, when thy days be fulfilled that 
 thou must go to be with thy fathers, 
 that I will set up thy seed after thee, 
 which shall be of thy sons ; and I will 
 
 12 establish his kingdom. He shall build 
 me an house, and I will establish his 
 
 13 throne for ever. I will be his father, 
 and he shall be my sou : and I will not 
 take my mercy away from him, as I 
 took it from him that was before thee : 
 
 14 but I wiU settle him in mine house 
 and in my kingdom for ever : and his 
 tlu-one shall be established for ever. 
 
 15 According to all these words, and ac- 
 cording to aU this vision, so did Nathan 
 si)eak unto David. 
 
 16 Then David the king went in, and sat 
 before the Lord; and he said. Who 
 am I, O Lord God, and what is my 
 house, that thou hast brought me thus 
 
 1 7 far ? And this was a small thing in thine 
 eyes, O God ; but thou hast spoken of 
 thy servant's house for a great while to 
 come, and hast regarded me according 
 to the estate of a man of high degi-ee, 
 
 18 Lord God. What can David say 
 yet more unto thee concerning the 
 honour which is done to thy servant ? 
 
 19 for thou knowest thy servant. O Lord, 
 for thy servant's sake, and according to 
 thine O'mi heart, hast thou wrought all 
 this greatness, to make known all fhene 
 
 20 great things. O Lord, there is none 
 like thee, neither is there any God be- 
 side thee, according to all that we have 
 
 21 heard with our ears. ^ And what one 
 nation in the earth is like thy people 
 Israel, whom God went to redeem unto 
 himself for a peoj)le, to make thee a 
 name by great and terrible things, in 
 driving out nations from before thy 
 people, which thou I'edeemedst out of 
 
 22 Egypt? For thy people Israel didst 
 thou make thine own people for ever ; 
 and thou, Lord, becamest their God. 
 
 23 And now, O Lord, let the word that 
 thou hast spoken concerning thy serv- 
 ant, and concerning his house, be estab- 
 lished for ever, and do as thou hast 
 
 24 spoken, ^^^(i jet thy name be estab- 
 lished and magnified for ever, saying. 
 The Lord of hosts is the God of Israel, 
 even a God to Israel : and the house 
 of David thy servant is established be- 
 
 25 fore thee. For thou, O my God, hast 
 revealed to thy servant that thou 
 wUt bund him an house : therefore 
 bath thy servant found in his heart to 
 
 6 Or, 
 have 
 xubducd 
 
 7 Or, 
 
 And w7u> 
 is like 
 thu 
 people 
 Israel, a 
 nation 
 that it 
 alone in 
 the earth 
 ic. 
 
 8 Or, 
 Yea, 
 let it ba 
 e^tab- 
 liahcd, 
 and let 
 thy 
 name 
 be mag- 
 nified 
 lo. 
 
 11
 
 322 
 
 I. CHEONIOLES. 
 
 17. 25. 
 
 ISee 
 2 Sam. 
 viii. 
 
 2 Or, by 
 
 3Heb. 
 Aram. 
 
 4Heb. 
 Dar- 
 
 mesek. 
 
 5 Or, 
 
 saved 
 David 
 
 6Heb. 
 Abshai. 
 
 'Or, 
 chron- 
 icler 
 
 "Or, 
 
 secret' 
 
 ary 
 
 26 pray before thee. And now, O Lord, 
 thou art God, and hast promised this 
 
 27 good thing unto thy servant: and now 
 it hath pleased thee to bless the house 
 of thy servant, that it may contmue for 
 ever before thee : for thou, O Lokd, hast 
 blessed, and it is blessed for ever. 
 
 18 And after this i it came to pass, that 
 David smote the Philistines, and sub- 
 dued them, and took Gath and her 
 towns out of the hand of the PhilistLaes. 
 
 2 And he smote Moab ; and the Moabites 
 became servants to David, and brought 
 
 3 presents. And David smote Hadar- 
 ezer king of Zobah ^unto Hamath, as 
 he went to stablish his dominion by 
 
 4 the river Euphrates. And David took 
 from him a thousand chariots, and 
 seven thousand horsemen, and twenty 
 thousand footmen : and David houghed 
 all the chariot horses, but reserved of 
 
 5 them for an hundred chariots. And 
 when 3 the Syrians of ^Damascus came 
 to succom- Hadarezer king of Zobah, 
 David smote of ^the Syrians two and 
 
 6 twenty thousand men. Then David put 
 gai-fhons in ^ Syria of * Damascus ; and 
 s the Syrians became servants to David, 
 and brought presents. And the Loud 
 ^gave victory to David whithersoever 
 
 7 he went. And David took the shields of 
 gold that were on the servants of Hadar- 
 ezer, and brought them to Jerusalem. 
 
 8 And from Tibhath and from Cun, cities 
 of Hadarezer, David took very much 
 brass, wherewith Solomon made the 
 brasen sea, and the pillars, and the 
 
 9 vessels of brass. And when Tou king of 
 Hamath heard that David had smitten 
 all the host of Hadarezer king of Zobah, 
 
 10 he sent Hadoram his son to king David, 
 to salute him, and to bless him, because 
 he had fought against Hadarezer and 
 smitten him ; for Hadarezer had wars 
 with Tou; and he liad with him all 
 manner of vessels of gold and silver 
 
 11 and brass. These also did king David 
 dedicate unto the Lord, with the silver 
 and the gold that he carried away from 
 all the nations ; from Edom, and from 
 Moab, and from the childi-en of Am- 
 mon, and from the Phihstines, and 
 
 12 from Amalek. Moreover ^Abishai the 
 son of Zeruiah smote of the Edomites 
 in the Valley of Salt eighteen thousand. 
 
 13 And he put garrisons in Edom; and 
 all the Edomites became servants to 
 Da\'id. And the Lord ^gave victory 
 to David whithersoever he went. 
 
 14 And David reigned over all Israel; 
 and he executed judgement and justice 
 
 15 unto all his people. And Joab the son of 
 Zeruiah was over the host ; and Jeho- 
 shaphat the son of Aliilnd was ''re- 
 
 16 corder. And Zadok the son of Ahitub, 
 and Abimelech the son of Abiathar, 
 were priests ; and Shavsha was ^ scribe ; 
 
 17 and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada was 
 over the Cherethites and the Peleth- 
 
 ites; and the sons of David were 
 chief about the king. 
 19 -'And it came to pass after this, that 
 Nahash the king of the children of 
 Amnion died, and his son reigned in 
 
 2 his stead. And David said, I will shew 
 kindness unto Hanun the son of Nahash, 
 because his father shewed kindness to 
 me. So David sent messengers to com- 
 fort him concerning his father. And 
 David's servants came mto the land of 
 the children of Ammon to Hanim, to 
 
 3 comfort liun. But the princes of the 
 children of Ammon said to Hanun, 
 Thinkest thou that David doth honour 
 thy father, that he hath sent comforters 
 unto thee? are not his servants come 
 unto thee for to search, and to over- 
 
 4 throw, and to spy out the land ? So Ha- 
 nun took David's servants, and shaved 
 them, and cut off their garments in the 
 middle, even to their buttocks, and sent 
 
 5 them away. Then there went certain, 
 and told David how the men were served. 
 And he sent to meet them ; for the men 
 were greatly ashamed. And the king 
 said. Tarry at Jericho until your Ijeards 
 
 6 be grown, and then retiu-n. And when 
 the children of Ammon saw that they 
 had made themselves odious to David, 
 Hanun and the children of Ammon 
 sent a thousand talents of silver to hu-e 
 them chariots and horsemen out of 
 Mesopotamia, and outof Aram-maacah, 
 
 7 and out of Zoliah. So they hired them 
 thirty and two tliousaud chariots, and 
 the king of Maacah and his people; 
 who came and pitched before Medeba. 
 And the children of Ammon gathered 
 themselves together from then- cities, 
 
 8 and came to battle. And when David 
 heard of it, he sent Joab, and aU the 
 
 9 host of the mighty men. And the 
 children of Ammon came out, and put 
 the battle in array at the gate of the 
 city: and the kings that were come 
 
 10 were by themselves in the field. Now 
 when Joab saw that i° the battle was set 
 against him before and behind, he chose 
 of all the choice men of Israel, and 
 put them in array against the Syi-ians. 
 
 11 And the rest of the people he com- 
 mitted into the hand of ^Abishai his 
 brother, and they j)ut themselves m 
 array against the children of Ammon. 
 
 12 And he said. If the Syrians be too 
 stroiag for me, then thou shalt help me : 
 but if the children of Ammon be too 
 strong for thee, then I wiU help thee. 
 
 13 Be of good courage, and let us play the 
 men for our people, and for the cities 
 of our God: and the Lord do that 
 
 14 which seemeth him good. So Joab and 
 the people that were with hun drew 
 nigh before the Syrians unto the battle ; 
 
 15 and they fled before him. And when 
 the children of Ammon saw tliat the 
 Syrians were fled, they likewise fled be- 
 fore Abishai his brother, and entered
 
 21. 17. 
 
 I. CHRONICLES. 
 
 323 
 
 wSee 
 i! Sam. 
 xxiv. 1. 
 &c. 
 
 "Or, 
 an ad- 
 versary 
 
 into the city. Then Joab caiue to Jeni- 
 
 16 salciii. Aiid when the Syrians saw tliat 
 they were put to the worse before Isratd, 
 they sent messengers, and drew forth 
 tlie Syrians that were beyond the Hi vei-, 
 with Shophach the captain of the 
 
 17 host of Hadarezer at their head. And 
 it was tohl David ; and he gathered all 
 Isi-ael together, and passed over Jordan, 
 and came upon them, and set the 
 battle ill array against them. So when 
 David had put the battle in an-ay 
 against the Syrians, they fought with 
 
 18 him. And the Syrians fled before Israel ; 
 and David slew of the Syrians the men. 
 of seven thousand chariots, and forty 
 thousand footmen, and killed Shophacli 
 
 19 the captain of the host. And when the 
 servants of Hadarezer saw that they 
 were put to the worse before Israel, they 
 made peace with David, and served 
 him: neither would the Syrians help 
 the children of Anrmon any more. 
 
 20 ^ And it came to pass, at the time of 
 the return of the year, at the time when 
 kings go out to battle, that Joab led 
 forth the power of the army, and wasted 
 the country of the chikb-eu of Ammoii, 
 and came and besieged Eabbali. But 
 David tarried at Jerusalem. And ^ Joab 
 
 2 smote Kabbah, and overthi-ew it. » And 
 David took the crown of ''their king 
 from off his head, and found it to weigh 
 a talent of gold, and there were precious 
 stones in it; and it was set upon Da- 
 vid's head: and he brought forth the 
 
 3 spoil of the city, exceeding much. And 
 he brought forth the people that were 
 therein, and cut them with saws, and 
 with harrows of ii'on, and with axes. 
 And thus did David unto all the cities of 
 the children of Ammon. And David and 
 all the people returned to Jerusalem. 
 
 4 6 And it came to pass after this, that 
 there arose war at ^Gezer with the 
 Philistines: then Sibbecai the Hush- 
 athite slew Sippai, of the sous of the 
 
 5 ''giant: and they were subdued. And 
 there was again war with the Phihs- 
 tines; and Elhanan the son of Jair 
 slew Lahmi the brother of Goliath the 
 Gittite, the staff of whose spear was 
 
 6 like a weaver's beam. And there was 
 again war at Gath, where was a man 
 of great stature, whose fingers and 
 toes were four and twenty, six on each 
 hand, and six on each foot; and he also 
 
 7 was born mito the ^giant. And when 
 he "tlefied Israel, Jonathan the sou 
 of Shimea David's brother slew him. 
 
 8 These were born unto the 8 giant in 
 Gath; and they fell by the hand of 
 David, and by the hand of his servants. 
 
 21 1** And 11 Satan stood up against Israel, 
 and moved David to number Israel. 
 2 And David said to Joab and to the 
 princes of the people, Go, number 
 Israel from Beer-sheba even to Dan; 
 and bring me word, that I may know 
 
 i) the sum of them. And Joab said. The 
 Loud make his people an liundred times 
 so many more as they be: but, my 
 lord the king, are they not all my lord's 
 servants? wliy dotli my lord require 
 this thing'? why will he be a cause of 
 
 4 guilt luito Israel? Nevertheless the 
 king's word prevailed against Joab. 
 Wherefore Joab departed, and went 
 througliout all Israel, and came to 
 
 T) Jerusalem. And Joab gave up the 
 sum of the numbering of tlie people un- 
 to David. And aU they of Israel were 
 a thousand thousand and an himdred 
 thousand men that di'ew sword: and 
 Judah was four hundred thi'eescore and 
 ten thousand men that drew sword. 
 
 6 But Levi and Benjamin counted he not 
 among them : for the kmg's word was 
 
 7 abominable to Joab. And God was 
 displeased with this thing; therefore 
 
 8 he smote Israel. And David said unto 
 God, I have sumed greatly, in that I 
 have done this thing: but now, put 
 away, I beseech thee, the iniquity of thy 
 servant ; for I have done very foolishly. 
 
 d And the Lord spake unto Gad, David's 
 
 10 seer, saying. Go and speak unto Da- 
 vid, saying, Thus saith the Lord, I 
 1'^ offer thee tlu-ee things; choose thee 
 one of them, that I may do it unto thee. 
 
 11 So Gad came to David, and said imto 
 him. Thus saith the Lord, Take which 
 
 12 thou wilt ; either thi-ee years of famine ; 
 or tlu'ee months to be consmned before 
 thy foes, while that the sword of thine 
 enemies overtaketh thee ; or else tkree 
 days the sword of the Lord, is even 
 pestilence in the land, and the angel 
 of the Lord destroying tliroughout all 
 the coasts of Israel. Now therefore 
 consider what answer I shall return 
 
 13 to him that sent me. And David said 
 xuito Gad, I am in a great strait : let me 
 fall now into the hand of the Lord ; for 
 very i-^gi-eat are his mercies: and let 
 
 14 me not fall into the hand of man. So 
 the Lord sent a pestilence upon Israel : 
 and there fell of Israel seventy thou- 
 
 15 sand men. And God sent an angel 
 unto Jerusalem to destroy it: and as 
 he was about to destroy, the Lord be- 
 held, and he repented him of the evil, 
 and said to the destroyuig angel, It is 
 enough ; now stay thine hand. And the 
 angel of the Lord stood by the thresh- 
 
 1(3 ing-floor of i^ Oman the Jebusite. And 
 David lifted up his eyes, and saw the 
 angel of the Lord stand between the 
 earth and the heaven, having a drawn 
 sword ui his hand stretched out over 
 Jerusalem. Then David and the elders, 
 clothed in sackcloth, fell upon their 
 
 17 faces. And David said imto God, Is 
 it not I that commanded the people to 
 be numbered? even I it is that have 
 sinned and done very wickedly; but 
 these sheep, what have they done? 
 let thine hand, I pray thee, O Lord 
 
 12 Heb. 
 sf retch 
 oat unto. 
 
 13 Oi-, 
 and 
 
 HOr, 
 many 
 
 15 111 
 
 2 Sam. 
 xxiv. i(3, 
 &c., 
 Arau- 
 nah. 
 
 11-2
 
 324 
 
 I. CHRONICLES. 
 
 21. 17. 
 
 iny God, be agaiiist me, and against 
 my father's house ; but not against thy 
 people, that they should be plagued. 
 
 18 Then the angel of the Lord com- 
 manded Gad to say to David, that 
 David should go up, and rear an altar 
 imto the Lord in the threshing-floor of 
 
 19 Oman the Jebusite. And David went 
 up at the sayiug of Gad, which he 
 
 20 spake in the name of the Lord. And 
 Oman turned back, and saw the angel; 
 and his four sons that were with him 
 hid themselves. Now Oman wasthi-esh- 
 
 21ing wheat. And as David came to 
 Oruau, Oman looked and saw David, 
 and went out of the threshuig-fioor, and 
 bowed himself to David with his face 
 
 22 to the ground. Then David said to 
 Ornan, Give me the place of this 
 thi'eshing-floor, that I may build there- 
 on an altar unto the Lord: for the 
 full price shalt thou give it me : that 
 the i>lague may be stayed from the 
 
 23 people. And Oman said unto David, 
 Take it to thee, and let my lord the 
 king do that which is good in his eyes : 
 lo, I give thee the oxen for burnt offer- 
 ings, and the threshing instruments 
 for wood, and the wheat for the meal 
 
 24 offering ; I give it aU. And kmg David 
 said to Oman, Nay; but I will verily 
 buy it for the full price : for I wiU not 
 take that wliich is thine for the Lord, 
 nor offer a burnt offermg without cost. 
 
 25 So David gave to Ornan for the place 
 six hundred shekels of gold by weight. 
 
 2GAnd David built there an altar unto 
 the Lord, and offered burnt offerings 
 and peace offerings, and called upon 
 the Lord ; and he answered him from 
 heaven by fire upon the altar of burnt 
 
 27 offering. And the Lord commanded 
 the angel; and he put up his sword 
 again into the sheath thereof. 
 
 28 At that time, when David saw that 
 the Lord had answered him in the 
 threshing-fioor of Ornan the Jebusite, 
 
 29 then he sacrificed there. For the 
 tabernacle of the Lord, which Moses 
 made in the wilderness, and the altar 
 of burnt offering, were at that time in 
 
 30 the high place at Gibeon. But David 
 could not go before it to inquire of 
 God : for he was afraid because of the 
 
 22 sword of the angel of the Lord. Then 
 David said. This is the house of the 
 Lord God, and this is the altar of 
 burnt offermg for Israel. 
 
 2 And David commanded to gather to- 
 gether the strangers that were in the 
 land of Israel; and he set masons to 
 hew wrought stones to build the house 
 
 3 of God. And David i^repared iron in 
 abundance for the nails for the doors of 
 the gates, and for the couplings; and 
 
 4 brass m abmidance without weight ; and 
 cedar trees without number: for the 
 Zidonians and they of Tyi-e brought 
 
 5 cedar trees in abundance to David. And 
 
 David said, Solomon my sou is yomig 
 and tender, and the house that is to be 
 builded for the Lord must be exceed- 
 ing magniflcal, of fame and of glory 
 throughout all countries : I will there- 
 fore make iireparatiou for it. So David 
 prepared abundantly before his death. 
 
 6 Then he called for Solomon his son, 
 and charged him to build an house 
 
 7 for the Lord, the God of Israel. And 
 David said to Solomon ihis son. As 
 for me, it was in my heart to build an 
 house unto the name of the Lord my 
 
 8 God. But the word of the Lord came 
 to me, saying. Thou hast shed blood 
 abimdantly, and hast made great wars : 
 thou shalt not build an house unto my 
 name, because thou hast shed much 
 blood upon the earth in my sight: 
 
 9 behold, a son shall be born to thee, 
 who shall be a man of rest ; and I wiU 
 give him rest from all his enemies 
 romid about : for his name shall be 
 ^Solomon, and I will give i^eace and 
 
 10 quietness unto Israel in his days : he 
 shall build an house for my name; 
 and he shall be my son, and I will be 
 his father; and I will establish the 
 throne of his kingdom over Israel for 
 
 11 ever. Now, my son, the Lord be with 
 thee ; and prosper thou, and build the 
 house of the Lord thy God, as he 
 
 12 hath spoken concerning thee. Only 
 the Lord give thee discretion and un- 
 derstanding, and give thee charge con- 
 cerning Israel; that so thou mayest 
 keep the law of the Lord thy God. 
 
 13 Then shalt thou i^rosper, if thou ob- 
 serve to do the statutes and the judge- 
 ments which the Lord charged Moses 
 with concernuig Israel : be strong, and 
 of good courage; fear not, neither be 
 
 14 dismayed. Now, behold, in my ^ af- 
 fliction I have prepared for the house 
 of the Lord an hundred thousand 
 talents of gold, and a thousand thousand 
 talents of silver; and of brass and iron 
 without weight; for it is in abund- 
 ance : timber also and stone have I pre- 
 pared; and thou mayest add thereto. 
 
 15 Moreover there ai'e workmen with thee 
 in abundance, hewers and workers of 
 stone and timber, and all men that are 
 
 16 cmming in any manner of work ; of the 
 gold, the silver, and the brass, and the 
 iron, there is no number ; arise and be 
 
 17 doing, and the Lord be with thee. Da- 
 vid also commanded all the princes of 
 Israel to help Solomon his son, saiji7ig, 
 
 18 Is not the Lord your God with you ? 
 and hath he not given you rest on every 
 side? for he hath delivered the in- 
 habitants of the land into mine hand ; 
 and the land is subdued before the 
 
 19 Lord, and before his people. Now 
 set your heart and your soul to seek 
 after the Lord your God ; arise there- 
 fore, and build ye the sanctuary of the 
 Lord God, to bring the ark of the
 
 24. [A. 
 
 I. CHRONICLES. 
 
 325 
 
 IHeb. 
 di- 
 
 visicnis, 
 
 « In ch. 
 yi. 17, 
 Libni. 
 
 5 In ver. 
 
 11. 
 
 Zizali. 
 
 * Or, to 
 
 tancti/y 
 
 holij him 
 ic. 
 
 S In ch. 
 xxiv. 2(1, 
 Shtibael. 
 
 8 In ch. 
 ixiv. '22, 
 Shelo- 
 moth. 
 
 covenant of the Lord, and the holy 
 vessels of God, into the house that is 
 to he huilt to the name of the Loan. 
 23 Now David was old and full of 
 days; and he made Solomon his son 
 2kinK over Israel. And he gathered to- 
 gether all the princes of Israel, with 
 
 3 the iiriests and the Levitea. And the 
 Levites were numhered from thirty 
 years old and upward : and their num- 
 her hy their polls, man hy man, was 
 
 4 thirty and eight thousand. Of these, 
 twenty and four thousand were to over- 
 see the worli of the house of the Lord ; 
 and six thousand were officers and 
 
 5 judges: and four thousand were door- 
 keepers ; and four thousand praised the 
 Lord with the instruments which I 
 made, said David, to praise thercAvith. 
 
 6 And David divided them into ^ com-ses 
 according to the sons of Levi ; Gershon, 
 
 7 Kohatli, and Merari. Of the (xershon- 
 Sites; ^Ladan and Shimei. The sons of 
 
 Ladan; Jehiel the chief, and Zetliam, 
 
 9 and Joel, three. The sons of Shimei; 
 
 Shelomoth, and Haziel, and Haran, 
 
 three. These were the heads of the fa- 
 
 lOthers' houses of Ladan. And the sons 
 of Shimei; Jahath, ^Zina, and Jeush, 
 and Beriah . These f oiu- were the sons of 
 
 11 Shimei. And Jahath was the chief, and 
 Zizah the second : hut Jeush and Beriah 
 had not many sons; therefore they 
 became a fathers' house in one reckon- 
 
 12ing. The sons of Kohath; Anu-am, 
 
 LSlzliar, Hebron, and Uzziel, fom-. The 
 sons of Ami-am ; Aaron and Moses : and 
 Aaron was separated, *that he should 
 sanctify the most holy things, he and 
 his sons, for ever, to bm-n incense be- 
 fore the Lord, to minister unto him, and 
 
 14 to bless in his name, for ever. But as 
 for Moses the man of God, his sons were 
 
 15 named among the tribe of Levi. The 
 sons of Moses ; Gershom and Eliezer. 
 
 16 The sons of Gershom; ^Shebuel the 
 
 17 chief. And the sons of Eliezer were, 
 Kehabiah the chief. And Eliezer had 
 none other sons ; but the sons of Ke- 
 
 18 habiali were very many. The sons of 
 
 19 Izhar ; ^ Shelomith the chief. The sons 
 of Hebron ; Jeriali the chief, Amariah 
 the second, Jahaziel the third, and Je- 
 
 20kameam the fom'th. The sons of Uz- 
 ziel ; Micah the chief, and Issliiah the 
 
 21 second. The sons of Merari; Mahli 
 and JSIuslii. The sons of Mahli ; Elea- 
 
 22zar and Kish. And Eleazar died, and 
 had no sons, but daughters only : and 
 their brethren the sons of Kish took 
 
 23 them to wife. The sons of Mushi ; Mahli, 
 
 24 and Eder, and Jeremoth, three. These 
 were the sons of Levi after their fa- 
 thers' houses, even the heads of the 
 fathers' houses of those of them that 
 were counted, in the number of names 
 by their polls, who did the work for the 
 service of the house of the Lord, from 
 
 25 twenty years old and upward. For Da- 
 
 vid said. The Lord, the God of Israel, 
 hath given rest unto his people; and 
 he dwelleth in Jerusalem for ever: 
 
 26 and also the Levites shall no more have 
 need to carry the tabernacle and all the 
 vessels of it for the service thereof. 
 
 27 For 7 hy the last words of David the sons 
 of Levi were numbered, from twenty 
 
 28 years old and upward. For " their office 
 was to wait on the sons of Aaron for 
 the service of the house of the Lord, 
 in the courts, and in the chambers, and 
 in the purifying of all holy things, 
 even the work of the service of the 
 
 29 house of God; for the shewbread also, 
 and for the fine flour for a meal offer- 
 ing, whether of unleavened wafers, or 
 of that which is baked in the pan, or of 
 that which is soaked, and for all manner 
 
 30 of measm-e and size ; and to stand every 
 morning to thank and praise the Lord, 
 
 31 and likewise at even ; and to offer all 
 burnt offerings unto the Lord, in the 
 sabbaths, in the new moons, and on 
 the set feasts, in number according to 
 the ordinance concerning them, con- 
 
 32 tinually before the Lord : and that they 
 should keep the charge of the tent of 
 meeting, and the charge of the holy 
 place, and the charge of the sons of 
 Aaron their brethren, for the service 
 of the house of the Lord. 
 
 24 And the courses of the sons of Aaron 
 were these. The sons of Aaron ; Nadab 
 
 2 and Abihu, Eleazar and Ithamar. But 
 Nadab and Abihu died before their fa- 
 ther, and had no children: therefore 
 Eleazar and Ithamar executed the 
 
 3 priest's office. " And David with Zadok 
 of the sons of Eleazar, and Ahimelech 
 of the sons of Ithamar, divided them 
 according to theii- ordering in their 
 
 4 service. And there were more chief 
 men found of the sous of Eleazar than of 
 the sons of Ithamar ; and thus were they 
 divided : of the sons of Eleazar there 
 were sixteen, heads of fathers' houses ; 
 and of the sons of Ithamar, according 
 
 5 to their fathers' houses, eight. Thus 
 were they divided by lot, one sort with 
 another ; for there were princes of the 
 sanctuary, and princes of God, both 
 of the sons of Eleazar, and of the sons 
 
 6 of Ithamar. And Shemaiah the son 
 of Netlianel the scribe, who was of 
 the Levites, wi-ote them in the pre- 
 sence of the king, and the princes, and 
 Zadok the priest, and Ahimelech the 
 son of Abiathar, and the heads of the 
 fathers' houses of the priests and of the 
 Levites : one fathers' house being taken 
 for Eleazar, and lOone taken for Itha- 
 
 7 mar. Now the first lot came forth to 
 
 8 Jehoiarib, the second to Jedaiah ; the 
 
 9 third to Harim,the fourth to Seorim ; the 
 fifth to Malchijah, the sixth to Mijamin ; 
 
 10 the seventh to Hakkoz, the eighth to 
 
 11 Abijah; the ninth to Jeshua, the tenth 
 
 12 to Shecaniah ; the eleventh to Eliashib, 
 
 'Or, 
 in the 
 last arts 
 8Heb. 
 thrir 
 gfntion 
 waft at 
 thf hand 
 of the 
 ionft of 
 A 'iron. 
 See Neh. 
 xi. 21 
 
 9 Or, 
 
 Anil 
 
 Drtvifl 
 
 divided 
 
 them, 
 
 even 
 
 Zadok 
 
 &c. 
 
 10 The 
 Hebrew 
 text has, 
 takeny 
 taken.
 
 326 
 
 I. CHRONICLES. 
 
 24. 12. 
 
 1 In ch. 
 xxiii. 16, 
 SJieMiel, 
 
 2 In ch. 
 xxiii. IS, 
 Shelo- 
 inith. 
 
 3 See ch. 
 xxiii. m 
 
 4 In ver. 
 14, Je- 
 share- 
 lah. 
 
 6Heb. 
 by the 
 hands of 
 the kiiii/. 
 
 6 In ver. 
 11, nri. 
 
 7 With 
 Shiniei. 
 men- 
 tioned in 
 ver. 17. 
 
 8 In ver. 
 18, 
 
 Azarel. 
 !> In ver. 
 20, Shu- 
 bael. 
 
 13 the twelfth to Jakim ; the tMrteenth to 
 Huppah, the fourteenth to Jeshebeab ; 
 
 14 the tSteenth to Bilgah, the sixteenth to 
 
 15 Immer ; the seventeenth to Hezu% the 
 
 16 eighteenth toHappizzez; the nineteenth 
 to Pethahiah, the twentieth to Jehez- 
 
 17kel; the one and twentieth to Jachin, 
 
 18 the two and twentieth to Gamul ; the 
 three and twentieth to Delaiah, the four 
 
 19 and twentieth to Maaziah. This was 
 the orderuig of them in their service, 
 to come into the house of the Lord ac- 
 cording to the ordinance given unto 
 them by the hand of Aaron their father, 
 as the Lord, the God of Israel, had 
 commanded him. 
 
 20 And of the rest of the sons of Levi : 
 of the sons of Amram, ^Shubael; of 
 
 21 the sons of Shubael, Jehdeiah. Of Ee- 
 habiah : of the sons of Eehabiah, Isshiah 
 
 22 the chief. Of the Izharites, aghelo- 
 moth; of the sons of Shelomoth, Ja- 
 
 23 hath. And the sons ^ of Hebron ; Jeriah 
 the cliief, Amariah the second, Jahaziel 
 
 24 the third, Jekanieam the fourth. The 
 sons of IJzziel, Micah ; of the sons of 
 
 25 Micah, Shamir. The brother of Micah, 
 Isshiah : of the sons of Isshiah, Zechar- 
 
 26iali. The sons of Merari; Mahli and 
 
 27 Mushi : the sons of Jaaziah ; Beno. The 
 sons of Merari ; of Jaaziah, Beno, and 
 
 28 Shoham, and Zaccur, and Ibri. Of Mah- 
 
 29 li ; Eleazar, who had no sons. Of Kish ; 
 
 30 the sons of Kish, Jerahmeel. And the 
 sons of Mushi; Mahli, and Eder, and 
 Jerimoth. These were the sons of the 
 Levites after their fathers' houses. 
 
 31 These likewise cast lots even as then- 
 brethren the sons of Aaron in the pre- 
 sence of David the king, and Zadok, 
 and Aliimelech, and the heads of the 
 fathers' houses of the priests and of the 
 Levites; the fathers' houses of the chief 
 even as those of his younger brother. 
 
 25 Moreover David and the captains of 
 the host separated for the service cert- 
 ain of the sons of Asaph, and of Heman, 
 and of Jeduthun, w ho should prophesy 
 with harps, with psalteries, and with 
 cymbals : and the number of tliem that 
 did the work according to their service 
 
 2 was : of the sous of Asaph ; Zaccur. and 
 Joseph, and Nethaniah, and ■^Asharelah, 
 the sons of Asaph ; under the hand of 
 Asaph, who prophesied ^ after the order 
 
 3 of the king. Of Jeduthun : the sons of 
 Jeduthun; Gedaliah, and ^Zeri, and Je- 
 shaiah,IIashabiah,andMattithiah,''six; 
 under the hands of their father Jedu- 
 thun with the harp, who prophesied in 
 
 4 giving thanks and praising the Lord . Of 
 Heman: the sons of Heman; Bukkiah, 
 Mattaniah, ^Uzziel, ^ Shebuel, and Jeri- 
 moth, Hananiah, Hanani, Eliathah, Gid- 
 dalti, and Eomamti-ezer, Joshbekashah, 
 
 5MaIlothi, Hothir, Mahazioth: all these 
 were the sons of Heman the king's seer 
 in the words of God, to lift up the horn. 
 And God gave to Heman fourteen sons 
 
 6 and three daughters. All these were 
 under the hands of their father for song 
 in the house of the Lord, with cymbals, 
 psalteries, and harps, for the service of 
 the house of God ; lo Asaph, Jeduthun, 
 and Heman being under the order of 
 
 7 the king. And the number of them, 
 with their brethren that were instructed 
 in singing unto the Lord, even all that 
 were skilful, was two hundred four- 
 
 8 score and eight. And they cast lots 
 11 for their charges, all alike, as well the 
 small as the gi-eat, the teacher as the 
 
 9 scholar. Now the first lot came forth 
 for Asaph to Joseph: the second to 
 Gedaliah ; he and his brethren and sons 
 
 10 were twelve : the third to Zaccur, his 
 
 11 sonsand hisbrethren,twelve: the fourth 
 to Izri, his sons and his brethren, twelve: 
 
 12 the fifth to Nethaniah, his sons and his 
 
 13 brethren, twelve : the sixth to Bukkiah, 
 
 14 his sons and his brethren, twelve : the 
 seventh to Jesharelah, his sons and 
 
 15 his brethren, twelve: the eighth to 
 
 Jeshaiah, his sons and his brethren, 
 
 16 twelve: the ninth to Mattaniah, his 
 
 17 sons and his brethren, twelve : the tenth 
 to Shimei, his sons and his brethren, 
 
 18 twelve : the eleventh to Azarel, his sons 
 
 19 and his brethren, twelve : the twelfth 
 to Hashabiah, his sons and his breth- 
 
 20 ren, twelve : for thethu-teenth, Shubael, 
 
 21 his sons and his brettoen, twelve : for 
 the fourteenth, Mattithiah, his sons and 
 
 22 his brethren, twelve : for the fifteenth 
 to Jeremoth, his sons and his brethren, 
 
 23 twelve : for the sixteenth to Hananiah, 
 
 24 his sons and his bretliren, twelve : for 
 the seventeenth to Joshbekashah, his 
 
 25 sons and his brethren, twelve : for the 
 eighteenth to Hanani, his sons and his 
 
 26 brethren, twelve : for the nineteenth to 
 Mallothi, his sons and his brethren, 
 
 27 twelve : for the twentieth to Eliathah, 
 
 28 his sons and his brethren, twelve : for 
 the one and twentieth to Hothir, his 
 
 29 sons and his brethren, twelve : for the 
 two and twentieth to Giddalti, his sons 
 
 30 and his brethren, tw' elve : for the three 
 and twentieth to Mahazioth, his sons 
 
 31 and his brethren, twelve : for the four 
 and twentieth to Eomamti-ezer, his 
 sons and his brethren, twelve. 
 
 26 For the courses of the doorkeepers : 
 of the Korahites; i^jfeshelemiah the 
 son of Kore, of the sons of i^ Asaph. 
 2 And Meshelemiah had sons ; Zechar- 
 iah the firstborn, Jediael the second, 
 Zebadiah the third, Jathniel the fourth ; 
 3Elam the fifth, Jehohanan the sixth, 
 4Eliehoenai the seventh. And Obed- 
 edom had sons ; Shemaiah the first- 
 born, Jehozabad the second, Joah the 
 third, and Sacar the fourth, and Neth- 
 
 5 anel the fifth ; Ammiel the sixth, Issa- 
 char the seventh, Peullethai the eighth: 
 
 6 for God blessed him. Also unto She- 
 maiah his son were sons born, that ruled 
 over the house of their father : for they 
 
 10 Or, 
 after the 
 order of 
 the king, 
 even A- 
 &aph &c. 
 
 "Or, 
 
 ward 
 against 
 ward, a3 
 well &c. 
 
 12 In ver. 
 14. Shel- 
 emiah. 
 
 13 In ch. 
 ix. 19, 
 KM- 
 asaph.
 
 27. 12. 
 
 I. CHRONICLES. 
 
 327 
 
 lOr. 
 
 •wards 
 
 over 
 
 against 
 
 their 
 
 brethren 
 
 2 In ver. 
 1. Me- 
 ahelcm- 
 iah. 
 
 3 That is, 
 
 Casing 
 
 forth. 
 
 < Or. the 
 Precinct 
 
 5 Accord- 
 ins to the 
 Sept., 
 And the 
 Levites 
 their 
 brethren 
 were 
 over 
 to. 
 6Heb. 
 holy 
 things, 
 'Inch, 
 vi. 17, 
 Libni. 
 8 Inch, 
 xxiii. 8, 
 Jehiel. 
 
 DHeb. 
 1 Out of 
 the bat- 
 tles and 
 the spoil. 
 
 10 Heb. 
 Shelo- 
 mith. 
 
 7 were mighty men of valour. Tlic sons 
 of Shcmaiah; Othni, and Rephael, and 
 Obed, Elzabad, whose brotliren were 
 valiant men, EUhu, and Semachiah. 
 
 8 All these were of tlio sons of Obed- 
 edoni: they and their sons and tlieir 
 brethren, able men in strcngtli for the 
 service; threescore and two of Obed- 
 
 9cdom. And Meshelemiah had sous and 
 
 10 brethren, valiant men, eighteen. Also 
 Hosah, of the children of Merari, had 
 sons ; Shimri the chief, (for though he 
 was not the firstborn, yet his father 
 
 11 made liim chief;) Hilkiah the second, Te- 
 baliah the third, Zechariah the fourth : 
 all the sons and brethren of Hosah were 
 
 12 thirteen. Of these were the courses of 
 the doorkeepers, even of the chief men, 
 havuig 1 charges like as tlieh' brethren, 
 to minister in the house of the Lokd. 
 
 13 And they cast lots, as well tlie small as 
 the great, according to their fathers' 
 
 14 houses, for every gate. And the lot 
 eastward fell to 2 Shelemiali. Then for 
 JZechariah his son, a discreet counsel- 
 lor, they cast lots ; and his lot came out 
 
 15 northward To Obed-edom southward ; 
 
 16 and to his sons the storehouse. To Shup- 
 pim and Hosah westward, by the gate 
 of 3 Shallecheth, at the causeway that 
 
 17 goeth up, ward agamst ward. Eastward 
 were six Levites, northward four a day, 
 southward four a day, and for the store- 
 
 18 house two and two. For * Parbar west- 
 ward, four at the causeway, and two at 
 
 19* Parbar. These were the courses of 
 the doorkeepers; of the sons of the 
 Korahites, and of the sons of Merari. 
 
 20 5 And of the Levites, Ahijah was over 
 the treasm-ies of the house of God, and 
 over the treasiu'ies of the ''dedicated 
 
 21 things. The sous of 'Ladan; the 
 sons of the Gershonites belonging to 
 Ladan, the heads of the fathers' houses 
 belonging to Ladan the Gershonite; 
 
 22 sjehieli. The sons of Jehieli ; Zetham, 
 and JoelMs brother, over the treasm-ies 
 
 23 of the house of the LoED. Of the Am- 
 ramites, of the Izharites, of the Hebron- 
 
 24 ites, of the Uzzielites : and Shebuel the 
 son of Gershom, the sou of Moses, was 
 
 25 ruler over the treasuries. And his 
 brethren; of Eliezer can^e Eehabiahhis 
 son, and Jeshaiah his son, and Joram 
 his son, and Zichri his son, and Shelo- 
 
 26 moth his son. This Shelomoth and his 
 bretluren were over all the treasuries of 
 the dedicated things, which David the 
 king, and the heads of the fathers' 
 houses, the captains over thousands 
 and hundi'eds, and the captains of the 
 
 27 host, had dedicated. "Out of the spoil 
 won in battles did they dedicate to re- 
 
 28 pair the house of the Lord. And all 
 that Samuel the seer, and Saul the son 
 of Kish, and Abner the son of Ner, and 
 Joab the son of Zeruiah, had dedicated; 
 whosoever had dedicated any thing, it 
 was mider the hand of lo Shelomoth, 
 
 29 and of his brethren. Of the Izharites, 
 Chenaniah and his sons were for the 
 outward business over Israel, for of- 
 
 30 fleers and judges. Of the Hebronites, 
 Hashabiah and his brethren, men of 
 valour, a thousand and seven hundred, 
 had the oversight of Israel beyond 
 .Jordan westward ; for all the business 
 of the Lord, and for the service of the 
 
 31 king. Of the Hebronites was Jerijah 
 the chief, even of the Hebronites, ac- 
 cording to then- generations by fathers' 
 houses. In the fortieth year of the reigu 
 of David they were sought for, and there 
 were found among them mighty men 
 
 32 of valour at Jazer of Gilead. Aid his 
 brethren, men of valour, were two thou- 
 sand and seven hundred, heads of fa- 
 thers' houses, whom kmg David made 
 overseers over the Eeubenites, and the 
 Gadites, and the half tribe of the Ma- 
 nassites, for every matter pertaining to 
 God, and for the affairs of the kmg. 
 
 27 Now the children of Israel after their 
 number, to wit, the heads of fathers' 
 houses and the captains of thousands 
 and of hundreds, and their of&cers that 
 served the king, in any matter of the 
 courses which came in and went out 
 month by month throughout all the 
 months of the year, of every course 
 
 2 were twenty and four thousand. Over 
 the first coui'se for the first month was 
 Jashobeam the son of Zabdiel : and in 
 his course were twenty and four thou- 
 
 3 sand. JTe was of the childi-eu of Perez, 
 the chief of all the captains of the host 
 
 4 for the first month. And over the 
 com"se of the second month was Do- 
 dai the Ahohite, and his course; and 
 Mikloth the ruler: and in his course 
 
 5 were twenty and fom* thousand. The 
 thii'd captain of the host for the third 
 month was Benaiah, the son of Jehoia- 
 da the i^priest, chief: and in his course 
 
 6 were twenty and four thousand. This 
 is that Benaiah, who was the mighty 
 man of the thu-ty, and over the thirty : 
 and of his course was Ammizabad his 
 
 7 son. The fourth captain for the fourth 
 month was Asahel the brother of Joab, 
 and Zebadiah his son after him : and in 
 his com'se were twenty and four thou- 
 
 8 sand. The fifth captam for the fifth 
 month was Shamlmth the Izrahite: 
 and in his course were twenty and four 
 
 9 thousand. The sixth captain for the 
 sixth month was Ii-a the son of Ikkesh 
 the Tekoite: and in his coui'se were 
 
 10 twenty and four thousand. The seventh 
 captain for the seventh month was 
 Helez the Pelonite, of the childi-en of 
 Ephraim : and in his com'se were twen- 
 
 11 ty and four thousand. The eighth 
 captain for the eighth month was Sib- 
 becai the Hushathite, of the Zerah- 
 ites: and in his course were twenty 
 
 12 and four thousand. The ninth captain 
 for the ninth month was Abiezer the 
 
 "Or, 
 chief 
 minister 
 See 
 2 Sam. 
 viiL 18.
 
 328 
 
 I. CHRONICLES. 
 
 27. 12. 
 
 1 In ch. 
 xi. 3(1, 
 Heled. 
 
 Sin 
 ISam. 
 xvi. 6, 
 Eliab. 
 
 3 Or, 
 
 brother'* 
 
 ion 
 
 Anathotliite, of the Benjamites : and in | 
 his course were twenty and four tliou- 
 
 13 sand. The tenth captain for the tenth 
 month was Maharai the Netophathite, 
 of the Zerahites: and in his course 
 
 14 were twenty and four thousand. The 
 eleventh captain for the eleventh month 
 was Benaiah the Pirathonite, of the 
 children of Ephraim : and in his coui-se 
 
 15 were twenty and four thousand. The 
 twelfth captain for the twelfth month 
 was iHeldai>the Netophathite, of Otli- 
 niel: and in his coui'se were twenty 
 and four thousand. 
 
 16 Furthermore over the tribes of Israel : 
 of the Reubenites was Eliezer the son 
 of Zichri the ruler : of the Simeonites, 
 
 17 Shephatiah the son of Maacah : of Levi, 
 Hashabiah the son of Kemuel : of Aaron, 
 
 ISZadolv: of Judah, '^Ehhu, one of the 
 brethren of David: of Issachar, Omri 
 
 19tlie son of Michael: of Zebulun, Ish- 
 maiah the son of Obadiah: of Naph- 
 
 20 tali, Jeremoth the son of Azriel: of 
 the children of Ephraim, Hoshea the 
 son of Azaziah: of the half tribe of 
 
 21 Manasseh, Joel the son of Pedaiah: of 
 the half tiihe of Manasseh in Gilead, 
 Iddo the son of Zechariah: of Beu- 
 
 22jamin, Jaasiel the son of Abner: of 
 Dan, Azarel the son of Jeroham. 
 These were the captains of the tribes 
 
 23 of Israel. But David took not the 
 number of them from twenty years old 
 and under : because the Lord had said he 
 would increase Israel like to the stars 
 
 24 of heaven. Joab the son of Zcruiah 
 began to number, but finished not ; and 
 there came wrath for this upon Israel ; 
 neither was the nmnber put into the 
 account in the chi'ouicles of king David. 
 
 25 And over the king's treasuries was 
 Azmaveth the son of Adiel : and over 
 the treasuries in the fields, in the 
 cities, and in the villages, and in the 
 castles, was Jonathan the son of 
 
 26Uzziah: and over them that did the 
 work of the field for tillage of the 
 gromid was Ezri the son of Chelub: 
 
 27 and over the vineyards was Shimei the 
 Ramathite: and over the increase of 
 the vineyards for the wme cellars was 
 
 28Zabdi the Shiphmite: and over the 
 olive trees and the sycomore trees that 
 were in the lowland was Baal-hanan 
 the Gederite: and over the cellars of 
 
 29 oil was Joash : and over the herds that 
 fed in Sharon was Shitrai the Sliaron- 
 ite: and over the herds that were in 
 the valleys was Shaphat the son of 
 
 30Adlai: and over the camels was Obil 
 the Islmiaelite : and over the asses was 
 
 31Jehdeiah the Merouothite: and over 
 the flocks was Jaziz the Hagrite. All 
 these were the rulers of the substance 
 which was khig David's. 
 
 32 Also Jonathan David's •''micle was a 
 counsellor, a man of understanding, 
 and a scribe: and Jehiel the son of 
 
 Hachmoni was with the king's sons: 
 33 and Ahithophel was the king's coun- 
 sellor : and Hushai the Archite was the 
 34 king's friend: and after Ahithophel 
 was Jehoiada the son of Benaiah, and 
 Abiathar: and the captain of the king's 
 host was Joab. 
 28 And David assembled all the princes 
 of Israel, the princes of the tribes, and 
 the captains of the companies that 
 served the king by course, and the 
 captains of thousands, and the captains 
 of hundr-eds, and the rulers over all the 
 substance and "J possessions of the king 
 and of his sons, with the ^of&cers, and 
 the mighty men, even all the mighty 
 
 2 men of valour, unto Jerusalem. Then 
 David the king stood up upon his feet, 
 and said, Hear me, my brethren, and 
 my people : as for me, it was in mine 
 heart to build an house of rest for the 
 ark of the covenant of the Lord, and 
 for the footstool of our God; and I 
 
 3 had made ready for the building. But 
 God said unto me, Thou shalt not build 
 an house for my name, because thou 
 art a man of war, and hast shed blood. 
 
 4 Howbeit the Lord, the God of Israel, 
 chose me out of all the house of my 
 father to be king over Israel for ever : 
 for he hath chosen Judah to be ^ prince ; 
 and in the house of Judah, the house 
 of my father ; and among the sons of 
 my father he took pleasure in me to 
 
 5 make me king over all Israel : and of 
 all my sons, (for the Lord hath given 
 me many sons,) he hath chosen Solo- 
 mon my son to sit upon the throne 
 of the kingdom of the Lord over 
 
 6 Israel. And he said unto me, Solomon 
 thy son, he shall build my house and 
 my courts : for I have chosen him to 
 be my son, and I will be his father. 
 
 7 And I will establish his kingdom for 
 ever, if he be constant to do my com- 
 mandments and my judgements, as 
 
 Sat this day. Now therefore, in the 
 sight of all Israel, the congi-egation of 
 the Lord, and in the audience of om* 
 God, observe and seek out all the 
 commandments of the Lord your God : 
 that ye may possess this good land, 
 and leave it for an inheritance to your- 
 9 children after you for ever. And thou, 
 Solomon my son, know thou the God 
 of thy father, and serve him with a 
 perfect heart and with a willing mind : 
 for the Lord searcheth all hearts, and 
 imderstandeth all the imaginations of 
 the thoughts : if thou seek him, he will 
 be found of thee ; but if thou forsake 
 him, he will cast thee off for ever. 
 
 10 Take heed now; for the Lord hath 
 chosen thee to build an house for the 
 sanctuary : be strong, and do it. 
 
 11 Then David gave to Solomon his 
 son the pattern of the porch of the 
 temple, and of the houses thereof, 
 and of the treasuries thereof, and of
 
 29. 17. 
 
 I. CHRONICLES. 
 
 329 
 
 iHob. 
 
 a Or, 
 in his 
 spirit 
 
 3 Or, the 
 
 I/IRD 
 
 made 
 
 me 
 
 under- 
 
 starul in 
 
 vrriting 
 
 by his 
 
 hand 
 
 upon 
 
 me, 
 
 evenic. 
 
 *0r, 
 berj/l 
 
 the upper rooms thereof, and of the 
 inner cliambers thereof, and of the 
 
 12 iplace of the mercy-seat : and the pat- 
 tern of all that he had 2 by the spirit, 
 for the courts of the house of tlie Loiu), 
 and for all the chambers round about, 
 for the treasuries of the house of God, 
 and for the treasuries of the dedicated 
 
 13 things : also for the courses of the priests 
 and tlie Ijevites, and for all the work of 
 the service of the house of the Lord, 
 and for all the vessels of service iii the 
 
 14 house of the Lord : of gold by weight 
 for the vessels of gold, for all vessels of 
 every kind of service ; ofsilve r for all the 
 vessels of silver by weight, for all ves- 
 
 15 sels of every kind of service : by weight 
 also for the candlesticks of gold, and 
 for the lamps thereof, of gold, by weight 
 for every candlestick and for the lamps 
 thereof: and for the candlesticks of 
 silver, siloer by weight for evern candle- 
 stick and for the lamps thereof, accord- 
 
 16 ing to the use of every candlestick : and 
 the gold by weight for the tables of 
 shewbrcad, for every table ; and silver 
 
 17 for the tables of silver : and the flesh- 
 hooks, and the basons, and the cups, of 
 pure gold: and for the golden bowls 
 by weight for every bowl ; and for the 
 silver bowls by weight for every bowl : 
 
 18 and for the altar of incense refiued 
 gold by weight : and gold for the pat- 
 tern of the chariot, even the cherubim, 
 that spread out their loings, and cov- 
 ered the ark of the covenant of the 
 
 19 Lord. All this, said David, ^have I 
 been made to understand in writing 
 from the hand of the Lord, even all 
 
 20 the works of this pattern. And David 
 said to Solomon his son. Be strong 
 and of good courage, and do it: fear 
 not, nor be dismayed: for the Lord 
 God, even my God, is with thee; he 
 will not fail thee, nor forsake thee, un- 
 til all the work for the service of the 
 
 21 house of the Lord be finished. And, 
 behold, there are the courses of the 
 priests and the Levites, for all the 
 service of the house of God : and there 
 shall be with thee in all mamier of 
 work every willmg man that hath skill, 
 for any manner of service: also the 
 captains and all the people will be 
 wholly at thy conunandment. 
 
 29 And David the king said unto all the 
 congi'egation, Solomon my son, whom 
 alone God hath chosen, is yet young 
 and tender, and the work is great: 
 for the iialace is not for man, but for 
 2 the Lord God. Now I have prepared 
 with all my might for the house of mj' 
 God the gold for the things of gold, and 
 the silver for the things of silver, and 
 the brass for the things of brass, the 
 iron for the things of iron, and wood for 
 the things o/wood; *onyx stones, and 
 stones to be set, stones for inlaid work, 
 and of divers colours, and all manner 
 
 of precious stones, and marble stones 
 
 3 in abundance. Moreover also, because 1 
 have set my affection to the house of 
 my God, seeing that I have a treasure 
 of mine own of gold and silver, I give 
 it unto the house of my God, over and 
 above all that I have prepared for the 
 
 4 holy house ; even three thousand talents 
 of gold, of the gold of Ophir, and seven 
 thousand talents of reliued silver, to 
 overlay the walls of the houses withal : 
 
 5 of gold for the things of gold, and of sil- 
 ver for the things of silver, and for all 
 mamier of work to he made by the hands 
 of artificers. Who then offereth will- 
 ingly 5 to consecrate himself this day 
 
 6 unto the Lord ? Then the princes of 
 the fathers' houses, and the princes of 
 the tribes of Israel, and the captains 
 of thousands and of hmidreds, with the 
 rulers over the king's work, offered 
 
 7 wUlingly ; and they gave for the service 
 of the house of God of gold five thou- 
 sand talents and ten thousand darics, 
 and of silver ten thousand talents, and 
 of brass eighteen thousand talents, 
 and of iron a hundred thousand tal- 
 
 8 ents. And they with v,"hom precious 
 stones were found gave them to the 
 treasure of the house of the Lord, 
 under the hand of Jehiel the Gershonite. 
 
 9 Then the jjeople rejoiced, for that thej' 
 offered wUlLngly, because with a per- 
 fect heart they offered willingly to the 
 Lord : and David the king also re- 
 
 10 joiced with gi-eat joy. Wieref ore David 
 blessed the Lord before all the congi-eg- 
 ation : and David said. Blessed be thou, 
 O Lord, the God of Israel our father, 
 
 11 for ever and ever. Thine, O Lord, is 
 the greatness, and the power, and the 
 glory, and the victory, and the majesty : 
 for all that is in the heaven and in the 
 earth is thine; thine is the kingdom, 
 O Lord, and thou art exalted as head 
 
 12 above all. Both riches and honour come 
 of thee, and thou rulest over aU; and 
 in thine hand is power and might ; and 
 in thme hand it is to make great, and 
 
 13 to give strength unto all. Now there- 
 fore, oiu' God, we thank thee, and praise 
 
 14 thy glorious name. But who am I, 
 and what is my people, that we should 
 "be able to offer so wUluigly after this 
 sort ? for all things come of thee, and 
 ''of thine own have we given thee. 
 
 15 For we are strangers before thee, and 
 sojourners, as all our fathers were: 
 our days on the earth are as a shadow, 
 
 16 and there is no ^ abiding. Lord om- 
 God, all this store that we have pre- 
 pared to build thee an house for thine 
 holy name cometh of thine hand, and 
 
 17 is all tliine own. I know also, my God, 
 that thou triest the heart, and hast 
 pleasure ui uprightness. As for me, in 
 the uj)rightness of mine heart I have 
 -vviUingly offered all these thuigs : and 
 now have I seen with joy thy jieople. 
 
 5 Heb. to 
 fill his 
 hand. 
 
 " Heb. 
 retain 
 strength. 
 
 THeb. 
 of thine 
 hand. 
 
 s Heb. 
 hope. 
 
 11- 5
 
 330 
 
 I. CHRONICLES. 
 
 29. 17. 
 
 lOr. 
 establish 
 
 2 Or, 
 leafier 
 
 which are jiresent here, to offer will- 
 ISiiigly unto thee. O Lord, the God of 
 Abraham, of Isaac, and of Israel, our 
 fathers, kee^) this for ever in the mi- 
 agination of the thoughts of the heart 
 of thy people, and i prepare their heart 
 
 19 luito thee : and give unto Solomon iny 
 son a ijerfect heart, to keep thy com- 
 mancbnents, thy testimonies, and thy 
 statutes, and to do aU these things, and 
 to build the palace, for the which I 
 
 20 have made provision. And David said 
 to all the congregation. Now bless the 
 Lord your God. And all the congi-eg- 
 ation blessed the Lord, the God of 
 their fathers, and bowed down their 
 heads, and worshipped the Lord, and 
 
 21 the king. And they sacriiiced sacrifices 
 unto the Lord, and offered burnt offer- 
 ings unto the Lord, on the morrow after 
 that day, even a thousand bullocks, a 
 thousand rams, and a thousand lambs, 
 with their di'ink offerings, and sacri- 
 
 22 fices in abundance for all Israel ; and did 
 eat and ch-ink before the Lord on that 
 day with gi-eat gladness. And they made 
 Solomon the son of David king the 
 second time, and anointed him unto the 
 Lord to be ^ prince, and Zadok to be 
 
 23 priest. Then Solomon sat on the thi'one 
 of the Lord as king instead of David 
 his father, and prosjiered; and ail Is- 
 
 24 rael obeyed hun. And all the princes, 
 and the mighty men, and all the sons 
 likewise of king David, ^ submitted 
 
 25 themselves unto Solomon the king. And 
 the Lord magnified Solomon exceed- 
 ingly in the sight of all Israel, and be- 
 stowed upon him such royal majesty 
 as had not been on any king before 
 him in Israel. 
 
 26 Now David the son of Jesse reigned 
 
 27 over all Israel. ^And the time that 
 he reigned over Israel was forty years ; 
 seven years reigned he in Hebron, and 
 thu'ty and three years reigned he in 
 
 28 Jerusalem. And he died in a good old 
 age, full of days, riches, and honour: 
 and Solomon his son reigned in his 
 
 29 stead. Now the acts of David the 
 king, first and last, behold, they are 
 written in the ^ history of Samuel the 
 seer, and in the ^ history of Nathan the 
 prophet, and in the ^ history of Gad the 
 
 30 seer ; with all his reign and his might, 
 and the times that went over him, and 
 over Israel, and over aU the kingdoms 
 of the comitries. 
 
 3Heh. 
 
 gave tfu 
 hand 
 nnti*'r 
 Holofnon. 
 
 *Sce 
 2 S;ini. 
 V. 4, 5, 
 1 Kin;.'3 
 ii. II.   
 
 SHeb. 
 words. 
 
 1 Or. ns 
 other- 
 wise 
 read, he 
 had put 
 
 2 Or. 
 offcrrd 
 there, 
 upon. . . 
 yea, ho 
 offered 
 
 3 See 
 
 1 Kings 
 ill. 5, 4c. 
 
 THE SECOND BOOK 
 
 OF 
 
 THE CHRONICLES. 
 
 1 And Solomon the son of David was 
 strengthened in his kuigdom, and the 
 Lord his God was with him, and mag- 
 
 2 nified him exceedingly. And Solomon 
 spake unto all Israel, to the captains of 
 thousands and of hundreds, and to the 
 judges, and to every prmce in all Israel, 
 
 3 the heads of the fathers' houses. So 
 Solomon, and all the congregation with 
 him, went to the high place that was at 
 Gibeon ; for there was the tent of meet- 
 ing of God, which Moses the servant 
 of the Lord had made in the wilder- 
 
 4 ness. But the ark of God had David 
 brought up from Kiriath-jearim to the 
 place that David had prepared for it : 
 for he had pitched a tent for it at Je- 
 
 Srusalem. Moreover the brasen altar, 
 that Bezalel the son of Uri, the son of 
 Hur, had made, ^ was there before the 
 tabernacle of the Lord: and Solomon 
 and the congregation sought unto it. 
 
 6 And Solomon 2 went up thither to the 
 brasen altar before the Lord, which 
 was at the tent of meeting, and offered 
 a thousand burnt offerings upon it. 
 
 7 3 In that night did God appear mi to 
 Solomon, and said unto him, Ask what 
 
 81 shall give thee. And Solomon said 
 
 unto God, Thou hast shewed gi-eat 
 kinchiess mito David my father, and 
 9 hast made me king in his stead. Now, 
 Lord God, let thy promise unto 
 David my father be established: for 
 thou hast made me king over a people 
 like the dust of the earth in multitude. 
 
 10 (live me now wisdom and knowledge, 
 tliat I may go out and come in before 
 this people: for who can judge this 
 
 11 thy people, that is so gi-eat? And 
 God said to Solomon, Because this 
 was in thine heart, and thou hast not 
 asked riches, wealth, or honour, nor 
 the life of them that hate thee, neither 
 yet hast asked long life; but hast 
 asked wisdom and knowledge for thy- 
 self, that thou mayest judge my people, 
 over whom I have made thee king: 
 
 12 wisdom and knowledge is granted unto 
 thee ; and I will give thee riches, and 
 wealth, and honour, such as none of 
 the kings have had that have been be- 
 fore the?, neither shall there any after 
 
 13 thee have the like. So Solomon ^came 
 from his journey to the high place that 
 was at Gibeon, from before the tent 
 of meetmg, unto Jerusalem; and he 
 reigned over Israel. 
 
 4 The 
 Sept. 
 and 
 
 Vulgato i 
 liave, I 
 caina j 
 from I 
 the high 
 phtre. '
 
 3. 7. 
 
 II. CHRONICLES. 
 
 331 
 
 I See 
 
 1 Kings 
 
 fCh. 1. 18 
 tn Heb.] 
 
 [Ch. li. 1 
 in Hel).] 
 
 «In 
 
 1 Kings 
 
 .1, 
 Hiram. 
 
 ' Heb. 
 
 retain' 
 
 en 
 
 tirenffth. 
 
 *0r, 
 cyi/ress 
 
 5 In 
 
 1 Kings 
 X. U. 
 almu'j 
 treen. 
 
 6 Heb. 
 cort. 
 
 11 lAnd Solomon gathered chariots and 
 horyonion : and he had a thousand and 
 four huntli-ed cliariots, and twelve thou- 
 sand horsemen, which lie placed in the 
 chariot cities, and with the king at 
 
 15 Jerusalem. And the king made silver 
 and gold to bo in Jerusalem as stones, 
 and cedars made he to he as the syco- 
 more trees that are in the lowland, for 
 
 16 abundance. And the horses which Solo- 
 mon had were brought out of Egyi^t ; 
 the king's merchants received them in 
 
 17 di'oves, each (b-ove at a price. And they 
 fetched uji, and brought out of Egypt 
 a chariot for six hundred sliekch of sil- 
 ver, and an horse for an hundred and 
 fifty: and so for all the kings of the 
 Hittites, and the kings of SjTia, did 
 they bring them out by their means. 
 
 2 Now Solomon purxjoscd to build an 
 house for the name of the Lord, and 
 
 2 an house for his kingdom. And Solo- 
 mon told out tln-eescore and ten thou- 
 sand men to bear burdens, and four- 
 score thousand men that were hewers 
 m the mountains, and three thousand 
 
 3 and six hundred to oversee them. And 
 Solomon sent to '^Huram the king of 
 Tyre, saying. As thou didst deal with 
 David my father, and didst send him 
 cedars to build him an house to dwell 
 
 4 therein, eren so deal ivith ine. Be- 
 hold, I build an house for the name 
 of the Lord my God, to dedicate it to 
 him, and to burn before him incense 
 of sweet spices, and for the continual 
 shewbread, and for the burnt offerings 
 morning and evenmg, on the sabbaths, 
 and on the new moons, and on the 
 set feasts of the Lord our God. This 
 is an ordinance for ever to Israel. 
 
 5 And the house which I build is great : 
 for great is our God above all gods. 
 
 6 But who ^ is able to build him an house, 
 seeing the heaven and the heaven of 
 heavens cannot contain him ? who am I 
 then, that I should build him an house, 
 save only to burn incense before him ? 
 
 7 Now therefore send me a man cunning 
 to work in gold, and in silver, and in 
 brass, and in iron, and in purjile, and 
 crimson, and blue, and that can skill 
 to grave all manner of gra%'ings, to he 
 with the cunning men that are with 
 me in Judah and in Jerusalem, whom 
 
 8 David my father did provide. Send me 
 also cedar trees, * fir trees, and ^algum 
 trees, out of Lebanon : for I know that 
 thy servants can skill to cut timber in 
 Lebanon; and, behold, my servants 
 
 9 shall be with thy servants, even to pre- 
 pare me timber in abmidance : for the 
 house which I am about to build shall 
 
 10 be wonderful gi-eat. And, behold, I wiU 
 give to thy servants, the hewers that 
 cut timber, twenty thousand ^ measures 
 of beaten wheat, and twenty thousand 
 ^measures of barley, and twenty thou- 
 sand baths of wine, and twenty thou- 
 
 11 sand baths of oil. Then Huram the 
 king of Tyre answered in writing, 
 which he sent to Solomon, Because 
 the Lord loveth his peojile, he hatli 
 
 12 made thee kuig over them. Huram 
 said moreover, Blessed be the Lord, 
 the God of Israel, that made heaven 
 and eartli, who hath given to David the 
 king a wise son, endued with discretion 
 and miderstanding, tliat should build 
 an house for the Lord, and an house for 
 
 13 his kingdom. And now I liave sent a 
 cunning man, endued with understand- 
 
 I'ling, 7 of Hm-am my fatlier's, **the son 
 of a woman of the daughters of Dan, 
 and his father was a man of Tyre, 
 skilful to work in gold, and in silver, in 
 brass, in iron, in stone, and in timber, 
 in purple, in blue, and in fine linen, and 
 in crimson ; also to grave any manner 
 of gi-aving, and to devise any device: 
 that there may be a place appointed 
 unto liim with thj' cunning men, and 
 with the cunning men of my lord David 
 
 1.5 thy father. Now therefore the wheat 
 and the barley, the oil and the wine, 
 which my lord hath s^ioken of, let him 
 
 16 send imto his servants : and we will cut 
 wood out of Lebanon, as much as thou 
 shalt need : and we will brmg it to thee 
 in floats by sea to ^ Jojipa ; and thou 
 
 17 shalt carry it up to Jerusalem. And 
 Solomon numbered all the strangers 
 that were in the land of Israel, after the 
 numbering wherewith David his father 
 had numbered them ; and they were 
 found an hundred and fifty thousand 
 and tkree thousand and six hundred. 
 
 18 lOAnd he set threescore and ten thou- 
 sand of them to bear burdens, and 
 fourscore thousand that were hewers 
 in the moimtains, and thi-ee thousand 
 and six hundi-ed overseers to set the 
 people awork. 
 
 3 11 Then Solomon began to build the 
 house of the Lord at Jerusalem in 
 mount Moriah, where the Lord ap- 
 peared unto David his father, i^ which 
 he made ready i3 in the j)lace that David 
 liad appointed, in the threshing-fioor of 
 
 2 1"* Oman the Jebusite. And he began to 
 build in the second daij of the second 
 mouth, in the fourth year of his reign. 
 
 3 Now 15 these are the foundations which 
 Solomon laid for the building of the 
 house of God. The length by cubits 
 after the first measm-e was threescore 
 cubits, and the breadth twenty cubits. 
 
 4 And the porch that was before the house, 
 the length of it, according to the breadth 
 of the house, was twenty cubits, and 
 the height an hundred and twenty : and 
 he overlaid it ^vitliin with pure gold. 
 
 5 And the greater house he cieled with 
 ^ fir tree, which he overlaid with fine 
 gold, ami ^vl•ought thereon palm ti-ees 
 
 6 and chains. And he garnished the house 
 with precious stones for beauty : and 
 
 7 the gold was gold of Parvaim. He over- 
 
 11-6 
 
 'Or, 
 evell JTu- 
 ram my 
 fnthrr 
 See ell. 
 iv. IS. 
 8 See 
 1 Kings 
 vii. U 
 
 9 Heb. 
 Japho. 
 
 10 See 
 ver. i. 
 
 11 See 
 
 1 Kings 
 vi. 1, &c 
 
 12 The 
 Sept. 
 and 
 
 Vulgate 
 have, 
 in the 
 place 
 wh ich 
 David 
 had pre- 
 pared, 
 in the 
 thresh- 
 ing-Jloor 
 &c. 
 
 13 Heb. 
 in the 
 place of 
 David, 
 11 In 
 
 2 Sam. 
 xxiv. If), 
 &c.. 
 Arau- 
 nuh. 
 
 15 Or. 
 these 
 are the 
 things 
 wheri-'in 
 Solomon 
 was in- 
 strlict.i-d 
 for &c.
 
 332 
 
 II. CHRONICLES. 
 
 3. 7. 
 
 lOr, 
 
 inward 
 
 2 See 
 1 Ki?ig3 
 vii. 15, 
 
 3 See 
 1 Kings 
 vii. 21. 
 
 < That is, 
 Ife shall 
 c^ablifih. 
 6 Tliat is, 
 perhaps, 
 In it is 
 strength. 
 6 See 
 1 Kings 
 vii. 23, 
 &c. 
 
 'In 
 1 King,<i 
 vii. 24. 
 kuops. 
 8 Or, 
 1m in a 
 cubit 
 
 laid also the house, the beams, the 
 thresholds, and the walls thereof, and 
 the doors thereof, with gold; and 
 
 8 graved cherubim on the walls. And 
 he made the most holy house; the 
 length thereof, according to the breadth 
 of the house, was twenty cubits, and 
 the breadth thereof twenty cubits : and 
 he overlaid it with fine gold, amount- 
 
 9 Lug to six himdred talents. And the 
 weight of the nails was fifty shekels 
 of gold. And he overlaid the upper 
 
 10 chambers with gold. And in the most 
 holy house he made two cherubim of 
 image work; and they overlaid them 
 
 11 with gold. And the wings of the 
 cherubim were twenty cubits long: 
 the wing of the one chefub was five 
 cubits, reaching to the wall of the 
 house ; and the other wing was liJce- 
 wise five cubits, reaching to the wing 
 
 1*2 of the other cherub. And the wing 
 of the other cherub was five cubits, 
 reaching to the wall of the house : and 
 the other wing was five cubits also, 
 joining to the whig of the other cherub. 
 
 13 The wings of these cherubuu spread 
 themselves forth twenty cubits: and 
 they stood on their feet, and their 
 
 14 faces were i toward the house. Aiid he 
 made the veil of blue, and purple, and 
 crimson, and fine linen, and wrought 
 
 15 cherubim thereon. ^ \iso he made be- 
 fore the house two pillars of thirty 
 and five cubits high, and the chapiter 
 that was on the top of each of them 
 
 16 was five cubits. And he made chains 
 in the oracle, and put them on the tops 
 of the pillars ; and he made an hund- 
 red pomegranates, and put them on 
 
 17 the chahis. ^knA he set up the pillars 
 before the temple, one on the right 
 hand, and the other on the left; and 
 called the name of that on the right 
 hand ^Jachiu, and the name of that 
 
 4 on the left * Boaz. Moreover he made 
 an altar of brass, twenty cubits the 
 length thereof, and twenty cubits the 
 breadth thereof, and ten cubits the 
 
 2 height thereof. 6 Also he made the 
 molten sea of ten cubits from brim to 
 brim, romid in compass, and the height 
 thereof was five cubits ; and a line of 
 thu-ty cubits compassed it romid about. 
 
 3 And under it was the similitude of 
 ■foxen, which did compass it round ab- 
 out, sfor ten cubits, comi)assuig the sea 
 romid about. The ''oxen were in two 
 
 4 rows, cast when it was cast. It stood up- 
 on twelve oxen, three looking toward 
 the north, and three looking toward 
 the west, and three looking toward the 
 south, and three looking toward the 
 east: and the sea was set upon them 
 above, and all their hinder jiarts were 
 
 .5 inward. And it was an handbreadth 
 thick ; and the brim thereof was wrought 
 like the brim of a cup, like the flower of 
 a lily : it received and held three thou- 
 
 6 sand baths. He made also ten lavers, 
 and put five on the right hand, and five 
 on the left, to wash in them ; such things 
 as belonged to the burnt offering they 
 washed m them : but the sea was for 
 
 7 the priests to wash in. And he made 
 the ten candlesticks of gold according 
 to the ordinance concerning them ; and 
 he set them in the temple, five on the 
 
 Bright hand, and five on the left. He 
 made also ten tables, and placed them 
 in the temple, five on the right side, 
 and five on the left. And he made an 
 9 hundred basons of gold. Furthermore 
 he made the court of the priests, and 
 the great court, and doors for the 
 court, and overlaid the doors of them 
 10 with brass. And he set the sea on the 
 right side of the house eastward, to- 
 ll ward the south. And Hm-am made the 
 pots, and the shovels, and the basons. 
 So Huram made an end of doing the 
 work that he wrought for king Solo- 
 12mon in the house of God: the two 
 Xiillars, and the bowls, and the two 
 chapiters which were on the top of the 
 pillars ; and the two networks to cover 
 the two bowls of the chaiiiters that 
 
 13 were on the toj) of the pUlars ; and the 
 four hundred pomegranates for the two 
 networks; two rows of pomegranates 
 for each network, to cover the two bowls 
 of the chapiters that were "upon the 
 
 14 pillars. He made also the bases, and 
 the lavers made he upon the bases; 
 
 15 one sea, and the twelve oxen mider it. 
 
 16 The pots also, and the shovels, and the 
 fleshhooks, and all the vessels thereof, 
 did 10 Huram his father make for king 
 Solomon for the house of the Lord 
 
 17 of bright brass. In the plain of Jordan 
 did the king cast them, in the clay 
 gi'ouud between Succoth and Zeredah. 
 
 18 11 Thus Solomon made all these vessels 
 in great abundance : for the weight of 
 the brass i^ could not be fomid out. 
 
 19 And Solomon made all the vessels that 
 were in the house of God, the golden 
 altar also, and the tables whereon was 
 
 20 the shewbread ; and the candlesticks 
 with their lamps, that they should 
 burn according to the ordinance be- 
 
 21 fore the oracle, of pure gold ; and the 
 flowers, and the lamps, and the tongs, 
 
 22 of gold, and that perfect gold; and 
 the snuffers, and the basons, and the 
 spoons, and the fii-ejians, of pure gold : 
 and as for the entry of the house, the 
 inner doors thereof for the most holy 
 place, and the doors of the house, to 
 
 5 wit, of the temple, were of gold. Thus 
 all the work that Solomon wrought 
 for the house of the Loed was finished. 
 And Solomon brought in the things 
 that David his father had dedicated; 
 even the silver, and the gold, and all 
 the vessels, and iiut them in the trea- 
 sm-ies of the house of God. 
 
 2 13 Then Solomon assembled the
 
 6. 19. 
 
 II. CHRONICLES. 
 
 333 
 
 I Or. 
 
 they 
 
 drew out 
 the 
 
 staves^ so 
 that &c. 
 
 2 Or, 
 where 
 
 3 Or, 
 for song 
 
 4 See 
 1 Kind's 
 viii. li', 
 &c. 
 
 eliloi-3 of Israel, and all the heads 
 of the tribes, the princes of the fa- 
 thers' houses of the childi-en of Is- 
 rael, unto Jei-usaleni, to bring up the 
 arli of the covenant of the Loud out 
 of the city of David, which is Zioii. 
 
 3 And all the men of Israel assemlded 
 themselves unto tlie kbig at the feast, 
 
 4 which was in the seventh month. And 
 all the elders of Israel came, and the 
 
 SLevites took uj) the ark. And they 
 brought up the ark, and the tent of 
 meeting, and all the holy vessels that 
 were in tlie Tent ; these did the priests 
 
 6 the Levites bring up. And kmg Solo- 
 mon and all the congregation of Israel, 
 that were assembled unto him, were 
 before the ark, sacrificing sheep and 
 oxen, that could not be told nor num- 
 
 7 bered for multitude. And the priests 
 brought in the ark of the covenant of 
 the Lord unto its place, into the oracle 
 of the house, to the most holy place, 
 even under the wings of the cheruliim. 
 
 8 For the cherubim spread forth then- 
 wings over the place of the ark, and 
 the cherubim covered the ark and the 
 
 9 staves thereof above. And ^the staves 
 were so long that the ends of the staves 
 were seen from the ark before the ora- 
 cle ; but they were not seen without : 
 
 10 and there it is, unto this daj'. There 
 was nothmg in the ark save the two 
 tables which Moses put there at Horeb, 
 2 when the Lord made a covenant with 
 the childi-en of Israel, when they came 
 
 11 out of Egypt. And it came to pass, 
 when the priests were come out of the 
 holy i)lace, (for aU the priests that were 
 present had sanctified themselves, and 
 
 12 did not keep their courses ; also the 
 Levites which were the singers, aU of 
 them, even Asaph, Heman, Jeduthun, 
 and theu" sons and their brethren, ar- 
 rayed in fine Imen, with cymbals and 
 psalteries and harps, stood at the east 
 end of the altar, and wth them an 
 hundi-ed and twenty priests somiduig 
 
 13 with trimipets:) it came even to pass, 
 when the trumjjeters and singers were 
 as one, to make one sound to be heard 
 in praising and thanking the Lord; 
 and when they lifted up their voice 
 with the trumpets and cymbals and 
 instruments ^ of music, and praised the 
 Lord, saying. For he is good ; for his 
 mercy cndureth for ever: that then the 
 house was filled with a cloud, even the 
 
 14 house of the Lord, so that the priests 
 could not stand to minister by reason 
 of the cloud : for the glory of the Lord 
 filled the house of God. 
 
 6 * Then spake Solomon, The Lord hath 
 said that he would dwell in the thick 
 
 2 darkness. But I have built thee an 
 house of habitation, and a jilace for 
 
 3 thee to dwell in for ever. And the king 
 tiu-ned his face, and blessed aU the 
 congregation of Israel : and all the con- 
 
 4 gregation of Israel stood. And he said. 
 Blessed be the Loud, the God of Israel, 
 which spake witli liis inoutli unto 
 David my father, and hatli witli liis 
 
 .5 hands f rdtilled it, saying, Since the day 
 that I lirought forth my people out of 
 the land of Egypt, I cliose no city out 
 of all the trilies of Israel to build an 
 liouse in, that my name might bo tliere; 
 neitlier chose I any man to be ''prince 
 
 6 over my people Israel: but I have 
 chosen Jerusalem, that my name might 
 be there ; and have chosen Da\'id to be 
 
 7 over my people Israel. Now it was in 
 the heart of David my father to build 
 an house for the name of tlie Lord, the 
 
 8 God of Israel. But the Lord said unto 
 David my father. Whereas it was in 
 thine heart to build an house for my 
 name, thou didst well that it was in 
 
 9 tlime heart : nevertheless thou shalt 
 not build the house ; but thy son that 
 shall come forth out of thy loins, he 
 shall build the house for my name. 
 
 10 And the Lord hath perfonned his word 
 that he spake ; for I am risen up in the 
 room of David my fffther, and sit on 
 the throne of Israel, as the Lord pro- 
 mised, and have built the house for the 
 name of the Lord, the God of Israel. 
 
 11 Aiid there have I set the ark, wherein 
 is the covenant of the Lord, which he 
 made with the chilch-en of Israel. 
 
 12 And he stood before the altar of the 
 Lord in the presence of all the con- 
 gregation of Israel, and spread forth 
 
 13 his hands: (for Solomon had made a 
 brasen scaffold, of five cubits long, and 
 five cubits broad, and three cubits high, 
 and had set it m the midst of the court ; 
 and upon it he stood, and kneeled down 
 upon his knees before all the congi'eg- 
 atiou of Israel, and spread forth his 
 
 14 hands toward heaven :) and he said, O 
 Lord, the God of Israel, there is no 
 God like thee, in the heaven, or in the 
 earth ; who keepest covenant and mer- 
 cy G with thy servants, that walk before 
 
 15 thee with all then- heart : who hast kept 
 with thy servant David my father that 
 which thou didst promise him: yea, 
 thou spakest with thy mouth, and hast 
 fulfilled it with thine hand, as it is 
 
 16 this day. Now therefore, O Lord, the 
 God of Israel, keep with thy servant 
 David my father that which thou hast 
 promised him, saying, "^ There shall not 
 fail thee a man in my sight to sit on 
 the throne of Israel ; if only thy child- 
 ren take heed to their way, to walk in 
 my law as thou hast walked before me. 
 
 17 Now therefore, O Lord, the God of 
 Israel, let thy word be verified, which 
 thou spakest unto thy servant David. 
 
 18 But will God in very deed dwell mth 
 men on the earth? behold, heaven 
 and the heaven of heavens cannot con- 
 tain thee; how much less this bouse 
 
 19 which I have builded I Yet have thou 
 
 «0r. 
 le'tdrr 
 
 « Or./or 
 
 7Heb. 
 There 
 shall not 
 be cut 
 off unto 
 thee a 
 man 
 frnrn my 
 sight.
 
 334 
 
 II. CHRONICLES. 
 
 6. 19. 
 
 I Or. 
 Where- 
 insoever 
 a man 
 shall gin 
 
 2 Or, 
 beeause 
 
 3 Or. an- 
 swerc8t 
 
 «Heb. 
 gates. 
 
 respect unto the x^raj'cr of tliy servant, 
 and to bis sujiplication, Loed my 
 God, to hearken iinto the cry and to 
 the prayer which thy servant prayeth 
 20 before thee: that thine eyes may be 
 open toward this house day and night, 
 even toward the place whereof thou 
 hast said that thou wouklest put thy 
 name tliere ; to hearken unto the prayer 
 wliich thy servant shall pray toward 
 
 21 this place. And hearken thou to the 
 supplications of thy servant, and of thy 
 people Israel, when they shall pray to- 
 Avard this place: yea, hear thou from 
 thy dwelliiig place, even from heaven ; 
 
 22 and when thou hearest, forgive, i If a 
 man sin against his neighbour, and an 
 oath be laid upon him to cause him to 
 swear, and he come and swear before 
 
 23 thine altar in this house: then hear 
 thou from heaven, and do, and judge 
 thy servants, requiting the wicked, to 
 bring his way upon his own head ; and 
 justifying the rigiiteous, to give him 
 
 24 according to his righteousness. And 
 if thy people Israel be smitten down 
 before the enemy, because they have 
 sinned against thee; and shall turn 
 again and confess thy name, and pray 
 and make supplication before thee in 
 
 25 this house : then hear thou from heaven, 
 and forgive the sin of thy jjeople Israel, 
 and bring them again unto the laud 
 which thou gavest to them and to their 
 
 26 fathers. When the heaven is shut up, 
 and there is no rain, because they have 
 sinned against thee ; if they pray toward 
 this jjlace, and confess thy name, and 
 turn from their sin, ^when thou ^dost 
 
 27 afflict them : then liear thou m heaven, 
 and forgive the sin of thy servants, 
 and of thy people Israel, 2 when thou 
 teachest them the good way wherein 
 they should walk ; and send rain upon 
 thy land, which thou hast given to thy 
 
 28 people for an inheritance. If there be 
 in tlie land famine, if there be pestilence, 
 if there be blasting or mildew, locust 
 or catei-piller ; if their enemies besiege 
 them in the land of their * cities ; what- 
 soever plague or whatsoever sickness 
 
 29 there bo ; what prayer and supplication 
 soever be made by any man, or by all 
 thy people Israel, -U'liich shall know 
 every man his own i^lague and his own 
 sorrow, and shall spread forth his hands 
 
 30 toward this house : then hear thou from 
 heaven thy dwelling jilace, and forgive, 
 and render unto every man according 
 to all his ways, whose heart thou know- 
 est ; (for thou, even thou onlj', knowest 
 the hearts of the chiltben of men ;) 
 
 31 that they may fear thee, to walk in thy 
 ways, so long as they live in the land 
 which thou gavest unto our fathers. 
 
 32 Moreover concerning the stranger, that 
 is not of thy people Israel, when he 
 shall come from a far comitry for thy 
 great name's sake, and thy mighty hand. 
 
 and thy stretched out arm ; when they 
 shall come and pray toward this house : 
 
 33 then hear thou from heaven, even from 
 thy dwelling place, and do according 
 to all that the stranger calleth to thee 
 for; that all the peoples of the earth 
 may know thy name, and fear thee, 
 as doth thy people Israel, and that 
 they may know that ^this house which 
 
 34 1 have built is called by thy name. If 
 thy people go out to battle against 
 their enemies, by whatsoever way thou 
 shalt send them, and they pray imto 
 thee toward this city which thou hast 
 chosen, and the house which I have 
 
 S.j built for thy name: then hear thou 
 from heaven their prayer and their 
 sujjplication, and maintain their i* cause. 
 
 3G If they sin agamst thee, (for there is 
 no man that sinneth not,) and thou be 
 angry with them, and deliver them to 
 the enemy, so that 'they carry them 
 away cai)tive unto a land far off or 
 
 37 near ; yet if tliej' shall bethink them- 
 selves in the land whither tliey are 
 carried captive, and turn again, and 
 make supplication unto thee in the 
 land of then- captivity, saying, We 
 have sinned, we have done perversely, 
 
 38 and have dealt wickedly; if they i-e- 
 turn unto thee with all their heart and 
 with all their soul in the land of theu* 
 captivity, whither they have carried 
 them cajitive, and pray toward their 
 land, which thou gavest unto their fa- 
 thers, and the city which thou hast 
 chosen, and toward the house which I 
 
 39 have built for thy name : then hear thou 
 from heaven, even from thy dwelling 
 place, their jsrayer and then- supplica- 
 tions, and maintain their ^ cause; and 
 forgive thy people which have sinned 
 
 40 against thee. Now, O my God, let, I be- 
 seech thee, thine eyes be open, and let 
 thine ears be attent, unto tlie ijrayer 
 
 41 that is made in this place. ^ Now there- 
 fore arise, O Lord God, into thy resting 
 place, thou, and tlie ark of thy strength : 
 let thy i)riests, Lord God, be clothed 
 with salvation, and let thy saints rejoice 
 
 42 in ^goodness. Lord God, turn not 
 away the face of thine anomted : remem- 
 ber the 1" mercies of David thy servant. 
 
 T Now when Solomon had made an end 
 of praying, the fire came down from hea- 
 ven, and consumed the burnt offering 
 and the sacrifices ; and the glory of the 
 
 2 Lord filled the house. And the priests 
 could not enter into the house of the 
 Lord, because the glory of the Lord 
 
 3 filled the Lord's house. And all the 
 children of Israel looked on, when the 
 fire came down, and the glory of the 
 Lord Avas ujion the house; and they 
 bowed themselves with their faces to 
 the ground upon the pavement, and 
 worshipped, aiid gave thanks mito the 
 Lord, saijing, For he is good ; for his 
 
 4 mercy endureth for ever. i^Then the
 
 8. 13. 
 
 II. CHRONICLES. 
 
 335 
 
 > Or, /or 
 the tong 
 of the 
 LOSD 
 
 -See 
 1 K<nu3 
 vili. 64— 
 
 3 Or, 
 
 closing 
 /ettival 
 
 4 See 
 1 Kings 
 ix. 1, ic. 
 
 s Heb. 
 
 itpon 
 
 whom 
 
 my 
 
 name is 
 
 calied. 
 
 king and all tlic people offered sacrilice 
 5 before the Lord. And king Solomon 
 offered a sacrifice of twenty and two 
 thousand oxen, and an hundred and 
 twenty thousand sliccj). So the king 
 and all the pcojjle dedicated the house 
 (5 of God. And the priests stood, accord- 
 ing to their offices; the Levites also 
 with instruments i of music of the 
 LoKD, whi(;h David the king had made 
 to give thanks unto the Lord, for his 
 mercy endurclh for ever, when David 
 l>raised by tlieir ministry: and the 
 priests sounded trum2)ets before them ; 
 
 7 and all Israel stood. '^ Moreover Solo- 
 mon hallowed the middle of the court 
 that was before the house of the Lord ; 
 for there he offered the burnt offerings, 
 and the fat of the peace offerings : be- 
 cause the brasen altar which Solomon 
 luad made was not able to receive the 
 burnt offering, and the meal offering, 
 
 8 and the fat. So Solomon held the feast 
 at that time seven days, and all Israel 
 ■with him, a vei-y great congregation, 
 from the entering in of Hamath unto 
 
 9 tlie brook of Egypt. And on the eighth 
 day they held a '^ solemn assembly : for 
 they kept the dedication of the altar 
 seven days, and the feast seven days. 
 
 10 And on the three and twentieth day of 
 the seventh mouth he sent the i)eople 
 away unto their tents, joyful and glad 
 of heart for the goodness that the 
 Lord had shewed unto David, and to 
 Solomon, and to Israel his people. 
 
 11 ^Thus Solomon finished the house of 
 the Lord, and the kmg's house: and 
 all that came into Solomon's heart to 
 make in the house of the Lord, and 
 in his own house, he prosperously 
 
 r2 effected. And the Lord appeared to 
 Solomon by niglit, and said mito him, 
 I have heard thy i^rayer, and have 
 chosen this place to myself for an 
 
 13 house of sacrifice. If I shut u}) heaven 
 that there be no rain, or if I com- 
 mand the locust to devour the land, or 
 if I send pestilence among my peoide; 
 
 14 if my i^coi^le, ^ which are called by 
 my name, sliall humble themselves, 
 and pray, and seek my face, and turn 
 from their wicked ways; tlien will I 
 hear from heaven, and will forgive 
 their sin, and will heal theu" land. 
 
 15 Now mine eyes shall be ojien, and 
 mine ears attent, unto the i)rayer that 
 
 IG is made in this place. For now have I 
 chosen and hallowed this house, that 
 my name may be there for ever: and 
 mine eyes and mine heart shall be there 
 
 ITpei'petually. And as for tliee, if thou 
 wilt walk before me as David thy fa- 
 ther walked, and do according to all 
 that I have commanded tliee, and wilt 
 keep my statutes and my judgements; 
 
 18 then I will establish the tlu'one of thy 
 kingdom, accordmg as I covenanted 
 with David thy father, saying, There 
 
 shall not fail tliee a man to be ruler in 
 
 19 Israel. But if ye turn away, and for- 
 sake my statutes and my command- 
 ments which I have set before you, and 
 shall go and serve other gods, and wor- 
 
 '20 ship them : then will I i)luck them up l)y 
 tlie roots out of my land wliich I have 
 given them ; and this liouse, which I 
 have hallowed for my name, will I cast 
 out of my sight, and I will make it 
 a proverb and a byword among aU 
 
 21 jieoples. And this house, which is so 
 higli, evei'y one that passcth by it shall 
 be astonished, and shall say, "Why hath 
 the Lord done thus unto tliis land, and 
 
 2'2 to this house ? And they shall answer, 
 Because they forsook the Lord, the 
 God of their fathers, which brought 
 tliem forth out of the land of Egypt, and 
 laid hold on other gods, and worshipped 
 them, and ser\'ed them : therefore hath 
 he brought all this evil upon them. 
 
 8 "And it came to pass at the end of 
 twenty years, whereui Solomon had 
 built the house of the Lord, and his 
 
 2 own house, that the cities which Huram 
 had given to Solomon, Solomon built 
 them, and caused the children of Israel 
 to dwell there. 
 
 3 And Solomon went to Hamath-zobah, 
 
 4 and lire vailed against it. And he built 
 Tadnior in the wilderness, and all the 
 store cities, which he built in Hamath. 
 
 5 Also he built Beth-horon the upper, and 
 Beth-horon the nether, fenced cities, 
 
 6 with walls, gates, and bars ; and Baal- 
 ath, and all the store cities that Sol- 
 omon had, and all the cities for his 
 chariots, and the cities for his horse- 
 men, and all that Solomon desired to 
 build for his pleasure in Jerusalem, and 
 in Lebanon, and in all the land of his 
 
 7 dominion. As for all the people that 
 were left of the Hittites, and the Amor- 
 ites, and the Pei'izzites, and the Hiv- 
 ites, and the Jebusites, which were 
 
 Snot of Israel; of their chikh-eu that 
 were left after them ui the land, whom 
 the children of Israel consumed not, 
 of them did Solomon raise a levy of 
 
 9 bondservants, unto this day. But of the 
 children of Israel did Solomon make no 
 servants for his work ; but they were 
 men of war, and chief of his captains, 
 and rulers of his chariots and of his 
 lOhorsemen. And these were the chief of- 
 ficers of king Solomon, even two hund- 
 red and fifty, that bare rule over the 
 
 11 people. And Solomon brought up the 
 daughter of Pharaoh out of the city of 
 David unto the house that he had built 
 for her : for he said. My wife shall not 
 dwell in the house of David king of Is- 
 rael, because 'the places ai-e holy,where- 
 irato the ark of the Lord hath come. 
 
 12 Then Solomon offered burnt offer- 
 ings unto the Lord on the altar of 
 the Lord, which he had buUt before 
 
 13 the jjorch, even as the duty of every 
 
 "See 
 1 Kini?n 
 ix. 10, Sc. 
 
 'Heb. 
 they are.
 
 33G 
 
 II. CHRONICLES. 
 
 8. 13. 
 
 iSee 
 1 Kings 
 X. 1, &c. 
 
 2Heb. 
 stand- 
 ing. 
 
 3 Or, 
 sayings 
 
 day required, offering according to the 
 commandment of Moses, on the sab- 
 baths, and on the new moons, and on 
 the set feasts, three times in the year, 
 even in the feast of itnleavened bread, 
 and in the feast of weeks, and in the 
 
 14 feast of tabernacles. And he appoint- 
 ed, according to the ordinance of David 
 his father, the com'ses of the priests to 
 their service, and the Levites to their 
 charges, to praise, and to minister be- 
 fore the priests, as the duty of every 
 day required : the doorkeepers also by 
 theu- courses at every gate : for so had 
 David the man of God commanded. 
 
 15 And they departed not from the com- 
 mandment of the king unto the priests 
 and Levites concerning any matter, or 
 
 16 concerning the treasm-es. Now all the 
 work of Solomon was prepared unto 
 the day of the foundation of the house 
 of the LoED, and until it was finished. 
 So the house of the Lord was perfected. 
 
 17 Then went Solomon to Ezion-geber, 
 and to Eloth, on the sea shore in the 
 
 18 land of Edom. And Huram sent him 
 by the hands of his servants ships, and 
 servants that had knowledge of the 
 sea ; and they came with the servants 
 of Solomon to Ophir, and fetched from 
 thence four hmidred and fifty talents 
 of gold, and brought them to king 
 Solomon. 
 
 9 1 And when the queen of Sheba heard 
 of the fame of Solomon, she came to 
 prove Solomon with hard questions at 
 Jerusalem, with a very great train, and 
 camels that bare spices, and gold m 
 abundance, and precious stones: and 
 when she was come to Solomon, she 
 communed with him of all that was in 
 
 2 her heart. And Solomon told her all 
 her questions : and there was not any 
 thing hid from Solomon which he told 
 
 3 her not. And when the queen of 
 Sheba had seen the wisdom of Solo- 
 mon, and the house that he had built, 
 
 4 and the meat of his table, and the 
 sitting of his servants, and the ^ at- 
 tendance of his ministers, and their 
 apparel ; his cupbearers also, and their 
 apparel; and his ascent by which he 
 went up mito the house of the Lord ; 
 
 5 there was no more spirit in her. And 
 she said to the king. It was a true 
 report that I heard in mine own land 
 of thine ^acts, and of thy wisdom. 
 
 GHowbeit I believed not their words, 
 until I came, and mine eyes had seen 
 it: and, behold, the half of the great- 
 ness of thy wisdom was not told me : 
 thou exceedest the fame that I heard. 
 
 7 Happy are thy men, and happy arc 
 these thy servants, which stand con- 
 tinually before thee, and hear thy wis- 
 
 8dom. Blessed be the Lord thy God, 
 which delighted in thee, to set thee on 
 his throne, to be king for the Lord thy 
 God : because thy God loved Israel, to 
 
 estabUsh them for ever, therefore made 
 he thee king over them, to do j udgement 
 9 and justice. And she gave the king an 
 hundred and twenty talents of gold, and 
 spices in great abundance, and iirecious 
 stones: neither was there any such 
 spice as the queen of Sheba gave to 
 
 10 king Solomon. And the servants also of 
 Hui'am, and the servants of Solomon, 
 which brought gold from Ophir,brought 
 
 ll^algum trees and pi-ecious stones. And 
 the king made of the algum trees 
 terraces for the house of the Lord, and 
 for tlie king's house, and hai-ps and 
 psalteries for the singers: and there 
 were none such seen before in the land 
 
 12 of Judah. And king Solomon gave to 
 the queen of Sheba all her desire, what- 
 soever she asked, beside that which she 
 had brought unto the king. So she 
 turned, and went to her own land, she 
 and her servants. 
 
 13 Now the weight of gold that came to 
 Solomon in one year was six hundred 
 and threescore and six talents of gold ; 
 
 14 beside that which the chapmen and mer- 
 chants brought: and all the kings of 
 Arabia and the governors of the country 
 brought gold and silver to Solomon. 
 
 15 And kuig Solomon made two hundi'ed 
 targets of beaten gold: six hundred 
 shekels of beaten gold went to one targ- 
 
 16 et. And he made three hundred shields 
 of beaten gold ; three hundred shehels 
 of gold went to one shield : and the king 
 put them in the house of the forest of 
 
 17 Lebanon. Moreover the king made a 
 gi-eat thi'one of ivory, and overlaid it 
 
 18 with pure gold. And there were sis steps 
 to the throne, with a footstool of gold, 
 which were fastened to the throne, and 
 5 stays on either side by the place of the 
 seat, and two lions standing beside the 
 
 19 stays. And twelve lions stood there on 
 the one side and on the other upon the 
 six steps : there was not the like made in 
 
 20 any kingdom. And aU king Solomon's 
 drinking vessels were of gold, and all 
 the vessels of the house of the forest of 
 Lebanon were of pure gold : silver was 
 nothing accounted of in the days of Solo- 
 
 21 mon. For the king had ships that went 
 to Tarshish with the servants of Huram: 
 once every thi'ee years came the ships 
 of Tarshish, bringing gold, and silver, 
 
 22 ivory, and apes, and peacocks. So 
 king Solomon exceeded all the kings of 
 
 23 the earth in riches and wisdom. And aU 
 the kings of the earth sought the pre- 
 sence of Solomon, to hear his wisdom, 
 
 24 which God had put in his heart. And 
 they brought every man his present, 
 vessels of silver, and vessels of gold, and 
 raiment, armour, and spices, horses, 
 
 25 and mules, a rate year by year. And 
 Solomon had four thousand stalls for 
 horses and chariots, and twelve thou- 
 sand horsemen, which he bestowed in 
 the chariot cities, and with the king at
 
 11. 14. 
 
 II. CHRONICLES. 
 
 337 
 
 iSce 
 
 1 Kings 
 xi. 41. &c. 
 
 2 Heb. 
 words. 
 
 3 Heb. 
 Jedai. 
 or, Jedo, 
 
 «Sce 
 1 Kings 
 xii. 1, &c. 
 
 26 Jerusalem. Aiid lie ruled over all the 
 kings from the Kiver even unto the 
 land of the Philistines, and to the border 
 
 27 of Egj-pt. And the king made silver to 
 be in Jerusalem as stones, and cedars 
 made he to be as the sycomore trees 
 that are in the lowland, for abundance. 
 
 28 And they brought horses for Solomon 
 out of Ep3q)t, and out of all lands. 
 
 29 1 Now the rest of the acts of Solomon, 
 first and last, are they not written in 
 the 2 history of Nathan the prophet, 
 and in the prophecy of Ahijah the 
 Shilonite, and in the visions of "Iddo 
 the seer concerning Jeroboam the son 
 
 30 of Nebat? And Solomon reigned in 
 Jerusalem over all Israel forty years. 
 
 31 And Solomon slept with his fathers, 
 and he was buried in the city of David 
 his father: and Kehoboam his son 
 reigned in his stead. 
 
 10 *And Eehoboam went to Shechem: 
 for all Israel were come to Shechem 
 
 2 to make him king. And it came to 
 pass, when Jeroboam the son of Nebat 
 heard of it, (for he was in Egj^it, 
 whither he had fled from the presence 
 of king Solomon,) that Jeroboam re- 
 
 3 turned out of Egyi^t. And they sent 
 and called him ; and Jeroboam and all 
 Israel came, and they spake to Keho- 
 
 4boam, saying, Thy fatlier made om- 
 yoke grievous : now therefore make 
 thou the gi-ievous service of thy father, 
 and his heavy yoke which he put upon 
 us, lighter, and we will serve thee. 
 
 5 And he said unto them. Come again 
 unto me after three days. And the 
 
 6 people departed. And king Eehoboam 
 took counsel with the old men, that had 
 stood before Solomon his father while 
 he yet lived, saying. What counsel give 
 ye me to return answer to this people ? 
 
 7 And they spake unto him, saying, If 
 thou be kind to this people, and please 
 them, and speak good words to them, 
 then they will be thy servants for 
 
 Sever. But he forsook the counsel of 
 the old men which they had given him, 
 and took counsel with the young men 
 that were grown up with him, that 
 
 9 stood before him. And he said unto 
 them, What counsel give ye, that we 
 may return answer to this people, who 
 have spoken to me, saying. Make the 
 yoke that thy father did put upon us 
 lOHghter? And the young men that 
 were grown up with him spake unto 
 him, saying. Thus shalt thou say unto 
 the people that spake unto thee, saying. 
 Thy father made our yoke heavy, but 
 make thou it lighter unto us ; thus shalt 
 thou say unto them, My little finger is 
 
 11 thicker than my father's loins. And 
 now whereas my father did lade you 
 with a heavy yoke, I wiU add to your 
 yoke: my father chastised you with 
 whips, but I will chastise yon with scor- 
 
 12 pions. So Jeroboam and all the people 
 
 came to Eehoboam the third day, as the 
 kuig bade, saying. Come to me again 
 
 13 the thu'd day. And the king answered 
 them roughly; and kmg Eehoboam for- 
 
 14sook the counsel of the old men, and 
 B])ake to them after the counsel of the 
 young men, saying. My father made 
 your yoke heavy, but I will add there- 
 to : my father chastised you with whips, 
 but I tcill chastise you with scorpions. 
 
 15 So the king hearkened not unto the 
 people ; for it was l)rought about of 
 God, that the Loed might establish his 
 word, which he spake by the hand of 
 Ahijah the Shilonite to Jeroboam the 
 
 16 son of Nebat. And when all Israel saw 
 that the king hearkened not mito them, 
 the people answered the king, saying. 
 What portion have we in David ? nei- 
 ther have we inheritance in the son 
 of Jesse : every man to your tents, O 
 Israel: now see to thine own house, 
 David. So all Israel departed imto their 
 
 17 tents. But as for the children of Israel 
 that dwelt in the cities of Judah, Eeho- 
 
 ISboam reigned over them. Then king 
 Eehoboam sent Hadoram, who was 
 over the levy; and the children of 
 Israel stoned him with stones, that he 
 died. And king Eehoboam made speed 
 to get him up to his chariot, to flee to 
 
 19 Jerusalem. So Israel rebelled against 
 the house of David, unto this day. 
 
 11 *Aiid when Eehoboam was come to 
 Jerusalem, he assembled the house 
 of Judah and Benjamin, an hundred 
 and fourscore thousand chosen men, 
 which were warriors, to fight against 
 Israel, to bring the kingdom again 
 
 2 to Eehoboam. But the word of the 
 Lord came to Shemaiah the man of 
 
 3 God, saying. Speak unto Eehoboam 
 the son of Solomon, king of Judah, 
 and to all Israel in Judah and Ben- 
 
 4jamin, sajing. Thus saith the Lord, 
 Ye shall not go uj), nor fight against 
 your brethren: return every man to 
 his house; for this thing is of me. 
 So they hearkened unto the words 
 of the Lord, and retm-ned from going 
 
 5 against Jeroboam. And Eehoboam 
 dwelt m Jerusalem, and built cities for 
 
 6 defence m Judah. He built even Beth- 
 71ehem, and Etam, and Tekoa, and 
 8Beth-zur, and Soco, and Adullam, and 
 9 Gath, and Mareshah, and Ziph, and Ad- 
 
 lOoratm, and Lachish, and Azekah, and 
 Zorah, and Aijalon, and Hebron, which 
 are in Judah and in Benjamin, fenced 
 
 11 cities. And he fortified the strong holds, 
 and put captains in them, and store 
 
 12 of victual, and oil and wine. And in 
 every several city he put shields and 
 spears, and made them exceeding 
 strong. And Judah and Benjamin be- 
 
 13 longed to him. And the priests and the 
 Levites that were in all Israel resort- 
 
 14 ed to him out of all their border. For 
 the Levites left their suburbs and their 
 
 5 ?CO 
 
 1 Kings 
 xii. 21— 
 24.
 
 338 
 
 II. CHRONICLES. 
 
 11. 14. 
 
 I Or, 
 
 tatyra 
 See Lev. 
 xvii. 7. 
 
 i Or, and 
 
 A'nhail 
 
 3 In ch. 
 
 xiii. 2, 
 
 Nicaiah 
 
 the 
 
 tlaufjh- 
 
 fer of 
 
 Vriel. 
 
 4 Or, 
 soar-zJit a 
 multi- 
 tude of 
 wivet 
 
 6 Sea 
 1 Kings 
 xlv. 25, 
 
 possession, and came to Jiidah and 
 Jerusalem : for Jeroboam and his sons 
 cast them off, that they should not exe- 
 cute the jiriest's office unto the Lord : 
 
 15 and he appointed him priests for the 
 high places, and for the i he-goats, and 
 
 16 for the calves which he had made. And 
 after them, out of all the tribes of Is- 
 rael, such as set theu* hearts to seek the 
 Lord, the God of Israel, came to Jeru- 
 salem to sacrifice unto the Lord, the 
 
 17 God of their fathers. So they strength- 
 ened the kingdom of Judah, and made 
 Eehoboam the son of Solomon strong, 
 three years: for they walked three 
 years in the way of David and Solomon. 
 
 18 And Eehoboam took him a wife, Mahal- 
 ath the daughter of Jerimotli the son 
 of David, "^and of Abihail the daughter 
 
 19 of Eliab the sou of Jesse ; and she bare 
 him sons; Jeush, and Shemariah, and 
 
 20 Zaliam. And after her he took « Maacah 
 the dauj:;hter of Absalom ; and she bare 
 hmi Abijah, and Attai, and Ziza, and 
 
 21 Shelomith. And Eehoboam loved Ma- 
 acah the daughter of Absalom above 
 all his wives and his concubines : (for 
 he took eighteen wives, and threescore 
 concubines, and begat twenty and eight 
 
 22 sons and threescore daughters.) And 
 Eehoboam appointed Abijah the son 
 of Maacah to be chief, even the prince 
 among his brethren : iovhe was minded 
 
 23 to make him king. And he dealt wisely, 
 and dispersed of all his sons through- 
 out all the lands of Judah and Ben- 
 jamin, unto every fenced city: and he 
 gave them victual in abundance. And 
 he ^ sought ./b)- them many wives. 
 
 12 And it came to pass, when the king- 
 dom of Eehoboam was established, 
 and he was strong, that he forsook the 
 law of the Lord, and all Israel with 
 
 2 him. 5 And it came to j)ass in the fifth 
 year of king Eehoboam, that Shishak 
 Idng of Egypt came up against Jeru- 
 salem, because they had trespassed 
 
 3 against the Lord, with twelve hund- 
 red chariots, and threescore thousand 
 horsemen : and the i)eople were with- 
 out niunber that came with him out 
 of Egypt; the Lubim, the Sukkiim, 
 
 4 and the Ethiopians. And he took the 
 fenced cities which pertained to Judah, 
 
 5 and came unto Jerusalem. Now Bhe- 
 maiah the prophet came to Eehoboam, 
 and to the princes of Judah, that were 
 gathered together to Jerusalem be- 
 cause of Shishak, and said unto them. 
 Thus saith the Lord, Ye have for- 
 saken me, therefore have I also left 
 
 6 you in the hand of Shishak. Then the 
 princes of Israel and the king hum- 
 bled themselves; and they said. The 
 
 7 Lord is righteous. And when the 
 Lord saw that they humbled them- 
 selves, the word of the Lord came to 
 Shemaiah, saying, They have humbled 
 themselves; I will not destroy them: 
 
 but I -^vill grant them ''some deliv- 
 erance, and my wrath shall not be 
 poured out upon Jerusalem by the 
 
 8 hand of Shishak. Nevertheless they 
 shall be his servants; that they may 
 know my service, and the service of the 
 
 9 kingdoms of the countries. So Shishak 
 king of Egypt came up against Jeru- 
 salem, and took away the treasures of 
 the house of the Lord, and the treasures 
 of the king's house ; he took aU away : 
 he took away also the shields of gold 
 
 10 wliich Solomon had made. And lung 
 Eehoboam made in their stead shields of 
 brass, and committed them to the hands 
 of the captains of the 'guard, that 
 
 11 kept the door of the king's house. And 
 it was so, that as oft as the king en- 
 tered into the house of the Lord, the 
 guard came and bare them, and brought 
 them back into the guard chamber. 
 
 12 And when he humbled himself, the 
 wrath of the Loud turned from him, that 
 he would not destroy him altogether: 
 and moreover in Judah ^ there were 
 
 13 good things found. ^ So king Eehoboam 
 strengthenedhimself in Jerusalem, and 
 reigned : for Eehoboam was forty and 
 one years old when he began to reign, 
 and he reigned seventeen j'ears in Je- 
 rusalem, the city which the Lord had 
 chosen out of all the tribes of Israel, 
 to put his name there : and his mother's 
 name was Naamah the Ammonitess. 
 
 14 And he did that which was evil, be- 
 cause he set not his heart to seek the 
 
 15 Lord. i^Now the acts of Eehoboam, 
 fu'st and last, are they not written in 
 the 11 histories of Shemaiah the prophet 
 and of Iddo the seer, 12 after the maimer 
 of genealogies ? And there were wars 
 between Eehoboam and Jeroboam con- 
 
 IGtinuaUy. And Eehoboam slept with 
 his fathers, and was buried in the city 
 of David : and Abijah his son reigned 
 in his stead. 
 
 13 I'^Iu the eighteenth year of king Jero- 
 boam began Abijah to reign over Judah. 
 
 2 Three years reigned he in Jerusalem : 
 and his mother's name was i^Micaiah 
 the daughter of Uriel of Gibeah. i^And 
 tliere was war between Abijah and Je- 
 
 3 roboam. And Abijah joined battle with 
 an array of valiant men of war, even 
 four liundred thousand chosen men: 
 and Jeroboam set the battle in array 
 against him ^^'ith eight hmidred thou- 
 sand chosen men, who were mighty men 
 
 4 of valour. And Abijah stood up upon 
 mount Zemaraim, which is in the hiU 
 country of Ephraim, and said, Hear me, 
 
 5 Jeroboam and all Israel ; ought ye 
 not to know that the Lord, the God of 
 Israel, gave the kingdom over Israel 
 to David for ever, even to him and to 
 
 6 his sons by a covenant of salt ? Yet Je- 
 roboam tlie son of Nebat, the servant of 
 Solomon the son of David, rose up, and 
 
 7 rebelled agamst his lord. And there
 
 15. 2. 
 
 11. CHRONICLES. 
 
 339 
 
 1 That is. 
 tvurth- 
 
 tcSf7lOSi. 
 
 were gathered unto him vain men, sons 
 of 1 Belial, which strengthened them- 
 selves against Kehoboam the sou of 
 Solomon, when Rehoboam was young 
 and tenderhearted, and could not with- 
 
 8 stand them. And now ye think to 
 withstand the kingdom of the Lord in 
 the hand of the sons of David ; and ye 
 be a great multitude, and there are 
 with you the golden calves which Jero- 
 
 9 boam made you for gods. Have ye not 
 driven out the pi-iests of the Lord, the 
 sons of Aaron, and the Lcvites, and have 
 made you priests after the manner of 
 the jieoples of of Airlands? so that who- 
 soever Cometh to consecrate himself 
 with a yomig bullock and seven rams, 
 the same may be a jn-iest of them that 
 
 10 arc no gods. But as for us, the Lord 
 is our God, and we have not forsaken 
 him; and ire have jiriests mmistering 
 nnto the Lord, the sons of Aaron, and 
 
 lithe Levites in then- work: and they 
 bm-n unto the Lord every morning and 
 every evening burnt offerings and sweet 
 incense: the sliewbread nlso set they 
 in order upon the pure table ; and the 
 candlestick of gold with the lamps 
 thereof, to burn every evening : for we 
 keep the charge of the Lord our God ; 
 
 12 but ye have forsaken him. And, behold, 
 God is with us at our head, and his 
 priests with the trumpets of alarm to 
 sound an alarm against you. children 
 of Israel, fight ye not against the Lord, 
 the God of your fathers ; for ye shall 
 
 13 not prosper. But Jeroboam caused 
 an ambushment to come about behuid 
 them: so they were before Judah, and 
 the ambushment was behind them. 
 
 14 And when Judah looked back, behold, 
 the battle was before and behmd them : 
 and they cried unto the Lord, and the 
 jiriests sounded with the trumpets. 
 
 15 Then the men of Judah gave a shout: 
 and as the men of Judah shouted, it 
 came to i^ass, that God smote Jero- 
 boam and all Israel before Abijah and 
 
 IG Judah. And the children of Israel 
 fled before Judah : and God delivered 
 
 17 them into their hand. And Abijah 
 and his people slew them with a great 
 slaughter: so there fell down slain of 
 Israel five hundred thousand chosen 
 
 18 men. Thus the children of Israel were 
 brought under at that time, and the 
 children of Judah prevailed, because 
 they relied upon the Lord, the God 
 
 19 of then- fathers. And Abijah pursued 
 after Jeroboam, and took cities from 
 him, Beth-el with the towns thereof, 
 and Jeshanah with the towns thereof, 
 and ^Ephron with the towns thereof. 
 
 20 Neither did Jeroboam recover strength 
 again in the days of Abijah: and the 
 
 21 Lord smote him, and he died. But 
 Abijah waxed mighty, and took unto 
 himself fourteen wives, and begat 
 twenty and two sons, and sixteen 
 
 *Aiiother 
 r'.^ading 
 is, Eph- 
 rain. 
 
 22 daughters. And the rest of the acts of 
 Altijah, and his ways, and his sayings, 
 aie written in the commentary of the 
 pioi)liet Iddo. 
 
 14 " So Abijah slept with his fathers, and 
 they buried him in tlie city of David, 
 and Asa his son reigned in his stead: 
 in his days the huid was quiet ten 
 
 2 years. Ajid Asa did that which was 
 good and right in the eyes of tlie Lord 
 
 3 his God : for he took away the strange 
 altars, and the high places, and brake 
 down the ^ pillars, and hewed down 
 
 4 the ^Asherim; and commanded Judah 
 to seek the Lord, the God of their 
 fathers, and to do the law and the com- 
 
 5 mandment. Also he took away out of 
 all the cities of Judah the high places 
 and the sun-images: and the khigdom 
 
 G was quiet before him. And he built 
 fenced cities in Judali: for the land 
 ^\-as quiet, and he had no ^var in those 
 years; because the Lord had given 
 
 7 iiim rest. For he said unto Judah, Let 
 us build these cities, and make about 
 them walls, and towers, gates, and 
 bars ; the land is yet before us, because 
 we have sought the Lord our God ; we 
 have sought him, and he hath given 
 us rest on every side. So they built 
 
 8 and prospered. And Asa had an army 
 that bare bucklers and spears, out of 
 Judah three hundred thousand; and 
 out of Benjamin, that bare shields and 
 drew bows, two hundred and fourscore 
 thousand : all these were mighty men 
 
 9 of valom-. And there came out against 
 them Zerah the Ethiopian with an army 
 of a thousand thousand, and three himd- 
 red chariots ; and he came unto Mare- 
 
 10 shah. Then Asa went out to meet him, 
 and they set the battle in array in the 
 
 11 vaUey of Zephathah at Mareshah. And 
 Asa cried mito the Lord his God, and 
 said. Lord, ''there is none ''beside thee 
 to help, between the mighty and him 
 that hath no strength: help us, O 
 Lord om- God ; for we rely on thee, and 
 in thy name are we come against this 
 multitude. O Lord, thou art our God ; 
 
 12 let not man iwevail against thee. So 
 the Lord smote the Ethiopians before 
 Asa, and before Judah; audtheEthio- 
 
 13 plans fled. And Asa and the people 
 that were with him pursued them unto 
 Gerar : and there fell of the Ethiopians 
 8 so many that they could not lecover 
 themselves; for they were '•'destroyed 
 before the Lord, and before his host; 
 and they carried away very much booty. 
 
 14 Aiid they smote all the cities round about 
 Gerar ; for i^the fear of the Lord came 
 upon tliem: and they spoiled all the 
 cities ; for there was much spoil in them. 
 
 15 They smote also the tents of cattle, and 
 carried away sheep in abundance and 
 camels, and returned to Jerusalem. 
 
 15 And the spii'it of God came upon 
 2Azariah the son of Oded: and he 
 
 [Ch. xllL 
 v'i in 
 Heb.] 
 3 .See 
 1 Kings 
 XV. 8. 
 [Cli. xiv. 1 
 111 Ueb.] 
 
 «0r. 
 
 fjfjulitkx 
 
 '■ See Ex. 
 xx.xiv. 13. 
 
 6 Or, 
 there is 
 no differ- 
 rnce 
 
 1 1 help. 
 
 whether 
 
 the 
 
 mighty 
 
 or him 
 
 &c. 
 
 " Or, like 
 
 9 Or, 10 
 that 
 
 none re- 
 maitied 
 alive 
 
 SHeb. 
 broken. 
 
 10 Oi . a 
 terror 
 from the 
 JjJlta
 
 / 
 
 340 
 
 II. CHRONICLES. 
 
 15. 2. 
 
 'Or. 
 a long 
 season 
 
 »Or.CT«i 
 
 3 See 
 1 Kint-s 
 xv.13-15. 
 
 «0r, 
 
 qiiet^n 
 ^tiothey 
 
 5 Or, for 
 Ashcruh 
 
 went out to meet Asa, and said unto 
 him, Hear ye me, Asa, and all Judah 
 and Benjamin: the Lord is with you, 
 while ye be with him; and if ye seek 
 him, he will be found of you; but if 
 ye forsake him, he wiU. forsake you. 
 
 3 Now for 1 long seasons Israel hath been 
 without the true God, and without a 
 
 4 teaching i^riest, and without law : but 
 when in their distress they turned unto 
 the Lord, the God of Israel, and sought 
 
 5hun, he was found of them. And in 
 those times there was no i^eace to him 
 that went out, nor to him that came 
 in, but great vexations were upon all 
 
 6 the inhabitants of the lands. And they 
 were broken in pieces, nation against 
 nation, and city against city: for God 
 
 7 did vex them with aU adversity. But 
 be ye strong, and let not yoiu- hands 
 be slack: for your work shall be re- 
 Swarded. And when Asa heard these 
 
 words, 2 and the prophecy of Oded the 
 prophet, he took corn-age, and put away 
 the abominations out of all the land 
 of Judah and Benjamin, and out of 
 the cities which he had taken from 
 the hill coimtry of Ephraun; and he 
 renewed the altar of the Lord, that 
 9 was before the xjorch of the Lord. And 
 he gathered all Judah and Benjamin, 
 and them that sojourned with them 
 out of Ephraim and Manasseh, and out 
 of Simeon : for they fell to him out of 
 Israel in abundance, when they saw 
 that the Lord his God was with him. 
 
 10 So they gathered themselves together 
 at Jerusalem in the third month, in 
 the fifteenth year of the reign of Asa. 
 
 11 And they sacrificed unto the Lord in 
 that day, of the spoil which they had 
 brought, seven hundred oxen and seven 
 
 12 thousand sheep. And they entered into 
 the covenant to seek the Lord, the God 
 of their- fathers, with all their heart 
 
 13 and wdth all their soul ; and that who- 
 soever would not seek the Lord, the 
 God of Israel, should be put to death, 
 whether small or great, whether man 
 
 14 or woman. And they sware unto the 
 Lord with a loud voice, and with 
 shouting, and with trumpets, and with 
 
 1.5 cornets. And all Judah rejoiced at the 
 oath : for they had sworn with aU then- 
 heart, and sought him with their whole 
 desire; and he was found of them: 
 and the Lord gave them rest round 
 
 16al)out. 3 And also Maacah the mother 
 of Asa the king, he removed her from 
 being *queen, because she had made 
 an abominable image ^ for an Asherah ; 
 and Asa cut down her image, and made 
 dust of it, and burnt it at the brook 
 
 17 Kidron. But the high places were not 
 taken away out of Israel : nevertheless 
 the heart of Asa was jjerfect all his 
 
 18 days. And he brought into the house 
 of God the things that his father had 
 dedicated, and that he himself had 
 
 dedicated, silver, and gold, and vessels. 
 
 19 And there was no more war unto the 
 five and thu-tieth year of the reign of 
 Asa. 
 
 16 "Jln the six and thirtieth year of the 
 reign of Asa, Baasha king of Israel 
 went up against Judah, and built 
 Eamah, that he might not suffer any to 
 go out or come in to Asa king of Judah. 
 
 2 Then Asa brought out silver and gold 
 out of the treasures of the house of the 
 Lord and of the king's house, and sent 
 to Ben-hadad king of Syria, that dwelt 
 
 3 at ''Damascus, saymg, ^ There is a 
 league between me and thee, as there 
 was between my father and thy father : 
 behold, I have sent thee sQver and gold ; 
 go, break thy league with Baasha king 
 of Israel, that he may depart from me. 
 
 4 And Ben-hadad hearkened unto kmg 
 Asa, and sent the captains of his armies 
 against the cities of Israel ; and they 
 smote Ijon, and Dan, and Abel-maim, 
 and all the " store cities of Naphtah. 
 
 5 And it came to pass, when Baasha heard 
 thereof, that he left off building of 
 
 6 Eamah, and let his work cease. Then 
 Asa the king took all Judah ; and they 
 carried away the stones of Eamah, and 
 the timber thereof, wherewith Baasha 
 had builded; and he built therewith 
 
 7 Geba and Mizpah. And at that time 
 Hanani the seer came to Asa king of 
 Judah, and said unto him, Because 
 thou hast relied on the king of Syria, 
 and hast not relied on the Lord thy 
 God, therefore is the host of the king 
 of Syi'ia escaped out of thine hand. 
 
 8 Were not the Ethioiiians and theLubim 
 a huge host, with chariots and horse- 
 men exceeding many? yet, because 
 thou didst rely on the Lord, he de- 
 
 9 livered them into thine hand. For the 
 eyes of the Lord run to and fro tlirongh- 
 out the whole earth, to shew himself 
 strong in the behalf of them whose 
 heart is perfect toward him. Herein 
 thou hast done foolishly; for from 
 
 10 henceforth thou shalt have wars. Then 
 Asa was wroth with the seer, and put 
 him in the lOprison house; for he was 
 in a rage with him because of this 
 thing. And Asa oppressed some of the 
 
 11 people the same time. HAnd, behold, 
 the acts of Asa, first and last, lo, they 
 are written in the book of the kings of 
 
 12 Judah and Israel. And in the thu-ty 
 and nnith year of his reign Asa was 
 diseased in his feet; his disease was 
 exceedmg gi-eat : yet in his disease he 
 sought not to the Lord, but to the 
 
 13 physicians. And Asa slept with his 
 fathers, and died in the one and forti- 
 
 14eth year of his reign. And they buried 
 him in his own sepulchres, which he 
 liad hewn out for himself in the city 
 of David, and laid him in the bed which 
 was filled with sweet odours and divers 
 kinds of spices prepared by the apothe-
 
 18. 16. 
 
 II. CHRONICLES. 
 
 341 
 
 lOr, a 
 
 terror 
 from the 
 LOHU 
 
 caries' art : and they made a very great 
 buruing for liim. 
 IT Aiid JehoslKipliat his son reigned iu 
 his stead, and strengthened himself 
 
 '2 against Israel. And he placed forces 
 in all tlie fenced cities of Judali, and 
 set garrisons in the land of Judah, and 
 in the cities of Ephraiin, which Asa his 
 
 3 father had taken. And the Lord was 
 with Jehoshaphat, because he walked 
 in the fii'st waj's of his father David, 
 
 4 and sought not luito the Baalim; but 
 sought to the God of his father, and 
 walked in his connnandmeuts, and not 
 
 5 after the doings of Israel. Therefore 
 the Loud stablished the kingdom in his 
 hand ; and all Judah brought to Jeho- 
 shaphat presents; and he had riches 
 
 6 and honour in abundance. And his 
 heart was lifted up in the ways of the 
 Lord : and furthermore he took away 
 the high places and the Asherim out 
 
 7 of Judah. Also ui the third year of 
 his reign he sent his princes, even Ben- 
 hail, and Obadiah, and Zechariah, and 
 Nethanel, and ]\Iicaiah, to teach iu 
 
 8 the cities of Judah; and with them 
 the Levites, even Shemaiah, and Ne- 
 thaniab, and Zebadiah, and Asahel, 
 and Shemiramoth, and Jehonathan, 
 and Adonijah, and Tobijah, and Tob- 
 adonijah, the Levites ; and with them 
 Elishama and Jehoram, the i^riests. 
 
 9 And they taught iu Judah, having the 
 book of the law of the Lord with 
 them; and they went about through- 
 out all the cities of Judah, and taught 
 
 10 among the people. And ^ the fear of the 
 Lord fell upon all the kingdoms of the 
 lauds that were round about Judah, so 
 that they made no war against Jeho- 
 
 11 shaphat. And some of the Philistines 
 brought Jehoshaphat presents, and 
 silver for tribute; the Arabians also 
 brought him flocks, seven thousand 
 and seven hundred rams, and seven 
 thousand and seven hundred he-goats. 
 
 12 And Jehoshaphat waxed great exceed- 
 ingly ; and he built in Judah castles and 
 
 13 cities of store. And he had many works 
 in the cities of Judah ; and men of war, 
 mighty men of valour, in Jerusalem. 
 
 14 And this was the numbering of them 
 accordmg to their fathers' houses: of 
 Judah, the captains of thousands ; Ad- 
 nah the captam, and with him mighty 
 men of valour three hundred thousand : 
 
 15 and next to bun Jehohanan the capt- 
 ain, and %\'ith him two hundred and 
 
 16fom"score thousand: and next to him 
 Amasiah the son of Zichri, who will- 
 ingly offered himseK unto the Lord ; 
 and with him two hundred thousand 
 
 17 mighty men of valour : and of Benja- 
 min ; Eliada a mighty man of valour, 
 and ivith him two hundred thousand 
 
 18 armed with bow and shield : and next 
 to him Jehozabad, and with him an 
 hundred and fourscore thousand ready 
 
 19 prepared for war. These were they 
 that waited on the king, beside those 
 whom the kuig put in the fenced cities 
 tlnoughout all Judah. 
 
 18 Now Jehoshaphat had riches and 
 honour in abundance; and he jomed 
 
 2 affinity with Ahab. '-^And after certain 
 years he \vi;nt down to Ahab to Samaria. 
 And Ahab killed sheep and o.xen for 
 huQ in abundance, and for the i)eople 
 that were with hiia, and moved him to 
 
 3 go up ivlth hliii io llamoth-gilead. And 
 Ahab king of Israel said unto Jehosha- 
 jihat king of Judah, Wilt thou go with 
 me to liamoth-gdead? And be answered 
 him, I am as thou art, and my people 
 as thy peojile; and we vill be with thee 
 
 4 iu the war. And Jehoshaphat said unto 
 the kmg of Israel, Inquu-e, I pray thee, 
 
 5 at the word of the Lord to-day. Then 
 the kuig of Israel gathered the prophets 
 together, four hundred men, and said 
 unto them, Shall we go to Eamoth-gilead 
 to battle, or shall I forbear? And they 
 said. Go uj); for God shall deliver it 
 
 G into the hand of the king. But Jeho- 
 shaphat said. Is there not here besides 
 a prophet of the Lord, that we might 
 
 7 inquu-e of him ? And the king of Israel 
 said unto Jehoshaiihat, There is yet 
 one man by whom we may iuquire of 
 the Lord : but I hate him ; for he never 
 prophesieth good concerning me, but 
 always evil : the same is Micaiah the 
 son of Imla. And Jehoshaphat said, 
 
 8 Let not the king say so. Then the king 
 of Israel caUed an ^ officer, and said, 
 Fetch quickly Micaiah the son of Imla. 
 
 9 No w the kiug of Israel and Jehoshaphat 
 the king of Judah sat each on his throne, 
 arrayed in their robes, and they sat in 
 ^ an open place at the entrance of the 
 gate of Samaria ; and all the prophets 
 
 10 prophesied before them. And Zedekiah 
 the son of Chenaanah made him horns 
 of iron, and said. Thus saith the Lord, 
 With these shalt thou j)ush the Syi'ians, 
 
 11 until the}' be consumed. And all the 
 prophets j>rophesied so, saying. Go 
 up to Eamoth-gilead, and prosper : for 
 the Lord shall deliver it into the hand 
 
 12 of the king. And the messenger that 
 went to call Micaiah spake to him, 
 sayhig. Behold, the words of the pro- 
 phets declare good to the king vnth 
 one mouth: let thy word therefore, I 
 jiray thee, be like one of theirs, and 
 
 13 speak thou good. And Micaiah said, 
 As the Lord liveth, what my God saith, 
 
 14 that will I speak. And when he was 
 come to the king, the king said unto 
 him, 5 Micaiah, shall we go to Eamoth- 
 gUead to battle, or shall I forbear ? And 
 he said. Go ye up, and prosper ; and they 
 
 15 shall be delivered into your hand. And 
 the king said to hun. How many times 
 shall I adjure thee that thou si)eak 
 unto me nothing but the truth in the 
 
 16 name of the Lord ? And he said, I saw 
 
 2 See 
 1 Kingi 
 xxii. 2, 
 &c. 
 
 3 Or, 
 eunitch 
 
 4Heb. 
 
 a thresh- 
 hi^-fioirr. 
 
 ■i Heb. 
 
 Jficah.
 
 ; 
 
 342 
 
 11. CHRONICLES. 
 
 18. 16. 
 
 lOr, 
 
 deceivQ 
 
 9HeK 
 
 the 
 
 tpirit. 
 
 •Or, 
 
 ftwn 
 chamber 
 to chain- 
 ber 
 
 *See 
 Micali 1. 
 % 
 
 all Israel scattered apon the mountains, 
 as sheep that have no shepherd : and 
 the Lord said, These have no master ; 
 let them retiu'u every man to his house 
 
 17 in peace. And the king of Israel said 
 to Jehoshaphat, Did I not tell thee 
 that he would not prophesy good con- 
 
 IScerumg me, but evil? And he said. 
 Therefore hear ye the word of the 
 Lord : I saw the Lord sitting upon his 
 throne, and all the host of heaven 
 standing on his right hand and on his 
 
 19 left. And the Lord said. Who shall 
 1 entice Aliah king of Israel, that he 
 may go up and fall at Eamoth-gilead '? 
 And one spake saying after this man- 
 ner, and another sayuig after that man- 
 
 20 ner. And there came forth ^ a spirit, 
 and stood before the Lord, and said, I 
 will entice him. And the Lord said 
 
 •21 unto him. Wherewith? And he said, I 
 wiU go forth, and will he a lying spirit 
 in the mouth of all his prophets. And 
 he said. Thou shalt entice him, and 
 shalt prevail also : go forth, and do so. 
 
 22 Now therefore, behold, the Lord hath 
 put a lying spirit in the mouth of 
 these thy proiihets ; and the Lord hath 
 
 23si3oken evil concerning thee. Then 
 Zedekiah the son of Cheuaanah came 
 near, and smote Micaiah upon the 
 cheek, and said. Which way went the 
 spirit of the Lord from mo to speak 
 
 2-4 unto thee ? And Micaiah said. Behold, 
 thou shalt see on that day, when thou 
 shalt go 8 into an inner chamber to hide 
 
 25 thyself. And tlie king of Israel said. 
 Take ye Micaiah, and carry him back 
 unto Amon the governor of the city, and 
 
 26 to Joash the king's son ; and say, Thus 
 saith the king. Put this fellow in the 
 prison, and feed hmi with bread of 
 aiiliction and with water of affliction, 
 
 27 mitil I return in peace. And Micaiah 
 said. If thou retm-n at all in peace, the 
 Lord hath not sjjoken by me. And he 
 said, •'Hear, ye peoples, all of you. 
 
 28 So the king of Israel and Jehoshaphat 
 the kuig of Judah went up to Eamoth- 
 
 29 gilead. And the kmg of Israel said unto 
 Jehosliaphat, I will disguise myself, 
 and go into the battle ; but put thou on 
 thy robes. So the king of Israel dis- 
 guised liimseK ; and they went mto the 
 
 30 battle. Now the king of Syria had com- 
 manded the captains of his chariots, 
 saying. Fight neither with small nor 
 gi'eat, save only with the king of Israel. 
 
 31 And it came to pass, when the captains 
 of the chariots saw Jehoshaphat, that 
 they said. It is the king of Israel. There- 
 fore they tm'ned about to fight agamst 
 him: but Jehoshaijhat cried out, and 
 the Lord helped him ; and God moved 
 
 32 them to depart from him. And it came 
 to pass, when tl le captains of the chariots 
 saw that it was not the king of Israel, 
 that they turned back from pursuing 
 
 33 him. And a certain man drew his 
 
 bow 3 at a ventm-e, and smote the king 
 of Israel between "the joints of the 
 harness: wherefore he said to the 
 driver of the chariot, Turn thme hand, 
 and carry me out of the host; for I 
 34 am sore wounded. And the battle in- 
 creased that day : howbeit the king of 
 Israel stayed himself up in his chariot 
 against the Syi'ians until the even : 
 and about the time of the going down 
 of the sun he died. 
 
 19 And Jehoshaphat the king of Judah 
 returned to his house in peace to Jeru- 
 
 2 salem. And Jehu the son of Hanani 
 the seer went out to meet him, and said 
 to king Jehoshaphat, Shouldest thou 
 help the wicked, and love them that 
 hate the Lord? for this thing wrath 
 is upon thee from before the Lord. 
 
 3 Nevertheless there are good things 
 found in thee, m that thou hast put 
 away the Asheroth out of the land, 
 and hast set thine heart to seek God. 
 
 4 And Jehoshaphat dwelt at Jerusalem : 
 and he went out again among the peo- 
 ple from Beer-sheba to the hill covmtry 
 of Ephi-aim, and brought them back mi- 
 to the Lord, the God of their fathers. 
 
 5 And he set judges in the land through- 
 out all the fenced cities of Judah, city 
 
 6 by city, and said to the judges. Con- 
 sider what ye do: for ye judge not for 
 man, but for the Lord; and he is with 
 
 7 you 'in the judgement. Now therefore 
 let the fear of the Lord be upon you ; 
 take heed and do it: for there is no 
 uliquity with the Lord our God, nor 
 respect of persons, nor taking of gifts. 
 
 8 Moreover in Jerusalem did Jehosha- 
 I)hat set of the Levites and the priests, 
 and of the heads of the fathers' houses 
 of Israel, for the judgement of the Lord, 
 and for controversies. And they re- 
 
 9 turned to Jerusalem. And he charged 
 them, saying, Thus shall ye do in tlie 
 fear of the Lord, faithfully, and with 
 
 10 a perfect heart. And whensoever any 
 controversy shall come to you from 
 your brethren that dwell in their cities, 
 between blood and blood, between law 
 and commandment, statutes and judge- 
 ments, ye shall warn them, that they 
 be not guilty towards the Lord, and 
 so wrath come upon you and upon 
 your brethren: tliis do, and ye sJiall 
 
 11 not be guilty. And, behold, Aniariah 
 the chief priest is over you in all 
 matters of the Lord; and Zebadiah 
 the son of Ishmael, the ruler of the 
 house of Judah, in all the king's mat- 
 ters : also the Levites sliall be officers 
 before you. ^Deal courageously, and 
 the Lord be with the good. 
 
 20 And it came to pass after this, that 
 tlie children of Moab, and the children 
 of jlmmon, and with them some of the 
 ^Ammonites, came against Jehoshaphat 
 
 2 to battle. Then there came some that 
 told .Jehoshaphat, saying,There cometh 
 
 5 Heb. in 
 his sun- 
 plicity. 
 
 6 Or 
 
 thr t&teer 
 armour 
 and thg 
 breast- 
 plata 
 
 ' Or. in 
 
 gluing 
 judge- 
 ment 
 Heb. in 
 the tn'rt- 
 t,r of 
 jtidijc- 
 ine^U. 
 
 8 Heb. 
 Be 
 
 sfrong 
 and do. 
 
 Per- 
 haps jin 
 error for 
 Mc- 
 ttnon. 
 S. the 
 Sept. 
 See ch. . 
 xxvi. 7.
 
 20. 32. 
 
 IT. CHRONICLES. 
 
 34a 
 
 1 Or, the 
 sword of 
 judge- 
 vient 
 
 a great mnltitiido against tlieo from 
 beyond tlio Kca from Syria; and, 'he- 
 hold, they he in Hazazon-tamar (the 
 
 3 same is En-gedi). And Jelioshaphat 
 feared, and set himself to seek mito tlie 
 Lord; and he xiroclaimed a fast tln'ougli- 
 
 4 out all Judah. Aiid Judali gathered 
 themselves together, to seek Jiflp of the 
 Loud : even out of all the cities of Ju- 
 
 5dali they came to seek the Loud. And 
 Jehoshaphat stood in the congregation 
 of Judah and Jerusalem, in tlie house 
 
 6 of the Lord, before the new court ; and 
 he said, O Lord, the God of our fathers, 
 art not thou God in heaven ? and art 
 not thou ruler over all the kingdoms of 
 the nations '? and in thine hand is power 
 and might, so that none is able to witli- 
 
 7 stand thee. Didst not thou, O our God, 
 (b'ive out tlie inhabitants of this land 
 before thy people Israel, and gavest it 
 to the seed of Abraham thy friend for 
 
 8 ever ? And they dwelt therein, and have 
 built thee a sanctuary therein for thy 
 
 9 name, saying, If evil come upon us, 
 1 the sword, judgement, or pestilence, or 
 famine, we will stand before this house, 
 and before thee, (for thy name is ui this 
 house,) and cry unto thee in our afiflic- 
 
 10 tion, and thou ^\^lt hear and save. And 
 now, behold, the children of Ammon 
 and Moab and mount Seh% whom thou 
 wouldest not let Israel invade, when 
 they came out of the land of Egypt, but 
 they turned aside from them, and de- 
 ll stroyed them not ; behold, how they 
 reward us, to come to cast us out of thy 
 possession, which thou hast given us to 
 
 12 inherit. om- God, wilt thou not judge 
 them? for we have no might against 
 this great company that cometh against 
 us ; neither know we what to do : but our 
 
 13 eyes are upon thee. And all Judah stood 
 befoi'e the Lord, with theu' little ones, 
 
 14 their wives, and theu" chiklren. Then 
 upon Jahaziel the son of Zechariah, the 
 son of Cenaiah, the sou of Jeiel, the son 
 of Mattaniah, the Levite, of the sons of 
 Asaph, came the spu-it of the Lord in 
 
 15 the midst of the congregation ; and he 
 said. Hearken ye, all Judah, and ye in- 
 habitants of Jerusalem, and thou king 
 Jehoshaphat : thus saitli the Lord unto 
 you. Fear not ye, neither be dismayed 
 by reason of this great multitude ; for 
 
 16 the battle is not j^ours, but God's. To- 
 morrow go ye down against them : be- 
 hold, they come up by the ascent of Ziz ; 
 and ye shall find them at the end of the 
 valley, before the wilderness of Jeruel. 
 
 17 Ye shall not need to fight in this battle : 
 set yom-selves, stand ye still, and see 
 the salvation of the Lord with you, O 
 Judah and Jerusalem : fear not, nor he 
 dismayed: to-morrow go out against 
 
 18 them; for the Lord is with you. And 
 Jehoshaphat bowed his head with his 
 face to the ground: and all Judali 
 and the iuliabitauts of Jerusalem fell 
 
 down before the Lord, worshipping 
 lOtho IjORd. And tlio Levites, of the 
 children of the Kohatliites and of the 
 children of the Koraliites, stood up to 
 praise the Lord, the God of Israel, 
 20witli an exceeding loud voice. And 
 they rose early in the morning, and 
 went forth into the wilderness of Tekoa: 
 and as they went forth, Jehoshapliat 
 stood and said. Hear me, O Judah, and 
 yo inhabitants of Jerusalem; believe 
 in the Lord your God, so shall ye bo 
 established; believe his projihets, so 
 
 21 shall ye prosper. And when ho had 
 taken counsel with the pcHii)lo, he ap- 
 pointed them that should sing unto the 
 Lord, and praise ^the l)cauty of holi- 
 ness, as they went out lieforo the army, 
 and say. Give thanks unto the Lord; 
 
 22 for his mercy endureth for ever. And 
 when they began to sing and to praise, 
 the Lord set liers in wait against the 
 children of Ammon, Moab, and mount 
 Seir, which were come against Judah ; 
 
 23 and they were smitten. For the children 
 of Anuuon and Moab stood up against 
 the inliabitants of mount Seir, utterly 
 to slay and destroy them : and when they 
 had made an end of the inhabitants of 
 Seir, every one helped to destroy an- 
 
 21 other. And when Judali came to the 
 watch-tower of the wilderness, they 
 looked uiion the multitude ; and, behold, 
 they were dead bodies fallen to the earth, 
 
 25 and there were none that escaped. And 
 when Jehoshaphat and his people came 
 to take the sijoil of tliem, they found 
 among them in abundance both riches 
 and 3 dead bodies, and precious jewels, 
 which they stripjjed off for themselves, 
 more than they could carry away : and 
 they were thi-ee days in takmg of the 
 
 26 spoil, it was so much. And on the fourth 
 day they assembled themselves in the 
 valley of * Beracah ; for there they 
 blessed the Lord : therefore the name 
 of that place was called The valley of 
 
 27 Beracah, unto this day. Then they 
 returned, every man of Judah and Jeru- 
 salem, and Jehoshaphat in thef orefront 
 of them, to go again to Jerusalem with 
 joy ; for the Lord had made them to 
 
 28 rejoice over then- enemies. And they 
 came to Jerusalem with psalteries and 
 harps and trmnpets unto the house of 
 
 29 the Lord. And the fear of God was on 
 all the kingdoms of the comitries, when 
 they heard that the Lord fought against 
 
 30 the enemies of Israel. So the reahn of 
 Jelioshai)hat was quiet : for his God 
 gave him rest round about. 
 
 31 5 And Jehoshaphat reigned over Ju- 
 dah : he was thii-ty and five years old 
 when he began to reign ; and he reigned 
 twenty and five years in Jerusalem: 
 and his mother's name was Azubali the 
 
 32 daughter of Shilhi. And he walked in the 
 way of Asa his father, and turned not 
 aside from it, doing that which was right 
 
 2 Or. 
 
 in /ho 
 bfiiutj of 
 twlinest 
 
 3 Accord- 
 ing to 
 some 
 ancient 
 .luthor- 
 itics 
 ffiir- 
 vienCs. 
 
 4 That iii, 
 Blt'Ssiltft. 
 
 5 See 
 1 Kin>;a 
 iLxii. 41, 
 
 &.C.
 
 344 
 
 II. CHRONICLES. 
 
 20. 32. 
 
 IHeb. 
 words. 
 
 2 Or, who 
 is rucn- 
 Honed 
 
 3 See 
 
 1 Kings 
 xxii. 'io, 
 49. 
 
 «0r. 
 
 made a 
 
 breach 
 
 in 
 
 6 See 
 1 Kings 
 xxii. 50. 
 
 6 See 
 2 Kings 
 viii. 17, 
 &c. 
 
 1 Accord- 
 ing to 
 some 
 ancient 
 antlicr- 
 ities, 
 cities, 
 
 8 Or, 
 
 com.' 
 
 pelted 
 
 Judah 
 
 thereto 
 
 33 in the eyes of the Lord. Howbeit the 
 high places were not taken away ; nei- 
 ther as yet had the people set then- 
 hearts uuto the God of their fathers. 
 
 34 Now the rest of the acts of Jehosha- 
 phat, first and last, behold, they are 
 written m the i history of Jehu the son 
 of Hanaui, 2 which is inserted iu the 
 book of the kings of Israel. 
 
 35 8 And after this did Jehoshaphat kmg 
 of Judah join himself with Ahaziah 
 king of Israel; the same did very 
 
 36 wickedly: and he joined himself with 
 him to make ships to go to Tarshish : 
 and they made the ships in Ezion-geber. 
 
 37 Then Eliezer the son of Dodavahu of 
 Mareshah prophesied against Jeho- 
 shapliat, saying, Because thou hast 
 joined thyself with Ahaziah, the Lord 
 hath ^destroyed thy works. And the 
 ships were broken, that they were not 
 able to go to Tarshish. 
 
 21 ^And Jehoshaphat slept with his 
 fathers, and was biu'ied with his fathers 
 in the city of David : and Jehoram his 
 
 2 son reigned iu his stead. And he had 
 brethren the sons of Jehoshaphat, Az- 
 ariah, and Jehiel, and Zechariah, and 
 Azariah, and Michael, and Shephatiah : 
 all these were the sons of Jehoshaphat 
 
 3 king of Israel. And their father gave 
 them great gifts, of silver, and of gold, 
 and of precious things, with fenced 
 cities in Judah : but the kingdom gave 
 he to Jehoram, because he was the lirst- 
 
 4 born. Noav when Jehoram was risen 
 up over the kingdom of his father, and 
 had strengthened himself, he slew all 
 his bretlu'en with the sword, and divers 
 
 5 also of the princes of Israel. 6 Jeho- 
 ram was thirty and two years old when 
 he began to reign ; and he reigned eight 
 
 6 years m Jerusalem. And he walked 
 in the way of the kings of Israel, as 
 did the house of Ahab : for he had the 
 daughter of Aliab to wife : and he did 
 that which was evil in the sight of the 
 
 7 Lord. Howbeit the Lord would not 
 destroy the house of David, because of 
 the covenant that he had made with 
 David, and as he ijromised to give a lamp 
 
 8 to him and to his children alway. In 
 his days Edom revolted from under the 
 hand of Judah, and made a king over 
 
 9 themselves. Then Jehoram passed over 
 with his captains, and all his chariots 
 with him : and he rose up by night, and 
 smote the Edomites which compassed 
 him about, and the captains of the 
 
 10 chariots. So Edom revolted from mider 
 the hand of Judah, unto this day : then 
 did Libnah revolt at the same time 
 from under his hand : because he had 
 forsaken the Lord, the God of his fa- 
 ll thers. Moreover he made high places 
 in the ''mountains of Judah, and made 
 the inhabitants of Jerusalem to go a 
 12 whoring, and ^led Judah astray. And 
 there came a writing to him from Elijah 
 
 the prophet, saying, Thus saith the 
 Lord, the God of David thy father. 
 Because thou hast not walked in the 
 ways of Jehoshaphat thy father, nor 
 
 13 in the ways of Asa king of Judah ; but 
 hast walked in the way of the kings of 
 Israel, and hast made Judah and the in- 
 habitants of Jerusalem to go a whoring, 
 like as the house of Ahab ^ did ; and also 
 bast slain thy brethi-en of thy father's 
 house, which were better than thyself : 
 
 14 behold, the Lord will smite with a 
 great ^Ojilague thy people, and thy child- 
 ren, and thy wives, and all thy sub- 
 
 15 stance : and thou shalt have gi-eat sick- 
 ness by disease of thy bowels, until thy 
 bowels fall out by reason of the sickness, 
 
 16 "day by day. And the Lord stirred 
 up against Jehoram the spirit of the 
 Philistines, and of the Ai'abians which 
 
 17 are beside the Ethiopians: and they 
 came up against Judah, and brake into 
 it, and carried away all the substance 
 that was found i-^in the king's house, 
 and his sons also, and his wives ; so that 
 there was never a son left him, save 
 i^iJehoahaz, the youngest of his sons. 
 
 18 And after all this the Lord smote him 
 in his bowels wdtli an incm-able disease. 
 
 19 And it came to pass, in process of time, 
 at the end of two years, that his bowels 
 fell out by reason of his sickness, and 
 he died of sore diseases. And his people 
 made no burning for him, like the burn- 
 
 20ing of his fathers. Thu-ty and two 
 years old was he when he began to 
 reign, and he reigned in Jerusalem eight 
 years : and he departed without being 
 desired ; and they bui'ied him in the city 
 of David, but not iu the sepulchres of 
 the kings. 
 22 i^And the inhabitants of Jerusalem 
 made is Ahaziah his youngest son king 
 in his stead : for the band of men that 
 came with the Arabians to the camp 
 had slam all the eldest. So Ahaziah 
 the son of Jehoram king of Judah 
 
 2 reigned. ^tJ Forty and two years old was 
 Ahaziah when he began to reign ; and 
 he reigned one year in Jerusalem : and 
 his mother's name was Athaliah the 
 
 3 1^ daughter of Omri. He also walked in 
 the ways of the house of Ahab : for his 
 mother was his counsellor to do wicked- 
 
 4 ly. And he did that which was evil in 
 the sight of the Lord, as did the house 
 of Ahab : for they were his counsellors 
 after the death of his father, to his 
 
 5 destruction. He walked also after their 
 counsel, and went with Jehoram the son 
 of Ahab king of Israel to war against 
 Hazael king of Syria at Eamoth-gUead : 
 
 6 and the Syrians wounded Joram. And 
 he returned to be healed in Jezreel i^of 
 the wounds which they had given him at 
 Eamah, when he fought against Hazael 
 king of Syria. And i^Azariah the son of 
 Jehoram king of Judali went down to 
 see Jehoram the son of Ahab in Jezreel,
 
 23. 20. 
 
 IT. CHRONICLES. 
 
 345 
 
 IHcb. 
 
 treading 
 dovni. 
 
 a See 
 
 2 KiiiKS 
 
 X. n, &c. 
 
 3 See 
 •2 Kiiifs 
 ix. -27. 
 
 * Or, And 
 there 
 teas none 
 of the 
 house of 
 Ahaziah 
 that had 
 power 
 Ac. 
 
 5 See 
 
 2 Kings 
 xi. I, &c. 
 
 6 In 
 
 2 Kings 
 
 x\.'2,Je- 
 
 hosheba. 
 
 ■Or, 
 
 chatnhir 
 
 for the 
 
 beds 
 
 8 See 
 2 Kintrs 
 xl. 4, Jte. 
 
 "See 
 1 Clir. 
 xxiv. -4. 
 
 10 Heb. 
 thresh- 
 olds. 
 
 7 because he was sick. Now the i destruc- 
 tion of Aliaziali was of God, in that lie 
 went unto Joiani : for when he was 
 come, he went out wi tli Jehoram against 
 Jehu the son of Ninishi, whom the 
 Loud had anointed to cut off tlie liouso 
 
 8 of Ahab. ^ \ii,| n came to pass, when 
 Jehu was executing judgement uiion 
 the house of Alial), that lie found the 
 princes of Judah, and the sons of tlie 
 bretln-en of Aliaziah, ministering to 
 
 OAhaziali, and slew them, ^^^jk^ ijg 
 sought Ahaziah, and they caught him, 
 (now he was liiding in Samaria,) and 
 they brought him to Jehu, and slew 
 him; and they biu-ied him, for thej' 
 said, He is the son of Jehoshaphat, 
 who sought the Loed with all his 
 heart. ^And the house of Ahaziah 
 had no power to hold the kingdom. 
 
 10 5 Now when Athaliah the mother of 
 Aliaziah saw that her son was dead, 
 she arose and destroyed all the seed 
 
 11 royal of the house of Judah. But 
 ''Jehoshabeath, the daughter of the 
 king, took Joash the son of Ahaziah, 
 and stole him away from among the 
 king's sons that were slain, and put 
 him and his nurse in the ^bedchamber. 
 So Jehoshabeath, the daughter of king 
 Jehoram, the wife of Jehoiada the 
 priest, (for she was the sister of Ahaz- 
 iah,) hid him from Athaliah, so that 
 
 12 she slew him not. And he was with 
 them hid in the house of God six j-ears : 
 and Athaliah reigned over the land. 
 
 23 ^And in the seventh year Jehoiada 
 strengthened himself, and took the 
 captains of hundreds, Azariah the 
 son of Jeroham, and Ishniael the son 
 of Jehohanan, and Azariah the son of 
 Obed, and Maaseiab the son of Adainh, 
 and Elishapbat the son of Zichri, into 
 
 2 covenant with him. And they went 
 about in Judah, and gathered the Le- 
 vites out of all the cities of Judah, and 
 the heads of fathers' Jw7i.ies of Israel, 
 
 Sand they came to Jerusalem. And 
 all the congregation made a covenant 
 with the king in the house of God. 
 And he said unto them, Behold, the 
 king's son shall reign, as the Lord 
 hath spoken concerning the sons of 
 
 4 David. This is the thing that ye 
 shall do: ''a third part of you, that 
 come in on the s:.bbath, of the priests 
 and of the Levites, shall be porters of 
 
 5 the 10 doors ; and a third part shall be 
 at the king's house ; and a thii-d part 
 at the gate of the foundation : and all 
 the people shall be in the courts of the 
 
 6 house of the Lord. But let none come 
 into the house of the Lord, save the 
 priests, and they that minister of the 
 Levites ; they shall come in, for they 
 are holy : but all the people shall keep 
 
 7 the watch of the Lord. And the 
 Levites shall compass the king round 
 about, every man with his weapons 
 
 in his liand; and whosoever cometh 
 into the house, let him be slain: and 
 bo ye with the king when he cometh 
 
 Sin, and when he goolh out. So the 
 Levites and all Judah did acconling to 
 all that Jehoiada the priest command- 
 ed : and they took every man his men, 
 those tliat were to come in on the 
 sabbath, with those tliat were to go 
 out on the saltbath ; for Jehoiada the 
 
 9 priest dismissed not the courses. And 
 Jehoiada the priest delivered to the 
 cai)tains of hunfkeds the spears, and 
 l)ucklors, and shields, that had been 
 king Davids, which were in the bouse 
 
 10 of God. And he set all the people, 
 every man with his weapon in his hand, 
 from the right "side of the house to 
 the left side of the house, along by the 
 altar and the house, by the king round 
 
 11 about. Then they brought out the 
 king's son, and i^put the crown upon 
 him, and [/at^e him the testimony, and 
 made him king : and Jehoiada and his 
 sons anointed him ; and they said, 
 
 12 13 God save the king. And when Ath- 
 aliah heard the noise i-iof the people 
 running and praising the king, she 
 came to the x^eople into the house of 
 
 13 the Lord : and she looked, and, behold, 
 the king stood by his pillar at the 
 entrance, and the captains and the 
 trumjiets by the king ; and all the peo- 
 ple of the land rejoiced, and blew with 
 trmnpets; the singers also played on 
 instruments of music, and led the sing- 
 ing of ijraise. Then Athaliah rent her 
 clothes, and said. Treason, treason. 
 
 14 And Jehoiada the priest brought out the 
 captains of hundreds that were set over 
 the host, and said unto them. Have 
 her forth between the ranks ; and whoso 
 followeth her, let him be slain with the 
 sword: for the priest said. Slay her 
 
 15 not in the house of the Lord. So they 
 made way for her ; and she went to the 
 entry of the horse gate to the king's 
 house: and they slew her there. 
 
 16 And Jehoiada made a covenant be- 
 tween himself, and all the people, and 
 the king, that they should be the 
 
 17 Lord's people. And all the people 
 went to the house of Baal, and brake 
 it down, and brake his altars and his 
 images m pieces, and slew Mattan the 
 
 ISpi'iest of Baal before the altirs. And 
 Jehoiada appointed the offices of the 
 house of the Lord under the hand of 
 the priests the Levites, whom David 
 had distributed in the house of the 
 Lord, to offer the burnt offerings of 
 the Lord, as it is written in the law of 
 Moses, with rejoicing and with singing, 
 
 19 i^according to the order of David. And 
 he set the porters at the gates of the 
 house of the Lord, that none which was 
 unclean in any thing should enter in. 
 
 20 And he took the captams of hundreds, 
 and the nobles, and the governors 
 
 liHch 
 ihouJtOr 
 
 I2 0r,/>n/ 
 
 tQfftn 
 I. im the 
 erown 
 and the 
 tesli- 
 inony 
 
 " Heb. 
 Let the 
 kin(jtU'e. 
 
 l!0r, 
 
 of the 
 people, 
 of the 
 guard, 
 and of 
 those Wft6 
 Tiraisett 
 the kin;! 
 
 iSHebi 
 by tha 
 hands of 
 David.
 
 y 
 
 346 
 
 II. CHRONICLES. 
 
 23. 20. 
 
 iSee 
 2 Kings 
 xi. 21, 
 xit 1, &c. 
 
 !i Or, for 
 Israel 
 
 3 Or, 
 
 officers 
 
 4 Or, 
 
 which 
 ■was itn- 
 der the 
 hand 
 6 Or, 
 secret- 
 ary 
 
 6Heb. 
 hetilitig 
 weoit up 
 upon the 
 work. 
 
 " Or, ac- 
 cording 
 to the 
 pro- 
 portion 
 thereof 
 
 of the people, and all the people of 
 the land, and brought do-mi the king 
 from the house of the Lord : and they 
 came through the upper gate unto the 
 kmg's house, and set the king upon 
 
 21 the throne of the kmgdom. So all 
 the people of the land rejoiced, and 
 the city was quiet: and they slew 
 Athaliah with the sword. 
 
 24 ^ Joash was seven years old when he 
 began to reign; and he reigned forty 
 years in Jerusalem : and his mother's 
 
 2 name was Zibiah of Beer-sheba. And 
 Joash did that which was right in the 
 eyes of the Lord all the days of Je- 
 
 3 hoiada the priest. And Jehoiada took 
 for him two wives ; and he begat sons 
 
 4 and daughters. AJud it came to pass 
 after this, that Joash was minded to 
 
 5 restore the house of the Lord. And he 
 gathered together the priests and the 
 Levites, and said to them, Go out unto 
 the cities of Judah, and gather of all 
 Israel money to repair the house of 
 your God from year to year, and see 
 that ye hasten the matter. Howbeit 
 
 6 the Levites hastened it not. And the 
 king called for Jehoiada the chief, and 
 said unto him, Wliy hast thou not re- 
 
 ' quhed of the Levites to bring in out of 
 Judah and out of Jerusalem the tax of 
 Moses the servant of the Lord, and of 
 the congregation ^of Israel, for the 
 
 7 tent of the testimony? For the sons 
 of Athaliah, that wicked woman, had 
 broken up the house of God ; and also 
 all the dedicated thmgs of the house 
 of the Lord did they bestow upon the 
 
 8 Baalim. So the king commanded, and 
 they made a chest, and set it without 
 at the gate of the house of the Lord. 
 
 9 And they made a j)roclamation through 
 Judah and Jerusalem, to bring in for 
 the Lord the tax that Moses the serv- 
 ant of God laid upon Israel in the 
 
 10 wilderness. And all the princes and 
 all the people rejoiced, and brought in, 
 and cast into the chest, until they had 
 
 11 made an end. And it was so, that at 
 what time the chest was brought un- 
 to the king's ^ office *by the hand of 
 the Levites, and when they saw that 
 there was much money, the king's 
 ■''scribe and the chief priest's officer 
 came and emi)tied the chest, and took 
 it, and carried it to its place agam. 
 Thus they did day by day, and gathered 
 
 12 money in abundance. And the king 
 and Jehoiada gave it to such as did the 
 work of the sers'ice of the house of the 
 Lord ; and they hired masons and 
 carpenters to restore the house of the 
 Lord, and also such as wi'ought non 
 and brass to repair the house of the 
 
 13 Lord. So the workmen wrought, and 
 6 the work was perfected by them, and 
 they set up the house of God ''in its 
 
 14 state, and strengthened it. And when 
 they had made an end, they brought 
 
 the rest of the money before the kmg 
 and Jehoiada, whereof were made 
 vessels for the house of the Lord, even 
 vessels to minister, and ^to offer with- 
 al, and spoons, and vessels of gold and 
 silver. And they offered burnt offer- 
 ings in the house of the Lord con- 
 
 15 tinually all the days of Jehoiada. But 
 Jehoiada waxed old and was full of 
 days, and he died; an hundred and 
 thirty years old was he when he died. 
 
 16 And they buried him in the city of Da- 
 vid among the kmgs, becaiise he had 
 done good in Israel, and toward God 
 
 17 and his house. Now after the death of 
 Jehoiada came the princes of Judah, 
 and made obeisance to the king. Then 
 
 18 the king hearkened unto them. And 
 they forsook the house of the Lord, the 
 God of their fathers, and served the 
 Asherim and the idols : and wrath came 
 upon Judah and Jerusalem for this their 
 
 19 guiltiness. Yet he sent prophets to 
 them, to bring them again unto the 
 Lord ; and they testified against them : 
 
 20 but they would not give ear. And the 
 spirit of God ^came upon Zechariah 
 the son of Jehoiada the priest ; and he 
 stood above the people, and said unto 
 them. Thus saith God, Why transgress 
 ye the commandments of the Lord, 
 that ye cannot prosjjer? because ye 
 have forsaken the Lord, he hath also 
 
 21 forsaken you. And they conspired a- 
 gainst hua, and stoned him with stones 
 at the commandment of the kmg in the 
 
 22 court of the house of the Lord. Thus 
 Joash the king remembered not the 
 kindness which Jehoiada his father had 
 done to him, but slew his son. And 
 when he died, he said, The Lord look 
 
 23 upon it, and require it. And it came to 
 pass at the i^eud of the year, that the 
 army of the Syrians came up against 
 him : and they came to Judah and Jeru- 
 salem, and destroyed aU the princes of 
 the people from among the people, and 
 sent aU the spoil of them unto the king 
 
 24 of Damascus. For the army of the 
 Syi'ians came with a small company 
 of men ; and the Lord delivered a very 
 great host into their hand, because 
 they had forsaken the Lord, the God 
 of their fathers. So they executed 
 
 25 11 judgement upon Joash. And when 
 they were departed from him, (for they 
 left him in great diseases,) his own 
 servants conspired against him for the 
 blood of the I'-sons of Jehoiada the 
 priest, and slew him on liis bed, and he 
 died : and they buried him in the city 
 of David, but they buried him not in 
 
 26 the sepulchres of the kmgs. And these 
 are they that conspu-ed against him ; 
 i^Zabad the son of Shimeath the Am- 
 monitess, and Jehozabad the son of 
 
 27 1^ Shtmrith the Moabitess. Now con- 
 cerning his sons, and the greatness of 
 the burdens ^^laid upon Mm, and the
 
 25. 27. 
 
 II. CHRONICLES. 
 
 ;U7 
 
 iHeb. 
 found/- 
 inff. 
 
 2 See 
 2 KinKS 
 xiv. 1, Ac. 
 
 »0r, 
 (/o thou 
 
 4Heb. 
 troo2>. 
 
 5 See 
 xiv. 7. 
 
 60r, 5eta 
 
 7Heb. 
 
 ! o/tftc 
 i troop. 
 
 1 rebuilding of the house of God, be- 
 hold, they ai-e written in the com- 
 mentary of the book of the kings. And 
 Ainaziah his son reigned in liis stead. 
 25 ^Aniaziah was twenty and live years 
 old when he began to reign ; and he 
 reigned twenty and nme years in Jeru- 
 salem: and his mother's name was 
 
 2 Jehoaddan of Jerusalem. And he did 
 that which was right in the eyes of the 
 Loud, but not with a perfect heart. 
 
 3 Now it came to pass, when the kingdom 
 was established unto huu, that he slew 
 his servants which had killed the king 
 
 4 his father. But he put not their child- 
 ren to death, but (Ud accordmg to that 
 which is written in the law in the book 
 of Moses, as the Loed commanded, 
 saying, The fathers shall not die for 
 the children, neither shall the children 
 die for the fathers ; but every man shall 
 
 5 die for Ms own sin. Moreover Amaziah 
 gathered Judah together, and ordered 
 them accordmg to their fathers' houses, 
 under captains of thousands and capt- 
 ains of hmidreds, even all Judah and 
 Benjamin: and he numbered them 
 from twenty years old and upward, 
 and found them three hundred thou- 
 sand chosen men, able to go forth to 
 war, that could handle spear and shield. 
 
 6 He hired also an hunch-ed thousand 
 mighty men of valour out of Israel for 
 
 7 an hundred talents of silver. But there 
 came a man of God to him, saying, 
 knag, let not the army of Israel go 
 with thee; for the Lord is not with 
 Israel, to loit, with all the children of 
 
 SEphraim. But ^if thou wilt go, do 
 valiantly, be strong for the battle: 
 God shall cast thee down before the 
 enemy; for God hath power to help, 
 
 9 and to cast down. And Amaziah said 
 to the man of God, But what shall we 
 do for the hundred talents which I have 
 given to the * army of Israel ? And the 
 man of God answered. The Lord is 
 able to give thee much more than this. 
 
 10 Then Ainaziah separated them, to v-it, 
 the 4 anny that was come to him out of 
 Ephraim, to go home again : wherefore 
 their anger was greatly kindled against 
 Judah, and they returned home in fierce 
 
 11 anger. And Ainaziah took courage, and 
 led forth his people, and went to ^ the 
 Valley of Salt, and smote of the child- 
 
 12ren of Seir ten thousand. And other 
 ten thousand did the children of Judah 
 carry away alive, and brought them 
 unto the top of <' the rock , and cast them 
 down from the top of "^the rock, that 
 
 13 they aU were broken in pieces. But 
 ■? the men of the army which Amaziah 
 sent back, that they should not go 
 with him to battle, fell upon the cities 
 of Judah, from Samaria even unto 
 Betli-horon, and smote of them three 
 thousand, and took much spoil. 
 
 14 Now it came to pass, after that 
 
 Amaziah was come from the slaughter 
 of tlie Edomites, that he brought the 
 gods of the children of Seir, and set 
 them up to be his gods, and bowed 
 down hunself before them, and burned 
 
 15 incense xmto them. Wherefore the 
 anger of the Loud was kiniUed against 
 Amaziah, and he sent unto him a pro- 
 phet, which said unto him. Why hast 
 thou sought after the gods of the people, 
 which have not delivered their own 
 
 IG people out of thine liand ? And it came 
 to pass, as he talked with him, that 
 the kin<i said unto hun. Have we made 
 thee of the king's coimsel? forbear; 
 why shouldest thou be smitten ? Then 
 the prophet forbare, and said, I know 
 that God hath determined to destroj- 
 thee, because thou hast done this, and 
 hast not hearkened unto my counsel. 
 
 17 ^Then Amaziah king of Judah took 
 advice, and sent to Joash, the son of 
 Jehoahaz the son of Jehu, king of 
 Israel, sayhig. Come, let us look one 
 
 IS another in the face. And Joash king 
 of Israel sent to Amaziah king of 
 Judah, saying, The ''thistle that was in 
 Lebanon sent to the cedar that was in 
 Lebanon, saying. Give thy daughter to 
 my son to wife : and there passed by a 
 wUd beast that was in Lebanon, and 
 
 19trode down the thistle. Thou sayest, 
 Lo, thou hast smitten Edom ; and thine 
 heart lifteth thee up to boast: abide 
 now at home; why shouldest thou 
 i^meddle to. thy hurt, that thou should- 
 est fall, even thou, and Judah with 
 
 20 thee ? But Amaziah would not hear ; 
 for it was of God, that he might deliver 
 them into the hand of their enemies, 
 because they had sought after the gods 
 
 21 of Edom. So Joash king of Israel went 
 up ; and he and Amaziah king of Judah 
 looked one another in the face at Beth- 
 shemesh, which belongeth to Judah. 
 
 22 And Judah was put to the worse before 
 Israel ; and they fled every man to his 
 
 23 tent. And Joash king of Israel took 
 Amaziah king of Judah, the son of Jo- 
 ash the son of Jehoahaz, at Beth-she- 
 mesh, and brought him to Jerusalem, 
 and brake down the wall of Jerusalem 
 from the gate of Ephraim unto ^the 
 
 24 corner gate, four hundred cubits. And 
 he tooli all the gold and silver, and all 
 the vessels that were found in the house 
 of God with i2 0bed-edom, and the trea- 
 sures of the king's house, the hostages 
 also, and returned to Samaria. 
 
 25 And Amaziah the son of Joash king of 
 Judah lived after the death of Joash 
 son of Jehoahaz king of Israel fifteen 
 
 26 years. Now the rest of the acts of 
 Ainaziah, fh-st and last, behold, are 
 they not written in the book of the 
 
 27 kuigs of Judah and Israel? Now from 
 the time that Amaziah did turn away 
 from following the Lord they made a 
 conspu'acy against him m Jerusalem ; 
 
 8 See i 
 
 2 Kings I 
 xiv. 8, 
 &c. 
 
 »0r, 
 thorn 
 
 10 Or. 
 jtrovoke 
 calam- 
 iti/ 
 
 11 So iii 
 2 Kings 
 xiv. VS. 
 Tlie text 
 has, the 
 
 ?tate that 
 ooketh. 
 
 12 See 
 IClir. 
 xxvi. 15.
 
 348 
 
 II. CHRONICLES. 
 
 25. 27. 
 
 S Kings 
 iciv. 20. 
 
 the ci(r/ 
 of David. 
 
 Sin 
 2 Kings 
 xiv. '_!, 
 Azariah. 
 
 'See 
 2 Kings 
 XV. 2, 3. 
 
 i Or, gave 
 instruc- 
 tion 
 
 ^'Keb.thc 
 seeiiifj. 
 Many 
 ancient 
 authori- 
 ties have. 
 the fear. 
 
 «0r. 
 
 tabfe 
 
 land 
 
 'Or. 
 
 Carmel 
 
 See 
 
 1 S.-im. 
 
 XXV. '2. 
 
 B Or. the 
 power of 
 an ainny 
 
 OOr, 
 
 comer 
 
 towers 
 
 and he fled to Lacliish : bnt they sent 
 after hini to Lachish, and slew liiin 
 
 28 there. And they brought him upon 
 horses, and buried him with his fathers 
 in ithe city of Judah. 
 
 26 And all the people of Judah took 
 2Uzziah, who was sixteen years old, 
 and made him king in the room of his 
 
 2 father Amaziah. He built Eloth, and 
 restored it to Judah, after that the 
 
 3 king slept with his fathers. ^ Sixteen 
 years old was Uzziah when he began 
 to reign ; and he reigned tif ty and two 
 years in Jerusalem: and his mother's 
 
 4 name was Jechiliah of Jerusalem. And 
 he did that which was right in the eyes 
 of the Lord, according to all that his 
 
 5 father Amaziah had done. And he set 
 liimself to seek God in the days of 
 Zechariah, who ^had understanding in 
 5 the vision of God: and as long as he 
 sought the Lord, God made him to 
 
 6 prosper. And he went forth and warred 
 against the Philistines, and brake down 
 the wall of Gath, and the wall of Jab- 
 neh, and the wall of Ashdod ; and he 
 built cities in the country of Ashdod, 
 
 7 and among the Philistines. And God 
 helped him against the Philistines, 
 and against the Ai-abians that dwelt in 
 
 8Gur-baal, and the Meunim. And the 
 Ammonites gave gifts to Uzziah : and 
 his name spread abroad even to the 
 entering in of Egypt; for he waxed 
 
 9 exceeding strong. Moreover Uzziah 
 built towers in Jerusalem at the corner 
 gate, and at the valley gate, and at the 
 turning of the u^all, and fortified them. 
 
 10 And he built towers in tlie wilderness, 
 and hewed out many cisterns, for he 
 had much cattle ; in the lowland also, 
 and in tlie ''plain : and he had husband- 
 men and vinedressers in the mountains 
 and in 7 the fruitful fields ; for he loved 
 
 11 husbandry. Moreover Uzziah had an 
 army of fighting men, that went out to 
 war by bands, according to the nimiber 
 of their reckoning made by Jeiel the 
 scribe and Maaseiah the oflicer, under 
 the band of Hananiah, one of the king's 
 
 12 captains. The whole nmnber of the 
 heads of fathers' houses, even the 
 mighty men of Viilour, was two thou- 
 
 13 sand and six hundred. And under 
 their hand was ^a trained army, thi-ee 
 hundred thousand and seven thousand 
 and five hundred, that made war with 
 mighty power, to help the king against 
 
 14 the enemy. And Uzziah prepared for 
 them, even for all the host, shields, and 
 spears, and helmets, and coats of mail, 
 
 15 and bows, and stones for slinging. And 
 he made in Jerusalem engines, invented 
 bycunningmen,tobeon the towers and 
 upon the 9 battlements, to shoot arrows 
 and great stones withal. And his name 
 spread far abroad ; for he was marvel- 
 lously helped, till he was strong. 
 
 16 But when he was strong, his heart 
 
 was lifted up i° so that he did corruptly, 
 and he trespassed against the Lord 
 his God; for he went into the temple 
 of the Lord to burn incense upon the 
 
 17 altar of incense. And Azariah the 
 priest went in after him, and with him 
 fourscore priests of the Lord, that were 
 
 18 valiant men : and they withstood Uz- 
 ziah the king, and said unto him, It 
 pertaineth not mito thee, Uzziah, to 
 burn incense unto the Lord, but to the 
 pi'iests the sons of Aaron, that are 
 consecrated to burn incense: go out 
 of the sanctuary; for thou hast tres- 
 passed; neither shall it be for thme 
 
 19 honour from the Lord God. Then Uz- 
 ziah was wroth ; and he had a censer in 
 his hand to burn incense ; and while he 
 was wroth with the iiriests, the lejirosy 
 11 brake forth in his forehead before the 
 priests in the house of the Lord, be- 
 
 20 side the altar of incense. And Azariah 
 the chief priest, and all the priests, 
 looked upon him, and, behold, he was 
 leprous in his forehead, and they tlirust 
 bun out quickly from thence ; yea, him- 
 self hasted also to go out, because the 
 
 21 Lord had smitten him. 12 And Uzziah 
 the king was a leper unto the day of his 
 death, and dwelt in a i^ several house, 
 being a leper ; for he was cut off from 
 the house of the Lord : and Jotham his 
 son was over the king's house, judging 
 
 22 the people of the land. Now the rest of 
 . the acts of Uzziah, first and last, did 
 
 Isaiah the prophet, the son of Amoz, 
 
 23 write. So Uzziah slept with his fathers; 
 and they buried him with his fathers in 
 the field of burial which belonged to the 
 kings ; for they said. He is a leper : and 
 Jotham his son reigned in his stead. 
 
 2Y 1* Jotham was twenty and five years 
 old when he began to reign; and he 
 reigned sixteen years in Jerusalem : 
 and his mother's name was Jerushah 
 
 2 the daughter of Zadok. And he did 
 that which was right in the eyes of the 
 Lord, according to all that his father 
 Uzziah had done : howbeit he entered 
 not into the temple of the Lord. And 
 
 3 the people did yet corruptly. He built 
 the upper gate of the house of the Lord, 
 and on the wall of Ophel he built much. 
 
 4 Moreover he built cities in the hill 
 country of Judah, and in the forests he 
 
 5 built castles and towers. He fought 
 also with the king of the children of 
 Anunon, and prevailed against them. 
 And the children of Annnon gave him 
 the same year an hmidred talents of 
 silver, and ten thousand i5 measures of 
 wheat, and ten thousand of barley. So 
 much did the children of Amnion ren- 
 der unto him, in the second year also, 
 
 6 and in the third. So Jotham became 
 mighty, because he ordered his waj's 
 
 7 before the Lord his God. Now tlie rest 
 of the acts of Jotham, and all his wars, 
 and his ways, behold, they are written 
 
 loor, f.. 
 liis de- 
 struct i'
 
 29. 1. 
 
 11. CHRONICLES. 
 
 349 
 
 1 See 
 
 2 Kings 
 xvi. 2 — 1. 
 
 in the book of the kings of Israel and 
 
 8 Judah. He was five and twenty years 
 old when he began to reign, and reigned 
 
 9 sixteen years in Jerusalem. And Jo- 
 tham slept with his fathers, and they 
 bm-ied him in the eity of David : and 
 Ahaz his son reigned in his stead. 
 
 28 ^Ahaz was twenty years old when 
 he began to reign; and he reigned 
 sixteen years m Jerusalem: and he 
 did not that which was right in the 
 eyes of the Lord, like David his father : 
 
 2 but he walked in the ways of the kuigs 
 of Israel, and made also molten unages 
 
 3 for the Baalim. Moreover he burnt 
 jjicense in the valley of the son of 
 Hmnom, and biu-nt his children m the 
 lire, according to the abominations of 
 the heathen, whom the Lord cast out 
 
 4 before the children of Israel. And 
 he sacrificed and burnt incense in the 
 high places, and on the hills, and 
 
 Sunder every green tree. Wherefore 
 the Lord his God delivered him into 
 tlie hand of the king of Syria; and 
 they smote him, and carried away of 
 his a great multitude of captives, and 
 brought them to Damascus. And he 
 was also delivered into the hand of the 
 king of Israel, who smote him with a 
 
 6 great slaughter. For Pekah the son of 
 liemaliah slew in Judah an hundred 
 and twenty thousand in one day, all of 
 them valiant men; because they had 
 forsaken the Lord, the God of their 
 
 7 fathers. And Zichri, a mighty man of 
 Ephraim, slew ]\laaseiah the king's son, 
 and Azrikam the ruler of the house, and 
 Elkanah that was 2 next to the king. 
 
 8 And the children of Israel carried away 
 captive of their brethren two hundred 
 thousand, women, sons, and daughters, 
 and took also away much sjioil from 
 them, and brought the spoil to Samaria. 
 
 9 But a prophet of the Lord was there, 
 whose name was Oded: and he went 
 out to meet the host that came to 
 Samaria, and said unto them. Behold, 
 because the Lord, the God of your 
 fathers, was wroth with Judah, he hath 
 delivered them into your hand, and ye 
 have slain them in a rage which hath 
 
 10 reached up unto heaven. And now ye 
 pm'pose to keep under the children of 
 Judah and Jerusalem for bondmen and 
 bondwomen unto you: hut are there 
 not even with you ^ trespasses of your 
 
 11 own against the Lord your God ? Now 
 hear me therefore, and send back the 
 captives, which ye have taken captive 
 of your brethren : for the tierce wrath 
 
 12 of the Lord is upon you. Then certain 
 of the heads of the children of Ephraim, 
 Azariah the son of Johauan, Berechiah 
 the son of Meshillemoth, and Jehiz- 
 kiah the son of Shallmn, and Amasa 
 the son of Hadlai, stood uj) against 
 
 13 them that came from the war, and 
 said unto them, Ye shall not bring in 
 
 'Heb. 
 ntilti- 
 ncsses. 
 
 the captives hither : for ye purpose that 
 which will Ijring iii)on us •^a trespass 
 against the Lord, to add unto our .sins 
 and to our ^trespass: for our ^tres- 
 l)ass is great, and there is fierce wrath 
 11 against Israel. So the armed men left 
 the captives and the spoil before the 
 
 15 princes and all the congregation. And 
 the men which have been exjiressed 
 by name rose uj), and took the cajjtives, 
 and with the spoU clothed all that were 
 naked among them, and arrayed them, 
 and shod them, and gave them to eat 
 and to drink, and anointed them, and 
 carried all the feeble of them ui)on 
 asses, and brought them to Jericho, the 
 city of pahu trees, unto then- brethren : 
 then they returned to Samaria. 
 
 16 5 At that time tlid king Ahaz send 
 unto the c kings of Assyria to help 
 
 17 him. For again the Edomites had 
 come and smitten Judah, and carried 
 
 18 away 'cajjtives. The Philistines also 
 had invaded the cities of the lowland, 
 and of the South of Judah, and had 
 taken Beth-shemesh, and Aijalou, and 
 Gederoth, and Soco with the 8 towns 
 thereof, and Timnah with the ^ towns 
 thereof, Gimzo also and the 8 towns 
 
 19 thereof : and they dwelt there. For the 
 Lord brought Judah low because of 
 Ahaz kuig of Israel ; for he had " dealt 
 wantonly m Judah, and trespassed sore 
 
 20 against the Lord. And Tilgath-pilueser 
 king of Assyria came i^mito him, and 
 distressed him, but ^ strengthened him 
 
 21 not. For Ahaz took away a portion out 
 of the house of the Lord, and out of the 
 house of the king and of the princes, 
 and gave it unto the king of Assyria : 
 
 22 but it helped him not. iVnd in the time 
 12 of his distress did he trespass yet 
 more agamst the Lord, this same king 
 
 23 Ahaz. For he sacrificed unto the gods 
 of i** Damascus, which smote him: and 
 he said. Because the gods of the kings 
 of Syria helped them, therefore will I 
 sacrifice to them, that they may help me. 
 But they were the ruin of hun, and of 
 
 24 all Israel. And Ahaz gathered together 
 the vessels of the house of God, and cut 
 in pieces the vessels of the house of 
 God, and shut up the doors of the house 
 of the Lord ; and he made him altars 
 
 25 m every corner of Jerusalem. And in 
 every several city of Judah he made 
 high places to burn incense unto other 
 gods, and provoked to anger the Lord, 
 
 26 the God of his fathers. Now the rest of 
 his acts, and all his ways, first and last, 
 behold, they are written in the book 
 
 27 of the kings of Judah and Israel. And 
 Ahaz slept with his fathers, and they 
 buried him in the city, even in Jeru- 
 salem ; for they brought him not into the 
 sepulchres of the kings of Israel : and 
 Hezekiah his sou reigned in his stead. 
 
 29 1* Hezekiah began to reign when 
 lie was five and twenty years old; 
 
 *0r, 
 i/uUt 
 
 5 See 
 2 Kings 
 xvi. 7, &c. 
 li Many 
 ancient 
 autliori- 
 tic's read, 
 king. 
 
 ' Heb. 
 rt captiv- 
 ity. 
 
 8 Heb. 
 
 dxufjh- 
 
 tera. 
 
 Or, coit 
 
 away 
 
 restraint 
 
 10 Or, 
 agaiiiAt 
 
 11 Or, 
 Z're- 
 railed 
 not 
 
 against 
 him 
 
 12 Or. 
 
 that 
 he dis- 
 trtssed 
 Jtiin 
 
 13 Heb. 
 Dir- 
 »7icaeft. 
 
 "See 
 2 Kings 
 xviiL 
 
 1-a
 
 350 
 
 II. CHRONICLES. 
 
 29. 1. 
 
 'Or, 
 a terror 
 
 and he reigned nine and twenty years 
 in Jerusalem : and his mother's name 
 was Abijah the daughter of Zechariah. 
 
 2 And he did that which was right in 
 the eyes of the Lord, according to 
 all that David his father had done. 
 
 3 He in the first year of his reign, in 
 the first month, opened the doors of 
 the house of the Lord, and repaired 
 
 4 them. And he brought in the priests 
 and the Levites, and gathered them 
 together into the broad place on the 
 
 5 east, and said unto them, Hear me, yo 
 Levites ; now sanctify yourselves, and 
 sanctify the house of the Lord, the 
 God of your fathers, and cany forth 
 the filthuiess out of the holy place. 
 
 6 For our fathers have trespassed, and 
 done that which was evil in the sight of 
 the Lord our God, and have forsaken 
 him, and have tui'ned away their faces 
 from the habitation of the Lord, and 
 
 7 turned theii" backs. Also they have 
 shut up the doors of the porch, and put 
 out the lamps, and have not burned 
 incense nor offered biu-nt offerings in 
 the holy place vuito the God of Israel. 
 
 8 Wherefore the wrath of the Lord was 
 ujion Judah and Jerusalem, and he 
 hath delivered them to be i tossed to 
 and fro, to be an astonishment, and an 
 
 9 hissing, as ye see with your eyes. For, 
 lo, our fathers have fallen by the sword, 
 and oiu" sons and our daughters and our 
 
 10 wives are in cai^tivity for this. Now 
 it is in mine heart to make a covenant 
 with the Lord, the God of Israel, that 
 his fierce anger may turn away from 
 
 llixs. My sons, be not now negligent: 
 for the Lord hath chosen you to stand 
 before him, to minister unto him, and 
 that ye should be his mhiisters, and 
 burn incense. 
 
 12 Then the Levites arose, Mahath the 
 son of Amasai, and Joel the son of 
 Azariah, of the sons of the Kohathites : 
 and of the sons of Merari, Kish the son 
 of Abdi, and Azariah the son of Jehal- 
 lelel : and of the Gershonites, Joah the 
 son of Zimmah, and Eden the son of 
 
 13 Joah: and of the sons of Elizaphan, 
 Shimri and Jeuel : and of the sons of 
 
 14 Asaph, Zechariah and Mattauiah : and 
 of the sons of Heman, Jehuel and Shim- 
 ei : and of the sons of Jedutlnm, Shema- 
 
 15iah and Uzziel. And they gathered 
 their brethren, and sanctified them- 
 selves, and went in, according to the 
 commandment of the king by the words 
 of the Lord, to cleanse the house of 
 
 16 the Lord. And the priests went in 
 itnto the iimer part of the house of the 
 Lord, to cleanse it, and brought out 
 all the uncleanness that they found 
 in the temple of the Lord into the 
 court of the house of the Lord. And 
 the Levites took it, to carry it out 
 
 17 abroad to the brook Kidi-on. Now 
 they began on the first day of the 
 
 first month to sanctify, and on the 
 eighth day of the month came they 
 to the porch of the Lord; and they 
 sanctified the house of the Lord in 
 eight days: and on the sixteenth day 
 of the first month thoy made an end. 
 
 18 Then they went in to Hezekiah the 
 king within the palace, and said. We 
 have cleansed all the house of the 
 Lord, and the altar of burnt offering, 
 with all the vessels thereof, and the 
 table of shewbread, with all the vessels 
 
 ly thereof. Moreover all the vessels, 
 which king Ahaz in his reign did cast 
 awny when he ti'espassed, have we pre- 
 pared and sanctified ; and, behold, they 
 are before the altar of the Lord. 
 
 20 Then Hezekiah the king arose early, 
 and gathei'ed the princes of the city, 
 and went up to the house of the Lord. 
 
 21 And they brought seven bullocks, and 
 seven rams, and seven lambs, and seven 
 he-goats, for a sin offering for the king- 
 dom and for the sanctuary and for Ju- 
 dah. And he commanded the priests the 
 sons of Aaron to offer them on the altar 
 
 22 of the Lord. So they killed the bull- 
 ocks, and the priests received the blood, 
 and sprinkled it on the altar : and they 
 killed the rams, and sprinkled the blood 
 upon the altar: they kiUed also the 
 lambs, and spriakled the blood upon 
 
 23 the altar. And they brought near the 
 he-goats for the sin offering before the 
 king and the congregation; and they 
 
 24 laid their hands upon them: and the 
 l)riests killed them, and they made a 
 sin offerhig with their blood upon the 
 altar, to make atonement for aU Is- 
 rael: for the king commanded that 
 the burnt offering and the sin offering 
 
 25 should he made for all Israel. And he 
 set the Levites in the house of the 
 Lord with cymbals, with psalteries, 
 and with hari)s, according to the com- 
 mandment of David, and of Gad the 
 king's seer, and Nathan the prophet: 
 for the commandment was of the Lord 
 
 26 by his prophets. And the Levites stood 
 with the instriunents of David, and the 
 
 27 priests with the trumpets. And Hezek- 
 iah commanded to offer the burnt offer- 
 ing upon the altar. And when the Inuut 
 offering began, the song of the Lord 
 began also, and the trumpets, together 
 with the instruments of David king of 
 
 28 Israel. And all the congregation wor- 
 shipped, and the singers sang, and the 
 trumpeters sounded ; all this continued 
 until the burnt offering was fiiaished. 
 
 29 And when they had made an end of 
 offering, the king and all that were pre- 
 sent with him bowed themselves and 
 
 30 worshipped. Moreover Hezekiah the 
 kmg and the princes conunanded the 
 Levites to suig praises mito the Lord 
 with the words of David, and of Asaph 
 the seer. And they sang praises with 
 gladness, and they bowed their heads
 
 30. 22. 
 
 II. CHRONICLES. 
 
 351 
 
 2 Or, of 
 a long 
 tivie 
 
 31 and woi-shippcd. Then Hezekiah an- 
 swered and said, Now ye liave i con- 
 secrated j-ourselves unto the Lord, 
 come near and bruig sacrifices and 
 thank offerings into tlio liouse of the 
 Lord. And the congregation brouglit 
 in sacrifices and thank offerings ; and 
 as many as were of a willing heart 
 
 ;52 hfough t bui-nt offerings. And the num- 
 ber "of the burnt offerings, which the 
 congi'egation brought, was threescore 
 and ten bullocks, an huntlred rams, 
 and two hundi-ed lambs : all these were 
 
 33 for a burnt offering to the Lord. And 
 the consecrated things were sis hund- 
 red oxen and three thousand sheep. 
 
 34 But the priests were too few, so that 
 they could not flay all the bm'ut of- 
 ferings: wherefore their brethren the 
 Levites did help them, till the work 
 was ended, and until the priests had 
 sanctified themselves : for the Levites 
 were more upright m heart to sanctify 
 
 35 themselves than the priests. And also 
 the burnt offerings were in abund- 
 ance, with the fat of the peace offer- 
 ings, and with the drmk offermgs for 
 every burnt offering. So the service 
 of the house of the Lord was set m 
 
 36 order. And Hezekiah rejoiced, and all 
 the people, because of that which God 
 had prepared for the people: for the 
 thing was done suddenly. 
 
 30 And Hezekiah sent to all Israel 
 and Judah, and wrote letters also 
 to Eplu-aini and Manasseh, that they 
 should come to the house of the Lord 
 at Jerusalem, to keep the passover 
 
 2 unto the Lord, the God of Israel. For 
 the king had taken counsel, and his 
 lirinces, and all the congregation in 
 Jerusalem, to keep the passover in the 
 
 3 second month. For they could not keep 
 it at that time, because the priests had 
 not sanctified themselves in sirflicient 
 number, neither had the i)eoi)le gath- 
 ered themselves together to Jerusalem. 
 
 4 And the thing was right in the eyes of 
 the king and of all the congi-egation. 
 
 5 So they established a decree to make 
 proclamation throughout all Israel, 
 from Beer-sheba even to Dan, that they 
 should come to keep the passover un- 
 to the Lord, the God of Israel, at 
 Jerusalem: for they had not kept it 
 2 in great numbers in such sort as it 
 
 6 is written. So the posts went with the 
 letters from the king and his prmces 
 throughout all Israel and Judah, and 
 according to the commandment of the 
 king, saying. Ye children of Israel, turn 
 again unto the Lord, the God of Abra- 
 ham, Isaac, and Israel, that he may re- 
 turn to the remnant that are escaped 
 of you out of the hand of the kings 
 
 7 of Assyria. And be not ye like your 
 fathers, and like your brethren, which 
 trespassed against the Lord, the God of 
 their fathers, so that he gave them up 
 
 8 'Ho desolation, as ye see. Now be ye 
 not stiff necked, as youi- fathers were; 
 but ■*yieldyourselves unto the Lord, and 
 enter into his sanctuai-y, which he hath 
 sanctified for ever, and serve the Lord 
 your God, that his fierce anger may 
 
 turn away from you. For if ye turn 
 again unto the Lord, your brethren and 
 yom- chiklren shall find compassion 
 before them that led them captive, 
 and shall come again into this land: 
 for the Lord your God is gracious and 
 merciful, and will not tm'u away his 
 face from you, if ye return unto him. 
 
 10 So the posts passed from city to city 
 through the country of Ephraim and 
 Manasseh, even unto Zebulun : but they 
 laughed tliem to scorn, and mocked 
 
 11 them. Nevertheless divers of Asher 
 and Manasseh and of Zebulun hmnbled 
 themselves, and came to Jerusalem. 
 
 V2 Also in Judah was the hand of God to 
 give them one heart, to do the com- 
 mandment of the king and of the princes 
 
 13 by the word of the Lord. And there 
 assembled at Jerusalem much people 
 to keep the feast of unleavened bread 
 in the second month, a very great con- 
 
 14gregation. And they arose and took 
 away the altars that were in Jerusalem, 
 and all the ^altars for incense took 
 they away, and cast them into the 
 
 15 brook Kidi-on. Then they killed the 
 passover on the fourteenth daij of the 
 second mouth: and the priests and 
 the Levites were ashamed, and sanc- 
 tified themselves, and brought burnt 
 offerings mto the house of the Lord. 
 
 16 And they stood in therr place after 
 theu' order, according to the law of 
 Moses the man of God: the in-iests 
 sprinkled the blood, ivhich the;/ received 
 
 17 of the hand of the Levites. For there 
 were many in the congregation that 
 had not sanctified themselves: there- 
 fore the Le\dtes had the charge of 
 killing the passovers for every one 
 that was not clean, to sanctify them 
 
 18 unto the Lord. For a multitude of 
 the people, even many of Ephi-aim 
 and Manasseh, Issachar and Zebulun, 
 had not cleansed themselves, yet did 
 they eat the passover otherwise than it 
 is written. For Hezekiah had prayed 
 for them, saying. The good Lord par- 
 
 19 don 6 every one that setteth his heart 
 to seek God, the Lord, the God of 
 his fathers, though ke be not cleansed 
 according to the pvu'ification of the 
 
 20 sanctuary. And the Lord hearkened to 
 
 21 Hezekiah, and healed the people. And 
 the children of Israel that were present 
 at Jerusalem kept the feast of uiJeav- 
 ened bread seven days with gi-eat glad- 
 ness : and the Le^dtes and the priests 
 praised the Lord day by day, singing 
 with loud instruments unto the Lord. 
 
 22 And Hezekiah spake comfortably unto 
 all the Levites that were well skilled 
 
 :' Or, 
 to be an 
 UHtoniih- 
 Vlc/lt 
 
 * Hel). 
 ffioi! the 
 hand. 
 
 6 Or. 
 vessels 
 
 6 Or, 
 hbn that 
 setteth 
 his whole 
 heart
 
 352 
 
 11. CHRONICLES. 
 
 30. 22. 
 
 'Or, 
 
 jivinif 
 h anki 
 
 « Or, 
 
 ;ti 
 
 » Heb. be 
 sfrimg 
 
 in the service of the Lord. So they did 
 eat throughout the feast for the seven 
 days, offeriug sacrifices of peace oiler- 
 ings, and i making confession to the 
 
 23 Lord, the God of their fathers. And 
 the whole congregation took counsel 
 to keep other seven days: and they 
 kept other seven days Mith gladness. 
 
 24 Yov Hezekiah king of Judah did give 
 to tlie congregation for offerings a 
 thousand bullocks and seven thousand 
 sheep ; and the princes gave to the con- 
 gregation a thousand bullocks and ten 
 thousand sheep: and a great number 
 
 25 of priests sanctified themselves. And 
 all the congregation of Judah, with 
 the in-iests and the Levites, and all the 
 cougi-egation that came out of Israel, 
 and the strangers that came out of the 
 land of Israel, and that dwelt in Judah, 
 
 26 rejoiced. So there was great joy in 
 Jerusalem : for since the tune of Solo- 
 mon the sou of David kmg of Israel 
 there was not the like in Jerusalem. 
 
 27 Then the priests the Levites arose and 
 blessed the people : and their voice was 
 heard, and their prayer came up to his 
 holy habitation, even unto heaven. 
 
 31 Now when all this was finished, aU 
 Israel that were present went out to 
 the cities of Judah, and brake in pieces 
 the 2j)illars, and hewed down the Ash- 
 erim, and brake down the high places 
 and the altars out of all Judah and 
 Benjamin, in Ephraim also and Ma- 
 uasseh, until they had destroyed them 
 all. Then all the children of Israel 
 returned, every man to his possession, 
 
 2 into their own cities. AikI Hezekiah 
 aiipointed the courses of the priests 
 and the Levites after their courses, 
 every man according to his service, 
 both the ijriests and the Levites, for 
 burnt offerings and for peace offerings, 
 to minister, and to give thanks, and to 
 praise in the gates of the camp of tlie 
 
 3 Lord. He appointed also the king's 
 portion of his substance for the burnt 
 offerings, to wit, for the mornmg and 
 evening burnt offermgs, and the burnt 
 offerings for the sabbaths, and for the 
 new moons, and for the set feasts, as 
 it is ^vritten in the law of the Lord. 
 
 4 Moreover he commanded the people 
 that dwelt in Jerusalem to give the 
 portion of the priests and the Levites, 
 that they miglat 8 give themselves to 
 
 5 the law of the Lord. And as soon as 
 tlie commandment came abroad, the 
 children of Israel gave in abimdanee 
 the firstfruits of corn, wine, and oil, 
 and honey, and of all the increase of 
 the field; and the tithe of all things 
 
 C brought they in abundantly. And the 
 children of Israel and Judah, that dwelt 
 in the cities of Judah, they also brought 
 in the tithe of oxen and sheep, and 
 the tithe of dedicated things which 
 were consecrated unto the Lord their 
 
 7 God, and laid them by heaps. In the 
 third mouth they began to lay the 
 foundation of the heaps, and finished 
 
 8 them in the seventh month. And when 
 Hezekiah and the princes came and saw 
 the heaps, they blessed the Lord, and 
 
 9 his people Israel. Then Hezekiah ques- 
 tioned with the priests and the Levites 
 
 10 concerning the heaps. And Azariah 
 the chief priest, of the house of Zadok, 
 answered him and said. Since the people 
 began to bring the oblations into the 
 house of the Lord, we have eaten and 
 had enough, and have left plenty: for 
 the Lord hath blessed his 2ieople ; and 
 that which is left is this great store. 
 
 11 Then Hezekiah commanded to pi-epare 
 chambers in tlie house of the Lord ; and 
 
 12 they prepared them. And they brought 
 in the oblations and the tithes and the 
 dedicated things faithfully: and over 
 them Conaniah the Levite was ruler, 
 and Shimei his brother was second. 
 
 13 And Jehiel, and Azaziah, and Nahath, 
 and Asahel, and Jerunoth, and Jozabad, 
 and Eliel, and Ismachiah, and Mahath, 
 and Benaiah, were overseers tinder 
 the hand of Conaniah and Shimei his 
 brother, by the appointment of Hezek- 
 iah the king, and Azariah the ruler 
 
 14 of the house of God. And Kore the 
 son of Imnah the Levite, the jjorter 
 at the east gate, was over the freewill 
 offerings of God, to distribute the 
 oblations of the Lord, and the most 
 
 15 holy things. And under him were 
 Eden, and MiaiamLn, and Jeshua, and 
 Shemaiah, Amariah, and Shecaniah, 
 in the cities of the priests, in then- 
 * set office, to give to their brethren by 
 courses, as well to the great as to the 
 
 16 small : beside them that were reckoned 
 by genealogy of males, from three 
 years old and upward, even every one 
 that entered into the house of the 
 Lord, ^as the duty of every day re- 
 quired, for their service in their charges 
 
 17 according to their courses; and them 
 tliat were reckoned by genealogy of 
 the priests by their fathers' houses, 
 and the Levites from twenty yeai's old 
 and upward, in their charges by their 
 
 18 coiu'ses ; fi and them that were reckoned 
 by genealogy of all then- little ones, 
 theu" wives, and their sons, and their 
 daughters, tlirough all the congreg- 
 ation: for in their ^set oflice they 
 
 19 sanctified themselves in holiness : also 
 for the sons of Aaron the priests, which 
 v." ere in the fields of the subiu^bs of their 
 cities, m every several city, there were 
 men that were expressed by name, to 
 give portions to all the males among 
 the priests, and to all that were reck- 
 oned by genealogy among the Levites. 
 
 20 And thus did Hezekiah throughout aU 
 Judah; and he wrought that which 
 was good and right and 7 faithful be- 
 
 21 fore the Lord his God. And in every
 
 32. 29. 
 
 11. CHRONICLES. 
 
 353 
 
 ISee 
 
 2 KiiiES 
 xviii. i:J, 
 &c., 
 
 Is. 
 
 xxxvi. 1, 
 &c. 
 
 2Heb. 
 
 to break 
 thcni up. 
 
 3 Heb. 
 his fare 
 was to 
 fight. 
 
 4 Or, 
 
 Tieight- 
 cned the 
 towers 
 Or, went 
 up upon 
 the 
 
 towers 
 The 
 
 Vulgate 
 has, 'mitt 
 towers 
 thereon. 
 
 5 Or, 
 another 
 
 sor, 
 tlu re be 
 vitrre 
 
 ~ Or, i7l 
 the 
 
 St rang 
 hold 
 
 e Heb. 
 devoted. 
 
 work that he began in the service of 
 the liouHC of Go(l, and in the law, and 
 ill tlic commandments, to seek his 
 God, he did it with all his heart, and 
 jn-ospered. 
 32 ^After these things, and this faith- 
 fulness, Sennacherib king of Assyria 
 came, and entered into Judah, and 
 encamped against the fenced cities, 
 and thought ^to win them for him- 
 
 2 self. And when Hezekiah saw tliat 
 Sennacherib was come, and that ^he 
 Avas purposed to fight against Jerusa- 
 
 31em, he took counsel with his princes 
 and his mighty men to stop the waters 
 of the fountains which were without 
 
 4 the city; and they helped hun. So 
 there was gathered much i)eople to- 
 gether, and they stopped all tlie 
 fountains, and the brook that flowed 
 through the midst of the land, saying, 
 Wliy should the kings of Assyi'ia come, 
 
 5 and find mvich water ? And he took 
 courage, and built up all the wall that 
 was broken down, and * raised it up to 
 the towers, and ^the other wall with- 
 out, and strengthened Millo in the city 
 of David, and made weapons and shields 
 
 (> in abundance. And he set captains of 
 war over the jieople, and gathered them 
 together to him in the broad place at 
 the gate of the city, and spake com- 
 
 7 fortably to them, saying. Be strong 
 and of a good courage, be not afraid 
 nor dismayed for the king of Assyria, 
 nor for all the multitude that is with 
 hun: for i^ there is a greater with us 
 
 8 than with him : with him is an arm of 
 flesh; but with us is the Lord our 
 God to help us, and to fight our battles. 
 And the people rested themselves upon 
 the words of Hezekiah king of Judah. 
 
 9 After this did Sennacherib king of 
 Ass5Tia send his servants to Jerusa- 
 lem, (now he was before Lachish, and 
 all his power with him,) tmto Hezekiah 
 king of Judah, and unto all Judah tliat 
 
 10 were at Jerusalem, saying. Thus saith 
 Sennacherib king of Assyi'ia, Whereon 
 do ye trust, that ye abide '''the siege 
 
 11 in Jerusalem ? Doth not Hezekiah -per- 
 suade you, to give you over to die by 
 famine and by thirst, saying, The Lord 
 our God shall deliver us out of the 
 
 12 hand of the king of Assyi-ia? Hath 
 not the same Hezekiah taken away his 
 high iilaces and his altars, and com- 
 manded Judah and Jerusalem, saying, 
 Ye shall worship before one altar, and 
 
 13 upon it shall ye burn incense ? Know ye 
 not what I and my fathers have done 
 inito all the peoples of the lands ? Were 
 the gods of the nations of the lands 
 any ways able to deliver their land out 
 
 14 of mine hand ? Who was there among 
 all the gods of those nations which my 
 fathers ** utterly destroyed, that could 
 deliver his people out of mine hand, 
 that your God should be able to deliver 
 
 15 you out of muie hand? Now therefore 
 let not Hezekiali deceive you, nor 
 IK'rsuade you on this manner, neitlu^r 
 believe ye liim: for no god of any 
 nation or kingdom was able to deliver 
 his people out of mine hand, and out of 
 the hand of my fathers : liow mucli less 
 shall your "God deliver you out of 
 
 IG mine hand ? And his servants spake yet 
 more against the Lord God, and against 
 
 17 his servant Hezekiah. He wrote also 
 1" letters, to rail on the Lord, the God 
 of Israel, and to speak against him, 
 saying. As the gods of the nations of 
 the lands, which have not delivered 
 their people out of mine hand, so shall 
 not the God of Hezekiah deliver his 
 
 18 people out of mine hand. And they 
 cried with a loud voice in the Jews' 
 language unto the people of Jerusalem 
 that were on the wall, to affright them, 
 and to trouble them ; that they might 
 
 19 take the city. And they sjiake of the 
 God of Jerusalem, as of the gods of 
 the peoples of the earth, which are the 
 
 20 work of men's hands. And Hezekiah 
 the king, and Isaiah the prophet the son 
 of Amoz, prayed because of this, and 
 
 21 cried to heaven. And the Lord sent 
 an angel, which cut off all the mighty 
 men of valour, and the leaders and 
 captains, in the camiJ of the king of 
 Assyria. So he returned with shame 
 of face to his own land. And when he 
 was come into the house of his god, 
 they that came forth of his own bowels 
 11 slew him there with the sword. 
 
 22 Thus the Lord saved Hezekiah and 
 the inhabitants of Jerusalem from 
 the hand of Sennacherib the king of 
 Assyi-ia, and from the hand of aUother, 
 
 23 and guided them on every side. And 
 many brought gifts unto the Lord 
 to Jerusalem, and precious things to 
 Hezekiah king of Judah: so that he 
 was exalted in the sight of all nations 
 fi'om thenceforth. 
 
 24 1" In those days Hezekiah was sick even 
 unto death: and he prayed unto the 
 Lord ; and he spake unto him, and gave 
 
 25 hun a i^sign. But Hezekiah rendered 
 not again according to the benefit done 
 unto hun ; for his heart was lifted up : 
 therefore there was wrath upon him, 
 
 26 and upon Judah and Jerusalem. Not- 
 withstanding Hezekiah humbled hun- 
 self for i"* the pride of his heart, both he 
 and the inhabitants of Jerusalem, so 
 that the wrath of the Lord came not 
 upon them in the days of Hezekiah. 
 
 27 Aid Hezekiah had exceeding much 
 riches and honour : and he proAaded him 
 treasm'ies for silver, and for gold, and 
 for precious stones, and for spices, and 
 for shields, and for aU manner of good- 
 
 28 ly vessels ; storehouses also for the in- 
 crease of corn and wine and oil; and 
 stalls forallmanner of beasts, andflocks 
 
 29 in folds. Moreover he provided him 
 
 » Or, gods 
 
 10 Or. 
 a letter 
 
 n Hel>. 
 cause*! 
 him to 
 fan. 
 
 12 See 
 2 Kings 
 XX. 1, &c.. 
 Is. 
 
 xxxviii. ], 
 &c. 
 "Or, 
 wonder 
 
 11 Heb. 
 the lift- 
 ing up. 
 
 12
 
 354 
 
 II. CHRONICLES. 
 
 32. 29. 
 
 1 Heb. 
 inter- 
 lirctGrn. 
 
 2 See 
 2 Kings 
 xxi. l,i'Cx. 
 
 cities, and possessions of flocks and 
 herds in alnmdauce : for God had given 
 
 30 him very much substance. This same 
 Hezekiah also stopped the upper spring 
 of the waters of GOion, and brought 
 them straight down on the west side 
 of the city of David. And Hezekiah 
 
 31 prospered in all his works. Howbeit iu 
 the business o/'the i ambassadors of the 
 princes of Babylon, who sent unto liun 
 to inquire of the wonder that was done 
 in the land, God left him, to try him, 
 that he might know all that was in his 
 
 32 heart. Now the rest of the acts of Hez- 
 ekiah, and his good deeds, behold, they 
 are written in the vision of Isaiah the 
 prophet the son of Amoz, in the book 
 
 33 of the kings of Judah and Israel. And 
 Hezekiah slej)t with his fathers, and 
 they buried him in the ascent of the 
 sepulchres of the sons of David : and all 
 Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem 
 did him honour at his death. And Ma- 
 nasseh his son reigned in his stead. 
 
 33 '■^Manasseh was twelve years old when 
 he began to reign ; and he reigned fifty 
 
 2 and five years in Jerusalem. And he 
 did that which was evil in the sight of 
 the Lord, after the abommations of 
 the heathen, whom the Lord cast out 
 
 3 before the chil(b-en of Israel. For he 
 built again the high places which 
 Hezekiah his father had broken down ; 
 and he reared up altars for the Baalim, 
 and made Asheroth, and worshij)ped aU 
 the host of heaven, and served them. 
 
 4 And he built altars in the house of the 
 Lord, whereof the Lord said, In Jeru- 
 
 5 salem shall my name be for ever. And 
 he built altars for all the host of 
 heaven m the two courts of the house 
 
 6 of the Lord. He also made his child- 
 ren to pass through the fii-e in the 
 valley of the son of Hiunom : and he 
 practised augm'y, and used enchant- 
 ments, and practised sorcery, and dealt 
 with them that had familiar spirits, and 
 with wizards : he wrought much evil m 
 the sight of the Lord, to provoke him 
 
 7 to anger. And he set the graven image 
 of the idol, which he had made, in the 
 house of God, of which God said to 
 David and to Solomon his son. In this 
 house, and in Jerusalem, which I have 
 chosen out of all the tribes of Israel, 
 
 8 will I put my name for ever : neither 
 will I any more remove the foot of 
 Israel from off the land which I have 
 appointed for your fathers; if only 
 they will observe to do all that I have 
 commanded them, even all tlie law and 
 the statutes and the ordinances by the 
 
 9 hand of Moses. Aiid Manasseh made 
 Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem 
 to err, so that they did evil more than 
 did the nations, whom the Lord de- 
 stroyed before the children of Israel. 
 
 10 And the Lord spake to Manasseh, and 
 to his people : but they gave no heed. 
 
 11 ^Vheref ore the Lord brought upon them 
 the captains of the host of the king 
 of Assyria, which took Manasseh ^m 
 chains, and bound him with fetters, 
 
 12 and carried him to Babylon. And when 
 he was in distress, he besought the 
 Lord his God, and hiunbled himself 
 greatly before the God of his fathers. 
 
 13 And he prayed unto him ; and he was 
 intreated of him, and heard his sup- 
 jilication, and brought Imn agam to 
 Jerusalem into his kingdom. Then 
 Manasseh knew that the Lord he 
 was God. 
 
 14 Now after this he built an outer wall 
 to the city of David, on the west side 
 of Gihon, in the valley, even to the 
 entering m at the fish gate; and he 
 compassed about Ophel, and raised 
 it up a very gi-eat height : and he put 
 ^valiant captains in all the fenced cities 
 
 15 of Judah. And he took away the strange 
 gods, and the idol out of the house of 
 the Lord, and all the altars that he 
 had built in the mount of the house 
 of the Lord, and in Jerusalem, and 
 
 16 cast them out of the city. And he 
 5 built up the altar of the Lord, and 
 offered thereon sacrifices of peace offer- 
 ings and of thanksgivuig, and com- 
 manded Judah to serve the Lord, the 
 
 17 God of Israel. Nevertheless the j^eople 
 did sacrifice still in the high places, but 
 
 18 only unto the Lord their God. Now 
 the rest of the acts of Manasseh, and 
 his i^rayer unto his God, and the words 
 of the seers that spake to him in the 
 name of the Lord, the God of Israel, 
 behold, they are written among the acts 
 
 19 of the kings of Israel. His prayer also, 
 and how God was intreated of him, and 
 all his sin and his trespass, and the 
 j)laces wherein he built high places, and 
 set up the Asherun and the graven 
 images, before he humbled himself: 
 behold, they are written in the history 
 
 20 of ^Hozai. So Manasseh slept with 
 his fathers, and they buried him in his 
 own house : and Amon his sou reigned 
 in his stead. 
 
 21 7 Amon was twenty and two years old 
 when he began to reign ; and he reigned 
 
 22 two years in Jerusalem. Andhedid that 
 which was evil in the sight of the Lord, 
 as did Manasseh his father : and Amon 
 sacrificed mito all the graven images 
 which Manasseh his father had made, 
 
 23 and served them. And he humbled 
 not himself before the Lord, as Ma- 
 nasseh his father had humbled himself ; 
 but this same Amon ^ trespassed more 
 
 24 and more. And his servants conspired 
 against him, and put hun to death in his 
 
 25 own house. But the people of the land 
 slew all them that had conspired against 
 king Amon ; and the people of the land 
 made Josiah his son kmg in his stead. 
 
 34 '^ Josiah was eight years old when 
 he began to reign; and he reigned
 
 34. 28. 
 
 II. CHRONICLES. 
 
 355 
 
 1 Or. .IS 
 other- 
 wise 
 read, 
 with 
 their 
 axes 
 The text 
 is proba- 
 bly 
 con-upt. 
 
 2 See 
 
 2 Kings 
 xxii. 3, 
 
 3 Or, 
 
 diron- 
 
 icier 
 
 4Heb. 
 
 thresh- 
 
 old. 
 
 SAnother 
 readint^ 
 is, and 
 thejf re- 
 turned 
 to Jeru- 
 salem. 
 6 Or, 
 they 
 
 gave it to 
 the work- 
 men &c. 
 See 
 
 'J Kings 
 xxii. 5. 
 
 7 Or, to 
 preside 
 over it 
 
 thirty and one years in Jerusalem. 
 
 2 And he did that which was right in the 
 eyes of the Lord, and walked ia the 
 ways of David his father, and turned 
 not aside to the right hand or to the loft. 
 
 Sl'or in the eighth year of his reign, 
 while he was yet j'oung, ho began to 
 seek after the God of David his father: 
 and in the tweKth year he began to 
 purge Judah and Jerusalem from tlie 
 high places, and the Asherim, and the 
 gi-aveu images, and the molten images. 
 
 4 And they brake down the altars of the 
 Baalim in his presence ; and the sun- 
 images, that were on high above them, 
 he hewed down ; and the Asherim, and 
 the gi-aven images, and the molten 
 images, he brake in pieces, and made 
 dust of them, and strowed it upon the 
 graves of them that had sacrificed unto 
 
 5 them. And he bui-nt the bones of the 
 liriests upon their altars, and purged 
 
 6 Judah and Jerusalem. And so did he 
 in the cities of Manasseh and Eplu'aim 
 and Simeon, even unto Naphtali, ^in 
 
 7 their ruins round about. And he brake 
 down the altars, and beat the Asherim 
 and the graven images into powder, 
 and hewed down all the sun-images 
 throughout all the land of Israel, and 
 retm-ned to Jerusalem. 
 
 8 2 Now in the eighteenth year of his 
 reign, when he had pm-ged the land, 
 and the house, he sent Shaphan the son 
 of Azaliah, and Maaseiah the governor 
 of the city, and Joah the son of Joahaz 
 the 8 recorder, to repair the house of the 
 
 9 Lord his God. And they came to Hilkiah 
 the high priest, and delivered the money 
 that was brought mto the house of God, 
 which the Levites, the keepers of the 
 ^door, had gathered of the hand of 
 Manasseh and Ephraim, and of all the 
 remnant of Israel, and of all Judah and 
 Benjamin, ^and of the inhabitants of 
 
 10 Jerusalem. And they delivered it into 
 the hand of the workmen that had the 
 oversight of the house of the Lord ; and 
 6 the workmen that wrought in the 
 house of the Lord gave it to amend 
 
 11 and repair the house ; even to the car- 
 j)enters and to the builders gave they 
 it, to buy hewn stone, and timber for 
 couplings, and to make beams for the 
 houses which the kmgs of Judah had 
 
 12 destroyed. And the men did the work 
 faithfully: and the overseers of them 
 were Jahath and Obadiah, the Levites, 
 of the sons of Merari ; and Zechariah 
 and MeshuUam, of the sons of the Ko- 
 hathites, 'to set it forward: and other 
 of the Levites, all that could skill of 
 
 13 instruments of music. Also they were 
 over the bearers of burdens, and set 
 forward all that did the work in every 
 manner of service : and of the Levites 
 there were scribes, and officers, and 
 
 14 porters. And when they brought out 
 the money that was brought into the 
 
 house of the Loud, Hilkiah the priest 
 found the book of the law of the Loiiu 
 15'^given by Moses. And Hilkiah an- 
 swered and said to Shaph.in the scribe, 
 I have found the book of the law in 
 the house of the Loud. And Hilkiah 
 
 16 delivered the book to Shaphan. And 
 Shaphan carried the booli to the king, 
 and moreover brought the king word 
 again, saying, AU that v/as committed 
 
 17 to thy servants, they do it. And they 
 have 3 emptied out the money that was 
 found in the house of the Loud, and 
 have dehvered it into the hand of the 
 overseers, and into the hand of the 
 
 18 workmen. And Shaphan the scribe 
 told the kuig, sayuig, HQkiah the 
 priest hath delivered me a book. And 
 Shaphan read therein before the kmg. 
 
 19 And it came to pass, when the king had 
 heard the words of the law, that ho 
 
 20rent his clothes. And the king com- 
 manded Hilkiah, and Ahikam the sou 
 of Shaphan, and i^Abdon the son of 
 Micah, and Shaphan the scribe, and 
 
 21 Asaiah the king's servant, saying, Go 
 ye, inquu-e of the Lord for me, and for 
 them that are left in Israel and in Ju- 
 dah, concerning the words of the book 
 that is found : for great is the wrath of 
 the Lord that is poiu-ed out upon us, 
 because our fathers have not kejit the 
 word of the Lord, to do according un- 
 
 •22 to all that is written in this book. So 
 Hilkiah, and they whom the king had 
 commanded, went to Huldah the pro- 
 phetess, the wife of Shallmn the son of 
 11 Tokhath, the son of 12 Hasrah, keeper 
 of the wardrobe ; (now she dwelt in Je- 
 rusalem in the i^ second quarter;) and 
 
 23 they spake to her to that effect. And 
 she said unto them. Thus saith the 
 Lord, the God of Israel : Tell ye the man 
 
 24 that sent you unto me. Thus saith the 
 Lord, Behold, I wiU bring evil upon this 
 place, and upon the inhabitants thereof, 
 even aU the cm-ses that are written in 
 the book which they have read before 
 
 25 the king of Judah : because they have 
 forsaken me, and have bm-ned incense 
 unto other gods, that they might pro- 
 voke me to anger with all the works 
 of their hands ; therefore is my wi-ath 
 poured out upon this place, and it shall 
 
 26 not be quenched. But unto the king 
 of Judah, who sent you to inquire of 
 the Lord, thus shall ye say to him, 
 Thus saith the Lord, the God of Israel : 
 As touching the words which thou hast 
 
 27 heard, because thuie heart was tender, 
 and thou didst humble thyself before 
 God, when thou heardest his words 
 against this place, and against the in- 
 habitants thereof, and hast humbled 
 thyself before me, and hast rent thy 
 clothes, and wept before me; lalsohave 
 
 28 heard thee, saith the Lord. Behold, 
 I will gather thee to thy fathers, and 
 thou shalt be gathered to thy grave in 
 
 8 Hch. hy 
 tJte fumU 
 
 Of. 
 
 f Or, 
 
 poured 
 
 out 
 
 10 Tn 
 2 Kings 
 xxii. 12, 
 
 Achbor 
 the S071 
 0/ Mi- 
 caiah. 
 
 Uln 
 2 Kings 
 xxii. 14, 
 Tikvah. 
 
 12 In 
 
 2 Kings 
 xxii. 14, 
 liar has. 
 
 13 Hob. 
 Mish- 
 neh. 
 
 12—2
 
 356 
 
 II. CHRONICLES. 
 
 34. 28. 
 
 iSee 
 1 Kings 
 xxiii. 1, 
 &c. 
 
 2 Or, and 
 accord- 
 ing to the 
 distribu- 
 tion of 
 each 
 fathers^ 
 house 
 
 'Or, 
 
 gave for 
 offerings 
 and so 
 in verses 
 8,9. 
 See ch. 
 XXX. 24. 
 
 lOr, 
 
 wUlingXy 
 
 peace, neither shall thine eyes see all 
 the evil that I will bring upon this place, 
 and upon the inliabitants thereof. And 
 they brought the king word again. 
 
 29 iThen the king sent and gathered 
 together all the elders of Judah and 
 
 30 Jerusalem. And the king went up to 
 the house of the Loed, and all the 
 men of Judah and the inhabitants of 
 Jerusalem, and the ijriests, and the 
 Levites, and all the people, both great 
 and small: and he read in their ears 
 all the words of the book of the coven- 
 ant that was found in the house of 
 
 31 the Lord. And the king stood in his 
 place, and made a covenant before the 
 Lord, to walk after the Lord, and to 
 keep his commandments, and his test- 
 imonies, and his statutes, with all his 
 heart, and with aU his soul, to perform 
 the words of the covenant that were 
 
 32 written in this book. And he caused all 
 that were found in Jerusalem and Ben- 
 jamin to stand to it. And the inhabit- 
 ants of Jerusalem did according to the 
 covenant of God, the God of then- fa- 
 
 33thers. And Josiah took away all the 
 abominations out of all the countries 
 that pertained to the children of Israel, 
 and made all that were found in Israel 
 to serve, even to serve the Lord their 
 God. AU his days they departed not 
 from following the Lord, the God of 
 their fathers. 
 
 35 And Josiah kept a passover unto the 
 Lord in Jerusalem : and they killed the 
 passover on the fourteenth day of the 
 
 2 first month. And he set the priests in 
 their charges, and encouraged them to 
 the service of the house of the Lord. 
 
 3 Aiid he said mito the Levites that taught 
 all Israel, which were holy imto the 
 Lord, Put the holy ark in the house 
 which Solomon the son of David king 
 of Israel did build ; there shall no more 
 be a burden upon your shoulders : nov\' 
 serve the Lord your God, and his people 
 
 4 Israel. And prepare yourselves after 
 your fathers' houses by your com-ses, 
 according to the writing of David kuig 
 of Israel, and according to the writing 
 
 5 of Solomon his son. And stand in the 
 holy place according to the divisions of 
 the fathers' houses of your brethren the 
 children of the people, 2 and let there he 
 for each a portion of a fathers' house 
 
 6 of the Levites. And kill the passover, 
 and sanctify your.selves, and prejiare 
 for your brethren, to do according to 
 the word of the Lord by the hand of 
 
 7 Moses. And Josiah ■''gave to the child- 
 ren of the people, of the flock, lambs 
 and kids, all of them for the passover 
 offerings, unto all that were present, 
 to the number of thirty thousand, and 
 three thousand bullocks : these were of 
 
 8 the king's substance. And his princes 
 gave ^for a freewill offering unto the 
 people, to the priests, and to the Levites. 
 
 Hilkiah and Zechariah and Jehiel, the 
 rulers of the house of God, gave unto 
 the priests for the passover offerings two 
 thousand and six hundred small cattle, 
 9 and three hundred oxen. Conaniah 
 also, and Shemaiah and Nethauel, his 
 brethren, and Hashabiah and Jeiel 
 and Jozabad, the chiefs of the Levites, 
 gave unto the Levites for the passover 
 offerings five thousand small cattle, and 
 
 10 five hundred oxen. So the service was 
 jirepared, and the priests stood in their 
 place, and the Levites by their courses, 
 according to the king's commandment. 
 
 11 And they killed the passover, and the 
 priests sprmkled the blood, v)hich they 
 received of then* band, and the Levites 
 
 12 flayed them. And they removed the 
 burnt offerings, that they might give 
 them according to the divisions of the 
 fathers' houses of the children of the 
 people, to offer unto the Lord, as it is 
 wi'itten in the book of Moses. And so 
 
 13 did they with the oxen. Aiid they roast- 
 ed the passover with fire according to 
 the ordinance : and the holy offerings 
 sod they in pots, and in caldrons, and in 
 pans, and carried them quickly to all the 
 
 14 children of the people. And afterward 
 they prepared for themselves, and for 
 the priests ; because the priests the sons 
 of Aaron were busied in offering the 
 burnt offerings and the fat until night : 
 therefore tbeLevites prepared for them- 
 selves, and for the priests the sons of 
 
 15 Aaron. And the singers the sons of 
 Asaph were in their ijlace, according 
 to the commandment of David, and 
 Asaph, and Heman, and Jeduthuu the 
 king's seer; and the porters were at 
 every gate : they needed not to depart 
 from their service, for their brethren the 
 
 16 Levites prepared for them. So aU the 
 ser\'ice of the Lord was prepared the 
 same day, to keep the passover, and to 
 offer burnt offerings upon the altar of 
 the Lord, according to the command- 
 
 17ment of king Josiah. And the child- 
 ren of Israel that were present kej^t 
 the passover at that time, and the feast 
 
 18 of unleavened bread seven days. And 
 there was no passover like to that kept 
 in Israel from the days of Samuel the 
 prophet ; neither did any of the kings 
 of Israel keep such a passover as Josiah 
 kept, and the jjriests, and the Levites, 
 and all Judah and Israel that were 
 present, and the inhabitants of Jerusa- 
 
 19 lem. In the eighteenth year of the reign 
 of Josiah was this passover kept. 
 
 20 5 After all this, when Josiah had pre- 
 pared the temjjle, Neco king of Egypt 
 went up to fight against Carehemish by 
 Euphrates: and Josiah went out against 
 
 21 him. But he sent ambassadors to him, 
 saying. What have I to do with thee, 
 thou king of Judah ? Iconic not against 
 thee this day, but against the house 
 wherewith I have war: and God "hath
 
 36. 23. 
 
 IJ. CHRONICLES. 
 
 357 
 
 iSee 
 2 Kings 
 xxiii. 30, 
 
 &c. 
 
 2 See 
 _; Kings 
 xxiii. ^, 
 37. 
 
 3 Or. 
 palace 
 
 4 Or, 
 against 
 
 5 In 
 IChr. 
 iii. 16, 
 Je- 
 
 coniah. 
 In Jer. 
 xxii. ^, 
 Coniah, 
 
 6 See 
 
 2 KinES 
 xxiv. 8, 
 &c. 
 Tin 
 2 Kings 
 xxiv. 8. 
 eighteen, 
 
 sSee 
 2 Sam. 
 xi. 1. 
 
 coinmancleil me to make liaste : forbear 
 tliee from Meddling vnth God, who is 
 with me, that he destroy tlico not. 
 
 22 Nevertheless Josiah would not turn 
 his face from him, but disfjuised liini- 
 self , that he might tight with him, and 
 hearkened not unto the words of Neco, 
 from the mouth of God, and came to 
 
 23 fight in the valley of Megiddo. And the 
 archers shot at king Josiah ; and the 
 kmg said to his servants. Have me away; 
 
 24 for I am sore womided. So his serv- 
 ants took him out of the chariot, and 
 put Imn in the second chariot that he 
 had, and brought him to Jerusalem ; 
 and he died, and was buried in the 
 sepulchres of his fathers. And all 
 Judah and Jerusalem mourned for 
 
 25 Josiah. And Jeremiah lamented for 
 Josiah: and all the singing men and 
 suiging women spake of Josiah in their 
 lamentations, unto this day ; and they 
 made them an ordinance in Israel : and, 
 behold, they are written in the lament- 
 
 26ations. Now the rest of the acts of 
 Josiah, and his good deeds, accordmg 
 to that which is written in the law of 
 
 27 the LoED, and his acts, iirst and last, 
 behold, they are ii\T.-itten in the book of 
 the kings of Israel and Judah. 
 
 36 iThen the people of the land took 
 Jehoahaz the son of Josiah, and made 
 him king in his father's stead in Jeru- 
 
 2 salem. Joahaz was twenty and three 
 years old when he began to reign ; and 
 he reigned three months m Jerusalem. 
 
 3 And the king of Egypt deposed him at 
 Jerusalem, and amerced the land in an 
 hundred talents of silver and a talent of 
 
 4 gold. And the king of Egypt made Eli- 
 akim his brother king over Judah and 
 Jerusalem, and changed his name to 
 Jehoiakim. Aud Neco took Joahaz his 
 brother, and carried him to Egyi)t. 
 
 5 2 Jehoiakim was twenty and five 
 years old when he began to reign; 
 and he reigned eleven years in Je- 
 rusalem : and he did that which was 
 evil in the sight of the Loed his God. 
 
 6 Against him came up Nebuchadnezzar 
 king of Babylon, and bound him in 
 
 7 fetters, to carry him to Babylon. Nebu- 
 chadnezzar also carried of the vessels 
 of the house of the Loed to Babylon, 
 and put them in his ^ temple at Babylon. 
 
 8 Now the rest of the acts of Jehoiakim, 
 and his abomuiations which he did, 
 and that which was found ^in him, 
 behold, they are written in the book of 
 the kings of Israel and Judah: and 
 sjehoiachin his son reigned in his 
 stead. 
 
 9 " Jehoiachin was "^ eight years old when 
 he began to reign ; and he reigned three 
 months and ten days in Jerusalem : and 
 he did that which was evil in the sight 
 
 10 of the Lord. And 8 at the return of the 
 year king Nebuchadnezzar sent, and 
 brought him to Babylon, with the 
 
 goodly vessels of the house of the 
 Loed, and made Zedekiah his brother 
 king over Judah and Jerusalem. 
 
 11 "Zedekiah was twenty and one years 
 old wlien he began to reign; and he 
 reigned eleven years in Jerusalem: 
 
 12 and he did that which was evil in the 
 sight of the Lord his God ; he humbled 
 not hunself before Jeremiah the pro- 
 jihet spealdng from the mouth of the 
 
 13 Lord. And he also rebelled against king 
 Nebuchadnezzar, who had made him 
 swear by God : but he stiffened his neck, 
 and 10 hardened his heart from turn- 
 ing unto the Lord, the God of Israel. 
 
 14 Moreover all the chiefs of the priests, 
 and the i)eople, trespassed very greatly 
 after all the abominations of the hea- 
 then ; and they iioUuted the house of 
 the Lord which he had hallowed in Je- 
 
 15rusalem. And the Lord, the God of 
 their fathers, sent to them by his mes- 
 sengers, rising up early and sending; 
 because he had compassion on his peo- 
 
 16 pie, and on his dwellmg place : but they 
 mocked the messengers of God, and 
 desi^ised his words, and scoffed at his 
 prophets, until the wi-ath of the Lord 
 arose against his people, till there was 
 
 17 no 11 remedy. Therefore he brought 
 upon them the king of the Chaldeans, 
 who slew their young men with the 
 sword in the house of their sanctuary, 
 and had no compassion upon young man 
 or maiden, old man or ancient : he gave 
 
 18 them all into his hand. And all the 
 vessels of the house of God, great and 
 small, and the treasm-es of the house 
 
 . of the Lord, and the treasures of the 
 king, and of his princes ; all these he 
 
 19 brought to Babylon. And they burnt 
 the house of God, and brake Aoynn the 
 wall of Jerusalem, and biirnt all the 
 palaces thereof with fii-e, and destroj'ed 
 
 20 all the goodly vessels thereof. And 
 them that had escaped from the sword 
 carried he away to Babylon ; and they 
 were servants to him and his sons 
 until the reign of the kingdom of Persia : 
 
 21 to fulfil the word of the Lord by the 
 mouth of Jeremiah, until the land had 
 enjoyed her sabbaths: for as long as 
 she lay desolate she kept sabbath, to 
 fulfil threescore and ten years. 
 
 22 12 Now in the first year of 13 Cyrus 
 king of Persia, that the word of the 
 Lord by the mouth of Jeremiah might 
 be accomplished, the Lord stirred up 
 the spu'it of Cyrus king of Persia, 
 that he made a proclamation through- 
 out all his kingdom, and put it also in 
 
 23 writing, saying. Thus saith Cya-us king 
 of Persia, All the kingdoms of the earth 
 hath the Lord, the God of heaven, 
 given me ; and he hath charged me to 
 build him an house in Jerusalem, which 
 is in Judah. Whosoever there is among 
 you of all his people, the Lord his God 
 be ^vith him, and let him go up. 
 
 9, See 
 2 Kinf;!) 
 xxiv. 18, 
 
 10 Hch. 
 
 strength' 
 
 encd. 
 
 II Heb. 
 healing. 
 
 12 See 
 Ezra i. 
 1—3. 
 
 13 Heb. 
 Coresh.
 
 EZRA. 
 
 iHeb. 
 CorKSh. 
 
 2 Or, Tie 
 is the 
 God 
 
 which h 
 in Jrru- 
 sahm 
 
 3 See 
 Nell, 
 vii. 6, &c. 
 
 4Heb. 
 
 JVe6w- 
 
 chadnez- 
 
 zcr. 
 
 1 Now in the fia-st year of i Cyi-us king 
 of Persia, that the word of the Loed 
 by the mouth of Jeremiah might be 
 accomplished, the Loed stirred up the 
 spirit of Cyrus king of Persia, that he 
 made a proclamation tlu-oughout aU 
 his kingdom, a,uA jjut it slso in writing, 
 
 2 saying. Thus saith Cyrus king of Persia, 
 All the kingdoms of the earth hath the 
 Loed, the God of heaven, given me; 
 and he hath charged me to build him 
 an house in Jerusalem, which is in 
 
 SJudah. Wliosoever there is 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 Loed, the God of Israel, ^(he is 
 
 4 God,) which is in Jerusalem. And who- 
 soever is left, in any place where he 
 sojourneth, let the men of his place helji 
 him with silver, and with gold, and with 
 goods, and with beasts, beside the free- 
 will offering for the house of God which 
 
 5 is in Jerusalem. Then rose up the heads 
 of fathers' houses of Judah and Benja- 
 min, and the priests, and the Levites, 
 even all whose spirit God had stiiTed to 
 go up to build the house of the Loed 
 
 6 which is in Jerusalem. And all they 
 that were round about them strength- 
 ened their hands with vessels of silver, 
 with gold, with goods, and with beasts, 
 and ^vith precious things, beside all that 
 
 7 was willingly offered. Also Cyrus the 
 king brought forth the vessels of the 
 house of the Loed, which Nebuchad- 
 nezzar had brought forth out of Jeru- 
 salem, and had put them in the house of 
 
 8 his gods ; even those did Cyi-us kmg of 
 Persia bring forth by the hand of Mith- 
 redath the treasurer, and numbered 
 them unto Sheshbazzar, the prince of 
 
 9 Judah. And this is the number of them : 
 thirty chargers of gold, a thousand 
 chargers of silver, nine and twenty 
 
 10 knives; thirty bowls of gold, silver 
 bowls of a second sort fom- 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, when 
 they of the captivity were brought up 
 from Babylon unto Jerusalem. 
 
 2 ^Now these are the childi-en of the 
 provuice, that went up out of the capt- 
 ivity of those which had been carried 
 away, whom -iNebuchadnezzar the king 
 of Babylon had carried away unto Baby- 
 lon, and that returned unto Jerusalem 
 and Judah, every one unto his city ; 
 2 which came with Zerubbabel, Jeshua, 
 
 Nehemiah, ^ Seraiah, ^Eeelaiah, Morde- 
 cai, Bilshan, 'Mispar, Big-vai, ^Kehum, 
 Baanah. The number of the men of 
 3 the people of Israel: the children of 
 Parosh, two thousand an hundred 
 
 4 seventy and two. The children of 
 Shephatiah, three himdi-ed seventy 
 
 5 and two. The children of Ai-ah, seven 
 
 6 hmidred seventy and five. The child- 
 ren of Pahath-moab, of the children of 
 Jeshua and Joab, two thousand eight 
 
 7 hundred and twelve. The children of 
 Elam, a thousand two hundred fifty 
 
 8 and four. The children of Zattu, nine 
 
 9 hundred forty and five. The children of 
 Zaccai, seven hundred and threescore. 
 
 10 The children of ^Bani, six hundred forty 
 
 11 and two. The children of Bebai, six 
 
 12 hundred twenty and three. The child- 
 ren of Azgad, a thousand two hundred 
 
 13 twenty and two. The children of 
 Adonikam, six hmidred sixty and six. 
 
 14 The children of Bigvai, two thousand 
 
 15 fifty and six. The children of Adm, fom* 
 
 16 hundred fifty and four. The children 
 of Ater, of Hezekiah, ninety and eight. 
 
 17 The children of Bezai, tkree hundred 
 
 18 twenty and three. The children of 
 19 1° Jorah, an hundred and twelve. The 
 
 children of Hashiun, two hundred twen- 
 
 20 ty and three. The childi-en of "Gib- 
 
 21 bar, ninety and five. The children of 
 Beth-lehem, an hundred twenty and 
 
 22 three. The men of Netophah, fifty and 
 
 23 six. The men of Anathoth, an hundred 
 
 24 twenty and eight. The children of 
 25 1'-^ Azmaveth, forty and two. The child- 
 ren of i3iuriath-arim, Chephirah, and 
 Beeroth, seven hundred and forty and 
 
 26 three. The children of Eamah and Geba, 
 
 27 six hundred twenty and one. The men of 
 Michnaas, an hundred twenty and two. 
 
 28 The men of Beth-el and Ai, two hund- 
 
 29 red twenty and thi-ee. The children 
 
 30 of Nebo, fifty and two. Tlie children 
 of Magl)ish, an hmidred fifty and six. 
 
 31 The children of the other Elam, a thou- 
 
 32 sand two hundred fifty and four. The 
 children of Harim, three hundred and 
 
 33 twenty. The children of Lod, Hadid, 
 and Ono, seven hundred twenty and five. 
 
 34 The children of Jericho, three hundi-ed 
 
 35 forty and five. The children of Senaah, 
 three thousand and six hundred and 
 
 36 thirty. The priests: the children of 
 Jedaiah, of the house of Jeshua, nine 
 
 37 hundred seventy and three. The child- 
 ren of Inuner, a thousand fifty and two. 
 
 38 The children of Pashliur, a thousand 
 
 39 two hundred forty and seven. The 
 children of Haruu, a thousand and
 
 3. 9. 
 
 1 In ch. 
 ill. '.I. 
 Jiidah. 
 Ill Neh. 
 
 Uudcvali. 
 
 EZRA. 
 
 359 
 
 ■i In Nc'h. 
 vii. 47, 
 tiia. 
 
 3 In Nell. 
 ■ii. 4S, 
 S.UtnaL 
 
 lAnother 
 reading 
 is, Nc- 
 phushn. 
 In Neh. 
 vii. 52, 
 
 shesim. 
 5 In Neh. 
 vii. 54, 
 Baziith. 
 
 ' In Neh. 
 
 vii. 57, 
 
 Sjpher- 
 
 etli. 
 
 ' In Neh. 
 
 vii. 57, 
 
 Purida, 
 
 » In Neh. 
 vii. 59, 
 Afnon. 
 
 s In Neh. 
 vii. 61, 
 Addon, 
 
 11 In 
 
 Neh. vii. 
 03, Hoba- 
 iah. 
 
 11 Heb. 
 they 
 WiTe 
 polluted 
 from the 
 priest- 
 hood. 
 
 12 Or, 
 governor 
 
 40 sovcutccji. The Levitcs ; the children 
 of Jeshua and Kadiuiel, of the chikh-eii 
 
 41 of iHodaviah, seventy and four. The 
 singers : the children of Asaph, an 
 
 42 hundred twenty and eight. The child- 
 ren of the porters: the children of Shal- 
 luiu, the children of Ater, the child- 
 ren of Talinon, the children of Akkuh, 
 the children of Hatita, the children of 
 Shobai, in all an hiuidred thirty and 
 
 43 nine. The Nethinim : the children of 
 Ziha, the children of Hasupha, the 
 
 44 children of Tahbaoth; the childi'en of 
 Keros, the children of -^ Siaha, the child- 
 
 45 ren of Padon ; the children of Lebtinah, 
 the childi'en of Hagabah, the children 
 
 46 of Akkub ; the children of Hagab, the 
 children of ^Shamlai, the children of 
 
 47 Hanan ; the chikken of Giddel, the child- 
 ren of Gahar, the children of Eeaiah ; 
 
 48 the children of llezin, the children of 
 49N«koda, the children of Gazzam; the 
 
 children of Uzza, the cliildreu of I'a- 
 
 50 seah, the children of Besai ; the child- 
 ren of Asuah, the children of Meunim, 
 
 51 the children of ^ Nephisim ; the children 
 of Bakbuk, the children of Hakupha, 
 
 52 the children of Harhur; the children 
 of ^Bazluth, the children of Mehida, 
 
 53 the children of Harslia ; the children 
 of Barkos, the children of Sisera, the 
 
 54 children of Temah; the children of 
 
 55 Neziah, the children of Hatipha. The 
 children of Solomon's servants: the 
 children of Sotai, the children of ''Has- 
 
 56 sophereth, the children of ^ Peruda ; the 
 children of Jaalah, the children of Dar- 
 
 57 kon, the children of Giddel ; the children 
 of Shephatiah, the children of Hattil, 
 the chOdren of Pochereth-hazzebaim, 
 
 58 the children of 8 Ami. All the Nethin- 
 im, and the children of Solomon's serv- 
 ants, were three hundred ninety and 
 
 59 two. And these were they which went 
 up fromTel-melah, Tel-harsha, Cherub, 
 ^AdAa,n, and Immer: but they could not 
 shew their fathers' houses, and then* 
 
 60 seed, whether they were of Israel : the 
 childi'en of Delaiah, the children of To- 
 biah, the children of Nekoda, six hmid- 
 
 61 red fifty and two. And of the children of 
 the priests : the childi'en of i° Habaiah, 
 the children of Hakkoz, the children of 
 Barzillai,which took awif e of the daugh- 
 ters of Barzillai the Gileadite, and was 
 
 62 called after theii' name. These sought 
 their register among those that were 
 reckoned by genealogy, but they were 
 not f omid : therefore ^^ were they deemed 
 polluted and put from the priesthood. 
 
 63 And the i^Tirshatha said unto them, 
 that they should not eat of the most holy 
 things, till there stood up a priest with 
 
 64 Ui'im and with Thummim. The whole 
 congregation together was forty aud 
 two thousand three himdred and thvee- 
 
 65 score, beside their meuservants aud 
 theirmaidservants, of whom there were 
 seven thousand three hundred thirty 
 
 and seven: and they had two hund- 
 red singing men and singing women. 
 
 66 Their horses were seven hundred thirty 
 and six ; their mules, two hundred forty 
 
 67 and live ; their camels, four hundred 
 tliirty aud five; llieir asses, six thou- 
 
 68 sand seven hundred and twenty. Aud 
 some of the heads of fathers' honncs, 
 when they came to the house of the 
 LoitD wliich is in Jerusalem, offered 
 willingly for the house of God to set it 
 
 69 up in its place : they gave after theu' 
 ability uito the treasuj-y of the work 
 threescore and one thousand darics of 
 gold, and five thousand impound of sil- 
 ver, and one hundred priests' garments. 
 
 70 So the priests, and the Levites, aud 
 some of the people, and the singers, and 
 the porters, and the Nethinun, dwelt hi 
 their cities, and all Israel in their cities. 
 
 3 I'' And when the seventh month was 
 come, and the children of Israel were 
 ill the cities, the i)eoi)le gathered them- 
 selves together as one man to Jerusalem. 
 
 2 Then stood up Jeshua the son of Joza- 
 dak, and his brethren the priests, and 
 Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, and his 
 brethren, and builded the altar of the 
 God of Israel, to offer burnt offermgs 
 thereon, as it is written in the law of 
 
 3 Moses the man of God. And they set 
 the altar i^upon its base ; for fear was 
 upon them because of the jjeople of the 
 countries : and they offered burnt offer- 
 ings thereon unto the Lokd, even bm-nt 
 
 4 offerings morning and evenuig. And 
 they kept the feast of tabernacles, as it 
 is written, and offered the daily bm-nt 
 offerings by number, accordmg to the 
 ordinance, as the duty of every day re- 
 
 5 quired ; and afterward the continual 
 bm'nt offering, and the offerings of the 
 new moons, and of all the set feasts of 
 the LoED that were consecrated, and of 
 every one that willingly offered a free- 
 
 6 will offering unto the Lord. From the 
 first day of the seventh month began 
 they to offer burnt offerings unto the 
 Lord : but the fomidation of the tem- 
 
 7 pie of the Lord was not yet laid. They 
 gave money also unto the i^ masons, 
 and to the carpenters ; aud meat, and 
 drmk, and oil, unto them of Zidou, and 
 to them of Tyre, to brmg cedar trees 
 from Lebanon to the sea, unto Joppa, 
 according to the grant that they had of 
 Cyrus king of Persia. 
 
 8 Now in the second year of their 
 comuig unto the house of God at Jeru- 
 salem, in the second month, began 
 Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, and 
 Jeshua the son of Jozadak, aud the 
 rest of their brethren the priests and the 
 Levites, and all they that were come 
 out of the captivity unto Jerusalem ; 
 and appointed the Levites, from twen- 
 ty years old and upward, to I'^ave the 
 oversight of the work of the house 
 
 9 of the Lord. Then stood Jeshua 
 
 13 U'h. 
 nutneh. 
 
 11 See 
 Neh. 
 vii. 7.;, 
 viii. 1. 
 
 15 Or, in 
 its ptave 
 
 l« Or, 
 heivers 
 
 17 Or, set 
 forward 
 the work
 
 360 
 
 EZRA. 
 
 3. 9. 
 
 1 In ch. 
 ii. 40, Ho- 
 daviah. 
 
 2Heb. 
 as (me. 
 
 ^ Accord- 
 ing to 
 some 
 MSB. and 
 ancient 
 versions, 
 the 
 
 ijriests 
 :ifood. 
 
 »0r, 
 
 the first 
 house 
 standing 
 an its 
 founda- 
 tion, 
 when 
 this 
 house 
 was 
 before 
 their 
 e</es 
 
 •'■Another 
 reading 
 is, yet 
 we do no 
 sacrifice 
 since &c. 
 
 6 Or, 
 
 terrified 
 
 'Or, 
 
 Xerxes 
 
 Heb. 
 
 Ahash- 
 verosh. 
 
 <Heb. 
 Artah- 
 shashta. 
 
 sor, 
 Aramaic 
 
 10 Ch. iv. 
 
 s— vi. 18 
 
 •with his sons and his bretkren, Kad- 
 niiel and his sons, the sons of i Judah, 
 2 together, to have the oversight of 
 the workmen in the house of God : the 
 sons of Heuadad, with their sons and 
 
 10 their brethren the Levites. And when 
 the builders laid the foundation, of 
 the temple of the Lord, 3 they set the 
 priests in their apparel with trumpets, 
 and the Levites the sons of Asai)h 
 with cymbals, to praise the Lord, after 
 
 11 the order of David kmg of Israel. And 
 they sang one to another in praising 
 andgi\'ing thanks unto the Lord, sail- 
 ing, For he is good, for his mercy 
 endureth for ever toward Israel. And 
 all the people shouted with a great 
 shout, when they praised the Lord, 
 because the foundation of the house of 
 
 12 the Lord was laid. But many of the 
 priests and Levites and heads of fathers' 
 houses, the old men that had seen ^the 
 first house, when the foundation of this 
 house was laid before then- eyes, wept 
 with a loud voice ; and many shouted 
 
 13 aloud for joy: so that the people coitld 
 not discern the noise of the shout of joy 
 from the noise of the weeping of the 
 people : for the people shouted with a 
 loud shout, and the noise was heard 
 afar off. 
 
 4 Now when the adversaries of Judah 
 and Benjamin heard that the children 
 of the captivity builded a temple unto 
 
 2 the Lord, the God of Israel ; then they 
 diew near to Zerubbabel, and to the 
 heads of fathers' houses, and said unto 
 them, Let us build with you: for we 
 seek yoTu- God, as ye do ; ^ and we do 
 sacrifice unto him since the days of 
 Esar-haddou king of Assyria, which 
 
 3 brought us up hither. But Zerubbabel, 
 and Jeshua, and the rest of the heads 
 of fathers' houses of Israel, said unto 
 them, Ye have nothing to do with us to 
 build an house unto our God ; but we 
 ourselves together will buUd unto the 
 Lord, the God of Israel, as king Cyrus 
 the king of Persia hath commanded us. 
 
 4 Then the people of the land weakened 
 the hands of the people of Judah, and 
 
 5 6 troubled them in building, and hired 
 counsellors against them, to frustrate 
 their purpose, all the days of Cyrus 
 king of Persia, even until the reign of 
 
 6 Darius king of Persia. And in the 
 reign of ''Ahasuerus, in the beginning 
 of his reign, wrote they an accusation 
 against the inhabitants of Judah and 
 Jerusalem. 
 
 7 And in the days of 8 Artaxerxes wrote 
 Bishlam, Mithredath, Tabeel, and the 
 rest of his companions, unto Ar taxerxes 
 king of Persia ; and the writing of 
 the letter was written in the ^ Syrian 
 character, and set forth in the " Syrian 
 
 Q tongue. lORehum the chancellor and 
 Shimshai the scribe wrote a letter 
 against Jerusalem to Artaxerxes the 
 
 9 king in this sort : then v^rote Kehmn the 
 chancellor, and Shimshai the scribe, 
 and the rest of their companions ; the 
 Dinaites, and the Apharsathchites, the 
 Tarpelites, the Apharsites, the Archev- 
 ites, the Babylonians, tlie Shushanch- 
 lOites, the Dehaites, the Elamites, and 
 the rest of the nations whom the gi'eat 
 and noble Osnappar brought over, and 
 set in the city of Samaria, and in the 
 rest of the countrg beyond the river, 
 
 11 and so forth. This is the copy of the 
 letter that they sent mito Artaxerxes 
 the king ; Thy servants the men beyond 
 
 12 the river, and so forth. Be it known 
 unto the king, that the Jews which came 
 up from thee are come to us unto Jeru- 
 salem ; they are builduig the rebellious 
 and the bad city, and have finished the 
 walls, and repau-ed the foundations. 
 
 13 Be it known now unto the king, that, if 
 this city be buUded, and the walls fin- 
 ished, they will not pay tribute, custom, 
 or toll, and m the end it will endamage 
 
 14 the kings. Now because we eat the salt 
 of the palace, and it is not meet for us 
 to see the king's dishonour, therefore 
 have we sent and certified the king; 
 
 15 that search may be made in the book of 
 the records of thy fathers : so shalt thou 
 find in the book of the records, and 
 know that this city is a rebeUious city, 
 and hurtful unto kings and provinces, 
 and that they have moved sedition with- 
 in the same of old time : for which cause 
 
 16 was this city laid waste. We certify the 
 kmg that, if this city be builded, and the 
 walls finished, by this means thou shalt 
 
 17 have no jiortion beyond the river. Then 
 sent the king an answer mito Eehum the 
 chancellor, and to Shimshai the scribe, 
 and to the rest of their comj^anions that 
 dwell in Samaria, and Hiu the rest of 
 the country beyond the river, Peace, and 
 
 18 so forth. The letter which ye sent unto 
 us hath been i^ plainly read before me. 
 
 19 And I decreed, and search hath been 
 made, and it is found that this city of 
 old time hath made insurrection against 
 kings, and that rebeUiou and sedition 
 
 20 have been made therein. There have 
 been mighty kings also over Jerusalem, 
 which have ruled over all the country 
 beyond the river ; and tribute, custom, 
 
 21 and toll, was paid unto them. Make 
 ye now a decree to cause these men 
 to cease, and that this city be not 
 buQded, until a decree shall be made 
 
 22 by me. And take heed that ye be not 
 slack herein : why should damage grow 
 
 23 to the hurt of the kings ? Then when 
 the coi^y of king Artaxerxes' letter 
 was read before Eehum, and Shimshai 
 the scribe, and then* companions, they 
 went in haste to Jerusalem unto the 
 Jews, and made them to cease by force 
 
 24 and power. Then ceased the work 
 of the house of God which is at Jeru- 
 salem ; and it ceased unto the second
 
 6. 11. 
 
 EZRA. 
 
 30 1 
 
 'Or, 
 
 whK'h 
 
 WimUjfJOti 
 
 thcin 
 
 2 Or, 
 
 T!ii-n 
 spake we 
 itn,'n 
 tlii-m 
 afti-rthis 
 
 yyliat. 
 Kliiltliey. 
 are f/tr 
 names nf 
 the iiwn 
 that 
 make 
 this 
 build- 
 ing) 
 Or, ac- 
 cord: 11;^ 
 to sonic 
 ancient 
 versions, 
 Then 
 spake 
 they 
 •unto 
 them il-e. 
 See ver. 
 10. 
 
 3 Or, they 
 returned 
 answer 
 
 4 Or, 
 
 beeause 
 
 that 
 
 year of the reign of Darius king of 
 Persia. 
 
 5 Now the prophets, Haggai the 
 prophet, ami Zechariah the son of 
 Iddo, prophesied unto the Jews that 
 were in Judah and Jerusalem ; in the 
 name of the God of Israel '^pruphe- 
 
 'i.sicd they luito them. Then rose up 
 Zeruhbahel the son of Shealtiel, and 
 Jeshua the sou of Jozadak, and began 
 to build the house of God which is at 
 Jerusalem ; and with them were the 
 
 3proj)hets of God, helloing them. At 
 tlie same time came to them Tattenai, 
 the governor beyond the river, and 
 Sliethar-bozenai, and then- conqianions, 
 and said thus unto them. Who gave 
 you a decree to build this house, and to 
 
 4 hnish this wall ? ^ Then spake we unto 
 them after this manner. What are the 
 names of the men that make this build- 
 
 5 ing ? But the eye of their God was upon 
 the elders of the Jews, and they did not 
 make them cease, till the matter should 
 come to Darius, and then ^ answer should 
 be returned by letter concerning it. 
 
 6 The copy of the letter that Tattenai, 
 the governor beyond the river, and 
 Shethar-bozenai, and his companions 
 the Apharsachites, which were beyond 
 the river, sent unto Darius the king: 
 
 7 they sent a letter unto him, w^herem 
 was written thus; Unto Darius the 
 
 8 king, all peace. Be it known unto the 
 kuig, that we went into the province of 
 Judah, to the house of the great God, 
 which is builded with gi-eat stones, and 
 timber is laid in the walls', and this 
 work goeth on with diligence and pros- 
 
 9 pereth in then- hands. Then asked we 
 those elders, and said unto them thus, 
 Who gave you a decree to build this 
 
 10 house, and to finish this wall? W^e 
 asked them their names also, to certify 
 thee, that we might write the names 
 of the men that were at the head of 
 
 11 them. And thus they returned us an- 
 swer, saying. We are the servants of 
 the God of heaven and earth, and build 
 the house that was builded these many 
 years ago, which a great king of Israel 
 
 12 builded and finished. But Rafter that 
 om* fathers had provoked the God of 
 heaven unto wrath, he gave them into 
 the hand of Nebuchadnezzar kmg of 
 Babylon, the Chaldean, who destroyed 
 this house, and carried the people away 
 
 13 into Babylon. But in the tii'st year of 
 Cyrus king of Babjdon, Cyrus the king 
 made a decree to build this house of 
 
 14 God. And the gold and silver vessels 
 also of the house of God, which Nebu- 
 chadnezzar took out of the temple that 
 was in Jerusalem, and brought them 
 into the temple of Babylon, those did 
 Cyrus the kiug take out of the temple 
 of Babylon, and they were delivered 
 unto one whose name was Sheshbaz- 
 zar, whom he had made governor; 
 
 15 and he said unto him, Take these ves- 
 sels, go, put them in the temple that 
 is in Jerusalem, and let the house of 
 
 IGGod be builded in its jjlace. Then 
 came the same Sheshbaz/.ar, and laid 
 the foundations of the house of God 
 which is in Jerusalem : and since that 
 time even until now hath it been in 
 builduig, and yet it is not completed. 
 
 17 Now therefore, if it seem good to the 
 kuig, let there be search made ui the 
 king's treasiu-e house, which is there at 
 Babylon, whether it be so, that a decree 
 was made of Cyrus the king to build 
 this house of God at Jerusalem, and let 
 the king send his pleasure to us con- 
 cerning this matter. 
 
 Then Darius the king made a decree, 
 and search was made in the house of 
 the s archives, where the treasures were 
 
 2 laid up ui Babylon. And there was 
 found at ^ Achmetha, in the jialace that 
 is in the province of Media, a roll, and 
 therein was thus WTitten for a record. 
 
 3 In the first year of Cyi-us the kiug, Cj-- 
 rus the kmg made a decree ; Concern- 
 ing the house of God at Jerusalem, let 
 the house be builded, the place where 
 they oifer sacrifices, and let the fomid- 
 ations thereof be strongly laid ; the 
 height thereof threescore cubits, and the 
 
 4 breadth thereof thi-eescore cubits ; with 
 three rows of gi-eat stones, and 'a row 
 of new timber : and let tlie expenses 
 
 5 be given out of the king's house : and 
 also let the gold and silver vessels of 
 the house of God, which Nebuchad- 
 nezzar took forth out of the temple 
 which is at Jei'usalem, and brought 
 mito Babylon, be restored, and brought 
 agam unto the temple which is at Jeru- 
 salem, every one to its place, and thou 
 shalt put them iu the house of God. 
 
 6 Now therefore, Tattenai, governor be- 
 yond the river, Shethar-bozenai, and 
 *^your companions the Apharsacliites, 
 which are beyond the river, be ye far 
 
 7 from thence : let the work of this 
 house of God alone ; let the governor 
 of the Jews and the elders of the Jews 
 build this house of God in its place. 
 
 8 Moreover I make a decree what ye shall 
 do to these elders of the Jews for the 
 Iniilding of this house of God : that of 
 the king's goods, even of the tribute 
 beyond the river, expenses be given 
 with all diligence mito these men, that 
 
 9 they be not hindered. And that which 
 they have need of, both young bullocks, 
 and rams, and lambs, for burnt offer- 
 ings to the God of heaven, wheat, salt, 
 wme, and oU, accordmg to the word 
 of the priests which are at Jerusalem, 
 let it be given them day by day with- 
 
 10 out fail : that they may offer sacrifices 
 of sweet savour- unto the God of hea- 
 ven, and pray for the life of the kiug, 
 
 11 and of his sons. Also I have made a 
 decree, that whosoever shall alter this 
 
 s Aram 
 books. 
 
 8 That is, 
 
 Feba- 
 
 tana. 
 
 "7 Accord- 
 int^totlie 
 Sep;., 
 071 e r(y.o 
 
 ionoer. 
 
 s Aram. 
 their.
 
 362 
 
 EZRA. 
 
 6. 11. 
 
 lOr, 
 
 because 
 of that 
 which 
 &c. 
 
 2Heb. 
 as one. 
 
 word, let a beam be pulled out from his 
 bouse, and let bim be lifted up aud fast- 
 ened thereon; and let his house be 
 
 12 made a dunghill for this : and the God 
 that hath caused his name to dwell there 
 overthrow all kings and peoples, that 
 shaU put forth their hand to alter the 
 same, to destroy this house of God 
 which is at Jerusalem. I Darius have 
 made a decree ; let it be done with all 
 diligence. 
 
 13 Then Tattenai, the governor beyond 
 the river, Shethar-bozenai, and their 
 companions, i because that Darius the 
 king had sent, did accordmgly with 
 
 14 all diligence. And the elders of the 
 Jews builded and i^rospered, through 
 the prophesying of Haggai the prophet 
 and Zechariah the son of Iddo. And 
 they builded and finished it, accord- 
 ing to the commandment of the God 
 of Israel, and according to the de- 
 cree of Cyrus, aud Darius, and Arta- 
 
 15 xerxes king of Persia. And this house 
 was finished on the third day of the 
 month Adar , which was in the sixth year 
 
 16 of the reign of Darius the king. And 
 the children of Israel, the priests and 
 the Levites, and the rest of the children 
 of the captivity, kept the dedication 
 
 17 of this house of God with joy. Aud 
 they offered at the dedication of this 
 house of God an hundred bullocks, two 
 hundred rams, four hundred lambs ; and 
 for a sin offermg for all Israel, twelve 
 he-goats, according to the number of the 
 
 IS tribes of Israel. And they set the priests 
 in their divisions, and the Levites in 
 their courses, for the service of God, 
 which is at Jerusalem ; as it is 'written 
 in the book of Moses. 
 
 19 And the children of the captivity kept 
 the passover upon the foiu-teenth clcnj 
 
 20 of the fii'st month. For the priests and 
 the Levites had purified themselves 2 to- 
 gether ; all of them were pure : and they 
 kiUed the jjassover for all the children 
 of the captivity, and for their brethren 
 
 21 the priests, and for themselves. And 
 the children of Israel, which were come 
 again out of the captivity, and all such 
 as had separated themselves unto them 
 from the filthiness of the heathen of 
 the land, to seek the Lord, the God of 
 
 22 Israel, did eat, and kept the feast of 
 unleavened bread seven days with joy : 
 for the Lord had made them joyful, and 
 had turned the heart of the kmg of As- 
 syria unto them, to strengthen then* 
 hands in the work of the house of God, 
 the God of Israel. 
 
 Y Now after these things, in the reign of 
 Artaxerxes king of Persia, Ezra the son 
 of Sei'aiah, the son of Azariah, the sou 
 
 2 of Hilkiah, the son of Shallmn, the son 
 
 3 of Zadok, the son of Ahitub, the son of 
 Amariah, the son of Azariah, the son of 
 
 4 Meraioth, the son of Zerahiah, the son 
 
 5 of Uzzi, the sou of Bukki, the son of Aln- 
 
 shua, the son of Phinehas, the son of 
 Eleazar, the son of Aaron the chief 
 
 6 priest : this Ezra went up from Babylon ; 
 and he was a ready scribe in the law of 
 Moses, which the Lord, the God of Isra- 
 el, had given : and the king granted him 
 all his request, according to the hand 
 
 7 of the Lord his God upon him. And 
 there went up some of the children of 
 Israel, and of the priests, and the Le- 
 vites, and the singers, and the porters, 
 and the Nethinim, unto Jerusalem, in 
 the seventh year of Artaxerxes the king. 
 
 8 Aud he came to Jerusalem in the fifth 
 month, which was in the seventh year 
 
 9 of the king. For upon the first day of 
 the first month ^ began he to go uj) from 
 Babylon, and on the first day of the fiith 
 mouth came he to Jerusalem, according 
 to the good hand of his God upon him. 
 
 10 For Ezra had set his heart to seek the 
 law of the Lord, and to do it, and to teach 
 in Israel statutes and judgements. 
 
 11 Now this is the copy of the letter 
 that the king Ai'taxerxes gave unto 
 Ezra the priest, the scribe, even the 
 scribe of the words of the command- 
 ments of the Lord, and of his statutes 
 
 12 to Israel. ''Artaxerxes, king of kings, 
 unto Ezra the priest, the scribe of the 
 law of the God of heaven, perfect and 
 
 13 so forth. I make a decree, that aU they 
 of the people of Israel, and their priests 
 and the Levites, in my realm, which 
 are minded of their own free will to go 
 
 14 to Jerusalem, go with thee. Forasmuch 
 as thou art sent ^of the kmg and his 
 seven counsellors, to inquire concern- 
 ing Judah and Jerusalem, according to 
 the law of thy God which is in thine 
 
 15 hand ; and to carry the silver and gold, 
 which the king and his counsellors 
 have freely offered unto the God of Is- 
 rael, whose habitation is in Jerusalem, 
 
 16 and aU the silver and gold that thou 
 shalt find m all the province of Baby- 
 lon, with the freewill offering of the 
 people, and of the priests, offering will- 
 ingly for the house of their God which 
 
 17 is in Jerusalem ; therefore thou shalt 
 with all diligence buy with this money 
 bullocks, rams, lambs, wth their meal 
 offerings and then* drink offerings, and 
 shalt offer them upon the altar of the 
 house of your God which is in Jerusa- 
 
 18 lem. And whatsoever shall seem good 
 to thee and to thy brethren to do with 
 the rest of the silver and the gold, that 
 
 19 do ye after the mil of your God. And 
 the vessels that are given thee for the 
 seiwice of the house of thy God, deliver 
 
 20 thou before the God of Jerusalem. And 
 whatsoever more shall be needful for 
 the house of thy God, which thou shalt 
 have occasion to bestow, bestow it out 
 
 21 of the king's treasure house. And I, 
 even I Artaxerxes the king, do make a 
 decree to all the treasurers which are 
 beyond the river, that whatsoever Ezra
 
 8. 27. 
 
 EZRA. 
 
 3G3 
 
 1 Aram. 
 cars. 
 
 2 Aram. 
 
 rooting 
 out. 
 
 the priest, the scribe of the law of tlie 
 God of heaveu, sliall require of you, 
 
 22 it be done with all diligence, unto an 
 hundred talents of silver, and to an 
 hiuidred i measures of wheat, and to an 
 hundred baths of wine, and to an hund- 
 red baths of oil, and salt without pre- 
 
 23 scribing how much. Whatsoever is 
 commanded by the God of heaven, let 
 it be done exactly for the house of the 
 God of heaven ; for why should there 
 be wrath against the realm of the king 
 
 21 and his sons ? Also we certify you, that 
 touching any of the priests and Levites, 
 the singers, porters, Nethinim, or serv- 
 ants of this house of God, it shall not 
 be lawful to impose tribute, custom, or 
 
 25 toll, upon them. And thou, Ezra, after 
 the wisdom of thy God that is in thine 
 hand, appoint magistrates and judges, 
 which may judge all the people that 
 are beyond the river, all such as know 
 the laws of thy God ; and teach ye hun 
 
 26 that knoweth them not. And whoso- 
 ever will not do the law of thy God, 
 and the law of the king, let judgement 
 be executed upon him with all dili- 
 gence, whether it be unto death, or 
 to 2 banishment, or to confiscation of 
 goods, or to imprisonment. 
 
 27 Blessed be the Lord, the God of om* 
 fathers, which hath put such a thing as 
 this in the kmg's heart, to beautify the 
 house of the Lord which is in Jerusa- 
 
 28 lem ; and hath extended mercy unto me 
 before the king, and his counsellors, and 
 before all the king's mighty ijrinces. 
 And I was strengthened according to 
 the hand of the Lord my God upon me, 
 and I gathered together out of Israel 
 chief men to go up with me. 
 
 8 Now these are the heads of theu* fa- 
 thers' houses, and this is the genealogy 
 of them that went up with me from 
 Babylon, in the reign of Artaxerxes the 
 
 2 king. Of thesonsof Phinehas,Gershom : 
 of the sons of Ithamar, Daniel : of the 
 
 3 sons of David, Hattush. Of the sous 
 of Shecaniah; of the sons of Parosh, 
 Zechariah : and with him were reckoned 
 by genealogy of the males an hundi-ed 
 
 4 and fifty. Of the sons of Pahath-moab, 
 Eliehoenai the sou of Zerahiah ; and 
 
 5 with him two huudi-ed males. Of the 
 sons of Shecaniah, the son of Jahaziel ; 
 
 6 and with him three hundred males . And 
 of the sons of Adin, Ebed the son of 
 Jonathan; and with him fifty males. 
 
 7 And of the sons of Elam, Jeshaiah the 
 son of Athaliah ; and with him seventy 
 
 8 males. And of the sons of Shephatiah, 
 Zebadiah the son of Michael ; and with 
 
 9 him fourscore males. Of the sons of 
 Joab, Obadiah the son of Jehiel ; and 
 with him two hundi'ed and eighteen 
 
 10 males. And of the sons of Shelomith, 
 the son of Josiphiah ; and with him 
 
 11 an hundred and threescore males. And 
 of the sons of Bebai, Zechariah the 
 
 sou of Bebai ; and with him twentj' 
 
 12 and eight males. And of the sons of 
 Azgad, Johanan the son of Hakkatan ; 
 and with him an hundred and ten males. 
 
 13 And of the sons of Adonikam, that 
 were the last; and these are their 
 names, Eliphelet, Jeuel, and Shomaiah, 
 
 14 and with them threescore males. And 
 of the sons of Bigvai, Uthai and "Zab- 
 bud ; and with them seventy males. 
 
 15 And I gathered them together to the 
 river that rmnieth to Aliava ; and 
 there we encamped thi-ee days : and 
 I viewed the people, and the priests, 
 and found there none of the sons of 
 
 16 Levi. Then sent I for Eliezer, for 
 Ariel, for Shemaiah, and for Eluathan, 
 and for Jarib, and for Elnathan, and 
 for Nathan, and for Zechariah, and for 
 Meshullam, chief men; also for Joi- 
 arib, and for Elnathan, ^ which were 
 
 17 teachers. And ^i sent them forth 
 unto Iddo the chief at the place Ca- 
 siphia ; and I told them what they 
 should say unto''^Iddo, a7ie?hisbrethi'eu 
 the Nethinim, at the place Casiphia, 
 that they should bring unto us minis- 
 IB ters for the house of our God. And 
 
 according to the good hand of our God 
 upon us they brought us ''a man of 
 discretion, of the sons of Mahli, the 
 son of Levi, the son of Israel ; and She- 
 rebiah, with his sons and his brethren, 
 19 eighteen; and Hashabiah, and with 
 him Jeshaiah of the sons of Merari, 
 his brethren and their sons, twenty; 
 
 20 and of the Nethinim, whom David and 
 tlie princes had given for the service of 
 the Levites, two hundi-ed and twenty 
 Nethinim : all of them were expressed 
 
 21 by name. Then I proclaimed a fast 
 there, at the river Ahava, that we might 
 humble om-selves before our God, to 
 seek of him a straight way, for us, 
 and for our little ones, and for all our 
 
 22 substance. For I was ashamed to ask 
 of the kmg a band of soldiers and horse- 
 men to help us against the enemy in 
 the way ; because we had spoken unto 
 the kuig, saying. The hand of om- God 
 is upon all them that seek him, for 
 good; but his power and his wi'ath 
 is against all them that forsake him. 
 
 23 So we fasted and besought om* God 
 for this : and he was intreated of us. 
 
 24 Then I separated twelve of the chiefs 
 of the 8 priests, ^even Sherebiah, Hash- 
 abiah, and ten of then- brethi-en with 
 
 25 them, and weighed unto them the sil- 
 ver, and the gold, and the vessels, even 
 the offering for the house of om- God, 
 which the king, and his counsellors, 
 and his prmces, and all Israel there 
 
 26 present, had offered: I even weighed 
 into theii- hand six hundi-ed and fiity 
 talents of silver, and silver vessels an 
 hundred talents; of gold an hundred 
 
 27 talents ; and twenty bowls of gold, of a 
 thousand darics ; and two vessels of fine 
 
 ^Another 
 
 is, 
 Zaccur. 
 
 4 Or, 
 
 which 
 
 had 
 
 untler- 
 
 standing 
 
 SAnother 
 
 reading 
 
 is. I gave 
 
 thtnn 
 
 cmn- 
 
 7iiand' 
 
 nient. 
 
 6Tlie 
 
 text .IS 
 
 pointe<l 
 
 h.'is. 
 
 htilo, his 
 
 brother. 
 
 7 Or, 
 
 Ish- 
 
 sechel 
 
 sinNeh. 
 xii. 24, 
 Levites. 
 3 Or, 
 besides 
 
 12
 
 3G4 
 
 EZRA. 
 
 8. 27. 
 
 1 Or, by 
 
 2 Or, 
 deputies 
 
 3 Oc, first 
 
 28 bright brass, precious as gold. And I 
 said unto them, Ye are holy unto the 
 Lord, and the vessels are holy ; and the 
 silver aud the gold are a freewill offer- 
 uig unto the Lord, the God of youi- 
 
 29 fathers. Watch ye, and keep them, until 
 ye weigh them before the chiefs of the 
 priests and the Levites, and the princes 
 of the fathers' houses of Israel, at Je- 
 rusalem, in the chambers of the house 
 
 30 of the Lord. So the priests and the 
 Levites received the weight of the 
 silver and the gold, and the vessels, 
 to bring them to Jerusalem unto the 
 house of om- God. 
 
 31 Then we departed from the river of 
 Ahava on the twelfth daij of the first 
 month, to go unto Jerusalem: and the 
 hand of om- God was upon us, and 
 he dehvered us from the hand of the 
 enemy and the lier in wait by the way. 
 
 32 And we came to Jerusalem, and abode 
 
 33 there three days. And on the fourth 
 day was the silver and the gold and 
 the vessels weighed in the house of 
 our God 1 into the hand of Meremoth 
 the son of Uriah the priest ; and with 
 him was Eleazar the son of Phinehas ; 
 and with them was Jozabad the son of 
 Jeshua, and Noadiah the son of Binnui, 
 
 34 the Levites ; the whole by niunber and 
 by weight: and aU the weight was 
 
 35 written at that time. The childi-en of 
 the caiitivity, which were come out of 
 exile, offered burnt offerings unto the 
 God of Israel, twelve bullocks for all 
 Israel, ninety and six rams, seventy and 
 seven lambs, twelve he-goats for a shi 
 offermg : all this was a burnt offering 
 
 36 unto the Lord. And they delivered 
 the king's commissions unto the king's 
 satraps, and to the governors beyond 
 the river : and they furthered the peo- 
 ple and the house of God. 
 
 Q Now when these thuigs were done, 
 the princes drew near unto me, saying, 
 The people of Israel, and the priests 
 and the Levites, have not separated 
 themselves from the peoi)les of the 
 lands, doing according to then* ab- 
 ominations, even of the Canaanites, 
 the Hittites, the Perizzites, the Jebus- 
 ites, the Ammonites, the Moabites, the 
 
 2 Egyptians, and the Amorites. For they 
 have taken of then* daughters for them- 
 selves aud for their sons ; so that the 
 holy seed have mingled themselves 
 with the peoples of the lands : yea, the 
 hand of the princes and ^rulers hath 
 
 3 been s chief in this trespass. And 
 when I heard this thing, I rent my 
 garment and my mantle, and plucked 
 off the hair of my head and of my 
 
 4 beard, and sat down astonied. Then 
 were assembled imto me every one that 
 trembled at the words of the God of 
 Israel, because of the trespass of them 
 of the captivity; aud I sat astonied 
 
 5 until the evening oblation. And at 
 
 the evening oblation I arose up from 
 my ^limnLliation, even with my gar- 
 ment aud my mantle rent; and I fell 
 upon my knees, aud spread out my 
 
 6 hands unto the Lord my God ; and I 
 said, O my God, I am ashamed and 
 blush to lift up my face to thee, my God: 
 for om* iniquities are increased over om* 
 head, and our guiltiness is grown up un- 
 
 7 to the heavens. Smce the days of our 
 fathers we have been * exceeding guilty 
 unto this day; and for our iniquities 
 have we, our kings, and our priests, 
 been delivered into the hand of the kings 
 of the lands, to the sword, to captivity, 
 and to spoiling, and to confusion of face, 
 
 8 as it is this day. And now for a little 
 moment grace hath been shewed from 
 the Lord our God, to leave us a rem- 
 nant to escajie, and to give us a ^nail 
 in his holy place, that our God may 
 lighten our eyes, and give us a little 
 
 9 reviving in our bondage. For we are 
 bondmen ; yet our God hath not for- 
 saken us in our bondage, but hath ex- 
 tended mercy unto us in the sight of the 
 kings of Persia, to give us a reviving, 
 to set up the house of om* God, and to 
 repair the ''ruins thereof, and to give 
 ns a ^ wall in Judah aud in Jerusalem. 
 
 10 And now, om- God, what shall we 
 say after this ? for we have forsaken 
 
 11 thy commandments, which thou hast 
 commanded by thy servants the pro- 
 phets, saying, The land, unto which ye 
 go to i^ossess it, is an unclean land 
 through the uncleanness of the peoples 
 of the lands, through then- abomina- 
 tions, which have filled it from one end 
 
 12 to another with their tilthmess. Now 
 therefore give not your daughters unto 
 then- sons, neither take their daughters 
 mito your sons, nor seek their peace or 
 then- prosperity for ever : that ye may 
 be strong, and eat the good of the land, 
 and leave it for an inheritance to your 
 
 13 children for ever. And after aU that 
 is come upon us for our evil deeds, and 
 for om- great guUt, seeing that thou our 
 God hast pmiished us less than our 
 iniquities deserve, and hast given us 
 
 14 such a remnant, shall we again break 
 thy commandments, and join in affinity 
 with the peoples that do these abomin- 
 ations ? wouldest not thou be angry 
 with us till thou hadst consumed us, so 
 that there should be no remnant, nor 
 
 15 any to escape ? Lord, the God of 
 Israel, thou art righteous ; for we are 
 left a remnant that is escaped, as it is 
 this day : behold, we are before thee 
 in our guiltmess ; for none can stand 
 before thee because of this. 
 
 10 Now while Ezra in-ayed, and made 
 confession, weeping and casting him- 
 self down before the house of God, 
 there was gathered together unto 
 him out of Israel a very great con- 
 gi-egation of men and women and
 
 10. 44. 
 
 EZRA. 
 
 I Or. rho 
 Lurd 
 
 ^ Aficord- 
 iut,' to 
 some 
 ancient 
 vei*si(jns, 
 and he 
 lodged 
 there. 
 
 •■' Heb. 
 deimted. 
 
 i Hel). 
 
 the 
 rains. 
 
 ' Or.giee 
 thanks 
 
 eOr, 
 As thou 
 hii.it 
 iald, so 
 It be- 
 
 hoi'eth US 
 to do 
 
 ' Heb. 
 stand. 
 
 8 Or. 
 
 as touch- 
 ing this 
 matter 
 
 cliildreii : for the peojjle wejit very sore. 
 
 2 And Shecaniali the son of Jehiel, one 
 of the sons of Elam, answered and said 
 unto Ezra, We have trespassed against 
 our God; and have married strange 
 women of the peoi)les of the laud : yet 
 now there is liojie for Israel concerning 
 
 3 this thhig. Now tlierefore let us make 
 a covenant with onr God to put away 
 all the Avives, and such as are born of 
 them, according to the coimsel of ^niy 
 lord, and of those tliat tremble at the 
 commandment of our God; and let it 
 
 4 be done according to the law. Arise ; 
 for the matter belongeth unto thee, and 
 we are with thee : be of good courage, 
 
 5 and do it. Then arose Ezra, and made 
 the chiefs of the i)riests, the Levites, 
 and all Israel, to swear that they woiild 
 do according to this word. So they 
 
 6 sware. Then Ezra rose up from before 
 the house of God, and went into the 
 chamber of Jehohanan the son of Elia- 
 sliib: 2 and vihcn he came thither, he 
 did eat no bread, nor drink water : for 
 he mourned because of the trespass 
 
 7 of them of the captivity. And they 
 made proclamation tlu-oughout Judah 
 and Jerusalem unto a,ll the children of 
 the captivity, that they should gather 
 themselves together unto Jerusalem ; 
 
 Sand that whosoever came not within 
 three days, according to the counsel of 
 the princes and the elders, all his sub- 
 stance should be ^ forfeited, and him- 
 self separated from the congregation 
 
 9 of the captivity. Then all the men of 
 Judah and Benjamin gathered them- 
 selves together unto Jerusalem within 
 the three days ; it was the ninth mouth, 
 on the twentieth day of the month : 
 and all the people sat in the broad 
 place before the house of God, trem- 
 bling because of this matter, and for 
 loathe great rain. And Ezra the priest 
 stood up, and said imto them, Ye have 
 trespassed, and have married strange 
 women, to increase the guilt of Israel. 
 
 11 Now therefore ^make confession unto 
 the Lord, the God of your fathers, and 
 do his ijleasure : and separate your- 
 selves from the peoples of the laud, 
 
 12 and from the strange women. Then 
 all the congregation answered and said 
 with a loud voice, ^As thou hast said 
 
 13 concerning us, so must we do. But 
 the people are many, and it is a time 
 of much rain, and we are not able to 
 stand witliout, neither is this a work 
 of one day or two : for we have great- 
 
 14 ly transgressed in this matter. Let 
 now our princes '?be appomted for 
 aU the congregation, and let aU them 
 that are in our cities which have mar- 
 ried strange women come at appointed 
 tunes, and with them the elders of 
 every city, and the judges thereof, 
 luitil the tierce wrath of our God be 
 tm-ned from us, ^ until this matter be 
 
 ISdesjiatclied. Only Jonathan the son 
 of Asahel and Jahzciah the son of 
 Tikvah " stood up agahist this viattcr: 
 and MeshuUam and Sliabbcthai the 
 
 Ifi Levite helped 'them. And tlie cliildren 
 of the captivity did so. And Ezra the 
 priest, wifh certain heads fif fathers' 
 hiiii.ii's, after their fatliers' houses, and 
 aU of them by tlieir names, were separ- 
 ated; and they ,sat down in the first 
 day of the tenth month to examine tlie 
 
 17 matter. And they made an end witli 
 all the men that had married strange 
 women by the first day of the first 
 
 18 mouth. And among the sons of the 
 priests there were found that had mar- 
 ried strange women: nainchj, of the 
 sons of Jeshua, the son of Jozadak, 
 and his brethren, Maaseiah, and Eli- 
 
 lOezer, and Jarib, and Gedaliali. Aiid 
 they gave then- hand that tiiey would 
 put away then- wives ; and bidng guilty, 
 they offered a ram of the flock for their 
 
 20 guilt. And of the sons of Immer; 
 
 21Hanani and Zebadiah. And of the 
 sons of Harim; Maaseiah, and Elijah, 
 and Shemaiah, and Jehiel, and Uzziah. 
 
 22 AmA of the sons of Pashhur ; Elioenai, 
 Maaseiah, Ishmael, Nethanel, Joza- 
 
 23 bad, and Elasah. And of the Levites; 
 Jozabad, and 8himei, and Kelaiah (the 
 same is Kelita), Pethahiah, Judah, and 
 
 24Eliezer. And of the singers; Elia- 
 shib : and of the porters ; Shallum, and 
 
 25 Telem, and Uri. And of Israel: of the 
 sons of Parosh ; Eamiah, and Izziah, 
 and Malchijah, and Mijamm, and Elea- 
 
 26 zar, and Malchijah, and Benaiah. And 
 of the sons of Elam; Mattauiah, Zech- 
 ariah, and Jehiel, and Abdi, and Jere- 
 
 27 moth, and Elijah. And of the sons of 
 Zattu; Elioenai, Eliashib, Mattaniah, 
 and Jeremoth, and Zabad, and A^iza. 
 
 28 And of the sons of Bebai ; Jehohanan, 
 29Hananiah, Zabbai, Athlai. And of the 
 
 sons of Bani ; MeshuUam, Malluch, and 
 Adaiah, Jashub, and Sheal, lo Jeremoth. 
 
 30 And of the sons of Pahath-moab ; Adna, 
 and Chelal, Benaiah, Maaseiah, Mat- 
 taniah, Bezalel, and Binnui, aud Manas- 
 
 31 seh. And of the sons of Harim ; Eliezer, 
 Isshijah, Malchijah, Shemaiali, Shim- 
 
 32 eon; Benjamm, MaUuch, Shemariah. 
 33 Of the sons of Hashum ; Mattenai, 
 Mattattah, Zabad, Eliphelet, Jeremai, 
 34Manasseh, Shimei. Of the sons of 
 35 Bani ; Maadai, Ami-am, and Uel ; Ben- 
 36aiah, Bedeiah, "Cheliihi; Vaniah, 
 37Meremoth, Eliashib; Mattaniah, Mat- 
 38tenai, and ^^j^asu; and Bani, and 
 39 Binnui, Shimei; and Shelemiah, aud 
 40 Nathan, and Adaiah; Maclmadebai, 
 41 Shashai, Saarai ; Azarel, and Shelem- 
 42iah, Shemariah; ShaUiun, Amariah, 
 
 43 Joseph. Of the sons of Nebo; Jeiel, 
 Mattithiah, Zabad, Zebina, i^lddo, and 
 
 44 Joel, Benaiah. AJl these had taken 
 strange wives: and i^some of them had 
 wives by whom they had children. 
 
 3G5 
 
 9 Or, 
 were a}}- 
 
 pointcd 
 
 fwcr 
 
 this 
 
 10 An- 
 other 
 reading 
 is, and 
 lianioth. 
 
 11 An- 
 
 otlier 
 reading 
 is. Che- 
 luhu. 
 
 12 An- 
 other 
 reaiiing 
 is, Jaa- 
 sai. 
 
 13 An- 
 other 
 reaiiing 
 is, Jad- 
 d'li. 
 
 11 Or. 
 some of 
 the wives 
 had 
 borne 
 children
 
 THE 
 
 BOOK OF NEHEMIAH. 
 
 lOr, 
 hUtory 
 
 2 See ch. 
 ii. 1. 
 
 3 Or, 
 castle 
 
 1 The 1 words of Neliemiah the son of 
 Hacaliah. 
 
 Now it came to pass in the mouth 
 Chislev, 2iu the twentieth year, as I 
 
 2 was in Shushan the ^palace, that Han- 
 ani, one of my brethren, came, he and 
 certain men out of Judah ; and I asked 
 them concerning the Jews that had 
 escaj»ed, which were left of the captivi- 
 
 3 ty, and concerning Jerusalem. And they 
 said unto me. The remnant that are left 
 of the captivity there in the province 
 are in gi-eat affliction and reproach : the 
 wall of Jerusalem also is broken doivTi, 
 and the gates thereof are bm-ned with 
 
 4 fire. And it came to joass, when I heard 
 these words, that I sat down and wept, 
 and mourned certain days ; and I fasted 
 and prayed before the God of heaven, 
 
 5 and said, I beseech thee, O Lord, the 
 God of heaven, the great and terrible 
 God, that keej)eth covenant and mercy 
 with them that love him and keep his 
 
 6 conunandments : let thine ear now be 
 attentive, and thine eyes open, that 
 thou mayest hearken mito the prayer 
 of thy servant, which I pray before 
 thee at this tune, day and night, for 
 the clrUdreu of Israel thy servants, 
 while I confess the sins of the children 
 of Israel, which we have sinned agaiust 
 thee: yea, I and my father's house 
 
 7 have sinned. We have dealt very cor- 
 ruptly against thee, and have not kept 
 the commandments, nor the statutes, 
 nor the judgements, which thou com- 
 
 Smandedst thy servant Moses. Ee- 
 member, I beseech thee, the word that 
 thou commandedst thy servant Moses, 
 sajing, If ye trespass, I will scatter 
 
 9 you abroad among the peoples : but 
 if ye return unto me, and keep my 
 commandments and do them, though 
 yom' outcasts were ui the uttermost 
 part of the heaven, yet will I gather 
 them from thence, and will bring them 
 unto the place that I have chosen to 
 
 10 cause my name to dwell there. Now 
 these are thy servants and thy people, 
 whom thou hast redeemed by thy great 
 
 11 power, and by thy strong hand. O 
 Lord, I beseech thee, let now thine ear 
 be attentive to the prayer of thy serv- 
 ant, and to the prayer of thy servants, 
 who delight to fear thy name: and 
 prosper, I pray thee, thy servant this 
 day, and grant him mercy in the sight 
 of this man. (Now I was cupbearer 
 to the king.) 
 
 2 And it came to pass in the month 
 Nisan, in the twentieth year of Arta- 
 xerxes the king, when wine was before 
 him, that I took up the wine, and gave 
 it unto the king. Now I had not been 
 
 2heforetime sad in his presence. And 
 the king said unto me, Why is thy 
 countenance sad, seeing thou art not 
 sick ? this is nothing else but sorrow of 
 heart. Then I was very sore afraid. 
 
 3 And I said unto the kuig, Let the king 
 live for ever : why should not my coun- 
 tenance be sad, when the city, the place 
 of my fathers' sepulchres, lieth waste, 
 and the gates thereof are consumed 
 
 4 with fire? Then the king said unto 
 me. For what dost thou make request ? 
 So I prayed to the God of heaven. 
 
 5 And I said unto the king, If it please 
 the king, and if thy servant have foimd 
 favour in thy sight, that thou wouldest 
 send me unto Judah, unto the city of 
 my fathers' sepulchres, that I may build 
 
 Git. And the king said unto me, (the 
 queen also sitting by him,) For how 
 long shaU thy joiu-ney be? and when 
 wilt thou retm-n? So it pleased the 
 king to send me ; and I set him a time. 
 
 7 Moreover I said mito the king. If it 
 please the king, let letters be given me 
 to the governors beyond the river, that 
 they may let me pass through till I 
 
 8 come unto Judah; and a letter unto 
 Asaph the kee^jer of the king's ^forest, 
 that he may give me timber to make 
 beams for the gates of the castle which 
 appertaineth to the house, and for the 
 wall of the city, and for the house that 
 I shall enter uito. And the king grant- 
 ed me, according to the good hand of 
 
 9 my God uj)on me. Then I came to the 
 governors beyond the river, and gave 
 them the king's letters. Now the king 
 had sent with me captains of the army 
 
 10 and horsemen. And when SanbaUat 
 the Horonite, and Tobiah the servant, 
 the Ammonite, heard of it, it grieved 
 them exceedingly, for that there was 
 come a man to seek the welfare of the 
 
 11 childi'en of Israel. So I came to Jeru- 
 
 12 salem, and was there thi-ee days. And 
 I arose in the night, I and some few 
 men with me ; neither told I any man 
 what my God put into my heart to 
 do for Jerusalem: neither was there 
 any beast with me, save the beast 
 
 13 that I rode upon. And I went out 
 by night by the valley gate, even to- 
 ward the dragon's well, and to the 
 
 park
 
 3. 23. 
 
 NEHEMIAH. 
 
 3G7 
 
 lOr, 
 
 deputies 
 
 2 Or, The 
 hundred 
 
 3 Hcb. 
 him. 
 
 4 Or, 
 
 lords 
 Or, Lord 
 
 5 Or, 
 the gate 
 of the 
 old city 
 or, of 
 the old 
 wall 
 
 dung pate, and viewed tlie walls of 
 Jerusalem, which were broken down, 
 and the gates thereof were consumed 
 
 14 with fire. Then I went on to the fount- 
 ain gate and to the king's jiool : hut 
 there was no place for the beast that 
 
 15 was under me to pass. Then went I 
 up in the night by the brook, and 
 viewed the M'all; and I turned back, 
 and entered by the valley gate, and so 
 
 1(5 returned. And the i rulers knew not 
 whither I went, or what I did ; neither 
 had I as yet told it to the Jews, nor 
 to the priests, nor to the nobles, nor 
 to the 1 rulers, nor to the rest that did 
 
 17 the work. Then said I unto them, Ye 
 see the evil case that we are in, how 
 Jerusalem lieth waste, and the gates 
 thereof are burned with fire: come 
 and let us build up the wall of Jeru- 
 salem, that we be no more a reproach. 
 
 18 And I told them of the hand of my 
 God which was good upon me; as 
 also of the king's words that he had 
 spoken mito me. And they said. Let us 
 rise up and build. So they strength- 
 ened their hands for the good tvorh. 
 
 19 But when Sanballat the Horonite, and 
 Tobiah the servant, the Ammonite, 
 and Geshem the Ai-abian, heard it, 
 they laughed us to scorn, and despised 
 us, and said, "Wliat is this thing that 
 ye do ? will ye rebel against the kmg ? 
 
 20 Then answered I them, and said unto 
 them. The God of heaven, he will 
 prosper us ; therefore we his servants 
 will arise and build : but ye have no 
 portion, nor right, nor memorial, in 
 Jerusalem. 
 
 3 Then Eliashib the high priest rose up 
 with his brethren the priests, and they 
 builded the sheep gate; they sancti- 
 fied it, and set up the doors of it ; even 
 unto the tower of ^Hammeah they 
 sanctified it, unto the tower of Han- 
 
 2 anel. And next imto him builded the 
 men of Jericho. And next to ^them 
 
 3 builded Zaccur the son of Imri. And 
 the fish gate did the sons of Hassenaah 
 build; they laid the beams thereof, 
 and set up the doors thereof, the bolts 
 
 4 thereof, and the bars thereof. And 
 next mito them repau-ed Meremoth the 
 son of Uriah, the son of Hakkoz. And 
 next unto them repau-ed MeshuUam 
 the son of Berechiah, the son of Meshe- 
 zabel. And next mito them repaired 
 
 5Zadok the son of Baana. And next 
 mito them the Tekoites repaired ; but 
 then- nobles put not their necks to the 
 
 6 work of theii- *lord. And ^the old 
 gate repaired Joiada the son of Paseah 
 and MeshuUam the son of Besodeiah ; 
 they laid the beams thereof, and set 
 up the doors thereof, and the bolts 
 
 7 thereof, and the bars thereof. And 
 next mito them repaired Melatiah the 
 Gibeouite, and Jadon the Meronothite, 
 the men of Gibeon, and of Mizpah, 
 
 inJiich appertained to the throne of the 
 
 8 governor beyond the river. Next unto 
 him repaired Uzziel the son of Har- 
 haiah, goldsmiths. And next unto him 
 rejiaired Hananiah one of the "apothe- 
 caries, and they 'fortified Jerusalem 
 
 9 even unto the broad wall. And next 
 unto them rej)aired I{ei)haiah the sou 
 of Hur, the ruler of half the district of 
 
 10 Jerusalem. And next unto them re- 
 paired Jedaiah the son of Ilarumaph, 
 even over against his house. And next 
 mito him repau-ed Hattush the son of 
 
 11 Hashabneiah. Malcliijah the son of 
 Harim, and Hasshub the sou of Pahath- 
 moab, repaired another portion, and 
 
 12 the tower of the furnaces. And next 
 unto him repau-ed Shallum the son of 
 Hallohesh, the ruler of half the district 
 of Jerusalem, he and his daughters. 
 
 13 The valley gate repau-ed Hanun, and 
 the inhabitants of Zanoah ; they built 
 it, and set up the doors thereof, the 
 bolts thereof, and the bars thereof, 
 and a thousand cubits of the waU mi- 
 
 14 to the dung gate. And the dung gate 
 repaired Malchijah the sou of Eechab, 
 the ruler of the district of Beth-hae- 
 cherem; he built it, and set up the 
 doors thereof, the bolts thereof, and 
 
 15 the bars thereof. And the fountam 
 gate repaii-ed Shalluu the sou of Col- 
 hozeh, the ruler of the district of Miz- 
 pah ; he built it, and covered it, and 
 set up the doors thereof, the bolts 
 thereof, and the bars thereof, and the 
 waU of the pool of '^Shelah by the 
 king's garden, even unto the stau-s 
 that go down from the city of David. 
 
 16 After hun re^iaired Nehemiah the sou 
 of Azbuk, the ruler of half the district 
 of Beth-zur, unto the place over against 
 the sepulchres of David, and imto the 
 pool that was made, and unto the house 
 
 17 of the mighty men. After him re- 
 pau-ed the Levites, Kehum the sou of 
 Baui. Next unto him repaired Hash- 
 abiah, the ruler of half the district of 
 
 ISKeilah, for his district. After him re- 
 paired their brethi-en, Bavvai the son 
 of Henadad, the ruler of half the dis- 
 
 19ti-ict of KeQah. And next to him re- 
 paired Ezer the sou of Jeshua, the 
 ruler of Mizpah, another portion, over 
 against the going up to the armoury 
 
 20 at the turnmg of the wall. After hun 
 Baruch the sou of ^Zabbai earnestly re- 
 pau-ed another portion, from the turu- 
 iug of the wall unto the door of the 
 
 21 house of Eliashib the high priest. After 
 him repau-ed Meremoth the son of Uri- 
 ah the son of Hakkoz another portion, 
 from the door of the house of Eliashib 
 even to the end of the house of Eha- 
 
 22shib. And after him repaired the 
 23 priests, the men of the ^oPlam. After 
 sthem repaired Benjamui and Has- 
 shub over agauist their house. After 
 8 them repaired Azariah the son of 
 
 <^ Or, per- 
 fiitners 
 T Or, Uf/ 
 
 8 In Is. 
 viii. (>, 
 iihiloah. 
 
 9.4notlicr 
 readint; 
 is, 
 Zaccai. 
 
 WOr, 
 Circuit
 
 3G8 
 
 NEHEMIAH. 
 
 3. 23. 
 
 1 Or, the 
 iqtpcr 
 towtr. . . 
 'r<y>n the 
 hous*" of 
 the king 
 
 ■2 Or, 
 Pedaiah 
 the son 
 
 Parosh 
 
 (now. . . 
 Ophel) 
 repaired 
 unto A-c. 
 
 3Heb. 
 him. 
 
 *0r, 
 upper 
 
 itamber 
 
 [f;ll. 
 iii. 33 
 ill Heb.] 
 
 sQr, 
 ■will they 
 leave to 
 thnn- 
 st Ives 
 aught ; 
 Or, mil 
 men let 
 thein 
 alone f 
 
 eOr, 
 jackal 
 
 [Ch. 
 iv. 1 
 ill Heb] 
 
 ■?Heb. 
 
 healing 
 wtnt np 
 upon the 
 tvalls. 
 
 Maaseiali the sou of Aiianiah beside liis 
 
 •24 own house. After him repaired Liimui 
 the son of Heuadad another portion, 
 from the house of Azariah unto the turn- 
 ing of the wall, and unto the corner. 
 
 25I'ah\l the son of Uzai repaired over 
 against the turning of the ivall, and ^ the 
 tower that standeth out from the upper 
 house of the kmg, which is by the 
 comt of the guard. After him ^Peda- 
 
 26iah tlie son of Parosh repaired. (Now 
 the Nethinim dwelt in Ophel, unto the 
 place over against the water gate to- 
 ward the east, and the tower that 
 
 '21 standeth out.) After him the Tekoites 
 rcpau'ed another portion, over against 
 the gi'eat tower that standeth out, and 
 
 28mito the wall of Ophel. Above the 
 horse gate repaired the priests, every 
 
 29 one over against his own house. After 
 3 them repaired Zadok the son of Immer 
 over against his own house. And after 
 him repau'ed Shemaiah the son of She- 
 cnniah, the keeper of the east gate. 
 
 30 After him repau'ed Hananiah the son 
 of Shelemiah, and Hanun the sixth 
 son of Zalaph, another i)ortion. After 
 him reioaii'ed Meshullam the son of 
 Berechiah over against his chamber. 
 
 31 After him repau'ed Malchijah one of 
 the goldsmiths luito the house of the 
 Nethinim, and of the merchants, over 
 against the gate of Hammiphkad, and 
 
 32 to the * ascent of the corner. And 
 between the * ascent of the corner and 
 the sheep gate rei)au'ed the goldsmiths 
 and the merchants. 
 
 4 But it came to pass that, when San- 
 ballat heard that we builded the wall, 
 he was wroth, and took great indigna- 
 
 2tiou, and mocked the Jews. And he 
 spake before his brethren and the anny 
 of Samaria, and said. What do these 
 feeble Jews ? ^ will they fortify them- 
 selves? will they sacrifice? will they 
 make an end m a day? will they re- 
 vive the stones out of the heaps of 
 
 3 rubbish, seeing they are burned ? Now 
 Tobiah the Ammonite was by him, and 
 he said. Even that which they build, 
 if a f'fox go up, he shall break down 
 
 4 then- stone wall. Hear, O our God; 
 for we are despised : and turn back 
 their reproach upon their own head, 
 and give them up to spoiling in a land 
 
 5 of captivity: and cover not their in- 
 iquity, and let not theu" sm be blotted 
 out from before thee: for they have 
 provoked thee to anger before the 
 
 6 builders. So we built the wi;U; and 
 ell the wall was joined together unto 
 half the height thereof: for the people 
 had a mind to work. 
 
 7 But it came to pass that, when San- 
 ballat, and Tobiah, and the Arabians, 
 and the Ammonites, and the Ashdod- 
 ites, heard that '^the repairing of the 
 walls of Jerusalem went forward, and 
 that the breaches began to be stopped. 
 
 8 then they were very wroth ; and tjiey 
 coiisi)U'ed all of them together to come 
 and fight against Jerusalem, and to 
 
 9 cause confusion therein. But we made 
 our prayer mito our God, and set a 
 watch against them day and night, be- 
 
 10 cause of them. And Judah said. The 
 strength of the bearers of bui-dens is 
 decayed, and there is much rubbish ; so 
 that we are not able to build the wall. 
 
 llAiid our adversaries said. They shall 
 not know, neither see, till we come into 
 the midst of them, and slay them, and 
 
 12 cause the work to cease. And it came 
 to pass that, when the Jews which dwelt 
 by them came, they said unto us ten 
 times 8 from all places. Ye must return 
 
 13 unto us. Therefore set I in the lowest 
 parts of the space behind the wall, in 
 the open i^laces, I even set the people 
 after their families with their sWords, 
 
 14 their spears, and their bows. And I 
 looked, and rose up, and said unto the 
 nobles, and to the « rulers, and to the 
 rest of the people. Be not ye afraid of 
 them: remember the Lord, which is 
 great and terrible, and fight for your 
 brethren, your sons and your daugh- 
 
 15 ters, your wives and your houses. And 
 it came to pass, when our enemies heard 
 that it was known unto us, and God had 
 brought their counsel to nought, that 
 we returned all of us to the wall, every 
 
 IGone unto his work. And it came to 
 pass from that time forth, that half 
 of my servants wrought in the work, 
 and half of them held the spears, the 
 shields, and the bows, and the coats 
 of mail; and the rulers were behind 
 
 17 10 all the house of Judah. They that 
 builded the wall and they that bare 
 bui'dens laded themselves, every one 
 with one of his hands wi'ought in 
 the work, and with the other held his 
 
 18 weapon; and the builders, every one 
 had his sword gu-ded by his side, and 
 so builded. And he that sounded the 
 
 19 trumpet was by me. And I said unto 
 the nobles, and to the 9 rulers and to 
 the rest of the people, The work is 
 great and large, and we are separated 
 upon the wall, one far from another: 
 
 20 m what place soever ye hear the sound 
 of the trumpet, resort ye thither unto 
 
 21 us; our God shall fight for us. So 
 we wrought in the work : and half of 
 them held the spears from the rising 
 of the mornmg till the stars appeared. 
 
 22 Likewise at the same time said I unto 
 the people. Let every one with his serv- 
 ant lodge within Jerusalem, that in the 
 night they may be a guard to us, and 
 
 23 may labour in the day. So neither I, nor 
 my brethren, nor my servants, nor the 
 men of the guard which followed me, 
 none of us put off our clothes, n every 
 one luent vnth his weapon to the water. 
 
 5 Then there arose a great cry of the 
 people and of their wives against 
 
 8 Or, 
 
 From all 
 places 
 whence 
 ye shall 
 rrt urn 
 they will 
 be upon 
 
 9 Or, 
 
 deputies 
 
 10 Or, 
 
 ul! the 
 house of 
 Jvdah 
 that 
 huileU'd 
 the wall. 
 .\ud 
 they 
 that &c. 
 
 "The 
 text is 
 probably 
 faulty.
 
 6. 11. 
 
 NEHEMIAII. 
 
 3G9 
 
 lOi', 
 
 deputies 
 
 2 HpI). 
 bouijht. 
 
 ■! Or, laid 
 burdens 
 upon 
 
 4 Or, 
 at the 
 rate of 
 Or, after- 
 ward 
 
 5 Or, 
 lorded 
 over 
 
 2 their l)rc'tliroii the Jews. For there 
 were that said, We, our .sons and our 
 daugliters, are many: let us get corn, 
 
 ;5 that we may eat and live. Some also 
 there were that said. We are mort- 
 gaging our fields, and our vineyards, 
 and our houses: let us get corn, he- 
 
 •1 cause of the dearth. There were also 
 that said, We have borrowed money for 
 the king's tribute iqxm our fields and 
 
 .') our vineyards. Yet now oiar flesh is as 
 the flesh of our brethren, our children 
 as their children: and, lo, we bring into 
 bondage our sons and our daughters to 
 be servants, and some of our daughters 
 are brovight into bondage already: nei- 
 ther is it in our power to help it ; for 
 other men have oirr fields and our vine- 
 
 yards. And I was very angi'y when I 
 
 7 heard their cry and these words. Then 
 I consulted with myself, and contend- 
 ed with the nobles and the i rulers, and 
 said unto tliem. Ye exact usmy, every 
 one of his brother. And I held a great 
 
 8 assembly against them. And I said un- 
 to them. We after our ability have ^ re- 
 deemed our brethren the Jews, which 
 ■were sold mito the heathen ; and would 
 ye even sell your brethren, and should 
 they be sold unto us ? Then held they 
 their peace, and found never a word. 
 
 9 Also I said. The thing that ye do is 
 not good : ought ye not to walk in the 
 fear of our God, because of the re- 
 proach of the heathen our enemies? 
 
 10 And I likewise, my brethren and my 
 servants, do lend them money and corn 
 on usury. I pray you, let us leave off 
 
 11 this usm-y. Restore, I pray you, to 
 them, even this day, their fields, their 
 vineyards, their oHveyards, and their 
 houses, also the hundredth part of the 
 money, and of the corn, the vdne, and 
 
 12 the oil, that ye exact of them. Then 
 said they. We will restore them, and 
 will require nothing of them ; so will 
 we do, even as thou sayest. Then I 
 called the priests, and took an oath of 
 them, that they should do according to 
 
 13 this promise. Also I shook out my lap, 
 and said, So God shake out every man 
 from his house, and from his labour, 
 that performeth not this promise ; even 
 thus be he shaken out, and emptied. 
 And all the congregation said, Amen, 
 and praised the Lord. And the people 
 
 14 did according to this j^romise. More- 
 over from the time that I was appoint- 
 ed to be their governor in the land of 
 Judah, from the twentieth year even 
 unto the two and thirtieth year of Arta- 
 xerxes the kiag, that is, twelve years, 
 I and my bretlu'en have not eaten the 
 
 1,5 bread of the governor. But the former 
 governors that were before me ^ were 
 chargeable unto the people, and took of 
 them bread and wine,* beside forty she- 
 kels of silver; yea, even their servants 
 5 bare rule over the people : but so did 
 
 1() not I, because of tlie fear of God. Yea, 
 also I '''continued in the work of this 
 w.ill, neither bouglit we any land: and 
 all my servants were gathered thither 
 
 17 unto the work. Moreover there wen^ at 
 my table of the Jews and the irulei-s 
 an hundred and fifty men, beside those 
 that came unto us from among the 
 heathen that were round aljout us. 
 
 18 Now that which was iJi'ei)ared for one 
 day was one ox and six choice sheep; 
 also fowls were in-epared for me, and 
 once in ten days store of all sorts of 
 wine : yet for all this I demanded not 
 the bread of the governor, because the 
 bondage was heavy uj^ou tliis people. 
 
 19 Kemember untome, my God, for good, 
 all that I have done for this ijeojile. 
 
 6 Now it came to pass, when it was 
 reported to Sanballat and Tohiah, and 
 to Geshem the Arabian, and unto the 
 rest of our enemies, that I had builded 
 the wall, and that there was no breach 
 left therein; (though even luito that 
 time I had not set uj) the doors in the 
 2 gates;) that Sanballat and Geshem 
 sent mito me, saying. Come, let us 
 meet together in 07ie vf the villages in 
 the plain of Ono. But they thought 
 
 3 to do me mischief. And I sent mes- 
 sengers unto them, saying, I am doing 
 a great work, so that I cannot come 
 down: why should the work cease, 
 T,diilst I leave it, and come do\vu to 
 
 4 you ? And they sent unto me four times 
 after this sort ; and I answered them 
 
 5 after the same maimer. Then sent San- 
 ballat his servant mito me iu like man- 
 ner the fifth time with an open letter 
 
 6 in his hand ; whereui was wiitten. It is 
 re]3orted among the nations, and '^Gasli- 
 nm saith it, that thou and the Jews 
 think to rebel; for v.hich cause thou 
 buildest the wall : and thou wouldest be 
 their king, according to these words. 
 
 7 And thou hast also aj)iiotnted prophets 
 to preach of thee at Jerusalem, say- 
 ing. There is a king in Judah : and now 
 shall it be reported to the king according 
 to these words. Come now therefore, 
 
 8 and let us take counsel together. Then 
 I sent unto him, saymg. There are no 
 such things done as thou sayest, but thou 
 feignest them out of thine own heart. 
 
 9 For they all would have made us afraid, 
 saying, Their hands shall be weakened 
 from the work, that it be not done. But 
 now,90(Torf, strengthen thou my hands. 
 
 10 And I went imto the house of Shemaiah 
 the son of Delaiah the son of Mehetabel, 
 who was shut up ; and he said. Let us 
 meet together in the lioiTse of God, 
 within the temi)le, and let us shut 
 the doors of the temple : for they will 
 come to slay thee ; yea, in the night will 
 
 lltliey come to slay thee. And I said. 
 Should such a man as I flee ? and who 
 is there, that, being such as I, ^ would 
 go into the temple to save his life? I 
 
 1 Hi'l). 
 liild fast 
 to. 
 
 ^Inver.I, 
 
 and else- 
 
 wliere, 
 
 (reshcm. 
 
 8 Or, 
 / will 
 strength- 
 en lay 
 hands 
 
 i>Or, 
 
 could 'JO 
 into the 
 temjde 
 and live
 
 370 
 
 NEHEMIAH. 
 
 6. 11. 
 
 1 Accord- 
 ing to 
 another 
 reading, 
 saw. 
 
 2 Or, 
 dvputies 
 
 3 See 
 Ezra iL 
 
 a,&c. 
 
 12 will not go Ib. And I discerned, and, 
 lo, God had not sent him : but he pro- 
 nounced this prophecy against me : and 
 Tobiah and Sanballat had hired him. 
 
 13 For this cause was he hii'ed, that I 
 should be afraid, and do so, and sin, 
 and that they might have matter for an 
 evil report, that they might reproach 
 
 14 me. Eemember, O my God, Tobiah 
 and Sanballat according to these their 
 works, and also the j)rophetess Noad- 
 iah, and the rest of the prophets, that 
 would have put me in fear. 
 
 15 So the wall was finished in the twenty 
 and fifth day of the month Elul, in fifty 
 
 16 and two days. And it came to pass, 
 when all our enemies heard thereof, 
 that all the heathen that were about us 
 1 feared, and were much cast down in 
 their own eyes: for they perceived that 
 this work was wrought of our God. 
 
 17 Moreover in those days the nobles of 
 Judah sent many letters unto Tobiah, 
 and the Utters of Tobiah came unto 
 
 18 them. For there were many in Judah 
 sworn unto him, because he was the 
 son in law of Shecaniah the son of 
 Arab; and his son Jehohanan had 
 taken the daughter of Meshullam the 
 
 19 son of Berechiah to wife. Also they 
 spake of his good deeds before me, 
 and reported my words to him. And 
 Tobiah sent letters to put me in fear. 
 
 V Now it came to pass, when the wall 
 was built, and I had set up the doors, 
 and the porters and the smgers and 
 
 2 the Levites were api^ointed, that I gave 
 my brother Hanani, and Hananiah the 
 governor of the castle, charge over 
 Jerusalem : for he was a faithful man, 
 
 Sand feared God above many. And I 
 said unto them. Let not the gates of 
 Jerusalem be opened until the sun be 
 hot ; and while they stand on guard, let 
 them shut the doors, and bar ye them : 
 and appoint watches of the inhabitants 
 of Jerusalem, every one in his watch, 
 and every one to he over against his 
 
 4 house. Now the city was wide and 
 large : but the people were few thereiu, 
 
 5 and the houses were not builded. And 
 my God laut into my heart to gather to- 
 gether the nobles, and the 2 rulers, and 
 the people, that they might be reckoned 
 by genealogy. And I found the book 
 of the genealogy of them which came 
 up at the first, and I found written 
 
 6 therein : s These are the children of the 
 province, that went up out of the capt- 
 ivity of those that had been carried 
 away, whom Nebuchadnezzar the king 
 of Babylon had carried away, and that 
 returned unto Jerusalem and to Judah, 
 
 7 every one unto his city ; who came with 
 Zerubbabel, Jeshua, Nehemiah, Azar- 
 iah, Kaamiah, Nahamani, Moi'decai, 
 Bilshan, Mispereth, Bigvai, Nehum, 
 Baanah. The number of the men of the 
 
 8 people of Israel : the children of Parosh, 
 
 two thousand an hundred and seventy 
 .9 and two. The children of Shephatiah, 
 
 10 three hundred seventy and two. The 
 children of Arab, six hundred fifty and 
 
 11 two. The children of Pahath-moab, of 
 the children of Jeshua and Joab, two 
 thousand and eight hundred and eigh- 
 
 12 teen. The children of Elam, a thousand 
 
 13 two hundred fifty and four. The child- 
 ren of Zattu, eight hundred forty and 
 
 14 five. The children of Zaccai, seven 
 
 15 hundred and threescore. The children 
 of Binnui, six hundred forty and eight. 
 
 16 The children of Bebai, six hundred 
 
 17 twenty and eight. The children of Az- 
 gad,two thousand tlu-ee hundred twenty 
 
 18 and two. The children of Adonikam, 
 
 19 six hundred threescore and seven. The 
 children of Bigvai, two thousand three- 
 
 20 score and seven. The children of Adin, 
 
 21 six hundred fifty and five. The children 
 of Ater, of Hezekiah, ninety and eight. 
 
 22 The children of Haslium, three hundred 
 
 23 twenty and eight. The children of Be- 
 zai, three hundred twenty and four. 
 
 24 The children of Hariph, an hundred 
 
 25 and twelve. The children of Gibeon, 
 
 26 ninety and five. The men of Beth- 
 lehem and Netophah, an hundred four- 
 
 27 score and eight. The men of Anathoth, 
 
 28 an hundred twenty and eight. The men 
 
 29 of Beth-azmaveth, forty and two. The 
 men of Kiriath-jearim, Chephhah, and 
 Beeroth, seven himdred forty and three. 
 
 30 The men of Eamah and Geba, six hund- 
 
 31 red twenty and one. The men of Mich- 
 mas, an hundred and twenty and two. 
 
 32 The men of Beth-el and Ai, an hundred 
 
 33 twenty and three. The men of the other 
 
 34 Nebo, fifty and two. The children of the 
 other Elam, a thousand two hundred 
 
 35 fifty and four. The children of Harim, 
 
 36 three hundi-ed and twenty. The child- 
 ren of Jericho, three hundi'ed forty 
 
 37 and five. The children of Lod, Hadid, 
 and Ono, seven hundred twenty and 
 
 38 one. The children of Senaah, three 
 
 39 thousand nine hundred and thirty. The 
 priests: the children of Jedaiah, of the 
 house of Jeshua, nine hundred seventy 
 
 40 and three. The childi-en of Immer, a 
 
 41 thousand fifty and two. The children 
 of Pashhur, a thousand two hundred 
 
 42 forty and seven. The children of Ha- 
 
 43 rim, a thousand and seventeen. The 
 Levites: the children of Jeshua, of 
 Kadmiel, of the chUdren of ^Hodevah, 
 
 44 seventy and four. The singers: the 
 children of Asaph, an hundred forty 
 
 45 and eight. The porters : the children of 
 Shallmn, the children of Ater, the child- 
 ren of Talmon, the children of Akkub, 
 the children of Hatita, the chUdren of 
 Shobai, an luuidred tliu'ty and eight. 
 
 46 The NethLuim: the children of ZLha, 
 the children of Hasupha, the children of 
 
 47 Tabbaoth ; the children of Keros, the 
 children of Sia, the children of Padon ; 
 
 48 the children of Lebana, the children of
 
 8. 11. 
 
 NEHEMIAH. 
 
 371 
 
 2Heb. 
 they 
 were 
 poihitt'd 
 from the 
 priest- 
 hood, 
 
 3 Or, 
 
 governor 
 
 JHeb. 
 maneh. 
 
 49Hagal)a, the children of Sahaai; the 
 children of Hanan, the children of Gid- 
 
 50 del, the chilib-en of (xahar ; the chiltlreu 
 of lleaiah, the children of llezin, the 
 
 51 children of Nekoda; the children of 
 Gazzam, the children of Uzza, the child- 
 
 52 reu of Paseah ; the chilcken of Besai, 
 the children of Meunini, the chihh-en of 
 
 53 1 Nephushesini ; the childi-eu of Bakbuk, 
 the children of Hakupha, the chiltli-en 
 
 54 of Harhur ; the children of Bazlith, the 
 chikb'en of Mehida, tlie chihh-en of Har- 
 
 55 sha ; the childi'en of Barkos, the children 
 5G of Sisera, the children of Temah ; the 
 
 children of Neziah, the children of 
 
 oTHatipha. The chilib-en of Solomon's 
 
 servants: the children of Sotai, the 
 
 children of Sophereth, the childi-en of 
 
 58 Perida ; the children of Jaala, the child- 
 ren of Darkon, the childi-en of Giddel ; 
 
 59 thechildi-enof Shephatiah, the childi-en 
 of Hattil, the children of Pochereth- 
 
 eohazzehaim, the children of Amon. All 
 the Nethinim, and the children of Solo- 
 mon's servants, were three hundi-ed 
 
 61 ninety and two. And these were they 
 which went iiii from Tel-melah, Tel- 
 harsha, Cherub, Addon, and Tmmer : 
 but they could not shew then- fathers' 
 houses, nor theh' seed, whether they 
 
 62 were of Israel : the children of Delaiah, 
 the childi-en of Tobiah, the chiltlren of 
 Nekoda, six hundred forty and two. 
 
 63 And of the priests: the childi-eu of 
 Hobaiah, the children of Hakkoz, the 
 children of Barzillai, which took a wife 
 of the daughters of Barzillai the GUead- 
 ite, and was called after their name. 
 
 64 These sought their register among those 
 that were reckoned by genealogy, but it 
 was not found: therefore 2 were they 
 deemed polluted and put from the 
 
 65 priesthood. And the ^Tu-shatha said 
 unto them, that they should not eat of 
 the most holy things, till there stood up 
 
 66 a priest with Urim and Thummim. The 
 whole congregation together was forty 
 and two thousand thi'ee hundred and 
 
 67 thi-eescore, beside then- menservauts 
 and theu' maidservants, of whom there 
 were seven thousand three hundred 
 thu'ty and seven: and they had two 
 hundi'ed forty and five singing men and 
 
 68 singing women. Theii- horses were 
 seven hundred thkty and six; their 
 
 69 mules, two hundred forty and five ; their 
 camels, f oui- hundi-ed thirty and five ; 
 their asses, six thousand seven hundi-ed 
 
 70 and twenty. And some from among 
 the heads of fathers' houses gave unto 
 the work. The Tirshatha gave to the 
 treasury a thousand darics of gold, fifty 
 basons, five hundred and thirty priests' 
 
 71 garments. And some of the heads of 
 fathers' houses gave into the treasurj' 
 of the work twenty thousand darics of 
 gold, and two thousand and two hundred 
 
 72*i)ound of silver. And that which the 
 rest of the people gave was twenty thou- 
 
 sand darics of gold, and two thousand 
 pound of silver, and threescore and 
 
 73 seven priests' garments. So the priests, 
 and the Levites, and the porters, and 
 the singers, and some of the people, 
 and the Nethinim, and all Israel, dwelt 
 in their cities. 
 ^And when the seventh month was 
 come, the chikken of Israel were in 
 
 8 their cities. And all the people gatliered 
 tliemselves together as one man into the 
 broad place that was before the water 
 gate ; and they spake unto Ezra the 
 scribe to brmg the book of the law of 
 Moses, which the Lord had commanded 
 2 to Israel. And Ezra the priest brought 
 the law before the congregation, both 
 men and women, and all that could hear 
 with imderstanding, upon the first day 
 8 of the seventh month. And he read 
 therein before the broad i)lace that was 
 before the water gate ''from early morn- 
 ing until midday, in the presence of 
 the men and the women, and of those 
 that could understand ; and the ears of 
 all the people were attentive mito the 
 
 4 book of the law. And Ezra the scribe 
 stood upon a ''prdpit of wood, which 
 they had made for the pm'j)ose; and 
 beside him stood Mattithiah, and She- 
 ma, and Auaiah, and Uriah, and Hil- 
 kiah, and Maaseiah, on his right hand ; 
 and on his left hand, Pedaiah, and 
 Mishael, and Malchijah, and Hashum, 
 and Hashbaddanah, Zechariah, and 
 
 5 MeshuUam. And Ezra opened the book 
 in the sight of all the people ; (for he 
 was above all the peo^jle ;) and when he 
 
 6 opened it, all the j)eople stood up : and 
 Ezra blessed the Lord, the great God. 
 And all the people answered. Amen, 
 Amen, with the lifting up of then- hands : 
 and they bowed then- heads, and wor- 
 shipped the Lord with then- faces to 
 
 7 the ground. Also Jeshua, and Bani, and 
 Sherebiah, Jamin, Alikub, Shabbethai, 
 Hodiah, Maaseiah, Kelita, Azariah, 
 Jozabad, Hanan, Pelaiah, and the Le- 
 vites, caused the people to imderstand 
 the law: and the people stood in then- 
 
 8 place. And they read in the book, in 
 the law of God, s distinctly; and they 
 gave the sense, ^ so that they understood 
 
 9 the reading. And Nehemiah, which 
 was the Tu-shatha, and Ezra the priest 
 the scribe, and the Levites that taught 
 the people, said unto all the peoijle. 
 This day is holy unto the Lord yom" 
 God; moui'n not, nor weep. For all 
 the people wept, when they heard the 
 
 10 words of the law. Then he said unto 
 them. Go your way, eat the fat, and 
 di-ink the sweet, and send portions unto 
 him for whom nothing is prepared: 
 for this day is holy unto our Lord: 
 neither be ye gi-ieved; for the joy of 
 
 lithe Lord is youi* ^ strength. So the 
 Levites stiUed all the people, saying. 
 Hold your peace, for the day is holy; 
 
 ■'■Sec 
 Ezra 
 iii. 1. 
 
 SHeb. 
 from the 
 light. 
 
 ■JHeb. 
 toiver. 
 
 SOT,mth 
 
 an inter- 
 
 preta- 
 
 tion 
 
 9 Or, and 
 
 caused 
 
 them to 
 
 rtnder- 
 
 stand 
 
 wOr, 
 
 strong 
 hold
 
 372 
 
 N EH EMI AH. 
 
 8. 11. 
 
 lOr. 
 
 closing 
 ft'Stival 
 
 2 Or, let 
 
 /Ju-ni 
 
 bless 
 
 12 neither be ye grieved. And all the 
 jieople went their way to eat, and to 
 drink, and to send portions, and to 
 make great mu-th, because they had 
 vinderstood the words that were de- 
 clared unto them. 
 
 13 And on the second day were gathered 
 together the heads of fathers' houses 
 of aU the people, the priests, and the 
 Levites, unto Ezra the scribe, even to 
 give attention to the words of the 
 
 14 law. And they found written in the 
 law, how that the Lord had command- 
 ed by Moses, that the children of Is- 
 rael should dwell in booths in the feast 
 
 15 of the seventh mouth : and that they 
 should publish and proclaim in all 
 their cities, and in Jerusalem, saying. 
 Go forth unto the moimt, and fetch 
 olive branches, and branches of wild 
 olive, and myrtle branches, and pahn 
 branches, and branches of thick trees, 
 
 16 to make booths, as it is wi-itten. So 
 the people went forth, and brought 
 them, and made themselves booths, 
 every one upon the roof of his house, 
 and in then- courts, and in the courts 
 of the house of God, and Ln the broad 
 place of the water gate, and in the 
 broad place of the gate of Ephraun. 
 
 17 And all the congi-egation of them that 
 were come agam out of the captivity 
 made booths, and dwelt in the booths : 
 lor since the days of Jeshua the son of 
 Nun unto that day had not the children 
 of Israel done so. And there was very 
 
 18 great gladness. Also day by day, from 
 the first day unto the last day, he read 
 in the book of the law of God. And 
 they kept the feast seven days ; and on 
 the eighth day was a i solemn assembly, 
 according unto the oi'dinance. 
 
 Q Now in the twenty and fourth day of 
 this month the chihlren of Israel were 
 assembled with fasting, and with sack- 
 
 2 cloth, and earth upon them. And the 
 seed of Israel separated themselves 
 from all strangers, and stood and con- 
 fessed their sms, and the iniquities of 
 
 3 their fathers. And they stood up in their 
 j)lace, and read in the book of the law 
 of the Lord their God a fourth part of 
 the day; and another fom-th part they 
 confessed, and worshii>ped the Lord 
 
 4 their God. Then stood up upon the 
 stau's of the Levites, Jeshua, and Bani, 
 liadmiel, Shebaniah, Buuni, Sherebiah, 
 Bani, and Chenani, and cried with a 
 loud voice unto the Lord their God. 
 
 5 Then the Levites, Jeshua, and Kadmicl, 
 Bani, Hashabneiah, Sherebiah, Hodiah, 
 Shebaniah, and Pethahiah, said, Stand 
 up and bless the Lord your God from 
 everlasting to everlasting : and ^blessed 
 be thy glorious name, which is exalted 
 
 6 above aU blessmg and praise. Thou art 
 the Lord, even thou alone ; thou hast 
 made heaven, the heaven of heavens, 
 with all their host, the earth and all 
 
 things that are thereon, the seas and all 
 that is in them, and thou preservest 
 them all ; and the host of heaven wor- 
 Vshippeth thee. Thou art ^the Lord 
 the God, who didst choose Abram, and 
 broughtest him forth out of Ur of the 
 Oialdees, and gavest him the name of 
 
 8 Abraham ; and f oundest his heart faith- 
 ful before thee, and madest a coven- 
 ant with him to give the land of the 
 Canaanite, the Hittite, the Amorite, 
 and the Perizzite, and the Jebusite, and 
 the Girgashite, even to give it unto his 
 seed, and hast performed thy words; 
 
 9 for thou art righteous. And thou saw- 
 est the affliction of our fathers in E- 
 gyjit, and heardest their cry by the Eed 
 
 10 Sea ; and shewedst signs and wonders 
 upon Pharaoh, and on all his servants, 
 and on aU thei)eople of his land ; for thou 
 kue west that they dealt iiroudly against 
 them; and didst get thee a name, as 
 
 11 it is this day. And thou didst divide 
 the sea before them, so that they went 
 through the midst of the sea on the 
 dry land ; and their pursuers thou didst 
 cast into the depths, as a stone into 
 
 12 the mighty waters. Moreover thou 
 leddest them in a pUlar of cloud by 
 day ; and in a pillar of fire by night, to 
 give them light in the way wherein they 
 
 13 should go. Thou earnest down also upon 
 mount Suiai, and spakest with them 
 from heaven, and gavest them right 
 judgements and true laws, good statutes 
 
 14 and commandments : and madest known 
 unto them thy holy sabbath, and com- 
 mandedst them commandments, and 
 statutes, and a law, by the hand of 
 
 15 Moses thy servant: and gavest them 
 bread from heaven for then- hmiger, 
 and broughtest forth water for them 
 out of the rock for then- thirst, and 
 commandedst them that they should 
 go in to jjossess the land which thou 
 hadst lifted wp thine hand to give them. 
 
 16 But they and our fathers dealt proudly, 
 and hardened their neck, and heark- 
 
 17ened not to thy commandments, and 
 refused to obey, neither were mindful 
 of thy wonders that thou didst among 
 them; but hardened their neck, *and 
 in their rebellion apj)ointed a captain 
 to return to their bondage: but thou 
 art 5 a God ready to pardon, gracious 
 and full of compassion, slow to anger, 
 and ijlenteous in mercy, and forsook- 
 
 18 est them not. Yea, when they had 
 made them a molten calf, and said, 
 This is thy God that brought thee np 
 out of Egypt, and had wrought great 
 
 19 provocations ; yet thou in thy mani- 
 fold mercies forsookest them not in 
 the wUdemess: the pillar of cloud 
 departed not from over them by day, 
 to lead them in the way; neither the 
 pillar of fire by night, to shew them 
 light, and the way wherein they should 
 
 20 go. Thou gavest also thy good spirit to
 
 10. 28. 
 
 NEIIEMIAH. 
 
 373 
 
 1 Or, and 
 dfdst 
 dis- 
 tribute 
 thein in- 
 to every 
 cornier 
 
 2Heb. 
 
 theygave 
 a stub- 
 born 
 s?tu ai- 
 der. 
 
 instruct them, auil witblielclcst not tliy 
 manna from tli<;ir mouth, and gavost 
 
 21 thorn water for their tliiist. Yea, forty 
 years didst thou sustain tlicm in the 
 wilderness, and tliey kicked nothiuj,'; 
 their clotlies waxed not ohl, and theii' 
 
 22 feet swelled not. Moreover thou gavest 
 them liiiigdoms and peoples, i which 
 thou didst allot after then- portions : so 
 they possessed the land of Sihon, even 
 the laud of the king of Heshbon, and 
 
 23 the land of Og kuig of Bashan. Their 
 chUdreu also multipUedst thou as the 
 stars of heaven, and broughtest them in- 
 to the land, concerning which thou didst 
 say to their fathers, that they should 
 
 24 go in to i)ossess it. So the children 
 went in and possessed the land, and 
 thou subduedst before them the inhab- 
 itants of the land, the Canaanites, and 
 gavest them into theu' hands, with their 
 kings, and the peoples of the land, that 
 they might do with them as they would. 
 
 25 And they took fenced cities, and a fat 
 land, and possessed houses full of all 
 good things, cisterns hewn out, vine- 
 yards, and oliveyards, and fruit trees in 
 abimdance : so they did eat, and were 
 filled, and became fat, and delighted 
 themselves in thy gi-eat goodness. 
 
 26 Nevertheless they were disobedient, 
 and rebelled against thee, and cast thy 
 law behind their back, and slew thy i)ro- 
 phets which testlhed against them to 
 tm'u them again unto thee, and they 
 
 27 wrought great provocations. Therefore 
 thou deliveredst them into the hand of 
 their adversaries, who distressed them : 
 and in the time of then- trouble, when 
 they cried unto thee, thouheardest from 
 heaven ; and according to thy manifold 
 mercies thou gavest them saviours who 
 saved them out of the hand of their 
 
 28 adversaries. But after they had rest, 
 they did evU again before thee : there- 
 fore leftest thou them in the hand of 
 their enemies, so that they had the 
 dominion over them: yet when they 
 returned, and cried mito thee, thou 
 heardest from heaven ; and many times 
 didst thou deliver them according to thy 
 
 29 mercies ; and testifiedst against thenn, 
 that thou mightest bring them again 
 imto thy law : yet they dealt proudly, 
 and hearkened not unto thy command- 
 ments, but sinned against thy judge- 
 ments, (which if a man do, he shall live 
 in them,) and ^ withdrew the shoulder, 
 and hardened their neck, and would 
 
 30 not hear. Yet many years didst thou 
 bear with them, and testifiedst against 
 them by thy sjiu-it through thy prophets: 
 yet would they not give ear : therefore 
 gavest thou them into the hand of the 
 
 31 peoples of the lands. Nevertheless in 
 thy manifold mercies thou didst not 
 make a full end of them, nor forsake 
 them ; for thou art a gracious and mer- 
 
 32ciful God. Now therefore, our God, 
 
 the great, the mighty, and the terri- 
 ble God, who kecpest covenant and 
 mercy, let not all tlio travail seem 
 little before thee, tliat hatli come up- 
 on us, on our kings, on our princes, 
 and on our priests, and on our pro- 
 phets, and on our fathers, and on all 
 thy people, since the time of the kings 
 
 33 of Assyria unto this day. Howbeit 
 thou art just in all that is come upon 
 us ; for thou hast dealt truly, but we 
 
 34 have done wickedly : neither have our 
 kings, our princes, om- jjriests, nor our 
 fathers, kept thy law, nor hearkened 
 unto thj' conunandments and thy test- 
 imonies, wherewith thou didst testi- 
 
 35 fy against them. For they have not 
 served thee in their kingdom, and in 
 thy great goodness that thou gavest 
 them, and in the large and fat land 
 which thou gavest before them, nei- 
 ther tm-ned they from their wicked 
 
 36 works. Behold, we are servants this 
 day, and as for the land that thou 
 gavest unto our fathers to eat the 
 fruit thereof and the good thereof, 
 
 37 behold, we are servants in it. And it 
 jaeldeth much increase mi to the kmgs 
 whom thou hast set over us because 
 of our sins : also they have power 
 over our bodies, and over our cattle, 
 at theu' pleasure, and we are in great 
 
 38 distress. And °jet for all this we 
 make a *sure covenant, and ^^Tite it; 
 and our princes, om- Levites, and our 
 Ijriests, ^ seal mito it. 
 
 10 Now those that sealed wei'e, Nehem- 
 iah the Tirshatha, the son of Hacal- 
 
 2 iah, and Zedekiah ; Seraiah, Azariah, 
 
 3 Jeremiah ; Pashhm-, Amariah, IMalchi- 
 4jah; Hattush, Shebaniah, MaDuch; 
 
 5, 6 Harim, Meremoth, Obadiah ; Daniel, 
 
 7 GLunethou, Baruch ; MeshuUam, Abi- 
 
 Bjah, Mijamin; Maaziah, Bilgai, She- 
 
 9 maiah : these were the priests. And 
 
 the Levites : namely, Jeshua the son 
 
 of Azaniah, Binnui of the sons of He- 
 
 10 nadad, Kadmiel ; and their brethren, 
 
 Shebaniah, Hodiah, Kehta, Pelaiah, 
 
 llHanan; Mica, Kehob, Hashabiah; 
 
 l2,i:>Zaccur, Sherebiah, Shebaniah; Ho- 
 
 14 diah, Bani, Benmu. The chiefs of the 
 people : Parosh, Pahath-moab, Elam, 
 
 15 Zattu, Bani ; Bmmi, Azgad, Bebai ; 
 10, 17 Adonijah, Bigvai, Adin ; Ater, Hezek- 
 
 18 iah, Azzur; Hodiah, Hashmu, Bezai; 
 19,20Hariph,Anathoth,6Nobai;Magi)iash, 
 
 21 MeshuUam, Hezu-; Meshezabel, Za- 
 
 22 dok, Jaddua ; Pelatiah, Hanan, Ana- 
 23 iah; Hoshea, Hauaniah, Hasshub; 
 
 24,25 Hallohesh, PiUia, Shobek; Piehum, 
 26Hashabnah, Maaseiah; and Ahiah, 
 
 27 Hanan, Anan ; Malluch, Harim, Ba- 
 
 28 anah. And the rest of the people, the 
 priests, the Levites, the porters, the 
 suigers, the Nethinim, and all they 
 that had separated themselves from 
 the peoples of the lands unto the law 
 of God, their wives, their sons, and 
 
 [Ch. X. 1 
 ui Heb. i 
 3 Or. be- 
 cause of 
 •lOr, 
 /aithful 
 5 Hcb. 
 are at 
 the 
 sealing. 
 
 6Another 
 reading
 
 374 
 
 NEHEMIAH. 
 
 10. 28. 
 
 1 See Ex. 
 xxiii. 10, 
 11. 
 
 2 See 
 Deut. 
 XV. 1, 2. 
 
 3 Or. 
 
 coarse 
 meal 
 
 i Or, the 
 vintage 
 
 their daughters, every one that had 
 •29 knowledge and understanding; they 
 clave to their brethren, theirnobles, and 
 entered into a curse, and into an oath, 
 to walk m God's law, which was given 
 by Moses the servant of God, and to 
 observe and do aU the commandments 
 of the LoED our Lord, and his judge- 
 SOmeuts and his statutes; and that we 
 would not give our daughters unto the 
 peoples of the land, nor take their 
 
 31 daughters for our sons : and if the peo- 
 ples of the land bring ware or any 
 victuals on the sabbath day to sell, 
 that we would not buy of them on the 
 sabbath, or on a holy day : and tliat we 
 would forgo the i seventh year, and the 
 
 32 '''exaction of every debt. Also we made 
 ordinances for us, to charge ourselves 
 yearly with the third part of a shekel 
 for the service of the house of our 
 
 33 God ; for the shewbread, and for the 
 continual meal offering, and for the 
 continual burnt offermg, of the sab- 
 baths, of the new moons, for the set 
 feasts, and for the holy things, and for 
 the sin offerings to make atonement 
 for Israel, and for all the work of the 
 
 34 house of our God. And we cast lots, 
 the priests, the Levites, and the peo- 
 ple, for the wood offeiing, to bring it 
 into the house of our God, according 
 to our fathers' houses, at times appoint- 
 ed, year by year, to burn upon the altar 
 of the LoBD our God, as it is written 
 
 3,5 in the law : and to bring the flrstfraits 
 of our ground, and the flrstfruits of all 
 fruit of all manner of trees, year by 
 
 36 year, unto the house of the Lord : also 
 the firstborn of our sons, and of our 
 cattle, as it is written in the law, and 
 the firstlings of our herds and of our 
 flocks, to bring to the house of our 
 God, unto the priests that minister in 
 
 37 the house of our God: and that we 
 should bring the firstfruits of our 
 8 dough, and our heave offerings, and 
 the fruit of aU manner of trees, * the 
 wine and the oil, unto the priests, to 
 the chambers of the house of our God ; 
 and the tithes of our ground unto the 
 Levites; for they, the Levites, take 
 the tithes in all the cities of our tillage. 
 
 38 And the priest the son of Aaron shall 
 be with the Levites, when the Levites 
 take tithes : and the Levites shall bring 
 up the tithe of the tithes mito the house 
 of our God, to the chambers, into the 
 
 39 treasiu'e house. For the children of 
 Israel and the children of Le\i shall 
 bring the heave offering of the corn, 
 of *the wine, and of the oil, unto the 
 chambers, where are the vessels of 
 the sanctuary, and the priests that 
 minister, and the porters, and the 
 suigers: and we will not forsake the 
 house of our God. 
 
 11 And the princes of the people dwelt in 
 Jerusalem : the rest of the people also 
 
 cast lots, to bring one of ten to dwell in 
 Jerusalem the holy city, and nine parts 
 
 2 in the other cities. And the people 
 blessed all the men that willmgly of- 
 fered themselves to dwell in Jerusalem. 
 
 S^Now these are the chiefs of the pro- 
 vince that dwelt in Jerusalem : but in 
 the cities of Judah dwelt every one in 
 his possession in their cities, to rcit, 
 Israel, the priests, and the Levites, and 
 the Nethinim, and the children of Solo- 
 
 4 moil's servants. And in Jerusalem 
 dwelt certam of the chilflren of Judah, 
 and of the children of Benjamm. Of 
 the children of Judah : Athaiah the son 
 of Uzziah, the son of Zechariah, the 
 son of Amariah, the son of Shephatiah, 
 the son of Mahalalel, of the children of 
 
 5 Perez ; and Maaseiah the son of Baruch, 
 the son of Col-hozeh, the son of Hazaiah, 
 the son of Adaiah, the son of Joiarib, 
 the son of Zechariah, the son of the 
 
 6 Shilonite. All the sons of Perez that 
 dwelt in Jerusalem were four hundi'ed 
 
 7 thi'eescore and eight vaUant men. And 
 these are the sons of Benjamin : Sallu 
 the son of MeshuUam, the son of Joed, 
 the son of Pedaiah, the son of Kolaiah, 
 the son of Maaseiah, the son of Ithiel, 
 
 8 the son of Jeshaiah. And after him 
 Gabbai, Sallai, nine hundred twenty 
 
 9 and eight. And Joel the son of Zichri 
 was their overseer : and Judah the son 
 of Hassenuah was second over the 
 
 10 city. Of the priests: Jedaiah the son 
 
 11 of Joiarib, Jachin, Seraiah the son of 
 Hilkiah, the son of MeshuUam, the son 
 of Zadok, the son of Meraioth, the son 
 of Aliitub, the ruler of the house of 
 
 12 God, and then- brethren that did the 
 work of the house, eight hundred 
 twenty and two : and Adaiah the son of 
 Jeroham, the son of PelaUah, the son 
 of Anizi, the son of Zechariah, the son of 
 
 13 Pashhur, the son of Malchijah, and his 
 brethren, chiefs of fathers' houses, two 
 hmidred forty and two : and Amashsai 
 the son of Azarel, the son of Ahzai, 
 the son of Meshillemoth, the son of 
 
 14Imnier, and their brethren, mighty 
 men of valour, an hundred twenty 
 and eight: and their overseer was 
 
 15 Zabdiel, "the son of Haggedolim. And 
 of the Levites: Shemaiah the son of 
 Hasshub, the son of Azrikam, the son 
 
 16 of Hashabiah, the son of Bunni ; and 
 Shabbethai and Jozabad, of the chiefs 
 of the Levites, who had the oversight 
 of the outward business of the house 
 
 17 of God; and Mattaniah the son of 
 Mica, the son of Zabdi, the son of 
 Asaph, who was the chief to begin the 
 thanksgiving in prayer, and Bakbuk- 
 iah, the second among his brethi-en; 
 and Abda the son of Shammua, the 
 
 18 son of Galal, the son of Jeduthun. All 
 the Levites in the holy city were two 
 
 19 hundred fourscore and foui-. Moreover 
 the porters, Akkub, Talnion, and their
 
 12. 37. 
 
 NEHEMIAH. 
 
 375 
 
 1 Or. II 
 sure or- 
 diiiniti't'. 
 concfrii- 
 
 2 Ilch. 
 
 dau'jh- 
 
 tt-rs. 
 
 3 Or, Ge- 
 
 haha- 
 rashim 
 See 
 1 Chr. 
 iv. 14. 
 
 1 Or, tho 
 choirs 
 
 •'Another 
 reading 
 is, 
 Aielicu. 
 
 brctlu-cn, that kept watch at the 
 patcH, were an huncbed seventy and 
 '20 two. And tho residue of Isracd, of the 
 priests, the Levites, were m all the 
 cities of Judah, every one in his ui- 
 
 21 heritance. But the Nethhiini dwelt in 
 Ophel : and Ziha and Gishpa were over 
 
 22 the Netlnnini. Tho overseer also of 
 the Levites at Jerusalem was Uzzi the 
 son of Bani, the son of Hashabiah, the 
 son of Mattaniah, the son of Mica, of 
 the sons of Asaph, the singers, over the 
 
 23 busmess of the house of God. For tliere 
 was a commandment from the king 
 concerning them, and ^a settled pro- 
 vision for the singers, as every day re- 
 
 21 quued. And Pethahiah the son of Me- 
 shezabel, of the children of Zerah the 
 son of Judah, was at the king's hand 
 in all matters concerning the people. 
 
 25 And for the villages, with their fields, 
 some of the children of Judah dwelt 
 in Kiriath-arba and the 2 towns there- 
 of, and in Dibon and the '^ towns there- 
 of, and in Jekabzeel and the villages 
 
 26 thereof ; and in Jeshua, and in Moladah, 
 
 27 and Beth-pelet; and in Hazar-shual, 
 and in Beer-sheba and the 2 towns there- 
 
 28 of; and in Ziklag, and in Meconah 
 29 and in the 2 towns thereof; and in En- 
 rimmou, and in Zorah, and in Jarmuth ; 
 SOZanoah, AduUam, and then- villages, 
 Lachish and the fields thereof, Aze- 
 kah and the 2 towns thereof. So they 
 encamped from Beer-sheba unto the 
 
 31 valley of Hiimom. The children of 
 Benjamin also dwelt from Geba oti- 
 ivard, at Michmash and Aija, and at 
 
 32 Beth-el and the 2 towns thereof ; at Ana- 
 
 33 thoth, Nob, Auaniah ; Hazor, Eamah, 
 34Gittaim; Hadid, Zeboim, Neballat; 
 
 35 Lod, and Ono, s the valley of craftsmen. 
 
 36 And of the Levites, certain coui-ses 
 in Judah were joined to Benjamin. 
 
 12 Now these are the priests and the 
 
 Levites that went up with Zerubbabel 
 
 the son of Shealtiel, and Jeshua : Se- 
 
 2 raiah, Jeremiah, Ezra ; Amariah, Mal- 
 
 3luch, Hattush; Shecaniah, Kehum, 
 
 4Meremoth; Iddo, Ginnethoi, Abijah; 
 
 .'j.fl Mijamin, Maadiah, Bilgah ; Shemaiah, 
 
 7 and Joiarib, Jedaiah ; Sallu, Amok, Hil- 
 kiah, Jedaiah. These were the chiefs 
 of the priests and of their brethren in 
 
 8 the days of Jeshua. Moreover the Le- 
 vites: Jeshua, Biunui, Kadmiel, She- 
 rebiah, Judah, and Mattaniah, which 
 was over ^ the thanksgiving, he and his 
 
 9 brethren. Also Bakbukiah and Umio, 
 their brethren, were over against them 
 
 10 in wards. And Jeshua begat Joiakim, 
 and Joiakim begat Eliashib, and Elia- 
 
 11 shib begat Joiada, and Joiada begat Jo- 
 nathan, and Jonathan begat Jaddua. 
 
 12 And in the days of Joiakim were priests, 
 heads of fathers' houses: of Seraiah, 
 
 13Meraiah; of Jeremiah, Hananiah; of 
 
 Ezra, MeshuUam; of Amariah, Jeho- 
 
 14 hanan ; of ^ Malluchi, Jonathan ; of She- 
 
 15bauiah, Joseph; of Haruu, Adna; of 
 KlMeraioth, Helkai; of Iddo, Z(!chariah; 
 
 17 of Gimietlion, Meshullani ; of Alnjah, 
 Zicthri; of Minianiiii, of Moadiah, I'il- 
 
 18 tai ; of Bilgah, Bhanunua ; of Hhe- 
 19maiah, Jehonathan; and of Joiarih, 
 20Matteuai; of Jedaiah, Uzzi; of SaUai, 
 21Kallai; of Amok, Eber; of Hilkiah, 
 22 Hashabiah; of Jedaiah., Nethanel. The 
 
 Levites in the days of Eliashib, Joiada, 
 and Johauan, and Jaddua, were record- 
 ed heads of fathers' houses: also the 
 priests, ^in tho reign of Darius the 
 
 23 Persian. The sons of Levi, heads of 
 fathers' houses, were written m the 
 book of the chronicles, even until the 
 days of Johauan the son of Eliashilj. 
 
 24 And the chiefs of the Levites : Hashab- 
 iah, Sherebiah, and Jeshua the sou of 
 Kadmiel, with their brethren over a- 
 gainst them, to i)raise and give thanks, 
 according to the commanikueut of 
 David the man of God, ward against 
 
 25 ward. Mattaniah, and Bakbukiah, 
 Obadiah, MeshuUam, Tahnon, Akkub, 
 were porters keeping the ward at the 
 
 26 storehouses of the gates. These were in 
 the days of Joiakim the son of Jeshua, 
 the son of Jozadak, and in the days of 
 Nehemiah the governor, and of Ezra 
 the priest the scribe. 
 
 27 Arid at the dedication of the wall of 
 Jerusalem they sought the Levites out 
 of all their places, to bring them to Je- 
 rusalem, to keep the dedication with 
 gladness, both with thanksgivmgs, and 
 with singmg, with cymltals, psalteries, 
 
 28 and with harps. And the sons of the 
 singers gathered themselves together, 
 both out of the ^ plain round about Je- 
 rusalem, and from the villages of the 
 
 29 Netoijhathites ; also from Beth-gilgal, 
 and out of the fields of Geba and Az- 
 maveth: for the singers had buUded 
 them villages round about Jerusalem. 
 
 30 And the priests and the Levites pm-ified 
 themselves ; and they pm-ified the peo- 
 
 31 pie, and the gates, and the wall. Then I 
 brought up the princes of Judah upon 
 the wall, and appointed two great com- 
 panies that gave thanks and went in 
 procession; ivhereof one went on the 
 right hand upon the wall toward the 
 
 32 dung gate: and after them went Ho- 
 shaiah, and half of the princes of Judah, 
 
 33 and Azariah, Ezra, and MeshuUam, 
 
 34 Judah, and Benjamin, and Shemaiah, 
 
 35 and Jeremiah, and certam of the priests' 
 sons with trumpets : Zechariah the son 
 of Jonathan, the son of Shemaiah, the 
 son of Mattaniah, the son of Micaiah, 
 the son of Zaccur, the sou of Asaph ; 
 
 36 and his brethren, Shemaiah, and Az- 
 arel, Milalai, Gilalai, Maai, Nethanel, 
 and Judah, Hanani, vnt\\ the musical 
 instruments of David the man of God ; 
 and Ezra the scribe was before them : 
 
 37 and by the fountam gate, and straight 
 before them, they went up by the 
 
 c Or, to 
 
 7 Or, 
 Circuit
 
 376 
 
 NEHEMIAH. 
 
 12. 37. 
 
 I Or, Tl'< 
 hundred 
 
 2 Or, 
 dcpatk-9 
 
 3Heh. of 
 the Imo. 
 
 4Heb. 
 stood. 
 
 SAn other 
 readiui^ 
 is, thtre 
 were 
 chiefs. 
 
 6Heh. 
 chntit- 
 bcr. 
 
 stairs of the city of David, at the go- 
 ing up of the wall, above the house of 
 David, even uiito the water gate east- 
 
 38 ward. And the other comijany of them 
 that gave thanks went to meet them, 
 and I after them, with the half of the 
 people, upon the wall, above the tower 
 of the furnaces, even unto the broad 
 
 39 wall ; and aliove the gate of Ephi-aim, 
 and by the old gate, and by the fish 
 gate, and the tower of Hananel, and 
 the tower of iHanuneah, even unto 
 the sheep gate : and they stood still in 
 
 40 the gate of the guard. So stood the 
 two companies of them that gave 
 tlianks in the house of God, and I, and 
 
 41 the half of the 2 rulers with me: and 
 tlie in-iests, Eliakini, Maaseiah, Minia- 
 min, Micaiah, Elioenai, Zechariah, and 
 
 42 Hauaniah, with trumpets ; and Maase- 
 iah, and Shemaiah, and Eleazar, and 
 Uzzi, and Jehohanan, and Malchijah, 
 and Elam, and Ezer. And the singers 
 sang loud, with Jezrahiah their over- 
 
 43 seer. And they offered great sacri- 
 fices that day, and rejoiced; for God 
 had made them rejoice with gi-eat joy; 
 and the women also and the children 
 rejoiced: so that the joy of Jerusalem 
 was heard even afar olf. 
 
 44 And on that day were men appoint- 
 ed over the chambers for the trea- 
 sures, for the heave offerings, for the 
 fii-stfruits, and for the tithes, to gather 
 into them, accordmg to the fields of 
 the cities, the portions s appointed by 
 the law for the priests and Levites: 
 for Judah rejoiced for the priests and 
 
 45 for the Levites that * waited. And 
 tliey kept the ward of their God, and 
 the ward of the pmiflcation, and so did 
 the singers and the porters, according 
 to the commandment of David, and of 
 
 46 Solomon his son. For in the days of 
 David and Asaph of old ^ there was a 
 chief of the smgers, and songs of praise 
 
 47 and thanksgiving mito God. And all 
 Israel in the days of Zerubbabel, and 
 in the days of Nehemiah, gave the 
 portions of the singeis and the porters, 
 as every day requu-ed : and they sancti- 
 fied for the Levites; and the Levites 
 sanctified for the sous of Aaron. 
 
 13 On that day they read in the book 
 of Moses in the audience of the people ; 
 and therein was f omid written, that an 
 Ammonite and a Moabite should not 
 enter into the assembly of God for 
 
 2 ever ; because they met not the child- 
 ren of Israel with bread and with water, 
 but hu-ed Balaam agamst thein, to 
 curse them: howbeit our God turned 
 
 3 the cui'se into a blessing. And it came 
 to pass, when they had heard the law, 
 that they separated from Israel all 
 the mixed multitude. 
 
 4 Now before this, Eliashib the priest, 
 who was a2ii)ointed over the ^ chambers 
 of the house of our God, being aUied uu- 
 
 5 to Tobiah, had prej)ared for him a great 
 chamber, where aforetime they laid the 
 meal offerings, the frankincense, and 
 the vessels, and the tithes of the corn, 
 the wine, and the oil, which were given 
 by commandment to the Levites, and 
 the suigers, and the porters; and the 
 
 6 heave offerings for the priests. But in 
 all this time I was not at Jerusalem : 
 for in the two and thirtieth year of 
 Artaxerxes kmg of Babylon I went 
 luito the king, and after certain days 
 
 7 asked I leave of the king : and I came 
 to Jerusalem, and understood of the 
 evil that Eliashib had done for Tobiah, 
 in prei^ariug him a chamber in the 
 
 8 courts of the house of God. And it 
 grieved me sore : therefore I cast forth 
 all the household stuff of Tobiah out 
 
 9 of the chamber. Then I commanded, 
 and they cleansed the chambers : and 
 thither brought I again the vessels of 
 the house of God, with the meal offer- 
 
 10 ings and the frankincense. And I per- 
 ceived that the portions of the Levites 
 had not been given them ; so that the 
 Levites and the singers, that did the 
 work, were fled every one to his field. 
 
 11 Then contended I with the ^ rulers, 
 and said, Why is the house of God for- 
 saken ? And I gathered them together, 
 
 12 and set them m their place. Then 
 brought all Judah the tithe of the corn 
 and the wine and the oil unto the trea- 
 
 13*uries. And I made treasurers over the 
 treasuries, Shelemiah the priest, and 
 Zadok the scribe, and of the Levites, 
 Pedaiah : and next to them was Hanau 
 the son of Zaccm', the son of Mattan- 
 iah: for they were counted faithful, 
 and then- busmess was to distribute im- 
 
 14 to their brethren. Eemember me, 
 my God, concernmg this, and wipe not 
 out my ''good deeds that I have done 
 for the house of my God, and for the 
 observances thereof. 
 
 15 In those days saw I in Judah some 
 treadmg winepresses on the sabbath, 
 and bringing in ^ sheaves, and lading 
 asses therewith ; as also wme, grapes, 
 and figs, and all manner of burdens, 
 which they brought into Jerusalem on 
 the sabbath day : and I testified agaitist 
 them in the day wherein they sold vict- 
 
 IGuals. There dwelt men of Tyi'e also 
 therein, which brought in fish, and all 
 maimer of ware, and sold on the sab- 
 bath unto the children of Judah, and m 
 
 17 Jerusalem. Then I contended with the 
 nobles of Judah, and said unto them. 
 What evil thing is this that ye do, and 
 
 18 profane the sabbath day ? Did not your 
 fathers thus, and did not our God bring 
 all this evil upon us, and upon this city ? 
 yet ye brmg more wrath uj)on Israel by 
 
 19 profaning the sabbath. And it came to 
 pass that, when the gates of Jerusalem 
 began to be dark before the sabbath, I 
 commanded that the doors should be
 
 1. 15. 
 
 ESTHER. 
 
 377 
 
 1 Ileb. 
 
 bvj'ore. 
 
 !Heb. 
 
 Jind 
 
 made to 
 dmvll 
 with 
 them. 
 
 3 Or, 
 
 reviled 
 
 I Or, 
 
 Xerxes 
 Heb. 
 
 .{hash- 
 verosk. 
 
 '^Or, 
 castle 
 
 ^ Or, fine 
 cloth, 
 white 
 and blue 
 
 *0t, 
 
 cotton 
 
 5 Or, 0/ 
 por- 
 pJit/ry, 
 and 
 white 
 marble, 
 and ala- 
 baster, 
 and 
 stone 
 of blue 
 colour 
 e Heb. 
 hand. 
 
 slmt, and commancled that they should 
 not lie opened till after the sabbath: 
 and some of my servants set I over 
 the gates, that there should no burdcni 
 
 20 be brought in on the sabbath day. So 
 the merchants and sellers of all kind 
 of ware lodged without Jerusalem once 
 
 21 or twice. Then I testified agauist them, 
 and said unto them, Why lodge ye 
 
 1 about the wall? if ye do so again, I 
 will lay hands on you. From that 
 time forth came they no more on the 
 
 '22 sabbath. And I commanded the Levites 
 that they should purify themselves, 
 and that they should come and keep 
 the gates, to sanctify the sabbath day. 
 Kemember unto me, O my God, this 
 also, and spare me according to the 
 greatness of thy mercy. 
 
 23 In those days also saw I the Jews that 
 
 2 had married women of Ashdod, of 
 
 24 Amnion, and oi Moab: and their child- 
 ren spake half in the speech of Ashdod, 
 and could not speak in the Jews' lan- 
 guage, but according to the language 
 
 25 of each people. And I contended with 
 them, and ^ cursed them, and smote 
 
 certain of theui, and plucked off their 
 hair, and made them swear l)y God, 
 sai/inr/, Ye shall not give your daughters 
 unto their sons, nor take their daughters 
 2G for your sons, or for yourselves. Did 
 not Solomon king of Israel sin by these 
 things'? yet among many nations was 
 there no king like him, and he was l)e- 
 loved of his God, and God made him 
 king over all Israel : nevertheless even 
 him did strange women cause to sin. 
 
 27 Shall we then hearken unto you to do 
 all this great evil, to trespass against 
 our God in marrying strange women? 
 
 28 And one of the sons of Joiada, the son 
 of Eliashib the high priest, was son in 
 law to Sanballat the Horonite : there- 
 
 29 fore I chased him from me. Kemember 
 them, O my God, * because they have 
 defiled the priesthood, and the coven- 
 ant of the priesthood, and of the Le- 
 
 30 vites. Thus cleansed I them from ^ all 
 strangers, and api^ointed wards for the 
 priests and for the Levites, every one in 
 
 31 his work ; and for the wood offermg, at 
 times appointed, and for the fir-stfruits. 
 Kemember me, my God, for good. 
 
 THE 
 
 BOOK OF ESTHEE. 
 
 1 Now it came to pass m the days of 
 lAliasuerus, (this is Ahasuerus which 
 reigned, from India even unto Ethiopia, 
 over an hundi-ed and seven and twenty 
 
 2 provinces:) that in those days, when 
 the king Aiiasuerus sat on the throne 
 of his kingdom, which was in Shushan 
 
 3 the 2palace, in the third year of his 
 reign, he made a feast mito all his 
 lirinces and his servants; the power 
 of Persia and Media, the nobles and 
 princes of the provinces, being before 
 
 4 him: when he shewed the riches of 
 his glorious kingdom and the honour 
 of his excellent majesty many days, 
 even an hundi-ed and four-score da3fs. 
 
 5 And when these days were fulfilled, 
 the king made a feast unto all the peo- 
 ple that were present in Shushan the 
 palace, both gi-eat and small, seven 
 days, in the court of the garden of the 
 
 6 king's palace; there tcere hangings of 
 8 white cloth, of * green, and of blue, 
 fastened with cords of fine Imen and 
 purple to silver rings and pLUars of mar- 
 ble : the couches were of gold and sil- 
 ver, upon a pavement ^of red, and white, 
 
 7 and yellow, and black marble. And 
 they gave them drink in vessels of gold, 
 (the vessels being diverse one from 
 another,) and royal wine in abundance, 
 according to the 6 bounty of the king. 
 
 8 And the di-inking was accordmg to the 
 law; none could compel: for so the 
 king had appointed to all the ofScers 
 of his house, that they should do ac- 
 
 9 cording to every man's pleasure. Also 
 Vashti the queen made a feast for the 
 women in the royal house which be- 
 
 10 longed to king Ahasuerus. On the 
 seventh day, when the heart of the 
 king was merry with wine, he command- 
 ed Mehuman, Biztha, Harbona, Bigtha, 
 and Abagtha, Zethar, and Carcas, the 
 seven 'chamberlains that ministered 
 in the presence of Ahasuerus the king, 
 
 11 to bring Vashti the queen before the 
 king with the crown royal, to shew the 
 peoples and the princes her beauty: 
 
 12 for she was fair to look on. But the 
 queen Vashti refused to come at the 
 king's commandment by the chamber- 
 lains: therefore was the king very 
 wroth, and his anger burned in him. 
 
 13 Then the king said to the wise men, 
 which knew the times, (for so was the 
 king's manner toward all that knew 
 
 14 law and judgement ; and the next unto 
 him was Carshena, Shethar, Admatha, 
 Tarshish, Meres, Marsena, and Memu- 
 can, the seven princes of Persia and 
 Media, which saw the king's face, and 
 
 15 sat first in the kingdom :) What shall we 
 do unto the queen Vashti according to 
 
 i Heb. 
 for the 
 defillngs 
 of&c. 
 
 6 Or, 
 every 
 thing 
 stratige 
 
 7 Or, 
 
 eunuchs 
 (and so 
 in ver.l2, 
 &c.)
 
 378 
 
 ESTHER. 
 
 1. 15. 
 
 lOr, 
 teil it 
 
 2 Or, 
 enuugh 
 
 3Heb. 
 
 that it 
 pass not 
 away. 
 
 4Heb. 
 unto Iwr 
 com- 
 panion. 
 
 5Heb. 
 Eege. 
 
 "Ill 
 2 KiiiKS 
 xxiv. (5, 
 Jchola- 
 chin. 
 
 law, because she bath not done the 
 bidding of the king Ahasuerus by 
 
 16 the chamberlains ? And Memucan an- 
 swered before the king and the princes, 
 Vasliti the queen hath not done wrong 
 to the king only, but also to all the 
 prmces, and to all the peoples that 
 are m all the provinces of the king 
 
 17 Ahasuerus. For this deed of the queen 
 shall come abroad unto all women, to 
 make then- husbands contemptible in 
 their eyes, when it shall be reported. 
 The king Ahasuerus commanded Vash- 
 ti the queen to be brought in before 
 
 18 hun, but she came not. And this day 
 shall the princesses of Persia and 
 Media which have heard of the deed 
 of the queen i say the like unto all the 
 king's princes. So shall there arise 
 
 19 2 much contempt and wrath. If it 
 please the king, let there go forth a 
 royal commandment from him, and let 
 it be written among the laws of the 
 Persians and tlie Medes, sthat it be 
 not altered, that Vashti come no more 
 before king Ahasuerus; and let the 
 king give her royal estate ^unto an- 
 
 20 other that is better tliau she. And when 
 the king's decree which he shall make 
 shall be pubUshed throughout all his 
 kingdom, (for it is great,) all the wives 
 shall give to their husbands honom% 
 
 21 both to gi-eat and small. And the say- 
 ing pleased the king and the princes ; 
 and the king did according to the word 
 
 22 of Memucan: for he sent letters into 
 all the king's provinces, into every pro- 
 vince according to the writing thereof, 
 and to every people after theu- lan- 
 guage, that every man should bear 
 rule ia his own house, and should 
 publish it according to the language 
 of his people. 
 
 2 After these things, when the wrath of 
 king Aliasuerus was pacified, he remem- 
 bered Vashti, and what she had done, 
 
 2 and what was decreed against her. Then 
 said the king's servants that ministered 
 unto him. Let tliere be fair young vir- 
 
 3 gins sought for the king : and let the 
 king appoint officers iu aU the pro- 
 vinces of his kingdom, that they may 
 gather together all the fan* young vu-- 
 gms unto Shushan the jialace, to the 
 house of the women, unto the custody of 
 ^Hegai the king's chamberlain, keeper 
 of the women ; and let theu' things for 
 
 4 purification be given them : and let the 
 maiden which pleaseth the kmg be 
 queen instead of Vashti. And the thing 
 pleased the king ; and he did so. 
 
 5 There was a certain Jew in Shusha« 
 the palace, whose name was Mordecai, 
 the son of Jair, the son of Shimei, the 
 
 6 son of Kish, a Benjamite ; who had been 
 carried away from Jerusalem with the 
 captives which had been carried away 
 with 6Jeconiah king of Judah, whom 
 Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon 
 
 7 had carried away. And he ' brought up 
 Hadassah, that is, Esther, his uncle's 
 daughter: for she had neither father 
 nor mother, and the maiden was fair 
 and beautiful; and when her father 
 and mother were dead, Mordecai took 
 
 8 her for his own daughter. So it came 
 to pass, when the king's command- 
 ment and his decree was heard, and 
 v/hen many maidens were gathered 
 together unto Shushan the palace, to 
 the custody of Hegai, that Esther 
 was taken into the king's house, to 
 the custody of Hegai, keeper of the 
 
 9 women. And the maiden pleased him, 
 and she obtained kindness of him; 
 and he speedily gave her her things 
 for pm-ification, with her portions, 
 and the seven maidens, which were 
 meet to be given her, out of the 
 king's house: and he removed her and 
 her maidens to the best place of the 
 
 10 house of the women. Esther had not 
 shewed her people nor her kindred: 
 for Mordecai had charged her that she 
 
 11 should not shew it. And Mordecai 
 walked every day before the court of 
 the women's house, to know how Esther 
 did, and what should become of her. 
 
 12 Now when the turn of every maiden 
 was come to go in to king Ahasuerus, 
 after that it had been done to her ac- 
 cording to the law for the women, twelve 
 months, (for so were the days of their 
 purifications accomx)lished, to wit, six 
 months with oil of myrrh, and six 
 months with sweet odours, and with the 
 thuigs for the purifying of the women,) 
 
 13 then in this wise came the maiden unto 
 the king, whatsoever she desired was 
 given her to go with her out of the 
 house of the women unto the kmg's 
 
 14 house. In the evening she went, and 
 on the mori'ow she returned uato the 
 second house of the women, to the 
 custody of Shaashgaz, the king's 
 chamberlain, which kept the concub- 
 ines : she came in unto the king no 
 more, except the king delighted in her, 
 
 15 and that she were called by name. Now 
 when the turn of Esther, the daughter 
 of AbihaU the uncle of Mordecai, who 
 had taken her for his daughter, was 
 come to go in unto the king, she required 
 nothing but what Hegai the king's 
 chamberlain, the keeper of the women, 
 appointed. AndEstherobtainedfavour 
 in the sight of all them that looked up- 
 
 16 on her. So Esther was taken mito king 
 Ahasuerus into his house royal in the 
 tenth month, which is the month Te- 
 beth, in the seventh year of his reign. 
 
 17 And the king loved Esther above all the 
 women, and she obtained grace and 
 favour in his sight more than all the vir- 
 gins ; so that he set the royal crown upon 
 her head, and made her queen instead of 
 
 18 Vashti. Then the king made a great feast 
 unto all his princes and his servants,
 
 4. 8. 
 
 ESTHER. 
 
 379 
 
 iHeb. 
 
 runt. 
 
 2 Hob. 
 hand. 
 
 SHeh. 
 thresh- 
 old. 
 
 words 
 
 5 Or, 
 melior- 
 ated 
 
 flOr, 
 
 rru-etfor 
 the king 
 
 even Estlier's feast ; aud he made a ^ re- 
 lease to tlio provinces, and gave gifts, 
 according to the ^bounty of the lung. 
 
 19 And when tlie virgins were gathered to- 
 gether the second tune, then Mordecai 
 
 20 sat in the king's gate. Esther liad not 
 yet shewinl lier kindi'ed nor her people ; 
 as Mordecai had charged her: for 
 Esther did tlic comman(lment of Mor- 
 decai, like as when she was hrought 
 
 21 up with him. In those days, while 
 Mordecai sat in the king's gate, two of 
 the king's chaniherlains, BigLlian and 
 Teresh, of those which kept the ^ door, 
 were wroth, and sought to lay hands 
 
 22 on the king Ahasuerus. And the thing 
 was known to Mordecai, who shewed 
 it unto Esther the queen ; and Esther 
 told the king thereof in Mordecai's 
 
 23 name. And when inquisition was made 
 of the matter, and it was found to be 
 so, they were both hanged on a tree : 
 and it was WTitteu in the book of the 
 chronicle.s before the king. 
 
 3 After these things did king Ahasuerus 
 promote Haman the son of Hamme- 
 datha the Agagite, and advanced him, 
 and set his seat above all the princes 
 
 2 that were with him. And all the kmg's 
 servants, that were in the king's gate, 
 bowed down, and did reverence to Ha- 
 man : for the kmg had so commanded 
 concerning him. But Mordecai bowed 
 
 3 not down, nor did him reverence. Then 
 the king's servants, that were in the 
 king's gate, said unto Mordecai, Why 
 trausgressest thou the king's commaud- 
 
 4 ment ? Now it came to pass, when they 
 spalie daily mito him, and he hearkened 
 not tuito them, that they told Haman, 
 to see whether Mordecai's * matters 
 would stand: for he had told them 
 
 5 that he was a Jew. And when Haman 
 saw that Mordecai bowed not do-\\Ti, nor 
 did him reverence, then was Haman 
 
 6 full of wrath. But he thought scorn to 
 lay hands on Mordecai alone ; for they 
 had shewed him the people of Mordecai : 
 wherefore Haman sought to destroy 
 all the Jews that were throughout the 
 whole kuigdom of Ahasuerus, even the 
 
 7 people of Mordecai. In the first month, 
 which is the month Nisan, in the twelfth 
 year of king Ahasuerus, they cast Pur, 
 that is, the lot, before Haman from day 
 to day, and from month to month, to 
 the twelfth month, which is the month 
 
 SAdar. And Haman said unto kmg 
 Ahasuerus, There is a certain people 
 scattered abroad and ^ dispersed among 
 the peoples in all the provinces of thy 
 kingdom; and their laws are diverse 
 from those of every people; neither 
 keep they the kmg's laws: therefore it 
 is not 6 for the king's profit to suffer 
 
 9 them. If it please the king, let it be 
 written that they be destroyed : and I 
 will pay ten thousand talents of silver 
 into the hands of those that have the 
 
 charge of tlie hinri's business, to l)ring it 
 
 10 into (\w. king's treasuries. And tlie king 
 took his ring from his hand, and gave 
 it unto Haman the son of Hannnedatlm 
 
 11 the Agagite, tlie Jews' enemy. And 
 the king said unto Haman, Tlie silver 
 is given to thee, the people also, to do 
 witii them as it seemeth good to thee. 
 
 12 Then were the king's ^sei'ibes called hi 
 the first month, on the thirteenth day 
 thereof, and there was written accord- 
 ing to all that Haman commanded unto 
 the king's satraps, and to the governors 
 that were over every provmce, and to 
 the pruices of every people ; to every 
 pi'ovince according to the writing there- 
 of, and to every peojde after their lan- 
 guage ; in the name of king Ahasuerus 
 was it written, and it was sealed with 
 
 13 the kmg's ring. And letters were sent 
 by posts mto all the king's provinces, 
 to destroy, to slay, and to cause to 
 perish, all Jews, both young and old, 
 little children and women, in one day, 
 even upon the thirteenth dan of the 
 twelfth month, which is the month 
 Adar, and to take the spoil of them for 
 
 14 a prey. A copy of the writing, ^that 
 the decree should be given out in every 
 province, was published mito all the 
 peoides, that they should be ready a- 
 
 15 gainst that day. The posts went forth 
 in haste by the king's commandment, 
 and the decree was given out in Shu- 
 shan the palace: and the king and 
 Haman sat down to drink; but the 
 city of Shushan was perplexed. 
 
 4 Now when Mordecai knew all that was 
 done, Mordecai rent his clothes, and 
 put on sackcloth with ashes, and went 
 out into the midst of the city, and cried 
 
 2 with a loud and a bitter cry : and he 
 came even before the king's gate : for 
 none might enter ■ndthin the king's 
 
 3 gate clothed with sackcloth. Aiid 
 in every province, whithersoever the 
 king's commandment and his decree 
 came, there was great mournuig among 
 the Jews, and f astuig, and weeping, and 
 wailmg; aud ^many lay in sackcloth 
 
 4 and ashes. And Esther's maidens and 
 her chamberlains came and told it her ; 
 and the queen was exceedmgly grieved : 
 and she sent raiment to clothe Morde- 
 cai, and to take his sackcloth from off 
 
 5 him: but he received it not. Then called 
 Esther for Hathach, one of the king's 
 chamberlams, whom he had aijpomted 
 to attend ujion her, and charged him 
 to go to Mordecai, to know what this 
 
 6 was, and why it was. So Hathach 
 went forth to Mordecai unto the broad 
 place of the city, which was before the 
 
 7 king's gate. And Mordecai told him of 
 all that had happened unto hmi, and the 
 exact smn of the money that Haman 
 had promised to jjay to the king's 
 treasui'ies for the Jews, to destroy 
 
 8 them. Also he gave him the copy of the 
 
 'Or. 
 
 nvi-Tft- 
 
 arien 
 
 « Or, Co 
 be given 
 out for a 
 decree 
 
 SHeh. 
 
 sackcloth 
 
 and 
 
 ashes 
 
 were 
 
 spread 
 
 lender 
 
 many.
 
 380 
 
 ESTHER. 
 
 4. 8. 
 
 writing of the decree that was given out 
 in Shushau to destroy them, to shew it 
 unto Esther, and to declare it unto her ; 
 and to charge her that she should go 
 in unto the king, to make supplication 
 luito him, and to make request before 
 9 him, for her people. And Hathach 
 came and told Esther the words of 
 lOMordecai. Then Esther spake unto 
 Hathach, and gave hun a- message 
 
 11 unto Mordecai, saying : All the king's 
 servants, and the people of the king's 
 
 • provinces, do know, that whosoever, 
 whether man or woman, shall come unto 
 the king into the inner court, who is not 
 called, there is one law for him, that 
 he be put to death, except such to whom 
 the king shall hold out the golden 
 sceptre, that he may live : but I have 
 not been called to come in unto the 
 
 12 king these thirty days. And they told 
 
 13 to Mordecai Esther's words. Then Mor- 
 decai bade them return answer unto 
 Esther, Think not with thyself that 
 thou shalt escape in the king's house, 
 
 14 more than all the Jews. For if thou 
 altogether boldest thy peace at this 
 time, then shall relief and deliverance 
 arise to the Jews from another place, 
 but thou and thy father's house shall 
 perish : and who knoweth whether thou 
 art not come to the kingdom for such a 
 
 15 time as this '? Then Esther bade them 
 
 16 return answer unto Mordecai, Go, 
 gather together all the Jews that are 
 present in Shushan, and fast ye for me, 
 and neither eat nor drink three days, 
 night or day : I also and my maidens 
 will fast in like maimer; and so will 
 I go in unto the king, which is not 
 according to the law : and if I perish, 
 
 17 1 perish. So Mordecai went his way, 
 and did according to all that Esther 
 had commanded him. 
 
 5 Now it came to pass on the third day, 
 that Esther put on her royal apparel, 
 and stood in the inner court of the king's 
 house, over agamst the king's house : 
 and the king sat upon his royal throne 
 in the royal house, over against the 
 
 2 entrance of the house. And it was so, 
 when the king saw Esther the queen 
 standmg in the court, that she obtained 
 f avom' in his sight : and the king held 
 out to Esther the golden scejitre that 
 was in his hand. So Esther drew near, 
 and touched the top of the sceptre. 
 
 3 Then said the king unto her. What wilt 
 thou, queen Esther? and what is thy 
 request ? it shall be given thee even to 
 
 4 the half of the kingdom. And Esther 
 said. If it seem good mito the king, let 
 the king and Haman come this day 
 unto the banquet that I have prepared 
 
 5 for him. Then the king said, Cause 
 Haman to make haste, that it may be 
 done as Esther hath said. So the king 
 and Haman came to the banquet that 
 
 6 Esther had prepared. And the king said 
 
 unto Esther at the banquet of wine. 
 What is thy petition ? and it shall be 
 granted thee : and what is thy request ? 
 even to the half of the kingdom it shall 
 
 7 be perfoi-med. Then answered Esther, 
 and said. My petition and my request 
 
 8 is ; if I have found favour in the sight 
 of the king, and if it please the king to 
 grant my petition, and to perform my 
 request, let the king and Haman come 
 to the banquet that I shall prepare for 
 them, and I will do to-morrow as the 
 
 9kmg hath said. Then went Haman 
 forth that day joyful and glad of heart : 
 but when Haman saw Mordecai in the 
 kings gate, that he stood not up nor 
 1 moved for him, he was filled with 
 
 10 wi-ath against Mordecai. Nevertheless 
 Haman refrained himself, and went 
 home; and he sent and fetched his 
 
 11 friends and Zeresh his wife. And Ha- 
 man recounted unto them the gloi-y of 
 his riches, and the multitude of his 
 children, and all the things wherein 
 the king had promoted him, and how 
 he had advanced him above the princes 
 
 12 and servants of the king. Haman said 
 moreover, Yea, Esther the queen did 
 let no man come in with the king unto 
 the banquet that she had prepared 
 but myself; and to-morrow also am I 
 invited by her together with the king. 
 
 13 Yet aU this availeth me nothing, so 
 long as I see Mordecai the Jew sitting 
 
 14 at the king's gate. Then said Zeresh 
 his wife and aU his friends unto him. 
 Let a 2 gallows be made of fifty cubits 
 high, and in the morning speak thou 
 unto the king that Mordecai may be 
 hanged thereon ; then go thou in merrily 
 with the king unto the banquet. And 
 the thing pleased Haman; and he 
 caused the gallows to be made. 
 
 6 On that night 3 could not the king 
 sleep; and he commanded to bring 
 the book of records of the chronicles, 
 and they were read before the king. 
 
 2 And it was found wi'itten, that Mor- 
 decai had told of Bigthana and Teresh, 
 two of the kmg's chamberlams, of 
 those that kept the ^door, who had 
 sought to lay hands on the king Ahas- 
 
 3 uerus. And the king said. What honour 
 and dignity hath been done to Mordecai 
 for this? Then said the king's servants 
 that mmistered unto him. There is no- 
 
 4 thing done for him. And the king said, 
 Who is in the court ? Now Haman was 
 come into the outward court of the 
 king's house, to epeak unto the king to 
 hang Mordecai on the gallows that he 
 
 5 had prepared for him. And the king's 
 servants said unto him, Behold, Ha- 
 man staudeth in the court. And the 
 
 6 king said, Let him come in. So Haman 
 came in. And the king said unto him, 
 Wliat shall be done unto the man whom 
 the king delighteth to honour ? NowHa- 
 man said in his heart. To whom would
 
 8. 9. 
 
 esthp:r. 
 
 381 
 
 the kiiip delight to do honour more than 
 7 to myself '? Aiid Ilaiiian said unto the 
 king, For the man whom the king do- 
 Shghteth tohonom', let roj'al ai)imrel he 
 hrought which tlie king usetli to wear, 
 and the horse that tlio king rideth np- 
 on, land on the liead of which a crown 
 9roj'al is set: and let the apparel and 
 the horse he delivered to the hand of 
 one of the king's most nohle princps, 
 that they may array the man withal 
 whom the king delighteth to honour, 
 and cause him to ride on horsehack 
 through the street of the city, and pro- 
 claim hefore him, Thus shall it he done 
 to the man whom the king delighteth to 
 
 10 honour. Then the king said to Haman, 
 Make haste, and take the apparel and 
 tlie horse, as thou hast said, and do 
 even so to Mordecai the Jew, that sit- 
 teth at the king's gate : let nothmgfail 
 
 11 of all that thou hast sjioken. Then took 
 Haman the apparel and the horse, and 
 aiTayed Mordecai, and caused him to 
 ride through the street of the city, and 
 proclaimed hefore him. Thus shall it he 
 done unto the man whom the king de- 
 
 12 lighteth to honom-. And Mordecai came 
 again to the king's gate. But Haman 
 hasted to his house, mourning and hav- 
 
 13ing his head covered. And Haman re- 
 counted unto Zeresh his wife and all his 
 friends every thing that had befallen 
 him. Then said his wise men and Zer- 
 esh his wife unto him. If Mordecai, he- 
 fore whom thou hast begun to fall, be of 
 the seed of the Jews, thou shalt not pre- 
 vail against him, but shalt siu-ely fall 
 
 14 before him. While they were yet talkuig 
 with him, came the king's chamberlains, 
 and hasted to bring Haman unto the 
 banquet that Esther had prepared. 
 
 V So the king and Haman came 2 to 
 
 2 banquet with Esther the queen. And 
 the king said again unto Esther on the 
 second day at the banquet of wine. 
 What is thy petition, queen Esther? 
 and it shall be granted thee : and what 
 is thy request ? even to the half of the 
 
 3 kingdom it shall be performed. Then 
 Esther the queen answered and said, If 
 I have found favour in thy sight, king, 
 and if it please the king, let my life be 
 given me at my petition, and my people 
 
 4 at my request : for we are sold, I and my 
 peojile, to be destroyed, to be slain, and 
 to iierish. But if we had been sold for 
 bondmen and bondwomen, I had held 
 my peace, ^ although the adversary 
 could not have compensated for the 
 
 5 king's damage. Then spake the king 
 Ahasuerus and said unto Esther the 
 queen. Who is he, and where is he, that 
 
 6 durst ijresume in his heart to do so ? And 
 E sther said, An adversary and an enemy, 
 even this wicked Haman. Then Haman 
 was afraid before the kmg and the 
 
 7 queen. And the king arose in his wrath 
 from the banquet of wine and luent into 
 
 the palace garden : and Haman stood 
 up U) make request for his life to Esther 
 the queen; for he saw that there was 
 evil determined against him by the 
 
 8 king. Then tlie king returned out of 
 the palace garden into the place of tlu; 
 banrjuet of wine ; and Haman was fallen 
 upon the couch whereon Esther was. 
 Then said the king. Will he even force 
 the queen before me in the house ? As 
 the word went out of the king's mouth, 
 
 9 they covered Hamau's face. Then said 
 Harbonah, one of the chamlierlains 
 that were before the king, liehold also, 
 tlie 4 gallows fifty cubits high, which 
 Haman hath made for Mordecai, who 
 spake good for the king, standeth in 
 the house of Haman. And the king 
 
 10 said. Hang him thereon. So they 
 hanged Haman on the gaUows that 
 he had prepared for Mordecai. Then 
 was the king's wrath pacified. 
 
 8 On that day did the king Ahasuerus 
 give the house of Haman the Jews' 
 enemy unto Esther the queen. And Mor- 
 decai came before the king; for Esther 
 
 2 had told what he was unto her. And the 
 king took off his ring, which he had 
 taken from Haman, and gave it unto 
 Mordecai. And Esther set Mordecai 
 
 3 over the house of Haman. And Esther 
 spake yet agaui before the king, and 
 fell down at his feet, and besought him 
 with tears to put away the mischief 
 of Haman the Agagite, and his device 
 that he had devised against the Jews. 
 
 4 Then the king held out to Esther the 
 golden scejitre. So Esther arose, and 
 
 5 stood before the king. And she said. 
 If it please the king, and if I have 
 found favour in his sight, and the thing 
 seem right before the king, and I be 
 pleasing in his eyes, let it be written to 
 reverse the letters devised by Haman 
 the son of Hammedatha the Agagite, 
 which he wrote to destroy the Jews 
 which are in all the king's provinces : 
 
 6 for how can I endure to see the evil 
 that shall come unto my people ? or how 
 can I endure to see the destruction of 
 
 7 my kindred ? Then the king Ahasue- 
 rus said unto Esther the queen and 
 to Mordecai the Jew, Behold, I have 
 given Esther the house of Haman, and 
 hini they have hanged upon the gal- 
 lows, because he laid his hand upon 
 
 8 the Jews. Write ye also ^to the Jews, 
 as it liketh you, in the kmg's name, 
 and seal it with the king's ring: for 
 the writing which is written in the 
 kmg's name, and sealed with the king's 
 
 9 rmg, may no man reverse. Then were 
 the king's scribes called at that time, 
 in the third month, which is the month 
 Sivan, on the three and twentieth rfay 
 thereof ; and it was wi-itten according 
 to all that Mordecai commanded un- 
 to the Jews, and to the satraps, 
 and the governors and princes of the 
 
 4 He)>. 
 
 Inv. 
 
 5 Ov.con- 
 certilti'f
 
 382 
 
 ESTHER. 
 
 8. 9 
 
 1 Or, 
 
 SWift 
 
 stt-eda, 
 in ales, 
 and 
 t/ming 
 drome- 
 df fries 
 
 2 Or. 
 to be 
 given 
 out for 
 a decree 
 
 provinces wliich are from India unto 
 Ethiopia, an hiinclred twenty and seven 
 provinces, unto every province accord- 
 ing to tlie writing tliereof, and unto 
 every people after their language, and 
 to the Jews accordmg to their writing, 
 
 10 and accordmg to their language. And 
 he wrote in the name of king Ahas- 
 uerus, and sealed it with the king's 
 ring, and sent letters by posts on horse- 
 back, riding on i swift steeds that were 
 used in the king's service, bred of the 
 
 11 stud: wherein the king granted the 
 Jews which were in every city to gather 
 themselves together, and to stand for 
 their life, to destroy, to slay, and to 
 cause to perish, all the power of the 
 people and jirovince that would assault 
 them, their little ones and women, and 
 to take the si)oil of them for a prey, 
 
 12 upon one day in all the provinces of 
 king Ahasuerus, namely, upon the 
 thirteenth daij of the twelfth month, 
 
 13 which is the mouth Adar. A copy of 
 the writing, ^ that the decree should be 
 given out in every province, was pub- 
 lished unto all the i^eoples, and that 
 the Jews should be ready against that 
 day to avenge themselves on their ene- 
 
 14 mies. So the posts that rode upon swift 
 steeds that Avere used in the king's 
 service went out, being hastened and 
 pressed on by the king's couunand- 
 ment ; and the decree was given out in 
 
 15 Shushan the palace. And Mordecai 
 went forth from the presence of the 
 king in royal apparel of blue and white, 
 and with a great crown of gold, and 
 with a robe of fine Imen and pm-ple : 
 and the city of Shushan shouted and 
 
 16 was glad. The Jews had light and 
 
 17 gladness, and joy and honour. And 
 in every province, and in every city, 
 whithersoever the king's conmiand- 
 meut and his decree came, the Jews had 
 gladness and joy, a feast and a good 
 day. And many from among the peo- 
 ples of the land became Jews ; for the 
 fear of the Jews was fallen upon them. 
 
 9 Now in the twelfth month, which is 
 the month Adar, on the tlm-teenth day 
 of the same, when the king's command- 
 ment and his decree drew near to be 
 put in execution, in the day that the 
 enemies of the Jews hoped to have 
 rule over them ; whereas it was turned 
 to the contrary, that the Jews had 
 
 2 rule over them that hated them; the 
 Jews gathered themselves together in 
 their cities throughout aU the jiro- 
 vinces of the king Ahasuerus, to lay 
 hand on such as sought their hurt: 
 and no man could withstand them; 
 for the fear of them was fallen upon 
 
 Sail the peoples. And all the princes 
 of the provinces, and the satraps, and 
 the governors, and they that did the 
 king's business, helloed the Jews; be- 
 cause the fear of Mordecai was fallen 
 
 4 upon them. For Mordecai was great 
 in the king's house, and his fame 
 went forth throughout all the pro- 
 vmces: for the man Mordecai waxed 
 
 5 greater and greater. And the Jews 
 smote all their enemies with the stroke 
 of the sword, and with slaughter and 
 destruction, and did what they would 
 
 6 unto them that hated them. And m 
 Shushan the palace the Jews slew and 
 
 7 destroyed five hundred men. And Par- 
 shandatha, and Dalijhon, and Aspatha, 
 
 Sand Poratha, and Adalia, and Ai-ida- 
 
 9tha, and Parmashta, and Arisai, and 
 
 lOAridai, and Vaizatha, the ten sons of 
 
 Haman the son of Hammedatha, the 
 
 Jews' enemy, slew they; but on the 
 
 11 spoil they laid not their hand. On that 
 day the number of those that were slain 
 in Shushan the palace was brought 
 
 12 before the king. And the kmg said 
 unto Esther the queen, The Jews have 
 slain and destroyed five hundred men 
 in Shushan the palace, and the ten 
 sons of Haman ; what then have they 
 done in the rest of the king's pro- 
 vinces! Now what is thy petition? 
 and it shall be gi-anted thee : or what' 
 is thy request further? and it shall be 
 
 13 done. Then said Esther, If it please 
 the king, let it be granted to the Jews 
 which are in Shushan to do to-morrow 
 also according unto this day's decree, 
 and let Haman's ten sons be hanged 
 
 14 upon the gallows. And the king com- 
 manded it so to be dime : and a decree 
 was given out in Shushan; and they 
 
 15 hanged Haman's ten sons. And the 
 Jews that were in Shushan gathered 
 themselves together on the fourteenth 
 day also of the month Adar, and slew 
 three hundred men in Shushan; but 
 on the spoil they laid not their hand. 
 
 16 And the other Jews that were in the 
 king's provinces gathered themselves 
 together, and stood for their Uves, and 
 had rest from their enemies, and slew 
 of them that hated them seventy and 
 five thousand; but on the si^oil they 
 
 17 laid not their hand. This vjos done 
 on the thirteenth day of the month 
 Adar ; and on the fourteenth day of the 
 same they rested, and made it a day of 
 
 18 feasting and gladness. But the Jews 
 that were in Shushan assembled to- 
 gether on the thirteenth duy thereof, 
 and on the fom-teenth thereof; and on 
 the fifteenth day of the same they rest- 
 ed, and made it a day of feastmg and 
 
 19 gladness. Therefore do the Jews of the 
 villages, that dwell in the unwalled 
 towns, make the fourteenth day of the 
 month Adar a day of gladness and 
 feasting, and a good day, and of send- 
 ing portions one to another. 
 
 20 And Mordecai wi-ote these things, 
 and sent letters unto all the Jews 
 that were in all the provinces of 
 the king Aliasuerus, both nigh and
 
 1. 10. 
 
 JOB. 
 
 383 
 
 1 Heb. 
 
 lyob. 
 
 2 Or. 
 cattle 
 
 21 far, to enjoiii tbem that they should 
 keep the fourtociitli day of the inoiitli 
 Adar, and the hfteeiith day of tlie same, 
 
 22 yearly, as the days whereui the Jews 
 had rest from their enemies, and the 
 month which was turned unto them 
 from sorrow to gladness, and from 
 niourninfj; into a good day: that they 
 should make them days of feasting and 
 gladness, and of sending portions one 
 
 23 to anothei-, and gifts to the poor. And 
 the Jews undertook to do as they had 
 begun, and as Mordecai had written 
 
 24 unto them ; because Haman the son of 
 Hammedatha, the Agagite, the enemy 
 of all the Jews, had devised against 
 the Jews to destroy them, and had 
 cast Pur, that is, the lot, to consume 
 
 25 them, and to destroy them ; but when 
 the matter came before the king, he 
 commanded by letters that his wicked 
 device, which he had devised against 
 the Jews, should return upon his own 
 head ; and that he and his sons should 
 
 26 be hanged on the gallows. Wliere- 
 fore they called these days Purim, 
 after the name of Pur. Therefore be- 
 cause of all the words of this letter, 
 and of that which they had seen con- 
 cerning this matter, and that which 
 
 27 had come unto them, the Jews or- 
 dained, and took ujion them, and upon 
 their seed, and upon all such as joined 
 themselves unto them, so as it should 
 not fail, that they would keep these two 
 days according to the writing thereof, 
 and according to the appointed time 
 
 28 thereof, every year; and that these 
 days should be remembered and kept 
 throughout every generation, every 
 family, every province, and every 
 city; and that these days of Purim 
 should not fail from among the Jews, 
 nor the memorial of them i perish from 
 
 29 their seed. Then Esther the (pieen, 
 the daughter of Alnhail, and Mordecai 
 the Jew, wrote witli all ^ authority to 
 confirm this second letter of Purim. 
 
 SOiVnd he sent letters unto all the Jews, 
 to the hundred twenty and seven pro- 
 vinces of the kingdom of Aliasuerus, 
 
 31 vitli words of i^eace and truth, to con- 
 firm these days of Purim in their ap- 
 pointed times, according as Mordecai 
 the Jew and Esther the queen had en- 
 joined them, and as they had ordained 
 for themselves and for their seed, ^in 
 the matter of the fastings and their 
 
 32 cry. And the coimnandment of Esther 
 confirmed these matters of Purim; 
 and it was written in the book. 
 
 10 And the king Aliasuerus laid a tribute 
 upon the land, and upon the isles of the 
 
 2 sea. And all the acts of his power and 
 of his might, and the full account of tlie 
 greatness of Mordecai, wheremito the 
 king advanced him, are they not written 
 in the book of the chronicles of the 
 
 3 kmgs of Media and Persia ? For Mor- 
 decai the Jew was next unto king Ahas- 
 uerus, and great among the Jews, and 
 accepted of the multitude of his breth- 
 ren; seeking the good of his people, 
 and speaking peace to all his seed. 
 
 THE 
 
 BOOK OF JOB. 
 
 1 There was a man in the land of Uz, 
 whose name was i Job ; and that man 
 was perfect and upright, and one that 
 
 2 feared God, and eschewed evil. And 
 there were born unto hun seven sons 
 
 8 and three daughters. His ^ substance 
 also was seven thousand sheep, and 
 three thousand camels, and five hund- 
 red yoke of oxen, and five hundred 
 she-asses, and a very great household ; 
 so that tins man was the greatest of 
 
 4 all the children of the east. And his 
 sons went and held a feast in the house 
 of each one upon his day; and they 
 sent and called for then- three sisters 
 
 5 to eat and to drink with them. And 
 it was so, when the days of their feast- 
 ing 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 ^ renounced 
 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 
 
 7 among them. And the Lord said un- 
 to Satan, Whence comest thou ? Then 
 Satan answered the Lord, and said, 
 From going to and fro in the earth, and 
 
 8 from walking u^) and down in it. And 
 the Lord said unto Satan, Hast thou 
 considered my servant Job ? ^ for there 
 is none like him in the earth, a per- 
 fect and an upright man, one that 
 
 9feareth God, and escheweth evil. Then 
 Satan answered the Lord, and said, 
 10 Doth Job fear God for nought ? Hast 
 not thou made an hedge about hun, 
 and about his house, and about all 
 that he hath, on every side ? thou hast 
 blessed the work of his hands, and his 
 
 IHeb. 
 be elided. 
 
 2 Heb. 
 ttreii'jth. 
 
 3 See ch. 
 iv. 3. 
 
 3 Or, 
 
 blas- 
 phemed 
 So ver. 
 11. ch. ii. 
 5,9. 
 
 i That is. 
 th,' Ad- 
 versary. 
 
 5 Or, that
 
 384 
 
 JOB. 
 
 1. 10. 
 
 lOr, 
 cattle 
 
 2Heb. 
 
 hand. 
 
 3Heb. 
 
 Slieba. 
 
 4Heb. 
 young 
 men. 
 
 5 Or, 
 
 inada a 
 raid 
 
 6 Or, over 
 
 'Or, that 
 
 8 Heb. to 
 gwiitlow 
 him up. 
 
 11 1 substance is increased in the land. But 
 put forth thme hand now, and touch 
 all that he hath, and he will renounce 
 
 12 thee to thy face. And the Lord said 
 unto Satan, Behold, all that he hath is 
 in thy ^ power ; only upon himself lout 
 not forth thine hand. So Satan went 
 forth from the presence of the Lord. 
 
 13 And it fell on a day when his sons and 
 his daughters were eating and drink- 
 ing wine in their eldest brother's house, 
 
 14 that there came a messenger unto Job, 
 and said. The oxen were i)lowing, and 
 
 15 the asses feeding beside them : and ^ the 
 Sabeans fell tipon them, and took them 
 away ; yea, they have slain the * serv- 
 ants 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 sheei^, and the * servants, and 
 consumed them ; and I only am escaped 
 
 17 alone to teU thee. While he was yet 
 speaking, there came also another, and 
 said. The Chaldeans made three bands, 
 and 5 fell upon the camels, and have 
 taken them away, yea, and slain the 
 ^servants with the edge of the sword; 
 and I only am escaped alone to tell 
 
 18 thee. While he was yet speaking, 
 there came also another, and said, 
 Thy sons and thy daughters were eat- 
 ing and drinking wine in their eldest 
 
 19 brother's house: and, behold, there 
 came a great wind cfroni the wilder- 
 ness, and smote the four corners of the 
 house, and it feU upon the young men, 
 and they are dead ; and I only am 
 
 20 escaped alone to teU thee. Then Job 
 arose, and rent his mantle, and shaved 
 his head, and fell down upon the ground, 
 
 21 and worshipped ; and he 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 ; 
 
 22 blessed be the name of the Lord. In 
 all this Job sinned not, nor charged 
 God with foolishness. 
 
 2 Again there was a day when the sons 
 of God came to present themselves ))e- 
 fore the Lord, and Satan came also 
 among them to present himself before 
 
 2 the Lord. 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? 7 for 
 there is none like him in the earth, a 
 perfect and an upright man, one that 
 feareth God, and escheweth evil: and 
 he still holdeth fast his integrity, al- 
 though thou movedst me against him, 
 
 4 8 to destroy him without cause. And 
 Satan answered the Lord, and said. 
 Skin for skin, yea, all tha,t a man hath 
 
 5 will he give for his life. But jiut forth 
 
 thine hand now, and touch his bone and 
 his flesh, and he will renounce thee to 
 
 6 thy face. And the Lord said unto 
 Satan, Behold, he is in thme hand; 
 
 7 only spare his life. So Satan went 
 forth from the presence of the Lord, 
 and smote Job with sore boils from the 
 
 8 sole of his foot unto his crown. And he 
 took him a j)otsherd to scrapie himself 
 withal; and he sat among the ashes. 
 
 9 Tlien said his wife unto him, Dost thou 
 still hold fast thine integrity ? renounce 
 
 10 God, and die. But he said unto her. 
 Thou sj)eakest as oiae of the ^ foolish 
 women speaketh. Wliat ? shall we re- 
 ceive good at the hand of God, and 
 shall we not receive evU? In all this 
 did not Job sin with his lips. 
 
 11 Now when Job's tluree friends heard 
 of all this evil that was come upon 
 him, they came every one from his 
 own place ; Eliphaz the Temanite, and 
 Bildad the Shuhite, and Zophar the 
 Naamathite : and they made an appoint- 
 ment together to come to bemoan him 
 
 12 and to comfort him. And when they 
 lifted up their eyes afar off, and knew 
 him not, they hf ted up their voice, and 
 wept; and they rent every one his 
 mantle, and sprinkled dust upon their 
 
 13 heads toward heaven. So they sat 
 down vnih. him upon the ground seven 
 days and seven nights, and none spake 
 a word unto him: for they saw that 
 his 10 grief was very great. 
 
 3 After this opened Job his mouth, and 
 
 2 cursed his day. And Job answered 
 and said : 
 
 3 Let the day perish wherem I was bom. 
 And the night which said, There is a 
 
 man child conceived. . 
 
 4 Let that day be darkness ; 
 
 Let not God ^ regard it from above. 
 Neither let the light shine upon it. 
 
 5 Let darkness and 12 the shadow of death 
 
 claim it for their own ; 
 Let a cloud dwell upon it ; 
 Let all that maketh black the day 
 
 ten'ify it. 
 
 6 As for that night, let thick darkness 
 
 seize upon it : 
 Let it not i3 rejoice among the days of 
 
 the year; 
 Let it not come into the number of the 
 
 months. 
 
 7 Lo, let that night be 1* barren; 
 Let no joyful voice come therein. 
 
 8 Let them curse it that cm-se the day. 
 Who are i^ready to rouse up leviathan. 
 
 9 Let the stars of the twilight thereof 
 
 be dark : 
 Let it look for light, but have none ; 
 Neither let it behold the eyelids of 
 
 the morning : 
 
 10 Because it shut not up the doors of my 
 
 mother s womb, 
 Nor hid trouble from mine eyes. 
 
 11 Why died I not from the woml)?
 
 5. 8. 
 
 JOB. 
 
 lOr, 
 
 built 
 
 solitary 
 
 piles 
 
 Why (lid I not give up the ghost when 
 I came out of the belly ? 
 
 12 Why (lid the knees receive me ? 
 
 Or why the bi-east.s, tliat I should suck ? 
 
 13 For uow should I have lien down and 
 
 been quiet ; 
 I should have slept ; then had I been at 
 rest : 
 
 14 With kings and counsellors of the earth, 
 Which 1 built up waste places for them- 
 selves ; 
 
 15 Or with princes that had gold, 
 Who filled tlieir houses with silver: 
 
 16 Or as an hidden untimely birth I had 
 
 not been ; 
 As infants which never saw light. 
 
 17 There the wicked cease from 2 trou- 
 
 bling; 
 And there the weary be at rest. 
 
 18 There the prisoners are at ease together ; 
 They hear not the voice of the task- 
 master. 
 
 19 The small and great are there ; 
 
 And the servant is free from his 
 master. 
 
 20 ^^Tieref ore is light given to him that is 
 
 in misery, 
 And life mito the bitter in soul ; 
 
 21 Which siongf or death, but it cometh not; 
 And dig for it more than for hid trea- 
 sures ; 
 
 22 Which rejoice * exceedingly, 
 
 And are glad, when they can find the 
 grave ? 
 
 23 Why is light given to a man whose way 
 
 is hid. 
 And whom God hath hedged in ? 
 
 24 For my sighmg cometh ^ before I eat, 
 And my roarings are poured out hke 
 
 water. 
 
 25 For '^the thing which I fear cometh 
 
 upon me, . 
 And that which I am afraid of cometh 
 mito me. 
 
 26 7 1 am not at ease, neither am I quiet, 
 
 neither have I rest ; 
 But trouble cometh. 
 
 4 Then answered EUphaz the Temanite, 
 and said, 
 
 2 If one assay to commune with thee, 
 
 wilt thou be grieved ? 
 But who can withhold himself from 
 speaking ? 
 
 3 Behold, thou hast instructed many. 
 And thou bast strengthened the weak 
 
 hands. 
 
 4 Thy words have upholden him that 
 
 was falling. 
 And thou hast confirmed the ^ feeble 
 knees. 
 
 5 But now it is come imto thee, and thou 
 
 ^faintest; 
 It toucheth thee, and thou art troubled. 
 
 6 Is not thy fear of God thy confidence. 
 And thy hope the integrity of thy ways ? 
 
 7 Remember, I pray thee, who ever 
 
 perished, being iimocent '? 
 Or where were the upright cut off ? 
 
 8 According as I have seen, they that 
 
 jilow iniquity. 
 And sow 1" troulde, reap the same. 
 
 9 By the breath of God tlicy perisli, 
 And l)y tlie I>last of his anger are they 
 
 consumed. 
 
 10 The roaring of the lion, and the voice 
 
 of the fierce lion. 
 And tlie teeth of the young lions, are 
 broken. 
 
 11 The old lion perisheth for lack of prey, 
 And the whelps of the lioness are 
 
 scattered abroad. 
 
 12 Now a thing was " secretly brought to 
 
 me, 
 And mine ear received a whisper 
 thereof. 
 
 13 In thoughts from the visions of the 
 
 night, 
 When deep sleep faUeth on men, 
 
 14 Fear came upon me, and trembling. 
 Which made aU my bones to shake. 
 
 15 Then 12 a si^irit passed before my face; 
 The hair of my flesh stood up. 
 
 16 It stood still, but I could not discern 
 
 the a^jpearance thereof ; 
 A form was before mine eyes : 
 13 There ivas silence, and I heard a 
 
 voice, saying, 
 
 17 Shall mortal man i^be more just than 
 
 God? 
 Shall a man i^be more pure than his 
 Maker? 
 
 18 Behold, he putteth no trust in his 
 
 servants ; 
 And his angels he chargeth with folly : 
 
 19 How much more them that dwell in 
 
 houses of clay. 
 Whose foundation is in the dust, 
 Which are crushed i" before the moth ! 
 201'' Betwixt morning and evening they 
 are iMestroyed: 
 They ^rish for ever without any re- 
 gainiing it. 
 21191s not their tent-cord plucked up 
 jf ithin them ? 
 :y die, and that without wisdom, 
 uow ; is there any that vdll answer 
 thee? 
 
 And to which of the ^ojioly ones wilt 
 thou turn? 
 2 For vexation kUleth the foolish man. 
 And 21 jealousy slayeth the silly one. 
 3 1 have seen the foohsh taking root : 
 But suddenly I cursed his habitation. 
 
 4 His children are far from safety. 
 And they are crushed in the gate, 
 Neither is there any to deliver them. 
 
 5 Whose harvest the hungry eateth up. 
 And taketh it even out of the thorns, 
 And 22 the snare gapeth for then- sub- 
 stance. 
 
 6 For 23 affliction cometh not forth of the 
 
 dust. 
 Neither doth trouble spring out of the 
 ground ; 
 
 7 But man is born unto trouble. 
 As 2-1 the sparks fly upward. 
 
 8 But as for me, I would seek unto God, 
 
 
 385 
 
 10 Or, 
 
 rniecfi ic/ 
 
 11 Heb. 
 brought 
 by 
 stealth. 
 
 12 Or, a 
 
 breatli 
 passed 
 over 
 
 13 Or, / 
 heard 
 a still 
 voiee 
 11 Or, be 
 just be- 
 fore God 
 15 Or, be 
 pure be- 
 fore his 
 Maktr 
 
 ^f^ Or. like 
 
 n Or, 
 From 
 mo^'mng 
 to even- 
 ing 
 
 i« Heb. 
 broken 
 in 
 
 pieces. 
 ly Or. Is 
 not their 
 excel- 
 l<mci/ 
 which 
 is in 
 thein re- 
 moved > 
 
 20 See ch. 
 XV. 15. 
 
 21 Or. in- 
 digna- 
 tion 
 
 22 Ac- 
 cording 
 to many 
 ancient 
 versions, 
 the 
 
 thirsty 
 swallow 
 up. 
 
 23 Or. 
 inig^uity 
 See ch. 
 iv. 8. 
 
 24 Heb. 
 the sons 
 of flame 
 OT of 
 light- 
 ning. 
 
 13
 
 386 
 
 JOB. 
 
 5. 8. 
 
 1 Or, can 
 perform 
 no^h inij 
 of worth 
 
 2Heb. 
 
 out of 
 
 their 
 
 moutJ'. 
 
 3 Or, 
 
 reproi'- 
 eth 
 
 lOr. 
 habit- 
 aiion 
 5 Or, 
 ihalt 
 not err 
 
 8Heb. 
 
 for 
 
 thyself. 
 
 And unto God would I commit my 
 cause : 
 9 Wliich doetli great things and unsearch- 
 able; 
 
 Marvellous things without number : 
 
 10 Who giveth raiu upon the earth, 
 And seudeth waters upon the fields : 
 
 11 So that he setteth up on high those that 
 
 be low ; 
 And those which mourn are exalted to 
 safety. 
 
 12 Hefrustrateth the devices of the crafty, 
 So that their hands i cannot perfonn 
 
 their enterprise. 
 
 13 He taketh the wise in their own crafti- 
 
 ness: 
 And the counsel of the froward is 
 carried headlong. 
 
 14 They meet with darkness in the day- 
 
 time, 
 And gi'ope at noonday as in the night. 
 
 15 But he saveth from the sword '■^of theii' 
 
 mouth, 
 Even the needy from the hand of the 
 mighty. 
 
 16 So the poor hath hope, 
 
 And iniquity stoppeth her mouth. 
 
 17 Behold, happy is the man whom God 
 
 Scorrecteth: 
 Therefore despise not thou the chasten- 
 ing of the Almighty. 
 
 18 For he maketh sore, and bindeth up ; 
 He woundeth, and his hands make 
 
 whole. 
 
 19 He shall deliver thee ui six troubles ; 
 Yea, in seven there shall no evil touch 
 
 thee. 
 
 20 In f aniLue he shall redeem thee from 
 
 death ; 
 And in war from the power of the sword. 
 
 21 Thou shalt be hid from the scoiu'ge of 
 
 the tongue ; » 
 
 Neither shalt thou be afraid ojl destruc- 
 tion when it cometli. 
 
 22 At destruction and dearth thou shalt 
 
 laugh; 
 Neither shalt thou be afraid of "the 
 beasts of the earth. ".. , 
 
 23 For thou shalt be in league with tlie 
 
 stones of the field ; 
 And the beasts of the field shall be at 
 peace with thee. 
 
 24 And thou shalt know that thy tent is 
 
 in peace ; 
 And thou shalt visit thy ^fold, and 
 5 shalt miss nothing. 
 
 25 Thou shalt know also that thy seed 
 
 shall be great. 
 And tlime offspruig as the gi-ass of the 
 earth. 
 
 26 Thou shalt come to thy grave m a fuU 
 
 age, 
 Like as a shock of corn cometh m in 
 its season. 
 
 27 Lo this, we have searched it, so it is ; 
 Hear it, and know thou it *'for thy good. 
 
 6 Then Job answered and said, 
 
 2 Oh that my vexation were but weighed, 
 
 the 
 
 to 
 
 And my calamity laid iu the balances 
 
 together ! 
 
 3 For now it would be heavier than the 
 
 sand of the seas : 
 Therefore have my words been rash. 
 
 4 For the arrows of the Ahnighty are 
 
 mthiu me. 
 The i^oison whereof my spirit drinketh 
 
 up: 
 The terrors of God do set themselves 
 
 m array agamst me. 
 
 5 Doth tlie wold ass bray when he hath 
 
 grass ? 
 Or loweth the ox over his fodder ? 
 
 6 Can that which hath no savour be 
 
 eaten without salt '? 
 Or is there any taste iu "' the white of 
 an egg? 
 
 7 ''My soul refuseth to touch them ; 
 They are as loathsome meat to me. 
 
 8 Oh that I might have my request ; 
 And that God woixld grant me 
 
 thmg that I long for ! 
 
 9 Even that it would please God 
 
 crush me ; 
 That he would let loose his hand, and 
 cut me off ! 
 
 10 Then should I yet have comfort ; 
 ''Yea, I would lo exult in pain i^that 
 
 spareth not : 
 12 For I have not i^ denied the words of 
 the Holy One. 
 
 11 Wliat is my strength, that I should wait ? 
 And what is mine end, that I should be 
 
 patient ? 
 
 12 Is my strength the strength of stones? 
 Or is my flesh of brass ? 
 
 13 Is it not that I have no help in me. 
 And that ineffectual working is driven 
 
 quite from me ? 
 
 14 To him that is ready to faint kindness 
 
 should he shewed from his friend; 
 15 Even to him that forsaketh the fear 
 of the Almighty. 
 
 15 My brethren have dealt deceitfully as 
 
 a brook, 
 As the channel of brooks that pass away ; 
 
 16 Which are black by reason of the ice. 
 And wherein the snow hideth itself: 
 
 17 What time they i^wax wann, they 
 
 vanish : 
 When it is hot, they are consumed out 
 
 of then- place. 
 18 17 The caravans that travel by the way 
 
 of them tui-n aside ; 
 They go up into the waste, and perish. 
 
 19 The caravans of Tema looked. 
 
 The companies of Sheba waitedf or them. 
 
 20 They were ashamed because>'.they' had 
 
 hoped ; 
 They came thither, and were con- 
 founded. 
 
 21 For now ye i^are nothing ; 
 
 Ye see a terror, and are afraid. 
 
 22 Did I say. Give unto me ? 
 
 Or, Offer a present for me of yom* 
 substance ? 
 
 23 Or, Deliver me from the adversary's 
 
 hand?
 
 8. 13. 
 
 JOB. 
 
 387 
 
 I Or, /or 
 fhe wind 
 
 ■^Or.And 
 it will be 
 evident 
 imtoyoii 
 if I lie 
 
 my 
 right- 
 oou^ness 
 it in if. 
 
 'Or, 
 time of 
 sermce 
 
 5 Or, 
 
 When 
 shall I 
 arise, 
 and the 
 night be 
 gone! 
 
 Or, is 
 
 broken 
 
 and 
 
 become 
 
 loath- 
 
 some 
 
 1 Or, the 
 grave 
 
 Or, Redeem me from the hand of the 
 oi>i)ressors ? 
 
 24 Teach me, and I will hold my peace : 
 And cause me to understand wherem I 
 
 have erred. 
 
 25 How forcible arc words of ujirightness ! 
 But what doth your arguing reprove ? 
 
 26 Do ye iniagme to rei^rove words ? 
 Seeing that the speeches of one that is 
 
 desperate are ^as wind. 
 
 27 Yea, ye would cast lots upon the father- 
 
 less, 
 And make merchandise of your friend. 
 
 28 Now therefore be pleased to look upon 
 
 me; 
 2 For surely I shall not lie to your face. 
 
 29 Eeturn, I pray you, let there be no in- 
 
 justice; 
 Yea, return again, Smy cause is right- 
 eous. 
 30 Is there injustice on my tongue? 
 Cannot my taste discern mischievous 
 things ■? 
 7 Is there not a * warfare to man upon 
 earth ? 
 And are not his days like the days of 
 an hireling ? 
 
 2 As a servant that earnestly desireth 
 
 the shadow, 
 And as an hu-eling that looketh for his 
 wages : 
 
 3 So am I made to possess months of 
 
 vanity, 
 And wearisome nights are appointed to 
 me. 
 
 4 When I lie down, I say, 
 
 ^'\^1ien shall I arise? but the night is 
 
 long; 
 And I am full of tossings to and fro 
 
 unto the dawning of the day. 
 
 5 My flesh is clothed with worms and 
 
 clods of dust ; 
 My skin '^closeth up and breaketh out 
 afresh. 
 
 6 My days are swifter than a weaver's 
 
 shuttle. 
 And are spent without hope. 
 
 7 Oh remember that my life is wind : 
 Mine eye shall no more see good. 
 
 8 The eye of him that seeth me shall 
 
 behold me no more : 
 Thine eyes shall be upon me, but I 
 shall not be. 
 
 9 As the cloud is consumed and vanish- 
 
 eth away. 
 So he that goeth down to T Sheol shall 
 come up no more. 
 
 10 He shall return no more to his house. 
 Neither shall his place know him any 
 
 more. 
 
 11 Therefore I will not refrain my mouth ; 
 I wiU speak in the anguish of my 
 
 spii-it ; 
 I wUl complain in the bitterness of my 
 soul. 
 
 12 Am I a sea, or a sea-monster. 
 That thou settest a watch over me ? 
 
 13 When I say. My bed shall comfort me. 
 My couch shall ease my complaint ; 
 
 away 
 
 14 Then thou scarest me with dreams, 
 And terriliest mo through visions : 
 
 15 So tliat my soul chooseth strangling, 
 And death ratlier tlian these my l)ones. 
 
 16 "I loathe my life; I "would not live 
 alway : 
 Let me alone ; for my days are i" vanity. 
 17Wliat is man, that thou shouldest 
 magnify him, 
 And that thou shouldest set thine 
 heart ujion him, 
 
 18 And that thou shouldest visit him 
 
 every morning, 
 And try him every moment ? 
 
 19 How long wilt thou not look 
 
 from me. 
 
 Nor let me alone till I swallow down 
 my spittle ? 
 
 20 If I have sinned, what n do I unto thee, 
 
 thou 12 watcher of men? 
 
 Why hast thou set me as a mark for 
 
 thee. 
 So that I am a burden to myself ? 
 
 21 And why dost thou not i^ardon my 
 
 transgression, and take away mine 
 
 iniquity ? 
 For now shall I lie down in the diist ; 
 And thou shalt seek me dihgentJy, but 
 
 1 shall not be. 
 
 8 Then answered BUdad the Shuhite, 
 and said, 
 2 How long wilt thou speak these things ? 
 And ^070 long shall the words of thy 
 mouth be like a mighty wind ? 
 3 Doth God pervert judgement? 
 
 Or doth the Almighty pervert justice? 
 4 13 If thy children have sinned against 
 him, 
 And he have delivered them into the 
 hand of their transgression : 
 
 5 If thou wouldest seek dUigently unto 
 
 God, 
 And make thy supplication to the 
 Almighty; 
 
 6 If thou wert pm"e and upright ; 
 Surely now he would awake for thee, 
 And make the habitation of thy right- 
 eousness i^rosperous. 
 
 7 And though thy beginning was small, 
 Yet thy latter end should greatly in- 
 crease. 
 
 8 For inquire, I pray thee, of the former 
 
 age, 
 And apply thyself to that which their 
 fathers have searched out : 
 
 9 (For we are but of yesterday, and 
 
 know nothmg. 
 Because our days upon earth are a 
 shadow :) 
 
 10 Shall not they teach thee, and tell 
 
 thee, 
 And utter words out of their heart ? 
 
 11 Can the i'*rush gi-ow up without mire? 
 Can the i^flag grow witliout water? 
 
 12 WhUst it is yet in its greenness, and 
 
 not cut down. 
 It withereth before any other herb. 
 
 13 So are the paths of all that forget God ; 
 
 X Or, 
 / waste 
 liwag 
 "Or, 
 shall 
 
 1" Or, as 
 (I breath 
 
 11 Or, 
 can I do 
 
 12 Or, 
 lire- 
 server 
 
 13 Or, 
 If thy 
 ihildren 
 sinned 
 .,.he de- 
 livered 
 ,(-c. 
 
 "Or, 
 
 jjapi/rus 
 15 Or, 
 reed- 
 grass 
 
 13—2
 
 388 
 
 JOB. 
 
 8. 13. 
 
 I Or, be 
 cutoff 
 
 2Heb. 
 house. 
 
 3 Or, be- 
 side the 
 spring 
 
 4 Or, 
 
 dust. 
 
 5 Or, nil 
 hefill 
 
 6 Or, Fcr 
 
 7 Or, 
 
 before 
 sOr. 
 If07te 
 should 
 desire. . . 
 he coidu 
 not &G. 
 
 9Heb. 
 
 high 
 
 places. 
 
 10 Or, 
 turn 
 him back 
 
 And the hope of the godless man shall 
 perish : 
 
 14 Whose confidence shall ^ break ui 
 
 sunder, 
 And whose trust is a spider's 2 web. 
 
 15 He shall lean upon his house, but it 
 
 sball not stand: 
 He shall hold fast thereby, but it shall 
 not endvu'e. 
 
 16 He is green before the sun, 
 
 And his shoots go forth over his garden. 
 
 1 7 His roots are wrapped ^ about the heaj). 
 He beholdeth the place of stones. 
 
 18 If he be destroyed from his place, 
 Then it shall deny him, saying, I have 
 
 not seen thee. 
 
 19 Behold, this is the joy of his way, 
 And out of the * earth shall others 
 
 spring. 
 
 20 Behold, God will not cast away a 
 
 perfect man, 
 Neither will he uphold the evil-doers. 
 21 5 He will yet fill thy mouth with 
 laughter. 
 And thy lips with shouting. 
 22 They that hate thee shall be clothed 
 with shame ; 
 And the tent of the wicked shall be no 
 
 9 Then Job answered and said, 
 
 2 Of a truth I know that it is so: 
 
 6 But how can man be just ''with God? 
 
 3 8 If he be pleased to contend with him, 
 He cannot answer him one of a thou- 
 sand. 
 
 4 He is wise in heart, and mighty in 
 
 strength : 
 Who hath hardened himself against 
 him, and prospered ? 
 
 5 Which removeth the mountains, and 
 
 they know it not. 
 When he overturneth them in his anger. 
 
 6 Which shaketh the earth out of her 
 
 place. 
 And the pillars thereof tremble. 
 
 7 Which commandeth the sun, &nd it 
 
 riseth not ; 
 And sealeth up the stars. 
 
 8 Which alone stretcheth out the hea- 
 
 vens. 
 And treadeth upon the ^ waves of the 
 sea. 
 
 9 Which maketh the Bear, Orion, and 
 
 the Pleiades, 
 And the chambers of the south. 
 
 10 Which doeth great things past finding 
 
 out; 
 Yea, marvellous things without num- 
 ber. 
 
 11 Lo, he goeth by me, and I see him 
 
 not: 
 He passeth on also, but I perceive him 
 not. 
 
 12 Behold, he seizeth the prey, who can 
 
 10 hinder him ? 
 Who wDl say unto him. What doest 
 thou? 
 
 13 God will not withdraw his anger ; 
 
 The helpers of i^Eahab ^^Ao stoop 
 under him. 
 
 14 How much less shall I answer him. 
 And choose out my words to reason 
 
 with him ? 
 
 15 Whom, though I were righteous, yet 
 
 would I not answer ; 
 I would make supplication to limine 
 adversary. 
 
 16 If I had called, and he had answered 
 
 me; 
 Yet woiild I not believe that he 
 hearkened unto my voice. 
 
 17 i^For he breaketh me with a tempest. 
 And multipheth my wounds without 
 
 cause. 
 
 18 He wUl not suffer me to take my 
 
 breath. 
 But fllleth me with bitterness. 
 19 15 If ice speak of the strength of the 
 mighty, i''lo, he is there \ 
 And if of judgement, who wUl appoint 
 me a time ? 
 20 Though I be righteous, mine own 
 mouth shall condemn me : 
 Though I be perfect, I'it shaU prove 
 me perverse. 
 21181 am isperfect; I regard not myseK; 
 I despise my life. 
 
 22 It is aU one ; therefore I say. 
 
 He destroyeth the perfect and the 
 wicked. 
 
 23 If the scourge slay suddenly, 
 
 He will mock at the 20 trial of the 
 iimocent. 
 
 24 The earth is given into the hand of 
 
 the wicked: 
 He covereth the faces of the judges 
 
 thereof ; 
 If it he not he, who then is it? 
 
 25 Now my days are swifter than a 21 post : 
 They flee away, they see no good. 
 
 26 They are passed away as the 22 swift 
 
 ships : 
 As the eagle that swoopeth on the prey. 
 
 27 If I say, I wUl forget my complaint, 
 
 I wiU put off my sad countenance, and 
 28 be of good cheer: 
 28 1 am afraid of all my sorrows, 
 
 I know that thou wUt not hold me 
 imiocent. 
 29 1 shaU be condemned ; 
 
 Why then do I labour in vaiu ? 
 
 30 If I wash myself 2'4with snow Water, 
 And 25 make my hands never so clean; 
 
 31 Yet wUt thou plimge me in the ditch, 
 And mine own clothes shall abhor me. 
 
 32 For he is not a man, as I am, that I 
 
 should answer him. 
 That we should come together in 
 judgement. 
 
 33 There is no 26 daysman betwixt us. 
 That might lay his hand upon us 
 
 both. 
 
 34 Let him take his rod away from me. 
 And let not his terror make me 
 
 afraid : 
 
 35 Then would I speak, and not fear him ; 
 For I am not so in mjjself.
 
 11. 18. 
 
 JOB. 
 
 iHob. 
 
 Uibour. 
 
 2 Or, 
 
 care 
 
 3 Or, 
 
 I am 
 filled 
 with icf- 
 7ioniUt!t, 
 but look 
 thou . . . 
 for it in- 
 creaseth: 
 thou &c. 
 
 4 Or. 
 
 Host 
 after 
 host in 
 against 
 me 
 
 SAuother 
 reading 
 
 is,lethim, 
 cease, 
 and 
 
 leave mc 
 alone. 
 
 lOMy soul is weary of my life ; 
 
 I will give free course to my complaint ; 
 I will si)eak in the bitterness of my 
 soul. 
 '2 1 will say unto God, Do not condemn 
 me ; 
 Shew me wherefore thou contendest 
 with me. 
 
 3 Is it good unto thee that thou shouldest 
 
 oppress, 
 That thou shouldest despise the ^work 
 
 of thme hands, 
 And shine upon the counsel of the 
 
 wicked ? 
 
 4 Hast thou eyes of flesh, 
 
 Or seest thou as man seeth ? 
 
 5 Are thy days as the days of man, 
 Or thy years as man's days, 
 
 6 That thou inquirest after mine iniquity. 
 And searcliest after my sin, 
 
 7 Although thou knowest that I am not 
 
 wicked ; 
 And there is none that can deliver out 
 of thme hand ? 
 
 8 Thine hands have framed me and 
 
 fashioned me 
 Together round about ; yet thou dost 
 
 destroy me. 
 9Eemember, I beseech thee, that thou 
 
 hast fashioned me as clay ; 
 And wUt thou bring me into dust again ? 
 
 10 Hast thou not poured me out as milk, 
 Aud curdled me like cheese ? 
 
 11 Thou hast clothed me with skin and 
 
 flesh. 
 And knit me together with bones and 
 sinews. 
 
 12 Thou hast granted me life and favom-, 
 Aud thy 2 visitation hath preserved my 
 
 spirit. 
 
 13 Yet these things thou didst hide in 
 
 thine heart ; 
 I know that this is with thee : 
 
 14 K I sin, then thou markest me. 
 
 And thou wilt not acquit me from 
 mine iniquity. 
 
 15 If I be wicked, woe unto me ; 
 
 And if I be righteous, yet shall I not 
 
 lift up my head ; 
 8 Being filled with ignominy 
 And looking upon mine afiliction. 
 
 16 Aiid if my head exalt itself, thou hunt- 
 
 est me as a lion : 
 And again thou shewest thyseK mar- 
 vellous upon me. 
 
 17 Thou renewest thy witnesses against 
 
 me, 
 And increasest thine indignation upon 
 
 me; 
 ^ Changes aud warfare are with me. 
 
 18 Wherefore then hast thou brought me 
 
 forth out of the womb ? 
 I had given up the ghost, and no eye 
 had seen me. 
 191 should have been as though I had 
 not been ; 
 I should have been carried from the 
 womb to the gi'ave. 
 20 Are not my days few ? ^cease then. 
 
 And let me alone, that I may ^^take 
 comfort a little, 
 
 21 Before I go whence I shall not return, 
 £ve!i to tlie land of darkness and of 
 
 the shadow of death ; 
 
 22 A land of thick darkness, as darkness 
 
 itself; 
 A land of the shadow of death, without 
 
 any order. 
 And where the light is as darkness. 
 
 11 Then answered Zophar the Naamath- 
 
 ite, and said, 
 
 2 Should not the multitude of words be 
 
 answered ? 
 And should aman full of talk be j ustificd? 
 
 3 Should thy boastings make men hold 
 
 their peace ? 
 And when thou mockest, shall no man 
 make thee ashamed ? 
 
 4 For thou sayest, My doctrine is pure. 
 And I am clean in thine eyes. 
 
 5 But Oh that God would speak. 
 And open his lips against thee ; 
 
 6 And that he woidd shew thee the secrets 
 
 of wisdom, 
 
 7 That it is manifold in effectual work- 
 ing! 
 
 Know therefore that God ^exacteth of 
 thee less than thine iniquity deserv- 
 eth. 
 
 7 9 Canst thou by searching find out God ? 
 Canst thou find out the Almighty unto 
 
 perfection ? 
 8 10 It is high as heaven ; what canst thou 
 do? 
 Deeper than n Sheol ; what canst thou 
 know? 
 9 The measui-e thereof is longer than 
 the earth. 
 And broader than the sea. 
 
 10 If he pass through, and shut up, 
 And 12 call unto judgement, then who 
 
 call hinder him ? 
 
 11 For he knoweth vain men : 
 
 He seeth iniquity also, i^even though 
 he consider it not. 
 121* But vain man is void of understand- 
 ing. 
 
 Tea, man is born as a wild ass's colt. 
 
 13 If thou set thine heart aright. 
 
 And stretch out thinehands toward him; 
 
 14 If iniquity be in thine hand, put it far 
 
 away, 
 And let not unrighteousness dwell in 
 thy tents ; 
 
 15 Sm-ely then shalt thou lift ui) thy face 
 
 without spot ; 
 Yea, thou shalt be stedfast, and shalt 
 not fear : 
 
 16 For thou shalt forget thy misery ; 
 Thou shalt remember it as waters that 
 
 are passed away : 
 
 17 And thi/ life shall is be clearer than the 
 
 noonday ; 
 Though there be darkness, it shall be 
 as the morning. 
 
 18 And thou shalt be secure, because there 
 
 is hope ; 
 
 389 
 
 6Heb. 
 
 brighten 
 
 up. 
 
 7 Or, F<yr 
 
 sound 
 vfisdom 
 is 7nani- 
 fohl 
 
 8 Or. re- 
 mitteih 
 {Heb. 
 causeth 
 to be for- 
 gotten) 
 itnto 
 tJiee of 
 thiyie 
 ■iniquity 
 oOr, 
 Canst 
 thou 
 find out 
 the deep 
 things of 
 God) 
 
 10 Heb. 
 
 The 
 
 heights 
 
 of 
 
 heaven. 
 
 nOr. 
 
 the grave 
 
 12 Heb. 
 call an 
 assem- 
 bly. 
 
 13 Or, 
 and him, 
 tluit con- 
 sidereth 
 not 
 liOr. 
 But an 
 empty 
 man 
 unll get 
 under- 
 stand- 
 ing, 
 when 
 
 a wild 
 ass's colt 
 is bor?i 
 aman 
 
 15 Or. 
 
 arise 
 above
 
 390 
 
 JOB, 
 
 11. 18. 
 
 iHeb. 
 
 refuge is 
 perisJied 
 from 
 them. 
 
 2 Or, 
 
 That 
 bring 
 theiigod 
 in their 
 hand 
 
 3 Or, l</ 
 
 4 Or. 
 spirit 
 
 5 Or, 
 
 With 
 a'jcd 
 men, yv 
 say, is 
 ■wisdom 
 
 6 Or, 
 
 sound 
 wiidom 
 
 Yea, thou sbalt search aboict thee, and 
 shalt take thy rest in safety. 
 
 19 Also thou shalt lie down, and none 
 
 shaU make thee afraid ; 
 Yea, many shall make suit unto thee. 
 
 20 But the eyes of the mcked shall fail, 
 And 1 they shall have no way to flee, 
 And their hope shall be the giving up 
 
 of the ghost. 
 
 12 Then Job answered and said, 
 
 2 No doubt but ye are the people, 
 And wisdom shall die with you. 
 
 3 But I have understanding as well as 
 
 you; 
 
 1 am not inferior to you : 
 
 Yea, who knoweth not such thiugs as 
 these ? 
 
 4 I am as one that is a laughing-stock to 
 
 his neighbour, 
 
 A man that called upon God, and he 
 answered him : 
 
 The just, the perfect man is a laughing- 
 stock. 
 
 5 In the thought of him that is at ease 
 
 there is contempt for misfortune ; 
 It is ready for them whose foot slippeth. 
 
 6 The tents of robbers prosper. 
 
 And they that jirovoke God are secure ; 
 
 2 Into whose hand God bringeth abimd- 
 
 aiithj. 
 
 7 But ask now the beasts, and they shall 
 
 teach thee ; 
 And the fowls of the air, and they shall 
 teU thee : 
 
 8 Or speak to the earth, and it shall teach 
 
 thee ; 
 And the fishes of the sea shall declare 
 mito thee. 
 
 9 Who knoweth not ^iu all these. 
 That the hand of the Lord hath 
 
 wrought this ? 
 
 10 In whose hand is the soul of every 
 
 living thing. 
 And the ^ breath of all mankind. 
 
 11 Doth not the ear ti-y woids. 
 
 Even as the palate tasteth its meat ? 
 
 12 5 With aged men is wisdom. 
 
 And in length of days understanding. 
 
 13 With him is wisdom and might ; 
 He hath counsel and imderstanding. 
 
 14 Behold, he breaketh down, and it can- 
 
 not be buUt again ; 
 He shutteth up a man, and there can 
 be no opening. 
 
 15 Behold, he withholdeth the waters, and 
 
 they dry up ; 
 Agaui, he sendeth them out, and the;- 
 overtm-n the earth. 
 
 16 With him is strength and ^ effectual 
 
 working ; 
 The deceived and the deceiver are his. 
 
 17 He leadeth counsellors away spoiled. 
 And judges makgt]iji£j£flcis. 
 
 18 He looseth the bond ofkiugs. 
 
 And bindeth their loins with a girdle. 
 
 19 He leadeth priests away spoiled. 
 And overthroweth the mighty. 
 
 20 He removeth the speech of the trusty, 
 
 And taketh away the understanding of 
 the elders. 
 
 21 He poureth contempt upon princes. 
 And looseth the belt of the strong. 
 
 22 He discovereth deep things out of 
 
 darkness. 
 And bringeth out to light the shadow 
 of death. 
 
 23 He increaseth the nations, and destroy- 
 
 eth them : 
 He spreadeth the nations abroad, and 
 'bringeth them in. 
 
 24 He taketh away the heart of the chiefs 
 
 of the people of the ^ earth. 
 And causetli them to wander La a 
 wilderness where there is no way. 
 
 25 They grope in the dark without light. 
 And he maketh them to '■'stagger Uke 
 
 a drunken man. 
 13 Lo, mine eye hath seen all tills, 
 
 Mine ear hath heard and understood it. 
 
 2 What ye know, the same do I know 
 
 also: 
 I am not inferior unto you. 
 
 3 Surely I would speak to the Almighty, 
 And I desire to reason with God. 
 
 4 But ye are forgers of lies, 
 
 Ye are all physicians of no value. 
 
 5 Oh that ye would altogether hold youi- 
 
 peace ! 
 And it should be your wisdom. 
 
 6 Hear now my reasoning. 
 
 And hearken to the pleadings of my 
 lips. 
 
 7 WiU ye speak unrighteously for God, 
 And talk deceitfully for him ? 
 
 8 Will ye i^respect his person ? 
 Will ye contend for God ? 
 
 9 Is it good that he should search you out? 
 Or as one i^deceiveth a man, will ye 
 
 12 deceive him ? 
 
 10 He wiU surely reprove you. 
 
 If ye do secretly i^ respect persons. 
 
 11 ShaU not his excellency , make you 
 
 afraid, KC«J^<C^ 
 
 And his daead fall upon you ? 
 
 12 Your memorable sayings are proverbs 
 
 of ashes, 
 Yom* defences are defences of clay. 
 
 13 Hold yoiu- peace, let me alone, that I 
 
 may speak, 
 And let come on me what will. 
 141^ Wherefore should I take my flesh in 
 my teeth, 
 And put my life ui mine hand ? 
 15 15 Though he slay me, yet will I wait 
 for bun : 
 Nevertheless I wiU is maintain my ways 
 before him. 
 16 17 This also shall be my salvation ; 
 18 For a godless man shall not come 
 before bun. 
 
 17 Hear diUgently my speech. 
 
 And let my declaration be in your ears. 
 
 18 Behold now, I have ordered my cause ; 
 I know that I 1^ am ri^'hteous. 
 
 19 Who is he that will contend with me '? 
 For now '■'o shall I hold my peace and 
 
 give up the ghost.
 
 15. 11. 
 
 JOB. 
 
 391 
 
 iHeb. 
 And he 
 is like. 
 
 2 Or, 
 
 wither- 
 
 eth 
 
 3 Or, 
 
 Oh that 
 
 a clean 
 
 thine; 
 
 could 
 
 come out 
 
 ofanuu- 
 
 clean I 
 
 not one 
 
 can 
 
 4Heb. 
 
 ceati. 
 
 sOr, 
 
 have 
 
 pleasure 
 
 !0r. 
 llefti low 
 
 'See 
 Is. xix. D. 
 
 8Heb. 
 
 arcgonc. 
 
 » Or, Hie 
 fjrave 
 
 20 Only do not two things imto me, 
 
 Then -will I iiot hide myself from thy 
 face : 
 '21 Withdraw tliine hand far from me; 
 
 And let not thy terror make me n- 
 fraid. 
 '22 Then call thou, and I will answer; 
 
 Or let me speak, and answer thou me. 
 2.3 Howmauy are mine iniquities and sins ? 
 
 Make me to know my transgression 
 and my sin. 
 24 Wherefore hidest thou tliy face, 
 
 And holdest me for tliine enemy ? 
 25 Wilt thou harass a driven leaf? 
 
 And wilt thou jmrsue the dry stuhble ? 
 
 26 For thou writest bitter things against 
 
 me. 
 And makest me to inherit the iniquities 
 of mj'' youth : 
 
 27 Thou puttest my feet also in the 
 
 stocks, and markest all my patlis ; 
 Thou drawest thee a line about the 
 soles of my feet : 
 28 1 Though I am like a rotten thing that 
 consumeth, oii^*t,ft^t 
 
 Like a garment that is moth-ealen. 
 14 Man that is born of a woman 
 Is of few days, and full of trouble. 
 
 2 He Cometh forth like a flower, and 2 is 
 
 cut down : 
 He lleeth also as a shadow, and con- 
 tiiiueth not. 
 
 3 And dost thou open thine eyes upon 
 
 such an one. 
 And bringest me into judgement with 
 thee? fSl{ 
 
 4 ''Who can bring a clean thuig out of 
 
 an unclean? not one. 
 .5 Seeing his days are determined, the 
 number of his months is with thee, 
 And thou hast appointed his bounds 
 that he cannot pass; 
 
 6 Look away from him, that he may * rest. 
 Till he shall ^ accomplish, as an hire- 
 ling, his day. 
 
 7 For there is hope of a tree, if it be cut 
 
 down, that it will sprout again. 
 And that the tender branch thereof 
 will not cease. 
 
 8 Though the root thereof wax old in 
 
 the earth. 
 And the stock thereof die in the 
 ground ; 
 
 9 Yet through the scent of water it will 
 
 bud. 
 And ]Hxt forth boughs like a plant. 
 10 But man dieth, and ^' wasteth away : 
 Yea, mail givcth up the ghost, and 
 where is he? 
 ll"^ As the waters ^fail from the sea, 
 And the river decayeth and drietli up ; 
 
 12 So man lieth down and riseth not : 
 Till the heavens be no more, they 
 
 shall not awake, 
 Nor be roused out of then- sleei>. 
 
 13 Oh that thou wouldest hide me in 
 
 9 Sheol, 
 That thou M'ouldest keep me secret, 
 until thy wrath be past. 
 
 set 
 
 would 
 to the 
 
 That thou wouldest appoint me a 
 time, and remember me ! 
 14 If a man die, shall lie live (Kjain ? 
 All tlie days of my warfare ^ o would 
 
 wait, -7 ' ! w ;"' ' ~~ 
 
 Till my n release fihould C(jme. 
 L^ii'^^Thou slumldes't call, and I 
 answer thee : 
 TIkiu wouldest have a desire 
 work of thine hands. 
 16 But now thou numher(!st my steps: 
 Dost thou not watch over my sin ? 
 
 17 My transgression is sealed up in a bag, 
 And thou fastenest up mine iniquity. 
 
 18 And surely the mountain falling 
 i** Cometh to nouglit. 
 
 And the rock is )-emoved out of its 
 place ; 
 
 19 The waters wear the stones; 
 The overflowings thereof wash away 
 
 the dust of the earth : 
 And thou destroyest the hope of man. 
 '20 Thou pi-evailost for ever against Mm ; , 
 
 and he passetli ; cifi M*i>»iW^W/*vi^ //, 
 Thou cliangest liis co untenance , 
 sendest him ajuov tfft^i //f 
 honour 
 
 to 
 
 and 
 
 and he 
 
 21 His sons come 
 liiioweth it not ; 
 And they are brought low, but he 
 ])erceiveth it not of them. 
 '22i^But his flesli uiion liim liatli pain, 
 And his soul within him niourneth. 
 
 15 Then answered Eliphaz the Tenjan- 
 
 ite, and said, ■*^j>/^!^'.\i«'-^ •=•■-•■.? ■' 
 r'2 gj-toi^hl a, wise man make' answer w ith 
 IS vain kno'^vledge, 
 And fill his lielly with the east wind ? 
 
 3 Should he reason with unproiitable 
 talk. 
 
 Or with speeches wherewith he can do 
 no good? 
 
 4 Yea, thou doest away with fear, 
 And i^restraiuest 17 devotion before 
 
 God. 
 
 5 For i^thme iniquity teacheth thy 
 mouth, 
 
 And thou choosest the tongue of the 
 crafty. 
 
 6 Thine own mouth condemueth thee, 
 and not I ; 
 
 Yea, thine own lips testify against thee. 
 
 7 Ai-t thou the first man that was born? 
 Or wast thou brought forth before the 
 
 hills? 
 8 19 Hast thou heard the secret counsel 
 of God? 
 And dost thou restrain wisdom to thy- 
 self? 
 9 What knowest thou, that we know not ? 
 What uuderstaudest thou, which is no', 
 in us? 
 
 10 With us are both the grayheaded and 
 the very aged men, 
 
 Much elder than thy father. 
 
 11 Ai-e the consolations of God too small 
 for thee, 
 
 20 And the word that deal eth gently 
 Avith thee? 
 
 l>Or, mil 
 
 . ..ahull 
 
 cotn-j 
 
 nOr, 
 
 change 
 
 12 Or. 
 
 Thou 
 
 fhalt 
 
 cull. 
 
 and I 
 
 will A-c. 
 
 11 Heb. 
 /adrth 
 nwitt/. 
 
 h a) 
 
 II 0.', 
 
 Only for 
 
 Ithnxvff 
 
 hisjtcsh 
 
 hath 
 
 pain, 
 
 andfnr 
 
 hbnself 
 
 his soul 
 
 tnourn- 
 
 eth 
 
 i-^Heb. 
 know- 
 ledge of 
 wind. 
 
 13 Heb. 
 
 dimin- 
 
 ishest. 
 
 nor, 
 
 incdita- 
 
 tion 
 
 15 Or, thy 
 
 mouth 
 
 teacheth 
 
 thine 
 
 iniquity 
 
 1^ Or, 
 
 Dost 
 
 thou 
 
 hearken 
 
 in the 
 
 council 
 
 
 S'^ Or, Gr 
 
 is therj 
 
 any 
 
 secret 
 
 thin J 
 
 with 
 
 theef 
 
 K\ /ftfi^fif^H //J /J^^ -^ ''-^
 
 392 
 
 JOB. 
 
 15. 12. 
 
 1 Or, that 
 which is 
 
 •^ Or. And 
 
 pears 
 that are 
 num- 
 bered 
 are laid 
 up &c. 
 
 3 Or, 
 
 biddcth 
 defiance 
 to 
 
 lOr, 
 Upon 
 
 5Heb. 
 cut off. 
 
 6 Or, 
 
 would 
 
 inhabit 
 
 'Or, 
 th^r 
 posses- 
 sions be 
 extended 
 on the 
 earth 
 
 8 Or, 
 paid 
 mfuU 
 
 12 Why doth tliiiie heart carry thee away ? 
 And why do thine eyes wink ? 
 
 13 That thou turnest thy spirit against 
 
 God, 
 And lettest such words go out of thy 
 mouth. 
 
 14 What is man, that he should be clean ? 
 And he which is born of a woman, 
 
 that he should be righteous? 
 
 15 Behokl, he putteth no trust in. his holy 
 
 ones; 
 Yea, the heavens are not clean in his 
 sight. 
 
 16 How much less i one that is abomin- 
 
 able and corrupt, 
 A man that drmketh iniquity like water ! 
 17 1 will shew thee, hear thou me ; 
 
 And that which I have seen I wiU 
 declare : 
 
 18 (Which wise men have told 
 
 From their fathers, and have not hid 
 it; 
 
 19 Unto whom alone the land was given, 
 And no stranger passed among them :) 
 
 20 The wicked man travaileth with pain 
 
 all his days, 
 2Even the number of years that are 
 laid up for the oppressor. 
 21 A sound of terrors is in his ears ; 
 
 In prosperity the spoiler shall come 
 upon him : 
 
 22 He believeth not that he shall return 
 
 out of darkness. 
 And heogjvgitfiiier of the sword : 
 
 23 He wandereth abroad for bread, saying, 
 
 Where is it? 
 He knoweth that the day of darkness 
 is ready at his hand : 
 
 24 Distress and anguish make him afraid ; 
 They prevail against him, as a king 
 
 ready to the battle : 
 
 25 Because he hath stretched out his 
 
 hand against God, 
 And ^behaveth himself proudly against 
 the Almighty ; 
 
 26 He runneth upon him with a stiffneck, 
 *With the thick bosses of his bucklers : 
 
 27 Because he hath covered his face with 
 
 his fatness, 
 And made collops of fat on his flanks ; 
 
 28 And he hath dwelt m ^ desolate cities, 
 In houses which no man "inhabited, 
 Which were ready to become heaps. 
 
 29 He shall not be rich, neither shall his 
 
 substance continue. 
 Neither shall 7 then- produce bend to 
 the earth. 
 
 30 BLe shall not depart out of darkness ; 
 CUtif^ flame shall di-y up his branches. 
 And by the breath of his mouth shall 
 
 he go away. - " " 
 
 31 Let him not trust in vanity, deceiving 
 
 himself : .i 
 
 For vanity shall be his recompence. '^ 
 
 32 It shall be 8accomplished_ before his 
 
 time, f t-^P -fe »»- h yt-i-^tt,-^ *• 
 And his branch shall not be ffl-een. 
 
 33 He shall shake off his unripe grape as 
 
 the vine, 
 
 And shall cast off his flower as the 
 olive. 
 
 34 For the company of the godless shall 
 
 be barren. 
 And fire shall consume the tents of 
 bribery. 
 
 35 They conceive mischief, and bring 
 
 forth iniquity, 
 And their belly jjrepareth deceit. 
 
 16 Then Job answered and said, 
 2 1 have heard many such things : 
 9 Miserable comforters are ye all. 
 3 Shall lOvaiu words have an end? 
 Or what provoketh thee that thou 
 answerest ? 
 4 1 also could speak as ye do ; 
 If your soul were in my soul's stead, 
 I could join words together against 
 
 you, 
 
 And sliake mine head at you. 
 
 5 But I would strengthen you with my 
 
 mouth, 
 And the solace of my hps should 
 assuage your grief. 
 
 6 Though I speak, my grief is not 
 
 assuaged : 
 
 And though I forbear, ^what am I 
 eased ? 
 7 But now he hath made me weary: 
 
 Thou hast made desolate all my com- 
 pany. 
 
 8 And thou hast inlaid fast hold on me, 
 
 which is a witness against mc : 
 And my leanness riseth up against me, 
 it testifiSftrto my face. 
 
 9 He hath torn me in his wi-ath, and 
 
 13 persecuted me; 
 He hath gnashed upon me with his 
 
 teeth : 
 Mine adversary sharpeneth his eyes 
 
 upon me. 
 
 10 They have gaped upon me with their 
 
 mouth ; 
 They have smitten me upon the cheek 
 
 reproaclrfuUy : 
 They gather themselves together a- 
 
 gainst me. 
 
 11 God dehvereth me to the imgodly. 
 And casteth me into the hands of the 
 
 ■wicked. 
 121 was at ease, and he brake me 
 
 asmider ; 
 Yea, he hath taken me by the neck, 
 
 and dashed me to jiieces : 
 He hath also set me uj) for his mark. 
 
 13 His 1^ archers compass me romid about. 
 He cleaveth my reins asunder, and 
 
 doth not spare ; 
 He poureth out my gall upon the 
 ground. 
 
 14 He breaketh me with breach upon 
 
 breach ; 
 He runneth upon me like a i^ giant. 
 15 1 have sewed sackcloth upon my skin, 
 And have inlaid my horn in the dust. 
 16 My face is i^foul with weeping, 
 
 And on my eyeUds is the shadow of 
 death ; 
 
 
 '/ ^.
 
 19. 2. 
 
 JOB. 
 
 393 
 
 lOr, 
 Jutvr no 
 inore 
 
 2 Or, 
 That 0711- 
 misfit 
 pleadfor 
 ainan 
 with 
 God. 
 as a son 
 of man 
 pleadetli 
 for his 
 neigh- 
 bour 
 
 3 Heb. 
 ynocK'crt/. 
 
 'Heb. 
 
 porTion. 
 
 S Or, one 
 in who»f 
 face then 
 spit 
 
 c Or, /•(.)■ 
 J find not 
 
 ■Heb. 
 
 JJOSSi'S- 
 
 si&tis. 
 
 s Or, be- 
 cause of 
 
 9 Or, // 
 / hniie, 
 Sheol is 
 7nine 
 house ; 
 I have 
 spread 
 ...I 
 
 have said 
 . . . and 
 tvhere 
 now is 
 my hop''.' 
 
 10 Or, the 
 grave 
 
 11 Or, 
 the pit 
 
 17 Although there is no violence in mine 
 
 hands, 
 And my prayer is pure. 
 
 18 Ciiitli, cover not thou my blood, 
 And let my cry Miave no testing place. 
 
 10 Even now, behold, my \vitness is in 
 heaven. 
 And lie that vonclieth for me is on high. 
 20 My friends scorn me: 
 
 ]Jat }iiine eye pom^eth out tears unto 
 God; 
 21 2 That he would maintain the right of 
 a man with God, 
 And of a sou of man with his neigh- 
 bour ! 
 22 For when a few years are come, 
 
 I shall go the way whence I shall not 
 return. 
 17 My spuit is consumed, my dr.ys are 
 extinct, 
 The grave is veadij for me. 
 
 2 Surely there are ^'mockers with me, 
 Aiid mine eye abideth iu then- provoc- 
 ation. 
 
 3 Give now a pledge, be siu'ety for me 
 
 with thyself; 
 Wio is there that will strike hands 
 
 with me? 
 j 4 For thou hast hid their heart from 
 I understcUidiug : 
 
 I Therefore shalt thou not exalt them. 
 
 5 He that denouuceth liis friends for a 
 
 < prey. 
 Even the eyes of his children shall fail. 
 
 6 He hath made me also a byword of the 
 
 ])eople ; 
 And I am become ^ an open abhorrmg. 
 
 7 Mine eye also is dun by reason of sor- 
 
 row. 
 And all my members are as a shadow. 
 
 8 Upright men shall be astonied at this, 
 And the innocent shall stu' up himseK 
 
 against the godless. 
 
 9 Yet shall the righteous hold on his way. 
 And he that hath clem hands shall 
 
 wax stronger and stronger. 
 
 10 But return ye, all of you, and come now : 
 '■And I shall not find a wise man among 
 
 you. 
 
 11 My days are past, my purjioses are 
 
 broken off. 
 Even the "i thoughts of my heart. 
 12 They change the night into day: 
 
 The' light, say they, is near *unto the 
 darkness. 
 13 5' If I look for I'^Sheol as mine house; 
 If I have spread my couch in the dark- 
 ness; 
 
 14 If I have said to ii corruption, Thou art 
 
 my father ; 
 To the worm, Thou art my mother, and 
 my sister ;-^'./^<a'1 •<-■>■ i-^'-.a >■ 
 
 15 Where then is my hope ? 
 
 And as for my hope, who shall see it ? 
 
 16 It shall go down to the bars of lo Sheol, 
 When once there is rest in the dust. 
 
 18 Then answered Bildad the Shuhite, 
 and said, 
 
 2 How long will ye lay snares for words? 
 Consider, and afterwards wc will speak. | 
 
 3 WJierefore arc we counted as lioasts, 
 A)id are 1)ecome unclean in your sight? | 
 
 4Tliou that tearest tliyself in lliiue 
 anj-'or, 
 Shall the earth be forsaken for thee? 
 Or shall the rock l)e removed out of 
 its place ? 
 .'JYei, the light of the \ncked shall be 
 l)ut out, 
 And the i- spark of his fire shall not 
 sliine. 
 CThe light shall 1)C' darlj in his lent. 
 And liis lamp i-^above hun shall l)e put 
 out. 
 
 7 The steps of his strengtl; sliall be 
 
 straitened, 
 And his own counsel shall cast him 
 down. 
 
 8 For he is cast into a net by his o^^Ti 
 
 feet, 
 .\nd he walketh upon the toils. 
 
 9 A gin shall take hi7n by the heel. 
 And a snai-e shall lay liold on him. 
 
 10 A noose is hid for him in tlie groimd, 
 And a trap for him in the v.ay. 
 
 11 Terrors shall make him afraid on every 
 
 side. 
 And shall chase him at his heels. 
 
 12 His strength shall l)e hungerl)itten, 
 And calamity shall be ready i* for his 
 
 halting. 
 
 13 It shall devour the 15 members of his 
 
 body, 
 Yeci, the fu-stborn of death shall de- 
 vour his members. 
 
 14 He shall be rooted out of his tent 
 
 wherein he trusteth; 
 And 16 he shall be brought to the king 
 of terrors. 
 15 1' There shall dwell iu his tent that 
 which is none of his : 
 Brimstone shaU be scattered upon his 
 habitation. 
 
 16 His roots shall be dried up beneath, 
 And above shall his branch I'^be cut 
 
 off. 7'^ .- -■ r/.- '<■"'- 
 
 17 His remembrance shall perish from 
 
 'TTie^aiih, 
 
 And he shall have no name in the 
 street. 
 
 18 He shall be driven from light into 
 
 darkness, 
 Aiid chased out of the world. 
 
 19 He shall have neither son nor son's son 
 
 among his people, 
 
 Nor any remaining where he sojom-ned. 
 20 13 They that come after shall be aston- 
 ied at his day. 
 
 As they that went before 20^ere af- 
 frighted. 
 21 Sm-ely such are tlie dwellings of the 
 iim'ighteous, 
 
 And this is the place of him that know- 
 eth not God. 
 
 19 Then Job answered and said, 
 2 How long will ye vex my soul, 
 
 IS— 5 
 
 12 Or, 
 fUiine 
 
 "Or, 
 be>id>; 
 
 I'Or, at 
 his side 
 
 15 Heb. 
 bars of 
 his sTcm. 
 
 1'5 Heb. 
 If shaU 
 {or thou 
 shall) 
 brint/ 
 him, 
 "Or, 
 It shall 
 dwell in 
 his tent, 
 that it be 
 no more 
 his 
 
 or, be- 
 cause it 
 is none 
 of his 
 "Or, 
 wither 
 
 1-3 Or, 
 They 
 that 
 duvU in 
 the wett 
 are, ,, 
 as they 
 that 
 dwell in 
 the ea^i 
 are A-c. 
 2') Heb. 
 liid hold 
 on 
 horror.
 
 394 
 
 JOB. 
 
 19. 2. 
 
 lOr. 
 Will ye 
 indeed 
 .re- 
 proach! 
 
 ?0r, 
 
 over- 
 thrown 
 me 
 
 3 Or, 
 cry out, 
 Vio- 
 lence I 
 
 lOr, 
 
 sojourn 
 
 5 Or, 
 
 I make 
 sujjplic- 
 ation 
 Or, I am 
 loath- 
 some 
 
 6 Or, 0/ 
 my body 
 7Heb. 
 the men 
 of my 
 council. 
 
 8 Or, For 
 
 9 Or, vin- 
 dicator 
 Heb. 
 god. 
 
 10 Heb. 
 dust. 
 
 And break me in pieces with words ? 
 
 3 These ten times have ye reproached 
 
 me: 
 Ye are not ashamed that ye deal hardly 
 with me. 
 
 4 And be it indeed that I have eiTed, 
 Mine error remaineth with myself. 
 
 5 1 If indeed ye will magnify yourselves 
 against me, 
 And plead against me my reproach : 
 
 6 Know now that God hath ^ subverted 
 
 me in my cause. 
 And hath compassed me with his net. 
 
 7 Behold, I ^ cry out of wrong, but I am 
 
 not heard : 
 I cry for help, but there is no judge- 
 ment. 
 
 8 He hath fenced up my way that I can- 
 
 not pass, 
 And hath set darkness in my paths. 
 
 9 He hath stripped me of my glory, 
 And taken the crown from my head. 
 
 10 He hath broken me down on every 
 
 side, and I am gone : 
 And mine hope hath he plucked up Uke 
 a tree. 
 
 11 He hath also kindled his wrath against 
 
 me, 
 And lae counteth me unto him as one 
 of his adversaries. 
 
 12 His troojis come on together, and cast 
 
 up their way against me. 
 And encamp romid about my tent. 
 
 13 He hath put my brethren far from me. 
 And mine acquaintance are whoUy 
 
 estranged from me. 
 
 14 My kinsfolk have failed. 
 
 And my familiar friends have forgotten 
 me. 
 
 15 They that * dwell in mine house, and 
 
 my maids, count me for a stranger : 
 I am an alien in their sight. 
 16 1 call unto my servant, and he giveth 
 me no answer. 
 Though I Lntreat him with my mouth. 
 
 17 My breath is strange to my wife. 
 And 5 my supphcation to the children 
 
 •'of my mother's womb. 
 
 18 Even young children despise me ; 
 If I arise, they speak against me. 
 
 19 All Tmy inward friends abhor me . 
 And they whom I loved are turned 
 
 against me. 
 
 20 My bone cleaveth to my skin and to 
 
 my flesh. 
 And I am escaped with the skia of my 
 teeth. 
 
 21 Have pity upon me, have pity upon 
 
 me, O ye my friends ; 
 For the hand of God hath touched me. 
 
 22 Why do ye persecute me as God, 
 And are not satisfied with my flesh ? 
 
 23 Oh that my words were now written 1 
 Oh that they were inscribed in a book I 
 
 24 That with an iron pen and lead 
 They were graven in the rock for ever ! 
 
 25 8But I know that my ^redeemer liveth, 
 And that he shall stand up at the last 
 
 upon the i** earth: 
 
 26 11 And after my skin hath been thus 
 destroyed, 
 Yet 12 from my flesh shall I see God: 
 
 27 Whom I shall see i^for myself. 
 
 And mine eyes shall behold, and not 
 
 !■* another. 
 My reins are consumed within me. 
 
 28 If ye say, How we will persecute him. ! 
 15 Seeing that the root of the matter is 
 
 found m is me; 
 
 29 Be ye afraid of the sword : 
 
 For 17 wrath hringeth the punishments 
 of the sword. 
 
 That ye may know there is a judge- 
 ment. 
 
 20 Then answered Zophar the Naamath- 
 
 ite, and said, 
 2 Therefore do my thoughts give answer 
 to me, 
 
 18 Even by reason of my haste that is 
 in me. 
 
 3 1 have heard the reproof which putteth 
 me to shame, 
 
 19 And the spirit of my understanding 
 answereth me. 
 
 4 Knowest thou not this of old time, 
 Since man was placed upon earth, 
 
 5 That the triumphing of the wicked is 
 
 short. 
 And the joy of the godless but for a 
 moment ? 
 
 6 Though his excellency mount up to 
 
 the heavens, 
 And his head reach unto the clouds ; 
 
 7 Yet he shall perish for ever like his 
 
 own dung : 
 They which have seen him shall say, 
 Where is he ? 
 
 8 He shall fly away as a dream, and shall 
 
 not be found : 
 Yea, he shall be chased away as a 
 vision of the night. 
 
 9 The eye which saw him shall see bim 
 
 no more ; 
 Neither shall his place any more be- 
 hold him. 
 
 10 20 His children shall seek the favour of 
 
 the poor, 
 And his hands shall give back his 
 wealth. 
 
 11 His bones are full of his youth. 
 
 But it shall lie down ■with him in the 
 dust. 
 
 12 Though wickedness be sweet in his 
 
 mouth. 
 Though he hide it under his tongue ; 
 
 13 Though he spare it, and will not let it go, 
 But keep it stiU within his mouth ; 
 
 14 Yet his meat in his bowels is tui'ned, 
 It is the gall of asps within him. 
 
 15 He hath swallowed down riches, and 
 
 he shall vomit them up again : 
 God shall cast them out of his belly. 
 
 16 He shall suck the poison of asps : 
 The viijer's tongue shaU slay him. 
 
 17 He shall not look upon the rivers, 
 The flowing streams of honey and 
 
 butter.
 
 21. 31. 
 
 JOB. 
 
 395 
 
 I Heb. 
 
 of his ex- 
 change. 
 
 2 Or, 
 
 which he 
 
 buiUied 
 
 not 
 
 3 Or, 
 in his 
 grt'ed 
 Heb. in 
 his bell!/. 
 
 4 Or, 
 
 Let it be 
 for the 
 filling 
 of his 
 belly that 
 Ooashcill 
 cast &c. 
 
 5 Or, as 
 his food 
 
 6 Or. It 
 
 shall go 
 ill with 
 him that 
 is left 
 
 7 Or, 
 
 thou 
 Shalt 
 mock 
 
 8 Or, of 
 
 3 Heb. 
 Look un- 
 to 7ne. 
 
 10 Or, in 
 peace, 
 without 
 fear 
 
 18 That which he laboured for shall he re- 
 
 store, and shall uot swallow it down ; 
 Aceordmg to the sulistaiice itliat he 
 hath gotten, he shall not rejoice. 
 
 19 For he hath oppressed and forsaken 
 
 the poor ; 
 He hath violently taken away an house, 
 2 and he shall not build it up. 
 
 20 Because he knew no quietness ^ within 
 
 him, 
 He sliall not save aught of that where- 
 in he delighteth. 
 
 21 There was nothmg left that ho de- 
 
 voured not ; 
 Therefore his prosperity shall not en- 
 dure. 
 
 22 In the fulness of his sufficiency he shall 
 
 be in straits : 
 The hand of every one that is in misery 
 sliall come upon him. 
 23* When he is about to fill his belly, 
 God shall cast the fierceness of his 
 
 wrath upon him, 
 And shall rain it upon him s while he 
 is eating. 
 
 24 He shall flee from the iron weapon, 
 And the bow of brass shall strike him 
 
 through. 
 
 25 He draweth it forth, and it cometh out 
 
 of his body : 
 Yea, the glittering point cometh out of 
 
 his gall ; 
 Terrors are upon him. 
 
 26 AU darkness is laid uj) for his trea- 
 
 sures : 
 A fire not blown hy man shall devour 
 
 him; 
 6 It shall consume that which is left in 
 
 his tent. 
 
 27 The heavens shall reveal his iniquity. 
 And the earth shall rise up against him. 
 
 28 The increase of his house shall depart, 
 His goods shall flow away in the day 
 
 of his wrath. 
 
 29 This is the portion of a wicked man 
 
 from God, 
 And the heritage appointed unto him 
 by God. 
 
 21 Then Job answered and said, 
 
 2 Hear diligently my speech ; 
 And let this be your consolations. 
 
 3 Suffer me, and I also will speak ; 
 And after that I have spoken, ''mock 
 
 on. 
 
 4 As for me, is my complaint ^ to man ? 
 And why should I not be impatient ? 
 
 5 " Mark me, and be astonished, 
 
 And lay your hand upon your mouth. 
 
 6 Even when I remember I am troubled, 
 And horror taketh hold on my flesh. 
 
 7 Wherefore do the wicked live. 
 Become old, yea, wax mighty in 
 
 power ? 
 
 8 Their seed is established with them in 
 
 their sight. 
 And their offspring before their eyes. 
 
 9 Their houses are lOsafe from fear. 
 Neither is the rod of God upon them. 
 
 10 Their bull gendereth, and faileth not ; 
 Their cow calveth, and casteth not 
 
 her calf. 
 
 11 They send forth their little ones like a 
 
 flock. 
 And tlieir children dance. 
 
 12 They ^ sing to the timl)rel and harji. 
 And rejoice at the sound of the i)ipe. 
 
 13 They spend their days in prosperity. 
 And in a moment they go down to 
 
 i2Sheol. 
 
 14 Yet they said unto God, Depart from 
 
 us; 
 For we desire not the knowledge of 
 thy ways. — -> 
 
 15 What is the Almighty, that we should 
 
 serve him ? 
 And what i)rofit should we have, if we 
 
 pray unto him ? 
 1613]Lo, their prosperity is not in their 
 
 hand : 
 The comisel of the wicked is far from 
 
 me. 
 
 17 "How oft is it that the lamp of the 
 
 wicked is put out ? 
 That their calamity cometh upon them ? 
 That Gud distributeth sorrows in his 
 
 anger '? 
 
 18 That they are as stubble before the 
 
 wind, 
 And as chaff that the stoim carrieth 
 
 away? 
 191'5 1'e say, God layeth up his iniquity 
 
 for his children. 
 Let him recompense it unto himself, 
 
 that he may know it. 
 
 20 Let his own eyes see his destruction. 
 And let him drink of the wrath of the 
 
 Almighty. 
 
 21 For what pleasm'e hath he in his 
 
 house after him, 
 Wlieu the number of his months is cut 
 off in the midst ? 
 
 22 Shall any teach God knowledge ? 
 Seeing he judgeth those that are high. 
 
 23 One dieth in his full strength, 
 Being wholly at ease and quiet ; 
 
 24 His I'^breasts are full of milk, 
 
 And the marrow of his bones is 
 moistened. 
 
 25 And another dieth in bitterness of soul. 
 And never tasteth of good. 
 
 26 They lie down alike in the dust, 
 And the worm covereth them. 
 
 27 Behold, I know yom- thoughts. 
 
 And the devices which ye wrongfully 
 imagine against me. 
 
 28 For ye say. Where is the house of the 
 
 prince ? 
 And where is the tent wherein the 
 wicked dwelt? 
 
 29 Have ye not asked them that go by 
 
 the way? 
 And do ye not know their tokens ? 
 
 30 That the evU man is ^^ reserved to the 
 
 day of calamity ? 
 That they are i^led forth to the day of 
 wrath? 
 
 31 Who shall declare his way to his face ? 
 
 11 Heb. 
 lift up 
 the 
 voice. 
 
 12 Or, the 
 grave 
 
 13 Or, Ye 
 
 say, Lo 
 &c. 
 
 11 Or, 
 How oft 
 is the 
 hiinp 
 of the 
 wicked 
 put oict, 
 and how 
 oft Com- 
 eth their 
 calant- 
 ity 
 upon 
 thennt 
 God 
 distri- 
 buteth 
 sorrows 
 in his 
 anger. 
 They are 
 as stub- 
 ble... 
 away. 
 
 15 Or, 
 God 
 layeth 
 up his 
 iniquity 
 fur his 
 children: 
 he re- 
 wardeth 
 him. and 
 he shall 
 know it. 
 His eyes 
 shall see 
 his 
 
 destruc- 
 timi.and 
 he shall 
 drink 
 &e. 
 
 16 Or, 
 milk 
 pails 
 
 "Or, 
 spared 
 in d-c. 
 IS Or, 
 led away 
 in i-f. 
 
 13—6
 
 396 
 
 JOB. 
 
 21. 31. 
 
 lOr, 
 
 More- 
 over he 
 is borne 
 to the 
 gravet 
 and 
 keepeth 
 watch 
 over his 
 tomb. 
 The clods 
 of the 
 valley 
 aresioeet 
 unto 
 hlm;aitd 
 aZl men 
 draw &c. 
 
 2 Or, 
 they 
 shall 
 keep 
 
 3 Or, 
 
 with 
 vanity 
 
 ^Or, 
 
 faithless- 
 ness 
 
 5 Or, 
 
 for fear 
 of thee 
 
 6Heb. 
 the ma a 
 of arm. 
 
 'Or. 
 
 land 
 8Heb. 
 he ivhose 
 person is 
 accept- 
 ed. 
 
 Or, Or 
 
 dost thoa 
 not see 
 the dark- 
 ness, and 
 the 
 
 flood of 
 ■waters 
 that 
 
 j cot'ereth 
 
 I thee ! 
 
 1 WHeb. 
 
 1 liead. 
 
 11 Or, un 
 
 the vault 
 
 12 Or, 
 
 Host 
 thou 
 mark 
 
 13 Or, to 
 H Heb. 
 tJiem. 
 
 And who shall repay him what he hath 
 clone ? 
 32 1 Yet shall he be borne to the grave, 
 And 2 shall keep watch over the tomb. 
 
 33 The clods of the valley shall be sweet 
 
 unto him, 
 And all men shall draw after him, 
 As there were innumerable before 
 
 him. 
 
 34 How then comfort ye me ^ia vain, 
 Seemg in your answers there re- 
 
 maineth onhj ^falsehood? 
 
 22 Then answered Eliphaz the Teman- 
 ite, and said, 
 
 2 Can a man be profitable unto God? 
 Surely he that is wise is profitable 
 
 unto himself. 
 
 3 Is it any pleasure to the Almighty, 
 
 that thou art righteous ? 
 Or is it gain to him, that thou makest 
 thy ways perfect ? 
 
 4 Is it 5for thy fear of him that he re- 
 
 proveth thee. 
 That he entereth with thee into judge- 
 ment? 
 
 5 Is not thy wickedness great ? 
 Neither is there any end to thine m- 
 
 iquities. 
 
 6 For thou hast taken pledges of thy 
 
 brother for nought, 
 And stripped the naked of their cloth- 
 ing. 
 
 7 Thou hast not given water to the 
 
 weary to drink. 
 And thou hast withholden bread from 
 the hmigry. 
 8 But as for "the mighty man, he had 
 the '' earth ; 
 And 8the honourableman, he dwelt in it. 
 9 Thou hast sent widows away empty, 
 And the arms of the fatherless have 
 been broken. 
 10 Therefore snares are round about thee, 
 
 And sudden fear troubleth thee, 
 ll^Or darkness, that thou canst not see. 
 And abundance of waters cover thee. 
 
 12 Is not God in the height of heaven ? 
 And behold the i" height of the stars, 
 
 how high they are ! 
 
 13 And thou sayest, What doth God 
 
 know? 
 Can he judge through the thick dark- 
 ness? 
 
 14 Thick clouds are a covering to him, 
 
 that he seeth not ; 
 And he walketh i^in the circuit of 
 
 heaven. 
 15 12 Wilt thou keep the old way 
 Which wicked men have trodden ? 
 
 16 Who were snatched away before their 
 
 time. 
 Whose foundation was poured out as 
 a stream : 
 
 17 Who said unto God, Depart from us ; 
 And, What can the Almighty do i^'for 
 
 "us? 
 
 18 Yet he filled their houses with good 
 
 things : 
 
 But the counsel of the wicked is far 
 from me. 
 19 The righteous see it, and are glad ; 
 
 And the innocent laugh them to scorn: 
 '20 Saying, Sm-ely they that did rise uj) 
 against us are cut off. 
 And i^tjie remnant of them the fire 
 hath consumed. 
 
 21 Acquaint now thyself with him, and be 
 
 at peace : 
 IS Thereby good shall come unto thee. 
 
 22 Receive, I pray thee, I'the law fi'om 
 
 his mouth. 
 And lay up liis words in thine heart. 
 
 23 If thou return to the Almighty, thou 
 
 shalt be built up ; 
 18 If thou put away unrighteousness far 
 from thy tents. 
 
 24 And lay thou thy 19 treasure 20 in the 
 
 dust. 
 And the gold of Ophir among the stones 
 of the brooks ; 
 
 25 And the Almighty shall be thy i^ trea- 
 
 sure, 
 And 21 precious silver unto thee. 
 
 26 For then shalt thou delight thyself in 
 
 the Almighty, 
 And shalt lift up thy face unto God. 
 
 27 Thou shalt make thy prayer unto him, 
 
 and he shall hear thee ; 
 And thou shalt pay thy vows. 
 
 28 Thou shalt also decree a thing, and it 
 
 shall be established unto thee ; 
 And light shall shine upon thy ways. 
 
 29 When they 22 cast tliee down, thou 
 
 shalt say. There is lifting up; 
 And 23 the humble person he shall save. 
 30 He shall deUver '^^even him that is not 
 
 innocent : 
 Yea, he shall be dehvered through the 
 
 cleanness of thine hands. 
 
 23 Then Job answered and said, 
 
 2 Even to-day is my complauit '^ve- 
 
 beUious : 
 2GMy stroke is heavier than my gi-oan- 
 ing. 
 
 3 Oh that I knew where I might find him. 
 That I might come even to his seat ! 
 
 4 1 would order my cause before him, 
 And fill my mouth with arguments. 
 51 would know the words which he 
 would answer me. 
 And understand what he would say 
 unto me. 
 
 6 Would he contend with me in the 
 
 greatness of his power ? 
 Nay; 27 but he would give heed luito 
 me. 
 
 7 There the upright might reason with 
 
 him; 
 So should I be delivered for ever from 
 my judge. 
 
 8 Behold, I go forward, but he is not 
 
 there ; 
 And backward, but I cannot perceive 
 him: 
 
 9 On the left hand, when he doth work, 
 
 but I cannot behold him:
 
 25. 6. 
 
 JOB. 
 
 'Or, 
 
 furnish 
 himsel/ 
 to... 
 him, but 
 
 -Or, 
 For 
 ' Heb. 
 
 Ihat is 
 with vti?. 
 
 lOr, 
 
 more 
 
 than tny 
 
 men law 
 
 The 
 
 Sept. 
 
 and 
 
 Vtilgate 
 
 have, 
 
 in my 
 
 bosom. 
 
 5 Or, 
 
 pot'tion 
 
 See 
 
 Frov. 
 
 KXX. 8. 
 
 " Or, he 
 
 /"s one 
 
 ~! Or. For 
 1 arti not 
 di^nay- 
 ed be- 
 cause of 
 tJle dark- 
 ness, nor 
 because 
 thick 
 darkness 
 covtrrcth 
 my face 
 
 8 Or, 
 Why is 
 it, seeing 
 times 
 are not 
 hidden 
 from the 
 Al- 
 mighty, 
 that 
 they 
 which 
 know 
 him see 
 not his 
 dayst 
 
 9 Or, 
 meek 
 
 10 Heb. 
 prey. 
 
 11 Or, 7(11 
 
 •■■2 Or, 
 take in 
 plcdr/e 
 that 
 which is 
 on the 
 2ioor 
 
 He ihidetb himself on the right hand, 
 that I cannot see him. 
 10 2 But lie knoweth 3the way that I take; 
 When he hath tried me, I shall come 
 fortli as fjold. 
 11 My foot liath held fast to his steps; 
 His way have I kept, and turned not 
 aside. 
 121 have not gone hack from the com- 
 mandment of his lips; 
 I have treasured up tlie words of his 
 mouth *more than my ''necessary 
 food. 
 
 13 But ^he is in one mind, and who can 
 
 turn him ? 
 And what his soul desireth, even that 
 lie doeth. 
 
 14 For he iierformeth that which is ap- 
 
 IJointed for me : 
 And many such things are with hun. 
 
 15 Therefore am I trouhled at his pre- 
 
 sence ; 
 When I consider, I am afraid of him. 
 
 16 For God hatli made my lieart faint, 
 And the Almighty hath troubled me : 
 
 17 'Because I was not cut off hefore the 
 
 darkness, 
 
 Neither did he cover the thick dark- 
 ness from my face. 
 248Wliy are times not laid uj) by the 
 Almighty ? 
 
 And why do not they which know him 
 see his days? 
 
 2 There are that remove the landmarks ; 
 They violently take away flocks, and 
 
 feed them. 
 
 3 They drive away the ass of the father- 
 
 less, 
 They take the widow's ox for a 
 pledge. 
 
 4 They turn the needy out of the way : 
 The 9 poor of the earth hide them- 
 selves together. 
 
 5 Behold, as wild asses in tlie desert 
 They go forth to their work, seeking 
 
 diligently for i^meat; 
 The wilderness yieldeth them food for 
 their children. 
 
 6 They cut ii their provender in the field ; 
 And they glean the vintage of the 
 
 wicked. 
 
 7 They lie all night naked without 
 
 clothing, 
 And have no covering in the cold. 
 
 8 They are wet v.'ith the showers of the 
 
 mountains. 
 And embrace the rock for want of a 
 shelter. 
 
 9 There are that pluck the fatherless 
 
 from the breast, 
 And Intake a pledge of the poor: 
 
 10 So that they go about naked without 
 
 clothing, 
 And behig an-hungred they carry the 
 sheaves ; 
 
 11 They make oil within the walls of 
 
 these men ; 
 They tread their winepresses, and 
 suffer thirst. 
 
 12 From out of the i^poimlous city men 
 
 groan. 
 And the soul of the wounded crieth out : 
 Yet God imputetli it not for folly. 
 
 13 These are of them that rebel against 
 
 the light ; 
 They know not tlio ways thereof. 
 Nor abide in tlio paths thereof. 
 
 14 Tlie murderer risetli with the light, he 
 
 killeth the i)oor and needy; 
 And in the night lie is as a tliief. 
 
 15 The eye also of the adulterer waiteth 
 
 for the twihglit. 
 
 Saying, No eye shall see nie : 
 
 And he i^disguiseth his face. 
 16 Li the dark they dig through houses: 
 
 15 They shut themselves up in the day- 
 time; 
 
 They know not the light. 
 17 For the morning is to all of them as 
 the shadow of death ; 
 
 For they know the terrors of the 
 shadow of death. 
 ISit^He is svfMt upon the face of the 
 waters ; 
 
 Theu' portion is cursed in the earth : 
 
 He turneth not by the way of the 
 vineyards. 
 
 19 Drought and heat I'i' consume the snow 
 
 waters : 
 >So doth it^Sheol those ivhich have sinned. 
 
 20 The womb shall forget him ; the worm 
 
 shaU feed sweetly on him ; 
 He shall be no more remembered : 
 And unrighteousness shall be broken 
 
 19 as a tree. 
 
 21 He devoureth the barren that beareth 
 
 not; 
 And doeth not good to the widow. 
 
 22 20 He draweth away the mighty also by 
 
 his 1)0 wer : 
 He riseth up, and no man is sure of life. 
 
 23 God giveth them to be in security, and 
 
 they rest thereon ; 
 
 21 And his eyes are upon their ways. 
 24 They are exalted; yet a little while, 
 
 and they are gone ; 
 
 22 Yea, they are brought lov,% they are 
 23 taken out of the way as aU other. 
 
 And are cut off as the to^js of the ears 
 of corn. 
 25 And if it be not so now, who wiU prove 
 me a har. 
 And make my speech nothing worth ? 
 
 25 Then answered Bildad the Shuhite, 
 
 and said, 
 2 Dominion and fear are with hun ; 
 
 He maketh peace in his high jilaces. 
 3 Is there any number of liis armies? 
 
 And upon whom doth not his light arise ? 
 
 4 How then can man be just 24 with God ? 
 Or how can he be clean that is born of 
 
 a woman ? 
 
 5 Behold, even the moon hath no bright- 
 
 ness. 
 And the stars are not pure in his sight : 
 
 6 How much less man, that is a wonn! 
 And the son of man, which is a worm I 
 
 397 
 
 i3 Heb. 
 
 aifi/ of 
 
 i»Or, 
 2nitteth a 
 cover i7\g 
 on hit 
 /(ice 
 l^Or. 
 Wliich 
 thej/ had 
 marked 
 f<yr them- 
 selves 
 
 i« Or. Ye 
 sny, JTe 
 is Ac. 
 
 17 Heb. 
 vioic7Uly 
 
 take 
 away. 
 IS Or, the 
 grave 
 
 19 Or, as 
 a tree; 
 even he 
 tliat de- 
 roxtreth 
 &c. 
 
 2'>0r. y-et 
 God by 
 his 
 
 po2o<'r 
 makfth 
 (he 
 
 mighty 
 to con- 
 tinue : 
 they rise 
 up, token 
 they be- 
 Hci'cd 
 not that 
 they 
 should 
 live 
 
 21 Or, 5m? 
 
 22 Or, 
 And 
 when 
 they are 
 ^■c. 
 
 23 Or. 
 gathered 
 in 
 
 2iOr, 
 
 before
 
 398 
 
 JOB. 
 
 26. 1. 
 
 iHeb. 
 hreath. 
 
 2 Or, The 
 shark's 
 Heb. The 
 Repha- 
 im. 
 
 3 Or, The 
 grave 
 lOr, 
 Destruc- 
 tion 
 
 5 Or, 
 over 
 
 eOr, 
 still^th 
 
 ' See ch. 
 ix. 13. 
 8 Heb. 
 beauty. 
 oOr, 
 .fleeing 
 Or, 
 iding 
 
 10 Or, 
 how 
 little a 
 portion 
 
 11 Or, is 
 heard 
 
 12 Or, 
 mighty 
 deeds 
 
 13 Heb. 
 made 
 my soul 
 bitter. 
 "Or, 
 An the 
 while my 
 breath is 
 in me . . . 
 nostrils; 
 surely 
 15 Or, do 
 WOr, 
 doth 
 
 "Or, 
 doth not 
 reproach 
 me for 
 any of 
 my days 
 
 18 Or, 
 
 when 
 
 God 
 
 ciitteth 
 
 him off, 
 
 when he 
 
 taketh 
 
 26 Then Job answered and said, 
 
 2 How hast thou helped him that is 
 
 without ijower 1 
 How hast thou saved the arm that 
 hath no strength! 
 
 3 How hast thou counselled hun that 
 
 hath no msdom, 
 And plentifully declared sound know- 
 ledge ! 
 
 4 To whom hast thou uttered words ? 
 And whose ^spu-it came forth from thee ? 
 
 5 2 They that are deceased tremble 
 Beneath the waters and the inhabit- 
 ants thereof. 
 
 6 8 Slieol is naked before him, 
 And * Abaddon hath no covering. 
 
 7 He stretcheth out the north over empty 
 
 space, 
 And hangeth the earth ^ upon nothmg. 
 
 8 He bindeth up the waters in his thick 
 
 clouds ; 
 And the cloud is not rent under them. 
 
 9 He closeth in the face of his throne, 
 And spreadeth his cloud upon it. 
 
 10 He hath described a boundary upon 
 
 the face of the waters, 
 Unto the confines of light and darkness. 
 
 11 The iiillars of heaven tremble 
 And are astonished at his rebuke. 
 
 12 He "stu-reth ujj the sea with his power. 
 And by his understanding he smiteth 
 
 through 'i'liahab. 
 
 13 By his spirit the heavens are ^ garn- 
 
 ished ; 
 His hand hath pierced the ^ swift 
 serpent. 
 
 14 Lo, these are but the outskirts of his 
 
 ways : 
 And 10 how small a whisper i^do we 
 
 hear of hun ! 
 But the thvmder of his 12 power who 
 
 can understand ? 
 
 27 And Job again took up his parable, 
 and said, 
 
 2 As God hveth, who hath taken away 
 my right; 
 And the Almi ghty, who hath 13 vexed 
 my soul; 
 3 1* (For my life is yet whole in me. 
 And the spirit of God is in my nostrils ;) 
 
 4 Sui-ely my lips i^ shall not speak un- 
 
 righteousness. 
 Neither i^ shall my tongue utter deceit. 
 
 5 God forbid that I should justify you: 
 Till I die I wUl not irat away mine 
 
 integrity from me. 
 
 6 My righteousness I hold fast, and will 
 
 not let it go : 
 My heart i' shall not reproach me so 
 long as I live. 
 
 7 Let mine enemy be as the wicked, 
 And let him that riseth up against me 
 
 be as the unrighteous. 
 
 8 For what is the hope of the godless, 
 
 1^ though he get him gain, 
 Wlien God taketh away his soul ? 
 
 9 Will God hear his cry, 
 
 Wlien trouble cometh upon him ? 
 lOWiU he delight himself in the Al- 
 mighty, 
 And call upon God at all times ? 
 Ill wUl teach you concerning the hand 
 of God; 
 That which is with the Almighty will 
 I not conceal. 
 
 12 Behold, aU ye yourselves have seen it ; 
 Why then are ye become altogether 
 
 vain ? 
 
 13 This is the portion of a wicked man 
 
 with God, 
 And the heritage of oppressors, which 
 they receive from the Almighty. 
 
 14 If his children be multiphed, it is for 
 
 the sword; 
 And his offspring shall not be satisfied 
 with bread. 
 
 15 Those that remain of him shall be 
 
 buried in death. 
 And his widows shaU make no lament- 
 ation. 
 
 16 Though he heap up sUver as the dust. 
 And prepare raiment as the clay ; 
 
 17 He may prepare it, but the just shall 
 put it on. 
 And the innocent shall divide the sUver. 
 
 18 He buildeth his house as the i^moth. 
 And as a booth which the keeper 
 
 maketh. 
 
 19 He lietli down rich, but he 20 shall not 
 
 be gathered ; 
 He openeth his eyes, and be is not. 
 
 20 Terrors overtake him like waters ; 
 
 A tempest stealeth him away in the 
 night. 
 
 21 The east wind carrieth him away, and 
 
 he dei^arteth; 
 And it sweeijeth him out of his place. 
 
 22 For God shall hurl at him, and not 
 
 spare : 
 He would fain flee out of his hand. 
 
 23 Men shall clap their hands at him, 
 And shaU hiss him out of his place. 
 
 28-1 Surely there is a mine for silver, 
 And a place for gold which they refine. 
 
 2 Iron is taken out of the 22 earth. 
 And brass is molten out of the stone. 
 
 3 Man setteth an end to darkness. 
 
 And searcheth out to the furthest 
 
 bound 
 The stones of thick darkness and of 
 
 the shadow of death. 
 
 4 23 He breaketh open a shaft away from 
 
 where men sojom-n; 
 They are forgotten of the foot that 
 
 passetli hy\ 
 They hang afar from men, they ^■i swing 
 
 to and fro. 
 
 5 As for the earth, out of it cometh 
 
 bread : 
 And underneath it is turned up as it 
 were bj' fire. 
 
 6 The stones thereof are the place of 
 
 sapphires, 
 25 And it hath dust of gold. 
 
 7 That path no bu'd of prey knoweth.
 
 29. 24. 
 
 JOB. 
 
 I Heh. 
 
 HOH.t of 
 
 prUU'. 
 
 2 Or, 
 passages 
 
 ■1 Ueb. 
 
 from 
 
 weeping. 
 
 lOr, 
 treasure 
 
 6 Or, 
 beryl 
 
 6 Or, 
 vessels 
 
 7 Or, red 
 coral 
 Or, 
 pearls 
 
 5Heb. 
 A bad- 
 don. 
 
 9 Or, 
 When he 
 maketh 
 
 10 Or, 
 reeoxmt 
 
 Neither liatli the falcon's eye seen it: 
 
 8 The iproiuT heasts have not trodden it, 
 Nor hath the tierce Hon passed thereby. 
 
 9 Ho i)utteth forth his hand upon the 
 
 flinty rock ; 
 He overturneth the mountains by the 
 roots. 
 
 10 He cutteth out 2 channels among the 
 
 rocks ; 
 And his eye seeth every i)recious thing. 
 
 11 He bindeth the streams ^that they 
 
 trickle not; 
 And the thing that is hid bringeth he 
 forth to light. 
 
 12 But where shall wisdom be found ? 
 And where is the place of under- 
 standing ? 
 
 13 Man knoweth not the price thereof; 
 Neither is it found in the land of the 
 living. 
 
 14 The deep saith, It is not in me : 
 And the sea saith, It is not vnih. me. 
 
 15 It cannot be gotten for *gold. 
 Neither shall silver be weighed for the 
 
 price thereof. 
 
 16 It cannot be valued with the gold of 
 
 Ophir, 
 With the ijrecious ^onyx, or the sap- 
 j)hu'e. 
 
 17 Gold and glass cannot equal it : 
 Neither shall the exchange thereof be 
 
 •'jewels of fine gold. 
 
 18 No mention shall be made of coral or 
 
 of crystal : 
 Yea, the price of wisdom is above 
 7 rubies. 
 
 19 The tojmz of Ethiopia shall not equal it. 
 Neither shall it be valued with pm-e 
 
 gold. 
 
 20 Whence then cometh wisdom ? 
 
 And where is the place of under- 
 standing ? 
 
 21 Seeing it is hid from the eyes of aU 
 
 livmg. 
 And kept close from the fowls of the air. 
 
 22 ^Destruction and Death say, 
 
 We have heard a rumour thereof with 
 our ears. 
 
 23 God understandeth the way thereof. 
 And he knoweth the jilace thereof. 
 
 24 For he looketh to the ends of the earth, 
 And seeth under the whole heaven ; 
 
 25 3 To make a weight for tlie wind ; 
 Yea, he meteth out the waters by 
 
 measure. 
 
 26 Wlien he made a decree for the rain, 
 And a way for the lightning of the 
 
 thunder : 
 
 27 Then did he see it, and i" declare it; 
 He estabUshed it, yea, and searched it 
 
 out. 
 
 28 And unto man he said, 
 
 Behold, the fear of the Lord, that is 
 wisdom ; 
 
 And to depart from evil is under- 
 standing. 
 
 29 And Job again took up his parable, 
 and said. 
 
 2 Oh that I were as in the months of old, 
 As in the days when God ^vatched 
 
 over me ; 
 
 3 When his lamp shmcd ^ upon my head. 
 And by his hght I walked through 
 
 darkness ; 
 
 4 As I was in 12 the ripeness of my days, 
 When the i^ secret of God was upon 
 
 my tent ; 
 
 5 When the Almighty was yet with me. 
 And my children Avere about me ; 
 
 GWlien my steps were washed with 
 butter. 
 And the rock poured me out rivers of 
 oill 
 
 7 When I went forth to the gate unto 
 
 the city, 
 Wlien I prepared my seat in the 
 I'' street, 
 
 8 The young men saw me and hid 
 
 themselves. 
 And the aged rose up and stood ; 
 
 9 The princes refrained talking. 
 
 And laid their hand on their mouth ; 
 
 10 The voice of the nobles was is hushed, 
 And their tongue cleaved to the roof 
 
 of their mouth. 
 
 11 For when the ear heard me, then it 
 
 blessed me ; 
 And when the eye saw me, it gave 
 witness imto me : 
 
 12 Because I deUvered the poor that cried, 
 The fatherless also, i^that had none to 
 
 help him. 
 
 13 The blessing of him that was ready to 
 
 perish came upon me : 
 And I caused the widow's heart to sing 
 for joy. 
 14 1 put on righteousness, and it 17 clothed 
 me: 
 My justice was as a robe and a 
 IS diadem. 
 15 1 was eyes to the blind. 
 
 And feet was I to the lame. 
 16 1 was a father to the needy : 
 
 And I'-'the cause of him that I knew 
 not I searched out. 
 
 17 And I brake the 20 jaws of the un- 
 
 rigliteous. 
 And plucked the prey out of his teeth. 
 
 18 Then I said, I shall die 21 in my nest. 
 And I shall multiply my days as 22 the 
 
 sand : 
 
 19 My root is 23 spread out 21 to the waters. 
 And the dew Ueth all night upon my 
 
 branch : 
 
 20 My glory is fresh in me. 
 
 And my bow is renewed in my hand. 
 
 21 Unto me men gave ear, and waited, 
 And kept silence for my comisel. 
 
 22 After my words they sjiake not again ; 
 And my speech dropped ui^ou them. 
 
 23 And they waited for me as for the rain ; 
 And they opened their mouth wide as 
 
 for the latter rain. 
 
 24 25 If I laughed on them, they 26believed 
 
 it not; 
 And the light of my coimtenance they 
 cast not down. 
 
 399 
 
 nor, 
 above 
 
 12 Heb, 
 my dayi 
 
 of 
 autumn. 
 
 13 Or, 
 
 counsel 
 Or, 
 
 friend' 
 shij} 
 
 11 Or, 
 
 broad 
 
 place 
 
 15 Heb. 
 hid. 
 
 16 Or 
 and him 
 that had 
 arc. 
 
 17 Or, 
 
 clothed 
 itself 
 with me 
 
 13 Or. 
 turban 
 
 13 Or, 
 the cause 
 wh icJi I 
 knew not 
 
 20 Heb. 
 great 
 teeth. 
 
 21 Or. 
 beside 
 Heb. 
 with. 
 
 22 Or, the 
 Zjhaenix 
 ^i Heb. 
 opened, 
 21 Or, by 
 
 s-"' Or, 
 7 smiled 
 on them 
 tvhen 
 they had 
 no con- 
 fidence 
 26 Or, 
 were 
 not con- 
 fident
 
 400 
 
 JOB. 
 
 29. 25. 
 
 lOr. 
 vif/oitr 
 
 2 Or, 
 Thryjlfe 
 into the 
 wilder- 
 ytesSfinto 
 ic. 
 
 3 Or, 
 which 
 ycsti r- 
 night 
 was 
 Or, 071 
 the eve of 
 lOr, 
 
 to warm 
 them 
 
 5 Or, 7)1 
 the mcst 
 gloomy 
 vaJlcys 
 
 6 Or, 
 wild 
 vetches 
 
 'Or, 
 stretch 
 them- 
 selves 
 8Heb. 
 men of 
 no 
 name. 
 
 Or, ere 
 outcasts 
 from th>- 
 iund 
 \0Ot,nl 
 the sifjht 
 of me 
 U Ac- 
 cording 
 to an- 
 other 
 reading, 
 my ccrtt 
 (or boic- 
 gtripg). 
 13 Or, 
 brood 
 "Or, 
 Ireak up 
 
 11 Or, As 
 
 a wid-^ 
 IriMl^ina 
 in of 
 waters 
 15 Or, 
 Thou 
 ch asext 
 11 Or, 7ny 
 nobUity 
 n HeK 
 upon. 
 
 18 Or, 
 corrodid 
 and drop 
 avjay 
 from me 
 10 Hel). 
 frmii off. 
 
 20 Or, my 
 sinews 
 take d-c. 
 
 21 Or, 
 By his 
 great 
 ftrce is 
 <tc. 
 
 25 1 chose out theii* way, and sat as chief, 
 Aiid dwelt as a kmg iu the army, 
 As one that comforteth the moimiers. 
 
 30But now they that are younger than 
 I have me in derision, 
 Wliose fathers I disdained to set with 
 the dogs of my tiock. 
 
 2 Yea, the strength of theii- hands, where- 
 
 to should it in-olit nie ? 
 Men iu whom ^ripe age is x^erished. 
 
 3 They are gaunt with want and famine ; 
 2 They gnaw the dry groiiud, ^in the 
 
 gloom of wasteness and desolation. 
 
 4 They iiluck salt-wort by the bushes ; 
 And the roots of the broom are *theu" 
 
 meat. 
 
 5 They are driven forth from the midst 
 
 of men ; 
 They cry after them as after a thief. 
 
 6 5 In the clefts of the valleys must they 
 
 dwell. 
 In holes of the earth and of the rocks. 
 
 7 Among the bushes they bray; 
 Under the "^ nettles they ''are gathered 
 
 together. 
 
 8 Thei/ are children of fools, yea, children 
 
 of 8 base men; 
 They ^were scourged out of the land. 
 
 9 And now I am become their song, 
 Yea, I am a byword unto them. 
 
 10 They abhor me, they stand aloof from 
 i me, 
 
 I Aiid spare not to sj)it ^''in my face. 
 
 11 For ho hath loosed i^his cord, and 
 
 afflicted me, 
 And they have cast off the bridle before 
 , me. 
 
 I 12Ui3on my right hand rise the 12 rabble; 
 ] They thrust aside my feet, 
 I And they cast up against me their 
 ways of destruction. 
 13 They i^mar my path. 
 
 They set forward my calamitj', 
 Uvcn men that have no helper. 
 14 1^ As through a wide breach thej' come : 
 In the midst of the ruui they roll 
 ! themselves tqwii ii:e. 
 
 I 15 Terrors are turned upon me, 
 ' i^Tliey chase it'mme honour as tlie wind; 
 And my welfare is passed away as a 
 j cloud. 
 
 16 And now my soul is pom-ed out i'? within 
 I lue; 
 
 } Days of affliction have taken hold upon 
 me. 
 
 17 In the night season my bones are 
 
 i*j)ierced i^in me. 
 And 20 the pains that gnaw me take no 
 rest. 
 18-1 By the great force 0/ raij disease is 
 my garment disiigured: 
 It biudeth me about as the collar of 
 my coat. 
 19 He hath cast me into the mire, 
 
 And I am become like dust and ashes. 
 201 cry mito thee, and thou dost not 
 answer me : 
 I stand up, and thou lookest at me. 
 
 21 Thou art turned to be cruel to me: 
 With the might of tliy hand thou 
 
 persecutest me. 
 
 22 Thou liftest me up to the wind, thou 
 
 cautest me to ride upon it ; 
 And thou dissolvest me in the storm. 
 
 23 For I know that thou wilt bring me to 
 
 death. 
 And to 22 the house appointed for aU 
 Uving. 
 
 24 23 Surely against a ruinous heap he 
 
 will not put forth his hand ; 
 Though it he in his destruction, one may 
 utter a cry because of these things. 
 
 25 Did not I weep for him that was in 
 
 trouble ? 
 Was not my soul grieved for the needy ? 
 
 26 When I looked for good, then evil came ; 
 i\aid when I waited for light, there 
 
 came darkness. 
 
 27 My bowels boil, and rest not ; 
 Days of affliction are come upon me. 
 
 281 go s^mourning without the sun: 
 I stand up in the assembly, and cry 
 for hell). 
 
 29 1 am a brother to jackals, 
 Ar.d a companion to ostriches. 
 
 30 My skin is black, andfulleth from me. 
 And my bones are burned with heat. 
 
 31 Therefore is my harp turned to mourn- 
 
 ing, 
 And my pipe into the voice of them 
 that weep. 
 
 31 1 made a covenant with muie eyes ;' 
 How then should I look uiion a 
 maid ? 
 
 2 ^For what is the portion of God from 
 
 above, 
 And the heritage of the Ahnighty from 
 on high? 
 
 3 Is it not calamity to the mirighteous. 
 And disaster to the workers of iniquity ? 
 
 4 Doth not he see my ways. 
 And number all my steps ? 
 
 5 If I have walked with vanity. 
 And my foot hath hasted to deceit ; 
 
 6 (Let me be weighed in an even 
 
 balance, 
 That God may know mine integrity;) 
 
 7 If my step hath turned out of the way, 
 iVud mine heart walked after mine 
 
 eyes, 
 And if any sjiot hath cleaved to mine 
 hands : 
 8 Then let me sow, and let another eat; 
 Yea, let 2«thc produce of my Held be 
 rooted out. 
 9 If mine heart have been enticed unto 
 a woman. 
 And I have laid wait at my neighbour's 
 door : 
 
 10 Then let my wife grind unto another, 
 And let others bow do\\'n upon her. 
 
 11 For that were an hchious crime ; 
 Yea, it v,ere an inicjuity to be punished 
 
 by the judges: 
 
 12 For it is a fire that consumeth unto 
 
 27 Destruction,
 
 32. Ik 
 
 JOB. 
 
 401 
 
 lOr, 
 aught 
 that the 
 poor 
 desired 
 
 •J Heb. 
 the light. 
 
 > Heb. 
 
 ^ny hand 
 
 hath 
 
 kissed 
 
 my 
 
 mouth. 
 
 lOr. 
 
 denied 
 
 God 
 
 sHeb. 
 palate. 
 
 «0r, 
 Oh that 
 we had 
 of his 
 Jlesh I 
 we crt»- 
 not be 
 sati.'<Ji'd. 
 7 Heb. 
 the tvay. 
 
 »0r, 
 
 it.fter the 
 tnantier 
 of Tiien 
 
 Aiid would root out all mine increase. 
 
 13 If I (lid desi)isc the eau;se of my man- 
 
 servant or of my maidservant, 
 Wlicn tliey contended with me: 
 
 14 What tlien shall I do when God riseth 
 
 up ? 
 And when he visiteth, wliat shall I 
 answer him ? 
 
 15 Did not lie that made me in the womb 
 
 make him ? 
 And did not one fashion us in the womb ? 
 
 16 If I have withheld ^the poor from 
 
 their desire, 
 Or have caused the eyes of the widow 
 to fail ; 
 
 17 Or have eaten my morsel alone, 
 
 And the fatherless hath not eaten 
 tliereof ; 
 
 18 (Nay, from my youth he grew up with 
 
 me as vi ith a father, 
 And I ha\e been her guide from my 
 mother's womb;) 
 
 19 If I have seen any perish for want of 
 
 clothing, 
 Or that the needy had no covering ; 
 '20 If his loms have not blessed me. 
 And if he were not warmed with the 
 fleece of my sheep ; 
 '21 If I have lifted up my hand against the 
 fatlierless, 
 Because I saw my help in the gate : 
 '2'2 Then let my shoulder fall from the 
 shoulder blade. 
 And mine arm ))e broken from the bone. 
 23 For calamity from God was a terror to 
 me. 
 And by reason of his excellency I could 
 do nothmg. 
 •2-1 If I have made gold my hope, 
 
 And have said to the fine gold. Thou art 
 my confidence ; 
 '25 If I rejoiced because my wealth was 
 great. 
 And because mine hand had gotten 
 mtich; 
 
 26 If I l)eheld '-^ the sun when it shined, 
 Or the moon walking in brightness ; 
 
 27 And my heart hath been secretly en- 
 
 ticed, 
 And ''my mouth hath kissed my hand: 
 •28 This also were an iniquity to be pmi- 
 
 ished by the judges; 
 For I should have *lied to God that is 
 
 above. 
 
 29 If I rejoiced at the destruction of him 
 
 that hated me, 
 Or lifted up myself when evil found 
 him; 
 
 30 (Yea, I suffered not my "mouth to sin 
 By asking his life vsith a ciu'se ;) 
 
 31 If the men of my tent said not, 
 
 6 Who can find one that hath not been 
 satisfied with his flesh ? 
 
 32 The stranger did not lodge in the street ; 
 But I opened my doors to 'the traveller ; 
 
 83 If ^hke Adam I covered my transgi-es- 
 sions, 
 By hidmg mine iniquity in my bosom ; 
 34 Because I feared the great multitude, 
 
 And the contempt of families terrified 
 
 me. 
 So that I kept silence, and went not 
 
 out of the door — 
 
 35 Oh that I had one to hear me ! 
 
 (Lo, here is my 'J signature, let the Al- 
 mighty answer me;) 
 
 And tliut I had the lo indictment which 
 mine adversary hath written ! 
 
 36 Surelj' I would carry it upon my 
 
 shoulder ; 
 I would bind it unto me as a crown. 
 37 1 would declare unto him the umnber 
 
 of my steps ; 
 As a prince would in go near unto him. 
 
 38 If my land cry out against me, 
 
 And the furrows thereof weeji together ; 
 
 39 If I have eaten the 12 fruits thereof 
 
 without money. 
 Or have caused the oiftiiers thereof to 
 lose theu" life : 
 
 40 Let IS thistles grow instead of wheat. 
 And 1^ cockle instead of barley. 
 
 The words of Job are ended. 
 
 32 So these three men ceased to answer 
 Job, because he was righteous in his 
 
 2 own eyes. Then was kindled the ■\\Tath 
 of Elihu the son of Barachel the Buzite, 
 of the family of Earn: against Job 
 was his ^Tath kindled, because he 
 
 3 justified himself rather than God. Also 
 against his three friends was his wrath 
 kindled, because tliey had found no 
 answer, and yet had condemned Job. 
 
 4 Now Elihu had i^ waited to speak mito 
 Job, because they were elder than 
 
 5 he. And when Elihu saw that there 
 was no answer in the mouth of these 
 three men, his wrath was liindled. 
 
 6 And Elihu the son of Barachel the 
 Buzite answered and said, 
 
 I am j'oung, aiid j'e are very old ; 
 Wherefore I held back, and durst not 
 shew you mine opinion. 
 7 1 said, Days should speak, 
 ^ind multitude of years should teach 
 wisdom. 
 
 8 But there is a spirit in man. 
 
 And the breath of the Almighty giveth 
 them miderstandiug. 
 
 9 It is not the gi-eat that are wise, 
 
 Nor the aged that understand judge- 
 ment. 
 10 Therefore I i^said. Hearken to me; 
 I also will shew mine o2^inion. 
 
 11 Behold, I waited for your words, 
 I listened for your reasons, 
 Whilst ye searclied out what to say. 
 
 12 Yea, I attended unto you. 
 
 And, behold, there was none that con- 
 vinced Job, 
 Or that answered his words, among you. 
 13 17 Beware lest ye say. We have found 
 wisdom ; 
 God may vanquish liun, not man : 
 14 For he hath not directed his words 
 against me ; 
 
 " Heb. 
 mark. 
 
 10 Heb. 
 hook. 
 
 11 Or, 
 j.resent 
 it to him 
 
 12 Heb. 
 fifre'ngth. 
 
 uor, 
 thorns 
 
 " Or, 
 
 noiso^ne 
 
 weeds 
 
 15 Heb. 
 
 waited 
 .for Job 
 with 
 vords. 
 
 1" Or, 
 .<ay 
 
 I'Or, 
 
 Lest ye 
 
 should 
 
 say. We 
 
 have 
 
 found 
 
 out 
 
 t-nsdom ; 
 
 aod 
 
 thrnst- 
 
 eth him 
 
 dow.t, 
 
 not 
 
 man .• 
 
 71010 he
 
 402 
 
 JOB. 
 
 32. 14. 
 
 1 Heb. 0/ 
 my beUy. 
 
 2 Or, 
 
 wiiie- 
 s7dns 
 
 3 Or, 
 which 
 are 
 ready 
 
 i Or, fin<i 
 relief 
 
 5 Heb. 
 paZate. 
 
 6 Or, / 
 am ac- 
 cording 
 to thy 
 ■wish in 
 God's 
 stead 
 
 7 Or. 
 
 causes 
 of alien- 
 ation 
 
 8 Or. 
 
 Behold, 
 in this 
 thou art 
 not Just ; 
 I will 
 answer 
 thee: for 
 &c. 
 oor, 
 Whydost 
 thou 
 strive 
 against 
 him, for 
 that he... 
 matters ? 
 10 Or, 
 in one 
 way,yea, 
 in two 
 
 Neither will I answer him with your 
 speeches. 
 
 15 They are amazed, they answer no more : 
 They have not a word to say. 
 
 16 And shaU I wait, because they speak not, 
 Because they stand still, and answer no 
 
 more? 
 17 1 also will answer my part, 
 I also wiU shew mine opinion. 
 
 18 For I am full of words ; 
 
 The spirit i within me constraineth me. 
 
 19 Behold, mybeUy is as wine which hath 
 
 no vent ; 
 Like new ^ bottles ^it is ready to burst. 
 201 will speak, that I may* be refreshed; 
 I will open my lips and answer. 
 
 21 Let me not, I pray you, respect any 
 
 man's person ; 
 Neither will I give flattering titles unto 
 any man. 
 
 22 For I know not to give flattering 
 
 titles ; 
 Else would my Maker soon take me 
 away. 
 33 Howbeit, Job, I pray thee, hear my 
 speech. 
 And hearken to aU my words. 
 2 Behold now, I have opened my mouth, 
 My tongue hath spoken in my ^ mouth. 
 3My woi-ds shall utter the uprightness 
 of my heart : 
 And that which my lips know they 
 shall speak sincerely. 
 
 4 The spirit of God hath made me. 
 And the breath of the Almighty giveth 
 
 me life. 
 
 5 If thou canst, ans^s•er thou me ; 
 
 Set th )j words in order before me, stand 
 
 forth. 
 6 Behold, SI am toward God even as 
 
 thou art : 
 I also am formed out of the clay. 
 
 7 Behold, my terror shall not make thee 
 
 afraid. 
 Neither shall my pressure be heavy 
 upon thee. 
 
 8 Surely thou hast spoken in mine hear- 
 
 ing. 
 And I have heard the voice of thy 
 
 words, saying, 
 9 1 am clean, witlaout transgression ; 
 I am innocent, neither is there iniquity 
 
 in me: 
 
 10 Behold, he findeth 7 occasions against 
 
 me, 
 He counteth me for his enemy ; 
 
 11 He putteth my feet in the stocks, 
 He marketh all my paths. 
 
 12 8 Behold, I wiU answer thee, in this 
 
 thou art not just; 
 For God is greater than man. 
 13 3 Why dost thou strive agamst him? 
 For he giveth not account of any of 
 
 his matters. 
 
 14 For God speaketh lOonce, 
 
 Yea twice, though man regardeth it 
 not. 
 
 15 In a dream, in a vision of the night. 
 When deep sleep faUeth upon men, 
 
 Li slumberings upon the bed ; 
 16 Then he ^openeth the ears of men, 
 
 And sealeth their instruction, 
 17 12 That he may withdraw man from 
 his purpose. 
 And hide pride from man; 
 18 13 He keepeth back his soul from the pit, 
 And his Ufe from perishing by the 
 i* sword. 
 
 19 He is chastened also with pain upon 
 
 his bed, 
 15 And with continual strife in his bones : 
 
 20 So that his life abhorreth bread, 
 And his soul dauity meat. 
 
 21 His flesh is consiuned away, that it 
 
 cannot be seen ; 
 And his bones that were not seen stick 
 out. 
 
 22 Yea, his soul draweth near unto the pit. 
 And his Ufe to the destroyers. 
 
 23 If there be with him i^ an angel. 
 
 An interpreter, one it among a thou- 
 sand, 
 
 To shew unto man is what is right for 
 him; 
 24 19 Then he is gracious unto him, and 
 saith. 
 
 Deliver him from going down to the 
 pit, 
 
 I have found a ransom. 
 
 25 His flesh shall be fresher than a 
 
 child's; 
 He returneth to the days of his youth : 
 
 26 He prayeth imto God, and he is favour- 
 
 able mito him ; 
 So that he seeth his face with joy: 
 And he restoreth unto man his right- 
 eousness. 
 
 27 2° He singeth before men, and saith, 
 
 I have sinned, and perverted that which 
 
 was right. 
 And 21 it profited me not: 
 
 28 He hath redeemed my soul from going 
 
 into the pit. 
 And my life shall behold the light. 
 
 29 Lo, all these things doth God work. 
 Twice, yea tlu-ice, with a man, 
 
 30 To brmg back his soul from the pit, 
 That he may be enlightened with the 
 
 light of -^^ the living. 
 
 31 Mark well, Job, hearken unto me : 
 Hold thy peace, and I wiU speak. 
 
 32 If tliou hast any thing to say, answer 
 
 me: 
 Speak, for I desire to justify thee. 
 
 33 If not, hearken thou unto me : 
 
 Hold thy peace, and I wiU teach thee 
 wisdom. 
 
 34 Moreover Elihu answered and said, 
 
 2 Hear my words, ye wise men ; 
 
 And give ear unto me, ye that have 
 knowledge. 
 
 3 For the ear trieth words. 
 As the palate tasteth meat. 
 
 4 Let us choose for us that which is right: 
 Let us know among ourselves what is 
 
 good. 
 
 5 For Job hath said, I am righteous. 
 
 11 Heb. 
 
 uncover- 
 eth. 
 
 12 Or, 
 That 
 man 
 may put 
 away 
 his pur- 
 pose, and 
 that he 
 may hide 
 
 13 Or, 
 That he 
 may 
 keep 
 hack 
 "Or, 
 weapons 
 
 15 An- 
 other 
 reading 
 is. While 
 all his 
 bones 
 arefirm. 
 
 wOr, 
 
 a meS' 
 senger 
 
 17 Or, of 
 the thou- 
 sand 
 
 18 Or 
 his up- 
 rightness 
 
 19 Or, 
 And 
 
 he be 
 gracious 
 . . . and 
 say . . . 
 ransom : 
 his flesh 
 &c. 
 
 20 Or, He 
 looketh 
 upon 
 men 
 
 21 Or, it 
 was not 
 requited 
 unto me 
 Or, it 
 was not 
 meet for 
 me 
 
 22 Or, 
 
 life
 
 35. 8. 
 
 JOB. 
 
 403 
 
 lOr, 
 
 Sliouhl 
 
 I lie It' 
 
 gainst 
 
 my 
 
 right I 
 
 2Heb. 
 
 Mine 
 
 arrotv. 
 
 SOr, 
 consent 
 with 
 See Ps. I, 
 18. 
 
 1 Or, laid 
 upon him 
 
 ^ Accord- 
 ing to 
 another 
 reading, 
 If he 
 cause his 
 heart to 
 return 
 unto 
 himself. 
 6 Or, 
 upon 
 himself 
 
 'Heb. 
 him. 
 
 8 Or, 
 Only 
 tinder- 
 stand 
 
 Or, as 
 
 read by 
 
 some 
 
 ancient 
 
 versions. 
 
 Who 
 
 saith 
 
 to... vile, 
 
 and to... 
 
 wicked; 
 
 that re- 
 
 specteth 
 
 <tc. 
 
 If Or, and 
 
 at mid- 
 
 night the 
 
 people 
 
 d-c. 
 
 "Or, 
 without 
 inquisi- 
 tion 
 
 And God hath taken away my right : 
 61 Notwithstanding my right I am ac- 
 counted ahar; 
 
 2 My wound is incurable, though I am 
 without transgression. 
 
 7 What man is Hke Job, 
 
 Who drinlieth \\\} scorning like water? 
 
 8 Which gooth in company with the 
 
 workers of iniquity. 
 And walketh with wicked men. 
 
 9 For he hath said. It profiteth a man 
 
 nothing 
 That he should ^ delight himself with 
 God. 
 
 10 Therefore hearken unto me, ye men of 
 
 understanding : 
 Far be it from God, that he should do 
 
 wickedness ; 
 And from the Ahnighty, that he should 
 
 commit iniquity. 
 
 11 For the work of a man shall he render 
 
 unto hun. 
 And cause every man to find accord- 
 ing to his ways. 
 
 12 Yea, of a surety, God will not do wick- 
 
 edly. 
 Neither M'ill the Almighty pervert 
 
 judgement. 
 13Wlio gave him a charge over the 
 
 earth? 
 Or who hath ^disposed the whole world? 
 
 14 5 If he set his heart ^upon 7 man. 
 
 If he gather imto himself his si)irit 
 and his breath ; 
 
 15 All flesh shall perish together. 
 
 And man shall turn again unto dust. 
 
 16 8 If now thou hast understanding, hear 
 
 this: 
 Hearken to the voice of my words. 
 
 17 Shall even one that hateth right 
 
 govern ? 
 And wilt thou condemn him that is 
 
 just and mighty? 
 IS^Isit/if to say to a king, r^owari vile? 
 Or to nobles. Ye are wicked ? 
 
 19 Hoio much less to him that respecteth 
 
 not the persons of prmces. 
 Nor regardeth the rich more than the 
 
 poor? 
 For they all are the work of his hands. 
 
 20 In a moment they die, lOeven at mid- 
 
 night ; 
 The people are shaken and pass away, 
 And the mighty are taken away with- 
 out hand. 
 
 21 For his eyes are upon the ways of a 
 
 man. 
 And he seeth all his goings. 
 
 22 There is no darkness, nor shadow of 
 
 death. 
 Where the workers of iniquity may 
 hide themselves. 
 
 23 For he needeth not further to consider 
 
 a man. 
 That he should go before God in 
 judgement. 
 
 24 He breaketh in pieces mighty men ^ in 
 
 watjs past finding out. 
 And setteth others in their stead. 
 
 25 Therefore he taketh knowledge of their 
 
 works ; 
 And he overtumeth them ui the night, 
 so that they are I'^destroyed. 
 
 26 He striketh them as wicked men 
 13 In the open sight of others ; 
 
 27 Because they turned aside from follow- 
 
 ing him. 
 And would not have regard to any of 
 
 liis ways : 
 281^ So that they caused the cry of the 
 
 poor to come unto him. 
 And he heard the cry of the afflicted. 
 
 29 When he giveth quietness, who then 
 
 can condenui ? 
 And when he hideth his face, who 
 
 then can behold him ? 
 Whether it be done mito a nation, or 
 
 unto a man, aUke : 
 
 30 That the godless man reign not, 
 That there be none to ensnare the 
 
 people. 
 
 31 For hath any said unto God, 
 
 I have borne chastisement, i^I wUl not 
 offend any more : 
 
 32 That which I see not teach thou me : 
 If I have done iniquity, I wUI do it no 
 
 more ? 
 
 33 Shall his recompence be as thou wilt, 
 
 that thou ref usest it ? 
 For thou must choose, and not I: 
 Therefore speak what thou kuowest. 
 
 34 Men of imderstandiug will say unto me, 
 Yea, every wise man that hearetli me : 
 
 35 Job speaketh without knowledge. 
 And his words are without wisdom. 
 
 36 Would that Job were tried unto the 
 
 end. 
 Because of his answering like wicked 
 men. 
 
 37 For he addeth rebellion unto his sin. 
 He clappeth his hands among us, 
 And multipUeth his words against 
 
 God. 
 
 35 Moreover EUhu answered and said, 
 
 2 Thinkest thou this to be thy right. 
 
 Or sayest thou, My righteousness is 
 more than God's, 
 
 3 That thou sayest. What advantage will 
 
 it be unto thee ? 
 And, What profit shall I have, more 
 than if I had sinned ? 
 4 1 wUl answer thee. 
 
 And thy companions with thee. 
 5 Look unto the heavens, and see; 
 And behold the skies, which are higher 
 than thou. 
 
 6 If thou hast sinned, what doest thou 
 
 against him? 
 And if thy transgressions be multi- 
 lilied, what doest thou unto him ? 
 
 7 If thou be righteous, what givest thou 
 
 him? 
 Or what receiveth he of thine hand ? 
 
 8 Thy ^\^ckedness may hurt a man as 
 
 thou art ; 
 And thy righteousness viay projit a 
 son of man. 
 
 12 Heb. 
 
 crughed, 
 
 13 Heb. 
 
 Jn the 
 place 
 of be- 
 holders 
 
 "Or. 
 
 That 
 they 
 
 niiyht 
 cauHe. . 
 and that 
 he might 
 hear 
 
 15 Or, 
 
 Ifwui/h 1 
 offend
 
 404 
 
 JOB. 
 
 35. 9. 
 
 1 Or, but 
 liean- 
 
 SW-t'i'th 
 
 not 
 
 30r,«7(OM 
 
 beJioldcst 
 
 hhn not! 
 
 The 
 
 cause is 
 
 before 
 
 hhn ; 
 
 tkerufore 
 
 wait 
 
 thou/or 
 
 him. 
 
 3 Or, 
 
 Thou 
 sayest, 
 He doth 
 not 
 
 greatly 
 regard 
 ar- 
 rogance. 
 Thus 
 doth &c. 
 
 iHeb. 
 Wait 
 for. 
 
 ■'Heb. 
 there are 
 yctwords 
 .f-tr God. 
 
 SHeb. 
 heart. 
 
 ■7 Or, 
 
 pleasant, 
 ness 
 8 Or, 
 
 wcaiJOits 
 
 9 By reason of the multitude of oppres- 
 sions they cry out ; 
 They cry for help by reason of the 
 arm of the mighty. 
 
 10 But none saith, Wliere is God my 
 
 Maker, 
 Wlio giveth songs in the night ; 
 
 11 Who teacheth us more than the beasts 
 
 of the earth, 
 And maketh us wiser than the fowls of 
 heaven ? 
 
 12 There they cry, ibut none giveth 
 
 answer. 
 Because of the i^ride of evil men. 
 
 13 Surely God will not hear vanit}% 
 Neither will tbe Almightj' regard it. 
 
 14 How much less when thou sayest 
 
 2 thou beholdest him not, 
 The cause is before Mm, and thou 
 waitest for him ! 
 
 15 But now, because he hath not visited 
 
 in his anger, 
 3 Neither doth he greatly regard ar- 
 rogance ; 
 
 16 Therefore doth Job open his mouth in 
 
 vanity ; 
 He multij)lieth words without know- 
 ledge. 
 
 36 Elihu also proceeded, and said, 
 2 '' Suffer me a little, and I will shew thee ; 
 For ^ I have yet somewhat to say on 
 God's behali. 
 ;$ I will fetch my knowledge from afar, 
 And vd]l ascribe righteousness to my 
 Maker. 
 
 4 For truly my words are not false : 
 One that is perfect in knowledge is 
 
 with tliee. 
 
 5 Behold, God is mighty, and despiseth 
 
 not any: 
 
 He is mighty in strength of ^ under- 
 standing. 
 G He preserveth not the life of the wicked: 
 
 But giveth to the afflicted their right. 
 
 7 He withdi-aweth not his eyes from the 
 
 righteous : 
 But with kings upon the thi-one 
 He setteth them for ever, and they are 
 
 exalted. 
 
 8 And if they be bound in fetters. 
 
 And be taken in the cords of affliction ; 
 
 9 Then he sheweth them their work, 
 And their transgressions, that they 
 
 have behaved themselves proudly. 
 
 10 He openeth also then- ear to instruction. 
 And commandeth that they return 
 
 from iniquity. 
 
 11 If they hearken and serve Mm, 
 They shall spend their days in i^ros- 
 
 perity, 
 And their years in 'i)leasures. 
 
 12 But if they hearken not, they shall 
 
 perish by ** the swoi'd. 
 And they shall die without knowledge. 
 
 13 But they that are godless in heart laj' 
 
 up anger: 
 They cry not for help when he bindeth 
 them. 
 
 14^ They die in youth. 
 
 And their life perisheth i^among the 
 11 unclean. 
 
 15 He deUvereth the afflicted 12 by his 
 
 affliction, 
 And openeth their ear i^in ojipression. 
 
 16 Yea, he would have i*led thee away 
 
 15 out of distress 
 Into a broad place, v/here there is no 
 
 straitness ; 
 And that which is set on thy table 
 
 should 1)8 full of fatness. 
 
 17 But thou 16 art full of the judgement 
 
 of the wicked : 
 
 Judgement and justice take hold on 
 thee. 
 181'' Because there is ■wrath, beware 
 lest thou be i^led away by thy suf- 
 ficiency ; 
 
 Neither let the gi-eatness of the ran- 
 som tm-n thee aside. 
 19 19 Will thy riches suffice, "^that thou he 
 not in distress. 
 
 Or all the forces of thy strength? 
 
 20 Desu-e not the night. 
 
 When peoples 21 are cut o£f in their 
 place. 
 
 21 Take heed, regard not iniquity : 
 
 For this hast thou chosen rather than 
 affliction. 
 
 22 Behold, God doeth loftily in his power : 
 Who is a teacher like unto him ? 
 
 23 Who hath enjoined him his way? 
 
 Or who can say. Thou hast -nTought 
 unrighteousness ? 
 
 24 Eemember that thou magnify his work. 
 Whereof men have sung. 
 
 25 All men have looked thereon ; 
 Jilan beholdeth it afar off. 
 
 26 Behold, God is great, and we know 
 
 him not ; 
 The number of his years is unsearch- 
 able. 
 
 27 For he draweth up the drops of water. 
 Which distil in rain ^^f rom ^shis vapoui" 
 
 28 Which the skies pom- down 
 And drop upon man abundantly. 
 
 29 Yea, can any understand the spread- 
 
 ings of the clouds, 
 The thunderings of his pavilion ? 
 
 30 Behold, he spreadeth his light ^^a- 
 
 round him ; 
 And he ^Scovereth the bottom of the 
 sea. 
 
 31 For by these he judgcth the peoples; 
 He giveth meat in abundance. 
 
 32 He covereth his hands with the 26 light- 
 
 ning; 
 And giveth it a charge 27 that it strike 
 the mark. 
 
 33 The noise thereof telleth concerning 
 
 2«him, 
 The cattle also concerning "^^the storm 
 that cometh up. 
 37 At this also my heart trembleth, 
 And is moved out of its place. 
 2 Hearken ye unto the noise of his voice, 
 And the s" sound that goeth out of his 
 mouth.
 
 38. 20. 
 
 JOB. 
 
 iHeb. 
 
 light, 
 i Ucb. 
 skirts 
 
 3 Seech. 
 ix. 9. 
 
 4Heb. 
 scatter- 
 itvj 
 winds. 
 
 5 Or, 
 
 c(yn- 
 geated 
 
 eOi', 
 earth 
 
 7 Or, 
 
 Thou, 
 whose 
 gar- 
 ments 
 arc (tf. 
 
 8 Or, 
 When he. 
 qitieteth 
 thK earth 
 by the 
 south 
 wind 
 
 ^ Or, If 
 a inati 
 speak, 
 turcly 
 he shall 
 be swal- 
 lowed 
 up, 
 10 Or, 
 cannot 
 t'lok Oil 
 the light 
 when it 
 is bright 
 in tlie 
 skie^, 
 when the 
 wind 
 hath 
 passed, 
 and 
 
 ; cleansed 
 
 : them 
 
 i liHeb. 
 I gol<L 
 
 3 He seudetli it forth under the whole 
 
 heaven, 
 AjuI his 1 lightning unto the ^ends of 
 the earth. 
 
 4 After it a voice roai-eth ; 
 
 He thuiidereth with the voice of his 
 
 majesty: 
 And ho stayetli thorn not when his 
 
 voice is heard. 
 
 5 God thvuidereth inarvelloiisly with his 
 
 voice ; 
 Great things doeth he, which we can- 
 not comprehend. 
 
 6 For he saith to the snow, Fall thou o;i 
 
 the earth ; 
 Likewise to the shower of ram, 
 And to the showers of his mighty rani. 
 
 7 He sealetli up the hand of every man ; 
 That all men whom he hath made 
 
 may know it. 
 
 8 Then the beasts go into coverts, 
 And remaui hi their dens. 
 
 9 Out of "the chamber of the south 
 cometh the storm : 
 And cold out of the * north. 
 
 10 By the breath of God ice is given : 
 Aiid the breadth of the waters is 
 
 5 straitened. 
 
 11 Yea, he ladeth the thick cloud with 
 
 moisture ; 
 He sjjreadeth abroad the cloud of his 
 lUghtnhig: 
 
 12 And it is turned round about by his 
 
 guidance. 
 That they may do whatsoever he com- 
 
 mandeth them 
 Upon the face of the habitable world : 
 
 13 Whether it be for correction, or for 
 
 his 6 land, 
 Or for mercy, that he cause it to come. 
 
 14 Hearken imto this, Job : 
 
 Stand still, and consider the wondrous 
 works of God. 
 
 15 Dost thou know how God layeth his 
 
 charge ujion them. 
 And causeth the ilightnmg of his cloud 
 to shine ? 
 
 16 Dost thou know the balancings of the 
 
 clouds. 
 The wondrous works of him which i.s 
 pei-f ect in knowledge ? 
 
 17 7How thy garments ai'e warm, 
 
 8 When the earth is stOl by reason of 
 the south wind? 
 
 18 Canst thou ^vith him spread out the sky. 
 Which is strong as a molten mirror ? 
 
 19 Teach us what we shall say unto bim ; 
 For we cannot order our speech by 
 
 reason of darkness. 
 •20 Shall it be told him that I would speak '.' 
 '•Or should a man wish that he were 
 swallowed up ? 
 
 21 And now men i^see not the light which 
 
 is bright in the skies : 
 But the wind passeth, and cleanseth 
 them. 
 
 22 Out of the north cometh ii golden 
 
 splendour : 
 God hath upon him temble majesty. 
 
 23 Touching the Ahnighty, we cannot find 
 
 him out ; he is excellent in power ; 
 And ^'^in judgement and plenteous 
 justice ho will not afflict. 
 
 24 Men do therefore fear him: 
 
 He regardeth not any that are wise of 
 heart. 
 
 38 Then the Lohd answered Job out of 
 the whirlwind, and said, 
 
 2 Who is this that darkenetli coimsel 
 By words without knowledge ? 
 
 3 Gird up now thy loins like a man; 
 For I will demand of thee, and declare 
 
 thou unto me. 
 IWliere wast thou when I laid the 
 f omidations of the earth ? 
 Declare, I'^if thou hast understanding. 
 5 Who determined the measures thereof, 
 I'^if thou knowest? 
 Or who stretched the line upon it ? 
 GWliereupon were tho i^ foundations 
 thereof i" fastened? 
 Or who laid the corner stone thereof ; 
 
 7 When the morning stars sang together, 
 And all the sons of God shouted for joy ? 
 
 8 Or who shut up the sea with doors. 
 When it brake forth, ^"^as if it had 
 
 issued out of the womb ; 
 
 9 When I made the cloud the garment 
 
 thereof. 
 And thick darkness a swaddUngband 
 for it, 
 
 10 And iSprescribed for it my i^decree, 
 And set bars and doors, 
 
 11 And said. Hitherto shalt thou come, 
 
 but no further ; 
 And here shall thy proud waves be 
 stayed ? 
 
 12 Hast thou commanded the morning 
 
 since thy days began, 
 And caused the daysprmg to know its 
 place ; 
 
 13 That it might take hold of the ends of 
 
 the earth. 
 And the wicked be shaken out of it ? 
 
 14 It is changed as clay under the seal ; 
 And all things stand forth 2° as a gar- 
 ment : 
 
 15 And from the wicked their light is 
 
 withholden. 
 And the high arm is broken. 
 
 16 Hast thou entered into the springs of 
 
 the sea? 
 Or hast thou walked in the 21 recesses 
 of the deep ? 
 
 17 Have the gates of death been revealed 
 
 unto thee? 
 Or hast thou seen the gates of the 
 shadow of death ? 
 
 18 Hast thou comprehended tlie breadth 
 
 of the earth ? 
 Declare, if thou knowest it all. 
 
 19 Wliere is the way to the dweUing of 
 
 hght. 
 And as for darkness, where is the place 
 thereof ; 
 
 20 That thou shouldest take it to the 
 
 boimd thereof, 
 
 405 
 
 12 Or, lu 
 
 Judges- 
 
 inent... 
 
 he docih 
 
 no 
 
 violence 
 
 13 Heb. 
 iftJiou 
 knowest 
 lindi ,■■ 
 stand- 
 ing. 
 
 » Or. 
 
 seeing 
 
 15 Heb. 
 
 sockets. 
 
 16 Heb. 
 made to 
 sink. 
 
 1' Or, and 
 
 issued 
 
 18 Heb. 
 brake. 
 
 laOr, 
 bound- 
 ary 
 
 23 Or, as 
 in (6 
 garment 
 
 21 Or, 
 search
 
 406 
 
 JOB. 
 
 38. 20. 
 
 lOr, 
 
 Which is 
 the way 
 to the 
 place 
 where 
 the light 
 U&c. 
 
 2 Or, 
 
 green- 
 sward 
 
 3 Or, 
 
 given it 
 birth 
 
 lOr, 
 
 are con- 
 gealed 
 like stone 
 
 5Heb. 
 cohereth. 
 
 6 Or, 
 chain 
 Or, sweet 
 in- 
 
 fiuences 
 
 'Or, 
 the signs 
 of the 
 Zodiac 
 tHeb. 
 sons. 
 
 9 Or. 
 dark 
 clouds 
 
 10 Or, 
 meteor 
 
 11 Heb. 
 
 cause to 
 He down. 
 
 Aiid that thou shoulilest discern the 
 paths to the house thereof ? 
 
 21 Doubtless, thou knowest, for thou wast 
 
 then born, 
 And the number of thy days is great 1 
 
 22 Hast thou entered the treasuries of 
 
 the snow, 
 Or hast thou seen the treasuries of 
 the hail, 
 23Wliich I have reserved against the 
 time of trouble, 
 Against the day of battle and war '? 
 241 By what way is the light parted. 
 Or the east wind scattered upon the 
 earth? 
 
 25 Who hath cleft a channel for the water- 
 
 flood, 
 Or a way for the lightning of the 
 thunder ; 
 
 26 To cause it to rain on a land where no 
 
 man is ; 
 On the wilderness, wherein there is no 
 man; 
 
 27 To satisfy the waste and desolate 
 
 groit7id; 
 And to cause the 2 tender grass to 
 spring forth ? 
 
 28 Hath the ram a father ? 
 
 Or who hath begotten the drops of dew? 
 
 29 Out of whose womb came the ice ? 
 And the hoary frost of heaven, who 
 
 hath 3 gendered it? 
 
 30 The waters *are hidden as icith stone. 
 And the face of the deep ^is frozen. 
 
 31 Canst thou bind the 6 cluster of the 
 
 Pleiades, 
 Or loose the bands of Orion ? 
 
 32 Canst thou lead forth ^the Mazzaroth 
 
 in their season? 
 Or canst thou guide the Bear with her 
 8 tram? 
 
 33 Knowest thou the ordinances of the 
 
 heavens ? 
 Canst thou establish the dominion 
 thereof in the earth ? 
 
 34 Canst thou lift up thy voice to the 
 
 clouds. 
 That abundance of waters may cover 
 thee? 
 
 35 Canst thou send forth lightnings, that 
 
 they may go. 
 And say unto thee, Here we are ? 
 
 36 Who hath put wisdom in the ^ inward 
 
 parts ? 
 Or who hath given understanding to 
 the 10 mind? 
 
 37 Who can nmnber the clouds by wisdom? 
 Or who can 11 pour out the bottles of 
 
 heaven, 
 
 38 When the dust runneth into a mass, 
 And the clods cleave fast together ? 
 
 39 Wilt thou hunt the prey for the lioness? 
 Or satisfy the appetite of the young 
 
 lions, 
 
 40 When they couch in their dens, 
 
 And abide in the covert to lie in wait? 
 
 41 Who provideth for the raven his food, 
 Wlien his young ones cry imto God, 
 And wander for lack of meat? 
 
 39 Knowest thou the time when the 
 wild goats of the rock bring forth? 
 Or canst thou mark when the hinds do 
 calve ? 
 
 2 Canst thou number the months that 
 
 they fulfil? 
 Or knowest thou the time when they 
 bring forth? 
 
 3 They bow themselves, they bring forth 
 
 their young. 
 They cast out their sorrows. 
 
 4 Their young ones are in good liking, 
 
 they grow up iu the open field ; 
 They go forth, and 12 return not again. 
 
 5 Who hath sent out the wil J ass free ? 
 Or who hath loosed the bands of the 
 
 wild ass ? 
 
 6 Whose house I have made the wilder- 
 
 ness. 
 And the salt land his dwelling place. 
 
 7 He scorneth the tumult of the city. 
 Neither heareth he the shoutings of 
 
 the 13 driver. 
 
 8 The range of the mountains is his 
 
 pasture. 
 And he searcheth after every green 
 thing. 
 
 9 Will the 1* wild-ox be content to serve 
 
 thee? 
 Or will he abide by thy crib ? 
 
 10 Canst thou bind the wUd-ox with his 
 
 band in the furrow ? 
 Or will he harrow the valleys after thee? 
 
 11 Wilt thou trust him, because his 
 
 strength is great ? 
 Or wilt thou leave to him thy labour ? 
 
 12 Wilt thou confide in him, that he will 
 
 brmg home thy seed. 
 And gather the corn of thy threshing- 
 floor ? 
 
 13 The whig of the ostrich rejoiceth; 
 But are her piuions and feathers 
 
 15 kindly? 
 
 14 For she leaveth her eggs on the earth, 
 And warmeth them in the dust, 
 
 15 And f orgetteth that the foot may crush 
 
 them. 
 Or that the wild beast may trample 
 them. 
 
 16 She 16 is hardened agauist her young 
 
 ones, as if they were not hers : 
 Though her labour be iu vain, she is 
 without fear ; 
 
 17 Because God hath i' deprived her of 
 
 wisdom. 
 Neither hath he imparted to her under- 
 standing. 
 
 18 What tune she i^lifteth up herself on 
 
 high. 
 She scorneth the horse and his rider. 
 
 19 Hast thou given the horse ?ds might ? 
 Hast thou clothed his neck with i9 the 
 
 quivering mane ? 
 
 20 Hast thou made him to leap as a locust ? 
 The gloi-y of his snorting is terrible. 
 
 21 20 He paweth in the valley, and rejoiceth 
 in his strength : 
 He goeth out to meet 21 the armed 
 men.
 
 41. 11. 
 
 JOB. 
 
 407 
 
 lOr. 
 
 2 Or, 
 
 Ni-ithir 
 stanil'th 
 he still at 
 
 iC. 
 
 22 He mocketh at fear, and is uot dis- 
 
 mayed ; 
 Neither tunietli he back from the sword. 
 
 23 The quiver rattleth i agamst him, 
 The liashiug spear and the javehn. 
 
 21 He swalloweth tlie ground with fierce- 
 ness and rage ; 
 2 Neither belie veth he that it is the 
 voice of the trumpet. 
 
 25 As oft as the trumpet soundeth he 
 
 saith, Aha I 
 And he smelleth the battle afar off. 
 The thunder of the captains, and the 
 
 shouting. 
 
 26 Doth the hawk soar by thy wisdom, 
 ^ «(? stretch her wings to ward the south? 
 
 27 Doth the eagle mount up at thy com- 
 
 mand. 
 And make her nest on high ? 
 
 28 She dwelleth on the rock, and hath her 
 
 lodging there, 
 Upon the crag of the rock, and the 
 strong hold. 
 29 From thence she spieth out the prey; 
 
 Her eyes behold it afar off. 
 30 Her young ones also suck up blood : 
 And where the slain are, there is she. 
 
 40 Moreover the Loed answered Job, 
 and said, 
 
 2 Shall he that cavilleth contend with 
 
 the Almighty ? 
 He that argueth with God, let him 
 answer it. 
 
 3 Then Job answered the Lord, and said, 
 4 Behold, I am of small account; what 
 
 shall I answer thee ? 
 I lay mine hand upon my mouth. 
 
 5 Once have I spoken, and I ^vill not 
 
 answer ; 
 Yea twice, but I will proceed no fur- 
 ther. 
 
 6 Then the Loed answered Job out of 
 the whirlwmd, and said, 
 
 7 Gu'd up thy loins now like a man : 
 
 I will demand of thee, and declare 
 thou unto me. 
 
 8 Wilt thou even disannul my judge- 
 
 ment? 
 Wilt thou condenm me, that thou 
 mayest be justified? 
 
 9 Or hast thou an arm like God ? 
 
 And canst thou thunder with a voice 
 like him ? 
 
 10 Deck thyself now with excellency and 
 
 dignity ; 
 And array thyself with honour- and 
 majesty. 
 
 11 Pour forth the overflovrings of tliine 
 
 anger : 
 And look upon every one that is proud, 
 and abase hun. 
 
 12 Look on every one that is i^roud, and 
 
 bring him low ; 
 And tread down the wicked where they 
 stand. 
 13 Hide them in the dust together; 
 
 Bind their faces in the \m\i\nn iilace . 
 1-1 Then will I also confess of thee 
 
 That thine own right hand can save thee. 
 
 15 Behold now ^^ behemoth, which I made 
 
 with thee ; 
 He eateth gr-ass as an ox. 
 
 16 Lo now, his strength is in his loins. 
 And his force is in the muscles of his 
 
 belly. 
 
 17 He moveth his tail like a cedar : 
 
 The sinews of his thighs are knit 
 together. 
 
 18 His bones are as tubes of brass ; 
 His ^lunbs are like bars of iron. 
 
 19 He is the chief of the ways of God : 
 ^He onbj that made him can make 
 
 his sword to approach unto him. 
 
 20 Surely the mountains bring him forth 
 
 food ; 
 Where all the beasts of the field do 
 play. 
 
 21 He lieth imder the lotus trees. 
 
 In the covert of the reed, and the fen. 
 
 22 The lotus trees cover him with their 
 
 shadow ; 
 The willows of the brook compass hiTn 
 about. 
 
 23 Behold, if a river 6 overflow, he trem- 
 
 bleth not : 
 He is confident, though Jordan swell 
 even to his mouth. 
 21: Shall any take him when he is on the 
 watch. 
 Or pierce through his nose with a 
 snare? 
 41 Canst thou draw out 7 leviathan 
 with a fish hook ? 
 Or press dovsni his tongue with a cord? 
 
 2 Canst thou put ^ a rojie into his nose ? 
 Or pierce his jaw through with a 
 
 9 hook? 
 
 3 Will he make many supplications vmto 
 
 thee? 
 Or will he speak soft words imto thee ? 
 
 4 WiU he make a covenant with thee. 
 That thou shoiddest take him for a 
 
 servant for ever ? 
 
 5 Wilt thou play with him as with a 
 
 bu-d? 
 Or wilt thou bind him for thy maidens ? 
 
 6 Shall the bands of fishermen make 
 
 traffic of him ? 
 Shall they part him among the mer- 
 chants ? 
 
 7 Canst thou fill his skin with barbed 
 
 irons, 
 Or his head with fish spears ? 
 
 8 Lay thine hand upon him ; 
 Eemember the battle, and do so no 
 
 more. 
 
 9 Behold, the hope of him is in vain : 
 Shall not one be cast down even at 
 
 the sight of him ? 
 
 10 None is so fierce that he dare stir him 
 
 up: 
 Who then is he that can stand before 
 me? 
 
 11 Who hath fii-st given unto me, that I 
 
 should repay him ? 
 
 3 That Is, 
 thti hi])' 
 popota- 
 
 i Or, ribi 
 
 5 Or, 
 
 llu that 
 made 
 him hath 
 furn- 
 ished 
 him 
 with his 
 sword 
 
 6 Or, be 
 violent 
 
 rCh. xl. 25 
 in Heb.J 
 1 That is, 
 the 
 crocodile. 
 
 8 Heb. a 
 rope of 
 riches. 
 
 9 Or, 
 spike 
 
 [Ch. xli.l 
 in Heb. 1
 
 408 
 
 JOB. 
 
 41. 11. 
 
 IHeb. 
 
 uncover 
 theface 
 of his 
 gar- 
 ment, 
 i Or, Hh 
 teeth ai\' 
 terrible 
 round 
 about 
 3 Or, 
 courses 
 of scales 
 Heb. 
 chatine^s 
 of 
 shields. 
 
 lOr, 
 
 coat of 
 mall 
 
 5 Heb. 
 son of 
 the buiv. 
 
 e See di. 
 xxviii. 8. 
 
 Whatsoever is under the whole heaven 
 is mme. 
 12 1 will not keei) silence concerning his 
 limbs, 
 Nor his mighty strength, nor his comely 
 proportion. 
 
 13 Who can i strip o£f his outer garment? 
 \Vlio shaU. couie within his double 
 
 bridle? 
 
 14 Who can open the doors of his face ? 
 2 Round about his teeth is terror. 
 
 15 His 3 strong scales are his j)ride, 
 Shut up together «s- n-ifh a close seal. 
 
 16 One is so near to another, 
 
 That no air can come between them. 
 
 17 They are joined one to another; 
 They stick together, that they cannot 
 
 be sundered. 
 
 18 His neesings flash forth light. 
 
 And his eyes are like the eyelids of tli'' 
 morning. 
 
 19 Out of his mouth go burning torches. 
 And sparks of fh-e leap forth. 
 
 20 Out of his nostrils a smoke goeth. 
 
 As of a seething pot and burniiif/ 
 rushes. 
 
 21 His breath kindleth coals. 
 
 And a flame goeth forth from his 
 mouth. 
 
 22 In his neck abideth strength. 
 And terror danceth before him. 
 
 23 The flakes of his flesh are joined 
 
 together : 
 They are firm upon him; they can- 
 not be moved. 
 
 24 His heart is as firm as a stone ; 
 Yea, fii-m as the nether millstone. 
 
 25 When he raiseth himself np, the 
 
 mighty are afraid : 
 By reason of consternation they are 
 beside themselves. 
 
 26 If one lay at him with the sword, it 
 
 cannot avail; 
 Nor the spear, the dart, nor the * pointed 
 shaft. 
 
 27 He counteth iron as straw, 
 And brass as rotten wood. 
 
 28 The 5 arrow caiuiot make him flee : 
 Slingstones are tm-ned with him into 
 
 stubble. 
 
 29 Clubs are counted as stubble : 
 
 He laugheth at the rushing of the 
 javehn. 
 
 30 His underparts are like sharp pot- 
 
 sherds : 
 He spreadeth as it were a thi-eshing 
 wain upon the mire. 
 
 31 He maketh the deep to boil like a 
 
 pot: 
 He maketh the sea like ointment. 
 
 32 He maketh a path to sliiue after him ; 
 One would think the deei) to be hoary. 
 
 33 Upon earth there is not his like. 
 That is made without fear. 
 
 34 He beholdeth every thing that is high : 
 He is king over aU the 6 sons of pride. 
 
 42 Then Job answered the Lord, and 
 said, 
 
 2 1 know that thou canst do all things. 
 And that no purpose of thine can be 
 restrained. 
 
 3 7 Who is this that hideth counsel with- 
 
 out knowledge ? 
 Therefore have I uttered that which 
 
 I understood not. 
 Things too wonderful for me, which I 
 
 knew not. 
 
 4 Hear, I beseech thee, and I wQl 
 
 speak ; 
 **I will demand of thee, and declare 
 
 thou unto me. 
 5 1 had heard of thee by the hearing of 
 
 the ear ; 
 But now mme eye seeth thee, 
 
 6 Wherefore 1 '■'abhor myself, and repent 
 In dust and ashes. 
 
 7 And it was so, that after the Lord had 
 spoken these words unto Job, the Lord 
 said to Eliphaz the Temanite, My wrath 
 is kindled against thee, and against 
 thy two friends: for ye have not 
 spoken of me the thing that is right, 
 
 8 as my servant Job hath. Now there- 
 fore, take unto you seven bullocks and 
 seven rams, and go to my servant Job, 
 and offer up for j'om-selves a burnt 
 offering ; and my servant Job shall pray 
 
 , for you ; for- him will I accept, that I 
 deal not with you after yoiu- folly ; for 
 ye have not si^oken of me the thing 
 that is right, as my servant Job hath. 
 
 9 So Ehphaz the Temanite and Bildad 
 the Shuhite and Zophar the Naamathite 
 went, and did according as the Lord 
 commanded them: and the Lord ac- 
 
 10 cepted Job. And the Lord tm-ned the 
 captivitj' of Job, when he prayed for 
 his friends: and the Lord gave Job 
 
 11 tmce as much as he had before. Then 
 came there unto him all his brethren, 
 and aU his sisters, and aU they that 
 had been of his acquaintance before, 
 and did eat bread with him in his 
 house: and they bemoaned him, and 
 comforted him concerning all the evil 
 that the Lord had brought upon him : 
 every man also gave him a lo piece of 
 money, and every one a ring of gold. 
 
 12 So the Lord blessed the latter end of 
 Job more than his beginning: and he 
 had fourteen thousand sheep, and six 
 thousand camels, and a thousand yoke 
 of oxen, and a thousand she-asses. 
 
 13 He had also seven sons and three 
 
 14 daughters. And he called the name 
 of the first, Jemunah; and the name 
 of the second, Keziah; and the name 
 
 15 of the third, Keren-happuch. And 
 in all the land were no women found 
 so fair as the daughters of Job: and 
 their father gave them inheritance 
 
 16 among their brethren. And after this 
 Job lived an hiuidred and forty years, 
 and saw his sons, and his sons' sous, 
 
 Yl even four generations. So Job died, 
 being old and full of days.
 
 THE PSALMS. 
 
 BOOK I. 
 
 'Or, 
 Bappy 
 
 2 Or, in 
 whatso- 
 ever he 
 doeth he 
 shall 
 prosper 
 
 3 Or. 
 tumult- 
 uousli/ 
 assemble 
 
 'Or 
 
 jneditate 
 
 5 Or, 
 trouble 
 
 1 1 Blessed is the man that walketh not 
 
 in the coinisel of the wicked, 
 Nor standeth in the way of sinners, 
 Nor sitteth in tlie seat of tlie 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 streams of water. 
 That bringeth forth its fruit in its 
 
 season, 
 \Miose leaf also doth not wither ; 
 And^whatsoever he doeth shall i^rosper . 
 
 4 The wicked are not so ; 
 
 But are like the chaff which the wind 
 di'iveth away. 
 
 5 Therefore the wicked shall not stand 
 
 in the judgement. 
 Nor smners in the congregation of the 
 i-ighteous. 
 
 6 For the Lord knoweth the way of the 
 
 righteous : 
 But the way of the wicked shall perish. 
 
 2 Why do the nations Srage, 
 And the peoples * imagine a vain 
 thing? 
 
 2 The kuigs 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 5 vex them hi his sore displeas- 
 ure: 
 
 6 Yet I have set my king 
 Upon my holy hill of Zion. 
 
 7 1 will tell of the decree : 
 The Lord said unto me, Thou art my 
 
 son; 
 This day have I begotten thee. 
 
 8 Ask of me, and I will give thee the 
 
 nations 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 Now therefore be wise, ye kings : 
 Be instructed, ye judges of the earth. 
 
 11 Serve the Lord with fear. 
 And rejoice with trembling. 
 
 12 6 Kiss the son, lest he be angiy, and 
 
 ye i^erish in the way. 
 For his wrath ''will soon be kindled. 
 1 Blessed are aU they that ^put theii- 
 
 trust in him. 
 
 3 A Psalm of David, when he fled from 
 
 Absalom his son. 
 
 ILoKD, how are mme adversaries in- 
 creased ! 
 Many are they that rise up against 
 me. 
 
 2 Many there be which say 9 of my soul. 
 There is no i^heli) for him in 
 
 God. [Selah 
 
 3 But thou, O Lord, art a shield about 
 
 me; 
 My glory, and the hfter up of mine 
 head. 
 4 1 cry unto the Lord with my voice, 
 And he answereth me out of his holy 
 hill. [Selah 
 
 5 1 laid me down and slept ; 
 I awaked; for the Lord sustaineth 
 me. 
 6 1 will not be afraid of ten thousands 
 of the people. 
 That have set themselves against me 
 round about. 
 7 Arise, O Lord ; save me, O my God: 
 For thou hast smitten aU mine enemies 
 
 upon the cheek bone ; 
 Thou hast broken the teeth of the 
 wicked. 
 8 11 Salvation belongetli unto the Lord : 
 Thy blessing be upon thy people. [Selah 
 
 4 For the Chief Musician ; on stringed instru- 
 
 ments. A Psalm of David. 
 
 1 Answer me when I call, God of my 
 
 righteousness ; 
 Thou hast set me at large when I tvas 
 
 in distress : 
 12 Have mercy upon me, and hear my 
 
 prayer. 
 
 2 O ye sons of men, how long shall my 
 
 glory be turned uito dishonom* ? 
 IIoio long will ye love vanity, and 
 seek after falsehood ? [Selah 
 
 3 But know that the Lord hath set ai)art 
 
 13 him that is godly for himself: 
 The Lord will hear when I call unto 
 him. 
 
 8 Some 
 ancient 
 versions 
 render, 
 Lay hold 
 o/(or. 
 Receive) 
 instruc- 
 tion 
 others. 
 Worship 
 in 
 purity. 
 
 ''Or, may 
 
 80r, take 
 refuge 
 
 " Or, to 
 
 10 Or, 
 
 salva- 
 
 tion 
 
 "Or, 
 Victory 
 
 12 Or, Be 
 gracious 
 unto me 
 
 1^ Or, one 
 that he 
 javour- 
 eth
 
 410 
 
 THE PSALMS. 
 
 4. 4. 
 
 1 Or, Be 
 ye angry 
 
 2 Or, ;,- 
 solitiulf 
 
 3 Or, 
 
 winiz 
 
 instru- 
 
 filents 
 
 ■lOr, I'hi- 
 evil man 
 5 Or, 
 Fools 
 
 6 Or, 
 
 thertb 
 that lie 
 in wait 
 /or me 
 
 "! Or, sted- 
 fastness 
 f Or, a 
 yawning 
 gulf 
 
 »Heb. 
 make 
 
 smooth 
 
 th^lr 
 
 tongni'. 
 
 10 Or, 
 from 
 their 
 counse'.'i 
 
 11 Or, 
 
 Ho shut' 
 all tibui-t' 
 ...re- 
 joice, 
 they 
 shall 
 ever 
 shout . . . 
 andtho'' 
 Shu/ 1 
 1 defend 
 them : 
 they a/s'. 
 ... shftjt 
 bejnafid 
 in tlcee 
 
 12 0r, (;,«- 
 eighth 
 
 4 1 Stand iu awe, aud sin not : 
 Commune with your own heart upoi: 
 year bed, and be still. [Selali 
 
 5 Offer the sacrifices of righteousness, 
 And put youi" trust iu the Lord. 
 
 6 Many there be that say. Who wiU 
 
 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 thei/ hare when their corn 
 
 aud their wine are increased. 
 
 8 In peace will I both lay me down 
 
 and sleep: 
 For thou, Lord, 2 alone makest me 
 dwell ui safety. 
 
 5 For the Chief Musician ; with the ^Nehiloth. 
 A Psalm of David. 
 
 1 Give ear to my words, O Lord, 
 Consider my meditation. 
 
 2 Hearken unto the voice of my cry, my 
 
 King, and my God : 
 For imto thee do I jiray. 
 
 3 Lord, in the morning shalt thou 
 
 hear my voice ; 
 hi the morning will I order my prayer 
 unto thee, and will keep watch. 
 
 4 For thou art not a God that hath 
 
 pleasure iu wickedness : 
 *Evil shall not sojourn with thee. 
 
 5 * The arrogant shall not stand in thy 
 
 sight : 
 Thou hatest all workers of iniquity. 
 
 6 Thou shalt destroy them that siJeakhes : 
 The Lord abhorreth the bloodthirsty 
 
 and deceitful man. 
 7 But as for me, in the multitude of thy 
 lovmgkiuchiess will I come uito thy 
 house : 
 In thy fear will I worship toward thy 
 holy temple. 
 
 8 Lead me, O Lord, in thy righteous- 
 
 ness because of '^niine enemies; 
 Make thy way plain before my face. 
 
 9 For there is no 7 faithfulness hi their 
 
 mouth ; 
 Their inward part is ** very wickedness : 
 Their throat is an open sepulchre ; 
 They ^ flatter with their tongue. 
 10 Hold them guilty, O God ; 
 
 Let them fall lo by their own counsels : 
 Thrust them out in the multitude of 
 
 their transgressions ; 
 For they have rebelled against thee. 
 11 11 But let all those that put their trust 
 
 in thee rejoice, 
 Let them ever shout for joy, because 
 
 thou defcndest them : 
 Let them also that love thy name be 
 
 joyful hi thee. 
 12 For thou wilt bless the righteous ; 
 O Lord, thou wUt compass him with 
 
 favour as with a shield. 
 
 For the Cliief Musician ; on stringed instru- 
 ments, set to i^the Sheminith. A Psalm 
 of David. 
 
 1 O Lord, rebuke me not iu thine anger, 
 Neither chasten me in thy hot dis- 
 pleasure. 
 
 2 Have mercy upon me, Lord; for 
 I am withered away : 
 
 Lord, heal me; for my bones are 
 vexed. 
 
 3 My soul also is sore vexed : 
 And thou, Lord, how long? 
 
 4 Eeturn, O Lord, deliver my soul: 
 Save me for thy lovingkindness' sake. 
 
 5 For in death there is no remembrance 
 
 of thee : 
 In 13 Sheol who shall give thee thanks ? 
 6 1 am weary with my groaning ; 
 Every night make I my bed to swim ; 
 
 1 water my couch with my tears. 
 
 7 Mine eye wasteth away because of 
 grief; 
 It waxeth old because of all mine ad- 
 
 all ye workers of 
 heard the voice 
 
 versaries. 
 
 8 Depart from mo 
 
 iniquity ; 
 For the Lord hath 
 of my weeping. 
 
 9 The Lord hath heard my supplica- 
 
 tion ; 
 The Lord wiU receive my prayer. 
 10 AU mme enemies shall be ashamed 
 
 and sore vexed : 
 They shall tm-n back, they shall be 
 
 ashamed suddenly. 
 
 T Sliiggaion of David, vcliich lie sang unto the 
 Lord, concerninjj the words of Cusli a 
 Benjamite. 
 
 10 Lord my God, in thee do I "put 
 my trust : 
 
 Save me from all them that i)ursue 
 me, and deliver me : 
 
 2 Lest he tear my soul like a lion. 
 Bending it in pieces, while there is 
 
 none to deliver. 
 
 3 Lord my God, if I have done this ; 
 If there be iniquity in my hands ; 
 
 4 If I have rewarded evil mito him 
 
 that was at peace with me ; 
 (Yea, I have delivered him that with- 
 out cause was mine adversary:) 
 
 5 Let the enemy jiursue my soul, and 
 
 overtake it ; 
 Yea, let him tread my life down to the 
 
 earth, 
 Aud lay my glory in the dust. [Selah 
 
 6 Ai'ise, Lord, in thine anger. 
 
 Lift up thyself agamst the rage of 
 mine adversaries : 
 
 And awake for me ; thou hast com- 
 manded judgement. 
 71^ And let the congregation of the 
 peoples compass thee about : 
 
 And over them return thou on high. 
 
 8 The Lord nihiistereth judgement to 
 
 the peojiles : 
 Judge me, Lord, according to my 
 righteousness, and to mine integrity 
 K'that is in me. 
 
 9 Oh let the wickedness of the wicked 
 
 come to an end, but establish thou 
 the righteous : 
 For the righteous God trieth the 
 hearts and reins.
 
 10. 1. 
 
 THE PSALMS. 
 
 'Or, 
 
 Suref;/ 
 he wlU 
 again 
 witct 
 
 2 So some 
 ancient 
 versions. 
 Tlie 
 
 Hebrew 
 Is 
 obscure. 
 
 3 Or, 
 above 
 
 < Or, the 
 anijels 
 Heb. 
 Kloltiin. 
 
 10 My shield is with God, 
 
 Which saveth the upright in heart. 
 
 11 God is a rij^hteoiis judge, 
 
 Yea, a (xud tliat liath indignation 
 
 every day. 
 121 If a j,mjj ix\rn not, he will whet his 
 
 sword ; 
 He hath hent his how, and'made it ready . 
 
 13 He hath also prepared for hun tlu^ 
 
 instriuuents of death ; 
 He maketh his arrows liery shafts. 
 
 14 Behold, he travaileth with iui(iuity; 
 Yea, he hath conceived mischief, and 
 
 brought forth falsehood. 
 
 15 He hath made a pit, and digged it. 
 And is fallen into the ditch which 
 
 he made. 
 
 16 His mischief shall return upon his 
 
 own head. 
 And his violence shall come down 
 
 upon his own pate. 
 171 will give thanks unto the Lohd 
 
 according to his righteousness : 
 And will sing praise to the name of 
 
 the Loia> Most High. 
 
 8 For the Chief Musician ; set to tlie Gittith. 
 
 A Psalm of David. 
 
 1 O Lord, om' Lord, 
 
 How excellent is thy name in all the 
 
 earth! 
 Who 2 hast set thy glory ^upon the 
 
 heavens. 
 
 2 Out of the mouth of babes and suck- 
 
 lings hast thou established strength. 
 Because of thme adversaries, 
 That thou mightest still the enemy 
 
 and the avenger. 
 
 3 When I consider thy heavens, the 
 
 work of thy fingers, 
 The moon and the stars, which thou 
 hast ordauied ; 
 
 4 What is man, that thou art mhidful 
 
 of him ■? 
 And the sou of man, that thou visitest 
 him? 
 
 5 For thou hast made him but little 
 
 lower than * God, 
 And crownest him with glory and 
 honour. 
 
 6 Thou madest him to have dominion 
 
 over the works of thy hands ; 
 Thou hast put aU thuigs under his feet : 
 
 7 AU sheep and oxen. 
 
 Yea, and the beasts of the field ; 
 
 8 The fowl of the air, and the fish of 
 
 the sea. 
 Whatsoever jjasseth tlu'ough the paths 
 of the seas. 
 
 9 O LoKD, our Lord, 
 
 How excellent is thy name in all the 
 earth ! 
 
 9 For the Chief Musician ; set to Muth-labben. 
 
 A Psalm of David. 
 1 1 wiU give thanks unto the Lord with 
 my whole heart ; 
 I wiil shew forth all thy marveUoias 
 works. 
 2 1 wiU be glad and exult in thee : 
 
 I wlU sing praise to thy name, thou 
 6 Most High. 
 
 3 Wlien mine enemies turn back. 
 They stumble and perish at thy 
 
 l)resence. 
 
 4 For thou hast maintauied my right 
 
 and my cause ; 
 Thou satest in the throne judging 
 righteously. 
 
 5 Thou hast rebuked the ''nations, thou 
 
 hast destroyed the wicked. 
 
 Thou hast blotted out their name for 
 ever and ever. 
 G ' The enemy are come to an end, they 
 are desolate for ever ; 
 
 t* And the cities which thou hast ^ over- 
 thrown. 
 
 Their veiy memorial is perished. 
 7 But the Lord sitteth an king for ever: 
 
 He hath prepared his throne for judge- 
 ment. 
 
 8 And he shall judge the world in right- 
 
 eousness, 
 He shall minister judgement to the 
 lOpeoples in uin-igiitness. 
 
 9 The Lord also will be a high tower for 
 
 the oi^^Jressed, 
 A high tower iu times of trouble ; 
 
 10 And they that know thy name will put 
 
 then- trust hi thee ; 
 For thou. Lord, hast not forsaken 
 them that seek thee. 
 
 11 Smg praises to the Lord, which 
 
 dwelleth iu Zion : 
 Declare among the n people his doings. 
 12i2i(\)i. lie that maketli inquisition for 
 blood remembereth them : 
 He f orgetteth not the cry of the i^poor. 
 
 13 Have mercy upon me, Lord ; 
 Behold my affliction loldch I sniffer 
 
 of them that hate me. 
 Thou that Itftest me up from the gates 
 of death ; 
 
 14 That I may shew forth aU thy praise : 
 In the gates of the daughter of Zion, 
 I wUl rejoice in tliy i* salvation. 
 
 15 The nations are sunk down in the 
 
 pit that they made : 
 Iu the net which they hid is then.' 
 own foot taken. 
 
 16 The LoiiD hath made himself known, 
 
 he hath executed judgement : 
 15 The wicked is snared in the v/ork of 
 his OWTI hands. [Higgaion. Selah 
 
 17 The wicked shall retui-n to Sheol, 
 Even aU the nations that forget God. 
 
 18 For the needy shall not alway be for- 
 
 gotten. 
 Nor the expectation of the i^poor perish 
 for ever. 
 19 Arise, O Lord; let not man prevail: 
 
 Let the nations be judged in thy sight. 
 20 Put them hi fear, O Lord : 
 
 Let the nations know themselves to be 
 but men. [Selah 
 
 lOWliy staudest thou afar off, O Lord "? 
 Why hidest thou thyself iu times of 
 trouble ? 
 
 411 
 
 6 Or. 
 Moat 
 lUuh, 
 hccaugc 
 mine Ai;. 
 
 «0r, 
 
 luHttheii 
 
 ■'Or. 
 thou 
 enemy, 
 desola- 
 tions ay 
 come to 
 a per- 
 petual 
 end 
 
 sor, 
 And 
 their 
 cities 
 thoit, 
 hast 
 over- 
 thrown 
 
 9 Heb. 
 plucked 
 up. 
 
 10 Or, 
 people 
 
 n Or, 
 peoples 
 "Or./'cr 
 when he 
 maketh 
 ...he 
 remem- 
 bereth 
 
 WOr, 
 vieek 
 
 "Or, 
 
 SaiHinJ 
 
 help 
 
 15 Or. Ue 
 snareth 
 the 
 wicked
 
 412 
 
 THE PSALMS. 
 
 10. 2. 
 
 he doth 
 TioUy 
 pursue 
 the poor 
 
 2 Hel). 
 is set on 
 fire. 
 
 3 Or, 
 They are 
 taJce/i 
 
 4 Or, 
 blesseth 
 the 
 
 covetous, 
 but eon- 
 temneth 
 <fcc. 
 
 5 Or, 
 
 revileth 
 
 '■Or, 
 grievous 
 
 'Or, 
 
 fraud 
 
 a Or, 
 
 hapless 
 
 ■'Another 
 readin;; 
 is, And 
 being 
 crushed. 
 
 10 Or, 
 meek 
 
 "Or, 
 
 travail 
 
 and 
 
 grief 
 
 12 Or, 
 heathe^l 
 
 13 Or, 
 
 establish 
 
 2 In the pride of the wicked i the poor 
 
 2 is hotly ijursued ; 
 sLet them be taken in the devices that 
 they have imagined. 
 
 3 For the wicked boasteth of his heart's 
 
 desire, 
 And *the covetous renounceth, yea, 
 ^contemneth the Lord. 
 
 4 The wicked, in the pride of his coun- 
 
 tenance, saifh, He will not require 
 it. 
 All his thoughts are, There is no God. 
 
 5 His ways are ^ firm at aU times ; 
 
 Thy judgements are far above out of 
 
 his sight : 
 As for aU his adversaries, he puffeth 
 
 at them. 
 
 6 He saith in his heart, I shall not be 
 
 moved : 
 To all generations I shall not be in 
 adversity. 
 
 7 His mouth is full of cursing and deceit 
 
 and ■? opi^ression : 
 Under his tongue is mischief and in- 
 iquity. 
 
 8 He sitteth in the lurking places of the 
 
 villages : 
 In the covert places doth he murder 
 
 the innocent : 
 His eyes are privUy set against the 
 
 8 helpless. 
 
 9 He lurketh in the covert as a lion 
 
 in his den : 
 He lieth in wait to catch the poor : 
 He doth catch the poor, when he 
 draweth him in his net. 
 10^ He croucheth, he boweth down, 
 
 And the ^helpless fall by his strong ones. 
 11 He saith in his heart, God hath for- 
 gotten : 
 He hideth his face ; he will never see it. 
 12 Arise, O Lord; O God, Uft up thine 
 hand : 
 Forget not the ^Opoor. 
 
 13 Wherefore doth the wicked contemn 
 
 God, 
 And say in his heart. Thou wilt not 
 require if ? 
 
 14 Thou hast seen it ; for thou beholdest 
 
 11 mischief and spite, to take it into 
 
 thy hand: 
 The 8 helpless committeth himself unto 
 
 thee ; 
 Thou hast been the helper of the 
 
 fatherless. 
 
 15 Break thou the arm of the wicked ; 
 And as for the evil man, seek out his 
 
 v/ickedness till thou find none. 
 
 16 The Lord is King for ever and ever : 
 The 12 nations are perished out of his 
 
 land. 
 
 17 Lord, thou hast heard the desire of 
 
 the meek : 
 Thou wOt i3prei)are then* heart, thou 
 wilt cause thine ear to hear : 
 
 18 To judge the fatherless and the op- 
 
 pressed, 
 That man which is of the earth may 
 be terrilile no more. 
 
 11 For the Cliief Musician. A Psalm of David. 
 
 1 In the Lord put I my trust : 
 How say ye to my soul, 
 
 Flee 1^ as a bird to your mountain ? 
 
 2 For, lo, the wicked bend the bow. 
 They make ready their arrow ujion the 
 
 string, 
 That they may shoot in darkness at 
 the upright in heart. 
 3 15 If the foundations be destroyed, 
 What can the righteous do ? 
 
 4 The Lord is in his holy temple. 
 The Lord, his throne is in heaven ; 
 His eyes behold, his eyehds try, the 
 
 children of men. 
 
 5 The Lord trieth the righteous : 
 
 But the wicked and him that loveth 
 violence his soul liateth. 
 
 6 Upon the wicked he shall rain snares ; 
 Fu-e and brimstone and burning wind 
 
 shall be the portion of their cup. 
 
 7 For the Lord is righteous ; he loveth 
 
 16 righteousness: 
 1'? The upright shall behold his face. 
 
 12 For the Chief Musician; set to is the 
 
 Sheminith. A Psalm of David. 
 
 1 Help, Lord; for the godly man ceaseth ; 
 For i^the faithful fail from among the 
 
 children of men. 
 
 2 They speak vanity every one with his 
 
 neigbbour : 
 With flattering lip, and with a double 
 heart, do they speak. 
 
 3 The Lord shall cut off all flattering Ups, 
 The tongue that speaketh great things : 
 
 4 Who have said, With our tongue will 
 
 we prevail ; 
 Our Hps are ^Oour own: who is lord 
 over us ? 
 
 5 For the spoiling of the poor, for the 
 
 sighing of the needy, 
 Now ■wHl I arise, saith the Lord ; 
 I wUl set him 21 iu safety at whom they 
 
 puff. 
 
 6 The words of the Lord are pure words ; 
 As silver tried in a furnace on the earth, 
 Purified seven times. 
 
 7 Thou shalt keep them, O Lord, 
 Thou shalt preserve them from this 
 
 generation for ever. 
 
 8 The wicked walk on eveiy side. 
 When vileness is exalted among the 
 
 sons of men. 
 
 13 For the Chief Musician. A Psalm of David. 
 IHow long, O Lord, wilt thou forget 
 
 me for ever ? 
 How long wilt thou hide thy face 
 from me ? 
 
 2 How long shall I take counsel in my 
 
 soul, 
 Having sorrow in my heart aU the day ? 
 How long shall muie enemy be exalted 
 
 over me ? 
 
 3 Consider and answer me, Lord my 
 
 God: 
 Lighten mine eyes, lest I sleep the 
 sZeej) of death ;
 
 1-7. 9. 
 
 THE PSALMS. 
 
 413 
 
 lOr, 
 
 deal ' 
 wisely 
 
 2 Or, But 
 
 3 Or, 
 
 return- 
 
 ethto 
 
 4Heb. 
 tent. 
 
 5 Or, He 
 slander- 
 eth 
 
 6 Or, his 
 
 7 Or, Se 
 
 sweareth 
 
 8 Some 
 ancient 
 versions 
 have, 
 
 to his 
 friend. 
 
 9 Or. Ife 
 
 putteth 
 
 10 So the 
 Sept., 
 VulK. 
 and Syr. 
 The 
 
 Hebrew 
 text as 
 pointed 
 reads. 
 Thou, 
 
 h^ (St said, 
 O my 
 soul. 
 
 11 Or, the 
 Lord 
 
 4 Lest mine enemy say, I have pre- 
 vailed against him ; 
 Lest mine adversaries rejoice when I 
 am moved. 
 .5 But I have trusted in thy mercy ; 
 
 My lieart shall rejoice hi thy salvation : 
 () I will sing unto the Lord, 
 Because he hath dealt hountifuUy with 
 me. 
 
 14 For tlie Chief Musician. A Psalmoi David. 
 
 1 The foul li:\th said m his heart, There 
 
 is no God. 
 They are corruijt, they have done 
 
 abominahle works ; 
 There is none that doeth good. 
 
 2 The Lord looked down from heaven 
 
 upon the childi-en of men, 
 To see if there were any that did 
 
 1 understand, 
 That did seek after God. 
 
 3 They are all gone aside ; they are 
 
 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 upon the Lord. 
 
 5 There were they in great fear : 
 
 For God is in the generation of the 
 righteous. 
 
 6 Ye put to shame the counsel of the 
 
 Ijoor, 
 2 Because the Lord is his refuge. 
 
 7 Oh that the salvation of Israel were 
 
 come out of Ziou ! 
 When the Lord shriugeth back the 
 
 captivity of his people, 
 Then shall Jacob rejoice, and Israel 
 
 shall be glad. 
 
 15 A Psalm of David. 
 
 1 Lord, who shall sojourn m thy ^taber- 
 nacle ? 
 Who shall dwell m thy holy hiU? 
 •2 He that walketh uprightly, and work- 
 eth righteousness. 
 And speaketh truth in his heart. 
 
 3 5 He that slandereth not with his 
 
 tongue. 
 Nor doeth evil to his friend. 
 Nor taketh up a reproach against his 
 
 neighbour. 
 
 4 In 6 whose eyes a reprobate is despised ; 
 But he honoureth them that fear the 
 
 Lord. 
 ''He that sweareth ^to his own hurt, 
 and changeth not. 
 
 5 'J He that putteth not out his money to 
 
 usury, 
 Nor takethreward against the iimocent. 
 He that doeth these thmgs shall never 
 
 be moved. 
 
 16 Michtam of David. 
 
 1 Preserve me, God : for in thee do I 
 
 put my trust. 
 2 101 have said unto the Lord, Thou art 
 
 limy Lord: 
 
 I have no good beyond thee. 
 
 3 i^As for the saints that are in the earth, 
 i''Tliey are the excellent in whom is all 
 
 my delight. 
 
 4 Their sorrows shall be multiplied that 
 
 1* exchange the Loud for another 
 
 fjod : 
 Their di-ink offermgs of blood wiU I 
 
 not olfer. 
 Nor take their names upon my lips. 
 
 5 The Lord is the portion of mine in- 
 
 heritance and of my cup : 
 Thou maintauiest my lot. 
 
 6 The lines are fallen mito me in pleas- 
 
 ant places ; 
 Yea, I have a goodly heritage. 
 7 1 will bless the Lord, who hath given 
 me counsel : 
 Yea, my rems instruct me in the night 
 seasons. 
 8 1 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 dwell i'' in safety. 
 
 10 For thou wUt not leave my soul to 
 
 Sheol; 
 Neither wilt thou suffer thine i^holy 
 one to see i'' corruption. 
 
 11 Thou wUt shew me the path of life : 
 In thy presence is fuhiess of joy ; 
 
 In thy right hand there are pleasures 
 for evermore. 
 
 1 Y A Prayer of David. 
 
 IHear the right, O Lord, attend unto 
 my cry ; 
 Give ear mito my prayer, that goeth 
 not out of feigned hps. 
 
 2 Let my sentence come forth from 
 
 thy presence ; 
 18 Let thine eyes look uj)on equity. 
 
 3 Thou hast proved mine heart ; thou 
 
 hast visited me in the night ; 
 Thou hast tried me, and lyfindest 
 
 nothing ; 
 I am purposed that my mouth shall 
 
 not transgress. 
 
 4 As for the works of men, by the word 
 
 of thy lips 
 I have kept me from the ways of the 
 violent. 
 
 5 My steps have held fast to thy paths. 
 My feet have not sUiiiied. 
 
 6 1 have called upon thee, for thou wilt 
 answer me, God : 
 IncUne thine ear unto me, and hear 
 my speech. 
 
 7 Shew thy marvellous lovingkuidness, 
 
 thou that savest them which put 
 their trust in thee 
 20 From those that rise up against them, 
 by thy right hand. 
 
 8 Keep me as the apple of the eye, 
 Hide me under the shadow of thy wings, 
 
 9 From the wicked that sjioil me. 
 
 My deadly enemies, that compass me 
 about. 
 
 12 Or, 
 
 Unto 
 
 13 Or, 
 And the 
 excellent 
 . . . de- 
 light : 
 their ^c. 
 HOr, 
 give gifts 
 for 
 
 15 Or, 
 confid- 
 ently 
 
 16 Or, 
 godly 
 Or, 
 
 beloved 
 
 "Or. 
 
 th&pit 
 
 18 Or, 
 Thine 
 eyes be- 
 hold with 
 equity 
 
 13 Or, 
 
 findest 
 
 no evil 
 
 purpose 
 
 in me ; 
 
 my 
 
 mouth 
 
 20 Or, 
 From 
 those 
 that 
 rise up 
 against 
 thy right 
 hand
 
 414 
 
 THE PSALMS. 
 
 17. 10. 
 
 lOr, 
 
 Th,-y 
 Jtavc shut 
 liji their 
 heart : 
 
 2 Or, 
 
 ForestaJJ 
 
 3 Or, the 
 ivicked, 
 which 
 is thy 
 svjord 
 
 4 Or, 
 
 inen 
 which 
 are thy 
 hand 
 
 6 Or, 
 
 From 
 
 men 
 
 whose 
 
 portion 
 
 in life is 
 
 of the 
 
 world 
 
 6 Or, 
 let tne 
 
 7 Heb. 
 form. 
 See 
 Num. 
 xii. a 
 
 8 See 
 
 i S.ini, 
 xxii. 
 
 "Heb. 
 Belial. 
 
 10 Or, 
 in his 
 wrath 
 
 10 1 They are iuclosed iu theii- own fat : 
 With their mouth they speak proudly. 
 
 11 They have now compassed us in our 
 
 steals : 
 They set their eyes to cast us down 
 to the earth. 
 
 12 He is like a lion that is greedy of his 
 
 prey, 
 And as it were a young lion lurking in 
 secret places. 
 
 13 Arise, O Lord, 
 
 2 Confront him, cast him down: 
 Deliver my soul from ^tlie wicked by 
 thy sword ; 
 
 14 From ^men, by thy hand, Lord, 
 
 5 From men of the world, whose portion 
 
 is in tJiis life. 
 And whose belly thou fiUest with thy 
 
 treasure : 
 They are satisfied with childi-en. 
 And leave the rest of their substance 
 
 to their babes. 
 
 15 As for me, "I shall behold thy face in 
 
 righteousness : 
 6 1 shall be satisfied, when I awake, with 
 thy 'likeness. 
 
 18 For the Cliief Musician. A Psalm of David 
 
 the servant of the Lord, Swlio spake 
 unto the Lord tlie words of this song in 
 the day that the Lord delivered liira 
 from the liand of all his enemies, and 
 from the hand of Saul : and he said, 
 
 1 1 love thee, O Lokd, my strength. 
 2 The LoED is my rock, and my fortress, 
 and my deliverer ; 
 My God, my strong rock, in bun wiU I 
 
 trust ; 
 My shield, and the horn of my salva- 
 tion, my high tower. 
 31 wUl call upon the Lord, who is 
 worthy to be i^raised : 
 So shall I be saved from mine enemies. 
 
 4 The cords of death compassed me. 
 And the floods of "ungodliness made 
 
 me afraid. 
 
 5 The cords of Sheol were round about 
 
 me: 
 The snares of death came ui)on me. 
 
 6 In my distress I called upon the Lord, 
 And cried unto my God : 
 
 He heard my voice oiit of his temjile. 
 And my cry before him came into his 
 ears. 
 
 7 Then the earth shook and trembled. 
 The foundations also of the mountains 
 
 moved 
 And were shaken,because he was wroth. 
 
 8 There went up a smoke ^Oout of his 
 
 nostrils. 
 And fire out of his mouth devoured : 
 Coals were kindled by it. 
 
 9 He bowed the heavens also, and came 
 
 down ; 
 And thick darkness was under his feet. 
 
 10 And he rode ujjon a cherub, and did fly : 
 Yea, he flew swiftly upon the wings of 
 
 the wind. 
 
 11 He made darkness his hiding jjlace, Ms 
 
 pavihon round about him ; 
 
 Darkness of waters, thick clouds of the 
 skies. 
 
 12 At the brightness before him his thick 
 
 clouds i^assed. 
 Hailstones and coals of fire. 
 
 13 The Lord also thundered in the 
 
 heavens. 
 And the Most High uttered his voice ; 
 Hailstones and coals of fire. 
 
 14 And he sent out his arrows, and 
 
 scattered them ; 
 11 Yea, lightnings manifold, and dis- 
 comfited them. 
 
 15 Then the channels of waters appeared, 
 And the foimdations of the world were 
 
 laid bare, 
 At thy rebuke, O Lord, 
 At the blast of the breath of thy 
 
 nostrils. 
 
 16 He sent from on high, he took me ; 
 He drew me out of I'-^many waters. 
 
 17 He dehvered me from my strong 
 
 enemy, 
 And from them that hated me, for they 
 were too mighty for me. 
 
 18 They came upon me m the day of my 
 
 calamity : 
 But the Lord was my stay. 
 
 19 He brought me forth also into a large 
 
 place ; 
 He dehvered me, because he delighted 
 m me. 
 
 20 The Lord rewarded me accordiag to 
 
 my righteousness ; 
 According to the cleanness of my hands 
 hath he recompensed me. 
 
 21 For I have kept the ways of the Lord, 
 And have not wickedly departed from 
 
 my God. 
 
 22 For all his judgements were before me, 
 And I put not away his statutes from 
 
 me. 
 23 1 was also perfect with him, 
 
 And I kept myself from mine iniquity. 
 
 24 Therefore hath the Lord recompensed 
 
 me according to my righteousness, 
 According to the cleanness of my hands 
 in his eyesight. 
 
 25 With the merciful thou wilt shew thy- 
 
 self merciful ; 
 With the perfect man thou wilt shew 
 thyself perfect ; 
 
 26 With the pure thou wilt shew thyself 
 
 pure ; 
 And with the perverse thou wilt shew 
 thyself froward. 
 
 27 For thou wUt save the afflicted people ; 
 But the haughty eyes thou wUt bring 
 
 down. 
 
 28 For thou wilt Hght my lamp : 
 
 The Lord my God will lighten my 
 darkness. 
 
 29 For by thee I run ^''upon a troop ; 
 And by my God do I leaii over a wall. 
 
 30 As for God, his way is perfect : 
 The word of the Lord is tried ; 
 
 He is a shield unto all them that trust 
 in him. 
 
 31 For who is God, save the Lord ?
 
 20. 4. 
 
 THE PSALM8. 
 
 415 
 
 1 Or, rou- 
 descen- 
 sion 
 
 2 Hell. 
 (inkles. 
 
 3Heb. 
 
 caused 
 to bow. 
 
 iHeb. 
 einptii. 
 
 ■>0r, 
 wilt 
 make 
 
 eOr, 
 
 ilield 
 
 feigned 
 
 ohedi^ 
 
 ence 
 
 Heb. lie. 
 
 ■neb. 
 salva- 
 tions. 
 
 And who is a rock, beside our God '? 
 :i2 Tlio God tbatgirdetli me witli streii{,'th, 
 And iiiaketh my way iierfect. 
 
 33 He maketli my feet like hinda' /fet : 
 And settetli me upon my lii{,'li places. 
 
 34 He teacheUi my hiuidw to war ; 
 
 So that mine arms do bend a bow of 
 brass. 
 35Tli()n hast also given me the shield of 
 tliv salvation : 
 And thy right hand bath holden me up, 
 And thy i gentleness hath made me 
 groat. 
 30 Thou hast enlarged my steps under me, 
 
 And my 2 feet have not slipped. 
 37 1 will piu'sue mine enemies, and over- 
 take them : 
 Neither will I turn again till they are 
 consumed. 
 381 will smite them through that they 
 shall not be able to rise : 
 They shall fall under my feet. 
 
 39 For thou hast girded me with strength 
 
 unto the battle : 
 Thou hast » subdued under me those 
 that rose up against me. 
 
 40 Thou liast also made mine enemies 
 
 turn their backs unto me. 
 That I might cut off them that hate 
 me. 
 
 41 They cried, but there was none to save : 
 Even mito the Lord, but he answered 
 
 them not. 
 
 42 Then did I beat them small as the 
 
 dust before the wind : 
 I did ^ cast them out as the mire of the 
 streets. 
 
 43 Thou hast delivered me from the 
 
 strivings of the people ; 
 Thou 6 hast made me the head of the 
 
 nations : 
 A people whom I have not known 
 
 shall serve me. 
 
 44 As soon as they bear of me they shall 
 
 obey me : 
 The strangers shall •' siibmit them- 
 selves unto me. 
 
 45 The strangers shall fade away, 
 
 And shall come trembling out of their 
 close i)laces. 
 
 46 The Lord liveth ; and blessed be my 
 
 rock ; 
 And exalted be the God of my salvation: 
 
 47 Even the God that executeth venge- 
 
 ance for me, 
 And subdueth peoples imder me. 
 
 48 He rescueth nie from mine enemies : 
 Yea, thou liftest me up above them 
 
 that rise up against me : 
 Thou deliverest me from the violent 
 man. 
 
 49 Therefore I will give thanks unto 
 
 thee, O Lord, among the nations, 
 And will sing praises unto thy name. 
 50 Great 'deliverance giveth he to his 
 
 king; 
 And sheweth lovingkindness to his 
 
 anointed, 
 To David and to his seed, for evermore. 
 
 19 For tlio Chief Musician. A I'sahn of David. 
 
 1 The heavens declare the glory of God; 
 And the firmament sheweth his handy- 
 
 M'ork. 
 
 2 Day imto day uttereth speech, 
 
 And night unto night shewetli know- 
 ledge. 
 
 3 There is no speech nor language ; 
 Then- voice cannot be heard. 
 
 i Their line is gone out through all the 
 
 eiirth. 
 And their words to the end of the world. 
 Li them hath he set a ^ tabernacle for 
 
 the sun, 
 
 5 Which is as a bridegroom conung out 
 
 of his chamber, 
 And rejoiceth as a strong man to run 
 his course. 
 
 6 His going forth is from the end of the 
 
 heaven, 
 And his circuit unto the ends of it : 
 And there is nothing hid from the 
 
 heat thereof. 
 
 7 The law of the Lord is perfect, re- 
 
 storing the soul : 
 The testimony of the Lord is sure, 
 making wise the simple. 
 
 8 The precepts of the Lord are right, 
 
 rejoicing the heart : 
 The commandment of the Lord is 
 pure, enlightening the eyes. 
 
 9 The fear of the Lord is clean, en- 
 
 dm-ing for ever : 
 The judgements of the Lord are true, 
 and righteous altogether. 
 
 10 More to be desired are they than gold, 
 
 yea, than much fine gold : 
 Sweeter also than honey and ^the 
 honeycomb. 
 
 1 1 Moreover by them is thy servant 
 
 warned : 
 In keeping of them there is great re- 
 ward. 
 
 12 Who can discern his errors? 
 Clear thou me from hidden ya?<;^s'. 
 
 13 Keep back thy servant also lofrom 
 
 presimijituous sins ; 
 
 Let them not have dominion over me : 
 then shall I be perfect, 
 
 And I shall be clear from great trans- 
 gression. 
 
 14 Let the words of my mouth and the 
 
 meditation of my heart be accept- 
 able in thy sight, 
 O Lord, my rock, and my redeemer. 
 
 20 For the Chief Musician. A Psalm of David. 
 
 1 The Lord answer thee in the day of 
 
 trouble ; 
 The name of the God of Jacob set thee 
 np on high ; 
 
 2 Send thee help from the sanctuary. 
 And 11 strengthen thee out of Zion ; 
 
 3 Remember all thy 12 offerings. 
 
 And 13 accejpt thy burnt sacrifice ; [Selah 
 
 4 Grant thee thy heart's desire. 
 And fulfil all thy counsel. 
 
 » Heb. 
 tent. 
 
 "Heb. 
 the drop- 
 Dings 0/ 
 the 
 
 h oneij- 
 lonib. 
 
 10 Or, 
 from the 
 proud 
 
 11 Or, 
 support 
 
 12 Or, 
 meal 
 o^crivgs 
 
 13 Heb. 
 accept 
 OS fat.
 
 416 
 
 THE PSALMS. 
 
 20.5. 
 
 lOr, 
 victory 
 
 2 Or, as 
 some 
   ancient 
 versions 
 have, 
 
 O LORD. 
 
 save the 
 king ; 
 and an- 
 swer ic. 
 
 3 Or. 
 
 good 
 things 
 
 4Heb. 
 settest 
 hitn to be 
 blessings. 
 See Gen. 
 xii. 2. 
 
 6 Or, 
 
 presence 
 Heb. 
 counten- 
 ance. 
 
 5 We will triumph in thy ^ salvation, 
 And in the name of our God we will 
 
 set up our baimers : 
 The Lord fulfil aU thy petitions. 
 
 6 Now know I that the Lord saveth his 
 
 anointed ; 
 He will answer him from his holy 
 
 heaven 
 With the saving strength of Ms right 
 
 hand. 
 
 7 Some trust in chariots, and some in 
 
 horses : 
 But we will make mention of the 
 name of the Lord om- God. 
 
 8 They are bowed down and fallen : 
 But we are risen, and stand upright. 
 
 9 2 Save, Lord : 
 
 Let the King answer us when we 
 call. 
 
 21 For the Cliief Musician. A Psalm of David. 
 
 1 The kiug shall joy in thy strength, O 
 
 Lord; 
 And in thy salvation how greatly sbaU 
 he rejoice 1 
 
 2 Thou hast given him his heart's de- 
 
 sire, 
 And hast not withholden the request 
 of his lii)s. [Selah 
 
 3 For thou preventest him with the 
 
 blessings of ^ goodness : 
 Thou settest a crown of frae gold on 
 his head. 
 
 4 He asked life of thee, thou ga'fest 
 
 it him; 
 Even length of days for ever and ever. 
 
 5 His glory is great in thy salvation : 
 Honour and majesty dost thou lay 
 
 upon him. 
 
 6 For thou ''makest him most blessed 
 
 for ever : 
 Thou makest him glad with joy in thy 
 jiresence. 
 
 7 For the king trusteth in the Lord, 
 
 ^ And through the lovingkiudness of the 
 Most High he shall not be moved. 
 
 8 Thine hand shall find out aU thiae 
 
 enemies : 
 Thy right hand shall find out those 
 that hate thee. 
 
 9 Thou shalt make them as a fiery 
 
 furnace in the time of thine ^ anger. 
 The Lord shall swallow them \qy in 
 
 his wrath. 
 And the fire shall devour them. 
 
 10 Their fruit shalt thou destroy from the 
 
 earth. 
 And their seed from among the child- 
 ren of men. 
 
 11 For they intended evU against thee : 
 They imaguied a device, which they 
 
 are not able to perform. 
 
 12 For thou shalt make them turn their 
 
 back, 
 Thou shalt make ready with thy bow- 
 strings against the face of them. 
 
 13 Be thou exalted, Lord, in thy 
 
 strength : 
 So will we slug and praise thy power. 
 
 22 For the Cliief Musician ; set to ^ Aijeleth 
 hash-Sliahar. A Psalm of David. 
 
 1 My God, my God, why hast thou for- 
 
 saken me ? 
 7 Why art thou so far from helping 
 me, and from the words of my 
 roaring ? 
 
 2 my God, I cry in the day-time, but 
 
 thou answerest not ; 
 And in the night season, 8 and am not 
 sOent. 
 
 3 But thou art holy, 
 
 thou that 9 inhabitest the praises of 
 Israel. 
 
 4 Our fathers trusted ia thee : 
 
 They trusted, and thou didst deliver 
 them. 
 
 5 They cried unto thee, and were de- 
 
 livered : 
 They trusted iu thee, and were not 
 ashamed. 
 
 6 But I am a worm, and no man ; 
 
 A reproach of men, and despised of 
 the peoi^le. 
 
 7 All they that see me laugh me to 
 
 scorn : 
 They shoot out the lip, they shake 
 the head, saying, 
 8 10 Commit thyself unto the Lord; let 
 him deliver him : 
 Let him deliver him, seeing he de- 
 lighteth in him. 
 9 But thou art he that took me out of 
 the womb : 
 Thou didst make me trust when I luas 
 upon my mother's breasts. 
 10 1 was cast upon thee from the womb : 
 Thou art my God from my mother's 
 beUy. 
 
 11 Be not far from me ; for trouble is near; 
 For there is none to help. 
 
 12 Many buUs have compassed me : 
 Strong bulls of Bashan have beset me 
 
 round. 
 
 13 They gape upon me with their mouth. 
 As a ravening and a roaring lion. 
 
 14 1 am poured out like water. 
 
 And aU my bones are out of joint : 
 
 My heart is like wax ; 
 
 It is melted in the midst of my bowels. 
 
 15 My strength is dried up like a potsherd; 
 And my tongue cleaveth to my jaws; 
 And thou hast brought me iuto the 
 
 dust of death. 
 
 16 For dogs have compassed me : 
 
 The assembly of evil-doers have in- 
 closed me ; 
 
 11 They pierced my hands and my feet. 
 17 1 may tell aU my bones ; 
 
 They look and stare upon me : 
 
 18 They part my gannents among them, 
 And upon my vesture do they cast lots. 
 
 19 But be not thou far off, O Lord : 
 
 O thou my succomr, haste thee to help 
 me. 
 
 20 Deliver my soul from the sword ; 
 
 12 My darling from the power of the dog. 
 
 21 Save me from the hon's mouth ;
 
 25. 1-2. 
 
 THE PSALMS. 
 
 41' 
 
 I Oi-, It 
 
 slutll be 
 vountfd 
 unto the 
 Lord for 
 his gen- 
 eration 
 
 ^Heb. 
 wattes 
 of rest. 
 
 3 Or, 
 deep 
 darkness 
 (and so 
 else- 
 where) 
 
 'Or, 
 Onli/ 
 
 •■■ Heb. 
 
 for 
 length 
 of days. 
 
 Yea, from the liorns of the wild-oxen 
 thou hast answered me. 
 
 •2-2I will declare thy name unto my 
 brethren : 
 In tlie midst of the congregation will I 
 praise thee. 
 
 23 Ye that fear the Loiu), praise hmi ; 
 All ye the seed of Jacob, glorify him ; 
 And stand in awe of him, all ye the 
 
 seed of Israel. 
 
 24 For he hath not despised nor abhorred 
 
 the affliction of the afliicted ; 
 Neither hath he hid his face from him ; 
 But when he cried unto him, he heard. 
 
 25 Of thee cometh my i)raise in the great 
 
 congi'egatiou : 
 I will pay my vows before them that 
 fear him. 
 
 26 The meek shall eat and be satisfied : 
 They shall praise the Lokd that seek 
 
 after him : 
 Let your heart live for ever. 
 
 27 All the ends of the earth shall remem- 
 
 ber and turn luito the Lokd : 
 And all tlie kin(h-eds of the nations 
 shall worship before thee. 
 
 28 For the khigdom is the Lord's : 
 And he is the ruler over the nations. 
 
 29 All the fat ones of the earth shall eat 
 
 and worship : 
 AU they that go down to the dust 
 
 shaU bow before him, 
 Even he tliat caimot keep his soul alive. 
 
 30 A seed sliall serve hun ; 
 
 1 It shall be told of the Lord unto the 
 next generation. 
 
 31 They shall come and shall declare his 
 
 righteousness 
 Unto a people that shall be born, that 
 he hath done it. 
 
 23 
 
 A I'salui of David. 
 
 1 The Lom> is my shepherd ; I shall not 
 
 want. 
 
 2 He niaketh me to lie down in green 
 
 pastures: 
 He leadeth me beside the 2 still waters. 
 
 3 He restoreth my soul : 
 
 He guidetli me in the paths of right- 
 eousness for his name's sake. 
 
 4 Yea, though I walk through the valley 
 
 of ^the shadow of death, 
 I will fear no e^il; for thou art with 
 
 me: 
 Thy rod and thy staff, they comfort me. 
 
 5 Thou preparest a table before me in 
 
 the presence of mine enemies : 
 Thou hast anointed my head with oil ; 
 my cup runneth over. 
 
 * Siu'ely goodness and mercy shall 
 
 follow me all the days of my life : 
 And I wiU dwell in the house of the 
 LoKD ^for ever. 
 
 24 A Psalm of David. 
 
 1 The earth is the Lokd's, and the 
 
 fulness thereof ; 
 The world, and they that dwell therein. 
 
 2 For he hath founded it upon the seas, 
 And established it upon the floods. 
 
 3 Who sliall ascend into the hill of the 
 
 Loj;i)? 
 And who shall stand in his holy place? 
 
 4 He that hath clean hands, and a pure 
 
 heart ; 
 Who liath not lifted up his soul unto 
 
 vanity, 
 And hath not sworn deceitfully. 
 
 5 He shall receive a blessing from the 
 
 Lord, 
 And righteousness from the God of 
 his salvation. 
 
 6 This is the generation of them that 
 
 seek after him. 
 That seek thy face, "O "^ God of Ja- 
 cob. [.Solah 
 
 7 Lift up your heads, ye gates ; 
 
 And be ye hft up, ye **everlastuig 
 
 doors : 
 And the Kuig of glory shall coane in. 
 
 8 Who is the King of glory ? 
 The Lord strong and mighty, 
 The Lord mighty in battle. 
 
 9 Lift up jour heads, O ye gates ; 
 Yea, lift them up, ye '^everlasting doors : 
 And the King of gloi-y shall come in. 
 10 Who is this Kuig of gloi-y ? 
 The Lord of hosts, 
 He is the King of glory. [.Selah 
 
 25 
 
 A Psalm of David. 
 
 1 Unto thee, Lord, do I lift up my soul. 
 
 2 my God, in thee have I trusted, 
 Let me not be ashamed ; 
 
 Let not mine enemies triumph over me. 
 
 3 Yea, none that wait on thee shaU be 
 
 ashamed : 
 They shall be ashamed that deal 
 treacherously without cause. 
 
 4 Shew me thy ways, Lord ; 
 Teach me thy paths. 
 
 5 Guide me m thy truth, and teach me ; 
 For thou art the God of my salvation ; 
 On thee do I wait all the day. 
 
 CKemember, Lord, thy tender mer- 
 cies and thy lovingkiudnesses ; 
 For they have been e\er of old. 
 
 7 Eemember not the sins of my youth, 
 
 nor my transgressions : 
 
 According to thy lovingkinduess re- 
 member thou me. 
 
 For thy goodness' sake, O Lord. 
 
 8 Good and upright is the Lord : 
 Therefore will he instruct sinners in 
 
 the way. 
 
 9 The meek will he guide in judgement: 
 Aiid the meek wiU he teach his way. 
 
 10 All the paths of the Lord are lovmg- 
 
 kindness and truth 
 Unto such as keej) his covenant and 
 his testimonies. 
 
 11 For thy name's sake, O Lord, 
 Pardon mine iniquity, for it is great. 
 
 12 "\Miat man is he that f eareth the Lord ? 
 Him shall he uistruct in the way that 
 
 he shall choose. 
 
 6 Or, 
 even 
 Jacob 
 
 "^ Sosonie 
 ancient 
 versions. 
 8 Or, 
 aneUnt 
 
 14
 
 418 
 
 THE PSALMS. 
 
 25. 13. 
 
 lOr, 
 
 counsel 
 Or, 
 
 friend- 
 ship 
 
 2 Or, 
 And his 
 coven- 
 ant, to 
 make 
 thetn 
 Tcnoio it 
 
 3 Or, as 
 other- 
 wise 
 read, 
 relieve 
 thou, 
 and 
 bring 
 tne &e. 
 
 lOr, 7 
 
 shall not 
 slide 
 
 5 Or, 
 
 publish 
 with the 
 voice of 
 thanks- 
 giving 
 
 6Heb. 
 of the 
 taber- 
 nacle 
 of thy 
 glory. 
 
 'Or, 
 
 Take not 
 away 
 
 8 Or, 
 
 strong 
 
 hold 
 
 13 His soul shall dwell at ease ; 
 
 And Lis seed shall inherit the laud. 
 
 14 The 1 secret of the Loru is with them 
 
 that fear him ; 
 2 And he will shew them his covenant. 
 
 15 Mine eyes are ever toward the Lord ; 
 For he shaU jjluck my feet out of the 
 
 net. 
 
 16 Turn thee mito me, and have mercy 
 
 upon me ; 
 For I am desolate and afflicted. 
 
 17 The troubles of my heart ^are en- 
 
 larged : 
 
 bring thou me out of my distresses. 
 
 18 Consider muie affliction and my tra- 
 
 vail; 
 And forgive aU my sins. 
 
 19 Consider mine enemies, for they are 
 
 many; 
 And they hate me with cruel hatred. 
 
 20 keep my soul, and deliver me : 
 
 Let me not be ashamed, for I put 
 my trust in thee. 
 
 21 Let integrity and uprightness preserve 
 
 me, 
 For I wait on thee. 
 
 22 Redeem Israel, God, 
 Out of all his troubles. 
 
 2o A Psalm of David. 
 
 1 Judge me, O Lord, for I have walked 
 
 in mine integrity : 
 
 1 have trusted also in the Lord * with- 
 out wavering. 
 
 2 Examine me, O Lord, and prove me ; 
 Try my reins and my heart. 
 
 3 For thy lovingkindness is before mine 
 
 eyes; 
 
 And I have walked in thy tmth. 
 4 1 have not sat with vain persons ; 
 
 Neither will I go in with dissemblers. 
 5 1 hate the congregation of evil-doers, 
 
 And will not sit with the wicked. 
 6 1 wiU wash mine hands in innocency ; 
 
 So will I compass thine altar, Lord : 
 
 7 That I may ^make the voice of thanks- 
 
 giving to be heard, 
 And tell of aU thy wondrous works. 
 
 8 Lord, I love the habitation of thy 
 
 house. 
 And the place ^ where thy glory dwell- 
 
 eth. 
 9 ' Gather not my soul with sinners. 
 Nor my life with men of blood: 
 
 10 Li whose hands is mischief. 
 
 And their right hand is full of bribes. 
 
 11 But as for me, I will walk in muie 
 
 integrity : 
 Redeem me, and be merciful mito 
 me. 
 
 12 My foot standeth in an even place : 
 In the congregations will I bless the 
 
 Lord. 
 
 27 A Psalm of David. 
 
 1 The Lord is my light and my salva- 
 tion ; whom shall I fear ? 
 The Lord is the ^ strength of my life ; 
 of whom shall I be afraid ? 
 
 2 When evil-doers came upon me to eat 
 
 up my flesh, 
 £ven mine adversaries and my foes, 
 they stumbled and fell. 
 
 3 Though an host should encamj) against 
 
 me. 
 My heart shall not fear : 
 Though war should rise against me, 
 9 Even then will I be confident. 
 
 4 One thing have I asked of the Lord, 
 
 that will I seek after ; 
 That I may dwell in the house of 
 
 the Lord all the days of my life, 
 To behold lothe beauty of the Lord, 
 
 and to 11 inquire in his temple. 
 
 5 For in the day of trouble he shall keep 
 
 me secretly in his pavilion : 
 In the covert of his i- tabernacle shall 
 
 he hide me ; 
 He shall lift me up upon a rock. 
 
 6 And now shaU mine head be lifted up 
 
 above mine enemies round about me ; 
 And I wiU offer in his 12 tabernacle 
 
 sacrifices of i''*joy; 
 I wiU sing, yea, I will sing praises 
 
 mito the Lord. 
 
 7 Hear, O LoRD,when I cry withmy voice: 
 Have mercy also upon me, and answer 
 
 me. 
 
 8 When thou saidst, Seek ye my face; 
 
 my heart said unto thee. 
 Thy face. Lord, will I seek. 
 
 9 Hide not thy face from me ; 
 
 Put not thy servant away in anger : 
 
 Thou hast been my help ; 
 
 Cast me not oil, neither forsake me, O 
 
 God of my salvation. 
 10 1^ For my father and my mother have 
 
 forsaken me. 
 But the Lord will take me up. 
 
 11 Teach me thy way, O Lord ; 
 And lead me m a plain path. 
 Because of limine enemies. 
 
 12 Deliver me not over unto the will of 
 
 mine adversaries : 
 For false witnesses are risen up against 
 me, and such as breathe out cruelty. 
 
 13 / had fainted, unless I had believed to 
 
 see the goodness of the Lord 
 In the land of the hving. 
 
 14 Wait on the Lord : 
 
 Be strong, and let thine heart take 
 
 courage ; 
 Yea, wait thou on the Lord. 
 
 28 A Psalm of David. 
 
 1 Unto thee, O Lord, will I call ; 
 My rock, be not thou deaf unto me : 
 Lest, if thou be silent unto me, 
 
 I become like them that go down into 
 the i^it. 
 
 2 Hear the voice of my supplications, 
 
 when I cry mito thee. 
 When I lift up my hands i" toward thy 
 holy oracle. 
 
 3 Draw me not away with the wicked, 
 And with the workers of iniquity ; 
 Which sjjeak peace with their neigh- 
 bours,
 
 31. 7. 
 
 THE PSALMS. 
 
 419 
 
 1 Accord- 
 ing to 
 some 
 ancient 
 versions, 
 a 
 
 strength 
 unto his 
 people. 
 
 2 Or, sons 
 o/Chd 
 
 3 Or, 
 (fods 
 See Ex. 
 XV. 11. 
 
 4 Or, 
 Iti holii 
 arraij 
 
 5 Or, 
 great 
 
 6 Or. 
 
 heiveth 
 out 
 
 fiiunps 
 of fire 
 
 But mischief is in their hearts. 
 
 4 Give them according to their work. 
 
 and according to the wickedness oi' 
 
 their doings: 
 Give them after tiie operation of tlieir 
 
 hands ; 
 Render to them theu* desert. 
 
 5 Because they regard not the works of 
 
 the LoKi), 
 Nor the operation of liis hands, 
 He sliall hreak them down and not 
 
 build them up. 
 
 6 Blessed be the Lord, 
 
 Because lie hath heard the voice of luj- 
 supplications. 
 
 7 The Lord is my strength and my 
 
 shield ; 
 My heart hath trusted in him, and 
 
 I am heli)ed : 
 Therefore my heart greatly rejoiceth; 
 And with my song wiU I praise him. 
 
 8 The Lord is itlieii- strength. 
 
 And he is a strong hold of salvation to 
 his anointed, 
 y Save thy people, and bless thine in- 
 heritance : 
 
 Feed them also, and bear them up 
 for ever. 
 
 29 A Psalm of David. 
 
 1 Give unto the Lord, ye - sons of the 
 
 3 mighty. 
 Give luito the Lord glory and strength. 
 
 2 Give u^nto the Lord the gloi-y due 
 
 unto his name ; 
 Worship the Lord *iu the beauty of 
 hoUness. 
 
 3 The voice of the Lord is upon the 
 
 waters : 
 The God of glory thundereth. 
 Even the Lord upon ^many waters. 
 
 4 The voice of the Lord is powerful ; 
 The voice of the Lord is full of 
 
 majesty. 
 
 5 The voice of the Lord breaketh the 
 
 cedars ; 
 Yea, the Lord breaketh in pieces the 
 cedars of Lebanon. 
 
 6 He maketh them also to skip lilie a 
 
 calf; 
 Lebanon and Sirion like a yomig 
 wild-ox. 
 
 7 The voice of the Lord ^cleaveth the 
 
 flames of fire. 
 
 8 The voice of the Lord shaketh the 
 
 wilderness ; 
 The Lord shaketh the wilderness of 
 Kadesh. 
 
 9 The voice of the Lord maketh the 
 
 hinds to calve, 
 And strippeth the forests bare : 
 And in his temple every thing saitli. 
 
 Glory. 
 
 10 The Lord sat as Jcinc/ at the Flood ; 
 Yea, the Lord sitteth as king for ever. 
 
 11 The Lord will give strength unto his 
 
 people ; 
 
 The Lord will bles.s his people with 
 peace. 
 
 30 .V I'salin ; a Song at the Dedication of tin: 
 
 House ; a Psalm of David. 
 
 II will extol tliee, O LoitD; for thou 
 h;ist ''raised me up, 
 And hast not made my foes to rejoice 
 over me. 
 '2 O Lord my God, 
 I cried mito thee, and thou hast healed 
 me. 
 
 3 Lord, thou hast brought up my 
 
 soul from Sheol : 
 Thou hast kept me alive, **that I should 
 not go down to the pit. 
 
 4 Sing praise unto the Lord, ye sahits 
 
 of his, 
 And give thanks to his holy ^name. 
 
 5 For his anger is Init for a moment ; 
 10 In his favour is life : 
 
 Weeping n may tarry for the night, 
 But joy Cometh in the mornuig. 
 
 6 As for me, I said in my prosperity, 
 I shall never be moved. 
 
 7 Thou, Lord, of thy favour hadst made 
 
 my mountain to stand strong : 
 Thoudidsthidethyface ; I was troubled. 
 8 1 cried to thee, O Lord ; 
 And unto the Lord I made supphca- 
 tion : 
 9 What profit is there in my blood, when 
 I go down to the pit ? 
 Shall the dust praise thee? shall it 
 declare thy tmth ? 
 
 10 Hear, Lord, and have mercy upon me: 
 Lord, be thou my helper. 
 
 11 Thou hast turned for me my mourning 
 
 into dancing ; 
 Thou hast loosed my sackcloth, and 
 girded me with gladness : 
 
 12 To the end that ?»// glory may suig 
 
 praise to thee, and not be silent. 
 O Lord my God, I wLU give thanks 
 mito thee for ever. 
 
 31 For the Chief Musician. A Psalm of David. 
 
 1 In thee, O Lord, do I put my trust ; 
 
 let me never be ashamed : 
 DeUver me in thy righteousness. 
 
 2 Bow down thine ear unto me ; dehver 
 
 me speedily: 
 Be thou to me a strong rock, an house 
 of 12 defence to save me. 
 
 8 For thou art my rock and my fortress ; 
 Therefore for thy name's sake lead 
 
 me and guide me. 
 
 4 Pluck me out of the net that they 
 
 have laid privily for me ; 
 For thou art my strong hold. 
 
 5 Into thuie hand I commend my spii-it : 
 Thou hast redeemed me, O Lord, thou 
 
 God of truth. 
 6 1 hate them that regard lymg vanities : 
 
 But I trust in the Lord. 
 7 1 will be glad and rejoice in thy mercy : 
 For thou hast seen my affliction ; 
 Thou hast known '^'^m.y soul in ad- 
 versities : 
 
 ■Or. 
 driiwit 
 
 ". Another 
 re.idin;^ 
 is,/rc»7?i 
 iiiwjng 
 them 
 that go 
 diruni to 
 the pit. 
 
 »Heb. 
 yne- 
 
 mori/it. 
 See Ex. 
 iii. 115. 
 
 '"Or. fffe ! 
 favour is 
 for a 
 life time 
 
 11 Heb. 
 mat/ 
 come in 
 to lodge 
 at evem. 
 
 12 Heb. 
 fort- 
 resses. 
 
 13 Or, 
 the ad- 
 versitie-^ 
 of my 
 soul 
 
 14—2
 
 420 
 
 THE PSALMS. 
 
 31. 8. 
 
 'Or, 
 alarm 
 
 2 Or, 
 faithful- 
 ness 
 
 3 Or, 
 wait for 
 
 8Aiid tliou bast not shut me up into 
 the liaiicl of the enemy ; 
 Thou hast set my feet m a large place. 
 9 Have mercy ujion me, Lord, for 
 I am in distress : 
 Mine eye wasteth away with grief, 
 yea, my soul and my body. 
 
 10 For my life is spent with sorrow, and 
 
 my years with sighing : 
 My strength faileth because of mine 
 iniquity, and my bones are wasted 
 away. 
 
 11 Because of aU mine adversaries I am 
 
 become a rej^roach, 
 Yea, unto my neighbours exceedingly, 
 
 and a fear to mine acquaintance : 
 They that did see me without fled 
 
 from me. 
 121 am forgotten as a dead man out 
 
 of mind : 
 I am like a broken vessel. 
 
 13 For I have heard the defaming of 
 
 many, 
 Terror on every side : 
 While they took counsel together a- 
 
 gainst me. 
 They devised to take away my life. 
 
 14 But I trusted in thee, Lord : 
 I said. Thou art my God. 
 
 15 My times are in thy hand: 
 
 Deliver me from the hand of mine 
 enemies, and from them that i)erse- 
 cute me. 
 16 Make thy face to shine upon thy 
 servant : 
 Save me in thy lovingkindness. 
 17 Let me not be ashamed, O Lord; for 
 I have called upon thee : 
 Let the wicked be ashamed, let them 
 be silent in Sheol. 
 
 18 Let the lying lips be dmnb ; 
 
 Which speak against the righteous 
 
 insolently. 
 With pride and contempt. 
 
 19 Oh how great is tliy goodness, which 
 
 thou hast laid up fin' them that fear 
 thee. 
 Which thou hast wrought for them 
 that put their trust in thee, before 
 the sons of men ! 
 
 20 In the covert of thy presence shalt thou 
 
 hide them from the plottings of man : 
 Thou shalt keep them seci'etly in a 
 liavUion from the strife of tongues. 
 
 21 Blessed be the Lord : 
 
 For he hath shewed me his marvellous 
 lovingkindness in a strong city. 
 
 22 As for me, I said in my ^liaste, I am 
 
 cut off from before thine eyes : 
 Nevertheless thou heardest tlie voice 
 of my supplications when I cried 
 unto thee. 
 
 23 love the Lord, all ye his saints : 
 The Lord preserveth ^tlie Liithful, 
 And plentifully rewardeth the proud 
 
 doer. 
 
 24 Be strong, and let your heart take 
 
 courage, 
 AU ye that ^hope in the Lord. 
 
 32 
 
 A Psalm of David. Masc'.iil. 
 
 1 Blessed is he whose transgression is 
 
 forgiven, whose sin is covered. 
 
 2 Blessed is the man unto whom the 
 
 Lord imputeth not iniquity. 
 And in whose spirit there is no guile. 
 
 3 ^Vhen I kept silence, my bones waxed 
 
 old 
 Through my roaring all the day long. 
 
 4 For day and night thy hand was heavy 
 
 upon me : 
 
 My moisture was changed *as with 
 the di'ought of summer. [.Selali 
 
 5 1 acknowledged my sm unto thee, and 
 mine miquity have I not hid : 
 
 I said, I will confess my transgres- 
 sions luito the Lord ; 
 
 And thou forgavest the iniquity of 
 my sm. [«elah 
 
 6 For this let evei-y one that is godly 
 
 pray unto thee ^ in a time when thou 
 inayest be found : 
 Surely when the great waters ovei-flow 
 tliey shall not reach unto him. 
 
 7 Thou art my hiding place ; thou wilt 
 
 preserve me from trouble ; 
 Tliou wilt compass me about with 
 songs of deliverance. [Selah 
 
 8 1 wiU instruct thee and teach thee 
 in the way which thou shalt go : 
 I will counsel thee with mine eye 
 U25on thee. 
 9 Be ye not as the horse, or as the mule, 
 which have no understandmg : 
 Whose trappings must be bit and 
 
 bridle to hold them in, 
 '^Ehe they will not come near unto 
 thee. 
 
 10 Many sorrows shall be to the wicked : 
 But he that trusteth in the Lord, 
 
 mercy shall compass him about. 
 
 11 Be glad in the Lord, and rejoice, ye 
 
 righteous : 
 And shout for joy, all ye that are 
 upright in heart. 
 
 33 Rejoice in the Lord, ye righteous: 
 Praise is comely fcjr the upright. 
 
 2 Give thanks unto the Lord with harp : 
 Suig praises unto him with the psaltery 
 
 of ten strings. 
 
 3 Sing unto him a new song ; 
 Play skilfully with a loud noise. 
 
 4 For the word of the Lord is right ; 
 And all his work is done in faithful- 
 ness. 
 
 5 He loveth righteousness and judge- 
 
 ment : 
 The earth is full of the lovingkindness 
 of the Lord. 
 G By the word of tlie Lord were the 
 heavens made ; 
 And all the host of them by the breath 
 of his mouth. 
 7 He gathereth the waters of the sea 
 together as an heap : 
 He layeth up the deeps in storehouses. 
 8 Let all the earth fear the Lord:
 
 35. 
 
 /. 
 
 THl<: PSALMS. 
 
 421 
 
 »0r, 
 
 a great 
 
 2 Or, 
 wait f^r 
 
 3 Or, 
 feigned 
 
 ynadness 
 
 Let all the inhabitants of the world 
 stand in awe of him. 
 9 For he si)ake, and it was done ; 
 He connnanded, and it stood fast. 
 
 10 The Loiiu bringeth the coun.sel of the 
 
 nations to nou{,'lit : 
 Ho niaketli the thouj^hts of the peoi)les 
 to be of none etfect. 
 
 11 The counsel of the Loud standeth fast 
 
 for ever, 
 The tlumglits of his heart to all gener- 
 ations. 
 
 12 Blessed is the nation whose God is the 
 
 Loiu) ; 
 The people whom he hath chosen for 
 his own inheritance. 
 
 13 The LoKi) looketh from heaven ; 
 He beholdeth all the sons of men ; 
 
 14 From the place of his habitation he 
 
 looketh forth 
 Upon all the inhabitants of the earth ; 
 
 15 He that fashioiieth the hearts of them 
 
 aU, 
 That considereth all their works. 
 
 16 There is no king saved by ^the mul- 
 
 titude of an host : 
 A mighty man is not delivered by 
 great strength. 
 
 17 An horse is a vain thing for safety: 
 Neither shall he deliver any by his 
 
 great p(jwer. 
 
 18 Behold, the eye of the Lord is upon 
 
 them that fear him, 
 Uiion them that ^hope in his mei'cy; 
 
 19 To deliver their soul from deatli, 
 And to keep them alive in famine. 
 
 20 Our soul hath waited for the Lokd : 
 He is our help and oiu- shield. 
 
 21 For oxu' heart shall rejoice in him, 
 Because we have trusted in his holy 
 
 name. 
 
 22 Let thy mercy, O Lord, be upon us, 
 According as we '•^have hoped in thee. 
 
 34 A Psalm of David ; when he ' changed his 
 behaviour liefore Abimelcch, who drove 
 liini away, and he departed. 
 
 1 1 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 meek shall hear thereof, and be 
 glad. 
 
 3 magnify the Lord with me, 
 And let us exalt his name together. 
 
 4 1 sought the Lord, and he answered me , 
 And deUvered me from all my fears. 
 
 5 They looked inito him, and were light- 
 
 ened ; 
 And their faces shall never be con- 
 founded. 
 
 6 This poor man cried, and the Lord 
 
 heard him. 
 And saved him out of all his troubles. 
 
 7 The angel of the Lord encanipeth 
 
 round about them that fear him. 
 And delivereth them. 
 
 8 O taste and see that the Lord is good : 
 
 Blessed is the man that trusteth in him. 
 9 O fear the Lokd, j'o his saints: 
 For there is no want to them that fear 
 him. 
 
 10 The young lions do lack, and suffer 
 
 hunger: 
 But they that seek the Lord shall not 
 want any good thing. 
 
 11 Come, ye children, hearken unto me: 
 I will teach you the fear of the Lord. 
 
 12 What man is ho that desireth life, 
 And loveth many days, that he may 
 
 see good '? 
 
 13 Keep thy tongue from evil, 
 
 And thy lips from speaking guile. 
 
 14 Depart from evil, and do good ; 
 Seek peace, and pm-sue it. 
 
 15 The eyes of the Lord are toward the 
 
 righteous, 
 And his ears are oj^en unto their cry. 
 l(i The face of the Lord is against them 
 that do evil, 
 To cut off tlie remembrance of them 
 from the earth. 
 
 17 77jf (•?>//; /eou.f cried, and the Lord heard, 
 And delivered them out of aU their 
 
 troubles. 
 
 18 The Lord is nigh unto them that are 
 
 of a broken heart, 
 And saveth such as be of a contrite 
 spirit. 
 
 19 Many are the afflictions of the right- 
 
 eous : 
 But the Lord delivereth him out of 
 them all. 
 
 20 He keepetli all his bones : 
 Not one of them is broken. 
 
 21 Evil shall slay the Vidcked: 
 
 And they that hate the righteous shall 
 be ■'condemned. 
 
 22 The Lord redeemeth the soul of his 
 
 servants : 
 And none of them that trust in him 
 shall be ^ condemned. 
 
 35 
 
 A Psalm of David. 
 
 1 Strive thou, O Lord, with them that 
 
 strive with me : 
 Fight thou against them that fight 
 against me. 
 
 2 Take hold of shield and buckler, 
 And stand up fur mine help. 
 
 3 Draw out also the spear, ^ and stop the 
 
 way agauist them that pursue me : 
 Say unto my soul, I am thy salvation. 
 
 4 Let them be ashamed and brought to 
 
 dishonour that seek after my soul : 
 Let them be turned back and con- 
 founded that devise my hurt. 
 
 5 Let them be as chafl: before the wind, 
 And the angel of the Lord di-iving 
 
 them on. 
 
 6 Let their way be •jdark and slippeiy, 
 And the angel of the Lord pursuing 
 
 them. 
 
 7 F(ir without cause have they hid for 
 
 me "' their net in a pit. 
 Without cause have they digged a pit 
 for my soul. 
 
 l0r.»eW 
 tniUty 
 
 5 Or, and 
 the bat- 
 tle axe 
 against 
 ic. 
 
 5 Hell. 
 
 dark3]e.^.i 
 
 and 
 
 slippery 
 
 place** 
 
   Or. the 
 pit of 
 their net
 
 422 
 
 THE PSALMS. 
 
 35. 8. 
 
 1 Or, Into 
 that very 
 destruc- 
 tion let 
 him fall 
 
 2 Or, Ma- 
 licioits 
 See Ex. 
 xxiii. 1. 
 
 3 Or, 
 
 shall 
 return 
 
 4 Or. 
 smitert 
 
 5 Or. 
 those 
 whom / 
 knewnot 
 
 6 Or, 
 Among 
 
 vHeb. 
 My onli/ 
 one. 
 
 8 Or, 
 
 a mighty 
 
 people 
 
 s Heb. 
 
 falsely. 
 
 10 Heb. 
 Aha, our 
 desire. 
 
 8 Let destruction come upon him at 
 
 unawares ; 
 Aiid let his net that he hath hid catch 
 
 himself : 
 1 With destruction let him fall therein. 
 
 9 And my soul shaU be j oyf ul in the Lokd : 
 It shall rejoice in his salvation. 
 
 10 All my bones shall say, Lord, who is 
 like unto thee, 
 Which deUverest the poor from him 
 
 that is too strong for him, 
 Yea, the poor and the needy from him 
 that spoileth him? 
 11 2 Unrighteous witnesses rise up ; 
 They ask me of things that I know not. 
 
 12 They reward me evil for good. 
 To the bereaving of my soul. 
 
 13 But as for me, when they were sick, 
 
 my clothing was sackcloth : 
 I afflicted my soul with fasting ; 
 And my i)rayer '^retm'ned into mine 
 
 own bosom, 
 lil behaved myself as though it had 
 
 been my friend or my brother : 
 I bowed down mourning, as one that 
 
 bewaUeth his mother. 
 
 15 But when I halted they rejoiced, and 
 
 gathered themselves together : 
 The -^abjects gathered themselves to- 
 
 getheragaiust me,and5Iknew ff not; 
 They did tear me, and ceased not : 
 
 16 "Like the profane mockers in feasts, 
 They gnashed upon me with their teeth. 
 
 17 Lord, how long wilt thou look on? 
 
 Rescue my soul from their destructions, 
 
 7 My darling from the lions. 
 1-81 will give thee thanks in the great 
 congregation : 
 
 I wLU praise thee among 8 much people. 
 
 19 Let not them that are mine enemies 
 
 y wrongfully rejoice over nie : 
 Neither let them wink with the eye 
 that hate me without a cause. 
 
 20 For they speak not peace : 
 
 But they devise deceitful words against 
 them that are quiet in the land. 
 
 21 Yea, they opened their mouth wide 
 
 against me ; 
 They said, Aha, aha, our eye hatli 
 seen it. 
 
 22 Thou hast seen it, O Lokd ; keep not 
 
 silence : 
 O Lord, be not far from me. 
 
 23 Stir up thyself, and awdke to my 
 
 judgement. 
 Even unto my cause, my God and my 
 Lord. 
 
 24 Judge me, O Lord my God, according 
 
 to thy righteousness ; 
 And let them not rejoice over me. 
 
 25 Let them not say in their heart, i*' Aha, 
 
 so would we have it : 
 Let them not say, We have swallowed 
 him up. 
 
 26 Let them be ashamed and confounded 
 
 together that rejoice at mine hurt: 
 Let them be clothed with shame and 
 dishonour that magnify themselves 
 against me. 
 
 27 Let them shout for joy, and be glad, 
 
 that 11 favour my righteous cause : 
 Yea, let them say continually, The 
 
 Lord be magnified. 
 Which hath jileasiu'e m the prosperity 
 
 of his servant. 
 
 28 And my tongue shall talk of thy right- 
 
 eousness, 
 And of thy jiraise all the day long. 
 
 36 For the Cliief Musician. A Psalm of David 
 
 the servant of the Lokd. 
 
 112 The trausgi-ession of the wicked 
 i^saith within i^my heart, 
 There is no fear of God before his eyes. 
 
 2 For i^'he flattereth himself in his own 
 
 eyes, 
 1" That his iniquity shall not be found 
 out and be hated. 
 
 3 The words of his mouth are iniquity 
 
 and deceit : 
 He hath left off to be wise imd to do 
 
 good, 
 ■i He deviseth iniquity upon his bed ; 
 He setteth himself in a way that is not 
 
 good ; 
 He abhorreth not evil. 
 
 5 Thy lovingkhidness, Lord, is in the 
 
 heavens ; 
 Thy faithfulness reacheth unto the 
 skies. 
 
 6 Thy righteousness is like the mount- 
 
 ains of God ; 
 Thy judgements are a great deep: 
 O Lord, thou preservest man and beast. 
 
 7 How precious is thy lovingkindness, O 
 
 God ! 
 And the children of men take refuge 
 under the shadow of thy wings. 
 
 8 They shall be I'abmidantly satisfied 
 
 with the fatness of thy house ; 
 And thou shalt make them drink of 
 the river of thy jileasures. 
 
 9 For with thee is the fountain of life : 
 In tliy light shall we see light. 
 
 10 continue thy lovingkhidness unto 
 
 them that know thee ; 
 And thy righteousness to the upright 
 in heart. 
 
 11 Let not the foot of jnide come against 
 
 me. 
 And let not the hand of the wicked 
 drive me away. 
 
 12 There are the workers of iniquity 
 
 fallen : 
 They are thmst do^vn, and shall not 
 be able to rise. 
 
 37 A Psalm of David. 
 
 1 Fret not thyself because of evD-doers, 
 Neither be thou envious against them 
 
 that work um'ighteousness. 
 
 2 For they shall soon be cut down like 
 
 the grass. 
 And wither as the green herb. 
 
 3 Trust in the Lord, and do good; 
 
 18 Dwell in the land, and I'J follow after 
 faithfuhiess. 
 4 ^Delight thyself also in the Lord;
 
 38. 3. 
 
 THE PSALMS. 
 
 423 
 
 1 Heb. 
 
 petitions. 
 
 !Heb. 
 
 liiitl thy 
 tvan up- 
 on the 
 JMRD. 
 
 3 Or, 
 Be still 
 before 
 (Heb. si- 
 lent to) 
 the 
 LORD 
 
 4 Or, the 
 earth 
 (andsoin 
 vv. 11,22, 
 29, M) 
 
 5 Or, it 
 
 G Or. the 
 fat of 
 lambs 
 
 1 Or, like 
 snioS* 
 
 And he shall give thee the i desh-es of 
 thuie heart. 
 .52 CoTiimit thy way unto the Loud; 
 Trust also iii him, and he shall bring 
 it to piiss. 
 6 And he shall make thy righteousness 
 to go forth as the liglit, 
 And tliy judgement as the noonday. 
 Tallest hi the Lord, and wait patiently 
 for him : 
 Fret not thyself because of him who 
 
 prospereth in his way, 
 Because of the man who bringeth 
 wicked devices to i);'.ss. 
 
 8 Cease from anger, and forsake wrath : 
 Fret not thyself, it tendeth only to 
 
 evil-doing. 
 
 9 For evil-doers shall be cut off : 
 
 But those that wait upon the Lord, 
 they shall inherit ''the land. 
 
 10 For yet a little while, and the wicked 
 
 shall not be : 
 Yea, thou shalt diligently consider his 
 place, and ^ he shall not be. 
 
 11 But the meek shall inherit the land; 
 And shall delight themselves in the 
 
 abundance of peace. 
 
 12 The wicked plotteth against the just, 
 And gnasheth upon bun with his teeth. 
 
 13 The Lord shall laugh at him : 
 
 For he seeth that his day is commg. 
 
 14 The wicked have drawn out the sword, 
 
 and have bent their bow ; 
 To cast down the poor and needy. 
 To slay such as be upright in the way : 
 
 15 Their sword shall enter into their own 
 
 heart. 
 And their bows shall be broken. 
 
 16 Better is a Httle that the righteous 
 
 hath 
 Than the abundance of many wicked. 
 
 17 For the arms of the wicked shall be 
 
 broken : 
 But the Lord tipholdeth the righteous. 
 
 18 The Lord knoweth the days of the 
 
 perfect : 
 And then- inheritance shall be for ever. 
 
 19 They shall not be ashamed in the 
 
 time of evil : 
 And in the days of famine they shall 
 be satisfied. 
 
 20 But the wicked shall perish. 
 
 And the enemies of the Loud shall be 
 as 6 the excellency of the pastures : 
 
 They shall consume; ^iu smoke shall 
 they consume away. 
 
 21 The wicked borroweth, and payeth 
 
 not again : 
 But the righteous dealeth graciously, 
 and giveth. 
 
 22 For such as be blessed of hini shall 
 
 inherit the land ; 
 And they that be cursed of him shall 
 be cut off. 
 
 23 A man's goings are established of the 
 
 Lord ; 
 And he delighteth in his way. 
 
 24 Though he fall, he shall not be utterly 
 
 cast down : 
 
 For the Loud •'upholdeth him with 
 
 his hand. 
 2.') I have been young, and now am old; 
 Yet have I not seen the righteous 
 
 forsaken. 
 Nor his seed begging fhe.ir bread. 
 
 26 All the day long he dealeth graciously, 
 
 and lendeth ; 
 And his seed is blessed. 
 
 27 Depart from evil, and do good ; 
 And dwell for evermore. 
 
 28 For the Lord loveth judgement. 
 And forsaketh not his saints ; 
 They are preserved for ever : 
 
 But the seed of the wicked shall be 
 cut off. 
 
 29 The righteous shall inherit the land, 
 And dwell therein for ever. 
 
 30 The mouth of the righteous talketh of 
 
 wisdom. 
 And his tongue speaketh judgement. 
 
 31 The law of his God is m his heart ; 
 None of his steps shall slide. 
 
 32 The wicked watcheth the righteous, 
 And seeketh to slay him. 
 
 33 The Lord will not leave him m his 
 
 hand. 
 Nor condemn him when he is judged. 
 .34 Wait on the Lord, and keep his way. 
 And he shall exalt thee to inherit the 
 
 land: 
 When the wicked are cut off, thou 
 shalt see it. 
 35 1 have seen the wicked in great ]jower. 
 And spreaduig himself like a green 
 tree in its native soil. 
 se-^But 10 one passed by, and, lo, he was 
 not: 
 Yea, I sought him, but he could not be 
 found. 
 
 37 Mark the perfect man, and behold the 
 
 upright : 
 For lithe latter end of that man is 
 peace. 
 
 38 As for transgressors, they shall be 
 
 destroyed together : 
 The latter end of the wicked shall be 
 cut off. 
 
 39 But the salvation of the righteous 
 
 is of the Lord : 
 He is their strong hold in the time of 
 trouble. 
 
 40 And the Lord helpeth them, and 
 
 rescueth them : 
 He rescueth them from the wicked, 
 
 and saveth them. 
 Because they have taken refuge in him. 
 
 « Or, tip- 
 
 holdrth 
 hin hand 
 
 38 
 
 A Psalm of David, i-to bring to 
 remembrance. 
 
 1 O Lord, rebuke me not m thy wrath : 
 Neither chasten me in thy hot dis- 
 pleasure. 
 
 2 For thine arrows 1* stick fast in me. 
 And thy hand i3j)resseth me sore. 
 
 3 There is no soundness in my flesh 
 
 because of thine indignation ; 
 Neither is there any i* health in my 
 bones because of my sin. 
 
 9 Or, 
 Yet he 
 passed 
 away 
 
 10 Or, ac- 
 cording 
 to some 
 ancient 
 versions, 
 / passed 
 
 "Or, 
 there is a 
 reward 
 (or, 
 
 future 
 or, pos- 
 terity) 
 Jor the 
 man of 
 peace 
 
 12 Or, to 
 make 
 me- 
 morial 
 
 13 Heb 
 lighted 
 
 "Or, 
 
 rest
 
 424 
 
 THE PSALMS. 
 
 38. 4. 
 
 IHeb. 
 bent. 
 
 £ Or, ar- 
 guments 
 
 3Heb. 
 
 faUelij- 
 
 4 Reb. a 
 
 hrulle 
 
 (or. 
 
 mv.z7Xe\ 
 
 for mi) 
 
 mouth. 
 
 6 Or, ami 
 
 had no 
 
 com^fort 
 
 Heb. 
 
 away 
 
 from 
 
 good. 
 
 4 For mine iniquities are gone over 
 
 mine lierid: 
 As an heavy burden they are too heavy 
 for me. 
 
 5 My woimds stink and are coi-rupt, 
 Because of my fooHshness. 
 
 6 I am 1 pained and bowed down greatly; 
 I go mourning all the day long. 
 
 7 For my loins are filled with burning ; 
 And there is no soundness in my 
 
 flesh. 
 8 1 am faint and sore bruised: 
 I have roared by reason of the dis- 
 quietness of my heart. 
 9 Lord, all my desire is before thee ; 
 And my groaning is not hid from 
 thee. 
 
 10 My heart throbbeth, my strength fail- 
 
 eth me : 
 As for the light of mine eyes, it also is 
 gone from me. 
 
 11 My lovers and my friends stand aloof 
 
 from my plague ; 
 And my kinsmen stand afar off. 
 1'2 They also that seek after my life lay 
 sn-jres for me ; 
 And they that seek my hurt speak 
 
 mischievous things. 
 And imagine deceits all the day long. 
 13 But I, as a deaf man, hear not ; 
 
 iVlul I am as a dumb man that openeth 
 not his mouth. 
 1-4 Yea, I am as a m!\n that hearetli 
 not, 
 And in whose mouth are no - reproofs. 
 15 For in thee, O Lord, do I hope : 
 
 Thou wilt answer, Lord my God. 
 16 For I said. Lest they i-ejoice over me: 
 "When my foot slippeth, they magnify 
 themselves against me. 
 17 For I am ready to halt, 
 
 And my sorrow is contmually before 
 me. 
 18 For I will declare mine iniquity; 
 I will be sorry for my sin. 
 
 19 But mine enemies are lively, and are 
 
 strong : 
 And they that hate me 3 wrongfully are 
 multiphed. 
 
 20 They also that render evil for good 
 Are adversaries unto me, because I 
 
 follow the thmg that is good. 
 
 21 Forsake me not, O Lord : 
 
 O my God, be not far from me. 
 
 22 Make haste to help me, 
 
 Lord my salvation. 
 
 3Q For the C'liief Musician, for .leduthun. 
 A Psalm of David. 
 
 1 1 said, I will take heed to my ways, 
 That I sin not with my tongxie: 
 
 1 will keep ^my mouth with a bridle, 
 WTiile the wicked is before me. 
 
 21 was dumb with silence, I held my 
 peace, ^ even from good ; 
 And my sorrow was stirred. 
 
 3 My heart was hot within me ; 
 While I was musing the tire kindled: 
 Then spake I with my tongue: 
 
 4 Lord, make me to know mine end. 
 And the measure of my days, what 
 
 it is; 
 Let me know how frail I am. 
 
 5 Behold, thou hast made my days a« 
 
 handbreadths ; 
 And mine age is as nothing before 
 
 thee : 
 Surely every man "at his best estate is 
 
 altogether ■? vanity. [Selah 
 
 6 Surely every man walketh ^m a vain 
 
 shew : 
 Surely they are disquieted ^in vain: 
 He heaiieth u^i rirhe.f, and knoweth 
 
 not who shall gather them. 
 
 7 And now. Lord, what wait I for? 
 My hope is in thee. 
 
 8 Deliver me from all my transgressions : 
 Make me not the reiu-oach of the 
 
 foolish. 
 9 1 was dumb, I opened not my mouth ; 
 
 Because thou didst it. 
 10 Remove thy stroke away from me: 
 I am consumed by the i^blow of thine 
 hand. 
 
 11 When thou with rebukes dost correct 
 
 man for iniquity. 
 Thou iimakest his beauty to consume 
 
 away like a moth : 
 Surely every man is ' vanity. [.Selali 
 
 12 Hear my prayer, O Lord, and give ear 
 
 unto my cry ; 
 Hold not thy peace at my teirs : 
 For I am a stranger with thee, 
 A sojourner, as all my fathers were. 
 1312 spare me, that I may i*rccover 
 
 strength. 
 Before I go hence, and be no more. 
 
 40 For the Chief Musician. A Psalm of David. 
 1 1 waited patiently for the Lord ; 
 And he inclined unto me, and heard 
 my cry. 
 
 2 He brought me up also out of i*an 
 
 horrible pit, out of the miry clay; 
 And he set my feet upon a rock, and 
 established my goings. 
 
 3 And he hath put a new song in my 
 
 mouth, even praise unto our God: 
 Many shnU see it, and fear, 
 And .shall trust in the Lord. 
 
 4 Blessed is the man that maketh the 
 
 Lord his trust. 
 And respecteth not the proud, nor such 
 as 15 turn aside to lies. 
 
 5 Many, Lord my God, are the wonder- 
 
 ful works wliich thou hast done. 
 And thy thoughts which are to us- 
 
 ward: 
 i^They cannot be set in order unto 
 
 thee ; 
 If I would declare and speak of them. 
 They are more than can be numbered. 
 
 6 Sacrifice and i^ offering thou hast no 
 
 deUght ui ; 
 18 Mine ears hast thou opened: 
 Burnt offering and sin offermg hast 
 
 thou not required. 
 
 7 Then said I, Lo, I am come ; 
 
 6 Heb. 
 
 standing 
 
 fiTnn. 
 
 - Heb. a 
 
 breath. 
 
 BOi, 
 
 as a 
 
 shadow 
 
 S Or, for 
 
 vaniti) 
 
 l»Heb. 
 conflict. 
 
 'lOr.oon- 
 sumest 
 like a 
 moth his 
 delights 
 
 12 Or. 
 Look 
 away 
 from me 
 
 13 Heb. 
 brighten 
 
 " Heb. 
 a pit of 
 tumult 
 or de- 
 struc- 
 tion. 
 
 15 Or. 
 
 fall 
 away 
 treacher- 
 ously 
 
 16 Or. 
 There is 
 none to 
 be coin- 
 pared 
 unto 
 thee 
 
 17 Or. 
 meal 
 offering 
 
 l»Heb 
 
 Ears 
 
 hast thou 
 
 digged 
 
 (or, 
 
 pierced) 
 
 for me.
 
 42. 6. 
 
 THE PSALMS. 
 
 425 
 
 ' Or. prv- 
 to 
 
 2 Or, pro- 
 claimed 
 ghid 
 tidi-iKjs 
 
 3Heb. 
 for- 
 saken. 
 
 4 Or, as- 
 tonisJted 
 
 5 Or, 
 for a 
 reward 
 of 
 
 'Or, 
 the weak 
 
 In tlie roll of the book it is i written 
 of me : 
 8 1 delight to do thy will, my God ; 
 
 Yea, thy law is within my heart. 
 9 1 have ^i)uhlished righteousness in the 
 great congregation ; 
 Lo, I will not refrain my lips, 
 
 Lord, thou kiiowest. 
 
 101 have not hid thy righteousness, 
 within my heart; 
 
 1 have declared thy faithfuhiess and 
 thy salvation : 
 
 I have not concealed thy lovingkind- 
 ness and thy truth from the great 
 congregation. 
 
 11 Withhold not thou thy tender mercies 
 
 from me, O Lokd: 
 Let thy lovingkindness and thy truth 
 continuaUy jjreserve me. 
 
 12 For iininmerahle evils have compassed 
 
 me about, 
 Mine iniquities have overtaken me, so 
 
 that I am not able to look up ; 
 They are more than the hairs of mine 
 
 head, and my heart hath ^failed me. 
 
 13 Be i^leased, Lokd, to dehver me : 
 Make haste to heli) me, O Lord. 
 
 14 Let them be ashamed and confound- 
 
 ed together 
 That seek after my soul to destroy it : 
 Let them be turned backward and 
 
 brought to dishonour 
 That delight in my hurt. 
 15 Let them be ^desolate ^by reason of 
 
 their shame 
 That say unto me. Aha, Aha. 
 
 16 Let all those that seek thee rejoice 
 
 and be glad in thee : 
 Let such as love thy salvation say 
 
 continually. 
 The Lord be magnified. 
 
 17 But I am poor and needy ; 
 
 Yet the Lord thinketh upon me : 
 Thou art my help and my dehverer ; 
 Make no tarrying, my God. 
 
 41 For the Chief Musician. A Psalm of David. 
 
 1 Blessed is he that considereth "^the 
 poor : 
 
 The Lord will deliver him m the day 
 of evil. 
 •2 7 The Lord will preserve huu, and 
 keeii him alive, and he shall be 
 blessed "upon the earth; 
 And deliver not thou hiiu unto the 
 will of his enemies. 
 3 9 The Lord wiU support him ui)oii the 
 couch of languish hig: 
 Thou i^makest all his bed in his 
 sickness. 
 4 1 said, O Lord, have mercy upon me : 
 Heal my soul; for I have sinned 
 against thee. 
 
 5 Mine enemies speak evil against me, 
 
 sayinij. 
 When shall he die, and his name 
 l)erish ? 
 
 6 And if he come to see me, he speak- 
 
 eth 11 vanity; 
 His heart gathereth iniquity to itself : 
 When he goeth abroad, he telleth it. 
 
 7 All that hate me whisper together 
 
 against me : 
 Agamst me do they devise my hurt. 
 8 12 An evil disease, i-a?/ tliey, I'^cleaveth 
 
 fast unto him: 
 And now that he lieth he shall rise up 
 
 no more. 
 9 Yea, mine own famihar friend, m 
 
 whom I trusted, which did eat of 
 
 my bread. 
 Hath hfted up his heel against me. 
 
 10 But thoii, O Lord, have mercy upon 
 
 me, and raise me ui), 
 That I may requite them. 
 
 11 By this I know that thou deUghtest 
 
 in me. 
 Because mine enemy doth not triumph 
 over me. 
 
 12 And as for me, thou uj)holdest me in 
 
 mine integrity, 
 And settest me before thy face for 
 ever. 
 
 13 Blessed be the Lord, the God of 
 
 Israel, 
 From everlasting and to everlasting. 
 Amen, and Amen. 
 
 BOOK n. 
 
 1 Heb. 
 all the 
 day. 
 
 2 Heb. 
 upon. 
 
 42 For the Chief Musician ; Maschil of the 
 sous of Korah. 
 
 lAs the hart panteth after the water 
 brooks. 
 So panteth my soul after thee, God. 
 
 2 My soul thirsteth for God, for the 
 
 Uving God: 
 When shaU I come and appear before 
 God? 
 
 3 My tears have been my meat day and 
 
 night. 
 While they i continually say unto me. 
 Where is thy God? 
 
 4 These things I remember, and pour 
 
 out my soul 2 within me. 
 
 How I went v>dth the throng, and ^led 
 
 them to the house of God, 
 With the voice of joy and praise, a 
 
 multitude keeping holyday. 
 
 5 Wliy art thou *cast down, O my soul? 
 And why art thou disquieted within 
 
 me? 
 Hope thou in God: for I shall yet 
 
 praise him 
 ^For the ^health of his countenance. 
 
 6 my God, my soul is cast down 
 
 within me : 
 Therefore do I remember thee f3;om 
 
 the land of Jordan, 
 And the Hermons, from 7 the hill Mizar . 
 
 T Or, The 
 
 l/llll) 
 jtregtrve 
 »Or, in 
 the land 
 
 »0r. 
 The 
 
 IJIRB 
 
 support 
 I" Ileb. 
 turneitt, 
 or, 
 chang- 
 
 GSt. 
 
 11 Or, 
 false- 
 hood 
 
 12 Or, 
 
 Some 
 
 wicked 
 
 thing 
 
 13 Or, U 
 poured 
 out upon 
 him 
 
 3 Or, 
 went in 
 proces- 
 sion with 
 theni 
 
 ^Heb. 
 boived 
 
 dOWTL 
 
 5 Accord- 
 ing to 
 some an- 
 cient au- 
 thorities, 
 Who is 
 the 
 
 health 
 of my 
 coun- 
 tenance, 
 and my 
 God. My 
 soul &c. 
 
 6 Or, help 
 1 Or, the 
 little 
 mount- 
 ain 
 
 ] 1—3
 
 426 
 
 THE PSALMS. 
 
 42. 7. 
 
 lOr, 
 
 cata- 
 racts 
 
 2 Or, 
 
 while the 
 cnemit 
 oppress- 
 eth 
 
 3 Or. 
 crushing 
 
 4 Or, 
 help 
 
 5Heb. 
 the glad- 
 ness of 
 myjoij. 
 
 8 Or, cast 
 
 them 
 
 forth, 
 
 ' Or, vic- 
 tories 
 
 7 Deep calleth unto deei) at the noise of 
 
 thy 1 waterspouts : 
 All thy waves and thy billows are 
 gone over nie. 
 
 8 Yet the Lokd will command his loving- 
 
 kindness in the day-time, 
 And in the night his song shall be 
 
 with me, 
 El-en a prayer unto the God of my 
 
 life. 
 91 will say unto God my rock, Why 
 
 hast thou forgotten me '? 
 Why go I mourning '•^because of the 
 
 opiiression of the enemy ? 
 
 10 As with 3 a- sword in my bones, mine 
 
 adversaries reproach me ; 
 While they continually say unto me, 
 "Wliere is thy God? 
 
 11 Why art thou cast down, O my soul? 
 .\nd wliy art thou disquieted within 
 
 me? 
 Hope thou in God: for I shall yet 
 
 pi'aise him, 
 TJ7/0 is the '^health of my countenance, 
 
 and my God. 
 
 43 Judge me, God, and plead my cause 
 against an ungodly nation : 
 deliver me from the deceitful and 
 unjust man. 
 
 2 For thou art the God of my strength ; 
 
 why hast thou cast me off? 
 Why go I mourning ^ because of the 
 oi)iJressiou of the enemy ? 
 
 3 O send out thy light and thy truth ; 
 
 let them lead me : 
 Let them bring me unto thy holy hiU, 
 And to thy tabernacles. 
 
 4 Then will I go unto the altar of God, 
 Unto God *my exceedmg joy: 
 
 And ui^on the harp will I praise thee, 
 God, my God. 
 
 5 Why art thou cast do^^l, O my soul? 
 And why art thou disquieted within 
 
 me? 
 Hope thou in God: for I shall yet 
 
 praise him, 
 Who is the ^health of my countenance, 
 
 and my God. 
 
 44 For the f liief Musician ; a Psahn of tlie 
 sons of Korali. Maschil. 
 
 1 We have heard with om- ears, God, 
 
 our fathers have told us. 
 What work thou didst in their days, 
 in the days of old. 
 
 2 Thou didst drive out the nations with 
 
 thy hand, and plantedst them in ; 
 Thou didst afflict the peoples, and 
 ''didst spread them abroad. 
 
 3 For they gat not the land in posses- 
 
 sion by theu" own sword, 
 Neither did their own arm save them : 
 But thy right hand, and thine arm, 
 
 and the hglit of thy countenance. 
 Because thou hadst a favour unto 
 
 them. 
 
 4 Thou art my King, O God : 
 Command '' deliverance for Jacob. 
 
 5 Through thee will we push down our 
 
 adversaries : 
 Through thy name wUl we tread them 
 imder that rise up against us. 
 
 6 For I will not trust in my bow. 
 Neither shall my sword save me. 
 
 7 But thou hast saved us from our ad- 
 
 versaries. 
 And hast put 
 hate us. 
 
 8 In God have we 
 
 the day long. 
 And we will give 
 name for ever. 
 
 them to shame that 
 made our boast all 
 thanks 
 
 aii-\ 
 
 unto thy 
 [Selah 
 
 9 But now thou hast cast ns off, and 
 brought us to dishonoiu" ; 
 And goest not forth with our hosts. 
 
 10 Thou makest us to turn back from 
 
 the adversary: 
 And they which hate us spoil for 
 themselves. 
 
 11 Tliou hast given us hke sheej) 
 
 pointed for meat ; 
 And hast scattered us among the 
 nations. 
 
 12 Thou sellest thy people for nought, 
 And hast not increased thy tvealtk by 
 
 their price. 
 
 13 Thou makest us a rej^roach to our 
 
 neighbours, 
 A scorn and a derision to them that 
 are romid aboiit us. 
 
 14 Thou makest us a byword among the 
 
 nations, 
 A shakuig of the head among the 
 peoples. 
 
 15 All the day long is my dishonour 
 
 before me, 
 And the shame of my face hath 
 covered me, 
 
 16 For the voice of him that reproaeh- 
 
 eth and blasphemeth ; 
 By reason of the enemy and the a- 
 
 venger. 
 17 All this is come upon us; yet liave 
 
 we not forgotten thee. 
 Neither have we dealt falsely in thy 
 
 covenant. 
 
 18 Our heart is not turned back. 
 Neither have our steps dechned from 
 
 thy way ; 
 
 19 8 That thou hast sore broken us in the 
 
 place of jackals. 
 And covered us with the shadow of 
 death. 
 
 20 If we have forgotten the name of our 
 
 God, 
 Or spread forth our hands to a strange 
 god; 
 
 21 Shall not God search this out? 
 
 For he knoweth the secrets of the heart. 
 
 22 Yea, for thy sake are we killed all the 
 
 day long ; 
 We are counted as sheep for tlie 
 slaughter. 
 
 23 Awake, why sleepest thou.O Lord? 
 Arise, cast us not off for ever. 
 
 24 Wherefore hidest thou thy face.
 
 47. 6. 
 
 THE PSALMS. 
 
 427 
 
 1 That is. 
 Lilies. 
 
 0tfer. 
 
 2 Or, 
 
 / speak : 
 my work 
 is for a 
 Hvii/ ^ 
 
 3 Or, 
 
 it/ion 
 
 aOc 
 Uarrirc 
 
 1 Or, In 
 behalf of 
 
 5 Or, Ixt 
 thy right 
 hand 
 
 teach 
 
 Or. ever. 
 
 6 Or, Thy 
 throne 
 
 15 the 
 throne of 
 aod S-c. 
 
 7 or: 
 OrvJer, 
 
 
 Aiul forgettest our affliction and our 
 oppression ? 
 25 For our soul is bowed down to the dust : 
 
 Our belly cleaveth unto the earth. 
 '26 l{ise up for our help, 
 
 And redeem us for thy lovingkindiiess' 
 sake. 
 
 45 For the Cliief Musician ; set to iSlioslianiiiin ; 
 a Psalm of the sons of ICorah. Mascliil. 
 A Son;^ of loves. 
 
 IMy heart overfloweth with a goodly 
 matter : 
 21 speak the things which I have made 
 
 touching the king : 
 My tongue is the pen of a ready writer. 
 '2 Thou art fairer than the children of 
 men ; 
 Grace is poured ■''mto thy lips: 
 Therefore God hath blessed thee for 
 ever. • 
 
 3 Gird thy sword upon thy thigh, O 
 o, mighty one. 
 
 Thy glory and thj' majesty. 
 •lAnd in thy majesty ride on prosper- 
 ously, 
 ^ Because of truth and meekness and 
 
 righteousness : 
 And 5 thy right hand shall teach thee 
 terrible things. 
 
 5 Thine arrows are sharp; or: he^ 
 The j)eoples fall under thee ; 
 
 •'^^—■uii '^J'^ H '"'^ ^ ^ ^^ heart of the king^s 
 '^'"'^^'V^^tri- enemies. \' 
 
 6 "^Tliy throne, God,is for ever and ever : 
 A sceptre of equity is the sceptre of 
 
 thy kingdom. 
 
 7 Thou hast loved righteousness, and 
 hated wickedness : 
 
 Therefore God, thy God, hath an- 
 ointed tliee 
 
 With the oil of glathiess above thy 
 fellows. -^ 
 
 8 All thy garments s)nell of myrrh, and 
 aloes, and cassia; 
 
 Out of ivory palaces stringed instru- 
 ments have made thee glad. 
 
 9 Kmgs' daughters are among thy hon- 
 ourable women : 
 
 At thy right hand doth stand the 
 queen in gold of Oi)hir. 
 
 10 Hearken, daughter, and consider, 
 and incline thine ear ; 
 
 Forget also thine own people, and thj' 
 father's house ; 
 
 11 So shall the khig desire thy beaiity: 
 For he is thy liord; and worship 
 
 thou him. /I 
 
 l'2And the daughter of Tyre s hall he 
 there with a gift; 
 Even the rich among the people shall 
 intreat thy favour". 
 
 13 The king's daughter '? within the palace 
 is aU glorious : 
 
 Her clothing is iuwTought with gold. 
 
 14 She shall be led unto the king *in 
 broidered work : 
 
 The virgins her companions that 
 
 follow her 
 Shall be brought unto thee. 
 
 cUti 
 or, is 
 
 ar, do 
 
 7 Or, in 
 theinjwr 
 part 
 
 of the 
 palace 
 
 8 Or, 
 upon 
 
 1.5 With gladness and rejoicing shall 
 they 1)(! led: 
 They shall enter into the king's palace. 
 lOInslciad of thy fathers shall. '^t; thy 
 cliildren. 
 Whom thou .shalt make princes in all 
 the enrtli. 
 17 I will make thy name to be remem- 
 bered in aU generations : 
 Therefore shall the i)eoples give thee 
 thanks for ever and e\ or. 
 
 4Q For the Cliief Musieian ; a I'saliii of the 
 sons of Korah ; set to Alamoth. A Song. 
 
 1 God is oui' refuge and strength, 
 A very present help in trouble. 
 '2 Therefore will we not fear, though the 
 earth do change, 
 And thougli the mountains be moved 
 in the heart of the seas ; 
 3 Thougli the waters thereof roar and 
 be troubled, 
 Though the niountains shake with the 
 '•* swelling thereof. [Selah 
 
 ■1 There is a river, the streams where- 
 of make glad the city of God, 
 The holy place of the tabernacles of 
 the Most High. 
 5 God is in the midst of her; she shaU 
 not be moved : 
 God shaU help her, ^and that right 
 early. 
 
 6 The nations raged, the kingdoms 
 
 were moved ; 
 He uttered his voice, the earth melted. 
 
 7 The Lord of hosts is wdth us ; 
 
 The God of Jacob is our n refuge. [.Selah 
 
 8 Come, behold tlie works of the Lord, 
 I'^What desolations he hath made in 
 
 the earth. 
 
 9 He maketh wars to cease imto the 
 
 end of the earth ; 
 He breaketh the bow, and cutteth the 
 
 spear in sunder ; 
 He burnetii the chariots in the fire. 
 10i''Be stiU, and know that I am God: 
 I wiU be exalted among the nations, 
 I will be exalted in the earth. 
 11 The Lord of hosts is with us ; 
 
 The God of Jacob is our ii refuge. [Selah 
 
 47 For the Chief Musician ; a Psahu of tlie 
 sons of Korah. 
 
 1 O clap your hands, fill ye peoples; 
 Shout unto God with the voice of 
 
 triumph. 
 
 2 For "the Lord Most High is terrible ; 
 He is a great King over all the earth. 
 
 3 He 15 shall subdue the peoples under us. 
 And the nations under our feet. 
 
 4 He 16 shall choose oiu- inheritance for 
 
 us, 
 The excellency of Jacob whom he 
 I'i loved. ' [Selah 
 
 5 God is gone up with a shout. 
 
 The Lord with the sound of a trumpet. 
 
 6 Sing praises to God, sing jiraises : 
 
 
 sOr. 
 
 2>rldG 
 
 liHeb.u* I 
 the davm 
 of tixorn- 
 inij. 
 
 "Or, 
 high 
 tower 
 
 12 Or. 
 Who 
 hath 
 made 
 desola- 
 tions &e. 
 
 13 Or, 
 Let be 
 
 u Or, tlie 
 Lord 
 is most 
 high and 
 terrible 
 
 15 Or, 
 sub- 
 dueth 
 
 16 Or. 
 chooseth 
 
 17 Or, 
 
 loveth 
 
 14—6
 
 428 
 
 THE PSALMS. 
 
 47. 6. 
 
 1 Or, in 
 a skilful 
 psdlm 
 Heb. 
 Maschil. 
 
 % 
 
 ■!0r, 
 j Vnto the 
 
 i-fUl' 
 
 or: 
 on hti-b 
 
 3 Or. high 
 tower 
 
 4 Or, 
 
 passed 
 away 
 
 5 Or, 
 ivere 
 stricken 
 with 
 te.rror 
 
 6 Or, As 
 with the 
 east 
 wind 
 that 
 brcaiccth 
 
 or. 
 
 IS 
 
 7 Or, 
 
 Traver&e 
 
 tka^t 
 
 « Or, ac- 
 cording 
 to some 
 ancient 
 author- 
 ities, far 
 ever- 
 more 
 
 or. 
 
 eveu. 
 
 Slug praises unto our King, sing 
 praises. 
 
 7 For God is the King of all the earth : 
 Sing ye praises ^with understanding. 
 
 8 Gocl reigneth over the nations : 
 God sitteth upon his holy throne. 
 
 9 The princes of the peo^iles are gath- 
 
 ered together 
 2 7Wi£. the people of the God of Abra- 
 "Ham: 
 Por the shields of the earth belong 
 
 unto God ; f i U 
 
 Heis^ greatly exalted. / p€ /(& ^ 
 
 48 A Song ; a Psalm of the sons of Korah. 
 1 Great is the Lord, and highly to be 
 praised, 
 In the city of our God, in his holy 
 mountain. 
 2 Beautiful in elevation, the joy of the 
 whole earth. 
 Is mount Zion, on the sides of the north. 
 The city of the great King. 
 
 3 God hath made hunself known in her 
 
 palaces for a ^ refuge. 
 
 4 For, lo, the kings assembled them- 
 
 selves, 
 They * passed by together. 
 
 5 They saw it, then were they amazed ; 
 They were dismayed,they%astedaway. 
 
 6 Trembling took hold of them there ; 
 Pain, as of a woman in travail. 
 
 7 "5 With the east wind 
 
 Thou breakest the ships of Tarshish. 
 
 8 As we have heard, so have we seen 
 In the city of the Lord of hosts, in 
 
 the city of our God : 
 God wUl establish it for ever. [Selah 
 
 9 We have thought on thy lovingkind- 
 
 ness, O God, 
 In the midst of thy temple. 
 
 10 As is thy name, O God, 
 
 So is thy praise imto the ends of the 
 
 earth : 
 Thy right hand is full of righteousness. 
 
 11 Let mount Zion be glad, 
 
 Let the daughters of Judah rejoice. 
 Because of thy judgements. 
 
 12 Walk about Zion, and go round about 
 
 her: 
 Tell the towers thereof. 
 
 13 Mark ye well her bulwarks, 
 7 Consider her palaces ; 
 
 That ye may tell it to the generation 
 foUowmg. 
 
 14 For this God is our God for ever and 
 
 ever : or; £.loWl rn. 
 
 He wUl be our guide even "unto death. 
 
 ty 
 
 49 
 
 For the Chief Musician ; a Psalm of the 
 sons of Korah. 
 
 1 Hear this, all ye peoples ; 
 
 Give ear, all ye inJaabitants of the 
 world : 
 
 2 Both low and high, 
 Eich and jioor together. 
 
 3 My mouth shall speak wisdom ; 
 
 And the meditation of my heart shall 
 be of understanding. 
 
 4 1 will incline mine ear to a parable : 
 I wUl open my dark saying upon the 
 harp. 
 
 5 Wherefore should I fear in the days 
 
 of evil, 
 Wheu 'J iniquity at my heels compass- 
 eth me about '? 
 
 6 They that trust in then- wealth. 
 
 And boast themselves in the multi- 
 tude of then- riches ; 
 
 7 None of them can by any means re- 
 
 deem his brother. 
 Nor give to God a ransom for him : 
 
 8 (For the redemption of their soul is 
 
 costly, 
 And must be let alone for ever :) 
 
 9 That he should still hve alway, 
 That he should not see i" corruption. 
 
 10 11 For he seeth that wise men die, 
 The fool and the brutish together 
 
 Ijerish, 
 And leave their wealth to others. 
 11 12 Their inward thought is, that their 
 houses shall continue for ever, 
 And their dwelling places to aU gener- 
 ations ; 
 They call their lands after their own 
 names. 
 
 12 But 13 man abideth not in houom-; 
 He is Uke the beasts that perish. 
 
 13 " This their way is 15 then- folly : 
 
 Yet after them men approve their 
 sayings. [Selah 
 
 1 4 They are appointed as a flock for Sheol ; 
 Death shall be their shepherd : 
 
 And the upright shall have dominion 
 over them in the morning ; 
 
 And their i^ beauty shall be for Sheol 
 to consimie, that there be no habit- 
 ation for it. 
 
 15 But God wiU redeem my soul from the 
 
 1' power of Sheol : 
 For he shall receive me. [Selah 
 
 16 Be not thou afraid when one is made 
 
 rich, 
 When the i** glory of his house is in- 
 creased : 
 
 17 For when he dieth he shall carry 
 
 nothing away ; 
 His glory shall not descend after him. 
 
 18 Though while he lived he blessed his 
 
 soul, 
 And men praise thee, when thou 
 doest well to thyself, 
 19 19 He shaU go to the generation of his 
 fathers ; 
 20 They shall never see the light. 
 20 Man that is in honom*, and iinder- 
 standeth not. 
 Is like the beasts that perish. 
 
 a Or, 
 the 
 
 iniquity 
 of them 
 that 
 would 
 sup- 
 plant 
 
 pasaelh 
 
 me ' 
 
 about, 
 
 even of 
 
 th,-m 
 
 that 
 
 trust . . . 
 
 ?*lcAe5.e 
 
 10 Or, 
 the pit 
 "Or, 
 Yea, 
 he shall 
 see it: 
 'Wise men 
 &c. 
 
 12 Some 
 ancient 
 versions 
 read, 
 Their 
 graves 
 'are tfieir 
 houses 
 for ever. 
 
 13 Or, 
 
 ^nan 
 being in 
 lionour 
 abideth 
 not 
 
 "Or, 
 Tins is 
 the way 
 of them 
 that arc 
 foolish 
 
 15 Or, 
 their 
 eon- 
 
 jidence : 
 and 
 after &c. 
 
 16 Or, 
 form 
 1- HeV 
 hand. 
 
 18 Or, 
 wealth 
 
 50 
 
 hath 
 
 A Psalm of Asaph. 
 
 1^1 God, even God, the Loed, 
 spoken, 
 
 And called the earth from the risiug of 
 the sun unto the going down thereof. 
 2 Out of Zion, the perfection of beauty, 
 God hath sinned forth. 
 
 1" Heb. 
 Thou 
 Shalt go, 
 or. It 
 shall go. 
 20 Or, 
 Which 
 never 
 more see 
 
 21 Or, 
 The Ood 
 
 of qods 
 
 lieb. El 
 Elohim.
 
 51. 19. 
 
 THP] PSALMS. 
 
 429 
 
 'Or, 
 
 comcfh- 
 . . . tle- 
 vnio-i'/h 
 . , , is Ac. 
 
 3 Or. 
 iteclart; 
 
 ;i Or. 
 against 
 
 i Or. Nor 
 for thy 
 burnt 
 offer- 
 ings, 
 which 
 ■are <i:c. 
 
 5 Or, 
 
 upon the 
 mount- 
 
 iohern 
 thou- 
 sands 
 are 
 « Or. in 
 mv mind 
 Heb. 
 with inc. 
 
 7 Or, cor- 
 rection 
 
 »Heb. 
 thy 
 
 portion 
 was with 
 adulter- 
 ers. 
 
 oOr. 
 givest a 
 thrust 
 against 
 
 .TOur God 1 shall come, and shall not 
 keep silence : 
 A five sliall devonr before him, 
 And it shall bo very tempestuous 
 round about liini. 
 
 4 He shall call to tlio heavens above. 
 And to the earth, that he may judge 
 
 his people : 
 
 5 Gatlier my saints together unto me ; 
 Those that have made a covenant 
 
 with me by sacrifice. 
 
 6 And the heavens '■* shall declare his 
 
 righteousness ; 
 For God is judge himself. [Sclah 
 
 7 Hear, my people, and I will speak ; 
 
 Israel, and I will testify 3 unto thee: 
 
 1 am God, eceit. thy God. 
 
 8 1 will not reprove thee for thy sacri- 
 fices; 
 ■lAnd thy bm-nt offerings are continu- 
 ally before me. 
 9 1 will take no bullock out of thy house. 
 Nor he-goats out of thy folds. 
 10 For every beast of the forest is mine. 
 
 And the cattle ■'' uiion a thousand hiUs. 
 11 1 know all the fowls of the momitaius : 
 And the wild beasts of the field are 
 6 mine. 
 
 12 If I were hungiy, I would not tell thee : 
 For the world is mme, and the fuhiess 
 
 thereof. 
 
 13 Will I eat the flesh of bulls. 
 Or di-ink the blood of goats ? 
 
 14 Offer unto God the sacrifice of thanks- 
 
 giving; 
 And pay thy vows unto the Most High : 
 
 15 And call u^jon me in the day of trouble ; 
 I wiU deliver thee, and thou shalt glorify 
 
 me. 
 
 16 But unto the wicked God saith. 
 What hast thou t(j do to declare my 
 
 statutes. 
 And that thou hast taken my covenant 
 in thy mouth ? 
 
 17 Seeing thou hatest 7 instruction. 
 And castest my words behind thee. 
 
 18 When thou sawest a thief, thou con- 
 
 sentedst with him. 
 And 8 hast been partaker with adul- 
 terers. 
 
 19 Thou givest thy mouth to evil. 
 And thy tongue frameth deceit. 
 
 •20 Thou sittest and speakest against thy 
 brother ; 
 Thou ^slanderest thine own mother's 
 son. 
 
 21 These things hast thou done, and I 
 
 kept silence ; 
 Thou thoughtest that I was altogether 
 
 such an one as thyself : 
 But I wiU reprove thee, and set them 
 
 in order before thine eyes. 
 
 22 Now consider this, ye that forget 
 
 God, 
 Lest I tear you in pieces, and there be 
 none to deliver : 
 
 20 Whoso offeretli the sacrifice of thanks- 
 
 giving glorifieth me ; 
 
 10 And to him that ordereth his "con- 
 versation an'i/hf 
 Will I shew the salvation of God. 
 
 51 For the Chief Musician. A Psalm of David : 
 when Nathan tlio jirophct came unto him, 
 after he had xniie m to i'.ath-shelia. 
 
 1 Have mercy upon me, O (rod, according 
 
 to thy lovingkin(biess : 
 According to the nmltitude of thy 
 tender mercies blot out my trans- 
 gressions. 
 
 2 Wash me throughly from mine iniquity. 
 And cleanse me from my sin. 
 
 ii For I i%cknowledge my transgressions : 
 
 And my sin is ever before me. 
 4 Against thee, thee only, have I siimed. 
 
 And done that which is evil in thy 
 sight : 
 
 That thou mayest be justified when 
 thou speakest. 
 
 And be clear when thou judgest. 
 5 Behold, I was shapen in iniquity; 
 
 And in sin did my mother conceive me. 
 
 6 Behold, thou desirest truth in the m- 
 
 ward parts : 
 And in the hidden part thou shalt make 
 me to know wisdom. 
 
 7 Purge me with hyssop, and I shall be 
 
 clean : 
 Wash me, and I shall be whiter than 
 snow. 
 
 8 Make me to hear joy and glarhiess ; 
 That the bones which thou hast broken 
 
 may rejoice. 
 
 9 Hide thy face from my sins. 
 And blot out all mine iniquities. 
 
 10 Create i^iu me a clean heart, God; 
 And renew a i^ right spirit within me. 
 
 11 Cast me not away from thy presence : 
 And take not thy holy spirit fi-om me. 
 
 12 Eestore unto me the joy of thy salva- 
 
 tion: 
 And uphold me with a is free spii'it. 
 
 13 Then wiU I teach transgi-essors thy 
 
 ways; 
 And sinners shall i^be converted unto 
 thee. 
 
 14 Deliver me from bloodguDtiness, 
 
 God, thou God of my salvation ; 
 And my tongue shall sing aloud of thy 
 righteousness. 
 
 15 O Lord, open thoii my lips ; 
 
 And my mouth shall shew forth thy 
 l>raise. 
 
 16 For thou delightest not in sacrifice ; 
 
 17 else would I give it: 
 Thou hast no pleasiu-e in burnt offering. 
 
 17 The sacrifices of God are a broken 
 
 spirit : 
 A broken and a contrite heart, God, 
 thou wilt not despise. 
 
 18 Do good in thy good pleasure unto Zion : 
 Build thou the walls of Jerusalem. 
 
 19 Then shalt thou dehght in the sacrifices 
 
 of righteousness, in bm-nt offering 
 and whole burnt offering : 
 Then shall they offer bullocks upon 
 thine altar. 
 
 10 Or, 
 
 Aud 
 jrrrpar- 
 i:tha 
 way thif 
 1 ynay 
 shew 
 him 
 n Heb. 
 way. 
 
 1-! Heb. 
 know. 
 
 " Or, for 
 me 
 11 Or. 
 stedfatt 
 
 15 Or, 
 willing 
 
 16 Or, 
 return 
 
 "Or, 
 that [ 
 should 
 give it
 
 430 
 
 THE PSALMS. 
 
 52. 1. 
 
 lOr, 
 And the 
 deceitful 
 tongue 
 2 Or, 
 break 
 thee 
 down 
 
 3 Or, 
 
 Hrong 
 hold 
 
 «See 
 Ps. xiv. 
 
 5 Or, 
 deal 
 whcly 
 
 I'Ot. 
 
 return- 
 
 ethto 
 
 52 For the 0:ief Musician. Mascliil of David : 
 wlion Doof! tliu Edoniito came and told 
 Saul, and said unto Iiim, David is come 
 to the house of Ahimelech. 
 
 1 Why boastest thou thyself iu mischief, 
 
 O mighty man ? 
 The mercy of Goiendureth continually. 
 
 2 Thy tongue deviseth veiy -wickedness ; 
 Like a sharj) razor, working deceitfully. 
 
 3 Thou lovest evil more than good ; 
 And lying rather than to speak right- 
 eousness. [Selah 
 
 4 Thou lovest all devouring words, 
 1 thou deceitful tongue. 
 
 5 God shall likewise ^ destroy thee for 
 
 ever, 
 He shall take thee n\}, and pluck thee 
 
 out of thy tent, 
 And root thee out of the land of the 
 
 living. [Selali 
 
 G The righteous also shall see it, and fear. 
 
 And sliall laugh at liim, saying, 
 7Lo, this is the man that made not God 
 
 his s strength ; 
 But trusted in the abundance of his 
 
 riches. 
 And strengthened himself in his 
 
 wickedness. 
 8 But as for me, I am like a green olive 
 
 tree in the house of God : 
 I trust in the mercy of God for ever 
 
 and ever. 
 91 will give thee thanks for ever, be- 
 cause thou hast done it: 
 And I wiU wait on tliy name, for it is 
 
 good, in the presence of thy saints. 
 
 53 For the Chief Musician; set to Mahalatli. 
 Mascliil of David. 
 
 1 ^ The fool hath said in his heart. There 
 
 is no God. 
 Corrupt are they, and have done 
 
 abominable iniquity ; 
 There is none that doeth good. 
 
 2 God looked down from heiiven upon 
 
 the children of men, 
 To see if there were any that did 
 
 f- understand, 
 That did seek after God. 
 
 3 Every one of them is gone back ; they 
 
 are together become filthy ; 
 There is none that doeth good, no, not 
 one. 
 
 4 Have the workers of iniquity no know- 
 
 ledge ? 
 "Who eat up my people as they eat bread. 
 And call not upon God. 
 
 5 There were they in great fear, where 
 
 no fear was : 
 
 For God hath scattered the bones of 
 him that encampeth against thee ; 
 
 Thou hast put tlicm to shame, be- 
 cause God hatli rejected them. 
 
 6 Oh that the salvation of Israel were 
 
 come out of Zion! 
 
 When God <"' bringeth back the captiv- 
 ity of his people. 
 
 Then shall Jacob rejoice, and Israel 
 shall be glad. 
 
 54 For tlie Cliief Musician ; on strin!»ed in- 
 struments. Maschil of David : when the 
 Ziphites came and said to Saul, Doth not 
 David hide himself with us? 
 
 1 Save me, O God, by thy name, 
 And judge me in thy might. 
 
 2 Hear my prayer, God ; 
 
 (rive ear to the words of my mouth. 
 
 3 For 7 strangers are risen up against me, 
 And violent men have sought after my 
 
 soul: 
 They have not set God before 
 them. [Selali 
 
 4 Behold, God is mme helper : 
 
 The Lord is ^of them that uphold my 
 soul. 
 
 5 9 He shall requite the evil unto limine 
 
 enemies : 
 Destroy thou them in thy truth. 
 
 6 With a freewill ofleruig will I sacri- 
 
 fice unto thee : 
 I will give thanks unto thy name, 
 Lord, for it is good. 
 
 7 For he hath delivered me out of aU 
 
 trouble ; 
 And mine eye hath seen my desire 
 upon mine enemies. 
 
 55 For the Chief Musician ; on stringed 
 instruments. Mascliil of David. 
 
 1 Give ear to my prayer, O God ; 
 
 And hide not thyself from my sup- 
 plication, 
 
 2 Attend unto me, and answer me : 
 
 I am restless in my complaint, and 
 moan ; 
 
 3 Because of the voice of the enemy, 
 Because of the oppression of the wicked; 
 For they cast iuiqiiity upon me. 
 
 And in anger they persecute me. 
 
 4 Sly heart is sore pained within me: 
 And the terrors of death are fallen 
 
 upon me. 
 oFe.afuhiess and trembUng are come 
 upon me, 
 And horror hath overwhelmed me. 
 (i And I s.\id. Oh that I had wings like 
 a dove! 
 Thenv.'ould I fly away, and be at rest. 
 7 Lo, then would I wander far off, 
 
 I would lodge in the wilderness. [Selah 
 8 1 would 11 haste me to a shelter 
 
 From the stormy wind and tempest. 
 9 12 Destroy, Lord, and divide their 
 tongue : 
 For I have seen violence and strife in 
 the city. 
 
 10 Day and" night they go about it upon 
 
 the walls thereof : 
 Iniquity also and mischief are in the 
 midst of it. 
 
 11 Wicketlness is in the midst thereof: 
 
 13 Oppression and guile depart not from 
 her streets. 
 
 12 For it was not an enemy that re- 
 
 jjroached me ; 
 Then I could have borne it : 
 Neither was it he that hated me that 
 
 did magnify himself against me ; 
 Then I would have hid myself fromhim : 
 
 1 See Ts. 
 
 Ixxxvi. 
 
 14 
 
 "Or, 
 with 
 
 i'Aiiother 
 reading 
 is. The 
 evil shall 
 return. 
 10 Or. 
 thetn 
 that 
 lie in 
 wait for 
 me 
 
 "Or. 
 
 hasten 
 
 my 
 
 escape 
 
 12 Heb. 
 
 Swallow 
 
 up. 
 
 13 Or, 
 Fraud
 
 58. 1. 
 
 THE PSALMS. 
 
 431 
 
 lOr, as 
 other- 
 vriae 
 read, 
 Desola- 
 tions be 
 upon 
 tliem ! 
 
 2Heb. 
 
 Sheol. 
 
 sOr, 
 
 their 
 
 inward 
 
 part 
 
 4 Or, to 
 that 
 none 
 came 
 nigh me 
 
 5 Or, 
 'tj/lict 
 
 S". tKat 
 
 tkf^ s 
 
 ! Heb. 
 that h-c 
 hath 
 given 
 thee. 
 
 U"- 
 
   That 
 is. The 
 silent 
 dove of 
 them 
 that are 
 afar off 
 or, as 
 other- 
 wise 
 
 read, Tiie 
 dove of 
 the dis~ 
 tantterc- 
 binth^ 
 
 'Or, 
 They 
 that lie 
 in tvait 
 /or me 
 
 9 Or, In- 
 asmuch 
 as 
 
 icOr, 
 Then 
 think to 
 escape 
 "Or, 
 record 
 
 13 But it was thou, a man mine equal, 
 My companion, and my familiar friend. 
 
 14 V/e took sweet counsel t()f,'etlier, 
 We walked in the house of God with 
 
 the throng. 
 
 15 1 Let death come suddenly upon them, 
 Let them go down alive into -the pit: 
 For wickeihiess is in theii- dwelluig, in 
 
 •Hhe midst of them. 
 ll» As f . >Y me, I will call upon God ; 
 And the Lokd shall save me. 
 
 17 E venuig, and morning, and at noonday, 
 will I complain, and moau : 
 
 And he shall hear my voice. 
 
 18 He hath redeemed my soul in peace 
 
 ■"from the battle that was against 
 me: 
 For they were many that strure with 
 me. 
 
 19 God shall hear, and ^ answer them. 
 Even he that ahideth of old, [Selali 
 Thejucii who^have no changes,, 
 AnsL.wlift7*iar not God. 
 
 20 He hath put forth his hands against 
 
 such as were at peace with him : 
 He hath profaned his covenant. 
 
 21 His mouth was smooth as butter, 
 But his heart was war : 
 
 His words were softer than oil. 
 Yet were they di-awu swords. 
 
 22 Cast '' thy burden upon the Lord, and 
 
 he shall sustain thee : 
 He shall never suffer the righteous to 
 be moved. 
 
 23 But thou, O God, slialt bring them 
 
 down into the pit of destruction : 
 Bloodthirsty and deceitful men shall 
 
 not live out half their days ; 
 But I will trust in thee. 
 
 56 For the Cliief Musician ; set to ".Jonatli elem 
 rt'lioUiiii. A Psalm of David: Miclitaiu: 
 wlien tlie I'hilistines took liiin in tiatli. 
 
 1 Be merciful mito me, God ; for man 
 would swallow me up : 
 All the day long he fightmg oppresseth 
 me. 
 2** Mine enemies would swallow me up 
 all the day long : 
 For they be many that fight proudly 
 against me. 
 
 3 What time I am afraid, 
 
 I wiU put my trust in thee. 
 
 4 In God I will praise his word : 
 
 In God have I put my trust, I will not 
 
 be afraid ; 
 What can flesh do mito me"? 
 
 5 All the day long they wrest my words : 
 All theu" thoughts are against me for 
 
 evil. 
 
 6 They gather themselves together, they 
 
 hide themselves. 
 
 They mark my steps, 
 
 9 Even as they have waited for my soul. 
 7 1'' Shall they escape by iniquity ? 
 
 In anger cast down the peoples, God. 
 iS Thou teUest my wanderings : 
 
 Put thou my tears into thy bottle ; 
 
 Aie they not in thy n book ? 
 
 y Then shall mine enemies turn back in 
 the day that I call: 
 This I know, I'^that God is for me. 
 10 In God will I praise Iiif word: 
 
 In the LoitD will I praise his word. 
 11 In Gtxl have I put my trust, I will 
 not be afraid ; 
 What can man do unto me ? 
 12 Thy vows are upon me, O God: 
 
 I will render thank offerings unto thee. 
 13 For thou hast delivered my soul from 
 death : 
 J/ujit thou not delivered my feet from 
 
 falhng? 
 That I may walk before God 
 In the light of ^^the living. 
 
 57 I'or the Cliief .Musician ; .?./ In Al-tashlietli. 
 A Pxaliii of David: Michtani : wlicn lie 
 fled from .Saul, in the cave. 
 
 1 Be merciful unto me, God, be merci- 
 ful unto me ; 
 For my soul taketh refuge in thee : 
 Yea, in the shadow of thy wmgs will I 
 
 take refuge, , 
 Until these i^ calamities be ovei-past. 
 2 1 will cry unto God Most High ; 
 Unto God that performeth att things 
 for me. 
 
 3 He shall send from heaven, and save 
 
 me. 
 When he that would swallow me uj) 
 
 reproacheth ; [Selah 
 
 God shall send forth his mercy and his 
 
 truth. 
 
 4 My soul is among lions ; 
 
 I'T I lie among them that are set on fire, 
 Even the sons of men, whose teeth 
 
 are spears and arrows. 
 And theii' tongue a sharp sword, 
 o Be thou exalted, God, above the 
 
 heavens ; 
 J.et thy glory &e above all the earth. 
 
 6 They have prepared a net for my 
 
 steiJs ; 
 My soul is bowed down : 
 They have digged a pit before me ; 
 They are fallen into the midst thereof 
 
 themselves. [Selah 
 
 7 My heart is fixed, God, my heart is 
 
 fixed : 
 I will sing, yea, I wiU sing jn'aises. 
 8 Awake up, my glory; awake, psaltery 
 and harp : 
 ii^I myself wiU awake right early. 
 9 1 will give thanks unto thee, Lord, 
 among the x^eoples : 
 I will sing praises unto thee among 
 the nations. 
 
 10 For thy mercy is great unto the heavens, 
 And thy truth unto the skies. 
 
 11 Be thou exalted, God, above the 
 
 heavens ; 
 Let thy glory he above all the earth. 
 
 58 For the Oiief Musician ; set to Al-tashheth. 
 A Psalm of David : Miclitam. 
 
 1 17 Do ye indeed is in silence speak right- 
 eousness ? 
 
 12 or, /or 
 
 13 Or, 
 
 life 
 
 nOr, 
 wicked- 
 nesses 
 
 15 Or, 
 I must 
 lie 
 
 15 Or, 
 / will 
 awake 
 the dawn 
 
 1" Or, Is 
 the right- 
 eousyiess 
 ye should 
 speak 
 dumb f 
 18 Or. as 
 other- 
 wise 
 read, 
 ye 
 gods 
 or. lie 
 mighty 
 ones
 
 432 
 
 THE PSALMS. 
 
 58. 1. 
 
 'Or, 
 judijc 
 ttprigJlt- 
 ly the 
 sons of 
 men 
 
 2 Or, en- 
 chanters 
 
 3 Or, like 
 them 
 
 that 
 
 have not 
 seen the 
 
 SU71 
 
 4 Or. 
 Even as 
 raiv 
 flesh, 
 even so, 
 shall 
 fury 
 sweep 
 thetn 
 away 
 5Heb. 
 fruit. 
 
 eHeb. 
 meet. 
 
 ■'Or, 
 
 nati07is 
 
 Do ye 1 judge uprightly, ye sons of 
 men? 
 
 2 Yea, in heart ye work wickedness ; 
 Ye weigh out tlie violence of your 
 
 hands in the earth. 
 
 3 The wicked are estranged from the 
 
 womb : 
 They go astray as soon as they he 
 horn, speaking lies. 
 
 4 Their poison is hke the poison of a 
 
 sei-pent : 
 TJiei/ are like the deaf adder that 
 stoppeth her ear ; 
 
 5 Which hearkeneth not to the voice of 
 
 2 charmers. 
 Charming never so wisely. 
 
 6 Break their teeth, God, in their 
 
 mouth : 
 Break out the great teeth of the young 
 lions, O Lord. 
 
 7 Let them melt away as water that 
 
 runneth apace : 
 When he aimeth his arrows, let them 
 be as though they were cut off. 
 
 8 Let them be as a snaU which melt- 
 
 eth and passeth away : 
 Lil-e Ihe untunely birth of a woman, 
 
 3 that hath not seen the sun. 
 
 9 Before your pots can feel the thorns, 
 
 ^ He shall take them away with a whirl- 
 wmd, the green and the burning ahke. 
 
 10 The righteous shall rejoice when he 
 
 seeth the vengeance : 
 He shall wash his feet in the blood of 
 the wicked. 
 
 11 So that men shall say. Verily there 
 
 is 5 a reward for the righteous : 
 VerUy there is a God that judgeth in 
 the earth. 
 
 5Q For the Chief Musician ; .let to Al-tashheth. 
 A Psalm of David : Michtain : wlien Saul 
 sent, and they watched the house to kill 
 him. 
 
 1 Deliver me from mine enemies, my 
 
 God: 
 Set me on high from them that rise 
 up against me. 
 
 2 Deliver me from the workers of iniquity. 
 And save me from the bloodthirsty 
 
 men. 
 
 3 For, lo, they lie in wait for my soul ; 
 The mighty gather themselves together 
 
 against me : 
 Not for my transgression, nor for my 
 sin, Lord. 
 
 4 They run and prepare themselves 
 
 without my fault : 
 Awake thou to "lielp me, and behold. 
 
 5 Even thou, O Lord God of hosts, the 
 
 God of Israel, 
 Arise to visit all the 7 heathen : 
 Be not merciful to any wicked trans- 
 gressors. [Selah 
 C 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. 
 9^0 my strength, I wiU wait upon thee : 
 
 For God is my high tower. 
 
 10 f The God of my mercy shall prevent 
 
 me: 
 God shaU let me see my desire upon 
 lOmiue enemies. 
 
 11 Slay them not, lest my people forget : 
 "Scatter them by thy power, and bring 
 
 them down, 
 
 Lord our shield. 
 
 12 i^'or the sin of their moiith, and the 
 
 words of their lips. 
 Let them even be taken in theu* pride, 
 And for cursing and lying which they 
 
 speak. 
 
 13 Consume them in wrath, consume 
 
 them, that they be no more : 
 And let them know that God ruleth in 
 
 Jacob, 
 Unto the ends of the earth. [Selah 
 
 14 And at evening let them return, let 
 
 them make a noise like a dog, 
 And go round about the city. 
 
 15 They shall wander up and down for 
 
 meat. 
 And tari-y aU night if they he not 
 satisfied. 
 
 16 But I will sing of thy strength ; 
 
 Yea, I will sing aloud of thy mercy in 
 
 the morning : 
 For thou hast been my high tower. 
 And a refuge in the day of my distress. 
 
 17 Unto thee, my strength, will I sing 
 
 IH'aises : 
 For God is my high tower, the God of 
 my mercy. 
 
 60 For the Cliief Musician ; set to 12 Simshan 
 Edntli : MichtaniofDavid, to teach: when 
 he strove with Aram-naharaiui and with 
 Arani-zobah, and Joab returned, and 
 smote of F.dom in the Vallej' of Salt 
 twelve thousand. 
 
 1 God, thou hast cast us off, thou hast 
 broken us down ; 
 Thou hast been angiy; restore us 
 again. 
 
 2 Thou hast made the land to tremble ; 
 
 thou hast rent 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 staggering. 
 
 4 Thou hast given a banner to them that 
 
 fear thee, 
 IS That it may be displayed because of 
 the truth. [Selah 
 
 .') That thy beloved may be delivered. 
 Save with thy right hand, and answer 
 
 "us. 
 6 God hath spoken in his holiness; I 
 
 will exult : 
 
 1 wiU divide Shechem, and mete out 
 the valley of Succoth. 
 
 8 So 
 
 some 
 ancient 
 author- 
 ities. The 
 Hebrew 
 text has. 
 His 
 
 strength. 
 Accord- 
 ing to 
 some 
 ancient 
 author- 
 ities, ity 
 God with 
 his 
 mercy. 
 
 WOr, 
 
 them 
 
 that He 
 
 in wait 
 
 forme 
 
 "Or, 
 
 Make 
 
 them 
 
 wander 
 
 to and 
 
 fro 
 
 12 That 
 is, The 
 lily of 
 testi- 
 mony. 
 
 13 Many 
 ancient 
 author- 
 ities ren- 
 der. That 
 they may 
 flee from 
 before 
 the bow. 
 
 "An- 
 other 
 reading
 
 64. 2. 
 
 THE PSALMS. 
 
 433 
 
 lOr, 
 lawgiver 
 
 2 Or, 
 Unto 
 
 3 Or, 
 Who will 
 lead me 
 &c. 
 
 4 Or, 
 Wilt not 
 thoii, O 
 Ood. 
 which 
 hast cast 
 Its off, 
 and 
 ffoest 
 
 . hosts ! 
 
 r> Heb. 
 salva- 
 tion. 
 
 6 Or, 
 fainteth 
 
 v Or, a 
 rock that 
 is too 
 high :f or 
 me 
 
 8 Heb. 
 
 tent. 
 
 9 Or, 
 given ati 
 heritage 
 unto 
 those &c. 
 
 10 Heb. is 
 silent 
 unto 
 aod. 
 
 " Or, as 
 other- 
 wise 
 read, Ye 
 shall be 
 slain &c. 
 
 12 Heb. 
 be thou 
 silent 
 unto 
 God. 
 
 7 Gilead is mine, and Manasseh is mine ; 
 
 Ephniim also is tlio defence of mine 
 head ; 
 
 Judali is my i sceptre. 
 SMoab is my waslipot; 
 
 '^ Upon Edom will I cast my shoe : 
 
 Philistia, shont thou because of me. 
 9 Who will bring me into the strong city ? 
 
 8 Who hath led me unto Edom ? 
 
 10 ■'Hast not thou, God, cast us off"? 
 And thou goest not forth, God, with 
 
 our hosts. 
 
 11 Give us help against the adversaiT-; 
 For vain is the ^help of man. 
 
 12 Through God we shall do valiantly : 
 For he it is that shall tread down our 
 
 adversaries. 
 
 61 For tlie Cliief Musician ; on a stringed 
 
 instrument. A Psalm of David. 
 
 1 Hear my cry, O God ; 
 Attend unto my i^rayer. 
 
 2 From the end of the earth will I call 
 
 unto thee, when my heart '^'is over- 
 whelmed : 
 Lead me to Tthe rock that is higher 
 than I. 
 
 3 For thou hast been a refuge for me, 
 A strong tower from the enemy. 
 
 4 1 will dwell in thy ^ tabernacle for ever : 
 
 I will take refuge in the covert of thy 
 wings. [Selali 
 
 5 For thou, O God, hast heard my vows ; 
 Thou hast 9 given me the heritage of 
 
 those that fear thy name. 
 
 6 Thou ■ndlt pi'oloBg the king's life : 
 His years shall be as many genera- 
 tions, 
 
 7 He shall abide before God for ever : 
 
 O prepare lovingkindness and truth, 
 that they may preserve him. 
 
 8 So will I sing praise unto thy name 
 
 for ever. 
 That I may daily perform my vows. 
 
 62 For the Cliief Musician ; after the manner 
 
 of .Jeduthun. A Psalm of David. 
 
 1 My sold lOwaiteth only upon God: • 
 From him cometh my salvation, or: IS 
 
 2 He only is my rock and my salvation : 
 M^,jLs my high tower ; I shall not be 
 
 greatly moved. 
 
 3 How long will ye set upon a man, 
 
 II That ye may slay lihii, all of you, 
 Like a bowing wall, like a tottering 
 
 fence ? 
 
 4 They only consult to thrust him down 
 
 from his excellency ; 
 They delight in lies : 
 They bless with their mouth, hut they 
 
 cm-se inwardly. [Selali 
 
 5 My soul, 1'^ wait thou only upon God ; 
 For my expectation is from him. 
 
 6 He only is my rock and my salvation : 
 M^-is my high tower ; I shall not be 
 
 moved. 
 
 7 With 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. [Selali 
 
 9 Surely men of low degree are i" vanity, 
 
 and men of high degree are a lie : 
 In the balances they will go up ; 
 They are together lighter than i-* vanity. 
 
 10 Trust not in oppression. 
 
 And become not vain in robbei-y : 
 If riches increase, set not youi' heart 
 thereon. 
 
 11 God hath spoken once, 
 Twice have I heard this ; 
 
 That i)ower belongeth unto God : 
 
 12 Also unto thee, O Lord, belongeth 
 
 mercy : 
 For thou renderest to every man 
 according to his work. 
 
 63 A Psalm of David, when he was in the 
 
 wilderness of Judah. 
 
 1 God, thou art my God ; i* early will 
 
 I seek thee : 
 My soul thirsteth for thee, my flesh 
 
 longeth for thee. 
 In a dry and weaiy land, where no 
 
 water is. 
 
 2 So have I looked upon thee in the 
 
 sanctuary. 
 To see thy power and thy glory. 
 
 3 For thy lo^singkindness is better than 
 
 life; 
 My lips shall praise thee. 
 
 4 So will I bless thee while I live : 
 
 I wiU lift up my hands in thy name. 
 
 5 My soul shaU be satisfied as with 
 
 15 marrow and fatness ; 
 And my mouth shall praise thee with 
 joyful Ups; 
 
 6 Wlien I remember thee upon my bed, 
 i'''.4W- meditate on thee in the night 
 
 watches. 
 
 7 For thou hast been my help. 
 
 And m the shadow of thy wings will I 
 rejoice. 
 
 8 My soul foUoweth hard after thee: 
 Thy right hand upholdeth me. 
 
 9 But those that seek my soul, i^to 
 
 destroy it, 
 ShaU go into the lower parts of the 
 earth. 
 
 10 They shaU be is given over to the 
 
 power of the sword : 
 They shall be a portion for i^ foxes. 
 
 11 But the king shall rejoice in God: 
 Every one that sweareth by him shall 
 
 glory; 
 For the mouth of them that speak lies 
 shall be stojjped. 
 
 64 For the Chief Musician. A Psalm of Da\-id. 
 
 IHear my voice, O God, in my com- 
 plaint : 
 Preserve my Uf e from fear of the enemy. 
 2 Hide me from the secret counsel of 
 evil-doers ; 
 From the -o tumult of the workers of 
 iniquity : 
 
 13 Heb. a 
 breath. 
 
 HOr, 
 earnest- 
 
 ig 
 
 16 Heb. 
 fat. 
 
 Ifi Or, / 
 medit- 
 ate 
 
 nOr, 
 shaU 
 be de- 
 stroyed ; 
 they 
 shall &c. 
 
 18 Or, 
 poured 
 out by 
 
 ■"Or, 
 jackals 
 
 20 Or. 
 thronff
 
 434 
 
 THE PSALMS. 
 
 64. 3. 
 
 lOr, 
 
 as otlier- 
 
 wise 
 
 read, 
 
 the 11 
 
 have 
 
 afconi- 
 
 pushed 
 
 or have 
 
 hidden 
 
 2 Or, So 
 shall 
 they 
 against 
 iv}ioin 
 their 
 tongue 
 was 
 make 
 thein to 
 stumble 
 
 3 Or, 
 Jteeawaii 
 
 4 Or, 
 There 
 shall be 
 silence 
 before 
 thee, and 
 pi'aise, O 
 God &c. 
 
 5Heb. 
 Words 
 (or, Mat- 
 ters) of 
 iniqui- 
 ties. 
 
 (• Or, 
 A nd of 
 the sea, 
 afar off 
 
 3 Who have whet their tongue hke a 
 
 sword, 
 Aiid have aimed their arrows, even 
 bitter words : 
 
 4 That they may shoot in secret places 
 
 at tlie perfect : 
 Suddenly do they shoot at him, and 
 fear not. 
 
 5 They encourage themselves in an evil 
 
 purpose ; 
 Tlie.y commune of laying snares privily ; 
 They say. Who shall see them ? 
 C They search out iniquities ; i We have 
 
 accompUshed, say they, a diligent 
 
 search : 
 And the inward thought of every one, 
 
 and the heart, is deep. 
 
 7 But God shall shoot at them ; 
 
 With an arrow suddenly shall they be 
 wounded. 
 
 8 2 So they shall be made tu stumble, 
 
 theu* own tongue being against 
 them : 
 All that see them shall ^wag the head. 
 
 9 Ajid all men shall fear ; 
 
 And they shall declare the work of God, 
 
 And shall wisely consider of his doing. 
 
 10 The righteous shall be glad in the 
 
 Lord, and shall trust in him; 
 And all the uv)right in heart shall 
 
 glory. 
 
 65 Vox tlic f'luL'f Musician. A I'salm. 
 A Song of David. 
 
 1^ Praise v.-aiteth for thee, God, in 
 Zion : 
 And unto thee shall the vow be per- 
 formed. 
 2 thou tliat hearest prayer, 
 
 Unto thee shall aU flesh come. 
 .S 5 Iniquities j)revail agahist me: 
 As for oiu- transgressions, thou shalt 
 purge them away. 
 
 4 Blessed is the man M'hom thou choos- 
 
 est, and causest to ai>proach unto 
 
 thee, 
 That he may dwell in thy courts : 
 We shall be satisfied with the good- j 
 
 ness of thy house, 
 The holy place of thy temple. 
 
 5 By terrible thuigs thou wilt answer us | 
 
 in righteousness, I 
 
 O God of our salvation ; | 
 
 Tliou that art the confidence of all the 
 
 ends of the earth, 
 "And of them that are afai' off upon 
 
 the sea: 
 
 6 Which by his strength setteth fast 
 
 the mountains ; i 
 
 Being girded about with might : i 
 
 7 '\^^aich stUleth the roaring of the seas, ! 
 
 the roaring of their waves, j 
 
 And the tumult of the peojjles. 
 
 8 They also that dwell in the uttermost 
 
 parts are afraid at thy tokens : ' 
 
 Thou makest the outgoings of the 
 
 morning and evening to rejoice. j 
 
 yThou visitest the earth, and water- ' 
 
 est it, j 
 
 Thou greatly eurichest it ; 
 Tlie river of God is fuU of water: 
 Thou providest them corn, 7 when thou 
 hast so prepared 8 the earth. 
 
 10 Thou waterest her furrows abundantly; 
 Thou 9 settlest the ridges thereof : 
 Thou makest it soft with showers ; 
 Tliou blessest the sj^rmging thereof. 
 
 11 Thou crownest i^the year with thy 
 
 goodness ; 
 And thy paths di-op fatness. 
 12 11 Tliey Awy^ upon the pastui-es of the 
 
 wilderness : 
 And the hiUs are gu'ded with joy. 
 
 13 The iiastures are clothed with flocks ; 
 The valleys also are covered over with 
 
 corn ; 
 They shout for joy, they also sing. 
 
 60 For the Chief Musician. A Song, a Psalm. 
 
 1 Make a joyful noise unto God, aU the 
 
 earth : 
 
 2 Sing forth the glory of his name : 
 Make his praise glorious. 
 
 3 Say unto God, How terrible are thy 
 
 works ! 
 Tlirough the greatness of thy power 
 shall thine enemies 12 submit them- 
 selves unto thee. 
 
 4 AU the earth shall worship thee, 
 Aiid shall sing unto thee ; 
 
 They shall sing to thy name. [Selah 
 
 5 Come, and see the works of God; 
 
 He is terriljle in his doing toward the 
 children of men. 
 
 6 He turned the sea into dry land : 
 They went through the river on foot : 
 There i^'did we rejoice in him. 
 
 7 He ruleth by his might for ever ; 
 His eyes observe tlie nations : 
 
 Let not the rebellious exalt them- 
 selves. [Selah 
 
 8 O bless our God, ye peoples, 
 
 And make the voice of his praise to 
 be heard: 
 
 9 Which iiholdeth our soul in life. 
 And stiff ereth not our feet to be moved. 
 
 10 For thou, God, hast proved us : 
 Thou hast tried us, as sUver is tried. 
 
 11 Thou broughtest us into the net ; 
 Thou layedst a sore bm-deii upon our 
 
 loins. 
 
 12 Thou hast caused men to ride over our 
 
 heads ; 
 We went through fire and through 
 
 water ; 
 But thou broughtest us out into 15 a 
 
 wealthy place. 
 13 1 wiU come into thy house with burnt 
 
 offerings, 
 I will pay thee my vows, 
 
 14 Wliich my lips have uttered, 
 
 And my 3nouth hath s^joken, when I 
 was in distress. 
 151 will offer unto thee burnt offerings 
 of fallings, 
 With tlie incense of rams ; 
 I will offer bullocks with goats. [Selah 
 16 Come, and hear, all ye that fear God, 
 
 ■7 Or, /or 
 
 sopre- 
 parest 
 thou 
 
 BHeb. 
 her. 
 '■> Heb. 
 lowerest. 
 
 10 Heb. 
 the year 
 of thy 
 goodness. 
 
 " Or, Tlie 
 pastures 
 ...do 
 drop 
 
 12 Or, 
 
 yield 
 feigned 
 obedi- 
 ence 
 Heb. lie. 
 
 13 Or, let 
 us rejoice 
 
 11 Heb. 
 putteth. 
 
 15 Heb. 
 abund- 
 ance.
 
 68. 25. 
 
 THE PSALMS. 
 
 435 
 
 1 Or, a.1 
 other- 
 wise 
 read, 
 
 h iifh 
 praise 
 wns uti- 
 der nil/ 
 toui/ue 
 
 2 Or, 
 had rf- 
 garded 
 
 3 Or, 
 ujould 
 
 * Heb. 
 Wit?l tfS. 
 
 ^ Or. litre 
 
 thmtlx 
 
 unto 
 
 8 Heb. 
 lead. 
 
 tr'. 
 
 
 7 Heb. 
 
 maketh 
 the soli- 
 tar J/ to 
 dwell in 
 a housi'. 
 
 tU. 
 
 And I will declare wliat he hath done 
 for my sonl. 
 17 I ciicd unto him with my mouth, 
 
 And Uie was extolled with my tongue. 
 IS If I '■iregard iniquity in my heart, 
 
 Tlie Lord ^wiU not hear: 
 19 But verily God hath heard; 
 
 He hath attended to the voice of my 
 prayer. 
 •20 Blessed be God, 
 
 AVhich hath not turned away my 
 prayer, nor his mercy from me. 
 
 Q1 J'"or tlie Chief Musician ; on stringed 
 instruments. A Psalm, a Song. 
 
 1 God he merciful unto us, and bless us. 
 And cause his face to shine "lupon 
 
 us ; [Selali 
 
 •2 That thy way may be known upon 
 earth. 
 Thy saving health among all nations. 
 
 3 Let the peoples ^ praise thee, God ; 
 Let all the i)eoples jiraise thee. 
 
 4 let the nations be glad and sing 
 
 for joy: 
 For thou shalt judge the i>eoples with 
 
 equity, 
 And 6 govern the nations upon 
 
 earth. [Sclali 
 
 5 Let the i^eoples praise thee, God ; 
 Let all the peoples iiraise thee. 
 
 6 The earth hath yielded her increase : 
 God, even our own God, shall bless us. 
 
 7 God shall bless us ; 
 
 And all the ends of the earth shall 
 fear him. 
 
 6S For tlie Chief Musician. A Psahii of 
 David, a Song. 
 
 1 Let God arise, let his enemies be 
 
 scattered ; 
 Let them also that hate him flee be- 
 fore him. 
 
 2 As smoke is driven away, so drive 
 
 them away : 
 As wax melteth before the fire. 
 So let the wicked jierish at the pre- 
 sence of God. 
 3 But let the righteous be glad; let 
 them exult before God : 
 Yea, let them rejoice with gladness. 
 4 Sing unto God, sing praises to his 
 name : 
 Cast up a h igh waiXJor him that ridetli 
 
 through the deserts ; 
 His na.me is ja h; and exult ye be- 
 fore him. 
 .5 A father of the fatherless, and a judge 
 of the widows. 
 Is God in his holy habitation. 
 G God "i setteth t he solitary in fainiliesj 
 He bringetir out ^e prisoners hito 
 
 prosperity : 
 But the i-ebellious dwell in a parelied 
 land. 
 
 7 O God. when thou wentest forth be- 
 fore thy people. 
 When thou didst majfch through the 
 wilderness ; [Selah 
 
 H The earth trembled, 
 The heavens also dropped at the 
 
 presence of God: 
 Kreii yon Sinai U t t)i iU< .J at the pre- 
 sence of Go.l, tlie God of Israel. 
 9 Thou, God, didst send a iilentiful 
 rain, 
 TlioH didst confirm thine inheritance, 
 when it was weary. 
 10 Thy '■'congi-egatio)! dwelt therein: 
 Thou, O God, didst prepare of thy 
 goodness for the poor. 
 11 The Lord giveth the word: 
 
 The women that publish the tidings 
 are a great host. 
 12 Kings of aiinies flee, they flee: 
 
 And she that tarrieth at home divid- 
 eth the spoil. 
 
 13 ^ \\'\W. ye lie among the sheepf olds, 
 ^-l.s' the wings of a dove covered with 
 
 silver. 
 And her pinions with yellow gold? 
 
 14 When the Almighty scattered kings 
 
 thereui, 
 1"/^ %i:as as vhen it snoweth in Zalmon. 
 1.5 ^ niountaui of God is the mountaiii o^ 
 
 Bashan; jibhi^o-uJ mau^tan^. 
 iiAn high mountain -i^^the mountain 
 
 of'Bashan. 
 
 16 Why look ye askance, ye high mount- 
 
 ains, 
 At the mountain which God hath 
 
 desired for his abode ? 
 Yea, the Lokd will dwell in it for ever. 
 
 17 The chariots of God are twejity thou- 
 
 sand, even thousands upon thou- 
 sands : 
 The Lord is among them, i-d.s- in 
 Sinai, in the sanctuary. 
 
 18 Thou hast ascended on high, thou 
 
 hast led tluj cai)tivity captive; 
 Thou hast received gifts among men. 
 Yea, among the rebellious also, that 
 
 i^the Lord God might indwell with 
 
 til em. 
 
 191" Blessed be the Lord, who daily 
 beareth our burden. 
 Even the God who is oiir salva- 
 tion. [Selah 
 "20 God is unto us a God of deUverances ; 
 And unto jehovah the Lord belong 
 the issues from death. 
 ■21 But God shall smite thi-ough the head 
 of his enemies. 
 The haii-y seal}) of such an one as 
 goeth on still in his giiiltiness. 
 
 22 The Lord said, I will bring again 
 
 from Bashan, 
 I will bring them again from the 
 depths of the sea : 
 
 23 That thou mayest dij) thy foot in blood. 
 That the tongue of thy dogs may have 
 
 its portion from thine enemies. 
 
 24 They have seen thy goings, God, 
 Even the goings of my God, my King, 
 
 ifi into the sanctuaiy. 
 
 25 The singers went before, the minstrels 
 
 followed after, 
 
 jat^oL 
 
 8 Or, 
 troop 
 
 Tiey^ (Ifeb^ 
 
 When ye 
 lie a- 
 mongthc 
 sherj>- 
 /ohls. it 
 i3 as the 
 
 . . . g')ld. 
 
 10 Or, It 
 
 snotved 
 
 11 Heb. -4 
 
 moiuit- 
 (liJi of 
 
 12 Or, 
 ^iivxi is 
 in the 
 sayictu- 
 ary 
 
 13 Heb. 
 Jah. 
 
 See 
 ver. 4. 
 
 liOr. 
 
 dweXt 
 there 
 15 Or, 
 DUssed 
 be the 
 Lord day 
 by day : 
 if one 
 op^yress- 
 eth us, 
 God is 
 our saJv- 
 ation 
 
 16 Or. 
 in the 
 sanc- 
 tuary 
 Or, in 
 holiness
 
 436 
 
 THE PSALMS. 
 
 68. 25. 
 
 on 
 
 iJtlisP 
 
 '%. 
 
 lOr. 
 company 
 
 2 Or, Be 
 strong, 
 O aod, 
 thouthat 
 hast &c. 
 
 3 Or, 
 hast 
 wrought 
 for us 
 out of 
 thy tem- 
 ple. Unto 
 Jerusa- 
 lem i-c. 
 <0r, 
 Every 
 one sub- 
 muting 
 hbnaelf 
 with 
 pieces of 
 silver 
 
 5 Or, as 
 other- 
 wise 
 reail. 
 Scatter 
 thou 
 OHeb. 
 Cush. 
 
 7 Or, 
 Terrible 
 is God 
 
 8 That is, 
 Lilies. 
 
 f>Heb. 
 falsely, 
 
 MOr, 
 had to 
 restore 
 
 11 Heb. 
 guilti- 
 nesses. 
 
 lu the midst of the damsels playing 
 
 with timbrels. 
 26 Bless ye God in the congregations, 
 Even the Lord, ye that nre of the 
 
 fountain of Israel. 
 7 There is little Benjamin their ruler, 
 The princes of Judah and their 
 
 1 council, 
 The princes of Zehulun, the princes 
 
 of Nai^htali. 
 
 28 Thy God hath commanded thy strength : 
 2 Strengthen, O God, that which thou 
 
 3 hast wrought for us. 
 
 29 Because of thy temple at Jerusalem 
 Kings shall bring i)resents unto thee. 
 
 30 Rebuke the wild beast of the reeds. 
 The multitude of the bulls, with the 
 
 calves of the peoples, 
 ■* Trampling under foot the pieces of 
 
 silver ; 
 ^He hath scattered the iieoj)les that 
 
 delight in war. 
 
 31 Princes shall come out of Egypt; 
 
 6 Ethiopia shall haste to stretch out 
 her hands unto God. 
 
 32 Sing unto God, ye kingdoms of the 
 
 earth ; 
 O sing praises unto the Lord ; [Selah 
 
 33 To him that rideth upon the heavens 
 
 of heavens, which are of old; 
 Lo, he uttereth his voice, and that a 
 mighty voice. 
 
 34 Ascribe ye strength unto God : 
 His excellency is over Israel, 
 And his strength is in the skies. 
 
 35^0 God, thou art temble out of thy 
 
 holy places : 
 The God of Israel, he giveth strength 
 
 and power unto his people. 
 Blessed be God. 
 
 69 
 
 For the Cliief Musician; set to 
 sShoshannim. A Psalm of David. 
 
 1 Save me, God ; 
 For the waters are come in unto my 
 soul. 
 21 sink ui deep mire, where there is 
 no standing : 
 I am come into deep waters, where 
 the floods overflow me. 
 3 1 am weary with my crying ; my throat 
 is dried : 
 Mine eyes fail while I wait for my 
 God. 
 4 They that hate me without a cause are 
 more than the hairs of mine head : 
 They that woiild cut me off, bemg mine 
 
 enemies '•• wrongfully, are mighty : 
 Then I lo restored that which I took not 
 away. 
 6 O God, thou knowest my foolishness ; 
 And my "sins are not hid from thee. 
 6 Let not them that wait on thee be 
 ashamed through me, Lord Gon 
 of hosts : 
 Let not those that seek thee be 
 brought to dishonour through me, 
 God of Israel. 
 
 7 Because for thy sake I have borne 
 reproach ; 
 Shame hath covered my face. 
 8 1 am become a stranger unto my breth- 
 ren. 
 And an alien unto my mother's child- 
 ren. 
 9 For the zeal of thine house hath eaten 
 me up ; 
 And the reproaches of them that 
 reproach thee are fallen upon me. 
 
 10 When I wept, and chastened my soul 
 
 with fasting. 
 That was to my reproach. 
 
 11 When I made sackcloth my clothing, 
 I became a proverb unto them. 
 
 12 They that sit in the gate talk of me ; 
 And / am the song of the di-unkards. 
 
 13 But as for me, my prayer is unto thee, 
 
 Lord, in an acceptable time: 
 
 O God, m the multitude of thy mercy, 
 Answer me in the truth of thy salvation. 
 
 14 Deliver me out of the mire, and let me 
 
 not sink : 
 Let me be delivered from them that 
 hate me, and out of the deep waters. 
 
 15 Let not the waterflood overwhelm me. 
 Neither let the deep swallow me up ; 
 And let not the pit shut her mouth 
 
 upon me. 
 
 16 Answer me, Lokd ; for thy loving- 
 
 kindness is good : 
 Accorduig to the multitude of thy 
 tender mercies turn thou unto me. 
 
 17 And hide not thy face from thy serv- 
 
 ant; 
 For I am in distress; answer me 
 speedily. 
 
 18 Draw nigh unto my soul, and redeem 
 
 it: 
 Eansom me because of mine enemies. 
 
 19 Thou knowest my reproach, and my 
 
 shame, and my dishonour : 
 Mine adversaries are all before thee. 
 
 20 Reproach hath broken my heart ; and 
 
 1 am 12 full of heaviness: 
 
 And I looked for some to take pity, 
 
 but there was none ; 
 And for comforters, but I fomid none. 
 
 21 They gave me also i^gall for my meat ; 
 And in my thirst they gave me vine- 
 gar to drink. 
 
 22 Let their table before them become a 
 
 snare ; 
 And when they are in peace, let it 
 become a trap. 
 
 23 Let theii' eyes be darkened, that they 
 
 see not ; 
 And make their IcIiS continually to 
 shake. 
 
 24 Pour out thine indignation upon them. 
 And let the fierceness of thine anger 
 
 overtake them. 
 25 Let their i-i habitation be desolate; 
 
 Let none dwell in their tents. 
 26 For they persecute him whom thou 
 hast smitten ; 
 And they tell of the 1= sorrow of those 
 whom thou hast wounded. 
 
 12 Or, 
 sore sick 
 
 i"See 
 Dent, 
 xxix. 18. 
 
 "Or, 
 encamp- 
 ment 
 
 15 Or, 
 pain
 
 71. 24. 
 
 THE PSALMS. 
 
 1 Or, the 
 
 Uoi'iig 
 
 " Or, in 
 
 imin 
 
 3 Or, to 
 make 
 memor- 
 ial 
 
 4 See 
 Ps. xl. 
 13—17, 
 
 sOr, 
 for a re- 
 Loard of 
 
 ti See 
 I's. xxxi. 
 
 "Ac- 
 cording 
 to some 
 ancient 
 author- 
 ities, 
 a strmig 
 rork, 
 where- 
 unto d-e. 
 
 27 Add iniquity unto tlieir iiiicniity : 
 Aiid let them not come into thy riglit- 
 eousness. 
 '28 Let them be blotted out of the book of 
 iJife, 
 And not be written with the righteous. 
 29 But I am i)oor and ^ sorrowful : 
 
 Let thy sahatioii, O God, set me uj) 
 on high. 
 30 1 will praise the name of God with a 
 song, 
 Aiid will magnify him with thanks- 
 giving. 
 
 31 And it shall please the Lohd better 
 
 than an ox. 
 Or a bullock that hath horns and hoofs. 
 
 32 The meek have seen it, and are glad : 
 Ye that seek after God, let your heart 
 
 live. 
 
 33 For the Lokd heareth the needy. 
 And despiseth not his prisoners. 
 
 34 Let heaven and earth praise hiiu. 
 The seas, and every thing tliat moveth 
 
 therein. 
 
 35 For God wiU save Zion, and build the 
 
 cities of Judah ; 
 And they shall abide there, and have 
 it in possession. 
 
 36 The seed also of his servants shall 
 
 inherit it ; 
 Aiid they that love his name shall 
 dwell therein. 
 
 70 For the Chief Musician. A Psalm of David ; 
 3 to bring to remembrance. 
 l^Muke haste, God, to deliver me; 
 Make haste to help me, Lokd. 
 
 2 Let them be ashamed and confounded 
 That seek after my soul : 
 
 Let them be tm-ued backward and 
 
 brought to dishonour 
 That delight in my hurt. 
 
 3 Let them be tui-ned back ^by reason 
 
 of their shame 
 That say. Aha, Aha. 
 
 4 Let all those that seek thee rejoice 
 
 and be glad in thee ; 
 And let such as love thy salvation say 
 
 contmually. 
 Let God be magniiied. 
 
 5 But I am poor and needy ; 
 Make haste unto me, O God : 
 Thou art my help and my deliverer ; 
 Lord, make no tarrying. 
 
 T'l^'In thee, Lord, do I put my trust: 
 Let me never be ashamed. 
 
 2 Deliver me in thy righteousness, and 
 
 rescue me : 
 Bow "flown i' '46 ear unto me, and 
 save me. 
 
 3 Be thou to me ''a rock of habitation, 
 
 whereunto I may continually resort: 
 Thou hast given commaiidinent to 
 
 save me ; 
 For thou art my rock and my fortress. 
 
 4 Rescue me, O my God, out of the 
 
 hand of the wicked. 
 Out of the hand of the unrighteous 
 and cruel man. 
 
 5 For thou art my hope, O Lord God : 
 
 'f/niu ubi ' l my trust from my youth, 
 (i By thee have I been holden up from 
 the womb: 
 ** Thou art he that took lue out of my 
 
 mother's bowels: 
 My praise shall be continually of thee. 
 
 7 I iim as a wonder unto many ; 
 But thou art my strong refuge. 
 
 8 My mouth shall be tilled with thy 
 
 jn-aise, 
 And with thy honour all the day. 
 
 9 Cast me not off in the time of old age ; 
 Forsake me not when my strength 
 
 faileth. 
 
 10 For mine enemies si>eak concerning me ; 
 And they that watch for my soul take 
 
 counsel together, 
 
 11 Saying, God hath forsaken hun : 
 Pursue and take him; for there is 
 
 none to deliver. 
 
 12 O God, be not far from me : 
 
 my God, make haste to help me. 
 
 13 Let them be ashamed and consumed 
 
 that are adversaries to my soul ; 
 Let them be covered with rei^roach 
 and dishonour that seek my hurt. 
 
 14 But I will hope continually, 
 
 And will praise thee yet more and 
 more. 
 
 15 My mouth shall tell of thy righteous- 
 
 ness, 
 *4W of thy salvation aU the day ; 
 For I know not the numbers thereof. 
 IGI will come 9 with the mighty acts of 
 
 the Lord God : 
 
 1 wiU make mention of thy righteous- 
 ness, even of thine only. 
 
 17 God, thou hast taught me from my 
 youth ; 
 And hitherto have I declared thy 
 wondi-ous works. 
 IS Yea, even lOwhen I am old and gray- 
 headed, O God, forsake me not ; 
 Until I have declared ^thy strength 
 
 unto the next generation. 
 Thy might to every one that is to come. 
 
 19 Thy righteousness also, God, is veiy 
 
 liigh; 
 Thou who hast done great things, 
 God, who is like unto thee '! 
 
 20 Thou, which hast shewed ^-us many 
 
 and sore troubles, 
 Shalt quicken 12 us agaui. 
 And shalt bring 12 us u]3 agaui from the 
 
 depths of the earth. 
 
 21 Increase thou my greatness. 
 And tm'n again and comfort me. 
 
 22 1 will also praise thee ■ndth the psalteiy, 
 Even thy truth, my God: 
 Unto thee wiU I sing jjraises with the 
 
 harj}, 
 O thou Holy One of Israel. 
 
 23 My hps shall greatly rejoice when I 
 
 sing praises unto thee ; 
 And my soul, which thou hast re- 
 deemed. 
 
 24 My tongue also shall talk of thy right- 
 
 eousness all the day long : 
 
 437 
 
 8 Or, 
 Thou 
 haitt been 
 mif bene- 
 factor 
 from ic. 
 
 9 Or, 
 in the 
 strength 
 
 10 Heb. 
 unto old 
 age and 
 gray 
 hairs. 
 
 n Heb. 
 
 thine 
 arm. 
 
 12 An- 
 other 
 reading 
 is, me.
 
 438 
 
 THE PSALMS. 
 
 71. 24. 
 
 lOr. 
 Let him 
 ami so 
 tlircu^'Ii- 
 oiit the 
 Ttalm. 
 
 2 Heb. 
 be:'ore 
 trie 
 moon. 
 
 a See 
 Excd. 
 xxiii. 31. 
 
 4 Or, 
 
 ret'der 
 tribute 
 
 'Or, 
 Only 
 good is 
 God 
 
 2 Or, 
 foots 
 
 3 Or, 
 pangs 
 
 4Heb. 
 
 in the 
 trouble 
 of men. 
 
 5 Or, The 
 imagin- 
 ations 
 of their 
 heart 
 overflow 
 
 6 Or, 
 frotn on 
 high 
 
 For they sre ashamed, for they are 
 coiifovinded, that seek my hm-t. 
 
 Y2 A Psalm of Solomon. 
 
 1 Give the kiiig thy judgements, God, 
 Aiid thy righteousness unto the king's 
 son. 
 21 He shall judge tliy people with right- 
 eousness. 
 And thy poor with judgement. 
 
 3 The mountains shall bring peace to 
 
 the i)eoi>le, 
 And the hiUs, in righteousness. 
 
 4 He shall judge the poor of the people, 
 He shall save the childi-en of the iiee<ly, 
 And shall break in jneces the op- 
 pressor. 
 
 5 They shall fear thee while the sun 
 
 endureth, 
 And '■^so long as the moon, throughout 
 all generations. 
 
 6 He shall come down like rain upon the 
 
 mown grass: 
 As showers that water the earth. 
 
 7 In his days shall the righteous flourish; 
 And abundance of peace, till the moon 
 
 be no more. 
 
 8 He shall have dominion also from sea 
 
 to sea, 
 And from ^ the Elver unto the ends of 
 the earth. 
 
 9 They that dwell in the wilderness 
 
 shall bow before Iiim ; 
 And his enemies shall lick the dust. 
 
 10 The kings of Tarshish and of the isles 
 
 shall * bring presents: 
 The kings of Sheba and Seba shall 
 offer gifts. 
 
 11 Yea, aU kings shall fall down before 
 
 him: 
 
 All nations shall serve him. 
 12 For he shall deliver the needy when 
 he crieth ; 
 And the poor, •'' that hath no helper. 
 l.SHe shall have pity on the Spoor and 
 needy. 
 And the souls of the needy he shall save. 
 
 14 He shall redeem their soul from ' op- 
 
 pression and violence ; 
 And precious shall their blood be in 
 his sight : 
 
 15 And ^they shall live ; and to him shall 
 
 be given of the gold of Sheba: 
 And men shall pray for him cuntinu- 
 
 ally ; 
 8 They shall bless him all the daylong. 
 
 16 There shall be « abundance of corn 
 
 in the inearth upon the top of the 
 
 mc)untains ; 
 The fruit thereof shall shake like 
 
 Lebanon : 
 And they of the city shall flourish like 
 
 grass of the earth. 
 
 17 His name shall endure for ever; 
 
 His name shall "be continued I'^as 
 
 long as the sun : 
 And men shall i^be blessed in him; 
 All nations shall call him happy. 
 
 18 Blessed be the Lokd God, the God of 
 
 Israel, 
 
 Who only doeth wondrous things : 
 1'.) And blessed be his glorious name for- 
 ever ; 
 
 And let the whole earth be filled with 
 his glory. 
 
 Amen, and Amen. 
 
 20 The iirayors of David the son of .Jesse are 
 ended. 
 
 BOOK III. 
 
 73 
 
 A I'salm of Asaph. 
 
 1 1 Siu'ely God is good to Israel, 
 Even to such as are pure in heart. 
 
 2 But as for me, my feet were almost 
 
 gone; 
 My steals had well nigh slipped. 
 
 3 For I was envious at the ^ arrogant, 
 "When I saw the prosperity of the 
 
 wicked. 
 
 4 For there are no •''bands in their death: 
 But their strength is firm. 
 
 5 They are not ^in trouble as other men ; 
 Neither are they plagued like other 
 
 men. 
 
 6 Therefore pride is as a chain about 
 
 their neck ; 
 Violence covereth them as a garment. 
 
 7 Their eyes stand out with fatness : 
 
 5 They have more than heart could 
 wisli. 
 
 8 They scoff, and in wickedness utter 
 
 oppression : 
 They speak 6 loftily. 
 
 their mouth '?in the 
 
 s Or, and 
 hiyn that 
 hath 
 
 6 Or, 
 Vfcak 
 
 7 Or, 
 fraud 
 
 « Or. he 
 
 9 Or, an 
 handful 
 
 10 Or, 
 land 
 
 a Or, 
 have 
 istrue 
 12 Heb. 
 before 
 the suti, 
 
 i^Or, 
 blcas 
 thfin- 
 selves 
 
 9 They have set 
 heavens. 
 
 And their tongue walketh through the 
 earth. 
 
 10 Therefore ^his people return hither: 
 And waters of a fuU cnji are '-'wrung, 
 
 out by them. 
 
 11 And they say. How doth God know? 
 And is there knowledge in the Most 
 
 High? 
 
 12 Behold, these are the wicked ; 
 
 And, being alway at ease, they in- 
 crease in riches. _- 
 
 13 Surely in vain have I cleansedmy heart, 
 And washed my hands in innocency ; 
 
 14 For all the day long have I been 
 
 plagued. 
 And 10 chastened every mornmg. 
 
 15 If I had said, I will speak thus ; 
 Behold, I had dealt treacherously with 
 
 the generation of thy children. 
 
 16 When I thought how I might know 
 
 this, 
 11 It was too painful for me ; 
 
 7 Or. 
 against 
 
 8 An other 
 reafliiig 
 is, he 
 will 
 brim/ 
 back his 
 people. 
 
 9 Or, 
 dvained 
 
 10 Heb. 
 iny (-has- 
 tisnnent 
 vas. 
 
 11 Heb. 
 It was 
 labour 
 in ynine 
 eyes.
 
 75. 6. 
 
 TITE PSALMS. 
 
 439 
 
 1 Hell. 
 ridns. 
 
 2 Or, 1)1 
 the city 
 
 'Heb. 
 
 was in a 
 fcrmt'itt. 
 
 ^ Or, am 
 
 5 Heb. 
 icith 
 
 with 
 
 ^Or, 
 with 
 thee 
 
 * Heb. 
 roek. 
 
 Or. The 
 enemif 
 hath 
 wrough t 
 all evil 
 
 10 Or, 
 made 
 them- 
 selves 
 known 
 
 11 Or, 
 
 places of 
 assembly 
 
 17 Until I went into the sanctuary of God, 
 And considered their latter end. 
 
 18 Surely thou yettest theia in slijipery 
 
 l)lacos : 
 Tliou easiest them down to 'de- 
 struction. 
 
 19 How are they become a desolation in 
 
 a moment ! 
 They are utterly consumed with terrors. 
 
 20 As a dream when one awuketh ; 
 
 So, Lord, ^ when thou awakest, thou 
 shalt despise their image. 
 
 21 For my he.art ■''was grieved. 
 And I was pricked in my reins : 
 
 22 So brutish *was I, and ignorant; , 
 
 I was as a beast ^ before thee, ot: pi<, 
 23Nevertireless I ana continually with 
 thee : 
 
 Tliou hast holden my right hand. 
 2-1 Thou shalt guide me with thy counsel, 
 
 And afterward receive me i^to glory. 
 
 25 Whom have I in heaven hut ther '.' 
 And there is none upon earth that I 
 
 desire ' beside thee. 
 
 26 My flesh and my heart f ailetli : 
 
 But God is the >* strength of my beai't 
 and my portion for ever. 
 
 27 For, lo, they that are far from thee 
 
 shall perish : 
 Thou hast destroyed all them that go 
 a whoring from thee. 
 
 28 But it is good for me to draw near 
 
 unto God: 
 I have made the Lord God my refuge, 
 That I may tell of all thy works. 
 
 Y4 Mascliil of As.apli. 
 
 1 God, wlij' hast thou cast us off for 
 
 ever ? 
 Why doth thine anger smoke agauist 
 the sheep of thy pasture ? 
 
 2 Remember thy congi-egation, which 
 
 thou hast purchased of old, 
 Which thou hast redeemed to be the 
 
 tribe of thine inheritance ; 
 And momit Zion, wherein thou hast 
 
 dwelt. 
 
 3 Lift up thy feet unto the perpetual 
 
 ruins, 
 "All the evil that the enemy hath done 
 
 in the sanctuary. 
 1 Thine adversaries have roared in the 
 
 midst of thine assembly ; 
 They have set up their ensignsf or signs. 
 
 5 They i*^ seemed as men that lifted up 
 Axes upon a thicket of trees. 
 
 6 And now aU the carved work thereof 
 
 together 
 They break down with hatchet and 
 hammers. 
 
 7 They have set thy sanctuary on fire ; 
 They have profaned the dwelling place 
 
 of thy name even to the ground. 
 
 8 They said in their heart. Let us make 
 
 havoc of them altogether : 
 They have burned up all the n syna- 
 gogues of God in the land. 
 
 9 We see not our signs : 
 
 There is no more any prophet ; 
 
 Neither is there among us any that 
 
 knoweth how long. 
 
 10 How long, O God, sliall the adversary 
 
 reproach ? 
 Sliall the enemy blaspheme thy name 
 for ever? 
 
 11 Why drawest thou back thy liand. 
 
 even thy right band? 
 Pluck i t out of thy bosom* OTft^ con- 
 sume ///em. ' 
 
 12 Yet God is my Kmg of old, 
 Working salvation in the midst of the 
 
 earth. c/ravc 
 
 13 Thou didst i'^ divide the sea by thy 
 z. strength : 
 
 ^ Thou brakest the heads of the i'' drag- 
 ons in the waters. 
 
 14 Thou brakest the heads of leviathan 
 
 in pieces, 
 Thou gavest him to be meat to the 
 people inbabiting the wilderness. 
 1.1 Thou didst cleave fountain and flood: 
 
 Thou driedst up i^ mighty rivers. 
 IC) The day is thine, the night also is 
 thine : 
 Thou hast prepared the i^ light and 
 the sun. 
 
 17 Thou hast set all the borders of the 
 
 earth : 
 Thou hast made summer and winter. 
 
 18 Remember this, that the enemy i^hath 
 
 reproached, Lord, 
 And that a foolish peojile have blas- 
 phemed thy name. 
 
 19 deliver not i'' the soul of thy tui'tle- 
 
 dove unto the wild beast: 
 Forget not the i" life of thy poor for ever. 
 
 20 Have respect unto the covenant : 
 For the dark places of the i'' earth are 
 
 full of the habitations of violence. 
 21 let not the oppressed retui'u a- 
 shamed : 
 Let the poor and needy ijraise thy name. 
 
 22 Arise, O God, plead thine own cause } 
 Remember how the foolish man re- 
 
 proacheth thee all the day. 
 
 23 Forget not the voice of thine ad- 
 
 versaries : 
 The tumult of those that rise up 
 against thee 20 ascendeth contiimaUy. 
 
 15 For the Cliief Musician ; xct lo .\I-t9shl1eth. 
 
 A Psalm of Asajili, a .Song. . 
 
 1 We give thaiiks unto thee, O God ; 
 We give thanks, 21 for thy name is near: 
 Men tell of thy wondroi;s works. 
 
 2 When I shall '-^find the set time, 
 I will judge uprightly. 
 
 3 -3 The earth and all the inhabitants 
 thereof are dissolved : 
 I have 2^ set up the pillars of it. [Selah 
 41 said unto the '-^^ arrogant. Deal not 
 arrogantly : 
 And to the wicked. Lift not up the 
 horn : 
 
 5 Lift not up youi' horn on high ; 
 -'^ Speak not with a stiff neck. 
 
 6 For neither from the east, nor from 
 
 the west. 
 
 /or: A 
 
 12 Ileb. 
 brea/c 
 up. 
 
 13 Or. 
 sea- 
 ■mo?iiters 
 
 11 Or, 
 ever- 
 fiowing 
 
 15 Heb. 
 lumiH' 
 ary. 
 
 16 Or, 
 hath re- 
 proach- 
 ed the 
 LOSH 
 
 1" Or, th^ 
 turtlC' 
 dove 
 imto tlte- 
 greedy 
 multi- 
 tude 
 18 Or. 
 ynulti- 
 tude 
 lyOr, 
 land 
 
 20 Or, 
 which 
 ascend- 
 eth 
 
 21 Or, 
 
 /or that 
 thy 
 name 
 is near 
 thy woii- 
 droj!S 
 tf'orls 
 declare 
 
 22 Heb. 
 take. 
 
 23 Or. 
 When 
 
 the earth 
 ..I 
 set up 
 2i Heb. 
 propor- 
 tioned. 
 
 25 Or, 
 
 fools 
 
 26 Or, 
 Speak 
 not in- 
 solently 
 with It 
 haujility 
 neck 

 
 440 
 
 THE PSALMS. 
 
 75. 6. 
 
 lOr, 
 
 from the 
 wilder- 
 ness of 
 mount- 
 ains, 
 Cometh 
 judge- 
 ment 
 2Heb. 
 wilder- 
 ness. 
 
 3 Or, 
 is red 
 
 4 Or, 
 
 drain 
 
 J<.ury 
 
 sOr, 
 covert 
 s Or, lair 
 7 Or, 
 
 shafts 
 
 Or, 
 
 light- 
 
 Tiinf/s 
 
 »0r, 
 
 inore 
 
 than 
 
 •J Or, 
 restrain 
 
 10 Or, 
 fainteth 
 
 Nor yet ifroui the 2 south, cometh lift- 
 ing up. 
 
 7 But God is the judge : 
 
 He putteth down one, and lifteth up 
 another. 
 
 8 For in the hand of the Lord there is 
 
 a cup, and the wine ^foameth ; 
 It is full of mixture, and he poiu'eth 
 
 out of the same : 
 Surely the dregs thereof, aU the wicked 
 
 of the earth shall * wring them out, 
 
 and di'ink them. 
 
 9 But I wiU declare for ever, 
 
 I wUl sing praises to the God of Jacob. 
 10 All the horns of the wicked also will I 
 
 cut off ; 
 But the horns of the righteous shall 
 
 be lifted up. 
 
 "76 For the Chief Musician ; on stringed 
 , instruments. A Psalm of Asapli, a Song. 
 
 1 In Judah is God known : 
 His name is great in Israel. 
 
 2 In Salem also is his ^ tabernacle, 
 And his 6 dwelling ])lace in Zion. 
 
 3 There he brake the ^arrows of the bov,' ; 
 The shield, and the sword, and the 
 
 battle. [Selah 
 
 4 Glorious art thou and excellent, ^from 
 
 the mountains of prey. 
 
 5 The stouthearted are spoiled, they 
 
 have slept then- sleep ; 
 And none of the men of might have 
 found their hands. 
 
 6 At thy rebuke, God of Jacob, 
 Both chariot and horse are cast into a 
 
 dead sleeji. 
 
 7 Thou, even thou, art to be feared : 
 And who may stand in thy sight when 
 
 once thou art angiy ? 
 
 8 Thou didst cause sentence to be heard 
 
 from heaven ; 
 The earth feared, and was stUl, 
 
 9 When God arose to judgement. 
 
 To save all the meek of the earth. [Selah 
 
 10 Surely the wrath of man shall praise 
 
 thee: 
 The residue of wrath shalt thou 9 gird 
 upon thee. 
 
 11 Vow, and i^ay unto the Lord your God : 
 Let all that be round about him bring 
 
 presents imto him that ought to be 
 feared. 
 
 12 He shall cut off the spirit of prmces : 
 He is terrible to the kings of the earth. 
 
 77 For the Chief Musician ; after the manner 
 of Jeduthun. A I'salm of Asaph. 
 1 1 will cry unto God with my voice ; 
 Even unto God with my voice, and he 
 wiU give ear unto me. 
 2 In the day of my trouble I sought the 
 Lord : 
 My hand was stretched out in the 
 
 night, and slacked not ; 
 My soul refused to be comforted. 
 3 1 remember God, and am disquieted : 
 I complain, and my spirit i^is over- 
 whelmed. [Selah 
 4 Thou boldest mine eyes watching : 
 
 I am so troubled that I cannot speak. 
 5 1 have considered the days of old. 
 
 The years of ancient times. 
 (5 1 call to remembrance my song in the 
 night : 
 
 I commune with mine own heart ; 
 
 And my spirit made diligent search. 
 
 7 WiU the Lord cast off for ever? 
 And will he be favourable no more ? 
 
 8 Is his mercy clean gone for ever ? 
 Doth his ijromise fail for evermore ? 
 
 9 Hath God forgotten to be gracious ? 
 Hath he in anger shut up his tender 
 
 mercies ? [Selah 
 
 10 And I said. This is my infirmity; 
 ^^ But I will rememher the years of the 
 right hand of the Most High. 
 Ill will make mention of the deeds of 
 12 the Lord; 
 For IwOl remember thy wonders of old. 
 12 1 wUl meditate also upon aU thy work, 
 And muse on thy doings. 
 
 13 Thy way, God, is i^in the sanctuary : 
 Who is a great god like vuito God ? 
 
 14 Thou art the God that doest wonders : 
 Thou hast made known thy strength 
 
 among the peojjles. 
 
 15 Thou hast with thuie arm redeemed 
 
 thy people. 
 The sous of Jacob and Joseph. [Selah 
 
 16 The waters saw thee, God ; 
 
 The waters saw thee, they i"* were afraid : 
 The dei^ths also trembled. 
 
 17 The clouds poured out water ; 
 The skies sent out a sound : 
 Thine arrows also went abroad. 
 
 18 The voice of thy thunder was in the 
 
 whirlwind ; 
 The lightnings lightened the v/orld : 
 The earth trembled and shook. 
 
 19 Thy way was m the sea. 
 
 And thy paths in the great waters. 
 And thy footsteps were not known. 
 
 20 Thou leddest thy j)eople like a flock, 
 By the hand of Moses and Aaron. 
 
 78 
 
 Mascliil of Asaph. 
 
 1 Give ear, my iJeople, to my is law: 
 Incline your ears to the words of my 
 mouth. 
 
 2 1 wiU open my mouth in a parable ; 
 I wUl utter dark sayings of old : 
 
 3 Which we have heard and known, 
 And our fathers have told us. 
 
 4 We wUl not hide them from their 
 
 children, 
 TeUing to the generation to come the 
 
 praises of the Lord, 
 And his strength, and his wondrous 
 
 works that he hath done. 
 
 5 For he estabhshed a testimony in 
 
 Jacob, 
 And appointed a law in Israel, 
 Which he conunanded our fathers, 
 That they should make them known 
 
 to their chUdi-en : 
 t) That the generation to come might 
 
 know llieta, even the chUdreu which 
 
 should be born ; 
 
 nor, 
 That the 
 right 
 hand of 
 the Most 
 High 
 doth 
 change 
 
 12 Heb. 
 J ah. 
 
 13 Or, in 
 holiyiess 
 
 "Or, 
 were in 
 pain 
 
 15 Or, 
 teaching
 
 78. 48. 
 
 THE PSALMS. 
 
 441 
 
 and tell thevi to 
 
 lOr, 
 
 that pre- 
 jHired 
 not their 
 heart 
 
 2 Or, 
 
 a dry 
 lutni 
 
 3 Or, 
 
 Every 
 one 
 4Heb. 
 led forth 
 the east 
 wind. 
 
 Who should ariye 
 
 tlicir children ; 
 7 That thoy might sot their hope, in 
 
 (iod, 
 And not forget the works of God, 
 But keep his commandments: 
 H And might not bo as their fathers, 
 A stubborn and rebellious generation ; 
 A generation i that set not their heart 
 
 aright. 
 And whose spirit was not stedfast 
 
 with (rod. 
 '.I The children of Ephraim, being armed 
 
 and carrying bows, 
 Turned back in the day of battle. 
 
 10 They kept not the covenant of God, 
 And refused to walk in his law ; 
 
 11 And they forgat his doings. 
 
 And his wondi-ous works that he had 
 shewed them. 
 
 12 Marvellous things did he in the sight 
 
 of their fathers, 
 In the land of Egyiit, in the field of 
 Zoan. 
 
 13 He clave the sea, and caused them to 
 
 pass through ; 
 Aiid he made the waters to stand as an 
 heap. 
 li In the day-time also lie led them with 
 a cloud, 
 And all the night with a light of fire. 
 
 15 He clave rocks in the wilderness. 
 And gave them drink abundantly as 
 
 out of the depths. 
 
 16 He brought streams also out of the 
 
 rock. 
 And caused waters to run down like 
 rivers. 
 
 17 Yet went they on stUl to sin against 
 
 him, 
 To rebel against the Most High in ^ the 
 desert. 
 
 18 And they tempted God in their heart 
 By asking meat for their lust. 
 
 19 Yea, they spake against God ; 
 
 They said. Can God prepare a table in 
 the v/ilderness ? 
 '20 Behold, he smote the rock, that waters 
 gushed out, 
 And streams overflowed ; 
 Can he give bread also ? 
 Will he provide flesh for his people? 
 •21 Therefore the Lord heard, and was 
 wroth : 
 And a tire was kindled against Jacob, 
 Aiid anger also went up against Israel ; 
 '22 Because they believed not in God, 
 And trusted not in his salvation. 
 
 23 Yet he commanded the skies above. 
 And opened the doors of heaven ; 
 
 24 And he rained down manna upon 
 
 them to eat. 
 And gave them of the corn of heaven. 
 
 25 " ]\Ian did eat the bread of the mighty : 
 He sent them meat to the full. 
 
 26 He ^caused the east wind to blow in 
 
 the heaven : 
 And by his power he guided the south 
 wind. 
 
 27 He rained flesh also upon them as the 
 
 dust. 
 And winged fowl as the sand of the seas : 
 
 28 And he let it fall in the midst (if their 
 
 ciimp. 
 Round about their ha1)itations. 
 2'.) So tlu'v did eat, and W(n'(! well fiUed; 
 And he gave them that they lusted 
 
 after. 
 
 30 They were not estranged from their 
 
 lust, 
 Their moat was yet in their mouths, 
 
 31 When the anger of (iod went up 
 
 against them. 
 And slew of the fattest of them, 
 And smote down the yoiuig men of 
 
 Israel. 
 
 32 For all this they sinned still. 
 
 And believed not in his wondrous works. 
 
 33 Therefore their days did he consume 
 
 in vanity. 
 And their years in terror. 
 
 34 When he slew them, then they in- 
 
 fiuircd after him : 
 And they returned and sought God 
 5 early. 
 
 35 And they remembered that God was 
 
 their rock. 
 And the Most High God their redeemer. 
 
 36 But they flattered him witli their 
 
 mouth. 
 And lied unto him with their tongue. 
 
 37 For their heart was not " right witl i him. 
 Neither were they faithful in his cov- 
 enant. 
 
 38 But he, being full of compassion, for- 
 
 gave their iniquity, and destroyed 
 
 them not: 
 Yea, many a time turned he his anger 
 
 away. 
 And did not stir up all his wrath. 
 
 39 And he remembered that they were 
 
 but flesh ; 
 A wind that passeth away, and cometli 
 not again. 
 
 40 How oft did they rebel against him in 
 
 the wilderness, 
 Aiid grieve him in the desert! 
 
 41 And they turned again and tempted 
 
 (iod. 
 And 'provoked the Holy One of Israel. 
 
 42 They remembered not his hand. 
 
 Nor the day when he redeemed them 
 from the adversary. 
 
 43 How he set his signs in Egypt, 
 
 And his wonders in the field of Zoan ; 
 
 44 And tm'iied their rivers into blood. 
 And their streams, that they could | 
 
 not drink. 
 
 45 He sent among them swarms of flies, i 
 
 which devoured them ; | 
 
 And frogs, which destroyed them. 
 
 46 He gave also their increase unto the 
 
 caterpUler, 
 I And their labour unto the locust. 
 
 47 He 8 destroyed their vines with hail. 
 And their sycomore trees with ^ frost. 
 
 48 He gave over their cattle also to the liaU, 
 And their flocks to hot thunderbolts. 
 
 5 Or. 
 
 earnest- 
 
 ly 
 
 «0r. 
 stedfast 
 
 7 Or, 
 
 liniite i 
 
 8 Het>. 
 killed. 
 
 9 Or, 
 great 
 hail- 
 stones
 
 442 
 
 THE PSALMS. 
 
 78. 49. 
 
 1 Heb. A 
 
 sending. 
 
 2 Heb. 
 levelled. 
 
 3 Or, 
 their 
 beasts 
 to the 
 murrain 
 
 4 Heb. 
 hegin- 
 nina. 
 See Deut 
 xxL 17. 
 
 5 Or, 
 his holy 
 border 
 
 6 Or, 
 mount- 
 ain 
 land 
 
 49 He cast ugon them the fierceness of 
 
 his auger, 
 Wrath, and indignation, and trouble, 
 1 A band of angels of evil. 
 
 50 He 2 made a path for his anger ; 
 
 He spared not their soul from death, 
 But gave '^theu- life over to the pesti- 
 lence ; 
 
 51 And smote aU the firstborn in Egypt, 
 The * chief of their strength in the 
 
 tents of Ham : 
 
 52 But he led forth his own people like 
 
 sheep. 
 And guided them in the -wilderness 
 like a flock. 
 
 53 And he led them safely, so that they 
 
 feared not : 
 But the sea overwhehned their ene- 
 mies. 
 
 54 And he brought them to ^ the border 
 
 of his sanctuary, 
 To this I' mountain, which his right 
 hand had purchased. 
 
 55 He drove out the nations also before 
 
 them. 
 And allotted them for an inheritance 
 
 by line. 
 And made the tribes of Israel to 
 
 dwell in their tents. 
 
 56 Yet they tempted and rebelled against 
 
 the Most High God, 
 And kept not his testimonies ; 
 
 57 But turned back, and dealt treach- 
 
 erously like their fathers : 
 They were turned aside hke a deceit- 
 ful bow. 
 
 58 For they j)rovoked him to anger with 
 
 their high places, 
 And moved him to jealousy with then- 
 graven images. 
 
 59 When God heard this, he was wi'oth. 
 And greatly abhorred Israel : 
 
 60 So that he forsook the tabernacle of 
 
 Shiloh, 
 The tent which he jjlaced among men ; 
 
 61 And dehvered his strength into capt- 
 
 ivity. 
 And his glory into the adversai-y's 
 hand. 
 
 62 He gave his people over also unto the 
 
 sword ; 
 And was wroth with his inheritance. 
 
 63 Fire devoured their yomig men ; 
 And their maidens had no marriage- 
 song. 
 
 64 Their priests fell by the sword ; 
 
 And their widows made no lamentation. 
 
 65 Then the Lord awaked as one out of 
 
 sleep. 
 Like a mighty man that shouteth by 
 reason of wine. 
 
 66 And he smote his adversaries back- 
 
 ward : 
 He put them to a perpetual reproach. 
 
 67 Moreover he refused the tent of Jo- 
 
 seph, 
 And chose not the tribe of Ephraim ; 
 08 But chose the tribe of Judah, 
 The mount Zion which he loved. 
 
 69 And he built his sanctuaiy like the 
 
 heights, 
 Like the earth which he hath estab- 
 hshed for ever. 
 
 70 He chose David also his servant, 
 And took him from the sheepfolds : 
 
 71 From following the ewes that give suck 
 
 he brought him. 
 To feed Jacob his people, and Israel 
 his inlieritance. 
 
 72 So he fed them according to the in- 
 
 tegrity of his heart ; 
 And guided them by the skilfulness of 
 his hands. 
 79 A Psalm of Asaph. 
 
 1 God, the 7 heathen are come into 
 
 thine inheritance ; 
 Thy holy temjjle have they defiled ; 
 They have laid Jerusalem on heaps. 
 
 2 The dead bodies of thy servants have 
 
 they given to be meat mito the 
 fowls of the heaven, 
 The flesh of thy saints unto the beasts 
 of the earth. 
 
 3 Their blood have they shed like water 
 
 round about Jerusalem ; 
 And there was none to buiy them. 1 
 
 4 We are become a reproach to our [ 
 
 neighbours, i 
 
 A scorn and derision to them that are j 
 
 round about us. | 
 
 5 How long, Lord, wilt thou be angry 
 
 for ever? 
 ShaU thy jealousy burn like fire? 
 
 6 Pour out thy wrath upon the heathen 
 
 that know thee not, 
 And upon the kingdoms that call not 
 upon thy name. 
 
 7 For they have devoured Jacob, 
 And laid waste his 8 habitation. 
 
 8 Remember not agamst us the iniqui- 
 
 ties of our forefathers : 
 
 Let thy tender mercies speedily pre- 
 vent us : 
 
 For we are brought very low. 
 
 9 Help us, O God of our salvation, for 
 
 the gloi-y of thy name : 
 And deliver us, and purge away om- 
 sins, for thy name's sake. 
 
 10 Wherefore should the heathen say, 
 
 Where is their God? 
 Let the revenging of the blood of thy 
 
 servants which is shed 
 Be known among the heathen in our 
 
 sight. 
 
 11 Let the sighing of the prisoner come 
 
 before thee ; 
 According to the greatness of ^thy 
 power preserve thou i" those that 
 are appointed to death ; 
 
 12 And render unto om- neighbom-s seven- 
 
 fold into their bosom 
 Their reproach, wherewith they have 
 reproached thee, O Lord. 
 
 13 So we thy people and sheep of thy 
 
 pastm-e 
 Will give thee thanks for ever : 
 We will shew forth thy praise to all 
 
 generations. 
 
 'Or, 
 
 nations 
 
 8 Or, 
 pasture 
 
 9 Heb. 
 
 thhie 
 
 arm. 
 
 1" Heb. 
 
 thechiUl- 
 
 ren of 
 
 death.
 
 82. 3. 
 
 THE PSALMS. 
 
 443 
 
 IThat 
 is, Lilies, 
 a testi- 
 inony. 
 
 2 Or, 
 
 'iwellest 
 
 between 
 
 3 Or, 
 
 Hcstore 
 
 4Heb. 
 
 mtt thou 
 .tmoke. 
 .See Ps. 
 Ixxiv. 1. 
 
 5 Or, the 
 cedars 
 of God 
 with the 
 boughs 
 thereof 
 
 6 Or, 
 
 goodly 
 cedars 
 
 'Or, 
 
 protect 
 
 {ormain- 
 
 tain) 
 
 that 
 
 which 
 
 &c. 
 
 8Heb. 
 son. 
 
 80 Fur tlie Chief Musician ; set to i Slioshanniin 
 lOtlutli. A i'salin of Asapli. 
 
 1 (iivc car, O Slicpherd of Israel, 
 Thou that leadest Josej)!! like a flock; 
 Thou that '-^sittest upon the cherub- 
 im, shine forth. 
 '2 Before Ephraim and Benjamin and 
 Manasseh, stir up thy might, 
 And come to save us. 
 3 ''Turn us again, O God; 
 And cause thy face to shine, and we 
 shall be saved. 
 
 4 O Lord God of hosts, 
 How long * wDt thou be angry against 
 the prayer of thy people ? 
 .5 Thou hast fed them with the bread 
 of tears, 
 And given them tears to drink in 
 large measure. 
 
 6 Thou makest us a strife unto our 
 
 neighbours : 
 And our enemies laugh among them- 
 selves. 
 
 7 Tm'n us again, O God of hosts ; 
 
 And cause thy face to shine, and M'e 
 shall be saved. 
 
 8 Thou brouglitest a vine out of Egypt : 
 Thou didst drive out the nations, and 
 
 l)lautedst it. 
 
 9 Thou preparedst room before it, 
 
 And it took deep root, and filled the 
 land. 
 
 10 The mountains were covered with the 
 
 shadow of it, 
 And 5 the boughs thei-eof were lilce 
 6 cedars of God. 
 
 11 She sent out her branches unto the 
 
 sea. 
 And her shoots unto the River. 
 
 12 Why hast thou broken down her fences. 
 So that all they which i^ass by the 
 
 way do pluck her ? 
 
 13 The boar out of the wood doth ravage 
 
 it, 
 And the wild beasts of the field feed 
 on it. 
 
 14 Turn again, we beseech thee, God of 
 
 hosts : 
 Look down from heaven, and behold, 
 and visit this vine, 
 
 15 And'? the stock which thy right hand 
 
 hath planted, 
 And the "^branch that thou madest 
 
 strong for thyself. 
 16 It is burned with fire, it is cut down: 
 They perish at the rebuke of thy 
 
 countenance. 
 
 17 Let thj' hand be upon the man of thy 
 
 right hand, 
 Upon the son of man whom thou 
 madest strong for thyself. 
 
 18 So shall we not go back from thee: 
 Quicken thou us, and we ynM call upon 
 
 thy name. 
 
 19 Turn us again, O Lord God of hosts ; 
 Cause thy face to shine, and we .shall 
 
 be saved. 
 
 81 For the Cliief Musician ; set to the Gittitli. 
 A Psalm of Asaiili. 
 
 1 Sing aloud unto God our strength : 
 Make a joyful noise unto the God of 
 Jacob. 
 •2 Take u]) tlie psalm, and » bring hither 
 the timbrel, 
 The pleasant harp with the psaltery. 
 
 3 Blow up the trumpet in the new moon. 
 At the full moon, on our solemn feast 
 
 day. 
 
 4 For it is a statute for Israel, 
 
 An ordinance of the God of Jacob. 
 
 5 He appointed it in Joseph for a testi- 
 
 mony, 
 
 Wien he went out lOover the laud of 
 Egypt: 
 
 Where I heard "a language that I 
 knew not. 
 6 1 removed his shoulder from the bur- 
 den : 
 
 His hands were freed from the basket. 
 
 7 Thou calledst in trouble, and I de- 
 
 livered thee ; 
 I answered thee in the secret i)lace of 
 
 thunder ; 
 I proved thee at the waters of Meri- 
 
 bah. [Selali 
 
 8 Hear, O my people, and I will testify 
 
 unto thee : 
 O Israel, if thou wouldest hearken 
 unto me ! 
 
 9 There shall no strange god be in thee ; 
 Neither shalt thou worshij) any strange 
 
 god. 
 10 1 am the Lord thy God, 
 
 Which brought thee up out of the 
 
 land of Egypt : 
 Open thy mouth wide, and I will fill 
 it. 
 11 But my people hearkened not to my 
 voice ; 
 And Israel would none of me. 
 1*2 So I let them go after the stubborn- 
 ness of their heart, 
 That they might walk in their own 
 comisels. 
 13 Oh that my people would hearken 
 unto me. 
 That Israel M'ould walk in my ways ! 
 141 should soon subdue their enemies, 
 And turn my hand against their ad- 
 versaries. 
 
 15 The haters of the Lord should ^^ sub- 
 
 mit themselves unto hiiu : 
 But their time should endure for ever. 
 
 16 He should feed them also with the 
 
 i"* finest of the wheat : 
 Aiid with honey out of the rock should 
 I satisfy thee. 
 
 32 A Psalm of Asapli. 
 
 1 God standeth in the congregation of 
 
 God; 
 He judgeth among the gods. 
 
 2 How long will ye judge unjustly, 
 And respect the persons of the wick- 
 ed? [Selali 
 
 3 Judge the i*poor and fatherless: 
 
 9 Or, 
 
 btrike the 
 timl>rel 
 
 10 Or, 
 against 
 
 u Or, the 
 speech 
 of one 
 that S-c. 
 
 12 Or, 
 yield 
 feigned 
 obe- 
 dience 
 Heb. lie. 
 
 13 Heb. 
 fat of 
 wheat. 
 
 "Or, 
 weak
 
 444 
 
 THE PSALMS. 
 
 82. 3. 
 
 lOr. 
 
 weak 
 
 2 Or, 
 
 Ha grit es 
 See 
 1 Chr. 
 V. 10. 
 
 3Heb. 
 
 They 
 have 
 been 
 an arm 
 to the 
 'children 
 of Lot. 
 
 lOr, 
 
 pastures 
 
 5 Or, 
 thou, 
 whore 
 name 
 alone is 
 
 JEHO- 
 VAH. 
 
 art Jtc. 
 
 Do justice to the afflicted and destitute. 
 ■4 Rescue tlie ipoor and needy : 
 
 Deliver them out of the hand of the 
 wicked. 
 5 They know not, neither do they un- 
 derstand ; 
 
 They walk to and fro in darkness: 
 
 All the foundations of the earth are 
 moved. 
 6 1 said, Ye are gods, 
 
 And all of you sons of the Most High. 
 7 Nevertheless ye shall die like men, 
 
 And fall like one of the princes. 
 8 Arise, O God, judge the earth: 
 
 For thou shalt uiherit all the nations. 
 
 83 A Song, a Psalm of Asaph. 
 
 I God, keep not thou silence : 
 
 Hold not thy peace, and be not still, 
 
 Gt>d. 
 •2 For, lo, tliine enemies make a tumult: 
 And they that hate thee have lifted 
 
 up the head. 
 
 3 They take crafty counsel against thy 
 
 people, 
 And consult together against thy 
 hidden ones. 
 
 4 They have said, Come, and let us cut 
 
 them off from being a nation ; 
 That the name of Israel may be no 
 more in remembrance. 
 
 5 For they have consulted together with 
 
 one consent ; 
 Against thee do they make a covenant : 
 
 6 The tents of Edom and the Ishmaelites ; 
 Moab, and the ^Hagarenes; 
 
 7 Gebal, and Ammon, and Amalek ; 
 Philistia with the inhabitants of Tyi-e : 
 
 8 Assyria also is joined with them ; 
 
 3 They have holpen the childi-en of 
 Lot. [Selah 
 
 9 Do thou unto them as imto Midian ; 
 As to Sisera, as to Jabin, at the river 
 
 Kishon : 
 10 Which perished at En-dor ; 
 
 They became as dung for the earth. 
 
 II Make their nobles like Oreb and Zeeb ; 
 Yea, all their princes like Zebah and 
 
 Zahnuniia: 
 
 12 Who said. Let us take to ourselves in 
 
 possession 
 The ■'habitations of God. 
 
 13 my God. make them like the whirl- 
 
 ing dust ; 
 As stubble liefore the wind. 
 14; As the fire that burneth the forest, 
 And as the flame that setteth the 
 
 mountains on fire ; 
 
 15 So pursue them with thy tempest. 
 And terrify them with thy storm. 
 
 16 Fill their faces with confusion ; 
 That they may seek thy name, Lord. 
 
 17 Let them be ashamed and dismayed 
 
 for ever ; 
 Yea, let them be confounded and 
 perish : 
 
 18 That they may know that ^thou alone, 
 
 whose name is jehovah. 
 Art the Most High over all the earth. 
 
 84 For the Chief Musician ; set to the Gittith. 
 A Psahn of the sons of Korah. 
 
 1 How 6 amiable are thy tabernacles, 
 
 Lord of hosts ! 
 
 2 My soul longeth, yea, even fainteth 
 
 for the coui-ts of the Lord ; 
 My heart and my flesh ''cry out unto 
 the living God. 
 
 3 Yea, the sparrow hath found her 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 ai-e they that dweU 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 high ways to 
 Zicm. 
 
 6 Passing through the valley of 8 Weep- 
 
 mg they malce it a place of springs ; 
 Yea, the early rain covereth it with 
 blessings. 
 
 7 They go from strength to strength, 
 Every one of them appeareth before 
 
 God in Zion. 
 
 8 Lord God of hosts, hear my prayer : 
 Give ear, O God of Jacob. [Selah 
 
 9 9 Behold, God our shield. 
 
 And look upon the face of thine an- 
 ointed. 
 
 10 For a day ii\ thy courts is better than 
 
 a thousand. 
 
 1 had ratlier ^o be a doorkeeiier in the 
 house of my God, 
 
 Than to dwell in the tents of wick- 
 edness. 
 
 11 For the Lord God is a sun and a shield : 
 The Lord will give grace and glory : 
 No good thing will he withhold from 
 
 them that walk uprightly. 
 
 12 Lord of hosts, 
 
 Blessed is the man that trusteth in 
 thee. 
 
 85 For the (liief Musician. A Psalm of the 
 sons of Korah. 
 
 1 Lord, thou hast been favourable unto 
 
 thy land : 
 Thou hast "brought back the captivity 
 of Jacob. 
 
 2 Thou hast forgiven the iniquity of 
 
 thy people. 
 Thou hast covered all their sui. [Seliili 
 
 3 Thou hast taken away all thy wrath : 
 Thou hast turned thyself from the 
 
 fierceness of thine anger. 
 4 12 Turn us, O God of our salvation. 
 And caiise thine indignation toward 
 us to cease. 
 
 5 Wilt thou be angry with us for ever ? 
 Wilt thou di-aw out thine anger to all 
 
 generations? 
 
 6 Wilt thou not quicken us again : 
 That thy people may rejoice in thee? 
 
 7 Shew us thy mercy, O Lord, 
 And grant us thy salvation. 
 
 12 Or, 
 Turn 
 to tis
 
 88. 9. 
 
 THE PSALMS. 
 
 445 
 
 what God the Lord will 
 unto his 
 
 81 will hear 
 (jpoak : 
 For he will speak peace 
 lieople, and to his saints : 
 But lot them not turn again to folly. 
 9 Surely his salvation is nigh them that 
 fear him ; 
 That glory may dwell in our land. 
 
 10 Mercy and truth are met together ; 
 Righteousness and peace have kissed 
 
 each other. 
 
 11 Truth Hpringeth out of the earth ; 
 And rigliteousness hath looked down 
 
 from heaven. 
 
 12 Yea, the Lord shall give that which is 
 
 good ; 
 And oiu' Ia)id shall yield her increase. 
 
 13 Righteousness shall go hefore him ; 
 And shall i make his footsteps a way 
 
 to walk lit. 
 
 OD A Prayer of David. 
 
 IBow down thine ear, Lord, and 
 answer me ; 
 For I am poor and needy. 
 
 2 Preserve my soul ; for I am godly : 
 
 thou my God, save thy servant that 
 trusteth in thee. 
 
 3 Be merciful unto me, Lord ; 
 
 For unto thee do I cry all the day long. 
 4Eejoice the soul of thy servant; 
 For mito thee, 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, Lord, unto my prayer ; 
 And hearken unto the voice of my 
 
 supplications. 
 
 7 In the day of my trouhle I will call 
 
 upon thee ; 
 For thou wilt answer me. 
 
 8 There is none like mito thee among 
 
 the gods, O Lord ; 
 Neither are there any tcorka like ixnto 
 thy works. 
 
 9 All nations whom thou hast made shall 
 
 come and worship before thee, 
 Lord ; 
 And they shall glorify thy name. 
 
 10 For thou art great, and doest wondrous 
 
 things : 
 Thou art God alone. 
 
 11 Teach me thy way, Lord; I will 
 
 walk in thy truth : 
 Unite my heart to fear thy name. 
 121 will praise thee, Lord my God, 
 with my whole heart ; 
 And I will glorify thy name for ever- 
 more. 
 18 For great is thy mercy toward me ; 
 And thou hast delivered my soul from 
 2 the lowest pit. 
 
 14 God, the proud are risen up against 
 
 me. 
 And the congregation of violent men 
 
 have sought after my soul. 
 And have not set thee hefore them. 
 
 15 But thou, Lord, art a God full of 
 compassion and gracious, 
 Slo^v' to anger, and plenteous in mercy 
 and tnitli. 
 10 turn unto me, and 'have mercy 
 ui)on me ; 
 Give thy strength unto thy servant, 
 And save the son of thine handmaid. 
 17 Shew me a token fen- good; 
 
 That they which hate me may see it, 
 
 and he ashamed. 
 Because thou, Lord, hast holpen me, 
 and comforted lue. 
 
 8T A Psalm of the sons of Konili , a Song. 
 
 1 ■* His foundation is in the holy mount- 
 
 ains. 
 
 2 The Lord loveth the gates of Ziou 
 More than all the dwellings of Jacob. 
 
 3 Glorious things are spoken of thee, 
 
 city of God. [Wclali 
 41 will make mention of ''Eahab and 
 
 Babylon as among them that know 
 
 me : 
 Behold Phihstia, and Tyre, with ^E- 
 
 thiopia ; 
 This one was born there. 
 
 5 Yea, of Zion it shall be said, This one 
 
 and that one was born in her ; 
 A' id the Most High himself shall estab- 
 lish her. 
 
 6 The Lord shall count, when he writeth 
 
 up the peoples. 
 This one was born there. [Selali 
 
 7 They that sing as well as ' they that 
 
 dance sfiall say, 
 All my fountains are in thee. 
 
 88 A Song, a Psalm of tlio sons of Korali ; 
 for the Chief Musician ; set to iVIa- 
 lialath SLeannoth. Maschil of Heman 
 the Ezrahite. 
 
 1 Lord, the God of my salvation, 
 
 1 have cried day and night before thee : 
 
 2 Let my prayer enter into thy i)reseuce ; 
 Inchne thine ear unto my cry : 
 
 3 For my soul is full of troubles. 
 
 And my life di-aweth nigh unto ^ Sheol. 
 4 1 am counted with them that go down 
 into the pit ; 
 
 I am as a man that hath no help : 
 5 10 Cast off among the dead, 
 
 Like the slain that lie in the grave. 
 
 Whom thou rememberest no more ; 
 
 And they are cut off from thy hand. 
 G Thou hast laid me in the lowest pit, 
 
 In dark places, in the deeps. 
 
 7 Thy wrath lieth hard upon me. 
 
 And thou hast afflicted me with aU 
 thy waves. [Selah 
 
 8 Thou hast put mine acquaintance far 
 
 from me ; 
 Thou hast made me an abomination 
 
 unto them : 
 I am shut up, and I cannot come forth. 
 
 9 Mine eye wasteth away by reason of 
 
 affliction ; 
 I have called daily uj)on thee, Lord, 
 I have sjiread forth my hands unto 
 
 thee. 
 
 3 Or, be 
 
 gracious 
 
 unto 
 
 1 Or. His 
 fouytda- 
 tion in 
 the hold 
 mount- 
 ains the 
 Lord 
 loveth, 
 even the 
 gates i-c. 
 5 Or, 
 Egypt 
 
 CHeb. 
 Cash. 
 
 'Or. 
 
 the play- 
 ers on 
 instru- 
 ments 
 shall be 
 there 
 
 8 Or,/or 
 singing 
 
 i>Or, 
 
 the grave 
 
 10 Or, 
 Cast 
 away
 
 446 
 
 THE PSALMS. 
 
 88. 10. 
 
 1 Or, the 
 shades 
 Heb. 
 
 Repha- 
 im. 
 
 2 Heb. 
 Abad- 
 don. 
 See Job 
 xxvi. 6. 
 
 3 Or, are 
 darkness 
 
 4 Or. 
 sons of 
 God 
 
 5 Or, 
 
 qods 
 
 See Ps. 
 xxix. 1. 
 
 eor. 
 
 10 Wilt thou, shew wonders to the dead ? 
 Shall ithey that are deceased arise 
 
 and praise thee ? [Selah 
 
 11 Shall thy lovingkuidness be declared 
 
 in the grave ? 
 Or thy faithfuhiess in '^ Destruction? 
 
 12 Shall thy wonders be known in the 
 
 dark? 
 And thy righteousness in the laud cf 
 f orgetfulness ? 
 
 13 But unto thee, O Lokd, have I cried, 
 And in the morning shaU my prayer 
 
 come before thee. 
 
 14 Lord, why castest thou off my soiU? 
 Why hidest thoii thy face from me ? 
 
 151 am aiSicted and ready to die from 
 my youth up : 
 While I suffer thy teiTors I am dis- 
 tracted. 
 
 16 Thy fierce wrath is gone over me ; 
 Thy terrors have cut me off. 
 
 17 They came round about me like water 
 
 all the day long ; 
 They compassed me about together. 
 
 18 Lover and friend hast thou put far 
 
 from me, 
 And mine acquaintance ^ into darkness. 
 
 89 Maschil of Ethan the Ezraliite. 
 1 1 will sing of the mercies of the Lord 
 for ever : 
 With my mouth will I make known thy 
 faithfuhiess to all generations. 
 2 For I have said, Mercy shall be built 
 up for ever ; 
 Thy faithfuhiess shalt thou establish 
 in the very heavens. 
 
 .3 1 have made a covenant with my 
 chosen, 
 I have sworn unto David my servant ; 
 
 4 Thy seed will I establish for ever, 
 And buQd up thy throne to aU gener- 
 ations. [Selah 
 
 5 And the heavens shaU praise thy 
 
 wonders, O Lord ; 
 Thy faithfulness also iu the assembly 
 of the holy ones. 
 
 6 For who in the skies can be compared 
 
 unto the Lord ? 
 Who among the *' sons of the 5 mighty 
 is like unto the Lord, 
 
 7 A God veiy terrible ia the council of 
 
 the holy ones. 
 And to be feared above all them that 
 are round about him ? 
 
 8 O Lord God of hosts. 
 
 Who is a mighty one, like unto thee, 
 
 JAH? 
 
 And thy faithfulness is round about 
 thee. 
 
 9 Thou rulest the pride of the sea : 
 When the waves thereof arise, thou 
 
 stUlest them. 
 
 10 Thou hast broken <'Rahab m pieces, 
 
 as one that is slain ; 
 Thou hast scattered thine enemies with 
 the arm of thy strength. 
 
 11 The heavens are thine, the earth also 
 
 is thuie : 
 
 The world and the fuhiess thereof, 
 thou hast founded them. 
 
 12 The north and the south, thou hast 
 
 created them : 
 Tabor and Hermon rejoice in thy 
 name. 
 
 13 Thou hast '^ a mighty ann : 
 
 Strong is thy hand, and high is thy 
 right hand. 
 
 14 Eighteousness and judgement are the 
 
 fomidation of thy throne : 
 Mercy and truth go before thy face. 
 
 15 Blessed is the people that know the 
 
 •^joyful sound: 
 They walk, Lord, in the light of thy 
 countenance. 
 
 16 In thy name do they rejoice aU the 
 
 day: 
 And in thy righteousness are they 
 exalted. 
 
 1 7 For thou art the glory of their strength : 
 And in thy f avom* 'J our horn shall be 
 
 exalted. 
 
 18 For om- shield belongeth unto the 
 
 Lord ; 
 10 And our kmg to the Holy One of 
 Israel. 
 
 19 Then thou spakest in vision to thy 
 
 11 sauits, 
 And saidst, I have laid help upon one 
 
 that is mighty ; 
 I have exalted one chosen out of the 
 
 people. 
 20 1 have found David my servant ; 
 
 With my holy oil have I anomted him : 
 
 21 With whom my hand shall be estab- 
 
 lished ; 
 Mine arm also shall strengthen him. 
 
 22 The enemy shall not i^ exact upon him ; 
 Nor the son of wickedness afflict him. 
 
 23 And I will beat down his adversaries 
 
 before him. 
 And smite them that hate him. 
 
 24 But my faithfulness and my mercy 
 
 shall be with him ; 
 And in my name shall his honi be 
 exalted. 
 25 1 will set his hand also on the sea. 
 And his right hand on the rivers.' 
 26 He shall ciy unto me, Thoti art my 
 father. 
 My God, and the rock of my salvation. 
 27 1 also will make him my firstborn. 
 The highest of the kings of the earth. 
 
 28 My mercy wUl I keep for him for ever- 
 
 more. 
 And my covenant shall i' stand fast 
 with him. 
 
 29 His seed also will I make to endure 
 
 for ever. 
 And his throne as the days of heaven. 
 
 30 If his children forsake my law. 
 And walk not m my judgements; 
 
 31 If they i^ break my statutes. 
 
 And keep not my commandments ; 
 
 32 Then will I visit their transgression 
 
 with the rod, 
 And their iniquity with stripes. 
 
 14 Heb. 
 profane.
 
 90. 15. 
 
 THE PSALMS. 
 
 447 
 
 4 Or, 
 A ytd the 
 witness 
 irt the 
 ski/ is 
 faithful 
 
 2 Or.diist 
 Heb. 
 
 crush- 
 ingt. 
 
 38 But my mercy will I not utterly take 
 from him, 
 Nor suffer my faithfulness to fail. 
 34 My covenant will I not i break, 
 
 Nor alter the thing that is gone out of 
 my lips. 
 S.'S^Once have I sworn by my holiness; 
 
 I will not lie unto David; 
 30 His seed shall endure for ever, 
 
 And his throne as the sun before me. 
 37 "It shall be established for ever as the 
 moon, 
 ^And a.i the faithful witness in the 
 sky. [Selah 
 
 38 But thou hast cast off and rejected, 
 Thou hast been wi-oth with thine 
 
 anointed. 
 
 39 Thou hast abhorred the covenant of 
 
 thy servant : 
 Thou hast lu-ofaned his crowu even to 
 the ground. 
 
 40 Thou hast broken down all his hedges ; 
 Thou hast brought his strong holds to 
 
 ruin. 
 
 41 All that pass by the way spoil him : 
 He is become a reproach to his neigh- 
 
 boiu's. 
 
 42 Thou hast exalted the right hand of 
 
 his adversaries ; 
 Thou hast made all his enemies to 
 rejoice. 
 48 Yea, thou tm-nest back the edge of his 
 sword, 
 
 with 
 [Seliili 
 thou hide 
 
 And hast not made him to stand in 
 the battle. 
 44 Thou hast made bis brightness to cease, 
 And cast his throne down to the 
 ground. 
 4.'>Tho days of his youth hast thou 
 shortened : 
 Thou hast covered h 
 shame. 
 4(5 How long, O Loud, wilt 
 thyself for ever ? 
 Jfow loiKj shall thy wrath bui'ii like 
 fire? 
 
 47 remember how short my time is : 
 For what vanity hast thou created all 
 
 the children of men ! 
 
 48 What man is he that shall live and not 
 
 see death, 
 That shall deliver his soul from the 
 s power of ^ Sheol ? [Selah 
 
 49 Lord, where are thy former mercies, 
 Which thou swarest unto David m thy 
 
 faithfuhiess ? 
 
 50 Remember, Lord, the reproach of thy 
 
 servants ; 
 
 How I do bear in my bosom the re- 
 proach of all the ■? mighty peoples ; 
 5lWlierewith thine enemies have re- 
 proached, O Lord, 
 
 Wherewith they have reproached the 
 footsteps of thine anointed. 
 
 52 Blessed be the Lord for eveimore. 
 Amen, and Amen. 
 
 BOOK IV. 
 
 90 A Prayer of Moses tlie ni.in of God. 
 
 ILord, thou hast been our dwelling 
 place 
 In all generations. 
 2 Before the mountains were brought 
 forth, 
 Or ever thou i hadst formed the earth 
 
 and the world. 
 Even from everlasting to everlasting, 
 thou art Grod. 
 3 Thou turnest man to ^ destruction; 
 And sayest, Eeturu, ye childi'en of 
 men. 
 
 4 For a thousand years m thy sight 
 Are but as yesterday ^when it is past, 
 And as a watch in the night. 
 
 5 Thou carriest them away as with a 
 
 flood ; they are as a sleep : 
 In the morning they are like grass 
 which groweth up. 
 
 6 In the morning it flomisheth, and 
 
 groweth uj) ; 
 In the evening it is cut down, and 
 withereth. 
 
 7 For we are consumed in thine anger, 
 And in thy wrath are we troubled. 
 
 8 Thou hast set our iniquities before 
 
 thee, 
 
 Our secret sins in the light of thy 
 countenance. 
 9 For all our days are passed away in 
 thy wrath : 
 We bring our years to an end as ■'a 
 tale that is told. 
 
 10 The days of oiu- years are threescore 
 
 years and ten. 
 
 Or even by reason of strength four- 
 score years ; 
 
 Yet is theu' pride but labour and 
 sorrow ; 
 
 For it is soon gone, and we fly away. 
 
 11 "Wlio knoweth the ijower of thine anger. 
 And thy wrath accordhig to the fear 
 
 that is due unto thee '? 
 
 12 So teach us to number our days. 
 That we may get us an heart of wisdom. 
 
 13Eeturn, O Lord; how long? 
 
 And let it repent thee concernmg thy 
 seiwants. 
 
 14 satisfy us in the morning with thy 
 
 mercy ; 
 That we may rejoice and be glad aU 
 our days. 
 
 15 Make us glad according to the days 
 
 wherein thou hast afflicted us. 
 And the years wherein we have seen 
 evil. 
 
 '' Heb. 
 hand. 
 
 « Or, the 
 grave 
 
 7 Or, 
 many 
 
 i Or, a 
 sound 
 or sigi'
 
 448 
 
 THE PSALMS. 
 
 90. 16. 
 
 1 See Ps. 
 xxvii, 4. 
 
 zOr, 
 
 Tluit n- 
 bldeth . . . 
 At- 
 
 mighty; 
 even 1 
 i-c. 
 
 »0r, 
 
 Because 
 thou lijist 
 said, Tlic 
 Lord 
 is my 
 Y'lfwje; 
 
 16 Lot tliy woi-k ajipear unto thy servants, 
 Aiul thy glory ujion their children. 
 
 17 And let the ^beauty of the Lord our 
 
 God be uiion us : 
 And establish thou the work of our 
 
 hands upon us ; 
 Yea, the work of our hands establish 
 
 thou it. 
 
 91 He that dwelleth in the secret place 
 of the Most High 
 2 Shall abide under the shadow of the 
 Ahuighty. 
 2 1 will say of the Lord, He is my refuge 
 and my fortress ; 
 My God, in wlioni I trust. 
 
 3 For he shall deliver thee from the 
 
 snare of the fowler. 
 And from the noisome pestilence. 
 
 4 He shall cover thee with his jjinions, 
 And mider his wings shalt thou take 
 
 refuge : 
 His truth is a shield and a buckler. 
 
 5 Thou shalt not be afraid for the terror 
 
 by night. 
 Nor for tlie arrow that flieth by day ; 
 
 6 For the pestilence that walketh in 
 
 darkness. 
 Nor for the destruction that wasteth 
 at noonday. 
 
 7 A thousand shall fall at thy side. 
 And ten thousand at thy right hand ; 
 But it shall iiot come nigh thee. 
 
 8 Only with thme eyes shalt thou behold, 
 And see the reward of the wicked. 
 
 9 3 For thou, Lohd, art my refuge! 
 Thou hast made the Most High thy 
 habitation ; 
 
 10 There shall no evil befall tliee. 
 Neither shall any plague come nigh 
 
 thy tent. 
 
 11 For he shall give his angels charge 
 
 over thee. 
 To keep thee in all thy ways. 
 
 12 They shall bear thee up in their hands. 
 Lest thou dash thy foot against a stone. 
 
 13 Thou shalt tread upon the lion and 
 
 adder : 
 The young lion and the serpent shalt 
 thou trample under feet. 
 
 14 Because he liath set his love upon me, 
 
 therefore will I deliver him : 
 I will set him on high, because lie 
 hath known my name. 
 
 15 He shall call upon me, and I will 
 
 answer him ; 
 I will be with him in trouble : 
 I will deliver him, and honoiu- him. 
 
 16 With long hf e will I satisfy him, 
 And shew him my salvation. 
 
 92 A I'salui, a Song for the sabljatli day. 
 
 1 It is a good thing to give thanks uuto 
 
 the Lord, 
 And to sing praises unto thy name, O 
 Most High: 
 
 2 To shew furtli thy lovingkindness in 
 
 the morning. 
 And thy faithfuhiess every night. 
 
 3 With an instrument of ten struigs, 
 
 and with the psaltei-y ; 
 With a solemn sound upon the harp. 
 
 4 For thou, Lord, hast made me glad 
 
 through thy work : 
 I will triumph in the works of thy 
 hands. 
 
 5 How great are thy works, Lord ! 
 Tliy thoughts are very deej). 
 
 I G A brutish man knoweth not ; 
 
 Neither doth a fool understand this : 
 
 7 When the wicked spring as the grass, 
 
 I And when aU the workers of uiiquity 
 ; do flourish ; 
 
 It is that they shall be destroyed for 
 ever : 
 
 8 But thou, Lord, art on high for 
 
 evermore. 
 
 9 For, lo, thine enemies, O Lord, 
 For, lo, thine enuniies shall perish ; 
 All the workers of iniquity shall be 
 
 scattered. 
 
 10 But my horn hast thou exalted like 
 
 the horn o/ the wDd-ox: 
 I am anointed with fresh oil. 
 
 11 Mhie eye also hath seen viy desire on 
 
 •* mme enemies, 
 Mhie ears have heard mii desire of the 
 e\il-doers that rise up against me. 
 
 12 The righteous shall flourish like the 
 
 palm tree: 
 He shall grow like a cedar in Lebanon. 
 
 13 They that are planted in the house of 
 
 the Lord 
 Shall floui-ish in tlie courts of our God. 
 
 14 They shaU still bring forth fruit in old 
 
 age; 
 They shall be full of sap and green : 
 
 15 To shew that the Lord is upright ; 
 He is my rock, and there is no un- 
 righteousness in him. 
 
 93 The Lord reigneth; he is apparelled 
 with majesty ; 
 
 The Lord is apparelled, he hath gu'd- 
 
 ed himself with strength: 
 The world also is stablished, that it 
 
 caimot be moved. 
 
 2 Thy throne is estabUshed of old : 
 Thou art from everlasting. 
 
 3 The floods have lifted ui), Lord, 
 The floods have lifted up their voice ; 
 The floods lift ui) then- '•> waves. 
 
 4 Above the voices of many waters, 
 The mighty breakers of the sea. 
 The Lord on high is mighty. 
 
 5 Thy testimonies are very sm-e : 
 HoUness becometh thine house, 
 Lord, for evermore. 
 
 94 Lord, thou God to whom vengeance 
 belongeth. 
 
 Thou God to whom vengeance belong- 
 eth, shine forth. 
 
 2 Lift up thyself, thou judge of the earth : 
 Kender to the proud their desert. 
 
 3 Lord, how long shaU the wicked. 
 How long shall the wicked triumj)!! ? 
 
 4 They prate, they speak arrogantly :
 
 96. 13. 
 
 THE PSALMS. 
 
 449 
 
 1 Heb. 
 Jah. 
 
 « Or, in- 
 ftructtth 
 
 a Or, For 
 i Heh. a 
 breath. 
 
 SQr, 
 doubts 
 
 5 Or, ieat 
 
 All the workers of iniquity boast 
 themselves. 
 
 5 They break in pieces thy people, 
 
 LOED, 
 
 And afflict thine heritage. 
 
 6 They slay the widow and the stranger, 
 And murder the fiitherless. 
 
 7 And they say, i The Lord shiiU not see. 
 Neither shall the God of Jacob con- 
 sider. 
 
 8 Consider, ye brutish among the people : 
 And ye fools, when wiU ye be wise ? 
 
 9 He that planted the ear, shall he not 
 
 hear ? 
 He that formed the eye, shall he not 
 see? 
 
 10 He that ^chastisetli the nations, shall 
 
 not he correct, 
 EiJcn he that teacheth man knowledge '? 
 
 11 The Lord kuoweth the thoughts of 
 
 man, 
 8 That they are * vanity. 
 
 12 Blessed is the man whom thou chast- 
 
 enest, ^O Lord, 
 And teachest out of thy law ; 
 
 13 That thou mayest give him rest from 
 
 the days of adversity, 
 Until the pit be digged for the wicked. 
 
 14 For the Lord wiU not cast off his 
 
 people. 
 Neither will he forsake his inheritance. 
 
 15 For judgement shall return unto right- 
 
 eousness : 
 And aU the uiiright in heart shaU 
 foUow it. 
 
 16 Who will rise up for me against the 
 
 evil-doers ? 
 Who wiU stand up for me against the 
 workers of iniquity ? 
 
 17 Unless the Lord had been my help, 
 My soul had soon dwelt in silence. 
 
 18 When I said, My foot slippeth ; 
 Thy mercy, Lord, held me up. 
 
 19 Li the multitude of my ^ thoughts with- 
 
 in me 
 Thy comforts delight my soul. 
 
 20 ShaU the^thi-one of wickedness have 
 
 fellowship with thee, 
 Wliich frameth mischief by statute ? 
 
 21 They gather themselves together a- 
 
 gamst the soul of the righteous. 
 And condemn the innocent blood. 
 
 22 But the Lord hath been my high 
 
 tower ; 
 And my God the rock of my refuge. 
 
 23 And he hath brought upon them their 
 
 own iniquity, 
 And shall cut them off in their own evil ; 
 The Lord our God shall cut them otf . 
 
 95 come, let us sing unto the Lord : 
 Let us make a joyful noise to the 
 rock of om* salvation. 
 
 2 Let us come before his presence with 
 
 thanksgivmg. 
 Let us make a joyful noise unto Mm 
 with i^sahns. 
 
 3 For the Lord is a gi-eat God, 
 And a great King above all gods. 
 
 4 In his hand are the deep places of the 
 
 earth ; 
 The ' heights of the mountains are his 
 also. 
 
 5 The sea is his, and he made it ; 
 And his hands formed fte dry land. 
 
 6 O come, let us worsliip and bow down ; 
 Lot us kneel before the Lord our 
 
 Maker : 
 
 7 For he is our God, 
 
 And we are the people of his pasture, 
 and the sheep of his hand. 
 
 8 To-day, Oh that ye would hear his 
 voice I 
 
 8 Harden not your heart, as at ^Meribah, 
 As in the day of i^Massah in the 
 
 wilderness : 
 
 9 When youi- fathers tempted me, 
 Proved me, and saw my work. 
 
 10 Forty years long was I gi-ieved with 
 
 that generation. 
 And said. It is a people that do err in 
 
 their heart. 
 And they have not known my ways : 
 
 11 Wherefore I sware in my wi-ath, 
 That they should not enter into my 
 
 rest. 
 
 96 sing unto the Lord a new song : 
 Sing unto the Lord, all the earth. 
 
 2 Sing unto the Lord, bless his name ; 
 Shew forth his salvation from day to 
 
 day. 
 
 3 Declare his glory among the nations. 
 His marvellous works among aU the 
 
 peoples. 
 
 4 For great is the Lord, and highly to 
 
 be praised : 
 He is to be feared above aU gods. 
 
 5 For aU the gods of the peoples are 
 
 "idols: 
 But the Lord made the heavens. 
 
 6 Honour and majesty are before him : 
 Strength and beauty are in his sanc- 
 tuary. 
 
 7 Give mito the Lord, ye kindi-eds of 
 
 the peoi>les. 
 Give unto the Lord glory and strength. 
 
 8 Give unto the Lord the gloiy due un- 
 
 to his name : 
 Bruig an offeruig, and come into his 
 courts. 
 
 9 worship the Lord 12 jn the beauty of 
 
 hoUness : 
 Tremble before him, all the earth. 
 
 10 Say among the nations. The Lord 
 
 reigneth : 
 The world also is stabUshed that it 
 
 cannot be moved : 
 He shaU judge the peoples with equity. 
 
 11 Let the heavens be glad, and let the 
 
 earth rejoice -; 
 Let the sea roar,and the fulness thereof; 
 
 12 Let the field exult, and aU that is 
 
 therein ; 
 Then shall all the trees of the wood 
 sing for joy ; 
 
 13 Before the Lord, for he cometh; 
 For he cometh to judge the earth : 
 
 'Or, 
 ttrenjth 
 
 8 Or, To- 
 day, if ye 
 will hear 
 JtU voire, 
 ha rden 
 Ar. 
 
 9 Tliiit is, 
 Ktrl/e, 
 lOIImtis, 
 tempta- 
 tion. 
 
 11 Or, 
 thififfs of 
 noU'jht 
 
 
 12 Or. 
 in holy 
 array 
 
 15
 
 460 
 
 THE PSALMS. 
 
 96. 13. 
 
 He shall judge the world with right- 
 eousness, 
 And the peoples ^ with his truth. 
 
 97 The Lord r,eigueth; let the earth 
 rejoice; 
 Let the multitude of isles he glad. 
 
 2 Clouds and darkness are round ahout 
 
 him : 
 Eighteousness and judgement are the 
 foundation of his tlirone. 
 
 3 A fu-e goeth before him, 
 
 And hm-neth up his adversaries round 
 about. 
 
 4 His lightnings lightened the world : 
 The earth saw, and trembled. 
 
 5 The hiUs melted like wax at the pre- 
 
 sence of the Lord, 
 At the presence of the Lord of the 
 whole earth. 
 
 6 The heavens declare his righteousness, 
 And all tlie iieoples have seen his gloi-y . 
 
 7 Ashamed be all they that sei-ve graven 
 
 images, 
 That boast themselves of idols : 
 Worship him, all ye gods. 
 
 8 Zion heard and was glad. 
 
 And the daughters of Jndah rejoiced; 
 Because of thy judgements, O Lord. 
 
 9 For thou. Lord, art most high above 
 
 all the earth : 
 Thou art exalted far above all gods. 
 
 10 O ye that love the Lord, hate e\il : 
 He preserveth the souls of his saints ; 
 He delivereth them out of the hand of 
 
 the wicked. 
 
 11 Light is sown for the righteous, 
 
 And gladness for the upright in heart. 
 12 Be glad in the Lord, ye righteous; 
 And give thanks to his holy ^name. 
 
 98 A Psalm.- 
 
 1 sing unto the Lord a new song ; 
 For he hath done marvellous things : 
 His right hand, and his holy arm, hath 
 
 v*rought salvation for him. 
 
 2 The Lord Lath made known Ms salv- 
 
 ation : 
 His righteousness hath he openly 
 shewed in the sight of the nations. 
 
 3 He hath remembered his mercy and 
 
 his faithfulness toward the house of 
 Israel: 
 All the ends of the earth have seen the 
 salvation of our God. 
 4Make a joyful noise unto the Lord, all 
 the earth : 
 Break forth and sing for joy, yea, sing 
 praises. 
 .'> Sing praises unto the Lord with the 
 harp ; 
 With the harp and the voice of melody. 
 (5 With trumpets and sound of cornet 
 Make a joyfrd noise before the King, 
 the Lord. 
 
 7 Let the sea roar, and the fulness there- 
 
 of; 
 The world, and they that dwell therein ; 
 
 8 Let the floods clap their hands ; 
 
 Let the hills sing for joy together; 
 9 Before the Lord, for he cometh to 
 judge the earth : 
 
 He shall judge the world with right- 
 eousness. 
 
 And the peoples with equity. 
 
 99 The Lord reigneth; let the peoples 
 tremble : 
 He Ssitteth upon the cherubim; let 
 the earth be moved. 
 
 2 The Lord is great in Zion ; 
 
 And he is high above all the peoples. 
 
 3 Let them praise thy great and terrible 
 
 name: 
 Holy is he. 
 
 4 The kmg's strength also loveth judge- 
 
 ment ; 
 
 Thou dost estabhsh equity. 
 
 Thou executest judgement and right- 
 eousness in Jacob. 
 
 5 Exalt ye the Lord our God, 
 And v/orship at his footstool: 
 Holy is he. 
 
 6 Moses and Aaron among his priests, 
 And Samuel among them that call 
 
 uj)Ou his name ; 
 They caUed ujion the Lord, and he 
 answered them. 
 
 7 He spake unto them in the pillai- of 
 
 cloud : 
 They kept his testimonies, and the 
 statute that he gave them. 
 
 8 Thou answeredst them, O Lord oui- 
 
 God: 
 Thou wast a God that f orgavest them. 
 Though thou tookest vengeance of 
 
 their doings. 
 
 9 Exalt ye the Lord our God, 
 And worship at his holy hOl ; 
 For the Lord our God is holy. 
 
 100 A Psalm * of thanksgiving. 
 IMake a joyful noise unto the Lord, 
 
 B all ye lands. 
 
 2 Serve the Lord with gladness : _ 
 Come before his presence with singing. 
 
 3 Know }'e that the Lord he is God : 
 
 It is he that hath made us, '^ and we 
 
 are his ; 
 We are his people, and the sheep of 
 
 his pastm-e. 
 
 4 Enter into his gates with ■? thanksgiving. 
 And into his com'ts with praise : 
 Give thanks unto him, and bless his 
 
 name. 
 5 For, the Lord is good; his mercy 
 endureth for ever; 
 And his faithfulness unto all gener- 
 ations. 
 
 101 A Psalm of I)a\id. 
 
 1 1 AviU sing of mercy and judgement : 
 
 Unto thee, Lord, will I sing praises. 
 2 1 wiU 8 behave myseM wisely in a per- 
 fect way : 
 Oh when wilt thou come unto me ? 
 I wO walk within my house "with a 
 perfect heart. 
 
 3 Or, 
 
 dweUeth 
 between 
 
 4 Or. 
 for the 
 thanlc 
 offering 
 s Heb. 
 all the 
 earth. 
 
 P.\nother 
 leading 
 is, renrf 
 •not we 
 vur- 
 edves. 
 "Or, a 
 thank 
 offering 
 
 8 Or, 
 <jive heed 
 unto the 
 perfect 
 'ivay 
 
 9 Or, 
 in the 
 integrity 
 of my 
 heart
 
 103. 6. 
 
 THE PSALMS. 
 
 451 
 
 1 Or, th,- 
 tloiii'i „/ 
 uii/idth. 
 fulness 
 
 2 Or, 
 
 prrsoit 
 
 3 Or. 
 faiutetJi 
 
 i Or, in 
 smoke 
 
 5 Or, 
 as an 
 hearth 
 
 6 Or, »s 
 
 stretcJted 
 
 out 
 
 "Or, 
 
 sittest 
 as king 
 
 3 1- will set no base thing before mine 
 eyes : 
 I Imte itlie -work of iliein tliat turn 
 
 aside ; 
 It shall not cleave unto me. 
 
 4 A froward heart shall dejjart from me : 
 I will know no '^evil tiling. 
 
 5 Wlioso privily slandereth his neigh- 
 
 bour, him will I destroy : 
 Him that liath an high look and a 
 proud heart will I not suffer. 
 () Mine eyes shall be npon the faithful 
 of the land, that they may dwell 
 with me : 
 He that walketh in a perfect way, he 
 shall minister unto me. 
 
 7 He that worketh deceit shall not dwell 
 
 within my house : 
 He that speaketh falsehood shall not 
 be esta])lished before mine eyes. 
 
 8 Morning by morning will I destroy all 
 
 the wicked of the land ; 
 To cut off all the workers of iniquity 
 from the city of the Lord. 
 
 102 -V Prayer of the afflictcrl, wlien he s is over- 
 wliehned, and poureth out liis complaint 
 before the Lord. 
 
 1 Hear my prayer, Lobd, 
 And let my cry come unto thee. 
 
 2 Hide not thy face from me in the day 
 
 of my distress : 
 Inclme thine ear unto me ; 
 In the day when I call answer me 
 
 speedily. 
 
 3 For my days consume away ^like smoke, 
 And my bones are burned ^as a fire- 
 brand. 
 
 4 My heart is smitten like grass, and 
 
 withered ; 
 For I forget to eat my bread. 
 
 5 By reason of the voice of my groaning 
 My bones cleave to my flesh. 
 
 6 1 am like a pehcan of the wilderness ; 
 I am become as an owl of the waste 
 l^laces. 
 7 1 watch, and am become 
 Like a sparrow that is alone upon the 
 housetop. 
 
 8 Mine enemies reproach me all the day.; 
 They that are mad against me do 
 
 curse by me. 
 
 9 For I have eaten ashes like bread, 
 And mingled my drink with weeping. 
 
 10 Because of thine indignation and thy 
 
 wrath : 
 For thou hast taken me up, and cast 
 me away. 
 
 11 My days are like a shadow that ^ de- 
 
 clineth ; 
 And I am withered like grass. 
 
 12 But thou, O Lord, 'shalt abide for 
 
 ever; 
 And thy memorial unto aU generations. 
 
 13 Thou shalt arise, and have mercy 
 
 upon Zion: 
 For it is time to have pity upon her, 
 yea, the set time is come. 
 
 14 For thy servants take pleasure in her 
 
 stones, 
 And liave pity upon her dust. 
 
 15 So the nations shall fear the name of 
 
 the LoKD, 
 And all the kings of the earth thy glory : 
 
 16 For tlie Lord hath built up Zion, 
 He liatli appeared in his glory ; 
 
 17 He hatli regarded the prayer of the 
 
 destitute, 
 Ajid hath not despised their prayer. 
 
 18 This shall be written for the genera- 
 
 tion to come : 
 And a iieople which shall be created 
 shall praise "^the Lord. 
 
 19 For he hath looked down from the 
 
 height of his sanctuai-y ; 
 From heaven did tiie Lord behold the 
 earth ; 
 
 20 To hear the sighing of the prisoner; 
 To loose '•* those that are appointed to 
 
 death ; 
 
 21 That men may declare the name of 
 
 the Lord in Zion, 
 And his praise in Jerusalem ; 
 
 22 When the iieojiles are gathered to- 
 
 gether. 
 And the kingdoms, to serve the Lord. 
 
 23 10 He weakened my strength in the 
 way; 
 He shortened my days. 
 24 1 said, O my God, take me not away in 
 the midst of my days : 
 Thy years are throughout all genera- 
 tions. 
 
 25 Of old hast thou laid the fotmdation of 
 
 the earth ; 
 And the heavens are the work of thy 
 hands. 
 
 26 They shall perish, but thou shalt en- 
 
 dure : 
 Yea, all of them shall wax old like a 
 
 garment ; 
 As a vesture shalt thou change them, 
 
 and they shall be changed : 
 
 27 But thou art the same, 
 
 And thy years shall have no end. 
 
 28 The children of thy servants shall 
 
 continue. 
 And their seed shall be established 
 before thee. 
 
 103 A Psalm of David. 
 
 1 Bless the Lord, O my soul ; 
 
 And all that is within me, hless his 
 holy name. 
 
 2 Bless the Lord, my soul. 
 And forget not all his benefits : 
 
 3 Who forgiveth all thme iuiquities ; 
 Who healeth all thy diseases ; 
 
 4 Who redeemeth thy life from ^ de- 
 
 struction ; 
 W"ho crowneth thee with lovingkind- 
 ness and tender mercies : 
 
 5 Wiio satisfieth i^ thy mouth with good 
 
 things ; 
 So that thy youth is renewed like the 
 eagle. 
 
 6 The Lord executeth righteous acts, 
 
 8Heb. 
 Jah. 
 
 9 Heb. 
 the 
 
 children 
 of death. 
 
 10 An- 
 other 
 reading 
 is, He 
 ajfflicted 
 me 
 
 with ftw 
 strength. 
 
 11 Or, the 
 pit 
 
 12 Or, tliy 
 
 years 
 
 Or, thy 
 
 prime 
 
 Heb. 
 
 thine 
 
 orna- 
 
 menti 
 
 15-
 
 452 
 
 THE PSALMS. 
 
 103. 6. 
 
 1 Or. his 
 angels 
 winds 
 
 2 Heb. He 
 founded 
 the earth 
 iipon her 
 bases. 
 
 And judgements for all that are op- 
 pressed. 
 
 7 He made known bis ways unto Moses, 
 His doings unto the children of Israel. 
 
 8 The Lord is full of compassion and 
 
 gracious, 
 Slow to anger, and plenteous in mercy. 
 
 9 He will not always chide ; 
 
 Neither will he keep his anger for ever. 
 
 10 He hath not dealt with us after our 
 
 sins, 
 Nor rewarded us after our iniquities. 
 
 11 For as the heaven is high above the 
 
 earth, 
 So great is his mercy toward them 
 that fear him. 
 
 12 As far as the east is from the west, 
 So far hath he removed our trans- 
 gressions from us. 
 
 13 Like as a father pitieth his children. 
 So the LoED pitieth them that fear 
 
 him. 
 
 14 For he knoweth our frame ; 
 
 He remembereth that we are dust. 
 
 15 As for man, his days are as grass ; 
 
 As a flower of the field, so he flourish- 
 eth. 
 
 16 For the wind passeth over it, and it is 
 
 gone; 
 And the iilace thereof shall know it 
 no more. 
 
 17 But the mercy of the Lord is from 
 
 everlasting to everlasting upon them 
 that fear him, 
 And his righteousness unto childi'eu's 
 children ; 
 
 18 To such as keep his covenant. 
 
 And to those that remember his pre- 
 cepts to do them. 
 
 19 The Lord hath estabUshed his throne 
 
 in the heavens ; 
 And his kuigdom ruleth over all. 
 20 Bless the Lord, ye angels of his: 
 Ye mighty in strength, that fulfil his 
 
 word, 
 Hearkening unto the voice of his word. 
 
 21 Bless the Lord, all ye his hosts ; 
 
 Ye mulisters of his, that do his iileas- 
 ure. 
 
 22 Bless the Lord, all ye his works. 
 In all places of his dominion : 
 Bless the Lord, my soul. 
 
 104 
 
 Bless the Lord, my soul. 
 O Lord my God, thou art very great ; 
 Thou art clothed with honour and 
 majesty. 
 
 2 Who coverest thyself with fight as 
 
 with a garment ; 
 Who stretchest out the heavens like a 
 curtain : 
 
 3 Who layeth the beams of his cham- 
 
 bers in the waters ; 
 Who maketh the clouds his chariot ; 
 Who walketh upon the wings of the 
 
 wind : 
 
 4 Who maketh i winds his messengers; 
 His ministers a flaming fire : 
 
 5 2 Who laid the foundations of the earth. 
 
 That it should not be moved for ever. 
 
 6 Thou coveredst it with the deep as 
 
 with a vesture ; 
 The waters stood above the mount- 
 ains. 
 
 7 At thy rebuke they fled ; 
 
 At the voice of thy thunder they 
 hasted away; 
 
 8 3 They went up by the mountains, 
 
 they went down by the vaUeys, 
 Unto the place which thou hadst 
 founded for them. 
 
 9 Thou hast set a bound that they may 
 
 not pass over; 
 That they turn not again to cover the 
 earth. 
 
 10 He sendeth forth springs into the 
 
 valleys ; 
 They run among the mountains : 
 
 11 They give di'iuk to every beast of the 
 
 field; 
 The wild asses quench their thirst. 
 
 12 By them the fowl of the heaven have 
 
 their habitation. 
 They *sing among the branches. 
 
 13 He watereth the mountains from his 
 
 chambers : 
 The earth is satisfied with the fruit of 
 thy works. 
 
 14 He causeth the grass to grow for the 
 
 cattle, 
 And herb for the ^ service of man ; 
 That he may bring forth ^ food out of 
 
 the earth : 
 
 15 And wine that maketh glad the heart 
 
 of man, 
 "^And oH to make his face to shine, 
 And bread that strengtheneth man's 
 
 heart. 
 16 The trees of the Lord are 8 satisfied; 
 The cedars of Lebanon, which he hath 
 
 planted ; 
 
 17 Where the birds make then- nests : 
 
 As for the stork, the fir trees are her 
 house. 
 
 18 The high mountains are for the wild 
 
 goats; 
 The rocks are a refuge for the 9 conies. 
 
 19 He appointed the moon for seasons : 
 The sun knoweth his going down. 
 
 20 Thou makest darkness, and it is night ; 
 Wherein all the beasts of the forest do 
 
 creep forth. 
 
 21 The young lions roar after their prey, 
 And seek their meat from God. 
 
 22 The sun ariseth, they get them away. 
 And lay them down in their dens. 
 
 23 Man goeth forth unto his work 
 And to his labour until the evening. 
 
 24 O Lord, how manifold are thy works ! 
 In wisdom hast thou made them all : 
 The earth is full of thy i^riches. 
 
 25 Yonder is the sea, great and wide, 
 Wlierein are thmgs creeping innumer- 
 able. 
 
 Both small and great beasts. 
 
 26 There go the ships ; 
 
 There is leviathan, whom thou hast 
 formed to ii take his pastime therein. 
 
 3 Or, 
 
 (The 
 mount- 
 ains 
 rose, tl.e 
 valleys 
 sank 
 down ;) 
 
 4 Heb. 
 utter 
 their 
 voice. 
 
 5 Or, 
 labour 
 
 6 Heb. 
 bread. 
 
 7 Heb. 
 To mukc 
 his/ace 
 to shine 
 with oil. 
 
 8 See ver. 
 1.3, 
 
 9 See Lev. 
 xi. .5. 
 
 10 Or, 
 crea- 
 tures 
 
 "Or. 
 phiy 
 with him 
 See Job 
 xli. 5.
 
 105. 39. 
 
 THE PSALMS. 
 
 453 
 
 'Or, 
 
 gather- 
 est in 
 
 2Heb. 
 
 IlaUelu- 
 
 Jah. 
 
 3 Or, 
 Moditate 
 
 4Heb. 
 cord, or. 
 line. 
 
 •21 Tlicse wait all upon thee, 
 
 Tliat tliou Diayest give tliein their 
 meat in du'- season. 
 '28 Tlnit thon givest u' ito them they gather ; 
 Thou openest thhie hand, they are 
 K itislied with good. 
 
 29 Thou hidest thy face, they are ti'ouhled ; 
 Thou itakest away theu* breath, they 
 
 die, 
 And return to their dust. 
 
 30 Tliou sendest forth tliy spirit, they are 
 
 created ; 
 And thou renewest tlie face of the 
 ground. 
 
 31 Let the glory of the Lord endure for 
 
 ever; 
 Let the Loed rejoice in his works : 
 
 32 Who looketh on the earth, and it 
 
 trembleth ; 
 He toueheth the mountains, and they 
 
 smoke. 
 83 1 will smg unto the Lord as long as 
 
 I live : 
 I wUl sing praise to my God while I 
 
 have any being. 
 
 34 Let my meditation be sweet unto 
 
 him: 
 I win rejoice in the Lord. 
 
 35 Let sinners be consumed out of the 
 
 earth. 
 And let the wicked be no more. 
 Bless the Lord, my soul. 
 2 Praise ye the Lord. 
 105 
 
 give thanks unto the Lord, call 
 
 upon his name ; 
 Make known his doings among the 
 
 peoples. 
 
 2 Sing unto him, sing praises unto him ; 
 3 Talk ye of all his marvellous works. 
 
 3 Glory ye in his holy name : 
 
 Let the heart of them rejoice that 
 seek the Lord. 
 
 4 Seek ye the Lord and his strength ; 
 Seek his face evermore. 
 
 5 Kemember his marvellous works that 
 
 he hath done ; 
 His wonders, and the judgements of 
 his mouth ; 
 
 6 ye seed of Abraham his servant. 
 Ye children of Jacob, his chosen ones. 
 
 7 He is the Lord our God : 
 
 His judgements are in all the earth. 
 
 8 He hath remembered his covenant 
 
 for ever. 
 The word which he commanded to a 
 thousand generations ; 
 
 9 llie cm^enant which he made with 
 
 Abraham, 
 And his oath unto Isaac ; 
 
 10 And confirmed the same unto Jacob 
 
 for a statute. 
 To Israel for an everlasting covenant : 
 
 11 Saying, Unto thee will I give the land 
 
 of Canaan, 
 The * lot of your inheritance : 
 
 12 When they were but a few men iu 
 
 number ; 
 Yea, very few, and sojoui'iiers in it ; 
 
 13 And they went about from nation to 
 nation. 
 
 From one kingdom to another people. 
 14 He suffered no man to do them wrong; 
 
 Yea, he reproved kings for their sakes; 
 15 Sai/hif/, Touch not mine anointed ones, 
 
 And do my prophets no hann. 
 IGAnd he called for a famme upon the 
 land; 
 
 He brake the whole staff of bread. 
 
 17 He sent a man before them ; 
 Joseph was sold for a servant   
 
 18 His feet they hurt with fetters ; 
 6 He was laid in chains of iron : 
 
 19 Until the tune that his word came to 
 
 pass ; 
 The word of the Lord tried him. 
 20 The king sent and loosed him; 
 
 Even the ruler of peoples, and let him 
 go free. 
 
 21 He made him hn-d of his house. 
 And ruler of all his substance ; 
 
 22 To bind his princes at his pleasure. 
 And teach his 6 senators wisdom. 
 
 23 Israel also came into Egypt; 
 
 And Jacob sojourned in the land of 
 Ham. 
 
 24 And he increased his people greatly. 
 And made them stronger than their 
 
 adversaries. 
 
 25 He turned then- heart to hate his 
 
 people, 
 To deal subtilly with his servants. 
 
 26 He sent Moses his servant. 
 And Aaron whom he had chosen. 
 
 27 7 They set among them 8 his signs. 
 And wonders in the land of Ham. 
 
 28 He sent darkness, and made it dark ; 
 And they rebelled not agamst his 
 
 words. 
 
 29 He turned their waters into blood, 
 And slew their fish. 
 
 30 Their land swarmed with frogs. 
 In the chambers of their kings. 
 
 31 He spake, and there came swarms 
 
 of flies. 
 And 9 lice in all their borders. 
 
 32 He gave them hail for rain, 
 And flaming fire in their land. 
 
 33 He smote their vuies also and their 
 
 fig trees ; 
 And brake the trees of then* borders. 
 
 34 He spake, and the locust came. 
 
 And tlie cankerworm, and that with- 
 out number, 
 
 35 And did eat up every herb in their land, 
 And did eat up the fruit of theii- ground. 
 
 36 He smote also all the firstborn in their 
 
 1 md. 
 The 10 chief of all their strength. 
 
 37 And he brought them forth with sUver 
 
 and gold : 
 And there was ^not one feeble person 
 among his tribes. 
 
 38 Egyi)t was glad when they departed ; 
 For the fear of them had fallen upon 
 
 them. 
 
 39 He spread a cloud for a covering ; 
 And fire to give light in the night. 
 
 5 Heb. 
 Jlii sotd 
 entered 
 info the 
 iron. 
 
 «Heb. 
 elders. 
 
 7 Some 
 .ancient 
 versions 
 liave, He. 
 
 8 Heb. 
 the 
 ivords 
 of his 
 signs. 
 
 See Ex. 
 viii. 16. ' 
 
 10 Heb. 
 begin' 
 ning. 
 SeeDeut 
 xxi. 17. 
 
 "Or, 
 none 
 that 
 stumbled
 
 454 
 
 THE PSALMS. 
 
 105. 40. 
 
 IHeb. 
 Hallelu- 
 jah, 
 
 2 Or, 
 
 pasture 
 
 land 
 
 40 They asked, and lie brought quails, 
 Ajid satisfied them with the bread of 
 
 heaven. 
 
 41 He opened the rock, and waters 
 
 gushed out ; 
 They ran in the dry places like a river. 
 
 42 For he remembered his holy word. 
 And Abraham his servant. 
 
 43 And he brought forth his peoiile witli 
 
 joy, 
 Aiid his chosen with singmg. 
 
 44 And he gave them the lands of the 
 
 nations ; 
 And they took the labour of the peo- 
 ples in possession : 
 
 45 That they might keep his statutes, 
 And observe his laws. 
 
 1 Praise ye the Lord. 
 106 
 
 1 Praise ye the Lokd. 
 
 O give thanks unto the Lokd ; for he 
 
 is good: 
 For his mercy endureth for ever. 
 '2 Who can utter the mighty acts of the 
 Lord, 
 Or shew forth all his iiraise ? 
 
 3 Blessed are they tha,t keep judgement. 
 And he that doeth righteousness at all 
 
 times. 
 
 4 Kemember me, O Lord, with the favour 
 
 that thou bearest unto thy people ; 
 visit me with thy salvation : 
 
 5 That I may see the prosperity of thy 
 
 chosen. 
 
 That I may rejoice in the gladness of 
 thy nation. 
 
 That I may glory with thine inherit- 
 ance. 
 
 6 We have sinned with our fathers, 
 We have committed iniquity, we have 
 
 done wickedly. 
 
 7 Our fathers understood not thy won- 
 
 ders in Egypt ; 
 They remembered not the multitude 
 
 of thy mercies ; 
 But were rebellious at the sea, even 
 
 at the Eed Sea. 
 
 8 Nevertheless he saved them for his 
 
 name's sake, 
 That he might make his mighty power 
 to be known. 
 
 9 He rebuked the Eed Sea also, and it 
 
 was dried up : 
 So he led them through the depths, 
 as through a 2 wilderness. 
 
 10 And he saved them from the hand of 
 
 him that hated them. 
 And redeemed them from the hand of 
 the enemy. 
 
 11 And the waters covered theii* advers- 
 
 aries : 
 There was not one of them left. 
 
 12 Then believed they his words ; 
 They sang his praise. 
 
 13 They soon forgat his works ; 
 They waited not for his counsel : 
 
 14 But lusted exceedingly in the wilder- 
 
 ness, 
 
 And tempted God in the desert. 
 
 15 And he gave them their request ; 
 But sent leanness into their soul. 
 
 16 They envied Moses also in the camp. 
 And Aaron the ^ saint of the Lord. 
 
 17 The earth opened and swallowed up 
 
 Dathan, 
 And covered the company of Abu*am. 
 
 18 And a fire was kuidled in their company; 
 The flame burned uji the wicked. 
 
 19 They made a calf in Horeb, 
 And worshijiped a molten image. 
 
 20 Thus they changed their glory 
 
 For the likeness of an ox that eateth 
 grass. 
 
 21 They forgat God their saviour, 
 Which had done great things in Egypt ; 
 
 22 Wondrous works in the land of Ham, 
 A7id terrible things by the Eed Sea. 
 
 23 Therefore he said that he would de- 
 
 stroy them. 
 Had not Moses his chosen stood before 
 
 him in the breach. 
 To turn away his wrath, lest he should 
 
 destroy them. 
 
 24 Yea, they despised the pleasant land. 
 They believed not his word ; 
 
 25 But murmured in their tents. 
 
 And hearkened not unto the voice of 
 the Lord. 
 
 26 Therefore he lifted up his hand unto 
 
 them. 
 That he would * overthrow them in the 
 wilderness : 
 
 27 And that he would overthrow their 
 
 seed among the nations. 
 And scatter them in the lands. 
 
 28 They joined themselves also unto 
 
 ^Baal-peor, 
 And ate the sacrifices of the dead. 
 
 29 Thus they provoked him to anger with 
 
 their domgs ; 
 And the plague brake in upon them. 
 
 30 Then stood up Phiuehas, and executed 
 
 judgement : 
 And so the plague was stayed. 
 
 31 And that was counted unto him for 
 
 righteousness. 
 Unto all generations for evermore. 
 
 32 They angered him also at the waters 
 
 of GMeribah, 
 So that it went ill with Moses for their 
 sakes : 
 
 33 Because they were rebeUious against 
 
 his spirit, 
 And he spake unadvisedly with his lips. 
 
 34 They (Ud not destroy the peoples. 
 As the Lord commanded them ; 
 
 35 But mingled themselves with the na- 
 
 tions, 
 And learned their works : 
 
 36 And they served their idols ; 
 Which became a snare unto them : 
 
 37 Yea, they sacrificed their sons and 
 
 their daughters unto demons, 
 
 38 And shediniiocent blood, even the blood 
 
 of their sons and of then- daughters. 
 Whom they sacrificed unto the idols 
 of Canaan ; 
 
 3 Or, holy 
 end 
 
 4Heb. 
 make 
 thein 
 /all. 
 
 5 See 
 Num. 
 XXV. 3. 
 
 6 Or. 
 strife
 
 107. 27. 
 
 THE PSALMS. 
 
 455 
 
 1 1 Heb. 
 ! from the 
 
 Aiid the land was polluted with bhjod. 
 
 39 Thus were they defiled with their 
 
 works, 
 AjkI went a whoruig in their doings. 
 
 40 Therefore was the wrath of the Lord 
 
 kindled against his people, 
 And he abhorred his inlieritance. 
 
 41 And he gave them into the hand of 
 
 the nations ; 
 And they that hated them ruled over 
 
 them. 
 •12 Their enemies also oppressed them, 
 And they were brought into subjection 
 
 under their hand. 
 43 Many times did he deliver them ; 
 But they were rebellious in their 
 
 counsel, 
 And were brought low in their iniquity. 
 
 44 Nevertheless he regarded their distress, 
 When he heard their cry : 
 
 45 And he remembered for them his 
 
 covenant, 
 
 And repented according to the multi- 
 tude of his mercies. 
 4G Ho made them also to be pitied 
 
 Of all those that carried them captives. 
 
 47 Save us, O Lord our God, 
 
 And gather us from among the na- 
 tions. 
 To give thanks unto thy holy name, 
 And to triumph in thy praise. 
 
 48 Blessed be the Lord, the God of Israel, 
 From everlasting even to everlasting. 
 And let all the people say, Amen. 
 
 1 Praise ye the Lord. 
 
 BOOK V. 
 
 107 
 
 O give thanks unto the Lord ; for he 
 
 is good : 
 For his mercy endureth for ever. 
 
 2 Let the redeemed of the Lord say 
 
 so, 
 Whom he hath redeemed from the 
 hand of the adversai-y ; 
 
 3 And gathered them out of the lands, 
 From the east and from the west. 
 From the north and ifrom the south. 
 
 4 They wandered in the wilderness in a 
 
 desert way ; 
 They found no city of habitation. 
 
 5 Himgry and thu-sty. 
 Their soul fainted in them. 
 
 6 Then they cried unto the Lord in 
 
 their trouble. 
 And he deUvered them out of then- 
 distresses. 
 
 7 He led them also by a straight way, 
 That they might go to a city of habit- 
 ation. 
 
 8 Oh that men would j)raise the Lord 
 
 for his goodness, 
 Aiid for his wonderful works to the 
 children of men ! 
 
 9 For he satisfieth the longing soul, 
 And the hungry soul he filleth with 
 
 good. 
 
 10 Such as sat in darkness and in the 
 
 shadow of death. 
 Being bound in affliction and iron ; 
 
 11 Because they rebelled against the 
 
 words of God, 
 And contemned the counsel of the 
 Most High : 
 
 12 Therefore he brought down theii- heart 
 
 with labom- ; 
 They fell down, and there was none to 
 helj). 
 
 13 Then they cried unto the Lord in their 
 
 trouble. 
 And he saved them out of their dis- 
 tresses. 
 
 14 He brought them out of darkness and 
 
 the shadow of death, 
 And brake then- bands in sunder. 
 
 15 Oh that men would praise the Lord for 
 
 his goodness. 
 And for his wonderful works to the 
 children of men ! 
 
 16 For he hath broken the gates of brass, 
 And cut the bars of iron m sunder. 
 
 17 Fools because of ^ their transgression. 
 And because of their miquities, are 
 
 afflicted. 
 
 18 Their soul abhorreth all manner of 
 
 meat; 
 And they draw near unto the gates of 
 death. 
 
 19 Then they ciy unto the Lord in then- 
 
 trouble, 
 And he saveth them out of their dis- 
 tresses. 
 
 20 Ho sendeth his word, and healeth 
 
 them. 
 And delivereth thevi from their ^ de- 
 structions. 
 
 21 Oh that men would praise the Lord 
 
 for his goodness. 
 And for his wonderful works to the 
 children of men ! 
 
 22 And let them oiler the sacrifices of 
 
 thanksgiving. 
 And declare his works with singmg. 
 
 23 They that go down to the sea in ships, 
 That do business in great waters ; 
 
 24 These see the works of the Lord, 
 And his wonders in the deei). 
 
 25 For he commandeth, and raiseth the 
 
 stormy wind, 
 Which lifteth up the waves thereof. 
 2G They momit up to the heaven, they go 
 down again to the depths : 
 Theii- soul melteth away because of 
 trouble. 
 27 They reel to and fro, and stagger like 
 a di'unken man, 
 
 iHeb. 
 Hallelu- 
 
 2 Heb. 
 the way 
 of tlieif 
 trans- 
 gressi&ii. 
 
 3 Heb. 
 
 pits. ,
 
 456 
 
 THE PSALMS. 
 
 107. 27. 
 
 iHeb. 
 
 all their 
 wisdom 
 ?.s- swal- 
 I'lwed 
 up. 
 
 2Heb. 
 
 the 
 
 h tvcn 
 of their 
 desire. 
 
 3 See 
 I's. Ivii. 
 7-11. 
 
 i Or, 7 
 v'iU a- 
 iiKike the 
 dawn 
 
 Aiid 1 are at their wits' end. 
 
 28 Then they cry unto the Lord in their 
 
 trouble, 
 Aiid he bringeth them out of their 
 distresses. 
 
 29 He niaketh the storm a calm, 
 
 So that the waves thereof are still. 
 
 30 Then are they glad because they be 
 
 quiet ; 
 So he bringeth them unto ^ the haven 
 where they would be. 
 
 31 Oh that men would praise the Lord 
 
 for his goodness, 
 Aiid for his wonderful works to the 
 children of men ! 
 
 32 Let them exalt him also in the a^^- 
 
 sembly of the iieople. 
 And praise him in the seat of the elders. 
 
 33 He turneth rivers into a wilderness, 
 And watersprings into a thirsty ground; 
 
 34 A fruitful land into a salt desert, 
 For the wickedness of them that dwell 
 
 therein. 
 
 35 He turneth a wilderness into a pool of 
 
 water, 
 And a dry land into watersprings. 
 
 36 And there he maketh the hungiy to 
 
 dwell. 
 That they may prepare a city of habit- 
 ation ; 
 
 37 And sow fields, and plant vineyards. 
 And get them fruits of increase. 
 
 38 He blesseth them also, so that they 
 
 are multiplied greatly ; 
 And he suffereth not their cattle to 
 decrease. 
 
 39 Again, they are minished and bowed 
 
 down 
 Through oppression, trouble, and 
 sorrow. 
 
 40 He poureth contempt upon princes. 
 And causeth them to wander in the 
 
 waste, where there is no way. 
 
 41 Yet setteth he the needy on high from 
 
 affliction. 
 And maketh him families like a flock. 
 
 42 The upright shall see it, and be glad ; 
 And all iniquity shall stoj) her mouth. 
 
 43 Whoso is wise shall give heed to these 
 
 things. 
 And they shall consider the mercies of 
 the Lord. 
 
 108 A Song, a Psalm of David. 
 
 1 3 My heart is fixed, God ; 
 I will sing, yea, I will smg praises, 
 even with my glory. 
 2 Awake, psaltery and harp: 
 
 ^I myself wiU awake right early. 
 3 1 will give thanks unto tliee, O Lord, 
 among the peoples : 
 And I win sing jjraises unto thee a- 
 mong the nations. 
 
 4 For thy mercy is great above the 
 
 heavens. 
 And thy truth reacheth unto the skies. 
 
 5 Be thou exalted, God, above the 
 
 heavens : 
 
 And thy gloi-y above all the earth. 
 
 6 5 That thy beloved may be delivered, 
 Save with thy right hand, and answer 
 
 6 us. 
 
 7 God hath spoken in his holiness ; I will 
 
 exult: 
 I will divide Shechem, and mete out 
 the valley of Succoth. 
 
 8 Gilead is mine ; Manasseh is mine ; 
 Ephraim also is the defence of mine 
 
 head ; 
 Judah is my 7 sceptre. 
 
 9 Moab is my washpot ; 
 
 •^Upon Edom will I cast my shoe: 
 Over Philistia will I shout. 
 10 Who will bring me into the fenced 
 city? 
 5 Who hath led me unto Edom? 
 11 10 Hast not thou cast us off, God? 
 And thou goest not forth, God, with 
 our hosts. 
 12 Give us help against the adversary : 
 
 For vain is the ^help of man. 
 13 Through God we shall do valiantly: 
 For he it is that shall tread down our 
 adversaries. 
 
 109 For tlie Cliief Musician. A Psalm of David. 
 
 1 Hold not thy jieace, God of my 
 
 praise ; 
 
 2 For the mouth of the wicked and the 
 
 mouth of deceit have they opened 
 against me : 
 They have spoken 12^1,^0 me with a 
 lying tongue. 
 
 3 They compassed me about also with 
 
 words of hatred, 
 And fought against me without a cause. 
 
 4 For my love they are my adversaries : 
 But I give myself unto prayer. 
 
 5 And they have i^ rewarded me evU for 
 
 good, 
 And hatred for my love. 
 
 6 Set tliou a wicked man over him : 
 And let i*an adversary stand at his 
 
 right hand. 
 
 7 When he is judged, let him come forth 
 
 guilty; 
 And let his prayer i^ be turned into sin. 
 
 8 Let his days be few ; 
 
 And let another take his office. 
 
 9 Let his children be fatherless, 
 And his wife a widow. 
 
 10 Let his children be vagabonds, and beg ; 
 And let them seek their bread i^out of 
 
 their desolate jilaces. 
 
 11 Let the extortioner i^ catch all that he 
 
 hath ; 
 And let strangers make spoil of his 
 labour. 
 
 12 Let there be none to ^''extend mercy 
 
 unto him ; 
 Neither let there be any to have pity 
 on his fatherless children. 
 13 Let his posterity be cut off; 
 
 In the generation following let their 
 name be blotted out. 
 14 Let the iniquity of his fathers be re- 
 membered with the Lord ; 
 
 s See Ps. 
 Ix. 5-12. 
 
 ^Another 
 reading 
 is, nie. 
 
 "'Or, law- 
 giver 
 
 8 Or, 
 Into 
 
 9 Or, 
 
 Who win 
 lead me 
 ic. 
 
 10 Or, 
 Wilt not 
 thou, O 
 G,d, 
 
 wh ich 
 hast cast 
 tis off, 
 a. id 
 goest . . . 
 hosts f 
 
 11 Hob. 
 salva- 
 tion. 
 
 12 Or, 
 against 
 
 13 Heb. 
 
 laid 
 upon 
 ^ne. 
 
 » Or, 
 Satan 
 Or, an 
 accuser 
 
 15 Or, 
 become 
 
 '« Or, far 
 from 
 
 1' Heb. 
 S7lare. 
 
 16 Or. 
 
 continue 
 
 kindness
 
 112. 2. 
 
 THE PSALMS. 
 
 457 
 
 1 Or, is 
 
 stretched 
 out 
 
 2 Or, 
 totter 
 
 3 Or, 
 
 Mine ad- 
 versaries 
 sJiaJl be 
 clothed 
 . and 
 tliey shall 
 cover -i'C. 
 
 4 Or. 
 
 stretch 
 
 And let not tlio sm of his luotluu' ]n: 
 blottod out. 
 l.'iLot them bo before the Loud con- 
 tinually, 
 
 That he may cut off the memory of 
 them from the earth. 
 1() Because that ho remembered m)t to 
 shew mercy, 
 
 But persecuted the poor and needy miui. 
 
 And the broken in heart, to slay them. 
 
 17 Yea, ho loved cursuig, and it came 
 
 unto him ; 
 And ho dehghted not in blessing, and 
 it was far from him. 
 
 18 He clothed himself also with cursmg 
 
 as with his garment. 
 And it came into his inward parts like 
 
 water. 
 And like oil into his bones. 
 
 19 Let it be unto him as the raiment 
 
 wherewith ho covereth himself, 
 And for the girdle wherewith ho is 
 girded continually. 
 
 20 This is the reward of mine adversaries 
 
 from the Lokd, 
 And of them that speak evil against 
 my soul. 
 ■21 But deal thou with me, O God the 
 Lord, for thy name's sake: 
 Because thy mercy is good, deliver 
 thou me, 
 22 For I am poor and needy. 
 
 And my heart is wounded within me. 
 231 am gone liko the shadow when it 
 1 dechneth : 
 I am tossed up and down as the locust. 
 24 My knees ^are weak through fasting; 
 
 And my flesh faUeth of fatness. 
 25 1 am become also a reproach unto them : 
 When they see me, they shake their 
 head. 
 
 26 Help me, O Lord my God ; 
 
 O save me according to thy mercy : 
 
 27 That they may know that this is thy 
 
 hand; 
 TJiat thou. Lord, hast done it. 
 28 Let them cui-se, but bless thou: 
 
 When they arise, they shallbe ashamed, 
 but thy servant shall rejoice. 
 29 3 Let mine adversaries be clothed with 
 dishonour. 
 And let them cover themselves with 
 thek own shame as with a mantle. 
 30 1 will give gi-eat thanks unto the Lord 
 with my mouth ; 
 Yea, I wUl praise him among the 
 multitude. 
 31 For he shall stand at the right hand 
 of the needy. 
 To save him from them that judge his 
 soul. 
 
 110 A Psalm of David. 
 
 1 The Lord saith unto my lord, Sit thou 
 
 at my right hand. 
 Until I make thine enemies thy foot- 
 stool. 
 
 2 The Lord shall *send forth the rod 
 
 of thy strength out of Ziou : 
 
 Kulo thou in tho midst of thine 
 enemies. 
 
 3 Thy peoi)lo ■"'offer themselves wiUuigly 
 
 t* in the day of tliy "^ power : 
 "In tho beiiuties of holiness, from the 
 
 womb of the morning, 
 oThou hast the dew of thy youth. 
 
 4 The LoRjj hath sworn, and will not 
 
 repent. 
 Thou art a priest for ever 
 After the i" order of Melchizedek. 
 
 5 The Lord at thy right hand 
 
 11 Shall strike through kuigs ui the 
 day of his wrath. 
 
 6 He shall judge among the nations, 
 
 1'-^ He 1^ shall fill the places with dead 
 
 bodies ; 
 He 11 shall strike through the head i*in 
 
 many coimtries. 
 
 7 He shall drink of the brook in the way : 
 Therefore shall he lift up the head. 
 
 Ill 
 
 15 Praise ye the Lord. 
 
 I wOl give thanks unto the Lord with 
 
 my whole heart. 
 In the council of the upright, and in 
 
 the congregation. 
 
 2 The works of the Lord are great. 
 Sought out of all them that have 
 
 pleasm-e therein. 
 
 3 His work is honour and majesty : 
 Andhis righteousness endm'eth for ever. 
 
 4 He hath made his wonderful works to 
 
 be remembered : 
 The Lord is gracious and fuU of com- 
 passion. 
 
 5 He hath given i^meat unto them that 
 
 fear him : 
 He will ever be mindful of his coven- 
 ant. 
 
 6 He hath shewed his people the power 
 
 of his works. 
 In giving them the heritage of the 
 nations. 
 
 7 The works of his hands are truth and 
 
 judgement ; 
 All his precepts are sui-e. 
 
 8 They are established for ever and ever. 
 They are I'done in truth and upright- 
 ness. 
 
 9 He hath sent redemption unto his 
 
 people ; 
 He hath commanded his covenant for 
 
 ever : 
 Holy and reverend is his name. 
 10 The feai- of the Lord is the beginning 
 
 of wisdom ; 
 18 A good understanding have aU they 
 
 that do 19 thereafter: 
 His praise endureth for ever. 
 112 
 
 15 Praise ye the Lord. 
 
 Blessed is the man that feareth the 
 
 Lord, 
 That deHghteth greatly in his com- 
 mandments. 
 2 His seed shall be mighty upon earth : 
 The generation of the upright shall be 
 
 blessed. 
 
 i>Hob. 
 are 
 
 /reewUl 
 offer- 
 ings. 
 
 8 Or, in 
 the day 
 of thy 
 power, 
 in the 
 beauties 
 of holi- 
 ness : 
 from.&c. 
 
 'Or, 
 armtf 
 
 8 Or, 
 In holy 
 attire 
 Accord- 
 ing to 
 another 
 reading. 
 On the 
 mount- 
 ains of 
 hoi if less. 
 'J Or, Thy 
 youth 
 are to 
 thee an 
 the dew 
 10 Or, 
 manner 
 "Or, 
 Hath 
 stricken 
 
 12 Or,Tlie 
 places 
 
 a re full 
 
 of &c. 
 
 13 Or. 
 
 hath 
 fiUed 
 WOr, 
 over a 
 wi( e 
 la th-l 
 15 Hell. 
 rialiclw- 
 Jah. 
 
 leHeb. 
 prey 
 
 "Or. 
 made 
 
 IS Or. 
 
 (rood 
 
 repute 
 
 1 ' Heb. 
 thejn. 
 
 15—5
 
 458 
 
 THE PSALMS. 
 
 112. 3. 
 
 1 Heb. 
 n dlelu- 
 Jah. 
 
 2 (1r, to 
 T'-gard 
 live 
 
 heavens 
 
 a 'd the 
 
 urth. 
 
 3 Wealth an<l riches are ui his house: 
 And his righteousness enclureth for 
 ever. 
 4 Unto the upright there ariseth light 
 in the darkness : 
 lie is gracious, and full of compas- 
 sion, and righteous. 
 
 5 Well is it with the man that dealeth 
 
 graciously and lendeth ; 
 He shall maintain his eiuse in judge- 
 ment. 
 
 6 For he shall never be moved ; 
 
 The righteous shall be had in ever- 
 lasting i-emembrauce. 
 
 7 He shall not be afraid of evil tidings : 
 His heart is fixed, trusting in the 
 
 Lord. 
 
 8 His heart is established, he shall not 
 
 be afraid. 
 Until he see his desire upon his ad- 
 versaries. 
 
 9 He hath dispersed, he hath given to 
 
 the needy; 
 
 His righteousness eudm-eth for ever : 
 
 His horn shall be exalted with honour. 
 10 The wicked shall see it, and be gi-ieved ; 
 
 He shall gnash with his teeth, and 
 melt away : 
 
 The desire of the wicked shall perish. 
 113 
 
 1 Praise ye the Lord. 
 
 Praise, ye servants of the Lord, 
 
 Praise the name of the Lord. 
 
 2 Blessed be the name of the Lord 
 From this time forth andfor evei-more. 
 
 3 From the rising of the sun unto the 
 
 going down of the same 
 The Lord's name is to be praised. 
 
 4 The Lord is high above all nations, 
 And his glory above the heavens. 
 
 5 Who is like luito the Lord our God, 
 That hath his seat on high, 
 
 6 That humbleth himself '■^ to behold 
 2'ke things that are in heaven and in 
 
 the earth ? 
 
 7 He raiseth up the poor out of the 
 
 dust, 
 And lifteth up the needy from the 
 du:ighiLl; 
 
 8 That he may set him with princes. 
 Even with the i^riuces of his people. 
 
 9 He maketh the barren woman to keep 
 
 house, 
 And to he a joyful mother of children. 
 1 Praise ye the Lord. 
 114 
 
 When Israel went forth out of Egyjit, 
 The house of Jacob from a people of 
 strange language ; 
 
 2 Judah became his sanctuary, 
 Israel his dominion. 
 
 3 The sea saw it, and fled; 
 Jordan was ch-iven back. 
 
 4 The momitaius skipjoed like rams. 
 The little hills like young sheep. 
 
 5 What aUeth thee, thou sea, that 
 
 thou fleest ? 
 Thou Jordan, that thou turnest back? 
 
 6 Ye mountains, that ye skip like rams; 
 
 Ye little hills, like young sheep? 
 
 7 Tremble, thou earth, at the presence 
 
 of the Lord, 
 At the presence of the God of Jacob ; 
 
 8 Which tm-ned the rock into a pool of 
 
 water. 
 The flmt into a fountain of waters. 
 115 
 
 Not unto us, Lord, not unto us. 
 
 But unto thy name give gloi-y, 
 
 For thy mercy, and for thy truth's 
 
 sake. 
 
 2 Wherefore should the nations say, 
 Where is now their God? 
 
 3 But ouv God is in the heavens : 
 
 He hath done whatsoever he pleased. 
 
 4 Their idols are silver and gold, 
 The work of men's hands. 
 
 5 They have mouths, but they speak 
 
 not; 
 Eyes have they, but they see not; 
 
 6 They have ears, but they hear not ; 
 Noses have they, but they smell not ; 
 
 7 They have hands, but they handle 
 
 not; 
 Feet have they, but they walk not ; 
 Neither speak they through their 
 
 throat. 
 
 8 They that make them shall be like 
 
 unto them ; 
 Y'ea, every one that trusteth in them. 
 
 9 O Israel, trast thou in the Lord : 
 He is their help and then- shield. 
 
 10 O house of Aaron, trast ye in the Lord : 
 He is their help and their shield. 
 
 11 Ye that fear the Lord, trust in the 
 
 Lord; 
 He is their help and their shield. 
 
 12 The Lord hath been mindful of us ; he 
 
 wiU bless us : 
 He wiU bless the house of Israel ; 
 He will bless the house of Aaron. 
 
 13 He will bless them that fear the Lord, 
 Both small and great. 
 
 14 The Lord increase you more and 
 
 more, 
 You and your children. 
 
 15 Blessed are ye of the Lord, 
 Which made heaven and earth. 
 
 16 The heavens are the heavens of the 
 
 Lord; 
 But the earth hath he given to the 
 children of men. 
 
 17 The dead praise not ^the Lord, 
 Neither any that go down uito silence ; 
 
 18 But we will bless ^the Lord 
 
 From this time forth and for evermore. 
 1 Praise ye the Lord. 
 116 
 
 I love the Lord, because he hath 
 
 heard 
 My voice and my supplications. 
 
 2 Because he hath inclined his ear unto 
 
 me. 
 Therefore will I call upon h im as long 
 as I live. 
 
 3 The cords of death compassed me. 
 And the pains of ^Sheol ^gat hold 
 
 upon me 
 
 3 Heb. 
 Jah. 
 
 i Or, the 
 grave 
 5 Or. 
 found 
 
 me
 
 119. 1. 
 
 TJIE PSALMS. 
 
 459 
 
 iHeb. 
 
 latuls, 
 
 2 0r, / 
 believed, 
 when I 
 spake 
 thus 
 
 3 Or, 
 alarm 
 iHeb. 
 liars. 
 
 5 Heb. 
 
 BalUla- 
 
 Jah. 
 
 6 Heb. 
 Jah. 
 
 I found trouble atid sorrow. 
 4 Then called I upon the name of tlie 
 Loud ; 
 
 OLoRD.Ibeseecb thee, deliver my soul. 
 5(rracious is the Louu, and righteous; 
 
 Yea, our God is merciful. 
 
 6 The Lord ju-eserveth the simple : 
 
 I was brouj;ht low, and he saved me. 
 
 7 lletuni unto thy rest, O my soul ; 
 For the Lord hath dealt bountifully 
 
 with thee. 
 
 8 For thou hast delivered my soul from 
 
 death, 
 
 Mme eyes from tears, 
 
 A nd my feet from falling. 
 9 1 will walk before the Lord 
 
 In the 1 land of the living. 
 10^1 believe, for I will speak: 
 
 I was greatly afflicted: 
 111 said in my ^ haste, 
 
 All men are *a lie. 
 12 What shall I render unto the Lord 
 
 For all his benefits toward me ? 
 13 1 Tvill take the cup of salvation, 
 
 And caU upon the name of the Lord. 
 14 1 will pay my vows unto the Lord, 
 
 Yea, in the presence of all his people. 
 
 15 Precious in the sight of the Lord 
 Is the death of his saints. 
 
 16 Lord, truly I am thy servant : 
 
 I am thy servant, the son of thine 
 
 handmaid ; 
 Thou hast loosed my bonds. 
 171 wiU offer to thee the sacrifice of 
 thanksgiving. 
 And will call upon the name of the 
 Lord. 
 18 1 will pay my vows iinto the Lord, 
 
 Yea, in the presence of all his people ; 
 19 In the com-ts of the Lord's house, 
 In the midst of thee, Jerusalem. 
 ^Praise ye the Lord. 
 117 
 
 praise the Lord, aU ye nations ; 
 Laud him, all ye peoples. 
 2 For his mercy is great toward us ; 
 And the truth of the Lord endureih 
 
 for ever. 
 5 Praise ye the Lord. 
 118 
 
 give thanks unto the Lord ; for he 
 
 is good; 
 For his mercy endureth for ever. 
 
 2 Lot Israel now say. 
 
 That his mercy endureth for ever. 
 
 3 Let the house of Aaron now say, 
 That his mercy endureth for ever. 
 
 4 Let them now that fear the Lord say. 
 That his mercy endureth for ever. 
 
 5 Out of my distress I called upon ^ the 
 
 Lord : 
 ''The Lord answered me and set me 
 in a large place. 
 G The Lord is on my side ; I will not fear ; 
 
 What can man do unto me ? 
 7 The Lord is on my side among them 
 that help me : 
 Therefore shall I see my desire upon 
 them that hate me. 
 
 8 It is better to trust in the Loud 
 Than to put confidence in man. 
 
 9 It is better to trust in the Lord 
 Than to put confidence in princes. 
 
 10 All nations compassed me about; 
 In the name of the Lord I will cut 
 them off. 
 11 They compassed me about; yea, they 
 comjiassed me about : 
 In the name of the Lord I will cut 
 them off. 
 12 They compassed me about like bees; 
 they are quenched as the fire of 
 thorns : 
 In the name of the Lord I will cut 
 them off. 
 
 13 Thou didst tluiist sore at me that I 
 
 might fall : 
 But the Lord helped me. 
 
 14 '^ The Lord is my strength and song ; 
 And he is become my salvation. 
 
 15 The voice of rejoicing and salvation is 
 
 in the tents of the righteous : 
 The right hand of the Lord doeth 
 valiantly. 
 
 16 The right hand of the Lord is exalted : 
 The right hand of the Lord doeth 
 
 valiantly. 
 17 1 shaU not die, but live. 
 
 And declare the works of ^ the Lord. 
 
 18 '^ The Lord hath chastened me sore : 
 But he hath not given me over imto 
 
 death. 
 
 19 Open to me the gates of righteousness : 
 I will enter into them, I wiU give 
 
 thanks unto ^the Lord. 
 
 20 This is the gate of the Lord ; 
 The righteous shall enter into it. 
 
 21 1 will give thanks imto thee, for thou 
 hast answered me, 
 
 And art become my salvation. 
 22 The stone which the buUders rejected 
 
 Is become the head of the corner. 
 23 7 This is the Lord's doing; 
 
 It is marvellous in om- eyes. 
 
 24 This is the day which the Lord hath 
 
 made ; 
 We win rejoice and be glad in it. 
 
 25 Save now, we beseech thee, O Lord : 
 Lord, we beseech thee, send now 
 
 prosperity. 
 
 26 Blessed be he that « cometh in the name 
 
 of the Lord : 
 We have blessed you out of the house 
 of the Lord. 
 
 27 The Lord is God, and he hath given 
 
 us light ; 
 Bind the sacrifice with cords, even 
 unto the horns of the altar. 
 
 28 Thou art my God, and I will give 
 
 thanks unto thee : 
 Thou art my God, I will exalt thee. 
 
 29 give thanks unto the Lord ; for he 
 
 is good : 
 For his mercy endureth for ever. 
 
 119 K ALEPH. 
 
 Blessed are they that ai-e » perfect in 
 
 the way. 
 Who walk in the law of the Lord. 
 
 7 Heb. 
 Thi£ is 
 from the 
 
 LORD. 
 
 8 Or, 
 entereth 
 
 <S0r. 
 upright 
 in wan 
 
 10—6
 
 460 
 
 THE PSALMS. 
 
 119. 2. 
 
 lOr, 
 
 Cursed 
 are they 
 which &c. 
 
 2Heb. 
 the men 
 of my 
 counsel. 
 
 •2 Blessed are they that keep his testi- 
 monies, 
 That seek him with the whole heart. 
 
 3 Yea, they do no unrighteousness ; 
 They walk m his ways. 
 
 4 Thou hast commanded us thy precepts, 
 That we should observe them diUgently . 
 
 5 Oh that my ways were estabUshed 
 To observe thy statutes! 
 
 6 Then shall I not be ashamed. 
 When I have respect unto all thy com- 
 mandments. 
 
 7 1 wiU give thanks unto thee with i;p- 
 rightness of heart. 
 When I learn thy righteous judge- 
 ments. 
 8 1 will obseiwe thy statutes : 
 O forsake me not utterly. 
 
 n BETH. 
 
 9 Wherewithal shall a young man cleanse 
 his way ? 
 By taking heed thereto accordmg to 
 thy word. 
 
 10 With my whole heart have I sought 
 
 thee: 
 
 let me not wander from thy com- 
 mandments. 
 
 11 Thy word have I laid up in mine heart, 
 That I might not sin against thee. 
 
 12 Blessed art thou, Lord : 
 Teach me thy statutes. 
 
 13 Y/ith my hps have I declared 
 All the judgements of thy mouth. 
 
 141 have rejoiced in the way of thy 
 testimonies. 
 
 As much as in all riches. 
 15 1 will meditate in thy precepts. 
 
 And have respect unto thy ways. 
 16 1 will delight myself in thy statutes : 
 
 1 will not forget thy word. 
 
 3 GIMEL. 
 
 17 Deal bountifully with thy servant, that 
 
 I may live ; 
 So will I observe thy word. 
 
 18 Open thou mine eyes, that I may be- 
 
 hold 
 Wondrous things out of thy law. 
 191 am a sojourner m the earth: 
 
 Hide not thy commandments from me. 
 
 20 My soul breaketli for the longing 
 That it hath unto thy judgements at 
 
 aU times. 
 
 21 Thou hast rebuked the proud ^that 
 
 are cursed. 
 Which do wander from thy command- 
 ments. 
 
 22 Take away from me reproach and 
 
 contempt ; 
 For I have kept thy testimonies. 
 
 23 Pruices also sat and talked against me : 
 But thy servant did meditate in thy 
 
 statutes. 
 
 24 Thy testimonies also are my delight 
 A?id 2 my counsellors. 
 
 1 DALETH. 
 
 25 Mv soul cleaveth unto the dust : 
 
 Quicken thou me according to thy word. 
 26 1 declared my ways, and thou answer- 
 edst me : 
 Teach me thy statutes. 
 
 27 Make mo to understand the way of thy 
 
 j)recepts : 
 So shall I meditate of thy wondrous 
 works. 
 
 28 My soul ^melteth for heaviness : 
 Strengthen thou me according unto 
 
 thy word. 
 
 29 Eemove from me the way of falsehood : 
 And grant me thy law graciously. 
 
 30 1 have chosen the way of faithfulness : 
 Thy judgements have I set before vie. 
 
 31 1 cleave unto thy testimonies : 
 Lord, put me not to shame. 
 
 321 will run the way of thy command- 
 ments. 
 When thou shalt enlarge my heart. 
 
 n HE. 
 
 33 Teach me, O Lord, the way of thy 
 
 statutes ; 
 And I shall keep it unto the end. 
 
 34 Give me understandmg, and I shall 
 
 keep thy law ; 
 Yea, I shall observe it with my whole 
 heart. 
 
 35 Make me to go in the path of thy 
 
 commandments ; 
 For therein do I dehght. 
 
 36 Inchne my heart unto thy testimonies. 
 And not to covetousness. 
 
 37 Turn away mine eyes from beholding 
 
 vanity. 
 And quicken me in thy ways. 
 
 38 Confirm thy word unto thy servant, 
 
 •* Which helongeth unto the fear of thee. 
 
 39 Tm-n away my reproach whereof I am 
 
 afraid ; 
 For thy judgements are good. 
 
 40 Behold, I have longed after thy pre- 
 
 cepts : 
 Quicken me in thy righteousness. 
 
 1 VAU. 
 
 41 Let thy mercies also come unto me, 
 
 Lord, 
 Even thy salvation, according to thy 
 word. 
 
 42 So shall I have an answer for him 
 
 that reproacheth me ; 
 For I trust in thy word. 
 
 43 And take not the word of truth utterly 
 
 out of my moiith ; 
 For I have hoped in thy judgements. 
 
 44 So shall I observe thy law continually 
 For ever and ever. 
 
 45 And I wUl walk at Uberty ; 
 For I have sought thy precepts. 
 
 461 will also speak of thy testimonies 
 before kings, 
 And will not be ashamed. 
 47 And I will delight myself in thy com- 
 mandments. 
 Which I have loved. 
 48 1 will lift up my hands also unto thy 
 commandments, which I have loved ;
 
 119. 93. 
 
 THE PSALMS. 
 
 40 1 
 
 lOr, 
 Wherfin 
 
 »0r. 
 That 
 
 3 Or. 
 Horror 
 
 4 Or, 
 That I 
 have 
 kept 
 
 5 Or, Tlie 
 Lord 
 
 is my 
 portion, 
 have 1 
 said : 
 that I 
 mat/ ob- 
 serve «tc. 
 
 And I will meditate in thy statutes. 
 
 J ZAIN. 
 
 49 Eememlier the word nnto tliy servant, 
 1 Because tlion hast made nie to hope. 
 .')OThis is my comfort in my affliction: 
 
 '-^For thy word liath (|uickened me. 
 51 The proud have had me greatly in 
 derision : 
 Yet have I not swerved fi-om thy law. 
 r)2I have remembered thy judgements of 
 old, O Lord, 
 And have comforted myself. 
 5.3 ^ Hot indignation hath taken hold upon 
 me. 
 Because of the wicked that forsake 
 thy law. 
 54 Thy statiites have been my songs 
 
 In the house of my pilgrimage. 
 55 1 have remembered thy name, O Lord, 
 in the night, 
 And have observed thy law. 
 
 56 This I have had, 
 
 * Because I kept thy precepts. 
 
 n CHETH. 
 
 57 5 The Lord is my portion : 
 
 I have said that I would observe thy 
 words. 
 58 1 intreated thy favour with my whole 
 heart : 
 Be merciful unto me according to thy 
 word. 
 59 1 thought on my ways. 
 
 And turned my feet unto thy testi- 
 monies. 
 601 made haste, and delayed not. 
 To observe thy commandments. 
 
 61 The cords of the wicked have wrapped 
 
 me round ; 
 But I have not forgotten thy law. 
 
 62 At midnight I will rise to give thanks 
 
 unto thee 
 Because of thy righteous judgements. 
 631 am a companion of all them that 
 fear thee. 
 And of them that observe thy precepts. 
 
 64 The earth, Lord, is full of thy mercy : 
 Teach me thy statutes. 
 
 a. TETff. 
 
 65 Thou hast dealt weU with thy servant, 
 O Lord, according unto thy word. 
 
 66 Teach me good judgement and know- 
 
 ledge ; 
 For I have believed in thy command- 
 ments. 
 
 67 Before I was afflicted I went astray ; 
 But now I observe thy word. 
 
 68 Thou art good, and doest good ; 
 Teach me thy statutes. 
 
 69 The proud have forged a lie against 
 
 me: 
 With my whole heart will I keep thy 
 precepts. 
 
 70 Then- heart is as fat as grease ; 
 But I delight in thy law. 
 
 71 It is good for me that I have been 
 
 afflicted ; 
 
 That I might learn thy statutes. 
 
 72 The law of thy mouth is better unto me 
 Than tliousands of gold and silver. 
 
 •• JOD. 
 
 73 Thy hands have made me and ''fash- 
 
 ioned me: 
 Give me understanding, that I may 
 learn thy commandments. 
 
 74 They that fear thee shall see me and 
 
 be glad ; 
 Because I have hoped in tliy word. 
 75 1 know, O Lord, that thy judgements 
 are righteous. 
 And tliat in faithfulness thou hast 
 afflicted me. 
 
 76 Let, I pray thee, thy lovingkindness 
 
 be for ray comfort, 
 According to thy word unto thy serv- 
 ant. 
 
 77 Let thy tender mercies come unto me, 
 
 that I may live : 
 For thy law is my delight. 
 78 Let the proud be ashamed; for they 
 
 have overtkrown me "^ wrongfully : 
 But 1 win meditate in thy precepts. 
 
 79 Let those that fear thee turn unto me, 
 s And they shall know thy testimonies. 
 
 80 Let my heart be perfect in thy statutes ; 
 That I be not ashamed. 
 
 cApn. 
 
 81 My soul f ainteth for thy salvation : 
 But I hope in thy word. 
 
 82 Mine eyes fail for thy word. 
 
 While I say. When wilt thou comfort 
 me? 
 
 83 For I am become like a ^ bottle in the 
 
 smoke ; 
 Yet do I not forget thy statutes. 
 
 84 How many are the days of thy servant ? 
 When wilt thou execute judgement on 
 
 them that persecute me ? 
 
 85 The proud have digged pits for me, 
 Who are not after thy law. 
 
 86 All thy commandments are faithful : 
 They persecute me ? wrongfully; help 
 
 thou me. 
 
 87 They had almost consumed me upon 
 
 earth ; 
 But I forsook not thy precepts. 
 
 88 Quicken me after thy lovingkindness ; 
 So shall I observe the testimony of thy 
 
 mouth. 
 
 b LAMED. 
 
 89 For ever, Loed» 
 
 Thy word is settled in heaven. 
 
 90 Thy faithfulness is unto all genera- 
 
 tions : 
 Thou hast established the earth, and 
 it abideth. 
 91 10 They abide this day according to 
 thine ordinances ; 
 For all things are thy servants. 
 92 Unless thy law had been my dehght, 
 I should then have perished in mine 
 affliction. 
 93 1 win never forget thy precepts ; 
 
 8 Or, 
 
 eift-ah- 
 
 lUhcd 
 
 "OVfiinth 
 false- 
 hood 
 
 SAnother 
 reading 
 is, Even 
 they tJiat 
 know. 
 
 »0r, 
 
 wine- 
 ski7i 
 
 WOr, ^s 
 
 for thy 
 
 judge- 
 
 tnents, 
 
 they 
 
 abide 
 
 this day
 
 — -— — - —   — —   —   — -— — —   —   
 
 462 THE PSALMS. 119. 93. 
 
 1 
 
 
 For with them thou hast quickened 
 
 116 Uphold me according unto thy word. 
 
 
 
 me. 
 
 that I may live ; 
 
 
 
 94 1 am thine, save me ; 
 
 And let me not be ashamed of my 
 
 
 
 For I have sought thy precepts. 
 
 hope. 
 
 
 
 95 The wicked have waited for me to 
 
 117 Hold thou me up, and I shall be safe, 
 
 
 
 destroy me ; 
 
 And shall have respect unto thy 
 
 
 
 But I will consider thy testimonies. 
 
 statutes continuaUy. 
 
 
 
 96 1 have seen an end of all perfection ; 
 
 118 Thou hast set at nought all them that 
 
 
 
 But thy commandment is exceeding 
 
 err from thy statutes ; 
 
 
 
 hroad. 
 
 For their deceit is 8 falsehood. 
 
 3 Or, 
 
 
 
 119 Thou ''puttest away aU the wicked of 
 
 vain 
 iHeb. 
 ca usest 
 
 
 n MEM. 
 
 the earth like di-oss : 
 
 
 97 Oh how love I thy law ! 
 
 Therefore I love thy testimonies. 
 
 to cease. 
 
 
 It is my meditation all the day. 
 
 120 My flesh trembleth for fear of thee; 
 
 
 lOr, 
 
 981 Thy commandments make me wiser 
 
 And I am afraid of thy judgements. 
 
 
 through 
 
 than mine enemies ; 
 
 j; AiN. 
 
 
 th?/ com- 
 
 vrt n ^1 rJ - 
 
 For they are ever with me. 
 
 
 mtl lift' 
 
 tncnts 
 
 991 have more understanding than all 
 
 1211 have done judgement and justice: 
 
 
 TiKikest 
 
 my teachers ; 
 
 Leave me not to mine oppressors. 
 
 
 
 For thy testimonies are my medita- 
 
 122 Be surety for thy servant for good : 
 
 
 
 tion. 
 
 Let not the proud oppress me. 
 
 
 
 100 1 understand more than the aged, 
 
 123 Mine eyes fail for thy salvation, 
 
 
 
 Because I have kept thy precepts. 
 
 And for thy righteous word. 
 
 
 
 101 1 have refrained my feet from every 
 
 124 Deal with thy servant according imto 
 
 
 
 evil way, 
 
 thy mercy. 
 
 
 
 That I might obsei-ve thy word. 
 
 And teach me thy statutes. 
 
 
 
 1021 have not turned aside from thy 
 
 1251 am thy servant, give me mider- 
 
 
 
 judgements; 
 
 standing ; 
 
 
 
 For thou hast taught me. 
 
 That I may know thy testimonies. 
 
 
 
 103 How sweet are thy words unto my 
 
 126 It is time for the Lord to work ; 
 
 
 2Heb. 
 
 2 taste t 
 
 For they have made void thy law. 
 
 
 palut^. 
 
 Yea,sweeter thanhoney to mymouth ! 
 
 127 Therefore I love thy commandments 
 
 
 
 104 Through thy precepts I get under- 
 
 Above gold, yea, above fine gold. 
 
 
 
 standing : 
 
 128 Therefore I esteem 5 all thy precepts 
 
 5 Or, aa 
 read by 
 the 
 
 
 Therefore I hate every false way. 
 
 concerning all things to be right; 
 
 
 
 And I hate every false way. 
 
 Sept., 
 Syr £ind 
 
 
 : NUN. 
 
 
 Vulg.,o« 
 
 
 105 Thy word is a lamp unto my feet, 
 
 3 PE. 
 
 thy pre- 
 cepts to 
 
 
 And light unto my path. 
 
 129 Thy testimonies are wonderful : 
 
 he right 
 
 
 106 1 have sworn, and have confirmed it, 
 
 Therefore doth my soul keep them. 
 
 
 
 That I wDl observe thy righteous 
 
 130 The opening of thy words giveth 
 
 
 
 judgements. 
 
 light; 
 
 
 
 107 1 am afUicted very much : 
 
 It giveth understanding unto the 
 
 
 
 Quicken me, Lord, according imto 
 
 simple. 
 
 
 
 thy word. 
 
 131 1 opened wide my mouth, and panted; 
 
 
 
 108 Accept, I beseech thee, the freewill 
 
 For I longed for thy commandments. 
 
 
 
 offerings of my mouth, Lord, 
 
 132 Turn thee unto me, and have mercy 
 
 
 
 And teach me thy judgements. 
 
 upon me, 
 
 
 
 109 My soul is continuaUy in my hand ; 
 
 As thou usest to do unto those that 
 
 
 
 Yet do I not forget thy law. 
 
 love thy name. 
 
 
 
 110 The wicked have laid a snare for me ; 
 
 133 Order my footsteps in thy word ; 
 
 
 
 Yet went I not astray from thy pre- 
 
 And let not any iniquity have do- 
 
 
 
 cepts. 
 
 minion over me. 
 
 
 
 Ill Thy testimonies have I taken as an 
 
 134 Redeem me from the oppression of 
 
 
 
 heritage for ever ; 
 
 man : 
 
 
 
 For they are the rejoicing of my heart. 
 
 So will I observe thy precepts. 
 
 
 
 1121 have incUned mine heart to per- 
 
 135 Make thy face to shine upon thy 
 
 
 
 form thy statutes, 
 
 servant ; 
 
 
 
 For ever, even unto the end. 
 
 And teach me thy statutes. 
 136 Mine eyes run down with rivers of 
 
 
 
 D SAMECH. 
 
 water, 
 
 
 
 1131 hate them that are of a double mind ; 
 
 Because they observe not thy law. 
 
 
 
 But thy law do I love. 
 
 
 
 
 114 Thou art my hiding place and my 
 
 V TZADE. 
 
 
 
 shield : 
 
 137 Righteous art thou, Lord, 
 
 
 
 I hope in thy word. 
 
 And upright 6 are thy judgements. 
 
 BOr, 
 in thy 
 
 
 115 Depart from me, ye evil-doers ; 
 
 138 Thou hast commanded thy testi- 
 
 judge- 
 
 
 That I may keej) the commandments 
 
 monies in righteousness 
 
 tnents 
 
 
 of my God. 
 
 And very faithfulness. 

 
 120. 7. 
 
 THE PSALM 8. 
 
 463 
 
 1 Hell. 
 cut me 
 uff. 
 
 2 Hel>. 
 trU'd, or, 
 rt'finvd. 
 
 5 Or, 
 
 found 
 
 me 
 
 lOr, 
 
 asthott 
 art wont 
 5 Or, 
 that per- 
 secute 
 me with 
 wicked- 
 ne$s 
 
 6 Or, 
 
 loathed 
 them 
 
 139 My zeal bath icoiiisuiued nie, 
 
 Because mino adversariea liiivc for- 
 gotten thy words. 
 
 140 Thy word is very 2 pure; 
 
 Therefore thy servant loveth it. 
 
 141 I am small and despised : 
 
 Ynt do not I forget thy precepts. 
 
 142 Thy righteousness is an everlasting 
 
 righteousness, 
 And thy law is truth. 
 
 143 Trouble raid anguish have » taken hold 
 
 on me : 
 Yet thy commandments are my de- 
 light. 
 
 144 Thy testimonies are righteous for 
 
 ever : 
 Give me understanding, and I shall 
 live. 
 
 p Korn. 
 
 145 1 have called with my whole heart ; 
 answer me, Lokd: 
 I will keep thy statutes. 
 146 1 have called unto thee ; save me, 
 
 And I shall observe thy testimonies. 
 147 1 prevented the dawning of the morn- 
 ing, and cried : 
 I hoped in thy words. 
 
 148 Mine eyes ju'evented the night 
 
 watches. 
 That I might meditate in thy word. 
 
 149 Hear my voice according unto thy 
 
 lovingkuidiiess ; 
 Quicken me, O Lokd, ^according to 
 thy judgements. 
 
 150 They di-aw nigh ^that follow after 
 
 wickedness ; 
 They are far from thy law. 
 
 151 Thou art nigh, Lord ; 
 
 And all thy commandments are truth. 
 
 152 Of old have I known from thy testi- 
 
 monies, 
 That thou hast founded them for 
 
 ever. 
 
 T RESH. 
 
 153 Consider mine affliction, and deliver 
 
 me; 
 For I do not forget thy law. 
 
 154 Plead thou my cause, and redeem me : 
 Quicken me according to thy word. 
 
 155 Salvation is far from the wicked ; 
 For they seek not thy statutes. 
 
 156 Great are thy tender mercies, Lord : 
 Quicken me accordmg to thy judge- 
 ments. 
 
 157 Many are my persecutors and mine 
 
 adversaries ; 
 Yet have I not swerved from thy 
 
 testimonies. 
 158 1 beheld the treacherous dealers, and 
 
 6 was grieved; 
 Because they observe not thy word. 
 
 159 Consider how I love thy precepts : 
 Quicken me, O Lord, according to 
 
 thy lovingkindness. 
 
 160 The sum of thy word is truth ; 
 
 And every one of thy righteous 
 judgements endureth for ever. 
 
 M/ SHIN. 
 
 161 Princes have persecuted me without 
 a cause ; 
 But my heart standeth in awe of thy 
 words. 
 162 1 rejoice at thy word, 
 
 As one that findetb great spoil. 
 163 1 hate and abhor falsehood; 
 But thy law do I love. 
 
 164 Seven times a day do I praise thee. 
 Because of thy righteous judgements. 
 
 165 Great iieace have they which love 
 
 thy law ; 
 And they have none occasion of 
 stumbling. 
 1661 have hoped for thy salvation, 
 Lord, 
 And have done thy commandments. 
 167 My soul hath obseiwed thy testi- 
 monies ; 
 And I love them exceedingly. 
 168 1 have observed thy precepts and 
 thy testimonies ; 
 For all my ways are before thee. 
 
 n TAU. 
 
 169 Let my cry come near before thee, 
 
 Lord: 
 Give me understandmg accordmg to 
 thy word. 
 
 170 Let my supplication come before 
 
 thee: 
 Deliver me according to thy word. 
 
 171 Let my lips utter praise ; 
 
 For thou teachest me thy statutes. 
 
 172 Let my tongue sing of thy word ; 
 For all thy commandments are right- 
 eousness. 
 
 173 Let thine hand be ready to help me; 
 
 For I have chosen thy in-ecej ts. 
 1741 have longed for thy salvation, 
 Lord; 
 And thy law is my delight. 
 175 Let my soul live, and it shall praise 
 thee; 
 And let thy judgements help me. 
 1761 have gone astray like a lost sheep; 
 seek thy servant ; 
 For I do not forget thy conmiand- 
 ments. 
 
 120 
 
 A Song of Ascents. 
 
 1 In my distress I cried unto the Lord, 
 And he answered me. 
 
 2 Deliver my soul, Lord, from lying 
 
 lips. 
 And from a deceitful tongue. 
 
 3 What shall be given unto thee, and 
 
 what shall be done more unto thee, 
 Thou deceitful tongue ? 
 
 4 7 Sharp arrows of the mighty. 
 With coals of 8 juniper. 
 
 5 Woe is me, that I sojourn in Meshech, 
 That I dwell among the tents of Kedar ! 
 
 6 My soul hath long had her dweUiug 
 With him that hateth peace. 
 
 7 I Am for peace : 
 
 But when I speak, they are for war. 
 
 'Or, 
 
 It is as 
 
 the 
 
 shfirp 
 
 arrows 
 
 of the 
 
 viiijhti/ 
 
 man 
 
 8 Or. 
 
 broom
 
 464 
 
 THE PSALMS. 
 
 121. 1. 
 
 121 A Song of Ascents. 
 
 1 1 will lift up mine eyes unto the mount- 
 ains: 
 From whence shall my help come ? 
 2 My help cometh from the Lobd, 
 Which made heaven and earth. 
 
 3 1 He will not suffer thy foot to he 
 moved : 
 He that keepeth thee will not slumber. 
 
 4 Behold, he that keei:)eth Israel 
 Shall neither slumber nor sleep. 
 
 5 The LoED is thy keeper : 
 
 The Lord is thy shade upon thy right 
 hand. 
 
 6 The sun shaU not smite thee by diy, 
 Nor the moon by night. 
 
 7 The LoED shall keep thee from all 
 
 evil; 
 He shall keep thy soul. 
 
 8 The Lord shall keep thy going out 
 
 and thy coming in, 
 From this time forth and for ever- 
 
 more. 
 
 122 
 
 A Song of Ascents; of David. 
 
 1 1 was glad when they said unto me, 
 Let us go unto the house of the Lord. 
 
 2 Om- feet ^ are standmg 
 Within thy gates, Jerusalem ; 
 
 3 Jerusalem, that art buUded 
 
 As a city that is compact together : 
 
 4 Whither the tribes go up, even the 
 
 tribes of ^tlie Lord, 
 For a testimony unto Israel, 
 To give thanks unto the name of the 
 
 Lord. 
 
 5 For there *are set tin-ones for judge- 
 
 ment, 
 The thrones of the house of David. 
 
 6 5 Pray for the peace of Jerusalem : 
 s They shall prosper that love thee. 
 
 7 Peace be within thy walls. 
 
 And prosperity within thy palaces. 
 
 8 For my brethren and companions' 
 
 sakes, 
 I will now 1 say, Peace be within thee. 
 
 9 For the sake of the house of the Lord 
 
 our God 
 I win seek thy good. 
 
 123 
 
 A Song of Ascents. 
 
 1 Unto thee do I lift up mine eyes, 
 O thou that sittest in the heavens. 
 
 2 Behold, as the eyes of servants looJc 
 
 unto the hand of their master, 
 As the eyes of a maiden unto the 
 
 hand of her mistress ; 
 So our eyes looJc unto the Lord oiu- 
 
 God, 
 Until he have mercy ujion us. 
 
 3 Have mercy upon us, O Lord, have 
 
 mercy upon us : 
 For we are exceedingly filled with 
 contempt. 
 
 4 Our soul is exceedingly filled 
 
 With the scorning of those that are 
 
 at ease. 
 And with the contempt of the proud. 
 
 124 A Song of Ascents ; of David. 
 
 1 If it had not been the Lord who was 
 
 on our side, 
 Let Israel now say ; 
 
 2 If it had not been the Lord who was 
 
 on our side. 
 When men rose up against us : 
 S Then they had swallowed us up alive, 
 "When their wrath was kindled against 
 us: 
 
 4 Then the waters had overwhelmed us, 
 The stream had gone over our soul : 
 
 5 Then the proud waters had gone over 
 
 our soul. 
 G Blessed be the Lord, 
 Who hath not given us as a prey to 
 their teeth. 
 
 7 Our soul is escajjed as a bu-d out of the 
 
 snare of the fowlers : 
 The snare is broken, and we are 
 escaped. 
 
 8 Our hel^j is in the name of the Lord, 
 Who made heaven and earth. 
 
 125 A Song of Ascents. 
 
 1 They that trast in the Lord 
 
 Are as mount Zion, which cannot' be 
 moved, but abideth for ever. 
 
 2 As the mountains are roimd about 
 
 Jerusalem, 
 So the Lord is round about his people, 
 From this time forth and for ever- 
 more. 
 
 3 For the sceptre of wickedness shall not 
 
 rest upon the lot of the righteous ; 
 That the righteous put not forth their 
 hands unto iniquity. 
 
 4 Do good, O Lord, unto those that 
 
 be good. 
 And to them that are upright in their 
 hearts. 
 
 6 But as for such as tm-n aside mito 
 
 their crooked ways. 
 The Lord shall lead them forth with 
 
 the workers of iniquity. 
 Peace be upon Israel. 
 
 126 
 
 A Song of Ascents. 
 
 IWhen the Lord s turned again the 
 captivity of Zion, 
 We were like mato them that dream. 
 
 2 Then was our mouth fiUed with 
 
 laughter. 
 And our tongue with singing : 
 Then said they among the nations. 
 The Lord hath done great thmgs for 
 
 them. 
 
 3 The Lord hath done great things for 
 
 us; 
 Whereof we are glad. 
 
 4 Turn again our captivity, O Lord, 
 As the streams in the South. 
 
 5 They that sow in tears shall reap in 
 
 joy. 
 
 6 Though he goeth on his way weeping, 
 
 ■' bearing forth the seed ; 
 He shall come again with joy, bringiag 
 his sheaves with him. 
 
 8 Or, - 
 
 brought 
 back 
 those 
 that re- 
 turned to 
 Zion 
 
 9 Or, 
 bearing 
 the 
 
 measure 
 of seed
 
 132. 10. 
 
 THE PSALMS. 
 
 465 
 
 'Or, 
 in sleep 
 
 2 Or, 
 
 bless tliee 
 
 3 Or, 
 see thou 
 
 i Or. And 
 peace 
 Uiion 
 Isruel 
 
 6 Or, 
 Much 
 
 B Or, be 
 plurked 
 up 
 
 127 A Song of Ascents ; of Solomon. 
 
 1 Excei^t the Lord build the house, 
 Tlioy labour in vain that build it: 
 "J'ixcept the Lord keep the city, 
 The watchman waketh but in vain. 
 
 2 It is Viun for you that ye rise up early, 
 
 and so late take rest, 
 And eat the bread of toil : 
 For so he giveth unto his beloved 
 
 1 sleep. 
 3Lo, children are an heritage of the 
 
 Ijord : 
 And the fruit of the womb is lis 
 
 I'eward. 
 4 As arrows in the hand of a mighty 
 
 man, 
 So are the children of youth. 
 6 Happy is the man that hath his quiver 
 
 inll of them : 
 They shaU not be ashamed, 
 When they speak with their enemies 
 
 in the gate. 
 
 128 
 
 A Song of Ascents. 
 
 1 Blessed is every one that feareth the 
 
 Lord, 
 That walketh in his ways. 
 
 2 For thou shalt eat the labour of thine 
 
 hands : 
 Happy shalt thou be, and it shall be 
 well with thee. 
 
 3 Thy wife shall be as a fruitful vine, 
 
 in the innermost parts of thme 
 house : 
 Thy childi-en like olive plants, romid 
 about thy table. 
 
 4 Behold, that thus shall the man be 
 
 blessed 
 That feareth the Lord. 
 
 5 The Lord ^ shall bless thee out of Zion : 
 And 8 thou shalt see the good of Jeru- 
 salem all the days of thy life. 
 
 6 Yea, thou shalt see thy children's 
 
 children. 
 ^ Peace be upon Israel. 
 
 12Q A Song of Ascents. 
 
 1 5 Many a time have they afflicted mc 
 from my youth up. 
 Let Israel now say ; 
 
 2 s Many a time have they afflicted me 
 
 from my youth ivp : 
 Yet they have not prevailed againstme. 
 
 3 The i^lowers plowed upon my back ; 
 They made long their furrows. 
 
 4 The Lord is righteous : 
 
 He hath cut asunder the cords of the 
 wicked. 
 
 5 Let them be ashamed and turned 
 
 backward. 
 All they that hate Zion. 
 
 6 Let them be as the grass upon the 
 
 housetops, 
 Wliich withereth afore it " groweth up : 
 
 7 Wherewith the reaper fiUeth not his 
 
 liand. 
 Nor he that bindeth sheaves his bosom. 
 
 8 Neither do they which go by say. 
 
 The blessing of the Lord be upon you ; 
 We bless you in the name of the Lord. 
 
 130 
 
 A Song of Ascents. 
 
 1 Out of the d(;pths have I cried unto 
 
 thee, O Loud. 
 
 2 Lord, hear my voice : 
 
 Let thine ears be attentive 
 
 To tlie voice of my supplications. 
 .".If thou, 'Lord, shouldest mark iii- 
 i(piities, 
 
 O Lord, who shall stand? 
 4 But there is forgiveness with thee. 
 
 That thou mayest be feared. 
 51 wait for the Lord, my soul doth 
 Avait, 
 
 And in his word do I hope. 
 6 My soul lool-eth for the Lord, 
 
 More than watchmen look for the 
 
 watchmen for the 
 
 morning ; 
 Yea, move than 
 morning. 
 
 7 Israel, hope in the Lord ; 
 
 For with the Lord there is mercy. 
 And with him is ijlenteous redemption. 
 
 8 And he shaU redeem Israel 
 From all his iniquities. 
 
 131 A Song of Ascents ; of David. 
 
 1 Lord, my heart is not haughty, nor 
 
 mine eyes lofty ; 
 Neither do I ^ exercise myself in great 
 
 matters. 
 Or in things too wonderful for me. 
 
 2 Surely I have stilled and quieted my 
 
 soul; 
 Like a weaned child with his mother. 
 My soul is with me like a weaned 
 
 chUd. 
 
 3 Israel, hope in the Lord 
 
 From this time forth and for ever- 
 more. 
 
 132 
 
 A Song of Ascents. 
 
 1 Lord, remember for David 
 All his affliction ; 
 
 2 How he sware unto the Lord, 
 
 And vowed unto the Mighty One of 
 Jacob : 
 
 3 Surely I will not come into the 9 taber- 
 
 nacle of my house. 
 Nor go up into i^my bed; 
 4 1 will not give sleep to mine eyes. 
 
 Or slumber to mine eyelids ; 
 5 Until I find out a i)lace for the Lord, 
 11 A tabernacle for the Mighty One of 
 Jacob. 
 6Lo, we heard of it in i2Ephi-athah: 
 We found it in the field of i^the wood. 
 
 7 We wiU go into his tabernacles ; 
 We will worship at his footstool. 
 
 8 Arise, O Lord, into thy resting place; 
 Thou, and the ark of thy strength. 
 
 9 Let thy priests be clothed with right- 
 
 eousness ; 
 And let thy samts shout for joy. 
 10 For thy servant David's sake 
 
 Turn not away the face of thine 
 anouited. 
 
 7 Heb. 
 J ah. 
 
 SHeb. 
 
 walk. 
 
 9 Heb. 
 
 tent. 
 
 M Heb. 
 the 
 
 couch of 
 viy bed. 
 
 n Heb. 
 Taber- 
 nacles. 
 
 12 Or, 
 Eph- 
 raim 
 
 13 Or. 
 J .a   
 See 1 Chr. 
 xiii. .5.
 
 466 
 
 THE PSALMS. 
 
 132. 11. 
 
 lOr. 
 
 surely 
 
 2 Or, 
 
 a horn 
 tosj^ring 
 forth un- 
 to David 
 
 3 Or, ijrc- 
 pared 
 
 *0r, 
 collar 
 
 5 Or, in 
 holiness 
 
 « Heh. 
 
 Ballelu- 
 
 Jah. 
 
 7Heb. 
 Jah. 
 
 11 The LoKD hath sworn uiito David in 
 
 truth ; 
 He will not turn from it : 
 Of the fruit of thy body will I set 
 
 upon thy throne. 
 
 12 If thy childi'en will keep my covenant 
 And my testimony that I shall teach 
 
 them, 
 Their childi-en also shaU sit upon thy 
 throne for evermore. 
 
 13 For the Lord hath chosen Zion ; 
 
 He hath desired it for his habitation. 
 
 14 This is my resting place for ever : 
 Here wUl I dwell ; for I have desired 
 
 it. 
 15 1 wiU 1 abundantly bless her provision : 
 I will satisfy her poor with bread. 
 
 16 Her priests also will I clothe with 
 
 salvation : 
 And her saints shall shout aloud for 
 
 Joy. 
 
 17 There will I make 2 the horn of David 
 
 to bud: 
 I have ^ordamed a lamp for mine 
 anointed. 
 
 18 His enemies will I clothe with shame : 
 But upon hunself shall his crown 
 
 flourish. 
 
 133 A Song of Ascents ; of David. 
 
 1 Behold, how good and how pleasant 
 
 it is 
 For brethi-en to dwell together in unity! 
 
 2 It is like the precious oil upon the 
 
 head, 
 That ran down upon the beard, 
 Even Aaron's beard ; 
 That came down upon the * skirt of 
 
 his garments; 
 
 3 Like the dew of Hermon, 
 
 That Cometh down upon the mount- 
 ains of Zion: 
 
 For there the Lord commanded the 
 blessing. 
 
 Even life for evermore. 
 
 134 A Song of Ascents. 
 
 1 Behold, bless ye the Lord, all ye serv- 
 
 ants of the Lord, 
 Which by night stand in the house of 
 the Lord. 
 
 2 Lift up your hands ^ to the sanctuary. 
 And bless ye the Lord. 
 
 3 The Lord bless thee out of Zion ; 
 Even he that made heaven and earth. 
 
 135 
 
 6 Praise ye the Lord. 
 Praise ye the name of the Lord ; 
 Praise him, ye seiwants of the 
 Lord: 
 2 Ye that stand m the house of the 
 Lord, 
 In the courts of the house of om- God. 
 3 Praise ye the Lord; for the Lord is 
 good : 
 Sing praises unto his name ; for it is 
 pleasant. 
 
 4 For 7 tlie Lord bath chosen Jacob unto 
 
 himself. 
 
 And Israel for his peculiar treasure. 
 
 5 For I know that the Lord is great. 
 And that our Lord is above all gods. 
 
 6 Whatsoever the Lord isleased, that 
 
 hath ho done. 
 In heaven and in earth, in the seas 
 and in all deeps. 
 
 7 He causeth the vapours to ascend from 
 
 the ends of the earth ; 
 He maketh lightnings for the rain ; 
 He brhigeth forth the wind out of his 
 
 treasuries. 
 
 8 Who smote the firstborn of Egypt, 
 Both of man and beast. 
 
 9 He sent signs and wonders into the 
 
 midst of thee, O Egypt, 
 Upon Pharaoh, and upon all his serv- 
 ants. 
 
 10 Who smote ^many nations. 
 And slew mighty kings ; 
 
 11 SLhon king of the Amorites, 
 And Og king of Bashan, 
 
 And aU the kingdoms of Canaan : 
 
 12 And gave their land for an heritage. 
 An heritage unto Israel his people. 
 
 13 Thy name, 'LoRT>,endureth for ever; 
 Thy memorial, Lord, throughout 
 aU generations. 
 
 14 For the Lord shall judge his people. 
 And repent himself concerning his 
 
 servants. 
 
 15 9 The idols of the nations are silver 
 
 and gold. 
 The work of men's hands. 
 
 16 They have mouths, but they speak not ; 
 Eyes have they, but they see not ; 
 
 17 They have ears, but they hear not ; 
 Neither is there any breath in their 
 
 mouths. 
 
 18 They that make them shall be like 
 
 unto them ; 
 Yea, every one that trusteth in them. 
 19 house of Israel, bless ye the Lord: 
 O house of Aaron, bless ye the Lord : 
 
 20 O house of Levi, bless ye the Lord : 
 Ye that fear the Lord, bless ye the 
 
 Lord. 
 
 21 Blessed be the Lord out of Zion, 
 Who dweUeth at Jerusalem. 
 
 6 Praise ye the Lord. 
 136 
 
 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 endureth for ever. 
 
 3 give thanks unto the Lord of lords : 
 For his mercy endureth for ever. 
 
 4 To him who alone doeth great wonders : 
 For his mercy endureth for ever. 
 
 5 To him that by miderstanding made 
 
 the heavens : 
 For his mercy endureth for ever. 
 
 6 To him that spread forth the earth 
 
 above the waters : 
 For his mercy endureth for ever. 
 
 7 To hun that made great lights : 
 For his mercy endureth for ever: 
 
 «0r, 
 ureal 
 
 D See Ps. 
 cxv. 4, 
 &c.
 
 139. 7. 
 
 THE PSALMS. 
 
 467 
 
 I Heh. 
 shook o/T*. 
 
 2Heb. 
 words of 
 song. 
 3 Or, 
 our tor- 
 mentors 
 
 8 The siui to rule by day : 
 For his mercy ewhireth for ever; 
 
 9 The moon and stars to rnlo by night; 
 For his mercy endureth for ever. 
 
 10 To him that smote Egyjjt in their first- 
 
 born : 
 For his mercy endureth for ever: 
 
 11 And brought out Israel from among 
 
 them : 
 For his mercy endureth for ever: 
 
 12 With a strong hand, and with a 
 
 stretched out arm : 
 For his mercy endureth for ever. 
 
 13 To him which divided the Eed Sea in 
 
 sunder : 
 For his mercy endureth for ever: 
 
 14 And made Israel to pass through the 
 
 midst of it : 
 For his mercy endureth for ever ; 
 
 15 But 1 overthrew Pharaoh and his host 
 
 in the Red Sea : 
 For his mercy endureth for ever. 
 
 16 To him which led his people thi-ougli 
 
 the wilderness : 
 For his mercy endureth for ever. 
 
 17 To him which smote great kings: 
 For his mercy endureth for ever: 
 
 18 And slew famous kings : 
 
 For his mercy endureth for ever' 
 
 19 Sihon king of the Amorites : 
 For his mercy endureth for ever: 
 
 20 And Og kmg of Bashan : 
 
 For his mercy eJidurefh for ever: 
 
 21 And gave their land for an heritage : 
 For his mercy endureth for ever: 
 
 22 Even an heritage unto Israel his serv- 
 
 ant: 
 For his mercy endureth for ever. 
 
 23 Who remembered us in our low estate : 
 For his mercy endureth for ever: 
 
 24 And hath dehvered us from our ad- 
 
 versaries : 
 For his mercy endureth for ever. 
 
 25 He ^veth food to all flesh : 
 
 For his mercy endureth for ever. 
 
 26 give thanks unto the God of heaven : 
 For his mercy endureth for ever. 
 
 137 
 
 By the rivers of Babylon, 
 
 There we sat down, yea, we wept. 
 
 When we remembered Zion. 
 
 2 Upon the willows in the midst thereof 
 We hanged up our harps. 
 
 3 For there they that led us captive 
 
 required of us 2 songs. 
 And 3 they that wasted us required of 
 
 us mu'th, saying, 
 Sing us one of the songs of Zion. 
 
 4 How shall we sing the Lord's song 
 In a strange land? 
 
 5 If I forget thee, Jenisalem, 
 
 Let my right hand forget her cunning. 
 
 6 Let my tongue cleave to the roof of 
 
 my mouth, 
 If I remember thee not ; 
 If I prefer not Jerusalem 
 Above my chief joy. 
 
 7 Eemember, O Lord, against the child- 
 
 ren of Edom 
 
 Th(! day of Jerusalem ; 
 Wlio said, Ease it, i-ase it. 
 Even to the foundation thereof. 
 8 daughter of Babylon, ^ that art to be 
 
 destroyed ; 
 Happy shall he be, that rewardeth thee 
 As tliou hast served us. 
 9Hapi)y shall ho be, that taketh and 
 
 dasheth thy little ones 
 Against the rock. 
 
 138 A Psalm of David. 
 
 1 1 wDl give thee thanks with my whole 
 
 heart : 
 
 Before the gods will I sing praises 
 
 unto thee. 
 
 21 will worship toward thy holy temple. 
 
 And give thanks unto thy name for thy 
 
 lovingkindness and for thy truth : 
 For thou hast magnified thy word 
 above all thy name. 
 
 3 In the day that I called thou answer- 
 
 edst me, 
 Thou didst encoiu'age me with strength 
 in my soul. 
 
 4 All the kings of the earth shall give 
 
 thee thanks, O Lord, 
 For they have heard the words of thy 
 mouth. 
 
 5 Yea, they shall sing of the ways of the 
 
 Lord; 
 For great is the gloi-y of the Lord. 
 
 6 For though the Lord be high, yet 
 
 hath he respect unto the lowly : 
 But the haughty he knoweth from 
 afar. 
 
 7 Though I walk in the midst of trouble, 
 
 thou wilt revive me ; 
 Thou shalt stretch forth thine hand 
 
 against the wi-ath of mine enemies. 
 And thy right hand shall save me. 
 
 8 The Lord will perfect that which con- 
 
 cerneth me : 
 Thy mercy, Lord, endureth for ever; 
 Forsake not the works of thine own 
 
 hands. 
 
 13Q For the Chief Musician. A Psalm of 
 David. 
 
 1 Lord, thou hast searched me, and 
 known me. 
 
 2 Thou knowest my downsitting and 
 
 mine uprising. 
 Thou understandest my thought afar 
 off. 
 
 3 Thou 5 searchest out my path and my 
 
 lying down, 
 
 And art acquamted with all my ways. 
 4 For there is not a word in my tongue, 
 
 But, lo, Lord, thou knowest it alto- 
 gether. 
 
 5 Thou hast beset me behind and before, 
 And laid thine hand upon me. 
 
 6 Such knowledge is too wonderful for 
 
 me; 
 It is high, I cannot attain mito it. 
 
 7 WTiither shall I go from thy spu'it ? 
 Or whither shall I flee from thy 
 
 presence ? 
 
 1 Or. th'tt 
 art laUl 
 
 wattte 
 
 5 Or, 
 
 winnotc- 
 
 est
 
 468 
 
 THE PSALMS. 
 
 139. 8. 
 
 lOr, 
 cover 
 
 2 Or, 
 
 Then the 
 nixflit 
 i-.hall be 
 Hght 
 about me 
 
 3 Or, 
 
 fo-niwd 
 
 •lOr, 
 knit me 
 together 
 
 5 Or, thcij 
 were all 
 written. 
 even the 
 days that 
 were or- 
 dained 
 
 6 Or, Oh 
 that thou 
 wouldest 
 slay 
 
 "Or, 
 
 utter thy 
 name 
 (Heb. 
 the-) 
 Or. as 
 other- 
 wise 
 read, 
 rebel 
 againgt 
 thee 
 
 8 Or, lift 
 them- 
 selves up 
 aeainst 
 thee/w 
 vanity 
 
 s Or, dn 
 not I 
 loathe 
 
 10 Or, 
 grief 
 
 II Or,«/jr 
 up wars 
 
 8 If I ascend up into heaven, thou art 
 
 there : 
 If I make my bed in Sheol, behold, 
 thou art there. 
 
 9 If I take the wings of the morning, 
 And dwell in the uttermost parts of 
 
 the sea ; 
 
 10 Even there shaU thy hand lead me, 
 And thy right hand shall hold me. 
 
 11 If I say, Surely the darkness shall 
 
 1 overwhelm me, 
 2 And the light about me sliaU be 
 night; 
 
 12 Even the darkness hideth not from 
 
 thee, 
 But the night shmeth as the day : 
 The darkness and the light are both 
 
 aUke to thee. 
 13 For thou hast ^possessed my reuis: 
 Thou hast * covered me in my mother's 
 
 womb. 
 14 1 wiU give thanks unto thee ; for I am 
 
 fearfully and wonderfully made : 
 Wonderful are thy works ; 
 And that my soul knoweth right well. 
 
 15 My frame was not hidden from thee. 
 When I was made in secret. 
 
 And curiously wrought in the lowest 
 parts of the earth. 
 
 16 Thine eyes did see mine unperiect 
 
 substance, 
 And in thy book ^were all my niera- 
 
 hers written, 
 Which day by day were fashioned, 
 "When as yet there was none of them. 
 
 17 How precious also are thy thoughts 
 
 unto me, O God! 
 How great is the sum of them ! 
 
 18 If I should count them, they are more 
 
 in number than the sand : 
 When I awake, I am stiU with thee. 
 19 "Surely thou wilt slay the wicked, 
 
 O God: 
 Depart from me therefore, ye blood- 
 
 thu'sty men. 
 
 20 For they ' siJeak against thee wickedly, 
 And thine enemies ^take thy name in 
 
 vain. 
 
 21 Do not I hate them, Lord, that hate 
 
 thee? 
 And 'J am not I grieved with those that 
 rise up against thee ? 
 22 1 hate them with perfect hatred : 
 
 I count them mine enemies. 
 23 Search me, God, and know my heart : 
 
 Tiy me, and know my thoughts : 
 21 And see if there be any way of lo wick- 
 edness in me. 
 And lead me in the way everlasting. 
 
 140 I'^ur tlie Chief Musician. A Psalm of 
 David. 
 
 1 Deliver me, O Loeb, from the evil 
 
 man; 
 Preserve me from the A'iolent man : 
 
 2 Which imagine mischiefs in then- 
 
 heart ; 
 Continually do they ii gather them- 
 selves together for war. 
 
 3 They have sharpened their tongue hke 
 
 a serpent ; 
 Adders' poison is under their Ups. [Selah 
 
 4 Keep me, O Lorb, from the hands of 
 
 the wicked ; 
 Preserve me from the ■violent man : 
 Who have purposed to thrust aside 
 
 my steps. 
 
 5 The jiroud have hid a snare for me, 
 
 and cords ; 
 They have spread a net by the way 
 
 side ; 
 They have set gins for me. [Selali 
 
 61 said unto the Lord, Thou art my 
 God: 
 Give ear unto the voice of my supplic- 
 ations, Lord. 
 
 7 O God the Loi-d, the strength of my 
 
 salvation. 
 Thou hast covered my head m the day 
 of battle. 
 
 8 Grant not, Lord, the desires of the 
 
 wicked ; 
 Further not his evU device ; lest they 
 exalt themselves. [Selah 
 
 9 As for the head of those that compass 
 
 me about. 
 Let the mischief of then- own lips 
 cover them. 
 10 Let burning coals fall upon them : 
 Let them be cast into the fire ; 
 Into 12 deep pits, that they rise not up 
 again. 
 11 13 An evil speaker shall not be estab- 
 lished in the earth : 
 EvU shall himt the violent man to 
 overthi'ow him. 
 121 know that the Lord will maintain 
 the cause of the afflicted. 
 And the right of the needy. 
 13 Sui-ely the righteous shall give thanks 
 unto thy name : 
 The upright shall dwell in thy presence. 
 
 141 
 
 A Psalm of David. 
 
 ILoRD, I have called upon thee; make 
 haste unto me : 
 Give ear unto my voice, when I call 
 unto thee. 
 
 2 Let my prayer be set forth as incense 
 
 before thee ; 
 The lifting up of my hands as the 
 evening i* sacrifice. 
 
 3 Set a watch, O Lord, before my mouth ; 
 Keep the door of my lips. 
 
 4 Inclme not my heart to any evil thing. 
 To be occupied in deeds of wickedness 
 With men that work iniquity : 
 
 And let me not eat of their dainties. 
 r> Let the righteous smite me, it shall he 
 
 a kindness ; 
 And let him reprove me, it shall be as 
 
 oil upon the head ; 
 Let not my head refuse it : 
 15 For even in thek is wickedness shall 
 
 my prayer continue. 
 Their judges are thrown down by the 
 
 sides of the rock ; 
 
 12 Or, 
 floods 
 
 13 Heb. 
 
 A manof 
 tongue. 
 
 nOr, 
 oblation 
 
 I^ Or, 
 For still 
 is my 
 prayer 
 against 
 their 
 to^eked- 
 ness 
 
 l« Or, 
 calami- 
 ties
 
 144. 11. 
 
 THE PSALMS. 
 
 469 
 
 1 Aci-onl- 
 iiiK t.p 
 sonii- 
 
 HlU-ifllt 
 
 iiuthoi- 
 
 ities. 
 
 ncir. 
 
 2 Heb. 
 thr 
 
 mouth of 
 HhcuL 
 
 3 Or. 
 
 pour 
 thou tuit 
 out fuj 
 lifi: 
 
 i Hell. 
 
 pass 
 
 over. 
 
 5 Or. 
 
 fainted 
 
 6 Accord- 
 ing to 
 some 
 ancient 
 versions, 
 Ilooki-d 
 . and 
 saw itc. 
 
 7 Or, 
 crown 
 them- 
 seive.t 
 beca use 
 of >ne 
 
 I « Or. mi/ 
 spirit 
 fainteth 
 
 And they shall hear my words; for 
 
 they are sweet. 
 
 7 As when one ploweth and cleaveth the 
 
 earth, 
 lOur bones ai'e scattered at '■^the 
 grave's month. 
 
 8 For mine eyes are unto thee, O God 
 
 the Lord : 
 In thee do I put my trust; 'Heave not 
 my sold destitute. 
 
 9 Keep me from the snare which they 
 
 have laid for me, 
 And from the gins of the workers of 
 
 iniquity. 
 1 Let the wicked fall into their own nets, 
 Whilst that I withal* escape. 
 
 142 Maschil of David, when liu was in the 
 cave ; a Prayer. 
 
 1 1 cry with my voice unto the Lokd ; 
 
 With my voice unto the Lokd do I 
 make suj^plication. 
 2 1 pour out my comxdaint before him ; 
 
 I shew before him my trouble. 
 
 3 When my spirit ^-was overwhelmed 
 
 within me, thou knewest my i>ath. 
 In the way wherein I walk have they 
 hidden a snare for me. 
 
 4 6 Look on my right hand, and see ; for 
 
 there is no man that knoweth me : 
 Refuge hath failed me ; no man careth 
 
 for my soul. 
 5 1 cried imto thee, O Lord ; 
 I said, Thou art my refuge. 
 My portion in the land of the living. 
 6 Attend unto my cry ; for I am brought 
 
 very low : 
 Dehver me from my persecutors ; for 
 
 they are stronger than I. 
 7Brmg my soul out of prison, that I 
 
 may give thanks unto thy name : 
 The righteous shaU 7 compass me 
 
 about ; 
 For thou shalt deal bountifully with 
 
 me. 
 
 14J 
 
 A Psalm of David. 
 
 1 Hear my prayer, O Lord ; give ear to 
 
 my suppHcations : 
 In thy faithfulness answer me, and in 
 thy righteousness. 
 
 2 And enter not into judgement with 
 
 thy servant ; 
 For in thy sight shall no man hving 
 be justiiied. 
 
 3 For the enemy hath persecuted my 
 
 soul; 
 He hath smitten my life down to the 
 
 groimd : 
 He hath made me to dwell in dark 
 
 places, as those that have been long 
 
 dead. 
 
 4 Therefore ^ is my spkit overwhelmed 
 
 within me ; 
 My heart within me is desolate. 
 
 5 1 remember the days of old ; 
 I meditate on aU thy doings : 
 I muse on the work of thy hands. 
 
 6 1 spread forth my hands unto thee : 
 
 My soul thirsteth after thee, as a weary 
 land. [Sehih 
 
 7 Make haste to answer me, O Loud ; 
 
 my spirit faileth • 
 Hide not thy face from me ; 
 Lest I become like them that go down 
 
 into the pit. 
 
 8 Cause me to hear thy lovingkindness 
 
 in the morning ; 
 For in thee do I trust : 
 Cause me to know the way wherein I 
 
 should walk ; 
 For I hft up my soul unto thee. 
 
 9 Deliver me, O Lord, from mine enemies: 
 ■'I flee mito thee to hide me. 
 
 10 Teach me to do thy will ; for thou art 
 
 my God: 
 10 Thy spirit is good; lead me in ^Uhe 
 land of uprightness. 
 
 11 Quicken me, O Lord, for thy name's 
 
 sake: 
 In thy righteousness bring my soul 
 out of trouble. 
 
 12 And in thy lovingkindness cut off mine 
 
 enemies, 
 And destroy all them that afflict my soul; 
 For I am thy servant. 
 
 144 A Psalm of David. 
 
 1 Blessed be the Lord my rock. 
 Which teacheth my hands to war, 
 A nd my fingers to fight : 
 
 2 My lovingkindness, and my fortress, 
 My high tower, and my deliverer ; 
 My shield, and he ui whom I trust ; 
 Who subdueth my people under me. 
 
 3 Lord, what is man, that thou takest 
 
 knowledge of huu ? '^ ' 
 
 Or the son of man, that thou makest 
 account of him ? 
 
 4 Man is hke to ^- vanity : 
 
 His days are as a shadow that passeth 
 away. 
 
 5 Bow thy heavens, O Lord, and come 
 
 down: 
 Touch the mountains, and they shaU 
 smoke. 
 
 6 Cast forth lightning, and scatter them ; 
 Send out thine arrows, and discomfit 
 
 them. 
 
 7 Stretch forth thine hand from above ; 
 Eescue me, and deliver me out of great 
 
 waters, 
 Out of the hand of strangers ; 
 
 8 Whose mouth speaketh vanity. 
 
 And their right hand is a right hand 
 of falsehood. 
 9 1 will sing a new song unto thee, O God : 
 Upon a psaltery of ten strings will I 
 sing praises unto thee. 
 
 10 It is he that giveth salvation unto kings: 
 Who rescueth David his sei-vaut from 
 
 the hurtful sword. 
 
 11 Eescue me, and dehver me out of the 
 
 hand of strangers. 
 Whose mouth speaketh vanity, 
 And their right hand is a right hand 
 
 of falsehood. 
 
 9 Heb. 
 Unto 
 
 thf.eltave 
 Ihid.i.en. 
 
 WOr Ut 
 th_'/ f/ood 
 apirU 
 lead 7ne 
 " Or, u 
 jtlain 
 country 
 
 12 Heb. 
 a breath.
 
 470 
 
 THE PSALMS. 144. 12. 
 
 
 12^1611 our sons shall be as plants 
 
 18 The Lord is nigh unto all them that 
 
 
 
 grown up in their youth ; 
 
 call upon him. 
 
 
 
 And our daughters as comer stones 
 
 To aU that call upon him in truth. 
 
 
 
 hewn after the fashion of a palace ; 
 
 19 He wUl fulfil the desire of them that 
 
 
 
 13 When our garners are full, affording 
 
 fear him ; 
 
 
 
 aU manner of store ; 
 
 He also will hear their cry, and will 
 
 
 on ilr 
 chicit arc 
 
 men, 
 
 And our sheep bring forth thousands 
 
 save them. 
 
 
 and ten thousands in our fields ; 
 
 •20 The Lord preserveth all them that 
 
 
 14 When our oxen are well laden ; 
 
 love him ; 
 
 
 When there is no breaking in, and no 
 
 But aU the wicked wiU he destroy. 
 
 
 lOr. 
 
 1 going forth. 
 
 21 My mjuth sliaU speak the praise of 
 
 
 mUtjing 
 
 And no outciy in our streets ; 
 
 the Lord; 
 
 
 
 1.5 Happy is the people, that is in such a 
 
 And let aU flesh bless his holy name 
 
 
 •••n 
 
 case: 
 
 for ever and ever. 
 
 
 of. 
 
 Yea, happy is the people, whose God 
 
 146 
 
 
 ^H^'ri, 
 
 is the LoED. 
 
 sPraise ye the Loed. 
 
 3Heb. 
 HaZlelu- 
 
 
 
 Praise the Lord, my soul. 
 
 jak. 
 
 
 145 A Psalm of praise ; of David. 
 
 2 WhUe I Uve wiU I praise the Loed : 
 
 
 
 1 1 will extol thee, my God, King ; 
 
 I wiU sing praises unto my God while 
 
 
 
 And I win bless thy name for ever and 
 
 I have any being. 
 
 
 
 ever. 
 
 3 Put not yoiu- trust in princes. 
 
 
 
 2 Every day will I bless thee ; 
 
 Nor in the son of man, in whom there 
 
 
 
 And I win praise thy name for ever 
 
 is no help. 
 
 
 
 and ever. 
 
 4 His breath goeth forth, he returneth to 
 
 
 
 3 Great is the Lord, and highly to be 
 
 his earth; 
 
 
 
 praised ; 
 
 In that very day his ^ thoughts perish. 
 
 4 Or. 
 
 11 >i-*^ ri/-t^^t> 
 
 
 And his greatness is unsearchable. 
 
 5Hapiiy is he that hath the God of 
 
 purpose* 
 
 
 4 One generation shall laud thy works 
 
 Jacob for his help. 
 
 
 
 to another, 
 
 Whose hope is in the Lord his God : 
 
 
 
 And shall declare thy mighty acts. 
 
 G Which made heaven and earth, 
 
 
 
 5 Of the glorious majesty of thinehonour, 
 
 The sea, and aU that in them is ; 
 
 
 
 And of thy wondi'ous works, will I 
 
 Which keepeth truth for ever : 
 
 
 
 meditate. 
 
 7 Which executeth judgement for the 
 
 
 
 6 And men shall speak of the might of 
 
 02)pressed ; 
 
 
 
 thy terrible acts ; 
 
 Which giveth food to the hungry : 
 
 
 
 And I wOl declare thy greatness. 
 
 The Loed looseth the prisoners ; 
 
 
 
 7 They shall utter the memory of thy 
 
 8 The Lord openeth the eyes of the blind ; 
 
 
 
 great goodness, 
 
 The Lord raiseth up them that are 
 
 
 
 And shall sing of thy righteousness. 
 
 bowed down ; 
 
 
 
 8 The LoKD is gracious, and full of 
 
 The Loed loveth the righteous ; 
 
 
 
 compassion ; 
 
 9 The Lord ijreserveth the strangers ; 
 
 
 
 Slow to anger, and of great mercy. 
 
 He upholdeth the fatherless and widow; 
 
 
 
 9 The LoED is good to all ; 
 
 But the way of the wicked he ^turn- 
 
 5 Or, 
 
 
 And his tender mercies are over all 
 
 eth upside down. 
 
 niaketh 
 crooked 
 
 
 his works. 
 
 10 The Lord shaU reign for ever. 
 
 
 
 10 AU thy works shall give thanks unto 
 
 Thy God, Zion, unto aU generations. 
 
 
 
 thee, LoED ; 
 
 3 Praise ye the Lord. 
 
 
 
 And thy saints shall bless thee. 
 
 147 
 
 
 
 11 They shall speak of the gloi-y of thy 
 
 8 Praise ye the Lord; 
 
 
 
 kingdom, 
 
 CFor it is good to sing praises unto 
 
 6 Or, 
 
 
 And talk of thy power ; 
 
 our God ; 
 
 For he 
 is good : 
 
 
 12 To make known to the sons of men 
 
 For it is pleasant, awtZ praise is comely. 
 
 sing^ 
 
 
 his mighty acts. 
 
 2 The Lord doth buUd up Jerusalem ; 
 
 pv ibises 
 unto ov/r 
 
 
 And the glory of the majesty of his 
 
 He gathereth together the outcasts of 
 
 God, for 
 he is 
 
 
 kingdom. 
 
 Israel. 
 
 gracious 
 
 
 13 Thy kingdom is an everlasting kingdom. 
 
 3 He healeth the broken hi heart. 
 
 
 
 And thy dominion endureth through- 
 
 And bindeth up their 7 wounds. 
 
 7Heb. 
 
 
 out all generations. 
 
 4 He teUeth the number of the stars ; 
 
 sorrows. 
 
 
 14 The LoED upholdeth all that fall. 
 
 He giveth them aU their names. 
 
 
 
 And raiseth up aU those that be bowed 
 
 5 Great is our Lord, and mighty in 
 
 
 
 down. 
 
 power ; 
 
 
 
 15 The eyes of aU wait upon thee ; 
 
 His understanding is infinite. 
 
 
 
 And thou givest them their meat in 
 
 6 The Lord upholdeth the meek : 
 
 
 
 due season. 
 
 He bringeth the wicked down to the 
 
 
 2 Or, 
 
 16 Thou ojienest thine hand. 
 
 ground. 
 
 
 S'-Uifflcst 
 
 And 2satisfiest the desire of every 
 
 7 Sing unto the Loed with thanksgiving ; 
 
 
 every 
 living 
 
 living thing. 
 
 Sing praises upon the harp unto our 
 
 
 thing 
 
 17 The LoED is righteous in aU his ways, 
 
 God: 
 
 
 with 
 favour 
 
 And gracious in all his works. 
 
 8 Who covereth the heaven with clouds, 

 
 150. 6. 
 
 THE PSALMS. 
 
 471 
 
 IHeb. 
 no 
 
 inaketh 
 thi/ 
 
 b irder 
 pence. 
 2 Heb. 
 fat of 
 wheat. 
 
 3 Heb. 
 
 riaUelu- 
 
 jflh. 
 
 lOr, 
 which 
 none 
 shall 
 trans- 
 gress 
 
 5 Or, 
 
 sea- 
 
 monsters 
 Or, 
 
 water- 
 spouts 
 
 Wlio pi-eparetb raiu for the earth, 
 Who maketh grass to grow upon the 
 inoimtains. 
 9 Ho giveth to the beast his food, 
 And to the young ravens which cry. 
 
 10 He deUghteth not in the strength of 
 
 the horse : 
 Ho taketh uo pleasure in the legs of 
 a man. 
 
 1 1 Tlio Lord taketh pleasure in them 
 
 that fear him, 
 In those that hope in his mercy. 
 
 12 Praise the Lord, O Jerusalem ; 
 Praise thy God, O Zion. 
 
 13 For he hath strengthened the bars of 
 
 thy gates ; 
 He hath blessed thy childi-eu within 
 
 thee. 
 14 1 He maketh peace in thy borders ; 
 He fiUeth thee with the ^ finest of the 
 
 wheat. 
 
 15 He sendeth out his comimandment 
 
 ui>on earth ; 
 His word runneth very swiftly. 
 
 16 He giveth snow like wool ; 
 
 He scattereth the hoar frost like ashes. 
 
 17 He casteth forth his ice Uke morsels : 
 Who can stand before his cold ? 
 
 18 He sendeth out his word, and melteth 
 
 them: 
 He causeth his wind to blow, and the 
 waters flow. 
 
 19 He sheweth his word uuto Jacob, 
 His statutes and his judgements unto 
 
 Israel. 
 
 20 He hath not dealt so with any nation : 
 And as for his judgements, they have 
 
 not known them. 
 8 Praise ye the Lord. 
 148 
 
 3 Praise ye the Lord. 
 
 Praise ye the Lord from the heavens : 
 
 Praise him in the heights. 
 
 2 Praise ye him, all his angels : 
 Praise ye him, all his host. 
 
 3 Praise ye him, sun and moon : 
 Praise him, all ye stars of light. 
 
 4 Praise him, ye heavens of heavens, 
 And ye waters that be above the 
 
 heavens. 
 
 5 Let them praise the name of the Lord : 
 For he commanded, and they were 
 
 created. 
 
 6 He hath also stabhehed them for ever 
 
 and ever: 
 He hath made a decree * which shall 
 not pass away. 
 
 7 Praise the Lord from the earth. 
 Ye 5 dragons, and aU deeps : 
 
 8 Fire and hail, snow and vapour ; 
 Stormy wind, fulfilling his word : 
 
 9 Mountains and all hills ; 
 Fruitful trees and all cedars: 
 
 10 Beasts and all cattle ; 
 
 Creeping thmgs and flying fowl : 
 
 11 Kings of the earth and aU peoples; 
 Princes and all judges of the earth : 
 
 12 Both young men and maidens ; 
 Old men and children ; 
 
 13 Lot them praise the name of the Lord ; 
 For his name alone is exalted: 
 
 His glory is above the earth and 
 heaven. 
 11 And he hath lifted up ^ the horn of his 
 peoi>le. 
 The praise of all his saints ; 
 Even of the children of Israel, a people 
 
 near unto him. 
 ^ Praise ye the Lord. 
 149 
 
 !* Praise ye the Lord. 
 Sing unto the Lord a new song, 
 And his praise in the assembly of the 
 samts. 
 
 2 Let Israel rejoice in him that made 
 
 him: 
 Let the children of Zion be joyful m 
 their King. 
 
 3 Let them praise his name in the dance : 
 Let them sing praises unto him with 
 
 the timbrel and harp. 
 
 4 For the Lord taketh pleasure in his 
 
 people : 
 He will beautify the meek with 7 salva- 
 tion. 
 
 5 Let the saints exult in glory : 
 
 Let them sing for joy iiijon their beds. 
 
 6 Let the high praises of God he in their 
 
 8 mouth, 
 And a two-edged sword in their hand; 
 
 7 To execute vengeance upon the nations, 
 And ijuuishments upon the peoples ; 
 
 8 To bind their kings with chains. 
 And their nobles with fetters of iron ; 
 
 9 To execute upon them the judgement 
 
 written : 
 ^This honour have all his saints. 
 3 Praise ye the Lord. 
 150 
 
 8 Praise ye the Lord. 
 
 Praise God in his sanctuary : 
 
 Praise him in the firmament of his 
 
 power. 
 
 2 Praise him for his mighty acts : 
 Praise him according to his excellent 
 
 greatness. 
 
 3 Praise him with the sound of the 
 
 trumpet : 
 Praise him with the psalteiy and harp. 
 
 4 Praise him with the timbrel and dance : 
 Praise him with stringed instruments 
 
 and the pipe. 
 
 5 Praise him upon the loud cymbals : 
 Praise him upon the high sounding 
 
 cymbals. 
 
 6 Let every thing that hath breath praise 
 
 10 the Lord. 
 3 Praise ye the Lord 
 
 « Oi-. 
 a horn 
 fur hU 
 pi'ople, a 
 praise 
 for all 
 his 
 
 saints ; 
 even for 
 
 'Or. 
 victori/ 
 
 8 Heb. 
 throat. 
 
 9 Or. 
 
 m^ is the 
 honour 
 of all hie 
 saints 
 
 10 Heb. 
 Jih.
 
 
 THE PROVERBS. 
 
 
 1 The proverbs of Solomon the son of 
 
 At the entering in of the gates. 
 
 
 
 David, king of Israel : 
 
 In the city, she uttereth her words : 
 
 
 
 2 To know wisdom and instruction ; 
 
 22 How long, ye simple ones, wUl ye love 
 
 
 
 To discern the words of understand- 
 
 simplicity ? 
 
 
 
 ing; 
 
 And scorners delight them in scorning. 
 
 
 
 3 To receive instruction in wise dealing, 
 
 And fools hate knowledge ? 
 
 
 
 In righteousness and judgement and 
 
 23 Turn you at my reproof : 
 
 
 
 equity ; 
 
 Behold, I will pouv out my spirit unto 
 
 
 lOr, 
 
 4 To give 1 subtilty to the simple, 
 
 you. 
 
 
 pru- 
 dence 
 
 To the young man knowledge and dis- 
 
 I will make known my words unto 
 
 
 
 cretion : 
 
 you. 
 
 
 
 5 That the wise man may hear, and in- 
 
 24 Because I have called, and ye refused ; 
 
 
 
 crease in learning ; 
 
 I have stretched out my hand, and no 
 
 
 
 And that the man of understanding 
 
 man regarded ; 
 
 
 
 may attain unto sound counsels : 
 
 25 But ye have set at nought aU my 
 
 
 2 Or. 
 
 G To understand a proverb, and 2 a figui-e ; 
 
 counsel, 
 
 
 an inter- 
 
 The words of the Tfise, and their ^dark 
 
 And would none of my reproof : 
 
 
 pretu- 
 iiim 
 
 sayings. 
 
 26 1 also wUl laugh in the day of your 
 
 
 3 Or. 
 
 
 calamity ; 
 
 
 riddlei 
 
 7 The fear of the Loed is the * begin- 
 
 I wUl mock when your fear cometh ; 
 
 
 i Or, chief 
 part 
 
 ning of knowledge : 
 
 27 When your fear cometh as ^a storm. 
 
 11 Or, de. 
 
 
 But the foolish despise wisdom and 
 
 And your calamity cometh on as a 
 
 solution 
 
 
 instruction. 
 
 whirlwind ; 
 
 
 
 8 My son, hear the instruction of thy 
 
 When distress and anguish come upon 
 
 
 
 father. 
 
 you. 
 
 
 5 Or. 
 
 And forsake not the ^law of thy 
 
 28 Then shall they call upon me, but I 
 
 
 teacliing 
 
 mother : 
 
 will not answer ; 
 
 
 
 9 For they shall be a chaplet of grace 
 
 They shall seek me 12 diligently, but 
 
 EOr, 
 
 
 unto thy head. 
 
 they shall not find me : 
 
 early 
 
 
 And chains about thy neck. 
 
 29 For that they hated knowledge. 
 
 
 
 10 My son, if sinners entice thee. 
 
 And did not choose the fear of the 
 
 
 
 Consent thou not. 
 
 Lord: 
 
 
 
 11 If they say. Come with us, 
 
 30 They would none of mycounsel; 
 
 
 
 Let us lay wait for blood. 
 
 They despised all my reproof : 
 
 
 
 Let us lurk privUy for the innocent 
 
 31 Therefore shall they eat of the fruit 
 
 
 
 without cause ; 
 
 of their own way. 
 
 
 i> Or, the 
 
 12 Let us swallow them up alive as " Sheol, 
 
 And be filled with their own devices. 
 
 
 grave 
 
 'Or, 
 
 Ev&n the 
 
 7 And whole, as those that go down 
 
 32 For the backsUdiug of the simple shall 
 
 
 into the pit ; 
 
 slay them. 
 
 
 perfect 
 
 13 We shall fiiid all precious substance. 
 
 And the i3 prosperity of fools shall de- 
 
 13 Or, 
 
 
 We shall fill our houses mth spoil ; 
 
 stroy them. 
 
 careless 
 
 ease 
 
 8 Or. Cast 
 
 14 8 Thou shalt cast thy lot among us; 
 
 33 But whoso hearkeneth unto me shall 
 
 
 in thy lot 
 
 We will aU have one purse : 
 
 dwell secm-ely. 
 
 
 
 15 My son, walk not thou in the way with 
 
 And shall be quiet without fear of 
 
 
 
 them; 
 
 evil. 
 
 
 
 Eefraiu thy foot from their path : 
 
 
 
 
 16 For their feet run to evU, 
 
 2 My son, if thou wilt receive my words. 
 
 
 
 And they make haste to shed blood. 
 
 And lay up my commandments witli 
 
 
 « Or, the 
 
 17 For in vain 9 is the net spread, 
 
 thee; 
 
 
 net is 
 spread 
 
 In the eyes of any bh-d : 
 
 2 So that thou incline thine ear unto 
 
 
 in the 
 sight Ice. 
 
 18 And these lay wait for then- own blood. 
 
 Avisdom, 
 
 
 They lurk privily for their own lives. 
 
 And apply thine heai-t to imderstand- 
 
 
 
 19 So are the ways of every one that is 
 
 ing; 
 
 
 
 gi-eedy of gain ; 
 
 3 Yea, if thou cry after discernment. 
 
 
 
 It taketh away the life of the owners 
 
 And lift up thy voice for understand- 
 
 
 
 thereof. 
 
 ing; 
 4 If thou seek her as sQver, 
 
 
 
 20 Wisdom crieth aloud in the street ; 
 
 And search for her as for hid treasures ; 
 
 
 
 She uttereth her voice in the broad 
 
 5 Then shalt thou understand the fear 
 
 
 10 Heb. 
 at the 
 
 places ; 
 
 of the Lord, 
 
 
 head of 
 
 21 She crieth i^in the chief place of con- 
 
 And find the knowledge of God. 
 
 
 thr. noisy 
 street-. 
 
 course ; 
 
 6 For the Lord giveth wisdom ; 

 
 3. 28. 
 
 THE PROVERBS. 
 
 ifn 
 
 1 Or, And 
 a ,s7t ield 
 for Ac. 
 
 2 Or, 
 That 
 they may 
 keep 
 
 •I Or, 
 I'ea, 
 he pre- 
 serveth 
 
 i Or, the 
 evil mun 
 
 5Heb. 
 
 maketh 
 smooth 
 her 
 words. 
 
 6 Or, 
 guide 
 
 7 Or, she 
 sinketh 
 downiin- 
 to death, 
 which 
 
 is her 
 
 house 
 
 > Or, the 
 
 shades 
 
 Heb. 
 
 Repha- 
 
 im. 
 
 DOT, 
 earth 
 
 10 Or, 
 teaching 
 
 "Or, 
 kindness 
 
 12 Or, 
 good 
 repute 
 
 13 Or, 
 
 make 
 straight 
 or pta in 
 
 U 
 
 Out of his mouth cometh knowledge 
 and understanding : 
 
 7 Ho laycth up sound wisdom foi- the 
 
 upright, 
 1 1/e w a shield to them tliat walk ni 
 integi-ity ; 
 
 8 2 That he may guard the paths of judge- 
 
 ment, 
 8 And preserve the way of his saints. 
 
 9 Then shalt thou luiderstand righteous- 
 
 ness and judgement, 
 And equity, ;/ea, every good path. 
 
 10 For wisdom shall enter into thine 
 
 heart, 
 And knowledge shall be pleasant unto 
 tliy soul ; 
 
 11 Discretion shall watch over thee. 
 Understanding shall keep thee : 
 
 12 To deliver thee from the way of *evil. 
 From the men that speak froward 
 
 things ; 
 
 13 Who forsake the paths of uprightness, 
 To walk in the ways of darkness ; 
 
 1-i Who rejoice to do evil, 
 
 And delight in the frowardness of 
 ^ evil ; 
 
 15 Who are crooked in then- ways, 
 And perverse in their paths : 
 
 16 To deliver thee fi-om the strange 
 
 woman. 
 Even from the stranger which ^flat- 
 tereth with her words ; 
 
 17 Which forsaketh the « friend of her 
 
 youth, 
 Ai'id f orgetteth the covenant of her God : 
 
 18 For 7 her house inclineth unto death. 
 And her paths unto ^the dead : 
 
 19 None that go unto her retm-n again, 
 Neither do they attain unto the paths 
 
 of life: 
 
 20 That thou mayest walk in the way of 
 
 good men. 
 And keep the paths of the righteous. 
 
 21 For the upright shall dwell in the 
 
 9 laud. 
 And the perfect shall remain in it. 
 
 22 But the wicked shall be cut off from 
 
 the 9 land. 
 And they that deal treacherously shall 
 be rooted out of it. 
 
 3 My son, forget not my i^law ; 
 
 But let thine heart keep my command- 
 ments : 
 
 2 For length of days, and years of life, 
 And peace, shall they add to thee. 
 
 3 Let not " mercy and truth forsake thee : 
 Bind them about thy neck ; 
 
 ^^'rite them upon the table of thine 
 heart : 
 
 4 So shalt thou find favour- and 12 good 
 
 understanding 
 In the sight of God and man. 
 
 5 Trust in the Lord with all thine heart, 
 And lean not upon thine own under- 
 standing : 
 
 6 In all thy ways acknowledge him, 
 And he shall is direct thy paths. 
 
 7 Be not wise in thine own eyes ; 
 
 Fear the Loru, and depart from evil: 
 
 8 It shall be health to thy navel, 
 And 1' marrow to thy Ijones. 
 
 9 Honour the Loud willi thy substance. 
 And with the firstfruits of all thine 
 
 increase : 
 
 10 So shall thy barns be filled with plenty, 
 And thy fats shall overflow with new 
 
 ■nine. 
 
 11 My son, despise not the i^ehasteniug 
 
 of the Lord ; 
 Neither be weary of his reproof : 
 
 12 For whom the Lord loveth he re- 
 
 proveth ; 
 Even as a father the son in whom he 
 delighteth. 
 
 13 Happy is the man that findeth wis- 
 
 dom. 
 And the man that icgetteth under- 
 standing. 
 
 14 For the merchandise of it is better 
 
 than the merchandise of silver, 
 And the gain thereof than fine gold. 
 
 15 She is more precious than 17 rubies : 
 And none of the thuigs thou canst de- 
 sire are to be compared unto her. 
 
 16 Length of days is ui her right hand ; 
 In her left hand are riches and honour. 
 
 17 Her ways are ways of pleasantness. 
 And all her iiaths are j)eace. 
 
 18 She is a tree of life to them that lay 
 
 hold upon her : 
 And happy is every one that retatneth 
 her. 
 
 19 The Lord by wisdom founded the 
 
 earth ; 
 By understandmg he established the 
 heavens. 
 
 20 By his knowledge the depths were 
 
 broken up, 
 And the skies drop down the dew. 
 
 21 My son, let not them depart from thine 
 
 eyes ; 
 Keep sound wisdom and discretion ; 
 
 22 So shall they be life unto thy soul. 
 And gi-ace to thy neck. 
 
 23 Then shalt thou walk in thy way 
 
 secm'ely. 
 And 18 thy foot shaU not stumble. 
 24T\Tien thou liest down, thou shalt not 
 
 be afraid : 
 Yea, thou shalt lie down, and thy sleep 
 
 shall be sweet. 
 
 25 Be not afraid of sudden fear. 
 Neither of the 10 desolation of the 
 
 wicked, when it cometh : 
 
 26 For the Lord shall be thy confidence, 
 And shall keep thy foot from being 
 
 taken. 
 
 27 Withhold not good from them to whom 
 
 it is due, 
 When it is in the power of thine hand 
 to do it. 
 
 28 Say not unto thy neighbour, Go, and 
 
 come again. 
 And to-morrow I wUl give ; 
 When thou hast it by thee. 
 
 l» Or, re- 
 freshing 
 Hi-b. 
 moisten- 
 ing. 
 
 15 Or, <n- 
 structiifn 
 
 W Hcb. 
 
 draiveth 
 
 fvrlh. 
 
 I'.'^eeJob 
 xxviii. 
 
 18. 
 
 18 Heb. 
 tliou 
 Shalt not 
 dash 
 thy foot. 
 
 i»Or, 
 storm
 
 474 
 
 THE PROVERBS. 
 
 3. 29. 
 
 lOr, 
 counsel 
 Or, 
 
 friend- 
 ship 
 
 2 Or, 
 Though 
 
 3 Or, I'et 
 
 4 Or, 
 
 fools 
 carry 
 away 
 shanie 
 
 5 Or, 
 
 teaching 
 
 6Heb. 
 an only 
 one. 
 
 1 Or. The 
 begin- 
 ning of 
 wisdom 
 is. Get 
 wisdom 
 
 8 Or, 
 glory 
 
 29 Devise not evil against thy neiglibour, 
 Seeing he dwelleth securely by thee. 
 
 30 Strive not with a man without cause, 
 If he have clone thee no haim. 
 
 31 Envy thou not the man of violence, 
 And choose none of his ways. 
 
 32 For the perverse is an abomination to 
 
 the LoED : 
 But his 1 secret is vsdth the upright. 
 
 33 The curse of the Lord is in the house 
 
 of the wicked ; 
 But he blesseth the habitation of the 
 righteous. 
 
 34 2 Surely he scorneth the scorners, 
 
 3 But he giveth grace unto the lowly. 
 
 35 The wise shall inherit glory ; 
 
 But ■* shame shaU be the promotion of 
 fools. 
 
 4 Hear, my sons, the instruction of a 
 father, 
 And attend to know understanding : 
 
 2 For I give you good doctrine ; 
 Forsake ye not my ^law. 
 
 3 For I was a son unto my father. 
 Tender and 6 only beloved in the sight 
 
 of my mother. 
 
 4 And he taught me, and said unto me, 
 Let thine heart retain my words ; 
 Keep my commandments, and live : 
 
 5 Get wisdom, get understanding ; 
 Forget it not, neither decline from the 
 
 words of my mouth : 
 
 6 Forsake her not, and she shall preserve 
 
 thee; 
 Love her, and she shall keep thee. 
 
 7 7 Wisdom is the principal tMng; there- 
 
 fore get wisdom : 
 Tea, with all thou hast gotten get 
 understanding. 
 
 8 Exalt her, and she shall promote thee : 
 She shall bring thee to honoiu', when 
 
 thou dost embrace her. 
 
 9 She shaU give to thine head a chaplet 
 
 of grace : 
 A crown of 8 beauty shall she deliver to 
 thee. 
 
 10 Hear, my son, and receive my say- 
 ings; 
 And the years of thy life shall be many. 
 Ill have taught thee in the way of 
 wisdom ; 
 I have led thee in paths of uprightness. 
 
 12 When thou goest, thy steps shall not 
 
 be straitened ; 
 And if thou runnest, thou shalt not 
 stumble. 
 
 13 Take fast hold of instruction ; let her 
 
 not go: 
 Keep her ; for she is thy life. 
 
 14 Enter not into the path of the wicked. 
 And walk not in the way of evil men. 
 
 15 Avoid it, pass not by it ; 
 Turn from it, and pass on. 
 
 16 For they sleep not, exce^jt they have 
 
 done mischief ; 
 And theii" sleep is taken away, unless 
 they cause some to fall. 
 
 17 For they eat the bread of wickedness. 
 And drink the wine of violence. 
 
 18 But the path of the righteous is as 
 
 9 the shinmg light. 
 That shineth more and more unto the 
 perfect day. 
 
 19 The way of the wicked is as darkness : 
 They know not at what they stumble. 
 
 20 My son, attend to my words ; 
 Inchne thine ear unto my sayings. 
 
 21 Let them not depart from thine eyes ; 
 Keep them in the midst of thme heart. 
 
 22 For they are life unto those that find 
 
 them. 
 And health to all their flesh. 
 23 Keep thy heart lo^th aU diligence; 
 For out of it are the issues of life. 
 
 24 Put away from thee a froward mouth, 
 And perverse lips put far from thee. 
 
 25 Let thine eyes look right on. 
 
 And let thine eyeUds look straight 
 before thee. 
 26 11 Make level the path of thy feet, 
 
 And let all thy ways be 12 established. 
 27 Tiirn not to the right hand nor to the 
 left: 
 Eemove thy foot from evil. 
 
 5 My son, attend unto my wisdom ; 
 Incline thine ear to my understanding : 
 
 2 That thou mayest preserve discretion, 
 And that thy lips may keep knowledge. 
 
 3 For the lips of a strange woman drop 
 
 honey, 
 And her mouth is smoother than oil : 
 
 4 But her latter end is bitter as worm- 
 
 wood. 
 Sharp as a two-edged sword. 
 
 5 Her feet go down to death ; 
 Her steps take hold on i^ Sheol ; 
 
 6 1^ So that she flndeth not the level path 
 of life: 
 Her ways are unstable and is she know- 
 eth it not. 
 
 7 Now therefore, my sons, hearken unto 
 
 me. 
 And depart not from the words of my 
 mouth. 
 
 8 Eemove thy way far from her, 
 
 And come not nigh the door of her 
 house : 
 
 9 Lest thou give thine honour unto 
 
 others. 
 And thy years unto the cruel : 
 
 10 Lest strangers be filled with thy 
 
 16 strength ; 
 And thy labours he in the house of an 
 ahen; 
 
 11 And thou i' mourn at thy latter end, 
 When thy flesh and thy body are con- 
 sumed, 
 
 12 And say. How have I hated instruction, 
 And my heart despised reproof ; 
 
 13 Neither have I obeyed the voice of my 
 
 teachers. 
 Nor inclined mine ear to them that 
 instructed me ! 
 14 1 was well nigh in all evil
 
 6. 34. 
 
 THE PROVERBS. 
 
 475 
 
 1 Or, Let 
 
 2 Heb. go 
 astray. 
 
 3 Or, 
 
 weighi'th 
 care- 
 ful!!/ 
 
 1 Or, thir 
 hand 
 with a 
 strauifir 
 
 5 Or, 
 itestir 
 
 6 Or, 
 
 gazelle 
 
 7 Or. 
 
 judge 
 
 8Heb. iiu 
 d(ywn. 
 
 9 Or. 
 rover 
 
 10 Heb. 
 (I man 
 with a 
 shield. 
 
 "Or, 
 
 12 Or, 
 teacheth 
 
 In the midst of the congregatiou and 
 
 assembly. 
 15Driuk waters out of thine own cistern. 
 And ruuuiug waters out of thine own 
 well. 
 16 1 Should thy springs bo dispersed 
 abroad, 
 And rivers of water in the streets ? 
 
 17 Let them Ijo for thyself alone, 
 And not for strangers with thee. 
 
 18 Let thy fountain be blessed ; 
 
 And rejoice hi the wife of thy youth. 
 19 -1.5 a loving hiud and a pleasant doe, 
 Let her breasts satisfy thee at all times ; 
 And 2 be thou ravished always with her 
 love. 
 
 20 For why shouldest thou, my son, '-^be 
 
 ravished with a strange woman, 
 And embrace the bosom of a stranger ? 
 
 21 For the ways of man are before the 
 
 eyes of the Loed, 
 And he ^maketh level all his paths. 
 
 22 His own iniquities shall take the \vicked. 
 And he shall be holden with the cords 
 
 of his sin. 
 
 23 He shall die for lack of instruction ; 
 And in the greatness of his folly he 
 
 shall go astray. 
 
 6 My son, if thou art become surety for 
 thy neighbour, 
 If thou hast stricken ^ thy hands for a 
 stranger, 
 
 2 Thou art snared with the words of thy 
 
 mouth, 
 Thou art taken with the words of thy 
 mouth. 
 
 3 Do this now, my son, and deliver thy- 
 
 self. 
 Seeing thou art come into the hand of 
 
 thy neighbour ; 
 Go, 5 humble thyself, and importune 
 
 thy neighbom-. 
 
 4 Give not sleep to thine eyes. 
 Nor slumber to thine eyelids. 
 
 5 Deliver thyself as a ^ roe from the hand 
 
 of the hunter. 
 And as a buxl from the hand of the 
 fowler. 
 
 6 Go to the ant, thou sluggard ; 
 Consider her ways, and be wise : 
 
 7 Which having no ' chief. 
 Overseer, or ruler, 
 
 8 Provideth her meat in the summer. 
 And gathereth her food in the harvest. 
 
 9 How long wUt thou ^ sleep, slug- 
 
 gard ■? 
 When wUt thou arise out of thy sleep ? 
 
 10 Yet a little sleep, a little slmnber, 
 
 A little folding of the hands to ^ sleep : 
 
 11 So shall thy poverty come as a ^ robber, 
 And thy want as ^an armed man. 
 
 12 A worthless person, a man of iniquity ; 
 He walketh with a froward mouth ; 
 
 13 He winketh with bis eyes, he ^ speak- 
 
 eth with his feet. 
 He I'^maketh signs with his fingers; 
 
 llFrowardness is in his heart, he de- 
 viseth evil contiiinally ; 
 He li^soweth discord. 
 
 15 Therefore shall his calamity come 
 
 suddenly; 
 On a sudden shall he be broken, and 
 that without remedy. 
 
 16 There be six things whi<-h the Loed 
 
 hateth ; 
 Yea, seven which are an abomination 
 1^ mito hhn : 
 
 17 Haughty eyes, a lying tongue, 
 
 And hands that shed innocent blood ; 
 
 18 An heart that deviseth wicked imagm- 
 
 ations, 
 Feet that be swift in running to mis- 
 chief ; 
 
 19 A false witness that i^ uttereth lies, 
 And he that i^'soweth discord among 
 
 brethren. 
 
 20 My son, keej) the commandment of 
 
 thy father, 
 And forsake not the i^iaw of thy 
 mother : 
 
 21 Bind them continually upon thine heart, 
 Tie them about thy neck. 
 
 22 When thou walkest, it shall lead thee ; 
 When thou "sleepest, it shall watch 
 
 over thee ; 
 And when thou awakest, it shall talk 
 with thee. 
 
 23 For i^tiie commandment is a lamji; 
 
 and 19 the lav/ is light ; 
 And reproofs of instruction are the 
 way of life : 
 
 24 To keep thee from the evil woman, 
 From the flattery of the stranger's 
 
 tongue. 
 
 25 Lust not after her beauty in thine 
 
 heart ; 
 Neither let her take thee with her eye- 
 lids. 
 
 26 For on account of a whorish woman a 
 
 man is brought to a piece of bread : 
 And 20 the adulteress hunteth for the 
 precious life. 
 
 27 Can a man take &ce in his bosom, 
 And his clothes not be burned ? 
 
 28 Or can one walk upon hot coals, 
 And his feet not be scorched ? 
 
 29 So he that goeth in to his neighbour's 
 
 wife; 
 Whosoever toucheth her shall not be 
 21 unpunished. 
 
 30 Men do not despise a thief, if he steal 
 To satisfy his soul when he is hungry : 
 
 31 But if he be found, he shall restore 
 
 sevenfold ; 
 He shall give all the substance of his 
 house. 
 
 32 He that conunitteth adultery with a 
 
 woman is void of '^ understandmg : 
 He doeth it that would destroy his own 
 soul. 
 
 33 Wounds and dishonour shall he get ; 
 And his reproach shall not be \viped 
 
 away. 
 34 For jealousy is the rage of a man; 
 
 15 Hcl>. 
 lettelh 
 loose. 
 
 11 Heb. 
 o/hijt 
 
 soul. 
 
 15 Heb. 
 hreath- 
 eth out. 
 
 l»Or, 
 teaching 
 
 1" Heb. 
 
 liest 
 
 dauni. 
 
 18 Or. 
 
 their 
 
 com- 
 
 mand- 
 
 inent 
 
 laOr, 
 
 their 
 
 teaching 
 
 20 Heb 
 a mans 
 wife. 
 
 21 Heb. 
 held in- 
 nocent. 
 
 22 Heb. 
 heart. 
 
 _1
 
 476 
 
 THE PROVERBS. 
 
 6. 34 
 
 lOr, 
 teaching 
 
 familiar 
 friend 
 
 3Heb. 
 
 maketh 
 smooth 
 her 
 words. 
 
 1 Heb. 
 the eye). 
 
 'Or, 
 
 '■lose 
 Heb. 
 
 juarded. 
 6 Or, 
 tur- 
 bulent 
 
 'Heb. 
 
 ■ihe 
 Uard- 
 rned her 
 face, and 
 said. 
 ■iOr, 
 
 were due 
 from me 
 
 3 Or, 
 cushions 
 
 l!)Or, 
 sprin- 
 kled 
 
 11 Heb. 
 sud- 
 denly. 
 
 And be will not space in the day of 
 
 vengeance. 
 35 He will not regard any ransom ; 
 
 Neither will be rest content, tbougb 
 
 thou givest many gifts. 
 
 Y My sou, keep my words. 
 
 And lay nj) my commandments witb 
 tbee. 
 
 2 Keep my cormnandments and live ; 
 And my ilaw as tbe apple of tbine eye. 
 
 3 Bind them uijon tby fingers ; 
 
 Write tbem ui>on tbe table of tbine 
 beart. 
 
 4 Say unto wisdom, Tbou art my sister ; 
 And call understanding thi/ 2 kins- 
 woman : 
 
 5 Tbat tbey may keep tbee from tbe 
 
 strange woman, 
 From tbe stranger M-liicb ^flatteretb 
 witb ber words. 
 
 6 For at tbe window of my bouse 
 
 I looked f ortb tbrougb my lattice ; 
 
 7 And I bebeld among tbe simple ones, 
 I discerned among tbe youtbs, 
 
 A young man void of understanding, 
 
 8 Passing tbi'ougb tbe street near ber 
 
 corner. 
 And be went tbe way to ber bouse ; 
 
 9 In tbe twiligbt, in the evening of tbe 
 
 day, 
 Li tbe * blackness of nigbt and tbe 
 darkness. 
 
 10 And, bebold, tbere met him a woman 
 Witb tbe attire of an barlot, and ^wily 
 
 of beart. 
 
 11 She is 6 clamorous and wilful; 
 Her feet abide not in ber bouse : 
 
 12 Now sbe is in tbe streets, now in tbe 
 
 broad places. 
 And lietb in wait at every corner. 
 
 13 So sbe caugbt bim, and kissed bim, 
 7.^4HfZwitb an impudent face sbe said 
 
 unto bim : 
 
 14 Sacrifices of jieace offerings ^are witb 
 
 me; 
 Tbis day bave I i>aid my vows, 
 l,"") Therefore came I forth to meet thee, 
 Diligently to seek tby face, and I have 
 found thee. 
 161 have spread my couch with ^ carpets 
 of tapestry, 
 Witb striped cloths of the yarn of 
 Egypt. 
 171 bave i" perfumed my bed 
 
 With myrrh, aloes, and cinnamon. 
 
 18 Come, let us take our fiU of love until 
 
 the morning ; 
 Let us solace om-selves with loves. 
 
 19 For the goodman is not at home. 
 He is gone a long jomiiey: 
 
 20 He bath taken a bag of money witb bim ; 
 He will come home at tbe full moon. 
 
 21 With ber much fair speech sbe causeth 
 
 him to yield, 
 With the flattering of ber lips sbe 
 forceth bim away. 
 
 22 He goeth after ber n straightway, 
 As an ox goeth to the slaughter. 
 
 Or as 12 fetters to the correction of tbe 
 fool; 
 
 23 Till an arrow strike through his liver ; 
 As a bird basteth to the snare. 
 
 And kuoweth not that it is for bis life. 
 
 24 Now therefore, my sons, hearken unto 
 
 me, 
 And attend to the words of my mouth. 
 
 25 Let not tbine heart decUne to ber ways. 
 Go not astray in ber paths. 
 
 26 For she bath cast down many wounded : 
 Yea, all her slain are a mighty host. 
 
 27 Her bouse is tbe way to i'' Sbeol, 
 Going down to tbe chambers of death. 
 
 8 Doth not wisdom cry. 
 
 And understanding put forth her voice ? 
 
 2 In tbe top of high places by tbe way. 
 Where the jiatlis meet, sbe standeth ; 
 
 3 Beside tbe gates, at tbe entry of the 
 
 city, 
 At tbe coming in at the doors, she 
 crieth aloud : 
 
 4 Unto you, O men, I call ; 
 
 And my voice is to the sons of men. 
 
 5 ye simple, understand i* subtilty ; 
 And, ye fools, be ye of an under- 
 standing beart. 
 
 6 Hear, for I will speak excellent things ; 
 And the opening of my lips shall be 
 
 right things. 
 
 7 For my mouth shall utter truth ; 
 And wickedness is an abomination to 
 
 my lips. 
 
 8 All the words of my mouth is are in 
 
 righteousness ; 
 There is nothing crooked or perverse 
 in tbem. 
 
 9 They are all plain to him that under- 
 
 standeth. 
 And right to tbem that find know- 
 ledge. 
 
 10 Eeceive my instruction, and not silver ; 
 And knowledge rather than choice 
 
 gold. 
 
 11 For wisdom is better than 16 rubies; 
 And all the tbmgs tbat may be desired 
 
 are not to be compared unto ber. 
 12 1 wisdom have made i-* subtilty my 
 dwelling, 
 And find out i' knowledge and dis- 
 cretion. 
 
 13 Tbe fear of the Loed is to bate evil : 
 Pride, and arrogancy, and the evil way. 
 And the froward mouth, do I bate. 
 
 14 Counsel is mine, aiid i^soimd know- 
 
 ledge : 
 I am understanding ; I have might. 
 
 15 By me kings reign. 
 
 And princes decree justice. 
 
 16 By me i^ princes rule. 
 
 And nobles, even all the judges ^Oof 
 the earth. 
 171 love them tbat love me ; 
 
 And those tbat seek me 21 diligently 
 shall find me. 
 18 Kiches and honour are witb me ; 
 Yea, 22 durable riches and righteous- 
 ness.
 
 10. 7. 
 
 THE PROVERBS. 
 
 477 
 
 'Or, 
 
 Increase 
 
 ' Or, sum 
 
 cOr, 
 jn-e- 
 pared 
 
 " Or, hU 
 decree 
 
 8 Or, ap- 
 pointed 
 
 oOr, 
 had dc- 
 liijUtcon- 
 ttnualiy 
 10 Or, 
 Sporting 
 
 11 Heb. 
 
 draw 
 forth. 
 
 12 Or, 
 misseth 
 me 
 
 19 My fruit is better tliau gold, yea, than 
 fine gold; 
 
 And my i revenue than choice silver. 
 20 1 walli in the way of righteousness, 
 
 In the midst of the initlis of judgement : 
 
 21 That I may cause thoae that love me 
 
 to inherit substance, 
 And that I may till tlieir treasuries. 
 
 22 The Lord ^possessed me "iu the 
 
 beginning of his way, 
 ^Before his works of old. 
 231 was set up from everlasting, from 
 
 the beginning, 
 Or ever the earth was. 
 
 24 When there were no depths, I was 
 
 brought forth; 
 When there were no fountains a- 
 bounding with water. 
 
 25 Before the mountains were settled. 
 Before the hills was I brought forth : 
 
 26 While as yet he had not made the 
 
 earth, nor the fields. 
 Nor the ^beginnmg of the dust of the 
 world. 
 
 27 When he ^ established the heavens, I 
 
 was there : 
 When he set a cu'cle upon the face of 
 the deep : 
 
 28 When he made firm the skies above : 
 When the fountains of the deep be- 
 came strong: 
 
 29 When he gave to the sea ''its bound, 
 That the waters should not transgress 
 
 his commandment: 
 When he s marked out the foundations 
 of the earth : 
 
 30 Then I was by him, as a master work- 
 
 man: 
 And I 9 was daily his delight, 
 i^'Eejoicing always before him; 
 SlioEejoicing in his habitable earth; 
 And my delight was with the sons of 
 
 men. 
 
 32 Now therefore, mij sons, hearken unto 
 
 me: 
 For blessed are they that keep my ways. 
 
 33 Hear instruction, and be wise. 
 And refuse it not. 
 
 34 Blessed is the man that heareth me. 
 Watching daily at my gates, 
 Waitmg at the posts of my doors. 
 
 35 For whoso findeth me findeth life. 
 And shall n obtain favour of the Lord. 
 
 36 But he that i^gimieth against me 
 
 wrongeth his own soul : 
 All they that hate me love death. 
 
 9 Wisdom hath builded her house. 
 
 She hath hewn out her seven pillars : 
 2 She hath killed her beasts; she hath 
 mingled her wine ; 
 She hath also fm-nished her table. 
 
 3 She hath sent forth her maidens, she 
 
 crieth 
 Upon the highest places of the city, 
 
 4 Whoso is simi)le, let him turn in hither : 
 As for him that is void of understand- 
 ing, she saith to him, 
 
 5 Come, eat ye of my bread. 
 
 And drink of the wine which I have 
 mingled. 
 6 1" Leave off, ye simple ones, and live; 
 And walk in the way of understanding. 
 
 7 He that correcteth a scorner getteth to 
 
 himself shame: 
 And ho that reproveth a wicked man 
 getteth himself a blot. 
 
 8 Reprove not a scorner, lest he hate thee: 
 Keprove a wise man, and he will love 
 
 thee. 
 
 9 Give instmction to a wise man, and he 
 
 will be yet wiser : 
 Teach a righteous man, and he wUl 
 increase in learning. 
 
 10 The fear of the Lord is the beginning 
 
 of wisdom: 
 And the knowledge of the Holy One is 
 understanding. 
 
 11 For by me thy days shall be multiplied. 
 And the years of thy life shaU. be 
 
 increased. 
 
 12 If thou art wise, thou art wise for thy- 
 
 seU: 
 And if thou scomest, thou alone shall 
 bear it. 
 
 13 1^ The foolish woman is clamorous ; 
 She is 15 simple, and knowetli nothing. 
 
 14 And she sitteth at the door of her 
 
 house. 
 On a seat in the high places of the city, 
 
 15 To call to them that pass by, 
 Who go right on their ways, 
 
 16 Whoso is simple, let him turn in hither : 
 And as for him that is void of under- 
 standing, she saith to him, 
 
 17 Stolen waters are svreet. 
 
 And bread eaten in secret is pleasant. 
 
 18 But he knoweth not that i^the dead 
 
 are there ; 
 That her guests ai"e in the depths of 
 Sheol. 
 
 10 The proverbs of Solomon. 
 
 A wdse son maketh a glad father : 
 But a foolish son is the hea\'iness of 
 his mother. 
 
 2 Treasures of wickedness profit nothing: 
 But righteousness delivereth from 
 
 death. 
 
 3 The Lord will not suffer the soiil of 
 
 the righteous to famish : 
 But he thi-usteth away the desu-e of 
 the wicked. 
 
 4 He becometh poor that dealeth with a 
 
 slack hand : 
 But the hand of the dUigent maketh rich. 
 
 5 He that gathereth in summer is I'a 
 
 wise sou : 
 But he that sleepeth in harvest is a 
 sou 18 that causeth shame. 
 
 6 Blessings are upon the head of the 
 
 righteous : 
 But 19 violence covereth the mouth of 
 the wicked. 
 
 7 The memory of the just is blessed: 
 But the name of the wicked shall rot. 
 
 13 Or, 
 F"riake 
 th,- 
 iimple 
 
 11 0-, 
 15 Heb. 
 plicity. 
 
 16 Or, the 
 
 shades 
 
 Htb. 
 
 I!'-pha- 
 
 hn. 
 
 I" Or, a 
 
 son that 
 
 doeth 
 
 wisi'ty 
 
 IS Or. 
 
 that 
 
 do<- th 
 
 shame- 
 
 Mly 
 
 l» Or, the 
 
 mouth 
 
 of the 
 
 wicked 
 
 covereth 
 
 violence
 
 478 
 
 THE PROVERBS. 
 
 10. 8. 
 
 IHeb. 
 the 
 
 foolWh 
 of lips. 
 
 2 Or, 
 ghaU be 
 over- 
 thi-own 
 or laid 
 low 
 
 3 The 
 Sept. 
 and Syr. 
 read. 
 Blithe 
 that re- 
 bxtketh 
 ope III J/ 
 maketh 
 peace. 
 
 4 Or, the 
 inouth 
 of the 
 wicked 
 covereth 
 violence 
 
 s Heb. 
 heart. 
 
 *• Or, is 
 a way 
 
 'Or, 
 
 instruc- 
 tion 
 
 8 Or, 
 causeth 
 to err 
 
 9 Or, 
 is wise 
 
 10 Or, toil 
 addeth 
 nothing 
 thereto 
 
 11 Or, 
 
 But a 
 man of 
 under- 
 standing 
 hath wis- 
 dom 
 
 12 Or, 
 
 As the 
 1 whirl- 
 j win^d 
 
 passetht 
 \ so is the 
 
 inched 
 
 no more 
 
 13 Heb. 
 addeth. 
 
 8 The Tvise in heart will receive com- 
 
 mandments : 
 But la prating fool 2 shall fall. 
 
 9 He that walketh uprightly Avalketh 
 
 sui'ely : 
 But he that perverteth his ways shall 
 be known. 
 
 10 He that winketh with the eye causeth 
 
 sorrow : 
 sBut la prating fool 2 shall fall. 
 
 11 The mouth of the righteous is a fount- 
 
 ain of life : 
 But ^violence covereth the mouth of 
 tlie wicked. 
 
 12 Hatred stirreth up strifes : 
 
 But love covereth all transgressions. 
 
 13 In the lips of him that hath discern- 
 
 ment wisdom is found : 
 But a rod is for the back of him that is 
 void of s understanding. 
 
 14 Wise men lay up knowledge : 
 
 But the mouth of the foolish is a pre- 
 sent destruction. 
 
 15 The rich man's wealth is his strong 
 
 city: 
 The destruction of the poor is then* 
 poverty. 
 
 16 The labom- of the righteous tendeth to 
 
 life; 
 The increase of the wicked to sin. 
 
 17 He C'is in the way of life that heedeth 
 
 v correction : 
 But he that forsake th reproof ^erreth. 
 
 18 He that hideth hatred is of lying lij)s ; 
 And he that uttereth a slander is a 
 
 fool. 
 
 19 In the multitude of words there want- 
 
 eth not transgression : 
 But he that refraineth his lips ^doeth 
 wisely. 
 
 20 The tongue of the righteous is as 
 
 choice silver: 
 The heart of the wicked is little worth. 
 
 21 The lips of the righteous feed many : 
 But the foolish die for lack of ^ under- 
 
 standmg. 
 
 22 The blessmg of the Lord, it maketh 
 
 rich, 
 And 10 he addeth no sorrow therewith. 
 
 23 It is as sport to a fool to do wicked- 
 
 ness : 
 11 And so is wisdom to a man of under- 
 standing. 
 
 24 The fear of the wicked, it shaU come 
 
 upon him : 
 And the desire of the righteous shall 
 
 be granted. 
 25 12 When the whu'lwind passe th, the 
 
 wicked is no more : 
 But the righteous is an everlasting 
 
 foundation. 
 
 26 As vinegar to the teeth, and as smoke 
 
 to the eyes, 
 So is the sluggard to them that send 
 him. 
 
 27 The fear of the Lord i^prolongeth 
 
 days: 
 But the years of the wicked shall be 
 shortened. 
 
 28 The hope of the righteous shall be 
 
 gladness : 
 But the expectation of the wicked shaU 
 perish. 
 
 29 The way of the Lord is a strong hold 
 
 to the upright ; 
 But 1-* it is a destruction to the workers 
 of iniquity. 
 
 30 The righteous shall never be removed : 
 But the ■wicked shall not dwell in the 
 
 island. 
 
 31 The mouth of the righteous isbringeth 
 
 forth wisdom: 
 But the froward tongue shall be cut 
 off. 
 
 32 The lips of the righteous know what is 
 
 acceptable : 
 But the mouth of the wicked ^TspeaJc- 
 etk frowardness. 
 1118A false balance is an abomination to 
 the Lord : 
 But a just weight is his delight. 
 
 2 When pride cometh, then cometh 
 
 shame : 
 But with the lowly is wisdom. 
 
 3 The integrity of the upright shall guide 
 
 them : 
 But the perverseness of the treacher- 
 ous shall destroy them. 
 
 4 Eiches profit not in the day of wrath : 
 But righteousness delivereth from 
 
 death. 
 
 5 The righteousness of the perfect shall 
 
 Indirect his way: 
 But the wicked shall fall by his own 
 wickedness. 
 
 6 The righteousness of the upright shall 
 
 deliver them : 
 But they that deal treacherously shall 
 be taken in their own mischief. 
 
 7 When a wicked man dieth, his expect- 
 
 ation shaU perish : 
 And the hope of 20 iniquity perisheth. 
 
 8 The righteous is delivered out of trouble, 
 And the ■wicked cometh in his stead. 
 
 9 With his mouth the godless man de- 
 
 stroyeth his neighboui* : 
 But through knowledge shall the 
 righteous be delivered. 
 
 10 When it goeth well ■with the righteous, 
 
 the city rejoiceth: 
 And when the wicked perish, there is 
 shouting. 
 
 11 By the blessing of the upright the city 
 
 is exalted: 
 But it is overthrown by the mouth of 
 the ■wicked. 
 
 12 He that despiseth his neighbom- is void 
 
 of 5 -wisdom: 
 But a man of understanding holdeth 
 his peace. 
 
 13 He that goeth about as a talebearer 
 
 revealeth secrets: 
 But he that is of a faithful spirit con- 
 cealeth the matter. 
 
 14 Where no ■wise guidance is, the people 
 
 faUeth: 
 But in the multitude of counsellors 
 there is safety.
 
 12. 22. 
 
 THE PROVERBS. 
 
 479 
 
 iHeb. 
 shall 
 bo sore 
 broken. 
 
 2Heb. 
 
 those 
 timt 
 strike. 
 hands. 
 
 vousmess 
 tendeth 
 to life, 
 and he 
 
 i Or, My 
 hand 
 H2>on it t 
 Heb. 
 Hand to 
 hand. 
 
 •■ Or, 
 i-ing 
 
 >• Heb. 
 turneth 
 ttside 
 from. 
 
 " Or, ar- 
 rogance 
 
 sOr, 
 what is 
 instil/ 
 due 
 
 sOr, 
 instruc- 
 tion 
 
 15 He that is surety for a stranger i shall 
 suiart for it : 
 
 But lie that liateth ^suretiship is sure. 
 10 A gracious woman retaineth honour: 
 
 And violent men retain riches. 
 
 17 The merciful man doeth good to his 
 
 own soul : 
 But he that is cruel ti'oubleth his owu 
 flesh. 
 
 18 The wicked earneth deceitful wages: 
 But he that soweth righteousness hath 
 
 a sure reward. 
 19* He that is stedfast in righteousness 
 fihall attain unto life: 
 And he that piu'sueth evil doeth it to 
 his own death. 
 20 They that are perverse in heart are an 
 abomination to the Loed : 
 But such as are perfect in their way 
 are his delight. 
 21^ Though hand join in hand, the evil 
 man shall not be unpiuiished: 
 But the seed of the righteous shall be 
 delivered. 
 '22 As a 5 jewel of gold in a swine's snout, 
 iSo is a fan- woman which "is without 
 discretion. 
 
 23 The desu'e of the righteous is only good: 
 Hut the expectation of the wicked is 
 
 ■? wrath. 
 
 24 There is that scattereth, and increaseth 
 
 yet more ; 
 Aiid there is that withholdeth ^niore 
 than is meet, hut it tendeth only to 
 want. 
 
 25 The liberal soul shall be made fat : 
 And he that wateretli shall be watered 
 
 also himself. 
 
 26 He that witlilioldeth corn, the peoiole 
 
 shall curse him : 
 But blessing shall be upon the head of 
 him that selleth it. 
 
 27 He that diligently seeketh good seek- 
 
 eth favour: 
 But he that searcheth after mischief, 
 it shall come unto him. 
 
 28 He that trusteth in his riches shall f aU : 
 But the righteous shall flourish as the 
 
 green leaf. 
 
 29 He that troubleth his ow^l house shaU 
 
 inherit the wind : 
 And the foolish shall be sei-vant to the 
 wise of heart. 
 
 30 The fruit of the righteous is a tree of 
 
 life; 
 Aiid he that is wdse winneth souls. 
 
 31 Behold, the righteous shall be recom- 
 
 pensed in the earth : 
 
 How much more the wicked and the 
 sinner ! 
 ISWhoso loveth ^correction loveth know- 
 ledge : 
 
 But he that hateth reproof is brutish. 
 
 2 A good man shall obtain favour of the 
 
 Lord: 
 But a man of wicked devices wiU he 
 condemn. 
 
 3 A man shall not be established by 
 
 wickedness : 
 
 But the root of the righteous shall 
 never be moved. 
 ■1 A virtuous woman is a crown to her 
 husl)and: 
 But she that lOmaketh ashamed is as 
 rottenness in his bones. 
 5 Tlie tlioughts of the righteous arc 
 "just: 
 JJiU the counsels of the wicked are 
 deceit. 
 The words of the wicked 12 are of Ij'ing 
 in wait for Ijlood : 
 But the mouth of the upright shall 
 deliver them. 
 
 7 IS The wicked are overthrown, and are 
 
 not: 
 But the house of the righteous shall 
 stand. 
 
 8 A man shall be commended according 
 
 to his wisdom : 
 But he that is of a perverse heart shall 
 be despised. 
 
 9 Better is he that is lightly esteemed, 
 
 and hath a servant, 
 Than he that honoureth himself, and 
 lacketh bread. 
 
 10 A righteous man regardeth the life of 
 
 his beast : 
 But the tender mercies of the wicked 
 are cruel. 
 
 11 He that tiUeth his laud shall have 
 
 plenty of bread : 
 But he that followeth after i^vain 
 persons is void of understanding. 
 
 12 The wicked desu-eth i^the net of evU 
 
 men : 
 But the root of the righteous yieldeth 
 fruit. 
 
 13 In the trausgi-ession of the lips is ^'^a. 
 
 snare to the evil man : 
 But the righteous shall come out of 
 trouble. 
 
 14 A man shaU be satisfied with good by 
 
 the fruit of his mouth : 
 And the domgs of a man's hands shall 
 be rendered unto him. 
 
 15 The way of the foolish is right in his 
 
 o^^^l eyes : 
 But he that is wise hearkeneth unto 
 counsel. 
 
 16 A fool's vexation is i7 presently known : 
 But a prudent man concealeth shame. 
 
 17 He that i^uttereth truth sheweth forth 
 
 righteousness, 
 But a false witness deceit. 
 
 18 There is that speaketh rashly like the 
 
 piercings of a sword : 
 But the tongue of the wise is health. 
 
 19 The lip of truth shall be estabhshed for 
 
 ever: 
 But a lying tongue is but for a moment. 
 
 20 Deceit is in the heart of them that 
 
 devise evU : 
 But to the counsellors of peace is joy. 
 
 21 There shall no mischief happen to the 
 
 righteous : 
 But the wicked shall be filled with evil. 
 
 22 Lying lips are an abomination to the 
 
 Lokd: 
 
 l"0r, 
 doeth- 
 shatne- 
 fully 
 
 n Heb. 
 Judge- 
 ment. 
 
 12 Or, 
 are a 
 lyitift in 
 wait 
 
 13 Or, 
 Over- 
 throwthe 
 wicked, 
 and they 
 are not 
 
 nOr, 
 vain 
 things 
 
 15 Or, 
 the prey 
 
 16 Or, 
 an evil 
 snare 
 
 l"Or, 
 openly 
 Heb. in 
 the day. 
 
 IS Heb. 
 breath- 
 eth out.
 
 480 
 
 THE PROVERBS. 
 
 12. 22. 
 
 IHeb. 
 slothful' 
 ness. 
 2 Or, 
 Care 
 
 3 Or, 
 
 catcheth 
 not his 
 prey 
 
 i Or, is 
 to be 
 diligent 
 
 5 Or, cor- 
 rection 
 
 eOr, 
 from 
 
 ' Or, the 
 desire 
 of the 
 treachcr- 
 
 ons is for 
 violence 
 
 BOr, 
 causefh 
 thatne 
 and 
 
 bringeth 
 reproach 
 OHeb. 
 upright- 
 ness of 
 way. 
 
 W Heb. 
 sin. 
 
 "Or, 
 Jeigncth 
 
 12 Or, 
 
 rebuke 
 
 WThe 
 Sept. 
 and 
 Vulg. 
 have, iyi 
 haste. 
 " Heb. 
 with the 
 hand. 
 
 "See ch. 
 XYi. 20. 
 
 16 Or, 
 maketh 
 
 himself 
 a debtor 
 thereto 
 
 "Or. 
 teaching 
 
 18 Or, 
 getteth 
 
 But they that deal truly are his delight. 
 
 23 A prudent man concealeth knowledge : 
 But the heart of fools proclaimeth 
 
 foolishness. 
 
 24 The hand of the diligent shall bear rule : 
 But 1 the slothfixl shall be put under 
 
 taskwork. 
 
 25 2 Heaviness in the heart of a man 
 
 maketh it stoop ; 
 But a good word maketh it glad. 
 
 26 The righteous is a guide to his neigh- 
 
 bour : 
 But the way of the wicked causeth 
 them to err. 
 27 1 The slothful man ^roasteth not that 
 which he took in hunting : 
 But the precious substance of men ^is 
 to the diligent. 
 28 In the way of righteousness is life ; 
 Aiid in the pathway thereof there is 
 no death. 
 13 A wise son heareth his father's ^ in- 
 struction : 
 But a scorner heareth not rebuke. 
 
 2 A man shall eat good ^ by the fruit of 
 
 his mouth : 
 But 'the soul of the treacherous shall 
 eat violence. 
 
 3 He that guardeth his mouth keepeth 
 
 his life : 
 Blithe that openeth wide his lips shall 
 have destruction. 
 
 4 The soul of the sluggard desireth, and 
 
 hath nothing : 
 But the soul of the diligent shall be 
 made fat. 
 
 5 A righteous man hateth lying : 
 
 But a wicked man "is loathsome, and 
 Cometh to shame. 
 
 6 Kighteousuess guardeth ^Imn that is 
 
 ui)right in the way : 
 But wickedness overthroweth i^the 
 sinner. 
 
 7 There is that ii maketh himself rich, 
 
 yet hath nothing : 
 There is that n maketh himself poor, 
 yet hath great wealth. 
 
 8 Theransomof a man's life is his riches : 
 But the poor heareth no i^ threatening. 
 
 9 The light of the righteous rejoiceth: 
 But the lamp of the wicked shall be 
 
 put out. 
 
 10 By pride cometh only contention ; 
 But with the well advised is wisdom. 
 
 11 Wealth gotten is by vanity shall be 
 
 diminished : 
 But he that gathereth i^by laboui- 
 shall have increase. 
 
 12 Hope defended maketh the heart sick : 
 But when the desu'e cometh, it is a 
 
 tree of life. 
 
 13 Whoso despiseth i^the word ^^ bringeth 
 
 destruction on himself: 
 But he that feareth the commandment 
 shall be rewarded. 
 
 14 The 17 law of the wise is a fountain of 
 
 Ufe, 
 To depart from the snares of death. 
 
 15 Good understanding iSgiveth favour: 
 
 But the way of the treacherous is 
 rugged. 
 
 16 Every prudent man worketh with 
 
 knowledge : 
 But a fool spreadeth out foUy. 
 
 17 A wicked messenger f aUeth into evil : 
 But a faithful ambassador is health. 
 
 18 Poverty and shame shall he to him 
 
 that refuseth i'' correction: 
 But he that regardeth reproof shall be 
 honom-ed. 
 
 19 The desire accompUshed is sweet to 
 
 the soul : 
 But it is an abomination to fools to 
 
 depart from evil. 
 20 '-JO Walk with wise men, and thou shalt 
 
 be wise : 
 But the companion of fools shall 
 
 21 smart for it. 
 
 21 Evil pursueth sinners : 
 
 But the righteous shall be recompensed 
 with good. 
 
 22 A good man leaveth an inheritance to 
 
 his childi'en's children ; 
 And the wealth of the sinner is laid up 
 for the righteous. 
 
 23 Much food is in the 22 tillage of the 
 
 poor : 
 But there is that is destroyed by reason 
 of injustice. 
 
 24 He that spareth his rod hateth his son : 
 But he that loveth him chasteneth him 
 
 23 betimes. 
 
 25 The righteous eateth to the satisfying 
 
 of his soul : 
 But the beUy of the wicked shall want. 
 14 Every wise woman buUdeth her house : 
 But 2i the foolish plucketh it down with 
 
 her own hands. 
 
 2 He that walketh in his uprightness 
 
 feareth the Lord : 
 But he that is perverse in his ways 
 desinseth him. 
 
 3 In the mouth of the foolish is a 25 rod 
 
 26 of pride : 
 But the lips of the wise shall preserve 
 them. 
 
 4 Where no oxen are, the crib is clean : 
 But much increase is by the strength 
 
 of the ox. 
 
 5 A faitliful witness wiU not lie : 
 But a false witness 27uttereth Hes. 
 
 6 A scorner seeketh wisdom, and findeth 
 
 it not : 
 But knowledge is easy unto him that 
 hath understanding. 
 7-28 Go into the presence of a foolish 
 man. 
 And thou shalt not perceive in him the 
 lips of knowledge. 
 8 The wisdom of the iirudeut is to under- 
 stand his way : 
 But the foUy of fools is deceit. 
 92'JThe foolish make a mock at so guilt: 
 But among the upright there is si good 
 wiU. 
 10 The heart knoweth its own bitterness ; 
 And a stranger doth not intemieddle 
 with its joy.
 
 15. 17. 
 
 THE PROVERBS. 
 
 481 
 
 1 Or, i» 
 
 straight 
 
 bcfOTii 
 
 2 Or, 
 KImU 
 they not 
 goastray 
 
 3 Or. 
 Tlieir 
 riches is 
 a crown 
 vnto the 
 wise 
 
 4Heb. 
 trreath- 
 eth out. 
 
 5 Or, (Ac 
 children 
 of him 
 that 
 Imth it 
 
 6 Or. 
 
 carrieth 
 away 
 
 'Or, 
 tranquil 
 
 8 Or, 
 jetUousy 
 
 oOr. 
 
 calamity 
 
 11 Tho house of the wicked shall be over- 
 
 thrown : 
 But the tent of the ui^right shall 
 flom-ish. 
 
 12 There is a way which i seemeth right 
 
 unto a man, 
 But the end thereof are the ways of 
 death. 
 
 13 Even in laughter the heart is sorrowful; 
 And the end of mu-tli is heaviness. 
 
 14 The backslider in heart shall be filled 
 
 with his own ways : 
 And a good man shall be satisfied 
 
 from himself. 
 15 The simple belie veth every word: 
 But the prudent man looketh well to 
 
 his going. 
 
 16 A wise man feareth, and departetli 
 
 from evil: 
 But the fool beareth himself insolent- 
 ly, and is confident. 
 
 17 He that is soon angi-y will deal foolishly: 
 And a man of wicked devices is hated. 
 
 18 The simple inherit folly : 
 
 But the prudent are crowned with 
 knowledge. 
 
 19 The evU bow before the good ; 
 
 And the wicked at the gates of the 
 righteous. 
 "20 The poor is hated even of his o^vn 
 neighbour : 
 But the rich hath many friends. 
 21 He that despiseth his neighbour sin- 
 neth: 
 But he that hath pity on the poor, 
 happy is he. 
 22 2 Do they not err that devise evil? 
 But mercy and truth shall he to them 
 that devise good. 
 23 In aU labour there is profit : 
 
 But the talk of the lips tendeth only to 
 penury. 
 24 3 The crown of the wise is their riches: 
 But the f oUy of fools is 07ily folly. 
 
 25 A true witness delivereth souls : 
 
 But he that * uttereth lies causeth deceit. 
 
 26 lu the fear of the Lord is strong con- 
 
 fidence : 
 And *his children shall have a place 
 of refuge. 
 
 27 The fear of the Lord is a fountain 
 
 of life, 
 To depart from the snares of death. 
 
 28 In the multitude of jieople is the king's 
 
 glory: 
 But in the want of peoiole is the de- 
 struction of the prince. 
 
 29 He that is slow to anger is of great 
 
 understanding : 
 But he that is hasty of spirit ^exalteth 
 foUy. 
 
 30 A ''sound heart is the life of the flesh: 
 But 8 envy is the rottenness of the bones. 
 
 31 He that oppresseth the poor reproach- 
 
 eth his Maker: 
 But he that hath mercy on the needy 
 honoureth hioi. 
 
 32 The wicked is thrust down in his 
 
 3 evil-doing : 
 
 But tho righteous i^hath hope in his 
 death. 
 33 Wisdom resteth in tho heart of him 
 that hath understanding : 
 11 But that which is in the mward part 
 of fools is made known. 
 34 Righteousness exaltetli a nation: 
 
 But sin is a reproach to i- any people. 
 35 The kuig's favour is toward a servant 
 that dealeth wisely : 
 But his wi-ath shall bo against him 
 that 13 causeth shame. 
 15 A soft answer turneth away wrath : 
 But a grievous word stirretli up anger. 
 
 2 The tongue of the wise uttereth know- 
 
 ledge aright : 
 But the mouth of fools poureth out 
 foUy. 
 
 3 The eyes of the Lord are in every place. 
 Keeping watch upon the evil and the 
 
 good. 
 
 4 i*A wholesome tongue is a tree of life: 
 But perverseness therein is a breaking 
 
 of the spirit. 
 
 5 A fool despiseth his father's i^ correc- 
 
 tion : 
 But he that regardeth reproof i^get- 
 teth prudence. 
 
 6 In the house of the righteous is much 
 
 treasure : 
 But in the revenues of the wicked 
 is trouble. 
 
 7 The lips of the wise disperse knowledge: 
 But the heart of the foolish ^'^ docth 
 
 not so. 
 
 8 The sacrifice of the wicked is an 
 
 abomination to the Lord : 
 But the prayer of the uin-ight is his 
 delight. 
 
 9 The way of the ■\dcked is an abomin- 
 
 ation to the Lord : 
 But he loveth him that foUoweth after 
 
 righteousness. 
 10 There is grievous correction for him 
 
 that forsaketh the way : 
 And he that hateth reproof shall die. 
 lli^Sheol and i9 Abaddon are before the 
 
 Lord: 
 How much more then the hearts of 
 
 the children of men ! 
 
 12 A scorner loveth not to be reproved : 
 He will not go unto the wise. 
 
 13 A merry heart maketh a cheerful coun- 
 
 tenance : 
 But by sorrow of heart the spirit is 
 broken. 
 
 14 The heart of hun tliat hath under- 
 
 standing seeketh knowledge : 
 But the mouth of fools feedeth on 
 foUy. 
 
 15 All the days of the afflicted are evil: 
 But he that is of a cheerful heart hath 
 
 a continual feast. 
 
 16 Better islittle with the fear of the Lord, 
 Than great treasui'o and trouble there- 
 with. 
 
 17 Better is a ^ojimjer of herbs where 
 
 love is. 
 Than a stalled ox and hatred therewith. 
 
 ")Or, 
 hath a 
 refuge 
 
 "Or, 
 And in 
 thcmidst 
 of fouls it 
 maketh 
 itself 
 known 
 12 Heb. 
 peoples. 
 
 U Or, 
 doclh 
 shame- 
 fully 
 
 "Heb. 
 The 
 
 healing 
 of the 
 tongue. 
 
 15 Or, 
 instruc- 
 tion 
 
 16 Or. 
 dealeth 
 prudent- 
 ly 
 
 I'Or, 
 is not 
 stedfcut 
 or right 
 
 18 Or, 
 The 
 grave 
 
 19 Or, 
 Destruc- 
 tion 
 
 20 Or, 
 
 portion 
 
 16
 
 482 
 
 THE PROVERBS. 
 
 15. 18. 
 
 ineb. 
 heart. 
 
 2 Or, the 
 (/rave 
 
 3 Or, 
 the pjire 
 speak 
 pleasant 
 words 
 
 •1 Or. !Ji- 
 st.ructi<ni 
 
 6 Or. 
 plans 
 
 "Heb. 
 Hull. 
 
 7 Or, 
 
 purposes 
 
 8 Or, 
 his own 
 jAirposc 
 
 18 A wrathful man stirreth up conten- 
 
 tion : 
 But he that is slow to anger appeaseth 
 strife. 
 
 19 The way of the sluggard is as an 
 
 hedge of thorns : 
 But the path of the upright is made 
 an high way. 
 
 20 A wise son maketh a glad father : 
 But a fooUsh man despiseth his 
 
 mother. 
 
 21 Folly is joy to him that is void of 
 
 1 wisdom : 
 But a man of understanding maketh 
 
 straight his going. 
 22Wliere there is no counsel, purposes 
 
 are disappointed : 
 But in the multitude of coimseUors 
 
 they are estabUshed. 
 
 23 A man hath joy in the answer of his 
 
 mouth : 
 And a word in due season, how good 
 is it I 
 
 24 To the wise the way of life goeth up- 
 
 ward. 
 That he may depart from ^ Sheol be- 
 neath. 
 
 25 The Lord wiU root up the house of 
 
 the proud : 
 But he will establish the border of the 
 widow. 
 
 26 Evil devices are an abomination to 
 
 the Lord : 
 But 3 pleasant words are pure. 
 
 27 He that is greedy of gain troubleth his 
 
 own house : 
 But he that hateth gifts shall live. 
 
 28 The heart of the righteous studieth to 
 
 answer : 
 But the mouth of the wicked poureth 
 out evU things. 
 
 29 The Lord is far from the wicked : 
 But he heareth the prayer of the 
 
 righteous, 
 no The light of the eyes re j oiceth the heart : 
 And good tidings make the bones fat. 
 
 31 The ear that hearkeneth to the re- 
 
 proof of life 
 Shall abide among the wise. 
 
 32 He that refuseth * correction despiseth 
 
 his own soul: 
 But he that hearkeneth to reproof 
 getteth 1 understanding. 
 
 33 The fear of the Lord is the instruc- 
 
 tion of wisdom ; 
 And before honour goeth humility. 
 IGThe s preparations of the heart belong 
 to man : 
 But the answer of the tongue is from 
 the Lord. 
 
 2 All the ways of a man are clean in his 
 
 own eyes : 
 But the Lord weigheth the spirits. 
 
 3 6 Commit thy works unto the Lord, 
 And thy ' thoughts shall be established. 
 
 4 The Lord hath made every thing for 
 
 Sits own end: 
 Yea, even the wicked for the day of 
 evil. 
 
 5 Every one that is proud in heart is an 
 
 abomination to the Lord: 
 9 Though hand join in hand, he shall 
 not be unpunished. 
 
 6 By mercy and truth iniquity is i" purged: 
 And by the fear of the Lord men 
 
 depart from evU. 
 
 7 Wlien a man's ways please the Lord, 
 He maketh even his enemies to be at 
 
 peace with him. 
 
 8 Better is a little with righteousness 
 Tlian great revenues with injustice. 
 
 9 A man's heart deviseth his way: 
 But the Lord directeth his steps. 
 
 10 11 A divine sentence is in the lips of 
 
 the king : 
 
 His mouth shall not transgress in 
 
 judgement. 
 
 11 A just balance and scales are the Lord's: 
 
 All the weights of the bag are his work. 
 
 12 It is an abomination to kings to com- 
 
 mit wickedness: 
 For the throne is established by right- 
 eousness. 
 
 13 Righteous lips are the delight of kings ; 
 And they love him that speaketh right. 
 
 14 The wrath of a king is as messengers 
 
 of death : 
 But a wise man will pacify it. 
 
 15 In the light of the king's countenance 
 
 is life ; 
 And his favom- is as a cloud of the 
 latter rain. 
 
 16 How much better is it to get wisdom 
 
 than gold ! 
 Yea, to get understanding is rather to 
 be chosen than silver. 
 
 17 The high way of the upright is to 
 
 depart from evil : 
 He that keepeth his way i^reserveth 
 his soul. 
 
 18 Pride goeth before destruction. 
 And an haughty spu-it before a fall. 
 
 19 Better it is to be of a lowly spii'it with 
 
 the 12 poor. 
 Than to divide the sjioil with the proud. 
 
 20 He that I'^giveth heed unto i^the word 
 
 shall find good : 
 And whoso trusteth in the Lord, 
 hapijy is he. 
 
 21 The wise in heart shall be called 
 
 prudent : 
 And the sweetness of the lijas increas- 
 eth learning. 
 
 22 Understanding is a weUspriag of life 
 
 unto him that hath it : 
 But the correction of fools is their foUy. 
 
 23 The heart of the wise instructeth Ms 
 
 mouth. 
 And addeth learning to his lips. 
 
 24 Pleasant words are as an lioneycomb, 
 Sweet to the soul, and health to the 
 
 bones. 
 25 15 There is a way which iGseemeth 
 
 riglit unto a man. 
 But the end thereof are the ways of 
 
 death. 
 26 The appetite of the labouring man 
 
 laboureth for him ;
 
 18. 5. 
 
 THE PROVERBS. 
 
 483 
 
 'Or, 
 vvfjcth 
 him 
 thereto 
 
 2Heb. 
 dlggeth. 
 
 3 Or, 
 
 alien- 
 ateth his 
 frwnd 
 
 <0r. 
 He that 
 Khutteth 
 his eyes 
 to dctfitte 
 frowurU 
 thirtg^, 
 that com- 
 presscth 
 fiis lips, 
 bringeth 
 ic. 
 
 6 Or, 
 beauty 
 
 sOr, 
 Hit be 
 found 
 
 7Heb. 
 
 the sacri- 
 fices of 
 strife. 
 
 8 Or, 
 diteth 
 shame- 
 fully 
 
 9 Heb. 
 false- 
 Jwod. 
 
 i'' Or, Ar- 
 rogant 
 
 11 Or, Ite 
 
 12 Or. 
 dealith 
 wisely 
 
 " See ch. 
 xvi. 28. 
 
 14 Or, A 
 
 rebel- 
 lious 
 man 
 {Heh.Ile- 
 hellimt] 
 scekcth 
 only evil 
 
 For liis mouth ipravnth it of liiiri. 
 '27 A worthless man '•'<leviseth mischief: 
 And in his lips there is as a scorching 
 tire. 
 
 28 A froward man scattereth abroad strife: 
 And a whisperer " separatetli chief 
 
 friends. 
 
 29 A man of violence enticeth his neigh- 
 
 bour, 
 And leadeth him in a way that is not 
 
 good. 
 30^ He that shuttcth his eyes, it is to 
 
 devise froward things : 
 He that compresseth his lips bringeth 
 
 evil to pass. 
 
 31 The hoary head is a crown of ^ glory, 
 "It shall be found in the way of right- 
 eousness. 
 
 32 He that is slow to anger is better than 
 
 the mighty ; 
 And he that rnleth his spirit than 
 
 he that taketli a city. 
 33 The lot is cast into the lap; 
 
 But the whole disposing thereof is of 
 
 the Lord. 
 17 Better is a dry morsel and quietness 
 
 therewith, 
 Than an house full of 7 feasting with 
 
 strife. 
 
 2 A servant that dealeth wisely shall have 
 
 rule over a son that f causeth shame, 
 And shall have part in the inheritance 
 among the bretliren. 
 
 3 The fhiiug pot is for silver, and the 
 
 furnace for gold : 
 But the Lord trieth the hearts. 
 
 4 An evil-doer giveth heed to wicked 
 
 lips; 
 And^a. liar giveth ear to a mischievous 
 tongue. 
 
 5 Whoso mocketh the poor reproacheth 
 
 his Maker: 
 A7id he that is glad at calamity shall 
 not be unpunished. 
 
 6 Children's childi-eu are the crown of 
 
 old men ; 
 And the glory of childi-en are their 
 
 fathers. 
 7 10 Excellent speech become th not a fool : 
 Much less do lying lips a prince. 
 
 8 A gift is as a precious stone in the eyes 
 
 of him that hath it : 
 Whithersoever "it turneth, "it i^pros- 
 pereth. 
 
 9 He that covereth a transgression seek- 
 
 eth love : 
 But he that harpeth ou a matter 
 i^separateth chief friends. 
 10 A rebuke entereth deeper into one that 
 hath understanding 
 Than an hundred stripes into a fool. 
 Ill* An evil man seeketh only rebellion; 
 Therefore a cruel messenger shall be 
 sent against him. 
 
 12 Let a bear robbed of her whelps meet 
 
 a man. 
 Bather than a fool in bis foUy. 
 
 13 Whoso rewardeth evil for good. 
 Evil shall not depart from his house. 
 
 11 The beginning of strife is cw when one 
 letteth out water: 
 Therefore leave oil contention, before 
 there be quarrelling. 
 15 Ho that justilieth the wicked, and he 
 that condeninetli the rigliteous, 
 Both of them alike are an abomination 
 to tlie Lord. 
 
 16 Wherefore is there a price in the hand 
 
 of a fool to buy wisdom. 
 Seeing he hath no i"* understanding ? 
 
 17 A friend loveth at all tunes. 
 
 And 1'' a brother is born for adversity. 
 
 18 A man void of i^ understanding striketh 
 
 hands. 
 And becometh surety in the presence 
 
 of his neighbour. 
 19 1' He loveth transgression that loveth 
 
 strife : 
 He that raiseth high his gate seeketh 
 
 destruction. 
 
 20 He that hath a froward heart findeth 
 
 no good : 
 And he that hath a iierverse tongue 
 falleth into i« mischief. 
 
 21 He that begetteth a fool doeth it to his 
 
 sorrow : 
 And the father of a fool hath no joy. 
 
 22 A merry heart I'-'is a good medicine: 
 But a broken spirit drieth up the bones. 
 
 23 A wicked man taketh a gift out of the 
 
 bosom, 
 To pervert the ways of judgement. 
 
 24 Wisdom is before the face of him that 
 
 hath understanding : 
 But the eyes of a fool are in the ends 
 of the earth. 
 
 25 A foolish son is a grief to his father, 
 And bitterness to her that bare hun. 
 
 26 Also to 20 punish tlie righteous is not 
 
 good, 
 J^or to smite the noble for their up- 
 rightness. 
 
 27 21 He that spare th his words hath 
 
 knowledge : 
 And he that is of a cool spirit is a man 
 of vmderstanding. 
 
 28 Even a fool, when he holdeth his peace, 
 
 is counted wise : 
 22 When he shutteth his lips, he is 
 
 esteemed as prudent. 
 18 He that separate th himself seeketh 
 
 his own desire. 
 And 23 rage th against all sound wisdom. 
 
 2 A fool hath no delight in understand- 
 
 ing, 
 But only that his heart may reveal 
 itself. 
 
 3 When the wicked cometh, there Com- 
 
 eth also contempt. 
 And with ignominy cometh reproach. 
 
 4 The woi-ds of a man's mouth are as 
 
 deep waters; 
 2* The weUspring of wisdom is as a 
 flowing brook. 
 
 5 To accept the person of the wicked is 
 
 not good, 
 25 ^Vo;- to turn aside the righteous in 
 judgement. 
 
 15 Heh. 
 heart. 
 
 !•■ Or, /» 
 born at a 
 brotluyr 
 
 I'Or. 
 
 Heth4tt 
 
 loveth 
 
 trans. 
 
 gression 
 
 loveth 
 
 strife 
 
 18 Or. 
 calamity 
 
 19 Heb. 
 causer h 
 good 
 liealiivj. 
 
 20 Or, 
 fiii^ 
 
 21 Or, He. 
 thathath 
 know- 
 Icd^e 
 spareth 
 his 
 
 ivords ; 
 and a 
 man of 
 under- 
 standing 
 is of a 
 cool 
 spirit 
 
 22 Or, JTe 
 that 
 shutteth 
 h is lips 
 is *frc. 
 
 23 Or, 
 (/uarrel- 
 leth with 
 
 21 Or, A 
 flowing 
 brook, a 
 well- 
 sjjring of 
 wisdom 
 
 25 Or, 
 
 .S'o as to 
 
 turn 
 
 aside 
 
 IG-
 
 484 
 
 THE PROVERBS. 
 
 18. 6. 
 
 'Or, 
 bring 
 
 conteti' 
 
 2Heb. 
 cham- 
 bers. 
 
 3Heb. 
 
 is set on 
 high. 
 
 *0r. 
 
 raise up 
 
 5 Or, 
 
 injured 
 
 6Heb. A 
 man of 
 friends. 
 
 7 Heb. 
 
 lover. 
 
 8 Or, 
 desire 
 vnthont 
 kn/yw- 
 ledge is 
 not good 
 
 9 Or, 
 Tnisselh 
 his way 
 
 6 A fool's lips 1 enter into contention, 
 And his mouth calleth for stripes. 
 
 7 A fool's mouth is his destruction, 
 And his lips are the snare of his soul. 
 
 8 The words of a whisperer are as 
 
 dainty morsels. 
 And they go down into the 2 innermost 
 parts of the belly. 
 
 9 He also that is slack in his work 
 
 Is brother to him that is a destroyer. 
 
 10 The name of the Lord is a strong tower: 
 The righteous runneth into it, and ^ is 
 
 safe. 
 
 11 The rich man's wealth is his strong city, 
 And as an high wall in his own imagin- 
 ation. 
 
 12 Before destruction the heart of man is 
 
 haughty. 
 And before honour goeth humility. 
 
 13 He that giveth answer before he hear- 
 
 eth. 
 It is folly and shame unto him. 
 
 14 The spirit of a man will sustain his 
 
 iufii-mity ; 
 But a broken spirit who can *bear? 
 
 15 The heart of the prudent getteth know- 
 
 ledge; 
 And the ear of the wise seeketh know- 
 ledge. 
 
 16 A man's gift maketh room for him. 
 And briugeth him before great men. 
 
 17 He that pleadeth his cause fii-st seein- 
 
 efh just; 
 But his neighbour cometh and search- 
 eth him out. 
 
 18 The lot causeth contentions to cease. 
 And parteth between the mighty. 
 
 19 A brother ^ offended is harder to be vjon 
 
 than a strong city : 
 And such contentions are like the bars 
 of a castle. 
 
 20 A man's belly shall be fiUed with the 
 
 fruit of his mouth ; 
 With the increase of his lips shall he 
 be satisfied. 
 
 21 Death and life are in the power of the 
 
 tongue ; 
 And they that love it shall eat the fruit 
 thereof. 
 
 22 Whoso fuideth a wife findeth a good 
 
 thing. 
 And obtaineth favour of the Lord. 
 
 23 The poor useth intreaties : 
 
 But the rich answereth roughly. 
 24 6 He that maketh many friends doeih it 
 to his own destruction : 
 But there is a ^ friend that sticketh 
 closer than a brother. 
 19 Better is the poor that walketh in his 
 integrity 
 Than he that is perverse in his lijis 
 and is a fool. 
 
 2 Also, 8 that the soul be without know- 
 
 ledge is not good ; 
 And he that hasteth with his feet 
 '•> sinneth. 
 
 3 The foohshness of man subverteth his 
 
 way; 
 And his heart fretteth against the Lord. 
 
 4 Wealth addeth many friends : 
 
 But 10 the poor is separated from his 
 friend. 
 
 5 A false witness shall not be unpunished ; 
 And he that "uttereth lies shall not 
 
 escape. 
 
 6 Many wUl intreat the favour of i^the 
 
 liberal man : 
 And every man is a friend to him that 
 giveth gifts. 
 
 7 AU the brethi-en of the poor do hate him: 
 How much more do his friends go far 
 
 from him I 
 13 He pursueth them with words, but 
 they are gone. 
 
 8 He that getteth i^ wisdom loveth his 
 
 own soul : 
 He that keepeth understanding shall 
 find good. 
 
 9 A false witness shall not be unpun- 
 
 ished ; 
 And he that n uttereth lies shaU perish. 
 
 10 Delicate living is not seemly for a fool; 
 Much less for a servant to have rvde 
 
 over princes. 
 
 11 The discretion of a man maketh him 
 
 slow to anger ; 
 And it is his glory to pass over a 
 transgression. 
 
 12 The king's wrath is as the roaring of 
 
 a lion ; 
 But his favour is as dew upon the grass. 
 
 13 A foolish son is the calamity of his 
 
 father : 
 And the contentions of a wife are a 
 continual dropping. 
 
 14 House and riches are an inheritance 
 
 from fathers : 
 But a prudent wife is from the Lord. 
 
 15 Slothf uhiess casteth into a deep sleep ; 
 And the idle soul shall suffer hunger. 
 
 16 He that keepeth the commandment 
 
 keepeth his soul : 
 But he that I'^is careless of his ways 
 shall die. 
 
 17 He that hath pity upon the poor 
 
 lendeth unto the Lord, 
 And his good deed wiU he pay him 
 again. 
 
 18 Chasten thy son, seeing there is hope ; 
 And set not thy heart on i^liig de- 
 struction. 
 
 19 A man of great wrath shall bear the 
 
 penalty : 
 For if thou deliver him, thou must do 
 it yet again. 
 
 20 Hear counsel, and receive 1'' instruction, 
 That thou mayest be wise in thy latter 
 
 end. 
 
 21 There are many devices in a man's 
 
 heart ; 
 But the counsel of the Lord, that 
 shall stand. 
 22i8The desire of a man is the measure 
 of his kindness : 
 And a poor man is better than a liar. 
 23 The fear of the Lord tendeth to life : 
 And he that hath it shall abide satisfied ; 
 He shall not be visited with evil.
 
 21. G. 
 
 THE PROVERBS. 
 
 485 
 
 'Or, 
 
 viotctitly 
 entreat- 
 eth 
 
 2 Or, 
 
 reelith 
 
 3 Or, 
 
 atujereth 
 himscif 
 against 
 Mm 
 
 4Heb. 
 
 souU 
 5 Or, 
 cease 
 
 eor, 
 There- 
 fore 
 when he 
 seeketh 
 in 
 
 harvest, 
 there 
 shall be 
 nothing 
 
 •Or, 
 Many a 
 man will 
 meet one 
 that is 
 kind to 
 him 
 
 8 Or, 
 
 WiH- 
 
 noweth 
 
 9Heb. 
 .4 stone 
 and a 
 stone, an 
 ephah 
 and an 
 ej}hah. 
 
 24 The sluggard burieth his hand in the 
 dish, 
 And will not so much as bring it to 
 his month again. 
 2.5 Smite a scorner, and the simple will 
 learn prudence : 
 And reprove one that hath imder- 
 standing, and he will understand 
 knowledge. 
 
 26 He that ispoileth his father, and 
 
 chasoth away his mother, 
 Is a son that causeth shame and 
 bringeth reproach. 
 
 27 Cease, my son, to hear instruction 
 Onhj to err from the words of know- 
 ledge. 
 
 28 A worthless witness mocketh at judge- 
 
 ment: 
 And the mouth of the wicked swal- 
 loweth iniquity. 
 
 29 Judgements are prepared for scorners. 
 And stripes for the back of fools. 
 
 20Wine is a mocker, strong drink a 
 brawler ; 
 And whosoever ^erreth thereby is not 
 wise. 
 
 2 The terror of a king is as the roaring 
 
 of a lion : 
 He that ^provoketh him to anger sin- 
 neth against his own ^life. 
 
 3 It is an honour for a man to ^keep 
 
 aloof from strife : 
 But every fool will be quaiTelling. 
 
 4 The slothful will not plow by reason 
 
 of the vrinter ; 
 c Therefore he shall beg in harvest, 
 and have nothing. 
 
 5 Counsel in the heart of man is lilx 
 
 deep water ; 
 But a man of understanding will draw 
 it out. 
 
 6 7 Most men will proclaim every one 
 
 his o'ft'n kindness : 
 But a faithful man who can find ? 
 
 7 A just man that walketh in his in- 
 
 tegi-ity, 
 Blessed are his children after him. 
 
 8 A king that sitteth on the throne of 
 
 judgement 
 ** Scattereth away all evil with his eyes. 
 
 9 Who can say, I have made my heart 
 
 clean, 
 
 I am pure from my sin ? 
 10 -'Divers weights, and divers measiu-es, 
 
 Both of them alike are an abomin- 
 ation to the Lord. 
 
 11 Even a child maketh himself known 
 
 by his doings, 
 "Whether his work be pui-e, and whe- 
 ther it be right. 
 
 12 The hearing ear, and the seeing eye. 
 The Lord hath made even both of 
 
 them. 
 
 13 Love not sleep, lest thou come to 
 
 poverty; 
 Open thine eyes, and thou shalt be 
 satisfied with bread. 
 
 14 It is naught, it is naught, saith the 
 
 buyer : 
 
 But when he is gone liis way, then 
 he boasteth. 
 1.') There is gold, and abundance of lOmbies: 
 But the lips of knowledge are a pre- 
 cious jewel. 
 
 16 Take his garment that is surety for 
 
 a sti-anger ; 
 And 11 hold him in pledge tJiat in surety 
 for 12 strangers. 
 
 17 Bread of falsehood is sweet to a man ; 
 But afterwards his mouth shall be 
 
 filled with gravel. 
 
 18 Every purpose is established by counsel: 
 And by wise guidance make thou war. 
 
 19 He that goeth about as a talebearer 
 
 revealeth secrets : 
 Therefore meddle not with him that 
 openeth wide his lips. 
 
 20 Whoso curseth his father or his mother. 
 His lamp shall be put out iu the 
 
 blackest darkness. 
 
 21 An inheritance may he gotten hastily 
 
 at the beginning ; 
 But the end thereof shall not be 
 blessed. 
 
 22 Say not thou, I will recompense evU. : 
 Wait on the Lord, and he shall save 
 
 thee. 
 
 23 Divers weights are an abomination to 
 
 the Lord ; 
 And 13 a false balance is not good. 
 
 24 A man's goings are of the Lord; 
 How then can man understand his way? 
 
 25 It is a snare to a man i* rashly to say. 
 
 It is holy, 
 And after vows to make inquiry. 
 
 26 A wise king wianoweth the wicked. 
 And bringeth the threshing wheel over 
 
 them. 
 
 27 The spirit of man is the lamp of the 
 
 Lord, 
 Searching all the innermost parts of 
 the belly. 
 
 28 Mercy and truth preserve the king : 
 And IS his thi-one is upholden by mercy. 
 
 29 The glory of young men is then- 
 
 strength : 
 And the beauty of old men is the 
 hoary head. 
 
 30 Stripes that wound cleanse away evil : 
 And strokes reach the innermost parts 
 
 of the belly. 
 21 The king's heart is in the hand of the 
 Lord as the watercourses : 
 He tiirneth it whithersoever he will. 
 
 2 Every way of a man is right in his 
 own eyes : 
 
 But the Lord weigheth the hearts. 
 
 3 To do justice and judgement 
 Is more acceptable to the Lord than 
 
 sacrifice. 
 
 4 An high look, and a proud heart, 
 i^'Even the lamp of the wicked, is sin. 
 
 5 The thoughts of the diligent tend only 
 to plenteousness : 
 
 But every one that is hasty hasteth 
 only to want. 
 
 6 The getting of treasures by a lying 
 tongue 
 
 l0Sec.,Ii,li 
 
 xxviii. 
 
 18. 
 
 "Or. 
 take a 
 pli'dyc of 
 him 
 
 12 An- 
 other 
 leading 
 is, a 
 stranf/e 
 woman 
 
 13 Heb a 
 balance 
 of deceit. 
 
 HOr. 
 rashly 
 to utter 
 holy 
 words 
 Or, to de- 
 vour Va^t 
 which is 
 holy 
 
 1-^ Or, he 
 upTwId- 
 etk his 
 throne 
 
 leOr, 
 And the 
 tillage
 
 486 
 
 THE PROVERBS. 
 
 21. 6. 
 
 1 Or, ac- 
 cording 
 to some 
 ancient 
 author- 
 ities, 
 they are 
 iftiares of 
 death 
 or, 
 
 into the 
 snares of 
 death 
 
 'Or, 
 straight 
 
 3 Or, a 
 
 house in 
 co^atnon 
 Heb. a 
 house of 
 society. 
 
 4 Or, 
 
 when 
 one con- 
 sidereth 
 the wise 
 
 5 Or. 
 One that 
 is right- 
 eous. . . 
 he over- 
 throweth 
 the wick- 
 ed &c. 
 
 6 Heb. 
 beiuleth. 
 
 7 Or, But 
 
 destrue- 
 /wwi shall 
 be to &c. 
 
 8 Or. the 
 
 shades 
 
 Heb. 
 
 Itepha- 
 
 iin. 
 
 9 0r, « 
 eonten- 
 tious 
 woman 
 and vex- 
 ation 
 
 Is a vaiJour di-iveu to aud fro; ^they 
 tJiat seek them seek death. 
 
 7 The violence of the wicked shall sweep 
 
 them awaj'; 
 Because they refuse to do judgement. 
 
 8 The way of him that is ladeu with 
 
 guilt is exceeding crooked : 
 But as for the pure, his work is bright. 
 
 9 It is better to dwell in the corner of 
 
 the housetop, 
 Than with a contentious woman in 
 8 a wide house. 
 
 10 The soul of the wicked desireth evil : 
 His neighboui- findeth no favour in his 
 
 eyes. 
 
 11 When the scorner is punished, the 
 
 simple is made wise : 
 Aiid *when the wise is instructed, he 
 receiveth knowledge. 
 
 12 5 The righteous man considereth the 
 
 house of the wicked ; 
 Ho 10 the wicked are overthrown to 
 their ruin. 
 
 13 Whoso stoppeth his ears at the cry of 
 
 the poor. 
 He also shall cry, but shall not be heard. 
 
 14 A gift m secret "paciiieth auger, 
 
 And a present in the bosom strong 
 wrath. 
 
 15 It is joy to the righteous to do judge- 
 
 ment ; 
 7 But it is a destruction to the workers 
 of miquity. 
 
 16 The man that wandereth out of the 
 
 way of understanding 
 Shall rest in the congregation of ^the 
 dead. 
 
 17 He that loveth pleasure shall be a 
 
 poor man : 
 He that loveth wine and oil shall not 
 be rich. 
 
 18 The wicked is a ransom for the righteous ; 
 And the treacherous cometh in the 
 
 stead of the upright. 
 
 19 It is better to dwell in a desert laud. 
 Than with ^a contentious and fretful 
 
 woman. 
 
 20 There is jirecious treasure and oil in 
 
 the dweUiug of the wise ; 
 But a foolish man swalloweth it up. 
 
 21 He that f olloweth after righteousness 
 
 and mercy 
 Findeth life, righteousness, andhonour . 
 
 22 A wise man scaleth the city of the 
 
 mighty. 
 And bringeth down the strength of 
 the conlideuce thereof. 
 
 23 Whoso keepeth his mouth and his 
 
 tongue 
 Keepeth his soul from troubles. 
 
 24 The proud and haughty man, scorner 
 
 is his name, 
 He worketh in the arrogance of pride. 
 
 25 The desire of the slothful killeth him ; 
 For his hands refuse to labour. 
 
 26 There is that coveteth greedily all the 
 
 day long : 
 But the righteous giveth and with- 
 holdeth not. 
 
 27 The sacrifice of the wicked is an 
 
 abomination : 
 How much more, when he bringeth it 
 It" with a wicked mind ! 
 
 28 A false witness shall iserisb : 
 
 But the man that heareth shall speak 
 11 unchallenged. 
 
 29 A wicked man hardeneth his face : 
 But as for the upright, 12 he ordereth 
 
 his ways. 
 
 30 There is no wisdom nor understanding 
 Nor counsel against the Lord. 
 
 31 The horse is prepared against the day 
 
 of battle: 
 But 13 victory is of the Lord. 
 22 A good name is rather to be chosen 
 
 than gi-eat riches, 
 And li loving favour rather than silver 
 
 and gold. 
 
 2 The rich aud the poor meet together : 
 The Lord is the maker of them aU. 
 
 3 A prudent man seeth the evil, and 
 
 hideth himself : 
 But the simple imss on, and i^suffer for it. 
 
 4 The reward of humility and the fear of 
 
 the Lord 
 I.i riches, and honour, and life. 
 
 5 Thorns a7id snares are in the way of 
 
 the fro ward : 
 He that keepeth his soul shall be far 
 from them. 
 
 6 Train up a child i" in the way he 
 
 sliould go, 
 And even when he is old he will not 
 dejiart from it. 
 
 7 The rich ruleth over the poor, 
 
 And the borrower is servant to the 
 lender. 
 
 8 He that soweth iniquity shall reap 
 
 1'' calamity : 
 And the rod of his wrath shall fail. 
 
 9 He that hath a I'^boimtiful eye shall 
 
 be blessed ; 
 For he giveth of his bread to the poor. 
 
 10 Cast out the scorner, and contention 
 
 shall go out ; 
 Yea, strife and ignominy shall cease. 
 
 11 He that loveth I'-'pureness of heart, 
 ^For the gi-ace of his lips the king 
 
 shall be his friend. 
 
 12 The eyes of the Lord preserve him 
 
 that hath knowledge. 
 But he overthroweth the words of the 
 treacherous man. 
 
 13 The sluggard saith. There is a lion 
 
 without : 
 I shall be 21 murdered in tho streets. 
 
 14 The mouth of strange women is a 
 
 deep pit : 
 
 He 22 that is abhorred of the Lord shall 
 fall therein. 
 ISFooUshness is bound up in the heart 
 of a child ; 
 
 But the rod of correction shall drive it 
 far from him. 
 16 He that oppresseth the poor to in- 
 crease his gain, 
 
 And he that giveth to the rich, cometh 
 only to want.
 
 23. 33. 
 
 THE PROVERBS. 
 
 487 
 
 iThe 
 word 13 
 
 rluubt- 
 ful. 
 
 Another 
 rtjadin^i 
 is, hrrc- 
 to/orc. 
 
 2 Or, In 
 
 3 Or, 0/ 
 a cer- 
 tainty 
 the 
 words 
 ■tc. 
 
 'OT.for 
 
 iOr, 
 
 "Or, 
 
 skilful 
 
 7Heb. 
 obscure. 
 
 8 Or, 
 
 what 
 
 sor. 
 For thou 
 icilt put 
 
 10 Or, by 
 
 reason of 
 
 thine 
 
 ov»i 
 
 iinder- 
 
 standing 
 
 UOr, 
 
 Wilt 
 
 thou set 
 
 thine 
 
 eyes 
 
 u/ion it t 
 
 it is gone; 
 
 Heb. 
 
 Shall 
 
 thine 
 
 upon it 
 arid it 
 is not f 
 12 Or, 
 as one 
 that 
 reckon- 
 eth 
 
 17 Incline thino car, and hear the words 
 
 of the w iso, 
 And apply thine heart unto my know- 
 ledge. 
 
 18 For it is a pleasant thing if thou keep 
 
 them within thee, 
 If tliey he estahlished together upon 
 thy lips. 
 
 19 That thy trust may he in the Lord, 
 
 1 have made tl/em known to thee this 
 day, even to thee. 
 
 20 Have not I written unto thee i ex- 
 
 cellent things 
 
 2 Of counsels and knowledge ; 
 
 •21 To make thee know ^the certainty of 
 the words of truth. 
 That thou mayest carry l)ack words of 
 truth to them that send thee ? 
 
 22Eob not the poor, ^ because he is poor, 
 Neither ^ oppress the afflicted in the 
 gate: 
 23 For the Lord will plead their cause. 
 And despoil of life those that despoil 
 them. 
 2i Make no friendship with a man that is 
 given to anger ; 
 And with a wrathful man thou shalt 
 not go : 
 
 25 Lest thou learn his ways, 
 And get a snare to thy soul. 
 
 26 Be thou not one of them that strike 
 
 hands. 
 Or of them that are sureties for debts : 
 
 27 If thou hast not wherewdth to pay. 
 Why should he take away thy bed from 
 
 under thee ? 
 
 28 Eemove not the ancient landmark. 
 Which thy fathers have set. 
 
 29 Seest thou a man ^ diligent in his busi- 
 
 ness ? he shall stand before kings ; 
 He shall not stand before 7 mean 
 men. 
 23When thou sittest to eat with a ruler. 
 Consider dihgently «him that is before 
 thee ; 
 
 2 9 And put a knife to thy throat. 
 
 If thou be a man given to appetite. 
 
 3 Be not desirous of his dainties ; 
 Seeing they are deceitful meat. 
 
 4 Weary not thyself to be rich ; 
 Cease i" from thine own wisdom. 
 
 5 11 Wilt thou set thine eyes upon that 
 
 which is not ? 
 For riches certainly make themselves 
 
 wings. 
 Like an eagle that flieth toward heaven. 
 
 6 Eat thou not the bread of him that 
 
 hath an evil eye. 
 Neither desire thou his dainties: 
 
 7 For 12 as he reckoneth within himseK, 
 
 so is he : 
 Eat and drink, saith he to thee ; 
 But his heart is not with thee. 
 
 8 The morsel which thou hast eaten 
 
 shalt thou vomit up, 
 And lose thy sweet words. 
 
 9 Speak not in the hearing of a fool; 
 
 For he will de.spise the wisdom of thy 
 words. 
 IQi^'Ilemove not the ancient landmark; 
 And enter not into the Holds of llie 
 fatherless : 
 11 For their redeemer is strong; 
 
 He shall plead their cause against thee. 
 12.\i)ply thine heart unto !•* instruction. 
 And thine ears to the words of know- 
 ledge. 
 
 13 Withhold not correction from the child : 
 For 15 if thou beat him with the rod, he 
 
 shall not die. 
 
 14 Thou shalt beat him with the rod, 
 And shalt deliver his soul from i" Sheol. 
 
 15 My son, if thine heart be wise. 
 My heart shall be glad, even mine : 
 
 16 Yea, my reins shall rejoice, 
 When thy lips speak right things. 
 
 17 Let not thine heart envy sinners : 
 But be thou iu the fear of the Lord all 
 
 the day long : 
 
 18 For surely there is a i^ reward ; 
 And thy hope shall not be cut off. 
 
 19 Hear thou, my son, and be wise, 
 And guide thiue heart iu the way. 
 
 20 Be not among wuiebibbers ; 
 Among gluttonous eaters of flesh : 
 
 21 For the drunkard and the glutton shall 
 
 come to poverty : 
 And drowsiness shall clothe a man 
 with rags. 
 
 22 Hearken unto thy father that begat 
 
 thee. 
 And despise not thy mother when she 
 is old. 
 
 23 Buy the truth, and sell it not ; 
 
 Yea, wisdom, and instruction, and un- 
 derstanding. 
 
 24 The father of the righteous shall great- 
 
 ly rejoice: 
 And he that begetteth a wise child 
 shall have joy of him. 
 
 25 Let thy father and thy mother be glad. 
 And let her that bare thee rejoice. 
 
 26 My son, gire me thine heart. 
 
 And let thiue eyes i^ delight in my 
 ways. 
 
 27 For a whore is a deep ditch ; 
 
 And a strange woman is a narrow pit. 
 
 28 Yea, she lieth iu wait i^as a robber. 
 And increaseth the treacherous among 
 
 men. 
 
 29 Who hath 20 woe? who hath 21 sorrow? 
 
 who hath contentions ? 
 Who hath complaining? who hath 
 
 wounds without cause? 
 Who hath 22redness of eyes? 
 
 30 They that tarry long at the wine ; 
 They that go to 23 seek out mixed 
 
 wine. 
 
 31 Look not thou upon the wine when it 
 
 is red. 
 When it giveth its colour in the cup, 
 "V\1ien it 21 goeth down smoothly : 
 
 32 At the last it bitetli like a serxjent, 
 And stingeth like -Jan adder. 
 
 33 Thine eyes shall behold 26 strange 
 
 things,
 
 488 
 
 THE PROVERBS. 
 
 23. 33. 
 
 iHeb. 
 is in 
 strength. 
 
 2Heb. 
 strength' 
 eneth 
 might. 
 
 3 Or, 
 
 victory/ 
 
 4Heb. 
 
 foolish' 
 nesS' 
 
 5Heb. 
 tottering 
 to the 
 slaugh' 
 ter. 
 
 6 Or, 
 forbear 
 thou not 
 to deliver 
 
 r Or, this 
 man 
 
 8 See ch. 
 xxiii. 18. 
 
 9 Or, as 
 
 a wicked 
 man 
 
 10 Or. 
 pGLSture 
 
 "Or, 
 fold 
 
 And thine heart shall utter froward 
 things. 
 
 34 Tea, thou shalt be as he that lieth 
 
 down in the midst of the sea, 
 Or as he that lieth upon the top of a 
 mast. 
 
 35 They have stricken me, shall thou say, 
 
 and I was not hurt ; 
 They have beaten me, and I felt it not : 
 When shall I awake ? I wUl seek it yet 
 again. 
 24Be not thou envious against evil men. 
 Neither desu-e to be with them: 
 
 2 For their heart studieth oppression, 
 And their lii)s talk of mischief. 
 
 3 Tlurough wisdom is an house builded ; 
 And by understanding it is established : 
 
 4 And by knowledge are the chambers 
 
 fiUed 
 With all precious and pleasant riches. 
 
 5 A wise man lis strong; 
 
 Yea, a man of knowledge ^ in crease th 
 might. 
 
 6 For by wise guidance thou shalt make 
 
 thy war : 
 And in the multitude of counsellors 
 there is ^ safety. 
 
 7 Wisdom is too high for a fool : 
 
 He openeth not his mouth in the gate. 
 
 8 He that deviseth to do evil. 
 
 Men shall call him a mischievous 
 person. 
 
 9 Tlie thought of ^ the foolish is sin : 
 And the scoruer is an abomination to 
 
 men. 
 
 10 If thou faint m the day of adversity. 
 Thy strength is small. 
 
 11 Deliver them that are carried away 
 
 unto death. 
 And those that are ^ ready to be slain 
 " see that thou hold l)ack. 
 
 12 If thou sayest, Behold, we knew not 
 
 nhis: 
 Doth not he that weigheth the hearts 
 
 consider it? 
 And he that keepeth thy soul, doth not 
 
 he know it? 
 And shall not he render to every man 
 
 according to his work ? 
 
 13 My son, eat thou honey, for it is good ; 
 And the honeycomb, which is sweet to 
 
 thy taste : 
 
 14 So shalt tliou know wisdom to be unto 
 
 thy soul: 
 If thou hast found it, then shall there 
 
 be a ^reward. 
 And thy hope shall not be cut off. 
 15 Lay not wait, ^O wicked man, agamst 
 
 the Inhabitation of the righteous; 
 SpoU not his ^resting place: 
 
 16 For a righteous man falleth seven 
 
 times, and riseth up agaui : 
 But the wicked are overthrown by 
 calamity. 
 
 17 Rejoice not when thine enemy falleth. 
 And let not thine heart be glad when 
 
 he is overthrown : 
 
 18 Lest the Lord see it, and it displease 
 
 liim, 
 
 And he tm-n away his wrath from him. 
 
 19 Fret not thyself because of evU-doers; 
 Neither be thou envious at the wicked : 
 
 20 For there will be no ^ reward to the 
 
 evil man ; 
 The lamp of the wicked shall be put 
 out. 
 
 21 My son, fear thou the Loed and the 
 
 king: 
 And meddle not with them that are 
 given to change : 
 
 22 For their calamity shall rise suddenly ; 
 And who knoweth the destruction 12 of 
 
 them both? 
 
 23 These also are sayings of the wise. 
 
 To have respect of persons in judge- 
 ment is not good. 
 
 24 He that saith unto the wicked, Thou 
 
 art righteous; 
 Peoples shall curse him, nations shall 
 abhor him : 
 
 25 But to them that rebuke him shall be 
 
 delight. 
 And a good blessing shall come upon 
 them. 
 
 26 He i^liisseth the lips 
 That giveth a right answer. 
 
 27 Prepare thy work without, 
 
 And make it ready for thee in the 
 
 field; 
 And afterwards buUd thine house. 
 
 28 Be not a witness against thy neigh- 
 
 bour without cause ; 
 i*And deceive not with thy lips. 
 
 29 Say not, I will do so to him as he hath 
 
 done to me ; 
 I wUl render to the man according to 
 
 his work. 
 30 1 went by the field of the slothful. 
 And by the vineyard of the man void 
 
 of understanding; 
 
 31 And, lo, it was all grown over with 
 
 thorns. 
 The face thereof was covered with 
 
 15 nettles, 
 And the stone wall thereof was broken 
 
 down. 
 
 32 Then I beheld, and considered well : 
 I saw, and received instruction. 
 
 33 ifi Yet a little sleep, a little slumber, 
 A little folding of the hands to sleej) : 
 
 34 So shall thy poverty come as a robber ; 
 And thy want as an armed man. 
 
 25 These also are proverbs of Solomon, 
 which the men of Hezekiah king of 
 Judah copied out. 
 
 2 It is the glory of God to conceal a thing: 
 But the glory of kings is to search out 
 
 a matter. 
 
 3 The heaven for height, and the earth 
 
 for depth. 
 And the heart of kings is unsearchable. 
 
 4 Take away the dross from the silver. 
 And there cometh forth a vessel for 
 
 tlie finer: 
 
 12 Or, 
 
 of titeir 
 years 
 
 13 Or, 
 
 kisseth 
 with the 
 lips 
 
 n Heb. 
 
 And 
 
 woiUdest 
 
 thou 
 
 deceive 
 
 with thy 
 
 lips) 
 
 15 Or, 
 wild 
 vetches 
 
 16 See ch. 
 vi. 10, 11.
 
 26. 18. 
 
 THE PllOVERBS. 
 
 489 
 
 1 Hell. 
 Olorify 
 not thy- 
 self. 
 
 2 Or, 
 
 /...« ifbe 
 said in 
 the eitii 
 thereof. 
 What 
 viilt thou 
 do) 
 when (to. 
 
 3 Or, 
 Hut 
 
 <0r, 
 in djio 
 season 
 
 SOr. 
 
 fili(rred 
 work 
 3 Or, (t 
 
 no&e- 
 ring 
 
 1 Hcb. 
 in a (jift 
 offahc- 
 hood. 
 
 8 Or, 
 
 OHeb. 
 full of 
 thee. 
 
 10 Or, 
 Soda 
 
 11 Hi!b. 
 he that 
 hatcth 
 thee- 
 
 5 Take away the wicked //-om before the 
 kiuf,', 
 Ami his throne shall be established in 
 rigliteousness. 
 01 Put not thyself forward in the ]ire- 
 senco of the king, 
 And stand not in the place of great men: 
 
 7 For better is it that it be said unto 
 
 thee, Come uji hither; 
 Than that thou shouldest be put lower 
 
 in tlie presence of the jiriuce, 
 Whom thine eyes have seen. 
 
 8 Go not forth hastily to strive, 
 
 2Lest thou know not what to do in the 
 
 end thereof, 
 Wlien thy neighbour hath put thee to 
 
 shame. 
 
 9 Debate thy cause with thy neighbour 
 
 himself, 
 •''And disclose not the secret of an- 
 other : 
 10 Lest he that heareth it revile thee, 
 
 And thine infamy turn not away. 
 11 A word 1 fitly spoken 
 
 Is like ajjples of gold in ^ baskets of 
 silver. 
 \2As ''an earring of gold, and an orna- 
 ment of fine gold. 
 So is a wise reprover upon an obedient 
 ear. 
 13 As the cold of snow in the time of 
 harvest. 
 So is a faithful messenger to them 
 
 that send him ; 
 For he ref resheth the soul of his masters. 
 14: As clouds and wind without ram. 
 So is he that boasteth hiniseK 7 of his 
 gifts falsely. 
 
 15 By long forbearing is a ^ruler per- 
 
 suaded. 
 And a soft tongue breaketh the bone. 
 
 16 Hast thou found honej'? eat so much 
 
 as is suiScieut for thee ; 
 Lest thou be filled therewith, and 
 vomit it. 
 
 17 Let thy foot be seldom ui thy neigh- 
 
 bour's house; 
 Lest he be '-"weary of thee, and hate 
 thee. 
 
 18 A man that beareth false witness a- 
 
 gamst his neighboiu" 
 Is a maul, and a sword, and a sharp 
 arrow. 
 
 19 Confidence in an unfaithful man in 
 
 time of trouble 
 Is like a broken tooth, and a foot out 
 of joint. 
 ■10 As one that taketh oE a garment in 
 cold weather, and as vinegar upon 
 1" nitre. 
 So is he that singeth songs to an 
 heavy heart. 
 
 21 If 11 thine enemy be hungry, give him 
 
 bread to eat ; 
 And if he be thu'sty, give him water to 
 drink : 
 
 22 For thou shaft heap coals of fire upon 
 
 his head. 
 And the Lord shaU reward thee. 
 
 23 The north wind bringeth forth rain : 
 So doth a Ijackbiting tongue an angry 
 countenance. 
 24 12 It is better to dwell in the corner 
 of the housetop, 
 Than with a contentious woman hi a 
 wide house. 
 
 25 Js cold waters to a i''thirsty soul. 
 So is good news from a far couiitry. 
 
 26 ^Is a I'' troubled fountam, and a cor- 
 
 rupted spring. 
 So is a righteous man that i-^giveth 
 way before the wicked. 
 
 27 It is not good to eat nuicli honey: 
 i^So/o/- men to search out their own 
 
 glory is not glory. 
 28 17 He whose spirit is without restraint 
 Is like a city that is broken down and 
 hath no wall. 
 26 As snow in summer, and as rain ui 
 harvest. 
 So honour is not seemly for a fool. 
 
 2 As the sparrow in her wandering, as 
 
 the swaUow in her llying. 
 So the cm-se that is causeless i^light- 
 eth not. 
 
 3 A whip for the horse, a Ijridle for the ass, 
 And a rod for the back of fools. 
 
 4 Answer not a fool according to his follj', 
 Lest thou also be like unto him. 
 
 5 Answer a fool according to his folly. 
 Lest he be wise in I'-^his own conceit. 
 
 6 He that sendeth a message by the 
 
 hand of a fool 
 Cutteth off Ids oivn feet, and drinketh 
 m damage. 
 
 7 The legs of the lame hang loose : 
 
 So is a parable in tlie mouth of fools. 
 
 8 20 As a bag of gems in a heap of stones, 
 So is he that giveth honour to a fool. 
 
 9 As a thorn that goeth up into the 
 
 hand of a drunkard. 
 So is a parable in the mouth of fools. 
 
 10 21 As an archer that womideth all, 
 
 So is he that liu-eth the fool and he 
 that hireth them that pass by. 
 
 11 As a dog that returneth to his vomit, 
 (So is a fool that reijeateth his folly. 
 
 12Seest thou a man wise in i^his own 
 conceit '? 
 There is more hope of a fool than of 
 him. 
 13 22 The sluggard saith, There is a lion 
 in the waj' ; 
 A lion is in the streets. 
 14^1 A- the door turneth upon its hinges, 
 So doth the sluggard upon his bed. 
 
 15 23 The sluggard burieth his hand in 
 
 the dish ; 
 It wearieth him to bring it again to 
 his mouth. 
 
 16 The sluggard is wiser in I'-'his own 
 
 conceit 
 Than seven men that can 21 render a 
 reason. 
 
 17 25 He that passeth by, and vexeth him- 
 
 self with strife belonging not to him. 
 Is like one that taketh a dog by the ears. 
 
 18 As a madman who casteth firebrands. 
 
 10- 
 
 12 Seo cli. 
 
 '■I Or, 
 wciiry 
 
 11 Hcb. 
 traiii- 
 l.h-d. 
 15 Or, 
 ii moved 
 
 16 Or, 
 
 Hut 
 
 fur men 
 to search 
 out tlmir 
 own 
 fflorT/ i^ 
 iilon/ 
 The 
 
 Hebrew 
 text is 
 obscure. 
 
 I'Or. 
 Ec that 
 hath no 
 rule orer 
 his spirit 
 18 Heb. 
 Cometh 
 not. 
 
 w Heb. 
 his ovyn 
 eyes. 
 
 20Or, ^» 
 one that 
 bindeth 
 fast a 
 stone in 
 a sling 
 
 21 Or, A 
 
 masttr 
 worker 
 formcth 
 all 
 
 things; 
 but he 
 that 
 hireth 
 the fool 
 is as o^ie 
 that 
 hireth 
 thetn 
 that 
 pass by 
 The 
 
 Hebrew 
 text is 
 obscure. 
 
 22 See ch. 
 xxii. 13. 
 
 23 See 
 ch. xix. 
 
 1:4. 
 
 2J0r, 
 answer 
 dis- 
 creetly 
 
 2.1 Or, 
 
 He that 
 vexeth 
 himself 
 .. .is 
 like one 
 that 
 taketh a 
 jjassirg 
 d'lij ic.
 
 490 
 
 THE PROVERBS. 
 
 26. 18. 
 
 1 See ch. 
 xviii 8. 
 
 2Heb. 
 crushed. 
 
 3Heb. 
 
 ajiocd. 
 
 IHeb. 
 tram- 
 pleth 
 
 AiTows, and death ; 
 19 So is the mau that deceiveth his 
 neighbour, 
 And saith, Am not I in sport? 
 20 For lack of wood the lire goeth out: 
 And where there is no whisperer, con- 
 tention ceaseth. 
 21 As coals are to hot embers, and wood 
 to fii-e ; 
 So is a contentious man to inflame 
 strife. 
 221 The words of a whisperer are as 
 dainty morsels. 
 And they go down into the innermost 
 parts of the belly. 
 
 23 Fervent lips and a wicked heart 
 
 Are lil-e an earthen vessel overlaid 
 with sQver di-oss. 
 
 24 He that hateth dissembleth with his 
 
 lips, 
 But he layeth up deceit within him : 
 
 25 When he speaketh fair, beUeve him not ; 
 For there are seven abominations in 
 
 his heart : 
 
 26 Though his hatred cover itself with 
 
 guile, 
 His wickedness shall be openly shewed 
 before the congregation. 
 
 27 Whoso diggeth a pit shall fall therein : 
 And he that roUeth a stone, it shall 
 
 return upon him. 
 
 28 A lying tongue hateth those whom 
 
 it hath 2 wounded ; 
 And a flattering mouth worketh ruin. 
 27 Boast not thyself of to-morrow; 
 
 For thou knowest not what a day may 
 bring forth. 
 
 2 Let another man praise thee, and not 
 
 thine own mouth ; 
 A stranger, and not thine own Ups. 
 
 3 A stone is heavy, and the sand weighty; 
 But a fool's vexation is heavier than 
 
 them both. 
 
 4 Wrath is cruel, and anger is ^ out- 
 
 rageous ; 
 But who is able to stand before jeal- 
 ousy? 
 
 5 Better is open rebuke 
 Than love that is hidden. 
 
 6 Faithful are the wounds of a friend : 
 But the kisses of an enemy are pro- 
 fuse. 
 
 7 The full soul ^loatheth an honeycomb : 
 But to tlie Imngi-y soul every bitter 
 
 thing is sweet. 
 
 8 As a bml that wandereth from her nest. 
 So is a man that wandereth from his 
 
 place. 
 
 9 Ointment and perfume rejoice the heart: 
 So doth the sweetness of a man's 
 
 friend that cometh of hearty counsel. 
 
 10 Thine own friend, and thy father's 
 
 friend, forsake not ; 
 And go not to thy brother's house in 
 
 the day of thy calamity : 
 Better is a neighbour that is near than 
 
 a brother far off. 
 
 11 My son, be wise, and make my heart 
 
 glad. 
 
 That I may answer him that reproach- 
 eth me. 
 
 12 5 A prudent man seeth the evU, and 
 
 hideth himself : 
 But the simple pass on, a7id suffer 
 for it. 
 
 13 6 Take his garment that is surety for a 
 
 stranger ; 
 And hold him in pledge that is surety 
 for a strange woman. 
 
 14 He that blesseth his friend with a loud 
 
 voice, rising early in the morning, 
 It shall he counted a curse to him. 
 
 15 A contiaual dropping in a very rainy 
 
 day 
 And a contentious woman are alike : 
 
 16 He that would ''restrain her Srestrain- 
 
 etli the wind. 
 And "his right hand encountereth oil. 
 
 17 Iron sharpeneth u"on ; 
 
 So a man sharpeneth the countenance 
 of his friend. 
 
 18 Whoso keepeth the fig tree shall eat 
 
 the fruit thereof; 
 And he that waiteth on his master 
 shall be honoured. 
 191*^ As in water face ansivereth to face, 
 
 So the heart of man to man. 
 20 11 Sheol and Abaddon are never satis- 
 fied; 
 And the eyes of man are never satisfied. 
 
 21 The fining pot is for silver, and the fur- 
 
 nace for gold. 
 And a man is tried by i^bis praise. 
 
 22 Though thou shouldest bray a fool in a 
 
 mortar with a pestle among bruised 
 corn, 
 Yet will not his foolishness depart 
 from him. 
 
 23 Be thou diligent to know the state 
 
 of thy flocks. 
 And look well to thy herds: 
 24 For riches are not for ever; 
 
 And doth the crown endure unto aU 
 
 generations? 
 
 25 The I'^hay is carried, and the tender 
 
 gi-ass sheweth itself. 
 And the herbs of the mountains are 
 gathered in. 
 
 26 The lambs are for thy clothing. 
 
 And the goats are the price of trhe 
 field: 
 
 27 And there tvill he goats' milk enough 
 
 for thy food, for the food of thy 
 household ; 
 And maintenance for thy maidens, 
 
 28 The wicked flee when no man pur- 
 sue th : 
 But the righteous are bold as a lion. 
 
 2 For the transgression of a land many 
 
 are the princes thereof : 
 But by i'*men of understanding and 
 knowledge the state thereof shall be 
 prolonged. 
 
 3 A needy man that oppresseth the poor 
 Is lihe a sweeping rain '^ which leaveth 
 
 no food. 
 
 5 See ch. 
 xxii. 3. 
 
 " See ch. 
 XX. IC. 
 
 'Heb. 
 hide. 
 
 8 Heb. 
 hideth. 
 
 »0r, 
 the oint- 
 tne.nt of 
 his right 
 hand be- 
 tcrayeth 
 itseif 
 
 10 Or, As 
 
 water 
 sheweth 
 face to 
 face, so 
 the heart 
 sheweth 
 man to 
 man 
 
 11 See ch. 
 XV. IL 
 
 12 Or, 
 that 
 
 which ho 
 praiseth 
 Or. that 
 whereof 
 he hoant 
 eth 
 
 13 Heb. 
 grass. 
 
 11 Or. 
 
 a man 
 
 15 Heb. 
 without 
 food.
 
 29. U. 
 
 THE PROVERBS. 
 
 491 
 
 I See cli. 
 xix. 1. 
 
 2Heb. 
 
 perversa 
 if/ two 
 wayt. 
 
 3Heb. 
 his own 
 eyes. 
 
 4Heb. 
 
 vutst l>e 
 
 searched 
 
 for. 
 
 5 Or, 
 calamity 
 
 6 Or, O 
 prince 
 that 
 laekest 
 under- 
 standin<t 
 and art 
 a great 
 oppress- 
 or, lie 
 i-c. 
 
 1 Or, he 
 that 
 walketh 
 per- 
 versely 
 in two 
 ways 
 
 s See ch. 
 xii.ll. 
 
 8 Or, For 
 
 for a 
 piece of 
 bread a 
 man will 
 trans- 
 gress 
 
 4 They that forsake the law praise the 
 wicked : 
 But such as keep the law contend witli 
 thom. 
 .^P^.vil men understand not judgement: 
 Hut they that seek the Lord under- 
 stand all things. 
 Gi Better is the poor that walketh in 
 his integrity, 
 Than he that is ^perverse in Ms ways, 
 though he be rich. 
 
 7 Whoso keepeth the law is a wise son : 
 But he that is a companion of glut- 
 tonous men shameth his father. 
 
 8 He that augmenteth his substance by 
 
 usury and increase, 
 Gathereth it for him that hath pity 
 on the poor. 
 
 9 He that turneth away his ear from 
 
 hearing the law. 
 Even his prayer is an abomination. 
 
 10 Whoso causeth the upright to go 
 
 astray in an evil way. 
 He shall fall himself into his own pit : 
 But the perfect shall inherit good. 
 
 11 The rich man is wise in ^his own con- 
 
 ceit; 
 But the poor that hath understanding 
 searcheth him out. 
 
 12 When the righteous triumph, there is 
 
 great glory : 
 But when the wicked rise, men *hide 
 themselves. 
 
 13 He that covereth his transgressions 
 
 shall not prosper : 
 But whoso confesseth and forsaketh 
 them shall obtain mercy. 
 
 14 Happy is the man that feareth alway : 
 But he that hardeneth his heart shaU 
 
 f aU into ^ mischief. 
 
 15 As a roaring lion, and a ranging bear; 
 So is a wicked ruler over a poor people. 
 
 16 6 The prince that lacketh understanding 
 
 is also a great oppressor : 
 But he that hateth covetousness shall 
 prolong his days. 
 
 17 A man that is laden with the blood 
 
 of any person 
 Shall flee unto the pit ; let no man stay 
 
 him. 
 IS Whoso wallseth uprightly shall be 
 
 delivered : 
 But ''he that is perverse in Jiis ways 
 
 shall fall at once. 
 
 19 8 He that tilleth his land shall have 
 
 plenty of bread : 
 But he that f oUoweth after vaiajiersons 
 shall have poverty enough. 
 
 20 A faithful man shall abound with 
 
 blessings : 
 But he that maketh haste to be rich 
 shall not be unpunished. 
 
 21 To have respect of persons is not good : 
 9 Neither that a man should transgress 
 
 for a piece of bread. 
 
 22 He that hath an evU eye hasteth after 
 
 riches. 
 And knoweth not that want shall 
 come upon him. 
 
 23 He thatrebuketh a man shall afterward 
 
 find more favour 
 Than he that fiattereth with the tongue. 
 
 24 Whoso rol)betlihis father or his mother, 
 
 and saith, It is no transgression; 
 The same is the companion of a 
 destroyer. 
 2.5 He that is of a greedy spirit stirreth 
 up strife : 
 But he that putteth his trust in the 
 Lord shall be made fat. 
 2GHe that trusteth in his own heart is 
 a fool ; 
 But whoso walketh wisely, he shall be 
 delivered, 
 
 27 He that giveth unto the poor shall not 
 
 lack: 
 But he that hideth his eyes shall have 
 many a curse. 
 
 28 When the wicked rise, men hide them- 
 
 selves : 
 
 But when they perish, the righteous 
 increase. 
 29 He that being often reproved hard- 
 eneth his neck 
 
 Shall suddenly be broken, and that 
 without remedy. 
 
 2 When the righteous i^are increased, 
 
 the people rejoice: 
 But when a wicked man beareth rule, 
 the people sigh. 
 
 3 Whoso loveth wisdom rejoiceth his 
 
 father : 
 But he that keepeth company with 
 harlots wastetli his substance. 
 
 4 The king by judgement establisheth 
 
 the land : 
 But 11 he that exacteth gifts overthrow- 
 eth it. 
 
 5 A man that fiattereth his neighbour 
 Sjjreadeth a net for his steps. 
 
 6Li the transgression of an evU man 
 there is a snare : 
 But the righteousdoth sing and rejoice. 
 
 7 The righteous taketh knowledge of the 
 
 cause of the poor : 
 The wicked 12 hath not understanduig 
 to know it. 
 
 8 Scornful men set a city in a flame : 
 But wise men turn away wi-ath. 
 
 9 If a wise man hath a controversy with 
 
 a foolish man, 
 
 13 Whether he be angry or laugh, there 
 will be no rest. 
 10 The bloodthirsty hate hun that is per- 
 fect: 
 
 "And as for the upright, they seek his 
 life. 
 11 A fool uttereth all his 15 anger: 
 
 But a wise man keepeth it back and 
 stiUeth it. 
 
 12 If a ruler hearkeneth to falsehood. 
 All his servants are wicked. 
 
 13 The poor man and the oppressor meet 
 
 together : 
 The Lord lighteneth the eyes of them 
 both. 
 
 14 The king that faitlifully judgeth the 
 
 poor. 
 
 10 Or, ore 
 in au- 
 thority 
 
 n Or, ;i<- 
 that im- 
 poseth 
 tribute 
 Heb. a 
 man of 
 qferings. 
 
 12 Or. 
 under- 
 standeth 
 not 
 know- 
 ledge 
 
 13 Or, IJe 
 rageth 
 and 
 laugh- 
 eth, and 
 there is 
 no rest 
 
 "Or, 
 But the 
 upright 
 care for 
 his soul 
 
 15 Heb. 
 spirit. 
 
 Iti— tj
 
 492 
 
 THE PROVEKBS. 
 
 29. 14. 
 
 1 Or, are 
 
 in au- 
 thority 
 
 iHeb. 
 answer^ 
 
 3 Or. 
 tfitshlc'ss 
 
 4 The 
 
 meaning 
 
 of the 
 
 word is 
 
 doubtful. 
 
 The 
 
 Vulgate 
 
 renders 
 
 it, re- 
 
 j'ractwy. 
 
 ■' See 
 Lev. V. 1. 
 
 «Heb. 
 
 shall bii 
 net on 
 high. 
 
 'Or, 
 
 Jakch, of 
 Massa 
 See Gen. 
 XXV. 14. 
 s>Or, 
 burden 
 
 »0r, as 
 other- 
 wise 
 read, / 
 have 
 wearied 
 myself, 
 
 God, 
 
 1 have 
 loearifd 
 myaelf, 
 
 God, 
 a^id am 
 con- 
 sumed: 
 for I am 
 ic. 
 lOOr. 
 That 
 
 1 should 
 have the 
 know- 
 ledge <tc. 
 
 " See Ps. 
 xii. 6, 
 xviii. 30. 
 12 Heb. 
 purified. 
 
 His throne shall be established for ever. 
 
 15 The rod and reproof give wisdom : 
 But a chUd left to himself causeth 
 
 shame to his mother. 
 
 16 When the wicked i are increased, trans- 
 
 gression increaseth : 
 But the righteous shaU look upon their 
 faU. 
 
 17 Correct thy son, and he shall give thee 
 
 rest; 
 Yea, he shall give delight unto thy soul. 
 18T\Tiere there is no vision, the people 
 
 cast off restraint : 
 But he that keepeth the law, happy 
 
 is he. 
 
 19 A servant will not be corrected by 
 
 words : 
 For though he understand he will not 
 
 2 give heed. 
 
 20 Seest thou a man that is hasty in his 
 
 3 words ? 
 
 There is more hope of a fool than of him. 
 
 21 He that delicately Innngeth up his 
 
 servant from a child 
 Shall have him become *a son at the 
 last. 
 
 22 An augi-y man stirretli up strife, 
 And a wratliful man abouudeth in 
 
 transgression. 
 
 23 A man's pride shall bring him low : 
 But he that is of a lowly spmt shall 
 
 obtain hoiioiu'. 
 
 24 "Whoso is partner with a thief hateth 
 
 his own soul : 
 5 He heareth the adjuration and ut- 
 tereth nothmg. 
 
 25 The fear of man bringeth a snare : 
 But whoso putteth his trust in the 
 
 Lord ^ shall be safe. 
 26 Many seek the ruler's favour: 
 
 But a man's judgement cometh from 
 the LoKD. 
 27 An unjust man is an abomination to 
 the righteous : 
 And he that is upright in the way is an 
 abomination to the ^vicked. 
 
 30 The words of Agur the son of 
 7 Jakeh; the ^ oracle. 
 
 The man saith ^unto Ithiel, unto Ithiel 
 and Ucal: 
 
 2 Sm-ely I am more brutish than any man , 
 And have not the understanding of a 
 
 man : 
 
 3 And I have not learned wisdom, 
 ^Neither have I the knowledge of the 
 
 Holy One. 
 ■IWho hath ascended up into heaven, 
 
 and descended? 
 Who hath gathered the wind in his fists? 
 Who hath bound the waters in his 
 
 garment ? 
 Who hath established all the ends of 
 
 the earth? 
 What is his name, and what is his 
 
 son's name, if thou knowest? 
 
 5 ^1 Every word of God is 12 tried : 
 
 He is a shield unto them that trust in 
 him. 
 
 6 Add thou not unto his words, 
 
 Lest he reprove thee, and thou be 
 found a liar. 
 
 7 Two things have I asked of thee ; 
 Deny me them not before I die : 
 
 8 Eemove far from me vanity and lies : 
 Give me neither poverty nor riches ; 
 Feed me with is the food that is need- 
 ful for me : 
 
 9 Lest I be fuU, and deny thee, and say, 
 
 Who is the Lord ? 
 Or lest I be poor, and steal. 
 And i^use profanely the name of my 
 
 God. 
 
 10 Slander not a servant unto his master. 
 Lest he curse thee, and thou be held 
 
 guilty. 
 
 11 There is a generation that curseth 
 
 their father. 
 And doth not bless their mother. 
 
 12 There is a generation that are pure in 
 
 their owa eyes. 
 And yet are not washed from their 
 filthiuess. 
 
 13 There is a generation. Oh how lofty 
 
 are their eyes ! 
 And their eyelids are lifted up. 
 
 14 There is a generation whose teeth are 
 
 as swords, and their jaw teeth as 
 knives. 
 To devour the poor from off the earth, 
 and the needy from among men. 
 
 15 The i^borseleach hath two daughters, 
 
 ^^crying, Give, give. 
 There are thi-ee things that are never 
 
 satisfied. 
 Yea, four that say not. Enough: 
 161' The grave; and the barren womb; 
 The earth that is not satisfied with 
 
 water ; 
 And the fire that saith not. Enough. 
 
 17 The eye that mocketh at his father, 
 And despiseth to obey his motlier. 
 The ravens of i**the valley shall pick it 
 
 out, 
 And the i^ young eagles shall eat it. 
 
 18 There be three things which are too 
 
 wonderful for me. 
 Yea, four which I know not : 
 
 19 The way of an eagle in the air; 
 The way of a serpent upon a rock ; 
 The way of a ship in the midst of the 
 
 sea; 
 And the way of a man with a maid. 
 
 20 So is the way of an adulterous woman; 
 She eateth, and wipeth her mouth. 
 And saith, I have done no wickedness. 
 
 21 20 For three things the earth doth 
 tremble. 
 And for four, which it cannot bear: 
 22 For a servant when he is king ; 
 
 And a fool when he is tiUed with 
 meat; 
 
 13 Heb. 
 (As 
 
 bread of 
 my por- 
 tion. 
 
 11 Heb. 
 handle 
 the 
 name. 
 
 15 Or, 
 
 vam,pire 
 
 leOr, 
 called 
 
 17 Heb. 
 Sheol. 
 
 i«Or. 
 the brook 
 
 19 Or, 
 vultures 
 
 20 Heb. 
 Uudtr.
 
 31. 31. 
 
 THE PROVERBS. 
 
 493 
 
 Lov. xi. 5. 
 
 2 Or, 
 
 thon 
 canst 
 seize 
 with thy 
 hands 
 
 a Or. 
 war- 
 horse 
 Heb. 
 weJl ffirt 
 (or, well 
 knit) in 
 the loins. 
 
 4 Or, 
 
 when his 
 army is 
 with him 
 
 6 Heb. 
 
 pressing. 
 
 6 Or, The 
 words of 
 Letniicl 
 King of 
 Massa, 
 which 
 <t-c. See 
 oh. xxx.l, 
 margin. 
 
 'Or, 
 burden 
 
 8 Or, as 
 other- 
 wise 
 read, 
 tli^ni 
 that 
 destroy 
 9.\nother 
 reading 
 is, to 
 desire 
 strong 
 drink. 
 
 10 Heb. 
 that 
 
 which is 
 decreed. 
 
 11 Heb. 0/ 
 all the 
 sons of 
 afflic- 
 tion. 
 
 12 Or, 
 ready 
 to pass 
 away 
 Heb. the 
 sons of 
 P'XSsiTig 
 away. 
 
 2.^ For an odious woman when she is 
 married ; 
 And an handmaid that is lieir to her 
 mistress. 
 
 24 There he four things which are little 
 
 upon the earth, 
 But they are exceeding wise: 
 
 25 The ants are a i>eople not strong, 
 
 Yet they provide their meat in the 
 
 suuuner ; 
 2G The 1 conies are but a feeble folk. 
 Yet make they their houses in the 
 
 rocks ; 
 
 27 The locusts have no kmg. 
 
 Yet go they forth all of them by bands ; 
 
 28 The lizard '^takethhold with her hands, 
 Y'^et is she in kings' palaces. 
 
 29 There be thi-ee things which are stately 
 
 ui their march, 
 Y'ea, f om* which are stately in going : 
 
 30 The lion, which is mightiest among 
 
 beasts. 
 And tui-neth not away for any; 
 
 31 The 3 greyhound; the he-goat also; 
 And the king, ^ against whom there 
 
 is no rising up, 
 
 32 If thou hast done fooUshly in lifting 
 
 up thyseK, 
 Or if thou hast thought evil, 
 Lai/ thine hand upon thy mouth. 
 
 33 For the 5 churning of milk bringeth 
 
 forth butter. 
 
 And the ^ wruiging of the nose bring- 
 eth forth blood : 
 
 So the 5 forcing of wrath bringeth 
 forth strife. 
 
 31 6 The words of king Lemuel; the 
 T oracle which his mother taught him. 
 
 2 What, my son? and what, son of my 
 
 womb ? 
 And what, son of my vows ? 
 
 3 Give not thy strength unto women, 
 Nor thy ways to ^that which destroyeth 
 
 kings. 
 
 4 It is not for kings, Lemuel, it is not 
 
 for kings to di-ink wine ; 
 Nor for princes ^to say, Where is 
 strong drink '? 
 
 5 Lest they drink, and forget lo the law, 
 And pervert the judgement ^^of any 
 
 that is afflicted. 
 G Give strong drink unto bun that is 
 ready to perish. 
 And wme unto the bitter in soul : 
 
 7 Let him drink, and forget his pover- 
 
 ty, 
 And remember his misery no more. 
 
 8 OiJen thy mouth for the dumb. 
 
 In the cause of all such as are 12 left 
 desolate. 
 
 9 Open thy mouth, judge righteously, 
 And minister judgement to the jjoor 
 
 and needy. 
 
 10 A virtuous woman who can find? 
 For her price is far above i'^ rubies. 
 
 11 The heart of her husband trusteth in 
 
 her, 
 And he shall have no lack of I'lgain. 
 
 12 Slie doeth him good and not evil 
 All the days of her life. 
 
 13 She seeketh wool and flax. 
 
 And worketh 15 willingly with her 
 hands. 
 
 14 Slie is like the merchant-ships ; 
 She bringeth her food from afar. 
 
 15 She risetli also while it is yet night. 
 And giveth meat to her household. 
 And their iC'task to her maidens. 
 
 IG She considereth a field, and buyeth it : 
 With the fruit of her hands she plant- 
 eth a vineyard. 
 
 17 She glrdeth her loins with strength. 
 And maketh strong her arms. 
 
 18 She perceiveth that her merchandise 
 
 is profitable : 
 Her lamp goeth not out by night. 
 
 19 She layeth her hands to the distaff, 
 And her I'^hands hold the spindle, 
 
 20 She spreadeth out her i**hand to the 
 
 poor; 
 Yea, she reacheth forth her hands to 
 the needy. 
 
 21 She is not afraid of the snow for her 
 
 household ; 
 For aU her household are clothed with 
 scarlet. 
 
 22 She maketh for herself 19 carpets of 
 
 tapestry; 
 Her clothing is fine linen and purple. 
 
 23 Her husband is known in the gates. 
 When he sitteth among the elders of 
 
 the land. 
 
 24 She maketh linen garments and sell- 
 
 eth them; 
 And dehvereth girdles unto the 20 mer- 
 chant. 
 
 25 Strength and dignity are her clothing ; 
 And she laugheth at the time to come. 
 
 26 She openeth her mouth mth wisdom ; 
 And the 21 law of kindness is on her 
 
 tongue. 
 
 27 She looketh well to the ways of her 
 
 household. 
 And eateth not the bread of idleness. 
 
 28 Her children rise up, and call her 
 
 blessed ; 
 Her husband also, and he praiseth her, 
 saying : 
 
 29 Many daughters have done virtu- 
 
 ously. 
 But thou excellest them all. 
 
 30 Favour is deceitful, and beauty is 
 
 vain : 
 But a woman that feareth the Lord, 
 she shall be praised. 
 
 31 Give her of the fruit of her hands; 
 And let her works praise her in the 
 
 gates. 
 
 "See 
 
 Job 
 
 xxviii. 
 
 IS. 
 
 11 Heb. 
 
 spoil. 
 
 1'' Or, at 
 the busi- 
 ness of 
 
 l«Or, 
 port ion 
 
 1   Heb. 
 palhig. 
 
 18 Heb. 
 palrn. 
 
 iiOr, 
 cushions 
 
 21 Heb. 
 
 Canuatt- 
 
 Ue. 
 
 21 Or. 
 teaching
 
 ECCLESIASTES 
 
 OR, THE PREACHER. 
 
 lOr, 
 
 the great 
 orator 
 Heb. 
 Koheleth. 
 
 2 Or, 
 torre7tts 
 
 3 Or. All 
 
 words 
 
 are 
 
 feeble 
 
 *See 
 ver. h 
 
 5 Or, a 
 
 feeding 
 07i wind 
 (see Hos. 
 xii. 1) 
 Or, vexa- 
 tion of 
 spirit 
 and so 
 else- 
 where. 
 
 6 Heb. 
 
 defect. 
 "^ Or, yea , 
 more 
 than all 
 
 8 Heb. 
 over. 
 
 9 Heb. 
 hath 
 seen 
 abund- 
 antly. 
 
 10 Or, 
 and thou 
 shalt 
 enjoy 
 
 "Or, 
 good 
 
 1 The words of i the Preacher, the son 
 of David, king in Jerusalem. 
 
 2 Vanity of vanities, saith the Preach- 
 er; vanity of vanities, all is vanity. 
 
 3 What profit hath man of all his labour 
 wherein he laboureth under the sun? 
 
 4 One generation goeth, and another 
 generation cometh; and the earth a- 
 
 5 bideth for ever. The sun also ariseth, 
 and the sun goeth down, and hastcth 
 
 6 to his place where he ariseth. The 
 wind goeth toward the south, and tm-u- 
 eth about unto the north; it tui-neth 
 about continually in its com-se, and 
 the wind retm-neth again to its cir- 
 
 7cuits. All the 2 rivers run into the 
 sea, yet the sea is not fuU; unto the 
 place whither the rivers go, thither 
 
 8 they go again. 8 All things are full of 
 weariness; man cannot utter it: the 
 eye is not satisfied with seeing, nor 
 
 9 the ear filled with hearing. That 
 which hath been is that which shall 
 be ; and that which hath been done is 
 that which shall be done: and there 
 
 10 is no new thing under the sun. Is 
 there a thing whereof men say. See, 
 this is new? it hath been ah-eady, in 
 
 11 the ages which were before us. There 
 is no remembrance of the former gen- 
 erations; neither shall there be any 
 remembrance of the latter generations 
 that are to come, among those that 
 shall come after. 
 
 12 I ^the Preacher was king over Israel 
 
 13 in Jerusalem. Aiid I applied my heart 
 to seek and to search out by wisdom 
 concerning aU that is done under 
 heaven: it is a sore travail that God 
 hath given to the sons of men to be 
 
 14 exercised therewith. I have seen all 
 the works that are done under the 
 sun; and, behold, all is vanity and ^a 
 
 15 striving after wind. That which is 
 crooked cannot be made straight : and 
 6 that which is wanting cannot be num- 
 
 IBbered. I communed with mine own 
 heart, saying, Lo, I have gotten me 
 great wisdom 7 above all that were 
 before me ^in Jerusalem : yea, my 
 heart "hath had great experience of 
 
 17 wisdom and knowledge. And I applied 
 my heart to know wisdom, and to know 
 madness and foUy: I jierceived that 
 this also was a striving after wind. 
 
 18 For in much wisdom is much grief: 
 and he that increaseth knowledge m- 
 creaseth sorrow. 
 
 2 I said in mine heart. Go to now, I 
 will prove thee with mirth; i" there- 
 fore enjoy n pleasure: and, behold, this 
 
 2 also was vanity. I said of laughter. 
 It is mad : and of mhth, "What doeth 
 
 Sit? I searched in mine heart how to 
 cheer my flesh with wiue, mine heart 
 yet 12 guiding me with wisdom, and 
 how to lay hold on folly, till I might 
 see what it was good for the sons of 
 men that they should do under the 
 
 4 heaven i^all the days of then- life. I 
 made me great works; I builded me 
 
 5 houses; I planted me vineyards; I 
 made me gardens and parks, and I 
 planted trees in them of aU kinds of 
 
 6 fruit: I made me pools of water, to 
 water therefrom the forest where trees 
 
 7 were reared: I bought menservants 
 and maidens, and had servants born 
 in my house ; also I had great posses- 
 sions of herds and flocks, above all 
 
 8 that were before me in Jerusalem : I 
 gathered me also silver and gold, and 
 the pecuhar treasm-e of kings and of 
 the provinces: I gat me men singers 
 and women singers, and the dehghts 
 of the sons of men, i^ concubines very 
 
 9 many. So I was great, and increased 
 more than aU that were before me in 
 Jerusalem : also my wisdom is remaiued 
 
 10 with me. And whatsoever mine eyes 
 desired I kept not from them : I with- 
 held not my heart from any joy, for 
 my heart rejoiced because of all my 
 labour ; and this was my portion from 
 
 11 all my labour. Then I looked on all 
 the works that my hands had wrought, 
 and on the labom- that I had laboured 
 to do : and, behold, all was vanity and 
 a striving after wiud, and there was 
 no profit under the sun. 
 
 12 And I turned myself to behold wis- 
 dom, and madness and f oUy : for what 
 can the man do that cometh i" after 
 the king? even that which hath been 
 
 13 already done. Then I saw that wis- 
 dom excelleth folly, as far as light 
 
 14excelleth darkness. The wise man's 
 eyes are in his head, and the fool 
 walketh in darkness: and yet I per- 
 ceived that one event happeneth to 
 
 15 them all. Then said I in my heart, 
 As it happeneth to the fool, so will 
 it happen even to me; and why was 
 I then more wise? Then I said in 
 my heart, that this also was vanity. 
 
 16 For of the wise man, even as of the 
 fool, there is no remembrance for 
 ever ; seemg that in the days to come 
 all will have been already forgotten. 
 And how doth the wise man die even 
 
 17 as the fooll So I hated life; because 
 the work that is wrought under the sun 
 
 12 Or, 
 holding 
 its 
 course 
 
 13 Heb. 
 
 the nitm* 
 ber of the 
 days of 
 their 
 life. 
 
 uor, 
 
 musical 
 instru- 
 menis, 
 and that 
 of all 
 sorts 
 The 
 Sept. 
 and 
 Syriac 
 render, 
 cupbear- 
 ers, male 
 and 
 female. 
 The 
 
 meaning 
 of the 
 Hebrew 
 is very 
 uncer- 
 t-iin. 
 
 15 Or, 
 
 stood by 
 ^ne 
 
 16 Or, 
 after the 
 king, 
 even him 
 whom 
 thfiy 
 made 
 king 
 long ago! 
 Or, after 
 the king, 
 in thoso 
 things 
 which 
 have 
 been 
 already 
 done I
 
 4. 9. 
 
 ECCLESIASTES. 
 
 495 
 
 lOr, 
 
 SlKCeBS 
 
 2Heb. 
 give. 
 
 3 Or, 
 
 vexation 
 
 «0r, 
 
 hasten 
 thereto 
 
 5 Accord- 
 ing to 
 some 
 ancient 
 author- 
 ities, 
 apart 
 froin 
 him, 
 
 6 Or, 
 matter 
 
 ■'Or, 
 eternity 
 
 8 Or, to 
 get good 
 
 was grievous unto me : for all is vanity 
 and a striving after wind. 
 
 18 And I bated all my labour wberein I 
 laboured under tbe sun : seeing that I 
 must leave it unto the man that sbaU 
 
 19 be after me. And who knowetb whether 
 he shall be a wise man or a fool? yet 
 shall he have rule over all my labour 
 wherein I have laboured, and wherein 
 I have shewed wisdom under the smi. 
 
 20 This also is vanity. Therefore I tiu-ned 
 about to cause my heart to despair con- 
 cernuig all the labour wherein I had 
 
 "21 laboured under the sun. For there is 
 a man whose labour is with wisdom, 
 and with knowledge, and with iskil- 
 fuhiess; yet to a man that hath not 
 laboured therein shall he '■^ leave it for 
 his portion. This also is vanity and a 
 
 22 great evU. For what hath a man of all 
 his labour, and of the ^ striving of his 
 heart, wherein he laboui-eth under the 
 
 23 sun? For all his days are hut sorrows, 
 and his travail is grief ; yea, even in the 
 night his heart taketh no rest. This 
 also is vanity. 
 
 24 There is nothing better for a man than 
 that he should eat and drink, and make 
 his soul enjoy good in his labour. This 
 also I saw, that it is from the hand of 
 
 25 God. For who can eat, or who can 
 
 26 *have enjoyment, 5 more than I? For 
 to the man that pleaseth him God 
 giveth wisdom, and knowledge, and joy: 
 but to the sinner he giveth travail, to 
 gather and to heai^ up, that he may give 
 to him that pleaseth God. This also 
 is vanity and a striving after wind. 
 
 3 To every thing there is a season, and 
 
 a time to every 6pui-pose vmder the 
 
 2 heaven: a time to be born, and a time 
 
 to die ; a time to jilant, and a time to 
 
 3 pluck up that which is planted ; a time 
 to kiU, and a time to heal ; a time to 
 
 4 break down, and a time to build up ; a 
 time to weep, and a time to laugh ; a 
 time to mourn, and a time to dance ; 
 
 5 a time to cast away stones, and a 
 time to gather stones together ; a tune 
 to embrace, and a time to refrain from 
 
 6 embracing ; a time to seek, and a time 
 to lose ; a time to keep, and a time to 
 
 7 cast away ; a time to rend, and a tune 
 to sew ; a time to keej) silence, and a 
 
 8 time to speak; a time to love, and a 
 time to hate ; a time for war, and a time 
 
 9 for peace. What profit hath he that 
 
 worketh in that wherein he laboureth ? 
 
 10 1 have seen the travail which God hath 
 
 given to the sons of men to be exer- 
 
 11 cised therewith. He hath made every 
 thing beautiful in its time : also he hath 
 set 'the world in theu* heart, yet so 
 that man cannot find out the work 
 that God hath done from the beguming 
 
 12 even to the end. I know that there 
 is nothing better for them, than to 
 rejoice, and ^to do good so long as 
 
 13 they live. And also that every man 
 
 should eat and drink, and enjoy good 
 
 14 in all his labour, is the gift of God. I 
 know that, whatsoever God doeth, it 
 shall bo for ever : nothing can be put 
 to it, nor any thing taken from it : and 
 God hath done it, tliat men sliould fear 
 
 15 before him. '•• That which is hath been 
 already; and that which is to be hath 
 ah'eady been: and God seeketh again 
 that which is Wpassed away. 
 
 16 And moreover I saw under the sun, 
 in the place of judgement, that wicked- 
 ness was there; and in the place of 
 righteousness, that wickedness was 
 
 17 there. I said in mine heart, God shall 
 judge the righteous and the wicked: 
 for there is a time there for every 
 
 18 6 purpose and for every work, ni said 
 in mine heart. It is because of the sons 
 of men, that God may prove them, 
 and that they may see that they them- 
 
 19 selves are hut as beasts. For 12 that 
 which befaUeth the sons of men befall- 
 eth beasts; even one thing befaUeth 
 them: as the one dieth, so dieth the 
 other; yea, they have aU one 1^ breath ; 
 and man hath no preeminence above the 
 
 20 beasts: for all is vanity. All go unto 
 one place ; all are of the dust, and aU 
 
 21 turn to dust again. Who knoweth the 
 si)U-it i^of man i^-^yj^ether it goeth 
 upward, and the spirit of the beast 
 1* whether it goeth downward to the 
 
 22 earth ? Wherefore I saw that there is 
 nothing better, than that a man should 
 rejoice in his works; for that is his 
 portion : for who shall bring him hack 
 to see what shall be after huu? 
 
 4 Then I returned and saw all the 
 oppressions that are done under the 
 sun : and behold, the tears of such 
 as were opiH'essed, and they had no 
 comforter ; and on the side of then- 
 oppressors there was power, but they 
 
 2 had no comforter. Wherefore I praised 
 the dead which are already dead more 
 than the Uving which are yet alive; 
 
 3 yea, is better than them both did I 
 esteem him which hath not yet been, 
 Avho hath not seen the evU work that 
 is done under the sun. 
 
 4 Then I saw all labour and every 
 W skilful work, that is for this a man is 
 envied of his neighbom\ This also is 
 
 5 vanity and a striving after wind. The 
 fool f oldeth his hands together, and eat- 
 
 6 eth his own flesh. Better is an hand- 
 ful 19 with quietness, than two handfuls 
 19 with labour and striving after wind. 
 
 7 Then I returned and saw vanity under 
 
 8 the sun. There is one that is alone, 
 and he hath not a second ; yea, he hath 
 neither sou nor brother; yet is there 
 no end of all his labour, neither are his 
 eyes satisfied with riches. For whom 
 then, saith he, do I labour, and de- 
 prive my soul of good? This also is 
 
 9 vanity, yea, it is a sore travail. Two 
 are better than one ; because they have 
 
 9 Or, 
 That 
 which 
 hath 
 been 
 in no-w 
 
 10 Heb. 
 driven 
 away. 
 
 "Or, 
 /said in 
 mine 
 heart 
 coneern- 
 ing the 
 sons of 
 inen. It 
 is tltat 
 God ic. 
 
 12 Or, the 
 sons of 
 men 
 area 
 chance, 
 and the 
 beasts 
 are a 
 chance, 
 and one 
 &c. 
 
 13 Or. 
 spirit 
 HHeb. 
 of the 
 sons of 
 men. 
 
 15 Or, 
 
 that 
 goeth 
 
 16 Or, 
 better 
 than 
 they 
 both is 
 he which 
 Ac. 
 
 17 Or. 
 
 success- 
 fill 
 
 18 Or, it 
 cmneth 
 of a 
 Tnan^s 
 rivalry 
 with his 
 neigh- 
 bour 
 
 19 0r, 0/
 
 496 
 
 ECCLESIASTES. 
 
 4. 9. 
 
 1 Accord- 
 ing to 
 some 
 ancient 
 versions, 
 wliercas 
 tlie other 
 though 
 born in 
 his liivij- 
 (hml 
 bccatne 
 jjoor. 
 
 2 Or, 
 
 There i<i 
 no end, 
 in the 
 inind of 
 all the ' 
 
 prO]lh', 
 
 to all 
 
 that 
 
 hath 
 
 been 
 
 before 
 
 thfin; 
 
 they also 
 
 ic. 
 
 [Ch. iv. 
 17 in 
 Heb.] 
 
 [Cli. V. 3 
 in Heb.] 
 
 3 Or, a 
 word 
 
 4 Or, 
 travail 
 
 sOr, 
 
 ■nus- 
 sertger 
 of God 
 See 
 
 Mai. ii. 7. 
 ' Or, Fm- 
 in the 
 viulli- 
 tiidc of 
 dreams 
 and 
 vanities 
 are also 
 inarty 
 wards 
 or, there 
 are vani- 
 ties, and 
 in tnatty 
 words 
 "Or, 
 
 the state 
 tiOr, 
 But the 
 jirofit of 
 a land 
 cv._ ry 
 way is a 
 king that 
 niaketh 
 himH'lf 
 servant 
 to tlie 
 field 
 or, is a 
 king over 
 the cult- 
 ivated 
 field 
 
 10 a good reward for their labour. For if 
 they fall, the one will lift up his fellow : 
 but woe to him that is aloue when he 
 f alleth, and hath not another to lift him 
 
 Hup. Again, if two lie together, then 
 they have warmth: but how can one be 
 
 12 warm alone 2 And if a man ijrevail 
 against him that is alone, two shaU 
 withstand him ; and a threefold cord is 
 not quickly broken. 
 
 13 Better is a poor and wi.se youth than an 
 old and foolish king, who knoweth not 
 how to receive admonition any more. 
 
 14 For out of prison he came forth to- be 
 king ; i yea, even in his kingdom he was 
 
 1.5 born poor. I saw all the living whicli 
 walk under the sun, tliat they were with 
 the youth, the second, that stood up in 
 
 16 his stead. 2 There was no end of all the 
 people, even of aU them over whom he 
 was : yet they that come after shall not 
 rejoice in him. Surely this also is vanity 
 and a striving after wind. 
 
 5 Keep thy foot when thou goest to 
 the house of God ; for to draw nigh to 
 hear is better than to give the sacrifice 
 of fools : for they know not that they 
 
 2 do evil. Be not rash with thy mouth, 
 and let not thme heart be hasty to utter 
 ^any thing before God; for God is in 
 heaven, and thou ujion earth : therefore 
 
 3 let thy words be few. For a dream 
 Cometh with a multitude of * business ; 
 and a fool's voice with a multitude of 
 
 4 words. When thou vowest a vow unto 
 God, defer not to pay it; for lie hath 
 no jjleasure in fools: pay that which 
 
 5 thou vowest. Better is it that thou 
 shouldest not vow, than that thou 
 
 6 shouldest vow and not pay. Suffer 
 not thy mouth to cause thy flesh to shi ; 
 neither say thou before the ^ angel, that 
 it was an error : wherefore should God 
 be angry at thy voice, and destroy the 
 
 7 work of thine hands? ''For thus it 
 Cometh to pass through the multitude of 
 dreams and vanities and many words : 
 but fear thou God. 
 
 8 If thou seest the oppression of the 
 poor, and the violent taking away of 
 judgement and justice in 'a province, 
 marvel not at the matter: for one 
 higher than the high regardeth; and 
 
 9 there be higher than they. « Moreover 
 the profit of the earth is for all: the 
 king himself is served by the field. 
 
 10 He that loveth silver shall not be 
 satisfied with silver ; nor he that loveth 
 almndance with increase: this also is 
 
 11 vanity. When goods increase, they are 
 increased that eat them : and what ad- 
 vantage is there to the owner thereof, 
 saving the beholding of them with his 
 
 12 eyes ? The sleep of a labouring man 
 is sweet, whether he eat little or much : 
 but the fulness of the rich will not suf- 
 fer him to sleep. 
 
 13 There is a grievous evil which I 
 have seen under the sun, namely, 
 
 riches kejit by the owner thereof to 
 
 14 his hurt: and those riches perish by 
 evil 9 adventure ; and if he hath be- 
 gotten a son, there is nothing in his 
 
 15 hand. As he came forth of his mother's 
 womb, naked shall he go again as he 
 came, and shall take nothing for his 
 labom', which he may carry away in 
 
 IGliis hand. And this also is a grievous 
 evil, that in all points as he came, 
 so shall he go: and what jirofit hath 
 he that he laboureth for the wind? 
 
 17 10 All his days also he eateth in dark- 
 ness, and lie is sore vexed and hath 
 sickness and wrath. 
 
 18 Behold, ^that which I have seen to 
 be good and to be comely is for one to 
 eat and to drink, and to enjoy good in 
 all his laboui', wherein he labom-eth 
 under the sun, I'^all the days of his life 
 which God hath given him : for this is 
 
 19 his portion. Every man also to whom 
 God hath given riches and wealth, and 
 hath given hun power to eat thereof, 
 and to take his iiortion, and to rejoice 
 in his labour ; this is the gift of God. 
 
 20 For he shall not much remember the 
 days of his life ; because God answereth 
 him in the joy of his heart. 
 
 6 There is an evil which I have seen 
 under the sun, and it is heavy upon 
 
 2 men : a man to whom God givetli riches, 
 wealth, and honour, so that he lacketh 
 nothing for his soul of all that he de- 
 sireth, j'et God giveth him not power 
 to eat thereof, but a stranger eateth it ; 
 this is vanity, and it is an evil disease. 
 
 3 If a man beget an hundred children, and 
 live many years, so that the days of his 
 years be many, but his soul be not flUed 
 with good, and moreover he have no 
 burial ; I say, that an untimely birth is 
 
 4 better than he : for it cometh in vanity, 
 and dejiarteth in darkness, and the 
 name thereof is covered with darkness; 
 
 5 moreover it hath not seen the sun 
 J-'nor known it; "this hath rest rather 
 
 C than the other : yea, though he live a 
 thousand years twice told, and yet enjoy 
 
 7 no good : do not all go to one place ? All 
 the labour of man is for his mouth, and 
 
 8 yet the appetite is not filled. For what 
 advantage hath the wise more than 
 the fool? ^^or what hath the poor man, 
 that knoweth to walk before the living? 
 
 9 Better is the sight of tlie eyes than the 
 wandering of the desire: this also is 
 vanity and a striving after wind. 
 
 10 1'' Whatsoever hath been, the name 
 thereof was given long ago, and it is 
 known that it is i^man : neither can he 
 contend with him that is mightier than 
 
 11 he. Seeing there be many is things 
 that increase vanity, what is man the 
 
 12 better ? For who knoweth what is good 
 for man in his life, i^aU the days of 
 his vain life which he spendeth as a 
 shadow ? for who can tell a man what 
 shall be after him imder the sun ? 
 
 "Or, 
 travail 
 
 10 'file 
 Sept. 
 I1.IS. All 
 his days 
 are in 
 d.irkness 
 and 
 mourn- 
 ing, and 
 much 
 vexation 
 ami sick- 
 ness and 
 u^ath. 
 
 11 Or, 
 
 t)Mt 
 
 which I 
 have 
 seen : it 
 is good 
 and 
 comely 
 for one 
 i-e. 
 
 12 Heb. 
 the num- 
 ber of tlie 
 days.
 
 8. U. 
 
 ECOLESIASTES. 
 
 497 
 
 'Or, 
 better 
 
 2 Or, Far 
 
 3 Or, 
 vexed 
 
 4 Or, 
 vexatwn 
 
 5 Heb. 
 
 out of 
 wisdom. 
 eOr, 
 is good 
 
 tntjcthr.r 
 
 with an 
 inherit- 
 ance : 
 and pro- 
 fitable 
 unto 
 thcin &c. 
 
 'Heb. 
 give not 
 thine 
 heart. 
 
 sOr, 
 tried by 
 
 "Or, 
 hath 
 buim 
 
 7 A good name is better than preciona 
 ointment; and the day of deatli than 
 
 2 the day of one's birtli. It is better to 
 go to the house of mourninf,', than to 
 go to the house of feasting: for that is 
 the end of all men ; and the living will 
 
 Slay it to his heart. Sorrow is better 
 than laughter: for by the sadness of 
 the countenance the heart is made 
 
 4 1 glad. The heart of the wise is in the 
 liouse of mourning; but the heart of 
 
 5 fools is in the house of mirth. It is 
 hotter to hear the rebuke of the wise, 
 than for a man to hear the song of fools. 
 
 6 l''or as the crackling of thorns under a 
 pot, so is the laughter of the fool : this 
 
 7 also is vanity. ^ Surely extortion mak- 
 eth a wise man foolish ; and a gift de- 
 
 8 stroyeth the understanding. Better is 
 the end of a thing than the beguming 
 thereof: and the patient in spu'it is 
 
 9 better than the proud in spu'it. Be not 
 hasty in thy spirit to be "angry: for 
 * auger resteth in the bosom of fools. 
 
 10 Say not thou, "^Tiat is the cause that the 
 former days were better than these ? for 
 thou dost not inquire ^ wisely concern- 
 
 11 ing this. Wisdom 6 is as good as an in- 
 heritance: yea, more excellent is it for 
 
 12 them that see the sim. For wisdom is 
 a defence, even as money is a defence : 
 but the excellency of knowledge is, that 
 wisdom preserveth the life of him that 
 
 13 hath it. Consider the work of God : for 
 who can make that straight, ^xhich he 
 
 14 hath made crooked? In the day of 
 prosperity be joyful, and in the day of 
 adversity consider: God hath even made 
 the one side by side with the other, to 
 the end that man should not find out 
 any thmg t?iat shall he after him. 
 
 15 All this have I seen in the days of my 
 vanity : there is a righteous man that 
 jjerisheth in his righteousness, and 
 there is a wicked man that prolongeth 
 
 l&Ms life in his evil-doing. Be not 
 righteous over much; neither make 
 thyseK over wise : why shouldest thou 
 
 17 destroy thyseK? Be not over much 
 wicked, neither be thou foolish: why 
 
 18 shouldest thou die before thy time ? It 
 is good that thou shouldest take hold 
 of this; yea, also from that withdraw 
 not thine hand: for he that feareth 
 God shall come forth of them all. 
 
 19 Wisdom is a strength to the wise 
 man more than ten rulers which are 
 
 20 in a city. ^ Sm-ely there is not a 
 righteous man upon earth, that doeth 
 
 21 good, and sinueth not. Also 'take not 
 heed unto all words that are spoken ; 
 lest thou hear thy servant cm'se thee: 
 
 22 for oftentimes also thine own heart 
 knoweth that thou thyself likewise 
 hast cursed others. 
 
 23 All this have I ^proved in wisdom: 
 I said, I wiU be wise; but it was far 
 
 24 from me. That which '^is is far off, 
 and exceedmg deep; who can find it 
 
 25 out? I turned about, and my heart 
 vas set to know and to search out, 
 and to seek wisdom and the reason of 
 tliiufis, and to know i^that wickedness 
 is folly, and that foolishness is niad- 
 
 2Cness: and I find a thing more bitter 
 than death, even the woman n whose 
 lieart is snares and nets, tt?^/ her hands 
 as bands: whoso pleaseth God shall 
 escape from her ; but the sinner shall 
 
 27 1)0 taken by her. Behold, this have I 
 found, saith the Preacher, ^'^/ai/iuiy one 
 thing to another, to find out the a;-covnit : 
 
 28 winch my soul still seeketh, but I have 
 not found: one man among a thousand 
 liave I fomid ; but a woman among all 
 
 29 tliose have I not found. Behold, this 
 only have I found, that God made man 
 upright; but they have sought out 
 many inventions. 
 
 8 Who is as the wise man? and who 
 knoweth the interpretation of a thing ? 
 A man's wisdom maketh his face to 
 shine, and the i^hardness of his face 
 
 2 is changed. I counsel thee. Keep the 
 king's command, and that in regard of 
 
 3 the oath of God. Be not hasty to go out 
 of his presence ; persist not in an evil 
 thing : for he doeth whatsoever pleas- 
 
 4 eth him. Because the king's word hath 
 power; and who may say unto him, 
 
 5 "WTiat doest thou ? Whoso keepeth the 
 commandm ent shall know no evil thing; 
 and a wise man's lieart discerneth time 
 
 G and judgement: for to every Hpurjiose 
 there is a time and judgement ; because 
 the 15 misery of man is great upon him : 
 
 7 for he knoweth not that which shall 
 be ; i6for who can tell him how it shall 
 
 8 be ? There is no man that hath power 
 over the I'sinrit to retain the i'' spirit; 
 neither hath he jjower over the day of 
 death; and there is no discharge I'^in 
 that war : neither shaU wickedness de- 
 
 9 Liver him that is given to it. All this 
 have I seen, and applied my heart unto 
 every work that is done under the sun : 
 '^^ there is a time wherein one man hath 
 power over another ^oto his hm't. 
 
 10 And withal I saw the wicked bm-ied, 
 21 and they came to the grave ; and they 
 that had done right went away from 
 the holy place, and were forgotten in 
 
 lithe city: this also is vanity. Because 
 sentence agamst an evil work is not ex- 
 ecuted speedily, therefore the heart of 
 the sons of men is 22fully set in them to 
 
 12 do evil. Though a sinner do evU. an 
 hundred times, andi)rolonghis£f(M/s, yet 
 sm-ely I know that it shall be well with 
 them that fear God, which fear before 
 
 13 him : but it shall not be weU with the 
 wicked, neither shall he prolong his 
 days, which are as a shadow; because 
 
 14 he feareth not before God. There is a 
 vanity which is done upon the earth; 
 that there be righteous men, unto 
 whom it happeneth accorduig to the 
 work of the wicked; again, there be 
 
 11 Or, 
 th« 
 
 wicked- 
 ness of 
 foUji, 
 and fool- 
 ishnvsi 
 wliicli is 
 luad- 
 nes8 
 
 "Or, 
 wU o is a 
 s'/are, 
 and her 
 heart is 
 as nett 
 
 12 Or 
 
 weiKning 
 one 
 thing 
 after 
 
 a not her, 
 to find 
 out th<i 
 reason 
 
 13 Heb. 
 strength. 
 
 "Or. 
 tiiatter 
 
 IS Or. 
 evil 
 nOr. 
 for even 
 whe7i it 
 Cometh 
 to pass t 
 who 
 shall 
 declure 
 it unto 
 him, I 
 
 17 Or, 
 wind 
 
 18 Or, 
 
 in battle 
 
 IS Or, 
 what 
 t ime 
 one man 
 had <&c. 
 
 20 Or, 
 to his 
 own 
 hurt 
 
 21 Or, 
 who had 
 c^me 
 and 
 gone 
 away 
 from 
 'the holy 
 place, 
 and they 
 were for- 
 gotten in 
 the city 
 where 
 they had 
 so done 
 Or, and 
 ^nen 
 came 
 and 
 went &c. 
 
 22 Or, 
 em- 
 boldened
 
 498 
 
 ECOLESIASTES. 
 
 8. 14. 
 
 'Or, 
 and 
 
 that this 
 should 
 accom- 
 pany 
 him 
 
 2 Or, 
 travail 
 
 3 Or, how 
 that nei- 
 ther by 
 day nor 
 by night 
 do men 
 see sleep 
 with 
 their 
 eyes 
 
 iSome 
 ancient 
 versions 
 read, 
 and to 
 the evil; 
 to the 
 chan &c. 
 
 SAnother 
 reading 
 is, For 
 who is 
 exempt- 
 ed) 
 With 
 all &c. 
 or, who 
 can 
 choose f 
 With all 
 
 «0i-, 
 
 Enjoy 
 
 IHeb. 
 
 See) life 
 
 ■'Or, 
 attain- 
 eth to do 
 by thy 
 strength, 
 that oo 
 
 SHeb. 
 Sheol. 
 
 wicked men, to whom it happeneth ac- 
 cording to the work of the righteous: 
 15 1 said that this also is vanity. Then I 
 commended mirth, because a man hath 
 no better thing under the sun, than to 
 eat, and to drink, and to be merry: 
 ifor that shall abide with him in his 
 laboiu- all the days of his life which 
 God hath given him under the sun. 
 
 16 When I applied mine heart to know 
 wisdom, and to see the ^business that 
 is done upon the earth: (^for also 
 there is that neither day nor night seeth 
 
 17 sleep with his eyes:) then I beheld all 
 the work of God, that man cannot iind 
 out the work that is done under the 
 sun: because however much a man 
 laboiu' to seek it out, yet he shaU not 
 find it; yea moreover, though a wise 
 man think to know it, yet shall he not 
 
 9 be able to find it. For all this I laid to 
 my heart, even to explore all this ; that 
 the righteous, and the wise, and their 
 works, are in the hand of God : whether 
 it be love or hatred, man knoweth it 
 
 2 not; all is before them. All things 
 come alike to all : there is one event to 
 the righteous and to the wicked ; to the 
 good * and to the clean and to the un- 
 clean; to him that sacrtficeth and to 
 him that sacrificeth not : as is the good, 
 so is the sinner; andhe that sweareth, 
 
 3 as he that f eareth an oath. This is an 
 evil in all that is done under the sun, 
 that there is one event unto all: yea 
 also, the heart of the sons of men is 
 full of evU, and madness is in then- 
 heart while they live, and after that 
 
 4 they go to the dead. ^ Por to hun that 
 is joined with all the living there is 
 hope : for a li'ving dog is better than a 
 
 5 dead lion.* For the living know that 
 they shall die : but the dead know not 
 any thmg, neither have they any more 
 a reward • for the memory of them is 
 
 6 forgotten. As well their love, as then- 
 hatred and their envy, is now perished ; 
 neither have they any more a jjortion 
 for ever in any thing that is done mider 
 the sun. 
 
 7 Go thy way, eat thy bread with joy, 
 and di-ink thy wine with a merry heart ; 
 for God hath already accepted thy 
 
 8 works. Let thy garments be always 
 white ; and let not thy head lack oint- 
 
 9ment. 6 Live joyfully with the wife 
 whom thou lovest all the days of the 
 life of thy vanity, which he hath given 
 thee under the sun, all the days of thy 
 vanity: for that is thy portion in life, 
 and in thy labour wherein thou labour- 
 
 10 est imder the sun. Whatsoever thy 
 hand 'fuideth to do, do it with thy 
 might ; for there is no work, nor device, 
 nor knowledge, nor wisdom, in ^the 
 grave, whither thou goest. 
 
 11 I retm-ned, and saw under the sun, 
 that the race is not to the swift, nor 
 the battle to the strong, neither yet 
 
 bread to the wise, nor yet riches to 
 men of understanding, nor yet favour 
 to men of skill; but time and chance 
 
 12 happeneth to them aU. For man also 
 knoweth not his time: as the fishes 
 that are taken in an evil net, and as the 
 birds that are caught in the snare, 
 even so are the sons of men snared in 
 an evil time, when it faUeth suddenly 
 upon them. 
 
 13 I have also seen wisdom under the sim 
 on this wise, and it seemed gi-eat imto 
 
 14 me : there was a little city, and few men 
 within it ; and there came a great king 
 against it, and besieged it, and built 
 
 15gi-eat bulwarks against it: now there 
 was found in it a poor wise man, and he 
 by his wisdom delivered the city ; yet no 
 man remembered that same poor man. 
 
 16 Then said I, Wisdom is better than 
 strength: nevertheless the poor man's 
 wisdom is despised, and his words are 
 not heard. 
 
 17 The words of the wise ^spoken in quiet 
 are heard more than the cry of him that 
 
 18 ruleth among fools. Wisdom is better 
 than weapons of war: but one sinner 
 
 lOdestroyeth much good. Dead flies 
 cause the ointment of the perfumer 
 10 to send forth a stinking savoiu-: so 
 doth a little foUy " outweigh wisdom 
 
 2 and honom*. A wise man's heart is 
 at his right hand; but a fool's heart 
 
 Sat his left. Yea also, when the fool 
 walketh by the way, his 12 understand- 
 ing f aileth him, and he saith i3 to every 
 
 4 one that he is a fool. If the spu-it of 
 the ruler rise up against thee, leave 
 not thy place; for 1^ yielding allayeth 
 
 5 great offences. There is an evil which 
 I have seen under the sun, as it were an 
 error which i^roceedeth from the ruler : 
 
 6 folly is set in gi-eat is dignity, and the 
 
 7 rich sit in low i^lace. I have seen serv- 
 ants upon horses, and princes walk- 
 Sing as servants upon the earth. He 
 
 that diggeth a pit shall f aU into it ; and 
 whoso breaketh through a fence, a ser- 
 9 pent shall bite him. Whoso i" he weth 
 out stones shall be hurt therewith ; and 
 he that cleaveth wood is endangered 
 
 10 thereby. If the iron be blunt, and one do 
 not whet the edge, then must he put to 
 more strength : but wisdom is profitable 
 
 11 to direct, w If the serpent bite i**before 
 it be chaiTned, then is there no advant- 
 
 12 age in I'^the charmer. The words of 
 a wise man's mouth are gracious ; but 
 the lips of a fool will swallow uj) him- 
 
 13 self. The beginning of the words of 
 his mouth is foolishness ; and the end 
 of 20iiis talk is mischievous madness. 
 
 14 A fool also multiplieth words : ijet man 
 knoweth not what shall be ; and that 
 which shall be after him, who can tell 
 
 15 him? The labour of fools wearieth 
 every one of them, for he knoweth not 
 
 16 how to go to the city. Woe to thee, 
 land, when thy king is a 21 child, 
 
 oOr, 
 heard in 
 quiet are 
 better 
 than &c. 
 
 10 Or. 
 to stink 
 and 
 putrefy 
 
 11 Or, 
 him that 
 is valued 
 for 
 wisdom 
 
 12 Heb. 
 heart. 
 
 13 Or, of 
 "Or, 
 gentle- 
 ness 
 leavcth 
 great 
 sins 
 und<yne 
 15 Hel). 
 heights. 
 
 l«Or, 
 
 moveth 
 stones 
 "Or, 
 Surely 
 the ser- 
 pent will 
 bite 
 where 
 there is 
 no en- 
 chant- 
 me^it, 
 and the 
 stan- 
 di- rer 
 is no 
 better 
 
 18 Heb. 
 without 
 enchant- 
 ment. 
 
 19 Heb. 
 the mas- 
 ter of 
 the 
 tongue. 
 
 20 Heb. 
 his 
 mouth. 
 
 21 Or, 
 servaTit
 
 1. 4. 
 
 THE SONG OF SONGS. 
 
 499 
 
 lOr, 
 
 free 
 man 
 
 2 Or, 
 
 raftcru 
 
 sink 
 
 SOr, 
 
 Send 
 forth 
 
 «Heb. 
 upon 
 the face 
 of the 
 waters. 
 
 5 Or. 
 Divide 
 aportion 
 into 
 seven, 
 yea, even 
 into 
 eight 
 
 6 Or, in 
 
 7 Or, 
 
 sjnrit 
 
 8 Or, 
 
 For 
 
 "Or, 
 and re- 
 tnember 
 
 10 Or, 
 vexation 
 Or, pro- 
 vocation 
 
 and thy princes eat in the morning 1 
 
 ITHaiijiy art thou, land, when tliy 
 
 king is itho son of nohles, and thy 
 
 princes cat in due season, for strength, 
 
 18 and not for drunkenness I By slotliful- 
 ness the 2ro()f sinkcth in; and through 
 idleness of tlie hands the house leaketh. 
 
 19 A feast is made for laughter, and wine 
 maketli glad the life: and money an- 
 
 20 swereth all things. Curse not the king, 
 no, not in thy thought ; and cm'se not 
 the rich in thy hedchamber : for a bird 
 of the air shall carry the voice, and that 
 which hath wings shall teU the matter. 
 
 11 8 Cast thy bread ^upou the waters: 
 for thou shalt find it after many days. 
 
 2^ Give a portion to seven, yea, even 
 unto eight ; for thou knowest not what 
 
 3 evil shall be upon the earth. If the 
 clouds be fuU of rain, they empty 
 themselves upon the earth: and if 
 a tree fall ''toward the south, or "to- 
 ward the north, in the place where the 
 
 '1 tree faUeth, there shall it be. He that 
 observeth the wind shall not sow ; and 
 he that regardeth the clouds shall not 
 
 5 reap. As thou knowest not what is 
 the way of the 'wind, nor how the 
 bones do grow in the womb of her 
 that is with child ; even so thou know- 
 est not the work of God who doeth all. 
 
 6 In the mornmg sow thy seed, and in 
 the evening withhold not thine hand : 
 for thou knowest not which shall pros- 
 lier, whether this or that, or whether 
 
 7 they both shall be alike good. Truly 
 the light is sweet, and a pleasant thing 
 it is for the eyes to behold the sun. 
 
 8^ Yea, if a man live many years, let 
 him rejoice in them all; "but let him 
 remember the days of darkness, for 
 they shall be many. All that cometh 
 is vanity. 
 9 Eejoice, O young man, in thy youth; 
 and let thy heart cheer thee in the 
 days of thy youth, and walk in the 
 ways of thine heart, and in the sight 
 of thine eyes : but know thou, that for 
 all these things God wUl bring thee 
 
 10 into judgement. Therefore remove 
 10 sorrow from thy heart, and jrat away 
 evU from thy flesh: for youth and 
 
 12 the prime of life are vanity. Ke- 
 member also thy Creator in the days 
 
 of thy youth, or ever the evU days 
 come, and the years draw nigh, when 
 tliou shalt say, I have no pleasure in 
 
 2 them ; or ever the sun, and tlie light, 
 and the moon, and the stars, he dark- 
 ened, and the clouds return after the 
 
 3 rain: in the day when the keepers of 
 the house shall tremble, and the strong 
 men shall bow themselves, and the 
 iigi-inders cease because they are few, 
 and those that look out of the wiud- 
 
 4 ows be darkened, and the doors shall 
 be shut in the street ; when the somid 
 of the gi-indiug is low, and one shall 
 rise up at the voice of a bml, and all 
 the daughters of music shall be brought 
 
 Slow; yea, they shall be afraid I'^^of that 
 ivliich is high, and terrors shall he in 
 the way; and the almond tree shall 
 blossom, and the grasshopper 13 shall 
 be a burden, and ^''the caper-berry 
 shall isfaU: because man goeth to his 
 long home, and the mom-ners go about 
 
 6 the streets : or ever the silver cord be 
 1'' loosed, or the golden bowl be broken, 
 or the pitcher be broken at the fount- 
 ain, or the wheel broken at the cistern ; 
 
 7 and the dust retm-n to the earth as it 
 was, and the sjiirit return unto God 
 
 8 who gave it. Vanity of vanities, saith 
 the Preacher ; all is vanity. 
 
 9 And further, because the Preacher 
 was wise, he stiU taught the people 
 knowledge; yea, he i' pondered, and 
 sought out, and set in order many 
 
 lOl^roverbs. The Pi'eacher sought to 
 find out i^acceiitable words, and that 
 which was written uprightly, even 
 words of truth. 
 
 11 The words of the wise are as goads, 
 and as naUs well fastened are the 
 words of the i^masters of assembhes, 
 which are given from one shepherd. 
 
 12 20 And furthermore, my son, be ad- 
 monished : of making many books there 
 is no end ; and much study is a weari- 
 ness of the flesh. 
 
 13 ^^This is the end of the matter; all 
 hath been heard: fear God, and keep 
 his commandments; for 22 this is the 
 
 14 whole duty of man. For God shaU 
 bring every work into judgement, 
 2=s with every hidden thing, whether it 
 be good or whether it be evil. 
 
 THE SONa OF SONGS. 
 
 1 The Song of songs, which is Solo- 
 mon's. 
 
 2 Let him kiss me with the kisses of his 
 
 mouth : 
 For thy love is better than wine. 
 
 3 Thine ointments have a goodly fra- 
 
 gi-ance ;. 
 Thy name is as ointment poured 
 
 forth ; 
 Therefore do the ^ virgins love thee. 
 
 4 Draw me ; we will run after thee : 
 
 "Or. 
 grhuUng 
 
 wi/mcn 
 
 12 Or. of 
 danger 
 from on 
 higU 
 
 13 Or, 
 shall 
 drmj 
 iUelf 
 along 
 
 1 » Or. 
 
 d4:fire 
 
 15 Or. 
 
 burst 
 
 leor, 
 
 snapped 
 
 asuiuiar 
 
 17 Or. 
 
 gave ear 
 
 18 Heb. 
 
 words of 
 delight'. 
 13 Or, 
 collect- 
 ors of 
 sentences 
 
 20 Or, 
 And as 
 for more 
 than 
 these, my 
 son, be 
 warned 
 
 21 Or. 
 Let us 
 hear the 
 conclu- 
 sion of 
 the whole 
 matter 
 
 22 Or, 
 
 this is 
 the duty 
 of all 
 ifieti 
 
 23 Or. 
 con- 
 certiing 
 
 lOr, 
 
 maiden i
 
 500 
 
 THE SONG OF SONGS. 
 
 1. 4. 
 
 lOr, 
 In up- 
 rightness 
 
 2 Or, 
 
 looked 
 upon 
 
 3 Most 
 
 ancient 
 
 \er5ions 
 
 have, 
 
 wander- 
 
 eth. 
 
 4 Or, my 
 
 frie^id 
 (and so 
 through- 
 out) 
 
 5 Or, 
 To the 
 speeds 
 Or, 
 
 To my 
 steed 
 
 t> Or, 6(1^ 
 
 7Keb. 
 copher. 
 
 8 Or, 
 
 Thou 
 
 haftt 
 
 doves' 
 
 eyes 
 
 BOr, 
 houses 
 10 Or, 0/ 
 cedar . . . 
 of fir 
 "Or, 
 cypresses 
 
 12Heb. 
 habaz- 
 zeletht 
 the au- 
 tumn 
 crocus. 
 13 Or, the 
 phiin 
 
 The king liatli brought me into his 
 
 chambers : 
 We will be glad and rejoice in thee, 
 We will make mention of thy love more 
 
 than of wine : 
 iKightly do they love thee. 
 
 R 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 
 
 swarthy. 
 
 Because the sun hath ^ scorched me. 
 
 My mother's sons were incensed a- 
 gainst me, 
 
 They made me keeper of the vine- 
 yards; 
 
 Tint mine own vineyard have I not 
 kept. 
 
 7 Tell me, thou whom my soul loveth, 
 Where thou feerlest thy flock, where 
 
 thou makest it to rest at noon: 
 For why should I be as one that ^is 
 
 veiled 
 Beside 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. 
 
 91 have compared thee, *my love, 
 6 To a steed in Pharaoh's chariots. 
 
 10 Thy cheeks are comely with plaits of 
 
 hair, 
 Tliy neck with strings of jewels. 
 
 11 We wiU make thee plaits of gold 
 With studs of silver. 
 
 12 Wliile the king sat at liis table. 
 
 My spikenard sent forth its fragrance. 
 
 13 My beloved is unto me as a ^ bundle of 
 
 myrrh. 
 That lieth betwixt my breasts. 
 
 14 My beloved is mito me as a cluster of 
 
 'henna-flowers 
 In the vineyards of En-gedi. 
 
 15 Behold, thou art fair, my love ; behold, 
 
 thou art fair ; 
 8 Thine eyes are as doves. 
 
 16 Behold, thou art fair, my beloved, yea, 
 
 pleasant : 
 Also our couch is green. 
 
 17 The beams of oui- ^house are i^cedars, 
 And our i-afters are nfixs. 
 
 2 I am a I'-rose of i'^ Sharon, 
 A lily of the valleys. 
 
 2 As a 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. 
 
 1*1 sat down under his shadow with 
 
 gi-eat delight. 
 And his fruit was sweet to my taste. 
 
 4 He brought me to the I'^jjanqueting 
 
 house. 
 And his banner over me was love. 
 
 5 Stay ye me with ^''raisins, comfort me 
 
 with apples : 
 For I am sick of love. 
 G 17 His left hand is under my head. 
 And his right hand doth embrace me. 
 
 71 adjure you, daughters of Jeru- 
 salem, 
 By the i^roes, and by the hinds of the 
 
 field. 
 That ye stir not uji, nor awaken love. 
 Until it please. 
 
 8 The voice of my beloved! behold, he 
 cometh. 
 Leaping upon the mountains, skipping 
 upon the hills. 
 9 My beloved is like a i^roe or a young 
 hart : 
 Behold, he standeth behind our wall. 
 He looketh in at the windows. 
 He 20 sheweth himself thi'ough the lat- 
 tice. 
 
 10 My beloved sjiake, 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 21 singing 0/ birds is 
 
 come, 
 And the voice of the turtle is heard in 
 our land ; 
 
 13 The fig tree ripeneth her green figs. 
 And the vines are in blossom. 
 They give forth their fragrance. 
 Arise, my love, my fair one, and come 
 
 away. 
 
 14 my dove, that art in the clefts of 
 
 the rock, in the covert of the steep 
 jjlace. 
 
 Let me see thy countenance, let me 
 hear thy voice ; 
 
 For sweet is thy voice, and thy coun- 
 tenance is comely. 
 
 15 Take us the foxes, the little foxes, that 
 
 si^oil the vineyards ; 
 For our vineyards are in blossom. 
 
 16 My beloved is mine, and I am his : 
 He feedeth hisflocJc among the lilies. 
 
 17 '■^- Until the day ^^he cool, and the 
 shadows flee away, 
 Tm'n, my beloved, and be thou like 
 
 a 19 roe or a young hart 
 Upon the ^imomitains of '^-'Bether. 
 3 By night on my bed I sought him 
 whom my soul loveth : 
 I sought him, but I found him not. 
 2 / said, I will I'ise now, and go about 
 the city, 
 In the streets and in the broad ways, 
 I wlU seek him whom my soul loveth : 
 I sought him, but I found him not. 
 
 H Heb. / 
 
 delight- 
 ed and 
 sat down 
 &c. 
 
 15 Heb. 
 horti^e of 
 wine. 
 
 1" Heb. 
 cakes of 
 raisins. 
 
 "Or, 
 
 Let his 
 left hand 
 be d-c. 
 
 18 Or, 
 gazelles 
 
 wOr, 
 gazeUe 
 
 a) Or. 
 
 glaneeth 
 
 through 
 
 21 Or, 
 pruning 
 of vines 
 
 22 Or, 
 Whin 
 the day 
 is cool 
 
 23 Or, 
 break 
 Heb. 
 breathe. 
 21 Or, 
 mount- 
 ains of 
 separa- 
 tion 
 
 2.') Per- 
 haps, the 
 spice 
 malo- 
 bathron.
 
 5. 2. 
 
 THE SONG OF SONGS. 
 
 501 
 
 1 Sc« cli. 
 li. 7. 
 
 2 Or, 
 car of 
 utatii 
 
 3 Or, 
 
 inlaid 
 
 4 Or, 
 
 Thou 
 hast 
 doiK-s' 
 eyes 
 
 5 Or, 
 locfcs 
 
 eOr, 
 
 appear 
 
 on 
 
 mount 
 
 Gilead 
 
 7 Or, 
 
 Wliich 
 are all 
 of theTn 
 in pairs 
 
 8 Or, 
 
 speech 
 
 3 Tlio watdimen that go about the city 
 
 found mo : 
 To 11'horii I said, Saw ye him whom 
 my soul loveth '? 
 
 4 It was but a little that I passed from 
 
 them, 
 
 Wlien I found him whom my soul 
 loveth : 
 
 I held him, and would not let him po. 
 
 Until I had brought huu into my 
 mother's house, 
 
 And into the chamber of her that con- 
 ceived me. 
 
 511 adjure you, daughters of Jeru- 
 salem, 
 
 By the roes, and by the hinds of the 
 field. 
 
 That ye stir not up, nor awaken love, 
 
 Until it please. 
 
 6 "Who is this that cometh up out of the 
 
 wilderness like pillars of smoke. 
 Perfumed with myi-rh and frankin- 
 cense, 
 With all powders of the merchant ? 
 
 7 Behold, it is the litter of Solomon ; 
 Threescore mighty men are about it. 
 Of the mighty men of Israel. 
 
 8 They aU handle the sword, and are 
 
 expert in war; 
 Every man hath his sword upon his 
 
 thigh. 
 Because of fear in the night. 
 
 9 King Solomon made himself a 2palau- 
 
 quin 
 Of the wood of Lebanon. 
 
 10 He made the pillars thereof of silver, 
 The bottom thereof of gold, the seat of 
 
 it of i^ui-ple. 
 The midst thereof being ^ paved with 
 
 love. 
 From the daughters of Jerusalem. 
 
 11 Go forth, O ye daughters of Zion, and 
 
 behold king Solomon, 
 With the crown vtherewith his mother 
 
 hath crowned him ui the day of his 
 • espousals. 
 And in the day of the gladness of his 
 
 heart. 
 
 4 Behold, thou art fair, my love ; behold, 
 
 thou art fair ; 
 * Thine eyes are as doves behind thy 
 
 ^veil: 
 Thy hair is as a flock of goats, 
 That *'lie along the side of mount 
 
 Gilead. 
 
 2 Thy teeth are like a flock 0/ ewes that 
 
 are newly shorn, 
 Which are com.e up from the wash- 
 
 hig; 
 ■? Whereof every one hath twins. 
 And none is bereaved among them. 
 
 3 Thy lips are like a thi-ead of scarlet. 
 And thy 8 mouth is comely: 
 
 Thy temples are like a piece of a 
 
 pomegranate 
 Behind thy ^ veU. 
 
 4 Thy neck is lik<! the tower of David 
 
 builded '-'for an armoury, 
 
 "Wlicreou there hang a thousand buck- 
 lers, 
 
 All tliu shields of the mighty men. 
 
 5 Thy two breasts are like two fawns 
 
 that are twins of a 'Oroe, 
 Whicli feed among tlio lilies. 
 Gil Until the day be cool, and the 
 
 shadows flee away, 
 I will get me to the mountaui of myrrh. 
 And to the hill of franliincense. 
 
 7 Thou art all fair, my love ; 
 And there is no spot in thee. 
 
 8 Come with me from Lebanon, mi/ bride. 
 With me from Lebanon : 
 
 12 Look from the top of Amana, 
 From the top of Senir and Hermon, 
 From the lions' dens. 
 From the mountains of the leopards. 
 
 9 Thou hast 13 ravished my heart, my 
 
 sister, my bride ; 
 Thou hast i^i-avished my heart with 
 
 i^oue of thine eyes. 
 With one chain of thy neck. 
 
 10 How fair is thy love, my sister, m.y bride! 
 How much better is thy love than winel 
 And the smell of thine ointments than 
 
 all manner of spices 1 
 
 11 Thy lips, O 7ny bride, i^di-op as the 
 
 honeycomb : 
 Honey and milk are under thy tongue ; 
 And the smell of thy garments is like 
 
 the smell of Lebanon. 
 
 12 A garden li'shut up is my sister, my 
 
 bride ; 
 A 1' spring shut up, a fountain sealed. 
 
 13 Thy shoots are i^an orchard of pome- 
 
 granates, with precious fruits ; 
 Henna with spikenard plants, 
 
 14 Spikenard and saffron. 
 
 Calamus and ciiuiamon, with all trees 
 
 of frankincense ; 
 Myrrh and aloes, with all the chief 
 
 spices. 
 
 15 Thou art a fountain of gardens, 
 A well of living waters. 
 
 And flowing streams from Lebanon. 
 
 16 Awake, north wuid ; and come, thou 
 
 south ; 
 Blow ujion my garden, that the spices 
 
 thereof may flow out. 
 Let my beloved come into his garden. 
 And eat his precious fruits. 
 
 5 I am come into my garden, my sister, 
 my bride: 
 I have gathered my myi-rh with my 
 
 19 
 
 spice ; 
 
 I have eaten my honeycomb with my 
 honey ; 
 
 I have tb-unk my wine with my milk. 
 
 Eat, O friends ; 
 
 Drink, yea, drink abundantly, 20 Q be- 
 loved. 
 
 2 21 1 was asleep, but my heart waked : 
 
 oOr, 
 
 Willi 
 
 t arret t 
 
 ii>Or. 
 gazclUi 
 
 ".Seech, 
 u. 17. 
 
 12 Or, Go 
 
 "Or, 
 ffivcn me 
 courage 
 
 nOr. 
 one ;ook 
 from 
 thine 
 eyi.t 
 
 15 Or, 
 
 drop 
 horu-j 
 
 11 Heh. 
 barred. 
 
 17 Or, 
 accord- 
 in;^ to 
 many 
 ancient 
 author- 
 ities, 
 garden 
 
 13 Or, a 
 paradise 
 
 1' Or. 
 baUum 
 
 20 Or, 
 of love 
 
 21 Or, / 
 sleep, but 
 mi/ heart 
 waketh
 
 502 
 
 THE SONG OF SONGS. 
 
 5. 2. 
 
 iHeb. 
 per/ccL 
 
 2Heb. 
 bowels. 
 
 3 Ac- 
 cording 
 to many 
 MSS., 
 within 
 me. 
 
 4 Or, 
 turned 
 away 
 6Heb. 
 
 wt-nt 
 forth. 
 
 6 Or, 
 vtii 
 
 'Heb. 
 What 
 will ye 
 tell him t 
 That <tc. 
 
 SHeb. 
 Marked 
 out by a 
 banner. 
 
 oOr, 
 curliTiy 
 
 10 Or, 
 siCtino 
 by full 
 breams 
 
 "Or. 
 
 balsam 
 
 12 Or, 
 towers 
 <if per- 
 fumes 
 
 13 Or, 
 
 cyllU' 
 ders 
 
 HOr, 
 
 topaz 
 15 Or, 
 bright 
 ivory 
 in Or, en- 
 crusted 
 I'Or, 
 speech 
 Heb. 
 palate. 
 
 It is the voice of my beloved that 
 knocketh, saying, 
 
 Open to me, my sister, my love, my 
 dove, my lundefiled: 
 
 For my head is filled with dew, 
 
 My locks with the drops of the night. 
 3 1 have put off my coat ; how shall I 
 put it on ? 
 
 I have washed my feet; how shall I 
 defile them? 
 4 My beloved put in his band by the 
 hole of the door. 
 
 And my ^ heart was moved sfor him. 
 5 1 rose up to open to my beloved ; 
 
 And my hands dropped with myrrh, 
 
 And my fingers with liquid myrrh, 
 
 Upon the handles of the bolt. 
 6 1 opened to my beloved ; 
 
 But my beloved had * withdrawn him- 
 self, and was gone. 
 
 My soul 5 had failed me when he spake : 
 
 I sought him, but I could not find him ; 
 
 I called him, but he gave me no an- 
 swer. 
 7 The watchmen that go about the city 
 found me. 
 
 They smote me, they wounded me ; 
 
 The keepers of the walls took away 
 my 6 mantle from me. 
 81 adjure you, O daughters of Jeru- 
 salem, if ye find my beloved, 
 
 'That ye teU him, that I am sick of 
 love. 
 
 9 What is thy beloved more than an- 
 other beloved, 
 
 O thou fairest among women ? 
 
 What is thy beloved more than an- 
 other beloved. 
 
 That thou dost so adjure us ? 
 
 10 My beloved is white and ruddy, 
 
 8 The chiefest among ten thousand. 
 
 11 His head is as the most fine gold, 
 His locks are "bushy, and black as a 
 
 raven. 
 
 12 His eyes are like doves beside the 
 
 water brooks ; 
 Washed with milk, and i*' fitly set. 
 13 His cheeks are as a bed of ^spices, as 
 12 banks of sweet herbs : 
 His lips are as lUies, dropping liquid 
 myrrh. 
 
 14 His hands are as i^ rings of gold set 
 
 with 1* beryl: 
 His body is as is ivory work is overlaid 
 vnth sapphires. 
 
 15 His legs are as pUlars of marble, set 
 
 upon sockets of fine gold : 
 His aspect is Uke Lebanon, excellent 
 
 as the cedars. 
 16 His 17 mouth is most sweet: yea, he is 
 
 altogether lovely. 
 This is my beloved, and this is my 
 
 friend, 
 daughters of Jerusalem. 
 
 6 Whither is thy beloved gone, 
 thou fairest among women ? 
 
 Whither hath thy beloved turned him. 
 That we may seek him with thee ? 
 
 2 My beloved is gone down to his gar- 
 den, to the beds of n spices. 
 To feed in the gardens, and to gather 
 liUes. 
 31^1 am my beloved's, and my beloved 
 is mine: 
 He feedeth his flock among the IQies. 
 
 4 Thou art beautiful, my love, as 
 
 Tu'zah, 
 Comely as Jerusalem, 
 Terrible as i^an army with banners. 
 
 5 Tm'n away thine eyes from me. 
 For they ^ohave overcome me. 
 21 Thy hair is as a flock of goats. 
 That lie along the side of Gilead. 
 
 6 22 Thy teeth are like a flock of ewes, 
 Which are come up from the washing ; 
 Whereof every one hath twins, 
 
 And none is Ijereaved among them. 
 
 7 23 Thy temples are like a piece of a 
 
 pomegranate 
 BehLud thy veil. 
 
 8 There are threescore queens, and four- 
 
 score concubines, 
 And 2* vu-gins without number. 
 9 My dove, my lundefiled, is hut one; 
 She is the only one of her mother ; 
 She is the 25 choice one of her that 
 
 bare her. 
 The daughters saw her, and called her 
 
 blessed ; 
 Yea, the queens and the concubines, 
 
 and they praised her. 
 
 10 Who is she that looketh forth as the 
 morning. 
 Fair as the moon, 
 
 26 Clear as the sun, 
 
 27 Terrible as an army with banners ? 
 
 11 1 went down into the garden of nuts, 
 To see the green plants of the valley. 
 To see whether the vine budded, 
 And the pomegranates were in flower. 
 
 12 Or ever I was aware, my 28soul 29set 
 
 me 
 Among the chariots of my soprincely 
 people. 
 
 13 Return, return, O Shulammite; 
 Return, retm-n, that we may look up- 
 on thee. 
 
 Why will ye look upon the Shulam- 
 mite, 
 As upon the dance ^lof Mahanaim? 
 
 7 How beautiful are thy 82 feet in san- 
 dals, O prince's daughter! 
 S3 The joints of thy thighs are like 
 
 jewels, 
 The work of the hands of a cunning 
 workman. 
 2 Thy navel is like a round goblet. 
 Wherein no mingled wine is wanting : 
 
 18 See ch. 
 ii. 16. 
 
 19 Heb. 
 
 ban- 
 nered 
 hosts. 
 
 20 Or, 
 Tnakeme 
 afraid 
 
 21 See ch. 
 iv. 1. 
 
 22 See ch. 
 iv. 2. 
 
 23 See ch. 
 iv. 3. 
 
 2»0r, 
 inaid*ms 
 
 25 Or, 
 
 purt 
 
 28 Or, 
 Pure 
 
 27 See 
 ver. 4. 
 
 ^Or, 
 desire 
 
 29 Or, 
 made me 
 lilce the 
 chariots 
 ofAtYvmi- 
 nadib 
 
 30 Or, 
 unlling 
 [Ch.vii.1 
 iu Ueb.] 
 
 31 Or, of 
 two com- 
 panies 
 
 32 Or, 
 
 steps 
 
 33 Or, 
 Thy 
 
 rounded 
 thiff/tJt
 
 8. 14. 
 
 THE SONG OF SONGS. 
 
 503 
 
 1 See cli. 
 
 2 Some 
 ixnciciit 
 versiims 
 have, 
 like 
 
 the pur- 
 ple of a 
 king, 
 bound 
 ic. 
 
 3Heb. 
 nose, 
 
 «Heb. 
 palate, 
 
 6Heb. 
 
 aright. 
 6 Or, 
 Causing 
 the lips 
 of those 
 that are 
 asleep to 
 move 
 or speak 
 
 7 Or, the 
 tender 
 grape 
 appear 
 
 8 See 
 Gen. XXX, 
 It 
 
 9 Or, 
 over 
 
 11 Or, 
 That 
 thou 
 ntig/ttest 
 
 "Or, 
 sweet 
 wi-nc 
 
 12 See ch. 
 ii. 6, 7. 
 
 Thy belly is like an hcai^ of wheat 
 Set about with lilies. 
 3 1 Thy two breasts are like two fawns 
 That are twins of a roe. 
 
 4 Thy neck is like the tower of ivory ; 
 Thine eyes as the pools in Heshbon, 
 
 by the gate of Bath-rabbim ; 
 Thy nose is like the tower of Lebanon 
 Wliich looketh toward Damascus. 
 
 5 Thine head upon thee is like Carmel, 
 And the hair of thine head ^like 
 
 purple ; 
 The king is held captive in the tresses 
 thereof. 
 G How fair and how pleasant art thou, 
 
 love, for delights ! 
 
 7 This thy stature is like to a pahn 
 
 tree. 
 And thy breasts to clusters of grapes. 
 8 1 said, I will climb up into the palm 
 
 tree, 
 
 1 will take hold of the branches there- 
 of: 
 
 Let thy breasts be as clusters of the 
 
 vine. 
 And the smell of thy ^ breath like 
 
 apples ; 
 9 And thy * mouth like the best wine, 
 That goeth down ^ smoothly for my 
 
 beloved, 
 c Gliding thi-ough the lips of those that 
 
 are asleep. 
 
 10 1 am my beloved's, 
 
 And his desire is toward me. 
 
 11 Come, my beloved, let us go forth into 
 
 the field ; 
 Let us lodge in the villages. 
 
 12 Let us get up early to the vineyards ; 
 Let us see whether the vine hath 
 
 budded, and 'its blossom be open. 
 And the pomegranates be in flower: 
 There will I give thee my love. 
 
 13 The ^mandrakes give forth fragrance. 
 And ^at our doors are all manner 
 
 of precious fruits, new and old. 
 Which I have laid up for thee, my 
 
 beloved. 
 8 Oh that thou wert as my brother, 
 That sucked the breasts of my mother! 
 When I should find thee without, I 
 
 would kiss thee ; 
 Yea, and none would despise me. 
 21 would lead thee, and bring thee 
 
 into my mother's house, 
 i^Who would instruct me; 
 I would cause thee to drink of spiced 
 
 wine, 
 Of the 11 juice of my pomegranate. 
 3 12 His left hand should he under my 
 
 head. 
 And his right hand should embrace 
 
 me. 
 
 41 adjure you, daughters of Jeru- 
 salem, 
 
 I'' That yo stir not uj), nor awaken 
 
 love. 
 Until it please. 
 
 5 Wlio is this that cometh up from the 
 
 wilderness. 
 Leaning upon her beloved? 
 
 Under the apple tree I awakened 
 
 thee: 
 There thy mother was in travail with 
 
 thee. 
 There was she in travail i^that brought 
 
 thee forth. 
 
 6 Set me as a seal upon thine heart, as 
 
 a seal uijon thine arm : 
 For love is strong as death ; 
 Jealousy is i^ cruel as K'the grave: 
 The flashes thereof are flashes of 
 
 fii-e, 
 I'A very flame of i^the Lord. 
 
 7 Many waters cannot quench love, 
 Neither can the floods drown it: 
 
 If a man would give all the substance 
 
 of his house for love, 
 13 He would utterly be contemned. 
 
 8 We have a little sister. 
 And she hath no breasts : 
 What shall we do for our sister 
 
 In the day when she shall be spoken 
 for? 
 
 9 If she be a wall, 
 
 We will build upon her ^Oa turret of 
 
 silver : 
 And if she be a door. 
 We wiU inclose her with boards of 
 
 cedar. 
 
 10 1 21 am a wall, and my breasts like the 
 towers thereof: 
 Then was I in his eyes as one that 
 found peace. 
 
 11 Solomon had a vineyard at Baal- 
 
 hamon ; 
 
 He let out the vineyard unto keep- 
 ers; 
 
 Every one for the fruit thereof was to 
 bring a thousand pieces of silver. 
 
 12 My vineyard, which is mine, is before 
 
 me: 
 Thou, O Solomon, slialt have the 
 
 thousand. 
 And those that keep the fruit thereof 
 
 two hundred. 
 
 13 Thou that dwellest in the gardens, 
 The companions hearken 22 for thy 
 
 voice : 
 Cause me to hear it. 
 
 14 23 Make haste, my beloved, 
 
 And be thou like to a 24 roe or to a 
 
 young hart 
 Upon the mountains of spices. 
 
 l3Heb. 
 Why 
 
 ghouldj/e 
 stir up I 
 or why 
 
 "Or, 
 and 
 
 15 Heb. 
 hard. 
 
 16 Heb. 
 Siheol. 
 
 "Or, 
 ,4 most 
 vehe- 
 ment 
 Jlame 
 
 1" Heb. 
 Jah. 
 
 19 Or 
 
 It 
 
 21 Or. 
 
 battle- 
 
 tnents 
 
 21 Or, 
 was 
 
 22 Or, to 
 
 23 Heb. 
 Flee. 
 
 21 Or. 
 
 gazellr
 
 lOr. 
 
 made 
 
 great 
 
 end 
 
 exalted 
 
 See 
 
 Ezek. 
 
 xxxL 4. 
 
 2 Or, 
 
 Why 
 skoiild 
 ye be 
 stricken 
 any 
 
 moref ye 
 will 
 revolt &c. 
 
 3 Or. 
 every 
 
 4 Or, 
 fresh 
 striiJC6 
 
 5 Or, as 
 the over- 
 throw of 
 Strang' 
 €rs 
 
 6 Or, 
 
 7 Or. 
 
 teachiitg 
 
 8 Or» a3 
 other- 
 wise 
 read, to 
 see my 
 face 
 
 6Heb. 
 ail obla- 
 tion of 
 vanittf. 
 
 10 Or, / 
 cannot 
 aivii'j 
 with ; 
 it is 
 
 inigxiitij, 
 even the 
 sohmm 
 meeting 
 
 11 Or, 
 cum- 
 bratv^e 
 
 THE BOOK OF THE PROPHET 
 
 ISAIAH. 
 
 1 The vision of Isaiah the son of 
 Amoz, which he saw concerning Jutlah 
 and Jerusalem, in the days of Uzziah, 
 Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, kings of 
 Judah. 
 
 2 Hear, O heavens, and give ear, 
 earth, for tlie Lord hath spoken: I 
 have 1 nourished and brought up child- 
 ren, and they have rebelled against 
 
 3 me. The ox knoweth his owner, and 
 the ass his master's crib: but Israel 
 doth not know, my jieople doth not 
 
 4 consider. Ah suifixl nation, a people 
 laden with iniquity, a seed of evil- 
 doers, children that deal corruptly: 
 they have forsaken the Lord, they 
 have despised the Holy One of Israel, 
 they are estranged ajid gone backward. 
 
 5 a Why will ye be still stricken, that 
 ye revolt more and more? ^the whole 
 head is sick, and 3 the whole heart 
 
 6 fault. From the sole of the foot even 
 unto the head there is no soundness 
 in it; hut wounds, and bruises, and 
 ■* festering sores : they have not been 
 closed, neither bound up, neither mol- 
 
 7 lified with oil. Your country is deso- 
 late ; your cities are burned with fire ; 
 your land, strangers devour it in yom- 
 presence, and it is desolate, ^as over- 
 
 8 thrown by strangers. And the daughter 
 of Zion is left as a booth in a vineyard, 
 as a lodge in a garden of cucumbers, 
 
 9 as a besieged city. Except the Lord 
 of hosts had left unto us a very small 
 remnant, we should have been as 
 Sodom, we should have been like mito 
 Gomorrah. 
 
 10 Hear the word of the Lord, ye 
 "rulers of Sodom; give ear unto the 
 'law of our God, ye people of Go- 
 
 llmorrah. To what purpose is the 
 multitude of yotir sacrifices unto me ? 
 saith the Lord : I am full of the 
 burnt offerings of rams, and the fat of 
 fed beasts; and I delight not in the 
 blood of bullocks, or of lambs, or of 
 
 12 he-goats. When ye come ^to appear 
 before me, who hath required this at 
 your hand, to trample my courts? 
 
 13 Bring no more 9 vain oblations; in- 
 cense is an abomination unto me; 
 new moon and sabbath, the calling of 
 assemblies, — I'^I cannot away with in- 
 
 I'liquity and the solemn meeting. Your 
 new moons and your appointed fen sts 
 my soul hateth: they are a n trouble 
 imto me; I am weary to bear them. 
 
 15 And when ye spread forth your hands, 
 I wUl hide mhie eyes from you: yea, 
 when ye make many prayers, I will 
 not hear : your hands are full of blood. 
 
 16 Wash you, make you clean ; put away 
 the evil of your domgs from before 
 
 17 mine eyes; cease to do evil: learn to 
 do well; seek judgement, 12 relieve the 
 oppressed, judge the fatherless, plead 
 for the widow. 
 
 18 Come now, and let us reason together, 
 saith the Lord : though your sins be as 
 scarlet, they shall be as white as snow ; 
 though they be red like crimson, they 
 
 19 shall be as wool. If ye be willing and 
 obedient, ye shall eat the good of the 
 
 20 land: but if ye refuse and rebel, ye 
 shall be devoui-ed with the sword : for 
 the mouth of the Lord hath spoken it. 
 
 21 How is the faithful city become an 
 harlot 1 she that was full of judge- 
 ment! righteousness lodged in her, 
 
 22 but now murderers. Thy silver is 
 become dross, thy wine mixed with 
 
 23 water. Thy princes are rebellious, 
 and companions of thieves ; every one 
 loveth gifts, and foUoweth after re- 
 wards : they judge not the fatherless, 
 neither doth the cause of the widow 
 come mito them. 
 
 24 Therefore saith the Lord, the Lord 
 of hosts, the Mighty One of Israel, 
 Ah, I will ease me of mine adversaries, 
 
 25 and avenge me of mine enemies : and 
 I will 13 turn my hand upon thee, and 
 iHhi-oughly purge away thy dr'oss, 
 
 26 and will take away all thy i" tin: and 
 I will restore thy judges as at the 
 first, and thy counsellors as at the 
 beginning: afterward thou shalt be 
 called The city of righteousness, the 
 
 27 faithful city. Zion shall be redeemed 
 with judgement, and isjjer converts 
 
 28 with righteousness. But the I'de- 
 sti-uction of the transgressors and tlie 
 sinners shall bo together, and they 
 that forsake the Lord shall be con- 
 
 29sumed. For they shall be ashamed 
 of the IS oaks which ye have desii-ed, 
 and ye shall be confounded for the 
 
 30 gardens that ye have chosen. For ye 
 shall be as I'^an oak whose leaf fadeth, 
 and as a garden that hath no water. 
 
 31 And the strong shall be as tow, and 
 his work as a spark; and they shall 
 both burn together, and none shall 
 quench them. 
 
 v- Or, 
 set ri'jht 
 the op- 
 pressor 
 
 13 Or, 
 brintj 
 mi/ haTid 
 again 
 li Heb. 
 as with 
 I lie. 
 15 Or, 
 allot) 
 
 16 Or, 
 
 thetj that 
 
 retiim 
 
 ofhir 
 
 n Heb. 
 
 break- 
 
 imj. 
 
 18 Or, 
 tere- 
 binths 
 
 19 Or, a 
 terebinth
 
 3. 16. 
 
 ISAIAH. 
 
 505 
 
 I See 
 Mieih 
 iv, 1-3. 
 
 ■■:<)r. at 
 fhe head 
 
 SOr, 
 
 iTistrtK- 
 
 lion 
 
 4 Or, 
 among 
 
 5 Or, de- 
 clde con- 
 curninij 
 
 SOr, 
 
 howeth 
 
 dovnl 
 
 7 Or, 
 
 hum- 
 
 blcth 
 
 himsel/ 
 
 8 Or, the 
 Lord of 
 hosts 
 hatha 
 day 
 
 "Or, 
 watch- 
 towers 
 
 10 Heb. 
 dust. 
 
 2 The word that Isaiah the sou of 
 Amoz saw conceruing Judah and Ju- 
 nisakiin. 
 
 '2 1 And it shall come to pass in the latter 
 days, that the moiiiitain of the Lord's 
 house shall bo established '-^in the top 
 of the mountains, and shall be exalted 
 above the hills ; and all nations shall 
 
 3 flow unto it. And many peoples shall 
 go and say. Come ye, and let us go 
 up to the mountain of the Lord, to the 
 house of the God of Jacob ; and he will 
 teach us of his ways, and we will walk 
 in his paths : for out of Zion shall go 
 forth ''the law, and the word of the 
 
 4 Lord from Jerusalem. And he shall 
 judge ^between the nations, and shall 
 6 reprove many peoples; and they shall 
 beat their swords into plowshares, and 
 their spears into pruninghooks : nation 
 shall not lift up sword against nation, 
 neither shall they learn war any more. 
 
 5 house of Jacob, come ye, and let us 
 
 6 walk in the light of the Lord. For thou 
 hast forsaken thy people the house of 
 Jacob, because they be filled vnth cus- 
 toms from the east, midure soothsay«rs 
 like the Philistines, and they strike 
 hands with the children of strangers. 
 
 7 Theu'land also is full of silver and gold, 
 neither is there any end of their treas- 
 ures ; then- land also is full of horses, 
 neither is there any end of their 
 
 8 chariots . Their land also is full of idols ; 
 they worship the work of their own 
 hands, that which their own fingers 
 
 9 have made. And the mean man cis 
 bowed down, and the great man 'is 
 brought low: therefore forgive them 
 
 10 not. Enter into the rock, and hide thee 
 in the dust, from before the terror of 
 the Lord, and from the glory of his 
 
 11 majesty. The lofty looks of man shall 
 be brought low, and the haughtiness 
 of men shall be bowed down, and the 
 Lord alone shall be exalted in that day. 
 
 12 For 8 there sliaU be a day of the Lord 
 of hosts upon all that is i^roud and 
 haughty, and upon all that is lilted up ; 
 
 13 and it shall be brought low : and upon 
 aU the «edars of Lebanon, that are 
 high and lifted up, and upon all the 
 
 14 oaks of Bashan ; and ujion all the high 
 mountains, and upon all the hiUs that 
 
 15 are lifted up; and upon every lofty 
 tower, and upon every fenced wall; 
 
 16 and ujion all the ships of Tarshish, 
 
 17 and iipon all i^leasant '^imagery. And 
 the loftiness of man shall be bowed 
 down, and the haughtiness of men 
 shall be brought low; and the Lord 
 alone shall be exalted in that day. 
 
 18 And the idols shall utterly pass away. 
 
 19 And men shaU go into the caves of 
 the rocks, and into the holes of the 
 Inearth, from before the terror of 
 the Lord, and from the glory of his 
 majesty, when he ariseth to shake 
 
 '20 mightily the earth. In that day a man 
 
 shall cast away his idols of silver, and 
 hi.s idols of gold, which they made for 
 him to worship, to the moles and to 
 
 21 the bats; to go into the caverns of 
 the rocks, and into the clefts of the 
 ragged rocks, from before the terror 
 of the Lord, and from the glory of 
 his majesty, when he ariseth to shake 
 
 22 mightily the earth, ii Cease ye from 
 man, whose breath is in his nostrils : 
 for wherein is he to be accounted of ? 
 
 3 For, behold, the Lord, the Lord of 
 hosts, doth take away from Jerusalem 
 and from Judah stay and staff, the whole 
 stay of bread, and the whole stay of 
 
 2 water; the mighty man, and the man 
 of war ; the judge, and the jiroijliet, and 
 
 8 the diviner, and the ^'^ ancient ; the capt- 
 ain of fifty, and the honourable man, 
 and the counsellor, and the cumiing 
 1" artificer, and the skilful enchanter. 
 
 4 And I wiU give children to be their 
 princes, and i^ babes shall rule over 
 
 5 them. And the people shall be op- 
 pressed, every one by another, and 
 evei-y one by his neighbour : the child 
 shall behave himself proudly against 
 the 12 ancient, and the base against the 
 
 6 honourable. When a man shall take 
 hold of his brother in the house of his 
 father, saying, Thou hast clothing, be 
 thou our 15 ruler, and let this ruin bo 
 
 7 under thy hand : in that day shall he 
 lift up his voice, saying, I will not be 
 i^an healer ; for in my house is neither 
 bread nor clotliing: ye shall not make 
 
 8 me ruler of the people. For Jerasa- 
 lem is ruined, and Judah is fallen : be- 
 cause their tongue and their doings 
 are against the Lord, to provoke the 
 
 9 eyes of his glory. i^The shew of 
 their countenance doth witness against 
 them; and they declare their sin as 
 Sodom, they hide it not. Woe imto 
 their souli for they have i^^rewarded 
 
 10 evil unto themselves. Say ye of the 
 righteous, that it shall he well inith 
 him: for they shall eat the fruit of 
 
 11 their doings. Woe unto the wicked! 
 it shall 6e ill irifh h im : for the i^ reward 
 
 12 of his hands shall be ^Ogiven him. As 
 for my people, children are their op- 
 pressors, and women rule over them. 
 O my people, they which lead thee 
 cause thee to err, and 21 destroy the 
 
 13 way of thy paths. The Lord standeth 
 up to plead, and standeth to judge the 
 
 14 22 peoples. The Lord will enter into 
 judgement with the elders of his peo- 
 l^le, and the in-inces thereof: It is ye 
 that have eaten up the vineyard ; the 
 
 1 5 spoil of the i^oor is in your houses : what 
 mean ye that ye crush my people, and 
 grind the face of the poor ? saith the 
 Lord, the Lord of hosts. 
 
 16 Moreover the Lord said. Because 
 the daughters of Zion are haughty, 
 and walk with stretched forth necks 
 and wanton eyes , walking and 
 
 "The 
 
 Sept. 
 
 omits 
 
 this 
 
 verse. 
 
 12 Or, 
 elder 
 
 13 Or, 
 chunner 
 
 "Or, 
 with 
 
 childish- 
 ness shtill 
 they rale 
 over 
 them 
 
 15 Or. 
 Jiidye 
 
 18 Heb. 
 a bind<ir 
 up. 
 
 I'Or, 
 Their 
 respect- 
 ing of 
 persons 
 doth ic. 
 
 180r, 
 done 
 
 19 Or, 
 doing 
 
 20 Heb. 
 done to 
 liirn. 
 
 21 Hell. 
 
 stctUtoic 
 
 up. 
 
 2= Or, 
 2teopl*i
 
 506 
 
 ISAIAH. 
 
 3. 16. 
 
 •Or, 
 
 Tietworks 
 
 2 Or, 
 chains 
 
 3Heb. 
 mi'jht. 
 
 4 Or, 
 
 emptied 
 
 5 Or. 
 
 shoot 
 
 Or, 
 
 sprout 
 
 6 Or, 
 earth 
 'Or, 
 majestic 
 
 'Or, 
 unto life 
 
 a Or, 
 blast 
 
 10 Or. 
 every 
 diveilintj 
 place 
 
 " Or, o/ 
 
 12 Heb. « 
 horn, the 
 son o/oil. 
 
 13 Or, 
 digged it 
 
 "Or, 
 winefat 
 
 mincing as they go, and making a tink- 
 
 17 ling with thuir feet : therefore the Lord 
 wUl smite with a scab the crown of the 
 head of the daughters of Zion, and the 
 Lord will lay bare their secret parts. 
 
 18 lu that day the Lord wiU take away the 
 bravei-y of their anklets, and the ^ cauls, 
 
 19 and the crescents; the pendants, and 
 
 20 the 2 bracelets, and the mufflers; the 
 
 headtii'es, and the ankle chains, and the 
 
 sashes, and the perfume boxes, and the 
 
 21 amulets ; the rings, and the nose jewels ; 
 
 22 the festival robes, and the mantles, and 
 
 23 the shawls, and the satchels ; the hand 
 mirrors, and the tine linen, and the 
 
 24 turbans, and the veils. And it shall 
 come to iiass, that instead of sweet 
 spices there shall be rottemiess; and 
 instead of a girdle a rope ; and instead 
 of well set hair bahhiess ; and instead 
 of a stomacher a girding of sackcloth : 
 
 25 branding instead of beauty. Thy men 
 shall fall by the sword, and thy ^ mighty 
 
 26 iji the war. And her gates shall lament 
 and mourn; and she shall be * desolate 
 
 4 and sit upon the gi'ound. And seven 
 women shall take hold of one man in 
 that day, saying. We will eat our own 
 bread, and wear our own apparel : only 
 let us be called by thy name ; take thou 
 away our reproach. 
 
 2 In that day shall the ^ branch of the 
 Lord be beautiful and glorious, and 
 the fruit of the ^land shall be 'excel- 
 lent and comely for them that are 
 
 3 escaped of Israel. And it shall come 
 to pass, that he that is left in Zion, 
 and he that remaineth in Jerusalem, 
 shall be called holy, even every one 
 that is written 8 among the Hviug in 
 
 4 Jerusalem : when the Lord shall have 
 washed away the filth of the daughters 
 of Zion, and shall have pm'ged the 
 blood of Jerusalem from the midst 
 thereof, by the "spirit of judgement, 
 
 5 and by the 9 spirit of burnmg. And the 
 Lord wUl create over i^the whole hab- 
 itation of mount Zion, and over her 
 assemblies, a cloud and smoke by day, 
 and the shinmg of a flaming fire by 
 night : for over all the gloi-y shall he 
 
 6 spread a canopy. And there shall be a 
 pavilion for a shadow in the day-time 
 from the heat, and for a refuge and for 
 a covert from storm and from rain. 
 
 5 Let me sing ufor my wellbeloved a 
 song of my beloved touching his vine- 
 yard. My weUbeloved had a vineyard 
 
 2 in 12 a very fruitful hUl: and he i^made 
 a trench about it, and gathered out 
 the stones thereof, and planted it with 
 the choicest vine, and built a tower in 
 the midst of it, and also hewed out a 
 1* winepress therein : and he looked that 
 it should bring forth grajies, and it 
 
 3 brought forth wild grapes. And now, 
 O inhabitants of Jerusalem and men 
 of Judah, judge, I pray you, betwixt 
 
 4 me and my vineyard. What could 
 have been done more to my vineyard, 
 that I have not done in it '? wherefore, 
 when I looked that it should bring 
 forth grapes, brought it forth wild 
 
 5 grapes? And now go to; I wiU teU 
 you what I wUl do to my vineyard : I 
 will take away the hedge thereof, and 
 it shall be is eaten up; I wiU break 
 down the fence thereof, and it shaU 
 
 6 be trodden down: and I wUl lay it 
 waste; it shaU not be pruned nor 
 hoed; but there shaU come up briers 
 and thorns: I vnO. also command the 
 clouds that they rain no rain upon 
 
 7 it. For the vineyard of the Lord of 
 hosts is the house of Israel, and the 
 men of Judah i^his jjleasant plant: 
 and he looked for judgement, but be- 
 hold 17 oppression; for righteousness, 
 but behold a cry. 
 
 8 Woe unto them that join house to 
 house, that lay field to field, tUl there 
 be no room, and ye be made to dweU 
 
 9 alone in the midst of the land! In 
 mine ears saith the Lord of hosts. Of 
 a truth many houses shaU be desolate, 
 even great and fair, without iuhabit- 
 
 10 ant. For ten acres of vLaeyard shaU 
 yield one bath, and a is homer of seed 
 shaU yield hut an ephah. 
 
 11 Woe unto them that rise up early in 
 the morning, that they may foUow 
 strong di-ink ; that tarry late into the 
 
 12 night, tUl wine inflame them! And 
 the harp and the lute, the tabret and 
 the pipe, and wine, are in their feasts : 
 but they regard not the work of the 
 Lord, neither have they considered 
 
 13 the operation of his hands. There- 
 fore my 2)eople are gone into captivity, 
 for lack of knowledge: and is their 
 honoui-able men are famished, and 
 then- multitude are parched with thh-st. 
 
 14 Therefore sojjeU hath enlarged her 
 desu'e, and opened her mouth without 
 measure: and their glory, and then- 
 multitude, and their ^iponip, and he 
 that rejoiceth among them, descend 
 
 15 into it. And the mean man is bowed 
 down, and the great man is humbled, 
 and the eyes of the lofty are humbled : 
 
 16 but the Lord of hosts is exalted in 
 judgement, and God the Holy One is 
 
 17 sanctified in righteousness. Then shaU 
 the lambs feed as in their pasture, and 
 the waste i)laces of the fat ones shall 
 22 wanderers eat. 
 
 18 Woe unto them that draw iniquity 
 with cords of vanity, and sin as it 
 
 19 were with a cart rope : that say. Let 
 biin make sliced, let him hasten his 
 work, that we may see it : and let the 
 counsel of the Holy One of Israel draw 
 nigh and come, that we may know it ! 
 
 20 Woe mito them that call evU good, 
 and good evU; that put darkness for 
 light, and light for darkness ; that put 
 bitter for sweet, and sweet for bitter! 
 
 15 Or, 
 Imriit 
 
 16 Heb. 
 tlicplatit 
 of his 
 delight. 
 
 17 Or, 
 shedding 
 of blood 
 
 18 See 
 Ezek. 
 xlv. 11. 
 
 10 Heb. 
 thfir 
 glory a re 
 men of 
 famine. 
 
 20 Or, the 
 grave 
 Heb. 
 Sheol. 
 See Gen. 
 xxxvii. 
 3.5. 
 
 21 Or, 
 tumidt 
 
 22 Or. 
 
 Strang. 
 
 era
 
 7. 10. 
 
 ISAIAH. 
 
 507 
 
 'Or, 
 leachinff 
 
 2Heb. 
 him. 
 lUeb.he, 
 and in 
 the fol- 
 lowing 
 verses. 
 
 4 Or, 
 over 
 
 5 Accord- 
 ing to the 
 Massor- 
 etic text, 
 behold 
 dark- 
 ness ; 
 distress 
 and 
 U;lht : 
 itisdark 
 i:c. 
 "Or. 
 skirts 
 
 7Heb. 
 the 
 
 fulness 
 of the 
 wholii 
 earth 
 is his 
 gl(.ry. 
 
 B Or, hot 
 stone 
 
 21 Woe mito tliem tliat are wise in 
 tlieir own eyes, and pnuleut iii tlieir 
 own siglit 1 
 
 •2'2 Woe unto them that are miglity to 
 drink wine, and men of strength to 
 
 23 mingle strong drink: which justify the 
 wicked for a reward, and tuke away the 
 righteousness of the righteous from 
 
 241mu! Therefore as the tongue of fire 
 devoureth tlie stuhhle, and as tlie cky 
 gi-ass sinketh down in the flame, so 
 theii- root shall be as rottenness, and 
 their blossom shall go up as dust: 
 because they have rejected the ^law 
 of the Lord of hosts, and despised the 
 word of the Holy One of Israel. 
 
 25 Therefore is the anger of the Lord 
 kindled agauist his people, and he hath 
 stretched forth his hand against them, 
 and hath smitten them, and the hiUs 
 did tremble, and their carcases were as 
 refuse in the midst of the streets. For 
 all this his anger is not tm-ned away, 
 but his hand is stretched out still. 
 
 26Aik1 he wiU lift up an ensign to the 
 nations from far, and wQl hiss for 
 2 them from the end of the earth: and, 
 behold, 3 they shaU come with speed 
 
 27 swiftly : none shall be weary nor stum- 
 ble among them; none shall slumber 
 nor sleep; neither shall the girdle of 
 their loins be loosed, nor the latchet of 
 
 28 theii- shoes bebroken : whose arrows are 
 sharp, and all their bows bent; then- 
 horses' hoofs shall be counted like tlhit, 
 
 29 and then- wheels Uke a wMrlwiud : their 
 roaruig shall be hke a lion, they shall 
 roar hke yomig lions : yea, they shall 
 roar, and lay hold of the prey, and can-y 
 it away safe, and there shall be none to 
 
 30 deliver. And they shall roar * agauist 
 them in that day Uke the roaring of the 
 sea : and if one look unto the land, 5 be- 
 hold darkness and distress, and the light 
 is darkened in the clouds thereof. 
 
 6 In the year that king TJzziah died I 
 saw the Lord sitting upon a throne, 
 high and Hfted up, and his etram filled 
 
 2 the temple. Above him stood the 
 seraphim: each one had six wings; 
 with twain -he covered his face, and 
 with twain he covered his feet, and with 
 
 3 twain he did fly. And one cried unto 
 another, and said. Holy, holy, holy, is 
 the Lord of hosts: 'the whole earth 
 
 4 is fuU of his glory. And the fomid- 
 ations of the thresholds were moved 
 at the voice of him that cried, and 
 the house was filled with smoke. 
 
 5 Then said I, Woe is me 1 for I am un- 
 done ; because I am a man of unclean 
 lips, and I dwell in the midst of a 
 jjeople of unclean lips : for mine eyes 
 have seen the King, the Lord of hosts. 
 
 6 Then flew one of the seraphim unto 
 me, having a siive coal in his hand, 
 which he had taken with the tongs 
 
 7 from off the altar : and he touched my 
 
 nioutli with it, and said, Lo, this hath 
 touclied thy lips; and thiiio iniquity 
 is taken away, and thy sin '•* purged. 
 
 8 And I heard the voice of the Lord, 
 saying, Whom shall I send, and who 
 will go for us ? Then I said, Here am 
 
 9 1 ; send me. And he said. Go, and 
 teU this i^eoijle. Hear ye lohideed, but 
 understand not; and see ye loiudeed, 
 
 10 but perceive not. Make the heart of 
 this people fat, and make their ears 
 heavy, and shut their eyes; lest they 
 see wath their eyes, and hear with 
 then- ears, and n understand with their 
 heart, and tuni agaui, and bo healed. 
 
 11 Then said I, Lord, how long? And 
 he answered. Until cities be waste 
 without iidiahitant, and houses with- 
 out man, and the land become utterly 
 
 12 waste, and the Lord have removed 
 men far away, and the forsaken jilaces 
 
 13 be many in the midst of the land. I'^And 
 if there bo yet a tenth in it, it shall 
 agam be i3 eaten up : as a terebinth, and 
 as an oak, !■* whose i^ stock remaineth, 
 when they ^i^are felled; so the holy 
 seed is the ^^ stock thereof. 
 
 7 And it came to pass in the days of 
 Ahaz the son of Jotham, the son of 
 Uzziah, king of Judah, that Reziu the 
 king of Syria, and Pekah the son of 
 Eemahah, king of Israel, went up to 
 Jerusalem to war against it ; but could 
 
 2 not prevail against it. And it was 
 told the house of David, saying, Syria 
 i"is confederate with Ei3hraim. And 
 his heart was moved, and the heart of 
 his people, as the trees of the forest 
 are moved with the whid. 
 
 3 Then said the Lord unto Isaiah, Go 
 forth now to meet Ahaz, thou, and 
 i« Shear- jashub thy son, at the end of 
 the conduit of the upper pool, in the 
 
 4 high way of the fuller's field; and say 
 unto him, Take heed, and be quiet; 
 fear not, neither let thine heart be 
 faint, because of these two taOs of 
 smoking firebrands, for the fierce 
 anger of Eezin and Syria, and of the 
 
 5 son of Eemaliah. Because Sjrria hath 
 counseDed evil agamst thee, Ephraim 
 also, and the son of Eemaliah, saying, 
 
 6 Let us go 111) against Judah, and vex 
 it, and let us make a breach therein 
 for us, and set up a king ui the midst 
 
 7 of it, even the son of Tabeel : thus 
 saith the Lord God, It shall not 
 stand, neither shall it come to pass. 
 
 8 For the head of Syria is Damascus, 
 and the head of Damascus is Eezin: 
 and within threescore and five years 
 shaU Ephraim be broken in pieces, 
 
 9 that it be not a people : and the head 
 of Ephraim is Samaria, and the head 
 of Samaria is Eemahah's son. If ye 
 will not behave, surely ye shall not be 
 estabhshed. 
 
 10 And the Lord spake agahi vmto 
 
 9 Or, 
 exj/iated 
 
 10 Or, 
 con- 
 tinuaZti/ 
 
 11 Or, 
 
 their 
 
 heart 
 
 should 
 
 under- 
 
 stand 
 
 12 Or, 
 But yet 
 in it 
 shall be 
 a tenths 
 and it 
 shall 
 return, 
 and 
 shall be 
 eaten up 
 
 13 Or. 
 
 burnt 
 
 14 Or, 
 whose 
 sub- 
 stance is 
 in thetn 
 
 15 Or, 
 sub- 
 stance 
 IS Or. 
 cast their 
 leaves 
 
 n Heb. 
 resteth 
 on Eph- 
 raim. 
 
 18 That 
 is, A 
 remnant 
 shall 
 return.
 
 508 
 
 ISAIAH. 
 
 7. 10. 
 
 1 Ac- 
 cording 
 to some 
 ancient 
 author- 
 ities, 
 make it 
 deep 
 unto 
 Sheol. 
 
 2 Or, the 
 
 3 Or, 
 
 maiden 
 
 i Or, is 
 
 with 
 
 child, 
 
 and 
 
 bear- 
 
 eth 
 
 STliatis, 
 
 God is 
 
 with us. 
 
 6 Or, 
 
 Curds 
 
 'Or, 
 
 that he 
 
 may 
 
 know 
 
 sOr, 
 rugged 
 
 oOr, 
 bushes 
 
 10 Or, 
 where 
 never 
 came the 
 fear of 
 briers 
 and 
 thorns, 
 sJtall be 
 ic. 
 
 Or, there 
 shall not 
 come 
 thither 
 flie 
 
 ff.ar. .. 
 hut it 
 sluill be 
 &c. 
 
 11 Or. in 
 cmnTnon 
 charac- 
 ters 
 
 WTiiatis, 
 The spoil 
 speedt'th, 
 the -prey 
 hasteth. 
 
 11 Aliaz, saying, Ask thee a sign of the 
 Lord thy God; lask it either in the 
 
 12 depth, or in the height above. But 
 Ahaz said, I wiU not ask, neither wiU 
 
 13 1 tempt the Lord. And he said, Hear 
 ye now, O house of David ; is it a small 
 thing for you to weary men, that ye 
 
 14 will weary my God also ? Therefore 
 the Lord himself shall give you a 
 sign; behold, 2 a s virgin * shall con- 
 ceive, and bear a son, and shall call 
 
 15 his name -^Immanuel. "Bntter and 
 honey shall he eat, 'when he know- 
 etli to refuse the evD, and choose 
 
 16 the good. For before the child shall 
 know to refuse the evil, and choose 
 the good, the land whose two kings 
 
 17 thou abhorrest shall be forsaken. The 
 Lord shall bring upon thee, and upon 
 thy peoj)le, and upon thy father's 
 house, days that have not come, from 
 the day that Ephi-aini departed from 
 Judah ; even the king of Assyi'ia. 
 
 18 And it shall come to pass in that 
 day, that the Lord shall hiss for the 
 fly that is in the uttermost part of the 
 rivers of 'Egypt, and for the bee that 
 
 19 is in the land of Assyria. And they 
 shall come, and shaU rest all of them 
 in the s desolate valleys, and in the 
 holes of the rocks, and upon all thorns, 
 and upon aU -'pastures. 
 
 20 In that day shall the Lord shave 
 with a razor that is hired, wJiich is in 
 the parts beyond the Eiver, even with 
 the king of Assyria, the head and the 
 hair of the feetj and it shall also con- 
 sume the beard. 
 
 21 And it shall come to pass in that 
 day, that a man shall uom-ish a young 
 
 22 cow, and two sheep; and it shall come 
 to pass, for the abmidance of milk that 
 they shall give he shall eat butter : for 
 butter and honey shall every one eat 
 that is left in the midst of the land. 
 
 23 And it shall come to pass in that day, 
 that every place, where there were a 
 thousand vines at a thousand silver- 
 lings, shall even be for briers and 
 
 24 thorns. With arrows and with bow 
 shall one come thither ; because all the 
 
 25 land shall be briers and thorns. And 
 all the hOls that were digged with the 
 mattock, lothou shalt not come thither 
 for fear of briers and thorns, but it 
 shall be for the senduig forth of oxen, 
 and for the treadiug of sheep. 
 
 8 And the Lord said imto me, Take 
 thee a great tablet, and write upon it 
 11 with the pen of a man. For I'^Maher- 
 
 2 shalal-hash-baz ; and I wiU take mito 
 me faithful witnesses to record, Uriah 
 the priest, and Zechariah the son of 
 
 3 Jeberechiah. And I went imto the 
 prophetess; and she conceived, and 
 bare a son. Then said the Lord unto 
 me. Call his name Maher-shalal-hash- 
 
 4baz. For before the chUd shall have 
 
 knowledge to cry. My father, and. My 
 mother, the riches of Damascus and 
 the spoil of Samaria shaU be carried 
 away before the kmg of Assyria. 
 
 5 And the Lord spake rmto me yet 
 
 6 again, saying. Forasmuch as this peo- 
 jile hath refused the waters of Shiloah 
 that go softly, i^aud rejoice i^in Eezin 
 
 7 and Remaliah's son ; now therefore, be- 
 hold, the Lord bringeth up upon them 
 the waters of the Eiver, strong and 
 many, even the kmg of Assyria and all 
 his glory: and he shall come uji over 
 aU ills channels, and go over all his 
 
 8 banks : and he shall sweep onward 
 into Judah ; he shall overflow and pass 
 through; he shall reach even to the 
 neck; and the stretching out of his 
 wings shall fill the breadth of thy 
 land, 15 Immanuel. 
 
 9 I'' Make an uproar, O ye peoples, and 
 ye shall be broken in pieces; and 
 give ear, all ye of far coimtries : gird 
 yourselves, and ye shall be broken in 
 pieces; gird yourselves, and ye shall 
 
 lObe broken in pieces. Take coimsel 
 together, and it shall be brought to 
 nought ; speak the word, and it shall 
 
 11 not stand: for I'God is with us. For 
 the Lord spake thus to me is with a 
 strong hand, and instructed me that I 
 should not walk in the way of this peo- 
 
 12 pie, saying. Say ye not, A conspiracy, 
 concernmg all whereof this people 
 shall say, A conspiracy; neither fear 
 ye their fear, nor be in dread thereof. 
 
 13 The Lord of hosts, him shall ye sanc- 
 tify ; and let him be yom* fear, and let 
 
 14 him be your ch-ead. And he shall be 
 for a sanctuary; but for a stone of 
 stumbling and for a rock of offence to 
 both the houses of Israel, for a gin 
 and for a snare to the inhabitants of 
 
 15 Jerusalem. And i^many shall stumble 
 thereon, and fall, and be broken, and 
 be snared, and be taken. 
 
 16 Bind thou up the testimony, seal the 
 
 17 20 law among my disciples. And I will 
 wait for the Lord, that hideth his face 
 from the house of Jacob, and I wOl 
 
 18 look for him. Behold, I and the child- 
 ren whom the Lord hath given me 
 are for signs and for wonders in Israel 
 from the Lord of hosts, which dweU- 
 eth iu mount Zion. 
 
 19 And when they shall say unto you. 
 Seek unto them that have familiar 
 spu-its and imto the wizards, that chirp 
 and that mutter : should not a people 
 seek unto their God ? on behalf of the 
 li^dng should they seek unto the dead? 
 
 20 To the 20 law and to the testimony I 21 if 
 they speak not according to this word, 
 sm-ely there is no morning for them. 
 
 21 And they shall pass through it, hardly 
 bestead and himgry : and it shall come 
 to pass that, when they shaUbe himgry, 
 they shall fret themselves, and 22cm-se 
 by their king and by their God, and turn 
 
 13 Or, 
 even 
 them 
 that 
 rejoice 
 
 14 Or, 
 with 
 
 15 See ch. 
 vii. 14 
 
 16 Or, 
 Break 
 Accord- 
 ing to 
 some 
 ancient 
 .luthor- 
 ities. As- 
 sociate 
 your- 
 selves. 
 
 n Heb. 
 imma- 
 nu El. 
 18 Heb. 
 with 
 strength 
 of hand. 
 See Ezek. 
 iii. 14. 
 
 IS Or, 
 
 many 
 
 among 
 
 them, 
 
 shall 
 
 stumble, 
 
 and fall 
 
 *c. 
 
 20 Or, 
 
 teaching 
 
 21 Or, 
 surely 
 accord- 
 ing to 
 this 
 word 
 shall 
 they 
 speak, 
 for whom 
 there is 
 nornorn- 
 ing 
 
 22 Or, 
 curse 
 their 
 king and 
 their God
 
 10. 13. 
 
 ISAIAH. 
 
 509 
 
 1 Or. and 
 thick 
 darkness 
 »haU bo 
 drivvii n - 
 way: for 
 thi-ro i'c. 
 [Ch. 
 viii. 2fl 
 in Heb.] 
 
 2 Or. in 
 
 3 Or, 
 For 
 
 <0r, Iha 
 district 
 I Ch. . 
 fx. 1 m 
 Heb. I 
 
 6 Or, 
 
 deep 
 
 darkne^i 
 
 ^Another 
 
 reading 
 
 is, thou 
 
 didst not 
 
 increase 
 
 thejoy. 
 
 •Or, 
 
 every 
 
 boot of 
 
 the 
 
 booted 
 
 warrior 
 
 8 Or, 
 Woitdcr- 
 
 fvlcoun- 
 sellor 
 
 9 Heb. 
 
 Father 
 of Eter- 
 nity. 
 
 10 Or. 
 hath Set 
 
 11 Or, 
 hath 
 stirred 
 
 12 Or, 
 join 
 together 
 Or, arm 
 
 13 Or. 071 
 the east 
 11 Or. mi 
 the west 
 
 15 Or, 
 have de- 
 voured 
 
 16 Or. 
 hath cut 
 nOr, 
 eldvr 
 
 18 Heb. 
 swal- 
 tf/wed 
 up. 
 
 '2'i their faces upward : and tliey shall look 
 unto the earth, and behold, distress 
 and darkness, the gloom of anguish ; 
 land ^into thick darkness they shall 
 
 Q he di'iven away. "But there shall be 
 no gloom to her that was in anguish. 
 In the former time he brought into con- 
 tempt the land of Zebulun and the land 
 of Naphtali, but in the latter time hath 
 he made it glorious, by tlie way of the 
 sea, beyond Jordan, ^Galilee of the 
 
 2 nations. The i^eople that walked in 
 darkness have seen a great light : they 
 that dwelt in the land ojf the '' shadow of 
 death, ui)ou them liath the light sinned. 
 
 3 Thou hast multiplied the nation, " thou 
 hast increased their joy: they joy 
 before thee according to the joy in 
 harvest, as men rejoice when they 
 
 4 divide the spoil. For the yoke of his 
 bvurden, and the staff of his shoulder, 
 the rod of his oi)pressor, thou hast 
 
 5 broken as in the day of Midian. For 
 ■? all the armour of the armed man in 
 the tumult, and the garments rolled in 
 blood, shall even be for bui-nmg, for 
 
 6 fuel of fire. For unto us a child is 
 born, unto us a son is given ; and the 
 governnaent shall be upon his shoulder : 
 and his name shall be called « Wonder- 
 ful, Counsellor, Mighty God, ^Everlast- 
 
 7 ing Father, Prince of Peace. Of the 
 increase of his govenmaent and of peace 
 there shall be no end, upon the throne 
 of David, and upon his kingdom, to 
 establish it, and to uphold it with 
 judgement and with righteousness from 
 henceforth even for ever. The zeal of 
 the Lord of hosts shall jierform this. 
 
 8 The Lord sent a word into Jacob, 
 
 9 and it hath lighted upon Israel. And 
 all the people shall know, even Ephraim 
 and the inhabitant of Samaria, that 
 say in pride and in stoutness of heart, 
 
 10 The bricks are fallen, but we wOl build 
 with hewn stone: the sycomores are 
 cut down, but we will change them iiito 
 
 11 cedars. Therefore the Lord i" shall 
 set up on high agatast him the advers- 
 aries of Eezm, and " shall i-stir up his 
 
 12 enemies; the Syrians i^ before, and the 
 Philistines i*behind; and they i^ shall 
 devour Israel with open mouth. For 
 aU this his anger is not turned away, 
 but his hand is stretched out still. 
 
 13 Yet the people hath not turned mito 
 him that smote them, neither have 
 
 14 they sought the Lord of hosts. There- 
 fore the Lord le^iU cutoff from Israel 
 head and tail, palm-branch and rush, 
 
 15 in one day. The i'' ancient and the 
 honourable man, he is the head; and 
 the prophet that teacheth lies, he is 
 
 16 the tail. For they that lead this people 
 cause them to err ; and they that are 
 
 17 led of them are is destroyed. Therefore 
 the Lord shall not rejoice over their 
 young men, neither shall he have com- 
 passion on their fatherless and widows : 
 
 for every one is profane and an evil- 
 doer, and every mouth speaketh folly. 
 For all this his anger is not turned 
 away, but his hand is stretched out still. 
 
 18 For wickechiess burneth as the fire; 
 it devoui'eth the briers and thonis: 
 yea, it kuidleth in the thickets of the 
 forest, and they roll upward in thick 
 
 19 clouds of smoke. Througli the wrath 
 of the Lord of hosts is the land I'-^bmiit 
 up : the peojile also are as the fuel of 
 
 20 fire ; no man spareth his brother. And 
 one shaU snatch on the right hand, 
 and be hmigi-y; and ho shall eat on 
 the left hand, and they shall not bo 
 satisfied: they shall eat every man 
 
 21 the flesh of his own arm : Manasseh, 
 Ephraim; and Ephraim, Manasseh: 
 and they together shall be agamst 
 Judah. For all this his anger is not 
 turned away, but his hand is stretched 
 out stiU. 
 
 lO Woe unto them that decree imright- 
 eous decrees, and to the writers that 
 
 2 wi'ite perverseness : to turn aside the 
 needy from judgement, and to take 
 away the right of the poor of my peo- 
 ple, that widows may be their spoil, 
 and that they may make the fatherless 
 
 3 their prey ! And what will ye do in the 
 day of visitation, and in the desolation 
 which shall come from far? to whom 
 will ye flee for help ? and where wiU ye 
 
 4 leave your glory? ^o^hey shall oiily 
 bow down mider the prisoners, and 
 shall fall mider the slain. For all this 
 his auger is not tiu'ued away, but his 
 hand is stretched out stiU. 
 
 5 21 Ho Assyi-ian, the rod of mine anger, 
 the staff in whose hand is mine iudig- 
 
 6 nation ! I will send him against a i^ro- 
 fane nation, and against the people of 
 my ■\vi-ath will I give hmi a charge, to 
 take the spoil, and to take the prey, 
 and 22 to tread them dowTi like the mire 
 
 7 of the streets. Howbeit he meaneth 
 not so, neither doth his heart think so ; 
 but it is iu his heart to destroy, and to 
 
 8 cut off nations not a few. For he saith, 
 Ai-e not my princes all of them kings ? 
 
 9 Is not Cahio as Carchemish? is not 
 Hamath as Arpad? is not Samaria as 
 
 10 Damascus? As my hand hath 23 found 
 the kingdoms of the idols, whose graven 
 images did excel them of Jerusalem 
 
 11 and of Samaria ; shall I not, as I have 
 done unto Samaria and her idols, so 
 do to Jerusalem and her idols ? 
 
 12 Wlierefore it shall come to pass, that 
 when the Lord hath perfonned his 
 whole work ujion momit Zion and on 
 Jerusalem, I will 24pmiish the fruit of 
 the stout heart of the king of Assyria, 
 
 13 and the glory of his high looks. For he 
 hath said. By the strength of my hand 
 I have done it, and by my wisdom; 
 for I am prudent : and I have removed 
 the bomids of the peoples, and have 
 
 11 Or, 
 dark- 
 ened 
 
 20 Or, 
 Without 
 me they 
 shall b<no 
 down &c. 
 
 21 Or, 
 
 Woe to 
 Asshur 
 
 22 Heb. 
 to rnake 
 them a 
 treading 
 dowiu 
 
 23 Or, 
 reached 
 
 24 Heb. 
 
 visit 
 
 upon.
 
 510 
 
 ISAIAH. 
 
 10. 13. 
 
 1 Or, the. 
 inhftbit- 
 anU 
 
 iOr, in- 
 stead of 
 
 3 Or, as 
 when a 
 sick man 
 pin£th 
 awau 
 
 4Heb. 
 
 shear 
 jashiih. 
 S'!e ch. 
 vii. 3. 
 i Or, th'i 
 people, O 
 Israel 
 6 Hell. 
 Ill it. 
 
 ■Or, 
 la/ul 
 
 8 Hell. 
 Asshur. 
 
 9 Or. 
 mine 
 a ut/er 
 shall be 
 to their 
 ke. 
 
 ID Or. as 
 his rod 
 was over 
 the sea, 
 so shall 
 he dx. 
 
 " Or, 6.V 
 reason of 
 fatness 
 
 12 Heb. 
 oil. 
 
 13 Or, 
 Geha 
 is our 
 lodgi'tq, 
 they cry 
 
 robbed their treasures, and I bave 
 brought down as a valiant man i them 
 
 14 that sit on tit rones : aud my hand hath 
 found as a nest the riches of the peoples; 
 and as one gathereth eggs that are for- 
 saken, have I gathered aU the earth: 
 and there was none that moved the 
 wing, or that opened the mouth, or 
 
 15chu-ped. ShaU the axe boast itself 
 against him that beweth therewith? 
 shall the saw magnify itself against him 
 that shaketh it? as if a rod should 
 shake them that lift it up, or as if a 
 staff shouldlift uphim that isnotwood. 
 
 16 Therefore shaU the Lord, the Lord 
 of hosts, send among his fat ones 
 leanness; and ^ under his gloiy there 
 shall be kindled a burning like the 
 
 17 burnmg of lire. And the light of Is- 
 rael shall be for a fire, and his Holy 
 One for a fiame : and it shall burn and 
 devour his thorns and his briers in one 
 
 18 day. And he shaU consume the glory 
 of his forest, and of his fruitful field, 
 both soul and body : and it shall be ^ as 
 
 19 when a standardbearer fainteth. And 
 the remnant of the trees of his forest 
 shall be few, that a child may write 
 them. 
 
 20 And it shall come to pass in that 
 day, that the remnant of Israel, and 
 they that are escaped of the house of 
 Jacob, shaU no more again stay upon 
 him that smote them; but shall stay 
 upon the Lord, the Holy One of Israel, 
 
 21 in truth. *A remnant shaU retm-n, 
 even the remnant of Jacob, unto the 
 
 22 mighty God. For though * thy people 
 Israel be as the sand of the sea, onlij a 
 remnant ^ of them shall retru'n : a con- 
 sumption is determined, overflowing 
 
 23 with righteousness. For a consmn- 
 mation, and that detennmed, shall the 
 Lord, the Lord of hosts, make in the 
 midst of aU the ^eartli. 
 
 24 Therefore thus saith the Lord, the 
 Lord of hosts, O my people that 
 dwellest in Zion, be not afraid of ^the 
 Assyrian: though he smite thee with 
 the rod, and lift up his staff against 
 
 25 thee, after the manner of Egypt. For 
 yet a very Uttle while, and the indigna- 
 tion shall be accomiolished, and '•'mine 
 
 26 anger, m their destruction. And the 
 Lord of hosts shall stir up against 
 him a scom-ge, as in the slaughter of 
 Midian at the rock of Oreb: and i^his 
 rod shall be over the sea, and he shall 
 lift it up after the maimer of Egypt. 
 
 27 And it shall come to pass in that 
 day, that his bm-den shall depart from 
 off thy shoulder, and his yoke from oif 
 thy neck, and the yoke shall be de- 
 stroyed 11 because of i' the anointing. 
 
 28 He is come to Aiath, he is passed 
 through Migron ; at Michmash he lay- 
 
 29 eth up his baggage : they are gone over 
 the pass ; i^ they have taken up their 
 lodgmg at Geba: Eamah trembleth; 
 
 SOGibeah of Saul is fled. Cry aloud 
 with thy voice, O daughter of GaUim ! 
 hearken, O Laishahl i^O thou poor 
 
 31 Anathoth ! Madmenah is a fugitive ; 
 the uihabitants of Gebim ^"gather them- 
 
 32 selves to flee. This very day shall he 
 halt at Nob: he shaketh his hand at 
 the mount of the is daughter of Zion, 
 the hiU of Jerusalem. 
 
 33 Behold, the Lord, the Lord of hosts, 
 shall lop the boughs with terror : and 
 the high ones of statm-e shall be hewn 
 down, and the lofty shall be brought 
 
 34 low. And he shall cut down the 
 thickets of the forest with iron, and 
 Lebanon shall fall by a mighty one. 
 
 11 Aud there shall come forth a shoot 
 out of the stock of Jesse, and a branch 
 
 2 out of his roots shall bear fniit : and the 
 spirit of the Lord shall rest upon him, 
 the sjiu-it of wisdom and understand- 
 ing, the spirit of coimsel and might, 
 the spirit of knowledge and of the fear 
 
 3 of the Lord ; and i' his i« delight shall 
 be in the fear of the Lord: aud he 
 shall not judge after the sight of his 
 eyes, neither i9 reprove after the hear- 
 
 4 mg of his ears : but with righteousness 
 shaU he judge the poor, and reprove 
 with equity for the meek of the ' earth : 
 and he shall smite the ^ earth with the 
 rod of his mouth, and with the breath 
 of his lips shall he slay the wicked. 
 
 5 And righteousness shall be the girdle 
 of his loins, and faithfulness thegu'dle 
 
 6 of his reins. And the wolf shall dwell 
 with the lamb, and the leopard shall 
 lie down with the kid; and the calf 
 and the yomig lion and the fatliug 
 together ; and a little child shall lead 
 
 7 them. And the cow and the bear shall 
 feed ; their young ones shall lie down 
 together : and the lion shall eat straw 
 
 8 like the ox. And the suckmg child 
 shall play on the hole of the asp, and 
 the weaned child shall put his hand 
 
 9 on the 20 basilisk's den. They shah 
 not hurt nor destroy in aU my holy 
 momitain: for the earth shall be full 
 of the knowledge of the Lord, as the 
 waters cover the sea. 
 
 10 And it shaU come to pass in that 
 day, that the root of Jesse, which 
 standeth for an ensign of the peoples, 
 unto him shaU the nations seek ; aud 
 his resting jjlace shaU be '■'i glorious. 
 
 11 Aiid it shaU come to pass in that 
 day, that the Lord 2^ shaU set his hand 
 again the second time to ^^h-ecovcr the 
 remnant of his people, which shaU 
 remain, from Assyria, and from 'Egypt, 
 and from Pathros, and from Cush, and 
 from Elam, and from Shuiar, and from 
 Hamath, and from the ^^ islands of the 
 
 12 sea. And he shaU set up an ensign 
 for the nations, and shaU assemble the 
 outcasts of Israel, and gather together 
 the dispersed of Judah from the four 
 
 13 corners of the earth. The envy also of 
 
 HOr, 
 a-s other- 
 wise 
 reail, 
 answer 
 her, 
 An- 
 athoth f 
 
 15 Or, 
 make 
 their 
 house- 
 holds y?«c 
 le An- 
 other 
 reading 
 is, house 
 
 n Or, he 
 sh'/ll be 
 of quick 
 u niter- 
 standing 
 18 Heb. 
 scent. 
 "Or, 
 decide 
 
 SI Or, 
 ad<itsr''i 
 
 21 Heb. 
 glory. 
 
 22 Or, 
 shall 
 aoain 
 the 
 
 second 
 time 
 recover 
 with his 
 hand 
 
 23 Or, 
 pur- 
 chase 
 See Kx. 
 XV. 16 
 21 Or, 
 coast- 
 hinds
 
 14. 3. 
 
 ISAIAH. 
 
 511 
 
 1 Or. in 
 Judah 
 
 2Heb. 
 
 dfvotr. 
 Accord- 
 ing to 
 some 
 ancient 
 versions, 
 drt/ tip. 
 
 3 Accord- 
 ing to 
 some 
 ancient 
 versions, 
 mightji. 
 
 < Or, let 
 thine an- 
 ger turn 
 away, 
 and 
 comfort 
 thou me 
 6Heb. 
 Ji(h Je- 
 hovah. 
 
 eOr, 
 pro- 
 claim his 
 name 
 
 ' Or, glo- 
 riously 
 
 8 Or, tills 
 
 is made 
 
 known 
 
 9Heb. 
 
 inhabit- 
 
 ress. 
 
 10 Or, 
 oracle 
 con- 
 cerning 
 
 "Or, 
 
 tliem 
 
 that 
 
 exult 
 
 in iny 
 
 majesty 
 
 I2Heb. 
 Sliaddai. 
 See Gen. 
 xvii 1. 
 
 i^Or. 
 
 they 
 
 shall 
 
 take hold 
 
 o.f pangs 
 
 and 
 
 sorrows 
 
 Ei^braiin wliall depart, and they that 
 Yex 1 Judah tshall be cut off: Ephraim 
 shall not envy Judah, and Judah Khali 
 
 14 not vex Ephraim. And they shall fly 
 down ujjon the shoulder of the I'hilis- 
 tmes on the west ; together shall they 
 spoil the children of the east: they 
 shall put forth their hand upon Edom 
 and Moab ; and the children of Ainmon 
 
 1.5 shall obey them. And the Lord shall 
 2 utterly destroy the tongue of the 
 Egyptian sea; and with his ^ scorch- 
 ing wind shall he shake his hand over 
 the River, and shall smite it into seven 
 streams, and cause men to march 
 
 IG over dryshod. And there shall be an 
 high way for the remnant of his peojile, 
 which shall remam, from Assyria ; like 
 as there was for Israel in the day that 
 he came up out of the land of Egypt. 
 
 12 And in that day thou shalt say, I 
 will give thanks unto thee, O Lord; 
 for though thou wast angry with me, 
 *thme anger is timied away, and thou 
 
 2eomfortest me. Behold, (rod is my 
 salvation; I will trust, and will not 
 be afraid: for ''the Lord jehovah is 
 my strength and song; and he is be- 
 
 3 come my salvation. Therefore with 
 joy shall ye di-aw water out of the 
 
 4 wells of salvation. And in that day 
 shall ye say. Give thanks unto the 
 Lord, 6 call ux^on his name, declare his 
 domgs among the i^eoples, make men- 
 
 5tion that his name is exalted. Sing 
 unto the Lord ; for he hath done ' ex- 
 cellent things: ^let this be known in 
 
 Gall the earth. Cry aloud and shout, 
 thou 3 inhabitant of Zion: for great is 
 the Holy One of Israel in the midst of 
 thee. 
 
 13 The 10 burden of Babylon, which 
 Isaiah the sou of Amoz did see. 
 
 2 Set ye up an ensign upon the bare 
 mountain, hft up the voice unto them, 
 wave the hand, that they may go into the 
 
 3 gates of the nobles. I have command- 
 ed my consecrated ones, yea, I have 
 called my mighty men for mine anger, 
 
 4 even "my prouiUy exulting ones. The 
 noise of a multitude in the mountains, 
 like as of a great people ! the noise of a 
 tiunult of the kingdoms of the nations 
 gathered together ! the Lord of hosts 
 
 5 mustereth the host for the battle. They 
 come from a far country, from the ut- 
 termost part of heaven, even the Lord, 
 and the weapons of his indignation, to 
 
 G destroy the whole land. Howl ye ; for 
 the day of the Lord is at hand ; as de- 
 struction from 12 the Almighty shall it 
 
 7 come. Therefore shall all hands be 
 feeble, and eveiy heart of man shall 
 
 Smelt: and they shall be dismayed; 
 13 pangs and sorrows shall take hold of 
 them ; they shall be in pain as a woman 
 in travail : they shall be amazed one at 
 another; their faces shall be faces of 
 
 9Hame. Behold, the day of the Loud 
 cometh, cruel, with wrath and fierce 
 anger; to make the land a desolaticm, 
 ami to d(!stroy the shniers thereof out 
 
 10 of it. For the stars of heaven and the 
 constellations thereof shall not give 
 their light '. the sun shall be darkened in 
 his going forth, and the moon shall not 
 
 11 cause her light to shine. And I wiU 
 l)iuush the world for their evil, and the 
 wicked for theu' iniquity; and I will 
 cause the arrogancy of the proud to 
 cease, and will lay low the haughtiness 
 
 12 of the terrible. I will make a man 
 more rare than fine gold, even a man 
 
 13 than the pm-e gold of Ophir. There- 
 fore I will make the heavens to tremble, 
 and the earth shall be shaken out of 
 her place, in the wrath of the Lord of 
 hosts, and in the day of his fierce anger. 
 
 14 And it shaU come to pass, that as the 
 chased i^roe, and as sheep that no man 
 gathereth, they shall turn eveiy man 
 to his own i^eople, and shall flee eveiy 
 
 15 man to his own land. Every one that 
 is found shall be thrust through ; and 
 every one that is is taken shaU fall by 
 
 IG the sword. Their infants also shall be 
 dashed in pieces before their eyes ; 
 their houses shall be spoiled, and their 
 
 17 wives ravished Behold, I will stir up 
 the Medes against them, which shall 
 not regard silver, and as for gold, they 
 
 18 shall not delight m it. And fheirhows 
 shall dash the young men in pieces; 
 and they shall have no pity on the fruit 
 of the womb ; their eye shall not spare 
 
 19 children. And Babylon, the glory of 
 kmgdoms, the beauty of the Chaldeans' 
 pride, shall be as when God overthrew 
 
 20 Sodom and Gomorrah. It shaU never 
 be mhabited, neither shall it be dwelt 
 in from generation to generation : nei- 
 ther shaU the Arabian pitch tent there ; 
 neither shaU shej)herds make then* 
 
 21 flocks to lie down there. But wild beasts 
 of the desert shaU lie there ; and their 
 houses sliaU be fuU of doleful crea- 
 tures ; and ostriches shaU dweU there, 
 
 22 and i^ satyrs shaU dance there. And 
 1' wolves shaU i^cry in their castles, 
 and jackals in the jileasant palaces: 
 and her time is near to come, and her 
 
 14 days shaU not be i^rolonged. For the 
 Lord will have compassion on Jacob, 
 and wiU yet choose Israel, and set them 
 in then- own landi and the stranger 
 shaU join himself with them, and they 
 shaU cleave to the house of Jacob. 
 
 2 And the peoples shaU take them, and 
 bring them to their place: and the 
 house of Israel shall possess them in 
 the land of tlie Lord for servants and 
 for handmaids: and they shaU take 
 them captive, whose captives they 
 were; and they shaU rule over their 
 ojjpressors. 
 
 3 Aiid it shall come to pass in the 
 day that the Lord shall give thee 
 
 "Or. 
 gazelle 
 
 15 Or, 
 Joined 
 there- 
 unto 
 
 16 Or. 
 he-goats 
 n Heh. 
 holding 
 crea- 
 tures 
 18 Or, 
 answer
 
 512 
 
 ISAIAH. 
 
 14. 3. 
 
 >0r, 
 
 exact- 
 ress 
 
 2 Or, he 
 that 
 
 smote . . . 
 is perse- 
 cuted, 
 andnone 
 hinder- 
 eth 
 
 3Heb. 
 
 Sheol. 
 
 * Or, the 
 
 shades 
 
 Heb. 
 
 Repha- 
 
 iin. 
 
 5 Heb. 
 he-goats. 
 
 8 Or, 
 83 the 
 raitnent 
 of thoae 
 that are 
 slain 
 
 I Or, a 
 place cf 
 slaugh- 
 ter 
 
 rest from thy sorrow, and from thy 
 trouble, and from the hard service 
 
 4 wherein thou wast made to serve, that 
 thou shalt take up this parable agaiust 
 the king of Babylon, and say, How 
 hath the oppressor ceased! the i golden 
 
 5 city ceased I The Lord hath broken 
 the staff of the wicked, the sceptre of 
 
 6 the rulers ; ^ that smote the peoples in 
 wrath with a contmual stroke, that 
 ruled the nations in anger, with a per- 
 
 7 secution that none restrained. The 
 whole earth is at rest, and is quiet: 
 
 8 they break forth into singing. Yea, 
 the fir trees rejoice at thee, and the 
 cedars of Lebanon, saying, Since thou 
 art laid down, no feller is come up 
 
 9 against us. ^jjeU from beneath is 
 moved for thee to meet thee at thy 
 commg: it stirreth up ^the dead for 
 thee, even all the ^ chief ones of the 
 earth; it hath raised up from their 
 thrones all the kings of the nations. 
 
 10 All they shall answer and say unto 
 thee, Art thou also become weak as 
 we? art thou become hke unto us? 
 
 11 Thy pomp is brought down to shell, 
 and the noise of thy viols : the worm is 
 spread under thee, and worms cover 
 
 12 thee. How art thou fallen from hea- 
 ven, O day star, son of the morning! 
 how art thou cut down to the ground, 
 
 13 which didst lay low the nations ! And 
 thou saidst in thine heart, I wiU ascend 
 into heaven, I wiU exalt my throne 
 above the stars of God ; and I wiU sit 
 upon the mount of congregation, in the 
 
 14 uttermost parts of the north: I wiU 
 ascend above the heights of the clouds ; 
 
 151 wiU be like the Most High. Yet 
 thou shalt be brought down to 8 hell, 
 to the uttermost parts of the pit. 
 
 16 They that see thee shall narrowly look 
 upon thee, they shall consider thee, 
 saying. Is this the man that made the 
 earth to tremble, that did shake king- 
 
 17 doms ; that made the world as a wild- 
 erness, and overtlurew the cities there- 
 of ; that let not loose his prisoners to 
 
 18 their home ? All the kings of the na- 
 tions, aU of them, sleep m glory, every 
 
 19 one in his own house. But thou art 
 cast forth away from thy sepulchre 
 like an abominable branch, ^ clothed 
 with the slain, that are thrust through 
 with the sword, that go down to the 
 stones of the jiit ; as a carcase trodden 
 
 '20 under foot. Thou shalt not be joined 
 with them in burial, because thou hast 
 destroyed thy land, thou hast slain 
 thy people ; the seed of evO-doers shall 
 
 21 not be named for ever. Prepare ye 
 'slaughter for his children for the in- 
 iquity of their fathers ; that they rise 
 not up, and possess the earth, and fiU 
 
 22 the face of the world with cities. And 
 1 will rise up against them, saith the 
 Lord of hosts, and cut off from Baby- 
 lon name and remnant, and son and 
 
 23 son's son, saith the Lord. I will also 
 make it a possession for the porcupine, 
 and pools of water : and I wiU sweep 
 it with the besom of destruction, saith 
 the Lord of hosts. 
 
 24 The Lord of hosts hath sworn, say- 
 ing. Surely as I have thought, so shall it 
 come to pass ; and as I have pui'posed, 
 
 25 so shall it stand : that I wiU break the 
 Assyrian in my land, and upon my 
 mountains tread him under foot : then 
 shall his yoke depart from oil them, and 
 his burden depart from off their shoul- 
 
 26 der. This is the pui-pose that is pur- 
 posed upon the whole earth : and this is 
 the hand that is stretched out upon all 
 
 27 the nations. For the Lord of hosts 
 hath purposed, and who shall disannul 
 it? and his hand is stretched out, and 
 who shall tm-n it back ? 
 
 28 In the year that king Ahaz died was 
 this 8 burden. 
 
 29 Eejoice not, O Philistia, all of thee, 
 because the rod that smote thee is 
 broken: for out of the serpent's root 
 shall come forth a 9 basilisk, and his 
 fruit shall be a fiery flying seri:)ent. 
 
 30 And the firstborn of the poor shall 
 feed, and the needy shall lie down in 
 safety: and I will kill thy root with 
 famuie, and thy remnant shall be slain. 
 
 31 Howl, O gate; cry, O city; thou art 
 melted away, O Philistia, all of thee; 
 for there cometh a smoke out of the 
 north, and lOnone standeth aloof at 
 
 32 his appohited times. What then shaU 
 one answer the messengers of the 
 nation ? That the Lord hath founded 
 Zion, and in her shall the afflicted of 
 his people take refuge. 
 
 15 The "burden of Moab. 
 
 For 12 in a night Ar of Moab is laid 
 waste, and brought to nought; for 12 in 
 a night Kir of Moab is laid waste, and 
 
 2 brought to nought. i^He is gone up 
 to i-'Bayith, and to Dibon, to the high 
 places, to weep: Moab howleth is over 
 Nebo, and i^over Medeba: on aU then- 
 heads is baldness, every beard is cut 
 
 3 off. In th'eir streets they gird them- 
 selves with sackcloth : on their house- 
 tops, and in their broad places, every 
 one howleth, weepuig abundantly. 
 
 4 And Heshbon crieth out, and Elealeh; 
 their voice is heard even inito Jahaz : 
 therefore the armed men of Moab cry 
 aloud ; his soul trembleth within him. 
 
 5 My heart crieth out for Moab; her 
 16 nobles ./?«(? vuito Zoar, I'^to Eglath- 
 shelishiyah : for by the ascent of Lu- 
 hith with weeping they go up ; for in 
 the way of Horonaim they raise up 
 
 6 a cry of desti-uction. For the waters 
 of Nimrim shall be 18 desolate: for the 
 gi-ass is withered away, the tender 
 grass faileth, there is no green thing. 
 
 7 Therefore the abundance they have
 
 18. 1. 
 
 ISAIAH. 
 
 51;^, 
 
 lOr. 
 ovir 
 
 '■! Sec 
 '2 Kiii^s 
 iii. 4. 
 3 Or, 
 I'etra 
 i Ov. to 
 
 '^ Accord- 
 ins to 
 many 
 iincient 
 versions, 
 Let the 
 outcftnta 
 of Moah 
 dim-ll 
 with 
 thei-; 
 be thoic 
 <£•<-. 
 
 cOr, 
 
 ex- 
 tortion 
 
 7Heb. 
 the 
 
 trenders 
 down. 
 
 8 Or, 
 founda- 
 tions 
 
 ^ Or, her 
 ehoiee 
 jilants 
 did 
 break 
 down the 
 lards of 
 nations 
 
 Rotteii. and that wliich they have laid 
 up, sliall tliey carry away i to the brook 
 
 8 of tlie willows. For the cry is gone 
 round about the borders of Moab ; the 
 howliiip thereof unto Eij;laini, and the 
 
 Oliowliufj; thereof unto Beer-elini. For 
 the waters of Dinion are full of blood: 
 for I will brinf( yet more upon Dinion, 
 a lion upon him that escapeth of Moab, 
 and upon the renniant of the land. 
 16 -Send ye the lambs for the ruler of 
 the land from ^Sela ■^irJiich is toward 
 the wilderness, unto the mount of the 
 
 2 daughter of Zion. For it shall be 
 that, as wandering birds, as a scattered 
 nest, so shall the daughters of Moab 
 
 3 be at the fords of Anion. Give counsel, 
 execute judgement; make thy shadow 
 as the night in the midst of the noon- 
 day : hide the outcasts ; bewray not the 
 
 4 wanderer. 5 Let mine outcasts dwell 
 with thee; as for Moab, be thou a 
 covert to him from the face of the 
 spoiler : for '"• the extortioner is brought 
 to nought, spoiling ceaseth, Hhe op- 
 pressors are consumed out of the land. 
 
 5 And a throne shall be established in 
 mercy, and one shall sit thereon in 
 truth, in the tent of David; judghig, 
 and seeking judgement, and swift to 
 do righteousness. 
 
 6' We have heard of the pride of Moab, 
 that he is very proud; even of his ar- 
 rogancy, and his pride, and his wrath ; 
 
 This boastings are nought. Therefore 
 shall Moab howl for Moab, every one 
 shall howl: for the ^raisin-cakes of 
 Kir-hareseth shall ye mourn, utterly 
 
 8 stricken. For the fields of Heshboii 
 languish, and the vine of Sibmah; 
 ^the lords of the nations have broken 
 down the choice plants thereof; they 
 reached even unto Jazer, they wan- 
 dered into the wilderness; her branches 
 were spread abroad, they passed over 
 
 9 the sea. Therefore I will weep with 
 the weepmg of Jazer for the ^^ne of 
 Sibmah: I will water thee with my 
 tears, Heshbon, and Elealeh: for 
 upon thy summer fruits and upon thy 
 
 10 harvest the battle shout is fallen. Anil 
 gladness is taken away, and joy out of 
 the fruitful field ; and in the vineyards 
 there shall be no suiging, neither joy- 
 ful noise: no treader shall tread out 
 wine in the presses ; I have made the 
 
 llrintage shout to cease. Wlierefore 
 my bowels sound like an harp for 
 Moab, and mme inward parts for Kir- 
 
 12heres. And it shall come to pass, 
 when Moab presenteth himself, when 
 he wearieth himself upon the high 
 place, and shall come to his san.ctuary 
 to i)ray, that he shall not prevail. 
 
 13 This is the word that the Lord 
 spake concernmg Moab hi tune past. 
 
 14 But now the Lord hath spoken, say- 
 ing, Within three years, as the years 
 of an hireling, and the glory of Moab 
 
 shall be brought into contempt, with 
 all his great multitude; and the remnant 
 shall be very small and of no account. 
 
 17 The lOburden of Damascus. 
 
 Behold, Damascus is taken away 
 
 from ]>ciug a city, and it sh:ill be a 
 
 -1 ruinous hea]). The cities of Ai'oer are 
 
 forsaken: they shall be for flocks, 
 
 which shall lie down, and none shall 
 
 3 make them afraid. Tlie fortress also 
 shall cease fiom Ephraim, and the 
 kingdom iifro)u Damascus, and the 
 remnant of S.yria ; they shall bo as the 
 glory of the chOdren of Israel, saith 
 the Lord of hosts. 
 
 4 And it shall come to pass in that day, 
 that the glory of Jacob shall be made 
 thin, and the fatness of his flesh shall 
 
 5 wax lean. And it shall be as when 
 the harvestman gathereth the standing 
 corn, and his arm reapeth the ears; 
 yea, it shall be as when one gleaneth 
 
 Gears in the valley of Eephaim. Yet 
 there shall be left therein gleanhigs, 
 as the 12 shaking of an olive tree, two 
 or three berries in the top of the up- 
 permost bough, four or five hi the out- 
 most branches of a fruitful tree, saith 
 
 7 the Lord, the God of Israel. In that 
 day shall a man look unto his Maker, 
 and his eyes shall have respect to the 
 
 8 Holy One of Israel. And he shaU not 
 look to the altars, the work of his 
 hands, neither shall he have respect 
 to that which his fingers have made, 
 either the i^Asherim. or the sun- 
 
 9 miages. In that day shall his strong 
 cities be as the forsaken places "m 
 the wood and on the mountain top, 
 which were forsaken from before the 
 cliil(h-en of Israel: and it shall be a 
 
 10 desolation. For thou hast forgotten 
 the God of thy salvation, and hast not 
 been mindful of the rock of thy 
 i« strength; therefore thou plantest 
 i« pleasant plants, and settest it with 
 
 11 "strange slips: in the day of thy 
 planting thou hedgest it in, and in 
 the morning thou makest thy seed to 
 blossom : but the harvest is fleeth away 
 in the day of grief and of desperate 
 sorrow. 
 
 12 Ah, the i^ uproar of many peoples, 
 which roar like the roaring of the seas ; 
 and the ruslung of nations, that rush 
 
 18 Uke the rushing of mighty waters ! The 
 nations shall rush like the rushing 
 of many waters : but he shall rebuke 
 20 them, and 21 they shall flee far off, 
 and shall be chased as the cliafl' of the 
 mountains before tiie wind, and hke 
 
 14 the whii-hng dust before the storm. At 
 eventide behold terror ; and before the 
 
 wor, 
 
 Oracle 
 
 concerts 
 
 ing 
 
 n Or, 
 from Da- 
 maseuK ; 
 ami the 
 remnant 
 of Huria 
 shall i-e. 
 
 >5 Hel.. 
 heatiii'j. 
 
 morning 22 they are not. This is the 
 portion of them that spoil us, and the 
 lot of them that rob us. 
 
 18 M\, the land 23 of the rustling of 
 wings, which is beyond the rivers 
 
 '■■'See Ex. 
 xxxiv. 13. 
 
 » The 
 
 Sept. 
 
 reads, 
 
 of the 
 
 Antorites 
 
 and the 
 
 Hivites. 
 
 15 Or, 
 strong 
 hold 
 
 16 Or, 
 plant- 
 ings of 
 Adonis 
 '"Or, 
 vine slips 
 of a 
 
 strange 
 god 
 
 18 Or, 
 shall be 
 a heap 
 
 19 Or, 
 multi- 
 tude 
 
 21 Heb. 
 him. 
 
 21 Heb. 
 he. 
 
 22 Heb. 
 he is. 
 
 17
 
 5U 
 
 ISAIAH. 
 
 18. 1. 
 
 iHeb. 
 Cush. 
 
 SOr, 
 and 
 
 3 Or, 
 
 dra<7f;e:l 
 awutj 
 and, 
 peeled 
 
 <0r, 
 
 meted 
 
 out ard 
 
 trodden 
 
 down 
 
 Heb. if 
 
 line^ 
 
 line, 
 
 and of 
 
 treadlnfi 
 
 doitm, 
 
 5 Or, 
 Tiave 
 spoiled 
 
 6 Or, 
 when 
 there is 
 
 "See 
 ver. 2. 
 
 SOr, 
 oracle 
 concern- 
 ing 
 
 ^ Or, joi.i 
 logethef 
 Of, ar^il 
 
 10 Hel). 
 swaUo.D 
 up. 
 uOr, 
 whis- 
 perers 
 
 12 Or, 
 shut up 
 
 l^Or, 
 canals 
 » Heb. 
 Mazor. 
 
 2 of 1 Ethiopia: that sendeth ambassa- 
 dors by the sea, ^even in vessels of 
 papyrus upon the waters, saying, Go, 
 ye swift messengers, to a nation ^tall 
 and smootli, to a i^eople terrible from 
 their beguming onward ; a nation * that 
 metetli out and treadeth down, whose 
 
 3 land the rivers ^ divide ! All ye inhab- 
 itants of the world, and ye dwellers on 
 the earth, when an ensign is lifted up 
 on the mountains, see ye; and when 
 
 4 the trumpet is blown, hear ye. For 
 thus liath the Lord said unto me, I 
 will bo still, and I will behold in my 
 dwelling place ; 6 like clear heat in 
 sunshine, like a cloud of dew in the 
 
 5 heat of harvest. For afore the har- 
 vest, when the blossom is over, and the 
 flower becometh a ripening grape, he 
 shall cut off the sprigs with pruning- 
 hoolis, and the spreading brandies 
 
 6 shall he take away and cnt down. They 
 shall be left together u;ito the ravenous 
 birds of the mountains, and to the 
 beasts of the earth: and the ravenous 
 bkds shall summer upon them, and all 
 the boasts of the earth shall winter 
 
 7 upon them. In that tuno shall a in-o- 
 sent be brought imto the Lord of hosts 
 of a people 7 tall and smooth, and from 
 a people terrible from their beginning 
 onward ; a nation that metelh out and 
 treadeth down, whose land the rivers 
 divide, to the place of the name of the 
 Loud of hosts, tlie mount Zion. 
 
 19 The sburden of Egypt. 
 
 Behold, the Lord ridetli upon a swift 
 cloud, and cometh unto Egy[)t: and 
 the idols of Egypt shall be moved at 
 his presence, and the heart of Egyjjt 
 
 2 shall melt in the midst of it. And I 
 will 9 stir up the Egyi)tians against 
 the Egyiitians: and they shall fight 
 every one against his brother, and 
 
 - every one against his neighbour ; city 
 agauist city, and kingdom agauist 
 
 SkLogdom. And the spirit of Egyiit 
 shall be made void in the midst of it ; 
 and I will lo destroy the counsel there- 
 of : and they shall seek unto the idols, 
 and to the n charmers, and to them 
 that have familiar spirits, and to the 
 
 4 wizards. And I will 12 give over the 
 Egyptians into the hand of a cruel 
 lord ; and a fierce king shall rule 
 over them, saith the Lord, the Lord 
 
 5 of hosts. And the waters shall fail 
 from the sea, and the river shall bo 
 
 6 wasted and become diy . And the rivers 
 sliall stink; the i^streams of i^Egypt 
 shall be minished and (b'ied up: the 
 
 7 reeds and flags shall wither away. The 
 meadows by the Nile, by the brink of 
 the NUe, and aU that is sown by the 
 Nile, shall become dry, be (hiven away, 
 
 8 and be no more. Thfe fishers also shall 
 lament, and all tliey that cast angle 
 into the NUe shall moiu'n, and they 
 
 that spread nets upon the waters shall 
 
 9 languish. Moreover they that work 
 
 in combed flax, and they that weave 
 
 10 i^white cloth, shall be ashamed. And 
 her i''i)iLlars shall be broken in pieces, 
 all they i^that work for hire shall he 
 
 11 grieved in soul. The princes of Zoan 
 are utterly foolish ; the counsel of the 
 wisest comiseUors of Pharaoh is be- 
 come bi-utish: how say ye unto Pha- 
 raoh, I am the son of the wise, the 
 
 1'2 son of ancient kmgs ? Where then are 
 thy wise men ? and let them tell thee 
 now; and let them know what the 
 Lord of hosts hath purposed con- 
 
 IScerning Egyi^t. The princes of Zoan 
 are become fools, the ijrinces of i^Noith 
 are deceived; they have caused Egypt 
 to go astray, that are the corner 
 
 14 stone of her tribes. The Lord hath 
 mingled a spu'it of x)er\-erseness in the 
 midst of her: and they have caused 
 Egypt to go astray m every work 
 thereof, as a drunken man i^stagger- 
 
 15 etli in his vomit. Neither sliaU there 
 be for Egypt any work, which head or 
 tail, pahn-branch or rush, may do. 
 
 IG Li that day shall Egyjjt be like unto 
 women : and it shall tremble and fear 
 because of the shaking of the hand of 
 the Lord of hosts, which he shaketh 
 
 17 over it. And the land of Judah shall 
 become a terror unto Egypt, ^'o every 
 one to whom mention is made thereof 
 shall be afi-aid, because of the purpose 
 of the Lord of hosts, which he pm*- 
 poseth against it. 
 
 18 Li that day there shall be five cities 
 m the land of Egypt that speak the 
 language of Canaan, and swear to the 
 Lord of hosts; one shaU be called 
 The city of 21 destruction. 
 
 19 In that day shall thei-e be an altar 
 to the Lord in the midst of the land 
 of Egypt, and a i)illar at the border 
 
 20 thereof to the Lori). And it shall be 
 for a sign and for a witness unto the 
 Lord of hosts in the land of Egypt: 
 for they shall cry unto the Lord be- 
 cause of the oppressors, and he shaU 
 send them a saviour, and 22 a defender, 
 
 21 and he shall deliver them. And the 
 Lord shall '^he. known to Egy[)t, and 
 the Egyi)tians shall know the Lord 
 in that day; yea, they shall worship 
 with sacrifice and oblation, and shall 
 vow a vow unto the Lord, and shall 
 
 22 perform it. And the Lord shall smite 
 Egypt, smiting and heahng ; and they 
 shall return luito the Lord, and he 
 shall be intreated of them, and shall 
 heal them. 
 
 23 In that day shall there be a high 
 way out of Egypt to Assyria, and the 
 
 ' Assyrian shall come into Egypt, and 
 the Egyi^tian into Assyria; and the 
 Eg;si3tians shall worship with the As- 
 syrians. 
 S'l In that day shall Israel be tho 
 
 ^Or, 
 every 
 one that 
 , ^naketh 
 mention 
 tht reof, 
 to him 
 shall 
 they 
 turn in 
 fear
 
 22. 11. 
 
 ISAIAH. 
 
 515 
 
 iThe 
 title of 
 the As- 
 syi'iau 
 com- 
 mander 
 in chief. 
 
 •! Or, to 
 be for 
 three 
 years a 
 sign &e, 
 
 3 Hel>. 
 Cush. 
 
 J Or. 
 
 oraele. 
 concern- 
 ing 
 
 5 Or. 
 
 hard 
 
 eOr, 
 will I 
 jnake 
 
 7 Heb. 
 bent. 
 
 5 Heb. 
 
 wandi-r- 
 
 eth. 
 
 3 Or. 
 sj^read 
 the 
 carpets 
 
 WOr, 
 and he 
 saw... 
 and he 
 heark- 
 ened 
 
 11 Or, a 
 chariot 
 Or, 
 chariots 
 
 12 Or, a 
 pair of 
 horse- 
 men 
 
 13 Or, 
 every 
 night 
 »0r, 
 come 
 chariots 
 of men 
 
 third with Epj-pt and with Assyria, a 
 blcssiiif/ ill fho midst of tho eartli: 
 25 for tJjiit tho LoHD of liost.s hatli blessed 
 tlicni, saying, Blessed ho Epy^it my 
 people, and Assyria tho work of my 
 hands, and Israel miiio inheritance. 
 
 20 In tho year that i Tartan camo un- 
 to Ashdod, when Sari^on tho king of 
 As.syria sent hua, and he f onglit against 
 2 Ashdod and took it; at that time tho 
 Lord spake by Isaiah the son of Amoz, 
 saying, Go, and loose tho sackcloth 
 from off thy loins, and put thy shoe 
 from off thy foot. And he did so, walk- 
 3 uig naked and barefoot. And tho Loit d 
 said, Like as my servant Isaiah hath 
 walked naked and barefoot 2thi-eo 
 years for a sign and a wonder upon 
 4 Egypt and upon s Ethiopia; so shall 
 the king of Assyx'ia lead away the 
 captives of Egypt, and the exiles of 
 Ethiopia, yoimg and old, naked and 
 barefoot, and with buttocks imcovered, 
 
 5 to tho shame of Egypt. And they 
 shall be dismayed and ashamed, be- 
 cause of Ethiopia their expectation, 
 
 6 and of Egyiit theii- glory. And the 
 uihabitaut of this coastlaud shall say 
 in that day, Behold, such is our ex- 
 pectation, whither wo fled for help to 
 be delivered from tho king of Assyria 
 and we, how shall we escape ? 
 
 21 The * burden of the wilderness of the 
 sea. 
 As whuiwiuds in the South sweep 
 through, it cometh from the wilder- 
 
 •2 ness, from a terrible laud. A 5 grievous 
 vision is declared unto me ; the treach- 
 erous dealer dealeth treacherously, 
 and tho spoiler spoileth. Go up, O 
 Elam; besiege, O Media; all the sigh- 
 uig thereof 6 have I made to ceaso. 
 
 3 Therefore are my loins filled with an- 
 guish; pangs have taken hold upon 
 me, as the pangs of a woman in tra- 
 vail: I am 7pamed so that I cannot 
 hear; I am dismayed so that I cannot 
 
 •Isee. My heart «panteth, horror hath 
 afi'righted me : the twilight that I de- 
 sired hath been turned mto trembling 
 
 5 unto me. They prepare the table, they 
 Oset the watch, they eat, they (h-ink: 
 rise up, ye princes, anoint the shield. 
 
 6 For th^^s hath the Lord saidimto me, 
 Go, set a watchman ; let him declare 
 
 7 what ho seeth: Wand when he seeth 
 11 a troop, i^iioj-semen in paii'S, "a 
 troop of asses,- "a troop of camels, he 
 shall hearken diligently -\\ath much 
 
 8 heed. And he cried as a lion: O Lord, 
 I stand continually upon tho watch- 
 tower m the day-tmie, and am set in 
 9 my ward is whole nights: and, behold, 
 hero 11 Cometh a troop of men, 12 horse- 
 men in paii-s. And ho answered and 
 said, Babylon is fallen, is fallen; and 
 all tho graven images of her gods are 
 10 broken unto the ground. O thou my 
 
 threshing, and tho i' corn of my floor : 
 that which I have heard from the 
 Lord of hosts, tho God of Israel, have 
 I declared unto you. 
 
 15 Heb. 
 
 I071. 
 
 11 
 
 Tho •iburden of Dumah. 
 Ono callcLh unto mo out of Seir, 
 "Watchman, 10 what of the night? 
 
 12 Watchman, i^what of the night? Tho 
 watchman said, Tho morning "com- 
 eth, and also tho night: if yo will 
 inquii-e, inquire ye: I'^timi ye, come. 
 
 13 The i9bm-den upon Ai'abia. 
 Li tho 20 forest 21 in Ai-abia shall yo 
 
 lodge, ye travelUng companies of De- 
 
 11 danites. Unto hun that 22 v/as thu-sty 
 
 they brought water; 23 the inhabitants 
 
 of the land of Tema did meet the 
 
 15 fugitives with their bread. For they 
 fled away from tho swords, from the 
 (h-awn sword, and from the bent bow, 
 and from tho grievousness of war. 
 
 16 For thus hath the Lord said unto me, 
 Withm a year, according to the years 
 of an hireling, and all the glory of 
 
 ITKedar shall fail: and tho residue of 
 the number of the archers, tho mighty 
 men of the chihh-en of Kedar, shall be 
 few: for tho Lord, the God of Israel, 
 hath spoken it. 
 
 22 The ibm-den of the vaUey of vision. 
 What aileth theo now, that thou art 
 
 2 wholly gone up to the housetops ? O 
 thou that art full of shoutmgs, a 
 timniltuous city, a joyous town; thy 
 slain are not slaui with the sword, 
 
 3 neither are they dead in battle. All 
 thy rulers fled away together, they 
 were boinid 2iby the archers: all that 
 were found of thee were bomid to- 
 
 4 gether, 25 they fled afar off. Therefore 
 said I, Look away from me, I will weep 
 bitterly; 26 labour not to comfort me, 
 for the spoihng of the daughter of my 
 
 5 people. For it is a day of discomfitm-e, 
 and of treadmg do^^Tl, and of perplex- 
 ity, from the Lord, the Lord of hosts, 
 ui the valley of vision ; a breaking do\vn 
 
 ^ of the walls, and a crying to the 27inount- 
 
 6 auis. And Elam bare the quiver, with 
 28 chariots of men and horsemen; and 
 
 7 Kir uncovered the shield. And it came 
 to pass, that thy choicest valleys were 
 fuU of chariots, and the horsemen set 
 
 8 themselves in array at the gate. And he 
 took away the covering of Judah ; and 
 thou didst look in that day to the armom- 
 
 9 m the house of the forest. And ye saw 
 the breaches of the city of David, that 
 they were many : and ye gathered to- 
 gether the waters of the lower pool. 
 
 10 And ye mmibered the houses of Jeru- 
 salem, and ye brake down the houses to 
 
 11 fortify the wall. Yo made also a reser- 
 vou- between the two walls for the water 
 of the old pool : but ye looked not unto 
 20 him that had done this, neither had ye 
 respect unto him that fashioned it long 
 
 WOr. 
 what 
 hour 
 
 17 Or, 
 
 is come 
 
 18 Or, 
 come ye 
 again 
 10 Or, 
 oracle 
 
 20 Or, 
 th ickets 
 
 21 Or, ac- 
 cording 
 to the 
 ancient 
 versioiKs, 
 at even- 
 ing 
 
 22 Or, 
 
 IS thirsty 
 bring ye 
 
 23 Or. 
 
 iis other- 
 wife 
 read, ye 
 inhabit- 
 ants of 
 the 1-and 
 of Tema, 
 meet 
 
 «0r, 
 
 without 
 the bow 
 25 Or, 
 which 
 hadjied 
 from far 
 2-; Or. 
 hasten 
 
 2' Or, 
 mount- 
 ain 
 
 28 Or, 
 troops 
 
 »0r, 
 the 
 
 maker 
 thereof 
 
 17—2
 
 516 
 
 ISAIAH. 
 
 22. 11. 
 
 expiated 
 
 2 Or. 
 
 st<:wariX 
 
 3 Or, 
 
 Othou 
 strong 
 man 
 
 4 Or, 
 lay f ant 
 Jtcid on 
 
 tJtre 
 
 5 Or, 
 wind 
 thee 
 round 
 and 
 round 
 like a 
 ball and 
 toss thee 
 
 eor, 
 oracle 
 concern- 
 ing 
 
 'Or, 
 
 coasf- 
 land 
 
 12 ago. Aiifl ill that day did the Lord, the 
 Lord of hosts, call to weeping, and to 
 mourning, and to baldness, and to gird- 
 
 13 mg with sackcloth: and behold, joy 
 and gladness, slaying oxen and kiUuig 
 sheeii, eating flesh and drinkmg wine: 
 let us eat aiid drink, for to-morrow we 
 
 14 shall die. And the Lokd of hosts re- 
 vealed himself in mine ears, Surely this 
 iniquity shall not be i purged from you 
 till ye die, saitli the Lord, the Lord of 
 hosts. 
 
 15 Thus saith the Lord, the Lord of 
 hosts. Go, get thee unto this ^ treasur- 
 er, even luito Shebna, which is over 
 
 16 the house, and sa//, What doest thou 
 here? and whom hast thou here, that 
 thou hast hewed thee out here a se^iul- 
 chre? hewing him out a sejiulchre on 
 high, graving an habitation for hiui- 
 
 17 self in the rock! Behold, the Lord 
 will hmi thee away violently ^as a 
 strong man; yea, he will ''wrap thee 
 
 18 up closely. He will surely ^turn and 
 toss thee like a ball into a large coim- 
 try; there slialt thou die, and there 
 shall be the chariots of thy glory, 
 
 19 thou shame of thy lord's house. And 
 I will thrust thee from thine oftice, 
 and from thy station shall he pull thee 
 
 20 down. And it shall come to pass in 
 that day, that I will caU my servant 
 
 21 EUakim the son of Hilkiah : and I will 
 clothe him with thy robe, and strength- 
 en him with thy girdle, and I wiU com- 
 mit thy government into his hand : 
 and he shall be a father to the in- 
 habitants of Jerusalem, and to the 
 
 22 house of Judali. And the key of the 
 house of David will I lay upon his 
 shoulder; and he shall open, and none 
 shall shut ; and he shall shut, and none 
 
 23 shall open. And I wiU fasten him as a 
 nail in a sure place ; and he shall be for 
 a throne of glory to his father's house. 
 
 24 And they shall hang upon him all the 
 glory of ills father's house, the offspring 
 and the issue, every small vessel, from 
 the vessels of cups even to aU the ves- 
 
 25sels of flagons. In that day, saith the 
 Lord of hosts, shall the nail that was 
 fastened in a sure place give way ; and 
 it shall be hewn down, and fall, and 
 the burden that was upon it shall be cut 
 off ; for the Lord hath spoken it. 
 
 23 The 6 burden of Tyi-e. 
 
 Howl, ye ships of Tarshish ; for it is 
 laid waste, so that there is no house, 
 no entering in : from the land of 
 
 2Kittim it is revealed to them. Be 
 stiU, ye inhabitants of the ''isle; thou 
 whom the merchants of Zidon, that 
 pass over the sea, have reiilenished. 
 
 3 And on great waters the seed of Slii- 
 hor, the harvest of the Nile, was her 
 revenue; and she was the mart of 
 
 4 nations. Be thou ashamed, Zidon: 
 for the sea hath spoken, the strong hold 
 
 of the sea, saying, I have not travailed, 
 nor brought forth, neither have I 
 nourished young men, nor brought up 
 
 Svii'gins. 8 "When the report cometh to 
 Egypt, they shall be sorely pained at 
 
 6 the report of Tyre. Pass ye over to 
 Tarshisli ; howl, ye inhabitants of the 
 
 7 ''isle. Is this your joyous citi/, whose 
 anticpiity is ^of ancient days, whose 
 feet carried her afar off to sojourn? 
 
 8 Who hath iiurposed this against Tyre, 
 i^the crownuig cittj, whose merchants 
 are princes, whose traflickers are the 
 
 9 honourable of the earth? The Lom> 
 of hosts hath pm'posed it, to ii stain the 
 pride of all glory, to bring into con- 
 tempt all the honoiu-able of the earth. 
 10 13 Pass through thy land as the Nile, 
 daughter of Tarshish; there is no 
 
 11 girdle ahmit thee any more. He hatli 
 stretched out his hand over the sea, h'; 
 hath shaken the kingdoms: the Loko 
 hath given conimandiaent concerning 
 13 Canaan, to destroy the strong holds 
 
 12 thereof. And he said. Thou shalt no 
 more rejoice, thou oppressed vu-gin 
 daughter of Zidon : arise, pass over to 
 Kittim ; even there shalt thou have no 
 
 13 rest. Behold, the land of the Chal- 
 deans; this people ^''is no more; the 
 Assyrian i^hath appointed it for i^the 
 beasts of the wilderness : they set up 
 1'' their tower.s, they if overthrew the 
 lialaces there(3f ; he made it a ruin. 
 
 14 Howl, ye ships of Tarshish: for yom- 
 1.5 strong hold is laid waste. And it 
 shall come to pass in that day, that 
 Tyre shall be forgotten seventy years, 
 according to the days of one king: 
 after the end of seventy years I'^it 
 shall be unto Tyre as in the song of 
 
 16 the harlot. Take an harp, go about 
 the city, thou harlot that hast been 
 forgotten; make sweet melody, sing 
 many songs, that thou mayest be re- 
 
 17 membered. And it shall come to pass 
 after the end of seventy years, that 
 the Lord will visit Tyre, and she shall 
 retui-n to her hire, and shall play the 
 harlot with all the kingdoms of the 
 
 18 world upon the face of tlie earth. And 
 her merchandise and her hu-e shall be 
 holiness to the Lord: it shaU not be 
 treasured nor laid up; for her mer- 
 chandise shall be for them that dweU 
 before the Lord, to eat sufficiently, 
 and for ^Oflurable clothing. 
 
 24 Behold, the Lord maketh the 21 earth 
 empty, and maketh it waste, and tum- 
 eth it upside down, and scattereth 
 2 abroad the inhabitants thereof. And 
 it shall be, as with the people, so with 
 the priest; as with the servant, so 
 with his master ; as with the maid, so 
 with her mistress ; as with the buyer, 
 so with the seller ; as with the lender, 
 so with the borrower; as with the 
 taker of usury, so with the giver of 
 
 8 Or, As 
 
 at the 
 report 
 concern- 
 ing 
 
 Egypt, 
 so &c. 
 
 9 Or. of 
 ancient 
 days ) 
 her oivn 
 feet shall 
 carry &c. 
 
 10 Or. 
 that 
 giveth 
 crowns 
 
 11 Heb. 
 2:>ro/ane. 
 
 12 Or, 
 Over- 
 fiow 
 
 13 Or, the 
 incr- 
 chant 
 people 
 
 11 Or, 
 
 was not 
 
 15 Or, 
 founded 
 
 16 Or, 
 theyn 
 that 
 dwell ill 
 the wl'd- 
 erness 
 I'Or, 
 the 
 
 towers 
 thereof 
 
 18 Or, 
 raised 
 up 
 
 19 Or, 
 shall 
 Tyre 
 sing as 
 an harlot 
 
 20 Or, 
 stately 
 
 21 Or, 
 leind 
 and so in 
 w. 3, 4, 
 &c.
 
 26. 5. 
 
 ISAIAH. 
 
 517 
 
 1 Or, tlie 
 h'lqh oites 
 o/the 
 
 2 Or, 
 ivaste- 
 /less 
 
 See Geu. 
 i. 2. 
 
 3Heb. 
 
 gone 
 into 
 raptiv- 
 ity. 
 
 »Heb. 
 
 beating. 
 
 6 Or. 
 lights 
 Or, fires 
 
 eOr, 
 
 coast- 
 
 Ui-nds 
 
 'Heb. 
 Lean- 
 nesn to 
 me. 
 
 iHeb. 
 
 UpOiU 
 
 9Heb. 
 height, 
 
 WOr, 
 dungeon 
 
 3 usury to him. The eirfcli sliall lie ut- 
 terly emptied, and utterly spoiled; for 
 
 4 the LoKi> hath spoken this word. The 
 earth luouriieth and fadeth away, the 
 world 1 uif^uisheth and fadeth away, 
 ithe lofty people of the earth do hui- 
 
 5 guish. The earth also is polluted mider 
 the hihahitauts thereof; hecause they 
 have transgressed the laws, changed 
 the orduiauce, hroken the everlasthig 
 
 6 covenant. Therefore hath the curse 
 devom-ed the earth, and they that 
 dwell therein are found guilty : there- 
 fore the iidiahitants of the earth are 
 
 7 burned, and few men left. The new 
 wme mourneth, the vine languishelh, 
 
 Sail the nierryhearted do sigh. The 
 mirth of talirets ceaseth, the noise of 
 them that rejoice endeth, the joy of 
 
 9 the harp ceaseth. They shall not drink 
 wine with a song; strong di'ink sludl 
 
 10 be bitter to them that di-ink it. The 
 city of '^confusion is broken down: 
 every house is shut up, that no man 
 
 11 may come m. There is a crying ui the 
 streets because of the wine ; all joy is 
 darkened, the mirth of the land is 
 
 123goiie. In the city is left desolation, 
 and the gate is smitten with destruc- 
 
 IStion. For thus shall it be in the 
 midst of the earth among the peoples, 
 as the ^shaking of an oUve tree, as 
 the grape gleanings when the vint- 
 
 I'lage is done. These shall lift up 
 their voice, they shall shout; for the 
 majesty of the Lord they cry aloud 
 
 15 from the sea. Wherefore glorify ye 
 the Lord m the ^east, even the name 
 of the LoKD, the God of Israel, iu the 
 <5 isles of the sea. 
 
 IC From the uttermost part of the earth 
 have we heard songs, glory to the 
 righteous. But I said, ''I phie away, 
 I pine away, woe is me ! the treacher- 
 ous dealers have dealt treacherously ; 
 yea, the treacherous dealers have dealt 
 
 17 very treacherously. Fear, and the pit, 
 and the snare, are upon thee, in- 
 
 18 habitant of the earth. And it shall 
 come to pass, that he who tleeth from 
 the noise of the fear shall fall into 
 the pit ; and he that cometh up out 
 of the midst of the pit shall be taken in 
 the snare : for the windows on high are 
 opened, and the foundations of the 
 
 19 earth do shake. The earth is utterly 
 broken, the earth is clean dissolved, 
 
 ■20 the earth is moved exceedingly. The 
 earth shall stagger like a dvnnl?eu man, 
 and shall be moved to and fro like a 
 hut; and the transgression thereof 
 shall be hea^'y upon it, and it shall 
 i fall, and not rise again. 
 
 "21 And it shall come to pass in that 
 day, that the Lord shaU ^ punish the 
 host of the 9 high ones on high, and 
 the kings of the earth upon the earth. 
 
 22 And they shall be gathered together, 
 as prisoners are gathered in the i^pit, 
 
 and shall be shut up in the prison, and 
 after many days shall they be ^i visited. 
 
 23 Then the moon shall be confounded, 
 and the sun ashamed; for the Lord of 
 hosts shall reign in mount Zion, and in 
 Jerusalem, and i- before his i^ancients 
 gloriously. 
 
 25 O Loud, thou art my God; I will 
 exalt thee, I will jiraise thy name; 
 for thou hast done wonderful things, 
 even counsels of old, in faithfulness 
 
 2 and truth. For thou hast nuide of a 
 city an heap ; of a defenced city a ruin : 
 a palace of strangers to be no city ; it 
 
 3 shall never be built. Therefore shall 
 the strong people glorify thee, the city 
 of the terrible nations shall fear thee. 
 
 4 For thou hast been a strong hold to 
 the poor, a strong hold to the needy in 
 his distress, a refuge from the storm, a 
 shadow from the heat, when the blast 
 of the terrible ones is as a storm against 
 
 5 the wall. As the heat in a cb-y place 
 shalt thou bring down the noise of 
 strangers ; as the heat by the shadow 
 of a cloud, the song of the ten-ible ones 
 
 6 shall be brought low. And in this 
 mountain shall the Lord of hosts make 
 unto aU peoples a feast of fat things, a 
 feast of wines on the lees, of fat things 
 fuU of marrow, of wines on the lees 
 
 7 well refined. And he will ^^ destroy in 
 this mountain the face of the covering 
 that is cast over aU peoples, and the 
 
 8 veil that is spread over ail nations. He 
 hath swallowed up death for ever ; and 
 the Lord God wiU wipe away tears from 
 off all faces ; and the reproach of his 
 lieople shall he take away from off all 
 the earth : for the Lord hath spoken it. 
 
 9 And it shall be said in that day, Lo, 
 this is our God; we have waited for 
 bun, and he wLU save us: this is the 
 Lord; we have waited for him, we 
 vfiH be glad and rejoice in his salva- 
 
 10 tion. For in this mountain shall the 
 hand of the Lord rest, and Moab shall 
 be trodden down in his place, even as 
 straw is trodden down i^in the water of 
 
 11 the dunghill. And he shall spread forth 
 his hands in the midst i^ thereof, as he 
 that swmimeth spreadeth forth Jiis 
 hands to swim: I'^and he shall lay low 
 18 his pride ^^ together with the craft of 
 
 121'^ his hands. And the fortress of the 
 high fort of thy walls 20 hath he brought 
 down, laid low, and brought to the 
 ground, even to the dust. 
 
 26 In that day shall this song be sung 
 in the laud of" Judah : We have a strong 
 city ; salvation will he appoint for walls 
 
 2 and bulwarks. Open ye the gates, that 
 the righteous nation which keepelh 
 
 3 truth may enter in. 21 Thou wUt keep 
 him 22iu perfect peace, ichose 23 mind 
 is stayed on thee ; because he tnisteth 
 
 4 in thee. Trust ye iu the Lord for 
 ever: for in 24 the Lord jehovah is 
 
 5 25 an everlasting rock. For he hath 
 
 11 Or. 
 jrunithcd 
 
 I2 0r, l«- 
 /</r»* hit 
 aiirients 
 shall be 
 glory 
 "Or, 
 elders 
 
 11 Heb. 
 
 sivallow 
 
 np. 
 
 15 An- 
 other 
 reading 
 is, in the 
 dung- 
 hill. 
 
 16 Or, 0/ 
 thein 
 
 I'Or, 
 but 
 
 IS Or, 
 their 
 
 ^0 Or. for 
 
 all the 
 crtift 
 
 20 Or, 
 shalX he 
 bring 
 down, 
 lay low, 
 and 
 bring Ac. 
 
 21 Or, A 
 
 Stedf:ist 
 
 mind 
 
 thou 
 
 keepest 
 
 in 
 
 ]>er/eet 
 
 peace, 
 
 because 
 
 it &c. 
 
 22 Heb. 
 peace, 
 peace. 
 
 23 Or, 
 imagin- 
 ation 
 
 ^Heb. 
 Jail 
 
 Jehovah. 
 See ch. 
 xii. 2 
 
 25 Or. 
 a rock 
 of apes
 
 518 
 
 ISAIAH. 
 
 26. 5. 
 
 lOr, 
 
 a riyht 
 way ; iJm 
 path of 
 the just 
 thou di- 
 rectesc 
 aright 
 
 2 Or, 
 level 
 
 3 Or, 
 dili- 
 geatlj/ 
 
 4 Or, 
 
 and be ti- 
 shamed, 
 in their 
 etivy at 
 the 
 2>eopIe 
 
 6 Or, the 
 fire of 
 thine ad- 
 versaries 
 shall 
 devour 
 them 
 
 3 Or, 
 
 Tlia dead 
 
 live 
 
 not, the 
 
 dccea sed 
 
 rise not 
 
 rOr, 
 
 sh'tUes 
 
 Hell. 
 
 Repha- 
 
 ini. 
 
 8 Or, 
 thou 
 
 hadst re- 
 moved j t 
 far unto 
 all the 
 ends of 
 the earth 
 oOr, 
 loofcedr 
 for 
 
 w Heb. 
 tchisper^ 
 
 "Or, 
 at thy 
 I pi'csence 
 
 12 0r,iici- 
 thcrhave 
 inhabit- 
 ants of 
 the worlX 
 been 
 born 
 
 13 Or, 
 
 light 
 
 11 Or. the 
 
 shades 
 
 Heb. 
 
 Repha- 
 
 im. 
 
 15 Or, 
 gliding 
 Or, 
 fleeing 
 
 16 Or, 
 winding 
 
 brought down them that dwell on high, 
 the lofty city : he layeth it low, he layeth 
 it low even to the ground ; he briugeth 
 Cit even to the dust. The foot shall 
 tread it down; oven the feet of the 
 
 7 i^oor, and the steps of the needy. The 
 way of the just is i uprightness : thou 
 that art upright dost ^ direct the path of 
 
 8 the jiist. Yea, in the way of thy judge- 
 ments, O Lord, have we waited for 
 thee ; to thy name and to thy memorial 
 
 9 is the de.^ire of our soril. With my soul 
 have I desu'ed thee in the night; ye.a, 
 with my spu-it within me wiU I seek 
 thee s early : for when thy judgements 
 are in the earth, the inliabitants of the 
 
 10 world learn righteousness. Let favour 
 be shewed to the wicked, yet will he not 
 learn righteousness ; in the land of up- 
 rightness will he deal wrongfully, and 
 wiU not behold the majesty of the Lokd. 
 
 11 Lokd, thy hand is lifted up, yet they 
 .see not: but they shall see '^thij zeal 
 for the peoi^le, and be ashamed; yea, 
 ^lire shall devour thine adversaries. 
 
 12 Lord, thou wilt ordain peace for us : 
 for thoii hast also wi'ought all ou' 
 
 13 works for us. O Lord our God, other 
 lords beside thee have had dominion 
 over us ; but by thee only will we make 
 
 14 mention of thy name. 6 Theif are dead, 
 they shall not live; theij are 'deceased, 
 they shall not rise : therefore hast thou 
 visited and destroyed them, and made 
 
 15 all their memory to perish. Thou hast 
 increased the nation, O Lord, thou hast 
 increased the nation; thou art glori- 
 fied: 8 thou hast enlarged all the bor- 
 ders of the land. 
 
 16 Lord, in trouble have they ^ visited 
 thee, they poured out a lo prayer vihen 
 
 17 thy chastening was upon them. Like 
 as a woman with chUd, that drawetli 
 near the time of her delivery, is in 
 pain and crieth oiit in her pangs ; so 
 have we been n before thee, O Lord. 
 
 18 We have been with cliUd, we have been 
 in pain, we have as it were brought 
 forth wind ; we have not wrought any 
 deliverance in the earth ; 12 neither have 
 the inliabitants of the world fallen. 
 
 19 Thy dead shall live; my dead bodies 
 shall arise. Awake and sing, ye that 
 dwell in the dust: for thy dew is as 
 the dew of i^ herbs, and the earth shall 
 cast forth i-* the dead. 
 
 20 Come, my people, enter thou into 
 thy chambers, and shut thy doors 
 about thee: hide thyself for a little 
 moment, until the indignation be over- 
 
 21 past. For, behold, the Lord cometh 
 forth out of his place to pimish the in- 
 habitants of the earth for their iniquity : 
 the earth also shall disclose her blood, 
 and shall no inore cover her slain. 
 
 2'7 In that day the Lord with his sore 
 and great and strong sword shall pun- 
 ish leviathan the i^ swift serpent, and 
 leviathan the i*' crooked serpent; and 
 
 he shah, slay tiie di'agou that is in 
 the sea. 
 
 2 Li that day : I'A vineyard of wiue, sing 
 
 3 ye i»mito it. I the Lord do keep it; I 
 win water it every moment : lest any 
 hmi it, I wUl kcei) it night and day. 
 
 4 Fury is not in me: would that the 
 briers and thorns were agaiust me in 
 battle! I v^ould march upon them, I 
 
 5 woidd burn them together. Or else let 
 him take hold of my strength, that he 
 may make i^eace with me ; yea, let him 
 
 Gmake peace with me. I'ln days to 
 come shall Jacob take root; Israel 
 shall blossom and bud : and they shall 
 fill the face of the world with fruit. 
 
 7 Hath he smitten him as he smote 
 those that smote him? or is he slain 
 a^corduig to the slaughter 20 of them 
 
 8 that were slam by him ? 21 In measure, 
 2^ when thou sendest her away, thou 
 dost contend with her; he hath re- 
 moved hey with his rough blast in the 
 
 9 day of the cast wind. Therefore by this 
 shall the iniquity of Jacob be ^3 purged, 
 and this is aU the fruit '^^oi taking 
 away his sin ; when he inaketh all the 
 stones of the altar as chalkstones that 
 are beaten in smider, so that the 2-">Ash- 
 orun and the smi-images shall rise no 
 
 10 more. For the def enced city is soUtai'y, 
 an habitation deserted and forsakeu, 
 like the wilderness : there shall the calf 
 feed, and there shall he lie down, and 
 
 11 consume the branches thereof. When 
 the boughs thereof are withered, they 
 shall be broken off; the women shall 
 come, and set them on fire : for it is a 
 people of no uuderstandmg ; therefore 
 he that made them wDl not have com- 
 passion upon them, and he that formed 
 them wUl shew them no favour'. 
 
 12 And it shall come to pass in that 
 day, that the Lord shall 2«beat off his 
 fruit, from the flood of the Kiver unto 
 the brook of Egyi)t, and ye shall be 
 27 gathered 2Hone by one, ye children 
 of Israel. 
 
 13 And it shall come to pass in that day, 
 that a great tiatmpet shall be blown; 
 and they shall come which were 29 ready 
 to perish in the land of Assyria, and 
 they that were outcasts in the land of 
 Egypt ; and they .shall wor.-ship the Lord 
 in the holy momitain at Jerusalem. 
 
 28 Woe to the crown of pride of the 
 driuikards of Ephraim, and to the 
 faduig flower of his glorious beauty, 
 which is on the head of the fat valley 
 of them that are ^o overcome with wme ! 
 
 2 Behold, the Lord hath a mighty and 
 strong one; as a tempest of liaU, a 
 destroymg stonn, as a tempest of 
 mighty waters overflowing, shall he 
 cast down to the earth ^i with the hand. 
 
 3 The crown of pride of the chimkards of 
 Ephraim shall be trodden under foot : 
 
 4 and the fading flower of his glorious 
 
 1" Or, ac- 
 cording 
 to some 
 ancient 
 iiutlior- 
 ities, A 
 pleasant 
 vine- 
 yard 
 
 18 Or, of 
 
 13 Or, In 
 the gen- 
 erations 
 that 
 come 
 
 2') Or. of 
 
 their 
 
 slain 
 
 21 The 
 nieaninf,' 
 of the 
 Hebrew 
 word 
 
 is un- 
 certain. 
 
 22 Or, bi/ 
 sending 
 her away 
 
 23 Or, 
 expiated 
 
 21 Or, 
 to take 
 a way 
 
 25 See ,ch. 
 XVJ.8. 
 
 26 Or, 
 beat out 
 his corn 
 
 2' Or, 
 gleaned 
 2S0r, 
 one to 
 another 
 
 2) Or, lost 
 
 30 Heb. 
 smitten 
 down. 
 
 31 Or, 
 with 
 violence
 
 29. 8. 
 
 ISAIAH. 
 
 519 
 
 1 Or, to 
 
 2 Or, 
 reel 
 
 3 Ol-, 
 stai/ger 
 
 lOr, 
 
 Whom 
 shaU he 
 teaeh . . „ 
 and 
 whom 
 shall he 
 make . . , 
 breasts. 
 For &c. 
 
 6 Or, 
 rej:tort 
 GOr, 
 rule 
 
 7 Or, 
 For iclth 
 stani- 
 inering 
 lips 
 
 s Heb. 
 fiTleol. 
 
 "Or, 
 // a I'e 
 laid 
 
 beauty, which is on the liead of the fat 
 valley, sliall he as tlie iawtripc lig be- 
 fore the Buiaiuoi'; which when he tliat 
 looketli iiiRui it seeth, while it is yet in 
 
 5 his hand he cateth it up. In tliat day 
 Hlittll the Loud of hosts he for a crown 
 of glory, and for a diadem of beauty, 
 
 Giuito the residue of hisjieojile: and for 
 asi)iritof judj^enienttohiiuthatsit.teth 
 in judgeiuout, and for strength to them 
 that turn back the battle ^at the gate. 
 
 7 But these also ^have erred through 
 Vi'Uie, and thruugh strong drink 8 are 
 gone astray ; the in-iost and the prophet 
 ''have erred through strong drink, they 
 are swallowed uj) of whie, they are 
 gone astray through strong dxiidi ; they 
 2 err in vision, they stumble in judge- 
 
 8ment. For all tables are full of vomit 
 and filthiiiess, so that there is no ])lace 
 
 9 clean. ^Whorn will he teach know- 
 ledge? and whom will he make to 
 understand the ^ message'' them that 
 are weaned from the milk, and dra^\'n 
 10 from the breasts? For it is precept 
 upon precept, precept ujion i)recept; 
 cime U2)(m line, Ime upon hue; here a 
 
 11 little, there a little. ''Naj', but by 7Hen 
 o/" strange lips and with another tongue 
 
 12 will he s])eak to this people : to whom 
 he said, This is the rest, give ye rest 
 to him that is weary ; and this is the 
 refreshing: yet they would not hear. 
 
 13 Therefore shall the word of the Lord 
 be imto them precept upon j^recept, 
 l)recept upon precejit; line iipou line, 
 Ime ujion line; here a little, there a 
 little ; that they may go, and fall back- 
 Avard, and be broken, and suaied, and 
 taken. 
 
 14 Wherefore hear the word of the Lord, 
 ye scornful men, that rule this people 
 
 15 which is in Jerusalem : Because ye have 
 said. We have made a covenant with 
 death, and with shell are we at agree- 
 ment; when the oveiHowiug scoui'ge 
 shall pass through, it shall not come 
 mito us; for we have made lies our 
 refuge, and under falsehood have we 
 
 16 hid ourselves : therefore thus saith the 
 Lord God, Behold, I -'lay in Ziou for 
 a fomulation a stone, a tried stone, a 
 l)recious corner stotie of sure founda- 
 tion : he that believeth shall not make 
 
 17 haste. And I v.'iU make judgement the 
 luie, and righteousness the plmmnet: 
 and the had. shall sweep away the 
 refuge of lies, and the waters shall 
 
 18 overflow the hiding place. And your 
 covenant with death shaU be disan- 
 luiUed, and your agi-eement with ^heU 
 shall not stand; when the overflow- 
 ing scourge shall pass through, then ye 
 
 19 shall be trodden down by it. As often 
 as it passeth tlrrough, it shall take you ; 
 for mornuig by morning shall it pass 
 tlu-ough, by day and by night: and it 
 shall be nought but terror to mider- 
 
 20 stand the ^ message. For the bed is 
 
 shorter than that a man can stretch 
 himself on it; andthecoveruigiiarr<j\ver 
 than that he can vvrap hinis(^lf iu it. 
 
 21 l'\)r the Lord shall rise up as in '" mount 
 I'erazim, he shall be wroth as in the 
 A alley of (libeou; that he may do his 
 \'.'ork, his strange work, and bring to 
 
 22}iass his act, his strange act. Now 
 therefore be ye not scorners, lest your 
 bands be made strong: for a consum- 
 mation, and that determined, have I 
 heard from the Loi'd, the Lord of 
 hosts, iipon the whole ii earth. 
 
 23 Give ye ear, and hear my voice; 
 
 24 hearken, and hear my speech. Doth 
 the plowman jdow contuuially to sow ? 
 doth he contiunaUfi fjjieu and break the 
 
 2,5 clods of his ground? When he hath 
 made plain the face thereof, doth he not 
 cast aln-oad the i-litches, and scatter 
 the cummin, and put iu the wheat iu 
 I'ows and the barley m the ai)i)oiuted 
 1/lace and the spelt in the border 
 
 26 thereof? i^'For his God doth instruct 
 
 27 him aright, and doth ti^ach bun. For 
 the fitches are not tlu-eshed with a 
 sharp threshing insti'mueut, neither is 
 a cart ■wheel turned about iii)on the 
 cununin; but the fitches are beaten 
 out with a staff, and the cummin with 
 
 28 a rod. !•* Bread corn is gromid; for he 
 win not ever be threshing it: and 
 though the wheel of his cai-t and his 
 horses scatter it, ho doth not griud it. 
 
 29 This also cometb forth from tke Lord 
 of hosts, v/liich is wonderful iu coxmsel, 
 and exceUeut iu i^ wisdom. 
 
 29 i6Ho "Ai-iel, Ai-iel, the city where 
 David encamped! add ye year to 
 
 2 year ; let the feasts come round : then 
 will I distress Ariel, and there shall 
 be mom-ning and lamentation: i^and 
 
 3 she shall be unto me as Ai-iel. And 
 I will camp against thee round about, 
 and Vv'ill lay siege against thee with a 
 fort, and I v,-ill raise siege works against 
 
 4 thee. And thou shalt be brought do^vn, 
 and shalt sjieak out of the ground, and 
 thy speech shall be low out of the dust ; 
 and thy voice shall be as of one that 
 hath a familiar spirit, out of the ground, 
 and thy siJeech shall iswhisjier out of 
 
 5 the dust. But the multitude of thy 
 '-"foes shall be like small dust, and the 
 multitude of the terrible ones as chaff 
 that passeth away: yea, it shall be at 
 
 6 an instant suddenly. 21 gi^g shall be 
 visited of the Lord of hosts with 
 thvmder, and with earthquake, and 
 great noise, with whirlwind and tem- 
 liest, and the flame of a devourmg fire. 
 
 7 And the multitude of aU the nations 
 that fight against Ai'iel, even all that 
 fight against her and her strong hold, 
 and that distress her, shall be as a 
 
 8 dream, a vision of the night. And 
 it shall be as when an hmigry man 
 dreameth, and, behold, he eateth ; birt 
 
 11 See 
 1 Ohr. 
 
 xiv. 11, 
 
 "Or, 
 latvX 
 
 i-'Or, 
 
 hlnek 
 
 cuvimin 
 
 {Xi(/ella 
 
 sativa) 
 
 13 Or, 
 
 And he 
 
 traineth 
 
 eaeh of 
 
 theni 
 
 arhiht; 
 
 his God 
 
 doth 
 
 teaeh 
 
 him 
 
 n Or, Ts 
 
 bread 
 corn 
 
 er ashed f 
 A'at/, lit 
 teilt not 
 ever bt 
 thresh- 
 inj it, 
 and 
 driving 
 his cart 
 ■wheels 
 antt hit 
 horses 
 over it ; 
 he doth 
 not crush 
 it 
 
 15 Or, 
 
 effeetual 
 working 
 
 16 Or. 
 Woe to 
 " That is. 
 The lion 
 of Ood 
 or. The 
 hearth of 
 CrOd. 
 
 18 Or, 3/ef 
 
 19 Or, 
 chirp 
 
 25 Heb. 
 strang- 
 ers. 
 
 21 Or, 
 There 
 shall be 
 a visit- 
 ation 
 from the 
 LORD ic.
 
 520 
 
 ISAIAH. 
 
 29. 8. 
 
 lOi-, 
 
 B,' lie 
 amazed 
 
 2 Or, 
 blind 
 your- 
 selves 
 and be 
 blind 
 
 3 Or, 
 your 
 eyes ; 
 the pro- 
 phets, 
 and &c. 
 
 4 Or, 
 writing 
 s Heb. 
 knoweth 
 ivritinff 
 (or let- 
 ters\ 
 
 6 Or, 
 leartied 
 by rote 
 
 ■Or, 
 
 again do 
 Heb. add 
 to do. 
 
 sOr, 
 your 
 per- 
 versity ! 
 
 9 Or, a 
 book or 
 writing 
 
 WOr, 
 tnake 
 men to 
 offt'nd 
 by their 
 words 
 
 liOr, fiM« 
 when his 
 children 
 
 he awaketh, and his soul is empty : or 
 as when a thirsty man dreameth, and, 
 behold, he drinketh ; but he awaketh, 
 and, behold, he is faint, and his soul 
 hath appetite: so shall the multitude 
 of all the nations be, that fight against 
 mount Zion. 
 9 1 Tarry ye and wonder; 2 take your 
 l)leasiu'e and be blind : they are diaiuk- 
 eu, but not with wiue; they stagger, 
 
 10 but not with strong drink. For the 
 Lord hath poured out upon you the 
 spirit of deep sleep, and hath closed 
 "your eyes, the prophets; and your 
 heads, the seers, hath he covered. 
 
 11 And all vision is become unto you as 
 the words of a ^book that is sealed, 
 which men dehver to one that ^is 
 learned, saying, Kead tliis, I pray thee : 
 and he saith, I cannot, for it is sealed: 
 
 1'2 and the book is delivered to him that 
 is not learned, saying, Read this, I pray 
 thee : and he saith, I am not learned. 
 
 13 And the Lord said, Forasmuch as 
 this people draw nigh unto me, and 
 with their mouth and with theii- lips 
 do honom- me, but have removed theu- 
 heart far from me, and their fear of 
 ine is a commandment of men which 
 
 1-1 hath been 15 taught them : therefore, be- 
 hold, I wiU 7 proceed to do a marvellous 
 work among this people, even a mar- 
 vellous work and a wonder: and the 
 wisdom of their wise men shall perish, 
 and the understanding of theu- i^rudeut 
 men shall be hid. 
 
 15 Woe luito them that seek deep to hide 
 their comisel from the Lorb, and their 
 works are in the dark, and they say, 
 Who seeth us ? and who knoweth us ? 
 
 16 8 Ye turn thmgs upside down! Shall 
 the potter be counted as clay; that 
 the thhig made should say of him 
 that made it, He made me not ; or the 
 thing framed say of him that framed 
 
 17 it, He liath no understanding? Is it 
 not yet a very little while, and Lebanon 
 shall be turned into a fruitful field, 
 and the fruitful field shall be counted 
 
 18 for a forest? And in that day shaU 
 the deaf hear the words of ^ the book, 
 and the eyes of the bUud shall see out 
 
 19 of obscurity and out of darkness. The 
 meek also shall increase their joy m 
 the Lord, and the poor among men 
 shall rejoice in the Holy One of Israel. 
 
 20 For the terrible one is brought to 
 nought, and the scoruer ceaseth, and 
 all they that watch for hiiquity are 
 
 21 cut olf : that lOmake a man an offender 
 in a cause, and lay a snare for him 
 that reproveth in the gate, and turn 
 aside the just with a thing of nought. 
 
 22 Therefore thus saith the Lord, who 
 redeemed Abraham, concernuig the 
 house of Jacob: Jacob shall not now 
 be ashamed, neither shall his face now 
 
 23 wax pale. HBut when he seeth his 
 children, the work of mine hands, in 
 
 the midst of him, they shall sanctify 
 my name ; yea, they shall sanctify the 
 Holy One of Jacob, and shall stand in 
 24 awe of the God of Israel. They also 
 that err in spirit i'^ shall come to under- 
 standing, and they that miu'mui' shall 
 learn is doctrine. 
 
 30 Woe to the rebellious children, saith 
 the Lord, that take counsel, but not of 
 me; and that i^ cover with a covering, 
 but not of my spii-it, that they may 
 
 2 add sin to sin : that walk to go down 
 into Egypt, and have not asked at my 
 mouth; to i'5 strengthen themselves in 
 the strength of Pharaoh, and to trust 
 
 3m the shadow of Egypt! Therefore 
 shall the strength of Pharaoh be your 
 shame, and the trust in the shadow of 
 
 4 Egypt your confusion. For his princes 
 are at Zoan, and his ambassadors are 
 
 5 come to Hanes. They shall aU be 
 ashamed of a people that camiot profit 
 them, that are not an help nor profit, 
 but a shame, and also a reproach. 
 
 6 The i6ijur(jeu of the beasts of the 
 South. 
 
 Tlu-ough the laud of trouble and an- 
 guish, from whence come the lioness 
 and the lion, the viper and fiery flying 
 serpent, they carry then- riches upon 
 the shoulders of young asses, and their 
 treasm'es upon the bunches of camels, 
 to a people that shall not profit them. 
 
 7 For Egyjjt helpeth in vam, and to no 
 pm-pose: therefore have I I'^caUed her 
 
 8 Eahab that sitteth still. Now go, ^^Tite 
 it before them on a tablet, and inscribe 
 it hi a book, that it may be for the time 
 
 9 to come isfor ever and ever. For it is a 
 rebeUious people, lyiug chUdi-en, child- 
 ren that will not hear the i" law of the 
 
 10 Lord : which say to the seers. See not ; 
 and to the prophets. Prophesy not unto 
 us right things, speak unto us smooth 
 
 11 things, prophesy deceits : get you out 
 of the way, turn aside out of the path, 
 cause the Holy One of Israel to cease 
 
 12 from before us. Wherefore thus saith 
 the Holy One of Israel, Because ye 
 despise this word, and trust in oppres- 
 sion and perverseness, and stay there- 
 
 13 on ; therefore this iniquity shall be to 
 you as a breach ready to fall, swelling 
 out in a high waD, whose breaking 
 
 14 cometh suddenly at an instant. And 
 he shall break it as a potter's vessel is 
 broken, breakmg it in pieces without 
 sparmg; so that there shall not be 
 found among the jneces tliereof a 
 sherd to take fire from the hearth, or 
 to take water withal out of the cistern. 
 
 15 For thus said the Lord God, the Holy 
 One of Israel, In returnhig and rest 
 shall ye be saved ; in quietness and m 
 confidence shall be yom- strength : and 
 
 16 ye would not. But ye said, No, for 
 we will flee upon horses; thei-efore 
 shall ye flee : and. We will ride upon 
 
 12 Heb. 
 shall 
 know 
 under- 
 stand- 
 ing. 
 
 MOr, 
 instruc- 
 tion 
 "Or, 
 weave 
 a web 
 Or, 
 pour 
 out a 
 drink 
 offering 
 Or, make 
 a league 
 
 1' Or, flee 
 to the 
 strong 
 hold of 
 Pharaoh 
 
 16 Or, 
 oracle 
 concern- 
 ing 
 
 I'Or, 
 cried 
 concern- 
 ing this. 
 They 
 are but 
 arrog- 
 ancy : 
 be still 
 18 Or, 
 accord- 
 ins to 
 some 
 ancient 
 author- 
 ities, for 
 a witness 
 for ever 
 10 Or, 
 teaching
 
 32. 2. 
 
 ISAIAH. 
 
 521 
 
 lOr, 
 a 7nast 
 
 2 0r, 
 )ijople 
 that 
 dioellesl 
 in Zi'yn 
 lit Jeru- 
 salem 
 
 3 Or, 
 And the 
 J.'ird 
 w'dlgii'C 
 . . . and 
 thy 
 
 ti'achers 
 s7tail not 
 i-c. 
 
 4 Or, 
 teacher 
 
 ^Oijiidc 
 them- 
 selves 
 
 6Heb. 
 
 scalier. 
 
 7Heb. 
 
 me7i- 
 
 stntous. 
 
 !Heb. 
 salted. 
 
 'J Or, dc- 
 tni'^tlo/t 
 
 WQr, 
 when a 
 feast is 
 hallowed 
 
 the swift; tliercforo shall tlioy that, 
 ITpui'svTO you 1)0 swift. Ouo (liousaiid 
 shall life at the rt'hulvo of one ; at tlie 
 lelmke of five ,'ihall ye llee: till ye be 
 left as la beacon upon the top of a 
 mountain, and as an ensign on an bill. 
 
 18 Ami therefore will the Lord wait, 
 that lie )my be gracious unto you, 
 and therefore will ho be exalted, that 
 be naay have mercy upon you: for the 
 Loud is a God of judLrenient; blessed 
 are all they tliat wait lor him. 
 
 19 For 2 the peoi^le shall dwell iu Zion 
 at Jerusalem: thou shalt weep no 
 more; be will surely be gracious mito 
 thee at the voice of thy cry ; when he 
 
 '20 shall hear, be will answer thee. ''And 
 though the Lord give you the bread of 
 adversity and the water of aftlicti(jn, 
 yet shall not thy ^ teachers ''be bidden 
 any more, but thine eyes shall see thy 
 
 '21* teachers: and thine ears shall hear a 
 word beliuid thee, saying, This is the 
 Avay, walk ye iu it ; when ye turn to 
 the right band, and when ye turn to 
 
 2'2 the left. And ye shall defile the over- 
 laying of thy graven images of silver, 
 and the plating of tliy molten images 
 of gold: thou shalt f'cast them away 
 as an 7 unclean thing; thou shalt say 
 
 23 unto it. Get thee hence. And be shall 
 give the rain of thy seed, that thou 
 shalt sow the gromid withal ; and bread 
 of the increase of the ground, and it 
 shall be fat and i^lenteoiis : iu that day 
 shall thy cattle feed iu large pastm'es. 
 
 '24 The oxen likewise and the young asses 
 that till the ground shall eat ^^ savoury 
 provender, which bath been winnowed 
 Avitb the shovel and with the fan. 
 
 25 And there shall be upon every lofty 
 mountain, and upon every high hiU, 
 rivers and streams of waters, in the 
 day of the great slaughter, when the 
 
 26 towers fall. Moreover the light of the 
 moon shall be as the light of the smi, 
 and the light of the sun shall be seven- 
 fold, as the light of seven days, in the 
 day that the Lord bindeth ui> the hurt 
 of bis iieople, and healeth the stroke 
 of their wound. 
 
 27 Behold, the name of the Lord 
 cometh from far, burumg with bis 
 anger, and in thick rising smoke: bis 
 lips are fuU of indignation, and bis 
 
 28 tongue is as a devouring fire : and his 
 breath is as an overflowing stream, 
 that reacheth even unto the neck, to sift 
 the nations with the sieve of ^ vanity: 
 and a bridle that causeth to eiT shall 
 
 29?>e in the jaws of the peoples. Ye 
 shall have a song as iu the night lo when 
 a holy feast is kept ; and gladness of 
 heart, as when one goeth with a jiiye 
 to come into the momitam of the 
 
 30 Lord, to the Eock of Israel. And the 
 Lord shall caiise bis glorious voice to 
 be heard, and shall shew the lighting 
 down of his ai^m, with the indignation 
 
 of hia anger, and the fl ime of a de- 
 vouring fire, with J' a blast, and teiu- 
 
 31 jiest, and hailstones. I'or through tlu; 
 voice of the Lord shall the Assyrian 
 be broken in pieces, i'-* which .smote 
 
 32 with a rod. And every i-'sti'oke of the 
 I'apiiointed staff, which the Lord shall 
 1 ly upon lain, shall be with tabrets 
 and barjis: and in battles of shaking 
 
 33 will he tight with them. J''or i''a To- 
 pheth is in-e])ared of old; yea, lor the 
 king it is made ready; be bath made 
 it deep and lirge: the ])ilo thereof is 
 fire and much wood; the breath of the 
 Lord, like a stream of brimstone, doth 
 kindle it. 
 
 31 Woe to them that go down to Egji)t 
 for help, and staj^ on horses ; and trust 
 in chariots, because they are many, 
 and in horsemen, because they are 
 very strong; but they look not imto 
 the Holy One of Israel, neither seek 
 
 2 the Lord! Yet be also is wise, and 
 vfiW. brmg evil, and will not call back 
 his words: but wOl arise against the 
 house of the eril-doers, and against the 
 
 3 help of them that work iniquity. Now 
 the Egyptians are men, and not God; 
 and then- horses flesh, and not spirit: 
 and when the Lord shall stretch out 
 his hand, both he that heli)e(h shall 
 stumble, and be that is bolpeu shall 
 fall, and they aU shall faU together. 
 
 4 For thus saith the Lord unto me, Like 
 as when the lion growleth and the 
 yoimg lion over his lu-ey if a multi- 
 tude of shejiherds be called forth 
 against him, be wOl not be dis- 
 mayed at theu' voice, nor abase him- 
 self for the noise of them: so shall 
 the Lord of hosts come down to fight 
 16 upon momit Zion, and i^upon the 
 
 5 bill thereof. As birds flying, so will 
 the Lord of hosts protect Jerusalem ; 
 be wlU i^rotect and deUver it, be wLU 
 
 6 pass over and i^reserve it. Tm-n ye 
 unto bun I'^from whom I'^ye have deep- 
 
 7 ly revolted, childreu of Israel. For 
 in that day they shall cast away every 
 man his idols of silver, and bis idols 
 of gold, which your own bauds have 
 
 8 made unto you for a sin. Then shall 
 the Assyrian fall with the sword, not 
 of man; and the sword, not of men, 
 shaU devour him: and he shall flee 
 from the sword, and his young men 
 
 9 shall become tributary. Aiid his rock 
 shall pass away by reason of terror, 
 and bis princes shall be dismayed at the 
 ensign, saith the Lord, whose ure is in 
 Zion, and his fm-uace in Jemsalem. 
 
 32 Behold, a king shall reign in right- 
 eousness, and princes shall rule in 
 
 2 judgement. And a man shall be as an 
 hiding place from the wind, and a 
 covert from the tempest ; as rivers of 
 water in a dry place, as the shadow of a 
 
 "Or 
 rrashiwj 
 
 12 Or, 
 with hit 
 rod iihall 
 he sinite 
 hiiu 
 
 11 Heb. 
 pasting. 
 
 11 Or, 
 
 staff qf 
 
 doom 
 
 (Heb. 
 
 fjanda- 
 
 tim) 
 
 IS See 
 2 Kings 
 xxiii. 10, 
 Jer. viL 
 31 
 
 I'SOr, 
 against 
 
 i"Or. 
 from 
 whom, 
 the child- 
 ren of 
 Israel 
 have 
 deeply 
 revolted 
 
 i« Heb. 
 they. 
 
 17-6
 
 522 
 
 ISAIAH. 
 
 32. 2. 
 
 lOr, 
 closed 
 
 2Heb. 
 haxtj/. 
 
 3 Or, 
 fool 
 See 
 
 1 Sam. 
 XXV. 2.5. 
 
 4 Or, 
 
 noblii 
 
 5 Or, 
 crafty 
 
 oOr, 
 foUj 
 
 "Or, 
 j)oor 
 
 8 Or, by 
 liberal 
 things 
 shall he 
 stand 
 
 »Heb. 
 
 con- 
 
 fit-lcnt. 
 
 10 Or, 
 After 
 a year 
 and 
 dftys 
 Heb. 
 Days 
 above a 
 year. 
 
 11 Or, 
 jjut a 
 fjirdle 
 upon 
 
 I- Or, 
 Ophcl 
 
 3 great rock in a weary land. And the 
 eyes of tbem that see shall not be 
 idim, and tlie ears of them that hear 
 
 ■1 shall hearken. The heirt also of the 
 2 rash shall understand knowledge, and 
 the tongue of the stanimerei's shall 
 
 5 be ready to speak plainly. The ^vile 
 person shill be no more called ^liberal, 
 nor the ^ churl said to be bountiful. 
 
 6 For the Syile person will speak "vil- 
 lany, and his heart will work iniquity, 
 to practise x)rofaneness, and to utter 
 error against the Lord, to make empty 
 the soul of the hungry, and to cause the 
 
 7 drink of the thirsty to fail. The in- 
 struments also of the churl are evil: 
 he deviseth wicked devices to destroy 
 the ''meek with lying words, even 
 
 8 when the r.eedy spe:iketh right. But 
 the liberal deviseth liberal things ; and 
 ^'iu liberal things shall he continue. 
 
 9 Else up, ye women that are at ease, 
 ami hear my voice ; ye 9 careless 
 daughters, give ear unto my speech. 
 
 10 10 For days beyond a year shall ye be 
 troubled, ye careless women: for the 
 vintage shall fail, the ingathering shall 
 
 11 not come. Tremble, ye women that 
 are at ease; be troubled, ye careless 
 ones: strip you, and make you bare, 
 and iigir(i sacLcloth upon your loiiis. 
 
 1'2 They shall smite uijon the breasts for 
 the pleasant fields, for the fruitful 
 
 13 vine. Upon the land of my people 
 shall come up tliorns and briers; yea, 
 upon all the houses of joy in the 
 
 14 joyous city: for the i^alace shall l)e 
 forsiken ; the populous city shall be de- 
 serted ; 1'^ the hill and the watch-tower 
 shall be for dens for ever, a joy of wild 
 
 15 asses, a pastiu'e of flocks; until the spirit 
 be pom'ed upon us from on high, and the 
 wilderness become a fruitful field, and 
 the fi'uitful field be counted for a forest. 
 
 16 Then judgement shall dwell in the wOd- 
 erness, and righteousness shall abide 
 
 17 in the fruitful field. And the work of 
 righteousness shall be peace ; and the 
 effect of righteousness quietness and 
 
 18 confidence for ever. And my people 
 shall abide in a peaceable habitation, 
 and in sure dwellings, and in quiet 
 
 19restLug islaces. But it shall hail, m 
 the downfall of the forest ; and the 
 
 20 city shall be utterly laid lov^. Blessed 
 are ye that sow beside aU waters, that 
 send forth the feet of the ox and the ass. 
 
 33 Woe to thee that siioilest, and thou 
 wast not spoiled ; and dealest treacher- 
 ously, and they dealt not treacherously 
 with thee ! When thou hast ceased to 
 spoil, thou shalt be spoiled ; and when 
 thou hast made an end to deal treach- 
 erously, they shall deal treacherously 
 2 with thee. O Lord, be gracious unto 
 us ; we have waited for thee : be thou 
 their arm every morning, our salvation 
 
 3 also in the time of trouble. At the 
 noise of the tumult the peoples are 
 fled; at the lifting up of thyself the 
 
 4 nations are scattered. And your spoU 
 shall be gathered as the caterpiJler 
 gathereth: as locusts leap shall they 
 
 5 leap upon it. The Lord is exalted; 
 fpr he dwelleth on high : he hath filled 
 Zion with judgement and righteous- 
 
 6ness. i^AjkI there shall be stabDity 
 in thy times, abundance of salvation, 
 wisdom and knowledge : the fear of 
 the Lord is his treasure. 
 
 7 Behold, their valiant ones cry with- 
 out: the ambassadors of peace weep 
 
 8 bitterly. The high ways lie waste, the 
 wayfaring man ceaseth : he hath broken 
 the covenant, he hath despised the 
 
 9 cities, he regardeth not man. The 
 land mourneth and languisheth : Leba- 
 non is ashamed and v/ithereth away: 
 Sharon is like i^ a desert ; and Bashan 
 and Carmel shake off their leaves. 
 
 10 Now will I arise, saith the Lord ; now 
 wiU I lift up myseK ; now will I be ex- 
 
 11 alted. Ye shall conceive chaff, ye shall 
 bring forth stubble: your breath is a 
 
 12 tire that shall devour you. And the 
 peoples shall be as the burnings of 
 lime : as thorns cut down, that are 
 bunied in the fire. 
 
 13 Hear, ye that are far off, what I have 
 done ; and, ye that are near, acknow- 
 
 14 ledge my might. The sinners in Zion 
 are afraid; trembling hath surprised 
 the godless ones. Who among us shall 
 dwell with the devouring fire? who 
 among us shall dwell with everlasting 
 
 15 bui-nings ? He that walketh righteous- 
 ly, and sjieaketh uprightly; he that 
 despiseth the gain of i^ oppressions, 
 that shaketh his hands from hoklLug 
 of bribes, that stoppeth his ears from 
 hearing of blood, and slmtteth his eyes 
 
 16 from looking upon evil ; he shall dwell 
 on high: his place of defence shall 
 be the mmiitions of rocks: his bread 
 shall be given lian ; his waters shall be 
 
 17sirre. Thine eyes shall see the king 
 in his beauty: they shall behold ^''a, 
 
 18 far stretching land. Thine heart shall 
 muse on the terror: where is i^he that 
 comited, where is he that weighed the 
 tribute ? where is he that counted the 
 
 19 towers ? Thou shalt not see the fierce 
 Xieople, a ijeoiile of a deep S2ieech that 
 thou canst not perceive ; of a i** strange 
 tongue that thou canst not under - 
 
 20 stand. Look upon Zion, the city of 
 our 19 solemnities : thine eyes shall see 
 Jerusalem a quiet habitation, a tent 
 that shall not be removed, the stakes 
 whereof shall never be plucked up, 
 neither shall any of the cords thereof 
 
 21 be broken. But there the Lord wLU 
 be with us in majesty, ^Oa place of broad 
 rivers and streams ; whereLu shall go 
 no galley with oars, neither shall gallant 
 
 22shii) pass thereby. For the Lord is 
 
 IT Or, 
 And 
 abund- 
 ance of 
 salva- 
 tion 
 wisdoin 
 and 
 know- 
 ledge 
 shall be 
 the 
 
 stability 
 of thy 
 times 
 
 11 Or, the 
 A rabah 
 
 15 Or, 
 fraud 
 
 16 Or, 
 a land 
 that is 
 very far 
 off 
 
 Heb. a 
 land of 
 far dist- 
 ances. 
 
 17 Or, tlu! 
 scribe 
 
 18 Or, 
 stani- 
 mering 
 
 19 Or, set 
 feasts 
 
 20 Or, but 
 
 in the 
 
 place... 
 
 streams 
 
 there 
 
 shall go 
 
 ic.
 
 36. 3. 
 
 ISAIAH. 
 
 523 
 
 1 Heb. 
 devoted. 
 
 2 Or. 
 
 moulder 
 away 
 
 3 Heb. 
 
 devoting^ 
 or, bixn. 
 
 'Or, 
 bittern 
 
 5 Heb. 
 stones. 
 
 6 Or, As 
 for her 
 7iobles, 
 none 
 shall be 
 there 
 to pro- 
 elaim 
 the king- 
 dom 
 
 7 Heb. 
 howling 
 crea- 
 tures. 
 
 8 Or, 
 he-goat 
 
 9 Heb. 
 lilith. 
 
 our ju(l{,'e, the Lord is our lawgiver, 
 the Liiui) is oiu* king; he will save us. 
 
 '23 Thy tacklings are loosed ; they could 
 not strengthen the foot of their mast, 
 they could not spread the sail: then 
 was the prey of a great spoil divided; 
 
 ■24 the lame took the prey. And the 
 inhahitant shall not say, I am sick: 
 the jieojile that dwell therein shall be 
 forgiven their iniquity. 
 
 34 Come near, ye nations, to hear; and 
 hearken, ye peoples : let the earth hear, 
 and the fulness thereof; the world, 
 and all things that come forth of it. 
 •2 For the Loku hath indignation against 
 all the nations, and fury agauist all 
 then" host: he hath i utterly destroyed 
 them, he hath delivered them to the 
 
 3 slaughter. Their slain also shall be 
 cast out, and the stink of then* carcases 
 shall come up, and the mountains shall 
 
 4 be melted with their blood. And all 
 the host of heaven shall 2 be dissolved, 
 and the heavens shall be rolled to- 
 gether as a scroll: and all their host 
 shall fade away, as the leaf fadeth from 
 off the -sane, and as a fading leaf from 
 
 5 the fig tree. For my sword hath di-mik 
 its liU in heaven : behold, it shall come 
 down upon Edom, and upon the people 
 
 6 of my 3 curse, to judgement. The sword 
 of the LoED is filled with blood, it is 
 made fat with fatness, with the blood 
 of lambs and goats, with the fat of the 
 kidneys of rams : for the Lord hath a 
 sacrifice in Bozrah, and a great slaugli- 
 
 7 ter in the land of Edom. And the wild- 
 oxen shall come down with them, and 
 the bullocks with the bulls ; and their 
 land shall be drmiken with blood, and 
 
 8 their dust made fat with fatness. For 
 it is the day of the Lord's vengeance, 
 the year of recompence in the con- 
 
 9troversy of Zion. And the streams 
 thereof shall be turned into pitch, 
 and the dust thereof into brimstone, 
 and the laud thereof shall become 
 
 10 burning pitch. It shall not be 
 quenched night nor day; the smoke 
 thereof shall go up for ever: from 
 generation to generation it shall lie 
 waste ; none shall pass thi'ough it for 
 
 11 ever and ever. But the pelican and 
 the porcupine shall possess it ; and the 
 ■lowl and the raven shall dwell therein : 
 and he shall stretch over it the line of 
 confusion, and the 5 plummet of enipti- 
 
 12 ness. "^ They shall call the nobles there- 
 of to the kuigdom, but none shall be 
 there ; and all her i^rinces shall be 
 
 13 nothing. And thorns shall come up 
 in her palaces, nettles and thistles in 
 the fortresses thereof : and it shall be 
 an habitation of jackals, a court for 
 
 14 ostriches. And the wild beasts of the 
 desert shall meet with the "^ wolves, and 
 the 8 satyr shall cry to his fellow ; yea, 
 9 the night-monster shall settle there. 
 
 15 and shall find her a place of rest. There 
 shall the arrowsnake make her nest, 
 and lay, and hatch, and gather under 
 her sliadow: yea, there shall the kites 
 bo gathered, every one with her mate. 
 
 16 Seek ye out of the book of the Lord, 
 and read : no one of these shall be 
 missing, none shall want her mate : 
 for my mouth it hath commanded, and 
 
 17 his sjiirit it hath gathered them. And 
 he hath cast the lot for them, and his 
 hand hath divided it unto them by 
 line : they shall possess it for ever, 
 from generation to generation .shall 
 they dwell therein. 
 
 35 The wilderness and the 'o solitary 
 place shall be glad; and the desert 
 shall rejoice, and blossom as the i^rose. 
 
 2 It shall blossom abundantly, and re- 
 joice even with joy and singing; the 
 glory of Lebanon shall be given unto 
 it, the exceUeucy of Carmel and Sharon : 
 they shall see the glory of the Lord, 
 the excellency of our God. 
 
 3 Strengthen ye the weak hands, and 
 
 4 confirm the i'^ feeble knees. Say to them 
 that are of a isfearful heart. Be strong, 
 fear not : i^ behold, your God will come 
 with vengeance, vith the recompence 
 of God; he will come and save you. 
 
 5 Then the eyes of the blind shall be 
 opened, and the ears of the deaf shall 
 
 Gbe imstopped. Then shall the lame 
 man leap as an hart, tnd the tongue of 
 the dmub shall sing : for in the wilder- 
 ness shall waters break out, and streams 
 
 7 in the desert. And the i^ glowing sand 
 shall become a pool, and the tliirsty 
 ground sprmgs of water : in the habit- 
 ation of jackals, where they lay, shall 
 
 8 be ii^ grass with reeds and rushes. And 
 an high way shall be thei'e, and a way, 
 and it shall be called The way of holi- 
 ness ; the rmclean shall not pass over 
 it ; 17 but it shall be for those : the way- 
 faring men,yeafools, shaUnoterrf/iere- 
 
 9 ill. No Uon shall be there, nor shall any 
 ravenous beast go up thereon, they 
 shall not be found there; but the re- 
 
 10 deemed shall walk there : and the ran- 
 somed of the Lord shall return, and 
 come with singing unto Zion ; and ever- 
 lasting joy shall be upon theii- heads : 
 they shall obtain gladness and joy, and 
 sorrow and sighmg shall flee away. 
 
 36 i^Now it came to pass in the foiu'- 
 teeuth year of king Hezekiah, that 
 19 Sennacherib king of Assyria came up 
 agauist aU the fenced cities of Judah, 
 
 2 and took them. And the king of As- 
 syria sent 20Eabshakeh from Lachish 
 to Jerusalem mito king Hezekiah with 
 a great army. And he stood by the 
 conduit of the upper pool in the high 
 
 Sway of the fuller's field. Then came 
 forth mito him Ehakim the son of 
 Hilkiah, which was over the household, 
 
 10 Or. 
 
 parched 
 
 land 
 
 nOr, 
 autumn 
 crocus 
 See C.<int 
 ii. 1. 
 
 12 Or, 
 
 tottering 
 
 13 Heb. 
 hasty. 
 
 11 Or, 
 behold, 
 your 
 God ! 
 venge- 
 ance 
 will 
 come, 
 even the 
 recom- 
 pence of 
 God 
 15 Or, 
 mirage 
 
 IB Or, a 
 court for 
 reeds &c. 
 See ch. 
 xxxiv. 13. 
 
 i' Or, for 
 he shall 
 be with 
 theni&c. 
 Or, and 
 he shall 
 walk in 
 the wag 
 for 
 them, 
 andfools 
 &c. 
 
 IS See 
 2 Kings 
 xviii. 13, 
 17, &c. 
 
 19 Heb. 
 .%«- 
 herib. 
 
 20 The 
 title of 
 an As- 
 syrian 
 officer. 
 
 17—6
 
 524 
 
 ISAIAH. 
 
 36. 3. 
 
 lOr, 
 secret- 
 ary 
 
 -Or, 
 chron- 
 icler 
 
 9 Or, 
 
 7nake a 
 
 wager 
 
 with 
 
 4Heb. 
 
 Aratn- 
 eati. 
 
 5Heb. 
 Make 
 itnth ine 
 a bless- 
 ing. 
 
 aud Sliebiia the i scribe, and Joali the 
 
 4 son of Asaph the ^recorder. Aiid Eab- 
 shakeh said unto them, Say ye now to 
 Hezekiah, Thus saith the great king, 
 the king of Assyria, What confidence 
 
 5 is this wherein thou trustest ? I say, 
 till/ coimsel and strength for the war 
 are but vain words: now on whom 
 dost thou trust, that thou hast rebelled 
 
 G against me ? Behold, thou trustest up- 
 on the staff of this bruised reed, even 
 upon Egyjit ; whereon if a man lean, it 
 wOl go into his hand, and pierce it : so 
 is Pharaoh kmg of Egyi^t to all that 
 
 7 trust on him. But if thou say unto 
 me. We trust in the Loud our God: is 
 not that he, whose high places and 
 whose altars Hezekiah hath taken 
 away, aud hath said to Judah aud to 
 Jerusalem, Ye shall worship before this 
 
 8 altar? Now therefore, I pray thee, 
 Sgive pledges to my master the king 
 of Assyria, and I will give thee two 
 thousand horses, if thou be able on thy 
 
 Ojjart to set riders upon them. How 
 then canst thou tm-n away the face 
 of one captain of the least of my 
 master's servants, aud put thy trust 
 on Egypt for chariots and for horse- 
 
 10 men '? And am I-uow come up without 
 the Lord against this land to destroy 
 it? The Lord said unto me. Go uj) 
 
 11 against this laud, and destroy it. Then 
 said Eliakim and Shebua and Joah 
 imto Eabshakeh, Speak, I pray thee, 
 unto thy servants in the * Syrian lan- 
 guage ; for we understand it : aud speak 
 not to us in the Jews' language, in the 
 ears of the people that are on the wall. 
 
 12 But Eabshakeh said. Hath my master 
 sent me to thy master, and to thee, to 
 sjjeak these words? hath he not sent 
 me to the men that sit upon the wall, 
 to eat their own dung, and to druik 
 
 13 their own water with you ? Then Eab- 
 shakeh stood, and cried with a loud 
 voice in the Jews' language, and said, 
 Hear ye the words of the great king, 
 
 14 the king of Assyria. Thus saith the 
 king. Let not Hezekiah deceive you; 
 for he shall not be able to deliver you : 
 
 15 neither let Hezekiah make you trust 
 in the Lord, saying. The Lord wiU 
 surely dehver us ; this city shall not be 
 given into the hand of the kuig of As- 
 
 16 Syria. Hearken not to Hezekiah : for 
 thus saith the king of Assyria, ^Make 
 your peace with me, and come out to 
 me ; aud eat ye every one of his vine, 
 and every one of his fig tree, and di-mk 
 ye every one the waters of his own cis^" 
 
 17 tern: until I come and take you away 
 to a land like your own land, a land of 
 corn and wine, a land of bread and 
 
 18 vineyards. Beware lest Hezekiah i^er- 
 suade you, saying. The Lord will de- 
 liver us. Hath auy of the gods of the 
 nations delivered his land out of the 
 
 19 hand of the king of Assyiia ? Wiere 
 
 are the gods of Hamath and Ai-jiad? 
 where are the gods of Sepharvaim? 
 and have they delivered Samaria out 
 
 '20 of my hand ? Who are they among aU 
 the gods of these countries, that have 
 delivered their country out of my hand, 
 that the Lord should deliver Jerusalem 
 
 21 out of my hand? But they held their 
 jieace, aud answered him not a word: 
 for the king's commandment was, say- 
 
 22ing, Answer him not. Then came 
 Eliakim the son of Hilkiah, that was 
 over the household, and Shebna the 
 scribe, and Joah the son of Asaph the 
 recorder, to Hezekiah with their clothes 
 rent, and told him the words of Eab- 
 shakeh. 
 
 37 f^And it came to pass, when kmg 
 Hezekiah heard it, that he rent his 
 clothes, and covered himself with sack- 
 cloth, and went into the house of the 
 
 2 Lord. And he sent Eliakim, who was 
 over the household, and Shebna the 
 scribe, aud the elders of the priests, 
 covered with sackcloth, unto Isaiah the 
 
 3 prophet the sou of Amoz. And they 
 said mito him, Thus saith Hezekiah, 
 This day is a day of trouble, and of 
 rebuke, and of contimiely : for the 
 children are come to the birth, and 
 there is not strength to bring forth. 
 
 4 It may be the Lord thy God will hear 
 the words of Eabshakeh, ''whom the 
 king of Assyria his master hath sent 
 to reproach the living God, and wiU 
 rebuke the words which the Lord thy 
 God hath heard : wherefore lift up thy 
 
 5 ijrayer for the remnant that is left. So 
 the servants of king Hezekiah came to 
 
 G Isaiah. And Isaiah said unto them, 
 Thus shall ye say to yom- master. Thus 
 saith the Lord, Be not afraid of the 
 words that thou hast heard, wherewith 
 the servants of the king of Assyi-ia 
 
 7 have blasphemed me. Behold, I will 
 put a spirit in hiui, and he shall hear 
 a rumour, and shall return mito his 
 own land ; and I wiU cause him to fall 
 by the sword in his own land. 
 
 8 So Eabshakeh returned, and foimd 
 the king of Assyria warring against 
 Libnah : for he had heard that he was 
 
 9 departed from Lachish. And he heard 
 say concerning Tirhakah king of Ethi- 
 opia, He is come out to fight against 
 thee. And when he heard it, he sent 
 
 10 messengers to Hezekiah, saying. Thus 
 shall ye speak to Hezekiah king of 
 Judah, saying. Let not thy God in 
 whom thou trustest deceive thee, say- 
 ing, Jerusalem shall not be given into 
 
 11 the lia\id of the king of Assyria. Be- 
 hold, thou hast heard what the kings 
 of Assyria have done to all lands, by 
 Pdestroyuig them utterly: and shalt 
 
 12 thoii be delivered ? Have the gods of 
 the nations delivered them, which my 
 fathers have destroyed, Gozau, aud 
 Haran, and Eezeph, and the children of 
 
 e.See 
 2 Kings 
 xix. 
 
 7 Or, 
 
 where- 
 ivith the 
 king of 
 Assyria 
 ...hath 
 sent him 
 
 SHeb. 
 
 drvotinf; 
 the7n.
 
 38. 8. 
 
 ISAIAH. 
 
 525 
 
 iln 
 
 xvii. SJ, 
 Avva. 
 
 2 Or, 
 
 dwelU'iit 
 
 3 Hel>. 
 aftei: 
 
 J Or, 
 
 6 Or, 
 defence 
 Heb. 
 Mazor. 
 See cli. 
 xix. 6. 
 
 6 In 
 2 KiiiKS 
 xix. 26, 
 corn 
 Hasted. 
 
 13E<l(.'n wliich wi^re in Tclassav? "Where 
 is the kiny uf Haiuath, and IIjo kiiij,' 
 of Arpad, and tlio kiiiff of tho city 
 of Sepliavvaini, of Hciia, and ilvvah? 
 
 14 And Ilezekiah received tlio letter from 
 the hand of tho messengers, and read 
 it: and Hezekiah went np unto the 
 house of tho Lord, and spread it bc- 
 
 15foro the Lord. And Hezekiah prayed 
 
 1(5 unto tho Lord, sa3'ing, O Lord of 
 hosts, tho God of Israel, that ^sittest 
 upon tlio cherubim, tliou art the God, 
 CYon thou alone, of all the kingdoms 
 of llie earth; thou. bast made heaven 
 
 17 and earth. Licliuo thine oar, O Lord, 
 and ber.r; open thine eyes, Lord, 
 and see: and hear all the words of 
 Sennacherib, which bath sent to re- 
 
 ISproacb tho livuig God. Of a truth, 
 Lord, the kuigs of Assyi-ia have laid 
 waste all the countries, and their land, 
 
 19 and have cast their gods into the fire : 
 for they were no gods, but the work of 
 men's hands, wood and stone; there- 
 
 20 fore they have destroyed them. Now 
 therefore, O Lord our God, save us 
 from his band, that all the kingdoms 
 of the earth may know that tbou art 
 the Lord, even thou only. 
 
 '21 Then Isaiah the son of Amoz sent 
 unto Hezekiah, saying, Thus saitli the 
 Lord, the God of Israel, Whereas thou 
 hast prayed to me against Sennacherib 
 
 '22 king of Assyria, this is the word which 
 the Lord hath spoken concernuig liini : 
 The vu-gui daughter of Zion hath de- 
 spised thee and laughed thee to scorn ; 
 the daughter of Jerusalem hath shaken 
 
 2.Sher head 3 at thee. Whom hast thou 
 reproached and blasphemed? and a- 
 gainst whom hast thou exalted thy 
 voice and lifted uji thine eyes on high ? 
 eveii against tho Holy One of Israel. 
 
 '24 By thy servants hast thou reproached 
 the Lord, and hast said, With the 
 miiltitude of my chariots am I come 
 up to the height of tho mountains, 
 to the inuennost parts of Lebanon ; 
 and I will cut down tho tall cedars 
 thereof, and the choice ■'fir trees there- 
 of: and I will enter into his farthest 
 height, the forest of his fruitful field. 
 
 251 have digged and di-unk water, and 
 with the sole of my feet will I ch-y up 
 
 26 all the rivers of ^ Egypt. Hast thou 
 not heard how I have done it long ago, 
 and formed it of ancient times'? now 
 have I brought it to pass, that thou 
 shouldest bo to lay waste fenced cities 
 
 27 into ruinovis heaps. Therefore their 
 inhabitants were of small power, they 
 were dismayed and confomided; they 
 were as tho grass of the field, and as 
 the green herb, as tho grass on the 
 housetops, and as "^ a field of corn before 
 
 28 it be grown up. But I know thy sit- 
 tmg d.TOai, and thy going out, and thy 
 coming in, and thy raguig against me. 
 
 29 Because of thy raging against me, and 
 
 for that'^tliino arrogancy is come up 
 into mine cars, therefore will I put my 
 hook in thy nose, and my bridle in thy 
 lips, and I will turn thee back l)y the way 
 
 30 by which thou earnest. And this shall 
 be the signxudo thee: yo shall eat this 
 year that which gi'oweth of itself, and 
 in tho second year that which spring- 
 eth of the same ; and m tho third year 
 sow ye, and reap, and plant vuieyards, 
 
 31 and eat tho fruit thereof. And ^tho 
 renniant that is escaped of the house 
 of Judah shall again take root down- 
 
 32 ward, and bear fruit upward. Fen- out 
 of Jerusalem shall go forth a remnant, 
 and out of mount Zion they that shall 
 escape: the zeal of tho Lord of hosts 
 
 33 shall perform this. Therefore thus 
 saith the Lord concerning the kmg of 
 Assyi'ia, He shall not come unto this 
 city, nor shoot an arrow there, neither 
 shall he come before it with shield, nor 
 
 34crtst a mount against it. By the way 
 that he came, by the same shall he 
 return, and he shall not come unto 
 
 35 this city, saith tho Lord. For I will 
 defend this city to save it, for mine own 
 sake, and for my servant David's sake. 
 
 36 And the angel of the Lord went 
 forth, and smote hi the camp of the 
 Assyrians a lumch'ed an_d f om-score and 
 five thousand: and when men arose 
 early in the morning, behold, they 
 
 37 were all dead corpses. So Sennacherib 
 king of Assyria departed, and went 
 and returned, and dwelt at Nineveh. 
 
 38 And it came to jjass, as he was wor- 
 shipping in the house of Nisroch his 
 god, that Adi-ammelech and Sharezer 
 his sons smote him with the sword: 
 and they escaped into the land of Ai-a- 
 rat. And Esar-haddon his son reigned 
 in his stead. 
 
 38 ^In those days was Hezekiah sick 
 unto death. And Isaiah the proi^het 
 the son of Amoz came to bun, and said 
 unto him, Thus saith the Lord, Set 
 thine house m order ; for thou shalt die, 
 
 2 aud not live. Then Hezekiah turned 
 Lis face to the wall, and prayed unto 
 
 3 the Lord, and said, Eemember now, 
 
 Lord, I beseech thee, how I have 
 walked before thee in truth and with 
 a perfect heart, and have done that 
 which is good in thy sight. And 
 
 4 Hezekiah wept sore. Then came the 
 word of the Lord to Isaiah, saying, 
 
 5 Go, and say to Hezekiah, Thus saith 
 the Lord, the God of David thy father, 
 
 1 have heard thy prayer, I have seen 
 thy tears : behold, I will add mito thy 
 
 6 days fifteen years. And I wiU deliver 
 thee and this city out of the hand of 
 the kmg of Assyria : and I will defend 
 
 7 this city. And this shall be the sign 
 unto thee from the Lord, that the 
 Lord will do this thuig that he hath 
 
 8 spoken : behold, I will cause the shadow 
 on the steps, which is gone down on the 
 
 "Or, th,i 
 ca relets 
 caw 
 
 8 Heb. 
 
 the 
 
 escaped 
 
 of the 
 
 huit.io of 
 
 Judah 
 
 that 
 
 remain. 
 
 oSee 
 2 Kiiiga 
 XX. 1, &c.
 
 526 
 
 ISAIAH. 
 
 38.8. 
 
 IHeh. 
 
 2 Or, by 
 
 3 Or, *.(/ 
 which 
 steps it 
 
 4 Or, 
 
 tran- 
 
 guillitt/ 
 
 6Heb. 
 Sheol. 
 
 6Heb. 
 Jah, 
 
 'Or, 
 
 ■when 
 
 I am 
 
 amonff 
 
 them 
 
 that 
 
 have 
 
 ceased 
 
 to he 
 
 6 Or, 
 
 habit' 
 
 ation 
 
 OHeb. 
 thrum. 
 10 Or, 7 
 thought 
 until 
 morn- 
 ing, Asa 
 lion, so 
 li'iU he 
 break &c. 
 
 '1 Or, 
 as in 
 soleinn 
 pro- 
 cession 
 See Ps. 
 xlii. 4. 
 
 12 Or, So 
 wilt thou 
 recover 
 me 
 
 13 Heb. 
 thou hast 
 loved mj 
 soul 
 
 from the 
 2nt. 
 11 Or, 
 nothing- 
 ness 
 
 15 See 
 2 Kings 
 xx. 7, a 
 
 11 I 
 
 12 
 
 idial of Aliaz 2 with the sun, to return 
 backward ten steps. So the sun re- 
 turned ten steps '^on the dial whereon 
 it was gone down. 
 9 The writing of Hezekiah king of 
 Judah, when he had been sick, and 
 was recovered of his sickness. 
 10 I said, In the ^noontide of my days 
 I sliall go into the gates of -^the 
 grave : 
 I am deprived of the residue of my 
 years. 
 
 said, I shall not see "the Lord, 
 even "^the Lord in the land of the 
 living : 
 I shall l)eliold man no more 'with 
 
 the inhabitants of the world. 
 
 Mine 8 age is removed, and is can-ied 
 
 away from me as a sheijherd's tent : 
 
 I have rolled up like a weaver my life ; 
 
 he will cut me off from the ^ loom : 
 
 From day even to night vdli i\nm 
 
 make an end of me. 
 101 quieted ???//.9e(/' until morning; as 
 a lion, so he breaketh all my bones : 
 From day even to night ■svilt thoi; 
 
 make an end of me. 
 Like a swallow or a crane, so did I 
 
 chatter ; 
 I did mourn as a dove: mme eyes 
 fail iritli looling upward; 
 
 Lord, I am oppressed, be thou my 
 sui'ety. 
 
 "What shall I say? he hath both 
 spoken luito me, and himself hath 
 done it : 
 
 1 shall go 11 softly all my years be- 
 cause of the bitterness of my soul. 
 
 Lord, by these things men live. 
 
 And wholly therein is the life of my 
 spirit : 
 
 1- Wherefore recover thou me, and 
 make me to live. 
 
 Behold, it vms for mtj peace that I 
 had gi'eat bitterness : 
 
 But 13 thou hast in love to my soul 
 delivered it from the pit of i'* cor- 
 ruption ; 
 
 For thou hast cast all my sins behind 
 thy back. 
 
 For 5 the grave cannot praise thee, 
 death caiuiot celebrate thee : 
 
 They that go down into the pit can- 
 not hojie for thy truth. 
 
 The living, the living, he shall praise 
 thee, as I do this day: 
 
 The father to the children shaU make 
 known thy truth. 
 
 The Lord is reachj to save mo: 
 
 Therefore we will sing my songs to 
 the stringed instruments 
 
 All the days of our life in the house 
 of the Lord. 
 i=Now Isaiah had said, Let them 
 take a cake of figs, and lay it for a 
 plaister upon the boil, and he shall re- 
 22 cover. Hezekiah also had said. What 
 is the sign that I shall go uji to the 
 house of the Lord ? 
 
 13 
 
 14 
 
 15 
 
 IG 
 
 17 
 
 IS 
 
 19 
 
 20 
 
 21 
 
 39 1'' At that time Merodach-baladan the 
 son of Baladan, king of Babylon, sent 
 letters and a present to Hezekiah : 
 for he heard that he had been sick, 
 
 2 and was recovered. And Hezekiah was 
 glad of them, and shewed them the 
 house of his 17 precious thiugs, the 
 silver, and the gold, and the spices, 
 and the jirecious oil, and all the house 
 of his i''' annour, and all that was found 
 in his treasures : there was nothmg in 
 his house, nor in all his dominion, that 
 
 3 Hezekiah shewed them not. Then 
 came Isaiah the prophet unto king 
 Hezekiah, and said mito him, "WTiat 
 said these men? and from whence 
 came thej' mito thee ? And Hezekiah 
 said, They are come from a far coun- 
 
 4 try unto me, even from Babylon. Then 
 said he. What have they seen in thme 
 house ■? And Hezekiah answered, All 
 that is ui mine house have they seen: 
 there is nothing among my treasures 
 
 5 that I have not shewecl them. Then 
 said Isaiah to Hezekiah, Hear the 
 
 G word of the Lord of hosts. Behold, 
 the days come, that all that is in 
 thine house, and that which thy fathers 
 have laid up in store until this day, 
 shall be carried to Babylon: nothing 
 
 7 shall be left, saith the Lord. And of 
 thy sons that shall issue from thee, 
 which thou shalt beget, shall they take 
 away; and they shaU be eunuchs in 
 the palace of the king of Babylon. 
 
 8 Then said Hezekiah unto Isaiah, Good 
 is the word of the liORD which thou hast 
 spoken. He said moreover. For there 
 shall be peace and truth in my days. 
 
 40 Comfort ye, comfort ye my people, 
 
 2 saith yoiu' God. Speak ye i^ com- 
 fortably to Jenisalem, and cry unto 
 her, that her 20 warfare is accomplished, 
 that her 21 iniquity is pardoned ; that 
 .she hath received of the Lced's hand 
 double for aU her sins. 
 
 3 The voice of one 22 that crieth. Pre- 
 pare ye in the wilderness the way of 
 the Lord, make ^a straight in the desert 
 
 4 a high way for our God. Every valley 
 shall be exalted, and every mountain 
 and hill shall be made low: and '-^the 
 crooked shall be made straight, and 
 
 5 the rough places '* plain : and the glory 
 of the Lord shall be revealed, and all 
 flesh shaU see it together: for the mouth 
 
 () of the Lord hath sjioken it. The voice 
 of onesaying, Cry. And^Conesaid.What 
 shall I cry? AJl flesh is gi-ass, and all 
 the goodliness thereof is as the flower 
 
 7 of the field: the grass withereth, the 
 flower fadeth ; because the breath of 
 the Lord bloweth upon it: sm-ely the 
 
 8i)eople is grass. The grass withereth, 
 the flower fadeth : but the word of our 
 God shall stand for ever. 
 
 9 27 thou that tellest good tidings 
 to Zion, get thee up into the high 
 
 16 See 
 2 Kings 
 XX. 12,&c. 
 
 I'Or, 
 spicerp 
 
 13 Or, 
 Jewels 
 
 w Heb. 
 
 to the 
 heart of. 
 
 a'Or, 
 time of 
 service 
 
 21 Or, 
 punish- 
 ment is 
 accepted 
 See Lev. 
 xxvi. 43. 
 
 22 Or. 
 that 
 
 crieth in 
 the irnlii- 
 erness. 
 Prepare 
 yc the 
 way Ac 
 
 2»0r, 
 
 level 
 
 21 Or, the 
 
 uneven 
 
 shall be 
 
 matle 
 
 level 
 
 2-^ Or. 
 
 a 2>lain 
 
 26 The 
 
 Sept. 
 
 and 
 
 Vulgate 
 
 have, 
 
 / said, 
 
 2" Or, 
 
 O Zion, 
 
 tluxt 
 
 hriytgest 
 
 good 
 
 tidings
 
 41. 14. 
 
 ISAIAH. 
 
 527 
 
 'Or, 
 O Jfru- 
 
 thilt 
 hrlngesi 
 good 
 tidings 
 
 2 Or, 
 
 meted 
 
 out 
 
 3 Or, the 
 isles are 
 as the 
 fine dust 
 that is 
 lifted up 
 
 ■1 Or, as 
 a thing 
 o/nought 
 
 5 Or, 
 coti- 
 fusion 
 
 6 Or, 
 prepare 
 
 ■Or, 
 under- 
 stood the 
 founda- 
 tions 
 
 8 Or, 
 above 
 
 9 Or, 
 gauze 
 
 10 Or, 
 iSVvi rcc 
 are thci/ 
 pht nted, 
 ncnrce 
 are they 
 
 SOW71, 
 
 scarce 
 
 hath 
 
 their 
 
 stock 
 
 taken 
 
 root in 
 
 the 
 
 earth, 
 
 when he 
 
 bfoweth 
 
 upon 
 
 them i-c. 
 
 "Or, 
 ajul see : 
 who hath 
 created 
 these .' he 
 that &c. 
 
 monnt.ain; ^0 thou tliat tcllest good 
 tidings to .Torasaleiii. lift up thy voice 
 with strciigtli ; lift it up, he not afraid ; 
 say unto the cities of Judah, Beliold, 
 
 lOyoiir God! Behold, the Lord (tod will 
 come as a mighty one, and his ami 
 shall nile for him : hehold, his reward is 
 with him, and his reeompence hefore 
 
 11 him. He shall feed his liock like a shep- 
 herd, he shall gather the lamhs in his 
 arm, and carry them in his hosom, and 
 shall gently lead those that give suck. 
 
 1'2 Wlio hath measiu-ed the waters in the 
 hollow of his hand, and meted ont hea- 
 ven with the span, and comprehended 
 the dust of the earth in a measure, and 
 weighed the mountains in scales, and 
 
 13 the hills in a halanco? "Who hath '-^di- 
 rected the spirit of the Lord, orhemg 
 
 14 his counsellor hath taught him ? With 
 whom took he counsel, and who in- 
 structedhim, and taught him in the path 
 of judgement, and taught him know- 
 ledge, andshewed to him the way of mi- 
 
 15 derstandiug ? Behold, the nations areas 
 a droi5 of a Imcket, and are counted as 
 the small dust of the halance : hehold, 
 3 he taketli up the isles as a veiy little 
 
 16 thing. And Lebanon is not sufficient 
 to bum, nor the beasts thereof suf- 
 
 17 ficient for a burnt offering. All the 
 nations are as nothing before him ; they 
 are counted to him •* less than nothing, 
 
 18 and ^vanity. To whom then wiU ye 
 liken God? or what hkeness will ye 
 
 19 compare unto him ? The graven image, 
 a workman melted ?7 , and the goldsmith 
 spreadeth it over with gold, and cast- 
 
 20eth for it silver chains. He that is 
 too impoverished for such an oblation 
 chooseth a tree that will not rot ; he 
 seeketh mito hun a cunning workman 
 to 6 set lip a graven image, that shall 
 
 21 not be moved. Have ye not known? 
 have ye not heard? hath it not been 
 told you from the beginning? have ye 
 not '' miderstood from the foundations 
 
 22 of the earth? It is he that sitteth 
 8 upon the circle of the earth, and the 
 mhabitants thereof are as grasshop- 
 pers ; that stretcheth out the heavens 
 as 9 a curtain, and spreadeth them 
 
 23 out as a tent to dwell in: that bruig- 
 eth princes to nothing ; he niaketh the 
 
 24 judges of the earth as ^ vanity. lOYea, 
 they have not been plnnted; yea, they 
 have not been sown; yea, their stock 
 hath not taken root in the earth: 
 moreover he bloweth upon them, and 
 they wither, and the whirlwind taketh 
 
 25 them away as stubble. To whom then 
 will ye liken me, that I should be 
 equal to him? saith the Holy One. 
 
 26 Lift up yom- eyes on high, Hand see 
 who hath created these, that bringeth 
 out their host by nimiber: he calleth 
 them all by name ; by the gi-eatness of 
 his might, and for that he is strong in 
 power, not one is lacking. 
 
 27 Why sayest thou, .Tacob, and 
 speakest, C) Isr.iel, My way is hid from 
 the Ijokd, and my judgement is passed 
 
 28 away from my (iod? Hast thou not 
 known? hast tliou not heard? i-*the 
 everlasting God, the Loiu>, the Creator 
 of the ends of tlic earth, fainteth not, 
 }ieither is weaiy ; there is no se.u-ching 
 
 20 of his luiderstanding. He gi veth power 
 to the faint ; and to him tliat hath no 
 
 30 might he increaselh strength. Even 
 the youths shall faint and be weai-y, 
 and the young men slnll utterly fall: 
 
 31 but they that wait upon the Lord shall 
 renew their strength ; they shall mount 
 up with wings as eagles; they shall 
 nui, and not be weary; they shall 
 walk, and not faint. 
 
 41 Keep silence before me, islands; 
 and let the peojiles renew their 
 strength: let them come near; then 
 let them speak: let us come near to- 
 
 2 gether to judgement. Who hath raised 
 up one from the east, i^ whom he calleth 
 in righteousness to his foot ? he giveth 
 }iations before him, and maketh him 
 rule over kings; i'*he giveth them as 
 the dust to his sword, as the driven 
 
 3 stubble to his bow. He pursueth them, 
 and jiasseth on safely ; even by a way 
 that he had not gone with his feet. 
 
 4 Who hath wrought and done it, call- 
 ing the generations from the begin- 
 nmg? I the Lord, the first, and with 
 
 5 the last, I am he. The isles saw, and 
 feared; the ends of the earth trem- 
 
 6 bled: they (h-ew near, and came. They 
 helped every one his neighbour; and 
 ever;/ one said to his brother, Be of 
 
 7 good courage. So the carpenter en- 
 com'aged the goldsmith, and he that 
 smootheth with the hammer him that 
 smiteth the anvil, saying of the solder- 
 ing. It is good: and he fastened it vdth. 
 nails, that it should not be moved. 
 
 8 But thou, Israel, my servant, Jacob 
 whom I have chosen, the seed of Abra- 
 
 9 ham my friend; thou whom I have 
 taken hold of from the ends of the 
 earth, and called thee from the comers 
 thereof, and said unto thee. Thou art 
 my servant, I have chosen thee and 
 
 10 not cast thee away; fear thou not, for 
 I am with thee ; '^■'he not dismayed, for 
 I am thy God: I will strengthen thee; 
 yea, I will help thee ; yea, I will uphold 
 thee with the right hand of my right- 
 
 lleousness. Behold, all they that are 
 incensed against thee shall be ashamed 
 and confomided : they that strive with 
 thee shall be as nothing, and shall 
 
 12 perish. Thou shalt seek them, and 
 shalt not find them, even them that 
 contend with thee: they that war 
 against thee shall be as nothing, and 
 
 13 as a thing of nought. For I the Lord 
 thy God will hold thy right hand, say- 
 ing mito thee. Fear not; I will help 
 
 14 thee. Fear not, thou worm Jacob, 
 
 '-' Or. the 
 l.omi it 
 a n ever- 
 la ^t ing 
 (Iod. the 
 Creator 
 ...he 
 fainteth 
 not &c. 
 
 W Or, 
 whmn 
 right- 
 eousness 
 calleth 
 to itsfoof 
 Or, 
 whom 
 right- 
 eousness 
 nieeteth 
 whither, 
 soever he 
 grieth 
 » Or, ;!<• 
 maketh 
 as the 
 dust 
 their 
 swiwd, 
 as the 
 driven 
 stubble 
 their bote 
 
 15 Or. 
 look not 
 around 
 thee
 
 528 
 
 ISAIAH. 
 
 41. 14. 
 
 I Or, 
 
 thy re- 
 d^emet't 
 the Holy 
 One (£c. 
 
 2 Or, 
 oleaster 
 
 3 Or, 
 
 plane 
 
 4 Or, 
 cyprcsi 
 
 5 Or, look 
 one upon 
 another 
 
 8 Or, 
 dejjutlei 
 
 "Or, 
 Behohl, 
 they are 
 alt vani- 
 ty ; their 
 works 
 are 
 nought 
 
 and ye men of Israc4 ; I will help thee, 
 saith the Loed, aud ^thy redeemer is 
 
 15 the Holy One of Israel. Behold, I 
 will make thee a uew sharp threshiu*; 
 instrument having teeth: thou shalt 
 thresh tho momitaius, and beat them 
 small, and shalt make the hiUs as 
 
 16 chaff. Thou shalt fan them, and the 
 win<l shall carry them away, and the 
 whirlwind shall scatter them ; aud 
 thou shalt rejoice m the Lord, thou 
 shalt gloiy in tho Holy One of Is- 
 
 17rael. The poor and needy seek water 
 and there is none, and their tongue 
 faileth for thirst; I the Lord will 
 answer them, I the God of Israel wiil 
 
 18 not forsake them. I will open rivers 
 on the bare heights, and fountains m 
 the midst of the valleys : I wiU make 
 the wilderness a pool of water, and 
 
 19 the di-y laud springs of water. I will 
 plant in tho wilderness the cedar, the 
 acacia tree, and the myrtle, and the 
 2 oil tree; I will set in the desert the 
 fir tree, the Spiue, and the ^box tree 
 
 20 together: that they may see, and 
 know, and consider, and miderstand 
 together, that the hand of the Lord 
 hath done this, and the Holy One of 
 Israel hath created it. 
 
 21 Produce yom- cause, saith tho Lord ; 
 bring forth your strong reasons, saith 
 
 22 the King of Jacob. Let them bring 
 them forth, and declare unto us what 
 shall happen: declare ye the former 
 thiugs, what they be, that we may 
 consider them, and know the latter 
 end of them ; or shew us things for to 
 
 23 come. Declare the things that are to 
 come hereafter, that we may know 
 that ye are gods : yea, do good, or do 
 evil, that we may ^be dismayed, and 
 
 21 behold it together. Behold, ye are of 
 nothmg, and your work of nought : an 
 abomination is he that chooseth you. 
 
 25 I have raised up one from the north, 
 and he is come ; from the rising of the 
 smi one that caUeth upon my name : 
 and ho shall come upon 6 rulers as 
 upon mortar, and as the potter treadeth 
 
 26 clay. Who hath declared it from the 
 beginning, that we may know? and 
 beforetime, that we may say. He is 
 righteous ? yea, there is none that de- 
 clare th, yea, there is none that sheweth, 
 yea, there is none that heareth your 
 
 27 words. / first loiJl say mito Zion, 
 Behold, behold them ; and I wiU give 
 to Jerusalem one that bringeth good 
 
 28 tidings. And when I look, there is no 
 man ; even among them there is no 
 comiseUor, that, when I ask of them, can 
 
 29 answer a word. ' Behold, all of them, 
 theirworksare vanity awrfnought : their 
 molten images are wind and confusion. 
 
 42 Behold my servant, whom I up- 
 hold; my chosen, in whom my soul 
 delighteth : I have i>ut my spirit upon 
 him ; he shaU bring forth judgement to 
 
 2 the 8 Gentiles. He shall not cry, nor lift 
 up, nor cause his voice to be heard in 
 
 3 the street. A bruised reed shall he not 
 break, and the 9 smoking flax shall he 
 not quench : he shaU bring forth judge- 
 
 4ment in truth. He shall not lofail nor 
 be 11 discouraged, till he have set judge- 
 ment in tho earth ; and the isles shall 
 
 5 wait for his law. Thus saith God the 
 Lord, he that created the heavens, and 
 stretclied them forth; ho that spread 
 abroad the earth and that which cometh 
 out of it ; he that giveth breath unto 
 the people upon it, and spirit to them 
 
 6 that walk therein: I the Lord have 
 called thee in righteousness, and will 
 hold thine hand, and will i^keep thee, 
 anil give thee for a covenant of the 
 
 7 people, for a light of the Gentiles ; to 
 open the blind eyes, to bring out the 
 prisoners from tho dimgeon, and them 
 that sit in darkness out of the prison 
 
 8 house. I am the Lord ; that is my name : 
 and my glory wDl I not give to another, 
 neither my praise unto graven unages. 
 
 9 Behold, the former things are come to 
 pass, and new things do I declare: be- 
 fore they spring forth I tell you of them. 
 
 10 Sing unto the Lord a new song, and 
 his praise from the end of the earth ; 
 ye that go down to the sea, and all 
 that is therem, the isles, and tho hi- 
 ll h.ibitants thereof. Let the wUderness 
 and the cities thereof lift up their 
 voice, tho villages that Kedar doth 
 iidiabit; let the inhabitants of i-^Sela 
 sing, let them shout from the top of 
 
 12 the mountains. Let them give glory 
 vmto the Lord, and declare his praise 
 
 13 in the islands. The Lord shall go 
 forth as a mighty man; he shall stir 
 up 11 jealousy like a man of war: he 
 shall cry, yea, he shall shout aloud; he 
 shall do mightily against his enemies. 
 
 141 liave long time holden my i)eace; 
 I have been still, and refraiued my- 
 self : noiv will I cry out like a travail- 
 uig woman; I will is gasp and pant 
 
 15 together. I will make waste mount- 
 ains and hills, and di-y up aU theu' 
 herbs; aud I will make the rivers 
 islands, and wiU dry up the pools. 
 
 16 And I will bring the blind by a way 
 that they know not; in paths that they 
 knoT/ not will I lead them : I will make 
 darkness light before them, and crooked 
 places straight. These things will I do, 
 
 171*" and I will not forsake them. They 
 shall be turned back, they shall be 
 greatly ashamed, that trust in graven 
 images, that say imto molten images, 
 Ye are our gods. 
 
 18 Hear, ye deaf; and look, yo blind, 
 
 19 that ye may see. Wlio is blmd, but 
 my servant ? or deaf, as my messenger 
 that I send? who is blind as he that 
 is 17 at peace with me, and blind as the 
 
 20 Lord's servant? Thou seest many 
 thmgs, but thou observest not ; his ears 
 
 sor, 
 n<itiom 
 (and else- 
 where) 
 
 9 Or. 
 ditutj 
 burning 
 wick 
 
 10 Or, 
 burn 
 dinilj 
 
 "Or, 
 bruised 
 
 12 Or, 
 form 
 
 i-iSeecli. 
 xvi. 1. 
 
 11 Or, 
 zeal 
 
 15 Or, 
 destroy 
 and 
 ileeour 
 
 w Or, and 
 will not 
 forbear 
 
 17 Or, 
 made 
 perfect 
 Or, 
 
 recom- 
 pensed
 
 44. 5. 
 
 ISAIAH. 
 
 529 
 
 I Or, 
 
 tftii-hiii;/ 
 gre'it 
 and 
 cloriolts 
 
 2 Or, 
 teaching 
 
 3 Or, 
 tTiou hast 
 been 
 honour- 
 aWe &c. 
 
 lOr, 
 
 Gather 
 
 yovr- 
 
 selves 
 
 together; 
 
 all ya 
 
 nations 
 
 5 Or, 
 
 and that 
 they i/tay 
 hear 
 
 '21avo open, but he lioareth not. It 
 pleased tlie Lord, for liis i-i|,'hteouE- 
 iiess' sake, to i magnify the law, and 
 
 '2'2 make it hoiunu-al)le. But this is a 
 peoi>lo robbed and .spoiled; they are 
 all of them snared in holes, and they 
 arc hi<l in prison houses : they arc for 
 a prey, and none dehvereth; for a 
 
 2>S spoil, and none saitli, Kestoro. Wlio 
 is there among you that will give ear 
 to this? that will hearken and hear for 
 
 •24 the time to come ? Who gave Jacob 
 for a spoil, and Israel to the robbers? 
 did not the Lord? ho against whom 
 we have sinned, and in whose ways 
 they would not walk, neither were they 
 
 •25 obedient unto his ^law. Therefore he 
 po^lred upon him the fury of his anger, 
 and the strength of battle ; and it set 
 him on fire round about, yet he knew 
 not ; and it burned him, yet he laid it 
 not to heart. 
 
 43 But now thus saith the Lord that 
 created thee, O Jacob, and ho that 
 f oi-med thee, O Israel : Fear not, for I 
 have redeemed thee; I have called 
 thee by thy name, thou art mme. 
 '2 When thou passest through the waters, 
 I will be with thee; and through the 
 rivers, they shall not overflow thee: 
 when thou walkest through the fire, 
 thou slialt not be burned; neither shall 
 
 3 the flame kindle upon thee. For I am 
 the Lord thy God, the Holy On.e of 
 Israel, thy saviour ; I have given Egy^it 
 as thy ransom, E thiopia and Seba for 
 
 4 thee. Since thou hast been precious 
 in my sight, '^aml honourable, and I 
 have loved thee ; therefore will I give 
 men for thee, and peoples for thy life. 
 
 5 Fear not; for I am with thee: I will 
 bring thy seed from the east, and 
 
 6 gather thee from the west ; I will say 
 to the north, Give up ; and to the south. 
 Keep not back; brmg my sons from 
 far, and my daughters from the end of 
 
 7 the eai'th ; every one that is called by 
 my name, and whom I have created 
 for my glory; I have fonned him; 
 
 8 yea, I have made him. Bring forth 
 the blmd people that have eyes, and 
 
 9 the deaf that have ears. ^Let all the 
 nations be gathered together, and let 
 the ijeoples he assembled : who among 
 them can declare this, and shew us 
 former things? let them bring their 
 witnesses, that they may be justified: 
 ■^ or let them hear, and say, It is truth. 
 
 10 Ye are my witnesses, saith the Lord, 
 and my servant whom I have chosen : 
 that ye may know and believe me, and 
 understand that I am he; before me 
 there was no God formed, neither shall 
 
 11 there be after mo. I, even I, am the 
 Lord ; and beside me there is no saviour. 
 
 1'2 1 have declared, and I have saved, and I 
 have shewed, and there was no strange 
 god among you : therefore ye are my 
 witnesses, saith the Lord, and I am 
 
 ISOod. Yea, !> since the dny was T am 
 he ; and there is none that can deliver 
 out of my hand : I will work, and who 
 shainietit? 
 
 14 Thus saith the Lord, your redeemer, 
 the Holy One of Israel: Fin- your sake 
 I have sent to Bal)ylon, and I wfll 
 bring down '^all of them as fugitives, 
 even the Chaldeans, m tho ships of 
 
 15 then- rejoicing. I am the Lord, yoiu^ 
 Holy One, the Creator of Israel, your 
 
 IGKing. Thus saith the Lord, which 
 maketh a way in tho sea, a) id a path 
 
 17 in tho mighty waters ; ^ which briugeth 
 forth the chariot and horse, the ai'my 
 and the power ; they lie down together, 
 they shall not rise; they are extinct, 
 
 IS they are quenched as I'^flax : llemember 
 yc not the former things, neither con- 
 
 19 sider the things of old. Beliold, I will 
 do a new thh;g; now shall it sprin.g 
 forth; shall yo not know it? I will 
 even make a way in the wilderness, 
 
 20 and rivers in tho desert. The beasts 
 of the field shall honour me, the jackals 
 and the ostriches : because I give waters 
 in the wilderness, and rivers in the 
 desert, to give di-ink to my people, my 
 
 '21 chosen : the people which I formed for 
 myself, " that they might set forth my 
 
 '2'2 j)raise. Yet thou hast not called upon 
 me, Jacob ; but thou hast been weary 
 
 23 of me, Israel. Thou hast not brought 
 me tho small cattle of thy bucnt offer- 
 ings; neither hast thou honoui'ed me 
 with thy sacrifices. I have not made 
 thee to servo with i-olferiugs, nor 
 
 '24 wearied thee with frankmceuse. Thoii 
 hast bought me no i^ sweet cane with 
 money, neither hast thou infilled me 
 with the fat of thy sacrifices : but thou 
 hast made me to serve with thy sins, 
 thou hast M'earied me v.itli thine iii- 
 
 •25icj[uities. I, even I, am he that blot- 
 teth out thy transgressions for mine 
 own sake; and I 'will not remember 
 
 *26thy sms. Put me in remembrance; 
 let us plead together: set thou forth 
 th>/ cause, tliat thou mayest be justi- 
 
 27 fied. Thy fu'st father sinned, and 
 thine 15 interpreters have transgressed 
 
 28 against me . Therefore I ^'^ will profane 
 the iTpi-iuces of the sanctuary, and I 
 18 wQl make Jacob a i'^ curse, and Israel 
 
 44 a reviling. Yet now hear, Jacob 
 my servant ; and Israel, whom I have 
 
 '2 chosen : thus saith the Lord that made 
 thee, ar.d formed thee from the womb, 
 who will help thee : Fear not, Jacob 
 my servant ; and thou, Jeshurun, whom 
 
 31 have chosen. For I will pour water 
 upon 20 him that is thirsty, and streams 
 upon the di-y ground : I wdl povu- my 
 spirit upon thy seed, and my blessing 
 
 4 upon thine olf spring: and they shall 
 spruig uj) among tho grass, as wiUows 
 
 5 by the watercoui-ses. One shall say, 
 I am the Lord's ; and another shall 
 2icall himself by the name of Jacob; 
 
 8 Or, 
 
 /ro»/l tills 
 (Uty/orth 
 /*c 
 
 7 Or, 
 
 rvverze 
 
 8 Or. .-vi 
 other- 
 wise 
 rcitl, 
 all their 
 itoljlefi, 
 even &e. 
 
 9 0)-. 
 
 u'hli-h . . 
 I'luver : 
 Thej 
 shftll li : 
 
 10 Or. 
 a wick 
 
 11 Or, 
 the-i 
 .'hull set 
 forth 
 
 1^ Or, 
 a tiwal 
 offering 
 
 I' Or, 
 calamuy 
 
 nOr, 
 satiated 
 
 15 Or, 
 a^nhas- 
 sadors 
 15 Or, 
 havii 
 pro- 
 faned 
 
 17 Or, 
 holy 
 2jrinces 
 13 Or, 
 havti 
 
 10 Or. 
 
 devoted 
 
 thing 
 
 20 Or, rtj 
 
 thirsty 
 
 land 
 
 21 Or, 
 pro- 
 claim 
 thenani^
 
 530 
 
 ISAIAH. 
 
 44. 5. 
 
 'Or, 
 write on 
 his hand, 
 Unto the 
 Lord 
 
 2 Or, 
 
 give for a 
 title the 
 name of 
 Israel 
 
 3 Or, And 
 who, as 
 I, can 
 
 pro- 
 claim ? 
 let him 
 declare 
 it i-c. 
 
 4 Or, 
 derla re 
 mito 
 them 
 
 5 Or, 
 con- 
 fusion 
 
 5 Or, all 
 that join 
 them- 
 selves 
 thereto 
 
 7 Or, 
 sharpen- 
 eth a tool 
 
 8 Or, 
 
 red 
 
 ochre 
 
 9 Or, 
 an ash 
 
 10 Or, 
 the hilf 
 
 11 Heb. 
 daubed. 
 
 and another shall i subscribe with his 
 hand unto the Lord, and ^sui-name 
 himself by the name of Israel. 
 
 6 Thus" saith the Lord, the King of 
 Israel, and his redeemer the Lord of 
 hosts: I am the first, and I am the 
 last; and beside me there is no God. 
 
 T^And who, as I, shall call, and shall 
 declare it, and set it in order for me, 
 since I appointed the ancient people? 
 and the things that are coming, and 
 that shall come to pass, let them 
 
 8 ^declare. Fear ye not, neither be 
 afraid: have I not declared unto thee 
 of old, and shewed it? and ye arc 
 my witnesses. Is there a God beside 
 me ? yea, there is no Eock ; I know 
 
 9 not any. They that fashion a graven 
 image are all of them ^ vanity; and 
 theu- delectable things shall not profit ; 
 and their own witnesses see not, nor 
 know ; that they may be ashamed. 
 
 10 Wlio hath fashioned a god, or molten 
 a graven image that is i^rofitable for 
 
 11 nothing? Behold, Call his fellows 
 .shaU be ashamed; and the workmen, 
 they are of men : let them all be gath- 
 ered together, let them stand xq} ; 
 they shall fear, they shall be ashamed 
 
 12 together. The smith '^mal-eth an axe, 
 and worketh in the coals, and fashion- 
 ctli it with hammers, and worketh it 
 with his strong arm : yea, he is hungry, 
 and his strength faileth; he drinketh 
 
 13 no water, and is faint. The carpenter 
 stretcheth out a line ; he marketh 
 it out with ^a pencil; he .shapetli it 
 with planes, and he marketh it out 
 with the comi^asses, and shapeth it 
 after the figure of a man, according to 
 the beauty of a man, to dwell in the 
 
 14 house. He heweth him down cedars, 
 and taketh the hohn tree and the 
 oak, and strengtheneth for hhnself 
 one among the trees of the forest : he 
 planteth '^ a fir tree, and the rain doth 
 
 15 nourish it. Then shall it be for a man 
 to bm-n ; and he taketh thereof, and 
 warmeth himself; yea, he kindletli it, 
 and baketh bread: yei, he maketh a 
 god, and worshippeth it; lie maketh it 
 a graven image, and faileth down there- 
 
 16 to. He bm-neth wpart thereof in the 
 fire; with impart thereof he eateth 
 flesh; he roasteth roast, and is satisfied : 
 yea, he warmeth himself, and saith, 
 Alia, I am warm, I have seen the fire : 
 
 17 and the residue thereof he maketli a 
 god, even his graven image: he fail- 
 eth down unto it and worshippeth, and 
 prayeth unto it, and saith, Deliver me ; 
 
 18 for thou art my god. They know not, 
 neither do they consider : for he hath 
 iishut their eyes, that they cannot 
 see ; and their hearts, that they cannot 
 
 19 understand. And none caUeth to mind, 
 neither is there knowledge nor under- 
 standing to say, I have burned part of 
 it in the fire ; yea, also I have baked 
 
 bread upon the coals thereof ; I have 
 roasted flesh and eaten it : and shall I 
 make the residue thereof an abomin- 
 ation? shall I faU down to the stock 
 *20of a tree? He feedeth on ashes: a 
 deceived heart hath turned bun aside, 
 that he cannot deliver his soul, nor 
 say. Is there not a lie in my right 
 hand? 
 
 21 Remember these things, Jacob; 
 and Israel, for tliou art my servant : I 
 have formed thee ; thou art my serv- 
 ant: Israel, i-thou shalt not be for- 
 
 22 gotten of me. I have blotted out, 
 as a thick cloud, thy transgressions, 
 and, as a cloud, thy sins: return unto 
 
 23 me; for I have redeemed thee. Sing, 
 ye heavens, for the Lord hath done 
 it ; shout, ye lower i^arts of the earth ; 
 lireak forth into singing, ye mountains, 
 O forest, and every tree therein: for 
 the Lord hath redeemed Jacob, and 
 will glorify himself in Israel. 
 
 24 Thus saith the Lord, thy redeemer, 
 and he that formed thee from the 
 womb: I am the Lord, that maketh 
 all things ; that stretcheth forth the 
 heavens alone ; that spreadeth abroad 
 
 25 the earth; i^y^r]!,) jg -with me? that 
 frustrateth the tokens of the i^ liars, 
 and maketh diviners mad ; that turn- 
 eth wise men backward, and maketh 
 
 26 their knowledge foolish : that confii-m- 
 eth the word of his seiwant, and per- 
 formeth the counsel of his messengers ; 
 that saith of Jerusalem, She shall be 
 inhabited; and of the cities of Judah, 
 They shall be built, and I wiU raise up 
 
 27 the waste places thereof : that saith to 
 the deep, Be dry, and I wiU dry up 
 
 28 thy rivers : that saith of i"' Cyrus, He is 
 my shepherd, and shall perform all my 
 pleasm-e: even saying of Jerusalem, 
 She shall be built ; i*' and to the temple, 
 Thy foundation shall he laid. 
 
 45 Thus saith the Lord to his anointed, 
 to Cyi'us, whose right hand I have 
 liolden, to subdue nations before him, 
 and I will loose tlie loins of kings ; to 
 open the doors before him, and the 
 
 2 gates shall not be shut ; I will go be- 
 fore thee, and make the rugged places 
 plain : I will break in pieces the doors 
 of brass, and cut in sunder the bars of 
 
 3 iron : and I will give thee the treas- 
 ures of darkness, and liidden riches of 
 secret places, that thou mayest know 
 that I am the Lord, which call thee 
 by thy name, even the God of Israel. 
 
 4 For Jacob my servant's sake, and Israel 
 my chosen, I have called thee by thy 
 name : I have surnamed thee, though 
 
 5 thou hast not known me. I am the 
 Lord, and there is none else; beside 
 me there is no God : I will gird thee, 
 
 6 though thou hast not known me : that 
 they may know from the rising of the 
 sun, and from the west, that there is 
 none beside me: I am the Lord, and 
 
 12 Some 
 
 ancient 
 
 versions 
 
 have, 
 
 th'tn 
 
 should- 
 
 est not 
 
 forget 
 
 me. 
 
 "An- 
 other 
 reading 
 is, hy 
 myself. 
 
 11 Or, 
 boasters 
 
 15 Heb. 
 Core&h. 
 
 16 Or, 
 and the 
 founda- 
 tion of 
 the 
 
 temple 
 shall be 
 laid
 
 47. 1. 
 
 ISATAH. 
 
 531 
 
 1 Or, he 
 frait/id 
 in ini/va- 
 
 tiull 
 
 s Or, i 
 vain 
 
 3 Or, as 
 in a 
 waste 
 
 4 Or, 
 hrintj 
 them 
 near 
 
 7 there is none else. I fonii the light, 
 and croate darkness; I make peace, 
 and create evil ; I am the Lord, that 
 doeth all these things. 
 
 8 Drop down, ye heavens, from ahove, 
 and let the skies pour down righteous- 
 ness: let the earth open, that they 
 may ihring forth salvation, and let her 
 cause righteousness to spring up to- 
 gether ; I the LoKD have created it. 
 
 9 Woo unto him that striveth with his 
 Maker! a potsherd among the pot- 
 sherds of the earth I Shall the clay say 
 to him that fashioneth it, What makest 
 thou? or thy work, He hath no hands? 
 
 10 Woe unto him that saith unto a father, 
 Wliat hegettest thoii ? or to a woman, 
 
 11 With what travailest thou ? Thus saith 
 the Lord, the Holy One of Israel, and 
 his Maker : Ask me of the things that 
 are to come ; concerning my sons, and 
 concerning the work of my hands, com- 
 
 12mand ye me. I have made the earth, 
 and created man upon it : I, even my 
 hands, have stretched out the heavens, 
 and all their host have I commanded. 
 
 131 have raised him uji in righteousness, 
 and I will make straight all his ways : 
 he shall build my city, and he shaD let 
 my exiles go free, not for price nor re- 
 ward, saith the Lord of hosts. 
 
 14 Thus saith the Lord, The labour of 
 Egypt, and the merchandise of Ethiopia, 
 and the Sabeans, men of statvu-e, shall 
 come over unto thee, and they shall 
 be thine ; they shall go after thee ; in 
 chains they shall come over ; and they 
 shall fall down mito thee, they shall 
 make supplication unto thee, saijing, 
 Surely God is in thee; and there is 
 
 15 none else, there is no God. Verily thou 
 art a God that hidest thyself, O God of 
 
 16 Israel, the Saviour. They shall be a- 
 shamed, yea, confomided, all of them : 
 they shall go into confusion together 
 
 17 that are makers of idols. But Israel 
 shall be saved by the Lord with an 
 everlasting salvation: ye shall not be 
 ashamed uor confounded world with- 
 out end. 
 
 18 For thus saith the Lord that created 
 the heavens; he is God; that formed 
 the earth andmade it ; he established it, 
 he created it not 2 a waste, he foi-med 
 it to be inhabited : I am the Lord ; 
 
 19 and there is none else. I have not 
 spoken in secret, in a iilace of the laud 
 of darkness ; I said not unto the seed 
 of Jacob, Seek ye mo ^in vain: I the 
 Lord speak righteousness, I declire 
 
 20tlimgs that are right. Assemble your- 
 selves and come ; draw near together, 
 ye that are escaped of the nations : they 
 have no knowledge that carry the wood 
 of their graven image, and pray unto a 
 
 •21 god that cannot save. Declare ye, and 
 ■i bring it. forth; yea, let them take 
 counsel together: who hath shewed 
 this from ancient tune ? who hath de- 
 
 clared it of old? have not I the Lord? 
 and there is no (xdd else beside me; a 
 just (rod and a saviour; there is n(me 
 
 '2'2 beside me. Look unto me, and be ye 
 saved, all the ends of the earth : for I 
 
 '23 am God, and there is none else. By 
 myself have I sworn, ''the word is gone 
 forth from my mouth in righteousness, 
 and shall not retujn, that luito me 
 every knee shall bow, every tongue 
 
 24 shall swear. Only in the Lord, •' shall 
 one say ''unto me, is righteousness 
 and strength : even to hun shall men 
 come, and all they that were incensed 
 
 25 against him shall be ashamed. In the 
 Lord shall all the seed of Israel be 
 justitied, and shall gloiy. 
 
 46 Bfl boweth down, Nebo stoopeth; 
 their idols are upon the beasts, and 
 upon the cattle: the things that ye 
 carried al)out are made a load, a burden 
 
 2 to the weaiy beast. They stoop, they 
 bow down together; they could not 
 deliver the burden, but themselves are 
 gone into captivity. 
 
 3 Hearken mito me, O house of Jacob, 
 and all the remnant of the house of 
 Israel, which have been borne by mc 
 from the belly, which have been carried 
 
 4 from the womb : and even to old age I 
 am he, and even to hoar hairs will I 
 carry ijou: I have made, and I wiU 
 bear; yea, I will cany, and will de- 
 
 5 liver. To whom will ye liken me, and 
 make me equal, and compare me, that 
 
 6 we may be like ? Such as lavish gold 
 out of the bag, and weigh silver in the 
 balance, they hire a goldsmith, and he 
 maketh it a god ; they fall down, yea, 
 
 7 they worship. They bear him upon 
 the shoulder, they carry him, and set 
 him in his place, and he standeth ; from 
 his place shall he not remove : yea, 
 one sliall cry unto him, yet can he not 
 answer, nor save hun out of his trouble. 
 
 8 liemember this, and **shew your- 
 selves men : bring it again to mind, O 
 
 9 ye transgressors. Eemember the for- 
 mer things of old: ^for I am God, and 
 tliere is none else; I am God, and 
 
 10 there is none like me; declaring the 
 end from the beghming, and from 
 ancient times things that are not yel 
 done ; saying. My counsel shall stand. 
 
 11 and I will do all my pleasure : calhng 
 a ravenous bird from the east, the man 
 of lOuiy counsel from a far country; 
 yea, I have spoken, I wiU also bring 
 it to pass ; I have purposed, I will also 
 
 12 do it. Hearken unto me, ye stout- 
 hearted, that are far from righteous- 
 
 13 ness : I bring near my righteousness, 
 it shall not be far off, and my salvation 
 shall not tarry ; and I mU ^^ place salv- 
 ation in Zion for Israel my glory. 
 
 4T Come down, and sit in the dust, 
 O virgin daughter of Babylon ; sit 
 on the ground v.'ithout a throne, 
 daughter of the Chaldeans: for thou 
 
 ■iOr. 
 right- 
 eousncsit 
 in gone 
 forth 
 from, my 
 mouthy 
 a irnrtl 
 U'fi irh 
 kIuUI not 
 return 
 Or, 
 
 the word 
 ix 'fone 
 forth 
 from a, 
 mouth of 
 right- 
 eousneitt, 
 and shall 
 not 
 
 return 
 e Or. hath 
 one sai^f 
 ' Or, of 
 
 3 Or, 
 St (I ml 
 fast 
 
 :> Or, thit 
 
 1" An- 
 other 
 reading 
 is, htJt- 
 
 II Or, 
 
 give 
 salva- 
 tion 
 in Zion. 
 andTn^ 
 glorii 
 unto 
 Israel 

 
 532 
 
 ISAIAH. 
 
 47. 1. 
 
 lOr, 
 
 truce 
 
 with 
 
 Heb. 
 
 ■2 Or, 
 
 ■fittest 
 
 securely 
 
 3 Or, 
 
 amidst 
 
 lOr, 
 
 how to 
 chfirm it 
 away 
 
 5 Or, 
 
 strika 
 terror 
 
 SHeb. 
 dividers 
 of the 
 heavens. 
 
 ' Or, his 
 own way 
 
 slialt 110 more be called tcBclei- and dcli- 
 
 2 cate. Take tlie millstoues, and grind 
 meal: remove thy veil, strip off the 
 train, imcover the leg, pass through 
 
 3 the rivers. Thy uakedjiess shall be un- 
 covered, yea, thy shame shall be seen ; I 
 will take vengeance, and will i accept no 
 
 4 man . Our redeemer, the Loed of hosts 
 is his name, the Holy One of Israel. 
 
 5 Sit thou silent, and get thee into dark- 
 ness, O daughter of the Chaldeans: 
 for thou shalt no more be called The 
 
 6 lady of kingdoms. I was wroth with my 
 people, I iirofaned mine inheritance, 
 and gave them into thme hand : thou 
 didst sliev\r them no mercy; upon the 
 aged hast thou very heavily laid thy 
 
 7 yoke. And thou saidst, I shall bo a 
 lady for ever : so that thou didst not lay 
 these thuigs to thy heart, neither didst 
 remember the latter end thereof. 
 
 8 Now therefore hear this, thou that 
 art given to pleasures, that ^dwellest 
 carelessly, that sayest in thine heart, I 
 am, and tliere is none else beside me ; 
 I shall not sit as a widow, Jieithei" 
 
 9 shall I know the loss of ehildi-en : but 
 these two things shall come to thee 
 in a moment in one day, the loss of 
 children, and widowhood: in then full 
 measin-e shall they come uiiou thee, 
 •^desiiite of tlie multitude of thy sorcer- 
 ies, and the great abundance of thine 
 
 10 enchantments. For thou hast trusted 
 in thy wicke(hiess ; thou hast said, 
 None seeth me; thy wisdom and thy 
 knowledge, it hath perverted thee : and 
 thou hast said m thine heart, I am, and 
 
 11 there is none else beside me. There- 
 fore shall evil come upon thee; thou 
 shalt not know ''the dawning thereof: 
 and mischief shall fall upon thee ; thou 
 shalt not be able to i3ut it away: and 
 desolation sliaU come upon thee sud- 
 
 12 denly, which thou knowest not. Stand 
 now with thine enchantments, and 
 with the multitude of thy sorceries, 
 wherein thou hast labom-ed from thy 
 youth ; if so be thou shalt be able to 
 profit, if so be thou mayest 'prevail. 
 
 13 Thou art wearied in the multitude of 
 thy counsels : let now the <* astrologers, 
 the stargazers, the monthly prognos- 
 ticators, stand up, and save thee from 
 the things that shall come upon thee. 
 
 14 Behold, they shall be as stubble; the 
 fire shall burn them; they shall not 
 deliver themselves from the iiowev of 
 the flame: it shall not be a coal to 
 
 15 warm at, nor a firo to sit before. Thus 
 shall the thmgs be luito thee wherein 
 thou hast laboured: they that have 
 trafficked witli thee from thy youth 
 shall wander every one to 'his quar- 
 ter ; there shall be none to save thee. 
 
 48 Hear ye this, house of Jacob, 
 which are called by the name of 
 Israel, and are come forth out of tlic 
 waters of Judali ; which swear by the 
 
 name of the Lorb, and make mention 
 of the God of Israel, but not in truth, 
 
 2 nor in righteousness. For they call 
 tliemselves of the holy city, and stay 
 themselves upon the God of Israel; 
 
 3 the LoKD of hosts is his name. I have 
 declared the former tlmigs from of 
 old; yea, they went forth out of my 
 mouth, and I shewed them : suddenly 
 I did them, and they came to pass. 
 
 4 Because I knew that thou art obsti- 
 nate, and thy neck is an iron sinew, 
 
 5 and thy brow brass ; therefore I have 
 declared it to thee from of old ; before 
 it came to pass I shewed it thee : lest 
 thou shouldest say, Mme idol hath 
 done them, and my graven unage, and 
 my molten image, hath commanded 
 
 6 them. Thou hast heard it ; behold all 
 this ; and ye, wiU ye not declare it? ^I 
 have shev/ed thee nev/ things from this 
 time, even hidden things, which thou 
 
 7 hast not known. They are created 
 now, and not from of old ; and before 
 this day thou heardest them not ; lest 
 thou shouldest say, Behold, I knew 
 
 8 them. Yea, thou heardest not; yea, 
 thou knewest not; yea, from of old 
 tjime ear was not opened : for I knew 
 that thou didst deal very treacherous- 
 ly, and wast called a transgi-essor from 
 
 9 the womb. For my name's sake will 
 I defer mine anger, and for my praise 
 will I refrain for tliee, that I cut thee 
 
 10 not off. Behold, I have refined thee, 
 but not as silver; I have ^ chosen thee 
 
 11 in the fmnace of affliction. For mine 
 own sake, for mine own sake, wiU I do it; 
 for how should m;/ name be profaned? 
 and my glory wiU I not give to another. 
 
 12 Hearken unto me, O Jacob, and Israel 
 my called : I am ho ; I am the first, I also 
 
 I'd am the last. Yea, mine hand hath laid 
 the foundation of the earth, and my right 
 hand hath spread out the heavens : when 
 I call mi to them, they stand up together. 
 
 14 Assemble youi-selves, all ye, and hear ; 
 which among them hath declared these 
 tilings ? 1° The Lord hath loved bun : 
 he shall perform his pleasme on Bab- 
 ylon, and his ami shall be on the Chal- 
 
 15 deans. I, even I, hav e spoken ; yea, I 
 have called him : I have brought him, 
 and he shaU make his way prosper- 
 
 1(3 ous. Come ye near unto me, hear ye 
 this; from the bcgimiing I have not 
 spoken m secret; from the time that 
 it was, there am I : and now the Lord 
 
 17 God hath sent me, and his spirit. Thus 
 saitli the Lord, thy redeemer, the Holy 
 One of Israel : I am the Lord thy God, 
 wliich teacheth thee to profit, which 
 leadeth thee by the way that thou 
 
 18 shouldest go. ^Oh that thou hadst 
 hearkened to my commandments ! 
 tlien had thy peace been as a river, 
 and thy righteousness as the waves 
 
 19 of the sea: thy seed also had been 
 as the sand, and the offspring of thy 
 
 sOr, 
 / shew 
 
 9 Or, 
 tried 
 
 10 Or, Re 
 whom 
 the Lord 
 ioveth 
 
 S/Uffl &c. 
 
 U Or, 
 Oh that 
 thoa. 
 wouldest 
 hetirken 
 . . . then 
 should 
 th^peace 
 be &c.
 
 50. 1. 
 
 ISAIAH. 
 
 533 
 
 I Or. thiit 
 (if the 
 bowt'ls 
 thereof 
 
 ^•\nother 
 rciJing 
 is, hitt 
 Israel 
 is not 
 (fath- 
 ered, yet 
 Shalt I 
 be ic. 
 
 sOr, 
 that mu 
 salva- 
 tionmay 
 be 
 
 4 Or 
 
 establish 
 the earth 
 
 5 Or, 
 
 mirage 
 See cij. 
 ;:xxv. 7. 
 
 bowels like ^the graiiiw thereof: his 
 iiauio should not he cut o£f nor tle- 
 stroyed from before me. 
 
 '20 Go'ye forth of Babylon, flee ye from 
 the Chaldeans ; with a voice of sinking 
 declare ye, tell this, utter it even to 
 the end' of the earth : say ye. The 
 LoRnliath redeemed his servant Jacob. 
 
 21 And they thirsted not when he led them 
 Ihi-ough the deserts: he caused the 
 waters to flow out of the rock for 
 them : he clave the rock also, and the 
 
 '2'2 waters gushed out. There is no peace, 
 saith the Lord, unto the wicked. 
 
 49 Listen, O isles, unto me ; and heark- 
 en, ye peoples, from far : the Loud 
 hath called me from the womb ; from 
 the bowels of my mother hath he made 
 2 mention of my name: and he hath 
 made my moutli like a sharp sword, in 
 the shadow of his hand hath he hid 
 me ; and he hath made me a polished 
 shaft, in his quiver hath he kept me 
 
 3 close : and he said unto me. Thou art 
 my servant ; Israel, in whom I will l>e 
 
 4 glorified. But I said, I have laboured 
 in vain, I have spent my strength 
 for nought and vanity : yet surely my 
 judgement is with the Lord, and my 
 
 5recomi)ence v>'ith my God. And ik>w 
 saith the Lord that formed me from 
 the womb to be his servant, to bring 
 Jacob again to him, ^and that Israel 
 be gathered luito him : (for I am honour- 
 able in the eyes of the Lord, and my 
 
 6 God is become my strength:) yea, he 
 saith, It is too light a thing that thou 
 shouldest be my servant to raise up 
 the tribes of Jacob, and to restore the 
 preserved of Israel: I will also give 
 thee for a light to the Gentiles, ^that 
 thou mayest be my salvation unto the 
 
 7 end of the earth. Thus saith the Lord, 
 the redeemer of Israel, and his Holy 
 One, to him whom man despiseth, to 
 him whom the nation abhorroth, to a 
 servant of rulers: Eings shxll see and 
 arise; princes, and they shall worship; 
 because of the Lord that is faitliful, 
 even the Holy One of Israel, wlio hath 
 
 8 chosen thee. Thus saith the JUord'; In 
 an acceptable time have I answered 
 thee, and in a day of s?.lvatiou have I 
 helped thee : and I wiU preserve thee, 
 and give thee for a covenant of the 
 people, to * raise up the land, to make 
 them inherit the desolate heritages; 
 
 9saymg to them that are bound. Go 
 forth; to them that are in darkness. 
 Shew yourselves. They shall feed in 
 the ways, and on all bare heights shall 
 
 10 be their i^asture. They shxU not hun- 
 ger nor thirst ; neither shall the ^ heat 
 nor sun smite them: for he that hath 
 mercy on them shall lead them, even 
 by the sjiruigs of water shall he guide 
 
 11 them. And I Avill make all my rnourit- 
 ains a way, and my high v/ays shall be 
 
 12 exalted. Lo, these shall come from far : 
 
 and, lo, these from the north and from 
 tlie west; and these from the land of 
 
 13 Sinim. Suig, O heavens ; and be joy- 
 ful, O earth ; and Itreak forth into sing- 
 ing, O momitains: for the Loud liatU 
 comforted his people, and will have 
 compassion ui)on his afflicted. 
 
 li But Zion said, Jehovah hath for- 
 saken me, and the Lord hath forgotten 
 
 15 me. Can a woman forget her sucking 
 child, that she should not have com- 
 passion on the sou of her womb ? yea, 
 these may forget, yet wiU not I forget 
 
 16 thee. Behold, I have graven thee upon 
 the palms of my hands; tliy walls are 
 
 17 continually before me. '' Thy children 
 make haste; thy destroyers and they 
 that made thee waste shall go forth of 
 
 18 thee. Lift vq) thine eyes romid about, 
 and behold: all these gather them- 
 selves together, and come to thee. As 
 I live, saith the Lord, thou shalt sm-e- 
 ly clothe thes with them all as with an 
 ornament, and gu'd thyself with them, 
 
 19 like a bride. For, as for thy waste and 
 thy desolate places and thy land that 
 hath been destroyed, siu'ely now shalt 
 thou be too strait for the inhabitants, 
 and they that swallowed thee up shall 
 
 20 be far away. The children of thy be- 
 reavement shall yet say in thine ears. 
 The place is too strait for me: give 
 
 21 place to me that I may dwell. Then 
 shalt thou say in thuie heart, AVho hath 
 '''begotten me these, seeing I have been 
 bereaved of my children, and am s soli- 
 tary, an exile, and wandermg to and 
 fro '? and who hath brought up these ? 
 Behold, I was left alone ; these, where 
 were they ? 
 
 22 Thus saith the Lord God, Behold, I 
 ■wiU lift up muie hand to the nations, 
 and set iip my ensign to the peoples : 
 and they shall bring thy sons in their 
 bosom, and thy daughters shaU be 
 
 23 carried upon their shoulders. And 
 kings shall be thy uursuig fathers, and 
 their queens thy um-suig mothers : they 
 shall bow down to thee with their faces 
 to the earth, and lick the dust of thy 
 feet ; and thou shalt know that I am 
 the Lord, and they that wait for me 
 
 24 shall not be ashamed. Shall the prey 
 be taken from the mighty, or '■' the law- 
 
 25ful captives be delivered? But thus 
 saith the Lord, Even the captives of 
 the mighty shall be taken away, and the 
 l)rey of the terrible shall l)e delivered : 
 for I will contend with him that con- 
 ieudetli with thee, and I will save thy 
 
 26childi-en. And I will feed them that 
 oppress thee with their o-vm flesh; 
 and they shall be drunken with then- 
 OA^ai blood, as with sweet wine: and 
 all flesh shall know that I the Lord 
 am thy saviom-, and thy redeemer, 
 the Mighty One of Jacob. 
 
 50 Thus saith the Lord, Whei-e is 
 the biU of vour mother's divorce- 
 
 " Accord- 
 ing to 
 suine 
 iiU' lent 
 iiulhor- 
 iUts, Thy 
 builders. 
 
 7 Or, 
 borne 
 
 8 Or, 
 barren 
 
 Heb. 
 the 
 
 captives 
 of the 
 Jttst, 
 Or, as 
 read by 
 the Vulg. 
 and Syr., 
 the 
 
 cantives 
 of the 
 terrible
 
 534 
 
 ISAIAH. 
 
 50. 1. 
 
 'Or, 
 disciples 
 
 2 Or, to 
 speak a 
 word in 
 season to 
 him &a. 
 
 3 Or, 
 
 though 
 
 he 
 
 walketh 
 
 meiit, wherewith I have j)ut her away ? 
 or which of uiy creditors is it to whom 
 I have sold you? Behold, for youi" 
 iniquities were ye sold, and for your 
 transgressions was your mother jiut 
 
 2 away. Wlierefore, when I came, was 
 there no man"? when I called, was there 
 none to answer ? Is my hand shortened 
 at all, that it camiot redeem ? or have 
 I no power to dehver ? Beliold, at my 
 rehvilie I dry up the sea, I make the 
 rivers a wilderness : their fish stinketh, 
 because there is no water, and dieth 
 
 3 for thirst. I clothe the heavens with 
 blackness, and I make sackcloth their 
 covering. 
 
 4 The Lord God hath given me the 
 tongue of 1 them that are taught, that 
 I should know how -^to sustain with 
 words him that is weary : he wakeneth 
 morniug by moruuig, he wakeneth 
 mine ear to hear as ithey that ai'e 
 
 5 taught. The Lord God hath opened 
 mine ear, and I was not rebellious, 
 
 6 neither tm-ned away backward. I gave 
 my back to the smiters, and my cheeks 
 to them that i)lucked off the hair: I 
 hid not my face from shame and spit- 
 
 7 ting. For the Lord God wiU help me ; 
 therefore have I not been confounded : 
 therefore have I set my face Uke a 
 flint, and I know that I shall not be 
 
 8 ashamed. He is near that justifieth 
 me ; who will contend with me ? let us 
 stand up together : who is mme advers- 
 
 9 aiy ? let him come near to me. Be- 
 hold, the Lord God v,'ill help me ; who 
 is he that shall condemn me ? behold, 
 they all shall wax old as a garment ; 
 the moth shall eat them up. 
 
 10 Who is among you that feareth the 
 LoKD, that obeyeth the voice of his 
 servant? ^he that walketh in darkness, 
 and hath no light, let bun trust in the 
 name of the Loed, and stay upon his 
 
 11 God. Behold, all ye that kindle a fire, 
 that gird yoiu-selves about with fire- 
 brands: walk ye in the flame of your 
 fu-e, and among the brands that ye have 
 kuidled. This shall ye have of mine 
 hand ; ye shall he do-mi iu sorrow. 
 
 51 Hearken to me, ye that foUow after 
 righteousness, ye that seek the Lord: 
 look unto the rock whence ye were 
 hewn, and to the hole of the jiit whence 
 
 2 ye were digged. Look unto Abraham 
 your father, and unto Sarah that bare 
 you : for when he was but one I called 
 him, and I blessed him, and made him 
 
 3 many. For the Lord hath comforted 
 Zion : he hath comforted all her waste 
 places, and hath made her wilderness 
 like Eden, and her desert like the garden 
 of the Lord; joy and gladness shall 
 be found therein, thanksgiving, and 
 the voice of melody. 
 
 4 Attend unto me, O my people; and 
 give ear unto me, my nation: for 
 a law shall go forth from me, and I 
 
 will make ray judgement to rest for a 
 Slight of the peoples. My righteous- 
 ness is near, my salvation is gone 
 forth, and luhie arms shall judge the 
 peoples; the isles shall wait for me, 
 and on mine arm shall they trust. 
 
 6 Lift up yoiu" eyes to the heavens, and 
 look upon the earth beneath : for the 
 heavens shall vanish away like smoke, 
 and the earth shall wax old Uke a 
 garment, and they that dweU therein 
 shall die *in like manner: but my 
 salvation shall be for ever, and my 
 righteousness shall not be abolished. 
 
 7 Hearken unto me, ye that know right- 
 eousness, the people in whose heart is 
 my law; fear ye not the reproach of 
 men, neither be ye dismayed at their 
 
 8 revilings. For the moth shall eat them 
 up Uke a ganneut, and the worm shall 
 cat them like wool : but my righteous- 
 ness shall be for ever, and my salvation 
 unto aU generations. 
 
 9 Awake, awake, put on strength, 
 arm of the Lord; awake, as iu the 
 days of old, the generations of ancient 
 times. Art thou not it that cut ^Kahab 
 in pieces, that jnerced the dragon? 
 
 10 Art thou not it which dried up the 
 sea, the waters of the great deep ; that 
 made the depths of the sea a way for 
 
 11 the redeemed to pass over? 6 And the 
 ransomed of the Lord shaU return, and 
 come with singmg unto Zion ; and ever- 
 lasting joy shall be upon then- heads : 
 they .shall obtain gladness andjoy, a?j(Z 
 sorrow and sighing shaU flee away. 
 
 12 I, even I, am he that comforteth 
 you: who art thou, that thou art a- 
 fraid of man that shaU die, and of the 
 son of man which shall be made as 
 
 13 grass; and hast forgotten the Lord 
 thy Maker, that stretched forth the 
 heavens, and laid the foundations of 
 the earth ; and fearest continually aU 
 the day because of the fuiy of the 
 oppressor, ' when he maketh ready to 
 destroy ? and where is the fury of the 
 
 14 oi)pressor ? 8 The captive exile shaU 
 speedUy be loosed; and he shaU not 
 die and go dou-u mto the pit, neither 
 
 15shaU his bread fail. For I am the 
 Lord thy God, which ^ stirreth up the 
 sea, that the waves thereof roar: the 
 
 16 Lord of hosts is his name. And I 
 have put my words in thy mouth, and 
 have covered thee in the shadow of 
 mine hand, that I may plant the hea- 
 vens, and lay the foundations of the 
 earth, and say unto Zion, Thou art my 
 people. 
 
 17 Awake, awake, stand up, Jeru- 
 salem, which hast drunk at the hand 
 of the Lord the cup of his fury ; thou 
 hast drunken the bowl of the cu}) of 
 
 18 staggering, and drained it. There is 
 none to guide her among aU the sons 
 whom she hath brought forth ; neither 
 is there any that taketh her by the hand 
 
 J Or, 
 l)erhaps, 
 hkr. 
 gnats 
 
 •' See ch. 
 XXX. 7. 
 
 ^ See ch. 
 XXXV. 10. 
 
 ^ Or, as 
 though 
 he made 
 ready 
 
 8 Or, 
 He that 
 is bent 
 doum 
 
 9 Or, 
 stilleth 
 the sea, 
 when the 
 waves 
 thereof 
 roar
 
 53. 12. 
 
 ISAIAH. 
 
 .3.35 
 
 'Another 
 reailing 
 is. the 
 hands 
 of thy 
 neck are 
 loosed. 
 
 2 Or, Jiere 
 lam 
 
 3 Or. how 
 
 of aU tho sons that she hath hrouKht 
 
 lyup. These two things are befallen 
 thee; wlio shall bemoan thee? desola- 
 tion and destnietion, and the famine 
 and the sword; how shall I comfort 
 
 20 thee? Thy sons have faulted, they 
 lie at the top of all the streets, as an 
 antelope in a net ; they are full of 
 the fury of the Lord, the rebuke of 
 
 21 thy God. Therefore hear now this, 
 thou aiilicted, and druidien, but not 
 
 22 with wine: thus saith thy Lord the 
 Lord, and thy God that pleadeth the 
 cause of his people, Behold, I have 
 taken out of thine hand the cup of 
 staggering, even the bowl of the cup 
 of my fury ; thou shalt no more drink 
 
 23 it again: and I will put it into the 
 hand of them that afHict thee ; which 
 have said to thy soul. Bow down, that 
 we may go over: and thou hast laid 
 thy back as the ground, and as the 
 street, to them that go over. 
 
 52 Awake, awake, put on thy strength, 
 
 Zion; put on thy beautiful gar- 
 ments, O Jerusalem, the holy city: for 
 henceforth there shall no more come 
 into thee the uucircmucised and the 
 
 2 miclean. Shake thyself from the dust ; 
 arise, sit thee down, Jerusalem: 
 
 1 loose thyself from the bands of thy 
 neck, captive daughter of Zion. 
 
 3 For thus saith the Lord, Ye were 
 sold 'for nought; and ye shall be re- 
 
 4 deemed without money. For thus 
 saith the Lord God, My people went 
 down at the first into Egypt to sojourn 
 there: and the Assyrian oppressed 
 
 5 them without cause. Now therefore, 
 what do I here, saith the Lord, seeuig 
 that my people is taken away for 
 nought? they that rule over them do 
 howl, saith the Lord, and my name 
 continually all the day is blasphemed. 
 
 6 Therefore my people shall know my 
 name: therefore they shall know in 
 that day that I am he that doth speak ; 
 behold, 2 it is I. 
 
 7 How beautiful upon the mountains 
 are the feet of him that bringeth good 
 tichugs, that publisheth peace, that 
 bringeth good tidings of good, that pub- 
 lisheth salvation ; that saith unto Zion, 
 
 8 Thy God reigneth ! The voice of thy 
 watchmen! they lift u^) the voice, to- 
 gether do they sing ; for they shall see, 
 eye to eye, ^when the Lord returueth 
 
 9 to Zion. Break forth into joy, smg 
 together, ye waste places of Jerusa- 
 lem : for the Lord hath comforted his 
 people, he hath redeemed Jerusalem. 
 
 10 The Lord hath made bare his holy 
 arm in the eyes of all the nations ; and 
 all the ends of the earth shall see the 
 
 11 salvation of our God. Depart ye, de- 
 part ye, go ye out from thence, touch 
 no unclean thing; go ye out of the 
 midst of her; be ye clean, ye that 
 
 12 bear the vessels of the Lord. For ye 
 
 shall not go out in haste, neither shall 
 ye go by llight : for the L(jkd will go 
 "before you; and the God of Israel will 
 be your rearward. 
 
 13 Behold, my servant shall ideal wise- 
 ly, he shall bo exalted and lifted up, 
 
 Hand shaM be vei-y high. Like as many 
 were astonied at thee, (his visage was 
 so marred ^more than any man, and 
 his fomi more than the sons of men,) 
 
 15 so shall he c sprinkle many nations ; 
 kings shall shut their mouths ' at him : 
 for that which had not been told them 
 shall they see; and that which they 
 had not heard shall they *^ understand. 
 
 53 Who hath believed '-'our report? 
 and to whom hath the arm of the 
 2 Lord been revealed? For he grew up 
 before him as a tender plant, and as a 
 root out of a diy ground : he hath no 
 form nor comeliness; i^aud when we 
 see him, there is no beauty that we 
 3 should desire him. He was despised, 
 and 11 rejected of men; a man of sor- 
 rows, and acquainted with i'-^ grief : and 
 13 as one from whom men hide then- 
 face he was despised, and we esteemed 
 him not. 
 ■1 Surely he hath borne our " griefs, 
 and carried our sorrows: yet we did 
 esteem him stricken, smitten of God, 
 
 5 and afflicted. But he was wounded for 
 our transgressions, he was bruised for 
 our miquities : tiie chastisement of our 
 peace was ui)on him; and with his 
 
 6 stripes we are healed. All we like 
 sheei) have gone astray; we have 
 turned every one to his own way ; and 
 the Lord hath inlaid on him the in- 
 iquity of us aU. 
 
 7 He was oppressed, yet he humbled 
 himself and opened not his mouth; 
 as a lamb that is led to the slaughter, 
 and as a sheep that before her shearers 
 is dumb ; yea, he opened not his mouth. 
 
 81'^ By oppression and judgement he was 
 taken away; i'?and as for his genera- 
 tion, who among them considered that 
 he was cut off out of the laud of the 
 Uviug? for the transgression of my 
 
 9 people i«was he stricken. And they 
 made his gi-ave with the wicked, and 
 with the rich in his i'^ death ; 20 although 
 he had done no violence, neither was 
 any deceit in his mouth. 
 
 10 Yet it pleased the Lord to bruise him ; 
 he hath 21 put him to grief ; -^ when thou 
 shalt make his soul 23 an off ermg for sin, 
 he shall see his seed, he shall prolong 
 his days, and the pleasui-e of the Lord 
 
 11 shall prosper in his hand. ^^He shall see 
 of the travail of his soul, and shall be 
 satisfied: by his knowledge shall my 
 righteous servant 2-5 justify many: and 
 
 12 he shall bear their* iniquities. There- 
 fore will I divide him a portion with 
 the great, and he shall divide the spoil 
 with the strong ; because he poiu-ed out 
 his soul unto death, and was numbered 
 
 prog^jer 
 
 5 Or, 
 
 from 
 that of 
 nm/t, 
 and his 
 form 
 from 
 that 
 of the 
 sons of 
 7ueJl 
 
 "Or, 
 startle 
 T Or, be- 
 cause of 
 
 8 Or, 
 consider 
 
 9 Or, that 
 n'h ich we 
 Jiffoe 
 heard 
 
 10 Or, 
 th U we 
 should 
 look 
 upon 
 htm; nor 
 beauty 
 &c. 
 "Or, 
 forsaken 
 
 12 Heb. 
 sickness. 
 
 13 Or, he 
 hid as it 
 were his 
 face 
 from us 
 
 "Heb. 
 sick- 
 nesses. 
 
 15 Heb. 
 made to 
 li/ht. 
 I'i Or, 
 Froyn 
 
 "Or, 
 and his 
 life raho 
 shall 
 recount? 
 for he 
 was cut 
 off&c. 
 18 Or, to 
 whoin, 
 the 
 stroke 
 w.os due 
 
 13 Heb. 
 deaths. 
 See Ezek. 
 xxviii. 
 8,10. 
 
 20 Or, 
 because 
 
 21 Heb. 
 made 
 him sick. 
 
 22 Or. 
 when his 
 soul shall 
 make an 
 offering 
 
 23 Heb. 
 a guilt 
 offering. 
 21 Or, He 
 shall see 
 .ind be 
 satisfied 
 with the 
 travail 
 &c. 
 
 25 Or. 
 7H ake 
 many 
 right- 
 eous
 
 536 
 
 ISAIAH. 
 
 53. 12. 
 
 lOr, 
 maketh 
 
 2 Or, In 
 a little 
 wraXh 
 
 3 Or, 
 accord- 
 ing 
 
 lo some 
 ancient 
 author- 
 ities. 
 This is 
 unto me 
 as the 
 da>js of 
 Koah, 
 when I 
 ^ware 
 &c. 
 
 4 Or, 
 anti- 
 inony 
 See 
 lOhr. 
 xxix. 2. 
 
 5 Or, 
 
 windows 
 
 eOr, 
 
 ilisclples 
 
 ' Or, be 
 tliou/ar 
 
 8 Or, stir 
 ■up strife 
 
 9 Or, 
 
 thallfall 
 away to 
 thee 
 
 JO Or, its 
 
 with the transgressors : yet he bare the 
 sm of mauy, and imade intercession 
 for the transgressors. 
 54 Sing, barren, thou that didst not 
 bear; break forth into singuig, and 
 cry alonl, thou that didst not travail 
 ■with child : for more are the children 
 of the desolate than the childi-en of the 
 
 2 married wife, saith the Lord. En- 
 large the place of thy tent, and let 
 them stretch forth the curtains of 
 thine habitations ; sjiare not : lengthen 
 thy cords, and strengthen thy stakes. 
 
 3 For thou shalt spread abroad on the 
 right hand and on the left; and thy 
 seed shall possess the nations, and 
 make the desolate cities to be inhabit- 
 
 4ed. Fear not; for thou shalt )iot l)e 
 ashamed : neither be thou confounded; 
 for thou shalt not be put to shame : for 
 thou shalt forget the shame of thy 
 youth, and the reproach of thy widow- 
 hood shalt thou remember no more. 
 
 5 For thy Maker is thine husband ; the 
 Lord of hosts is his name: and the 
 Holy One of Israel is thy redeemer; 
 the God of the whole earth shall he 
 
 6 be called. For the Lord hath called 
 thee as a wife forsaken and grieved in 
 spirit, even a wife of youth, when she 
 
 7 is cast off, saith thy God. For a small 
 moment have I forsaken thee; but 
 with great mercies will I gather thee. 
 
 8 2 In overflowing wrath I hid my face 
 from thee for a moment; but with 
 everlastmg kindness will I have mercy 
 on thee, saith the Lord thy redeemer. 
 
 O^For this is as the waters of Noah 
 unto me : for as I have swoni that the 
 waters of Noah should no more go over 
 the earth, so have I sw^orn that I would 
 not be wroth with thee, nor rebuke thee. 
 
 10 For the mountains shall depart, and the 
 hiUs be removed ; but my kindness shall 
 not depart from thee, neither shall my 
 covenant of peace be removed, saith the 
 Lord that hath mercy on thee. 
 
 11 O thou afflicted, tossed with tem- 
 pest, and not comforted, behold, I wiU 
 set thy stones in *faii- colours, and 
 lay thy foundations with sapphires. 
 
 12 And I wiU make thy ^pimaacles of 
 rubies, and thy gates of carbuncles, 
 and all thy border of pleasant stones. 
 
 13 And all thy children shall be ^ taught 
 of the Lord; and great shall be 
 
 14 the i^eace of thy ciiUdren. In right- 
 eousness shalt thou be established: 
 ■^thou shalt be far from oi)pression, 
 for thou shalt not fear; and from 
 terror, for it shall not come near thee. 
 
 15 Behold, they may ^gather together, but 
 not by me: whosoever shall f gather 
 together against thee ^ shall faU be- 
 
 16 cause of thee. Behold, I have created 
 the smith that bloweth the fire of 
 coals, and bringeth forth a weapon for 
 10 his work; and I have created the 
 
 17 waster to destroy. No weapon that is 
 
 formed against thee shall ju-osper; and 
 every tongue that shall rise against 
 thee in judgement thou shalt condemn. 
 This is the heritage of the servants of 
 the Lord, and ^ their righteousness 
 which is of me, saith the Lord. 
 
 55 Ho, every one that thirsteth, come 
 ye to the waters, and he that hath no 
 moziey; come ye, buy, and eat; yea, 
 come, buy wine and milk without 
 
 2 money and without price. Wherefore 
 do ye 12 sjiend money for that which is 
 not bread? and your i' labour for that 
 which satisfieth not ? hearken dUigent- 
 ly unto me, and eat ye that which is 
 good, and let your soul delight itself 
 
 3 in fatness. Incline your ear, and come 
 unto me; hear, and your soul shall 
 live: and I wOl make an everlasting 
 covenant with you, even the sure 
 
 4 mercies of David. Behold, I have 
 given him for a witness to the peoijles, 
 a 1^ leader and commander to the peo- 
 
 5 pies. Behold, thou shalt call a nation 
 that thou knowest not, and a nation 
 that knew not thee shaU run unto thee, 
 because of the Lord thy God, and for 
 the Holy One of Israel; for he hath 
 glorified thee. 
 
 6 Seek ye the Lord while he may be 
 found, caU ye upon him while he is 
 
 7 near : let the wicked forsake his way, 
 and the um-ighteous man his thoughts : 
 and let him return imto the Lord, and 
 he wUl have mercy upon him ; and to 
 our God, for he will abundantly pardon. 
 
 8 For my thoughts are not your thoughts, 
 neither are your ways my ways, saith 
 
 9 the Lord. For as the heavens are 
 higher than the earth, so are my 
 ways higher than your ways, and my 
 
 10 thoughts than your thoughts. For as 
 the rain cometh down and the snow 
 from heaven, and retm'neth not thi- 
 ther, but watereth the earth, and 
 maketh it bring forth and bud, and 
 giveth seed to the sower and bread to 
 
 lithe eater; so shall my word be that 
 goeth forth out of my mouth : it shall 
 not return unto me void, but it shall 
 accomphsh that which I please, and 
 it shall prosper in the thing whereto 
 
 121 sent it. For ye shall go out with 
 joy, and be led forth with peace: the 
 mountains and the liiUs shall break 
 forth before you into singing, and aU 
 the trees of the field shall clap their 
 
 13 hands. Instead of the thorn shall 
 come up the fij- tree, andmsteadof the 
 brier shall come up the myiile tree : and 
 it shaU be to the Lord for a name, 
 for an everlasting sign that shall not 
 be cut off. 
 
 56 Thus saith the Lord, Eeep ye 
 judgement, and do righteousness: 
 for my salvation is near to come, 
 a]Kl my righteousness to be revealed. 
 
 2 Blessed is the man that doeth this, 
 and the son of man that holdeth 
 
 "Or, 
 their 
 right- 
 eousness 
 is of me 
 
 12 Heb. 
 u'eigh, 
 
 13 Or, 
 earnings 
 
 "Or, 
 prince
 
 58. 2. 
 
 ISAIAH. 
 
 537 
 
 lOr, 
 
 place 
 
 Heb. 
 
 Jtund. 
 
 2 Or. bct- 
 tfi- than 
 soils iitid 
 dnu'jh- 
 ters 
 
 3 Heb. 
 hlni. 
 
 J Heb. 
 10 his 
 gathered 
 ones. 
 sOr, 
 coyne ye 
 to devour 
 all the 
 beasts In 
 theforest 
 
 6 Or, one 
 and all 
 
 7 Or, 
 Hodlij 
 
 8 Or, 
 through 
 wicked- 
 ness 
 
 9 Or. 
 straight 
 before 
 
 h Inl 
 
 10 Or, 
 with 
 idols 
 
 "Or, 
 a meal 
 offering 
 
 fast by it; that keepetli the sabbath 
 from iirofaning it, and k(^tii>cth lii.s 
 
 3 hand from doinf,' aiij' evil. Neitlier let 
 the .stranger, that hath joined hi)aself 
 to the LoiiD, speak, yayiiif;, The Loitn 
 will surely sei)arate lue from his peo- 
 l)le : neither let the eunuch say. Behold, 
 
 41 am a dry tree. For thus saith tlie 
 LoKD of the eunuchs that keep my 
 sabbaths, and choose the things that 
 please me, and hold fast by my coveu- 
 
 5 ant : Unto them will I give in mine 
 house and withui my walls a i memor- 
 ial and a name ^ better than of sons 
 and of daughters ; I will give " them 
 an everlasting name, that shall not be 
 
 G cut otf . Also the strangers, that johi 
 themselves to the Lord, to minister 
 unto him, and to love the name of the 
 LoiiD, to be his servants, every one 
 that keepeth the sabbath from jjro- 
 faning it, and holdeth fast by my cov- 
 
 7 eiiant ; even them will I bring to my 
 holy mountain, and make them joyful 
 in my house of prayer; their burnt 
 offeruigs and their sacrifices shall be 
 accepted upon mine aitar: for mine 
 house shall be called an house of 
 
 Sprayer for all peoples. The Lord God 
 which gathereth the outcasts of Israel 
 saith, Yet will I gather others to him, 
 ^beside his own that are gathered. 
 
 9 All ye beasts of the field, ^come to 
 devour, yea, all ye beasts in the forest. 
 
 10 His watchmen are blind, they are all 
 without knov/ledge ; they are all dumb 
 dogs, they caiuiot bark; dreaming, 
 
 11 lying down, lovmg to slumber. Yea, 
 the dogs are greedy, they can never 
 have enough; and these are shepherds 
 that cannot understand: they have all 
 turned to theu' own way, each one to 
 
 12 his gam, i^from every quarter. Come 
 ye, tMji then, I ""^i^ fetch wine, and we 
 will liU ourselves with strong drink; 
 and to-morrow shall be as this day, 
 a (hi;/ great beyond measure. 
 
 57 The righteous i^erisheth, and no 
 man layeth it to heart ; and ' merciful 
 men are taken away, none consider- 
 ing that the righteous is taken away 
 2** from the evil to come. He entereth 
 into peace ; they rest in their beds, each 
 one that walketh -^in his uprightness. 
 
 3 But draw near hither, ye sons of the 
 sorceress, the seed of the adulterer 
 
 4 and the whore. Against whom do ye 
 sport yourselves ? against whom make 
 ye a wide mouth, and di-aw out the 
 tongue? are ye not chikh-en of trans- 
 
 .5 gressiou, a seed of falsehood, ye that 
 inflame yourselves lo among the oaks, 
 under every green tree ; that slay 
 the children in the valleys, under the 
 
 G clefts of the rocks ? Among the smooth 
 stones of the valley is thy portion ; 
 they, they are thy lot: even to them 
 hast thou poured a drink offering, thou 
 hast offered "an oblation. Shall I be 
 
 7 appeased for these things? Upon a 
 liigh and lofty mountain hast thou set 
 thy bed: thither also wentest thou up 
 
 8 to offer sacrifice. And behind the doors 
 and the posts hast thou set up thy 
 memorial: for thou hast discovered 
 tliyself to another than me, and art 
 gone up ; thou hast enlarged thy bed, 
 and made thee a covenant with them; 
 thou lovedst their bed where thou 
 
 9 sawest it. And thou wentest to the 
 king with ointment, and didst increase 
 thy i)ei-fmiies, and didst send thine 
 ambassadors far otf, and didst debase 
 
 10 thyself even mito i^hell. Thou wast 
 wearied with the length of thy way; 
 yet saidst thou not. There is no hope : 
 thou didst find I'a quickening of thy 
 strength; therefore thou wast not 
 
 11 1^ fault. And of whom hast thou been 
 afraid and in fear, that thou liest, and 
 hast not remembered me, nor laid it 
 to thy heart? have not I held my 
 peace even of long time, and thou 
 
 12fearest me not? I will declare thy 
 righteousness; and as for thy works, 
 
 13 they shall not profit thee. When thou 
 criest, let I'them which thou hast 
 gathered deliver thee; but the wmd 
 shaU take them, a breath shall carry 
 them all away: but he that putteth 
 his trust in me shall ijossess the land, 
 and shall Lulierit my holy moimtaiu. 
 
 14 And i"he shall say, Cast ye up, cast ye 
 up, prepare the way, take up the stuni- 
 blingblock out of the way of my people. 
 
 15 For thus saith the high and lofty 
 One that iuhabiteth eternitj', whose 
 name is Holy : I dwell in the high and 
 holy place, with him also that is of a 
 contrite and hiuuble spirit, to revive 
 the spirit of the humble, and to revive 
 
 16 the heart of the contrite ones. For I 
 will not contend for ever, neither will 
 I be always wroth: for the spirit 
 should 17 fail before me, and the souls 
 
 17 which I have made. For the iniquity 
 of his covetousness was I wroth and 
 smote him, I hid viij face and was 
 wroth: and he went on i^frowardly in 
 
 18 the way of his heart. I have seen his 
 ways, aud will heal him: I wiU lead 
 him also, aud I'J restore comforts unto 
 
 19 him aud to his mourners. I create 
 the fruit of the lips: Peace, peace, to 
 him that is far off aud to him that is 
 near, saith the Lord ; and I will heal 
 
 20 him. But the wicked are like the trou- 
 bled sea ; for it cannot rest, and its 
 
 21 waters cast up mire and du-t. There is 
 no peace, saith my God, to the wicked. 
 
 58 Cry 20 aloud, spare not, lift up thy 
 voice like a trumi^et, and declare unto 
 my people their transgression, aud to 
 2 the house of Jacob their sins. Yet 
 they seek me daily, and delight to 
 know my ways: as a nation that did 
 righteousness, and forsook not the 
 2iordmance of their God, they ask of 
 
 13 Heb. 
 tSheoZ, 
 
 13 Heb. 
 
 thfllfe 
 of thine 
 
 hand. 
 
 I 11 Heb. 
 sick. 
 
 15 Or, thy 
 rabble 
 of idols 
 
 leOr, 
 it shall 
 be said 
 
 17 Or, 
 J'aint 
 away 
 
 13 Heb. 
 
 furtiinff 
 
 away, 
 
 19 Heb. 
 rcconi- 
 pe>t^. 
 
 20 Heb. 
 with the 
 throat. 
 
 21 Or, 
 judge-
 
 538 
 
 ISAIAH. 
 
 58. 2. 
 
 »0r, 
 
 oppro's 
 all your 
 Tahoar- 
 crs 
 
 '■ Or. ye 
 shall not 
 fust us ye 
 <iO thi^ 
 d'tt/, to 
 
 3 Or, 
 
 hcstowoii 
 the hun- 
 ffTf/ that 
 which 
 thy eoul 
 desiretJt 
 
 lOr, 
 
 drought 
 
 '^ Or, 
 him 
 
 me righteous ordinances, they delight 
 
 3 to draw near unto God. Wherefore 
 have we fasted, say they, and thou 
 aeest )iot? 'wherefore ]iave we afflicted 
 our soul, raid thou takest no kuov.'- 
 ledge ? Behold, in the day of your fast 
 ye find your men pleasure, and i exact 
 
 4 all your labours. Behold, ye fast for 
 strife and contention, and to smite with 
 the fist of wickedness: 2ye fast not 
 this day so as to make your voice to 
 
 5 be heard on high. Is such the fast 
 that I have chosen? the day for a 
 man to afflict his soul? Is it to bov\' 
 doT.'ii his head as a rush, and to spread 
 sackcl(_')th and ashes under him? wilt 
 thou caU this a fast, and an acceptable 
 
 6 day to the Lord ? Is not this the fast 
 that I have chosen ? to loose the bonds 
 of wickedness, to undo the bands of 
 the yoke, and to let the oppressed go 
 free, and that ye break every yoke? 
 
 7 Is it not to deal thy bread to the 
 hungry, and that thou brmg the ])oor 
 that are cast out to thy house? when 
 thou seest the naked, that thou cover 
 him; and that thou hide not thyself 
 
 8 from thine own flesh? Then shall thy 
 light l)reak forth as the morning, and 
 thyliealing shall sin-uig forth speedily : 
 and thy righteousness shall go before 
 thee; the glory of the Lord shill be 
 
 9 thy rearward. Then shalt thou call, 
 and the Lord shall answer ; thou shalt 
 ci-y, and he shall say. Here I am. If 
 thou take away from the midst of thee 
 the yoke, the putting forth of the 
 
 10 linger, and siieaking wickedly ; and if 
 thou 3 draw out thy soul to the hun- 
 gry, and satisf J- the afflicted soul ; then 
 shall thy light rise in darkness, and 
 
 11 thine obscurity be as the noonday : and 
 the Lord shall guide thee continually. 
 and satisfy thy soul in ^di-y places, and 
 make strong thy bones ; audtlioush;ilt 
 be like a watered garden, and like a 
 spring of water, whose waters fail not. 
 
 12 And they that shall be of thee shall 
 build the old waste places : thou shalt 
 raise up the foundations of many gen- 
 orations ; and thou shalt be called The 
 repairer of the breach, The restorer 
 
 1.3 of paths to dwell in. If thou turn 
 away thy foot from the sabbath, from 
 doing thy pleasure on my holy day; 
 and call the sabbath a delight, and 
 the holy of the Lord honourable ; and 
 shalt honour ^ it, not doing thine own 
 ways, nor finding thine own pleasure, 
 
 14 nor speaking thine own words: then 
 shalt thou delight thyself in the Lord ; 
 and I will make thee to ride upon the 
 high places of the earth; and I will 
 feed thee with the heritage of Jacob 
 thy father : for the mouth of the Lord 
 liath spoken it. 
 
 59 Behold, the Lord's hand is not short- 
 ened, that it cannot save ; neither his 
 2 car heavy, that it cannot hear: but 
 
 yoiu- iniquities have separated between 
 yoix and your God, and your sins have 
 hid his face from you, that he will not 
 
 3 hear. For your hands are defiled with 
 blood, and your fingers with uiiquity ; 
 your lips have spoken lies, your tongue 
 
 4muttereth wickedness. Noue ^sueth 
 in lighteousness, and none pleadeth in 
 truth: they trust in vanity, and speak 
 lies ; they conceive mischief, and bring 
 
 5 forth iniquity. They hatch "< basilisks' 
 eggs, and Aveave the s|)ider's web : he 
 that eateth of their eggs dieth, and 
 that which is crushed breaketh out 
 
 6 into a viper. Their webs shall not be- 
 come garments, neither shall they cover 
 themselves with their v.^orks: their 
 woi'ks are works of iniquity, and the 
 
 7 act of violence is in their hands. Then- 
 feet run to evil, and they make haste 
 to shed innocent ijlood : their thoughts 
 are thoughts of iniquity; desolation 
 and destruction are in their "^ paths. 
 
 8 The way of peace they know not ; and 
 there is no 'J judgement in their gouigs : 
 they have made them crooked paths ; 
 whosoever goeth therein doth not know 
 
 9 peace. Therefore is judgement far 
 from us, neither doth righteousness 
 overtake us : we look for light, but be- 
 hold darkness ; for brightness, but we 
 
 10 walk in obsem-ity. We grope for the 
 wall like the blind, yea, we grope as 
 they that have uo cyea: we stiunble 
 at noonday as iu the twUight ; lo among 
 them that are lusty Vv'e are as dead 
 
 11 men. We roar all like bears, and 
 mourn sore like doves: we look for 
 judgement, but there is none; for 
 
 1'2 salvation, but it is far off from us. For 
 our transgressions are multiplied be- 
 fore thee, and oirr sins testify against 
 us : for our transgressions are with us, 
 and as for our iniquities, we know 
 
 13 them: in transgressing and deuymg 
 the Lord, and tm-ning away from 
 f oUov.iag our God, speaking oppression 
 and revolt, conceiving and uttering 
 from the heart words of falsehood. 
 
 14 And judgement is turned away back- 
 ward, and righteousness standeth afar 
 off : for truth is fallen in the street, and 
 
 15 uprightness cannot enter. Yea, truth is 
 licking; and he that departeth from 
 evil maketh himself a prey: and the 
 Lord saw it, audit displeased liim that 
 
 16 there v/as no judgement. And he saw 
 that there was no man, and wondered 
 that there was i^^no intercessor: there- 
 fore his own arm brought salvation unto 
 linn ; and his righteousness, it upheld 
 
 17 him. And he put on righteousness as a 
 i-^ breastplate, and i^ an helmet of salva- 
 tion upon his head ; and he jnit on gar- 
 ments of vengeance for clothing, and 
 
 18 was clad with zeal as a cloke. According 
 to their i* deeds, accordingly he wiU re- 
 ]>ay, fury to his adversaries, recom- 
 pence to his enemies; to the 1° islands 
 
 CHeb. 
 caUeth. 
 
 'Or, 
 adders' 
 
 bOt. 
 
 high 
 
 ways 
 
 sOr, 
 
 right 
 
 10 Or, we 
 are in 
 dirJc 
 places 
 like the 
 dead 
 
 nOr, 
 
 none to 
 interpose 
 
 12 Or, 
 coat of 
 mail 
 
 13 Or, 
 salvation 
 for an 
 helmet 
 
 n Heb. 
 recoin- 
 2>ences. 
 
 15 Or, 
 coast- 
 lands
 
 61. 6. 
 
 ISAIAH. 
 
 539 
 
 1 Or, 
 
 tyftcn the 
 advers- 
 ary sha V 
 come in 
 like a 
 flood, the 
 spirit 
 
 of the 
 IJIRD 
 thaUJi/t 
 up a 
 stand- 
 ard 
 
 against 
 Jihn 
 
 2 Heb. a 
 streatn 
 pent in. 
 
 3 Heb. 
 7iursed 
 %ipon Vie 
 aide. 
 i See Ps. 
 xxxir. 5. 
 
 6 Or, 
 
 young 
 
 camels 
 
 6 Heb. 
 
 bring 
 
 good 
 
 tidings 
 
 of the 
 
 praises. 
 
 ■^Or, 
 beautify 
 
 8 Or, my 
 beauti- 
 ful 
 house 
 
 3 Or, 
 beauti- 
 fied 
 
 W Seech, 
 xli. 19. 
 
 10 lie will roiinj' recoiai)oiice. So .shall they 
 fear the name of the Lokd from the 
 west, avid his glory from the rising of 
 the sun : ifor he shall come as '-^a rush- 
 ing streiin, which the breath of the 
 
 2OL0UD driveth. And a redeemer shall 
 come to Zion, and luito them that 
 turn from transgression in Jacob, saiih 
 
 21 the LoKi>. And as for me, this is my 
 covenavit v.'ith thoni, saith the Lord: 
 juy spirit that is upon thee, and my 
 words which I have ]>ut in thy moutli, 
 .shall not dejiart out of thy mouth, nor 
 out of the mouth of thy seed, nor out of 
 the mouth of thy seed's seed, saith the 
 Lord, from henceforth and for ever. 
 
 00 Arise, shine ; for thy light is come, 
 and the glory of the Lord is risen 
 
 2 upon thee. For, behold, darkness shall 
 cover the earth, and gross darkness 
 the peoples: but the Lord shall arise 
 ujion thee, and his glory shall be seen 
 
 3 upon thee. And nations shall come to 
 thy light, and kings to the brightness 
 
 ■1 of thy rising. Lift up thine eyes round 
 about, and see : they all gather them- 
 selves together, they come to thee: 
 thy sons shaU come from far, and thy 
 daughters shall be Scanied in the 
 
 5 arms. Then thou shalt see and ^be 
 lightened, and thine heart shall tremble 
 and be eidarged; because the abund- 
 ance of the sea shall be turned U)ito 
 thee, the wealth of the nations sh;dl 
 
 6 come unto thee. The nuiltitude of 
 camels shall cover thee, the ^di'ome- 
 daries of Midian and Ephali ; they aU 
 shall come from Sheba: they shall 
 bring gold and frankincense, and shall 
 ^'proclaim the praises of the Lord. 
 
 7 All the flocks of Kedar shall be gath- 
 ered together unto thee, the rams of 
 Nebaioth shaU minister unto thee: 
 they shall come uj) with acceptance on 
 mine altar, and I wiU ''glorify 8 the 
 
 8 house of my glory. Who are these 
 that fly as a cloiid, and as the doves to 
 
 9 then- v/indows ? Surely the isles shall 
 wait for me, and the ships of Tarshisli 
 first, to bring thy sons from far, then- 
 sflvor and their gold with them, for the 
 name of the Lord thy God, and for the 
 Holy One of Israel, because he hath 
 
 10 ^glorified thee. And strangers shall 
 build up thy walls, and their kings shall 
 minister unto thee: for in my wrath 
 I smote thee, but in nij favour have 
 
 11 1 had mercy on thee. Thy gates also 
 shall be open continuaUj'; they shall 
 not be shut day nor night; that men 
 may bring unto thee the wealth of the 
 nations, and then- kings led ivith them. 
 
 12 For that nation and kingdom that will 
 not serve thee shall perish ; yea, those 
 
 13 nations shall be utterly wasted. The 
 glory of Lebanon shall come unto thee, 
 the tir tree, 10 the pine, and the box tree 
 together ; to beautify the place of my 
 sanctuary, and I will make the place 
 
 11 of my feet glorious. And the sons of 
 them that afllicted thee shall come 
 bending unto thee; and all they that 
 despised thee sliiU bow themselves 
 down at the soles of thy feet; and 
 they shall call thee The city of the 
 Lord, The Zion of the Holy One of 
 
 15 Israel. AVhereas thou hast been for- 
 saken and hated, .so that )io man 
 ])assed through thee, I will make thee 
 an eternal excellency, a joy of many 
 
 IG generations. Thou shalt also suck the 
 milk of the nations, and shalt suck the 
 breast of kings : and thou shalt know 
 that I the LoxtD am thy saviour, and 
 thy redeemer, the Mighty One of Jacob. 
 
 17 For brass I will bring gold, and for 
 iron I will bring silver, and for wood 
 brass, and for stones iron: I will also 
 make thy ofiicers peace, and I'thine 
 
 18 exactors righteousness. Violence shall 
 no more be heard in thy laud, desol- 
 ation nor destruction within thy bor- 
 ders; but thou shalt call thy walls 
 
 19 Salvation, and thy gates Praise. The 
 sun shall be no more thy light by day ; 
 neither for brightness shall the moon 
 give light unto thee: but the Lord 
 shall be unto thee an everlastuig light, 
 
 20 and thy God thy i^giory. Thy sun 
 shall no more go down, neither shaU 
 thy moon withdraw itseK: for the 
 Lord shaU be thine everl -sting light, 
 and the days of thy mourning shall be 
 
 21 ended. Thy people also shall be all 
 righteous, they shall inherit the land 
 for ever ; the branch of my planting, 
 the work of my hands, that I may be 
 
 22 glorifled. The little one shall become 
 a thousand, and the small one a strong 
 nation : I the Lord v.'ill hasten it in its 
 lime. 
 
 Gl The sjiu'it of the Lord God is upon 
 me; because the Lord hath anointed 
 me to iJreach good tidings unto the 
 13 meek; he hath sent me to bind up 
 the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty 
 to the captives, and i^the opening 0/ 
 
 2 ihe prison to them that are bound; to 
 proclaim i^the acceptable year of the 
 Lord, and the day of vengeance of our 
 
 .TGod; to comfort all that mourn; to 
 appouit unto them that mourn in 
 Zion, to give unto them a garland for 
 ashes, the oil of Joy for mourning, the 
 garment of praise for the spirit of I 
 heaviness ; that they might be called I 
 trees of righteousness, the planting 
 of the Lord, that he might be glori- | 
 
 ■± fled. And they shall build the old 
 v/astes. Ihej' shall raise up the foiiner 
 desolations, and they shall repair the 
 vv'aste cities, the desolations of many 
 
 5 generations. And sti'angers shall stand 
 and feed youi- flocks, and aliens shall 
 be your plowmen and your vinedress- 
 
 G ers. But ye shall be named the priests 
 of the Lord : men shaU call you the 
 ministers of our God : ye shall eat the 
 
 11 Or, 
 thy task- 
 masters 
 
 "Or, 
 beauty 
 
 "Or, 
 poor 
 
 uOr, 
 
 opening 
 
 of the 
 
 eyes 
 
 15 Or, the 
 
 year of 
 
 the 
 
 LORD'S 
 
 good 
 
 pleasure
 
 540 
 
 ISAIAH. 
 
 61. 6. 
 
 'Or, 
 t<, tlielr 
 ilh.ry 
 shaU //« 
 succeed 
 
 '^ Or, for 
 ((tr with) 
 n burnt 
 offerin.j 
 
 3Heb. 
 decketh 
 as a 
 priest. 
 
 4 That is, 
 JU;/ de- 
 light is 
 in her. 
 
 5 That is, 
 Mar- 
 ried. 
 
 eHeb. 
 
 with the 
 Jii/ of 
 the 
 bride- 
 tjrooni. 
 
 "Or, 
 keep not 
 silence 
 
 BHeb. 
 
 silence. 
 
 9 Or, 
 vintu^ 
 
 wealth of the nations, and lin their 
 
 7 gloiy shall ye hoast yourselves. For 
 yoiu' shame ye shall hare double ; and 
 for confusion they shall rejoice in their 
 portion: therefore in their land they 
 shall possess double: everlasting joy 
 
 8 shall be unto them. For I the Lord 
 love jiidgement, I hate robbery 2 with 
 iniquity; and I wLU give them their 
 recompence iu truth, and I v.'ill make 
 an everlasting covenant with them. 
 
 9 And their seed shall be known among 
 the nations, and their offspring among 
 the peoples: all that see them shall 
 acknowledge them, that they are the 
 seed which the Lokd hath blessed. 
 
 10 I will greatly rejoice in the Lord, 
 luy soul shall be joyful in my God; 
 for he hath clothed me with the gar- 
 ments of salvation, he hath covered 
 me with the robe of righteousness, as 
 a bridegroom ^decketh himself with a 
 garland, and as a bride adorneth her- 
 
 11 self v\'ith her jewels. For as the earth 
 bringeth forth her bud, and as the 
 garden causeth the things that are 
 sown in it to spring forth ; so the Lord 
 God will cause righteousness and praise 
 to spring forth before all the nations. 
 
 62 For Zion's sake will I not hold my 
 peace, and for Jerusalem's sake I will 
 not rest, until her righteousness go 
 forth as brightness, and her salvation 
 
 2 as a lamp that burnetii. And the na- 
 tions shall see thy righteousness, and 
 all kings thy glory : and thou shalt be 
 called by a new name, which the mouth 
 
 3 of the Lord shall name. Thou shalt 
 also be a crown of beauty in the hand 
 of the Lord, and a royal diadem in the 
 
 4 hand of thy God. Thou shalt no more 
 be termed Forsaken ; neither shall thy 
 land any more be termed Desolate: 
 but thou shalt be called *Hephzi-bah, 
 and thy land ^Beulah: for the Lord 
 dehghteth iu thee, and thy land .shall 
 
 5 be married. For as a yoiing man 
 marrieth a virgin, so shall thy sons 
 marry thee: and ''as the bridegroom 
 rejoiceth over the bride, so shall thy 
 God rejoice over thee. 
 
 C I have set watchmen upon thy 
 walls, O Jerusalem ; they shall never 
 hold their peace day nor night: ye 
 that are the Lord's remembrancers, 
 
 7 "! take ye no rest, and give him no 
 Brest, till he establish, and tUl he 
 make Jerusalem a praise in the 
 
 8 earth. The Lord hath sworn by his 
 right hand, and by the arm of his 
 strength. Surely I will no more give 
 thy corn to be meat for thme ene- 
 mies; and strangers shall not druili 
 thy "wme, for the which thou hast 
 
 9 laboured : but they that have garnered 
 it shall eat it, and jiraise the Lord ; 
 and they that have gathered it shall 
 di'ink it m the com-ts of my sanctuary. 
 
 10 Go through, go thi-ough the gates; 
 
 prepare ye the way of the people ; 
 cast up, cast up the high way ; gather 
 out the stones; lift uj) an ensign lofor 
 
 11 the ijeoples. Behold, the Lord hath 
 proclaimed imto the end of the earth, 
 Say ye to the daughter of Zion, Be- 
 hold, thy salvation cometh ; behold, his 
 reward is with him, and his ^recom- 
 
 12 pence before him. And they shall caU 
 them The holy jjeople, The redeemed 
 of the Lord : and thou shalt be called 
 Sought oirt, A city not forsaken. 
 
 63 Who is this that cometh from Edom, 
 with i^dyed garments from Bozrah? 
 this that is glorious hi his apparel, 
 marching in the greatness of his 
 strength? I that speak in righteous- 
 
 2 ness, mighty to save. Wherefore art 
 thou red in thine apparel, and thy 
 garments like him that treadeth in 
 
 3 the winef at '? I have trodden the wme- 
 press alone ; and of the peoples there 
 was no man ■\\ith me : yea, I i^ trod 
 them iu mine auger, and trampled 
 them in my fmy ; and their ^''lifeblood 
 15 is sprinkled upon my garments, and I 
 
 4 iiJhave stauied aU my raiment. For the 
 day of vengeance ^'^ was in mme heart, 
 and 18 the year of my redeemed is come. 
 
 5 And I looked, and there was none to 
 help ; and I wondered that there was 
 none to iii)hold: therefore mine ovai 
 anil brought salvation mito me; and 
 
 6 my fmy, it upheld me. And I'-^I trod 
 down the i)eoples iu mine anger, and 
 20 made them drunk in my fmy, and 
 I 21 poured out their lifeblood on the 
 earth. 
 
 7 I wiU make mention of the loving- 
 kindnesses of the Lord, and the praises 
 of the Lord, according to aU that the 
 Lord hath bestowed on us ; and the 
 great goochiess toward the house of 
 Israel, which he hath bestowed on 
 them according to his mercies, and 
 according to the multitude of his lov- 
 
 8 ingkindnesses. For he said, Surely, 
 they are my people, chUdreu that wiU 
 not deal falsely: so he was their 
 
 9 saviour. 22 ju all their affliction he 
 was afflicted, and the angel of his 
 liresence saved them : in his love and 
 in his pity he redeemed them ; and he 
 bare them, and carried them all the 
 
 10 days of old. But they rebelled, and 
 grieved his holy spirit: therefore he 
 was turned to be their enemy, andliim- 
 
 11 self fought against them. 23 'I'hen he re- 
 membered the days of old, Moses, and 
 his people, saying, Where is he that 
 brought them u]i out of the sea with the 
 2i shepherds of his flock? where is he 
 that put his holy spirit iu the midst 
 
 12 of them ? that caused his glorious arm 
 to go at the right hand of Moses? 
 that di\ided the water before them, 
 to make himself an everlasting name ? 
 
 13 that led them through the depths, as 
 an horse iu the wilderness, that thej' 
 
 10 Or, 
 over 
 
 "Or, 
 ■work 
 
 12 Or, 
 crim- 
 soned 
 
 ^ Or, win 
 tread. ., 
 and 
 trample 
 
 "Or, 
 strength 
 
 1'' Or, 
 shall be 
 
 16 Or, 
 will 
 stain 
 1' Or, is 
 
 18 Or, 
 my year 
 of 
 
 redemp- 
 tion 
 
 19 Or, 
 Iwm 
 tread 
 
 . . . and 
 make . . . 
 and I 
 wiUpour 
 out 
 
 20 Or, 
 accord- 
 ing to 
 another 
 reading, 
 brake 
 them in 
 pieces 
 
 21 Or, 
 brought 
 down 
 their 
 strength 
 to the 
 earth 
 
 22 An- 
 other 
 reading 
 is, /7i all 
 their ad- 
 versity 
 he was 
 no ad- 
 versary. 
 
 23 Or, 
 Then his 
 people 
 remem- 
 bered the 
 ancient 
 days of 
 Moses &c. 
 
 24 An- 
 other 
 reading 
 is, shep- 
 herd.
 
 65. 10. 
 
 ISAIAH. 
 
 541 
 
 lOr, 
 quake 
 
 [Ch. 
 Ixiv. 1 
 in Heb.] 
 
 2 Or, 
 
 seen, 
 God, 
 beside 
 thee, one 
 whieh&e. 
 
 3 Or. 
 
 sparest 
 
 4 Or, in 
 those is 
 continu- 
 ance, 
 and we 
 shall bo 
 saved 
 The text 
 is prob- 
 ably 
 corrupt. 
 
 5 Ac- 
 cording 
 to some 
 ancient 
 versions, 
 hast de- 
 tivcred 
 Its into 
 the 
 power of. 
 
 6 Heb. 
 melted. 
 
 14 stumbled not? As the Ciittle that go 
 down into the valley, the spirit of tlie 
 Lord caused them to rest : so didst 
 thou lead thy people, to make thyself 
 
 15 a glorious name. Look down from 
 heaven, and behold from the hal)it- 
 ation of thy hohness and of thy glory: 
 where is thy zeal and thy mighty acts? 
 the yearning of thy bowels and thy 
 comi)assions are resti'ained toward me. 
 
 16 For thou art our father, though Abra- 
 ham knoweth us not, and Israel doth 
 not acknowledge us: thou, O Lord, 
 art our father; our redeemer from 
 
 17 everlasting is thy name. O Lord, why 
 dost thou make us to err from thy 
 ways, and hardenest oiir heart from 
 thy fear? Return for thy servants' 
 sake, the tribes of thine inheritance. 
 
 18 Thy holy people possessed it but a 
 little while : our adversaries have trod- 
 
 19 den down thy sanctuary. We are be- 
 come as they over whom thou never 
 barest rule; as they that were not 
 
 64 called by thy name. Oh that thou 
 wouldest rend the heavens, that thou 
 wouldest come down, that the moimt- 
 aius might iflow do'mi at thy pre- 
 
 2 sence ; as when fu-e kmdleth the brush- 
 wood, and the fire causeth the waters 
 to boil: to make thy name laiown to 
 thine adversaries, that the nations 
 
 3 may tremble at thy x>"esence! When 
 thou didst terrible thuigs which we 
 looked not for, tlidn earnest down, the 
 mountains flowed down at thy pre- 
 
 4 sence. For from of old men have not 
 heard, nor perceived by the ear, neither 
 hath the eye 2 seen a God beside thee, 
 which worketh for him that waitetli 
 
 5 for him. Thou ^meetest him that 
 rejoiceth and worketh righteousness, 
 those that remember thee in thy 
 ways : behold, thou wast wroth, and we 
 siimed: *in them have we been of long 
 
 6 time, and shall we be saved? For we 
 are all become as one that is unclean, 
 and all our righteousnesses are as a 
 polluted garment : and we all do fade 
 as a leaf ; and our iniquities, like the 
 
 7 wind, take us away. And there is none 
 that caUetli upon thy name, that stir- 
 reth up himself to take hold of thee : 
 for thou hast hid thy face from us, 
 and 5 hast i^ consumed us by means 
 
 8 of our miquities. But now, Lord, 
 thou art our father ; we are the clay, 
 and thou our potter ; and we all are 
 
 9 the work of thy hand. Be not ^Toth 
 very sore, Lord, neither remember 
 iniquity for ever: behold, look, we be- 
 
 10 seech thee, we are all thy people. Thy 
 holy cities are become a wilderness, 
 Zion is become a wilderness, Jerii- 
 
 11 salem a desolation. Oiu" holy and our 
 beautiful house, where our fathers 
 praised thee, is burned with fire ; and 
 all our pleasant things are laid waste. 
 
 12 Wilt thou refrain thyself for these 
 
 thhigs, O L.iRD? wilt thou hold thy 
 peace, and afflict us very sore ? 
 65 I ''am inquired of by them that 
 asked not for vie; I "am found of 
 them that sought me not: I said. Be- 
 hold me, behold me, unto a nation 
 
 2'Hhat was not called l)y my name. I 
 have spread out my hands all the day 
 unto a relxdlious jieoph^ which walk- 
 eth in a way that is not good, after 
 
 3 their own thoughts; a people that 
 Ijrovoketh me to my face continually, 
 sacrificing in gardens, and burning in- 
 
 4 cense upon bricks; which lOyit {iinong 
 the graves, and lodge m the n secret 
 places; which eat swine's flesh, and 
 broth of abominable things is in their 
 
 5 vessels ; which say, Stand l)y thyself, 
 come not near to me, for I am holier 
 than thou: these are a smoke in my 
 nose, a fire that burnetii all the day. 
 
 6 Behold, it is ^Titten before me : I will 
 not keej) silence, but will recompense, 
 yea, I v.ill recompense into then- bosom, 
 
 7 yoiu' own iniquities, and the iniquities of 
 your fathers together, saith the Lord, 
 which have burned incense upon the 
 mountains, and i'^ blasphemed me upon 
 the hills: therefore will I i'^ first mea- 
 stire their work into their bosom. 
 
 8 Thus saith the Lord, As the new 
 wine is found in the cluster, and one 
 saith. Destroy it not, for a blessing is 
 in it: so will I do for my servants' 
 sakes, that I may not destroy them 
 
 9 all. And I wiU bring forth a seed 
 out of Jacob, and out of Judah an 
 inheritor of my mountains: and my 
 chosen shall inherit it, and my serv- 
 
 10 ants shall dwell there. And Sharon 
 shall be a infold of flocks, and the 
 valley of Achor a i)lace for herds to 
 lie down m, for my jieople that have 
 
 11 sought me. But ye that forsake the 
 Lord, that forget my holy mountain, 
 that prepare a table for i5 Fortune, and 
 that fiU up mingled wme luito i^Des- 
 
 12 tiny ; I will destine you to the sword, 
 and ye shall all bow down to the 
 slaughter: because when I called, ye 
 did not answer ; when I spake, ye did 
 not hear ; but ye did that which was 
 evil in mine eyes, and chose that 
 whereiu I deUghted not. 
 
 13 Therefore thus saith the Lord God, 
 Behold, my servants shall eat, but ye 
 shall be hungry : behold, my servants 
 shall di-mk, but ye shall be thirsty: 
 behold, my servants shall rejoice, but 
 
 14 ye shall be ashamed: behold, my serv- 
 ants shall sing for joy of heart, but ye 
 shall cry for sorrow of heart, and shall 
 
 15 howl for 17 vexation of spirit. And ye 
 shall leave your name for i^a curse 
 mito my chosen, and the Lord God 
 shall slay thee; and he shall call his 
 
 16 servants by another name: so that he 
 who blesseth himself in the earth shall 
 bless himself in the God of i9 truth ; and 
 
   Or. w^s 
 
 intjuircd 
 
 of 
 
 ^ Or, was 
 
 found 
 
 3 Or, as 
 
 ottier- 
 
 wise 
 
 reafi , 
 
 that 
 
 hath not 
 
 c<dled 
 
 upon 
 
 i''Or, 
 dwelt 
 
 "Or, 
 vautts 
 
 12 Or, 
 
 defied 
 
 "Or, 
 
 measitre 
 
 their 
 
 former 
 
 work 
 
 "Or, 
 pasture 
 
 15 Heb. 
 Gad. 
 See Gen. 
 XXX. 11. 
 
 16 Heb. 
 Meni, 
 
 n Heb. 
 break- 
 ing. 
 18 Heb. 
 an oath. 
 
 W Heb. 
 Amen. 
 See 
 2 Cor. 
 i. ai, 
 Rev. iii- 
 14.
 
 542 
 
 ISAIAH. 
 
 65. 16. 
 
 1 Heb. 
 Amen. 
 See 
 
 2 Cor. 
 i. 20, 
 Rev. iii. 
 U 
 
 2 Heb. 
 wear 
 out. 
 
 3 Or, 
 sudden 
 terror 
 1 Or, 
 
 .shall be 
 
 mith 
 
 them 
 
 5 Or, 
 ameal 
 offering 
 
 6 Heb. 
 maketh 
 arnemor- 
 ial of. 
 
 'Or, 
 mocK'ings 
 
 he that sweareth in the earth shall 
 swear by the God of ^ truth; because 
 the former troubles are forgotten, 
 and because they are hid from mme 
 
 17 eyes. For, behold, I create new heavens 
 and a nev/ earth: and the foi-mer 
 things shall not be remembered, nor 
 
 18 come into mind. But be ye glad 
 and rejoice for ever in that v/hicli 
 I create: for, behold, I create Jeru- 
 salem a rejoicing, and her people a 
 
 19 joy. And I wUl rejoice m Jerusalem, 
 and joy in my people : and the voice of 
 weeping shall be no more heard in 
 
 20 her, nor the voice of ciying. There 
 shall be no more thence an infant of 
 days, nor an old man that hath not 
 filled his days : for the child shall die 
 an hundred years old, and the sinner 
 being an hundred years old shall be 
 
 21 accursed. And they shall build houses, 
 and inhabit them; and they shall plant 
 vineyards, and eat the fruit of them. 
 
 22 They shall not build, and another in- 
 habit; they shall not plant, and an- 
 other eat: for as the days of a tree 
 shall be the days of my people, and my 
 chosen shall ^long enjoy the work of 
 
 23 their hands. They shall not libour in 
 vain, nor bring forth for ^ calamity ; for 
 they are the seed of the blessed of the 
 Lord, and their offspring ^ with them. 
 
 24 And it shall come to pass that, before 
 they call, I will answer ; and while they 
 
 25 are yet speaking, I will hear. The v/olf 
 and the lamb shall feed together, and 
 the lion shall eat straw like the ox : and 
 dust shall be the seiiient'smeat. They 
 shall not hm't nor destroy in all my 
 holy mountain, saith the Lord. 
 
 66 Thus saith the Lord, The heaven 
 is my throne, and the earth is my 
 footstool : what manner of house will 
 ye build mito me? and what place 
 
 2 shall be my rest ? For all these thuigs 
 hath mine hand made, and so aU these 
 things came to be, saith the Lord : 
 but to this man AviU I look, even to 
 him tliat is poor and of a contrite 
 spu'it, and that trembleth at my word. 
 
 3 He that kUleth an ox is as he that 
 slayeth a man; ho that sacrificeth a 
 lamb, as he that breaketh a dog's 
 neck; he that offereth 5 an oblation, as 
 he that offereth swine's blood ; he that 
 ''burnetii frankmcense, as he that 
 blesseth an idol: yea, they have chosen 
 their own ways, and their soul de- 
 
 4 lighteth in their abominations ; I also 
 will choose their '' delusions, and will 
 bring their fears upon them ; because 
 when I called, none did answer; when 
 I spake, they did not hear: but they 
 did that which was evil in mme eyes, 
 and chose that whereui I delighted 
 not. 
 
 5 Hear the word of the Lord, ye that 
 tremble at his word: Your brethren 
 that hate you, that cast you out for 
 
 my name's sake, have said. Let the 
 Lord be glorified, that we may see 
 your joy; but they shall be ashamed. 
 
 6 A voice of tiunuit from the city, a 
 voice from the temple, a voice of the 
 Lord that rendereth recompence to 
 
 7 his enemies. Before she travailed, she 
 brought forth ; before her pain came, 
 
 8 she was delivered of a man chOd. Who 
 hath heard such a thmg? who hath 
 seen such things? Shall a land be 
 Shorn in one day? shall a nation be 
 brought forth at once ? for as soon as 
 Zion travailed, she brought forth her 
 
 9 childi'en. Shall I bring to the birth, 
 and not cause to bring forth ? saith the 
 Lord : shall I that cause to bruig f oi th 
 shut the vjomb'? saith thy God. 
 
 10 Kejoice yo with Jerusalem, and be 
 glad for her, all ye that love her : re- 
 joice for joy with her, aU ye that 
 
 11 mourn over her : that ye may suck and 
 be satisfied with the breasts of her 
 consolations; that ye may mDk out, 
 and be dehghted with the abundance 
 
 12 of her gloiy. For thus saith the Lord, 
 Behold, I win extend peace to her hke 
 a river, and the glory of the nations 
 like an overflowing stream, 9 and ye 
 shall suck thereof; ye shall be borne 
 upon the side, and shall be dandled 
 
 18 upon the knees. As one whom his 
 mother comforteth, so will I comfort 
 you ; and ye shall be comforted m Je- 
 
 14rusalem. And yfe shall see it, and your 
 heart shall rejoice, and your bones 
 shall flourish like the tender gi-ass: 
 and the hand of the Lord shall be 
 known toward his servants, and he wiU 
 have indignation against his enemies. 
 
 15 For, behold, the Lord wiU come lo with 
 fire, and his chariots shall be like the 
 whirlwind; to render his anger with 
 fury, and his rebuke with flames of 
 
 16 fire. For by fii-e will the Lord plead, 
 and by his sword, with all flesh : and 
 the slain of the Lord shall be many. 
 
 17 They that sanctify themselves and 
 purify themselves ii to go unto the gar- 
 dens, i^ijeliind i-^one in the midst, eat- 
 ing swine's flesh, and the abomination, 
 and the mouse ; they shall come to an 
 
 18 end together, saith the Lord. For I 
 h)ow their works and their thoughts: 
 I'' the time cometh, that I will gather all 
 nations and tongues; and they shall 
 
 19 come, and shall see my glory. And I 
 wiU set a sign among them, and I wiU 
 send such as escape of them unto the 
 nations, to Tarshish, Pul and Lud, 
 that (h'aw the bow, to Tubal and Javan, 
 to the isles afar off, that have not 
 heard my fame, neither have seen my 
 gloiy ; and they shall declare my glory 
 
 20 among the nations. And they shall 
 bring all your brethren out of all the 
 nations for an offering unto the Lord, 
 upon horses, and in chariots, and in 
 litters, and upon mules, and upon i^swift 
 
 8 Or, tra- 
 vailed 
 with/or 
 but one 
 datj 
 
 3 Or, «Aej! 
 shall ye 
 
 SHck, 1/0 
 
 (to. 
 
 10 Or, 
 
 11 Or, in 
 
 '■' Many 
 ancient 
 author- 
 ities 
 have, 
 one after 
 another. 
 
 13 Or, one 
 tree (or • 
 Ashenih ; 
 see Deut. 
 xvi. 21) 
 
 11 Many 
 aricient 
 author- 
 ities 
 have, 
 I come to 
 gather 
 ic. 
 
 
 15 Or, 
 drome- 
 daries
 
 2. 6. 
 
 JEREMIAH. 
 
 543 
 
 'Or, 
 
 on what- 
 
 soever 
 
 errand 
 
 ■2 Heb. 
 shaked. 
 
 3 Heb. 
 
 shokeiL 
 
 4 Heb. 
 ■•ihalt hp. 
 opeyted. 
 
 beasts, to my holy iiuraiiteaiu Jcinsa- 
 lem, saitli the Lonr>, as tlio chihlren 
 of Israel brhig their offei-ing in a 
 clean vessel into the liouso of the 
 
 '21 Lord. And of them also will I take 
 for x>viests and for Levites, saith the 
 
 •22 Lord. For as the new heavens and 
 the new earth, vdnch I will make, shall 
 remain before me, saith the Lord, so 
 shall your seed and your name remain. 
 
 •23 And it shall como to pass, that from 
 one new moon to another, and from 
 one sabbath to another, shall all tiesh 
 como to worship before me, saith the 
 
 '24 Lord. And they shall go forth, and 
 look upon the carcases of the men that 
 have transgressed against me : for their 
 worm shall not die, neither shall their 
 fire bo quenched ; and they shall bo an 
 abhoning unto all tlesh. 
 
 THE BOOK OF THE PROPHET 
 
 JEREMIAH. 
 
 1 The words of Jeremiah the son of 
 HOkiah, of the priests that were in 
 
 2 Anathoth in the land of Benjamhi: to 
 whom the word of the Lord came in 
 the days of Josiah the son of Anion, 
 king of Judah, in the thii teenth year 
 
 3 of his reign. It came also in the days 
 of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah, king of ; 
 Judah, imto the end of the eleventh i 
 year of Zedekiah the son of Josiah, : 
 king of Judah ; unto the carrymg away 
 of Jerusalem captive in the fifth month. 
 
 4 Now the word of the Lord came un- j 
 
 5 to me, sayuig. Before I formed thee in 
 the belly I knew thee, and before thou 
 earnest forth out of the womb I sancti- 
 fied thee ; I have appointed thee a pro- 
 
 6 phet unto the nations. Then said I, All, 
 Lord God ! behold, I cannot speak : for 
 
 7 1 am a child. But the Lord said unto 
 me, Say not, I am a child: for ito 
 whomsoever I shall send thee thou 
 shalt go, and whatsoever I shall com- 
 
 Smand thee thou shalt speak. Be not 
 afraid becaiise of them : for I am with 
 thee to deliver thee, saith the Lord. 
 
 9 Then the Lord put forth his hand, 
 and touched my mouth ; and the Lord 
 said unto me, Beliold, I have put my 
 
 10 words in thy mouth: see, I have this 
 day set thee over the nations and over 
 the kingdoms, to pluck up and to break 
 down, and to destroy and to overthi'ow; 
 to build, and to plant. 
 
 11 Moreover the word of the Lord 
 came unto me, saying, Jeremiah, what 
 seest thou ? And I said, I see a rod of 
 
 12 2 an ahnond tree. Then said the Lord 
 untiD me, Thou hast well seen: for I 
 3 watch over my word to perform it. 
 
 13 And the word of the Lord came unto 
 me the second time, saying, What seest 
 thou? And I said, I see a seething 
 cakb'on ; and the face thereof is from 
 
 14 the north. Then the Lord said unto 
 me. Out of the north evil ^ shall break 
 forth ujoon all the inhabitants of the 
 
 island. For, lo, I will call all the fami- 
 lies of the kingdoms of the north, saith 
 the Lord; and they shall come, and 
 they shall set every one his thi'oiie at 
 the entering of the gates of Jenisalem, 
 and against all the walls thereof romid 
 about, and against all the cities of Ju- 
 
 16 dah. And I will ^ utter my judgements 
 against them touchhig all their wicked- 
 ness ; m that they have forsaken me, 
 and have bm'iied incense unto other 
 gods, and worshiiiped the works of 
 
 17 their own hands. Thou therefoi'e gu-d 
 up thy loms, and arise, and speak mi- 
 to them all that I command thee: be 
 not dismayed at them, lest I dismay 
 
 18 thee before them. For, behold, I have 
 made thee this day a defenced city, 
 and an u'on pillar, and braseu walls, 
 agamst the whole laud, agauist the 
 kings of Judah, against the prmces 
 thereof, against the priests thereof, 
 and against the people of the land. 
 
 19 And they shall fight agamst thee ; but 
 they shall not jn-evail against thee : for 
 I am with thee, saith the Lord, to de- 
 liver thee. 
 
 2 And the word of the Lord came to 
 
 2 me, sayiug. Go, and cry in the ears 
 of Jerusalem, sayuig. Thus saith the 
 Lord, i remember 6 for thee the kind- 
 ness of thy youth, the love of tlime 
 espousals ; how thou wontest after me 
 in the ■nolderness, in a land that was 
 
 3 not sown. Israel luas holiness unto 
 the Lord, the firstfruits of his in- 
 crease: all that devour him shall be 
 held guilty ; evil shall come upon them, 
 saith the Lord. 
 
 4 Hear ye the word of the Lord, O 
 house of Jacob, and aU the families of 
 
 5 the house of Israel: Thus saith the 
 Lord, What mu'ighteousness have your 
 fathers found in me, that they are gone 
 far from me, and have walked after 
 
 6 vanity, and are become vam ? Neither 
 
 5 Or, 
 speari 
 with 
 them 
 of my 
 judge- 
 ments 
 
 •^ Or, con- 
 cernin<j
 
 544 
 
 JEREMIAH. 
 
 2. G. 
 
 "Or, 
 deep 
 darkness 
 
 2Heb. 
 shep- 
 herds. 
 
 3Heb. 
 given 
 out their 
 
 4 Or, 
 fed on 
 
 5 That is. 
 the Nile. 
 
 e That is, 
 the Eu- 
 phrates. 
 
 7 Or, 
 thou 
 hast 
 
 ^'Another 
 reading 
 is, trans- 
 gress. 
 
 said they, Where is the Loed that 
 brought us up out of the land of Egypt ; 
 that led us through the wilderness, 
 tln-ougli a land of deserts and of pits, 
 through a land of di-ought and of i the 
 shadow of death, through a land that 
 none passed through, and where no 
 
 7 man dwelt ? And I brought you into 
 a plentiful land, to eat the fruit thereof 
 and the goodness thereof ; but when ye 
 entered, ye defiled my land, and made 
 
 8 mine heritage an abomination. The 
 priests said not, Where is the Lord? 
 and they that handle the law knew me 
 not: the 2 rulers also transgressed a- 
 gainst me, and the prophets proi^hesied 
 by Baal, and walked after things that 
 
 9 do not profit. Wherefore I will yet 
 plead with you, saith the Lord, and 
 with your childi'en's children wiU I 
 
 10 plead. For pass over to the isles of 
 Kittun, and see ; and send unto Kedar, 
 and consider diligently ; aiid see if 
 
 11 there hath been such a thing. Hath 
 a nation changed their gods, which 
 yet are no gods ? In^t my people have 
 changed their glory for that which doth 
 
 12 not i^rofit. Be astonished, O ye hea- 
 vens, at this, and be horril^ly afraid, 
 be ye very desolate, saith the Lord. 
 
 13 For my people have committed two 
 e'sils ; they have forsaken me the foiuit- 
 ain of living waters, and hewed them 
 out cisterns, broken cisterns, that can 
 
 14 hold no water. Is Israel a servant ? is 
 he a homeborn slave? why is he become 
 
 15 a prey? The yoiuig lions have roared 
 upon him, and ^ yelled: and they have 
 made his land waste; his cities are 
 
 16biu-ned up, without inhabitant. The 
 chikh'en also of Nojih and Tahpanhes 
 have "^ broken the crown of thy head. 
 
 17 Hast thou not procured this unto thy- 
 self, in that thou hast forsaken the 
 Lord thy God, when he led thee by the 
 
 18 way ? And now what hast thou to do 
 in the way to Egypt, to drink the 
 waters of ^ Shihor ? or what hast thou 
 to do in the way to Assyria, to di-ink 
 
 19 the waters of ^the River? Thine own 
 wickedness shall correct thee, and thy 
 backslidings shall rejirove thee : know 
 therefore and see that it is an evil thing 
 and a bitter, that thou hast forsaken 
 the Lord thy God, and that my fear is 
 not in thee, saith the Lord, the Lord of 
 
 20 hosts. For of old time '''I have broken 
 thy yoke, and burst thy bauds; and 
 thou saidst, I will not ^ serve ; for ux>on 
 every high hill and under eveiy green 
 tree thou didst bow thyself, playing 
 
 21 the harlot. Yet I had planted thee a 
 noble vine, whoUy a right seed: how 
 then art thou turned into the degen- 
 erate idant of a strange vine imto me? 
 
 22 For though thou wash thee with lye, 
 and take thee much soap, yet thine in- 
 iquity is marked before me, saith the 
 
 23 Lord God. How canst thou say, I am 
 
 not defiled, I have not gone after the 
 Baahm? see thy way in the vaUey, 
 know what thou hast done : fhou art a 
 swift 9 dromedary traversing her ways ; 
 
 24 a wild ass used to the wilderness, that 
 snuffeth up the wind in her desire ; in 
 her occasion who can turn her away ? 
 aU they that seek her wiU not weary 
 themselves; in her month they shall 
 
 25 find her. Withhold thy foot from be- 
 ing unshod, and thy tlu'oat from thu'st : 
 but thou saidst. There is no hojie : no; 
 for I have loved strangers, and after 
 
 26 them wiU I go. As the thief is ashamed 
 when he is found, so is the house of 
 Israel ashamed ; they, theu' kings, their 
 princes, and their priests, and their 
 
 27 prophets ; which say to a stock. Thou 
 art my father; and to a stone, Thou 
 hast 10 brought ^me forth: for they 
 have turned their back unto me, and 
 not their face : but in the time of theu" 
 trouble they will say, Arise, and save 
 
 28 us. But where are thy gods that thou 
 hast made thee ? let them arise, if they 
 can save thee in the time of thy trouble : 
 for according to the number of thy 
 cities are thy gods, Judah. 
 
 29 Wherefore will ye ijlead with me? 
 ye aU have transgressed against me, 
 
 30 saith the Lord. In vain have I smit- 
 ten your children; they received no 
 i'^ correction : your own sword hath de- 
 voiu-ed your prophets, like a destroying 
 
 31 lion. O generation, see ye the word of 
 the Lord. Have I been a wilderness 
 unto Israel? or a land of i^thick dark- 
 ness? wherefore say my people, We 
 are broken loose ; we wiU come no more 
 
 32 unto thee ? Can a maid forget her or- 
 naments, or a bride her attu'e ? yet my 
 peoj)le have forgotten me days without 
 
 33 number. How trimmest thou thy way 
 to seek love ! therefore even the wicked 
 women hast thou taught thy ways. 
 
 34 Also in thy sku-ts is fomid the blood 
 of the souls of the iimocent poor : i* I 
 have not found it at is the place of 
 
 35 breaking in, but upon I'^'all these. Yet 
 thou saidst, I am innocent ; surely his 
 anger is turned away from me. Be- 
 hold, I wiU enter into judgement with 
 thee, because thou sayest, I have not 
 
 36 sinned. Why gaddest thou about so 
 much to change thy way ? thou shalt be 
 ashamed of Egyiit also, as thou wast 
 
 87 ashamed of Assyria. From him also 
 shalt thou go forth, with thme hands 
 upon thine head: for the Lord hath 
 rejected thy confidences, and thou 
 shalt not prosper in them. 
 
 3 I'They say, i^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 
 polluted? But thou hast played the 
 harlot with many lovers; i-'yet retiu-n 
 2 again to me, saitli the Loud. Lift up 
 thine eyes unto the bare heights, and
 
 4. 7. 
 
 JEREMIAH. 
 
 545 
 
 >0r, 
 com- 
 panion 
 
 2 Or, 
 
 hasf 
 spoken 
 thus, but 
 hast 
 done <frc. 
 
 3HeK 
 
 been 
 able. 
 
 4 Or, 
 And I 
 
 said. 
 After 
 sJie Juitk 
 done 
 (dl these 
 things, 
 she &c. 
 
 5 Or. 
 Ijet her 
 return 
 unto me 
 
 6 Some 
 ancient 
 author- 
 ities 
 have, 
 she saw 
 that, for 
 &c. 
 
 7Heb. 
 
 cause my 
 counten- 
 ance to 
 fall 
 upon 
 you. 
 6 Or, 
 kitoio 
 
 9 Or, 
 tniss 
 
 10 Or, 
 shail it 
 he ina,de 
 any 
 more 
 
 soc; where hast thou not been Uen with? 
 By t}ie ways hast thou sat for them, as 
 an Aralnan m the wilderness ; and thou 
 liast polluted the land with thy whorc- 
 
 3 doms and with thy wickedness. There- 
 fore the showers have been withholden, 
 and there hath been no latter rain; 
 yet thou hadst a whore's forehead, 
 
 4 thou refusedst to be ashamed. Wilt 
 thou not from this time ciy unto me, 
 My father, thou art the i f^ide of my 
 
 5 youth? Will he retain Ins anger for 
 ever? will he keep it to the end? Be- 
 hold, thou 2 hast spoken and hast done 
 evil things, and hast shad thy way. 
 
 6 Moreover the Lord said unto me in 
 the days of Josiah the king. Hast thou 
 seen that which backsliding Israel 
 hath done ? she is gone up upon every 
 high mountain and under evciy green 
 tree, and there hath played the harlot. 
 
 7* And I said after she had done all 
 these things, ^She will retui-n unto 
 me; but she retimied not: and her 
 
 8 treacherous sister Judah saw it. And 
 61 saw, when, for this very cause 
 that backsliding Israel had committed 
 adultery, I had put her away and given 
 her a bill of divorcement, yet treach- 
 erous Judah her sister feared not ; but 
 she also went and played the harlot. 
 
 9 And it came to pass thi-ough the light- 
 ness of her whoredom, that the laud 
 was polluted, and she committed adul- 
 
 10 tery with stones and with stocks. And 
 j-et for aU this her treacherous sister 
 Judah hath not returned imto me 
 with her vfhole heart, but feignedly, 
 
 11 saith the Lord. And the Lord said 
 imto me. Backsliding Israel hath shewn 
 herself more righteous than treach- 
 
 12 erous Judah. Go, and proclaun these 
 words toward the north, and say, Ee- 
 tui'n, thou backshding Israel, saith the 
 Lord; I will not ^look in anger upon 
 you : for I am merciful, saith the Lord, 
 
 13 1 will not keep anger for ever. Only 
 8 acknowledge thine iniquity, that thou 
 hast transgressed against the Lord 
 thy God, and hast scattered thy ways 
 to the strangers under every green 
 tree, and ye have not obeyed my 
 
 14 voice, saith the Lord. Eeturn, O back- 
 slitling children, saith the Lord ; for I 
 am a husband unto you ; and I will take 
 you one of a city, and two of a family, 
 
 15 and I will bring you to Zion : and I will 
 give you sheiiherds according to mine 
 heart, which shall feed you with know- 
 
 16 ledge and understanduig. And it shall 
 come to pass, when ye be multipUed and 
 increased in the land, in those days, 
 saith the Lord, they shall say no more. 
 The ark of the covenant of the Lord ; 
 neither shall it come to mind : neither 
 shall they remember it ; neither shall 
 they ^visit it; neither lOghall that be 
 
 17 done any more. At that time they shall 
 call Jerusalem the throne of the Lord ; 
 
 and all the nations shall be gathered 
 unto it, to the name of the Lord, to 
 Jerusalem: neitlier shall they walk 
 any more after the Ktubboriniess of 
 
 18 their evil heart. In those days the 
 house of Judah shall walk i^with the 
 house of Israel, and they shall come 
 together out of the land of the north 
 to the land that I gave for an inherit- 
 
 lOance unto your fathers. But I said, 
 How 12 .shall I put thee among the child- 
 ren, and give thee a pleasant lanfl, 
 i^a goodly heritage of the hosts of the 
 nations? and I said, !■* Ye shall call me 
 My father; and shall not turn away 
 
 20 from following me. Surely as a wife 
 treacherously departcth from her hus- 
 band, so have ye dealt treacherously 
 with me, house of Israel, saith the 
 
 21 Lord. A voice is heard upon the bare 
 heights, the weeping and the supiilic- 
 ations of the chilth-en of Israel ; for that 
 they have perverted their way ,theyhave 
 
 22 forgotten the Lord their God. Keturn, 
 ye backsliding childi-en, I wiU heal your 
 backslidmgs. Behold, we are come 
 unto thee ; for thou art the Lord our 
 
 23 God. Truly in vain is the help that is 
 looked for from the hills, the i^ tumult 
 on the mountains: truly in the Lord 
 our God is the salvation of Israel. 
 
 24 But the i^giiameful thing hath de- 
 A'oured the labour of oiu- fathers from 
 our youth ; their flocks and their herds, 
 
 25 their sons and their daughters. Let 
 us lie down in our shame, and let our 
 confusion cover us : for we have smned 
 against the Lord our God, we and our 
 fathers, from our youth even unto this 
 day : and we have not obeyed the voice 
 of the Lord our God. 
 
 4 If thou wilt return, O Israel, saith 
 the Lord, imto me shalt thou return: 
 and IT if thou wilt put away thine ab- 
 ominations out of my sight, then shalt 
 
 2 thou not be removed ; and thou shalt 
 swear. As the Lord liveth, in truth, 
 in judgement, and m righteousness; 
 and the nations shall bless themselves 
 in him, and m him shall they glory. 
 
 8 For thus saith the Lord to the men 
 of Judah and to Jerusalem, Break up 
 your fallow ground, and sow not among 
 
 4 thorns. Circumcise yourselves to the 
 Lord, and take away the foreskins of 
 your heart, ye men of Judah and in- 
 habitants of Jerusalem: lest my fury 
 go forth like fire, and burn that none 
 can quench it, because of the evil of 
 
 5 your domgs. Declare ye in Judah, 
 and pubhsh in Jerusalem; and say, 
 Blow ye the trumpet in the land : ciy 
 aloud and say, Assemble yourselves, 
 and let us go uito the fenced cities. 
 
 6 Set up a standard toward Zion : flee 
 for safety, stay not: for I will bring 
 evil from the north, and a great de- 
 
 7 struction. A lion is gone up from his 
 thicket, and a destroyer of nations ; he 
 
 11 Or, to 
 
 12 Or, 
 
 would . . . 
 
 natiojis/ 
 
 13 Or, the 
 goodliest 
 licritage 
 of the 
 nations 
 li An- 
 other 
 rea'Iins 
 is, Titou 
 Shalt . .. 
 undshfdt 
 nut ic. 
 
 15 Or, 
 ih ro7i(/ 
 
 16 Heb. 
 shmne. 
 See cli. 
 xi. 13. 
 
 if thou 
 
 wilt put 
 
 . . . and 
 wilt n ot 
 wander t 
 and 
 wilt 
 
 swear . . . 
 tlwn 
 shall 
 the na- 
 tions &c. 
 or, then 
 shalt 
 thou 
 swear . . . 
 and the 
 nations 
 
 18
 
 546 
 
 JEREMIAH. 
 
 4. 7. 
 
 'Or, a 
 wind too 
 strong 
 for this 
 2 See 
 cli. i. 16. 
 
 3 Or, 
 
 there is 
 a voice of 
 one that 
 tleclfireth 
 ■ic. 
 
 lOr, 
 surely 
 
 ''"Another 
 readiiiK 
 is, / witl 
 wait pa- 
 tientl'j. 
 
 !Heb. 
 the 
 w/tUs 
 of mi) 
 heart. 
 
 ' Or, as 
 other- 
 wise 
 read, 
 my soul 
 heureth 
 
 sSee 
 Gen. 1. 2. 
 
 'Or, 
 
 ntoved 
 lightly 
 
 10 Or, 
 Carmol 
 
 is on bis way, he is gone forth from 
 his place ; to make thy land desolate, 
 that thy cities be laid waste, without 
 
 8 inhabitant. For this gird you with 
 sackcloth, lament and howl: for the 
 fierce anger of the Lord is not turned 
 
 9 back from us. And it shall come to 
 pass at that day, saith the Lord, that 
 the heart of the king shall perish, and 
 tlie heart of the princes; and the 
 priests shall be astonished, and the 
 
 10 prophets shall wonder. Then said I, 
 All, Lord God! surely thou hast great- 
 ly deceived this people and Jerusalem, 
 saying. Ye shall have peace ; whereas 
 
 lithe sword reacheth unto the soul. At 
 that time shall it be said to this people 
 and to Jerusalem, A hot wind from 
 the bare heights in the wilderness to- 
 ward the daughter of my i^eople, not 
 
 12 to fan, nor to cleanse; ^a full wmd 
 from these shall come for me: now 
 wiU I also Gutter judgements against 
 
 13 them. Behold, he shall come up as 
 clouds, and his chariots shall he as the 
 whirlwind : his horses are swifter than 
 eagles. Woe unto us ! for we are spoOed. 
 
 14 Jerusalem, wash thine heart from 
 wickedness, that thou mayest be saved. 
 How long shall thine evil thoughts 
 
 15 lodge within thee? For ^a voice de- 
 clareth from Dan, and pubUsheth evil 
 
 16 from the hills of Ei)hraim: make ye 
 mention to the nations; behold, irab- 
 lish against Jerusalem, that watchers 
 come from a far country, and give 
 out their voice against the cities of 
 
 17 Judah. As keepers of a field are they 
 against her round about ; because she 
 hath been rebellious against me, saith 
 
 18 the Lord. Thy way and thy doings 
 have procured these thmgs unto thee ; 
 this is thy wickedness ; ^for it is bitter, 
 ^for it reacheth unto thine heart. 
 
 19 My bowels, my bowels! ^I am pained 
 at fimy veiy heart; my heart is dis- 
 quieted in me ; I camiot hold my peace ; 
 because 'thou hast heard, my soul, 
 the sound of the trumpet, the alai-m of 
 
 "20 war. Destruction upon destruction is 
 cried; for the whole land is spoiled: 
 suddenly are my tents spoUed, and my 
 
 21 curtams in a moment. How long shall 
 I see the standard, and hear the sound 
 
 22 of the trumpet ? For my people is 
 foolish, they know me not; they are 
 sottish children, and they have none 
 understanding: they are wise to do 
 evil, but to do good they have no 
 knowledge. 
 
 23 I beheld the earth, and, lo, it was 
 8 waste and void; and the heavens, 
 
 24 and they had no light. I beheld the 
 mountains, and, lo, they trembled, and 
 
 2.5 all the hills ^ moved to and fro. I be- 
 held, and, lo, there was no man, and 
 aU the birds of the heavens were fled. 
 
 261 beheld, and, lo, "the fruitful field 
 was a wilderness, and aU the cities 
 
 thereof were broken down at the 
 presence of the Lord, and before his 
 
 27 fierce anger. For thus saith the Lord, 
 The whole land shall be a desolation ; 
 
 28 yet will I not make a full end. For 
 this shall the earth mourn, and the 
 heavens above be black: because I 
 have spoken it, I have piu'posed it, 
 and I have not repented, neither will 
 
 29 1 turn back from it. The whole city 
 fleeth for the noise of the horsemen 
 and bowmen ; they go into the thickets, 
 and climb up upon the rocks: eveiy 
 city is forsaken, and not a man dweU- 
 
 30 eth therein. And thou, when thou art 
 spoiled, what wilt thou do? Though 
 thou clothest thyself with scarlet, 
 though thou deckest thee with orna- 
 ments of gold, though thou 11 enlargest 
 thine eyes with paint, in vain dost 
 thou make thyself fair; thy lovers de- 
 
 31 spise thee, they seek thy life. For I 
 have heard a voice as of a woman in 
 travail, the anguish as of her that bring- 
 ctli forth her first child, the voice of 
 the daughter of Zion, that gaspeth 
 for breath, that spreadeth her hands, 
 saying, Woe is me now! for my soul 
 faiuteth before the murderers. 
 
 5 Eun ye to and fro through the streets 
 of Jerusalem, and see now, and know, 
 raid seek in the broad places thereof, 
 if ye can find a man, if there be any 
 that doeth justly, that seekcth 12 truth ; 
 
 2 and I wiU pardon her. And though 
 they say. As the Lord liveth ; siu'ely 
 
 3 they swear falsely. Lord, i-*do not 
 thine eyes look ujion 12 truth? thou 
 hast stricken them, but they were not 
 grieved; thou hast consumed them, 
 but they have refused to receive i-* cor- 
 rection: they have made theu* faces 
 harder than a rock ; they have refused 
 
 4 to return. Then I said. Surely these 
 are poor: they are foolish; for they 
 know not the way of the Lord, nor 
 
 5 the judgement of their God : I will get 
 me imto the great men, andwUl speak 
 unto them; for they know the way 
 of the Lord, and the judgement of 
 their God. But these with one accord 
 have broken the yoke, and bm-st the 
 
 6 bands. Wherefore a lion out of the 
 forest shall slay them, a wolf of the 
 15 evenings shall spoil them, a leopard 
 shall watch over their cities, every one 
 that goeth out thence shall be torn in 
 pieces: because their transgressions 
 are many, and then- backslidings are 
 
 7 increased. How can I pardon thee? 
 thy children have forsaken me, and 
 sworn by them that are no gods : when 
 I had isfed them to the full, they com- 
 mitted adultery, and assembled them- 
 selves in troops at the harlots' houses. 
 
 8 They were as fed horses I'in the 
 morning : every one neighed after his 
 
 9 neighbour's wife. Shall I not visit for 
 these things? saith the Lord : andshaU
 
 6. 12. 
 
 JEREMIAH. 
 
 547 
 
 1 Or. nn 
 ciuiur- 
 
 vution 
 
 not my soul be avenged on such a 
 nation as this? 
 
 10 Go yo lip upon her walls, and de- 
 stroy ; but make not a full end : take 
 away her branches: for they are not 
 
 11 the Lord's. For the house of Israel 
 and the house of Judah have dealt 
 very treacherously against me, saith 
 
 12 the Lord. They have denied the Lord, 
 and said, It is not he; neither shall 
 evil come upon us; neither shall we 
 
 13 see sword nor famine: and the pro- 
 phets shall become wind, and the word 
 is not in them : thus shall it be done 
 
 14 unto them. Wherefore thus saith the 
 Lord, the God of hosts. Because ye 
 sjieak this word, behold, I will make 
 my words in thy mouth fire, and 
 this people wood, and it shall de- 
 
 15vour them. Lo, I will bring a nation 
 upon you from far, house of Isra- 
 el, saith the Lord : it is i a mighty 
 nation, it is an ancient nation, a 
 nation whose language thou knowest 
 not, neither understandest what they 
 
 IG say. Their quiver is an open sepul- 
 
 ITchre, they are all mighty men. And 
 they shall eat up thine harvest, and 
 thy bread, ichich thy sons and thy 
 daughters should eat: they shall eat 
 up thy flocks and thine herds: they 
 shall eat up thy vines and thy fig 
 trees: they shall ^ijeat down thy 
 fenced cities, Vvdierein thou trustest, 
 
 18 with the sword. But even in those 
 days, saith the Lord, I will not make 
 
 19 a full end with you. And it shall come 
 to pass, when ye shall say. Wherefore 
 hath the Lord our God done all these 
 things unto us? then shalt thou say 
 unto them, Like as ye have forsaken 
 me, and served strange gods in your 
 land, so shall ye serve strangers in a 
 land that is not yours. 
 
 20 Declare ye this in the house of 
 Jacob, and publish it in Judah, saying, 
 
 21 Hear now this, foolish people, and 
 without 8 understanding; which have 
 eyes, and see not; which have ears, 
 
 22 and hear not : Fear ye not me ? saith 
 the Lord : will ye not tremble at my 
 presence, which have placed the sand 
 for the bound of the sea, ^by a per- 
 petual decree, that it cannot pass it? 
 and though the waves thereof toss 
 themselves, yet can they not prevail ; 
 though they roar, yet can they not pass 
 
 23 over it. But this people hath a re- 
 volting and a rebellious heart; they 
 
 2-1 are revolted and gone. Neither say 
 they in their heart, Let us now fear 
 the Lord our God, that giveth rain, 
 both the former and the latter, in its 
 season; that reserveth unto us the 
 
 25 ajipointed weeks of the harvest. Your 
 iniquities have turned away these 
 things, and your sins have withholden 
 
 26 good from you. For among my people 
 are found wicked men : they watch, as 
 
 fowlers lie in wait ; they set a ti-ap, 
 
 27 they catch men. As a cage is fuU of 
 birds, so are their houses fuU of de- 
 ceit : therefore they are become great, 
 
 28 and waxen rich. They are waxen fat, 
 they shine : yea, they overpass in deeds 
 of wickethiess: they plead not the 
 cause, the cause of the fatherless, tliat 
 they should prosper ; and the right of 
 
 29 the needy do they not judge. Shall I 
 not visit for these things? saith the 
 Lord : shall not my soul be avenged 
 on such a nation as this ? 
 
 ?)0 5 A wonderful and horrible thing is 
 31 come to pass in the land ; the prophets 
 projihesy falsely, and the priests bear 
 rule chy their means; and my people 
 love to have it so : and what will ye do 
 in the end thereof ? 
 
 6 Flee for safety, ye children of Ben- 
 jamin, out of the midst of Jenisalem, 
 and blow the trumpet in Tekoa, and 
 raise up a signal on Beth-haccherem: for 
 evil looketh forth from the north, and 
 
 2 a great destiniction. The comely and 
 delicate one, the daughter of Zion, will 
 
 3 1 cut off. Shepherds with their flocks 
 shall come imto her ; they shaU pitch 
 their tents against her round about; 
 they shall feed every one in his place. 
 
 4 ''Prepare ye war against her; arise, 
 and let us go up at noon. Woe unto 
 us! for the day declineth, for the 
 shadows of the evening are stretched 
 
 5 out. Ai'ise, and let us go up by night, 
 
 G and let us destroy her palaces. For 
 thus hath the Lord of hosts said, Hew 
 ye down ^ trees, and cast uj) a mount 
 against Jenisalem: this is the city to 
 be visited; she is whoUy 02)pression in 
 
 7 the midst of her. As a well ^casteth 
 forth her waters, so she ^casteth forth 
 her wickedness : violence and spoil is 
 heard in her; before me continuaUy 
 
 8 is sickness and wounds. Be thou in- 
 structed, O Jerusalem, lest my soul be 
 ahenated from thee ; lest I make thee 
 a desolation, a land not inhabited. 
 
 9 Thus saith the Lord of hosts, They 
 shall tlu'oughly glean the remnant of 
 Israel as a vine: turn again thine 
 hand as a grapegatherer i^into the 
 
 10 baskets. To whom shall I speak and 
 testify, that they may hear? behold, 
 their ear is uucircumcised, and they 
 cannot hearken: behold, the word of 
 the Lord is become unto them a re- 
 jiroach; they have no delight in it. 
 
 11 Therefore I am fuU of the fmy of the 
 Lord; I am weary with holding in: 
 liour it out upon the children iu the 
 street, and upon the assembly of young 
 men together: for even the husband 
 with the wife shall be taken, the aged 
 
 12 with him that is full of days. And 
 their houses shall be turned unto 
 others, their fields and their wives to- 
 gether: for I wfll stretch out my hand 
 upon the inhabitants of the land, saith 
 
 5 Or, 
 A sion- 
 inhment 
 and 
 horror 
 c Or, at 
 thrir 
 ha lid J 
 
 - Heb. 
 Sunctt/t/. 
 
 8 Or. as 
 other- 
 ^viye 
 
 read, her 
 trees 
 
 9 Or, 
 keciteth 
 fresh 
 
 10 Or, 
 itpo-i} the 
 shoots 
 
 18-2
 
 548 
 
 JEREMIAH. 
 
 6. 12. 
 
 lOr. 
 breach 
 
 2 All other 
 reading 
 is, the 
 dau!jh' 
 ter of 
 my 
 
 2JC0ple, 
 jLsin 
 
 ch. viii. 
 11. 21. 
 
 3 Or, 
 They 
 shall be 
 put to 
 sha77ie 
 because 
 they have 
 cmn- 
 mitted 
 aboj/iin- 
 at ion : 
 yea, they 
 are not 
 &c. 
 
 4 Or, 
 stumUe 
 
 5 Or, 
 calamus 
 
 f^Or. 
 trier 
 
 ■? Or, are 
 burned 
 
 13 the Lord. For from the least of 
 them even uuto the greatest of them 
 every one is given to covetousness ; 
 and from the prophet even ixnto 
 the priest every one dealeth falsely. 
 
 14 They have healed also the ihurt of 
 2 my people lightly, saying, Peace, 
 
 15 peace ; when there is no peace, s Were 
 they ashamed when they had com- 
 mitted abomination? nay, they were 
 not at all ashamed, neither conld they 
 l>lush : therefore they shall fall among 
 them that fall : at the time that I visit 
 them they shall ^be cast down, saith 
 the Lord. 
 
 16 Thus saith the Lord, Stand ye in 
 the ways and see, and ask for the old 
 paths, where is the good way, and walk 
 therein, and ye shall find rest for your 
 souls : but they said. We wiU not walk 
 
 n therein. And I set watchmen over 
 you, saying, Hearken to the sound of 
 the trampet ; but they said. We will 
 
 18 not hearken. Therefore hear, ye na- 
 tions, and know, congi-egation,what 
 
 19 is among them. Hear, O earth: be- 
 hold, I wiU brhig evil upon this people, 
 even the fruit of their thoughts, be- 
 cause they have not hearkened imto 
 my words ; and as for my law, they 
 
 20 have rejected it. To what purpose 
 Cometh there to me frankincense from 
 Sheba, and the sweet ^cane from 
 a far country? your burnt offerings 
 are not acceptable, nor your sacrifices 
 
 21 pleasing uuto me. Therefore thus 
 saith the Lord, Behold, I wiU lay 
 stumbUngblocks before this people: 
 and the fathers and the sous together 
 shall stumble against them ; the neigh- 
 bour and his friend shall perish. 
 
 22 Thus saith the Lord, Behold, a peo- 
 ple cometh from the north countiy; 
 and a great nation shaU be stirred up 
 from the uttermost parts of the earth. 
 
 23 They lay hold on bow and spear ; they 
 are cruel, and have no mercy ; then- 
 voice roareth like the sea, and they 
 ride upon horses; every one set in 
 array, as a man to the battle, against 
 
 24 thee, O daughter of Zion. We have 
 hoard the fame thereof; our hands 
 wax feeble : anguish hath taken hold 
 of us, and pangs as of a woman in 
 
 25travaLl. Go not forth into the field, 
 nor walk by the way; for there is the 
 sword of the enemy, and terror on 
 
 26 every side. daughter of my people, 
 gird thee with sackcloth, and wallow 
 thyself in ashes: make thee mourn- 
 ing, as for an only son, most bitter 
 lamentation ; for the spoiler shall sud- 
 
 27denly come upon us. I have made 
 thee a Slower and a fortress among my 
 people ; that thou mayest know and try 
 
 28 their way. They are aU grievous re- 
 volters, going about with slanders ; they 
 are brass and iron: they aU of them 
 
 29 deal corruptly. The bellows 'blow 
 
 fiercely; the lead is consumed of the 
 fire: in vain do they go on refimiug; 
 for the wicked are not plucked away. 
 30 Refuse silver shall men call them, be- 
 cause the Lord hath rejected them. 
 
 7 The word that came to Jeremiah 
 
 2 from the Lord, saying. Stand in the 
 gate of the Lord's house, and proclaim 
 there this word, and say, Hear the 
 word of the Lord, all ye of Judah, 
 that enter in at these gates to worship 
 
 3 the Lord. Thus saith the Lord of 
 hosts, the God of Israel, Amend your 
 ways and your doings, and I will cause 
 
 4 you to dwell in this place. Trust ye 
 not in lying words, saying. The temple 
 of the Lord, the temple of the Lord, 
 the temple of the Lord, are these. 
 
 5 For if ye throughly amend your ways 
 and your douigs; if ye throughly 
 execute judgement between a man 
 
 6 and his neighbour ; if ye oppress not 
 the stranger, the fatherless, and the 
 widow, and shed not innocent blood 
 in this place, neither walk after other 
 
 7 gods to your own hm-t: then will I 
 cause you to dwell in this place, in the 
 land that I gave to your fathers, from 
 
 8 of old even for evermore. Behold, ye 
 trust m lying words, that cannot pro- 
 
 9 fit. WUl ye steal, murder, and com- 
 mit adultery, and swear falsely, and 
 burn incense uuto Baal, and walk after 
 other gods whom ye have not known, 
 
 10 and come and stand before me in this 
 house, 8 which is called by my name, 
 and say, We are dehvered; that ye 
 
 11 may do all these abominations? Is 
 this house, which is called by my 
 name, become a den of robbers in your 
 eyes? Behold, I, even I, have seen it, 
 
 12 saith the Lord. But go ye now unto 
 my place which was in Shiloh, where 
 I caused my name to dwell at the 
 first, and see what I did to it for the 
 
 13 wickedness of my people Israel. And 
 now, because ye have done all these 
 works, saith the Lord, and I spake 
 unto you, rising up early and speak- 
 ing, but ye heard not; and I called 
 
 14 you, but ye answered not: th&efore 
 will I do unto the house, which is 
 called by my name, wherein ye trust, 
 and unto the place which I gave to 
 you and to your- fathers, as I have 
 
 15 done to Shiloh. And I will cast you 
 out of my sight, as I have cast out all 
 your brethren, even the whole seed of 
 Ephraim. 
 
 16 Therefore pray not thou for this 
 people, neither lift up cry nor prayer 
 for them, neither make intercession to 
 
 17 me: for I will not hear thee. Seest 
 thou not what they do in the cities of 
 Judah and in the streets of Jerusa- 
 
 18lem? The children gather wood, and 
 the fathers kindle the fire, and the 
 women knead the dough, to make 
 
 8Heb. 
 where- 
 upon my 
 name in 
 catted.
 
 8. 12. 
 
 JEREMIAH. 
 
 549 
 
 1 Or, cor- 
 rection 
 
 2 Or, 
 
 faithful- 
 ness 
 
 3 Heb. 
 
 thy 
 croimi. 
 
 4 Heb. 
 
 heart. 
 
 5 Or, 
 because 
 there 
 shall he 
 no place 
 elte 
 
 cakes to the queeu of lieaTen, and to 
 pour out drink offerings unto other gods, 
 that they may provoke me to anger. 
 
 10 Do they provoke me to anger ? saith the 
 Lord ; do they not provoke themselves, 
 to the confusion of their own fares? 
 
 '20 Therefore thus saith the Lord God: 
 Behold, mine anger and my fury shall 
 be poured out uiion this place, upon 
 man, and upon beast, and upon the 
 trees of the Held, and upon the fruit of 
 the ground; and it shall bui'n, and 
 shall not be quenched. 
 
 21 Thus saith the Lord of hosts, the 
 God of Israel: Add your burnt offer- 
 ings unto your sacriiices, and eat ye 
 
 22 flesh. For I spake not unto your 
 fathers, nor commanded them in the 
 day that I brought them out of the 
 land of Egypt, concernmg burnt offer- 
 
 23ings or sacriiices: but this thing I 
 commanded them, saying. Hearken 
 unto my voice, and I will be your God, 
 and ye shall be my people : and walk 
 ye in all the way that I command you, 
 
 2-1 that it may be well with you. But they 
 hearkened not, nor inclined their ear, 
 but walked in their ovm counsels and 
 m the stubbornness of their evil heart, 
 and went backward and not forward. 
 
 25 Since the day that your fathers came 
 forth out of the land of Egyi^t mato 
 this day, I have sent unto you all my 
 servants the prophets, daily rising up 
 
 26 early and sending them : yet they 
 hearkened not unto me, nor inclined 
 their ear, but made their neck stiff: 
 they did worse than their fathers. 
 
 27 And thou shalt speak all these words 
 ujito them ; but they will not hearken 
 to thee : thou shalt also call unto them ; 
 
 28 but they will not answer thee. And 
 thoii shalt say unto them. This is the 
 nation that hath not hearkened to the 
 voice of the Lord their God, nor re- 
 ceived 1 instruction : 2 truth is perished, 
 and is cut off from their mouth. 
 
 29 Cut off 3 thine hair, Jerusalem, 
 and cast it away, and take up a lament- 
 ation on the bare heights; for the 
 Lord hath rejected and forsaken the 
 
 30 generation of his wrath. For the child- 
 ren of Judah have done that which is 
 evil in my sight, saith the Lord : they 
 have set their abominations in the 
 house which is called by my name, to 
 
 31 defile it. And they have buUt the 
 high places of Topheth, which is m 
 the valley of the son of Hiimom, to 
 burn their sons and their daughters 
 in the fire ; which I commanded not, 
 
 32 neither came it into my ^ mind. There- 
 fore, behold, the days come, saith the 
 Lord, that it shaU no more be called 
 Topheth, nor The valley of the son of 
 Hmnom, but The valley of Slaughter : 
 for they shall bui-y in Topheth, stiU 
 
 33 there be no place to biiri/. And the 
 carcases of this people shall be meat 
 
 for the fowls of the heaven, and for 
 the beasts of the earth; and none 
 
 34 sliall fray them away. Then wiU I 
 cause to cease from the cities of 
 Judah, and from the streets of Jeru- 
 salem, the voice of mirth and the voice 
 of gladness, the voice of the bride- 
 groom and the voice of the bride : for 
 the land shall become a waste. 
 
 8 At that time, saith the Lord, they 
 shall bring out the bones of the kings 
 of Judah, and the bones of his princes, 
 and the bones of the priests, and the 
 bones of the prophets, and the bones 
 of the inhabitants of Jerusalem, out of 
 2 their graves: and they shall spread 
 them before the sun, and the moon, 
 and aU the host of heaven, whom 
 they have loved, and whom they have 
 served, and after whom they have 
 walked, and whom they have sought, 
 and whom they have worshipi^ed: 
 they shall not be gathered, nor be 
 buried; they shall be for dung upon 
 
 3 the face of the earth. And death shall 
 be chosen rather than life by all the 
 residue that remain of this evil family, 
 which remain in all the places whither 
 I have di'iven them, saith the Lord 
 of hosts. 
 
 4 Moreover thou shalt say unto them, 
 Thus saith the Lord : ShaU men fall, 
 and not rise up agam ? shall one turn 
 
 5 away, and not retm-n? Why then 
 is this people of Jerusalem slidden 
 back by a perpetual backsliding? they 
 hold fast deceit, they refuse to re- 
 
 6 turn. I hearkened and heard, but 
 they spake not aright: no man re- 
 penteth him of his wickedness, saying, 
 ^Vhat have I done? every one ^turn- 
 eth to his coui'se, as a horse that 
 
 7 rusheth headlong in the battle. Yea, 
 the stork in the heaven knoweth her 
 appointed times; and the turtle and 
 the swallow and the crane observe the 
 time of their coming ; but my people 
 know not the ^ordmance of the Lord. 
 
 8 How do ye say. We are wise, and the 
 law of the Lord is with us? But, 
 behold, the false pen of the scribes 
 
 9 hath 8 wrought falsely. The wise men 
 are ashamed, they are dismayed and 
 taken : lo, they have rejected the word 
 of the Lord; and what maimer of 
 
 10 wisdom is in them ? Therefore will I 
 give then- wives unto others, and then- 
 fields to them that shall possess them : 
 for every one from the least even imto 
 the greatest is given to covetousness, 
 from the prophet even unto the priest 
 
 11 every one dealeth falsely. ^ And they 
 have healed the hurt of the daughter 
 of my people lightly, saying. Peace, 
 
 12 peace; when there is no peace. Were 
 they ashamed when they had com- 
 mitted abomination? nay, they were 
 not at aU ashamed, neither could they 
 blush : therefore shall they fall among 
 
 6 Or, 
 
 turneth 
 away 
 in his 
 course 
 
 7 Or, 
 
 JuUffC' 
 
 TTtent 
 
 8 Or, 
 made of 
 it false- 
 hood 
 
 See ch. 
 vi. U, 15.
 
 550 
 
 JEREMIAH. 
 
 8. 12 
 
 lOr, 
 / have 
 appoint- 
 ed them 
 those 
 that 
 shall 
 pass over 
 thein 
 
 2 Or, 
 perish 
 
 3 Or,   
 caused 
 us to 
 perish 
 
 4 See 
 Deut 
 juiix. 18. 
 
 = 0r, 
 adders 
 
 e Or, be- 
 cause of 
 
 7 Or, in- 
 gather- 
 ing of 
 summer 
 fruits 
 
 8 Or, 
 mourn- 
 ing 
 
 "Or, 
 healing 
 
 10 Or, 
 perfect- 
 ed 
 Heb. 
 gone u^). 
 
 [Ch. viii. 
 'Si in 
 Heb.] 
 
 [Ch. ix. 1 
 in Heb.] 
 
 "Or, Oh 
 that I 
 were in 
 the wild- 
 ernesSf 
 in &c. 
 
 12 Or, 
 faith- 
 fulnesi 
 
 13 Or, 
 
 mock 
 
 them that fall: in the tune of their 
 visitation they shall be cast clown, 
 ISsaith the Lord. I will utterly con- 
 sume them, saith the Lord: there 
 shall be uo grapes on the vine, nor 
 figs on the fig tree, and the leaf shall 
 fade; and "^the thini/s that I have given 
 
 14 them shall pass away from them. Why 
 do we sit still? assemble yoiu-selves, 
 and let us enter into the defenced 
 cities, and let us -be silent there: 
 for the Lord our God hath ^put us 
 to silence, and given us water of ^gall 
 to drmk, because we have sinned a- 
 
 15 gamst the Lord. We looked for ijeace, 
 but no good came ; Mid for a time of 
 
 16 healing, and behold dismay ! The snort- 
 ing of his horses is heard from Dan : at 
 the sound of the neighmg of his strong 
 ones the whole land trembleth; for 
 they are come, and have devom-ed the 
 land and all that is in it ; the city and 
 
 17 those that dwell thei-ein. For, behold, 
 I will send serpents, s basilisks, among 
 you, which will not be charmed; and 
 they shall bite yon, saith the Lord. 
 
 18 Oh that I could comfort myself a- 
 gauist sorrow ! my heart is faint with- 
 
 19 in me. Behold, the voice of the cry of 
 the daughter of my peo^jle cfrom a 
 land that is very far otf : Is not the 
 Lord m Zion ? is not her King in her ? 
 Wliy have they i^rovoked me to anger 
 with theu- graven images, and with 
 
 "20 strange vanities ? The harvest is past, 
 the '^ summer is ended, and we are not 
 
 21 saved. For the hurt of the daughter 
 of my people am I hurt : I am 8 black ; 
 astonishment hath taken hold on me. 
 
 22 Is there no balm in Gilead ? is there 
 no physician there? why then is not 
 the ^laealth of the daughter of my 
 peoxile 10 recovered? 
 
 9 Oh that my head were waters, and 
 mine eyes a foiuitain of tears, that I 
 might weep day and night for the slain 
 
 2 of the daughter of my people! nOh 
 that I had in the wilderness a lodging 
 place of wayfaring men ; that I might 
 leave my jieople, and go from them! 
 for they be all adulterers, an assembly 
 
 3 of treacherous men. And they bend 
 their tongue as it were their bow for 
 falsehood ; and they are grown strong 
 in the land, but not for 12 truth: for 
 they iiroceed from evil to evU, and 
 they know not mc, saith the Lord. 
 
 4 Take ye heed every one of his neigh- 
 bour, and trust ye not m any brother : 
 for every brother will utterly supplant, 
 and every neighbour wiU go about with 
 
 5 slanders. And they wUl i<* deceive eveiy 
 one his neighbom', and will not speak 
 the truth: they have taught their 
 tongue to speak lies ; they weary them- 
 
 6 selves to commit iniquity. Thine habit- 
 ation is in the midst of deceit ; through 
 deceit they refuse to know me, saith 
 the Lord. 
 
 7 Therefore thus saith the Lord of 
 hosts, Behold, I wiU melt them, and 
 try them ; for how else should I do, 
 because of the daughter of my people? 
 
 8 Their tongue is a deadly arrow ; it 
 speaketh deceit: one speaketh peace- 
 ably to his neighbom" with his mouth, 
 but in his heart he layetli wait for 
 
 9 him. Shall I not visit them for these 
 things ? saith the Lord : shall not my 
 soul be avenged on such a nation as 
 this? 
 
 10 For the mountains will I take up 
 a weeping and waihng, and for the 
 pastures of the wUdemess a lament- 
 ation, because they are burned up, so 
 that none passeth thi'ough; neither 
 can men hear the voice of the cattle ; 
 both the fowl of the heavens and the 
 
 11 beast are fled, they are gone. And I 
 wiU make Jerusalem heaps, a dwell- 
 ing place of jackals; and I wiU make 
 the cities of Judah a desolation, with- 
 
 12 out inhabitant. "Who is the wise 
 man, that may understand this? and 
 who is he to whom the mouth of the 
 Lord hath spoken, that he may de- 
 clare it ? wherefore is the land perished 
 and bm'ned up like a wUderuess, so 
 that none passeth through ? 
 
 13 And the Lord saith, Because they 
 have forsaken my law which I set 
 before them, and have not obeyed my 
 
 14 voice, neither walked therein; but 
 have walked after the stubbormiess of 
 their own heart, and after the Baalim, 
 
 15 which their fathers taught them : there- 
 fore thus saith the Lord of hosts, the 
 God of Israel, Behold, I wiU feed them, 
 even this people, with womiwood, and 
 give them water of I'lgaU to diink. 
 
 161 wiU scatter them also among the 
 nations, whom neither they nor their 
 fathers have known: and I will send 
 the sword after them, tUl I have con- 
 sumed them. 
 
 17 Thus saith the Lord of hosts. Con- 
 sider ye, and caU for the mourning 
 women, that they may come ; and send 
 for the cunning women, that they may 
 
 18 come : and let them make haste, and 
 take up a wailing for us, that our 
 eyes may run down with tears, and 
 
 19 our eyelids gush out with waters. For 
 a voice of wailing is heard out of Zior, 
 How are we spoiled! we are greatly 
 confomided, because we have forsaken 
 the land, because i^they have cast 
 
 20 down our dwellings. Yet hear the 
 word of the Lord, O ye v/omen, and let 
 yom- ear receive the word of his mouth, 
 and teach your daughters wailing, and 
 every one her neighbour lamentation. 
 
 21 For death is come up into our windows, 
 it is entered into om* palaces; to cut 
 off the children from without, and the 
 
 22 young men from the streets. Speak, 
 Thus saith the Lord, The carcases of 
 men shall fall as dung upon the open
 
 11. 5. 
 
 JEKEMIAH. 
 
 551 
 
 IHeb. 
 stututes. 
 2 Or, it is 
 but a 
 tree 
 which 
 one 
 cuttcth 
 
 3 Or, ;«7- 
 lar in a 
 garden 
 of cu- 
 cumbers 
 See 
 
 Baruch 
 Vi. 70. 
 
 i Or, it 
 beseem- 
 cth tlicc 
 
 5 Or, 
 
 through 
 one thing 
 
 e Or, it is 
 a doc- 
 trine of 
 vanities 
 ' Accord- 
 
 gto 
 some 
 ancient 
 versions, 
 Ophir. 
 
 8 Or, Oad 
 in truth 
 
 OThis 
 verse 
 is in 
 Aramaic. 
 
 10 Or, 
 they 
 shall 
 . . . un- 
 der these 
 heuveiis 
 
 field, and as the handful after the har- 
 vestman, and none shall gather thevi. 
 
 '23 Thus saith the Loud, Let not the 
 ■wise man glory in his wisdom, neither 
 let the mighty man glory in his might, 
 let not the rich man glory in his riches : 
 
 2'1 but let hint that glorieth glory in this, 
 that ho uiiderstandeth, and knoweth 
 me, that I am the Lord which exercise 
 lovingkinchiess, judgement, and right- 
 eousness, in the earth: for iu these 
 
 25 things I delight, saith the Lord. Be- 
 hold, the days come, saith the Lord, 
 that I will punish all them which are 
 circumcised iu their uncircumcision ; 
 
 26 Egypt, and Judah, and Edoui, and the 
 children of Ammou, and Moab, and all 
 that have the corners of their hair 
 polled, that dwell in the wilderness: 
 for all the nations are uiicircumcised, 
 and all the house of Israel are uncu-- 
 cumcised in heart. 
 
 10 Hear ye the word which the 
 Lord speaketh unto you, house 
 
 2 of Israel : thus saith the Lord, 
 Learn not the way of the nations, 
 and be not dismayed at the signs of 
 heaven ; for the nations are dismayed 
 
 Sat them. For the i customs of the 
 peoples are vanity: for 2 one cutteth a 
 tree out of the forest, the work of the 
 hands of the workman with the axe. 
 
 4 They deck it with silver and with gold ; 
 they fasten it with nails and with 
 
 5 hammers, that it move not. They are 
 hke a ^pahn tree, of turned work, and 
 speak not: they must needs be borne, 
 because they cannot go. Be not a- 
 fraid of them; for they caimot do 
 e^ol, neither is it iu them to do good. 
 
 6 There is none like unto thee, O Lord ; 
 thou art great, and thy name is great 
 
 Tin might. Who would not fear thee, 
 O King of the nations? for *to thee 
 doth it appertain: forasmuch as a- 
 moug all the wise men of the nations, 
 and in all their royal estate, there is 
 
 8 none like unto thee. But they are 
 6 together brutish and foohsh: ^the 
 instruction of idols, it is but a stock. 
 
 9 There is silver beaten into plates which 
 is brought from Tarshish, and gold 
 from 'Ujihaz, the work of the artificer 
 and of the hands of the goldsmith; 
 blue and purple for theii' clothing; 
 they are all the work of cunning men. 
 
 10 But the Lord is sthe true God; he is 
 the living God, and an everlastmg 
 king: at his wrath the earth trem- 
 bleth, and the nations are not able 
 to abide his indignation. 
 
 11 'JThus shall ye say unto them. The 
 gods that have not made the heavens 
 and the earth, lo these shall perish from 
 the earth, and from under the heavens. 
 
 12 He hath made the earth by his 
 power, he hath estabhshed the world 
 by his wisdom, and by his under- 
 standmg hath he stretched out the 
 
 13 heavens : ii when he uttereth his voice, 
 there is a tumult of waters iu the 
 heavens, and he causeth the vai)Ours 
 to ascend from the ends of the earth ; 
 he maketh lightnings for the ram, and 
 brtngetli forth the wind out of his 
 
 14 treasuries. Every man ^-is become 
 brutish and is without knowledge ; 
 every goldsmith is i)ut to shame by 
 his graven image: for his molten 
 image is falsehood, and there is no 
 
 15 breath m them. They are vanity, a 
 work of 1^ delusion: in the tune of 
 
 IG their visitation they shall perish. The 
 portion of Jacob is not like these ; for 
 he is the former of all things ; and 
 Israel is the tribe of his iidieritauce : 
 the Lord of hosts is his name. 
 17 Gather up i* thy wares out of the land, 
 IS 15 O thou that abidest in the siege. For 
 thus saith the Lord, Behold, I will 
 sling out the inhabitants of the laud 
 at this time, and will distress them, 
 
 19 that they may icfeel it. Woe is me for 
 my hurt ! my wound is grievous : but 
 I said. Truly this is vii/ i' grief, and I 
 
 20 must bear it. My tent is spoiled, and 
 all my cords are broken : my children 
 are gone forth of me, and they are not : 
 there is none to stretch forth my tent 
 any more, and to set uj) my curtains. 
 
 21 For the shepherds are become brutish, 
 and have not inquired of the Lord: 
 therefore they have not is prospered, 
 
 22 and all theu- flocks are scattered. The 
 voice of a rumour, behold it cometh, 
 and a great commotion out of the 
 north countiy, to make the cities of 
 Judah a desolation, a dwelling place 
 
 23 of jackals. Lord, I know that the 
 way of man is not m himself: it is 
 not in man that walketh to direct his 
 
 24 steps. O Lord, correct me, but with 
 judgement; not iu thine auger, lest 
 
 25 thou ly bring me to nothing, ^opour 
 out thy fury upon the heathen that 
 know thee not, and upon the famiUes 
 that call not on thy name: for they 
 have devoured Jacob, yea, they have 
 devoured him and consumed him, and 
 have laid waste his ^^ habitation. 
 
 11 The word that came to Jeremiah 
 
 2 from the Lord, sayuig. Hear ye the 
 words of this covenant, and speak 
 unto the men of Judah, and to the iu- 
 
 3 habitants of Jerusalem ; and say thou 
 unto them. Thus saith the Lord, the 
 God of Israel: Cursed be the man that 
 heareth not the words of this coven- 
 
 4 ant, which I commanded yoiu- fathers 
 in the day that I brought them forth 
 out of the land of Egy^it, out of the 
 iron furnace, saying. Obey my voice, 
 and do them, according to aU which I 
 conunandyou: so shall ye be my people, 
 
 5 and I will be your God : that I may es- 
 tablish the oath which I sware unto your 
 fathers, to give them a land flowing with 
 
 11 Or. 
 
 at the 
 sonnrC 
 of hi a 
 gii'imj 
 an 
 
 abund- 
 ance of 
 waters 
 . . . vhen 
 he cdt'S' 
 elh .tr. 
 or, he 
 causeth 
 &c. 
 
 12 Or, 
 is too 
 brutliih 
 to know 
 "Or, 
 mockcrj 
 
 '> Or, thg 
 
 bundle 
 
 from the 
 
 ground 
 
 15 Or, 
 
 inhabit- 
 
 aHflHtb. 
 
 inhabit- 
 
 ress) of 
 
 the 
 
 fortress 
 
 10 Hel). 
 find. 
 
 1" Or, 
 sickness 
 
 IS Or, 
 dealt 
 wistlj 
 
 19 Heb. 
 ditninislf 
 nie. 
 
 20 See 
 Ps. Ixxix. 
 6,7. 
 
 21 Or, 
 pasture
 
 552 
 
 JEREMIAH. 
 
 11.5. 
 
 iHeb. 
 evil. 
 
 !Heb. 
 
 shatue. 
 See cli. 
 iii. 21 
 
 3 Many 
 :incient 
 author- 
 ities 
 have, 
 hi the 
 time of. 
 iThe 
 text is 
 obscure. 
 The 
 Sept. 
 renders 
 thus: 
 Why 
 hath the 
 beloved 
 wrought 
 abomin- 
 ation 
 in my 
 house i 
 Shall 
 vows and 
 holyflesh 
 take 
 away 
 from 
 thee thy 
 wicked- 
 nesses, 
 or shult 
 thou 
 esyiTJe 
 by these f 
 
 5 Or. 
 
 when 
 
 thineevil 
 
 Cometh 
 
 milk antl boney, as at this day. Then 
 answered I, and said, Amen, Lord. 
 
 6 Aiid the Lord said luito me, Pro- 
 claim all these words in the cities of 
 Judah, and in the streets of Jerusalem, 
 saying, Hear ye the words of this cov- 
 
 7 enant, and do them. For I earnestly 
 protested unto your fathers in the day 
 that I brought them up out of the land 
 of Egypt, even unto this day, rising 
 early and protestmg, saying, Obey my 
 
 8 voice. Yet they obeyed not, nor inclined 
 their ear, but walked eveiy one in the 
 stubbornness of their evU heart : there- 
 fore I brought upon them all the words 
 of this covenant, which I commanded 
 them to do, but they did them not. 
 
 9 And the Lord said unto me, A con- 
 spiracy is found among the men of 
 Judah, and among the inhabitants of 
 
 10 Jerusalem. They are turned back to 
 the iniquities of their forefathers, 
 which refused to hear my words ; and 
 they are gone after other gods to serve 
 them : the house of Israel and the house 
 of Judah have broken my covenant 
 
 11 which I made with their fathers. There- 
 fore thus saith the Lord, Behold, I will 
 bring evil njion them, which they shall 
 not be able to escape ; and they shall 
 cry unto me, but I ■noU not hearken 
 
 12 unto them. Then shall the cities of 
 Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusa- 
 lem go and ciy unto the gods unto 
 whom they offer iucense: but they 
 shall not save them at aU in the time 
 
 13 of their i trouble. For according to the 
 number of thy cities are thy gods, 
 Judah ; and according to the number of 
 the streets of Jerusalem have ye set up 
 altars to the - shameful thing, even al- 
 
 14 tars to bm-u Lucense unto Baal. There- 
 fore pray not thou for this people, 
 neither Uf t up cry nor prayer for them : 
 for I wUl not hear them in the time that 
 they cry unto me ^for their i trouble. 
 
 15 ^What hath my beloved to do iji 
 mine house, seeing she hath wrought 
 lewdness with many, and the holy 
 flesh is passed from thee? ^when thou 
 
 16 doest evil, then thou rejoicest. The 
 Lord called thy name, A green olive 
 tree, fair with goodly fruit : with the 
 noise of a great tumult he hath kindled 
 fire upon it, and the branches of it are 
 
 17 broken. For the Lord of hosts, that 
 planted thee, hath pronounced evU 
 against thee, because of the evil of the 
 house of Israel and of the house of 
 Judah, which they have wrought for 
 themselves in provoking me to auger 
 by offering incense unto Baal. 
 
 18 And the Lord gave me knowledge 
 of it, and I knew it : theu thou shew- 
 
 19edst me their doings. But I was 
 like a gentle lamb that is led to the 
 slaughter; and I knew not that they 
 had devised devices against me, say- 
 ing, Let us destroy the tree with the 
 
 6 fruit thereof, and let us cut him off 
 from the laud of the hving, that his 
 name may be no more remembered. 
 
 20 But, O Lord of hosts, that judgest 
 righteously, that triest the reins and 
 the heart, let me see thy vengeance on 
 them: for luito thee have I revealed 
 
 21 my cause. Therefore thus saith the 
 Lord concernuig the men of Anathoth, 
 that seek thy life, sayuig. Thou shalt 
 not jirophesy tu the name of the Lord, 
 
 22 that thou die not by our hand : there- 
 fore thus saith the Lord of hosts, Be- 
 hold, I will 7 punish them: the young 
 men shall die by the sword ; their sons 
 and their daughters shall die by famine ; 
 
 23 and there shall be no reimiant imto 
 them: for I wiU bring evQ upon the 
 men of Anathoth, ^even the year of 
 their visitation. 
 
 12 Righteous art thou, O Lord, when I 
 plead with thee : yet would I 9 reason 
 the cause with thee: wherefore doth 
 the way of the wicked prosper ? where- 
 fore are aU they at ease that deal 
 
 2 very treacherously? Thou hast plant- 
 ed them, yea, they have +aken root; 
 they grow, yea, they briog forth fruit : 
 thou art near in their mouth, and far 
 
 3fi'om their reins. But thou, Lord, 
 knowest me ; thou seest me, and triest 
 mine heart toward thee : pull them out 
 like sheep for the slaughter, and lOjire- 
 pare them for the day of slaughter. 
 
 4 How long shall the land mom-ji, and 
 the herbs of the whole countiy wither ? 
 for the wickedness of them that dwell 
 therein, the beasts are consumed, and 
 the bu-ds; because they said. He shall 
 
 5 not see our latter end. If thou hast 
 run with the footmen, and they have 
 wearied thee, then how canst thou 
 contend with horses? and though in 
 a land of jieace thou art secure, yet 
 how wilt thou do in the Hpiide of 
 
 6 Jordan ? For even thy bretkren, and 
 the house of thy father, even they 
 have dealt treacherously with thee; 
 even they have cried aloud after thee : 
 believe them not, though they speak 
 i^fair words unto thee. 
 
 7 I have forsaken mine house, I have 
 cast oif mine heritage; I have given 
 the dearly beloved of my soul into the 
 
 8 hand of her enemies. Mine heritage 
 is become unto me as a hou hi the 
 forest: she hath uttered her voice 
 against me ; therefore I have hated 
 
 9 her. Is mine heritage imto me as a 
 si>eckled bird of prey ? are the bu'ds of 
 prey against her round about ? go ye, 
 assemble all the beasts of the field, 
 
 10 bring them to devour. Many shep- 
 herds have destroyed my vineyard, 
 they have trodden my portion under 
 foot, they have made my pleasant per- 
 il tion a desolate wilderness. They have 
 made it a desolation ; it mourneth unto 
 me, being desolate ; the whole land is 
 
 BHeb. 
 bread. 
 
 "Heb. 
 
 visit 
 
 upon.
 
 13. 27. 
 
 JEREMIAH. 
 
 553 
 
 'Or. 
 bi-ye 
 anfuimed 
 Or, thei/ 
 shall he 
 ashaJHcd 
 
 made desolate, because no man layeth 
 
 12 it to heart. Spoilers arc come iipon 
 all the bare heights in the wilderness : 
 for the sword of the Lord devoureth 
 from the one end of the land even to 
 the other end of the laud: no flesh 
 
 13 hath peace. They have sown wheat, 
 and have reajjed thorns; they have 
 put themselves to pain, and profit no- 
 thing: and lye shall be ashamed of 
 your fruits, because of the fierce anger 
 of the Lord. 
 
 11 Thus saith the Lord against all mine 
 evil neighbours, that touch the inherit- 
 ance which I have caused my people 
 Israel to iidierit : Behold, I will pluck 
 them up from off their land, and will 
 liluck ui> the house of Judah from a- 
 
 15 mong them. And it shall come to pass, 
 after that I have plucked them uj), I will 
 retm'ii and have compassion on them ; 
 and I will brmg them again, every man 
 to his heritage, and every man to his 
 
 16 land. And it shaU come to pass, if 
 they wiU diligently learn the ways of 
 my people, to swear Jby my name, As 
 the Lord liveth ; even as they taught 
 my people to swear by Baal; then 
 shall they be built up in the midst of 
 
 17 my people. But if they wiU not hear, 
 then will I pluck up that nation, 
 jilucking up and destroying it, saith 
 the Lord. 
 
 13 Thus said the Lord unto me. Go, 
 
 and buy thee a linen girdle, and put it 
 
 upon thy loins, and imt it not in water. 
 
 2 So I bought a girdle according to the 
 
 word of the Lord, and jjut it upon my 
 
 Sloms. And the word of the Lord came 
 
 d unto me the second time, saying. Take 
 
 the girdle that thou hast bought, which 
 
 is upon thy loms, and arise, go to 
 
 Euphrates, and hide it there in a hole 
 
 5 of the rock. So I went, and hid it by 
 Euphrates, as the Lord commanded 
 
 6 me. And it came to pass after many 
 days, that the Lord said unto me, 
 Arise, go to Euphrates, and take the 
 gu'dle from thence, which I command- 
 
 7 ed thee to hide there. Then I went to 
 Euphrates, and digged, and took the 
 girdle from the place where I had hid 
 it : and, behold, the gu'dle was marred. 
 
 Sit was profitable for nothing. Then 
 the word of the Lord came unto me, 
 
 9 saying, Thus saith the Lord, After this 
 manner will I mar the pride of Judah, 
 and the great pride of Jerusalem. 
 
 10 This evil people, which refuse to hear 
 my words, which walk in the stubborn- 
 ness of then" heart, and are gone after 
 other gods to serve them, and to wor- 
 ship them, shaU even be as this girdle, 
 
 11 which is profitable for nothing. For 
 as the girdle cleaveth to the loins of a 
 man, so have I caused to cleave xmto 
 me the whole hoiise of Israel and 
 the whole house of Judah, saith the 
 
 Lord ; that they might be unto me 
 for a peo])le, and for a name, and for a 
 Ijraise, and for a glory : but they would 
 
 12 not hear. Therefore thou shalt speak 
 unto them this word: Thus saith the 
 Lord, the God of Israel, Every ^bottle 
 shall be filled with wine: and they 
 shall say unto thee. Do we not know 
 that every ^ bottle shall be filled with 
 
 13 wine ? Then shalt thou say unto them. 
 Thus saith the Lord, Behold, I will 
 fill all the inhabitants of this land, 
 even the kmgs that sit " uijon David's 
 throne, and the 2'riests, and the pro- 
 phets, and aU the iiJiabitants of Jeru- 
 
 11 salem, with drmikenness. And I will 
 dash them one against another, even 
 the fathers and the sons together, saith 
 the Lord : I will not pity, nor spare, 
 nor have compassion, that I should 
 not destroy them. 
 
 15 Hear ye, and give ear ; be not proud: 
 
 16 for' the Lord hath spoken. Give glory 
 to the Lord your God, before ''he cause 
 darkness, and before yoiu" feet stumble 
 upon the ^dark mountams; and, while 
 ye look for hght, he turn it into ^ the 
 shadow of death, and make it gross 
 
 17 darkness. But if ye will not hear it, 
 my soul shall weep in secret for your 
 pride ; and mme eye shall weep sore, 
 and rmi down with tears, because the 
 
 18 Lord's flock is taken captive. Say thou 
 mito the king and to the queen-mother, 
 ''Hmnble yourselves, sit down: for 
 your headtii'es are come down, even 
 
 19** the crown of yom* glory. The cities 
 of the South are shut up, and there is 
 none to open them: Judah is carried 
 away captive all of it; it is wholly 
 carried away captive. 
 
 20 Lift up your eyes, and behold them 
 that come from the north: where is 
 the flock that was given thee, thy 
 
 21 beautiful flock ? ^ "WTiat wUt thou say, 
 when he shall set t/u/ friends over thee 
 as head, seeing thou thyself hast in- 
 structed them against thee ? shall not 
 sorrows take hold of thee, as of a wo- 
 
 22 man in travail? And if thou say in 
 thiue heart. Wherefore are these things 
 come upon me? for the w greatness 
 of thuie iniquity are thy skuts dis- 
 covered, and thy heels suffer violence. 
 
 23 Can the Ethiopian change his skiu, or 
 the leopard his spots? then may ye 
 also do good, that are n accustomed to 
 
 24 do evil. Therefore wiU I scatter them, 
 as the stubble that passeth away, ^^i^y 
 
 25 the wiud of the wilderness. This is 
 thy lot, the portion measiu'ed unto 
 thee from me, saith the Lord ; because 
 thou hast forgotten me, and tnisted in 
 
 26 falsehood. Therefore will I also discover 
 thy sku-ts 18 upon thy face, and thy 
 
 27 shame shall appear. I have seen thine 
 abominations, even thine adulteries, 
 and thy neighings, the lewdness of thy 
 whoredom, on the hills in the field. Woe 
 
 '■^Or, Jar 
 
 3 Heb. 
 
 for 
 liav'd 
 upon his 
 throite. 
 
 <0r, 
 
 it o^'ow 
 dark 
 
 5 Heb. 
 niou":- 
 aiiis *■/ 
 
 tWili'jlit. 
 
 6 Or, 
 
 det:t> 
 darknem 
 
 'Or, 
 
 tilt iiH 
 dow't 
 low 
 8 Or, 
 
 l/OUf 
 
 beaut I' 
 fill 
 
 cru:.-: t 
 
 «0r, 
 What 
 wilt thou 
 say, when 
 he shall 
 
 Vl^it 
 
 thee, 
 
 &ecin<l 
 
 tfiou thif- 
 
 selfhak 
 
 insii'tht- 
 
 tdthoii 
 
 aijalnU 
 
 thee. 
 
 even thy 
 
 friends 
 
 to be 
 
 head 
 
 over 
 
 thee / 
 
 10 Or, 
 
 mtdtl- 
 
 tude 
 
 n Heb. 
 taught. 
 
 12 Or, 
 unto 
 
 13 Ol-, 
 
 before 
 
 18-5
 
 554 
 
 JEREMIAH. 
 
 13. 27. 
 
 1 Or. 
 
 inferiors 
 
 2 Or. for 
 water 
 
 ■> Or. dis- 
 majGd 
 
 1 Or. the 
 crocddile 
 
 5 Or, 
 
 spi'eoii- 
 eth his 
 tent 
 
 <iOr, 
 ineal 
 offering 
 
 'Heb. 
 peace of 
 truth. 
 
 unto thee, Jerasalem ! thou wilt not 
 be made clean ; how long shall it yet be ? 
 
 14 The word of the Lokd that came to 
 Jeremiah concerning the di'ought. 
 
 2 Judah mourneth, and the gates there- 
 of languish, they sit in Llack upon the 
 ground; and the cry of Jerusalem is 
 
 3 gone up. And their nobles send then- 
 lUttle ones 2 to the waters: they come 
 to the pits, and find no water; they 
 return with theu- vessels empty : they 
 are ashamed and confounded, and 
 
 4 cover then- heads. Because of the 
 ground which is ^chapt, for that no 
 rain hath been in the land, the plow- 
 men are ashamed, they cover their 
 
 5 heads. Yea, the hind also in the field 
 calveth, and forsaketh hev youiifj, be- 
 
 6 cause there is no grass. And the wild 
 asses stand on the bare heights, they 
 pant for air like ^ jackals; their eyes 
 fail, because there is no herbage. 
 
 7 Though our iniquities testify against 
 us, work thou for thy name's sake, 
 Lord : for our backshdings are many ; 
 
 8 we have sinned against thee. thou 
 hope of Israel, the saviour thereof Ln 
 the time of trouble, why shouldest 
 thou be as a sojom-ner in the land, 
 and as a wayfaring man that 5 tunieth 
 
 9 aside to tan-y for a night? "Why 
 shouldest thou be as a man astonied, 
 as a mighty man that cannot save? 
 yet thou, Loud, art in the midst of 
 us, and we are called by thy name; 
 leave us not. 
 
 10 Thus saith the Lord unto this peo- 
 ple, Even so have they loved to wan- 
 der; they have not refrained their 
 feet: therefore the Lord doth not 
 accept them; now wiU he remember 
 their iniquity, and visit their sms. 
 
 11 And the Lord said unto me. Pray not 
 
 12 for this people for ///cu- good. When 
 they fast, I will not hear their ci-y; 
 and when they offer burnt offering 
 and oblation, I will not accept them: 
 but I will consume them by the sword, 
 and by the famine, and by the pest- 
 
 13ilence. Then said I, Ah, Lord God! 
 behold, the prophets say unto them. 
 Ye shall not see the sword, neither 
 shaU ye have famine ; but I will give 
 
 14 you "^ assured peace in this place. Then 
 the Lord said unto me, The prophets 
 prophesy hes in my name: I sent 
 them not, neither have I commanded 
 them, neither spake I unto them : they 
 prophesy unto you a lyuig vision, and 
 divination, and a thing of nought, and 
 
 15 the deceit of their own heart. There- 
 fore thus saith the Lord concernmg 
 the prophets that prophesy in my 
 name, and I sent them not, yet they 
 say. Sword and famine shall not be in 
 this land : By sword and famine shah 
 
 16 those prophets be consumed. And the 
 people to whom they prophesy shall 
 
 be cast out in the streets of Jerusalem 
 because of the famine and the sword ; 
 and they shall have none to bury them, 
 them, then- wives, nor then- sons, nor 
 their daughters: for I "svill pour theu- 
 
 17 wickedness upon them. And thou shalt 
 say this word mito them. Let mine eyes 
 run down with tears night and day, and 
 let them not cease; for the virgin 
 daughter of my people is broken with 
 a great breach, with a very grievous 
 
 18 wound. If I go forth into the field, then 
 behold the slain with the sword ! and if 
 I enter into the city, then behold 8 them 
 that are sick with famine ! for both the 
 prophet and the priest ^go about loin 
 the land and have no knowledge. 
 
 19 Hast thou utterly rejected Judah? 
 hath thy soul loathed Zion? why hast 
 thou smitten us, and there is no heal- 
 ing for us ? We looked for peace, but 
 no good came ; and for a time of heal- 
 
 20 ing, and behold dismay ! We " acknow- 
 leclge, Lord, our wickedness, and the 
 iniquity of oiu- fathers: for we have 
 
 21 sinned against thee. Do not 12 abhor 
 us, for thy name's sake; do not dis- 
 grace the throne of thy glory : remem- 
 ber, break not thy covenant with us. 
 
 22 Are there any among the vanities of 
 the heathen that can cause raui? or 
 can the heavens give showers? art 
 not thou he, Lord our God? there- 
 fore we win wait upon thee ; for thou 
 hast I'^iade all these things. 
 
 15 Then said the Lord unto me. 
 Though Moses and Samuel stood be- 
 fore me, yet my mind could not be 
 toward this people : cast them out of 
 
 2 my sight, and let them go forth. And 
 it shaU come to pass, when they say 
 unto thee. Whither shall we go forth? 
 then thou shalt teU them, Thus saith 
 the Lord: Such as are for death, to 
 death ; and such as are for the sword, 
 to the sword ; and such as are for the 
 famine, to the famine; and such as 
 
 3 are for captivity, to captivity. And 
 I win appoint over them four 1^ kinds, 
 saith the Lord: the sword to slay, 
 and the dogs to is tear, and the fowls 
 of the heaven, and the beasts of the 
 
 4 earth, to devour and to destroy. And 
 I wiU cause them to be tossed to and 
 fro among all the kingdoms of the 
 earth, because of Manasseh the son 
 of Hezekiah king of Judah, for that 
 
 5 which he did in Jerusalem. For who 
 shall have pity upon thee, Jeru- 
 salem ? or who shall bemoan thee ? or 
 who shall turn aside to ask of thy 
 
 6 welfare? Thou hast rejected me, 
 saith the Lord, thou art gone back- 
 ward: therefore have I stretched out 
 my hand agamst thee, and destroyed 
 thee; I am weary with repentmg. 
 
 7 And I have fanned them with a fan in 
 the gates of the land ; I have bereaved 
 tkem of children, I have destroyed my 
 
 8 Heb. 
 the nek- 
 nesses of 
 famine. 
 
 oOr, 
 traffick 
 
 loOr. into 
 a land 
 thattheff 
 know not 
 
 uOr, 
 know 
 
 12 Or, 
 contemn 
 
 "Or, 
 dune 
 
 » Heb. 
 families. 
 
 15 Heb. 
 drag.
 
 16. 15. 
 
 JEREMIAH. 
 
 555 
 
 'Or. 
 
 against 
 
 the 
 
 mother 
 
 and the 
 
 youii'j 
 
 men 
 
 'The 
 Vulgate 
 has, thy 
 reninaiU 
 shall be 
 for good. 
 3Another 
 reading 
 is, 
 eUase. 
 
 4 Or, 
 I mil 
 
 inter- 
 cede 
 /or the'' 
 with Til e 
 enemy 
 
 oOr, 
 
 C<tn iron 
 hreaJi 
 ii'OJi 
 from ic. 
 
 e Or, / 
 
 7eili 
 
 mriTi'e 
 
 thine 
 
 e^iemies 
 
 to pass 
 
 into Ic. 
 
 Accord- 
 
 g to 
 sojiie 
 ancient 
 author- 
 ities, / 
 will 
 make 
 thee to 
 serve 
 thine 
 eti^mies 
 in a 
 
 hind (tv. 
 8ee cli. 
 xvii. 4. 
 
 'Heb. 
 
 are not 
 sure. 
 
 people; they have not returned from 
 
 8 their ways. Their willows are in- 
 creased to me ahove the sand of the 
 seas: I have brought upon tliem ^a- 
 gaiust the mother of the young men 
 a si)oiler at noonday: I have caused 
 anguish and terrors to fall upon her 
 
 9 suddejily. She that hath borne seven 
 languisheth; she hath given up the 
 ghost ; her siui is gone tlown whOe it 
 was yet day ; she hath been ashamed 
 antl confounded: and the residue of 
 them will I deliver to the sword be- 
 fore their enemies, saith the Lord. 
 
 10 Woe is me, my mother, that thou hast 
 borne me a man of strife and a man of 
 contention to the whole earth 1 I have 
 not lent on usmy, neither have men 
 lent to me on usury ; yet every one of 
 
 11 them doth curse me. The Lord said, 
 Verily 2 1 will ^ strengthen thee for 
 good; verily ''I wiU cause the enemy 
 to make supplication mito thee in the 
 time of evil and ui the time of afBic- 
 tion. 
 
 12 5 Can one break iron, even iron 
 13 from the north, and brass? Thy 
 
 substance and thy treasm-es wiU I 
 give for a spoil without price, and 
 that for all thy sins, even in all thy 
 
 14 borders. And ^I will make tJiein to 
 pass with thine enemies iiato a land 
 which thou knowest not: for a fli-e 
 is kindled in mine anger, which shall 
 burn upon you. 
 
 15 Lord, thou knowest: remember 
 me, and visit me, and avenge me of my 
 l^ersecutors ; take me not away in thy 
 longsuff ering : know that for thy sake 
 
 16 1 have suffered reproach. Thy words 
 were found, and I did eat them ; and 
 thy words were vmto me a joy and 
 the rejoicuig of mine heart : for I am 
 called by thy name, O Lord God of 
 
 17 hosts. I sat not in the assembly of 
 them that make meriy, nor rejoiced: 
 I sat alone because of thy hand ; for 
 thou hast filled me with indignation. 
 
 18 Why is my pain perpetual, and my 
 woimd incurable, which refiiseth to be 
 healed ? wilt thou indeed be unto me as 
 a deceitful brook, as waters that '^fail? 
 
 19 Therefore thus saith the Lord, If 
 thou return, then will I bring thee 
 again, that thou mayest stand before 
 me ; and if thou take forth the precious 
 from the vile, thou shalt be as my 
 mouth: they shall return unto thee, 
 but thou shalt not retm-n unto them. 
 
 20 And I wiU make thee unto this people 
 a fenced brasen wall; and they shall 
 fight against thee, but they shall not 
 prevail against thee : for I am with thee 
 to save thee and to deUver thee, saith 
 
 21 the Lord. And I wiU deUver thee out 
 of the hand of the wicked, and I will 
 redeem thee out of the hand of the 
 terrible. 
 
 16 The word of the Lord came also 
 
 2 unto me, saying, Thou shalt not take 
 theo a wife, neither shalt thou have 
 
 3 sons or daughters in tliis place. For 
 thus saith the Lord concerning the 
 sons and concerning the daughters 
 that are bom in this place, and con- 
 cerning their mothers that bare them, 
 and concerning their fathers that be- 
 
 4 gat them in this land: They shall die 
 « of grievous deaths ; they shall not be 
 lamented, neither shall they be buried; 
 they shall be as dung upon the face of 
 the ground: and they shall be con- 
 sumed by the sword, and by famine ; 
 and their carcases shall be meat for 
 the fowls of heaven, and for the beasts 
 
 5 of the eartli. For thus saith the Lord, 
 Enter not into the house of mourning, 
 neither go to lament, neither bemoan 
 them : for I have taken away my peace 
 from this j)eople, saith the Lord, even 
 lovingkindiiess and tender mercies. 
 
 6 Both great and small shall die in this 
 land : they shall not be buried, neither 
 shall men lament for them, nor cut 
 themselves, nor make themselves bald 
 
 7 for them: neither shall men '•break 
 bread for them in moui'nmg, to com- 
 fort them for the dead ; neither shall 
 men give them the cup of consolation 
 to di'uik for their father or for their mo- 
 
 8 ther. And thou shalt not go into the 
 house of feasting to sit with them, to eat 
 
 9 and to drink. For thus saith the Lord 
 of hosts, the God of Israel: Behold, I 
 will cause to cease out of this place, 
 before yoiu- eyes and in yom- days, the 
 voice of mirth and the voice of glad- 
 ness, the voice of the bridegroom and 
 
 10 the voice of the bride. And it shall 
 come to pass, when thou shalt shew 
 this people all these words, and they 
 shall say unto thee. Wherefore hath 
 the Lord pronounced all this gi-eat evil 
 against us? or what is our iniquity? 
 or what is oior sm that we have com- 
 mitted agamst the Lord our God? 
 
 11 then shaJt thoit say unto them. Be- 
 cause your fathers have forsaken me, 
 saith the Lord, and have walked after 
 other gods, and have sei'\'ed them, and 
 have worshipped them, and have for- 
 saken me, and have not kept my law ; 
 
 12 and ye have done evil more than your 
 fathers; for, behold, ye walk every 
 one after the stubbornness of his evil 
 heart, so that ye hearken not unto me : 
 
 13 therefore ^ill I cast you forth out of 
 this land into the laud that ye have not 
 known, neither ye nor yoiu- fathers ; and 
 there shall ye serve other gods day and 
 night ; lofor I will shew you no favour. 
 
 14 Therefore, behold, the days come, saith 
 the Lord, that it shall no moi'e be said. 
 As the Lord Uveth, that brought up the 
 children of Israel out of the land of 
 
 15 Egypt ; but. As the Lord Uveth, that 
 brought up the children of Israel from 
 
 8Heb. 
 draths 
 of sick' 
 nesses^ 
 
 a See Is 
 Iviii. 7. 
 
 10 Or, 
 where 
 
 18-6
 
 556 
 
 JEREMIAH. 
 
 16. 15. 
 
 lOr. 
 
 because 
 thet/h'tve 
 jtollnti-d 
 my land: 
 theyhave 
 filled 
 mine 
 inherit- 
 ance 
 with the 
 C'lrca.tcs 
 of their 
 detest- 
 able 
 things 
 anUlhe'r 
 aboriiiti- 
 atiotu 
 
 2 Another 
 reading 
 is, their. 
 
 3 See Ex. 
 xxxiv. 13. 
 
 < Or, a 
 tamar- 
 isk 
 
 5Heb. 
 
 trust. 
 
 6 Accord- 
 ing to 
 another 
 reading, 
 see. 
 
 the land of the north, and from all the 
 countries whither he had (h-iven them : 
 and I will bring them again into their 
 land that I gave unto their fathers. 
 
 16 Behold, I will send for many fishers, 
 saith the Lord, and they shall fish 
 them; and afterward I will send for 
 many hunters, and they shall hunt 
 them from eveiy mountain, and from 
 every hiU, and out of the holes of the 
 
 17 rocks. For mine eyes are upon all 
 their ways : they are not hid from my 
 face, neither is then- iniquity concealed 
 
 18 from mine eyes. And first I wiU 
 recompense their iniquity and their 
 sin double ; i because they have pol- 
 luted my land with the carcases of 
 their detestable things, and have filled 
 mme inheritance with their abomuia- 
 
 19tions. O Lord, my strength, and my 
 strong hold, and my refuge in the day 
 of affliction, unto thee shall the nations 
 come from the ends of the earth, and 
 shall say, Our fathers have inherited 
 nought but lies, e few vanity and thmgs 
 
 20 wherein there is no profit. Shall a 
 man make unto himself gods, which 
 
 '21 yet are no gods? Therefore, behold, 
 I will cause them to know, this once 
 wiU I cause them to know mine hand 
 and my might ; and they shall know 
 that my name is Jehovah. 
 
 lY The sin of Judah is ^Titten with a 
 pen of iron, aiid with the point of a 
 diamond: it is graven upon the table 
 of their heart, and upon the horns of 
 2 2 your altars; whilst their children re- 
 member their altars and their ^Asherim 
 by the green trees upon the high hiUs. 
 
 3 my mountain iu the field, I will 
 give thy substance and aU thy trea- 
 sures for a spoil, and thy high ]ilaces, 
 because of sin, throughout aU thy 
 
 4 borders. And thou, eveu of thyself, 
 shalt discontinue from thine heritage 
 that I gave thee ; and I wiU cause 
 thee to serve thine enemies in the 
 land which thou kuowest not: for ye 
 have kindled a fire iu mine anger 
 which shall bm-n for ever. 
 
 5 Thus saith the Lord: Cm-sed is the 
 man that trusteth in man, and maketh 
 flesh his arm, and whose heart depart- 
 
 6 eth from the Lord. For he shaU be 
 like '•the heath in the desert, and shall 
 not see when good cometh ; but shall 
 inhabit the parched places in the wild- 
 erness, a salt land and not inhabited. 
 
 7 Blessed is the man that trusteth in 
 the Lord, and whose ^hope the Lord 
 
 8 is. For he shall be as a tree planted 
 by the waters, and that spreadeth out 
 his roots by the river, and shall not 
 ^fear when heat cometh, but his leaf 
 shall be green ; and shall not be care- 
 ful in the year of drought, neither 
 
 9 shall cease from yielding fruit. The 
 heart is deceitful above all things, and 
 it is desperately sick : who can know 
 
 10 it ? I the Lord search the heart, I ti"y 
 the reins, even to give every man ac- 
 corduig to his ways, accorduig to the 
 
 11 fruit of his domgs. As the partridge 
 7 that gathereth young which she hath 
 not brought forth, so is he that get- 
 teth riches, and not by right; in the 
 midst of his days 8 they shall leave 
 hun, and at his end he shall be a fool. 
 
 12 A glorious throne, set on high from 
 the beginning, is the place of our sanc- 
 
 IStuaiy. O Lord, the hope of Israel, all 
 that forsake thee shall be ashamed; 
 they that depart from me shall be 
 wi-itten iu the earth, because they have 
 forsaken the Lord, the fouutam of 
 
 14 living waters. Heal me, Lord, and 
 I shall be healed; save me, and I 
 shall be saved: for thou art my praise. 
 
 15 Behold, they say unto me. Where is 
 the word of the Lord? let it come 
 
 16 now. As for me, I have not hastened 
 from being a shepherd after thee; 
 neither have I desired '•' the woeful day ; 
 thou knowest: that which came out 
 
 17 of my lii)s was before thy face. Be 
 not a terror unto me: thou art my 
 
 18 refuge iu the day of evil. Let them 
 be ashamed that persecute me, but 
 let not me be ashamed ; let them 
 be dismayed, but let not me be dis- 
 mayed: bring uj)on them the day of 
 evil, and i** destroy them with double 
 destruction. 
 
 10 Thus said the Lord unto me: Go, 
 and stand m the gate of iifhe children 
 of the people, whereby the kmgs of 
 Judah come in, and by the which they 
 go cut, and in aU the gates of Jeru- 
 
 20salem; and say unto them, Hear ye 
 the word of the Lord, ye kings of 
 Judah, and all Judah, and all the in- 
 habitants of Jerusalem, that enter in 
 
 21 by these gates ; thus saith the Lord : 
 Take heed I'-^to yourselves, and bear no 
 burden on the sabbath day, nor bring 
 
 22 it in by the gates of Jerusalem ; neither 
 carry forth a burden out of youi- houses 
 on the sabbath day, neither do ye any 
 work : but haUow ye the sabbath day, 
 
 23 as I conunanded your fathers; but 
 they hearkened not, neither inclined 
 their ear, but made their neck stiff, 
 that they might not hear, and might 
 
 24 not receive instruction. And it shall 
 come to pass, if ye diligently hearken 
 unto me, saith the Lord, to bring in 
 no burden through the gates of this 
 city on the sabbath day, but to hallow 
 the sabbath day, to do no work there- 
 
 25 in ; then shall there enter in by the 
 gates of this city kmgs and prmces 
 sitting upon the throne of David, riding 
 in chariots and on horses, they, and 
 tlieir princes, the men of Judah, and 
 the inhabitants of Jerusalem : and this 
 
 2G city shall i^remain for ever. And they 
 shall come from the cities of Judah, 
 and from the jilaces round about Jeru-
 
 19. 7. 
 
 JEREMIAH. 
 
 557 
 
 lOr, 
 meal 
 offrrhigs 
 
 •2 Or, 0/ 
 strange 
 f'lnds 
 that floxo 
 douni be 
 ic. 
 3 Or, 
 plucked 
 up 
 
 salem, and from the land of Benjamin, 
 and from the lowland, and from the 
 mountains, and from the Soutli, bring- 
 ing burnt offerings, and sacriiices, and 
 ^oblations, and frankincense, and bring- 
 ing .vocr/A'tv.'; (;/' thanksgiving, unto tlie 
 27 house of the lionn. Lut if ye will 
 not hearken unto me to hallow the 
 sabbath day, and not to bear a burden 
 and enter in at the gates of Jerusalem 
 on the sabbath day; then will I kindle 
 a fire in the gates thereof, and it shall 
 devour the palaces of Jerusalem, and 
 it shall not be quenched. 
 
 18 The word which came to Jeremiah 
 
 2 from the Lor.D, saying. Arise, and go 
 down to the potter's house, and there 
 I will cause thee to hear my words. 
 
 3 Then I went down to the plotter's 
 house, and, behold, he wrought his 
 
 4 work on the wheels. And when the 
 vessel that he made of the clay was 
 marred in the hand of the potter, 
 he made it again another vessel, as 
 seemed good to the jiotter to make it. 
 
 5 Then the word of the Lord came 
 Gto me, saying, house of Israel, 
 
 cannot I do with you as this potter? 
 saith the Lord. 13ehold, as the clay 
 in the potter's hand, so are ye in 
 
 7 mine hand, house of Israel. At 
 what instant I shall speak concern- 
 ing a nation, and concerning a king- 
 dom, to pluck up and to break down 
 
 8 and to destroy it ; if that nation, con- 
 ceriimg which I have spoken, turn 
 from their evil, I will rejient of the 
 evil that I thought to do unto them. 
 
 9 And at what instant I shall speak con- 
 cerning a nation, and concernmg a 
 
 10 kingdom, to build and to jilant it; if it 
 do evil in my sight, that it obey not 
 my voice, then I will repent of the 
 good, wherewith I said I would benefit 
 
 11 them. Now therefore go to, speak to 
 the men of Judah, and to the in- 
 habitants of Jerusalem, saying. Thus 
 saith the Lord : Behold, I frame evil 
 against you, and devise a device against 
 you: return ye now every one from 
 his evil way, and amend your ways 
 
 12 and your doings. But they say, There 
 is no hope : for we will walk after our 
 own devices, and we will do every one 
 after the stubbornness of his evil 
 heart. 
 
 13 Therefore thus saith the Lord : Ask 
 ye now among the nations, who hath 
 heard such things ; the virgin of Israel 
 
 14 hath done a very horrible thing. Shall 
 the snow of Lebanon fail from the 
 rock of the field? or shall the cold 
 waters 2 that flow down from afar be 
 
 15 3 dried up? For my people hath for- 
 gotten me, they have burned incense 
 to vanity ; and they have caused them 
 to stumble in their ways, in the ancient 
 paths, to walk in bypaths, in a way 
 
 16 not cast up ; to make their land an 
 astonishment, and a perpetual hissing ; 
 every one that passetli thereby shall 
 
 17 be astonished, and sliake his head. I 
 will scatter them as with an east wind 
 before the enemy; I will ^look upon 
 their back, and not their face, in the 
 day of their calamity. 
 
 18 Then said they, Come, and let us 
 devise devices against Jeremiah; for 
 the law shall not jierisli from the priest, 
 nor counsel from the wise, nor the 
 word from the prophet. Come, and let 
 us smite him with the tongue, and let 
 us not give heed to any of his words. 
 
 19 Give heed to me, Lord, and hearken 
 to the voice of them that contend with 
 
 20 me. Shall evil be recompensed for 
 good? for they have digged a pit for 
 my soul. Remember how I stood be- 
 fore thee to speak good for them, to 
 
 21 turn away thy fury from them. There- 
 fore deliver up their children to the 
 famuie, and give them over to the 
 IDOwer of the sword ; and let their 
 wives become childless, and widows; 
 and let their men be slain of death, 
 and their young men smitten of the 
 
 22 sword in battle. Let a cry be heard 
 from their houses,when thou .shalt bruig 
 a troop suddenly upon them : for they 
 have digged a pit to take me, and hid 
 
 23 snares for my feet. Yet, Lord, thou 
 knowest all then- counsel against me 
 to slay me ; forgive not their iniquity, 
 neither blot out their sin from thy 
 sight: but let them be ^ overthrown 
 before thee; deal thou with them in 
 the time of thine anger. 
 
 19 Thus said the Lord, Go, and buy a 
 l^otter's earthen bottle, and tal-e of the 
 elders of the people, and of the elders 
 
 2 of the priests ; and go forth unto the 
 valley of the son of Hiunom, which is 
 by the entry of <> the gate Harsith, and 
 liroclaim there the words that I shall 
 
 3 tell thee : and say. Hear ye the word 
 of the Lord, kings of Judah, and 
 inhabitants of Jerusalem; thus saith 
 the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel, 
 I5ehold, I will bring evil upon this 
 l^lace, the which whosoever heareth, 
 
 4 his ears shall tingle. Because they 
 have forsaken me, and have estranged 
 this place, and have bm-ned incense in 
 it unto other gods, whom they knev/ 
 not, they and their fathers and the 
 kings of Judah; and have filled this 
 
 5 place with the blood of imiocents ; and 
 have built the high places of Baal, to 
 burn their sons in the fire for bui-nt 
 offerings unto Baal ; which I command- 
 ed not, nor spake it, neither came it 
 
 6 into my ' mind : therefore, behold, the 
 days come, saith the Lord, that this 
 place shall no more be called Topheth, 
 nor The valley of the son of Hinnom, 
 
 7 but The valley of Slaughter. And I 
 
 4 Or, 
 nhew 
 them the 
 back, 
 and not 
 the/ace 
 
 S Helj. 
 made to 
 stumble. 
 
 6 Or. 
 the gate 
 of pot- 
 sherds 
 
 - Hel). 
 heart.
 
 558 
 
 JEREMIAH. 
 
 19. 7. 
 
 IHeb. 
 
 empty 
 out. 
 
 2 Or, 
 because 
 there 
 shall be 
 no place 
 else 
 
 3 That is, 
 Terror 
 on every 
 side. 
 
 will imake void the counsel of Judab 
 and Jerasalem in this place; and I 
 will cause them to fall by the sword 
 before theh- enemies, and by the hand 
 of them that seek their life : and their 
 carcases will I give to be meat for the 
 fowls of the heaven, and for the beasts 
 
 8 of the earth. And I will make this 
 city au astonishment, and an hissing ; 
 every one that passeth thereby shall 
 be astonished and hiss because of all 
 
 9 the plagues thereof. And I will cause 
 them to eat the flesh of their sons and 
 the flesh of their daughters, and they 
 shall eat every one the flesh of his 
 friend, in the siege and in the strail- 
 ness, wherewith their enemies, and 
 they that seek their life, shall straiten 
 
 10 them. Then shilt thou break the 
 bottle in the sight of the men that go 
 
 11 with thee, and shalt say unto them. 
 Thus saith the Lord of hosts: Even 
 so will I break this people and this 
 city, as one breaketh a potter's ves- 
 sel, that cannot be made whole again : 
 and they shall bury in Topheth, ^till 
 
 12 there be no jilace to bury. Thus will 
 I do unto this ijlace, saith the Lord, 
 and to the inhabitants thereof, even 
 
 13 making this city as Topheth : and the 
 houses of Jerusalem, and the houses of 
 the kings of Judah, which are defiled, 
 shall be as the jilace of Topheth, even 
 all the houses ui^on whose roofs they 
 have burned incense unto all the host 
 of heaven, and have poured out driuk 
 offerings unto other gods. 
 
 14 Then came Jeremiah from Topheth, 
 whither the Lord had sent him to pro- 
 l^hesy ; and he stood in the court of the 
 Lord's house, and said to all the peo- 
 
 15 pie : Thus saith the Lord of hosts, the 
 God of Israel, Behold, I wiU bring upon 
 this city and vcpon aU her towns all the 
 evil that I have pronounced against it ; 
 because they have made their neck stiff, 
 that they might not hear my words. 
 
 20 Now Pashhur the son of tmmer the 
 priest, who was chief officer in the 
 house of the Lord, heard Jeremiah pro- 
 
 2 phesying these things. Then Pashhur 
 smote Jeremiah the prophet, and put 
 him in the stocks that were in the 
 upper gate of Benjamin, which was in 
 
 3 the house of the Lord. And it came 
 to pass on the morrow, that Pashhur 
 brought forth Jeremiah out of the 
 stocks. Then said Jeremiah unto him. 
 The Lord hath not called thy name 
 
 4 Pashhur, but ^Magor-missabib. For 
 thus saith the Lord, Behold, I will 
 make thee a terror to thyself, and to 
 all thy friends : and they shall fall by 
 the sword of their enemies, and thine 
 eyes shall behold it: and I will give all 
 Judah into the hand of the king of 
 Babylon, and he shall cany them 
 captive to Babylon, and shall slay them 
 
 .5 with the sword. Moreover I wiU give 
 
 aU the riches of this city, and all the 
 gams thereof, and aU the precious 
 things thereof, yea, all the treasures 
 of the kings of Judah wUl I give into 
 the hand of their enemies, which shaU 
 spoU them, and take them, and carry 
 
 6 them to Babylon. And thou, Pashhur, 
 and aU that dwell in thine house shall 
 go into captivity : and thou shalt come 
 to Babylon, and there thou shalt die, 
 and there shalt thou be buried, thou, 
 and all thy friends, to whom thou hast 
 prophesied falsely. 
 
 7 O Lord, thou hast ^deceived me, 
 and I was deceived : thou art stronger 
 than I, and hast prevailed: I am be- 
 come a laughingstock all the day, every 
 
 8 one mocketh me. For as often as I 
 speik, I cry out; I ciy. Violence and 
 SpoU : because the word of the Lord is 
 made a reproach unto me, and a de- 
 
 9 rision, all the day. And if I say, I will 
 not make mention of him, nor speak 
 any more in his name, then there is 
 in mine heart as it were a burning 
 fire shut up in my bones, and I am 
 weary with forbearing, and I cannot 
 
 10 contain. For I have heard the defaming 
 of many, terror on every side. De- 
 nounce, and we will denounce him, 
 say all my famUiar friends, they that 
 watch for my haltuig; peradventure 
 he will be enticed, and we shall pre- 
 vail against him, and we shall take 
 
 11 our revenge on him. But the Lord is 
 with me as a mighty one and a ter- 
 rible: therefore my persecutors shall 
 stumble, and they shall not prevail: 
 they shall be greatly ashamed, because 
 they have not ^ dealt wisely, even with 
 an everlasting dishonour which shall 
 
 12 never be forgotten. But, O Lord of 
 hosts, that triest the righteous, that 
 seest the reins and the heart, let me 
 see thy vengeance on them; for unto 
 
 13 thee have I revealed my cause. Sing 
 unto the Lord, praise ye the Lord: 
 for he hath delivered the soul of the 
 needy from the hand of evil-doers. 
 
 14 Cursed be the day wherein I was 
 born: let not the day wherein my 
 
 15 mother bare me be blessed. Cursed 
 be the man who brought tidings to my 
 father, saying, A man child is born 
 unto thee; makuig him very glad. 
 
 IGAud let that man be as the cities 
 which the Lord overthrew, and re- 
 pented not : and let him hear a cry in 
 the morning, andi^shouting at noontide; 
 
 17 because he slew me not from the womb ; 
 and so my mother should have been 
 my grave, and her womb always great. 
 
 18 Wherefore came I forth out of the womb 
 to see labour and sorrow, that my days 
 should be consumed with shame? 
 
 21 The word which came unto Je- 
 remiah from the Lord, when king 
 Zedekiah sent unto him Paslilim-
 
 22. 17. 
 
 JEREMIAH. 
 
 559 
 
 1 An other 
 reading 
 is, th^lr. 
 2Heb. 
 inhabit- 
 ress. 
 3 Or, 
 iuid rock 
 
 the son of Malchiah, and Zei)haiiiali 
 the son of Maaseiah the priest, saying, 
 
 2 Inquire, I pray thee, of the Lord for us ; 
 for Nobuchatli'ezzar king of Babylon 
 maketh war against us : peradventure 
 the Lord will deal v/ith us according 
 to aU his wondrous works, that he 
 may go up from us. 
 
 3 Then said Jeremiali unto them. Thus 
 
 4 shall ye say to Zedekiah: Thus saith 
 the Lord, the God of Israel, Behold, 
 I will turn back the weapons of war 
 that are in your hands, wherewith ye 
 light agamst the king of Babylon, and 
 against the Chaldeans which besiege 
 you, without the walls, and I wiU gather 
 
 5 them into the midst of this city. And 
 I myself wiU fight against you with an 
 outstretched hand and with a strong 
 arm, even in anger, and in fury, and 
 
 G in great wrath. And I will smite the 
 inliabitants of this city, both man and 
 beast: they shall die of a great pesti- 
 
 7 lence. And afterward, saith the Lord, 
 I wiU dehver Zedekiah king of Judah, 
 and his servants, and the people, even 
 such as are left in this city from the 
 pestilence, from the sword, and from 
 the famine, into the hand of Nebu- 
 chatlrezzar king of Babylon, and into 
 the hand of their enemies, and into the 
 hand of those that seek their life : and 
 he shall smite them with the edge of 
 the sword; he shall not spare them, 
 neither have pity, nor have mercy. 
 
 8 And unto this people thou shalt say. 
 Thus saith the Lord: Behold, I set 
 before you the way of life and the 
 
 9 way of death. He that abideth in this 
 city shall die by the sword, and by the 
 famine, and by the pestilence : but he 
 that goeth out, and faUeth away to the 
 Chaldeans that besiege you, he shall 
 live, and his life shall be unto him for 
 
 10 a prey. For I have set my face ujiou 
 this city for evil, and not for good, 
 saith the Lord : it shall be given into 
 the hand of the king of Babylon, and 
 he shall bm-n it with fire. 
 
 11 And touching the house of the king 
 of Judah, hear ye the word of the 
 
 12 Lord : O house of David, thus saith 
 the Lord, Execute judgement in the 
 mornmg, and dehver the spoiled out of 
 the hand of the oppressor, lest my 
 fury go forth like fire, and burn that 
 none can quench it, because of the 
 
 13 evil of lyour doings. Behold, I am 
 against thee, O 2 inhabitant of the val- 
 ley, ^and of the rock of the plain, saith 
 the Lord; ye which say. Who shall 
 come down agamst us ? or who shall 
 
 14 enter into our habitations ? and I wiU 
 punish you according to the fruit of 
 your doings, saith the Lord : and I will 
 kindle a fire in her forest, and it shall 
 devour all that is round about her. 
 
 22 Thus said the Lord : Go down to 
 
 the house of the king of .Jndah, and 
 
 2 speak there this word, and say. Hear 
 the word of the Lord, O king of .Judali, 
 that sittest upon the throne of David, 
 thou, and thy servants, and thy peojjle 
 
 3 that enter in by these gates. Thus 
 saith the Lord : Execute ye judgement 
 and rigliteousness, and dehver the 
 spoiled out of the hand of the oppress- 
 or: and do no wrong, do no violence, 
 to the stranger, the fatherless, nor the 
 widow, neither shed imiocent blood in 
 
 4 this place. For if ye do tliis thing in- 
 deed, then shall there enter in by the 
 gates of this house kings sitting *upon 
 the throne of David, riding in chariots 
 and on horses, he, and his servants, 
 
 5 and his people. But if ye will not 
 hear these words, I swear by myself, 
 saith the Lord, that this house shall 
 
 6 become a desolation. For thus saith 
 the Lord ^ concerning the house of the 
 kmg of Judah : Thou art Gilead unto 
 me, and the head of Lebanon: yet 
 surely I wall make thee a wilderness, 
 and cities which are not inhabited. 
 
 7 And I will 5 prepare destroyers against 
 thee, every one vnth his weapons: and 
 they shall cut down thy choice cedars. 
 
 Sand cast them into the fire. And 
 many nations shall pass by this city, 
 and they shall say eveiy man to 
 his neighbour. Wherefore hath the 
 Lord done thus mato this great city? 
 
 9 Then they shall answer. Because they 
 forsook the covenant of the Lord their 
 God, and worshipped other gods, and 
 served them. 
 
 10 Weep ye not for the dead, neither 
 bemoan him: but weep sore for him 
 that goeth away; for he shall return 
 no more, nor see his native country. 
 
 11 For thus saitli the Lord touching 
 ^ShaUum the son of Josiah, king of 
 Judah, which reigned instead of Josiah 
 his father, which went forth out of 
 this place : He shall not return thither 
 
 12 any more ; but in the place whither 
 tliey have led him captive, there shall 
 he die, and he shaD see this land no 
 more. 
 
 13 Woe unto him that buildeth his 
 house by unrighteousness, and his 
 chambers by injustice ; that useth his 
 neighbour's service without wages, and 
 
 14 giveth him not his hire ; that saith, I 
 win build me a wide house and spacious 
 chambers, and cutteth him out wind- 
 ows ; and it is cieled with cedar, and 
 
 15 painted with vermilion. Shalt thou 
 reign, because thou Sstrivest to excel 
 in cedar? did not thy father eat and 
 di-ink, and do judgement and justice? 
 
 16 then it was well with him. He judged 
 the cause of the poor and needy ; then 
 it was well. Was not this to know 
 
 17 me? saith the Lord. But thine eyes 
 and thine heart are not but for thy 
 ^covetousness, and for to shed innocent 
 
 iHeb. 
 
 for 
 IJavid 
 
 ItJIOll ItU 
 
 thrunc. 
 
 sOr. 
 nuto 
 
 '• Heh. 
 
 SCLHCtiftj. 
 
 7 In 
 
 2 Kin^s 
 xxiii. 30, 
 Jeho- 
 ahaz. 
 Comp:ire 
 1 C:hr. 
 iii. 15. 
 
 BOr, 
 vici^t 
 with tile 
 cedar 
 
 9 Or. dU- 
 
 huneat 
 
 gain
 
 560 
 
 JEREMIAH. 
 
 22. 17. 
 
 1 Or, feed 
 upon 
 
 2 Heb. 
 i:ihabit- 
 ress. 
 
 3 Some 
 ancient 
 versions 
 have, 
 fiow wilt 
 thou 
 riroan. 
 
 ^ In ch. 
 xxiv. 1, 
 and 
 1 Chr. iii. 
 
 10. Je- 
 
 voniah. 
 
 In 
 
 ;! Kings 
 
 \xiv. 6, 8, 
 
 Jehoi- 
 
 achin. 
 
 s Heb. 
 they lift 
 up tlteir 
 soul, 
 
 6 Or. jMi 
 
 "Or land 
 
 blood, and for oppression, and for vio- 
 ISlence, to do it. Therefore thus saith 
 the Lord concerning Jehoiakim the son 
 of Josiah, king of Judah : They shall 
 not lament for him, saying, Ah my 
 brother ! or, Ah sister I they shall not 
 lament for him, sayinri. Ah lord! or, 
 
 19 Ah his glory ! He shall be buried with 
 the burial of an ass, drawn and cast 
 forth beyond the gates of Jerusalem. 
 
 20 Go up to Lebanon, and cry ; and lift 
 up thy voice in Bashan : and cry from 
 Abarini; for all thy lovers are de- 
 
 21stroyed. I spake unto thee in thy 
 prosperity; but thou saidst, I will not 
 hear. This hath been thy mamier 
 from thy youth, that thou obeyedst 
 
 2'2 not my voice. The wind shall i feed aU 
 thy shejiherds, and thy lovers shall go 
 into cajitivity : surely then shalt thou 
 be ashamed and confounded for aU thy 
 
 23 wickedness. O ^ inhabitant of Lebanon, 
 that makest thy nest in the cedars, 
 Show greatly to be i^itied shalt thou be 
 when pangs come upon thee, the pain 
 
 24 as of a woman in travaU ! As I live, 
 saith the Lord, though ^ Coniah the son 
 of Jehoiakim king of Judah were the 
 signet upon my right hand, yet would 
 
 25 1 pluck thee thence ; and I wiU give 
 thee into the hand of them that seek 
 thy life, and into the hand of them 
 of whom thou art afraid, even into 
 the hand of Nebuchadrezzar king of 
 Babylon, and into the hand of the 
 
 26 Chaldeans. And I wiU cast thee out, 
 and thy mother that bare thee, into an- 
 other comitry, where ye were not born ; 
 
 27 and there shall ye die. But to the land 
 whereunto ^ their soul longeth to re- 
 
 28 turn, thither shall they not I'eturn. Is 
 this man Coniah a despised broken 
 ^vessel? is he a vessel wherein is no 
 pleasure ? wherefore are they cast out, 
 he and his seed, and are cast into the 
 
 29 land which they know not? O 'earth, 
 earth, earth, hear the word of the Lord. 
 
 30 Thus saith the Lord, Write ye this man 
 childless, a man that shall not prosper 
 in liis days: for no man of his seed 
 shall prosper, sitting upon the throne 
 of David, and niling any more in 
 Judah. 
 
 23 Woe unto the shepherds that de- 
 stroy and scatter the sheep of my 
 
 2 pasture I saith the Lord. Therefore 
 thus saith the Lord, the God of Israel, 
 against the shepherds that feed my 
 people: Ye have scattered my flock, 
 and driven them away, and have not 
 visited them ; behold, I will visit upon 
 you the evil of your doings, saith the 
 
 3 Lord. And I wiU gather the remnant 
 of my flock out of all the countries 
 whither I have driven them, and will 
 bring them again to their folds; and 
 they shall be fruitful and multiply. 
 
 4 And I wOl set up shepherds over them 
 which shall feed them : and they shall 
 
 fear no more, nor be dismayed, neither 
 shall any be lacking, saith the Lord. 
 
 5 Behold, the days come, saith the 
 Lord, that I will raise unto David a 
 righteous ''Branch, and he shall reign 
 as king and 9 deal wisely, and shall 
 execute judgement and justice in the 
 
 eland. In his days Judah shall be 
 saved, and Israel shaU dwell safely: 
 and this is his name whereby he shall 
 bo called, lOThe Lord is our right- 
 
 7 eousness. "Theref ore, behold, the days 
 come, saith the Lord, that they shall 
 no more say, As the Lord liveth, 
 which brought up the children of 
 
 8 Israel out of the land of Egyi^t ; but. 
 As the Lord liveth, which brought up 
 and which led the seed of the house of 
 Israel out of the north country, and 
 from all the countries whither I had 
 di-iven them; and they shall dwell in 
 their own land. 
 
 9 Concerning the prophets. Muie 
 heart within me is broken, aU my 
 bones shake; I am like a di-miken 
 man, and hke a man whom wine hath 
 overcome; because of the Lord, and 
 
 10 because of his holy words. For the 
 land is fidl of adulterers ; for because 
 of 1'^ swearing the land mourneth ; the 
 pastures of the wilderness are dried 
 lip ; and their course is evil, and their 
 
 11 force is not right. For both prophet 
 and priest are profane ; yea, ui my house 
 have I foiiiid their wickedness, saith 
 
 12 the Lord. Wherefore then- way shall 
 be unto them as shj^pery places in the 
 darkness : they shall be driven on, and 
 fall therein : for I wiU bring e\-il upon 
 them, i%ven the year of their visitation, 
 
 13 saith the Lord. And I have seen foUy 
 in the prophets of Samaria ; they pro- 
 phesied by Baal, and caused my people 
 
 14 Israel to err. In the prophets of Je- 
 rusalem also I have seen an horrible 
 thing ; they commit adultery, and walk 
 in lies, and they strengthen the hands 
 of evil-doers, that none doth return 
 from his wickedness: they are all of 
 them become unto me as Sodom, 
 and the inhabitants thereof as Go- 
 morrah. 
 
 1 5 Therefore thus saith the Lord of hosts 
 concerning the prophets : Behold, I wiU 
 feed them with wormwood, and make 
 them drink the water of i-* gall : for from 
 the prophets of Jerusalem is profane- 
 
 16 ness gone forth into all the land. Thus 
 saith the Lord of hosts, Hearken not 
 unto the words of the prophets that pro- 
 phesy imtoyoii; they teach you vanity: 
 they speak a vision of their own heart, 
 and not out of the mouth of the Lord. 
 
 17 They say contumally imto them is that 
 despise me. The Lord hath said. Ye 
 shall have peace ; and unto every one 
 that walketh in the stubbornness of 
 his own heart they say. No evil shall 
 
 18 come upon you. For who hath stood 
 
 sOr. 
 Shoot 
 Or, Bud 
 
 9 Or, 
 prosper 
 
 I" Or, 
 The 
 
 J.O/ID 
 
 our 
 rif}ht- 
 eou^nets 
 11 See 
 ch. xvi. 
 1-f, 15. 
 
 12 Or, 
 the curse 
 
 l-T Or. in 
 the year 
 
 » See ch. 
 viii. 14. 
 
 I'l Ac- 
 cording 
 to the 
 Sept., 
 that de- 
 sjrijte the 
 word of 
 the Lord, 
 Ye &c.
 
 25. 1. 
 
 JEREMIAH. 
 
 561 
 
 lAnoUier 
 reaciiii;; 
 is. Ids. 
 
 - Or, 
 dnrte it 
 
 3 Or. 
 
 c-wjs idcr 
 
 i Heb. 
 tiikc. 
 
 5 Or. 
 
 teU them 
 what the 
 in/rden 
 is 
 
 6 The 
 Sept. 
 and 
 
 Vnlgiite 
 l.ave, i'c 
 are the 
 burden. 
 'Or, 
 
 in his 
 
 burden, 
 
 aTidtfC 
 
 pervert 
 
 if. 
 
 10 
 20 
 
 21 
 
 22 
 
 23 
 24 
 
 26 
 
 27 
 
 28 
 
 29 
 
 30 
 
 31 
 32 
 
 34 
 
 36 
 
 in the council of the LoitP, tliat lio 
 sboiild perceive and liear his word ? wlio 
 liatii marked ^my word, and lioard it? 
 Behold, the tempest of the LoiU), ai-en 
 his fury, is gone forth, yea, a whirling 
 tempest : it shall burst upon the head 
 of the wicked. The anger of the 
 Lord shall not return, until ho have 
 2 executed, and till he have iierformed 
 the intents of his heart : in the latter 
 days ye shall "understand it perfectly. 
 1 sent not these jirophets, yet they 
 ran : I spake not imto them, yet they 
 jirophesied. But if they had stood in 
 my council, then had they caused iny 
 people to hear my words, and had 
 turned them from their evil way, and 
 from the evil of their doings. Am I a 
 God at hand, saith the Lorp, and not 
 a God afar off? Can any hide himself 
 in secret places that I shall not sec 
 him? saith the Lord. Do not I liU 
 heaven and earth? saith the Lord. 
 I have heard what the prophets 
 have said, that prophesy lies in my 
 name, saying, I have dreamed, I have 
 dreamed. How long shall this be in 
 the heart of the projihets that prophesy 
 lies; even the jirophets of the deceit 
 of their own heart? which think to 
 cause my people to forget my name 
 by their dreams which they tell every 
 man to his neighbour, as their fathers 
 forgat my name for Baal. The jiro- 
 ])het that hath a dream, let hiin teU a 
 dream ; and he that hath my word, 
 let him speak my word faithfully. 
 What is the straw to the wheat ? saith 
 the Lord. Is not my word like as 
 fire ? saith the Lord ; and like a ham- 
 mer that bre Aketli the rock in ijieces ? 
 Therefore, behold, I am against the 
 prophets, saith the Lord, that steal 
 my words every one from his neigh- 
 bour. Behold, I am against the pro- 
 phets, saith the Lord, that *use their 
 tongues, and say, He saith. Behold, 
 I am against them that prophesy lying 
 dreams, saith the Lord, and do tell 
 them, and cause my people to err by 
 their lies, and by their vain boasting : 
 yet I sent them not, nor commanded 
 them; neither shall they profit this 
 people at all, saith the Lord. And 
 when this peojile, or the prophet, or a 
 priest, shall ask thee, saying. What is 
 the burden of the Lord ? then shalt 
 thou 8 say luito them, c What burden ! 
 I wiU cast you off, saith the Lord. 
 And as for the prophet, and the priest, 
 and the people, that shall say. The 
 liurden of the Lord, I will even punish 
 that man and his house. Thus shall 
 j'e say every one to his neighbour, and 
 every one to his brother. What hath 
 the Lord answered? and, W"hat hath 
 the Lord spoken ? And the burden of 
 the Lord shall ye mention no more: 
 for every man's ownii word 'i' shall be 
 
 his burden; for ye have perverted the 
 words of the living Trod, of tlie LoiU) of 
 
 37 hosts our God. Thus shalt thou say 
 to the prophet. What hath the Lord 
 answered thee? and, Wliat hath the 
 
 38 Lord spoken? But if ye say , The burden 
 of the Lord ; therefore thus saith the 
 Lord: Because ye say this word. The 
 biu'deu of the Lord, and I havesent un- 
 to you, saying. Ye shall not say, The 
 
 39 burden of the Lord ; therefore, behold, 
 I will 8 utterly forget you, and I will cast 
 you off, and the city that I gave unto 
 j'ou and to your fathers, away from my 
 
 40 presence : and I will l)ring an everlast- 
 ing reproach upon you, and a perpetual 
 shame, which shall not bo forgotten. 
 
 24 The Lord shewed me, and, behold, 
 two baskets of figs set before the 
 temple of the Lord; after that Ne- 
 buchadrezzar king of Babylon had 
 carried away caj^tive Jeconiah the son 
 of Jehoiakim, king of Judali, and the 
 princes of Judah, with the craftsmen 
 and smiths, from Jerusalem, and had 
 
 2 brought them to Babylon. One bas- 
 ket had very good figs, like the figs 
 that are first ripe: and the other 
 basket had very bad figs, which could 
 
 Snot be eaten, they were so bad. Then 
 said the Lord unto mc. What seest 
 thou, Jeremiah? And I said. Figs; 
 the good figs, very good ; and the bad, 
 very bad, that cannot be eaten, they 
 
 4 are so bad. And the word of the Lord 
 
 5 came unto me, sayhig, Thus saith 
 the Lord, the God of Israel ; Like these 
 good figs, so will I regard the captives 
 of Judah, whom I have sent out of this 
 place into the land of the Chaldeans, 
 
 6 for good. For I will set mine eyes uj^on 
 them for good, and I will bring them 
 again to this land: and I wLU buUd 
 them, and not pull them down ; and I 
 will 2)lant them, and not pluck them up. 
 
 7 And I wiU give them an heart to know 
 me, that I am the Lord : and they shall 
 be my peoi^le, and I will be their God : 
 for they shall return unto me with their 
 
 8 whole heart. And as the bad figs, 
 which cannot be eaten, they are so bad ; 
 surely thus saith the Lord, So will I 
 give up Zedekiah the king of Judah, 
 and his princes, and the residue of Jeru- 
 salem, that remain in this land, and 
 
 9 them that dwell in the land of Egyjit : I 
 wiU even give them up to be '•> tossed to 
 and fro among aU the kmgdoms of the 
 earth for evil ; to be a reproach and a 
 proverb, a taunt and a curse, in aU 
 
 10 i)laces whither I shall drive them. And 
 I wUl send the sword, the famine, and 
 the j)estilence, among them, tiU they 
 be consiuned from off the laud that I 
 gave unto them and to then- fathers. 
 
 25 The word that came to Jerem- 
 iah concerning all the i^eople of 
 Judah in the fourth year of Jehoi- 
 
 " Or, ac- 
 cording 
 to some 
 ancient 
 authori- 
 ties, li/t 
 you up 
 
 oOr, 
 a terror 
 unto
 
 562 
 
 JEREMIAH. 
 
 25. 1. 
 
 IHeh. 
 devote. 
 
 2Heb. 
 ciiuae to 
 porish 
 from 
 them. 
 
 3Heb. 
 
 evcrhmt- 
 in{jde8i/lr 
 dtiorii. 
 
 )0r, 
 have 
 sentcd 
 them- 
 selves 
 or, made 
 bondmen 
 
 akim the son of Josiali, king of Ju- 
 dali ; tlie same was the first year of 
 
 2 Nebucliadrezzar king of Babylon ; the 
 wliich Jeremiah the projihet spake 
 unto all the peo^ile of Judah, and to 
 aU tlie inhabitants of Jerusalem, say- 
 
 3 ing : From the thirteenth year of Josiah 
 the son of Anion, kuig of Judah, even 
 unto this day, these three and twenty 
 years, the word of the Lord hath come 
 unto me, and I have spoken unto you, 
 rising up early and si)eaking ; but ye 
 
 4 have not hearkened. And the Lord 
 hath sent unto you all his servants the 
 prophets, rismg up early and sending 
 them; but ye have not hearkened, nor 
 
 5 iiiclined your ear to hear ; saying. Re- 
 turn ye now every one from his evil 
 way, and from the evil of your doings, 
 and dwell in the land that the Lord 
 hath given unto you and to your fathers, 
 
 6 from of old and even for evermore : and 
 go not after other gods to serve them, 
 and to worshij) them, and in-ovoke me 
 not to anger with the work of your 
 
 7 hands ; and I will do you no hurt. Yet 
 ye have not hearkened imto me, saith 
 the Lord ; that ye might ijrovoke me to 
 anger with the work of your hands to 
 
 8 your own hurt. Therefore thus saith 
 the Lord of hosts: Because ye have 
 
 9 not heard my words, behold, I will 
 send and take all the families of the 
 north, saith the Lord, and / luill send 
 unto Nebuchadrezzar the king of Baby- 
 lon, my servant, and will bring them 
 agamst this land, and against the 
 inhabitants thereof, and against all 
 these nations round about ; and I will 
 
 1 utterly destroy them, and make them 
 an astonishment, and an hissing, and 
 
 10 perpetual desolations. Moreover I will 
 
 2 take from them the voice of mirth and 
 the voice of gladness, the voice of the 
 bridegroom and the voice of the bride, 
 the sound of the millstones, and the 
 
 1 1 light of the candle. And this whole land 
 shall be a desolation, and an astonish- 
 ment ; and these nations shall serve the 
 
 12 king of Babylon seventy years. And it 
 shall come to pass, when seventy years 
 are accomplished, that I will punish the 
 king of Babylon, and that nation, saith 
 the Lord, for their iniquity, and the 
 land of the Chaldeans ; and I will make 
 
 13 it 3 desolate for ever. And I will bring up- 
 on that land all my v/ords which I have 
 pronounced against it, even all that is 
 written in this book, which Jeremiah 
 hath projihesied against all the nations. 
 
 14 For many nations and great kings 
 * shall serve themselves of them, even 
 of them : and I will recompense them 
 according to their deeds, and accord- 
 ing to the work of their bands. 
 
 15 For thus saith the Lord, the God of 
 Israel, unto me : Take the cup of the 
 wine of this fuiy at my hand, and 
 cause all the nations, to whom I send 
 
 16 thee, to di'iuk it. And they shall 
 drink, and reel to and fro, and be 
 mad, because of the sword that I wUl 
 
 17 send among them. Then took I the 
 cup at the Lord's hand, and made aU 
 the nations to drink, unto whom the 
 
 18 Lord had sent me : to wit, Jerusalem, 
 and the cities of Judah, and the kings 
 thereof, and the princes thereof, to 
 make them a desolation, an astonish- 
 ment, an hissing, and a curse ; as it is 
 
 19 this day ; Pharaoh king of Egypt, and 
 his servants, and his princes, and all 
 
 20 his people ; and all the mingled people, 
 and aU the kings of the land of Uz, 
 and all the kings of the land of the 
 Philistines, and Ashkelon, and Gaza, 
 and Ekron, and the remnant of Ash- 
 
 21 dod ; Edom, and Moab, and the child- 
 22ren of Amnion; and aU the kings of 
 
 Tyre, and aU the kings of Zidon, and 
 the kings of the ^isle which is beyond 
 
 23 the sea; Dedan, and Tenia, and Buz, 
 and aU that have the corners of their 
 
 24. hair polled; and all the kings of 
 Arabia, and all the kings of the min- 
 gled people that dwell in the wilderness ; 
 
 25 and all the kings of Zimri, and aU the 
 kings of Elam, and all the kings of 
 
 26 the Medes ; and aU the kings of the 
 north, far and near, one with another ; 
 and all the kingdoms of the world, 
 which are upon the face of the earth : 
 and the king of *> Sheshach shall drink 
 
 27 after them. And thou slialt say unto 
 them. Thus saith the Lord of hosts, the 
 God of Israel : Drink ye, and be di'unk- 
 en, and spue, and fall, and rise no more, 
 because of the sword which I wUl send 
 
 28 among you. And it shall be, if they 
 refuse to take the cup at thine hand 
 to di-ink, then shalt thou say unto 
 them. Thus saith the Lord of hosts: 
 
 29 Ye shall sui-ely drink. For, lo, I be- 
 gin to work evil at the city which is 
 called by my name, and should ye be 
 utterly unpunished? Ye shall not be 
 unpunished : for I wiU call for a sword 
 upon all the inhabitants of the earth, 
 
 30 saith the Lord of hosts. Therefore 
 prophesy thou against them aU these 
 words, and say unto them. The Lord 
 shall roar from on high, and utter his 
 voice from his holy habitation ; he 
 shall mightily roar against his ^fold; 
 he shall give a shout, as they that 
 tread the grapes, against all the m- 
 
 31 habitants of the earth. A noise shall 
 come even to the end of the earth ; for 
 the Lord hath a controversy with the 
 nations, he wiU plead with all flesh ; as 
 for the wicked, he will give them to 
 the sword, saith the Lord. 
 
 32 Thus saith the Lord of hosts. Be- 
 hold, evil shall go forth from nation 
 to nation, and a great tempest shall be 
 raised up from the uttermost parts of 
 
 33 the earth. And the slain of the Lord 
 shall be at that day from one end of the 
 
 5 Or. 
 
 eoast' 
 land 
 
 6 Accord- 
 ins to 
 ancient 
 tradi- 
 tion, a 
 cyi>lier 
 for 
 
 Babel. 
 See 
 ch, li. 41. 
 
 7 Or, 
 pasture
 
 26. 24. 
 
 JEREMIAH. 
 
 563 
 
 1 Or, nud 
 J wilt 
 disperse 
 i/ou 
 Many 
 ancient 
 versions 
 road, 
 andi/ntir 
 tlisjK'r- 
 cions. 
 
 2 Ileb. 
 Jli'lUl 
 shall 
 
 ■n<h 
 fruvi thf. 
 sli ep- 
 herds, 
 and 
 :svape 
 from .£■(■. 
 
 3 Or. 
 aceoni- 
 
 Kto 
 some 
 ancient 
 author- 
 ities, 
 Ihc op- 
 
 /il-JSSillt) 
 
 sword 
 Sec eh. 
 xlvi. Id 
 
 eaiili cA'eii unto the other end of the 
 earth: they shall not bo lamented, 
 neither gathered, nor buricsd; they 
 shall 1)0 diuig ujion tho face of the 
 
 34 ground. Howl, ye shepherds, and ci-y ; 
 and wallow yourselves in ashes, ye 
 principal of the flock : for the day.** of 
 your slaughter are fully come, i and I 
 •will break you in pieces, and ye shall 
 
 35 fall like a pleasant vessel. And ^the 
 shepherds shall have no way to flee, nor 
 
 36 the principal of the flock to escape. A 
 voice of the cry of the shepherds, and 
 the howling of the principal of the flock ! 
 for the Lord layeth waste their pasture. 
 
 37 And the peaceable folds are brought 
 to silence because of the fierce anger 
 
 .^Sof the Lord. He hath forsaken his 
 covert, as the lion : for their laud is be- 
 come an astonishment because of ^ the 
 fierceness of the oppressing sword, 
 and because of his fierce anger. 
 
 26 In the beginning of the reign of 
 Jehoiakim the son of Josiah, king of 
 Judah, came this word from the Lord, 
 
 2 saying, Thus saith the Lord: Stand 
 in the coiu't of the Lord's house, and 
 speak unto all the cities of Judah, 
 which come to worship in the Lord's 
 liouse, all the words that I command 
 thee to speak unto them; keep not 
 
 Shack a word. It may be they will 
 hearken, and turn every man from his 
 evil way, that I may repent me of 
 the evil, which I purpose to do unto 
 them because of the evil of their 
 
 4 doings. And thou shalt say unto them. 
 Thus saith the Lord: If ye wiU not 
 hearken to me, to walk in my law, 
 
 5 which I have set before you, to 
 hearken to the words of my servants 
 the prophets, whom I send unto you, 
 even rising up early and sending them, 
 
 6 but ye have not hearkened; then 
 will I make this house like Shiloh, 
 and will make this city a curse to all 
 
 7 the nations of the earth. And the 
 lu-iests and the prophets and all the 
 people heard Jeremiah speaking these 
 
 8 words in the house of the Lord. And 
 it came to pass, when Jeremiah had 
 made an end of speaking all that the 
 Lord had commanded him to speak un- 
 to all the people, that the priests and 
 the prophets and all the people laid 
 hold on him, saying, Thou shalt surely 
 
 9 die. Why hast thou prophesied in the 
 name of the Lord, saying. This liouse 
 shall be Hke Shiloh, and this city shall 
 be desolate, without inliabitaut ? And 
 aU the people were gathered unto Je- 
 remiah in the house of the Lord. 
 
 10 And when the jirinces of Judah 
 heard these things, they came up from 
 the king's house unto the house of the 
 Lord; and they sat in the entry of 
 the new gate of the Lord's house. 
 
 11 Then spake the priests and the pro- 
 
 ])]iets unto the princes and to all the 
 ]ieoiile, saying. This man is worthy of 
 death ; for he hath prophesied against 
 this city, as ye have heard with your 
 l"2ear,s. Then spake Jeremiah unto aU 
 tho princes and to aU the people, say- 
 ing. The Lord sent me to prophesy 
 against this house and against this 
 city all the words that ye have heard. 
 
 13 Therefore now amend your ways and 
 your doings, and obey the voice of the 
 Lord your God; and the Lord will 
 rejjeut him of the evil that he hath 
 
 14 pronounced against you. But as for 
 me, behold, I am m your hand: do 
 with me as is good and right in your 
 
 15 eyes. Only know ye for certain that, 
 if ye put me to death, ye shall bring 
 innocent blood upon yourselves, and 
 upon this city, and upon the inhabit- 
 ants thereof : for of a truth the Lord 
 hath sent me unto you to speak aU 
 
 IG these words in your cars. Then said 
 the princes and all the people unto the 
 priests and to the prophets : This man 
 is not worthy of death; for he hath 
 spoken to us in the name of the Lord 
 
 17 our God. Then rose up certain of the 
 elders of the land, and spake to aU the 
 
 18 assembly of the peojjle, saying, *Mi- 
 caiah the Morashtite prophesied in the 
 days of Hezekiah king of Judah; and 
 he spake to aU the people of Judah, 
 saying, Thus saith the Lord of hosts : 
 ^Ziou shaU be i^lowed as a field, and 
 Jerusalem shall become heaps, and 
 the mountain of the house as the high 
 
 19 places of a forest. Did Hezekiah kuig 
 of Judah and aU Judah put him at all 
 to death? did he not fear the Lord, 
 and intreat the favour of the Lord, 
 and the Lord repented him of the 
 evU which he had ijronounced against 
 them? Thus should we commit great 
 
 '20 evil against our own souls. And there 
 was also a man that prophesied in the 
 name of the Lord, Uriah the son of 
 Shemaiah of Kiriath-jearim; and he 
 prophesied against this city and against 
 this land according to aU the words of 
 
 21 Jeremiah : and when Jehoiakim the 
 king, with aU his mighty men, and aU 
 the prmces, heard his words, the king 
 sought to put him to death ; but when 
 Uriah heard it, he was afraid, and 
 
 22 fled, and went into Egypt: and Je- 
 hoiakim the king sent men into Egypt, 
 namely, Elnathan the son of Achbor, 
 and certain men with him, into Egypt: 
 
 23 and they fetched forth Uriah out of 
 Egjjjt, and brought him unto Jehoia- 
 kim the king ; who slew him with the 
 sword, and cast his dead body into the 
 
 24 graves of the g common people. But 
 the hand of Ahikam the son of Sha- 
 phan was with Jeremiah, that they 
 should not give him into the hand of 
 the people to put him to death. 
 
 ^Anotlier 
 reading 
 is, J/,c ih. 
 See 
 Micah 
 i. 1. 
 
 •'■ See 
 Micali 
 iii. li 
 
 BHeb. 
 
 S'liS of 
 
 the 
 
 people.
 
 564 
 
 JEREMIAH. 
 
 27. 1. 
 
 • Proper- 
 Xy.Zedck- 
 iah, as 
 ill some 
 ancient 
 author- 
 ities. See 
 vv. 3, 12, 
 20, ch. 
 xxviii. 1. 
 2 See Lev. 
 XX vi. 13. 
 
 27 In the beginning of the reign of i Je- 
 lioiakim the son of Josiah, king of Jn- 
 dali, came this -worcl unto Jeremiah 
 
 2 from the Lord, saymg, Thus saith the 
 Lord to me: Make thee hands and 
 
 3 2 bars, and put them upon thy neck ; and 
 send them to the king of Edom, and to 
 the king of Moab, and to the king of the 
 chihh'cnof Ainmon, and to the king of 
 Tyre, and to the king of Zidon, by the 
 hand of the messengers which come 
 to Jerusalem unto Zedekiah king of 
 
 4 Judah ; and give them a charge unto 
 their masters, saying, Thus saith the 
 Lord of hosts, the God of Israel : Thus 
 
 5 sh lU ye say unto your masters ; I have 
 made the earth, the man and the beast 
 that are upon the face of the earth, 
 by my great power and by my out- 
 stretched arm ; and I give it unto 
 
 G whom it seemeth right unto me. And 
 now have I given all these lands into 
 the hand of Nebuchadnezzar the king 
 of Babylon, my servant; and the 
 beasts of the field also have I given 
 
 7 him to serve him. And all the nations 
 shall serve him, and his son, and his 
 son's son, mitil the time of his own 
 land come: and then many nations 
 and great kings shall serve them- 
 
 8 selves of him. And it shall come to 
 pass, that the nation and the kmg- 
 dom which will not serve the same 
 Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, and 
 that ■will not put their neck under the 
 yoke of the king of Bsbylon, that 
 nation will I imnish, saith the Lord, 
 T/ith the sv/ord, and with the famine, 
 and with the pestilence, until I have 
 
 9 consumed them by his hand. But 
 as for you, hearken ye not to your 
 prophets, nor to your diviners, nor to 
 your dreams, nor to your soothsayers, 
 nor to your sorcerers, which s^jeak 
 unto you, s.aying, Ye shall not serve 
 
 10 the king of Babylon : for they prophesy 
 a lie unto you, to remove you far from 
 your land; and that I should drive 
 
 11 you out and ye should perish. But 
 the nation that shall bring their neck 
 under the yoke of the king of Babylon, 
 and serve him, that nation wiU I let 
 remain in their own land, saith the 
 Lord ; and they shall till it, and dwell 
 therein. 
 
 12 And I spake to Zedekiah king of 
 Judah according to all these words, 
 saying. Bring your necks under the 
 yoke of the king of Babylon, and serve 
 
 13 him and his people, and live. Why 
 will ye die, thou and thy people, by 
 the sword, by the famine, and by the 
 pestilence, as the Lord hath spoken 
 concerning the nation that will not 
 
 14 serve the king of Babylon? And heark- 
 en not unto the words of the prophets 
 that speak unto you, saying, Ye shall 
 not serve the king of Babylon: for 
 
 15 they prophesy a lie unto you. For I 
 
 have not sent them, saith the Lord, 
 but they jirophesy falsely in my name ; 
 that I might drive you out, and that 
 ye might perish, ye, and the prophets 
 
 16 that prophesy unto you. ALso I sj)ake 
 to the iiriests and to all this people, 
 saying, Thus saith the Lord : Hearken 
 not to the words of your prophets that 
 prophesy unto you, saj'ing, Behold, 
 the vessels of the Lord's house shall 
 now shortly be brought again from 
 Babylon : for they jirophesy a he unto 
 
 17 you. Hearken not unto them; serve 
 the king of Babylon, and live: where- 
 fore should this city become a desol- 
 
 ISation? But if they be prophets, and 
 if the word of the Lord be with them, 
 let them now make intercession to the 
 Lord of hosts, that the vessels which 
 are left in the house of the Lord, and 
 in the house of the king of Judah, and 
 
 19 at Jerusalem, go not to Babylon. For 
 thus saith the Lord of hosts concern- 
 ing the pillars, and concerning the sea, 
 and concerning the bases, and con- 
 cemmg the residue of the vessels that 
 
 20 are left iu this city, which Nebuchad- 
 nezzar king of Babylon took not, when 
 he caiTied away cajitive Jeconiah the 
 son of Jehoiakim, king of Judah, from 
 Jerusalem to Babylon, and all the 
 
 21 nobles of Judah and Jemsalem; yea, 
 thus saith the Lord of hosts, the God 
 of Israel, concerning the vessels that 
 are left in the house of the Lord, and 
 in the house of the king of Judah, and 
 
 22 at Jerusalem: They shaU be carried 
 to Babylon, and there shall they be, 
 until the day that I visit them, saith 
 the Lord ; then will I bring them up, 
 and restore them to this place. 
 
 28 And it came to i)ass the same year, 
 in the beginuing of the reign of Zedek- 
 iah king of Judah, in the fourth year, 
 m the fifth month, that Hananiah the 
 son of Azzur the jirophet, which was 
 of Gibeon, spake unto me in the house 
 of the Lord, in the presence of the 
 priests and of aU the people, saying, 
 
 2 Thus speaketh the Lord of hosts, the 
 God of Israel, saying, I have broken 
 
 3 the yoke of the king of Babylon. With- 
 in two full years will I bring again into 
 this place aU the vessels of the Lord's 
 house, that Nebuchadnezzar king of 
 Babylon took away from this i)lace, and 
 
 4 carried them to IJabylon: and I will 
 bring again to this place Jeconiah the 
 son of Jehoiakim, king of Judah, with 
 aU the cajitives of Judah, that went 
 to Babylon, saith the Lord : for I wiU 
 break the yoke of the king of Babylon. 
 
 5 Then the prophet Jeremiah said unto 
 the prophet Hananiah m the presence 
 of the priests, and in the presence of 
 aU the people that stood in the house 
 
 6 of the Lord, even the prophet Jeremiah 
 said, Amen : the Lord do so : the Lord 
 perform thy words which thou hast
 
 29. 20. 
 
 JEREMIAH. 
 
 565 
 
 lOr, 
 
 the Luni 
 
 halh 
 
 trulij 
 
 SC7lt 
 
 proi)liesie(l, to bring again the vessels 
 of the Lokd's house, and all them of 
 the captivity, from lial)ylon uuto this 
 
 7 place. Nevertlieless hear thou now 
 this word that I speak in thuio ears, 
 
 8 and in the ears of all the peoi>le : The 
 2)rophets that have been before me 
 and before thee of old proi)hesied 
 against many countries, and against 
 great kingdoms, of war, and of evil, 
 
 and of pestilence. The prophet which 
 proi>hesieth of peace, when the word 
 of the prophet shall come to pass, 
 then shall the i>rophet be known, i that 
 
 10 the Lord hath truly sent him. Then 
 Hananiah the pro2)het took the bar 
 from off the prophet Jeremiah's neck, 
 
 11 and brake it. Aiid Hananiah spake in 
 the presence of all the people, saying, 
 Thus saith the Lord : Even so will I 
 break the yoke of Nebuchadnezzar king 
 of Babylon withm two full years from 
 off the neck of all the nations. And 
 the proi)het Jeremiah went his way. 
 
 1'2 Then the word of the Lord came uiito 
 Jeremiah, after that Hananiah the 
 proi)het had broken the bar from off 
 the neck of the jirophet Jeremiah, saj'- 
 
 13ing, Go, and tell Hananiah, saymg. 
 Thus saith the Lord : Thou hast broken 
 the bai-s of wood; but thou shalt 
 
 11 make in their stead bars of iron. For 
 thus saith the Lord of hosts, the God 
 of Israel: I have put a yoke of iron 
 upon the neck of all these nations, 
 that they may serve Nebuchadnezzar 
 kmg of Babylon ; and they shaU serve 
 him : and I have given him the beasts 
 
 15 of the field also. Then said the ju-o- 
 phet Jeremiah imto Hananiah the 
 prophet, Hear now, Hananiah ; the 
 Loed hath not sent thee ; but thou 
 makest this jieople to trust ui a Ue. 
 
 16 Therefore thus saith the Lord, Be- 
 hold, I will send thee away from off 
 the face of the earth : this year thou 
 shalt die, because thou hast spoken re- 
 
 17 beUion against the Lord. So Hananiah 
 the prophet died the same year in the 
 seventh month. 
 
 29 Now these are the words of the 
 letter that Jeremiah the prophet sent 
 from Jerusalem mito the residue of the 
 elders of the captivity, and to the 
 priests, and to the i)rophets, and to 
 aU the people, whom Nebuchadnezzar 
 had carried away captive from Jeru- 
 
 2 salem to Babylon : (after that Jeconiali 
 the king, and the queen-mother, and 
 the eunuchs, and the princes of Judah 
 and Jerusalem, and the craftsmen, and 
 the smiths, were departed from Jem- 
 
 3 salem ;) by the hand of Elasah the son 
 of Shaphan, and Gemariah the sou of 
 HUkiah, (whom Zedekiah king of Judah 
 sent unto Babylon to Nebuchadnezzar 
 
 4 king of Babylon,) saying. Thus saith 
 the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel, 
 unto all the captivity, whom I have 
 
 caused to be carried away captive from 
 
 .') Jerusalem unto Babylon: BuUd ye 
 
 houses, and dwell in them ; and plant 
 
 gardens, and eat the fruit of them ; 
 
 6 take ye wives, and beget sons and 
 daughters; and take wives for your 
 sons, and give your daughters to hus- 
 bands, that they may bear sons and 
 daughters ; and multiply ye there, and 
 
 7 be not diminished. And seek the peace 
 of the city whither I have caused you 
 to bo carried aw;iy captive, and pray 
 unto the Lord for it : for in the peace 
 
 8 thereof shall ye have iieace. For thus 
 saith the Lord of hosts, the God of 
 Israel : Let not your- i)rophets that be 
 in the midst of you, and your diviners, 
 deceive you, neither hearken ye to 
 your dreams which ye 2 cause to be 
 
 Odi'eamed. For they prophesy falsely 
 unto you in my name : I have not sent 
 10 them, saith the Lord. For thus saith 
 the Lord, Mtev seventy years be ac- 
 comiihshed for Babylon, I wUl visit 
 you, and perform my good word to- 
 ward you, in causing you to return to 
 
 11 this place. For I know the thoughts 
 that I think toward you, saith the 
 Lord, thoughts of peace, and not of 
 evil, to give you ^hope in your latter 
 
 12 end. And ye shaU call upon me, and 
 ye shall go and pray unto me, and I 
 
 ISwUl hearken unto you. And ye shall 
 seek me, and find me, when ye shall 
 search for me with all your heart. 
 
 14 And I will be foiuid of you, saith the 
 Lord, and I wUl ■'turn again your 
 captivity, and I will gather you from 
 all the nations, and from all the places 
 whither I have driven you, saith the 
 Lord ; and I will bring you agam mito 
 the iilace whence I caused you to be 
 
 15 carried away cajitive. For ye have 
 said. The Lord hath raised us up pro- 
 
 16phets in Babylon. For thus saith the 
 Lord concerning the king that sitteth 
 upon the throne of David, and con- 
 cernmg all the people that dweU in 
 this city, your brethren that are not 
 gone forth with you into captivity; 
 
 17 thus saith the Lord of hosts : Behold, 
 I wiU send upon them the sword, the 
 famine, and the pestilence, and wiU 
 make them like vile figs, that cannot 
 
 18 be eaten, they are so bad. And I wUl 
 pursue after them with the sword, 
 with the famine, and with the pesti- 
 lence, and wiU deliver them to be 
 '^ tossed to and fro among all the king- 
 doms of the earth, to be an execration, 
 and an astonishment, and an hissing, 
 and a reproach, among all the nations 
 
 19 whither I have di-iven them : because 
 they have not hearkened to my words, 
 saith the Lord, whei-ewith I sent luito 
 them my servants the i)roi)hets, rising 
 up early and senduig them; but ye 
 
 20 would not hear, saith the Lord. Hear 
 ye therefore the word of the Loed, 
 
 2 Or, 
 
 dream 
 
 3 Heb. a 
 latter 
 end and 
 hfipe. 
 
 1 Or, 
 
 return 
 
 to 
 
 5 Or. 
 
 a terror 
 unto
 
 566 
 
 JEREMIAH. 
 
 29. 20. 
 
 1 Or, 
 utita 
 
 ?0r, 
 
 the 
 collar 
 
 3 Or, 
 
 rptitni 
 to 
 
 22 eyes 
 
 all ye of the captivity, whom I have sent 
 away from Jemsalem to Babylon. 
 21 Thus saith the Loed of hosts, the 
 God of Israel, concerning Ahab the 
 son of Kolaiah, and concerning Zed- 
 ekiah the son of Maaseiah, which 
 prophesy a lie unto you in my name : 
 Behold, I will deliver them into the 
 hand of Nebuchadi-ezzar king of Baby- 
 lon ; and he shall slay them before yom- 
 and of them shall be taken up 
 a ci;rse by all the cajitives of Judah 
 which are in Babylon, saying. The 
 Loed make thee like Zedekiah and 
 like Ahab, whom the king of Babylon 
 
 23 roasted in the fire : because they have 
 wrought folly in Israel, and have com- 
 mitted adultery with their neighbours' 
 wives, and have spoken words in my 
 name falsely, which I commanded them 
 not; and I am he that kuoweth, and 
 am witness, saith the Lobd. 
 
 24 And 1 concerning Shemaiah the Ne- 
 
 25 helamite thou shalt speak, saying. Thus 
 speaketh the Loed of hosts, the God 
 of Israel, saying, Because thou hast 
 sent letters in thine own name unto 
 all the people that are at Jerusalem, 
 and to Zephaniah the son of Maaseiah 
 the priest, and to all the priests, say- 
 
 26ing, The Loed hath made thee priest 
 in the stead of Jehoiada the priest, 
 that ye should be officers in the house of 
 the Loed, for every man that is mad, 
 and maketh himself a prophet, that 
 thou shouldest put hini in the stocks 
 
 27 and in 2 shackles. Now therefore, why 
 hast thou not rebuked Jeremiah of Ana- 
 thoth, which maketh himself a prophet 
 
 28 to you, forasmuch as he hath sent 
 unto us in Babylon, saying, The captiv- 
 ity is long : biiild ye houses, and dwell 
 in them; and plant gardens, and eat 
 
 29 the fruit of them ? And Zephaniah the 
 priest read this letter ui the ears of 
 
 30 Jeremiah the i)rophet. Then came the 
 word of the Loed unto Jeremiah, say- 
 
 31 ing, Send to all them of the captivity, 
 saying. Thus saith the Loed concern- 
 ing Shemaiah the Nehelamite : Because 
 that Shemaiah hath prophesied unto 
 you, and I sent him not, and ho hath 
 
 32 caused you to trust in a lie ; therefore 
 thus saith the Loed, Behold, I will 
 punish Shemaiah the Nehelamite, and 
 his seed; he shaU not have a man to 
 dwell among this people, neither shall 
 he behold the good that I wUl do unto 
 my peojile, saith the Loed : because 
 he hath spoken rebellion against the 
 Loed. 
 
 30 The word that came to Jeremiah 
 
 2 from the Loed, saying. Thus speaketh 
 the Loed, the God of Israel, saymg, 
 Write thee all the words that I have 
 
 3 spoken unto thee in a book. For, lo, 
 the days come, saith the Loed, that I 
 will 3 turn again the captivity of my 
 
 people Israel and Judah, saith the 
 Loed : and I wiU cause them to retm-n 
 to the land that I gave to their fathers, 
 and they shall possess it. 
 
 4 And these are the words that the 
 Loed spake concernmg Israel and 
 
 5 concerning Judah. For thus saith the 
 Loed : We have heard a voice of trem- 
 
 6 blmg, * of fear, and not of peace. Ask 
 ye now, and see whether a man doth 
 travail with child : wherefore do I see 
 eveiy man with his hands on his loins, 
 as a woman in travail, and aU faces 
 
 Tare turned into paleness? Alasl for 
 that day is great, so that none is hke 
 it: it is even the time of Jacob's 
 trouble ; but he shall be saved out of 
 
 Sit. And it shall come to pass m that 
 day, saith the Loed of hosts, that I 
 will break his yoke from off thy neck, 
 and wlU burst thy bands ; and strangers 
 shall no more serve themselves of him : 
 
 9 but they shall serve the Loed their 
 God, and David their kmg, whom I 
 
 10 will raise up unto them. Therefore 
 fear thou not, Jacob my servant, 
 saith the Loed ; neither be dismayed, 
 Israel : for, lo, I will save thee from 
 afar, and thy seed from the land of 
 their captivity ; and Jacob shall return, 
 and shall be quiet and at ease, and 
 
 11 none shall make hmi afraid. For I 
 am with thee, saith the Loed, to save 
 thee : for I wiU make a f uU end of aU 
 the nations whither I have scattered 
 thee, but I wiU not make a fuU end of 
 thee ; but I wiU correct thee with judge- 
 ment, and will in no wise ^ leave thee 
 mipunished. 
 
 12 For thus saith the Loed, Thy hurt 
 is incurable, and thy wound grievous. 
 
 13 There is none to plead 6 thy cause, 
 "' that thou mayest be bound up : thou 
 
 14 hast no healing medicines. AU thy 
 lovers have forgotten thee ; they seek 
 thee not: for I have wounded thee 
 with the w»und of an enemy, with the 
 chastisement of a cruel one; for the 
 8 greatness of thine iniquity, because 
 
 15 thy sms were increased. Why criest 
 thou 9 for thy hm-t? thy pain is in- 
 curable: for the 8 greatness of thine 
 iniquity, because thy sins were in- 
 creased, I have done these things 
 
 16 unto thee. Therefore aU they that 
 devom" thee shaU be devoured; and 
 aU thine adversaries, every one of 
 them, shaU go into captivity ; and they 
 that spoU thee shaU be a spoU, and aU 
 that prey upon thee wUl I give for a 
 
 17 prey. For I wiU restore io£ealth un- 
 to thee, and I will heal thee of thy 
 wounds, saith the Loed ; because they 
 have caUed thee an outcast, saying, It 
 is Zion, whom no man Useeketh after. 
 
 18 Thus saith the Loed: Behold, I wUl 
 8 turn again the captivity of Jacob's 
 tents, and have compassion on his 
 dwelling places ; and the city shaU be 
 
 4 Or, 
 
 there is 
 ff-a ?■, 
 and no 
 peacn 
 
 5 Or, 
 hold thee 
 yuiltless 
 
 6 Or, thy 
 cause : 
 for thy 
 wound 
 thouhast 
 no medi- 
 cines nor 
 plaister 
 
 7Heb. 
 
 for clos- 
 ing up, 
 or, press- 
 ing. 
 
 8 Or, 
 ■multi- 
 tude 
 
 9 Or, for 
 thy hurt, 
 because 
 thy pain 
 is in- 
 curable f 
 
 1" See ch. 
 viii. 22. 
 
 "Or. 
 
 C'lreth 
 
 for
 
 31. 24. 
 
 JEREMIAH. 
 
 567 
 
 lOr. 
 
 moHitd 
 
 Hell. t<-l. 
 ■i Or. Im 
 inhabit- 
 nt 
 
 ■■' Hob. 
 Iialli 
 
 snfetf/ 
 for his 
 heart. 
 
 ■1 .See 
 c!i. xxiii. 
 19, 'Ai. 
 5 Or, 
 'jiither- 
 iii'j 
 
 BOr, 
 have 
 found 
 . . . when 
 I :lo 
 
 "Or, 
 when he 
 went to 
 find hini 
 rest 
 »0r, 
 from 
 afar 
 
 ■■> Or, 
 
 have I 
 
 eon- 
 
 tinned 
 
 lovin'j- 
 
 kindness 
 
 unto 
 
 thee 
 
 10 Hel). 
 profane, 
 or, 7na?^e 
 com- 
 mon. 
 See Lev. 
 xix, '23— 
 23; Dout. 
 X-X. (>, 
 xxviii. ;'•". 
 "Or, at 
 the head 
 
 12 Or, 
 bring 
 them 
 untit 
 
 buil(k-(l upon bor own ^lioap, aiul tlio 
 palaco sliiill 2 remain after tlic manner 
 
 19 thereof. And out of them shall pro- 
 ceed thanksgiving and tho voice of 
 them that make merry: and I will 
 multiply them, and they shall not be 
 few; I will also glorify them, and they 
 
 20 shall not be small. Their children also 
 shall be as aforetime, and their con- 
 gregation shall bo established before 
 me, and I will punish all that oppress 
 
 21 them. And their prhico shall bo of 
 themselves, and their ruler shall pro- 
 ceed from the midst of them; and I 
 will cause him to draw near, and he 
 shall approach unto me : for who is he 
 that 8 hath had boldness to approach 
 
 22 unto me? saith the Lord. And ye 
 shall be my people, and I will be your 
 God. 
 
 23 ^Behold, the tempest of the Loed, 
 even his fury, is gone forth, a ^ sweep- 
 ing tempest: it shall burst upon the 
 
 24 head of the wicked. The fierce anger 
 of the Lord shall not return, until he 
 have executed, and till he have per- 
 formed the uitents of his heart : in the 
 latter days ye shall understand it. 
 
 31 At that time, saith the Lord, will I 
 be the God of all the families of Israel, 
 
 2 and they shall be my people. Thus 
 saith the Lord, The people which were 
 left of the sword c found grace in tho 
 wilderness; even Israel, 7 when I went 
 
 3 to cause him to rest. The Lord ap- 
 peared 8 of old mato me, saijinr/, Yea, 
 
 I have loved thee with an everlastmg 
 love: therefore 9 with lovingkindness 
 
 4 have I drawn thee. Again will I build 
 thee, and thou shalt be built, virgin 
 of Israel : again shalt thou be adorned 
 with thy tabrets, and shalt go forth in 
 the dances of them that make meri-y. 
 
 5 Again shalt thou plant vineyards upon 
 the mountains of Samaria: the planters 
 shall plant, and shall Wenjoy the fruit 
 
 6 thereof. For there shall be a day, 
 that the watchmen ujion the hills of 
 Ephraim shall ciy. Arise ye, and let 
 us go up to Zion unto the Lord oui- 
 
 7 God. For thus saith the Lord, Sing 
 with gladness for Jacob, and shout 
 
 II for the chief of the nations: publish 
 ye, praise ye, and say, O Lord, save 
 
 8 thy iieople, the remnant of Israel. Be- 
 hold, I will bring them from the north 
 comitry, and gather them from the 
 uttermost parts of the earth, and with 
 them the blind and the lame, the wo- 
 man with cliQd and her that travaileth 
 with child together : a great company 
 
 9 shall they return hither. They shall 
 come with weeping, and with supplica- 
 tions will I lead them: I will i-^ cause 
 them to walk by rivers of waters, in 
 a straight way wherein they shall not 
 stumble : for I am a father to Israel, 
 and Ephraim is my firstborn. 
 
 10 Hear the word of the Lord, ye 
 
 jiations, and declare it hi the isles afar 
 oil'; and say, Ho that scattered Israel 
 will gather him, and keep bim, as a 
 
 11 shepherd doth his liock. For the Lord 
 hath ransomed Jacob, and redeemed 
 him from the hand of him that was 
 
 12 stronger than ho. And they shah 
 come and sing in tho height of Zion, 
 and shall flow together unto the good- 
 ness of the Lord, to the corn, and to 
 the wine, and to tho oil, and to the 
 yomig of the flock and of the herd: 
 and their soul shall bo as a watered 
 garden ; and they shall not sorrow any 
 
 13 more at aU. Then shall the virgin re- 
 joice in the dance, and the young men 
 and the old together: for I will turn 
 their moui'ning into joy, and wiU com- 
 fort them, and make them rejoice from 
 
 14 their sorrow. And I will satiate the 
 soul of the priests with fatness, and 
 my people shall be satisfied with my 
 goodness, saith tho Lord. 
 
 15 Thus saith the Lord : A voice is heard 
 in Kamah, lamentation, and bitter 
 weeping, Eachel weeping for her child- 
 ren ; she refuseth to be comforted for 
 her childi-en, because they are not. 
 
 16 Thus saith the Lord : Eefrain thy voice 
 from weeping, and thine eyes from 
 tears : for thy work shall be rewarded, 
 saith the Lord ; and they shall come 
 
 17 again from the land of the enemy. And 
 there is hope for thy latter end, saith 
 the Lord ; and thy children shall come 
 
 18 again to their own border. I have sure- 
 ly heard Ephraim bemoanujg himself 
 thus, Thou hast chastised me, and I 
 was chastised, as a calf unaccustomed 
 to the yol-e : turn thou me, and I shall 
 be turned ; for thou art the Lord my 
 
 19 God. Sm-ely after that I was tm-ned, 
 I repented; and after that I was 
 instructed, I smote upon my thigh : I 
 was ashamed, yea, even confounded, 
 because I did bear the reproach of my 
 
 20 youth. Is Ephraim my dear son? is 
 he a pleasant child? for as often as I 
 sjieak against him, I do earnestly re- 
 member him stiU : therefore my bowels 
 13 are troubled for him; I will siu'ely 
 have mercy uppn him, saith the Lord. 
 
 21 Set thee up waymarks, make thee 
 guide-posts: set thine heart toward 
 the high way, even the way by which 
 thou wentest : turn again, virgin of 
 Israel, turn agam to these thy cities. 
 
 22 How long wilt thou go hither and 
 thither, O thou backsliding daughter? 
 for the Lord hath created a new thing 
 in the earth, A woman shall encompass 
 a man. 
 
 23 Thus saith the Lord of hosts, the 
 God of Israel : Yet again shall they use 
 this speech in the land of Judah and in 
 the cities thereof, when I shall i^ bring 
 again their captivity : The Lord bless 
 thee, habitation of justice, mountain 
 
 24 of holiness. And Judah and all the cities 
 
 13 Heb. 
 
 S0U7ld. 
 
 11 Or, 
 
 return 
 
 to
 
 568 
 
 JEREMIAH. 
 
 31. 24. 
 
 I0r,/cr- 
 
 asmuch 
 
 as thei/ 
 
 brake 
 
 my 
 
 covenant 
 
 2 Or, 
 
 lord over 
 them 
 
 3 Or, 
 stiUeth 
 the sea, 
 vihen &c. 
 See Is. li. 
 15. 
 
 thereof shall dwell therem together; 
 
 the husbandmen, and they that go 
 
 £5 about with flocks. For I have satiated 
 
 the weary soul, and every sorrowfiil 
 
 26 soul have I replenished. Upon this 
 I awaked, and beheld ; and my sleep 
 
 27 was sweet unto me. Behold, the days 
 come, saith the Loed, that I wiU sow 
 the house of Israel and the house of 
 Judah with the seed of man, and with 
 
 28 the seed of beast. And it shall come to 
 pass, that like as I have watched over 
 them to jiluck up and to break down, 
 and to overthrow and to destroy, and 
 to afflict ; so will I watch over them to 
 
 29 buUd and to plant, saith the Lord. In 
 those days they shall say no more. The 
 fathers have eaten som- grapes, and the 
 
 30cliildi-en's teeth are set on edge. But 
 eveiy one shall die for his own iniquity : 
 every man that eateth the sour grapes, 
 his teeth shall be set on edge. 
 
 31 Behold, the days come, saith the 
 Lord, that I will make a new coven- 
 ant with the house of Israel, and with 
 
 32 the house of Judah : not according to 
 the covenant that I made with their 
 fathers m the day that I took them by 
 the hand to bring them out of the laud 
 of Egypt; 1 which my covenant they 
 brake, although I was '-an husband 
 
 33 unto them, saith the Lord. But this 
 is the covenant that I will make with 
 the house of Israel after those days, 
 saith the Lord ; I wiU jjut my law in 
 then- inward parts, and in their heart 
 will I write it ; and I will be their God, 
 
 84 and they shall be my people: and 
 they shall teach no more every man 
 his neighbour, and every man his 
 brother, saying, Know the Lord : for 
 they shall all know me, from the least 
 of them unto the gi'eatest of them, 
 saith the Lord : for I will forgive then- 
 iniquity, and their sin will I remember 
 
 35 no more. Thus saith the Lord, which 
 giveth the sun for a light by day, and 
 the ordinances of the moon and of the 
 stars for a light by night, which ^stir- 
 reth ui) the sea, that the waves there- 
 of roar; the Lord of hosts is his 
 
 36 name : If these ordinances dejjart from 
 before me, saith the Lord, then the 
 seed of Israel also shall cease from 
 being a nation before me for ever. 
 
 37 Thus saith the Lord : If heaven above 
 can be measured, and the foundations 
 of the earth searched out beneath, 
 then wiU I also cast off aU the seed of 
 Israel for aU that they have done, 
 
 38 saith the Lord. Behold, the days 
 come, saith the Lord, that the city 
 shall be buQt to the Lord from the 
 tower of Hauanel unto the gate of the 
 
 39 corner. And the measuring line shall 
 yet go out straight onward mito the 
 hUl Gareb, and shall turn about unto 
 
 40Goah. And the whole valley of the 
 dead bodies, and of the ashes, and all 
 
 the fields unto the brook Kidron, mito 
 the corner of the horse gate toward 
 the east, shall be holy unto the Lord ; 
 it shall not be plucked up, nor thi-own 
 down any more for ever. 
 
 32 The word that came to Jeremiah 
 from the Lord in the tenth year of 
 Zedekiah king of Judah, which was the 
 eighteenth year of Nebuchadi'ezzar. 
 
 2 Now at that time the kuig of Babylon's 
 army besieged Jerusalem : and Jerem- 
 iah the prophet was shut up in the 
 coiu't of the guard, which was in the 
 
 3 king of Judah's house. For Zedekiah 
 king of Judah had shut hun up, say- 
 ing. Wherefore dost thou prophesy, 
 and say, Thus saith the Lord, Be- 
 hold, I wOl give this city into the hand 
 of the king of Babylon, and he shall 
 
 ■1 take it ; and Zedekiah king of Judah 
 shall not escape out of the hand of the 
 Chaldeans, but shall sm-ely be deUv- 
 ered into the hand of the king of Bab- 
 ylon, and shall speak with him mouth 
 to mouth, and his eyes shall behold 
 
 5 his eyes ; and he shall lead Zedekiah 
 to Babylon, and there shall he be until 
 I visit him, saith the Lord: though 
 ye fight with the Chaldeans, ye shall 
 not prosper '? 
 
 G And Jeremiah said. The word of the 
 
 7 Lord came rmto me, saymg, Behold, 
 Hanamel the son of ShaUum thiue uncle 
 shall come unto thee, saying. Buy thee 
 my field that is in Anathoth: for the 
 right of redemption is thiue to buy it. 
 
 8 So Hanamel mine uncle's son came to 
 me in the com't of the guard according 
 to the word of the I.ord, and said 
 unto me. Buy my field, I pray thee, 
 that is in Anathoth, which is in the 
 land of Benjamin: for the right of 
 inheritance is thine, and the redemp- 
 tion is thine ; buy it for thyself. Then 
 I knew that this was the word of the 
 
 9 Lord. And I bought the field that was 
 in Anathoth of Hanamel muie uncle's 
 sou, and weighed him the money, even 
 
 10 seventeen shekels of silver. And I 
 subscribed the deed, and sealed it, and 
 called witnesses, and weighed him the 
 
 11 money in the balances. So I took the 
 deed of the pm'chase, both that which 
 was sealed, ^accordiii(/ to the law and 
 custom, and that which was open: 
 
 12 and I delivered the deed of the pur- 
 chase unto Baruch the son of Neriah, 
 the son of Mahseiah, in the presence of 
 Hanamel mine uncle's son, and m the 
 presence of the witnesses that sub- 
 scribed the deed of the purchase, be- 
 fore aU the Jews that sat in the com't 
 
 13 of the guard. And I charged Baruch 
 li before them, sayhig. Thus saith the 
 
 Lord of hosts, the God of Israel: Take 
 these deeds, this deed of the xmrchase, 
 both that which is sealed, and this 
 deed which is open, and put them in
 
 32. 44. 
 
 JEREMIAH. 
 
 569 
 
 'Or, 
 iii nnier- 
 ful 
 
 2 Or, and 
 
 ail earthen vessel ; that tlicy may cou- 
 
 15 tinuo many days. For tlms saith the 
 Loud of hosts, the God of Israel: 
 Houses and fields and vineyards shall 
 yet again bo bought in this land. 
 
 16 Now after I had delivered the deed 
 of the purchase unto Baruch the son 
 of Neriah, I jirayed unto the Loed, 
 
 17 saying, All Lord God! behold, thou 
 hast made the heaven and the earth by 
 thy great power and by thy stretched 
 out arm; there is nothing too ^hard 
 
 18 for thee: which shewest mercy unto 
 thousands, and recompensest the in- 
 iquity of the fathers into the bosom 
 of their children after them : the great, 
 the mighty God, the Lord of hosts is 
 
 19 his name : gi-eat in comisel, and mighty 
 in work: whose eyes are open upon all 
 the ways of the sons of men ; to give 
 every one accordmg to his ways, and 
 according to the fniit of his domgs: 
 
 "20 which didst set sigiis and wonders in 
 the land of Egypt, even unto this day, 
 2 both in Israel and among other men; 
 and madest thee a name, as at this 
 
 21 day ; and tlidst bring forth thy people 
 Israel out of the land of Egypt with 
 signs, and with wonders, and with a 
 strong hand, and with a stretched out 
 
 22 ai-m, and with great teiTor; and gavest 
 them this land, which thou didst swear 
 to their fathers to give them, a land 
 
 23 flowing with milk and honey; and 
 they came in, and possessed it; but 
 they obeyed not thy voice, neither 
 walked in thy law; they have done 
 nothing of all that thou commandedst 
 them to do : therefore thou hast caused 
 
 24 all this evil to come upon them : behold 
 the mounts, they are come unto the 
 city to take it; and the city is given 
 into the hand of the Chaldeans that 
 fight against it, because of the sword, 
 and of the famine, and of the pestilence: 
 and what thou hast spoken is come to 
 
 25 pass ; and, behold, thou seest it. And 
 thou hast said unto mo, O Lord God, 
 Buy thee the field for money, and call 
 witnesses; whereas the city is given 
 into the hand of the Chaldeans. 
 
 26 Then came the word of the Lord 
 27imto Jeremiah, saying. Behold, I am 
 
 the Lord, the God of all flesh : is there 
 any thing too hard for me ? 
 
 28 Therefore thus saitli the Lord : Be- 
 hold, I will give this city into the hand 
 of the Chaldeans, and into the hand of 
 Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon, and 
 
 29 he shall take it: and the Chaldeans, 
 that fight against this city, shaU come 
 and set this city on fii-e, and burn it, 
 with the houses, upon whose roofs 
 they have offered incense unto Baal, 
 and poured out di-ink offerings unto 
 other gods, to provoke me to anger. 
 
 30 For the chUdreu of Israel and the 
 children of Judah have only done that 
 which was evil in my sight from their 
 
 youth: for the children of Israel have 
 only i>rovoked me to anger with the 
 work of their hands, saith the Lord. 
 
 31 For this city hath been to me a pro- 
 vocation of mine anger and of my fury 
 from tho day that they built it even 
 unto this day; that I should remove 
 
 32 it from before my face : because of all 
 the evil of the children of Israel and 
 of the children of Judah, which they 
 have done to provoke me to anger, 
 they, their kings, their princes, their 
 priests, and their prophets, and the 
 men of Judah, and tho inhabitants 
 
 33 of Jerusalem. And they have turned 
 unto me the back, and not the face : 
 and though I taught them, rising up 
 early and teaching them, yet they 
 have not hearkened to receive instruc- 
 
 34tion. But they set their abominations 
 in the house which is caUed by my 
 
 35 name, to defile it. And they built the 
 high ijlaces of Baal, which are in the 
 valley of the son of Hhinom, to cause 
 their sons and their daughters to pass 
 through the fire unto Molech; which 
 I conmiaiided them not, neither came 
 it into my Smind, that they should do 
 this abomination; to cause Judah to 
 sin. 
 
 36 And now therefore thus saith the Lord, 
 the God of Israel, concerning this city, 
 whereof ye say, It is given into the hand 
 of the king of Babylon by the sword, 
 and by the famine, and by the pesti- 
 
 37 lence : Behold, I will gather them out 
 of aU the countries, whither I have 
 driven them in mine anger, and in my 
 fury, and in great wrath ; and I wiU 
 bring them again unto this place, and 
 
 38 1 will cause them to dwell safely : and 
 they shall be my people, and I will l)e 
 
 39 their God: and I wiU give them one 
 heart and one way, that they may fear 
 me for ever ; for the good of them, and 
 
 40 of their children after them : and I wUl 
 make an everlasting covenant with 
 them, that I wOl not turn away *froni 
 them, to do them good ; and I wUl put 
 my fear in their hearts, that they shaU 
 
 41 not depart from me. Yea, I will re- 
 joice over them to do them good, and 
 I will plant them in this land ^ assiu-ed- 
 ly with my whole heart and with my 
 
 42 whole soul. For thus saith the Lord : 
 Like as I have brought aU this great 
 evil upon this peoi^le, so wOl I bring 
 upon them all the good that I have 
 
 43 promised them. And fields shaU be 
 bought m this land, whereof ye say. It 
 is desolate, without man or beast ; it is 
 given into the hand of the Chaldeans. 
 
 445len shall buy fields for money, and 
 subscribe the deeds, and seal them, and 
 caU witnesses, in the land of Benjamin, 
 and in the places about Jerusalem, 
 and in the cities of Judah, and in the 
 cities of the hiU couutiy, and iii the 
 cities of the lowland, and in the cities 
 
 3Heh. 
 heart. 
 
 1 Hel). 
 
 from, 
 after 
 them. 
 
 5 Heb. 171 
 truth.
 
 570 
 
 JEREMIAH. 
 
 32. 44. 
 
 iHeb. 
 fenced 
 in. 
 
 2 Or, 
 he.din(j 
 
 of the Soutli: for I will cause their 
 captivity to return, saith the Lord. 
 33 Moreover the word of the Lokd 
 came uiito Jeremiah the second time, 
 while he was yet shut up in the court 
 
 2 of the guard, saying, Thus saith the 
 Lord that doeth it, the Lord that 
 formeth it to establish it ; the Lord is 
 
 Shis name: CaU unto me, and I wiU 
 answer thee, and wiU shew thee great 
 things, and idifficult, which thou know- 
 
 4 est not. For thus saith the Lord, the 
 God of Israel, concerning the houses 
 of this city, and concerning the houses 
 of the kings of Judah, which are 
 broken down to make a defence against 
 the mounts, and against the sword: 
 
 5 They come to fight with the Chaldeans, 
 but it is to fill them with the dead 
 bodies of men, whom I have slain in 
 mine anger and in my f lu-y, and for all 
 whose wickedness I have hid my face 
 
 G from this city. Behold, I wUl bring it 
 ^health and cure, and I will cure them ; 
 and I will reveal unto them abund- 
 
 7 ance of peace and truth. And I will 
 cause the captivity of Judah and the 
 captivity of Israel to return, and will 
 
 8 build them, as at the first. And I wall 
 cleanse them from all their iniquity, 
 whereby they have sinned against me ; 
 and I wlU pardon all their iniquities, 
 whereby they have sinned against me, 
 and whereby they have transgressed 
 
 9 against me. And this city shall be to 
 me for a name of joy, for a praise and 
 for a glory, before aU the nations of 
 the earth, which shall hear aU the good 
 that I do unto them, and shall fear 
 and tremble for aU the good and for aU 
 
 10 the peace that I j)rocure unto it. Thus 
 saith the Lord : Yet again there shall 
 be heard in this place, whereof ye say. 
 It is waste, without m.an and with- 
 out beast, even in the cities of Ju- 
 dah, and in the streets of Jerusalem, 
 that are desolate, without man and 
 without inhabitant and without beast, 
 
 11 the voice of joy and the voice of glad- 
 ness, the voice of the bridegroom and 
 the voice of the bride, the voice of them 
 that say. Give thanks to the Lord of 
 hosts, for the Lord is good, for his 
 mercy endureth for ever: and of them 
 that bring sacrijices of thanksgiving 
 into the house of the Lord. For I will 
 cause the cajitivity of the land to retiu-n 
 
 VI as at the first, saith the Lord. Thus 
 saith the Lord of hosts: Yet again 
 shall there be in this place, which is 
 waste, without man and without beast, 
 and in all the cities thereof, an habita- 
 tion of shepherds causing their flocks 
 
 13 to lie down. In the cities of the hiU 
 country, in the cities of the lowland, 
 and ia the cities of the South, and in 
 the land of Benjamin, and in the places 
 about Jerusalem, and in the cities of 
 Judah, shall the flocks again pass under 
 
 the hands of him that telleth them, 
 saith the Lord. 
 
 li Behold, the days come, saith the 
 Lord, that I wUl perform that good 
 word which I have spoken concerning 
 the house of Israel and concerning the 
 
 15 house of Judah. In those days, and 
 at that time, will I cause a ^ Branch of 
 righteousness to grow up unto David ; 
 and he shall execute judgement and 
 
 IG righteousness in the land. In those 
 days shall Judah be saved, and Jem- 
 salem shall dwell safely: and this is 
 the name whereby she shall be called, 
 
 17^ The Lord is our righteousness. For 
 thus saith the Lord: ^jjavid shall 
 never want a man to sit upon the 
 
 18 throne of the house of Israel ; neither 
 shaU the in'iests the Levites want a 
 man before me to offer bm-nt offerings, 
 and to burn c oblations, and to do sacri- 
 
 19 fice continually. And the word of the 
 Lord came imto Jeremiah, saying, 
 
 20 Thus saith the Lord : If ye can break 
 my covenant of the day, and my coven- 
 ant of the night, so that there should 
 not be day and night in their season ; 
 
 •21 then may also my covenant be broken 
 with David my servant, that he should 
 not have a son to reign upon his 
 throne; and with the Levites the 
 
 '22 priests, my ministers. As the host of 
 heaven cannot bo numbered, neither 
 the sand of the sea measured ; so wUl I 
 multiply the seed of David my servant, 
 and the Levites that minister imto 
 
 23 me. And the word of the Lord came 
 
 24 to Jeremiah, saying, Considerest thou 
 not what this people have spoken, say- 
 ing, The two families which the Lord 
 did choose, he hath cast them off ? thus 
 do they despise my people, that they 
 should be no more a nation before 
 
 25 them. Thus saith the Lord: If my 
 covenant of day and night stand not, 
 if I have not appointed the ordin- 
 
 26ances of heaven and earth; then wiU 
 I also cast away the seed of Jacob, 
 and of David my servant, so that I 
 will not take of his seed to be rulers 
 over the seed of Abraham, Isaac, and 
 Jacob : for I wOl ^ cause then- cajitivity 
 to return, and wUl have mercy on them. 
 
 34 The word which came unto Jerem- 
 iah from the Lord, when Nebuchad- 
 nezzar king of Babylon, and aU his 
 army, and all the kingdoms of the 
 earth that were imder his dominion, 
 and aU the peoples, fought agauist 
 Jenisalem, and against all the cities 
 
 2 thereof, saying: Thus saith the Lord, 
 the God of Israel, Go, and speak to 
 Zedekiah kuig of Judah, and tell him, 
 Thus saith the Lord, Behold, I wUl 
 give this city into the hand of the king 
 of Babylon, and he shall bmii it with 
 
 3 fire : and thou shalt not escape out of 
 his hand, but shalt surely be taken.
 
 35. 8. 
 
 JEREMIAH. 
 
 571 
 
 iSee 
 2 dir. 
 xvi. 14, 
 x>d. lU. 
 
 2Heb. 
 bond- 
 msn. 
 
 3 Or, 
 
 hath sold 
 himself 
 
 and delivered into his hand ; and thine 
 eyes shall behold the eyes of tlie kiiif; 
 of Babylon, and ho shall speak witii 
 thee mouth to mouth, and thou slialt 
 
 4 go to Babylon. Yet hear the word of 
 the Lord, Zedekiah khig of Judah: 
 thus saitli the Lord concerning thee, 
 
 5 Thou shalt not die by the sword ; thou 
 shalt die in peace ; and with the burn- 
 ings of thy fathers, the former kings 
 which were before thee, so shall they 
 iniake a burning for thee; and they 
 shall lament thee, sailing. All lord I 
 for I have spoken the word, saith the 
 
 GLoRD. Then Jeremiah the iirophet 
 spake all these words unto Zedekiah 
 
 7 king of Judah in Jerusalem, when the 
 king of Babylon's army fought against 
 Jerusalem, and against all the cities of 
 Judah that were left, against Lachish 
 and against Azekah; for these alone 
 remained of the cities of Judah as 
 fenced cities. 
 
 8 The word that came unto Jeremiah 
 from the Lord, after that the king 
 Zedekiah had made a covenant with 
 aU the people which were at Jerusalem, 
 
 9 to proclaim liberty unto them; that 
 every man should let his manservant, 
 and every man his maidservant, being 
 an Hebrew or an Hebrewess, go free ; 
 that none should serve himself of them, 
 
 10 to v:it, of a Jew his brother : and all 
 the princes and aU the peojile obeyed, 
 which had entered into the covenant, 
 that every one should let his man- 
 servant, and every one his maidservant, 
 go free, that none should serve them- 
 selves of them any more; they obeyed, 
 
 11 and let them go : but afterwards they 
 turned, and caused the servants and 
 the handmaids, whom they had let go 
 free, to retm-n, and brought them 
 into subjection for servants and for 
 
 12 handmaids : therefore the word of the 
 Lord came to Jeremiah from the 
 
 13 Lord, saying. Thus saith the Lord, 
 the God of Israel: I made a covenant 
 with your fathers in the day that I 
 brought them forth out of the land of 
 Egypt, out of the house of -bondage, 
 
 14 saying, At the end of seven years ye 
 shall let go eveiy man his brother that 
 is an Hebrew, which ^hath been sold 
 unto thee, and hath served thee six 
 years, thou shalt let him go free from 
 thee : but yom- fathers hearkened not 
 unto me, neither inclined their ear. 
 
 15 And ye were now turned, and had done 
 that which is right in mine eyes, in 
 proclaiming liberty every man to his 
 neighbour ; and ye had made a coven- 
 ant before me in the house which is 
 
 IG called by my name: but ye turned 
 and profaned my name, and caused 
 every man his servant, and every 
 man his handmaid, whom ye had let 
 go free at their pleasure, to retm-n; 
 and ye brought them into subjection. 
 
 to be unto you for servants and for 
 
 17 handmaids. Therefore thus saith the 
 Lord: Ye have not hearkened unto 
 me, to pi-oclaim liberty, every man 
 to his brother, and every man to his 
 neighbour : behold, I proclaim unto 
 you a liberty, saith the Lord, to 
 the sword, to the pestilence, and to 
 the famine; and I wUl make you to 
 bo ^tossed to and fro among all the 
 
 18 kingdoms of the earth. And I wiU give 
 the men that have transgressed my 
 covenant, which have not performed 
 the words of the covenant which they 
 made before me, ^when they cut the 
 calf in twain and passed between the 
 
 19 parts thereof; the princes of Judah, 
 and the princes of Jerusalem, the 
 eunuchs, and the priests, and all the 
 people of the land, which passed be- 
 
 20 tween the parts of the calf ; I will even 
 give them into the hand of their ene- 
 mies, and into the hand of them that 
 seek their life : and then- dead bodies 
 shall be for meat unto the fowls of the 
 heaven, and to the beasts of the earth. 
 
 21 And Zedekiah king of Judah and his 
 princes will I give into the hand of 
 then- enemies, and into the hand of them 
 that seek then* life, and into the hand of 
 the king of Babylon's army, which are 
 
 22 gone up from you. Behold, I wiU com- 
 mand, saith the Lord, and cause them 
 to return to this city ; and they shall 
 fight agamst it, and take it, and bm-n it 
 with fu'e : and I wiU make the cities of 
 Judah a desolation, without inhabitant. 
 
 35 The word which came unto Jerem- 
 iah from the Lord in the days of Jehoi- 
 akim the sou of Josiah, king of Judah, 
 2saymg, Go unto the house of the 
 Eechabites, and speak unto them, and 
 bring them into the house of the Lord, 
 into one of the chambers, and give them 
 
 3 wuie to di'ink. Then I took Jaazaniah 
 the son of Jeremiah, the sou of Habaz- 
 zmiah, and his brethren, and aU his 
 sons, and the whole house of the Ee- 
 
 4 chabites ; and I brought them into the 
 house of the Lord, mto the chamber 
 of the sons of Hanau the sou of Igdal- 
 iah, the man of God, which was by 
 the chamber of the princes, which was 
 above the chamber of Maaseiah the 
 son of ShaUum, the keeper of the 
 
 5 " door : and I set before the sons of the 
 house of the Kechabites bowls fuU of 
 wine, and cups, and I said unto them, 
 
 G Drink ye wine. But they said, We 
 wUl ckink no wine : for Jouadab the son 
 of Eechab our father commanded us, 
 saying. Ye shall drink no wine, neither 
 
 7 ye, nor your sons, for ever: neither 
 shall ye build house, nor sow seed, nor 
 plant vineyard, nor have any : but all 
 your days ye shall dwell in tents ; that 
 ye may Uve many days in the land 
 
 8 wherein ye sojom-n. And we have 
 
 4 Or, 
 a terror 
 unto 
 
 ■' Heb. 
 the calf 
 which 
 they cut 
 &c. 
 
 e Heh. 
 
 thrtsh- 
 
 old.
 
 572 
 
 JEREMIAH. 
 
 35. 8. 
 
 obeyed the voice of Jonadab the son of 
 Eechab ova- father in all that he charged 
 us, to di-ink no wine all our days, we, 
 our wives, our sous, nor our daugh- 
 9ters; nor to build houses for us to 
 dwell in : neither have we vineyard, nor 
 
 10 field, nor seed : but we have dwelt in 
 tents, and have obeyed, and done ac- 
 cording to all that Jonadab our father 
 
 11 commanded us. But it came to pass, 
 when Nebuchadrezzar kmg of Babylon 
 came up into the land, that we said. 
 Come, and let us go to Jerusalem for 
 fear of the army of the Chaldeans, and 
 for fear of the army of the Syrians ; so 
 we dwell at Jerusalem. 
 
 12 Then came the word of the Lord 
 
 13 unto Jeremiah, saying. Thus saith 
 the LoBD of hosts, the God of Israel: 
 Go, and say to the men of Judah 
 and the inhabitants of Jerusalem, Will 
 ye not receive instmction to hearken 
 
 14 to my words? saith the Loed. The 
 words of Jonadab the son of Eechab, 
 that he commanded his sons, not to 
 drink wine, are performed, and unto 
 this day they di'ink none, for they 
 obey their father's commandment : but 
 I have spoken unto you, rising up 
 early and speaking; and ye have not 
 
 15 hearkened unto me. I have sent also 
 unto you aU my servants the pro- 
 phets, rising up early and sending 
 them, saying, Keturn ye now every 
 man from his evil way, and amend 
 your doings, and go not after other 
 gods to serve them, and ye shall dwell 
 in the land which I have given to you 
 and to your fathers : but ye have not 
 inclined your ear, nor hearkened luito 
 
 16 me. Forasmuch as the sons of Jona- 
 dab the son of Rechab have performed 
 the commandment of then- father 
 which he commanded them, but this 
 people hath not hearkened unto me; 
 
 17 therefore thus saith the Lord, the 
 God of hosts, the God of Israel: Be- 
 hold, I will bring upon Judah and 
 upon all the inliabitants of Jerusalem 
 all the evil that I have lu-onounccd 
 against them: because I have spoken 
 tmto them, but they have not heard; 
 and I have called unto them, but they 
 
 18 have not answered. And Jeremiah 
 said unto the house of the Rechabites, 
 Thus saith the Lord of hosts, the 
 God of Israel : Because ye have obeyed 
 the commandment of Jonadab youi- 
 father, and kept all his jirecepts, and 
 done according unto aU that he com- 
 
 19 manded you ; therefore thus saith the 
 Lord of hosts, the God of Israel : Jona- 
 dab the son of Eechab shall not want a 
 man to staud before me for ever. 
 
 36 And it came to pass in the fourth 
 year of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah, 
 king of Judah, that this word came 
 unto Jeremiah from the Lord, saying. 
 
 2 Take thee a roU of a book, and write 
 therein all the words that I have spoken 
 unto thee agauist Israel, and against 
 Judah, and against aU the nations, 
 from the day I spake unto thee, from 
 the days of Josiah, even unto this day. 
 
 3 It may be that the house of Judah 
 wiU hear all the evil whicJi I purpose 
 to do unto them; that they may re- 
 turn every man from his evil way; 
 that I may forgive their iniquity and 
 
 4 their sin. Then Jeremiah called Baruch 
 the son of Neriah ; and Baruch wrote 
 from the mouth of Jeremiah all the 
 words of the Lord, which he had 
 spoken unto him, upon a roU of a book. 
 
 5 And Jeremiah commanded Baruch, 
 saying, I am ishut up; I camiot go 
 
 6 into the house of the Lord : therefore 
 go thou, and read in the roU, which 
 thou hast written from my mouth, the 
 words of the Lord in the ears of the 
 people in the Lord's house upon ^the 
 fast day: and also thou shalt read 
 them in the ears of aU Judah that 
 
 7 come out of their cities. It may be 
 3 they will present their supphcation 
 before the Lord, and wLU return every 
 one from his evil way : for great is the 
 anger and the fury that the Lord hath 
 
 8 pronounced against this people. And 
 Baruch the son of Neriah did according 
 to all that Jeremiah the prophet com- 
 manded him, reading in the book the 
 words of the Lord in the Lord's house. 
 
 9 Now it came to pass in the fifth year 
 of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah, king of 
 Judah, in the ninth mouth, that all the 
 people in Jerusalem, and all the peoi)le 
 that came from the cities of Judah 
 unto Jerusalem, proclaimed a fast bo- 
 
 10 fore the Lord. Then read Baruch in 
 the book the words of Jeremiah in 
 the house of the Lord, in the chamber 
 of Gemariah the son of Shaphan the 
 scribe, in the upiier court, at the entry 
 of the new gate of the Lord's house, in 
 
 11 the ears of all the people. And when 
 Micaiah the son of Gemariah, the son 
 of Shaphan, had heard out of the book 
 
 12 all the words of the Lord, he went 
 down uito the king's house, into the 
 scribe's chamber : and, lo, all thei^rinces 
 sat there, even Ehshama the scribe, 
 and Delaiah the son of Shemaiah, and 
 Ehiathan the son of Achbor, and Ge- 
 mariah the son of Shaphan, and Zed- 
 ekiah the son of Hananiah, and all the 
 
 13 princes. Then Micaiah declared unto 
 them all the words that he had heard, 
 when Baruch read the book in the 
 
 14 ears of the people. Therefore all the 
 princes sent Jehudi the son of Nethan- 
 iah, the son of Shelemiah, the son of 
 Cu.shi, unto Baruch, saying. Take in 
 thine hand the roll wherein thou hast 
 read in the ears of the people, and 
 come. So Baruch the son of Neriah 
 took the roll in his hand, and came
 
 37. U. 
 
 JEREMIAH. 
 
 573 
 
 'Or, 
 
 columns 
 
 2 Or, 
 ffte son 
 of ffatn- 
 melech 
 
 15 unto them. Aiid they said unto him, 
 Sit down now, and read it in our ears. 
 
 16 So Baruch read it in their ears. Now 
 it came to pass, when thoy had heard 
 all the words, they turned in fear one 
 toward another, and said unto Baruch, 
 We win surely tell the king of all these 
 
 17 words. And they asked Baruch, say- 
 ing. Tell us now. How didst thou write 
 
 18 all these words at his mouth ? Then 
 Baruch answered them. He pronounced 
 all these words unto me with his mouth, 
 and I wrote them with ink in the book. 
 
 19 Then said the princes unto Baruch, 
 Go, hide thee, thou and Jeremiah ; and 
 
 20 let no man know where ye be. And 
 they went in to the king into the 
 court ; but they had laid up the roll in 
 the chamber of Elishama the scribe; 
 and they told all the words in the ears 
 
 21 of the king. So the king sent Jehudi 
 to fetch the roU: and he took it oiit ot 
 the chamber of Elishama the scribe. 
 And Jehudi read it in the ears of the 
 king, and in the ears of all the i)rinces 
 
 22 which stood beside the king. Now the 
 king sat in the winter house in the 
 ninth month: and there icas a fire in 
 
 23 the brasier biu-niug befoi-e him. And 
 it came to pass, when Jehudi had read 
 three or four ^leaves, that the king cut 
 it with the penknife, and cast it into 
 the fire that was in the brasier, untU 
 all the roU was consumed in the fire 
 
 24 that was in the brasier. And they 
 were not afraid, nor rent their gar- 
 ments, neither the king, nor any of his 
 servants that heard all these words. 
 
 25 Moreover Ehiathan and Delaiah and, 
 Gemariah had made intercession to the 
 king that he would not burn the roll : 
 
 26 but he would not hear them. And the 
 king commanded Jerahmeel 2 the king's 
 son, and Seraiah the son of Azriel, and 
 Shelemiah the son of Abdeel, to take 
 Baruch the scribe and Jeremiah the 
 prophet: but the Lord hid them. 
 
 27 Then the word of the Loed came to 
 Jeremiah, after that the king had 
 burned the roll, and the words which 
 Baruchwi'oteatthemouth of Jeremiah, 
 
 28 saying. Take thee agaifi another roll, 
 and wi-ite in it aU the former words 
 that were in the first roll, which 
 Jehoiakun the king of Judah hath 
 
 29 burned. And concerning Jehoiakim 
 king of Judah thou shalt say. Thus 
 saith the Lord: Thou hast burned 
 this roU, saying. Why hast thou written 
 therein, saying, The kuig of Babylon 
 shall certainly come and destroy this 
 land, and shall cause to cease from 
 
 30 thence man and beast ? Therefore thus 
 saith the Lord concernmg Jehoiakim 
 king of Judah : He shaU have none to 
 sit upon the throne of David : and his 
 dead body shall be cast out in the day 
 to the heat, and in the night to the 
 
 31 frost. And I will punish him and his 
 
 seed and his servants for their iniquity ; 
 and I wiU bring upon them, and upon 
 the iidiabitants of Jerusalem, and up- 
 on the men of Judah, aU tlie evil that 
 I have pronounced against them, but 
 32 they hearkened not. Then took Je- 
 remiah another roU, and gave it to 
 Baruch the scribe, the son of Neriah ; 
 who wrote therein froni the mouth of 
 Jeremiah aU the words of the book 
 which Jehoiakim king of Judah had 
 burned in the fire : and there were added 
 besides unto them many like words. 
 
 37 And Zedekiah the son of Josiah 
 reigned as king, instead of ^ Coniah the 
 son of Jehoiakim, whom Ncbuchach-ez- 
 zar king of Babylon made king m the 
 
 2 land of Judah. But neither he, nor 
 his servants, nor the people of the 
 land, did hearken unto the words of 
 the Lord, which ho spake by the 
 prophet Jeremiah. 
 
 3 And Zedekiah the king sent Jehucal 
 the son of Shelemiah, and Zephaniah 
 the son of Maaseiah the priest, to the 
 prophet Jeremiah, saying. Pray now 
 
 4mito the Lord oiu* God for us. Now 
 Jeremiah came in and went out among 
 the people : for they had not put him 
 
 5 into prison. And Pharaoh's army was 
 come forth- out of Egypt : and when 
 the Chaldeans that besieged Jerusalem 
 heard tiduigs of them, they brake up 
 
 6 from Jerusalem. Then came the word 
 of the Lord unto the prophet Jeremiah, 
 
 7 saying, Thus saith the Lord, the God 
 of Israel: Thus shall ye say to the 
 king of Judah, that sent you mito me 
 to inquire of me; Behold, Pharaoh's 
 army, which is come forth to help you, 
 shall return to Egypt into their own 
 
 8 land. And the Chaldeans shall come 
 again, and fight against this city ; and 
 they shall take it, and burn it with fire. 
 
 9 Thus saith the Lord: Deceive not 
 *y ourselves, saying.The Chaldeans shall 
 surely depart from us : for they shall 
 
 10 not depart. For though ye had smitten 
 the whole army of the Chaldeans that 
 fight against you, and there remained 
 but ^womided men among them, yet 
 should they rise up every man in his 
 tent, and bui-n this city with fii'e. 
 
 11 And it came to pass that when the 
 army of the Chaldeans w&s broken up 
 from Jerusalem for fear of Pharaoh's 
 
 12 army, then Jeremiah went forth out of 
 Jerusalem to go into the laud of Ben- 
 jamin, to receive his portion 6 there, in 
 
 13 the midst of the people. And when he 
 was in the gate of Benjamin, a captaia 
 of the ward was there, whose name 
 was Irijah, the son of Shelemiah, the 
 son of Hauaniah ; and he laid hold on 
 Jeremiah the prophet, saying. Thou 
 
 14faUest away to the Chaldeans. Then 
 said Jeremiah, It is false; I fall not 
 away to the Chaldeans ; but he heark- 
 
 3 See eh. 
 xxii. 24. 
 
 4Heb. 
 
 I/our 
 souls. 
 
 SHeb. 
 thrust 
 throutrh. 
 
 6 Heb. 
 
 from 
 
 thence.
 
 574 
 
 JEREMIAH. 
 
 37. 14. 
 
 'Or, 
 
 house of 
 the pit 
 
 2 Heb. 
 fall. 
 
 3 Or, 7)!t 
 
 ■1 Or, the 
 son of 
 nam- 
 melecJt 
 
 ened not to him : so Irijah laid hold on 
 Jeremiah, and brought him to the 
 
 15 princes. And the princes were wi-oth 
 with Jeremiah, and smoto him, and 
 I'lut him in prison in the house of 
 Jonathan the scribe; for they had 
 
 IG made that the prison. When Jeremiah 
 was come into the i dungeon house, 
 and into the cells, and Jeremiah had 
 
 17 remained there many days; then Zed- 
 ekiali the king sent, and fetched him: 
 and the king asked him secretly in his 
 house, and said, Is there any word 
 from the Lord ? And Jeremiah said, 
 There is. He said also. Thou shalt be 
 delivered into the hand of the king 
 
 18 of Babylon. Moreover Jeremiah said 
 unto king Zedekiah, Wherein have I 
 sinned against thee, or against thy 
 servants, or agamst this people, that ye 
 
 19 have put me in prison ? Wliere now are 
 your prophets which prophesied imto 
 you, saying. The king of Babylon shall 
 not come against you, nor agauist this 
 
 20 land? And now hear, I jiray thee, 
 my lord the king : let my suppUcation, 
 I pray thee, 2 be accepted before thee; 
 that thou cause me not to return to 
 the house of Jonathan the scribe, lest 
 
 211 die there. Then Zedekiah the king 
 commanded, and they committed Je- 
 remiah into the court of the guard, 
 and they gave him daily a loaf of 
 bread out of the bakers' street, until 
 aU the bread in the city was spent. 
 Thu-S Jeremiah remamed in the court 
 of the guard. 
 
 38 And Sheiihatiah the son of Mattan, 
 and Gedahah the son of Pashhur, and 
 Jucal the son of Shelemiah, and Pash- 
 hur the son of Malchiah, heard the 
 words that Jeremiah spake mito all 
 
 2 the people, saying. Thus saith the 
 Lord, He that abideth in this city 
 shall die by the sword, by the famuie, 
 and by the pestUence : but he that 
 goeth forth to the Chaldeans shaU 
 live, and his life shall be unto him for 
 
 3 a prey, and he shall Uve. Thus saith 
 the Lord, This city shall surely be 
 given into the hand of the army of the 
 king of Babylon, and he shall take it. 
 
 4 Then the i:)rmces said unto the king, 
 Let this man, we pray thee, bo put to 
 death; forasmuch as he weakeneth 
 the hands of the men of war that re- 
 main in this city, and the hands of all 
 the people, in speaking such words 
 unto them: for this man seeketh not 
 the welfare of this peojjle, but the 
 
 5 hurt. And Zedekiah the king said. 
 Behold, he is in your hand: for the 
 kmg is not he that can do any thing 
 
 6 against you. Then took they Jerem- 
 iah, and cast him into the ^dungeon 
 of Malchiah ^the king's son, that was 
 in the court of the guard: and they 
 let down Jeremiah with cords. And 
 in the dungeon there was no water. 
 
 but mire: and Jeremiah sank in the 
 
 7mu-e. Now when Ebed-melech the 
 
 Ethiopian, an eunuch, which was in 
 
 the king's house, heard that they had 
 
 put Jeremiah in the dungeon; the 
 
 king then sitting in the gate of Ben- 
 
 Sjamin; Ebed-melech went forth out 
 
 of the king's house, and spake to the 
 
 9 king, saying. My lord the king, these 
 
 men have done e\il in all that they have 
 
 done to Jeremiah the prophet, whom 
 
 they have cast into the dungeon; and 
 
 5 he is like to die in the place where 
 
 he is because of the f amme : for there 
 
 10 is no more M-ead in the city. Then 
 the king conunanded Ebed-melech the 
 Ethiopian, saying. Take from hence 
 thirty men with thee, and take up 
 Jeremiah the prophet out of the dun- 
 
 llgeon, before he die. So Ebed-melech 
 took the men with him, and went into 
 the house of the king under the trea- 
 suiy, and took thence old cast clouts 
 and old rotten rags, and let them down 
 by cords into the dungeon to Jei-emiah. 
 
 12 And Ebed-melech the Ethiopian said 
 unto Jeremiah, Put now these old cast 
 clouts and rotten rags under thine 
 armholes under the cords. And Jerem- 
 
 loiah did so. So they di-ew up Jeremiah 
 M'ith the cords, and took him up out of 
 the dungeon : and Jeremiah remained 
 in the court of the guard. 
 
 14 Then Zedekiah the king sent, and 
 took Jeremiah the prophet unto him 
 into the third entiy that is in the 
 house of the Lord : and the king said 
 unto Jeremiah, I wiU ask thee a thing ; 
 
 15 hide nothing from me. Then Jeremiah 
 Slid unto Zedekiah, If I declare it unto 
 thee, wilt thou not surely put me to 
 death? and if I give thee counsel, thou 
 
 16 wilt not hearken unto me. So Zedekiah 
 the king sware secretly unto Jeremiah, 
 saying. As the Lord liveth, that made 
 us this soul, I will not put thee to death, 
 neither will I give thee mto the hand 
 
 17 of these men that seek thy hfe. Then 
 said Jeremiah unto Zedekiah, Thus 
 saith the Lord, the God of hosts, the 
 God of Israel: If thou wilt go forth 
 unto the kmg of Babylon's princes, 
 then thy soul shall live, and this city 
 shall not be burned with fire; and 
 
 18 thou shalt live, and thine house: but 
 if thou wUt not go forth to the king of 
 Babylon's iwinces, then shall this city 
 be given into the hand of the Chal- 
 deans, and they shall burn it with fire, 
 and thou shalt not escape out of their 
 
 19 hand. And Zedekiah the kmg said 
 unto Jeremiah, I am afraid of the 
 Jews that are fallen away to the Chal- 
 deans, lost they deliver me into their 
 
 20 hand, and they mock me. But Jerem- 
 iah said. They shall not deliver thee. 
 Obey, I beseech thee, the Aoice of the 
 Lord, in that which I speak unto thee : 
 so it shall be well witli thee, and thy
 
 40. 4. 
 
 JEREMIAH. 
 
 575 
 
 1 Hel), 
 Ti'te men 
 of thy 
 peace. 
 3 Or, 
 
 deceived 
 thee 
 
 I Heb. 
 thoxi 
 fhalt 
 burn &c. 
 
 4 Heb. 
 eattaed 
 to Ml. 
 
 SOr, 
 repoyted 
 
 ^' See cb. 
 lii. 4, ic, 
 2 Kings 
 
 XXV. 
 
 1— 12. 
 
 ' Titles of 
 officers. 
 
 ! Heb. 
 
 Judge- 
 mentis 
 with 
 him. 
 See cb. 
 xii. ]. 
 
 21 soul shall live. But if thou refuse to 
 go forth, this is tlie word that the 
 
 '2'2LoED liath shewed me: Behold, all 
 the women that arc left in the king of 
 Judah's house shall be brought forth 
 to the king of Babylon's princes, and 
 those women shall say, i Thy familiar 
 friends have 2 set thee on, and have 
 jirevailed over thee: noio that thy feet 
 are sunk in the mire, they are turned 
 
 23 away back. And they shall bring out 
 all thy wives and thy cliildren to the 
 Chaldeans: and thou sh alt not escape 
 out of their hand, but shalt be taken 
 by the hand of the king of Babylon : 
 and 8 thou shalt cause this city to be 
 
 24 burned with fire. Then said Zedekiah 
 unto Jeremiah, Let no man know of 
 these words, and thou shalt not die. 
 
 25 But if the princes hear that I have 
 talked with thee, and they come unto 
 thee, and say unto thee, Declare unto 
 lis now what thou hast said unto the 
 king; hide it not from us, and wc will 
 not put thee to death : also what the 
 
 26 king said unto thee: then thou shalt 
 say unto them, I ^presented my sup- 
 plication before the king, that he 
 would not cause me to return to 
 
 27 Jonathan's house, to die there. Then 
 came all the iirinces unto Jeremiah, 
 and asked him : and he told them ac- 
 cording to all these words that the 
 king had commanded. So they left 
 off speaking with him ; for the matter 
 
 28 was not '^perceived. So Jeremiah a- 
 bode in the court of the guard until 
 the day that Jerusalem was taken. 
 
 And it came to pass when Jeru- 
 
 39salem was taken, f' (in the nmth year of 
 
 Zedekiah king of Judah, in the tenth 
 
 month, came Nebuchadi-ezzar kmg 
 
 of Babylon and all his army against 
 
 2 Jerusalem, and besieged it; in the 
 eleventh year of Zedekiah, in the fourth 
 month, the ninth day of the month, 
 
 3a breach was made in the city:) that 
 all the princes of the king of Babylon 
 came in, and sat in the middle gate, 
 even Nergal-sharezer, Samgar-nebo, 
 Sarsechim, 'Eab-saris, Nergal-shar- 
 ezer, ^Eab-mag, with all the rest of 
 the princes of the king of Babylon. 
 
 4 And it came to pass that when Zedek- 
 iah the king of Judah and all the 
 men of war saw them, then they fled, 
 and went forth out of the city by 
 night, by the way of the king's garden, 
 by the gate betwixt the two walls: and 
 he went out the way of the Arabali. 
 
 5 But the army of the Chaldeans pursued 
 after them, and overtook Zedekiah in 
 the plains of Jericho : and when they 
 had taken him, they brought him u}) 
 to Nebuchadi-ezzar kmg of Babylon to 
 Eiblah in the land of Hamath, and he 
 
 6 8 gave judgement upon him. Then the 
 king of Babylon slew the sons of Zed- 
 ekiah in Eiblah before his eyes: also 
 
 the king of ]5abylon slew all the nobles 
 
 7 of Judah. Moreover he put out Zedek- 
 iah's eyes, and bound him in fetters, 
 
 8 to cany him to Babylon. And the 
 Chaldeans burned the king's house, 
 and the houses of the people, with tire, 
 and brake dow^l the walls of Jeiii- 
 
 9 salem. Then Nebuzaradan the ^capt- 
 nhi of the guard curried away captive 
 into Babylon the residue of the people 
 that remained in the city, the de- 
 serters also, that fell away to him, 
 and the residue of the people that re- 
 
 lOmained. But Nebuzaradan the capt- 
 ain of the guard left of the poor of 
 the people, which had nothing, in the 
 land of Judah, and gave them vine- 
 yards and fields at the same time. 
 
 11 Now Nebuchadi-ezzar kuig of Babylon 
 gave charge concerning Jeremiah to 
 Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard, 
 
 12saymg, Take him, and look well to 
 him, and do him no harm; but do 
 unto him even as he shall say unto 
 
 13 thee. So Nebuzaradan the captain of 
 the guard sent, and Nebushazban, 
 Eab-saris, and Nergal-sharezer, Eab- 
 mag, and all the chief officers of the 
 
 14 king of Babylon ; they sent, and took 
 Jeremiah out of the court of the guard, 
 and committed him unto Gedaliah the 
 son of Ahikam, the son of Shaphan, 
 that he should carry him home: so 
 he dwelt among the peojile. 
 
 15 Now the word of the Loud came unto 
 Jeremiah, while he was shut up in the 
 
 16 court of the guard, saying, Go, and speak 
 to Ebed-melech theEthioijian, saying. 
 Thus saith the Lord of hosts, the God of 
 Israel : Behold, I will bring my words 
 upon this city for evil, and not for good ; 
 and they lo shall be accomplished before 
 
 17 thee in that day. But I will deUver thee 
 in that day, saith the Lord : and thou 
 shalt not be given into the hand of the 
 
 18 men of whom thou art afraid. For I will 
 surely save thee, and thou shalt not fall 
 by the sword, but thy life shall be for 
 a prey unto thee: because thou hast 
 put thy trust in me, saith the Lord. 
 
 40 The word which came to Jeremiah 
 from the Lord, after that Nebuzar- 
 adan the captain of the guard had let 
 him go from Eamah, when he had 
 taken him bemg bound in chains a- 
 mong all the captives of Jerusalem 
 and Judah, which were carried away 
 
 2 captive imto Babylon. And the capt- 
 ain of the guard took Jeremiah, and 
 said iinto him. The Lord thy God pro- 
 
 3 nounced this e^dl upon this place : and 
 the Lord hath brought it, and done 
 according as he spake; because ye 
 have sinned against the Lord, and 
 have not obeyed his voice, therefore 
 
 4 this thing is come upon you. And 
 now, behold, I loose thee this day from 
 the chains which are upon thine hand. 
 
 6 See 
 Gen. 
 XXXV ii. 
 
 10 Or, 
 shall 
 be before 
 thee
 
 576 
 
 JEREMIAH. 
 
 40. 4. 
 
 'Or, 
 right 
 
 2 Or, an 
 
 aUow- 
 ance 
 
 3 See 
 2 Kir.its 
 XXV. 23, 
 
 24. 
 
 * Or, even 
 
 If it seem good uuto thee to come with 
 me into Babylon, come, and I will look 
 well iinto thee ; tiut if it seem iU uuto 
 thee to come with me into Babylon, 
 forbear: behold, all the land is before 
 thee ; whither it seemeth good and 
 1 convenient unto thee to go, thither 
 
 5 go. Now while he was not yet gone 
 back. Go back then, said he, to Ge- 
 daliah the son of Ahikam, the son of 
 Shaphan, whom the king of Babylon 
 hath made governor over the cities of 
 Judah, and dwell with him among the 
 people : or go wheresoever it seemeth 
 1 convenient unto thee to go. So the 
 cai^tain of the guard gave him ^ victuals 
 
 6 and a present, and let him go. Then 
 went Jeremiah unto Gedaliah the son 
 of Ahikam to Mizpah, and dwelt vnth 
 him among the people that were left 
 in the land. 
 
 7 ■'Now when all the captains of the 
 forces which wei^e in the fields, even 
 they and their men, heard that the 
 king of Babylon had made Gedaliah 
 the son of Aliikam governor in the 
 land, and had committed unto him 
 men, and women, and chOdi'en, * and of 
 the i)oorest of the land, of them that 
 were not carried away captive to 
 
 8 Babylon ; then they came to Gedaliah 
 to Mizpah, even Ishmael the son of 
 Nethauiah, and Johanan and Jona- 
 than the sons of Kareah, and Seraiah 
 the son of Tanhumeth, and the sons of 
 Ephai the Netoiihathite, and Jezaniah 
 tJie son of the Maacathite, they and 
 
 9 their men. Aiid Gedaliah the son of 
 Ahikam the son of Shaphan sware unto 
 them and to their men, sayuig. Fear 
 not to serve the Chaldeans: dwell in 
 the land, and serve the king of Baby- 
 
 10 Ion, and it shall be well vrith you. As 
 for me, behold, I will dwell at Mizpah, 
 to stand before the Chaldeans, which 
 shall come unto us: but ye, gather 
 ye wine and summer fruits and oil, 
 and put them in your vessels, and 
 dwell in your cities that ye have taken. 
 
 11 Likewise when all the Jews that were 
 in Moab, and among the childr-en of 
 Ammon, and in Edom, and that were 
 in all the comitries, heard that the 
 king of Babylon had left a remnant of 
 Judah, and that he had set over them 
 GedaUah the son of Ahikam, the son 
 
 12 of Shaphan ; then aU the Jews re- 
 turned out of all places whither they 
 were driven, and came to the land of 
 Judah, to GedaUah, unto Mizpah, and 
 gatliered wine and summer fruits very 
 much. 
 
 13 Moreover Johanan the son of Kareah, 
 and all the captains of the forces that 
 were in the fields, came to Gedaliah to 
 
 14 Mizpah, and said unto him. Dost thou 
 know that Baalis the king of the child- 
 ren of Ammon hath sent Ishmael the 
 son of Nethaniah to take thy life ? But 
 
 Gedaliah the son of Ahikam beheved 
 
 15 them not. Then Johanan the son of 
 Kareah spake to GedaUah in Mizpah 
 secretly, saying. Let me go, I pray 
 thee, and I wiU slay Ishmael the son of 
 Nethaniah, and no man shall Icnow it : 
 wherefore should he take thy Uf e, that 
 aU the Jews which are gathered unto 
 thee should be scattered, and the rem- 
 
 16 nant of Judah perish ? But GedaUah 
 the son of Ahikam said unto Johanan 
 the son of Kareah, Thou shalt not do 
 this thing : for thou speakest falsely of 
 Ishmael. 
 
 41 ^ Now it came to pass in the seventh 
 month, that Ishmael the son of Ne- 
 thaniah, the son of EUshama, of- the 
 seed royal, and one of the chief officers 
 of the king, and ten men with him, 
 came unto Gedaliah the sou of Ahikam 
 to Mizpah; and there they did eat 
 
 2 bread together in Mizpah. Then arose 
 Ishmael the son of Nethaniah, aud the 
 ten men that were with him, and smote 
 Gedaliah the sou of Ahikam the son of 
 Shaphan with the sword, and slew him, 
 whom the king of Babylon had made 
 
 3 governor over the laud. Ishmael also 
 slew aU the Jews that were with him, 
 even with GedaUah, at Mizpah, and the 
 Chaldeans that were found there, even 
 
 4 the men of war. And it came to pass 
 the second day after he had slain Ge- 
 
 5 daliah, and uo man knew it, that there 
 came certain from Shechem, from Shi- 
 loh, aud from Samaria, even fourscore 
 men, haviug theh- beards shaven and 
 their clothes rent, and haviug cut them- 
 selves, with Ooblations and f rankmceuse 
 in their hand, to bring them to the house 
 
 G of the Lord. Aud Ishmael the son of 
 Nethauiah went forth from Mizpah to 
 meet them, weeping all along as he 
 went : aud it came to pass, as he met 
 them, he said unto them. Come to Ge- 
 
 7 daliah the son of Ahikam. And it was 
 so, when they came into the midst 
 of the city, that Ishmael the son of 
 Nethauiah slew them, and cast them 
 into the midst of the pit, he, and the 
 
 8 men that were with him. But ten men 
 were found among them that said uuto 
 Ishmael, Slay us not : for we have 
 stores hidden in the field, of wheat, 
 aud of barley, aud of oil, and of honey. 
 So he f orbare, aud slew them not among 
 
 9 their brethi-en. Now the i>it wherein 
 Ishmael cast aU the dead bodies of the 
 men whom he had slam, by the side 
 of Gedaliah, (the same was that which 
 Asa the king had made for fear of 
 Baasha king of Israel,) Ishmael the 
 son of Nethaniah fiUed it with them 
 
 10 that were slain. Then Ishmael carried 
 away captive aU the residue of the peo- 
 ple that were in Mizpah, even the king's 
 daughters, and all the people that re- 
 mained in Mizpah, whom Nebuzaradan 
 the captain of the guard had committed
 
 42. 20. 
 
 JEREMIAH. 
 
 577 
 
 1 Or, the 
 lodginf7 
 place of 
 Chim- 
 hani 
 
 2 In ch. 
 xliii. 2, 
 Azariayt. 
 
 3 Heb. 
 fall. 
 
 *0r, 
 against 
 
 to Gedaliah the son of Abikam: Ish- 
 macl tlio son of Nethaniab carried 
 them away captive, and doi)arted to go 
 over to the children of Amnion. 
 
 11 But when Jolianau the son of Ka- 
 reali, and all the captains of the forces 
 that were with him, heard of all the 
 evil that Ishmael the son of Nethaniah 
 
 12 had done, then they took all the men, 
 and went to fight with Ishmael the son 
 of Nethaniah, and found him by the 
 
 13 great waters th it are in Gibeon. Now 
 it came to pass that when all the 
 people which were with Ishmael saw 
 Johanan the son of Kareah, and all 
 the captains of the forces that were 
 
 14 with him, then they were glad. So all 
 the people that Ishmael had carried 
 away captive from Mizpah cast about 
 and returned, and went unto Johanan 
 
 15 the son of Kareah. But Ishmael the 
 son of Nethaniah escaped from Jo- 
 hanan with eight men, and went to 
 
 16 the children of Amnion. Then took 
 Johanan the son of Kareah, and all the 
 captains of the forces that were with 
 him, all the remnant of the people 
 whom he had recovered from Ishmael 
 the son of Nethaniah, from Mizi)ah, 
 after that be had slain Gedaliah the 
 son of Aiiikam, even the men of war, 
 and the women, and the children, and 
 the eunuchs, whom he had brought 
 
 17 again from Gibeon: and they de- 
 jjarted, and dwelt in ^Genith Chim- 
 ham, which is by Betb-lehem, to go to 
 
 18 enter uito Egypt, because of the Chal- 
 deans: for they were afraid of them, 
 because Ishmael the son of Nethaniab 
 had slain Gedaliah the son of Ahikam, 
 whom the kuig of Babylon made gov- 
 ernor over the land . 
 
 42 Then all the captains of the forces, 
 and Johanan the son of Kareah, and 
 2Jezaniab the son of Hoshaiah, and 
 aU the people from the least even 
 
 2 unto the greatest, came near, and said 
 unto Jeremiah the prophet, Let, we 
 pray thee, our suppUcation ^be ac- 
 cepted before thee, and pray for us 
 unto the Lord thy God, even for all 
 this remnant ; for we are left but a 
 few of many, as thine eyes do behold 
 
 3 us : that the Lord thy God may shew 
 us the way wherein we should walk, 
 and the thing that we should do. 
 
 4 Then Jeremiah the prophet said unto 
 them, I have heard you ; behold, I will 
 pray unto the Lord your God accord- 
 ing to your words; and it shall come 
 to pass that whatsoever thing the 
 Lord shaU answer you, I wUl declare 
 it unto you ; I will keep nothing back 
 
 5 from you. Then they said to Jeremiah, 
 The Lord be a true and faithful wit- 
 ness * amongst us, if we do not even 
 according to all the word wherewith 
 the Lord thy God shall send thee to 
 
 6 us. Whether it be good, or whether 
 
 it be evU, we wiU obey the voice of 
 i.he IjORD our God, to whom we send 
 thee ; that it niny be well with us, 
 when we obey the voice of the Loud 
 our God. 
 
 7 And it came to pass after ten days, 
 that the word of the Lord came unto 
 
 8 Jeremiah. Then called he Johanan 
 the son of Kareah, and all the cai)tains 
 of the forces which were with him, and 
 all the jieople from the least even to 
 
 9 the greatest, and said unto them. Thus 
 saith the Lord, the God of Israel, 
 unto whom ye sent me to ^ present 
 
 10 your supplication before him: If ye 
 wiU stiO abide in this land, then wUl 
 I buUd you, and not puU you down, 
 and I will plant you, and not pluck you 
 up : for I repent me of the evil that I 
 
 11 have done mito you. Be not afraid of 
 the king of Babylon, of whom ye are 
 afraid; be not afraid of him, saith the 
 Lord : for I am with you to save you, 
 
 12 and to deliver you from bis baud. And 
 I wUl grant you mercy, that he may 
 have mercy upon you, and cause you 
 
 13 to return to your own land. But if ye 
 say, We will not dwell in this land ; so 
 that ye obey not the voice of the Lord 
 
 14 youi' God ; saying, No ; but we will go 
 into the laud of Egypt, where we shall 
 see no war, nor hear the sound of the 
 trumpet, nor have hunger of bread; 
 
 15 and there will we dwell : now therefore 
 hear ye the word of the Lord, rem- 
 nant of Judah : thus saith the Lord of 
 hosts, the God of Israel, If ye whoUy 
 set your faces to enter into Egypt, 
 
 16 and go to sojourn there ; then it shall 
 come to pass, that the sword, which 
 ye fear, shall overtake you there tu 
 the land of Egypt, and the famine, 
 whereof ye are afraid, *> shall foUow 
 hard after you there in Egyjit; and 
 
 17 there ye shall die. So shall it be with 
 aU the men that set theu' faces to go 
 into Egypt to sojourn there ; they shall 
 die by the sword, by the famine, and 
 by the pestUence: and none of them 
 shall remain or escape from the evil 
 
 18 that I wUl bring upon them. For thus 
 saith the Lord of hosts, the God of 
 Israel; As mine anger and my fm-y 
 hath been poured forth upon the ia- 
 habitants of Jerusalem, so shall my 
 fury be pom-ed forth upon you, when 
 ye shall enter into Egypt : and ye shall 
 be an execration, and an astonishment, 
 and a curse, and a reproach ; and ye 
 
 19 shall see this place no more. The 
 Lord hath spoken concerning you, 
 remnant of Judah, Go ye not into E- 
 gypt : know certainly that I have testi- 
 
 20 lied mito you this day. For ye have 
 dealt deceitfully '' against yom* own 
 souls; for ye sent me unto the Lord 
 yoiu- God, saying. Pray for us unto the 
 Lord our God ; and according unto aU 
 that the Lord our God shall say, so 
 
 6 Or, /«// 
 
 6 Hell. 
 
 shrill 
 
 clrui'e 
 
 o/fir 
 
 you. 
 
 "Or, 
 ill iiottr 
 .totUx 
 
 19
 
 578 
 
 JEREMIAH. 
 
 42. 20. 
 
 1 Or, 
 
 lay iht'vi 
 with 
 nuyrfar 
 in thii 
 pave- 
 ment for 
 Aquarc'^ 
 
 tfliller- 
 iii'j 
 
 ■21 declare unto us, and we will do it : and 
 
 I have this day declared it to you ; hut 
 ye have not oheyed the voice of the 
 Lord your God in any thing for the 
 
 •22 which he hath sent nie unto you. Now 
 therefore know certainly that ye shall 
 die by the sword, by the famine, and 
 by the pestilence, in the place whither 
 ye desire to go to sojourn there. 
 
 43 And it came to pass that when 
 Jeremiah had made an end of speak- 
 ing iinto all the people all the words of 
 the Lord their God, wherewith the 
 Lord their God had sent him to them, 
 2 even all these words, then spake Azar- 
 iah the son of Hoshaiah, and Johanan 
 the son of Kareah, and all the proud 
 men, sayuig mito Jeremiali, Thou 
 speakest falsely: the Lord our God 
 hath not sent thee to say, Ye shall not 
 3 go into Egypt to sojourn there: hut 
 Baruch the son of Neriah setteth thee 
 on against us, for to deliver us into 
 the hand of the Chaldeans, that they 
 may put us to death, and carry us away 
 
 4 captives to Babylon. So Johanan the 
 son of Kareah, and all the captauis of 
 the forces, and all the people, obeyed 
 not the voice of the Lord, to dwell in 
 
 5 the land of Judah. But Johanan the 
 son of Kareah, and all the captains of 
 the forces, took all the renuiant of Ju- 
 dah, that were retiu-ned from all the 
 nations whither they had been driven 
 
 G to sojourn in the laud of Judah ; the 
 men, and the women, and the chilih-en, 
 and the king' s daughters, and every per- 
 son that Nebuzaradan the captain of 
 the guard had left with Gedaliah the 
 son of Ahikam, the son of Shaphan, 
 and Jeremiah the prophet, and Baruch 
 7 the son of Neriah ; and they came into 
 the land of Egypt ; for they obeyed not 
 the voice of the Lord : and they came 
 Seven to Tahpanhes. Then came the 
 word of the Lord unto Jeremiah in 
 9 Tahpanhes, saying. Take great stones 
 in thine hand, and ihide them m 
 mortar in the brickwork, which is 
 at the entry of Pharaoh's house in 
 Tahpanhes, in the sight of the men of 
 10 Judah; and say unto them. Thus saith 
 the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel: 
 Behold, I win send and take Nebu- 
 chadrezzar the king of Babylon, my 
 servant, and will set his throne upon 
 these stones that I have hid ; and he 
 shall spread his 2 royal pavilion over 
 
 II them. And he shall come, and shall 
 smite the land of Egypt; such as are 
 for death shall he given to death, and 
 such as are for captivity to captivity, 
 and such as are for the sword to the 
 
 12 sword. And I will kindle a fire in the 
 houses of the gods of Egyiit ; and he 
 shall burn them, and carry them away 
 captives: and he shall an-ay himself 
 with the land of Egypt, as a shepherd 
 putteth on his garment ; and he shall 
 
 13 go forth from thence in peace. He 
 shall also break the 3 pillars of ^Beth- 
 shemesh, that is in the land of Egypt ; 
 and the houses of the gods of Egyi)t 
 shall he burn with fire. 
 
 44 The word that came to Jeremiah 
 concerning aU the Jews which dwelt 
 in the land of Egypt, which dwelt at 
 Migdol, and at Tahpanhes, and at 
 Noph, and in the comitry of Pathros, 
 
 2 saying. Thus saith the Lord of hosts, 
 the God of Israel : Ye have seen aU the 
 evU that I have brought upon Jerusa- 
 lem, and upon aU the cities of Judah ; 
 and, behold, this day they are a desol- 
 ation, and no man dwelleth therein; 
 
 3 because of then- wickedness which 
 they have committed to provoke me 
 to anger, in that they went to bum 
 incense, and to servo other gods, 
 whom they knew not, neither they, 
 
 4 nor ye, nor your fathers. Howbeit I 
 sent unto you all my servants the 
 prophets, rising up early and sending 
 them, saying. Oh, do not this abomin- 
 
 5 able thing that I hate. But they 
 hearkened not, nor inclined then- ear 
 to turn from their wickedness, to burn 
 
 Gno incense unto other gods. Where- 
 fore my fury and mine anger was 
 poured 'forth, and was kindled in the 
 cities of Judah and in the streets of 
 Jerusalem ; and they are wasted and 
 
 7 desolate, as it is this day. Therefore 
 now thus saith the Lord, the God of 
 hosts, the God of Israel: Wherefore 
 commit ye tins great evU against your 
 own souls, to cut off from you man and 
 woman, infant and suckhng, out of 
 the midst of Judah, to leave you none 
 
 8 remaining ; in that ye provoke me un- 
 to anger with the works of your hands, 
 bm-nuig incense unto other gods in the 
 land of Egypt, whither ye be gone to 
 sojourn ; that ye may be cut off, and 
 that ye may be a curse and a reproach 
 among all the nations of the earth? 
 
 9 Have ye forgotten the wickedness of 
 your fathers, and the wickedness of the 
 kmgs of Judah, and the wickedness of 
 then- wives, and your own wickedness, 
 and the wickedness of youi- wives, 
 which thev committed in the land of 
 Judah, and in the streets of Jerusa- 
 
 lOlem ? They are not humbled even un- 
 to this day, neither have they feared, 
 nor walked in my law, nor in my 
 statutes, that I set before you and 
 
 11 before your fathers. Therefore thus 
 saith the Lord of hosts, the God of 
 Israel: Behold, I will set my face 
 against you for evil, even to cut off aU 
 
 12 Judah. And I will take the remnant 
 of Judah, that have set their faces to 
 go into the land of Egypt to sojourn 
 there, and they shall all be consumed ; 
 in the land of Egypt shaU they faU ; 
 they shall be consumed by the sword 
 
 :iOr, 
 obelisks 
 i Or, The 
 house of 
 the sun 
 Proba- 
 bly, Me- 
 liopoUs 
 or On.
 
 46. 1. 
 
 JEREMIAH. 
 
 579 
 
 1 HpI). 
 
 Uft lijt 
 
 th''ir 
 
 soul. 
 
 !Heb. 
 
 l/read. 
 
 3 0i-, 
 
 P&UV' 
 
 tray 
 
 and by tlio famine ; they shall die, from 
 the k-as^t oven unto the greatest, by 
 the sword and by the famine : and they 
 shall be nn execiation, awrfan astonisli- 
 ment, and a curse, and a reiiroach. 
 
 13 For I will ] unish them that ilwell in 
 the land of E^rypt, as I have iniuished 
 Jerusalem, by the sword, by the famine, 
 
 14 and by the pestilence : so that none of 
 the remnant of Judah, which are gone 
 into the land of Egypt to sojourn there, 
 shall escape or remain, that they should 
 return into the land of Judr.h, to the 
 which they i have a desire to return to 
 dwell there : for none shall retxu'u save 
 such as shall escape. 
 
 15 Then all the men which knew that 
 their wives burned incense unto other 
 gods, and all the women that stood by, 
 a great assembly, even all the people 
 that dwelt in tlie land of Egypt, in 
 Pathros, answered Jeremiah, saying, 
 
 IG As for the word that thou hast spoken 
 mito us in the name of the Loed, we 
 
 17 will not hearken unto thee. But we 
 will certaiidy perform every word that 
 is gone forth out of our mouth, to burn 
 incense unto the queen of heaven, and 
 to pour out drink offerings imto her, 
 as we have done, we and our fathers, 
 our kings and our princes, m the cities 
 of Judaii, and in the streets of Jerusa- 
 lem: for then had we i^Ienty of 2 vict- 
 uals, and were well, and saw no evil. 
 
 18 But since we left off to burn incense 
 to the queen of heaven, and to pom- 
 out di-ink offerings unto her, we have 
 wanted all things, and have been con- 
 sumed by the sword and by the ftimine. 
 
 19 And when we burned incense to the 
 queen of heaven, and poiu-ed out 
 di'ink oilerings unto her, did we make 
 her cakes to 3 worship her, and pour 
 cut drink offerings unto her, with- 
 
 •20 out our husbands? Then Jeremiah 
 said rmto aU the people, to the 
 men, and to the women, even to 
 aU the people which had given him 
 
 21 that answer, saying. The incense 
 that ye burned in the cities of Ju- 
 dah, and in the streets of Jerusalem, 
 ye and your fathers, your kings and 
 your princes, and the peoide of the 
 land, did not the Lord remember 
 them, and came it not into his mind ? 
 
 22 so that the Lord could no longer 
 bear, because of the evil of your do- 
 ings, and because of the abominations 
 which ye have committed; therefore 
 is your land become a desolation, and 
 an astonishment, and a curse, with- 
 out inhabitant, as it is this day. 
 
 23 Because ye have burned incense, and 
 because ye have sinned against the 
 Lord, and have not obeyed the voice 
 of the Lord, nor walked in his law, 
 nor in his statutes, nor in his testimo- 
 nies; therefore this evil is happened 
 unto you, as it is this day. 
 
 24 Moreover Jeremiah said unto all tlio 
 l)eopIe, and to all tlwi women, Hear the 
 word of the Lojiu, all Judah that are 
 
 25 in the land of Eg;\'pt: thus saitli the 
 Lord of hosts, the (jod of Israel, say ing : 
 Ye and your wives have Ijoth spoken 
 with your mouths, and with your hands 
 have fulfilled it, sayhig, We will surely 
 perfoiin our vows tliatwehave vowed, 
 to burn incense to tlie queen of heaven, 
 and to pom- out drink offerings unto 
 her: establish then your vows, and 
 
 26 perform your vows. Therefore hear ye 
 the word of the Lord, all Judah that 
 dwell in the land of Egypt: Behold, I 
 have sworn by my greatname, saith the 
 Lord, that my name shall no more be 
 named in the mouth of any man of Ju- 
 dah in all the land of Egy)>t, saying. As 
 
 27 the Lord God livcth. Behold,! watch 
 over them for evil, and not for good: 
 and all the men of Judali that are in 
 the land of Egypt shall be consumed 
 by the sword and by the famine, rrntU 
 
 28 there be an end of them. And they 
 tliat escape the sword shaU retm-n out 
 of the land of Egypt into the land of 
 Judah, few in number ; and aU the 
 remnant of Judah, that are gone into 
 the land of Egypt to sojourn there, 
 shall know whose word shfU stand, 
 
 29mme, or theirs. And this shaU be the 
 sign unto you, saith the Lord, that I 
 will punish you in this place, that ye 
 may know that my words shall surely 
 
 30 stand against you for evil : thus saitli 
 the Lord: Behold, I wHl give Phai-aoh 
 Hophi-a king of Egyi^t into the hand of 
 his enemies, and into the hand of them 
 that seek his life ; as I gave Zedekiah 
 king of Judali uito the hand of Nebu- 
 chach-ezzar king of Babylon, his enemy, 
 and that sought his life. 
 
 45 The word that Jeremiah the prophet 
 spake unto Baruch the son of Neriah, 
 when he wrote these words in a book 
 at the mouth of Jeremiah, in the fourth 
 year of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah, 
 
 2 king of Judah, saying. Thus saith the 
 Lord, the God of Israel, ^imto thee, O 
 
 3 Baruch: Thou didst say. Woe is me 
 now ! for the Lord hath added sorrow 
 to my pain; ^I am weary with my 
 
 4 groaning, and I find no rest. Thus 
 shalt thou say unto him, Thus saith 
 the Lord : Behold, that which I have 
 built will I break down, and that 
 which I have planted I wiU pluck 
 
 5 up; and this in the whole land. And 
 seekest thou great things for thyself? 
 seek them not : for, behold, I will bring 
 evil upon aU flesh, saith the Lord: 
 but thy life will I give unto thee for 
 a prey in all places whither thou 
 goest. 
 
 46 The word of the Lord which came to 
 Jeremiah the prophet concerning the 
 nations. 
 
 * Or, con- 
 cemivij 
 
 sSeePs. 
 vi. fi 
 
 19-
 
 580 
 
 JEREMIAH. 
 
 46. 2. 
 
 'Or. 
 Wholi 
 tliit like 
 the Nile 
 that 
 rUeth 
 up, like 
 therivers 
 whose 
 waters 
 toss 
 tliem- 
 selves ; 
 Fnypt is 
 like the 
 Nile that 
 riseth up 
 ic. 
 
 2 Or. ac- 
 cording 
 to some 
 ancient 
 author- 
 ities, >F*3/ 
 is thy 
 strong 
 one 
 swept 
 away t 
 he stood 
 not ic. 
 
 3 Or, 
 thrust 
 them 
 iloum 
 
 2 Of Epypt: concerning the army of 
 Pharaoli-neco king of Egypt, which 
 ■was by the river Euphrates in Car- 
 chemish, wliich Nebucliachrezzar king 
 of Babylon smote in the fourtli year of 
 Jehoiakim the son of Josiah, king of 
 Judah. 
 
 3 Order ye the buckler and shield, and 
 
 4 draw near to battle. Harness the 
 horses, and get up, ye horsemen, and 
 stand forth with your helmets ; furbish 
 the spears, put on the coats of maU. 
 
 5 Wherefore have I seen it? they are 
 dismayed and are turned backward; 
 and their mighty ones are beaten 
 down, and are fled apace, and look not 
 back: terror is on every side, saith 
 
 6 the Lord. Let not the swift flee away, 
 nor the mighty man escape; in the 
 north by the river Euphrates have 
 
 7 they stumbled and fallen. ^Who is 
 this that riseth up like the NUe, whose 
 waters toss themselves like the rivers? 
 
 8 Egypt riseth up like the Nile, and his 
 waters toss themselves like the rivers : 
 and he saith, I will rise up, I will cover 
 the earth ; I will destroy the city and 
 
 9 the inhabitants thereof. Go up, ye 
 horses; andrage,ycchariots; andletthe 
 mighty men go forth : Cush and Put, 
 that handle the shield ; and the Ludun, 
 
 10 that handle and bend the bow. For 
 that day is a day of the Lord, the 
 Lord of hosts, a day of vengeance, that 
 he may avenge him of his adversaries : 
 and the sword shall devour and be 
 satiate, and shall drink its fill of their 
 blood: for the Lord, the Lord of hosts, 
 hath a sacrifice in the north comitry 
 
 11 by the river Euphrates. Go uj) into 
 GUead, and take balm, O vii-giu daugh- 
 ter of Egypt: in vain dost thou use 
 many medicines; there is no healing 
 
 12 for thee. The nations have heard of 
 thy shame, and the earth is full of 
 thy cry : for the mighty man hath 
 stumbled against the mighty, they are 
 fallen both of them together. 
 
 13 The word that the Lord spake to 
 Jeremiah the prophet, how that Ne- 
 buchadrezzar king of Babylon should 
 come and smite the land of Egypt. 
 
 14 Declare ye in Egypt, and publish 
 in Migdol, and publish in Noj)h and 
 in Tahpanhes: say ye. Stand forth, 
 and prepare thee ; for the sword hath 
 
 15 devoured round about thee. 2\yijy 
 are thy strong ones swept away ? they 
 stood not, because the Lord did ^ di'ive 
 
 16 them. He made many to stumble, 
 yea, they fell one upon another: and 
 they said, Ai'ise, and let us go again 
 to our own people, and to the land 
 of our nativity, from the oppressing 
 
 17 sword. They cried there, Pharaoh 
 king of Egyiit is but a noise ; he hath 
 
 islet the appointed time jmss by. As I 
 hve, saith the King, whose name is 
 the Lord of hosts, surely like Tabor 
 
 among the mountains, and Uke Car- 
 19mel by the sea, so shall he come. ^0 
 thou daughter that dwellest in Egyjit, 
 5 furnish thyself to go into captivity: 
 for Noph shaU become a desolation, 
 and shall be burnt up, without inhabit- 
 20 ant. Egj^it is a veiy fair heifer; hut 
 "destruction out of the north is come, 
 21 ''it is come. Also her hired men in 
 the midst of her are like calves of the 
 stall; for they also are turned back, 
 they are fled away together, they did 
 not stand : for the day of their calam- 
 ity is come upon them, the time of 
 
 22 their visitation. 8 The somid thereof 
 shall go like the serpent ; for they 
 shall march with an army, and come 
 against her with axes, as hewers of 
 
 23 wood. They shall cut down her forest, 
 saith the Lord, 9 though it cannot be 
 searched; because they are more than 
 
 24 the locusts, and are innumerable. The 
 daughter of Egypt shall be put to 
 shame ; she shall be delivered into the 
 
 2,5 hand of the people of the north. The 
 Lord of hosts, the God of Israel, 
 saith : Behold, I will punish Amon of 
 No, and Pharaoh, and Egyjit, with her 
 gods, and her kings ; even Pharaoh, and 
 
 26 them that trust in him : and I will de- 
 liver them into the hand of those that 
 seek their lives, and into the hand of 
 Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon, and 
 into the hand of his servants: and 
 afterwards it shall be inhabited, as in 
 
 27 the days of old, saith the Lord. WBut 
 fear not thou, Jacob my servant, 
 neither be dismayed, Israel: for, lo, 
 
 I wiU save thee from afar, and thy 
 seed from the land of their captivity ; 
 and Jacob shall return, and shall be 
 quiet and at ease, and none shall make 
 
 28 him afraid. Fear not thou, Jacob 
 my servant, saith the Lord ; for I am 
 with thee : for I will make a full end 
 of aU the nations whither I have 
 driven thee, but I will not make a fuU 
 end of thee; but I will correct thee 
 with judgement, and wiU ia no wise 
 
 II leave thee unpunished. 
 
 47 The word of the Lord that came to 
 Jeremiah the prophet concerning the 
 Phflistiaes, before that Pharaoh smote 
 Gaza. 
 
 2 Thus saith the Lord : Behold, waters 
 rise up out of the north, and shall 
 become an overflowing stream, and 
 shall overflow the land and all that is 
 therein, the city and them that dwell 
 therein : and the men shall ciy, and all 
 the inhabitants of the land shall howl. 
 
 3 At the noise of the stampmg of the hoofs 
 of his strong ones, at the rushing of his 
 chariots, at the rumbUng of his wheels, 
 the fathers look not back to their chUd- 
 
 4ren for feebleness of hands; because 
 of the day that cometh to spoil aU the 
 Philistines, to cut off from Tyro and
 
 48. 35. 
 
 JEREMIAH. 
 
 681 
 
 'Or, 
 sea coast 
 
 ■' Heb. it. 
 
 s Or, the 
 high fort 
 
 1 Or, dis- 
 maytid 
 
 5 See Is. 
 XV. 5. 
 
 » See cli. 
 xvii. B. 
 
 'See 
 
 Josh.xiii. 
 9, 17. 21. 
 » Or, /or 
 she must 
 j: and 
 her cities 
 ic. 
 
 8 Or, de- 
 ceitfully 
 
 10 Heb. 
 tilt 
 
 (a vessel). 
 
 11 Or, 
 Jars 
 
 1- Or, her 
 cities are 
 (jrme up 
 in smoke 
 
 Zidon every helper that remaiiieth: 
 for the Lord will spoil the I'liilistines, 
 the remnant of the lisle of Caphtor. 
 
 ■5 Baltbiess is eome upon Gaza ; Ashke- 
 lon is brought to nought, the rcnmaut 
 of their valley : how long wilt thou cut 
 
 G thyself ? thou sword of the Lokd, 
 how long will it be ere thou be quiet? 
 put up thyself into thy scabbard ; rest, 
 
 7 and be still. How canst thou be quiet, 
 seeing the Lord hath given -thee a 
 charge? against Ashkelon, and against 
 the sea shore, there hath be appointed 
 it. 
 
 48 Of Moab. Thus saith the Lord of 
 hosts, the God of Israel: Woe unto 
 Nebol for it is laid waste; Kiriathaini 
 is put to shame, it is taken: ^Misgab 
 is jiut to shame and * broken down. 
 
 2 The praise of Moab is no more; in 
 Heshbon they have devised evil agamst 
 her, Come, and let us cut her off from 
 being a nation. Thou also, O Mad- 
 men, shalt be brought to silence ; the 
 
 ?, sword shall i^ursue thee. The sound 
 of a cry from Horonaim, siioiling and 
 
 4 great destruction ! Moab is destroyed ; 
 her Uttle ones have caused a ciy to be 
 
 5 heard. oFor by the ascent of Luhith 
 with continual weeping shall they go 
 up ; for in the going down of Horonaiin 
 they have heard the distress of the cry 
 
 6 of destruction. Flee, save your lives, 
 and be like 6 the heath in the wilder- 
 
 7 ness. For, because thou hast trusted 
 in thy works and in thy treasures, 
 thou also shalt be taken: and Che- 
 mosh shall go forth into captivity, his 
 
 8 priests and his princes together. And 
 the spoiler shall come upon every city, 
 and no city shall escape; the valley 
 also shall perish, and 'the j^lain shall 
 be destroyed ; as the Lord hath spoken. 
 
 9 Give wings unto Moab, 8 that she may 
 fly and get her away: and her cities 
 shall become a desolation, without any 
 
 10 to dwell therein. Cursed be he that 
 doeth the work of the Lord "negli- 
 gently, and cursed be he that keepeth 
 
 11 back his sword from blood. Moab 
 hath been at ease from his youth, 
 and he hath settled on his lees, and 
 hath not been emptied from vessel to 
 vessel, neither hath he gone into capt- 
 ivity: therefore his taste remaineth 
 in him, and his scent is not changed. 
 
 12 Therefore, behold, the days come, 
 saith the Lord, that I will send unto 
 him them that lOpour off, and they 
 shall 10 pour him off; and they shall 
 empty his vessels, and break their 
 
 13 11 bottles in pieces. And Moab shall be 
 ashamed of Chemosh, as the house of 
 Israel was ashamed of Beth-el their 
 
 14 confidence. How say ye. We are 
 mighty men, and valiant men for the 
 
 15 war ? Moab is laid waste, and 12 they are 
 gone up into her cities, and his chosen 
 
 young men are gone down to the 
 
 slaughter, saith the King, whose name 
 
 IG is the Lord of hosts. The calamity of 
 
 Moab is near to come, and his afllic- 
 
 17 tion hasteth fast. All ye that are round 
 about him, bemoan bun, and all ye 
 that know his name ; say. How is the 
 strong i^taff broken, the Iwautif ul rod ! 
 
 18 thou daughter that I'dwellest hi 
 Dibon, come down from thy glory, and 
 sit in thirst; for the spoiler of Moab 
 is come up against thee, he hath 
 
 19 destroyed thy strong holds. O i^ in- 
 habitant of Ai'oer, stand by the way, 
 and espy: ask him that fleeth, and 
 her that escapeth; say, What hath 
 
 20 been done ? Moab is put to shame ; 
 for it is * broken down: howl and cry; 
 tell ye it in Anion, that Moab is laid 
 
 21 waste. And judgement is come ujjon 
 I'' the plain counti-y ; upon Holon, and 
 upon Jahzah, and upon Mephaath; 
 
 22 and upon Dibon, and upon Nebo, and 
 
 23 upon Beth-diblathaun ; and upon Kiri- 
 athaim, and upon Beth-gamul, and up- 
 
 24 on Beth-meon ; and upon Kerioth, and 
 upon Bozrah, and upon all the cities 
 
 25 of the land of Moab, far or near. The 
 horn of Moab is cut off, and his arm 
 
 26 is broken, saith the Lord. Make ye 
 him di-unken; for he magnified him- 
 self against the Lord : and Moab shall 
 wallow in his vomit, and he also shall 
 
 27 be in derision. For was not Israel 
 a derision unto thee? was he found 
 among thieves? for as often as thou 
 speakest of him, thou waggest the 
 
 28 head. ye inhabitants of Moab, leave 
 the cities, and dwell in the rock ; and 
 be like the dove that niaketh her nest 
 
 29 m the sides of the hole's mouth, i' We 
 have heard of the jn-ide of Moab, fliat 
 he is very proud; his loftiness, and 
 his pride, and his arrogancy, and 
 
 30 the haughtiness of his heart. I know 
 his wrath, saith the Lord, that it is 
 nought; his boastings have wrought 
 
 31 nothing, is Therefore wOl I howl for 
 Moab ; yea, I will cry out for all Moab : 
 for the men of Kir-heres shall they 
 
 32 mourn. With more than the weepuig 
 of Jazer wUl I weep for thee, i^O vhie 
 of Sibmah : thy branches i)assed over 
 the sea, they reached even to the sea 
 of Jazer: upon thy summer fruits 
 and ui)on thy vintage the spoiler is 
 
 33 fallen. 20 And gladness and joy is 
 taken away, from the fruitful field and 
 from the land of Moab; and I have 
 caused wine to cease from the wine- 
 presses: none shall tread with shout- 
 ing; the shouting shall be no shont- 
 
 34 ing. ^1 From the cry of He.shbou even 
 unto Elealeh, even unto Jahaz have 
 they uttered then- voice, from Zoar 
 even unto Horonaim, 2- to Eglath- 
 shelishiyah : for the waters of Nimrim 
 
 35 also shall become 23 desolate. More- 
 over I wiU cause to cease in Moab, 
 
 13 Or, 
 sceptre 
 a Or, aH 
 
 seated 
 
 15 Heb. 
 
 inhabit' 
 
 rt'ss 
 
 wSec 
 ver. 8. 
 
 I'See Is., 
 xvi. t>. 
 
 18 See Is. 
 XV. 5, 
 xvL 7, 11. 
 
 19 See Is. 
 xvi. », i». 
 
 20 See Is. 
 i xvi. 1(1. 
 
 21 See Is. 
 XV. 4, &C. 
 
 22 Or, 
 as an 
 heifer of 
 three 
 yean 
 old 
 
 a Heb. 
 ilesola- 
 timis.
 
 582 
 
 JEREMIAH. 
 
 48. 35. 
 
 lOr, 
 Jtowl ye ! 
 
 2 Or, 
 
 The cities 
 are 
 taken 
 
 3 See 
 Is. xxiv. 
 17, 18. 
 
 lOr, 
 
 Meelng 
 
 becaiute 
 
 of the 
 
 force 
 
 they 
 
 stand 
 
 under 
 
 5 Or, but 
 
 See 
 Num. 
 xxL 28.2S1. 
 
 <iOr, 
 
 return 
 
 to 
 
 'Or, 
 their 
 king 
 
 8 Or, 
 inherit 
 
 « See ell. 
 XXX. 18. 
 
 siith the Lord, him that offereth in 
 tlie liigh i)lace, iiiid liim that burn- 
 36eth incense to his gods. Therefore 
 mine heart soundeth for Moab like 
 pipes, and mine heart soundeth like 
 l>ipes for the men of Kir-heres : there- 
 fore the abundance that he hath got- 
 
 37 ten is iierished. For every head is 
 bald, and eveiy beard clipped: upon 
 all the hands are cuttings, and upon 
 
 38 the loins sackcloth. On all the house- 
 tops of Moab and in the streets there- 
 of there is lamentation eveiy where: 
 for I have broken Moab like a vessel 
 wherein is no pleasure, saith the Loed. 
 
 39 How is it broken down! ^how do 
 they howl I how hath Moab turned 
 the back with shame ! so shall Moab 
 become a derision and a dismaying to 
 
 40 all that are i-ound about him. For 
 thus saith the Lord : Behold, he shall 
 fly as an eagle, and shall spread out 
 
 41 his wings against Moab. ^Kerioth 
 is taken, and the strong holds are sur- 
 prised, and the heart of the mighty 
 men of Moab at that day shall be as 
 the heart of a woman in her pangs. 
 
 42 And Moab shall be destroyed from 
 being a people, because he hath inagui- 
 
 43 tied himself against the Lord. SFear, 
 and the pit, and the snare, are ujion 
 thee, inhabitant of Moab, saith the 
 
 44 Lord. He that fleoth from the fear 
 shall fall into the pit; and he that 
 getteth up out of the pit shall be taken 
 in the snare : for I will bring upon her, 
 even upon Mo.ab, the year of their 
 
 45 visitation, saith the Lord. ^They 
 that fled stand without strength under 
 the shadow of Heshbon: ^for a fire is 
 gone forth out of Heshbon, and a flame 
 from the midst of Sihon, and hath 
 devoured the corner of Moab, and the 
 crown of the head of the tumultuous 
 
 46 ones. Woe unto thee, O Moab! the 
 people of Chemosh is undone : for thy 
 sons are taken away captive, and thy 
 
 47 daughters into captivity. Yet wiU I 
 "bring again the captivity of Moab 
 in the latter days, saith the Lord. 
 Thus far is the judgement of Moab. 
 
 49 Of the children of Amnion. Thus saith 
 the Lord: Hath Israel no sons? hath 
 he no heir? why then doth ^Malcam 
 f jjossess Gad, and his people dwell in 
 
 2 the cities thereof ? Therefore, behold, 
 the days come, saith the Lord, that I 
 will cause an alarm of war to he heard 
 against Eabbah of the children of 
 Amnion ; and it shall become a desol- 
 ate 9 heap, and her daughters shaU be 
 bui-ned with fire: then shall Israel 
 ^possess them that did 8 possess him, 
 
 3 saith the Lord. Howl, Heshbon, 
 for Ai is spoiled ; cry, ye daughters of 
 Eabbah, gird you with sackcloth: la- 
 ment, and run to and fro among the 
 fences ; for ^Malcam shall go into 
 
 captivity, his priests and his iirhices 
 4 together. 1° Wherefore gloriest thou in 
 the valleys, thy flowing valley, back- 
 sliding daughter? that trusted in her 
 treasures, saying, Who shall come un- 
 5 to me? Behold, I will bring a fear 
 upon thee, saith the Lord, the Lord 
 of hosts, from all that are round about 
 thee ; and ye shall be driven out every 
 man right forth, and there shall be 
 none to gather up him that wandereth. 
 
 6 But afterward I will bring again the 
 captivity of the children of Ammon, 
 saith the Lord. 
 
 7 Of Edom. Thus saith the Lord of 
 hosts : Is wisdom no more in Teman ? 
 is counsel perished from the prudent? 
 
 Sis their wisdom vanished? Flee ye, 
 turn bick, dwell deep, O inhabitants 
 of Dedan ; for I will bring the calamity 
 of Esiu upon him, the time that I 
 9 shall visit him. If grapegatherers 
 came to thee, n would they not leave 
 some gleaning grapes? if thieves by 
 night, would they not destroy tiU they 
 
 10 had enough? But I have made Esau 
 bare, I have uncovered his secret 
 places, and he shall not be able to 
 hide liimself: his seed is spoiled, 
 and his brethren, and his neighbours. 
 
 Hand he is not. Leave thy fatherless 
 children, I will preserve them aUve; 
 
 12 and let thy widows trust in me. For 
 thus saith the Lord : Behold, they 
 I'^to whom it pertained not to drink 
 of the cup shall assuredly drink ; and 
 art thou he that shall altogether go 
 unpunished? thou shalt not go un- 
 punished, but thou shalt surely drink. 
 
 13 For I have sworn by myself, saith the 
 Lord, that Bozrah shaU become an 
 astonishment, a reproach, a waste, and 
 a curse; and all the cities thereof 
 
 14 shall be perpetual wastes. i^I have 
 heard tidmgs from the Lord, and an 
 ambassador is sent among the nations, 
 saying, Gather yourselves together, 
 and come against her, and rise up to 
 
 15 the battle. For, behold, I have made 
 thee small among the nations, and de- 
 
 16 spised among men. As for thy terrible- 
 ness, the pride of thine heart hath de- 
 ceived thee, O thou that dwellest in 
 the clefts of i*the rock, that boldest 
 the height of the hill : though thou 
 shouldest make thy nest as high as 
 the eagle, I will bring thee down from 
 
 17 thence, saith the Lord. And Edom 
 shall become an astonishment: every 
 one that passeth by it shall be aston- 
 ished, and shall hiss at all the plagues 
 
 18 thereof. As in the overthrow of Sodom 
 and Gomorrah and the neighbour cities 
 thereof, saith the Lord, no man shall 
 dwell there, neither shall any son of 
 
 19 man sojourn therein. Behold, he shall 
 come up like a lion from the is pride of 
 Jordan i" against the strong habitation :
 
 50.9. 
 
 JEREMIAH. 
 
 58.3 
 
 1 Or, far 
 
 IwiU 
 
 suddenly 
 
 drive 
 
 them 
 
 awati 
 
 2 Or, the 
 Utile 
 ones 
 
 of the 
 
 Jtock 
 
 shall 
 
 draff 
 
 them 
 
 away 
 
 3 Or, 
 pastures 
 
 4 Or, 
 
 aston- 
 inlied at 
 than 
 
 sor, 
 care 
 
 ibut I will suddenly iiuiko liim ran 
 away from her; and whoso is chosen, 
 liini will I ap])oint over her: for who 
 is like me ? and who will appoint mo a 
 thne? and who is the sheiiherd that 
 
 20 will stand before me ? Therefore hear 
 ye the connsel of the Lokd, that he 
 iiath taken against Edom; and his 
 ])urposes, that he hath purposed a- 
 gainst the inhabitants of Teman : Sm-e- 
 ly '■'tliey shall drag them away, even 
 the little ones of the flock ; surely he 
 shall make their '•habitation *desol- 
 
 '21 ate with them. The earth trembleth 
 at the noise of their fall; there is a 
 cry, the noise whereof is heard in the 
 
 2'21{ed Sea. Behold, he shall come up 
 and fly as the eagle, and spread out 
 his wyigs against Bozrah: and the 
 heart of the mighty men of Edom at 
 that day shall be as the heart of a 
 ■woman in her pangs. 
 
 23 Of Damascus. Hamath is ashamed, 
 and Arpad; for they have heard evil 
 tidings, they are melted away: there 
 is ^sorrow on the sea; it cannot be 
 
 24 quiet. Damascus is waxed feeble, she 
 tui-neth herself to flee, and trembling 
 hath seized on her: anguish and sor- 
 rows have taken hold of her, as of a 
 
 25 woman in travail. How is the city of 
 praise not forsaken, the city of my joy ? 
 
 26 Therefore her young men shall fall in 
 her streets, and all the men of war shall 
 be brought to silence in that day, saith 
 
 27 the Lord of hosts. And I will kindle 
 a fire in the wall of Damascus, and it 
 shall devour the palaces of Ben-hadad. 
 
 28 Of Kedar, and of the kingdoms of 
 Hazor, which Nebuchadrezzar king of 
 Babylon smote. 
 
 Thus saith the Lord: Arise ye, go 
 up to Kedar, and spoil the children 
 
 29 of the east. Their tents and then- 
 flocks shall they take ; they shall carry 
 away for themselves their curtaius, 
 and all their vessels, and their camels : 
 and they shall cry unto them, Terror 
 
 30 on every side. Mee ye, wander far 
 off, dwell deep, O ye inhabitants of 
 Hazor, saith the Lord ; for Nebuchad- 
 rezzar king of Babylon hath taken 
 coimsel against you, and hath con- 
 
 Slceived a purpose against you. Arise, 
 get you up unto a nation that is at 
 ease, that dwelleth without care, saith 
 the Lord ; which have neither gates 
 
 32 nor bars, which dwell alone. And their 
 camels shall be a booty, and the mult- 
 itude of their cattle a spoil: and I 
 will scatter unto all winds them that 
 have the corners of their hair polled; 
 and I will bring their calamity from 
 every side of them, saith the Lord. 
 
 33 And Hazor shall be a dwelUng place of 
 jackals, a desolation for ever: no man 
 shall dwell there, neither shall any 
 son of man sojourn therein. 
 
 ?A The word of the Lord that came to 
 Jeremiah the ])roiih(!t concerning Elam 
 in the beginning of i\w, i-eign of Zedek- 
 
 H.'iiiih king of Judah, saying, Thus saith 
 the Lord of hosts : ]5ehold, I will 
 break the l)()w of Elam, the chief of 
 
 3G their might. And upon Elam will I 
 bring the four winds from the four 
 quarters of heaven, and will .scatter 
 them toward all those winds; and 
 there shall be no nation whither "the 
 
 37 outcasts of Elam shall not come. And 
 I will cause Elam to be di.sniayed be- 
 fore their enemies, and before them 
 that seek their life: and I will bring 
 evil ujion them, even my fierce anger, 
 saith the Lord; and I will send the 
 sword after them, till I have consumed 
 
 38 them: and I will set my throne in 
 Elam, and will destroy from thence 
 
 39 king and ijrinces, saith the Lord. But 
 it shall come to pass in the latter days, 
 that I will bring again the captivity of 
 Elam, saith the Lord. 
 
 50 The word that the Lord spake con- 
 cerning Babylon, concerning the land 
 of the Chaldeans, by Jeremiah the 
 l^rophet. 
 
 2 Declare ye among the nations and 
 pubhsh, and set up a standard; pub- 
 lish, and conceal not : say, Babylon is 
 taken, Bel is put to shame, Merodach 
 is 'dismayed; her images are imt to 
 
 3 shame, her idols are ' dismayed. For 
 out of the north there cometh up a 
 nation against her, which shall make 
 her land desolate, and none shall dwell 
 therein : they are fled, they are gone, 
 
 4 both man and beast. In those days, 
 and in that time, saith the Lord, the 
 children of Israel shall come, they and 
 the children of Judah together; they 
 shall go on their way weeping, and 
 
 5 shall seek the Lord their God. They 
 shall inquire concerning Zion with 
 their faces sthitherward, sailing, Come 
 ye, and ^jota yourselves to the Lord 
 in an everlasting covenant that shall 
 not be forgotten. 
 
 6 My people hath been lost sheej): 
 their shepherds have caused them to 
 go astray, they have turned them a- 
 way on the mountams : they have gone 
 from mountain to hill, they have forgot- 
 
 7 ten their resting place. AH that found 
 them have devoured them : and then- 
 adversaries said. We offend not, because 
 they have sinned against the Lord, the 
 habitation of justice, even the Lord, 
 
 8 the hope of their fathers. Flee out of 
 the midst of Babylon, and go forth out 
 of the land of the Chaldeans, and be as 
 
 9 the he-goats before the flocks. For, 
 lo, I wdll stu' up and cause to come up 
 against Babylon an assembly of great 
 nations from the north coiuitiy: and 
 they shaU set themselves in array 
 against her ; from thence she shall 
 
 ffAnother 
 readiiiK 
 is, tht: 
 ever- 
 lasting 
 outcasts. 
 
 'Or. 
 
 Oruken 
 
 down 
 
 6 Hell. 
 hither- 
 ward. 
 
 'J Or, then 
 
 shall 
 
 Join 
 
 theia- 
 
 selees
 
 584 
 
 JEREMIAH. 
 
 50. 9. 
 
 1 Or. ac- 
 cordins; 
 to an- 
 other 
 reading, 
 a mighty 
 Ulan that 
 inaketh 
 chUdlest 
 
 2 Or. tliat 
 return- 
 eth not 
 
 'Or. 
 at grats 
 
 1 Heb. 
 tjiven hey 
 hand. 
 
 5 Or, foht 
 
 « That is. 
 Double 
 rebel- 
 lion. 
 
 ~ That is, 
 I7»i(- 
 ation. 
 iHeb. 
 
 devote. 
 
 be taken: their arrows shall be as of 
 ^an expert mighty man; 2 none shall 
 
 lOretm-n in vain. And Chaldea shall be 
 a spoU : all that siJoil her shall be satis- 
 
 11 tied, saith the Lord. Because ye are 
 glad, because ye rejoice, ye that 
 plunder mine heritage, because ye are 
 wanton as an heifer ^that treadeth 
 out the corn, and neigh as strong 
 
 12 horses; your mother shall be sore a- 
 shamed; she that bare you shall be 
 confoimded: behold, she shall be the 
 hindei-most of the nations, a wUder- 
 
 13 ness, a dry land, and a desert. Because 
 of the WTath of the Lord it shall not 
 be inhabited, but it shaU be wholly 
 desolate: every one that goeth by 
 Babylon shall be astonished, and hiss 
 
 14 at all her plagues. Set yourselves in 
 array agamst Babylon roimd about, 
 all ye that bend the bow; .shoot at 
 her, spare no aiTows: for she hath 
 
 15 sinned against the Lord. Shout a- 
 gainst her round about ; she hath 
 * submitted herself; her bidwarka are 
 fallen, her walls are thrown down : for 
 it is the vengeance of the Lord ; take 
 vengeance ujjon her ; as she hath done, 
 
 16 do imto her. Cut off the sower from 
 Babylon, and him that handleth the 
 sickle in the time of harvest : for fear 
 of the oppressing sword they shall 
 turn eveiy one to his people, and 
 they shall flee every one to his own 
 land. 
 
 17 Israel is a scattered sheep ; the lions 
 have di-iven him away: fu-st the king 
 of Assyria hath devoui'ed him ; and last 
 this Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon 
 
 18 hath broken his bones. Therefore thus 
 saith the Lord of hosts, the God of 
 Israel: Behold, I will punish the king 
 of Babylon and his land, as I have 
 
 19 punished the kmg of Assyria. And I 
 ■win bring Israel again to his ^ pasture, 
 and he shall feed on Carmel and 
 Bashan, and his soul shall be satisfied 
 upon the hOls of Ejjhi-aiui and in 
 
 •20Gilead. In those days, and in that 
 time, saith the Lord, the iniquity of Is- 
 rael shall be sought for, and there shall 
 be none; and the sins of Judah, and 
 they shall not be found: foi- I will 
 pardon them whom I leave as a rem- 
 nant. 
 
 21 Go up against the land of f-Me- 
 rathaim, even against it, and against 
 the inhabitants of ''Pekod: slay and 
 8 utterly destroy after them, saith the 
 Lord, and do according to all that I 
 
 22 have commanded thee. A sound of 
 battle is in the land, and of great de- 
 
 23 struction. How is the hammer of the 
 whole earth cut asunder and broken ! 
 how is Babylon become a desolation a- 
 
 24mong the nations ! I have laid a snare 
 for thee, and thou art also taken, 
 Babylon, and thou wast not aware : 
 thou art found, and also caught, because 
 
 25 thou hast striven against the Lord. The 
 Lord hath opened his armoury, and 
 hath brought forth the weapons of his 
 indignation: for the Lord, the Lord 
 of hosts, hath a work to do in the land 
 
 26 of the Chaldeans. Come agamst her 
 8 from the utmost border, open her 
 10 storehouses: cast her up as heaps, 
 and 11 destroy her utterly : let nothing 
 
 27 of her be left. Slay aU her bullocks ; let 
 them go down to the slaughter: woe 
 imto them ! for their day is come, the 
 
 28 time of their visitation. The voice of 
 them that flee and escape out of the 
 land of Babylon, to declare in Zion the 
 vengeance of the Lord our God, the 
 
 29 vengeance of his temple. Call together 
 12 the archers against Babylon, aU them 
 that bend the bow ; camp against her 
 round about ; let none thereof escape : 
 recompense her according to her work ; 
 according to aU that she hath done, 
 do unto her : for she hath been x^roud 
 against the Lord, against the Holy One 
 
 30 of Israel. Therefore shall her young 
 men f aU in her streets, and aU her men 
 of war shall be brought to silence in 
 
 31 that day, saith the Lord . Behold, I am 
 against thee, i^ thou proud one, saith 
 the Lord, the Lord of hosts : for thy 
 day is come, the time that I will visit 
 
 32 thee. And "the proud one shall stum- 
 ble and fall, and none shall raise him 
 up : and I will kindle a tire in his cities, 
 and it shall devour aU that are round 
 about hun. 
 
 33 Thus saith the Lord of hosts: The 
 children of Israel and the children of 
 Judah are oppressed together : and aU 
 that took them captives hold them fast; 
 
 34 they refuse to let them go. Their re- 
 deemer is strong; the Lord of hosts 
 is his name : he shall throughly plead 
 their cause, that he may give rest to 
 the earth, and disquiet the inliabitants 
 
 35 of Babylon. A sword is upon the 
 Chaldeans, saith the Lord, and upon 
 the inhabitants of Babylon, and upon 
 her princes, and upon her wise men. 
 
 36 A sword is upon the i^ boasters, and 
 they shaU dote : a sword is upon her 
 mighty men, and they shall be dis- 
 
 37 mayed. A sword is upon their horses, 
 and upon then- chariots, and upon aU the 
 mingled people that are in the midst of 
 her, and they shall become as women : 
 a sword is upon her treasures, and 
 
 38 they shall be robbed. A di-ought is 
 upon her waters, and they shall be 
 dried \\\}: for it is a land of graven 
 images, and they are mad upon is idols. 
 
 39 1' Therefore the wild beasts of the desert 
 with the 1** wolves shall dwell there, and 
 the ostriches shall dwell therein : and 
 it shall be no more inhabited for ever ; 
 neither shall it be dwelt in from gen- 
 
 40eration to generation. As when God 
 overthrew Sodom and Gomon-ah and 
 the neighbour cities thereof, saith
 
 51. 25. 
 
 JEREMIAH. 
 
 •See 
 ch. vi. 
 
 22-'J4. 
 
 2 See 
 cb. xlix. 
 19—21. 
 
 3 That 
 is, The 
 heart of 
 them 
 that 
 rise up 
 Uf/ainst 
 ine.. 
 
 Accord- 
 itiK to 
 ancient 
 tradi- 
 tion, a 
 cypher 
 for 
 
 C^isdim., 
 that is, 
 Chaldea, 
 <0r, 
 fanners 
 
 5 Or, as 
 
 other- 
 wise 
 read. 
 Against 
 him that 
 bendeth 
 let the 
 archer 
 bend his 
 bow, and 
 against 
 him that 
 Ufteth 
 hhnself 
 up &c. 
 
 CHeb. 
 
 devote ye 
 atl <£-c. 
 
 the Lord ; so sliall no man dwell there, 
 neither sliall any son of man sojourn 
 
 41 therein. ^ Behold, a people cometh from 
 the north ; and a great nation, and 
 many kings shall be stirred up from 
 
 42 the uttermost jjarts of the earth. They 
 lay liold on bow and spear ; they are 
 cruel, and have no mercy ; their voice 
 roareth like the sea, and they ride up- 
 on horses; every one set in array, as 
 a man to the battle, agauist thee, O 
 
 43 daughter of Babylon. The king of 
 Babylon hath heard the fame of them, 
 and his hands wa.x. feeble: anguish 
 hath taken hold of him, and pangs as 
 
 44 of a woman in travail. ^ Behold, he 
 shall come up like a lion from the 
 pride of Jordan against the strong 
 habitation: but I will suddeidy make 
 them run away from her ; and whoso 
 is chosen, him will I appoint over her : 
 for who is like me? and who will 
 ajipomt me a time? and who is the 
 shepherd that will stand before me? 
 
 45 Therefore hear ye the counsel of the 
 Lord, that he hath taken against Baby- 
 lon; and his purposes, that he hath 
 purposed against the land of the Chal- 
 deans : Surely they shall drag them 
 away, even the Uttle ones of the flock ; 
 surely he shall make their habitation 
 
 46 desolate with them. At the noise of 
 the taking of Babylon the eai-th trem- 
 bleth, and the ciy is heard among the 
 nations. 
 
 51 Thus saith the Lord : Behold, I will 
 raise up against Babylon, and against 
 them that dwell in ^Leb-kamai, a de- 
 
 2 stroying wind. Arid I will send imto 
 Babylon * strangers, that shall fan her; 
 and they shall empty her land : for in 
 the day of trouble they shall be against 
 
 3 her round about. ^Let not the archer 
 bend his bow, and let him not lift him- 
 self up in his coat of mail : and spare 
 ye not her young men; ''destroy ye 
 
 4 utterly aU her host. And they shaU fall 
 down slain in the land of the Chaldeans, 
 
 5 and tkrust through in her streets. For 
 Israel is not forsaken, nor Judah, of his 
 God, of the Lord of hosts ; though their 
 land is full of guilt against the Holy 
 
 6 One of Israel. Flee out of the midst 
 of Babylon, and save every man his 
 life ; be not cut off in her iniquity : for 
 it is the time of the Lord's vengeance ; 
 he will render unto her a recompence. 
 
 7 Babylon hath been a golden cup in 
 the Lord's hand, that made all the 
 earth drmiken : the nations have drunk 
 of her wine ; therefore the nations are 
 
 8 mad. Babylon is suddenly fallen and 
 destroyed: howl for her; take bahn 
 for her pain, if so be she may be 
 
 9 healed. We would have healed Baby- 
 lon, but she is not healed : forsake her, 
 and let us go every one into his own 
 country: for her judgement reacheth 
 
 unto heaven, and is lifted up even to 
 10 the skies. The Lord hath brought 
 forth our righteousness : come, and 
 let us declare in Zion the work of 
 lithe Lord our God. Make 'i'shai-p the 
 aiTOws; «hold linn the » shields: the 
 Lord hath stirriid up the spirit of the 
 kings of the Medes ; because his device 
 is against Babylon, to destroy it: for 
 it is the vengeance of the Lord, the 
 
 12 vengeance of his temple. Set up a 
 standard against the walls of Babylon, 
 make the watch strong, set the watch- 
 men, prepare the ambushes: for the 
 Lord hath both devised and done that 
 which he spake conceriung the in- 
 
 13 habitants of Babylon. O thou that 
 dweUest upon many waters, abundant 
 in treasm'es, thuie end is come, the 
 
 14 measure of thy lOeovetousness. The 
 Lord of hosts hath sworn by himself, 
 saying, Surely I will fill thee with men, 
 as with the cankerworm ; and they 
 shaU lift u]) a shout against thee. 
 
 15 11 He hath made the earth by his 
 power, he hath established the world 
 by his wisdom, and by his understand- 
 ing hath he stretched out the heavens : 
 
 16 when he uttereth his voice, there is a 
 tumult of waters in the heavens, and 
 he causeth the vapours to ascend from 
 the ends of the earth; he maketh 
 lightnings for the rain, and bringeth 
 forth the wind out of his treasui-ies. 
 
 ITEveiy man is become bratish a?id in 
 without knowledge; every goldsmith 
 is j)ut to shame by his graven image : 
 for his molten image is falsehood, and 
 
 18 there is no breath in them. They are 
 vanity, a work of delusion: in the 
 time of their visitation they shaU perish. 
 
 19 The portion of Jacob is nothke these; 
 for he is the former of all things; 
 and Israel is the tribe of his inherit- 
 ance : the Lord of hosts is his name. 
 
 20 Thou art my 12 battle axe and weapons 
 of war : and with thee wiU I break in 
 pieces the nations ; and with thee will 
 
 211 destroy kingdoms; and with thee 
 wiU I break in pieces the horse and his 
 rider; and with thee will I break in 
 pieces the chariot and him that rideth 
 
 22 therein ; and with thee will I break in 
 pieces man and woman ; and with thee 
 will I break in pieces the old man and 
 the youth ; and with thee will I break 
 in pieces the young man and the maid ; 
 
 23 and with thee wiU I break in pieces 
 the shepherd and his flock ; and with 
 thee will I break in jiieces the husband- 
 man and his yoke 0/ oxen ; and with 
 thee will I break in pieces 1^ governors 
 
 24 and deputies. And I will render unto 
 Babylon and to all the inhabitants of 
 Chaldea all their evil that they have 
 done in Zion in your sight, saith the 
 Lord. 
 
 25 Behold, I am against thee, de- 
 stroying mountain, saith the Lord, 
 
 585 
 
 •Or, 
 brh/ht 
 He>>. 
 rten n. 
 
 « Hell. 
 fin. 
 
 •< 0.-, 
 suits of 
 artiwur 
 
 i«Or, f; 
 
 honest 
 
 gain 
 
 "Scei-h. 
 
 12 Or, 
 ^naul 
 
 13 Or, 
 Ueii- 
 tetuxnts 
 
 19—5
 
 586 
 
 JEREMIAH. 
 
 51. 25. 
 
 1 Heb. 
 
 sanctifi/. 
 
 2 Or, 
 fords 
 
 3 Or, 
 
 inarahes 
 Heb. 
 
 ^Another 
 readin*; 
 is, us^ 
 
   Heb. 
 Ml, 
 yrrovg 
 and iKij 
 flesh. 
 
 Hel.. 
 ivhahtt- 
 
 'Seech. 
 
 XXV. 'je. 
 
 8 Or, an 
 astonish- 
 ment 
 
 wliich destroyest all the earth : and I 
 will stretch out mine hand upon thee, 
 and roll thee down from the rocks, and 
 
 26 wiU make thee a burnt mountain. And 
 they shall not take of thee a stone for 
 a comer, nor a stone for foundations ; 
 but thou shalt be desolate for ever, 
 
 27 saith the Loed. Set ye up a standard 
 in the land, blow the trumpet among 
 the nations, iprejiare the nations a- 
 gainst her, caU together against her 
 the kingdoms of Ai-arat, Minni, and 
 Ashkeuaz : ai^point a marshal against 
 her ; cause the horses to come up 
 
 28 as the rough cankerworm. i Prepare 
 against her the nations, the kings of 
 the Medes, the governors thereof, and 
 all the deputies thereof, and all the 
 
 29 land of his dominion. And the land 
 trembleth and is m pain : for the pur- 
 poses of the Lord against Babylon do 
 stand, to make the land of Babylon a 
 
 30 desolation, without inhabitant. The 
 mighty men of Babylon have forborne 
 to fight, they remain in their strong 
 holds; their might hath failed; they 
 are become as women : her dweUiug 
 places are set on fire; her bars are 
 
 31 broken. One post shall ran to meet 
 another, and one messenger to meet 
 another, to shew the king of Babylon 
 that his city is taken on every quarter : 
 
 32 and the 2 passages are surprised, and 
 the 3 reeds they have burned with fii-e, 
 and the men of war are affrighted. 
 
 33 For thus saith the Lord of hosts, the 
 God of Israel : The daughter of Baby- 
 lon is like a threshing-floor at the time 
 when it is trodden ; yet a httle while, 
 and the time of harvest shall come 
 
 34 for her. Nebuchadrezzar the king of 
 Babylon hath devoured "^me, he hath 
 crushed ^me, he hath made ^me an 
 empty vessel, he hath swallowed ^me 
 up like a dragon, he hath filled his maw 
 with my delicates ; he hath cast ^me 
 
 35 out. 5 The violence done to me and to 
 my flesh be upon Babylon , shall the ^ in- 
 habitant of Zion say ; and. My blood be 
 upon the inhabitants of Chaldea, shall 
 
 36 Jerusalem say. Therefore thus saith 
 the Lord: Behold, I wiU i>lead thy cause, 
 and take vengeance for thee ; and I will 
 dry up her sea, and make her fountain 
 
 37 dry. And Babylon shall become heaps, 
 a dweUing jilace for jackals, an aston- 
 ishment, and an hissing, without m- 
 
 38 habitant. They shall roar together like 
 young lions ; they shall growl as lions' 
 
 39 whelps. When they are heated, I wUl 
 make their feast, and I wiU make 
 them dninken, that they may rejoice, 
 and sleep a perpetual sleep, and not 
 
 40 wake, saith the Lord. I wUl bring 
 them down like lambs to the slaugh- 
 
 41 ter, Uke rams with he-goats. How is 
 7 Sheshach taken I and the praise of the 
 whole earth surprised! how is Baby- 
 lon become ^a desolation among the 
 
 sor, 
 
 tumult 
 
 10 Heb. 
 
 visit 
 
 upon. 
 
 42 nations! The sea is come up upon 
 Babylon : she is covered with the ^miUt- 
 
 43 itude of the waves thereof. Her cities 
 are become ^a desolation, a dry land, 
 and a desert, a land wherein no man 
 dweUeth, neither doth any son of 
 
 44 man pass thereby. Aud 1 will ^do 
 judgement upon Bel in Babylon, and 
 I will bring forth out of his mouth 
 that which he hath swallowed up ; and 
 the nations shall not flow together 
 any more unto him : yea, the waU of 
 Babylon shall fall. 
 
 45 My people, go ye out of the midst 
 of her, aud save yoiu'selves every 
 man from the fierce anger of the Lord. 
 
 46 And let not your heart faint, neither 
 fear ye for the rumour that shall be 
 heard in the land ; for a rumour shall 
 come one year, and after that in an- 
 other year shall come a rumour, and 
 violence in the land, ruler against niler. 
 
 47 Therefore, behold, the days come, that 
 I wUl do judgement upon the graven 
 images of Babylon, and her whole 
 land shall be ashamed; aud all her 
 slain shall fall in the midst of her. 
 
 48 Then the heaven and the earth, and 
 all that is therein, shall sing for joy 
 over Babylon ; for the spoilers shall 
 come unto her from the north, saith 
 
 49 the Lord, h As Babylon hath caused^ ^ o^. 
 the slain of Israel to faU, so at Baby- 
 Ion shall faU the slain of all the ^^land^ 
 
 50 Ye that have escajied the sword, go 
 ye, stand not still ; remember the Lord 
 from afar, and let Jerusalem come into 
 
 51 your mind. We are ashamed, because 
 we have heard reproach; confusion 
 hath covered our faces : for strangers 
 are come into the sanctuaries of the 
 
 52 Lord's house. Wlierefore, behold, the 
 days come, saith the Lord, that I will 
 do judgement upon her graven images ; 
 and through all her land the wounded 
 
 53 shall groan. Though Babylon should 
 momit up to heaven, and though 
 she should fortify the height of her 
 strength, yet from me shall spoilers 
 
 54 come unto her, saith the Lord. The 
 sound of a cry from Babylon, and of 
 great destnictiou from the land of 
 
 55 the Chaldeans ! for the Lord spodeth 
 Babylon, and destroyeth out of her the 
 great voice ; and their waves roar hke 
 many waters, the noise of their voice 
 
 56 is uttered: for the spoiler is come 
 upon her, even upon Babylon, aud her 
 mighty men are taken, their bows are 
 broken in pieces: for the Lord is a 
 God of recomjjences, he shall surely 
 
 57 requite. And I will make drank her 
 princes aud her wise men, her govern- 
 ors and her deputies, and her mighty 
 men ; and they shall sleep a perpetual 
 sleep, and not wake, saith the King, 
 
 58 whose name is the Lord of hosts. Thiis 
 saith the Lord of hosts: i^The broad 
 walls of Babylon shall be utterly i* over- 
 
 BabiiJon 
 iJi to fall, 
 Oye 
 slain 
 of Israeli 
 arul at 
 &c. 
 
 12 Or, 
 eart/t 
 
 13 Or, Tlw 
 
 walls of 
 
 broad 
 
 Babylon 
 
 HOr. 
 
 made 
 
 bare
 
 52. 23. 
 
 JEREMIAH. 
 
 587 
 
 ISec 
 Ilalj. ii. 
 
 i:;. 
 
 2 Or, 
 quarter- 
 7ntU!ter 
 
 3 Or. 
 
 ojie b'Kik 
 
 ■I Or, 
 
 and 
 
 shalt sei', 
 andretiU 
 
 . fhvii 
 shalt 
 Olou, saf/ 
 
 5 Or, 
 upon 
 her. 
 
 And the;/ 
 shall be 
 wearii : 
 thusfar 
 &c. 
 
 'See 
 2 Kiiifp 
 xxiv. 18, 
 
 tlirowii, and her high gates shall be 
 burned Avith lire; land the ])eoi)les 
 shall labour for vanity, and the na- 
 tions for the lire; and they shall be 
 weary. 
 
 59 The word which Jeremiah the pro- 
 phet counuanded Seraiah the sou of 
 Neriah, the son of Mahseiah, when he 
 went with Zedekiah the kuig of Judah 
 to Babylon in the fourth year of his 
 reign. Now Seraiah was 2 chief cham- 
 
 COberlain. And Jeremiah wrote in ^a 
 book all the evil that should come 
 w^on Babylon, even all these words 
 that are written concerning Babylon. 
 
 61 And Jeremiah said to Seraiali, When 
 thou comest to Babylon, *then see 
 
 62 that thou read all these words, and 
 say, O Lord, thou hast spoken con- 
 cernmg this place, to cut it off, that 
 none shall dwell therein, neither man 
 nor beast, but that it shall be desolate 
 
 63 for ever. And it shall be, when thou 
 hast made an end of reading this book, 
 that thou shalt bind a stone to it, and 
 cast it into the midst of Euphrates: 
 
 64 and thou shalt say, Thus shall Baby- 
 lon sink, and shall not rise again be- 
 cause of the evil that I will bring ^ upon 
 her : and they shall be weary. 
 
 Thus far are the words of Jeremiah. 
 
 1 52 ''Zedekiah was one and twenty years 
 L old when he began to reign ; and he 
 reigned eleven years in Jerusalem : and 
 his mother's name was Hamutal the 
 2 daughter of Jeremiah of Libnah. And 
 he did that which was evil in the sight 
 of the Lord, according to all that Je- 
 Shoiakim had done. For through the 
 anger of the Lord did it come to jiass 
 in Jerusalem and Judah, untU. he had 
 cast them out from his presence : and 
 Zedekiah rebelled against the king of 
 
 4 Babylon. And it came to i)ass m the 
 ninth year of his reign, in the tenth 
 month, in the tenth day of the month, 
 that Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon 
 came, he and all his army, against 
 Jerusalem, and encamped against it ; 
 and they built forts against it round 
 
 5 about. So the city was besieged unto 
 the eleventh year of kmg Zedekiah. 
 
 6 In the fourth month, in the ninth 
 day of the month, the famine was 
 sore in the city, so that there was 
 no bread for the people of the land. 
 
 7 Then a breach was made in the city, 
 and all the men of war fled, and went 
 forth out of the city by night by the 
 way of the gate between the two walls, 
 which was by the king's garden ; (now 
 the Chaldeans were agamst the city 
 round about:) and they went by the 
 
 8 way of the Arabah. But the army of 
 the Chaldeans pursued after the king, 
 and overtook Zedekiah in the plains 
 of Jericho ; and all his army was scat- 
 
 9 tered from him. Tlien thev took the 
 
 king, and carried him up unto the king 
 of Babylon to Kiblah in the land of 
 Haiuath ; and ho ^ gave judgement 
 
 10 upon him. And the king of liabylon 
 slew the sons of Zedekiah before his 
 eyes: he slew also all the princes of 
 
 11 Judah in Riblah. And he put out the 
 eyes of Zedekiah; and the kuig of 
 Babylon bound him in fetters, and 
 carried him to Babylon, and put him 
 in prison till the day of his death. 
 
 12 Now in the fifth month, in the tenth 
 day of the month, which was the nine- 
 teenth year of king Nebuchaib-ezzar, 
 kmg of Babylon, came Nebuzaradan 
 the captain of the guard, which stood 
 before the king of Babylon, into Jeru- 
 
 13 salem : and he burned the house of the 
 Lord, and the king's house; and all 
 the houses of Jerusalem, even * every 
 
 14 great house, bm-ned he with fire. And 
 aU the army of the Chaldeans, that 
 were with the captain of the guard, 
 brake down all the walls of Jerusalem 
 
 15 round about. Then Nebuzaradan the 
 captain of the guard cai-ried away capt- 
 ive of the poorest sort of the peojile, 
 and the residue of the people that were 
 left in the city, and those that fell 
 away, that fell to the king of Babylon, 
 and the residue of the '•• multitude. 
 
 16 But Nebuzaradan the captain of the 
 guard left of the poorest of the land 
 to be vinedi-essers and husbandmen. 
 
 17 And the pillars of brass that were in 
 the house of the Lord, and the bases 
 and the brasen sea that were in the 
 house of the Lord, did the Chaldeans 
 break in pieces, and carried all the 
 
 18 brass of them to Babylon. The pots 
 also, and the shovels, and the snuffers, 
 and the basons, and the spoons, and 
 all the vessels of brass wherewith they 
 
 19 ministered, took they away. And the 
 cups, and the firepans, and the basons, 
 and the pots, and the candlesticks, and 
 the spoons, and the bowls ; that which 
 was of gold, in gold, and that which 
 was of silver, m silver, the captain of 
 
 20 the guard took away. The two pillars, 
 the one sea, and the twelve brasen 
 bulls that were under the bases, which 
 king Solomon had made for the house 
 of the Lord: the brass of all these 
 
 21 vessels was without weight. And as 
 for the pillars, the height of the one 
 pUlar was eighteen cubits ; and a line 
 of twelve cubits did compass it; and 
 the thickness thereof was four fingers : 
 
 22 it was hollow. And a chapiter of brass 
 was upon it ; and the height of the one 
 chapiter was five cubits, with network 
 and pomegranates upon the chapiter 
 round about, all of brass: and the 
 second pillar also had like imto these, 
 
 23 and pomegranates. And there were 
 ninety and six pomegranates lo on the 
 sides; all the pomegranates were an 
 hun(h'edupon the networkround about. 
 
 7 Hel). 
 Kpaki- 
 
 Juilff,'- 
 
 nienf3 
 
 urith 
 
 him. 
 
 8 Or, 
 
 evert/ 
 
 great 
 
 man's 
 
 }tousts 
 
 9 Or, 
 
 artificers 
 
 10 Or, 
 
 on the 
 
 outside 
 
 Heb. 
 
 towards 
 
 the /our 
 
 leirrds. 
 
 19—0
 
 588 
 
 JEREMIAH. 
 
 52. 24. 
 
 iHeb. 
 thresh- 
 old. 
 
 2 Or, 
 eunucli 
 
 lOr, 
 exile 
 
 2 Or, ap- 
 pointed 
 feast 
 
 24 And the captain of the guard took Sera- 
 iah the chief priest, and Zephaniah the 
 second priest, and the three keepers of 
 
 25 the 1 door : and ont of the city he took 
 an 2 officer that was set over the men of 
 ■war ; and seven men of them that saw 
 the king's face, which were found in 
 the city ; and the scribe of the cajitain 
 of the host, who mustered the jieople 
 of the land ; and threescore men of the 
 peoi^le of the land, that were found in 
 
 26 the midst of the city. And Nebuzar- 
 adan the captain of the guard took 
 them, and brought them to the king 
 
 27 of Babylon to Riblah. And the king of 
 Babylon smote them, and put them to 
 death at Riblah in the land of Hamath. 
 So Judah was carried away captive out 
 
 28 of his land. This is the people whom 
 Nebuchadrezzar earned away captive : 
 in the seventh year three thousand 
 
 29 Jews and three and twenty : in the 
 eighteenth year of Nebuchadrezzar he 
 carried away captive from Jerusalem 
 eight hundred thirty and two persons ; 
 
 30 in the three and twentieth year of Ne- 
 buchadrezzar Nebiizaradan the captain 
 of the guard carried away captive of 
 the Jews seven hundred forty and five 
 persons: all the persons were four 
 thousand and six hundred. 
 
 31 ^And it came to pass in the seven 
 and thirtieth year of the captivity of 
 Jehoiachin king of Judah, in the 
 twelfth month, in the five and twen- 
 tieth day of the month, that Evil- 
 merodach king of Babylon, in the fust 
 year of his reign, lifted up the head of 
 Jehoiachm king of Judah, and bi'ought 
 
 32 him forth out of prison ; and he spake 
 kindly to him, and set his tlirone above 
 the throne of the kings that were with 
 
 33 him in Babylon. Aaid he changed his 
 prison garments, and did eat bread 
 before him continually all the days of 
 
 34 his life. And for his allowance, there 
 was a continual allowance given him 
 of the king of Babylon, every day a 
 portion until the day of his death, all 
 the days of his life. 
 
 THE LAMENTATIONS 
 
 
 OF JEEEMIAH. 
 
 
 1 How doth the city sit soHtary, that 
 
 was full of people I 
 How is she become as a widow ! 
 She that was great among the nations, 
 
 and princess among the provinces. 
 How is she become tributary ! 
 
 2 She weepeth sore in the night, and her 
 
 tears are on her cheeks ; 
 
 Among all her lovers she hath none to 
 comfort her : 
 
 All her friends have dealt treacher- 
 ously with her. 
 
 They are become her enemies. 
 
 3 Judah is gone into i captivity because 
 
 of affliction, and because of great 
 
 servitude ; 
 She dweUeth among the heathen, she 
 
 findeth no rest : 
 All her persecutors overtook her within 
 
 the straits. 
 
 4 The ways of Zion do mourn, because 
 
 none come to the ^ solemn assembly ; 
 
 AU her gates are desolate, her priests 
 do sigh: 
 
 Her virgms are afflicted, and she her- 
 self is in bitterness. 
 
 5 Her adversaries are become the head, 
 
 her enemies prosper; 
 For the Lord hath afflicted her for the 
 multitude of her transgressions : 
 
 Her young chUdi'en are gone into 
 captivity before the adversary. 
 6 And from the daughter of Zion all her 
 ^majesty is departed: 
 
 Her princes are become like harts that 
 find no pasture. 
 
 And they are gone without strength 
 before the pursuer. 
 i 7 Jerusalem remembereth in the days of 
 I her affliction and of her * miseries 
 
 All her pleasant things that were from 
 the days of old : 
 
 When her peojile fell into the hand of 
 the adversary, and none did help 
 her, 
 
 The adversaries saw her, they did mock 
 at her ^ desolations. 
 8 Jerusalem hath grievously sinned; 
 therefore she ^is become as an un- 
 clean thing : 
 
 All that houom-ed her despise her, be- 
 cause they have seen her nakedness : 
 
 Yea, she sigheth, and tumeth back- 
 ward. 
 9 Her filthiness was in her skirts; she 
 remembered not her latter end ; 
 
 Therefore is she come down wonder- 
 fully ; she hath no comforter : 
 
 Behold, O Lord, my affliction ; for the 
 enemy hath magnified himself.
 
 2.7. 
 
 LAMENTATIONS. 
 
 589 
 
 'Or, 
 Whom 
 the LORV 
 hath 
 nfflicted 
 
 2Heb. 
 stumblp. 
 
 3 Or, 
 
 froip^ 
 whom I 
 am nut 
 able to 
 rise up 
 
 lOTht) ailversivry liiith spread out his 
 
 hand upon all her pleasant things : 
 For she hath seen that the heathen 
 
 are entered into her sanctuary, 
 Concerning whom thou didst command 
 
 that they should not enter into thy 
 
 congi'egatioii. 
 
 11 All her people sigh, they seek hread; 
 They have given their pleasant thuigs 
 
 for meat to refresh the soul : 
 See, O Lord, and behold; for I am 
 become vile. 
 
 12 la it nothing to you, all yo that pass 
 
 by ? 
 Behold, and see if there be any sorrow 
 
 like unto my sorrow, which is done 
 
 unto me, 
 1 Wherewith the Lord hath afflicted mc 
 
 in the day of his fierce anger. 
 
 13 From on high hath he sent iire into 
 
 my bones, and it ])revaileth against 
 
 them : 
 He hath spread a net for my feet, he 
 
 hath tm-ned me back ; 
 He hath made me desolate and faint 
 
 all the day. 
 
 14 The yoke of my transgressions is bound 
 
 by his hand ; 
 They are knit together, they are come 
 
 up upon my neck ; he hath made my 
 
 strength to 2 fail: 
 The Lord hath delivered me mto their 
 
 hands, ^ against whom I am not able 
 
 to stand. 
 
 15 The Loi-d hath set at nought all my 
 
 mighty men in the midst of me ; 
 
 He hath called a solemn assembly 
 against me to crush my yoimg men : 
 
 The Lord hath trodden as in a wine- 
 press the virgin daughter of Judah. 
 16 For these things I weep; mine eye, 
 mine eye runneth down with water ; 
 
 Because the comforter that should re- 
 fresh my soul is far from me : 
 
 My childi-en are desolate, because the 
 enemy hath prevailed. 
 17Zion spreadeth forth her hands; there 
 is none to comfort her ; 
 
 The Lord hath commanded concern- 
 ing Jacob, that they that are roimd 
 about him should be his adversaries : 
 
 Jerusalem is among them as an miclean 
 thing. 
 18 The Lord is righteous ; for I have re- 
 belled against his commandment: 
 
 Hear, I pray you, aU ye ijeoples, and 
 behold my sorrow : 
 
 My virgins and my young men are gone 
 into captivity. 
 191 called for my lovers, but they deceived 
 me: 
 
 My priests and mine elders gave up the 
 ghost in the city, 
 
 WhUe they sought them meat to re- 
 fresh their souls. 
 •20 Behold, O Lord ; for I am in distress ; 
 my bowels are troubled ; 
 
 Mine heart is turned withui me ; for I 
 have grievously rebelled : 
 
 Abroad the sword bereaveth, at home 
 there is as death. 
 
 21 They have heard that I sigh ; there is 
 
 none to comfort inc ; 
 All mine enemies have; heard of my 
 
 trouble ; they are glad that thou hast 
 
 done it ; 
 Thou wilt bring the day that thou hast 
 
 proclaimed, and they shall be like 
 
 imto me. 
 
 22 Let fiU their wickechiess come before 
 
 thee ; 
 And do unto them, as thou hast done 
 
 unto me for all my transgressions : 
 For my sighs are many, and my heart 
 
 is faint. 
 
 2 How hath the Lord covered the daugh- 
 ter of Zion with a cloud in his anger ! 
 He hath cast down from heaven unto 
 
 the earth the beauty of Israel, 
 And hath not remembered his footstool 
 
 in the day of his anger. 
 2 The Lord hath swallowed up all the 
 
 habitations of Jacob, and hath not 
 
 pitied ; 
 He hath thrown down in his wrath 
 
 the strong holds of the daughter of 
 
 Judah ; 
 He hath brought them down to the 
 
 ground : 
 He hath profaned the kingdom and the 
 
 pruices thereof. 
 ?> He hath cut off in fierce anger * all the 
 
 horn of Israel ; 
 He hath di-awn back his right hand 
 
 from before the enemy: 
 And he hath burned up Jacob Uke a 
 
 flaming fire, which devoui-eth round 
 
 about. 
 
 4 He hath bent his bow like an enemy, 
 
 he hath stood with his right hand as 
 
 an adversary. 
 And hath slain all that were pleasant 
 
 to the eye : 
 5 In the tent of the daughter of Zion he 
 
 hath poured out his fuiy hke fire. 
 
 5 The Lord is become as an enemy, he 
 
 hath swallowed up Israel ; 
 He hath swallowed up all her palaces, 
 
 he hath destroyed his strong holds : 
 And he hath multijilied in the daughter 
 
 of Judah mourning and lamentation. 
 
 6 And he hath violently taken away his 
 
 6 tabernacle, as if it were of a garden ; 
 
 He hath destroyed his place of as- 
 sembly : 
 
 The Lord hath caused ''solemn as- 
 sembly and sabbath to be forgotten 
 in Zion, 
 
 And hath despised in the indignation 
 of his anger the king and the priest. 
 
 7 The Lord hath cast off his altar, he 
 
 hath abhorred his sanctuary. 
 He hath given up into the hand of the 
 
 enemy the walls of her palaces : 
 They have made a noise m the house 
 
 of the Lord, as in the day of a solemn 
 
 assembly. 
 
 J Or, 
 
 ever J 
 horn 
 
 5 Or, On 
 
 eOr, 
 booth 
 Or, hedge 
 
 "^ Or, ap- 
 pointed 
 feOAt
 
 590 
 
 LAMENTATIONS. 
 
 2. 8. 
 
 iHeb 
 
 tiwaXlovy- 
 ing up. 
 
 2 Or, 
 breach 
 
 3 Or, 
 take to 
 VTitnesa 
 for thee 
 
 «0r, 
 oraclei 
 
 SOr, 
 
 things to 
 draw 
 thee 
 aside 
 
 "Or, 
 finisJied 
 
 8 The Lord hath purposed to destroy the 
 
 wall of the daughter of Ziou ; 
 
 He hath stretched out the hne, he hath 
 not withckawu his hand from i de- 
 stroying ; 
 
 But he hath made the rampart and wall 
 to lament ; they languish together. 
 
 9 Her gates are sunk into the ground ; he 
 
 hath destroyed and broken her bars : 
 Her king and her jJrinces are among 
 
 the nations where the law is not ; 
 Yea, her prophets find no vision from 
 
 the Lord. 
 
 10 The elders of the daughter of Zion sit 
 
 upon the gi'ound, they keep silence ; 
 They have cast up dust upon their 
 
 heads ; they have girded themselves 
 
 with sackcloth: 
 The virgins of Jerusalem hang down 
 
 their heads to the ground. 
 
 11 Muie eyes do fail with tears, my bowels 
 
 are troubled. 
 My liver is poured upon the earth, for 
 
 the 2 destruction of the daughter of 
 
 my people ; 
 Because the young children and the 
 
 suckluigs swoon in the streets of the 
 
 city. 
 
 12 They say to their mothers, Where is 
 
 corn and wine ? 
 When they swoon as the wounded in 
 
 the streets of the city^ 
 When then- soul is poured out into 
 
 their mothers' bosom. 
 
 13 What shall I Hestify unto thee? what 
 
 shall I liken to thee, O daughter of 
 
 Jerusalem ? 
 What shall I equal to thee, that I may 
 
 comfort thee, O virgin daughter of 
 
 Zion? 
 For thy breach is great like the sea: 
 
 who can heal thee ? 
 
 14 Thy prophets have seen visions for 
 
 thee of vanity and foolishness ; 
 
 And they have not discovered thine in- 
 iquity, to bring again thy captivity : 
 
 But have seen for thee *bm-dens of 
 vanity and ^ causes of banishment. 
 
 15 All that pass by clap their hands at 
 
 thee; 
 They hiss and wag their head at the 
 
 daughter of Jerusalem, saying : 
 Is this the city that men called The 
 
 perfection of beauty, The joy of the 
 
 whole earth ? 
 
 16 AH thine enemies have opened their 
 
 mouth wide against thee ; 
 They hiss and gnash the teeth ; they 
 
 say, We have swallowed her up ; 
 Certainly this is the day that we looked 
 
 for ; we have found, we have seen it. 
 
 17 The Lord hath done that which he 
 
 devised; 
 
 He hath ^ fulfilled his word that he 
 commanded in the days of old ; 
 
 He hath thrown down, and hath not 
 pitied: 
 
 And lie hath caused the enemy to re- 
 joice over thee, 
 
 He hath exalted the horn of thine ad- 
 versaries. 
 
 18 Their heart cried unto the Lord: 
 
 wall of the daughter of Zion, let tears 
 run down like a river day and night ; 
 
 Give thyself no respite; let not the 
 apple of thine eye cease. 
 
 19 Arise, cry out in the night, at the be- 
 
 ginning of the watches ; 
 Pour out thine heart like water before 
 
 the face of the Lord : 
 Lift up thy bands toward him for the 
 
 life of thy young children. 
 That faint for hmiger at the top of 
 
 every street. 
 •20 See, O Lord, and behold, to whom 
 
 thou hast done thus ! 
 Shall the women eat their fruit, the 
 
 children that are dantUed in the 
 
 hands? 
 Shall the priest and the prophet be 
 
 slain in the sanctuary of the Lord? 
 •21 The youth and the old man lie on the 
 
 ground in the streets ; 
 My virgins and my young men are 
 
 fallen by the sword : 
 Thou hast slain them in the day of 
 
 thine anger ; thou hast slaughtered, 
 
 and not pitied. 
 2'2Thou hast called, as in the day of a 
 
 solemn assembly, 'my terrors on 
 
 every side. 
 And there was none that escaped or 
 
 remained in the day of the Lord's 
 
 anger : 
 Those that I have dandled and brought 
 
 up hath mine enemy consumed. 
 
 3 I am the man that hath seen affliction 
 by the rod of his wrath. 
 
 2 He hath led me and caused me to walk 
 
 in darkness ^and not in light. 
 
 3 Surely against me he turneth his hand 
 
 again and again all the day. 
 
 4 My flesh and my skin hath he 9 made 
 
 old ; he hath broken my bones. 
 
 5 He hath builded against me, and com- 
 
 passed me with lOgall and travail. 
 6 11 He hath made me to dwell in dark 
 places, as those that have been long 
 dead. 
 
 7 He hath fenced me about, that I cannot 
 
 go forth; he hath made my chain 
 heavy. 
 
 8 Yea, when I cry and call for help, he 
 
 shutteth out my prayer. 
 
 9 He hath fenced up my ways with 
 
 hewn stone, he hath made my paths 
 crooked. 
 
 10 He is unto me as a bear lying La wait, 
 
 as a hon in secret places. 
 
 11 He hath turned aside my ways, and 
 
 pulled me in pieces ; he hath made 
 me desolate. 
 
 12 He hath bent his bow, and set me as a 
 
 mark for the arrow.
 
 3. 65. 
 
 LAMENTATIONS. 
 
 591 
 
 iHeb. 
 
 sons. 
 
 2 Or, 
 cast off 
 
 'Or, 
 waiider- 
 ing 
 
 Or, out- 
 cast state 
 
 i Or, ne 
 sittetk 
 alone Ac 
 (vv. 
 •.J8-30) 
 
 5 Heb. 
 from his 
 hearts 
 
 <■< Heb. 
 seeth not. 
 
 "Or, a 
 man 
 that U 
 in his 
 sins 
 
 13 He hath caused the i shafts of his quiver 
 to enter into my reins. 
 
 14 1 am become a derision to all my peo- 
 ple; and their song all the day. 
 
 15 Ho hath filled me with bitterness, ho 
 
 hath sated me with wormwood. 
 
 16 He hath also broken my teeth with 
 
 gravel stones, he hath covered me 
 with ashes. 
 
 17 And thou hast ^removed my soul far 
 
 off fi'om i)eace ; I forgat jirosperity. 
 
 18 And I said, My strength is perished, 
 
 and mine expectation from the Lokd. 
 
 19 Remember mine affliction and my ^mis- 
 
 ery, the wormwood and the gall. 
 
 20 My soul hath them still in remenibrauce, 
 
 and is bowed down within me. 
 
 21 This I recall to my mind, therefore 
 
 have I hope. 
 
 22 It is of the Lord's mercies that we 
 
 are not consimaed, because his com- 
 passions fail not. 
 
 23 They are new eveiy morning ; gi-eat is 
 
 thy faithfulness. 
 
 24 The Lord is my portion, saitli my 
 
 soul; therefore will I hope in him. 
 
 25 The Lord is good unto them that wait 
 
 for him, to the soul that seeketh him. 
 
 26 It is good that a man should hope and 
 
 quietly wait for the salvation of the 
 Lord. 
 
 27 It is good for a man that he bear the 
 
 yoke in his youth. 
 
 28* Let him sit alone and keep silence, 
 because he hath laid it upon him. 
 
 29 Let him put his mouth in the dust ; if 
 
 so be there may be hope. 
 
 30 Let liim give his cheek to him that 
 
 smiteth him; let him be fiUed fuU 
 with reproach. 
 
 31 For the Lord will not cast off for ever. 
 
 32 For though he cause grief, yet will he 
 
 have compassion according to the 
 multitude of his mercies. 
 
 33 For he doth not afflict 5 willingly, nor 
 
 grieve the chOdren of men. 
 
 34 To crush mider foot all the prisoners 
 
 of the earth, 
 
 35 To turn aside the right of a man before 
 
 the face of the Most High, 
 
 36 To subvert a man in his cause, the 
 
 Lord ^approveth not. 
 
 37 Who is he that saith, and it cometh 
 
 to pass, when the Lord commandeth 
 it not? 
 
 38 Out of the mouth of the Most High 
 
 cometh there not evil and good? 
 
 39 Wherefore doth a livmg man com- 
 
 plain, ■? a man for the punishment of 
 his sms? 
 
 40 Let us search and try our ways, and 
 
 turn again to tlio L<jrd. 
 
 41 Let us lift up our heart with our hands 
 
 unto (lod m the licavens. 
 
 42 We have transgressed and have re- 
 
 belled ; thou hast not pardoned. 
 
 43 Thou hast " covered with anger and 
 
 pursued us; thou hast slain, thou 
 hast not pitied. 
 
 44 Thou hast covered thyself with a 
 
 cloud, that our prayer should not 
 pass tlu-ough. 
 
 45 Thou hast made us as the offscouring 
 
 and refuse ui the midst of the peoples. 
 
 46 All our enemies liavo opened their 
 
 mouth wide against us. 
 
 47 Fear and the pit are come upon us, 
 
 'J devastation and destruction. 
 
 48 Mine eye runnetli down with rivers 
 
 of water, for the destruction of the 
 daiighter of my people. 
 
 49 Mine eye poiu-eth down, and ceaseth 
 
 not, without any intermission, 
 
 50 TiU the Lord look down, and behold 
 
 from heaven. 
 
 51 Mine eye affecteth my soul, because of 
 
 all the daughters of my city. 
 
 52 They have chased me sore like a bu'd, 
 
 that are mine enemies without cause. 
 
 53 They have cut off my life in the dun- 
 
 geon, and have cast a stone upon me. 
 
 54 Waters flowed over mine head ; I said, 
 
 I am cut off. 
 
 551 called upon thy name, O Lord, out 
 of the lowest dungeon. 
 
 56 Thou heardest my voice ; hide not 
 
 thine ear at my breathuig, at my cry. 
 
 57 Thou di-ewest near m the day that I 
 
 called upon thee : thou saidst. Fear 
 not. 
 
 58 O Lord, thou hast pleaded the causes 
 
 of my soul; thou hast redeemed my 
 life. 
 
 59 Lord, thou hast seen my wi'ong; 
 
 judge thou my cause. 
 
 60 Thou hast seen all their vengeance and 
 
 all their devices against me. 
 
 61 Thou hast heard their reproach, 
 
 Lord, and aU then- devices against 
 me; 
 
 62 The lips of those that rose up against 
 
 me, and theu" imagination against 
 me all the day. 
 
 63 Behold thou their sittmg down, and 
 
 their rising up ; I am their song. 
 
 64 Thou wilt render imto them a recom- 
 
 pence, O Lord, according to the work 
 of their hands. 
 
 65 Thou wilt give them i" hardness of 
 
 heart, thy curse unto them. 
 
 "Or, 
 
 <:oo<;red 
 
 thyself 
 
 •') Or, 
 
 tuniuft 
 
 10 Or, 
 b'indtiesx 
 Heb. 
 covering.
 
 592 
 
 LAMENTATIONS. 
 
 3. 66. 
 
 1 Helj. 
 that 
 may b>' 
 wei'jhefl 
 against. 
 
 J Or, the 
 punish- 
 ment 
 of the 
 iniquity 
 
 3 Or, the 
 punish- 
 mont 'if 
 the sin 
 i Or, fell 
 See 
 2 Sam. 
 iii. •!). 
 
 5 Or, 
 Nazir- 
 ites 
 
 6 Or, 
 corals 
 - Heb. 
 darker 
 than 
 black- 
 ness. 
 
 »Heb. 
 Jtoiv 
 atfU;l. 
 
 t>6 Thou wilt pursue them in auger, aud 
 destroy them from under the heavens 
 of the Lord. 
 
 4 How is the gold become dim! how is 
 the most pure gold changed ! 
 The stones of the sanctuary are poured 
 out at the top of every street. 
 
 2 The precious sons of Zion, i compara- 
 
 ble to fine gold, 
 How are they esteemed as earthen 
 pitchers, the work of the hands of 
 the potter ! 
 
 3 Even the jackals draw out the breast, 
 
 they give suck to their young ones : 
 The daughter of my people is become 
 cruel, like the ostriches in the wilder- 
 ness. 
 
 4 The tongue of the sucking child cleaveth 
 
 to the roof of his mouth for thu'st : 
 The young childi-en ask bread, and no 
 man breaketh it unto them. 
 
 5 They that did feed delicately are desol- 
 
 ate in the streets : 
 They that were brought up in scarlet 
 embrace dunghills. 
 
 6 For 2 the iniquity of the daughter of 
 
 my iieople is greater than ^the sin 
 of Sodom, 
 That was overthrown as in a moment, 
 and no hands ''were laid upon her. 
 
 7 Her ^ nobles were purer than snow, 
 
 they were whiter than mUk, 
 They were more niddy in body than 
 
 6 rubies, their poUshing was as of 
 
 sapphire : 
 STheii' visage is ''blacker than a coal; 
 
 they are not kn(jwn in the streets : 
 Then- skin cleaveth to their bones ; it 
 
 is withered, it is become like a stick. 
 9 They that be slain with the sword are 
 
 better than they that be slain with 
 
 hunger ; 
 For these Spine away, stricken through, 
 
 for want of the fruits of the field. 
 
 10 The hands of the pitiful women have 
 
 sodden their own children ; 
 They were their meat in the destiiic- 
 tion of the daughter of my people. 
 
 11 The Lord hath accompUshed his fmy, 
 
 he hath pom-ed out his fierce anger ; 
 And he hath kindled a fire in Zion, 
 which hath devoured the founda- 
 tions thereof. 
 
 12 The kings of the earth behoved not, nei- 
 
 ther aU the inhabitants of the world. 
 That the adversaiy and the enemy 
 should enter into the gates of Jeru- 
 salem. 
 
 13 It is because of the sins of her prophets, 
 
 and the iniquities of her priests. 
 That have shed the blood of the just in 
 the midst of her. 
 
 14 They wander as blind men in the 
 
 streets, they are polluted with blood, 
 So that men cannot touch their gar- 
 ments. 
 
 15 Depart ye, they cried unto them. Un- 
 
 clean i depart, depart, touch not : 
 
 ^ When they fled away and wandered, 
 men said among the nations, They 
 shall no more sojourn here. 
 
 16 The 10 anger of the Lord hath divided 
 
 them ; he will no more regard them : 
 
 They respected not the persons of the 
 
 priests, they favoured not the elders. 
 
 17 Our eyes do yet fail i7i looking for our 
 
 vain help : 
 In our watching we have watched for 
 a nation that could not save. 
 
 18 They hunt our stejis, that we cannot 
 
 go in our streets : 
 Om- end is near, our days ai-e fulfilled ; 
 for our end is come. 
 
 19 Our piu'suers were swifter than the 
 
 eagles of the heaven : 
 They chased us ui^on the mountains, 
 they laid wait for us in the wilder- 
 ness. 
 
 20 The breath of our nostrils, the anointed 
 
 of the Lord, was taken in their pits; 
 Of whom we said. Under his shadow 
 we shaU live among the nations. 
 
 21 Rejoice and be glad, O daughter of 
 
 Edom, that dweUest in the land of 
 
 Uz: 
 The cup shall pass through unto thee 
 
 also; thou shalt be drunken, and 
 
 shalt make thyself naked. 
 22 11 The punishment of tliine iniquity is 
 
 accomphshed, O daughter of Zion ; 
 He wiU no more carry thee away into 
 
 captivity : 
 He wiU visit thine iniquity, daughter 
 
 of Edom ; 
 He will discover thy sins. 
 
 5 Eemember, Lord, what is come 
 upon us : 
 Behold, and see our reproach. 
 
 2 Our uiheritance is turned unto strang- 
 
 ers, 
 Our houses unto aUeus. 
 
 3 We are oi-jihans and fatherless, 
 Oiu* mothers are as widows. 
 
 4 We have drunken our water for money ; 
 Our wood 12 is sold unto us. 
 
 5 Our pursuers are upon our necks : 
 We are weary, and have no rest. 
 
 6 We have given the hand to the Egypt- 
 
 ians, 
 And to the Assyrians, to be satisfied 
 with bread. 
 
 7 Our fathers have sinned, and are not ; 
 And we have borne then- iniquities. 
 
 8 Servants rule over us : 
 
 There is none to deliver us out of their 
 hand. 
 
 9 We get GUI' bread with the peril of our 
 
 lives 
 Because of the sword of the wilderness. 
 
 10 Our skin is i^ black like an oven 
 Because of the burnmg heat of famine. 
 
 11 They ravished the women in Zion, 
 The maidens in the cities of Judah. 
 
 12 Princes were hanged up by their hand : 
 The faces of elders were not honoured. 
 
 13 The young men bare the mill.
 
 1. 23. 
 
 EZEKIEL. 
 
 593 
 
 iHeb. 
 captiv- 
 ity. 
 
 2 Or, 
 Jiashhi'j 
 continu- 
 ally 
 
 3 Or, as 
 aviber 
 to look 
 ttpon 
 lOr. 
 eUictrum 
 
 And the children stumbled under the 
 wood. 
 
 14 The elders have ceased from tlie gate, 
 The young men from theu' music. 
 
 15 The joy of our heart is ceased ; 
 Om* dance is turned into mourning. 
 
 16 The crown is fallen from our head : 
 Woe unto us ! for we have simied. 
 
 17 For this our heart is faint; 
 
 For these things our eyes are dim ; 
 18 For the mountain of Zion, which is 
 desolate ; 
 
 5 Or. 
 And 
 
 thus were 
 their 
 faces ; 
 aiidtlyir 
 wings 
 were «frp. 
 
 The ifoxes walk upon it. 
 IDTliou, O Loud, '•^abidest for ever; 
 Thy throne is from generation to gen- 
 eration. 
 '20 Wherefore dost thou forget us for 
 ever, 
 A nd forsake us so long time ? 
 21 Tm-n thou us unto thee, O Lokd, and 
 we shall be turned ; 
 Eenew our days as of old. 
 •22 3 But thou hast utterly rejected us, 
 Thou art very wroth against us. 
 
 lOr, 
 jackal* 
 •i Or, 
 sittcHt 
 as king 
 
 THE BOOK OF THE PROPHET 
 
 EZEKIEL. 
 
 1 Now it came to pass m the thu'tieth 
 year, in the fourth month, in the 
 fifth dan of the month, as I was 
 among the i captives by the river 
 Chebar, that the heavens were opened, 
 
 2 and I saw visions of God. In the fifth 
 day of the month, which was the fifth 
 
 3 year of king Jehoiachin's captivity, the 
 word of the Lord came exi)ressly un- 
 to Ezekiel the i^riest, the son of Buzi, 
 in the land of the Chaldeans hy the 
 river Chebar; and the hand of the 
 
 4 Lord was there upon him. And I 
 looked, and, behold, a stonny wind 
 came out of the north, a great cloud, 
 with a fire 2 infolding itself, and a 
 brightness romid about it, and out of 
 the midst thereof 3 as the colour of 
 ^ amber, out of the midst of the fire. 
 
 5 And out of the midst thereof came the 
 likeness of four living creatures. And 
 this was then- appearance; they had 
 
 6 the likeness of a man. And every one 
 had fom- faces, and every one of them 
 
 7 had four wings. And their feet were 
 straight feet; and the sole of then- 
 feet was like the sole of a calf's foot : 
 and they sparkled like the coloui' of 
 
 8biu-nished brass. And they had the 
 hands of a man under then- wings on 
 their four sides : and they four had 
 
 9 then* faces and then- wings thus ; their 
 wings were joined one to another ; 
 they tui-ned not when they went ; they 
 
 10 went every one straight forward. As 
 for the likeness of their faces, they 
 had the face of a man ; and they four 
 had the face of a lion on the right 
 side ; and they four had the face of an 
 ox on the left side ; they four had also 
 
 11 the face of an eagle. 5 And their faces 
 and theii' wings were separate above ; 
 two icings of every one were joined 
 one to another, and two covered their 
 
 12 bodies. And they went every one 
 straight forward: whither the spirit 
 
 was to go, they went ; they turned 
 13 not when they went. ^As for the 
 likeness of the living creatures, their 
 appearance was like burning coals of 
 fire, like the appearance of torches; 
 it went up and down among the living 
 creatures : and the fh-e was bright, 
 and out of the fire went forth liglit- 
 14ning. And the living creatiu-es ran 
 and retm-ned as the ajipearance of a 
 
 15 flash of lightning. Now as I beheld 
 the living creatm'es, behold one wheel 
 U23on the earth beside the living crea- 
 tures, for each of the four faces there- 
 
 16 of. The appearance of the wheels 
 and their work was like unto the 
 colour of a beryl: and they four had 
 one likeness : and theu" appearance 
 and their work was as it were a wheel 
 
 17 ''within a wheel. When they went, 
 they went upon theu' four sides : they 
 
 18tm-ned not when they went. As for 
 their ^rings, they were high and dread- 
 ful ; and they four had their rings full 
 
 19 of eyes round about. And when the 
 living creatm-es went, the wheels went 
 beside them: and when the living 
 creatures were lifted up from the earth, 
 
 20 the wheels were lifted up. Wliitherso- 
 ever the spirit was to go, they went ; 
 thither was the spirit to go : and the 
 wheels were lifted up 9 beside them; 
 for the spirit i^of the living creature 
 
 21 was in the wheels. When those went, 
 these went; and when those stood, 
 these stood ; and when those were 
 lifted up from the earth, the wheels 
 were lifted up ^ beside them: for the 
 spirit i°of the lining creatm-e was in 
 
 22 the wheels. And over the head of the 
 living creatm-e there was tlie like- 
 ness of a firmament, like the colour 
 of the terrible ^ crystal, stretched 
 
 23 forth over their heads above. And 
 under the fiiinament were their wings 
 straight, the one toward the other: 
 
 3 Or, 
 Unless 
 thou . . . 
 and art 
 ic. 
 
 CThe 
 Sept. has. 
 And in 
 the midst 
 of the 
 livinff 
 crea- 
 tures 
 was an 
 appear- 
 ance &c. 
 
 7Heb. 
 in the 
 midst of. 
 
 sOr, 
 felloes 
 
 9 Or, over 
 against 
 
 10 Or, 
 of life 
 
 11 Or, ice
 
 594 
 
 EZEKIEL. 
 
 1. 23. 
 
 'Or, 
 /or them 
 
 2 See 
 ver. 4. 
 
 3 Or, it 
 
 ^Or^iinto 
 whom I 
 send thee 
 
 every one had two which covered i on 
 this side, and every one had two which 
 covered ion that side, their bodies. 
 
 24 And when they went, I heard the 
 noise of their wings Uke the noise of 
 great waters, hke the voice of the Al- 
 mighty, a noise of tumult Uke the 
 noise of an host: when they stood, 
 
 '25 they let down their wings. And there 
 was a voice above the firmament that 
 was over then* heads : when they 
 
 26 stood, they let down their wings. And 
 above the firmament that was over 
 their heads was the Ukeness of a 
 thi'one, as the appearance of a .sap- 
 phire stone : and upon the likeness of 
 the throne was a likeness as the ap- 
 
 27 pearance of a man upon it above. And 
 I saw as the colour of 2 amber, as the 
 appearance of fire within it round 
 about, from the appearance of his 
 loins and upward; and from the ap- 
 pearance of his loins and downward I 
 saw as it were the appearance of fii'e, 
 and there was brightness round about 
 
 28 3 him. As the appearance of the bow 
 that is in the cloud in the day of rain, 
 so was the aiipearance (jf the bright- 
 ness round about. This was the ajj- 
 pearance of the likeness of the glory 
 of the Lord. And when I saw it, I fell 
 upon my face, and I heai'd a voice of 
 one that spake. 
 
 2 And he said unto me, Son of man, 
 stand upon thy feet, and I will speak 
 
 2 with thee. And the spirit entered in- 
 to me when he sj)ake unto me, and 
 set me upon my feet; and I heard 
 
 3 him that spake unto me. And he said 
 unto me. Son of man, I send thee to 
 the children of Israel, to nations that 
 are rebellious, which have rebelled 
 against me : they and their fathers 
 have transgressed against me, even un- 
 
 4 to this very day. Aid the children are 
 impudent and stiffhearted ; * I do send 
 thee unto them: and thou shalt say 
 imto them, Thus saith the Lord God. 
 
 5 And they, whether they will hear, or 
 whether they will forbear, (for they are 
 a rebellious house,) yet shall know that 
 there hath been a prophet among them. 
 
 6 And thou, son of man, be not afraid of 
 them, neither be afraid of then- words, 
 though briers and thorns be with 
 thee, and thou dost dwell among scor- 
 pions: be not afraid of their words, 
 nor be dismayed at their looks, though 
 
 7 they be a rebellious house. And thou 
 shalt si^eak my words unto them, 
 whether they wiU hear, or whether 
 they wiU forbear: for they are most 
 
 8 rebellious. But thou, son of man, hear 
 what I say unto thee ; be not thou 
 rebellious like that rebellious house : 
 open thy mouth, and eat that I give 
 
 9 thee. And when I looked, behold, 
 an hand was put forth unto me ; and, 
 
 10 lo, a roU of a book was therein; and 
 
 he spread it before me; and it was 
 written within and without : and there 
 was written therein lamentations, and 
 3 mourning, and woe. And he said un- 
 to me. Son of man, eat that thou find- 
 est ; eat this roU, and go, speak unto the 
 
 2 house of Israel. So I opened my mouth, 
 and he caused me to eat the roU. 
 
 3 And he said unto me. Son of man, cause 
 thy belly to eat, and fill thy bowels 
 ■with this roU that I give thee. Then 
 did I eat it ; and it was in my mouth 
 as honey for sweetness. 
 
 4 And he said unto me. Son of man, 
 go, get thee unto the house of Israel, 
 and speak with my words unto them. 
 
 6 For thou art not sent to a people ^ of a 
 strange speech and of an hard language, 
 
 6 but to the house of Israel ; not to many 
 peoples of a strange speech and of an 
 hard language, whose words thou canst 
 not understand. Surely, if I sent thee 
 to them, they would hearken unto 
 
 7 thee. But the house of Israel will not 
 hearken unto thee; for they will not 
 hearken unto me : for all the house of 
 Israel are of an hard forehead and of 
 
 8 a stiff heart. Behold, I have made thy 
 face hard against their faces, and thy 
 forehead hard against theu* foreheads. 
 
 9 As an adamant harder than flint have 
 I made thy forehead: fear them not, 
 neither be dismayed at then- looks, 
 though they be a rebellious house. 
 
 10 Moreover he said mito me. Son of 
 man, aU my words that I shaU. speak 
 mito thee receive in thine heart, and 
 
 11 hear with thine ears. And go, get thee 
 to them of the captivity, unto the 
 children of thy people, and speak unto 
 them, and tell them. Thus saith the 
 Lord God ; whether they will hear, or 
 whether they will forbear. 
 
 12 Then the spuit lifted me up, and 
 I heard behuid me the voice of a 
 great rushing, saying. Blessed be the 
 glory of the Lord from his place. 
 
 13 And / heard the noise of the wings of 
 the hving creatui'es as they touched 
 one another, and the noise of the 
 wheels ^ beside them, even the noise of 
 
 14 a great rushing. So the spirit lifted 
 me up, and took me away : and I went 
 in bitterness, in the heat of my siiirit, 
 and the hand of the Lord was strong 
 
 15 upon me. Then I came to them of 
 the captivity at Tel-abib, that ■? dwelt 
 by the river Chebar, ^and to where 
 they ■? dwelt ; and I sat there astonied 
 among them seven days. 
 
 16 And it came to pass at the end of 
 seven days, that the word of the Lord 
 
 17 came unto me, saying. Son of man, I 
 have made thee a watchman unto the 
 house of Israel : therefore hear the word 
 at my mouth, and give them warning 
 
 18 from me. When I say unto the wicked. 
 Thou shalt surely die ; and thou givest 
 him not warning, nor speakest to warn
 
 5. 4. 
 
 EZEKIEL. 
 
 595 
 
 •Or, 
 vailey 
 
 'i Or, Jlat 
 plate 
 
 the wicked from his wicked way, to nave 
 his Uf e ; the same wicked man shall die 
 in his iniquity ; hut his hlood will I re- 
 
 19 quire at thine hand. Yet if thou warn 
 the wicked, and he turn not from his 
 wickedness, nor from his wicked way, 
 he shall die in his iniquity; hut thou 
 
 20 hast delivered thy soul. Again, when 
 a righteous man doth turn from his 
 righteousness, and commit iniquity, 
 and I lay a stumhlinghlock hefore him, 
 he shall die; hecause thou hast not 
 given him warning, he shall die in his 
 sin, and his righteous deeds which he 
 hath done shall not he rememhered; 
 hut his hlood will I require at thine hand. 
 
 21 Nevertheless if thou warn the right- 
 eous man, that the righteous sin not, 
 and he doth not sin, he shall surely 
 hve, hecause he took warning ; and 
 thou hast delivered thy soul. 
 
 22 And the hand of the Lord was there 
 upon me ; and he said unto me. Arise, 
 go forth into the i jilain, and I will there 
 
 23 talk with thee. Then I arose, and went 
 forth into the ^ plain : and, behold, the 
 glory of the Lord stood there, as the 
 glory which I saw by the river Chebar : 
 
 24 and I fell on my face. Then the spirit 
 entered into me, and set me upon my 
 feet ; and he spake with me, and said 
 unto me. Go, shut thyself within thine 
 
 25 house. But thou, son of man, behold, 
 they shall lay bands upon thee, and 
 shall bind thee with them, and thou 
 
 26 shalt not go out among them : and I 
 will make thy tongue cleave to the roof 
 of thy mouth, that thou shalt be dumb, 
 and shalt not be to them a reprover : 
 
 27 for they are a rebellious house. But 
 when I speak with thee, I will open 
 thy mouth, and thou shalt say unto 
 them. Thus saith the Lord God : He 
 that heareth, let hmi hear ; and he that 
 forbeareth, let hun forbear: for they 
 are a rebellious house. 
 
 4 Thou also, son of man, take thee a tile, 
 and lay it before thee, and pom'tray 
 
 2 upon it a city, even Jerusalem ; and 
 lay siege against it, and build forts 
 against it, and cast up a momit against 
 it ; set camps also agamst it, and plant 
 battering rams against it round about. 
 
 3 And take thou unto thee an iron 2pan, 
 and set it for a wall of iron between 
 thee and the city • and set thy face 
 toward it, and it shall be besieged, 
 and thou shalt lay siege against it. 
 This shall be a sign to the house of 
 Israel. 
 
 4 Moreover lie thou upon thy left side, 
 and lay the iniquity of the house of 
 Israel upon it ' accordinc/ to the num- 
 ber of the days that thou shalt lie 
 upon it, thou shalt bear their iniquity. 
 
 5 For I have appointed the years of 
 their iniquity to be mito thee a num- 
 ber of days, even three hundred and 
 ninety days: so shalt thou bear the 
 
 6 iniquity of the house of Israel. And 
 again, wlien thou hast accomplished 
 these, tliou shalt lie on thy right side, 
 and shalt bear the iniquity of the 
 house of Judah : forty days, each day 
 for a year, have I apjiointed it unto 
 
 7 thee. And thou shalt set thy face to- 
 ward the siege of Jerusalem, with thme 
 arm uncovered ; and thou shalt pro- 
 
 Sphcsy against it. And, behold, I lay 
 bands upon thee, and thou shalt not 
 turn thee from one side to another, 
 till thou hast accomplished the days of 
 
 9 thy siege. Take thou also unto thee 
 wheat, and barley, and beans, and 
 lentUs, and miUet, and spelt, and put 
 them in one vessel, and make thee bread 
 thereof; accordinc/ to the number of 
 the days that thou shalt lie upon thy 
 side, even three hundred and ninety 
 
 10 days, shalt thou eat thereof. And thy 
 meat which thou shalt eat shall be by 
 weight, twenty shekels a day; from 
 
 11 time to time shalt thou eat it. And 
 thou shalt drink water by measm-e, the 
 sixth part of an hin • from time to time 
 
 12 shalt thou drink. And thou shalt eat 
 it as barley cakes, and thou shalt bake 
 it in their sight with dung that cometh 
 
 13 out of man. And the Lord said. Even 
 thus shall the children of Israel eat 
 their bread unclean, among the na- 
 
 14 tions whither I wiU di'ive them. Then 
 said I, Ah Lord God ! behold, my soul 
 hath not been polluted : for from my 
 youth up even till now have I not 
 eaten of that which dieth of itself, 
 or is torn of beasts; neither came 
 there abominable flesh into my mouth. 
 
 15 Then he said unto me, See, I have 
 given thee cow's dung for man's dung, 
 and thou shalt i>repare thy bread 
 
 16 thereon. Moreover he said unto me, 
 Son of man, behold, I wiU break the 
 staff of bread in Jerusalem : and they 
 shall eat bread by weight, and with 
 carefulness ; and they shall drink water 
 by measure, and with astonishment: 
 
 17 that they may want bread and water, 
 and be astonied one with another, and 
 pine away in their iniquity. 
 
 5 And thou, son of man, take thee a 
 sharp sword, as a barber's razor shalt 
 thou take it unto thee, and shalt cause 
 it to pass upon thine head and upon 
 thy beard : then take thee balances to 
 
 2 weigh, and 8 divide the hau*. A third 
 part shalt thou bmii in the fire in 
 the midst of the city, when the days 
 of the siege are f ultiUed ; and thou 
 shalt take a third part, and smite with 
 the sword romid about it ; and a third 
 part thou shalt scatter to the wind, 
 and I wLU draw out a sword after 
 
 3 them. And thou shalt take * thereof 
 a few in number, and bind them in 
 
 4 thy sku-ts. And of these again shalt 
 thou take, and cast them into the midst 
 of the fire, and bm-n them in the fire ; 
 
 3Heb. 
 tlitnde 
 them. 
 
 i Hell. 
 thence.
 
 596 
 
 EZEKIEL. 
 
 5.4. 
 
 'Or, 
 changed 
 my 
 
 judge- 
 ments 
 into 
 leicKed- 
 ness 
 
 2Heb. 
 
 judge- 
 ments. 
 
 3 Or, 
 
 vnth- 
 dravj 
 mine eye 
 that it 
 shall not 
 spii re 
 Another 
 reading 
 is, h&w 
 thee 
 dovm. 
 
 «Heb. 
 bring to 
 rest, 
 5 Or, 
 toward 
 
 therefrom shall a fire come forth into 
 all the house of Israel. 
 
 5 Thus saith the Lord Gon : This is 
 Jerusalem : I have set her in the midst 
 of the nations, and comitries are round 
 
 6 about her. And she hath i rebelled 
 against my judgements in doing wick- 
 edness more than the nations, and 
 agauist my statutes more than the 
 countries that are round aboiit her: 
 for they have rejected my judgements, 
 and as for my statutes, they have 
 
 7 not walked in them. Therefore thus 
 saith the Lord God : Because ye are 
 turbulent more than the nations that 
 are round about you, and have not 
 walked in my statutes, neither have 
 kept my judgements, neither have done 
 after the 2 ordinances of the nations that 
 
 8 are round about you ; therefore thus 
 saith the Lord God ; Behold, I, even I, 
 am agamst thee ; and I will execute 
 judgements in the midst of thee in 
 
 9 the sight of the nations. And I will do 
 in thee that which I have not done, 
 and whereunto I will not do any more 
 the like, because of all thine abomma- 
 
 10 tions. Therefore the fathers shall eat 
 the sons m the midst of thee, and the 
 sons sliall eat their fathers ; and I will 
 execute judgements in thee, and the 
 whole remnant of thee wiU I scatter 
 
 11 unto aU the winds. Wherefore, as 
 I live, saith the Lord God, surely, be- 
 cause thou hast defiled my sanctuary 
 with aU thy detestable things, and with 
 all thine abominations, therefore will I 
 also 3 duninish thee ; neither shall mine 
 eye spare, and I also wiU have no pity. 
 
 12 A third i^art of thee shall die with the 
 pestilence, and with famine shall they 
 be consumed in the midst of thee ; 
 and a third part shall fall by the sword 
 round about thee ; and a thu-d part I 
 wiU scatter unto all the winds, and 
 wlU draw out a sword after them. 
 
 13 Thus shall mine anger be accomplished, 
 and I will ^ satisfy my fury s upon them, 
 and I will be comforted : and they shall 
 know that I the Lord have spoken in 
 my zeal, wlien I have accomplished 
 
 14 my fury upon them. Moreover I wiU 
 make thee a desolation and a reproach, 
 among the nations that are round ab- 
 out thee, in the sight of all that ijass 
 
 15 by. So it shall be a reproach and a 
 taunt, an instruction and an astonish- 
 ment, unto the nations that are round 
 about thee, when I shaU execute judge- 
 ments in thee in anger and in fury, and 
 in furious rebukes: I the Lord have 
 
 16 spoken it : when I shall send upon 
 them the evil arrows of famine, that 
 are for destruction, which I wiU send 
 to destroy you ; and I wiU increase 
 the famine ujion you, and will break 
 
 17 your staff of bread ; and I will send 
 upon you famine and evil beasts, and 
 they shall bereave thee ; and pestilence 
 
 and blood shall pass through thee ; and 
 
 I will brmg the sword upon thee: I 
 the Lord have spoken it. 
 
 6 And the word of the Lord came 
 '2imto me, saying, Son of man, set thy 
 face toward the mountains of Israel, 
 Sand prophesy 6 unto them, and say. 
 Ye mountains of Israel, hear tlie word 
 of the Lord God : Thus saith the 
 Lord God to the mountains and to 
 the hUls, to the ''watercourses and 
 to the valleys : Behold, I, even I, wiU 
 bring a sword upon you, and I wiU 
 
 4 destroy yom* high places. And youi- 
 altars shall become desolate, and your 
 sun-images shall be broken : and I will 
 cast down yoiu" slain men before your 
 
 5 idols. And I wiU lay the carcases of 
 the childi-en of Israel before their 
 idols; and I will scatter your bones 
 
 6 round about your altars. In all yoiu* 
 dwelUng places the cities shall be laid 
 waste, and the high places shall be 
 desolate ; that yom' altars may be laid 
 waste and ^made desolate, and your 
 idols may be broken and cease, and 
 your sun-images may be hewn down, 
 and yom* works may be ^ abolished. 
 
 7 And the slain shall fall in the midst of 
 you, and ye shall know that I am the 
 
 8 Lord. Yet will I leave a remnant, in 
 that ye shall have some that escape the 
 sword among the nations, when ye shall 
 
 9 be scattered through the countries. And 
 they that escape of you shall remem- 
 ber me among the nations whither they 
 shall be carried captives, how that ^l 
 have been broken with their whorish 
 heart, which hath departed from me, 
 and with their eyes, which go a whoring 
 after their idols : and they shall loathe 
 themselves in then* own sight for the 
 evils which they have committed in all 
 
 10 then- abomuiations. And they shall 
 know that I am the Lord : I have not 
 said in vain that I would do this evil 
 unto them. 
 
 11 Thus saith the Lord God : Smite with 
 thine hand, and stamp with thy foot, 
 and say, Alas ! because of all the evil 
 abominations of the house of Israel : 
 for they shaU fall by the sword, by the 
 
 12 famine, and by tlie pestilence. He that 
 is far off shall die of the pestilence; 
 and he that is near shall fall by the 
 sword ; and he that remaineth and is 
 
 II besieged shall die by the famine: thus 
 will I accomplish my fury upon them. 
 
 13 And ye shall know that I am the Lord, 
 when their slain men shall be among 
 their idols round about theu" altars, 
 upon every high hiU, in all the tops of 
 the mountains, and under every green 
 tree, and under every thick i^oak, 
 the place where they did offer sweet 
 
 14 savour to all their idols. And I will 
 stretch out my hand upon them, and 
 make the land desolate and waste, 
 isfrom the wilderness toward Diblah,
 
 8. 5. 
 
 EZEKIEL. 
 
 597 
 
 lOr, 
 
 The turn 
 Or, TIk 
 crov>n- 
 i-ng time 
 
 !0r, 
 from 
 
 'See 
 ver. 7, 
 
 i Or, not 
 from 
 them, 
 norfrom. 
 their 
 multi' 
 tude.nor 
 from 
 their 
 wealth 
 5 Or, 
 wailing 
 for them 
 6Heb. 
 though 
 their life 
 be yet 
 among 
 the liv- 
 ing. 
 T Or, it 
 shailnot 
 turn 
 back 
 8 Or, 
 whose 
 life is 
 271 his 
 hdquity 
 
 througliout all their liabitations : and 
 they shall know that I am the Lokb. 
 7 Moreover the word of the Loud came 
 
 2 unto me, saying, And thou, son of 
 man, tlms saith the Lord God unto 
 the land of Israel, An end : the end 
 is come upon the four corners of the 
 
 3 land. Now is the end upon thee, and 
 I will send mine anger ujion thee, and 
 will judge thee according to thy ways; 
 and I will bruig upon thee all thine 
 
 4 abomuiations. And mine eye shall not 
 spare thee, neither wUl I have pity: 
 but I will bring thy ways upon thee, 
 and thine abominations shall be in the 
 midst of thee : and ye shall know that 
 I am the Lord. 
 
 5 Thus saith the Lord God : An evil, an 
 G only evil ; behold, it cometh. An end 
 
 is come, the end is come, it awaketh 
 
 7 against thee ; behold, it cometh. i Thy 
 doom is come unto thee, O inhabitant 
 of the laud : the time is come, the day 
 is near ; a day of tumult, and not of 
 joyful shouting, ^upon the mountains. 
 
 8 Now will I shortly pour out my fury 
 upon thee, and accomplish mine anger 
 against thee, and will judge thee ac- 
 cording to thy ways ; and I will bring 
 
 9 upon thee all thine abominations. And 
 mine eye shall not spare, neither will 
 I have pity: I will bring upon thee 
 according to thy ways, and tliine ab- 
 ominations shall be in the midst of 
 thee; and ye shall know that I the 
 
 10 Lord do smite. Behold, the day, be- 
 hold, it cometh: ''thy doom is gone 
 forth; the rod hath blossomed, pride 
 
 11 hath budded. Violence is risen uj) 
 into a rod of wickedness; *none of 
 them shall remain, nor of their multi- 
 tude, nor of theu' wealth : neither shall 
 
 12 there be ^emiuency among them. The 
 time is come, the day draweth near: 
 let not the buyer rejoice, nor the seller 
 mourn : for wrath is upon all the multi- 
 
 13 tude thereof. For the seller shall not 
 return to that which is sold, ^ although 
 they be yet alive: for the vision is touch- 
 ing the whole multitude thereof, ''none 
 shall return; neither shall any strength- 
 en himself '^in the iniquity of his life. 
 
 14 They have blown the trumpet, and have 
 made all ready ; but none goeth to the 
 battle: for my wrath is ujjon aU the 
 
 15 multitude thereof. The sword is with- 
 out, and the pestilence and the famine 
 within : he that is in the field shall die 
 with the sword ; and he that is in the 
 city, famine and pestilence shall devour 
 
 16 him. But they that escape of them 
 shall escape, and shall be on the mount- 
 ains like doves of the valleys, all of 
 them mourning, every one in his in- 
 
 17 iquity. All hands shall be feeble, and 
 
 18 all knees shall be weak as water. They 
 shall also gird themselves with sack- 
 cloth, and horror shall cover them; 
 and shame shall be upon all faces, and 
 
 I'J baldness upon all their heads. They 
 shall cast their silver in tlie streets, 
 and their gold shall be as an unclean 
 thing ; their silver and their gold shall 
 not \)(i able to deliver them in the day 
 of the wrath of the; Lord ; they shall 
 not satisfy their souls, neither fill their 
 bowels: because it hatli l)een the stiun- 
 
 20 blingblock of their iniquity. As for the 
 beauty of his ornament, ''he set it in 
 majesty: but they made the images of 
 then- abommations and their detestable 
 things 10 therein : therefore have I made 
 
 21 it unto them as an unclean thing. And 
 I will give it into the hands of the 
 strangers for a prey, and to the wicked 
 of the earth for a spoil ; and they shall 
 
 22 profane it. My face will I turn also 
 from them, and they shall profane 
 my 11 secret place: and robbers shall 
 
 23 enter into it, and prof ant! it. Make the 
 chain: for the land is full of 12 bloody 
 crimes, and the city is full of violence. 
 
 24Wlierefore I will bring the worst of 
 the heathen, and they shall possess 
 their houses: I will also make the 
 pride of the strong to cease ; and i^ their 
 
 25 holy places shall be profaned. !•! De- 
 struction cometh ; and they shall seek 
 
 26 peace, and there shall be none. Mis- 
 chief shall come upon mischief, and 
 rumour shall be upon rumour; and 
 they shall seek a vision of the projihet ; 
 but the law shall perish from the i^riest, 
 
 27 and comisel from the ancients. The 
 king shall mom-n, and the pruice shall 
 be clothed with desolation, and the 
 hands of the people of the land shall 
 be troubled : I will do unto them after 
 their way, and according to their de- 
 serts wUl I judge them; and they shall 
 know that I am the Lord. 
 
 8 And it came to pass in the sixth year, 
 in the sixth month, in the fiith day of 
 the month, as I sat in mine house, and 
 the elders of Judah sat before me, that 
 the hand of the Lord God fell there upon 
 
 2 me. Then I beheld, and, lo, a likeness 
 as the appearance of fire ; from the ap- 
 pearance of his loins and downward, 
 tire : and from his loms and upward, as 
 the appearance of brightness, i'' as the 
 
 3 colour of IS amber. And he put forth 
 the form of an hand, and took me by a 
 lock of mine head ; and the spu-it lifted 
 me uj) between the earth and the hea- 
 ven, and brought me in the visions of 
 God to Jerusalem, to the door of the 
 gate of the inner court that looketh to- 
 ward the north ; where was the seat of 
 the image of jealousy, which provoketh 
 
 4 to jealousy. And, behold, the glory of 
 the God of Israel was there, according 
 to the 1^ appearance that I saw in the 
 
 5 2)lain. Then said he unto me, Son of 
 man, lift up thine eyes now the way to- 
 ward the north. So I lifted up mine eyes 
 the way toward the north, and behold 
 northward of the gate of the altar this 
 
 » Or, tlusy 
 turrwd it 
 tojyride; 
 iind they 
 
 10 Or, 
 thereof 
 
 "Or, 
 
 Si-erct 
 
 treasure 
 
 l2Heb. 
 
 Judge- 
 
 ment of 
 
 blood. 
 
 13 Or, 
 
 they thai 
 
 sanctify 
 
 them 
 
 nOr, 
 
 Distress 
 
 15 Or, as 
 amber to 
 look 
 upon 
 
 16 See 
 ch. i. 4. 
 
 I'^Or, 
 vision
 
 598 
 
 EZEKIEL. 
 
 8. 5. 
 
 1 Or, to 
 get them 
 far off 
 
 2 Or, 
 
 tur7i thee 
 yet 
 
 again, 
 and thou 
 shah see 
 greater 
 abmnitl' 
 ations 
 So also 
 in TV. 13, 
 15. 
 
 3 Or, 
 
 land 
 
 4 Or, 
 Draw ye 
 near 
 that Ac, 
 
 5 Or, 
 
 battle 
 
 are 
 
 6imageof jealousy in the entry. And he 
 said unto me, Son of man, seest thou 
 what they do ? even the great abomina- 
 tions that the house of Israel do commit 
 here, ^that I should go far off from 
 my sanctuary? but ^thou shalt again 
 
 7 see yet other great abominations. And 
 he brought me to the door of the court ; 
 and when I looked, behold a hole in 
 
 8 the wall. Then said he unto me. Son 
 of man, dig now in the wall: and when 
 I had digged in the wall, behold a 
 
 9 door. And he said vmto me, Go in, 
 and see the wicked abominations that 
 
 10 they do here. So I went in and saw ; 
 and behold every fonn of creeping 
 things, and abominable beasts, and all 
 the idols of the house of Israel, pour- 
 
 11 trayed upon the wall round about. And 
 there stood before them seventy men 
 of the elders of the house of Israel, and 
 in the midst of them stood Jaazaniah 
 the son of Shaphan, with every man 
 his censer in his hand ; and the odour 
 
 12 of the cloud of incense went up. Then 
 said he unto me, Son of man, hast thou 
 seen what the elders of the house of 
 Israel do in the dark, every man in his 
 chambers of imagery? for they say, 
 The Lord seeth us not ; the Lord hath 
 
 13 forsaken the ^earth. He said also un- 
 to me, Thou shalt again see yet other 
 great abominations which they do. 
 
 14 Then he brought me to the door of 
 the gate of the Lord's house which 
 was toward the north; and behold, 
 there sat the women weepmg for Tam- 
 
 15 muz. Then said he unto me. Hast 
 thou seen this, son of man? thou 
 shalt again see yet greater abomina- 
 
 16 tions than these. And he brought me 
 into the inner court of the Lord's 
 house, and behold, at the door of the 
 temple of the Lord, between the porch 
 and the altar, were about five and 
 twenty men, with their backs toward 
 the temple of the Lord, and their faces 
 toward the east; and they worshipped 
 
 17 the smi toward the east. Then he said 
 mito me, Hast thou seen this, son 
 of man? Is it a light thing to the 
 house of Judah that they commit the 
 abominations which they commit here? 
 for they have filled the land with vio- 
 lence, and have tm-ned again to provoke 
 me to anger: and, lo, they put the 
 
 18 branch to their nose. Therefore will 
 I also deal in f m-y : mine eye shall not 
 spare, neither will I have pity: and 
 though they cry in miiie ears with a 
 loud voice, yet will I not hear them. 
 
 O Then he cried in mine ears with a 
 loud voice, sayuig, * Cause ye them that 
 have charge over the city to draw near, 
 every man with his destroying weapon 
 
 2 in his hand. And behold, six men 
 came from the way of the upper gate, 
 which lieth toward the north, every 
 man with his ^ slaughter weapon in 
 
 his hand; and one man in the midst 
 of them clothed in linen, with a 
 writer's inkhorn ^by his side. And 
 they went iii, and stood beside the 
 Sbrasen altar. And the glory of the 
 God of Israel was gone up from the 
 cherub, whereupon it was, to the thresh- 
 old of the house : and he called to the 
 man clothed in linen, which had the 
 
 4 ivriter's inkhorn ^by his side. And the 
 Lord said unto him, Go through the 
 midst of the city, tlu-ough the midst 
 of Jerusalem, and set a mark upon 
 the foreheads of the men that sigh 
 and that cry for all the abominations 
 
 5 that be done Lu the midst thereof. And 
 to the others he said in mine hearing, 
 Go ye through the city after him, and 
 smite : let not your eye spare, neither 
 
 6 have ye pity: slay 'utterly the old 
 man, the young man and the maiden, 
 and little children and women: but 
 come not near any man upon whom is 
 the mark ; and begin at my sanctuary. 
 Then they began at the ^ ancient men 
 
 7 which were before the house. And he 
 said mito them. Defile the house, and 
 fill the courts with the slain: go ye 
 forth. And they went forth, and smote 
 
 8 in the city. And it came to pass, while 
 they were smiting, and I was left, that 
 I fell upon my face, and cried, and 
 said. Ah Lord God ! wilt thou destroy 
 aU the residue of Israel in thy pouring 
 
 9 out of thy fury upon Jerusalem ? Then 
 said he unto me. The iniquit}' of the 
 house of Israel and Judah is exceeduig 
 gi-eat, and the land is full of blood, 
 and the city full of ^wrestmg ofjudfje- 
 ment : for they say. The Lord hath for- 
 saken the s earth, and the Lord seeth 
 
 10 not. And as for me also, mine eye 
 shall not spare, neither will I have 
 intj, but I will bring their way ujion 
 
 11 their head. And behold, the man 
 clothed in linen, which had the ink- 
 horn by his side, reported the matter, 
 saying, I have done as thou hast com- 
 manded me. 
 
 10 Then I looked, and behold, m the 
 firmament that was over the head of 
 the cherubim, there appeared above 
 them as it were a sapphire stone, as 
 the appearance of the likeness of a 
 
 2 throne. And he spake unto the man 
 clothed in linen, and said. Go in be- 
 tween the whirling wheels, even under 
 the cherub, and till both thuie hands 
 with coals of fii'e from between the 
 cherubim, and i*' scatter them over the 
 
 3 city. And he went in in my sight. Now 
 the cherubun stood on the right side of 
 the house, when the man went in ; and 
 
 4 the cloud filled the inner court. And 
 the glory of the Lord mounted up from 
 the cherub, and stood over the threshold 
 of the house ; and the house was filled 
 with the cloud, and the court was full 
 of the brightness of the Lord's glory.
 
 11. 16. 
 
 EZEKIEL. 
 
 599 
 
 1 Hel). 
 F.l Shad- 
 (lau 
 
 2 See 
 ih. i. 4. 
 ■lOr, 
 
 st&nt^ of 
 Tarsh ish 
 
 4Heb. 
 
 in the 
 midst of. 
 5 Or, 
 touards 
 
 6 Or, 
 of life 
 See ch. 
 ■2\. 
 
 ' Or, over 
 ajainst 
 
 5 And tlio sound of the wings of the 
 cherubim was heard even to tlie outer 
 court, as the voice of i(iod Ahnighty 
 
 6 when he speaketh. And it came to 
 pass, when he commanded the man 
 clothed in hneu, sayhig, Take tire 
 from between the whirling wheels, 
 from between the cherubim, that he 
 went in, and stood beside a wheel. 
 
 7 And the cherub stretched forth his 
 hand from between the cherubim unto 
 the fire tliat was between the cherub- 
 im, and took thereof, and put it into 
 the hands of him that was clothed 
 in linen, who took it and went out. 
 
 8 And there appeared in the cherubim 
 the foiTU of a man's hand under their 
 
 9 wmgs. And I looked, and behold, four 
 wheels beside the cherubim, one wheel 
 beside one cherub, and another wheel 
 beside another cherub: and the ap- 
 pearance of the wheels was ^as the 
 
 10 colour of a ^beryl stone. And as for 
 their appearance, they four had one 
 likeness, as if a wheel had been * with- 
 
 11 in a wheel. WTien they went, they went 
 &upon their four sides: they turned 
 not as they went, but to the place 
 whither the head looked they followed 
 
 12 it ; they turned not as they went. And 
 their whole body, and their backs, and 
 their- hands, and their Avings, and the 
 wheels, were full of eyes round about, 
 even the wheels that they four had. 
 
 13 As for the wheels, they were called in 
 
 14 my hearing, the whii'lmg wheels. And 
 every one had fom- faces : the first face 
 was the face of the cherub, and the 
 second face was the face of a man, and 
 the third the face of a lion, and the 
 
 15 fourth the face of an eagle. And the 
 cherubim mounted up : this is the liv- 
 ing creatm-e that I saw by the river 
 
 16 Chebar. And when the cherubim went, 
 the wheels went beside them : and when 
 the cherubun lifted up their wings to 
 mount up from the earth, the wheels 
 also turned not from beside them. 
 
 17 When they stood, these stood; and 
 when they mounted up, these mounted 
 up with them: for the spnit •'of the 
 
 18 living creature was in them. And the 
 glory of the Lord went forth from over 
 the threshold of the house, and stood 
 
 19 over the cherubim. And the cherubim 
 lifted up their wings, and mounted up 
 from the earth in my sight when they 
 went forth, and the wheels 7 beside 
 them: and they stood at the door of 
 the east gate of the Lord's house; and 
 the glory of the God of Israel was over 
 
 20 them above. This is the living crea- 
 ture that I saw mider the God of Israel 
 by the river Chebar ; and I knew that 
 
 21 they were cherubim. Every one had 
 four faces apiece, and every one four 
 wings; and the likeness of the hands 
 
 22 of a man was under their wings. And 
 as for the likeness of their faces, they 
 
 were the faces which I saw by the 
 river Chebar, their appearances and 
 tliemselves ; th(?y went every one 
 straight forward. 
 11 Moreover the spirit lifted me up, 
 and brought me unto the east gate of 
 the Lord's house, which looketh east- 
 Avard: and behold, at the door of the 
 gate five and twenty men ; and I saw 
 in the midst of them Jaazaniah the 
 son of Azzur, and Pelatiah the sou of 
 2Benaiah, j)ruices of the people. And 
 he said unto me, Son of man, these are 
 the men that devise iniquity, and that 
 
 3 give wicked counsel in this city : which 
 saj^ 8 y/ie time is not near to build 
 houses : this city is the caldron, and 
 
 4 we be the flesh. Therefore prophesy 
 agamst them, prophesy, O son of man. 
 
 5 And the spii'it of the Lord fell upon 
 me, and he said unto me. Speak, Thus 
 saith the Lord : Thus have ye said, 
 house of Israel ; for I know the things 
 
 6 that come into your mind. Ye have 
 multipUed your slain in this city, and 
 ye have filled the streets thereof Avith 
 
 7 the slain. Therefore thus saith the 
 Lord God : Yom- slain AA'hom ye have 
 laid in the midst of it, they are the flesh, 
 and this city is the caldron: but "ye 
 shall be brought forth out of the midst 
 
 8 of it. Ye have feared the sword ; and 
 I Avill bring the sword upon you, saith 
 
 9 the Lord God. And I will bring you 
 forth out of the midst thereof, and de- 
 liver you into the hands of strangers, 
 and AA'Ul execute judgements among 
 
 10 you. Ye shaU fall by the SAVord; I 
 will judge you in the border of Israel; 
 and ye shall know that I am the Lord. 
 
 11 This city shall not be your caldron, 
 neither shall ye be the flesh in the 
 midst thereof; I Avill judge you in the 
 
 12 border of Israel; and ye shaU know 
 that I am the Lord: for ye have not 
 walked in my statutes, neither have ye 
 executed my j udgements, but have done 
 after the lo ordinances of the nations 
 
 13 that are rovmd about you. And it came 
 to pass, Avhen I prophesied, that Pelat- 
 iah the son of Benaiah died. Then 
 fell I doAvn upon my face, and cried 
 Avith a loud voice, and said. Ah Lord 
 God ! wilt thou make a full end of the 
 remnant of Israel ? 
 
 14 And the word of the Lord came mito 
 
 15 me, saying, Son of man, thy brethren, 
 even thy brethren, the men of thy nkmd- 
 red, and all the house of Israel, all of 
 them, are they unto whom the inhabit- 
 ants of Jerusalem have said. Get you 
 far from the Lord ; unto us is this land 
 
 16 given for a possession : therefore say. 
 Thus saith the Lord God : Whereas I 
 have removed them far oif among the 
 nations, and whereas I have scattered 
 them among the coim tries, '^-j&i Avill 
 I be to them a sanctuary for a little 
 Avhile in the countries Avhere they are 
 
 8 Or, 
 Ik not 
 the time 
 near 
 iic.l 
 
 ^Another 
 read] n^ 
 is, J will 
 bring 
 you. 
 
 10 Heb. 
 judge- 
 ■nients. 
 
 11 Heb. 
 redemp- 
 tion. See 
 Lev. XXV. 
 25, &c. 
 
 12 Or, yet 
 
 have I 
 been 
 Or, and 
 
 havehrrit
 
 600 
 
 EZEKIEL, 
 
 11. 16. 
 
 lOr, 
 over 
 
 against 
 
 2 Or, 
 exile 
 
 3 Or, 
 
 perceive 
 that they 
 are 
 
 17 come. Therefore say, Thus saith the 
 Lord God: I will gather you from 
 the peoples, and assemble you out of 
 the countries where ye have been scat- 
 tered, and I will give you the land of 
 
 18 Israel. And they shall come thither, 
 and they shall take away all the de- 
 testable things thereof and all the ab- 
 
 19ominations thei-eof from thence. And 
 I will give them one heart, and I will 
 put a new spu-it within you; and I 
 Avill take the stony heart out of then- 
 flesh, and will give them an heart of 
 
 20 flesh: that they may walk in my sta- 
 tutes, and keej) mine ordinances, and 
 do them: and they shall be my peo- 
 
 21 pie, and I will be their God. But as 
 for them whose heart walketh after 
 the heart of their detestable things 
 and their abommations, I will bring 
 their way upon their own heads, saith 
 
 22 the Lord God. Then did the cherubim 
 lift up their wings, and the wheels 
 were i beside them; and the glory of 
 the God of Israel was over them above. 
 
 2.3 And the glory of the Lobd went up from 
 the midst of the city, and stood upon 
 the mountain which is on the east side 
 
 24 of the city. And the spirit lifted me 
 up, and brought me in the vision by 
 the spirit of God into Chaldea, to them 
 of the captivity. So the vision that I 
 
 25 had seen went up from me. Then I 
 spake unto them of the captivity all 
 the things that the Lord had shewed 
 me. 
 
 12 The word of the Lord also came un- 
 
 2 to me, saying. Son of man, thou dweU- 
 est in the midst of the rebellious house, 
 which have eyes to see, and see not, 
 which have ears to hear, and hear 
 not; for they are a rebellious house. 
 
 3 Therefore, thou son of man, prepare 
 thee stuff for 2 removing, and remove 
 by day in their sight ; and thou shalt 
 remove from thy place to another 
 place in their sight: it may be they 
 will 3 consider, though they be a re- 
 
 4 bellious house. And thou shalt bring 
 forth thy stuff by day in their sight, 
 as stuff for ^removing: and thou shalt 
 go forth thyself at even in theii- sight, 
 
 5 as when men go forth into exile. Dig 
 thou through the wall in their sight, 
 
 C and carry out thereby. In their sight 
 shalt thou bear it upon thy shoul- 
 der, and carry it forth in the dark; 
 thou shalt cover thy face, that thou 
 see not the ground : for I have set 
 thee for a sign unto the house of Is- 
 
 7rael. And I did so as I was com- 
 manded: I Ijrought forth my stuff by 
 day, as stuff for removing, and in the 
 even I digged through the wall with 
 mine hand; I Ijrought it forth in the 
 dark, and bare it upon my shoulder m 
 
 8 their sight. And in the morning came 
 the word of the Lord unto me, saying, 
 
 9 Son of man, hath not the house of 
 
 Israel, the rebellious house, said unto 
 10 thee. What doest thou? Say thou un- 
 to them. Thus saith the Lord God: 
 This * burden concerneth the prince 
 in Jerusalem, and all the house of 
 
 11 Israel s among whom they are. Say, 
 I am your sign : like as I have done, 
 so shall it be done unto them: they 
 
 12 shall go into exile, into captivity. And 
 the prince that is among them shall 
 bear upon his shoulder in the dark, and 
 shall go forth : they shall dig through 
 the wall to carry out thereliy : he shall 
 cover his face, because he shaU not see 
 
 13 the "ground with his eyes. My net 
 also will I spread upon him, and he 
 shall be taken in my snare : and I will 
 bring him to Babylon to the land of 
 the Chaldeans ; yet shall he not see it, 
 
 14 though he shall die there. And I wiU 
 scatter toward every wind all that are 
 round about him to help him, and all 
 his bands; and I will draw out the 
 
 15 sword after them. And they shall know 
 that I am the Lord, when I shall dis- 
 perse them among the nations, and 
 scatter them tlu'ough the countries. 
 
 16 But I will leave a few men of them 
 from the sword, from the famine, and 
 from the pestilence ; that they may de- 
 clare all their abominations among the 
 nations whither they come ; and they 
 shall know that I am the Lord. 
 
 17 Moreover the word of the Lord came 
 
 18 to me, saying. Son of man, eat thy 
 bread with quaking, and di-ink thy 
 water with trembling and with care- 
 
 19 fulness; and say unto the people of 
 the land. Thus saith the Lord God 
 concerning the inhabitants of Jerusa- 
 lem, and the land of Israel : They shall 
 cat theu" bread with carefulness, and 
 drink their water with astonishment, 
 that her land may be desolate from 'all 
 that is therein, because of the violence 
 
 20 of all them that dwell therein. And the 
 cities that are inhabited shall be laid 
 waste, and the land shall be a desolation; 
 and ye shall know that I am the Lord. 
 
 21 And the word of the Lord came unto 
 
 22 me, saying. Son of man, what is this 
 proverb that ye have in the land of 
 Israel, saying. The days are prolonged, 
 
 23 and every vision faileth? Tell them 
 therefore, Thus saith the Lord God: 
 I wiU make this proverb to cease, and 
 they shall no more use it as a proverb 
 in Israel ; but say unto them. The days 
 are at hand, and the * effect of every 
 
 24 vision. For there shall be no more 
 any vain vision nor flattering divina- 
 
 25 tion within the house of Israel. For I 
 am the Lord; I will speak, and the 
 vv'ord that I shall speak shall be per- 
 formed ; it shall be no more deferred : 
 for in your days, O rebellious house, 
 will I speak the word, and wUl i3erform 
 it, saith the Lord God. 
 
 26 Again the word of the Lord came
 
 14. 7. 
 
 EZEKIEL. 
 
 601 
 
 1 Or, and 
 things 
 whicii 
 they have 
 not seen 
 
 2 Or, 
 breaches 
 
 J Or, have 
 hoped 
 
 'Or, 
 
 secret 
 
 5 Or, 
 
 register 
 
 6 Or, a 
 
 slight 
 
 wall 
 
 '27 to me, saying, Son of man, behold, they 
 of the house of Israel say, The vision 
 that he seeth is for many days to come, 
 and he prophesieth of times that are 
 
 28 far off. Therefore say nnto them, 
 Thus saith the Lord God: There shall 
 none of my words be deferred any 
 more, ))ut the word which I shall sjieak 
 shall be jierfoi-med, saith the Lord 
 (ioD. 
 
 13 And the word of the Lord came unto 
 
 2 me, saying. Son of man, proiihesy a- 
 gainst the i)rophets of Israel that pro- 
 phesy, and say thou unto them that 
 proi)hesy out of their own heart, Hear 
 
 3 ye the word of the Lord ; Thus saith 
 the Lord God: Woe unto the foolish 
 prophets, that follow their own spirit, 
 
 4 1 and have seen nothing ! Israel, tliy 
 prophets have been like foxes in the 
 
 5 waste places. Ye have not gone up 
 into the ^gajjs, neither made up the 
 fence for the house of Israel, to stand 
 in the battle in the day of the Lord. 
 
 6 They have seen vanity and lying divin- 
 ation, that say. The Lord saith; and 
 the Lord hath not sent them: and 
 they 3 have made men to hope that the 
 
 7 word should be confirmed. Have ye not 
 seen a vain vision, and have ye not 
 spoken a lying divination, whereas ye 
 say. The Lord saith ; albeit I have not 
 spoken ? 
 
 8 Therefore thus saith the Lord God : 
 Because ye have spoken vanity, and 
 seen lies, therefore, behold, I am a- 
 
 9 gainst you, saith the Lord God. Aiid 
 mine hand shall be against the prophets 
 that see vanity, and that divine lies: 
 they shall not be in the •* coiuicil of my 
 people, neither shaU they be written 
 in the ^ writing of the house of Israel, 
 neither shall they enter into the land of 
 Israel ; and ye shall know that I am the 
 
 10 Lord Ctod. Because, even because they 
 have seduced my people, saying. Peace ; 
 and there is no i)eace ; and when one 
 buildeth up ^ a wall, behold, they daub 
 
 11 it with untempered mortar : say unto 
 them which daub it with untemijered 
 mortar, that it shall fall : there shall be 
 an overflowing shower ; and ye, O great 
 hailstones, shall fall; and a stormy 
 
 12 wind shaU rend it. Lo, when the wall 
 is fallen, shall it not be said unto you, 
 Where is the daubing wherewith ye 
 
 13 have daubed it ? Therefore thus saith 
 the Lord God ; I will even rend it with 
 a stormy wind in my fury ; and there 
 shall be an overflowing shower in mine 
 anger, and great hailstones in fury to 
 
 14 consume it. So will I break down the 
 wall that ye have daubed with un- 
 tempered mortar, and brmg it down 
 to the ground, so that the founda- 
 tion thereof shall be discovered: and 
 it shall fall, and ye shall be consumed 
 in the midst thereof; and ye shall 
 
 15 know that I am the Lord. Thus will 
 
 I accomplish my fury upon the wall, 
 and upon them that have daubed it 
 with untempered mortar; and I will 
 say unto you, The wall is no more, 
 
 16 neither they that daubed it; to wit, 
 tlie i)rophets of Israel which i)roi)hesy 
 concerning Jerusalem, and which see 
 visions of iieace for her, and there is 
 no i)eace, saith the Lord God. 
 
 17 And thou, son of man, set thy face 
 against tlie daugliters of thy peojile, 
 which prophesy out of their own heart ; 
 
 18 and proiihesy thou against them, and 
 say. Thus saith the Lord (ioD : Woe to 
 the women that sew i>illows upon aU 
 7 elbows, and make kerchiefs for the 
 head of persons of every statm-e to 
 hunt souls! 8 Will ye hunt the souls 
 of mj' i^eople, and save souls alive ^for 
 
 19 j'oui'selves ? And ye have profaned me 
 among my peojile for handf uls of barley 
 and for pieces of bread, to slay the 
 souls that shoiild not die, and to save 
 the souls alive that should not live, by 
 your lying to my i^eople that hearken 
 
 20 unto lies. Wherefore thus saith the Lord 
 God: Behold, I am against yoiu" pillows, 
 
 10 wherewith ye there hunt the souls 
 
 II to make them flj', and I will tear them 
 from your arms; and I will let the 
 souls go, even the souls that ye hunt 
 
 21 11 to make them flj'. Your kerchiefs also 
 win I tear, and deliver my people out 
 of your hand, and they shall be no more 
 in your hand to be hunted; and ye 
 
 22 shall know that I am the Lord. Be- 
 cause with lies y e ha ve gi'ie ved the heart 
 of the righteous, whom I have not made 
 sad ; and strengthened the hands of the 
 wicked, that he should not retiu-n from 
 his wicked way, 12 and be saved alive: 
 
 23 therefore ye shall no more see vanity, 
 nor divine divinations : and I will de- 
 liver my people out of j'our hand ; and 
 ye shall know that I am the Lord. 
 
 14 Then came certain of tlie elders of 
 
 2 Israel unto me, and sat before me. And 
 the word of the Lord came unto me, 
 
 3 saying, Son of man, these men have 
 13 taken theu' idols into their heart, 
 and put the stumblingblock of their 
 iniquity before their face: should I 
 
 4 be inquu'ed of at aU by them ? There- 
 fore sjjeak unto them, and say unto 
 them. Thus saith the Lord God : Every 
 man of the house of Israel that taketh 
 his idols into his heart, and j^utteth 
 the stumblingblock of his iniquity be- 
 fore Ills face, and cometh to the jiro- 
 phet; I the Lord wiU answer him 
 
 11 therein according to the multitude of 
 Shis idols; that I may take the house 
 
 of Israel in theii- own heart, because 
 they are aU estranged from me through 
 
 6 their idols. Therefore say unto the 
 house of Israel, Thus saith the Lord 
 God : Eeturn ye, and turn yourselves 
 from your idols ; and turn away your 
 
 7 faces from all your abominations. For 
 
 7 Hell. 
 
 joints 
 o/the 
 hands. 
 
 s Or, Ye 
 hunt.,, 
 and ye 
 save &c. 
 9 Or. 
 that arc 
 yours 
 
 "Or, 
 wlicre ye 
 hunt 
 "Or, a 
 birds 
 
 12 Or, by 
 promis- 
 ing him 
 life 
 
 13 Heb. 
 
 caused to 
 come up. 
 
 11 Or, ac- 
 
 cordinjj 
 thereto 
 Another 
 reading 
 is, he 25 
 come in 
 the 
 
 inulti- 
 tude &c.
 
 602 
 
 EZEKIEL. 
 
 11 7. 
 
 'Or, 
 
 of him 
 concej'ii- 
 
 2 Or, 
 enticed 
 
 3 Or, 
 the pun- 
 ishnicjit 
 of thmr 
 inif^iiity 
 
 J Or, 
 
 bereave 
 
 ■' Or, 
 I Ait the 
 sword go 
 
 6Heb. 
 they that 
 escape. 
 
 every one of the house of Israel, or of 
 the strangers that sojourn in Israel, 
 which separateth himself from me, and 
 taketh his idols into his heart, and 
 putteth the stumblingblock of his in- 
 iquity before his face, and cometh to 
 the prophet to iuquu'e ifor himself of 
 me; I the Lord wiU answer him by 
 
 8 myself : and I will set my face against 
 that man, and will make him an aston- 
 ishment, for a sign and a proverb, and 
 I will cut him off from the midst of my 
 people ; and ye shall know that I am 
 
 9 the Lord. And if the prophet be 2 de- 
 ceived and speaketh a word, I the Lord 
 have deceived that prophet, and I will 
 stretch out my hand upon him, and 
 will destroy him from the midst of 
 
 10niypeoi)le Israel, And they shall bear 
 s their iniquity : the iniquity of the 
 prophet shall be even as the iniquity 
 
 11 of hun that seeketh unto him; that the 
 house of Israel may go no more astray 
 from me, neither defile themselves any 
 more with all their transgressions ; but 
 that they may be my people, and I may 
 be their God, saith the Lord God. 
 
 12 And the word of the Lord came unto 
 18 me, saying, Son of man, when a laud 
 
 smnetli against me by committing a 
 trespass, and I stretch out mine hand 
 upon it, and break the staff of the 
 bread thereof, and send famine upon it, 
 and cut off from it man and beast; 
 
 14 though these three men, Noah, Daniel, 
 and Job, were in it, they should de- 
 liver but their own souls by their right- 
 
 15eousness, saith the Lord God. If I 
 cause noisome 1)easts to pass through 
 the land, and they ^si^oil it, so that it be 
 desolate, that no man may pass through 
 
 16 because of the beasts; though these 
 three men were in it, as I live, saith 
 the Lord God, they shall deliver neither 
 sons nor daughters ; they only shall be 
 delivered, but the land shall be desolate. 
 
 17 Or if I bring a sword upon that land, 
 and say, ^ Sword, go through the land ; 
 so that I cut off from it man and beast ; 
 
 18 though these three men were in it, as 
 I live, saith the Lord God, they shall 
 deliver neither sons nor daughters, 
 but they only shall be delivered them- 
 
 19 selves. Or if I send a pestilence into 
 that land, and iiour out my fury ujion 
 it in blood, to cut off from it man 
 
 20 and beast: though Noah, Daniel, and 
 Job, were in it, as I live, saith the 
 Lord God, they shall deliver neither 
 son nor daughter; they shall but de- 
 liver their own souls by their righteous- 
 
 21ness. For thus saith the Lord God: 
 How much more when I send my four 
 sore judgements ujion Jerusalem, the 
 sword, and the famine, and the noisome 
 beasts, and the pestilence, to cut off from 
 
 22 it man and beast ? Yet, behold, there- 
 in shall be left ''a renmant that sliall 
 be carried forth, both sons and daugh- 
 
 ters: behold, they shall come forth 
 unto you, and ye shall see their way 
 and their doings : and ye shall be com- 
 forted concerning the evil that I have 
 brought upon Jerusalem, even concern- 
 ing all that I have brought upon it. 
 23 And they shall comfort you, when ye 
 see their way and their doings : and ye 
 shall know that I have not done ' with- 
 out cause all that I have done in it, 
 saith the Lord God. 
 
 15 And the word of the Lord came unto 
 2 me, saying. Son of man, what is the vine 
 
 treemore than any tree, the vine branch 
 which ^is among the trees of the forest ? 
 
 o Shall wood be taken thereof to make 
 any work ? or will men take a pin of it 
 
 4 to hang any vessel thereon ? Behold, it 
 is cast into the fire for fuel : the fire hath 
 devoured both the ends of it, and the 
 midst of it is burned ; is it profitable 
 
 5 for any work? Behold, when it was 
 whole, it was ^meet for no work: how 
 much less, when the fire hath devoured 
 it, and it is burned, .shall it yet be 
 
 G-'meet for any work? Therefore thus 
 saith the Lord God : As the vine tree 
 among the trees of the forest, which I 
 have given to the fire for fuel, so 1° wUl 
 I give the inhabitants of Jerusalem. 
 
 7 And I will set my face against them ; 
 they 11 shall go forth from the fire, but 
 the fire shall devom' them; and ye 
 shall know that I am the Lord, when 
 
 81 set my face against them. And I 
 will make the land desolate, because 
 they have committed a trespass, saith 
 the Lord God. 
 
 16 Again the word of the IjOrd came 
 2 unto me, saying. Son of man, cause 
 
 Jerusalem to know her abominations, 
 Sand say. Thus saith the Lord God 
 unto Jerusalem: i^Thy birth and thy 
 nativity is of the land of the Canaanite ; 
 the Amorite was thy father, and thy 
 
 4 mother was an Hittite. And as for thy 
 nativity, in the day thou wast born thy 
 navel was not cut, neither wast thou 
 washed in water to cleanse thee ; thou 
 wast not salted at all, nor swaddled at 
 
 5 all. None eye pitied thee, to do any of 
 these imto thee, to have compassion 
 upon thee; but thou wast cast out in 
 the open field, for that thy person was 
 abhorred, in the day that thou wast 
 
 6 born. And when I jiassed by thee, 
 and saw thee weltering in thy blood, 
 1 said unto thee, Thaugh thou art in 
 thy blood, live ; yea, I said unto thee, 
 
 7 Though thou art in thy blood, live. I 
 13 caused thee to multiply as the bud 
 of the field, and thou didst increase 
 and wax great, and thou attainedst to 
 1^ excellent ornament ; thy breasts were 
 fashioned, and thine hair was grown; 
 
 8 yet thou wast naked and bare. Now 
 when I passed by thee, and looked upon 
 thee, behold, thy time was the time 
 of love; and I spread my sku-t over
 
 16. 41. 
 
 EZEKIEL. 
 
 603 
 
 'Or. 
 
 porpoise- 
 t^kin 
 2 Or, 
 bound 
 then with 
 a tire of 
 fine 
 lituix 
 
 3 Or. 
 
 beaiUi- 
 
 fid 
 
 vessels 
 
 ^ Or, mal-r. 
 images 
 
 5 Or. 
 
 setting 
 
 th<mi 
 
 af?art 
 
 Heb. 
 
 making 
 
 them 
 
 pass 
 
 over. 
 
 CQr. a 
 
 vaulp'd 
 chamber 
 
 thee, and covered thy nakedness : yea, 
 I sware unto thee, and entered into a 
 covenant with thee, saith tlie Lord 
 9 God, and thou becainest mine. Then 
 washed I thee with water; yea, I 
 throughly washed away thy blood from 
 
 10 tliee, and I anointed thee with oil. I 
 clothed thee also with broidered work, 
 and shod thee with i sealskin, and 
 I ^girded thee about with fine linen. 
 
 Hand covered thee with silk. I decked 
 thee also with ornaments, and I put 
 bracelets upon thy hands, and a chain 
 
 12 on thy neck. And I put a ring upon 
 thy nose, and earrings in thine ears, 
 and a beautiful crown upon thine head. 
 
 13 Thus wast thou decked with gold and 
 silver; and thy raiment was of fine 
 linen, and silk, and broidered work ; 
 thou didst eat fine flom% and honey, and 
 oil : and thou wast exceeding beautiful, 
 and thou didst prosper luito royal estate . 
 
 14 And thy renown went forth among the 
 nations for thy beauty ; for it was per- 
 fect, through my majesty which I had 
 put u^jon thee, saith the Lord God. 
 
 15 But thou didst trust in thy beauty, 
 and iilayedst the harlot because of thy 
 renown, and i^ouredst out thy whore- 
 doms on eveiy one that passed by ; his 
 
 16 it was. And thou didst take of thy 
 garments, and madest for thee high 
 places decked with divers colours, and 
 playedst the harlot ujion them: the 
 nice things shall not come, neither shall 
 
 17 it be so. Thou didst also take thy sfair 
 jewels of my gold and of my silver, 
 which I had given thee, and madest for 
 thee * images of men, and didst play the 
 
 18 harlot with them; and thou tookest 
 thy broidered garments, and coveredst 
 them, and didst set mine oil and mine 
 
 19 incense before them. My bread also 
 which I gave thee, fine flour, and oil, 
 and honey, wherewith I fed thee, thou 
 didst even set it before them for a sweet 
 savom*, and th us it was ; saith the Lord 
 
 20 God. Moreover thou hast taken thy 
 sons and thy daughters, whom thou 
 hast borne unto me, and these hast thou 
 sacrificed unto them to be devoured. 
 Were thy whoredoms a small matter, 
 
 21 that thou hast slam my children, and 
 delivered them up, in s causing them to 
 
 22 pass through the fire imto them? And 
 in all thine abominations and thy whore- 
 doms thou hast not remembered the 
 days of thy youth, when thou wast 
 naked and bare, and wast weltering in 
 
 23 thy blood. And it is come to pass after 
 all thy wickedness, (woe, woe unto thee ! 
 
 24 saith the Lord God,) that thou hast 
 built unto thee ^ an eminent place, and 
 hast made thee a lofty jilace in every 
 
 25 street. Thou hast built thy lofty place 
 at every head of the way, and hast 
 made tliy beauty an abomination, and 
 hast opened thy feet to every one that 
 passed by, and multiplied thy whore- 
 
 26dom. Thou hast also committed 
 fornication with the Egyjitians, thy 
 neighbours, great of flesh ; a)id hast 
 multiplied thy wlioredom, to provoke 
 
 27 me to anger. Behold therefore, I have 
 stretched out my hand over thee, and 
 have diminished thine ^ ordinary food, 
 and delivered thee unto the will of them 
 that hate thee, the daughters of the 
 Philistines, which are ashamed of thy 
 
 28 lewd way. Thou hast played the harlot 
 also witli the Assyrian.s, because thou 
 wast unsatiable ; j'ea, thou hast played 
 the harlot with them, and yet thou 
 
 29 wast not satisfied. Thou hast more- 
 over multiplied thy whoredom ^in the 
 land of Canaan, unto Clialdea; and 
 yet thou wast not satisfied herewith. 
 
 30 How weak is thine heart, saith the Lord 
 God, seeing thou doest all these thmgs, 
 the work of an imperious whorish 
 
 31 woman ; in that thou buildest thine 
 eminent place in the head of every way, 
 and makest thy lofty place in every 
 street ; and hast not been as an harlot, 
 
 32 9 in that thou scornest hire. A wife 
 that committeth adultery ! that taketh 
 strangers instead of her husband! 
 
 33 They give gifts to all harlots : but thou 
 givest thy gifts to aU thy lovers, and 
 bribest them, that they may come unto 
 thee on every side for thy whoredoms. 
 
 34 And the contrary is in thee from other 
 women in thy whoredoms, in that 
 none followeth thee to commit whore- 
 dom: and whereas thou givest hire, 
 and no hu-e is given unto thee, there- 
 fore thou art contrary. 
 
 35 Wherefore, harlot, hear the word of 
 3'j the LoED : Thus saith the Lord God, 
 
 Because thy lOfilthmess was poured out, 
 and thy nakedness discovered through 
 thy whoredoms with thy lovers; and 
 because of all the idols of thy abomina- 
 tions, and for the blood of thy children, 
 which thou didst give unto them; 
 
 37 therefore behold, I will gather all thy 
 lovers, with whom thou hast taken 
 pleasure, and all them that thou hast 
 loved, with all them that thou hast 
 hated ; I wiU even gather them against 
 thee on every side, and wiU discover 
 thy nakedness unto them, that they 
 
 38 may see all thy nakedness. And I will 
 judge thee, as women that break wed- 
 lock and shed blood are judged; and I 
 will bring upon thee the blood of fury 
 
 39 and jealousy. I will also give thee into 
 their hand, and they shall tkrow down 
 thine eminent place, and break down 
 thy lofty places; and they shall strip 
 thee of thy clothes, and take thy fan- 
 jewels: and they shall leave thee 
 
 40 naked and bare. They shall also bring 
 up an assembly against thee, and 
 they shall stone thee with stones, and 
 thi'ust thee through with their swords. 
 
 41 And they shall burn thine houses with 
 fire, and execute judgements upon 
 
 ' Or. al- 
 loxvance 
 
 ^ Oy.unto 
 the land 
 o/traJ/U- 
 
 « Or, f?i<il 
 scoffeth 
 at her 
 hire 
 
 10 Heb. 
 brass.
 
 604 
 
 EZEKIEL. 
 
 16. 41. 
 
 1 Heb. 
 bring to 
 rest. 
 
 2 Or. 
 toward 
 
 ^Or, 
 
 hast thou 
 not com- 
 mitted 
 i-e. I 
 
 4 Or, 
 uffteit I 
 saw it 
 
 5 Or, 
 
 sister 
 
 «0r, 
 
 return 
 
 to 
 
 thee in the sight of many women; 
 and I will cause thee to cease from 
 playing the harlot, and thou shalt also 
 
 42 give no hire any more. So will I 
 1 satisfy my fury '■^upon thee, and my 
 jealousy shall depart from thee, and 
 I will be quiet, and will be no more 
 
 43 angry. Because thou hast not re- 
 membered the days of thy j'outh, but 
 hast fretted me in all these things; 
 therefore behold, I also will bring thy 
 way uj)on thine head, saith the Lord 
 God : and ^ thou shalt not commit this 
 lewdness above all thuie abominations. 
 
 44 Behold, every one that useth pro- 
 verbs shall use this proverb against 
 thee, saying. As is the mother, so is 
 
 45 her daughter. Thou art thy mother's 
 daughter, that loatheth her husband 
 and her children; and thou art the 
 sister of thy sisters, which loathed 
 their husbands and their chiklren: 
 your mother was an Hittite, and your 
 
 46 father an Amorite. And thine elder 
 sister is Samaria, that dwelleth at 
 thy left hand, she and her daughters : 
 and thy younger sister, that dwelleth 
 at thy right hand, is Sodom and her 
 
 47 daughters. Yet hast thou not walked 
 in then- ways, nor done after their ab- 
 ominations; but, as if that were a very 
 little thing, thou wast more corrupt 
 
 48 than they in all thy ways. As I live, 
 saith the Lord God, Sodom thy sister 
 hath not done, she nor her daughters, 
 as thou hast done, thou and thy daugh- 
 
 49ters. Behold, this was the iniquity 
 of thy sister Sodom; pride, fulness of 
 bread, and i)rosperous ease was in her 
 and in her daughters ; neither did she 
 strengthen the hand of the poor and 
 
 50 needy. And they were haughty, and 
 committed abomination before me: 
 therefore I took them away ^as I saw 
 
 51 good. Neither hath Samaria committed 
 half of thy sins ; but thou hast multi- 
 plied thine abominations more than 
 they, and hast justified thy sisters by 
 all thine abominations which thou hast 
 
 52 done. Thou also, bear thine own shame, 
 m that thou hast given judgement 
 for thy 5 sisters ; through thy sins that 
 thou hast committed more abominable 
 than they, they are more righteous 
 than thou: yea, be thou also confomided, 
 and bear thy shame, in that thou hast 
 
 53 justified thy sisters. And I will <> tm-n 
 again then- captivity, the captivity of 
 Sodom and her daughters, and the 
 captivity of Samaria and her daughters, 
 and the captivity of thy captives m 
 
 54 the midst of them: that thou mayest 
 bear thine own shame, and mayest be 
 ashamed because of all that thou hast 
 done, in that thou art a coinfort unto 
 
 55 them. And thy sisters, Sodom and her 
 daughters, shall return to their former 
 estate, and Samaria and her daughters 
 shall return to their former estate, 
 
 and thou and thy daughters shall re- 
 
 56 turn to your fonner estate. For thy 
 sister Sodom was not mentioned by 
 thy mouth in the day of thy pride; 
 
 57 before thy wickedness was discovered, 
 as at the time of the reproach of the 
 daughters of SjTia, and of all that are 
 round about her, the daughters of the 
 Philistines, which do despite mito thee 
 
 58 round about. Thou hast borne thy 
 lewdness and thine abominations, saith 
 
 59 the LoED. For thus saith the Lord 
 God: I will even deal with thee as 
 thou hast done, Avhich hast despised 
 the oath in breaking the covenant. 
 
 60 Nevertheless I will remember my 
 covenant with thee m the days of thy 
 youth, and I will establish mito thee an 
 
 61 everlasting covenant. Then shalt thou 
 remember thy ways, and be ashamed, 
 when thou shalt receive thy sisters, 
 thine elder s(.s<?rs and thy younger : and 
 
 I will give them unto thee for daugh- 
 
 62 ters, but not by thy covenant. And I 
 wUl establish my covenant with thee ; 
 and thou shalt know that I am the 
 
 63 Lord : that thou mayest remember, and 
 be confomided, and never oijen thy 
 mouth any more, because of thy shame ; 
 when I have forgiven thee all that 
 thou hast done, saith the Lord God. 
 
 lY And the word of the Lord came unto 
 2 me, saying, Son of man, imt forth a 
 riddle, and speak a jiarable unto the 
 3 house of Israel; and say. Thus saith 
 the Lord God: A gi-eat eagle with 
 great wings and long jjinions, full of 
 feathers, which had divers colours, 
 came unto Lebanon, and took the top 
 4 of the cedar: he cropped off the top- 
 most of the young twigs thereof, and 
 cawied it into '?a land of traffic; he 
 
 5 set it in a city of merchants. He 
 took also of the seed of the land, and 
 planted it in "a fruitful soil; he placed 
 it beside ^many waters; he set it as 
 
 6 a willow tree. And it grew, and be- 
 came a spreading vine of low stature, 
 whose branches tm-ned toward him, 
 and the roots thereof were under him : 
 BO it became a vine, and brought 
 forth branches, and shot forth sprigs. 
 
 7 There was also another gi-eat eagle 
 with great wings and many feathers: 
 and, behold, this vine did bend its 
 roots toward him, and shot forth its 
 branches toward him, from the beds 
 of its jilantation, that he might water 
 
 Bit. It was ijlanted in a good i^soU 
 by 9 many waters, that it might bring 
 forth branches, and that it might bear 
 fruit, that it might be a goodly vine. 
 
 9 Say thou. Thus saith the Lord God : 
 Shall it prosper ? shall he not pull up 
 the roots thereof, and cut off the fruit 
 thereof, that it may wither; that all 
 its fresh springing leaves may wither; 
 even without great power or much 
 
 II people to pluck it up by the roots
 
 18. 18. 
 
 EZEKIEL. 
 
 605 
 
 1 Jleb. 
 
 low. 
 
 10 thereof ? Yea, behold, being planted, 
 shall it prosper? shall it not utterly 
 wither, when the east wind toiicheth it ? 
 it shall wither in the beds where it grew. 
 
 11 Moreover the word of the Lord came 
 
 12 unto me, saying. Say now to the 
 rebellious house. Know ye not what 
 these things mean? tell them. Behold, 
 the king of IJabylon came to Jeru- 
 salem, and took the king thereof, and 
 the princes thereof, and brought them 
 
 13 to huu to Babylon; and be took of 
 the seed royal, and made a coven- 
 ant with him; he also brought him 
 under an oath, and took away the 
 
 14 mighty of the land : that the kingdom 
 might be i base, that it might not lift 
 itself up, but tliat by keeping of his 
 
 15 covenant it might stand. But he re- 
 belled against him in sending his am- 
 bassadors into Egypt, that they might 
 give him horses and much people. 
 Shall he prosper? shall he escape 
 that doeth such things ? shall he break 
 
 16 the covenant, and yet escape ? As I 
 live, saith the Lord God, surely in the 
 place where the king dweUeth that 
 made him king, whose oath he de- 
 spised, and whose covenant he brake, 
 even with him in the midst of Babylon 
 
 17 he shall die. Neither shall Pharaoh 
 with his mighty army and gi'eat com- 
 pany make for him in the war, when 
 they cast uj) mounts and build forts, to 
 
 18 cut off many persons. For he bath 
 despised the oath by breaking the 
 covenant; and behold, he had given 
 his hand, and yet hath done all these 
 
 19 things; he shall not escape. There- 
 fore thus saith the Lord God: As I 
 live, surely mine oath that be hath 
 despised, and my covenant that he 
 hath broken, I will even brmg it upon 
 
 20 bis own head. And I will spread my 
 net upon him, and he shall be taken 
 in my snare, and I will bring him to 
 Babylon, and will plead with him there 
 for his trespass that he hath trespassed 
 
 21 against me. And all his fugitives in all 
 his bands shall fall by the sword, and 
 they that remain shall be scattered 
 toward every wind : and ye shall know 
 that I the Lord have spoken it. 
 
 22 Thus saith the Lord God : I will also 
 take of the lofty top of the cedar, and 
 will set it; I will crop off from the 
 topmost of his young twigs a tender 
 one, and I wiU plant it upon an high 
 
 23 mountain and eminent : in the mount- 
 ain of the height of Israel will I plant 
 it: and it shall bring forth boughs, 
 and bear fruit, and be a goodly cedar : 
 and mider it shall dwell all fowl of every 
 wing ; m the shadow of the branches 
 
 24 thereof shall they dwell. And all the 
 trees of the field shall know that I 
 the Lord have brought down the high 
 ti-ee, have exalted the low tree, have 
 di'ied w]} the green tree, and have made 
 
 the dry tree to flourish: I the Lord 
 have spoken and have done it. 
 18 The word of tlie Lord came unto me 
 
 2 again, saying. What mean ye, that ye 
 use this proverb '^concerning the land 
 of Israel, saying, The fatliers have 
 eaten sour grajics, and the children's 
 
 3 teeth are set on edge? As I live, 
 saith the Lord God, ye shall not liave 
 orcasiim any more to use this proverb 
 
 4 in Israel. Behold, all souls ai'e mine; 
 as the soul of the father, so also the 
 soul of the son is mine : the soul that 
 
 5sinneth, it shall die. But if a man 
 be just, and do ^that which is law- 
 
 6 ful and right, and hath not eaten upon 
 the mountains, neither hath lifted up 
 his eyes to the idols of the house 
 of Israel, neither hath defiled his 
 neighbour's wife, neither hath come 
 near to a woman in her separation ; 
 
 7 and hath not wronged any, but hath 
 restored to the del)tor his pledge, hath 
 spoiled none by violence, hath given 
 his bread to the hungry, and hath 
 covered the naked with a garment; 
 
 She that hath not given forth upon 
 usury, neither hath taken any incTcase, 
 that hath withdrawn his hand from in- 
 iquity, hath executed true judgement 
 
 9 between man and man, hath walked in 
 my statutes, and hath kept my judge- 
 ments, to deal ti'uly; he is just, he 
 shall sm-ely live, saith the Lord God. 
 
 10 If he beget a son that is a robber, a 
 shedder of blood, and *that doeth any 
 
 11 one of these things, and that doeth not 
 any of those duties, but even hath eaten 
 upon the mountains, and defiled his 
 
 12 neighbour's wife, hath wronged the 
 poor and needy, hath spoiled by vio- 
 lence, hath not restored the jiledge, and 
 hath lifted up his eyes to the idols, hath 
 
 13 committed abomination, hath given 
 forth upon usm-y, and hath taken in- 
 crease : shall he then live ? be shall not 
 live : he hath done all these abomina- 
 tions: he shall surely ^die; his blood 
 
 14 shall be upon him. Now, lo, if he beget 
 a son, that seeth all his father's sins, 
 which he hath done, and ^feareth, and 
 
 15 doeth not such like, that hath not 
 eaten upon the mountains, neither 
 hath lifted up his eyes to the idols of 
 the house of Israel, hath not defiled 
 
 16 his neighbour's wife, neither hath 
 wi'onged any, hath not taken aught to 
 pledge, neither hath spoiled by violence, 
 but hath given bis bread to the hun- 
 gry, and hath covered the naked with 
 
 17 a garment, that hath withdi-awn his 
 hand from the poor, that hath not 
 received usury nor increase, hath exe- 
 cuted my judgements, hath walked in 
 my statutes; he shall not die for the 
 iniquity of his father, be shall surely 
 
 18 live. As for his father, because he 
 cruelly oppressed, spoiled his brother 
 by ^dolence, and did that which is not 
 
 3Heb. 
 
 judfje- 
 
 and 
 ri'iht- 
 
 i Or, tlMt 
 doeth to 
 a brothfr 
 any of 
 th^se 
 
 5 Heb. be 
 pitt to 
 death. 
 
 ^Another 
 reading 
 is, seeth, 
 or, con- 
 Sidereth.
 
 606 
 
 EZEKIEL. 
 
 18. 18. 
 
 10r,/(W 
 
 2 Or, he 
 shall die 
 
 3 Or, 
 because 
 of U 
 
 4 Or. so 
 shall 
 tht-y not 
 he a 
 stum- 
 bling- 
 block of 
 inviuity 
 unto you 
 
 5 Heb. 
 stum- 
 blinq- 
 block. 
 
 good among his people, benbld, lie shall 
 
 19 die 1 in his iniquity. Yet say ye, Where- 
 fore doth not the son bear the iniquity 
 of the father ? When the son hath done 
 that which is lawful and right, and hatli 
 kept all my statutes, and hath done 
 
 20 them, he shall surely live. The soul 
 that sinnetli, it shall die : the son shall 
 not bear tlie iniquity of the father, 
 neither shall the father bear the in- 
 iquity of the son ; the righteousness of 
 the righteous shaU be ui^on him, and 
 the wickedness of the wicked shall be 
 
 21 ui^on him. But if the wicked turn from 
 all his sins that he hath committed, 
 and keep aU my statutes, and do that 
 which is lawful and right, he shall 
 
 22 surely live, he shall not die. None of his 
 transgressions that he hath committed 
 shall be remembered against him: in 
 his righteousness that he hath done he 
 
 23 shall live. Have I any jjleasure in the 
 death of the wicked? saitli the Lord 
 God : and not rather that he should 
 
 24 retm'n from his way, and live '? But 
 when the righteous turneth away from 
 his righteousness, and conamitteth 
 iniquity, and doeth according to aU 
 the abominations that the wicked man 
 doeth, shall he live ? None of his right- 
 eous deeds that he hath done shall be 
 remembered: in his tres2)ass that he 
 hath trespassed, and in his sin that he 
 
 25 hath sinned, in tliem shall he die. Yet 
 ye say. The way of the Lord is not 
 equal. Hear now, house of Israel : 
 Is not my way equal? are not youi- 
 
 26 ways unequal? When the righteous 
 man turneth away fi'om his right- 
 eousness, and committeth iniquity, 
 2 and dieth ^therem; lin his iniquity 
 
 27 that he hath done shall he die. Again, 
 when the wicked man turneth away 
 from his wickedness that he hath 
 committed, and doeth that which is 
 lawful and right, he shall save his soul 
 
 28 alive. Because he considereth, and 
 tui-neth away from all his transgres- 
 sions that he hath committed, he shall 
 
 29 surely live, he shall not die. Yet saith 
 the house of Israel, The way of the 
 Lord is not equal. house of Israel, 
 are not my w^ays equal ? are not your 
 
 30 ways unequal ? Therefore I will judge 
 you, house of Israel, every one ac- 
 cording to his waj's, saith the Lord God. 
 Eeturn ye, and turn yourselves from 
 all yom' transgi-essions ; ■*so iniquity 
 
 31 shall not be your ^ruin. Cast away 
 from you all your transgressions, where- 
 in ye have transgressed ; and make you 
 
 .. a new heart and a new spirit : for why 
 
 32 wDl ye die, house of Israel ? For I 
 have no pleasure in the death of him 
 that dieth, saith the Lord God : where- 
 fore turn yoiu-selves, and live. 
 
 19 Moreover, take thou up a lamenta- 
 
 2 tion for the princes of Israel, and say, 
 
 What was thy mother ? A lioness : she 
 
 couched among lions, in the midst of 
 the young lions she nourished her 
 
 3 whelps. And she brought up one of 
 her whelps ; he became a young Uon : 
 and he learned to catch the prey, he de- 
 
 4 voui-ed men. The nations also heard 
 of him; he was taken in their pit: 
 and they brought him with hooks unto 
 
 5 the land of Egypt. Now when she 
 saw that she had waited, and her hope 
 was lost, then she took another of her 
 whelps, and made him a joung Hon. 
 
 G And he went up and down among the 
 lions, he became a young lion : and he 
 learned to catch the prej', he devoured 
 
 7 men. And he knew then* ^palaces, 
 and laid waste theu' cities; and the 
 land was desolate, and the fulness 
 thereof, because of the noise of his 
 
 8 roaring. Then the nations set against 
 him on every side from the provinces : 
 and they spread then* net over him; 
 
 9 he was taken in then- pit. And they 
 put him m a cage with hooks, and 
 brought him to the king of Babylon ; 
 they brought him into strong holds, 
 that his voice should no more be heard 
 upon the mountains of Israel. 
 
 10 Thy mother was like a vine, '?in thy 
 blood, planted by the waters : she was 
 fruitful and full of branches by reason 
 
 11 of many waters. And she had strong 
 rods for the scejitres of them that bare 
 rule, and ^ their statm-e was exalted 
 among the ^ thick boughs, and lothey 
 were seen in ■'^ their height with the 
 
 12 multitude of 8 their branches. But she 
 was plucked up in fm-y, she was cast 
 down to the ground, and the east wind 
 di'ied up her fruit: her strong rods 
 were broken off and withered; the 
 
 13 lire consumed them. And now she is 
 planted in the wUderness, in a dry and 
 
 14thu'sty laud. And fire is gone out of 
 lithe rods of her branches, it hath de- 
 vom-ed her fruit, so that there is in 
 her no strong rod to be a scej)tre to 
 rule. This is a lamentation, and shall 
 be for a lamentation. 
 
 20 And it came to pass in the seventh 
 year, iu the fifth viontlt, the tenth day 
 of the month, that certain of the elders 
 of Israel came to inquii-e of the Lord, 
 
 2 and sat before me. And the word of 
 
 3 the Lord came unto me, saying. Son 
 of man, speak unto the elders of 
 Israel, and s^y unto them, Thus saith 
 the Lord God : Are ye come to inquu-e 
 of me ? As I live, saitli the Lord God, 
 
 4 1 will not be inquu-ed of by you. Wilt 
 thou jtidge them, son of man, wUt 
 thou judge them? cause them to know 
 
 5 the abominations of theu' fathers ; and 
 say unto them, Thus saith the Lord 
 God : In the day when I chose Israel, 
 and lifted up mine hand unto the seed 
 of the house of Jacob, and made myself 
 known unto them in the land of E- 
 gypt, when I lifted up mine hand imto
 
 20. 35. 
 
 EZEKIEL. 
 
 607 
 
 iHeb. 
 made 
 them to 
 kiiow. 
 
 ■' Or, bi/ 
 
 ^ Or. J Ihr 
 Lord do 
 sanctify 
 them 
 
 them, sajaiip, I am tlio Lord your 
 6 God ; in that day I lifted up mine 
 hand unto tlieni, to liriiig tlieiu forth 
 out of the land of Ef,'yiit into a land 
 that I had esjiied for them, Howhig with 
 milk and honey, which is the fjlory of 
 Tall lands: and I said unto them. Cast 
 ye away every man the abominations 
 of his eyes, and defile not yourselves 
 with the idols of Egypt ; I am the Lord 
 
 8 your God. But they rebelled against 
 me, and would not hearken unto jiie ; 
 they did not every man cast away the 
 abominations of their eyes, neither did 
 they forsake the idols of Egypt : then 
 I said I would pour out my fury ujion 
 them, to accomplish my anger agamst 
 them in the midst of the land of 
 
 9 Egypt. But I wrought for my name's 
 sake, that it should not be profaned 
 in the sight of the nations, among 
 whom they were, in whose sight I made 
 myself known unto them, in bringing 
 them forth out of the land of Egj'pt. 
 
 10 So I caused them to go forth out of 
 the land of Egypt, and brought them 
 
 llinto the wilderness. And I gave them 
 my statutes, and i shewed them my 
 judgements, which if a man do, he 
 
 12 shall live 2 in them. Moi-eover also I 
 gave them my sabbaths, to be a sign 
 between me and them, that they 
 might know that "I am the Lord that 
 
 13 sanctify them. But the house of Israel 
 rebelled against me in the wilderness : 
 they walked not in my statutes, and 
 they rejected my judgements, which if 
 a man do, he shall live ^iu them; and 
 my sabbaths they gi'eatly profaned: 
 then I said I would pour out my fm-y 
 upon them in the wilderness, to con- 
 
 14sume them. But I ^\Tought for my 
 name's sake, that it should not be pro- 
 faned m the sight of the nations, in 
 
 15 whose sight I brought them out. More- 
 over also I lifted up my hand unto them 
 in the wilderness, that I would not 
 bring them into the land which I had 
 given them, flowing with milk and 
 honey, which is the glory of all lands; 
 
 16 because they rejected my judgements, 
 and walked not in my statutes, and 
 jirof aned my sabbaths : for their heart 
 
 17 went after their idols. Nevertheless 
 mine eye spared them from destroying 
 them, neither did I make a full end of 
 
 18 them in the wilderness. And I said 
 unto then- childi-en in the wilderness, 
 WaUv ye not in the statutes of yom- 
 fathers, neither observe then* judge- 
 ments, nor defile yourselves with their 
 
 19 idols : I am the Lord yom- God ; walk in 
 my statutes, and keep my judgements, 
 
 20 and do them: and hallow my sabbaths ; 
 and they shall be a sign between me 
 and you, that ye may know that I am 
 
 21 the Lord your God. But the children 
 rebelled agamst me ; they walked not 
 in my statutes, neither kept my judge- 
 
 ments to do them, which if a man do, 
 he shall live '■^iii them; they profaned 
 my sabbaths : then I said I would 
 pour out my fury upon them, to accom- 
 plish my anger against them in the 
 
 22 wilderness. Nevertheless I withdi'cw 
 mine hand, and wrought for my name's 
 sake, that it should not be profaned 
 in the sight of the nations, in whose 
 
 23 sight I brought them forth. Moreover 
 I lifted up mine hand mito them in the 
 wUderness, that I would scatter them 
 among the nations, and disjierse them 
 
 21 through the comitries; because they 
 had not executed my judgements, but 
 had rejected my statutes, and had pro- 
 faned my sabbaths, and theu- eyes were 
 
 25 after their fathers' idols. Moreover 
 also I gave them statutes that were not 
 good, and judgements ''wherein they 
 
 26 should not live ; and I polluted them 
 in their own gifts, in that they ^ caused 
 to pass through the fii<^ all that oi^en- 
 eth the womb, that I might make 
 them desolate, to the end that they 
 might know that I am the Lord. 
 
 27 Therefore, son of man, si^eak unto the 
 house of Israel, and say unto them, 
 Thus saith the Lord God : In this more- 
 over have your fathers blasphemed 
 me, in that they have committed a 
 
 28 trespass against me. For when I had 
 brought them into the land, which I 
 lifted up mine hand to give unto them, 
 then they ^saw every high hill, and 
 every thick tree, and they offered there 
 their sacrifices, and there they present- 
 ed the provocation of their offering, 
 there also they made their sweet 
 savoui', and they poiu-ed out there their 
 
 29 drink offerings. Then I said unto them. 
 What meaneth the high place ^ where- 
 unto ye go? So the name thereof is 
 
 30 called ^Bamah unto this day. Where- 
 fore say unto the house of Israel, Thus 
 saith the Lord God: Do ye pollute your- 
 selves after the manner of your fathers? 
 and go ye a whoring after then- abomin- 
 
 31ations? and when ye offer yom* gifts, 
 when ye make yom- sons topass thi-ough 
 the fire, do ye j)oUute youi'selves with 
 all your idols, unto this day? and shall 
 I be inquired of by you, O house of 
 Israel ? As I live, saith the Lord God, 
 
 321 will not be inquired of by you: and 
 that which cometli into your mind shall 
 not be at all ; in that ye say, We will be 
 as the nations, as the families of the 
 
 33 countries, to serve wood and stone. As 
 I live, saith the Lord God, surely with 
 a mighty hand, and with a stretched 
 out arm, and with fury poured out, will 
 
 3-1 1 be king over you : and I will bring 
 you out from the peojiles, and will 
 gather you out of the countries where- 
 in ye are scattered, with a mighty hand, 
 and with a stretched out arm, and with 
 
 35 fury poui'ed oi;t: and I will bring you 
 into the wilderness of the i3eoples, and 
 
 J Or, 
 
 whereby 
 
 5 Or, set 
 apart all 
 See Ex. 
 xiii. VI 
 
 HOT, 
 
 looked 
 out for 
 
 7 Or. 
 where- 
 unto y; 
 qo, and 
 the name 
 whereof 
 
 . . . day ! 
 
 8 That is, 
 Hinh 
 place.
 
 608 
 
 EZEKIEL. 
 
 20. 35. 
 
 1 Or, but 
 hereafter 
 sureltf yc 
 ahaU 
 hearkf'n 
 unto me, 
 and (tc. 
 
 2 Or, 
 chief 
 
 3 Or, 
 tribute 
 
 4 Or, 
 With 
 
 ICh. xxi. 
 ] in 
 Heb.J 
 
 (Ch. xxL 
 H in 
 Heb.] 
 
 there will I plead with you face to face. 
 
 36 Like as I pleaded with your fathers in 
 the wilderness of the land of Egypt, so 
 will I plead with you, saith the Lord 
 
 37 God. And I will cause you to pass 
 under the rod, and I will bring you into 
 
 38 the bond of the covenant ; and I will 
 purge out from among you the rebels, 
 and them that transgi-ess against me ; 
 I will bring them forth out of the land 
 where they sojom-n, but they shall not 
 enter into the laud of Israel : and ye 
 
 39 shall know that I am the Lord. As 
 for you, O house of Israel, thus saith 
 the Lord God : Go ye, serve every one 
 his idols, 1 and hereafter also, if ye will 
 not heai'ken unto me : but my holy name 
 shall ye no more profane with your 
 
 40 gifts, and with your idols. For in mine 
 holy mountain, in the momitain of the 
 height of Israel, saith the Lord God, 
 there shall all the house of Israel, all of 
 them, serve me in the land : there will 
 I accept them, and there will I require 
 your offerings, and the ^fii-stfruits of 
 your ^oblations, with all your holy 
 
 41 things. * As a sweet savour will I ac- 
 cept you, when I bring you out from the 
 peoples, and gather you out of the coun- 
 tries wherein ye have been scattered ; 
 and I will be sanctified in you in the 
 
 42 sight of the nations. And ye shall know 
 that I am the Lord, when I shall 
 bring you into the land of Israel, into 
 the comitry which I lifted u^j mine 
 
 43 hand to give unto yom- fathers. And 
 there shall ye remember your ways, and 
 aU your doings, wherein ye have pol- 
 luted yourselves ; and ye shall loathe 
 yourselves in yom* own sight for all 
 your evils that j'e have committed. 
 
 44 And ye shall know that I am the 
 Lord, when I have wrought with you 
 for my name's sake, not according to 
 your evil ways, nor according to your 
 corrupt doings, O ye house of Israel, 
 saith the Lord God. 
 
 4.5 And the word of the Lord came mito 
 
 46 me, saying. Son of man, set thy face 
 toward the south, and drop thy word 
 towai-d the south, and proi^hesy against 
 
 47 the forest of the field in the South ; and 
 say to the forest of the South, Hear the 
 word of the Lord ; Thus saith the Lord 
 God: Behold, I will kindle a fire in 
 thee, and it shall devom* every green 
 tree in thee, and every <h-y tree : the 
 flaming flame shall not be quenched, 
 and aU faces from the south to the 
 
 48 north shall be burnt thereby. And all 
 flesh shall see that I the Lord have 
 kindled it: it shall not be quenched. 
 
 49 Then said I, All Lord God ! they say of 
 me. Is he not a speaker of parables? 
 
 21 And the word of the Lord came unto 
 
 2 me, saying, Son of man, set thy face 
 
 toward Jerusalem, and drop tliy ivord 
 
 toward the sanctuaries, and prophesy 
 
 3 against the land of Israel; and say to 
 
 the land of Israel, Thus saith the Lord: 
 Behold, I am against thee, and will draw 
 forth my sword out of its sheath, and 
 will cut off from thee the righteous and 
 
 4 the wicked. Seeing then that I will cut 
 off from thee the righteous and the 
 wicked, therefore shall my sword go 
 forth out of its sheath against all flesh 
 
 5 from the south to the north : and all 
 flesh shall know that I the Lord have 
 drawn forth my sword out of its sheath; 
 
 6 itshallnoti'eturnanymore. Sigh there- 
 fore, thou son of man ; with the break- 
 ing of thy loins and with bitterness 
 
 7 shalt thou sigh before their eyes. And it 
 shall be, when they say unto thee,Where- 
 f ore sighest thou ? that thou shalt say. 
 Because of the tidings, for it cometh : 
 and every heart shall melt, and all 
 hands shall be feeble, and every spirit 
 shall" faint, and all knees shall be weak 
 as water: behold, it cometh, and it 
 shall be done, saith the Lord God. 
 
 8 And the word of the Lord came unto 
 
 9 me, saying. Son of man, prophesy, 
 and say. Thus saith the Lord : Say, 
 A sword, a sword, it is sharpened, 
 
 10 and also fm-bished: it is sharpened 
 that it may make a slaughter; it is 
 furbished that it may be as lightning: 
 shall we then make mirth? 6 the rod of 
 
 11 my son, it contemneth every tree. And 
 it is given to be furbished, that it may 
 be handled : the sword, it is sharjiened, 
 yea, it is furbished, to give it into 
 
 12 the hand of the slayer. Cry and howl, 
 son of man : for it is upon my people, it 
 is upon all the princes of Israel : ' they 
 are delivered over to the sword with 
 my people: smite therefore ujion thy 
 
 13 thigh. For there is a trial ; and "^ what 
 if even the rod that contemneth shall 
 
 14 be no more ? saith the Lord God. Thou 
 therefore, son of man, prophesy, and 
 smite thine hands together; and let the 
 sword be doubled the third time, the 
 sword of the deadly wounded : it is the 
 sword of the great one that is deadly 
 wounded, which "entereth into their 
 
 15 chambers. I have set the i^ijoiut of 
 the sword agamst aU their gates, that 
 their heart may melt, and their stum- 
 blings be multiplied : ah ! it is made as 
 lightnmg, it is iiointed for slaughter. 
 
 16 i^Gather thee together, go to the right ; 
 set thyself in array, go to the left; 
 
 17 1- whithersoever thy face is set. I wUl 
 also smite mine hands together, and I 
 wiU 13 satisfy my fury : I the Lord have 
 spoken it. 
 
 18 The word of the Lord came imto me 
 
 19 again, saying. Also, thou son of man, 
 aiipoint thee two ways, that the sword 
 of the king of Babylon may come ; they 
 twain shall come forth out of one land: 
 and mark out a i^i^lace, mark it out at 
 
 20 the head of the way to the city. Thou 
 shalt appoint a way, for the sword to 
 come to Rabbah of the children of
 
 22. 22. 
 
 EZEKIEL. 
 
 609 
 
 1 Or, far 
 
 2 Or, 
 punish- 
 ment 
 
 3 0r, / 
 wiU re- 
 move &e. 
 
 iHeb. 
 7iot this. 
 
 iHeb. 
 An over- 
 throw, 
 over- 
 throw, 
 over- 
 throw, 
 Willi 
 make it. 
 
 oOr, 
 
 to the 
 uttt r- 
 most 
 
 'Or, 
 thine 
 origin 
 
 8 Oi', and 
 
 Amnion, aud to Judali iu Jerusalem 
 
 21 the defeuced. For the king of Babylon 
 stood at the partmg of the way, at the 
 head of the two ways, to use divina- 
 tion : he shook the arrows to and fro, 
 he consulted the teraphim, he looked in 
 
 22 the liver. In his right hand was the div- 
 ination ybr Jerusalem, to set battering 
 rams, to ojien the mouth i in the slaugh- 
 ter, to lift up the voice with shouting, to 
 set battering rams against the gates, to 
 
 23 cast up mounts, to build forts. And it 
 shall be unto them as a vain divination 
 in their eight, which have sworn oaths 
 unto them : but he bringeth iniquity to 
 remembrance, that they may be taken. 
 
 24 Therefore thus saith the Lord God: 
 Because ye have made your iniquity to 
 be remembered, in that youi- transgi-es- 
 sions are discovered, so that in all youi' 
 doings yom* sins do appear; because 
 that ye are come to remembrance, ye 
 
 25 shall be taken with the hand. And 
 thou, O deadly wounded wicked one, 
 the prince of Israel, whose day is come, 
 in the time of the ^ iniquity of the end ; 
 
 26 thus saith the Lord God: ^ Remove 
 the mitre, and take off the crown: 
 this shall be '^uo more the same: exalt 
 that which is low, and abase that which 
 
 27 is high. ^I wiU overturn, overtm-n, 
 overtm-n it : this also shall be no more, 
 until he come whose right it is ; and I 
 will give it him. 
 
 28 And thou, son of man, prophesy, 
 and say, Thus saith the Lord God con- 
 cerning the childi-eu of Amnion, and 
 concerning theii- reproach; and say 
 thou, A sword, a sword is drawn, for the 
 slaughter it is fm-bished, 6 to cause it 
 to devour, that it may be as lightning : 
 
 29 whiles they see vanity imto thee, whiles 
 they divine lies mito thee, to lay thee 
 upon the necks of the wicked that are 
 deadly wounded, whose day is come, 
 iu the time of the ^ iniquity of the end. 
 
 30 Cause it to return into its sheath. In 
 the place where thou wast created, in 
 the land of ^ thy bu-th, will I judge thee. 
 
 31 And I will pour out mine indignation 
 upon thee ; I will blow upon thee with 
 the fii-e of my wrath : and I will deliver 
 thee into the hand of brutish men, skil- 
 
 32 ful to destroy. Thou shalt be for fuel 
 to the fire ; thy blood shall be iu the 
 midst of the land; thou shalt be no 
 more remembered : for I the Lord have 
 spoken it. 
 
 22 Moreover the word of the Lord 
 
 2 came unto me, saying. And thou, son 
 of man, wilt thou judge, wilt thou 
 judge the bloody city? ^then cause her 
 
 3 to know aU her abominations. Aud 
 thou shalt say, Thus saith the Lord 
 God : A city that sheddeth blood in the 
 midst of her, that her time may come, 
 and that maketh idols against herself 
 
 4 to defile her 1 Thou art become guilty 
 in thy blood that thou hast shed, and 
 
 art defiled iu thine idols which thou 
 hast made-; and thou hast caused thy 
 days to draw near, and art come even 
 unto thy years : therefore have I made 
 tlieo a rei)roach unto the nations, 
 and a mocking to all the countries. 
 
 5 Those that be near, and those that be 
 far from thee, shall mock thee, thou 
 
 (■> '■' infamous one and full of tumult. Be- 
 hold, the princes of Israel, every one 
 according to his i" power, have been in 
 
 7 thee to shed blood. In thee have they 
 set light by father and motlier ; in the 
 midst of thee have they dealt by op- 
 pression with the stranger: in thee 
 have they wronged the fatherless and 
 
 8 the widow. Thou hast despised mine 
 holy things, and hast profaned my sab- 
 
 9 baths. Slanderous men have been in 
 thee to shed blood: and in thee they 
 have eaten upon the mountains: in 
 the midst of thee they have commit- 
 
 10 ted lewchiess. In thee have they dis- 
 covered their fathers' nakedness: in 
 thee have they humbled her that was 
 
 11 unclean in her separation. And one 
 hath committed abomination with his 
 neighbour's wife; aud another hath 
 lewdly defiled his daughter in law ; and 
 another in thee hath humbled his sister, 
 
 12 his father's daughter. In thee have 
 they taken bribes to shed blood ; thou 
 hast taken usury and increase, and thou 
 hast gi'eedily gained of thy ueighbom-s 
 by oppression, aud hast forgotten me, 
 
 13 saith the Lord God. Behold, therefore, 
 I have smitten mine hand at thy dis- 
 honest gain which thou hast made, and 
 at thy blood which hath been in the midst 
 
 14 of thee. Can thine heart endure, or can 
 thine hands be strong, in the days that I 
 shall deal with thee ? I the Lord have 
 
 15 spoken it, and will do it. And I will 
 scatter thee among the nations, and dis- 
 perse thee through the comitries ; and I 
 wiU consume thy filthiness out of thee. 
 
 16 And thou shalt be profaned in thyself, 
 in the sight of the nations ; aud thou 
 shalt know that I am the Lord. 
 
 17 And the word of the Lord came unto 
 
 18 me, saying. Son of man, the house of 
 Israel is become dross unto me : all of 
 them are brass and tin and ii'on and 
 lead, iu the midst of the furnace ; they 
 
 19 are the di'oss of silver. Therefore thus 
 saith the Lord God : Because ye are all 
 become dross, therefore behold, I will 
 gather you into the midst of Jerusalem. 
 
 20 As they gather silver and brass andiron 
 and lead and tin into the midst of the 
 fm-nace, to blow the &re upon it, to melt 
 it ; so will I gather you in mine anger 
 and in my fury, and I wiU lay you there, 
 
 21 and melt you. Yea, I wiU gather you, 
 aud blow upon you with the fire of my 
 wi'ath, and ye shall be melted iu the 
 
 22 midst thereof. As silver is melted ui 
 the midst of the furnace, so shall ye be 
 melted in the midst thereof; and ye 
 
 9Heb. 
 
 drftled of 
 ruuiie. 
 10 Heb. 
 ann. 
 
 20
 
 610 
 
 EZEKIEL. 
 
 22. 22. 
 
 1 That is, 
 Hertcitt. 
 
 2 That is, 
 My tent 
 is in her. 
 
 3 See 
 NunL V. 
 19,20. 
 
 4 Or, 
 deputies 
 See Jer. 
 U. 23,&c. 
 
 5 Or, 
 
 brought 
 
 from 
 
 Egypt 
 
 shall know that I the Lord have poured 
 out my fury uijon you. 
 
 23 And the word of the Lord came imto 
 
 24 me, saying, Son of man, say unto her. 
 Thou art a laud that is not cleansed, 
 nor rained upon in the day of indig- 
 
 25 nation. There is a conspiracy of her 
 prophets in the midst thereof, like a 
 roaring lion ravening the prey: they 
 have devoui-ed souls; they take treasm-e 
 and precious things ; they have made 
 her widows many in the midst thereof. 
 
 26 Her priests have done violence to my 
 law, and have jirofaned mine holy 
 things: they have jnit no difference 
 between the holy and the common, 
 neither have they caused men to dis- 
 cern between the unclean and the clean, 
 and have liid their eyes from my sab- 
 baths, and I am i^rofaned among them. 
 
 27 Her princes in the midst thereof are 
 like wolves ravening the prey; to 
 shed blood, and to destroy souls, that 
 
 28 they may get dishonest gain. And 
 her prophets have daubed for them 
 with untempered mortar, seeing vanity, 
 and divining lies unto them, saying, 
 Thus saith the Lord God, when the 
 
 29 LoED hath not spoken. The people of 
 the land have used oppression, and ex- 
 ercised robbery ; yea, they have vexed 
 the poor and needy, and have oppressed 
 
 30 the stranger wi-ongfully. And I sought 
 for a man among them, that should 
 make up the fence, and stand in the 
 gap before me for the land, that I 
 should not destroy it: but I found 
 
 31 none. Therefore have I pom-ed out 
 mine indignation upon them; I have 
 consumed them with the fire of my 
 ■wrath : their o^ti way have I brought 
 upon their heads, saith the Lord God. 
 
 23 The word of the Lord came agam 
 
 2 unto me, saying. Son of man, there 
 were two women, the daughters of 
 
 3 one mother: and they committed 
 whoredoms in Egyi)t ; they committed 
 whoredoms in then* youth : there were 
 their breasts pressed, and there they 
 bruised the teats of their virginity. 
 
 4. And the names of them were Oholah 
 the elder, and OhoHbah her sister: 
 and they became mine, and they bare 
 sons and daughters. And as for their 
 names, Samaria is i Oholah, and Jeru- 
 
 5 salem ^Oholibah. And Oholah played 
 the harlot ^ when she was mine ; and she 
 doted on her lovers, on the Assyrians 
 
 'oher neighbours, which were clothed 
 with blue, governors and * rulers, all 
 of them desirable young men, horse- 
 
 7 men riding ujion horses. And she be- 
 stowed her whoredoms upon them, the 
 choicest men of Assyi'ia all of them: 
 and on whomsoever she doted, with all 
 
 8 then- idols she defiled herself. Neither 
 hath she left her whoredoms ^ since the 
 dai/s of Egyi)t ; for in her youth they 
 lay with her, and they bruised the 
 
 teats of her virginity : and they poured 
 9 out then- whoredom ujion her. Where- 
 fore I delivered her into the hand of 
 her lovers, into the hand of the As- 
 
 10 Syrians, upon whom she doted. These 
 discovered her nakedness: they took 
 her sons and her daughters, and her 
 they slew with the sword: and she 
 became a ''byword among women; for 
 they executed judgements upon her. 
 
 11 And her sister Oholibah saw this, yet 
 was she more corrupt in her doting 
 than she, and in her whoredoms which 
 were more than the whoredoms of 
 
 12 her sister. She doted upon the As- 
 sjTians, governors and rulers, her 
 neighbours, clothed most gorgeously, 
 horsemen riding upon horses, all of 
 
 13 them desh-able young men. And I saw 
 that she was defiled; they both took 
 
 14 one way. And she increased her whore- 
 doms; for she saw men pourtrayed 
 upon the wall, the unages of the 
 Chaldeans iiom-trayed with vermilion, 
 
 15 girded with girdles upon their loins, 
 'exceeduig in dyed attire upon their 
 heads, all of them princes to look upon, 
 after the likeness of the Babylonians 
 8 in Chaldea, the land of their nativity. 
 
 IGAud 'J as soon as she saw them she 
 doted upon them, and sent messengers 
 
 17 unto them into Chaldea. And the 
 Babylonians came to her into the bed 
 of love, and they defiled her with their 
 whoredom, and she was polluted with 
 them, and her soul Mas alienated from 
 
 18 them. So she discovered her whore- 
 doms, and discovered her nakedness : 
 then my soul was alienated from her, 
 like as my soul was alienated from her 
 
 19 sister. Yet she multiplied her whore- 
 doms, remembering the days of her 
 youth, wherein she had played the 
 
 20 harlot in the laud of Egypt. And she 
 doted ujjon their jiaramom-s, whose 
 flesh is as the flesh of asses, and whose 
 
 21 issue is like the issue of horses. Thus 
 thou calledst to remembrance the lewd- 
 ness of thy youth, in the bruising of 
 thy teats by the Egyptians for the 
 breasts of thy youth. 
 
 22 Therefore, O Oholibah, thus saith 
 the Lord God : Behold, I wUl raise up 
 thy lovers agamst thee, from whom 
 thy soul is alienated, and I wiU bring 
 
 23 them against thee on every side ; the 
 Babylonians and all the Chaldeans, 
 Pekod and Shoa and Koa, and all the 
 Assyrians with them : desirable yotmg 
 men, governors and rulers all of them, 
 l)rinces and i°men of renown, all of 
 
 24 them riding upon horses. And they 
 shall come against thee with weapons, 
 chariots, and n wagons, and with an 
 assembly of peoples; they shall set 
 themselves against thee with buckler 
 and shield and hehnet roimd about: 
 and I will commit the judgement unto 
 them, and they shall judge thee accord-
 
 24. 9. 
 
 EZEKIEL. 
 
 611 
 
 iSee 
 \er. 8. 
 
 • Oi-, too 
 viuch to 
 endure 
 
 <see 
 ch. x\"i. 
 iX), 21. 
 
 ■lOr, 
 
 to CQinc 
 
 25iiig to their jiKlgemeiits. And I will 
 set my jealousy against thee, and they 
 Khali deal with thee in fury ; they 
 shall take away thy nose and thhie 
 oars; and thy residue shall fall by the 
 sword: they shall take thy sons and 
 thy daughters; and thy residue shall 
 
 261)6 devoured by the fire. They shall 
 also strip thee of thy clothes, raid take 
 
 27 away thy fair jewels. Thus will I make 
 thy lewdness to cease from thee, and 
 thy whoredom ^hroiif/ht irom the laud 
 of Egypt: so that thou shalt not lift 
 up thine eyes unto them, nor remem- 
 
 28 ber Egypt' any more. For thus saith 
 the Loi-d God : Behold, I will deliver 
 thee into the hand of them whom thou 
 hatest, into the hand of them from 
 
 29 whom thy soul is alienated : and they 
 shall deal with thee in hatred, and shall 
 take away all thy labour, and shall leave 
 thee naked and bare : and the naked- 
 ness of thy whoredoms shall be dis- 
 covered, both thy lewdness and thy 
 
 30 whoredoms. These things shall be done 
 unto thee, for that thou hast gone a 
 whoring after the heathen, and because 
 
 31 thou art polluted with their idols. Thou 
 hast walked in the way of thy sister ; 
 therefore will I give her cup into thine 
 
 32 hand. Thus saith the Lord God: 
 Thou shalt di-iuk of thy sister's cup, 
 which is deep and large : thou shalt be 
 laughed to scorn and had in derision ; 
 
 33 2 it containeth much. Thou shalt be 
 filled with drunkenness and sorrow, 
 with the cup of astonishment and 
 desolation, with the cup of thy sister 
 
 34 Samaria. Thou shalt even drink it 
 and drain it out, and thou shalt gnaw 
 the sherds thereof, and shalt tear thy 
 breasts : for I have si^oken it, saith the 
 
 35 Lord God. Therefore thus saith the 
 Lord God: Because thou hast for- 
 gotten me, and cast me behind thy 
 back, therefore bear thou also thy lewd- 
 ness and thy whoredoms. 
 
 36 The Lord said moreover mito me: 
 Son of man, wilt thou judge Oholah 
 and Oholibah ? then declare unto them 
 
 37 their abominations. For they have 
 committed adultery, and blood is in 
 their hands, and with their idols have 
 they committed adultery; and they 
 have also ^ caused their sons, whom 
 they bare unto me, to pass through the 
 
 38 ^;-e unto them to be devom-ed. More- 
 over this they have done unto me : they 
 have defiled my sanctuary in the same 
 day, and have jirofaned my sabbaths. 
 
 39 For Avhen they had slain their child- 
 ren to their idols, then they came the 
 same day into my sanctuary to profane 
 it ; and, lo, thus have they done in the 
 
 40 midst of mme house. And further- 
 more ye have sent for men ^ that come 
 from far : unto whom a messenger 
 was sent, and, lo, they came ; for whom 
 thou didst wash thyself, paintedst 
 
 thuie eyes, and deckedst thyself with 
 
 41 ornaments; and satest upon a stately 
 bed, with a table i)repared before it, 
 whereupon tlioii didst set mine incense 
 
 42 and mine oil. And the voice of a 
 }iiultitude being at ease was with her: 
 and with men of the connuon sort w ere 
 brought drunkards from the wilder- 
 ness ; and they put bracelets upon the 
 hands of them twain, and beautiful 
 
 43 crowns upon their heads. Then said 
 I ^of her that was old in adulteries, 
 Now will they commit "whoredoms 
 
 44 with her, 'and she with them. And 
 they went in unto her, as thej' go in 
 unto an harlot : so went they in unto 
 Oholah and unto Oholibah, the lewd 
 
 45 women. And righteous men, they shall 
 judge them with the judgement of adul- 
 teresses, and with the judgement of 
 Avomen that shed blood; because they 
 are adulteresses, and blood is in then- 
 
 46 hands. For thus saith the Lord God : 
 I will bring up an assembly against 
 them, and will give them to be tossed to 
 
 47 and fro and siJoiled. And the assem- 
 bly shall stone them with stones, and 
 despatch them with their swords; they 
 shall slay their sons and theu" daugh- 
 ters, and bui-u up theu- houses with fire. 
 
 48 Thus will I cause lewdness to cease out 
 of the land, that all Momen may be 
 taught not to do after your lewdness. 
 
 49 Aud they shall recompense yoiu' lewd- 
 ness upon you, and ye shall bear the 
 sins of youi- idols : aud ye shall know 
 that I am the Lord God. 
 
 24 Again, in the ninth year, in the tenth 
 month, in the tenth day of the month, 
 the word of the Lord came unto me, 
 
 2 saying. Son of man, write thee the 
 name of the day, even of this selfsame 
 day: the king of Babylon 8 drew close 
 unto Jerusalem this selfsame day. 
 
 3 And utter a parable unto the rebellious 
 house, and say unto them. Thus saith 
 the Lord God, Set on the caldron, set 
 it on, aud also pour water into it: 
 
 4 gather the pieces thereof into it, even 
 every good piece, the thigh, and the 
 shoulder ; fill it with the choice bones. 
 
 5 Take the choice of the flock, and pUe 
 also the bones under it : make it boil 
 well; yea, let the bones thereof be 
 seethed in the midst of it. 
 
 6 Wherefore thus saith the Lord God : 
 Woe to the bloody city, to the caldi-on 
 Avhose 'Jrust is therein, and whose 
 '-•rust is not gone out of it! bring it 
 out piece by piece; no lot is fallen 
 
 7 upon it. For her blood is in the midst 
 01 her ; she set it upon the bare rock ; 
 she i^oured it not upon the gi-oimd, 
 
 8 to cover it with dust; that it might 
 cause fury to come ujj to take venge- 
 ance, I have set her blood upon the 
 bare rock, that it should not be 
 
 9 covered. Therefore thus saith the 
 Lord God: Woe to the bloody city! 
 
 s Or, SJte 
 that is 
 old tcill 
 cojmnit 
 adul- 
 teries 
 
 '■■ Heb. 
 her 
 ipiiurc' 
 doina. 
 
 7 Or, even 
 with her 
 
 8 Heb. 
 
 leaned 
 ujjon. 
 
 »0t. 
 scum 
 
 20—2
 
 612 
 
 EZEKIEL. 
 
 21 9. 
 
 1 Or, me 
 
 2 Or, is 
 in the 
 fire 
 
 3 Or, 
 
 For thy 
 
 filthy 
 
 lewdness 
 
 4Heb. 
 brought 
 to rest: 
 
 5 Or, 
 
 toward 
 
 e Heb. be 
 silent. 
 
 7 See 
 Jer. xvi. 
 5-7. 
 Hos. ix. 
 4. 
 
 8 Heb. 
 the pit 1/ 
 of your 
 soul. 
 
 9 Or, 
 strong 
 hold 
 
 10 Or, 
 beauty 
 n Heb. 
 the lift- 
 ing up 
 of their 
 soul. 
 
 12 Or, 
 
 together 
 vHth 
 
 10 1 also will make the pile gi-eat. Heap 
 on the wood, make the fire hot, boU 
 well the flesh, and make thick the 
 broth, and let the bones be burned. 
 
 11 Then set it empty upon the coals there- 
 of, that it may be hot, and the brass 
 thereof may burn, and that the filthi- 
 ness of it may be molten in it, that the 
 
 12 rust of it may be consumed. She hath 
 wearied 1/(6; seZ/' with toil : yet her great 
 rust goeth not forth out of her; her 
 
 13 rust '^ goeth not forth by fire. ^In thy 
 filthiuess is lewdness : because I have 
 purged thee and thou wast not purged, 
 thou shalt not be purged from thy 
 filthiness any more, till I have * satisfied 
 
 14 my fui-y *upon thee. I the Lobd have 
 spoken it : it shall come to pass, and I 
 will do it ; I wiU not go back, neither 
 will I spare, neither will I repent; 
 according to thy ways, and according 
 to thy doings, shall they judge thee, 
 saith the Lord God. 
 
 15 Also the word of the Loed came 
 
 16 unto me, saying. Son of man, behold, 
 I take away from thee the desire of 
 thine eyes with a stroke : yet neither 
 shalt thou mourn nor weep, neither 
 
 17 shall thy tears rim do^\^l. Sigh, 6 but 
 not aloud ; make no mom-ning for the 
 dead, biud thy headtire upon thee, and 
 put thy shoes upon thy feet, and cover 
 not thy li^js, and T.eat not the bread of 
 
 18 men. So I spake unto the people in 
 the morning; and at even my wife 
 died : and I did m the morning as I was 
 
 19 commanded. And the people said unto 
 me, Wilt thou not tell us what these 
 things are to us, that thou doest so? 
 
 20 Then I said unto them. The word of 
 
 21 the Lord came unto me, saying. Speak 
 unto the house of Israel, Thus saith the 
 Lord God : Behold, I will profane my 
 sanctuary, the pride of your power, the 
 desire of your eyes, and ''that which 
 your soul pitieth; and your sons and 
 your daughters whom ye have left 
 
 22 behind shall fall by the sword. And ye 
 shall do as I have done : ye shall not 
 cover your lips, nor eat the bread of 
 
 23 men. And yoiu- tii-es shall be upon 
 your heads, and your shoes upon yovu- 
 feet : ye shall not mourn nor weep ; but 
 ye shall pine away in your iniquities, 
 
 24 and moan one toward another. Thus 
 shall Ezekiel be mito you a sign; ac- 
 cording to all that he hath done shall 
 ye do : when this cometh, then shall ye 
 know that I am the Lord God. 
 
 25 And thou, sou of man, shall it not be 
 in the day when I take from them 
 their ^strengthj the joy of their i" glory, 
 the desire of their eyes, and i^that 
 whereupon they set their heart, their 
 
 26 sons and their daughters, that in that 
 day he that escapeth shall come unto 
 thee, to cause thee to hear it with 
 
 27 thine ears? In that day shall thy 
 mouth be opened i^to him which is 
 
 escaped, and thou shalt speak, and be 
 no more dumb : so shalt thou be a 
 sign unto them ; and they shall know 
 that I am the Lord. 
 
 25 And the word of the Lord came 
 2 unto me, saying. Son of man, set thy 
 face toward the childi-en of Ammon, 
 3 and prophesy i^ against them: and say 
 mito the children of Ammon, Hear the 
 word of the Lord God; Thus saith 
 the Lord God: Because thou saidst, 
 Aha, against my sanctuary, when it 
 was profaned; and against the land 
 of Israel, when it was made desolate ; 
 and against the house of Judah, when 
 4 they went into captivity: therefore 
 behold, I will deliver thee to the 
 children of the east for a possession, 
 and they shall set their encampments 
 in thee, and make their dwellings in 
 thee ; they shall eat thy fruit, and 
 
 5 they shall drink thy mUk. And I 
 will make Kabbah a stable for camels, 
 and the children of Ammon a couching 
 place for flocks : and ye shall know 
 
 6 that I am the Lord. For thus saith 
 the Lord God: Because thou hast 
 clapped thine hands, and stamped with 
 the feet, and rejoiced with all the 
 despite of thy soul against the land 
 
 7 of Israel; therefore behold, I have 
 stretched out mine hand upon thee, 
 and wUi deliver thee for a spoil to the 
 nations; and I will cut thee off from 
 the peoples, and I wUl cause thee to 
 perish out of the countries : I wiU de- 
 stroy thee ; and thou shalt know that 
 I am the Lord. 
 
 8 Thus saith the Lord God: Because 
 that Moab and Seir do say. Behold, the 
 house of Judah is like unto all the na- 
 
 9 tions ; therefore behold, I wUI o^Den the 
 side of Moab from the cities, from his 
 cities which are i*on his frontiers, the 
 glory of the country, Beth-jeshimoth, 
 
 lOBaal-meon, and Kiriathaim, i^m^to 
 the children of the east, to go against 
 the children of Ammon, and I will give 
 them for a possession, that the children 
 of Amnion may not be remembered 
 
 11 among the nations : and I ■will execute 
 judgements upon Moab; and they shall 
 know that I am the Lord. 
 
 12 Thus saith the Lord God: Because 
 that Edom hath dealt against the 
 house of Judah by taking vengeance, 
 and hath greatly offended, and re- 
 
 13venged himself upon them; therefore 
 thus saith the Lord God, I will stretch 
 out muie hand upon Edom, and wiU 
 cut off man and beast from it : and 
 I wiU make it desolate from Teman; 
 even unto Dedan shall they fall by 
 
 14 the sword. And I wUl lay my venge- 
 ance ui)on Edom by the hand of my 
 people Israel; and they shaU do m 
 Edom according to mine anger and 
 according to my fury : and they shall
 
 27. 8. 
 
 EZEKIEL. 
 
 613 
 
 ^/ 
 
 1 Heb. 
 ,-.' words. 
 
 2 Or, 
 wheels 
 
 3 Or, 
 obelisks 
 
 know my vengeance, saith the Lord 
 God. 
 
 15 Thus saith the Lord God: Because 
 the Philistmes have dealt by revenge, 
 and have taken vengeance with despite 
 of soul to destroy it with perpetual 
 
 16 enmity ; therefore thus saith tlie Lord 
 God, Behold, I will stretch out mine 
 hand upon the Philistines, and I will 
 cut off the Cherethites, and destroy 
 
 17 the remnant of the sea coast. And 
 I will execute great vengeance up- 
 on them with furious rebukes; and 
 they shall know that I am the Lord, 
 when I shall lay my vengeance upon 
 them. 
 
 26 And it came to pass in the eleventh 
 year, in the first day of the month, that 
 the word of the Lord came unto me, 
 
 2 saying, Son of man, because that Tyi'e 
 hath said against Jerusalem, Aha, she 
 is broken that vas the gate of the 
 peoples ; she is turned unto me : I shall 
 be replenished, now that she is laid 
 
 3 waste: therefore thus saith the Lord 
 God : Behold, I am against thee, O Tyre, 
 and will cause many nations to come 
 up against thee, as the sea causeth his 
 
 4 waves to come up. And they shall de- 
 stroy the walls of Tyre, and break down 
 her towers: I will also scrape her 
 dust from her, and make her a bare 
 
 5 rock. She shall be a place for the 
 spreading of nets in the midst of the 
 sea; for I have spoken it, saith the 
 Lord God: and she shall become a 
 
 6 spoil to the nations. And her daugh- 
 ters which are in the field shall be slain 
 with the sword : and they shall know 
 
 7 that I am the Lord. For thus saith the 
 Lord God : Behold, I wiU bring upon 
 Tyi'e Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon, 
 king of kings, from the north, with 
 horses, and with chariots, and with 
 horsemen, and a company, and much 
 
 8 people. He shall slay with the sword 
 thy daughters in the field: and he 
 shall make forts against thee, and 
 cast up a mounl(' against thee, and raise 
 
 9 up the buckler against thee. And he 
 shall set his battering engines against 
 thy walls, and with his ^axes he shall 
 
 10 break down thy towers. By reason of 
 the abundance of his horses their dust 
 shall cover thee: thy walls shall shake 
 at the noise of the horsemen, and of 
 the 2 wagons, and of the chariots, when 
 he shall enter into thy gates, as men 
 enter into a city wherein is made a 
 
 11 breach. With the hoofs of his horses 
 shall he tread down all thy streets : he 
 shall slay thy people v\'ith the sword, 
 and the ^pillars of thy strength shall go 
 
 12 down to the gi'ound. And they shall 
 make a spoil of thy riches, and make 
 a prey of thy merchandise: and they 
 shall break down thy walls, and de- 
 stroy thy pleasant houses: and they 
 shall lay thy stones and thy timber and 
 
 thy dust in the midst of the waters. 
 
 13 Arid I will cause the noise of thy songs 
 to cease ; and the sound of thy harps 
 
 14 shall be no more heard. And I will 
 make thee a bare rock : tliou shalt be 
 a place for the spreading of nets ; thou 
 shalt l)e built no more : for I the Lord 
 have spoken it, saith the Lord God. 
 
 Li Thus saith the Lord God to Tyre:' 
 Shall not the isles shake at the sound 
 of thj' fall, when the wounded groan, 
 when the slaughter is made in the midst 
 
 16 of thee? Then all the princes of the 
 sea shall come down from their thrones, 
 and lay aside their robes, and strip oil 
 their broidered garments: they shall 
 clothe themselves with * trembling; 
 they shall sit upon tlie ground, and 
 shall tremble every moment, and be 
 
 17 astonished at thee. And they shall take 
 up a lamentation for thee, and say to 
 thee. How art thou destroyed, that wast 
 inhabited ^of seafaring men, the re- 
 nowned city, which wast strong in the 
 sea, she and her inhabitants, v/hich 
 caused their terror to be on all that 
 
 186 haunt it I Now shall the isles tremble 
 in the day of thy fall; yea, the isles 
 that are in the sea shall be dismayed 
 
 19 at thy departure. For thus saith 
 the Lord God: Wlien I shall make 
 thee a desolate city, like the cities that 
 are not inhabited ; when I shall bring 
 up the deep upon thee, and the great 
 
 20 waters shall cover thee; then will I 
 bring thee down mth them that de- 
 scend into the pit, to the people of old 
 time, and will make thee to dwell in 
 the nether parts of the earth, ^ in the 
 places that are desolate of old, with 
 them that go down to the pit, that thou 
 be not inhabited; 8 and I will set glory 
 
 21 in the land of the living : I will make 
 thee 9 a terror, and thou shalt be no 
 more : though thou be sought for, yet 
 shalt thou never be fomid again, saith 
 the Lord God. 
 
 27 The word of the Lord came again 
 
 2 unto me, saying, And thou, son of man, 
 
 3 take up a lamentation for Tyre ; and 
 say unto Tyre, O thou that dwellest at 
 the 10 entry of the sea, which art the 
 merchant of the peoples unto many 
 isles, thus saith the Lord God : Thou, 
 O Tyre, hast said, I amperf ect in beauty. 
 
 4 Thy borders are in the heart of the seas, 
 thy builders have perfected thy beauty. 
 
 5 They have "made all thy planks of 
 fir trees from Senir : they have taken 
 cedars from Lebanon to make a mast 
 
 ('. for thee. Of the oaks of Bashan have 
 they made thine oars ; they have made 
 thy 12 benches of ivory inlaid in box- 
 
 7 wood, from the isles of Kittim. Of 
 fine linen with broidered work from 
 Egypt was thy sail, that it might be to 
 thee for an ensign ; blue and purple from 
 the isles of Elishah was thine awning. 
 
 8 The inhabitants of Zidon and Arvad 
 
 iHeb. 
 
 blifv/s. 
 
 !> Or, 
 being 
 won 
 
 /mm the 
 seas 
 
 6 Or, in- 
 habited 
 her 
 
 "Another 
 reading 
 is, like. 
 
 8 Or, as 
 other- 
 wise 
 
 read, nor 
 s,-t thy 
 (jlory <tc. 
 
 9 Or, a 
 destruc- 
 tion 
 Heb. 
 terrors. 
 
 10 Heb. 
 
 en- 
 trances. 
 
 11 Heb. 
 
 bv.ilt. 
 
 12 Or, 
 
 deck
 
 614 
 
 EZEKIEL. 
 
 27. 8. 
 
 lOr, 
 
 elders 
 
 2 Or, ex- 
 chant/e 
 
 3 Or, 
 
 valorous 
 
 ■tncn 
 
 i Or, for 
 
 ai>rcsi:ut 
 
 5 Or. car- 
 
 bunclcs 
 
 6 Per- 
 haps, 
 a kind of 
 confec- 
 tion. 
 
 7 Accord- 
 ing to 
 some 
 ancient 
 versions, 
 from 
 
 Uziil. 
 
 8 Or, 
 wrought 
 
 "Or, 
 
 bales 
 
 were thy rowers : thy wise men, Tyre, 
 9 were in thee, they were thy pilots. The 
 1 ancients of Gebal and the wise men 
 thereof were in thee thy calkers: all 
 the ships of the sea with their mariners 
 were in thee to 2 occupy thy mer- 
 lOchandise. Persia and Lud and Put 
 were in thine army, thy men of war : 
 they hanged the sliield and helmet in 
 thee; they set forth thy comeliness. 
 
 11 The men of Arvad with thine army were 
 upon thy walls round about, and ^the 
 Gammadim were in thy towers : they 
 hanged their shields upon thy walls 
 round about ; they have perfected thj 
 
 12 beauty. Tarshish was thy merchant b;,- 
 reason of the multitude of all kinds of 
 riches; with silver, iron, tin, and lead, 
 
 13 they traded for thy wares. Javan, Tubal, 
 and Meshech, they were thy traffickers : 
 they traded the persons of men and 
 vessels of brass for thy merchandise. 
 
 14 They of the house of Togarmah traded 
 for thy wares with horses and war- 
 
 15 horses and mules. The men of Dedan 
 were thy traffickers : many isles were 
 the mart of thine hand : they brought 
 thee ■'m exchange horns of ivory and 
 
 16 ebony. Syria was thy merchant liy 
 reason of the multitude of thy handy- 
 works : they traded for thy wares with 
 5 emeralds, purple, andbroidered work, 
 and fine linen, and coral, and rubies. 
 
 17Judah, and the land of Israel, they 
 were thy traffickers: they traded for 
 thy merchandise wheat of Minuith, 
 and i^panuag, and honey, and oil, and 
 
 18 balm. Damascus was thy merchant 
 for the multitude of thy handyworks, 
 by reason of the multitude of all kinds 
 of riches ; with the wine of Helbon, and 
 
 19 white wool. Vedan and Javan traded 
 'with yarn for thy wares: *^ bright 
 iron, cassia, and calamus, were among 
 
 20 thy merchandise. Dedan was thy traf- 
 ficker in lorecious cloths for riding. 
 
 21Ai'abia, and all the princes of Kedar, 
 they were the merchants of thy hand ; 
 in lambs, and rams, and goats, in these 
 
 22 were they thy merchants. The traf- 
 fickers of Sheba and Eaamah, they 
 were thy traffickers: they traded for 
 thy wares with chief of all spices, and 
 with all precious stones, and gold. 
 
 23 Haran and Canneh and Eden, the traf- 
 fickers of Sheba, Asshur and Chihnad, 
 
 24 were thy traffickers. These were thy 
 traffickers in choice wares, in "wrap- 
 pings of blue and broidered woric, and 
 in chests of rich apparel, bound with 
 cords and made of cedar, among thj- 
 
 25 merchandise. The ships of Tarshish 
 were thy caravans for thy merchandise : 
 and thou Vv ast replenished, and made 
 very glorious in the heart of the seas. 
 
 26 Thy rowers have brought thee into 
 gi-eat waters : the east wind hath broken 
 
 27 thee in the heart of the seas. Thy 
 riches, and thy wares, thy merchandise. 
 
 thy marLners,and thy pilots,thy calkers, 
 and the lOoccupiers of thy merchandise, 
 and all thy men of war, that are in thee, 
 11 with all thy company which is in the 
 midst of thee, shall fall into the heart 
 
 28 of the seas in the day of thy ruin. At 
 the sound of the cry of thy pilots the 
 
 29 12 suburbs shall shake. And all that 
 handle the oar, the mariners, and all 
 the pilots of the sea, shall come down 
 from their ships, they shall stand upon 
 
 30 the land, and shall cause their voice 
 to be heard over thee, and shall cry 
 bitterly, and shall cast up dust upon 
 their heads, they shall wallow them- 
 
 31 selves in the ashes : and they shall make 
 themselves bald for thee, and gird them 
 with sackcloth, and they shall weep for 
 thee in bitterness of soul with bitter 
 
 32 mourning. And in their wailing they 
 shall take uj) a lamentation for thee, 
 and lament over thee, sayinr/, Who is 
 there like Tyre, like her that is brought 
 to silence in the midst of tlie sea? 
 
 33 'When thy wares went forth out of the 
 seas, thou filledst many peo^iles ; thou 
 didst enrich tlie kings of the earth with 
 the multitude of thy riches and of thy 
 
 34 merchandise. i^In the time that thou 
 wast broken by the seas in the depths 
 of the waters, thy merchandise and all 
 thy company did fall in the midst of 
 
 35 thee. AU the inhabitants of the isles 
 are astonished at thee, and their kings 
 are horribly afraid, they are troubled 
 
 36 in their countenance. The merchants 
 among the peoples hiss at thee; thou 
 art become I'^a terror, and thou shalt 
 never be any more. 
 
 28 The word of the Lohd came again 
 
 2 unto me, saying. Son of man, say 
 unto the prince of Tyre, Thus saith 
 the Lord God : Because thine heart is 
 lifted up, and thou hast said, I am a 
 god, I sit in the seat of God, in the 
 15 midst of the seas; yet thou art man, 
 and not God, though thou didst set 
 
 Hthme heart as the heart of God: be- 
 hold, thou art wiser than Daniel ; there 
 is no secret that they can hide from 
 
 4 thee: by thy wisdom and by thme 
 understanding thou hast gotten thee 
 it'riches, and hast gotten gold and sil- 
 
 5ver into thy treasm-es: by thy great 
 wisdom and by thy traffic hast thou in- 
 creased thy iiJ riches, and thine heart is 
 
 6 lifted up because of thy !<> riches : there- 
 fore thus saith the Lord God : Because 
 thou hast set thine heart as the heart 
 
 7 of God ; therefore behold, I will bring 
 strangers upon thee, the terrible of the 
 nations: and they shall draw then- 
 swords against the beauty of thy wis- 
 dom, and they shall I'detile thy bright- 
 
 8 ness. They shall bring thee down to 
 the pit ; and thou shalt die the deaths of 
 them that are slain, in the heart of the 
 
 9 seas. Wilt thou yet say before hun 
 that slayeth thee, I am God ? but thou
 
 EZEKIEL. 
 
 615 
 
 •Or, 
 
 )>ro- 
 
 ' faneth 
 
 a Or, 
 
 ^ncasure 
 Or. 
 pattern 
 
 3 Or, 
 ruby 
 
 lOr, 
 
 car- 
 buncle 
 
 5 Or, 
 emerald 
 
 c Or,« de- 
 8tructi<yn 
 Heb. 
 teri'oi'S, 
 
 i Or, he 
 jiulijcd, 
 
 art man, and not God, in the hand of 
 lObhn that Mvoinuleth tlioe. Thou shah 
 die the deaths of the unoircunicised 
 by tho hand of straiigci-s: for I have 
 sijolcen it, saith the Lord God. 
 
 11 Moreover tho word of the Lord came 
 
 12 mito me, sayiiip, Son of man, take up a 
 lamentation for tlio king of Tyi'e, and 
 say unto iiim, Thus saith the Lord Gor> : 
 Thou sealo.st up the '■^suni, full of wis- 
 
 13 dom, and perfect in l)eauty. Thou wast 
 in Eden tlie garden of God; every 
 precious stone was thy covering, the 
 ''sardius, the topaz, and the diamond, 
 the beryl, the onyx, and the jasper, the 
 sapphire, the ■'emerald, and the ^ car- 
 buncle, and gold : the workmanship of 
 thy tabrets and of thy pipes was in 
 thee; in the day that thoii wast cre- 
 
 14 ated they were prepared. Thou wast 
 the anointed cherub that covereth : and 
 I set thee, so that thou wast upon 
 the holy mountaui of God ; thou hast 
 waJlied up and down in the midst of the 
 
 15 stones of tire. Thou wast pei-fect in 
 thy ways from the day that thou wast 
 created, till unrighteousness was found 
 
 16 in thee. By the multitude of thy traf- 
 fic they filled the midst of thee with 
 violence, and thou hast sinned : there- 
 fore have I cast thee as jsrofane out of 
 the mountain of God ; and I have de- 
 stroyed thee, O covermg cherub, from 
 
 17 the midst of the stones of fire. Thine 
 heart was lifted up because of thy 
 beauty, thou hast corrupted thy wisdom 
 by reason of thy brightness : I have cast 
 thee to the gi-ound, I have laid thee be- 
 fore kings, that they may behold thee. 
 
 18 By the multitude of thine iniquities, in 
 the unrighteousness of thy traffic, thou 
 hast profaned thy sanctuaries ; there- 
 fore have I brought fortli a fire from 
 the midst of thee, it hath devom-ed 
 thee, and I have tm-ned thee to ashes 
 nj)on the earth in the sight of all 
 
 19 them that behold thee. All they that 
 know thee among the iieoples shall 
 be astonished at thee : thou art be- 
 come 6 a terror, and thou shalt never 
 be any more. 
 
 20 And the word of the Lord came mito 
 
 21 me, saymg, Son of man, set thy face 
 toward Zidon, and i)ropliesy against it, 
 
 22 and say, Thus saith the Lord God : Be- 
 hold, I am against thee, Zidon ; and 
 I will be glorified m the midst of thee : 
 and they shall know that I am the 
 Lord, when I shall have executed 
 judgements in her, and shall be sancti- 
 
 23fied in her. For 1 wUl send into her 
 pestilence and blood in her streets; 
 and the wounded shall 'fall in the 
 midst of her, with the sword upon her 
 on every side ; and they shall know that 
 
 24 1 am the Lord. And there shall be no 
 more a prickuig brier imto the house 
 of Israel, nor a grieving thorn of any 
 that are round about them, that did 
 
 despite unto them; and they shall 
 know that I am tlie Lord God. 
 
 2.5 Thus saith the Lord God: Wlien I 
 sliall have gathered the house of Israel 
 from tlie peoples among whom they 
 are scattered, and shall be sanctified 
 in them in the sight of the nations, then 
 shall they dwell in then- own land whicli 
 
 26 1 gave to my servant Jacob. And thej- 
 shall dwell securely therein ; yea, they 
 shall build houses, and plant vine- 
 yards, and shall dwell secm-ely ; when 
 I have executed judgements upon all 
 those that do them despite round 
 about them; and they sliall know that 
 I am the Lord their God. 
 
 29 Li the tenth year, in the tenth month, 
 in the twelfth day of the month, the 
 word of the Lord came unto me, say- 
 2ing, Son of man, set thy face against 
 Pharaoh king of Egyjit, and prophesy 
 against him, and against all Egyx>t: 
 
 3 speak, and say, Thus saith the Lord 
 God : Behold, I am against thee, Pha- 
 raoh king of Egypt, the gi-eat dragon 
 that lieth in the midst of his rivers, 
 which hath said. My river is mine own, 
 
 4 and I have made it for myself. And I 
 will put hooks in thy jaws, and I will 
 cause the fish of thy rivers to stick unto 
 thy scales ; and I will bring thee up out 
 of the midst of thy rivers, with all the 
 fish of thy rivers which stick unto thy 
 
 5 scales. And I will leave thee throirn 
 into the wildei-ness, thee and all tlie fish 
 of thy rivers : thou shalt fall upon tho 
 •^open field ; thou shalt not be brought to- 
 gether, nor gathered : I have given thee 
 for meat to the beasts of the earth and 
 
 6 to the fowls of the heaven. And all 
 the inhabitants of Egypt shall know 
 that I am the Lord, because they have 
 been a staff of reed to the house of 
 
 7 Israel. When they took hold of thee 
 '■'by thy hand, thou didst break, and 
 didst rend all their shoulders: and 
 when they leaned upon thee, thou 
 brakest, and madest all their loins to 
 
 8 if'be at a stand. Therefore thus saitli 
 the Lord God: Behold, I will brhig a 
 sword upon thee, and will cut off from 
 
 9 thee man and beast. And the land of 
 Egypt shall be adesolation and a waste ; 
 and they shall know that I am the 
 Lord : because he hath said. The river 
 
 10 is mine, and I have made it. Therefore 
 behold, I am against thee, and agamst 
 thy rivers, and I will make the land of 
 Egypt an utter waste and desolation, 
 iifi'om the tower of Seveneh even mito 
 
 lithe border of Ethiopia. No foot of 
 man shall pass thi'ough it, nor foot of 
 beast shall pass through it, neither 
 
 12 shall it 1)0 inhabited forty years. And 
 I will make the land of Egj'pt a desol- 
 ation in the midst of the coiuitries that 
 are desolate, and her cities among the 
 cities that are laid waste shall be a des- 
 olation forty years : and I will scatter 
 
 9 Heb. 
 face of 
 the field. 
 
 a Or, 
 by the 
 It'tiiule 
 Another 
 reading 
 is, ivith 
 thehamt. 
 inOr, 
 as some 
 reail, 
 sh:ike 
 See Ps. 
 Ixix. 23. 
 
 11 Or, 
 
 from 
 Migdol 
 to Syene 
 and even 
 dc.
 
 616 
 
 EZEKIEL. 
 
 29. 12. 
 
 I Or, 
 
 origin 
 
 2Heb. 
 
 3 Or, 
 for hig 
 labour 
 where- 
 with he 
 served 
 
 1 Heb. 
 
 Cush. 
 
 lOr, 
 the land 
 of the 
 covenant 
 
 6 Or, 
 
 front 
 Miytlol 
 to Hyene 
 
 the Egyptians among the nations, 
 and will disperse them through the 
 
 13 countries. For thus saith the Lord 
 God : At the end of forty years will I 
 gather the Egyptians from the peoples 
 
 14 whither tliey were scattered : and I will 
 bring again the captivity of Egypt, 
 and will cause them to return into the 
 land of Pathros, into the land of then- 
 ibu-th; and they shall be there a 2 base 
 
 15 kingdom. It shall be the basest of the 
 kingdoms; neither shall it any more 
 lift itself up above the nations : and I 
 will duniuish them, that they shall no 
 
 16 more rule over the nations. And it 
 shall be no more the confidence of the 
 house of Israel, bringing iniquity to 
 remembrance, when they turn to look 
 after them : and they shall know that 
 I am the Lord God. 
 
 17 Aiid it came to pass in the seven and 
 twentieth year, in the fu'st month, in 
 the first day of the month, the word 
 of the Lord came unto me, saying, 
 
 18 Sou of man, Nebuchadrezzar king of 
 Babylon caused his army to serve a 
 great service against Tyre : every head 
 was made bald, and every shoulder was 
 peeled : yet had he no wages, nor his 
 army, from Tyre, for the service that 
 
 19 he had served against it: therefore thus 
 saith the Lord God: Behold, I will 
 give the land of Egypt unto Nebuchad- 
 rezzar king of Babylon ; and he shall 
 carry off her multitude, and take her 
 spoil, and take her prey ; and it shall be 
 
 20 the wages for his army. I have given 
 him the land of Egypt ^as his recom- 
 pence for which he served, because they 
 wrought for me, saith the Lord God. 
 
 21 In that day will 1 cause an horn to 
 bud forth unto the house of Israel, and 
 I will give thee the opening of the 
 mouth in the midst of them ; and they 
 shall know that I am the Lord. 
 
 30 The word of the Lord came again uu- 
 
 2 to me, saying. Son of man, proi3hes3", 
 and say. Thus saith the Lord God: 
 
 3 Howl ye. Woe worth the day! For 
 the day is near, even the day of the 
 Lord is near, a day of clouds ; it shall 
 
 4 be the time of the heathen. And a 
 sword shall come upon Egypt, and 
 anguish shall be in * Ethiopia, when 
 the slain shall fall in Egj^pt ; and they 
 shall take away her multitude, and 
 her foundations shall be broken down. 
 
 5* Ethiopia, and Put, and Lud, and all 
 the mingled people, and Cub, and the 
 children of ^the land that is in league, 
 shall fall with them by the sword. 
 
 6 Thus saith the Lord : They also that 
 uphold Egj'pt shall fall, and the pride 
 of her power shall come down: 6 from 
 the tower of Seveneh shall they fall 
 in it by the sword, saith the Lord 
 
 7 God. And they shall be desolate in 
 the midst of the countries that are 
 desolate, and her cities shall be in 
 
 the midst of the cities that are wasted. 
 
 8 And they shall know that I am the 
 Lord, when I have set a fii'e in Egypt, 
 and all her helpers are 'destroyed. 
 
 9 In that day shall messengers go forth 
 from before me in shijjs to make the 
 careless Ethiopians afraid; and there 
 shall be anguish upon them, as in the 
 day of Egypt ; for, lo, it cometh. 
 
 10 Thus saith the Lord God: I will 
 also make the multitude of Egypt to 
 cease, by the hand of Nebuchadi-ezzar 
 
 liking of Babylon. He and his people 
 with him, the terrible of the nations, 
 shall be brought in to destroy the 
 land ; and they shall draw their swords 
 against Egj'pt, and fill the land with 
 
 12 the slain. And I will make the rivers 
 di-y, and will sell the laud into the 
 hand of evil men; and I will make 
 the land desolate, and ^all that is 
 therein, by the hand of strangers: I 
 the Lord have spoken it. 
 
 13 Thus saith the Lord God : I will also 
 destroy the idols, and I wiU cause the 
 
 images to cease from Noph ; and there 
 shall be no more a j)rince out of the land 
 of Egj'pt : and I will put a f eai- in the 
 
 14 land of Egypt. And I wnQ. make Pathros 
 desolate, and will set a fire in Zoan, 
 and will execute judgements in No. 
 
 15 And I will pour my fm-y upon Sin, 
 the strong hold of Egypt; and I will 
 
 16 cut off the multitude of No. And I 
 will set a fire in Egj-pt; Sin shall be 
 in great anguish, and No shall be 
 broken up: and Noph shall hare ad- 
 
 17 versaries i^in the day-time. The young 
 men of Aven and of Pi-beseth shall 
 fall by the sword: and these cities 
 
 18 shall go into captivity. At Tehaph- 
 nehes also the day shall "withdi-aw 
 itself, M'hen I shall break there the 
 yokes of Egyi^t, and the pi'ide of her 
 l)ower shall cease in her : as for her, a 
 cloud shaU cover her, and her daugh- 
 
 19 ters shall go into captivity. Thus will 
 
 1 execute judgements in Egj^it: and 
 they shall know that I am the Lord. 
 
 20 And it came to pass in the eleventh 
 year, in the first month, in the seventh 
 day of the month, that the word of 
 
 21 the Lord came mito me, saying. Son 
 of man, I have broken the arm of 
 Pharaoh king of Egj^t; and, lo, it 
 hath not been bound up to apply heal- 
 ing medicines, to put a roller to bind 
 it, that it be strong to hold the sword. 
 
 22 Therefore thus saith the Lord God : 
 Behold, I am against Pharaoh king of 
 Egypt, and will break his anns, the 
 strong, and that which was broken; 
 and I will cause the sword to fall out 
 
 23 of his hand. And I will scatter the 
 Egyptians among the nations, and will 
 disperse them through the countries. 
 
 24 And I will strengthen the arms of the 
 king of Bal)ylon, and put my sword in 
 his hand : but I will break the arms of 
 
 "Heb. 
 
 broken. 
 
 «Heb. 
 the 
 
 fulness 
 thereof. 
 
 s»Or, 
 things of 
 -nought 
 See Ps. I 
 xcvi. 5. ' 
 
 19 Or. all 
 the day 
 
 11 All- 
 other 
 reading 
 is. be 
 dark.
 
 32. 9. 
 
 EZEKIEL. 
 
 617 
 
 lOr, 
 
 cioiuts 
 
 2 Or. 
 
 great 
 
 3 Or, 
 
 saith 
 
 Pliaraoh, aiid lie shall pvoan before 
 him with the groiUii!i^;s of a deadly 
 
 25 wounded iiiaii. And I will hold up 
 the arms of the king of Jjahyloii, and 
 the arms of Pharaoh shall full down ; 
 and they shall know that I am the Loun, 
 when I shall ])\\i my sword into the 
 hand of the king of Bahj'lon, and he 
 shall stretch it ovit uiion the land of 
 
 26 Egyi)t. And I will scatter the Egyiit- 
 ians among the nations, and disperse 
 them through the countries ; and they 
 shall know that I am the Lord. 
 
 31 And it came to pass in the eleventh 
 year, in the thu-d month, in the first 
 day of the month, that the word of the 
 
 2 Lord came unto me, saying. Son of 
 man, say unto Pharaoh king of Egypt, 
 and to his multitude ; Whom art thou 
 
 3 like in thy greatness? Behold, the 
 Assyrian was a cedar in Lebanon with 
 fail- branches, and with a shadowing 
 shroud, and of an high stature; and 
 his top was among the i thick boughs. 
 
 4 The waters nourished him, the deep 
 made him to gi-ow : her rivers ran round 
 about her plantation ; and she setit out 
 her chaimels unto all the trees of the 
 
 5 field. Therefore his statm-e was ex- 
 alted above all the trees of the field ; 
 and his boughs were multiplied, and 
 his branches became long by reason of 
 2 many Avaters, when he shot them forth. 
 
 6 All the fowls of heaven made theu' nests 
 in his boughs, and under his branches 
 did all the beasts of the field bring 
 forth their young, and under his sha- 
 
 7 dow dwelt all great nations. Thus wa.s 
 he fair in his greatness, in the length 
 of his branches : for his root was by 
 
 8 2 many Avaters. The cedars in the gar- 
 den of God could not hide him : the fir 
 trees were not like his boughs, and the 
 plane trees were not as his branches ; 
 nor was any tree in the garden of God 
 
 9 like unto hLm in his beauty. I made him 
 fair by the multitude of his branches : 
 so that all the trees of Eden, that were 
 in the garden of God, envied him. 
 
 10 Therefore thus ^said the Lord God: 
 Because thou art exalted in stature, 
 and he hath set his top among the 
 1 thick boughs, and his heart is lifted 
 
 11 uj) in his height; I will even deliver 
 him into the hand of the mighty one 
 of the nations; he shall surely deal 
 with him : I have driven him out for his 
 
 12 wickedness. And strangers, the terrible 
 of the nations, have cut him off, and 
 have left him: upon the mountains 
 and in all the vallej-s his branches are 
 fallen, and his boughs are broken by all 
 the watercom-ses of the land ; and all 
 the peoples of the earth are gone down 
 from his shadow, and have left hiin. 
 
 13 Upon his ruin all the fowls of the 
 heaven shall dwell, and all the beasts of 
 the field shall be upon his branches: 
 
 14 to the end that none of all the trees by 
 
 the waters exalt themselves in then- 
 stature, neither set their toji among the 
 thick boughs, nor that their mighty ones 
 stand up in their height, eren all that 
 drink water: for they are all delivered 
 unto death, to the nether parts of the 
 earth, in the midst of the children of 
 men, with them that go down to the pit. 
 
 15 Thus saith the Lord God : In the day 
 Avhen he went down to ^hell I caused 
 a mournmg: I covered the deep for 
 him, and I restrained the rivers there- 
 of, and the great waters were stayed: 
 and I caused Lebanon ^to mourn for 
 him, and all the trees of the field faint- 
 
 16 ed for him. I made the nations to 
 shake at the sound of his fall, Avhen I 
 cast him down to •*hell with them that 
 descend uito the pit : and all the trees 
 of Eden, the choice and best of Leba- 
 non, all that di'iuk water, were com- 
 forted in the nether parts of the earth. 
 
 17 They also went doAvu into ■'hell with 
 him unto them that be slain by the 
 sword; yea, they that were his arm, 
 that dwelt mider his shadow in the 
 midst of the nations. 
 
 18 To whom art thou thus like La glory 
 and in greatness among the trees of 
 Eden ? yet shalt thou be brought down 
 with the trees of Eden unto the nether 
 parts of the earth: thou shalt he m 
 the midst of the uncu'cumcised, with 
 them that be slain by the sword. This 
 is Pharaoh and all his multitude, saith 
 the Lord God. 
 
 32 And it came to pass iu the twelfth 
 year, iu the tweKth month, in the first 
 dai/ of the month, that the word of the 
 
 2 Lord came mito me, sayuig, Son of man, 
 take up a lamentation for Pharaoh king 
 of Egypt, and say unto him. Thou wast 
 likened unto a young lion of the na- 
 tions : yet art thou as a di'agon in the 
 seas ; and thou brakest forth ^ with thy 
 rivers, and troubledst the waters witli 
 
 3 thy feet, and fouledst their rivers. Thus 
 saith the Lord God : I will spread out 
 my net over thee with a company of 
 many peoples; and they shall bring 
 
 4 thee up in my net. And I Avill leave 
 thee ujion the land, I will cast thee forth 
 ujjon the oijeu field, and will cause all 
 the fowls of the heaven to settle upon 
 thee, and I will satisfy the beasts of 
 
 5 the whole earth with thee. And I AviU 
 lay thy flesh upon the mountains, and 
 
 6 fill the valleys with thy 'height. I 
 Avill also water with thy blood the land 
 wherein thou swhumest, even to the 
 mountains ; and the watercom'ses shall 
 
 7 be full of thee. And when I shall ex- 
 tinguish thee, I will cover the heaven, 
 and make the stars thereof ^ dark ; I will 
 cover the sun Avith a cloud, and the 
 
 8 moon shall not give her light. All the 
 bright lights of heaven Avill I make ^dark 
 over thee, and set darkness upon thy 
 
 9 land, saith the Lord God. I ^vi]l also 
 
 iHeb. 
 Sheol. 
 
 5Heb. to 
 bti black. 
 
 6 Or, in 
 
 'Or, as 
 other- 
 wise 
 read. 
 
 i Or, to 
 mourn 
 
 20-5
 
 618 
 
 EZEKIEL. 
 
 32. 9. 
 
 lOr, 
 great 
 
 2Heb. 
 cause 
 their 
 waters 
 to settle. 
 
 3Heb. 
 the 
 
 fulness 
 thereof. 
 
 i Or, the 
 sword 
 is ap- 
 pointed 
 
 6Heb. 
 SJteol. 
 
 vex the hearts of many peoples, when I 
 shall brmg thy destruction among the 
 nations, into the countries which thou 
 
 10 hast not known. Yea, I will make many 
 jieoples amazed at thee, and their kings 
 shall be horribly afraid for thee, when 
 I shall brandish my sword before them ; 
 and they shall tremble at every moment, 
 every man for his own life, in the day of 
 
 11 thy fall. For thus saith the Lord God : 
 The sword of the king of Babylon 
 
 12 shall come upon thee. By the swords 
 of the mighty will I cause thy multi- 
 tude to fall ; the terrible of the nations 
 are they all : and they shall spoil the 
 pride of Egypt, and all the multitude 
 
 13 thereof shall be destroyed. I will de- 
 stroy also all the beasts thereof from 
 beside ^many waters ; neither shall the 
 foot of man trouble them any more, nor 
 
 14 the hoofs of beasts trouble them. Then 
 wiU I 2 make their waters clear, and 
 cause their rivers to run like oil, saith 
 
 15 the Lord God. When I shall make the 
 land of Egypt desolate and waste, a land 
 destitute of ^ that whereof it was full, 
 when I shall smite all them that dwell 
 therein, then shall they know that I 
 
 16 am the Loed. This is the lamenta- 
 tion wherewith they shall lament ; the 
 daughters of the nations shall lament 
 there-nith : for Egyiit, and for all her 
 multitude, shall they lament therewith, 
 saith the Lord God. 
 
 17 It came to pass also in the twelfth 
 year, in the fifteenth day of the month, 
 that the word of the Lord came unto 
 
 18 me, saying. Son of man, wail for the 
 multitude of Egj-jit, and cast them 
 down, even her, and the daughters of 
 the famous nations, unto the nether 
 parts of the earth, with them that go 
 
 19 down into the pit. Wliom dost thou pass 
 in beauty ? go down, and be thou laid 
 
 20 with the uncircumcised. They sliall 
 faU in the midst of them that are slaui 
 by the sword: ^she is delivered to the 
 sword : draw her away and all her mult- 
 
 21 itudes. The strong among the mighty 
 shall speak to him out of the midst of 
 ^heU with them that help him: they 
 are gone down, they lie still, even the 
 
 22 uncircumcised, slain by the sword. As- 
 shur is there and all her company ; his 
 graves are round about him : all of them 
 
 23 slain, fallen by the sword : whose graves 
 are set in the uttermost jiarts of the 
 pit, and her company is roimd about 
 her grave : all of them slam, fallen by 
 the sword, which caused terror in the 
 
 24 land of the living. There is Elam and aU 
 her midtitude round about her grave : 
 aU of them slain, fallen by the sword, 
 which are gone do^vn uncircumcised 
 into the nether parts of the earth, which 
 caused their terror in the land of the 
 living, and have borne their shame with 
 
 25 them that go down to the i)it. They 
 have set her a bed in the midst of the 
 
 slain with all her multitude ; her graves 
 are round about her : all of them un- 
 circumcised, slain by the sword; for 
 their terror was caused in the land of 
 the living, and they have borne their 
 shame with them that go do^vn to the 
 pit : lie is put in the midst of them that 
 
 26 be slain. There is Meshech, Tubal, 
 and all her multitude ; her graves are 
 round about her : all of them uncu-cum- 
 cised, slain by the sword; for they 
 caused their terror in the land of the 
 
 27 living. 6 And they shall not lie with the 
 mighty that are fallen of the uncircum- 
 cised, which are gone down to ^ hell mth 
 their weapons of war, and have laid 
 their swords under their heads, and 
 their iniquities are upon their bones ; for 
 ihey toere the terror of the mighty in 
 
 28 the land of the livmg. But thou shalt 
 be broken in the midst of the uncu-cum- 
 cised, and shalt lie with them that are 
 
 29 slain by the sword. There is Edom, 
 her kings and all her princes, which 7 in 
 their might are laid with them that are 
 slain by the sword: they shall lie with 
 the uncircumcised, and with them that 
 
 30 go down to the pit. There be the iirinces 
 of the north, all of them, and all the 
 Zidonians, which are gone down Avith 
 the slain; ^'m. the terror which they 
 caused by their might they are a- 
 shamed; and they lie uncircumcised 
 with them that are slain by the sword, 
 and bear their shame with them that 
 
 31 go down to the pit. Pharaoh shall see 
 them, and shall be comforted over all 
 his multitude : ^even Pharaoh and all 
 his army, slain by the sword, saith 
 
 32 the Lord God. For I have put " his 
 terror in the land of the living: and 
 he shall be laid in the midst of the un- 
 circumcised, with them that are slam 
 by the sword, even Pharaoh and all his 
 multitude, saith the Lord God. 
 
 33 And the word of the Loed came imto 
 2nie, saying. Son of man, speak to the 
 
 cliildren of thy jieople, and say imto 
 them. When I bring the sword upon a 
 land, if the people of the land take a 
 man from among them, and set him for 
 
 3 their watchman : if, when he seeth the 
 sword come upon the laud, he blow the 
 
 4 trumpet, and warn the people; then 
 whosoever heareth the sound of the 
 triunpet, and taketh not v/arning, if 
 the sword come, and take him away, 
 his blood shall be upon his own bead. 
 
 5 He heard the sound of the trmnpet, 
 and took not warning ; his blood shall 
 be upon him : whereas If he had taken 
 warning he should have delivered his 
 
 6 soul. But if the watchman see the 
 sword come, and blow not the trumpet, 
 and the people be not warned, and 
 the sword come, and take any person 
 from among them; he is taken away 
 11 in his iniquity, but his blood will I 
 
 eOr.And 
 
 sTiall 
 theit 
 not lie 
 
 1 Or, for 
 
 all their 
 might 
 
 B Or, for 
 all the 
 terror 
 
 9 Or, 
 
 Pharaoh 
 mid aU 
 his 
 army 
 are 
 slain &c. 
 
 10 An- 
 other 
 reading 
 is, mg. 
 
 11 Or, for
 
 34. 4. 
 
 EZEKIEL. 
 
 619 
 
 1 Or, /or 
 
 2 Or, 
 
 our 
 
 tram- 
 
 <jres- 
 
 3 Or, 
 
 for it 
 
 •Heb. 
 
 iiient 
 and 
 right- 
 eous^iess. 
 
 5 Or, 
 
 for tJiein 
 
 «See 
 ch. xxiv. 
 
 ■X, 27. 
 
 7 require at the -watchman's hand. So 
 tbou, sou of man, I have set thee a 
 watchman unto the house of Israel; 
 therefore hear the word at my mouth, 
 
 8 and give them warning from me. Wlien 
 
 1 say unto the wicked, O wicked man, 
 thou shalt surely die, and thou dost 
 not speak to warn the wicked from his 
 way; that wicked man shall die ^m his 
 iniquity, hut his blood will I require 
 
 9 at thine hand. Nevertheless, if thou 
 warn the \vicked of his way to turn 
 from it, and he turn not from his way ; 
 he shall die ^in his iniquity, but thou 
 hast delivered thy soul. 
 
 10 And thou, son of man, say mito the 
 house of Israel: Thus ye speak, saying, 
 
 2 Our transgressions and our sins are up- 
 on us, and we pine away i in them ; how 
 
 11 then should we live ? Say unto them. 
 As I live, saith the Lord God, I have no 
 Ijleasure in the death of the wicked ; but 
 that the wicked turn from his way and 
 li ve : turn ye, turn ye from your evil ways; 
 for why will ye die, O house of Israel ? 
 
 12 And thou, son of man, say mito the 
 children of thy people. The righteous- 
 ness of the righteous shall not deliver 
 him in the day of his transgi'ession ; and 
 as for the wickedness of the wicked, 
 he shall not fall thereby in the day 
 that he turneth from his wickedness : 
 neither shall he that is righteous be 
 able to live thereby in the day that he 
 
 13 siimeth. When I say to the righteous, 
 that he shall surely live ; if he trust to 
 his righteousness, and commit iniquity, 
 none of his righteous deeds shall be re- 
 membered ; but lin his iniquity that he 
 hath committed, ^ therein shall he die. 
 
 14 Again, when I say unto the wicked. 
 Thou shalt surely die ; if he turn from 
 his sin, and do *that which is lawful 
 
 15 and right; if the wicked restore the 
 
 i)ledge, give again that he had taken 
 )y robbery, walk in the statutes of life, 
 committing no iniquity ; he shall surely 
 
 16 live, he shall not die. None of his sins 
 that he hath.committed shall be remem- 
 bered against him : he hath done that 
 which is lawful and I'ight; he shall 
 
 17 surely live. Yet the children of thy 
 people say. The way of the Lord is not 
 equal: but as for them, their way is 
 
 18 not equal. When the righteous turneth 
 from his righteousness, and couunitteth 
 iniquity, he shall even die ^ therein. 
 
 19 And when the wicked turneth from 
 his wickedness, and doeth that which is 
 lawful and right, he shall live thereby. 
 
 20 Yet ye say. The way of the Lord is not 
 equal. house of Israel, I will judge 
 you every one after his ways. 
 
 21 And it came to pass in the twelfth year 
 of oiur captivity, in the tenth month, 
 in the fifth day of the month, that one 
 that had escaped out of Jerusalem came 
 unto me, saying. The city is smitten. 
 
 22 Now the hand of the Lord had been 
 
 upon me in the evening, afore he tliat 
 was escaped came ; and lie had opened 
 my mouth, until he came to me in the 
 morning ; and my mouth was opened, 
 
 23 and I was no more dumb. And the word 
 of the Loud came unto nie, saying, 
 
 24 Son of man, they that inliabit tliose 
 waste places in the land of Israel speak, 
 saying, Abraham was one, and he in- 
 herited the land : but we are many ; the 
 
 25 land is given us for inheritance. Where- 
 fore say unto them, Thus saith the 
 Lord God : Ye eat with the blood, and 
 lift up your eyes unto j'om* idols, and 
 shed blood: and shall ye possess the 
 
 26 land ? Ye stand ui)ou your sword, ye 
 work abommation, and ye defile every 
 one his neighbour's wife: and shall ye 
 
 27 possess the land? Thus shalt tli( u say 
 unto them, Thus saith the Lord God : As 
 I live, siu-ely they that are in the waste 
 places shall fall by the sword, and him 
 that is in the open field will I give to 
 the beasts to be devoured, and they 
 that be m the strong holds and in the 
 
 28 caves shaU die of the pestilence. And 
 I will make the land a desolation and 
 an astonishment, and the pride of her 
 Ijower shall cease; and the mountains 
 of Israel shall be desolate, that none 
 
 20 shall pass tlu-ough. Then shall they 
 know that I am the Lord, when I have 
 made the land a desolation and an as- 
 tonishment, because of aU their abo- 
 minations which they have committed. 
 
 30 And as for thee, son of man, the child- 
 ren of thy people talk of thee by the 
 walls and in the doors of the houses, 
 and speak one to another, every one to 
 his brother, saying. Come, I pray you, 
 and hear what is the word that cometh 
 
 31 forth from the Lord. And they come 
 unto thee as the people cometh, and 
 they sit before thee as my people, and 
 they hear thy words, but do them 
 not : for with their mouth they shew 
 much love, but their heart goeth after 
 
 32 their gain. And, lo, thou art unto them 
 as ■? a very lovely song of one that hath 
 a pleasant voice, and can play well on 
 an instrument : for they hear thy words, 
 
 33 but they do them not. And when this 
 cometh to pass, (behold, it cometh,) 
 then shall they know that a prophet 
 hath been among them. 
 
 34 And the word of the Lord came unto 
 
 2 me, sayuig. Son of man, prophesy a- 
 gainst the shepherds of Israel, prophesy, 
 and say unto them, even to the shep- 
 herds. Thus saith the Lord God : Woe 
 mito the shepherds of Israel that do 
 feed themselves ! should not the shep- 
 
 3 herds feed the sheep ? Ye eat the fat, 
 and ye clothe you with the wool, ye kill 
 the f atliugs ; but ye feed not the sheep. 
 
 4 The diseased have ye not strengthened, 
 neither have ye healed that which 
 was sick, neither have ye bound up 
 that which was broken, neither have 
 
 20—6 
 
 7 Or, a
 
 620 
 
 EZEKIEL. 
 
 34. 4. 
 
 iHeb. 
 
 the day 
 
 of cloiids 
 
 and 
 
 thick 
 
 dark' 
 
 nes$. 
 
 ye brought again that which was driven 
 away, neither have ye sought that 
 ■which was lost; but with force and 
 with rigour have ye ruled over them. 
 
 5 And they were scattered, because there 
 was no shepherd: and they became 
 meat to all the beasts of the field, and 
 
 6 were scattered. My sheej) wandered 
 through all the mountains, and uiJou 
 every high hill: yea, my sheep were 
 scattered upon all the face of the earth ; 
 and there was none that did search or 
 
 7 seek after them. Therefore, ye shep- 
 
 8 herds, hear the word of the Lord : As 
 I live, saith the Lord God, siu-ely for- 
 asmuch as my sheep became a prey, 
 and my sheep became meat to all the 
 beasts of the field, because there was 
 no shepherd, neither did my shep- 
 herds search for my sheep, but the 
 shepherds fed themselves, and fed not 
 
 9 my sheep; therefore, ye shepherds, 
 
 10 hear the word of the Loed ; Thus saith 
 the Lord God: Behold, I am against 
 the shepherds; and I will requu'e my 
 sheep at their hand, and cause them to 
 cease from feeding the sheep ; neither 
 shall the shepherds feed themselves 
 any more ; and I will deliver my sheep 
 from their mouth, that they may not 
 
 11 be meat for them. For thiis saith the 
 Lord God : Behold, I myself, even I, 
 will search for my sheep, and will seek 
 
 12 them out. As a shepherd seeketh out 
 his flock in the day that he is among 
 his sheep that are scattered abroad, 
 so will I seek out my sheep; and I 
 will deliver them out of aU places 
 whither they have been scattered in 
 
 13 1 the cloudy and dark day. And I will 
 bring them out from the ijeoples, and 
 gather them from the countries, and 
 will bring them into then- own land; 
 and I will feed them upon the momit- 
 ains of Israel, by the watercourses, 
 and in all the inhabited places of the 
 
 14 country. I will feed them with good 
 pasture, and upon the mountains of 
 the height of Israel shall their fold be : 
 there shall they lie down in a good 
 fold, and on fat pasture shall they feed 
 
 15 upon the mountains of Israel. I myself 
 will feed my sheep, and I will cause 
 them to lie down, saith the Lord God. 
 
 161 will seek that which was lost, and 
 will bring again that which was di'iven 
 away, and will bind up that which 
 was broken, and will strengthen that 
 which was sick : and the fat and the 
 strong I will destroy ; I will feed them 
 
 17 in judgement. And as for you, my 
 flock, thus saith the Lord God: Be- 
 hold, I judge between cattle and cattle, 
 as well the rams as the he-goats. 
 
 18 Seemeth it a small thing unto you to 
 have fed upon the good pasture, but 
 ye must tread down with your feet the 
 residue of your pasture? and to have 
 drunk of the clear waters, but ye must 
 
 19 foul the residue with your feet ? And 
 as for my sheep, they eat that which 
 ye have trodden with your feet, and 
 they drink that which ye have fouled 
 with your feet. 
 
 20 Therefore thus saith the Lord God 
 unto them: Behold, I, even I, will 
 judge between the fat cattle and the 
 
 21 lean cattle. Because ye thrust with 
 side and with shoulder, and push all the 
 diseased with your horns, till ye have 
 
 22 scattered them abroad ; therefore will 
 I save my flock, and they shall no more 
 be a prey; and I will judge between 
 
 23 cattle and cattle. And I will set up one 
 shepherd over them, and he shall feed 
 them, even my servant David ; he shall 
 
   feed them, and he shall be their shep- 
 
 24 herd. And I the Lokd wiU be their 
 God, and my servant David prmce 
 among them ; I the Lord have spoken 
 
 25 it. And I will make with them a 
 covenant of peace, and will cause evil 
 beasts to cease out of the land: and 
 they shall dwell securely in the wild- 
 
 26erness, and sleej) in the woods. And 
 I will make them and the places round 
 about my hill a blessing; and I will 
 cause the shower to come down in its 
 season ; there shall be showers of bless- 
 
 27ing. And the tree of the field shall 
 yield its fruit, and the earth shall yield 
 her increase, and they shall be secure 
 in their land ; and they shall know that 
 I am the Lord, when I have broken 
 the bars of their yoke, and have de- 
 livered them out of the hand of those 
 
 28 that 2 served themselves of them. And 
 they shall no more be a prey to the 
 heathen, neither shall the beast of the 
 earth devour them; but they shall 
 dwell secm-ely, and none shall make 
 
 29 them afraid. And I wiU raise up unto 
 them a ^ plantation for renown, and 
 they shall be no more ^consumed with 
 famine in the land, neither bear the 
 
 30 shame of the heathen any more. And 
 they shall know that I the Lord their 
 God am with them, and that they, the 
 house of Israel, are my people, saith 
 
 31 the Lord God. And ye my sheep, the 
 sheep of my pasture, are men, and I 
 am your God, saith the Lord God. 
 
 35 Moreover the word of the Lord came 
 2 unto me, saying. Son of man, set thy 
 face against mount Seir, and prophe- 
 3sy against it, and say unto it, Thus 
 saith the Lord God: Behold, I am 
 against thee, O mount Seir, and I 
 wiU stretch out mine hand against 
 thee, and I will make thee a desolation 
 
 4 and an astonishment. I will lay thy 
 cities waste, and thou shalt be desol- 
 ate; and thou shalt know that I am 
 
 5 the Lord. Because thou hast had a 
 perpetual enmity, and hast given over 
 the children of Israel to the power of 
 the sword in the time of their calamity,
 
 36. 20. 
 
 EZEKIEL. 
 
 621 
 
 lOr, 
 pttnish- 
 
 2Aiiotlier 
 reading 
 
 3 Or, 
 
 thou(/h 
 
 J Or, 
 
 accord- 
 ing as 
 
 5 Or, 
 that I 
 am the 
 Lord ; 
 I have 
 heard 
 &c. 
 
 6 Or, !t is 
 
 in tlie time of the i iniquity of the end : 
 
 6 therefore, as I live, saitli tlio Lord 
 Goo, I will prejjare thee unto blood, 
 and blood sluill iiursue thee: sitli thou 
 bast not bated blood, tlierefore blood 
 
 7 shall pursue thee. Thus will I make 
 mount Seir an astonishment and a 
 desolation; and I will cut oif from it 
 him that ^lasseth tbrougli and him 
 
 8 that retunieth. And I will fill bis 
 mountains with his slain : in thy bills 
 and in thy valleys and in all thy water- 
 courses shall they fall tliat are slain 
 
 9 with the sword. I will make thee per- 
 petual desolations, and thy cities shall 
 not "be inhabited: and ye shall know 
 
 10 that I am the Lord. Because thou 
 bast said. These two nations and these 
 two countries shall be mine, and we 
 will x^ossess it; s^ybereas the Lord 
 
 11 was there: therefore, as I live, saitb 
 the Lord God, I will do according to 
 thine anii;er, and according to thine 
 envy which thou bast shewed out of tliy 
 hatred against them ; and I will make 
 myself known among them, *wben I 
 
 12 shall judge thee. And thou shalt know 
 ^tbat I the Lord have beard all thy 
 blasphemies which thou bast spoken 
 against the mountains of Israel, say- 
 ing, 6 They are laid desolate, tliey are 
 
 13 given us to devour. And ye have 
 magnified yourselves against me with 
 your mouth, and have multiplied your 
 words against me: I have beard it. 
 
 14 Thus saitb the Lord God: When the 
 whole earth rejoiceth, I will make 
 
 15 thee desolate. As thou didst rejoice 
 over the inheritance of the house of 
 Israel, because it was desolate, so will 
 I do unto thee : thou sbalt be desolate, 
 O moiuit Seir, and all Edom, even all 
 of it : and they shall know that I am 
 the Lord. 
 
 36 And thou, son of man, prophesy unto 
 the mountains of Israel, and say, Ye 
 momitauis of Israel, hear the word of 
 
 2 the Lord. Thus saith the Lord God : 
 Because the enemj' bath said against 
 you. Aba ! and. The ancient high 
 
 8 places are ours in possession : therefore 
 l^ropbesy, and say. Thus saith the Lord 
 God : Because, even because they have 
 made you desolate, and swallowed you 
 up on every side, that ye might be a 
 jjossession unto the residue of the na- 
 tions, and ye are taken up in the lips 
 of talkers, and the evil report of the 
 
 4 people: therefore, ye mountains of Is- 
 rael, hear the word of the Lord God ; 
 Thus saitb the Lord God to the momit- 
 ains and to the hills, to the water- 
 covu'ses and to the valleys, to the desol- 
 ate wastes and to the cities that are 
 forsaken, which are become a prey and 
 derision to the residue of the nations 
 
 5 that are round about : therefore thus 
 saith the Lord God : Surely in the fire 
 
 of my jealousy have I spoken against 
 tlic residue of tlie nations, and against 
 all Edom, which have appointed my 
 land unto themselves for a jiosses- 
 sion witli the joy of all tlieir heart, 
 with despite of soul, to cast it out for 
 (5 a prey : therefore prophesy concerning 
 the land of Israel, and say unto the 
 mountains and to the hills, to the 
 Avatercourses and to the valleys, Thus 
 saitb the Lord God: Behold, I liave 
 si^oken in my jealousy and in my fury, 
 because ye have borne the shame of 
 
 7 the heathen : therefore thus saith the 
 Lord God ; I have lifted up mine hand, 
 saiihtg, Surely the heathen that are 
 round about you, they sliall bear their 
 
 8 shame. But ye, O mountains of Israel, 
 ye shall shoot forth your branches, and 
 yield your fruit to my people Israel; 
 
 9for they are at hand to come. For, 
 behold, I am for you, and I will turn 
 unto you, and ye shall be tilled and 
 
 10 sown : and I will multiply men upon 
 you, all the house of Israel, even all 
 of it: and the cities shall be inhabited, 
 and the waste i^laces shall be builded ; 
 
 Hand I will multiply upon you man 
 and beast ; and they shall increase and 
 be fruitful: and I will cause you to 
 be inhabited after your fonner estate, 
 and will do better unto you than at 
 your beginnings: and ye shall know 
 
 12 "that I am the Lord. Yea, I will 
 cause men to walk upon you, even my 
 people Israel; and they shall possess 
 thee, and thou shalt be their inherit- 
 ance, and thou sbalt no more hence- 
 
 13 forth bereave them of children. Thus 
 saith the Lord God : Because they say 
 unto you. Thou land art a devourer of 
 men, and bast been a bereaver of thy 
 
 14 ''nation; therefore thou shalt devoiu" 
 men no more, neither 8 bereave thy 
 ''nation any more, saith the Lord 
 
 15 God ; neither will I ^let thee hear any 
 more the shame of the heathen, neither 
 shalt thou bear the reproach of the 
 peoples any more, neither shalt thou 
 cause thy ''nation to stumble any 
 more, saitb the Lord God. 
 
 1(5 Moreover the word of the Lord came 
 
 17 unto me, saying. Son of man, v>'hen 
 the bouse of Israel dwelt in their own 
 land, they deiiled it by their way and 
 by their doings : their way before me 
 was as the uncleanness of a woman 
 
 18 in her separation. Wherefore I poured 
 out my fiu-y upon them for the blood 
 which they bad poured out upon the 
 land, and because they bad defiled 
 
 19 it with their idols: and I scattered 
 them among the nations, and they 
 were dispersed through the countries: 
 according to their way and according 
 
 20 to their doings I judged them. And 
 when they came unto the nations, 
 whither they went, they jtrofaned my 
 holy name ; in that men said of them. 
 
 'Another 
 reading 
 is, 
 nations, 
 
 ^Anotiier 
 reading 
 is, cause 
 to stum- 
 ble. 
 
 a Or, 
 
 proclaim 
 against 
 thee
 
 622 
 
 EZEKIEL. 
 
 36. 20. 
 
 I Or, / 
 work not 
 for &c. 
 
 2 Or, 
 accord- 
 ing to 
 another 
 reading, 
 your 
 
 3 Or, do 
 
 I work 
 
 These are the people of the Lokd, aud 
 
 21 are gone forth out of his land. But 
 I had pity for mine holy name, which 
 the house of Israel had profaned a- 
 mong the nations, whither they went. 
 
 22 Therefore say unto the house of Is- 
 rael, Thus saith the Lord God: il do 
 not this for your sake, O house of Israel, 
 hut for mme holy name, which ye have 
 profaned among the nations, wliither 
 
 23 ye went. And I will sanctify my 
 great name, which hath been profaned 
 among the nations, which ye have 
 profaned in the midst of them; and 
 the nations shall know that I am the 
 Lord, saith the Lord God, when I shall 
 be sanctified in you before 2 their eyes. 
 
 24 For I will take you from among 
 the nations, and gather you out of all 
 the comitries, and will bring you into 
 
 25 your own land. And I will sprinkle 
 clean water upon you, and ye shall 
 be clean : from all your filthiness, and 
 from all your idols, will I cleanse you. 
 
 26 A new heart also will I give you, and 
 a new spirit will I put within you: 
 and I will take away the stony heart 
 out of your flesh, and I will give you 
 
 27 an heart of flesh. And I will put my 
 sph'it within you, and cause you to 
 walk in my statutes, and ye shall 
 keep my judgements, and do them. 
 
 28 And ye shall dwell in the land that I 
 gave to your fathers ; and ye shall be 
 my people, and I will be your God. 
 
 29 And I will save you from all your un- 
 cleannesses : and I will call for the 
 corn, and will multiply it, and lay no 
 
 30 famine u^jon you. And I will multiply 
 the fruit of the tree, and the increase 
 of the field, that ye shall receive no 
 more the reproach of famine among 
 
 31 the nations. Then shall ye remember 
 your evil ways, and your doings that 
 were not good; and ye shall loathe 
 yourselves in your own sight for your 
 iniquities and for your abominations. 
 
 32 Not for your sake ^do I this, saith the 
 Lord God, be it known unto you: be 
 ashamed and confomided for your 
 
 33 ways, O house of Israel. Thus saith 
 the Lord God : In the day that I cleanse 
 you from all your iniquities, I will 
 cause the cities to be inhabited, and the 
 
 34 waste places shall be builded. And the 
 land that was desolate shall be tilled, 
 whereas it was a desolation in the sight 
 
 35 of all that passed by. And they shall 
 say. This land that was desolate is 
 become like the garden of Eden; and 
 the waste and desolate and ruined 
 
 36 cities are fenced and inhabited. Then 
 the nations that are left round about 
 you shall know that I the Lord have 
 builded the ruined places, and planted 
 that which was desolate: I the Lord 
 have spoken it, and I will do it. 
 
 37 Thus saith the Lord God: For this 
 moreover will I be inquired of by the 
 
 house of Israel, to do it for them; I 
 will increase them with men like a 
 
 38 flock. As the ■* flock for sacrifice, as 
 the flock of Jerusalem in her appoint- 
 ed feasts ; so shall the waste cities be 
 fiUed with flocks of men : and they shall 
 know that I am the Lord. 
 
 37 The hand of the Lord was upon me, 
 and he carried me out in the spirit of 
 the Lord, and set me down in the midst 
 of the valley ; and it was full of bones ; 
 
 2 and he caused me to pass by them 
 round about: and behold, there were 
 very many ^In the open valley; and 
 
 3 lo, they were very dry. And he said 
 unto me. Sou of man, can these bones 
 live? Aud I answered, O Lord God, 
 
 4 thou knowest. Again he said unto me. 
 Prophesy over these bones, and say unto 
 them, O ye dry bones, hear the word 
 
 5 of the Lord. Thus saith the Lord 
 God unto these bones : Behold, I will 
 cause s breath to enter into you, and ye 
 
 G shall live. And I will lay sinews upon 
 you, and will bring up flesh upon 
 you, and cover you with skin, and put 
 breath in you, and ye shall live; and 
 ye shall know that I am the Lord. 
 
 7 So I prophesied as I was conunanded : 
 and as I prophesied, there was a ''noise, 
 and behold an earthquake, and the 
 bones came together, bone to his bone. 
 
 8 And I beheld, and lo, there were 
 sinews uijon them, and flesh came up, 
 and skin covered them above : but there 
 
 9 was no breath in them. Then said he 
 unto me. Prophesy unto the "^wind, 
 prophesy, son of man, and say to the 
 8 wmd. Thus saith the Lord God : Come 
 from the fom* winds, O '^ breath, and 
 breathe ux^on these slain, that they 
 
 10 may live. So I jirophesied as he com- 
 manded me, and the breath came into 
 them, and they lived, and stood up upon 
 tlieir feet, an exceeding great ai'iuy. 
 
 11 Then he said unto me, Son of man, 
 these bones are the whole house of Is- 
 rael: behold, they say. Our bones are 
 dried up, aiitl our hope is lost ; we are 
 
 12 clean cut off. Therefore prophesy, and 
 say mito them. Thus saith the Lord God: 
 Behold, I will open your gi-aves, and 
 cause you to come up out of your graves, 
 O my i)eople; and I will bring you 
 
 13 uito the land of Israel. And ye shall 
 know that I am the Lord, when I have 
 opened your graves, and caused you 
 to come up out of your gi-aves, O my 
 
 14 people. And I will jDut my s spirit in 
 you, and ye shall live, and I will place 
 you in your own land: and ye shall 
 know that I the Lord have spoken it, 
 and performed it, saith the Lord. 
 
 15 The word of the Lord came again 
 
 16 unto me, saying, And thou, son of man, 
 take thee one stick, and write upon 
 it, For Judah, and for the children 
 of Israel his companions: then take 
 another stick, and write upon it.
 
 38. 17. 
 
 EZEKIEL. 
 
 623 
 
 1 Or, (if 
 
 2 Or. 
 
 togcthrr 
 with him 
 lotto (or 
 to be) the 
 stick of 
 Judah 
 
 3 Or. ac- 
 cording 
 to some 
 ancient 
 versions, 
 from all 
 their 
 back- 
 slidiiiffs 
 
 * Or, give 
 it them 
 
 5 Or, over 
 
 eOr, J the 
 Lord do 
 sanctify 
 Israel 
 
 'Or. chiff 
 prince of 
 McshccJi 
 
 For Joseiili, the stick of Ephraini, and 
 
 ^/oi- all the house of Israel his coiu- 
 
 17panioiis : and join them for tliee one to 
 
 another into one stick, that they may 
 
 18 become one in thine liand. And when 
 the children of thy people shall speak 
 mito thee, saying, Wilt thoii not shew 
 
 19 us what thou meanest by these ? say 
 unto them, Thus saith the Lord God; 
 Behold, I will take the stick of Josejjh, 
 which is iu the hand of Ephraim, 
 and the tribes of Israel his companions ; 
 and I will put them 2 with it, even with 
 the stick of Judah, and make them one 
 stick, and they shall bo one in mine 
 
 20hand. And the sticks whereon thou 
 writest shall be in thine hand before 
 
 21 their eyes. And say unto them, Thus 
 saith the Lord God : Behold, I will take 
 the children of Israel from among the 
 nations, whither they be gone, and will 
 gather them on every side, and bring 
 
 22 them into their own land : and I will 
 make them one nation in the land, uj^on 
 the mountains of Israel ; and one king 
 shall be king to them all: and they 
 shall be no more two nations, neither 
 shall they be divided into two king- 
 
 23doms any more at aU: neither shall 
 they delile themselves any more with 
 their idols, nor with their detestable 
 things, nor with any of their transgres- 
 sions: but I will save them i'out of 
 all theu" dwelling places, wherein they 
 have sinned, and will cleanse them : so 
 shall they be my people, and I will be 
 
 24 their God. And my servant David shall 
 be king over them ; and they all shall 
 have one shepherd : they shall also walk 
 in my judgements, and observe my 
 
 25 statutes, and do them. And they shall 
 dwell iu the land that I have given 
 unto Jacob my servant, wherem your 
 fathers dwelt; and they shall dwell 
 therein, they, and their children, and 
 their children's children, for ever : and 
 David my servant shall be then- prince 
 
 26 for ever. Moreover I will make a 
 covenant of peace with them : it shall 
 be an everlasting covenant with them : 
 and I win *place them, and multiply 
 them, and will set my sanctuary in 
 
 27 the midst of them for evermore. My 
 tabernacle also shall be ^with them; 
 and I will be then- God, and they shall 
 
 28 be my people. And the nations shall 
 know that s I am the Loed that sanctify 
 Israel, when my sanctuary shall be in 
 the midst of them for evermore. 
 
 38 And the word of the Lord Came 
 
 2 unto me, saying. Son of man, set thy 
 face toward Gog, of the land of Magog, 
 the 7 prince of Rosh, Meshech, and 
 
 3 Tubal, and prophesy agamst him, and 
 say. Thus saith the Lord God: Be- 
 hold, I am against thee, Gog, ^prmce 
 
 4 of Rosh, Meshech, and Tubal: and 
 I will tm-n thee about, and put hooks 
 
 into thy jaws, and I will bring thee 
 forth, and all thine army, horses and 
 horsemen, all of them clothed in full 
 armour, a great company witli buckler 
 and sliield, all of them handling 
 
 5 swords: Persia, Cush, and Put with 
 them; all of them witli shield and 
 
 6 helmet: Gomer, and all hi.s hordes; 
 the house of Togarmah in the utter- 
 most parts of the noith, and all his 
 hordes : even many peoples with thee. 
 
 7 Be thou prepared, yea, prepare thyself, 
 thou, and all thy companies that are 
 assembled unto thee, and be thou a 
 
 8 8guard unto them. After many days 
 thou shall be visited : in the latter years 
 thou shalt come into the land that 
 is 9 brought back from the sword, that 
 is gathered out of many i)eoples, ujiou 
 the moimtams of Israel, which have 
 been a continual waste : but it is brought 
 forth out of the peoples, and they shall 
 
 9 dwell secm-ely, all of them. And thou 
 shalt ascend, thou shalt come like 
 a storm, thou shalt be like a cloud 
 to cover the land, thou, and all thy 
 hordes, and many peoples with thee. 
 
 10 Thus saith the Lord God : It shall come 
 to pass m that day, that things shall 
 come into thy mind, and thou shalt 
 
 11 devise an evil device: and thou shalt 
 say, I wiU go up to lo the land of un walled 
 villages ; I will go to them that are at 
 quiet, that dwell securely, all of them 
 dwelling without walls, and having 
 
 12 neither bars nor gates : to take the spoil 
 and to take the prey; to tm-n thine 
 hand against the waste places that are 
 now inhabited, and against the people 
 that are gathered out of the nations, 
 which have gotten cattle and goods, that 
 
 13 dwell in the ^middle of the earth. Sheba, 
 and Dedan, and the merchants of Tar- 
 shish, with all the young lions there- 
 of, shall say unto thee. Art thou come 
 to take the spoil ? hast thou assembled 
 thy company to take the prey ? to carry 
 away silver and gold, to take away 
 cattle and goods, to take great spoil ? 
 
 14 Therefore, son of man, prophesy, 
 and say unto Gog, Thus saith the 
 Lord God: In that day when my 
 jieople Israel dweUeth securely, shalt 
 
 15 thou not know it? And thou shalt 
 come from thy place out of the utter- 
 most parts of the north, thou, and 
 many peoi^les with thee, all of them 
 riding upon horses, a great company 
 
 IGand a mighty army: and thou shalt 
 come up against my people Israel, as 
 a cloud to cover the land ; it shall 
 come to pass iu the latter days, that 
 I will bring thee against my land, that 
 the nations may know thee, ■when I 
 shall be sanctified iu thee, O Gog, 
 
 17 before their eyes. Thus saith the Lord 
 God : Ai't thou he of whom I spake in 
 old time by my servants the prophets 
 of Israel,which prophesied in those days 
 
 ^Or, co!»i- 
 laander 
 
 '> Or, 
 restored 
 
 10 Or, 
 an open 
 country 
 
 " Heb. 
 navel. 
 See Judg. 
 ix. 37.
 
 624 
 
 EZEKIEL. 
 
 38. 17. 
 
 lOr, 
 
 chief 
 lirince of 
 Mcshecli 
 
 2 Or, 
 coast- 
 lands 
 
 for maiuj years that I would bring thee 
 18 against them? And it shall come to 
 pass in that day, when Gog shall come 
 against the land of Israel, saith the 
 Lord God, that my f m-y shall come up 
 
 19 into my nostrils. For in my jealousy 
 and in the fii-e of my -ni-ath have I 
 spoken, Surely in that day there shall 
 be a great shaking in the laud of Israel ; 
 
 20 so that the fishes of the sea, and the 
 fowls of the heaven, and the beasts of 
 the field, and all creeping thuigs that 
 creep w^on the earth, and all the men 
 that are ui^on the face of the earth, 
 shall shake at my presence, and the 
 mountains shall be thrown down, and 
 the steep places shall fall, and every 
 
 21 wall shall fall to the ground. And 
 I wiU call for a sword against him unto 
 all my mountains, saith the Lord God : 
 every man's sword shall be against 
 
 '22 his brother. And I will plead against 
 him with pestilence and vdih blood; 
 and I will rain upon him, and upon his 
 hordes, and upon the many peoples that 
 are ^vith him, an overflowing shower, 
 and great hailstones,fire,aud brimstone. 
 
 23 And I will magnify myself, and sanctify 
 myself, and I will make myself known 
 in the eyes of many nations ; and they 
 shall know that I am the Lord. 
 
 39 And thou, son of man, prophesy 
 against Gog, and say. Thus saith the 
 Lord God : Behold, I am against thee, 
 
 Gog, 1 prince of Kosh, Meshech, and 
 2 Tubal: and I will turn thee about, 
 
 and will lead thee on, and will cause 
 thee to come up from the uttermost 
 Ijarts of the north; and I will bring 
 thee upon the moimtains of Israel: 
 Sand I ■\vill smite thy bow out of thy 
 left hand, and will cause thine arrows 
 
 4 to fall out of thy right hand. Thou 
 shalt fall ujjon the mountains of Is- 
 rael, thou, and all thy hordes, and the 
 l)eoples that are with thee : I will 
 give thee unto the ravenous bu-ds of 
 eveiy sort, and to the beasts of the field 
 
 5 to be devoured. Thou shalt fall upon 
 the open field: for I have spoken it, 
 
 G saith the Lord God. And I wUl send 
 a fii'e on Magog, and on them that 
 dwell securely m the ^ isles: and thej' 
 
 7 shall know that I am the Lord. And 
 my holy name will I make known La the 
 midst of my people Israel ; neither will 
 
 1 suffer my holy name to be profaned 
 any more : and the nations shall know 
 that I am the Lord, the Holy One in 
 
 8 Israel. Behold, it cometh, and it shall 
 be done, saith the Lord God ; this is 
 
 9 the day whereof I have spoken. And 
 they that dwell in the cities of Israel 
 shall go forth, and shall make fires of 
 the weapons and burn them, both the 
 shields and the bucklers, the bows and 
 the an-ows, and the handstaves, and 
 the spears, and they shall make fires 
 
 10 of them seven years: so that they 
 
 shall take no wood out of the field, 
 neither cut down any out of the forests ; 
 for they shall make fires of the wea- 
 pons : and they shall spoil those that 
 spoiled them, and rob those that robbed 
 them, saith the Lord God. 
 
 11 And it shall come to pass in that 
 day, that I will give unto Gog a place 
 for burial in Israel, the valley of them 
 that pass through ^on the east of the 
 sea : and it shall stop them that pass 
 through: and there shall they bury 
 Gog and all his multitude: and they 
 shall call it The valley of ^Hamon- 
 
 r2gog. And seven months shall the 
 house of Israel be burying of them, that 
 
 13 they may cleanse the land. Yea, aU 
 the people of the land shall bmy them ; 
 and it shall be to them a renown, in the 
 day that I shall be glorified, saith the 
 
 14 Lord God. And they shall sever out 
 men of continual employment, that 
 shall pass through the laud to bury 
 5 them 15 that pass through, that remain 
 upon the face of the land, to cleanse it: 
 after the end of seven months shall they 
 
 15 search. And they that pass through the 
 land shall pass through ; and when any 
 seeth a man's bone, then shall he ''set up 
 a sign by it, till the bm-iers have buried 
 
 16 it in the valley of Hamon-gog. And 
 ^Hamonah shall also be the name of a 
 city. Thus shall they cleanse the land. 
 
 17 And thou, son of man, thus saith 
 the Lord God: Speak unto the birds 
 of every sort, and to every beast of 
 the field. Assemble yoirrselves, and 
 come ; gather yourselves on every side 
 to my sacrifice that I do sacrifice for 
 you, even a great sacrifice upon the 
 mountains of Israel, that ye may eat 
 
 18 flesh and di-iuk blood. Ye shall eat 
 the flesh of the mighty, and drink the 
 blood of the j^riuces of the earth, of 
 rams, of lambs, and of goats, of bull- 
 ocks, aU of them fatlLngs of Bashan. 
 
 19 And ye shall eat fat tiU ye be full, and 
 drink blood till ye be di'unken, of my 
 sacrifice which I have sacrificed for 
 
 20 you. And ye shall be filled at my table 
 with horses and chariots, with mighty 
 men, and with all men of war, saith 
 
 21 the Lord God. And I will set my 
 glory among the nations, and all the 
 nations shall see my judgement that 
 I have executed, and my hand that I 
 
 22 have laid upon them. So the house of 
 Israel shall know that I am the Lord 
 their God, from that day and forward. 
 
 23 And the nations shall know that the 
 house of Israel went into captivity for 
 their iniquity ; because they trespassed 
 against me, and I hid my face from 
 them : so I gave them into the hand of 
 their adversaries, and they fell all of 
 
 24 them by the sword. According to their 
 uncleauness and according to their 
 transgressions did I unto them ; and I 
 hid my face from them.
 
 40. 25. 
 
 EZEKIEL. 
 
 625 
 
 'Or, 
 
 t'pcn one 
 
 tltn-sh- 
 
 old 
 
 2 Or, 
 guard 
 chainber 
 
 3 This 
 verse is 
 omitted 
 in 
 
 several 
 ancient 
 versions 
 and 
 
 Hebrew 
 MSS. 
 lOr, 
 ;anibs 
 and so 
 throuKh- 
 out tliis 
 cha])ter, 
 and in 
 ch. x]i. 
 1.3. 
 
 25 Therefore thus .saitli the Lord God . 
 Now will I brhig again the ciqjtivity of 
 Jacob, iuul have mercy ui)0ii the whole 
 liouse of Israel; and I will be jealous 
 
 2G for luy holy name. And they shall beiU' 
 their shame, and all their trespasses 
 whereby tliey hive tresiJassed against 
 lue, when they shall dwell securely in 
 their land, and none shall niiike them 
 
 27 afraid; when I have brought them 
 again from the iieoples, and gathered 
 them out of their enemies' lands, and 
 am sanctified in them in the sight of 
 
 28 many nations. And they shall know 
 that I am the Lord their God, in that 
 I caused them to go into captivity 
 among the nations, and have gathered 
 them unto their own land ; and I will 
 leave none of them any more there; 
 
 29 neither will I hide my face any more 
 from them : for I have poured out my 
 spirit upon the house of Israel, saitli 
 the Lord God. 
 
 40 In the five and twentieth year 
 of our captivity, in the beginning 
 of the year, iu the tenth dai/ of the 
 month, in the fourteenth year after 
 tliat the city v.-as smitten, ui the self- 
 same day, the hand of the Lord was 
 n2)on me, and he brought me thither. 
 
 2 Li the visions of God brought he me 
 into the land of Israel, and set me 
 down upon a very high mountaui, 
 whereon was as it were the frame of 
 
 3 a city on the south. And he brought 
 me thither, and behold, there was a 
 man, whose appearance was like the 
 appearance of brass, with a line of 
 flax in his hand, and a measm'Uig reed; 
 
 'land he stood iu the gate. And the 
 man said unto me. Son of man, be- 
 hold with thine eyes, and hear with 
 thine ears, and set thine heart upon 
 all that I shall shew thee ; for to the 
 intent that I might shew them unto 
 thee art thou brought hither : declare all 
 that thou seest to the house of Israel. 
 
 5 And behold, a wall on the outside of 
 the house round about, and in the 
 man's hand a measm-ing reed of six 
 cubits long, of a cubit and an hand- 
 breadth each: so he measured the thick- 
 ness of the building, one reed ; and the 
 
 6 height, one reed. 'Then came he mito 
 the gate which looketh toward the east, 
 and went up the steps thereof; and he 
 measured the threshold of the gate, one 
 reed broad : i and the other threshold, 
 
 7 one reed broad. And every ^lodge was 
 one reed long, and one reed broad ; and 
 the space between the lodges was five 
 cubits ; and the threshold of the gate 
 by the porch of the gate toward the 
 
 8 house was one reed. ^He measured 
 also the i^orch of the gate toward the 
 
 i) house, one reed. Then measured lie 
 the porch of the gate, eight cubits; 
 and the * posts thereof, two cubits; 
 
 and tlie jjorch of the gate was toward 
 
 10 the house. And the lodges of the gate 
 eastward were three on this side, and 
 three on that side; they three were 
 of one measure: and the posts had 
 one measure on this side and on that 
 
 11 side. And he measured tlie breadth of 
 the oi)ening of tlie gate, ten cubits ; and 
 tlie length of the gate, tliirteen cubits; 
 
 12 and a border before the lodges, one 
 cubit 071 tills side, and a border, one 
 cubit on that side; and the lodges, six 
 cubits on this side, and six cubits on 
 
 13 that side. And he measured the gate 
 from the roof of tlie one lodge to the 
 roof of the other, a breadth of five and 
 
 14 twenty cubits; door agamst door. He 
 made also posts, threescore cubits ; and 
 the court reached unto the jiost, the 
 
 15 gate heing roxuiCi about. AiiA from the 
 forefront of the gate at the entrance 
 unto the forefront of the dinner jjorch 
 
 16 of the gate were fifty cubits. And 
 there were closed windows to the 
 lodges, and to their posts within the 
 gate round about, and lUiewise to the 
 c arches: and windows were round ab- 
 out inward : and upon each post were 
 palm trees. 
 
 17 Then brought he me into the outer 
 coiu-t, and, lo, there were chambers and 
 a pavement, made for the com-t romid 
 about: thirty chambers were ujion 
 
 18 the pavement. And the pavement was 
 by the 'side of the gates, answerable 
 unto the length of the gates, even the 
 
 19 lower pavement. Then he measm-ed 
 the breadth from the forefront of the 
 lower gate unto the forefront of the 
 inner court without, an hundred cubits, 
 loth on the east and on the north. 
 
 20 And the gate of the outer court whose 
 prospect is toward the north, he 
 measured the length thereof and the 
 
 21 breadth thereof. And the lodges there- 
 of were tlu-ee on this side and three 
 on that side ; and the i)osts thereof and 
 the arches thereof were after the mea- 
 sure of the first gate : the length there- 
 of was fifty cubits, and the breadth 
 
 22 five and twenty cubits. And the wind- 
 ows thereof, and the arches thereof, 
 and the palm trees thereof, were after 
 the measure of the gate whose prospect 
 is toward the east ; and they went uj) 
 imto it by seven steps ; and the arches 
 
 23 thereof were before them. And there 
 was a gate to the inner com-t over 
 against the other gate, both on the 
 north and on the east; and he mea- 
 sured from gate to gate an hundred 
 
 24 cubits. And he led me toward the 
 south, and behold a gate toward the 
 south: and he measured the posts 
 thereof and the arches thereof accord- 
 
 25ing to these measures. And there 
 were windows in it and in the arches 
 thereof round about, like those wind- 
 ows: the length was fifty cubits, and 
 
 s Or, 
 
 porch 
 of the 
 inner 
 gate 
 
 e Or, co- 
 lonnade 
 The 
 
 meaning 
 of the 
 Hebrew 
 word is 
 uncer- 
 tain. 
 
 "Heb. 
 shoulder.
 
 626 
 
 EZEKIEL. 
 
 40. 25. 
 
 I Or. by 
 
 2 Or. 
 
 at tjw 
 stairs of 
 the entry 
 
 the breadth five and twenty cubits. 
 
 26 And there were seven steps to go up to 
 it, and the arches thereof were before 
 them, and it had pahn trees, one on 
 this side, and another on that side, 
 
 27 upon the posts thereof. And there was a 
 gate to the inner court toward the soutli: 
 and he measured from gate to gate to- 
 ward the south an hundred cubits. 
 
 28 Then he brought me to the inner 
 com-t by the south gate : and he mea- 
 sured the south gate according to these 
 
 29 measures ; and the lodges thereof, and 
 the posts thereof, and the arches there- 
 of, according to these measures: and 
 there were windows in it and in the 
 arches thereof round about : it was 
 fifty cubits long, and five and twenty 
 
 30 cubits broad. And there were arches 
 round about, five and twenty cubits 
 
 31 long, and five cubits broad. And the 
 arches thereof were toAvard the outer 
 court ; and palm trees were upon the 
 posts thereof: and the going up to it 
 
 32 had eight steps. And he brought me 
 into the inner court toward the east : 
 and he measured the gate according to 
 
 33 these measures ; and the lodges thereof, 
 and the posts thereof, and the arches 
 thereof, according to these measures: 
 and there were windows therem and in 
 the arches thereof round about : it was 
 fifty cubits long, and five and twenty 
 
 34 cubits broad. And the arches thereof 
 were toward the outer court ; andjiaLm 
 trees were upon the posts thereof, on 
 this side, and on that side: and the 
 
 35 going up to it had eight steps. And he 
 brought me to the north gate : and he 
 measured it according to these mea- 
 
 36siu'es; the lodges thereof, the i^osts 
 thereof, and the arches thereof; and 
 there were windows therein round 
 about : the length was fifty cubits, and 
 the breadth five and twenty cubits. 
 
 37 And the posts thereof were toward the 
 outer court ; and palm trees were upon 
 the posts thereof, on this side, and 
 on that side: and the gomg up to it 
 had eight steps. 
 
 38 And a chamber with the door thereof 
 was by the posts at the gates ; there 
 
 39 they washed the burnt offering. And 
 lin the porch of the gate were two 
 tables on this side, and two tables on 
 that side, to slay thereon the burnt 
 offering and the sin offering and the 
 
 40 guilt offering. And on the one side 
 without, 2 as one goeth up to the entry 
 of the gate toward the north, were two 
 tables ; and on the other side, which 
 belonged to the porch of the gate, were 
 
 41 two tables. Four tables were on this 
 side, and four tables on that side, by 
 the side of the gate; eight tables, 
 whereupon they slew the sacrifices. 
 
 42 And there were four tables for the 
 burnt offering, of hewn stone, a cubit 
 and an half long, and a cubit and an half 
 
 broad, and one cubit high : whereupon 
 they laid the instrmnents wherewith 
 they slew the burnt oft'ermg and the 
 
 43 sacrifice. And the ^hooks, an hand- 
 breadth long, were fastened •* within 
 round about : and upon the tables was 
 
 44 the flesh of the oblation. 5 And without 
 the inner gate were chambers for the 
 singers m the inner court, which was at 
 the side of the north gate ; and then- 
 prospect was toward the south : one 
 at the side of the east gate having the 
 
 45 prospect toward the north. And he 
 said unto me. This chamber, whose 
 prospect is toward the south, is for the 
 priests, the keepers of the charge of the 
 
 46 house. And the chamber whose pro- 
 spect is toward the north is for the 
 priests, the keeiiers of the charge of 
 the altar : these are the sons of Zadok, 
 which from among the sons of Levi 
 come near to the Lord to minister unto 
 
 47 him. And he measured the court, an 
 himdi-ed cubits long, and an himdred 
 cubits broad, foursquare ; and the altar 
 was before the house. 
 
 48 Then he brought me to the porch of 
 the house, and measured each post of 
 the porch, five cubits on this side, and 
 five cubits on that side : and the breadth 
 of the gate was three cubits on this 
 
 49 side, and three cubits on that side. The 
 length of the porch was twenty cubits, 
 and the breadth eleven cubits; Seven 
 by the steps whereby they went up to 
 it : and there were pillars by the posts, 
 one on this side, and another on that 
 side. 
 
 41 And he brought me to the temple, 
 and measured the posts, six cubits 
 broad on the one side, and six cubits 
 broad on the other side, which was the 
 
 2 breadth of the 7 tabernacle. And the 
 breadth of the entrance was ten cubits ; 
 and the ^ sides of the entrance were 
 five cubits on the one side, and five 
 cubits on the other side: and he 
 measured the length thereof, forty 
 cubits, and the breadth, twenty cubits. 
 
 3 Then went he inward, and measured 
 each post of the entrance, two cubits : 
 and the entrance, six cubits ; and the 
 breadth of the entrance, seven cubits. 
 
 4 And he measured the length thereof, 
 twenty cubits, and the breadth, twenty 
 cubits, before the ^ temple : and he 
 said imto me, This is the most holy 
 
 5 place. Then he measured the wall of 
 the house, six cubits ; and the breadth 
 of every side-chamber, four cubits, 
 round about the house on every side. 
 
 6 And the side-chambers were in three 
 stories, one over another, and thirty 
 in order; and they entered into the 
 wall which belonged to the house for 
 the side-chambers round about, that 
 they might have hold therein, and not 
 
 7 have hold in the wall of the house. And 
 10 the side-chambers were broader as
 
 42. 13. 
 
 EZEKIEL. 
 
 627 
 
 lOr. 
 
 Ihat thf 
 hniisr 
 u'lts hiijh 
 roll nil 
 ftboltt 
 
 2 Hll). 
 hciiiUt. 
 
 3 Or, .)/ 
 sixi'iibidi 
 
 to thr. 
 jolninsj 
 J The 
 Sept. 
 has, and 
 
 tlMt 
 
 U'hich 
 Ukl.i h-ft 
 bcttci'rn 
 the ahU'' 
 cham- 
 bers 
 that 
 
 belonged 
 to the 
 house 
 and 
 between 
 the 
 
 cham- 
 bers 
 was d-c. 
 
 5 Heb. 
 mea- 
 sures. 
 
 ^Another 
 readhig 
 is, And 
 asforthc 
 wall of 
 the tem- 
 ple, the 
 door ' 
 posts 
 were 
 squa red. 
 'Or, 
 as the 
 former 
 appear- 
 ance 
 
 they encompassed the house higher and 
 liiglier; for the euconipassiug of the 
 liouse went higher and higher round 
 ahout the house : therefore the breadth 
 of the house continued upward ; and so 
 one went up from the lowest chamher 
 to the highest by the middle chamher. 
 
 8 1 saw also i that the house had '•^ a raised 
 basement round about: the founda- 
 tions of the side-chambers were a full 
 
 9 reed ^^ of six great cubits. The thick- 
 ness of the wall, which was for the side- 
 chambers, on the outside, was five 
 cubits : * and that which was left was 
 the place of the side-chambers that be- 
 
 10 longed to the house. And between the 
 chambers was a breadth of twenty 
 cubits roimd about the house on every 
 
 11 side. And the doors of the side-chambers 
 were toward the place that was left, one 
 door toward the north, and another 
 door toward the south: and the breadth 
 of the place that was left was five 
 
 12 cubits round about. And the building 
 that was before the separate jilace at 
 the side toward the west was seventy 
 cubits broad ; and the wall of the build- 
 ing was five cubits thick round about, 
 and the length thereof ninety cubits. 
 
 13 So he measm-ed the house, an Inuidi-ed 
 cubits long ; and the separate place, and 
 the building, with the walls thereof, an 
 
 14 hun(h-ed cubits long ; also the breadth 
 of the face of the house, and of the 
 separate place toward the east, an 
 hundred cubits. 
 
 15 And he measured the length of the 
 building before the separate place 
 which was at the back thereof, and 
 the galleries thereof on the one side 
 and on the other side, an huudi-ed 
 cubits ; and the inner temple, and the 
 
 16 porches of the court; the thi-esholds, 
 and the closed windows, and the gal- 
 leries round about on their three stories, 
 over against the threshold, cieled with 
 wood round about, and/Vo?« the ground 
 up to the wmdows ; now the windows 
 
 17 were covered; to the space above the 
 door, even unto the iiuier house, and 
 without, and by all the wall round about 
 
 18 within and without, ^ by measure. And 
 it was made with cherubim and i)alm 
 trees; and a palm tree was between 
 cherub and cherub, and every cherub 
 
 19 had two faces; so that there was the 
 face of a man toward the pahu tree on 
 the one side, and the face of a yomig 
 lion toward the palm tree on the other 
 side : thus loas it made through all the 
 
 20 house round about. From the gi-ound 
 unto above the door were cherubim 
 and pahn trees made: 6 thus was the 
 
 21 wall of the temple. As for the temple, 
 the door posts were squared ; and as for 
 the face of the sanctuary, the appear- 
 ance thereof was ''as the appearance 
 
 22 of the temple. The altar was of wood, 
 three cubits high, and the length there- 
 
 of two cubits; and ''the corners thereof, 
 and the ''length thereof, and the walls 
 thereof, were of wood : and he said un- 
 to me. This is the table that is before 
 
 23 the Lord. And the temple and the sanc- 
 
 21 tuary had two doors. And the doors had 
 two leaves apiece, two tm'ning leaves; 
 two leaves for the one door, and two 
 
 2.5 leaves for the other. And there were 
 made on them, on the doors of the 
 temple, cherubuu and palm trees, like 
 as were made upon the walls ; and 
 there were thick beams of wood iOuj)on 
 
 26 the face of the porch without. And 
 there were closed windows and pahu 
 trees on the one side and on tlie other 
 side, on the sides of the porch: thus 
 were the side-chambers of the house, 
 and the thick beams. 
 
 42 Then he brought me forth mto the 
 outer court, the way toward the north : 
 and he brought me into the chamber 
 that was over agamst the separate 
 place, and which was over against the 
 
 2 building toward the north. Before the 
 length of 11 an hundred cubits was the 
 north door, and the breadth was fifty 
 
 3 cubits. Over agamst the twenty cubits 
 which belonged to the imier com't, and 
 over against the j)avement which be- 
 longed to the outer court, was gallery 
 
 4 against gallery i^in the third stoiy. And 
 before the chambers was a walk of ten 
 cubits breadth inward, a way of i^one 
 cubit; and their doors were toward the 
 
 5 north. Now the upper chambers were 
 shorter: for the galleries took away 
 from these, more than from the lower 
 and the middlemost, in the building. 
 
 6 For they were in three stories, and they 
 had not pillars as the pillars of the 
 com'ts: therefore the uppcnno.'it was 
 straitened more than the lowest and the 
 
 7 middlemost from the gi-ound. And the 
 1-1 wall that was without by the side of 
 the chambers, toward the outer com-t 
 before the chambers, the length thereof 
 
 8 was fifty cubits. For the length of the 
 chambers that were in the outer com't 
 was fifty cubits : and, lo, before the tem- 
 
 9 pie were an hundi-ed cubits. And from 
 under these chambers was the entry on 
 the east side, as one goeth into them 
 
 10 from the outer court. In the thickness 
 of the i*wall of the court toward the 
 east, before the separate place, and be- 
 fore the building, there were chambers. 
 
 11 And the way before them was like the 
 appearance of the way o/"the chambers 
 which were toward the north ; i^accord- 
 uig to their length so was then- breadth : 
 and all then- goings out were both ac- 
 cording to their fashions, and accordmg 
 
 12 to their doors. And according to the 
 doors of the chambers that were to- 
 ward the south was a door in the head 
 of the way, even the way directly be- 
 fore the I'lwall toward the east, as one 
 
 13 entereth into them. Then said he mito 
 
 « Or, it 
 had its 
 corners ; 
 « nd <tc. 
 
 » The 
 Kept. 
 ha.s, base. 
 
 10 Or, be- 
 .fore Ihn 
 porch 
 
 1' See ch. 
 xli. 13. 
 
 12 Or, in 
 
 three 
 
 stories 
 
 i^Accoril- 
 iiiK to 
 some 
 ancient 
 versions, 
 a hund- 
 red 
 cubits. 
 
 "Or, 
 
 fence 
 
 15 Or, 
 they 
 were 
 as long 
 as they, 
 and tis 
 broad as 
 they
 
 628 
 
 EZEKIEL. 
 
 42. 13. 
 
 iHeb. 
 
 wind. 
 
 2Heb. 
 toward 
 the/our 
 loi'rtds. 
 
 
 3 Or, ac- 
 cording 
 to an- 
 other 
 readinK, 
 in their 
 death 
 
 me, The north chambers and the south 
 chambers, which are before the separ- 
 ate place, they be the holy chambei-s, 
 ■where the priests that are near unto 
 the Lord shall cat the most holy 
 things : there shall they lay the most 
 holy tliuigs, and the meal otfermg, and 
 the sin offering, and the guilt offering ; 
 
 14 for the place is holy. When the priests 
 enter in, then shall they not go out of 
 the holy place into the outer court, 
 but there they shall lay their garments 
 wherein they minister; for they are 
 holy : and they shall put on other 
 garments, and shall approach to that 
 which pertameth to the people. 
 
 15 Now when he had made an end of 
 measuring the inner bouse, he brought 
 me forth by the way of the gate whose 
 prosjject is toward the east, and mea- 
 
 ICsiired it round about. He measured 
 on the east i side with the measuring 
 reed, five hundred reeds, with the mea- 
 
 17 suring reed round about. He measured 
 on the north ^side, five hundred reeds, 
 with the measuring reed round about. 
 
 18 He measured on the south i side, five 
 huncU-ed reeds, with the measurmg 
 
 19 reed. He turned about to the west 
 1 side, and measured five hundred reeds 
 
 20 with the measuring reed. He mea- 
 sured it 2 on the four sides: it had a 
 wall round about, the length five 
 hunch-ed, and the breadth five hund- 
 red, to make a separation between that 
 which was holy and that which Avas 
 conunon. 
 
 43 Afterward he broiight me to the 
 gate, even the gate that looketh to- 
 2 ward the east: and behold, the glory 
 of the God of Israel came from the 
 way of the east : and his voice was 
 like the sound of many waters: and 
 
 3 the earth shmed with his glory. And 
 it was according to the apjiearance of 
 the vision which I saw, even according 
 to the vision that I saw when I came 
 to destroy the city; and the visions 
 were like the vision that I saw by the 
 river Chebar : and I fell upon my face. 
 
 4 And the glory of the Lord came into 
 the house by the way of the gate whose 
 
 5 prospect is toward the east. And the 
 spirit took me up, and brought me into 
 the inner court ; and behold, the glory 
 
 6 of the Lord filled the house. And 1 
 heard one speaking unto me out of tlie 
 
 7 house ; and a man stood by me. And 
 he said unto me, Son of man, tliis is 
 the place of my throne, and the place 
 of the soles of my feet, where I will 
 dwell in the midst of the children of 
 Israel for ever : and the house of Israel 
 shall no more defile my holy name, 
 neither they, nor their kings, by their 
 whoredom, and by the carcases of 
 
 8 their kings ^in their high pi ices; in 
 their settmg of their threshold by my 
 threshold, and their door post beside 
 
 my door post, and there was hut the 
 wall between me and them ; and they 
 have defiled my holy name by their ab- 
 ominations which they have commit- 
 ted : wherefore I have consimied them 
 Sin miue auger. Now let them put a- 
 way their whoredom, and the carcases 
 of their kings, far from me, and I will 
 dwell m the midst of them for ever. 
 
 10 Thou, son of man, shew the house to 
 the house of Israel, that they may be a- 
 shamed of their miquities : and let them 
 
 11 measure the ^pattern. And if they be 
 ashamed of all that they have done, 
 make known unto them the form of the 
 house, and the fashion thereof, and the 
 goings out thereof, and the commgs in 
 thereof, and all the forms thereof, and 
 all the ordinances thereof, and all the 
 forms tliereof, and all the laws there- 
 of, and write it in then- sight : that 
 they may keep the whole form thereof, 
 and all the orduiances thereof, and do 
 
 12 them. This is the law of the house : 
 upon the top of the mountain the whole 
 limit thereof round about shall be most 
 holy. Behold, this is the law of the 
 house. 
 
 13 And these are the measures of the 
 altar by cubits : (the cubit is a cubit and 
 an handbreadth:) the ^ bottom shall 
 be a cubit, and the breadth a cubit, 
 and the border thereof by the edge 
 thereof roundabout a span: and this 
 
 14 shall be tlie ^base of the altar. And 
 from the bottom ' upon the ground to 
 the lower ^ settle shall be two cubits, 
 and the breadth one cubit ; and from 
 the lesser settle to the greater settle 
 shall be four cubits, and tlie breadth a 
 
 15 cubit. And the Supper altar shall be 
 four cubits; andfrom the Waltar hearth 
 and upward there shall l)e four horns. 
 
 16 And the altar hearth shall be twelve 
 cubits long by twelve broad, square in 
 
 17 the four sides thereof. And the settle 
 shall be fourteen cuhits long by fom-- 
 teen broad in the four sides thereof; 
 and the border about it shall be half a 
 cubit ; and the bottom thereof shall be 
 a cubit about; and the steps thereof 
 shall look toward the east. 
 
 18 And he said unto me. Son of man, thus 
 saith the Lord God : These are the or- 
 dinances of the altar in the day when 
 they shall make it, to offer burnt of- 
 ferings thereon, and to sprinkle blood 
 
 19 thereon. Thou shalt give to the priests 
 the Levites that be of the seed of Zadok, 
 which are near unto me, to minister mi- 
 to me, saith the Lord God, a young 
 
 20 bullock for a sin offering. And thou 
 shalt take of the blood thereof, and put 
 it on the four horns of it, and on the 
 four corners of the settle, and upon the 
 border round about: thus shalt thou 
 cleanse it and make atonement for it. 
 
 21 Thou shalt also take the bullock of the 
 sin offering, and he shall burn it in the
 
 44. 24. 
 
 EZEKIEL. 
 
 629 
 
 iHcb. 
 
 fill, the 
 hand A 
 thtn-of. 
 See Ex. 
 xjcix. -1 
 
 2Heb. 
 
 iet thine 
 
 heart 
 
 upoii. 
 
 3 Most 
 ancient 
 versions 
 have, ye. 
 i Or, in 
 all 
 
 appointed place of tlio lionse, witli- 
 22 out tlio sanctuary. And on the second 
 day thou shalt offer a ho-goat witliout 
 blemish for a sin offering ; and they shall 
 cleanse the altar, as they did cleanse 
 '2ii it with the bullock. When thou hast 
 made an end of cleansing it, thou shalt 
 offer a young l)ullock without blemish, 
 and a ram out of the flock without 
 
 24 blemish. And thou shalt brhig them 
 near before the Lord, and the priests 
 shall cast salt upon them, and they shall 
 offer them up for a biu-nt offeruig unto 
 
 25 the Lord. Seven days shalt thou pre- 
 pare every day a goat for a sin offer- 
 ing: they shall also prei)are a yomig 
 bullock, and a ram out of the tiock,'witli- 
 
 26 out blemish. Seven days shaU they 
 make atonementf or the altar and purify 
 
 27 it ; so shall they i consecrate it. And 
 when they have accomplished the days, 
 it shall lie that upon the eighth day, and 
 forward, the priests shall make your 
 burnt offerings upon the altar, and your 
 peace off'erings ; and I wiU accept you, 
 saith the Lord God. 
 
 44 Then he brought me back the way 
 of the outer gate of the sanctuary, 
 which looketh toward the east; and 
 
 2 it was shut. And the Lord said unto 
 me, This gate shall be shut, it shall 
 not be opened, neither shall any man 
 enter in by it, for the Lord, the God 
 of Israel, hath entered in by it ; there- 
 
 3 fore it shall be shut. As for the prince, 
 he shall sit therein as prince to eat 
 bread before the Lord ; he shall enter 
 by the way of the porch of the gate, 
 and shall go out by the way of the 
 
 4 same. Then he brought me the way of 
 the north gate before the house ; and 
 I looked, and behold, the glory of the 
 Lord filled the house of the Lord : and 
 
 51 fell upon my face. And the Lord 
 said unto me, Sou of man, ^raark well, 
 and behold -with thine eyes, and hear 
 with thine ears all that I say unto thee 
 concernmg all the ordinances of the 
 hovise of the Lord, and all the laws 
 thereof ; and ^ mark well the entering in 
 of the house, with every going forth of 
 
 6 the sanctuary. And thou shalt say to the 
 rebellious, even to the house of Israel, 
 Thiis saith the Lord God : ye house 
 of Israel, let it suifice you of all your ab- 
 
 7 ominatious, in that ye have brought in 
 aliens, uncircumcised in heart and un- 
 circumcised in flesh, to be in my sanc- 
 tuary, to profane it, even my house, 
 when ye offer my bread, the fat and the 
 blood, and ^ they have broken my coven- 
 ant, * to add unto aU your abominations. 
 
 8 And ye have not kept the charge of mme 
 holy things : but ye have set keepers of 
 my charge in my sanctuary for your- 
 
 9 selves. Thus saith the Lord God, No 
 alien, uncircumcised in heart and un- 
 circumcised in flesh, shall enter mto 
 my sanctuary, of any alien that is 
 
 10 among the children of Israel. But the 
 Levites that went far fi'om me, when 
 Israel went astriiy, which went astray 
 from me after theu' idols; they shall 
 
 11 bear their iniquity. Yet they shall be 
 ministers in my sanctuai'y, having over- 
 sight at the gates of the house, and 
 ministering in the house : they shall slay 
 the burnt offering and the sacrifice for 
 the people, and they shall stand before 
 
 12 them to minister unto them. Because 
 they ministered mito them before their 
 idols, and became a stumbliugblock of 
 iniquity unto the house of Israel ; there- 
 fore have I lifted up mine hand against 
 them, saith the Lord God, and they 
 
 13 shall bear their iniquity. And they 
 shall not come near unto me, to execute 
 the office of priest unto me, nor to 
 come near to any of my holy thmgs, 
 unto the things that are most holy: 
 but they shall bear their shame, and 
 their abommations which they have 
 
 14 committed. Yet will I make them 
 keepers of the charge of the house, for 
 all the service thereof, and for aU that 
 shall be done therein. 
 
 15 But the priests the Levites, the sons of 
 Zadok, that kept the charge of my sanc- 
 tuary when the childi'en of Israel went 
 astray from me, they shall come near to 
 me to minister unto me ; and they shall 
 stand before me to offer unto me the fat 
 
 16 and the blood, saith the Lord God : they 
 shall enter into my sanctuary, and they 
 shall come near to my table, to minister 
 unto me, and they shall keep my charge. 
 
 17 And it shall be that when they enter 
 in at the gates of the inner coiu't, thej- 
 shall be clothed with linen garments ; 
 and no wool shall come upon them, 
 whiles they minister in the gates of 
 
 18 the inner com-t, and ^ within. Thej- 
 shall have linen tires UTJon then* heads, 
 and shall have luien breeches upon then- 
 louis; they shall not gird themselves 
 
 19 with anij thing that causeth sweat. And 
 when they go forth into the outer com-t, 
 even into the outer court to the peo- 
 ple, they shall put off then- garments 
 wherein they minister, and lay them ui 
 the holy chambers, and they shall put 
 on other garments, that they sanctify 
 not the people with their garments. 
 
 20 Neither shall they shave their heads, 
 nor suffer their locks to gi-ow long ; they 
 
 21 shall only poU their heads. Neither 
 shall any priest di'ink wine, when they 
 
 22 enter into the inner com't. Neither 
 shall they take for their wives a widow, 
 nor her that is put away : but they shall 
 take virgins of the seed of the house of 
 Israel, or a widow that is the widow of 
 
 23 a priest. And they shall teach my peo- 
 ple the difference between the holy and 
 the common, and cause them to discern 
 between the unclean and the clean. 
 
 24 And m a controversy they shall stand 
 to judge ; accordmg to my judgements 
 
 5 Or, an 
 the house
 
 630 
 
 EZEKIEL. 
 
 44. 24. 
 
 'Or, 
 
 heave 
 
 offering 
 
 2 Or, 
 
 coarse 
 7neal 
 
 3Heb. 
 
 holiness. 
 
 J The 
 
 Sept. 
 
 has, 
 
 twenty. 
 
 ^Or, ojjen 
 space 
 
 6 The 
 Sept. 
 has, 
 
 cities to 
 d/well in. 
 
 shall they judge it: and they shall 
 keep my laws and my statutes iu all 
 my aijpomted feasts; and they shall 
 
 25 hallow my sabbaths. And they shall 
 come at no dead person to defile them- 
 selves: but for father, or for mother, 
 or for son, or for daughter, for brother, 
 or for sister that hath had no husband, 
 
 26 they may defile themselves. And after 
 he is cleansed, they shall reckon unto 
 
 27 him seven days. And in the day that he 
 goeth into the sanctuary, into the inner 
 court, to minister in the sanctuary, 
 he shall offer his sm offering, saith the 
 
 28 Lord God. And they shall have an 
 inlieritance ; I am their inheritance: 
 and ye shall give them no possession 
 
 29 in Israel ; I am then- possession. They 
 sliall eat the meal offering, and the sm 
 offering, and the guilt offering; and 
 every devoted thing in Israel shall be 
 
 30 theu'S. And the first of all thefirstfruits 
 of every thing, and every i oblation of 
 every thing, of all your oblations, shall 
 be for the priests: ye shall also give 
 mito the priest the fii-st of your ^ dough, 
 to cause a blessing to rest on thine 
 
 31 house. The priests shall not eat of 
 any thing that dieth of itself, or is 
 torn, Vv^hether it be fowl or beast. 
 
 45 Moreover, when ye shall divide by 
 lot the land for inheritance, ye shall 
 offer an oblation unto the Lord, ^an 
 holy portion of the land: the length 
 shall be the length of five and twenty 
 thousand reeds, and the breadth shall 
 be *ten thousand: it shall be holy in 
 all the border thereof round about. 
 
 2 Of this there shall be for the holy 
 place five hundi-ed in length by five 
 hundred in breadth , square romid about; 
 and fifty cubits for the ^ suburbs there- 
 
 3 of round about. And of this measure 
 shalt thou measm-e, a length of five and 
 twenty thousand, and a breadth of ten 
 tliousand : and in it shall be the sanc- 
 
 4tuary, which is most holy. It is an 
 holy portion of the land ; it shall be for 
 the priests, the ministers of the sanc- 
 tuary, which come near to minister unto 
 the Lord ; and it shall be a place for 
 their houses, and an holy place for the 
 
 5 sanctuary. And five and twenty thou- 
 sand in length, and ten thousand in 
 breadth, shall be mito the Levites, the 
 ministers of the house, for a jiossession 
 unto themselves,/o/-<' twenty chambers. 
 
 6 And ye shall appomt the iiossession of 
 the city five thousand broad, and five 
 and twenty thousand long, side by side 
 Avith the oblation of the holy portion : 
 it shall be for the whole house of Israel. 
 
 7 And lohatsoever is for the prmce shall 
 he on the one side and on the other side 
 of the holy oblation and of the posses- 
 sion of the city, in front of the holy 
 oblation and in front of tlie i^ossession 
 of the city, on the west side westward, 
 and on the east side eastward : and in 
 
 length answerable unto one of the por- 
 tions, from the west border unto the 
 
 8 east border. 'In the land it shall be 
 to him for a possession in Israel : and 
 my princes shall no more oppress my 
 peoi^le ; but they shall give the land to 
 the house of Israel according to their 
 tribes. 
 
 9 Thus saith the Lord God : Let it suf- 
 fice you, prmces of Israel: remove 
 violence and spoil, and execute judge- 
 ment and justice; take away your 
 8 exactions from my people, saith the 
 
 10 Lord God. Ye shall have just balances, 
 and a just ephah, and a just bath. 
 
 11 The ephah and the bath shall be of 
 one measure, that the bath may con- 
 tain the tenth part of an homer, and 
 the ephah the tenth part of an homer : 
 the measm'e thereof shall be after the 
 
 12 homer. And the shekel shall be twenty 
 gerahs : twenty shekels, five and twenty 
 shekels, fifteen shekels, shall be your 
 
 13maneh. This is the oblation that ye 
 shall offer ; the sixth part of an ejihah 
 from an homer of wheat, and ye shall 
 give the sixth part of an ephah from an 
 
 14 homer of barley : and the set portion of 
 oil, of the bath of oil, shall be the tenth 
 part of a bath out of the cor, lohich is 
 ten baths, even an homer; for ten baths 
 
 15 are an homer: and one lamb of the 
 flock, out of two hundred, from the ^fat 
 pastures of Israel ; for a meal offering, 
 and for a bm-nt offering, and for peace 
 offerings, to make atonement for them, 
 
 16 saith the Lord God. All the people of 
 the land 1° shall give unto this oblation 
 
 17 for the i)rince iu Israel. And it shall 
 be the prince's part to give the bm-nt 
 offerings, and the meal offeruags, and 
 the drink offerings, in the feasts, and 
 in the new moons, and in the sabbaths, 
 in aU the appomted feasts of the house 
 of Israel : lie shall i)repare the sin offer- 
 ing, and the meal offering, and the 
 burnt offering, and the ijeace offerings, 
 to make atonement for the house of 
 Israel. 
 
 18 Thus saith the Lord God : In the fii-st 
 month, in the first day of the month, 
 thou shalt take a young bullock with- 
 out blemish; and thou shalt cleanse 
 
 19 the sanctuary. And the j^riest shall 
 take of the blood of the sin offering, 
 and put it upon the door posts of the 
 house, and uiion the four corners of the 
 11 settle of the altar, and upon the posts 
 
 20 of the gate of the inner court. And so 
 thou shalt do i^ on the seventh day of the 
 month for every one that erreth, and for 
 him that is simple: so shall ye make 
 
 21 atonement for the house. In the first 
 month, in the fourteenth day of the 
 month, ye shall have the passover, a 
 feast of seven days ; unleavened bread 
 
 22 shall be eaten. And upon that day shall 
 the prince prepare for himself and for 
 all the people of the land a bullock for
 
 47. 1. 
 
 EZEKIEL. 
 
 631 
 
 iHeb. 
 his hand 
 shall 
 attain 
 unto> 
 
 2 Some 
 ancient 
 author- 
 ities 
 have, 
 ht shall 
 go forth. 
 
 3 Or, 
 ap- 
 
 pointed 
 /easts 
 
 23 a sin offering. And tlio seven days of 
 the feast he shall pi-epare a burnt of- 
 fering to the Loud, seven bullocks and 
 seven rams without blemish daily tlie 
 seven days; and a he-goat daily for a 
 
 24 sin offering. And he shall prepare a 
 meal offerhig, an ei)hali for a bullock, 
 and an ephah for a ram, and an hin of 
 
 25 oil to an ephah. In the seventli month, 
 in the fifteenth day of the month, in 
 the feast, shall he do the like the seven 
 days ; according to the sin offering, 
 according to the burnt offering, and 
 according to the meal offering, and ac- 
 cording to the oil. 
 
 46 Thus saith the Lord God ; The gate 
 of the inner coui-t that looketh to- 
 ward the east shall be shut the six 
 working days ; but on the sabbath day 
 it shall be opened, and in the day of 
 
 2 the new moon it shall be opened. And 
 the prince shall enter by the way of 
 the i)orcli of the gate without, and 
 shall stand by the post of the gate, 
 and the priests shall prepare his burnt 
 offering and his peace offerings, and he 
 shall worship at the thi-eshold of the 
 gate; then he shall go forth: but the 
 gate shall not be shut until the evening. 
 
 3 And the people of the land shall wor- 
 ship at the door of that gate before 
 the Lord iu the sabbaths and in the 
 
 4 new moons. And the burnt offering 
 that the prince shall offer luito the 
 Lord shall be in the sabbath day six 
 lambs without blemish and a ram with- 
 
 5 out blemish ; and the meal offering 
 shall be an ej^hah for the ram, and 
 the meal offering for the lambs as he is 
 able to give, and an hin of oil to an 
 
 6 ei)hah. And iu the day of the new moon 
 it shall be a young bullock without 
 blemish; and six lambs, and a ram; they 
 
 7 shall be without blemish : and he shall 
 jirepare a meal offering, an eiiliah for 
 the bullock, and an ephah for the ram, 
 find for the lambs according as ^he is 
 
 8 able, and an hin of oil to an ephah. And 
 when the prince shall enter, he shall 
 go iu by the way of the jjorch of the 
 gate, and he shall go forth by the way 
 
 9 thereof. But when the people of the 
 land shall come before the Lord in 
 the appointed feasts, he that entereth 
 by the way of the north gate to worship 
 shall go forth by the way of the south 
 gate ; and he that entereth by the waj' 
 of the south gate shall go forth by the 
 way of the north gate; he shall not 
 return by the v,ay of the gate wherebj' 
 he came iu, but shall go forth straight 
 
 10 before him. And the prince, when they 
 go in, shall go in in the midst of them ; 
 and when they go forth, 2 they shall go 
 
 11 forth together. And in the feasts and 
 in the ^ solemnities the meal offering 
 shall be an ephah for a bullock, and 
 an ephah for a ram, and for the lambs 
 as he is able to give, and an hiu of oil 
 
 12 to an ephah. And when the jjruice 
 sliall prepare a freewill offering, a burnt 
 offering or peace offerings as a freewill 
 offering unto the liOun, one sliall open 
 for him the gate that looketh toward 
 the east, and he shall prejjare his 1)urnt 
 offerijig and his i)eace offerings, as he 
 doth on the sabl)ath day. then he shall 
 go forth ; and after his going forth one 
 
 13 shall shut the gate. And thou shalt 
 prejiare a lamb of the first year with- 
 out blemish for a burnt offering unto 
 the Lord daily: morumg by mornmg 
 
 14 shalt thou jirepare it. And thou shalt 
 prepare a meal offering with it morning 
 by mornmg, the sixth part of an ephah, 
 and the third part of an hin of oil, to 
 * moisten the fine flour ; a meal offering 
 unto the Lord contiinially by a per- 
 
 15 petual ordinance. Thus shall they pre- 
 pare the lamb, and the meal offering, 
 and the oil, morning by morning, for a 
 continual burnt offering. 
 
 IG Thus saith the Lord God: If the 
 prince give a gift unto any of his 
 sons, it is his inheritance, it shall be- 
 long to his sons ; it is their possession 
 
 17 by inheritance. But if he give of his 
 inheritance a gift to one of his servants, 
 it shall be his to the year of liberty; 
 then it shall return to the i)rince ; but 
 as for his inheritance, it shall be for 
 
 18 his sons. Moreover the prince shall 
 not take of the peojile's inheritance, 
 to 5 thrust them out of then- posses- 
 sion ; he shall give inheritance to his 
 sons out of his own possession: that 
 my people be not scattered every man 
 from his possession. 
 
 19 Then he brought me through the 
 entry, which was at the side of the 
 gate, into the holy chambers for the 
 Xiriests, which looked toward the north : 
 and behold, there was a place on the 
 
 20 hinder jjai't westward. And he said 
 imto me, This is the x'lace where the 
 priests shall boil the guilt offering and 
 the sin offering, where they shall bake 
 the meal offering; that they bring 
 them not forth into the outer court, to 
 
 21 sanctify the people. Then he brought 
 me forth into the outer court, and 
 caused me to pass by the fonr corners 
 of the court; and behold, in every 
 corner of the court there was a court. 
 
 22 In the four- corners of the court there 
 were courts 6 inclosed, forty dibits long 
 and thirty broad: these four in the 
 
 23 corners were of one measure. And 
 there was a row of hinlcling round 
 about in them, round about the four, 
 and it was made with boiling places 
 
 24 under the rows round about. Then 
 said he imto me. These are the boiling 
 houses, where theministers of the house 
 shall boil the sacrifice of the people. 
 
 47 -Aud he brought me back unto 
 the door of the house ; aud behold, 
 waters issued out from imder the 
 
 ■i Or, 
 miz with 
 
 ■• Heb. 
 oppress. 
 
 6 Or. 
 
 Joined 
 
 on
 
 632 
 
 EZEKIEL. 
 
 47. 1. 
 
 lOr, 
 
 trickled 
 
 forth 
 
 2Heb. 
 
 two 
 rivers. 
 3 Or, 
 that all 
 things 
 truty be 
 healed 
 and live 
 
 ■lOr, 
 
 given 
 for salt 
 
 5Heb. 
 first- 
 fruits. 
 
 tlu-esliolil of the house eastward, for 
 the forefront of the house was toward 
 the east: and the waters came down 
 from imder, from the right side of the 
 
 2 house, on the south of the altar. Then 
 hrought he me out by the way of the 
 gate northward, and led me romid by 
 the way without unto the outer gate, by 
 the way of the gate that looketh toward 
 the east; and behold, there ^ran out 
 
 3 waters on therightside. \\Tientheman 
 went forth eastward with the line in his 
 hand, he measm-ed a thousand cubits, 
 and he caused me to pass through the 
 waters, waters that were to the ankles. 
 
 4 Again he measured a thousand, and 
 caused me to pass through the waters, 
 waters that were to the knees. Again 
 he measured a thousand, and caused 
 me to pass through the ivateis, waters 
 
 5 that were to the loins. Afterward he 
 measm'ed a thousand ; and it va.'i a 
 river that I could not pass through : for 
 the waters were risen, v.aters to swim 
 in, a river that could not be passed 
 
 6 through. And he said vmto me. Son 
 of man, hast thou seen this? Then he 
 brought me, and caused me to retm-n 
 
 7 to the bank of the river. Now when I 
 had returned, behold, upon the bank 
 of the river were very many trees on 
 
 8 the one side and on the other. Then 
 said he unto me. These waters issue 
 forth toward the eastern region, and 
 shall go down into the Arabah: and 
 they shall go to^vard the sea ; into the 
 sea nhall the vxiters go which were 
 made to issue forth; and the waters 
 
 9 shi.U be healed. And it shall come to 
 pass, that every living creature which 
 swarmeth, in every place whither the 
 ^rivers come, shall live; and there 
 shall be a very gi-eat multitude of fish : 
 for these waters are come thither, ^ and 
 the icaters of the sea shall be healed, 
 and every thing shall live whitherso- 
 
 10 ever the river cometh. And it shall 
 come to pass, that fishers shall stand 
 by it: from En-gedi even unto Eu- 
 eglauu shall be a place for the spread- 
 ing of nets; their fish shall be after 
 their kinds, as the fish of the great sea, 
 
 11 exceeding many. But the mii-y places 
 thereof, and the marishes thereof, shaU 
 not be healed ; they shall be ■* given up 
 
 12 to salt. And by the river upon the 
 bank thereof, on this side and ou that 
 side, shall grow every tree for meat, 
 whose leaf shall not wither, neither 
 shall the fruit thereof fail : it shall bring 
 forth 5 new fruit every mouth, because 
 the waters thereof issue out of the 
 sanctuary: and the fruit thereof shall 
 be for meat, and the leaf thereof for 
 healing. 
 
 13 Thus saith the Lord God : This shall 
 be the border, whereby ye shall divide 
 the land for inheritance according to 
 the twelve tribes of Israel: Joseph 
 
 14: shall hare ''portions. And ye shall 
 inherit it, one as well as another; 
 'concerning the which I lifted up mine 
 hand to give it luito your fathers : and 
 this land shaU fall unto you for in- 
 
 15 heritance. And this shall be the border 
 of the laud : ou the north side, from 
 the great sea, by the way of Hethlon, 
 
 16 unto the entering in of Zedad; Ha- 
 uiath, Berothah, Sibraim, which is be- 
 tween the border of Damascus and the 
 border of Hamath; sjjazer-hatticou, 
 
 17 whicli is by the border of Hauran. And 
 the border from the sea shall be Hazar- 
 enou at the border of Damascus, and 
 on the north northward is the border 
 of Hamath. This is the north side. 
 
 18 And the east side, between Hauran and 
 Damascus and GUead, and the land of 
 Israel, shaU be Jordan ; from the north 
 border unto the east sea shaU ye 
 
 19 measm-e. This is the east side. And 
 the south side southward shall be from 
 Tamar as far as the waters of Meriboth- 
 kadesh, to the brook ofEgi/pt, mito the 
 great sea. This is the south side south- 
 
 20 ward. And the west side shaU be the 
 great sea, from the south border as 
 far as over against the enteruig in of 
 
 21 Hamath. This is the west side. So 
 shaU ye divide this laud unto you 
 
 22 according to the tribes of Israel. And 
 it shaU come to pass, that ye shaU 
 divide it by lot for an inheritance unto 
 you and to the strangers that sojourn 
 among you, which shaU beget chUdi-en 
 among you; and they shall be unto 
 you as the homeboru among the child- 
 ren of Israel ; they shall have in- 
 heritance wdth you among the tribes 
 
 23 of Israel. And it shall come to pass, 
 that in what tribe the stranger so- 
 joiu-neth, there shaU ye give him his 
 inheritance, saith the Lord God. 
 
 48 Now these are the names of the 
 tribes: from the north end, beside 
 the way of Hethlon to the enteriog in 
 of Hamath, Hazar-enan at the border 
 of Damascus, northward beside Ha- 
 math ; and they shaU have their sides 
 east and west; Dan, one portion. 
 
 2 And by the border of Dan, from the 
 east side imto the west side ; Asher, 
 
 3 one portion. And by the border of 
 Asher, from the east side even unto the 
 
 4 west side; Naphtali, one jiortion. And 
 by the border of Naphtali, from the 
 east side unto the west side ; Manasseh, 
 
 5 one portion. And by the border of 
 Manasseh, from the east side mito the 
 
 G west side; Ephraim, one portion. And 
 by the border of Eplu-aim, from the 
 east side even unto the west side; 
 
 7 Eeuben, one portion. And by the bor- 
 der of Eeuben, from the east side unto 
 the west side; Jiidah, one portion. 
 
 8 And by the border of Judah, from 
 the east side unto the west side, 
 shall be the oblation which ye shall 
 
 t>Some 
 ancient 
 versions 
 have, two 
 portions. 
 
 ''Or, for 
 that I 
 lifted vp 
 
 » Or, th- 
 middlt- 
 llazi.r
 
 48. 35. 
 
 EZEKIEL. 
 
 633 
 
 1 Or, The 
 
 sancti- 
 fied 
 portion 
 shall be 
 /o7- th*: 
 priests 
 of the 
 sons d-c. 
 
 2 The 
 Sept. 
 has, 
 twenty. 
 
 offer, five and twenty thousaiul reeds 
 in breadth, and in length as one of the 
 portions, from the east side unto tlie 
 west side : and the sanctuary sliall be 
 9 in the midst of it. The oblation that 
 ye shall offer unto the Loud shall be five 
 and twenty thousand reeds in length, 
 
 10 and ten thousand in breadth. And 
 for these, even for the priests, shall 
 be the holy oblation ; toward the north 
 five and twenty thousand in leiir/th, 
 and toward the west ten thousand in 
 breadth, and toward the east ten 
 thousand in breadth, and toward the 
 south five and twenty thousand in 
 length : and the sanctuary of the Lord 
 
 11 shall be in the midst thereof. ^If shall 
 be for the priests that are sanctified of 
 the sons of Zadok, which have kept 
 my charge; which went not astray when 
 the children of Israel went astray, as 
 
 12 the Levites went astray. And it shall 
 be unto them an oblation from the 
 oblation of the land, a thing most holy, 
 
 13 by the border of the Levites. And 
 answerable unto the border of the 
 priests, the Levites shall have five and 
 twenty thousand in length, and ten 
 thousand in breadth: all the length shall 
 be five and twenty thousand, and the 
 
 14 breadth 2 ten thousand. And they shall 
 not sell of it, neither exchange it, nor 
 shall the firstfruits of the land be 
 alienated : for it is holy unto the Lord. 
 
 15 Arid the five thousand tliat are left in 
 the breadth, in front of the five and 
 twenty thousand, shall be for common 
 use, for the city, for dwelling and 
 for suburbs : and the city shall be in 
 
 16 the midst thereof. And these shall be 
 the measures thereof; the north side 
 four thousand and five hundred, and 
 the south side four thousand and five 
 hundred, and on the east side four thou- 
 sand and five hundred, and the west side 
 
 17 four thousand and five hundred. And 
 the city shall have suburbs ; 'toward the 
 north two hundred and fifty, and to- 
 ward the south two hundred and fifty, 
 and toward the east two hundred and 
 fifty, and toward the west two hundred 
 
 18 and fifty. And the residue in the 
 length, answerable unto the holy obla- 
 tion, shall be ten thousand eastward, 
 and ten thousand westward: and it 
 shall be answerable unto the holy obla- 
 tion ; and the increase thereof shall be 
 for food unto them that labom' in the 
 
 19 city. And they that labour- in the city, 
 out of all the tribes of Israel, shall till it. 
 
 20 All the oblation shall be &ve and twenty 
 thousand by five and twenty thousand : 
 ye shall offer the holy oblation four- 
 square, with the possession of the city. 
 
 21 •''And the residue shall be for the 
 prince, on the one side and on the other 
 of the holy oldation and of the posses- 
 sion of the city, in front of the five and 
 twenty thousand of the oblation toward 
 the east border, and westward in front 
 of the five and twenty thousand to- 
 ward the west border, answerable unto 
 the portions, it shall be for the j)rince : 
 and the holy oblation and the sanctuary 
 of the house shall be in the midst 
 
 22 thereof. Moreover from the posses- 
 sion of the Levites, and from the 
 possession of the city, bemg in the 
 midst of that which is the prmce's, 
 between the border of Judah and the 
 Ijorder of Benjamui, shall be for the 
 prince. 
 
 23 And as for the rest of the tribes: 
 from the east side mito the west side; 
 
 24 Benjamin, one jmi-fioii. And by the 
 border of Benjamin, fi'om the east side 
 unto the west side ; Smieon, one por- 
 
 '25tio72. And by the border of Simeon, 
 from the east side unto the west side ; 
 
 26 Issachar, one portion. And by the 
 border of Issachar, from the east side 
 unto the west side ; Zebulun, one 2>or- 
 
 27 Hon . And by the border of Zebulun, 
 from the east side mito the west side ; 
 
 28 Gad, one portion. And by the border 
 of Gad, at the south side southward, 
 the border shall be even from Tamar 
 unto the waters of Meribath-kadesh, 
 to the brook of E</i/pt, mito the great 
 
 29 sea. This is the land which ye shall 
 divide by lot unto the tribes of Israel 
 for inheritance, and these are their 
 several portions, saith the Lord God. 
 
 30 And these are the goings out of the 
 city ; on the north side fom* thousand 
 and five hundred reeds by measure : 
 
 31 and the gates of the city shall be 
 after the names of the tribes of Isi-ael ; 
 three gates northward : the gate of 
 Eeuben, one ; the gate of Judah, one ; 
 
 32 the gate of Levi, one: and at the 
 east side four thousand and five 
 hundred reeds ; and three gates : even 
 the gate of Joseph, one; the gate 
 of Benjamin, one; the gate of Dan, 
 
 33 one: and at the south side four 
 thousand and five hundred reeds by 
 measure ; and three gates : the gate 
 of Simeon, one ; the gate of Issachar, 
 
 34 one ; the gate of Zebulun, one : at 
 the west side four thousand and five 
 hundred reeds, with their three gates : 
 the gate of Gad, one ; the gate of 
 Asher, one ; the gate of Naphtali, 
 
 35 one. It shall be eighteen thousand 
 reeds round about : and the name of 
 the city from that day shaU be, * The 
 Lord is there. 
 
 3 See 
 ch. xlv.7. 
 
 «Heb. 
 
 Jehovah- 
 stitim- 
 iiuth. 
 See Ex. 
 xvii. lii.
 
 THE 
 
 BOOK OF DANIEL. 
 
 lOr, 
 
 dainties 
 
 2Heb. 
 
 Htvni- 
 rtidzar. 
 
 3 Or, 
 lierbs 
 
 I In the third year of the reigu of Je- j 
 hoiakiin king of Judah caine Nebuchad- 1 
 nezzar king of Babylon unto Jerusalem, : 
 
 2 and besieged it. And the Lord gave 
 Jehoiakim king of Judah into his hand, 
 with part of the vessels of the house 
 of God ; and he carried them into the 
 land of Shuiar to the house of his god : 
 and he brought the vessels into the 
 
 3 treasure house of his god. And the 
 king spake unto Ashpenaz the master 
 of his eunuchs, that he should bring iu 
 certain of the children of Israel, even 
 of the seed royal and of the nobles; 
 
 4 youths iu whom was no blemish, but 
 well favoured, and skilful in all wisdom, 
 and cmming in knowledge, and under- 
 standing science, and such as had 
 ability to stand in the king's palace ; and 
 that he should teach them the learn- 
 ing and the tongue of the Chaldeans. 
 
 5 And the king appointed for them a daily 
 portion of the king's imeat, and of the 
 wine which he drank, and that they 
 should be nom'ished three years ; that 
 at the end thereof they might stand 
 
 6 before the kmg. Now among these 
 were, of the childi'enof Judah, Daniel, 
 
 7 Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah. And 
 the prince of the eunuchs gave names 
 imto them : imto Daniel he gave the 
 name q/' Belteshazzar ; and to Hanan- 
 iah, of Shadrach ; and to Mishael, of 
 Meshach ; and to Azariah, of Abed- 
 
 8nego. But Daniel purposed in his 
 heart that he would not defile himself 
 with the king's meat, nor Avith the 
 wine which he drank : therefore he 
 requested of the prince of the eunuchs 
 that he might not defile himseK. 
 
 9 Now God made Daniel to find favour- 
 and compassion iu the sight of the 
 10 prince of the eunuchs. And the prince 
 of the eunuchs said unto Daniel, I fear 
 my lord the king, who hath appointed 
 your meat and your di'uik : for why 
 should he see your faces worse lOsing 
 than the youths which are of your 
 own age ? so should ye endanger my 
 
 II head with the king. Then said Daniel 
 to -^ the steward, whom the prmce of the 
 eunuchs had appointed over Daniel, 
 
 12 Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah: Prove 
 thy servants, I beseech thee, ten days ; 
 and let them give us ^ pulse to eat, and 
 
 13 water to drink. Then let om' counten- 
 ances be looked upon before thee, and 
 the countenance of the youths that 
 eat of the king's meat ; and as thou 
 
 14 seest, deal with thy servants. So he 
 hearkened imto them in this matter, 
 
 15 and proved them ten days. And at the 
 
 end of ten days their comitenances ap- 
 peared fairer, and they were fatter in 
 flesh, than all the youths which did eat 
 
 16 of the king's meat. So ^the steward 
 took away their meat, and the wine 
 that they should di'ink, and gave them 
 
 17 pulse. Now as for these four youths, 
 God gave them knowledge and skill in 
 all leanmig and wisdom : and Daniel 
 had uudei'standing in all visions and 
 
 18 dreams. And at the end of the days 
 which the king had ^ appointed for brmg- 
 ing them in, the prince of the eunuchs 
 brought them in before Nebuchadnez- 
 
 19zar. And the king conmiuned with 
 them ; and among them all was found 
 none like Daniel, Hananiah, Mishael, 
 and Azariah : therefore stood they be- 
 
 20 fore the king. And iu every matter of 
 wisdom and understanding, concern- 
 ing which the kmg inquu'ed of them, 
 he found them ten times better than 
 all the magicians and enchanters that 
 
 21 were in all his reahn. And Daniel 
 continued even unto the first year of 
 king Cyras. 
 
 2 And in the second year of the reign 
 of Nebuchadnezzar Nebuchadnezzar 
 dreamed di-eams ; and his spu-it was 
 troubled, and his sleep brake from 
 
 2 him. Then the king commanded to 
 call the magicians, and the enchanters, 
 and the sorcerers, and the Chaldeans, 
 for to tell the king his di-eams. So 
 they came in and stood before the kmg. 
 
 3 And the king said imto them, I have 
 dreamed a dream, and my spu'it is 
 
 4 troubled to know the dream. Then 
 spake the Chaldeans to the king ^in 
 the Syi'ian language, ^O kmg, live for 
 ever: tell thy servants the dream, 
 and we wiU shew the interpretation. 
 
 5 The king answered and said to the 
 Chaldeans, ''The thmg is gone from 
 me : if ye make not known unto me the 
 dream and the interpretation thereof, 
 ye shall be cut in pieces, and your 
 
 6 houses shall be made a dunghill. But if 
 ye shew the dream and the interpreta- 
 tion thereof, ye shall receive of me gifts 
 and rewards and great honour : there- 
 fore shew me the dream and the inter- 
 
 7 ijrotatiou thereof. They ansvvered the 
 second time and said. Let the king 
 tell his servants the dream, and we wUl 
 
 8 shew the interpretation. The king 
 answered and said, I know of a cert- 
 ainty that ye would *^gaiu time, because 
 ye see '•'the thing is gone from me. 
 
 OBut if ye make not known vmto me 
 the dream, there is but one law for 
 you: for ye have prepared lymg and
 
 2.41. 
 
 DANIEL. 
 
 635 
 
 1 Or, lie 
 he ncvt-T 
 so gn-iff 
 ayid 
 power- 
 ful. Iut!h 
 ■ic. 
 
 2 Or, (/ive 
 hitii 
 time 
 
 3 Or, that 
 he mijht 
 
 corrupt words to speak before jue, till 
 the time be changed : therefore tell 
 me the dream, and I shall know that 
 ye cau shew me tho interpretation 
 
 10 thereof. The Chaldeans answered 
 before the king, and said, Thero is 
 not a man upon the earth that can 
 shew the king's matter : forasmuch 
 as no khig, ilord, nor ruler, hath 
 asked such a thing of any magician, 
 
 11 or enchanter, or Chaldean. And it is 
 a rare thuig that the king requketh, 
 and there is none other that cau shev/ 
 it before the king, except the gods, 
 
 12 whose dwellmg is not with flesh. For 
 this cause the king was angry and very 
 fui'ious, and commanded to destroy all 
 
 13 the wise men of Babylon. So the decree 
 went forth, and the wise men were to be 
 slain ; and they sought Daniel and his 
 
 I'l companions to be slain. Then Daniel 
 retmued answer with couusel and pru- 
 dence to Arioch the caiJtaiii of the king's 
 guard, which was gone forth to slay the 
 
 15 wise men of Babylon ; he answered 
 and said to Arioch the king's captain, 
 YvTierefore is the decree so urgent from 
 tlie king ? Then Axioch made the thing 
 
 16 kno^^l to Daniel. And Daniel went in, 
 and desired of the king that he would 
 '■^appoint him a time, ^^and he would 
 shew the king the uiterpretation. 
 
 17 Then Daniel went to his house, and 
 made the thing known to Hanan- 
 iah, Mishael, and Azariah, his com- 
 
 18 panions : that they would desire mer- 
 cies of the God of heaven concerning 
 this secret ; that Daniel and his com- 
 panions should not perish with the 
 rest of the wise men of Babylon. 
 
 19 Then was the secret revealed unto 
 Daniel in a vision of the night. Then 
 Daniel blessed the God of heaven. 
 
 2'J Daniel answered and said. Blessed 
 be the name of God for ever and 
 ever : for 'wdsdom and might are his : 
 
 21 and he chaugeth the times and the 
 seasons • he removeth kings, and set- 
 teth up kings : he giveth wisdom mito 
 the wise, and knowledge to them that 
 
 22 know understanding : he revealeth the 
 deep and secret things: he knoweth what 
 is in the darkness, and the light dwell- 
 
 23 eth wth him. I thank thee, and praise 
 thee, thou God of my fathers, who 
 hast given me wisdom and might, 
 and hast now made known unto me 
 what we desired of thee : for thou 
 hast made known unto us the king's 
 
 24 matter. Therefore Daniel went in mito 
 Ai'ioch, whom the king had appointed 
 to destroy the wise men of Babylon : 
 he went and said thus mito him; 
 Destroy not tho wise men of Babylon : 
 bring me in before the kmg, and I will 
 shew mito the king the interpretation. 
 
 25 Then Arioch brought in Daniel before 
 the king in haste, and said thus unto 
 him, I have found a man of the child- 
 
 ren of the captivity of Judah, that 
 will make known unto the king the 
 
 2() interpretation. The king answered 
 and said to Daniel, whose name was 
 Belteshazzar, Art thou able to make 
 known unto me the dream which I have 
 seen, and the interiiretation thereof? 
 
 27 Daniel answered before the king, and 
 said, The secret which the king hath 
 demanded can neither wise men, en- 
 chanters, magicians, nor soothsayers, 
 
 28 shew unto the king; but there is a 
 God in heaven that revealeth secrets, 
 and he hath made known to the kuig 
 Nebuchadnezzar what shall be in the 
 latter days. Thy dream, and the 
 visions of thy head upon thy bed, are 
 
 29 these : as for thee, O king, thy thoughts 
 came into thy mind upon thy bed, what 
 should come to pass hereafter : and ho 
 that revealeth secretshath made known 
 
 30 to thee what shall come to pass. But 
 as for me, this secret is not revealed to 
 me for any wisdom that I have more 
 than any living, but to the intent that 
 the interpretation may be made known 
 to the king, and that thou mayest 
 
 31 know the thoughts of thy heart. Thou, 
 king, sawest, and behold a gi'eat 
 image. This image, v/hich was mighty, 
 and whose brightness was excellent, 
 stood before thee ; and the aspect there- 
 
 32 of was terrible. As for this image, his 
 head was of fine gold, his breast and 
 his arms of sUver, his belly and his 
 
 33 thighs of brass, his legs of iron, his 
 feet imrt of iron, and part of clay. 
 
 34 Thou sawest till that a stone was cut 
 out without hands, which smote the 
 image upon his feet that were of u-on 
 and clay, and brake them m pieces. 
 
 35 Then was the iron, the clay, the brass, 
 the sUver, and the gold, broken in pieces 
 together, and became like the chaff 
 of the summer threshing-floors ; and 
 the wind carried them away, that no 
 l)lace was found for them : and the 
 stone that smote the image became a 
 great ^mountain, and filled the whole 
 
 36 earth. This is the di-eam; and we 
 will tell the interpretation thereof be- 
 
 37 fore the king. Thou, king, art king 
 of kings, unto whom the God of heaven 
 hath given the kuigdom, the jiower, 
 
 38 and the strength, and the glory ; and 
 wheresoever the children of men dwell, 
 the beasts of the field and the fowls 
 of the heaven hath he given into thine 
 hand, and hath made thee to rule over 
 them aU : thou art the head of gold. 
 
 39 And after thee shall arise another 
 kingdom uiferior to thee ; and anothei' 
 third kuigdom of brass, which shall 
 
 40 bear rule over all the earth. And the 
 fom'th kingdom shall be strong as iron : 
 forasmuch as iron breaketli in pieces 
 and subdueth all things : and as iron 
 that crushetli all these, shall it break 
 
 41 in pieces and crush. liXiCv whereas 
 
 i Or, rock
 
 636 
 
 DANIEL. 
 
 2. 41. 
 
 lOr, 
 
 earthen • 
 toare 
 
 2 Or, 
 brittle 
 
 3 Or, bu 
 
 lOr, 
 
 at the 
 king's 
 court 
 
 6 Or, 
 
 chief 
 sooth- 
 sayers 
 •5 Or, 
 lawyers 
 
 thou sawest the feet and toes, part of 
 IJotters' clay, and part of h-on, it shall 
 be a divided kmgdom ; but there shall 
 be in it of the strength of the iron, 
 forasmuch as thou sawest the iron 
 
 42 mixed with imu-y clay. And as the 
 toes of the feet were part of iron, and 
 part of clay, so the kingdom shall be 
 
 43 partly strong, and partly ^broken. And 
 whereas thou sawest the iron mixed 
 with imiry clay, they shall mingle them- 
 selves 8 with the seed of men ; but they 
 shall not cleave one to another, even 
 
 44 as iron doth not mingle with clay. And 
 in the days of those kings shall the 
 God of heaven set up a kingdom, 
 which shall never be destroyed, nor 
 shall the sovereignty thereof be left to 
 another jieople ; but it shall break in 
 pieces and consume all these king- 
 doms, and it shall stand for ever. 
 
 45 Forasmuch as thou sawest that a 
 stone was cut out of the mouutam 
 without hands, and that it brake in 
 pieces the iron, the brass, the clay, the 
 silver, and the gold; the great God 
 hath made known to the king what 
 shall come to pass hereafter : and the 
 dream is certain, and the interin-etation 
 
 46 thereof sure. Then the king Nebu- 
 chadnezzar fell upon his face, and wor- 
 shij)ped Daniel, and commanded that 
 they should offer an oblation and sweet 
 
 47 odours unto him. The king answered 
 unto Daniel, and said. Of a truth your 
 God is the God of gods, and the Lord 
 of kings, and a revealer of secrets, 
 seemg thou hast been able to reveal 
 
 48 this secret. Then the king made Daniel 
 great, and gave him many great gifts, 
 and made him to rule over the whole 
 province of Babylon, and to be chief 
 governor over aU the wise men of Baby- 
 
 49 Ion. And Daniel requested of the kmg, 
 and he appointed Shadrach, Meshach, 
 and Abed-nego, over the affairs of the 
 province of Babylon : but Daniel was 
 *in the gate of the kmg. 
 
 3 Nebuchailnezzar the king made an 
 image of gold, whose height was three- 
 score cubits, and the breadth thereof six 
 cubits : he set it up in the plain of Dura, 
 
 2 in the iirovince of Babylon. Then Ne- 
 buchadnezzar the kmg sent to gather 
 together the satrajis, the deputies, and 
 the governors, the ^ judges, the trea- 
 sm-ers, the counsellors, the "^sheriffs, 
 and all the rulers of the provinces, 
 to come to the dedication of the image 
 which Nebuchadnezzar the king had 
 
 3 set up. Then the satraps, the deputies, 
 and the governors, the ' judges, the 
 treasurers, the counsellors, the ^ sher- 
 iffs, and all the rulers of the provinces, 
 were gathered together unto the dedic- 
 ation of the image that Nebuchadnez- 
 zar the khig had set up; and they 
 stood before the image that Nebuchad- 
 
 4nezzar had set up. Then the herald 
 
 cried aloud. To you it is commanded, 
 
 5 peoples, nations, and languages, that 
 at what time ye hear the sound of the 
 cornet, flute, harp, sackbut, psaltery, 
 ''dulcimer, and all kinds of music, ye 
 fall down and worshii) the golden image 
 that Nebuchadnezzar the kiag hath 
 
 6 set up : and whoso f alleth not down 
 and worshippeth shall the same hour 
 be cast into the midst of a burning 
 
 7 tiery furnace. Therefore at that tune, 
 when all the peoples heard the sound 
 of the cornet, flute, harp, sackbut, psal- 
 tei-y, and aU kinds of music, all the 
 lieoples, the nations, and the languages, 
 fell down and worshipped the golden 
 image that Nebuchadiiezzar the king 
 
 Shad set up. Wherefore at that time 
 certain Chaldeans came near, and 
 brought accusation against the Jews. 
 
 9 They answered and said to Nebuchad- 
 nezzar the king, O king, live for ever. 
 
 10 Thou, king, hast made a decree, that 
 every man that shall hear the somid of 
 the cornet, flute, harp, sackbut, psal- 
 tery, and dulcimer, and all kinds of 
 music, shaU f aU down and worship the 
 
 11 golden image : and whoso faUeth not 
 down and worshippeth, shall be cast in- 
 to the midst of a burning fiery furnace. 
 
 12 There are certain Jews whom thou 
 hast appointed over the affairs of the 
 province of Babylon, Shadrach, Me- 
 shach, and Abed-nego ; these men, 
 king, have not regarded thee: they 
 serve not thy gods, nor worship the 
 golden image which thou hast set up. 
 
 13 Then Nebuchadnezzar in his rage and 
 fury conmianded to bring Shadrach, 
 Meshach, and Abed-nego. Then they 
 
 14 brought these men before the king. Ne- 
 buchadnezzar answered and said unto 
 them. Is it of pur^jose, Shadrach, Me- 
 shach, and Abed-nego, that ye serve not 
 my god, nor worship the golden unage 
 
 15 which I have set up ? Now if ye be 
 ready that at what time ye hear the 
 sound of the cornet, flute, harp, sackbut, 
 psaltery, and dulcimer, and all kinds of 
 music, ye faU down and worship the 
 image which I have made, loell : but if ye 
 worship not, ye shall be cast the same 
 hour into the midst of a burnmg fiery 
 furnace; and who is that god that 
 shaU deliver you out of my hands? 
 
 16 Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego, 
 answered and said to the kmg, Nebu- 
 chadnezzar, s* we have no need to answer 
 
 17 thee in this matter. "If it be so, our 
 God whom we serve is able to deliver 
 us from the burning fiery furnace ; and 
 he wUl deliver us out of thine hand, 
 
 18 kmg. But if not, be it known unto thee, 
 O king, that we will not serve thy 
 gods, nor worship the golden image 
 
 19 which thou hast set up. Then was 
 Nebuchadnezzar full of fury, and the 
 form of his visage was changed against 
 Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego:
 
 4. 18. 
 
 DANIEL. 
 
 637 
 
 lOr, 
 turliaiis 
 
 2 Ai'am. 
 door. 
 
 [Ch. 
 
 lii. 31 in 
 Arani.] 
 
 the re fore he spake, and conuiiauded that 
 they shouldheat the furnace yeven times 
 more than it was wont to bo lieated. 
 
 20 And lie commanded certain mighty 
 men that were in his army to bind 
 Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego, 
 and to cast them into the bui'uing fiery 
 
 21 furnace. Then these men were bound 
 in their hosen, their i tunics, and their 
 mantles, and their other garments, and 
 were cast into the midst of the buru- 
 
 22 ing fiery fui'uace. Therefore because 
 the king's commandment was urgent, 
 and the fui'iiace exceeding hot, the 
 flame of the fire slew those men that 
 took up Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed- 
 
 23 nego. And these three men, Shadrach, 
 Meshach, and Abed-nego, fell down 
 bound into the midst of the burning 
 
 24 fiery furnace. Then Nebuchadnezzar 
 the king was astonied, and rose up in 
 haste : he spake and said unto his coun- 
 sellors. Did not we cast thi-ee menbouud 
 into the midst of the fire? They an- 
 swered and said unto the king, True, 
 
 25 king. He answered and said, Lo, I see 
 four men loose, walking in the midst 
 of the fii'e, and they have no hurt ; and 
 the aspect of the fourth is like a son 
 
 26 of the gods. Then Nebuchadnezzar 
 came near to the ^ mouth of the burn- 
 ing fiery furnace : he spake and said, 
 Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego, 
 ye servants of the Most High God, 
 come forth, and come hither. Then 
 Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego, 
 came forth out of the midst of the fu-e. 
 
 27 And the satraps, the deputies, and the 
 governors, and the king's counsellors, 
 being gathered together, saw these 
 men, that the fire had no power upon 
 their bodies, nor was the hair of their 
 head singed, neither were their hosen 
 changed, nor had the smell of fire 
 
 28 passed on them. Nebuchadnezzar 
 spake and said. Blessed be the God 
 of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed- 
 nego, who hath sent his angel, and 
 delivered his servants that trusted 
 in him, and have changed the king's 
 word, and have yielded their bodies, 
 that they might not serve nor wor- 
 ship any god, except their own God. 
 
 29 Therefore I make a decree, that 
 every people, nation, and language, 
 which speak any thing amiss against 
 the God of Shadrach, Meshach, and 
 Abed-nego, shall be cut in pieces, and 
 their houses shall be made a dunghill : 
 because there is no other god that is 
 
 30 able to deliver after this sort. Then 
 the king promoted Shadrach, Meshach, 
 and Abed-nego, in the province of 
 Babylon. 
 
 4 Nebuchadnezzar the king, unto all the 
 
 peoples, nations, and languages, that 
 
 dwell in all the earth ; peace be multi- 
 
 2 plied unto you. It hath seemed good 
 
 unto me to shew the signs and wonders 
 
 that the Most High God hath wrought 
 
 3 toward me. How gi'eat are his signs! 
 and how mighty are his wonders I his 
 kingdom is an everlasting kingdom, 
 and his domiuiou is from generation 
 to generation. 
 
 4 I Nebuchadnezzar was at rest in mine 
 
 5 house, and flourishing in my palace. I 
 saw a dream which made me afraid ; and 
 the * thoughts uiioii my bed and the vis- 
 
 (j ions of my head troubled me. Therefore 
 made I a decree to l)ring in all the wise 
 men of Babylon before me, that they 
 might make known unto me the inter- 
 
 7 pretation of the (h-eam. Then came in 
 the magicians, the fenchaiiters, the Chal- 
 deans, and the soothsayers : and I told 
 the dream before them ; but they did not 
 make known unto me the interpreta- 
 
 8 tion thereof. But at the last Daniel 
 came in before ine, whose name was Bel- 
 teshazzar, according to the name of my 
 god, and in whom is the sjiirit of the 
 holy gods : and I told the dream before 
 
 9 him, saying, Belteshazzar, master 
 of the magicians, because I know that 
 the spirit of the holy gods is in thee, 
 and no secret troubleth thee, tell me 
 the visions of my dream that I have 
 seen, and the interpretation thereof. 
 
 10 Thus were the visions of my head up- 
 on my bed : I saw, and behold a tree 
 in the midst of the earth, and the 
 
 11 height thereof was great. The tree 
 grew, and was strong, and the height 
 thereof reached unto heaven, and the 
 sight thereof to the end of all the 
 
 12 earth. The leaves thereof were fau', 
 and the fruit thereof much, and iu it 
 was meat for all: the beasts of the 
 field had shadow under it, and the 
 fowls of the heaven dwelt in the 
 branches thereof, and all flesh was 
 
 13 fed of it. I saw in the visions of my 
 head upon my bed, and, behold, a 
 watcher and an holy one came down 
 
 14 from heaven. He cried aloud, and 
 said thus. Hew down the tree, and cut 
 off his branches, shake off his leaves, 
 and scatter his fruit : let the beasts get 
 away from under it, and the fowls from 
 
 15 his branches. Nevertheless leave the 
 stump of his roots in the earth, even 
 with a band of iron and brass, in the 
 tender grass of the field ; and let it be 
 wet with the dew of heaven, and let his 
 portion be with the beasts in the gi'ass 
 
 16 of the earth: let his heart be changed 
 from man's, and let a beast's heart be 
 given unto him; and let seven times 
 
 17 pass over htm. The sentence is by the 
 decree of the watchers, and the * de- 
 mand by the word of the holy ones: to 
 the intent that the living may know 
 that the Most High ruleth in the king- 
 dom of men, and giveth it to whomso- 
 ever he will, and setteth up over it 
 
 18 the lowest of men. This dream I king 
 Nebuchadnezzar have seen : and thou, 
 
 IV. 1 III 
 
 Arum. ] 
 
 3 Or, ^ 
 
 hnagin- 
 
 atiotis 
 
 4 Or, 
 
 matter
 
 638 
 
 DANIEL. 
 
 4. 18. 
 
 lOr, 
 redeetn 
 
 2 Or, as 
 other- 
 wise 
 
 read, an 
 healing 
 of thine 
 error 
 s Aram. 
 upon. 
 
 O Belteshazzar, declare the iuter- 
 pi'etation, forasmuch as all the wise 
 men of my kingdom are not able to 
 make known unto me the interjiret- 
 atiou ; but thou art able, for the si)irit 
 of the holy gods is in thee. 
 
 19 Then Daniel, whose name was Belte- 
 shazzar, was astonied for a while, and 
 his thoughts troubled him. The king 
 answered and said, Belteshazzar, let 
 not the dream, or the interi^retation, 
 trouble thee. Belteshazzar answered 
 and said. My lord, the dream be to them 
 that hate thee, and the interpretation 
 
 20 thereof to thine adversaries. The tree 
 that thou sawest, which grew, and was 
 strong, whose height reached vmto the 
 heaven, and the sight thereof to all the 
 
 21 earth; whose leaves were fair, and the 
 fruit thereof much, and in it was meat for 
 all ; under which the beasts of the field 
 dwelt, and u^ion whose branches the 
 fowls of the heaven had theu- habitation: 
 
 22 it is thou, kmg, that art grown and 
 become strong: for thy greatness is 
 grown, and reacheth unto heaven, and 
 thy dominion to the end of the earth. 
 
 23 And whereas the king saw a watcher 
 and an holy one coming down from hea- 
 ven, and saying. Hew down the tree, 
 and destroy it ; nevertheless leave the 
 stump of the roots thereofin the earth, 
 even with a band of iron and brass, in 
 the tender grass of the field; and let 
 it be wet with the dew of heaven, and 
 let his portion be with the beasts of 
 the field, till seven times pass over 
 
 24 him; this is the interpretation, 
 king, and it is the decree of the Most 
 High, which is come upon my lord the 
 
 25 king: that thou shalt be driven from 
 men, and thy dwelling shall be v.'ith 
 the beasts of the field, and thou shalt 
 be made to eat grass as oxen, and 
 shalt be wet with the dew of heaven, 
 and seven times shall pass over thee ; 
 till thou know that the Most High rul- 
 eth in the kingdom of men, and giveth 
 
 26 it to whomsoever he will. And where- 
 as they commanded to leave the stump 
 of the tree roots ; thy kingdom shall be 
 sure unto thee, after that thou shalt 
 have known that the heavens do rule. 
 
 27 "Wherefore, O king, let my comisel be ac- 
 ceptable imto thee, and i break off thy 
 sins by righteousness, and thine in- 
 iquities by shewing mercy to the i)oor; 
 if there may be ^a lengthening of thy 
 
 28 tranquilhty. All this came upon the 
 
 29 king Nebuchadnezzar. At the end of 
 twelve months he was walking ^in the 
 
 30 royal palace of Babylon. The king 
 spake and said. Is not this great Baby- 
 lon, which I have built for the royal 
 dwelling place, by the might of my 
 power and for the glory of my majesty ? 
 
 31 ^\TJile the word was in the king's mouth, 
 there fell a voice from heaven, saying, 
 O king Nebuchadnezzar, to thee it is 
 
 spoken : the kingdom is deimrted 
 
 32 from thee. And thou shalt be driven 
 from men, and thy dwelling shall be 
 with the beasts of the field; thou 
 shalt be made to eat grass as oxen, 
 and seven times shall pass over thee ; 
 until thou know that the Most High rul- 
 eth in the kingdom of men, and giveth 
 
 33 it to whomsoever he ■«all. The same 
 hour was the thing fulfilled upon Nebu- 
 chadnezzar : and he was driven from 
 men, and did eat grass aa oxen, and 
 his body was wet with the dew of hea- 
 ven, till his hair was grown like eagles' 
 
 feathers, and his nails like birds' dates. 
 
 34 And at the end of the days I Nebuchad- 
 nezzar lifted up mme eyes unto hea- 
 ven, and mine understanding returned 
 unto me, and I blessed the Most 
 High, and I praised and honoured him 
 that liveth for ever ; for his dominion 
 is an everlasting dominion, and his king- 
 dom from generation to generation : 
 
 35 and all the inhabitants of the earth are 
 reputed as nothing : and he doeth ac- 
 cording to his will in the army of hea- 
 ven, and among the inhabitants of the 
 earth: and none can *stay his hand, 
 or say unto him. What doest thou? 
 
 36 At the same time muie understanding 
 returned mito me ; and for the glory of 
 my kingdom, my majesty and bright- 
 ness returned unto me ; and my coun- 
 sellors and my lords sought imto me ; 
 and I was established in my kingdom, 
 and excellent greatness was added 
 
 37 mito me. Now I Nebuchadnezzar 
 praise and extol and honour the 
 Kmg of heaven; for all his works 
 are truth, and his ways judgement: 
 and those that walk in pride he is 
 able to abase. 
 
 5 Belshazzar the king made a gi-eat feast 
 to a thousand of his lords, and drank 
 
 2 wine before the thousand. Belshazzar, 
 whiles he tasted the wine, cordmanded 
 to bring tlie golden and silver vessels 
 which Nebuchadnezzar his father had 
 taken out of the temple which was 
 in Jerusalem; that the king and his 
 lords, his wives and his concubines, 
 
 3 might drink therein. Then they brought 
 the golden vessels that were taken out 
 of the temjde of the house of God 
 which was at Jerusalem ; and the kmg 
 and his lords, his wives and his con- 
 
 4 cubines, drank in them. They drank 
 wine, and praised the gods of gold, 
 and of silver, of brass, of iron, of wood, 
 
 5 and of stone. In the same hour came 
 forth the fingers of a man's hand, and 
 wrote over against the candlestick up- 
 on the plaister of the wall of the king's 
 palace : and the king saw the part of 
 
 6 the hand that wrote. Then the king's 
 ^comitenance was changed in hun, 
 and his thoughts troubled him; and 
 the joints of his loins were loosed, 
 and his knees smote one against an-
 
 6. 4. 
 
 DANIEL. 
 
 039 
 
 'Or, 
 7'ule as 
 one of 
 three 
 
 'i Or, tliy 
 father^ 
 I) kinij 
 
 7 other. The king criod fth)U(l to briiif,' 
 in the enchantirs, the Chaldeans, and 
 tlie soothsaj'ors. Tlie king spake 
 and said to the wise men of i5abyk)ii, 
 AVhoHoever shall read this writing, 
 and shew me tlie interpretation there- 
 of, shall be clothed with purple, and 
 have a chain of gold about his neck, 
 and shall ibe the third ruler in the 
 
 M kingdom. Then came in all the king'.s 
 wise men : but they could not read 
 the writmg, nor make known to the 
 
 9 king the interi)retatiou. Then was king 
 Belshazzar greatly troubled, and his 
 countenance was changed in liiiu, and 
 
 10 his lords were perplexed. Nuw the 
 queen by reason of the words of the 
 king and his lords came into the 
 banquet house: the queen spake and 
 said, king, live for ever ; let not thy 
 thoughts trouble thee, nor let thy couu- 
 
 1 1 tenauce be changed : there is a man 
 ui thy kingdom, in whom is the spirit 
 of the holy gods ; and in the days of 
 thy father light aud miderstanding 
 and wisdom, like the -wisdom of the 
 gods, was found in him : aud the king 
 Nebuchadnezzar thy father, 2 the king, 
 / say, thy father, made him master of 
 the magicians, enchanters, Chaldeans, 
 
 12 and soothsayers ; forasmuch as an ex- 
 cellent spu'it, and knowledge, and un- 
 derstanding, interpreting of di-eams, 
 aud shewing of dark sentences, aud dis- 
 solvmg of doubts, were found in the 
 same Daniel, whom the king named 
 Belteshazzar. Now let Daniel be called, 
 and he will shew the interpretation. 
 
 13 Then was Daniel brought in before 
 the king. The kmg spake and said un- 
 to Daniel, Art thou that Daniel, which 
 art of the children of the captivity 
 of Judah, whom the king my father 
 
 14 brought out of Judah ? I have heard 
 of thee, that the spu'it of the gods is 
 in thee, aud that light and understand- 
 ing and excellent wisdom is fouud in 
 
 15 thee. And now the wise men, the en- 
 chanters, have been brought in before 
 me, that they should read this writing, 
 and make known unto me the iuter- 
 jn-etation thereof: but they could not 
 shew the interpretation of the thing. 
 
 16 But I have heard of thee, that thou 
 canst give iuterpretatious, aud dissolve 
 doubts: now if thou canst read the 
 writing, aud make known to me the 
 interpretation thereof, thou shalt be 
 clothed with pm-ple, and have a chain 
 of gold about thy neck, and shalt J-be 
 
 17 the thu-d ruler in the kingdom. Then 
 Daniel answered aud said before the 
 king, Let thy gifts be to thyself, aud 
 give thy rewards to another; never- 
 theless I will read the writing uuto 
 the king, and make knowu to liun the 
 
 18 interpretation. thou kmg, the Most 
 High God gave Nebuchadnezzar thy 
 father the kingdom, aud greatness, 
 
 20 
 
 21 
 
 l',)and glory, and majesty: and because 
 of the greatness that he gave him, all 
 tlie peoples, iiatious, and languages 
 trembled and feared before lam : whom 
 he would he slew, and whom he would 
 he kept alive ; aud whom he would 
 he raised up, and whom lie would 
 he i)ut down. But when his heart was 
 lifted up, and liis spirit was hardened 
 that he dealt jn'oudly, he was deposed 
 from his kingly throne, and they took 
 his glory from him : and he was driven 
 from the sons of men ; and his heart 
 was made like the beasts, and his 
 dwelling was with the wild asses ; he 
 was fed with grass like oxen, aud his 
 body was wet with the dew of heaven : 
 until he knew that the Most High 
 God ruleth in the kingdom of men, 
 and that he setteth up over it whom- 
 
 22 soever he will. And thou his sou, 
 O Belshazzar, hast uot humbled thine 
 heart, though thou kuewest all this ; 
 
 2,S but hast lifted up thyself against the 
 Lord of heaven ; aud they have brought 
 the vessels of his house before thee, 
 aud thou and thy lords, thy wives 
 and thy concubines, have drunk wine 
 iu them ; aud thou hast praised the 
 gods of silver, aud gold, of brass, iron, 
 wood, aud stone, which see uot, uor 
 hear, nor know : and the God iu whose 
 hand thy breath is, and whose are all 
 
 24 thy ways, hast thou uot gloritied : then 
 was the part of the hand sent from 
 before him, and this writiug was iu- 
 
 25 scribed. Aud this is the writing that 
 was inscribed, Sjiene, mene, tekel, 
 
 26 ui'HARsiN. This is the interiiretation 
 of the thing: mene; God hath num- 
 bered thy kingdom, aud brought it to 
 
 27 an end. tekel; thou art weighed iu 
 the balances, aud art fouud wanting. 
 
 28''PEEEs; thy kingdom is divided, and 
 given to the Medes and Persians. 
 
 29 Then commanded Belshazzar, aud 
 they clothed Daniel with jiuriile, aud 
 put a chain of gold about his ueck, 
 aud made proclamation concerning 
 him, that he should ^be the third 
 
 30 ruler in the kingdom. In that uight 
 Belshazzar the Chaldean king was 
 
 31 slain. Aud Darius the Mede received 
 the kiugdom, being about thi-eescore 
 and two years old. 
 
 6 It pleased Darius to set over the 
 kiugdom an hundi'ed and twenty sa- 
 traps, which should be throughout 
 
 2 the whole kiugdom ; aud over them 
 three presidents, of M'hom Daniel was 
 one; that these satraps might give 
 account unto them, and that the king 
 
 3 should have no damage. Then this 
 Daniel was distinguished above the 
 presid .'uts aud the satraps, because an 
 excellent spirit was iu him; aud the 
 kuig thought to set him over the whole 
 
 4 realm. Then the presidents and the 
 satraps sought to find occasion against 
 
 3 That is, 
 Num- 
 bered, 
 num- 
 bered, 
 ■weiyhed, 
 and divi- 
 sions. 
 
 i That is, 
 Divided. 
 
 [Chap, 
 vi. 1 111 
 Aram. ]
 
 640 
 
 DANIEL. 
 
 6. 4. 
 
 lOr, 
 
 came 
 
 tumtiU- 
 
 uously 
 
 (and so 
 
 in w. 11. 
 
 15) 
 
 2 Or, that 
 the f:in(/ 
 should 
 establish 
 a statute', 
 and 
 make £c. 
 
 3 Ai*ani. 
 passcth 
 not 
 away. 
 
 Daniel as touching the kingdom ; but 
 they could find none occasion nor fault ; 
 forasmuch as he was faithful, neither 
 was there any error or fault found in 
 
 5 him. Then said these men, We shall not 
 find any occasion against this Daniel, 
 except we find it against him couceru- 
 
 6ing the law of his God. Then these 
 presidents and satraps i assembled 
 together to the king, and said thus 
 unto him. King Darius, live for ever. 
 
 7 All the presidents of the kingdom, the 
 deputies and the satraps, the counsel- 
 lors and the governors, have consulted 
 together ^to establish a royal statute, 
 and to make a strong interdict, that 
 whosoever shall ask a petition of any 
 god or man for thirty days, save of 
 thee, kmg, he shall be cast into the 
 
 8 den of lions. Now, king, establish 
 the interdict, and sign the writmg, that 
 it be not changed, according to the law 
 of the Medes and Persians, which ^al- 
 
 9tereth not. Wherefore king Darius 
 signed the writing and the interdict. 
 
 10 And when Daniel knew that the writing 
 was signed, he went into his house ; (now 
 his windows were open in his chamber 
 toward Jerusalem;) and he kneeled 
 upon his knees three times a day, and 
 prayed, and gave thanks before his God, 
 
 11 as he did aforetime. Then these men 
 assembled together, and found Daniel 
 making petition and supplication before 
 
 12 his God. Then they came near, and 
 spake before the king concerning the 
 king's interdict; Hast thou not signed 
 an interdict, that every man that 
 shall make petition unto any god or 
 mau within thirty days, save unto 
 thee, king, shall be cast into the den 
 of lions? The king answered and said, 
 The thing is true, accordmg to the 
 law of the Medes and Persians, which 
 
 IS^altereth not. Then answered they 
 and said before the king, That Daniel, 
 which is of the children of the captivity 
 of Judah, regardeth not thee, O king, 
 nor the interdict that thou hast signed, 
 but maketh his petition three times 
 
 14 a day. Then the king, when he heard 
 these words, was sore displeased, and 
 set his heart on Daniel to deliver him : 
 and he laboured till the going down of 
 
 15 the sun to rescue him. Then these men 
 assembled together unto the king, and 
 said mito the king. Know, O king, that 
 it is a law of the Medes and Persians, 
 that no interdict nor statute which 
 the king establisheth may be changed. 
 
 16 Then the king commanded, and they 
 brought Daniel, and cast him into the 
 den of lions. Now the king spake and 
 said unto Daniel, Thy God whom 
 thou servest continuaDy, he will de- 
 
 17 liver thee. And a stone was brought, 
 and laid upon the mouth of the den ; 
 and the kmg sealed it with his own 
 signet, and with the signet of his lords; 
 
 *that nothing might be changed con- 
 
 18 cernmg Daniel. Then the king went 
 to his palace, and passed the night 
 fasting: neither wei"e ^instruments of 
 music brought before him: and his 
 
 19 sleep fled from him. Then the king 
 arose very early in the morning, and 
 went in haste unto the den of lions. 
 
 20 And when he came near unto the den 
 to Daniel, he cried with a lamentable 
 voice: the king spake and said to 
 Daniel, O Daniel, servant of the living 
 God, is thy God, whom thou servest con- 
 tinually, able to deliver thee from the 
 
 211ions'? Then said Daniel unto the king, 
 
 22 O king, live for ever. My God hath 
 sent his angel, and hath shut the lions' 
 mouths, and they have not hurt me : 
 forasmuch as before him mnocency was 
 found in me ; and also before thee, 
 
 23 king, have I done no hm't. Then was 
 the king exceeding glad, and command- 
 ed that they should take Daniel uiJ out 
 of the den. So Daniel was taken up out 
 of the den, and no mamier of hurt was 
 found upon him, because he had trusted 
 
 24 in his God. And the king commanded, 
 and they brought those men which 
 had accused Daniel, and they cast 
 them into the den of lions, them, their 
 children, and their wives; and the 
 lions had the mastery of them, and 
 brake all their bones in pieces, or 
 ever they came at the bottom of the 
 den. 
 
 25 Then king Darius wrote unto all the 
 lieoples, nations, and languages, that 
 dwell in all the earth ; Peace be multi- 
 
 26 plied imto you. I make a decree, that 
 in all the dominion of my kingdom men 
 tremble and fear before the God of 
 Daniel : for he is the living God, and 
 stedfast for ever, and his kingdom that 
 which shall not be destroyed, and his 
 
 27 dominion shall be even unto the end: he 
 deliverethandrescueth,andheworketh 
 signs and wonders m heaven and in 
 earth ; who hath delivered Daniel from 
 
 28 the power of the lions. So this Daniel 
 prospered in the reign of Darius, and 
 in the reign of Cyrus the Persian. 
 
 Y In the fii'st year of Belshazzar king 
 of Babylon Daniel ^had a dream and 
 visions of his head upon his bed : then 
 he wrote the dream and told the sum 
 
 2 of the matters. Daniel spake and said, 
 I saw in my vision by night, and, be- 
 hold, the four winds of the heaven 
 
 3 brake forth upon the great sea. And 
 four great beasts came up from the 
 
 4 sea, diverse one from another. The first 
 was like a lion, and had eagle's wings : 
 I beheld till the wings thereof were 
 plucked, and it was lifted up from the 
 earth, and made to stand upon two 
 feet as a man, and a man's heart was 
 
 5 given to it. And behold another beast, 
 a second, like to a bear, and 'it was 
 raised up on one side, and three ribs
 
 8. 
 
 DANIEI.. 
 
 641 
 
 I Or, 
 drfiidfitl 
 
 i Or. cast 
 down 
 
 3 Aram. 
 to the 
 burnivg 
 of fire. 
 
 * Aram. 
 
 the 
 
 sheath. 
 
 •were in liis month between liis teeth: 
 and tlioy said tlius nnto it, Arise, de- 
 
 <; vonr mncli tiesli. After tliis I beheld, 
 and \o anotlier, Hive a leopard, which 
 had npon the back of it fonr wind's of 
 a fowl; the beast had also fonr heads; 
 
 7 and dominion was f:;iven to it. After 
 this I saw in the night visions, and be- 
 liold a fourth beast, terrible and ^power- 
 ful, and strong exceedingly; and it had 
 great iron teeth: it devoured and brake 
 in pieces, and stamped the residue 
 Avith his feet: and it was diverse from 
 all the beasts that were before it ; and 
 
 Sit had ten horns. I considered the 
 horns, and, behold, there came up a- 
 mong them another horn, a little one, 
 before which three of the first horns 
 were jducked up by the roots : and, be- 
 hold, in tins horn were e,yes like the 
 eyes of a man, and a mouth speaking 
 
 9 great things. I beheld till thrones were 
 ^placed, and one that was ancient of days 
 did sit : his raiment was white as snow, 
 and the hair of his head like pm-e wool; 
 his tlu'one was fiery flames, and the 
 
 10 wheels thereof burning fire. A fiery 
 stream issued and came forth from 
 before him : thousand thousands minis- 
 tered unto hun, and ten thousand tunes 
 ten thousand stood before him: the 
 judgement was set, and the books were 
 
 11 opened. I beheld at that time because 
 of the voice of the great words which 
 the horn spake ; I beheld even till the 
 beast was slain, and hisbodydestroyed, 
 and he was given ^to be burned with 
 
 12 fire. And as for the rest of the beasts, 
 their dommion was taken away: yet 
 then* lives were jjrolonged for a season 
 
 13 and a time. I saw in the night vis- 
 ions, and, behold, there came with the 
 clouds of heaven one like mito a son 
 of man, and he came even to the 
 ancient of days, and they brought 
 
 14 him near before him. And there was 
 given him dominion, and glory, and a 
 kingdom, that all the peoples, nations, 
 and languages should serve him: his 
 dominion is an everlasting dominion, 
 which shall not pass away, and his 
 kingdom that which shall not be de- 
 stroyed. 
 
 15 As forme Daniel, myspirit was gi'ieved 
 in the midst of *my body, and the vis- 
 
 16 ions of my head troubled me. I came 
 near unto one of them that stood by, 
 and asked him the truth concerning all 
 this. So he told me, and made me 
 know the interpretation of the things. 
 
 17 These gi-eat beasts, which are four, are 
 four kings, which shall arise out of the 
 
 18 earth. But the saints of the Most 
 High shall receive the kingdom, and 
 possess the kingdom for ever, even for 
 
 19 ever and ever. Then I desired to know 
 the truth concerning the fourth beast, 
 wliich was diverse from all of them, 
 exceeduig terrible, whose teeth were of 
 
 iron, and his nails of brass ; which de- 
 voured, brake in pieces, and stamped 
 20 the residue with his feet; and con- 
 cerning the ten hoi-ns that were on his 
 bend, and the other horn which came 
 up, and before which three fell ; even 
 that horn that had eyes, and a mouth 
 that spake great things, whose look was 
 
 21 more stout than his fellows. I beheld, 
 and the same horn made war with 
 the saints, and prevailed against them ; 
 
 22 until the ancient of days came, and 
 judgement was given ^to the siiints of 
 the Most High; and the time came 
 that the saints possessed the kingdom. 
 
 2.SThus he said. The fourth beast shall 
 be a fourth kingdom upon earth, which 
 shall be diverse from all the kingdoms, 
 and shall devour the whole earth, and 
 shall 6 tread it down, and break it in 
 
 24 pieces. And as for the ten horns, out 
 of this kingdom shall ten kings arise : 
 and another shall arise after them ; 
 and he shall be diverse from the former, 
 and he shall put down three .kings. 
 
 25 x^nd he shall speak words agamst the 
 Most High, and shall wear out the 
 saints of the Most High : and he shall 
 think to change the times and the 
 law ; and they shall be given into his 
 hand until a time and times and half 
 
 26 a time. But the judgement shall sit, 
 and they shall take away his dominion, 
 to consume and to destroy it unto the 
 
 27 end. And the kingdom and the domin- 
 ion, and the greatness of the kingdoms 
 under the whole heaven, shall be given 
 to the people of the saints of the Most 
 High : his kingdom is an everlasting 
 kingdom, and aU dominions shall serve 
 
 28 and obey him. 'Here is the end of the 
 matter. As for me Daniel, my thoughts 
 much troubled me, and my "counten- 
 ance was changed in me : but I kept 
 the matter in my heart. 
 
 8 In the third year of the reign of 
 king Belshazzar a vision appeared 
 nnto me, even unto me Daniel, after 
 that which ai)peared unto me at the 
 
 2 first. And I saw in the vision ; now 
 it was so, that when I saw, I was 
 in Shushan the ^palace, which is in 
 the province of Elam; and I saM' in 
 the vision, and I was by the river 
 
 3 Ulai. Then I lifted up mine eyes, and 
 saw, and, behold, there stood l)efore 
 the river a ram which had two horns: 
 and the two horns were high ; but 
 one was higher than the other, and 
 
 4 the higher came up last. I saw the 
 ram pushing westward, and north- 
 ward, and southward ; and no beasts 
 could stand before hun, neither was 
 there any that could deliver out of his 
 hand; but he did according to his will, 
 
 5 and magnified himself. Aiul as I was 
 considering, behold, an he-goat came 
 from the west over the face of the whole 
 earth, and 1° touched not the ground: 
 
 5 Or, /or 
 
 «0r, 
 thresh it 
 
 ' Ar;\m. 
 Hitherto. 
 
 P Arum. 
 brifjht- 
 neos. 
 
 ?0r, 
 ca,slte 
 
 10 Heb. 
 rto^ie 
 
 touched j 
 the I 
 
 ground, j 
 
 21
 
 642 
 
 DANIEL. 
 
 8. 5. 
 
 ' ^Another 
 I reading 
 
 is, the 
 
 con- 
 : tinuiU 
 ; burnt 
 j offering; 
 
 was 
 
 taken 
 
 awat/ 
 
 from 
 
 him, 
 
 2 Or, an. 
 hosf wits 
 (jlven to 
 it 
 
 against 
 the <6c. 
 Or, an 
 host was 
 set over 
 the ic. 
 
 3 Accord- 
 ing tu 
 the 
 
 ancient 
 versions, 
 unto 
 him, 
 
 4Heb. 
 
 justified, 
 
 5Heb. 
 under- 
 atand- 
 ing. 
 
 (iOr, 
 where 
 [had 
 stood 
 
 and the goat bad a notable born be- 
 G tween bis eyes. And be came to the 
 ram that bad tbe two borus, wbicb I 
 ,saw standing before tbe river, and ran 
 tipon bim in tbe fury of bis power. 
 
 7 And I saw bim come close unto tbe 
 ram, and be was moved witb cboler 
 against bim, and smote tbe ram, and 
 brake bis two borns ; and there was no 
 power in the ram to stand l)efore bim : 
 but be cast bun down to the ground, 
 and trampled upon bun ; and there was 
 none that could deliver tbe ram out of 
 
 8 bis hand. And the he-goat magiufied 
 bimseU exceedingly : and when be was 
 strong, the great born Avas broken ; 
 and instead of it there came up four 
 notable homs toward tbe four winds of 
 
 9 heaven. And out of one of them came 
 forth a little born, which waxed exceed- 
 ing great, toward tbe south, and toward 
 the east, and toward tbe glorious land, 
 
 10 And it waxed great, even to tbe host 
 of heaven ; and some of the host and 
 of tbe stars it cast down to tbe ground, 
 
 11 and trampled upon them. Yea, it mag- 
 nified itself, even to the prince of the 
 host ; and ^ it took away from bim the 
 continual hmit offering, and the i3lace 
 
 1"2 of his sanctuary was cast down. And 
 2 the host was given over to it to- 
 gether with the continual burnt offer- 
 ing through transgression ; and it cast 
 down truth to the gromid, and it did 
 
 13 its 2)leasure and prospered. Then I 
 beard a holy one speaking; and au- 
 otber holy one said unto that certain 
 one which spake. How long shall be 
 tbe vision concerning the continual 
 hurnt offering, and the transgi'ession 
 that niaketb desolate, to give both the 
 sanctuary and tbe host to be trodden 
 
 14 under foot? And be said ^unto me. 
 Unto two thousand and three hmidred 
 evenings and mornings ; then shall the 
 sanctuary be * cleansed. 
 
 15 And it came to pass, when I, even I 
 Daniel, had seen the vision, that I 
 sought ^ to understand it ; and, behold, 
 there stood before me as the appearance 
 
 16 of a man. And I beard a man's voice be- 
 tween the banks of Ulai, which called, 
 and said, Gabriel, make this man to 
 
 17 understand tbe vision. So he came near 
 where I stood ; and when be came, I was 
 afifrigbted, and fell upon my face : but 
 be said unto me. Understand, O son 
 of man ; for the vision belongeth to 
 
 18 tbe time of tbe end. Now as be was 
 speaking with me, I fell into a deep 
 sleep with my face toward tbe ground: 
 but be touched me, and set me ''up- 
 
 19 right. And he said. Behold, I will 
 make thee know what shall be in the 
 latter time of the indignation : for it 
 belongeth to the appointed tune of 
 
 20 the end. Tbe ram which thou sawest 
 that had tbe two borns, they are tbe 
 
 21 kings of Media and Persia. And the 
 
 rough he-goat is the king of ' Greece : 
 and the great horn that is between his 
 
 22 eyes is the first king. And as for that 
 which was broken, in the place where- 
 of fovir stood up, fom* kingdoms shall 
 stand up out of tbe nation, but not 
 
 23 with bis i^ower. And in the latter 
 time of their kingdom, when the trans- 
 gressors are come to the fuU, a king of 
 fierce countenance, and understanding 
 
 2-1 dark sentences, shall stand u^j. And 
 bis jjower shall be mighty, but not 8 by 
 bis own power ; and be shall '•'destroy 
 wonderfully, and shall iirosper and do 
 his pleasure : and he shall 'J destroy tbe 
 mighty ones and i^tbe holy people. 
 
 25 And through his i^olicy he shall cause 
 craft to prosper in his hand ; and be 
 shall magnify himself in his heart, 
 and m their security shall be '^ destroy 
 many : be shall also stand ui> against 
 tbe prince of princes ; but he shall be 
 
 2G broken without band. And the vision 
 of the evenings and mornings which 
 hath been told is true : but shut thou 
 u]p the vision ; for it belongeth to many 
 
 27 days to come. And I Daniel fainted, 
 and was sick certaui days ; then I rose 
 up, and did tbe king's business : and I 
 was astonished at the vision, -i but none 
 understood it. 
 
 9 In the first year of Darius the son 
 of jibasuerus, of the seed of tbe Medes, 
 wbicb was made king over the reabn 
 
 2 of the Chaldeans ; in the first year 
 of his reign I Daniel understood by 
 the books the nmnber of tbe yeai's, 
 whereof tbe word of the Lord came to 
 Jeremiah the proiihet, for the accom- 
 plishiug of the desolations of Jerusa- 
 
 3 lem, even seventy years. And I set my 
 face unto the Lord God, I'-^to seek by 
 j)rayer and suppUcations, with fast- 
 
 4 ing, and sackcloth, and ashes. And I 
 prayed unto the Lord my God, and 
 made confession, and said, Lord, 
 the great and dreadful God, which 
 keepeth covenant and mercy witb them 
 that love bim and keej) bis command- 
 
 5 meuts ; we have sinned, and have 
 dealt perversely, and have done wick- 
 edly, and have rebelled, even turning 
 aside from thy precepts and from thy 
 
 G judgements: neither have we beai-k- 
 ened unto thy servants the prophets, 
 which spake in thy name to our kings, 
 our princes, and our fathers, and to all 
 
 7 the people of the land. Lord, right- 
 eousness belongeth unto thee, but unto 
 us confusion of face, as at this day; 
 to the men of Judah, and to the in- 
 habitants of Jerusalem, and unto aU 
 Israel, that are near, and that are far 
 off, through all the countries whither 
 thou hast driven them, because of theu' 
 trespass that they have trespassed a- 
 
 8 gainst thee. O Lord, to us belongeth 
 confusion of face, to our kings, to our 
 prmces, and to our fathers, because
 
 10. H. 
 
 DANIEL. 
 
 643 
 
 'Or, 
 
 though 
 
 2 Or, 
 
 deal 
 wisely 
 
 3 Heb. 
 
 rhjM- 
 
 ncsscs. 
 
 4 Heb. 
 
 cause tu 
 fall. 
 See Jer. 
 xxxvi. 7. 
 
 5 Or, be- 
 ing sore 
 wearied 
 eOr, 
 came 
 near 
 u nto me 
 'Or, 
 made me 
 to under- 
 stand 
 
 9 we have sinned against thee. To the 
 Lord our God l)eloiig mercies and for- 
 givenesses ; ifor we liave rc'l)elled a- 
 
 10 gainst hiin ; neitlier have avo obeyed 
 tlie voice of tlio Ijord our God, to walli 
 in his laws, which he set before us l)y 
 
 11 his servants the projdiets. Yea, all Is- 
 rael have transgressed thy law, even 
 turning aside, that they should not obey 
 thy voice : therefore hath the cui'se 
 been poured out upon us, and the oath 
 that is written in the law of Moses the 
 servant of God; for wo have sinned 
 
 12 against him. And he hath confirmed 
 his words, which he spake against us, 
 and against our judges that judged us, 
 by bringing upon us a great evil : for 
 under the whole heaven hath not been 
 done as hath been done upon Jerusa- 
 
 131em. As it is written in the law of 
 Moses, all this evil is come upon us : 
 yet have we not intreated the favour 
 of the Lord our God, that we should 
 turn from our iniquities, and ^have dis- 
 
 14 cernment in thy truth. Therefore hath 
 the Lord watched over the evil, and 
 brought it upon us : for the Lord our 
 God is righteous m all his works which 
 he doeth, and we have not obeyed his 
 
 15 voice. AJud now, O Lord our God, that 
 hast brought thy people forth out of 
 the land of Egypt with a mighty hand, 
 and hast gotten thee renown, as at this 
 day; we have sinned, we have done 
 
 16 wickedly. Lord, according to all thy 
 s righteousness, let thine anger and thy 
 fury, I pray thee, be turned away from 
 thy city Jerusalem, thy holy moujitain : 
 because for our suis, and for the in- 
 iquities of our fathers, Jerusalem and 
 thy people are become a reproach to 
 
 17 all that are round about us. Now 
 therefore, our God, hearken unto 
 the prayer of thy servant, and to his 
 supplications, and cause thy face to 
 shine upon thy sanctuary that is desol- 
 
 18 ate, for the Lord's sake. my God, 
 incline thine ear, and hear ; open thine 
 eyes, and behold our desolations, and 
 the city which is called by thy name : 
 for we do not ^present our supplica- 
 tions before thee for our righteous- 
 
 19 nesses, but for thy gi'eat mercies. 
 Lord, hear ; Lord, forgive ; Lord, 
 hearken and do ; defer not ; for thine 
 own sake, my God, because thy city 
 and thy people are called by thy name. 
 
 20 And whiles I was s^jeakuig, and 
 praying, and confessing my sin and 
 the sin of my people Israel, and pre- 
 senting my supplication before the 
 Lord my God for the holy mountain 
 
 21 of my God; yea, whiles I was speak- 
 ing in prayer, the man Gabriel, whom 
 I had seen in the vision at the be- 
 guming, 5 being caused to fly swiftly, 
 s touched me about the time of the 
 
 22 evening oblation. And he 'uistructed 
 me, and talked with me, and said, O 
 
 Daniel, I am now come forth to make 
 28 thee skilful of understanding. At the 
 Ijegiiniuig of thy supplications the com- 
 mandment went forth, and I am come 
 to tell thee; for tlion art ^gi-eatly be- 
 loved : therefore consider the matter. 
 
 24 and understand the vision. Seventy 
 weeks are decreed upon thy peoi)le and 
 upon thy holy city, '•'to finish lOfrans- 
 gressiou, and ^to make an end of sins, 
 and to I'-'make reconciliation for iniqui- 
 ty, and to bring in everlasting right- 
 eousness, and to seal up vision and 
 i^in'Oi)hecy, and to anoint ^^the most 
 
 25 holy. Know therefore and discern, that 
 froni the going forth of the command- 
 ment to restore and to build Jerusalem 
 unto 15 the anomted one, the prince, 
 shall be I'J seven weeks: nnd threescore 
 and two weeks, it shall be built again, 
 with street and mout, even in troublous 
 
 26 times. And after the threescore and 
 two weeks shall the anointed one be cut 
 off, and I'i' shall have uothhig : and the 
 people of the prince that shall come 
 shall destroy the city and the sanc- 
 tuary; and i*his end shall be Avith a 
 flood, and even uuto the end shall be 
 
 27 war ; desolations are determined. And 
 he shall make a firm covenant with 
 many for one week : and i^for the half 
 of the week he shall cause the sacrifice 
 and the 20 oblation to cease ; and 21 uxion 
 the whig of abominations shall come 
 one that maketh desolate ; and even 
 uuto the consummation, and that de- 
 terinined, shall lurath be poured out 
 upon the 22(lesolator. 
 
 10 In the third year of Cyrus king of Per- 
 sia a thing was revealed unto Daniel, 
 whose name v.'as called Belteshazzar ; 
 and the thing was true, even a great 
 warfare : and he understood the thing, 
 and had understanding of the vision. 
 
 2 In those days I Daniel v.^as mourning 
 
 3 three whole weeks. I ate no pleasant 
 bread, neither came flesh nor wine in my 
 mouth, neither did I anoint myself at 
 all, till three whole weeks were fulfilled. 
 
 4 And in the four and twentieth day of the 
 first mouth, as I was by the side of the 
 
 5 great river, which is ^SHiddekel, I lift- 
 ed up mine eyes, and looked, and be- 
 hold a man clothed in linen, whose loms 
 were gu'ded with pure gold of Uphaz : 
 
 6 his body also was like the beryl, a)id 
 his face as the appearance of lightning, 
 and his eyes as lamps of fire, and his 
 anns and his feet like in colour to 
 burnished brass, and the voice of his 
 words like the voice of a multitude. 
 
 7 And I Daniel alone sav,' the vision : for 
 the men that were with me saw not the 
 vision ; but a great quaking fell upon 
 them, and they fled to hide themselves. 
 
 8 So I was left alone, and saw this great 
 vision, and there remained no strength 
 in me : for my comeliness was turned 
 in me into corruption, and I retained no 
 
 t* Or, very 
 
 precious 
 
 He)>. 
 
 j/rerious 
 
 things. 
 
 '■' Or, to 
 restrain 
 1" Or, the 
 trans- 
 gression 
 n An- 
 other 
 reading 
 is, to seal 
 up. 
 
 12 Or, 
 
 away 
 
 13 Heb. 
 prophet. 
 li Or, « 
 most 
 holy 
 place 
 
 15 Or. 
 Messiah, 
 the 
 
 prince 
 Or, an 
 anointed 
 one, a 
 prince 
 
 liiOr, 
 
 seven 
 weeks, 
 and 
 three- 
 score 
 and two 
 weeks : 
 it shnll 
 be <t-c. 
 "Or, 
 there 
 shall be 
 none be., 
 loiijjing 
 to him 
 
 18 Or, 
 the end 
 thereof 
 
 19 Or, 
 in the 
 midst of 
 aiOr, 
 ^neal 
 offering 
 
 21 Or. 
 upon the 
 pinnacle 
 of 
 
 abomin- 
 ations 
 shall be 
 
 22 Or, 
 desolate 
 
 23 That Is, 
 Tigris. 
 
 21—2
 
 644 
 
 DANIEL. 
 
 10. 8. 
 
 lOr, 
 
 set yne 
 tottering 
 upon &c. 
 
 2 Or. 
 was not 
 nt'.iided 
 
 3 Heb. 
 Javan. 
 
 IHeb. 
 strength- 
 enelh 
 hitnscJf. 
 5 Or, 
 concern' 
 ing these 
 thijigs 
 
 eOr. 
 aJl this 
 shall stir 
 up the 
 realm 
 
 9 strength. Yet heard I the voice of his 
 words : and when I heard the voice 
 of his words, then was I fallen into a 
 deej) sleep on my face, with my face 
 
 10 toward the ground. And, behold, a 
 hand touched me, which i set me 
 upon my knees and uiJou the palms 
 
 11 of my hands. And he said unto me, 
 
 Daniel, thou man greatly beloved, 
 understand the words that I speak 
 unto thee, and stand upright ; for unto 
 thee am I now sent : and when he had 
 spoken this word unto me, I stood 
 
 12 trembling. Then said he unto me. 
 Fear not, Daniel ; for from the first day 
 that thou didst set thine heart to un- 
 derstand, and to humble thyself before 
 thy God, thy words were heard: and 
 
 13 1 am come for thy words' sake. But 
 the prince of the kingdom of Persia 
 withstood me one and twenty days ; but, 
 lo, Michael, one of the chief princes, 
 came to helj) me : and 1 2 remained there 
 
 14 with tlie kings of Persia. Now I am 
 come to make thee understand what 
 shall befall thy people in the latter 
 daj-s : for the vision is yet for many 
 
 15 days. And when he had spoken unto 
 me according to these words, I set my 
 face toward the ground, and was dumb. 
 
 16 And, beliold, one like the similitude of 
 the sons of men touched my lips : then 
 
 1 opened my mouth, and spake and 
 said unto him that stood before me, 
 my lord, by reason of the vision my 
 sorrows are tiu'iied upon me, and I 
 
 17 retain no strength. For liow can the 
 servant of this my lord talk with this 
 my lord? for as for me, straightway 
 there remauied no strength in me, 
 neither was there breath left in me. 
 
 18 Then there touched me again one like 
 the appearance of a man, and he 
 
 19 strengthened ine. And he said, man 
 greatly beloved, fear not : peace be un- 
 to thee, be strong, yea, be strong. And 
 when he spake unto me, I was strength- 
 ened, and said. Let my lord speak ; for 
 
 20 thou hast strengthened me. Then 
 said he, Knowest thou wherefore I 
 am come unto thee? and now will I 
 return to fight with the prince of Per- 
 sia : and when I go forth, lo, the prince 
 
 21 of •'* Greece shall come. But I will tell 
 thee that which is inscribed in the writ- 
 ing of truth : and there is none that 
 *holdeth with me ^ against these, but 
 
 11 Michael your prince. And as for me, in 
 the first year of Darius the Mede, I stood 
 up to confirm and strengthen hmi. 
 
 2 And now will I shew thee the 
 truth. Behold, there shall stand up 
 yet three kings in Persia ; and the 
 fourth shall be far richer than they 
 all : and when he is waxed strong 
 through his riches, <> he shall stir up all 
 
 3 against the realm of ^ Greece. And a 
 n^ighty king shall stand up, that shall 
 rule with great dominion, and do ac- 
 
 4 cording to his will. And when he shall 
 stand up, his kingdom shall be broken, 
 and shall be divided toward the four 
 winds of heaven ; but not to his pos- 
 terity, nor according to his dominion 
 wherewith lie ruled; for his kingdom 
 shall be plucked up, even for others be- 
 
 5 side these. And the king of the south 
 ■? shall be strong, and one of his jjrinces ; 
 and he shall be strong above him, and 
 have dominion ; his dominion shall be 
 
 (5 a great dominion. And at the end of 
 years they shall join themselves to- 
 gether ; and the daughter of the king 
 of the south shall come to the king of 
 the north to make ^an agreement: but 
 she shall not retain the strength of her 
 arm ; neither shall he stand, nor his 
 arm ; but she shall be given up, and 
 they that brought her, and he that 
 begat her, and he that strengthened 
 
 7 her in those times. But out of a shoot 
 from her roots shall one stand up in 
 his "ijlace, which shall come i^unto the 
 army, and shall enter into the fortress 
 of the king of the north, and shall 
 deal against them, and shall prevail : 
 
 Sand also their gods, with their n molt- 
 en images, and with their goodly ves- 
 sels of silver and of gold, shall he carry 
 captive into Egypt ; and he shall 12 re- 
 frain some years from the king of the 
 
 9 north. And he shall come into the 
 realm of the king of the south, but he 
 
 10 shall retm-n into his own land. And 
 his sons shall war, and shall assemble 
 a multitude of great forces, i^ which 
 shall come on, and overflow, and pass 
 through : and i-* they shall return and 
 
 11 war, even to his fortress. And the king 
 of the south shall be moved with choler, 
 and shall come forth and fight with him, 
 even with the king of the north : and 
 he shall set forth a great multitude, 
 and the multitude shall be given into 
 
 12 his hand. And the multitude shall 
 15 be lifted up, and his heart shall be 
 exalted : and he shall cast down tens 
 of thousands, but he shall not prevail. 
 
 13 And the king of the north shall return, 
 and shall set forth a multitude greater 
 than the former ; and he shall come on 
 at the end of the times, even iSo/" years, 
 with a great army and with much sub- 
 
 14 stance. And in those times there shall 
 many stand up against the king of the 
 south : also the children of the violent 
 among thy people shall lift themselves 
 up to establish the vision ; but they 
 
 15 shall fall. So the kmg of the north 
 shall come, and cast up a moiuit, and 
 take I'a well fenced city: and the 
 arms of the south shall not withstand, 
 neither his chosen people, neither shall 
 there be any strength to withstand. 
 
 16 But he that cometh against him shall 
 do according to his own will, and none 
 shall stand l)efove him : and he shall 
 stand in the glovious land, and in his 
 
 7 Or, 
 shall be 
 strong ; 
 but one 
 0/ li is 
 prin^'cs 
 shall be 
 
 8 Or, 
 
 eqiiitabl.- 
 con- 
 di/ions 
 
 f'Or, 
 office 
 M Or, 
 agdinst 
 
 11 Or, 
 pi'inres 
 
 12 Or, 
 continue 
 more 
 years 
 than ,{-c. 
 
 "Or, 
 and he 
 
 11 Or, he 
 
 1'' Or, be 
 carried 
 away 
 
 13 Or, f.i 
 
 n Or, the 
 
 fenced 
 
 ciiies
 
 11. 45. 
 
 DANIEL. 
 
 645 
 
 1 Acciinl- 
 iii« to 
 the 
 
 ancient 
 versions, 
 
 inuki' 
 ei/tiitiiOlc 
 cml' 
 ditiorts 
 mlh 
 him:a>ul 
 he thall 
 give ic. 
 
 2 Or, 
 eijuitahle 
 con- 
 ditions 
 
 9 Or, to 
 destroi/ 
 it 
 
 4 Or, it 
 
 5 Or, 
 coast- 
 lands 
 
 6 Or, 
 captain 
 
 'Or, 
 
 ojfice 
 8 Hel). 
 broken. 
 
 9 Or, liis 
 covenant 
 
 10 Or, 
 
 dainties 
 
 UHeb. 
 
 ireak. 
 
 17 hand shall be destruction. And he 
 shall set his face to come with the 
 strength of his whole kingdom, land 
 -upright ones with him; and he shall 
 do Ills pleasure : and lie shall give him 
 the daughter of women, '"^to corrupt 
 her; but -ishe shall not stand, neither 
 
 18 be for him. After this shall he turn his 
 face mito the ^isles, and shall take 
 many: but a Cprince shall cause the re- 
 l)roaeh offered b}' him to cease; yea, 
 moreover, he shall cause his reproach to 
 
 I'J turn upon him. Then he shall turn his 
 face toward the fortresses of his own 
 land : but he shall stumble and fall, and 
 
 •20 shall not be found. Then shall stand up 
 in his T place one that shall cause an 
 exactor to pass through the glory of 
 the kuigdom : but within few days he 
 shall be ^destroyed, neither in anger, 
 
 21 nor in battle. And in his f place shall 
 stand up a coiiteniptibleperson,to whom 
 they had not given the honour of the 
 kingdom : but he shall come in tune of 
 security, and shall obtain the kingdom 
 
 22 by flatteries. And with the arms of a 
 flood shall they be swept away from be- 
 fore him, and shall be broken ; yea, also 
 
 23 the prmce of ^ the covenant. And after 
 the league made with him he shall work 
 deceitfully : for he shall come up, and 
 shall become strong, with a small peo- 
 
 24 pie. In time of security shall he come 
 even upon the fattest places of the pro- 
 vince ; and he shall do that which his 
 fathers have not done, nor his fathers' 
 fathers ; he shall scatter among them 
 prey, aud spoil, and siibstance : yea, 
 he shall devise his devices against the 
 
 2.j strong holds, even for a time. And 
 he shall stir up his power and his 
 coui'age against the king of the south 
 with a gi-eat army ; and the king of the 
 south shall war in battle with an ex- 
 ceeding gi-eat and mighty army: but 
 he shall not stand, for they shall devise 
 
 26 devices against him. Yea, they that 
 eat of his lOmeat shall "destroy him, 
 and his army shall overflow : and many 
 
 27 shall fall dovi'u slain. And as for both 
 these kings, their hearts shall be to 
 do mischief, and they shall speak lies 
 at one table: but it shall not prosper; 
 for yet the end shall be at the time 
 
 28 appointed. Then shall he retvu-n into 
 his land with gi'eat substance ; and his 
 heai't shall be against the holy coven- 
 ant; and he shall do his pleasure, and 
 
 29retm'n to his own land. At the time 
 appointed he shall return, and come 
 into the south; but it shall not be in 
 the latter time as it was in the farmer. 
 
 oO For ships of Kittim shall come against 
 him ; therefore he shall be grieved, and 
 shall return, aud have indignation a- 
 giinst the holy covenant, and shall 
 {[o Mh pleasure: he shall even return, 
 and have regard unto them that for- 
 
 31 sake the holy covenant. And arms 
 
 shall stand on his part, and they shall 
 profane the sanctuary, even the fort- 
 ress, and shall take away the continual 
 hurnt offeriiit/, and they shall set up 
 the abomination tliat inakcth desolate. 
 
 .-52 And such as do wickedly against the 
 covenant shnll ho I'-^pervert liy flatter- 
 ies : but the people that know theu' God 
 
 33 shall be strong, and do exploits. And 
 i-'tliey that be wise among the people 
 shall instruct many : yet they shall fall 
 by the sword and by flame, by captivity 
 
 34 and by spoil, manij days. Now when 
 they shall fall, they shall be holpen 
 with a little help : but many shall 
 join themselves unto them with flat- 
 
 3.5 teries. And some of ^ ' them that be wise 
 shall fall, to refine them, aud to pm-ify, 
 and to make them white, even to the 
 time of the end : because it is yet for 
 
 36 the time appohited. And the king shall 
 do according to his will ; and he shall 
 exalt himself, and magnify himself 
 aliove every god, and shall speak mar- 
 vellous things ag uust the God of gods : 
 and he shall prosper till the indignation 
 be accomplished; for that which isde- 
 
 37 termined shall be done. Neither shall 
 he regard the gods of his fathers, nor 
 the desire of women, nor regard any god: 
 for he shall magnify himself above all. 
 
 38 But in his ''pLice shall he honour the 
 god of fortresses : and a god whom 
 his fathers knew not shall he houom- 
 with gold, and silver, and with precious 
 
 89 stones, and pleasant things. Aud he 
 shall deal with the strongest fortresses 
 by the help of a strange god ; i5 who- 
 soever acknowledge th him he wUl in- 
 crease with glory : and he shall cause 
 them to rule over many, and shall divide 
 
 40 the land for a price. And at the time 
 of the end shall the king of the south 
 1" contend with him: aud the king of 
 the north shall come against hun like 
 a whirlwind, with chariots, and with 
 horsemen, and with many ships; and 
 he shall enter into the countries, and 
 
 41 shall overflow and pass through. He 
 shall enter also into the glorious laud, 
 and many countries shall be over- 
 throvv^n : but these shall be delivered 
 out of his hand, Edom, and Moab, and 
 the chief of the children of Ammon. 
 
 42 He shaU. stretch forth his hand also 
 upon the countries: and the land of 
 
 43 Egjipt shall not escape. But he shall 
 have power over the treasm-es of gold 
 and of silver, and over all the precious 
 things of Egji^t : and the Libyans aud 
 the Ethiopians shall be at his steps. 
 
 44 But tidmgs out of the east aud out of 
 the north shall trouble him: and he 
 shall go forth with gi-eat fiu'y to destroy 
 
 45 and i^ utterly to make away many. And 
 he shall idant the tents of his palace 
 18 between the sea and the glorious 
 holy momitain ; yet he shall come to 
 his end, and none sliaU help hiiu. 
 
 12 Heb. 
 make 
 profane. 
 
 13 Or, tlie 
 
 teachers 
 of the 
 people 
 
 n Or, the 
 teachers 
 
 15 Or, 
 whom he 
 shall 
 acknow- 
 ledge 
 and 
 
 increase 
 with 
 glory 
 or, shail 
 increase 
 glory 
 W Heb. 
 IJusft at. 
 
 1- Htb. 
 to devote 
 many 
 18 Or, be- 
 tween the 
 seas at
 
 646 
 
 DANIEL. 
 
 12. 1. 
 
 1 Or, ah- 
 
 horrence 
 
 2 Or, the 
 teachers 
 
 lOr, 
 with 
 
 2 Heb. 
 visit. 
 
 12iViid at that time shall Michael stand 
 up, the great prince which staudeth for 
 the chUdren of thy people : and there 
 shall be a tune of trouble, such as never 
 was since there was a nation even to 
 that same time: and at that tune thy 
 peoijle shall be delivered, every one 
 that shall be found written in the book. 
 
 2 And many of them that sleep in the 
 dust of the earth shall awake, some to 
 everlasting life, and some to shame 
 
 3 and e verlastmg i contempt . And ^ they 
 that be wise shall shine as the bright- 
 ness of the firmament ; and they that 
 turn many to righteousness as the stars 
 
 4 for ever and ever. But thou, Daniel, 
 shut up the words, and seal the book, 
 even to the time of the end : manj' 
 shaU rmi to and fro, and knowledge 
 shall be increased. 
 
 .5 Then I Daniel looked, and, behold, 
 there stood other two, the one on the 
 brink of the river on this side, and the 
 other on the briidj of the river on that 
 
 6 side. And one said to the man clothed 
 in linen, which was above the waters 
 of the river, How long shall it be to 
 
 7 the end of these wonders ? And I heard 
 the man clothed in linen, v.hich was 
 
 3 That is, 
 Thai 
 hath tiot 
 ohtaiiu'd 
 mercy. 
 
 above the waters of the river, when he 
 held up his right hand and his left 
 hand unto heaven, and sware by him 
 that liveth for ever that it shall be for 
 a tune, times, and an half ; and when 
 they have made an end of breaking in 
 pieces the power of the holy people, 
 
 8 all these tlimgs shall be finished. And 
 I heard, but I understood not : then said 
 I, my lord, what shall be the ^ issue 
 
 9 of these things ? And he said, Go thy 
 way, Daniel: for the words are shut 
 up and sealed till the time of the end. 
 
 10 Many shall j)urify themselves, and 
 make themselves white, and be refuied ; 
 but the wicked siiaU do wickedly ; and 
 none of the wicked shall understand : 
 but 2 they that be wise shall understand. 
 
 11 And from the time that the contmual 
 hurnt offering shall be taken away, 
 and the abomination that maketh des- 
 olate set up, there shall be a thousand 
 
 VI two hundred and ninety days. Blessed 
 is he that waiteth, and cometh to the 
 thousand three hundred and five and 
 
 13 thirty days. But go thou thy way till 
 the end be : for thou shall rest, and 
 shall stand in thy lot, at the end of 
 the days. 
 
 HOSEA 
 
 1 The word of the Loed 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 Jero- 
 boam the son of Joash, king of Israel. 
 
 2 When the Lord spake at the first 
 ^by Hosea, the Lobd said imto Hosea, 
 Go, take unto thee a wife of whore- 
 dom and children of whoredom : for 
 the land doth commit great whore- 
 
 3 dom, departing from the Lord. So he 
 went and took Gomer the daughter of 
 Diblaim ; and she conceived, and bare 
 
 4 hun a son. And the Lord said unto him, 
 Call his name Jezreel ; for yet a little 
 while, and I will 2 avenge the blood of 
 Jezreel ujion the house of Jehu, and will 
 cause the kingdom of the house of Israel 
 
 5 to cease. And it shall come to pass at 
 that day, that I will break the bow of 
 
 6 Israel in the valley of Jezreel. And she 
 conceived agaui, and bare a daughter. 
 And the Lord said unto him, Call her 
 name 3 Lo-ruhamah : for I will no more 
 have mercy ui^on the house of Israel, 
 that I should in any wise j)ardon them. 
 
 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 bat- 
 
 o tie, by horses, nor by horsemen. Now 
 when she had weaned Lo-ruhamah, she 
 9 conceived, and bare a son. And the Lord 
 said, Call his name *Lo-animi: for ye 
 are not my people, and I will not be 
 5 your God. 
 
 10 Yet the number of the chOdren of 
 Israel shall be as the sand of the sea, 
 which camiot be measured nor num- 
 bered ; and it shall come to pass that, 
 ''in the place where it was said mito 
 them. Ye are not my people, it shall 
 be said unto them. Ye are the sons of 
 
 lithe living God. And the childi'en of 
 Judah and the childi'en of Israel shall 
 be gathered together, and they shall 
 appoint themselves one head, and shall 
 go up from the land : for gi-eat shall be 
 
 2 the day of Jezreel. Say ye unto your 
 brethren, 7 Ammi ; and to your sisters, 
 8Ruliamah. 
 
 2 Plead with yom- mother, plead ; for she 
 is not my wife, neither am I her hus- 
 band : and let her j)ut away her whore- 
 doms from her face, and her adulteries 
 
 3 from between her breasts ; 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 Uke a dry 
 
 4 laud, and slay her with thu-st ; yea, upon 
 
 3 Or, 
 
 loiter 
 end 
 
 i That is. 
 Not my 
 people. 
 
 5 Heb. 
 for you. 
 ICh. ii. 1 
 in Heb. J 
 
 i^Or, 
 insieail 
 of that 
 tohich 
 was said 
 
 7 That is. 
 My 
 ppopie. 
 
 8 That is. 
 That 
 hdth oh- 
 taiited 
 mercy.
 
 4. 10. 
 
 HOSE A. 
 
 64 
 
 T^ 
 
 1 Heb. 
 dfinkti. 
 
 2 0l\ 
 
 into the 
 iniuu'e 
 of Baal 
 
 3 Or, 
 retitrv, 
 anil take 
 a^vay 
 
 lOr, 
 
 shama 
 
 5 Or, a}i- 
 pointed 
 feasts 
 
 6 Or, 
 
 where- 
 in she 
 burned 
 incense 
 to them 
 
 7 Or, 
 
 nose- 
 rings 
 
 8Heb. 
 to her 
 heart. 
 
 » That is, 
 Trou- 
 hlivrf. 
 See Josh, 
 vii. 23. 
 
 WOr. 
 sing 
 
 11 That 
 is. Mil 
 Misband. 
 li That 
 is. Ml/ 
 master, 
 
 13 Or, 
 remem- 
 bered 
 
 hev childi-eii will I have no mercy; for 
 r)they be children of whoredom. For 
 tlieir mother hath played the Imrlot : 
 she that conceived them hath done 
 shamefully : for she said, I will go after 
 my lovers, that gi\o me my l)read and 
 my water, my wool and my llax, mine 
 
 6 oil and my ^driuk. Therefore, behold, 
 I will hedge up thy way with thorns, 
 and I will make a fence against her, that 
 
 7 she sh;ill not find her paths. And slie 
 shall follow after her lovers, but she 
 shall not overtake them ; and she shall 
 seek theiu, but shall not find them : 
 then shall she say, I will go and retm-n 
 to my first husband ; for then was it 
 
 8 better with me than now. For she did 
 not know that I gave her the corn, and 
 the wme, and the oil, and multiplied 
 unto her silver and gold, which they 
 
 9 2 used for Baal. Therefore will I » tak'^ 
 back my corn in the tune thereof, and 
 my wine in the season thereof, and will 
 pluck awa3' my wool and my flax which 
 should have covered her nakedness. 
 
 i 10 And now will I discover her ■* lewdness 
 in the sight of her lovers, a,nd none 
 
 11 shall deliver her out of mine hand. I 
 will also cause all her muih to cease, 
 her feasts, her new moons, and her sab- 
 baths, and all her ^ solenm assemblies. 
 
 1'2 And I will lay waste her vines and her 
 fig trees, whereof she hath said. These 
 are my hii'e 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 
 the Baalim, "unto which she burned 
 incense ; when she decked herself 
 with her 'i' earrings and her jewels, and 
 went after her lovers, and forgat me, 
 
 I'lsaith the Lord. Therefore, behold, I 
 will allure her, and bruig her into the 
 wilderness, and speak "comfortably 
 
 15 unto her. And I will give her her vine- 
 yards from thence, and the valley of 
 •'Achor for a door of hope: and she 
 shall 10 make answer there, as in the 
 days of her youth, and as in the dc}- 
 when she came up out of the land of E- 
 
 IGgypt. And it shall he at thatdaj', saith 
 the Lord, that thou shall call me ^ Ishi ; 
 
 17 and shalt call me no more I'^Baali. For 
 I will take away the names of the Baalim 
 out of her mouth, and tliej" shall no more 
 
 18 be i^mentioned by theu- name. 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 gi'ound : and I will break 
 the bow and the sword and the battle 
 out of the land, and will make them 
 
 19 to lie down safely. And I will betroth 
 thee unto me for ever ; yea, I will be- 
 troth thee mito me in righteousness, 
 and in judgement, and in lovingkiud- 
 
 20ness, and in mercies. I will even be- 
 troth thee unto me in faithfulness : and 
 "21 thou shalt know the Lord. And it shall 
 
 come to pass in that day, I will answer, 
 saith tlic Loiiu, I will answer the hea- 
 vens, and they shall answer the earth; 
 
 22 and the earth shall answer the corn, 
 and the wine, and the oil ; and they shall 
 
 21) answer i^Jezreel. And I will sow her 
 unto me in the i' earth ; and I will have 
 mercy upon i" her that had not obtained 
 mercy; and I will say to I'tliem which 
 were not my people. Thou art my i)eople ; 
 and they shall say, 7V/,oii art my God. 
 
 3 And the Lord said unto me, Go 
 yet, love a woman beloved I'^of her 
 friend and an adulteress, even as the 
 Lord loveth the children of Israel, 
 though they tm-n unto other gods, and 
 
 2 18 love cakes of raisins. So I bought 
 her to me for fifteen pieces of sUver, 
 and an homer of barley, and an 20 half 
 
 3 homer of barley: and I said unto her, 
 Thou shalt abide for me many days; 
 thou shalt not play the harlot, and thou 
 shalt not be any man's wife : so will I 
 
 4 also be toward thee. For the child- 
 ren of Israel shall abide many days 
 without king, and without pruice, and 
 without sacrifice, and without '^ijjiUar, 
 
 5 and without ephod or terai^him : after- 
 ward shall the children of Israel re- 
 turn, and seek the Lord their God, 
 and David their king ; and shall come 
 with fear unto the Lord and to his 
 goodness in the latter days. 
 
 4 Kenr the word of the Lord, ye child- 
 ren of Israel: for the Lord hath a 
 controversy with the inhabitants of 
 the land, because there is no truth, j 
 nor mercy, nor knowledge of God in | 
 
 2 the laud. There is nought but swearing | 
 and breaking faith, and killing, and | 
 stealing, and committing adultery; they i 
 break out, an(\ blood toucheth blood. ' 
 
 3 Therefore shall the land mom-n, and j 
 every one that dweUeth therein shall | 
 languish, with the beasts of the field and ' 
 the fowls of heaven ; yea, the fishes of : 
 
 4 the sea also shaU be taken away. Yet | 
 let no man strive, neither let any man j 
 reprove ; for thy people are as they i 
 
 5 that strive with the priest. And thou j 
 shalt stumble in the day, and the pro- I 
 phet also shall stiunble with thee in the 
 night; and I ■will destroy thy mother. 
 
 GMy people are destroyed for lack of 
 knowledge : because thou hast rejected 
 knowledge, 22 1 will also reject thee, that 
 thou shalt be no priest to me : seeing 
 thou hast forgotten the law of thy God, 
 
 7 1 also wUl forget thy children. As they 
 were multiplied, so they sinned against 
 me: I will change their glory into shame. 
 
 8 They feed on the sin of my people, and 
 
 set their heart on their iniquity. AJnd it 
 shall be, like people, like priest : and I 
 wUl imnish them for their ways, and wiU 
 10 reward them their doings. And they 
 shall eat, and not have enough ; they 
 shall commit v.horedona, and shall not 
 
 I'Thatis, 
 
 Whom 
 
 (Jod 
 
 SOWrtJl; 
 
 15 Or, 
 land 
 
 16 Hell. 
 Lo-ru- 
 hatnaJt: 
 "Heb. 
 Lo-am- 
 in i. See 
 ch. i. 
 
 «, 9, 10. 
 
 18 Or, of 
 her hus- 
 band, yet 
 an £:e. 
 
 19 Or. 
 them 
 that Jove 
 
 20 1 1 eh. 
 lethech. 
 
 21 Or, 
 obeiisic 
 
 22Accord- 
 ing to 
 another 
 reading, 
 I have 
 rejected^
 
 648 
 
 HOSEA. 
 
 4. 10. 
 
 iHeb. 
 heart. 
 
 2 Or, 
 daugh- 
 ters in 
 law 
 
 3 See 
 Deut. 
 xxiii. 17. 
 
 J Or, 
 
 become 
 guilty 
 
 5 Or, 
 
 Their 
 carouse 
 is over 
 
 6 Or, 
 they are 
 given up 
 to love ; 
 Iter 
 rulers 
 are a 
 shame 
 7Heb. 
 shields. 
 
 8 Or, 
 
 skirts 
 
 Or. as 
 
 otherwise 
 
 read, 
 
 tlieir 
 
 altars 
 
 shall be 
 
 put to 
 
 shame 
 
 10 Or, 
 against 
 youistlte 
 judge- 
 ment 
 "Or, 
 
 in cor- 
 ruption 
 
 12 Heb. a 
 rebuk-^'. 
 
 13 Or, 
 They 
 will nrjt 
 frame 
 their 
 doings 
 
 11 Or, 
 in the 
 midst of 
 15 Or, ex- 
 cellency 
 W Or, 
 begotten 
 "Or, 
 
 a month 
 
 18 Heb. 
 portions. 
 
 19 Or, 
 After 
 thee, 
 Ben- 
 jamin / 
 SeeJudg. 
 V. 14. 
 
 increase : because tliey have left off to 
 11 take heed to the Lord. Whoredom and 
 wine and new wine take away the luu- 
 12derstaudiBg. My people ask counsel at 
 then- stock, and then- staff declareth un- 
 to them: for the spmt of whoredom hath 
 caused them to err, and they have gone 
 
 13 a whormg from mider their God. They 
 sacrifice upon the tops of the mouutaius, 
 and burn incense upon the hills, under 
 oaks audpoislars and terebinths, because 
 the shadow thereof is good : therefore 
 your daughters commit whoredom, and 
 
 14 your 2 brides commit adultery. I will 
 not punish your daughters when they 
 commit whoredom, nor yoiu- 2 brides 
 when they commit adultery ; for they 
 themselves go apart with whores, and 
 they sacrifice with the ^ harlots: and 
 the people that doth not miderstand 
 
 15 shall be overthrown. Though thou, 
 Israel, play the harlot, yet let not Ju- 
 dah * offend ; and come not ye unto GU- 
 gal, neither go ye uj) to Beth-aven, nor 
 
 16 swear. As the Lord liveth. For Israel 
 hath behaved himself stubbornly, like 
 a stubborn heifer : now will the Loud 
 feed them as a lamb in a large place. 
 
 ITEpkraim is jomed to idols; let him 
 
 18 alone, sfheu- drmk is become sour: 
 they commit whoredom contmually ; 
 
 19^ her 7 rulers dearly love shame. The 
 wind hath wrapped her up in its *^ Avings ; 
 and 9 they shall be ashamed because of 
 their sacrifices. 
 
 5 Hear this, ye priests, and hearken, 
 ye house of Israel, and give ear, O house 
 of the king, for i^uuto you i^ertaineth 
 the judgement ; for ye have been a snare 
 at Mizpali, and a net spread upon Ta- 
 
 2 bor. And the revolters are gone deep 
 11 in making slaughter ; but I am i^ a re- 
 
 3 buker of them all. I know Ephraim, and 
 Israel is not hid from me : for now, 
 Eplu'aim, thou hast committed whore- 
 
 4 dom, Israel is defiled, i^ Theii- doings 
 will not suffer them to turn luito their 
 God: for the spirit of whoredom is 
 1"^ within them, and they know not the 
 
 5 Lord. And the i^ pride of Israel doth 
 testify to his face : therefore Israel and 
 Ephraim shall stumble m then* iniquity; 
 Judah also shall stiunble with them. 
 
 6 They shall go with their flocks and with 
 tlieir herds to seek the Lord ; but they 
 shall not find him : he hath withdrawn 
 
 7 himself from them. They have dealt 
 treacherously against the Lord ; for 
 they have i'^ borne strange chihh-en: 
 now shall I'^the new moon devour them 
 with their i** fields. 
 
 8 Blow ye the cornet in Gibeali, and 
 the trumpet in Kamah : sound an 
 alarm at Beth-aven; i^behuid thee, O 
 
 9 Benjamin. Ephraim shall become a 
 desolation in the day of rebuke : among 
 the tribes of Israel have I made known 
 
 10 that which shall surely be. The j)rinces 
 of Judah are like them that remove the 
 
 laiKhnark : I will pour out my wrath 
 11 upon them like water. Ephraim is op- 
 pressed, he is crushed m judgement; 
 because he was content to walk after 
 1'2 20 the command. 21 Therefore am I unto 
 Ephraim as a moth, and to the house 
 
 13 of Judah as rottenness. WhenEphraun 
 saw his sickness, and Judah saw his 
 wound, then went Ephraim to Assyria, 
 and sent to 22kuig Jareb : but he is not 
 able to heal you, neither shall he cure 
 
 14 you of your wound. For I will be 
 unto Ephraim as a lion, and as a young 
 lion to the house of Judah : I, even I, 
 will tear and go away ; I will carry 
 off, and there shall be none to deliver. 
 
 15 1 will go and return to my place, till 
 they 23 acknowledge their offence, and 
 seek my face : in then- affliction they 
 will seek me 21 earnestly. 
 
 6 Come, and let us retm'n unto the 
 Lord : for he hath torn, and he will 
 heal us ; he hath smitten, and he will 
 
 2 bind us up. After two days will he 
 revive us : on the thu'd day he wUl 
 raise us up, and we shall live before 
 
 3 hmi. And let us know, let us follow 
 on to know the Lord ; his going forth 
 is sm'e as the moi'umg: and he shall 
 come imto us as the ram, as the latter 
 rain that watereth the earth. 
 
 4 O Ephraim, what shall I do unto 
 thee? Judah, what shall I do un- 
 to thee? for your 23 goodness is as a 
 morning cloud, and as the dew that 
 
 5goeth early away. Therefore have I 
 hewed them by the projihets ; I have 
 slain them by the words of my moutli : 
 26 and thy judgements are a.s the light 
 
 that goeth forth. For I desire 25 mercy, 
 and not sacrifice ; and the knowledge 
 of God more than bm-ut offerings. 
 
 7 But they 27 lite 28j.\^(jam have trans- 
 gi-essed the covenant : there have they 
 
 8 dealt treacherously against me. GUe- 
 ad is a city of them that work iniqui- 
 
 9 ty, it is stained with blood. 20 Anfi 
 as troops of robbers wait for a man, 
 so the company of priests murder in the 
 way toward Shechem : yea, they have 
 
 10 committed lewdness. In the house 
 of Israel I have seen an horrible thing: 
 there whoredom is found in Eijhraun, 
 
 11 Israel is defiled. Also, O Judah, there 
 is an harvest appointed for thee, when 
 I bring again the captivity of my 
 people. 
 
 7 When I would heal Israel, then is 
 the iniquity of Ephraim discovered, 
 and the wicketoess of Samaria ; for 
 they connuit falseliood : and the thief 
 entereth in, and the troop of robbers 
 
 2=*''spoileth without. And they con- 
 sider not in their hearts that I re- 
 member all their wickedness: now 
 have their own doings beset them ab- 
 
 3 out ; they are before my face. They 
 make the king glad with their wick- 
 edness, and the jn-inces with their
 
 9. 11. 
 
 IIOSEA. 
 
 649 
 
 lAc- 
 
 cordiiiii 
 
 to many 
 
 ancient 
 
 versions, 
 
 hei/itit to 
 
 bvhi-attd 
 
 witli 
 
 u'inf. 
 
 him 
 
 3 Hell. 
 
 bruui/ht 
 
 nc'n\ 
 
 lAc- 
 
 eordins; 
 
 to some 
 
 ancient 
 
 \erBions, 
 
 Iht'lr 
 
 ff u'jer. 
 
 5 Hcb. 
 
 /tpriit' 
 
 Ui'U. 
 
 Or, ex- 
 
 ccllcrn':/ 
 
 - Hel). 
 heart. 
 
 »0r, 
 
 whett fhc 
 report 
 coim'th 
 to their 
 
 eonijreij- 
 atioH 
 
 « Ac- 
 cording 
 to some 
 ancient 
 author- 
 ities, ?>it',7 
 cntliieiH- 
 setves. 
 10 Or, 
 chasten- 
 ed them 
 
 11 Or, 
 
 The 
 
 traiapet 
 to thy 
 mouth I 
 A s an 
 eaylc 
 auaiiist 
 the 
 house 
 oft hi: 
 LolU) I 
 
 12 Or, 
 they have 
 retitoved 
 them 
 
 13 Or, it 
 hath no 
 statk 
 
 4 lies. They are all adultoi'ers ; they are as 
 ail oven heateil by the l)aker ; he ceaseth 
 to stir the Jin', I'roiu the kiipadin<,' of the 
 
 .5 (lough until it he leavened. On the day 
 of our king the princes iniade '•* them- 
 selves sick with the heat of wine ; he 
 stretched out his hand witli scorners. 
 
 G For they have '^made ready their heart 
 like an oven, whiles they lie in wait : 
 ■'their baker sleepeth all the iiiuht; in 
 the morning it bm'iieth as a 11 am in g lire . 
 
 7 They are all hot as an oven, and diivour 
 their judges ; all their kings are fallen : 
 there is none among them that calleth 
 
 8 unto me. Ei)liraim, he mixeth himself 
 among the peoples ; Ephraim is a cake 
 
 9 not turned. Strangers have devoured 
 liis strength, andhe knowetli it not: yea, 
 gi'ay hairs are ^ here and there uiion him, 
 
 10 and he knowetli it not. Arid the "^pride 
 of Israel doth testify to his face: yet they 
 have not retm'ued unto the Lord theu' 
 
 11 God, nor sought him, for all this. And 
 Ephraim is like a silly dove, without 
 ^miderstandmg: they call mito Egypt, 
 
 12 theygoto Assyi'ia. When they shall go, 
 I will spread my net upon them ; I will 
 bring them down as the fowls of the 
 heaven: I will chastise them, ^as their 
 
 13 congregation hath heard. Woe unto 
 them ! for they have wandered from me; 
 destruction imto them ! for they have 
 trespassed against me : though I would 
 redeem them, yet they have spoken lies 
 
 14 against me. And they have not cried 
 unto me with their heart, hut they howl 
 upon their beds : 9 they assemble them- 
 selves for corn and wine, they rebel a- 
 
 15 gainst me. Though Ihave i" taught and 
 strengthened their arms, yet do they 
 
 16 imagine mischief against me. They 
 retm'u, but not to li.iia that is on high ; 
 they are like a deceitful bow : then- 
 princes shall fall by the sword for the 
 rage of then- tongue : this shall be their 
 derision in the land of Egypt. 
 
 8 ^^Set the trumpet to thy mouth. As 
 an eagle he covieth against the house 
 of the Lord : because they have trans- 
 gressed my covenant, and trespassed a- 
 
 2 gainst my law. They shall cry unto me, 
 
 3 My God, we Israel know thee. Israel 
 hath cast off that which is good : the eii- 
 
 4emyshallpm-suehim. They have set up 
 kings, but not by me ; i'^ they have made 
 princes, and I knew it not : of their sil- 
 ver and their gold have they made tliein 
 
 5 idols, that they may be cut off. Hehath 
 cast off thy calf, O Samaria; mine auger 
 is kindled against them : how long will 
 
 6 it be ere they attain to imioceucy ? For 
 from Israel is even this; the workman 
 made it, and it is no God : yea, thecalf of 
 
 7 Samaria shall be broken in pieces. For 
 they sow the wind, and they shall reap 
 the whirlwind: ^^he hath no standing 
 corn ; the blade shall yield no meal ; if 
 so be it yield, strangers shall swallow 
 
 8 it ui). Israel is swallowed up : now are 
 
 they among the nations as a vessel 
 
 y whereui is no pleasure. For they are 
 
 gone up to Assyria, like a wild ass alone 
 
 by himself: Eplu'aim hath hired i-'lov- 
 
 lOers. Yea, though they hire among the 
 nations, now will I gather them ; and 
 they i^begin to be iiiinished by reason 
 of the burden of the "'king of in-inces. 
 
 11 Because Ephraim hatli multiplied al- 
 tars to sin, altars have been uiit(j him 
 
 I'l to sin. 17 though I write for him my 
 law in ten thousand 7:';tf(,"«/j^s-, they are 
 
 lljcoimted as a strange thing. As for 
 the sacrifices of mine offerings, they 
 sacrifice flesh and eat it ; but the Lord 
 accepteth them not: nov/ will he re- 
 member their ini(juity, and visit their 
 
 14 sins ; they shall return to Egypt. For 
 Israel hath forgotten his Maker, and 
 builded I'^palaces; and Judah hath 
 multiplied fenced cities : but I will 
 send a fii'e upon his cities, and it shall 
 devour the i-'castles thereof. 
 
 9 Rejoice not, O Israel, 20for joy, like the 
 lieoj)les ; 21 for thou hast gone a whor- 
 ing from thy God, thou hast loved hu'e 
 
 2 upon evei'y cornfloor. The threshing- 
 floor and the winepress shall not feed 
 them, and the new wine shall fail her. 
 
 3 They shall not dwell in the Lord's land; 
 but Ephi'aun shall retm-u to Egypt, and 
 they shall eat miclean food in Assyria. 
 
 4 They shall not pour out wine offerings 
 to the Lord, *-^ neither shall they be 
 pleasing unto him : their sacrifices 
 shall be unto them as the bread of 
 mom-ners ; all that eat thereof shall be 
 polluted : for their bread shall be for 
 their ai^petite ; it shall not come into the 
 
 5 house of the Lord. What will ye do in 
 the day of solemn assembly, and in the 
 
 6 day of the feast of the Lord ? For, lo, 
 they ai'e gone away from destruction, 
 l/et Egypt shall gather them up, Mem- 
 jihis shall Ijury them : their iileasant 
 things of silver, nettles shall ijossess 
 them : thorns shall be in their tents. 
 
 7 The days of visitation are come, the 
 days of recompence are come ; Israel 
 shall know it: the prophet is a fool, 
 the man that hath the spu'it is mad, for 
 the multitude of thine iniquity, and 
 
 S because the enmity is great. Ejihraim 
 '^loas a watchman with my God: as 
 for the prophet, a fowler's snare is iu 
 all his ways, ajid enmity in the house of 
 
 9 his God. They have deeply coiTupted 
 themselves, as in the days of Gibeah ; 
 he will remember their iniquity, be 
 
 10 will visit their sins. I found Israel like 
 gra]3es in the wilderness ; I saw j'oiu' 
 fathers as the firstripe iu the fig tree 
 at her fii'st season : but they came to 
 Baal-i^eor, and '^i consecrated them- 
 selves unto the 2-5 shameful thing, and 
 became abominable like that which 
 
 11 they loved. As for Ephraim, then- glory 
 shall fly away like a bird : there shall 
 be no birth, and none with child, and 
 
 11 Hel>. 
 
 loves. 
 
 i' Or. n9 
 other- 
 wise 
 read, 
 
 shall, 
 sorrow 
 a little. 
 or, for It, 
 little 
 leh He 
 If See Is. ! 
 X. a I 
 
 Many 
 ancient 
 author- 
 ities 
 have, 
 king and 
 prince.;, 
 
 i"Or, / 
 wrote for 
 htm the 
 ten thou- 
 sand 
 things of 
 my law, 
 but they 
 
 18 Or, 
 temples 
 ni Or, 
 palaces 
 -' Or, un- 
 to exalt- 
 ation 
 21 Or, 
 that 
 
 2^2 Or, 
 
 neither 
 
 sha/l 
 
 their 
 
 stierijleet 
 
 he pleas- 
 
 ii!fl unto 
 
 him: 
 
 their 
 
 bread 
 
 shall he 
 
 unto 
 
 them .tc. 
 
 23 Or, 
 
 watcheth 
 
 against 
 
 ■24 Or, se- 
 parated 
 
 25Heb. 
 shtcme. 
 
 J
 
 650 
 
 HOSEA. 
 
 9. 11. 
 
 ' Or, as 
 I have 
 seen, is 
 like Tyre, 
 tliat is 
 planted 
 
 2 Or, 
 pros- 
 perity 
 
 3 Or, 
 obelisks 
 
 4 Or, 
 He hath 
 divided 
 their 
 h.eart 
 
 sOr, 
 smooth 
 
 cOr, 
 ihey 
 swear 
 falsely, 
 they 
 make 
 coven- 
 ants 
 
 7 Or, 
 
 shall 
 
 spriu'j 
 
 up 
 
 sHeb. 
 rosh. 
 .See Deut. 
 xxix. 18. 
 i)Heb. 
 Che- 
 marim. 
 See 
 
 •2 Kings 
 xxiii. 5. 
 
 10 See ch. 
 V. 13. 
 
 11 Or, 
 Humaria 
 is cut off 
 with her 
 king 
 
 12 Or, 
 twigs 
 
 13 Or, 
 more 
 than in 
 the days 
 "Or, 
 there 
 havethey 
 con- 
 tinued 
 
 15 Or, 
 shall 
 not the 
 battle . . . 
 aibeah) 
 
 16 Or, 
 yoked 
 i"Or,/or 
 
 12 no couception. Though they bring up 
 then- chihken, yet will I bereave them, 
 that there be not a man left : yea, woe 
 also to them when I depart from them 1 
 
 ISEphraim, ilike as I have seen Tyre, 
 is ijlanted in a pleasant place : but Ej)h- 
 raim shall bring out his children to 
 
 14 the slayer. Give them, Lord: what 
 wilt thou give '? give them a miscarry- 
 
 15 ing womb and dry breasts. All then* 
 wickedness is in Gilgal; for there I 
 hated them : because of the wicked- 
 ness of their doings I will drive them 
 out of mine house: I will love them 
 no more ; all theii- princes are revolt- 
 
 16ers. Ephraim is .smitten, their root 
 is (h-ied up, they shall bear no fruit : 
 yea, though they bring forth, yet will 
 I slay the beloved fruit of their womb. 
 
 17 My God will cast them away, because 
 they did not hearken unto him : and 
 they shall be wanderers among the 
 nations. 
 
 10 Israel is a luxuriant vine, which put- 
 
 teth forth his fruit : according to the 
 
 multitude of his fruit he hath multiplied 
 
 his altars; according to the 2 goodness 
 
 of his land they have made goodly 
 
 23piUars. ^Theh- heart is sdivided; 
 
 now shall they be found guilty : he shall 
 
 smite theu' altars, he shall spoil then- 
 
 3 -^pillars. Siu-ely now shall they say. 
 
 We have no king : for we fear not the 
 
 Lord ; and the king, what can he do for 
 
 4 us? They speak vain words, o swearing 
 
 falsely in making covenants : therefore 
 
 judgement Tsprjugeth up as *hein- 
 
 5 lock in the furrows of the field. The in- 
 habitants of Samaria shall be in terror 
 for the calves of Beth-aven : for the 
 people thereof shall mom-ii over it, and 
 " the priests thereof that rejoiced over 
 it, for the glory thereof, because it is de- 
 
 6 parted from it. It also shall be carried 
 imto Assji'ia for a present to losing 
 Jareb : Eiihraim shall receive shame, 
 and Israel shall be ashamed of his own 
 
 7 counsel. '^^As for Samaria, her king is 
 
 8 cut off, as i2foam upon the water. The 
 high places also of Aven, the sin of 
 Israel, shall be destroyed: the thorn 
 and the thistle shall come up on theii* 
 altars ; and they shall say to the mount- 
 ams. Cover us; and to the hills. Fall 
 
 9 on us. O Israel, thou hast sinned 
 1-^ from the days of Gibeah : i^ there 
 they stood; lothat the battle against 
 the children of iniquity should not 
 
 10 overtake them in Gibeah. When it 
 is my desu'e, I will chastise tliem ; 
 and the peoples shall be gathered 
 against them, when thej' are I'^boimd 
 
 11 IT to their two transgressions. And 
 Ephraim is an heifer that is taught, that 
 loveth to tread out the corn ; but I have 
 passed over upon her fau" neck : I will 
 set a rider on Ephraim ; Judah shall 
 
 12 plow, Jacob shall break his clods. Sow 
 to yourselves in righteousness, reap 
 
 according to mercy ; break up your 
 fallow gi'ound: for it is time to seek the 
 Lord, till he come and i^rain right- 
 ISeousness upon j'ou. Ye have plowed 
 wickedness, ye have reaped iniquity; 
 ye have eaten the fruit of i^'lies: for 
 thou didst trust in thy way, in the 
 
 14 multitude of thy mighty men. There- 
 fore shall a tumult arise ^Oamong thy 
 21 people, and all thy fortresses shall be 
 spoiled, as Shalman spoiled Beth-arbel 
 in the day of battle : the mother was 
 dashed in j)ieces with her chiklren. 
 
 15 22 So shall Beth-el do mito you because 
 of your gi-eat wickedness : at daybreak 
 shall the king of Israel be utterly cut 
 off. 
 
 11 When Israel was a child, then I loved 
 him, and called my son out of Egypt. 
 
 2 As they called them, so they went from 
 them : they sacrificed unto the Baalim, 
 and bm-ued incense to gi-aven images. 
 
 3 Yet I taughtEphraim to go; 231 took them 
 on my arms ; but they knew not that 
 
 4 1 healed them. I drew them with cords 
 of a man, with bands of love ; and I was 
 to them as they that take off the yoke on 
 their jaws, and I laid meat before them. 
 
 5 He shall not return uito the land of 
 Egyiit ; but the Assyrian shall be his 
 king, because they refused to return. 
 
 6 And the sword shall 24 fall upon his 
 cities, and shall consume his bars, and 
 devom- them, because of thek own 
 
 7 counsels. And my people are bent to 
 backsliding from me : though they call 
 them to him that is on high, none at 
 
 8 all will 26exalt him. How shall I give 
 thee up, Ephraun '? hovj shall I deUver 
 thee, Israel? how shall I make thee as 
 A-dmah ? hoio shall I set thee as Zeboim ? 
 mine heart is tiu'iied withui me, my 
 
 9 compassions are kindled together. I 
 will not execute the fierceness of mine 
 anger, I will not return to destroy 
 Ephraim : for I am God, and not man ; 
 the Holy One in the midst of thee: 
 and I will not 2fl enter into the city. 
 
 10 They shall walk after the Lord, who 
 shall roar like a lion : for he shall roar, 
 and the childi-en shall come trem- 
 
 11 bling from the west. They shall come 
 trembling as a bird out of EgyjDt, and 
 as a dove out of the laud of AssjTia : 
 and I will make them to dwell in their 
 houses, saith the Lord. 
 
 12 Ephi-aim compasseth me about with 
 falsehood, and the house of Israel with 
 deceit: 27 but Judah yet ruleth with 
 God, and is faithful with the Holy 
 
 12 One. Epliraun feedeth on wind, and 
 followeth after the east wind : he con- 
 tinually multiplieth lies and desola- 
 tion ; and they make a covenant with 
 AssjTia, and oil is carried into Egypt. 
 
 2 The Lord hath also a controversy 
 with Judah, and will 28punish Jacob ac- 
 cording to his ways ; accordmg to his 
 
 3 domgs will he recompense him. In the
 
 14. 9. 
 
 PTOSEA. 
 
 651 
 
 lOr, 
 
 stranyth 
 
 2 Or, 
 strove 
 
 »0r. 
 
 for tlu: 
 
 LORD is 
 
 the Oud 
 0/ host a 
 
 <0r. 
 
 As for 
 
 Cantutn, 
 
 the d-e. 
 
 6 Or, « 
 
 Canaim- 
 
 He 
 
 Heb. 
 
 Canaan, 
 
 oOr. 
 
 defraud 
 
 7 Heb. 
 hy the 
 luind. 
 
 8 Or, 
 
 shuU he 
 
 oOr, 
 
 kept 
 
 10 Or, 
 sjxike 
 with 
 trem- 
 blinff i{"C. 
 
 11 Or, 
 became 
 guilty 
 
 li Or, 
 thesacrl- 
 ficers of 
 men 
 
 13 Or, 
 knowest 
 
 womb he took his brother by the heel; 
 and in his i manhood ho '-^liad power 
 
 •1 with God : yea, he liad power over the 
 angel, and prevailed : he wept, and 
 made supplication unto him : he found 
 him at Beth-cl, and there he spake with 
 
 5 us ; ^even the Loud, the God of hosts ; 
 
 C the Lord is his memorial. Therefore 
 turn thou to thy God: keep mercy and 
 judgement, and wait ou thy God con- 
 tinually. 
 
 7 ^lle is 5 a trafficker, the balances of 
 deceit are in his hand : ho loveth to '^'op- 
 
 8 press. And Ephraim said. Surely I am 
 become rich, I have found me wealth : 
 in all my labours they shall find in 
 
 9 me none iniquity that were sin. But I 
 am the Lord thy God from the land of 
 Egypt ; I will yet agam make thee to 
 dwell in tents, as in the days of the sol- 
 
 10 emu feast. I have also spoken unto the 
 in-ophets, and I have multiplied visions; 
 and ''by the ministry of the prophets 
 
 11 have I used similitudes. Is Gilead 
 iniquity? they are altogether vanity; 
 in Gilgal they sacrifice bullocks : yea, 
 then- altars t^are as heaps m the fur- 
 
 12 rows of the field. And Jacob fled into 
 the field of Ai-am, and Israel served 
 for a wife, and for a wife he kept 
 
 lSshee2}. And by a prophet the Lord 
 brought Israel up out of Egjiit, and 
 by a prophet was he 9 preserved. 
 
 14 Ephi-aim hath provoked to anger most 
 bitterly : therefore shall his blood be 
 left upon him, and his reproach shall 
 his Lord retui-u unto him. 
 
 13 When Ephraim 1° spake, there was 
 trembling ; he exalted himself in Israel: 
 but when he n ofi'euded in Baal, he died. 
 
 2 And now they sin more and more, and 
 have made them molten images of then- 
 silver, even idols according to their- 
 own understanding, all of them the 
 work of the craftsmen: they say of them, 
 Let i^tiie men that sacrifice kiss the 
 
 3 calves. Therefore they shall be as the 
 morning cloud, and as the dew that 
 passeth early away, as the chaff that is 
 di'iven with the whirlwind out of the 
 threshing-floor, and as the smoke out of 
 
 d the chunuey. Yet I am the Lord thy 
 God from the land of Egypt ; and thou 
 13 shall know no god but me, and beside 
 
 5 me there is no saviom*. I did know thee 
 in the wilderness, in the land of great 
 
 6di'ought. According to then- pastm-e, 
 so were they filled; they were filled, 
 and their heart was exalted : therefore 
 
 7 have they forgotten me. Therefore 
 am I unto them as a lion : as a leopard 
 
 8 will I watch by the way : I will meet 
 them as a bear that is bereaved of her 
 whelps, and will rend the caul of their 
 heart: and there will I devour them 
 
 like a lion; the wild beast shall tear 
 Otlicm. I'lt is thy destruction, O Israel, 
 15 that thoit art against me, against thy 
 10 help. Wlierenow is thy khig, that lie 
 may save thee in all tliy cities ? and thy 
 judges, of wlumi thou saidst, (itive me 
 
 11 a king and princes ? I have giuen thee 
 a king in mine anger, and liave taken 
 
 12 him away in my wratli. The iniquity 
 of Ephraim is boinid up ; his sin is laid 
 
 13 up in store. The sorrows of a travailing 
 woman shall come upon him : he is an 
 unwise son ; i''for it is time he should 
 not tarry in the place of the breaking 
 
 11 forth of chibh-en. I will ransom them 
 from the i7 power of i«tlie gi'ave; I 
 wiU redeem them from death ; death, 
 !'■* where are thy plagues? isgi-ave, 
 1'* where is thy destruction ? repentance 
 
 15 shall be hid from mine eyes. Though 
 he be fruitful among his brethren, an 
 east wind shall come, the -O breath of 
 the Lord coming up from the wdder- 
 uess, and his spring shall become dry, 
 and his fountain shall be dried up : ^ihe 
 shall spoil the treasure of all pleasant 
 
 IG vessels. Samaria shall 22 bear her guilt ; 
 for she hath rebelled against her God: 
 they shall fall by the sword; then- 
 uifants shall be dashed m pieces, 
 and their women with child sh:iU be 
 ripped up. 
 
 14 Israel, retiirn unto the Lord thy 
 God; for thou hast fallen by thine 
 
 2 iniquity. Take with you words, and 
 return unto the Lord : say unto him. 
 Take away all iniquity, and 23 accept 
 that which is good : so will we render 
 ^^as buUocks the offerinr/ of our lij^s. 
 
 3 Asshur shall not save us ; we will not 
 ride upon horses : neither will we say 
 any more to the work of oui- hands. Ye 
 are oui' gods : for in thee the fatherless 
 
 •1 findeth mercy. I wiU heal their back- 
 sliding, I will love them freely: for 
 mine anger is tm'ned away from htm. 
 
 51 will be as the dew unto Israel: he 
 shall blossom as the Wlj, and cast forth 
 
 6 his roots as Lebanon. His branches 
 shaU spread, and his beauty shall be 
 as the olive tree, and his smell as 
 
 7 Ijebanon. They that dwell under his 
 shadow shall return ; they shall re%'ive 
 as the corn, and blossom as the vine : 
 25 the scent thereof shall be as the wine 
 
 8 of Lebanon. 26Ephraims7ta?Zsa//, What 
 have I to do any more with idols? I 
 have answered, and will regard him: 
 I am like a green fir tree ; from me is 
 
 9 thy fruit found. WTio is wise, and he 
 shall miderstaud these things ? pru- 
 dent, and he shall know them? for 
 the ways of the Lord are right, and 
 the just shall walk in them; but trans- 
 gressors shall fall therein. 
 
 11 Or, 
 
 Than, 
 art de- 
 s!royed, 
 O iKrael; 
 fur thou 
 &c. 
 
 15 Or, for 
 in mct in 
 thy 
 het,,-~ 
 Or, hut 
 ill me is 
 lh:i help 
 Some 
 ancient 
 versiuud 
 have, 
 wlio 
 sludl 
 help I 
 
 16 Or, 
 when it 
 
 is titlLC, 
 
 he Btand- 
 eth not 
 in ic. 
 
 17 Heb. 
 hand. 
 IS Heb. 
 Hheol. 
 n Or, 
 
 / will be 
 2" Or, 
 wind 
 
 n Or, it 
 
 (Ch. xiv. 
 1 in Heb.] 
 22 Or, 
 heeow,e 
 desolate 
 
 23 Or, 
 receive 
 us gra- 
 ciously 
 21 The 
 Sept. 
 and 
 Syriac 
 have, 
 the fruit 
 of our 
 lips. 
 
 25 Or, 
 his me- 
 inoriul 
 
 2« Or, 
 Kph- 
 raiyn, 
 what &c. 
 
 21—6
 
 JOEL. 
 
 1 Proba- 
 bly, 
 
 different 
 kinds of 
 locusts, 
 or lo- 
 custs in 
 different 
 
 St<lKOS of 
 
 growlii. 
 
 2 Or, 
 
 bruJceii 
 
 3 Or, 
 down 
 
 «0r, 
 
 ashamed 
 5 Or, The 
 husband- 
 men 
 are a- 
 shamed, 
 the vine- 
 dressers 
 howl 
 
 6 Or, 
 
 elders 
 
 7Heb. 
 
 Sliaddai. 
 
 8 Or, 
 shrivel 
 
 1 The word of the Lohd that came to 
 Joel the son of Pethiiel. 
 
 2 Hear this, ye old men, and give ear, 
 all ye inhabitants of the land. Hath 
 this been in your days, or ui the days 
 
 3 of your fathers ? Tell ye your chikh-en 
 of it, and let your children tell their 
 children, and their childi'en another 
 
 4 generation. That which ithe palmer- 
 worm hath left hath i the locust 
 eaten; and that which the locurit 
 hath left hath ^the cankerworm eal- 
 en ; and that which the cankerworm 
 hath left hath ^the caterpiller eaten. 
 
 5 Awake, ye di-unkards, and weep ; and 
 howl, all ye drinkers of wine, because 
 of the sweet v.'iue ; for it is cut off 
 
 6 from youi' mouth. For a nation is 
 come up wj}ou my land, strong, and 
 without number ; his teetli are the 
 teeth of a lion, and he hath the jaw 
 
 7 teeth of a great lion. He hath laid my 
 vine waste, and ^barked my fig tree : he 
 hath made it clean bare, and cast it ^a- 
 way ; the branches thereof are made 
 
 8 white. Lament like a vu-gin girded with 
 sackcloth for the husband of her youth. 
 
 9 The meal oliermg and the drink offer- 
 uig is cut off from the house of the 
 LoED ; tlie priests, the Lord's minis- 
 
 10 ters, mourn. The lield is wasted, the 
 land mourneth ; for the corn is wasted, 
 the new wine is ^ dried up, the oil lan- 
 
 llguishetli. 5]3e ashamed, ye hus- 
 bandmen, howl, ye vinedressers, for 
 the wheat and for the barley ; for the 
 
 12 harvest of the field is perislied. The 
 vine is "* withered, and the fig tree lan- 
 guisheth ; the pomegranate tree, the 
 palm tree also, and the apple tree, even 
 all the trees of the field are 'withered : 
 for joy is * withered away from the sous 
 
 13 of men. Gird yourselves loith sach- 
 clotli, and lament, ye priests ; howl, ye 
 mhiisters of the altar; come, lie all 
 night in sackcloth, ye ministers of my 
 God : for the meal offermg and the 
 drink offering is withholden from the 
 
 14house of your God. Sanctify a fast, call 
 a solenm assembly, gather the '^ old men 
 imd all the inhabitants of the land un- 
 to the house of the Lord your God, 
 
 15 and cry mito the Lord. Alas for the 
 day ! for the day of the Lord is at hand, 
 and as destruction from ' the Almighty 
 
 16 shall it come. Is not the meat cut off 
 before our eyes, yea, joy and gladness 
 
 17 from the house of our God? The seeds 
 ^rot under their clods; the garners are 
 laid desolate, the barns ai'e broken 
 
 18 down ; for the corn is "^ withered. How 
 do the Ijeasts groan ! the herds of cattle 
 
 are perplexed , because they ha ve uo pas- 
 ture ; yea, the flocks of sheei) ^-"are made 
 
 19 desolate. O Lord, to thee do I cry : for 
 the fire hath devoured the lOimstures 
 of the wilderness, and the flame hath 
 
 '20 burned all the trees of the field. Yea, 
 the beasts of the field pant unto thee : 
 for the water brooks- are (h'ied up, and 
 the fire hath devoured the i^iJastures 
 of the wilderness. 
 
 2 Blow ye the trumpet in Zion, and 
 sound an alarm in my holy mountain ; 
 let all the inhabitants of the land trem- 
 ble : for the day of the Lord cometh, 
 
 2 for it is nigh at hand ; a day of dark- 
 ness and gloominess, a day of clouds 
 and thick darkness, as the dawn spread 
 upon the mountains ; a great people and 
 a strong, there hath not been ever the 
 like, neither shall be any more after 
 them, even to the years of many gener- 
 
 3 atious. A fire devom-eth before them ; 
 and behind them a flame burnetii : the 
 land is as the garden of Eden before 
 them, and behind them a desolate wild- 
 erness ; yea, and none hath escaped 
 
 4 them. The appearance of them is as the 
 apiiearance of horses; and as nhorse- 
 
 5 men, so do they run. Like the noise of 
 chariots on the tops of the mountains 
 do they leap, like the noise of a flame 
 of fire that devoureth the stubble, as a 
 
 6 strong people set in battle array. At 
 their i^resence the jieoples are in an- 
 
 7 guish : all faces are waxed pale. They 
 run like mighty men ; they climb the 
 wall like men of war; and they march 
 every one on his ways, and they break 
 
 Snot their ranks. Neither doth one 
 thrust another ; they march every one 
 in his path: and I'-^they burst through 
 the weapons, and inbreak not oii their 
 9 course. They leap upon the city; they 
 run upon the wall; they climb up into 
 the houses ; they enter in at the wind- 
 
 lOows like a thief. The earth quaketh 
 before them ; the heavens tremble : the 
 sun and the moon are darkened, and 
 
 lithe stars withdraw their shining: and 
 the Lord uttereth his voice before his 
 amiy ; 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 Yet even now, saith the Lord, turn ye 
 imto me with all your heart, and with 
 fasting, and with weeping, and with 
 
 13 mourning: and rend your heart, and 
 not your garments, and turn unto the 
 Lord your God : for he is gracious and 
 full of compassion, slow to anger, and 
 plenteous in mercy, and re^jenteth
 
 3. 16. 
 
 JOEL. 
 
 653 
 
 lOr, 
 
 ■^ Or, list; 
 abyword 
 against 
 tnem 
 
 ■' Or, 
 with hig 
 forepart 
 I Or, 
 toward 
 
 5 Or, 
 
 in (or 
 
 fm-] 
 
 right- 
 
 eouinesi 
 
 <> Or. at 
 
 thefirst 
 
 'See 
 ch i 4. 
 
 iri) iii. 1 
 in Heb. | 
 
 14 liiiii of the t", ii. Who knoweth whetlier 
 he will not turn and rei)eiit, and leave a 
 blessuig l)t^hind hini, even a meal offer- 
 ing and a driiik olferhig unto the Loiiu 
 your God V 
 
 15 Blow the trumpet in Zion, sanctify a 
 
 16 fast, call a solemn assembly ; gather the 
 jieople, sanctify the congregation, as- 
 semble the lold men, gather the chUd- 
 reu, and tliose tliat suck the l)reast3 : 
 let the bridegroom go forth of his cham- 
 
 17 ber, and the bride out of her closet. Let 
 the i)riests, the ministers of the Lokd, 
 weep between the porch and the altar, 
 and let them say, Spare thy people, O 
 LoED, and give not thine heritage to re- 
 l)roach, that the nations should ^rule 
 over them: wherefore should they say 
 among the peoi)les, Y\'hcre is their 
 God ? 
 
 18 Then was the Lord jealous for his laud, 
 
 19 and had j)ity on his people. And the 
 Lokd answered and said unto his i^eo- 
 ple. Behold, I will send you corn, and 
 wine, and oil, and ye shall be satisfied 
 therewith : and I wOl no more make you 
 
 20 a reproach among the nations : but I will 
 remove far off from you the northern 
 army, and will di'ivehim into a land bar- 
 ren and desolate, ''his forepart ■''hito the 
 eastern sea, aud his hinder part ■'into 
 the western sea ; and his stink shall come 
 ui), and his ill savour- shall come up, be- 
 
 21 cause he hath done great things. Fear 
 not, land, be glad and rejoice ; for 
 
 22 the Lord hath done great things. Be 
 not afraid, ye beasts of the field ; for the 
 pastures of the wilderuess do spring, 
 for the tree beareth her fruit, the 
 fig tree aud the vine do yield their 
 
 23 strength. Be glad then, ye children 
 of Zion, and rejoice in the Lord your 
 God: for he giveth you the fonner 
 rain ^in just measure, aud he causeth 
 to come down for j'ou the rain, the 
 foi'mer raui aud the latter rain, SLu the 
 
 2'! first month. And the floors shall be f uU 
 of wheat, and the fats shall overflow 
 
 25 with wine and oil. And I wiU restore to 
 you the years that ^the locust hath 
 eaten, the caukerworm, and the cater- 
 pUler, and the j)almerworm, my gi-eat 
 
 26 army which I seut among you. And ye 
 shall eat in plenty and be satisfied, aud 
 shall praise the name of the Lord yom- 
 God, that hath dealt wondrously with 
 you; aud my people shall never be a- 
 
 27 shamed. And ye shall know that I am 
 in the midst of Israel, and that I am the 
 Lord your God, and there is none else: 
 aud my people shall never be ashamed. 
 
 28 And it shall come to pass afterward, 
 that I will pour out my spirit upon 
 all flesh ; and your sons and your 
 daughters shall i)rophesy, youi- old 
 meu shall dream di-eams, your young 
 
 29 men shall see visions; aud also upon 
 the servants aud upon the handmaids 
 in those days will I pour out my spirit. 
 
 ;-50And I will shew wonders in the hea- 
 vens and in the earth, blood, and fire, 
 
 31 and i)illars of smoke. The sun shall be 
 turned iuto darkness, aud the moon in- 
 to blood, before the great and terrible 
 
 32 day of the Lord come. And it shall 
 come to pass, that whosoever shall call 
 on the name of the Lord shall be deliv- 
 ered: for in mount Zion and in Jerusa- 
 lem there shall be those that escajie, as 
 the Lord hath said, and **among the 
 leimiaut those whom the Lord doth 
 
 3 call. For, behold, in those days, aud 
 in that time, when I shall brmg again 
 the captivity of Judah and Jerusalem, 
 2 1 will gather all nations, and will bring 
 them down into '•the valley of Jeho- 
 shaphat ; and I will plead with them 
 there for my peoi)le and for my herit- 
 age Israel, whom they have scattered 
 among the nations, and parted my land. 
 
 3 And they have cast lots for my people : 
 and have given a boy for an harlot, 
 and sold a girl for wine, that they 
 
 4 might di'ink. Yea, and what are ye to 
 me, O Tyre, aud Zidon, aud all the re- 
 gions of Philistia? lo^vill ye render me 
 a recompence? and if ye recompense 
 me, swiftly and speedily will I return 
 your iirecompeuce uj)onyour own head. 
 
 5 Forasmuch as ye have taken my silver 
 aud my gold, and have carried into 
 your temples my goodly pleasant things; 
 
 6 the children also of Judah and the child- 
 ren of Jerusalem have ye sold unto the 
 sons of the Grecians, that ye might re- 
 
 7 move them far from their border : be- 
 hold, I will stir them up out of the place 
 whither ye have sold them, aud will re- 
 tiurn your Hrecompence upon your o%vn 
 
 8 head; aud I will sell your sons and 
 your daughters into the hand of the 
 childi'en of Judah, aud they shall sell 
 them to the meu of Sheba, to a nation 
 far off : for the Lord hath spoken it. 
 9 Proclaim ye this among the nations ; 
 1^ prepare war : stu* up the mighty men ; 
 let all the men of war draw near, let 
 
 10 them come up. Beat your plowshares 
 iuto swords, aud your pruninghooks in- 
 to spears : let the weak say, I am strong. 
 
 lli-^Haste ye, aud come, all ye nations 
 round about, and gather yourselves to- 
 gether; thither cause thy mighty ones 
 
 12 to come down, Lord. Let the nations 
 bestir themselves, and come uj) to the 
 valley of i* Jehoshaphat : for there wiU 
 I sit to judge all the nations round ab- 
 
 13 out. Put ye in the sickle, for the i^ har- 
 vest is ripe: come, I'^tread ye; for the 
 winei^ress is full, the fats overflow; for 
 
 14 then- wickedness is gi-eat. Multitudes, 
 niultitudes in the valley of decision ! 
 for the day of the Lord is near in the 
 
 15 valley of decision. The sun and the 
 moon are darkened, and the stars with- 
 
 16 draw their shining. And the Lord shaU 
 roar from Zion, and utter his voice 
 from Jerusalem ; and the heavens 
 
 "Or, 
 ill the 
 remnant 
 wh om 
 *c. 
 
 ICh. iv. 1 
 iiiHeb.J 
 
 fi See ver. 
 !■-'. 
 
 10 Or, 
 
 will 
 
 ye repay 
 
 a deed of 
 
 mine, or 
 
 willye do 
 
 aught 
 
 unto met 
 
 swiftly 
 
 *c. 
 
 U Or, 
 
 deed 
 
 12 Heb. 
 sanctify. 
 
 "Or, 
 Assembl-i- 
 your- 
 selves 
 
 11 That is. 
 
 The 
 
 Lord 
 
 judgeth. 
 
 15 Or, 
 vintage 
 
 16 Or, get 
 you 
 down
 
 654 
 
 JOEL. 
 
 3. 16. 
 
 iSee 
 Zech. 
 xiv. 5, 
 
 2 Or, 
 
 hahitd' 
 tions 
 
 3 Or, 
 
 revoke 
 my word 
 i Heb. )■( 
 (and so in 
 v-v. 6, y, 
 &c.). 
 
 5 Or, 
 
 Mm that 
 sitteth 
 on the 
 throne 
 (and so in 
 ver. 8) 
 
 6 That is, 
 Vcntlty. 
 
 The Sept, 
 
 reads, Cn. 
 ?0r, 
 
 Beth- 
 
 eden 
 
 8 Heb. 
 ancniirc 
 captiv- 
 ity. 
 
 I) Heb. 
 thecoven- 
 ant 0/ 
 brethren. 
 See 
 
 1 Kings 
 V. 1, 
 ix. 11—14. 
 
 and the earth shall shake : but the Lord 
 will be a refuge uiito his people, and 
 a strong hold to the childi'cn of Israel. 
 
 17 So shall j'e know that I am the Lord 
 your God, dwelling in Zion my holy 
 mountain: then shall Jerusalem be 
 holy, and there shall no strangers pass 
 
 18 through her any more. And it shall 
 come to pass in that day, that the 
 mountains shall drop down sweet wine, 
 and the hills shall flow with milk, and all 
 the brooks of Judah shall flow with 
 
 waters ; and a fountain shall come forth 
 of the house of the Lord , and shall water 
 191 the valley of Shittim. Egj^jt shall 
 be a desolation, and Edom shall be a 
 desolate wilderness, for the violence 
 done to the children of Judah, because 
 they have shed innocent blood in their 
 
 20 land. But Judah shall ^ abide for 
 ever, and Jerusalem from generation 
 
 21 to generation. And I will ^cleanse 
 their blood that I have not cleansed: 
 for the Lord dwelleth in Zion. 
 
 AMOS 
 
 1 The words of Amos, who was among 
 the herdmen of Tekoa, which he sav.' 
 concerning Israel in the days of Uzziali 
 king of Judah, and in the days of Jero- 
 boam the son of Joash king of Israel, 
 two years before the learthquake. 
 
 2 And he said. The Lord shall roar 
 from Zion, and utter his voice from 
 Jerusalem; and the '^pastm-es of the 
 shepherds shall mom-n, and the top of 
 Carmel shall wither. 
 
 3 Thus saith the Lord : For three 
 transgressions of Damascus, yea, for 
 four, I will not 8 turn away *the pun- 
 ishment thereof; because they have 
 threshed Gilead with threshing instru- 
 
 4 ments of iron : but I will send a fire into 
 the house of Hazael, and it shall devour 
 
 5 the palaces of Ben-hadad. And I will 
 break the bar of Damascus, and cut oft 
 *the inhabitant from the valley of "A- 
 ven, and him that holdeth the sceptre 
 from ''the house of Eden: and the peoj^le 
 of Syria shall go into captivity unto 
 Kir, saith the Lord. 
 
 6 Thus saith the Lord : For tlu-ee trans- 
 gressions of Gaza, }'ea, for four, I will 
 not turn away the punishment thereof ; 
 because they carried away captive ^tlie 
 whole people, to deliver them up to 
 
 7 Edom: but I will send a fire on the 
 wall of Gaza, and it shall devour the 
 
 8 palaces thereof : and I will cut off the 
 inhabitant from Ashdod, and him that 
 holdeth the sceptre from Ashkelon; 
 and I will tm'u mine hand against 
 Ekrou, and the remnant of the Philis- 
 tines shall perish, saith the Lord God. 
 
 9 Thus saith the Lord : For three trans- 
 gi-essious of Tyre, yea, for four, I will 
 not turn away the punishment thereof ; 
 because they delivered u^ ^the whole 
 peoide to Edom, and remembered not 
 
 10 "the brotherly covenant: but I will 
 send a fire on the wall of Tyre, and 
 it shall devour the iialaces thereof. 
 
 11 Thus saith the Lord : For three trans- 
 gressions of Edom, yea, for four, I 
 
 will not turn away the punishment 
 thereof; because he did ijursue his 
 brother with the sword, and ^did cast off 
 all pity, and his anger did tear periietu- 
 ally, and he kept his wrath for ever : 
 
 12 but I will send a fu-e uijon Teman, and 
 it shall devour the palaces of Bozrah. 
 
 13 Thus saith the Lord : For three trans- 
 gressions of the children of Ammon, 
 yea, for four, I will not turn away 
 the punishment thereof; because they 
 have ri2)ped uj) the women with child 
 of Gilead, that they might enlarge 
 
 14 their border : but I will kindle a fire 
 in the wall of Eabbah, and it shall 
 devom- the palaces thereof, with shout- 
 ing in the day of battle, with a tem- 
 
 15 pest in the day of the whu-lwind : and 
 theii' kmg shall go into captivity, he 
 and his j)rinces together, saith the 
 Lord. 
 
 2 Thus saith the Lord : For three trans- 
 gi'essions of Moab, yea, for foiu-, I wiU 
 not tm'u away the ininishment thereof ; 
 because he bm-ned the bones of the 
 
 2 king of Edom into lime : but I will send 
 afire upon Moab, and it shall devour the 
 palaces of Kerioth ; and Moab shaU die 
 with tumult, with shouting, and with 
 
 3 the sound of the trumpet : and I ^ill cut 
 off the judge from the midst thereof, 
 and ^vill slay all the princes thereof 
 with hun, saith the Lord. 
 
 4 Thus saith the Lord : For three trans- 
 gressions of Judah, yea, for four, I will 
 not turn away the punishment thereof; 
 because they have rejected the law of 
 the Lord, and have not kept his sta- 
 tutes, and their lies have caused them 
 to err, after the which theu' fathers 
 
 .") did walk : but I will send a fire upon 
 Judah, and it shall devour the jialaces 
 of Jerusalem. 
 
 6 Thus saith the Lord : For three 
 transgi'essions of Israel, yea, for four. 
 I will not turn away the punishment 
 thereof; because they have sold the 
 righteous for silver, and the needy 
 
 1 Tliat 
 is, the 
 vaUey of 
 acacias. 
 
 2 Or, 
 be in- 
 hahitfd 
 
 3 Or, 
 hold as 
 innocent 
 
 10 Heb. 
 cm'rupt- 
 ed his 
 coni- 
 2>assions.
 
 4. 10. 
 
 AMOS. 
 
 655 
 
 1 Or, 
 
 young 
 woman 
 
 2 See Ex. 
 xxii. -U 
 
 '^Or, /ton 
 prr.tst'd 
 uitttcr 
 li'iu, as a 
 carl is 
 2>rrssrd 
 that Is 
 /III! o/ 
 shea vcs 
 «0r 
 refuge 
 sJiaff/a/I 
 the swift 
 SHeb. 
 his soul, 
 or, life. 
 
 «0r, 
 
 made an 
 apj'oint- 
 vtcnt 
 
 7 Or. 
 
 upmi 
 
 7 for a pair of shoes: that i)aiit after tlie 
 dust of the earth on tlie head of llie 
 poor, and tui-n aside the way of the 
 meek ; and a man and liis fatlier will 
 go nnto thesrt/«e ^maid, to profane my 
 
 8 holy name: and they la}' themsehts 
 down l)(\side every altar upon clotlus 
 -taken in pledge, and in the house of 
 their God they drink the wine of such 
 
 as have been fined. Yet destroyed I the 
 Ainorite 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 bi'- 
 
 10 neath. Also I brought you ujj out of the 
 laud of Eg3'pt, and led you forty years 
 iu the wilderness, to possess the land of 
 
 11 the Amorite. And I raised uj) of j'our 
 sous for prophets, aud of yom- j'oung 
 men for Nazu-ites. Is it not eveu thus, 
 
 ye childi-eu of Israel ? saith the Lokd. 
 
 12 Bait ye gave the Nazirites wiue to 
 drudc; and commanded the prophets, 
 
 13 saying. Prophesy not. Behold, ^I will 
 press yon in your place, as a cart 
 
 lli)resseth that is full of sheaves. And 
 •* flight shall perish from the swift, and 
 the strong shall not strengthen his force, 
 neither shall the mighty deliver ^hiiu- 
 
 15 self : neither shall he stand that hand- 
 leth the bow; aud he that is swift of 
 foot shall not deliver himself: neither 
 shall he that rideth the horse deliver 
 
 le^himself: and he that is com-ageous 
 among the mighty shall flee away 
 naked in that day, saith the Lord. 
 
 3 Hear this word that the Lokd hath 
 spoken against you, chikkeu of Is- 
 rael, against the whole family which 
 
 1 brought up out of the laud of Egyi)t, 
 
 2 saying. You only have I known of all 
 the families of the earth: therefore I 
 will visit upon you all your iniquities. 
 
 3 Shall two walk together, except they 
 4 have ^ agreed? Will a lion roar in the 
 
 forest, when he hath no prey? will a 
 young lion cry out of his den, if he 
 
 5 have taken nothing? Can a bird fall 
 in a snare upon the earth, where no 
 gin is set for him? shall a snare spring 
 up from the gi-ound, and have taken 
 
 6 nothing at all? Shall the trumpet be 
 blown in a city, and the people not be 
 afraid? shall evil befall a city, and 
 
 7 the Lord hath not done it ? Surely the 
 Lord God will do nothing, but he 
 revealeth his secret unto his servants 
 
 8 the in-ophets. The lion hath roared, 
 who will not fear? the Lord God hath 
 spoken, who can but projihesy? 
 
 9 Publish ye 'in the palaces at Ashdod, 
 and 'in the palaces in the land of 
 Egypt, and say, Assemble yourselves 
 upon the momitams of Samaria, and 
 behold what great tmnults are therein, 
 aud what oppressions in the midst 
 
 10 thereof. For they know not to do 
 right, saith the Lord, who store up 
 
 viole)ice and robbery in their jialaces. 
 
 11 Therefore thus saith the Lord God: 
 An adversary l/iere shall he, even round 
 about the land: and he shall bring 
 down thy strength fiom thee, and thy 
 
 12 palaces shall be spoiled. Thus saith 
 the Lord : As the shei)he)-d rescueth 
 out of the mouth of the lion two legs, 
 or a piece of an ear ; so shall the 
 children of Israel be rescued that sit 
 in Samaria in the corner of a couch, 
 and "^on the silken cushions of a 
 
 13 bed. Hear ye, and testify against the 
 house of Jacob, saith the Lord God, the 
 
 14 God of hosts. For in the day that I 
 shall visit the transgressions of Israel 
 upon him, I will also visit the altars of 
 Beth-el, and the horns of the altar shall 
 
 15 be cut off, and fall to the ground. And I 
 will smite ^the winter house with lOthe 
 summer house ; aud the houses of ivory 
 shall perish, and ^tlie great houses 
 shall have an end, saith the Lord. 
 
 4 Hear this word, ye kine of Bashan, that 
 are in the mountain of Samaria, which 
 oppress the i)oor, which crush the needy, 
 which say unto their lords. Bring, aud 
 
 2 let us drink. The Lord God hath sworn 
 by his holiness, that, lo, the daj's shall 
 come upon j'ou, that they shall take 
 you away with hooks, and your residue 
 
 3 with fish hooks. Aiul ye shall go out at 
 the breaches, every one straight before 
 her; i^and ye shall cast ijourtielves into 
 Harmon, saith the Lord. 
 
 4 Come to Beth-el, and transgress ; to 
 Gilgal, «»(rZmultiply transgression; and 
 bring j'our sacrifices every moj'uing, ait d 
 
 5 your tithes every three days ; and i^offer 
 a sacrifice of thanksgiving of that which 
 is leavened, and proclaim freewill offer- 
 ings and publish them : for this liketh 
 J'OU, O j'C childi-en of Israel, saith the 
 
 G Lord God. And I also have given you 
 cleanness of teeth in all j'our cities, and 
 want of bread in all your places : yet 
 have 3'e not returned unto me, saith the 
 
 7 Lord. And I also have withholden the 
 rain from y ou , wheu there were yet three 
 months to the harvest : and I caused it 
 to rain upon one citj', and caused it not 
 to rain upon another city : one piece was 
 rained upon, and the iiiece whereupon 
 
 8 it rained not withered. So two or three 
 cities wandered unto one city to drink 
 water, and were not satisfied: yet have 
 ye not returned mito me, saith the 
 
 Lord. I have smitten you with blast- 
 ing and mildew : the multitude of your 
 gardens and yoiu- vinej'ards and yom- 
 fig trees and your olive trees hath 
 the pahuerworm devoured: yet have 
 ye not returned unto me, saith the 
 10 Lord. I have seut among you the 
 IjestUeuce after the manner of Egypt : 
 yom* young men have I slain with the 
 sword, i^aud have carried away your 
 horses ; and I have made the stink of 
 your camp to come up even into your 
 
 s Ac- 
 cording 
 to some 
 .ancient 
 versions 
 and 
 MSS., 
 in ha- 
 niasciis 
 on a bed. 
 
 9 See 
 Jer. 
 
 xxxvi. 22. 
 wSee 
 Juilg. iii. 
 20. 
 
 "Or, 
 many 
 
 12 The 
 ancient 
 versions 
 vary in 
 tlieirren- 
 i\e\ .ng of 
 tliis 
 clause. 
 Tlie text 
 is piob- 
 :>l);.v 
 ( orrupt 
 1 ' Heb. 
 offer by 
 burning;. 
 
 'i Heb. 
 
 irith the 
 eaptir ity 
 of !/0}:r 
 horses.
 
 656 
 
 AMOS. 
 
 4. 10. 
 
 lOr, 
 
 Uethfor- 
 saken 
 
 2 Or, 
 
 becoine 
 vanity 
 (Heb. 
 Aven) 
 
 3 Or, 
 deep 
 
 daW.'/iess 
 
 4 Or, 
 
 causefh 
 destruc- 
 tion to 
 Kauli 
 forth 
 
 nostrils : yet have ye not returned un- 
 
 11 to me, saith the Lord. I have over- 
 thrown some among you, as when God 
 overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah, and 
 ye were as a hrand i)hicked out of the 
 burning : yet have ye not returned un- 
 
 12 to me, saith the Lord. Therefore thus 
 will I do mito thee, O Israel : and be- 
 cause I will do this uuto thee, prepare 
 
 13 to meet thy God, O Israel. For, lo, he 
 that formeth the mountains, and cre- 
 ateth the wind, and declareth unto man 
 what is his thought, that maketh the 
 morning darkness, and treadeth upon 
 the high places of the earth ; the Lord, 
 the God of hosts, is his name. 
 
 5 Hear ye this word which I take up for 
 a lamentation over you, O house of 
 
 2 Israel. The virgin of Israel is fallen ; 
 she shall no more rise : she i is cast 
 down upon her land ; there is none 
 
 3 to raise her \v\}. For thxxs saith the 
 Lord God : The city that went forth a 
 thousand shall have an hmidred left, 
 and that which went forth an hmidred 
 shall have ten left, to the house of Is- 
 
 4 rael. For thus saith the Lord unto the 
 house of Israel, Seek ye me, and ye 
 
 5 shall live : but seek not Beth-el, nor en- 
 ter into Gilgal, and jiass not to Beer- 
 sheba : for Gilgal shall surely go into 
 captivity, and Beth-el shall ^come to 
 
 6 nought. Seek the Lord, and ye shall 
 live ; lest he break out like lire in the 
 house of Joseph, and it devour and there 
 
 7 be none to quench it in Beth-el : ye who 
 turn judgement to wormwood, and cast 
 
 8 down righteousness to the earth; seelc 
 him that maketh the Pleiades and Orion, 
 and turneth ^ the shadow of death into 
 the morning, and maketh the day dark 
 with night ; that callethfor the waters of 
 the sea, and iioureth them out upon the 
 face of the earth ; the Lord is his name ; 
 
 9 that ^bringeth sudden destruction upon 
 the strong, so that destruction conieth 
 
 10 upon the fortress. They hate him that 
 rexjroveth in the gate, and they abhor 
 
 11 him that speaketh uprightly. Foras- 
 luuch therefore as ye trample ui^ou the 
 poor, and take exactions from him of 
 v/heat : ye have built houses of hewn 
 stone, but ye shall not dwell in them ; 
 ye have planted pleasant vineyards, 
 but ye shall not drink the wine thereof. 
 
 12 For I know how manifold are yoiu* 
 transgressions and how mightj' are 
 your sins; ye that aiilict the just, that 
 take a bribe, and that tmii aside the 
 needy in the gate from their right. 
 
 I'd Therefore he that is prudent shall keep 
 silence in siich a tune ; for it is an evil 
 
 14 time. Seek good, and not evil, that ye 
 may live : and so the Lord, the God of 
 hosts, shall be with you, as ye say. 
 
 15 Hate the evil, and love the good, and 
 establish judgement in the gate : it may 
 be that the Lord, the God of hosts, will 
 be gracious uuto the remnant of Joseph. 
 
 16 Therefore thus saith the Lord, the God 
 of hosts, the Lord : Wailing shall be in 
 all the broad ways ; and they shall say 
 in all the streets, Alas ! alas ! and they 
 shall call the husbandman to mourning, 
 ^and such as are slcilful of lamentation 
 
 17 to wailing. And in all vineyards shall 
 be waihng : for I will pass through the 
 
 18 midst of thee, saith the Lord. Woe 
 unto you that desire the day of the 
 LordI wherefore would ye have the 
 day of the Lord ? it is darkness, and not 
 
 19 light. As if a man did flee from a lion, 
 and a bear met him ; ^or went into the 
 house and leaned his hand on the wall, 
 
 20 and a serpent bit him. Shall not the day 
 of the Lord be darkness, and not light ? 
 even very dark, and no brightness in 
 
 21 it? I hate, I despise your feasts, and 
 
 I ''will take no delight m your solemn 
 
 22 assemblies. Yea, though ye oifer me 
 •^yom' bm-nt offeruigs and meal offer- 
 ings, I will not accejot them: neither 
 will I regard the '-• peace offermgs of 
 
 23 yom- fat beasts. Take thou away from 
 me the noise of thy songs ; for I wiU 
 
 24 not hear the melody of thy viols. But 
 let judgement roll down as waters, and 
 righteousness as a lo mighty stream. 
 
 25 Did ye bring uuto me sacrifices and 
 
 II oif erings in the wilderness forty years, 
 
 26 house of Israel? Yea, ye I'^have 
 borne i^^ Siccuth your king and i^ Chiun 
 your images, the star of your god, 
 
 27 which ye made to yom'selves. There- 
 fore will I cause you to go into captivity 
 beyond Damascus, saith the Lord, 
 whose name is the God of hosts. 
 
 Q Woe to them that are at ease in 
 Zion, and to them that are secure 
 in the mountain of Samaria, the nota- 
 ble men of the chief of the nations, to 
 
 2 whom the house of Israel come ! Pass 
 ye unto Calneh, and see ; and from 
 thence go ye to Hamath the great : 
 then go dov\'n to Gath of the Philistines : 
 be they better than these kingdoms? 
 or is their border greater than your 
 
 3 border ? Ye that jiut far away the evil 
 day, and cause the is seat of violence to 
 
 4 come near ; that lie upon beds of ivory, 
 and stretch themselves upon their 
 couches, and eat the lambs out of the 
 flock, and the calves out of the midst 
 
 5 of the stall ; that sing idle songs to the 
 sound of the viol ; that devise for them- 
 selves iustrmnents of music, i^like 
 
 6 David ; that drink I'wine in bowls, and 
 anoint themselves with the chief oint- 
 ments ; but they are not gi'ieved for 
 
 7 tlie affliction of Joseph. Therefore now 
 shall they go captive with the first that 
 go cai)tive, and the revelry of them 
 that stretched themselves shall jjass 
 
 8 away. The Lord God hath sworn by 
 himself, saith the Lord, the Godof hosts: 
 I abhor the i^* excellency of Jacob, and 
 hate his palaces : therefore will I de- 
 liver up the city with all that is therein.
 
 8. 11. 
 
 AMOS. 
 
 G.57 
 
 9Aud it shall come to pass, if there re- 
 main ten uicni in one house, tliat they 
 lUsIuill die. AjkI when ii man's luncle 
 Khiill take him up, even lie tlmt liui'iiotli 
 him, to hv'uiii out the hones out of the 
 house, and sliall say unto him that is 
 ui the innermost ))arts of the liouse. Is 
 there yet any with thee ? and lie sluiU 
 say. No ; then shall he say. Hold thy 
 peace ; for we may not make mention 
 
 11 of the name of the Lokb. For, he- 
 hold, the LoKD comnuiiideth, and 
 ^ the {^'eat house shall be smitten with 
 breaches, and the little house with clefts. 
 
 12 Shall horses run upon the rock ? wiU 
 one plow there with oxen? that ye 
 have turned judgement into ^gall, and 
 the fruit of righteousness into worm- 
 
 13 wood: ye which rejoice m a thing of 
 nought, which say. Have we not taken 
 to us horns by our own strength? 
 
 14 For, behold, I will raise up against 
 you a nation, O house of Israel, saith 
 the LoHD, the God of hosts ; and they 
 shall afflict you from the * entering 
 in of Hamath unto the broo.k of the 
 Ai'abah. 
 
 Y Thus the Lord God shewed me : and, 
 behold, he formed locusts in the be- 
 ginnuig of the shoothig tip of the 
 latter growth; and, lo, it was the 
 latter growth after the king's mowings. 
 2 And it came to pass that when they 
 made an end of eating the grass of 
 the laud, then I said, Lord God, for- 
 give, I beseech thee : how shall Jacob 
 3 stand? for he is small. The Lokd 
 repented concerning this : It shall not 
 be, saith the Loed. 
 
 4 Thus the Lord God shewed me : and, 
 behold, the Lord God called to con- 
 tend by fire ; and it devoured the great 
 deep, and would have eaten up the 
 
 5 5 land. Then said I, Lord God, cease, 
 I beseech thee : how shall Jacob stand ? 
 
 Ofor he is small. The Lord repented 
 concerning this : This also shall not 
 be, saith the Lord God. 
 
 7 Thus he shewed me : and, liehold, 
 the Lord stood ''beside a wall made 
 by a plujnbline, with a phuubline in 
 
 8 his hand. And the Lord said unto 
 me, Amos, what seest thou? And I 
 said, A plumblLne. Then said the Lord, 
 Behold, I will set a plumbhne in tlic 
 midst of my people Israel ; I will not 
 
 y again pass by them any more : and the 
 high places of Isaac shall be desolate, 
 and the sanctuaries of Israel shall be 
 laid waste ; and I will rise agamst the 
 house of Jeroboam with the sword. 
 
 10 Then Am.aziah the priest of Beth-el 
 sent to Jeroboam king of Israel, saying, 
 Amos hath conspu-ed agahist thee in 
 the midst of the house of Israel: the 
 land is not able to bear all his words. 
 
 11 For thus Amos saith, Jeroboam shall 
 ctie by the sword, and Israel shall sure- 
 
 ly be led away captive out of his land. 
 
 12 Also Amaziah said unto Amos, thou 
 seer, go, tlee thee away into tlie land 
 of Judah, and tliere cat bread, and 
 
 ISprojjhosy there: but j)ropliesy not a- 
 gain any more at Beth-el : for it is the 
 king's sanctuary, and it is a royal house. 
 
 14 Then answered Amos, and said to Am- 
 aziah, I '' was no prophet, neither 7 was 
 I *^a prophet's son; but 1 ''was an 
 herdman, and a dresser of sycomore 
 
 15 trees : and the Lord took me from 
 following the flock, and the Lord said 
 unto me. Go, prophesy unto my people 
 
 16 Israel. Now therefore hear thou the 
 word of the Lord : Thou sayest. Pro- 
 phesy not against Israel, and drop 
 not thy loorcl against the house of 
 
 17 Isaac ; therefore thus saith the Lord ; 
 Thy wife shall be an harlot ui the 
 city, and thy sons and thy daughters 
 shall fall by the sword, and thy land 
 sliall be divided by line ; and thou thy- 
 self shalt die in a land that is unclean, 
 and Israel shall siu-ely be led away 
 captive out of his land. 
 
 S Thus the Lord God shewed me : and 
 behold, a basket of summer fruit. 
 
 2 And he said, Amos, what seest thou ? 
 And I said, A basket of summer fruit. 
 Then said the Lord unto me. The end 
 is come upon my people Israel ; I will 
 not again pass by tJiem any more. 
 
 iJ And the songs of the ^ temple shall be 
 bowlings in that day, saith the Lord 
 God : the dead bodies shall lie many ; 
 in every place lOshall they cast them 
 
 4 forth with silence. Hear this, O ye 
 that would swaUow up the needy, 
 and cause the poor of the land to fail, 
 
 5 saying. When will the new moon be 
 gone, that we may sell corn ? and 
 the sabbath, that we may "set forth 
 wheat ? makuig the ephah small, and 
 the shekel great, and dealing falsely 
 
 G with balances of deceit ; that Ave may 
 buy the poor for i^ silver, and the 
 needy for a pah- of shoes, and sell 
 
 7 the refuse of the wheat. The Lord 
 hath sworn by the excellency of Jacob, 
 Surely I will never forget any of then- 
 
 8 works. Shall not the land tremble for 
 this, and every one mourn that dwell- 
 eth therein? yea, it shall rise up 
 wholly like the Eiver ; and it shall be 
 troubled and sink again, like the Eiver 
 
 y of Egypt. And it shall come to pass 
 in that day, saith the Lord God, that 
 I will cause the sun to go down at 
 noon, and I will darken the earth in 
 
 10 the clear day. Aiid I will turn youi- 
 feasts into mourning, and all your 
 songs into lamentation ; and I will 
 bring up sackcloth upon aU loins, 
 and baldness upon every head; and 
 I -will make it as the laourniiig for 
 an only son, and the end thereof as 
 
 11 a bitter day. Behold, the days come, 
 saith the Lord God. that I wiU send 
 
 7 Or, am 
 
 8 Or, 
 
 oneo/th*: 
 xotis of 
 the jrro- 
 pliets 
 See 
 
 1 Kii]}{ti 
 XX. '■X>. 
 
 BOr, 
 
 WOr, 
 have they 
 casttkein 
 forth: be 
 sileiU I 
 
 11 Ileb. 
 open. 
 
 I'^ See ch. 
 ii. 6.
 
 658 
 
 AMOS. 
 
 8. 11. 
 
 'Or, 
 mann^ 
 
 2 Or, 
 
 upon 
 
 3 Or, 7ie 
 that 
 Jleeth of 
 them 
 shall not 
 flcea- 
 w:iy, and 
 he that 
 escapeth 
 of them 
 shall not 
 bp. de- 
 Uvered 
 
 4Heb. 
 Sheol. 
 
 >See 
 Jer. xlix. 
 
 7—2-2. 
 
 «0r. 
 
 Sela 
 See 
 
 2 Kings 
 xiv. 7. 
 
 w, 
 
 a famine in the land, not a famine of 
 bread, nor a tliirst for water, but of 
 
 12 healing the words of the Lord. And 
 they shall wander from sea to sea, and 
 from the north even to the east ; they 
 shall run to and fro to seek the word 
 
 13 of the Lord, and shall not find it. In 
 that day shall the fan* vu-gins and the 
 
 14 young men faint for thirst. They 
 that swear by the sin of Samaria, and 
 say. As thy God, Dan, liveth ; and, 
 As the iway of Beer-sheba liveth ; 
 even they shall fall, and never rise 
 up again. 
 
 Q I saw the Lord standmg 2 Reside 
 the altar : and he said, Smite the 
 chapiters, that the thresholds may 
 shake : and break them in pieces on 
 the head of all of them ; and I will 
 slay the last of them with the sword : 
 '^ there shall not one of them flee a- 
 way, and there shaD not one of them 
 
 2 escape. Though they dig into ''hell, 
 thence shall mine hand take them ; 
 and though they climb up to heaven. 
 
 3 thence will I l)rmg them down. And 
 though they hide themselves in the 
 top of Carmel, I will search and take 
 them out thence ; and though they be 
 hid from my sight in the bottom of the 
 sea, thence will I command the ser- 
 
 4 pent, and he shall bite them. And 
 though they go into captivity before 
 then- enemies, thence will I command 
 the sword, and it shall slay them : and 
 I will set mine eyes upon them for 
 
 5 evil, and not for good. For the Lord, 
 the God of hosts, is he that toucheth 
 the land and it melteth, and all that 
 dwell therein shall mourn ; and it shall 
 rise up wholly like the River; and shall 
 sink again, like the River of Egypt; 
 
 6 it is he that buildeth his chambers 
 in the heaven, and hath founded his 
 vault upon the earth ; he that calleth 
 
 for the waters of the sea and poureth 
 them out upon the face of the earth ; 
 
 7 the Lord is his name. Ai'e ye not as 
 the children of the Ethiopians unto 
 me, children of Israel ? saith the 
 Lord. Have not I brought up Israel 
 out of tlie land of Egypt, and the 
 Philistines from Caphtor, and the 
 
 8 Syrians from Kir ? Behold, the eyes 
 of the Lord God are upon the sinful 
 kingdom, and I will destroy it from off 
 the face of the earth ; saving that I 
 will not utterly destroy the house of 
 
 9 Jacob, saith the Lord. For, lo, I will 
 command, and I will 5 sift the house 
 of Israel among all the nations, like as 
 com is sifted in a sieve, yet shall not 
 the least gram fall upon the earth. 
 
 10 All the sinners of my people shall 
 die by the sword, which say. The evil 
 shall not overtake nor prevent us. 
 
 11 In that day wiU I raise up the taber- 
 nacle of David that is fallen, and close 
 up the breaches thereof ; and I will 
 raise up his ruins, and I will build it 
 
 12 as in the days of old ; that they may 
 possess the remnant of Edom, and all 
 the nations, which ^are called by my 
 
 ! name, saith the Lord that doeth this. 
 
 13 Behold, the days come, saith the Lord, 
 that the i)lowman shall overtake the 
 reaper, and the treader of grajies him 
 that soweth seed ; and the mountains 
 shall drop sweet wine, and all the hills 
 
 14 shall melt. And I will bring agam 
 the captivity of my people Israel, 
 and they shall build the waste cities, 
 and inhabit them ; and they shall 
 plant vineyards, and drmk the wine 
 thereof ; they shall also make gar- 
 
 15 dens, and eat the fruit of them. And 
 I will plant them ujion their laud, and 
 they shall no more be plucked up out 
 of their land which I have given them, 
 saith the Lord thv God. 
 
 OBADIAH. 
 
 1 The vision of Obadiah. 
 
 Thus saith the Lord God 1 concerning 
 Edom: We have heard tidings from 
 the Lord, and an ambassador is sent 
 among the nations, saijiug, Arise ye, 
 and let us rise up against her in battle. 
 
 2 Behold, I have made thee small among 
 the nations : thou art greatly despised. 
 
 3 The pride of thine heart hath deceived 
 thee, O thou that dweUest in the clefts 
 of 2 the rock, whose habitation is high; 
 that saith in his heart. Who shall 
 
 4 bring me down to the ground ? Though 
 thou mount on high as the eagle, and 
 
 tliougli thy nest be set among the stars, 
 I \vill bring thee down from thence, 
 
 5 saith the Lord. If thieves came to 
 thee, if robbers by night, (how art 
 thou cut off !) would they not steal 
 till they had enough ? Lf grapegather- 
 ers came to thee, would they not 
 
 G leave some gleaning grapes ? How are 
 ^the things of Esau searched out ! how 
 are his hidden treasures sought up I 
 
 7 All the men of thy confederacy have 
 J brought thee on thy way, even to the 
 border : the men that were at peace with 
 thee have deceived thee, and prevailed 

 
 1. 13. 
 
 JONAH. 
 
 G59 
 
 'Or, 
 
 thyhread 
 tlwy 
 
 make &c, 
 2 Or, 
 tvound 
 ' Or, 0/ it 
 
 4 Or. 
 
 uloaf 
 sOr, 
 
 forcvi 
 
 "Or, the 
 day that 
 he was 
 tnade a 
 stranger 
 
 1 Or, 
 hurled 
 
 against thee ; ^thcy that eat thy bread 
 lay a ^suaro uii<ler thee: there is none 
 
 8 lUKlerstaiKling ''in him. Shall I not 
 in that day, saith the Loud, destroy 
 the wise juen out of Edom, and under- 
 standing out of the mount of Esau 'I 
 
 9 And thy mighty men, Teman, shall 
 he dismayed, to the end that every one 
 may he cut off from the mount of Esau 
 
 10 by slaughter. For the violence done 
 to thy l)rothcr Jacob shame shall 
 cover thee, and thou shalt bo cut 
 
 11 off for ever. In the daj' that thou 
 stoodest *on the other side, in tlie daj- 
 that strangers carried away his ^ sub- 
 stance, and foreigners entered into 
 his gates, and cast lots upon Jeru- 
 salem, even thou wast as one of 
 
 12 them. But look not thou on the day 
 of thy brother iu "the day of his 
 disaster, and rejoice not over the child- 
 ren of Judah in the day of their de- 
 struction ; neither speak proudly in the 
 
 13 day of distress. Enter not into the 
 gate of my peojile in the day of their 
 calamity ; yea, look not thou on then- 
 afdiction in the day of theu' calamitj-, 
 neither lay ye hands on then- svibstance 
 
 14 in the day of their calamitj'. And stand 
 thoii not in the crossway, to cut off 
 those of his that escape ; and deliver 
 not up those of his that remain in the 
 
 15 day of distress. For the day of the Loed 
 
 is near upon all the nations : as thou 
 hast done, it shall be done unto thee ; 
 thy 'ilealing shall return upon tliine 
 
 16 own head. For as ye have drunk upon 
 my holy mountain, so sliall all tlm na- 
 tions drink continually, yea, they shall 
 (kink, and "swallow down, and shall be 
 
 17 as though they had not l)een. But in 
 mount Zion there shall be those that 
 cscai)e, and it shall l)e holy ; and the 
 house of Jacob shall possess their pos- 
 
 18 sessions. And the house of Jacob shall 
 be a fire, and the house of Joseph a 
 flame, and the house of Esau for stub- 
 ble, and they shall bm-n among them, 
 and devour them : and there shall not 
 be any remaining to 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 
 lowland the Philistines : and they 
 shall possess the field of Ephraim, and 
 the field of Samaria: and Benjamin 
 
 20 shall 2}ossess Gilead. Aiid the capt- 
 ivity of this 9 host of the children of 
 Israel, i^which are among the Canaan- 
 ites, shall possess even mito Zarephath ; 
 and the captivity of Jerusalem, which 
 is in Sepharad, shall possess the cities 
 
 21 of the South. And saviours shall come 
 up on mount Zion to judge the mount 
 of Esau ; and the kingdom shall be the 
 Loed's. 
 
 JONAH. 
 
 1 Now the word of the Loed came unto 
 
 2 Jonah the son of Amittai, saying, Ai-ise, 
 go to Nineveh, that great city, and crj' 
 against it; for their wickedness is 
 
 3 come up before me. But Jonah rose 
 up to flee unto Tarshish from the 
 presence of the Lord; and he went 
 down to Joppa, and found a shij) going 
 to Tarshish : so he paid the fare there- 
 of, and went down into it, to go with 
 them unto Tarshish from the presence 
 
 4 of the Lord. But the Lord i sent out a 
 great wind into the sea, and there was 
 a mighty tempest in the sea, so that the 
 
 5 ship was like to be broken. Then the 
 mariners were afraid, and cried every 
 man unto his god; and they cast 
 forth the wares that were in the shii) 
 into the sea, to lighten it mito them. 
 But Jonah was gone down into the 
 innermost parts of the ship; and he 
 
 6 lay, and was fast asleep. So the shi^D- 
 master came to him, and said unto him. 
 What meanest thou, O sleeper? arise, 
 call upon thy God, if so be that God 
 will think uiion 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 
 
 8 the lot fell upon Jonah. Then said 
 they unto him. Tell us, we praj' thee, 
 for whose cause this evil is ui^on us ; 
 what is thine occupation? and whence 
 comest thou? what is thj' country? and 
 
 9 of what people art thou ? 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 
 
 10 dry land. Then were the men exceed- 
 ingly afi'aid, and said unto him. What 
 is this that thou hast done? For the 
 men knew that he fled from the pre- 
 sence of the Lord, because he had 
 
 11 told them. Then said they unto him. 
 What shall we do unto thee, that the 
 sea may be cahn unto us ? for the sea 
 grew more and more 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 gi'eat tem- 
 
 13 i)est is upon j'ou. Nevertheless the 
 men rowed hartl to get them back to 
 
 'Or, 
 
 rec'jin- 
 
 Jjvrlvti 
 
 «0r, 
 talk 
 fuotltMy 
 
 » Or, 
 fortress 
 l» Or, 
 shall 
 possess 
 that 
 
 wU ieh be- 
 longetli 
 to the 
 Caiiaan- 
 ites, 
 
 eveii -tc. 
 Or, which 
 are a- 
 inong the 
 Canaan- 
 ites, rvrii 
 untu Z,t- 
 rephath, 
 and <&c.
 
 660 
 
 JONAH. 
 
 1. 13. 
 
 I [Ch. ii. 1 
 ! inHeb.l 
 
 1 Or, out 
 
 of tniiie 
 affiiciioit 
 
 2Heb. 
 Sheol. 
 
 3 Or, for- 
 rujjthn 
 
 ! 4 Or, vr^ 
 
 I See ch. 
 Ii.2. 
 
 ■1 Hel). 
 ft clti/ 
 yreat 
 unto 
 God. 
 
 the land; but they could uot: for the 
 sea grew more and more tempestuous 
 
 14 against them. Wherefore they cried un- 
 to 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 
 
 15 Lord, hast done as it pleased thee. So 
 they took up Jonah, and cast him forth 
 into the sea: and tlae sea ceased from 
 
 16 her raging. Then the men feared the 
 Lord exceedingly; and they offered 
 a sacrifice unto the Lord, and made 
 
 17 vows. And the Lord prepared a gi"eat 
 fish to swallow up Jonah ; and Jonah 
 was in the belly of the fish three days 
 
 2 and three nights. Then Jonah prayed 
 unto the Lord his God out of the 
 
 2 fish's belly. And he said, 
 
 I called iby reason of mine affliction 
 
 unto the Lord, 
 And he answered me ; 
 Out of the beUy of '^hell cried I, 
 And thou heardest my voice, 
 y Por thou didst cast me into the 
 
 depth, in the heart of the seas. 
 And the flood was round about me ; 
 All thy waves and thy billows passed 
 
 over me. 
 
 4 And I said, I am cast out from be- 
 
 fore thuae eyes ; 
 Yet I will look again toward thy 
 holy temple. 
 
 5 The waters compassed me about, 
 
 even to the soul ; 
 The deep was round about me ; 
 The weeds were wrapped about my 
 
 head. 
 () I went down to the bottoms of the 
 
 mountains ; 
 The earth with her bars closed upon 
 
 me for ever : 
 Yet hast thou brought up my life 
 
 from 3 the pit, O Lord my God. 
 
 7 Wlien my soul fainted within me, I 
 
 remembered the Lord : 
 And my prayer came in mito thee, 
 uito thine holy temple. 
 
 8 They that regard lymg vanities 
 Forsake then* own mercy. 
 
 y Uut I will sacrifice unto thee with 
 
 the voice of thanksgiving ; 
 
 I will pay that which 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. 
 
 3 And the word of the Lord came unto 
 
 2 Jonah the second time, saying. Arise, 
 go unto Nuieveh, that gi-eat city, and 
 ■* preach unto it the preaching that I 
 
 3 bid thee. So Jonah arose, and went 
 mito Nineveh, accordmg to the word 
 of the Lord. Now Nineveh was ^au 
 exceeding great city, of three days' 
 
 4jovu-ney. And Jonah began to enter 
 into the city a day's journey, and he 
 cried, and said. Yet forty days, and 
 
 5 Nineveh shall be overthrown. jVnd the 
 people of Nineveh believed God ; and 
 
 they proclaimed a fast, and put on sack- 
 cloth, from the gi-eatest of them even to 
 6tlie least of them. ^Andi the tidings 
 reached the king of Nineveh, and he 
 arose from his thi-one, and laid his robe 
 from him, and covered hun with sack- 
 
 7 cloth, and sat in ashes. And he made 
 proclamation 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: 
 
 8 let them not feed, nor di-ink water: but 
 let them be covered with sackcloth, 
 both man and beast, and let them cry 
 mightily unto God : yea, let them tui'n 
 every one from his evil way, and from 
 
 9 the violence that is in then- hands. Who 
 knoweth whether God will not turn and 
 repent, and turn away from his fierce 
 
 10 anger, that we jierish not? And God 
 saw then- works, that they turned from 
 their evil way ; and God repented of the 
 evil, which he said he would do unto 
 
 4 them; and he did it not. But it dis- 
 pleased Jonah exceeduigly, and he was 
 
 2 angry. And he prayed unto the Lord, 
 and said, I pray thee, O Lord, was not 
 this my saying, when I was yet in my 
 country? Therefore I ^hasted to flee 
 unto Tarshish : for I knew that thou 
 art a gracious God, and full of com- 
 passion, slow to anger, and plenteous 
 in mercy, and repentest thee of the 
 
 3 evil. Therefore now, O Lord, take, 
 I beseech thee, my life from me ; for 
 it is better for me to die than to live. 
 
 4 And the Lord said, ^Doest thou well to 
 
 5 be angry? Then Jonah went out of the 
 city, and sat on the east side of the city, 
 and there made him a booth, and sat 
 under it in the shadow, till he might 
 
 6 see whatwould become of the city. And 
 the Lord God iirepared a i^gourd, and 
 made it to come up over Jonah, that it 
 might be a shadow over his head, to 
 deliver him from his evil case. So 
 Jonah was exceeding glad because of 
 
 7 the gourd. But God prepared a worm 
 when the mommg rose the next day, 
 and it smote the gourd, that it withered. 
 
 8 And it came to pass, when the sun 
 arose, that God prepared a sultry east 
 wind ; and the sun beat upon the head 
 of Jonah, that he fainted, and re- 
 quested for himself that he might die, 
 and said. It is better for me to die than 
 
 9 to live. And God said to Jonah, Doest 
 thou well to be angiy for the gourd? 
 And he said, I do well to be angry 
 
 10 even unto death. And the Lord said. 
 Thou hast had pity on the gourd, for 
 the which thou hast not laboured, 
 neither madest it grow ; which came 
 up in a night, and perished in a night : 
 
 11 and should not I have jiity on Nineveh, 
 that great city ; wherein are more than 
 sixscore thousand j)ersons that cannot 
 discern between their right hand and 
 their left hand ; and also much cattle ?
 
 MIC AH. 
 
 iHeb. 
 
 the 
 
 fulness 
 
 thereof. 
 
 2 Or, 
 
 atrwitg 
 
 3 That is, 
 A house 
 of dust. 
 ^Another 
 reading 
 is, roll 
 thyself. 
 6Heb. 
 inhabit- 
 ress. 
 6 Or, 
 
 standinij 
 place 
 ■7 Or, 
 is in 
 travail 
 
 8 Heb. 
 aclizah. 
 
 1 The word of the Lord that came to 
 Micali the Morashtite iu the clays of 
 Jothani, Ahaz, and Hezekiali, kiiif,'s 
 of Judah, which he saw coucerniiiy 
 Samaria aiid Jerusalem. 
 
 2 Hear, ye peoples, all of you ; hearken, 
 O earth, and ^aU that therein is: and 
 let the Lord God be witness ^agamst 
 you, tlie Lord from his holy temple. 
 
 i! For, behold, the Lord cometh forth out 
 of his i)lace, and wiU come down, and 
 tread upon the high places of the earth. 
 
 4 And the mountains shall be molten 
 under hun, and the valleys shall be cleft, 
 as wax before the tire, as waters that 
 
 5 are poiu'ed down a steep jilace. 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 Jerusa- 
 
 61em? Therefore I will make Samaria as 
 an heap of the field, and as theplantings 
 of a vineyard: and I will pom* Aovnx 
 the stones thereof into the valley, and I 
 will discover the foundations thereof. 
 
 7 And all her gi-aven images shall be beat- 
 en to pieces, and all her hu'es shall be 
 bm-ned with fije, and all her idols will I 
 lay desolate : for of the hu'e of an harlot 
 hath she gathered them, and xviio the 
 hire of an harlot shaU they retm'n. 
 
 8 For this will I wail and howl, I will go 
 stripped and naked : I will make a wail- 
 ing like the jackals, and a mom-uing like 
 
 9 the ostriches. For her wounds are in- 
 curable : for it is come even rmto Judah ; 
 it reacheth unto the gate of my people, 
 
 10 even to Jerusalem. Tell it not in Gath, 
 weep not at all: at ^Beth-le-Aphi-ah 
 
 11 ^ave I rolled myself in the dust. Pass 
 ye away, O ^inhabitant of Shaphu% in 
 nakedness and shame : the ^ inhabitant 
 of Zaanan is not come forth ; the wail- 
 ing of Beth-ezel shall take from you 
 
 12 the "Jstay thereof. For the ^ inhabitant 
 of Maroth ^ waiteth anxiously for good : 
 because evil is come down from the 
 
 13 Loed unto the gate of Jerusalem. Bind 
 the chariot to the swift steed, ^ in- 
 habitant of Lachish: she was the be- 
 ginning of sin to the daughter of Zion ; 
 for the transgressions of Israel were 
 
 14 found in thee. Therefore shalt thou 
 give a pai-ting gift to Moresheth-gath : 
 the houses of Achzib shall be ^a deceit- 
 
 15ful thing unto the kings of Israel. I 
 will yet bring mito thee, Sinhabitaut 
 of Mareshah, hun that shall possess 
 thee ; the glory of Israel shall come even 
 
 16 unto AduUam. Make thee bald, and poll 
 
 thee for the children of thy delight: 
 enlarge thy baldnes.'? as the ^eagle ; for 
 they are gone into captivity from thee. 
 
 2 Woe to them that devise iniquity and 
 work evil upon their l)edH ! when the 
 morumg is light, they practise it, be- 
 cause it is in the power of then* hand. 
 
 2 And they covet fields, and seize them ; 
 and houses, and take them away : and 
 they opi)ress a man and liis house, 
 
 3 even a man and his heritage. There- 
 fore thus saith the Lord : Behold, 
 against this family do I devise an evU, 
 from which ye shall not remove yoirr 
 necks, neither shall ye waUc haughtily; 
 
 4 for it is an evil time. In that day shall 
 they take up a parable against you, 
 and lament lo^yith a doleful lament- 
 ation, and say, We be utterly spoiled : 
 he change til the jjortion of my peoj)le : 
 how doth he n remove it from me! to 
 the rebellious he divideth om- fields. 
 
 5 Therefore thou shalt have none that 
 shall cast the line by lot in the cougreg- 
 
 6 ation of the Lord. 12 Prophesy ye not, 
 tlu'.t; they prophesy. They shall not 
 proi>hesy i^to these : reproaches shall 
 
 7 not depart. ^^ ShaU it be said, O house 
 of Jacob, Is the spu-it of the Lord 
 13 straitened ? are these his doings ? Do 
 not my words do good to him that walk- 
 
 S eth uprightly ? But i^^of late my people 
 is risen xqi as an enemy : ye strij) the 
 robe from off the garment from them 
 that pass by secm-ely as jweH a verse from 
 
 9 war. The women of my people ye cast 
 out from their pleasant houses ; from 
 then- young children ye take away my 
 
 10 glory for ever. Ai-ise ye, and depart ; 
 for this is not your rest : because of 
 uncleanness I'^that destroyeth, even 
 
 11 with a grievous destruction. If a man 
 walking i«in wind 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 wiU sm'ely assemble, O Jacob, all of 
 thee ; I will sm'ely gather the remnant 
 of Israel ; I will put them together as 
 the sheei) of Bozrah : as a flock in the 
 midst of their pastiu-e, they shall make 
 great noise bj^ reason of the multitude 
 
 13 of men. The breaker is gone up be- 
 fore them : they have broken forth and 
 passed on to the gate, and are gone 
 out thereat : and their king is passed 
 on before them, and the Lord at the 
 head of them. 
 
 3 And I said, Hear, I pray you, ye 
 heads of Jacob, and rulers of the 
 house of Israel: is it not for you 
 
 "Or, 
 vulture 
 
 10 Or, 
 with the 
 lijinent- 
 afion. It 
 is dont' ; 
 and sa^ 
 <£■!•. 
 "Or, 
 d'part 
 frovi 
 
 l-i Or, 
 Prophesy 
 ye not, 
 they are 
 ever pro- 
 phesy- 
 ing, 
 
 say they. 
 Heb. 
 Drop &c. 
 See Amos 
 vii. 16. 
 13 Or, 0/ 
 these 
 th ings : 
 their re- 
 proaches 
 n ever 
 ceaxe 
 
 nor, 
 Othou 
 that art 
 named 
 the house 
 of Jacob 
 
 l-'j Or, im- 
 patient 
 Heb. 
 short- 
 ened. 
 
 W Heb. 
 yester- 
 day. 
 "The 
 Sept. 
 has, yc 
 shall 
 be de- 
 stroyed 
 with &c. 
 18 Or, in 
 a spirit 
 of false- 
 hood
 
 662 
 
 MICAH. 
 
 3. 1. 
 
 iHeb. 
 sanctify. 
 
 2 Or, 
 
 even the 
 yjjirit 
 
 ■' See Is. 
 ii. 2-4. 
 
 i Or, ((/ 
 the head 
 
 ■'■ Or, in- 
 struction 
 
 8 Or, 
 ammm 
 
 7 Or. 
 great 
 
 8 Or, 
 
 decide 
 concern- 
 ing 
 
 2 to know judgouient ? who bate the 
 good, and love the evil; who pluck 
 off then- skm from off them, and then* 
 
 .S iiesh from off their bones ; who also 
 eat the flesh of my peoi)le; and they 
 flay their skin from off them, and break 
 tbeu' bones : yea, they chop them in 
 jiieces, as for the pot, and as flesh with- 
 
 4 in the caldron. Then shall they cry 
 mito the Lord, but he will not answer 
 them : yea, he wiU hide his face from 
 them at that time, according as they 
 have wrought evil in theu* doings. 
 
 5 Thus saith the Lord concerning the 
 prophets that make my people to err ; 
 that bite with their teeth and cry, 
 Peace ; and whoso putteth not into their 
 mouths, they even i prepare war a- 
 
 6 gainst him : Therefore it shaU be night 
 mito you, that ye shall have no vision ; 
 and it shall be dark unto you, that ye 
 shall not divme ; and the sun shall go 
 down upon the prophets, and the day 
 
 7 shall be black over them. And the 
 seers shall be ashamed, and the di- 
 viners confounded ; yea, they shall all 
 cover their lips : for there is no answer 
 
 8 of God. But I truly am full of power 
 2 by the sjjirit of the Lord, and of judge- 
 ment, and of might, to declare unto 
 Jacob his transgi-ession, and to Israel 
 
 9 his sin. Hear this, I pray you, ye heads 
 of the house of Jacob, and riilers of the 
 house of Israel, that abhor judgement, 
 
 10 and pervert all equity. They build up 
 Zion with blood, and Jerusalem with 
 
 11 iniquity. The heads thereof judge for 
 reward, and the priests thereof teach 
 for hire, and the proi)hets thereof divine 
 for money: yet will they lean upon the 
 Lord, and say. Is not the Lord in the 
 midst of us ? no evil shall come upon us. 
 
 12 Therefore shall Zion for your sake be 
 plowed as a field, and Jerusalem shall 
 become heaps, and the mountain of the 
 house as the high places of a forest. 
 
 4 3 But in the latter days it shall come 
 to pass, that the moimtain of the Lord's 
 house shall be established * in the toj) 
 of the mountains, and it shall be ex- 
 alted above the hills ; and peoples 
 
 2 shall flow unto it. And many nations 
 shall go and say. Come ye, and let us 
 go up to the mountain of the Lord, and 
 to the house of the God of Jacob ; and 
 he will teach us of his ways, and we 
 will walk in his paths : for out of Zion 
 shall go forth » the law, and the word 
 
 3 of the Lord from Jerusalem. And he 
 shaU judge ^between 'many peoples, 
 and shall s reprove strong nations afar 
 off ; and they shaU beat their swords 
 into plowshares, and their spears into 
 pruninghooks : nation shall not lift 
 up sword against nation, neither shall 
 
 4 they learn war any more. But they 
 shall sit every man under his vme and 
 under his fig tree ; and none shall make 
 them afraid : for the mouth of the Lord 
 
 5 of hosts hath spoken it. For all the peo- 
 ples 9 will walk every one in the name 
 of his god, and we will walk in the name 
 of the Lord our God for ever and ever. 
 
 6 In that day, saith the Lord, will I 
 assemble her that halteth, and I will 
 gather her that is driven away, and her 
 
 7 that I have afflicted ; and I will make 
 her that halted a remnant, and her that 
 was cast far off a strong nation : and 
 the Lord shall reign over them in moimt 
 Zion from henceforth even for ever. 
 
 8 And thou, tower of "the flock, "the 
 hill of the daughter of Zion, unto thee 
 shall it come ; yea, the former domin- 
 ion shall come, the kingdom of the 
 
 9 daughter of Jerusalem. Now why dost 
 thou cry out aloud ? Is there no king 
 in thee, is thy counsellor perished, that 
 pangs have taken hold of thee as of a 
 
 10 woman in travail ? Be in pain, and 
 laliom- to bring forth, daughter of 
 Zion, like a woman in travail: for 
 now shalt thou go forth out of the city, 
 and shalt dwell \xi the field, and shalt 
 come even unto Babylon; there shalt 
 thou be rescued ; there shall the Lord 
 redeem thee from the hand of thine 
 
 11 enemies. Aiid now many nations are 
 assembled against thee, that say, Let 
 her be defiled, and let our eye 12 see its 
 
 12desire u^jon Zion. But they know not 
 the thoughts of the Lord, neither im- 
 derstand they his counsel : for he hath 
 gathered them as the sheaves to the 
 
 13 tlu'eshing-floor. Arise and thi-esh, 
 daughter of Zion : for I will make 
 thine horn iron, and I will make thy 
 hoofs brass : and thou shalt beat in 
 pieces many peoples: and i^thou shalt 
 devote their gain unto the Lord, and 
 their substance unto the Lord of the 
 
 5 whole earth. Now shalt thou gather 
 thyself in troops, daughter of troops : 
 he hath laid siege against us : they shall 
 smite the judge of Israel with a rod 
 upon the cheek. 
 2 But thou, Beth-lehem Ephrathah, 
 which art little to be among the ^ thou- 
 sands of Judali, out of thee shall one 
 come forth unto me that is to be ruler 
 in Israel ; whose goings forth are from 
 8 of old, 15 from everlasting. Therefore 
 will he give them up, until the time 
 that she which travaileth hath brought 
 forth : then the residue of his brethren 
 shall return i^unto the children of Is- 
 4rael. And he shall stand, and shall 
 feed his floclc in the strength of the 
 Lord, in the majesty of the name of 
 the Lord his God : and they shaU 
 abide ; for now shall he be great unto 
 
 5 the ends of the earth. And this man 
 shall be our peace : when the Assyrian 
 shall come into our land, and when 
 he shall tread in our palaces, then shall 
 we raise against him seven shepherds, 
 
 6 and eight I'principal men. And they 
 shall 1'^ waste the land of Assyria with
 
 7. 10. 
 
 MIC AH. 
 
 GG3 
 
 lOr. 
 
 obt'Usfcs 
 
 2 See Ex. 
 xxxiv. IS. 
 
 3 Or, 
 enemies 
 
 lOr, 
 
 SJtrJt «,? 
 
 thvyluivc 
 
 not 
 
 heard 
 
 the swortl, and tlie land of Niinrod 
 in the entrances thereof : and ho shall 
 deliver us from the Assyrian, whin 
 he eometh into our land, and when 
 The troadcth within our hordir. And 
 the remnant of .Tacob shall be in the 
 midst of many peoples as dew from 
 the LoKD, as showers upon the gi'ass ; 
 that tarrieth not for man, nor waiteth 
 
 8 for the sons of men. And the renmant 
 of Jacob shall be among the nations, 
 in the midst of many peoples, as a lion 
 among the beasts of the forest, as a 
 young lion among the iloeks of sheep : 
 who, if he go tlu-ough, treadeth down 
 and teareth rn pieces, and there is none 
 
 9 to deliver. Let thine hand bo lifted 
 up above thine adversaries, and let all 
 thine enemies be cut off. 
 
 10 And it shall come to pass iu that day, 
 saith the Lord, that I will cut off thy 
 horses ou.t of the midst of thee, and 
 
 11 will destroy thy chariots: and I will 
 cut off the cities of thy land, and will 
 
 1'2 tlu'ow do-mi all thy strong holds : and 
 I will cut off witchcrafts out of thine 
 hand ; and thou shaft have no move 
 
 13 soothsayers : and I will cut off thy 
 graven images and thy i pillars out of 
 the midst of thee; and thou shaft no 
 more worship the work of thine hands. 
 
 14 And I will pluck up thine ^ Asherim out 
 of the midst of thee : and I will de- 
 
 1.5stroy thy 3 cities. And I will execute 
 vengeance in anger and fury upon the 
 nations * which hearkened not. 
 
 6 Hear ye now what the Lokd saith: 
 Arise, contend thou before the mount- 
 ains, and let the hiUs hear thy voice. 
 
 2 Hear, ye moiuitains, the Lord's 
 controversy, and ye enduring founda- 
 tions of the earth : for the Lord hath a 
 controversy with his people, and he will 
 
 3 plead with Israel. my people, what 
 have I done mito thee ? and wherein 
 have I wearied thee ? testify against 
 
 4 me. For I brought thee up out of the 
 land of Egypt, and redeemed thee out 
 of the house of bondage; and I sent 
 before thee Moses, Aaron, and Miriam. 
 
 5 my people, remember now what Ba- 
 lak king of Moab consulted, and what 
 Balaam the son of Beor answered him ; 
 re member from Shittim unto Gilgal, 
 that ye may know the righteous acts of 
 
 6 the Lord. Wherewith shall I come be- 
 fore the Lord, and bow myself before 
 the high God? shall I come before him 
 with burnt offerings, with calves of a 
 
 7 year old ? Will the Lord be pleased with 
 thousands of rams, or with ten thou- 
 sands of rivers of oil ? shall I give my 
 firstborn for my transgi'ession, the fruit 
 
 8 of my body for the sin of my soul '? He 
 hath shewed thee, O man, what is good; 
 and what doth the Lord require of 
 thee, but to do justly, and to love mercy, 
 and to walk humbly with thy God ? 
 
 9 The voice of the Lord crieth mito 
 the city, and the man of wisdom will 
 '•see thy name: hear ye the rod, and 
 
 10 who hath a])pointed it. Are there yet 
 the treasures of wickedness in the 
 house of the wicked, and the scant 
 
 11 ''measure that is abominable? Shall 
 I be pure with wicked l)alances, and 
 
 12 with a bag of deceitful weights ? For 
 the rich men thereof are full of vio- 
 lence, and the inhabitants thereof have 
 spoken lies, and their tongue is deceit- 
 
 13ful in their mouth. Therefore I also 
 have smitten thee with a gi'ievous 
 wound ; I have made thee desolate be- 
 
 14 cause of thy sins. Thou shall eat, but 
 not be satisfied; and thy 'humiliation 
 shall be in the midst of thee : and thou 
 shalt remove, but shalt not carry away 
 safe ; and that which thou cai'riest a- 
 
 15 way will I give uj) to the sword. Thou 
 shalt sow, but shalt not reap : thou shalt 
 tread the olives, but shalt not anoint 
 thee with oil ; and the vintage, but shalt 
 
 16 not drink the wuie. For the statutes 
 of Omri are kept, and all the works of 
 the house of Aliab, and ye walk in their 
 counsels: that I should make thee ^a 
 desolation, and the uiliabitants thereof 
 an hissing ; and ye shall bear the re- 
 l^roach of my people. 
 
 7 Woe is me ! for I am as when they 
 have gathered the sununer fruits, as the 
 grape gleanings of the vintage : there is 
 no cluster to eat ; ^my soul desketh the 
 
 2 lirstripe fig. The godly man is perished 
 out of the earth, and there is none up- 
 right among men : they all lie in wait 
 for blood; they limit every man his 
 
 3 brother with a net. lOTlieu- hands are 
 upon that which is evil to do it diligent- 
 ly ; the prince asketh, and the judge is 
 ready for a reward ; and the great man, 
 he uttereth themischief of his soul : thus 
 
 4 they weave it together. The best of them 
 is as a brier : n the most upright is worse 
 than a thorn hedge : the day of thy 
 watchmen, even thy visitation, is come ; 
 
 5 now shall be then- perplexity. Trust ye 
 not in a friend, put ye not confidence in 
 a 1^ guide : keep the doors of thy mouth 
 
 6 from her that lieth in thy bosom. For 
 the son dishonoureth the father, the 
 daughter riseth up against her mother, 
 the daughter in law against her mother 
 in law ; a man's enemies are the men of 
 his own house. 
 
 7 But as for me, i^I will look mito the 
 Lord ; I will wait for the God of my 
 
 8 salvation : my God wall hear me. Re- 
 joice not against me, O limine enemy: 
 when I fall, I shall arise ; when I sit 
 in darkness, the Lord shall be a light 
 
 9 unto me. I will bear the indignation 
 of the Lord, because I have sinned 
 against him ; until he plead my cause, 
 and execute judgement for me : he will 
 bring me forth to the light, and I shall 
 
 10 behold his righteousness. Then mine 
 
 ^ Some 
 
 nnciciit 
 
 versions 
 
 reail. 
 
 fear. 
 
 CHeli. 
 ejjkuh. 
 
 'Or, 
 
 e^npti- 
 
 ncsK 
 
 8 Or. an 
 astonish- 
 ment 
 
 9 Or, nor 
 fir stripe, 
 fifj wh ieh 
 my sonl 
 desired 
 
 w Or, 
 Both 
 ha nds 
 are put 
 forth /»)■ 
 ei'il to do 
 it i-e. 
 
 11 Or, the 
 straii/ht- 
 est is as 
 it were 
 taken 
 from d-e. 
 
 12 Or, 
 
 familiar 
 
 friend 
 
 13 Or, in 
 the Lord 
 will 1 
 keep 
 watch 
 
 11 See 
 ver. 10.
 
 664 
 
 MIOAH. 
 
 7. 10. 
 
 1 Or, rn 
 the dat/ 
 that thtf 
 walls are 
 to be 
 bulU 
 
 2 See 
 Zeph. 
 ii. 2. 
 
 3 Or, 
 bound- 
 ary 
 
 4Heb. 
 Mazor, 
 
 5 Or, 
 RiUe 
 
 lOr. 
 
 oracle 
 convtrit- 
 
 enemy shall see it, and shame shall cover 
 her ; which said uiito me, Where is the 
 LoHD thy God ? Mine eyes shall behold 
 her ; now shall she be trodden down 
 
 11 as the mire of the streets, i A day for ; 
 building thy walls ! in that day shall 1 
 
 12 2 the 8 decree be far removed. In that ; 
 day shall they come unto thee, from 
 Assyria and the cities of ^ Egypt, and 
 from ^Egyjit even to the River, and \ 
 from sea to sea, and from momiiaiii 
 
 13 to momitain. Yet shall the land be 
 desolate because of them that dwell j 
 therein, for the fi-uit of tlieir doings, i 
 
 14 ° Feed thy people with thy rod, the [ 
 flock of thine heritage, which dwell soli- j 
 tarily, in the forest in the midst of Car- 1 
 mel: let them feed in Bashan and Gile- 
 
 15 ad, as in the days of old. As in the days ! 
 of thy commg forth out of the land of 
 Egypt will I shew unto him marvellous 
 
 16 things. The nations shall see and be a- 
 shamed of all their might : they shall lay 
 their hand upon their mouth, their ears 
 
 17 shall be deaf. They shall lick the dust 
 like a serpent ; like crawling things of 
 the earth they shall come trembling out 
 of their close places : they shall come 
 with fear mito the Lord our God, and 
 
 18 shall be afraid because of thee. Who is 
 a God like unto thee, that pardoneth in- 
 iquity, and passeth by the transgression 
 of the remnant of his heritage '? he re- 
 taineth not his anger for ever, because 
 
 19 he delighteth in mercy. He will tm"n 
 agam and have compassion upon us ; he 
 will fi tread our iniquities under foot: 
 and thou wilt cast all their sins into 
 
 20 the depths of the sea. ^ Thou wilt '^per- 
 form the truth to Jacob, and the mercy 
 to Abraham, which thou hast sworn 
 unto om- fatliers from the days of old. 
 
 2 Or, (IS 
 Htubbh: 
 fuUy dry 
 
 3 Or, 
 
 a wicked 
 counsel- 
 lor 
 
 NAHU 
 
 1 The ibm-deu of Nineveh. The book 
 of the vision of Nahum the Elkoshite. 
 
 2 The Lord is a jealous God and a- 
 vengeth; the Lord avengeth and is 
 full of ^\Tath ; the Lord taketh venge- 
 ance on his adversaries, and he re- 
 
 Sserveth wrath for his enemies. The 
 Lord is slow to anger, and gi-eat in 
 Xjower, and will by no means clear 
 the guiltij : the Lord hath his way in 
 the whuiwind and in the storm, and 
 
 4 the cloiids are the dust of his feet. He 
 rebuketh the sea, and maketh it dry, 
 and diieth up all the rivers : Bashan 
 languisheth, and Carmel, and the flower 
 
 5 of Lebanon languisheth. The mount- 
 ams quake at him, and the hills melt ; 
 and the earth is upheaved at his pre- 
 sence, yea, the world, and all that dwell 
 
 6 therein. Who can stand before his 
 indignation ? and who can abide in the 
 fierceness of his anger ? his fury is 
 l)oured out like fire, and the rocks are 
 
 7 broken asimder by him. The Lord is 
 good, a strong hold in the day of trouble ; 
 and he knoweth them that put their 
 
 8 trust in him. But with an overrunning 
 flood he will make a full end of the place 
 thereof, and will pm-sue his enemies 
 
 9 into darkness. What do ye imagine 
 against the Lord ? he wiU make a full 
 end : affliction shall not rise up the 
 
 10 second time. For though they be like 
 tangled thorns, and be drenched as it 
 were in their drink, they shaU be de- 
 ll vom-ed 2 utterly as di-y stubble. There 
 is one gone forth out of thee, that 
 imagineth evil against the Lord, 3 that 
 
 12counseUeth ^vi^ickedness. Thus saith 
 the Lord : Though they be in full 
 strength, and likewise many, even so 
 shall they be cut down, and he shall pass 
 away. » Though I have afflicted thee, I 
 
 13 will afflict thee no more. And now will 
 I break his yoke from oS thee, and will 
 
 14 bm'st thy bonds ui svmder . And the Lord 
 hath given commandment concerning 
 thee, that no more of thy name be sown : 
 out of the house of thy gods will I cut 
 ofi' the gi-aven image and the molten 
 image ; I will make thy grave ; for thou 
 
 15 art vile. Behold, upon the momitaias 
 the feet of him that bringeth good 
 tidings, that publisheth peace! Keep 
 thy feasts, Judah, perform thy vows : 
 for <^ the wicked one shaU no more pass 
 through thee ; he is utterly cut off. 
 
 2 He that dasheth in pieces is come up be- 
 fore thy face : keep the munition, watch 
 the way, make thy loins strong, fortify 
 
 2 thy power mightily. For the Lord bring- 
 eth again the excellency of Jacob, as the 
 excellency of Israel : for the emptiers 
 have emptied them out, and marred 
 
 3 then- vine branches. The shield of his 
 mighty men is made red, the valiant men 
 are ui scarlet : the chariots "^ flash with 
 steel in the day of his preparation, and 
 
 4 the 8 spears are shaken terribly. The 
 chariots rage in the streets, they justle 
 one against another Lq the broad ways : 
 the aijpearance of them is like torches, 
 
 5 they rmi like the lightnmgs. He remem- 
 bereth his worthies: they stumble in 
 then' march ; they make haste to the wall 
 thereof, and the mantelet is prepared.
 
 1. 5. 
 
 HABAKKUK. 
 
 665 
 
 \Or,Aiid 
 it in Ue- 
 cre<:d; 
 
 she is 
 
 CQVcroU 
 ■ic. 
 2 Or, 
 lead her 
 3Heb. 
 hearts. 
 J Or, 
 from the 
 days tluit 
 she hath 
 been 
 5 Or, 
 causeth 
 them to 
 turn 
 eor, 
 ■wealth 
 
 'Or, 
 even the 
 oldliua 
 
 "Or. 
 eharging 
 
 oOr, 
 
 he/ore 
 
 lOr, 
 vraele 
 
 2 Or, 
 
 etia^ie 
 xnc to 
 lor.k 
 
 (i Tho gates of the rivers are oi)eiie(l, and 
 
 7 the pahicc is dissolved. lAiid Huz/.ab 
 la uncovered, she is carried away, and 
 her handmaids '•^ mourn as with the 
 voice of doves, tabering upon their 
 
 8 3 breasts. But Nmeveh liath been 
 *froni of old like a pool of ^vater ; yet 
 tliey flee away ; Stand, stand, the;/ cri/ ; 
 
 9 but none ^looketh back. Take ye the 
 spoil of silver, take the spoil of gold : 
 for there is none end of the store, the 
 
 10 ''glory of all pleasant furniture. She is 
 empty, and void, an<l waste : and the 
 heart meltelh, and the knees smite to- 
 gether, and anguish is in all loins, and 
 the faces of them all are waxed imle. 
 
 11 Where is the den of the lions, and the 
 feeding j)lace of the young lions, where 
 the lion ^ and the lioness walked, the 
 lion's whelp, and none made them a- 
 
 12 f raid? The lion did tear in pieces enough 
 for his whelps, and strangled for his 
 lionesses, and filled his caves with prey, 
 
 13 and his dens with ravin. Behold, I am 
 against thee, saith the Lord of hosts, 
 and I \vill burn her chariots in the 
 smoke, and the sword shall devour thy 
 youug lions : and I will cut off thy prey 
 from the earth, and the voice of thy 
 messengers shall no more be heard. 
 
 3 Woe to the bloody city ! it is all full of 
 lies and rapine ; the prey departeth not. 
 
 2 The noise of the whip, and the noise 
 of the rattlmg of wheels; and prans- 
 
 3ing horses, and jumping chariots; the 
 horseman « mounting, and the flashing 
 sword, and the glittering spear ; and a ; 
 multitude of slain, and a great heap 
 of carcases : and there is none end of 
 the corpses ; they stmnble upon their ; 
 
 4 corpses : because of the multitude of the i 
 whoredoms of the well f avom-ed harlot, I 
 the mistress of witchcrafts, that selleth 
 nations through her whoredoms, and 
 
 5 families through her witchcrafts. Be- 1 
 hold, I am against thee, saith the 
 LoED of hosts, and I will discover 
 thy skirts ^ upon thy face ; and I 
 will shew the nations thy nakedness, 
 
 6 and the kingdoms thy shame. And I 
 will cast abominable filth upon thee, 
 and make thee vile, and will set thee 
 
 7 as a gazingstock. And it shall come to 
 pass, that all they that look upon thee 
 shall flee irom thee, and say, Nineveh 
 is laid waste: who will bemoan her? 
 whence shall I seek comforters for thee ? 
 
 8/\a't thou better than No-amon, that 
 was situate among the 10 rivers, that had 
 the waters round abouthcr ; whose ram- 
 part was 11 tho soa, a ml her wall I'-^was of 
 
 9 the sea ? Ethiopia and Egypt were her 
 strength, and it was infinite; Put and 
 
 10 Lubim were thy helpers. Yet was she 
 carried away, she went mto captivity : 
 her young children also were dashed 
 in pieces at the top of all the streets : 
 and they cast lots for her honourable 
 men, and all her gi-eat men were bound 
 
 11 in chains. Thou also shalt be drunken, 
 thou shalt be hid ; thou also shalt seek 
 I'^a strong hold because of the enemy. 
 
 12 All thy fortresses shall be like fig trees 
 with the firstripe figs : if they be shaken, 
 they fall into the mouth of tho eater. 
 
 13 Behold, thy i^eople in the midst of thee 
 are women ; the gates of thy land are 
 set wide open unto thine enemies : the 
 
 141u-e hath devoured thy bars. Draw 
 thee water for the siege, strengthen thy 
 fortresses : go into the clay, and tread 
 the mortar, u make strong the brickkiln . 
 
 15 There shall the fire devour thee; the 
 sword shall cut thee off, it shall devour 
 thee like the cankerworm : make thyself 
 many as the cankerworm, make thyself 
 
 16 many as the locust. Thou hast multi- 
 plied thy merchants above the stars 
 of heaven: the cankerworm i^sjjoileth, 
 
 17 and flieth away. Thy cro^vned are as 
 the locusts, and thy K'marshals as the 
 swarms of gi'asshoi)pers, which camp 
 in the i'? hedges in the cold day, but 
 when the sun ariseth they flee away, 
 and their place is not known where they 
 
 18 are. Thy shejjherds slumber, king 
 of Assji'ia: thy worthies are at rest: 
 thy peoi^le are scattered upon the 
 mountains, and there is none to gather 
 
 19 them. There is no assuaging of thy 
 hurt ; thy wound is grievous : all that 
 hear the bruit of thee clap the hands 
 over thee; for upon whom hath not 
 thy wickedness passed continually ? 
 
 HABAKKUK. 
 
 1 The 1 burden which Habakkuk the 
 l)rophet did see. 
 
 2 O Lord, how long shall I cry, and 
 thou wilt not hear ? I cry out unto thee 
 of violence, and thou wilt not save. 
 
 3 Why dost thou shew me iniquity, and 
 2 look upon perverspivss ? for spoiling 
 
 and violence are before me : and there 
 is strife, and contention riseth up. 
 
 4 Therefore the law is slacked, and judge- 
 ment '^doth never go forth: for the 
 wicked doth compass about the right- 
 eous ; therefore judgement goeth forth 
 
 5 perverted. Behold ye among the na- 
 
 10 Or, 
 canals 
 Sec Ex. 
 vii. lil. 
 
 u That is, 
 
 the Nile. 
 
 ^'^ Some 
 
 ancient 
 
 versions 
 
 have, 
 
 was the 
 
 waters. 
 
 W Or. a 
 dt'fcnce 
 against 
 
 u Or, 
 
 h{i/ hold 
 of the 
 brick- 
 mould 
 
 15 Or, 
 sjiread- 
 eth 
 himself 
 
 16 Or, 
 scribes 
 '■Or, 
 walls 
 
 3 Or, 
 
 goeth not 
 forth 
 unto 
 victory
 
 666 
 
 HABAKKUK. 
 
 1. 5. 
 
 1 Or. one 
 workeih 
 
 2Heh. 
 He, 
 
 and so in 
 w. 8, 9. 
 
 3 Or, 
 bear 
 them- 
 
 proiuUij 
 iHeb. 
 the 
 
 eager- 
 ness (or 
 oMern- 
 hliriff) of 
 their 
 faces is 
 &c. 
 
 5 Or, 
 towards 
 the cast 
 Or, for- 
 wards 
 
 6 Or, 
 
 Andtheil 
 scoff Ac. 
 
 7 Or, 
 Th<n 
 yJi-MI the 
 wliid 
 sw.:cp htj, 
 and ha 
 Shan, 
 pass 
 away 
 
 8 Or, 
 trans- 
 gress 
 
 1* Acconl- 
 uig to ail 
 ancient 
 Jewish 
 tradi- 
 tion, 
 thon 
 diestnot. 
 l»See 
 Deut 
 xxxii. 4. 
 
 11 Heb. 
 fai. 
 
 12 Or, 
 
 fortress 
 
 13 Or, by 
 
 UHeb. 
 panteth. 
 
 15 Or, 
 straight 
 
 16 Or, in 
 
 his faith- 
 
 fuIfU'SS 
 
 I'Or, 
 And 
 aho be- 
 cause his 
 wine . . . 
 he is a 
 haughty 
 
 1» Or, he 
 shall not 
 itbitle 
 
 W Heb. 
 Shnl. 
 
 tious, and regard, aud wouder marvel- 
 louslj' : for 1 1 work a work in yoiu- days, 
 which ye will not believe though it be 
 
 6 told you. For, lo, I raise up the Chal- 
 deans, that bitter and hasty nation; 
 which march through the breadth of 
 the earth, to possess dwelUng places 
 
 7 that are not thehs. ^xhey are terrible 
 and di'eadful: their judgement and 
 then' dignity proceed from themselves. 
 
 8 Their horses also are swifter than leo- 
 l)ards, and are more fierce than the 
 evening wolves; and then- horsemen 
 3 spread themselves : yea, their horse- 
 men come from far; they fly as an 
 
 9 eagle that hasteth to devour. Thej' 
 come all of them for violence; * their 
 faces are set eagerly °as the east wind; 
 and they gather captives as the sand. 
 
 10^ Yea, he scoffeth at kings, and princes 
 are a derision unto hun : he derideth 
 every strong hold ; for he heapeth up 
 
 11 dust, and taketh it. ''Then shall he 
 sweei) by as a wind, aud shall 8 pass 
 over, and be guilty: even he whose 
 
 12 might is his god. Ai't not thou from 
 everlasting, Lord my God, mine 
 Holy One ? 9 we shall not die. O Lokd, 
 thou hast ordained him for judgement ; 
 and thou, O i^Kock, hast established 
 
 13 him for correction. Thou that art 
 of purer eyes than to behold evil, and 
 that canst not look on i)erverseness, 
 v.'herefore lookest thou upon them 
 that deal treacherously, and boldest 
 thy peace when the wicked swallow- 
 eth up the man that is more righteous 
 
 14 than he ; and makest men as the fishes 
 of the sea, as the creeping things, that 
 
 15 have no ruler over them ? He taketh 
 up all of them with the angle, he catch- 
 eth them in his net, and gathereth them 
 in his drag : therefore he rejoiceth and 
 
 10 is glad. Therefore he sacrificeth unto 
 his net, aud bm-neth incense unto his 
 di-ag; because by them his portion is 
 
 17 fat, and his meat ii plenteous. Shall he 
 therefore empty his net, and not spare 
 to slay the nations continually ? 
 2 I will stand upon my watch, and 
 set me upon the i^tQ^gj., and will 
 look forth to see what he will speak 
 i3\vith me, and what I shall answer 
 
 2 concerning my complaint. And the 
 Lord answered me, and said, Write 
 the vision, aud make it plain u^jon 
 tables, that he may run that readeth it. 
 
 3 For the vision is yet for the appointed 
 time, and it i^ hasteth toward the end, 
 and shall not lie : though it tarry, wait 
 for it; because it will sm-ely come, it 
 
 4wiU not delay. Behold, his soul is 
 puffed up, it is not i-^upi'ight in him: 
 but the just shall live i''by his faith. 
 
 3 1' Yea, moreover, wine is a treacherous 
 dealer, a haughty man, andi^thatkeep- 
 eth not at home ; who enlargeth his de- 
 sire as 19 hell, and he is as death, and 
 cannot be satisfied, but gathereth mito 
 
 him all nations, and heapeth unto him 
 
 6 aU peoples. ShaU not all these take up 
 a parable against him, aud a taunting 
 20proverb against him, aud say. Woe to 
 him that iucreaseth that which is not 
 his ! how long ? and that ladeth himself 
 
 7 with pledges 1 Shall they not rise up 
 suddenly that shall 21 bite thee, and 
 awake that shall 22 vex thee, and thou 
 
 8 shalt be for booties unto them ? Be- 
 cause thou hast spoiled many nations, 
 all the remnant of the peoples shall 
 spoil thee ; because of men's blood, and 
 for the violence done to the land, to 
 the city and to all that dwell therein. 
 
 9 Woe to him that getteth an evil gain 
 for his house, that he may set his nest 
 on high, that he may be dehvered from 
 
 10 the hand of evil ! Thou hast consulted 
 shame to thy house, by cutting off 
 many peoj)les, and hast sinned against 
 
 11 thy soul. For the stone shall cry out 
 of the wall, aud the beam out of the 
 timber shall answer it. 
 
 12 Woe to him that buildeth a town with 
 blood, and stablisheth a city by in- 
 
 13 iquity ! Behold, is it not of the Lord 
 of hosts that the peoples labom- for the 
 fire, and the nations weary themselves 
 
 14 for vanity? For the earth shall be 
 fiUed with the knowledge of the glory of 
 the Lord, as the waters cover the sea. 
 
 15 Woe imto him that giveth his neigh- 
 bour drink, that ^Saddest thy ^^veuom 
 thereto, aud makest bim drunken also, 
 that thou mayest look on their naked- 
 
 IGness! Thou art filled with shame for 
 glory: drink thou also, aud ^^be as one 
 uncircumcised : the cup of the Lord's 
 right baud shall be turned unto thee, 
 and foul shame shall be upon thy glory. 
 
 17 For the violence done to Lebanon shall 
 cover thee, and the destruction of the 
 beasts, 26 which made them afraid ; be- 
 cause of men's blood, aud for the vio- 
 lence done to the land, to the city aud 
 to all that dwell therein. 
 
 18 Wliat profiteth the graven image, 
 that the maker thereof hath graven 
 it; the molten uuage, aud the teacher 
 of lies, that the maker of 27 his work 
 trusteth therein, to make dumb idols? 
 
 19 Woe unto him that saitli to the wood. 
 Awake; to the dumb stone, Ai-ise! 
 Shall this teach ? Behold, it is laid over 
 with gold aud silver, and there is no 
 
 20 breath at all in the midst of it. But 
 the LoiiD is in his holy temple: 2»let 
 all the earth keep sUeuce before him. 
 
 3 A prayer of Habakkuk the prophet, 
 set to Shigiouoth. 
 
 2 O Lord, I have heard 2!>the report 
 of thee, and ^Oam afraid: 
 
 Lord, revive thy work in the midst 
 of the years, 
 
 In the midst of the years make it 
 kno'wn ;
 
 1. G. 
 
 ZEPHANIAH. 
 
 667 
 
 I Or, 
 conirth 
 (and 
 
 similarly 
 to the 
 end of 
 ver. 15) 
 
 2 Heb. 
 
 horvs. 
 
 3 Or. nt 
 his sido 
 
 4 Or. 
 
 Oiiriihtiy 
 coals 
 
 5 Or, 
 shoo J; 
 
 6 Or, 
 I/is ways 
 arc ever- 
 lasting 
 
 \ "Or, 
 Sworn 
 were the 
 chastUe- 
 tnents 
 (Heb. 
 7'ods) of 
 thy wo7'd 
 8 Or, 
 were in 
 pain 
 
 10 
 
 11 
 
 12 
 
 In wrath remember mercy. 
 
 (to(1 icame from Temaii, 
 
 AjuI the Holy One from mount 
 
 I'ai'iui. [Suliili 
 
 His glory covered the heavens, 
 And the earth was full of hiw praise. 
 And hi.i brightness was as the light; 
 He had '■^rays coming jortk '^from 
 
 his hand : 
 And there was thehiding of his power. 
 Before him went the ijestileni-e, 
 And ■* fiery bolts went forth at his 
 
 feet. 
 He stood, and ■''measured the earth; 
 He beheld, and drove asunder the 
 
 nations : 
 And the eternal mountains were 
 
 scattered, 
 The everlasting hills did bow ; 
 ^His goings were as of old. 
 I saw the tents of Cushan in alilietion : 
 The cm-tains of the land of Midian 
 
 did tremble. 
 Was the Lord displeased against 
 
 the rivers ? 
 Was thine anger against the rivers, 
 Or thy wrath against the sea. 
 That thou didst ride upon thine 
 
 horses. 
 Upon thy chariots of salvation ? 
 Thy bow was made quite bare ; 
 ' The oaths to the tribes were a sure 
 
 word. [Selah 
 
 Thou didst cleave the earth with 
 
 rivers. 
 The mountains saw thee, and ^ were 
 
 afraid ; 
 The tempest of waters passed bj' : 
 The deep uttered his voice. 
 And lifted up his hands on high. 
 The sun and moon stood still in 
 
 their habitation ; 
 At the light of thine arrows as they 
 
 went. 
 At the shining of thy glittering spear. 
 Thou didst march thi'ough the land 
 
 in indignation, 
 
 Tuou didst thresh the nations in 
 anger. 
 I'i Thou ''weutest forth for the salva- 
 tion of thy people, 
 
 iTor the salvation of thine an- 
 ointed; 
 
 11 Thou I'-woundedst the head out of 
 the house of the wicked, 
 
 Laying bare the foimdation even 
 
 imto the neck. [Selali 
 
 11 Thou I'Hlidst pierce with his own 
 
 staves the head of his i^ warriors : 
 
 They came as a whuiwind to scatter 
 me : 
 
 Their rejoicing was as to devour the 
 poor secretly. 
 15 Thou 15 didst tread the sea with thine 
 horses, 
 
 The i''heap of mighty waters. 
 
 IG I heard, and my belly trembled, 
 My lips quivered at the voice ; 
 Kottenness entered into my bones, 
 
 and I trembled m my place : 
 That I should rest I'in the day of 
 
 trouble, 
 I'^YvTien it cometh up against the 
 
 j>eople 13 which invadeth him in 
 
 troops. 
 
 17 For though the fig tree shall not 
 
 blossom. 
 Neither shall fruit be in the vines ; 
 The labom- of the olive shall fail, 
 And the fields shall yield no meat ; 
 The flock shall be cut off from the fold. 
 And there shall be no herd in the 
 
 stalls : 
 
 18 Yet I will rejoice in the Lord, 
 
 I will joy in the God of my salva- 
 tion. 
 
 19 Jehovah, the Lord, is my strength. 
 And he maketh my feet like hinds' 
 
 feet. 
 Aid will make me to walk upon mine 
 high places. 
 
 For the Cliief Musiciau, on my stringed 
 instruuieuts. 
 
 «0r, 
 
 arf come 
 
 '"Or, 
 
 /■<,!■ 
 
 sitlvatioii 
 
 (or 
 
 victory) 
 
 with 
 
 thine 
 
 unointed 
 
 "Or. 
 
 Tlioii 
 
 didst 
 
 stiiite off 
 
 the head 
 
 froin the 
 
 house ffcc. 
 
 12 Or, 
 htixt 
 wounded 
 
 13 Or, 
 hast 
 jjirrced 
 11 Or, 
 hordeg 
 Or. 
 villages 
 
 15 Or, 
 hftst 
 trodden 
 
 16 Or. 
 surge 
 
 17 Or, 
 waiting 
 for 
 l?Or, 
 tyhen he 
 that 
 shall 
 invade 
 theni in 
 troops 
 cometh 
 up 
 
 against 
 the 
 pro^yle 
 
 19 Or, to 
 invade 
 thein 
 
 ZEPHANIAH, 
 
 L The word of the Lord which came 
 unto Zephaniah the son of Cushi, the 
 son of Gedahah, the son of Amariah, 
 the son of Hezekiah, in the days of 
 Josiah the son of Amou, king of Judah. 
 
 2 I wid utterly consiune all thmgs from 
 off the face of the ground, saith the 
 
 3 Lord. I will consume man and beast ; 
 I will consume the fowls of the hea- 
 ven, and the fishes of the sea, and the 
 stumblingblocks with the wicked ; and 
 I will cut off man from off the face of 
 
 4 the ground, saith the Lord. And I 
 
 will stretch out mine hand upon Ju- 
 dah, and upon all the inhabitants of 
 Jerusalem ; and I wiU cut off the rem- 
 nant of Baal from this jjlace, and the 
 name of the iChemarim with the 
 
 5 priests; and them that worship the 
 host of heaven upon the housetops; 
 and them that worship, which swear 
 to the Lord and swear by ^Malcam; 
 
 6 and them that are tm-ued back from 
 f oUowuig the Lord ; and those that 
 have not sought the Lord, nor inquired 
 after hun. 
 
 iSee 
 2 iiings 
 
 Hos. 
 
 2 Or, 
 th^'ir 
 king
 
 668 
 
 • ZEPHANIAH. 
 
 1. 7. 
 
 1 See 
 ISam. 
 xvi. 5. 
 
 2Heb. 
 
 visi/ 
 
 3HeU. 
 ilishneh. 
 
 1 Or, The 
 
 moitar 
 5 Or, the 
 77ier- 
 ch'tut 
 peo/sfle 
 
 eHeb. 
 lumps. 
 'Or, 
 thick- 
 ened 
 
 8 Or, 
 
 corner 
 towers 
 
 9 Or, 
 speedy 
 
 10 Or, 
 longing 
 "Or, 
 (the day 
 passeth 
 as the 
 chaff J 
 
 li Oj-, the 
 region of 
 thii sea 
 
 7 Hold thy peace at the presence of the 
 Lord God : for the day of the Lobd is 
 at hand : for the Lord hath prepared a 
 sacrifice, he hath i sanctified his guests. 
 
 8 And it shall come to pass in the day 
 of the Lord's sacrifice, that I will 
 2puuish the princes, and the king's 
 sous, and all such as are clothed Avith 
 
 9 foreign apparel. And in that day I 
 will ^punish all those that leap over 
 the threshold, which fill their master's 
 
 10 house with violence and deceit. And in 
 that day, saith the Lord, there shall be 
 the noise of a cry from the fish gate, 
 and an howling from the "^ second quar- 
 ter, and a gi'eat crashing from the hills. 
 
 11 Howl, ye inhabitants of ^Maktesh, for 
 all 5 the people of Canaan are undone : 
 all they that were laden with silver are 
 
 12 cut off. And it shall come to pass at 
 that time, that I will search Jerusalem 
 with Gcandles; and I will ^punish the 
 men that are ''settled on then- lees, that 
 say in their heart. The Lord will not 
 
 13 do good, neither will he do evil. And 
 then* wealth shall Ijecome a spoU, and 
 their houses a desolation : yea, they 
 shall buUd houses, but shall not inhabit 
 them ; and they shall plant vineyards, 
 but shall not drink the wine thereof. 
 
 14 The gi'eat day of the Lord is near, it 
 is near and hasteth greatly, even the 
 voice of the day of the Lord; the 
 
 15 mighty man crieth there bitterly. That 
 day is a day of \\i'ath, a day of trouble 
 and distress, a day of wasteness and 
 desolation, a day of darkness and 
 gloominess, a day of clouds and thick 
 
 16 darkness, a day of the trumiiet and 
 alarm, against the fenced cities, and 
 
 17 against the high ^battlements. And I 
 will bring distress upon men, that they 
 shall walli like blind men, because they 
 have sinned agamst the Lord : and 
 then- blood shall be i^oured out as dust, 
 
 18 and then- flesh as dung. Neither their 
 silver nor then* gold shall be able to 
 deUver them in the day of the Lord's 
 wrath; but the whole land shall be 
 devom-ed by the fii'e of his jealousy : 
 for he shall make an end, yea, a 
 3 terrible end, of all them that dwell 
 in the laud. 
 
 2 Gather yom-selves together, yea, 
 gather together, nation that hath no 
 
 2 10 shame ; before the decree brmg forth, 
 '^^hefore the day pass as the chaff, be- 
 fore the fierce anger of the Lord come 
 upon you, before the day of the Lord's 
 
 Sanger come upon you. Seek ye the 
 Lord, all ye meek of the earth, which 
 have wrought his judgement ; seek 
 righteousness, seek meekness : it may 
 1)6 ye shall be hid in the day of the 
 
 4 Lord's auger. For Gaza shall be for- 
 saken, and Ashkelon a desolation : they 
 shall drive out Ashdod at the noon- 
 day, and Ekron shall be rooted up. 
 
 5 Woe unto the mhabitants of I'^the sea 
 
 coast, the nation of the Cherethites ! 
 The word of the Lord is against you, 
 
 Canaan, the land of the Phihstiues ; 
 
 1 will destroy thee, that there shall be 
 
 6 no mhabitant. And the sea coast shall 
 be pastm'es, with i'^ cottages for shep- 
 
 7 herds and folds for flocks. And the coast 
 shall be for the remnant of the house of 
 Judah ; they shall feed their flocks there- 
 upon : m the houses of Ashkelon shall 
 they lie do^vn in the evening ; for the 
 Lord their God shall visit them, and 
 
 8 bring agaui their captivity. I have 
 heard the reproach of Moab, and the 
 revilmgs of the childi-en of Amnion, 
 wherewith they have reproached my 
 people, and magnified themselves a- 
 
 9 gainst theu' border. 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, a possession of i^nettles, aud 
 saltpits, and a perpetual desolation: 
 the residue of my people shall spoil 
 them, and the remnant of my nation 
 
 10 shall inherit them. This shaU they 
 have for their pride, because they 
 have reproached and magnified them- 
 selves against the people of the Lord 
 
 11 of hosts. The Lord will be terrible 
 unto them : for he will famish all the 
 gods of the earth ; and men shall wor- 
 ship hiui, every one from his place, 
 
 12 even all the i^isles of the nations. Ye 
 Ethiopians also, ye shall be slain by my 
 
 13 sword. And he will stretch out his hand 
 against the north, and destroy Assyria ; 
 aud will make Nineveh a desolation, 
 
 14 aud dry like tlie wilderness. And herds 
 shaU lie down in the midst of her, i^all 
 the beasts of the nations : both the peh- 
 cau aud the porcupine shall lodge in the 
 chapiters thereof : their voice shall sing 
 in the windows; i'' desolation shall be 
 in the thresholds : for he hath laid bare 
 
 15 the cedar woi'k. This is the joyous city 
 that dwelt carelessly, that said ua her 
 heart, lam, aud there is none else beside 
 me : how is she become a desolation, a 
 place for beasts to lie down in ! every 
 one that passeth by her shall hiss, and 
 wag his hand. 
 
 3 Woe to her that is rebellious and pol- 
 
 2 luted, to the oppressing city ! She obeyed 
 not the voice; she received not i^cor- 
 rection ; she trusted not in the Lord ; 
 
 3 she drew not near to her God. Her 
 princes in the midst of her are roaring 
 lions ; her judges are evening wolves ; 
 they 19 leave nothing till the morrow. 
 
 4 Her prophets are light and treacherous 
 persons : her priests have profaned the 
 sanctuary, they have done violence to 
 
 5 the law. The Lord m the midst of her 
 is righteous ; he will not do uiiquity ; 
 20 every morning doth he bring his 
 judgement to light, he faileth not ; but 
 
 6 the unjust knoweth no shame. I have 
 cut off nations, their 8 battlements
 
 1. l:l 
 
 HAGGAI. 
 
 6G9 
 
 1 Or, in- 
 struction 
 
 2 Or, 
 hoit'so- 
 
 pun- 
 ished her 
 
 * Heb. 
 Up. 
 
 5 Heb. 
 
 shoulder. 
 eOr, 
 shall 
 they 
 bring 
 my sup- 
 pliants, 
 even the 
 daughter 
 Ofmydii- 
 persfd, 
 for an 
 offering 
 unto me 
 
 'Or, 
 
 them 
 
 that 
 
 exult 
 
 in thy 
 
 majesty 
 
 are desolate ; I have made their streets | 
 waste, that none passeth by : their j 
 cities are destroyed, so that there is no 
 
 7 man, that there is none inhabitant. I 
 said, Bm-ely tliou wilt fear me, thou 
 wilt receive loorreetion ; so her dwell- 
 ing should not lie cut oil, "acconlint/ to 
 all that I have appointed concerning 
 her : but they rose early and corrujited 
 
 8 all their doings. Therefore wait ye for 
 me, saith the Lord, until the day that 
 I rise up to the prey : for my sdeterm- 
 ination is to gather the nations, that 
 I may assemble the kingdoms, to pour 
 upon them mine indignation, even all 
 my fierce anger ; for all the earth shall 
 be devoured with the fire of my jeal- 
 
 9ousy. For then will I turn to the 
 peoples a pure * language, that they 
 may all caU upon the name of the Lord, 
 
 10 to serve him with one ^ consent. From 
 beyond the rivers of Ethiopia ''my 
 suppliants, even the daughter of my 
 dispersed, shall brhig mine offering. 
 
 11 In that day shalt thou not be ashamed 
 for all thy doings, wherein thou hast 
 transgressed against me: for then I 
 will take away out of the midst of thee 
 'thy jH-oudly exulthig ones, and thou 
 shalt no more be haughty in my holy 
 
 12 mountain. But I wiU leave in the 
 midst of thee an afflicted and poor peo- 
 ple, and they shall trust in the name 
 
 13 of the Lord. The remnant of Israel 
 
 1 Accord- 
 g to 
 
 many 
 ancient 
 versions. 
 The time 
 is not 
 come 
 for the 
 
 LORDS 
 
 hotise d-c. 
 
 2 Heb. 
 Set your 
 heayt on 
 your 
 ways. 
 
 3 Or, hUl 
 cou ntry 
 
 shall not do iniquity, nor speak lies ; 
 neither shall a deceitful tongue be 
 found in their mouth : f(jr they shall 
 feed and lie down, and none shall make 
 
 14 them afraid. Shig, O daughter of Zion ; 
 sliout, O Israel; l)e glad and rejoice 
 with all the heart, O (laughter of Jeru- 
 
 15 salem. The L(niD hath taken away thy 
 judgements, he hatli cast out thine 
 enemy: the king of Israel, even the 
 Lord, is in the midst of thee : thou 
 
 IG shalt not "fear evil any more. In that 
 day it shall be said to Jerusalem, Fear 
 tliou not : ''O Zion, let not thine hands 
 
 17 be slack. The Lord thy God is ui the 
 midst of thee, a mighty one who will 
 save : he will rejoice over thee with 
 joj', he will lOi-est in his love, he will 
 
 18 joy over thee with singhig. i^I will 
 gather them that i'^ sorrow for the 
 solemn assembly, who were of thee : 
 I'^to whom the burden \\\toi\ i^her was a 
 
 19 reproach. Behold, at that time I will 
 deal with all them that afflict thee : and 
 I will save her that halteth, and gather 
 her that was driven away ; and I wiU 
 make them a jjraise and a name, whose 
 
 20 shame hath been in all the earth. At 
 that time will I bring you in, and at 
 that time will I gather you : for I will 
 make j'ou a name and a in-aise amo)ig 
 all the peoples of the earth, when I 
 bring again your captivity before yom- 
 eyes, saith the Lord. 
 
 **Anotbcr 
 reading 
 
 Ih, see. 
 "Or, 
 and to 
 
 I 1" Heb. 6c 
 I silent. 
 
 11 Or, 
 ! Tluy 
 ; have 
 
 been sor- 
 
 rowful 
 
 for the 
 
 solemn- 
 
 assembly 
 
 which I 
 
 ti.ok i 
 
 away ! 
 
 from 
 I 'tJtee^ for 
 i the lift- \ 
 I ingnpof 
 
 reproach 
 I aif'tinst 
 
 li'cr 
 
 12 Or, 
 are re- 
 moved 
 from 
 
 13 Or, 
 whifh 
 hast 
 borne 
 the 
 
 burden 
 of re- 
 proach 
 11 Ac- 
 cording 
 to some 
 ancient 
 authori- 
 ties, tJtee. 
 
 HAGGAI. 
 
 L In 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 Zerub- 
 babel the son of Shealtiel, governor 
 of Judah, and to Joshiia the son of Je- 
 2hozadak, the high priest, saying. Thus 
 speaketh the Lord of hosts, saying, 
 This people say, ^It is not the tune 
 for us to come, the time for the Lord's 
 
 3 house to be built. Then came the word 
 of the Lord by Haggai the prophet, 
 
 4 saying, Is it a time for you yourselves 
 to dweU in yom' cieled houses, while 
 
 5 this house lietli waste ? Now therefore 
 thus saith the Lord of hosts : ^ Con- 
 
 6 sider your waj's. Ye have sown nuxch, 
 and bring in little ; ye eat, but j'e have 
 not enough ; ye drink, but ye are not 
 filled with di'ink ; ye clothe you, but 
 there is none warm; and he that earn- 
 eth wages earneth wages to put it into 
 
 7 a bag with holes. Thus saith the Lord 
 
 8 of hosts : 2 Consider your ways. Go up 
 to the s mountain, and brmg wood, and 
 
 build the house ; and I wiU take pleas- 
 ure in it, and I will be glorified, saith 
 9 the Lord. Ye looked for much, and, lo, 
 it came to Uttle ; and when ye brought 
 it home, I did ^blow upon it. Why? 
 saith the Lord of hosts. Because of 
 nnne house that lieth waste, while 
 ye luu every man to his own house. 
 
 10 Therefore ^for yoiu- sake the heaven 
 is stayed from dew, and the earth is 
 
 11 stayed from her fruit. Axid I called 
 for a drought upon the land, and upon 
 the momitains, and upon the corn, and 
 upon the wine, and txpou the oil, and 
 upon that which the gi-ound 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 Jehozadak, the 
 high priest, with all the reumant of the 
 jieople, obej'ed the voice of the Lord 
 their God, and the words of Haggai the 
 proijhet, as the Lord theu- God had 
 sent him ; and the people did fear be- 
 
 13 fore the IjORd. Then spake Haggai the 
 
 J Or, 
 blow it 
 away 
 
 ■' Or, 
 over you
 
 670 
 
 HAGGAI. 
 
 1. 13. 
 
 'Or, 
 Kemem- 
 her the 
 word &c. 
 
 a Or, 
 iMdeth 
 
   3 Or, the 
 
 I things 
 
 I desired 
 
 I (Heb. 
 
 I <lesire) 
 
 , of all 
 
 1 iiatio-ns 
 
 [ shall 
 
 I come 
 
 Lord's messenger in the Lord's mes- 
 sage unto the people, saj'ing, I am with 
 
 14 you, saith the Lord. And the Lord 
 stu-recl up the spu'it of Zerubbabel the 
 son of Shealtiel, governor of Judah, 
 and the sjiu'lt of Joshua the son of 
 Jehozadak, the high priest, and the 
 spu-it of all the remnant of the peo- 
 ple ; and they came and did work in 
 the house of the Lord of hosts, then- 
 
 1.5 God, in the four and twentieth day of 
 the month, in the sixth month, in the 
 second year of Darius the king. 
 
 2 In the seventh month, in the one and 
 t\ventieth day of the month, came the 
 word of the Lord by Haggai the jiro- 
 
 2 phet, saying, Speak now to Zerubbabel 
 the son of Shealtiel, governor of Judah, 
 and to Joshua the son of Jehozadak, 
 the high priest, and to the remnant of 
 
 3 the people, saj'ing. Who is left among 
 you that saw this house in its former 
 glory? and how do ye see it now? is it 
 
 4 not in your eyes as nothing ? Yet now be 
 strong, O Zerubbabel, saith the Lord ; 
 and be strong, Joshua, son of Jeho- 
 zadak, the high priest ; and be strong, 
 all ye peojile of the land, saith the 
 Lord, and work : for I am with you, 
 
 5 saith the Lord of hosts, '^according to 
 the word that I covenanted -with you 
 when ye came out of Egypt, and my 
 sjiu-it 2abode 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 
 
 7 the sea, and the dry land ; and I will 
 shake all nations, and ^the desirable 
 things of all nations shall come, and I 
 wiU iiLL this house with glory, saith the 
 
 8 Lord of hosts. The silver is mine, and 
 the gold is mine, saith the Lord of 
 
 9 hosts. The latter glory of this house 
 shall be greater than the former, saith 
 the Lord of hosts : and in this place wiU 
 I give i^eace, 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 
 
 11 by Haggai the prophet, saying. Thus 
 saith the Lord of hosts : Ask now the 
 
 12i>riests concerning the law, saying. If 
 one bear holy flesh in the sku-t of his 
 
 garment, and with his skirt do touch 
 bread, or i^ottage, or wine, or oil, or 
 any meat, shall it become holy? And 
 the priests answered and said. No. 
 
 13 Then said Haggai, If one that is mi- 
 clean 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 
 
 15 which they offer there is unclean. And 
 now, I pray you, consider from this 
 day and upward, from before a stone 
 was laid upon a stone in the temple 
 
 16 of the Lord: * through all that time, 
 when one came to an heap of twenty 
 measures, there were but ten ; when 
 one came to the winefat for to draw 
 out fifty vessels, there were but twenty. 
 
 171 smote you with blasting and with 
 mildew and with hail in all the work 
 of your hands; yet ye turned not to 
 
 18 me, saith the Lord. Consider, I pray 
 you, from this day and upward, from 
 the four and twentieth day of the ninth 
 month, since the day that the founda- 
 tion of the Lord's temple was laid, con- 
 
 19 sider it. Is the seed yet in the barn ? 
 yea, the vine, and the fig tree, and the 
 pomegi'anate, and the olive tree hath 
 not brought forth ; from this day will 
 I bless you. 
 
 20 And the word of the Lord came the 
 second time unto Haggai in the foui' 
 and twentieth day of the month, say- 
 
 21ing, Speak to Zerubbabel, governor 
 of Judah, saying, I wUl shake the 
 
 22 heavens and the earth : and I wiU 
 overthrow the throne of kingdoms, 
 and I ■noil destroy the strength of 
 the kingdoms of the nations; and I 
 wiU overthrow the chariots, and those 
 that ride in them ; and the horses and 
 their riders shall come down, every 
 
 23 one by the sword of his brother. Li 
 that day, saith the Lord of hosts, wiU 
 I take thee, Zerubbabel, my serv- 
 ant, the son of Shealtiel, saith the 
 Lord, and wUl make thee as a signet : 
 for I have chosen thee, saith the Lord 
 of hosts. 
 
 ZECHARIAH. 
 
 1 In the eighth month, in the second 
 year of Darius, came the word of the 
 Lord unto Zechariah the son of Ber- 
 echiah, the son of Iddo, the prophet, 
 
 2 saying. The Lord hath been sore dis- 
 
 3 pleased with your fathers. Therefore 
 say thou unto them, Thus saith the 
 
 Lord of hosts : Hetm-n unto me, saith 
 the Lord of hosts, and I will return un- 
 4 to you, saith the Lord of hosts. Be ye 
 not as your fathers, imto whom the for- 
 mer prophets cried, saying. Thus saith 
 the Lord of hosts, Eeturn ye now 
 from yom- evil ways, and from your evU
 
 3. 5. 
 
 ZECHAllIAH. 
 
 671 
 
 lOr, 
 
 shady 
 place 
 
 2 Or, 
 helped 
 for evil. 
 
 3 Or, 
 
 shall yH 
 
 o'jcrjiow 
 
 with 
 
 jjrospeT' 
 
 ity 
 
 ICb. ii. 1 
 
 inHeb.] 
 
 doings' but they did not hear, nor 
 5 liearken unto me, saith the Loud. Your 
 fathers, wliere are they ? and the jiro- 
 ()])hets, do they hve for ever ? But my 
 ■\vords and my statutes, which I com- 
 luanded my servants tlie projjhets, 
 did they not overtake your fathers'? 
 and they tm-ned and said, Lilce as the 
 LoKD of hosts thought to do imto 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 
 Shebat, in the second year of Darius, 
 came the word of the Lord unto Ze- 
 chariah the son of Berechiah, the son 
 
 8 of Iddo, the prophet, saying, I saw in 
 the night, and behold a man riding 
 ui)on a red horse, and he stood among 
 the myrtle trees that were in the ^ bot- 
 tom ; and behmd him there were horses, 
 
 'Jred, sorrel, and white. 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 mjTtle 
 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, Lord of hosts, how long 
 wilt thou not have mercy on Jervisalem 
 and on the cities of Judah, against 
 which thou hast had indignation these 
 
 13 threescore and ten years? And the 
 Lord answered the angel that talked 
 with me with good words, even comfort- 
 
 14 able words. So the angel that talked 
 with me said unto me, Cry thou, say- 
 ing, Thus saith the Lord of hosts : I 
 am jealous for Jerusalem and for Zion 
 
 15 with a great jealousy. And I am very 
 sore disv)leased with the nations that 
 are at ease : for I was but a Uttle dis- 
 jileased, and they ^ helped forward the 
 
 16 affliction. 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 
 
 17 be stretched forth over Jerusalem. Cry 
 yet again, sajing, Thus saith the Lord 
 of hosts: My cities ^through jn'osper- 
 ity shall yet be spread abroad ; and the 
 Lord shall yet comfort Zion, and shall 
 yet choose Jerusalem. 
 
 18 And I lifted up mine eyes, and saw, 
 
 19 and behold four horns. AJnd 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 fom' smiths. 
 
 21 Then said I, What come these to do ? 
 
 And he spake, saying. These are the 
 horns which scattered Judah, bo that 
 no man did lilt up his head : Ijiit these 
 are come to fray them, to cast down 
 the horns of the nations, which lifted 
 up their horn against the laud of Judah 
 to scatter it. 
 
 2 And I lifted up mine eyes, and saw, 
 and behold a man witli a measurmg 
 
 '2 line in his hand. Then said I, Whither 
 goest thou? Aiid he said luito me, To 
 measure Jerusalem, to see what is the 
 breadth thereof, and what is the length 
 
 3 thereof. And, behold, the angel that 
 talked with me went forth, and another 
 
 4 angel went out tomeet him, and said mi- 
 toliim. Run, speak to this young man, 
 saying, Jerusalem shall •'beinhabited as 
 villages without walls, by reason of the 
 multitude of men and cattle therein. 
 
 5 For I, saith the Lord, wiU be unto her 
 a wall of tire round about, and I will be 
 
 (3 the glory in the midst of her. Ho, ho, 
 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 
 
 7 Lord. Ho Zion, escape, thou that 
 dwellest -nith the daughter of Babylon. 
 
 8 For thus saith the Lord of hosts : ^Af ter 
 glory hath he sent me unto the nations 
 which spoiled you : for he that toucheth 
 
 9 you toucheth the apple of his eye. For, 
 behold, I wiU shake mine hand over 
 them, and they shall be a spoil to those 
 that served ther>i : and ye shall know 
 that the Lord of hosts hath sent me. 
 
 10 Sing and rejoice, daughter of Zion : 
 for, lo, I come, and I will dwell in the 
 
 11 midst of thee, saith the Lord. And 
 many nations shaU join themselves to 
 the Lord in that day, and shall be my 
 people : and I will dweU in the midst of 
 thee, and thou shalt know that the Lord 
 
 12 of hosts hath sent me unto thee. Aiid 
 the Lord shall inherit Judah as his 
 portion in the holy land, and shall 
 
 13j'et choose Jerusalem. Be silent, aU 
 flesh, before the Lord : for he is waked 
 up out of his holy habitation. 
 
 3 And he shewed me Joshua the high 
 priest standing before the angel of the 
 Lord, and 6 Satan standing at his 
 
 2 right hand to be his adversary. And 
 the Lord said unto Satan, The Lord 
 rebuke thee, Satan ; j-ea, the Lord 
 that hath chosen Jerusalem rebuke 
 thee : is not this a brand plucked out 
 
 3 of the fii'e ? Now Joshua was clothed 
 with filthy garments, and stood be- 
 
 4 fore the angel. And he answered and 
 spake imto those that stood before 
 him, saying, Take the filthy garments 
 fi'om off him. And unto him he said, 
 Behold, I have caused thme iniquity 
 to pass from thee, and I will clothe 
 
 5 thee with rich apparel. And 'I said, Let 
 them set a fan- ** mitre upon his head. 
 So they set a fair ^niitre upon his 
 head, and clothed him with garments ; 
 
 [Cll.ii. 5 
 ill Heb.l 
 
 4 Or, 
 dweU 
 
 5 Or, 
 
 After the \ 
 <jlory, he 
 hath &c. 
 
 6 That is, 
 
 the Ad- 
 versary. 
 
 1 Accord- 
 ing to 
 some 
 ancient 
 author- 
 ities, he 
 S'ttd, 
 8 Or, 
 turban 
 Or, 
 diadem
 
 672 
 
 ZECHARIAH. 
 
 3. 5. 
 
 lOr, 
 
 places to 
 walk 
 
 2 Or, 
 
 w(mdcr 
 
 3 Or, 
 
 lihoot 
 
 Or. 
 
 Sprmit 
 
 iThe 
 
 Sept 
 
 and 
 
 Vulgate 
 
 have, 
 
 and 
 
 seven 
 
 pipes 
 
 to the 
 
 lamps. 
 
 5 Or, 
 
 an army 
 
 6 Or, 
 
 which hy 
 means ^ 
 the two 
 golden 
 spinas 
 einpty 
 1 Hcb. 
 the gold. 
 
 and the angel of tlie Lokd stood bj'. 
 
 6 And the angel of the Lord protested 
 
 7 unto Joshua, saying, Thus saith the 
 Lord of hosts : If thou wilt walk in 
 my ways, and if thou wilt keej) my 
 charge, then thou also shalt judge my 
 house, and shalt also keep my courts, 
 and I wiU give thee ^a place of access 
 
 8 among these that stand by. Hear now. 
 
 Joshua the high priest, thou and thy 
 fellows that sit before thee ; for the5' 
 are men which are a ^sign: for, behold, 
 
 1 will bring forth my servant the 
 
 9 8 Branch. For behold, the stone that 
 I have set before Joshua ; upon one 
 stone are seven eyes : behold, I will 
 engrave the graving thereof, saith the 
 Lord of hosts, and I will remove the 
 
 10 iniquity of that land in one day. In 
 that day, saith the Lord of hosts, shall 
 ye call everj' man his neighbour under 
 the vine and under the fig tree. 
 
 4 Ajid the angel that talked with me 
 came again, and waked me, as a man 
 
 2 that is wakened out of his sleep. And 
 he said unto me, What seest thou? 
 And I said, I have seen, and behold, a 
 candlestick all of gold, with its bowl 
 uxjon the top of it, and its seven lamjis 
 thereon ; ^ there are seven pipes to each 
 of the lamps, which are upon the top 
 
 3 thereof : and two olive trees by it, one 
 upon the right side of the bowl, and the 
 
 4 other ujion the left side thereof. And I 
 answered and spake to the angel that 
 talked with me, saying. What are these, 
 
 5 my lord ? Then the angel that talked 
 with me answered and said unto me, 
 liuowest thou not what these be ? And 
 
 6 1 said, No, my loi'd. Then he answered 
 and spake unto me, saying. This is the 
 word of the Lord unto Zerubbabel, 
 saying, Not by ''might, nor by jiower, 
 but by my spirit, saith the Lord of 
 
 7 hosts. Who art thou, O gi-eat mount- 
 ain? before Zerubbabel fhou shalt be- 
 come a plain : and he shall bring forth 
 the head stone with shoutings of Grace. 
 
 8 grace, unto it. Moreover the word of the 
 
 9 Lord came mito me, saying. The hands 
 of Zerul)babel have laid the founda- 
 tion of this house ; his hands shall also 
 finish it ; and thou shalt know that 
 the Lord of hosts hath sent me unto 
 
 10 you. For who hath despised the day 
 of small things ? for they shall rejoice, 
 and shall see the plummet in the hand 
 of Zerubbabel, even these seven, vliicli 
 are the eyes of the Lord ; they run to 
 
 11 and fro through the whole earth. Then 
 answered I, and said unto him, What 
 are these two olive trees ujion the 
 right side of the candlestick and upon 
 
 12 the left side thereof ? And I answered 
 the second time, and said unto him, 
 What be these two olive branches, 
 s which are beside the two golden 
 s]iouts, that empty 'the golden oil out 
 
 13 of themselves ? And he answered me 
 
 and said, Knowest thou not what these 
 14 be? And I said. No, my lord. Then 
 said he. These are the two sons of oil, 
 that stand by the Lord of the whole 
 earth. 
 
 5 Then again I lifted up mine eyes, and 
 
 2 saw, and behold, a flying roll. And he 
 said unto me, Wliat seest thou ? And 
 I answered, I see a flying roll ; the 
 length thereof is twenty cubits, and 
 
 3 the breadth thereof ten cubits. Then 
 said he imto me, This is the curse 
 that goeth forth over the face of the 
 whole land: for every one that steal- 
 eth shall be i^urged out ^'on the one 
 side according to it ; and every one 
 that sweareth shall be purged out 8 on 
 
 4 the other side according to it. I wiU 
 cause it to go forth, saith the Lord of 
 hosts, and it shall enter into the house 
 of the thief, and into the house of him 
 that sweareth falsely by my name : and 
 it shall abide in the midst of his house, 
 and shall consume it with the timber 
 thereof and the stones thereof. 
 
 5 Then the angel that talked with me 
 went forth, and said unto me, Lift up 
 now thine eyes, and see what is this that 
 
 6 goeth forth. And I said. What is it? And 
 he said. This is the ephah that goeth 
 forth. ]3e said moreover. This is their 
 
 7 -'resemblance in all the land : (and be- 
 hold, there was lifted up a 1° talent of 
 lead:) and this is a woman sitting in 
 
 8 the midst of the ephah. And he said, 
 This is Wickedness ; and he cast her 
 down into the midst of the ephah : and 
 he cast the weight of lead upon the 
 
 9 mouth thereof. Then lifted I up mine 
 eyes, and saw, and behold, there came 
 forth two women, and the wind was in 
 their wings ; now they had wings like 
 the brings of a stork : and they lifted 
 up the ephah between the earth and 
 
 10 the heaven. Then said I to the angel 
 that talked with me, "^Miither do these 
 
 11 liear the ephah ? And he said unto me, 
 To build her an house m the land of 
 Shinar : and when it is n prepared, she 
 shall be set there 12 in her own i>lace. 
 
 6 And agam I lifted up mme eyes, and 
 saw, and behold, there came fom- 
 chariots out from between i-'^two mount- 
 ains ; and the mountains were momit- 
 
 2ains of brass. In the first chariot 
 were red horses; and in the second 
 
 3 chariot black horses ; and in the third 
 chariot white horses ; and in the fourth 
 
 4 chariot grisled i^bay horses. Then I 
 answered and said vnito the angel that 
 talked with me. What are these, nij^ 
 
 5 lord? And the angel answered and said 
 unto me, These are the four is winds of 
 heaven, which go forth from i'"'standing 
 
 6 before the Lord of all the earth. The 
 chariot wherein are the black horses go- 
 eth forth toward the north comitry; and 
 the white went forth after them ; and 
 the grisled wentforth toward the south
 
 8. 12. 
 
 ZECHARIAH. 
 
 673 
 
 lOr, 
 
 strong 
 
 The 
 
 Syriac 
 
 :ind 
 
 Aquila 
 
 liave, 
 
 red. 
 
 2 Or, a 
 
 crown, 
 antC set it 
 
 3 Or, 
 whose 
 yianie Is 
 the BuaI; 
 and it 
 (or they) 
 shall bud 
 forth 
 
 under 
 him 
 
 4 Or, 
 ,'Sioot 
 Or, 
 
 Sprout 
 6 Or, 
 shoot 
 
 GOr, 
 there 
 shall be 
 'Or, 
 crown 
 
 8 Or, 
 for the 
 kindness 
 of the 
 soti ic. 
 
 9 Or, 
 
 A'ow they 
 ot Beth- 
 el, even 
 Sharezer 
 ..had 
 sent 
 
 w Or, arc 
 not ye 
 they that 
 eat &c. 
 
 7 country. Aiid the Hmy went forth, and 
 sought to go tliafc they might walk to 
 and fro through the earth : and he said, 
 (tet you hence, walk to and fro thrbugh 
 the earth. So they walked to and fro 
 
 S through the earth. Then cried he upon 
 me, and spake unto me, saying. Behold, 
 they that go toward the north country 
 have quieted my spirit iu the north 
 coimtry. 
 
 9 And the word of the Lord came unto 
 
 10 me, saying. Take of them of the capt- 
 ivity, even of Heldai, of Tobijah, and 
 of Jedaiah; and come thou the same 
 day, and go into the house of Josiah the 
 son of Zephaniah, whither they are 
 
 11 come from Babylon ; yea, take of them 
 silver and gold, and make ^ crowns, and 
 set them upon the head of Joshua the 
 
 12 son of Jehozadak, the high priest ; and 
 speak unto him, saying, Thus speaketh 
 the Lord of hosts, saying. Behold, the 
 man s whose name is the '^ Branch ; and 
 he shall ^grow up out of his place, and 
 he shall build the temple of the Lord : 
 
 13 even he shall build the temple of the 
 Lord ; and he shall bear the glory, and 
 shall sit and rule upon his tlu'one ; and 
 •5 he shaU be a priest upon his thi'oue: 
 and the counsel of peace shall be be- 
 
 14 1 ween them both. And the ^ crowns 
 shall be to Helem, and to Tobijah, 
 and to Jedaiah, and ''to Hen the son 
 of Zephaniah, for a memorial iu the 
 
 15 temple of the Lord. And they that 
 are far off shall come and build in the 
 temple of the Lord, and ye shall know 
 that the Lord of hosts hath sent me 
 unto you. And this shall come to pass, 
 if ye will diligently obey the voice of 
 the Lord yom* God. 
 
 7 And it came to pass in the fourth 
 
 j-ear of king Darius, that the word of 
 
 the Lord came unto Zechariah iu the 
 
 fom'th day of the ninth month, even in 
 
 2 Chislev. " Now they o/Beth-elhad sent 
 
 Sharezer and Eegem-melech, and their 
 
 men, to uitreat the favour of the Lord, 
 
 ?>and to sjieak unto the priests of the 
 
 house of the Lord of hosts, and to the 
 
 prophets, saying. Should I weep in the 
 
 fifth month, sei^arating myself, as I 
 
 •1 have done these so many years ? Then 
 
 came the word of the Lord of hosts mi- 
 
 5 to me, saying. Speak unto all the people 
 of the land, and to the priests, sayuig, 
 When ye fasted and mom-ned in the fifth 
 and in the seventh month, even these 
 seventy years, did ye at all fast mi to me, 
 
 6 even to me ? And when ye eat, and when 
 ye drink, lOdo not ye eat for yom-selves, 
 
 7 and drink for yom'selves? tS'houId ye not 
 hear the words which the Lord hath 
 cried by the former proi)hets, when Je- 
 rusalem was inhabited and in prosper- 
 ity, and the cities thereof round about 
 her, and the South and the lowland 
 were inhabited ? 
 
 8 And the word of the Lokd came 
 
 Dunto Zechariah, saying. Thus halh 
 the Lord of hosta spoken, saying, 
 Execute true judgement, and shew 
 mercy and compassion every man to 
 10 his brother: and oppress not the wid- 
 ow, nor the fatherless, the stranger, 
 nor the i)oor; and let none of you 
 unagme evil agamst his brother in your 
 
 11 heart. But they refused to hearken, 
 and 11 pulled away the shoulder, and 
 i^stojiped theh" ears, that they should 
 
 12 not hear. Yea, they made their hearts 
 as an adamant stone, lest they should 
 hear the law, and the words which the 
 Lord of hosts had sent by his spirit 
 by the hand of the former prophets: 
 therefore came there gi'eat wrath from 
 
 13 the Lord of hosts. And it came to 
 jiass that, as he cried, and they would 
 not hear ; so they shall cry, and I will 
 
 14 not hear, said the Loud of hosts; but 
 I will scatter them with a whu-Iwind 
 among all the nations whom they have 
 not known. Thus the land was desol- 
 ate after them, that no man passed 
 thi-ough nor returned: for they laid 
 the 13 pleasant land desolate. 
 
 8 And the word of the Lord of hosts 
 
 2 came to me, saying. Thus saitli the Lord 
 of hosts: I am jealous for Zion with 
 great jealousy, and I am jealous for her 
 
 3 with great f m-y. Thus saith the Lord : 
 I am returned imto Zion, and will dwell 
 in the midst of Jerusalem: and Jeru- 
 salem shall be called The city of truth ; 
 and the moiuitain of the Lord of hosts 
 
 4 The holy mountain. Thus saith the 
 Lord of hosts : There shall yet old men 
 and old women indwell in the streets of 
 Jerusalem, every man with his staff in 
 
 5 his hand i^ for very age. And the streets 
 of the city shall be full of boys and gu-ls 
 
 6 playing in the streets thereof. Thus 
 saith the Lord of hosts : If it be marvel- 
 lous in the eyes of the remnant of this 
 people in those days, should it also 
 be marvellous in mine eyes ? saith the 
 
 7 Lord of hosts. Thus saith the Lord of 
 hosts : Behold, I wiU save my people 
 from the east country, and from the 
 
 8 west country : and I wUl bring them, 
 and they shall dwell in the midst of 
 Jerusalem ; and they shall be my people, 
 and I will be then- God, in truth and iu 
 
 9 righteousness. Thus saith the Lord of 
 hosts : Let yom- hands be strong, ye that 
 hear in these days these words from the 
 mouth of the prophets, which were in 
 the day that the foundation of the house 
 of the Lord of hosts was laid, even the 
 
 10 temple, that it might be built. For be- 
 fore those days there was no hire for 
 man, nor any hire for beast ; neither was 
 there any peace to him that went out or 
 came in because of the adversary : for 
 I set all men every one against his neigh- 
 
 11 hour. But now I wiU not be unto the 
 remnant of this people as ui the former 
 
 12 days, saith the Lord of hosts. For there 
 
 1 1 Or, 
 turned (t 
 Htubborti 
 shoulder 
 
 12 Or, 
 made 
 their 
 ears 
 heavy 
 See Is. vi. 
 10. 
 
 13 Heb. 
 I'lnd of 
 desire. 
 
 liOr, «f 
 
 15 Heb. 
 for 
 multi- 
 tude 
 of dfif/s.
 
 674 
 
 ZECHARIAH. 
 
 8. 12. 
 
 htdge 
 truth 
 anil th'' 
 jvdge- 
 iitent of 
 peace. 
 
 2 Or. 
 great 
 
 3 Or, 
 m-acle 
 
 4 Or, the 
 
 hath an 
 •.'y ii}ioii 
 '"en and 
 irpon all 
 thp trihe.t 
 of Israel 
 '■ Or, 
 thinigh 
 
 •> Or, thr 
 sea. which 
 in her 
 rampart 
 Or, her 
 rampart 
 into the 
 .tea 
 
 shall be the seed of jieace ; the vine shall 
 give her fruit, and the gi-oimd shall 
 give her increase, and the heavens shall 
 give their dew; and I will cause the 
 remnant of this people to inherit all 
 
 13 these things. And it shall come to pass 
 that, as ye were a curse among the na- 
 tions, house of Judah and house of 
 Israel, so wUl I save you, and ye shall 
 be a blessuig: fear not, but let your 
 
 14 hands be strong. For thus saith the 
 Lord of hosts : As I thought to do evil 
 unto you, when your fathers i^rovoked 
 me to vvTath, saith the Lord of hosts, 
 
 15 and I repented not; so again have I 
 thought in these days to do good unto 
 Jerusalem and to the house of Judah : 
 
 16 fear ye not. These are the things that 
 ye shall do ; Speak ye every man the 
 truth ■with his neighbour ; ^ execute the 
 judgement of truth and peace in your 
 
 17 gates : and let none of you imagine evil 
 in your lieai'ts against his neighbour; 
 and love no false oath : for all these are 
 things that I hate, saith the Lord. 
 
 18 And the word of the Lord of hosts 
 
 19 came unto me, saying, Thus saith the 
 Lord of hosts : The fast of the fourth 
 month, and the fast of the fifth, and the 
 fast of the seventh, and the fast of the 
 tenth, shall be to the house of Judah 
 joy and gladness, and cheerful feasts ; 
 
 20 therefore love truth and iieace. Thus 
 saith the Lord of hosts : /< sh all yet come 
 to -pass, that there shall come iieoples, 
 and the uihabitants of ^many cities: 
 
 21 and the inhabitants of one citi/ shall go 
 to another, saying, Let us go speedUy 
 to intreat the favour of the Lord, and 
 to seek the Lord of hosts : I "nill go also. 
 
 22 Yea, many j>eoples and strong nations 
 shall come to seek the Lord of hosts 
 in Jerusalem, and to intreat the favour- 
 
 23 of the Lord. Thus saith the Lord of 
 hostsiJnthosedajsit shall come tojiass, 
 that ten men shall take hold, out of all 
 the languages of the nations, shall even 
 take hold of the sku"t of him that is a 
 Jew, saj-ing, We will go with you, for 
 we have heard that God is with you. 
 
 9 The 3 burden of the word of the Lord 
 upon the land of Hadrach, and Da- 
 mascus shall be its resting place: for 
 *the eye of man and of all the tribes 
 
 2 of Israel is toward the Lord : and Ka- 
 ma th also which bordereth thereon: 
 Tyre and Zidon, ^ because she is very 
 
 3 wise. And Tyre did build herself a 
 strong hold, and heaped up silver as the 
 dust, and fine gold as the mu'e of the 
 
 4 streets. Behold, the Lord will dispos- 
 sess her, and he will smite •'her j)ower in 
 the sea ; and she shall be devoured with 
 
 5 fire. Ashkelon shall see it, and fear ; 
 Gaza also, and shall be sore pained ; and 
 Ekron, for her expectation shall be 
 ashamed: and the king shallperishfrom 
 Gaza, and Ashkelon shall not he inhab- 
 
 6ited. And ^a bastard shall ^dwell ui 
 Ashdod, and I wUl cut off the pride of 
 
 7 the Philisttnes. And I will take away 
 his blood out of his mouth, and his 
 abominations from between his teeth ; 
 and he also shall be a remnant for our 
 God : and he shall be as a chieftain 
 in Judah, and Ekron as a Jebusite. 
 
 8 And I wUl encamp about mine house 
 'J against the army, that none pass 
 through or return : and no 1° oppressor 
 shall pass through them any more: 
 for now have I seen with mine eyes. 
 
 9 Rejoice gi-eatly, O daughter of Zion ; 
 shout, O daughter of Jerusalem : be- 
 hold, thy king cometh unto thee : 
 he is just, and ^having i^galvation; 
 lowly, and riding upon an ass, even 
 
 10 upon a colt the foal of an ass. And I 
 will cut off the chariot from Ephraim, 
 and the horse from Jerusalem, and the 
 battle bow shall be cut off; and he 
 shall sjieak peace unto the nations: 
 and his dominion shall be from sea to 
 sea, and from ^3 the River to the ends 
 
 11 of the earth. As for thee also, because 
 of the blood of thy covenant I have 
 sent forth thy lu-isoners out of the pit 
 
 12 wherem is no water, i^ Tm-n you to the 
 strong hold, ye prisoners of hope : even 
 to-day do I declare that I will render 
 
 13 double unto thee. For I have bent 
 Judah for me, I have filled the bow 
 with Ephraim ; and I wUl stir up thy 
 sous, O Zion, against thy sons, 
 15 Greece, and wUl make thee as the 
 
 14 sword of a mighty man. And the Lord 
 shall be seen over them, and his arrow 
 shall go forth as the lightning : and the 
 Lord GoD shall blow the trimipet, and 
 shall go with whirlwinds of the south. 
 
 15 The Lord of hosts shall defend them ; 
 and they shall devour, and shall tread 
 down the sling stones ; and they shall 
 drink, and make a noise as through 
 ■wine : and they shall be fiUed like bowls, 
 
 16 like the corners of the altar. And the 
 Lord their God shall save them in that 
 day as the flock of his people : for they 
 shall be as the stones of a crown, is lifted 
 
 17 on high over his land. For how great is 
 I'his I'^goodness, and how great is I'his 
 beauty! corn shall make the young men 
 flourish, and new wine the maids. 
 
 10 Ask ye of the Lord ram in the time 
 of the latter rain, even of the Lord that 
 maketh lightnings; and he shall give 
 them showers of rain, to every one 
 
 2 grass in the field. For the teraphim 
 have sjioken vanity, and the di-viners 
 have seen a lie ; and i^ they have told 
 false di'eams, they comfort in vain: 
 therefore they go then* way like sheep, 
 they are afflicted, because there is no 
 
 3 shepherd. Mine anger is kindled a- 
 gainst the shepherds, and I will punish 
 the he-goats : for the Lord of hosts 
 hath visited his flock the house of Ju- 
 dah, and shall make them as his goodly
 
 12. 6. 
 
 ZECHARIAH. 
 
 675 
 
 'Or. 
 
 ruhr 
 
 iOr, 
 cuuuse 
 thetn to 
 dwvll 
 
 3 Or. 
 And 
 tho»{rh I 
 S(nc them 
 . . . the!/ 
 shall re- 
 member 
 
 « Or, lite 
 sea of 
 waves 
 
 sor, 
 glorious 
 eor, 
 defenced 
 
 7 Or. 
 
 buyers 
 
 8 Or. 
 
 their 
 
 shepherd 
 
 piticth 
 
 9 Or. 
 the most 
 ■miser- 
 able of 
 sheep 
 
 10 Or. 
 Gra- 
 ciousness 
 
 "Or, 
 Binders 
 Or, 
 Union 
 
 4 horse in the battle. From him shall 
 come forth tlic corner stone, from liim 
 the nail, from him the hatllo bow, from 
 
 5 liim every i exactor togetlior. And they 
 shall be as miglity men, treailiny down 
 their eneiniea in the mire of the streets 
 in the battle; and tliey shall light, be- 
 cause the LoKD is with them : and the 
 riders on horses sliall lie confounded. 
 
 6 And I will strengthen tlie house of Ju- 
 dah, and I will save the house of Josei)h, 
 and 1 will -bring them again, for I have 
 mercy upon them ; and they shall be as 
 though I had not cast them off : for I 
 am the Lord their God, and I will hear 
 
 7 them. And they of Ephraim shall be 
 like a mighty man, and then- heart shall 
 rejoice as through wine : yea, their 
 children shall see it, and rejoice; their 
 
 8 heart shall be glad in the Lord. I will 
 hiss for them, and gather them ; for I 
 have redeemed them : and they shall 
 
 9 increase as they have increased. ^ And 
 I wiU sow them among the peoples ; 
 and they shall remember me in far 
 coiuitries: and they shall live M'itli 
 
 10 their children, and shall return. I will 
 brmg them again also out of the land 
 of Egyjjt, and gather them out of As- 
 syria ; and I will bring them into the 
 land of Gilead and Lebanon ; and place 
 
 11 shall not be found for them. And he 
 shall ijass through the sea of affliction, 
 and shall smite ^the waves in the 
 sea, and all the depths of the Nile 
 shall dry uj) : and the pride of Assyi'ia 
 shall be brought down, and the sceptre 
 
 12 of Egypt shall depart away. And I will 
 strengthen them in the Loed; and they 
 shall walk up and down in his name, 
 saith the Lord. 
 
 11 Open thy doors, Lebanon, that the 
 
 2 fire may devour thy cedars. Howl, fir 
 tree, for the cedar is f aUen, because the 
 6 goodly ones are spoiled : howl, O ye 
 oaks of Bashan, for the ^ strong forest 
 
 3 is come down. A voice of the howling 
 of the shepherds! for their glory is 
 spoiled : a voice of the roaring of young 
 lions ! for the pride of Jordan is spoiled. 
 
 4 Thus said the Lord my God : Feed the 
 5 flock of slaughter; whose 'possessors 
 
 slay them, and hold themselves not 
 guilty; and they that sell them say, 
 Blessed be the Lord, for I am rich : and 
 8 their own shepherds j)ity them not. 
 
 6 For I will no more pity the inhabitants 
 of the land, saith the Lord : but, lo, I 
 will deliver the men every one into his 
 neighbom-'s hand, and into the hand of 
 Ms king: and they shaU smite the land, 
 and out of their hand I will not deliver 
 
 7 them. So I fed the flock of slaughter, 
 verily ^the poor of the flock. And 
 I took unto me two staves ; the one I 
 called 10 Beauty, and the other I called 
 
 8 11 Bands; and I fed the flock. And 
 I cut oil the three shepherds in one 
 month ; for my soul was weary of 
 
 them, and their soul also loathed me. 
 9 Tlien said I, I will not feed you : 
 that that dieth, let it di(! ; and I'-that 
 that is to be cut off, let it be cut 
 oif ; and let them wliich are left eat 
 
 10 every one the liesli of another. And I 
 took my staff Beauty, and cut it a- 
 sunder, that I might lireak my covenant 
 which I bad made with all tlie peoples. 
 
 11 And it was broken in that day : and 
 i-Hhus ''the jjoor of the flock that gave 
 heed unto me knew that it was the 
 
 12 word of the Lord. And I said unto 
 them, If ye think good, give me my 
 hire; and if not, forbear. So they 
 weighed for my hire thirty pieces of 
 
 13 silver. And the Lord said unto me, 
 Cast it i^unto the potter, the goodly 
 price that I was prised at of them. 
 And I took the thirty pieces of silver, 
 and cast them I'^mito the potter, in 
 
 14 the house of the Lord. Then I cut 
 asunder mine other staff, even Bands, 
 that I might break the brotherhood 
 between Judali and Israel. 
 
 15 And the Lord said unto me, Take 
 unto thee yet again the instruments of 
 
 16 a f oohsh shepherd. For, lo, I will raise 
 up a shepherd in the land, which shall 
 not i^visit those that be I'^cut off, nei- 
 ther shall seek I'those that be scattered, 
 nor heal that that is broken ; neither 
 shall he feed that which i«is sound, but 
 he shall eat the flesh of the fat, and 
 
 17 shall tear their hoofs in pieces. Woe 
 to the worthless shepherd that leaveth 
 the flock ! the sword shall be upon his 
 arm, and uj^on his right eye : his arm 
 shall be clean dried up, and his right 
 eye shall be utterly darkened. 
 
 12 The 13 burden of the word of the Lord 
 concerning Israel. 
 
 Thus saith the Lord, which stretch- 
 eth forth the heavens, and layeth the 
 foundation of the earth, and formeth 
 
 2 the spirit of man within him : Behold, 
 I will make Jerusalem a cup of reeling 
 unto all the peoples romid about, and 
 20 upon Judah also 21 shall it be in the 
 
 3 siege against Jerusalem. Aiid it shall 
 come to pass in that day, that I will 
 make Jerusalem a burdensome stone 
 for all the peoples; all that burden 
 themselves with it shall be sore wound- 
 ed ; and aU the nations of the earth 
 shall be gathered together against it. 
 
 4 In that day, saith the Lord, I wiU 
 smite every horse with astonishment, 
 and his rider with madness : and I ■\viU 
 open mine eyes upon the house of 
 Judah, and will smite every horse of 
 
 5 the peoples with blindness. And the 
 chieftains of Judah shall say in their 
 heart. The inhabitants of Jerusalem 
 are my strength in the Lord of hosts 
 
 6 their God. In that day will I make the 
 chieftains of Judah like a pan of fire 
 among wood, and like a torch of fire 
 
 12 Or, 
 that that 
 is lost, 
 Ift it be 
 tost 
 
 13 Or, the 
 poor of 
 the Jlock 
 . . . knew 
 of a 
 truth 
 
 11 The 
 Syriac 
 reads, 
 into the 
 trea- 
 sury. 
 
 15 Or, 
 miss 
 
 16 Or, lost 
 
 17 Or, the 
 young 
 
 18 Heb. 
 stand- 
 eth. 
 
 19 Or, 
 
 oracle 
 
 20 Or. 
 against 
 
 21 Or, 
 shall it 
 fall to be 
 
 22-2
 
 676 
 
 ZECHARIAH. 
 
 12. 6. 
 
 'Or, 
 
 that 
 
 stumr 
 
 bleth 
 
 2 Ac- 
 cording 
 to some 
 MSS., 
 him. 
 
 3Heb. 
 1 lands. 
 
 «0r, 
 
 lovcn 
 
 among sheaves ; and they shall devour 
 all the peoples round about, on the right 
 hand and on the left : and Jerusalem 
 shall yet again dwell in her own place, 
 
 7 even in Jerusalem. The Lord also shall 
 save the tents of Judah first, that the 
 glory of the house of David and the 
 glory of the inliabitants of Jerusalem 
 
 8 1'.e not magnified above Judah. In that 
 day shall the Lord defend the inhabit- 
 ants of Jerusalem ; and he i 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 
 
 9 before them. And it shall come to pass 
 in that day, that I will seek to destroy 
 all the nations that come against Jeru- 
 
 10 s.alem. And I will pour upon the house 
 of David, and upon the inhabitants of 
 Jerusalem, the spirit of grace and of 
 supplication ; and they shall look unto 
 2 me whom they have pierced : and they 
 shall mourn for him, as one mom-ueth 
 for his only son, and shall be in bitter- 
 ness for hun, as one that is in bitterness 
 
 11 for his firstborn. In that day shall there 
 be a great mourning in Jerusalem, as 
 the mourning of Hadadrimmou in the 
 
 12 valley of Megiddon. And the land shall 
 mourn, every family apart ; the family 
 of the house of David apart, and their 
 wives apart ; the family of the house of 
 Nathan apart, and theii* wives apart ; 
 
 13 the family of the house of Levi apart, 
 and their wives apart ; the family of the 
 Shimeites apart, and their wives apart ; 
 
 14 all the families that remain, every 
 family apart, and their wives apart. 
 
 13 In that day there shall be a fountain 
 opened to the house of David and 
 to the inliabitants of Jerusalem, for 
 
 2 sin and for uncleanness. And it shall 
 come to pass in that day, saith the 
 Lord of hosts, that I will cut oif 
 the names of the idols out of the land, 
 and they shall no more be remem- 
 bered : and also I will cause the pro- 
 phets and the unclean spirit to pass 
 
 3 out of the land. And it shall come to 
 pass that, when any shall yet proiDhesy, 
 then his father and his mother that 
 begat him shall say mito him, Thou 
 shalt not live ; for thou speakest lies 
 m the name of the Lord : and his 
 father and his mother that begat him 
 shall thrust him through whenhepro- 
 
 4 phesieth. And it shall come to pass in 
 that day, that the prophets shall be 
 ashamed every one of his vision, when 
 he prophesieth ; neither shall they wear 
 
 5 a hau-y mantle to deceive : but he shall 
 say, I am no prophet, I am a tiller of 
 the gi'ound ; for I have been made a 
 
 6 bondman from my youth. And one shall 
 say unto him. What are these wounds 
 between thine ^arms? Then he shall 
 answer. Those with which I was 
 wounded in the house of my ^friends. 
 
 7 Awake, sword, against my shep- 
 
 herd, 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 
 
 8 hand upon the little ones. And it 
 shall come to pass, that in all the 
 land, saith the Lord, two parts there- 
 in shall be cut off and die; but the 
 
 9 third shall be left therein. And I 
 wiU brmg 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 wiU say, It is my 
 peoi)le ; and they shall say. The Lord 
 is my God. 
 
 14 Behold, a day of the Lord cometh, 
 when thy spoil shall be divided in the 
 
 2 midst of thee. For I will gather all 
 nations against Jerusalem to battle; 
 and the city shall be taken, and the 
 houses 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 
 
 4 he fought in the day of battle. Ajid his 
 feet shall stand in that day U25on the 
 mount of Olives, which is before Jeru- 
 salem on the east, and the momit of 
 Olives shall cleave in the midst there- 
 of toward the east and toward the 
 west, and there shall he a very great 
 valley; and half of the mountain shall 
 remove toward the north, and half of 
 
 5 it toward the south. And ^ye shall 
 flee "by the valley of ^my mountains ; 
 for the valley of the mountains shall 
 reach mito Azel : yea, ye shall flee, 
 like as ye fled from before the earth- 
 quake in the days of Uzziah king of 
 Judah: and the Lord my God shall 
 come, and all the holy ones with thee. 
 
 6 And it shall come to pass in that day, 
 that 8 the hght shall not be 9 with 
 
 7 brightness and with gloom: but it 
 shall be one day which is kuo^^l unto 
 the Lord ; not day, and not night : 
 but it shall come to pass, that at 
 
 8 evening time there shall be light. And 
 it shall come to pass in that day, that 
 living waters shall go out from Jeru- 
 salem ; half of them toward the east- 
 em sea, and half of them toward the 
 western sea : in suntmer and in winter 
 
 9 shall it be. And the Lord shall be 
 king over aU the earth: in that day 
 shall the Lord be one, and his name 
 
 10 one. All the land shall be tm-ned as 
 the Ai-abah, from Geba to Eimmon 
 south of Jerusalem ; and she shall be 
 lifted up, and shall dwell in her place, 
 from Benjamm's gate unto the place 
 of the first gate, unto the corner 
 gate, and from the tower of Hananel 
 
 11 unto the king's winepresses. And men 
 shall dwell therein, and there shall 
 be no more i^curse; but Jerusalem
 
 1. u. 
 
 MALAOHI. 
 
 677 
 
 lOr, 
 
 discom- 
 
 fitura 
 
 •2 Or, at 
 
 lOr. 
 Oracle 
 
 2 Or. my 
 messtin- 
 gcr 
 
 3 Or, Is 
 
 not Esau 
 ...I yi-t 
 I ha ve 
 loved S-c. 
 
 4 Or, 
 
 Though 
 
 Edoyii 
 
 say 
 
 5 Or, as 
 other- 
 wise 
 read, 
 iriti>uvcr- 
 ished 
 
 6 Or, is 
 
 great 
 
 "Or. 
 
 ovur 
 
 12 shall dwell safely. And this shall 
 be the plague wherewith the Lokd 
 will smite all the peoples that have 
 wan-ed against Jerusalem : their flesh 
 shall consiuno away while they stand 
 upon their feet, and their eyes shall 
 consume away in their sockets, and 
 their tongue shall consume away in 
 
 13 their mouth. And it shall come to 
 pass in that day, that a great i tiunult 
 from the LoiU) shall be among them ; 
 and they shall lay hold every one on 
 the hand of his neighbour, and his 
 hand shall rise up agahist the hand of 
 
 14 his neighbour. And Judah also shall 
 fight 2 against Jerusalem; and the 
 wealth of all the nations round about 
 shall be gathered together, gold, and 
 silver, and apparel, in great abund- 
 
 ISance. And so shall be the plague of 
 the horse, of the mule, of the camel, 
 and of the ass, and of all the beasts 
 that shall be in those camps, as this 
 
 16 plague. Arid it shall come to pass, 
 that every one that is left of all the 
 nations which came against Jerusalem 
 shall go up from year to year to 
 
 worship the Kuig, the Lord of hosts, 
 and to keep the feast of tabernacles. 
 
 17 And it shall be, that whoso of all the 
 families of the earth goeth not up 
 mito Jerusalem to worshij) the King, 
 the Loiii) of hosts, upon them there 
 
 18 shall be no rain. And if the family 
 of Egypt go not uy), and come not, 
 * neither shall it be upon them; there 
 shall be the plague, wherewith the 
 Loud wiU smite the nations that go 
 not up to keep the feast of taber- 
 
 19 nacles. This shall be the ^imnishment 
 of Egypt, and the * punishment of all 
 the nations that go not up to keep 
 
 20 the feast of tabernacles. La that day 
 shall there be upon the bells of the 
 horses, holy unto the lord ; and 
 the pots in the Lord's house shall 
 be like the bowls before the altar. 
 
 21 Yea, every pot in Jerusalem and in 
 Judah shall be holy unto the Lord of 
 hosts : and all they that sacrifice shaU 
 come and take of them, and seethe 
 therein: and in that day there shall 
 be no more a ^ Canaanite in the house 
 of the Lord of hosts. 
 
 MALACHI. 
 
 1 The 1 burden of the word of the Lord 
 to Israel by ^Malachi. 
 
 2 I have loved you, saith the Lord. Yet 
 ye say, Wherem hast thou loved us? 
 s Was not Esau Jacob's brother ? saith 
 
 3 the Lord : yet I loved Jacob ; but Esau 
 I hated, and made his mountains a 
 desolation, and gave his heritage to the 
 
 4 jackals of the wilderness. ^Whereas 
 Edom saith. We are ° beaten down, but 
 we will return and build the waste 
 places; thus saith the Lord of hosts. 
 They shall build, but I will thi-ow down: 
 and men shall call them The border of 
 wickedness, and The people agamst 
 whom the Lord hath indignation for 
 
 5 ever. And yom* eyes shall see, and ye 
 shall say. The Lord ^be magnified 
 ''beyond 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 j'e 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 when ye offer the blind for sacri- 
 fice, it is no evil ! and when ye offer 
 
 the lame and sick, it is no evil ! Present 
 it now unto thy governor ; will he be 
 pleased with thee? or will he accept 
 thy person? saith the Lord of hosts. 
 9 And now, I pray you, intreat the fa- 
 vour of God, that he may be gi-acious 
 unto us: this hath been 8 by yom- 
 means : wiU he ^ accept any of your per- 
 
 10 sons ? saith the Lord of hosts. Oh that 
 there were one among j'ou that would 
 shut the doors, that ye might not kin- 
 dle./ice on mine altar in vain! I have 
 no i>leasm'e in j'ou, saith the Lord of 
 hosts, neither will I accept an offermg 
 
 11 at yom- hand. For from the rising of 
 the sun even unto the going down of 
 the same my name I'^is great among the 
 Gentiles ; and in every place " incense 
 is offered unto my name, and a pure 
 offering : for my name i^is great among 
 the Gentiles, saith the Lord of hosts. 
 
 12 But ye profane it, in that ye say. The 
 table of the Lord is polluted, and the 
 fruit thereof, even his meat, is con- 
 
 13 temptible. Ye say also, Behold, what 
 a weariness is it ! and ye have snuffed 
 at it, saith the Lord of hosts ; and ye 
 have brought that which was taken by 
 violence, and the lame, and the sick; 
 thus ye bring the offeruig: should I 
 accept this of your hand? saith the 
 
 14 Lord. But cursed be the deceiver. 
 
 3 Or, 
 
 shall 
 there ttot 
 be upon 
 thrill the 
 pluf/ue 
 *.■. ; 
 The text 
 is pl'ob- 
 ahiy 
 corrupt. 
 The 
 Sept. 
 and .SjT. 
 have, 
 uptyii 
 them 
 shall be 
 the 
 
 plague 
 ic. 
 
 ^ Or, sill 
 
 5 Or, 
 
 tr<\ip.i^ 
 
 8Heb. 
 from 
 your 
 hand. 
 Or, ac- 
 cept any 
 because 
 of you, 
 
 10 Or, 
 shall be 
 "Or, 
 incense 
 and a 
 2 lure 
 oblation 
 arc 
 offered
 
 678 
 
 MALACHI. 
 
 1. 14. 
 
 1 Ac- 
 cordinf; 
 to some 
 ancient 
 versions, 
 your 
 arm. 
 
 2 Or, 
 feasta 
 
 3 Or, 
 unto 
 
 lOr, 
 
 sanc- 
 tuary 
 
 5 Or, a 
 gficond 
 time 
 
 'Or. 
 
 And not 
 one hath 
 done so 
 who had 
 a residue 
 of the 
 spirit. 
 Or what! 
 is there 
 one that 
 seeketh 
 a godly 
 seed I 
 
 which hath in his flock a male, and 
 voweth, and sacrificeth unto the Lord 
 a blemished thing : for I am a great 
 king, saith the Lord of hosts, and my 
 name is terrible among the Gentiles. 
 2 And now, ye priests, this com- 
 
 2 mandment is for you. 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, then will I send the 
 curse upon you, and I will curse your 
 blessings : yea, I have cursed them 
 akeady, because ye do not lay it to 
 
 3 heart. Behold, I will rebuke ithe 
 seed for your sake, and will sjn'ead 
 dung upon your faces, even the dung 
 of your 2 sacrifices; and ye shall be 
 
 4 taken away ^with it. And ye shaU 
 know that I have sent this command- 
 ment 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 bun that he 
 might fear, and he feared me, and stood 
 
 6 in awe of my name. The law of truth 
 was in his mouth, and unrighteousness 
 was not found in his lij^s : he walked 
 with me in jieace and uprightness, and 
 did turn many away from iniquity. 
 
 7 For the priest's lips should keep know- 
 ledge, and they should seek the law at 
 his mouth : for he is the messenger of 
 
 8 the Lord of hosts. But ye are turned 
 aside out of the way ; ye have caused 
 many to stmnble in the law ; ye have 
 corrupted the covenant of Levi, saith 
 
 9 the Lord of hosts. Therefore have I 
 also made you contemptible and base 
 before all the people, according as ye 
 have not kept my ways, but have had 
 respect of persons 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, prof anmg the covenant of our 
 
 11 fathers ? Judah hath dealt treacherous- 
 ly, and an abomination is committed 
 in Israel and in Jerusalem ; for Judah 
 hath profaned the * holiness of the Lord 
 which he lovetli, and hath married the 
 
 12 daugliter of a strange god. The Lord 
 will cut off to the man that doeth this 
 him that waketh and him that answer- 
 etb, ovit of the tents of Jacob, and him 
 that offereth an offering unto the Lord 
 
 13 of hosts. And this ''again ye do: ye 
 cover the altar of the Lord with tears, 
 with weeping, and with sighing, inso- 
 much that he regardeth not the ofifering 
 any more, neither receiveth it with good 
 
 14 will at your hand. Yet ye say. Where- 
 fore ? Because the Lord hath been wit- 
 ness between thee and the wife of thy 
 youth, against whom thou hast dealt 
 treaclierously, though she is thy com- 
 panion, and the wife of thy covenant. 
 
 15 And jifi ije not make one, although 
 he had the residue of the sj^irit ? And 
 wherefore one? He sought a godly 
 
 seed. Therefore take heed to your 
 spirit, and let none deal treacherously 
 
 16 against the wife of his youth. For 71 
 hate putting away, saith the Lord, the 
 God of Israel, and him that covereth 
 his garment with violence, saith the 
 Lord of hosts : therefore take heed to 
 your spirit, that ye deal not treacher- 
 ously. 
 
 17 Ye have wearied the Lord with your 
 words. Yet ye say. Wherein have we 
 wearied hun ? In that ye say. Every 
 one that doeth evil is good in the sight 
 of the Lord, and he delighteth in them ; 
 
 3 or where is the God of judgement? Be- 
 hold, I send my messenger, and he shall 
 prepare the way before me: and the 
 Lord, whom ye seek, shall suddenly 
 come to his temple ; ^and the ^ messen- 
 ger of the covenant, whom ye delight 
 in, behold, he cometh, saith the Lord 
 
 2 of hosts. But who may abide the day 
 of his coming? and who shall stand 
 when he appeareth? for he is like a 
 
 3 refiner's fire, and like fullers' soap : and 
 he shall sit as a refiner and purifier of 
 silver, and he shall purify the sons of 
 Levi, and jiurge them as gold and sil- 
 ver ; and they shall offer unto the Lord 
 
 4 offerings in righteousness. Then shall 
 the offermg of Judah and Jerusalem be 
 pleasant unto the Lord, as in the days 
 
 5 of old, and as in ancient years. And I 
 will come near to you to judgement; 
 and I will be a swift witness against the 
 sorcerers, and against the adulterers, 
 and against false swearers ; and against 
 those that oppress the hireling in his 
 Avages, the widow, and the fatherless, 
 and that turn aside the stranger from 
 his right, and fear not me, saith the 
 
 6 Lord of hosts. For I the Lord change 
 not ; therefore ye, sons of Jacob, are 
 not consumed. 
 
 7 From the days of your fathers ye have 
 turned aside from mLue ordinances, and 
 have not kept them. Eeturu luato me, 
 and I will return unto you, saith the 
 Lord of hosts. But ye say. Wherein shall 
 
 8 we return ? Will a man rob God ? yet ye 
 rob me. But ye say. Wherein have we 
 robbed thee? In tithes and i'^ offerings. 
 
 9 Ye are cursed with the curse; for ye 
 
 10 rob me, even this whole nation. Bring 
 ye the whole tithe into the storehouse, 
 that there may be meat in mine house, 
 and jirove me now herewith, saith the 
 Lord of hosts, if I will not open you the 
 windows of heaven, and i)our you out a 
 blessing, that there shall not be room 
 
 11 enough to receive it. And I wiU rebuke 
 the devourer for your sakes, and he 
 shall not destroy the fruits of your 
 ground ; neither shall y om* vine cast her 
 fruit before the tune in the field, saith 
 
 12 the Lord of hosts. And all nations 
 shall caU you happy : for ye shall be a 
 delightsome land, saith the Lord of 
 hosts.
 
 4. 6. 
 
 MALACHI. 
 
 679 
 
 1 Or, in 
 mour-n- 
 trig ftp- 
 paret 
 
 = Or, 
 wlierein 
 I do 
 itmkr a 
 )jcculiar 
 tredstire 
 3 Or, do 
 this 
 
 |Ch. iii. 
 
 lilin 
 
 Hcb.J 
 
 13 Your words liave boon stout af,'aiiist 
 me, saitli the Louu. Yet yo say, Where- 
 
 Id in have we spoken against thee ? Ye 
 have said, It is vain to serve God : and 
 what profit is it that we liave kejyt 
 his charge, and that we have walked 
 imourufully before the Loud of hosts? 
 
 15 And now we call the proud happy ; yea, 
 they that work wickedness are built 
 up; yea, they tempt God, and are de- 
 
 161ivered. Then they that feared the 
 Lord spake one witli another: and the 
 Loud hearkened, and lieard, and a book 
 of remembrance was written before 
 him, for them that feared the Lord, 
 
 17 and that thought upon his name. And 
 they shall be mine, saith the Loud of 
 hosts, in the day - that I ^do make, ei'cw 
 a peculiar treasure; and I will spare 
 them, as a man sparetli his own son that 
 
 18 serveth him. Then shall ye retm-n and 
 discern between the righteous and the 
 wicked, between him that serveth God 
 
 4 and him that serveth him not. For, 
 behold, the day cometh, it burneth as 
 
 a furnace ; and all the j>roud, and all 
 tliat work wickedness, shall be stubble: 
 and the day that cometh shall burn 
 them up, saith the Lord of hosts, that 
 it sliall leave them neither root nor 
 
 2 branch. 15ut unto you that fear my 
 name shall the sun of righteousness 
 arise with healing in his wings; and 
 ye shall go forth, and gam))ol as calves 
 
 3 of the stall. And ye shall tread down 
 the wicked; f<n- they shall be ashes 
 under tlu; soles of your feet in the day 
 that I -Hlo make, saith the Lord of 
 hosts. 
 
 4 Eemember ye the law of Moses my 
 servant, which I commanded unto him 
 in Horeb for all Israel, even statutes 
 
 5 and judgements. Behold, I will send 
 you Elijah the prophet before the gi-eat 
 and terrible day of the Lord come. 
 
 G And he shall turn tlie heart of the 
 fatliers *to the children, and the heart 
 of the children * to their fathers ; lest 
 I come and smite the ^ earth with a 
 ''curse. 
 
 4 Or, 
 wltlt 
 6 Or, 
 land 
 *^ Or, ban
 
 APPENDIX. 
 
 The American Old Testavient Revision Company, while recognizing the 
 cordial acceptance given to 7na'ny of their suggestions, present the following 
 instances in which they differ from the English Company, as of sv.fficient 
 importance to he apjpended to the Itevision in accordance with the oi'iginal 
 agreement. 
 
 CLASSES OF PASSAGES. 
 
 I. Substitute the Divine name "Jehovali" wherever it occurs in the Hebrew text, for "the 
 IjORd" and "God" and omit the marg. to "the Loed" at Gen. ii. 4, and "Heb. 
 Jehovah" from the marg. at Ex. iii. 15; also substitute "Jehovah" for "the Loed" or 
 " Jah" wherever the latter occurs in the Hebrew text, and retain or insert " Heb. Jah" in 
 the marg.; where "Jehovah" immediately follows, viz. iu Is. xii. i, xxvi. 4, read "Jehovah, 
 eoen Jehovah" and omit " Jeho-vah" from the marg. 
 II. Substitute "Sheol" wherever it occurs in the Hebrew text, for the renderings "the grave" 
 "the pit" and "hell " and omit these renderings from the marg. 
 
 III. Substitute "a" for "an", "my" for "mine" and "thy" for '"thine" wherever followed by 
 
 "h" aspirated. 
 
 IV. Substitute " who " or " that " for " which " when used of persons. 
 
 V. Substitute "are" for "be" in the present indicative, and omit "for" before infinitives. 
 VI. Omit from the margin all renderings from the Lxx., Vulgate, and other jincient Versions or 
 
 "authorities" 
 VII. The following substitutions are preferred, with the necessary infiectional variations: 
 "adder" for "basilisk" 
 "annul" for "disannul" 
 
 " :iscent" for "going up" when used as a noun, 
 "astonished" for "astonied" 
 " a year old" for " of the first year" 
 "base man" for "man of Belial" or "son of B."; "base woman" for "daughter of Belial"; 
 
 "base men" for " men of Belial " "sons of B." or " children of B. " 
 "before" for "afore"; also for " or ever " except in I's. xc. 2;Eccl. xii. 1, 2, G. 
 " blow the trumpet " for "blow with (or, "blow up") the trumpet" 
 "boil" "boiled" for "seethe" "sod" "sodden" 
 
 "bonds" for "bands" in Job xxxix. C, and elsewhere uniformly for the same Hebrew word, 
 "capital" for "chapiter" 
 "chiefs" for "dukes" 
 "contend" for "plead" in Judg. vi. 31 (three times) and so wherever the latter rendering 
 
 represents the same Hebrew verb unless followed by "cause", except in Is. i. 17. But 
 
 substitute "enter into judgment" for "plead" in Jer. xxv. 31; Ezek. xvii. 20; xx. 36, S6 
 
 (twice), 
 "courses" for " rows " of timber or stone, 
 "devise" for "imagine" in Ps. x. 2; xxi. 11; cxl. 2; Hos. vii. 15; Xah. i. 9, U; Zech. vii. 10; 
 
 viii. 17. 
 "diminish" for "minish" 
 
 "encamp" for "camp"; also, for "pitch" when used intransitively, 
 "far be it from me" ("thee" etc.) for "God forbid", except in 1 Sam. xiv. 45; xx. 2, where 
 
 substitute "Far from it"
 
 682 CLASSES OF PASSAGES. 
 
 "find favour" for "find grace" 
 "food" for "meat" 
 
 "fortified" for "fenced" and "defenced" 
 •I'righten" for "fray" 
 "grain" for "corn" 
 
 "harlot" for "whore" and "wliorisli woman"; "piay the harlot" for "go a whurinK" and 
 '■commit whoredom" 
 
 "helped" for "holpen" 
 
 "know" and "knew" for "wot" and "wist" 
 
 "knoweth how" for "can skill" in 1 Kings v. G; 2 Chron. ii. 7, 8. 
 
 "lain" for "lien" 
 
 "lamp" for "candle" 
 
 "lovingkindness" for "mercy" in Gen. xix. 19; for "favour" in Job x. 12; for "goodness" 
 in Ps. cvii. 8; "lovingkiridnesses" for "mercies" in 2 Chron. vi. 42. So substitute 
 '"lovingkindness" for either of these renderings wherever it stands for the same Hebrew 
 word {hhesed) when used of God; but substitute " kindness" for "mercy" in Ps. cix. 12, IG; 
 tor "favour" in Esth. ii. 17, and wherever either of these renderings stands for the same 
 Hebrew word, when used of men in relation to each other. In Hos. vi. 4 retain "goodness" 
 ■md make ver. 6 conform. 
 
 ••merciful" for "full of compassion " 
 
 "•diound" for "mount" (cast up by invaders) 
 
 "new wine" for "wine" in Gen. xxvii. 28, and elsewhere uniformly for the same Hebrew 
 word. 
 
 "number" for "tell" in Gen. xv. 5 (twice); Ps. xlviii. 12; Ivi. 8; Jer. xxxiii. 13; and "count" 
 for " tell" in 1 Kings viii. 5; 2 Kings xii. 10; 2 Chron. v. 6; Ps. cxlvii. 4, 
 
 "oil" for "ointment" 
 
 "olive oil" for "oil olive" 
 
 " perfumer " for "apothecary" and "confectionary" 
 
 "jierverse" ("perverscness") for "froward" ("frowardness") except in 2 Sam. xxii. 27; Job 
 
 V, 13; Ps. xviii. 26; "wayward" for "perverse" in Prov. ii. 15; for "froward" in iv. 21; 
 
 xvii. 20, and "cunning" for " froward " in Job v. 13. 
 •• put to shame" for "ashamed" 
 
 • refine" for " fine" (metal). So " refiner" for " finer" 
 
 "scoffer" for " scoruer" and " scofiing " for "scornful" and " scorning" 
 "settings " for " ouches " 
   " since" for "sith" 
 
 "sitteth above" (the cherubim) for "sitteth upon" with raarg. Or, is enthroned 
 
 "skill" for "cunning" (noun) and "skilful" for "cunning" (adj.) when either relates to 
 
 workman or work, 
 "stench" for "stink", when used as a noun, 
 "stronghold" for " hold", when used as a noun, 
 "take refuge" for "trust" (Deut. xxxii. 37) for "put . . . trust" (Ps. ii. 12), and so uniformly 
 
 as the rendering of the same Hebrew verb, 
 ■"therewith ".for "withal" in Ex. sxv. 29; xxx. 4; xxxvii. IG; Lev. xi. 21. 
 " trespass offering" for "guilt offering" 
 
 "uncover" for " discover" except in 1 Sam. xiv. S, 11, and xxii. 6. 
 " wail" for " howl" where it is used of persons, 
 "wait for" for "wait on" in Ps. xxv. 3, and so uniformly as the rendering of the same Hebrew 
 
 verb, except in Ps. lii. 9. 
 "which" for "the which" 
 
   -lyinnow" for " fan" (the verb) 
 
 • wrath" for "fury" when it is attributed to God, except in Is. slii. 25; Ixvi. 15, and ■•wruth- 
 ful" for " furious" 
 
 Vlll. The modern spelling is preferred for the following words: 
 
 ■'basin" for "bason" 
 
 "brazen" for "brasen" 
 
 '"caterpillar" for " caterpiller" 
 
 ■ceiled" and "ceiling" for "ciekd" and "cieling" 
 
   • chapped " for " chapt " 
 
   crookbacked" for " crookbackt" 
 "drove" for "drave" 
 "'establish" for " stablish " 
 
   forego" tor " forgo"
 
 GENESIS XII. 1(5— NUMBEiiS XXTIT. 21. 683 
 
 "jubilee" for "jubile" 
 
 "judgment" for "judgement'' 
 
 "plaster" for " plaistcr " 
 
 "prancing" for "pransing" 
 
 "prized" for "prised" 
 
 "show" for "shew" 
 
 "streaks" for "strakes" and " ring- streaked" for "ringstraked" 
 
 "subtile" for "subtil" 
 
 "thoroughly" for "throughly" 
 
 "while" for "whiles" 
 
 " winevat" for " winefat" 
 
 GENESIS. 
 
 XII. 16 For "entreated Abram well " read "dealt well with Abram" 
 XV, 2 For "Dammesek Eliczer" read "Eliezer of Damascus" 
 XVIII. 19 For "justice and judgement" read " righteousness and justice" So in Prov. x.xi. 3. 
 XXIII. 6 Substitute the marg. (" a 'prince of God") for the text. 
 XXVII. 15 For "raiment" read "garments" 
 XXXII. 31 For "halted" read " went halting" 
 XXXIII. 13 For " give suck" read "have their young" 
 XXXIV. 30 For "to stink among" read "odious to" 
 XXXV. 5 Substitute the marg. ("a terror of God") for the text. 
 
 16 For " way" read "distance" So in xlviii. 7, a.nd in marg. of 2 Kings v. 19. 
 XLIX. 3 For "excellency" read "pre-eminence" (twice) So in ver. 4. 
 i For " Unstable" read " Boiling over " and omit the marg. 
 
 EXODUS. 
 
 I. 21 For "houses" read "households" 
 
 V. 22, 23 For " evil entreated " read " dealt ill with " So in Deut. xxvi. 6. 
 
 XV. 9 For " lust" read "desire" 
 
 15 For "amazed" read "dismayed" So in Judg. xx. 41. 
 
 XVII. 14 Add marg. to " a book" Or, the book 
 
 XIX. 5 For " a peculiar treasure unto me" read "mine own possession " So for " a peculiar 
 treasure" in Mai. iii. 17- 
 
 XXI. 29 For "but that" read " but" 
 XXIII. 5 Read " thou shalt forbear to leave him, thou shalt swrely release it with him." 
 21 For "of him " read "before him" 
 
 XXV. 38 For "tongs" read " snuffers" So in Num. iv. 9; 2 Chron. iv. 21. 
 XXVII. 21 For " order it" read "keep it in order" So in Lev. xxiv. 3, 4. 
 
 XXXIV. 6 For " plenteous " read "abundant" So m Num. xiv. 18; Nch. ix. 17; Ps. Ixxxvi. 5, 
 15; ciii. 8; Joel ii. 13; Jon. iv. 2. 
 XXXVIII. 8 For "serving . . . served" read "ministering . . . ministered" 
 
 LEVITICUS. 
 
 IX. 2 For " bull calf" read " calf of the herd" 
 XVI. 8 Marg. i For '" dismissal" read "removal" 
 XVIII. 18 For "woman" read " wife" 
 
 NUMBERS. 
 
 V. 21, 22 For "belly" read "body" So in xxv. 8; Judg. iii. 21, 22; Prov. xviii. 8. 
 VII. 13 For "charger" read " platter" So throughout the Chap, and in Ezra i. 9 (twice). 
 XIX. 9, 13, 20, 21 For " of separation " read "for impurity" So in xxxi. 23. 
 XXIII. 21 To "perverseness" add marg. Or, trouble 
 
 22—6
 
 684 DEUTERONOMY III. 25—1 SAMUEL II. 26. 
 
 DEUTERONOMY. 
 
 III. 25 To "mountain" add marR. Or, hill cmcntru 
 
 IV. 29 Read "But from thence ye shall seek . . . and thou shalt find him when thou 
 searchest" etc. 
 34, Substitute the marg. (" trials") for the text. So in vii. 19; xxix. 3. 
 VII. 6 For "apeeuliar people unto himself" read " a people for his own possession " Soin 
 
 xiv. 2; xxvi. 18. 
 IX. 1 For "possess" read "dispossess" So in xi. 23; xii. 2, 29; xviii. 14; xxxi. 3. 
 XVII. 15 For "in any wise" read "surely" So in xxii. 7. 
 XXIII. 16 For "liketli" read "pteiseth" So in Esth. viii. S; Am. iv. 5. 
 XXVI. 17 For "shouldest" read "wouldest" 
 XXVIII. 63 For "straitness. . . straiten" read "distress . . . distress" So in verses 55, 57 and 
 in Jer. xix. 9. 
 67 For "Would God" read "Would" 
 XXXI. 21 For "go about, even now" read "frame this day " 
 XXXII. 27 For "misdeem" read "judge amiss" 
 39 For "have wounded" read "wound" 
 XXXIII. 3 For "peoples" read "people" 
 
 6 For "Yet" read "Nor" and add marg. Or, But 
 14 Add marg. to "moons" Or, months 
 
 JOSHUA. 
 
 II. 9 For "your terror" read "the fear of you" 
 
 IV. 21 For "they" read "ye" omitting marg. ^ 
 
 V. 11 Substitute marg. « {"produce") for the text. So in ver 12. 
 14, 15 Substitute marg. ^ C'prince") for the text. 
 VIII. 33 Let the marg. ("commanded " etc.) and the text exchange places. 
 
 IX. 5 For "clouted" read "patched" 
 XVI. 1 Read "And the lot came out for the children of Joseph" 
 XVII. 2 For "And" read "So" 
 XXII. 10 For "see to" read "look upon" 
 
 22 Read " The Mighty One, God, Jehovah" and omit marg. 2 So in Ps. 1. 1. 
 
 JUDGES. 
 III. 1 For "as many" read "as many o/Jsroer' 
 
 20 For "his summer parlour" read "the cool upper room " Omit marg. " 
 
 23 For "parlour" read "upper room" So in verses 24, 25. 
 
 24 For "his summer" read "the upper" 
 
 V, 13 Prefix to marg. upon ''Then came down" etc. Or, Then go dmim, O remnant, for 
 the nobles . . . O Jehovah, go doimifor me agaimt the mighty 
 26 Substitute marg. i^ C' tent-pin ") for the text. 
 IX. 15 For "shadow" read "shade" So in Job xl. 22; Is. iv. 6; xvi. 3; xxv. 4, 5; xxxii. 2; 
 xxxiv. 15; Ezek. xvii. 23, Jon. iv 5, 6, 
 83 For "set upon" read "rush upon " 
 52 For "went hard" read "drew near" 
 XI. 39 For "had known" read "knew" 
 XIII. 12 Substitute the marg. ("ordering") for the text. 
 
 Substitute the marg. ("how shall ive do unto him ") for text. 
 XV. 15 For "new" read "fresh" 
 XIX. S Omit marg. * "Another reading is " etc. 
 
 RUTH. 
 
 II. 10 For "stranger" read "foreigner" So in 2 Sam. xv. 19 
 III. 11 For "virtuous" read "worthy" So in Prov. xii. 4; xxxi. 10. 
 
 1 SAMUEL. 
 II. 20 For " loan . . . lent to " read " petition . , . asked of " 
 26 For " was in " read " increased in "
 
 1 SAMUEL III. 1—1 CHRONICLES XXVIIL 12. 685 
 
 III. 1 Substitute niavK.'C'/rc^Hrui!") for the text. 
 IX. 5 Por " take thought " rend "be iiuxious " 
 
 14 Por " against " road "toward " 
 X. 2 For "the care of" read "off caring for" 
 Tor "taketh tliought" read "is anxious" 
 24 For "God save " read " Lotig live " 
 XIV. 24 For " but Saul " read "for Saul had " 
 
 47 Substitute marg. * (" put them to the worse ") for the text. 
 XV. 32 Substitute marg. « (" clicerftdhj ") for the text. 
 XXIII. 7 Omit marg. ^ to " delivered" 
 XXIV. 11 For "soul" read "life" 
 XXV. 13 For "stuff " read " baggage " So in xxx. 24. 
 
 22 Omit margins. 
 XXX. 13 For "agonc" read "ago" 
 
 2 SAMUEL. 
 
 V. 2 For " feed " read " be sheplierd of " So in vii. 7 ; 1 Chron. xi. 2 and xvii. C. 
 X. 12 For "men "read "man" 
 XIV. 5 For "widow woman" read "widow" So in 1 Kings xvii. 9, 10. 
 
 20 Read "And when he cut the hair of . . . he cut it; because it was ... he cut it: " 
 
 1 KINGS. 
 
 V. 4 For "oceurrent" road "occurrence" 
 VI. 6 For "rebatements" read "offsets " 
 VII. 28, 29 Substitute marg. •• {"panels') for the text. 
 X. 15 For "chapmen" read "traders" So in 2 Chron. ix. It. 
 
 16 For 'targets , . . target" read "bucklers . . . buckler" So in2 Chron. ix. 15. 
 
 17 For "pound" read "pounds " 
 XIV. 3 For "cracknels " read " cakes " 
 
 XVII. 12, 14, 16 For " barrel "' read "jar " So read "jars" in xviii. 33. 
 XVIII. 21 For "halt ye" read "go ye halting " 
 XXII. 34 For "harness" read "armour" So in 2 Chron. xviii. 33. 
 
 2 KINGS. 
 
 II. 23 Put marg. 8 ("2/0!(»!(; /arfs">in the text. 
 
 24 For "children" read "lads" 
 IX. 30 For "tired" read "attired" 
 
 32 For "eunuchs" read "officers" putting the present text in the marg. and similarly 
 for the same word in all other instances. 
 
 XII. 9 Substitute marg.' {"threshold") for the text, and so uniformly elsewhere with 
 similar text and marg. 
 
 XV. 5 For "several" read "separate" with marg.' Or, injlrviary So in 2 Chron. 
 xxvi. 21. 
 
 XVII. G For "in Habor, on the" read "on tlic Habor, the" So in xviii. 11. 
 
 34 For "manners" read "manner" 
 
 XIX. 4 For "reproach" read "defy" with corresponding cliange in verses 22, 23. So in 
 Is. xxxvu. 4, 17, 23, 24. 
 
 7 For " a rumour" read "tidings " So in Is. xxxvii. 7 ; Jer. s. 22; li. 46 (3 times). 
 
 So For "they . . . corpses" read " these . . . bodies " So in Is. xxxvii. 38. 
 
 1 CHRONICLES. 
 
 IV. 43 For "dwelt" read "have dwelt" 
 
 IX. 19 Substitute marg. " (" Tent") for the text. So in ver. 23. 
 28 For "tale were they" read "count were these" (twice) 
 XII. 15 For "overflown" read "overflowed" 
 XX. 4, 6 Omit margins. 
 XXI. 12 For " coasts " read " borders " 
 13 For " now " read " I pray " 
 XXVIIL 12 For "spirit" read "Spirit"
 
 G86 2 CHKONICLES II. 9— JOB XI. G. 
 
 2 CHRONICLES. 
 
 II. It For "wonderful great" read "great and wonderful" 
 III. 17 Marg. * Omit "perhaps" 
 
 XIII. 7 Per " vain " read " worthless " 
 
 XIV. li For "spoiled " read "made spoil of " 
 XXII. 6 Omit marg. " except "So in 2 Kings viii. 29" 
 
 XXX. 22 For "were well skilled" read "had good understanding" 
 XXXIV. 12 For " could skill of " read " were skilful with" 
 XXXVI. 3 For " amerced " read ' ' fined " 
 
 17 For "ancient" read "hoarv headed" 
 
 EZRA. 
 
 IV. 13 For "endamage" read "be hurtful unto" 
 
 IX. 3 For "mantle" read "i-obe" So in ver. 5; also in Job i. 20: ii. 12; Ps. cix. 29; and 
 ''mantle" for "cloke" in Is. lix. 17. 
 
 NEHEMIAH. 
 
 IV. 4 For "to spoiling" read "for a spoil" 
 
 ESTHER. 
 
 II. 17 For "grace and favour" read "favour and kindness" 
 
 JOB. 
 
 I. 1 For "eschewed" read " turned away from " 
 
 C For "there was a day . . . and Satan" read "it came to pass on the day when . . . 
 
 that Satan" So in ii. 1. 
 8 For "escheweth" read "turneth away from" So in ii. 3. 
 
 22 For "with foolishness" read " foolishly ", and add marg. Or, attributed foUy to 
 God 
 III. 4 For "regard it from above" read "from above seek for it" 
 11 For "when I " etc., read "when my mother bare me 'i " 
 19 For "great" read "the great" 
 
 24 For "roarings" read "groanings" and add marg. " Heb. roarings" and make corre- 
 
 sponding change in Ps. sxii. 1; x.xxii. 3. 
 
 IV. 4 For "confirmed" read " made firm" 
 
 C Eead '^And the integrity of thy ways thy hope?" 
 VI. 2 Read in the 2d line " And all my calamity laid in the balances !" 
 10 Read "And be it still my consolation, 
 
 Yea, let me exult in pain that sparcth not," etc. 
 
 3d line. Substitute the marg. (" That") for the text. 
 13 For "effectual working" read "wisdom" and omit marg. i* So in xii. IG. 
 
 25 Read "But your reproof, what doth it reprove?" 
 2C For "imagine" read "think" 
 
 YII. 4 Substitute marg. ^ (" When shall I arise, and the night be gone?") for the text. 
 7 For " wind " read "a breath " 
 17 For "thine heart" read " thy mind " 
 VIII. 17 For "heap" read "s^cwe-heap" 
 
 ] X. 19 Substitute marg. is (" If we speak of strength, lo, he is migh/ii .'") for the text. 
 For " who will appoint me a time ? " read " who, sailh he, will summon me ? " 
 
 X. 22 1st line; read "The land dark as midnight;" 
 
 2d line ; for "A land " read " The land " 
 
 3d line; for "darkness" read " midnight " and add marg. Heb. thick darkness 
 
 XI. 6 For "That it" read "For he" 
 
 For "effectual working " read "understanding" and omit marg.
 
 r' 
 
 JOB XII. 4— XXXVII. 2. 087 
 
 XII. 4 2d. line; read " I who called upon God and he answered :" 
 2:i For " dustroyeth" read " ho destroyoth" 
 
 2d line; read "lie cnlargelh the nations, and he Icadelh them captive" and omit 
 marg. '' 
 2 1 For "the heart of " read " nnderstanding from " 
 
 XIII. 8 For " respect his person " read " show i)ai-tiality to him " and omit marg. '' 
 
 10 For "respect persons" read " show partiality " and omit mar^. '^ 
 
 11 For " excellency " read " majesty " So in xxxi. 23. 
 
 15 Road " Behold, he will slay me ; 1 have no hope " and substitute the present text for 
 marg. ^^ 
 
 10 Substitute marg. ^^ ("That") for the text, substituting a comma for tlic precedin;? 
 
 semicolon. 
 
 18 For " ordered my cause" read " set my cause in order" So in xxiii. l. 
 27 For "drawest thee a line about " read "settest a bound to " 
 
 XIV. 10 For " wasteth away" read "is laid low" 
 
 11 For "decayeth" read "wasteth" 
 
 19 For "And" read "So" 
 
 XV. 8 For "restrain " read " limit " 
 
 11 2d line; read "Even the word that is gentle toward thee " 
 
 12 For " wink" read " flash" 
 
 27 For "made collops of fat on his flanks " read " gathered fat upon his loins" 
 29 Let marg. '' C'tJieir posscssio7is" etc.) and the text exchange places. 
 XVII. 2 For " abideth in " read " dwelleth upon" 
 
 G For " He hath made me also" read "But he hath made me" 
 For "And I am become an open abhorring" read "And they spit in my face" and 
 omit marg. ^ 
 XVIII. 12 Let marg. n (" ai his side") and the text exchange places. 
 
 13 Read "The members of his body shall be devoured " 
 
 XIX. 17 For "children of my mother's womb " read "children of mine own mother" 
 
 25, 26 Read 
 
 (25) " But as for me, I know that my redeemer liveth. 
 And at last he shall stand up upon the earth ; 
 
 (26) And after my skin, even this bod//, is destroyed. 
 Then without my flesh shall I see God : " 
 
 and put the present text of ver. 26 in the marg. 
 27 For "Whom I" read "Whom I, even I," 
 
 Let marg. i? ("o» iny side") and the text exchange places. 
 Substitute marg. ii ("as a stran<jer"yiov the text. 
 2S Substitute marg. i= {"And that ") for the text. 
 XXI. ll For " Yet they said" read "And they say " 
 21 Omit "in the midst" 
 
 32 For "And shall keep" read "And men shall keep" 
 XXII. 14 Substitute marg. " ("o>i ^/te -ucnfM") for the text. 
 XX1\'. 4 For " hide themselves together" read ' ' all hide themselves " 
 10 For "an-hungred" read " hungry" 
 
 12 For " imputeth it not for folly" read "regardeth not the folly" 
 XXVIII. 4 Omit " that passeth by " 
 
 17 For " the exchange thereof be " read " it be exchanged for " 
 XXIX. 6 For "rivers" read "streams" So in Ps. cxix. 130; Prov. v. 16; Is. xxxii. 2; Lam. 
 
 iii. 48. 
 XX.XL 2 For "of God from above" read "from God above" 
 
 For "of the Almighty from on high " read "from the Almighty on high " 
 IS For " I have been her guide " read " her have I guided " 
 31 For "satisfied " read " filled " So in Ps. civ. 13. 
 For "flesh" read "meat" Omit marg. '' 
 XXXII. 19 For "belly" read " breast" and omit marg. i 
 XXXIV. 20 Transpose "alike" to the beginning of the hue. 
 XXXV. 6 1st line ; for " doest " read " eff'ectest " 
 
 XXXVI. 18 Read " For let not wrath stir thee up against chastisements" and put the present 
 text in the marg. 
 
 XXXVII. 1 For " At this also " read " Yea, at this " 
 
 2 For "Hearken ye unto " read " Hear, oh, hear"
 
 688 JOB XXXVII. 21— PSALM XXXVIII. 17. 
 
 XXXVII. 21 For "cleanseth" read "cleareth" 
 
 XXXVIII. 10 For "pn>scribed for it my decree" read "marked out for it my bound" and omit 
 marg. i* 
 
 18 For " the breadth of the earth " read "the earth in its breadth " 
 
 SO Read "hide themselves and become like stone" 
 
 41 For "food" read "prey" 
 
 XXXIX. 5 2d line; For "wild ass" read " swift ass" 
 
 13 For "wing . . . rcjoiceth" read " wings . . . wave proudly" 
 
 2d line, read ''But are they the pinions and plumage of love?" with marg. to " love " 
 Or, a stork 
 
 IG Let marg. i^ {"dealeth hardly loith") and the text exchange places. 
 28 Read "On the cliff she dwelleth and maketh her home, 
 L'pon the point of the cliff,'' etc. 
 XL. 15 For " with " read " as well as " and add marg. lleb. with 
 
 ly For "can make his sword to approach unto him" read "giveth him his sword" and 
 omit marg. * 
 
 XLI. 12 For "comely proportion" read "goodly frame" 
 
 18 For "ueesings" read "sneezings" 
 
 THE PSALMS. 
 
 II. 1 For " imagine " read " meditate " and omit marg. ■* So in xxxviii. 12. 
 
 V. 7 For "multitude" read "abundance" So in Ixix. 13; Ezek. xxviii. 16; IIos. ix. 7; 
 X. 1. 
 
 8 For "plain" read "straight" and add marg. Or, level 
 IX. 17 For "return to" read "be turned back unto" 
 
 X. 14 Read " to requite it with thy hand " and put the present text in the marg. 
 XII. 2 For " vanity" read " falsehood" 
 
 5 For " for" read "because of " (twice) 
 XVI. 2 For "I have said" read "O my soul, thou hast said" 
 
 4 Substitute the marg. {"give gifts for") for the text. 
 10 Add to marg. ^^ "Another reading is, holy ones" 
 
 XVII. 7 Restore the rendering of the Auth. Vers. 
 
 9 For "spoil" read "oppress" 
 
 15 For "with thy likeness" read "with beholding thy form" and omit " Heb. form" 
 from marg. ' 
 
 XVIII. 7 For " moved " read " quaked " 
 
 XXI. 3 For " preventest " read " meetest " 
 
 XXII. 8 2d line ; for "deliver " read " rescue " 
 
 10 Read " Thou art my God since my mother bare me." 
 
 IC For marg. ii substitute "Or, Like a lion " 
 
 20 Add in marg. " Or, dear life" So in xxxv. 17. 
 
 XXIV. 6 Substitute marg. « ("even Jacob") for the text. 
 
 XXVI. 4 For ' ' vain persons " read ' ' men of falsehood " 
 
 XXVIII. 9 For " Fefld them " read "Be their shepherd" 
 
 XXX. 4 Read "to his holy memorial name" and omit marg. ^ except "See Ex. iii. 15." So 
 and with the same margin in xcvii. 12, and in Hos. xii. 5. 
 
 5 Let marg. ^ ("His favour is for a life time") and the text exchange places. 
 XXXIII. 5 For "judgement" read "justice" So in Ixxxix. 14; xcvii. 2; xcix. 4 (twice); Prov. i. 
 
 3; ii. 8, 9; xxi. 7, I.t ; Is. i. 27; v. 7 ; x. 2; xxviii. 17; xxxii. 1, 16; xxxiii. 5 ; lix. 8, 9, 
 11, 14, 15; \kI 8; Jer. iv. 2; ix. 24. 
 
 XXXV. 15 For "when I halted " read " in mine adversity" and add marg. Heb. my limping 
 
 XXXVII. 3 Read "feed on his faithfulness" and put in marg. "Or, verily thou shalt be fed" 
 
 20 Let the marg. ("the fat of lambs") and the text exchange places. 
 
 37 Read "there is a happy end to the man of peace" and omit marg. " 
 
 38 For "The latter end" read "The end" 
 
 XXXVIII. 8 For "roared" read "groaned" and add marg. Heb. roared 
 17 For "halt" read "fall" So for "halting" in Jer. xx. 10.
 
 PSALM XLI. G-CX. 2. 689 
 
 XLI. 6 Substitute marg. " {"falsehood ") for the text. 
 XLII. 5 For "health" read "help" So in vor. 11 and in xliii. r,. 
 XLIV. 2 Read "Imt them thou didst plant;" 
 
 "but thuni thou didst spread aljroad." Omit marir. '' 
 XLVII. 4 For "excellency" read "glory" 
 XLIX. 8 For "soul" read "life" 
 
 For "And must be let alone" read "And it faileth" 
 10 For "together" read "alike " 
 
 12 Substitute the rnarg. ("being in honour abidoth not") for the text. 
 L. 23 For "conversation" read "way" 
 LI. 11 For "spirit" read "Spirit" 
 
 12 Substitute marg. '= {"willing") for the text. 
 LII. 9 For "wait on" read "hope in" 
 
 LVI. 4 Read "In God, (I will praise his word)," So in ver. 10. 
 10 2d line; read "In Jehovah, (I will praise his word)," 
 LVIII. 2 For " Yea " read " Nay " 
 
 9 For marg. on "He shall take" substitute Or, Wrath shall take them aivay u-hilc 
 living as with a ivhirlwind 
 LIX. 9 Read " i?(?caMse o/ his strength " 
 
 10 Read "My God with his lovingkindness shall meet me" 
 LXII. 1 For "only upon God" read "in silence for God only" So in ver. 5. 
 
 3 For "bowing" read "leaning" 
 
 4 For "excellency" read "dignity" 
 
 LXIII. 1 For "early" read " earnestly" and omit marg. '* So in Is. xxvi. 9. 
 
 LXV. 3 For "purge them away" read "forgive them" and add marg. "Or, expiate" So in 
 Ixxix. 9 read "forgive our sins" with the same marg. 
 
 4 For "The holy place of thy temple" read "Thy holy temple" 
 
 LXVII. 2 For "saving health" read "salvation" 
 
 liXVIII. 1 Add marg. to "Let God arise" "Or, God ariseth: and so throughout verses 1, 2, 8." 
 
 8 For ''Even yon Sinai" read "That Sinai" 
 
 13 Read "When ye lie among the sheepfolds, It is as the wings" etc., and substitute the 
 
 present text for marg." 
 
 18 For " led thy captivity captive" read "led away captives" 
 20 Read "belongeth escape from death" 
 23 Read "That thou mayest crush them, dipinng" 
 33 For "heavens of heavens" read " heaven of heavens" 
 LXXIII. 10 For "wrung out" read "drained" and omit marg. ^ 
 
 27 For "from thee" read "departing from thee" 
 LXXIV. 6 Omit "together" 
 LXXV. 8 For "wring them out " read "drain them" and omit marg. * 
 LXXVI. 5 For "spoiled" read "become a spoil" 
 LXXVII. 10 Marg. h For " That the" read " This is my grief that the" 
 LXXIX. 8 For "prevent" read "meet" 
 LXXXIX. 87 Omit all after "for ever" in marg. » 
 
 XC. 9 Substitute "sigh " from marg. ^ for "tale that is fold" 
 
 17 For "beauty" read "favour" and put the present text in the margin. 
 XCIL 13 Read "They are . . . Jehovah;" and for "Shall" read "They shall" 
 XCIII. 1 For "apparelled" read "clothed" (twice) and read in the second line, "Jehovah is 
 clothed with strength; he hath girded himself therewith" 
 
 XCVn. 5 For "hills" read "mountains" 
 
 CII. 12 For "memorial" read "memorial name" and add marg. "See Ex. iii. 15." So in 
 cxxxv. 13. 
 
 cm. 5 For "mouth" read "desire" 
 
 CIV. 4 2nd line; read "Flames Of fire his ministers:" 
 
 8 Read "(The mountains rose, the valleys sank;)" substituting the present text for 
 marg. ^ 
 
 16 For "satisfied" read "filled with moisture" and omit marg.^ 
 
 25 For "Yonder" read "There" 
 
 CV. 34 For "cankerworm" read "grasshopper" 
 
 CVII. 30 Read "their desired liaven." and omit marg. - 
 
 ex. 2 Add marg. to "rod" Or, sceptre
 
 690 PSALM ex. 3— ECCLESIASTES V. 7. 
 
 ex. 3 Read "in the day of thy power, in holy attire; out of the womb" etc. and omit inarg." 
 and marg. * 
 CXI. 10 For "thereafter" read "Jiis commandments" 
 CXVI. 1 For "hath heard" read "heareth" 
 
 CXIX. 38 For "thy word unto thy servant" read "imto thy servant thy Mord" 
 For "bclongeth" read ''is in order" 
 121 For "judgement and justice'' read "justice and righteousness" 
 147, 118 For "prevented" read "anticipated" 
 158 Omit "dealers" 
 CXXII. 4 For "a testimony unto Israel" read "an ordinance for Israel" and add marg. Ileb. 
 
 testimony 
 CXXVI. 1 Substitute marg.s {"broxight hack" etc.) for the text. 
 CXXX. 6 For "lookefh" read "waitetli " 
 
 2nd line; for "watchmen look" read "watchmen wait" 
 CXXXV, 4 For "his peculiar treasure". read "his own possession" 
 CXXXIX. IS For "hast possessed" read " didst form " and omit marg. ^ 
 For "hast covered" read "didst cover" 
 16 For "imperfect" read "unformed" 
 22 For "I count them" read "They are become" 
 CXTjIII. 2 Read "no man living is righteous." 
 CXLIV. 7 For "strangers" read "aliens" So in ver. 11. 
 8 For "vanity" read "deceit" So in ver. 11. 
 
 THE PROVERBS. 
 
 IV. 7 For "thou hast gotten" read "thy getting" and put the present text in the marg. 
 
 18 For "shining" read "dawning" and omit marg. ^ 
 
 VII. 9 For "blackness of night and the" read "middle of the night and in the" 
 
 22 For "as fetters" read "as one in fetters" Omit marg.^^ 
 
 IX. 7 For "shame" read "reviling" 
 
 X. 7 For "just" read "righteous" So in xx. 7. 
 
 XL 16 For "retaineth. . . retain" read "obtaineth . . . obtain" 
 
 XIX. 22 Substitute marg. ^^ {"That which maketh a man to be desired is his kitidness") for 
 the text. 
 
 26 For "spoileth" read "despolleth" 
 
 XX. 20 For "the blackest darkness" read "blackness of darkness" 
 
 XXI. 28 Substitute marg. " ("so as to endure") for the text. 
 
 XXII. 13 Substitute the marg. ("s?am") for the test. 
 
 XXIII. 7 For "reckoneth"road"thinketh" 
 32 Omit marg. 25 " Or, a basilisk " 
 
 XXIV. 15 For "Spoil" read "Despoil" So Jer. xlvii. 4. 
 XXV. 11 For "baskets" read "netvrork" and omit marg. 
 
 XXVI. 8 Read "As one that bindeth a stone in a sling" 
 XXVII. 4 For "outrageous" read "overwhelming" 
 XXIX. 21 Omit marg. to "a son" 
 XXXI. 29 For "virtuously" read "worthily" 
 30 For "Favour" read "Grace" 
 
 ECCLESIASTES. 
 
 I. 1 Omit "Or, the (/reat orator" from raavi;.^ 
 
 II. 8 Let the former part of marg. '* and the text exchange places, and omit the remainder of 
 the marg. 
 
 III. 11 Let marg. ' ("eternity") and the text exchange places. 
 
 19 Omit marg. "Or, the sons of men are" etc. 
 
 V. 7 Read "For in the multitude of dreams there are vanities, and in many words: " from 
 margin.
 
 ECCLESIASTE8 VI. 10— ISAIAH XVI. 3. G91 
 
 VI. 10 For "that it is man" read "what man is" 
 VII. 15 For "the diiys of my vanity" read "my days of vanity" 
 X. 1 For "a stinkin;? savour" read "an evil odour" 
 XI. 10 For "prime" read "dawn" 
 
 XII. 1 For "or ever" read " wliile " So in verses 2 and C. 
 For "come, and" read "come not, nor" 
 2 Read "the stm is not darkened, nor the liglit, nor the moon, nor the stars, and. . . 
 return not" 
 
 5 Let raarg. i' ("desire") and the text exchange places. 
 
 6 Read "is not loosed, nor., .nor. ..nor" etc. and for "be broken" read "broken" 
 
 (twice) 
 
 THE SONG OF SONGS. 
 
 II. 7 For "love" re.nd "my love" and for "it" read "he" with marg. Or, ii Or, she So in 
 
 iii. 5, and viii. 4. 
 V. 3 For "coat" read "garment" 
 VI. '1 For "Terrible" read "Overpowering" and put the present text in the margin. So in 
 
 vcr. 10. 
 VII. 1 For "The joints of thy" read "Thy rounded" from margin. 
 2 For "navel" read "body" 
 For "belly" read "waist" 
 7 For "clusters of grapes." read "its clusters." 
 
 ISAIAH. 
 
 I. 11 For " to bear" read "of bearing" 
 
 II. 4 Substitute marg. ^ (" decide concerninr/ ") for the text. So in Mic. iv. 3. 
 III. 2 For "ancient" read "elder" from margin. ' So in ix. 15. 
 3 For " cunning" read " expert" 
 5 For " ancient" read "old man" 
 IS For " bravery" read "beauty" 
 24 For "stomacher" read "robe" 
 VI. 7 For "purged" read "forgiven" with marg. Or, expiated So in xxvii. 9 and so for 
 " purged from" in xxii. 14. 
 
 VII. 15 Add marg. to "when he knoweth" Or, iill he know 
 
 21 For " nourish" read " keep alive" 
 
 22 Read " that because of the abundance of milk which they" 
 VIII. 6 In marg. is for " them" read " they" 
 
 21 For "hardly bestead" read " sore distressed" 
 IX. 5 Omit "even" 
 
 10 For " cliangc" etc. read "put cedars in their place" 
 18 For "thick clouds" read "a column" 
 X. 13 For "am prudent" read "have understanding" 
 
 15 For "shaketli . . . sliake" read " wieldeth . . . wield" 
 20 For " stay" read " lean" (twice) So in xxx. 12. 
 
 22 Substitute marg. * (" thy people, O Israel ") for the text. 
 27 Substitute marg. " (" by reason of fatness ") for the text. 
 80 Omit marg. "Or, as otherwise read" etc. 
 
 31 For "gather tliemselves to flee" read " flee for safety" 
 33 Omit "ones" 
 XI. 3 Substitute the marg. ("f/ec;'(ie") for the text. So in ver. 4. 
 15 For "shake" read "wave" 
 XIII. 21 For " satyrs" read " wild goats" and omit margin. So in xxxiv. 14 
 XIV. 23 Omit the space after this verse. 
 XVI. 1 Substitute marg. (" to") for the text. 
 3 For "bewray" read "betray"
 
 692 ISAIAH XVII. 10— XLVI. 3. 
 
 XVII. 10 Omit raargf. "Or, plantings of Adonis" 
 XIX. 6 For "i-tink" read " become foul " 
 XXI. 4 For " pantoth" read " fluttereth" 
 
 13 For "travelling companies" read " caravans" 
 
 XXIII. 8 Read "Tyre that bestoweth crowns" 
 
 10 For "girdle about thee" read " restraint " and add marg. Heb. girdle 
 
 13 Read "this people was not; the Assyrian founded it for them thatdwell in the wilder- 
 
 ness" and put the present text in the marg. 
 
 XXIV. 20 To "hut" add marg. Or, hammock 
 XXVI. 2 For " truth" read "faith" 
 
 8 Read "name, even to thy memorial name" and add marg. " See Ex. iii. 15. " 
 XXVII. 1 For "dragon" read "monster" So in li. 9; Jer. li. 31. 
 
 XXVIII. 7 Read " And even these reel with wine and stagger with strong drink ; the priest and 
 the prophet reel with . . . they stagger with strong drink; " and omit margins ^ and ^ 
 21 Read "Doth he that ploweth to sow plow continually? " 
 
 For "break the clods of " read " harrow" 
 25 For "made plain" read "levelled" 
 XXIX. IG For "framed" read "formed" (twice) 
 
 21 Add marg. to " in a cause" Or, for a word 
 21 For "learn doctrine" read " receive instruction" 
 XXX. 1 For " cover with a covering " read " make a league " from margin. 
 Substitute for marg.''* "Or, pov,r out a drink-offering" 
 2 For "walk" read "set out" 
 
 4 For "his" read "their" (twice) 
 
 5 For "of" read "because of" 
 
 C For "bunches" read "humps" 
 
 11 Omit "withal" 
 
 17 Marg.i For "mast" read "pole" 
 
 20 Substitute for marg. ^ "'And then will the Lord give you bread in adversity and 
 
 water in affliction, and thy teachers shall not " 
 23 For " rain of thy seed, that. . . withal " read " rain for thy seed wherewith thou slialt 
 
 sow the ground;" 
 25 For "rivers" read "brooks" 
 XXXI. 1 For "stay" read "rely" So in 1. 10. 
 5 For "Hying" read " hovering" 
 XXXII. 5 Substitute the renderings of the marg. "fool . . . noble ' ' for the text. 
 C Substitute the renderings of the marg. "fool . . .folly " for the text. 
 
 XXXIII. 4 For "they leap" read "men leap" 
 11 For "surprised" read "seized" 
 
 For "shall" read "can" (twice) 
 19 For "perceive" read "comprehend" 
 
 XXXIV. 8 Read " For Jehovah hath a day of vengeance, a year of recorapencc for the cause of 
 
 Zion." 
 XXXV. 8 Omit the second alternative rendering from marg. 
 
 XXXVII. 33 For "cast" read " cast up" 
 
 XXXVIII. 12 For "Mine age" read " My dwelling" and omit marg. >* 
 
 14 For "mourn" read " moan" So in lix. 11. 
 XL. 19 Omit "graven" So in xliv. 10 read "an image" 
 
 For " melted" read "hath cast" 
 XLI. 27 Read "lam the first that saith" 
 XLII. 15 For " make waste" read "lay waste" 
 
 17 For " greatly ashamed" read "utterly put to shame" So in Jcr. xx. 11. 
 25 For " fury" read "fierceness" So in Ixvi. 15. 
 XLIII. 13 For "let" read "hinder" and omit marg." 
 
 23 For "made. . .to serve" read "burdened. .." Soin2l. 
 XLIV. 7 For "appointed" read "established" 
 28 For "and to" read "and of" 
 XLV. 3 Read in last clause "that it is I Jehovah who call thee " 
 
 21 For "unto me, is" read ", have I" 
 
 In marg.7 for "of" read " say ofmc, is" 
 XLVI. 3 For " the belly " read " their birth "
 
 ISAIAH XLVII. 3— JEREMIAH XIII. 21. 693 
 
 XLVII. S For " accept" read "spare" 
 
 Omit "make truce with" from marg. 
 5 For "lady" read "mistress" So for " a lady" in ver. 7. 
 IJ. 4 For "niako my judgement to rest" read "establish my judgment" 
 LII. 2 For "sit tlieo dowu" read "sit on thy throne" 
 
 10 For " shall see" read "have seen" 
 lilir. 1 For " report" read " message" 
 
 7 For "yet he humbled himself and" read " yet when he was adlictcd he" 
 For "; yea," read " , so" 
 
 8 Substitute the rendering cf marg. '' carrying forward the interrogation : (" c((t off out 
 
 of the land of the living for tlie transrjression of my people to whom the strolte was 
 due/") 
 
 9 For " the rich" read " a rich man " Omit marg. » 
 
 11 For "by his knowledge" read "by the knowledge of himself" and put the present 
 
 text in the marg. 
 Omit marg. ^i "Or, lie shall see " etc. 
 LTV. 12 For "pleasant" read "precious" So in Joel iii. 5. 
 LVII. 4 For "draw out" read "])ut out" 
 
 8 To "where thou sawest it." add marg. Or, thou providest room for it. 
 17 For "frowardly " read " backslidhig" 
 LX. 6 Head "all they from Sheba shall come" 
 
 LXI. 2 For "acceptable year of the Loud" read "j'ear of Jehovah's favour" and omit marg. 
 7 For " For" read " Instead of" (twice) 
 For "confusion" read "dishonour" 
 LXIV. 5 Omit textual remark from marg. < 
 
 11 For " things " read "places" 
 LXYI. 5 Last clause, read "but it is they that shall be put to shame" 
 
 10 For "plead, . . . , with" read "execute judgment, . . . , upon" So in Joel iii. 2. 
 20 For "offering" read "oblation" (twice) 
 
 JEREMIAH. 
 
 I. 6 For "cannot" read " know not how to" 
 IL 25 For "There is no hope" read " It is in vain" 
 
 3i For " I have not found " etc., read " thou didst not find them breaking in : but it is 
 because of all these things:" Substitute for marg. " "Or, I have not found it Tjy 
 secret search, but upon all these." 
 37 For "From him" read "From thence" 
 HI. 21 For "for that" read "because" 
 
 IV. 1 For "unto me shalt thou return: " read "if thou wilt return unto me;" 
 10 For "soul" read "life" 
 13 For "spoiled" read " despoiled;" So in ver. .30; ix. 19; x. 20. 
 
 20 For " spoiled" read "laid waste" (twice) So iu slix. 3 ; Zech. xi. 2, 3 (twice) 
 29 For "The whole city" read "Every city" 
 
 V. 6 For " over" read " against" 
 VI. 11 For " lightly" read " slightly" So in viii. 11. 
 
 27 Let marg. ^ (" trier") and the text exchange places. 
 YII. 21 Add marg. to "went backward" Or, turned their back and not their face 
 VIII. IJi Add marg. to "gall" Or, poison So in ix. 15; xxiii. 15. 
 IX. 26 For " polled" read " cut off" So in xxv. 23; xlix. 32. 
 X. 5 Omit marg. 3 except '.'Or, pillar" 
 
 8 Marg. '^ For "it is" read " the stock is" 
 
 21 For "with judgement" read "iu measure" Add marg. Heb. judgment So in xxx. 
 
 11 ; xlvi. 28. 
 XI. 20 For " let me see" read "I shall see" 
 XIII. 12 For "know" read " certainly know" 
 
 £1 Read "when he shall set over thee as head those whom thou hast thyself taught to be 
 friends to thee "
 
 694 
 
 JEEEMIAH XIV. 3— EZEKIEL VI. 9. 
 
 XIV. 
 
 3 For "pits" read "cisterns" 
 
 
 12 For "oblation" read "meal offering" from margin. So read "meal offerinss" in xvii. 
 
 
 26; xsxiii. IS; xli. 5. 
 
 XVI. 
 
 4 For " die of" read "die " 
 
 XVII. 
 
 11 Substitute marg. ' (" sitleth on eggs which she haih not laid'') for the text. 
 
 XVIII. 
 
 15 For " caused them" read "been made" 
 
 
 17 Substitute the marg. {"show them the bade and not the face''') for the text. 
 
 XX. 
 
 5 For " which shall spoil them " read " and they shall make them a prey" 
 
 
 7 For "deceived" read "persuaded "(twice) 
 
 
 10 For "enticed" read "persuaded" 
 
 XXI. 
 
 5 For "wrath" read "indignation" So in xxxii. 37. 
 
 XXII. 
 
 17 For " to shed" read " shedding" 
 
 XXIII. 
 
 15 For " profaneness" read "xmgodliness" 
 
 XXVI. 
 
 2 For "keep not back" read "diminish not" 
 
 
 18 For " Micaiah" read " Mieah" Add marg. Heb. 3Iicaiah 
 
 
 19 Omit "at all" 
 
 XXVIII. 
 
 13 For "shalt make" read "hast made" 
 
 XXXI. 
 
 20 For " pleasant" read "darling" 
 
 
 For "are troubled" read "yearn" 
 
 XXXIII. 
 
 6 For marg. " Or, healing" read "Heb. a band'tge " 
 
 XXXVIII 
 
 11 For "cast"' read "cast off" So in ver. 12. 
 
 XLI. 
 
 5 For " certain" read " men" 
 
 
 14 For " cast about and returned" read "turned about and came back " 
 
 XLVI. 
 
 3 For " Order" read "Prepare" 
 
 
 8 For "the city" read "cities" 
 
 
 17 Add margin to " but " etc.. Or, destroyed 
 
 XLVIII. 
 
 3 For " spoiling" read " laying waste" 
 
 
 2S For "in the sides of the hole's mouth" read " over the mouth of the abyss" 
 
 
 89 For "dismaying "read "terror"   
 
 XLIX. 
 
 5 For " wandereth" read "fleeth" 
 
 
 10 For " spoiled " read "made a prey" 
 
 
 39 Add marg. to "bring again" Or, return to So in Ezek. xxix. 14; Hos. vi. 11 ; Joel iii. 
 
 
 1 ; Am. ix. 14; Zeph. iii. 20. 
 
 L. 
 
 7 For "offend not" read "are'not guilty" 
 
 
 10 For "spoil. . . spoil" read "prey . . . prey upon" 
 
 LI. 
 
 5 Add margin to "forsaken" Or, widowed 
 
 
 14 Add margin to "Surely" Or, Though I have filled 
 
 
 Add margin to "and" Or, yet 
 
 
 34 For "delicates" read "delicacies" 
 
 
 55 For " spoilclh Babylon" read " layeth Babylon waste " 
 
 LII. 
 
 23 Marg. m for "four" read "four" 
 
 
 LAMENTATIONS. 
 
 I. 
 
 12 For "done unto" read "brought upon" 
 
 II. 
 
 19 For "top" read "head" So in iv. 1; Nah. iii. 10. 
 
 
 EZEKIEL. 
 
 I. 
 
 4 For "colour" read "look" So in verses 7, 10, 22, 27; viii. 2 ; x. 9. 
 
 
 For "amber" read "glowing metal" So in 27; viii. 2. Substitute "Or, amber" for 
 
 
 marg.* 
 
 
 18 For "rings" read "rims" (twice) 
 
 V. 
 
 13 For "satisfy my fury" read "cause my wrath to rest" and omit the marg. So in 
 
 
 xvi. 42; xxi. 17; xxiv. 13. 
 
 VI 
 
 9 For "whorish" read "lewd" 
 
 1
 
 VII. 
 
 EZEKIEL VII. 26— MICAH IV. 13. 695 
 
 2C For "ancients" read "elders" 
 
 IX. 
 
 6 For "aticicnt" read "old" 
 
 X. 
 
 21 Omit "apiece" 
 
 XIII. 
 
 5 For "made up the fence" riad " built up the wall" So alter "make up the fence" in 
 
 
 xxii. 30. 
 
 
 6 For " and the Lord " read " but Jehovah" 
 
 
 10 Add margin to " uiitempered mortar" Or, wJt i fcwash So in xxii. 28. 
 
 XIV. 
 
 1.5 For " noisome" read " evil" 
 
 XVI. 
 
 7 For " the bud of" read " that which groweth in " 
 
 
 43 For "fretted " read " raged agaiiist " 
 
 XVII. 
 
 9 For "even without" etc., read "and not by a strong arm or much people am it be 
 
 
 raised from the roots thereof" 
 
 XX. 
 
 3 For "Are ye come" etc. read "Is it to enquire of me that ye are come?" 
 
 XXIII. 
 
 3 For "bruised" read "handled" So inver. 8, and "handling" in ver. 21. 
 
 
 For "teats " read " bosom" So in verses S, 21. 
 
 XXIV. 
 
 13 For "purged" read "cleansed" (3 times) 
 
 XXVII. 
 
 9 For "ancients" read "old men" 
 
 
 For " occupy" read " deal in " 
 
 
 27 For "occupiers of" read "dealers in" 
 
 XXVIII. 
 
 3 For "they can hide" read "is hidden" 
 
 XXIX. 
 
 5 For " leave thee throivn" read " cast thee forth " 
 
 
 18 For "peeled" read "worn" 
 
 XXX. 
 
 3 For "near, a day" etc. read "near; it shall be a day of clouds, a time" etc. 
 
 XXXVIII 
 
 22 Read " : and with pestilence and with blood will I enter into judgment with him" 
 
 XLII. 
 
 12 For "in the head" read "at the head" 
 
 XLIII. 
 
 14 Substitute marg. ^ (" ledge") for the text. So in ver. 20 and xlv. 19. 
 
 XLV. 
 
 15 Put marg.'-' ("well watered") in the text. 
 
 
 DANIEL. 
 
 IX. 
 
 25, 26 Substitute for marg. to " the anointed one" Heb. Messiah 
 
 
 25 Read "seven weeks, and threescore and two weeks: it shall be" etc. from marg. ", 
 
 
 and put text in margin. 
 
 
 26 Substitute marg. "^ (" the end thereof") for the text. 
 
 
 27 Substitute marg. '» {"in the midst of") and marg. 2- ("desolate") for the text. 
 
 
 HOSEA. 
 
 VIII. 
 
 11 For "to sin" read "for sinning" (twice) 
 
 
 12 Substitute marg. ^'' (" I tvrote for him the ten thousand things of my law, but thcj " 
 
 
 etc.) for the text. 
 
 
 OBADIAH. 
 
 
 20 For "captivity " read "captives" (twice) 
 
 
 MICAH. 
 
 I. 
 
 4 For "molten" read "melted" 
 
 
 16 For "poll thee" read "cut off thy hair" 
 
 II. 
 
 11 Transpose text and margin ". 
 
 IV. 
 
 6 For " halteth " read " is lame" So in Zeph. iii. 19. 
 
 
 7 For "halted " read " was lame " 
 
 
 13 For " thou shalt " read " I shall" and omit marg.
 
 696 NAHUM I. 10— MALACHI III. 15. 
 
 NAHUM. 
 
 I. 10 Read " For entangled like thorns and drunken as with their drink they are consmr.ed ' 
 II. 1 For "mvmition " read "fortress" 
 
 4 For "justle one against another" read " rush to and fro" 
 
 7 Let marg.i ('Mwd it is decreed; she is " etc.) and the text exchange places. 
 
 For "tabering" read " beating" 
 9 For "pleasant" read "goodly" 
 III. 2 For "jumjiing" read "bounding" 
 19 For " bruit" read " report" 
 
 ZECHARIAH. 
 
 II. 8 For " spoiled you " read " made you a spoil " 
 III. 5 For "fair" read "clean" (twice) 
 IV'. 7 For "head" read " top " 
 
 14 For "sons of oil " read "anointed ones" 
 V. 3 For " purged out " read " cut off" (twice) 
 XIV. 10 For "Arabah"read "plain" 
 21 Omit marg. " Or, trafficker" 
 
 MALACHI. 
 
 II. 3 For " sacrifices " read " solemn feasts " and omit margin. 
 III. 3 For "purge" read "refine" 
 
 15 For "are delivered" read "escape"
 
 PUBLISHED BY 
 
 C. J. CLAY AND SON, I HENRY FEOWDE, 
 
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 THE 
 
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 JESUS CHRIST 
 
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 COMPARED WITH THE MOST ANCIENT AUTHORITIES AND REVISED 
 
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 r 
 
 PREFACE. 
 
 The English Version of the New Testament here presented to the reader 
 is a Revision of the Translation pul^lished in the year of Our Lord 1611, and 
 commonly known by the name of the Authorised Version. 
 
 That Translation was the work of many hands and of several generations. 
 The foundation was laid by Wilham Tyndale. Hia translation of the New 
 Testament was the true primary Version. The Versions that followed were 
 either substantially reproductions of Tyndale's translation in its final shape, 
 or revisions of Versions that had been themselves almost entirely based on it. 
 Three successive stages may be recognised in this continuous work of author- 
 itative revision : first, the publication of the Great Bible of 1539-41 in the 
 reign of Henry VIII; next, the publication of the Bishops' Bible of 1568 and 
 1572 in the reign of Elizabeth; and lastly, the publication of the King's Bible 
 of 1611 in the reign of James I. Besides these, the Genevan Version of 1560, 
 itself founded on Tyndale's translation, must here be named; which, though 
 not put forth by authority, was widely circulated in this country, and largely 
 used by King James' Translators. Thus the form in which the English New 
 Testament has now been read for 270 years was the result of various revisions 
 made between 1525 and 1611 ; and the present Revision is an attempt, after a 
 long interval, to follow the example set by a succession of honoured prede- 
 cessors. 
 
 I. Of the many points of interest connected with the Translation of 1611, 
 two require special notice; first, the Greek Text which it appears to have 
 represented ; and secondly, the character of the Translation itself 
 
 1. With regard to the Greek Text, it would appear that, if to some extent 
 the Translators exercised an independent judgement, it was mainly in choosing 
 amongst readings contained in the principal editions of the Greek Text that 
 had appeared in the sixteenth century. Wherever they seem to have followed 
 a reading which is not found in any of those editions, their rendering may 
 probably be traced to the Latin Vulgate. Their chief guides appear to have 
 been the later editions of Stephanus and of Beza, and also, to a certain extent, 
 the Complutensian Polyglott. All these were founded for the most part on 
 manuscripts of late date, few in number, and used with little critical skill. 
 But in those days it could hardly have been otherwise. Nearly all the more 
 ancient of the documentary authorities have become known only within the 
 last two centuries ; some of the most important of them, indeed, within the 
 last few years. Their publication has called forth not only improved editions 
 of the Greek Text, but a succession of instructive discussions on the variations 
 which have been brought to light, and on the best modes of distinguishing 
 original readings from changes introduced in the course of transcription. 
 While therefore it has long been the opinion of all scholars that the commonly
 
 vi PREFACE. 
 
 received text needed thorough revision, it is but recently that materials have 
 been acquired for executing such a work with even approximate completeness. 
 
 2. The character of the Translation itself will be best estimated by con- 
 sidering the leading rules under which it was made, and the extent to which 
 these rules appear to have been observed. 
 
 The primary and fundamental rule was expressed in the following terms : —   
 'The ordinary Bible read in the Chiu-ch, commonly called the Bishops' Bible, 
 to be followed, and as little altered as the truth of the Original will permit.' 
 There was, however, this subsequent provision : — ' These translations to be 
 used, when they agree better with the text than the Bishops' Bible : Tindale's, 
 Matthew's, Coverdale's, Whitchurch's, Geneva.' The first of these rules, which 
 was substantially the same as that laid down at the revision of the Great Bible 
 in the reign of Elizabeth, was strictly observed. The other rule was but 
 partially followed. The Translators made much vise of the Genevan Version. 
 They do not however appear to have frequently returned to the renderings of 
 the other Versions named in the rule, where those Versions difiered from the 
 Bishops' Bible. On the other hand, their work shews evident traces of the 
 influence of a Version not specified in the rules, the Rhemish, made from the 
 Latin Vulgate, but by scholars conversant with the Greek Original. 
 
 Another rule, on which it is stated that those in authority laid great stress, 
 related to the rendering of words that admitted of dififerent interpretations. 
 It was as follows : — 'When a word hath divers significations, that to be kept 
 which hath been most commonly used by the most of the ancient fathers, 
 being agreeable to the propriety of the place and the analogy of the faith.' 
 With this rule was associated the following, on which equal stress appears to 
 have been laid : — ' The old ecclesiastical words to be kept, viz. the word Church 
 not to be translated Congregation, &c.' This latter rule was for the most part 
 carefully observed ; but it may be doubted whether, in the case of words that 
 (idmitted of different meanings, the instructions were at all closely followed. 
 In dealing with the more difficult words of this class, the Translators appear 
 to have paid much regard to traditional interpretations, and especially to the 
 authority of the Vulgate ; but, as to the large residue of words which might 
 properly fall under the rule, they used considerable freedom. Moreover they 
 profess in their Preface to have studiously adopted a variety of expression 
 which would now be deemed hardly consistent with the requirements of 
 faithful translation. They seem to have been guided by the feeling that their 
 Version would secure for the words they used a lasting place in the language ; 
 and they express a fear lest they should ' be charged (by scoffers) with some 
 unequal dealing towards a great number of good English words,' which, 
 without this liberty on their part, would not have a place in the pages of the 
 English Bible. Still it cannot be doubted that they carried this liberty too 
 far, and that the studied avoidance of uniformity in the rendering of the same 
 words, even when occurring in the same context, is one of the blemishes in 
 their work. 
 
 A tliird leading rule was of a negative character, but was rendered necessary 
 by the experience derived from former Versions. The words of the rule are as 
 follows : — 'No marginal notes at all to be affixed, but only for the explanation 
 of the Hebrew or Greek words which cannot without some circumlocution so 
 briefly and fitly be expressed in the text.' Here again the Translators used 
 some liberty in their application of the rule. Out of more than 760 marginal 
 notes originally appended to the Authorised Version of the New Testament, 
 only a seventh part consists of explanations or literal renderings ; the great 
 majority of the notes being devoted to the useful and indeed necessary purpose 
 of placing before the reader alternative renderings which it was judged that 
 the passage or the words would fairly admit. The notes referring to variations 
 in the Greek Text amount to about thirty-five.
 
 PREFACE. vii 
 
 Of the remaining rules it may Ije sutt'icicnt to notice one, which was for 
 tlie most part consistently followed : — 'The names of the prophets and the 
 holy writers, with the other names of the text, to be retained, as nigh as may 
 be, accordingly as they were vulgarly used.' The Translators had also the 
 liberty, in 'any place of special obscurity,' to consult those who might be 
 qualihgd to give an opinion. 
 
 Passing from these fundamental rules, which should be borne in mind by 
 any one who would rightly understand the nature and character of the 
 Authorised Version, we must call attention to the manner in which the actual 
 work of the translation was carrietl on. The New Testament was assigned to 
 two separate Companies, the one consisting of eight members, sitting at 
 Oxford, the other consisting of seven members, sitting at Westminster, There 
 is no reason to believe that these Companies ever sat together. They com- 
 municated to each other, and likewise to the four Companies to which the Old 
 Testament and the Apocrypha had been committed, the results of their 
 labours ; and perhaps afterwards reconsidered them : but the fact that the 
 New Testament was divided between two separate bodies of men involved a 
 grave inconvenience, and was beyond all doubt the cause of many inconsist- 
 encies. These probably would have been much more serious, had it not been 
 provided that there should be a final supervision of the w^hole Bible, by 
 selected members from Oxford, Cambridge, and Westminster, the three 
 centres at which the work had been carried on. These supervisors are said 
 by one authority to have been six in number, and by another twelve. 
 When it is remembered that this supervision was completed in nine 
 months, we may wonder that the incongruities which remain are not more 
 luimerous. 
 
 The Companies appear to have been occupied in the actual business of 
 revision about two years and three quarters. 
 
 Such, so far as can be gathered from the rules and modes of procedure, is 
 the character of the time-honoured Version which we have been called u])on 
 to revise. We have had to study this great Version carefully and minutely, 
 line by line ; and the longer we have been engaged upon it the more we have 
 learned to admire its simplicity, its dignity, its power, its happy turns of 
 expression, its general accuracy, and, we must not fail to add, the music of 
 its cadences, and the felicities of its rhythm. To render a work that had 
 reached this high standard of excellence still more excellent, to increase its 
 fidelity without destroying its charm, was the task committed to us. Of that 
 task, and of the conditions under which we have attempted its fulfilment, it 
 will now be necessary for lis to speak. 
 
 II. The present Revision had its origin in action taken by the Convoca- 
 tion of the Province of Canterbury in February 1870, and it has been con- 
 ducted throughout on the plan laid down in Resolutions of both Houses of the 
 Province, and, more particulai'ly, in accordance with Principles and Rules 
 drawn up by a special Committee of Convocation in the following May, Two 
 Companies, the one for the revision of the Authorised Version of the Old 
 1'estament, and the other for the revision of the same Version of the New 
 Testament, were formed in the manner specified in the Resolutions, and the 
 work was commenced on the twenty-second day of Jvme 1870. Shortly after- 
 wards, steps were taken, under a resolution passed by both Houses of Con- 
 vocation, for inviting the co-operation of American scholars ; and eventually 
 two Committees were formed in America, for the purpose of acting with 
 the two English Companies, on the basis of the Principles and Rules drawn 
 up by the Committee of Convocation. 
 
 The fundamental Resolutions adopted by the Convocation of Canterbury 
 on the third and fifth days of May 1870 were as follows : —
 
 via 
 
 PREFACE. 
 
 '1. That it is desirable that a revision of the Authorised Version of 
 the Holy Scriptures be undertaken. 
 
 ' 2. That the revision be so conducted as to comprise both marginal ren- 
 derings and such emendations as it may be found necessary to insert in the 
 text of the Authorised Version. 
 
 ' 3. That in the above resolutions we do not contemplate any new trans- 
 lation of the Bible, or any alteration of the language, except where in the 
 judgement of the most competent scholars such change is necessary. 
 
 ' 4. That in such necessary changes, the style of the language employed 
 in the existing Version be closely followed. 
 
 ' 5. That it is desirable that Convocation should nominate a. body of its owii 
 members to undertake the work of revision, who shall be at liberty to invite 
 the co-operation of any eminent for scholarship, to whatever nation or religious 
 liody they may belong.' 
 
 The Principles and Rules agreed to by the Committee of Convocation oii 
 the twenty-fifth day of May 1870 were as follows :— 
 
 '1. To introduce as few alterations as possible into the Text of the 
 Authorised Version consistently with faithfulness. 
 
 ' 2. To limit, as far as possible, the expression of such alterations to the 
 language of the Authorised and earlier English Versions. 
 
 ' 3. Each Company to go twice over the portion to be revised, once pro- 
 visionally, the second time finally, and on principles of voting as hereinafter 
 is provided. 
 
 ' 4. That the Text to be adopted be that for v/hich the evidence is de- 
 cidedly preponderating ; and that when the Text so adopted difiers from that 
 from which the Authorised Version was made, the alteration be indicated in 
 the margin. . . 
 
 ' 5. To make or retain no change in the Text on the second final revision 
 by each Company, except two thirds of those present approve of the same, but 
 on the first revision to decide by simple majorities. 
 
 ' 6. In every case of proposed alteration that may have given rise to 
 discussion, to defer the voting thereupon till the next Meeting, whensoever 
 the same shall be required by one third of those present at the Meeting, such 
 intended vote to be announced in the notice for the next Meeting. 
 
 ' 7. To revise the headings of chapters and pages, paragraphs, italics, and 
 punctuation. 
 
 ' 8. To refer, on the part of each Company, when considered desiral^le, to 
 Divines, Scholars, and Literary ]\Ien, whether at home or abroad, for their 
 opinions.' 
 
 These rules it has been our endeavour faithfully and consistently to follow. 
 One only of them we found ourselves unable to observe in all particulars. In 
 accordance with the seventh rule, we have carefully revised the paragi'aphs, 
 italics, and punctuation. But the revision of the headings of chapters and 
 pages would have involved so much of indirect, and indeed frequently of 
 direct interpretation, that we judged it best to omit them altogether. 
 
 Our communications with the American Committee have been of the 
 following nature. We transmitted to them from time to time each several 
 portion ''of our First Revision, and received from them in return their 
 criticisms and suggestions. These we considered with imich care and atten- 
 tion during the time we were engaged on our Second Revision. We then sent 
 over to them the various portions of the Second Revision as they were 
 completed, and received further suggestions, which, like the former, were 
 closely and carefully considered. Last of all, we forwarded to them the 
 Revised Version in its final form ; and a list of those passages in which they 
 desire to place on record their preference of other readings and renderings 
 wiir be found at the end of the volume. We gratefully acknowledge their
 
 PREFACE. ix 
 
 care, vigilance, and accuracy ; and \vc humbly jn-ay that their labours and our 
 own, thu.s ha[)i)ily united, may l^e permitted to bear a blessing to both 
 countries, and to all English-speaking people throughout the world. 
 
 The whole time devoted to the work has been ten years and a half. The 
 First llevisiou occupied about six years ; the Second, about two years and 
 a half. The I'emaiuing time has been spent in the consideration of the 
 suggestions from America on the Second Revision, and of many details and 
 reserved questions arising out of our own labours. As a rule, a session of four 
 days has been held every month (with the exception of August and September) 
 in each year from the commencement of the work iu June 1870. The average 
 attendance for the whole time has been sixteen each day ; the whole Company 
 consisting at first of twenty-seven, but for the greater part of the time of 
 twenty-four members, many of them residing at great distances from London. 
 Of the original number four have been removed from us by death. 
 
 At an early stage in our labours, we entered into an agreement with the 
 Universities of Oxford and Cambridge for the conveyance to them of our 
 copyright in the work. This arrangement provided for the necessary expenses 
 of the undertaldng ; and procured for the Revised Version the advantage 
 of being published by Bodies long connected with the publication of the 
 Authorised Version. 
 
 III. V/e now pass onward to give a brief account of the particulars of the 
 present work. This we propose to do under the four heads of Text, Trans- 
 lation, Language, and Marginal Notes. 
 
 1. A revision of the Greek text was the necessary foundation of our 
 work ; but it did not fall within our province to construct a continuous and 
 complete Greek text. In many cases the English rendering was considered 
 to represent correctly either of two competing readings in the Greek, and 
 then the question of the text was usually not raised. A sufficiently laborious 
 task remained in deciding between the rival claims of various readings which 
 might properly affect the translation. When these were adjusted, our devia- 
 tions from the text presumed to underlie the Authorised Version had next to 
 be indicated, in accordance with the fourth rule ; but it proved inconvenient 
 to record them in the margin. A better mode however of giving them 
 publicity has been found, as the University Presses have undertaken to print 
 them in connexion with complete Greek texts of the New Testament. 
 
 In regard of the readings thus approved, it may be observed that the 
 fourth rule, by requiring that ' the text to be adopted ' should be ' that for 
 Avhich the evidence is decidedly preponderating,' was in effect an instruction 
 to follov7 the authority of documentary evidence without deference to any 
 printed text of modern times, and therefore to employ the best resources of 
 criticism for estimating the value of evidence. Textual criticism, as applied 
 to the Greek New Testament, forms a special study of much intricacy and 
 difficulty, and even now leaves room for considerable variety of opinion among 
 competent critics. Diff'erent schools of criticism have been represented among 
 lis, and have together contributed to the final result. In the early part of the 
 work every various reading requiring consideration was discussed and voted 
 on by the Company. After a time the precedents thus established enabled 
 the process to be safely shortened ; but it was still at the option of every one 
 to raise a full discussion on any particular reading, and the option was freely 
 used. On the first re\dsion, in accordance with the fifth rule, the decisions 
 wei'e arrived at by simple majorities. On the second revision, at which a 
 majority of two thirds was required to retain or introduce a reading at 
 variance with the reading presumed to underlie the Authorised Version, many 
 readings previously ado^ited were brought again into debate, and either re- 
 affi.rmed or set aside.
 
 X PREFACE. 
 
 Many places still remain in which, for the present, it would not be safe to 
 accept one reading to the absolute exclusion of others. In these cases we have 
 given alternative readings in the margin, wherever they seem to be of sufficient 
 importance or interest to deserve notice. In the introductory formula, the 
 phrases 'many ancient authorities,' 'some ancient authorities,' are used with 
 some latitude to denote a greater or lesser proportion of those authorities 
 which have a distinctive right to be called ancient. These ancient authorities 
 comprise not only Greek manuscripts, some of which were written in the 
 fourth and fifth centuries, but versions of a still earlier date in different lan- 
 guages, and also quotations by Christian winters of the second and following 
 centuries. 
 
 2. We pass now from the Text to the Translation. The character of the 
 Eevision was determined for us from the outset by the first rule, 'to introduce 
 as few alterations as possible, consistently with faithfulness.' Our task was 
 revision, not re-translation. 
 
 In the application however of this principle to the many and intricate 
 details of our work, we have found ourselves constrained by faithfulness to 
 introduce changes which might not at first sight appear to be included \inder 
 the rule. 
 
 The alterations which we have made in the Authorised "Version may be 
 roughly grouped in five principal classes. First, alterations positively required 
 by change of reading in the Greek Text. Secondly, alterations made where 
 the Authorised Version appeared either to be incorrect, or to have chosen the 
 less probable of two possible renderings. Thirdly, alterations of obscure or 
 ambiguous renderings into such as are clear and express in their import. 
 For it has been our principle not to leave any translation, or any arrangement 
 of words, which could adapt itself to one or other of two interpretations, but 
 rather to express as plainly as was possible that interpretation which seemed 
 best to deserve a place in the text, and to put the other in the margin. 
 
 There remain yet two other classes of alterations which we have felt to be 
 required by the same principle of faithfulness. These are, — Fourthly, altera- 
 tions of the Authorised Version in cases where it was inconsistent with itself 
 in the rendering of two or more passages confessedly alike or parallel. Fifthly, 
 alterations rendered necessary by co-iisequence, that is, arising out of changes 
 already made, though not in themselves required by the general rule of faith- 
 fulness. Both these classes of alterations call for some further explanation. 
 
 The frequent inconsistencies in the Authorised Version have caused us 
 much embarrassment from the fact already referred to, namely, tlmt a studied 
 variety of rendering, even in the same chapter and context, was a kind of 
 principle w^ith our predecessors, and was defended by them on grovinds that 
 have been mentioned above. The problem we had to solve was to discriminate 
 Ijetween varieties of rendering which were compatible with fidelity to the true 
 meaning of the text, and varieties v\'hich involved inconsistency, and were 
 suggestive of difterences that had no existence in the Greek. This problem 
 we have solved to the best of our power, and for the most part in the follow- 
 ing way. 
 
 Where there was a doubt as to the exact shade of meaning, we have looked 
 to the context for guidance. If the meaning was fairly expressed by the word 
 or phrase that was before us in the Authorised Version, we made no change, 
 even where rigid adherence to the rule of translating, as far as possible, the 
 same Greek word by the same English word might have prescribed some 
 modification. 
 
 There are however numerous passages in the Authorised Version in which, 
 whether regard be had to the reciu-rence (as in the first three Gospels) of 
 identical clauses and sentences, to the repetition of the same word in the 
 same passage, or to the characteristic use of particular words by the same
 
 PREFACE. xi 
 
 writer, the studied variety adopted l)y tlie Translators of 1611 has produced 
 a degree of iueonsistency that cannot be reconciled with the principle of faith- 
 fulness. In such cases we have not hesitated to introduce alterations, even 
 though the sense might not seem to the general reader to be materially 
 aftbcted. 
 
 The last class of alterations is that which we have described as rendered 
 necessary h/ consequence ; that is, by reason of some foregoing alteration. The 
 cases in which these consequential changes have been found necessary are 
 numerous and of very different kinds. Sometimes the change has been made 
 to avoid tautology ; sometimes to obviate an mipleasing alliteration or some 
 other infelicity of sound ; sometimes, in the case of smaller words, to preserve 
 the familiar rhythm ; sometimes for a convergence of reasons which, when 
 explained, w^oukl at once be accepted, but until so explained might never be 
 surmised even by intelligent readers. 
 
 This may be made plain by an example. When a particular word is found 
 to recur with characteristic frequency in any one of the .Sacred Writers, it is 
 obviously desirable to adopt for it some uniform rendering. Again, where, 
 as in the case of the first three Evangelists, precisely the same clauses or 
 sentences are found in more than one of the Gospels, it is no less necessary 
 to translate them in every place in the same way. These two principles may 
 be illustrated by reference to a word that perpetually recurs in St. Mark's 
 (xospel, and that may be translated either 'straightway,' 'forthwith,' or 
 'immediately.' Let it be supposed that the first rendering is chosen, and that 
 the word, in accordance with the first of the above principles, is in that 
 Gospel uniformly translated 'straightway.' Let it be further supposed that 
 ens of the passages of St. ]\Iark in which it is so translated is found, word 
 for word, in one of the other Gospels, but that there the rendering of the 
 Authorised Version happens to be 'forthwith' or 'immediately.' That ren- 
 dering must be changed on the second of the above principles ; and yet such 
 a change would not have been made but for this concurrence of two sound 
 principles, and the consequent necessity of making a change on grounds 
 extraneous to the passage itself. 
 
 This is but one of many instances of consequential alterations which 
 might at first sight appear unnecessary, but which nevertheless have been 
 deliberately made, and are not at variance with the ride of introducing as few 
 changes in the Authorised Version as faithfulness would allow. 
 
 There are some other points of detail which it may Ije here convenient to 
 notice. One of these, and perhaps the most important, is the rendering of the 
 Greek aorist. There are numerous cases, especially in connexion with par- 
 ticles ordinai'ily expressive of present time, in which the use of the indefinite 
 past tense in Greek and English is altogether difterent ; and in such instances 
 Ave have not attempted to "s-iolate the idiom of our language by forms of 
 expression which it could not bear. But we have often ventured to represent 
 the Greek aorist by the English preterite, even where the reader may find 
 some passing difiiculty in such a rendering, because we have felt convinced 
 that the true meaning of the original was obscured by the presence of the 
 familiar auxiliary. A remarkable illustration may be found in the seventeenth 
 chapter of St. John's Gospel, where the combination of the aorist and the 
 perfect shews, beyond all reasonable doubt, that difterent relations of time 
 were intended to be expressed. 
 
 Changes of translation will also be found in connexion with the aorist 
 participle, arising from the fact that the usual periphrasis of this participle in 
 the Vulgate, which was rendered necessary by Latin idiom, has been largely 
 reproduced in the Authorised Version by 'when ' with the past tense (as for 
 example in the second chapter of St. Matthew's Gospel), even where the ordin- 
 ary j)articipial rendering would have been easier and more natural in English.
 
 xii PREFACE. 
 
 In reference to the perfect and the imperfect tenses but little needs to be 
 said. The correct translation of the former has been for the most part, 
 though with some striking excej^tions, maintained in the Authorised Version : 
 while with regard to the imperfect, clear as its meaning may be in the Greek, 
 the power of expressing it is so limited in English, that we have been fre- 
 quently compelled to leave the force of the tense to be inferred from the con- 
 text. In a few instances, where faithfulness imperatively required it, and 
 especially where, in the Greek, the significance of the imperfect tense seemed 
 to be additionally marked by the use of the participle with the auxiliary verb, 
 we have introduced the corresponding form in English. Still, in the great 
 majority of cases we have been obliged to retain the English preterite, and to 
 rely either on slight changes in the order of the words, or on prominence 
 given to the accompanying temporal particles, for the indication of the mean- 
 ing which, in the Greek, the imperfect tense was designed to convey. 
 
 On other points of grammar it may be sufficient to speak more briefly. 
 
 Many changes, as might be anticipated, have been made in the case of the 
 definite article. Here again it was necessary to consider the peculiarities of 
 English idiom, as well as the general tenor of each passage. Sometimes we 
 have felt it enough to prefix the article to the first of a series of words to all 
 of which it is prefixed in the Greek, and thus, as it were, to impart the idea of 
 definiteness to the whole series, without running the risk of overloading the 
 sentence. Sometimes, conversely, we have had to tolerate the presence of the 
 definite article in our Version, when it is absent from the Greek, and perhaps 
 not even grammatically latent; simply because English idiom would not 
 allow the noun to stand alone, and because the introduction of the indefinite 
 article might have introduced an idea of oneness or individuality, which was 
 not in any degree traceable in the original. In a word, we have been careful 
 to observe the use of the article wherever it seemed to be idiomatically 
 possible : where it did not seem to be possible, we have yielded to necessity. 
 
 As to the pronouns and the place they occupy in the sentence, a subject 
 often overlooked by our predecessors, we have been particulai'ly careful ; but 
 here again we have frequently been baffled by structural or idiomatical peculi- 
 arities of the English language which preclvicled changes otherwise desirable. 
 
 In the case of the particles we have met with less difiiculty, and have 
 been able to maintain a reasonable amount of consistency. The particles in 
 the Greek Testament are, as is well known, comparatively few, and they are 
 commonly \;sed with precision. It has therefore been the more necessary here 
 to preserve a general uniformity of rendering, especially in the case of the 
 particles of causality and inference, so far as Enghsh idiom would allow. 
 
 Lastly, many changes have been introduced in the rendering of the prepo- 
 sitions, especially where ideas of instnuiientality or of mediate agency, dis- 
 tinctly marked in the original, had been confused or obscured in the transla- 
 tion. We have however borne in mind the comprehensive character of such 
 prepositions as 'of and *by,' the one in reference to agency and the other in 
 reference to means, especially in the English of the seventeenth century ; and 
 have rarely made any change where the true meaning of the original as ex- 
 pressed in the Authorised Version would be apparent to a reader of ordinary 
 intelligence. 
 
 3. We now come to the subject of Langiiage. 
 
 The second of the rules, by which the work has been governed, j)rescribed 
 that the alterations to be introduced should be expressed, as far as jiossible, in 
 the language of the Authorised Version or of the Versions that preceded it. 
 
 To this rule we have faithfully adhered. We have habitually consulted 
 the earlier Versions ; and in our sparing introduction of words not found in 
 them or in the Authorised Version we have usually satisfied ourselves that 
 such words were employed by standard writers of nearly the same date, and
 
 PREFACE. xiii 
 
 had also tliat general luie which justified their introduction into a Version 
 which has hold the highest place in the classical literature of our language. 
 We have never removed any archaisms, whether in structure or in words, 
 except where we were persuaded either that the meaning of the words was 
 not generally understood, or that the nature of the expression led to some 
 misconception of the true sense of the passage. The frequent inversions of 
 the strict order of the words, which add much to the strength and variety 
 of the Authorised Version, and give an archaic colour to many felicities of 
 diction, have been seldom modified. Indeed, we have often adopted the same 
 arrangement in our own alterations ; and in this, as in other i)articulars, we 
 have sought to assimilate the new work to the old. 
 
 In a few exceptional cases we have failed to find any word in the older 
 stratum of our language that appeared to convey the precise meaning of the 
 original. There, and there only, we have used words of a later date ; but not 
 without having first assured ourselves that they are to be found in the 
 writings of the best authors of the period to which they belong. 
 
 In regard of Proper Names no rule was prescribed to us. In the case 
 of names of frequent occurrence we have deemed it best to follow generally 
 the rule laid down for our predecessors. That ride, it may be remembered, 
 was to this effect, ' The names of the prophets and the holy waiters, with the 
 other names of the text, to be retained, as nigh as may be, accordingly as 
 they were vulgarly used,' Some difficulty has been felt in dealing with names 
 less familiarly known. Here our general practice has been to follow the 
 Greek form of names, except in the case of persons and places mentioned in 
 the Old Testament : in this case we have followed the Hebrew. 
 
 4. The subject of the Marginal Notes deserves special attention. They 
 represent the results of a large amount of careful and elaborate discussion, 
 and will, perhaps, by their very presence, indicate to some extent the intricacy 
 of many of the questions that have almost daily come before us for decision. 
 These Notes fall into four main groups ; first, notes specifying such difl'erences 
 of reading as were judged to be of sufficient importance to require a particular 
 notice ; secondly, notes indicating the exact rendering of words to which, for 
 the sake of English idiom, we were obliged to give a less exact rendering in 
 the text ; thirdly, notes, very few in number, affording some explanation 
 which the original appeared to require ; fourthly, alternative renderings in 
 difficult or debateable passages. The notes of this last gi'oup are numerous, 
 and largely in excess of those which were admitted by oiu" predecessors. In 
 the 270 years that have passed away since their labours were concluded, the 
 Sacred Text has been minutely examined, discussed in every detail, and 
 analysed with a grammatical precision \mknown in the days of the last 
 Revision. There has thus been accumulated a large amount of materials that 
 have prepared the way for different renderings, which necessarily came under 
 discussion. "We have therefore placed before the reader in the margin other 
 renderings than those which were adopted in the text, wherever such render- 
 ings seemed to deserve consideration. The rendering in the text, where it 
 agrees with the Authorised Version, was supported by at least one third, and, 
 where it differs from the Authorised Version, by at least two thirds of those 
 who were present at the second revision of the passage in question. 
 
 A few supplementary matters have yet to be mentioned. These may be 
 thus enumerated, — the use of Italics, the arrangement in Paragraphs, the 
 mode of printing Quotations from the Poetical Books of the Old Testament, 
 the Punctuation, and, last of all, the Titles of the different Books that make 
 up the New Testament, — all of them particulars on which it seems desirable 
 to add a few explanatory remarks. 
 
 (o) The determination, in each place, of the words to be printed in italics
 
 xiv PREFACE. 
 
 has not been by any means easy ; nor can we hope to be found in all cases 
 perfectly consistent. In the earliest editions of the Authorised Aversion the 
 use of a different type to indicate supplementary words not contained in the 
 oris^inal was not very frequent, and cannot easily be reconciled with any 
 settled principle. A review of the words so printed was made, after a lapse 
 of some years, for the editions of the Authorised Version published at Cam- 
 bridge in 1629 and 1638. Further, though slight, modifications were intro- 
 duced at intervals between 1638 and the more systematic revisions undertaken 
 respectively by Dr. Paris in the Cambridge Edition of 1762, and by Dr. Blayney 
 in the Oxford Edition of 1769. None of them however rest on any higher 
 authority than that of the persons who fi'om time to time superintended the 
 publication. The last attempt to bring the use of italics into uniformity and 
 consistency was made by Dr. Scrivener in the Paragraph Bible published at 
 Cambridge in 1870-73. In succeeding to these labours, we have acted on the 
 general principle of printing in italics words which did not appear to be neces- 
 sarily involved in the Greek. Our tendency has been to diminish rather than 
 to increase the amount of italic printing ; though, in the case of difference of 
 readings, we have usually marked the absence of any words in the original 
 which the sense might nevertheless require to be present in the Version ; and 
 again, in the case of inserted pronouns, where the reference did not appear to 
 be perfectly certain, we have similarly had recourse to italics. Some of these 
 cases, especially when there are slight differences of reading, are of singular 
 intricacy, and make it impossible to maintain rigid vuiiformity. 
 
 (b) We have arranged the Sacred Text in paragraphs, after the precedent 
 of the earliest English Versions, so as to assist the general reader in following 
 the current of narrative or argument. The present arrangement will be 
 found, .we trust, to have preserved the due mean between a system of long por- 
 tions which must often include several separate topics, and a system of frequent 
 breaks which, though they may correctly indicate the separate movements of 
 thought in the writer, often seriously impede a just perception of the true 
 continuity of the passage. The traditional division into chapters, which the 
 Authorised Version inherited from Latin Bibles of the later middle ages, is 
 an illustration of the former method. These paragraphs, for such in fact they 
 are, frequently include several distinct subjects. JMoreover they sometinies, 
 though rarely, end where there is no sufficient break in the sense. The divi- 
 sion of chapters into verses, which was introduced into the New Testament 
 for the first time in 1551, is an exaggeration of the latter method, with its 
 accompanying inconveniences. The serious obstacles to the right understand- 
 ing of Holy Scripture, which are interposed by minute subdivision, are often 
 overlooked; but if any one will consider for a moment the injurious effect 
 that would be produced by breaking up a portion of some great standard work 
 into separate verses, he will at once perceive how necessary has been an alter- 
 ation in this particular. The arrangement by chapters and verses undoubted- 
 ly affords facilities for reference : but this advantage we have been able to 
 retain by placing the numerals on the inside margin of each page. 
 
 (c) A few words will suffice as to the mode of printing quotations from 
 the Poetical Books of the Old Testament. Wherever the quotation extends 
 to two or more lines, our practice has been to recognise the parallelism of 
 their structure by arranging the lines in a manner that appears to agree with 
 the metrical divisions of the Hebrew original. Such an arrangement will_ be 
 found helpful to the reader ; not only as directing his attention to the poetical 
 character of the quotation, but as also tending to make its force and pertinence 
 more fully felt. We have treated in the same way the hymns in the first two 
 chapters of the Gospel according to St. Luke. 
 
 {d) Great care has been bestowed on the punctuation. Our practice has 
 been to maintain what is sometimes called the heavier system of stopping, or.
 
 PREFACE. XV 
 
 ill other words, that system which, especially for convenience in reading aloml, 
 suggests such pauses as will best ensure a clear and intelligent setting fortli of 
 the true meaning of the words. This course has rendered necessary, especially 
 in the Epistles, a larger use of colons and semicolons than is customary in 
 modern Englisli printing. 
 
 (e) We may in the last place notice one particular to which we were not 
 expressly directed to extend our revision, namely, the titles of the Books of 
 the New Testament. These titles are no part of the original text ; and the 
 titles found in the most ancient manuscripts are of too short a form to be 
 convenient for use. Under these circumstances, we have deemed it best to 
 leave unchanged the titles which are given in the Authorised Version as 
 printed in 1611. 
 
 We now conclude, humbly commending our labours to Almighty God, and 
 praying that his favour and blessing may be vouchsafed to that which has 
 been done in his name. We recognised from the first the responsibility of 
 the undertaking ; and through our manifold experience of its abounding diffi- 
 culties we have felt more and more, as we went onward, that such a work can 
 never be accomplished by organised efforts of scholarship and criticism, unless 
 assisted by Divine help. 
 
 We know full well that defects must have their place in a work so long 
 and so arduous as this which has now come to an end. Blemishes and imper- 
 fections there are in the noble Translation which we have been called upon to 
 revise ; blemishes and imperfections will assuredly be found in our own Revision. 
 All endeavours to translate the Holy Scriptures into another tongue must fall 
 short of their aim, when the obligatioa is imposed of producing a Version that 
 shall be alike literal and idiomatic, faithful to each thought of the original, 
 and yet, in the expressiou of it, harmonious and free. While we dare to hope 
 that in places not a few of the New Testament the introduction of slight 
 changes has cast a- new light upon much that was difficult and obscure, we 
 cannot forget how often we have failed in expressing some finer shade of 
 meaning which we recognised in tiie original, how often idiom has stood in 
 the way of a perfect rendering, and how often the attempt to preserve a 
 familiar form of words, or even a familiar cadence, has only added another 
 per])lexity to those which already beset us. 
 
 Thus, in the review of the work which we have been permitted to com- 
 plete, our closing words must be words of mingled thanksgiving, humility, and 
 pi-ayer. Of thanksgiving, for the many blessings vouchsafed to u.s throughout 
 the unbroken progress of our corporate labours ; of humility, for our failings 
 and imperfections in the fulfilment of our task ; and of prayer to Almighty 
 God, that the Gospel of our Lord and Saviour J.esus Christ may be more 
 clearly and more freshly shewn forth to all who shall be readers of this Book. 
 
 JERUSALEM Chamber, 
 
 Westminster Abbey, 
 ll'A November 1880.
 
 THE GOSPEL 
 
 ACCORDING TO 
 
 S. MATTHEW. 
 
 1 Or, no 
 ffenea- 
 inmi <'/ 
 Jesus 
 Christ 
 
 2 Or, 
 
 bh'th : ns 
 ill ver. 18. 
 
 3Gr. 
 Aram. 
 
 Aaajh. 
 
 s Gr. 
 Autos. 
 
 6 Or. m- 
 rnoi'nl to 
 Babylon 
 
 T Gr. Sti- 
 lathia. 
 
 8 Or. ge- 
 nera- 
 tion : as 
 in ver. 1. 
 
 9 .Some 
 ancient 
 autliori- 
 ties read 
 of the 
 Chritt. 
 
 10 Or. 
 Holy 
 Spirit : 
 and so 
 tiirough- 
 out this 
 booli. 
 
 1 ^The book of tlio 2frencratian of 
 Jesus Christ, the sou of David, the 
 son of Abraham. 
 
 2 Abraham begat Isaac ; and Isaac be- 
 gat Jacob ; and Jacob begat Judah and 
 
 Shis brethren; and Judah begat Perez 
 and Zerah of Tamar ; and Perez begat 
 
 4IIezron; and Hezron begat ^ Earn; and 
 8 Earn begat Anuninadab ; and Ammi- 
 nadab begat Nahshon; and Nahshon 
 
 5 begat Sahnon ; and Sahnou begat Boaz 
 of Eahab ; and Boaz begat Obed of 
 
 6Euth; and Obed begat Jesse; and 
 Jesse begat David the kmg. 
 And David begat Solomon of her that. 
 
 7 had been the wife of Uriah ; and Solo- 
 mon begat Eehoboam ; and Eehoboam 
 begat Abijah ; and Abijah begat ^ Asa ; 
 
 8 and * Asa begat Jehoshaphat ; and Je- 
 hoshaphat begat Joram ; and Jorambe- 
 
 9 gat Uzziah ; and Uzziah begat Jotham ; 
 and Jotham begat Ahaz; and Ahaz 
 
 10 begat Hezekiah ; and Hezekiah begat 
 Manasseh ; and Manasseh begat ^ A- 
 
 lliuon; and ^Amon begat Josiah; and 
 Josiah begat Jechoniah and his bre- 
 tlu-eu, at the time of the ^carryuig 
 away to Babylon. 
 
 12 And after the '^ carrying away to Ba- 
 bylon, Jechoniah begat '' Shealtiel ; and 
 
 13 1 Shealtiel begat Zerubbabel ; and Ze- 
 rubbabel begat Abiud ; and Abiud begat 
 
 14Ehakim; and Eliakim begat Azor ; and 
 Azor begat Sadoc; and Sadoc begat 
 
 15Achim; and Achim begat Eliud; and 
 Eliud begat Eleazar ; and Eleazar be- 
 gat Matthau; and Matthan begat Jacob; 
 
 IG and Jacob begat Joseph the husband 
 of Mary, of whom was born Jesus, who 
 is called Christ. 
 
 17 So all the generations from Abraham 
 unto David are fourteen generations ; 
 and from David mito the Ccarrying away 
 to Babylon foui'teen generations ; and 
 from the "carrying away to Babylon 
 unto the Christ fourteen generations. 
 
 18 Now the ^bu'tli ^of Jesus Christ was 
 on this wise : When his mother Mary 
 had been betrothed to Joseph, before 
 they came together she was found with 
 
 19 chad of the lo Holy Ghost. And Joseph 
 her husband, being a righteous man, 
 and not wiUing to make her a public 
 examj)le, was minded to put her away 
 
 20 i)rivily. But when he thought on these 
 r things, behold, an angel of the Lord ap- 
 
 ,/ peared unto him in a dream, saying, 
 
 Joseph, thou son of David, fear not to 
 
 -- take unto thee Mary thy wife : for that 
 
 which is 11 conceived in licr is of the | 
 
 21 Holy Ghost. And she shall brmg forth 
 a son; and thou shalt call his name 
 Jesus; for it is he that sliall save his 
 
 22 people from their shis. Now all this is 
 come to pass, that it might be fulfilled 
 which was spoken by the Lord through 
 the prophet, saying, 
 
 23 Behold, the virgin shall be with child, 
 
 and shall bring forth a son. 
 And they shall caU his name 12 im. 
 manuel ; 
 which is, being interpreted, God with 
 
 24 us. And Joseph arose from his sleep, 
 and did as the angel of the Lord com- 
 manded him, antl took mito him his 
 
 25 wife; and knew her not till she had 
 brought forth a sou : and he called his 
 name Jesus. 
 
 2 Now when Jesus was born in Bethle- 
 hem of Judsea m the days of Herod the 
 kmg, behold, is wise men from the east 
 
 2 came to Jerusalem, sayuig, i* Where is 
 he that is born King of the Jews ? for 
 we saw his star iir the east, and are 
 
 3 come to worship hun. And when Herod 
 the king heard it, he was troubled, and 
 
 4 aU Jerusalem with him . And gathermg 
 together aU the chief jiriests and scribes 
 of the people , he inquired of them where 
 
 5 the Christ should be born. Andtheysaid 
 unto him. In Bethlehem of Judaea : for 
 thus it is written i^by the prophet, 
 
 6 And thou Bethlehem, land of Judah, 
 Art in no wise least among the 
 
 l)rinces of Judah : 
 
 For out of thee shall come forth a 
 governor. 
 
 Which shall be shepherd of my peo- 
 ple Israel. 
 
 7 Then Herod privily called the i^wise 
 men, and learned of them carefully 
 
 8 IS what time the star appeared. And he 
 sent them to Bethlehem, and said, Go 
 and search out carefully concemmg the 
 young child ; and when ye have foimd 
 him, bring me word, that I also may 
 
 9 come and worship him. And they, hav- 
 ing heard the kmg, went then* way; 
 and lo, the star, which they saw in the 
 east, went before them, till it came and 
 stood over where the yomig child was. j 
 
 10 And when they saw the star, they ro- 
 ll joiced with exceeding great joy. And 
 they came into the house and saw the 
 young child with Mary his mother ; 
 and they fell down and worshipped 
 liim ; and opening their treastu'es 
 they offered unto him gifts, gold and 
 
 " Or. 
 bcnotten. 
 
 12 Gr. 
 Em- 
 manuel. 
 
 13 Gr. 
 Mafii. 
 Compare 
 Estlier i. 
 1.3; Dan. 
 ii. li 
 
 14 Or. 
 Where i? 
 the King 
 of the 
 Jews 
 that is 
 born f 
 
 15 Or, 
 through 
 
 l« Or, the 
 time of 
 the star 
 that ap- 
 peared
 
 S. MATTHEW. 
 
 2. 11. 
 
 iGr. 
 
 Magi. 
 Compare 
 Esther i. 
 13; D.-in. 
 ii. 12. 
 
 2 Or, 
 
 througJi 
 
 1'2 fraukincense and myrrli. Aud being 
 warned of God in a di-eam that tliey 
 should not return to Herod,they depart- 
 ed into their own country another way. 
 
 13 Now when they were dei)arted, behold, 
 an angel of the Lord appeareth to Jo- 
 seph in a dream, saying, Aiisc and take 
 the young chUd and his mother, and 
 flee into Egypt, aud be thou there until 
 I tell thee: for Herod will seek the young 
 
 11 child to destroy him. Aiid he arose and 
 took the young child and his mother by 
 
 15 night, and departed iutoEgyjjt; and was 
 there imtil the death of Herod : that it 
 might be fuMUed which was spoken by 
 the Lord tlirough the prophet, saying, 
 
 16 Out of Egypt did I caU my son. Then 
 Herod, when he saw that he was 
 mocked of the ^wise men, was ex- 
 ceeding wroth, and sent forth, and 
 slew all the male chUdi-en that were 
 in Bethlehem, and in all the borders 
 thereof, from two years old and under, 
 according to the time which he had 
 carefully learned of the iwise men. 
 
 17 Then was fullilled that which was 
 spoken 2 by Jeremiah the prophet, say- 
 ing, 
 
 18 A voice was heard in Eamah, 
 Weeping and great mourning, 
 Eachel weepmg for her children ; 
 Aud she would not be comforted, 
 
 because they are not. 
 
 19 But when Herod was dead, behold, an 
 angel of the Lord ai^peareth in a di-eam 
 
 20 to Joseph in Egyjit, saying. Arise and 
 take the young child and his mother, 
 and go into the land of Israel : for they 
 are dead that sought the young child's 
 
 21 life. And he arose and took the young 
 child and his mother, and came into 
 
 22 the land of Israel. But when he hea^d 
 that Archelaus was reigning over Ju- 
 daea in the room of bis father Herod, 
 he was afraid to go thither ; and being 
 warned of God in a di-eam, he with- 
 
 23di-ew mto the parts of Galilee, and 
 came and dwelt in a city called Naza- 
 reth: that it might be fulfilled which 
 was spoken 2 by the prophets, that he 
 should be called a Nazarene. 
 
 3 And m those days cometh John the 
 Baptist, preaching in the wilderness 
 
 2 of Judsea, saying, Eepent ye ; for the 
 
 3 kingdom of heaven is at hand. For this 
 is he that was spoken of "hj Isaiah 
 the prophet, saying. 
 
 The voice of one crying in the wil- 
 derness. 
 Make ye ready the way of the Lord, 
 Make his paths straight. 
 
 4 Now John himself had his raiment 
 of camel's ban-, and a leathern girdle 
 about his loins ; and his food was lo- 
 
 5 custs and wild honey. Then went out 
 unto him Jerusalem, and all Judsea, 
 and all the region round about Jor- 
 
 6 dan ; and they were baptized of him in 
 the river Jordan, confessing their sins. 
 
 7 But when he saw many of the Phari- 
 sees and Sadducees commg to his bap- 
 tism, he said unto them. Ye offspring 
 of vipers, who warned you to flee from 
 
 8 the wrath to come ? Bring forth there- 
 
 9 fore fniit worthy of 8 rei^entance : and 
 think not to say within yourselves, We 
 have Abraham to our father : for I say 
 unto you, that God is able of these 
 stones to raise up children unto Abra- 
 
 10 ham. And even now is the axe laid unto 
 the root of the trees : every tree there- 
 fore that bringeth not forth good fruit 
 is hewn down, and cast into the fire. 
 
 11 1 indeed baptize you ^ with water unto 
 repentance : but he that cometh after 
 me is mightier than I, whose shoes I 
 am not ^ worthy to bear : he shall bap- 
 tize you *witli the Holy Ghost and 
 
 12 with fire : whose fan is in his hand, and 
 he wiU throughly cleanse his thresh- 
 ing-floor ; and he will gather his wheat 
 into the garner, but the chaff he will 
 bum up with unquenchable fire. 
 
 13 Then cometh Jesus from Galilee to 
 the Jordan unto John, to be baptized 
 
 1-1 of him. But John would have hindered 
 him, saying, I have need to be bap- 
 tized of thee, and comest thou to me ? 
 
 15 But Jesus answering said unto him. 
 Suffer ^it now: for thus it becometh 
 us to fulfil all righteousness. Then 
 
 IG he suffereth him. And Jesus, when 
 he was baptized, went up straightway 
 from the water: and lo, the heavens 
 were opened ^unto him, and he saw 
 the Spirit of God descending as a 
 
 17 dove, and coming upon him ; and lo, 
 a voice out of the heavens, saying, 
 8 This is my beloved Son, in whom I 
 am well pleased. 
 
 4 Then was Jesus led up of the Spirit 
 into the wilderness to be tempted of 
 
 2 the devil. And when he had fasted 
 forty days and forty nights, he after- 
 
 3 ward hungered. And the tempter came 
 and said unto him, If thou art the Son 
 of God, command that these stones be- 
 
 4 come ^bread. But he answered and 
 said. It is written, Man shall not live 
 by bread alone, but by every word that 
 proceedeth out of the mouth of God. 
 5 Then the devU taketh him into the 
 holy city ; and he set him on the lOpin- 
 6uacle of the temple, and saith imto 
 him. If thou art the Son of God, cast 
 thyself down : for it is written. 
 He shall give his angels charge con- 
 cerning thee : 
 And on their hands they shall bear 
 
 thee up, 
 Lest haply thou dash thy foot against 
 a stone. 
 
 7 Jesus saiil unto him. Again it is 
 wi-itten. Thou shalt not tempt the 
 
 8 Lord thy God. Again, the devU 
 taketh him unto an exceeding high 
 moimtain, and sheweth him all 
 the kingdoms of the world, and the
 
 yV-^, 
 
 5. 2G. 
 
 S. MATTHEW. 
 
 >0r, 
 
 through 
 
 2Gr r?ir 
 way of 
 the se'.i. 
 3Gr. 
 nations : 
 and so 
 else- 
 wliere. 
 
 4 Or, 
 
 Jacob: 
 and so 
 else- 
 where. 
 
 5 Some 
 ancient 
 authori- 
 ties read 
 he. 
 
 6 Or, frood 
 tidings : 
 and so 
 else- 
 where. 
 
 7 Or,de- 
 
 tnoniacs 
 
 16 
 
 17 
 
 8 Some 
 ancient 
 autho- 
 rities 
 trans- 
 pose ver. 
 4 and 5. 
 
 9 glory of Uiem ; and be said unto him, All 
 these things wiU I give thee, if thou wUt 
 10 fall down and worship me. Then saitli 
 Jesus unto him, Get thee lience, Satan : 
 for it is written. Thou shalt worship the 
 Lord thy God, and him only shalt thou 
 
 11 serve. Then the devQ leaveth him ; and 
 bahold, angels came and ministered 
 unto him. 
 
 12 Now when he heard that Jolm was de- 
 
 13 livered up, he withdi-e w intoGalilee ; and 
 leaving Nazareth, he came and dAvelt 
 in Capernaum, which is by the sea, in 
 the borders of Zebulun and Naphtali : 
 
 1-1 that it might be fulfilled which was 
 spoken iby Isaiah the prophet, saying, 
 15 The laud of Zebulun and the land 
 of Naphtali, 
 2 Toward the sea, beyond Jordan, 
 Gahlee of the ^ Gentiles, 
 The people which sat in darkness 
 Saw a great light. 
 And to them which sat in the region 
 
 and shadow of death, 
 To them did light spring up. 
 From that tune began Jesus to 
 preach, and to say, Eepent ye ; for the 
 kingdom of heaven is at hand. 
 
 18 And walkhig by the sea of Galilee, he 
 saw two brethren, Simon who is called 
 Peter, and Aii(h-ew his brother, casting 
 a netinto the sea ; for they were fishers. 
 
 19 And he saith unto them. Come ye after 
 me, and I wiU make you fishers of men. 
 
 20 And they straightway left the nets, and 
 
 21 followedhim. And going on from thence 
 he saw other two brethren, * James the 
 son of Zebedee, and John his brother, 
 in the boat with Zebedee their father, 
 mending their nets; and he called 
 
 22 them. And they straightway left the 
 boat and their father, and followed hun. 
 
 23 And 5 Jesus went about in all Galilee, 
 teaching in their synagogues, and 
 Ijreaching the ^ gospel of the kingdom, 
 and healing all manner of disease and 
 aU manner of sickness among the 
 
 24 people. And the report of him went 
 forth into all Syi-ia : and they brought 
 unto him all that were sick, holden with 
 divers diseases and torments, ^ possess- 
 ed with devils, and epileptic, and pal- 
 
 25 sied ; and he healed them. And there 
 followed him great multitudes from Ga- 
 lilee and Decapolis and Jerusalem and 
 Judsea and/rom beyond Jordan. 
 
 5 And seeing the multitudes, he went 
 up into the mountain : and when he had 
 sat down, his disciples came unto him : 
 
 2 and he opened his mouth and taught 
 them, saying, 
 
 3 Blessed are the poor in spirit: for 
 theu'S is the kingdom of heaven. 
 
 4 8 Blessed are they that mourn : for 
 they shall be comforted. 
 
 5 Blessed are the meek : for they shall 
 inherit the earth. 
 
 6 Blessed are they that hunger and 
 thirst after righteousness : for they 
 
 shall be filled. 
 
 7 Blessed are the merciful: for they 
 shall obtain mercy. 
 
 8 Blessed are the pure in heart: for 
 they shall see God. 
 
 9 Blessed are the peacemakers: for 
 they shall be called sons of God. 
 
 10 Blessed are they that have been per- 
 secuted for righteousness' sake: for 
 
 11 theirs is the kingdom of heaven. Bless- 
 ed are ye when men shall rei)roach you, 
 and persecute you, and say all manner 
 of evil against you falsely, for my sake. 
 
 12Kejoice, and be exceeding glad: for 
 great is your reward in heaven : for so 
 persecuted they the prophets which 
 were before you. 
 
 13 Ye are the salt of the earth : but if 
 the salt have lost its savom", wherewith 
 shall it be salted ? it is thenceforth good 
 for nothing, but to be cast out and trod- 
 
 1-1 den under foot of men. Ye are the light 
 of the world. A city set on a hiU camiot 
 
 15 be hid. Neither do men Ught a lamp, 
 and put it under the bushel, but on the 
 stand ; and it shineth mito aU that are 
 
 16 in the house. Even so let your Ught 
 shiue before men, that they may see 
 your good works, and glorify yom* 
 Father which is in heaven. 
 
 17 Think not that I came to destroy the 
 law or the prophets : I came not to de- 
 
 18 stroy, but to fulfil. For verily I say unto 
 you. Till heaven and earth pass away, 
 one jot or one tittle shall in no wise jjass 
 away from the law, tUl aU things be ac- 
 
 19 comphshed. Whosoever therefore shall 
 break one of these least command- 
 ments, and shall teach men so, shall be 
 called least in the kingdom of heaven : 
 but whosoever shall do and teach them, 
 he shall be called great in the kingdom 
 
 20 of heaven. For I say unto you, that ex- 
 cept youi'righteousness shall exceed ;7te 
 righteousness of the scribes and Pha- 
 risees, ye shall in no wise enter into the 
 kingdom of heaven. 
 
 21 Ye have heard that it was said to 
 them of old time. Thou shalt not kill ; 
 and whosoever shall kQl shall be in dan- 
 
 22ger of the judgement: but I say unto 
 you, that every one who is angi-y with 
 his brother 9 shall be in danger of the 
 judgement ; and whosoever shall say to 
 hisbrother,ioKaca,shallbe in danger of 
 the council ; and whosoever shall say, 
 11 Thou fool, shall be in danger 12 of the 
 
 23 13 heU of fii'e. If therefore thou art offer- 
 ing thy gift at the altar, and there re- 
 memberest that thy brother hath aught 
 
 24 against thee, leave there thy gift before 
 the altar, and go thy way, first be re- 
 conciled to thy brother, and then come 
 
 25 and offer thy gift. Agree vrith thine ad- 
 versary quickly .whiles thou art with him 
 in the way; lest haply the adversary deh- 
 ver thee to the judge, and the judge 1^ de- 
 Uver thee to the officer, and thou be cast 
 
 26 into prison. YerUy I say unto thee. Thou 
 
 9 Many 
 ancient 
 autiio- 
 rities 
 insert 
 without 
 ca itse. 
 
 10 An ex- 
 pression 
 of con- 
 tempt. 
 
 11 Or, 
 Moveh, 
 
 a Hebrew 
 expres- 
 sion of 
 condem- 
 nation. 
 
 12 Gr. 
 u}vto or 
 into. 
 
 13 Gr. 
 Gehenna 
 of fire. 
 
 u Some 
 ancient 
 authori- 
 ties omit 
 deliver 
 thee. 
 
 B2
 
 S. MATTHEW, 
 
 5. 2G. 
 
 iGr. 
 
 net. 
 
 2 Or. 
 
 tou/ard 
 
 3 Some 
 ancient 
 authori- 
 ties read 
 Bitt if our 
 speech 
 Shalt te. 
 1 Or. enii: 
 as in ver. 
 3!) : vi 13. 
 5 Or, evil 
 
 •iOr. 
 impress. 
 
 ' Tiiat is. 
 C(Jltccfjr.i 
 or 
 
 renters 
 0/ Ro- 
 man 
 tftxex : 
 and si> 
 else- 
 where. 
 
 shalt by no means come out thence, till 
 thou have paid the last farthing. 
 27 Ye have heard that it was said, Thou 
 •28 shalt not commit adultei-y : but I say 
 uuto you, that every one that looketh on 
 a woman to lust after her hath com- 
 mitted adultei-y with her already in his 
 
 29 heart. And if thy right eye causeth thee 
 to stmnble, pluck it out, and cast it from 
 tliee : for it is i^roiitable for thee that one 
 of thy members should perish, and not 
 
 _30 thy whole body be cast into ihell. And 
 if thy right hand causeth thee to stum- 
 ble, cut it off, and cast it from thee : for 
 it is profitable for thee that one of thy 
 members should perish, and not thy 
 
 31 whole body go into ihell. It was said 
 also. Whosoever shall piit away his wife, 
 let him give her a writing of divorce- 
 
 32 ment : but I say unto you, that every 
 one that putteth away his wife, saving 
 
 'for the cause of fornication, maketh her 
 an adulteress: and whosoever shall 
 marry her when she is put away com- 
 mitteth adultery. 
 
 33 Again, ye have heard that it was said 
 to them of old time. Thou shalt not for- 
 swear thyself, but shalt perform unto 
 
 34 the Lord thine oaths : but I say unto 
 you. Swear not at all ; neither by the 
 
 35 heaven, for it is the throne of God ; nor 
 by the earth, for it is the footstool of his 
 feet ; nor 2 by Jerusalem, for it is the city 
 
 30 of the great King. Neither shalt thou 
 swear by thy head, for thou canst not 
 
 37 make one ban- white or black. ^ But let 
 yoiu'speechbe,Yea,yea; Nay,nay: and 
 whatsoever is more than these is of ^ the 
 evil one. 
 
 38 Ye have heard that it was said, An eye 
 
 39 for an eye, and a tooth for a tooth : but I 
 say imto you, Eesist not 5 him that is 
 evil : but whosoever smiteth thee on thy 
 right cheek, turn to him the other also. 
 
 40 And if any man would go to law with 
 thee, and take away thy coat, let him 
 
 41 have thy cloke also. And whosoever 
 shaU ^compel thee to go one mile, 
 
 42 go with him twain. Give to him that 
 asketh thee, and from him that 
 would boiTow of thee turn not thou 
 away. 
 
 43 Ye have heard that it was said. 
 Thou shalt love thy neighbour, and 
 
 44 hate thine enemy : but I say unto you. 
 Love your enemies, and pray for 
 
 45 them that persecute you; that ye 
 may be sous of your Father which 
 iy in heaven : for he maketh his smi 
 to rise on the evil and the good, and 
 sendeth ram on the just and the lui- 
 
 46 just. For if ye love them that love 
 you, what reward have ye? do not 
 
 47 even the 'publicans the same? And if 
 ye salute yom* brethren only, what do 
 ye more than others? do not even the 
 
 48 Gentiles the same ? Ye therefore shall 
 be perfect, as your heavenly Father is 
 ])erfect. V 
 
 6 Take heed that ye do not your right- 
 eousness before men, to be seen of 
 them : else ye have no reward with your 
 Father which is in heaven. 
 
 2 When therefore tliou doest alms, 
 sound not a trumpet before thee, as the 
 hypocrites do in the synagogues and in 
 the streets, that they may have gloi-y of 
 men. VeiHy I say unto you. They have 
 
 3 received then* reward. But when thou 
 doest alms, let not thy left hand know 
 
 4 what thy right hand doeth : that thine^ - 
 ahns may be iia secret : and thy Father 
 which seeth in secret shall recompense. 
 thee. / 
 
 5 And when ye pray, ye shall not be as 
 the hypocrites : for they love to stand 
 and pray in the synagogues and in the 
 comers of the streets, that they may be 
 seen of men. Verily I say unto you. They 
 
 6 have received their reward. But thou, 
 when thou prayest, enter into thine 
 inner chamber, and having shut thy 
 door, pray to thy Father which is in 
 secret, and thy Father which seeth in 
 
 7 secret shall recompense thee. And in 
 praying use not vain repetitions, as the 
 Gentiles do : for they think that they 
 shall be heard for then- much speaking. 
 
 8 Be not therefore like unto them : for 
 8 your Father knoweth what things ye 
 
 9 have need of, before ye ask him. After 
 this manner therefore pray ye : Our 
 Father which aft in heaven. Hallowed 
 
 10 be thy name. Thy kingdom come. Thy 
 will be done, as in heaven, so on earth. 
 
 J2 Give us this day '^ova- daily bread. And 
 " forgive us oiu" debts, as we also have f or- 
 
 13 given our debtors. And bring us not 
 into temptation, but dehver us from 
 
 14 10 the evil owe.n For if ye forgive men 
 their trespasses, yom' heavenly Father 
 
 15 will also forgive you. But if ye forgive 
 not men their trespasses, neither will 
 your Father forgive your trespasses. 
 
 IG Moreover when ye fast, be not, as the 
 hypocrites, of a sad countenance : for 
 they disfigure thei''/„oes, that they may 
 be seen of men to fast. Verily I say 
 unto you, They have received theii- re- 
 
 17 ward. But thou, when thou fastest, a- 
 
 18 noint thy head, and wash thy face ; that 
 thou be not seen of men to fast, but of 
 thy Father which is in secret: and thy 
 Father, which seeth in secret, shall 
 recompense thee. 
 
 19 Lay not up for yom'selves treasures up- 
 on the earth, where moth and rust doth 
 consume, and where thieves inbreak 
 
 20 through and steal: but lay up for your- 
 selves treasures in heaven, where nei- 
 ther moth nor rust doth consume, and 
 where thieves do not inbreak through 
 
 21 nor steal: for where thy treasure is, 
 
 22 there will thy heart be also. The lamp of 
 the body is the eye : if therefore thine 
 eye be single, thy whole body shall be 
 
 23 full of hght. But if thine eye be evU, thy 
 whole bodv shall be fuU of darkness. If 
 
 i^r.r dig 
 thruugh.
 
 8. 3. 
 
 S. MATTHEW. 
 
 I Or, aya 
 
 therefore tlie light that in in thee be 
 (larkuess, how great in the darkness! 
 21 No man can serve two masters: for 
 either he will liate the one, and love the 
 other; or else he will hold to one, and 
 despise the other. Ye cannot serve God 
 
 25 and mammon. Therefore I say nnto 
 - you, Be not anxious for your life, what 
 
 ye shall eat, or what ye shall drink ; nor 
 yet for your body, what ye shall put on. 
 Is not the life more than the food, and 
 
 26 the body than the raiment ? Behold tlie 
 birds of the heaven, that they sow not, 
 neither do they reap, nor gather into 
 barns ; and your heavenly Father feed- 
 cth them. Are not ye of much more 
 
 27 value than they? And which of you 
 by being anxious can add one cubit 
 
 28imto his i stature? And why are ye 
 anxious concerning raiment ? Consider 
 the lilies of the field, how they grow ; 
 they toil not, neither do they spui: 
 
 2;)yet I say unto you, that even Solo- 
 mon in all his glory was not arrayed 
 
 30 like one of these. But if God doth 
 so clothe the grass of the field, which 
 to-day is, and to-morrow is cast in- 
 to the oven, shall, he not much move 
 
 Slchthe you, ye of Uttle faith? Be 
 not therefore anxious, saying. What 
 shall we eat? or, What shall we 
 drink? or, Wherewithal shall we be 
 
 32 clothed? For after all these things 
 do the Gentiles seek; for your hea- 
 venly Father knoweth that ye have 
 
 33 need of aU these things. But seek 
 ye first his kingdom, and his right- 
 eousness ; and aU these things shall 
 
 34 be added unto you. Be not there- 
 fore anxious for the morrow : for the 
 morrow will be anxious for itself. 
 Sufficient imto the day is the evil 
 thereof. 
 
 T Judge not, that ye be not judged. 
 
 2 For with what judgement ye judge, 
 ye shall be judged: and with what 
 measure ye mete, it shall be measured 
 
 3 imto you. And why beholdest thou the 
 mote that is in thy brother's eye, but 
 considerest not the beam that is in 
 
 4 thine own eye ? Or how wUt thou 
 say to thy brother, Let me cast out 
 the mote out of thine eye ; and lo, 
 
 5 the beam is in thine own eye ? Thou 
 hypocrite, cast out first the beam out 
 of thine own eye ; and then shalt thou 
 see clearly to cast out the mote out of 
 thy brother's eye. 
 
 6 Give not that which is holy nnto 
 the dogs, neither cast yoiu- pearls 
 before the swine, lest haply they 
 trample them imder their feet, and 
 tm-n and rend you. 
 
 7 Ask, and it shall be given you ; seek, 
 and ye shall find ; knock, and it shall be 
 
 8 opened unto you : for every one that 
 asketh receiveth ; and he that seeketh 
 findeth ; and to him that knocketh it 
 
 9 shall be opened. Or what man is there 
 
 of you, wlio, if his son shall ask him 
 for a loaf, wiU give hun a stone ; 
 10 or if he shall ask for a fish, will 
 llgive   hiriT'a "serpenf ? ' K • y-g--th<^u- 
 behig evil, know how to give good 
 gifts unto your ciiildren, how much 
 more shall your Father which is in 
 heaven give good things to thom that 
 12 ask him? All things therefore what- 
 soever ye would that men should do unto 
 you, even so do ye also unto them : for 
 this is the law and the prophets. 
 
 13 Enter ye in by the nan-ow gate : for 
 wide 2 is the gate, and broad is the way, 
 that leadeth to destruction, and many be 
 
 14 they that enter in thereby. ^ For narrow 
 is the gate, and straitened the way, that 
 leadeth unto life, and few be they that 
 find it. 
 
 15 Beware of false prophets, which come 
 to you in sheep's clothing, but mwardly 
 
 16 are ravening wolves. By their fruits ye 
 shaU know them. Do men gather grajies 
 
 17 of thorns, or figs of thistles ? Even so 
 every good tree bringeth forth good 
 fn;it ; but the corrui^t tree bringe th for th 
 
 IS evil fruit. A good tree cannot bring forth 
 evil fruit, neither can a corrupt tree 
 
 19 bring forth good fruit . E very tree that 
 bringeth not forth good fniit is hewn 
 
 20 down, and cast into the fire. Therefore 
 
 21 by their fruits ye shall know them. Not 
 every one that saith unto me. Lord, 
 Lord, shall enter hito the kingdom of 
 heaven ; but he that doeth the wiUof my 
 
 22 Father which is in heaven. Many wUl 
 say to me in that day. Lord, Lord, did 
 we not prophesy by thy name, and by 
 thy name cast out * devils, and by thy 
 
 23 name do many ^^ mighty works? And 
 then will I profess unto them, I never 
 knew you: depart from me, ye that work 
 
 24 iniquity. Every one therefore which 
 heareth these words of mine, and doeth 
 them, shall be likened unto a wise man, 
 
 25 which buUt his house upon the rock : and 
 the rain descended, and the floods came, 
 and the winds blew, and beat upon that 
 house; anditfeUnot: for it was founded 
 
 26 upon the rock. And eveiy one that hear- 
 eth these wordsof mine, and doeth them 
 not, shaU be likened unto a foohsh man, 
 which buUt his house uixin the sand : 
 
 27 and the rain descended, and the floods 
 came, and the whids l)lew, and smote 
 upon that house; and it fell: and great 
 was the fall thereof. 
 
 28 And it came to pass, when Jesus ended 
 these words, the multitudes were as- 
 
 29 tonished at his teaching : for he taught 
 them as one having authority, and not 
 as their scribes. 
 
 8 And when he was come down from the 
 mountain, great multitudes foUowed 
 
 2 him. And behold, there came to him 
 a leper and worshipped him, saying. 
 Lord, if thou wilt, thou canst make 
 
 3 me clean. And he stretched forth 
 his hand, and touched him, saying, I 
 
 2 Some 
 ancient 
 .luthuri- 
 ticj omit 
 is the 
 gate. 
 
 3 Many 
 ancient 
 authori- 
 ties read 
 IIow 
 7i'irrow 
 i.< the 
 gitc. if. 
 
 4Gr. 
 
 dcinoni. 
 
 5Gr.
 
 S. MATTHEW. 
 
 8. 3. 
 
 1 Or, bou 
 
 ■!Gr. 
 suffi- 
 cient, 
 3GT.wit!i 
 a word. 
 ^ Some 
 ancient 
 authori- 
 ties in- 
 sert set : 
 as in 
 Luke vii. 
 8. 
 
 5Gr. 
 bond- 
 servant. 
 ' Many 
 ancient 
 authori- 
 ties read 
 With no 
 man in 
 Israel 
 have I 
 found so 
 ijreat 
 faith, 
 7Gr. 
 rf;cli}W. 
 
 8 Or. de- 
 motiiacs 
 
 3 Or, 
 throiifjh 
 
 10 Gr. one 
 scribe, 
 
 11 Or, 
 Teacher 
 
 12 Gr. 
 lodging- 
 places. 
 
 will; be thou made clean. Aiidstraight- 
 
 4 way his leprosy was cleansed. And Je- 
 sus saith imto him, See thou tell no man; 
 
 hut i*"*^ ^l*y ^'^Cr» oliovr tliyoolf to tlic 
 
 priest, and offer the gift that Moses 
 commanded, for a testimony imto 
 them. 
 
 5 And when he was entered into Ca- 
 pernaum, there came unto him a cen- 
 
 6 tm-ion, beseechmg him, and saying, 
 Lord, my iseiwant lieth in the house 
 sick of the palsy, grievously tor- 
 
 7mented. And he saith unto hiui, I 
 
 8 will come and heal him. And the cen- 
 turion answered and said. Lord, I 
 am not "•* worthy that thou shouldest 
 come under my roof: but only say 
 8 the word, and my i servant shall be 
 
 9 healed. For I also am a man ''luuler 
 authority, havmg under myself sol- 
 diers: and I say to this one. Go, and 
 he goeth ; and to another. Come, and 
 he Cometh; and to my ^ servant. Do 
 
 10 this, and he doeth it. And when -Jesus 
 heard it, he marvelled, and said to 
 them that followed. Verily I say unto 
 you, "I have not found so great faith, 
 
 11 no, not in Israel. And I say unto you, 
 that many shall come from the east 
 and the west, and shall ^sit down 
 with Abraham, and Isaac, and Jacob, 
 
 12 in the kingdom of heaven : but the 
 sons of the kingdom shaU be cast forth 
 into the outer darkness : there shall be 
 
 13 the weeping and gnashing of teeth. And 
 Jesus said luito the centurion, Go thy 
 way ; as thou hast believed, so be it done 
 imto thee. And the i servant was heal- 
 ed in that hour. 
 
 14 And when Jesus was come mto Peter's 
 house, he saw his wife's mother lying 
 
 15 sickof afever. Andhetouchedherhand, 
 and the fever left her ; and she arose, 
 
 16 and ministered imto him. And when 
 even was come, they brought unto 
 hun many •''possessed with devils: and 
 he cast out the spirits with a word, 
 
 17 and healed aU that were sick : that it 
 might be fulfilled which was spoken 
 8 by Isaiah the prophet, saying. Him- 
 self took oui- hilinnities, and bare om- 
 diseases. 
 
 18 Now when Jesus saw gi-eat multitudes 
 about him, he gave commandment to de - 
 
 19 part mi to the other side. And there came 
 i^a scribe, and said unto him, ii Master, 
 I will follow thee whithersoever thou 
 
 20 goest. And Jesus saith unto him. The 
 foxes have holes, and the birds of the 
 heaven have i^uests ; but the Son of man 
 
 21 hath not where to lay his head. And 
 another of the disciples said unto him. 
 Lord, suffer me lii-st to go and bury my 
 
 22 father. But Jesus saith mito him. Fol- 
 low me ; and leave the dead to bury their 
 own dead. 
 
 2.S And when he was entered iuto a boat, 
 
 24 his disciples followed him. And behold, 
 
 there ai-oso a great tempest in the sea. 
 
 insomuch that the boat was covered 
 
 25 with the waves : but he was asleep. And 
 
 they came to him, and awoke huu, say- 
 
 2Cmf;, Dave, Lord; wo periah. And he 
 
 saith unto them, Why are ye fearful, 
 ye of little faith ? Then he arose, and 
 rebuked the winds and the sea; and 
 
 27 there was a great cahn. And the men 
 marvelled, saying. What manner of man 
 is this, that even the winds and the sea 
 obey hun ? 
 
 28 And when he was come to the other side 
 into the coimti-y of the Gadarenes, there 
 met hun two ^possessed with devils, 
 coming forth out of the tombs, exceed- 
 ing fierce, so that no man could pass by 
 
 29 that way. And behold, they cried out, 
 sayiug, What have we to do with thee, 
 thou Son of God ? art thou come hither 
 
 30 to torment us before the time ? Now 
 there was afar off from them a herd of 
 
 31 many swine feeding. And the is devils 
 besought him, saying. If thou cast us 
 out, send us away iuto the herd of 
 
 32 swine. And he said imto them, Go. 
 And they came out, and went into 
 the swine : and behold, the whole herd 
 rushed down the steep into the sea, 
 
 33 and perished in the waters. And they 
 that fed them fled, and went away into 
 the city, and told everything, and what 
 was befallen to them that were ^pos- 
 
 34 sessed with devils. And behold, all the 
 city came out to meet Jesus : and when 
 they saw him, they besought him that 
 ho would depart from their borders. 
 
 9 And he entered into a boat, and crossed 
 
 2 over, and came into his own city. And 
 behold, they brought to him a man sick 
 of the palsy, lying on a bed: and Jesus 
 seemg their faith said unto the sick of 
 the palsy, i^ Son, be of good cheer ; thy 
 
 3 sins are forgiven. And behold, certain 
 of the scribes said within themselves, 
 
 4 This man blasphemeth. And Jesus 
 1" knowing their thoughts said, Where- 
 
 5 fore think ye evil in your hearts ? For 
 whether is easier, to say. Thy sins are 
 forgiven ; or to say. Arise, and walk ? 
 
 6 But that ye may know that the Son of 
 man hath I'^power on earth to forgive 
 sins (then saith he to the sick of the 
 palsy), Aiise, and take up thy bed, and 
 
 7 go mito thy house. And he arose, and 
 
 8 departed to his house. But when the 
 multitudes saw it, they were afraid, and 
 glorified God, which had given such 
 ispower mito men. 
 
 9 And as Jesus passed by from thence, 
 he saw a man, called Matthew, sitting at 
 the place of toU : and he saith imto hun, 
 FoUow me. And he arose, and followed 
 him. 
 
 10 And it came to pass, as he "gat 
 at meat in the house, behold, many 
 publicans and sinners came and sat 
 down with Jesus and his discijiles. 
 
 11 And when the Pharisees saw it, 
 they said unto his disciples, Why
 
 10. 18. 
 
 S. MATTHEW. 
 
 'Or, 
 Tauchvr 
 
 2 Or. 
 
 utrong. 
 
 3 Some 
 ancient 
 authori- 
 ties ODlit 
 oft. 
 
 ■> That is, 
 skins 
 
 ttsed as 
 bottles. 
 
 •'• Or. one 
 rtUer. 
 
 6 Or, 
 saved 
 
 'Or, 
 
 saved 
 thee 
 
 8 Or. this 
 fame. 
 
 9 Or, 
 stendtf 
 
 cateth your i Master with tho publicans 
 
 12 and sinners ? But wlien he heard it, he 
 said, They that are ^ whole have no need 
 of a physician, but they that are sick. 
 
 13 But {j;o ye and learn what ///?.v nieancth, 
 I desire mercy, and not sacrifice: for I 
 came not to call the righteous, but sin- 
 ners. 
 
 14 Then come to him the disciples of 
 John, saying. Why do wo and the 
 Pharisees fast "oft, but thy disciples 
 
 15 fast not? And Jesus said unto them. 
 Can the sons of the bride-chamber 
 mourn, as long as the bridegroom is 
 with them? but the days will come, 
 when the bridegroom shall be taken 
 away from them, and then wiU they 
 
 16 fast. And no man putteth a piece of 
 midressed cloth upon an old garment ; 
 for that which should fill it up taketh 
 from the garment, and a worse rent is 
 
 17 made. Neither do men put new wine 
 into old * wine-skins: else the skins 
 bm'st, and the wine is spilled, and 
 the skms perish: but they put new 
 wine into fresh wine-skins, and both 
 ai"e preserved. 
 
 18 While he spake these things mito 
 them, behold, there came ^a ruler, and 
 worshipped him, saying. My daugh- 
 ter is even now dead: but come and 
 lay thy hand upon her, and she shall 
 
 19 live. And Jesus arose, and followed' 
 
 20 bun, and so did his disciples. And 
 behold, a woman, who had an issue of 
 blood twelve years, came behind him, 
 and touched the border of his gar- 
 
 21meut: for she said within herself. If 
 I do but touch his garment, I shall be 
 
 22''made whole. But Jesus turning and 
 seeing her said. Daughter, be of good 
 cheer; thy faith hath 'made thee 
 whole. AJiid the woman was Gmade 
 
 23 whole from that hour. And when Je- 
 sus came into the ruler's house, and 
 
 ' saw the flute-players, and the crowd 
 
 24 making a tmuult, he said. Give place : 
 for the damsel is not dead, but sleep- 
 eth. And they laughed him to scorn. 
 
 25 But when the crowd was put forth, 
 he entered in, and took her by the 
 
 26 hand; and the damsel arose. And 
 ''the fame hereof went forth into aU 
 that land. 
 
 27 And as Jesus passed by from thence, 
 two bUnd men followed him, crying 
 out, and saying, Have mercy on us, 
 
 28 thou son of David. And when he was 
 come into the house, the blind men 
 came to him: and Jesus saitli imto 
 them, BeUeve ye that I am able to 
 do this? They say mito him. Yea, 
 
 29 Lord. Then touched he their eyes, 
 saying. According to your faith be it 
 
 30 done uuto you. And their eyes were 
 opened. Aid Jesus 9 strictly charged 
 them, saying. See that no man know it. 
 
 31 But they went forth, and spread abroad 
 his fame in aU that land. 
 
 32 And as they went forth, behold, there 
 was ))rought to him a dumb man pos- 
 
 33 sesstnl with a lOdevU. And when the 
 10 devil was cast out, the dumb man 
 spake : and the multitudes marvelled, 
 saying. It was never so seen in Israel. 
 
 34 But the Pharisees said, n By the prince 
 of the i''^ devils casteth he out 12 devils. 
 
 35 And Jesus went about all the cities 
 and the villages, teaching in their syna- 
 gogues, and ])reaching the go.spel of the 
 kmgdom, and healing all maimer of dis- 
 
 36 ease and all mamier of sickness. But 
 when he sawthe multitudes,he was mov- 
 ed with compassion for them, because 
 they were distressed and scattered, as 
 
 37 sheeiJ not having a shepherd. Then saith 
 he mito his disciples. The harvest truly 
 is plenteous, but the labourers are few. 
 
 38 Pray ye therefore the Lord of the har- 
 vest, that he send forth labourers into 
 
 10 his harvest. And he called unto bun 
 his twelve disciples, and gave them au- 
 thority over unclean spirits, to cast 
 them out, and to heal all manner of dis- 
 ease and aU manner of sickness. 
 
 2 Now the names of the twelve apostles 
 are these: The first, Simon, who is called 
 Peter, and Andrew his brother ; James 
 the son of Zebedee, and John his bro- 
 
 3 ther ; PhQip, and Bartholomew ; Tho- 
 mas, and Matthew the publican ; James 
 
 4 the son of Alphjeus, and Thaddteus ; Si- 
 mon the i3Cauana;an, and Judas Is- 
 
 5 cariot, who also 1^ betrayed htm. These 
 twelve Jesus sent forth, and charged 
 them, sayuig. 
 
 Go not into amj way of the Gentiles, 
 and enter not into any city of the Sa- 
 
 6 maritans : but go rather to the lost sheej) 
 
 7 of the house of Israel. And as ye go, 
 preach, saying, The kingdom of heaven 
 
 8 is at hand. Heal the sick, raise the dead, 
 cleanse the lepers, cast out iMevUs: free- 
 
 91y ye received, freely give. Get you 
 
 no gold, nor silver, nor brass in yom* 
 
 IQi'^purses; no waUet for your journey, 
 
 neither two coats, nor shoes, nor staff : 
 
 for the labom'er is worthy of his food. 
 
 11 And into whatsoever city or village ye 
 shall enter, search out who in it is wor- 
 
 12 thy; and there abide tiU ye go forth. And 
 
 13 as ye enter into the house, salute it. And 
 if the house be worthy, let your peace 
 come upon it: but if it be not worthy, let 
 
 14 your peace return to you. And whoso- 
 ever shall not receive you, nor hear your 
 words, as ye go forth out of that house 
 or that city, shake off the dust of your 
 
 15 feet. Verily I say luito you, It shall be 
 more tolerable for the land of Sodom and 
 Gomorrah in the day of judgement, than 
 for that city. 
 
 16 Behold, I send you forth as sheep in the 
 midst of wolves : be ye therefore wise as 
 
 17 serpents, and i^harraless as doves. But 
 beware of men : for they wUl dehver you 
 up to councils, and iu their synagogues 
 
 18 they wiU scourge you ; yea and before 
 
 11 Or. 
 Un/iwn. 
 
 11 Or, In 
 
 12 Or. 
 demons. 
 
 r. 
 
 
 
 13 Or, 
 Zeilot. 
 See Luke 
 vi. 15 ; 
 Acts i. la 
 11 Or, de- 
 livered 
 him up : 
 and so 
 always. 
 
 15 Gr. 
 girdles. 
 
 15 Or, 
 simple 
 
 r
 
 S. MATTHEW. 
 
 10. 18. 
 
 1 Or. pM 
 than to 
 deith 
 
 2 Or, 
 
 teacher 
 3Gr. 
 bondser- 
 vant. 
 
 iGr. 
 Beelze- 
 bul: and 
 so else- 
 where. 
 
 5Gr. 
 Gehen- 
 na. 
 
 e Gr. in 
 me. 
 
 7 Gr. in 
 him. 
 
 8Gr.ca5^ 
 
 sOr. 
 found 
 
 10 Or, 
 
 iotit 
 
 n Or, lost 
 
 governors and kings sliall ye be bronght 
 for my sake, for a testimony to tliem 
 
 19 and to the Gentiles. But when they 
 deliver you up, be not anxious how 
 or what ye shall speak : for it shaU 
 be given you in that hour what ye 
 
 20 shall speak. For it is not ye that 
 speak, but the Spirit of your Father 
 
 21 that speaketh in you. And brother 
 shall deliver up brother to death, and 
 the father his child: and children 
 shaU rise iip against parents, and 
 
 22 icause them to be put to death. And 
 ye shaU be hated of all men for my 
 name's sake : but he that endureth 
 to the end, the same shall be saved. 
 
 23 But when they persecute you in this 
 city, flee into the next: for verily 
 I say vmto you, Ye shall not have 
 gone through the cities of Israel, tUl 
 the Son of man be come. 
 
 24 A disciple is not above his ^ master, 
 25 nor a ^servant above his lord. It 
 
 is enough for the disciple that he be 
 as his '-i master, and the ^ servant as 
 his lord. If they have called the 
 master of the house ^Beelzebub, how 
 much more shall thej/ call them of 
 
 26 his household ! Fear ithem not there- 
 fore: for there is nothmg covered, 
 that shall not be revealed; and hid, 
 
 27 that shall not be known. What I teU 
 you in the darkness, speak ye in the 
 light: and what ye hear in the ear, 
 
 28 proclaim upon the housetops. And 
 be not afraid of them which kill the 
 body, but are not able to kill the 
 soul: but rather fear him which is 
 able to destroy both soul and body 
 
 29 in ^liell. Ai-e not two sparrows sold 
 for a farthing? and not one of them 
 shall fall on the ground without your 
 
 30 Father: but the very hairs of yoiu- 
 
 31 head are all uimabered. Fear not there- 
 fore ; ye are of more value than many 
 
 32 sparrows. Every one therefore who 
 shall confess 6me before men, 'him will 
 I also confess before my Father which 
 
 33 is in heaven. But whosoever shall deny 
 me before men, him will I also deny be- 
 fore my Father which is in heaven. 
 
 84 Thmk not that I came to 8 send peace 
 on the earth : I came not to 8 send 
 
 35 peace, but a sword. For I came to 
 set a man at variance against his 
 father, and the daughter against her 
 mother, and the daughter in law a- 
 
 36 gainst her mother in law : and a man's 
 foes shall be they of his o\\ni house - 
 
 37 hold. He that loveth father or mother 
 more than me is not worthy of me; 
 and he that loveth son or daughter 
 more than me is not worthy of me. 
 
 38 And he that doth not take his cross 
 and f oUow after me , is not worthy of me . 
 
 39 He that afindeth his w life shaU lose it; 
 and he that nioseth his loiife for my 
 sake shall find it. 
 
 40 He that receiveth vou receiveth me. 
 
 and he that receiveth me receiveth him 
 
 41 that sent me. He that receiveth a pro- 
 phet in the name of a prophet shaU re- 
 ceive a prophet's reward ; and he that 
 receiveth a righteous man in the name 
 of a righteous man shall receive a righte- 
 
 42 ous man's reward. And whosoever shall 
 give to di-mk mito one of these little ones 
 a cup of cold water only, in the name 
 of a disciple, verily I say imto you, he 
 shall in no wise lose his reward. 
 
 11 And it came to pass, when Jesus had 
 made an end of commanding his twelve 
 discijjles, he departed thence to teach 
 and ijreach in their cities. 
 
 2 Now when John heard in the prison 
 the works of the Christ, he sent by his 
 
 3 disciples, and said imto him, Ai't thou 
 he that cometh, or look we for another ? 
 
 4 AndJesus answered and saidmito them. 
 Go your way and teU John the things 
 
 5 which ye do hear and see : the blind re- 
 ceive their sight, and the lame walk, the 
 lejjers are cleansed, and the deaf hear, 
 and the dead are raised up, and the poor 
 have 12 good tidings i^reached to them. 
 
 6 And blessed is he, whosoever shall find 
 
 7 none occasion of stumbling in me. And 
 as these went their way, Jesus began 
 to say unto the multitudes concerning 
 John, What went ye out into the wil- 
 derness to behold ? a reed shaken with 
 
 8 the wind ? But what went ye out for to 
 see? a man clothed in soft ramewi? Be- 
 hold, they that wear soft raiment are in 
 
 9 kings' houses, i^ But wherefore went 
 ye out? to see a prophet? Yea, I say 
 luito you, and much more than a pro- 
 
 10 phet. This is he, of whom it is WTitten, 
 
 Behold, I send my messenger before 
 
 thy face. 
 Who shall prepare thy way before 
 
 thee. 
 
 11 Verily I say unto you, Among them that 
 are born of women there hath not arisen 
 a gi'eater than John the Baptist : yet he 
 that is 1* but little in the kingdom of hea- 
 
 12 ven is greater than he. And from the 
 days of John the Baptist imtil now the 
 kingdom of heaven suffereth violence, 
 and men of violence take it by force. 
 
 13 For aU the prophets and the law pro- 
 
 14 phesied until John. And if ye are will- 
 ing to receive is it, this is Elijah, which 
 
 15 is to come. He that hath ears ^^ to hear, 
 
 16 let him hear. But whereimto shall I 
 liken this generation ? It is Uke unto 
 children sitting in the marketplaces, 
 
 17 which call mito their fellows, and say. 
 We piped unto you, and ye did not dance; 
 
 18 we wailed, and ye did not I'raoum. For 
 John came neither eating nor drinking, 
 
 19 and they say. He hath a i8 de\al. The 
 Son of man came eating and drinking, 
 and they say. Behold, a gluttonous man, 
 and a winebibber, a friend of publicans 
 and sinners ! And wisdom i^'is justified 
 by her 20 works. 
 
 20 Then began he to upbraid the
 
 12. 32. 
 
 S. MATTHEW. 
 
 lOr. 
 2>owtir8. 
 
 - Many 
 ancient 
 autho- 
 rities 
 read ft« 
 
 hrnU'lht 
 
 down. 
 
 sor, 
 
 praise 
 
 1 Or, that 
 
 5 Some 
 ancient 
 authori- 
 ties read 
 they did 
 eat. 
 
 6 Gr. a 
 
 firc'Ver 
 
 thiiit/. 
 
 cities wherein most of his i mighty works 
 were done, because they repented not. 
 '21 Woe unto thee, Chora/.in ! woe mito 
 thee, Bethsaida! for if tlie i mighty 
 works had been done in Tyre and Sidon 
 which were done in you, tliey wouhl 
 have repented long ago in sackcloth and 
 
 22 ashes. Howbeit I say unto you, it shall 
 be more tolerable for Tyre and Sidon 
 in the day of judgement, than for you. 
 
 23 And thou, Capernaum, shalt thou be ex- 
 alted unto heaven ? thou shalt ^ go down 
 unto Hades : for if the i mighty works 
 had been done in Sodom which were 
 done m thee, it would have remamed 
 
 24 until this day. Howbeit I say unto you, 
 that it shall be more tolerable for the 
 land of Sodom in the day of judgement, 
 than for thee. 
 
 25 At that season Jesus answered and 
 said, 1 3 thank thee, O Father, Lord of 
 heaven and earth, that thou didst hide 
 these things from the wise and under- 
 standmg, and didst reveal them mito 
 
 26 babes : yea, Father, * for so it was 
 
 27 well-pleasing in thy sight. All things 
 have been deUvered imto me of my 
 Father : and no one knoweth the Son, 
 save the Father; neither doth any 
 know the Father, save the Son, and 
 he to whomsoever the Sou willeth 
 
 28 to reveal him. Come unto me, aU ye 
 that labour and are hea-^'y laden, and 
 
 291 will give you rest. Take my yoke 
 upon you, and leam of me ; for I 
 am meek and lowly in heart: and 
 ye shaU find rest unto your souls. 
 
 30 For my yoke is easy, and my burden is 
 light. 
 
 12 At that season Jesus went on the sab- 
 bath day through the cornfields ; and 
 his disciples were an huugred, and be- 
 gan to pluck ears of corn, and to eat. 
 
 2 But the Pharisees, when they saw it, 
 said imto him, Behold, thy disciples do 
 that which it is not lawful to do upon 
 
 3 the sabbath. But he said unto them. 
 Have ye not read what David did, when 
 he was an hmigred, and they that were 
 
 4 with him ; how he entered into the house 
 of God, and ^did eat the shewbread, 
 which it was not lawful for him to eat, 
 neither for them that were with him, 
 
 5 but only for the priests? Or have 
 ye not read in the law, how that on 
 the sabbath day the priests m the 
 temple j»rofaue the sabbath, and are 
 
 6 guiltless? But I say unto you, that 
 •5 one greater than the temple is here. 
 
 7 But if ye had kuo\vn what this mean- 
 eth, I desire mercy, and not sacrifice, 
 ye would not have condemned the 
 
 8 guiltless. For the Son of man is lord 
 of the sabbath. 
 
 9 And he departed thence, and went into 
 10 then- synagogue: and behold, a man 
 
 havmg a withered hand. And they 
 asked him, saying. Is it lawful to heal 
 on the sabbath day ? that they might 
 
 11 accuse him. And he said imto them. 
 What num shall there be of you, that 
 shall have one sheep, and if this fall 
 into a ])it on the sabbath day, will 
 he not lay hold on it, and lift it out? 
 
 12 How much then is a man of more value 
 than a sheep! Wherefore it is lawful 
 
 13 to do good on the sabbath day. Then 
 saith he to the man. Stretch forth 
 thy hand. And he stretched it forth ; 
 and it was restored whole, as the 
 
 14 other. But the Pharisees went out, 
 and took counsel against hiiu, how 
 
 15 they might destroy him. And Jesus 
 perceiving it withdrew from thence : 
 and many followed him ; and he healed 
 
 16 them all, and charged them that they 
 
 17 should not make him known : that it 
 might be fulfilled which was spoken 7 by 
 Isaiah the i^rophet, sayuig, 
 
 18 Behold, my servant whom I have 
 
 chosen ; 
 My beloved in whom my soul is well 
 
 pleased : 
 I wDl i)ut my Spirit npon him, 
 And he shall declare judgement to the 
 
 Gentiles. 
 
 19 He shall not strive, nor cry aloud ; 
 Neither shall any one hear his voice 
 
 in the streets. 
 
 20 A bruised reed shall ho not break. 
 Arid smoking flax shall he not quench, 
 Till he send forth judgement unto 
 
 victory. 
 
 21 And in his name shall the Gentiles 
 
 hope. 
 
 22 Then was brought unto him 8 one pos- 
 sessed with a devil, blind and dmnb : 
 and he healed him, insomuch that the 
 
 23 dumb man sjjake and saw. And aU the 
 multitudes were amazed, and said. Is 
 
 24 this the son of David ? But when the 
 Pharisees heard it, they said. This man 
 doth not cast out ^ devils, but i^by Beel- 
 
 25zebub the prmce of the '•* devils. And 
 knowmg their thoughts he said unto 
 them. Every kingdom divided agamst 
 itself is brought to desolation; and every 
 city or house divided agauist itself shall 
 
 26 not stand : and if Satan casteth out Sa- 
 tan, he is divided against himself ; how 
 
 27 then shall his kingdom stand ? And if 
 1 10 by Beelzebub cast out 9 devils, loby 
 whom do your sons cast them out? 
 
 28 therefore shall they be yom- judges. But 
 if I 10 by the Spirit of God cast out 
 9 devils, then is the kingdom of God come 
 
 29 upon you. Or how can one enter into 
 the house of the strong 7nan, and spoil 
 his goods, except he first bind the strong 
 man ? and then he wiU spoU his house. 
 
 .SO He that is not with me is against me ; 
 and he thatgathereth not with me scat- 
 
 Sltereth. Therefore I say unto you. Every 
 sin and blasphemy shall be forgiven 
 11 unto men ; but the blasphemy against 
 
 32 the Spirit shall not be forgiven. And 
 whosoever shall speak a word against 
 the Son of man, it shaU be forgiven 
 
 'Or, 
 through 
 
 8 Or. 
 a deyno' 
 niuc 
 
 9Gr. 
 demoyu. 
 10 Or, in 
 
 11 Some 
 ancient 
 authori- 
 ties read 
 unto you 
 men. 
 
 US
 
 10 
 
 S. MATTHEW. 
 
 12. 32. 
 
 1 Or, age 
 
 2 Or, 
 
 Teaclier 
 
 3Gr. sea- 
 
 iGr. 
 
 mwre 
 timn. 
 
 5 Or, It 
 
 sOr, 
 itset/ 
 
 7 Some 
 ancient 
 iiuthori- 
 ties omit 
 vej. 17. 
 
 him ; but whosoever shall speak against 
 the Holy Spirit, it shall not be forgiven 
 him, neither in this i world, nor in that 
 D3 which is to come. Either make the ti'ee 
 good, and its fruit good ; or make the 
 tree corrupt, and its fruit corrupt : for 
 
 34 the tree is known by its fruit. Ye off- 
 spring of vipers, how can ye, being evil, 
 speak good things ? for out of the abun- 
 dance of the heart the mouth speaketh. 
 
 35 The good man out of his good treasure 
 bringeth forth good things : and the evil 
 man out of his evil treasm-e bringeth 
 
 36 forth evil things. And I say unto 
 you, that every idle word that men 
 shall speak, they shall give account 
 
 37 thereof hi the day of judgement. For 
 by thy words thou shalt be justified, 
 and by thy words thou shalt be con- 
 demned. 
 
 38 Then certain of the scribes and Phari- 
 sees answered him, saying, ^ Master, we 
 
 39 would see a sign from thee. But he 
 answered and said unto them, An evil 
 and adulterous generation seeketh after 
 a sign ; and there shall no sign be given 
 to it but the sign of Jonah the projihet : 
 
 40 for as Jonah was three days and thi-ee 
 nights in the belly of the ^ whale ; so 
 shall the Son of man be three days and 
 three nights in the heart of the earth. 
 
 41 The men of Nineveh shall stand up in 
 the judgement with this generation, and 
 shall condenm it : for they repented at 
 the preaching of Jonah ; and behold, * a 
 
 42 greater than Jonah is here. The queen 
 of the south shall rise up in the judge- 
 ment with this generation, and shall 
 condemn it : for she came from the ends 
 of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solo- 
 mon ; and behold, ^ a greater than Solo- 
 
 43mou is here. But the imclean spirit, 
 when 5 he is gone out of the man, pass- 
 eth thi-ough waterless places, seeking 
 
 44 rest, and Jindeth ituot. Then%e saith.I 
 will retiu-u uito my house whence I came 
 out ; and when ^ he is come, ^ he findeth 
 
 45 it empty, swept, and garnished. Then 
 goeth 5 he, and taketh with 6 himself 
 seven other spirits more evil than 
 6 himself, and they enter in and dwell 
 there : and the last state of that man 
 becometh worse than the first. Even 
 so shall it be also unto this evU gene- 
 ration. 
 
 46 While he was yet speaking to the mid- 
 titudes, behold, his mother and his 
 brethren stood without, seeking to 
 
 47 speak to hun. ' And one said imto him, 
 Behold, thy mother and thy brethren 
 stand without, seeking to speak to thee. 
 
 48 But he answered and said unto him that 
 told him. Who is my mother? and who 
 
 49 are my brethren? And he stretched 
 forth his hand towards his disciples, 
 and said, Behold, my mother and my 
 
 50 brethren ! For whosoever shall do the 
 will of my Father which is in heaven, he 
 is my brother, and sister, and mother. 
 
 13 On that day went Jesus out of the 
 
 2 house, and sat by the sea side. And 
 there were gathered unto hun great 
 multitudes, so that he entered into a 
 boat, and sat; and all the multitude 
 
 3 stood on the beach. And he spake to 
 them many thmgs m parables, saying, 
 Behold, the sower went forth to sow ; 
 
 4 and as he sowed, some seeds f eU by the 
 way side, and the birds came and de- 
 
 5 vom-ed them : and others fell upon the 
 rocky places, where they had not much 
 earth : and straightway they sprang up, 
 because they had no deepness of earth : 
 
 6 and when the sun was risen, they were 
 scorched; and because they had no root, 
 
 7 they withered away. And others fell 
 upon the thorns ; and the thorns grew 
 
 8 up, and choked them : and others fell 
 upon the good ground, and yielded fruit, 
 some a himdi'edfold, some sixty, some 
 
 9 thirty. He that hath ears s, let him hear. 
 
 10 And the disciples came, and said unto 
 hun. Why speakest thou unto them in 
 
 11 parables? And he answered and said 
 unto them. Unto you it is given to know 
 the mysteries of the kingdom of heaven, 
 
 12 but to them it is not given. For who- 
 soever hath, to him shall be given, and 
 he shall have abundance : but whoso- 
 ever hath not, from him shall be taken 
 
 13 away even that which he hath. There- 
 fore speak I to them in i}arables ; be- 
 cause seeing they see not, and hearing 
 they hear not, neither do they under- 
 
 14 stand. And mito them is fuliiUed the 
 proj)hecy of Isaiah, which saith. 
 
 By hearing ye shall hear, and shall 
 
 ui no vrise imdcr stand; 
 And seeing ye shall see, and shall 
 
 in no wise perceive : 
 
 15 For this people's heart iswaxedgross, 
 And their ears are dull of hearing. 
 And their eyes they have closed ; 
 Lest haply they should perceive with 
 
 their eyes. 
 And hear with their ears. 
 And imderstand with their heart, 
 And should tm'n agam. 
 And I should heal them. 
 
 16 But blessed are your eyes, for they see ; 
 
 17 and your ears, for they hear. For verily 
 I say unto you, that many prophets and 
 righteous men desired to see the thuigs 
 which ye see, and saw them not ; and to 
 hear the things which ye hear, and 
 
 18 heard them not. Hear then ye the para- 
 
 19 ble of the sower. When any one heareth 
 the word of the kingdom, and imder- 
 standeth it not, the^i cometh the evU 
 one, and snatcheth away that which 
 hath been sown in his heart. This is 
 he that was sown by the way side. 
 
 20 And he that was sown upon the I'ocky 
 places, this is he that heareth the 
 word, and straightway with joy re- 
 
 21 ceiveth it ; yet hath he not root in him- 
 self, but endureth for a while; and 
 when tribulation or persecution ariseth 
 
 "Some 
 ancient 
 autliori- 
 ties add 
 here, and 
 in ver. 4:J, 
 to hear : 
 as in 
 Mark iv. 
 9; Luke 
 viii, S.
 
 11 3. 
 
 S. MATTHEW. 
 
 11 
 
 1 Or, age 
 
 2 Or. 
 
 dantrt 
 
 3Gr. 
 
 bond'icr- 
 
 vanti. 
 
 4 Gr. A 
 inan that 
 is an 
 
 5 The 
 word 
 in the 
 Greek 
 denotes 
 the 
 
 Hebrew 
 seali, a 
 measure 
 contain- 
 ing near- 
 ly a pecli 
 and a 
 half, 
 eor. 
 throufjh 
 7 Many 
 ancient 
 authori- 
 ties nuiit 
 of the 
 
 8 Or, the 
 consuin- 
 matioii 
 of the 
 ago 
 
 because of the word, straiglitway he 
 
 22 stumbloth. Aiul he that was sown a- 
 mong the thorns, this is ho tliat lieareth 
 tlu! word ; and the caro of the i world, 
 and the deceitfulness of riches, choke 
 tlio word, and he becometh unfruitful. 
 
 23 Aiid ho that was sown upon tlio good 
 ground, this is he tliat hearcith the 
 ■word, and understandeth it ; who veri- 
 ly beareth fruit, and bringeth forth, 
 some a hundredfold, some sixty, some 
 tliirty. 
 
 24 Another parable set he before them, 
 saymg, The khigdom of heaven is 
 likened luito a man that sowed good 
 
 25 seed in his field : but while men slept, 
 his enemy came and sowed 2 tares 
 also among the wheat, and went away. 
 
 26 But when the blade sprang up, and 
 brought forth fruit, then appeared 
 
 27 the tares also. And the ^servants 
 of the householder came and said 
 imto him, Sh-, didst thou not sow 
 good seed in thy field? whence then 
 
 28 hath it tares? And he said imto them, 
 *An enemy hath done this. And the 
 3 servants say imto him, Wilt thou then 
 
 29 that we go and gather them up ? But he 
 saith, Nay; lest haply while ye gather 
 up the tares, ye root up the wheat with 
 
 30 them. Let both grow together until the 
 harvest : and in the time of the harvest 
 I v/ill say to the reapers. Gather up first 
 the tares, and bind them in bundles to 
 burn them: but gather the wheat into 
 my barn. 
 
 31 Another parable set he before them, 
 saying, The kingdom of heaven is like 
 vmto a gram of mustard seed, which a 
 
 32 man took, and sowed in his field : which 
 indeed is less than all seeds ; but when 
 it is grown, it is greater than the herbs, 
 and becometh a tree, so that the bu'ds 
 of the heaven come and lodge in the 
 branches thereof. 
 
 33 Another parable spake he imto them ; 
 The kingdom of heaven is like mito 
 leaven, which a woman took, and hid 
 in three ^ measures of meal, tOl it was 
 all leavened. 
 
 31 AU these things spake Jesus in para- 
 bles imto the multitudes ; and without 
 a parable simke he nothing unto them : 
 
 35 that it might be fulfilled which was 
 spoken <'by the prophet, saying, 
 
 I will open my mouth in parables ; 
 I win utter thmgs hidden from the 
 foundation '^of the world. 
 
 36 Then he left the multitudes, and went 
 into the house : and his disciples came 
 unto him, saying, Explain unto us the 
 
 37 parable of the tares of the field. And 
 he answered and said. He that soweth 
 
 38 the good seed is the Son of man; and 
 the field is the world ; and the good seed, 
 these are the sOns of the kingdom ; and 
 the tares are the sons of the evil one ; 
 
 39 and the enemy that sowed them is the 
 devil : and the harvest is 8 the end of the 
 
 40 world; and the reapers are angels. As 
 tliercfore tlie tares are gathered up and 
 burned with fire; so shall it be in «the 
 
 41 end of the world. The Son of man shall 
 send forth his angels, and they shall ga- 
 ther out of liis kingdom all things that 
 cause stumbling, and them that do ini- 
 
 42quity, and shall cast them into the fur- 
 nace of fire: there sliall bo the weepmg 
 
 43 and gnashmg of teeth. Then shall the 
 righteous shine forth as the sun m the 
 kingdom of their Father. He that hath 
 ears, let him hear. 
 
 44 The kmgdom of heaven is like unto a 
 treasure hidden in the field ; which a 
 man foiuid, and hid; and ^in his joy lie 
 goeth and selleth all that he hath, and 
 buyeth that field. 
 
 45 Agam, the kingdom of heaven is like 
 unto a man that is a merchant seeking 
 
 46 goodly pearls: and having found one 
 pearl of great price, he went and sold 
 all that he had, and bought it. 
 
 47 Again, the kmgdom of heaven is like 
 mito a lOnet, that was cast into the sea, 
 
 48 and gathered of every kmd: which, 
 when it was filled, they drew up on the 
 beach ; and they sat down, and gathered 
 the good into vessels, but the bad they 
 
 49 cast away. So shall it be in 8 the end of 
 the world: the angels shall come forth, 
 and sever the wicked from among the 
 
 50 righteous, and shall cast them into the 
 furnace of fire : there shall be the weep- 
 ing and gnashing of teeth. 
 
 51 Have ye understood aU these things ? 
 
 52 They say unto him, Yea. And he said 
 mito them, Therefore every scribe who 
 hath been made a disciple to the king- 
 dom of heaven is like mito a man that 
 is a householder, which bringeth forth 
 out of his treasui'e thmgs new and old. 
 
 53 And it came to pass, when Jesus had 
 finished these parables, he departed 
 
 54 thence . And commg into his own coun- 
 try he taught them in theii" synagogue, 
 uisomuch that they were astonished, 
 and said, Wlience hath this man this 
 
 55 wisdom, and these " mighty works ? Is 
 not this the carpenter's sou? is not his 
 mother called Mary? and his brethi-en, 
 James, and Joseph, and Simon, and Ju- 
 
 56 das ? And his sisters, are they not all 
 with us ? Whence then hath this man 
 
 57 all these things? And they were i^of- 
 fended in him. But Jesus said mito 
 them, A prophet is not without ho- 
 nour, save in his o^ai country, and ui 
 
 58 his own house. And he did not many 
 11 mighty works there because of their 
 unbelief. 
 
 14 At that season Herod the tetrarch 
 
 2 heard the report concernhig Jesus, and 
 said mito his servants. This is John the 
 Baptist ; he is risen from the dead ; and 
 therefore do these powers work in hun. 
 
 3 For Herod had laid hold on John, and 
 bound him, and put him in prison for 
 the sake of Herodias, his brother Phi- 
 
 oor. 
 
 fiirjoii 
 Otereof 
 
 10 Gr. 
 
 drag- 
 net. 
 
 11 Gr. 
 powers. 
 
 12 Gr. 
 
 caused to 
 stumble. 
 
 BO
 
 12 
 
 S. MATTHEW. 
 
 14. 3. 
 
 I Or, 
 
 by land 
 
 2Gr. 
 recline. 
 
 3 Some 
 jtjicient 
 authori- 
 ties read 
 wag 
 many 
 furlongs 
 distant 
 from the 
 land. 
 
 4 lip's wife. For John said unto him, It 
 
 5 is not lawful for thee to have her. And 
 wlien he would have put him to death, 
 he feared the multitude, because they 
 
 6 comited him as a prophet. But when 
 Herod's birthday came, the daughter 
 of Herodias danced in the midst, and 
 
 7 pleased Herod. Whereupon he pro- 
 mised with an oath to give her what- 
 
 8 soever she should ask. And she, being 
 put forward by her mother, saith. 
 Give me here in a charger the head 
 
 9 of John the Baptist. And the king 
 was grieved ; but for the sake of his 
 oaths, and of them which sat at meat 
 with hun, he commanded it to be given ; 
 
 10 and he sent, and beheaded John in the 
 
 11 prison. And his head was brought in 
 a charger, and given to the damsel: 
 
 12 and she brought it to her mother. And 
 his disciples came, and took \\\) the 
 coi'pse, and buried him ; and they went 
 and told Jesus. 
 
 13 Now when Jesus heard it, he withdrew 
 from thence in a boat, to a desert place 
 apart : and when the multitudes heard 
 thereof, they followed him ^on foot 
 
 14 from the cities. And he came forth, 
 and saw a great multitude, and he had 
 compassion on them, and healed their 
 
 15 sick. And when even was come, the 
 disciples came to him, sajdng, Thei)lace 
 is desert, and the time is already past ; 
 send the multitudes away, that they 
 may go into the villages, and buy them- 
 
 16 selves food. But Jesus said unto them, 
 They have no need to go away ; give ye 
 
 17 them to eat. And they say imto him. 
 We have here but live loaves, and two 
 
 18 fishes. And he said. Bring them hither 
 
 19 to me. And he commanded the midti- 
 tudes to 2 sit down on the grass; and 
 he took the five loaves, and the two 
 fishes, and looking vqt to heaven, he 
 blessed, and brake and gave the loaves 
 to the disciples, and the disciples to 
 
 "20 the multitudes. And they did all eat, 
 and were fiUed: and they took up 
 that which remained over of the bro- 
 
 '21 ken pieces, twelve baskets full. And 
 they that did eat were about five 
 thousand men, beside women and chil- 
 di'en. 
 
 22 And straightway he constrained the 
 disciples to enter into the boat, and to 
 go before him unto the other side, tiU he 
 
 23 should send the multitudes away. And 
 after he had sent the multitudes away, 
 he went up into the mountain apart to 
 pray : and when even was come, he was 
 
 24 there alone. But the boat ^ was now in 
 the midst of the sea, distressed by the 
 
 25 waves ; for the wind was contrary. And 
 in the f om'th watch of the night he came 
 
 26 mito them, walkmg upon the sea. And 
 when the disciples saw him walking on 
 the sea, they were troubled, saying. It 
 is an api)arition ; and they cried out for 
 
 27 fear. But straiglitway Jesus spake unto 
 
 them, saying. Be of good cheer ; it is I ; 
 
 28 be not afraid. And Peter answered 
 him and said. Lord, if it be thou, bid me 
 
 29 come unto thee upon the waters. And 
 he said. Come. And Peter went down 
 from the boat, and walked upon the 
 
 30 waters, * to come to Jesus. But when he 
 saw the wind 5, he was afraid ; and be- 
 ginning to sink, he cried out, sayuig, 
 
 31 Lord, save me. And immediately Jesus 
 stretched forth his hand, and took hold 
 of him, and saith mito him, O thou of 
 little faith, wherefore didst thou doubt ? 
 
 32 And when they were gone up into the 
 
 33 boat, the wmd ceased. And they that 
 were in the boat worshipped him, say- 
 ing. Of a truth thou art the Son of 
 God. 
 
 34 And when they had crossed over, they 
 
 35 came to the land, imto Gennesaret. And 
 when the men of that place knew him, 
 they sent into all that region round 
 about, and brought unto him all that 
 
 36 were sick ; and they besought him that 
 they might only touch the border of 
 his garment : and as many as touched 
 were made whole. 
 
 15 Then there come to Jesus from Jeru- 
 salem Pharisees and scribes, saying, 
 
 2 Why do thydisciiiles transgress the tra- 
 dition of the elders ? for they wash not 
 
 3 their hands when they eat bread. And 
 he answered and said imto them. Why 
 do ye also transgress the commandment 
 
 4 of God because of your tradition ? For 
 God said. Honour thy father and thy 
 mother : and, He that speaketh evil of 
 father or mother, let him ^die the death. 
 
 5 But ye say. Whosoever shall say to his 
 father or his mother. That wherewith 
 thou mightest have been profited by 
 
 6 me is given to God ; he shall not honoiu- 
 his father 7. And ye have made void 
 the 8 word of God because of your tra- 
 
 7 dition. Ye hypocrites, well did Isaiah 
 prophesy of you, saying, 
 
 8 This people honoureth me with their 
 
 lips; 
 But their heart is far from me. 
 
 9 But in vain do they worship me, 
 Teachmg as their doctrines the pre- 
 cepts of men. 
 
 10 And he called to him the midtitude, and 
 said unto them, Hear, and miderstaud : 
 
 11 Not that which entereth into the mouth 
 defiJeth the man ; but that which pro- 
 ceedeth out of the mouth, this defileth 
 
 12 the man. Then came the disciples, and 
 said unto him, Knowest thou that the 
 Pharisees were ^offended, when they 
 
 13 heard this saying? But he answered and 
 said. Every lo plant which my heavenly 
 Father planted not, shall be rooted up. 
 
 14 Let them alone : they are blind guides. 
 And if the blind guide the bhnd, both 
 
 15 shall fall into a pit. And Peter answered 
 and said mito him. Declare unto us the 
 
 16 parable. And he said, Are ye also 
 
 17 even yet without imderstandmg ? Per- 
 
 4 Some 
 ancient 
 authori- 
 ties read 
 and 
 came. 
 
 5 Many 
 ancient 
 authori- 
 ties add 
 strong. 
 
 8 Or. 
 
 S'crelj/ 
 
 die 
 
 7 Some 
 ancient 
 authori- 
 ties add 
 or hi^ 
 mother. 
 
 8 Some 
 ancient 
 authori- 
 ties read 
 law. 
 
 9Gr. 
 caused to 
 stumble. 
 10 Gr. 
 plxnt^ 
 ing.
 
 16. 21. 
 
 S. MATTHEW. 
 
 13 
 
 IGr. 
 demon. 
 
 2 Or, loo/ 
 
 1^ 
 
 ceive ye not, that wliataoever goetli into 
 the luoutli passetli into the belly, and 
 
 18 is cast out mto the ili-au^'ht ? But the 
 things which proceed out of the mouth 
 come forth out of the heart ; and they 
 
 ly deiile the man. For out of the heart 
 come forth evil thoughts, mui-ders, 
 adulteries, fornications, thefts, false 
 
 20 witness, railings: these are the things 
 which deiile the man : but to eat with 
 luiwashen hands detileth not the man. 
 
 21 And Jesus went out thence, and with- 
 drew into the parts of Tyi-o and Sidon. 
 
 22 Aiid behold, a Canaanitish woman came 
 out from those borders, and cried, say- 
 ing. Have mercy on me, O Lord, thou 
 son of David ; my daughter is grievously 
 
 23 vexed with a i devU. But he answered 
 her not a word. And his disciples came 
 and besought him, saying. Send her 
 
 24 away ; for she crieth after us. But he 
 answered and said, I was not sent but 
 imto the lost sheep of the house of 
 
 25 Israel. But she came and worshipped 
 
 26 him, saying. Lord, help me. And he 
 answered and said, It is not meet to 
 take the children's ^ bread and cast it to 
 
 27 the dogs. But she said. Yea, Lord : for 
 even the dogs eat of the crumbs which 
 
 28 fall from then* masters' table. Then 
 Jesus answered and said unto her, 
 O woman, great is thy faith: be it 
 done imto thee even as thou wilt. 
 And her daughter was healed from 
 that hour. 
 
 29 And Jesus departed thence, and came 
 uigh imto the sea of Galilee; and he 
 went up into the mountain^ and sat 
 
 30 there. And there came unto him great 
 multitudes, having with them the lame, 
 blind, dumb, maimed, and many others, 
 and they cast them down at his feet; and 
 
 31 he healed them : insomuch that the mul- 
 titude wondered, when they saw the 
 dumb speaking, the maimed whole, 
 and the lame walking, and the blind 
 seeing: and they gloriiied the God 
 of Israel. 
 
 32 And Jesus called unto him his disci- 
 ples, and said, I have compassion on the 
 multitude, because they continue with 
 me now tkree days and have nothing to 
 eat : and I would not send them away 
 fasting, lest haply they faint in the way. 
 
 33 And the disciples say unto him, Whence 
 should we have so many loaves in a de- 
 sert place, as to fill so great a multitude? 
 
 34 And Jesus saith unto them, How many 
 loaves have ye ? And they said. Seven, 
 
 35 and a few small fishes. And he com- 
 manded the multitude to sit down on 
 
 36 the gi-ound; and he took the seven 
 loaves and the fishes ; and he gave 
 thanks and brake, and gave to the dis- 
 ciples, and the disciples to the multi- 
 
 37 tudes. And they did all eat, and were 
 filled : and they took up that which 
 remained over of the broken pieces, 
 
 38 seven baskets full. And they that did 
 
 eat were four thousand men, beside 
 39 women and children. And he sent 
 
 away the multitudes, and entered into 
 
 tlie boat, and came into the borders of 
 
 Magadan. 
 16 And the Pharisees and Sadducees 
 
 came, and tempting hun asked him to 
 
 2 shew them a sign from heaven. But he 
 answered and said mito them, ^ When 
 it is evening, ye say. It will be fair wea- 
 
 3 ther : for the heaven is red. And in the 
 mornmg, It will he foul weather to-day : 
 for the heaven is red and lowrmg. Ye 
 know how to discern the face of the 
 heaven ; but ye caimot discern the signs 
 
 4 of the times. An evil and adulterous 
 generation seeketh after a sign ; and 
 there shall no sign be given unto it, but 
 the sign of Jonah. And he left them, 
 and dejiarted. 
 
 5 And the disciples came to the other 
 
 6 side and forgot to take ^ bread. And 
 Jesus said unto them. Take heed and 
 beware of the leaven of the Pharisees 
 
 7 and Sadducees. And they reasoned 
 among themselves, saying, ^ We took no 
 
 8 * bread. And Jesus perceiving it said, 
 O ye of little faith, why reason ye among 
 yom-selves, because ye have no ^ bread ? 
 
 9 Do ye not yet perceive, neither remem- 
 ber the five loaves of the five thousand, 
 and how many s baskets ye took uiJ? 
 
 10 Neither the seven loaves of the four 
 thousand, and how many 6 baskets ye 
 
 11 took up ? How is it that ye do not per- 
 ceive that I spake not to you concern- 
 ing 4 bread? But beware of the leaven 
 
 12 of the Pharisees and Sadducees. Then 
 understood they how that he bade them 
 not beware of the leaven of * bread, but 
 of the teaching of the Pharisees and 
 Sadducees. 
 
 13 Now when Jesus came into the parts 
 of Cfesarea Philipjn, he asked his disci- 
 ples, saying. Who do men say ' that the 
 
 14 Son of man is ? And they said. Some 
 sail John the Baptist ; some, Elijah : 
 and others, Jeremiah, or one of the 
 
 15 prophets. He saith unto them, But who 
 
 16 say ye that I am ? And Simon Peter 
 answered and said, Thou art the Christ, 
 
 17 the Son of the living God. And Jesus 
 answered and said unto him, Blessed 
 art thou, Simon Bar- Jonah : for flesh 
 and blood hath not revealed it unto 
 thee, but my Father which is in heaven. 
 
 18 And I also say unto thee, that thou art 
 8 Peter, and upon this '^ rock I will build 
 my chm-ch; and the gates of Hades 
 
 19 shall not prevail against it. I ^tU give 
 mito thee the keys of the kingdom of 
 heaven: and whatsoever thou shalt bind 
 on earth shall be bound in heaven : and 
 whatsoever thou shalt loose on earth 
 
 20 shall be loosed in heaven . Then charged 
 he the disciples that they should tell no 
 man that he was the Christ. 
 
 21 From that time began lo Jesus to 
 shew unto his disciples, how that he 
 
 3 The fol- 
 luwing 
 words, to 
 the end 
 of ver. 3, 
 are omit- 
 ted by 
 some of 
 the most 
 ancient 
 and 
 other 
 import- 
 ant au- 
 tiioiitie?. 
 
 4Gr. 
 loaves. 
 
 6 Or, It is 
 becmiKC 
 we took 
 no bread. 
 
 8 Biskct 
 in ver. 
 i) and 10 
 repre- 
 sents 
 different 
 Greek 
 words. 
 
 7 Many 
 ancient 
 authori- 
 ties read 
 that Ithi; 
 fion of 
 inan atn. 
 See Mark 
 viii. 27 ; 
 Luke ix. 
 18. 
 
 8Gr. 
 Petro». 
 
 OGr. 
 petra. 
 
 10 Some 
 ancient 
 authori- 
 ties read 
 Jesus 
 Christ.
 
 (Xa><^C 
 
 grv<^^'^ 
 
 14 
 
 S. MATTHEW. 
 
 16. 21. 
 
 I Or. God 
 have 
 mercy on 
 thee 
 
 2 Or, soul 
 
 3 Or. 
 doing. 
 
 booths 
 
 must go unto Jerusalem, and suffer 
 many things of the elders and chief 
 priests and scribes, and be killed, and 
 
 22 the thu-d day be raised up. And Peter 
 took him, and began to rebuke him, say- 
 ing,iBe it far from thee. Lord: this shall 
 
 23 never be mato thee. But he tui'ued, and 
 said imto Peter, Get thee behind me, 
 Satan : thou art a stumblingblock unto 
 me : for thou niindest not the things of 
 
 24 God, but the things of men. Then said 
 Jesixs unto his disciples. If any man 
 would come after me, let him deny him- 
 self, and take up his cross, and follow 
 
 25 me. For whosoever woiild save his '- life 
 shall lose it : and whosoever shall lose 
 
 26 his 21ife for my sake shall find it. For 
 what shall a man be profited, if he shall 
 gain the whole world, and forfeit his 
 '■^ILfe? or what shall a man give in ex- 
 
 27 change for his 2 life? For the Son of 
 man shall come in the glory of his Fa- 
 ther with his angels; and then shall 
 he render unto every man according 
 
 '28 to his 3 deeds. Verily I say unto you. 
 There bo some of them that stand 
 here, which shaU in no -uase taste of 
 death, tiU they see the Son of man 
 coming in his kingdom. 
 
 17 And after six days Jesus taketh with 
 him Peter, and James, and John his 
 brother, and briugeth them uj) mto a 
 
 2 high momitam apart : and he was trans- 
 figured before them : and his face did 
 shine as the smi, and his gaiinents be- 
 
 3 came white as the light. And behold, 
 there appeared unto them Moses and 
 
 4 Elijah talking with him. And Peter an- 
 swered, and said mito Jesus, Lord, it is 
 good for us to be here : if thou wilt, I 
 will make here three * tabernacles ; one 
 for thee, and one for Moses, and one for 
 
 5Ehjah. While he was yet speaking, 
 behold, a bright cloud overshadowed 
 them : and behold, a voice out of the 
 cloud, saying. This is my beloved Son, in 
 whom I am well i>leased ; hear ye him. 
 
 6 And when the disciples heard it, they 
 fell on their face, and were sore afraid. 
 
 7 And Jesus came and touched them and 
 
 8 said, Ai'ise, and be not afraid. And 
 lifting up their eyes, they sav.' no one, 
 save Jesus only. 
 
 9 And as they were coming down from 
 the mountain, Jesus commanded them, 
 saymg, Tell the vision to no man, luitil 
 the Son of man be risen from the dead. 
 
 10 And his discijiles asked him, saying, 
 Why then say the scribes that Elijah 
 
 11 must fii-st come? And he answered 
 and said, Elijah uideed cometh, and 
 
 12 shall restore aU things : but I say 
 unto you, that Elijah is come al- 
 ready, and they knew him not, but 
 did unto hun whatsoever they listed. 
 Even so shall the Son of man also 
 
 13 suffer of them. Then understood the 
 disciples that he spake unto them 
 of Jolm the Baptist. 
 
 14 And when they were come to the mul- 
 titude, there came to him a man, kneel- 
 
 15 ing to him, and saying. Lord, have mer- 
 cy on my son : for he is epileptic, and 
 suffereth gi-ievously: for oft-times he 
 faUeth into the fii-e, and oft-times into 
 
 16 the water. And I brought him to thy 
 discij)les, and they could not cure him. 
 
 17 And Jesus answered and said, O faith- 
 less and perverse generation, how long 
 shall I be with you ? how long shall I 
 bear with you ? brmg him hither to me. 
 
 18 And Jesus rebuked him ; and the ^ devil 
 went out from him : and the boy was 
 
 19 cured from that hour. Then came the 
 disciples to Jesus ajjart, and said, Why 
 
 20 could not we cast it out ? And he saith 
 unto them, Because of yom* little faith : 
 for verily I say luito you. If ye have 
 faith as a gram of mustard seed, ye 
 shall say tuito this mountain. Remove 
 hence to yonder place ; and it shall 
 remove ; and nothing shall be impossi- 
 ble unto you." 
 
 22 And while they 7 abode in Galilee, Je- 
 sus said unto them. The Son of man 
 shall be dehvered up iuto the hands of 
 
 23 men ; and they shall kill him, and the 
 thu'd day he shall be raised up. And 
 they were exceeding soriy. 
 
 24 And when they were come to Caper- 
 naimi, they that received the 8 half-she- 
 kel came to Peter, and said. Doth not 
 
 25 yoiu" 8 master pay the s half-shekel ? He 
 saith. Yea. Aid when he came into the 
 house, Jesus spake first to him, saying. 
 What thinkest thou, Simon? thekmgs 
 of the earth , from whom do they receive 
 toU or tribute ? from their sons, or from 
 
 26 strangers? And when he said, From 
 strangers, Jesus said unto him, There- 
 
 27 fore the sous are free. But, lest we 
 cause them to stumble, go thou to the 
 sea, and cast a hook, and take up the 
 fish that fii'st cometh up; and when 
 thou hast ojiened his mouth, thou shalt 
 find a lOgiicijei: that take, and give 
 mito them for me and thee. 
 
 18 In that hour came the disciples unto 
 Jesus, saying. Who then is Hgi'eatest in 
 
 2 the kiugdom of heaven ? And he called 
 to him a httle chUd, and set him in the 
 
 3 midst of them, and said, Verily I say im- 
 to you. Except ye tmn, and become as 
 little children, ye shall in no wise enter 
 
 4 mto the kingdom of heaven. Whoso- 
 ever therefore shall hmnble himself as 
 this little chUd, the same is the Hgreat- 
 
 5 est in the kmgdoni of heaven. And 
 whoso shall receive one such little child 
 
 6 m my name receiveth me : but whoso 
 shaU cause one of these little ones 
 which beheve on me to stumble, it 
 is profitable for him that i^a great 
 millstone should be hanged about his 
 neck, and that he should be smik in the 
 
 7 depth of the sea. Woe imto the world 
 because of occasions of stiimbHng! 
 for it must needs be that the oc-
 
 19. 12. 
 
 S. MATTHEW. 
 
 15 
 
 T.r. 
 
 Uchenna 
 liffire. 
 
 ! Many 
 autliort- 
 tics, aoiuo 
 ancient, 
 insert 
 ver. 11 
 For the 
 Son 0/ 
 ynan 
 fame, to 
 save that 
 which 
 was lost. 
 See Luke 
 xix. 10. 
 SGr. a 
 thitig 
 willed be- 
 foreyour 
 Father. 
 
 4 Some 
 ancient 
 authori- 
 ties read 
 my. 
 
 5 Some 
 ancient 
 authori- 
 ties omit 
 against 
 thee. 
 
 6 Or. con- 
 grega- 
 tion 
 
 'Or. 
 seventy 
 times 
 and 
 iteven 
 9Gr. 
 bond- 
 servants. 
 
 6 This 
 
 talent 
 
 was pro- 
 
 l)ably 
 
 worth 
 
 about 
 
 £-m. 
 
 10 Or. 
 bond- 
 servant. 
 
 casions come ; l)ut woo to tliat man 
 tkrougb whom tlio occasion conielhl 
 
 8 Aucl if thy hand or thy foot causeth theo 
 to stumble, cut it olf, and cast it from 
 thee : it is good for tlieo to enter into Ufe 
 maimed or halt, rather than havuig two 
 hands or two feet to be cast into the 
 
 9 eternal fii'c. And if thine eye causeth 
 thee to stumble, pluck it out, and cast it 
 from thee : it is good for theo to enter 
 into life with one eye, rather than hav- 
 ing two eyes to be east into the i hell of 
 
 LO lire. See that j^e despise not one of these 
 little ones ; for I say imto you, that in 
 heaven their angels do always behold 
 the face of my Father which is in hea- 
 
 12 ven.2 How think ye ? if any man have a 
 hundi'ed sheep, and one of them be gone 
 astray, doth he not leave the ninety and 
 nine, and go unto the mountams, and 
 
 13 seek that which goeth astray? And 
 if so be that he Ihid it, verUy I say 
 unto you, he rejoiceth over it more 
 than over the ninety and nme which 
 
 14 have not gone astray. Even so it 
 is not 3 the wiU of ^ your Father which 
 
 , is in heaven, that one of these little 
 ones should perish. 
 
 15 And if thy brother sin ^ against thee, 
 go, shew him his fault between thee and 
 him alone : if he hear thee, thou hast 
 
 16 gamed thy brother. But if he hear thee 
 not, take with thee one or two more, that 
 at the mouth of two witnesses or thi'ee 
 
 17 every word may be established. Aiid 
 if he refuse to hear them, teU it mito 
 the ^ church : and if he refuse to 
 hear the ^ church also, let him be unto 
 thee as the Gentile and the publican. 
 
 18 Verily I say mito you. What thmgs 
 soever ye shaU bind on earth shall 
 be bound in heaven : and what thmgs 
 soever yo shall loose on earth shall 
 
 19 be loosed in heaven. Again I say mito 
 you, that if two of you shall agree on 
 earth as touching anything that they 
 shaU ask, it shall be done for them of my 
 
 20 Father which is in heaven. For where 
 two or three are gathered together in my 
 name, there am I m the midst of them. 
 
 21 Then came Peter, and said to him, 
 Lord, how oft shall my brother sin 
 against me, and I forgive him? mitU 
 
 22 seven times ? Jesus saith unto him, I 
 say not mito thee. Until seven times ; 
 
 23 but. Until ^ seventy times seven. There- 
 fore is the kuigdom of heaven Ukened 
 unto a certain king, which would make 
 
 21a reckoning with his ^ servants. .And 
 when he had begun to reckon, one was 
 brought unto him, which owed him ten 
 
 25 thousand ^ talents. But forasmuch as 
 he had not wherewith to pay, his lord 
 commanded him to be sold, and his wife, 
 and childi-eu, and all that he had, and 
 
 2G payment to be made. The i" servant 
 therefore fell down and worshipped 
 him, saying. Lord, have patience with 
 
 27 me, and I will pay thee all. And the lord 
 
 of thatiOservant,beiuginovedv/itlicom- 
 l)asbion, released him, and forgave huii 
 
 28 tile 11 debt. But that i^servant went out, 
 and foiuid one of his fellow-servants, 
 whicli owed him a hmidred i'^ pence: and 
 ho laid hold on him, and took him by the 
 throat, saying, Pay what thou owest. 
 
 29 So his fellow-servant fell down and be- 
 sought him, sayuig, Have patience with 
 
 30 me, and I will pay thee. And he would 
 not : but went and cast him into prison, 
 till he should i)ay that which was due. 
 
 31 So when his fellow-servants saw what 
 was done, they were exceeding sorry, 
 and came and told unto then- lord all 
 
 32 that was done. Then his lord called him 
 unto him, and saith to him, Thou wicked 
 lOservaut, I forgave thee all that debt, 
 
 33 because thou besoughtest me : should- 
 est not thou also have had mercy on thy 
 feUow-servant, even as I had mercy on 
 
 34 thee ? And his lord was wroth, and de- 
 livered him to the tonnentors, tiU he 
 
 35 should pay all that was due. So shaU 
 also my heavenly Father do unto you, 
 if ye forgive not every one his brother 
 from your hearts. 
 
 19 And it came to pass when Jesus had 
 finished these words, he dej)arted from 
 Galilee, and came into the borders of 
 
 2 Judfea beyond Jordan ; and great mul- 
 titudes followed him; and he healed 
 them there. 
 
 3 And there came unto him 13 Pharisees, 
 tempting him, and saying. Is it lawful 
 for a man to put away his wife for every 
 
 4 cause? And he answered and said. 
 Have ye not read, that he which i* made 
 them from the begumiug made them 
 
 5 male and female, and said. For this 
 cause shall a man leave his father and 
 mother, and shall cleave to his wife ; and 
 
 6 the twaui shall become one flesh ? So 
 that they are no more twain, but one 
 flesh. What therefore God hath joined 
 
 7 together, let not man put asunder. They 
 say unto him. Why then did Moses com- 
 mand to give a bill of divorcement, and 
 
 8 to put her away ? He saith unto them, 
 Moses for yom* hardness of heart suf- 
 fered you to put away your wives : but 
 from the beginning it hath not been so. 
 
 9 And I say imto you. Whosoever shall 
 put away his wife, i^ except for fornica- 
 tion, and shall marry another, commit- 
 teth adultery: i^and he that marrieth 
 her when she is put away committeth 
 
 10 adultery. The disciples say imto him, 
 K the case of the man is so with his wife, 
 
 11 it is not expedient to marry. But he said 
 unto them. All men caimot receive this 
 saying, but they to whom it is given. 
 
 12 For there are eunuchs, which were so 
 born from their mother's womb : and 
 there are eunuchs, which were made 
 eunuchs by men : and there are eunuchs, 
 which made themselves eunuchs for the 
 kingdom of heaven's sake. He that is 
 able to receive it, let him receive it. 
 
 "iGr. 
 l-jan, 
 
 12 The 
 
 word in 
 
 the 
 
 Greek 
 
 denotes 
 
 a coin 
 
 worth 
 
 about 
 
 eight 
 
 pence 
 
 half- 
 
 13 Many 
 authori- 
 ties.some 
 ancient, 
 insert 
 the. 
 
 11 Some 
 ancient 
 authori- 
 ties read 
 created. 
 
 1^ Soma 
 ancient 
 authori- 
 ties read 
 saving 
 for the 
 cause of 
 fornica- 
 tion^ 
 tnakcth 
 her an 
 adulter- 
 ess : as in 
 ch. V. a 
 16 The 
 following 
 words, to 
 the end 
 of the 
 verse, are 
 omitted 
 by some 
 ancient 
 .aiithori- 
 ties.
 
 16 
 
 S. MATTHEW. 
 
 19. 13. 
 
 lOr, 
 Teacher 
 
 2 Some 
 ancient 
 authori- 
 ties read 
 Good 
 Master. 
 See Mark 
 
 17; 
 Luke 
 xviii. 13. 
 
 3 Some 
 ancient 
 authori- 
 ties read 
 Why 
 caZlest 
 thou me 
 good ) 
 Konc ii 
 good save 
 one, even 
 God. See 
 Mark x. 
 13 ; Luke 
 xviii. 19. 
 
 4 Many 
 ancient 
 authori- 
 ties add 
 or wife : 
 as in 
 Luke 
 xviii. 29. 
 
 5 Some 
 ancient 
 authori- 
 ties read 
 mani- 
 fold. 
 
 'See 
 marginal 
 note on 
 ch. xviii. 
 
 13 Then -n-ere there brought uiito him 
 little chililren, that he should lay his 
 hands on them, and pray : and the dis- 
 
 14 ciijles rebuked them. But Jesus said, 
 Suffer the little children, and forbid 
 them not, to come unto me : for of 
 
 15 such is the kingdom of heaven. And 
 he laid his hands on them, and de- 
 parted thence. 
 
 16 And behold, one came to him and said, 
 12 Master, what good thing shall I do, 
 
 17 that I may have eternal life ? And ho 
 said unto him, ^Wliy askest thou me 
 concernmg that which is good? One 
 there is who is good : but if thou would- 
 est enter into hfe, keep the command- 
 
 ISments. He saith unto him, Which? Aiid 
 Jesus said. Thou shalt not kOl, Thou 
 shalt not commit adultery, Thou shalt 
 not steal. Thou shalt not bear false wit- 
 
 19 ness,Honoiu- thy father and thy mother: 
 and. Thou shalt love thy neighbour as 
 
 20 thyself. The yoimg man saith unto him, 
 All these things have I observed : what 
 
 21 lack I yet ? Jesus said unto him. If thou 
 wouldcst be perfect, go, seU that thou 
 hast, and give to the poor, and thou shalt 
 have treasm-e ui heaven: and come, 
 
 22 foUow me. But when the young man 
 heard the saying, he went away sorrow- 
 
 i ful : for he was one that had great pos- 
 \ sessions. 
 
 23 And Jesus said mito his disciples. 
 Verily I say unto you, It is hard for a 
 rich man to enter into the kmgdoni of 
 
 24 heaven. And agaui I say unto you. It 
 is easier for a camel to go through a 
 needle's eye, than for a rich man to 
 
 25 enter mto the kingdom of God. And 
 when the disciples heard it, they were 
 astonished exceedingly, saying. Who 
 
 26 then can be saved ? And Jesus looking 
 upon them said to them, With men this 
 is impossible ; but with God aU thuigs 
 
 27 are possible. Then answered Peter and 
 said imto bun, Lo, we have left all, 
 and followed thee ; what then shall we 
 
 28 have? And Jesus said unto them, 
 VerUy I say unto you, that ye which 
 have followed me, in the regeneration 
 when the Son of man shall sit on the 
 throne of his glory, ye also shall sit up- 
 on twelve thrones, judging the twelve 
 
 29 tribes of Israel. And every one that 
 hath left houses, or brethren, or sisters, 
 or father, or mother,* or children, or 
 lands, for my name's sake, shall receive 
 5 a hundredfold, and shall inherit eter- 
 
 30nal life. But many shall be last that 
 
 20<ii"e first; and first that are last. For 
 the kmgdom of heaven is hke unto a 
 man that is a householder, which went 
 out early ui the morning to hu-e la- 
 
 2 bourers into his vineyard. And when 
 he had agreed with the labourers for a 
 Bpemiy a day, he sent them into his 
 
 3 vineyard. And he went out about the 
 thu-d hour, and saw others standing in 
 
 4 the marketplace idle ; and to them he 
 
 said. Go ye also into the vineyard, and 
 whatsoever is right I will give you. And 
 
 5 they went their way. Again he went out 
 about the sixth and the ninth hour, and 
 
 6 did nkewise. And about the eleventh 
 hour he went out, and fomid others 
 standing ; and he saith unto them. Why 
 
 7 stand ye here all the day idle ? They say 
 unto hun,Because no man hathhiredus. 
 He saith imto them. Go ye also into the 
 
 8 vineyard. And when even was come, 
 the lord of the vinej'ard saith unto bis 
 steward, Call the labourers, and pay 
 them their hire, begmnmg from the last 
 
 Omito thetirst. And when they came that 
 7cerc hireddhox\.ii\ie eleventh hGur,they 
 
 10 received every man a •'penny . And when 
 the first came, they supposed that they 
 would receive more ; and they Ukewise 
 
 11 received everyman a ^penny. And when 
 they received it, they murmured against 
 
 12 thehouseholder,saying. These lasthave 
 spent hut one bom*, and thou hast made 
 them equal unto us, which have borne 
 the biu'den of the day and the '' scorch- 
 
 13 Lug heat. But he answered and said to 
 one of them, Friend, I do thee no wrong: 
 didst not thou agi-ee with me for a 
 
 14 6 penny ? Take up that which is thine, 
 and go thy way ; it is my wiU to give im- 
 
 15 to this last, even as unto thee. Is it not 
 lawful for me to do what I will with 
 mme own ? or is thine eye evU, because 
 
 16 1 am good ? So the last shaU be first, 
 and the first last. 
 
 17 And as Jesus was going up to Jerusa- 
 lem, he took the twelve disciples apart, 
 
 18 and in the way he said unto them. Be- 
 hold, we go up to Jerusalem ; and the 
 Son of man shall be dehvered unto the 
 chief priestsand scribes ; and they shall 
 
 19 condemn him to death, and shaU deliver 
 him unto the Gentiles to mock, and to 
 scoiu'ge, and to cmcify : and the third 
 day he shall be raised up. 
 
 20 Then came to him the mother of the 
 sons of Zebedee vriih. her sons, worshii)- 
 ping him, and asking a certain thing of 
 
 21 him. And he said imto her, What would- 
 estthou? She saith unto him, Command 
 that these my two sons may sit, one on 
 thy right hand, and one on thy left hand, 
 
 22 in thy kingdom. But Jesus answered 
 and said. Ye know not what ye ask. Ai-e 
 ye able to drink the cup that I am about 
 to ih-Luk ? They say unto him, W^e are 
 
 23 able. He saith imto them, My cup indeed 
 ye shall drink : but to sit on my right 
 hand, and on my left hand, is not mine 
 to give, but it is for them, for whom it 
 
 24 hath been prepared of my Father. And 
 when the ten heard it, they were moved 
 with indignation concerning the two 
 
 25 bretkren. But Jesus called them luito 
 him, and said. Ye know that the rulers 
 of the Gentiles lord it over them, and 
 theu' great ones exercise authority over 
 
 26 them. Not so shaU it be among you : but 
 whosoever would become great among
 
 21. 32. 
 
 S. MATTHEW. 
 
 lOr, 
 servant 
 
 2Gr. 
 
 b^nul- 
 servatit. 
 
 3 Or, 
 through 
 
 i Many 
 ancient 
 authori- 
 ties omit 
 ofQod. 
 
 27 you shall bo your ^ minister ; and who- 
 soever would be first ainoiiR you shall 
 
 28 be your '■^servant: even as the Son of 
 man came not to be muiisterod unto, hut 
 to minister, and to give liis life a ran- 
 som for many. 
 
 29 And as they went out from Jericho, 
 
 30 a groat uuiltitude followed hiiu. And 
 behold, two blind men sittuig by the 
 ■way side, when they heard that Jesus 
 was passmg by, cried out, saying. 
 Lord, have mercy on us, thou son of 
 
 31 David. And the multitude rebuked 
 them, that they should hold their 
 peace : but they cried out the more, 
 saying, Lord, have mercy on us, thou 
 
 32 son of David. And Jesus stood still, 
 and called them, and said. What will 
 
 33 ye that I should do unto you? They 
 say unto him. Lord, that our eyes may 
 
 34 be opened. And Jesus, being moved 
 with compassion, touched their eyes: 
 and straightway they received their 
 eight, and followed him. 
 
 21 And when they drew nigh ixnto Jeru- 
 salem, and came unto Bethphage, unto 
 the moimt of Olives, then Jesus sent 
 
 2 two disciples, saying luito them. Go in- 
 to the village that is over against you, 
 and straightway ye shall find an ass 
 tied, and a colt with her: loose them, 
 
 3 and bring them unto me. And if any one 
 say aught unto you, ye shall say. The 
 Lord hath need of them ; and straight- 
 
 4 way he will send them. Now this is 
 come to pass, that it might be fulfilled 
 which was spoken ^by the prophet, 
 saying, 
 
 5 Tell ye the daughter of Zion, 
 Behold, thy King cometh unto thee, 
 Meek, and riding upon an ass, 
 And upon a colt the foal of an ass. 
 
 6 And the disciples went, and did even as 
 
 7 Jesus appointed them, and brought the 
 ass, and the colt, and put on them then- 
 
 8 garments; and he sat thereon. And the 
 most part of the multitude spread then- 
 garments m the way; and others cut 
 branches from the trees, and spread 
 
 9 them in the way. And the multitudes 
 that went before him, and that followed, 
 cried, saying, Hosanna to the son of 
 David: Blessed is he that cometh in 
 the name of the Lord ; Hosanna in the 
 
 10 liighest. And when he was come into 
 Jerusalem, all the city was stii-red, say- 
 
 11 ing. Who is this ? And the multitudes 
 said. This is the prophet, Jesus, from 
 Nazareth of Galilee. 
 
 12 And Jesus entered into the temple ^ of 
 God, and cast out all them that sold and 
 bought in the temple, and overthrew the 
 tables of the money-changers, and the 
 
 13 seats of them that sold the doves ; and 
 he saith unto them. It is written, My 
 house shall be called a house of prayer : 
 
 14 but ye make it a den of robbers. And 
 the blind and the lame came to him in 
 
 15 the temple : and he healed them. But 
 
 when the chief priests and the scribes 
 saw the wonderful tilings that ho did, 
 and tlie chihh'en that wer<! crying in 
 tlie temple and saying, Hosanna to 
 the son of David; tliey were moved 
 
 IG with uidignation, and said unto hun, 
 Hearest thou what these are saying? 
 And .Tesus saith unto them. Yea: did 
 ye never read. Out of tlie mouth of 
 i)abes and suckhngs thou hast per- 
 
 17fected praise? And he left them, and 
 went forth out of the city to Bethany, 
 and lodged there. 
 
 18 Now ui the morning as he rctiuiied to 
 
 19 the city, he himgered. And seemg ^ a fig 
 tree by the way side, he came to it, and 
 found notMng thereon, but leaves only ; 
 and he saith tmto it. Let there be no 
 fruit from thee henceforward for ever. 
 And inmiediately the fig tree vnthered 
 
 20 away. And when the disciples saw it, 
 they marvelled, sayuig. How did the fig 
 
 21 tree immediately wither away? And 
 Jesus answered and said unto them. 
 Verily I say mito you. If ye have faith, 
 and doubt not, ye shall not only do what 
 is done to the fig tree, but even if ye 
 shall say unto this momitam, Be thou 
 taken up and cast into the sea, it shall 
 
 22 be done. And all things, whatsoever ye 
 shall ask ui prayer, beUeviug, ye shall 
 receive. 
 
 23 And when he was come into the temple, 
 the chief priests and the elders of the 
 people came unto him as he was teach- 
 ing, and said. By what authority doest 
 thou these things ? and who gave thee 
 
 24 this authority? And Jesus answered 
 and said unto them, I also wiU ask you 
 one 6 question, which if ye tell me, I 
 likewise will teU you by what authority 
 
 25 1 do these things. The baptism of John, 
 whence was it ? from heaven or from 
 men ? And they reasoned with them- 
 selves, saying. If we shall say. From 
 heaven ; he will say luito us. Why then 
 
 26 did ye not beUeve him ? But if we shaU 
 say. From men ; we fear the multitude ; 
 
 27 for all hold John as a prophet. And 
 they answered Jesus, and said. We 
 know not. He also said mito them, 
 Neither tell I you by what authority I 
 
 28do these things. But what think ye ? A 
 man had two sons ; and he came to the 
 first, and said, 7 Son, go work to-day m 
 
 29 the vineyard. And he answered and 
 said, I will not : but afterward he re- 
 
 30 iiented himself, and went. And he came 
 to the second, and said likewise. And 
 he answered and said, I j/o, su*: and 
 
 31 went not. Whether of the twain did the 
 will of his father? They say. The fii-st. 
 Jesus saith unto them. Verily I say un- 
 to you, that the publicans and the har- 
 lots go into the kuigdom of God before 
 
 32 you. For John came vuito you in the 
 way of righteousness, and ye beheved 
 hun not: but the publicans and the 
 harlots beKeved him : and ye, when ye 
 
 sOr. 
 
 er.r. 
 word. 
 
 "Gr. 
 Child.
 
 18 
 
 S. MATTHEW. 
 
 21. 
 
 iGr. 
 
 6571^ 
 
 2 Or. tfte 
 o/U 
 
 ^Some 
 ancient 
 authori- 
 ties omit 
 ver. 44. 
 
 saw it, did not even repent yourselves 
 afterward, that ye miglit believe him. 
 
 33 Hear another parable: There was a 
 man that was a householder, which 
 planted a vineyard, and set a hedge 
 about it, and digged a winepress in it, 
 and built a tower, and let it out to hus- 
 bandmen, and went into another couii- 
 
 34 try. And when the season of the fruits 
 drew near, he sent his i servants to the 
 
 35 husbanchnen, to receive ^his fruits. And 
 the husbandmen took his i servants, and 
 beat one, and killed another, and stoned 
 
 36 another. Agam, he sent other i servants 
 more than the first : and they did unto 
 
 37 them in Uke manner. But afterward he 
 sent unto them his son, saying, They 
 
 38 will reverence my son. But the hus- 
 bandmen, when they saw the son, said 
 among themselves, This is the heir; 
 come, let us kill him, and take his iu- 
 
 39heritance. And they took him, and 
 cast him forth out of the vineyard, 
 
 iOand killed him. When therefore the 
 lord of the vineyard shall come, what 
 will he do unto those husbandmen? 
 
 •11 They say unto him. He will miserably 
 destroy those miserable men, and will 
 let oiit the vineyard unto other hus- 
 bandmen, which shall render him the 
 
 42 fruits in their seasons. Jesus saith 
 unto them. Did ye never read in the 
 ecrii^tures, 
 
 The stone which the builders re- 
 jected, 
 
 The same was made the head of the 
 corner : 
 
 This was from the Lord, 
 
 And it is marveUou^s in our eyes ? 
 
 43 Therefore say I mito you. The kingdom 
 of God shall be taken away fi-om you, 
 and shall be given to a nation bringing 
 
 44 forth the fruits thereof. ^And he that 
 falleth on this stone shall be broken to 
 pieces : but on whomsoever it shall fall, 
 
 45 it wlU scatter him as dust. And when 
 the chief in-iests and the Pharisees heard 
 his parables, they perceived that he 
 
 46 spake of them. And when they sought 
 to lay hold on him, they feared the mul- 
 titudes, because they took him for a 
 prophet. 
 
 22 Aid Jesus answered and spake again 
 "2 in parables imto them, saymg. The king- 
 dom of heaven is likened unto a certain 
 king, which made a mai-riage feast for 
 
 3 his son, and sent forth his i servants to 
 call them that were bidden to the mar- 
 riage feast : and they would not come. 
 
 4 Again he sent forth other i servants, 
 saymg. Tell them that are bidden, Be- 
 hold, I have made ready my dinner : my 
 oxen and my failings are killed, and all 
 things are ready : come to the marriage 
 
 5 feast. But they made light of it, and 
 went their ways, one to his own farm, 
 
 6 another to his merchandise: and the 
 rest laid hold on his i servants, and en- 
 treated them shamefully, and killed 
 
 7 them. But the king was wroth ; and he 
 sent his armies, and destroyed those 
 
 8 murderers, and burned their city. Then 
 saith he to his i servants. The wedding 
 is ready, but they that were bidden were 
 
 9 not worthy. Go ye therefore unto the 
 partings of the highways, and as many 
 as ye shall find, bid to the marriage 
 
 10 feast. And those i servants went out Into 
 the highways, and gathered together all 
 as many as they found, both bad and 
 good : and the wedding was filled with 
 
 11 guests. But when the king came in to 
 behold the guests, he saw there a man 
 which had not on a wedding-garment : 
 
 12 and he saith mito him, Friend, how 
 camest thou in hither not having a wed- 
 ding-garment? And he was speech- 
 
 13 less. Then the king said to the * ser- 
 vants. Bind hun hand and foot, and 
 cast hun out into the outer darkness; 
 there shall be the weeping and gnash- 
 
 14 ing of teeth. For many are called, but 
 few chosen. 
 
 15 Then went the Pharisees, and took 
 counsel how they might ensnare him in 
 
 16 his talk. And they send to him their 
 disciples, with the Herodians, saying, 
 6 Master, we know that thou art true, 
 and teachest the way of God in truth, 
 and carest not for any one : for thou re- 
 
 17 gardest not the person of men. Tell us 
 therefore. What thinkest thou ? Is it 
 lawful to give tribute unto Cwsar, or 
 
 18 not? But Jesus perceived their wick- 
 edness, and said, Why tempt ye me, ye 
 
 19 hyi)ocrites? Shewme the tribute money. 
 And they brought unto him a ''penny. 
 
 20 And he saith mito them. Whose is this 
 
 21 image and suiierscription ? They say 
 ivato hun, Caesar's. Then saith he luito 
 them. Bender therefore unto Cassar the 
 thiogs that are Caesar's ; and mito God 
 
 22 the things that are God's. And when 
 they heard it, they marvelled, and left 
 him, and went theu' way. 
 
 23 On that day there came to him Sad- 
 ducees, ■? which say that there is no re- 
 
 24 surrection : and they asked him, saying, 
 6 Master, Moses said. If a man die, hav- 
 ing no children, his brother 8 shaUmarry 
 his wife, and raise up seed unto his bro- 
 
 25ther. Now there were with us seven 
 brethren : and the first married and de- 
 ceased, and having no seed left his wife 
 
 26 unto his brother; in hke mamier the 
 second also, and the third, mito the 
 
 27 9 seventh. And after them aU the woman 
 
 28 died. In the resm-rection therefore 
 wliose wife shall she be of the seven ? 
 
 29 for they all had her. But Jesus answered 
 and said unto them. Ye do err.not know- 
 ing the scriptures,nor the power of God. 
 
 30 For in the resurrection they neither 
 marry, nor are given in marriage, but 
 
 31 are as angels lo in heaven. But as 
 touchmg the resurrection of the dead, 
 have ye not read that which was 
 spoken unto you by God, saying.
 
 u* I 
 
 23. 
 
 
 S. MATTHEW. 
 
 19 
 
 'Or. 
 TMchcr 
 
 2 Or, And 
 a SCC07UI 
 iii like 
 II nto it. 
 Thou 
 RliiUtlove 
 ■ic. 
 
 s Many 
 ancient 
 authori- 
 ties omit 
 and 
 
 grievous 
 to be 
 borne. 
 
 tGr. tho 
 heaven- 
 
 6Gr. 
 ipreatcr, 
 6 Or, mi- 
 nister 
 
 7Gr. 
 before. 
 
 3'2I am the God of Abraham, and the 
 
 God of Isaac, and the (iod of Jacob ? 
 
 God is not the (lod of the dead, but 
 88 of tho hvuig. And when tlio nudti- 
 ^^ tudes heard it, they were astonished 
 
 at his teachuig. 
 31 But tho Pharisees, when they heard 
 
 that he had put tho Sadducees to silence, 
 35 gathered themselves together. And one 
 
 of them, a lawyer, asked him a question, 
 oGtemptmg him, i Master, which is the 
 
 37 great conmianduient ui the law ? And 
 he said luito hun. Thou shalt love the 
 Lord thy God with all thy heart, and 
 with all thy soul, and with all thy muid. 
 
 38 This is the great and fia-st conmiand- 
 30 mont. ^ And a second like unto it is this. 
 
 Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thy- 
 ■10 self. Ou these two counnauihuents 
 
 haugeth the whole law, and the pro- 
 
 l^hets. 
 11 Now while the Pharisees were gather- 
 ed together, Jesus asked them a ques- 
 4"2tion, saymg, What think ye of the 
 
 Christ? whose son is he? They say 
 •13 mito him. The son of David. He saith 
 
 mito them, How then doth David in the 
 
 Spu-it call him Lord, saying, 
 41 Tho Lord said imto my Lord, 
 Sit thou ou my right hand. 
 Till I put thine enemies underneath 
 thy feet ? 
 
 45 If David then caUeth him Lord, how is 
 
 46 he his son? And no one was able to 
 answer him a word, neither durst a.i\j 
 man from that day forth ask him any 
 more questions. 
 
 23 Then spake Jesus to the multitudes 
 
 2 and to his disciples, saying. The scribes 
 
 and the Pharisees sit on Moses' seat : 
 
 Sail things therefore whatsoever they 
 
 bid you, these do and observe : but do 
 
 not ye after then- works ; for they say, 
 
 4 and do not. Yea, they bind heavy bm-- 
 deus 3 and grievous to be borne, and lay 
 them on men's shoulders; but they 
 themselves wiU not move them with 
 
 5 their finger. But aU their works they do 
 for to be seen of men : for they make 
 broad their phylacteries, and eidavge 
 
 G the borders of their garments, and love 
 the chief place at feasts, and the chief 
 
 7 seats in the synagogues, and the salu- 
 tations in the marketplaces, and to be 
 
 8 called of men, Kabbi. But be not ye 
 called Eabbi : for one is youi- teacher, 
 
 9 and aU ye are brethren . And call no man 
 y oiu- father on the earth : for one is your 
 
 10 Father, * which is ui heaven. Neither 
 be ye called masters : for one is yom- 
 
 11 master, even the Christ. But he that 
 is s greatest among you shall be your 
 
 12 6 servant. And whosoever shall exalt 
 himself shall be hmnbled; and who- 
 toever shaU humble himself shall be 
 exalted. 
 
 13 But woe unto you, scribes and Phari- 
 sees, hypocrites ! because ye shut the 
 kingdom of heaven '^ against men : for 
 
 ye enter not in yourselves, neither 
 suffer ye them that are entering m to 
 enter.** 
 
 15 Woe imto you, scribes and Pharisees, 
 hyi)ocrites ! for ye compass sea and 
 land to make one proselyte ; and when 
 he is become so, ye make him two- 
 fold more a son of' 'Jhell than your- 
 selves. 
 
 IG Woe unto you, ye blind guides, which 
 say. Whosoever shall swear by the 
 lotemplc, it is nothhig; but whosoever 
 shall swear by the gold of tho lo temple, 
 
 17 he is 11 a debtor. Ye fools and blind : for 
 whether is greater, the gold, or the 
 10 temide that hath sanctified the gold ? 
 
 18 And, Whosoever shall swear by the 
 altar, it is nothmg ; but whosoever shall 
 swear by the gift that is upon it, he is 
 
 19 11 a debtor. Ye blind : for whether is 
 greater, the gift, or the altar that sanc- 
 
 20tifieth the gift? He therefore that 
 sweareth by the altar, sweareth by it, 
 
 21 and by aU things thereon. And he that 
 sweareth by the lo temple, sweareth by 
 it, and by him that dwelleth therein. 
 
 22 And he that sweareth by the heaven, 
 sweareth by the throne of God, and by 
 him that sitteth thereon. 
 
 23 Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, 
 hypocrites ! for ye tithe mmt and I'^anise 
 and cummin, and have left undone the 
 weightier matters of the law, judge- 
 ment, and mercy, and faith : but these 
 ye ought to have done, and not to have 
 
 24 left the other ujidone. Ye blind guides, 
 which strain out the gnat, and swallow 
 the camel. 
 
 25 Woe imto you, scribes and Pharisees, 
 hyi^ocrites ! for ye cleanse the outside 
 of the cup and of the platter, but within 
 they are fuU from extortion and excess. 
 
 26 Thou blind Pharisee, cleanse iu'st the 
 uiside of the cup and of the platter, 
 that the outside thereof may become 
 clean also. 
 
 27 Woe mito you, scribes and Pharisees, 
 hyiiocrites ! for ye are like unto whited 
 sepulchi-es, which outwartUy appear 
 beautiful, but inwardly are fiill of dead 
 men's bones, and of all uncleanness. 
 
 28 Even so ye also outwardly appear right- 
 eous unto men, but mwardly ye are full 
 of hypocrisy and iniquity. 
 
 2'J Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, 
 hyiiocrites t for ye buUd the sepulchres 
 of the x)rophets,and garnish the tombs of 
 
 30 the righteous, and say, If we had been 
 ui the days of our fathers, we should 
 not have been partakers with them m 
 
 31 the blood of the prophets. Wherefore 
 ye witness to yourselves, that ye are 
 sons of them that slew the i)roi3hets. 
 
 32 Fill ye up then the measm-e of yom- fa- 
 33thers. Ye serpents, ye offspring of vi- 
 pers, how shall ye escape the judgement 
 
 34 of 9hell ? Therefore, behold, I send unto 
 you i)rophets, and wise men, and scribes: 
 some of them shall ye kill and cru- 
 
 8 Some 
 autiiori- 
 ticK in- 
 sert liere, 
 or after 
 vcr. \% 
 ver. 14 
 \¥oe 
 
 vntoyoUt 
 scribi'S 
 andPha- 
 risees hy- 
 pocrites I 
 /i/rye 
 drvonr 
 widows" 
 houses, 
 even 
 
 while for 
 a pre- 
 tence yc 
 make 
 long 
 
 prayers : 
 t here/ ore 
 ye shall 
 receive 
 greater 
 condem- 
 nation. 
 See Mark 
 xii. 40; 
 Lulie XX. 
 47. 
 
 8 Gr. Ge- 
 henna. 
 10 Or, 
 S'J.nc- 
 tuary : 
 as in ver. 
 35. 
 
 nOr, 
 bound by 
 liis oatli 
 12 Or, 
 diU
 
 ^{.;l^.rj^!^O^C; 
 
 S. MATTHEW. 
 
 23. 34. 
 
 ' Some 
 ancient 
 authori- 
 ties oniit 
 desolate. 
 
 2Gr. 
 
 presence, 
 3 Or, the 
 consum- 
 mation 
 of the 
 age 
 
 •lOr. 
 
 these 
 
 ffood 
 
 Hdingn 
 
 5 Gr. in- 
 
 habit'-'cl 
 
 earth, 
 
 «0r, 
 through 
 'Or, o 
 holy 
 plare 
 
 cify ; and some of them shall ye 
 scourge in your synagogues, and per- 
 
 35 secute from city to city : that upon 
 you may come all the righteous blood 
 shed on the earth, from the blood of 
 Abel the righteous unto the blood of 
 Zachariah son of Barachiah, whom 
 ye slew between the sanctuary and 
 
 36 the altar. Verily I say unto you. All 
 these things shall come upon this 
 generation. 
 
 37 O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, which killeth 
 the prophets, and stoneth them that are 
 sent unto her 1 how often would I have 
 gathered thy chUdren together, even as 
 a hen gathereth her chickens under her 
 
 38 wings, and ye would not ! Behold, your 
 
 39 house is left unto you i desolate. For 
 
 1 say imto you. Ye shall not see me 
 henceforth, tiU ye shall say, Blessed 
 is he that cometh in the name of the 
 Lord. 
 
 24 And Jesus went out from the temple, 
 and was going on his way ; and his (Us- 
 cijiles came to him to shew bim the 
 
 2 buildings of the temple. But he an- 
 swered and said unto them, See ye not 
 all these things ? verily I say unto you. 
 There shall not be left here one stone 
 upon another, that shall not be thrown 
 down. 
 
 3 And as he sat on the mount of Olives, 
 the disciples came unto him x)rivately, 
 saying, TeU us, when shall these things 
 be ? and what shall he the sign of thy 
 
 2 coming, and of ^ the end of the world ? 
 
 4 And Jesus answered and said unto 
 them. Take heed that no man lead you 
 
 5 astray. For many shall come ha my' 
 name, saying, I am the Christ; and 
 
 6 shall lead many astray. And ye shall 
 hear of wars and rumours of wars : see 
 that ye be not troTibled : for these things 
 must needs come to pass ; but the end 
 
 7 is not yet. For nation shall rise against 
 nation, and khigdom against kingdom : 
 and there shall be famines and earth- 
 
 8 quakes in divers places. But all these 
 things are the beginning of travail. 
 
 9 Then shall they deliver you up mito 
 tribvdation, and shall kill you : and ye 
 shall be hated of all the nations for my 
 
 10 name's sake. And then shall many 
 stumble, and shall deliver up one ano- 
 
 llther, and shall hate one another. And 
 many false prophets shall arise, and 
 
 12 shall lead many astray. And because 
 miquity shall be multiplied, the love of 
 
 13 the many shall wax cold. But he that 
 endureth to the end, the same shall be 
 
 1-1 saved. And * this gospel of the kingdom 
 shall be preached in the whole ^ world 
 for a testimony unto all the nations; 
 and then shall the end come. 
 
 15 When therefore ye see the abomina- 
 tion of desolation, which was sjioken of 
 ''by Daniel the prophet, standing in 
 ' the holy place (let him that readeth 
 
 16 imder stand), then let them that are in 
 
 17 Judsea flee unto the mountahis : let hun 
 that is on the housetop not go down 
 to take out the things that are in his 
 
 18 house : and let hun that is in the field 
 
 19 not retimi back to take his cloke. But 
 woe mito them that are with child and 
 to them that give suck in those days ! 
 
 20 And pray ye that your flight be not in 
 
 21 the winter, neither on a sabbath : for 
 then shall be great tribulation, such as 
 hath not been from the beginning of the 
 world until now, no, nor ever shall be. 
 
 22 And except those days had been short- 
 ened, no flesh would have been saved : 
 but for the elect's sake those days shall 
 
 23 be shortened. Then if any man shall 
 say mito you, Lo, here is the Christ, or, 
 
 24 Here ; beheve 8 it not. For there shall 
 arise false Christs, and false prophets, 
 and shall shew great signs and wonders; 
 so as to lead astray, if possible, even the 
 
 25 elect. Behold, I have told you before- 
 
 26 hand. If therefore they shall say unto 
 you. Behold, he is in the wilderness ; go 
 not forth: Behold, he is in the inner 
 
 27 chambers; beheve ^it not. For as the 
 lightning cometh forth from the east, 
 and is seen even unto the west ; so 
 shall be the lo coming of the Son 
 
 28 of man. Wheresoever the carcase is, 
 there vnU the ii eagles be gathered to- 
 gether. 
 
 29 But immediately, after the tribulation 
 of those days, the sun shall be dai-kened, 
 and the moon shaU not give her hght, 
 and the stars shall fall from heaven, 
 and the powers of the heavens shall 
 
 30 be shaken : and then shall appear the 
 sign of the Son of man m heaven : and 
 then shall aU the tribes of the earth 
 mourn, and they shall see the Son of 
 man coming on the clouds of heaven 
 
 31 with j)ower and great glory. And he 
 shall send forth his angels i^ with i^ a 
 great soimd of a trmnpet, and they 
 shall gather together his elect from 
 the four whids, from one end of heaven 
 to the other. 
 
 32 Now from the fig tree learn her para- 
 ble : when her branch is now become 
 tender, and putteth forth its leaves, ye 
 
 33 know that the summer is nigh : even so 
 ye also, when ye see aU these things, 
 know ye that i^lie is nigh, even at the 
 
 34 doors. VerQy I say unto you. This 
 generation shall not pass away, tiU aU 
 
 35 these things be accomjihshed. Heaven 
 and earth shall pass away, but my words 
 
 36 shaU not pass away. But of that day 
 and hoiu" knoweth no one, not even the 
 angels of heaven, i^ neither the Son, but 
 
 37 the Father only. And as viere the 
 days of Noah, so shall be the incoming 
 
 38 of the Son of man. For as in those 
 days which were before the flood they 
 were eating and druikhig, marryuig 
 and giving in marriage, until the day 
 
 39 that Noah entered iato the ark, and 
 they knew not until the flood came, and 
 
 8 Or, him 
 
 !>0r. 
 tliem 
 
 iDGr. 
 presence. 
 
 "Or, 
 viUtures 
 
 12 Many 
 ancient 
 authori- 
 ties read 
 with a 
 great 
 trmnpet, 
 and they 
 shtiU ga- 
 ther &c. 
 
 13 Or, a 
 trumpet 
 of great 
 sofund 
 
 W Or, it 
 
 15 Many 
 authori- 
 ties, 
 some 
 ancient, 
 omit 
 neither 
 the Son,
 
 25 38. 
 
 S. MATTHEW. 
 
 21 
 
 iGr. 
 premnce. 
 
 ■2 Or, 
 Hut thi» 
 yc know 
 
 3Gr. 
 
 digyed 
 
 throuyh. 
 
 iGr. 
 
 servant. 
 
 5 Or, 
 
 severely 
 scourge 
 ftiin 
 
 6 Or. 
 torches 
 
 ■?Gr. 
 
 bond- 
 
 servant'i. 
 
 took them all away; so shall bo the 
 40 1 coining of the Sou of man. Then shaU 
 
 two men bo in the field ; one is taken, 
 41 and one is left: two women shall he. 
 
 grinding at the mill; one is taken, and 
 42 one is left. Watch therefore: for ye 
 
 know not on what day yoiu- Ijord com- 
 
 43 eth. 2 But know this, that if the master 
 of the house had knowii in what watch 
 the thief was coming, lie would hav(! 
 watched, and would not have suffered 
 Ids house to be f" broken through. 
 
 44 Therefore be ye also ready : for iii an 
 hour that ye think not the Son of man 
 
 45cometh. Who then is the faitliful and 
 wise ^ servant, whom his lord hath set 
 over his household, to give them theii- 
 
 46 food ill due season? Blessed is that 
 ^ servant^ whom his lord when he com- 
 
 47 eth shall find so doing. Verily I say 
 unto you, that ho will set him over all 
 
 48 that he hath. But if that evil ^ sei-vaut 
 shall say m his heart, My lord tarrieth ; 
 
 49 and shall begin to beat his fellow-ser- 
 vants, and shall cat and di-ink wdth the 
 
 50 drmiken ; the lord of that ^ servant shall 
 come in a day when he expecteth not, 
 and in an hour when he knoweth not, 
 
 51 and shall ^ cut liun asunder, and ap- 
 l)oint his portion with the hypocrites : 
 there shall be the weeping and gnash- 
 ing of teeth. 
 
 25 Then shall the kingdom of heaven be 
 likened unto ten virgins, which took 
 their "^ lamps, and went forth to meet 
 
 2 the bridegroom. And five of them were 
 
 3 foolish, and five were wise. For the 
 foolish, when they took their ^ lamps, 
 
 4 took no oU with them : but the wise 
 took on in their vessels with their 
 
 5^ lamps. Now while the bridegroom 
 tarried, they all slumbered and slept. 
 
 6 But at mithiight there is a cry, Behold, 
 the bridegroom ! Come ye forth to meet 
 
 7 lum. Then all those virgms arose, and 
 
 8 trimmed their ^ lamps. And the foolish 
 said unto the wise. Give us of your 
 
 9 oil ; for our ^ lamps are going out. But 
 the wise answered, saying, Peradven- 
 tiu-e there wiU not be enough for us 
 and you: go ye rather to them that 
 
 10 sell, and buy for yom-selves. And 
 while they went away to buy, the 
 bridegroom came ; and they that were 
 ready went in with him to the mar- 
 riage feast: and the door was shut. 
 
 11 Afterward cdme also the other virgms, 
 
 12 saying. Lord, Lord, open to us. But 
 he answered and said, Verily I say 
 
 13 unto you, I know you not. Watch 
 therefore, for ye know not the day nor 
 the hour. 
 
 14 For it is as irhen a man, going into 
 another country, called his own ' ser- 
 vants, and delivered unto them his 
 
 15 goods. And luito one he gave five 
 talents, to another two, to another one ; 
 to each according to his several ability ; 
 
 16 and he went on his journey. Straight- 
 
 way he that received the five talents 
 went and traded with them, and made 
 
 17 otlier five talents. Li like manner he 
 also that received the two gauied other 
 
 18 two. But he that received the one went 
 away and digged in the earth, and hid 
 
 19 his lord's money. Now after a long time 
 the lord of those 7 .servants cometh, and 
 
 20inaketh a reckoning^with them. And 
 he that received the five talent.s came 
 and brought other five talents, sayuig. 
 Lord, thou delivcredst unto me five 
 talents: lo, I have gained other five 
 
 21 talents. His lord said luito him. Well 
 done, good and faithful ^ servant : thou 
 bast been faithful over a few things, I 
 will set thee over many thuigs : enter 
 
 22 thou into the joy of thy lord. And he 
 also that received the two talents came 
 and said, Lord, thou dehveredst unto 
 me two talents : lo, I have gamed other 
 
 23 two talents. His lord said unto him. 
 Well done, good and faithf ul * servant ; 
 thou hast been faithful over a few 
 thmgs, I will set thee over many things : 
 
 24 enter thou uito the joy of thy lord. And 
 he also that had received the one talent 
 came and said, Lord, I knew thee that 
 thou art a hard man, reapmg where 
 thou didst not sow, and gathering where 
 
 25 thou didst not scatter : and I was afraid, 
 and went away and hid thy talent in the 
 
 26 earth : lo, thou hast thine own. But his 
 lord answered and said mito him. Thou 
 ■wicked and slothful * servant, thou 
 knewest that I reap where I sowed not, 
 and gather where I did not scatter; 
 
 27 thou oughtest therefore to have put my 
 money to the bankers, and at my com- 
 ing I should have received back mine 
 
 28 own with interest. Take ye away there- 
 fore the talent from him, and give it 
 unto him that hath the ten talents. 
 
 29 For unto every one that hath shall be 
 given, and he shall have abundance : 
 but from him that hath not, even that 
 which he hath shall be taken away. 
 
 30 And cast ye out the uniirofitable ■* ser- 
 vant into the outer darkness : there 
 shall be the weeping and gnashing of 
 teeth. 
 
 31 But when the Son of man shaU come 
 in his glory, and aU the angels with 
 him, then shall he sit on the throne of 
 
 32 his glory: and before bim shall be 
 gathered all the nations : and he shall 
 separate them one from another, as the 
 shepherd sejiarateth the sheep from the 
 
 33** goats: and he shall set the sheep on 
 his right hand, but the ^ goats on the 
 
 34 hif t. Then shall the Kmg say unto them 
 on his right hand. Come, ye blessed of 
 my Father, inherit the kingdom pre- 
 pared for you from the formdation of 
 
 35 the world: for I was an hungred, and 
 ye gave me meat: I was thu-sty, and 
 ye gave me drink : I was a stranger, and 
 
 36 ye took me in ; naked, and ye clothed 
 me: I was sick, and ye visited me: 
 
 8Gr. 
 kids.
 
 22 
 
 S. MATTHEW. 
 
 25. 36. 
 
 'Or, 
 Depart 
 from me 
 under a 
 curse 
 
 2 Or. 
 
 aJiasJi 
 
 ^ Grant. 
 
 *0r, 
 
 theie 
 good 
 lidinga 
 
 I was iu prison, and ye came luito me. 
 37 Then shall the righteous answer liim, 
 
 saying, Lord, when saw we thee an 
 
 hungred, and fed thee ? or athu-st, and 
 38 gave thee drink? And when saw we 
 
 thee a stranger, and took thee in? or 
 39 naked, and clothed thee? And when 
 
 saw we thee sick, or in prison, and 
 
 40 came unto thee ? And the King shall 
 answer and say unto them. Verily I 
 say unto you. Inasmuch as ye did it 
 uuto one of these my brethren, even 
 
 41 these least, ye did it unto me. Then 
 shall he say also imto them on the 
 left hand, iDejiartfrom me, ye cm'sed, 
 into the eternal fire which is prepared 
 
 42 for the de\'il and his angels: for I 
 was an hmigred, and ye gave me no 
 meat : I was thirsty, and ye gave me no 
 
 43 drink : I was a stranger, and ye took me 
 not in ; naked, and ye clothed me not ; 
 sick, and in i^rison, and ye visited me 
 
 44 not. Then shall they also answer, say- 
 ing. Lord, when saw we thee an hun- 
 gred, or athu'st, or a stranger, or naked, 
 or sick, or in prison, and did not minis- 
 
 45 ter imto thee ? Then shall he answer 
 them, saying. Verily I say mito you. 
 Inasmuch as ye did it not unto one 
 of these least, ye did it not imto me. 
 
 46 And these shall go away into eternal 
 pmiishment: but the righteous into 
 eternal life. 
 
 26 And it came to pass, when Jesus had 
 finished all these words, he said imto his 
 
 2 disciples. Ye know that after two days 
 the passover cometh, and the Son of 
 man is deUvered up to be crucified. 
 
 3 Then were gathered together the chief 
 liriests, and the elders of the people, un- 
 to the com't of the high priest, who was 
 
 4 called Caiaphas ; and they took counsel 
 together that they might take Jesus by 
 
 5 subtUty, and kUl him. But they said, 
 Not during the feast, lest a tumult arise 
 among the people. 
 
 6 Now when Jesus was in Bethany, in 
 
 7 the house of Simon theleper,there came 
 mito hun a woman having ^ an alabaster 
 cruse of exceeding precious ointment, 
 and she pom-ed it upon his head, as he 
 
 8 sat at meat. But when the disciples 
 saw it, they had mdignation, saying. To 
 
 9 what puri^ose is this waste ? For this 
 ointment might have been sold for much, 
 
 10 and given to the poor. But Jesus per- 
 ceiving it said mito them. Why trouble 
 ye the woman ? for she hath wrought 
 
 11 a good work upon me. For ye have the 
 iwor always with you ; but me ye have 
 
 12 not always. For in that she ^ poured 
 this ointment upon my body, she did 
 
 13 it to prepare me for burial. Verily I 
 say mito you, \Mieresoever ^ this gos- 
 pel sliaU be preached in the whole 
 world, that also which this woman hath 
 done shall be spoken of for a memorial 
 of her. 
 
 14 Then one of the twelve, who was call- 
 
 ed Judas Iscariot, went unto the chief 
 
 15 priests, and said. What are ye willing 
 to give me, and I wUl deliver hun un- 
 to you? And they weighed imto biTn 
 
 16 thu'ty pieces of silver. And from that 
 time he sought opportunity to deliver 
 hiin unto them. 
 
 17 Now on the first day of unleavened 
 bread the disciples came to Jesus, say- 
 ing. Where wUt thou that we make ready 
 
 18 for thee to eat the passover? And he 
 said. Go into the city to such a man, and 
 say unto him, The ^ Master saith. My 
 tune is at hand ; I keep the passover at 
 
 19 thy house with my disciples. And the 
 disciples did as Jesus appointed them ; 
 
 20 and they made ready the passover. Now 
 when even was come, he was sitting at 
 
 21 meat ^vith the twelve '^ discijiles ; and as 
 they were eating, he said. Verily I say 
 mito you, that one of you shall beti-ay 
 
 22 me. And they were exceeding sorrow- 
 ful, and began to say unto him every 
 
 23 one. Is it I, Lord ? And he answered 
 and said. He that dipped his hand with 
 me in the dish, the same shall betray 
 
 24 me. The Son of man goeth, even as it 
 is written of him : but woe unto that 
 man through whom the Son of man is 
 betrayed! good were it 'for that man 
 
 25 if he had not been born. And Judas, 
 which betrayed him, answered and said. 
 Is it I, Kabbi ? He saith unto him. Thou 
 
 26 hast said. And as they were eating, Je- 
 sus took sbread, and blessed, and brake 
 it; and he gave to the disciples, and 
 
 27 said, Take, eat ; this is my body. And 
 he took 9 a cwp, and gave thanks, and 
 gave to them, saying, Drink ye all of 
 
 28 it ; for this is my blood of ^the n cove- 
 nant, which is shed for many unto re- 
 
 29 mission of sins. But I say unto you, 
 I wUl not drink henceforth of this fniit 
 of the vine, until that day when I drink 
 it new with yoij in my Father's king- 
 dom. -<- 
 
 30 And when they had sung a hymn, they 
 went out unto the momit of Ohves. 
 
 31 Then saith Jesus unto them. All ye 
 shall be i^ offended in me this night : for 
 it is written, I will smite the shepherd, 
 and the sheep of the flock shall be scat- 
 
 32 tered abroad. But after I am raised up, 
 331 will go before you into Galilee. But 
 
 Peter answered and said unto hun. If all 
 shall be i^ offended in thee, I wUl never 
 
 34 be 12 offended. Jesus said mito him, 
 VerUy I say unto thee, that this night, 
 before the cock crow, thou shalt deny 
 
 35 me thrice. Peter saith unto hini, Even 
 if I must die with thee, yet wUl I not 
 deny thee. Likewise also said all the 
 disciples. 
 
 36 Then cometh Jesus with them unto 
 13 a place caUed Gethsemane, and saith 
 imto his disciples, Sit ye here, whUe I go 
 
 37 yonder and pray. And he took with 
 him Peter and the two sons of Zebe- 
 dee, and began to be sorrowful and sore 
 
 5 Or, 
 Tuacher 
 
 6 M.any 
 authori- 
 ties, some 
 ancient, 
 omit 
 dUi'ij^es. 
 
 7 Gr. for 
 him if 
 that 
 man. 
 
 8 Or, 
 alojf 
 
 9 Some 
 ancient 
 autiiori- 
 ties reatl 
 the cup. 
 
 10 Or, the 
 testa- 
 ment 
 
 11 Many 
 ancient 
 authori- 
 ties in- 
 sert new. 
 
 12 Gh-. 
 caused to 
 stumble. 
 
 13 Gr. on 
 enelosetl 
 piece of 
 ffrounil.
 
 27. G. 
 
 S. MATTHEW. 
 
 23 
 
 lOr. 
 
 Wati-h 
 l/e, and 
 pray 
 that ye 
 enter not 
 
 2 Gr. j;s!- 
 ed him 
 much. 
 
 3Gr. 
 
 bond- 
 
 tcrvant. 
 
 38 troubled. Then saith bo mito tbom, My 
 soiil is exceeding sorrowful, even unto 
 death : abide ye here, and watch with 
 
 39 me. And ho went forward a Uttle, and 
 fell on his face, and prayed, saying, 
 my Father, if it be possible, let tliis cup 
 pass away from me: nevertheless, not 
 
 ■10 as I will, but as thou wilt. And he 
 conieth luito the disciples, and findeth 
 them sleeiimg, and saith unto Peter, 
 What, could ye not watch with me one 
 
 •11 hour ? 1 Watch and pray, that ye enter 
 not into temptation : the spirit indeed is 
 
 r2 willuig, but the flesh is weak. Again 
 a second time he went away, and 
 l)rayed, saying, O my Father, if this 
 cannot pass away, except I drink it, 
 
 43 thy will be done. And he came agam 
 and found them sleepmg, for their 
 
 44 eyes were heavy. And he left them 
 agam, and went away, and prayed a 
 third tmie, saying again the same 
 
 45 words. Then cometh he to the dis- 
 ciples, and saith unto them, Sleej) on 
 now, and take your rest: behold, the 
 hour is at hand, and the Son of man is 
 betrayed mito the hands of sinners. 
 
 46 Arise, let us bo going : behold, he is at 
 hand that betrayeth me. 
 
 47 And while he yet spake, lo, Judas, 
 one of the twelve, came, and with him 
 a great multitude with swords and 
 staves, from the chief jiriests and elders 
 
 48 of the people. Now he that betrayed 
 hun gave them a sign, saying. Whomso- 
 ever I shall kiss, that is he : take him. 
 
 49 And straightway he came to Jesus, and 
 
 50 said, HaU, Eabbi; and ^kissedhim. And 
 Jesus said imto him, Friend, do that for 
 which thou art come. Then they came 
 and laid hands on Jesus, and took him. 
 
 51 And behold, one of them that were with 
 Jesus stretched out his hand, and drew 
 his sword, and smote the ^ servant of 
 the high jn-iest, and struck oflf his ear. 
 
 52 Then saith Jesus unto him, Put up a- 
 gain thy sword into its place: for all 
 they that take the sword shall perish 
 
 53 with the sword. Or thtnkest thou that 
 I cannot beseech my Father, and he 
 shall even now send me more than 
 
 54 twelve legions of angels ? How then 
 should the scrijitirres be fuMUed, that 
 
 55 thus it must be ? In that hour said Je- 
 sus to the multitudes, Ai'e ye come out 
 as against a robber with swords and 
 staves to seize me? I sat daily in the 
 temple teaching, and ye took me not. 
 
 56 But all this is come to pass, that the 
 scriptures of the prophets might be 
 fulfilled. Then all the disciples left 
 him, and fled. 
 
 57 And they that had taken Jesus led him 
 away to the house o/Caiaphas the high 
 priest, where the scribes and the elders 
 
 58 were gathered together. But Peter fol- 
 lowed him afar off, unto the court of the 
 high priest, and entered in, and sat with 
 
 59 the ofBoers, to see the end. Now the 
 
 chief priests and tho wliole council 
 sought false witness agauist Jesus, that 
 
 CO they might put him to death; and they 
 fomid it not, though many false wit- 
 nesses came. But afterward came two, 
 
 61 and said, This man said, I am able to 
 destroy the ■'temple of (iod, and to buUd 
 
 6-2 it hi three days. And tho high priest 
 stood ui), and said unto him, Answerest 
 thou nothing? what is it which these 
 
 63 witness against theo ? But Jesus held 
 his peace. And the high priest said unto 
 him, I adjure thee by the living God, 
 that thou teU us whether thou bo the 
 
 64 Christ, the Son of God. Jesus saith un- 
 to him. Thou hast said : nevertheless I 
 say imto you, Henceforth ye shall see 
 the Son of man sitting at the right hand 
 of power, and commg on the clouds of 
 
 65 heaven. Then the high priest rent his 
 garments, saying. He hath spoken blas- 
 phemy : what further need have we of 
 witnesses ? behold, now ye have heard 
 
 66 the blasphemy : what think ye ? They 
 answered and said. He is * worthy of 
 
 67 death. Then did they spit in his face 
 and buffet him : and some smote him 
 
 68 G with the pahns of then- hands, saying. 
 Prophesy mito us, thou Christ : who is 
 he that struck thee ? 
 
 69 Now Peter was sitting without in the 
 court : and a maid came mito him, say- 
 mg. Thou also wast with Jesus the Gah- 
 
 70l8can. But he denied before them all, 
 saying, I know not what thou sayest. 
 
 71 And when he was gone out mto the 
 porch, another maid saw liim, and saith 
 unto them that were there. This man 
 
 72 also was with Jesus the Nazarene. And 
 again he denied with an oath, I know 
 
 73 not the man. And after a little while 
 they that stood by came and said to 
 Peter, Of a truth thou also art one of 
 them ; for thy speech bewrayeth thee. 
 
 74 Then began he to cm-se and to swear, 
 I know not the man. And straightway 
 
 75 the cock crew. And Peter remembered 
 the word which Jesus had said. Before 
 the cock crow, thou shalt deny me 
 thi-ice. And ho went out, and wept 
 bitterly. 
 
 27 Now when morning was come, aU the 
 chief priests and the elders of the peo- 
 ple took comisel agamst Jesus to put 
 
 2 him to death : and they boimd liun, and 
 led him away, and delivered him up to 
 Pilate the governor. 
 
 3 Then Judas,which betrayed him, when 
 he saw that he was condemned, repent- 
 ed himself, and brought back the thirty 
 pieces of silver to the chief priests and 
 
 4 elders, saying, I have sinned in that I 
 betrayed ''iimoceut blood. But they 
 said, Wliat is that to us ? see thou to 
 
 5 it. And he cast down the pieces of 
 silver into the sanctuary, and de- 
 parted ; and he went away and hanged 
 
 6 himself. And the chief priests took 
 the pieces of silver, and said, It is 
 
 <0r. 
 
 san*:- 
 tuary : 
 a-tin 
 ch. xxiii. 
 
 xxvli. 5. 
 
 5Gr. 
 liable to. 
 
 eor, 
 
 withrodr. 
 
 'Many 
 ancient 
 authori- 
 ties reail 
 riffht- 
 eoics.
 
 24 
 
 S. MATTHEW. 
 
 27. 6. 
 
 1 Gr. cor- 
 
 ba)taji, 
 that is, 
 sacred 
 trea- 
 sure/. 
 Compare 
 Mark vii. 
 11. 
 
 2 Or. 
 through 
 
 3 Or, 
 / took 
 
 •Or, 
 whom 
 
 they 
 jrriced 
 on the 
 part of 
 the sons 
 qf Israel 
 5 Some 
 ancient 
 authori- 
 ties read 
 / gave. 
 
 6 Or, 
 a /east 
 
 '< .Some 
 ancient 
 authori- 
 ties read 
 of this 
 Mood: see 
 ye &c. 
 
 »Gr.Prce- 
 torlu7n. 
 See Mark 
 XV. Id 
 f'Or, 
 cohtjrt 
 W Some 
 ancient 
 authori- 
 ties read 
 clothed. 
 
 not lawful to imt them into the i trea- 
 
 7 sury, since it is the price of blood. And 
 they took counsel, and bought with 
 them the potter's field, to bui'y strangers 
 
 8 hi. Wherefore that field was caIled,The 
 
 9 field of blood, unto this day. Then was 
 fulfilled that which was spoken ^by Je- 
 remiah the prophet, saying. And ^ they 
 took the thh-ty pieces of silver, the price 
 of him that was priced, * whom certain 
 
 10 of the children of Israel did price ; and 
 5 they gave them for the potter's field, 
 as the Lord appointed me. 
 
 11 Now Jesus stood before the governor : 
 and the governor asked him, sayhig. 
 Art thou the King of the Jews ? And 
 
 12 Jesus said unto him, Thou sayest. And 
 when he was accused by the chief priests 
 
 13 and elders, he answered nothing. Then 
 saith Pilate imto him, Hearest thou not 
 how many thuigs they witness against 
 
 14 thee ? And he gave him no answer, not 
 even to one word : insomuch that the 
 
 15 governor marvelled greatly. Now at 
 "the feast the governor was wont to 
 release vmto the multitude one prisoner, 
 
 16 whom they would. And they had then 
 a notable prisoner, called Barabbas. 
 
 17 When therefore they were gathered 
 together, Pilate said unto them. Whom 
 will ye that I release unto you? Barab- 
 bas, or Jesus which is called Christ? 
 
 18 For he knew that for envy they had 
 19dehvered him up. And while he was 
 
 sitting on the judgement-seat, his wife 
 sent unto him, sayhig. Have thou no- 
 thing to do with that righteous man : 
 for I have suffered many things this day 
 
 20 in a dream because of him. Now the 
 chief iiriests and the elders persuaded 
 the multitudes that they should ask for 
 
 21 Barabbas, and destroy Jesus. But the 
 governor answered and said unto them. 
 Whether of the twain will ye that I re- 
 lease imto you ? And they said, Barab- 
 
 22 has. Pilate saith unto them. What then 
 shall I do mito Jesus which is called 
 Christ? They all say, Let him be cru- 
 
 23cified. And he said, WTiy, what evil 
 hath he done ? But they cried out ex- 
 ceedingly, saying. Let him be crucified. 
 
 24 So when Pilate saw that he prevailed 
 nothing, but rather that a tumult was 
 arismg, he took water, and washed his 
 hands before the multitude, sayhig, I 
 am innocent ''of the blood of this right- 
 
 25 eous man : see ye to it. And all the 
 jieople answered and said, His blood be 
 
 26 on us, and on our children. Then re- 
 leased he imto them Barabbas: but 
 Jesus he scom-ged and deUvered to be 
 crucified. 
 
 27 Then the soldiers of the governor took 
 Jesus ioto the s palace, and gathered 
 
 28imto limi the whole 9 band. And they 
 10 stripped him, and put on him a scarlet 
 
 29 robe. And they plaited a crown of 
 thorns and put it upon his head, and a 
 reed in his right hand ; and they kneeled 
 
 down before him, and mocked him, say- 
 
 30 ing, HaU, King of the Jews 1 And they 
 spat upon him, and took the reed and 
 
 31 smote him on the head. And when they 
 had mocked him, they took off from 
 lum the robe, and put on him his 
 garments, and led him away to crucify 
 hun. 
 
 32 And as they came out, they found a 
 man of Gyrene, Simon by name : him 
 they 11 compelled to go ivith them, that 
 
 33 he might bear his cross. And when they 
 were come unto a place called Gol- 
 gotha, that is to say. The place of a 
 
 34 skull, they gave him wine to drink 
 mmgled with gall: and when he had 
 
 35 tasted it, he would not drink. And when 
 they had crucified him, they parted his 
 garments among them, castmg lots: 
 
 36 and they sat and watched him there. 
 
 37 And they set up over his head his ac- 
 cusation written, this is jestjs the 
 
 38 KING OF THE JEWS. Then are there 
 crucified with him two robbers, one on 
 the right hand, and one on the left. 
 
 39 And they that jiassed by railed on him, 
 
 40 wagging their heads, and saying. Thou 
 that destroyest the 12 temple, and buUd- 
 est it in three days, save thyseK : if 
 thou art the Son of God, come down 
 
 41 from the cross. In Hke manner also 
 the chief priests mocking Mm, with 
 
 42 the scribes and elders, said, He saved 
 others ; i3 himself he camiot save. He 
 is the King of Israel ; let hiin now come 
 down from the cross, and we wiU be- 
 
 43 heve on him. He trusteth on God ; let 
 him deliver him now, if he desireth him: 
 
 44 for he said, I am the Son of God. And 
 the robbers also that were crucified 
 with liim cast upon him the same re- 
 proach. 
 
 45 Now from the sixth hour there was 
 darkness over all the inland imtil the 
 
 46 rdiith hour. And about the ninth hour 
 Jesus cried with a loud voice, saying, 
 Eli, Eli, lama sabachthani ? that is. My 
 God, my God, i^ ■\vhy hast thou forsaken 
 
 47 me? And some of them that stood 
 there, when they heard it, said. This 
 
 48 man caUeth Elijah. And straightway 
 one of them ran, and took a sjionge, and 
 fUled it with vinegar, and put it on a 
 
 49 reed, and gave him to di'ink. And the 
 rest said, Let be ; let us see whether 
 
 50 Elijah cometh to save him.i" And Jesus 
 cried agaui with a loud voice, and 
 
 51 yielded up his spuit. And behold, the 
 veil of the i'^ temple was rent in twain 
 from the top to the bottom; and the 
 earth did quake ; and the rocks were 
 
 52 rent ; and the tombs were opened ; and 
 many bodies of the saints that had 
 
 53 fallen aslee}) were raised; and coming 
 forth out of the tombs after his resm-- 
 rection they entered into the holy city 
 
 54 and appeared unto many. Now the 
 centurion, and they that were with 
 him watching Jesus, when they saw 
 
 11 Gr. im- 
 pressed. 
 
 12 Or, 
 sanc- 
 tuary 
 
 13 Or, 
 can he 
 not save 
 himself I 
 
 I'Or, 
 earth 
 
 15 Or, 
 
 whti 
 
 thou for- 
 sake me i 
 
 le Man.v 
 ancient 
 authori- 
 ties add 
 And an- 
 other 
 took a 
 spear 
 and 
 pierced 
 his tide, 
 and 
 there 
 came out 
 water 
 atid 
 blood. 
 See ,John 
 xix. iW.
 
 28. 20. 
 
 S. MATTHEW. 
 
 25 
 
 'Or, 
 
 a eon of 
 
 UoU 
 
 2 Or, 
 
 Take a 
 ffuard 
 
 3Gr. 
 I tnake it 
 sure, as 
 I/O know. 
 
 the earthquake, and the things that 
 were done, feared exceedmgly, sayinp;, 
 
 55 Truly this was i the Son of God. And 
 many women were there beholding from 
 afar, wliich had followed Jesus from 
 
 56 Galilee, ministeruig mito him : anumg 
 whom was Mary Magdalene, and Mary 
 tlie mother of .lames and Jo.ses, and the 
 mother of the sons of Zebedee. 
 
 57 And when even was come, there came 
 a rich man from Arimatha?a, named 
 Joseph, who also himself was Jesus' 
 
 58 disciple : this man went to Pilate, and 
 asked for the body of Jesus. Then 
 Pilate commanded it to be given iip. 
 
 59 And Joseph took the body, and wrapped 
 
 60 it in a clean linen cloth, aiid laid it in 
 his own new tomb, which he had hewn 
 out in the rock : and he roUed a great 
 stone to the door of the tomb, and 
 
 61 departed. And Mary Magdalene was 
 there, and the other Mary, sitting over 
 against the sepulchre. 
 
 62 Now on the mon-ow, which is the day 
 after the Preparation, the chief priests 
 and the Pharisees were gathered to- 
 
 63 gether unto Pilate, saying. Sir, we re- 
 member that that deceiver said, while 
 he was yet alive. After three days I 
 
 64 rise again. Command therefore that 
 the sepulchi-e be made sure luitil the 
 third day, lest haply his disciples come 
 and steal him away, and say luito the 
 people, He is risen from the dead : and 
 the last error wUl be worse than the 
 
 65 first. Pilate said unto them, ^Ye have 
 a guard : go your way, s make it as sure 
 
 66 as ye can. So they went, and made 
 the sepulchre sure, sealing the stone, 
 the guard being with them. 
 
 28 Now late on the sabbath day, as it 
 began to dawn toward the first daij of 
 the week, came Mary Magdalene and 
 the other Mary to see the sepulchre. 
 
 2 And behold, there was a gi-eat earth- 
 quake; for an angel of the Lord de- 
 scended from heaven, and came and 
 roUed away the stone, and sat upon it. 
 
 3 His appearance was as lightning, and 
 this raiment white as snow: and for 
 
 fear of him the watchers did quake, and 
 
 5 became as dead men. And the angel 
 answered and said unto tlie women, 
 Fear not ye : for I know that ye seek 
 
 6 Jesus, which hath been crucified. He 
 is not here ; for he is risen, even as he 
 said. Come, see the place ^ where the 
 
 7 Tjord lay. And go quicJily, and tell his 
 disciples. He is risen from the dead ; 
 and lo, he goeth before you into Gali- 
 lee ; there shall ye see him : lo, I have 
 
 8 told you. And they departed quickly 
 from the tomb with fear and great joy, 
 and ran to bring his disciples word. 
 
 9 And behold, Jesus met them, sayuig, 
 All hail. And they came and took 
 hold of his feet, and worshipped him. 
 
 10 Then saith Jesus luito thorn, Fear 
 not: go tell my brethren that they 
 depart into Galilee, and there shall 
 they see me. 
 
 11 Now while they were going, behold, 
 some of the guard came into the city, 
 and told unto the chief priests aU the 
 
 12 things that were come to pass. And 
 when they were assembled with the 
 elders, and had taken counsel, they 
 gave large money unto the soldiers, 
 
 13 saying. Say ye, His disciples came by 
 night, and stole him away while we 
 
 14 slept. And if this 5 come to the 
 governor's ears, we will i^ersuade him, 
 
 15 and rid you of care. So they took the 
 money, and did as they were taught : 
 and this saying was spread abroad 
 among the Jews, and continueth until 
 this day. 
 
 16 But the eleven disciples went into 
 Galilee, unto the momitaui where Jesus 
 
 17 had appointed them. And when they 
 saw him, they worshipped him : but 
 
 18 some doubted. And Jesus came to 
 them and spake rmto them, saying. All 
 authority hath been given unto me in 
 
 19 heaven and on earth. Go ye therefore, 
 and make disciples of all the nations, 
 baptizing them into the name of the 
 Father and of the Son and of the Holy 
 
 20 Ghost: teaching them to observe all 
 things whatsoever I commanded you : 
 and lo, I am with you ^alway, even 
 unto 'the end of the world. 
 
 < Manv 
 ancient 
 authori- 
 ties rcA'i 
 irhara he 
 Uiy. 
 
 5 Or, 
 
 come to a 
 hearing 
 
 before 
 the go- 
 vernor 
 
 c Gr. aa 
 the days. 
 1 Or, the 
 eon^an- 
 matfon 
 of the 
 age 
 
 L^
 
 THE GOSPEL 
 
 ACCORDING TO 
 
 S. MARK. 
 
 1 Some 
 aiicient 
 authori- 
 ties omit 
 the Son 
 of Ood. 
 
 2 Some 
 ancient 
 authori- 
 ties read 
 in the 
 prophets. 
 
 3 Gr. suf. 
 ficiera. 
 
 * Or, in 
 
 5 Or, 
 Bolll 
 Spirit : 
 and so 
 throu.iih- 
 out tllid 
 book. 
 
 CGr. 
 into. 
 
 1 The beginning of the gospel of JesusI 
 Chi-ist, ithe Son of God. 
 
 2 Even as it is written ^m Isaiah the 
 pi'ophet, 
 
 Behold, I send my messenger before 
 
 thy face, 
 Who shall prepare thy way ; 
 
 3 The voice of one crying ta the wil- 
 
 derness, 
 Make ye ready the way of the Lord, 
 Make his paths straight ; 
 
 4 John came, who baptized in the wilder- 
 ness and preached the baptism of re- 
 
 5pentance imto remission of shis. And 
 there went out unto htm all the country 
 of Judaea, and all they of Jerusalem ; 
 and they were baptized of him iu the 
 river Jordan, confessing their sms. 
 
 6 And Jolm was clothed with camel's 
 hair, and Jiad a leathern girdle about 
 his loins, and did eat locusts and wild 
 
 7 honey. And he preached, saying, There 
 Cometh after me he that is mightier 
 than I, the latchet of whose shoes I 
 am not s worthy to stoop down and 
 
 8 imloose. I baptized you * with water ; 
 but he shall baptize you *with the 
 5 Holy Ghost. 
 
 9 And it came to pass in those days, 
 that Jesus came from Nazareth of 
 Galilee, and was baptized of John ^ in 
 
 10 the Jordan. And straightway coming 
 HI) out of the water, he saw the heavens 
 rent asmider, and the Spirit as a dove 
 
 11 descending upon him : and a voice 
 came out of the heavens. Thou art my 
 beloved Son, iu thee I am well pleased. 
 
 12 And straightway the Spirit di'iveth 
 
 13 him forth into the wilderness. Aud 
 he was in the wilderness forty days 
 tempted of Satan ; and he was with the 
 wild beasts ; and the angels ministered 
 imto him. 
 
 14 Now after that John was dehvered 
 up, Jesus came into Galilee, preaching 
 
 15 the gospel of God, and saying. The 
 time is fulfilled, aud the kingdom of 
 God is at hand : rexient ye, and beheve 
 in the gospel. 
 
 1 6 And passing along by the sea of Gali- 
 lee, he saw Simon and Andrew the 
 bi'other of Simon casting a net in the 
 
 17 sea : for they were fishers. And Jesus 
 said unto them. Come ye after me, and 
 I will make you to become fishers of 
 
 18 men. And straightway they left the 
 
 19 nets, and followed him. .And going on 
 a little further, he saw James the son of 
 Zebedee, and John his brother, who 
 also were in the boat mending the nets. 
 
 20 And straightway he called them : and 
 they left their father Zebedee in the 
 
 boat with the hired servants, and went 
 after him. 
 
 21 And they go into Capernaum; and 
 straightway on the sabbath day he 
 entered mto the synagogue aud taught. 
 
 22 And they were astonished at his teach- 
 ing : for he taught them as having au- 
 
 23 thority, and not as the scribes. And 
 straightway there was in their syna- 
 gogue a man with an imclean spirit; 
 
 24 and he cried out, sayuig. What have 
 we to do with thee, thou Jesus of Na- 
 zareth ? art thou come to destroy us ? 
 
 I know thee who thou art, the Holy 
 
 25 One of God. And Jesus rebuked ■? him, 
 saying. Hold thy peace, and come out 
 
 26 of him. And the imclean spu-it, 8 tear- 
 ing him and crying with a loud voice, 
 
 27 came out of him. And they were aU 
 amazed, insomuch that they questioned 
 among themselves, saymg, What is 
 this ? a new teaching ! with authority he 
 commandeth even the imclean spirits, 
 
 28 and they obey him. And the report of 
 him went out straightway everywhere 
 into all the region of GaUlee round 
 about. 
 
 29 And straightway, 9 when they we^e 
 come out of the synagogue, they came 
 into the house of Simon and Andrew, 
 
 30 with James and John. Now Simon's 
 wife's mother lay sick of a fever; and 
 
 31 straightway they teU him of her : and 
 he came and took her by the hand, and 
 raised her up ; and the fever left her, 
 and she ministered imto them. 
 
 32 And at even, when the sim did set, 
 they brought mito him aU that were 
 sick, and them that were lOpossessed 
 
 33 with devils. And aU the city was ga- 
 
 34 thered together at the door. And he 
 healed many that were sick with divers 
 diseases, and cast out many i^ devils; 
 and he suffered not the n devils to 
 speak, because they knew himi^. 
 
 35 Aud in the morning, a great while be- 
 fore day, he rose up and went out, and 
 departed into a desert i)lace, aiad there 
 
 36 prayed. And Simon and they that were 
 
 37 with him followed after him ; and they 
 foimd him, and say unto him. All are 
 
 38 seeking thee. And he saith unto them. 
 Let us go elsewhere into the next 
 towns, that I may preach there also; for 
 
 39 to this end came I forth. And he went 
 into theii' synagogues throughout all 
 Galilee, preachiug and casting out 
 
 II devils. 
 
 40 And there cometh to bim a leper, 
 beseeching him, i^and kneeling down 
 to him, and saying unto him. If 
 thou wilt, thou canst make me
 
 3. 7. 
 
 S. MARK. 
 
 27 
 
 I Or, 
 
 word. 
 3 Gr. he, 
 <■ Or. ^At; 
 city 
 
 s Or. at 
 Jiotne 
 
 ' Many 
 ancient 
 authori- 
 ties read 
 bring 
 him unto 
 him. 
 
 7Gr. 
 Child. 
 
 8 Or, aii- 
 thoritj 
 
 9See 
 marginal 
 note on 
 Matt. V. 
 46. 
 
 10 Some 
 ancient 
 authori- 
 ties read 
 a/nd the 
 Phari- 
 
 41 clean. Aud beiug moved with coiiiiias- 
 siou, he stretched forth his hand, and 
 touched him, and saith unto him, I 
 
 4"2will; be thou made clean. And straight- 
 way the lei)rosy dejjarted from hun, and 
 
 43 he was made clean. And he i strictly 
 charged him, aud straightway sent him 
 
 44 out, and saith unto him, See thou say 
 nothmg to any man : but go thy way, 
 shew thyself to the priest, and offer for 
 thy cleansing the things which Moses 
 conunauded, for a testunony luito them. 
 
 45 But he went out, and began to publish 
 it much, and to spread abroad the 
 2 matter, insomuch that ^ Jesus could 
 no more openly enter mto ^ a city, but 
 was without m desert places : aud they 
 came to him from every quarter. 
 
 2 And when he entered again into Ca- 
 pernaimi after some days, it was noised 
 
 2 that he was ^ in the house. And many 
 were gathered together, so that there 
 was no longer room /or them, no, not 
 even about the door : and he spake the 
 
 3 word unto them. And they come, bring- 
 ing unto him a man sick of the palsy, 
 
 4 borne of foiu-. And when they could 
 not 6 come nigh unto him for the crowd, 
 they uncovered the roof where he was : 
 and when they had broken it up, they 
 let down the bed whereon the sick of the 
 
 5 palsy lay. And Jesus seeing their faith 
 saith unto the sick of the palsy, ^ Son, 
 
 6 thy sins are forgiven. But there were 
 certain of the scribes sitting there, and 
 
 Treasonmg in then- hearts. Why doth 
 this man thus speak ? he blasphemeth : 
 who can forgive sins but one, even God ? 
 
 8 And straightway Jesus, perceiving in 
 his spii'it that they so reasoned within 
 themselves, saith unto them. Why rea- 
 son ye these things in yom* hearts? 
 
 9 Whether is easier, to say to the sick of 
 the palsy. Thy sins are forgiven ; or to 
 say. Arise, and take up thy bed, and 
 
 10 walk ? But that ye may know that the 
 Son of man hath 8 power on earth to 
 forgive sins (he saith to the sick of the 
 
 11 palsy), I say unto thee, Arise, take up 
 
 12 thy bed, and go unto thy house. And 
 he arose, and straightway took up the 
 bed, and went forth before them all; 
 insomuch that they were all amazed, 
 and glorified God, saying. We never 
 saw it on this fashion. 
 
 13 And he went forth again by the sea 
 side; and aU the multitude resorted 
 
 14 unto him, and he taught them. Aud as 
 he passed by, he saw Levi the son of 
 Alphseus sitting at the place of toU, and 
 he saith unto him. Follow me. And 
 
 15 he arose and followed him. And it 
 came to pass, that he was sitting at 
 meat in his house, and many 9 publi- 
 cans and sinners sat down with Jesus 
 aud his disciples : for there were many, 
 
 16 and they followed him. And the scribes 
 10 of the Pharisees, when they saw that 
 he was eating vidth the sinners and 
 
 publicans, said unto his disciples, nilc; 
 eatetli I'-^aiul drinketh with pubhcans 
 
 17 and shniers. And when Jesus heard 
 it, lie saith unto them, They that are 
 1" whole have no need of a physician, 
 but they that are sick : I came not to 
 call the righteous, but siimeis. 
 
 18 And John's disciples and the Pharisees 
 were fasting: and they come and say 
 unto him. Why do John's disciples aiid 
 the disciples of the Pharisees fast, but 
 
 19 thy disciples fast not ? And Jesus said 
 luito them. Can the sons of the bride- 
 chamber fast, while the bridegroom is 
 with them ? as long as they have the 
 bridegroom with them, they caimot fast. 
 
 20 But the days will come, when the bride- 
 groom shall be taken away from them, 
 
 21 and then will they fast in that day. No 
 man seweth a piece of undressed cloth 
 on an old garment: else that which 
 should fUl it u]) taketh from it, the new 
 from the old, and a worse rent is made. 
 
 22 And no man putteth new wine into 
 old 14 wine-skins: else the wine will 
 burst the skins, and the wine perisheth, 
 and the skins : but they jiut new wiue 
 into fresh wine-skins. 
 
 23 And it came to pass, that he was go- 
 ing on the sabbath day tlu-ough the 
 cornfields ; and his disciples is began, as 
 they went, to pluck the ears of corn. 
 
 24 And the Phai-isees said unto him. Be- 
 hold, why do they on the sabbath day 
 
 25 that which is not lawful ? And he said 
 imto them. Did ye never read what 
 Da'N'id did, when he had need, and was 
 an hungred, he, and they that were with 
 
 26 him ? How he entered into the house 
 of God i^when Abiathar was high priest, 
 and did eat the shewbread, which it is 
 not lawful to eat save for the priests, 
 and gave also to them that were with 
 
 27 him ? And he said imto them. The sab- 
 bath was made for man, and not man 
 
 28 for the sabbath: so that the Son of 
 man is lord even of the sabbath. 
 
 3 And he entered again into the syna- 
 gogue ; and there was a man there 
 
 2 which had his hand withered. And they 
 watched him, whether he would heal 
 him on the sabbath day; that they 
 
 3 might accuse him. And he saith unto 
 the man that had his hand withered, 
 
 4 1^ Stand forth. And he saith unto them, 
 Is it lawful on the sabbath day to do 
 good, or to do harm? to save a life, or 
 
 5 to kUl ? But they held their peace. And 
 v/hen he had looked round about on 
 them with anger, beiug grieved at the 
 harderung of then- heart, he saith mito 
 the man. Stretch forth thy hand. Aud 
 he stretched it forth: and his hand 
 
 6 was restored. And the Pharisees went 
 out, and straightway wdth the Hero- 
 dians took comisel against him, how 
 they might destroy him. 
 
 7 Aud Jesus with his disciples wlth- 
 di-ew to the sea: and a great miJ- 
 
 11 Or. 
 J low is 
 it that 
 he euteth 
 . . . tin- 
 ners/ 
 ^2 gome 
 ancient 
 aulhurl- 
 ties omit 
 and 
 drink- 
 eth. 
 13 Gr. 
 strong. 
 
 MThat 
 is, gkin^ 
 used as 
 bottles. 
 
 15 Gr. 
 began to 
 maka 
 their 
 
 way 
 pluck- 
 ing. 
 
 1* Some 
 ancient 
 authori- 
 ties read 
 171 the 
 days of 
 Abia- 
 thar 
 the high 
 priest. 
 
 HGr. 
 A rise 
 into the 
 midst.
 
 28 
 
 S. MAEK. 
 
 3. 7. 
 
 lOr, 
 aU the 
 things 
 that hti 
 did 
 
 2Gr. 
 
 ifcourgt^s. 
 
 3 Gr. /etl. 
 
 an lent 
 authori- 
 ties add 
 whom 
 al60 he 
 ilajned 
 apostles 
 >^ee Luke 
 vi. 13. 
 SGr. 
 dctnong. 
 G Some 
 ancient 
 authori- 
 ties in- 
 sert and 
 he ap- 
 pointed 
 twelve. 
 'Or, 
 Zealot. 
 See Luke 
 vi. 15 ; 
 Actsi. 13. 
 sOr. 
 ho^ne 
 
 Or, /n 
 
 titiule from Galilee followed : and from 
 
 8 Judcca, and from Jerusalem, and from 
 Idimi;ea, and beyond Jordan, and about 
 Tyre and Sidon,agreat multitude, hear- 
 ing 1 what great things he did, cameim- 
 
 9 to him. And he spake to his discijiles, 
 that a Uttle boat should wait on liim 
 l)ccause of the crowd, lest they should 
 
 10 throng him : for he had healed many ; 
 iiisomucli that as many as had ^ plagues 
 8pr essed upon him that they might touch 
 
 11 him. And the imclean spii-its, whenso- 
 ever they beheld him, feU down before 
 him, and cried, saying, Thou art the Son 
 
 12 of God. And he charged them much 
 that they should not make liun known. 
 
 13 And he goeth up into the momitain. 
 and calleth unto him whom he himself 
 
 14 would: and they went unto him. And 
 he appointed twelve,^ that they might 
 be with him, and that he might send 
 
 15 them forth to preach, and to have au- 
 
 16 thority to cast out ^ devils : ^ and Simon 
 
 17 he surnamed Peter ; and James the son 
 of Zebedee, and John the brother of 
 James; and them he snrnamed Boa- 
 
 18 nerges, which is. Sons of thunder: and 
 An(h-ew, and Philip, and Bartholomew, 
 and Matthew, and Thomas, and James 
 the S071 of Alphoeus, and Thaddams, and 
 
 19 Simon the 'Cananaean, and Judas Is- 
 cai'iot, which also betrayed hun. 
 
 '20 And he cometh 8 into a house. And 
 the multitude cometh together agaui, so 
 that they could not so much as eat bread. 
 
 21 And when his friends heard it, they went 
 out to lay hold on him : for they said, He 
 
 22 is beside himself. And the scribes which 
 came down from Jerusalem said. He 
 hath Beelzebub, and, ^ By the prince of 
 the 6 devils casteth he out the ^ devils. 
 
 23 And he called them unto him, and said 
 imto them in parables, How can Satan 
 
 24 cast out Satan ? And if a kingdom be 
 divided against itself, that kingdom can- 
 
 25 not stand. And if a house be divided 
 against itself, that house will not be able 
 
 26 to stand. And if Satan hath risen up 
 against himself, and is divided, he can- 
 
 27 not stand, but hath an end. But no one 
 can enter into the house of the strong 
 man, and spoil his goods, except he first 
 bhid the strong man ; and then he will 
 
 28 spoil his house. Verily I say unto you. 
 All their sins shall be forgiven unto 
 the sons of men, and their blasphe- 
 mies wherewith soever they shall blas- 
 
 29 phome : but whosoever shall blaspheme 
 against the Holy Spirit hath never for- 
 giveness, but is guUty of an eternal sin : 
 
 30 because they said, He hath an imclean 
 spirit. 
 
 31 And there come his mother and his 
 brethren ; and, standuig without, they 
 
 32 sent imto him, calling him. And a mul- 
 titude was sitting about him ; and they 
 say unto him, Behold, thy mother and 
 thy bretlu-en without seek for thee. 
 
 33 And he answereth them, and saith, 
 
 Who is my mother and my brethren ? 
 
 31 And looking round on them which sat 
 romid about him, he saith, Behold, my 
 
 35 mother and my brethren! For who- 
 soever shall do the wiU of God, the 
 same is my brother, and sister, and 
 mother. 
 
 4 And again he began to teach by the sea 
 side. And there is gathered unto him 
 a very great multitude, so that he en- 
 tered into a boat, and sat in the sea ; 
 and all the multitude were by the sea on 
 
 2 the land. And he taught them many 
 things in parables, and said unto them 
 
 3 in his teaching. Hearken : Behold, the 
 
 4 sower went forth to sow : and it came 
 to pass, as he sowed, some seed fell by 
 the way side, and the birds came and 
 
 5 devoured it. And other fell on the rocky 
 ground, where it had not much earth; 
 and straightway it sprang up, because 
 
 6 it had no deepness of earth: and when 
 the sun was risen, it was scorched ; and 
 because it had no root, it withered a- 
 
 7 way. And other feU among the thorns, 
 and the thorns grew up, and choked it, 
 
 8 and it yielded no fruit. And others fell 
 into the good ground, and yielded fruit, 
 growing up and increasing; and brought 
 forth, thirtyfold, and sixtyfold, and a 
 
 9 lumdredf old. Ajid he said, Who hath 
 ears to hear, let him hear. 
 
 10 And when he was alone, they that were 
 about him with the twelve asked of him 
 
 11 the parables. And he said unto them. 
 Unto you is given the mystery of the 
 kingdom of God : but imto them that 
 are without, aU things are done in pa- 
 
 12 rabies : that seeing they may see, and 
 not j)erceive; and hearing they may 
 hear, and not understand; lest haply 
 they should turn again, and it should 
 
 13 be forgiven them. And he saith unto 
 them. Know ye not this parable ? and 
 how shall ye know all the jjarables? 
 
 Jl The sower soweth the word. And these 
 are they by the way side, where the 
 word is sown; and when they have 
 heard, straightway cometh Satan, and 
 taketh away the word which hath been 
 
 16 sown in them. And these in hke man- 
 ner are they that are sown upon the 
 rocky^)^aces,who, whenthey have heard 
 the word, straightway receive it with 
 
 17 joy ; and they have no root in them- 
 selves, but endure for a while; then, 
 when tribulation or persecution ariseth 
 because of the word, straightway they 
 
 18 stumble. And others are they that are 
 sown among the thorns ; these are they 
 
 19 that have heard the word, and the cares 
 of the 10 world, and the deceitfuhiess of 
 riches, and the lusts of other things 
 enteriug in, choke the word, and it be- 
 
 20 cometh mifruitful. And those are they 
 that were sown upon the good gi-ound; 
 such as hear the word, and accept it, 
 and bear frait, thirtyfold, and sixty- 
 fold, and a hundredfold. 
 
 10 Or, agt
 
 2G. 
 
 B. MARK. 
 
 29 
 
 'Or, 
 
 2 Or. 
 alfoioi'lh 
 
 3 Or. 
 
 seudeth 
 forth 
 
 «Gr. 
 
 A.I unto. 
 
 5 Or 
 
 2'eucher 
 
 21 And he said unto them, Is the lamp 
 brought to bo put mider the bushel, or 
 under the bed, and not to be put on the 
 
 '22 stand '? For there is nothing hid, save 
 that it should be manifested ; neither 
 was anijthinff made secret, but that it 
 
 215 should come to light. If any man hatli 
 
 2i ears to hear, let hmi hear. And he said 
 mito them, Take heed what ye hear : 
 with what measiu-e ye mete it shall be 
 measured unto you : and more shall be 
 
 25 given mito you. For he that hath, to 
 him shall be given: and he that hath 
 not, from him shall be taken away even 
 that which ho hath. 
 
 26 And he said, So is the kingdom of God, 
 as if a man should cast seed upon the 
 
 27 earth ; and should sleep and rise night 
 and day, and the seed should sprujg up 
 
 28 and grow, he knoweth not how. The 
 earth i beareth fruit of herself ; first the 
 blade, then the ear, then the full corn 
 
 29 in the ear. But when the fruit ^is 
 rijie, straightway he '^ putteth forth the 
 sickle, because the harvest is come. 
 
 30 And he said. How shaU w^e liken the 
 kingdom of God ? or in what parable 
 
 31 .shall we set it forth ? *It is like a grain 
 of mustard seed, which, when it is sov.'n 
 upon the earth, though it be less than 
 all the seeds that are upon the earth, 
 
 32 yet when it is sown, groweth up, and 
 becometh greater than all the herbs, 
 and putteth out gi-eat branches ; so 
 that the birds of the heaven can lodge 
 under the shadow thereof. 
 
 33 And with many such xjarables spake he 
 the word imto them, as they were able to 
 
 34 hear it : and without a parable spake 
 he not mito them : but jn-ivately to his 
 owTi disciples he expounded all things. 
 
 35 And on that day, when even was come, 
 he saith unto them. Let us go over unto 
 
 36 the other side. And leavmg the multi- 
 tude, they take him with them, even as 
 he was, m the boat. And other boats 
 
 37 were with him. And there ariseth a 
 gi'eat storm of wmd, and the waves beat 
 into the boat, insomuch that the boat 
 
 38 was now fillmg. And he himself w^as ui 
 the stern, asleep on the cushion: and 
 they awake him, and say imto him, 
 5 Master, carest thou not that we perish? 
 
 39 And he awoke, and rebuked the wmd, 
 and said unto the sea. Peace, be still. 
 And the wind ceased, and there was a 
 
 40 great cahn. And he said unto them, 
 Wliy are ye fearful? have ye not yet 
 
 41 faith? And they feared exceedingly, 
 and said one to another, Who then is 
 this, that even the wind and the sea 
 obey him ? 
 
 5 And they came to the other side of the 
 sea, into the country of the Gerasenes. 
 
 2 And when he was come out of the boat, 
 straightway there met him out of the 
 
 3 tombs a man with an unclean spii'it, who 
 had his dwelling in the tombs : and no 
 man could any more bind him, no, not 
 
 4 with a chain ; because that ho had been 
 of ten bound with fetters and chains, and 
 the chains had been rent asmider by 
 him, and the fetters broken in pieces : 
 and no man had strength to tame him. 
 
 5 And always, night and day, in the tombs 
 and in the mountains, he was crying 
 out, and cutting himself with 8t(me8. 
 
 6 And when ho saw Jesus from afar, he 
 
 7 ran and worshipped him ; and crying 
 out with a loud voice, he saith, What 
 have I to do with thee, Jesus, thou Son 
 of the Most High God? I adjure thee 
 
 8 by God, torment me not. For he said 
 unto him. Come forth, thou unclean spi- 
 
 9 rit, out of the man. And he asked him. 
 What is thy name ? And he saith unto 
 him. My name is Legion; for we are 
 
 10 many. And he besought him much that 
 he would not send them away out of the 
 
 11 country. Now there was there on the 
 moiuitain side a gi'eat herd of swine 
 
 12 feeding. And they besought him, say- 
 ing. Send us into the swuie, that we may 
 
 13 enter uito them. And he gave them 
 leave. And the rmclean spiritscame out, 
 and entered into the s wme : and the herd 
 rushed down the steep into the sea, in 
 number about two thousand; and they 
 
 14 were choked in the sea. And they that 
 fed them fled, and told it in the city, and 
 in the country. And they came to see 
 
 15 what it was that had come to pass. And 
 they come to Jesus, and behold ^liim 
 that was jjossessed with devils sitting, 
 clothed and in his right mind, even him 
 that had the legion: and they were 
 
 16 afraid. And they that saw it declared 
 unto them how it befell '' him that was 
 possessed with devils, and concerning 
 
 17 the swine. And they began to beseech 
 
 18 him to depart from their borders. And 
 as he was entering into the boat, he that 
 had been possessed with 'devils be- 
 sought him that he might be with him. 
 
 19 And he suffered him not, but saith imto 
 him. Go to thy house unto thy friends, 
 and teU them how great things the Lord 
 hath done for thee, and how he had 
 
 20 mercy on thee. And he went his way, 
 and began to publish m Decapolis how 
 great things Jesus had done for him : 
 and all men did marvel. 
 
 21 And when Jesus had crossed over again 
 in the boat unto the other side, a great 
 multitude was gathered unto him : and 
 
 22 he was by the sea. And there cometh 
 one of the rulers of the synagogue, 
 Jairus by name; and seeing him, he 
 
 23 f alleth at his feet, and beseecheth him 
 much, saying, My httle daughter is at 
 the i^oiut of death: I pray thee, that 
 thou come and lay thy hands on her, 
 that she may be ^made whole, and live. 
 
 24 And he went with him; and a great 
 multitude fallowed him, and they 
 thronged liim. 
 
 25 And a woman, which had an issue 
 
 26 of blood twelve years, and had suf- 
 
 6 Or, 
 1h<- de- 
 moniac 
 
 7Gr. 
 demons. 
 
 8 Or, 
 
 saved
 
 30 
 
 S. MARK. 
 
 5. 26. 
 
 'Or, 
 
 savi-'d 
 
 2Gr. 
 
 scourffe. 
 
 3 Or, 
 
 saved 
 thee 
 
 4 Or, 
 
 Ti.-acher 
 
 5 Or.oV'T- 
 hearing 
 
 6 Some 
 ancient 
 authori- 
 ties in- 
 sert the. 
 
 7Gr. 
 powern. 
 
 fered many things of many physicians, 
 and had spent all that she had, and was 
 nothmgbettered,but rather grew worse, 
 
 27 having heard the things concerning 
 Jesus, came in the crowd behind, and 
 
 28 touched his garment. For she said. If I 
 touch but his garments, I shall be ^made 
 
 29 whole. -Aaid straightway the foimtain 
 of her blood was dried ui) ; and she felt 
 in her body that she was healed of her 
 
 30 '^plague. And straightway Jesus, per- 
 ceiving m hunself that the power pro- 
 ceeding from hun had gone forth, turned 
 him about in the crowd, and said. Who 
 
 31 touched my garments ? And his disci- 
 ples said imto him, Thou seest the mul- 
 titude thronging thee, and sayest thou, 
 
 32 Who touched me ? And he looked round 
 about to see her that had done this 
 
 33 thing. But the woman fearing and 
 trembling, knowing what had been done 
 to her, came and fell down before him, 
 
 34 and told him all the truth. And he 
 said unto her. Daughter, thy faith hath 
 3 made thee whole ; go in peace, and be 
 whole of thy ^ plague. 
 
 35 While he yet spake, they come from 
 the ruler of the synagogue's house, say- 
 ing. Thy daughter is dead : why trou- 
 
 36 blest thou the *■ Master any f m-ther? But 
 Jesus, ^not heeding the word spoken, 
 saith mito the ruler of the synagogue, 
 
 37 Fear not, only beUeve. .And he suffered 
 no man to follow with him, save Peter, 
 and James, and John the brother of 
 
 38 James. And they come to the house of 
 the ruler of the synagogue ; and he be- 
 holdeth a tumult,and many weeping and 
 
 39 waUing greatly. And when he was en- 
 tered in, he saith imto them. Why make 
 ye a tumult, and weep ? the child is not 
 
 •10 dead, but sleepeth. And they laughed 
 him to scorn. But he, having put them 
 all forth, taketh the father of the child 
 and her mother and them that were 
 with hun, and goeth in whei-e the child 
 
 11 was . And takuig the child by the hand, 
 he saith xmto her, Talitha cumi ; which 
 is, being interpreted. Damsel, I say mito 
 
 12 thee. Arise. And straightway the dam- 
 sel rose up, and walked; for she was 
 twelve years old. And they were a- 
 mazed straightway with a great amaze- 
 
 43 ment. And he charged them much that 
 no man should know this : and he com- 
 manded that somethitig should be given 
 her to eat. 
 
 Q And he went out from thence ; and he 
 Cometh into liis own country ; and his 
 
 2 disciples follow him. And when the 
 sabbath was come, he began to teach 
 m the synagogue : and ^ many hearing 
 him were astonished, saying, Whence 
 hath this man these things ? and. What 
 is the wisdom that is given mito this 
 man, and lokat mean such 'mighty 
 
 3 works wrought by his hands ? Is not 
 tliis the carpenter, the son of Mary, 
 and brother of James, and Joses, and 
 
 Judas, and Sunon ? and are not his sis- 
 ters here with us ? ji\jid they were 8 of- 
 
 4 fended m him. And Jesus said imto 
 them, A proi)het is not without honom*, 
 save in his own country, and among his 
 
 5 own kin, and in his own house. And 
 he could there do no ^mighty work, save 
 that he laid his hands ujion a few sick 
 
 6 folk, and healed them. .Aaid he mar- 
 velled because of their unbelief. 
 
 And he went round about the vil- 
 lages teaching. 
 
 7 -And he called unto him the twelve, 
 and began to send them forth by two 
 and two ; and he gave them authority 
 
 8 over the unclean spirits ; and he charged 
 them that they should take nothing for 
 their journey, save a staff only; no 
 bread, no waUet, no lo money in their 
 
 9 11 purse ; but to go shod with sandals : 
 and, said he, put not on two coats. 
 
 10 And he said unto them, Wheresoever 
 ye enter into a house, there abide tUl ye 
 
 11 depart thence. And whatsoever place 
 shall not receive you, and they hear you 
 not, as ye go forth thence, shake off the 
 dust that is under your feet for a tes- 
 
 12 timony unto them. .And they went out, 
 and preached that men should repent. 
 
 13 And they cast out many i''^ devils, and 
 anointed with oil many that were sick, 
 and healed them. 
 
 14 And king Herod heard ^Aereo/; for his 
 name had become known: and i^he 
 said, John ^^ the Baptist is risen from 
 the dead, and therefore do these powers 
 
 15 work in him. But others said. It is Eli- 
 jah. And others said, It is a prophet, 
 
 16 even as one of the prophets. But Herod, 
 when he heard thereof, said, John,whom 
 
 17 1 beheaded, he is risen. For Herod him- 
 self had sent forth and laid hold upon 
 John, and bound him in prison for the 
 sake of Herodias, his brother Phihp's 
 
 18 wife : for he had marriedher. For John 
 said imto Herod, It is not lawful for thee 
 
 19 to have thy brother's wife. And Hero- 
 dias set herself agamst him, and desired 
 
 20 to kill him; and she could not ; for He- 
 rod feared John, knowing that he was a 
 righteous man and a holy, and kept him 
 safe. And when he heard him, he i^ was 
 much perplexed; and he heard him 
 
 21 gladly. Ajid when a convenient day 
 was come, that Herod on his bu-thday 
 made a supper to his lords, and the 
 i^high captahis, and the chief men of 
 
 22 Galilee; and when I'the daughter of 
 Hei-odias herself came in and danced, 
 IS she pleased Herod and them that sat 
 at meat with him; and the kmg said 
 unto the damsel. Ask of me whatsoever 
 
 23 thou wilt, and I wiU give it thee. And 
 he sware unto her. Whatsoever thou 
 shalt ask of me, I will give it thee, unto 
 
 24 the half of my kingdom. And she went 
 out, and said unto her mother. What 
 shall I ask ? And she said, The head 
 
 25 of John 11 the Baptist. And she came 
 
 PGr. 
 
 canned to 
 stumble. 
 
 9 Or. 
 power. 
 
 10 Gr. 
 brasfi. 
 "Gr. 
 girdle. 
 
 12 Gr. 
 (leiyiovs. 
 
 i."i Some 
 ancient 
 autbori- 
 ties read 
 they. 
 14 Gr. the 
 Bap- 
 tizer. 
 
 IJ Many 
 
 ancient 
 
 autliori- 
 
 ties read 
 
 did 
 
 numy 
 
 things. 
 
 16 Or, 
 military 
 tribune:; 
 Gr. chili- 
 archs. 
 n Some 
 ancient 
 authori- 
 ties rea I 
 his 
 
 dmtghtcr 
 Hero- 
 dias. 
 18 Or, if 
 
 ^M; V
 
 7. 11. 
 
 S. MARK. 
 
 31 
 
 1 Gr. the 
 
 Bap- 
 
 tizvr. 
 
 !0r, 
 
 3 Sea 
 marginal 
 note on 
 Matt, 
 xviii. 28. 
 
 »Gr. 
 
 rcdiiie. 
 
 in straightway with hasto unto the 
 kuifj, and asked, saying, I will that thou 
 foi'thwitli giv6 me in a charger the head 
 '2G of John 1 the Baptist. And the kuig was 
 exceeduig sorry ; but for the sake of his 
 oatlis, and of them that sat at meat, he 
 
 27 would not reject her. And straightway 
 the king sent forth a soldier of his guard, 
 and commanded to bring his head : and 
 he went and beheaded him in the prison, 
 
 28 and brought his head in a charger, and 
 gave it to the damsel ; and the damsel 
 
 29 gave it to her mother. And when his 
 (lisciples heard thereof, they came and 
 took up his corpse, and laid it in a 
 tomb. 
 
 30 And the apostles gather themselves 
 together imto Jesus ; and they told him 
 aU thmgs, whatsoever they had done, 
 
 31 and whatsoever they had taught. And 
 he saith unto them. Come ye yourselves 
 apart uito a desert place, and rest a 
 whUe. For there were many coming and 
 going, and they had no leism-e so much 
 
 32 as to eat. And they went away in the 
 
 33 boat to a desert place ajmrt. And the 
 people saw them going, and many knew 
 them, and they ran there together ^on 
 foot from all the cities, and outwent 
 
 34 them. And he came forth and saw a 
 gi-eat multitude, and he had compassion 
 on them, because they were as sheep not 
 having a shepherd: and he began to 
 
 35 teach them many things. And when the 
 day was now far spent, his disciples 
 came unto him, and said, The place is 
 desert, and the day is now far spent : 
 
 36 send them away, that they may go into 
 the country and villages roimd about, 
 and buy themselves somewhat to eat. 
 
 37 But he answered and said mito them. 
 Give ye them to eat. And they say mito 
 him, ShaU. we go and buy two huudi'ed 
 8 pennyworth of bread, and give them to 
 
 38 eat? And he saith unto them, How 
 many loaves have ye? go and see. And 
 when they knew, they say, Five, and 
 
 39 two fishes. And he comnaanded them 
 that aU should ^ sit down by companies 
 
 40 upon the green grass. And they sat down 
 in ranks, by hiuidreds, and by fifties. 
 
 41 And he took the five loaves and the two 
 fishes, and lookmg up to heaven, he 
 blessed, and brake the loaves ; and he 
 gave to the disciples to set before them ; 
 and the two fishes divided he among 
 
 42 them all. And they did all eat, and were 
 
 43 filled. And they took up broken pieces, 
 twelve basketfuls, and also of the fishes. 
 
 44 And they that ate the loaves were five 
 thousand men. 
 
 45 And straightway he constrained his 
 disciples to enter into the boat, and to 
 go before him mito the other side to 
 Bethsaida, whUe he himself sendeth the 
 
 46 multitude away. And after he had taken 
 leave of them, he departed mto the 
 
 47 mountain to pray. And when even was 
 come, the boat was in the midst of the 
 
 48 sea, and he alone on the land. And see- 
 ing them distressed in rowuig, for the 
 wind was contrary mito tliem, al)out the 
 fourth watch of the night he cometh im- 
 to them, walking on the sea; and he 
 
 49 would have passed Jiy them : but they, 
 when they saw liim walking on the sea, 
 supposed that it was an ajiparition, and 
 
 50 cried out: for they all saw him, and 
 were troubled. But he straightway 
 spake with them, and saith unto them. 
 Be of good cheer: it is I; be not 
 
 51 afraid. And he went uji xmto them 
 into the boat ; and the wind ceased ; 
 and they were sore amazed ui them- 
 
 .52 selves; for they understood not con- 
 cerning the loaves, but their heart was 
 hardened. 
 
 53 And when they had ^ crossed over, they 
 came to the land unto Gemiesaret, and 
 
 54 moored to the shore. And when they 
 were come out of the boat, straightway 
 
 55 the people knew hun, and ran romid 
 about that whole region, and began to 
 carry about on their beds those thatwere 
 
 56 sick, where they heard he was. And 
 wheresoever he entered, into villages, or 
 into cities, or mto the country, they laid 
 the sick ui the marketplaces, and be- 
 sought him that they might touch if it 
 were but the border of his garment : and 
 as many as touched ^him were made 
 whole. 
 
 Y And there are gathered together unto 
 him the Pharisees, and certam of the 
 scribes, which had come from Jerusa- 
 
 2lem, and had seen that some of his dis- 
 ciples ate their bread with '' defiled, that 
 
 3is,miwashen,hands. For the Pharisees, 
 and aU the Jews, except they wash their 
 hands ^dUigently, eat not, holding the 
 
 4 tradition of the elders : and when they 
 come from the marketplace, excejit they 
 3 wash themselves, they eat not: and 
 many other things there be, which they 
 have received to hold, ^o washings of 
 cups, and pots, and brasen vessels ii. 
 
 5 And the Pharisees and the scribes ask 
 him, Wliy walk not thy disciples accord- 
 ing to the tradition of the elders, but eat 
 
 6 their bread with '^ defiled hands ? And 
 he said unto them, WeU did Isaiah 
 prophesy of you hypocrites, as it is 
 written. 
 
 This people honom-eth me with their 
 
 lips. 
 But their heart is far from me. 
 
 7 But in vain do they worship me, 
 Teaching as their doctrines the pre- 
 cepts of men. 
 
 8 Ye leave the commandment of God, 
 
 9 and hold fast the tradition of men. And 
 he said imto them, FuU well do ye re- 
 ject the commandment of God, that ye 
 
 10 may keep yom* tradition. For Moses 
 said, Honom- thy father and thy mother; 
 and. He that speaketh evil of father 
 or mother, let him I'^die the death: 
 
 11 but ye say. If a man shall say to his 
 
 5 Or. 
 
 crosacd 
 
 over to 
 
 the land, 
 
 they 
 
 cattle 
 
 iin'o 
 
 Gftittesa 
 
 ret 
 
 ' Or, it 
 
 ■Or, 
 cuvimon 
 
 8 Or, up 
 
 to the 
 elbow 
 Gr. leith 
 the fist. 
 9Gr. 
 baptize. 
 Some 
 ancient 
 authori- 
 ties reatl 
 sprinkle 
 th^ni- 
 selves. 
 10 Gr. 
 baptiz- 
 ing.t. 
 n Many 
 ancient 
 authori- 
 ties add 
 and 
 couehes. 
 
 12 Or. 
 
 surely 
 
 die 
 
 6>^'
 
 32 
 
 S. MARK. 
 
 7. 11. 
 
 I Many 
 ancient 
 authori- 
 ties in- 
 sert ver. 
 16 // any 
 man 
 hath ears 
 to hear, 
 let hiJn 
 hear. 
 
 2Gr. 
 
 thoughts 
 that are 
 evil. 
 
 ' Some 
 ancient 
 authori- 
 ties oniit 
 and 
 Sklon. 
 
 »0r, 
 QentUe 
 
 5Gr. 
 deynon. 
 
 " Or, loaf 
 
 father or bis mother, That wherewith 
 thou mightest have been profited by 
 me is Corban, that is to say, Given to 
 
 12 God\ ye no longer suffer him to do 
 aught for his fatlier or his mother; 
 
 13 making void the word of God by yoiu- 
 tradition, which ye have dehvered : and 
 
 1-1 many such Kke things ye do. And he 
 called to him the multitude again, and 
 said mito them, Hear me all of you, 
 
 15 and understand : there is nothuig from 
 without the man, that going into him 
 can defile him: but the things which 
 proceed out of the man are those that 
 
 17 defile the man.i Aiid when ho was 
 entered uito the house from the multi- 
 tude, his disciples asked of him the 
 
 18 parable. And he saith mito them, Ai"e 
 ye so without understandmg also? Per- 
 ceive ye not, that whatsoever from 
 without goeth into the man, it caimot 
 
 19 defile him; because it goeth not into 
 his heart, but into liis beUy, and goeth 
 out into the draught? This he said, 
 
 20 making aU meats clean. And he said, 
 That which proceedeth out of the man, 
 
 21 that defileth the man. For from within, 
 out of the heart of men, ^ evil thoughts 
 
 22j)roceed, fornications, thefts, murders, 
 adulteries, covetmgs, wickednesses, de- 
 ceit, lasciviousness, an evil eye, railmg, 
 
 23 j)ride, foolishness : aU these evil things 
 proceed from within, and defile the 
 
 , man. 
 
 24 And from thence he arose, and went 
 away into the borders of Tyi-e ^ and Si- 
 don. And he entered into a house, and 
 would have no man know it: and he 
 
 25 could not be hid. But straightway a 
 woman, whose little daughter had an 
 unclean spirit, having heard of him, 
 
 26 came and fell down at his feet. Now 
 the woman was a ''Greek, a Syi'ophce- 
 nician by race. And she besought him 
 that he would cast forth the ^ de^dl out 
 
 27 of her daughter. And he said unto her. 
 Let the children first be fiUed : for it is 
 not meet to take the children's "bread 
 
 28 and cast it to the dogs. But she an- 
 swered and saith unto him, Yea, Lord : 
 even the dogs under the table eat of 
 
 29 the children's crumbs. And he said 
 unto her, For this saying go thy way; 
 the 5 devU is gone out of thy daughter. 
 
 30iiud she went away imto her house, 
 and foimd the child laid upon the bed, 
 and the ^ devU gone out. 
 
 31 And again he went out from the bor- 
 ders of Tyre, and came through Sidon 
 mito the sea of Galilee, through the 
 
 32 midst of the borders of Decapolis. And 
 they bring unto hhn one that was deaf, 
 and had an impediment in his speech ; 
 and they beseech him to lay his hand 
 
 33 upon litm. And he took him aside from 
 the midtitude privately, and put his 
 fingers into his ears, and he spat, and 
 
 34 touched his tongue ; and lookmg up to 
 heaven, be sighed, and saith unto him, 
 
 35Ephphatha, that is. Be opened. And 
 his ears were ojiened, and the bond of 
 his tongue was loosed, and he spake 
 
 36 plain. And he charged them that they 
 should teU no man : but the more he 
 charged them, so much the more a great 
 
 37 deal they pubUshed it. And they were 
 beyond measure astonished, saying, He 
 hath done all things well : he maketh 
 even the deaf to hear, and the dumb 
 to sjieak. 
 
 8 Li those days, when there was again a 
 great miiltitude, and they had nothing 
 to eat, he called imto bun his disciples, 
 
 2 and saith unto them, I have compassion 
 on the multitude, because they continue 
 with me now three days, and have no- 
 
 3 thing to eat : and if I send them away 
 fasting to their home, they will faint in 
 the way ; and some of them are come 
 
 4 from far. And his disciples answered 
 him, Wlience shall one be able to fill 
 tliese men with 'bread here in a desert 
 
 5 place ? And he asked them. How many 
 loaves have ye? And they said, Seven. 
 
 6 And he commandeth the multitude to 
 sit down on the gromid : and he took 
 the seven loaves, and having given 
 thanks, he brake, and gave to his dis- 
 ciples, to set before them ; and they set 
 
 7 them before the multitude. And they 
 had a few small fishes: and having 
 blessed them, he commanded to set 
 
 8 these also before them. And they 
 did eat, and were filled : and they 
 took up, of broken pieces that re- 
 
 9 mauied over, seven baskets. And they 
 were about four thousand: and he 
 
 10 sent them away. And straightway he 
 entered into the boat with his dis- 
 ciples, and came into the parts of Dal- 
 manutha. 
 
 11 And the Pharisees came forth, and 
 began to question with him, seeking of 
 bun a sign from heaven, tempting him. 
 
 12 And he sighed deeply in his spu'it, and 
 saith. Why doth this generation seek a 
 sign? verily I say unto you. There shall 
 no sign be given imto this generation. 
 
 13 And he left them, and again entering 
 mto the boat departed to the other 
 side. 
 
 14 And they forgot to take bread; and 
 they had not ui the boat with them 
 
 15 more than one loaf. And he charged 
 them, saying, Take heed, beware of the 
 leaven of the Pharisees and the leaven 
 
 16 of Herod. And they reasoned one with 
 another, 8 saying, 9 We have no bread. 
 
 17 And Jesus iierceivuig it saith unto them, 
 Why reason ye, because ye have no 
 bread? do ye not yet perceive, neither 
 understand? have ye your heart har- 
 
 18 dened ? Having eyes, see ye not ? and 
 having ears, hear ye not? and do ye 
 
 19 not remember ? When I brake the five 
 loaves among the five thousand, how 
 many lobaskets fuU of broken pieces took 
 ye up ? They say unto him. Twelve.
 
 9. 25. 
 
 S. MAKK. 
 
 33 
 
 1 Basket 
 in ver. liP 
 and •.>(> 
 repre- 
 sents 
 different 
 Greelc 
 words-. 
 
 2 Or, tout 
 
 "10 k\u\ when the seven amoufj tlie four 
 thf)iisiui(l, how many ibasketfula of 
 broken pieces took ye up ? And they 
 
 '21 say inito hini, Seven. And he said unto 
 them, Do ye not yet understand ? 
 
 ■2'2 And they eome mito Uethsaida. And 
 they bring to him a l)lind man, and be- 
 
 '23 seech him to touch liini. And he took 
 hold of the bhnd man by the hand, and 
 brought him out of tlie village ; and 
 when he bad spit on his eyes, and laid 
 his hands upon him, he asked him. 
 
 '24 Seest thou aught ? And he looked up, 
 and said, I see men ; for I behold them 
 
 '25 as trees, walkuig. Then agam he laid 
 his hands upon his eyes ; and he looked 
 stedfastly, and was restored, and saw 
 
 '26 all thmgs clearly. And he sent him 
 away to his home, saying, Do not even 
 enter into the village. 
 
 '27 And .Jesus went forth, and his dis- 
 ciples, into the villages of C;<psarea 
 Philippi : and in the way he asked his 
 discii)les, saying imto them. Who do 
 
 '28 men say that I am ? And they told him, 
 saying, Jolm the Baptist : and others, 
 Elijah ; but others. One of the prophets. 
 
 '29 And he asked them. But who say ye 
 that I am ? Peter answereth and saitli 
 
 30 imto hmi. Thou art the Christ. And he 
 charged them that they should tell no 
 
 31 man of him. And he began to teach 
 them, that the Son of man must suffer 
 many things, and be rejected by the 
 elders, and the chief priests, and the 
 scribes, and be killed, and after three 
 
 3'2 days rise again. And he spake the say- 
 ing openly. And Peter took him, and 
 
 33 began to rebuke him. Biit he tm-imig 
 about, and seeing his disciples, rebuked 
 Peter, and saith, Get thee behind me, 
 Satan : for thou mindest not the things 
 
 34 of God, but the things of men. And 
 he called unto him the multitude with 
 his disciples, and said unto them. If 
 any man woidd come after me, let him 
 deny himself, and take up his cross, and 
 
 35 follow me. For whosoever would save 
 his 2 life shall lose it ; and whosoever 
 shall lose his ^life for my sake and the 
 
 36 gospel's shall save it. For what doth it 
 profit a man, to gaui the whole world, 
 
 37 and forfeit his '^ life ? For what should 
 a man give in exchange for his ^life? 
 
 88 For whosoever shall be ashamed of me 
 and of my words in this adulterous and 
 sinful generation, the Sou of man also 
 shall be ashamed of him, when he 
 cometh in the glory of his Father with 
 
 9 tlie holy angels. And he said unto them. 
 Verily I say unto you. There be some 
 here of them that stand hji, which shall 
 in no wise taste of death, tQl they see 
 the kmgdom of God come with power. 
 '2 And after six days Jesus taketh witli 
 him Peter, and James, and Jolm, and 
 bruigeth them up mto a high mountain 
 apart by themselves : and he was trans- 
 3 figured before them : and his garments 
 
 became glisteruig, exceeding white ; so 
 
 as no fuller on earth can whiten them. 
 
 ■4 And there appeared inito them Elijah 
 
 with Moses : and they were talking 
 
 5 with Jesus. And Peter answereth and 
 saith to Jesus, Kabbi, it is good for us 
 to be here: and let us nuike three '*ta- 
 bernacles ; one for thee, and one for 
 
 6 Moses, and one for Elijah. For he wist 
 not what to answer; for they became 
 
 7 sore afraid. And there came a cloud 
 overshadowing them : and there came 
 a voice out of the cloud. This is my 
 
 8 beloved Son: hear ye him. Andsuddeidj' 
 looking round about, tlieysawno one any 
 more, save Jesus only with themselves. 
 
 9 And as they were coming down from 
 the mountain, he charge<l them that 
 they should tell no man what thmgs 
 they had seen, save when the Son of 
 man should have risen agam from the 
 
 10 dead. And they kept the saymg, ques- 
 tioning among themselves what the 
 rising again from the dead should mean. 
 
 11 And they asked him, saying, *The 
 scribes say that EUjah must first come. 
 
 l"2Aud he said mito them, Elijah uideed 
 cometh first, and restoreth all things : 
 and how is it written of the Son of man, 
 that he should suffer many things and 
 
 13 l)e set at nought ? But I say unto you, 
 that Ehjah is come, and they have also 
 done imto him whatsoever they listed, 
 even as it is written of hhn. 
 
 14 And when they came to the disciples, 
 they saw a gi'eat multitude about them, 
 
 15 and scribes questionmg with them. And 
 straightway all the nuUtitude, when 
 they saw him, were gi-eatly amazed, and 
 
 16 running to him saluted him. And he 
 asked them. What question ye with 
 
 17 them? And one of the multitude an- 
 swered him, 5 Master, I brought unto 
 thee my son, which hath a dumb spuit ; 
 
 18 and wheresoever it taketh him, it "^ dash- 
 eth huu dowii : and he foameth, aud 
 grindeth his teeth, and iJujeth away: 
 and I si)ake to thj' disciples that they 
 should cast it out ; and they were not 
 
 19 able. And he answereth them and saith, 
 faithless generation, how long shall I 
 be with you '? how long shall I bear with 
 
 '20 you? brmg him ixnto me. And they 
 brought him unto him : and when he 
 saw him, straightway the sjjirit ^tare 
 him grievously; and he fell on the 
 
 '21 gromid, and wallowed foaming. And he 
 asked his father. How long time is it 
 since this hath come unto hhn ? And 
 
 '22 he said. From a child. And of t-tunes it 
 hath cast him both iuto the fire and 
 mto the waters, to destroy him : but if 
 thou canst do anything, have compas- 
 
 '23 siou on us, and helj) us. And Jesus said 
 mito huu, If thou canst ! All things are 
 
 '24 possible to hun that believeth. Straight- 
 way the father of the child cried out, and 
 said^, I believe ; helj) thou mme uube- 
 
 '25 lief. And when Jesiis saw that a nnilti- 
 
 ■"Or. 
 boolht 
 
 4 Or. 
 
 How is it 
 thitt the 
 scribes 
 
 say . . . 
 
 COTTief 
 
 5 Or. 
 
 Teacher 
 
 6 Or. 
 rendeth 
 hint. 
 
 '* Or, con- 
 vulsed 
 
 8 Many 
 ancient 
 authori- 
 ties add 
 icith 
 tears. 
 
 c
 
 34 
 
 S. MARK. 
 
 9. 25. 
 
 1 Or, con- 
 viUsed 
 
 2 Or, 
 
 How is it 
 that we 
 could not 
 cast it 
 out? 
 
 3 Many 
 ancient 
 authori- 
 ties add 
 and/oBt- 
 ing. 
 
 4Gr. 
 
 greater. 
 
 5 Or, 
 Teacher 
 6Gr. 
 denwm. 
 
 ?Gr. 
 power. 
 
 8 Gr. in 
 name 
 that ye 
 are. 
 
 Many 
 ancient 
 authori- 
 ties omit 
 on yne. 
 W Gr. a 
 tnilJstone 
 turned 
 by an 
 ass. 
 
 11 Gr. Oe- 
 henna. 
 
 12 Ver. 44 
 and 46 
 (which 
 are iden- 
 tical with 
 ver. 48) 
 are omit- 
 ted by 
 the best 
 ancient 
 authori- 
 ties. 
 
 tude came iiuiiiing together, he rebuliod 
 the luiclcau spirit, sayiiig luito biiu, 
 Thou dumb and deaf spirit, I com- 
 mand thee, come out of hhn, and enter 
 
 26 uo more into him. And having cried 
 out, and i torn him much, he came out : 
 and the child became as one dead; in- 
 somuch that the more part said, He is 
 
 '27 dead. But Jesus took him by the hand, 
 
 '28 and raised him up ; and he arose. And 
 when he was come into the house, his 
 disciples asked him privately, '^sayiwj, 
 
 •29 We could not cast it out. And he said 
 imto them. This kind can come out by 
 nothing, save by prayer'"*. 
 
 30 And they went forth from thence, and 
 passed throiigh Galilee ; and he would 
 
 31 not that any man should know it. For 
 he taught his disciples, and said lanto 
 them. The Son of man is delivered up 
 into the hands of men, and they shall 
 kill him; and when he is killed, after 
 
 32 three days he shall rise again. But 
 they imderstood not the saying, and 
 were afraid to ask him. 
 
 33 And they came to Capernaum: and 
 when he was in the house he asked them. 
 What were ye reasouiug in the way? 
 
 34 But they held then* peace : for they had 
 disputed one with another in the way, 
 
 35 who icas the ^greatest. And he sat 
 down, and called the twelve; and he 
 saith mito them. If any man would be 
 fu'st, he shall be last of all, and mmis- 
 
 36ter of aU. And he took a little child, 
 and set him in the midst of them : and 
 taking him in his arms, he said mito 
 
 37 them. Whosoever shall receive one of 
 such Uttle children m my name, receiv- 
 eth me : and whosoever receiveth me, 
 receiveth not me, but hioi that sent me. 
 
 38 John said unto hun, ° Master, we saw 
 one castuig out ^ devils in thy name : and 
 we forbade him, because he followed 
 
 39 not us. But Jesus said. Forbid him 
 not : for there is uo man which shall do 
 a '^mighty work iu my name, and be 
 
 40 able quickly to speak evil of me. For 
 
 41 he that is not against us is for ixs. For 
 whosoever shall give you a cup of water 
 to di'iuk, « because ye are Christ's, verily 
 I say unto you, he shall in no wise lose 
 
 42 his reward. And whosoever shall cause 
 one of these little ones that believe ^ on 
 me to stimible, it were better for hun if 
 10 a great millstone were hanged about 
 his neck, and he were cast iato the sea. 
 
 43 And if thy hand cause thee to stumble, 
 cut it off : it is good for thee to enter 
 into life manned, rather than having 
 thy two hands to go mto Hhell, into the 
 
 45 luiquenchable fire.i^ And if thy foot 
 cause thee to stumble, cut it off : it is 
 good for thee to enter into life halt, 
 rather than having thy two feet to be 
 
 47 cast into ii heU. And if thiue eye cause 
 thee to stumble, cast it out: it is good 
 for thee to enter into the kingdom of 
 Ciod «ith one eye, rather than having 
 
 48 two eyes to be cast iato nhell ; where 
 their worm dieth not, and the fire is 
 
 49 not quenched. For every one shall be 
 50 salted with ih-ei'^. Salt is good: biit 
 
 if the salt have lost its saltness, where- 
 v.'ith wiU ye season it? Have salt iu 
 yourselves, and be at peace one with 
 another. 
 10 And he arose from thence, and cometh 
 into the borders of Judtea and beyond 
 Jordan : and multitudes come together 
 unto him again ; and, as he was wont, 
 
 2 he taught them again. And there came 
 unto him Pharisees, and asked him. Is 
 it lawfid for a man to jiut away his wife? 
 
 3 tempting him. And he answered and 
 said unto them, What did Moses com- 
 
 4mand you? .And they said, Moses suf- 
 fered to write a bill of divorcement, and 
 
 5 to put her away. But Jesus said mito 
 them. For your hardness of heart he 
 
 6 wrote you this commandment. But 
 from the beguming of the creation, 
 
 7 Male and female made he them. For 
 this cause shall a man leave his father 
 and mother, i^and shall cleave to his 
 
 8 wife ; and the twain shall become one 
 flesh : so that they are uo more twain, 
 
 9 but one flesh. What therefore God 
 hath joined together, let not man put 
 
 10 asmider. And iu the house the disci- 
 ples asked him agam of this matter. 
 
 11 And he saith imto them, Whosoever 
 shall put away his wife, and marry 
 another, coimnitteth adultery against 
 
 12 her : and if she herself shall put away 
 her husband, and marry another, she 
 committeth adultery. 
 
 13 And they brought imto him little chil- 
 dren, that he should touch them : and 
 
 14 the discii^les rebuked them. But when 
 Jesus saw it, he was moved with indig- 
 nation, and said unto them. Suffer the 
 little children to come unto me ; forbid 
 them not : for of such is the kingdom 
 
 15 of God. Verily I say unto you. Who- 
 soever shall not receive the kingdom of 
 God as a httle chUd, he shall m no wise 
 
 16 enter therein. And he took them in 
 his arms, and blessed them, laying his 
 hands ujion them. 
 
 17 And as he was going forth i^into the 
 way, there ran one to him, and kneeled 
 to him, and asked him. Good ^ Master, 
 what shall I do that I may inherit 
 
 18 eternal life? And Jesiis said imto 
 him. Why caUest thou me good? none 
 
 19 is good save one, even God. Thou 
 knowest the commandments. Do not 
 kQl, Do not commit adultery, Do not 
 steal. Do not bear false witness. Do 
 not defraud, Honour thy father and 
 
 •20 mother. And he said mito him, s Mas- 
 ter, aU these thuigs have I observed 
 
 21 from my youth. And Jesus looking 
 upon him loved him, and said imto 
 him. One thing thou lackest: go, 
 sell whatsoever thou hast, and give 
 to the poor, and thou shaJt have
 
 11. 9. 
 
 S. MARK. 
 
 35 
 
 1 Some 
 ancient 
 authori- 
 ties omit 
 for thcyn 
 that 
 truM in 
 I'iche-i. 
 
 2 Many 
 ancient 
 
 Lithori- 
 ties read 
 amoiKj 
 tht'in- 
 selves. 
 
 3 Or, ui/e 
 
 i Or, but 
 
 some as 
 
 theyfol- 
 
 1-owed 
 
 were 
 
 a/ralil 
 
 5 Or, 
 Teacher 
 
 trcamire iii hoaveu: ami come, foUov.' 
 '22 me. But his counteiiiiuco fell at the 
 saying, and he went away sorrowful : f i ir 
 he was one that had great possessions. 
 ■Jo And Jesus looked round ahont, and 
 waith unto his diseiples, How hardly 
 shall they that have riches enter into 
 
 24 the kingdom of God! And the disciples 
 were amazed at his words. But Jesus 
 answereth again, and saith unto them. 
 Children, how hard is it i for them that 
 trust in riches to enter into tho king- 
 
 25 doni of God ! It is easier for a camel to 
 go through a needle's eye, than for a 
 rich man to enter into the kingdom of 
 
 26 God. And they were astonished ex- 
 ceedingly, saying '^ imto him. Then who 
 
 27 can be saved? Jesus looking ui)on 
 them saith, With men it is impossible, 
 but not with God: for all things are 
 
 28 possible with God. Peter began to say 
 luito him, Lo, we have left aU, and have 
 
 29 followed thee. Jesus said, Verily I say 
 mito you. There is no man that hath 
 left house, or bretlu-en, or sisters, or 
 mother, or father, or children, or lauds, 
 for my sake, and for the gospel's sake, 
 
 80 but he shall receive a hundredfold novi' 
 in this time, houses, and bretkren, and 
 sisters, and mothers, and children, and 
 lands, with persecutions; and in the 
 
 31 s world to come eternal Ufe. But many 
 that are fu'st shall be last ; and the last 
 first. 
 
 32 And they were in the way, going uj) to 
 Jerusalem ; and Jesus was going before 
 them: and they were amazed; ^and 
 they that followed were afraid. And 
 lie took again the twelve, and began to 
 teU them the things that were to hap- 
 
 33 pen unto him, sai/im/, Behold, we go 
 up to Jerusalem ; and the Son of man 
 shall be delivered unto the chief priests 
 and the scribes; and they shall con- 
 demn him to death, and shall deliver 
 
 34 him unto the GentUes : and they shall 
 mock him, and shaU spit ujiou him, and 
 shall scoiu'ge him, and shall kill htm; 
 and after three days he shall rise again. 
 
 35 And there come near unto him James 
 and John, the sous of Zebedee, saying 
 unto him, ^ Master, we would that thou 
 shouldest do for us whatsoever we shall 
 
 36 ask of thee. And he said imto them. 
 What would ye that I should do for 
 
 37 you? And they said mito huu. Grant 
 unto us that we may sit, one on thy 
 right hand, and one on tli// left hand, 
 
 38 in thy glory. But Jesus said mito them. 
 Ye know not what ye ask. Are ye able 
 to di'ink the cup that I chink ? or to be 
 baptized with the baptism that I am 
 
 39 baptized with? And they said imto 
 him. We ai'e able. And Jesus said mi- 
 to them, The cup that I di-ink ye shall 
 di-iuk ; and with the baptism that I am 
 baptized withal shall ye be baptized: 
 
 40 but to sit on my right hand or on m>/ 
 left hand is not mine to give : but it in 
 
 far them for whom it hath been pre- 
 
 11 pared. And when the t(!n hearcl it, 
 
 they began to be moved with iudigna- 
 
 42 tion concerning James and John. And 
 Jesus called them to him, and saith un- 
 to them. Ye know that they which are 
 accounted to rule over the Gentiles lord 
 it over them ; and their great ones exer- 
 
 43 cise authority over them. But it is not 
 so among you: but whosoever would 
 become great among you, shall be your 
 
 44 ''minister: and whosoever would be 
 first among you, shall be 'servant of 
 
 45 aU. For verily the Son of man came 
 not to be ministered mito, but to minis- 
 ter, and to give his life a ransom for 
 many. 
 
 4() And they come to Jericho : and as he 
 went out from Jericho, with his disci- 
 ples and a great multitude, the son of 
 Timiieus, Bartumeus, a blind beggar, 
 
 47 was sitting by the way side. And when 
 he heard that it was Jesus of Nazareth, 
 be began to cry out, and say, Jesus, 
 thou son of David, have mercy on me. 
 
 48 And many rebuked him, that he should 
 hold his peace: but he cried out the 
 more a great deal. Thou sou of David, 
 
 49 have mercy on me. And Jesus stood 
 stiU, and said. Call ye him. And they 
 caU the blind man, saying unto him. 
 Be of good cheer : rise, he caUeth 
 
 50 thee. And he, casting away his gar- 
 ment, sprang up, and came to Jesus. 
 
 51 And Jesus answered him, and said. 
 What wUt thou that I should do imto 
 thee ? And the blind man said unto him, 
 •^Rabboui, that I may receive my sight. 
 
 52 And Jesus said unto him. Go thy way ; 
 thy faith hath '■* made thee whole. And 
 straightway he received his sight, and 
 followed him in the way. 
 
 11 And when they draw nigh unto Jeru- 
 salem, mito Bethpliage and Bethany, 
 at the mount of Olives, he sendeth two j 
 
 2 of his discijiles, and saith unto them, ' 
 Go your way into the village that is I 
 over agamst you : and straightway as 
 ye enter into it, ye shall find a colt tied, ' 
 whereon no man ever yet sat; loose 
 
 3 him, and bring him. And if any one 
 say imto you, "Why do ye this ? say 
 ye. The Lord hath need of him; and 
 straightway he lo will send him n back 
 
 4 hither . And they went away, and f oimd 
 a colt tied at the door without in the 
 
 5 ojien street ; and they loose him. And 
 certain of them that stood there said 
 unto them. What do ye, loosing the 
 
 6 colt ? And they said imto them even as 
 Jesus had said : and they let them go. 
 
 7 And they bring the colt unto Jesus, and 
 cast on htm then- garments ; and he 
 
 8 sat uj)on him. And many spread theu' 
 garments upon the way; and others 
 i^ branches, which they had cut from 
 
 9 the fields. And they that went before, 
 and they that followed, cried, Hosau- 
 na; Blessed is he that cometh in the 
 
 I! Or, 
 
 servant 
 
 'Or. 
 
 fjond- 
 
 servatit. 
 
 '^ See 
 John XX. 
 16. 
 9 Or, 
 saved 
 thee 
 
 10 Gr. 
 sendeth. 
 
 11 Or, 
 a'jain. 
 
 12 Gr. 
 layers of 
 leaves. 
 
 C2
 
 36 
 
 S. MARK. 
 
 11. 9. 
 
 iGr. 
 
 when* 
 ever 
 evening 
 came. 
 2 Some 
 ancient 
 authori- 
 ties read 
 they. 
 
 3 Many 
 ancient 
 authori- 
 ties add 
 ver. 26 
 But if ye 
 do not 
 forgive, 
 neither 
 wUl your 
 Father 
 which 
 M in 
 heaven 
 forgive 
 your 
 tres- 
 pattes. 
 *Gt. 
 word. 
 
 10 name of the Lord : Blessed is the king- 
 dom that Cometh, the hingdum of ovu' 
 father Da\ad: Hosaunaui the highest. 
 
 11 Aud he entered into Jerusalem, mto 
 the temple ; and when he had looked 
 round about upon all thizigs. it heui;,' 
 now eventide, he went out imto Beth- 
 any with the twelve. 
 
 12 And on the morrow, when they were 
 come out from Bethany, he hmigered. 
 
 13 Aud seeing a fig tree afar off ha\-iiig 
 leaves, he came, if haply he might find 
 auythmg thereon : aud when he came 
 to it, he foimd nothing but leaves ; for 
 
 Wit was not the season of figs. And he 
 answered and said unto it. No man eat 
 fruit from thee henceforward for ever. 
 And his disciples heard it. 
 
 15 And they come to Jerusalem : and he 
 entered mto the temple, and began to 
 cast out them that sold aud them that 
 bought in the temple, and overthrew 
 the tables of the money-changers, and 
 the seats of them that sold the doves ; 
 
 16 and he would not suffer that any man 
 shoidd carry a vessel through the tem- 
 
 17 pie. Aud he taught, aud said unto 
 them. Is it not written. My house shall 
 be called a house of prayer for all the 
 nations ? but ye have made it a den of 
 
 18 robbers. And the chief priests aud the 
 scribes heard it, and sought how they 
 might destroy lum : for they feared him, 
 tor all the multitude was astonished at 
 his teacliing. 
 
 19 And 1 every evening 2 he went forth 
 out of the city. 
 
 20 And as they iiassed by m the morniug, 
 they saw the fig tree withered away 
 
 21 from the roots. Aud Peter calling to 
 remembrance saith imto hhn. Rabbi, 
 behold, the fig tree which thou cm-sedst 
 
 22 is withered away. And Jesus answer- 
 ing saith mito them. Have faith hi God. 
 
 23 VerUy I say mito you, T\Tiosoever shall 
 say imto this momitain. Be thou taken 
 up and cast into the sea ; and shaU not 
 doubt ui his heart, but shall believe 
 that what he saith cometh to pass ; he 
 
 24 shall have it. Therefore I say imto 
 you. All things whatsoever ye pray and 
 ask for, believe that ye have received 
 
 25 them, and ye shall have them. And 
 whensoever ye stand prayhig, forgive, 
 if ye have aught agamst any one ; that 
 your Father also which is in heaven 
 may forgive you your trespasses.-* 
 
 27 And they come again to Jerusalem: 
 and as he was walking in the temjile, 
 there come to him the chief priests, and 
 
 28 the scribes, and the elders; and they 
 said imto him. By what authority doest 
 thou these thmgs? or who gave thee 
 
 29 this authority to do these thmgs ? Aud 
 Jesus said unto them, I wUl ask of you 
 one ^question, and answer me, and I 
 will tell you by what authority I do these 
 
 30 things. The baptism of John, was it 
 from heaven, or from men ? answer me. 
 
 31 And they reasoned with themselves, 
 sayuig, If we shall say. From heaven ; 
 he wUl say, Wliy then did ye not believe 
 
 32 him ? ^ But should we say, From men — 
 they feared the people: "for all verily 
 
 33 held John to be a prophet. Aud they 
 answered Jesus and say, We know not. 
 And Jesus saith mito them, Neither tell I 
 you by what authority I do these thmgs. 
 
 12 And he began to speak unto them in 
 parables. A man planted a vineyard, 
 and set a hedge about it, and tligged a 
 pit for the winepress, and built a towei-. 
 and let it out to husbancbneii, and went 
 
 2 into another coiuitry. And at the sea- 
 son he sent to the husbandmen a ' ser- 
 vant, that he might receive from the 
 hnabandmen of the fruits of the vine- 
 
 3 yard. And they took him, and beat him, 
 
 4 and sent him away empty. Aud agam 
 he sent unto them another 7 servant ; 
 and hhu they womided ui the head, and 
 
 5 handled shamefully. And he sent an- 
 other ; and him they killed : and many 
 others ; beating some, and k illin g some. 
 
 6 He had yet oue, a beloved son : he sent 
 him last mito them, saying. They wUl 
 
 7 reverence my son. But those husband- 
 men said among themselves. This is the 
 heir ; come, let us kill him, and the ui- 
 
 8 heritauce shall be om-s. And they took 
 him, and killed him, and cast him forbh 
 
 9 out of the vineyard. What therefore 
 Avill the lord of the vineyard do? he 
 will come and destroy the husbandmeu, 
 aud will give the vuieyard mito others. 
 
 10 Have ye not read even this scrii^tm-e ; 
 
 The stone which the builders re- 
 jected. 
 
 The same was made the head of the 
 corner : 
 
 11 This was from the Lord, 
 
 Aud it is marvellous m oiu* eyes? 
 
 12 And they sought to lay hold on him ; 
 and they feared the multitude ; for they 
 perceived that he spake the parable 
 agamst them: and they left him, and 
 went away. 
 
 13 And they send imto him certaui of the 
 Pharisees and of the HerocUans, that 
 
 14 they might catch him in talk. And 
 when they were come, they say unto 
 him, "Master, we know that thou art 
 true, and carest not for auy one : for 
 thou regardest not the i^erson of men, 
 but of a truth teachest the way of God : 
 Is it lawful to give tribute unto Caesar, 
 
 15 or not? Shall we give, or shall we not 
 give ? But he, knowing then- hyjjocrisy, 
 said unto them. Why tempt ye me? 
 bring me a ^ penny, that I may see it. 
 
 16 And they brought it. And he saith unto 
 them. Whose is this image and super- 
 scription? And they said unto him, 
 
 17 CiEsar's. And Jesus said unto them, 
 Itender unto Cresar the things that are 
 Caisar's, and unto God the things that 
 are God's. And they marvelled greatly 
 at him.
 
 rjV-^^-tV-' 
 
 13. 13. 
 
 S. MARK. 
 
 37 
 
 1 Or, 
 Teacher 
 
 2 Or, T7ie 
 Lord is 
 our God ; 
 the Lord 
 is one 
 3Gr. 
 from. 
 
 4 Some 
 ancient 
 authori- 
 ties read 
 under- 
 neath 
 thy feet. 
 iOr, 
 
 the great 
 multi- 
 tude 
 
 18 And there come niito him Sadducees, 
 whicli say that there is no resurrection ; 
 
 lO and they asked him, sayinji;, i Master, 
 Moses wrote iinto us, If a man's bro- 
 ther die, and leave a ■oife behind him, 
 ami leave no child, tliat his brother 
 slioixld take his wife, ami raise nji seed 
 
 20 unto his brother. There were seven 
 brethren : and the fu"st took a wife, and 
 
 21 dying left no seed ; and the second took 
 her, and died, leaving no seed behind 
 
 '22 him; and the third likewise: and the 
 seven left no seed. Last of all the 
 
 23 woman also died. In the resurrection 
 whose wife shall she be of them? for 
 
 24 the seven had her to wife. Jesus said 
 unto them, Is it not for this cause that 
 3^3 err, that ye know not the scriptures, 
 
 25 iior the power of God ? For when they 
 shall rise from the dead, they neither 
 inarry, nor are given in marriage ; but 
 
 26 are as angels in heaven. But as touch- 
 — ing the dead, that they are raised ; have 
 
 ye not read in the book of Moses, in fl/e 
 place concent I »g the Bush, how God 
 spake uiito him, saying, I am the God 
 of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, 
 27{ind the God of Jacob? He is not the 
 God of the dead, but of the living : ye 
 do greatly err. 
 
 28 And one of the scribes came, and 
 heard them questioning together, and 
 knowuig that he had answered them 
 well, asked him. What commandment 
 
 29 is the fii'st of all ? Jesus answered, The 
 fh"st is, Hear, O Israel ; ^ The Lord our 
 
 30 God, the Lord is one : and thou slialt 
 love the Lord thy God ^with all thy 
 heart, and ^with all thy soxil, and '^ with 
 all thy mind, and ^ with aU thy strength. 
 
 31 The second is this, Thou shalt love thy 
 jieighbour as thyself. There is none 
 other commandment greater than these. 
 
 32 And the scribe said unto him, Of a 
 truth, 1 Master, thou hast weU said that 
 he is one ; and there is none other but 
 
 33 he : and to love him with all the heart, 
 and with aU the understanding, and 
 Tvith all the strength, and to love his 
 Jieighboiu' as himself, is much more 
 than all whole burnt offermgs and sa- 
 
 34 orifices. And when Jesus sav/ that he 
 answered discreetly, he said mito hmi. 
 Thou art not fai- from the kingdom of 
 ■God, And no man after that durst ask 
 him any question. 
 
 35 And .Jesus answered and said, as he 
 taught in the temple. How say the 
 scribes that the Clrrist is the son of 
 
 36 David? David himself said m the Holy 
 Spu-it, 
 
 The Lord said unto my Lord, 
 Sit thou on my right hand, 
 Till I make thuie enemies ^the foot- 
 stool of thy feet. 
 
 37 David himself calleth him Lord ; and 
 whence is he his sou? And ofhe com- 
 mon people heard hmi gladly. 
 
 38 And in his teaching he said. Beware 
 
 of the scribes, which desire to walk iu 
 long robes, and to hare salutations in 
 
 39 tlie marketplaces, and chief seats in the 
 synagogues, and chief places at feasts : 
 
 40 they wliich devour widows' houses, 
 '"' and for a pretence make long jirayers ; 
 these shaU receive greater condemna- 
 tion. 
 
 41 And he sat down over against the 
 treasury, and beheld how the multitude 
 cast ' money into the treasury : and 
 
 42 many that were rich cast in much. And 
 there came ^ a poor widow, and she cast 
 in two mites, which make a farthing. 
 
 43 And he called unto him his disciples, 
 and said unto them. Verily I say unto 
 you. This poor widow cast in more than 
 all they which are casting into the trea- 
 
 44 sury : for they all did cast in of their 
 superfluity; but she of her want did 
 cast in all that she had, ere?* aU her 
 living. 
 
 13 And as he went forth oiit of the 
 temple, one of his disciples saith 
 unto hun, ^ Master, behold, what man- 
 ner of stones and what manner of 
 
 2 buildings ! And Jesus said unto him, 
 Seest thou these great buOdmgs ? there 
 shall not be left here one stone lipon 
 another, which shall not be thi-owu 
 down. 
 
 3 And as he sat on the mount of Olives 
 over against the temple, Peter and 
 James and John and Ajuh'ew asked liim 
 
 4 privately. Tell us, when shall these 
 thijigs be? and what shall he the sign 
 v/hen these things are all about to be 
 
 o accomplished ? And Jesus began to say 
 unto them, Take heed that no man lead 
 
 Cyou astray. Many shall come in my 
 name, saying, I am he ; and shall lead 
 
 7 many astray. And when ye shall hear 
 of wars and rumours of wars, be not 
 ti'oubled : these things must needs come 
 
 8 to pass ; but the end is not yet. For 
 nation shall rise against nation, and 
 kingdom against kmgdom : there shall 
 be earthquakes in divers places ; there 
 shall be fammes : these things are the 
 beginning of travaO. 
 
 9 BiTt take ye heed to yourselves: for 
 they shall deliver you up to cormcUs ; 
 and in synagogues shall ye be beaten ; 
 and before governors and kmgs shall 
 ye stand for my sake, for a testimony 
 
 10 unto them. And the gosj)el must fu-st 
 
 11 be preached unto all the nations. And 
 when they lead you to judgement, and 
 deUver you uj), be not anxious before- 
 hand what ye shall speak: but what- 
 soever shall be given you in that hour, 
 that speak ye: for it is not ye that 
 
 12 speak, but the Holy Ghost. And 
 brother shall deliver up brother to 
 death, and the father his child ; and 
 children shall rise up against parents, 
 and ^ cause them to be i>ut to death. 
 
 13 And ye shall be hated of all men 
 for my name's sake: but he that 
 
 6 0r.>t"?H 
 while for 
 a pre- 
 tence 
 thet/ 
 make 
 
 7Gr. 
 brass. 
 
 8 Gr. one. 
 
 9 Or, put 
 th4!m to 
 death 

 
 38 
 
 S. MARK. 
 
 13. 13. 
 
 2 Or, it 
 
 3 Some 
 ancient 
 authori- 
 ties omit 
 and 
 pray. 
 4Gr. 
 hondr 
 servants. 
 
 1 Or, him 
 
 enduretb to the end, the same shall be 
 saved. 
 
 14 But when ye see the abomuiation of 
 desolation standing where he ought not 
 (let him that readeth understand), then 
 let them that are in Judrea flee unto 
 
 15 the mountains : and let Mm that is on 
 the housetop not go down, nor enter 
 in, to take anything out of his house : 
 
 16 and let him that is in the field not re- 
 
 17 turn back to take his cloke. But woe 
 unto them that are with child and to 
 
 18 them that give suck in those days ! And 
 pray ye that it be not in the winter. 
 
 19 For those days shaU be tribulation, 
 such as there hath not been the like 
 from the beginning of the creation 
 wliich God created until now, and never 
 
 20 shall be. And except the Lord had 
 shortened the days, no flesh would have 
 been saved: but for the elect's sake, 
 whom he chose, he shortened the days. 
 
 21 And then if any man shall say unto 
 you, Lo, here is the Clmst; or, Lo, 
 
 22 there ; believe ^ it not : for there shall 
 arise false Christs and false pro- 
 phets, and shall shew signs and won- 
 ders, that they may lead astray, if 
 
 23 possible, the elect. But take ye heed : 
 behold, I have told you all things be- 
 forehand. 
 
 24 But in those days, after that tribula- 
 tion, the sun shall be darkened, and 
 
 25 the moon shall not give her light, and 
 the stars shall be falling from heaven, 
 and the jiowers that are in the heavens 
 
 26 shall be shaken. And then shall they 
 see the Son of man coming in clouds 
 
 27 with great ijower and gloi-y. And then 
 shall he send forth the angels, and 
 shall gather together his elect from 
 the four winds, from the uttermost 
 part of the earth to the uttennost part 
 of heaven. 
 
 28 Now from the fig tree learn her para- 
 ble : when her branch is now become 
 tender, and putteth forth its leaves, ye 
 
 29 know that the summer is nigh; even 
 so ye also, when ye see these thuigs 
 coming to pass, know ye that '-^he is 
 
 30 nigh, even at the doors. Verily I say 
 unto you, This generation shall not 
 pass away, until all these things be ac- 
 
 31 complished. Heaven and earth shall 
 pass away : but my words shall not 
 
 32 pass away. But of that day or that 
 hour knoweth no one, not even the 
 angels in heaven, neither the Son, but 
 
 33 the Father. Take ye heed, watch ^ and 
 pray : for ye know not when the time 
 
 34 is. It is as tcJieu a man, sojourning in 
 another country, having left his house, 
 and given authority to his * servants, 
 to each one his work, commanded also 
 
 35 the jjorter to watch. Watch therefore : 
 for ye know not when the lord of the 
 house Cometh, whether at even, or at 
 midnight, or at cockcrowing, or in the 
 
 36 morning ; lest coming suddeiJy he find 
 
 37 you sleeping. And what I say unto 
 you I say unto aU, Watch. 
 
 14 Now after two days was the feast of 
 the passover and the unleavened bread : 
 and the chief priests and the scribes 
 sought how they might take him with 
 
 2subtilty, and kill him: for they said, 
 Not during the feast, lest haply there 
 shall be a tumult of the people. 
 
 3 And while he was in Bethany in the 
 house of Simon the leper, as he sat at 
 meat, there caffie^a woman having ^au 
 alabaster cruse of ointmciit of •"> spike- 
 nard very costly; and she brake the 
 
 4 cruse, and iioured it over his head. But 
 there were some that had indignation 
 among themselves, saijimi, To what 
 pmi)ose hath this waste of the oint- 
 
 5 ment been made ? For this omtment 
 might have been sold for above thi-ee 
 hmidi-ed 'i' pence, and given to the poor. 
 
 6 And they mm-mui-ed against her. But 
 Jesus said. Let her alone ; why trouble 
 ye her '? she hath wrought a good work 
 
 7 on me. For ye have the poor always 
 with you, and whensoever ye wUl ye 
 can do them good : but me ye have not 
 
 8 always. She hath done what she could : 
 she hath auomted my body aforehand 
 
 9 for the bmymg. And verily I say unto 
 you. Wheresoever the gospel shall be 
 preached throughout the whole world, 
 that also which this woman hath done 
 shall be spoken of for a memorial of 
 her. 
 
 10 And Judas Iscariot, *he that was 
 one of the twelve, went away mito 
 the chief priests, that he might deliver 
 
 11 bun unto them. And they, when they 
 heard it, were glad, and promised to 
 give him money. And he sought how 
 he might conveniently deliver him unto 
 them. 
 
 12 And on the first day of unleaveiaed 
 bread, when they sacrificed the pass- 
 over, his disciples say unto him. Where 
 wilt thou that we go and make ready 
 that thou mayest eat the passover? 
 
 13 And he sendeth two of his disciples, 
 and saith unto them, Go into the city, 
 and there shall meet you a man bearing 
 
 14a pitcher of water: foUow bun; and 
 wheresoever he shall enter in, say to 
 the goodman of the house. The ^ Master 
 saith. Where is my guest-chamber, 
 where I shall eat the passover with my 
 
 15 discii^les '? And he wUl himself shew 
 you a large upper room fm-nished and 
 ready : and there make ready for us. 
 
 16 And the disciples went forth, and came 
 into the city, and found as he had said 
 unto them : and they made ready the 
 l)assover. 
 
 17 And when it was evening he cometh 
 
 18 with the twelve. And as they lo sat and 
 were eating, Jesus said, VerUy I say unto 
 you. One of you shaU betray me, even he 
 
 19 that eateth with me. They began to be 
 sorrowful, and to say unto huii one
 
 V 
 
 14. 65. 
 
 S. MARK. 
 
 39 
 
 1 Gr. fur 
 hhn i f 
 that ' 
 
 liOr, 
 a loitf 
 
 3 Or. the 
 If-sta- 
 nient 
 I Some 
 ancient 
 authori- 
 ties in- 
 sert new. 
 
 5Gr. 
 
 caused to 
 stumble. 
 
 ^> Gr. a?i 
 enclosed 
 ph'Ce of 
 ground. 
 
 "Or. 
 
 Watch 
 ye, and 
 pray 
 that ye 
 enter not 
 
 •20 by oue, Is it I? And bo said unto 
 them, It in one of the twelve, Jie that 
 
 •21 tlippeth with me iu the disli. For the 
 Sou of man goeth, even as it is written 
 of bim : but woe unto that man tbi'ougli 
 whom the Son of man is betrayed ! goad 
 were it 'for that man if he had not 
 been born. 
 
 '22 Aiul as they were eatmg, he torik 
 2 bread, and when he had blessed, ho 
 brake it, and gave to them, and said, 
 
 '23 Take ye : this is my body. And he 
 took a cup, and when he had given 
 thanks, be gave to them : and they all 
 
 24:di-ank of it. And he said unto them. 
 This is my blood of "the ^covenant. 
 
 •25 which is shed for many. Verily I 
 say unto you, I wUl no more drink 
 of the fruit of the vine, until that day 
 when I drink it new in the kingdom 
 of God. 
 
 '26 And when they had sung a hymn, 
 they went out ixnto the moiuit of 
 Olives. 
 
 '27 And Jesus saith unto them. All ye 
 shall be ^ offended: for it is written, I 
 will smite the shepherd, and the sheep 
 
 28shaU be scattered abroad. Howbeit, 
 after I am raised up, I wiU go before 
 
 '29 you into Galilee. But Peter said unto 
 liim. Although all shaU be ^ offended, 
 
 30 yet wiU not I. And Jesus saith unto 
 him. Verily I say unto thee, that thou 
 to-day, even this night, before the cock 
 
 31 crow twice, sbalt deny me thi-ice. But 
 he spake exceeding vehemently. If I 
 must die with thee, I will not deny 
 thee. And in like manner also said 
 they all. 
 
 3'2 And they come vmto ^a place which 
 was named Gethsemaue : and he saith 
 unto his disciples. Sit ye here, while I 
 
 33 pray. And he taketh with bim Peter 
 and James and John, and began to be 
 greatly amazed, and sore troubled. 
 
 34 And he saith unto them. My soul is 
 exceeding sorrowfid even unto death : 
 
 35 abide ye here, and watch. And be went 
 forward a little, and feU on the ground, 
 and prayed that, if it were possible, the 
 
 36 horn- might pass away from bim. And 
 he said, Abba, Father, aU. things are 
 possible unto thee ; remove this cup 
 from me : howbeit not what I will, but 
 
 37 what thou wUt. And he cometh, and 
 fhideth them sleepmg, and saith unto 
 Peter, Simon, sleepest thou? couldest 
 
 38 thou not watch one hour ? ' Watch and 
 pray, that ye enter not into temr)tation : 
 the S])irit indeed is willing, but the 
 
 39 flesh is weak. And again he went away, 
 and prayed, saying the same words. 
 
 40 And again he came, and fomid them 
 sleeping, for then- eyes were vei^y 
 heavy ; and they wist not what to an- 
 
 41 swer him. And he cometh the thii-d 
 tune, and saith unto them. Sleep on 
 now, and take your rest : it is enough ; 
 the hour is come ; behold, the Son of 
 
 man is botrayed into the hands of 
 siiuiers. Arise, let us be going : behold, 
 he that betrayeth me is at band. 
 
 And straightway, while he yet spake, 
 cometh Judas, one of the twelve, and 
 with him a multitude with swords and 
 staves, from the chief i)riests and the 
 scribes and the elders. Now he that 
 betrayed liim had given them a token, 
 sayuig. Whomsoever I shall kiss, that 
 is be ; take bun, and lead him away 
 safely. And when he was come, straight- 
 way he came to him, and saitlj, Kabbi ; 
 and "^kissed bim. And they laid hands 
 on hun, and took hmi. But a certain 
 one of them that stood by drew lus 
 sword, and smote the '•' servant of the 
 high priest, and struck off his ear. And 
 Jesus answered and said unto them, 
 -Are ye come out, as against a robber, 
 with swords and staves to seize me? 
 I was daily vnth you in the temi)le 
 teaching, and ye took me not : but tfiiti 
 if! done that the scriptures might be 
 fulfilled. And thev all left bun, and 
 fled. 
 
 And a certaui young man followed 
 ^vith him, having a linen cloth cast 
 about him, over hin naked body: and 
 they lay hold on him ; but he left the 
 linen cloth, and fled naked. 
 
 And they led Jesus away to the high 
 priest : and there come together with 
 him aU the chief priests and the elders 
 and the scribes. Aiid Peter had fol- 
 lowed him afar off, even witlnn, into 
 the court of the high priest; and he 
 was sitting with the officers, and warm- 
 ing himself m the bght of the fire. Now 
 the chief priests and the whole coimcil 
 sought witness against Jesus to put" 
 him to death ; and found it not. For 
 many bare false witness against him, 
 and their witness agreed not together. 
 And there stood up certain, and bare 
 false witness against him, saying. We 
 heard bun say, I will destroy this 
 lotemjjle that is made with hands, 
 and in three days I wiU build another 
 made without hands. And not even 
 so did theu' witness agree together. 
 Aiid the high priest stood up in the 
 midst, and asked Jesus, saying, An- 
 swerest thou nothing? what is it which 
 these witness agauist thee? But he 
 held his peace, and answered nothing. 
 Agam the high priest asked him, 
 and saith unto him, Art thou the 
 Christ, the Son of the Blessed? And 
 Jesus said, I am: and ye shall see 
 the Son of man sitting at the right 
 hand of power, and coming with the 
 clouds of heaven. And the high priest 
 rent his clothes, and saith, V.Tiat fur- 
 ther need have we of witnesses? Ye 
 have heard the blasphemy : what thiuk 
 ye? And they all condemned him 
 to be 11 worthy of death. And some 
 began to spit on him, and to cover 
 
 " Gr. itj»ji- 
 
 ed him 
 much. 
 
 9Gr. 
 
 bond- 
 
 seruant. 
 
 _C ' 
 
 10 Or, 
 sanc- 
 tuary 
 
 11 Gr. 
 liable to.
 
 40 
 
 S. MAEK. 
 
 14. 65. 
 
 lOr, 
 strokes 
 of rods 
 
 2 Or. 
 
 / n&Z7ier 
 knoWt 
 nor 
 ■under- 
 statid : 
 t?iou, 
 wTMt 
 sayest 
 thou > 
 3Gr. 
 fore- 
 court. 
 i Many 
 ancient 
 authori- 
 ties omit 
 (uul the 
 cock 
 crew. 
 
 ■■Or, And 
 he bef/an 
 to weep. 
 
 «0r, 
 
 a feast 
 
 his face, and to biiffet him, and to 
 say unto him, I'rophesy : and the ofli- 
 cers received him with ^ blows of their 
 hands. 
 
 66 And as Peter was beneath in the coui't, 
 there cometh one of tlie maids of the 
 
 67 high priest ; and seeing Peter warming 
 himself, she looked upon him, and saith. 
 Thou also wast with the Nazarene, even 
 
 68 Jesus. But he denied, saying, '■^I neither 
 know, nor miderstand wliat thou say- 
 est : and he went out into the '^ porch ; 
 
 69 ■* and the cock crew. And t'le maid saw 
 him, and began again to say to them 
 
 70 that stood by. This is one of them. But 
 he again denied it. And after a little 
 while again they that stood by said to 
 Peter, Of a truth thou art one of them ; 
 
 71 for thou art a Galilicau. But he began 
 to curse, and to swear, I know not this 
 
 72 man of whom ye speak. And straight- 
 way the second time the cock crew. 
 And Peter called to mind the word, 
 how that Jesus said unto him. Before 
 the cock crow twice, thou shalt deny 
 me thrice. ^And Vv'hen he thought 
 thereon, he wept. 
 
 15 And straiglit-\vay in the morning the 
 chief priests with the elders and scribes, 
 and the whole councU, held a consulta- 
 tion, and bound Jesus, and carried him 
 away, and deUvered him up to Pilate. 
 
 2 And Pilate asked him. Art thou the 
 King of the Jews? And he answering 
 
 3 saith unto him. Thou sayest. And the 
 chief priests accused him of many 
 
 4thmgs. And Pilate again asked him, 
 saying, Answerest thou nothing? be- 
 hold how many things they accuse 
 
 .'j thee of. But Jesus no more answered 
 anything; insomuch that Pilate mar- 
 velled. 
 
 G Now at "the feast he used to release 
 unto them one ^n-isoner, whom they 
 
 7 asked of him. And there was one called 
 Barabbas, hjiny bound with them that 
 had made insurrection, men who in the 
 insurrection had conunitted murder. 
 
 8 And the multitude went up aud began 
 to ask him to do as he was wont to do 
 
 9 unto them. And Pilate answered them, 
 saying. Will ye that I release mito you 
 
 10 the King of the Jews ? For he per- 
 ceived that for envy the chief i)riests 
 
 11 had delivered liLm up. But the chief 
 priests stirred vip the multitude, that 
 he should rather release Barabbas mi- 
 
 12 to them. And Pilate again answered 
 and said unto them. What then shall 
 I do unto him whom ye call the King 
 
 13 of the Jews? And they cried out a- 
 14 gain. Crucify him. And Pilate said 
 imto them. Why, what evU hath he 
 done ? But they cried out exceedmgly, 
 ISCmcify lum. And Pilate, wishing to 
 content the nuiltitude, released unto 
 them Barabbas, and delivered Jesus, 
 when he had scourged him, to be 
 crucified. 
 
 16 And the soldiers led him away within 
 the court, which is the ■? Pryetorium ; 
 and they call together the whole **band. 
 
 17 And they clothe him with i)urple, and 
 plaiting a crown of thorns, they put it 
 
 18 on him; and they began to salute him, 
 19 Hail, Khig of the Jews! And they 
 smote his head with a reed, and did 
 spit iipou him, and bowing their knees 
 20worshii)ped him. And when they had 
 mocked him, they took off from him 
 the purjile, and put on him his gar- 
 ments. And they lead him out to cru- 
 cify him. 
 
 21 And they " compel one passing by, 
 Simon of Cyrene, coming from the 
 country, the father of Alexander and 
 Rufus, to go with thent, that he might 
 
 22 bear his crcjss. And they bring him 
 unto the place Golgotha, which is, be- 
 ing interpreted, The place of a skull. 
 
 23 And they offered him wine mingled 
 with myrrh: but he received it not. 
 
 24 And they crucify him, and part his gar- 
 ments among them, casting lots ujion 
 
 25 them, what each should take. And it 
 was the third hotu', and they crucified 
 
 26 him. And the suijerscriptiou of his 
 accusation was written over, the king 
 
 27 OF THE JEWS. And with him they 
 ci-ucify two robbers ; one on his right 
 
 29 hand, and one on his left, lo And they 
 that passed l)y railed on him, wagging 
 their heads, and saying. Ha ! thou that 
 destroyest the ^ifemitle, and buildest 
 
 30 it in three days, save thyself, and come 
 
 31 down from the cross. In like manner 
 also the chief priests mocking him a- 
 mong themselves with the scribes said. 
 He saved others ; i'^ himself he cannot 
 
 32 save. Let the Christ, the King of Is- 
 rael, now come down from the cross, 
 that we may see aud believe. And 
 they that were crucified with him re- 
 proached him. 
 
 33 And when the sixth hour was come, 
 there was darkness over the whole 
 
 34 1-'' land until the ninth hour. And at 
 the ninth hour Jesus cried with a loud 
 voice, Eloi, Eloi, lama sabachthani? 
 which is, being interpreted. My God, 
 my God, i^why hast thou forsaken 
 
 35 me ? And some of them that stood 
 by, when they heard it, said, Behold, 
 
 36 he calleth Elijah. And one ran, and 
 filling a sponge full of vmegar, put 
 it on a reed, and gave him to di-ink, 
 saying. Let be ; let us see whether 
 
 37 Elijah cometh to take him down. Aud 
 Jesus uttered a Idud voice, and gave 
 
 38 up the ghost. And the veil of the 
 iifemide was rent in twam from the 
 
 39 top to the bottom. And when the cen- 
 turion, which stood by over against 
 him, saw that he ^''so gave up the 
 ghost, he said, Truly this man was i^the 
 
 40 Son of God. And there were also 
 women beholding from afar: among 
 whom were both Mary Magdalene, and
 
 1. 7. 
 
 S. LUKE. 
 
 41 
 
 iGr. 
 little. 
 
 2 Many 
 ancient 
 authori- 
 ties read 
 were 
 a/ready 
 detul. 
 
 lOr, 
 tablisked 
 
 Mary the mother of James the ^less 
 11 and of Joses, and Salome ; who, wlien 
 ho was hi Galilee, followed huii, and 
 mmistered unto him ; and many other 
 women which came uj) with him unto 
 Jerusalem. 
 42 Arid when even was now come, because 
 it was the Preparation, that is, the day 
 ■13 before the sabbath, there came Josei)h 
 of Arimathiea, a comicLUor of honour- 
 able estate, who also himself was look- 
 ing for the khigdom of God; and he 
 boldly went in unto Pilate, and askedf or 
 
 44 the body of Jesus. And Pilate marvel- 
 led if he were already dead : and calling 
 unto him the centurion, he asked him 
 whether he ^had been any while dead. 
 
 45 And when he learned it of the centui'ion, 
 4(3 he granted the corpse to Joseph. And 
 
 he bought a linen cloth, and taking him 
 down, wound him in the linen cloth, and 
 laid him iii a tomb which had been hewn 
 out of a rock ; and he rolled a stone 
 
 47 against the door of the tomb. And 
 Mary Magdalene and Mary the mother 
 of Joses beheld where he was laid. 
 
 16 And when the sabbath was past, 
 Mary Magdalene, and Mary the mother 
 of James, and Salome, bought spices, 
 that they might come and anomt him . 
 
 2 Aiid very early on the fli'st day of the 
 week, they come to the tomb when the 
 
 3 sun was risen. And they were saying 
 among themselves, Who shall roll us 
 away the stone from the door of the 
 
 4 tomb ? and looking up, they see that the 
 stone is rolled back : for it was exceed- 
 
 5 ing great. And entering into the tomb, 
 they saw a yovmg man sitting on the 
 right side, arrayed in a white robe ; and 
 
 6 they were amazed. And he saith unto 
 them. Be not amazed: ye seek Jesus, 
 the Nazarene, which hath been craci- 
 lied : he is risen ; he is not here : behold, 
 
 7 the place where they laid him ! But go, 
 tell his disciples and Peter, He goeth 
 before you into Galilee : there shaU ye 
 
 8 see him, as he said unto you. And they 
 went out, and fled from the tomb ; for 
 tn^nil)ling and astoiushment had come 
 up<ni them: and they said nothing to 
 any one; for they were afraid. 
 
 '.) '^ Now when he was risen early on the 
 first day of the week; he appeared fii-st 
 to Mary Magdalene, from whom he 
 
 10 bad cast out seven ^ devils. She went 
 and told them that had been with him, 
 
 11 as they mom-ned and wept. And they, 
 when they heard that he was alive, 
 and had been seen of her, disbelieved. 
 
 12 And after these things he was mani- 
 fested in another form unto two of 
 them, as they walked, on their way 
 
 13 into the country. And they went away 
 and told it unto the rest: neither be- 
 lieved they them. 
 
 14 Aiid afterward he was manifested un- 
 to the eleven themselves as they sat at 
 meat ; and he upbraided them with then- 
 unbelief and hardness of heart, because 
 they believed not them which had seen 
 
 15 him after he was risen. And he said un- 
 to them, Go ye into all the world, and 
 preach the gospel to the whole creation. 
 
 16 He that believeth and is baptized shall 
 be saved ; but he that disbelieveth shall 
 
 17 be condemned. Arid these signs shall 
 follow them that believe : in my name 
 shaU they cast out * devils ; they shaU 
 
 18 speak with ^new tongues; they shall 
 take up serpents, and if they di'uik any 
 deadly thing, it shall in no wise hurt 
 them ; they shall lay hands on the sick, 
 and they shall recover. 
 
 19 So then the Lord Jesus, after he had 
 spoken mito them, was received up into 
 heaven, and sat down at the right hand 
 
 20 of God. And they went forth, and 
 preached everywhere, the Lord work- 
 ing with them, and confirming the 
 ■v\ ord by the sign s that followed . Amen . 
 
 THE GOSPEL 
 
 *- ACOOKDING TO 
 
 S. LUKE, 
 
 i Forasmuch as many have taken in \ 
 hand to draw up a narrative couceiii- I 
 ing those matters which have been 
 
 21 fulfilled among us, even as they de- 
 livered them mito us, which from the 
 begmning were eyewitnesses and minis- 
 
 3 ters of the word, it seemed good to me 
 also, having traced the course of all 
 things accm'ately from the first, to 
 write unto thee in order, most excellent 
 
 4 Theophilus ; that thou mightest know 
 
 the certainty concerning the •^things 
 3 wherein thou wast instructed. 
 
 5 There was in the days of Herod, king 
 of Judgea, a certain priest named Zacha- 
 rias, of the coiu'se of Abijah : and he had 
 a wife of the daughters of Aaron, and 
 
 6 her name was Elisabeth . And they were 
 both righteous before God, walking in 
 all the commandments and ordinances 
 
 7 of the Lord blameless. And they 
 
 oldest 
 (irt-ek 
 manu- 
 scripts, 
 ami some 
 other au 
 thoiities, 
 omit 
 from 
 ver. 9 to 
 the end. 
 Some 
 other au- 
 thorities 
 have a 
 tliffereDt 
 ending 
 to tb© 
 GospeL 
 ^Gr 
 deynons. 
 
 >'■ Some 
 ancient 
 authori- 
 ties omit 
 new. 
 
 •iGr. 
 
 wordi. 
 
 3 Or. 
 
 which 
 
 thou 
 
 wast 
 
 ta light 
 
 bff word 
 
 of 
 
 mouth 
 
 06
 
 42 
 
 S. LUKE. 
 
 1. 7. 
 
 1 Gr. ad- 
 vanced 
 in their 
 dayi. 
 
 2 Or, 
 
 sanc- 
 tuary 
 
 3Gr. 
 sikera. 
 4 Or, 
 Boly 
 Spirit : 
 and so 
 through- 
 out this 
 book. 
 'Some 
 ancient 
 authori- 
 ties read 
 come 
 nigh 60- 
 fore his 
 face. 
 
 6 Or. ad- 
 vanced 
 in her 
 days. 
 
 'Or, 
 at his 
 tarrying 
 
 had no child, because that EUsabeth 
 was barren, and they both were now 
 iwell stricken in years. 
 
 8 Now it came to pass, while be exe- 
 cuted the priest's office before God in 
 
 9 the order of his coui-se, according to 
 the custom of the priest's office, his lot 
 was to enter into the '^temple of the 
 
 10 Lord and biu-n iuceuse. And the whole 
 multitude of the people were praying 
 
 11 without at the hour of incense. And 
 there appeared unto him an angel of 
 the Lord standing on the right side of 
 
 12 the altar of incense. And Zacharias 
 was troubled when he saw Itbn, and 
 
 13 fear fell upon him. But the angel said 
 unto him, Fear not, Zacharias : because 
 thy supplication is heard, and thy wife 
 Elisabeth shall bear thee a son, and thou 
 
 1-lshalt call his name John. And thou 
 shalt have joy and gladness ; and many 
 
 15 shall rejoice at his birth. For he shall 
 be great in the sight of the Lord, and 
 he shaU drink no wine nor ^strong drink; 
 and he shaU be filled with the -^Holy 
 Ghost, even from his mother's womb. 
 
 16 And many of the children of Israel shall 
 
 17 he turn unto the Lord their God. AxiA 
 he shall ■'' go before his face in the spirit 
 and power of Elijah, to ttiru the hearts 
 of the fathers to the children, and the 
 disobedient ta iralk m the wisdom of the 
 just ; to make ready for the Lord a peo- 
 
 18 pie prei)ai ed/'o/- /; i )/? . And Zacharias 
 said unto the angel. Whereby shall I 
 know this? for I am an old man, and 
 
 19 my wife "well stricken in yeai's. And 
 the angel answeruig said unto him, I 
 am Gabriel, that stand in the presence 
 of God ; and I was sent to speak unto 
 thee, and to bring thee these good ti- 
 
 20 dings. And behold, thou shalt be silent 
 and not able to speak, until the day 
 that these things shall come to pass, 
 because thou beUevedst not my words, 
 which shall be fulfilled in their season. 
 
 '21 And the people were waiting for Zacha- 
 rias, and they marvelled "i while he tar- 
 
 22 ried in the 2 temple. And when he came 
 out, he could not sjieak unto them : and 
 they perceived that he had seen a vision 
 in the '- temjile : and he continued mak- 
 ing signs unto them, and remained 
 
 23 dumb. And it came to ^lass, when the 
 days of his ministration were fiiliilled, 
 he departed unto his house. 
 
 24 Ajid after these days Elisabeth his 
 wife conceived; and she hid herself 
 
 25 five months, saying, Thus hath the 
 Lord done unto me in the days v/here- 
 in he looked upon me, to take away 
 my reproach among men. 
 
 26 Now in the sixth month the angel Ga- 
 briel was sent from God unto a city of 
 
 27 Galilee, named Nazareth, to a virgin 
 betrothed to a man whose name was 
 Joseph, of the house of David ; and the 
 
 28 virgin's name was Mary. And he came 
 in unto her, and said, Hail, thou that 
 
 art « highly favoured, the Lord is with 
 
 29 thee". But she was greatly troubled 
 
 at the saying, and cast in her mind 
 
 what manner of salutation tiiis might 
 
 30 be. And the angel said unto her. Fear 
 not, Mary: for thou hast fomid wfa- 
 
 31 vour with God. And behold, thou shalt 
 conceive in thy womb, and bring forth 
 a son, and shalt call his name Jesus. 
 
 :>2 He shall be great, and shall be called 
 the Son of the Most High: and the 
 Lcn-d God shall give unto him the 
 
 33 throne of his father David : and he 
 shall reign over the house of Jacob n for 
 ever ; and of his kingdom there shall be 
 
 34 no end. And Mary said unto the angel. 
 How shall this be, seeing I know not a 
 
 35 man ? And the angel answered and said 
 unto her. The Holy Ghost shall come 
 upon thee, and the j)ower of the Most 
 High shall overshadow thee : wherefore 
 also 1'^ that which i-^ is to be born 1^ shall 
 
 36 be called holy, the Son of God. And be- 
 hold, Elisabeth thy kinswoman, she also 
 hath conceived a son in her old age: 
 and this is the sixth month with her that 
 
 37 15 was called barren . For no w ord from 
 
 38 God shall be ^^oid of power. And Mary 
 said, Behold, the i" handmaid of the 
 Lord ; be it unto me according to thy 
 word. And the angel departed f romher . 
 
 39 And Mary arose in these days and 
 went into the hiU comitry with haste, 
 
 40 into a city of Judah ; and entered into 
 the house of Zacharias and saluted Eli- 
 
 41 sabetli. And it came to pass, when 
 Elisabeth heard the salutation of Mary, 
 the babe leaped in her womb ; and Elisa- 
 beth was fiUed with the Holy Gliost ; 
 
 42 and she Uf ted up her voice with a loud 
 cry, and said. Blessed art thou among 
 women, and blessed is the fruit of thy 
 
 43 womb. And whence is this to me, that 
 the mother of my Lord should come 
 
 44 unto me ? For behold, when the voice 
 of thy salutation came into mine ears, 
 the babe leaped in my womb for joy. 
 
 45 And blessed is she that i'' beheved ; for 
 there shall be a fulfilment of the things 
 which have been spoken to her from 
 
 46 the Lord. And Mary said. 
 
 My soul dotli magnify the Lord, 
 
 47 And my spirit hath rejoiced in God 
 
 my Savioui-. 
 
 48 For he hath looked upon the low 
 
 estate of his is handmaiden: 
 For behold, from henceforth aU gene- 
 rations shall call me blessed. 
 
 49 For he that is mighty hath done to 
 
 me great things ; 
 And holy is his name. 
 
 50 And his mercy is unto generations 
 
 and generations 
 On them that fear him. 
 
 51 He hath shewed strengthwith his arm; 
 He hath scattered the proud I'^in the 
 
 imagination of their heart. 
 
 52 He hath put down princes from their 
 
 tlirones, 
 
 8 Or, 
 endued 
 tinth 
 grace 
 
 9 Many 
 ancient 
 authori- 
 ties add 
 blessed 
 art fftott 
 antong 
 women. 
 See ver. 
 42. 
 
 10 Or, 
 grace 
 
 11 Gr. 
 unto the 
 ages. 
 
 1^ Or, 
 the holy 
 thing 
 which is 
 to be 
 born 
 shidl be 
 called 
 the Son 
 of Qod. 
 13 Or, is 
 begotten 
 11 Some 
 ancient 
 autliori- 
 ties in- 
 sert of 
 thee. 
 1'' Or, is 
 iSGr. 
 bond- 
 maid. 
 
 I'Or. 
 believed 
 that 
 there 
 shall be 
 
 18 Gr. 
 bond- 
 rnaidetu 
 
 19 Or, by
 
 2. 17. 
 
 S. LUKE. 
 
 43 
 
 -iud bath exalted tlicm of low tle- 
 greo. 
 
 53 Tlie hungry he hath tilled with good 
 
 tliiiiKu; 
 Aud the rich he hath sent emjity 
 away. 
 
 54 He hath holpen Israel his servant, 
 That he might remeiiiher mercy 
 
 55 (As he spake unto our fathers) 
 Toward Abraham and his seed for 
 
 ever. 
 
 56 And Mary abode with her about 
 three months, and I'etmuied unto her 
 house. 
 
 57 Now Elisabeth's tune was fulfilled 
 that she should be delivered ; and she 
 
 58 brought forth a son. And her neigh- 
 bours and her kinsfolk heard that tlie 
 Lord had magnified his mercy towards 
 
 5i)lier; and they rejoiced with her. And 
 it came to pass on the eighth day, that 
 they came to circmncise the child ; and 
 they would have called him Zacliarias, 
 
 GO after the name of his father. And his 
 mother answered and said. Not so ; but 
 
 Gl he shall Ije called John. And they said 
 imto her, There is none of thy kindred 
 
 62 that is called by this name. And they 
 made signs to his father, what he would 
 
 63 have him called. And he asked for a 
 writuig tablet, aud wrote, saj'ing. His 
 name is Jolui. Aud they marvelled all. 
 
 64 Aud his mouth was ox)ened immediately, 
 aud his tongiie loosed, and he spake, 
 
 65 blessing God. And fear came on all that 
 dwelt romid about them : and all these 
 sayuigs were noised abroad throughout 
 
 66 all the hill coiuitry of JudaL'a. Aud all 
 that heard them laid them up in then* 
 heart, saying. What then shall this child 
 be ■? For the hand of the Lord was with 
 him. 
 
 67 And his father Zacharias was filled 
 with the Holy Ghost, and prophesied, 
 saying, 
 
 68 Blessed he the Lord, the God of Is- 
 
 rael ; 
 For he hath visited aud wrought re- 
 demption for his people, 
 
 69 Aud hath raised up a horn of sal- 
 
 vation for us 
 In the house of his servant David 
 
 70 (As he spake by the mouth of his 
 
 holy prophets which have been 
 since the world began) , 
 
 71 Salvation from om* enemies, aud from 
 
 the hand of aU that hate us ; 
 
 72 To shew mercy towards our fathers, 
 Aud to remember his holy covenant ; 
 
 73 The oath which he swai'e uuto Abra- 
 
 ham oiu" father, 
 
 74 To grant xmto us that we being 
 
 delivered out of the hand of our 
 enemies 
 Should serve him without fear, 
 
 75 In holiness and righteousness before 
 
 him aU our days. 
 
 76 Yea aud thou, child, shalt be called 
 
 the prophet of the Most High : 
 
 For thou shalt go before the face of 
 the ]jord to make ready his ways ; 
 
 77 To give knowledge of salvation uuto 
 
 his people 
 In the remission of their sins, 
 
 78 Because of the i tender mercy of our 
 
 God, 
 -Whereby the dayspriug from on 
 high ^ shall visit us, 
 7!> To shine upon them that sit in dark- 
 ness and the shadow of death; 
 To guide our feet into the way of 
 l)eace. 
 80 And the child grew, and waxed strong 
 in spirit, aud was in the deserts till the 
 daj' of his shewing unto Israel. 
 2 Now it came to pass in those days, 
 there went out a decree from Caasar 
 Augustus, that all •'the world should be 
 
 2 enrolled. This was the first enrohnent 
 made when Quirinius was governor of 
 
 3 Syria. Aud all went to eiu'ol them- 
 
 4 selves, eveiy one to his own city. Aud 
 Joseph also went w.\i from Galilee, out 
 of the city of Nazareth, iuto Judaea, to 
 the city of David, which is called Beth- 
 lehem, hecause he was of the house and 
 
 5 fimily of David ; to enrol himself with 
 Mary, who was betrothed to huu, being 
 
 G great with chUd. And it came to pass, 
 while they M'ere there, the days were 
 fulfilled that she should be delivered. 
 
 7 And she brought forth her firstborn 
 son ; and she wrapped him in swaddling 
 clothes, and laid him iu a manger, be- 
 cause there was no room for them iu 
 the imi. 
 
 8 And there were shepherds iu the same 
 comitry abidmg in the field, aud keep- 
 ing ''watch by night over then- flock. 
 
 9 And an angel of the Lord stood by them, 
 aud the glory of the Lord shone round 
 abmit them : and they were sore afraid. 
 
 10 Aud the angel said uuto them. Be not 
 afraid; for behold, I bring you good 
 tiduigs of great joy which shaU be to 
 
 11 all the people: for there is born to you 
 this day iu the city of David a Saviom*, 
 
 12 which is ^ Christ the Lord. And this 
 is the sign mito you; Ye shall find a 
 babe wrapped in swaddling clothes, and 
 
 13 lying in a manger. And suddenly there 
 was with the angel a multitude of the 
 heavenly host i)raismg God, aud say- 
 ing, 
 
 14 Glory to God iu the highest, 
 
 Aud on earth 'peace among ^ men in 
 whom he is well pleased. 
 
 15 And it came to pass, when the angels 
 went away from them into heaven, the 
 shepherds said one to another. Let us 
 now go even mito Bethlehem, and see 
 this y thing that is come to pass, which 
 the Lord hath made known uuto us. 
 
 16 And they came with haste, and f omid 
 both Mary and Joseph, and the babe 
 
 17 lying in the manger. And when they 
 saw it, they made known coucernmg 
 the saying which was spoken to them 
 
 •Or, 
 heart of 
 m&rci/ 
 
 2 Or. 
 Wherein 
 
 3 Many 
 ancient 
 authori- 
 ties read 
 hath 
 visited 
 
 JGr. 
 tlie in- 
 habited 
 earth. 
 
 5 Or, 
 night- 
 watches 
 
 SQr, 
 
 Anoint- 
 ed Lord 
 
 ~ Many 
 ancient 
 authori- 
 ties read 
 peace, 
 good 
 pleasure 
 atnong 
 men. 
 
 8 Gr. men 
 of good 
 plea- 
 sure. 
 
 9 Or, 
 saying 
 
 C
 
 aOV 
 
 44 
 
 S. LUKE. 
 
 2. 17. 
 
 I Or, 
 
 things 
 
 2Gr. 
 
 band- 
 servant, 
 3Gr. 
 Master. 
 
 i Or, the 
 unveil- 
 ing o/the 
 Gentiles 
 
 5 Gr. ad- 
 vanced 
 in many 
 days. 
 
 18 about this child. Aud all that heard 
 it wondered at the things which were 
 spoken imto them by the shepherds. 
 
 19 But Mary kept aU these i sayings, iJon- 
 •20 deriug them in her heart. And the shep- 
 herds retm-ned, glorifying and praisuig 
 God for all the things that they had 
 heard and seen, even as it was spoken 
 luito them. 
 
 21 And when eight days were f uliiUed for 
 cu'cumcismg him, his name was called 
 Jesus, which was so caUed by the angel 
 before he was conceived in the womb. 
 
 22 And when the days of then- pui'ilica- 
 tion accordmg to the law of Moses were 
 fulfilled, they brought huu up to Jerusa- 
 
 23 lem, to present him to the Lord (as it is 
 written in the law of the Lord, Every 
 male that openeth the womb shall be 
 
 24 called holy to the Lord), aud to offer a 
 sacrifice according to that which is said 
 in the law of the Lord, A pair of turtle- 
 
 25 doves, or two young pigeons. And be- 
 hold, there was a man in Jenisalem, 
 whose name was Simeon ; and this man 
 was righteous and devout, looking for 
 the consolation of Israel : and the Holy 
 
 26 Spirit was upon him. And it had been 
 revealed unto him by the Holy Spirit, 
 that he should not see death, before he 
 
 27 had seen the Lord's Christ. And he 
 came ui the Spii'it into the temple : and 
 when the pai'ents brought in the child 
 Jesus, that they might do concerning 
 
 28 him after the custom of the law, then he 
 received him into his ai'ms, and blessed 
 God, and said, 
 
 29 Now lettest thou thy 2 servant depart, 
 
 O 3 Lord, 
 According to thy word, ia peace ; 
 
 30 For muie eyes have seen thy salvation, 
 
 31 "Which thou hast prepared before the 
 
 face of aU peoples ; 
 
 32 A light for ^ revelation to the Gentiles, 
 And the gloiy of thy people Israel. 
 
 33 And his father and his mother were mar- 
 velling at the things which were sj)oken 
 
 34 concerning him; and Simeon blessed 
 them, and said unto Maiy his mother, 
 Behold, this ch iltl is set for the falling 
 and rising up of many in Israel ; and for 
 
 35 a sign which is spoken against ; yea and 
 a sword shall pierce thi-ough thine own 
 soul ; that thoughts out of many hearts 
 
 36 may be revealed. And there was one 
 Anna, a prophetess, the daughter of 
 Phauuel, of the tribe of Asher (she was 
 5 of a great age, having lived with a hus- 
 
 37 baud seven years from her virguiity , aud 
 she had been a widow even for fourscore 
 and four years), which departed not 
 from the temple, worshipping with fast- 
 ings and supplications night and day. 
 
 38 And comuig up at that vei-y hour she 
 gave thanks unto God, aud spake of him 
 to aU them that were looking for the 
 
 39 redemption of Jerusalem. And when 
 they had accompUshed aU thmgs that 
 were according to the law of the Lord, 
 
 they returned into GalUee, to their own 
 city Nazareth. 
 
 40 And the child grew, and waxed strong, 
 "filled with wisdom: and the grace of 
 God was upon him. 
 
 41 And his parents went every year to 
 Jerusalem at the feast of the passover. 
 
 42 And when he was twelve years old, they 
 went up after the custom of the feast; 
 
 43 and when they had fulfilled the days, 
 as they were returnmg, the boy Jesus 
 tarried behind in Jerusalem; aud his 
 
 44 parents knew it not ; but supposing him 
 to be in the company, they went a day's 
 j ourney ; and they sought for him among 
 
 45 their kinsfolk and acquaintance: and 
 when they found him not, they retm-ned 
 
 46 to Jerusalem, seeking for him. And it 
 came to pass, after three days they 
 found him in the temple, sitting in the 
 midst of the 'i'doctors,bothhearing them, 
 
 47 aud asking them questions : and all 
 that heard him were amazed at his 
 
 48 understanding and his answers. And 
 when they saw him, they were astonish- 
 ed : and his mother said unto him, 8 Sou, 
 why hast thou thus dealt with us? 
 behold, thy father and I sought thee sor- 
 
 49 rowing. And he said unto them. How 
 is it that ye sought me ? wist ye not that 
 
 50 1 must be '•* in my Father's house ? And 
 they understood not the saying which 
 
 51 he spake mito them. And he went down 
 with them, and came to Nazareth ; and 
 he was subject unto them: and his 
 mother kept all these i sayings in her 
 heart. 
 
 52 And Jesus advanced iu wisdom and 
 10 stature, aud in " favour with God aud 
 men. 
 
 3 Now in the fifteenth year of the reign 
 of Tiberius Cassar, Pontius Pilate being 
 governor of Judaea, and Herod being 
 tetrarch of Galilee, and his brother 
 Philip tetrarch of the region of Itura;a 
 and Trachonitis, and Lysanias tetrarch 
 
 2 of Abilene, m the high-priesthood of 
 Annas and Caia^jhas, the word of God 
 came unto John the son of Zacharias in 
 
 3 the wilderness. And he came into all the 
 region round about Jordan, preaching 
 the baptism of repentance unto re- 
 
 4 mission of sins; as it is written in 
 the book of the words of Isaiah the 
 prophet, 
 
 The voice of one crying in the wil- 
 derness, 
 Make ye ready the way of the 
 
 Lord, 
 Make his paths straight. 
 
 5 Evei-y valley shall be iilled. 
 
 And every mountam and hill shall 
 
 be brought low ; 
 And the crooked shall become 
 
 straight, 
 And the rough ways smooth ; 
 
 6 And all flesh shall see the salvation 
 
 of God. 
 
 7 He said therefore to the multi-
 
 1 u. 
 
 8. LUKE. 
 
 45 
 
 'Or, 
 
 your re- 
 penta7ici' 
 
 2 See 
 marginal 
 note on 
 Matt. V. 
 46. 
 
 3 Or. 
 TeacTier 
 i Gr. sol- 
 diers on 
 service. 
 
 6 Or, 
 
 accuse 
 any one 
 
 <■> Gr. «!</- 
 ficienf. 
 7 Or, in 
 
 i Or, tJie 
 gospel 
 
 tildes that went out to be baiitized of 
 biiii, Ye otTspring of vipers, who warned 
 you to flee from the wrath to come? 
 
 8 Bring forth therefore fruits worthy of 
 1 repentance, and begin not to say within 
 yourselves, We have Abraham to our 
 father: for I say unto you, that God is 
 able of these stones to raise up children 
 
 9 unto Abraham. And even now is the 
 axe also laid unto the root of the trees : 
 eveiy tree therefore that bringeth not 
 fortli good fruit is hewn down, and cast 
 
 10 into the tire. And the multitudes asked 
 him, saying, "SVliat then must we do? 
 
 11 And lie answered and said unto them, 
 He that hatli two coats, let him unpart 
 to him that hath none; and he that 
 
 12 hath food, let him do likewise. And 
 there came also '■^publicans to be bap- 
 tized, and they said unto him, s Master, 
 
 13 what must we do? And he said unto 
 them. Extort no more than that which 
 
 Mis appointed you. And ''soldiers also 
 asked him, saying, And we, what must 
 we do? And he said unto them, Do vio- 
 lence to no man, neither ■'' exact aufith ing 
 wrongfully ; and be content with your 
 wages. 
 
 15 Aiid as the people were in expecta- 
 tion, and all men reasoned in their hearts 
 concerning John, whether haply he were 
 
 16 the Christ ; John answered, saying unto 
 them all, I indeed baptize you with 
 water; but there cometh he that is 
 mightier than I, the latchet of whose 
 shoes I am not "worthy to unloose: he 
 shall baptize you ' with the Holy Ghost 
 
 17 and tcith fire : whose fan is in his hand, 
 throughly to cleanse his threshing-floor, 
 and to gather the wheat into his garner ; 
 but the chaff he wiU bm-n up with un- 
 quenchable fire. 
 
 18 With many other exhortations there- 
 fore preached he** good tidings unto the 
 
 19 people; but Herod the tetrarch, being 
 reproved by him for Herodias his bro- 
 ther's wife, and for all the evil things 
 
 •20 which Herod had done, added yet this 
 above all, that he shut up John in prison . 
 
 21 Now it came to pass, when all the 
 people were bai^tized, that, Jesus also 
 having been baptized, and praying, the 
 
 22 heaven was opened, and the Holy Ghost 
 descended in a bodily form, as a dove, 
 upon hmi, and a voice came out of 
 heaven, Thou art my beloved Son; in 
 thee I am well pleased. 
 
 23 And Jesus himself, when he began 
 to teach, was about thirty years of 
 age, being the son (as was supposed) 
 
 24 of Joseph, the son of HeU, the son 
 of Matthat, the so7i of Levi, the son 
 of Melchi, the son of Jaimai, the son of 
 
 25 Joseph, the son of Mattathias, the son 
 of Amos, the so7i of Nahum, the son of 
 
 26 EsU, the son of Naggai, the son of Maath, 
 theson of Mattathias, the son of Semem, 
 
 27 the son of Josech, the son of Joda, the 
 son of Joanan, the son of Ehesa, the son 
 
 of Zenibbabel, the son of '*• Shealtiel, the 
 
 28 son of Neri, the son of Melchi, the son of 
 Addi, the son of Cosani, the son of 
 
 29 Klmadam, the son of Er, the son of 
 Jesus, the son of Eliezer, the son of 
 Jorim, the son of Matthat, the son of 
 
 30 Levi, the son of Symeon, the son of 
 Judas, the son of Joseph, the so7i of Jo- 
 
 31nam,tho.s"o?;.of Eliakim,the.s'r)Mof Melea, 
 the son of Menna, the son of Mattatha, 
 the son of Nathan, the son of David, 
 
 32 the son of Jesse, the son of Obed, the 
 son of Boaz, the son of i" Salmon, the 
 
 33 son of Nahshon, the so?i of Amminadab, 
 lithe son of I'^Arni, the son of Hezron, 
 
 34 the son of Perez, the .sow of Judah, the 
 son of Jacob, the son of Isaac, the son 
 of Abraham, the son of Terah, the son 
 
 35 of Nahor, the son of Serug, the son of 
 Reu, the son of Peleg, the son of Eber, 
 
 36 the son of Shelah, the son of Cainan, 
 the son of Ar^ihaxad, the son of Shem, 
 
 37 the .<?o?iof Noah, theson of Lamech, the 
 son of Methuselah, the son of Enoch, 
 the son of Jared, the son of Mahalaleel, 
 
 BSthe son. of Cainan, the so7i of Enos, the 
 son of Seth, the son of Adam, the son 
 of God. 
 
 4 And Jesus, full of the Holy Spirit, 
 returned from the Jordan, and was led 
 
 2 1'^ by the Spirit in the wilderness during 
 forty days, being tempted of the devil. 
 And he did eat nothing in those days : 
 and when they were completed, he 
 
 3 hungered. And the devU said unto 
 him. If thou art the Son of God, com- 
 mand this stone that it become i-* bread. 
 
 4 And Jesus answered unto him. It is 
 written, Man shall not live by bread 
 
 5 alone. And he led him up, and 
 shewed hiai aU the kingdoms of is the 
 world in a moment of time. And the 
 devU said unto him. To thee wiU I 
 give all this authority, and the glory 
 of them: for it hath been delivered 
 unto me ; and to whomsoever I will I 
 
 7 give it. If thou therefore wilt worship 
 
 8 before me, it shall all be thme. And 
 Jesus answered and said unto him. 
 It is written, Thou shalt worship 
 the Lord thy God, and him only shalt 
 
 9 thou serve. And he led him to Jeru- 
 salem, and set Mm on the I'^pmnacle of 
 the temple, and said unto him. If thou 
 art the Son of God, cast thyself down 
 
 lOfi'om hence: for it is WTitten, 
 
 He shall give his angels charge con- 
 cerning thee, to guard thee : 
 
 11 and. 
 
 On their hands they shall bear thee up, 
 Lest haply thou dash thy foot against 
 a stone. 
 
 12 And Jesus answering said unto him. 
 It is said. Thou shalt not tempt the 
 Lord thy God. 
 
 13 And when the devil had completed 
 every temptation, he departed from 
 him 17 for a season. 
 
 14 And Jesus retiu'ued in the power 
 
 » Gr. Ha- 
 lo thiel. 
 
 6 
 
 "> Some 
 ancient 
 authori- 
 ties write 
 S'tla, 
 
 11 Many 
 ancient 
 authori- 
 ties in- 
 sert the 
 son of 
 Admin : 
 and one 
 writes 
 Admin 
 for Am- 
 mina- 
 dab. 
 
 12 Some 
 ancient 
 authori- 
 ties write 
 Arayn, 
 
 13 Or, in 
 
 liOr, 
 a loa/ 
 
 13 Gr. the 
 inhabit- 
 ed earth. 
 
 16 Gr. 
 wing. 
 
 "Or, 
 
 until
 
 46 
 
 S. LUKE. 
 
 4. U. 
 
 lOr, 
 a roll 
 
 2 Or, roll 
 
 3 Or, 
 Wlierc- 
 fore 
 i Or, the 
 gospel 
 
 5Gr. 
 
 Sarepta 
 
 6Gr. 
 demon. 
 1 Or, Let 
 alone 
 
 of the Spirit into (Talilee : and a fame 
 •went out concerning him through all the 
 
 15 region round about. And he taught 
 in theii' synagogues, being glorified of 
 aU. 
 
 16 And he came to Nazareth, where he 
 had been brought up : and he entered, 
 as his custom was, into the synagogue 
 on the sabbath day, and stood up to read. 
 
 17 And there was deli\ered mito hun i the 
 book of the prophet Isaiah. And he 
 opened the -book, and found the place 
 where it was written, 
 
 18 The Spirit of the Lord is upon lac, 
 ■^Because ho anointed me to preach 
 
 ^good tidings to the poor : 
 He hath sent me to proclaim release 
 
 to the captives, 
 And recoveruig of sight to the blhid. 
 To set at liberty them that are 
 
 bruised, 
 
 19 To proclaim the acceptable year of 
 
 the Lord. 
 '20 And he closed the ^book, and gave it 
 back to the attendant, and sat down : 
 and the eyes of all in the synagogue were 
 
 21 fastened on him. And he began to say 
 imto them, To-day hath this scripture 
 
 22 been fulfilled in your ears. And all bare 
 him witness, and wondered at tlie words 
 of grace which proceeded out of his 
 mouth: and they said, Is not this 
 
 23 Joseph's son? And he said mito them, 
 Doixbtless ye wQl say unto me tliis para- 
 ble, Physician, heal thyself : whatsoever 
 we have heard done at Capernaum, do 
 
 24 also here in thine own countiy. And ho 
 said. Verily I say mito you, No prophet 
 
 25 is acceptable in his own coimtry . But of 
 a tnith I say mito you. There were many 
 widows in Israel in the days of EUjah, 
 when the heaven was shut up three years 
 and six months.when there came a great 
 
 26 famine over all the land ; and unto none 
 of them was Elijah sent, but only to 
 ^Zarephath, in the land of Sidon, unto 
 
 27 a woman that was a widow. And there 
 were many lepers in Israel in the tune 
 of Elisha the prophet ; and none of them 
 was cleansed, but only Naaman the 
 
 28 Syrian. And they were all fille<l with 
 wrath in the synagogue, as they heard 
 
 29 these things; and they rose lip, and cast 
 him forth out of the city, and led him 
 unto the brow of the hill whereon their 
 city was built, that they might throw 
 
 30 him down headlong. Biit he passing 
 tlu-ough the midst of them went his 
 way. 
 
 31 And he came down to Capernaum, a 
 city of Galilee. And he was teaching I 
 
 32 them on the sabbath day: and they ' 
 were astonished at his teachmg; for 
 
 33 his word was with authority. And in i 
 the synagogue there v.as a man, which | 
 had a sjnrit of an unclean ^ devil ; and he 
 
 34 cried out with a loiid voice, 'Ah! what ! 
 have we to do with thee, thou Jesus of i 
 Nazareth? art thou come to destroy us? 
 
 I know thee who thou art, the Holy One 
 
 35 of fxod. And Jesus rebuked him, saying. 
 Hold thy ijeace, and come out of him. 
 And when the '■ devil had thrown him 
 down in the midst, he came out of him, 
 
 36 having done him no hm-t. And amaze- 
 ment came upon aU, and they spake 
 together, one with another, saying, 
 What is * this word ? for with authority 
 and power he commandeth the unclean 
 
 37 spirits, and they come out. And there 
 went forth a ramour concerning him 
 into every place of the region roimd 
 about. 
 
 38 And he rose up from the synagogue, 
 and entered into the house of Simon. 
 And Simon's wife's mother was holden 
 with a great fever ; and they besought 
 
 39 him for her. jVnd he stood over her, 
 and rebuked the fever ; and it left her : 
 and iuunediateiy she rose uji and minis- 
 tered unto them. 
 
 40 And when the sun was setting, all 
 they that had any sick with divers dis- 
 eases brought them unto him ; and he 
 laid his hands on eveiy one of them, and 
 
 41 healed them. And ^devils also came 
 out from many, crying out, and saying. 
 Thou art the Son of God . And rebuking 
 them, he suffered them not to speak, 
 because they knew that he was the 
 Christ. 
 
 42 And v.lien it was day, he came out and 
 went into a desert 2'lace : and the multi- 
 tudes sought after him, and came unto 
 hun, and would have stayed him, that 
 
 43 he should not go from them. But he 
 said unto them, I must preach the ^Ogood 
 tidings of the kingdom of God to the 
 other cities also: for therefore was I 
 sent. 
 
 44 And he was preaching in the syna- 
 gogues of 11 GalUee. 
 
 5 Now it came to pass, while the mul- 
 titude pressed upon him and heard 
 the word of God, that he was stand- 
 2ing by the lake of Gennesaret; and 
 he sa\\' two boats standmg by the lake : 
 but the fishermen had gone out of 
 them, and were washing their nets. 
 
 3 And he entered into one of the boats, 
 which was Simon's, and asked him 
 to put out a little from the land. 
 And he sat down and taught the mul- 
 
 4 titudes out of the boat. And when 
 he had left speakuig, he said mito- Si- 
 naon. Put out into the deeii, and let 
 
 5 down your nets for a <h-auglit. And 
 Simon answered and said. Master, we 
 toiled all night, and took nothing : 
 but at thy word I wUl let down the 
 
 6 nets. And when they had this doue, 
 they inclosed a gi-eat multitude of 
 fishes ; and their nets were break- 
 
 7 ing ; and they beckoned unto their 
 partners in the other boat, that they 
 should come and hclji them. And 
 they came, and filled both the boats, 
 
 8 so that they began to sink. But Si-
 
 6. 8. 
 
 S. LUKE. 
 
 47 
 
 1 Gr. take 
 
 2 Gr. th'it 
 he should 
 heaK 
 Many 
 ancient 
 authori- 
 ties read 
 that he 
 should 
 heal 
 therti. 
 
 3 Or, Jfhj/ 
 
 * Or, aitr- 
 thority 
 
 luou Peter, when lie saw it, fell down 
 at Jesus' knees, sayiii}:;, Dejjart from 
 me; for I am a sinful luiui, () Ijord. 
 For he was amazed, and all that wen; 
 with him, at the dvau^jht of the fishes 
 
 10 which they had t:iken ; and so were 
 also James and John, sons of Zehedee, 
 which were partners with Simon. And 
 Jesus said unto Simon, Fear not ; from 
 
 11 henceforth thon shult ^ catch men. And 
 when they had l)ron{,dit their l)oats to 
 land, they left all, and followed him. 
 
 I'l And it came to pass, while he was 
 in one of the cities, behold, a man full 
 of leprosy : and when he saw Jesus, he 
 fell on his face, and besoti^ht him, sa3'- 
 ing. Lord, if thou wUt, thou canst make 
 
 13 me clean. And lie stretched forth his 
 hand, and toucJied him, saying, I will ; 
 be thou made clean. And straightway 
 
 14 the leprosy departed from him. And 
 he charged him to tell no man : but 
 go thy way, and shew thyself to the 
 priest, and offer for thj' cleansing, 
 according as Moses conniianded, for 
 
 15 a testimony unto them. But so much 
 the more went abroad the report con- 
 cerning him : and great multitiides 
 came together to hear, and to be healed 
 
 16 of theu- infirmities. But he withdi'ew 
 huuself m the deserts, and prayed. 
 
 17 And it came to pass on one of those 
 days, that he was teaching; and there 
 were Pharisees and doctors of the law 
 sittuig by, which were come out of 
 every village of Galilee and Judsea and 
 Jerusalem : and the power of the Lord 
 
 18 was with him ^to heal. And behold, 
 men bring on a bed a man that was 
 palsied: and they sought to bring him 
 
 19 in, and to lay liun before him. And 
 not finding by what n-an they might 
 bring him in because of the multitude, 
 they went up to the housetop, and let 
 him down through the tiles with his 
 
 20 couch into the midst before Jesus. And 
 seeing thek faith, he said, Man, thy sins 
 
 21 are forgiven thee. And the scribes and 
 the Pharisees began to ro'ason, saying. 
 Who is this that speaketh blasphemies ? 
 Who can forgive sins, but God alone ? 
 
 22 But Jesus perceiving theii* reasonings, 
 answered and said unto them, ^What 
 
 23 reason ye m your hearts ? \^Tiether is 
 easier, to say. Thy sins are forgiven 
 
 24 thee ; or to say, Ai'ise and wallj ? But 
 that ye may know that the Sou of man 
 hath J power on earth to forgive sins (he 
 said unto him that was jialsied), I say 
 unto thee, Ai'ise, and take up thy couch, 
 
 2') and go unto thy house. And immedi- 
 ately he rcise up before them, and took 
 up that whereon he lay, and departed 
 
 26 to his house, glorifyuig God. And 
 amazement took hold on aU, and 
 
 /' they glorified God ; and they were 
 fiUed with fear, saying. We have seen 
 strange things to-day. 
 
 27 And after these things he went fortli, 
 
 I and beheld a publican, named Levi, 
 I sitting at the place of toll, and said 
 : 2Hunto him. Follow mo. And he forsook 
 j 29 all, and rose uj) and followed liun. And 
 I Levi made him a great feast in his 
 house: and there was a great multi- 
 1 tude of ))ublicans and of others that 
 
 30 were sitting at meat with them. And 
 ''the Pharisees and their scribes mur- 
 mured against his disciples, saying. 
 Why do j'e eat and drink with the publi- 
 
 31 cans and sinners? And Jesus answering 
 said unto them. They that are whole 
 have no need of a physician ; but 
 
 32 they that are sick. I am not come 
 to call the righteous but sinners to 
 
 P.3 repentance. And they said luito him, 
 The discii'.les of John fast often, and 
 make supiilications ; likewise also the 
 disciiilrs of the Pharisees ; but thine 
 
 34 eat and drink. And Jesus said luito 
 them. Can ye make the sons of the 
 bride-chamber fast, while the bride- 
 
 35 groom is with them? But the days 
 will come ; and when the bridegi-oom 
 shall be taken away from them, then 
 
 36 will they fast in those days. And he 
 spake also a parable unto them ; No 
 man rendeth a piece from a new gar- 
 ment and initteth it ui)ou an old gar- 
 ment ; else he will rend the new, and 
 also the piece from the new will not 
 
 37 agree with the old. And no man putteth 
 new wine into old "^ wuie-skius ; else 
 the new wine will burst the skuis, 
 and itself will be spilled, and the skins 
 
 38 will perish. But new ^vine must be put 
 
 39 into fresh winc-skms. And no man 
 having drunk old n-iite desireth new: 
 for he saith. The old is 'good. 
 
 6 Now it came to pass on a ^sabbath, 
 that he was going through tlie corn- 
 fields ; and his disciples plucked the 
 ears of corn, and did eat, rubbing 
 
 2 them in their hands. But certaui of 
 the Pharisees said. Why do ye that 
 which it is not lawful to do on the sab- 
 
 3 bath day ? i\jud Jesus answering them 
 said. Have ye not read even this, what 
 David did, when he was an hungi-ed, 
 
 4 he, and they that were with him ; how 
 he entered into the house of God, and 
 did take and eat the shewbread, and 
 gave also to them that were with him ; 
 which it is not lawful to eat save for 
 
 5 the priests alone? And he said imto 
 them, The Son of man is lord of the 
 sabbath. 
 
 6 And it came to pass on another sab- 
 bath, that he entered into the syna- 
 gogue and taught : and there was 
 a man there, and his right hand was 
 
 7 withered. And the scribes and the 
 Pharisees watched him, whether he 
 would heal on the sabbath ; that they 
 
 8 might fuid how to accuse him. But 
 he knew their thoughts ; and he said to 
 the man that had his haiuf withered. 
 Rise up, and stand forth in the midst. 
 
 ■'Or, 
 
 (he Pha- 
 risees 
 and the 
 scribes 
 am07tg 
 them 
 
 '■ That i-. 
 skins 
 used as 
 bottles. 
 
 ' Many 
 ancient 
 authori- 
 ties read 
 better. 
 ^ Many 
 ancient 
 authori- 
 ties in- 
 sert 
 second- 
 first.
 
 48 
 
 S. LUKE. 
 
 6. 8. 
 
 hltness 
 
 - Or. bro- 
 Cier. See 
 ._ lie 1. 
 
 9 And he arose and stood forth. And Jesns 
 said nnto them, I ask you, Is it lawful on 
 the sabbath to do good, or to do harm? to 
 10 save a life, or to destroy it? And he 
 looked round about on them all, and said 
 iiuto him. Stretch forth thy hand. And 
 he did so : and his hand was restored. 
 
 11 But they were filled with imadness ; and 
 communed one with another what they 
 might do to Jesus. 
 
 12 And it came to iiass in these days, that 
 he went out into the mountain to pray ; 
 and he continued all night in prayer to 
 
 13God. And when it was day, he caDed 
 his disciples : and he chose from them 
 twelve, whom also he named apostles ; 
 
 14 Simon, whom he also named Peter, and 
 Andi'ew his brother, and James and 
 
 15 John, and Philip and Bartholomew, and 
 Matthew and Thomas, and James the 
 son of Alphseus, and Simon which was 
 
 16 called the Zealot, and Judas the '^son of 
 James, and Judas Iscariot, which was 
 
 17 the traitor ; and he came down with 
 them, and stood on a level place, and a 
 great multitude of his disciples, and a 
 great number of the people from all 
 
   Judasa and Jerusalem, and the sea coast 
 
 - of Tyre and Sidon, which came to hear 
 
 him, and to be healed of their diseases ; 
 
 18 and they that were troubled with un- 
 
 19 clean spu'its were healed. And aU the 
 multitude sought to touch him: for 
 power came forth from him, and healed 
 them all. 
 
 ■20 And he lifted wp his eyes on his dis- 
 ciples, and said. Blessed are ye poor : 
 
 21 for yours is thekingdom of God. Blessed 
 are ye that hunger now : for ye shall be 
 filled. Blessed are ye that weep now : 
 
 22 for ye shall laugh. Blessed are ye, 
 when men shall hate you, and when they 
 shall separate jonfrom their comparnj, 
 and repi'oach you, and cast out youi' 
 name as evil, for the Son of man's sake. 
 
 23Eejoicein that day, and leap /orj'o// : 
 for behold, your reward is great in 
 heaven : for in the same manner di'l 
 
 24 their fathers unto the lu'ophets. But 
 woe unto you that are rich ! for ye have 
 
 25 received your consolation. Woe unto 
 you, ye that are full now ! for ye shall 
 hunger. Woe unto you, ye that laugh 
 now! for ye shall mourn and weep. 
 
 26 Woe rmto you, when all men shall 
 speak well of you! for in the same 
 
 " manner did their fathers to the false 
 projihets. 
 
 27 But I say unto you which hear, Love 
 your enemies, do good to them that hate 
 
 28 you, bless them that curse you, pray for 
 
 29 them that desiiitefuUy use you. To him 
 that smiteth thee on the one cheek offer 
 also the other ; and from him that taketh 
 away thy cloke withhold not thy coat 
 
 30 also. Give to every one that asketh thee ; 
 and of him that taketh away thy goods 
 
 31 ask them not again. And as ye would 
 that men should do to you, do ye also to 
 
 ?>'! them likewise. And if ye love them that 
 love you, what thank have ye? for even 
 
 33 sinners love those that love them. And 
 if ye do good to them that do good to 
 yoii, what thank have ye? for even 
 
 34 siimers do the same. And if ye lend to 
 them of whom ye hope to receive, what 
 thank have ye? even sinners lend to 
 
 35 sinners, to receive again as much. But 
 love your enemies, and do them good, 
 and lend, 8 never despairing; andyom- 
 reward shall be gi-eat, and ye shall be 
 sons of the Most High : for he is kind 
 
 36 toward the unthankful and evil. Be 
 ye merciful, oven as your Father is 
 
 37 merciful. And judge not, and ye shall 
 not be judged: and condemn not, and 
 ye shall not be condemned : release, 
 
 38 and ye shall be released: give, and it 
 shall be given unto you; good mea- 
 siu'e, pressed down, shaken together, 
 mnning over, shall they give into 
 your bosom. For with what measui-e 
 ye mete it shall be measiu'ed to you 
 again. 
 
 39 And he sjiake also a parable unto 
 them. Can the blind guide the bUnd? 
 shall they not both fall into a pit? 
 
 ■40 The discijde is not above his ^ master : 
 but every one when he is perfected shall 
 
 41 be as his ^master. And why beholdest 
 thou the mote that is in thy brother's 
 eye, but considerest not the beam that 
 
 42 is in thine own eye ? Or how canst thou 
 say to thy brother, Brother, let me cast 
 out the mote that is in thine eye, when 
 thoix thyself beholdest not the beam 
 that is in thine own eye? Thou hypo- 
 crite, cast out first the beam out of thine 
 own eye, and then shalt thou see clearly 
 to cast out the mote that is in thy 
 
 43 brother's eye. For there is no good 
 tree that bringeth forth corrupt finiit ; 
 nor again a corrupt tree that bringeth 
 
 44 forth goodf ruit. For each tree is known 
 by its own fruit. For of thorns men 
 do not gather figs, nor of a bramble 
 
 45 bush gather they grapes. The good 
 man out of the good treasiu'e of his heart 
 bringeth forth that which is good ; and 
 the evil man out of the evil treasure 
 bringeth forth that which is evil : for out 
 of the abundance of the heart his mouth 
 speaketh. 
 
 46 And why call ye me, Lord, Lord, and 
 
 47 do not the things which I say ? Every 
 one that cometh unto me, and heareth 
 my words, and doeth them, I wUl shew 
 
 48yoii to whom he is hke: he is like a 
 man building a house, who digged and 
 went deei), and laid a foundation ujion 
 the rock : and when a flood arose, the 
 stream brake against that house, and 
 could not shake it : ^ because it had 
 
 49 been well builded. But he that 
 heareth, and doeth not, is like a man 
 that built a house upon the earth 
 without a foundation ; agauist which 
 the stream brake, and straightway
 
 7. 40. 
 
 S. LUKE. 
 
 49 
 
 1 Cr. 
 homl- 
 ^ervaiit, 
 ;iOr, 
 
 precious 
 to hint 
 Or, 
 
 honour- 
 able with 
 Itiui 
 
 3 Gr. suf- 
 ficient. 
 
 4 Gr. my 
 vfith a 
 word. 
 
 5 Or, boj 
 
 6 Many 
 ancient 
 authori- 
 ties read 
 on the 
 ^lext 
 day. 
 
 ' Gr. cer- 
 tain two. 
 
 it fell in ; and the ruin of that bouse 
 
 was great. 
 7 After he had ended all his sayings 
 
 in the ears of the people, he entered 
 
 into Capernaum. 
 '2 And a certain centurion's ^ servant, 
 
 who was 2 dear unto him, was sick and 
 3 at the jwint of death. And when he 
 
 heai'd concerning Jesus, he sent unto 
 
 him elders of the Jews, asking hun 
 
 that he would come and save his i ser- 
 4vant. And they, when they came to 
 
 Jesus, hesought him earnestly, saymg, 
 
 He is worthy that thou shouldest do 
 6 this for him : for he loveth our nation, 
 
 and liimself built us our synagogue. 
 
 6 And Jesus went with them. And when 
 he was now not far from the bouse, 
 the centurion sent friends to him, 
 saying unto him. Lord, trouble not 
 thyselif : for I am not '^ worthy that thou 
 
 7 shouldest come under my roof : where- 
 fore neither thought I myself worthy 
 to come xmio thee : but *say the word, 
 
 8 and my ^ servant shall be healed. For 
 I also am a man set under authority, 
 having under myself soldiers: and I 
 say to this one. Go, and he goeth; 
 and to another. Come, and he cometh ; 
 and to my ^ servant. Do this, and he 
 
 9 doeth it. And when Jesus heard these 
 things, he marvelled at him, and tm-ned 
 and said unto the multitude that fol- 
 lowed him, I say luito you, I have not 
 found so great faith, no, not in Israel. 
 
 10 And they that were sent, returning to 
 the house, found the i servant whole. 
 
 11 And it came to pass ^ soon afterwards, 
 that he went to a city called Nain ; 
 and his disciples went with him, and a 
 
 12 great multitude. Now when he drew 
 near to the gate of the city, behold, 
 there was carried out one that was dead, 
 the only son of his mother, and she was 
 a widow: and much people of the city 
 
 13 was with her. And when the Lord saw 
 her, he had compassion on her, and said 
 
 14 unto her. Weep not. And he came nigh 
 and touched the bier : and the bearers 
 stood still. And he said, Young man, 
 
 151 say unto thee. Arise. And he that 
 was dead sat ui), and began to speak. 
 
 16 And he gave him to his mother. And 
 fear took hold on all : and they glorified 
 God, saying, A great prophet is arisen 
 among us: and, God hath ^'isited his 
 
 17 people. And this report went forth con- 
 cerning him in the whole of Judaea, and 
 all the region round about. 
 
 18 And the disciples of John told him 
 
 19 of aU these thmgs. And John calling 
 unto him 'two of his disciples sent 
 them to the Lord, saying, Art thou he 
 that cometh, or look we for another? 
 
 20 And when the men were come vmto 
 him, they said, John the Ba^jtist hath 
 sent us mito thee, saying, Art thou he 
 that cometh, or look we for another ? 
 
 21 In that hour he cured many of diseases 
 
 22 
 
 23 
 24 
 
 25 
 
 26 
 
 27 
 
 28 
 
 29 
 30 
 
 31 
 
 32 
 
 33 
 34 
 
 37 
 
 39 
 
 40 
 
 and *< plagues and evil spirits ; and on 
 many that were blindhe bestowed sight. 
 And he answered and said unto them, Go 
 your way, and tell John what things ye 
 have seen and heard ; the blind receive 
 their sight, the lame walk, the lepers are 
 cleansed, and the deaf hear, the dead are 
 raised up, the poor have '-'good tidings 
 l)reached to them. And blessed is he, 
 whosoever shall find none occasion of 
 stumbling in me. 
 
 And when the messengers of John 
 were departed, he began to say unto the 
 multitudes concerning John, What went 
 ye out into the wilderness to behold ? a 
 reed shaken with the wind ? But what 
 went ye out to see ? a man clothed in soft 
 raiment ? Behold, they which are gor- 
 geously apparelled, and live deUcately, 
 are in kings' com-ts. But what went ye 
 out to see ? a prophet ? Yea, I say mito 
 you, and much more than a i)rophet. 
 This is he of whom it is written, 
 Behold, I send my messenger before 
 
 thy face. 
 Who shall prejiare thyway before thee. 
 I say unto you. Among them that are 
 born of women there is none greater 
 than John : yet he that is lo biit little in 
 the kmgdom of God is greater than he. 
 And all the people when they heard, 
 and the publicans, justified God, n being 
 baptized with the baptism of John. But 
 the Pharisees and the lawyers rejected 
 for themselves the counsel of God, i^ be- 
 mg not baptized of him. Whereunto 
 then shall I liken the men of this ge- 
 neration, and to what are they like? 
 They are like unto children that sit in 
 the marketjilace, and call one to another; 
 which say. We piped unto you, and ye 
 did not dance ; we wailed, and ye did 
 not weep. For John the Baptist is come 
 eating no bread nor druiking wine ; and 
 ye say, He hath a i3(Jevil. The Son of 
 man is come eating and drmking ; and 
 ye say, Behold, a gluttonous man, and 
 a winebibber, a friend of pubhcans and 
 sinners ! And wisdom i* is justified of 
 all her children. 
 
 And one of the Pharisees desired 
 him that he would eat with him. And 
 he entered into the Pharisee's house, 
 and sat Aovm to meat. And behold, a 
 woman which was in the city, a sinner ; 
 and when she knew that he was sitting 
 at meat in the Pharisee's house, she 
 brought 15 ail alabaster erase of omt- 
 ment, and standing behuid at his feet, 
 weeijing, she began to wet his feet with 
 her tears, and wiped them with the hau' 
 of her head, and i'' kissed his feet, and 
 anointed them with the ointment. Now 
 when the Pharisee which had bidden 
 him saw it, he spake within himself, say- 
 uig, This man, if he were ^^a, prophet, 
 would have xJerceived who and what 
 mamier of woman this is which toiacheth 
 him, that she is a simier. And Je- 
 
 «Gr. 
 scou rges. 
 
 9 Or, the 
 ifospel 
 
 10 Gr. 
 lesser. 
 
 11 Or, 
 hiiving 
 been 
 
 12 Or, 
 not hav- 
 ing been 
 
 13 Gr. 
 demon. 
 
 "Or, 
 
 was 
 
 IS Or. 
 a fiask 
 
 16 Gr. 
 kissed 
 much. 
 
 n Some 
 ancient 
 authori- 
 ties read 
 th*r pro- 
 phet. 
 See Jolin 
 i, 21, ;».
 
 50 
 
 S. LUKE. 
 
 7. 40. 
 
 lOr. 
 
 TeacJier 
 
 2 See 
 marginal 
 note on 
 Jlatt. 
 xviii. 28. 
 
 3 Gr. kiss 
 
 much. 
 
 *0t, 
 
 among 
 
 5 Or, 
 gospii 
 
 ecr. 
 demons. 
 
 7 Many 
 ancient 
 authori- 
 ties read 
 him. 
 
 sus ausweriiif,' said unto liim, Simon, 
 I have somovihat to say uuto thee. And 
 
 41 he saith, i Master, say on. A certain 
 lender had two dehtors : the one owed 
 five hundred ^pence, and the other lif ty, 
 
 42'Wlien they had not vhereirlth to pay, 
 he forgave them both. Wliich of them 
 
 43 therefore v.'ill love him moat? Simon 
 answered and said, He, I suppose, to 
 whom he forgave the most. And he 
 said unto him. Thou hast rightly judg- 
 
 44 ed. And turning to the woman, he said 
 unto Simon, Seest thou this woman ? I 
 entered into thine house, thou gavest 
 me no water for my feet : but she hath 
 wetted my feet with her tears, and wiped 
 
 45 them with her hair. Thou gavest me no 
 kiss : but she, since the tune I came in, 
 
 46 hath not ceased to •'^kiss my feet. My 
 head with oil thou didst not anoint : but 
 she hatli anointed my feet with oint- 
 
 47 ment. Wlierefore I say unto thee. Her 
 sins, which are many, are forgiven ; for 
 she loved much : but to whom little is 
 
 48 forgiven, the .same loveth Uttle. And he 
 said mito her. Thy sins are forgiven. 
 
 49 And they that sat at meat with him 
 began to say ^ within themselves. Who 
 
 50 is this that even f orgiveth sins '? And he 
 said unto the woman. Thy faith hath 
 saved thee ; go in peace. 
 
 8 And it came to pass soon afterwards, 
 that he went about through cities and 
 villages, preaching and bruiging the 
 ■''good tidings of the kingdom of Clod, 
 
 2 and with liim the twelve, and certain 
 women which had been healed of evil 
 spirits and infirmities, Mary that was 
 called Magdalene, from whom seven 
 
 Bedevils had gone out, and Joanna the 
 wife of Chuza Herod's steward, and 
 Susanna, and many others, which 
 ministered unto 'them of their sub- 
 stance, 
 
 4 And when a great multitude came to- 
 gether, and they of eveiy city resorted 
 
 5 unto bun, he spake by a parable : The 
 sower went forth to sow his seed : and 
 as he sowed, some fell by the way side ; 
 and it was trodden under foot, and the 
 
 6 birds of the heaven devoui-ed it. And 
 other fell on the rock; and as soon 
 as it grew, it withered away, l)ecause 
 
 Tit had no moisture. And other fell 
 amidst the thorns; and the thorns 
 
 8 grew with it, and choked it. And 
 other fell into the good ground, and 
 grew, and brought forth fruit a hun- 
 (h-edfold. As he said these things, he 
 cried. He that hath cars to hear, let 
 him hear. 
 
 9 And his disciples asked him what this 
 
 10 parable might be. And he said. Unto 
 you it is given to know the mysteries of 
 the khigdom of God : but to the rest in 
 parables ; that seeing they may not see, 
 and hearing they may not understand. 
 
 11 Now the parable is this : The seed is the 
 
 12 word of God. And those by the way 
 
 side are they that have heard; then com- 
 eth the devil, and taketh away the word 
 from their heart, that they may not be- 
 loUeve and be saved. And those on the 
 rock are they which, when they have 
 heard, receive the word with joy ; and 
 these have uo root, which for a while 
 beUeve, and in time of temptation fall 
 
 14 away. And that which fell among the 
 thorns, these are they that have heard, 
 and as they go on their way they are 
 choked with cares and riches and plea- 
 sures of thi^ life, and bring no fruit 
 
 15 to perfection. And that in the good 
 ground, these are such as in an honest 
 and good heart, having heard the word, 
 hold it fast, and bring forth fruit with 
 patience. 
 
 IG And no man, whe;i he hath lighted 
 a lamp, covereth it with a vessel, or put- 
 teth it under a bed ; but putteth it on a 
 stand, that they which enter in may see 
 
 17 the light. For nothmg is hid, that shall 
 not be made manifest ; nor aiu/th ing se- 
 cret, that shall not be known and come 
 
 18 to light. Take heed therefore how ye 
 hear : for whosoever hath, to him shall 
 be given; and whosoever hath not, from 
 hun shall be taken away even that which 
 ho '^ thinketh he hath. 
 
 19 And there came to him his mother 
 and brethren, and they could not come 
 
 20 at him for the crowd. And it was told 
 him, Thy mother and thy brethren 
 
 21 stand without, desiring to see thee. But 
 he answered and said unto them, My 
 mother and my brethren are these which 
 hear the word of God, and do it. 
 
 22 Now it came to pass on one of those 
 days, that he entered into a boat, him- 
 self and his disciples ; and he said unto 
 them. Let us go over unto the otlier side 
 of the lake: and they launched forth. 
 
 23 But as they saUed he fell asleep : and 
 there came down a storm of wind on the 
 lake ; and they were fiUing ivitli water. 
 
 24 and were in jeopardy. And they came 
 to him, and awoke him, saymg. Master, 
 master, we perish. And he awoke, and 
 rebuked the wuul and the raging of the 
 water : and they ceased, and there was 
 
 25 a calm. And he said unto them, Where 
 is your faith ? And being afraid they 
 marvelled, saying one to another. Who 
 then is this, that he commandeth even 
 the winds and the water, and they obey 
 him ? 
 
 26 And they arrived at the countiy of 
 the '■' Gerasenes, which is over agauist 
 
 27 Galilee. And when he was come forth 
 upon the land, there met him a certain 
 man out of the city, who had <"' devUs ; 
 and for a long time he had worn no 
 clothes, and abode not in anij house, 
 
 28 but in the tombs. And when he saw 
 Jesus, he cried out, and fell down be- 
 fore him, and with a loud voice said. 
 What have I to dj v>ith thee, Jesus, 
 thou Son of the Most High God ? I be- 
 
 8 Or, 
 
 seemeih 
 to have 
 
 f Many 
 ancient 
 authori- 
 ties read 
 Qergc- 
 sencs; 
 others. 
 Gala- 
 relies : 
 and so in 
 vei'. 37.
 
 9. 12. 
 
 8. LUKE. 
 
 51 
 
 1 Or. 0/ II 
 
 long 
 
 time 
 
 2 Or. 
 
 demon. 
 
 3 Gr. 
 dcmouii. 
 
 *0i-. 
 
 5 Some 
 aucii^nt 
 authori- 
 ties omit 
 had 
 
 spent all 
 her liv- 
 ing upon 
 physi- 
 cians, 
 and. 
 
 6 Some 
 ancient 
 authori- 
 ties omit 
 and they 
 that were 
 iviihhim. 
 
 29 seech thee, torment me not. For he 
 conuiiaiideil the unclean spirit to come 
 out from the m.in. For •oftentimes it 
 had seized him : and lie was kept under 
 guard, and bound with chains and fet- 
 ters; and breaking,' the bands asunder, 
 he was driven of the -devil into the de- 
 
 .SO serfs. And Jesus asked him, What is 
 thy name? And he said. Legion; for 
 many ''devils were entered into him. 
 
 31 And they intreated him that he would 
 not command them to dejiart into the 
 
 ?i'2 abyss. Now there was there a herd of 
 many swine feeding on the mountain : 
 and they intreated him that he would 
 give them leave to enter into them. And 
 
 3,She gave them leave. And the ^ devils 
 came out from the man, and entered into 
 the swine : and the herd rushed down the 
 steej) into the lake, and were choked. 
 
 34 And when they that fed them saw what 
 had come to i)ass, they fled, and told it 
 
 35 in the city and in the com itiy. And they 
 went out to see what had come to jiass ; 
 and they came to Jesus, and found the 
 man, from whom the ''devils were gone 
 out, sitting, clothed and hi his right 
 mind, at the feet of Jesus: and they 
 
 36 were afraid. And they that saw it told 
 them how he that was possessed with 
 
 7 " devils was * made whole. And all the 
 people of the countiy of the Gerasenes 
 round about asked liim to depart from 
 them ; for they were holden with great 
 fear : and he entered into a boat, and I'o- 
 
 38 turned. But the man from whom the 
 ^' devils were gone out prayed him that 
 he might be with hmi : but he sent him 
 
 39 away, saying, Eeturn to thy house, and 
 declare how great things (lod hath 
 done for thee. And he went his way, 
 l)ublishing throughout the whole city 
 how great things Jesus had done for 
 him. 
 
 40 And as Jesus returned, the multitude 
 M'elcomed hmi ; for they were all wait- 
 
 41 ing for him. And behold, there came a 
 man named Jaiiiis, and he was a ruler 
 of the synagogue : and he fell down at 
 Jesus' feet, and besought him to come 
 
 42 into his house ; for he had an only daugh- 
 ter, about twelve years of age, and she 
 lay a dyuig. But as he went the mul- 
 titudes tlu'onged him. 
 
 43 And a woman having an issue of blood 
 twelve years, which ^had spent all her 
 livuig upon physicians, and could not be 
 
 44 healed of any, came behind hmi, and 
 touched the border of his garment : and 
 immediately the issue of her blood 
 
 45 stanched. And Jesus said. Who is it 
 that touched me? And when all 
 denied, Peter said, "and they that were 
 with him, Master, the multitudes press 
 
 46 thee and crush thfe. But Jesus said. 
 Some one did touch me : for I iierceived 
 that power had gone forth from me. 
 
 47 And when the woman saw that she was 
 not hid, she came trembling, and falling 
 
 down before him declared in the pre- 
 sence of all tlu! people for what cause she 
 touched hhn, and liow she was healed 
 
 48 immediately. And lie said unto her, 
 Daughter, thy faith hath ''made thee 
 whole; go in peace. 
 
 49 While he yet spake, there cometh one 
 from the ruler of the synagogue's houste, 
 saying. Thy daughter is dead; trouble 
 
 50 not the ^Master. But Jesus hearuig 
 it, answered him, Fear not : only be- 
 lieve, and she shall be ' made whole. 
 
 51 And when he came to the house, he 
 suffered not any man to enter in with 
 him, save Peter, and John, and James, 
 and the father of the maiden and her 
 
 52 mother. And all were weeping, and 
 bewailing her : but he said. Weep not ; 
 
 53 for she is not dead, but sleepeth. And 
 they laughed him to scorn, knowing that 
 
 54 she was dead. But he, taking her by 
 the hand, called, saying. Maiden, arise. 
 
 55 And her spirit returned, and she rose up 
 immediately : and he commanded that 
 
 56 soDictJiijiff be given her to eat. And her 
 2iarents were amazed : but he charged 
 them to tell no man what had been 
 done. 
 
 Q And he called the twelve together, 
 and gave them power and authority over 
 
 2 all -'devils, and to cure diseases. And 
 he sent them forth to preach the kuig- 
 dom of God, and to heal ^the sick. 
 
 3 And he said unto them, Take nothing 
 for your journey, neither staff, nor 
 wallet, nor bread, nor money ; neither 
 
 4 have two coats. And into whatsoever 
 house ye enter, there abide, and thence 
 
 5 dejiart. And as many as receive you 
 not, when ye depart from that city, 
 shake off the dust from your feet for a 
 
 G testimony against them. And they de- 
 parted, and wont tlu'oughout the vil- 
 lages, preaching the gospel, and heahng 
 eveiy where. 
 
 7 Now Herod the tetrarch heard of all 
 that was done : and he was much per- 
 plexed, because that it was said by some, 
 
 8 that John was risen from the dead ; and 
 by some, that Elijah had appeared ; aud 
 by others, that one of the old prophets 
 
 9 was risen again. And Herod said, Jolm 
 I beheaded: but who is this, about 
 whom I hear such things? And he 
 sought to see him. 
 
 10 And the aijostles, when they were re- 
 tui'iied, declared unto him what thmgs 
 they had done. Aiid he took them, and 
 withdi'ew apart to a city called Beth- 
 
 11 saida. But the multitudes perceiving it 
 followed him: and he welcomed them, 
 and sjiake to them of the kingdom of 
 God, and them that had need of healing 
 
 12 he healed. And the day began to wear 
 away ; and the twelve came, and 
 said unto him, Send the multitude 
 away, that they may go into the 
 villages and country round about, 
 and lodge, and get victuals: for we 
 
 "Or. 
 
 saved 
 
 thee 
 
 8 Or. 
 Teacher 
 
 a Som- 
 ancient 
 authori- 
 ties omit 
 the sick.
 
 52 
 
 S. LUKE. 
 
 9. 12. 
 
 iGr. 
 redine. 
 
 2 Or, soul 
 
 3 Or, de- 
 parture 
 
 4 Or. 
 having 
 re- 
 mained 
 awake 
 
 5 Or, 
 boothK 
 
 13 are here in a desert place. Biit he said 
 unto them. Give ye them to eat. Aiid 
 they said, We have no more than five 
 loaves and two fishes ; except we should 
 
 14 go and buy food for all this j)eople. For 
 they were about five thousand men. And 
 he said unto his disciples, Make them 
 
 1 sit down in companies, about fifty each. 
 
 15 And they did so, and made them all i sit 
 
 16 down. And he took the five loaves and 
 -' the twofishes, andlooking up to heaven, 
 
 he blessed them, and brake ; and gave to 
 the disciples to set before the miiltitude. 
 
 17 And they dideat, and were all filled : and 
 there was taken up that which remained 
 over to them of broken jneces, twelve 
 baskets. 
 
 18 And it came to pass, as he was praying 
 alone, the disciples were with him : and 
 he asked them, saymg, Who do the mul- 
 
 19 titudes say that I am ? And they answer- 
 / ing said, John the Baptist ; but others 
 . say, Elijah ; and others, that one of the 
 
 20 old prophets is risen again. And he said 
 unto them, But who say ye that I am ? 
 And Peter answering said, The Clu-ist of 
 
 21 God. But he charged them, and com- 
 
 22 manded them to teU this to no man ; say- 
 ing. The Son of man must suffer many 
 things, and be rejected of the elders and 
 chief priests and scribes, and be killed, 
 
 23 and the third day be raised up. And he 
 said unto all, If any man would come 
 after me, let him deny himself, and take 
 
 24 uj) his cross daily, and follow me. For 
 whosoever would save his ^life shall 
 lose it; but whosoever shall lose his 
 
 2 life for my sake, the same shall save 
 
 25 it. For what is a man iirofited, if he 
 gain the whole world, and lose or forfeit 
 
 26 his own self ? For whosoever shall be 
 ashamed of me and of my words, of him 
 shall the Son of man be ashamed, when 
 he Cometh in his own gloiy, and the 
 ylory of the Father, and of the holy an- 
 
 27 gels. But I tell you of a truth. There 
 be some of them that stand here, which 
 shall in no wise taste of death, till they 
 see the kingdom of God. 
 
 28 And it came to pass about eight days 
 after these sayings, he took with him 
 Peter and John and James, and went 
 
 29 up into the mountain to pray. And as 
 he was praying, the fashion of his coun- 
 tenance was altered, and his raunent hc- 
 
 30 came white and dazzUng. And behold, 
 there talked with him two men, which' 
 
 31 were Moses and Elijah ; who appeared 
 in gloiy, and spake of his ^ decease 
 which he was about to accomplish at 
 
 32 Jerusalem. Now Peter and they that 
 were with him were heavy with sleej) : 
 but ■'when they were fully awake, they 
 saw his gloi-y, and the two men that 
 
 33 stood with him. And it came to pass, 
 as they were ijartmg from him, Peter 
 said unto Jesus, Master, it is good for 
 us to be here : and let us make three 
 ■^tabernacles; one for thee, and one for 
 
 Moses, and one for Elijah: not know- 
 
 34 ing what he said. And while he said 
 these thmgs, there came a cloud, and 
 overshadowed them: and they feared 
 
 35 as they entered into the cloud. And a 
 voice came out of the cloud, saying, 
 This is '3 my Son, my chosen: hear ye 
 
 36 him. And when the voice i came, Jesus 
 was found alone. And they held their 
 peace, and told no man in those days 
 any of the things which they had seen. 
 
 37 And it came to pass, on the next day, 
 wlien they were come down from the 
 mountain, a great midtitude met him. 
 
 38 And behold, a man from the multitude 
 cried, saying, ** Master, I beseech thee 
 to look ujjon my son ; for he is mine only 
 
 39 child : and behold, a spirit taketh him, 
 and he suddenly crieth out; and it 
 ^teareth him that he foameth, and it 
 hardly deiiarteth from him, bruising 
 
 40 him sorely. And I besought thy dis- 
 ciples to cast it out ; and they could not. 
 
 41 And Jesus answered and said, O faith- 
 less and perverse generation, how long 
 shall I be with you, and bear with 
 
 42 you ■? bi-uig hither thy son. And as he 
 was yet a coming, the lo devil n dashed 
 him down, and I'^tare him grievously. 
 But Jesus rebuked the unclean spirit, 
 and healed the boy, and gave him back 
 
 43 to his father. And they were aU asto- 
 nished at the majesty of God. 
 
 But while all were marvelling at 
 
 all the things which he did, he said 
 
 44iinto his disciples, Let these words 
 
 sink into yoixr ears: for the Son of 
 
 man shall be delivered up into the 
 
 45 hands of men. But they understood 
 not this saying, and it was concealed 
 from them, that they should not per- 
 ceive it: and they were afraid to ask 
 him about this saying. 
 
 46 And there arose a reasoning among 
 them, which of them should be i^great- 
 
 47 est. But when Jesus saw the reason- 
 ing of their heart, he took a little 
 
 48 child, and set him by his side, and 
 said imto them, Whosoever shaU re- 
 ceive this little child in my name re- 
 ceiveth me: and whosoever shall re- 
 ceive me receiveth him that sent me : 
 for he that is i'* least among you all, 
 the same is great. 
 
 49 And John answered and said, Mas- 
 ter, we saw one casting out iS(;[evils 
 in thy name ; and we forbade him, be- 
 
 50 cause he followeth not with us. But 
 Jesus said unto him. Forbid him not: 
 for he that is not against you is for you. 
 
 51 And it came to jiass, when the days 
 i^were weU-nigh come that he should 
 be received up, he stedf astly set his face 
 
 52 to go to Jerusalem, and sent messengers 
 before his face : and they went, and en- 
 tered into a village of the Samaritans, to 
 
 53 make ready for him . And they did not re- 
 ceive hun, because his face was as though 
 
 54 he were going to Jerusalem. And when
 
 10. 35. 
 
 S. LUKE. 
 
 53 
 
 ' Miiiiy 
 ancient 
 uuthori- 
 ties add 
 even as 
 Elijah 
 did. 
 2 Some 
 ancient 
 authori- 
 ties add 
 atidsaid, 
 ye know 
 not what 
 manner 
 of spirit 
 f/e a re of. 
 Sonie.lHit 
 fewer 
 add also 
 For the 
 Son of 
 ntan 
 eame not 
 to de- 
 stroy 
 men's 
 iives, but 
 to save 
 tlienu 
 :iGr. 
 lodging- 
 places. 
 
 1 Many 
 ancient 
 authori- 
 ties add 
 and two : 
 and so in 
 ver. 17. 
 
 sOr, 
 enter 
 first, say 
 6 Or, it 
 
 ?Gr. 
 poivers. 
 
 liis disciples James and John saw tids, 
 they said, Lord, wilt thou that we bid 
 fire to come down from heaven, and 
 55 consume themi? But he turned, and 
 56i'ebuked them-. And they went to an- 
 other village. 
 
 57 And as they went iu the way, a cer- 
 tain man said unto him, I wiU follow 
 
 58 thee whithersoever thou goest. And 
 Jesus said mito him, The foxes have 
 holes, and the birds of the heaven hacf 
 Quests; but the Son of man hath not 
 
 59 where to lay his head. And he said unto 
 another. Follow me. But he said, Lord, 
 suffer me fu'st to go and bury my father. 
 
 60 But he said unto him. Leave the dead to 
 bury their own dead; but go thou and 
 publish abroad the kingdom of God. 
 
 61 And another also said, I will follow thee. 
 Lord ; but first suffer me to bid f ai'eweU 
 
 G"2 to them that are at my house. But Jesus 
 said mito him. No man, havuig put his 
 hand to the plough, and looking back, 
 is fit for the kingdom of God. 
 
 10 Now after these things the Lord ap- 
 pointed seventy^ others, and sent them 
 two and two before his face iuto evei-y 
 city and i)lace, whither he himself was 
 
 2 about to come. And he said unto them. 
 The harvest is plenteous, but the labour- 
 ers are few : pray ye theref (jre the Lord 
 of the harvest, that he send forth la- 
 
 3 boiu'ers into his harvest. Go yom- ways : 
 behold, I send you forth as lambs in the 
 
 4l midst of wolves. Carry no i)ui-se, no wal- 
 let, no shoes : and salute no man on the 
 
 Sway. And into whatsoever house ye 
 shaU '^ enter, tii-st say. Peace he to this 
 
 6 house. And if a sou of peace be there, 
 your peace shall rest ujion t^him: but 
 
 7 if not, it shall tm-n to you again. And 
 iu that same house remain, eating and 
 drinking such thuigs as they give: for 
 the labourer is worthy of his hu'e. Go 
 
 Snot from house to house. And iuto 
 whatsoever city ye enter, and they re- 
 ceive you, eat such things as are set 
 
 9 before you : and heal the sick that are 
 therein, and say unto them. The kiiig- 
 
 10 dom of God is come nigh mito you. But 
 into whatsoever city ye shall enter, and 
 they receive you uot, go out into the 
 
 11 streets thereof and say, Even the dust 
 from yom- city, that cleaveth to om- feet, 
 we do wipe off against you: howbeit 
 know this, that the kingdom of God is 
 
 12 come nigh. I say unto you. It shall be 
 more tolerable iu that day for Sodom, 
 
 13 than for that city. Woe unto thee, Cho- 
 razin ! woe unto thee, Bethsaida ! for if 
 the ''mighty works had been done iu 
 Tyre and Sidoii, which were done in you, 
 they would have repented long ago, sit- 
 
 14 ting in sackcloth and ashes. Howbeit 
 it shall be more tolerable for Tyi-e and 
 Sidon in the judgement, than for you. 
 
 15 And thou, Capernaum, shaft thou be 
 exalted mito heaven? thou shalt be 
 
 16 brought down unto Hades. He that 
 
 heareth you heareth me ; and he that 
 rejecteth you rejecteth me; and he 
 that rejecteth me rejecteth him that 
 sent me. 
 
 17 And the seventy returned with joy, 
 saying. Lord, even the » devils ai'e sub- 
 
 18 ject mito us in thy mime. And he said 
 unto them, I beheld Satan fallen as 
 
 19 lightning from heaven. Behold, I have 
 given you authority to tread upon ser- 
 pents and scorpions, and over all the 
 l)ower of the enemy: and nothing shall 
 
 20 in any wise hm-t you. Howbeit in this 
 rejoice not, that the spirits are subject 
 unto you; but rejoice that yoiu' names 
 ai'e written in heaven. 
 
 21 Li that same hour he rejoiced '^m the 
 Holy Spirit, and said, I lo thank thee, O 
 Father, Lord of heaven and earth, that 
 thou didst hide these things from the 
 wise and understanding, and didst 
 reveal them unto babes : yea. Father ; 
 11 for so it was weU-iileasing in thy sight. 
 
 22 All thuigs have been delivered unto me 
 of my Father : and no one knoweth who 
 the Son is, save the Father ; and who 
 the Father is, save the Son, and he to 
 whomsoever the Son wQleth to reveal 
 
 'I'd him. And tm-nmg to the disciples, he 
 said privately. Blessed are the eyes 
 
 2 i which see the thuigs that ye see : for 
 I say unto you, that many prophets and 
 kings desired to see the things which ye 
 see, and saw them not ; and to hear the 
 things which ye hear, and heard them 
 not. 
 
 25 And behold, a certain lawyer stood 
 uj) and temi)ted him, saying, i-^ Master, 
 what shall I do to inherit eternal life ? 
 
 26 And he said unto him. What is written 
 27 in the law? how readest thou? And 
 
 he answeruig said. Thou shalt love the 
 Lord thy God i«with all thy heart, 
 and with all thy soul, and with aU thy 
 strength, and with all thy mind ; and 
 
 28 thy neighboiu' as thyself. And he said 
 mito him. Thou hast answered right: 
 
 29 this do, and thou shalt live. But he, 
 desiring to justify himself, said unto 
 Jesus, And who is my neighboui'? 
 
 30 Jesus made answer and said, A cer- 
 taui man was going down from Je- 
 rusalem to Jericho ; and he fell a- 
 moiig robbers, M'hich both stripped him 
 and beat him, and departed, leaving 
 
 31 him half dead. And by chance a cer- 
 tain priest was gouig dow^l that way : 
 and when he saw him, he passed by 
 
 32 011 the other side. And ui hke man- 
 ner a Levite also, when he came to 
 the place, and saw him, passed by on 
 
 33 the other side. But a certain Samari- 
 tan, as he jom-neyed, came where he 
 was : and when he saw him, he was 
 
 3-1 moved with compassion, and came to 
 him, and bomid up his womids, pour- 
 ing on them oil and whie; and he set 
 him on his own beast, and brought him 
 
 35 to an inn, and took care of him. And 
 
 »Gr. 
 deinonji. 
 
 n Or, bj/ 
 
 1" Or, 
 2traise 
 
 II Or, 
 that 
 
 12 Or, 
 Teacher 
 
 " Gr. 
 
 from.
 
 54 
 
 S. LUKE. 
 
 10. 35. 
 
 iSee 
 marginal 
 note on 
 Matt 
 xvUi.28. 
 
 2 Gr. dit- 
 tracted. 
 
 3 A few 
 ancient 
 authori- 
 ties read 
 Martha, 
 Martha, 
 thou a rt 
 troubled: 
 Mary 
 hith cho- 
 sen &c, 
 i Many 
 ancient 
 authori- 
 ties read 
 but few 
 things 
 are need- 
 ful, or 
 one. 
 5 Many 
 ancient 
 authori- 
 ties read 
 Our 
 Father, 
 which 
 art in 
 heaven. 
 See Matt. 
 vL9. 
 8 Many 
 ancient 
 authori- 
 ties add 
 Thy will 
 be done, 
 as in hea- 
 ven, 80 
 on earth. 
 See Matt. 
 vL 10. 
 ■J Gr. our 
 /yread 
 for the 
 coming 
 day. 
 
 8 Many 
 ancient 
 authori- 
 ties add 
 but de- 
 liver us 
 from the 
 evU one 
 (or, from 
 evU) 
 
 See Matt. 
 vL13. 
 
 9 Or, 
 what- 
 soever 
 things 
 w Some 
 ancient 
 authori- 
 ties omit 
 a lojf, 
 arui he 
 give him 
 a stone t 
 
 Oil the morrow he took out two i pence, 
 and gave them to the host, aucl said. 
 Take care of him; and whatsoever 
 thou spendest more, I, when I come 
 
 36 back again, will repay thee. Which 
 of these tlu-ee, thiukest thou, proved 
 ueighboiu' mito liim that fell among the 
 
 37 robbers? And he said, He that shewed 
 mercy onhim. And Jesus said unto him, 
 Go, and do thou likewise. 
 
 38 Now as they went on then- way, he 
 entered into a certain village: and a 
 certain woman named Martha received 
 
 39 him into her house. And she had a 
 sister called Mary, which also sat at 
 the Lord's feet, and heard his word. 
 
 40 But Martha was '•^ cumbered about much 
 servuig ; and she came up to him, and 
 said, Lord, dost thou not care that my 
 sister did leave me to serve alone ? 
 bid her therefore that she help me. 
 
 41 But the Lord answered and said unto 
 her, 3 Martha, Martha, thou ai't anxious 
 
 42 and troubled about many things : ■* but 
 one thuig is needful: for Mary hath 
 chosen the good part, which shall not be 
 taken away from her. 
 
 11 And it came to pass, as he was pray- 
 ing m a certain place, that when he 
 ceased, one of his disciples said unto 
 him, Lord, teach us to pray, even as 
 •2Jolin also taught his disciples. And 
 he said unto them. When ye pray, 
 say, 5 Father, Hallowed be thy name. 
 
 3 Thy kingdom come." Give us day by 
 
 4 day ^our daily bread. And forgive us 
 our sins ; for we om'selves also forgive 
 every one that is indebted to us. And 
 bruig us not into temptation ». 
 
 5 And he said unto them, Which of you 
 shall have a friend, and shall go unto 
 him at midnight, and say to him, 
 
 G Friend, lend me three loaves ; for a 
 friend of mine is come to me from a 
 journey, and I have uothmg to set 
 7 before him ; and he from within shall 
 answer and say, Trouble me not : the 
 door is now shut, and my children 
 are with me in bed ; I cannot rise and 
 8 give thee? I say unto you, Though 
 he wUl not rise and give him, because 
 he is his friend, yet bscaixse of his im- 
 portunity he will arise and give him 
 9 9 as many as he ueedeth. And I say unto 
 you. Ask, and it shall be given you; 
 seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it 
 
 10 shall be opened unto you. For every 
 one that asketh receiveth ; and he that 
 seeketh findeth; and to him that 
 
 llknocketh it shall be opened. And of 
 which of you that is a father shall 
 his son ask lOa loaf, and he give him a 
 stone? or a fish, and he for a fish give 
 
 VI him a serpent ? Or if he shall ask an 
 
 13 egg, will he give him a scorpion ? If ye 
 then, being evil, know how to give good 
 gifts unto your children, how much 
 more shall i/our heavenly Father give 
 the Holy Spuit to them that ask him ? 
 
 14 And he was casting out a udevU which 
 vms dumb. And it came to pass, when 
 the 11 devil was gone out, the dumb man 
 spake; and the multitudes marvelled. 
 
 15 But some of them said, i^By Beelzebub 
 the prince of the i^ devils casteth he 
 
 16 out 1^ devils. And others, tempting Aint, 
 
 17 sought of him a sign from heaven. But 
 he, knowing their thoughts, said unto 
 them. Every kingdom divided against 
 itself is brought to desolation ; i^ and a 
 house divided against a house faUeth. 
 
 18 And if Satan also is divided agauist him- 
 self, how shall his kingdom stand? 
 because ye say that I cast out i-^ devils 
 
 19 i^by Beelzebu b. And if I i^by Beelzebub 
 cast out 1^ devils, by whom do your 
 sons cast them out? therefore shall they 
 
 20 be your judges. But if I by the finger 
 of God cast out i^ devils, then is the 
 
 21 kingdom of God come upon you. When 
 the strong man fully armed guardeth 
 his own court, his goods are in peace : 
 
 22 but when a stronger than he shall come 
 upon him, and overcome him, hetaketh 
 from him his whole armoiu- wherein he 
 
 23 trusted, and divideth his spoils. He 
 that is not with me is against me ; and 
 he that gathereth not with me scatter- 
 
 24eth. The unclean spirit when ^''he is 
 gone out of the man, passe th through 
 waterless places, seeking rest ; and find- 
 ing none, i^he saith, I wdl tuni back 
 
 25 unto my house whence I came out. And 
 when 15 he is come, 15 he findeth it swept 
 
 26 and garnished. Then goeth I'he, and 
 taketh to him seven other spirits more 
 evil than i^himself ; and they enter in and 
 dwell there : and the last state of that 
 man becometh worse than the fu'st. 
 
 27 And it came to pass, as he said these 
 things, a certain woman out of the 
 multitude lifted up her voice, and said 
 unto him. Blessed is the womb that 
 bare thee, and the breasts which thou 
 
 28 didst suck. But he said, Yea rather, 
 blessed are they that hear the word of 
 God, and keep it. 
 
 29 And when the multitudes were gather- 
 ing together unto him, he began to 
 say. This generation is an evil gene- 
 ration: it seeketh after a sign; and 
 there shall no sign be given to it but 
 
 30 the sign of Jonah. For even as 
 Jonah became a sign unto the Nine- 
 vites, so shall also the Son of man 
 
 31 be to this generation. The queen of 
 the south shall rise up in the judge- 
 ment with the men of this genera- 
 tion, and shaU condemn them: for she 
 came from the ends of the earth to 
 hear the wisdom of Solomon ; and be- 
 hold, 17 a greater than Solomon is here. 
 
 32 The men of Nineveh shall stand 
 up in the judgement with this gene- 
 ration, and shall condemn it: for 
 they repented at the preaching of 
 Jonah; and behold, I'a greater than 
 Jonah is here. 
 
 i"Gr. 
 more 
 than.
 
 12. 20. 
 
 S. LUKE. 
 
 55 
 
 IGr. 
 
 brvak- 
 
 fast. 
 
 2 Or, 
 
 3 Or, 
 Teacher 
 
 4Gr. 
 house. 
 
 33 No man, wlien he bath lighted a 
 lain]), putteth it in a cellar, neither 
 under the l)usliel, but on the stand, that 
 they which enter in may see the lit,'ht. 
 
 34 The lamp of thy body is thine eye : when 
 thine eye is single, thy whole body also 
 is full of light ; but when it is evil, thy 
 
 35 body also is full of darkness. Look 
 therefore whether the liglit that is iii 
 
 36 thee be not darkness. If therefore thy 
 whole body be full of light, having no 
 part dark, it shall be wholly full of 
 hght, as when the lamp with its bright 
 shining doth give thee light. 
 
 37 Now as he spake, a Pharisee asketh 
 him to 1 dine with him : and he went in, 
 
 38 and sat down to meat. And when the 
 Pharisee saw it, he marvelled that he 
 had not first washed before i dinner. 
 
 39 Aiid the Lord said unto him. Now do 
 ye Pharisees cleanse the outside of the 
 cup and of the i)latter ; but your inward 
 part is full of extortion and wickedness. 
 
 40 Ye foolish ones, did not he that made 
 
 41 the outside make the inside also ? How- 
 beit give for alms those things which 
 - are within ; and behold, all things 
 are clean unto you. 
 
 42 But woe unto you Pharisees! for ye 
 tithe mint and rue and eve.-y herb, 
 and pass over judgement and the love 
 of God: but these ought ye to have 
 done, and not to leave the other undone. 
 
 43 Woe unto you Pharisees! for ye love 
 the chief seats in the synagogues, and 
 the salutations in the marketplaces. 
 
 44 Woe unto you! for ye ave as the 
 tombs which appear not, and the men 
 that walk over them know it not. 
 
 45 And one of the lawyers answering 
 saith unto him, ^ Master, in saying this 
 
 46 thou rex)roachest ns also. And he said, 
 Woe unto you lawyers also! for ye 
 lade men with burdens grievous to be 
 borne, and ye youi-selves touch not the 
 
 47 bm'dens with one of your fingers. Woe 
 unto you ! for ye build the tombs of 
 the prophets, and your fathers killed 
 
 48 them. So ye are witnesses and consent 
 unto the works of your fathers: for 
 they killed them, and ye build their 
 
 49 tomhs. Therefore also said the wisdom 
 of God, I will send unto them pro- 
 phets and apostles; and some of them 
 
 50 they shall kill a'ld persecute; that 
 the blood of all the lu'ophets, which 
 was shed from the foundation of the 
 world, may be required of this genera- 
 
 51 tion ; from the blood of Abel unto 
 the blood of Zachariah, who pei'ished 
 between the altar and the ^ sanctuaiy : 
 yea, I say unto you, it shall be re- 
 
 52quu'ed of this generation. Woe unto 
 you lawyers ! for ye took away the 
 key of knowledge: ye entered not in 
 yovu'selves, and them that were enter- 
 ing in ye hindered. 
 
 53 Aiid when he was come out from 
 thence, the scribes and the Pharisees 
 
 began to ^ press u^ion him vehemently, 
 and to provoke him to speak of " many 
 
 54 things ; laying wait for him, to catch 
 something out of his mouth. 
 
 12 In the mean time, when 'the many 
 thousands of the multitude were gather- 
 ed together, iusonmch that they trode 
 one upon another, he began to **say 
 unto his disciples first of all, Beware 
 ye of the leaven of the Pharisees, which 
 ■J is hypocrisy. But there is nothing 
 covered up, that shall not be revealed : 
 and hid, that shall not be known. 
 
 3 Wherefore whatsoever ye have said in 
 the darkness shall be heard in the light ; 
 and what ye have spoken in the ear in 
 the inner chambers shall be proclaimed 
 
 4 upon the housetops. And I say unto 
 you my friends, Be not afraid of them 
 which kill the body, and after that have 
 
 5 no more that they can do. But I wiU 
 warn you whom ye shall fear: Fear 
 him, which after he hath kUled hath 
 •'power to cast into lohell; yea, I say 
 
 6 unto you, Fear him. Are not five spar- 
 rows sold for two farthings ? and not 
 one of them is forgotten m the sight of 
 
 7 God. But the veiy hairs of your head 
 are aU munbered. Fear not: ye arc 
 of more value than many sparrows. 
 
 8 And I say unto yon. Every one M^ho 
 shaU confess ^me before men, i^him 
 shall the Son of man also confess be- 
 
 9 fore the angels of God: but he that 
 denieth me in the presence of men 
 shall be denied in the presence of the 
 
 10 angels of God. And every one who 
 shaU speak a word against the Son of 
 man, it shaU be forgiven him : but 
 unto him that blasphemeth against the 
 Holy Spu'it it shall not be forgiven. 
 
 11 And when they bring you before the 
 synagogues, and the rulers, and the 
 authorities, be not anxious how or what 
 ye shall answer, or what ye shall say : 
 
 12 for the Holy Spirit shall teach you in 
 that very hour what ye ought to say. 
 
 13 And one out of the multitude said 
 unto him, 3 Master, bid my brother 
 
 14 divide the inheritance with uie. But 
 he said unto him, Man, who made me 
 
 15a judge or a divider over you? And 
 he said unto them, Tako heed, and 
 keep yom'selves from aU covetousness : 
 13 for a man's life consisteth not in the 
 abundance of the thuigs which he pos- 
 
 16 sesseth. And he spake a parable unto 
 them, saymg. The ground of a cei'tain 
 rich man brought forth plentifully: 
 
 17 and he reasoned within himself, saymg, 
 What shall I do, because I have not 
 
 18 where to bestow my fruits'? And he 
 said, ThiswiUIdo: IwUlpulldownmy 
 barns, and buUd greater ; and there will 
 
 191 bestow aUmy corn and my goods. And 
 I wiU say to my i^ soul, i^Soul, thou 
 hast much goods laid up for many years ; 
 take thine ease, eat, di'ink, be merry. 
 
 20 But God said luito him, Thou fool- 
 
 sOr. 
 
 net them- 
 
 hfmrnfty 
 
 iii/aimt 
 
 him 
 
 "Or. 
 
 ynore 
 
 " Gr. the 
 
 myriads 
 
 nf. 
 
 * Or, tay 
 unto his 
 disciples, 
 First of 
 nil be- 
 tvare ye 
 
 '■> Or, au- 
 thority 
 10 Gr. Ge- 
 henna, 
 
 II Gr. 
 in me, 
 i-'Gr. 
 in him. 
 
 13 Gr. for 
 
 not in a 
 man's 
 abun- 
 dance 
 con- 
 sisteth 
 his life, 
 from the 
 things 
 which he 
 possess- 
 eth. 
 
 14 Or. life
 
 56 
 
 S. LUKE. 
 
 12. 20. 
 
 1 Gr. they 
 require 
 thy soul. 
 
 2 Or, life 
 
 •J Or, soul 
 
 ^ Or, age 
 
 5 Many 
 ancient 
 authori- 
 ties read 
 tlie Tcing- 
 dom of 
 God. 
 
 6Gr. 
 bond- 
 servants. 
 
 'Or, 
 But this 
 ye knou- 
 
 3Gr, 
 
 Jigged 
 
 through. 
 
 sOr. tJie 
 
 .faithficl 
 
 steward, 
 
 the wise 
 
 man 
 
 whom&c. 
 
 ish one, this night lis thy 2 soul re- 
 quu-ed of thee ; and the things which 
 thou hast iwepared, whose shall they be ? 
 
 21 So is he that layeth u^) treasure for 
 himself, and is not rich toward God. 
 
 22 And he said unto his disciples. There- 
 fore I say unto you, Be not anxious 
 for your ''life, what ye shaU eat; nor 
 yet for yom- body, what ye shall i)ut 
 
 23 on . For the ^ hf e is more than the food, 
 
 24 and the body than the raiment. Con- 
 sider the ravens, that they sow not, 
 neither reap; which have no store- 
 chamber nor barn ; and God feedeth 
 them : of how much more value are ye 
 
 25 thau the birds ! And which of you by 
 being anxious can add a cubit imto his 
 
 26 ^ statm-e ? If then ye are not able to do 
 even that which is least, why are ye 
 
 27 anxious concenmig the rest ? Consider 
 the lilies, how they grow : they toil not, 
 neither do they spm; yet I say unto 
 you. Even Solomon in aU his gloiy was 
 
 28 not arrayed like one of these. But if 
 God doth so clothe the grass m the field, 
 which to-day is, and to-mon-ow is cast 
 into the oven ; how much more tihall he 
 
 '1^ clothe you, O ye of httle faith? And 
 seek not ye what ye shall eat, and what 
 ye shall (b-ink, neither be ye of doubtful 
 
 30 mmd. For all these things do the na- 
 tions of the world seek after : but your 
 Father knoweth that ye have need of 
 
 31 these things. Howbeit seek ye ^his 
 kingdom, and these tMngs shall be added 
 
 32 unto you. Fear not, little flock ; for it 
 is yoiu- Father's good pleasure to give 
 
 33 you the kingdom. Sell that ye have, 
 and give alms; make for yourselves 
 purses which wax not old, a treasui-e in 
 the heavens that faileth not, where no 
 thief draweth near, neither moth de- 
 
 34 stroyeth. For where your treasui-e is, 
 there will your heai-t be also. 
 
 35 Let your loins be gu-ded about, and 
 
 36 your lamps bimiing ; and be ye your- 
 selves like unto men lookmg for then- 
 lord, when he shall return from the 
 marriage feast ; that, when he cometh 
 and knocketh, they may straightway 
 
 37 open mi to him. Blessed ai-e those ^ ser- 
 vants, whom the lord when he cometh 
 shall find watching : verily I say unto 
 you, that he shall gu-d himself, and make 
 them sit down to meat, and shall come 
 
 38 and serve them. And if he shall come 
 in the second watch, and if in the thii-d, 
 and find them so, blessed are those ser- 
 
 39vants. 'But know this, that if the 
 master of the house had known in what 
 hour the thief was coming, he would 
 have watched, and not have left his 
 
 40 house to be « broken thi-ough. Be ye 
 also ready : for in an horn- that ye 
 thiuk not the Son of man cometh. 
 
 41 And Peter said. Lord, speakest thou 
 this parable unto us, or even unto 
 
 42 aU? And the Lord said. Who then 
 is 'J the faithful and wise steward. 
 
 whom his lord shall set over his house- 
 hold, to give them then- portion of food 
 43 in due season? Blessed is that lo ser- 
 vant, whom his lord when he cometh 
 
 44 shall find so douig. Of a truth I say 
 unto you, that he will set him over all 
 
 45 that he hath. But if that w servant 
 shaU say in his heart. My lord delayeth 
 his coming; and shall begm to beat 
 the menservants and the maidservants, 
 and to eat and druik, and to be dnuik- 
 
 46 en ; the lord of that lo servant shall come 
 in a day when he expecteth not, and in 
 an hour when he knoweth not, and shall 
 11 cut him asmider, and appoint his por- 
 
 47tion with the unfaithful. And that 
 10 servant, which knew his lord's will, 
 and made not ready, nor did according 
 to his wiU, shall be beaten with many 
 
 48 stripes ; but he that knew not, and did 
 tMngs worthy of stripes, shall be beat- 
 en with few stripes. And to whomso- 
 ever much is given, of him shall much 
 be required : and to whom they commit 
 much, of him will they ask the more. 
 
 49 I came to cast fu'e uijon the earth ; and 
 
 50 what will I, if it is already kindled? But 
 I have a baptism to be bai^tized with ; 
 and how am I straitened till it be ac- 
 
 51 compUshed ! Think ye that I am come 
 to give peace in the earth ? I tell you, 
 
 52 Nay; but rather division : for there shaU 
 be from henceforth five in one house 
 divided, three against two, and two 
 
 53 against three. They shall be divided, 
 father against son, and son against 
 father; mother against daughter, and 
 daughter agamst her mother; mother 
 in law against her daughter m law, and 
 daughter in law against her mother iu 
 law. 
 
 54 And he said to the multitudes also. 
 When ye see a cloud rising in the 
 west, straightway ye say. There 
 cometh a shower; and so it cometh 
 
 55 to pass. And when ye see a south 
 wind blowing, ye say, There will 
 be a 12 scorching heat; and it cometh 
 
 56 to pass. Ye hyijocrites, ye know how 
 to 13 interpret the face of the earth 
 and the heaven ; but how is it that 
 ye know not how to i^ interpret this 
 
 57 time? And why even of youi'selves 
 
 58 judge ye not what is right? For as 
 thou art going with thine adversary 
 before the magistrate, on the way 
 give dOigence to be quit of him; lest 
 haply he hale thee unto the judge, 
 and the judge shaU deliver thee to 
 the 1^ officer, and the i* officer shall 
 
 59 cast thee into prison. I say imto 
 thee. Thou shalt by no means come 
 out thence, till thou havejiaid the very 
 last mite. 
 
 13 Now there were some present at 
 that veiy season which told him 
 of the GalUseans, whose blood Pi- 
 late had mingled with their sacri- 
 2fices. And he answered and said
 
 14. 7. 
 
 S. LUKE. 
 
 57 
 
 iGr. 
 
 debtors. 
 
 2Gr. 
 
 manger 
 
 'See 
 marginal 
 note on 
 Matt 
 xiii. 3S. 
 
 uuto them, Tliiak yo that these Ga- 
 ni;i'a:is were shiiievH above all the 
 Galiheaus, because they have siili'ered 
 
 3 these things ? I tell you, Nay : Init, 
 except yc repent, ye shall all in like 
 
 4 manner perish. Or those eighteen, upon 
 whom tlie tower in Siloam fell, and 
 killed them, think ye that they wei'e 
 1 offenders above all the men that dwell 
 
 5 in Jerusalem? I tell you. Nay: but, 
 except ye repent, ye shall all likewise 
 perish. 
 
 6 And he spake this jiarable ; A certain 
 man had a lig tree jJanted in his vine- 
 yard ; and he came seekmg fruit there- 
 
 7 on, and found none. And he said unto 
 the vinedresser. Behold, these three 
 years I come seekmg fruit on this fig 
 tree, and lind none : cut it down ; why 
 
 8 doth it also cmnber the ground ? And 
 he answering saith uuto him. Lord, let 
 it alone this year also, tiU I shaU dig 
 
 9 about it, and dung it: and if it bear 
 fruit thenceforth, irell; but if not, 
 thou shalt cut it down. 
 
 10 And he was teaching in one of the 
 
 11 synagogues on the sibbath day. And 
 behold, a woman which had a spirit of 
 infirmity eighteen years ; and she was 
 bowed together, and could in no wise 
 
 l'2hft herself up. And when Jesus saw 
 her, he called her, and said to her, 
 Woman, thou art loosed from thine in- 
 
 ISfirmity. And be laid his hands upon 
 her: and immediately she was made 
 
 14 straight, and glorified God. And the 
 ruler of the synagogue, being moved 
 with indignation because Jesus had 
 healed on the sabbath, answered and 
 said to the multitude. There are six days 
 iu which men ought to work : iu them 
 therefore come and be healed, and not 
 
 15 ou the day of the sabbath. 13ut the 
 Lord answered hiui, and said, Yc hy- 
 pocrites, doth not each one of you ou 
 the sabbath loose his ox or his ass from 
 the 2 stall, and lead him away towater- 
 
 16ing? And ought not this woman, 
 being a daughter of Abraham, whom 
 Satan had bound, lo, tJiene eighteen 
 years, to have been loosed from this 
 
 17 bond on the day of the sabbath ? And 
 as he said these things, aU his adver- 
 saries were put to shame : aud all the 
 multitude rejoiced for all the glorious 
 things that were done by him. 
 
 18 He said therefore. Unto what is the 
 kingdom of God like? and whereuiito 
 
 19shaJl I liken it? It is like uuto a 
 gram of mustard seed, which a man 
 took, and cast into his owu garden; 
 aud it grew, and became a tree; 
 aud the birds of the heaven lodged 
 
 20 in the brauehes thereof. And again 
 he said, Whereunto shall I liken 
 
 '21 the kingdom of God? It is like 
 unto leaven, which a woman took and 
 hid in three ^ measures of meal, till it 
 was all leavened. 
 
 •J'2 And he went on his way througli cities 
 and villages, teaching, and journeying 
 
 23 on ujito Jerusalem. And one said unto 
 him. Lord, are they few that be saved? 
 
 21 And he said unto them, Strive to enter 
 iu by the narrow door: for many, I 
 say luitoyou, shall seek to enter iu, and 
 
 25 shall not be ^ able. When once the 
 master of the house is risen uji, and 
 hath shut to the door, and ye begin to 
 stand without, and to knock at the 
 door, saying, Lord, open to us ; and he 
 shall answer and say to you, I know you 
 
 26 not whence ye are ; then shall ye begin 
 to say, We did eat and drink in thy 
 presence, and thou didst teach in our 
 
 27 streets ; and he shall say, I teU you, I 
 know not whence ye are ; depart from 
 
 28 me, all ye workers of iniquity. There 
 shall be the weeping and gnashing of 
 teeth, when ye shall see Abraham, and 
 Isaac, and Jacob, and aU the prophets, 
 in the kuigdom of God, and yom-selves 
 
 29 cast forth without. And they shall 
 come from the east and west, and from 
 the north and south, aud shall s sit 
 
 30 down in the kingdom of God. And 
 behold, there are last which shall be 
 first, aud there are first which shall 
 be last. 
 
 31 In that very hour there came certain 
 Pharisees, saying to him. Get thee out, 
 aud go hence: for Herod would fain 
 
 32kUl thee. And he said unto them. Go 
 aud say to that fox. Behold, I cast out 
 6 devils aud pei'form cures to-day and 
 to-morrow, aud the third dai/ 1 am ])ev- 
 
 33 f ected. Howbeit I must go ou my way 
 to-day aud to-morrov/ aud the daij fol- 
 lowing : for it cannot be that a i3roi)het 
 
 34 perish out of Jerusalem. O Jerusalem, 
 Jerusalem, which killeth the prophets, 
 and stoueth them that are sent unto 
 her ! how often would I have gathered 
 thy children together, even as a hen 
 f/athereth her own brood under her 
 
 35 wings, and ye would not ! Behold, youi' 
 house is left unto you desolate : aud I 
 say unto you. Ye shall not see me, luitil 
 ye shall say. Blessed its he that cometh 
 iu the name of the Lord. 
 
 14 Aud it came to pass, when he went 
 into the house of one of the rulers of 
 the Pharisees on a sabbath to eat 
 bread, that they were watching him. 
 
 2 And behold, there was before him a 
 certain man which had the dropsy. 
 
 3 And Jesus answering spake unto the 
 lawyers and Pharisees, saymg. Is it 
 lawful to heal on the sabbath, or not ? 
 
 4 But they held their peace. And he 
 took him, and healed him, and let him 
 
 5 go. And he said uuto them. Which 
 of you shall have 'au ass or an ox 
 fallen into a well, aud will not straight- 
 way draw him up on a sabbath day ? 
 
 6 And they could not answer again unto 
 these things. 
 
 7 Aud he spake a parable unto 
 
 4 Qr.aUc, 
 
 whril 
 
 once 
 
 5Gr. 
 recline. 
 
 6 Or. 
 (lemons. 
 
 ~ Many 
 ancient 
 authori- 
 ties read 
 a son. 
 See cli. 
 xiii. 15.
 
 58 
 
 S. LUKE. 
 
 14. 7. 
 
 IGr. 
 
 recline 
 iiot. 
 
 2Gr. 
 bond- 
 
 tliose whicli were bidden, when he 
 marked how they chose out the chief 
 
 8 seats; saymg unto them, When thou 
 art bidden of any man to a marriage 
 feast, 1 sit not down in the chief seat ; 
 lest haply a more honourable man 
 
 9 than thou be bidden of him, and he 
 that bade thee and him shall come 
 and say to thee, Give this man place ; 
 and then thou shalt begin with shame 
 
 10 to take the lowest place. But when 
 thou art bidden, go and sit down in 
 the lowest place; that when he that 
 hath bidden thee cometh, he may say 
 to thee, Friend, go up higher : then shalt 
 thou have glory in the presence of all 
 
 11 that sit at meat with thee. For evei-y 
 one that exalteth himself shall be 
 humbled; and he that himibleth hun- 
 self shall be exalted. 
 
 12 And he said to him also that had 
 bidden him, When thou makest a 
 dinner or a supper, caU not thy frientLs, 
 nor thy brethren, nor thy kinsmen, nor 
 rich neighbours ; lest haply they also 
 bid thee again, and a recompense be 
 
 13 made thee. But when thou makest a 
 feast, bid the poor, the maimed, the 
 
 14 lame, the blind: and thou shalt be 
 blessed; because they have not where- 
 vntli to recompense thee: for thou 
 shalt be recompensed hi the resui'- 
 rection of the just. 
 
 15 And when one of them that sat at 
 meat with him heard these things, 
 he sa,id unto him, Blessed is he that 
 shall eat bread hi the kingdom of God. 
 
 16 But he said mito him, A certaui man 
 made a great supper; and he bade 
 
 17 many: and he sent forth his ^ servant 
 at supper time to say to them that 
 were bidden. Come ; for all things are 
 
 18 now ready. And they aU with one con- 
 sent began to make excuse. The first 
 said unto him, I have bought a field, 
 and I must needs go out and see it: 
 
 191 pray thee have me excused. And 
 another said, I have bought five yoke 
 of oxen, and I go to prove them: I 
 
 20 pray thee have me excused. And an- 
 other said, I have married a wife, 
 
 21 and therefore I cannot come. And 
 the 2 servant came, and told his lord 
 these things. Then the master of the 
 house being angiy said to his -^ servant, 
 Go out quickly into the streets and 
 lanes of the city, and bring ui hither 
 the poor and manned and bUud and 
 
 22 lame. And the ^sei-vant said. Lord, 
 what thou didst command is done, and 
 
 23 yet there is room. And the lord said 
 unto the ^servant. Go out into the 
 highways and hedges, and constrain 
 them to come in, that my house may 
 
 24 be filled. For I say unto you, that 
 none of those men which were bidden 
 shall taste of my supper. 
 
 25 Now there went with him great 
 multitudes: and he tm-ned, and said 
 
 26iuito them. If any man cometh unto 
 me, and hateth not his own father, and 
 mother, and wife, and chUch'en, and 
 brethren, and sisters, yea, and his own 
 life also, he cannot be my disciple. 
 
 27 Whosoever doth not bear his own 
 cross, and come after me, cannot be 
 
 28 my disciple. For which of you, desu"- 
 ing to build a tower, doth not fu-st sit 
 down and count the cost, whether he 
 
 29 have wherewith to complete it ? Lest 
 haply, when he hath laid a foundation, 
 and i.s not able to finish, aU that behold 
 
 3U begm to mock liim, saying. This man 
 began to build, and was not able to 
 
 31 finish. Or what king, as he goeth to 
 encounter another king in war, will not 
 sit down first and take comisel whether 
 he is able with ten thousand to meet 
 him that cometh against him with 
 
 32 twenty thousand ? Or else, while the 
 other is yet a great way oft", he sendeth 
 an ambassage, and asketh conditions 
 
 33 of peace. So therefore whosoever he 
 be of you that renounceth not all that 
 he hath, he cannot be my disciple. 
 
 34 Salt therefore is good : but if even the 
 salt have lost its savom-, wherewith 
 
 35 shall it be seasoned? It is fit neither 
 for the land nor for the dunghiU : 
 7nen cast it out. He that hath ears 
 to hear, let hun hear. 
 
 15 Now aU the publicans and sumers 
 were drawing near unto him for to hear 
 
 2 him. And both the Pharisees and the 
 scribes mm-mured, saying, This man 
 receiveth sinners, and eateth with 
 them. 
 
 3 And he spake imto them this pai-able, 
 
 4 saying. What man of you, Having a 
 hmidi-ed sheep, and having lost one of 
 them, doth not leave the nuiety and 
 nine in the wilderness, and go after 
 that which is lost, untU he find it? 
 
 5 And when he hath foiuid it, he layeth 
 
 6 it on his shoulders, rejoicing. And 
 when he cometh home, he caUeth to- 
 gether liis friends and his neighbours, 
 saying unto them, Kejoice with me, 
 for I have found my sheep which was 
 
 7 lost. I say unto you, that even so there 
 shall be joy in heaven over one sinner 
 that repenteth, more than over ninety 
 and nine righteous persons, which need 
 no repentance. 
 
 8 Or what woman havhig ten 3 pieces 
 of silver, if she lose one i^iece, doth 
 not light a lamp, and sweep the house, 
 and seek chligeutly until she find it ? 
 
 9 And when she hath found it, she caU- 
 eth together her friends and neigh- 
 bours, saying. Rejoice with me, for 
 I have found the piece which I had 
 
 10 lost. Even so, I say unto yon, there 
 is joy in the presence of the angels of 
 God over one simier that repenteth. 
 
 11 And he said, A certain man had 
 12 two sons: and the younger of them 
 
 said to his father. Father, give me
 
 16. 20. 
 
 8. LUKE. 
 
 59 
 
 1 Or. the 
 
 1 Gr. the 
 pods of 
 the carob 
 tree. 
 
 SGr. 
 
 Tcissed 
 
 him 
 
 much* 
 
 4 Some 
 ancient 
 authori- 
 ties add 
 Ttiake 7ne 
 as one of 
 thy hired 
 senmnts. 
 See ver. 
 19. 
 5Gr. 
 bond- 
 servants. 
 
 '■■* 'l'-^ 
 
 -^•v. 
 
 GGr. 
 Chad. 
 
 the portion of '^thj substance that 
 falletli to me. Ami lie ilivifled unto 
 
 13 them his hvmg. And not many days 
 after the y(mn{,'er son gathered all to- 
 gether, and took liis journey into a 
 far country ; and there he wasted his 
 
 14 substance with riotous living. And 
 when he had spent all, there arose a 
 mighty famine in that country; and 
 
 15 he began to be in want. And he went 
 and jomed himself to one of the citizens 
 of that country ; and he sent huu into 
 
 16 his fields to feed swine. And he would 
 fain have been fiUed with '^the husks 
 that the swine did eat: and no man 
 
 17 gave mito him. But when he came to 
 huuself he said, How many hired ser- 
 vants of my father's have bread enough 
 and to spare, and I perish here with 
 
 18 hunger! I v\'ill arise and go to my 
 father, and wiU say mito hun. Father, 
 I have sinned against heaven, aiul in 
 
 19 thy sight : I am no more worthy to be 
 called thy son : make me as one of 
 
 20 thy hired servants. And he arose, and 
 came to his father. But while he was 
 yet afar off, his father saw him, and 
 was moved with compassion, and ran, 
 and fell on his neck, and '^kissed him. 
 
 21 And the son said unto him. Father, I 
 have sinned agamst heaven, and in 
 thy sight : I am no more worthy to be 
 
 22 called thy son^. But the father said 
 to his ^servants. Bring forth quickly 
 the best robe, and ijut it on huu ; and 
 put a ring on his hand, and shoes on 
 
 23 his feet : and bring the fatted calf, and 
 kill it, and let us eat, and make men-y : 
 
 24 for this my son was dead, and is alive 
 again ; he was lost, and is fomid. And 
 
 25 they began to be merry. Now his elder 
 son was in the field : and as he came 
 and di-ew nigh to the house, he heard 
 
 26 music and dauchig. And he called to 
 him one of the ^ seiTants, and inquu-ed 
 
 27 what these things might be. And he 
 said unto him, Thy brother is come; 
 and thy father hath killed the fatted 
 calf, because he hath received him safe 
 
 28 and sound. But he was angiy, axid 
 would not go in : and his father came 
 
 29 out, and mtreated him. But he answer- 
 ed and said to his father, Lo, these 
 many years do I serve thee, and I 
 never transgressed a corumandment of 
 thine: and yet thou never gavest me 
 a kid, that I might make merry with 
 
 30 my friends : but when this thy son 
 came, which hath devoiu'ed thy livhig 
 with hai'l(3ts, thou killedst for liim the 
 
 31 fatted calf. And he said unto him, 
 i^Son, thou art ever with me, and all 
 
 32 that is mine is thuie. But it was meet 
 to make meiTy and be glad: for this 
 thy brother was dead, and is alive again ; 
 and iras lost, and is found. 
 
 16 And he said also uuto the disciples. 
 There was a certain rich man, which 
 had a steward ; aud the same was ac- 
 
 cused unto him that he was wasting 
 2 his goods. And he called him, and 
 said unto him. What is this that I hear 
 of thee? render the account of thy 
 stewardship ; for thou canst be no 
 3 longer steward. And the steward said 
 within himself, Wliat shall I do, see- 
 ing that my lord taketh away the 
 stewardship fi-oni me ? I have not 
 strength to dig ; to beg I am ashamed. 
 4 1 am resolved what to do, that, when 
 
 I am i)ut out of the stewardship, they 
 
 5 may receive me into their houses. And 
 calling to him each one of his lord's 
 de1)tors, he said to the first, How 
 
 6 much owest thou unto my loi"d ? And 
 he said, A hundi-ed ''measures of oil. 
 And he said unto him, Take thy ^bond, 
 and sit down quickly and ■WTito fifty. 
 
 7 Then said he to another, And how 
 much owest thou? And he said, A 
 hundi'ed "measiu'es of wheat. He saith 
 unto him. Take thy ^bond, and write 
 
 8 fourscore. And his lord commended 
 10 the unrighteous steward because he 
 had done wisely: for the sons of this 
 
 II world are for then- own generation 
 
 9 wiser than the sons of the light. And 
 I say unto you, Make to youi'selves 
 friends i'-^ by means of the mammon of 
 unrighteousness ; that, when it shall 
 fail, they may receive you mto the 
 
 10 eternal tabernacles. He that is faithftil 
 in a very little is f aitlifiil also in much : 
 and he that is mirighteous in a very 
 
 llUttle is unrighteous also m much. If 
 therefore ye have not been faithfiil in 
 the um-ighteous manunon, who will 
 conmiit to your trust the tnte riches ? 
 
 12 And if ye have not been faithful in that 
 wliich is another's, who will give you 
 
 13 that which is i^your own? No !•* ser- 
 vant can serve two masters : for either 
 he will hate the one, and love the 
 other ; or else he will hold to one, and 
 despise the other. Ye cannot serve 
 God and manunon. 
 
 14 And the Pharisees, who were lovers 
 of money, heard all these things ; and 
 
 15 they scoffed at hun. And he said mito 
 them, Ye are they that justify yourselves 
 in the sight of men ; but God knoweth 
 your hearts : for that which is exalted 
 among men is an abomuiation in the 
 
 IG sight of God. The law and the prophets 
 'were until John: from that time the 
 gospel of the kuigdom of God is preach- 
 ed, and every man entereth ^'iolently 
 
 17 into it. But it is easier for heaven 
 and earth to pass away, than for oue 
 
 18 tittle of the law to faU. Every one 
 that putteth away his wife, and mar- 
 rieth another, committeth adulteiy : aud 
 he that uiarrieth oue that is put away 
 from a husband committeth adultery. 
 
 19 Now there was a certain rich 
 man, and he was clothed in pur- 
 ple and fine linen, 1° faring suiuptu- 
 
 20ously every day: and a cei'taiu 
 
 TGr. 
 baths, 
 the bath 
 being a 
 Hebrew 
 measui'e. 
 SeeEzek. 
 xlv. 10, 
 11, 14. 
 8Gr. 
 
 ^oritings. 
 "Gr. cors, 
 the cor 
 being a 
 Hebrew 
 measure. 
 See Ezek. 
 xlv 14. 
 
 10 Gr. tJK 
 steward 
 of un- 
 right' 
 eousness. 
 
 11 Or, age 
 
 12 Gr. 
 out of. 
 
 1^ Some 
 ancient 
 authori- 
 ties read 
 oar own, 
 »Gr. 
 house' 
 hold- 
 servant. 
 
 15 Or, 
 
 living in 
 
 mirth 
 
 and 
 
 splcn' 
 
 dour 
 
 every 
 
 day
 
 60 
 
 S. LUKE. 
 
 16. 20. 
 
 iGr. 
 Child. 
 
 2 Or, in 
 all these 
 things 
 
 3Gr. 
 bond- 
 servant. 
 
 beggar named Lazarus was laid at liis 
 
 '21 gate, full of sores, and desiring to be 
 
 fed with the crumbs that fell from the 
 
 rich man's table; yea, even the dogs 
 
 22 came and licked his sores. And it 
 came to pass, that the beggar died, 
 and that- he was carried away by 
 the angels into Abraham's bosom: 
 and the rich man also died, and was 
 
 23 buried. And in Hades he lifted ui) his 
 eyes, being in torments, and seetli 
 Abraham afar off, and Lazarus in 
 
 24 his bosom. And he cried and said, 
 Father Abraham, have mercy on me, 
 and send Lazarus, that he may dip 
 the tip of his finger in water, and cool 
 my tongue; for I am in anguish in 
 
 25 this flame. But Abraham said, iSou, 
 remember that thou in thy lifetime 
 receivedst thy good things, and Laza- 
 nis in like manner evil things: but 
 now here he is comforted, and thou 
 
 26 art in anguish. And 2 beside all this, 
 between us and you there is a great 
 gulf fixed, that they which would pass 
 from hence to you may not be able, and 
 that none may cross over from thence 
 
 27 to us. And he said, I pray thee there- 
 fore, father, that thou wouldest send 
 
 28 him to my father's house; for I have 
 five brethren ; that he may testify unto 
 them, lest they also come into this 
 
 29 place of torment. But Abraham saith. 
 They have Moses and the prophets; 
 
 30 let them hear them. And he said. Nay, 
 father Abraham : but if one go to them 
 
 31 from the dead, they will repent. And 
 he said unto him, If they hear not Moses 
 and the prophets, neither will they be 
 persuaded, if one rise from the dead. 
 
 lY And he said unto his disciples, It is 
 impossible but that occasions of stum- 
 bling should come : but woe unto him, 
 
 2 through v>'hom they come ! It were well 
 for him if a millstone were hanged 
 about his neck, and he were thrown 
 into the sea, rather than that he should 
 cause one of these little ones to stumble. 
 
 3 Take heed to yourselves : if thy brother 
 sin, rebuke him; and if he repent, for- 
 
 4 give him. And if he sin against thee 
 seven times in the day, and seven times 
 turn again to thee, saying, I repent; 
 thou shalt forgive him. 
 
 5 And the apostles said unto the Lord, 
 
 6 Increase our faith. And the Lord said. 
 If ye have faith as a grain of mustard 
 seed, ye would say unto this sycamine 
 tree, Be thou rooted up, and be thou 
 l)lanted in the sea ; and it would have 
 
 7 obeyed you. But who is there of you, 
 having a ^ servant plowing or keeping 
 sheep, that wiU say unto him, wheii 
 he is come in from the field. Come 
 
 a straightway and sit down to meat; and 
 will not rather say unto him. Make 
 ready wherewith I may sup, and gird 
 thyself, and serve me, till I have eaten 
 and drunken; and afterward thou 
 
 9 shalt eat and drink '? Doth he thank the 
 8 sei-vaut because he did the tliuigs that 
 10 were commanded'? Even so ye also, 
 when ye shall have done all the things 
 that are commanded you, say, We are 
 unprofitable ^ servants ; we have done 
 that which it was our duty to do. 
 
 11 And it came to pass, ^as they were 
 on the way to Jerusalem, that he was 
 passing G thi'ough the midst of Samaria 
 
 12 and Galilee. And as he entered into 
 a certam village, there met him ten 
 men that were lepers, which stood afar 
 
 13 off: and they lifted up their voices, 
 saymg, Jesus, Master, have mercy on 
 
 14 us. And when he saw them, he said 
 unto them, Go and shew yourselves un- 
 to the priests. And it came to pass, as 
 
 15 they went, they were cleansed. And 
 one of them, when he saw that he was 
 healed, turned back, with a loud voice 
 
 10 glorifying God; and he fell upon his 
 face at his feet, giving him thanks : and 
 
 17 he was a Samaritan. And Jesus an- 
 swering said. Were not the ten cleans- 
 
 18 ed? but where are the nine? 'Were 
 there none found that returned to give 
 
 19 gloiy to God, save this ^ stranger '? And 
 he said unto him. Arise, and go thy way; 
 thy faith hath 9 made thee whole. 
 
 20 And behig asked by the Pharisees,when 
 the kingdom of God cometh, he answer- 
 ed them and said. The kingdom of God 
 
 21 cometh not with observation : neither 
 shall they say, Lo, here ! or, There ! for 
 lo, the kingdom of God is lo within you. 
 
 22 And he said unto the disciples, The 
 days will come, when ye shall desu-e 
 to see one of the days of the Son 
 
 23 of man, and ye shall not see it. And 
 they shall say to you, Lo, there ! Lo, 
 here ! go not away, nor f oUow after 
 
 24 them : for as the lightning, when it 
 lighteneth out of the one part under 
 the heaven, shineth unto the other 
 part imder heaven ; so shall the Son 
 
 25 of man be Hin his day. But first 
 must he suffer many thmgs and be 
 
 26 rejected of this generation. And as it 
 came to pass in the days of Noah, 
 even so shall it be also in the days 
 
 27 of the Son of man. They ate, they 
 drank, they man-ied, they were given 
 in marriage, until the day that Noah 
 entered into the ark, and the flood came, 
 
 28 and destroyed them all. Likewise even 
 as it came to pass in the days of Lot ; 
 they ate, they drank, they bought, they 
 
 29 sold, they planted, they builded ; but in 
 the day that Lot went out from Sodom it 
 rained fire and brunstone from heaven, 
 
 30 and destroyed them all : after the same 
 manner shall it be in the day that the 
 
 31 Son of man is revealed. In that day, he 
 which shall be on the housetop, and his 
 goods in the house, let him not go 
 down to take them away: and let 
 him that is in the field likewise not 
 
 32 return back. Remember Lot's wife.
 
 18. 43. 
 
 S. LUKE. 
 
 61 
 
 1 Or, soul 
 
 2Gr. »ati[T 
 it uUve. 
 
 3 Some 
 ancient 
 authori- 
 ties adil 
 ver. 36 
 There 
 sfKiU be 
 two nicyt 
 in the 
 field: 'he 
 07ie shdlf 
 be taJx-'ii. 
 and the 
 other 
 shall be 
 left. 
 
 4 Or, 
 vultures 
 
 5 Or, I)'> 
 tne Jus- 
 tice of: 
 and so in 
 ver. 5, 7, 
 
 a 
 
 eCr. 
 bruise. 
 
 1 Gr. the 
 judge of 
 unright- 
 eousness. 
 
 9 Or, 
 
 the faith 
 
 OGr. 
 the 7-est. 
 
 10 Or, 
 be pro- 
 pitiated 
 "Or, 
 the sin- 
 ner 
 
 1? Or, 
 Teache 
 
 33 Wliosoever shall seek to gain his ^ life 
 shall lose it : but whosoever shall lose 
 
 34. his ^ life shall -preserve it. I say unto 
 you, in that night there shall be two 
 men oil one bed ; the one shall be takcui. 
 
 35 and the other shall be left There 
 shall be two women giinding togetlier; 
 the one shall be taken, and the other 
 
 37 shall be left.'* And they answering say 
 mito hhu, WTiere, Lord? And he said 
 unto them. Where the body (.s, thither 
 will the 'eagles also be gathered to- 
 gether. 
 
 18 And he spake a parable unto them to 
 the end that they ought always to pray, 
 
 2 and not to f amt ; saying, There was in 
 a city a judge, which feared not God, 
 
 3 and regarded not man : and there was 
 a widow ui that city ; and she came oft 
 unto Ihm, saying, * Avenge me of mine 
 
 4 adversary. And he would not for a 
 while: but afterward he said withui 
 himself. Though I fear not God, nor 
 
 5 regard man; yet because this widow 
 troubleth me, I will avenge her, lest 
 she Swear me out by her continual 
 
 6 coming. And the Lord said. Hear what 
 
 7'^ the unrighteous judge saith. And 
 shall not God aveiige his elect, which 
 cry to him day and night, and he i.s 
 
 8 longsuffermg over them? I say unto 
 you, that he will avenge them speedily. 
 Howbeit when the Son of man cometh, 
 shall he tuid 8 faith on the earth? 
 
 9 And he spake also this parable unto 
 certain which trusted in themselves 
 that they were righteous, and set -^ all 
 10 others at nought: Two men went up 
 into the temple to pray; the one a 
 Pharisee, and the other a pubUcan. 
 
 11 The Pharisee stood and prayed thus 
 with himself, God, I thank thee, that 
 I am not as the rest of men, extor- 
 tioners, imjust, adulterers, or even as 
 
 12 this pubUcan. I fast twice ui the week ; 
 131 give tithes of all that I get. But 
 
 the publican, stauduig afar off, would 
 not lift up so much as his eyes unto 
 heaven, but smote his breast, saying, 
 God, 10 be merciful to me "a sumer. 
 14 1 say imto you, This man went down 
 to his house justified rather than the 
 other : for eveiy one that exalteth him- 
 self shaU be humbled; but he that 
 hiuubleth himself shall be exalted. 
 
 15 And they brought unto hhn also theu- 
 babes, that he should touch them : but 
 when the disciples saw it, they rebuked 
 
 16 them. But Jesus called them mito hhn, 
 saying, Suffer the little chiltlreu to 
 come unto me, and forbid them not : for 
 
 17 of such is the kingdom of God. Verily 
 I say unto you, Whosoever shall not 
 receive the kmgdom of God as a little 
 child, he shall in no wise enter therein. 
 
 18 And a certain ruler asked him, saying. 
 Good i-^ Master, what shall I do to m- 
 
 19herit eternal life? And Jesus said 
 unto him, Why callest thou me good ? 
 
 •20 none is good, save one, ereu God. Thou 
 knowest the commandments, Do not 
 commit adultery, Do ui)t kill. Do not 
 steal, Do not bear false witness. Honour 
 
 •21 thy father and mother. And he said, 
 All these thhigs have 1 ol)scrved from 
 
 '22 my youth up. And when Jesus heard 
 it, ho said unto him. One thing thou 
 lackest yet: sell all that thou hast, 
 and distribute unto the poor, and thou 
 shalt have treasure in heaven : and 
 
 23 come, follow me. But when he heard 
 these things, he became exceeding 
 
 21 soiTOwf ul ; for he was vei^y rich. And 
 Jesus seeing him said, How hardly shall 
 they that have riches enter into the 
 
 25 kingdom of God! For it is easier for 
 a camel to enter in through a needle's 
 eye, than for a rich man to enter into 
 
 26 the kuigdom of God. And they that 
 
 27 heard it said, Then who can be saved ? 
 But he said. The things which are im- 
 possible VNfith men are possible with 
 
 28 God. And Peter said, Lo, we have left 
 29 13 oirr own, and followed thee. And he 
 
 said unto them, Verily I say unto you. 
 There is no man that hath left house, 
 or wife, or brethi^en, or i)arents, or 
 childi^en, for the kingdom of God's sake, 
 
 30 who shaU not receive manifold more in 
 this time, and in the i* world to come 
 eternal Ufe. 
 
 31 And he took unto him the twelve, 
 and said unto them, Behold, we go up 
 to Jerusalem, and all the things that 
 are written i= by the prophets shall be 
 accomplished unto the Son of man. 
 
 32 For he shall be delivered up unto the 
 Gentries, and shall be mocked, and 
 shamefully entreated, and spit upon: 
 
 33 and they shall scourge and kill him: 
 and the third day he shall rise again. 
 
 34 And they understood none of these 
 thmgs ; and this saying was hid from 
 them, and they perceived not the thing.', 
 that were said. 
 
 35 And it came to pass, as he di^ew nigh 
 unto Jericho, a certain blind man sac 
 
 36 by the way side begging : and hearing 
 a multitude going by, he iniiuired what 
 
 37 this meant. And they told him, that 
 
 38 Jesus of Nazareth passeth by. And he 
 cried, saying, Jesus, thou son of David, 
 
 39 have mercy on me. And they that 
 went before rebuked him, that he should 
 hold his peace: but he cried out the 
 more a great deal, Thou son of Da\'id. 
 
 40 have mercy on me. And Jesus stood, 
 and commanded bun to be brought 
 unto him : and when he was come near, 
 
 41 he asked him, Wliat wilt thou that I 
 should do imto thee? And he said, 
 Lord, that I may receive my sight. 
 
 42 And Jesus said unto him. Receive 
 thy sight: thy faith hath I'hnade thee 
 
 43 whole. And immediately he received 
 his sight, and followed hun, glorifying 
 God : and aU the people, when they saw- 
 it, gave praise unto God. 
 
 13 Or, 
 our own 
 homes 
 
 "Oi-,ne« 
 
 15 Or, 
 through 
 
 16 Or, 
 saved 
 thee
 
 62 
 
 S. LUKE. 
 
 19. 1. 
 
 iGr. 
 bond- 
 servants, 
 2 Mina, 
 here 
 trans- 
 lated a 
 pound, 
 IS equal 
 I to one 
 hundred 
 drach- 
 mas See 
 ch. XV. 8. 
 
 3Gr. 
 bond- 
 servant. 
 
 i Gr. the 
 other. 
 
 5 Or, 
 
 / should 
 have 
 gone and 
 required 
 
 19 And he entered and was passing 
 
 2tlu-ough Jericho. And behold, a man 
 
 called by name Zacchseus ; and he was 
 
 3 a chief piibUci^n, and he was rich. And 
 he sought to see Jesus who he was; 
 and could not for the crowd, because he 
 
 4 was little of statui'e. And he ran on 
 befoi'e, and climbed up into a sycomore 
 tree to see him: for he was to pass 
 
 5 that way. And when Jesus came to the 
 place, he looked up, and said unto huu, 
 Zacchicus, make haste, and come down ; 
 for to-day I must abide at thy house. 
 
 6 And he made haste, and came down, and 
 
 7 received him joyfully. And when they 
 saw it, they all mm-mured, saying. He 
 is gone m to lodge with a man that is a 
 
 8 simier. And Zacchseus stood, and said 
 unto the Lord, Behold, Lord, the half 
 of my goods I give to the poor ; and if I 
 have wrongfully exacted aught of any 
 
 9 man, I restore f oui-fold. And Jesus said 
 unto him, To-day is salvation come to 
 this house, forasmuch as he also is a son 
 
 10 of Abraham. For the Son of man came 
 to seek and to save that which was lost. 
 
 11 And as they heard these thmgs, he 
 added and spake a parable, because he 
 was nigh to Jerusalem, andJecazsA-e they 
 supposed that the kingdom of God was 
 
 1'2 innnediately to appear. He said there- 
 fore, A certaui nobleman went into a 
 far country, to receive for himself a 
 
 13 kingdom, and to return. And he called 
 ten 1 servants of his, and gave them ten 
 2poimds, and said unto them. Trade ye 
 
 Uherewith till I come. But his citizens 
 hated him, and sent an ambassage after 
 him, saymg. We will not that this man 
 
 15 reign over us. And it came to pass, 
 when he was come back again, having 
 received the kingdom, that he com- 
 manded these 1 servants, unto whom 
 he had given the money, to be called 
 to him, that he might know what they 
 
 16 had gained by trading. And the fii-st 
 came before htm, saying. Lord, thy 
 pound hath made ten pounds more. 
 
 17 And he said unto him, Well done, thou 
 good'^servaut : because thou wast found 
 faithful m a very Uttle, have thou 
 
 18 authority over ten cities. And the 
 second came, saying. Thy pound. Lord, 
 
 19 hath made five pounds. And he said 
 unto him also, Be thou also over five 
 
 20 cities. And ^another came, saying, 
 Lord, behold, here is thy pomid, which 
 
 21 1 kept laid up in a napkin : for I feared 
 thee, because thou art an austere man : 
 thou takest up that thou layedst not 
 down, and reapest that thou didst not 
 
 22 sow. He saith unto him, Out of thuie 
 own mouth will I judge thee, thou 
 wicked ^ servant. Thou knewest that 
 I am an austere man, taking up that 
 I laid not down, and reapmg that I 
 
 23 did not sow; then wherefore gavest 
 thou not my money into the baidj, 
 and ''I at my coming should have 
 
 24 required it with interest ? And he said 
 mito them that stood by. Take away 
 from bun the pound, and give it unto 
 
 25 htm that hath the ten pomids. And 
 they said unto hun. Lord, he hath ten 
 
 26poiuids. I say imto you, that unto 
 every one that hath shall be given ; but 
 from him that hath not, even that which 
 he hath shall be taken away from hun. 
 
 27Howbeit these mme enemies, which 
 would not that I shovdd reign over them, 
 brmg hither, and slay them before me. 
 
 28 And when he had thus spoken, he 
 went on before, going uj) to Jerusalem. 
 
 29 And it came to pass, when he drew 
 nigh mito Bethphage and Bethany, at 
 the momit that is called the muimt of 
 
 30 Olives, he sent two of the disciples, say- 
 ing. Go your way into the vUlage over 
 against ycm ; in the which aa ye enter 
 ye shall find a colt tied, whereon no 
 man ever yet sat : loose him, and bring 
 
 31 him. And tf any one ask you. Why 
 do ye loose him ? thus shall ye say. The 
 
 .32 Lord hath need of him. And they that 
 were sent went away, and fomid even 
 
 33 as he had said luito them. And as they 
 were loosing the colt, the owners thereof 
 said unto them, Why loose ye the colt ? 
 
 34 And they said, The Lortl hath need of 
 35 huu. And they brought htm to Jesus: 
 
 and they threw thetr gai-ments upon the 
 
 36 colt, and set Jesus thereon. And as he 
 went, they spread then- garments in the 
 
 37 way. And as he was now di-awtng nigh, 
 eve7i at the descent of the mount of 
 Olives, the whole multitude of the dis- 
 ciples began to rejoice and praise God 
 with a loud voice for aU the "mighty 
 
 38 works which they had seen ; saytng, 
 Blessed is the King that cometh in the 
 name of the Lord: peace m heaven, 
 
 39 and glory in the highest. And some of 
 the Pharisees from the multitude said 
 unto hun, ^ Master, rebuke thy disciples. 
 
 40 And he answered and said, I tell you 
 that, tf these shall hold their peace, the 
 stones wUl cry out. 
 
 41 And when he drew nigh, he saw the 
 
 42 city and wept over it, sayuig, «If thou 
 hadst known in this day, even thou, the 
 tlihigs which belong unto peace! but 
 
 43 now they are hid from thine eyes. For 
 the days shall come upon thee, when 
 thine enemies shall cast up a ''bank 
 about thee, and comx)ass thee romid, 
 
 44 and keep thee in on every side, and 
 shall dash thee to the groiuid, and thy 
 children within thee; and they shall 
 not leave in thee one stone upon 
 another ; because thou knewest not the 
 time of thy visitation. 
 
 45 And he entered iuto the temple, and 
 
 46 began to cast out them that sold, say- 
 ing unto them. It is written. And my 
 house shaD be a house of prayer : but 
 ye have made it a den of robbers. 
 
 47 And he was teaching daily ui the 
 temple. But the chief priests and
 
 20. 46. 
 
 S. LUKE. 
 
 63 
 
 iGr. 
 word. 
 
 !Gr. 
 bond- 
 servant. 
 
 3 Gr. Be 
 
 it not so. 
 
 the scribes and tlic principal men of the 
 48 people souglit to destroy him : and they 
 could not tiud wliat they inifjht d(j ; for 
 the people all luuif^ upon him, listeiung. 
 20 And it came to pass, on one of the 
 days, as he was teaching,' the pe(jple in 
 tlie temple, and i)reaching the gospel, 
 there came upon him the chief priests 
 
 2 and the scribes with the elders ; and 
 they spake, sayuig unto him, TeU us : 
 By what authority doest tliou these 
 things ? or who is ho that gave thee this 
 
 3 authority ? And he answered and said 
 unto them, I also will ask you a iques- 
 
 4 tion ; and tell me : The baptism of John , 
 
 5 was it from heaven, or from men ? And 
 they reasoned with themselves, saying, 
 If we shall say, From heaven ; he v«iU 
 
 6 say, Why did ye not beheve him? But 
 if we shall say, From men; all the 
 people wiU stone us : for they be per- 
 
 7 suaded that John was a prophet. And 
 they answered, that they knew not 
 
 8 whence it was. And Jesus said unto 
 them. Neither tell I you by what au- 
 thority I do these things. 
 
 9 And he began to speak unto the 
 people this parable : A man planted a 
 vineyard, and let it out to husbandmen, 
 and went mto another country for a 
 
 10 long time. And at the season be sent 
 mito the husbandmen a "^ servant, that 
 they should give him of the fi-uit of the 
 vineyai-d: but the husbandmen beat 
 
 11 him, and sent hun away empty. And 
 he sent yet another ^ servant : and him 
 also they beat, and handled him shame- 
 
 12fully, and sent hun away empty. And 
 he sent yet a third : and him also they 
 
 13 wounded, and cast him forth. And the 
 lord of the vineyard said, What shall I 
 do ? I wiU send my beloved son : it may 
 
 14 be they will reverence him. But when 
 the husbandmen saw him, they reasoned 
 one with another, saying, This is the 
 heir : let us kiU him, that the iuherit- 
 
 15 ance may be oui-s. And they cast him 
 forth out of the vineyard, and killed 
 him. Wliat therefore will the lord of 
 
 16 the vineyard do imto them ? He will 
 come and destroy these husbandmen, 
 and will give the raieyard unto others. 
 And when they heard it, they said, 
 
 17 3 God forbid. But he looked upon them, 
 and said, What then is this that is 
 written. 
 
 The stone which the builders rejected, 
 The same was made the head of the 
 corner ? 
 ISEvei-y one that falletb on that stone 
 shall be broken to pieces ; but on whom- 
 soever it shall fall, it wUl scatter him 
 as dust. 
 19 And the scribes and the chief priests 
 sought to lay hands on him in that 
 veiy hour ; and they feared the people : 
 for they perceived that he spake this 
 '20 parable agamst them. And they watch- 
 ed hiin, and sent forth spies, which 
 
 feigned themselves to be righteous, 
 that they might take hold of his speech, 
 so as to deliver him up to the rule and 
 •21 to tlie autliority of tlu^ governor. And 
 they asked him, saying, ■'Master, we 
 know that thou sayest and teachest 
 rightly, and acceiitest not the person 
 (if an;/, but of a truth teachest the way 
 
 22 of God : Is it lawful for us to give 
 
 23 tribute unto Ca;sar, or )iot? But he 
 perceived their craftiness, and said unto 
 
 24 them. Shew me a'' peiuiy . Whose image 
 and sui)erscrii)tion hath it ? And they 
 
 25 said, Csesar's. And he said unto them, 
 Then render mito Caesar the things 
 that are Cnssar's, and unto God the 
 
 26 things that are God's. And they were 
 not able to take hold of the saying before 
 the people : and they marvelled at his 
 answer, and held their peace. 
 
 27 And there came to him certain of the 
 Sadducees, they which say that there is 
 no resurrection; and they asked him, 
 
 28 saying, ■* Master, Moses wrote unto us, 
 that if a man's brother die, having a 
 wife, and he be childless, his brother 
 should take the wife, and raise up seed 
 
 29 unto his brother. There were therefore 
 seven brethren : and the first took a 
 
 30 wife, and died childless ; and the second ; 
 Stand the third took her; and likewise 
 
 the seven also left no children, and 
 
 32 died. Afterward the woman also died. 
 
 33 In the resuiTection therefore whose 
 wife of them shall she be? for the 
 
 34 seven had her to wife. And Jesus said 
 imto them. The sons of this ^ world 
 
 35 marry, and are given in marriage : but 
 they that are accounted worthy to 
 attain to that "^ world, and the resiu-- 
 rection from the dead, neither marry, 
 
 36 nor are given in marriage : for neither 
 can they die any more : for they are 
 equal mito the angels ; and are sons of 
 God, being sons of the resurrection. 
 
 37 But that the dead are raised, even Moses 
 shewed, in the place concerning the 
 Bush, when he calleth the Lord the God 
 of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, 
 
 38 and the God of Jacob. Now he is not 
 the God of the dead, but of the living : 
 
 39 for all live unto bun. And certam 
 of the scribes answering said, ^ Master, 
 
 40 thou hast well said. For they durst not 
 any more ask him any question. 
 
 41 And he said unto them, How say they 
 42 that the Christ is David's son? For 
 
 David himself saith in the book of 
 
 Psalms, 
 The Lord said unto my Lord, 
 Sit thou on my right hand, 
 
 43 TUl I make thine enemies the foot- 
 
 stool of thy feet. 
 
 44 David therefore calleth him Lord, and 
 how is he his son ? 
 
 45 And in the hearing of all the 
 peoiile he said unto his disciples, 
 
 46 Beware of the scribes, which desii-e 
 to walk in long robes, and love salu- 
 
 'Or, 
 Tt'ach^r 
 
 5 See 
 
 iial note 
 on Matt, 
 xviiu 28. 
 
 ^ Or, ao'i 
 
 S rr 
 
 ^m 
 
 m 
 
 f"?
 
 64 
 
 S. LUKE. 
 
 20. 46. 
 
 1 Or, and 
 saw them 
 that . . . 
 trea- 
 sury, 
 and they 
 were 
 rich. 
 
 2 Or, 
 Teacher 
 
 3 Gr. you 
 
 being 
 
 b7-ou<jTit 
 
 4 OT,shaZl 
 they put 
 to death 
 
 6 Or, lives 
 
 tationa in the marketplaces, and chief 
 seats in the synagogues, and chief 
 47 places at feasts ; which devour widows' 
 houses, and for a pretence make long 
 prayers : these shall receive greater 
 condemnation. 
 
 21 And he looked up, i and saw the rich 
 men that were casting their gifts into 
 
 2 the treasury. And he saw a certain 
 poor widow casting in thither two mites. 
 
 3 And he said. Of a truth I say unto you. 
 This ijoor widow cast in more than 
 
 4 they all : for all these did of their 
 superfluity cast in unto the gifts : but 
 she of her want did cast in all the living 
 that she had. 
 
 5 And as some spake of the temple, how 
 it was adorned with goodly stones and 
 
 6 offerings, he said. As for these thuigs 
 which ye behold, the days will come, in 
 which there shall not be left here one 
 stone upon another, that shall not be 
 
 7 thrown down. And they asked him, 
 saying, ^ Master, when therefore shall 
 these things be? and what shall he the 
 sign when these things are about to 
 
 8 come to pass ? And he said. Take heed 
 that ye be not led astray : for many 
 shall come in my name, saying, I am 
 he; and. The time is at hand: go ye 
 
 9 not after them. And when ye shall 
 hear of wars and tumults, be not 
 terrified : for these things must needs 
 come to pass first ; but the end is not 
 immediately. 
 
 10 Then said he unto them. Nation shall 
 rise against nation, and kingdom 
 
 11 against kingdom : and there shall be 
 great earthquakes, and in divers places 
 famines and iiestilences ; and there 
 shall be terrors and great signs from 
 
 12 heaven. But before all these things, 
 they shall lay theii' hands on you, and 
 shall persecute you, delivering you up 
 to the synagogues and prisons, ^ bring- 
 ing you before kings and governors for 
 
 13 my name's sake. It shall turn unto you 
 
 14 for a testimony. Settle it therefore in 
 your hearts, not to meditate beforehand 
 
 15 how to answ"er : for I will give you a 
 mouth and wisdom, which all your 
 adversaries shall not be able to with- 
 
 16 stand or to gauisay. But ye shall be 
 delivered up even by i)arents, and 
 brethi'en, and kinsfolk, and friends ; 
 and some of you * shall they cause to 
 
 17 be put to death. And ye shall be hated 
 
 18 of all men for my name's sake. And 
 
 19 not a hair of your head shall perish. In 
 your patience ye shall win yoiu' ^ souls. 
 
 20 But when ye see Jerusalem comjiasse 1 
 with armies, then know that her desola- 
 
 21tion is at hand. Then let them that 
 are in Judtea flee unto the momitains ; 
 and let them that are in the midst 
 of her depart out ; and let not them 
 that are in the countiy enter therein. 
 
 22 For these are days of vengeance, that 
 all things which are written may be 
 
 23 fulfilled. Woe unto them that are with 
 child and to them that give suck in 
 those days! for there shall be great 
 distress upon the ''land, and wrath 
 
 24 unto this people. And they shall fall by 
 the edge of the sword, anil shall be led 
 captive into all the nations : and Jeru- 
 salem shall be trodden down of the 
 Gentiles, until the times of tlie Gentiles 
 
 25 be fulfilled. And there shall be signs 
 in sun and moon and stars ; and upon 
 the earth distress of nation.s, in per- 
 plexity for the roaruig of the sea and 
 
 26 the billows ; men '' fainting for fear, and 
 for expectation of the things which are 
 coming on * the world : for the powers of 
 
 27 the heavens shall be shaken. And then 
 shall they see the Son of man com- 
 ing in a cloud with power and gi-eat 
 
 28gloi-y. But when these things begin 
 to come to pass, look uj), and lift up 
 y.mr heads; because yom- redemption 
 draweth nigh. 
 
 29 And he spake to them a i^arable : Be- 
 
 30 hold the fig ti-ee, and aU the trees : when 
 they now shoot forth, ye see it and know 
 of your own selves that the summer is 
 
 31 now nigh. Even so ye also, v/hen ye 
 see these things coming to jiass, know 
 ye that the kingdom of God is nigh. 
 
 32 Verily I say luito you. This goieration 
 shall not pass away, tiU all thhigs be 
 
 33 accomplished. Heaven and earth shall 
 pass away : but my words shall not pass 
 away. 
 
 34 But take heed to youi-selves, lest haply 
 yoiu' hearts be overcharged with surfeit- 
 ing, and drunkeimess, and cai"es of this 
 life, and that day come on you suddenly 
 
 35 as a snare : for ,so shall it come upon all 
 them that dwcU on the face of all the 
 
 36 earth. But watch yc at every season, 
 making supplication, that ye may 
 prevail to escape all these things that 
 shall come to pass, and to stand before 
 the Son of man. 
 
 37 And every day he was teaching in the 
 temple ; and eveiy night he went out, 
 and lodged in the mount that is called 
 
 38 the mount of Olives. And all the people 
 came early in the mornmg to him in the 
 temple, to hear hun. 
 
 22 Now the feast of unleavened bread 
 drew nigh, which is called the Passover. 
 
 2 And the chief priests and the scribes 
 sought how they might put hira to 
 death ; for they fearetl the peoi^le. 
 
 3 And Satan entered into Judas who 
 was called Iscariot, being of the 
 
 4nvunber of the twelve. And he went 
 away, and communed with the chief 
 priests and caj^tains, how he might 
 
 5 deliver him unto them. And they 
 were glad, and covenanted to give him 
 
 6 money. And he consented, and sought 
 opportunity to deliver him unto them 
 '•'in the absence of the multitude. 
 
 7 And the day of unleavened bread 
 came, on which the passover must
 
 22. 53. 
 
 S. LUKE. 
 
 65 
 
 I Or, 
 Teacher 
 
 2 Or, 
 aloaf 
 
 3 Some 
 ancient 
 authori- 
 ties omit 
 which is 
 giDenfor 
 you . . . 
 which is 
 poured 
 out for 
 you. 
 
 4 Or. 
 leita- 
 ment 
 
 5Gr. 
 
 greater. 
 
 6Gr. 
 redin- 
 eth. 
 ■Or. I 
 appoint 
 unto 
 you, even 
 as 7711/ 
 Father 
 appoint- 
 ed UTltO 
 
 me a 
 ki7ig- 
 dom.that 
 ye 7nay 
 eat and 
 drink (fcc. 
 8 Or, 
 obtained 
 you by 
 atlci)iy 
 
 8 be sacrificed. And he sent Peter and 
 John, saying, Go and make ready for ns 
 
 9 the passover, that we may cat. And 
 they said unto him, Where wilt thou 
 
 10 that we make ready ? And he said un- 
 to them. Behold, when ye are entered 
 into the city, there shall meet you a 
 man bearing a pitcher of water ; follow 
 him into the house whereinto he go- 
 
 11 eth. And ye shall say unto the good- 
 man of the house. The i Master saith 
 unto thee. Where is the guest-chamber, 
 where I shall eat the passover with my 
 
 12 disciples ? And he will shew you a large 
 upper room furnished: there make 
 
 13 ready. And they went, and found as 
 he had said unto them : and they made 
 ready the passover. 
 
 14 And when the horn- was come, be sat 
 
 15 down, and the apostles with him. And 
 he said unto them. With desire I have 
 desired to eat this passover with you 
 
 16 before I suffer : for I say unto you, I will 
 not eat it, luitil it be fulfilled in the kiug- 
 
 17 dom of God. And he received a cup, and 
 when he had given thanks, be said. Take 
 this, and divide it among yourselves: 
 
 18 for I say unto you, I will not drink from 
 henceforth of the fruit of the vine, untU 
 
 19 the kingdom of God shall come. And 
 be took 2 bread, and when he bad given 
 thanks, he brake it, and gave to them, 
 saying, This is my body s which is given 
 for you : this do in remembrance of me. 
 
 20 And the cup in Uke manner after supper, 
 saying. This cup is the new ''covenant 
 iu my blood, even that which is poured 
 
 21 out for you. But behold, the hand of 
 him that betrayeth me is with me on 
 
 22 the table. For the Son of man indeed 
 goeth, as it hath been determined : but 
 woe unto that man through whom he is 
 
 23 betrayed ! And they began to question 
 among themselves, which of them it 
 was that should do this thmg. 
 
 24 And there arose also a contention a- 
 mong them, which of them is account- 
 
 25 ed to be ^ greatest. And he said unto 
 them, The kings of the Gentiles have 
 lordship over them ; and they that have 
 authority over them are called Bene- 
 
 26 factors. But ye sliall not he so : but he 
 that is the greater among you, let hhu 
 become as the younger; and he that 
 
 27 is chief, as he that doth serve. For 
 whether is greater, he that "^ sitteth at 
 meat, or he that servetb? is not he 
 that 6 sitteth at meat ? but I am in the 
 
 28 midst of you as be that servetb. But 
 ye are they which have continued with 
 
 29 me in my temptations ; and ' I ap- 
 point unto you a kingdom, even as 
 
 30 my Father appomted unto me, that ye 
 may eat and drink at my table in my 
 kingdom ; and ye shaU sit on thrones 
 judging the twelve tribes of Israel. 
 
 31 Simon, Simon, behold, Satan ^asked 
 to have you, that he might sift you as 
 
 32 wheat: but I made supplication for 
 
 thee, that thy faith fail not: and do 
 thou, when once thou hast turned a- 
 
 33 gain, stablish thy brethren. And he 
 said unto him. Lord, with thee I am 
 ready to go both to prison and to 
 
 34 death. And be said, I tell thee, Peter, 
 the cock shaU not crow this day, until 
 thou shalt thrice deny that thou know- 
 est me. 
 
 35 And be said unto them, Wlien I sent 
 you forth without purse, and wallet, 
 and shoes, lacked ye anything? And 
 
 36 they said. Nothing. And he said unto 
 them. But now, he that bath a purse, 
 let htm take it, and likewise a wallet : 
 9 and he that hath none, let him sell 
 
 37 his cloke, and buy a sword. For I say 
 unto you, that this which is written 
 must be fulfilled in me, And he was 
 reckoned with transgressors : for that 
 which concerneth me hath lo fulfil- 
 
 38ment. And they said, Lord, behold, 
 here are two swords. And he said un- 
 to them. It is enough. 
 
 39 And he came out, and went, as his 
 custom was, unto the mount of Olives ; 
 and the disciples also followed him. 
 
 40 And when he was at the place, he said 
 unto them. Pray that ye enter not 
 
 41 into temptation. And he was parted 
 from them about a stone's cast; and 
 
 42 he kneeled down and prayed, saying. 
 Father, if thou be willing, remove this 
 cup from me: nevertheless not my 
 
 43 wiU, but thme, be done, n And there 
 appeared unto him an angel from 
 
 44 heaven, strengthening him. And bemg 
 in an agony he prayed more earnestly : 
 and his sweat became as it were great 
 drops of blood falling down upon the 
 
 45 ground. And when he rose up from 
 his prayer, he came unto the disciples, 
 and found them sleeping for sorrow, 
 
 46 and said unto them. Why sleep ye? 
 rise and pray, that ye enter not Into 
 temptation. 
 
 47 While he yet spake, behold, a multi- 
 tude, and he that was called Judas, 
 one of the twelve, went before them ; 
 and he drew near unto Jesus to kiss 
 
 48 him. But Jesus said unto him, Judas, 
 betrayest thou the Son of man with 
 
 49a kiss? And when they that were 
 about him saw what would follow, 
 they said. Lord, shall we smite with 
 
 50 the sword ? And a certain one of them 
 smote the ^^ servant of the high priest, 
 
 51 and struck off his right ear. But 
 Jesus answered and said. Suffer ye 
 thus far. And he touched his ear, and 
 
 52 healed htm. And Jesus said mito the 
 chief priests, and captains of the 
 temple, and elders, which were come 
 against htm. Are ye come out, as 
 against a robber, with swords and 
 
 53 staves ? WTien I was daily with you 
 in the temple, ye stretched not forth 
 your hands against me: but this is 
 your hour, and the power of darkness. 
 
 9 Or, and 
 he that 
 hath no 
 sivord.let 
 hi7n sell 
 h is cloke, 
 and buy 
 one. 
 
 10 Gr. 
 end. 
 
 11 Many 
 ancient 
 authori- 
 ties omit 
 ver. 43, 
 44. 
 
 12 Gr. 
 
 b07Ul- 
 
 servant. 
 
 D
 
 06 
 
 S. 
 
 LUKE. 
 
 22. 54. 
 
 iGr, Aim. 
 
 ^ 
 
 2 Or, re 
 
 sat/ it, 
 becaUiic 
 I ar.i. 
 
 3 Or, ail 
 
 anointed 
 
 king 
 
 54; Aiid they seized him, and led him 
 awai/, aud brought him into the high 
 priest's house. But Peter' followed 
 
 55 afar otf . And when they had kindled 
 a fu-e ill the midst of the court, and 
 had sat down together, Peter sat in 
 
 56 the midst of them. And a certain 
 maid seeuig him as he sat in the light 
 of the fire., and lookuig stedfastly 
 upon him, said. This man also was 
 
 57 with him. But he denied, saying, 
 
 58 Woman, I know him not. And after 
 a little while another saw him, and 
 said. Thou also art one of them. 
 
 59 But Peter said, Man, I am not. And 
 after the space of about one hour 
 another confidently aflfirmed, saying, 
 Of a truth this man also was with 
 
 60 him: for he is a Galilsean. But Peter 
 said, Man, I know not what thou 
 sayest. And immediately, while he 
 
 61 yet spake, the cock crew. And the 
 Lord tm'iied, and looked upon Peter. 
 And Peter remembered the word of 
 the Lord, how that he said unto 
 him, Before the cock crow this day, 
 
 62 thou shalt deny me thrice. And he 
 went out, aud wept bitterlj-. 
 
 63 And the men that held i Jesus mocked 
 
 64 him, and beat him. And they blmd- 
 folded him, and asked him, saying, 
 Prophesy : who is he that struck thee ? 
 
 65 And many other tiling.^ spake they 
 against him, reviling him. 
 
 66 And as soon as it was day, the as- 
 sembly of the elders of the people was 
 gathered together, both chief priests 
 and scribes; and they led him away 
 
 67 into their council, saying. If thou art 
 the Christ, tell us. But he said unto 
 them, If I tell you, ye will not be- 
 
 68heve: and if I ask you, ye will not 
 
 69 answer. But from henceforth shall 
 the Son of man be seated at the right 
 
 70 hand of the power of God. And they 
 all said, Ai-t thou then the Son of 
 God? And he said unto them, ^ Ye say 
 
 71 that I am. And they said. What fur- 
 ther need have we of witness ? for we 
 ourselves have heard from his own 
 mouth. 
 
 23 And the whole comi:>any of them rose 
 up, and brought him before Pilate. 
 
 2 And they began to accuse him, saying, 
 We found this man perverting our na- 
 tion, and forbidding to give tribute to 
 Csesar, and saying that he himself is 
 
 3 8 Christ a king. And Pilate asked him, 
 saying, Axi thou the Kmg of the Jews ? 
 And he answered him and said. Thou 
 
 4 sayest. And Pilate said unto the chief 
 priests and the multitudes, I find no 
 
 5 fault in this man. But they were the 
 more urgent, saying. He stirreth uji the 
 people, teaching tliroughout all Juda a, 
 aud beginning from GalUee even unto 
 
 6 this place. But when Pilate heard it, 
 lie asked whether the man were a Gali- 
 
 7 Issan. And when he knew that he was 
 
 of Herod's jurisdiction, he sent him 
 unto Herod, who himself also was at 
 Jerusalem in these days. 
 
 8 Now when Herod saw Jesus, he was 
 exceeding glad: for he was of a long 
 time desu-ous to see him, because ho had 
 heard conceruuig him ; and he hojied to 
 
 9 see some * miracle done by hun. And 
 he questioned him in many words ; but 
 
 lOheansweredlmnnothuig. And the chief 
 in-iests and the scribes stood, vehe- 
 
 1 1 niently accusing him . And Herod with 
 his soldiers set him at nought, and 
 mocked hiin, and arraying him in gor- 
 geous apparel sent him back to Pilate. 
 
 12 And Herod and Pilate became friends 
 with each other that very day : for 
 before they were at enmity between 
 themselves. 
 
 13 And Pilate called together the chief 
 priests and the rulers and the people, 
 
 14 and said unto them. Ye brought unto 
 me this man, as one that perverteth the 
 peoj)le : and behold, I, havuig examined 
 him before you, found no fault in this 
 man touching those things whereof ye 
 
 15 accuse Mm : no, nor yet Herod : for he 
 sent him back luito us ; and behold, no- 
 thing worthy of death hath been done 
 
 16 by him. I will therefore chastise him, 
 
 18 and release him. 5 But they cried out 
 all together, saying, Away with this 
 
 19 man, and release unto us Barabbas : one 
 who for a certam uisurrection made in 
 the city, and for murder, was cast into 
 
 20 prison. And PQate spake unto them 
 
 21 again, desu-ing to release Jesus ; but 
 they shouted, saying. Crucify, cnicify 
 
 22 him. And he said unto them the third 
 time. Why, what evil hath this man 
 done '? I have found no cause of death 
 in him : I will therefore chastise him 
 
 23 and release him. But they were instant 
 with loud voices, asking that he might 
 be cmcified. And thek voices prevailed. 
 
 24 And Pilate gave sentence that what 
 
 25 they asked for should be done. And he 
 released him that for insurrection and 
 murder had been cast into prison, whom 
 they asked for ; but Jesus he delivered 
 up to their will. 
 
 26 And when they led him away, they 
 laid hold upon oue Simon of Cyrene, 
 coming from the country, and laid on 
 him the cross, to bear it after Jesus. 
 
 27 And there followed him a great multi- 
 tude of the people, and of women who 
 
 28 bewailed and lamented him. But Jesus 
 turnmg imto them said. Daughters of 
 Jei-usalem, weep not for me, but weep 
 for yourselves, and for yoiu' cliil- 
 
 29 di-en. For behold, the days are com- 
 ing, in which they shall say, Blessed 
 are the barren, aud the wombs that 
 never bare, and the breasts that 
 
 30 never gave suck. Then shall they be- 
 gin to say to the mountams, Fall 
 on us; and to the hiUs, Cover us. 
 
 31 For if they do these things in the
 
 24. 22. 
 
 S. LUKE. 
 
 67 
 
 1 Accord- 
 ing to tlie 
 Latin, 
 Calvary, 
 wliicli 
 has tlie 
 same 
 meaning. 
 
 2 Some 
 ancient 
 authori- 
 ties omit 
 And Je- 
 sus said. 
 Father, 
 forgive 
 them ; 
 for thet/ 
 know not 
 what 
 they do. 
 
 3 Some 
 ancient 
 autliori- 
 ties read 
 into thy 
 king- 
 dom, 
 
 4 Or, 
 
 earth 
 5Gr. 
 the sun 
 failing. 
 
 5 Or, 
 siiiie- 
 tuarif 
 7 Or, 
 
 A nd Je- 
 sus, ery- 
 ing with 
 a loud 
 voice, 
 sai:i 
 
 SGr. 
 began to 
 dauni. 
 
 green tree, what shall be done hi the 
 dry? 
 3'2 And there were also two others, male- 
 factors, led with hun to be put to death. 
 
 33 And when they came unto the phtee 
 which is called ^ The skull, there they 
 crucilied him, and the malefactors, one 
 on the right hand and the other on the 
 
 34 left. 2j\^iid Jesus said, Father, forgive 
 them ; for they know not what they do. 
 And parting his garments among them, 
 
 35 they cast lots. And the people stood 
 beholding. And the rulers also scoffed 
 at him, saying, He saved others ; let 
 him save himself, if this is the Christ 
 
 36 of Grod, his chosen. And the soldiers 
 also mocked him, coming to him, off'er- 
 
 37 ing him vinegar, and saymg. If thou art 
 
 38 the King of the Jews, save thyself. And 
 there was also a superscription over 
 
 him, THIS IS THE KING OF THE JEWS. 
 
 39 And one of the malefactors which were 
 hanged railed on him, saying, Ai-t not 
 thou the Chi'ist ? save thyself and us. 
 
 40 But the other answered, and rebuking 
 him said. Dost thou not even fear God, 
 seeing thou art in the same coudemna- 
 
 41tion? And we indeed justly; for we re- 
 ceive the due reward of our deeds : but 
 
 42 this man hath done nothing amiss. And 
 he said, Jesus, remember me when thou 
 
 43comest ^m thy kingdom. And he said 
 unto him. Verily I say unto thee. To- 
 day shalt thou be with me m Paradise. 
 
 44 And it was now about the sixth hour, 
 and a darkness came over the whole 
 
 45* land until the nmth hour, *the sun's 
 light faUuig : and the veil of the ^tem- 
 
 46 pie was rent in the midst. '' And when 
 Jesus had cried with a loud voice, he 
 said. Father, mto thy hands I commend 
 my spirit : and having said this, he gave 
 
 47 up the ghost. And when the centurion 
 saw what was done, he glorified God, 
 sayuig. Certainly this was a righteous 
 
 48 man. And all the multitudes that came 
 together to this sight, when they be- 
 held the things that were done, return- 
 
 49 ed smitmg their breasts. And all his 
 acquaintance, and the women that fol- 
 lowed with him from Galilee, stood 
 afar off, seeing these things. 
 
 50 And behold, a man named Joseph, 
 who was a councillor, a good man and 
 
 51 a righteous (he had not consented to 
 their counsel and deed), a man of 
 Arimathaea, a city of the Jews, who 
 was lookmg for the kingdom of God: 
 
 52 this man went to Pilate, and asked 
 
 53 for the body of Jesus. And he took 
 it down, and Wrapped it in a linen 
 cloth, and laid him in a tomb that 
 was hewn m stone, where never man 
 
 54 had yet lam. And it was the day 
 of the Preparation, and the sabbath 
 
 55 « drew on. And the women, which had 
 come with him out of Galilee, fol- 
 lowed after, and beheld the tomb, and 
 
 56 how his body was laid. And they re- 
 
 turned, and prepared spices and oint- 
 ments. 
 And on the sabbath they rested ac- 
 24corduig to the conmiaudinent. But 
 on the tirst day of the week, at early 
 dawn, they eamo unto the tomb, 
 bruigiug the spices wliich they had 
 
 "2 prepared. And they f()uu<l the stone 
 
 3roUed away from the tomb. And they 
 entered in, and found not the body 
 
 i^oi the Lord Jesus. And it came to 
 pass, while they were perplexed there- 
 about, behold, two men stood by them 
 
 5 in dazzling api>arel : and as they were 
 affrighted, and bowed down then- 
 faces to the earth, they said unto 
 them, Wliy seek ye lothe livuig a- 
 
 6mong the dead? ^He is not here, 
 but is risen : remember how he spake 
 unto you when he was yet in Galilee, 
 
 7 sayuig that the Son of man must be 
 delivered up uito the hands of sinful 
 men, and be crucified, and the third 
 
 8 day rise agam. And they remembered 
 
 9 his words, and returned i^from the 
 tomb, and told all these things to the 
 
 10 eleven, and to all the rest. Now they 
 were Mary Magdalene, and Joanna, 
 and Mary the mother of James: and 
 the other women with them told these 
 
 11 things unto the apostles. And these 
 words appeared in their sight as 
 idle talk; and they disbeUeved them. 
 
 12 la But Peter arose, and ran unto the 
 tomb ; and stoopmg and looking in, he 
 seeth the linen cloths by themselves ; 
 and he i* departed to his home, wonder- 
 hig at that which was come to pass. 
 
 13 And behold, two of them were going 
 that very day to a village named Em- 
 maus, which was threescore furlongs 
 
 14 from Jerusalem. And they communed 
 with each other of all these things 
 
 15 which had happened. And it came to 
 pass, whUe they communed and ques- 
 tioned together, that Jesus himself 
 
 16 drew near, and went with them. But 
 their eyes were holden that they 
 
 17 should not know him. And he said 
 unto them, i^wi^at communications 
 are these that ye have one with an- 
 other, as ye walk? And they stood 
 
 18 still, looking sad. And one of them, 
 named Cleopas, answering said unto 
 him, i<'Dost thou alone sojourn in Je- 
 rusalem and not know the thmgs which 
 are come to pass there m these days ? 
 
 19 And he said unto them, What things ? 
 And they said unto him. The things con- 
 cerning Jesus of Nazareth, which was a 
 prophet mighty in deed and word be- 
 
 20 fore God and all the people : and how 
 the chief priests and our rulers dehver- 
 ed him up to be condemned to death, 
 
 21 and crucified him. But we hoped that 
 it was he which should redeem Israel. 
 Yea and beside aU this, it is now the 
 third day since these things came to 
 
 22 pass. Moreover certain women of our 
 
 s Some 
 Mlicieiit 
 authori- 
 ties omit 
 of the 
 Lord 
 Jems, 
 
 10 Gr. 
 hi7n that 
 liveth. 
 
 H Some 
 ancient 
 authori- 
 ties omit 
 lie is not 
 here, but 
 is risen. 
 
 l» Some 
 ancient 
 authori- 
 ties omi t 
 .frotn the 
 tomb. 
 
 13 Some 
 ancient 
 authori- 
 ties omit 
 ver. 12. 
 1-1 Or, de- 
 parted, 
 wonder- 
 ing toith 
 himself 
 
 15 Gr. 
 What 
 words 
 are these 
 that 
 ye ex- 
 change 
 one with 
 another. 
 IcOr, 
 Dose 
 thou 
 sojourn 
 alone in 
 Jerusa- 
 lem, and 
 knoivest 
 thou not 
 the 
 things 
 
 D2
 
 r— 
 
 68 
 
 S. LUKE. 
 
 24. 22. 
 
 'Or. 
 after 
 
 * Or, loaf 
 
 3 Some 
 ancient 
 authori- 
 ties omit 
 and saith 
 unto 
 them, 
 Peace be 
 unto 
 you. 
 
 23 
 
 24 
 
 25 
 
 26 
 
 27 
 28 
 29 
 
 30 
 
 31 
 32 
 
 33 
 
 34 
 35 
 
 36 
 
 company amazed us, having been early 
 at the tomb ; and when they found not 
 his body, they came, saying, that they 
 had also seen a vision of angels, which 
 said that he was ahve. And certain of 
 them that were with us went to the 
 tomb, and found it even so as the 
 women had said: but htm they saw 
 not. And he said unto them, O foolish 
 men, and slow of heart to believe ^in 
 aU that the prophets have spoken i Be- 
 hoved it not the Christ to suffer these 
 things, and to enter into his glory? 
 And beginning from Moses and from 
 all the prophets, he interpreted to them 
 in aU the scriptures the things con- 
 cerning himself. And they drew nigh 
 unto the village, whither they were go- 
 ing : and he made as though he would 
 go further. And they constrained him, 
 saying. Abide with us : for it is toward 
 evening, and the day is now far spent. 
 And he went in to abide with them. 
 And it came to pass, when he had sat 
 down with them to meat, he took the 
 2 bread, and blessed it, and brake, and 
 gave to them. And then* eyes were 
 opened, and they knew htm; and he 
 vanished out of their sight. And they 
 said one to another, Was not our heart 
 burning within us, while he spake to 
 us in the way, whUe he opened to us 
 the scriptures '? And they rose up that 
 veiy hour, and returned to Jerusalem, 
 and found the eleven gathered to- 
 gether, and them that were with them, 
 saying, The Lord is risen indeed, and 
 hath appeared to Simon. And they re- 
 hearsed the things that happened in 
 the way, and how he was known of 
 them in the breaking of the bread. ' 
 
 And as they spake these things, he 
 himself stood in the midst of them, 
 Sand saith unto them. Peace he unto 
 
 37 you. But they were terrified and af- 
 frighted, and supposed that they be- 
 
 38 held a spu-it. And he said unto them, 
 Why are ye troubled ? and wherefore 
 
 39 do reasonings arise in your heart ? See 
 my hands and my feet, that it is I my- 
 self: handle me, and see; for a spirit 
 hath not flesh and bones, as ye behold 
 
 40 me having. *And when he had said 
 this, he shewed them his hands and his 
 
 41 feet. And while they stiU disbeUeved 
 for joy, and wondered, he said unto 
 them, Have ye here anything to eat? 
 
 42 And they gave him a piece of a broiled 
 43fishs. And he took it, and did eat be- 
 fore them. 
 
 44 And he said unto them. These are my 
 words which I spake unto you, while 
 I was yet with you, how that aU things 
 must needs be fulfilled, which are writ- 
 ten in the law of Moses, and the pro- 
 lihets, and the psalms, concerning me. 
 
 45 Then opened he their mind, that they 
 
 46 might understand the scriptures ; and 
 he said unto them. Thus it is written, 
 that the Christ should suffer, and rise 
 
 47 again from the dead the third day ; and 
 that repentance 6 and remission of sins 
 should be preached in his name unto 
 all the 'nations, beginning from Jeru- 
 
 48 salem. Ye are witnesses of these things. 
 
 49 And behold, I send forth the promise 
 of my Father upon you : but tarry ye 
 in the city, untU ye be clothed with 
 power from on high. 
 
 50 And he led them out until they were 
 over against Bethany: and he lifted 
 
 51 up his hands, and blessed them. And 
 it came to pass, whUe he blessed them, 
 he parted from them, 8 and was car- 
 
 52ried up into heaven. And they 9 wor- 
 shipped him, and returned to Jerusa- 
 
 531em with great joy: and were con- 
 tinually in the temple, blessing God. 
 
 lOr, 
 
 through 
 2 Or, 
 wa& not 
 anything 
 made. 
 That 
 which 
 hath 
 been 
 made 
 was life 
 in him ; 
 an^i the 
 life ic. 
 
 sOr.over- 
 
 came. 
 
 See ch. 
 
 xU. 35 
 
 (Gr.). 
 
 1 Or, The 
 
 true 
 
 light. 
 
 which 
 
 lighteth 
 
 every 
 
 man.was 
 
 coiring 
 
 THE GOSPEL 
 
 ACCOKDING TO 
 
 S. JOHN, 
 
 1 In the beginning was the Word, and 
 the Word was with God, and the Word 
 
 2 was God. The same was in the be- 
 
 3 ginning with God. All things were 
 made ^ by him ; and without hini ^ was 
 not anything made that hath been 
 
 4 made. In Turn was life; and the life 
 
 5 was the light of men. And the light 
 shineth in the darkness ; and the dark- 
 
 6 ness 3 apprehended it not. There came 
 a man, sent from God, whose name 
 
 7 was John. The same came for wit- 
 ness, that he might bear witness of the 
 light, that all might believe through 
 
 Shim. He was not the Ught, but came 
 
 that he might bear witness of the Ught. 
 
 9* There was the true Ught, even the 
 
 light which lighteth ^ every man, com- 
 
 lOing into the world. He was in the 
 
 world, and the world was made iby 
 
 11 him, and the world knew him not. He 
 came imto " his own, and they that were 
 
 12 his own received him not. But as many 
 as received him, to them gave he the 
 right to become children of God, even 
 to them that believe on his name : 
 
 13 which were 'born, not of 8 blood, nor 
 of the wOl of the flesh, nor of the wUl 
 
 14 of man, but of God. And the Word 
 became fle.sh, and ^ dwelt among us 
 (and we beheld his glory, glory as 
 of 10 the only begotten from the Fa- 
 
 15ther), full of grace and truth. John 
 beareth witness of him, and crieth.
 
 2. 10. 
 
 S. JOHN. 
 
 69 
 
 1 Some 
 ancient 
 authori- 
 ties read 
 (this was 
 he that 
 Slid). 
 2Gr. 
 first in 
 regard 
 of nif. 
 8 Or, 
 fhrouijh 
 * Many 
 verjf 
 ancient 
 authori- 
 ties read 
 Qod only 
 begotten. 
 
 5 Or, 
 And cer- 
 tain had 
 been se)it 
 from 
 among 
 the Pha- 
 risees. 
 
 « Or, in 
 
 'Many 
 ancient 
 authori- 
 ties read 
 Betha- 
 baruh^ 
 some, 
 Betharor 
 bah. 
 8 Or, 
 beareth 
 the sin 
 
 8 Or, 
 Teacher 
 
 saying, i This was be of whom I said, He 
 that Cometh after me is become before 
 16me: forhewas^beforeme. For ofbis ful- 
 ness we all received, and grace for grace. 
 
 17 For the law was given 8 by Moses; grace 
 
 18 and tnith came ^ by Jesus Christ. No 
 man hath seen God at any time ; * the 
 only begotten Son, which is ui the bosom 
 of the Father, he hath declared him. 
 
 19 And this is the witness of John, 
 when the Jews sent mito huu from Je- 
 rusalem priests and Levites to ask him, 
 
 20 Who art thou ? And he confessed, and 
 denied not ; and he confessed, I am not 
 
 21 the Christ. And they asked him, What 
 then ? Ai't thou Ehjah ? And he saith, I 
 am not. Art thou the prophet ? And 
 
 22 he answered, No. They said therefore 
 imto him, Who art thou '? that we may 
 give an answer to them that sent us. 
 
 23 What sayest thou of thyself ? He said, 
 I am the voice of one crying in the wil- 
 derness. Make straight the way of the 
 
 24 Lord, as said Isaiah the prophet. ^ And 
 they had been sent from the Pharisees. 
 
 25 And they asked hini, and said unto him. 
 Why then bajitizest thou, if thou art not 
 the Christ, neither Ehjah, neither the 
 
 26 prophet ? John answered them, saying, 
 I baptize '^ with water : in the midst of 
 you standeth one whom ye know not, 
 
 27 eveti he that conaeth after me, the latch- 
 et of whose shoe I am not worthy to 
 
 28 unloose. These things were done in 
 7 Bethany beyond Jordan, where John 
 was baptizing. 
 
 29 On the morrow he seeth Jesus comuig 
 unto him, and saith. Behold, the Laiub 
 of God, which staketb away the sin of 
 
 30 the world ! This is he of whom I said. 
 After me cometh a man which is become 
 
 31 before me : for he was ^ before me. And 
 I knew him not ; but that he should be 
 made manifest to Israel, for this cause 
 
 32 came I baptizmg ^-svith water. And 
 John bare witness, saying, I have be- 
 held the Spu'it descenduig as a dove 
 out of heaven ; and it abode upon him. 
 
 33 And I knew him not : but he that sent 
 me to bajitize ^ with water, he said mito 
 me. Upon whomsoever thou shalt see 
 the Spirit descending, and al)iding upon 
 him, the same is he that baptizeth "^with 
 
 34 the Holy Spmt. And I have seen, and 
 have borne witness that this is the Sou 
 of God. 
 
 35 Again on the morrow John was stand- 
 
 36 ing, and two of his disciples ; and he 
 looked upon Jesus as he walked, and 
 
 37 saith. Behold, the Lamb of God ! And 
 the two disciples heard him speak, and 
 
 38 they followed Jesus. And Jesus tui'ned, 
 and beheld them foUovvUig, and saith 
 vuito them. What seek ye? And they 
 said unto bun, Kabbi (which is to say, 
 being interiireted, 9 Master), where 
 
 39abidest thou? He saith unto them. 
 Come, and ye shall see. They came 
 therefore and saw where he abode ; and 
 
 they abode with him that day: it wm 
 
 40 about the tenth hour. One of the two 
 that heard John speak, and followed 
 bun, was Andrew, Simon I'eter's bro- 
 
 41 ther. He findeth first his own brother 
 Simon, and saith imto him, We have 
 found the Messiah (which is, being 
 
 42 intei-preted, loChrist). Hebroughthim 
 imto Jesus. Jesus looked upon him, 
 and said, Thou art Simon the son of 
 11 John: thou shalt be called Cephas 
 (which is by interpretation, 12 Peter). 
 
 43 On the morrow he was muided to go 
 forth uito Galilee, and be findeth Philii) : 
 and Jesus saith unto bun, Follow me. 
 
 44 Now Pliilij) was from Bethsaida, of the 
 
 45 city of Andrew and Peter. Philii> find- 
 eth Nathanael, and saith unto him. We 
 have fomul him, of whom Moses in the 
 law, and the prophets, did write, Jesus 
 
 46 of Nazareth, the son of Joseph. And 
 Nathanael said unto him. Can any good 
 thmg come out of Nazareth? Philip 
 
 47 saith unto him. Come and see. Jesus 
 saw Nathanael commg to him, and saith 
 of him. Behold, an IsraeUte indeed, in 
 
 48 whom is no guile ! Nathanael saith unto 
 him. Whence knowest thou me ? Jesus 
 answered and said mito him, Before 
 Philip called thee, when thou wast imder 
 
 49 the tig tree, I saw thee. Nathanael 
 answered him, Eabbi, thou art the Son 
 
 50 of God ; thou art Kmg of Israel. Jesus 
 answered and said unto him. Because I 
 said imto thee, I saw thee underneath 
 the fig tree, believest thou ? thou shalt 
 
 51 see greater things than these. And he 
 saith imto him, VerUy, verily, I say 
 unto you. Ye shall see the heaven ojjen- 
 ed, and the angels of God ascending and 
 descending upon the Son of man, 
 
 2 And the thii'd day there was a mar- 
 riage in Cana of Galilee ; and the mo- 
 
 2 ther of Jesus was there : and Jesus also 
 was bidden, and his disciples, to the 
 
 3 marriage. And when the wine failed, 
 the mother of Jesus saith unto him, 
 
 4 They have no wine. And Jesus saith 
 unto her. Woman, what have I to do 
 with thee ? mine boui- is not yet come. 
 
 5 His mother saith unto the servants. 
 Whatsoever he saith unto you, do it. 
 
 6 Now there were six waterpots of stone 
 set there after the Jews' manner of 
 purifying, containing two or three fir- 
 
 7 kins apiece. Jesus saith unto them, 
 FLU the waterpots -svith water. And 
 
 8 they filled them up to the brim. And 
 he saith unto them, Draw out now, and 
 bear unto the i3 ruler of the feast. And 
 
 9 they bare it. And when the ruler of 
 the feast tasted the water "now be- 
 come wine, and knew not whence it was 
 (but the servants which had di-awn the 
 water knew), the ruler of the feast 
 
 10 caUeth the bridegroom, and saith unto 
 him. Every man setteth on first the 
 good wine ; and when men have drunk 
 freely, then that which is worse: 
 
 10 That 
 is. An- 
 ointed. 
 
 11 Gr. 
 Joanes: 
 called In 
 Matt. 
 xvL 17, 
 Jonah. 
 
 12 Til at 
 is, Rodk 
 or Stone. 
 
 13 Or, 
 steward 
 
 "Or, 
 that it 
 htid 
 become
 
 S. JOHN. 
 
 2. 10. 
 
 lOr, 
 sanc- 
 tuary 
 
 •■ Or, a 
 inan ; 
 for . . . 
 the man 
 
 3 Or, 
 from 
 above 
 
 4 Or, The 
 Spirit 
 breath- 
 e'h 
 
 tliou hast kept the good wine until now. 
 
 11 This beginning of his signs did Jesus 
 in Cana of Cxalilee, and manifested his 
 glory; and his disciples behevedon him. 
 
 12 After this he went down to Caper- 
 naum, he, and his mother, and his bre- 
 thren, and his disciples : and there they 
 abode not many days. 
 
 13 And the passover of the Jews was at 
 hand, and Jesus went up to Jerusalem. 
 
 14 And he found in the temple those that 
 sold oxen and sheep and doves, and the 
 
 15 changers of money sitting : and he made 
 a scourge of cords, and cast all out of 
 thetemple, both the sheep and theoxen; 
 a'ld he poured out the changers' money, 
 
 16 and overthrew their tables; and to them 
 that sold the doves he said, Take these 
 things hence ; make not my Father's 
 
 17 house a house of mercha 'idLse. His dis- 
 ciples remembered that it was written. 
 The zeal of thine house shall eat me up. 
 
 18 The Jews therefore answered and said 
 unto him. What sign shewest thou unto 
 us, seeing that thou doest these things ? 
 
 19 Jesus answered and said unto them. 
 Destroy this i temple, and in three days 
 
 20 1 wiU raise it up. The Jews therefore 
 said, Forty and six years was this i tem- 
 ple in building, and wilt thou raise it up 
 
 21 in three days? But he spake of the ^tem- 
 
 22 pie of his body. When therefore he was 
 raised from the dead, his disciples re- 
 membered that he spake this ; and they 
 believed the scripture, and the word 
 which Jesus had said. 
 
 23 Now when he was in Jerusalem at the 
 passover, during the feast, many believ- | 
 ed on his name, beholding his signs 
 
 24 which he did. But Jesus did not trust 
 himself unto them, for that he knew all 
 
 25 men, and because he needed not that 
 any one should bear witness concern- 
 ing 2 man; for he himself knew wiiat 
 was in man. 
 
 3 Now there was a man of the Phari- 
 sees, named Nicodemus, a ruler of the 
 
 2 Jews : the same came unto him by night, 
 and said to him, Kabbi, we know that 
 thou art a teacher come from God : for 
 no man can do these signs that thou 
 
 3 doest, except God be with him. Jesus 
 answered and said unto him, Verily, 
 verily, I say unto thee. Except a man be 
 born 8 anew, he cannot see the kingdom 
 
 4 of God. Nicodemus saith unto him. 
 How can a man be born when he is old ? 
 can he enter a second time into his mo- 
 
 5 ther's womb, and be born ? Jesus an- 
 swered, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, 
 Except a man be born of water and the 
 Spirit, he cannot enter into the king- 
 
 6 dom of God. That which is born of the 
 flesh is flesh ; and that which is born of 
 
 7 the Spirit is spu-it. Marvel not that I 
 said unto thee. Ye must be born » anew. 
 
 8 1 The wind bloweth where it listeth, and 
 tliou hearest the voice thereof, but 
 knowest not whence it cometh, and whi- 
 
 ther it goeth : so is every one that is 
 9 bom of the Spuit. Nicodemus answer- 
 ed and said unto him. How can these 
 10 things be'? Jesus answered and said 
 unto him, Art thou the teacher of Israel, 
 and understandost not these thtugs? 
 
 11 VerUy, verily, I say unto thee, We speak 
 that we do know, and bear witness of 
 that we have seen ; and ye receive not 
 
 12 our witness. If I told you earthly 
 things, and ye believe not, how shall ye 
 beheve, if I teU you heavenly things "? 
 
 13 And no man hath ascended into heaven, 
 but he that descended out of heaven, 
 even the Son of man, ^which is in hea- 
 
 14 ven. And as Moses lifted up the ser- 
 pent in the wilderness, even so must the 
 
 15 Son of man be lifted up : tJiat whoso- 
 ever 6 beUeveth may in him have eter- 
 nal life. 
 
 16 For God so loved the world, that he 
 gave his only begotten Son, that who- 
 soever believeth on him should not per- 
 
 1 7 ish , but have eternal life. For God sent 
 not the Son into the world to judge the 
 world; but that the world should be 
 
 18 saved thi'ough hun. He that beUeveth 
 on him is not judged : he that believ- 
 eth not hath been jurlged already, be- 
 cause he hath not beUeved on the name 
 
 19 of the only begotten Son of God. And 
 this is the judgement, that the light is 
 come into the world, and men loved the 
 darkness rather than the light; for their 
 
 20 works were evil. For every one that 
 7 doeth iU hateth tlie light, and cometh 
 not to the liglit, lest his works should be 
 
 21 8 reproved. But he that doeth the truth 
 cometh to the light, that his works may 
 be made manifest, 9 that they have been 
 wrought in God. 
 
 22 After these things came Jesus and his 
 disciples into the land of Judaea ; and 
 there he tarried with them, and bap- 
 
 23 tized. And John also was baptizing in 
 jEnon near to Salim, because there lOwas 
 much water there : and they came, and 
 
 24 were baptized. For John was not yet 
 
 25 cast into prison. There arose therefore 
 a questioning on the part of John's dis- 
 
 26 cijiles with a Jew about purifying. And 
 they came unto John, and said to him. 
 Rabbi, he that was with thee beyond 
 Jordan, to whom thou hast borne wit- 
 ness, behold, the same baptizeth, and all 
 
 27 men come to him. John answered and 
 said, A man can receive nothing, except 
 
 28 it have been given him from heaven. Ye 
 yourselves bear me witness, that I said, 
 I am not the Christ, but, that I am sent 
 
 29 before him. He that hath the bride is 
 the bridegroom : but the friend of the 
 bridegroom, which standeth and hear- 
 eth him, rejoiceth greatly because of 
 the bridegroom's voice: this my joy 
 
 30 therefore is fulfilled. He must in- 
 crease, but I must decrease. 
 
 31 He that cometh from above is a- 
 bove all : he that is of the earth is 
 
 5 Many 
 ancient 
 authori- 
 ties omit 
 tvhk-h 
 
 is in 
 hewen. 
 
 6 Or, be- 
 Vievethin 
 him maj 
 have 
 
 "Or, 
 
 practis- 
 
 eth 
 
 eor, 
 
 convicted 
 
 oOr, 
 because 
 
 10 Gr. 
 were 
 man'/ 
 icatcrs.
 
 4. 44. 
 
 S. JOHN. 
 
 71 
 
 1 S.ime 
 
 ancient 
 
 aiitlmri- 
 
 t ic8 read 
 
 he that 
 
 romcth 
 
 from 
 
 h''avfn 
 
 h.'nn-th 
 
 H-itll'-SS 
 
 of what 
 fif hath 
 srfn tnul 
 heard. 
 
 2 Or. 
 
 ht'licveth 
 
 not 
 
 3Gr. 
 spring : 
 and so in 
 ver. 14 ; 
 Imt not 
 in ver. 
 11, 1-i 
 4 Or, 
 as hetPas 
 
 5 Some 
 ancient 
 autliori- 
 ties omit 
 For Jews 
 have no 
 dealings 
 tpith 
 Sama- 
 ritans. 
 
 cOr. 
 Lord 
 
 of the earth, and of the earth he speak- 
 ctli : ihe that cometh from lieaven is 
 
 .S'2 above all. What he hath seen and 
 lioard, of that he beareth witness ; and 
 
 33 no man receiveth his witness. He that 
 hath received his witness hath set las 
 
 31 seal to this, that God is trne. For he 
 whom God hath sent speaketh the 
 words of God : for he giveth not the 
 
 35 Spirit hy measure. The Father loveth 
 the Son, and hath given all things 
 
 36 into his hand. He that helieveth on 
 the Son hath eternal life ; but he that 
 ^obeyeth not the Son shall not see 
 life, but the wrath of God abideth on 
 him. 
 
 4 When therefore the Lord knew how 
 that the Pharisees had heard that 
 Jesus was making and baptizing more 
 
 2 disciples than John (although Jesus 
 himself baptized not, but his disciples), 
 
 3 he left Judfea, and departed again into 
 
 4 Galilee. And he must needs pass 
 
 6 through Samaria. So he cometh to a 
 city of Samaria, called Sychar, near to 
 the parcel of ground that Jacob gave to 
 
 C his son Joseph : and Jacob's ^ well was 
 there. Jesus therefore, being wearied 
 with his journey, sat ^thus by the ^weU. 
 
 7 It was about the sixth hour. There 
 cometh a woman of Samaria to draw 
 ■water: Jesus saith unto her. Give me 
 
 8 to di-ink. For his disciples were gone 
 
 9 away into the city to buy food. The 
 Samaritan woman therefore saith unto 
 him, How is it that thou, being a Jew, 
 askest drink of me, which am a Sama- 
 ritan woman? (^For Jews have no 
 
 10 dealmgs with Samaritans.) Jesus an- 
 - swered and said unto her, If thou knew- 
 
 est the gift of God, and who it is that 
 Siith to thee, Give me to drink ; thou 
 ■wouldest have asked of him, and he 
 would have given thee living water. 
 
 11 The woman saith unto him, "Sir, thou 
 hast nothing to di'aw with, and the well 
 is deep : from whence then hast thou 
 
 12 that living water? Art thou greater 
 than our father Jacob, which gave us 
 the weU, and drank thereof himself, and 
 
 13 his sons, and his cattle? Jesus an- 
 swered and said unto her. Every one 
 that drinketh of this water shall thirst 
 
 14 again : but whosoever drinlsieth of the 
 water that I shall give him shall never 
 tliu'st ; but the water that I shall give 
 him shall become in him a well of water 
 
 15 springing up unto eternal life. The Wo- 
 man saith unto lum, ^ Sir, give me this 
 "water, that I thirst not, neither come 
 
 16 all the way hither to draw. Jesus saith 
 unto her, Go, call thy husband, and 
 
 17 come hither. The woman answered 
 and said unto him, I have no hiisband. 
 Jesus saith unto her. Thou saidst well, 
 
 18 1 have no husband : for thou hast had 
 five husbands ; and lie whom thou now 
 hast is not thy husband : this hast thou 
 
 19 said truly. The woman saith unto him, 
 
 •'' Sir, I perceive that thou art a prophet. 
 
 20 Our fathers wor.shipped in this movm- 
 tiin; and ye say, that in Jeru.salem is 
 the place where men ought to worship. 
 
 21 Jesus saith unto her. Woman, believe 
 me, the hour cometh, when neither in 
 this mountain, nor in Jerusalem, shall 
 
 22 ye worship the Father. Ye worship 
 that which ye know not : we worship 
 that which we know : for salvation is 
 
 23 from the Jews. But the hour cometh, 
 and now is, when the true worshippers 
 shall worship the Father in spirit and 
 truth: 7 for such doth the Father seek 
 
 24 to bo his worshippers. » God is a Spirit : 
 and they that worship him must wor- 
 
 25 ship in spirit and truth. The woman 
 saith unto him, I know that Messiah 
 cometh (which is called Chi-ist) : when 
 he is come, he will declare unto us all 
 
 26 things. Jesus saith unto her, I that 
 speak unto thee am he. 
 
 27 And upon this came his disciples; 
 and they marvelled that he was siieak- 
 iug with a woman ; yet no man said. 
 What seekest thou ? or. Why speakest 
 
 28 thou with her ? So the woman left her 
 waterpot, and went away mto the city, 
 
 29 and saith to the men. Come, see a man, 
 which told me all thuigs that ever I 
 
 30 did: can this be the Christ? They 
 went out of the city, and were coming 
 
 31 to him. In the mean while the disci- 
 jdes prayed him, saying, Eabbi, eat. 
 
 32 But he said unto them, I have meat 
 
 33 to eat that ye know not. The discii)les 
 therefore said one to another. Hath any 
 
 34 man bi-ought him aught to eat? Jesus 
 saith unto them, My meat is to do the 
 will of him that sent me, and to accom- 
 
 35 phsh his work. Say not ye. There are 
 yet four months, and then cometh the 
 harvest ? behold, I say unto you. Lift up 
 your eyes, and look on the fields, that 
 they are 9 white already unto harvest. 
 
 36 He that reapeth receiveth wages, and 
 gathereth fruit unto life eternal ; that 
 he that soweth and he that reapeth may 
 
 37 rejoice together. For herein is the 
 saying true, One soweth, and another 
 
 38 reapeth. I sent you to reap that where- 
 on ye have not laboured : others have 
 laboured, and ye are entered into their 
 labour. 
 
 39 And from that city many of the Sama - 
 ritans believed on htm because of the 
 word of the woman, who testified, He 
 
 40 told me all things that ever I did. So 
 when the Samaritans came unto him, 
 they besought him to abide with them : 
 
 41 and he abode there two days. And 
 many more beheved because of his 
 
 42 word; and they said to the woman, 
 Now we believe, not because of thy 
 speaking : for we have heai'd for our- 
 selves, and know that this is indeed 
 the Saviour of the world. 
 
 43 And after the two days he went 
 
 44 forth from thence into Galilee. For 
 
 ' Or, for 
 such the 
 Father 
 also seek- 
 eth 
 
 8 Or, God 
 is spirit 
 
 OOr, 
 
 white 
 unto 
 harvest. 
 A I ready 
 he that 
 reapeth
 
 (^ f^fOM^^ '\^^ 
 
 72 
 
 S. JOHN. 
 
 4. 44. 
 
 lOr, 
 
 officer 
 
 2 Or. 
 Lord 
 
 3Gr. 
 bond- 
 servants. 
 
 *Many 
 ancient 
 authori- 
 ties reatl 
 thefecuit. 
 
 5 Some 
 ancient 
 authori- 
 ties read 
 Beth- 
 saida, 
 others, 
 Beth- 
 zatha. 
 
 6 Many 
 ancient 
 authori- 
 ties 
 insert, 
 wholly or 
 in part, 
 waiting 
 /or the 
 moving 
 of the 
 water : 
 ifor an 
 ant/el of 
 the Lord 
 went 
 dow7i at 
 certain 
 seasons 
 into the 
 pool, a nd 
 trouhleX 
 the 
 
 water : 
 whoso- 
 ever then 
 first 
 after the 
 trou- 
 bling of 
 the water 
 stepped 
 in was 
 made 
 whole, 
 voith 
 whatso- 
 ever dis- 
 ease he 
 was 
 holden. 
 
 Jesus himself testified., that a prophet 
 45 hath no honom* in his own country. So 
 when he came into GalUee, the Gah- 
 liBans received him, having seen all 
 the thmgs that he did in Jerusalem at 
 the feast ; for they also went unto the 
 feast. 
 '16 He came therefore agaiu unto Cana of 
 GalUee, where he made the water wine. 
 And there was a certain i nobleman, 
 whose son was sick at Capernaum. 
 
 47 When he heard that Jesus was come 
 out of Judaea into Galilee, he went unto 
 him, and besought him that he would 
 come down, and heal his son ; for he 
 
 48 was at the point of death. Jesus there- 
 fore said unto him. Except ye see signs 
 and wonders, ye will in no wise believe. 
 
 49 The 1 nobleman saith unto him, ^Su-, 
 
 50 come down ere my child die. Jesus 
 saith unto him. Go thy way; thy son 
 Uveth. The man believed the word 
 that Jesus spake unto him, and he went 
 
 51 his way. And as he was now gomg 
 down, his ^ servants met him, saying, 
 
 52 that his son lived. So he inquired of 
 them the hour when he began to 
 amend. They said therefore unto 
 him, Yesterday at the seventh hour 
 
 53 the fever left him. So the father 
 knew that it ivas at that hour in 
 which Jesus said unto him. Thy son 
 Uveth : and himself believed, and his 
 
 54 whole house. This is again the second 
 sign that Jesus did, having come out 
 of Judtea into Galilee. 
 
 5 After these things there was ^ a feast 
 
 of the Jews; and Jesus went up to 
 
 Jerusalem. 
 2 Now there is in Jerusalem by the sheep 
 
 gate a jiool, which is caUed in Hebrew 
 S^Bethesda, having five porches. In 
 
 these lay a multitude of them that were 
 
 5 sick, bliad, halt, withered". And a cer- 
 tain man was there, which had been 
 thirty and eight years in his infirmity. 
 
 6 When Jesus saw him lyuig, and knew 
 that he had been now a long time iii that 
 case, he saith mito him, Wouldest thou 
 
 7 be made whole ? The sick man an- 
 swered htm, 2 Su% I have no man, when 
 the water is troubled, to put me into the 
 pool : but whUe I am commg, another 
 
 8 steppeth down before me. Jesus saith 
 unto him. Arise, take up thy bed, and 
 
 9 walk. And straightway the man was 
 made whole, and took up his bed and 
 walked. 
 
 Now it was the sabbath on that day. 
 
 10 So the Jews said unto him that was 
 cured, It is the sabbath, and it is not 
 
 11 lawful for thee to take up thy bed. But 
 he answered them, He that made me 
 whole, the same said unto me. Take up 
 
 12 thy bed, and walk. They asked him. 
 Who is the man that said unto thee, 
 
 13 Take up th// bed, and walk ? But he that 
 was healed wist not who it was : for 
 Jesus had conveyed himself away, a 
 
 14 multitude being in the place. After- 
 ward Jesus findeth him m the temple, 
 and said unto him. Behold, thou art 
 made whole : siu no more, lest a worse 
 
 15 thing befaU thee. The man went away, 
 and told the Jews that it was Jesus 
 
 16 which had made bim whole. And for 
 this cause did the Jews persecute Jesus, 
 because he did these thiags on the sab- 
 
 17 bath. But Jesus answered them. My 
 Father worketh even untU now, and I 
 
 18 work. For this cause therefore th& 
 Jews sought the more to kUl him, be- 
 cause he not only brake the sabbath, 
 but also caUed God his own Father, 
 makiug himself equal with God. 
 
 19 Jesus therefore answered and said 
 unto them, 
 
 VerUy, verUy, I say unto you. The Son 
 can do nothing of himself, biit what 
 he seeth the Father domg : for what 
 things soever he doeth, these the Son 
 
 20 also doeth in like manner. For the 
 Father loveth the Son, and sheweth 
 him aU things that himself doeth : and 
 greater works than these will he shew 
 
 21 him, that ye may marvel. For as the 
 Father raiseth the dead and quicken- 
 eth them, even so the Son also quicken- 
 
 22eth whom he wiU. For neither doth 
 the Father judge any man, but he hath 
 
 23 given aU judgement unto the Son ; that 
 aU may honoiu- the Son, even as they 
 honour the Father. He that honour- 
 eth not the Son hououreth not the Fa- 
 
 24 ther which sent him. VerUy, verUy, I 
 say unto you, He that heareth my 
 word, and beheveth him that sent me, 
 hath eternal life, and cometh not into 
 judgement, but hath passed out of 
 
 25 death into life. VerUy, verUy, I say 
 unto you. The hour cometh, and now 
 is, when the dead shall hear the voice 
 of the Son of God ; and they that hear 
 
 26 shaU live. For as the Father hath life 
 in himself, even so gave he to the Son 
 
 27 also to have life in himself : and he 
 gave him authority to execute judge- 
 ment, because he is 'the Son of man. 
 
 28 Marvel not at this : for the hour com- 
 eth, in which aU that are in the tombs 
 
 29 shaU hear his voice, and shaU come 
 forth ; they that have done good, unto 
 the resurrection of life ; and they that 
 have 8 done iU, unto the resurrection of 
 judgement. 
 
 30 I can of myself do nothing : as I hear, 
 I judge : and my judgement is right- 
 eous ; because I seek not mine own 
 wUl, but the wUl of him that sent me. 
 
 31 If I bear witness of myself, my wit- 
 32uess is not true. It is another that 
 
 beareth witness of me ; and I know 
 that the witness which he witnesseth 
 
 33 of me is true. Ye have sent unto John, 
 and he hath borne witness unto the 
 
 34 truth. But the witness which I receive 
 is not from man : bowbeit I say these 
 
 35 things, that ye may be saved. He
 
 6. 32. 
 
 S. JOHN. 
 
 73 
 
 lOr. 
 .Si'ar -71 
 the scrip- 
 tures 
 
 2 Some 
 ancient 
 authors 
 ties ro.atl 
 the onlif 
 one. 
 
 loaves. 
 
 4 See 
 marginal 
 note on 
 Matt 
 xviiL 88. 
 
 ■was the lamp that burneth and shineth : 
 and ye were wiUiiig to rcjt)ice for a 
 
 36 season hi his hght. But the witness 
 which I have is greater than that of 
 John : for the works which the Father 
 hath given rae to accomphsh, the veiy 
 works that I do, bear witness of me, 
 
 37 that the Father hath sent me. And 
 the Father which sent me, he hath 
 borne witness of me. Ye have neither 
 heard his voice at any time, nor seen 
 
 38 his form. And ye have not his word 
 abiding in you : for whom he sent, him 
 
 39 ye beUeve not. ^ Ye search the scrip- 
 tures, because ye think that in them ye 
 have eternal life ; and these are they 
 
 40 which bear witness of me ; and yo will 
 not come to me, that ye may have life. 
 
 fi I receive not glory from men. But 
 I know you, that ye have not the love 
 
 43 of God in yourselves. I am come in 
 my Father's name, and ye receive me 
 not : if another shall come in his own 
 
 44 name, him ye will receive. How can 
 ye believe, which receive glory one of 
 another, and the glory that cometli from 
 
 45^ the only God ye seek not? Tliink 
 not that I will accuse you to the Father : 
 there is one that accuseth you, even 
 Moses, on whom ye have set your hojie. 
 
 46 For if ye believed Moses, ye would 
 
 47 believe me ; for he wrote of me. But 
 if ye believe not his writings, how shall 
 ye believe my words ? 
 
 6 After these things Jesus went away 
 to the other side of the sea of Gahlee, 
 
 2 which is the sea of Tiberias. And a 
 great multitude followed him, because 
 they beheld the signs which he did on 
 
 3 them that were sick. And Jesus went 
 up into the mountain, and there he sat 
 
 4 with his discijjles. Now the passover, 
 the feast of the Jews, was at hand. 
 
 5 Jesus therefore lifting up his eyes, 
 and seeing that a great multitude 
 Cometh unto him, saith unto Philip, 
 Whence are we to buy » bread, that 
 
 fi these may eat? And this he said to 
 prove him : for he himself knew what 
 
 7 he would do. Philip answered him, 
 Two hundred * pennyworth of bread 
 is not sufficient for them, that every 
 
 8 one may take a little. One of his dis- 
 ciples, Andrew, Simon Peter's brother, 
 
 9 saith unto him. There is a lad here, 
 which hath five barley loaves, and two 
 fishes : but what are these among so 
 
 10 many? Jesus said, Make the people 
 sit down. Now there was much grass 
 in the place. So the men sat down, in 
 
 11 number about five thousand. Jesus 
 therefore took the loaves ; and having 
 given thanks, he distributed to them 
 that were set down; likewise also of 
 
 12 the fishes as much as they would. And 
 when they were filled, he saith unto 
 his disciples, Gather up the broken 
 pieces which remain over, that no- 
 
 13 thing be lost. So they gathered them 
 
 up, and filled twelve baskets with 
 broken pieces from the five barley 
 loaves, which remained over unto them 
 
 14 that had eaten. Wlien therefore the 
 people saw the '' sign which he did, they 
 sai(l. This is of a trath the prophet 
 that Cometh into the world. 
 
 15 Jesus therefore perceiving that they 
 were about to come and take him by 
 force, to make him king, withdrew 
 again into the mountain himself alone. 
 
 IG And when evening came, his disciples 
 
 17 went down unto the sea; and they 
 
 entered into a })oat, and were gomg 
 
 over the sea unto Capernaum. And it 
 
 was now dark, and Jesus had not yet 
 
 18 come to them. And the sea was rising 
 by reason of a great wind that blew. 
 
 19 When therefore they had rowed about 
 five and twenty or thirty furlongs, they 
 behold Jesus walking on the sea, and 
 drawing nigh unto the boat : and they 
 
 20 were afraid. But he saith unto them, 
 
 21 It is I; be not afraid. They were 
 willing therefore to receive him into 
 the boat : and straightway the boat 
 was at the land whither they were 
 going. 
 
 22 On the morrow the multitude which 
 stood on the other .side of the sea saw 
 that there was none other ''boat there. 
 Rive one, and that Jesus entered not 
 with his disciples into the boat, but that 
 
 23 his disciples went away alone (howbeit 
 there came '< boats from Tiberias nigh 
 unto the place where they ate the 
 bread after the Lord had given thanks) : 
 
 24 when the multitude therefore saw that 
 Jesus was not there, neither his dis- 
 ciples, they themselves got into the 
 7 boats, and came to Capernaum, seek- 
 
 25 iug Jesus. And when they found him 
 on the other side of the sea, they said 
 unto him, Eabbi, when camest thou 
 
 26 hither ? Jesus answered them and said. 
 Verily, verUy, I say unto you. Ye seek 
 me, not because ye saw signs, but 
 because ye ate of the loaves, and 
 
 27 were fiUed. Work not for the meat 
 which perisheth, but for the meat 
 which abideth unto eternal life, which 
 the Son of man shall give unto you : 
 for liim the Father, even God, hath 
 
 28 sealed. They said therefore unto 
 him, Wiat must we do, that we may 
 
 29 work the works of God? Jesus an- 
 swered and said unto them. This is the 
 work of God, that ye beheve on him 
 
 30 whom 8 he hath sent. They said there- 
 fore unto him, 'What then doest thou 
 for a sign, that we may see, and be- 
 
 31 lieve thee ? what workest thou ? Our 
 fathers ate the manna in the wilder- 
 ness ; as it is written, He gave them 
 
 32 bread out of heaven to eat. Jesus there- 
 fore said unto them. Verily, verily, I 
 say unto you. It was not Moses that 
 gave you the bread out of heaven ; but 
 my Father giveth you the true bread out 
 
 i> Siime 
 .iiirient 
 autliorl- 
 ties read 
 tigns. 
 
 CGr. 
 little 
 boat. 
 
 7Gr. 
 little 
 boats. 
 
 8 Or, 
 lie sent 
 
 D5
 
 74 
 
 S. JOHN. 
 
 6. 32. 
 
 I Or, that 
 I should 
 raise 
 him up 
 
 2 Gr. trtie 
 meat. 
 3Gr. true 
 drinJc, 
 
 33 of heaven. For the bread of God is 
 that which cometh down out of heaven, 
 
 34 and giveth hfe unto the world. They 
 said therefore unto him, Lord, ever- 
 
 35 more give us this bread. Jesus said 
 unto them, I am the bread of hfe : he 
 that cometh to me shall not hunger, 
 and he that beUeveth on me shall never 
 
 36 thirst. But I said unto you, that ye 
 
 37 have seen me, and yet beheve not. AU 
 that which the Father giveth me shall 
 come unto me ; and him that cometh 
 
 38 to me I will in no wise cast out. For 
 I am come down from heaven, not to 
 do mine own will, but the will of hun 
 
 39 that sent me. And this is the will of 
 hun that sent me, that of all that 
 v/hich he hath given me I should lose 
 nothing, but should raise it up at the 
 
 40 last day. For this is the will of my 
 Father, that every one that beholdeth 
 the Son, and beheveth on him, should 
 have eternal life ; and ^ I will raise him 
 up at the last day. 
 
 41 The Jews therefore murmm-ed con- 
 cernmg him, because he said, I am the 
 bread which came down out of heaven. 
 
 42 And they said. Is not this Jesus, the 
 son of Joseph, whose father and mother 
 we know? how doth he now say, I am 
 
 43 come down out of heaven ? Jesus an- 
 swered and said unto them. Murmur 
 
 44 not among youi'selves. No man can 
 come to me, except the Father which 
 sent me draw him: and I will raise 
 
 45 him ujj in the last day. It is written in 
 the projihets. And they shall all be 
 taught of God. Eveiy one that hath 
 heard from the Father, and hath leani- 
 
 46 ed, cometh imto me. Not that any man 
 hath seen the Father, save he which 
 is from God, he hath seen the Father. 
 
 47 Verily, verily, I say unto you. He that 
 
 48 beheveth hath eternal life. I am the 
 
 49 bread of life. Youi- fathers did eat 
 the manna in the wilderness, and they 
 
 50 died. This is the bread which cometh 
 down out of heaven, that a man may 
 
 51 eat thereof, and not die. I am the 
 hving bread which came down out of 
 heaven : if any man eat of this bread, 
 he shaUhve for ever : yea and the bread 
 which I wUl give is my flesh, for the 
 life of the world. 
 
 52 The Jews therefore strove one with 
 another, saying, How can this man 
 
 53 give us his flesh to eat ? Jesus there- 
 fore said lanto them. Verily, verily, I 
 say unto you, Except ye eat the flesh 
 of the Sou of man and drink his blood, 
 
 54 ye have not life in yom-selves. He 
 that eateth my flesh and drinketh my 
 blood hath eternal hfe; and I will 
 
 55 raise him uj) at the last day. For 
 my flesh is ^meat indeed, and my 
 
 56 blood is ^diink indeed. He that eat- 
 eth my flesh and drmketh my blood 
 
 57 abide th in me, and I in hira. As the 
 living Father sent me, and I hve 
 
 because of the Father; so he that 
 eateth me, he also shall hve because 
 
 58 of me. This is the bread which came 
 down out of heaven: not as the 
 fathers did eat, and died: he that 
 eateth this bread shaU hve for ever. 
 
 59 These things said he in ^the syna- 
 gogue, as he taught in Capernaum. 
 
 60 Many therefore of his disciples, 
 when they heard this, said. This is a 
 
 61 hard saying ; who can hear ^it ? But 
 Jesus knowing in himself that his 
 discii)les murmured at this, said unto 
 them. Doth this cause you to stum- 
 
 6-2 ble? What then if ye should behold 
 the Son of man ascending where 
 
 63 he was before ? It is the spirit that 
 quickeneth; the flesh profiteth no- 
 thing: the words that I have spoken 
 
 64 unto you are spirit, and are life. But 
 there are some of you that beheve 
 not. For Jesus knew from the be- 
 ginnuig who they were that beheved 
 not, and who it was that should betray 
 
 65 him. And he said. For this cause 
 have I said unto you, that no man can 
 come unto me, except it be given unto 
 him of the Father. 
 
 66 Upon this many of his disciples went 
 back, and walked no more with him. 
 
 67 Jesus said therefore tmto the twelve, 
 
 68 Would ye also go away? Simon Peter 
 answered him. Lord, to whom shall we 
 go? thou "hast the words of eternal 
 
 69 hfe. And we have beheved and know 
 that thou art the Holy One of God. 
 
 70 Jesus answered them. Did not I choose 
 you the twelve, and one of you is a 
 
 71 devil ? Now he spake of Judas the son of 
 Simon Iscariot, for he it was that should 
 betray him, being one of the twelve. 
 
 7 And after these things Jesus walked in 
 Gahlee : for he would not walk in Judsea, 
 because the Jews sought to kill him. 
 
 2 Now the feast of the Jews, the feast of 
 
 3 tabernacles, was at hand. His brethren 
 therefore said unto him, Depart hence, 
 and go into Judsea, that thy disciples 
 also may behold thy works which 
 
 4 thou doest. For no man doeth any- 
 thing in secret, ^ and himself seeketh 
 to be known openly. If thou doest 
 these things, manifest thyself to the 
 
 5 world. For even his brethren did not 
 
 6 believe on him. Jesus therefore saith 
 unto them. My time is not yet come ; 
 
 7 but your time is alway ready. The 
 world cannot hate you ; but me it hat- 
 eth, because I testify of it, that its works 
 
 8 are evU. Go ye up unto the feast : I 
 go not up 8 yet unto this feast ; because 
 
 9 my time is not yet fulfilled. And hav- 
 mg said these things unto them, he 
 abode still in Gahlee. 
 
 10 But when his brethren were gone up 
 unto the feast, then went he also 
 uj), not jiubhcly, but as it were in 
 
 11 secret. The Jews therefore sought 
 him at the feast, and said. Where is
 
 8. 8. 
 
 S. JOHN. 
 
 75 
 
 iGr. 
 
 demon. 
 
 2 Or. 
 
 marvel 
 
 becatme 
 
 of this. 
 
 Motfs 
 
 hath 
 
 givi'n 
 
 you 
 
 circuni' 
 
 cition 
 
 12 he ? And there was much murmuring 
 among the multitudes couceriiiug liiin : 
 some said, Ho is a good man : others 
 said, Not so, but he leadeth the multi- 
 
 13 tude astray. Howbeit no man spake 
 openly of him for fear of the Jews. 
 
 14 But when it was now the midst of the 
 feast Jesus went up into the temple, 
 
 15 and taught. The Jews therefore mar- 
 velled, saying. How knoweth this man 
 
 16 letters, having never learned? Jesus 
 therefore answered them, and said. My 
 teaching is not miue, hut his that sent 
 
 17 me. If any man wUleth to do his wUl, 
 he shaU know of the teaching, whether 
 it be of God, or whether I speak from 
 
 18 myself. He that speaketh from himself 
 seeketh his own glory: but he that 
 seeketh the glory of him that sent him, 
 the same is true, and no unrighteous- 
 
 19ness is in him. Did not Moses give 
 
 you the law, and yet none of you 
 
 doeth the law ? Wliy seek ye to kiU me ? 
 
 20 The multitude answered. Thou hast a 
 
 21 1 devil : who seeketh to kill thee ? Jesus 
 
 answered and said vmto them, I did 
 
 22 one work, and ye aU ^ marvel. For this 
 cause hath Moses given you circumci- 
 sion (not that it is of Moses, but of the 
 fathers) ; and on the sabbath ye cu-cum- 
 
 23 cise a man. K a man receiveth circum- 
 cision on the sabbath, that the law of 
 Moses may not be broken ; are ye wi-oth 
 with me, because I made a man every 
 
 24 whit whole on the sabbath? Judge 
 not according to appearance, but judge 
 righteous judgement. 
 
 25 Some therefore of them of Jerusalem 
 said, Is not this he whom they seek to 
 
 26 kill ? And lo, he speaketh openly, and 
 they say nothing unto hun. Can it 
 be that the ralers indeed know that 
 
 27 this is the Christ ? Howbeit we know 
 this man whence he is : but when the 
 Ckrist cometh, no one knoweth whence 
 
 28 he is. Jesus therefore cried in the 
 temple, teaching and saying. Ye both 
 know me, and know whence I am ; and 
 I am not come of myself, but he that 
 sent me is true, whom ye know not. 
 
 29 1 know him ; because I am from him, 
 
 30 and he sent me. They sought therefore 
 to take him : and no man laid his hand 
 on him, because his hour was not yet 
 
 31 come. But of the multitude many be- 
 lieved on him; and they said. When 
 the Chi-ist shall come, will he do more 
 signs than those which this man hath 
 
 32 done ? The Pharisees heard the nmlti- 
 tude mui-mm-ing these things concern- 
 ing him ; and the chief priests and the 
 Pharisees sent officers to take him. 
 
 33 Jesus therefore said. Yet a Uttle while 
 am I with you, and I go imto hun that 
 
 34 sent me. Ye shall seek me, and shall 
 not find me : and where I am, ye cannot 
 
 35 come. The Jews therefore said among 
 themselves, Whither will this man go 
 that we shall not find him ? will he go 
 
 unto the Dispersion ^among the Greeks, 
 36 and teach the Greeks? \Vluit is tliis 
 word that he said. Ye shall seek me, 
 and shaU not find me : and where I am, 
 ye camiot come ? 
 
 37 Now on the last day, the great day of 
 the feast, Jesus stood and cried, say- 
 ing. If any man thirst, let him come 
 
 38 mito me, and drink. He that believeth 
 on me, as the scripture hath said, out 
 of his belly shall flow rivers of hving 
 
 39 water. But this spake he of the Spirit, 
 which they that beUeved on hun were 
 to receive : * for the Spu-it was not yet 
 given ; because Jesus was not yet glori- 
 
 40fied. Some of the multitude therefore, 
 when they heard these words, said, 
 
 41 This is of a truth the prophet. Others 
 said. This is the Chi-ist. But some 
 said. What, doth the Christ come out 
 
 42 of GalUee? Hath not the scripture 
 said that the Christ cometh of the seed 
 of David, and from Bethlehem, the 
 
 43 village where David was? So there 
 arose a division in the multitude be- 
 
 44 cause of htm. And some of them would 
 have taken him ; but no man laid 
 hands on him. 
 
 45 The officers therefore came to the chief 
 priests and Pharisees ; and they said 
 unto them, Why did ye not bring him ? 
 
 46 The officers answered. Never man so 
 
 47 spake. The Pharisees therefore an- 
 swered them, Ai'e ye also led astray ? 
 
 48 Hath any of the rulers behoved on him, 
 
 49 or of the Pharisees ? But this multi- 
 tude which knoweth not the law are 
 
 50 acciu'sed. Nicodemus saith unto them 
 (he that came to him before, being one 
 
 51 of them). Doth our law judge a man, 
 except it fii'st hear from himself and 
 
 52 know what he doeth ? They answered 
 and said unto hun, Ai't thou also of' 
 GalUee ? Search, and ^ see that out of 
 GalUee ariseth no prophet. 
 
 3Gr. o/. 
 
 «Some 
 ancient 
 authori- 
 ties read 
 for the 
 Boll/ 
 Spirit 
 uinsnot 
 yet 
 ffiven. 
 
 53 f^ [And they went every man unto his 
 8 own house : but Jesus went unto the 
 
 2 mount of Ohves. And early m the 
 morning he came again into the temple, 
 and aU the people came imto hun ; and 
 
 3 he sat down, and taught them. And 
 the scribes and the Pharisees brmg a 
 woman taken in adultery ; and having 
 
 4 set her in the midst, they say mito him, 
 7 Master, this woman hath been taken in 
 
 5 adultery, in the very act. Now in the law 
 Moses commanded us to stone such : 
 
 6 what then sayest thou of her ? And this 
 they said, 8 tempting him, that they 
 might have whereof to accuse him. But 
 Jesus stooped dowm, and with his finger 
 
 7 wrote on the ground. But when they 
 continued asking him, he lifted up hini- 
 seH, and said unto them. He that is 
 without sin among you, let hun fij-st 
 
 8 cast a stone at her. And again he 
 
 5 Or, see   
 for out c/ 
 GalU-ee 
 
 e Most of 
 the an- 
 cient au- 
 thorities 
 omit 
 John vii. 
 5"3 — viii. 
 11. Those 
 which 
 contain 
 it vary 
 much 
 from 
 each 
 other. 
 7 Or, 
 Teacher 
 
 8 Or, 
 
 tri/ing 
 
 D6
 
 7o 
 
 S. JOHN. 
 
 8. 8. 
 
 lOr, /■ 
 a7n 
 
 2 Or. 
 
 How is It 
 that I 
 even 
 ipeak to 
 you at 
 aXlt 
 
 3Gr. 
 into. 
 
 4 0r, / 
 am 
 
 Or, / am 
 he ; and 
 I do 
 
 stooped doTvn, and with his finger wrote 
 9 on the ground. And they, when they 
 heird it, went out one hy one, begin- 
 ning from tlie eldest, even unto the last : 
 and Jesus was left alone, and the wo- 
 man, where she was, in the midst. 
 
 10 And Jesus lifted vn himself, and said 
 unto her. Woman, where are they ? did 
 
 11 no man condemn thee ? And she said. 
 No man. Lord. And Jesus said, Neither 
 do I condemn thee : go thy way ; from 
 henceforth sin no more.] 
 
 12 Again therefore Jesus spake unto 
 them, saying, I am the light of the 
 world : he that foUoweth me shall not 
 walk in the darkness, but shall have the 
 
 13 light of life. The Pharisees therefore 
 said unto him. Thou bearest witness of 
 
 14 thyself; thy witness is not true. Jesus 
 answered and said unto thejn, Even if I 
 bear witness of myself, my witness is 
 true ; for I know whence I cime, and 
 whither I go ; but ye know not whence 
 
 15 1 come, or whither I go. Ye judge 
 
 16 after the flesh ; I judge no man. Yea 
 and if I judge, my judgement is true ; 
 for I am not alone, but I and the Father 
 
 17 that sent me. Yea and in your 1 iw it 
 is written, that the witness of two men 
 
 18 is true. I am he that beareth witness 
 of myself, and the Father that sent me 
 
 19 beareth witness of me. They said there- 
 fore unto him, Wliere is thy Father ? 
 Jesus answered, Ye know neither me, 
 nor my Father : if ye knew me, ye 
 
 20 would know my Father also. These 
 words spake he in the treasury, as he 
 taught in the temple : and no man took 
 him ; because his hour wasnotyetcome. 
 
 21 He said therefore again unto them, I 
 go away, and ye shall seek me, and shall 
 die in your sin : whither I go, ye cannot 
 
 22 come. The Jews therefore said. Will 
 he kill himself, that he saith. Whither 
 
 23 1 go, ye cannot come ? And he said 
 unto them, Ye are from beneath ; I am 
 from above : ye are of this world ; I 
 
 24 am not of this world. I said therefore 
 unto you, that ye shall die in your sins: 
 for except ye believe that ^I am he, 
 
 25 ye shall die in your sins. They said 
 therefore uiito him. Who art thou? 
 Jesus said unto them, ^ Even that which 
 I have also spoken unto you from the 
 
 26 beginning. I have many things to 
 speak and to judge concerning you: 
 howbeit he that sent me is true ; and 
 the things which I heard from hira, 
 
 27 these speak I s unto the world. They 
 perceived not that he spake to them of 
 
 28 the Father. Jesus therefore said, When 
 ye have lifted up the Son of man, then 
 shall ye know that *I am he, and that 
 I do nothing of myself, but as the 
 Father taught me, I speak these things. 
 
 29 And he that sent me is with me; 
 
 he hath not left me alone; for I do 
 always the things that are pleasing to 
 
 30 him. As he spake these things, many 
 believed on him. 
 
 31 Jesus therefore said to those Jews 
 which had beheved him. If ye abide in 
 my word, then are ye truly my disciples ; 
 
 32 and ye shall know the truth, and the 
 
 33 truth shall make you free. They an- 
 swered unto him. We be Abraham's 
 seed, and have never yet been in bond- 
 age to any man : how sayest thou. Ye 
 
 34 shall be made free? Jesus answered 
 them. Verily, verily, I say unto you. 
 Every one that committeth sin is the 
 
 3') bondservant of sin. And the bondser- 
 vant abideth not in the house for ever : 
 
 3G the son abideth for ever. If therefore 
 the Son shall make you free, ye shall be 
 
 37 free indeed. I know that ye are Abra- 
 ham's seed; yet ye seek to kill me, be- 
 cause my word 6 hath not free course in 
 
 38 you. I spe■^k the things which I have 
 seen with " my Father : and ye also do 
 the things which ye heard from your 
 
 39 father. They answered and said unto 
 him, Our father is Abraham. Jesus 
 saith unto them. If ye ^ were Abraham's 
 children, ^ye would do the works of 
 
 40 Abraham. But now ye seek to kill me, 
 a man that hath told you the truth, 
 which I heard from God : this did not 
 
 41 Abraham. Ye do the works of your 
 father. They said unto him. We were 
 )iot born of fornication ; we have one 
 
 42 Father, ei-en God. Jesus said unto 
 them. If God were your Father, ye 
 would love me : for I came forth and 
 am come from God ; for neither have 
 
 43Icomeof myself, but he sent me. Why 
 do ye not ^ understand my speech? 
 Even because ye camiot hear my word. 
 
 44 Ye are of your f ither the devil, and 
 the lusts of your f ither it is yoiu- will to 
 do. He WIS a murderer from the be- 
 ginning, and 10 stood not in the truth, 
 because there is no truth inhim. ^When 
 he sjjeaketh a he, he speaketh of his 
 own : for he is a Uar, and the f ither 
 
 45 thereof. But because I say the truth, 
 
 46 ye beUeve me not. Which of you con- 
 victeth me of sin ? If I say truth, why 
 
 47 do ye not beheve me ? He that is of God 
 heareth the words of God : for tliis 
 cause ye hear them not, because ye are 
 
 48 not of God. The Jews answered and 
 said unto him. Say we not weU that thou 
 art a Samaritan, and hast a i^^evil? 
 
 49 Jesus answered, I have not a i^cJevil; 
 but I honour my Father, and ye dis- 
 
 50 honour me. But I seek not mine own 
 glory: there is one that seeketh and 
 
 51 judgeth. "\'erily, verily, I say unto you. 
 If a mm keep my word, he shall never 
 
 52 see death. The Jews said unto him. 
 Now we know that thou hast a i2(Jevil. 
 Abraham is dead, and the prophets ; and 
 thou sayest. If a man keep my word, he 
 
 53 shall never taste of death. Art thou
 
 (^,^\& WY^ 
 
 9. 41. 
 
 S. JOHN. 
 
 77 
 
 1 Or, thca 
 hesftoutU 
 see 
 
 2Gr. 
 
 was 
 bom. 
 3 Or, was 
 hklUeft, 
 and 
 
 went i-c. 
 * Many 
 ancient 
 authori- 
 ties add 
 and 
 going 
 through 
 the 
 midst 
 of th^tn 
 went his 
 way. 
 and so 
 jiassed 
 
 5 Or. 
 
 and with 
 the chi,y 
 thereof 
 anointed 
 his ef/es 
 
 greater than our father Abraham, which 
 IS dead? and the proi)hets are dead: 
 
 54 whom makest thou tliyself ? Jeaus 
 answered, If I glorifj' myself, my gloi-y 
 is nothing: it is my Father that glori- 
 fieth me ; of whom ye say, that he is 
 
 55 your God; and yo have not known 
 him : but I know him ; and if I should 
 say, I know him not, I shall bo like 
 unto you, a har : but I know him, and 
 
 56 keep his word. Your father Abraham 
 rejoiced^ to see my day; and he saw 
 
 57 it, and was glad. The Jews therefore 
 said unto him, Thou art not yet fifty 
 years old, and liast thou seen Abraham ? 
 
 58 Jesus said imto them. Verily, verily, I 
 say unto you. Before Abraham 2 was, I 
 
 59 am. They took up stones therefore to 
 cast at him: but Jesus si^jd bimself, 
 and went out of the temple*. 
 
 9 And as he passed by, he saw a man 
 
 2 blind from his bu'th. And his disciples 
 asked him, saying. Rabbi, who did sin, 
 this man, or his parents, that he should 
 
 3 be born bhud ? Jesus answered. Neither 
 did this man sin, nor his parents : but 
 that the works of God should be made 
 
 4 manifest in him. We must work the 
 works of him that sent me, while it is 
 day : the night cometh, when no man 
 
 Scan work. When I am in the world, 
 
 61 am the Hght of the world. When 
 
 he had thus spoken, he spat on the 
 
 ground, and made clay of the spittle, 
 
 5 and anointed his eyes with the clay, 
 
 7 and said unto him, Go, wash in the j)ool 
 of Siloam (which is by inteii^retation. 
 Sent). He went away therefore, and 
 
 8 washed, and came seeing. The neigh- 
 bours therefore, and they which saw 
 him aforetime, that he was a beggar, 
 said. Is not thi s he that sat and begged '? 
 
 Others said. It is he : others said. No, 
 but he is Uke him. He said, I am he. 
 
 10 They said therefore unto him. How 
 
 11 then were thine eyes opened? He 
 answered, The man that is called 
 Jesus made clay, and anointed mine 
 eyes, and said unto me. Go to Siloam, 
 and wash: sol went away and washed, 
 
 12 and I received sight. And they said 
 unto him, Where is he ? He saith, I 
 know not. 
 
 13 They bring to the Pharisees him 
 
 14 that aforetime was bhnd. Now it was 
 the sabbath on the day when Jesus 
 made the clay, and opened his eyes. 
 
 15 Again therefore the Pharisees also 
 asked him how he received his sight. 
 And he said imto them. He put clay 
 upon mine eyes, and I washed, and do 
 
 16 see. Some therefore of the Pharisees 
 said, This miin is not from God, be- 
 cause he keepeth not the sabbath. But 
 others said. How can a man that is a 
 sinner do such signs? And there was a 
 
 17 division among them. They say there- 
 fore luito the blind man again. What 
 sayest thou of bim, in that he opened 
 
 thine eyes? And he said. He is a 
 
 18 prophet. The Jews therefore did not 
 believe concerning him, that he had 
 been bhnd, and had received his sight, 
 until they called tlie parents of him that 
 
 19 had received his sight, and asked them, 
 sayuig. Is this your son, who ye s;iy 
 was born blind? how then doth he 
 
 20 now see? His parents answered and 
 said. We know that this is our son, and 
 
 21 that he was born bhnd : but how he 
 nowseeth,weknownot ; or who opened 
 his eyes, we know not : ask him ; he is 
 of age ; he shall speak for himself. 
 
 22 These things said his parents, because 
 they feared the Jews : for the Jews had 
 agreed already, that if tny man should 
 confess him to be Christ, he should be 
 
 23 put out of the synagogue. Therefore 
 said his parents. He is of age ; ask him. 
 
 24 So they called a second time the man 
 that was blind, and said unto him. Give 
 gloiy to God : we know that this man 
 
 25 is a sinner. He therefore answered. 
 Whether he be a siimer, I know not : 
 one thing I know, that, whereas I was 
 
 26 bhnd, now I see. They said therefore 
 unto him. What did he to thee? how 
 
 27 opened he thine eyes ? He answered 
 them, I told you even now, and ye did 
 not hear : wherefore would ye hear it 
 again? would ye also become his dis- 
 
 28 ciples ? And they reviled him, and said. 
 Thou art his disciple ; but we are dis- 
 
 29 ciples of Moses. We know that God 
 hath spoken unto Moses: but as for 
 this man, we know not whence he is. 
 
 30 The man answered and said unto them. 
 Why, herein is the marvel, that ye know 
 not whence he is, and yet he opened 
 
 31 mine eyes. We know that God hear- 
 eth not simiers : but if any man be 
 a worshipper of God, and do his wiU, 
 
 32 him he heareth. Since the world began 
 it was never heard that any one opened 
 
 33 the eyes of a man born blind. If this 
 man werei not from God, he could do 
 
 34 nothing. They answered and said unto 
 him. Thou wast altogether born in sins, 
 and dost thou teach us? And they 
 cast him out. 
 
 35 Jesus heard that they had east him 
 out; and finding him, he said. Dost 
 
 36 thou believe on ^ the Son of God ? He 
 answered and said. And who is he. 
 Lord, that I m;.y beheve on him? 
 
 37 Jesus said unto him. Thou hast both 
 seen him, and he it is that speaketh 
 
 88 with thee. And he said, Lord, I 
 
 39 beheve. And he worshipped him. And 
 Jesus said. For judgement came I into 
 this world, that they which see not 
 may see ; and that they which see may 
 
 40 become blind. Those of the Pharisees 
 which were with himheard these things, 
 and said unto him. Are we also bhnd ? 
 
 41 Jesus said unto them. If ye were blind, 
 ye would have no sin : but now ye say. 
 We see : your sin remaineth. 
 
 'Many 
 ancient 
 authori- 
 ties read 
 th^ Son 
 of man.
 
 78 
 
 S. JOHN. 
 
 10. 1. 
 
 I Or, a 
 
 2 Or, 
 }>roverh 
 
 abun- 
 dance 
 
 ^Or, lead 
 
 5 Or, 
 there 
 shall lie 
 one Jloclc 
 
 3 Some 
 ancient 
 authori- 
 ties read 
 took it 
 away. 
 
 7 Or, 
 right 
 
 8Gr. 
 demon. 
 
 9 Some 
 ancient 
 authori- 
 ties read 
 At that 
 time was 
 the feast. 
 
 lO Verily, verily, I say unto you. He that 
 entereth uot by the door into the fold 
 of the sheep, but cUinbeth up some 
 other way, the same is a thief and a 
 
 2 robber. ]3ut he that entereth in by the 
 door is ithe shepherd of the sheep. 
 
 3 To him the porter openeth ; and the 
 sheeiJ hear his voice : and be calleth 
 his own sheep by name, and leadetli 
 
 4 them out. When he hath put forth all 
 his own, he goeth before them, and 
 the sheep follow him : for they know 
 
 5 his voice. And a stranger wiU they not 
 foUow, but will flee from him : for they 
 
 Cknow not the voice of strangers. This 
 ■•^ijarable spake Jesus mito them: but 
 they understood not what things they 
 were which he s^iake unto them. 
 
 7 Jesus therefore said unto them again. 
 Verily, verily, I say unto you, I am 
 
 8 the door of the sheep. All that came 
 before me are thieves and robbers : but 
 
 9 the sheep did not hear them. I am the 
 door : by me if any man enter in, he 
 shall be saved, and shall go in and go 
 
 10 out, and shall find pastm'e. The thief 
 Cometh not, but that he may steal, and 
 kill, and destroy : I came that they 
 may have Hfe, and may ^iiave it 
 
 11 abundantly. I am the good shepherd : 
 the good shepherd layeth down bis life 
 
 12 for the sheep. He that is a hireling, 
 and not a shei)herd, whose own the 
 sheep are not, beholdeth the wolf 
 coming, and leaveth the sheep, and 
 fleeth, and the wolf snatcheth them, 
 
 13 and scattereth them: he fleeth because 
 he is a hirehng, and careth uot for the 
 
 14 sheep. I am the good shepherd ; and 
 I know mine own, and mine own know 
 
 15 me, even as the Father knoweth me, 
 and I know the Father ; and I lay down 
 
 16 my life for the sheep. And other sheep 
 I have, which are not of this fold : them 
 also I must ^ bring, and they shall hear 
 my voice ; and 5 they shall become one 
 
 17 flock, one sheijherd. Therefore doth 
 the Father love me, because I lay down 
 
 18 my life, that I may take it again. No 
 one ^taketh it away from me, but I 
 lay it down of myself. I have 'power 
 to lay it down, and I have '^jiower to 
 take it again. This commandment 
 received I from my Father. 
 
 19 There arose a division again among 
 
 20 the Jews because of these words. And 
 many of them said. He hath a sde-sdl, 
 
 21 and is mad ; why hear ye him ? Others 
 said. These are not the sayings of one 
 possessed with a 8 devil. Can a 8 devil 
 open the eyes of the blind ? 
 
 22 9 And it was the feast of the dedica- 
 tion at Jerusalem : it was winter ; 
 
 23 and Jesus was walkiitg in the temijle 
 
 24 in Solomon's porch. The Jews there- 
 fore came round about him, and said 
 unto him. How long dost thou hold 
 us in suspense? If thou art the 
 
 25 Christ, tell us plainly. Jesus answered 
 
 them, I told you, and ye beheve not : 
 the works that I do in my Father's 
 
 26 name, these bear witness of me. But 
 ye beheve not, because ye are not of 
 
 27 my sheej). My sheep hear my voice, 
 and I know them, and they follow me : 
 
 28 and I give unto them eternal life ; and 
 they shall never perish, and no one 
 shall snatch them out of my hand. 
 
 291" My Father, which hath given them 
 U'lto me, is gi-eater than all; and no 
 one is able to snatch ^^them out of the 
 
 30 Father's hand. I and the Father are 
 
 31 one. The Jews took up stones again 
 
 32 to stone him* Jesus answered them. 
 Many good works have I shewed you 
 from the Father; for which of those 
 
 33 works do ye stone me? The Jews 
 answered him. For a good work we 
 stone thee not, but for blasphemy; 
 and because that thou, being a man, 
 
 34makest thyself God. Jesus answered 
 them. Is it not vsritten in your law, I 
 
 35 said. Ye are gods ? If he called them 
 gods, unto whom the word of God came 
 (and the scripture cannot be broken), 
 
 36 say ye of him, whom the Father i^ sanc- 
 tiiied and sent into the world. Thou 
 blasi)hemest ; because I said, I am the 
 
 37 Son of God ? If I do not the works of 
 
 38 my Father, believe me not. But if I do 
 them, though ye believe not me, believe 
 the works: that ye may know and under- 
 stand that the Father is in me, and I in 
 
 39 the Father. They sought again to tike 
 him: and he went forth out of their hand. 
 
 40 And he went away again beyond Jordan 
 into the place where John was at the 
 
 41 first baptizing; and there he abode. And 
 many came unto him ; and they said, 
 John indeed did no sign : but all things 
 whatsoever John spake of this man were 
 
 42 true. And many believed on him there. 
 11 Now a certain man was sick, Lazaras 
 
 of Bethany, of the village of Maiy and 
 
 2 her sister Martha. And it was that 
 Maiy which anointed the Lord with 
 ointment, and wiped his feet with her 
 hair, whose brother Lazarus was sick. 
 
 3 The sisters therefore sent unto him, 
 siying. Lord, behold, he whom thou 
 
 4 lovest is sick. But when Jesus heard it, 
 he siiid, This sickness is not unto de.xth, 
 but for the gloi-y of God, that the Son of 
 
 5 God may bo glorified thereby. Now 
 Jesus loved Martha, and her sister, and 
 
 6 Lazarus. When therefore he lieard 
 that he was sick, he abode at that time 
 two days in the place where he was. 
 
 7 Then after this he saith to the disciples, 
 
 8 Let us go into Judaea again. The 
 disciples say unto him, Eabbi, the Jews 
 were but now seeking to stone thee ; and 
 
 9goest thou thither again? Jesus an- 
 swered. Are there not twelve hours in 
 the day ? If a man walk in the day, he 
 stumbleth not, because he seeth the 
 10 light of this world. But if a man 
 walk in the night, he stumbleth, be-
 
 11. 57. 
 
 S. JOHN. 
 
 79 
 
 11 cause the light is not in hiin. These 
 things spake he : anrt after this he saith 
 luito them, Oiu' friend Lazarus is fallen 
 asleep; hut I go, that I may awake 
 
 12 him out of sleep. The (liscii)les there- 
 fore said unto him. Lord, if he is f illen 
 
 13 asleep, he will i recover. Now Jesus 
 bad spoken of his death : hut they 
 thought that he spake of taking rest in 
 
 14 sleep. Then Jesus therefore said imto 
 1.5 them plainly, Lazarus is dead. And I 
 
 am glad for your sakes that I was not 
 there, to the intent ye may beheve: 
 nevei-theless let us go unto him. 
 
 16 Thomas therefore, whais called ^Didy- 
 mus, said unto bis fellow-disciples, Let 
 us also go, that we may die with him. 
 
 17 So when Jesus came, he found that 
 be had been in the tomb four days 
 
 18 already. Now Bethany was nigh luito 
 Jerusalem, about fifteen furlongs off; 
 
 19 and many of the Jews bad come to 
 Martha and Mary, to console them 
 
 20 concerning their brother. Martha 
 therefore, when she heard that Jesus 
 Tvas coming, went and met him : but 
 
 21 Mary still sat in the house. Martha 
 therefore said unto Jesus, Lord, if thou 
 badst been here, my brother had not 
 
 22 died. And even now I know that, 
 whatsoever thou shalt ask of God, God 
 
 23 will give thee. Jesus saith unto her, 
 
 24 Thy bi'otber shall rise again. Martha 
 saith unto him, I know that he shall 
 rise again in the resurrection at the 
 
 25 last day. Jesus said unto her, I am 
 the resurrection, and the life : be that 
 believeth on me, though be die, yet 
 
 26 shall be live : and whosoever liveth and 
 believeth on me shall never die. Be- 
 
 27 lievest thou this ? She saith unto him. 
 Yea, Lord : I have beUeved that thou 
 art the Christ, the Son of God, even he 
 
 28 that Cometh into the world. And when 
 she bad said this, she went away, and 
 called Mary ^ her sister secretly, saying. 
 The ■'Master is here, and calleth thee. 
 
 29 And she, when she beard it, arose 
 
 30 quickly, and went unto him. (Now 
 Jesus was not yet come into the village, 
 but was still in the jjlace where ^Martha 
 
 31 met bim.) The Jews then which were 
 with her in the house, and were com- 
 forting her, when they saw Mary, that 
 she rose up quickly and went out, fol- 
 lowed her , supjiosing that she was going 
 
 32 unto the tomb to ^weep there. Mary 
 therefore, when she came where Jesus 
 was, and saw bim, fell down at bis feet, 
 saying unto hitn. Lord, if thou hadst 
 been bei'e, my brother bad not died. 
 
 33 When Jesus therefore saw her ^ weep- 
 ing, and the Jews also 6 weeping which 
 came with her, be '' groaned in the spirit, 
 
 34 and ^was troubled, and said, Wliere have 
 ye laid him ? They say unto bim. Lord, 
 
 ^ come and see. Jesiis wept. The Jews 
 
 therefore said. Behold how he loved 
 
 37 bim 1 But some of them said. Could 
 
 not this man, wliieb opened the eyes of 
 him that was blind, have caused that 
 
 38 this man also should not die ? Jesus 
 therefore again "groaning in hunself 
 Cometh to the tomb. No w it was a cave, 
 
 39 and a stone lay ^Oagainst it. Jesus 
 saith. Take ye away the stone. Martha, 
 the sister of him that was dead, saith 
 unto him. Lord, hy this tune he stink- 
 eth : for he hath been dead four days. 
 
 40 Jesus saith unto her, Said I not unto 
 thee, that, if thou bclievedst, thou 
 
 41 shouldest see the glory of God ? So they 
 took away the stone. And .Jesus lifted 
 ui) bis eyes, and said. Father, I thank 
 
 42 thee that thou beardest me. And I 
 knew that thou bearest me always : 
 but because of the multitude which 
 standeth around I said it, that they 
 may believe that thou didst send me. 
 
 43 And when be had thus spoken, he cried 
 with a loud voice, Lazarus, come forth. 
 
 44 He that was dead came forth, bound 
 band and foot with ii grave-clothes ; 
 and his face was bound about with a 
 napkin. Jesus saith unto them, Loose 
 bim, and let him go. 
 
 45 Many therefore of the Jews, which 
 came to Maiy and beheld i^tbat which be 
 
 46 did, bebeved on bim. But some of them 
 went away to the Pharisees, and told 
 tliem the things which Jesus had done. 
 
 47 The chief priests therefore and the 
 Pharisees gathered a councU, and said. 
 What do we ? for this man doeth many 
 
 48 signs. If we let bim thus alone, all men 
 will bebeve on bim : and the Eomans 
 wUl come and take away both our place 
 
 49 and our nation. But a certain one of 
 them, Caiaphas, being high priest that 
 year, said unto them, Ye know nothing 
 
 50 at all, nor do ye take account that it is 
 expedient for you that one man should 
 die for the peoijle, and that the whole 
 
 51 nation perish not. Now this he said 
 not of hunself : but being high priest 
 that year, he prophesied that Jesus 
 
 52 should die for the nation ; and not for 
 the nation only, but that he might also 
 gather together into one the children 
 
 53 of God that are scattered abroad. So 
 from that day forth they took counsel 
 that they might put bim to death. 
 
 54 Jesus therefore walked no more openly 
 among the Jews, but dei)arted thence 
 into the countrynear to the wilderness, 
 into a city called Eijhraim ; and there be 
 
 55 tarried vrith the discijiles. Now the 
 passover of the Jews was at band : and 
 many went up to Jerusalem out of the 
 country before the passover, to jrai-ify 
 
 56 themselves. Tliey sought therefore for 
 Jesus, and spake one with another, as 
 they stood in the temple, Wliat think 
 ye? That he will not come to the feast? 
 
 57 Now the chief priests and the Pharisees 
 had given commandment, that, if any 
 man knew where he was, be should 
 shew it, that they might take bim. 
 
 oor, 
 
 being 
 
 movrd 
 
 with 
 
 indifjna- 
 
 tion in 
 
 hUiuelf 
 
 WOr. 
 
 upon 
 
 " Or, i 
 fjrave' ; 
 bands 
 
 12 >rany 
 ancient 
 Mutliori- 
 tiesread 
 the 
 
 thinfts 
 which he 
 did. I 
 
 I
 
 80 
 
 «. JOHN. 
 
 12. 1. 
 
 I See 
 marginal 
 note OIL 
 Mark 
 Jtiv. 3. 
 
 2 See 
 marginal 
 note on 
 Matt. 
 xvUi. 23. 
 
 3 Or, box 
 
 4 Or, car- 
 ricd 
 
 what was 
 put 
 therein 
 
 5 Or, 
 Let her 
 aloiie : 
 it was 
 that sJte 
 might 
 kee2> it 
 
 6 Some 
 
 ancient 
 
 autlion- 
 
 ties 
 
 read tJie 
 
 comnijn 
 
 people. 
 
 ' t r, To 
 behold 
 
 12 Jesus therefore six days before the 
 passover came to Bethany, where 
 Lazarus was, whom Jesus raised from 
 
 2 the dead. So they made him a sujiper 
 there : and Martha served ; hut La- 
 zarus was one of them that sat at meat 
 
 3 with him. Mary therefore took a pound 
 of ointment of i spikenard, very pre- 
 cious, and anointed the feet of Jesus, 
 and wiped his feet with her hair : and 
 the house was filled with the odour of 
 
 4 the ointment. But Judas Iscariot, one 
 of his disciples, which should betray 
 
 5 him, saith. Why was not this ointment 
 sold for three hundred ^ pence, and 
 
 6 given to the poor? Now this he said, 
 not because he cared for the poor ; but 
 because he was a thief, and having the 
 sbag *took away what was put therein. 
 
 7 Jesus therefore said, ^ Suffer her to 
 keep it against the day of my bui-ying. 
 
 8 For the poor ye have always with 
 you ; but me ye have not always. 
 
 9 The common peojjle therefore of the 
 Jews learned that he was there : and 
 they came, not for Jesus' sake only, hut 
 that they might see Lazarus also, whom 
 
 10 he had raised from the dead. But the 
 chief priests took counsel that they 
 
 11 might put Lazarus also to death ; be- 
 cause that by reason of him many of 
 the Jews went away, and beheved on 
 Jesus. 
 
 12 On the morrow ^a great multitude 
 that had come to the feast, when they 
 heard that Jesus was coming to Jeru- 
 
 13 salem, took the branches of the pahu 
 trees, and went forth to meet him, and 
 cried out, Hosanna : Blessed is he that 
 Cometh in the name of the Lord, even 
 
 14 the Kuig of Israel. And Jesus, having 
 found a young ass, sat thereon ; as it 
 
 15 is written. Fear not, daughter of Zion : 
 behold, thy King cometh, sittuig on an 
 
 16 ass's colt. These things understood 
 not his disciples at the first : but when 
 Jesus was glorified, then remembered 
 they that these things were written of 
 him, and that they had done these 
 
 17 thuigs unto him. The multitude there- 
 fore that was with him when he called 
 Lazarus out of the tomb, and raised 
 
 18 him from the dead, bare witness. For 
 this cause also the multitude went 
 and met him, for that they heard that 
 
 19 he had done this sign. The Phari- 
 sees therefore said among themselves, 
 'Behold how ye prevail nothing: lo, 
 the world is gone after him. 
 
 20 Now there were certain Greeks among 
 those that went up to worship at the 
 
 21 feast : these therefore came to Phihp, 
 which was of Bethsaida of Galilee, 
 and asked him, saying, Sk, wo would 
 
 22 see Jesus. Phihp cometh and telleth 
 Andrew: Andrew cometh, and PhUii), 
 
 23 and they teU Jesus. And Jesus answer- 
 eth them, saying, The hour is come, 
 that the Son of man should be glorified. 
 
 24 Verily, verily, I say unto you. Except 
 a grain of wheat fall into the earth and 
 die, it abideth by itself alone ; but if it 
 
 25tlie, it beareth much fruit. He that 
 loveth his 8 life loseth it; and he that 
 hateth his ^Ufe in this world shaU keep 
 
 2G it unto hf e eternal. If any man serve 
 me, let him follow me; and where I 
 am, there shall also my servant be : if 
 any man serve me, him will the Father 
 
 27 honour. Now is my soul troubled ; and 
 what shall I say? Father, save me 
 from this ^hour. But for this cause 
 
 28 came I unto this hour. Father, glorify 
 thy name. There came therefore a 
 voice out of heaven, saijiiu), I have both 
 glorified it, and will glorify it again. 
 
 29 The multitude therefore, that stood by, 
 andheardit, said that it had thundered : 
 others said. An angel hath spoken to 
 
 30 him. Jesus answered and said, This 
 voice hath not come for my sake, but 
 
 31 for your sakes. Nov is lothe judge- 
 ment of this world: now shall the 
 
 32 prince of this world be cast out. And 
 I, if I be lifted up "from the earth, 
 
 33 win draw aU men unto myself. But 
 this he said, signifying by what manner 
 
 34 of death he should die. The multitude 
 therefore answeredhim, We have heard 
 out of the law that the Christ abideth 
 for ever : and how sayest thou. The Son 
 of man must be Uf ted up ? who is this 
 
 35 Son of man ? Jesus therefore said unto 
 them. Yet a httle while is the light 
 12 among you. Walk while ye have the 
 Ught, that darkness overtake you not : 
 and he that walketh in the darkness 
 
 36 knoweth not whither he goeth. While 
 ye have the hght, beUeve on the light, 
 that ye may become sons of light. 
 
 These things spake Jesus, and he 
 departed and i^hid himself from them. 
 
 37 But though he had done so many signs 
 before them, yet they believed not on 
 
 38 him: that the word of Isaiah the 
 
 prophet might be fulfilled, which he 
 
 spake. 
 
 Lord, who hath beheved our i-eport ? 
 
 AjkI to whom hath the arm of the 
 
 Lord been revealed ? 
 
 39 For this cause they could not believe, 
 for that Isaiah said again, 
 
 40 He hath blinded their eyes, and he 
 
 hardened their heart ; 
 Lest they should see with their eyes, 
 
 and perceive with their heart. 
 And should tmii. 
 And I should heal them. 
 
 41 These thmgs said Isaiah, because he 
 saw his gloi-y ; and he spake of him. 
 
 42 Nevertheless even of the rulers many 
 beheved on him; but bec&use of the 
 Pharisees they did not confess i*t7, 
 lest they should be put out of the 
 
 43 synagogue : for they loved the glory 
 of men more than the glory of God. 
 
 44 And Jesus cried and said. He that 
 beheveth on me, beheveth not on
 
 14. 3. 
 
 S. JOHN. 
 
 81 
 
 lOr. 
 to the 
 utter- 
 most 
 
 2 Some 
 ancient 
 authori- 
 ties omit 
 tavcy and 
 his feet. 
 
 3Gr. 
 
 rectineU. 
 
 *0r, 
 Teaeher 
 
 5Gr. 
 boiid- 
 servant. 
 « Gr. (in 
 apo&tlc. 
 
 7 Or, 
 
 cftostt 
 
 -15 me, but on him that sent me. Aiul he 
 that hcholdeth me beholdeth him that 
 
 ■IGsent me. I am cduic a hfjht into the 
 world, that whosoever Ijcheveth on 
 me may not abide iu the darkness. 
 
 47 Ajid if any man hear my sayings, and 
 keep them not, I judge him not : for I 
 came not to judge the world, but to save 
 
 48 the world. He that rejecteth me, and re- 
 ceiveth not my sayings, hath one that 
 judgeth him : the word that I spake, the 
 
 49 same shalljudgehimiu the last day. For 
 I spake not from my self ; but the Father 
 which sent me, he hath given me a com- 
 mandment, what I should say, and what 
 
 501 should speak. And I know that his 
 commandment is hfe eternal: the things 
 therefore which I speak, even as the 
 Father hath said imto me, so I speak. 
 
 13 Now before the feast of the passover, 
 Jesus knowing that liis hour was come 
 that he should depart out of this world 
 unto the Father, havuig loved his own 
 which were iu the world, he loved them 
 2 1 unto the end. And duruig supper, the 
 devil having ah'eady put into the heart of 
 Judas Iscariot, Simou's sun, to betray 
 
 3 him, Jesus, knowing that the Father had 
 given all things into his hands, and that 
 he came forth from God, and goeth unto 
 
 4 God, riseth from supper, and layeth a- 
 side his garments ; and he took a tov,'el, 
 
 5 and girded himself. Then he poureth 
 water into the bason, and began to wash 
 the disciples' feet, and to wipe them with 
 
 6 the towel wherewith he was girded. So 
 he Cometh to Simon Peter. He sa.ith mi- 
 to huu, Lord, dost thuu wash my feet? 
 
 7 Jesus answered and said mito htm, 
 "Wliat I do thou kuowest not now ; but 
 
 8 thou shalt understandhereaf ter. Peter 
 saith mito him, Thou shalt never wash 
 my feet. Jesus answered him. If I wash 
 thee not, thou hast no part with me. 
 
 9 Simon Peter saith mito him. Lord, not 
 my feet only, but also my hands and 
 
 10 my head. Jesus saith to him. He that 
 is bathed needeth not ^save to wash 
 his feet, but is clean every whit : and ye 
 
 Hare clean, but not aU. For he knew 
 him that should betray him; therefore 
 said he. Ye are not aU clean. 
 
 12 So when he had washed their feet, 
 and taken his garments, and ^ sat down 
 again, he said unto them, Know ye 
 
 13 what I have done to you ? Ye call me, 
 ■t Master, and, Lord : and ye say well ; 
 
 14 for so I am. If I then, the Lord and 
 the * Master, have washed your feet, 
 ye also ought to wash one another's 
 
 15 feet. For I have given you an example, 
 that ye also should do as I have done 
 
 16 to you. Verily, verily, I say unto you, 
 A 5 servant is not greater than his lord ; 
 neither 6 one that is sent greater than 
 
 17 he that sent him. If ye know these 
 tlmigs, blessed are ye if ye do them. 
 
 18 1 speak not of you all : I know whom I 
 'have chosen: but that the scripture 
 
 may be fulfilled, He that eateth 8 my 
 bread lifted uj) his heel against me. 
 
 19 From henceforth I teU you before it 
 come to pass, tluit, when it is come to 
 pass, ye may behevo that '•'I am he. 
 
 20 Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that 
 receiveth whomsoever I send receiveth 
 me ; and he that receiveth me receiveth 
 him that seut me. 
 
 21 When Jesus had thus said, he was 
 troubled in the spirit, and testified, and 
 said, Verily, verily, I say unto you, that 
 
 22 one of you shaU betray me. The disciples 
 looked one on another,doubtingof whom 
 
 23 he spake. There was at the table reclin- 
 ing in Jesus' bosom one of his disciples, 
 
 24 whom Jesus loved. Simon Peter there- 
 fore beckoneth to hun, and saith mito 
 him, TeU us who it is of whom he speak- 
 
 25 eth. He leaning back, as he was, on 
 Jesus' breast saith unto him. Lord, who 
 
 26 is it ? Jesus therefore auswereth. He 
 it is, for whom I shall dip the sop, and 
 give it him. So when he had dipped the 
 sop, he taketh andgiveth it to Judas, the 
 
 27 son of Simon Iscariot. Aiid after the 
 sop, then entered Satan into hun. Jesus 
 therefore saith unto him. That thou 
 
 28 doest, do quickly. Now no man at the 
 table knew for what intent he spake this 
 
 29 unto him. For some thought, because 
 Judas had the i" bag, that Jesus said un- 
 to him, Buy what things we have need 
 of for the feast ; or, that he should give 
 
 30 something to the poor. He then having 
 received the sop went out straightway : 
 and it wns night. 
 
 31 When therefore he was gone out, Jesus 
 saith, Now 11 is the Son of man glorified, 
 
 32 and God ii is glorified in him ; and God 
 shaU glorifyhini in himself , and straight- 
 
 33 way shall he glorify him. Little chU- 
 di'en, yet a little while I am with you. 
 Y^e shall seek me : and as I said unto 
 the Jews, Whither I go, ye cannot come ; 
 
 34 so now I say unto ycu. A new com- 
 mandment I give unto you, that ye love 
 one another; i^ even as I have loved you, 
 
 35 that ye also love one another. By this 
 shall all men know that ye are my disci- 
 ples, if ye have love one to another. 
 
 30 Simon Peter saith unto him. Lord, 
 whither goest thou? Jesus answered. 
 Whither I go, thou canst not follow me 
 now ; but thou shalt foUow afterwards. 
 
 37 Peter saith unto him. Lord, why caimot 
 I follow thee even now ? I wiU lay down 
 
 38 my hfe for thee. Jesus auswereth, WUt 
 thou hiy down thy life for me ? Verily, 
 verily, I say mito thee,Thecock shaUnot 
 crow, till thou hast denied me thrice. 
 
 14 Let not your heart be troubled :i3 ye be- 
 2Heveiu God, beUevealsoinme. In my 
 Father's house are many i^mansions ; if 
 it were not so, I would have told you ; 
 for I go to prepare a place for you. 
 3 And if I go and prepare a place for you, 
 I come again, and wOl receive you 
 vmto myself; that where I am, there 
 
 8 Many 
 ancient 
 autliori- 
 tics ruul 
 hU 
 
 hn-ud 
 with inc. 
 'I Or, 
 L am 
 
 "J Or, hox 
 
 n0r,ttra5 
 
 12 Or, 
 even a& J 
 Ijved 
 you, that 
 i;e also 
 niat/ love 
 one 
 another 
 
 13 Or, 
 believe 
 ill God 
 I! Or, 
 nhjding' 
 
 jjIu.L\^&
 
 82 
 
 S. JOHN. 
 
 14. 3. 
 
 1 Man7 
 ancient 
 authori- 
 ties read 
 And 
 whither 
 I go ye 
 know, 
 and the 
 way ye 
 know. 
 »0r. 
 through 
 
 i Many 
 ancient 
 authori- 
 ties omit 
 me. 
 4Gr. 
 
 make re- 
 quest of. 
 6 Or, 
 
 Advocate 
 Or. 
 
 Helper 
 Gr. Pa- 
 raclete. 
 
 8 Or, 
 orphans 
 
 7 Or, 
 and ye 
 shall live 
 
 4 ye may be also. ^And whither I go, ye 
 
 5 know the way. Thomas saith unto him, 
 Lord, we know not whither thou goest ; 
 
 6 how know we the way ? Jesus saith im- 
 to him, I am the way, and the truth, and 
 the life: no one cometh unto the Father, 
 
 7 but 2 by me. If ye had known me, ye 
 would have known myFather also: from 
 henceforth ye know him, and have seen 
 
 8 him. Philip saith unto him. Lord, shew 
 
 9 us the Father, and it sulBceth us. Jesus 
 saith unto him. Have I been so long 
 time with you, and dost thou not know 
 me, Philip ? he that hath seen me hath 
 seen the Father; how sayest thou, Shew 
 
 10 us the Father? Behevest thou not that 
 I am in the Father, and the Father in 
 me ? the words that I say mito you I 
 speak not from myself : but the Father 
 
 1 1 abiding in me doeth his works. Beheve 
 me that I am in the Father, and the 
 Father in me : or else believe me for the 
 
 12 veiy works' sake. Verily, verily, I say 
 imto you, He that beheveth on me, the 
 works that I do shall he do also ; and 
 greater works than these shall he do ; 
 
 13 because I go unto the Father. And what- 
 soever ye shall ask in my name, that 
 ^-ill I do, that the Father may be glori- 
 
 14fied in the Son. If yeshallaskSnieany- 
 
 15 thing in my name, that will I do. If ye 
 love me, ye will keep my command- 
 
 16 ments. And I wiU ^pray the Father, and 
 he shall give you another ^ Comforter, 
 
 17 that he may be with you for ever, even 
 the Spirit of truth: whom the world can- 
 not receive ; for it beholdeth him not, 
 neither knoweth him : ye know him; for 
 he abideth with you, and shall be in you. 
 
 18 1 wiU not leave you '^ desolate : I come 
 
 19 unto you. Yet a little while, and the 
 world beholdeth me no more ; but ye be- 
 hold me : because I live, ''ye shall live 
 
 20 also. In that day ye shall know that I 
 am in my Father, and ye in me, and I 
 
 21 in you. He that hath my command- 
 ments, and keepeth them, lie it is that 
 loveth me : and he that loveth me shall 
 be loved of my Father, and I will love 
 him, and will manifest myself unto liim. 
 
 22 Judas (not Iscariot) saith unto him. 
 Lord, what is come to imss that thou 
 wQt manifest thyself unto us, and not 
 
 23 unto the world ? Jesus answered and 
 said unto him. If a man love me, he will 
 keep my word: and my Father will 
 love him, and we will Conie unto him, 
 
 24 and make our abode with him. He 
 that loveth me not keepeth not my 
 words : and the word which ye hear 
 is not mine, but the Father's who 
 sent me. 
 
 25 These things have I spoken unto you, 
 26wliile yet abiding with you. But the 
 
 ^ Comforter, even the Holy S2iirit, whom 
 the Father wLU send in my name, he 
 shall teach you all things, and bring to 
 your remembrance all that I said unto 
 27you. Peace I leave with you; mypeace 
 
 I give unto you : not as the world giveth, 
 give I unto you. Let not your heart be 
 
 28 troubled, neither let it l^e fearful. Ye 
 heard how I said to you, I go away, and 
 I come unto you. If ye loved me, ye 
 would have rejoiced, because I go unto 
 the Father : for the Father is greater 
 
 29 than I. And now I have told you before 
 it come to pass, that, when it is come to 
 
 30 pass, ye may believe. I wiU no more 
 speak much with you, for the prince 
 of the world cometh : and he hath no- 
 
 31 thing in me ; but that the world may 
 know that I love the Father, and 
 as the Father gave me command- 
 ment, even so I do. Arise, let us go 
 hence. 
 
 15 I am the true vine, and my Father is 
 
 2 the husban(hnan. Every branch in me 
 that beareth not fruit, he taketh it away: 
 and every branch that beareth fruit, he 
 cleanseth it, that it may bear more 
 
 3 fruit. Already ye are clean because of 
 the word which I have spoken unto you. 
 
 4 Abide in me, and I in you. As the 
 branch camiot bear fruit of itself, except 
 it abide in the vine ; so neither can ye, 
 
 5 except ye abide in me. I am the vine, 
 ye are the branches : He that abideth in 
 me, and I in him, the same beareth 
 much fruit : for apart from me ye can 
 
 do nothing. If a man abide not in me, 
 he is cast forth as a branch, and is 
 withered ; and they gather them, and 
 cast them into the fire, and they are 
 
 7 burned. If ye abide in me, and my 
 words abide in you, ask whatsoever ye 
 will, and it sh^iU be done unto you. 
 
 8 Herein ^is my Father glorified, ^'that 
 ye bear much fruit ; and so shall ye be 
 
 my disciples. Even as the Father hath 
 loved me, I also have loved you : abide 
 
 10 ye in my love. If ye keej^ my command- 
 ments, ye shall abide in my love ; even 
 as I have kept my Father's command- 
 
 11 ments, and abide in his love. These 
 thmgs have I spoken unto you, that 
 my joy may be in you, and that your 
 
 12 joy may be fulfilled. This is my com- 
 mandment, that ye love one another, 
 
 13 even as I have loved you. Greater love 
 hath no man than this, that a man lay 
 
 14 down his Ufe for his friends. Ye are 
 my friends, if ye do the things which I 
 
 15 comniand you. No longer do I call you 
 10 servants; for the n servant knoweth 
 not what his lord doeth : but I have call- 
 ed you friends; for all things that I 
 heard from my Father I have made 
 
 IG known unto you. Ye did not choose 
 me, but I chose you, and appointed 
 you, that ye should go and bear fruit, 
 and that your fruit should abide : that 
 whatsoever ye shall ask of the Father 
 
 17 in my name, he may give it you. These 
 things I conunand you, that ye may 
 
 18 love one another. If the world hateth 
 you, i2ye know that it hath hated 
 
 19 me befoie it hated you. If ye were
 
 >^ \ , C^^iC-'''^ '^ 
 
 17. 1. 
 
 S. JOHN. 
 
 83 
 
 »Gr 
 
 hond- 
 
 tervant. 
 
 ; «0r, 
 
 I Advocate 
 . Or. 
 ; Helper 
 Gr. Pa- 
 
 ' raclete 
 
 3 Or, 
 goeth 
 forth 
 from 
 
 i Or, and 
 bear ye 
 also 
 witness 
 
 of the world, the world would love its 
 own : but because ye are not of the 
 world, but I chose you out of the world, 
 
 20 therefore the world hateth you. Re- 
 member the word that I said unto you, 
 A 1 servant is not greater than his lord. 
 If they persecuted nie , they will also per- 
 secute you ; if they kept my word, they 
 
 21will keep yours also. But all these 
 tilings will they do imto you for my 
 name's sake, because they know not him 
 
 22 that sent me. If I had not come and 
 spoken unto them, they had not had sin : 
 but now they have no excuse for their 
 
 2,3 sin. He that hateth me hateth my 
 
 24 Father also. If I had not done among 
 them the works which none other did, 
 they had not had sin : but now have they 
 both seen and hated both me and my 
 
 25 Father. But this cometh to pass, that 
 the word may be fulfilled that is written 
 in their law, They hated me without a 
 
 26 cause. But when the ^ Comforter is 
 come, whom I will send unto you from 
 the Father, even the Sjiirit of truth, 
 which Sproceedeth from the Father, he 
 
 27 shall bear witness of me : * and ye also 
 bear witness, because ye have been 
 with me from the beginning. 
 
 16 These things have I spoken unto you, 
 that ye should not be made to stumble. 
 
 2 They shall put you out of the syna- 
 gogues : yea, the hour cometh, that 
 whosoever kiUeth yoia shall think that 
 
 3 he offereth service unto God. And these 
 things will they do, because they have 
 
 4 not known the Father, nor me. But 
 these things have I spoken unto you, 
 that when their hour is come, ye may 
 remember them, how that I told you. 
 And these things I said not unto you 
 from the begimiing, because I was with 
 
 5 you. But now I go unto him that sent 
 me; and none of you askethme, Whither 
 
 6 goest thou ? But because I have sjsoken 
 these things unto you, sorrow hath 
 
 7 filled your heart. Nevertheless I tell 
 you the truth ; It is expedient for you 
 that I go away : for if I go not away, 
 the 2 Comforter wiU not come unto you ; 
 but if I go, I will send him unto you. 
 
 8 And he, when he is come, will convict 
 the world in respect of sin, and of right- 
 
 9 eousness, and of judgement : of sin, be- 
 
 10 cause they believe not on me ; of right- 
 eousness, because I go to the Father, 
 
 11 and ye behold me no more ; of jiidge- 
 ment, because the prince of this world 
 
 12 hath been judged. I have yet many 
 things to say unto you, but ye cannot 
 
 13 bear them now. Howbeit when he, the 
 Spirit of truth, is come, he shall guide 
 you into all the truth : for he shall not 
 speak from himself; but whatthings so- 
 ever he shall hear, these shall he speak : 
 and he shall declare unto you the things 
 
 14 that are to come. He shall glorify me : 
 for he shall take of mine, and shall de- 
 
 15 clareit unto you. AU things whatsoever 
 
 the Father hath are mine : therefore 
 said 1, that he taketh of mine, and shall 
 
 16 declare it unto you. A little while, and 
 ye behold me no more ; and again a 
 
 17 little while, and ye shall see me. Some 
 of his disciples therefore said one to an- 
 other, Wliat is this that he saith unto 
 us, A little while, and ye behold me not ; 
 and again a little whUe, and ye shall see 
 me : and. Because I go to the Father ? 
 
 18 They said therefore. What is this that 
 he saith, A little while ? We know not 
 
 19 what he saith. Jesus perceived that 
 they were desirous to ask him, and he 
 said unto them. Do ye inquire among 
 yourselves concerning this, that I said, 
 A little while, and ye behold me not, 
 and again a little while, and ye shall 
 
 20 see me ? Verily, verily, I say unto you, 
 that ye shall weep and lament, but the 
 world shall rejoice : ye shall be sorrow- 
 ful, Init your sorrow shall be turned in- 
 
 21 to joy. A woman when she is in tra- 
 vail hath sorrow, because her hour is 
 come : but when she is delivered of the 
 child, she remembereth no more the 
 anguish, for the joy that a man is born 
 
 22 into the world. And ye therefore now 
 have sorrow : but I will see you again, 
 and your heart shall rejoice, and yoiu- 
 joy no one taketh away from you. 
 
 23 And in that day ye shall ^ ask me no- 
 thing. Verily, verily, I say unto you. 
 If ye shall ask anything, of the Father, 
 
 24 he will give it you in my name. Hither- 
 to have ye asked nothing in my name : 
 ask, and ye shall receive, that your joy 
 may be fulfilled. 
 
 25 These things have I spoken unto you 
 in •'proverbs: the hour cometh, when 
 I shall no more sjieak unto you in 
 "proverbs, but shall tell you jJainly of 
 
 26 the Father. In that day ye shall ask 
 in my name : and I say not unto you, 
 that I will 'pray the Father for you; 
 
 27 for the Father himself loveth you, be- 
 cause ye have loved me, and have be- 
 Meved that I came forth from the Fa- 
 
 28 ther. I came out from the Father, and 
 am come into the world : again, I leave 
 
 29 the world, and go unto the Father. His 
 discijiles say, Lo, now speakest thou 
 
 30 plainly, and speakest no ^ proverb. Now 
 know we that thou knowest all things, 
 and needest not that any man should 
 ask thee : by this we beUeve that thou 
 
 31 earnest forth from God. Jesus answer- 
 32 ed them, Do ye now believe? Behold, 
 
 the hour cometh, yea, is come, that ye 
 shall be scattered, every man to his own, 
 and shall leave me alone : and yet I am 
 not alone, because the Father is with 
 
 33 me. These things have I spoken unto 
 you, that in me ye may have peace. In 
 the world ye have tribulation : but be of 
 good cheer ; I have overcome the world. 
 
 IT These tilings spake Jesus; and lift- 
 ing up his eyes to heaven, he said, 
 Father, the hour is come; glorify 
 
 ' Or, atk 
 me no 
 question 
 
 cOr, 
 parables 
 
 'Gr. 
 
 make re- 
 quest of. 
 
 8 Or. 
 paralAe
 
 84 
 
 S. JOHN. 
 
 17. 1. 
 
 iGr. 
 
 make 
 request. 
 
 2Gr. 
 out of. 
 
 3 Or, eoil 
 
 4 Or, Cm- 
 seorute 
 
 5 Many 
 ancient 
 authori- 
 ties read 
 those 
 whom. 
 
 thy Son, that the Son may glorify thee : 
 
 2 even as thou gavest him authority over 
 oil flesh, that whatsoever thou hast 
 given him, to them he should give eter- 
 
 3 nal hf e. And this is hf e eternal, that 
 they should know thee the only true 
 God, and him whom thou didst send, 
 
 Aeven Jesus Christ. I glorified thee 
 on the earth, having accomplished the 
 work which thou hast given me to do. 
 
 5 Anduow, Father, glorify thou me with 
 thine own self with the glory which I 
 
 6 had with thee before the world was. I 
 manifested thy name unto the men 
 whom thou gavest me out of the world : 
 thine they were, and thou gavest them 
 to me ; and they have keijt thy word. 
 
 7 Now they know that all things whatso- 
 ever thou hast given me are from thee : 
 
 8 for the words which thou gavest me I 
 have given unto them ; and they re- 
 ceived them, and knew of a truth that 
 I came forth from thee, and they be- 
 
 91ieved that thou didst send me. Iiprny 
 for them : I ^ pray not for the world, 
 but for those whom thou hast given 
 
 10 me ; for they are thine : and aU things 
 that are mine are thine, and thuie are 
 mine : and I am glorified in them. 
 
 11 And I am no more in the world, and 
 these are in the world, and I come to 
 thee. Holy Father, keep them in thy 
 name which thou hast given me, that 
 
 12 they may be one, even as we are. While 
 I was vni\i them, I kept them in thy 
 name which thou hast given me : and 
 I guarded them, and not one of them 
 perished, but the son of perdition ; that 
 
 13 the scripture might be fulfiUed. But 
 now I come to thee ; and these things 
 I speak in the world, that they may 
 
 14 have my joy fulfilLed in themselves. I 
 have given them thy word; and the 
 world hated them, because they are not 
 of the world, even as I am not of the 
 
 15 world. 1 1 pray not that thou shouldest 
 take them '■^from the world, but that 
 thuu shouldest keep them ^from ^the 
 
 16 evil one . They are not of the world, 
 
 17 even as I am not of the world. * Sanctify 
 them in the truth: thy word is truth. 
 
 18 As thou didst send me into the world, 
 
 19 even so sent I them mto the world. And 
 for their sakes I * sanctify myself, that 
 they themselves also may be sanctified 
 
 20 in truth. Neither for these only do I 
 1 pray, but for them also that beheve on 
 
 21 me through their word ; that they may 
 all be one ; even as thou. Father, art in 
 me, and I in thee, that they also may 
 be m us : that the world may beheve 
 
 22 tliat thou didst send me. And the glory 
 which thou hast given me I have given 
 uuto them ; that they may be one, even 
 
 23 as we are one ; I ui them, and thou in 
 me, that they may be perfected into 
 one; that the world may know that 
 thou didst send me, and lovedst them, 
 
 1^ even as thou lovedst me. Father, * that 
 
 which thou hast given me, I wUl that, 
 where I am, they also may be with 
 me; that they may behold my glory, 
 which thou hast given me: for thou 
 lovedst me before the foundation of the 
 
 25 world. righteous Father, the world 
 knew thee not, but I knew thee ; and 
 these knew that thou didst send me; 
 
 26 and I made known unto them thy name, 
 and wiU make it known ; that the love 
 wherewith thou lovedst me may be iu 
 them, and I in them. 
 
 IS When Jesus had spoken these words, 
 he went forth with his disciples over 
 the 6 brook 'Kidron, where was a gar- 
 den, into the which he entered, him self 
 
 2 and his disciples. Now Judas also, 
 which betrayed him, knew the place: 
 for Jesus oft-times resorted thither 
 
 3 with his disciples. Judas then, having 
 received the ^baud of soldiers, and 
 officers from the chief priests and the 
 Pharisees, cometh thither with lanterns 
 
 4 and torches and weapons. Jesus there- 
 fore, knowing all the things that were 
 coming upon htm, went forth, and saith 
 
 5 unto them. Whom seek ye ? They an- 
 swered him, Jesus of Nazareth. Jesus 
 saith uuto them, I am he. And Judas 
 also, which betrayed him, was standing 
 
 6 with them. When therefore he said 
 uuto them, I am he, they went back- 
 
 7 ward, and feU to the ground. Agaiu 
 therefore he asked them. Whom seek 
 ye ? And they said, Jesus of Nazareth. 
 
 8 Jesus answered, I told you that I am 
 he : if therefore ye seek me, let these 
 
 9 go then- way : that the word might be 
 fulfilled which he spake. Of those whom 
 thou hast given me I lost not one. 
 
 10 Simon Peter therefore having a sword 
 drew it, and struck the high priest's 
 9 servant, and cut off his right ear. Now 
 
 11 the '^servant's name was Malchus. Jesus 
 therefore said unto Peter, Put up the 
 sword into the sheath : the cup which 
 the Father hath given me, shaU I not 
 drink it '? 
 
 12 So the sband and the i^chief captata, 
 and the officers of the Jews, seized Jesus 
 
 13 and bound him, and led him to Annas 
 first ; for he was father in law to Cai- 
 aphas, which was high priest that year. 
 
 14 Now Caiaphas was he which gave 
 counsel to the Jews, that it was ex- 
 pedient that one man should die for 
 the people. 
 
 15 And Simon Peter followed Jesus, 
 and so did another disciple. Now 
 that disciple was known unto the 
 high priest, and entered in with Jesus 
 into the coixrt of the high priest; 
 
 16 but Peter was standing at the door 
 without. So the other disciple, which 
 was known unto the high priest, 
 went out and spake unto her that 
 kept the door, and brought in 
 
 17 Peter. The maid therefore that kept 
 the door saith unto Peter, Art thou 
 
 eOr, 
 
 ravine 
 
 Gr. 
 
 w'rnter- 
 
 tort'cnt. 
 
 7 Or. 
 o/ the 
 Cedars 
 
 8 Or. 
 cohort 
 
 9Gr. 
 
 boilU- 
 
 servant. 
 
 10 Or. 
 m.Uitari/ 
 tribune 
 Gr. chili- 
 areh.
 
 19. 15. 
 
 S. JOHN. 
 
 85 
 
 1 Gr. 
 bond- 
 
 2Gr. 
 a fire of 
 char- 
 coaf. 
 
 3 Cr. si/v- 
 agogue. 
 
 iOr, with 
 a rod 
 
 5Gr. 
 toriityn. 
 
 "Or. 
 officers ; 
 as in 
 ver. H, 12. 
 18, 22. 
 
 also one of this man's disciples? He 
 
 Ifisaitb, I nin not. Now the i servants 
 
 and the otlicers were standing ihere, 
 
 having made ^ a fire of coals ; for it was 
 
 cold ; and they were warming tliem- 
 
 selves : and Peter also was with tliem, 
 
 standing and wanning himself. 
 
 19 The high jtriest therefore asked Jesus 
 
 of his disciples, and of his teaching. 
 
 '20Jesns answered him, I have spoken 
 
 openly to the world ; I ever taught in 
 
 "synagogues, and in the temple, where 
 
 all the Jews come together; and in 
 
 21 secret spake I nothing. Wliy askest 
 thou me ? ask them that have heard me, 
 what I spake unto them : behold, these 
 
 22 know the things which I said. And 
 when he had said this, one of the officers 
 standing by stnick Jesus *with his 
 hand, saying, Answerest thou the high 
 
 23 priest so? Jesus answered him, If I 
 have spoken evil, bear witness of the 
 evil : but if well, why smitest thou me ? 
 
 24 Annas therefore sent him bound unto 
 Caiaphas the high priest. 
 
 25 Now Simon Peter was standing and 
 warming himself. They said therefore 
 Tinto him, Art thoti also one of his dis- 
 ciples ? He denied, and said, I am not. 
 
 26 One of the i servants of the high priest, 
 being a kinsman of him whose ear 
 Peter ciit off, saith. Did not I see thee 
 
 27 in the garden with him ? Peter there- 
 fore denied again : and straightway the 
 oock crew. 
 
 28 They lead Jesus therefore from Caia- 
 phas into the ^ palace : and it wa s early ; 
 and they themselves entered not into 
 the s palace, that they might not be 
 defiled, but might eat the passover. 
 
 29 Pilate therefore went out unto them, 
 and saith. What accusation bring ye 
 
 30 against this man ? They answered and 
 said unto him, If this man were not an 
 evil-doer, we should not have deUvered 
 
 31 him up unto thee. Pilate therefore 
 said unto them. Take him yourselves, 
 and judge iiim according to your law. 
 The Jews said unto him. It is not law- 
 ful for us to put any man to death : 
 
 32 that the word of Jesus might be fulfilled, 
 which he spake, signifying by what 
 mamier of death he should die. 
 
 33 Pilate therefore entered agam into the 
 ''palace, and called Jesus, and said 
 unto him. Art thou the Kmg of the 
 
 34 Jews? Jesus answered, Sayest thou 
 this of thyself, or did others teU it thee 
 
 35 concerning me ? Pilate answered. Am 
 I a Jew? Thine own nation and the 
 chief priests dehvered thee unto 
 
 36 me: what hast thou done? Jesus 
 answered, My kingdom is not of 
 this world: if my kingdom were of 
 this world, then wovild my 6 servants 
 fight, that I should not be delivered to 
 the Jews: but now is my kingdom 
 
 37 not from hence. Pilate therefore said 
 unto him, Ai-t thou a king then ? Jesus 
 
 answered, 'Thou sayest that I am a 
 king. To this end have I been l)om, 
 and to this end am I come into the 
 %vorld, that I should bear witness unto 
 the truth. Every one that is of the 
 
 38 truth hearetli my voice. Pilate saith 
 iinto him, What is truth ? 
 
 And when he had said this, he went 
 out again unto the Jews, and saith 
 unto tliem, I find no crime in him. 
 
 39 But ye have a custom, that I should 
 release unto you one at the passover : 
 will ye therefore that I release unto 
 
 40 you the King of the Jews ? They cried 
 out therefore again, saying, Not this 
 man, but Barabbas. Now Barabbas 
 was a robber. 
 
 19 Then Pilate therefore took Jesus, 
 
 2 and scourged him. And the soldiers 
 plaited a crown of thorns, and put it on 
 his head, and arrayed him in a purjile 
 
 3 garment ; and they came unto him, and 
 said. Hail, Kmg of the Jews 1 and they 
 
 4 struck him 8 with their hands. And 
 Pilate went out again, and saith unto 
 them, Behold, I bring him out to you, 
 that ye may know that I find no crime 
 
 5 in him. Jesus therefore came out, 
 wearing the crown of thorns and the 
 purple garment. And Pilate saith unto 
 
 6 them. Behold, the man 1 When there- 
 fore the chief jiriests and the officers 
 saw him, they cried out, snying, Cru- 
 cify him, crucify him. Pilate saith 
 unto them. Take him yourselves, and 
 crucify him : for I find no crime in him. 
 
 7 The Jews answered him, We have a 
 law, and by that law he ought to die, 
 because he made himself the Son of 
 
 8 God. When Pilate therefore heard 
 this saying, he was the more afraid ; 
 
 9 and he entered into the ^jialace again, 
 and saith unto Jesus, Whence art 
 thou ? But Jesus gave him no answer. 
 
 10 Pilate therefore saith unto him, 
 Speakest thou not unto me ? knowest 
 thou not that I have 9 power to release 
 thee, and have ^jiowerto cnicify thee ? 
 
 11 Jesus answered him. Thou wouldest 
 have no 9 power against me, except 
 it were given thee from above : there- 
 fore he that delivered me unto thee 
 
 12 hath greater sin. Uiion this Pilate 
 sought to release him : but the Jews 
 cried out, saying. If thou release this 
 man, thou art not Caesar's friend: 
 eveiy one that maketh himself a king 
 
 13 lOspeaketh against Cfesar. When Pilate 
 therefore heard these words, he brought 
 Jesus out, and sat down on the judge- 
 ment-seat at a place caUed The Pave- 
 
 14ment, but in Hebrew, Gabbatha. Now 
 it was the Preparation of the i^assover : 
 it was about the sixth hour. And he 
 saith unto the Jews, Behold, youi' King I 
 
 15 They therefore cried out, Away with 
 /»»?, away with ^?'ot, crucify him. Pilate 
 saith unto them. Shall I crucify your 
 King? The chief priests answered, 
 
 7 Or. 
 
 Thriu 
 saj/t'.tt it, 
 herniijie 
 I ton a 
 kin;/. 
 
 »0r, 
 t/'ith 
 rods 
 
 9 Or, 
 authority 
 
 in Or, 
 
 opjioseth 
 
 Ctxsar
 
 86 
 
 S. JOHN. 
 
 19. 15. 
 
 1 Or, /or 
 the place 
 of the 
 city 
 where 
 Jesus 
 was 
 
 crucified 
 was nigh 
 at hand 
 
 2 Or. 
 funic 
 
 16 We have no king but Caesar. Then 
 therefore he delivered him unto them 
 to be crucified. 
 
 17 They took Jesus therefore: and he 
 went out, bearing the cross for him- 
 self, unto the place called The place of 
 a skuU, which is called in Hebrew 
 
 18 Golgotha : where they crucified him, 
 and with him two others, on either 
 
 19 side one, and Jesus in the midst. And 
 Pilate wrote a title also, and put it on 
 the cross. And there was written, 
 
 JESUS OF NAZARETH, THE KING OF THE 
 
 20 JEWS. This title therefore read many 
 of the Jews : ifor the place where Je- 
 sus was crucified was nigh to the city : 
 and it was written in Hebrew, and in 
 
 '21 Latin, andin Greek. The chief priests 
 of the Jews therefore said to Pilate, 
 Write not. The King of the Jews ; but, 
 that he said, I am King of the Jews. 
 
 '22 Pilate answered, What I have written 
 I have written. 
 
 23 The soldiers therefore, when they had 
 crucified Jesus, took his garments, and 
 made four parts, to every soldier a part ; 
 and also the ^coat: now the ^coat was 
 without seam, woven from the top 
 
 24 throughout. They said therefore one 
 to another, Let us not rend it, but cast 
 lots for it, whose it shall be : that the 
 scriptm-e might be fulfilled, which saith. 
 
 They parted my garments among 
 
 them. 
 And upon my vesture did theycast lots. 
 These things therefore the soldiers 
 
 25 did. But there were standing by the 
 cross of Jesus his mother, and his 
 mother's sister, Mary the wife of 
 
 26Clopas, and Mary Magdalene. When 
 Jesus therefore saw his mother, and 
 the disciple standing by, whom he 
 loved, he saith luito his mother, Wo- 
 
 27 man, behold, thy son! Then saith he 
 to the disciple. Behold, thy mother! 
 And from that houi" the disciple took 
 her unto his own home. 
 
 28 After this Jesus, knowing that aU 
 things are now finished, that the scrip- 
 ture might be accomplished, saith, I 
 
 29 thirst. There was set there a vessel fuU 
 of vuiegar : so they put a sponge full of 
 the vinegar upon hyssop, and brought it 
 
 30 to his mouth. When Jesus therefore 
 had received the vinegar, he said. It is 
 finished : and he bowed his head, and 
 gave up his spirit. 
 
 31 The Jews therefore, because it was the 
 Preimration, that the bodies should not 
 remain on the cross upon the sabbath 
 (for the day of that sabbath was a high 
 day), asked of Pilate that their legs 
 might be broken, and that they might 
 
 32 be taken away. The soldiers therefore 
 came, and brake the legs of the first, 
 and of the other which was crucified 
 
 33 with him : but when they came to 
 Jesus, and saw that he was dead 
 
 34 ah-eady, they brake not his legs : how- 
 
 beit one of the soldiers with a spear 
 pierced his side, and straightway there 
 
 35 came out blood and water. And he 
 that hath seen hath borne witness, and 
 his witness is true : and he knoweth 
 that he saith true, that ye also may be- 
 
 36heve. For these things came to pass, 
 that the scriptm-e might be fulfilled, 
 A bone of him shall not be ^ broken. 
 
 37 And again another scripture saith. They 
 shall look on him whom they pierced. 
 
 38 And after these things Joseph of 
 Arimathasa, being a disciple of Jesus, 
 but secretly for fear of the Jews, asked 
 of Pilate that he might take away the 
 body of Jesus : and Pilate gave him 
 leave. He came therefore, and took 
 
 39 away his body. And there came also 
 Nicodemus, he who at the first came to 
 hun by night, bringing a ^ mixture of 
 myrrh and aloes , about a hmidred poiuid 
 
 40 iveight. So they took the body of Jesus, 
 and boimd it in linen cloths with the 
 spices, as the custom of the Jews is to 
 
 41 bury. Now in the place where he was 
 crucified there was a garden ; and in the 
 garden a new tomb wherein was never 
 
 42 man yet laid. There then because of 
 the Jews' Preparation (for the tomb 
 was nigh at hand) they laid Jesus. 
 
 20 Now on the first day of the week 
 cometh Maiy Magdalene early, while it 
 was yet dark, unto the tomb, and seeth 
 the stone taken away from the tomb. 
 
 2 She riumeth therefore, and cometh to 
 Simon Peter, and to the other disciple, 
 whom Jesus loved, and saith unto them. 
 They have taken away the Lord out of 
 the tomb, and we know not where they 
 
 3 have laid him. Peter therefore went 
 forth, and the other disciple, and they 
 
 4 went toward the tomb. And they ran 
 both together : and the other disciple 
 outran Peter, and came fii'st to the 
 
 5 tomb ; and stooping and lookmg in, he 
 seeth the Uuen cloths lying ; yet entered 
 
 6 he not in. Simon Peter therefore also 
 cometh, following him, and entered into 
 the tomb ; ai-d he beholdeth the linen 
 
 7 cloths lymg, and the napkm, that was 
 upon his head, not lying with the linen 
 cloths, but roUed up in a place by itself. 
 
 8 Then entered in therefore the other dis- 
 ciple also, which came first to the tomb, 
 
 9 and he saw, and believed. For as yet 
 they knew not the scripture, that he 
 
 10 must rise again from the dead. So 
 the disciples went away again imto theu* 
 own home. 
 
 11 But Mary was standing without at 
 the tomb weepmg : so, as she wept, she 
 
 12 stooped and looked into the tomb ; and 
 she beholdeth two angels in white sit- 
 ting, one at the head, and one at the 
 feet, where the body of Jesus had lain. 
 
 13 And they say unto her. Woman, why 
 weepest thou? She saith unto them. 
 Because they have taken away my 
 Lord, and I know not where they
 
 21. 18. 
 
 S. JOHN. 
 
 87 
 
 1 Or. 
 Teacher 
 
 2 Or, 
 rate not 
 hold on 
 me 
 
 3 Or, 
 Holy 
 Spirit 
 
 « That is, 
 Tuiin, 
 
 B Or, hast 
 thou OC' 
 litvedt 
 
 14 have laid hini. Wlien she had thus 
 said, slie turned lierself back, and 
 beholdeth Jesus standing, and knew 
 
 15 not that it was Jesus. Jesus saith 
 unto her, Woman, why weepest thou? 
 whom seekest thou? She, supposing 
 him to bo the gardener, saith unto 
 him, Sir, if thou hast borne him hence, 
 tell mo where thou hast laid him, and 
 
 IBIwiU take him away. Jesus saith unto 
 her, Mary. She turneth herself, and 
 saith unto him in Hebrew, Rabboni; 
 
 17 which is to say, i Master. Jesus saith 
 to her, 2 Touch mo not; for I am not 
 yet ascended mito the Father: but 
 go imto my brethren, and say to them, 
 I ascend mito my Father and your Fa- 
 
 18 ther, and my God and your God. Mary 
 Magdalene cometh and telleth the dis- 
 cii^les, I have seen the Lord; and how 
 that he had said these thuigs unto her. 
 
 19 When therefore it was evenmg, on 
 that day, the first day of the week, and 
 when the doors were shut where the 
 disciples were, for fear of the Jews, 
 Jesus came and stood in the midst, 
 and saith unto them, Peace he. mito 
 
 20 you. And when he had said this, he 
 shewed mito them his hands and his 
 side. The disciples therefore were glad, 
 
 '21 when they saw the Lord. Jesus there- 
 fore said to them again. Peace he 
 unto you : as the Father hath sent me, 
 
 "I'l even so send I you. And when he had 
 said this, he breathed on theui, and 
 saith unto them, Receive ye the 3 Holy 
 
 23 Ghost: whose soever sins ye forgive, 
 they are forgiven imto them; whose 
 soever sins ye retain, they are retained. 
 
 24 But Thomas, one of the twelve, called 
 ^Didymus, was not with them when 
 
 25 Jesus came. The other disciples there- 
 fore said unto him, We have seen the 
 Lord. But he said luito them. Except 
 I shall see in his hands the print of the 
 naUs, and put my fiiiger into the prmt 
 of the nails, and put my hand into his 
 side, I wiU not believe. 
 
 26 And after eight days again his dis- 
 ciples were withm, and Thomas with 
 them. Jesus cometh;- the doors being 
 shut, and stood in the midst, and said, 
 
 27 Peace he luito you. Then saith he to 
 Thomas, Reach hither thy finger, and 
 see my hands; and reach hither thy 
 hand, and put it into my side: and 
 
 28 be not faithless, but beUeving. Thomas 
 answered and said unto him, My Lord 
 
 29 and my God. Jesus saith unto him. 
 Because thou hast seen me, ^thou hast 
 believed: blessed are they that have 
 not seen, and yet have believed. 
 
 30 Many other signs therefore did Jesus 
 in the presence of the disciples, which 
 
 31 are not written in this book • biit these 
 are written, that ye may believe that 
 Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God; and 
 that believing ye may have life in. his 
 name. 
 
 21 After these things Jesus manifested 
 himself agaui to the disciples at tlie sea 
 of Tiberias ; and he manifested himself 
 
 2 on this wise. There were together 
 Simon Peter, and Thomas called 
 *Didymus, and Nathanael of Cana in 
 Galilee, and the sons of Zebedee, and 
 
 3 two other of his disciples. Simon 
 Peter saith mito them, I go a fishuig. 
 They say unto him, Wt; also come 
 with thee. They went forth, and enter- 
 ed into the boat ; and that night they 
 
 4 took nothing. But when day was now 
 breaking, Jesus stood on the beach : 
 howbeit the disciples knew not that 
 
 5 it was Jesus. Jesus therefore saith 
 unto them. Children, have ye aught to 
 
 6 eat? They answered him, No. And 
 he said unto them, Cast the net on 
 the right side of the boat, and ye shall 
 find. They cast therefore, and now 
 they were not able to draw it for the 
 
 7 multitude of fishes. That disciple there- 
 fore whom Jesus loved saith unto Peter, 
 It is the Lord. So when Simon Peter 
 heard that it was the Lord, he girt 
 his coat about him (for he was naked), 
 
 Sand cast himself uito the sea. But 
 the other disciples came m the little 
 boat (for they were not far from the 
 land, but about two hundred cubits off), 
 
 9 dragging the net full of fishes. So 
 when they got out upon the land, they 
 see ^a fire of coals there, and 7 fish 
 
 10 laid thereon, and 8 bread. Jesus saith 
 imto them, Bruig of the fish which ye 
 
 11 have now taken. Simon Peter there- 
 fore went 9 up, and di'ew the net to land, 
 full of great fishes, a hundi'ed and fifty 
 and three: and for aU there were so 
 
 12 many, the net was not rent. Jesus 
 saith unto them. Come and break your 
 fast. And none of the disciples dui-st 
 inquire of him. Who art thou? know- 
 
 ISing that it was the Lord. Jesus 
 cometh, and taketh the ^o bread, and 
 giveth them, and the fish likewise. 
 
 14 This is now the third time that Jesus 
 was manifested to the disciples, after 
 that he was risen from the dead. 
 
 15 So when they had broken then- fast, 
 Jesus saith to Simon Peter, Simon, son 
 of 11 John, i^lovest thou me more than 
 these? He saith mito him, Yea, Lord; 
 thou knowest that I i^iove thee. He 
 
 16 saith unto him. Feed my lambs. He 
 saith to him again a second time, Simon, 
 son of 11 John, i^lovest thou me? He 
 saith unto him.Yea, Lord ; thou knowest 
 that 1 13 love thee. He saith unto him, 
 
 17 Tend my sheei?. He saith rmto him the 
 third time, Simon, son of n John,i31ovest 
 thou me ? Peter was grieved because he 
 said unto him the third time, i^Lovest 
 thou me ? And he said unto him. Lord, 
 thou knowest all things; thou i^ knowest 
 that 1 13 love thee. Jesus saith unto him, 
 
 18 Feedmy sheep. Verily,verny,I sayimto 
 thee, When thou wast young, thou gird- 
 
 ecr. 
 
 a fire of 
 char- 
 coal. 
 'Or, 
 afiih 
 8 Or, 
 a loaf 
 3 Or, 
 aboard 
 
 10 Or. 
 
 loaf 
 
 UGr. 
 Joanes. 
 See 
 
 ch. i. 42, 
 margin. 
 12.13 
 Love 
 in these 
 places re- 
 prosents 
 two dif- 
 ferent 
 Grcelc 
 words. 
 
 "Or, 
 
 2:'erceiv- 
 est
 
 88 
 
 S. JOHN. 
 
 21. 18. 
 
 1 Gr. ami 
 thisman, 
 what ; 
 
 iGr 
 
 first. 
 
 2 Or, 
 EAtj 
 Spirit: 
 and so 
 through- 
 out this 
 book. 
 
 3 Gr. pre- 
 sented. 
 
 •1 Or, eat- 
 ing with 
 th«m 
 
 5 Or. in 
 
 3 Or, ap- 
 pointed 
 
 edst thyself, and walkedst whither thou 
 wouldest: but when thoushalt be old, 
 thou shalt stretch forth thy hands, and 
 another shall gird thee, and eaiTy thee 
 
 19 whither thou wouldest not. Now this 
 he sjjake, signifying by what manner 
 of death he should glorify God. And 
 when he had spoken this, he saith unto 
 
 20 him, Follow me. Peter, turning about, 
 seeth the disciple whom Jesus loved 
 following; which also leaned back on 
 his breast at the supjier, and said. 
 Lord, who is be that betrayeth thee ? 
 
 21 Peter therefore seeing him saith to 
 Jesus, Lord, ^and what shall this 
 
 22 man do? Jesus saith unto him, If I 
 
 will that he tari-y till I come, what is that 
 
 23 to thee ? follow thou me. This saying 
 therefore went forth among the bre- 
 thren, that that disciple shoiild not die : 
 yet Jesus said not unto him, that he 
 should not die ; but, If I will that he 
 taiTy till I come, what is that to thee ? 
 
 24 This is the di'-;ciple which beareth 
 witness of the:''^ things, and wrote 
 these things: and we know that his 
 witness is true. 
 
 25 And there are also many other things 
 which Jesus did, the which if they should 
 be written every one, I suppose that 
 even the world itself would not contain 
 the books that should be written. 
 
 THE 
 
 ACTS OF THE APOSTLES. 
 
 1 The 1 former treatise I made, The- 
 ophilus, concerning all that Jesus 
 
 2 began both to do and to teach, until 
 the day in which he was received up, 
 after that he had given commandment 
 thi'ough the ^Holy Ghost unto the 
 
 3 apostles whom he had chosen : to 
 whom he also ^ shewed himself alive 
 after his passion by many proofs, 
 appearing imto them by the space of 
 forty days, and speaking the things 
 
 4 concerning the kingdom of God : and, 
 * being assembled together with them, 
 lie charged them not to depart from 
 Jerusalem, but to wait for the promise 
 of the Father, which, said he, ye heard 
 
 6 from me : for John indeed bajitized with 
 water ; but ye shall be baptized ^ with 
 the Holy Ghost not many days hence. 
 
 6 They therefore, when they were 
 come together, asked him, saying, 
 Lord, dost thou at this time restore 
 
 7 the kingdom to Israel ? And he said 
 unto them. It is not for you to know 
 tunes or seasons, which the Father 
 hath "Jset within his own authority. 
 
 8 But ye shall receive power, when 
 the Holy Ghost is come upon you : and 
 ye shall be my witnesses both in Jeru- 
 salem, and in all Judnea and Samaria, 
 and unto the uttennost part of the 
 
 Dearth. And when he had said these 
 things, as they were lookmg, he was 
 taken up ; and a cloud received him 
 
 10 out of their sight. And while they were 
 looking stedfastly into heaven as he 
 went, behold, two men stood by them 
 
 11 in white apparel ; which also said, Ye 
 men of Galilee, why stand ye looking 
 into heaven ? this Jesus, which was 
 received up from you into heaven, shall 
 so come in like manner as ye beheld 
 him going into heaven. 
 
 12 Then retui'ned they nnto Jeru- 
 salem from the mount called Olivet, 
 
 which is nigh tinto Jerusalem, a 
 
 13 sabbath day's jom-ney o£f. And when 
 they were come in, they went up 
 into the upper chamber, where they 
 were abiding; both Peter and John 
 and James and Andrew, Philip and 
 Thomas, Bartholomew and Matthew, 
 James the son of Alphseus, and Simon 
 the Zealot, and Judas the ''son of 
 
 14 James. These all with one accord 
 continued stedfastly in jjrayer, 8 with 
 the women, and Mary the mother of 
 Jesus, and with his brethren. 
 
 15 And in these days Peter stood up in 
 the midst of the brethren, and said 
 (and there was a multitude of » persons 
 gathered together, about a hundred 
 
 16 and twenty), Brethren, it was needful 
 that the scripture should be fulfilled, 
 which the Holy Ghost spake before by 
 the mouth of David concerning Judas, 
 who was guide to them that took Jesus. 
 
 17 For he was numbered among us, and 
 received his 1° portion in this minis- 
 
 18 try. (Now this man obtained a field 
 with the reward of his iniquity; and 
 falling headlong, he burst asunder 
 in the midst, and all his bowels 
 
 19 gushed out. And it became known 
 to all the dwellers at Jerusalem; in- 
 somuch that in their language that 
 field was called Akeldama, that is, 
 
 20 The field of blood.) For it is written 
 in the book of Psalms, 
 
 Let his habitation be made desolate. 
 And let no man dwell therein : 
 and. 
 His 11 office let another take. 
 
 21 Of the men therefore which have com- 
 panied with us aU the time that the 
 Lord Jesus went in and went out 
 
 22 12 among us, beginnmg from the bap- 
 tism of John, unto the day that he 
 was received up from us, of these 
 must one become a witness with
 
 2. 36. 
 
 THE ACTS. 
 
 89 
 
 •Or, 
 unto 
 
 s Gr. was 
 
 being 
 
 fulJUled. 
 
 •1 Or, 
 
 parting 
 amonij 
 them 
 Or, dis- 
 tributing 
 theni- 
 
 4 Or, 
 through 
 
 6Gr. 
 bond- 
 men. 
 
 23 US of his resurrection. Aiid they put 
 forwai-d two, Joseph called Bar.sahhas, 
 who was Buruanied Justus, and Mat- 
 
 24thias. And they i)rayed, and said, 
 Thou, Lord, which kuowest the hearts 
 of all men, shew of these two the one 
 
 25 whom thou hast chosen, to take the 
 place m this ministry and apostleship, 
 from which Judas fell away, that he 
 
 26 might go to his own place. And they 
 gave lots ifor them; and the lot fell 
 upon Matthias ; and he was numbered 
 with the eleven apostles. 
 
 2 And when the day of Pentecost ^was 
 now come, they were all together hi 
 
 2 one place. And suddenly there came 
 from heaven a sound as of the nishmg 
 of a mighty wmd, and it fiUed all the 
 
 3 house where they were sittuig. And 
 there appeared imto them tongues 
 8 parting asmider, like as of fii-e ; and it 
 
 4 sat upon each one of them. And they 
 were all filled with the Holy Spirit, 
 and began to speak with other tongues, 
 as the Spu'it gave them utterance. 
 
 5 Now there were dwelling at Jerusa- 
 lem Jews, devout men, from every na- 
 
 Gtion under heaven. And when this 
 sound was heard, the multitude came 
 together, and were confounded, be- 
 cause that evei-y man heard them 
 
 7 speaking ui his own language. And 
 they were all amazed and marvelled, 
 saying. Behold, are not all these which 
 
 8 speak Galilaaans? And how hear we, 
 every man in oirr own language, where- 
 
 9 in we were born ? Parthians and Medes 
 andElamites, and the dwellers in Meso- 
 potamia, in Judaea and Cappadocia, in 
 
 10 Pontus and Asia, in Phrygia and Pam- 
 phylia, in Egypt and the parts of Libya 
 about Cyrene, and sojourners from 
 
 11 Rome, both Jews and proselytes, Cre- 
 tans and Arabians, we do hear them 
 speaking ui our tongues the mighty 
 
 12 works of God. And they were all 
 amazed, and were perplexed, sayuig 
 one to another. What meaneth this? 
 
 13 But others mocking said, They are filled 
 with new wine. 
 
 14 But Peter, standing up with the eleven, 
 lifted uj) his voice, and spake forth unto 
 them, saying, Ye men of Judsea, and all 
 ye that dwell at Jerusalem, be this 
 known unto you, and give ear imto my 
 
 15 words. For these are not di-unken, as ye 
 suppose; seemg it is hit the thu'd hour of 
 
 16 the day; but this is that which hath 
 been spoken ^ by the prophet Joel ; 
 
 17 And it shall be in the last days, 
 
 saith God, 
 I will pour forth of my Spii'it upon 
 
 all flesh ; 
 And your sons and youi' daughters 
 
 shall prophesy. 
 And your young men shall see visions , 
 And yoiu' old men shall dream 
 
 di'eams : 
 
 18 Yea and on my ^ servants and on my 
 
 6han<lmaidens in those days 
 WUl I pour forth of my Spirit ; and 
 they shall proi)hesy. 
 ID And I will shew wonders in the hea- 
 ven above. 
 And signs on the earth beneath; 
 Blood, and fire, and vapour of smoke : 
 
 20 The sun shall be timied into darkness, 
 And the moon uito blood. 
 
 Before the day of the Lord come, 
 That great and notable day : 
 
 21 And it shall be, that whosoever shall 
 
 call on the name of the Lord shall 
 be saved. 
 
 22 Ye men of Israel, hear these words: 
 Jesus of Nazareth, a man approved of 
 God unto you by ■? mighty works and 
 wonders and signs, which God did by 
 him in the midst of you, even as ye your- 
 
 23 selves know; him, beuig deUvered up 
 by the determinate counsel and fore- 
 knowledge of God, ye by the hand of 
 8 lawless men did crucify and slay: 
 
 24 whom God raised up, having loosed the 
 pangs of death: because it was not 
 possible that he should be holden of it. 
 
 25 For David saith concerning him, 
 
 I beheld the Lord always before my 
 
 face ; 
 For he is on my right hand, that I 
 
 should not be moved : 
 
 26 Therefore my heart was glad, and 
 
 my tongue rejoiced; 
 Moreover my flesh also shall ^dweU 
 in hope : 
 
 27 Because thou wilt not leave my soul 
 
 in Hades, 
 Neither wilt thou give thy Holy One 
 to see corruption. 
 
 28 Thou madest known imto me the 
 
 ways of life ; 
 Thou shalt make me full of gladness 
 10 with thy comitenance. 
 
 29 Brethren, I may say mi to you freely of 
 the patriarch David, that he both died 
 and was buried, and his tomb is with us 
 
 30 mito this day. Being therefore a pro- 
 phet, and knovmig that God had sworn 
 with an oath to him, that of the fruit of 
 his loins ^^he would set one upon his 
 
 31 throne; he foreseeuig this spake of the 
 resm-rection of the Christ, that neither 
 was he left in Hades, nor did his flesh 
 
 32 see conniption. This Jesus did God 
 raise up, ^'^ whereof we all are witnesses. 
 
 33 Being therefore is by the right hand of 
 God exalted, and havuig received of the 
 Father the promise of the Holy Ghost, 
 he hath poured forth this, which ye see 
 
 34 and hear. For David ascended not into 
 the heavens : but he saith himself. 
 
 The Lord said unto my Lord, Sit 
 thou on my right hand, 
 
 35 Till I make thuie enemies the foot- 
 
 stool of thy feet. 
 
 36 Let i-all the house of Israel there- 
 fore know assm-edly, that God hath 
 made him both Lord and Chi-ist, this 
 Jesus whom ye cnicifled. 
 
 "Gt. 
 
 himd- 
 
 rnaidene. 
 
 7Gr. 
 
 2>owert. 
 
 8 Or, men 
 icithout 
 the law 
 
 8 Or, ta- 
 b«macle 
 
 10 Or, 
 in thy 
 pretence 
 
 11 Or, one 
 
 shoi^d 
 
 sit 
 
 13 Or, 
 of whom 
 13 Or, at 
 
 14 Or, 
 
 ever;/ 
 house
 
 90 
 
 THE ACTS. 
 
 2. 37. 
 
 lOr, 
 
 having 
 
 received 
 
 2 Or, in 
 
 fellow 
 ship 
 
 3 Or, 
 through 
 i Many 
 ancient 
 authori- 
 ties add 
 in Jeru- 
 salem ; 
 and 
 great 
 fear wa^ 
 upon all. 
 
 5Gr. 
 together. 
 
 ' ffOr, 
 po'tico 
 
 37 Now when they heard ilds, they were 
 l.rickecl in their heart, and said unto 
 Peter and the rest of the apostles, Bre- 
 
 38 threu , what shall we do ? And Peter s^aid 
 unto them, Eepent ye, and be baptized 
 every one of you in the name of Jesus 
 Christ unto the remission of your sins ; 
 and ye shall receive the gift of the Holy 
 
 39 Ghost. For to you is the promise, and 
 to your childi'en, and to all that are afar 
 off, even as many a 5 the Lord our God 
 
 40 shall call unto him. And with many 
 other words he testified, and exhorted 
 them, saying. Save youi-selves from this 
 
 41 crooked generation. They then i that 
 received his word were baptized : and 
 there were added unto them in that day 
 
 42aboiat three thousand Souls. And they 
 continued stedfastly in the apostles' 
 teaching and '^fellowship, in the break- 
 ing of bread and the prayers. 
 
 43 And fear camo upon every soul : and 
 many wonders and signs were done ^by 
 
 44 the apostles*. And all that beUeved 
 were together, and had all things com- 
 
 45 mon ; and they sold their possessions 
 and goods, and parted them to all, ac- 
 
 46 cording as any man had need. And day 
 by day, contmuing stedfastly with one 
 accord in the temple, and breaking bread 
 at home, they did take their food with 
 
 47 gladness and singleness of heart, prais- 
 ing God, and having favour with all the 
 people. And the Lord added ^ to them 
 day by day those that were being 
 saved. 
 
 3 Now Peter and John were going up 
 into the temple at the hour of prayer, 
 
 2 heing the ninth hour. And a certain man 
 that was lame from his mother's womb 
 was carried, whom they laid daily at the 
 door of the temple which is called Beau- 
 tiful, to ask alms of them that entered 
 
 3 into the temple ; who seeing Peter and 
 John about to go into the temple, asked 
 
 4 to receive an alms. And Peter, fasten- 
 ing his eyes upon bun, with John, said, 
 
 5 Look on us. And he gave heed unto 
 them, expecting to receive something 
 
 6 from them. But Peter said, Silver and 
 gold have I none ; but what I have, that 
 givelthee. Intiie name of Jesus Christ 
 
 7 of Nazareth, walk. And he took him 
 by the right hand, and raised him up : 
 and immediately his feet and his ankle- 
 
 8 bones received strength. AtuI leaping 
 up, he stood, and began to walk ; and he 
 entered withthem into the temple,walk- 
 ing, and leaping, and praising God. 
 
 9 And aU the people saw him walking and 
 
 10 praisuig God : and they took knowledge 
 of him, that it was he which sat for alms 
 at the Beautiful Gate of the temjile: 
 and they were filled with wonder and 
 amazement at that which had hapjien- 
 ed unto him. 
 
 11 And as he held Peter and John, all the 
 peoi>le ran together imto them in the 
 •'porch that is caUed Solomon's, great- 
 
 12 ly wondering. And when Peter saw 
 it, he answered unto the peojile. Ye 
 men of Israel, why marvel ye at this 
 ■? man ? or why fasten ye your eyes on 
 us, as though by our own power or 
 godliness we had made him to walk ? 
 
 13 The God of Abraham, and of Isaac, 
 and of Jacob, the God of our fathers, 
 hath glorified his s Servant Jesus ; 
 whom ye delivered up, and denied be- 
 fore the face of Pilate, when he had 
 
 14 determined to release him. But ye 
 denied the Holy and Righteous One, 
 and asked for a murderer to be grant- 
 
 15 ed unto you, and kiUed the 'Prince 
 of life ; whom God raised from the 
 
 16 dead; lOwhereof weave witnesses. And 
 11 by faith in his name hath his name 
 made this man strong, whom ye be- 
 hold and know: yea, the faith which 
 is through him hath given him this 
 perfect soundness in the presence of 
 
 17 you all. And now, brethren, I wot 
 that in ignorance ye did it, as did also 
 
 18 your rulers. But the things which 
 God foreshewed by the mouth of all 
 the prophets, that his Christ should 
 
 19 suffer, he thus fulfilled. Eepent ye 
 therefore, and turn again, that your 
 sins may be blotted out, that so there 
 may come seasons of refreshing from 
 
 20 the presence of the Lord ; and that he 
 may send the Christ who hath been 
 
 21 appointed for you, even Jesus : whom 
 the heaven must receive until the times 
 of restoration of all tilings, whereof 
 God spake by the mouth of his holy 
 j)rophets which have been since the 
 
 22 world began. Moses indeed said, A 
 prophet shaU the Lord God raise up 
 unto you from among your brethren, 
 I'^hke unto me ; to him shall ye hearken 
 in aU things whatsoever he shall speak 
 
 23 unto you. And it shall be, that evei-y 
 sold, which shall not hearken to that 
 prophet, shall be utterly destroyed 
 
 24 from among the people. Yea and all 
 the prophets from Samuel and them 
 that followed after, as many as have 
 spoken, they also told of these days. 
 
 25 Ye are the sons of the jirophets, and 
 of the covenant which God i^made 
 with your fathers, saying unto Abra- 
 ham, And in thy seed shall all the 
 
 26 families of the earth be blessed. Unto 
 you first God, having raised up his 
 Servant, sent him to bless you, in 
 turning away eveiy one of you from 
 your miquities. 
 
 4 And as they spake unto the people, 
 i^the priests and the captain of the 
 temple and the Sadducees came upon 
 
 2 them, being sore troubled because they 
 taught the people, and proclaimed in 
 Jesus the resurrection from the dead. 
 
 3 And they laid hands on them, and 
 put them in ward unto the moiTow: 
 
 4 for it was now eventide. But many 
 of them that heard the word be- 
 
 » Some 
 ancient 
 authori- 
 ties read 
 the chief 
 priests.
 
 5. 4. 
 
 THE ACTS. 
 
 91 
 
 I Or, 
 
 in wJtoyn 
 
 a Or. 
 
 sai'e t 
 
 3 Or. tills 
 name 
 
 4Gr. 
 sign. 
 
 lieved; and the number of tlie men 
 came to be about five thonsand. 
 
 5 And it came to pass on the morrow, 
 that their rnlers and eklers and 
 scribes were f^atliered together in Je- 
 
 Grnsalem; and Annas the high ])riest 
 «'«,■} there, and ('aiai)has, and John, 
 and Alexander, a' id as many as wore 
 of the kindred of the high priest. 
 
 7 And when th(>y had set them in the 
 midst, they inquired. By what power, 
 or in what name, have ye done this? 
 
 8 Then Peter, filled with the Holy 
 (Ihost, said unto them, Ye I'ulers of 
 
 9 the j>eople, and elders, if we this day 
 are examuied concerning a good deed 
 done to an impotent man, ^by what 
 
 10 means this man is '^rnade whole ; be it 
 known unto you all, and to all the 
 people of Israel, that in the name of 
 Jesus Chi'ist of Nazareth, whom ye 
 cmcified, whom Ciod raised from the 
 dead, even in ^bim doth this man stand 
 
 11 here before you whole. He is the stone 
 which was set at nought of you the 
 builders, which was made the head of 
 
 12 the corner. And in none other is there 
 salvation: for neither is there any 
 other name under heaven, that is 
 given among men, wherein we must 
 be saved. 
 
 13 Now when they beheld the boldness of 
 Peter and John, and had perceived that 
 they were unlearned and ignorant men, 
 they marvelled ; and they took know- 
 ledge of them, that they had been with 
 
 14 Jesus. And seeing the man which was 
 healed standing with them, they could 
 
 15 say nothing against it. But when they 
 had commanded them to go aside out of 
 the coimcil, they conferred among 
 
 16 themselves, saying. What shall we do to 
 these men ? for that indeed a notable 
 * miracle hath been wrought through 
 them, is manifest to all that dwell in Je- 
 
 17 nisalem ; and we cannot deny it. But 
 that it spread no further among the 
 people, let us threaten them, that they 
 speak henceforth to no man in this 
 
 18 name. And they called them, and 
 charged them not to speak at all nor 
 
 19 teach in the name of Jesus. But Peter 
 and John answered and said unto them. 
 Whether it be right iu the sight of God 
 to hearken unto yoii rather than unto 
 
 20 God, judge ye : for we cannot but speak 
 the things vrhich we saw and heard. 
 
 21 And they, when they had furtlier threat- 
 ened them, let them go, finding nothing 
 how they might punish them, because 
 of the people; for all men glorified 
 
 22 God for that which was done. For 
 the man was more than forty years old, 
 on whom this *niu'acle of heaUng was 
 wrought. 
 
 23 And being lot go, they came to tlieir 
 o-\vn company, and reported all tliat the 
 chief priests and the elders had said 
 
 24 mito them. And they, when they heard 
 
 it, lifted u]) theu' voice to God with one 
 accord, and said, O ^Lord, ''thou tliat 
 didst make the heaven and the eartli 
 and the sea, and all that in them is : 
 2.") ''who by the Holy Ghost, /'// the moutli 
 of our father David thy servant, didst 
 say. 
 
 Why did the Gentiles rage. 
 
 And tlie peoples 8ima.,'ine vain things? 
 
 26 The kings of the earth set them- 
 
 selves in array, 
 
 And the rulers were gathered to- 
 gether, 
 
 Against the Lord, and against his 
 "Anouited: 
 
 27 for of a truth in this city against thy holy 
 Servant Jesus, whom thou didst anoint, 
 both Herod and Pontius Pilate, with 
 the Gentiles and the peoples of Israel, 
 
 28 were gathei-ed together, to do whatso- 
 ever thy hand and thy counsel foreor- 
 
 29 dained to come to pass. Andnow,Lord, 
 look upon then- threatenings : and grant 
 unto thy i" servants to speak thy word 
 
 30 with all boldness, while thou stretchest 
 forth thy hand to heal ; and that signs 
 and wonders may be done thi-ough the 
 
 31 name of thy holy Servant Jesus. And 
 when they had prayed, the place was 
 shaken wherein they were gathered to- 
 gether ; and they were all filled with the 
 Holy Ghost, and they spake the word 
 of God with boldness. 
 
 32 And the multitude of them that believ- 
 ed were of one heart and soul : and not 
 one of them said that aught of the things 
 which he possessed was his own ; Imt 
 
 33 they had all things common. And with 
 great power gave the apostles their wit- 
 ness of the resurrection of the Lord 
 Jesus 11 : and gi'eat grace was upon them 
 
 34 all. For neither was there among them 
 any that lacked : for as many as were 
 possessors of lands or houses sold them, 
 and brought the prices of the things 
 
 35 that were sold, and laid them at the 
 apostles' feet: and distribution was 
 made unto each, according as any one 
 had need. 
 
 36 And Joseph, who by the apostles was 
 surnamed Barnabas (which is, being 
 interpreted. Son of 12 exhortation), a 
 
 1 37Levite, a man of Cypms by race, hav- 
 ing a field, sold it. and brought the 
 money, and laid it at the apostles' feet. 
 5 But a certain man named Ananias, 
 with Sapphira his wife, sold a i^osses- 
 
 2 sion, and kept back 2)art of the price, 
 his wife also being privy to it, and 
 brought a certain ])art, and laid it at 
 
 3 the apostles' feet. But Peter said, An- 
 anias, why hath Satan fiUed thy heart 
 to 13 he to the Holy Ghost, and to keep 
 back part of the price of the land? 
 
 4 '^VhUes it remamed, did it not remain 
 thuie own ? and after it was sold, was 
 it not in thy power? How is it that 
 thou hast conceived tliis thing in 
 thy heart? thou hast not lied unto 
 
 tOr, 
 Mfiit-er 
 oor, 
 thoa art 
 he. that 
 did irutke 
 
 7 The 
 Oreuk 
 text in 
 this 
 
 clause is 
 Bome- 
 what un- 
 cert.iin. 
 
 8 Or. 
 meditate 
 
 SGr. 
 Christ. 
 
 ifiGr 
 bond- 
 servants. 
 
 11 S-TO" 
 ancient 
 authori- 
 ties add 
 Christ. 
 
 12 Or, 
 consola- 
 tion 
 
 l-'Or, 
 deceive
 
 92 
 
 THE ACTS. 
 
 5. 4. 
 
 iGr. 
 younger. 
 
 2 Or, and 
 there 
 were the 
 more 
 added to 
 them, 66- 
 lieving 
 on the 
 Lord 
 
 5 men, but unto God. And Ananias hear- 
 ing these words fell down and gave u^) 
 the ghost: and great fear came upon 
 
 6 all that heard it. And the i young men 
 arose and wrapped him romid, and they 
 carried htm out and bui'ied him. 
 
 7 And it was about the space of thi-ee 
 hours after, when his wife, not know- 
 
 8 uig what was done, came ia. And Peter 
 answered unto her, Tell me whether ye 
 sold the land for so much. And she 
 
 9 said, Yea, for so much. But Peter said 
 unto her, How is it that ye have agi-eed 
 together to tempt the Spirit of the Lord? 
 behold, the feet of them which have 
 buried thy husband are at the door, 
 
 10 and they shall carry thee out. And she 
 fell down immediately at his feet, and 
 gave up the ghost : and the young men 
 came in and foimd her dead, and they 
 carried her out and buried her by her 
 
 11 husband. And great fear came upon 
 the whole chm-ch, and upon all that 
 heard these things. 
 
 12 And by the hands of the apostles were 
 many signs and wonders wrought a- 
 mong the people; and they were aU 
 with one accord in Solomon's porch. 
 
 13 Bat of the rest durst no man join him- 
 self to them : howbeit the people mag- 
 
 14uified them; ^and believers were the 
 more added to the Lord, multitudes 
 
 15 both of men and women; insomuch 
 that they even cai'ried out the sick mto 
 the streets, and laid them on beds and 
 couches, that, as Peter came by, at the 
 least his shadow might overshadow 
 
 16 some one of them . And there also came 
 together the multitude from the cities 
 round about Jerusalem, bringuig sick 
 folk, and them that were vexed witli 
 unclean spirits : and they were healed 
 every one. 
 
 17 But the high priest rose up, and all 
 they that were with htm (which is the 
 sect of the Sadducees), and they were 
 
 18 filled with jealousy, and laid hands on 
 the apostles, and put them in public 
 
 19 ward. But an angel of the Lord by 
 night opened the prison doors, and 
 
 20 brought them out, and said, Go ye, and 
 stand and speak tu the temple to the 
 
 21 people all the words of this Life. And 
 when they heard tins, they entered 
 into the temple about daybreak, and 
 taught. But the high priest came, and 
 they that were with him, and called the 
 council together, and all the senate of 
 the children of Israel, and sent to the 
 prison-house to have them brought. 
 
 22 But the officers that came found them 
 not in the prison ; and they returned, 
 
 23 and told, sayuig. The prison-house we 
 found shut in all safety, and the 
 keepers standing at the doors: but 
 when we had opened, we found no man 
 
 24 within. Now when the captain of the 
 temple and the chief priests heard 
 these words, they were much perplexed 
 
 the Holy Ghost, whom 
 given to them that obey 
 
 concerning them whereuuto this would 
 
 25 grow. And there came one and told 
 them. Behold, the men whom ye put 
 in the i:)rison are in the temple standing 
 
 26 and teaching the people. Then went 
 the captain with the officers, and 
 brought them, hut without violence; 
 for they feared the people, lest they 
 
 27 should be stoned. And when they had 
 brought them, they set them before 
 the council. Ajid the high priest asked 
 
 28 them, saying. We straitly charged you 
 not to teach in this name : aiid behold, 
 ye have filled Jerusalem with your 
 teachmg, and intend to bring this man's 
 
 29 blood upon us. But Peter and the apo- 
 stles answered and said, We must obey 
 
 30 God rather than men. The God of our 
 fathers raised up Jesus, whom ye slew, 
 
 31 hanging him on a tree. Him did God 
 exalt ^with his right hand to he a Prince 
 and a Saviour, for to give repentance 
 
 32 to Israel, and remission of sins. And 
 we are witnesses* of these 5 things; 
 Sand so is 
 God hath 
 htm. 
 
 33 But they, when they heard this, were 
 cut to the heart, and were minded to 
 
 34 slay them. But there stood up one in 
 the council, a Pharisee, named Ga- 
 maliel, a doctor of the law, had inhonour 
 of aU the people, and commanded to 
 
 35 put the men forth a little while. And 
 he said vmto them, Ye men of Israel, 
 take heed to yourselves as touching 
 these men, what ye are about to do. 
 
 36 For before these days rose up Theudas, 
 giving himself out to be somebody ; to 
 whom a number of men, about four 
 hundi-ed, joined themselves : who was 
 slain ; and all, as many as obeyed him, 
 were dispersed, and came to nought. 
 
 37 After this man rose up Judas of GaU- 
 lee in the days of the enrolment, and 
 di-ew aiway some of the people after him : 
 he also perished ; and all, as many as 
 obeyed hun, were scattered abroad. 
 
 38 And now I say unto you, Kefrain from 
 these men, and let them alone : for if 
 this counsel or this work be of men, 
 
 39 it win be overthrown : but if it is of 
 God, ye will not be able to overthrow 
 them ; lest haply ye be found even to be 
 
 40 fighting against God. And to htm they 
 agreed : and when they had called the 
 apostles unto them, they beat them and 
 charged them not to speak in the name 
 
 41 of Jesus, and let them go. They there- 
 fore departed from the presence of the 
 council, rejoicing that they were count- 
 ed worthy to suffer dishonour for the 
 
 42 Name. And every day, in the tem- 
 ple and at home, they ceased not to 
 teach and to preach Jesus as the 
 Christ. 
 
 6 Nov/ in these days, when the 
 number of the disciples was mul- 
 tiplymg, there arose a mui-mm-mg 
 
 aOr.at 
 
 1 Some 
 aucient 
 authori- 
 ties add 
 in him. 
 6Gr. 
 sayingi, 
 6 Some 
 ancient 
 authori- 
 ties read | 
 and Qod 
 hath 
 
 giventhc ! 
 Boly 
 Qhost to 
 thetn 
 that o6«2/ 
 him.
 
 7. 27. 
 
 THE ACTS. 
 
 1 Gr. nd- 
 Icnisfs. 
 
 »Gr. 
 
 pleasintf. 
 3 Or, 
 minister 
 to tablvs 
   Some 
 ancient 
 authori- 
 ties read 
 But, 
 
 brethren, 
 took ye 
 out from 
 among 
 you. 
 
 of tlie 1 Grecian Jews against tlie 
 Hebrews, because their widows were 
 neglected in the daily ministration. 
 
 2 And tlie twelve called the multitude 
 of the discijiles unto them, and said. 
 It is not 2 fit that we should forsake 
 the word of God, and s serve tables. 
 
 .3 'Look ye out thei'efore, brethren, from 
 among you seven men of good report, 
 full of the Spirit and of wisdom, 
 whom we may appoint over this busi- 
 
 4 ness. But we will continue stedfastly 
 in prayer, and in the ministry of the 
 
 5 W( >rd. And the saying pleased the whole 
 multitude : and they chose Stephen, a 
 man full of faith and of the Holy Spirit, 
 and Philip, and Prochoras, and Nicanor, 
 and Timon, and Parmenas, and Nicolas 
 
 6 a proselyte of Antioch : whom they set 
 before the ai^ostles : and when they had 
 prayed, they laid their hands on them. 
 
 7 And the word of God increased ; and 
 the number of the disciples multiplied 
 in Jerusalem exceedingly ; and a gi'eat 
 company of the priests were obedient 
 to the faith. 
 
 8 And Stephen, full of grace and power, 
 wrought great wonders and signs among 
 
 9 the people. But there arose certain of 
 them that were of the synagogue called 
 the synagogue of the Libertines, and of 
 the Cyrenians, and of the Alexandrians, 
 and of them of Cilicia and Asia, dispu- 
 
 10 ting with Stephen. And they were not 
 able to withstand the wisdom and the 
 
 11 Spirit by which he spake. Then they 
 suborned men, which said. We have 
 heard him speak blasphemous words a- 
 
 12 gainst Moses, and against God. And 
 theystirred up the people,and the elders, 
 and the scribes, and came upon him, 
 and seized him, and brought him into 
 
 13 the council, and set wp false witnesses, 
 which said. This man ceaseth not to 
 speak words against this holy place, and 
 
 14 the law : for we have heard him say, 
 that this Jesus of Nazareth shall de- 
 stroy this place, and shall change the 
 customs which Moses delivered luito 
 
 15 us. And all that sat in the council, 
 fastening their eyes on him, saw his 
 face as it had been the face of an angel. 
 
 T And the high priest said, Ai'e these 
 
 2 things so ? And he said. 
 
 Brethren and fathers, hearken. The 
 God of glory appeared mito our father 
 Abraham, when he was in Mesopo- 
 
 Stamia, before he dwelt in Haran, and 
 said unto him, Get thee out of thy land, 
 and from thy kindred, and come into the 
 
 4 landwhich I shall shew thee. Then came 
 he out of the land of the ChaldfEans, and 
 dwelt in Haran : and from thence, when 
 his father was dead, God removed him 
 
 5 into this land,wlierein ye now dwell: and 
 he gave him none inheritance in it, no, 
 not so much as to set his foot on : and he 
 promised that be would give it to him 
 in possession, and to his seed after him. 
 
 6 when an yet ho had no child. And God 
 spake on this wise, that his seed should 
 sojourn in a strange land, and that they 
 should bmig them into bondage, and 
 entreat them evil, four hundred years. 
 
 7 And the nation to which they shall be 
 in bondage will I judge, said God: and 
 after that shall they come forth, and 
 
 8 serve me in this jilace. And he gave 
 him the covenant of circumcision : and 
 so Abraham begat Isaac, and circum- 
 cised him the eighth day; and Isaac 
 begat Jacob, and Jacob the twelve 
 
 9 patriarchs. And the patriarchs, moved 
 with jealousy against Joseph, sold him 
 into Egyi)t: and God was with him, 
 
 10 and delivered him out of all his afflic- 
 tions, and gave him favour and wisdom 
 before Pharaoh king of Egypt; and 
 he made hhn governor over Egypt and 
 
 11 all liis house. Now there came a 
 famine over all Egypt and Canaan, 
 and great affliction : and our fathers 
 
 12 found no sustenance. But when Jacob 
 heard that there was corn in Egypt, he 
 sent forth our fathers the first time. 
 
 13 And at the second time Joseph was 
 made known to his brethren; and 
 Joseph's race became manifest unto 
 
 14 Pharaoh. And Joseph sent, and called 
 to him Jacob his father, and aU his kin- 
 
 15 di-ed, threescore and fifteen souls. And 
 Jacob went down into Egypt ; and he 
 
 16 died, himself, and our fathers; and 
 they were carried over unto Shechem, 
 and laid in the tomb that Abraham 
 bought for a price in silver of the sons 
 
 17 of sHamor in Shechem. But as the 
 time of the promise drew nigh, which 
 God vouchsafed unto Abraham, the 
 people grew and multiplied in Egypt, 
 
 18 till there arose another king over 
 
 19 Egypt, which knew not Josej^h. The 
 same dealt subtUly with our race, and 
 evil entreated our fathers, that ^they 
 should cast out their babes to the end 
 
 20 they might not 'Uve. At which season 
 Moses was born, and was 8 exceeding 
 fair ; andhewasnourished three months 
 
 21 in his father's house : and when he 
 was cast out, Pharaoh's daughter took 
 him up, and nourished him for her own 
 
 22 son. And Moses was instructed in all the 
 wisdom of the Egyptians ; and he was 
 
 23 mighty in his words and works. But 
 when he was well-nigh forty years old, 
 it came into liisheart tovisit hisbrethren 
 
 24 the children of Israel. And seeing one of 
 them suffer wrong, he defended him, 
 and avenged him that was oppressed, 
 
 25 smiting the Egyptian : and he sujiposed 
 that his brethren understood how that 
 God by his hand was giving them ^de- 
 
 26 liverance; but they understood not. And 
 the day following he appeared unto 
 them as they strove, and would have 
 set them at one again, saying. Sirs, 
 ye are brethren ; why do ye wrong 
 
 27 one to another? But he that did his 
 
 5 Or. 
 Jfjnmot. 
 
 6 Or, he 
 
 ' Gr. he 
 preserv- 
 ed alive. 
 8 Or,/air 
 unto Qod 
 
 9 Or, 
 salvation
 
 94 
 
 THE ACTS. 
 
 7. 27. 
 
 IGr re- 
 deemer. 
 
 e Or, as 
 he raised 
 up me 
 3 Or, con- 
 grega- 
 tion 
 
 neighbour wrong thrust him away, say- 
 ing, Who made thee a ruler and a judge 
 28 over us ? "Wouldest thou kill me, as thou 
 29killedst the Egyptian yesterday? Aiid 
 Moses fled at this saying, and became 
 a sojourner ia the land of Midian, 
 
 30 where he begat two sons. And when 
 forty years were fulfilled, an angel ap- 
 peared to him in thewilderness of mount 
 
 31 Sinai, ma flame of fire in a bush. And 
 when Moses saw it, he wondered at the 
 sight : and as he drew near to behold, 
 
 32 there came a voice of the Lord, I am the 
 God of thy fathers, the God of Abraham, 
 and of Isaac, and of Jacob. And Moses 
 
 33 trembled, and durst not behold. And 
 the Lord said unto him, Loose the 
 shoes from thy feet: for the place 
 whereon thou standest is holy ground. 
 
 341 have sm'ely seen the affliction of 
 my i^eople which is in Egypt, and . 
 have heard their groaning, and I am 
 come down to dehver them : and now 
 come, I wiU send thee into Egyjjt. 
 
 35 This Moses whom they refused, saying, 
 Who made thee a ruler and a judge ? 
 him hath God sent to he both a 
 ruler and a i deliverer with the hand 
 of the angel which appeared to him 
 
 36 in the bush. This man led them 
 forth, having wrought wonders and 
 signs in Egypt, and in the Eed sea, 
 and in the wilderness forty years. 
 
 37 This is that Moses, which said unto 
 the children of Israel, A prophet shaU 
 God raise up unto you from among 
 
 38 your brethren, ^Hke unto me. This 
 is he that was in the 3 church in the 
 wilderness with the angel which spake 
 to him in the mount Sinai, and with 
 our fathers : who received living oracles 
 
 39 to give unto us : to whom our fathers 
 would not be obedient, but thrust 
 him from them, and turned back in 
 
 40theii' liearts unto Egypt, saying unto 
 Aaron, Make us gods which shall go 
 before us : for as for this Moses, which 
 led us forth out of the land of Egy[)t, 
 we wot not what is become of him. 
 
 41 And they made a calf in those days, and 
 brought a sacrifice unto the idol, and 
 
 42 rejoicediu the works of their hands. But 
 God turned, and gave them up to serve 
 the host of heaven ; as it is written in 
 the book of the prophets, 
 
 Did ye offer unto me slain beasts 
 
 and sacrifices 
 Forty years ui the wilderness, 
 
 house of Israel ? 
 
 43 And ye took up the tabernacle of 
 
 Moloch; 
 And the star of the god Eephan, 
 The figures which ye made to worship 
 
 them : 
 And I will carry you away beyond 
 
 Babylon. 
 
 44 Our fathers had the tabernacle of the 
 testimony in the wilderness, even as 
 he appointed who spake unto Moses, 
 
 that he should make it according to the 
 
 45 figure that he had seen. Which also our 
 fathers, in their turn, brought in with 
 ^Joshua when they entered on the pos- 
 session of the nations, which God thrust 
 out before the face of our fathers, unto 
 
 46 the days of David ; who found favour- 
 in the sight of God, and asked to find a 
 
 47 habitation for the God of Jacob. But 
 
 48 Solomon built him a house. Howbeit 
 the Most High dweUeth not m houses 
 made with hands ; as saith the i^rophet, 
 
 49 The heaven is my throne, 
 
 And the earth the footstool of my feet ; 
 What manner of house will ye build 
 
 me ■? saith the Lord : 
 Or what is the place of my rest ? 
 
 50 Did not my hand make aU these 
 
 things ? 
 
 51 Ye stiffnecked and uncircumcised in 
 heart and ears, ye do always resist the 
 Holy Ghost ; as your fathers did, so do 
 
 52 ye. Which of the prophets did not your 
 fathers persecute '? and they kOledthem 
 which shewed before of the coming of 
 the Righteous One ; of whom ye have 
 now become betrayers and murderers ; 
 
 53 ye who received the law ^as it was or- 
 dained by angels, and kept it not. 
 
 54 Now when they heard these things, 
 they were cut to the heart, and they 
 
 55 gnashed on him with their teeth. But 
 he, being fuU of the Holy Ghost, looked 
 up stedf astly into heaven, and saw the 
 glory of God, and Jesus standing on 
 
 56 the right hand of God, and said. Behold, 
 I see the heavens opened, and the Son 
 of man standing on the right hand of 
 
 57 God. But they cried out with a loud 
 voice, a nd stopped their ear s, and rushed 
 
 58 upon him with one accord ; and they 
 cast him out of the city, and stoned 
 him : and the witnesses laid down then- 
 garments at the feet of a young man 
 
 59 named S: ul. And they stoned Stephen, 
 calling upon the Lord, and saying, 
 
 60 Lord Jesus, receive my si^irit. And he 
 kneeled down, and cried with a loud 
 voice. Lord, lay not this sin to their 
 charge. And when he had said this, he 
 
 8 fell asleep. And Suul was consenting 
 unto his death. 
 
 And there arose on that day a great 
 persecution against the church which 
 was in Jerusalem; and they were aU 
 scattered abroadthroughout the regions 
 of Judiea and Samaria, except the ajio- 
 
 2 sties. And devout men buried Stejihen, 
 and made great lamentation over him. 
 
 3 But Saul laid waste the chm-ch, enter- 
 ing into every house, and haling men 
 and women committed them to prison. 
 
 4 They therefore that were scatter- 
 ed abroad went about preaching 
 
 5 the word. And PhUip went down 
 to the city of Samaria, and proclaim- 
 
 6ed unto them the Christ. And the 
 multitudes gave heed with one ac- 
 cord unto the things that were spoken
 
 9. 8. 
 
 THE ACTS. 
 
 95 
 
 1 Or, For 
 
 >/*(( ny of 
 
 those 
 
 which 
 
 had uu- 
 
 clettn 
 
 spifiCs 
 
 that 
 
 cried 
 
 with a 
 
 Jowl 
 
 voice 
 
 etiiiic 
 
 forth 
 
 2Gi-. 
 
 nation. 
 
 3Gr. 
 
 powers. 
 
 * Some 
 Hiicient 
 authori- 
 ties omit 
 Solj. 
 
 5Gr. 
 u/orU. 
 
 6 Or, wilt 
 becotne 
 g'XU lur, 
 a gall 
 root) of 
 ' bitter- 
 ness and 
 a bond of 
 iniquity. 
 
 "Or, 
 at noon 
 
 by Philip, when they heard, and saw 
 
 7 the signs whicli he did. ^ For/njtii many 
 of those which had unclean spirits, th(^y 
 came out, crying with a loud voice : 
 and many that were palsied, and that 
 
 8 were lame, were healed. And there 
 was nmch joy in that city. 
 
 9 But there was a certain man, Simon 
 by name, which beforetime hi the city 
 used sorcery, and amazed the '-iijeople 
 of Samaria, givuig out that himself was 
 
 10 some great one : to whom they all gave 
 heed, from the least to the greatest, 
 saying. This man is that power of God 
 
 11 wliich is called Great. And they gave 
 heed to him, because that of long time 
 he had amazed them with his sorceries. 
 
 12 But when theybelievedPhiliiipreachuig 
 good tidings concernuig the kingdom 
 of God and the name of Jesus Christ, 
 they were baptized, both men and wo- 
 
 13 men. And Simon also himself believed : 
 and being baptized, he continued with 
 Philip ; and beholding signs and great 
 3 miracles wrought, he was amazed. 
 
 14 Now when the apostles which were at 
 Jerusalem heai'd that Samaria had re- 
 ceived the word of God, they sent unto 
 
 15 them Peter and John : who, when they 
 were come down, prayed for them, that 
 
 16 they might receive the Holy Ghost : for 
 as yet he was fallen upon none of them : 
 only they had been baptized uito the 
 
 17 name of the Lord Jesus. Then laid 
 they their hands on them, and they re- 
 
 ISceived the Holy Ghost. Now when 
 Simon saw that through the laying on 
 of the apostles' hands the *Holy Ghost 
 
 19 was given, he offered them money, say- 
 ing. Give me also this j)0wer, that on 
 whomsoever I lay my hands, he may re- 
 
 20 ceive the Holy Ghost. But Peter said 
 unto him, Thy silver perish with thee, 
 because thou hast thought to obtain the 
 
 21 gift of God with money. Thou hast 
 neither part nor lot in this ^ matter : for 
 
 22 thy heart is not right before God. Re- 
 pent therefore of this thy wickedness, 
 and pray the Lord, if perhaps the 
 thought of thy heart shall be forgiven 
 
 23 thee. For I see that thoii ^ art in the 
 gall of bitterness and in the bond of 
 
 24 iniquity. And Simon answered and 
 said. Pray ye for me to the Lord, that 
 none of the things which ye have 
 spoken come upon me. 
 
 25 They therefore, when they had testified 
 and spoken the word of the Lord, retm-n- 
 ed to Jenxsalem, and preached the gos- 
 pel to many villages of the Samaritans. 
 
 26 But an angel of the Lord spake unto 
 Philip, saying, Ai-ise, and go ■? toward 
 the south mito the way that goeth 
 down from Jerusalem imto Gaza : the 
 
 27 same is desert. And he arose and 
 went : and behold, a man of Ethiopia, 
 a eunuch of gre&t authority under 
 Candace, queen of the Ethiopians, 
 who was over all her treasure, who 
 
 had come to Jerusalem for to wor- 
 
 28 ship ; and he was returnuig and sitting 
 in his cliariot, and was reading the 
 
 29 prophet Isaiah. And the Spirit said 
 unto PliUi]), Go near, and join thyself 
 
 30 to this chariot. And Philip ran to him, 
 and heard him reading Isaiah the 
 proi)het, and said, Understandest thou 
 
 31 what thou readest ? And he said, How 
 can I, except some one shall guide me ? 
 And he besought Philii) to come up 
 
 32 and sit with him. Now the place of the 
 scripture which he was reading was 
 this. 
 
 He was led as a sheep to the slaughter; 
 And as a lamb before his shearer is 
 
 dumb. 
 So he openeth not his mouth : 
 
 33 Li his humiliation his judgement 
 
 was taken away : 
 His generation who sliaU declare? 
 For his life is taken from the earth. 
 
 34 And the eunuch answered Philip, and 
 said, I pray thee, of whom si)eaketh 
 the prophet this? of himself, or of 
 
 35 some other ? And Phihp opened his 
 mouth, and beginnuig from this 
 scriptui-e, preached unto him Jesus. 
 
 36 And as they went on the way, they 
 came mito a certaui water; and the 
 emmch saith, Behold, here is water; 
 what doth hmder me to be baptized ? ^ 
 
 38 And he commanded the chariot to 
 stand stiU: and they both went down 
 into the water, both Philip and the 
 
 39 emmch; and he baptized him. And 
 when they came up out of the 
 water, the Spirit of the Lord caught 
 away Philip; and the eunuch saw 
 him no more, for he went on his 
 
 40 way rejoicing. But Philip was found at 
 Azotus : and passing thi'ough he preach- 
 ed the gospel to all the cities, till he 
 came to Csesarea. 
 
 9 But Saul, yet breathing threatening 
 and slaughter against the disciples of 
 the Lord, went unto the high priest, 
 
 2 and asked of him letters to Damascus 
 unto the synagogues, that if he fomid 
 any that were of the Way, whether 
 men or women, he might bring them 
 
 3 bound to Jerusalem. And as he journey- 
 ed, it came to pass that he drew nigh 
 unto Damascus: and suddenly there 
 shone round about him a light out 
 
 4 of heaven : and he fell upon the earth, 
 and heard a voice saying unto him, 
 Saul, Saul, why persecutest thou me? 
 
 5 And he said. Who art thou. Lord? 
 And he said, I am Jesus whom thou 
 
 6 persecutest : but rise, and enter 
 into the city, and it shall be 
 
 7 told thee what thou must do. And 
 the men that jom-neyed with 
 him stood speechless, hearmg the 
 
 8 9 voice, but beholding no man. And 
 Saul arose from the earth ; and when 
 his eyes were opened, he saw 
 nothing; and they led him by the 
 
 8 S.ime 
 ancient 
 autliori- 
 ties in- 
 sert. 
 
 wliolly or 
 in part, 
 ver. 37 
 A nd 
 PhiUp 
 said, If 
 thou, 
 believest 
 with all 
 thy 
 hearts 
 thou 
 maijest. 
 And he 
 answer- 
 ed and 
 said, I 
 believe 
 that 
 Jes, s 
 Christ 
 is the. 
 Sun of 
 God. 
 
 oOr, 
 
 S0U;ld
 
 96 
 
 THE ACTS. 
 
 9. 8. 
 
 IGr. 
 
 vsuel of 
 election. 
 
 hand, and brought him into Damascus. 
 9 And he was three days without sight, 
 and did neither eat nor drink. 
 
 10 Now there was a certain discijile at 
 Damascus, named Ananias; and the 
 Lord said unto him in a vision, Ananias. 
 Aiid he said. Behold, I am here, Lord. 
 
 11 And the LordsaiVZ unto him, Ai'ise, and 
 go to the street which is called Straight, 
 and inquire iu the house of Judas for 
 one named Saul, a man of Tarsus ; for 
 
 12 behold, he prayeth ; and he hath seen 
 a man named Ananias coming in, and 
 laying his hands on him, that he 
 
 13 might receive his sight. But Ananias 
 answered, Lord, I have heard from 
 many of this man, how much evil he 
 
 14 did to thy saints at Jerusalem : and here 
 he hath authority from the chief i^riests 
 to bind all that call upon thy name. 
 
 15 But the Lord said unto him, Go thy 
 way: for he is a i chosen vessel unto 
 me, to bear my name before the Gen- 
 tiles and kmgs, and the children of 
 
 16 Israel : for I will shew him how many 
 thuigs he must suffer for my name's 
 
 17 sake. And Ananias departed, and enter- 
 ed into the house ; and laying his hands 
 on him said. Brother Saul, the Lord, 
 even Jesus, who appeared unto thee in 
 the way which thou camest, hath sent 
 me, that thou mayest receive thy sight, 
 
 18 and be filled with the Holy Ghost. And 
 straightway there fell from his eyes as 
 it were scales, and he received his sight ; 
 
 19 and he arose and was baptized ; and he 
 took food and was strengthened. 
 
 And he was certain days with the 
 
 20 disciples which v.'ere at Damascus. And 
 ■straightway in the synagogues he pro- 
 claimed Jesus, that he is the Son of God. 
 
 21 And aU that heard him were amazed, 
 and said. Is not this he that in Jeru- 
 salem made havock of them which call- 
 ed on this name? and he had come 
 hither for this intent, that he might 
 bring them bound before the chief 
 
 22 priests. But Saul increased the more in 
 strength, and confounded the Jews 
 which dwelt at Damascus, provmg that 
 this is the Christ. 
 
 23 And when many days were fulfilled, 
 the Jews took counsel together to kill 
 
 24 him : but their plot became known to 
 Saul. And they watched the gates also 
 day and night that they might kill him : 
 
 25 but his disciples took him by night, and 
 let him down through the waU, lower- 
 ing bun ill a basket. 
 
 26 And when he was come to Jerusalem, 
 he assayed to join himself to the dis- 
 ciples : and they were aU afraid of him, 
 not believing that he was a disciple. 
 
 27 But Barnabas took him, and brought 
 , him to the apostles, and declared mito 
 
 them how he had seen the Lord in 
 the way, and that he had spoken to 
 him, and how at Damascus he had 
 l)reached boldly in the name of Jesus. 
 
 28 And he was with them going in and 
 
 29 going out at Jerasalem, preaching 
 boldly in the name of the Lord : and 
 he spake and disputed agamst the 
 2 Grecian Jews ; but they went about 
 
 30 to kiU him. And when the brethi'en 
 knew it, they brought him down to 
 CiBsarea, and sent him forth to Tarsus. 
 
 31 So the church thi-oughout all Judasa 
 and Galilee and Samaria had jieace, 
 being 3 edified; and, walking ^m the 
 fear of the Ijord and ^ in the comfort 
 of the Holy Ghost, was multiplied. 
 
 32 And it came to jjass, as Peter went 
 thi-oughout all parts, he came down also 
 to the saints which dwelt at Lydda. 
 
 33 And there he found a certain man 
 named .33neas, which had kept his 
 bed eight years; for he was palsied. 
 
 34 And Peter said unto him, ^neas, Jesus 
 Christ healeth thee ; arise, andmakethy 
 
 35 bed. And straightway he arose. And all 
 that dwelt at Lydda and in Sharon saw 
 him, and they turned to the Lord. 
 
 36 Now there was at Jopi)a a certain 
 disciple named Tabitha, which by in- 
 terin-etation is called * Dorcas: this 
 woman was full of good works and 
 
 37 ahnsdeeds which she did. And it 
 came to pass in those days, that she 
 fell sick, and died: and when they 
 had washed her, they laid her in an 
 
 38uri2)er chamber. And as Lydda was 
 nigh unto Joppa, the disciples, hearing 
 that Peter was there, sent two men 
 unto him, intreatinghim. Delay not to 
 
 39 come on unto us. And Peter arose 
 and went with them. And when he 
 was come, they brought him into the 
 upjier chamber; and aU the widows 
 stood by him weeping, and shewing 
 the coats and garments which 
 Dorcas made, whUe she was with 
 
 40 them. But Peter put them all forth, 
 and kneeled down, and prayed; and 
 tiuruing to the body, he said, Tabitha, 
 arise. And she opened her eyes; 
 and when she saw Peter, she sat up. 
 
 41 And he gave her his hand, and raised 
 her up; and caUing the saints and 
 widows, he presented her aUve. 
 
 42 And it became known throughout aU 
 Joppa : and many believed on the Lord. 
 
 43 And it came to pass, that he abode many 
 days in Joppa with one Simon a tanner. 
 
 10 Now there vas a certain man in 
 Cajsarea, Cornehus by name, a centu- 
 rion of the band called the Italian 
 
 2 c b.ind, a devout man, and one that fear- 
 ed God with all his house, who gave 
 much alms to the people, and prayed to 
 
 SGodalway. Hesawm avisionopenly,as 
 it were about the ninth hour of the day, 
 an angel of God coming in unto him, 
 
 4 and saying to him, Cornehus. And he, 
 fastening his eyes upon him, and be- 
 ing affrighted, said. What is it. Lord? 
 And he said unto him, Thy prayers 
 and thine alms are gone up for a
 
 10. 47. 
 
 THE ACTS. 
 
 97 
 
 ISome 
 ancient 
 authori- 
 ties read 
 lie. 
 
 6 
 
 7 
 
 8 
 
 '.) 
 
 10 
 
 11 
 
 12 
 
 13 
 14 
 
 15 
 16 
 
 17 
 
 IS 
 19 
 
 20 
 21 
 
 23 
 
 24 
 
 25 
 
 26 
 
 27 
 28 
 
 lueiiiorial before God. And now .send 
 men to Joppa, and fetch one Simon, who 
 is siirnamed Peter : he lodgeth with one 
 Simon a tanner, whose house is by the 
 sea side. And when tlie angel tliat spake 
 unto him was departed, he called two 
 of his liousehohl-servants,and a devout 
 soldier of them that waited on him con- 
 tinually; and having rehearsed all 
 things unto them, he sent them to 
 Joi)pa. 
 
 Now on the morrow, as they were on 
 theu' journey, and (h'ew nigh unto the 
 city, Peter went up upon the housetop 
 to pray, about the sixth hour : and he 
 became hungry, and desu'ed to eat : but 
 while they made ready, he fell into a 
 trance; and he beholdeth the heaven 
 opened, and a certain vessel descenduig, 
 as it were a great sheet, let down by f om- 
 corners upou the earth : wherein were 
 aU mamier of fourfooted beasts and 
 creeping things of the earthaudfowls of 
 the heaven. And there came a voice to 
 him. Rise, Peter; kill and eat. But Peter 
 said. Not so. Lord; foi- I have never 
 eaten any thing tliat is common and un- 
 clean. And a voice caync unto him agaui 
 the second time. What God hath cleans- 
 ed, make not thou common. And this 
 was done thrice : and straightway the 
 vessel was received np into heaven. 
 
 Now while Peter was much perplexed 
 in himself what the vision which he had 
 seen might mean, behold, the men that 
 were sent by Cornelius, having made 
 inquiry for Simon's house, stood before 
 the gate, and called and asked whether 
 Simon, wdiich was surnamed Peter, 
 were lodging there. And whUe Peter 
 thought on the vision, the Spii'it said 
 unto him. Behold, three men seek thee. 
 But arise, and get thee down, and go 
 with them, nothing doubting: for I 
 have sent them. And Peter went 
 down to the men, and said. Behold, I 
 am he whom ye seek : what is the cause 
 wherefore ye are come '? And they said, 
 Cornelius a centm-ion, a righteous man 
 and one that feareth God, and well re- 
 ported of by aU the nation of the Jews, 
 ■was warned of God by a holy angel to 
 sendfor thee into his house, and to hear 
 words from thee. So he called them 
 in and lodged them. 
 
 And on the morrow he arose and went 
 forth with them, and certain of tlie bre- 
 thren from Joppa accompanied him. 
 And on the morrow i they entered into 
 Cajsarea. And Cornelius was waiting 
 for them, havuig called together his 
 kinsmen and his ne.ir friends. And 
 when it en me to i)ass that Peter enter- 
 ed, Cornelius met him, and fell down 
 at his feet, and worshipped him. 
 But Peter raised him uiJ, saying. 
 Stand up; I myself also am a man. 
 And as he talked with him, he went in, 
 and findeth many come together : and 
 
 ho said unto tlieni. Ye yourselves 
 know '■'how that it is an mduwful 
 thhig for a man that is a Jew to joui 
 himself or come unto one of another 
 nation ; and//(7untome hath God shew- 
 ed that I should not cull any man com- 
 
 29 mon or unclean : wherefore also I came 
 without gainsaying, when I was sent 
 for. I ask therefore witli what intent 
 
 30 ye sent for me. And Cornelius said, Fom* 
 days ago, until this hour, I was keeping 
 the ninth hour of prayer in my house ; 
 and behold, a man stood before me in 
 
 31 bright apjiarel, and saith, Cornelius, thy 
 prayer is heard, and thuie ahns are had 
 in remembrance in the sight of God. 
 
 32 Send therefore to Jopjja, and call imto 
 thee Simon, who is siu'nnmed Peter ; he 
 lodgeth in the house of Simon a tanner, 
 
 33 by the sea side. Forthwith therefore 
 I sent to thee ; and thou hast well done 
 that thou art come. Now therefore we 
 are all here present in the siglit of God, 
 to hear aU things that have been com- 
 
 34 manded thee of the Lord. And Peter 
 opened his mouth, and said. 
 
 Of a truth I j)erceive that God is no 
 
 35 respecter of persons : but in every na- 
 tion he that feareth him, and worketh 
 righteousness, is acceptable to him. 
 
 36 3 The word which ho sent unto the 
 chikh'eu of Israel, preaching ■igood 
 tidmgs of i)eace by Jesus Christ (he is 
 
 37 Lord of all) — tliat saying ye yourselves 
 know, which wasimblished throughout 
 all Judtea, beginning from Galilee, after 
 the bajitism which John preached ; ei^en 
 
 38 Jesus of Nazareth, how that God 
 anointed him with the Holy Ghost and 
 ■with power: who went about doing 
 good, and healing all that were oppi'ess- 
 ed of the devU ; for God was with him. 
 
 39 And we are witnesses of all things which 
 he did both in the country of the Jews, 
 and m Jerusalem ; whom also they slew, 
 
 40 hanging him on a tree. Him God raised 
 up the thu'd day, and gave him to be 
 
 41 made manifest, not to all the people, 
 but unto witnesses that were chosen 
 before of God, e-ren to us, who did eat 
 and drink wdth him after he rose from 
 
 42 the dead. And he charged us to preach 
 unto the people, and to testify that this 
 is he ■which is ordained of God to be the 
 
 43 Judge of quick and dead. To him bear 
 iill the projihets witness, that through 
 his name eveiy one that believeth on 
 him shall receive remission of sins. 
 
 44 WliOe Peter yet spake these words, 
 the Holy Ghost fell on all them which 
 
 45 heard the word. And they of the circum- 
 cision which believed were amazed, as 
 many as came with Peter, because that 
 on the Gentiles also was poured out 
 
 46 the gift of the Holy Ghost. For they 
 heard them speak with tongues, and 
 
 47 magnifyGod. TheuausweredPeter,Can 
 any man forbid the water, that these 
 should not be baptized, which have 
 
 2 Or, 
 
 holt' tlTt- 
 
 lawful u 
 Ufor a 
 man A-c. 
 
 3 Many 
 ancient 
 autliuri- 
 ties read 
 He sent 
 the word 
 unto. 
 
 i Or, the 
 gospel 
 
 E
 
 98 
 
 THE ACTS. 
 
 10. 47. 
 
 1 Or, in 
 
 2 Many 
 ancient 
 authori- 
 ties read 
 Grecian 
 Jews. 
 
 received the Holy Ghost as well as 
 48 we ? And be commanded them to he 
 
 baptized in the name of Jesus Christ. 
 
 Then jirayed they him to tarry certain 
 
 days. 
 11 Now the apostles and the brethren 
 
 that were in Judaea heard that the 
 
 Gentiles also had received the word of 
 
 2 God. And when Peter was come up to 
 Jerusalem, they that were of the cir- 
 
 3 cumcision contended with him, saying. 
 Thou weutest in to men uncircumcised, 
 
 4 and didst eat with them. But Peter 
 began, and expounded the matter unto 
 
 5 them in order, saying, I was in the 
 city of Joppa praying : and in a trance 
 I saw a vision, a certain vessel descend- 
 ing, as it were a great sheet let down 
 from heavenby four corners; and it came 
 
 G even unto me : upon the which when I 
 had fastened mine eyes, I considered, 
 and saw the fourfooted beasts of the 
 earth and wild beasts and creeping 
 
 7 things and fowls of the heaven. And 
 I heard also a voice saying unto me, 
 
 8 Rise, Peter ; kill and eat. But I said. 
 Not so. Lord : for nothing common or 
 unclean hath ever entered into my 
 
 9 mouth. But a voice answered the 
 second time out of heaven. What God 
 hath cleansed, make not thou common. 
 
 10 And this was done thrice : and all were 
 
 11 drawn up again into heaven. And be- 
 hold, forthwith three men stood before 
 the house in which we were, having 
 
 12 been sent from CaBsarea unto me. And 
 the Spirit bade me go with them, mak- 
 ing no distinction. And these six bre- 
 thren also accompanied me ; and we 
 
 13 entered into the man's house: and he 
 told us how he had seen the angel stand- 
 ing in his house, and saying. Send to 
 Joppa, and fetch Simon, whose sur- 
 
 14 name is Peter; who shall speak unto 
 thee words, whereby thou shalt be 
 
 1.5 saved, thou and all thy house. And as 
 
 1 began to speak, the Holy Ghost fell 
 on them, even as on us at the beguming. 
 
 IG And I remembered the word of the Lord, 
 how that he said, John indeed baptized 
 with water; but ye shall be baptized 
 
 171 with the Holy Ghost. If then God 
 gave unto them the hke gift as ^e did 
 also unto us, when we believed on the 
 Lord Jesus Christ, who was I, that I 
 
 18 could withstand God ? And when they 
 heard these things, they held their 
 peace, and glorified God, saying. Then 
 to the Gentiles also hath God granted 
 repentance unto life. 
 
 19 They therefore that were scattered 
 abroad upon the tribulation that arose 
 about Stephen travelled as far as Phoe- 
 nicia, and Cj^jrus, and Antioch, speak- 
 ing the word to none save only to Jews. 
 
 20 But there were some of them, men of 
 Cyi)rus and Gyrene, who, when they 
 were come to Antioch, spake unto the 
 
 2 Greeks also, preaching the Lord Jesus. 
 
 21 And the hand of the Lord was with 
 them : and a great number that behev- 
 
 22 ed turned unto the Lord. And the re- 
 port concerning them came to the ears 
 of the church which was in Jerusalem : 
 and they sent forth Barnabas as far as 
 
 23 Antioch : who, when he was come, and 
 had seen the grace of God, was glad ; 
 and he exhorted them all, ^that with 
 liurpose of heart they would cleave uu- 
 
 24 to the Lord: for he was a good man, 
 and full of the Holy Ghost and of faith : 
 and much i^eojile was added unto the 
 
 25 Lord. And he went forth to Tarsus to 
 
 26 seek for Saul : and when he had found 
 him, he broughthim unto Antioch. And 
 it came to jmss, that even for a whole 
 year they were gathered together * with 
 the chm'ch, and taught much people; 
 and that the disciples were called Chris- 
 tians first in Antioch. 
 
 27 Now in these days there came down 
 jirophets from Jerusalem unto Antioch. 
 
 28 And there stood up one of them named 
 Agabus, and signified by the Spirit that 
 there should be a great famine over all 
 5 the world : which came to pass in the 
 
 29 days of Claudius. And the disciples, 
 every man according to his abihty, de- 
 termined to send ^rehef unto the bre- 
 
 30 thren that dwelt in Judsea : which also 
 they did, senduig it to the elders by the 
 hand of Barnabas and Saul. 
 
 12 Now about that time Herod the king 
 put forth his hands to afflict certain of 
 
 2 the chm'ch . And he kOled James the bro- 
 
 3 ther of John with the sword. And when 
 he saw that it pleased the Jews, he pro- 
 ceeded to seize Peter also. And tJiose 
 
 4 were the days of unleavened bread. And 
 when he had taken him, he put him in 
 prison, and dehvered him to four qua- 
 ternions of soldiers to guard him ; in- 
 tending after the Passover to bring him 
 
 5 forth to the people. Peter therefore was 
 kept in the prison : but prayer was made 
 earnestly of the church unto God for 
 
 6 him. And when Herod was about to 
 bring him forth, the same night Peter 
 was sleeping between two soldiers, 
 bound with two chains : and guards be- 
 
 7 fore the door kept the prison. And be- 
 hold, an angel of the Lord stood by him, 
 and a light shined in the cell : and he 
 smote Peter on the side, and awoke him, 
 saying, Rise up quickly. And his chains 
 
 8 fell off from his hands. And the angel 
 said unto him. Gird thyself, and bind on 
 thy sandals. And he did so. And he 
 saith unto him. Cast thy garment about 
 
 9 thee, and follow me. And he went out, 
 and followed ; and he wist not that it 
 was true which was done ''by the 
 angel, but thought he saw a vision. 
 
 10 And when they were past the first 
 and the second ward, they came unto 
 the iron gate that leadeth into the 
 city; which opened to them of its 
 own accord: and they went out,
 
 13. 22. 
 
 THE ACTS. 
 
 99 
 
 2 Or, 
 
 judge- 
 ment- 
 seat 
 
 3 Many 
 ancient 
 authori- 
 ties read 
 to Jeru- 
 salem. 
 
 ami i)assed on through one street ; and 
 straightway the angel departed from 
 llliini. And wlien Peter was come to 
 hhusolf , he said, Now I know of a truth, 
 that the Lord hath sent forth his angel 
 and delivered me out of the hand of 
 Herod, and from all the expectation of 
 
 12 the people of the Jews. And when ho 
 had considered (he thing, he came to 
 the house of Mary the mother of John 
 whose surname was Mark ; where many 
 were gathered together and were pray- 
 
 13 ing. And when he knocked at the door 
 of the gate, a maid came to answer, 
 
 14 named Rhoda. And when she knew 
 Peter's voice, she ojiened not the gate 
 for joy, but ran in, and told that Peter 
 
 15 stood before the gate. And they said 
 unto her. Thou art mad. But she con- 
 fidently aflirmed that it was even so. 
 
 16 And they said, It is his angel. But Peter 
 continued knocking: and when they 
 had opened, they saw huu, and were 
 
 17 amazed. But he, beckoning unto them 
 with the hand to hold their peace, de- 
 clared unto them how the Lord had 
 brought him forth out of the prison. 
 And he said. Tell these things unto 
 James, and to the brethren. And he de- 
 
 18 parted, and went to another place. Now 
 as soon as it was day, there was no 
 small stu' among the soldiers, what was 
 
 19 become of Peter. And when Herod 
 had sought for him, andfoimd him not, 
 he examined the guards, and command- 
 ed that they should be ijmt to death. 
 And he went down from Judaea to Cae- 
 sarea, and tarried there. 
 
 20 Now he was highly displeased with 
 them of Tyre and Sidon : and they came 
 with one accord to him, and, having 
 made Blastus the king's chamberlain 
 their friend, they asked for peace, be- 
 cause their country was fed from the 
 
 21 king's comitry. And upon a set day 
 Herod arrayed himself in royal apparel, 
 and sat on the ^thi-one, and made an 
 
 22 oration unto them. And the people 
 shouted, sayi?;;/, The voice of a god, and 
 
 23 not of a man. And inmiediately an 
 angel of the Lord smote him, because 
 he gave not God the glory : and he was 
 eaten of worms, and gave up the ghost. 
 
 24 But the word of God grew and multi- 
 plied. 
 
 25 And Barnabas and Saul returned 
 8 from Jerusalem, when they had fulfil- 
 led their ministration, taking with them 
 John whose surname was Mark. 
 
 13 Now there were at Antioch, in the 
 church that was there, prophets and 
 teachers, Barnabas, and Symeon that 
 was called Niger, and Lucius of Cyrene, 
 and Manaen the foster- brother of Herod 
 
 2 the tetrarch, and Saul. And as they 
 ministered to the Lord, and fasted, the 
 Holy Ghost said. Separate me Barna- 
 bas and Saul for the work whereunto 
 
 3 1 have called them. Then, when they 
 
 had fasted and prayed and laid their 
 hands on them, they sent them away. 
 
 4 So they, being sent forth by the Holy 
 Ghost, went down to Seleucia; and 
 from thence they sailed to Cyi^rus. 
 
 5 And when they were at Salamis, they 
 proclaimed the word of God in the 
 synagogues of the Jews : and they had 
 
 6 also John as their attendant. And 
 when they had gone through the whole 
 island unto Paphos, they found a cer- 
 tain ^ sorcerer, a false prophet, a Jew, 
 
 7 whose name was Bar- Jesus ; which was 
 with the proconsul, Sergius Paulus, a 
 man of understandmg. The same call- 
 ed unto him Barnabas and Saul, and 
 
 8 sought to hear the word of God. But 
 Elymas the * sorcerer (for so is his 
 name by intei-pretation) withstood 
 them, seeking to turn aside the pro- 
 
 9 consul from the faith. But Saul, who 
 is also called Paul, filled with the Holy 
 
 10 Ghost, fastened his eyes on him, and 
 said, O full of all guile and all viUauy, 
 thou son of the devil, thou enemy of aU 
 righteousness, wilt thou not cease to 
 pervert the right ways of the Lord? 
 
 11 And now, behold, the hand of the Lord 
 is upon thee, and thou shalt be bhnd, 
 not seeing the sun ^for a season. And 
 immediately there fell on him a mist 
 and a darkness; and he went about 
 seeking some to lead him by the hand. 
 
 12 Then the proconsul, when he saw what 
 was done, beUeved, being astonished at 
 the teaching of the Lord. 
 
 13 Now Paul and his company set sail 
 from Paphos, and came to Perga in 
 Pamphylia: and John dejiarted from 
 
 14 them and returned to Jerusalem. But 
 they, passing through from Perga, 
 came to Antioch of Pisidia; and they 
 went into the synagogue on the sab- 
 
 15 bath day, and sat down. And after the 
 reading of the law and the prophets 
 the rulers of the synagogue sent unto 
 them, saying, Brethren, if ye have any 
 word of exhortation for the people, say 
 
 16 on. And Paul stood up, and beckoning 
 with the hand said. 
 
 Men of Israel, and ye that fear God, 
 
 17 hearken. The God of this people Israel 
 chose our fathers, and exalted the peo- 
 ple when they sojourned in the land of 
 Egypt, and with a high arm led he 
 
 18 them forth out of it. And for about 
 the time of forty years ^ suffered he 
 
 19 their manners in the wilderness. And 
 when he had destroyed seven nations 
 in the land of Canaan, he gave them 
 their land for an inheritance, for 
 about four hundi-ed and fifty years: 
 
 20 and after these things he gave them 
 judges untU Samuel the prophet. 
 
 21 And afterward they asked for a 
 king: and God gave unto them Saul 
 the son of Kish, a man of the 
 tribe of Benjamin, for the space of 
 
 22 forty years. And when he had re- 
 
 4Gr. 
 
 MafjiiK 
 as in 
 Matt. 
 1, 7, 16. 
 
 II. 
 
 5 Or. 
 until 
 
 6 Many 
 ancient 
 authori- 
 ties read 
 bare he 
 them as 
 a nurs- 
 ing- 
 father 
 in the 
 wilder- 
 ness. 
 See Dent, 
 i. 31. 
 
 E2
 
 100 
 
 THE ACTS. 
 
 13. 22. 
 
 iGr. 
 tviUs. 
 
 2Gr. 
 be/ore 
 the face 
 of his 
 enter inr; 
 in. 
 
 3 Or, 
 
 nerved 
 his oivn 
 genera- 
 tion hi/ 
 the couti- 
 scl of 
 God. fell 
 on slee)} 
 Or. 
 
 served 
 his 0JC71 
 genera- 
 tion, fell 
 on sfecp 
 by the 
 couytsrl 
 of God 
 
 4 Or, 
 
 vaitish 
 
 avxiy 
 
 moved liim, he raised up David to be 
 their king ; to whom also he bare wit- 
 ness, and said, I have found David the 
 son of Jesse, a man after my heaii, who 
 
 23 shall do all my iwill. Of this man's 
 seed hath God according to promise 
 brought unto Israel a Saviour, Jesus ; 
 
 '24 when John had first preached ^ before 
 his coming the baptism of repentance 
 
 25 to all the people of Israel. And as John 
 was fulfilling his course, he said, What 
 suppose ye that I am? I am not he. 
 But behold, there cometh one after me, 
 the shoes of whose feet I am not worthy 
 
 26 to unloose. Brethren, chil(h-en of the 
 stock of Abraham, and those among you 
 that fear God, to us is the word of this 
 
 27 salvation sent forth. For they that 
 dwell in Jerasalem, and their rulers, 
 because they knew him not, nor the 
 voices of the projihets which are read 
 every sabbath, fulfilled them by con- 
 
 28demning/im. And though they found 
 no cause of death in him, yet asked 
 they of PUate that he should be slain. 
 
 29 And when they had fulfilled all things 
 that were wi-itten of him, they took him 
 down from the tree, and laid him in a 
 
 30 tomb. But God raised hun from the 
 
 31 dead: and he was seen for many days 
 of them that came up with him from 
 Galilee to Jerusalem, who are now his 
 
 32 witnesses unto the people. And v/c 
 bring you good tidings of the promise 
 
 33 made unto the fathers, how that God 
 hath fulfilled the same unto our chil- 
 dren, in that he raised up Jesus ; as also 
 it is written in the second j)salm. Thou 
 art my Son, this day have I begotten 
 
 34 thee. And as concerning that he raised 
 him up from the dead, now no more to 
 return to comiption, he hath spoken on 
 this wise, I ■R'ill give you the holy and 
 
 35 sure blessings of David. Because he 
 saith also tu another psalm, Thou wilt 
 not give thy Holy One to see corruption. 
 
 36 For David, after he had 3 in his own 
 generation served the comisel of God, 
 fell on sleep, and was laid unto his 
 
 37 fathers, and saw corraption: but he 
 whom God raised up saw no corruption. 
 
 38 Bo it known unto you therefore, bre- 
 thren, that through this man is pro- 
 claimed unto you remission of sins: 
 
 39 and by him every one that believeth is 
 justified from all things, from which ye 
 could not be justified by the law of 
 
 40 Moses. Beware therefore, lest that 
 come upon you, which is spoken in 
 the prophets ; 
 
 41 Behold, ye despisers, and wonder, 
 
 and ''perish; 
 For I work a work in your days, 
 A work which ye shall in no wise 
 
 believe, if one declare it unto you. 
 
 42 And as they went out, they besought 
 that these words might be spoken to 
 
 43 them the next sabbath. Now v.'hen 
 the synagogue broke up, many of the 
 
 Jews and of the devout proseljrtes fol- 
 lowed Paul and Barnabas : who, speak- 
 ing to them, urged them to coutiuue in 
 the grace of God. 
 
 44 And the next sabbath almost the whole 
 city was gathered together to hear the 
 
 45 word of ^ God. But when the Jews saw 
 the multitudes, they were filled with 
 jealousy, and contradicted the thuigs 
 which were spoken by Paul, and'^blas- 
 
 46 phemed. And Paul and Barnabas spake 
 out boldly, and said. It was necessary 
 that the word of God should first be 
 spoken to you. Seeing ye thiiist it from 
 you, and judge yourselves unworthy of 
 eternal life, lo, we turn to the Gentiles. 
 
 47 For so hath the Lord commanded us, 
 saying, 
 
 I liave set thee for a light of the 
 
 Gentiles, 
 That thou shouldest bo for salvation 
 
 unto the uttermost part of the 
 
 earth. 
 
 48 And as the Gentiles heard this, they 
 were glad, and glorified the word of 
 ^ God : and as many as were ordained to 
 
 49 eternal life believed. And the word of 
 the Lord was spread abroad throughout 
 
 50 all the region. But the Jews urged on 
 the devout women of honoui'able estate, 
 and the chief men of the city, and stirred 
 uj) a persecution against Paul and Bar- 
 nabas, and cast them out of their bor- 
 
 51 ders. But they shook off the dust of 
 their feet against them, and came unto 
 
 52 Iconium. And the disciples were filled 
 with joy and with the Holy Ghost. 
 
 14 And it came to pass in Iconium, that 
 they entered together into the syna- 
 gogue of the Jews, and so spake, that 
 a great multitude both of Jews and of 
 
 2 Greeks believed. But the Jews that 
 were disobedient stirred up the souls of 
 the Gentiles, and made them evil aff ect- 
 
 3ed against the brethren. Long time 
 therefore they tarried there speaking 
 boldly in the Lord, which bare witness 
 unto the word of his grace, granting 
 signs and wonders to be done by their 
 
 4 hands. But the multitude of the city 
 was divided; and part held with the 
 
 5 Jews, and part with the apostles. And 
 when there was made an onset both of 
 the Gentiles and of the Jews with their 
 rulers, to entreat them shamefully, 
 
 6 and to stone them, they became aware 
 of it, and fled unto the cities of Ly- 
 caonia, Lystra and Derbe, and the 
 
 7 region round about: and there they 
 preached the gospel. 
 
 8 And at Lystra there sat a certain man, 
 impotent in his feet, a cripi)le from his 
 mother's womb, who never had walked. 
 
 9 The same heard Paul speaking : who, 
 fastening his eyes upon him, and seeing 
 that he had faith to be ''made whole, 
 
 10 said with a loud voice, Stand upright on 
 thy feet. And he leaped up and walked. 
 
 11 And when the multitudes saw what
 
 15. 19. 
 
 THE ACTS. 
 
 101 
 
 iGr. 
 Zeus. 
 2Gr. 
 IJermcs. 
 
 3 Or, 
 
 nature 
 
 Paul had done, tliey lifted up their 
 voice, saying in the speech of Lycaonia, 
 The gods are come down to us in the 
 
 12 likeness of men. And they called Bar- 
 nabas, ^ Jupiter; and Paul, 2 Mercury, 
 because he was the cliief speaker. 
 
 13 And the iiriest of i Jupiter whose 
 temple was before the city, brought 
 oxen and garlands unto the gates, and 
 would have done s icrifice with the 
 
 14 multitudes. But when the apostles, 
 Barnabas and Paul, heard of it, they 
 rent their garments, and sjirang forth 
 
 15 among the multitude, crying out and 
 saying, Sirs, why do ye these things ? 
 We also are men of like ^ p;issions with 
 you, and bring you good tidings, that 
 j'e should turn from these vain things 
 uuto the livuig God, who made the 
 heaven and the earth and the sea, and 
 
 16 all that in them is : who in the genera- 
 tions gone by siiffered aU the nations 
 
 17 to walk in their own ways. And yet he 
 left not himself without witness, in 
 that he did good, and gave you from 
 heaven rains and fruitful seasons, 
 filling your hearts with food and glad- 
 
 18 ness. And with these sayings scarce 
 restrained they the multitudes from 
 doing sacrifice unto them. 
 
 19 But there came Jews thither from 
 Antioch and Iconium : and having i^er- 
 suaded the multitudes, they stoned 
 Paul, and dragged hmi out of the city, 
 
 20 supposmg that he was dead. But as the 
 disciijles stood round about him, he rose 
 up, and entered into the city : and on 
 the morrow he went forth with Bar- 
 
 21 nabas to Derbe. And when they had 
 preached the gospel to that city, and 
 had made many disciples, they returned 
 to Lystra, and to Iconium, and to 
 
 22 Antioch, confirming the souls of the 
 disciples, exhortmg them to continue 
 in the faith, and that through many 
 tribulations we must enter into the 
 
 23 kingdom of God. And when they had 
 ajipointed for them elders in every 
 church, and had prayed with fastuig, 
 they commended them to the Lord, 
 
 24 on whom they had believed. And 
 they passed through Pisidia, and came 
 
 25 to Pamphylia. And when they had 
 spoken the word in Perga, they went 
 
 26 down to Attalia; and thence they 
 sailed to Antioch, from whence they 
 had been committed to the grace of 
 God for the work which they had 
 
 27 fulfilled. And when they were come, 
 and had gathered the church together, 
 they rehearsed aU thmgs that God 
 had done with them, and how that he 
 had opened a door of faith unto the 
 
 28GentUes. And they tan-ied no little 
 time with the disciples. 
 
 15 And certam men came down from 
 Judsea and taught the brethren, saying, 
 Except ye be circumcised after the 
 custom of Moses, ye caimot be saved. 
 
 2 And when Paul and Barnabas had no 
 small dissension and questioning witli 
 them, the brethren appointed that Paul 
 and Barnabas, and certain other of 
 them, should go up to Jenisalem uuto 
 the ajjostles and elders about this ques- 
 
 3tion. They therefore, being brought 
 on their way by the church, passed 
 through both Phoenicia and Samaria, 
 declaring the conversion of the Gen- 
 tUes : and they caused great joy unto 
 
 4 aU the brethren. And when they were 
 come to Jerusalem, they were received 
 of the church and the ajiostles and the 
 elders, and they rehearsed all things 
 
 5 that God had done with them. But 
 there rose up certain of the sect of the 
 Pharisees who believed, saying, It is 
 needful to circumcise them, and to 
 charge them to kee}) the law of Moses. 
 
 6 And the apostles and the elders were 
 gathered together to consider of this 
 
 7 matter. And when there had been 
 much questioning, Peter rose up, and 
 said unto them. 
 
 Brethren, ye know how that * a good 
 while ago God made choice among you, 
 that by my mouth the Gentiles should 
 hear the word of the gospel, and be- 
 
 8lieve. And God, which knoweth the 
 heart, bare them witness, giving them 
 the Holy Ghost, even as he did unto 
 
 9 us ; and he made no distinction between 
 us and them, cleansing their hearts by 
 
 10 faith. Now therefore why tempt ye 
 God, that ye should put a yoke upon 
 the neck of the disciples, which neither 
 our fathers nor we were able to bear ? 
 
 11 But we believe that we shall be saved 
 through the grace of the Lord Jesus, 
 in like manner as they. 
 
 12 And all the multitude kept silence; 
 and they hearkened unto Barnabas and 
 Paul rehearsiugwhat signs and wonders 
 God had wrought among the Gentiles 
 
 13 by them. And after they had held 
 their peace, James answered, saying, 
 
 14 Brethren, hearken unto me : Symeon 
 hath rehearsed how first God did visit 
 the Gentiles, to take out of them a 
 
 15 people for his name. And to this agree 
 the words of the j)rophets ; as it is 
 written, 
 
 16 After these things I will return, 
 And I win bmld again the tabernacle 
 
 of David, which is fallen ; 
 And I will buUd again the ruins 
 
 thereof. 
 And I wDl set it up : 
 
 17 That the residue of men may seek 
 
 after the Lord, 
 And all the Gentiles, upon whom my 
 name is called, 
 
 18 Saith the Lord, ^who maketh these 
 
 things known from the beginning 
 of the world. 
 
 19 Wherefore my judgement is, that 
 we trouble not them which from 
 among the Gentiles turn to God; 
 
 4G.'. 
 frtytn 
 early 
 
 days. 
 
 6 Or, 
 
 who 
 
 doeth 
 
 these 
 
 things 
 
 which 
 
 were 
 
 known
 
 102 
 
 THE ACTS. 
 
 15. 20. 
 
 I Or, 
 
 enjoin 
 them 
 
 ■^ Some 
 ancient 
 authori- 
 ties omit 
 ivhich 
 went out. 
 
 ^ Or, ex- 
 hortation 
 
 i Or, com' 
 forted 
 
 s Some 
 ancient 
 authori- 
 ties in- 
 sert.with 
 varia- 
 tions, 
 ver. 'M 
 But it 
 seeined 
 yooA 
 unto 
 Sitas to 
 fibide 
 there 
 
 20 but that we i write unto them, that 
 they abstain from the pollutions of 
 idols, and from fornication, and from 
 
 21 what is strangled, and from blood. For 
 Moses from generations of old hath in 
 every city them that preach him, being 
 read in the synagogues every sabbath. 
 
 22 Then it seemed good to the apostles 
 and the elders, with the whole church, 
 to choose men out of their comi)any, 
 and send them to Antioch with Paul 
 and Barnabas ; namely, Judas called 
 Barsabbas, and Silas, cJaief men among 
 
 ■23 the brethren : and they wrote thus by 
 them, The apostles and the elder bre- 
 thren unto the brethren which are of 
 the GentUes in Antioch and Syria and 
 
 24 Cihcia, greeting : Forasmuch as we 
 have heard that certain 2 which went 
 out from us have troubled you with 
 words, subverting your souls ; to whom 
 
 25 we gave no commandment ; it seemed 
 good unto us, havuig come to one 
 accord, to choose out men and send 
 them unto you with our beloved Barna- 
 
 26 has and Paul, men that have hazarded 
 their Uves for the name of our Lord 
 
 27 Jesus Christ. We have sent therefore 
 Judas and Silas, who themselves also 
 shall teU you the same things by word 
 
 28 of mouth. For it seemed good to the 
 Holy Ghost, and to us, to lay upon you 
 no greater burden than these necessary 
 
 29 things; that ye abstain from things 
 sacrificed to idols, and from blood, and 
 from things strangled, and from forni- 
 cation ; from which if ye keep your- 
 selves, it shall be weU with you. Fare 
 ye well. 
 
 30 So they, when they were dismissed, 
 came down to Antioch; and having 
 gathered the multitude together, they 
 
 31 dehvered the epistle. And when they 
 had read it, they rejoiced for the ^con- 
 
 32solation. And Judas and SUas, being 
 themselves also projjhets, ^exhorted 
 the brethren vrtth many words, and 
 
 33 confirmed them. And after they had 
 spent some time there, they were dis- 
 missed in peace from the brethren unto 
 
 35 those that had sent them forth. 5 But 
 Paul and Barnabas tarried in Antioch, 
 teaching and preaching the word of 
 the Lord, with many others also. 
 
 36 And after some days Paul said unto 
 Barnabas, Let us return now and visit 
 the brethren in every city wherein 
 we proclaimed the word of the Lord, 
 
 37 and see how they fare. And Barnabas 
 was minded to take with them John 
 
 38 also, who was called Mark. But Paul 
 thought not good to take with them 
 him who withdrew from them from 
 PamphyUa, and went not with them 
 
 39 to the work. And there arose a sharp 
 contention, so that they parted asunder 
 one from the other, and Barnabas 
 took Mark with him, and sailed away 
 
 40 unto Cjrprus; but Paul chose Silas, 
 
 and went forth, being commended by 
 the brethren to the grace of the Lord. 
 
 41 And he went through Syria and Cihcia, 
 confirming the churches. 
 
 16 And he came also to Derbe and to 
 Lystra : and behold, a certain disciple 
 was there, named Timothy, the son 
 of a Jewess which believed; but his 
 
 2 father was a Greek. The same was 
 well reported of by the brethren that 
 
 3 were at Lystra and Iconium. Him 
 would Paul have to go forth with him ; 
 and he took and circumcised him be- 
 cause of the Jews that were in those 
 parts : for they all knew that his father 
 
 4 was a Greek. And as they went on 
 their way through the cities, they 
 delivered them the decrees for to keep, 
 which had been ordained of the apostles 
 
 5 and elders that were at Jerusalem. So 
 the churches were strengthened in the 
 faith, and increased in number daily. 
 
 6 And they went through the region 
 of Phrygia and Galatia, having been 
 forbidden of the Holy Ghost to speak 
 
 7 the word in Asia ; and when they were 
 come over against Mysia, they assayed 
 to go into Bithynia ; and the Spirit of 
 
 8 Jesus suffered them not ; and passing 
 by Mysia, they came down to Troas. 
 
 9 And a vision appeared to Paul in the 
 night ; There was a man of Macedonia 
 standing, beseeching him, and saying. 
 Come overinto Macedonia, andhelp us. 
 
 10 And when he had seen the vision, 
 straightway we sought to go forth into 
 Macedonia, concluding that God had 
 caUed us for to preach the gospel unto 
 them. 
 
 11 Setting sail therefore from Troas, we 
 made a straight course to Samothrace, 
 
 12 and the day foUowmg to Neapohs ; and 
 from thence to Phihppi, which is a city 
 of Macedonia, the first of the district, 
 a Roman colony : and we were in this 
 
 13 city tarrying certain days. And on the 
 sabbath day we went forth without the 
 gate by a river side, where we supposed 
 there was a place of prayer; and we 
 sat down, and spake unto the women 
 
 14 which were come together. And a 
 certain woman named Lydia, a seller 
 of purple, of the city of Thyatira, one 
 that worshipped God, heard us : whose 
 heart the Lord opened, to give heed 
 unto the things which were spoken by 
 
 15 Paul. And when she was baptized, and 
 her household, she besought us, saying. 
 If ye have judged me to be faithful to 
 the Lord, come into my house, and 
 abide there. And she constrained us. 
 
 16 And it came to pass, as we were 
 going to the place of prayer, that a 
 certain maid having ^a spirit of 
 divination met us, which brought 
 her masters much gain by sooth- 
 
 17 saying. The same following after 
 Paul and us cried out, saying, These 
 men are 'servants of the Most High
 
 17. 15. 
 
 THE ACTS. 
 
 103 
 
 'Or. 
 a way 
 
 2Gr. 
 votiteoitt. 
 
 3Gr. 
 imxtors. 
 
 * Some 
 ancient 
 authori- 
 ties read 
 God. 
 
 5Gr. 
 a table. 
 
 6 Or, 
 
 having 
 
 believed 
 
 Ood 
 
 7Gr. 
 
 lietori. 
 
 Goil, which proclaim unto you ithe 
 
 18 way of siilvatioii. And this she did 
 for many days. But Paul, being sore 
 troubled, turned and said to the spirit, 
 I charge thee m the name of Jesus 
 Christ to come out of her. And it 
 came out that very hour. 
 
 19 But when her masters saw that the 
 hope of their gain was 2 gone, they 
 laid hold on Paul and Silas, and dragged 
 them into the marketplace before the 
 
 20 rulers, and when they had brought them 
 unto the ^ magistrates, they said. These 
 men, being Jews, do exceedingly trouble 
 
 21 our city, and set forth customs which 
 it is not lawful for us to receive, or 
 
 22 to observe, being Komans. And the 
 multitude rose up together agauist 
 them : and the " magistrates rent their 
 garments off them, and commanded to 
 
 23 beat them with rods. And when they 
 had laid many stripes upon them, they 
 cast them into prison, charging the 
 
 24 jailor to keep them safely : who, havmg 
 received such a charge, cast them into 
 the imier prison, and made their feet 
 
 25 fast in the stocks. But about midnight 
 Paul and Silas were praying and singing 
 hymns unto God, and the prisoners 
 
 26 were listening to them ; and suddenly 
 there was a great earthquake, so that 
 the fomidations of the prison-house 
 were shaken : and immediately all the 
 doors were oiiened; and every one's 
 
 27 bands were loosed. And the jailor 
 being roused out of sleep, and seeing 
 the prison doors open, drew his sword, 
 and was about to kill himself, supposing 
 
 28 that the prisoners had escaped. But 
 Paul cried with a loud voice, saying, Do 
 thyself no harm: for we are all here. 
 
 29 And he called for lights, and sprang 
 in, and, trembling for fear, fell down 
 
 30 before Paul and Silas, and brought 
 them out, and said. Sirs, what must 
 
 311 do to be saved? And they said. 
 Believe on the Lord Jesus, and thou 
 shalt be saved, thou and thy house. 
 
 32 And they spake the word of ^ the Lord 
 unto him, with all that were in his 
 
 33 house. Aiid he took them the same 
 hour of the night, and washed their 
 stripes; and was baptized, he and all 
 
 34 his, immediately. And he brought them 
 up into his house, and set ^ meat before 
 them, and rejoiced greatly, with all 
 his house, ^having believed in God. 
 
 35 But when it was day, the ^ magistrates 
 sent the 7 Serjeants, saying, Let those 
 
 36 men go. And the jailor reported the 
 words to Paul, saying, The ^ magis- 
 trates have sent to let you go: now 
 therefore come forth, and go in peace. 
 
 37 But Paul said unto them. They have 
 beaten us pubUcly, uncondemned, men 
 that are Komans, and have cast us 
 into prison; and do they now cast 
 us out privily ? nay verily ; but let 
 them come themselves and bring us 
 
 38 out. And the ' Serjeants reiwrted these 
 words unto the "magistrates : and they 
 feared, when they heard that they were 
 
 39 liomans ; and they cauio and besought 
 them ; and when they had brought them 
 out, they asked them to go away from 
 
 40 the city. Ajid they went out of the 
 prison, and entei-ed into the house of 
 Lydia: and when they had seen the 
 brethren, they « comforted them, and 
 departed. 
 
 IT Now when they had passed through 
 Amphipolis and ApoUonia, they came 
 to Thessalonica, where was a syna- 
 
 2 gogue of the Jews : and Paul, as his 
 custom was, went in unto them, and 
 for three ^ sabbath days reasoned with 
 
 3 them from the scriptures, openmg and 
 alleging, that it behoved the Christ to 
 suffer, and to rise again from the dead ; 
 and that this Jesus, whom, said he, I 
 
 4 proclaim unto you, is the Christ. Aiid 
 some of them were persuaded, and 
 consorted with Paid and Silas ; and of 
 the devout Greeks a great multitude, 
 and of the chief women not a few. 
 
 5 But the Jews, being moved vdth jea- 
 lousy, took unto them certain vile 
 fellows of the rabble, and gathering a 
 crowd, set the city on an uproar ; and 
 assaulting the house of Jason, they 
 sought to bring them forth to the 
 
 6xieople. And when they found them 
 not, they tlragged Jason and certain 
 brethren before the rulers of the city, 
 crymg, These that have turned lothe 
 world ujjside down are come hither 
 
 7 also ; whom Jason hath received : and 
 these all act contrary to the decrees of 
 Csesar, saying that there is another 
 
 8 king, one Jesus. And they troubled 
 the multitude and the rulers of the 
 city, when they heard these things. 
 
 9 And when they had taken security from 
 Jason and the rest, they let them go. 
 
 10 And the brethren immediately sent 
 away Paul and Silas by night unto 
 Bercea : who when they were come 
 thither went into the synagogue of 
 
 11 the Jews. Now these were more noble 
 than those in Thessalonica, in that 
 they received the word with aU readi- 
 ness of mind, examining the scriptures 
 daily, whether these things were so. 
 
 12 Many of them therefore believed; 
 also of the Greek women of honour- 
 able estate, and of men, not a few. 
 
 13 But when the Jews of Thessalonica 
 had knowledge that the word of 
 God was proclaimed of Paul at Bercea 
 also, they came thither likewise, 
 stirring up and troubluig the mul- 
 
 14titudes. And then immediately the 
 brethren sent forth Paul to go as 
 far as to the sea : and Silas and 
 
 15 Timothy abode there still. But they 
 that conducted Paul brought him as 
 far as Athens : and receiving a 
 commandment unto Silas and Timo- 
 
 BOr, 
 exhorted 
 
 9 Or. 
 weeki 
 
 1" Gr. the 
 in/iabited 
 earth.
 
 104 
 
 THE ACTS. 
 
 17. 15. 
 
 IC-. 
 
 demons. 
 
 2 Or. 
 before 
 
 3 Or, 
 t?ic hill 
 of JIa rs 
 
 i Or. had 
 leisure 
 for no- 
 thing 
 
 5 Or, 
 I'eliffious 
 
 '• Or, TO 
 THE 
 UN- 
 KNOWN 
 UOD. 
 
 7 Or, 
 
 sanctu- 
 
 ariet 
 
 lOr.that 
 tvhich is 
 divine 
 
 oSome 
 aiicient 
 authori- 
 ties read 
 declar- 
 eth to 
 men. 
 
 10 Gr. fhe 
 inhabit- 
 ed earth. 
 
 11 Gr. in. 
 15 Or. 
 
 a nuin 
 
 thy that they should come to him with 
 all speed, they departed. 
 
 16 Now while Paul waited for them at 
 Athens, his spu'it was provoked withui 
 him, as he beheld the city fuU of idols. 
 
 17 So he reasoned in the synagogue with 
 the Jews and the devout persons, and 
 in the marketplace every day with 
 
 18 them that met with him. And certain 
 also of the Epicurean and Stoic philo- 
 sojihers encountered him. And some 
 said. What would this babbler say? 
 other some, He seemeth to be a setter 
 forth of strange igods: because he 
 prexehed Jesus and the resurrection. 
 
 19 And tliey took hold of him, and brought 
 him 2 unto 8 the Areopagus, saying, 
 May we know what this new teaching 
 
 20 is, which is spoken by thee ? For thou 
 bringest certain strange things to our 
 ears; we would know therefore what 
 
 •21 these things mean. (Now all the Athe- 
 nians and the strangers sojourning 
 there ^ spent their time in nothing else, 
 but either to tell or to hear some new 
 
 •22 thing.) And Paul stood in the midst 
 of the Ai-eopagus, and said, 
 
 Ye men of Athens, in all things I 
 perceive that ye are somewhat ^ super- 
 
 23 stitious. For as I passed along, and 
 observed the objects of your worship, 
 I found also an altar with this inscrip- 
 tion, Cto an unknown god. What 
 therefore ye worship in ignorance, this 
 
 '24set I forth unto you. The God that 
 made the world and all things therein, 
 he, being Lord of heaven and earth, 
 dweUeth not in ''temples made with 
 
 25 hands; neither is he served hymen's 
 hands, as though he needed anything, 
 seeing he himself giveth to all hfe, 
 
 2Gand breath, and aU things; and he 
 made of one every nation of men for 
 to dwell on all the face of the earth, 
 having determined their appointed 
 seasons, and the bounds of their habi- 
 7 tation ; that they should seek God, if 
 haply they might feel after him, and 
 find him, though he is not far from 
 
 28 each one of us: for in him we live, 
 and move, and have our being; as 
 certain even of your own poets have 
 said. For we are also his offspring. 
 
 29 Being then the offspring of God, wc 
 ought not to think that « the Godliead 
 is like unto gold, or sUver, or stone, 
 
 30 graven by art and device of man. The 
 times of ignorance therefore God over- 
 looked ; but now he ^commandeth men 
 that they should all everywhere repent : 
 
 31 inasmuch as he hath appointed a day, 
 in the which he wiU judge i" the world 
 in righteousness ^^ by i^ the man whom 
 he hath ordained; whereof he hath 
 given assurance unto aU men, in that 
 he hath raised him from the dead. 
 
 32 Now when they heard of the resur- 
 rection of the dead, some mocked; 
 but others said, We wiU hear thee 
 
 33 concerning this yet again. Thus Paul 
 
 34 went out from among them. But 
 certain men clave unto him, and be- 
 Meved : among whom also was Diony- 
 sius the Areopagite, and a woman 
 named Damaris, and others with them. 
 
 18 After these things he departed from 
 2 Athens, and came to Corinth. And 
 he found a certain Jew named Aquila, 
 a man of Pontus by race, lately come 
 from Italy, with his wife PrisciUa, 
 because Claudius had commanded aU 
 the Jews to depart from Kome: and 
 She came unto them; and because he 
 was of the same trade, he abode with 
 them, and they wrought ; for by their 
 
 4 trade they were tentmakers. And he 
 reasoned in the synagogue evei-y sab- 
 bath, and i^persuaded Jews and Greeks. 
 
 5 But when SUas and Tunothy came 
 down from Macedonia, Paul was con- 
 strained by the word, testifying to the 
 
 6 Jews that Jesus was the Chi-ist. And 
 when they opposed themselves, and 
 1* blasjjhemed, he shook out his raiment, 
 and said unto them. Your blood he 
 upon your own heads; I am clean: 
 from henceforth I will go unto the 
 
 7 Gentiles. Aiid he departed thence, 
 and went into the house of a certain 
 man named Titus Justus, one that 
 vv^orshipiied God, whose house joined 
 
 8 hard to the synagogue. And Crispus, 
 the i-uler of the synagogue, !» believed in 
 the Lord with all his house ; and many 
 of the Corinthians hearing beheved, 
 
 9 and were baptized. And the Lord said 
 mito Paul in the night by a vision. Be 
 not afraid, but speak, and hold not thy 
 
 10 peace : for I am with thee, and no man 
 shall set on thee to hai-m thee : for I 
 
 11 have much people in this city. And 
 he dwelt there a year and six months, 
 teachmg the word of God among them. 
 
 12 But when G.iUio was proconsul of 
 Achaia, the Jews v/ith one accord I'ose 
 up against Paul, and brought bun be- 
 
 13 fore the judgement-seat, saying, This 
 man persuadeth men to worship God 
 
 14 contrary to the law. But when Paul 
 was about to open his mouth, GaUio 
 said unto the Jews, If indeed it were a 
 matter of wrong or of wicked viUany, 
 ye Jews, reason would that I should 
 
 15 be ir with you : but if they are questions 
 about words and names and your own 
 liw, look to it yourselves; I am not 
 minded to be a judge of these matters. 
 
 IGAiid he drave them from the judge- 
 17ment-seat. And they aU laid hold on 
 Sosthenes, the ruler of the synagogue, 
 and beat him before the judgement- 
 seat. And Gallio cared for none of 
 these things. 
 18 And Paul, having tarried after this 
 yet many days, took his leave of 
 the brethren, and sailed thence 
 for Syria, and with him PriscUla 
 and Aquila ; having shorn his head
 
 19. 28. 
 
 THE ACTS. 
 
 105 
 
 1 Or, an 
 
 eloquent 
 man 
 
 2Gr. 
 
 tauffht 
 by woixl 
 of 
 mouth. 
 
 3 Or, 
 
 helped 
 much 
 through 
 grace 
 them 
 wh ich 
 had be- 
 lieved 
 
 4 Or, 
 shewing 
 publicly 
 
 5 Or, 
 there is 
 a Eolii 
 Ghost 
 
 19 ill CeuchreiE : for lie had a vow. And 
 they came to Ei)hesus, and he left them 
 there : hut he himself entered into the 
 synagogue, and reasoned with the Jews. 
 
 20 And when they asked him to ahide a 
 '21 longer time, he consented not; hut 
 
 taking his leave of them, and sayuig, I 
 wiU return again unto you, if (iod wiU, 
 
 22 he set sail from Ephesus. And when 
 he had landed at Cicsai-ea, he went up 
 and saluted the church, and went down 
 
 23 to Antioch. And having spent some 
 time there, he departed, and went 
 through the region of Galatia and Pliry- 
 gia in order, stahhshing all the dis- 
 ciples. 
 
 24 Now a certain Jew named Apollos, an 
 Alexandrian hy race, ^a learned man, 
 came to Ephesus ; and he was mighty 
 
 25 in the scriptures. This man had heen 
 '^ instructed in the way of the Lord ; and 
 being fervent in spirit, he spake and 
 taught carefully the things concerning 
 Jesus, knowing oidy the baptism of 
 
 26 John : and he began to speak boldly in 
 the synagogue. But when PrisciUa and 
 Aquila heard him, they took him unto 
 them, and expounded unto him the way 
 
 27 of God more carefully. And when he 
 was minded to pass over into Achaia, 
 the brethren encoui-aged him, and wrote 
 to the disciples to receive him: and 
 when he was come, he s helped them 
 much which had beUeved through 
 
 28 grace : for he powerfully confuted the 
 Jews, ^and that publicly, shewing by 
 the scriptures that Jesus was the 
 Christ. 
 
 19 And it came to pass, that, while ApoUos 
 was at Corinth, Paid having passed 
 thi'ough the upper counti-y came to 
 Ephesus, and found certain disciples : 
 
 2 and he said unto them, Did ye receive 
 the Holy Ghost when ye believed ? And 
 they said unto him. Nay, we did not so 
 much as hear whether ^ the Holy Ghost 
 
 3 was given. And he said. Into what then 
 were ye baptized ? And they said. Into 
 
 4 John's baptism. And Paul said, John 
 baptized with the baptism of repent- 
 ance, saying unto the people, that they 
 should beheve on him which should 
 
 5 come after him, that is, on Jesus. And 
 when they heard this, they were bap- 
 tized into the name of the Lord Jesus. 
 
 6 And when Paul had laid his hands upon 
 them, the Holy Ghost came on them ; 
 and they spake with tongues, and pro- 
 
 7 phesied. And they were in all about 
 twelve men. 
 
 8 And he entered into the synagogue, 
 and spake boldly for the space of three 
 months, reasoning and jiersuading as to 
 the things concerning the kuigdom of 
 
 9 God. But when some were hardened 
 and disobedient, speaking evil of the 
 Way before the multitude, he departed 
 from them, and separated the disciples, 
 reasoning daily in the school of Tyraii- 
 
 10 nus. And this continued for the space 
 of two years ; so that all they which 
 dwelt in Asia heard the word of the 
 
 11 Lord, both Jews and Greeks. And God 
 wrouglit special "miracles by the hands 
 
 12 of Paul : insomuch tliat unto the sick 
 were carried away from his body hand- 
 kerchiefs or aprons, and the diseases de- 
 l)arted from them, and the evU spirits 
 
 13 went out. But certain also of the stroll- 
 ing Jews, exorcists, took uiion them to 
 name over them which had the evil 
 spirits the name of the Lord Jesus, say- 
 ing, I adjure you by Jesus whom Paul 
 
 14 preacheth. And there were seven sons 
 of one Sceva, a Jew, a chief priest, 
 
 15 which did this. And the evil spirit an- 
 swered and said unto them, Jesus I 
 'know, and Paul I know ; but who are 
 
 16 ye? And the man in whom the evil spirit 
 was leaped on them, and mastered both 
 of them, and prevailed against them, 
 so that they fled out of that house naked 
 
 17 and womided. And this became known 
 to all, both Jews and Greeks, that dwelt 
 at Ephesus ; and fear fell upon them aU, 
 and the name of the Lord Jesus was 
 
 18 magnified. Many also of theiQ that had 
 believed came, confessing, and declar- 
 
 19 Lug then- deeds. And not a few of them 
 that practised 8 curious arts brought 
 their books together, and burned them 
 ill the sight of all : and they counted the 
 price of them, and found it fifty thou- 
 
 20 sand pieces of silver. So mightily grew 
 the word of the Lord and prevailed. 
 
 21 Now after these things were ended, 
 Paul purposed in the spirit, when he had 
 jiassed through Macedonia and Achaia, 
 to go to Jerusalem, saying. After I have 
 
 22 been there, I must also see Rome. And 
 having sent into Macedonia two of them 
 that ministered unto him, Timothy and 
 Erastus, he himself stayed in Asia for 
 a while. 
 
 23 And about that time there arose no 
 
 24 small stir concerning the Way. For a 
 certain man named Demetrius, a silver- 
 smith, which made silver shrines of ^Di- 
 ana, brought no httle busmess unto the 
 
 25 craftsmen; whom he gathered together, 
 with the workmen of like occupation, 
 and said, Su-s, ye know that by this 
 
 26 business we have our wealth. And 
 ye see and hear, that not alone at 
 Ephesus, but almost throughout all 
 Asia, this Paul hath persuaded and 
 turned away much people, saying that 
 they be no gods, which are made with 
 
 27 hands : and not only is there danger 
 that this our trade come into disrepute ; 
 but also that the temple of the great 
 goddess 9 Diana be made of no ac- 
 count, and that she should even be 
 deposed from her magnificence, whom 
 aU Asia and lothe world worship- 
 
 28iieth. And when they heard this, 
 they were filled with wrath, and cried 
 out, saying, Great is 9 Diana of the 
 
 Ei 
 
 iJGr. 
 powers. 
 
 7 Or, 
 recognise 
 
 8 Or, 
 magical 
 
 SGr. 
 
 Artein is. 
 
 10 Gr. the 
 inhabit- 
 ed earth.
 
 106 
 
 THE ACTS. 
 
 19. 28. 
 
 iGr. 
 
 As/- 
 archs. 
 
 some of 
 the mul- 
 
 tttudein- 
 atructcd 
 A lexan- 
 der 
 
 3Gr. 
 A rteinls. 
 
 'Or, 
 heaven 
 
 5 Or, 
 court 
 days are 
 kept 
 
 "Or, 
 
 accivsed 
 of riot 
 concern- 
 ing this 
 daj 
 
 1 Many 
 ant-ient 
 authori- 
 ties omit 
 as far as 
 Asia. 
 8 Many 
 ancient 
 autho- 
 rities 
 read 
 came, 
 and were 
 waitinri. 
 
 29 Ephesians. And the city was filled 
 with the confusion : and they rushed 
 with one accord into the theatre, hav- 
 ing seized Gaius and Aristarchus, men 
 of Macedonia, Paul's companions in 
 
 30 travel. And when Paul was minded to 
 enter in unto the jjeople, the discii)les 
 
 31 suffered him not. And certain also of 
 tlie 1 chief officers of Asia, being his 
 friends, sent unto him, and besought 
 hun not to adventure himself mto the 
 
 32 theatre. Some therefore cried one 
 thing, and some another : for the as- 
 sembly was in confusion ; and the more 
 part knew not wherefore they were 
 
 33 come together. '^AnA they brought 
 Alexander out of the multitude, the 
 Jews jjutting him forward. And Alex- 
 ander beckoned with the hand, and 
 would have made a defence unto the 
 
 34 people. But when they perceived that 
 he was a Jew, aU with one voice about 
 the space of two hours cried out. Great 
 
 35 is 3 Diana of the Ephesians. And when 
 the towuclerk had quieted the multi- 
 tude, he saith. Ye men of Ephesus, what 
 man is there who knoweth not how that 
 the city of the Ephesians is temijle- 
 keeper of the great 3 Diana, and of the 
 image which fell down from ^ Jupiter ? 
 
 36 Seeing then that these things cannot be 
 gainsaid, ye ought to be quiet, and to 
 
 37 do nothing rash. For ye have brought 
 hither these men, which are neither I'ob- 
 bers of temples nor blasphemers of our 
 
 38 goddess. If therefore Demetrius, and 
 the craftsmen that are with him, have 
 a matter against any man, ^ the courts 
 are open, and there are jiroconsuls : let 
 
 39 them accuse one another. But if ye 
 seek anything about other matters, it 
 shall be settled in the regular assembly. 
 
 40 For indeed we are in danger to be ^ ac- 
 cused concerning this day's riot, there 
 being no cause /or it : and as touching 
 it we shall not be able to give account 
 
 41 of this concourse. And when he had 
 thus sj)oken, he dismissed the assembly. 
 
 20 And after the uproar was ceased, 
 Paul having sent for the disciples and 
 exhorted them, took leave of them, and 
 
 2 departed for to go into Macedonia. And 
 when he had gone through those parts, 
 and had given them much exhortation. 
 
 She came into Greece. And when he 
 had spent three months there, and a 
 plot was laid against him by the Jews, 
 as he was about to set sail for Syria, he 
 determined to return through Mace- 
 
 4donia. And there accompanied him 
 ''as far as Asia Sopater of Bercea, the 
 son of Pyrrhus; and of the Thessalo- 
 nians, Aristarchus and Secundus ; and 
 Gaius of Derbe, and Timothy ; and of 
 
 5 Asia, Tychicus and Trophimus. But 
 tliese Shad gone before, and were wait- 
 
 6 ing for us at Troas. And we sailed away 
 from Philippi after the days of un- 
 leavened bread, and came unto them to 
 
 Troas in live days ; where we tarried 
 seven days. 
 
 7 And upon the first day of the week, 
 when we were gathered together to 
 break bread, Paul discoursed with them, 
 intending to depart on the morrow; and 
 l)rolonged his spe3ch until midnight. 
 
 8 And there were many lights in the 
 upi^er chamber,where we were gathered 
 
 9 together. And there sat in the wmdow 
 a certain young man named Eutychus, 
 borne down with deep sleep; and as 
 Paul discoursed yet longer, being borne 
 down by liis slee}) he fell down from the 
 third story, and was taken up dead. 
 
 10 And Paul went down, and fell on him, 
 and embracing him said, Make ye no 
 
 11 ado; for his hfe is in him. And when he 
 was gone up, and had broken the bread, 
 and eaten, and had talked with them a 
 long while, even till break of day, so 
 
 12 he departed. And they brought the lad 
 ahve, and were not a little comforted. 
 
 13 But we, going before to the ship, set 
 sail for Assos, there intending to take 
 in Paul : for so had he appointed, iu- 
 
 14 tending himself to go ^by land. And 
 T/hen he met us at Assos, we took him 
 
 15 in, and came to Mitylene. And saUing 
 from thence, we came the following day 
 over agamst Chios ; and the next day we 
 touched at Samos ; and i^the day after 
 
 16 we came to Miletus. For Paul had de- 
 termined to saU past Ejihesus, that he 
 might not have to spend time in Asia ; 
 for he was hastening, if it were possible 
 for him, to be at Jerusalem the day of 
 Pentecost. 
 
 17 And from Miletus he sent to Ejihesus, 
 and called to him the n elders of the 
 
 18 church. And when they were come to 
 him, he said unto them, 
 
 Ye yourselves know, from the first day 
 that I set foot in Asia, after what man- 
 
 19 ner I was with you all the time, serv- 
 ing the Lord with aU lowliness of mind, 
 and with tears, and with trials which 
 
 20 bef eU me by the plots of the Jews : how 
 that I shrank not from declaring unto 
 you anything that was profitable, and 
 teaching you jiubhcly, and from house 
 
 21 to house, testifymg both to Jews and to 
 Greeks repentance toward God, and 
 faith toward our Lord Jesus i^ Christ. 
 
 22 And now, behold, I go bound in the 
 spirit unto Jerusalem, not knowing the 
 
 23 things that shall befaU me there : save 
 that the Holy Ghost testifieth unto me 
 in every city, saying that bonds and 
 
 24 afilictions abide me. But I hold not my 
 life of any account, as dear unto myself, 
 13 so that I may accomphsh my course, 
 and the ministiy which I received from 
 the Lord Jesus, to testify the gospel 
 
 25 of the grace of God. Alid now, be- 
 hold, I know that ye all, among whom 
 I went about preaching the king- 
 dom, shall see my face no more. 
 
 26Wlierefore I testify unto you this
 
 21. 26. 
 
 THE ACTS. 
 
 107 
 
 lOr. 
 
 overseers 
 2 Many 
 ancient 
 authori- 
 ties rea<l 
 the Lord, 
 3Gr. 
 acquir- 
 ed. 
 
 i Pome 
 ancient 
 autiiori- 
 tics read 
 the Lord. 
 
 day, that I am pure from tlie blood of 
 
 27 all men. For I shrank not from declar- 
 ing unto you the whole counsel of God. 
 
 28 Take heed unto yourselves, and to all the 
 flock, in the which the Holy Ghost hath 
 made you i bishops, to feed the church 
 of 2 God, which he Siiurchased with his 
 
 29 own blood. I know that after my de- 
 parting grievous wolves shall enter in 
 
 30 among you, not sparing the flock ; and 
 from among your own selves shall men 
 arise, speakmg perverse things, to draw 
 
 31 away the disciples after them. Where- 
 fore watch ye, remembering that by the 
 siJace of three years I ceased not to ad- 
 monish every one night and day with 
 
 32 tears. And now I commend you to^God, 
 and to the word of his grace, which is 
 able to build ycm up, and to give you the 
 inheritance among all them that are 
 
 33 sanctified. I coveted no man's silver, 
 
 34 or gold, or apparel. Ye yourselves know 
 that these hands ministered unto my 
 necessities, and to them that were with 
 
 35 me. In all thmgs I gave you an ex- 
 ample, how that so labouring ye ought 
 to help the weak, and to remember the 
 words of the Lord Jesus, how he him- 
 self said. It is more blessed to give than 
 to receive. 
 
 36 And when he had thus spoken, he 
 kneeled dovra, and prayed with them all. 
 
 37 And they all wept sore, and fell on Paul's 
 
 38 neck, and kissed him, sorrowing most of 
 all for the word which he had spoken, 
 that they should behold his face no 
 more. And they brought him on his 
 way unto the ship. 
 
 21 And when it came to pass that we were 
 parted from them, and had set sail, we 
 came with a straight course unto Cos, 
 and the next day unto Ehodes, and from 
 
 2 thence unto Patara : and having found 
 a ship crossing over unto Phoenicia, we 
 
 3 went aboard, and set saU. And when 
 we had come in sight of Cyprus, leaving 
 it on the left hand, we sailed unto Syi-ia, 
 and landed at Tyi-e : for there the ship 
 
 4 was to unlade her burden. And having 
 found the disciples, we tarried there 
 seven days: and these said to Paul 
 thrpugli the Spirit, that he should not 
 
 5 set foot in Jerusalem. And when it 
 came to pass that we had accomplished 
 the days, we departed and went on our 
 journey ; and they all, with wives and 
 children, brought us on our way, tUl we 
 were out of the city: and kneeling 
 
 6 down on the beach, we prayed, and bade 
 each other farewell ; and we went on 
 board the shixj, but they returned home 
 again. 
 
 7 And when we had finished the voyage 
 from Tyre, we arrived at Ptolemais ; 
 and we saluted the brethren, and abode 
 
 8 with them one day. And on the mor- 
 row we departed, and came unto C;Bsa- 
 rea: and entering into the house of 
 Phihp the evangelist, who was one of 
 
 9 the seven, we abode with him. Now this 
 man had four daughters, virgins, wliich 
 
 10 did prophesy. And as we tarried there 
 6 many days, there came down from 
 Judiea a certain prophet, named Aga- 
 
 11 bus. And coming to ns, and taking 
 Paul's girdle, he bound his own feet and 
 liands, and said. Thus saith the Holy 
 Ghost, So shall the Jews at Jerusalem 
 bmd the man that owneth this girdle, 
 and shall dehver him into the hands of 
 
 12 the Gentiles. And when we heard 
 these things, both we and they of that 
 place besought him not to go up to 
 
 13 JeiTisalem. Then Paul answered. What 
 do ye, weeping and breakmg my heart ? 
 for I am ready not to be bound oidy, 
 but also to die at Jemsalem for the 
 
 14 name of the Lord Jesus. And when he 
 would not be persuaded, we ceased, 
 saying, The will of the Lord be 
 done. 
 
 15 And after these days we •'took up our 
 baggage, and went up to Jerusalem. 
 
 16 And there went with us also certain of 
 the discii)les from Ciesarea, bringing 
 icitli iliem one Mnason of Cyi)rus, an 
 early disciple, with whom we should 
 lodge. 
 
 17 And when we were come to Jerusalem, 
 
 18 the brethren received us gladly. And 
 the day following Paul went in with 
 us unto James ; and all the elders were 
 
 19 present. And when he had saluted 
 them, he rehearsed one by one the 
 things which God had wrought among 
 
 20 the Gentiles by his ministry. And 
 they, when they heard it, glorified God ; 
 and they said imto him, Thou seest, 
 brother, how many 7 thousands there 
 are among the Jews of them wliich have 
 believed ; and they are aU zealous for 
 
 21 the law : and they have been infonned 
 concerning thee, that thou teachest 
 all the Jews which are among the Gen- 
 tiles to forsake Moses, teUing them not 
 to circumcise their chikken, neither to 
 
 22 walk after the customs. What is it 
 therefore ? they will certainly hear that 
 
 23 thou art come. Do therefore this that 
 we say to thee: We have four men 
 
 24 which have a vow on them ; these take, 
 and purify thyself with them, and be 
 at charges for them, that they may 
 shave their heads : and all shall know 
 that there is no truth in the tldngs 
 whereof they have been uiformed con- 
 cernmg thee ; but that thou thyself 
 also walkest orderly, keeping the law. 
 
 25 But as touching the Gentiles which 
 have beheved, we 8 wrote, giving judge- 
 ment that they should keep themselves 
 from things sacrificed to idols, and 
 from blood, and from what is strangled, 
 
 26 and from fornication. Then Paul 
 8 took the men, and the next day 
 purifying himself vdWx them went 
 into the temple, declaring the fid- 
 filment of the days of pui-ification. 
 
 5 Or. 
 Shine 
 
 cOr, 
 
 inade 
 read 
 
 'Gr. 
 myriai^. 
 
 8 Or, 
 
 enjoined 
 Many 
 ancient 
 autliori- 
 ties read 
 sent. 
 
 9 Or, took 
 the men 
 the next 
 datf, and 
 purify 
 iJig him- 
 self &C. 
 
 EO
 
 108 
 
 THE ACTS. 
 
 21. 26. 
 
 lOr, 
 military 
 tribune 
 Gr. chi- 
 liarck : 
 and so 
 throush- 
 out this 
 book. 
 2 Or, 
 cohort 
 
 until the offering was offered for every 
 one of them. 
 
 27 And when the seven days were ahnost 
 completed, the Jews from Asia, when 
 they saw him in the temple, stiiTed up 
 all the multitude, and laid hands on him, 
 
 28 crying out, Men of Israel, help : This is 
 the man, that teacheth aU men every- 
 where against the peojile, and the law, 
 and this place: and moreover he brought 
 
 • Greeks also into the temjile, and hath 
 
 29 defiled this holy place. For they had 
 before seen wath him in the city Tro- 
 phimus the Ephesian, whom they sup- 
 liosed that Paul had brought into the 
 
 30 temple. And all the city was moved, 
 and the people ran together : and they 
 laid hold on Paul, and dragged him out 
 of the temple: and straightway the 
 
 31 doors were shut. And as they were 
 seeking to kill him, tidings came up to 
 the 1 chief captain of the ^band, that 
 
 32 all Jerusalem was in confusion. And 
 forthwith he took soldiers and cen- 
 turions, and ran down upon them : and 
 they, when they saw the chief captain 
 and the soldiers, left off beating Paul. 
 
 33 Then the chief captain came near, and 
 laid hold on him, and commanded him 
 to be bound with two chains ; and in- 
 quu-ed who he was, and what he had 
 
 34 done. And some shouted one thing, 
 some another, among the crowd : and 
 when he could not know the certainty 
 for the uproar, he commanded him to 
 
 35 be brought into the castle. And when 
 he came upon the stairs, so it was, that 
 he was borne of the soldiers for the 
 
 36 violence of the crowd ; for the multitude 
 of the people followed after, crying out. 
 Away with him. 
 
 37 And as Paul was about to be brought 
 into the castle, he saith unto the chief 
 captain, May I say something unto 
 thee ? And he said. Dost thou know 
 
 38 Greek ? Art thou not then the Egyjitian , 
 which before these days stirred up to 
 sedition and led out into the wilderness 
 the four thousand men of the Assassins? 
 
 39 But Paiil said, I am a Jew, of Tarsus 
 in CUicia, a citizen of no mean city : 
 and I beseech thee, give me leave to 
 
 40 sjieak unto the people. And when he 
 had given him leave, Paul, standing 
 on the stairs, beckoned with the hand 
 unto the people; and when there 
 was made a great silence, he spake 
 unto them in the Hebrew language, 
 saying, 
 
 22 Brethren and fathers, hear ye the 
 defence which I now make unto you. 
 
 2 And when they heard that he spake 
 iTiito them in the Hebrew language, 
 they were the more quiet : and he saith, 
 
 3 I am a Jew, bom in Tarsus of CUicia, 
 but brought up in this city, at the 
 feet of Gamaliel, instructed accord- 
 ing to the strict manner of the law of 
 our fathers, being zealous for God, 
 
 4 even as ye aU are this day : and I per- 
 secuted this Way imto the death, bind- 
 ing and dehveiing into prisons both 
 
 5 men and women. As also the high priest 
 doth bear me witness, and all the estate 
 of the elders : from whom also I receiv- 
 ed letters unto the brethi'en, and jour- 
 neyed to Damascus, to bring them also 
 which were there unto Jerusalem in 
 
 6 bonds, for to be punished. And it 
 came to pass, that, as I made my jour- 
 ney, and drew nigh unto Damascus, 
 about noon, suddenly there shone from 
 heaven a great light round about me. 
 
 7 And I fell unto the ground, and heard 
 a voice saying mito me, Saul, Saul, 
 
 8 why iJersecutest thou me ? And I 
 answered. Who art thou, Lord? And 
 he said unto me, I am Jesus of Nazareth, 
 
 9 whom thou persecutest. And they 
 that were with me beheld indeed the 
 hght, but they heard not the voice of 
 
 10 him that spake to me. And I said, 
 What shall I do. Lord? And the 
 Lord said mito me. Arise, and go into 
 Damascus ; and there it shall be told 
 thee of all things which are appointed 
 
 11 for thee to do. And when I could not 
 see for the glory of that Ught, being 
 led by the hand of them that were 
 
 12 with me, I came into Damascus. And 
 one Ananias, a devout man according 
 to the law, well reported of by all the 
 
 13 Jews that dwelt there, came unto me, 
 and standing by me said unto me. 
 Brother Saul, receive thy sight. And 
 in that very hour I ^ looked up on him. 
 
 14 And he said. The God of our fathers 
 hath ai^pointed thee to know his will, 
 and to see the Eighteous One, and to 
 
 15 hear a voice from his mouth. For thou 
 shalt be a witness for him unto aU 
 men of what thou hast seen and heard. 
 
 16 And now why tarriest thou ? arise, and 
 be baptized, and wash away thy sins, 
 
 17 calling on his name. And it came to 
 pass, that, when I bad returned to 
 Jerusalem, and whUe I prayed in the 
 
 IBtemjile, I feU into a trance, and saw 
 him saying unto me, Make haste, and 
 get thee quickly out of Jerusalem : be- 
 cause they wiU not receive of thee 
 
 19 testimony concerning me. And I said, 
 Lord, they themselves know that I im- 
 l^risoned and beat in every synagogue 
 
 20 them that behoved on thee : and when 
 the blood of Stejihen thy witness was 
 shed, I also was standing by, and 
 consenting, and keeping the garments 
 
 21 of them that slew him. And he said 
 mito me. Depart : for I wiU send 
 thee forth far hence unto the Gen- 
 tUes. 
 
 22 And they gave him audience unto 
 this word; and they lifted up then- 
 voice, and said, Away with such a 
 fellow from the earth : for it is not 
 
 23 fit that he should hve. And as they 
 cried out, and threw off their gar-
 
 23. 28. 
 
 THE ACTS. 
 
 109 
 
 1 Or, /or 
 
 '24 mouts, ami cast dust into the air, tlie 
 chief captain commanded him to l)e 
 hrought into the castle, bidding that 
 he should be examined by scourging, 
 that he might know for what cause they 
 
 "25 so shouted agamst hun. And wlien 
 they had tied him up i with the thongs, 
 Paul said unto the centurion that stood 
 by, Is it lawful for you to scourge a 
 man that is a Roman, and uncondemn- 
 
 26 ed ■? And when the centurion heard it, 
 he went to the chief ca^jtain, and told 
 him, saying, What art thou about to 
 
 27 do '? for this man is a Eoman. And 
 the chief captain came, and said unto 
 him, Tell me, art thou a Roman '? And 
 
 28 he said. Yea. And the chief captain 
 answered. With a great sum obtained I 
 this citizenship. And Paul said. But I 
 
 29 am a Roman born. They then which 
 were about to examine him straight- 
 way departed from him : and the chief 
 captam also was afraid, when he knew 
 that he was a Roman, and because he 
 had bound him. 
 
 30 But on the morrow, desiring to know 
 the certainty, wherefore he was ac- 
 cused of the Jews, he loosed him, and 
 commanded the chief priests and all 
 the council to come together, and 
 brought Paul down, and set him be- 
 fore them. 
 
 23 And Paul, looking stedfastly on the 
 coimcU, said. Brethren, I have lived be- 
 fore God in all good conscience ixntU 
 
 2 this day. And the high priest Ananias 
 commanded them that stood by him 
 
 3 to smite him on the mouth. Then said 
 Paul unto him, God shall smite thee, 
 thou whited wall : and sittest thou to 
 judge me accorduig to the law, and 
 commandest me to be smitten contrary 
 
 4 to the law ? And they that stood by 
 said. Re vilest thou God's high iiriest ? 
 
 5 And Paul said, I wist not, brethren, 
 that he was high priest : for it is writ- 
 ten. Thou shalt not speak evil of a ruler 
 
 6 of thy people. But when Paul perceiv- 
 ed that the one part were Sadducees, 
 and the other Pharisees, he cried out 
 in the council. Brethren, I am a Pha- 
 risee, a son of Pharisees : touching the 
 hope and resurrection of the dead I am 
 
 7 called in question. And when he had 
 so said, there arose a dissension be- 
 tween the Pharisees and Sadducees: 
 
 Sand the assembly was divided. For 
 the Sadducees say that there is no re- 
 surrection, neither angel, nor spirit: 
 
 9 but the Pharisees confess both. And 
 there arose a great clamour : and some 
 of the scribes of the Pharisees' part 
 stood up, and strove, saying. We find 
 no evil in this man : and what if a 
 spirit hath spoken to him, or an angel ? 
 10 And when there arose a great dissen- 
 sion, the chief captain, fearing lest 
 Paul should be torn in pieces by them, 
 commanded the soldiers to go down 
 
 and take him by force from among 
 them, and bring him into the castle. 
 
 11 And the night following the Lord 
 stood by him, and said. Be of good 
 cheer : for as thou hast testified con- 
 cerning me at Jerusalem, so must thou 
 bear witness also at Rome. 
 
 12 And when it was day, tlie Jews band- 
 ed together, and bound themselves un- 
 der a curse, saying that they would 
 neither eat nor (b'ink tiU they had kill- 
 
 13 ed Paul. And they were more than 
 
 14 forty which made this conspiracy. And 
 they came to the chief priests and the 
 elders, and said. We have bound our- 
 selves under a great curse, to taste no- 
 
 15 thing until we have kiUed Paul. Now 
 therefore do ye with the council signify 
 to the chief captain that ho bring him 
 down unto you, as though ye would 
 judge of his case more exactly: and 
 we, or ever he come near, are ready to 
 
 16 slay him. But Paul's sister's son heard 
 of their lying in wait, 2 and he came 
 and entered into the castle, and told 
 
 17 Paul. And Paul called unto him one of 
 the centurions, and said, Bring this 
 young man unto the chief captain : for 
 
 18 lie hath something to tell him. So he 
 took him, and brought him to the chief 
 captain, and saith, Paul the prisoner 
 called me unto him, and asked me to 
 bring this young man unto thee, who 
 
 19 hath something to say to thee. And the 
 chief captain took him by the hand, 
 and going aside asked him privately, 
 What is that thou hast to tell me? 
 
 20 Aiid he said. The Jews have agreed to 
 ask thee to brmg down Paul to-morrow 
 unto the council, as though thou 
 wouldest inquire somewhat more ex- 
 
 21 actly concerning him. Do not thou 
 therefore yield unto them : for there 
 lie in wait for him of them more than 
 forty men, which have bound them- 
 selves under a curse, neither to eat 
 nor to drink tUl they have slain him : 
 and now are they ready, looking for the 
 
 22 promise from thee. So the chief cap- 
 tain let the young man go, chai'ging 
 hun, TeU no man that thou hast signi- 
 
 23 tied these things to me. And he called 
 unto him two of the centurions, and 
 said. Make ready two hundred soldiers 
 to go as far as C;Bsarea, and horsemen 
 threescore and ten, and spearmen two 
 hundred, at the third hour of the 
 
 24 night : and he hade them provide beasts, 
 that they might set Paul thereon, and 
 bring him safe unto Fehx the go- 
 
 25vernor. And he wrote a letter after 
 this form : 
 
 26 Claudius Lysias unto the most excel- 
 
 27 lent governor Fehx, gi-eeting. This man 
 was seized by the Jews, and was about to 
 be slain of them, when I came upon them 
 with the soldiers, and rescued him, hav- 
 ing learned that he was a Roman. 
 
 28 And desiring to know the cause where- 
 
 2 Or. 
 havintj 
 come in 
 upon 
 tnem. 
 and he 
 entered 
 &c.
 
 110 
 
 THE ACTS. 
 
 23. 28. 
 
 1 Some 
 
 ancient 
 
 autlK'ri- 
 
 tios omit 
 
 I broiujht 
 
 him 
 
 doivn 
 
 unto 
 
 their 
 
 cou/icil. 
 
 2 Many 
 ancient 
 authori- 
 ties add 
 Fare- 
 well, 
 
 3Gr. 
 
 Pneto- 
 rium. 
 
 i Gr. the 
 
 inhabit- 
 ed earth. 
 
 5 Some 
 ancient 
 authori- 
 ties in- 
 sert and 
 we would 
 havt^ 
 judged 
 him ac- 
 cording 
 to our 
 law. 
 
 7 But the 
 chit'/ 
 captain 
 Lysiai 
 came, 
 and with 
 great 
 violcnre 
 took hiui 
 away 
 out of 
 our 
 hands, 
 
 8 com- 
 manding 
 his ac- 
 cusers to 
 come be- 
 fore 
 thee. 
 
 6 Or, 
 heresg 
 
 fore they accused him, ^I brought hun 
 
 29 down unto then- council : whom I fomid 
 to be accused about questions of their 
 law, but to have nothing laid to his 
 charge worthy of death or of bonds. 
 
 30 And when it was shewn to me that there 
 w'ould be a i^lot against the man, I sent 
 him to thee forthwith, charging liis ac- 
 cusers also to speak against him before 
 thee.2 
 
 31 So the soldiers, as it was commanded 
 them, took Paul, and brought him by 
 
 32 night to Aiitipatris. But on the mor- 
 row they left the horsemen to go wdth 
 
 33 him, and retm-ned to the castle: and 
 they, when they came to Casarea, and 
 delivered the letter to the governor, 
 
 34in-esented Paul also before him. And 
 when he h.;d read it, he asked of what 
 province he was ; and when he under- 
 
 35 stood that he was of CUicia, I will hear 
 thy cause, said he, when thme accusers 
 also are come : and he commanded him 
 to be kept in Herod's ^palace. 
 
 24 And after five days the high priest 
 -Ananias came down with certain el- 
 ders, and with an orator, one Tertul- 
 lus; and they informed the governor 
 
 2 against Paul. And when he v/as called, 
 TertuUus began to accuse him, saying. 
 
 Seeing that by thee we enjoy much 
 peace, and that by thy providence evUs 
 
 3 are con-ected for this nation, we accept 
 it in all ways and in aU places, most 
 excellent FeUx, with aU thankfulness. 
 
 4 But, that I be not further tedious unto 
 thee, I intreat thee to hear us of thy 
 
 5 clemency a few words. For we have 
 found this man a pestilent fellow, and 
 a mover of insurrections among all the 
 Jews throughout ^the world, and a ring- 
 
 6 leader of the sect of the Nazarenes: who 
 moreover assayed to profane the tem- 
 
 8 pie : on whom also we laid hold : ^ from 
 whom thou wilt be able, by examin- 
 ing hun thyself, to take knowledge of 
 all these things, whereof we accuse 
 
 9 him. And the Jews also joined ui the 
 charge, affirming that these things 
 were so. 
 
 10 And when the governor had beckoned 
 unto him to speak, Paul answered. 
 
 Forasmuch as I know that thou hast 
 been of many years a judge unto this 
 nation, I do cheerfully make my de- 
 ll fence: seemg that thou canst take 
 knowledge, that it is not more than 
 twelve days since I went up to worship 
 
 12 at Jenisalem : and neither ui the tem- 
 ple did they find me disputing with any 
 man or stirring up a crowd, nor in the 
 
 13 synagogues, nor in the city. Neither 
 can they prove to thee the things 
 
 14 whereof they now accuse me. But this 
 I confess unto thee, that after the Way 
 which they call 6 a sect, so serve I the 
 God of our fathers, beheving all thuigs 
 which are accorduig to the law, and 
 which are written in the prophets: 
 
 15 having hope toward God, which these 
 also themselves ''look for, that there 
 shall be a resui-rection both of the just 
 
 16 and unjust. Herein do I also exercise 
 myself to have a conscience void of of- 
 
 17 fence toward God and men alway. Now 
 after 8 many years I came to bring ahns 
 
 18 to my nation, and offerings: 9 amidst 
 which they found me xJurified in the 
 temple, with no crowd, nor yet with 
 tumult: but theix loere certain Jews 
 
 19 from Asia — who ought to have been 
 here before thee, and to make accusa- 
 tion, if they had aught against me. 
 
 20 Or else let these men themselves say 
 what wi'ong-doing they found, when I 
 
 21 stood before the council, except it be 
 for this one voice, that I cried standing 
 among them, Touching the resurrec- 
 tion of the dead I am called in ques- 
 tion before you this day. 
 
 22 But Fehx, having more exact know- 
 ledge concerning the Way, deferred 
 them, saying. When Lysias the chief 
 captam shall come down, I will deter- 
 
 23 mine your matter. And he gave order 
 to the centurion that he should be 
 kept in charge, and should have indul- 
 gence; and not to forbid any of his 
 friends to minister unto him. 
 
 24 But after certain days, FeHx came 
 with DmsDla, lohis wife, which was a 
 Jewess, and sent for Paul, and heard 
 him concerning the faith in Christ 
 
 25 Jesus. And as he reasoned of right- 
 eousness, and 11 temperance, and the 
 judgement to come, Fehx was terrified, 
 and answered. Go thy way for this 
 time ; and when I have a convenient 
 
 26 season, I will call thee unto me. He 
 hoped withal that money would be 
 given him of Pavil : wherefore also he 
 sent for him the of tener, and conunuu- 
 
 27 ed with him. But when two years 
 were fulfilled, FeUx was succeeded by 
 Porcius Festus ; and desiring to gain 
 favour with the Jews, Fehx loft Paul 
 in bonds. 
 
 25 Festus therefore, 12 having come into 
 the province, after three days went up 
 
 2 to Jerusalem from Caesarea. And the 
 chief in-iests and the principal men of 
 the Jews informed him against Paul ; 
 
 3 and they besought him, asking favour 
 against him, that he would send for 
 hun to Jenisalem ; layuig wait to kill 
 
 4 him on the way. Howbeit Festus an- 
 swered, that Paul was kept in charge 
 at Caesarea, and that he himself was 
 
 5 about to depart thither shortly. Let 
 them therefore, saith he, which are of 
 power among you, go down with me, 
 and if there is anything amiss in the 
 man, let them accuse him. 
 
 6 And when he had tamed among 
 them not more than eight or ten 
 days, he went down unto Caesarea; 
 and on the morrow he sat on the 
 judgement - seat, and commanded
 
 26. 15. 
 
 THE ACTS. 
 
 Ill 
 
 iGr. 
 ijrant 
 me l*;l 
 favour : 
 and so in 
 ver. l(j. 
 
 2 Or, 
 
 haviurf 
 
 saluted 
 
 3 Or, 
 
 frupt'rsti- 
 
 tioa 
 
 i Gr. the 
 
 A itgui- 
 tus. 
 
 5 Or, ivis 
 wUhinj 
 
 7 I'aul to be lirougbt. And when he was 
 come, the Jews whi<;h bad come down 
 from Jerusalem stood round about 
 him, bringing against him many and 
 grievous charges, which they could not 
 
 8 prove ; while Paul said in his defence. 
 Neither against the law of the Jews, 
 nor against the temple, nor against 
 
 9 Ciesar, have I sinned at all. But Fes- 
 tus, desiring to gain favour with the 
 Jews, answered Paul, and said. Wilt 
 thou go up to Jerusalem, and there be 
 
 10 judged of these things before me '? But 
 Paul said, I am standing before Cae- 
 sar's judgement-seat, where I ought 
 to be judged : to the Jews have I done 
 no wrong, as thou also very well 
 
 11 knowest. If then I am a wi'ong-doer, 
 and have committed anything worthy 
 of death, I refuse not to cUe : but if none 
 of those things is true, whereof these 
 accuse me, no man can igiveme up unto 
 
 12 them. lapiJealuntoCjesar. ThenFes- 
 tus, when he had conferred with the 
 council, answered. Thou hast appealed 
 unto Caesar : unto Csesar shalt thou go. 
 
 13 Now when certain days were i)assed, 
 Agripi^a the king and Bernice arrived 
 
 14 at CiBsarea, ^ and saluted Festus. And 
 as they tarried there many days, Fes- 
 tus laid Paul's case before the king, 
 saying, There is a certain man left a 
 
 15 prisoner by FeUx : about whom, when 
 I was at Jerusalem, the chief priests 
 and the elders of the Jews infonned 
 me, asking for sentence against him. 
 
 16 To whom I answered, that it is not 
 the custom of the Romans to give up 
 any man, before that the accused have 
 the accusers face to face, and have had 
 opportunity to make his defence con- 
 cerning the matter laid against him. 
 
 17 When therefore they were come toge- 
 ther here, I made no delay, but on the 
 next day sat down on the judgement- 
 seat, and commanded the man to be 
 
 18 brought. Concerning whom, when the 
 accusers stood up, they brought no 
 charge of such evil things as I sup- 
 
 19 posed ; but had certain questions a- 
 gainst him of theu" own 3 religion, and 
 of one Jesus, who was dead, whom Paul 
 
 '20 affirmed to be alive. And I, being 
 l>erplexed how to inquire concerning 
 these thhigs, asked whether he woidd 
 go to Jerusalem, and there be judged 
 
 21 of these matters. But when Paul had 
 appealed to be kept for the decision of 
 * the emperor, I commanded him to be 
 kept till I should send him to C;esar. 
 
 22 And Agrippa said unto Festus, I also 
 5 could wish to hear the man myself. To- 
 morrow, saith he, thou shalt hear him. 
 
 23 So on the morrow, when Agi'ippa was 
 come, and Bernice, with great pomp, 
 and they were entered into the place 
 of hearing, with the chief captains, 
 and the principal men of the city, at 
 the command of Festus Paul was 
 
 21 brought in. And Festus saith, King A- 
 grijipa, and all men which are here pre- 
 sent with us, ye behold this man, about 
 whom aU the multitude of the Jews 
 made suit to me, both at Jerusalem and 
 here, crying that ho ought not to live 
 
 25 any longer. But I found that he had 
 committed nothing worthy of death: 
 and as he himself appealed to ^ the em- 
 
 26i)cror I detennined to send him. Of 
 whom I have no certain thing to write 
 unto my lord. Wherefore I have 
 brought him forth before you, and speci- 
 ally before thee , king Agrippa , th at , after 
 examination had, I may have somewhat 
 
 27 to write. For it seemeth to me unrea- 
 sonable, in sending a prisoner, not with- 
 al to signify the charges against him. 
 
 26 And Agrippa said unto Paul, Thou art 
 jiermitted to sjieak for thyself. Then 
 Paul stretched forth his hand, and 
 made his defence : 
 
 2 I think myself happy, king Agrippa, 
 that I am to make my defence before 
 thee this day touching all the things 
 
 3 whereof I am accused by the Jews : 6 es- 
 pecially because thou art expert ui all 
 customs and questions which are among 
 the Jews : wherefore I beseech thee to 
 
 4 hear me patiently. My maimer of life 
 then from my youth up, wliich was from 
 the beginning among mme own nation, 
 and at Jerusalem, know aU the Jews ; 
 
 5 having knowledge of me from the first, 
 if they be wiUing to testify, how that 
 after the straitest sect of oiu" rehgion I 
 
 6 lived a Pharisee. And now I stand here 
 to be judged for the hope of the promise 
 
 7 made of God unto our fathers; unto 
 which promise our twelve tribes, ear- 
 nestly serving God night and day, hoj^e 
 to attain. And concerning this hope I 
 
 8 am accused by the Jews, O king ! Why 
 is it judged incredible with you, if Grod 
 
 9 doth raise the dead ? I verily thought 
 with myself, that I ought to do many 
 things contrary to the name of Jesus of 
 
 10 Nazareth. And this I also did in Jeru- 
 salem : and I both shut up many of the 
 saints in i^risons, having received au- 
 thority from the chief priests, and when 
 they were put to death, I gave my vote 
 
 11 against them. And punishing them of- 
 tentimes in aU the synagogues, I strove 
 to make them blaspheme; and being 
 exceedingly mad against them, I perse- 
 cuted them even unto foreign cities. 
 
 12 ■? Whereupon as I journeyed to Damas- 
 cus with the authority and commission 
 
 13 of the chief priests, at midday, O kmg, 
 I saw on the way a light from heaven, 
 above the brightness of the sun, shm- 
 ing round about me and them that 
 
 14 journeyed with me. And when we 
 were aU fallen to the earth, I heard a 
 voice saying unto me iu the He- 
 brew language, Saul, Saul, why per- 
 secutest thou me ? it is hard for thee 
 
 15 to kick against ^the goad. And I 
 
 8 Or, 
 
 because 
 
 thou art 
 
 espe- 
 
 cutlly 
 
 expert 
 
 ■<1r, 
 
 On whix^h 
 
 errand 
 
 8Gr. 
 
 goad^.
 
 112 
 
 THE ACTS. 
 
 26. 15. 
 
 1 Many 
 ancient 
 authori- 
 ties read 
 which 
 thouhast 
 seen. 
 
 2 Or, 
 
 to turn 
 them 
 
 3 Or, 
 their re- 
 pentance 
 
 * Or, if 
 Or, 
 
 whether 
 5 Or, is 
 subject to 
 safferinff 
 
 6 Or, 
 cohort 
 
 said, Wlio art thou, Lord? And the 
 Lord said, I am Jesus whom thou per- 
 
 16 secutest. But arise, and stand ujion thy 
 feet: for to this end have I appeared 
 unto thee, to ai^point thee a minister 
 and a witness botli of the things iwhere- 
 in thou hast seen me, and of the things 
 
 17 wherein I will appear unto thee ; deli- 
 vermg thee from the people, and from 
 the Gentiles, unto whom I send thee, 
 
 18 to open their eyes, ^that they may turn 
 from darkness to light, and from the 
 power of Satan unto God, that they may 
 receive remission of sins and an inherit- 
 ance among them that are sanctified by 
 
 19 faith in me. Wherefore, king Agi'ippa, 
 I was not disobedient unto the heavenly 
 
 20 vision : but declared both to them of 
 Damascus first, and at Jerusalem, and 
 throughout all the country of Judsea, 
 and also to the Gentiles, that they 
 should repent and turn to God, doing 
 
 21 works worthy of s repentance. For this 
 cause the Jews seized me in the tem- 
 
 22 pie, and assayed to kiU me. Having 
 therefore obtained the help that is from 
 God, I stand unto this day testifying 
 both to small and gi'eat, saymg nothing 
 but what the x>rophets and Moses did 
 
 23 say should come ; *how that the Christ 
 6 must suiler, and ^how that he first by 
 the resurrection of the dead should pro- 
 claim hght both to the people and to 
 the Gentiles. 
 
 24 And as he thus made his defence, Fes- 
 tus saith with a loud voice, Paul, thou 
 art mad ; thy much learning doth turn 
 
 25 thee to madness. But Paul saith, I am 
 not mad, most excellent Festus; but 
 speak forth words of truth and sober- 
 
 26 ness. For the king knoweth of these 
 things, unto whom also I speak freely : 
 for I am persuaded that none of these 
 things is hidden from him; for this hath 
 
 27 not been done in a corner. King Agrip- 
 pa, beUevest thou the prophets ? I know 
 
 28 that thou behevest. And Agrippa said 
 unto Paul, With but little persuasion 
 thou wouldest faui make me a Cluris- 
 
 29 tian. And Paul said, I would to God, 
 that whether with little or with much, 
 not thou only, but also all that hear me 
 this day, might become such as I am, 
 except these bonds. 
 
 30 And the kuig rose up, aiid the gover- 
 nor, and Bernice, and they that sat 
 
 31 with them : and when they had with- 
 drawn, they spake one to another, say- 
 ing. This man doeth nothing worthy of 
 
 32 death or of bonds. And Agrii^pa said 
 unto Festus, This man might have been 
 set at liberty, if he had not appealed 
 unto Caesar. 
 
 27 And when it was determined that 
 we should sail for Italy, they delivered 
 Paul and certain other prisoners to a 
 centurion named Julius, of the Augus- 
 2 tan 6 band. And embarking in a ship 
 of A(b-amyttium, which was about to 
 
 sail unto the places on the coast of Asia, 
 we put to sea, Aristarchus, a Macedo- 
 nian of Thessalonica, being with us. 
 
 3 And the next day we touched at Sidon : 
 and JuUus treated Paul kindly, and 
 gave him leave to go unto his friends 
 
 4 and ■? refresh himself. And putting to 
 sea from thence, we sailed under the lee 
 of Cyprus, because the winds were con- 
 
 5 trai-y. And when we had sailed across 
 the sea which is off Cilicia and Pam- 
 phyha, we came to Myra, a city of 
 
 6 Lycia. And there the centurion found 
 a ship of Alexandria saUing for Italy ; 
 
 7 and he put us thereui. And when 
 we had sailed slowly many days, and 
 were come with difficulty over against 
 Cnidus, the wind not 8 further suffer- 
 ing us, we sailed under the lee of 
 
 8 Crete, over against Salmone; and 
 with difficulty coasting along it we 
 came unto a certain place called Fair 
 Havens ; nigh whereuuto was the city 
 of Lasea. 
 
 9 And when much time was spent, and 
 the voyage was now dangei'ous, because 
 the Fast was now already gone by, Paul 
 
 10 admonished them, and said unto them, 
 Sirs, I perceive that the voyage will be 
 VFith injuiy and much loss, not only of 
 the lading and the ship, but also of our 
 
 11 Uves. But the centurion gave more heed 
 to the master and to the owner of the 
 ship, than to those things which were 
 
 12 spoken by Paul. And because the haven 
 was not commodious to winter in, the 
 more part advised to jrat to sea from 
 thence, if by any means they could reach 
 Phoenix, and winter there ; which is a 
 haven of Crete, looking 9 north-east and 
 
 13 south-east. And when the south wind 
 blew softly, supposing that they had ob- 
 tained their purpose, they weighed an- 
 chor and sailed along Crete, close in 
 
 14 shore. But after no long time there beat 
 down from it a tempestuous wind, which 
 
 15 is called EuraquOo : and when the shii> 
 was caught, and could not face the wmd, 
 we gave way to it, and were driven. 
 
 16 And running under the lee of a small is- 
 land called 10 Cauda, we were able, with 
 
 17 difficulty, to secure the boat : and when 
 they had hoisted it up, they used helps, 
 under-girding the shii^ ; and, fearing 
 lest they should be cast ui^on the Syrtis, 
 they lowered the gear, and so were 
 
 18 di-iven. And as we laboured exceeding- 
 ly with the stoi-m, the next day they 
 began to throw the freight overboard; 
 
 19 and the third day they cast out with 
 tlieir own hands the utaclding of the 
 
 20 ship. And when neither sun nor stars 
 shone upon us for many days, and no 
 small tempest lay on us, all hoxie that we 
 should be saved was now taken away. 
 
 21 And when they had been long without 
 food, then Paul stood forth in the 
 midst of them, and said. Sirs, ye 
 should h ave hearkened unto me, and not
 
 28. 17. 
 
 THE ACTS. 
 
 113 
 
 lOr, 
 
 prayed 
 
 2 Some 
 ancient 
 authori- 
 ties read 
 ahout 
 ihree- 
 sc<jre 
 and 
 sixtpen 
 soids. 
 
 3 Some 
 ancient 
 authori- 
 ties read 
 brinrj the 
 ship safe 
 to shore. 
 
 have set sail from Crete, and have 
 
 2'2 gotten this injury and loss. And now 
 
 I exhort you to be of good clieer : f(jr 
 
 there shall be no loss of life among 
 
 23 you, but only of the ship. For there 
 
 stood by mo this night an angel of the 
 
 God whose I am, whom also I serve, 
 
 24 saying, Fear not, Paul; thou must 
 
 stand before Ctesar : and lo, God hath 
 
 gi'anted thee all them that sail with 
 
 25 thee. Wherefore, sirs, be of good 
 cheer : for 1 beheve God, that it shall 
 be even so as it hath been spoken 
 
 26 unto me. Howbeit we must be cast 
 upon a certain island. 
 
 27 But when the fourteenth night was 
 come, as we were driven to and fro in 
 the sea of Adria, about midnight the 
 sailors sunnised that they were draw- 
 ls ing near to some country ; and they 
 
 sounded, and found twenty fathoms : 
 and after a little sjiace, they sounded 
 
 29 again, and found fifteen fathoms. And 
 fearing lest haply we should be cast 
 ashore on rocky ground, they let go 
 four anchors from the stem, and i wish- 
 
 30 ed for the day. And as the sailors 
 were seeking to flee out of the ship, and 
 had lowered the boat into the sea, 
 under colour as though they would lay 
 
 31 out anchors from the foreship, Paul 
 said to the centui'ion and to the soldiers. 
 Except these abide in the ship, ye can- 
 
 32 not be saved. Then the soldiers cut 
 away the ropes of the boat, and let her 
 
 33 fall oif . And while the day was com- 
 ing on, Paul besought them all to take 
 some food, saying, This day is the four- 
 teenth day that ye wait and continue 
 
 34 fasting, having taken nothing. Where- 
 fore I beseech you to take some food : 
 for this is for your safety : for there 
 shall not a hair perish from the head 
 
 35 of any of you. -Aaid when he had said 
 this, and had taken bread, he gave 
 thanks to God in the presence of all : 
 
 36 and he brake it, and began to eat. Then 
 were they all of good cheer, and them- 
 
 37 selves also took food. And we were in 
 all in the ship ^ two hundred threescore 
 
 38 and sixteen souls. And when they had 
 eaten enough, they Hghtened the ship, 
 
 39 throwiag out thewheat into the sea. And 
 when it was day, they knew not the land: 
 but they perceived a certam bay with a 
 beach, and they took counsel whether 
 
 40 they could "diive the ship upon it. And 
 casting off the anchors, they left them m 
 the sea, at the same tune loosing the 
 bands of the rudders ; and hoisting up 
 the foresail to the wind, they made for 
 
 41 the beach. But lighting upon a place 
 where two seas met, they ran the vessel 
 aground ; and the foreship struck and r e- 
 mainedu!maoveable,but the stem began 
 to break up by the violence o/'</je?ya»es. 
 
 42 And the soldiers' counsel was to kill the 
 prisoners, lest any of them should swim 
 
 43 out, and escape. But the centurion, de- 
 
 siring to save Paul, stayed them frcjui 
 their purjiose ; and connnanded that 
 they which could swim should cast 
 themselves overboard, and get first to 
 
 44 the land : and the rest, some on planks, 
 and some on other things from tlie ship. 
 And so it came to i)ass, that they all 
 escaped safe to the land. 
 
 28 And when we were escaped, then we 
 knew that the island was called * Melita. 
 
 2 And the barbarians shewed us no com- 
 mon kinthiess : for they kindled a fire, 
 and received us all, because of the 
 present rain, and because of the c(jld. 
 
 3 But when Paul had gathered a bundle 
 of sticks, and laid them on the fire, a 
 viper came out ^ by reason of the heat, 
 
 4 and fastened on his hand. And when 
 the barbarians saw the beast hanging 
 from his hand, they said one to another. 
 No doubt this man is a murderer, whom, 
 though he hath escaped from the sea, 
 yet Justice hath not suffered to live. 
 
 5 Howbeit he shook off the beast into the 
 G fire, and took no harm. But they exi)ect- 
 
 ed that he would have swollen, or fallen 
 down dead suddenly: butwhen they were 
 long in expectation, and beheld nothing 
 amiss come to bun, they changed their 
 minds, and said that he was a god. 
 
 7 Now in the neighbourhood of that 
 place were lands belonging to the chief 
 man of the island, named Pubhus ; who 
 received us, and entertained us three 
 
 8 days courteously. And it was so, that 
 the father of Publius lay sick of fever 
 and dysentery : unto whom Paul enter- 
 ed in, and prayed, and laying his hands 
 
 9 on him healed him. And when this was 
 done, the rest also which had diseases 
 in the island came, and were cured: 
 
 10 who also honoured us with many 
 honours ; and when we sailed, they put 
 on board such things as we needed. 
 
 11 Ajid after three months we set sail in 
 a ship of Alexandria, which had winter- 
 ed in the island, whose sign was 6 The 
 
 12 Twin Brothers. And touching at Sy- 
 racuse, we tarried there three days. 
 
 13 And from thence we '^made a circuit, and 
 arrived at Khegium : and after one day 
 a south wind sprang up, and on the 
 
 14 second day we came to PuteoU : where 
 we found brethren, and were intreated 
 to tariy with them seven days : and so 
 
 15 we came to Rome. And from thence the 
 brethren, when they heard of us, came 
 to meet us as far as The Market of 
 Appius, and The Three Taverns : whom 
 when Paul saw, he thanked God, and 
 took courage. 
 
 16 And when we entered into Rome, 
 8 Paul was suffered to abide by himself 
 with the soldier that guarded him. 
 
 17 And it came to pass, that after 
 three days he called together 9 those 
 that were the chief of the Jews : and 
 when they were come together, he 
 said unto them, I, brethren, though 
 
 4 Some 
 ancient 
 authori- 
 ties read 
 MeXitene 
 
 5 Or, 
 
 from the 
 heat 
 
 "Or. 
 Dioscuri. 
 
 ' Some 
 ancient 
 authori- 
 ties read 
 cast 
 loose. 
 
 8 Some 
 ancient 
 authori- 
 ties in- 
 sert the 
 centurion 
 deliverer, 
 the pri- 
 soners to 
 the cap- 
 tain of 
 the prcB- 
 torian 
 guard : 
 'but. 
 oor, 
 those 
 that 
 were of 
 th^e Jews 
 first
 
 114 
 
 THE ACTS. 
 
 28. 17. 
 
 1 Or, call 
 for you, 
 to see 
 and to 
 speak 
 with you 
 
 IGr. 
 
 bond' 
 
 servant. 
 
 2 Or, 
 through 
 
 3Gr. 
 deter- 
 mined. 
 * Or, in 
 
 5 Or, to 
 the faith 
 
 6 Or, 
 because 
 
   Gr. in. 
 
 I had done nothing against the people, 
 or the customs of our fathers, yet was 
 dehvered prisoner from Jerusalem into 
 
 18 the hands of the Eomans : who, when 
 they had examined me, desired to set 
 me at liberty, because there was no 
 
 19 cause of death in me. But when the 
 Jews spake against it, I was con- 
 strained to appeal unto Caesar ; not that 
 
 20 1 had aught to accuse my nation of. For 
 this cause therefore did I lintreat you 
 to see and to speak with me : for be- 
 cause of the hope of Israel I am bound 
 
 '21 with this chain. And they said unto 
 him. We neither received letters from 
 Judtea concerning thee, nor did any of 
 the brethren come hither and report or 
 
 22 speak any harm of thee. But we desire 
 to hear of thee what thou thinkest : for 
 as concerning this sect, it is known to us 
 that everywhere it is spoken against. 
 
 23 And when they had appointed him a 
 day, they came to him into his lodging 
 in great number ; to whom he expound- 
 ed the matter, testifying the kingdom 
 of God, and persuading them concern- 
 ing Jesus, both from the law of Moses 
 and from the prophets, from morning 
 
 24 till evening. And some believed the 
 things which were spoken, and some 
 
 25 disbelieved. Aiid when they agi'eed 
 not among themselves, they departed, 
 after that Paul had spoken one word. 
 Well spake the Holy Ghost 2 by Isaiah 
 
 26 the prophet unto your fathers, saying, 
 
 Go thou unto this people, and say, 
 By hearing ye shall hear, and shall 
 
 in no wise understand ; 
 And seeing ye shall see, and shall 
 
 in no wise perceive : 
 
 27 For this people's heart is waxed 
 
 gross. 
 And their ears are dull of hearing. 
 And their eyes they have closed ; 
 Lest haply they should perceive 
 
 with their eyes. 
 And hear with their ears, 
 And understand with their heart, 
 And should turn again. 
 And I should heal them. 
 
 28 Be it known therefore unto you, that 
 this salvation of God is sent unto the 
 Gentiles : they will also hear. * 
 
 30 And he abode two whole years in 
 his own hked dwelling, and received 
 
 31 aU that went iu unto him, preach- 
 ing the kuigdom of God, and teach- 
 ing the things concerning the Lord 
 Jesus Christ with aU boldness, none 
 forbidding him. 
 
 THE EPISTLE OF PAUL THE APOSTLE TO THE 
 
 EOMANS. 
 
 1 Paul, a i servant of Jesus Christ, 
 called to he an apostle, separated unto 
 
 2 the gospel of God, which he promised 
 afore ^by his prophets in the holy 
 
 3 scriptures, concerning his Son, who was 
 born cf the seed of David according to 
 
 4 the Hesh, who was ^ declared to he the 
 Son of God ^with power, according to 
 the spirit of hohness, by the resmTec- 
 tion of the dead ; even Jesus Christ our 
 
 5 Lord, through whom we received grace 
 and apostleship, imto obedience ^of 
 faith among aU. the nations, for his 
 
 6 name's sake : among whom are yc 
 
 7 also, called to he Jesus Christ's : to all 
 that are in Rome, beloved of God, call- 
 ed to he saints: Grace to you and 
 peace from God our Father and the 
 Lord Jesus Christ. 
 
 8 First, I thank my God through Jesus 
 Christ for you aU, "that your faith 
 is proclaimed throughout the whole 
 
 9 world. For God is my witness, whom 
 I serve in my spirit in the gospel of his 
 Son, how miceasingly I make mention 
 
 10 of you, alv.'ays in my prayers making 
 request, if by any means now at length 
 I may be prospered '?by the will of 
 
 11 God to come unto you. For I long to 
 see you, that I may impart unto you 
 
 some spiritual gift, to the end ye may 
 
 12 be estabUshed ; that is, that I with you 
 may be comforted in you, each of us by 
 the other's faith, both yours and mine. 
 
 13 And I would not have you ignorant, 
 brethren, that oftentimes I pm-posed to 
 come unto you (and was hindered hither- 
 to), that I might have some fruit iu you 
 also, even as in the rest of the Gentiles. 
 
 14 1 am debtor both to Greeks and to Bar- 
 barians, both to the wise and to the 
 
 15 foolish. So, as much as in me is, I 
 am ready to preach the gospel to you 
 
 16 also that are in Piome. For I am not 
 ashamed of the gospel: for it is the 
 power of God unto salvation to every 
 one that beUeveth ; to the Jew fii'st, and 
 
 17 also to the Greek. For therein is re- 
 vealed a righteousness of God ^ by faith 
 unto faith: as it is written. But the 
 righteous shall live 8 by faith. 
 
 18 For 9 the wrath of God is revealed 
 from heaven against all ungodliness 
 and unrighteousness of men, who 
 10 hold down the truth in unright- 
 
 19 eousness ; because that which may be 
 known of God is manifest iu them; 
 for God manifested it unto them. 
 
 20 For the invisible things of him 
 since the creation of the world
 
 2. 29. 
 
 TO THE ROMANS. 
 
 115 
 
 1 Or, so 
 that they 
 
 2Gr. 
 mtto the 
 ages. 
 3Gr. 
 passions 
 of dis- 
 honour. 
 
 4Gr. 
 
 did not 
 approve. 
 
 5 Or, 
 
 haters of 
 God 
 
 e Gr. the 
 other. 
 
 "i Many 
 ancient 
 .luthori- 
 ties reai 
 For, 
 
 are clearly secu, being perceived 
 through the things that are made, eren 
 his everlasting power and divinity; 
 '21 1 that they may be without excuse : be- 
 cause that, knowing God, they glorified 
 him not as God, neither gave thanks ; 
 but became vain in their reasonings, 
 and their senseless heart was darkened. 
 
 22 Professing themselves to be wise, they 
 
 23 became fools, and changed the gloiy 
 of the inconuptible God for the like- 
 ness of an imago of corruptible man, 
 and of birds, and fourfooted beasts, 
 and creeping things. 
 
 21 Wherefore God gave them up in the 
 lusts of their hearts unto uacleanuess, 
 that their bodies should be dishonoured 
 
 25 among themselves ; for that they ex- 
 changed the truth of God for a Ue, and 
 worshipped and sei-ved the creature 
 rather than the Creator, who is blessed 
 2 for ever. Amen. 
 
 26 For this cause God gave them up unto 
 3 vile passions : for their women chang- 
 ed the natural use into that which is 
 
 27 against natui-e ; and likewise also the 
 men, leaving the natm-al use of the 
 woman, burned in their lust one to- 
 vrard another, men with men working 
 unseemliness, and receiving in them- 
 selves that recompense of their error 
 which was due. 
 
 28 And even as they ^ refused to have God 
 in their knowledge, God gave them up 
 unto a reprobate mind, to do those 
 
 29 thingswhich are not fitting ; beingfilled 
 with all um-ighteousness, wickedness, 
 covetousness, maUciousness ; full of 
 envy, mui-der, strife, deceit, malignity ; 
 
 30 whisperers, backbiters,5hateful to God, 
 insolent, haughty, boastful, inventors 
 of e-vil things, disobedient to parents, 
 
 31 without uuderstandhig, covenant- 
 breakers, without natural affection, un- 
 
 32 merciful : who, knowing the ordinance 
 of God, that they which practise such 
 things are worthy of death, not only do 
 the same, but also consent with them 
 that practise them. 
 
 2 Wherefore thou art without excuse, 
 Oman, whosoever thou art that judgest: 
 for wherein thou judgest " another, thou 
 condenanest thyself; for thou that 
 judgest dost practise the same things. 
 
 2 ''And we know that the judgement of 
 God is according to truth against them 
 
 3 that practise such things. And reckon- 
 est thou this, O man, who judgest them 
 that practise such things, and doest the 
 same, that thoushalt escape the judge- 
 
 4 ment of God ? Or despisest thou the 
 riches of bis goodness and forbearance 
 and longsuffering, not knowing that 
 the goodness of Godleadeth thee to re- 
 
 5 pentance ? but after thy hardness and 
 impenitent heart treasurest up for thy- 
 self wrath in the day of wi-ath and 
 revelation of the righteous judgement of 
 
 6 God ; who will render to every man ac- 
 
 7 cording to his works : to them that by 
 l^atience in well-douig seek for glory 
 and honour and incorrui)tion, eternal 
 
 8 life : but unto them that are factious, 
 and obey not tlie truth, but obey un- 
 righteousness, uliaU he wrath and indig- 
 
 9 nation, tribulation and anguLsh, upon 
 every soul of man that worketh evil, 
 of the Jew first, and also of the Greek ; 
 
 10 but glory and honour and peace to every 
 man that worketh good, to the Jew first, 
 
 11 and also to the Greek : for there is no 
 
 12 respect of persons with God. For as 
 many as have sinned without law shall 
 also perish without lav/ : and as many 
 as have sinned under law sliall be 
 
 13 judged bylaw; for not the hearers of a 
 law are >*just before God, but the doers 
 
 14 of a law shall be 9 justified : for when 
 GentQes which have no law do by 
 natui-e the things of the law, these, hav- 
 ing no law, are a law unto themselves ; 
 
 15 in that they shew the work of the law 
 written in their hearts, their conscience 
 bearing witness therewith, and their 
 lothoughts one with. another accusing 
 
 16 or else excusmg them ; in the day when 
 God 11 shall judge the secrets of men, 
 according to my gosi)el, by Jesus Christ. 
 
 17 But if thou bearest the name of a Jew, 
 and restest upon 12 the law, and glori- 
 
 18 est in God, and knowest I'^his will, and 
 i%pprovest the things that are excel- 
 
 19 lent, being instructed out of the law, and 
 art confident that thou thyself art a 
 guide of the blind, a hght of them that 
 
 20 are in darkness, is a corrector of the 
 f ooUsli, a teacher of babes, having in the 
 law the form of knowledge and of the 
 
 21 truth; thou therefore that teachest 
 another.teachest thou not thyself ? thou 
 that preachest a man should not steal, 
 
 22 dost thou steal ? thou that sayest a man 
 should not commit adultery, dost thou 
 commit adultery ? thou that abhorrest 
 
 23 idols, dost thou i^rob temples ? thou who 
 gloriest in i- the law, thi'ough thy trans- 
 gression of the law dishonoui-est thou 
 
 24 God? Forthename of Godis blasphem- 
 ed among the Gentiles because of you, 
 
 25 even as it is written. For cu'cumci- 
 sion indeed profiteth, if thou be a doer 
 of the law: but if thou be a trans- 
 gressor of the law, thy circumcision 
 
 26 is become micii'cumcision. If there- 
 fore the uncircmncision keep the or- 
 dinances of the law, shall not his 
 uncii'cumcisiou be reckoned for cir- 
 
 27cumcision? and sliall not the uncir- 
 cumcision wliich is by natm'e, if it ful- 
 fil the law, judge thee, who with the let- 
 ter and cuTumcision art a transgressor 
 
 28 of the law ? For he is not a Jew, which 
 is one outwardly ; neither is that cir- 
 cumcision, whichis outward in the flesh: 
 
 29 but he is a Jew, which is one inwardly ; 
 and circumcision is that of the heart, 
 in the spirit, not in the letter ; whose 
 praise is not of men, but of God. 
 
 BOr, 
 righteous 
 9 Or, ac- 
 counted 
 right<.ous 
 
 10 Or, 
 
 rea.'ion- 
 
 ings 
 
 "Or, 
 
 JaUgeth 
 
 12 Or. 
 a iaiv 
 
 13 Or. 
 the WiZl 
 11 Or, 
 provest 
 the 
 things 
 that 
 differ 
 
 15 Or. 
 ati in- 
 structor 
 
 18 Or, 
 
 commit 
 
 sacrilege
 
 116 
 
 TO THE ROMANS. 
 
 3. L 
 
 iGr. 
 Beit not 
 so : and 
 so else- 
 where. 
 
 2 Many 
 ancient 
 authori- 
 ties read 
 For. 
 
 3 Or, do 
 ute ex- 
 cuse our- 
 selves } 
 
 «Gr. 
 out of, 
 6 Or, 
 w(yrki of 
 law 
 
 6 Or, ac- 
 counted 
 right- 
 eous 
 
 7 Or, 
 through 
 law 
 
 8 Or, of 
 5 Some 
 ancient 
 .luthori- 
 tiesadd 
 and 
 upon aU. 
 
 3 What advantage then hath the Jew ? 
 or what is the profit of cu-cumcision ? 
 
 2 Much eveiy way ; first of all, that they 
 were intrusted with the oracles of God. 
 
 3 For what if some were without faith ? 
 shall their want of faith make of none 
 
 4 effect the faithfiihiess of God? iGod 
 forbid : yea, let God be found true, but 
 every man a har ; as it is written, 
 That thou mightest be justified in 
 
 thy words. 
 And mightest prevail when thou 
 comest uito judgement. 
 
 5 But if our unrighteousness commend- 
 eth the righteousness of God., what 
 shall we say ? Is (lod unrighteous who 
 visiteth with wrath? (I speak after the 
 
 6 manner of men.) God forbid: for then 
 
 7 how shall God judge the world ? ^ But 
 if the truth of God through my lie 
 abounded unto his gloiy, why am I 
 
 8 also stiU judged as a sinner? and why 
 not (as we be slanderously reported, 
 and as some affirm that we say), Let us 
 do evil, that good may come? whose 
 condemnation is just. 
 
 9 What then? Sare we in worse case 
 than they ? No, in no wise : for we be- 
 fore laid to the charge both of Jews 
 and Greeks, that they are aU under 
 
 10 sin; as it is written. 
 
 There is none righteous, no, not one ; 
 
 There is none that understandeth. 
 
 There is none that seeketh after God ; 
 
 They have aU turned aside, they 
 are together become unprofitable ; 
 
 There is none that doeth good, no, 
 not so much as one : 
 
 Their throat is an open sepulchre ; 
 
 With their tongues they have used 
 deceit : 
 
 The poison of asps is under their lips : 
 
 Whose mouth is full of cursing and 
 bitterness : 
 
 Theu" feet are swift to shed l)lood ; 
 
 Destruction and miseiy are in then- 
 ways; 
 
 And the way of jjeace have they not 
 known : 
 
 There is no fear of God before their 
 
 11 
 
 12 
 
 13 
 
 18 
 
 eyes. 
 
 19 Now we know that what things 
 soever the law saith, it speaketh to 
 them that are under the law ; that 
 every mouth may be stopped, and aU 
 tlie world may be brought under the 
 
 20 judgement of God: because ^by sfhe 
 works of the law shall no flesh be 
 6 justified in his sight: for ''through 
 the law Cometh the knowledge of sm. 
 
 21 But now ai>art from the law a right- 
 eousness of God hath been mani- 
 fested, being witnessed by the law 
 
 22 and the prophets; even the right- 
 eousness of God through faith ^in 
 Jesus Christ unto aU ^them that be- 
 
 23 lieve ; for there is no distinction ; for 
 aU have sinned, and fall short of the 
 
 24 glory of God; being justified freely 
 
 by his grace through the redemption 
 
 25 that is in Christ Jesus : whom God 
 10 set forth n^o be a propitiation, 
 through 1-^ faith, by his blood, to shew 
 his righteousness, because of the pass- 
 ing over of the sins done aforetime, 
 
 26 in the forbearance of God; for the 
 shewing, / saij, of his righteousness 
 at this present season : that he might 
 himself be ^-^just, and the i^justifler 
 of him that i^hath faith sjn Jesus. 
 
 27 Where then is the glorying? It is ex- 
 cluded. By what mamier of law? of 
 works? Nay: but by a law of faith. 
 
 28 15 We reckon therefore that a man is 
 justified by faith apart from 5 the works 
 
 29 of the law. Or is God the God of Jews 
 only? is he not the God of Gentiles 
 
 30 also ? Yea, of Gentiles also : if so be 
 that God is one, and he shall justify 
 the circumcision * by faith, and the un- 
 
 31 circumcision 16 through faith. Do we 
 then make i^the law of none effect 
 16 through faith ? God forbid : nay, we 
 establish i' the law. 
 
 4 What then shall we say i^that Abra- 
 ham, our forefather according to the 
 2 flesh, hath found? For if Abraham 
 was justified^ by works, he hathwhere- 
 
 3 of to glory ; but not toward God. For 
 what saith the scripture ? And Abra- 
 ham believed God, and it was reckon- 
 
 4 ed unto him for righteousness. Now to 
 him that worketh, the reward is not 
 reckoned as of grace, but as of debt. 
 
 5 But to him that worketh not, but be- 
 heveth on him that justifieth the un- 
 godly, his faith is reckoned for right- 
 
 6eousness. Even as David also pro- 
 nounceth blessing upon the man, unto 
 whom God reckoneth righteousness 
 
 7 apart from works, saying, 
 
 Blessed are they whose iniquities 
 
 are forgiven, 
 And whose sins are covered. 
 
 8 Blessed is the man to whom the 
 
 Lord will not reckon sin. 
 
 9 Is this blessing then pronounced upon 
 the circumcision, or upon the unch'- 
 cumcision also? for we say. To Abraham 
 his faith was reckoned for righteous- 
 
 10 ness. How then was it reckoned ? when 
 he was in circumcision, or in uncircum- 
 cision ? Not in cu-cumcision, but in mi- 
 ll circumcision : and he received the sign 
 of circumcision, a seal of the righteous- 
 ness of the faith which he had while he 
 was in uncircumcision : that he might 
 be the father of all them that beheve, 
 though they be in uncircumcision, that 
 righteousness might be reckoned unto 
 
 12 them ; and the father of circumcision to 
 them who not only are of the circum- 
 cision, but who also walk in the steps of 
 that faith of our father Abraham which 
 
 13 he had in uncircumcision. For not 
 7 through the law was the promise to 
 Abraham or to his seed, that he should be 
 heir of the world, but through the right-
 
 6. 10. 
 
 TO THE ROMANS. 
 
 117 
 
 I Many 
 ancient 
 authori- 
 ties omit 
 noiv. 
 
 2Gr. 
 out of. 
 
 3 Some 
 .lutliori- 
 ties read 
 we have. 
 
 4 Some 
 ancient 
 autbori- 
 ties omit 
 by faith. 
 
 5 Or, we 
 rejoice 
 6Gr. 
 glory. 
 
 7 Or, 
 we also 
 rejoice 
 8Gr. 
 HoLy 
 Spirit : 
 and so 
 throuKli- 
 out tiiis 
 lx)Ok. 
 a Or. 
 that 
 which is 
 good 
 
 10 Or. in. 
 
 "Or. 
 but also 
 glorying. 
 
 l-leousiiess of faitli. Fur if tbey wliich 
 arc of tlio law be hoii's, faith is made 
 void, and the promise is mad(! of uoiie 
 
 l,5olTuct: for the law worketh wrath ; but 
 where there is no law, neither is there 
 
 IG transgression. For this cavise it in of 
 faith, that it vunj he according to gi-ace ; 
 to the end that the promise may be 
 sure to all the seed ; not to that only 
 which is of the law, but to that also 
 which is of the faith of Abraham, who 
 
 17 is the father of us all (as it is written, 
 A father of many nations have I made 
 thee) before hiui whom he believed, 
 even God, who quickeneth the dead, 
 and calleth the things that are not, as 
 
 18 though they were. Who in hope be- 
 lieved against hope, to the end that 
 he might become a father of many 
 nations, according to that which had 
 been spoken. So shall thy seed be. 
 
 19 And without being weakened in faith 
 he considered his own body ^now as 
 good as dead (he being about a hundred 
 years old), and the deadness of Sarah's 
 
 20 womb : yea, looking unto the promise of 
 God, he wavered not through unbelief, 
 but waxed strong through faith, gi%'ing 
 
 21 glory to God, and being fully assured 
 that, what he had promised, he was able 
 
 22 also to perform . Wherefore also it was 
 reckoned unto him for righteousness. 
 
 23 Now it was not written for his sake a- 
 
 24 lone, that it was reckoned unto him ; but 
 for our sake also, unto whom it shall be 
 reckoned, who believe on him that 
 raised Jesus our Loi'd from the dead, 
 
 25 who was delivered up for our trespasses, 
 and was raised for our justification. 
 
 5 Being therefore justified ^by faith, 
 3 let us have peace with God through 
 
 2 our Lord Jesus Christ ; thi'ough whom 
 also we have had our access ''by faith 
 into this grace wherein we stand ; and 
 5 let us 6 rejoice in hope of the glory of 
 
 3 God. And not only so, but 'let us also 
 ''rejoice in our tribulations: knovring 
 
 4 that tribulation worketh patience ; and 
 patience, probation; and probation, 
 
 5 hope : and hope putteth not to shame ; 
 because the love of God hath been shed 
 abroad in our hearts through the 8 Holy 
 
 6 Ghost which was given unto us. For 
 while we were yet weak, in due season 
 
 7 Christ died for the ungodly. For 
 scarcely for a righteous man wiU one 
 die : for peradventure for ^ the good man 
 
 8 some one would even dare to die. But 
 God commendeth his own love toward 
 lis, in that, while we were yet sumers, 
 
 9 Christ died for us. Much more then, 
 being now justified loby his blood, shall 
 we be saved from the w'rath of God 
 
 10 through him. For if, while we were 
 enemies, we were reconciled to God 
 through the death of his Son, much 
 more, bemg reconciled, shaU we be 
 
 11 saved loby his life; and not only so, 
 11 but we also rejoice in God through 
 
 our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom 
 we have now received the reconciliation. 
 
 12 Therefore, as througli one man sin 
 entered into the world, and death 
 through sin ; and so death passed unto 
 
 13 all men, for that all sinned : — for until 
 the law sin was in the world : but sin is 
 not imputed when there is no law. 
 
 14 Nevertheless death reigned from Adam 
 until Moses, even over them that had 
 not sinned after the likeness of Adam's 
 transgression, who is a figure of him 
 
 15 that was to come. But not as the tres- 
 pass, so also is the free gift. For if by 
 the tresimss of the one the many died, 
 much more did the gi-ace of God, and 
 the gift by the grace of the one man, 
 Jesus Christ, abound unto the many. 
 
 16 And not as through one that sinned, so 
 is the gift : for the judgement came of 
 one unto condemnation, but the free 
 gift came of many tresi)asses unto 
 
 17 !'•* justification. For if, by the trespass 
 of the one, death reigned through the 
 one ; much more shall they that receive 
 the abundance of grace and i^ of the gift 
 of righteousness reign in life through 
 
 18 the one, even Jesus Christ. So then as 
 through one trespass the judgement 
 came unto all men to condemnation ; 
 even so through one act of righteous- 
 ness the free gift came unto all men to 
 
 19 justification of life. For as through the 
 one man's disobedience the many were 
 made sinners, even so through the obe- 
 dience of the one shall the many be 
 
 20 made righteous. And i* the law came in 
 beside, that the trespass might abound ; 
 but w^here sin abounded, grace did a- 
 
 21 bound more exceedingly : that, as sin 
 reigned in death, even so might gi'ace 
 reign through righteousness unto eter- 
 nal life thi-ough Jesus Chi-ist our Lord. 
 
 6 What shall we say then? Shall we 
 continue in sin, that grace may abound ? 
 
 2 God forbid. We who died to sin, how 
 
 3 shall we any longer live therein ? Or are 
 ye ignorant that all we who were bap- 
 tized into Christ Jesus were bajjtized 
 
 4 into his death ? We were buried there- 
 fore with him through baptism into 
 death : that like as Chi'ist was raised 
 from the dead tlirough the glory of the 
 Father,so we also might walk in newness 
 
 5 of life. For if we have become i^ united 
 with h im by the likeness of his death, we 
 shall be also hg the likeness of his resur- 
 
 6 rection ; knowing this, that our old man 
 was crucified with h im , that the body of 
 sin might be done away, that so we 
 should no longer be in bondage to sin ; 
 
 7 for he that hath died is j ustified from sin. 
 
 8 But if we died -nath Christ, we believe 
 
 9 that we shall also five with hun ; know- 
 uig that Christ being raised from the 
 deaddieth no more ; death no more hath 
 
 10 dominion over him. For is the death 
 that he died, he died unto sin I'once: 
 but icthe life that he liveth, he liv- 
 
 12 Gr. 
 
 an act of 
 right- 
 eousness. 
 
 13 Some 
 ancient 
 authoi'i- 
 ties omit 
 of the 
 gift. 
 
 11 Or. 
 
 law 
 
 15 Or. 
 
 united 
 with the 
 likt-nc.'^s 
 . . .witli 
 tlie lilie 
 ness 
 
 IS Or, 
 in th.tt 
 HGr. 
 once for 
 ail.
 
 118 
 
 TO THE ROMANS. 
 
 6. 10. 
 
 lOr, 
 weapons 
 
 2Gr. 
 
 bond- 
 servants. 
 
 3 Or, 
 that ye 
 were . . . 
 but ye 
 became 
 ■lOr, 
 pattern 
 
 ^ Or, law 
 
 "Gt. 
 
 passi&nx 
 o/sins. 
 
 11 etli unto God. Even so reckon ye also 
 yourselves to be dead unto sin, but 
 alive unto God in Clu-ist Jesus. 
 
 12 Let not sin therefore reign in your 
 mortal body, that ye should obey the 
 
 13 lusts thereof: neither present your 
 members unto sin as i instruments of 
 unrighteousness; but present your- 
 selves unto God, as alive from the dead, 
 aud your members as i instruments of 
 
 14 righteousness unto God. For sin shall 
 not have dominion over you: for ye 
 are not under law, but under grace. 
 
 15 Wliat then ? shall we sin, because we 
 are not under law, but under grace? 
 
 16 God forbid. Know ye not, that to whom 
 ye present yourselves as ^ servants unto 
 obedience, liis ^ servants ye are whom 
 ye obey ; whether of sin unto death, or 
 
 17 of obedience unto righteousness ? But 
 thanks bo to God, sthat, whereas ye 
 were '■* servants of sin, ye became obedi- 
 ent from the heart to that ^foi-m of 
 teaching whereunto ye v\'ere deUvered ; 
 
 18 and being made free from sin, ye be- 
 
 19 came ^sei-vants of righteousness. I 
 speak after the manner of men because 
 of the infii-mity of your flesh : for as ye 
 presented yoiu" members as servants to 
 uncleamiess and to iniquity unto ini- 
 quity, even so now i^resent your mem- 
 bers as servants to righteousness unto 
 
 20 sanctification. For when ye were 
 2 servants of sin, ye were free in regard 
 
 21 of righteousness. What fruit then had 
 ye at that time in the things whereof ye 
 are now ashamed ? for the end of those 
 
 22 things is death. But now being made 
 free from sm, and become servants to 
 God, ye have your fruit unto sanctifi- 
 
 23 cation, and the end eternal life. For 
 the wages of sin is death; but the 
 free gift of God is eternal life in 
 Christ Jesus our Lord. 
 
 T Or are ye ignorant, brethren (for I 
 speak to men that laiow ^the law), how 
 tliat the law hath dominion over a 
 man for so long time as he liveth? 
 
 2 For the woman that hath a husband is 
 bound by law to the husband whUe he 
 liveth ; but if the husband die, she is 
 discharged from the law of the husband. 
 
 3 So then if, while the husband liveth, 
 she be joined to another man, she shall 
 be called an adultei-ess: but if the 
 husband die, she is free from the law, 
 so that she is no adulteress, though 
 
 4 she be joined to another man. Wliere- 
 fore, my brethren, ye also were made 
 dead to the law tln-ough the body of 
 Christ; that ye should be joined to 
 another, even to him who was raised 
 from the dead, that we might bring 
 
 5 forth fruit unto (rod. For v^hen we 
 were in the flesh, the ^ smful iiassious, 
 which were through the law, -wi-ought 
 in our members to bring forth fruit unto 
 
 6 death. But now we have been dis- 
 charged from the law, having died to 
 
 that wherein we were holden ; so that 
 we serve in newness of the spirit, aud 
 not in oldness of the letter. 
 
 7 TOiat shall we say then ? Is the law 
 sin ? God forbid. Howbeit, I had not 
 known sin, except through ''the law: 
 for I had not known 7 coveting, except 
 the law had said, Thou shalt not "^ covet : 
 
 8 but sin, finding occasion, wrought in me 
 through the couunandment aU manner 
 of 1 coveting : for apart from ^ the law 
 
 9 sin is dead. And I was alive ajiart from 
 ^ the law once : but when the command- 
 ment came, sin revived, and I died ; 
 
 10 and the commandment, which ivas unto 
 llhfe, this I found fo he unto death: for 
 sin, finding occasion, through the com- 
 mandment beguiled me, and through it 
 
 12 slew me. So that the law is holy, and 
 the comman(hnent holy, and righteous, 
 
 13 and good. Did then that which is good 
 become death unto me? God forbid. 
 But sin, that it might be shewn to be 
 sin, by working death to me through 
 that which is good ;— that through the 
 commandment sin might become ex- 
 
 14 ceeding sinful. For we know that the 
 law is spmtual : but I am carnal, sold 
 
 15 under sin. For that which I ^do I know 
 not: for not what I would, that do I 
 practise ; but what I hate, that I do. 
 
 IG But if what I would not, that I do, I 
 17 consent unto the law that it is good. So 
 now it is no more I that 8 do it, but sin 
 IS which dweUeth in me. For I know that 
 in me, tliat is, in my flesh, dwelleth no 
 good thing : for to will is present with 
 me, but to 8 do that which is good is not. 
 
 19 For the good which I would I do not : 
 but the evil which I would not, that I 
 
 20 practise. But if what I would not, that 
 I do, it is no more I that ^do it, but sin 
 
 21 which dwelleth in me. I find then 9 the 
 law, that, to me who would do good, evil 
 
 22 is present. For I dehght ^°hi the law of 
 
 23 God after the inward man : but I see a 
 different law in my members, warring 
 against the law of my mind, and bring- 
 ing me into captivity n under the law of 
 
 24 sin which is in my members. wretch- 
 ed man that I am 1 who shall dehver me 
 
 25 out of 12 the body of this death? is I 
 thank God through Jesus Christ our 
 Lord. So then I myself with the mind 
 serve the law of God; but with the 
 flesh the law of sin. 
 
 8 There is therefore now no condemna- 
 tion to them that are in Christ Jesus. 
 
 2 For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ 
 Jesus made me free from the law of sin 
 
 3 and of death. For what the law could 
 not do , 1 ^in that it was weak through the 
 flesh, God, sending his own Son in the 
 likeness of i^suifulflesh ifiandasaMo^'e;-- 
 iiig for sin, condemned sm in the flesh : 
 
 4 that the i^ ordinance of the law might be 
 fulfilled in us, who walk not after the 
 
 5 flesh, but after the spirit. For they that 
 are after the flesh do mind the things
 
 9. 10. 
 
 TO THE KOMANS. 
 
 119 
 
 1 Many 
 ancient 
 authori- 
 ties read 
 because 
 of. 
 2Gr, 
 make to 
 die. 
 3Gr. 
 doings. 
 
 4 Or, 
 
 in hope; 
 because 
 the crea- 
 tion &c 
 
 »0r, 
 with us 
 
 6 Many 
 ancient 
 autliori- 
 ties read 
 for what 
 a man 
 eeethf 
 wht/ doth 
 he yet 
 hope/or! 
 
 7 Some 
 ancient 
 authori- 
 ties read 
 await 
 eth 
 
 s Or. that 
 
 of tlic flesh ; bttt they that are after the 
 
 C spirit the things of the spirit. For tht; 
 
 iniiul of the flesh is death ; hut the mind 
 
 7 of the spirit is life and peace : because 
 the mind of the flesh is emnity against 
 God ; for it is not subject to the law of 
 
 8 God, neither indeed can it be : and they 
 that are in the flesh cannot please God. 
 
 9 But ye are not in the flesh, but in the 
 spirit, if so bo that the Si)irit of God 
 dwelleth in you. But if any man hath 
 not the Spirit of Christ, he is none of 
 
 10 las. And if Christ is in you, the body 
 is dead because of sin ; but the spirit is 
 
 11 life because of righteousness. But if 
 the Spirit of hun that raised up Jesus 
 from the dead dwelleth in you, he that 
 raised up Christ Jesus from the dead 
 shall quicken also your mortal bodies 
 1 through his Spirit that dwelleth in you. 
 
 12 So then, brethren, we are debtors, not 
 
 13 to the flesh, to live after the flesh : for 
 if ye live after the flesh, ye must die ; 
 but if by the spirit yo 2 mortify the 
 
 14 3 deeds of the body, ye shall live. For 
 as many as are led by the Spirit of God, 
 
 15 these are sons of God. For ye received 
 not the spu'it of bondage again unto 
 fear ; but ye received the spirit of adop- 
 tion, whereby we ciy, Abba, Father. 
 
 16 The Spirit himself beareth witness with 
 our spirit, that we are children of God : 
 
 17 and if children, then heirs ; heirs of 
 God, and joint-heirs with Christ ; if so 
 be that we suffer with him, that we 
 may be also glorified with film. 
 
 18 For I reckon that the sufferings of 
 this present time are not worthy to be 
 compared with the glory which shall 
 
 19 be revealed to us-ward. For the ear- 
 nest expectation of the creation waiteth 
 for the revealing of the sons of God. 
 
 20 For the creation was subjected to 
 vanity, not of its own will, but by reason 
 
 21 of him who subjected it, *in hope that 
 the creation itself also shall be delivered 
 from the bondage of corruption into 
 the hberty of the glory of the chUdi-en 
 
 22 of God. For we know that the whole 
 creation gi-oaneth and travaileth in 
 
 23 pain 5 together until now. And not 
 only so, but ourselves also, which 
 have the firstfruits of the Spu-it, even 
 we ourselves groan within ourselves, 
 waitmg for our adoption, to wit, the 
 
 2-1 redemption of our body. For by hope 
 were we saved ; but hope that is seen 
 is not hope: ''for who ^hopeth for 
 
 25 that which he seeth ? But if we hope 
 for that which we see not, then do 
 we with patience wait for it. 
 
 20 And in Hke manner the Spirit also 
 helpeth our infuTaity : for we know not 
 how to pray as we ought; but the 
 Spirit himself maketh intercession for 
 us with groanings which cannot be 
 
 27 uttered; and he that searcheth the 
 hearts knoweth what is the mind of 
 the SiJirit, ^ because he maketh inter- 
 
 cession for the saints according to the 
 
 28 icill (if God. And we know that to 
 them that love God 'JaU things work 
 together for good, even to them that 
 are called according to hin purpose. 
 
 29 For wliom lie foreknew, he also fore- 
 ordained to be conformed to tlie imago 
 of his Son, that he might bo the first- 
 
 30 born among many brethren : and wliom 
 ho foreordained, them he also called: 
 and whom he called, them he also 
 justified: and whom he justified, them 
 he also glorified. 
 
 31 What then shall we say to these 
 things ? If God is for us, who is against 
 
 32 us ? He that spared not his own Son, but 
 deUvered him up for us all, how shall he 
 not also with him freely give us all 
 
 33 things ? Who shall lay anytliing to the 
 charge of God's elect ? lojt is (rod that 
 
 34justifieth; who is he that shall con- 
 demn? Hit is Christ Jesus that died, yea 
 rather, that was raised from the dead, 
 who is at the right hand of God, who 
 35 also maketh intercession for us. Who 
 shall separate us from the love 12 of 
 Christ ? shall tribulation, or anguish, or 
 persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or 
 36 peril, or sword? Even as it is written. 
 For thy sake we are killed all the 
 
 day long ; 
 We were accounted as sheep for the 
 slaughter. 
 
 37 Nay, in all these things we are more 
 than conquerors through him that 
 
 38 loved us. For I am i>ersuaded, that 
 neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor 
 principahties, nor things present, nor 
 
 39 things to come, nor powers, nor height, 
 nor depth,iior any other i^creature, shall 
 be able to separate us from the love of 
 God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord. 
 
 9 I say the truth in Christ, I lie not, my 
 conscience bearing witness with me in 
 
 2 the Holy Ghost, that I have great 
 sorrow and unceasuig pain in my heart. 
 
 3 For I could i^wish that I myself were 
 anathema from Christ for my brethren's 
 sake, my kinsmen according to the flesh: 
 
 4 who are Israelites ; whose is the adop- 
 tion, and the glory, and the covenants, 
 and the giving of the law, and the service 
 
 5 of God, and the promises ; whose are the 
 fathers, and of whom is Christ as con- 
 cernmg the flesh, i^who is over all, God 
 
 6 blessed !<' for ever. Amen. But z7 is not 
 as though the word of God hath come to 
 nought. For they are not aU Israel, 
 
 7 which are of Israel : neither, because 
 they are Abraham's seed, are they aU 
 children : but. In Isaac shall thy seed 
 
 8 be called. That is, it is not the children 
 of the flesh that are children of God ; 
 but the children of the promise are 
 
 9 reckoned for a seed. For this is a word 
 of promise. According to this season 
 win I come, and Sarah shall have 
 
 10 a son. And not only so ; but Eebecca 
 also having conceived by one, even 
 
 9 Some 
 ancient 
 authori- 
 ties read 
 
 llnd 
 
 workfth 
 Hit (hiiKja 
 with 
 theia 
 /vr i/ood. 
 
 wOr, 
 Hhall 
 (tod that 
 Justifi- 
 cth ! 
 
 11 Or. 
 flhall 
 Christ 
 Jesiis 
 that 
 
 died, . . , 
 uf f 
 
 12 Some 
 ancient 
 autliori- 
 ties read 
 0/ Gjd, 
 
 13 Or, 
 creation 
 
 11 Or, 
 pray 
 
 15 Some 
 modern 
 inter- 
 preters 
 place 
 a full 
 stop after 
 Jir<h. and 
 translate, 
 nc who 
 is God 
 over all 
 be {is) 
 blessed 
 f'>r ever : 
 or. Ue 
 wilt is 
 over alt 
 is i-od, 
 iile^scd 
 f r ever. 
 Others 
 punctu- 
 ate', ^esft, 
 win t; 
 over all. 
 a^dbc 
 ,^ ■) bless- 
 ed for 
 ever. 
 ISGr. 
 unto the 
 a(jes.
 
 120 
 
 TO THE ROMANS. 
 
 9. 10. 
 
 1 Some 
 ancient 
 authoi i- 
 ties omit 
 and. 
 
 2 Or, 
 Because, 
 doing it 
 not by 
 faith, but 
 asitwere 
 by works, 
 they 
 stumbled 
 
 11 by our father Isaac — for the childre7i 
 being not yet born, neither having done 
 anything good or bad, that the purpose 
 of God according to election might 
 stand, not of works, but of him that 
 
 12 caUeth, it was said unto her, The elder 
 
 13 shaU serve the younger. Even as it is 
 written, Jacob I loved, but Esau I hated. 
 
 14 What shall we say then ? Is there un- 
 righteousness with God? God forbid. 
 
 15 For he saith to Moses, I will have mercy 
 on whom I have mercy, and I will have 
 comi^assion on whom I have compas- 
 
 16 sion. So then it is not of him that wiU- 
 eth, nor of him that runneth, but of God 
 
 17 that hath mercy. For the scrijiture saith 
 unto Pharaoh, For this very purpose 
 did I raise thee up, that I might shew 
 in thee my power, and that my name 
 might be pubUshed abroad m aU the 
 
 18 earth. So then he hath mercy on whom 
 he will, and whom he will he hardeneth. 
 
 19 Thou wilt say then unto me, Why doth 
 he stUl iiud fault ? For who withstandeth 
 
 '20 his wiU ? Nay but, man, who art thou 
 that repliest against God? Shall the 
 thing fonned say to him that formed it, 
 
 21 Why didst thou make me thus ? Or hath 
 not the potter a right over the clay, from 
 the same lump to make one part a vessel 
 unto honour, and another unto dis- 
 
 22 honour ? What if God, willing to shew 
 his wrath, and to make his power 
 known, endured with much longsuffer- 
 ing vessels of wrath fitted unto destruc- 
 
 23 tion : i and that he might make known 
 the riches of his glory upon vessels of 
 mercy, which he afore prepared unto 
 
 24 glory, everi us, whom he also called, not 
 from the Jews only, but also from the 
 
 25 Gentiles ? As he saith also in Hosea, 
 
 I wiU call that my people, which was 
 
 not my people ; 
 Ajid her beloved, which was not 
 
 beloved. 
 
 26 And it shall be, that in the place 
 
 where it was said imto them, Ye 
 are not my people. 
 There shall they be called sons of 
 the living God. 
 
 27 And Isaiah crieth concerning Israel, If 
 the number of the children of Israel 
 be as the sand of the sea, it is the rem- 
 
 28 nant that shall be saved : for the Lord 
 will execute Ms word upon the earth, 
 
 29 finishing it and cutting it short. And, 
 as Isaiah hath said before. 
 
 Except the Lord of Sabaoth had left 
 
 us a seed, 
 We had become as Sodom, and had 
 
 been made Uke unto GomoiTah. 
 
 30 What shall we say then? That the 
 Gentiles, which followed not after 
 righteousness, attained to righteous- 
 ness, even the righteousness which is 
 
 31 of faith : but Israel, foUowing after a 
 law of righteousness, did not arrive at 
 
 i^2 that law. Wherefore? ^Because theij 
 sourfht it not by faith, but as it were 
 
 by works. They stumbled at the stoue 
 33 of stumbUng ; even as it is written, 
 Behold, I lay in Zion a stone of 
 
 stumbling and a rock of offence : 
 And he that beheveth on 3 him shall 
 not be irat to shame. 
 10 Brethren, my heart's "* desire and my 
 supphcation to God is for them, that 
 
 2 they may be saved. For I bear them 
 witness that they have a zeal for God, 
 
 3 but not according to knowledge. For 
 being ignorant of God's righteousness, 
 and seeking to estabhsh their own, they 
 did not subject themselves to the right- 
 
 4 eousness of God. For Christ is the end 
 of the law unto righteousness to every 
 
 5 one that believeth. For Moses writeth 
 that the man that doeth the righteous- 
 ness which is of the law shall live 
 
 6 thereby. But the righteousness whicli 
 is of faith saith thus. Say not in thy 
 heart. Who shall ascend into heaven ? 
 
 7 (that is, to bring Christ down :) or. 
 Who shall descend into the abyss ? (that 
 is, to bring Christ up from the dead.) 
 
 8 But what saith it ? The word is nigli 
 thee, in thy mouth, and in thy heart : 
 that is, the word of faith, which we 
 
 9 preach : ^ because if thou shalt '' confess 
 with thy mouth Jesus as Lord, and 
 shalt beHeve in thy heart that God 
 raised him from the dead, thou shalt be 
 
 10 saved : for with the heart man believeth 
 unto righteousness; and with the mouth 
 
 11 confession is made unto salvation. For 
 the scripture saith. Whosoever be- 
 lieveth on him shall not be init to shame . 
 
 12 For there is no distinction between Jew 
 and Greek : for the same Lord is Lord 
 of all, and is rich unto all that caU upon 
 
 13 him: for, Whosoever shall caU upon 
 the name of the Lord shall be saved. 
 
 14 How then shall they call on him in 
 whom they have not beHeved ? and how 
 shall they beheve in hun whom they 
 have not heard? and how shall they 
 
 15 hear without a preacher? and how 
 shall they preach, except they be sent ? 
 even as it is written. How beautiful 
 are the feet of them that bring ''glad 
 tidings of good things I 
 
 16 But they did not aU hearken to the 
 Sglad tidings. For Isaiah saith. Lord, 
 
 17 who hath beheved our report ? So 
 behef cometh of hearing, and hearing 
 
 18 by the word of Christ. But I say, Did 
 they not hear ? Yea, verily. 
 
 Their soundwent outinto all the earth. 
 
 And their words imto the ends of 
 
 9 the world. 
 
 10 But I say. Did Israel not know ? First 
 
 M')ses saith, 
 
 I wiU i)rovoke you to jealousy with 
 
 that which is no nation. 
 With a nation void of understanding 
 wUl I anger you. 
 20 And Isaiah is very bold, and saith, 
 I was found of them that sought me 
 not;
 
 12. 3. 
 
 TO THE ROMANS. 
 
 121 
 
 1 Or, lu 
 
 2 Or, 
 trcspa-'8 
 
 3 Many 
 ancient 
 authori- 
 ties reaO 
 0/ the 
 root and 
 of the 
 fatness. 
 
 I became manifest unto them that 
 asked not of me. 
 21 But as to Israel ho saith, All the day 
 long did I spread out my hands unto a 
 (hsol)cdient and gainsaying people. 
 
 11 I say then, Did God cast off his 
 people ? God forbid. For I also am an 
 Israelite, of the seed of Abraham, of 
 
 2 the tribe of Benjamin. God did not 
 cast off his people which he foreknew. 
 Or wot ye not what the scripture saith 
 lof Ehjah ? how he pleadeth with God 
 
 3 against Israel, Lord, they have killed 
 thy prophets, they have digged down 
 thme altars: and I am left alone, and 
 
 4 they seek my life. But what saith the 
 answer of God unto him ? I have left 
 for myself seven thousand men, who 
 have not bowed the knee to Baal. 
 
 5 Even so then at this present time also 
 there is a remnant according to the 
 
 6 election of grace. But if it is by grace, 
 it is no more of works : otherwise grace 
 
 7 is no more grace. What then ? That 
 which Israel seeketh for, that he ob- 
 tained not ; but the election obtained it, 
 
 8 and the rest were hardened; according 
 as it is vrritten, God gave them a spirit 
 of stupor, eyes that they should not see, 
 and ears that they should not hear, un- 
 
 9 to this veiy day. And David saith, 
 
 Let their table be made a snare, and 
 
 a traj). 
 And a stumbUngblock, and a recom- 
 pense uuto them : 
 10 Let theu" eyes be darkened, that they 
 may not see. 
 And bow thou down their back al- 
 way. 
 11 1 say then. Did they stumble that they 
 might faU? God forbid: but by theii" 
 2fall salvation is come uuto the Gen- 
 tiles, for to provoke them to jealousy. 
 
 12 Now if their fall is the riches of the 
 world, and then- loss the riches of the 
 Gentiles; how much more their ful- 
 ness? 
 
 13 But I speak to you that are Gentiles. 
 Inasmuch then as I am an apostle of 
 
 14 Gentiles, I glorify my ministiy : if by 
 any means I may provoke to jealousy 
 them that are my flesh, and may save 
 
 15 some of them. For if the casting away 
 of them is the reconcihng of the worltl, 
 what shall the receiving of them he, but 
 
 16 life from the dead? And if the first- 
 fruit is holy, so is the lump : and if the 
 
 17 root is holy, so are the branches. But 
 if some of the branches were broken 
 off, and thou, being a wUd olive, wast 
 grafted in among them, and didst be- 
 come partaker with them ^ of the root 
 
 18 of the fatness of the olive tree ; glory 
 not over the branches : but if thou 
 gloriest, it is not thou that bearest the 
 
 19 root, but the root thee. Thou wUt say 
 then, Branches were broken off, that 
 
 20 1 might be grafted in. Well ; by their 
 unbelief thev were broken off. and thou 
 
 standest by thy faith. Be not high- 
 
 21 minded, but fear : for if God spared not 
 tlie natural brandies, neither will he 
 
 22 spare tliee. Behold then the goodness 
 and severity of God : toward them that 
 fell, severity; but toward thee, God's 
 goodness, if thou continue in his good- 
 ness ; otherwise thou also shalt be cut 
 
 23 off. And they also, if they continue 
 not in their unbelief, shall be grafted 
 in: for God is able to graft them in 
 
 24 again. For if tliou wast cut out of that 
 which is by nature a wild olive tree, and 
 wast grafted contrary to nature into a 
 good olive tree : how much more shall 
 these, which are the natural branches, 
 be grafted into their own olive tree? 
 
 25 For I would not, brethren, have you 
 ignorant of this mystery, lest ye be 
 wise in your own conceits, that a hard- 
 ening in part hath befallen Israel, un- 
 til the fulness of the Gentiles be come 
 
 26 in ; and so aU Israel shaU be saved : 
 even as it is written, 
 
 There shall come out of Zion the 
 
 Deliverer; 
 He shall turn away ^ungodliness 
 
 from Jacob : 
 
 27 And this is 5 my covenant unto them. 
 When I shall take away their sins. 
 
 28 As touching the gospel, they are ene- 
 mies for your sake: but as touching 
 the election, they are beloved for the 
 
 29 fathers' sake. For the gifts and the 
 caUiug of God are ''without reijentance. 
 
 80 For as ye in time past were disobedient 
 to God, but now have obtained mercy 
 
 31 by then- disobedience, even so have 
 these also now been disobedient, that 
 by the mercy shewn to you they also 
 
 32 may now obtain mercy. For God hath 
 shut up all unto disobedience, that he 
 might have mercy upon all. 
 
 33 O the depth 7 of the riches 8 both of 
 the wisdom and the knowledge of God ! 
 how unsearchable are his judgements, 
 
 34 and his ways past tracing out! For 
 who hath known the mind of the Lord ? 
 
 35 or who hath been his counsellor? or 
 who hath first given to him, and it 
 shaU be recompensed unto him again ? 
 
 36 For of him, and through him, and un- 
 to him, are aU things. To him be the 
 glory 9 for ever. Ainen. 
 
 12 I beseech you therefore, brethren, by 
 the mercies of God, to present your 
 bodies a Hviug sacrifice, holy, lo accept- 
 able to God, ivhich is your i^reason- 
 
 2 able i^gervice. And be not fashioned 
 according to this i^^j^-orld: but be ye 
 transformed by the rene^vuig of your 
 muid, that ye may prove what is '^■^ the 
 good and lo acceptable and perfect will 
 of God. 
 
 3 For I say, through the grace that 
 was given me, to eveiy man that is 
 among you, not to think of himself 
 more highly than he ought to think; 
 but so to think as to think soberly, 
 
 4Gr. 
 ungodli- 
 nesses. 
 s Gr. the 
 
 coventnt 
 from me. 
 
 6 Or. 
 jiot re- 
 pented 
 Of. 
 
 ~ Or, of 
 theriches 
 and the 
 lcisdo}n 
 ic. 
 
 8 Or, both 
 of vris- 
 (lom Ac. 
 
 SGr.unto 
 the ages. 
 
 10 Gr. 
 well- 
 pleasing. 
 "Or, 
 sjnritlKH 
 
 12 Or, 
 worship 
 
 13 Or, age 
 
 14 Or, the 
 will of 
 God, even 
 the thing 
 wh ich is 
 good and 
 accept- 
 able and 
 perfect
 
 122 
 
 TO THE ROMANS. 
 
 12. 3. 
 
 1 Or. the 
 faith 
 
 2 Gr. sin- 
 
 3 Some 
 ancient 
 authori- 
 ties read 
 the 
 
 oppor- 
 tunity. 
 * Gr. pur- 
 suing. 
 
 5 Gr. be 
 carried 
 away 
 with. 
 
 6 Or. 
 them 
 
 7 Or. the 
 wrath of 
 God 
 
 s Or, it 
 
 accorcling as God hath dealt to each 
 
 4 man a measure of faith. For even as 
 we have many members in one body, 
 and all the members have not the same 
 
 5 office: so we, who are many, are one 
 body in Christ, and severally members 
 
 6 one of another. And having gifts dif - 
 feruig according to the grace that was 
 given to us, whether projihecy, let tis 
 prophesy accordmg to the proportion of 
 
 7 1 our faith ; or ministry, let its give otir- 
 selves to our mmistry ; or he that teach- 
 
 8 eth, to his teaching ; or he that exhort- 
 eth, to his exhorting : he that giveth, 
 let him do it with ^HberaUty; he that 
 ruleth, with diligence ; he that sheweth 
 
 9 mercy, with cheerfuhiess. Let love be 
 without hyiwcrisy. Abhor that which 
 is evU; cleave to that which is good. 
 
 10 In love of the brethren be tenderly 
 affectioned one to another ; in honour 
 
 11 i^ref erring one another ; in diligence not 
 slothful ; fervent in spirit ; serving ^ the 
 
 12 Lord ; rejoicing in hope ; patient in 
 tribulation ; continuing stedf astly in 
 
 13 prayer ; communicating to the necessi- 
 ties of the saints ; ^ given to hospitality. 
 
 14 Bless them that persecute you ; bless, 
 
 15 and curse not. Kejoice with them that 
 
 16 rejoice ; weep with them that weep. Be 
 of the same mind one toward another. 
 Set not your mind on high things, but 
 8 condescend toothings that are lowly. 
 Be not wise in your own conceits. 
 
 17 Render to no man evil for evil. Take 
 thought for things honourable in the 
 
 18 sight of aU men. If it be possible, as 
 much as in you lieth, be at peace with 
 
 19 aU men. Avenge not yourselves, be- 
 loved, but give place unto 7 wrath: for 
 it is written. Vengeance belongeth un- 
 to me; I will recompense, saith the 
 
 20 Lord. But if thme enemy hunger, feed 
 him ; if he thirst, give him to drink : for 
 in so doing thou shalt heap coals of fire 
 
 21 upon his head. Be not overcome of 
 evil, but overcome evU with good. 
 
 13 Let every soul be in subjection to the 
 higher powers: for there is no power 
 but of God; and the powers that be are 
 
 2 ordained of God. Therefore he that 
 resisteth the power, withstaudeth the 
 ordinance of God : and they that with- 
 stand shall receive to themselves judge- 
 
 3ment. For rulers are not a teiTor to 
 the good work, but to the evil. And 
 wouldest thou have no fear of the 
 power? do that which is good, and 
 thou shalt have praise from the same : 
 
 4 for «he is a minister of God to thee for 
 good. But if thou do that which is 
 evil, be afraid; for* he beareth not the 
 sword in vain : for 8 he is a minister of 
 God, an avenger for wrath to him that 
 
 5 doeth evil. Wherefore ye must needs 
 be in subjection, not only because of 
 the wrath, but also for conscience sake. 
 
 6 For for this cause ye pay tribute also ; 
 for they are ministers of God's service, 
 
 attending continu;illy upon this very 
 
 7 thing. Eender to aU their dues : tri- 
 bute to whom tribute is due ; custom 
 to whom custom ; fear to whom fear ; 
 honour to whom honour. 
 
 8 Owe no man anything, save to love one 
 another : for he that loveth ^his neigh- 
 
 9 hour hath fulfilled lo the law. For this. 
 Thou shalt not commit adultery, Thou 
 shalt not kill. Thou shalt not steal. Thou 
 shalt not covet, and if there be any other 
 commandment, it is summed up in 
 this word, namely. Thou shalt love thy 
 
 10 neighbour as thyself. Love worketh no 
 iU to his neighbour : love therefore is 
 the fulfilment of lo the law. 
 
 11 And this, knowmg the season, that 
 now it is high time for you to awake out 
 of sleep : for now is ^ salvation nearer 
 to us than when we first believed. 
 
 12 The night is far spent, and the day is 
 at hand : let us therefore cast off the 
 works of darkness, and let us put on the 
 
 13 armour of light. Let us walk honestly, 
 as in the day ; not in revelling and 
 drunkenness, not in chambering and 
 wantonness, not in strife and jealousy. 
 
 14 But put ye on the Lord Je.sus Christ, 
 and make not provision for the flesh, to 
 fulfil the lusts thereof. 
 
 14 But him that is weak in faith receive 
 ye, yet not 12 to doubtful disputations. 
 
 2 One man hath faith to eat all things : 
 
 3 but he that is weak eateth herbs. Let 
 not him that eateth set at nought 
 him that eateth not ; and let not him 
 that eateth not judge him that eateth : 
 
 4 for God hath received him. Who art 
 thou that judgest the is servant of an- 
 other? to his own lord he standeth 
 or falleth. Yea, he shall be made to 
 stand; for the Lord hath power to 
 
 5 make him stand. One man esteemeth 
 one day above another : another esteem- 
 eth every day alike. Let each man be 
 
 6 f uUy assured m his own mind. He that 
 regardeth the d:iy, regardeth it unto 
 the Lord: and he that eateth, eateth 
 unto the Lord, for he giveth God 
 thanks ; and he that eateth not, unto 
 the Lord he eateth not, and giveth God 
 
 7 thanks. For none of us hveth to htm- 
 
 8 self, and none dieth to himself. For 
 whether we live, we live unto the Lord ; 
 or whether we die, we die unto the 
 Lord : whether we live therefore, or 
 
 9 die, we are the Lord's. For to this end 
 Christ died, and lived again, that he 
 might be Lord of both the dead and 
 
 10 the living. But thou, why dost thou 
 judge thy brother ? or thou again, why 
 dost thou set at nought thy brother? 
 for we shall all stand before the 
 
 11 judgement-seat of God. For it is 
 written. 
 
 As I Uve, saith the Lord, to me 
 
 every knee shall bow. 
 And evei-y tongue shall 1* confess to 
 
 God.
 
 15. 29 
 
 TO THE ROMANS. 
 
 123 
 
 ' Many 
 ancient 
 author] - 
 ties read 
 we 
 follow. 
 
 ! Many 
 ancient 
 authori- 
 ties add 
 or is 
 offended, 
 or is 
 weak. 
 
 3 Or, 
 putteth 
 to the 
 test 
 
 4 Many 
 authori- 
 ties, 
 some 
 ancient, 
 insert 
 here 
 ch. xvi. 
 25-27. 
 
 5 Some 
 ancient 
 authori- 
 ties read 
 
 8 Or, 
 
 con/ess 
 
 12 So then each one of us sbaU give ac- 
 count of huuself to (lod. 
 
 13 Let us not therefore judge one an- 
 other any more : but judge ye thi.s 
 rather, that no man put a «tunibUng- 
 block in his brother's way, or an occa- 
 
 14 sion of falling. I know, and am per- 
 suaded in the Lord Jesus, that nothing 
 is unclean of itself : save that to him 
 who accounteth anything to he unclean, 
 
 15 to him it is unclean. For if because of 
 meat thy brother is grieved, thou walk- 
 est no longer in love. Destroy not with 
 thy meat him for whom Christ died. 
 
 16 Let not then your good be evil spoken 
 
 17 of : for the kingdom of God is not eat- 
 ing and drinking, but righteousness 
 and i3eace and joy in the Holy Ghost. 
 
 18 For he that herein serveth Chiist is 
 well-pleasing to God, and approved 
 
 19 of men. So then ilet us follow af- 
 ter things which make for peace, and 
 things whereby we may edify one an- 
 
 20 other. Overthrow not for meat's sake 
 the work of God. All tilings indeed are 
 clean ; howbeit it is evil for that man 
 
 21 who eateth with offence. It is good 
 not to eat flesh, nor to diink wine, 
 nor to do anything who'eby thy bro- 
 
 22ther stumbleth^. The faith which 
 thou hast, have thou to thyself before 
 God. Happy is he that judgeth not 
 himself in that which he ^approveth. 
 
 23 But he that doubteth is condemned if 
 he eat, because he eateth not of faith; 
 and whatsoever is not of faith is 
 sin.* 
 
 15 Now we that are strong ought to 
 bear the infirmities of the weak, and 
 
 2 not to please ourselves. Let each one 
 of us please his neighbour for that 
 
 3 which is good, unto edifying. For 
 Christ also pleased not himself; but, 
 as it is written. The reproaches of them 
 
 4 that reproached thee fell upon me. For 
 whatsoever things were written afore- 
 time were written for our learning, 
 that through patience and through 
 comfort of the scriptures we might 
 
 5 have hope. Now the God of patience 
 and of comfoi't grant you to be of the 
 same mind one with another according 
 
 6 to Christ Jesus : that with one accord 
 ye may with one mouth glorify the 
 God and Father of our Lord Jesus 
 
 7 Christ. Wherefore receive ye one an- 
 other, even as Christ also received 
 
 8 5 you, to the glory of God. For I say 
 that Christ hath been made a minister 
 of the circumcision for the truth of 
 God, that he might confirm the pro- 
 
 9 mises given unto the fathers, and that 
 the Gentiles might glorify God for his 
 mercy ; as it is written. 
 
 Therefore wUI I ^give praise unto 
 
 thee among the Gentiles, 
 And sing uuto thy name. 
 10 And again he saith, 
 
 Rejoice, ye Gentiles, with his people 
 
 11 And again. 
 
 Praise the Lord, all ye Gentiles; 
 And let all the peoples praise hun. 
 
 12 And again, Isaiah saith. 
 
 There shall be the root of Jesse, 
 And he that ariseth to rule over the 
 
 Gentiles; 
 On him shall the Gentiles hope. 
 
 13 Now the God of hope fiU you with all 
 joy and peace in believing, tliat ye may 
 abound in hope, in the jiower of the 
 Holy Ghost. 
 
 14 And I myself also am persuaded of you, 
 my brethren, that ye yourselves are full 
 of goodness, filled with aU knowledge, 
 
 15 able also to admonish one another. But 
 I write the more boldly luito you in 
 some measure, as putting you again in 
 remembrance, because of the grace that 
 
 16 was given me of God, that I should be 
 a minister of Christ Jesus unto the Gen- 
 tiles, ''ministering the gospel of God, 
 that the offering up of the Gentiles 
 might be made acceptable, being sancti- 
 
 17 fied by the Holy Ghost. I have therefore 
 my glorying in Christ Jesus in things 
 
 18 pertaining to God. For I wiU not dare 
 to speak of any 8 things save those which 
 Christ wrought through me, for the 
 obedience of the Gentiles, by word and 
 
 19 deed, in the i^ower of signs and wonders, 
 in the power of ^the Holy Ghost ; so that 
 from Jerusalem, and roimd about even 
 unto lUyricum, I have lOfuUy preach- 
 
 20 ed the gospel of Christ; yea, ii mak- 
 ing it my aim so to preach the gospel, 
 not where Christ was already named, 
 tliat I might not build upon another 
 
 21 man's fomidation ; but, as it is vsritten, 
 
 They shall see, to whom no tidings 
 
 of him came. 
 And they who have not heard shall 
 
 understand. 
 
 22 Wherefore also I was hmdered these 
 
 23 many times from coming to you : but 
 now, having no more any place in these 
 regions, and having these many years 
 
 24 a longing to come unto you, whenso- 
 ever I go unto Spain (for I hope to see 
 you in my journey, and to be brought 
 on my way thitherward by you, if first 
 in some measure I shall have been satis- 
 
 25 fied with yoiu* company) — but now, / 
 say, I go unto Jerusalem, ministering 
 
 26 unto the saints. For it hath been the 
 good pleasure of Macedonia and Achaia 
 to make a certain contribution for the 
 poor among the saints that are at Jeru- 
 
 27 salem. Yea, it hath been their good 
 pleasure; and their debtors they are. 
 For if the Gentiles have been made par- 
 takers of their spiritual things, they owe 
 it to them also to minister unto them in 
 
 28 carnal things. When therefore I have 
 accomphshed this, and have sealed to 
 them this fruit, I will go on by you vmto 
 
 29 Spain. And I know that, when I come 
 unto you, I shall come in the fulness of 
 the blessing of Christ. 
 
 7Gr. 
 
 7niniJiter- 
 inff in 
 sacrifice. 
 
 8 Gr. of 
 tho.<e 
 thint/s 
 which 
 Chriit 
 wrought 
 not 
 
 through 
 me. 
 
 9 M.iny 
 ancient 
 authiiri- 
 ties read 
 tlui 
 
 Spirit 
 ofQjd. 
 One 
 reads 
 the 
 Spirit. 
 
 10 Gr. 
 fidfilled. 
 UGr. 
 being 
 am- 
 bitious.
 
 124 
 
 TO THE EOMANS. 
 
 15. 30. 
 
 ■Or, 
 dea- 
 coness 
 
 2 Or, 
 Ju)da 
 
 iGr the 
 brother. 
 
 2 Some 
 ancient 
 autlinri- 
 ties omit 
 my. 
 
 30 Now I beseech you, brethren, by our 
 Lord Jesus Christ, and by the love of 
 the Spirit, that ye strive together with 
 
 31 me in your i^rayers to God for me ; that 
 I may be delivered from them that 
 are disobedient in Judaea, and that my 
 mmistration which I have for Jerusa- 
 lem may be acceptable to the sahits ; 
 
 32 that I may come unto you in joy 
 through the will of God, and together 
 
 33 with you find rest. Now the God of 
 peace be with you all. Amen. 
 
 16 I commend unto you Phoebe our sis- 
 ter, who is a 1 servant of the chui'ch that 
 
 2 is at Cenchrete : that ye receive her in 
 the Lord, worthily of the saints, and 
 that ye assist her in whatsoever mat- 
 ter she may have need of you: for she 
 herself also hath been a succourer of 
 many, and of mine own self. 
 
 3 Salute Prisca and Aquila my feUow- 
 
 4 workers in Christ Jesus, who for my 
 life laid down their own necks; unto 
 whom not only I give thanks, but also 
 
 .5 all the churches of the Gentiles : and 
 salute the chiirch that is in their house. 
 Salute Epaenetus my beloved, who is 
 
 6 the firstfruits of Asia unto Christ. Sa- 
 lute Mary, who bestowed much labour 
 
 7 on you. Salute Andronicus and ^Junias, 
 my kinsmen, and my fellow-prisoners, 
 who are of note among the apostles, 
 who also have been in Christ before 
 
 8 me. Salute Ampliatus my beloved in 
 the Lord. Salute Urbanus our fellow- 
 worker in Christ, and Stachys my bo- 
 
 10 loved. Salute ApeUes the api^roved in 
 Christ. Salute them which are of the 
 
 11 household of Ai'istobulus. Salute Hero- 
 dion my kinsman. Salute them of the 
 household of Narcissus, which are in 
 
 12 the Lord. Salute Tryphgena and Try- 
 phosa, who labour in the Lord. Sa- 
 lute Persis the beloved, which laboured 
 
 13 much in the Lord. Salute Eufus the 
 chosen in the Lord, and his mother 
 
 14 and mine. Salute Asyncritus, Phlegon, 
 Heiines, Patrobas, Hermas, and the 
 
 15 brethren that are with them. Salute 
 PhDologus and Juha, Nereus and his 
 sister, and Olymims, and all the saints 
 
 16 that are with them. Salute one another 
 with a holy kiss. All the churches of 
 Clu-ist salute you. 
 
 17 Now I beseech you, brethren, mark 
 them which are causing the divisions 
 and occasions of stumbhng, contrary 
 to the 8 doctrine which ye learned : and 
 
 18 turn away from them. For they that 
 are such serve not our Lord Chi'ist, but 
 then- own belly ; and by their smooth 
 and fair speech they beguile the hearts 
 
 19 of the innocent. For your obedience is 
 come abroad unto all men. I rejoice 
 therefore over you : but I would have 
 you wise unto that which is good, and 
 
 20 simple unto that which is evil. And 
 the God of peace shall bruise Satan 
 under your feet shortly. 
 
 The gi-ace of oui- Lord Jesus Christ 
 be with you. 
 
 21 Timothy my fellow-worker saluteth 
 you ; and Lucius and Jason and Sosi- 
 
 22 pater, my kuismen. I Tertius, ^who 
 ■wi-ite the epistle, salute you in the 
 
 23 Lord. Gains my host, and of the 
 whole church, saluteth you. Erastus 
 the treasurer of the city saluteth you, 
 and Quartus the brother. ^ 
 
 25 " Now to hun that is able to stahlish 
 you according to my gospel and the 
 preaching of Jesus CMst, according 
 to the revelation of the mystery which 
 hath been kept in silence through times 
 
 26 eternal, but now is manifested, and 
 7 by the scriptures of the prophets, ac- 
 cording to the commandiQent of the 
 eternal God, is made known unto aU 
 the nations unto obedience 8 of faith; 
 
 27 to the only vase God, through Jesus 
 Chi-ist, 3 to whom be the glory lOfor 
 ever. Amen. 
 
 THE FIRST EPISTLE OF PAUL THE APOSTLE 
 
 TO THE 
 
 CORINTHIANS. 
 
 1 Paul, called to he an apostle of Jesus 
 Clu-ist through the will of God, and 
 
 2 Sosthenes ^ our brother, unto the 
 church of God which is at Corinth, 
 even them that are sanctified in Christ 
 Jesus, called to he saints, with all 
 that call upon the name of our Lord 
 Jesus Christ in evei-y place, their Lord 
 
 Sand ours: Grace to you and peace 
 from God our Father and the Lord 
 Jesus Christ. 
 
 4 I thank ^my God always concerning 
 
 you, for the grace of God which was 
 
 5 given you in Christ Jesus; that in 
 
 evei-ythiug ye were enriched iu him, 
 
 in all 3 utterance and all knowledge; 
 
 6 even as the testimony of Christ was 
 
 7 confirmed in you : so that ye come be- 
 hind in no gift ; waiting for the revela- 
 
 8tion of our Lord Jesus Christ; who 
 shall also confirm you unto the end, 
 that ye he um'eproveable in the day of 
 
 9 our Lord Jesus Christ. God is faith- 
 ful, through whom ye were called
 
 3. 3. 
 
 I. CORINTHIANS. 
 
 125 
 
 lOr, 
 Christ is 
 divided. 
 Was 
 Paul 
 cruHfied 
 for yoicf 
 2 Some 
 ancient 
 authori- 
 ties read 
 / give 
 tlianks 
 that. 
 
 3 Or, age 
 
 iGt. 
 
 thing 
 
 preach- 
 
 ed. 
 
 5 Or, a 
 Messiah 
 
 3 Gr. the 
 calletl 
 thvin- 
 selves. 
 
 'Or, 
 
 f/e behold 
 
 "Or. 
 
 have part 
 tliereiii 
 
 s Many 
 ancient 
 authori- 
 ties omit 
 and. 
 10 Or, 
 both 
 right- 
 eoitsness 
 and 
 sane- 
 tification 
 and re- 
 demp- 
 tion 
 
 into the fellowsbixJ of his Son Jesus 
 Christ our Lord. 
 
 10 Now I be.soech you, brethren, through 
 the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that 
 ye all speak the same thing, and tliat 
 there bo no divisions among you; but 
 that ye be perfected together in the 
 same mind and in the same judgement. 
 
 11 For it hath Ijeen signified unto me con- 
 cerning you, my brethren, by them 
 u'hicJi are of the ^OT(se7;ci?fZof Chloe,that 
 
 12 there are contentions among you. Now 
 this I mean, that each one of you saith, 
 I am of Paul ; and I of Apollos ; and I 
 
 13 of Cephas; and I of Christ, i Is Christ 
 divided? was Paul crucified for you? 
 or were ye bajitized into the name of 
 
 14 Paul? 21 thank God that I baptized 
 none of you, save Crispus and Gains ; 
 
 15 lest any man should say that ye were 
 
 16 baptized into my name. And I baptized 
 also the household of Stephanas: be- 
 sides, I know not whether I baptized 
 
 17 any other. For Christ sent me not to 
 baptize, but to preach the gos^iel : not 
 in wisdom of words, lest the cross of 
 Christ should be made void. 
 
 18 For the word of the cross is to them 
 that are perishing foolishness ; but un- 
 to us which are being saved it is the 
 
 19 power of God. For it is written, 
 
 I will destroy the wisdom of the wise, 
 And the prudence of the prudent 
 will I reject. 
 
 20 Where is the wise? where is the scribe ? 
 where is the disputer of this ^w-orld? 
 hath not God made foolish the wisdom 
 
 21 of the world? For seeing that in the 
 wisdom of God the world through its 
 wisdom knew not God, it was God's 
 good pleasure through the fooUshness 
 of the ^preaching to save them that 
 
 22beUeve. Seeing that Jews ask for 
 signs, and Greeks seek after wisdom : 
 
 23 but we i)reach ^Christ crucified, unto 
 Jews a stumbUngblock, and unto Gen- 
 
 24 tiles foolishness; but unto "them that 
 are caUed,both Jews and Greeks, Christ 
 the power of God, and the wisdom of 
 
 25 God. Because the foolishness of God 
 is wiser than men ; and the weakness 
 of God is stronger than men. 
 
 2G For ''behold your calling, brethren, 
 how that not many wise after the flesh, 
 not many mighty, not many noble, 8 are 
 
 27 called : but God chose the foolish things 
 of the world, that he might iratto shame 
 them that are wise ; and God chose the 
 weak things of the world, that he might 
 put to shame the things that are strong; 
 
 28 and the base things of the world, and 
 the things that are despised, did God 
 choose, yea ^and the things that are 
 not, that he might bring to nought 
 
 29 the things that are: that no flesh 
 30 should glory before God. But of him 
 are ye in Christ Jesus, who was made 
 unto us wisdom from God, lOand right- 
 eousness and sanctification, and re- 
 
 31demption: that, according as it is 
 written, Ho that glorieth, let him 
 gloi-y in the Lord. 
 
 2 And I, brethren, when I came unto 
 you, came not with excellency of 
 11 speech or of wisdom, proclaiming 
 
 2 to you the i- mystery of God. For 
 I deteiTnined not to know anything 
 among you, save Jesus Christ, and him 
 
 3 crucified. And I was with you in 
 weakness, and in fear, and in much 
 
 4 trembling. And my " speech and n}y 
 ^lu-eaching were not in persuasive 
 words of wisdom, but in demonstra- 
 
 5 tion of the Spirit and of power: that 
 your faith should not i-' stand in the 
 wisdom of men, but in the power of God. 
 
 G Howbeit we speak wisdom among the 
 iJ perfect: yet a wisdom not of this 
 15 world, nor of the rulers of this 
 15 world, which are coming to nought: 
 
 7 but we speak God's -wisdom m a mys- 
 tery, even the wisdovi that hath been 
 hidden, which God foreordained before 
 
 8 the worlds unto our glory : which none 
 of the rulers of this world knoweth: 
 for had they known it, they would not 
 
 9 have crucified the Lord of glory: but 
 as it is wi'itten, 
 Things which eye saw not, and ear 
 
 heard not, 
 And luMch entered not into the heai't 
 
 of man, 
 
 Whatsoever things God prepared 
 
 for them that love him. 
 
 10 1" But unto us God revealed ^'^tJicm 
 
 through the Spii'it: for the Si)irit 
 
 searcheth all things, yea, the deep 
 
 11 things of God. For who among men 
 
 knoweth the things of a man, save 
 
 the s])irit of the man, which is in him ? 
 
 even so the things of God none know- 
 
 12eth, save the Spirit of God. But wo 
 
 received, not the spu-it of the world, 
 
 but the spirit which is of God; that 
 
 we might know the things that are 
 
 13 freely given to us by God. Wliich 
 things also we speak, not in words 
 which man's wisdom teacheth, but 
 which the Spirit teacheth ; i^ 19 com- 
 paring spiritual things with spiritual. 
 
 14 Now the natural man receiveth not 
 the things of the Spirit of God: for 
 they are foolishness unto him ; and he 
 cannot know them, because they are 
 
 15 spiritually ^ojudged. But he that is 
 sijiritual ^ijudgeth all things, and he 
 
 16 himself is -O judged of no man. For 
 who hath known the mind of the 
 Lord, that he should instruct him? 
 But we have the mind of Chi-ist. 
 
 3 And I, brethren, could not speak unto 
 you as unto spiritual, but as unto car- 
 
 2nal, as unto babes in Christ. I fed 
 you with milk, not with meat ; for ye 
 were not yet able to hear it : nay, not 
 
 Seven now are ye able; for ye are 
 yet carnal: for whereas there is a- 
 mong you jealousy and strife, are 
 
 "Or, 
 woril 
 12 Many 
 ancient 
 authori- 
 ties reaJ 
 testi- 
 mony. 
 
 13 Gr. be. 
 
 nOr, 
 full- 
 grown 
 15 Or. 
 age : and 
 so in vtr. 
 7, 8 ; but 
 not in 
 ver 12. 
 
 11 Som3 
 ancient 
 authori- 
 ties read 
 For. 
 17 Or, it 
 
 19 Or, 
 combin- 
 ing 
 
 19 Or, in- 
 terpret- 
 ing spiri- 
 tual 
 
 things to 
 sjnritluU 
 men 
 
 20 Or, ex- 
 aniined 
 
 21 Or, ex- 
 amineth
 
 126 
 
 I. CORINTHIANS. 
 
 3. 3. 
 
 iGr. 
 
 tnud 
 
 land. 
 
 2 Or, 
 
 and each 
 mail's 
 work, of 
 what sort 
 it is, the 
 fire shall 
 prove it. 
 
 3 Or, 
 sane- 
 tuary 
 
 4 Or, and 
 such are 
 j/e 
 
 5 Or. age 
 
 B Or, ex- 
 amined 
 7Gr. 
 day. 
 
 8 Or, 
 examine 
 
 9 Or. ex- 
 amineth 
 
 ye not carnal, and walk after the man- 
 
 4 ner of men ? For when one saith, I am 
 of Paul ; and another, I am of ApoUos ; 
 
 5 are ye not men ? What then is Apollos? 
 and what is Paul ? Ministers through 
 whom ye believed; and each as the 
 
 6 Lord gave to him. I planted, ApoUos 
 watered; but God gave the increase. 
 
 7 So then neither is he that planteth any- 
 thing, neither he that watereth; but 
 
 8 God that giveth the increase. Now he 
 that planteth and he that watereth are 
 one : but each shall receive his own re- 
 
 9 ward according to bis own labour. For 
 we are God's fellow-workers: ye are 
 God's 1 husbandry, God's building. 
 
 10 According to the grace of God which 
 was given unto me, as a wise master- 
 builder I laid a foundation; and an- 
 other buildeth thereon. But let each 
 man take heed how he buildeth there- 
 
 11 on. For other foundation can no man 
 lay than that which is laid, which is 
 
 12 Jesus Christ. But if any man buildeth 
 on the foundation gold, sUver, costly 
 
 13 stones, wood, hay, stubble ; each man's 
 work shall be made manifest : for the 
 day shall declare it, because it is re- 
 vealed in fire ; 2 and the fire itself shall 
 prove each man's work of what sort it 
 
 14 is. If any man's work shaU abide which 
 he built thereon, he shall receive a re- 
 
 15 ward. If any man's work shaUbe burn- 
 ed, he shall suffer loss : but he himself 
 shall be saved ; yet so as through fire. 
 
 16 Blnow ye not that ye are a ^ temple of 
 God, and that the Spirit of GoddweUeth 
 
 17 in you? If any man destroyeth the 
 3 temple of God, him shaU God destroy ; 
 for the 3 temple of God is holy, ^ which 
 temple ye are. 
 
 18 Let no man deceive himself. If any 
 man thinketh that he is wise among 
 you in this ^ world, let him become a 
 
 19 fool, that he may become wise. For the 
 wisdom of this world is foolishness with 
 God. For it is written, He that taketh 
 
 20 the wise in their craftiness : and again. 
 The Lord knoweth the reasonings of the 
 
 21 wise, that they are vain. Wherefore let 
 no one glory in men. For all things are 
 
 22 yours ; whether Paul, or ApoUos, or Ce- 
 phas, or the world, or life, or death, or 
 things present, or things to come; aU are 
 
 23 yours ; and ye are Christ's ; and Christ 
 is God's. 
 
 4 Let a man so account of us, as of minis- 
 ters of Clu'ist, and stewards of the 
 
 2 mysteries of God. Here, moreover, it 
 is required in stewards, that a man be 
 
 3 found f aitliful. But with me it is a very 
 smaU thuig that I should be ^judged of 
 you, or of man's ''judgement: yea, I 
 
 4 8 judge not mine own self. For I know 
 nothing against myself; yet am I not 
 hereby justified: but he that ^judgeth 
 
 5 me is the Lord. Wherefore judge 
 nothing before the time, until the Lord 
 come, who wiU both bring to light the 
 
 hidden thmgs of darkness, and make 
 manifest the counsels of the hearts; and 
 then shaU each man have his praise from 
 God. 
 
 6 Now these things, brethren, I have in 
 a figure transferred to myself and Apol- 
 los for yom- sakes ; that in us ye might 
 learn not to go beyond the thuigs which 
 are written; that no one of you be puffed 
 
 7 up for the one against the other. For 
 who maketh thee to differ ? and what 
 hast thou that thou didst not receive ? 
 but if thou didst receive it, why dost 
 thou glory, as if thou hadst not received 
 
 Sit? Already are ye fiUed, already ye are 
 become rich, ye have reigned without 
 us : yea and I would that ye did reign, 
 
 9 that we also might reign with you. For, 
 I think, God hath set forth us the apo- 
 stles last of aU, as men doomed to death: 
 for we are made a spectacle unto the 
 world, 10 and to angels, and to men. 
 
 10 We are fools for Christ's sake, but ye 
 are wise in Christ ; we are weak, but ye 
 are strong ; ye have gloi-y, but we have 
 
 11 dishonour. Even unto this present hour 
 we both hunger, and thirst, and are 
 naked, and are buffeted, and have no 
 
 12 certain dweUingplace ; and we toU, 
 working with our own hands: being 
 revUed, we bless ; being persecuted, we 
 
 13 endure ; being defamed, we intreat : we 
 are made as the n filth of the world, 
 the offscouriug of aU things, even untU 
 now. 
 
 14 I write not these things to shame you, 
 but to admonish you as my beloved 
 
 15 chUcken. For though ye should have 
 ten thousand tutors in Christ, yet hai'c 
 ye not many fathers: for in Christ 
 Jesus I begat you through the gospel. 
 
 16 1 beseech you therefore, be ye imitators 
 
 17 of me. For this cause have I sent 
 unto you Timothy, who is my beloved 
 and faithful chUd in the Lord, who 
 shaU put you in remembrance of my 
 ways which be in Christ, even as I 
 teach everjTvhere in every church. 
 
 18 Now some are puffed up, as though I 
 
 19 were not coming to you. But I wiU 
 come to you shortly, if the Lord wUl ; 
 and I wUl know, not the word of them 
 which are puffed up, but the power. 
 
 20 For the kingdom of God is not in 
 
 21 word, but in power. What wiU ye? 
 shaU I come unto you with a rod, 
 or in love and a spirit of meekness ? 
 
 5 It is actuaUy rejjorted that there is 
 fornication among you, and such forni- 
 cation as is not even among the Gen- 
 tiles, that one of you hath his father's 
 
 2 wife. And i^ye are puffed up, and 
 13 did not rather mourn, that he that 
 had done this deed might be taken 
 
 3 away from among you. For I verily, 
 being absent in body but present in 
 spu'it, have already, as though I were 
 present, judged him that hath so 
 
 4 wrought this thing, in the name of
 
 7. 13. 
 
 I. CORINTHIANS. 
 
 127 
 
 1 Some 
 ancient 
 authori- 
 ties (Unit 
 Jexuf, 
 
 2Gr. 
 keep 
 festival-. 
 
 3 Or, not 
 at all 
 meaning 
 the 
 
 forni- 
 cators 
 ic. 
 
 4 Or, as 
 it is, I 
 wrote 
 
 5 Gr. the 
 other. 
 
 fiOr. 
 
 o/Ihe 
 
 smallest 
 
 trihu- 
 
 nais. 
 
 ^ Gr. tri- 
 bunals 
 pertain- 
 ing to. 
 » Or, set 
 than . . . 
 church. 
 
 9 Or, a 
 7o.ts to 
 you 
 
 10 Gr. 
 washed 
 your- 
 selves. 
 
 our Lord Jebus, ye being gathered to- 
 gether, aud iiiy spirit, with the power 
 .5 of our Lord Jesus, to deUver such a 
 one uiito Satan for tlie destruction of 
 the Uesh, that the spirit may be saved 
 
 6 in the day of the Lord i Jesus. Your 
 glorying is not good. Know ye not 
 that a httle leaven leaveneth the whole 
 
 7 lump ? Purge out the old leaven, that 
 ye may be a new lump, even as ye are 
 unleavened. For our passover also hath 
 
 8 been sacrificed, even Christ : whei'efore 
 let us ^kecp the feast, not with old 
 leaven, neither with the leaven of ma- 
 lice and wickedness, but with the 
 uideavened bread of sincerity and 
 truth. 
 
 9 I wi'ote unto you in my epistle to have 
 10 no company with fornicators; ^not 
 
 altogether with the fornicators of this 
 world, or with the covetous and extor- 
 tioners, or with idolaters; for then must 
 
 11 ye needs go out of the world : but ^ now 
 I write unto you not to keep company, 
 if any man that is named a brother be 
 a fornicator, or covetous, or an idolater, 
 or a reviler, or a di-unkard, or an ex- 
 tortioner ; with such a one no, not to 
 
 12 eat. For what have I to do with judg- 
 ing them that are without ? Do not ye 
 
 13 judge them that are within, whereas 
 them that are without God judgeth ? 
 Put away the wicked man from among 
 yourselves. 
 
 Q Dare any of you, having a matter 
 against ^ his neighbour, go to law before 
 the unrighteous, and not before the 
 
 2 saints ? Or know ye not that the saints 
 shall judge the world ? and if the world 
 is judged by you, are ye unworthy 6 to 
 
 3 judge the smallest matters ? Know ye 
 not that we shall judge angels? how 
 much more, things that pertain to this 
 
 4Ufe'? If then ye have '?to judge things 
 pertaining to this life, 8 do ye set them 
 to judge who are of no account in the 
 
 5 church? I say tJds to move you to 
 shame. Is it so, that there cannot be 
 found among you one wise man, who 
 shall be able to decide between his bre- 
 
 G thren, but brother goeth to law with 
 brother, and that before unbelievers ? 
 
 7 Nay, akeady it is altogether 9 a defect 
 in you, that ye have lawsuits one with 
 another. Why not rather take wrong ? 
 
 8 why not rather be defrauded? Nay, 
 but ye yom-selves do wi'ong, and de- 
 
 9 fraud, and that your brethi-en. Or know 
 ye not that the unrighteous shall not 
 inherit the kingdom of God ? Be not 
 deceived : neither fornicators, nor ido- 
 laters, nor adulterers, nor effeminate, 
 nor abusers of themselves with men, 
 
 10 nor thieves, nor covetous, nor di'unk- 
 ards,norreviIers, nor extortioners, shall 
 
 11 inherit the khigdom of God. And such 
 were some of you: but ye ^o-^vere 
 washed, but ye were sanctified, but 
 ye were justified in the name of the 
 
 Lord Jesus Christ, aud in the Spirit 
 of our God. 
 
 12 All things are lawful for me ; but not 
 all things are expedient. All things are 
 lawful for me ; but I wiU not be brought 
 
 13 under the power of any. Meats for the 
 belly, and the belly for meats : but God 
 shall bring to nought both it and them. 
 But the body is not for fornication, but 
 for the Lord; and the Lord for the body: 
 
 14 and God both raised the Lord, and wUl 
 
 15 raise up us through his power. Know 
 ye not that your bodies are members 
 of Christ ? shall I then take away the 
 members of Christ, and make them 
 
 16 members of a harlot ? God forbid. Or 
 know ye not that he that is jomed to a 
 harlot is one body? for. The twain, saith 
 
 17 he, shall become one flesh. But he that 
 is joined unto the Lord is one spirit. 
 
 18 Flee fornication. Every sin that a man 
 doeth is without the body ; but he that 
 committeth fornication siimeth against 
 
 19 his own body. Or know ye not that 
 your body is a iitemjile of the i^jjoly 
 Ghost which is in you, which ye have 
 from God ? and ye are not your own ; 
 
 20 for ye were bought with a price : glorify 
 God therefore in your body. 
 
 Y Now concerning the things whereof 
 ye wrote : It is good for a man not to 
 
 2 touch a woman. But, because of forni- 
 cations, let each man have his own wife, 
 and let each woman have her own hus- 
 
 3 band. Let the husband render unto the 
 wife her due : and hkewise also the wife 
 
 4 unto the husband. The wife hath not 
 power over her own body, but the hus- 
 band: and hkewise also the husband 
 hath not power over his own body, 
 
 5 but the wife. Defraud ye not one the 
 other, except it be by consent for a 
 season, that ye may give yoiu-selves 
 unto prayer, and may be together a- 
 gain, that Satan temjjt you not because 
 
 6 of your incoutiuency. But this I say 
 by way of permission, not of command- 
 
 7 ment. ^^Yet I would that all men were 
 even as I myself. Howbeit each man 
 hath his own gift from God, one 
 after this manner, aud another after 
 that. 
 
 8 But I say to the unmamed and to 
 widows. It is good for them if they 
 
 9 abide even as I. But if they have 
 not contineucy, let them many : for 
 it is better to marry than to burn. 
 
 10 But imto the married I give charge, 
 yea not I, but the Lord, That the wife 
 
 11 dejiart not from her husband (but and 
 if she depart, let her remain un- 
 married, or else be reconciled to her 
 husband) ; and that the husband leave 
 
 12 not his wife. But to the rest say 
 I, not the Lord : If any brother hath 
 an unbelievuig wife, and she is con- 
 tent to dwell with him, let him not 
 
 13 leave her. And the woman which hath 
 an unbelieving husband, and he is con- 
 
 "Or. 
 sanctu- 
 ary 
 12 Or, 
 Holy 
 Spirit 
 
 13 Many 
 ancient 
 authori- 
 ties read 
 For.
 
 128 
 
 I. CORINTHIANS. 
 
 7. 13. 
 
 1 Many 
 
 ancient 
 authnri- 
 ties read 
 you. 
 
 2 Or, mi/. 
 even if 
 
 3Gr. 
 
 so to he. 
 
 4 Or, is 
 shorten- 
 ed hence- 
 forth, 
 that both 
 those &>:. 
 
 5 Or. 
 using it 
 to the 
 fidl 
 
 3 Or. 
 
 wife, and 
 is di- 
 vided. 
 So also 
 the wife 
 and the 
 virgin : 
 she that 
 is un- 
 Tnarried 
 i$ care- 
 ful &c. 
 Many 
 ancient 
 authori- 
 ties read 
 wife, 
 and in 
 divided. 
 So also 
 the 
 
 woman 
 that is 
 v,n- 
 
 7narrird 
 and lh-' 
 virgin ;? 
 careful 
 
 tent to dwell with her, let her not 
 
 14 leave her husband. For the unbehev- 
 ing husband is sanctified in the wife, 
 and the unbeheving wife is sanctified 
 in the brother : else were your children 
 
 15 unclean ; but now are they holy. Yet 
 if the unbeheving departeth, let him 
 depart: the brother or the sister is 
 not under bondage in such cases : but 
 
 IG God hath called 1 us in peace. For how 
 knowest thou, O wife, whether thou 
 shalt save thy husband ? or how know- 
 est thou, O husband, whether thou 
 
 17 shalt save thy wife ? Only, as the Lord 
 hath distributed to each man, as God 
 hath called each, so let him walk. And 
 
 18 so ordain I in all the churches. Was 
 any man called being cu'cumcised ? let 
 him not become uncircumcised. Hath 
 any been called in unciiTumcision '? 
 
 19 let hun not be circumcised. Circmu- 
 cision is nothing, and uncircumcision 
 is nothing; but the keeping of the 
 
 20 conunandments of God. Let each 
 man abide in that callmg wherein he 
 
 21 was called. Wast thou called being a 
 bondservant? care not for it: ^but 
 if thou canst become free, use it rather. 
 
 22 For he that was caUed in the Lord, 
 being a bondservant, is the Lord's 
 freedmau : likewise he that was called, 
 being free, is Christ's bondservant. 
 
 23 Ye were bought with a price ; become 
 
 24 not bondservants of men. Brethren, 
 let each man, wherein he was called, 
 therein abide with God. 
 
 25 Now concerning virgins I have no 
 commandment of the Lord : but I give 
 my judgement, as one that hath obtaiii- 
 
 26 ed mercy of the Lord to be faithful. I 
 think therefore that this is good by 
 reason of the present distress, namely, 
 that it is good for a man sto be as he 
 
 27 is. Ai't thou bound unto a wife ? seek 
 not to be loosed. Art thou loosed from 
 
 28 a wife ? seek not a wife. But and if 
 thou marry, thou hast not sinned ; and 
 if a virgin marry, she hath not sinned. 
 Y'et such shall have tribulation in the 
 
 29 flesh : and I would spare you. But this 
 I say, brethren, the time *is shortened, 
 that henceforth both those that have 
 wives may be as though they had none ; 
 
 30 and those that weep, as though they 
 wept not ; and those that rejoice, as 
 though they rejoiced not ; and those 
 that buy, as though they possessed not; 
 
 31 and those that use the world, as not 
 5 abusing it : for the fashion of this 
 
 32 world i)asseth away. But I would have 
 you to be free from cares. He that 
 is uimiarried is careful for the things 
 of the Lord, how he may please the 
 
 33 Lord : but he that is married is careful 
 for the things of the world, how he may 
 
 34 please his "J wife. And there is a differ- 
 ence also between the wife and the 
 virgin. She that is unmarried is care- 
 ful for the things of the Lord, that she 
 
 may be holy both in body and in spirit: 
 but she that is married is careful for 
 the things of the world, how she may 
 35 please her husband. Ajid this I say 
 for your own profit ; not that I may 
 cast a ''snare upon you, but for that 
 which is seemly, and that ye may 
 attend upon the Lord without distrac- 
 
 36 tion. But if any man thinketh that he 
 behaveth himself unseemly toward his 
 8 virgin daughter, if she be past the 
 flower of her age, and if need so re- 
 quireth, let him do what he will ; he 
 
 37 sinneth not ; let them many. But he 
 that standeth stedfast in his heart, 
 having no necessity, but hath power as 
 touching his own will, and hath de- 
 termined this in his own heart, to keep 
 his own^virgin daughter, shall do well. 
 
 38 So then both he that giveth his own 
 8 virgin daughter in marriage doeth 
 well; and he that giveth her not in mar- 
 
 39 riage shaU do better. A wife is bound 
 for so long time as her husband liveth ; 
 but if the husband be 9 dead, she is free 
 to be married to whom she wOl ; only 
 
 40 in the Lord. But she is happier if she 
 abide as she is, after my judgement : 
 and I think that I also have the Spirit 
 of God. 
 
 8 Now concerning things sacrificed to 
 idols : We know that we all have know- 
 ledge. Knowledge jmffeth uji, but love 
 
 2i0edifieth. If any man thinketh that 
 he knoweth anything, he knoweth not 
 
 3 yet as he ought to know ; but if any 
 man loveth God, the same is known of 
 
 4him. Concerning therefore the eating 
 of things sacrificed to idols, we know 
 that no idol is anything in the world, 
 
 5 and that there is no God but one. For 
 though there be that are called gods, 
 whether in heaven or on earth; as there 
 
 6 are gods many, and lords many ; yet to 
 us there is one God, the Father, of whom 
 are all things, and we unto him ; and 
 one Lord, Jesus Christ, through whom 
 are all things, and we through him. 
 
 7 Howbeit in all men there is not that 
 knowledge : but some, being used until 
 now to the idol, eat as of a thing sacri- 
 ficed to an idol ; and their conscience 
 
 8 being weak is defiled. But meat will 
 not commend us to God : neither, if we 
 eat not, ii are we the worse ; nor, if we 
 
 9 eat, i'2 are we the better. But take heed 
 lest by any means this i^iiberty of 
 yours become a stumbUngblock to the 
 
 10 weak. For if a man see thee which hast 
 knowledge sitting at meat in an idol's 
 temple, will not his conscience, if he is 
 weak, i%e emboldened to eat things sac- 
 
 11 rificed to idols'? For i°thi-ough thy know- 
 ledge he that is weak perisheth, the bro- 
 
 12 ther for whose sake Christ died. And 
 thus, siiming against the brethren, and 
 wounding their conscience when it is 
 
 13 weak, ye sin against Christ. Wherefore, 
 if meat maketh my brother to stumble, I
 
 10. 17. 
 
 J. CORINTHIANS. 
 
 129 
 
 iGr. 
 titter. 
 
 will eat no flesh foi- evennore, that I 
 make not my brother to stunible. 
 9 Am I not free ? nni I not an ajmstle ? 
 have I not seen Jesus our Lord ? are not 
 
 2 ye my work in the Lord '? If to others 
 I am not an apostle, yet at least I am 
 to you : for the seal of mine aiiostleship 
 
 3 are ye in the Lord. My defence to them 
 
 4 that examine mo is this. Have we no 
 
 5 right to eat and to drink ? Have we no 
 right to lead about a wife tliat is a i be- 
 liever, even as the rest of the apostles, 
 and the brethren of the Tjord, and 
 
 6 Cephas ? Or I only and Barnabas, have 
 we not a right to forbear working? 
 
 7 What soldier ever serveth at his own 
 charges ? who planteth a vineyai'd, and 
 eateth not the fruit thereof? or who 
 feedeth a flock, and eateth not of the 
 
 8 milk of the flock? Do I speak these 
 things after the manner of men? or 
 
 9 saith not the law also the same ? For 
 it is written in the law of Moses, Thou 
 shalt not muzzle the ox when he 
 treadeth out the corn. Is it for the oxen 
 10 that God careth, or ^ saith he it alto- 
 gether for our sake ? Yea, for our sake 
 it was written : because he that ploweth 
 ought to plow in hope, and he that 
 thi'esheth, to fliresJi in hope of partak- 
 lling. If we sowed unto you sx'iritual 
 things, is it a gi-eat matter if we shall 
 
 12 reap your carnal thin.gs ? If others 
 partake of fhitt right over you, do not 
 we yet more ? Nevertheless we did not 
 use this right ; but we bear all things, 
 that we may cause no hinch-ance to the 
 
 13 gospel of Christ. Ivnovrye not that they 
 which minister about sacred things eat 
 of the things of the temple, and they 
 which wait upon the altar have their 
 
 14 portion with the pltar ? Even so did tlie 
 Lord ordain that tiiey which proclaim 
 the gos^iel should live of the gospel. 
 
 15 But I have used none of these things : 
 and I write not these thmgs that it may 
 be so done in my case : for it ivere good 
 for me rather to die, than that any man 
 
 16 should make my glorying void. For 
 if I iireach the gospel, I have nothing 
 to glory of; for necessity is laid upon 
 me ; for woe is unto me, if I preach not 
 
 17 the gospel. For if I do tliis of mine ov.'n 
 will, I have a reward : but if not of mine 
 own will, I have a stewardship intrusted 
 
 18 to me. What then is my reward ? That, 
 when I preach the gospel, I may make 
 the gospel without charge, so as not to 
 use to the full my right in the gospel. 
 
 19 For though I was free from all men, 
 I brought myself under bondage to all, 
 
 20 that I might gain the more. And to 
 the Jews I became as a Jew, that I 
 might gain Jews ; to them that are 
 under the law, as under the law, not 
 being myself under the law, that I 
 might gain them that are under the 
 
 21 law; to them that are without law, 
 as without law, not being without 
 
 law to God, but under law to Chri.st, 
 that I might gain them that are without 
 
 22 law. To the weak I became wc:ik. tliat 
 I might gain the weak: 1 am become 
 all things to all men, that I may by all 
 
 2.H means s.ive some. And I do all tilings 
 for the gospel's sake, that I miy be a 
 
 24 joint partaker thereof. Know ye not 
 that tliey which run in a "race run all, 
 but one recciveth the jirize? Even so 
 
 25 run, that ye may attain. And every 
 man that striveth in the games is 
 temperate in all things. Now they do 
 it to receive a corruptible crown ; but 
 
 26 we an incorruptilile. I therefore so 
 nin, as not imcertainly ; so ''fight I, 
 
 27 as not beating the air: but I ''buffet 
 my body, and bring it into bondage: 
 lest by any means, after that I have 
 preached to others, I myself should be 
 rejected. 
 
 10 For I would not, brethi-en, have you 
 
 ignorant, hov.' that our fathers were 
 
 all under tlie cloud, and all passed 
 
 2 through the sea ; and were all baiD- 
 
 tized 6 unto Moses in the cloud and in 
 
 ;->the sea; and did all eat the same 
 
 4 spiritual meat ; and did all drink the 
 same spiritual drink : for they drank of 
 a spiritual rock that followed them : and 
 
 5 the rock was Christ. Howbeit Vv'ith most 
 of them God M'as not well pleased : for 
 they were overthrown in the wilderness. 
 
 I) Now "J these things were our examples, 
 to the intent we should not lust after 
 
 7 evil things, as they also lusted. Neither 
 be ye idolaters, as were some of them ; 
 as it is written. The people sat down 
 to eat and di'ink. and rose up to play. 
 
 8 Neither let us commit fornication, as 
 some of them committed, and fell in 
 one day three and twenty thousand. 
 
 9 Neither let us tempt the ^Lord, as some 
 of them tempted, and perished by the 
 
 10 sei-pents. Neither murmur ye, as 
 some of them murmui-ed, and perished 
 
 11 by the destroyer. Now these things 
 happened iinto them -'by way of ex- 
 ample ; and they were wi'itten for 
 our admonition, upon whom the ends 
 
 12 of the ages are come. '\^1lerefore 
 let him that thinketh he standeth 
 
 13 take heed lest he fall. There hath no 
 temjitation taken you but such as man 
 can bear : but God is faithful, who 
 wiU not suffer you to be temjited 
 above that ye are able ; but will with 
 the temptation make also the way of 
 escape, that ye may be able to endure 
 it. 
 
 14 Wlierefore, my beloved, flee from 
 15 idolatry. I speak as to wise men; 
 
 16 judge ye what I say. The cup of 
 blessing which we bless, is it not a 
 lOcoumaunion of the blood of Clirist? 
 The 11 bread which we break, is it not 
 a 10 communion of the body of Christ? 
 
 17 i^seeingthat we, who are many, are one 
 iibread, one body: for we aU partake i^of 
 
 ^Gr. 
 race- 
 
 course. 
 
 I Gr. box. 
 
 sOr. 
 brttite. 
 
 6Gr. 
 into. 
 
 •Or, 
 
 intfiete 
 
 things 
 
 then 
 became 
 fiffuret 
 of us 
 
 8 Some 
 ancient 
 authori- 
 ties read 
 Christ. 
 
 9 Gr. by 
 way of 
 pjure 
 
 I'Or. 
 
 partici- 
 pation in 
 II Or, 
 loaf 
 >2 0r. 
 seeint^ 
 that 
 there 
 ii one 
 bread, 
 we, who 
 are 
 many, 
 are (me 
 body 
 13 Gr. 
 from.
 
 130 
 
 I. CORINTHIANS. 
 
 10. 17. 
 
 I Or, lot^ 
 
 2Gr. 
 demons. 
 
 3Gr. 
 build 
 7lot up. 
 
 lOr, 
 If I par- 
 
 tahs with 
 
 thank- 
 
 fvlneis 
 
 18 the one i bread. Behold Israel after the 
 flesh : have not they which eat the sacri- 
 
 19 flees communion with the altar ? What 
 say I then ? that a thing sacrificed to 
 idols is anything, or that an idol is 
 
 20 anything? But / say, that the things 
 which the Gentiles sacrifice, they sacri- 
 fice to 2 devils, and not to God ; and I 
 would not that ye should have com- 
 
 '21 munion with ^ devils. Ye cannot drink 
 the cup of the Lord, and the cup of 
 2 devils : ye cannot partake of the table 
 of the Lord, and of the table of ^ devils. 
 
 '22 Or do we provoke the Lord to jealousy '? 
 are we stronger than he ? 
 
 23 All things are lawful ; but all things 
 are not expedient. All things are law- 
 
 24 ful ; but all things ^ edify not. Let no 
 man seek his own, but each his neigh- 
 
 25 hour's good. Whatsoever is sold in the 
 shambles, eat, asking no question for 
 
 26 conscience sake ; for the earth is the 
 
 27 Lord's, and the fulness thereof. If one 
 of them that beUeve not biddeth you 
 to a feast, and ye are disposed to go; 
 whatsoever is set before you, eat, ask- 
 ing no question for conscience sake. 
 
 28 But if any man say unto you, This 
 hath been offered in sacrifice, eat not, 
 for his sake that shewed it, and for 
 
 29 conscience sake : conscience, I say, not 
 thine own, but the other's % for why is 
 my Hberty judged by another con- 
 
 30 science ? * If I by grace partake, why 
 am I evil spoken of for that for which 
 
 31 1 give thanks ? Whether therefore ye 
 eat, or drink, or whatsoever ye do, do 
 
 32 all to the gloiy of God. Give no occasion 
 of stumbhng, either to Jews, or to 
 
 33 Greeks, or to the chiu'ch of God : even 
 as I also please aU men in all thmgs, 
 not seeking mine own profit, but the 
 profit of the many, that they may be 
 
 11 saved. Be ye imitators of me, even 
 as I also am of Christ. 
 
 2 Now I praise you that ye remember 
 me in aU things, and hold fast the tra- 
 ditions, even as I deUvered them to you, 
 
 3 But I would have you know, that the 
 head of every man is Christ ; and the 
 head of the woman is the man ; and the 
 
 4 head of Chi-ist is God. Every man 
 praying or prophesying, having his 
 head covered, dishonoureth his head, 
 
 5 But every woman praying or proj)hesy- 
 ing with her head unveiled dishonoureth 
 her head: for it is one and the same 
 
 8 thing as if she were shaven. For if a 
 woman is not veiled, let her also be 
 shorn : but if it is a shame to a woman 
 to be shorn or shaven, let her be veiled. 
 
 7 For a man indeed ought not to have his 
 head veiled, forasmuch as he is the 
 image and glory of God : but the woman 
 
 8 is the glory of the man. For the man is 
 not of the woman '; but the woman of 
 
 9 the man : for neither was the man 
 created for the woman ; but the woman 
 
 10 for the man : for this cause ought the 
 
 woman to '' have a sign of authority on 
 
 11 her head, because of the angels. How- 
 beit neither is the woman without the 
 man, nor the man without the woman, 
 
 12 in the Lord. For as the woman is of the 
 man, so is the man also by the woman ; 
 
 13 but aU things are of God. Judge ye ^ in 
 yourselves : is it seemly that a woman 
 
 14 pray unto God unveiled ? Doth not even 
 nature itself teach you, that, if a man 
 have long hau', it is a dishonour to him ? 
 
 15 But if a woman have long hair, it ife 
 a gloi-y to her: for her hair is given 
 
 16 her for a covering. But if any man 
 seenieth to be contentious, we have no 
 such custom, neither the churches of 
 God. 
 
 17 But in giving you this charge, I praise 
 you not, that ye come together not for 
 
 18 the better but for the worse. For fii'st 
 of all, when ye come together '^ in the 
 church, I hear that ^clivisions exist 
 among you ; and I partly believe it. 
 
 19 For there must be also " heresies among 
 you, that they which are ajiproved may 
 
 20 be made manifest among you. When 
 therefore ye assemble yourselves to- 
 gether, it is not possible to eat the Lord's 
 
 21 supper: for in your eating each one 
 taketh before other his own supper ; and 
 one is hungry, and another is drunken. 
 
 22 What ■? have ye not houses to eat and 
 to drink in ? or despise ye the ^o church 
 of God, and put them to shame that 
 
 11 have not ? What shall I say to you ? 
 
 12 shaU I iiraise you in this ? I praise you 
 
 23 not. For I received of the Lord that 
 which also I deUvered unto you, how 
 that the Lord Jesus in the night in which 
 
 24 he was betrayed took bread ; and when 
 he had given thanks, he brake it, and 
 said, This is my body, which is is for 
 you : this do in remembrance of me. 
 
 25 Li Uke mamier also the cup, after sup- 
 per, saying. This cup is the new i^ cove- 
 nant in my blood : this do, as oft as ye 
 
 26 drink it. in remembrance of me, For 
 as often as ye eat this bread, and drink 
 the cup, ye proclaim the Lord's death 
 
 27tiU he come. Wherefore whosoever 
 shall eat the bread or drink the cup of 
 the Lord unwortluly, shall be guUty of 
 the body and the blood of the Lord. 
 
 28 But let a man prove himself, and so let 
 him eat of the bread, and drink of the 
 
 29 cup. For he that eateth and drinketh, 
 eateth and drinketh judgement unto 
 himself i if he i-^ discern not the body, 
 
 30 For this cause many among you are 
 weak and sickly, and not a few sleep. 
 
 31 But if we ic discerned oui'selves, we 
 
 32 should not be j udged. But i' when we are 
 judged, we are chastened of the Lord, 
 that we may not be condemned with 
 
 33 the world. Wherefore, my brethi-en, 
 when ye come together to eat, wait one 
 
 34 for another. If any man is hungry, 
 let him eat at home; that your coming 
 together be not unto judgement. And
 
 14. 5. 
 
 I. CORINTHIANS. 
 
 131 
 
 iGr. 
 powers. 
 
 2 Or, 
 put on 
 
 the rest will I set in order whensoever 
 I come. 
 12 Now concerning spiritual f/i/ts, bre- 
 thren, I would not have you ignorant. 
 
 2 Ye know that when ye were Gentiles 
 ye icere led away unto those dumb 
 idols, howsoever ye might be led. 
 
 3 Wherefore I give you to understand, 
 that no man speaking in the Spirit of 
 God saith, Jesus is anathema ; and no 
 man can say, Jesus is Lord, but in the 
 Holy Spii'it. 
 
 4 Now there are diversities of gifts, but 
 
 5 the same Si)irit. And there are diver- 
 sities of ministrations, and the same 
 
 6 Lord. And there are diversities of 
 workings, but the same God, who work- 
 
 7 eth all things in all. But to each one 
 is given the manifestation of the Spirit 
 
 8 to profit withal. For to one is given 
 thi'ough the Spirit the word of wisdom ; 
 and to another the word of knowledge, 
 
 9 according to the same Spirit: to another 
 faith, in the same Spirit ; and to another 
 
 10 gifts of healings, in the one Spirit ; and 
 to another workings of i miracles ; and 
 to another prophecy; and to another 
 discemings of spirits : to another divers 
 kinds of tongues ; and to another the 
 
 11 interpretation of tongues : but aU these 
 worketh the one and the same Spirit, 
 dividing to each one severally even as 
 he win. 
 
 12 For as the body is one, and hath many 
 members, and all the members of the 
 body, being many, are one body ; so also 
 
 13 is Christ. For in one Spirit were we all 
 baptized into one body, whether Jews 
 or Greeks, whether bond or free ; and 
 were all made to di-ink of one Si^irit. 
 
 14 For the body is not one member, but 
 
 15 many. If the foot shall say, Because 
 I am not the hand, I am not of the 
 body; it is not therefore not of the body. 
 
 16 Ajid if the ear shall say, Because I am 
 not the eye, I am not of the body ; it 
 
 17 is not therefore not of the body. If 
 the whole body were an eye, where were 
 the hearing ? If the whole were hearing, 
 
 18 where were the smeUing ? But now hath 
 God set the members each one of them 
 in the body, even as it pleased him. 
 
 19 And if they were all one member, where 
 20 were the body? But now they are 
 
 21 many members, but one body. And the 
 eye cannot say to the hand, I have no 
 need of thee : or again the head to the 
 
 22 feet, I have no need of you. Nay, much 
 rather, those members of the body 
 which seem to be more feeble are ne- 
 
 23 cessary : and those j^a-rts of the body, 
 which we think to be less honourable, 
 upon these we 2 bestow more abundant 
 honour ; and our uncomely jjarts have 
 
 24 more abundant comeliness; whereas our 
 comely parts have no need : but God 
 tempered the body together, giving 
 more abundant honour to that part 
 
 25 which lacked ; that there should be no 
 
 schism in the body ; but that the mem- 
 bers should liave the same care one for 
 20 another. And whether one member suf- 
 feretli, all the members suffer with it ; 
 or one member is "honoured, all the 
 
 27 members rejoice with it. Now ye are 
 the body of Chi'ist, and * severally mein- 
 
 28 hers thereof. And God hath set some 
 in the church, first apostles, secondly 
 prophets, thirdly teachers, then 1 mi- 
 racles, then gifts of liealings, helps, 
 ^ govermuents, divers kinds of tongues. 
 
 29 Ai'e aU apostles ? are all prophets ? are 
 all teachers ? are aU looi-kers of 1 mi- 
 
 30 racles ? have all gifts of heaUngs ? do 
 all speak with tongues ? do all interpi-et ? 
 
 31 But desire earnestly the greater gifts. 
 And a still more excellent way shew I 
 unto you. 
 
 13 If I speak with the tongues of men 
 and of angels, but have not love, I am 
 become sounding brass, or a clanging 
 
 2 cymbal. And if I have the gift of pro- 
 l>hecy, and know all mysteries and all 
 knowledge ; and if I have aU faith, so as 
 to remove mountains, but have not 
 
 3 love, I am nothing. And if I bestow all 
 my goods to feed the poor, and if I give 
 my body ^to be barned, but have not 
 
 4 love, it profiteth me nothing. Love 
 suff ereth long, and is kind ; love envieth 
 not; love vauuteth not itself, is not 
 
 5 puffed up, doth not behave itself un- 
 seemly, seeketh not its own, is not 
 provoked, taketh not account of evil; 
 
 Grejoiceth not in unrighteousness, but 
 
 7 rejoiceth with the truth ; ^ beareth aU 
 things, beheveth aU things, hopeth all 
 
 8thmgs, endureth all things. Love 
 never faileth: but whether there be 
 prophecies, they shall be done away; 
 whether there he tongues, they shall 
 cease; whether there be knowledge, it 
 
 y shall be done away. For we know in 
 
 10 i)ar t, and we prophesy in part : but when 
 that which is perfect is come, that which 
 
 11 is in i^art shall be done away. When I 
 was a child, I siiake as a cluld, I felt as 
 a child, I thought as a child : now that 
 I am become a man, I have put away 
 
 12 childish tMugs. For now we see in a 
 miiTor, 8 darkly ; but then face to face : 
 now I know in part; but then shall 
 I 9know even as also I have been 
 
 13 10 known. But now abideth faith, hope, 
 love, these thi-ee ; ^and the ^^ greatest 
 of these is love. 
 
 14 Follow after love ; yet desire earnestly 
 spiritual gifts, but rather that ye may 
 
 2 prophesy. For he that speaketh in a 
 tongue speaketh not unto men, but unto 
 God; for no man i^understandeth; but in 
 
 3 the spirit he speaketh mysteries . But he 
 that prophesieth speaketh unto men edi- 
 fication, and comfort, and consolation. 
 
 4 He that speaketh in a tongue 1* edifieth 
 himself ; but he that prophesieth i-*edi- 
 
 5 fieth the church. Now I would have 
 you all speak with tongues, but rather 
 
 3 Or, 
 glorified 
 
 4 Or, 
 
 membert 
 each in 
 hUpart 
 
 f* Or, wUe 
 eounsel-i 
 
 6 Many 
 ancient 
 authori- 
 ties read 
 thai 
 
 mai/ 
 glory. 
 
 7 Or, 
 covereth 
 
 8 Gr. in 
 a riddle. 
 
 9Gr. 
 
 know 
 
 futty. 
 
 10 Gr. 
 known 
 fully. 
 
 11 Or, hut 
 greater 
 than 
 these 
 
 12 Gr. 
 greater, 
 
 13 Gr. 
 heareth. 
 
 14 Gr. 
 
 huUdeth 
 
 up. 
 
 F2
 
 132 
 
 I. CORINTHIANS. 
 
 14. 5. 
 
 lOr, 
 
 notMnfj 
 is wUJi- 
 out voice 
 
 2 Or, in 
 my case 
 3Gr. 
 spirits. 
 
 4 Or. Urn 
 
 
 that is 
 
 
 without 
 
 
 (jifts: _ 
 
 
 and so in 
 ver. 23. 
 
 17 
 
 2i. 
 
 IS 
 
 5Gr. 
 
 
 buSded 
 
 
 up. 
 
 19 
 
 
 20 
 
 6 Gr. 0/ 
 
 21 
 
 fttil age. 
 
 
 ' Or, con- 
 victed 
 
 that ye should prophesy : and greatci- 
 is he that jirophesieth than he that 
 speaketh with tongues, except he in- 
 terpret, that the church may receive 
 
 6 edifying. But now, brethren, if I come 
 unto you spealiing with tongues, what 
 shall I profit you, unless I speak to you 
 cither by way of revelation, or of know- 
 ledge, or of prophesying, c>r of teaching? 
 
 7 Even things without life, giving a 
 voice, whether pijie or h-Arp, if they 
 give not a distinction in the sounds, 
 liow shall it be known what is i)iped or 
 
 8 harped ? For if the trumpet give an un- 
 certain voice, who shall preimre himself 
 
 9 for war ? So also ye, unless ye utter l)y 
 the tongue speech easy to be understood, 
 liow shall it be known what is spoken ? 
 for ye will be speaking into the air. 
 
 10 There are, it may be, so many kinds of 
 voices in the world, and ^no Jciiid is 
 
 11 without signification. If then I knovv" 
 not the meaning of the voice, I shall 
 be to him that speaketh a barbarian, 
 and he that speaketh v/ill be a bar- 
 
 12barian ^unto me. So also ye, since ye 
 are zealous of •'' spiritual f/Z/V.^, seek that 
 ye may abound unto the edifying of the 
 
 13 church. Wherefore let him tiiat speak- 
 eth in a tongue pray that he may inter- 
 
 14pret. For if I lu'ay in a tongue, my 
 spirit prayeth, but my understanding is 
 
 1.5 unfruitful. What is it then ? I wiU pray 
 with the spirit, and I will pray v/ith 
 the understanding also : I will sing with 
 the spirit, and I v>iU sing with the xm- 
 
 16 derstanding also. Else if thou bless 
 with the spirit, how shall he that fLUeth 
 the place of Hhe unlearned say the 
 Amen at thy giving of thanks, seeing 
 he knoweth not what thou sayest? 
 For thou verUy givest thanks well, but 
 the other is not ^ edified. I thank God, 
 I speak with tongues more than you all : 
 howl)eit in the church Iliad rather speak 
 five words with my uaderstandhig, that 
 I might instruct others also, than ten 
 thousand words in a tongue. 
 
 Brethren, be not childi-en in mind: 
 howbeit in malice be ye babes, but in 
 mind be '' men. In the law it is written. 
 By men of strange tongues and by the 
 lips of strangers will I speak unto 
 this people; and not even thus will 
 
 22 they hear me, saith the Lord. Where- 
 fore tongues are for a sign, not to 
 them that believe, but to the un- 
 believing: but prophesying !,•>■ for a 
 sif/n, not to the unbelieving, but to 
 
 23 them that believe. If therefore the 
 whole church be assembled together, 
 a7id all speak with tongues, and there 
 come in men unlearned or iinbelie\'ing, 
 wiU they not say that ye are mad? 
 
 24 But if aU prophesy, and there come 
 in one unbelieving or unlearned, he 
 is 7 reproved by aU, he is judged by all; 
 
 25 the secrets of his heart are made mani- 
 fest ; and so he wUl fall dovai on his 
 
 face and worship God, declaring that 
 God is ^ among you indeed. 
 
 20 What is it then, brethren ? When ye 
 come together, each one hath a psalm, 
 hath a teaching, hath a revelation, hath 
 a tongue, hath an interjjretation. Let 
 
 27 all things be done unto edifying. If 
 any man speaketh in a tongue, let it be 
 by two, or at the most three, and that 
 
 28 in turn; and let one interjn-et: but if 
 tliere be no inteiin-eter, let him keep 
 silence in the church ; and let him speak 
 
 29 to himself, and to God. And let the 
 prophets speak hi/ two or tlu'ee, and 
 
 30 let the others ^ discern . But if a revela- 
 tion l)e made to another sitting by, let 
 
 31 the first keep silence. For ye all can 
 prophesy one by one, that all may learn, 
 
 .S2and aU may be w comforted; and the 
 spirits of the jirophets are suT)ject to 
 
 33 the iirophets ; for God is not a Gud of 
 confusion, but of peace ; as in all the 
 churches of the saints. 
 
 31 Let the women keep silence in the 
 churches : for it is not permitted unto 
 them to speak ; but let them be in 
 
 35si;bjection, as also saith the law. And 
 if they would learn anythuig, let them 
 ask their own husbands at home : for 
 it is shameful for a woman to speak in 
 
 3Gthe church. What? was it from you 
 that the word of God went forth? or 
 came it unto you alone ? 
 
 37 If any man thinketh himself to be 
 a proi^het, or spiritual, let him take 
 knowledge of the things which I write 
 unto you, that they are the command- 
 
 38 ment of the Lord, ii But if any man 
 is ignorant, let him be ignorant. 
 
 39 Wherefore, my brethren, desire ear- 
 nestly to prophesy, and forbid not to 
 
 40 speak with tongues. But let all things 
 be done decently and in order. 
 
 15 Now I make known unto yon, bre- 
 thren, the gospel which I preached unto 
 you, which also ye received, wherein 
 
 2 also ye stand, by which also ye are 
 1'^ saved ; I make Jcnou-n, Isa;/, i^in what 
 words I preached it unto you, if ye hold 
 it fast, except ye beheved i^in vain. 
 
 3 For I delivered unto you fij'st of all that 
 which also I received, how that Christ 
 died for our sins according to the scrip- 
 
 ■1 turcs ; and that he was buried ; and that 
 he hath been raised on the third day 
 
 5 according to the scriptures ; and that 
 he appeared to Cephas; then to the 
 
 6 twelve ; then he appeared to above five 
 hundred brethren at once, of whom the 
 greater part remain u;itil now, but 
 
 7 some are fallen asleep ; then be ap- 
 peared to James; then to all the 
 
 8 apostles ; and last of all, as unto 
 one born out of due time, he api>ear- 
 
 9ed to me also. For I am the least 
 
 of the apostles, that am not meet 
 
 to be called an aj^ostle, because I 
 
 10 persecuted the church of God. But 
 
 by the gi-ace of God I am what
 
 15. 58. 
 
 I. CORINTHIANS. 
 
 133 
 
 1 Or, void 
 
 2 Some 
 ancient 
 authori- 
 ties read 
 our, 
 
 :i Gr, the 
 Christ. 
 
 * Or, J/ 
 we have 
 otily 
 hoped in 
 Christ ill 
 this life 
 
 5Gr. 
 presence. 
 
 Gr. the 
 God and 
 Father. 
 
 1 0r, Bat 
 when he 
 
 shall 
 have 
 said. All 
 things 
 are put 
 in sub- 
 jection 
 {emdent- 
 ly except- 
 ing him 
 that did 
 subject 
 alt things 
 unto 
 him), 
 when. I 
 sa). ail 
 things 
 ic. 
 BOr. 
 your 
 glorying 
 a Or, 
 what 
 doth it 
 profit 
 me, if 
 the dead 
 are not 
 raised f 
 I^t us 
 eat dtc. 
 to Or. 
 Aioaka 
 out of 
 drunk- 
 enness 
 right- 
 eatjisly 
 
 I am: and his grace which was bc- 
 .stowcd upon iiic was not ftmn<l ivain; 
 but I laboured ]noro abundantly than 
 they all : yet not I, but the grace; of 
 
 11 Crod which was with me. Whether then 
 it he I or they, so wo preach, and so 
 ye believed. 
 
 1'2 Now if Christ is preached that he hath 
 been raised f i-oin the dead , how say some 
 among you that there is no resurrection 
 
 13 of the dead ? liut if there is no resur- 
 rection of the dead, neither hath Christ 
 
 14 been raised : and if Christ hath not been 
 raised, then is our preaching ^vain, 
 
 1.5 2your faith also is i vain. Yea, and we 
 are foutid false witnesses of God ; be- 
 cause we witnessed of God that he rais- 
 ed up •''Christ : whom he raised not up, 
 if so be that the dead are not raised. 
 
 1() For if the dead are not raised, neither 
 
 17 hath Chi-ist been raised : and if Christ 
 hath not been raised, your faith is vain ; 
 
 18 ye are yet in your sins. Then they also 
 which are fallen asleep in Christ have 
 
 lOperislied. ^li in this life only we have 
 hoped in Clmst, we are of aU men most 
 pitiable. 
 
 '20 But now hath Christ been raised from 
 the dead, the lirstfruits of them that are 
 
 21 asleeii. For since by man came death, 
 by man came also the resurrection of 
 
 22 the dead. For as in Adam ah die, so 
 also in -'Christ shall all be made aUve. 
 
 23 But each in his own order : Christ the 
 ftrstfruits ; then they that are Christ's, 
 
 24 at his ^coming. Then cometh the end, 
 when he shall deUver up the kingdom to 
 ^ God, even the Father ; when he shall 
 have aboUshed all rule and all authori- 
 
 25 ty and pov^'er. For he must reign, till 
 he hath put all his enemies luider his 
 
 26 feet. The last enemy that .shall be abo- 
 
 27 lished is death. For, He pait all things 
 •in subjection under his feet. "But when 
 he saith. All things are put in subjec- 
 tion, it is evident that he is excepted 
 who did subject all things unto him. 
 
 28 And when all things have been subject- 
 ed unto him, then shall the Son also 
 himself be subjected to him that did 
 subject aU tilings luito him, that God 
 may be all in all. 
 
 29 Else what shall they do which are bap- 
 tized for the dead ? If the dead are not 
 raised at all, why then are they bajitiz- 
 
 30 ed for them 1 why do we also stand in 
 81 jeopardy eveiy hour '? I jirotest by s that 
 
 gloi-ying in you, bretlu'en, which I have 
 in Clu"ist Jesus our Lord, I die daUy. 
 
 32 If after the manner of men I fought with 
 beasts atEphesus, 9 what doth it profit 
 me ? If the dead are not raised, let us 
 eat and di-ink, for to-morrow we die. 
 
 33 Be not deceived: Evil company doth 
 
 34 corrupt good mamiers. lo Awake up 
 righteously, and sin not ; for some have 
 no knowledge of God: I speak this to 
 move you to shame. 
 
 35 But some one wiU say, How are the 
 
 dead raised '.' and witli what mamier of 
 
 36 body do they come '? Thou foolish one, 
 that which thou thyself sowest is not 
 
 37 quickened, excei)t it die: and that which 
 thou sowest, thou sowest not the body 
 that shall be, but a bare grain, it may 
 chance of wheat, or of some other kind ; 
 
 38 but God giveth it a body even as it pleas- 
 ed him, and to each seed a body of its 
 
 39 own. All fiesh is not the same fle.sh : 
 but there is one //c.sA of men, and an- 
 other llesh of beasts, and another flesh of 
 
 40 ))irds, and anotlier of fishes. There are 
 also celestial bodies, and bodies teiTes- 
 trial : but the gloi-y of the celestial is 
 one, and the glonj of the terrestrial is 
 
 41 anotlier. There is one glory of the sun, 
 and another glory of the moon, and 
 another gloiy of the stars ; for one star 
 
 42 differetli from another star in glory. So 
 also is the resurrection of the dead. It 
 is sown in corruption ; it is raised in iii- 
 
 43 corruption : it is so^ai in dishonour ; it 
 is raised in glory : it is sown in weak- 
 
 44 ness ; it is raised in power : it is sown a 
 natural body; it is raised a spiritual 
 body. If there is a natural body, there 
 
 45 is also a spiritual body. So also it is 
 written. The fu'st man Adam became a 
 living soul. The last Adam hecame a 
 
 46 life-giving spirit. Howlieit that is not 
 first which is spmtual, but that which is 
 natural; then that which is spiritual. 
 
 47 The first man is of the earth, earthy: the 
 
 48 second man is of heaven. As is the 
 earthy, such are they also that are 
 earthy : and as is the heavenly, such are 
 
 49 they also that are heaveidy. And as we 
 have borne the image of the earthy, ^we 
 shall also bear the image of the hea- 
 venly. 
 
 50 Now this I say, l)rethren, that flesh 
 and blood cannot inherit the king- 
 dom of God ; neither doth corruption 
 
 51 inherit incorruj)tion. Behold, I teU 
 you a mystery : We shall not all sleep, 
 
 52 but we shaU all be changed, in a mo- 
 ment, in the twinlding of an eye, at 
 the last trump : for the trmapet shall 
 sound, and the dead shall be raised 
 incorruptible, and we shall l)e chang- 
 
 53 ed. For this corruptible must put on 
 incorruption, and tins mortal must 
 
 54put on inmiortality. But when 12 this 
 corrui)tible shall have put on incorruj)- 
 tion, and this mortal shall have jjut on 
 immortahty, then shall come to i)ass the 
 saying that is vn-itten. Death is swal- 
 
 55 lowed up i-Hii victory. O death, where 
 is thy \'ictory? death, where is 
 
 56 thy sting? The sting of death is sin ; 
 
 57 and the power of sin is the law : but 
 thanks be to God, which giveth us the 
 victory tlu'ough our Lord Jesus Christ. 
 
 58 Wherefore, my beloved brethi'en, be ye 
 stetlfast, umnoveable, always abound- 
 ing in the v/ork of the Lord, foras- 
 much as ye know that your labom* is 
 not 1 vain in the Lord 
 
 n Many 
 
 ancient 
 
 autliori- 
 
 ties read 
 
 let us 
 
 also 
 
 bear. 
 
 12 M.any 
 ancient 
 authori- 
 ties omit 
 this cor- 
 ruptible 
 shall 
 have put 
 on incor- 
 ruptionf 
 and. 
 
 13 Or. 
 victo- 
 riously
 
 134 
 
 I. CORINTHIANS. 
 
 16. 1. 
 
 whomso- 
 ever ye 
 shall 
 approve, 
 tltem vjill 
 J send 
 with 
 letters 
 
 1 Gr. the 
 brother. 
 
 16 Now conccniiug the collection for the 
 saints, as I gave order to the churches 
 
 2 of Galatia, so also do ye. Upon the fii-st 
 day of the week let each one of you lay 
 by him in store, as he may iirosper, that 
 no collections be made when I come. 
 
 3 And when I arrive, i whomsoever ye 
 shall approve by letters, them will I 
 send to carry your bomity unto Jerusa- 
 
 4 lem : and if it be meet for me to go also, 
 
 5 they shall go with me. But I wUl come 
 unto you, when I shall have passed 
 through Macedonia; for I do pass 
 
 6 through Macedonia ; but with you it 
 may be that I shall abide, or even win- 
 ter, that ye may set me forward on my 
 
 7 jom-uey whithersoever I go. For I do 
 not wish to see you now by the way ; for 
 I hope to tarry a while with you, if the 
 
 8 Loi'd ijermit. But I will tarry at Ephe- 
 
 9 sus until Pentecost ; for a great door 
 and effectual is opened unto me, and 
 there are many adversaries. 
 
 10 Now if Timothy come, see that he be 
 with you without fear ; for he worketh 
 
 11 the work of the Lord, as I also do : let no 
 man therefore despise him. But set him 
 forward on his journey in jjeace, that he 
 may come unto me : for I expect him 
 
 12 with the brethren. But as touchuig 
 Apollos the brother, I besought him 
 
 much to come mito you with the bre- 
 thren: and it was not at all '^Ms wUl 
 to come now ; but he will come when 
 he shall have opportunity. 
 
 13 Watch ye, stand fast in the faith, quit 
 
 14 you like men, be strong. Let all that 
 ye do be done in love. 
 
 15 Now I beseech you, bretliren (ye know 
 the house of Stephanas, that it is the 
 firstfruits of Achaia, and that they have 
 set themselves to minister unto the 
 
 16 saints), that ye also be in subjection un- 
 to such, and to every one that helpeth 
 
 17 in the work and laboureth. And I re- 
 joice at the Scommg of Stejihanas and 
 Fortunatus and Achaicus : for that 
 which was lacking on youi' part they 
 
 18 supphed. For they refreshed my spirit 
 and yoiu's : acknowledge ye therefore 
 them that are such. 
 
 19 The churches of Asia salute you. 
 Aquila and Prisca salute you much in 
 the Lord, with the church that is in 
 
 20 their house. AU the brethren salute you. 
 Salute one another with a holy kiss. 
 
 21 The salutation of me Paul with mine 
 
 22 own hand. If any man loveth not the 
 Lord, let him be anathema. ''Maran 
 
 23atha. The grace of the Lord Jesus 
 24 Christ be with you. My love be with 
 you aU in Christ Jesus. Amen. 
 
 THE SECOND EPISTLE OF PAUL THE APOSTLE 
 
 TO THE 
 
 COEINTHIANS, 
 
 1 Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus 
 through the wUl of God, and Timothy 
 1 our brother, unto the chiux-h of God 
 which is at Corinth, with all the saints 
 
 2 which are in the whole of Achaia: Grace 
 to you and peace from God om- Father 
 and the Lord Jesus Christ. 
 
 3 Blessed be the God and Father of our 
 Lord Jesus Chi-ist, the Father of mer- 
 
 4 cies and God of all comfort ; who com- 
 forteth us in all our affliction, that we 
 may be able to comfort them that are 
 in any affliction, through the comfort 
 wherewith we ourselves are comforted 
 
 5 of God. For as the sufferings of Christ 
 abound unto us, even so our comfort 
 
 6 also abomideth tlirough Chi-ist. Biit 
 whether we be afflicted, it is for your 
 comfort and salvation ; or whether we 
 be comforted, it is for yom- comfort, 
 which worketh in the patient enduring 
 of the same sufferings wliich we also 
 
 7 suffer : and our hope for you is stedf ast ; 
 knowing that, as ye are partakers of 
 the sufferings, so also are ye of the com- 
 
 8 fort. For we would not have you igno- 
 rant, brethren, concerning our affliction 
 
 which befell us in Asia, that we were 
 weighed down exceedingly, beyond our 
 power, insomuch that we despaired 
 9 even of hfe: ^yea, we ourselves have 
 had the ^ answer of death within om*- 
 selves, that we should not trust in our- 
 selves, but in God which raiseth the 
 
 10 dead : who delivered us out of so great 
 a death, and wiU dehver : on whom we 
 have "iset oiu- hope that he wOl also 
 
 11 still dehver us; ye also helping toge- 
 ther on our behalf by your suppHca- 
 tion ; that, for the gift bestowed upon 
 us by means of many, tlianks may 
 be given by many persons on our be- 
 half. 
 
 12 For our glorying is this, the testimony 
 of our conscience, that in holiness and 
 sincerity of God, not in fleshly wisdom 
 but in the grace of God, we behaved our- 
 selves in the world, and more abundantly 
 
 13 to you-ward. For we write none other 
 things unto you, than what ye read 
 or even acknowledge, and I hope ye 
 
 14 will acknowledge unto the end: as 
 also ye did acknowledge us in part, 
 that we are your glorying, even as
 
 3. 17. 
 
 11. COKINTHIANS. 
 
 13,'') 
 
 ■Or, 
 
 grace 
 Some 
 undent 
 authori- 
 ties reud. 
 joy. 
 
 2 Gi-. 
 tltrouglu 
 
 ^Gr. 
 into. 
 4 Or, 
 seeinff 
 that he 
 both seal- 
 ed us 
 
 5 Or, 
 i/our 
 faith 
 e Some 
 ancient 
 authori- 
 ties reati 
 
 ' Gr. the 
 more. 
 8 Some 
 ancient 
 authori- 
 ties omit 
 rather. 
 
 9 Some 
 ancient 
 authori- 
 ties read 
 whereby. 
 
 10 Or, 
 presence 
 
 ye also are ours, iii the day of our 
 Lord Jesus. 
 
 15 And ill tliis confidence I was minded to 
 come before unto you, that ye might 
 
 IGhave a second i benefit ; and by you to 
 pass into Macedonia, and again from 
 Macedonia to come unto you, and of you 
 to be set forward on my journey unto 
 
 17 Judiea. Wlieii I therefore was thus 
 luiuded, did I shew fickleness '! or the 
 things that 1 purpose, do I purpose ac- 
 cording to the flesh, that with me there 
 should be the yea yea and the nay nay ? 
 
 18 But as God is faithful, our word toward 
 
 19 you is not yea and nay. For the Son of 
 God, Jesus Clu'ist, who was preached 
 among you ^by us, even '-^by me and 
 Silvaiius and Timothy, was not yea 
 
 20 and nay, but in him is yea. For hov/ 
 many soever be the promises of God, in 
 him is the yea : wherefore also tlu'ougli 
 him is the Anien, unto the glory of God 
 
 •21 through us. Now he that stabhsheth 
 us with you -'in Christ, and anointed 
 
 22 us, is God ; ^ who also sealed us, and 
 gave us the earnest of the Spirit in 
 our hearts. 
 
 23 But I call God for a witness upon my 
 soul, that to spare you I f orbare to come 
 
 24 unto Corinth. Not that we have lord- 
 ship over your faith, but are helpers of 
 
 2 your joy: for by ° faith ye stand. 6 gut 
 I determined this for myself, that I 
 would not come again to you with sor- 
 
 2 row. For if I make you sony, who then 
 is he that maketh me glad, but he that 
 
 3 is made son-y by me ? And I wrote this 
 very thing, lest, when I came, I should 
 have sorrow from them of whom I ought 
 to rejoice ; having confidence in you all, 
 
 4 that my joy is the joy of you all. For 
 out of much aSiction and anguish of 
 heart I wi-ote unto you with many tears; 
 not that ye should be made sorry, but 
 that ye might know the love wliich I 
 have more abundantly unto you. 
 
 5 But if any hath caused sorrow, he hath 
 caused sorrow, not to me, but iu part 
 (that I press not too heavily) to you all. 
 
 6 Sufficient to such a one is this jiunish- 
 ment which was inflicted by ^ the many ; 
 
 7 so that contrariwise ye should f' rather 
 forgive him and comfort him, lest by any 
 means such a one should be swallowed 
 
 8 up with his overmuch sorrow. Where- 
 fore I beseech you to confirm youi: love 
 
 9 toward liim. For to this end also did I 
 write, that I might know the proof of 
 you, !* whether ye are obedient in aU 
 
 10 things. But to whom ye forgive any- 
 thing, Iforgwe also; for what I also 
 have forgiven, if I have forgiven any- 
 thing, for your sakes have I forgiven it 
 
 11 in the w person of Christ; that no ad- 
 vantage may be gamed c   er us by Sa- 
 tan • for we ai'e not ignorant of his 
 devices. 
 
 12 Now when I came to Troas for the 
 gospel of Christ, and when a door was 
 
 lHo))ened unto me in the Lord, I had no 
 rclitif for my spirit, because I foiuid not 
 Titus my lu'other : but taking my leave 
 of them, I went forth into Macedonia. 
 
 14 But tlianks be; unto (jod, which always 
 leadetli us hi triuniiili in Christ, and 
 maketh manifest througli us the savour 
 
 15 of his knowledge in every place. For 
 we are a sweet savour oi Christ unto 
 God, in them that are being saved, and 
 
 16 in them th.*t are perishing ; to the one 
 a savour from death unto (leath ; to the 
 other a savour from life unto life. And 
 
 17 who is sufficient for these things ? For 
 we are not as the many, n corrupting 
 the word of God : but as of sincerity, 
 but as of God, in the sight of God, 
 S2)eak we in Christ. 
 
 3 Ai'e we beginning again to commend 
 om-selves ? or need we, as do some, epi- 
 stles of commendation to you or from 
 
 2 you ? Ye are oui- epistle, written iu our 
 hearts, known and read of aU men ; 
 
 3 being made manifest that ye are an 
 epistle of Christ, ministered by us, 
 wTitten not with ink, but with the 
 Sjiirit of the living God ; not in tables 
 of stone, but in tables that are hearts of 
 
 4 flesh. And such confidence have we 
 .5 through Christ to God- ward : not that 
 
 we are sufficient of ourselves, to account 
 anytlung as from ourselves ; but our 
 
 6 sufficiency is from God ; who also made 
 us sufficient as ministers of a new 
 12 covenant ; not of the letter, but of the 
 spirit: for the letter kUleth, but the 
 
 7 spirit giveth life. But if the ministra- 
 tion of death, i^^i-itten, and engi-aven 
 on stones, came i%ith glory, so that the 
 children of Israel could not look sted- 
 fastly upon the face of Moses for the 
 glo:y of his face ; which glory i^ was 
 
 8 passing away : how shall not rather the 
 ministration of the spirit be wdth glory ? 
 
 9i''For if the ministration of condemna- 
 tion is glory, much rather doth the mi- 
 nistration of righteousness exceed in 
 
 10 glory. For verily that which hath been 
 made glorious hath not been made glo- 
 rious in this respect, by reason of the 
 
 llgloi-y that sui-passeth. For if that 
 which 1'^ passe th away n-as i^withgloiy, 
 much more that which reniaiueth is in 
 glory. 
 
 12 Having therefore such a hope, we use 
 
 13 great boldness of speech, and are not 
 as Moses, who put a veil upon his face, 
 that the childi-eu of Israel should not 
 look stedfastly i^'on the end of that 
 
 14 wiiich 15 was passing away : but their 
 -Ommds were hardened: for mitil this 
 very day at the readuig of the old 
 1-2 covenant the same veil ^^remaineth 
 unlifted ; which veil is done away in 
 
 15 Chi'ist. But unto this day, whenso- 
 ever Moses is read, a veil lieth upon 
 
 16 their heart. But whensoever 22 j^ 
 shall turn to the Lord, the veil is 
 
 17 taken away. Now the Lord is the 
 
 11 Or, 
 makintf 
 
 liler- 
 chnndisr 
 of the 
 word of 
 Qod 
 
 12 Or, tes- 
 tament 
 
 13 Gr. in 
 letters, 
 n Gr. in. 
 
 15 Or, 
 was be' 
 ing done 
 away 
 
 1" Many- 
 ancient 
 autliori- 
 ties read 
 For if 
 to the 
 minis- 
 tration 
 
 of COfV- 
 
 deynnor 
 
 tion 
 
 there is 
 
 glory. 
 
 n Or, is 
 
 being 
 
 done 
 
 away 
 
 18 Gr. 
 
 through. 
 
 13 Or, 
 unto 
 i* Gr. 
 thoughts. 
 21 Or, re- 
 maineth, 
 it not 
 being 
 revealed 
 that it 
 is done   
 away 
 ?2 Or, a 
 man 
 shall 
 turn
 
 136 
 
 lOr. 
 behold- 
 ing as in 
 a mirror 
 
 2 Or, the 
 
 Spirit 
 which is 
 the JMrd 
 
 II. CORINTHIANS. 
 
 3. 17. 
 
 3 Or, age 
 
 ^Gr. 
 
 thoughts. 
 5 Or, 
 
 that they 
 should 
 not sec 
 the 
 
 light .... 
 image of 
 God 
 'Gr. 
 illuini- 
 nation. 
 TGr, 
 bond- 
 servantff. 
 8 Some 
 ancient 
 authori- 
 ties re.i»l 
 through 
 Jesus. 
 
 Or, left 
 behind 
 
 10 Gr. 
 putting 
 to death. 
 
 11 Some 
 ancient 
 authori- 
 ties omit 
 the Lord. 
 
 12 Gr. the 
 more. 
 
 13 Or, 
 
 bodily 
 
 frame 
 
 Spirit : and where the Spirit of the Lord 
 18 is, there iH hberty. But we all, with 
 unveiled face ireliecting as a muTor the 
 glory of the Lord, are transfoiiued into 
 the same image from glory to glory, 
 even as from ^the Lord the Spii'it. 
 4 Therefore seeing we have this minis- 
 try, even as we obtained mercy, we faint 
 
 2 not : but we have renounced the hidden 
 things of shame, not walliing in crafti- 
 ness, nor hancUing the word of God de- 
 ceitfully ; but by the manifestation of 
 the truth commending ourselves to 
 every man's conscience in the sight of 
 
 3 God. But and if our gospel is veiled, it 
 
 4 is veiled in them that are perishing : in 
 whom the god of this " world hath blind- 
 ed the ^ minds of the unbelieving, 5 that 
 the flight of the gospel of the glory of 
 Chi'ist, who is the image of God, should 
 
 5 not dawn ?6/jo« them. For we preach 
 not ourselves, but Christ Jesus as Lord, 
 and ourselves as your '^servants ffor 
 
 6 Jesus' sake. Seeing it is God, that said. 
 Light shall shine out of darkness, who 
 shined in our hearts, to give the ''hght 
 of the knowledge of the glory of God in 
 the face of Jesus Clu-ist. 
 
 7 But wo have this treasure in earthen 
 vessels, that the exceeding greatness of 
 the power may be of God, and not from 
 
 8 ourselves ; v^e are pressed on eveiy side, 
 yet not straitened ; perplexed, yet not 
 
 9 unto despair ; pursued, yet not " for- 
 saken ; smitten d(jwn, yet not destroy- 
 
 10 ed ; always bearing about in the body 
 the 10 dying of Jesus, that the life also of 
 Jesus may l)e manifested in our body. 
 
 11 For we which live are alway delivered 
 unto death for Jesus' sake, that the life 
 also of Jesus may be manifested in our 
 
 12 mortal flesh. So then death worketh 
 
 13 in us, but life in you. But having the 
 same spirit of faith, according to that 
 which is written, I believed, and there- 
 fore did I speak ; we also believe, and 
 
 14 therefore also we speak; knowing that 
 he which raised up nthe Lord Jesus 
 shall raise up us also v^^ith Jesus, and 
 
 15 shall present us with you. For all 
 things are for your sakes, that the 
 grace, being multi])lied thi-ough I'-^the 
 many, may cause the thanksgiving to 
 alxjund unto the glory of God. 
 
 16 Wherefore we faint not ; but though 
 our outward man is decaying, yet our 
 inward man is renewed day by day. 
 
 17 For our light affliction, which is for the 
 moment, worketh for us more and moie 
 exceeduigly an eternal weight of glory ; 
 
 18 while we look not at the tilings which 
 are seen, but at the things which are not 
 seen: for the things which are seen 
 are temporal; but the things which 
 are not seen are eternal. 
 
 5 For we know that if the earthly house 
 of our 13 tabernacle be dissolved, we 
 have a building from God, a house not 
 lUiXdo with hands, eternal, in the hea- 
 
 2 vens. For verOy in this we gi-oan, long- 
 ing to be clothed upon with our habi- 
 
 3 tation which is from heaven : if so be 
 that being clothed we shall not be 
 
 4 found naked. For indeed we that are 
 in this 13 tabernacle do groan, i-* being 
 bm'dened; not for that we would be 
 unclothed, but that we would be cloth- 
 ed u})on, that what is mortal may be 
 
 5 swallowed up of life. Now he that 
 wrought us for this very thing is God, 
 who gave unto us the earnest of the 
 
 6 Spirit. Being therefore always of good 
 courage, and knowuig that, whilst we 
 are at home in the body, we are absent 
 
 7 from the Lord (for we walk by faith, 
 
 8 not by insight) ; we are of good courage, 
 I say, and are willing rather to be ab- 
 sent from the body, and to be at home 
 
 9 with the Lord. Wherefore also we 
 ii^make it our aim, whether at home or 
 absent, to be weU-pleasing unto him. 
 
 10 For we must all be made manifest be- 
 fore the judgement-seat of Christ ; that 
 each one may receive the things do7ie 
 i^in the body, according to what he 
 hath done, whether it be good or bad. 
 
 11 Knowing therefore the fear of the 
 Lord, we persuade men, but wo are 
 made manifest unto God ; and I hope 
 that we are made manifest also in 
 
 12 your consciences. We are not again 
 commending oiu'selves unto you, but 
 :<peak as giving you occasion of gloiy- 
 ing on our behalf, that ye may have 
 wherewith to answer them that gloiy 
 
 13 in appearance, and not in heart. For 
 whether v/e if are beside ourselves, it is 
 unto God ; or whether we are of sober 
 
 14 mind, it is unto you. For the love 
 of Christ coustraineth us; because 
 wc thus judge, that one died for all, 
 
 15 therefore all died; and he died for 
 all, that they v>'hich hve should no 
 longer live unto themselves, but unto 
 him who for their sakes died and rose 
 
 16 again. AVherefore ^ve henceforth know 
 no man after the flesh: even though 
 we have known Christ after the flesh, 
 yet now we know him so no more. 
 
 17 Wherefore if any man is in Christ, 
 I'-'^e is a new creature: the old things 
 are passed away ; behold, they are 
 
 lSl)ecome new. But all things are of 
 God, y/ho reconciled us to himself 
 tlu'ough Clu-ist, and gave unto us the 
 
 19 ministry of reconciliation ; to wit, that 
 God was in Christ reconcihng the 
 ■norld unto liimself, not reckoning un- 
 to them their trespasses, and having 
 20 committed unto us the word of re- 
 conciliation. 
 
 20 We are andiassadors therefore on 
 behalf of Christ, as though God 
 were intrealing by us: we beseech 
 ijoii, on behaK of Christ, be ye re- 
 
 21conciled to God. Him who laiew 
 no sin he made to be sin on our 
 behalf; that we might become the
 
 8. 5. 
 
 II. CORINTHIANS. 
 
 137 
 
 I Or, 
 
 Holy 
 
 Spirit: 
 
 and so 
 
 throuph- 
 
 out this 
 
 book. 
 
 2Gr. 
 
 through. 
 
 SGr. 
 Bcliar. 
 
 4 Or, 
 sanc- 
 tuary 
 
 6Gr. 
 Make 
 room 
 forui. 
 
 6 righteousness of God in him. And 
 woiking together with him we intreat 
 also that ye receive not the grace of 
 
 2 God in vain (for he saith, 
 
 At an accei^table time I hearkened 
 
 mito thee, 
 And in a day of salvation did I 
 
 succour thee : 
 behold, now is the acceptable time ; be- 
 
 3 hold, now is the day of salvation) : giv- 
 ing no occasion of stumbUiig in any- 
 thing, that our ministration be not 
 
 4 blamed ; but in everything commending 
 oui'selves, as ministers of God, in much 
 patience, in afflictions, in necessities, in 
 
 5 distresses, in stripes, in imprisonments, 
 in tmnults, in labours, in watchings, in 
 
 6 fastings ; in ijureness, in knowledge, in 
 longsuff ering, in kindness, in the i Holy 
 
 7 Ghost, in love unfeigned, in the word of 
 truth, in the power of God; ^hy the 
 armour of righteousness on the right 
 
 8 hand and on the left, by glory and dis- 
 honour, by evil report and good report ; 
 
 9 as deceivers, audye^ true ; as unknown, 
 and yet well knowTi; as dying, and be- 
 hold, we live ; as chastened, and not 
 
 10 kiUed ; as sorrowful, yet alway rejoic- 
 ing ; as poor, yet making many rich ; 
 as havmg nothing, and yet possessing 
 all things. 
 
 11 Our mouth is open unto you, Corin- 
 
 12 thiaiis, our heart is enlarged. Ye are not 
 straitened in us, but ye are straitened m 
 
 13 your owii affections. Now for a recom- 
 pense in like kind (I speak as unto my 
 children), be ye also enlarged. 
 
 14 Be not unequally yoked with unbe- 
 lievers : for what feLLowship have right- 
 eousness and iniquity ? or what com- 
 
 15 munion hath light with darkness ? And 
 what concord hath Chi-ist with s BeUal ? 
 or what jjortion hath a behever with an 
 
 16 unbehever ? And what agreement hath 
 a ^temple of God with idols ? for we are 
 a * temple of the lining God; even as 
 God said, I will dwell in them, and walk 
 in them ; and I will be their God, and 
 
 17 they shaU be my people. Wherefore 
 
 Come ye out from among them, and 
 be ye separate, 
 saith the Lord, 
 And touch no unclean thing ; 
 And I wiU receive you, 
 
 18 And will be to you a Father, 
 
 And ye shall be to me sous and 
 daughters, 
 Y saith the Lord Almighty. Having there- 
 fore these promises, beloved, let us 
 cleanse ourselves from all defilement 
 of flesh and spirit, perfecting holiness 
 in the fear of God. 
 
 2 ^ Open your hearts to us : we wronged 
 no man, we corrupted no man, we took 
 
 3 advantage of no man. I say it not to 
 condemn ?/om: forIhavesaidbefore,that 
 ye are in our hearts to die together and 
 
 4 live together. Gi eat is my boldness of 
 speech towardyou, great is my glorying 
 
 on your behalf : I am filled with comfort, 
 I overflow with joy in all our aliliction. 
 
 5 For even when we were come into 
 Macedonia, om- flesh had no relief, but 
 we mere afflicted on eveiy side ; without 
 
 6 wc/-cflghtings, within ('Y;/r fears. Never- 
 theless he that coinforteth the lowly, 
 even God, comforted us by the "J coming 
 
 7 of Titus ; and not by his ^coming only, 
 but also by the comfort wherewith he 
 was comforted in you, while he told us 
 your longing, your mourning, your zeal 
 
 8 for me ; so that I rejoiced yet more. For 
 though I made you son-y with my epistle, 
 I do not regret it, though I did regret ; 
 ''for I see that that epistle made you 
 
 9 sori-y, though but for a season. Now I 
 rejoice, not that ye were made sony , but 
 that ye were made sony unto repent- 
 ance : for ye were made sorry after a 
 godly sort, that ye might suffer loss by 
 
 10 us in nothing. For godly sorrow work- 
 eth repentance ^unto salvation, a repent- 
 ance which bringeth no regi-et : but the 
 
 11 soiTow of the world worketh death. For 
 behold, this selfsame thing, that ye were 
 made sorry after a godly sort, what 
 earnest care it wi'ought in you, yea, 
 what clearing of yourselves, yea, what 
 indignation, yea, what fear, yea, what 
 louging,yea, what zeal, yea,what aveng- 
 ing ! In eveiy thing ye approved your- 
 
 12 selves to be pure in the matter. So 
 although I wrote unto you, / wrote not 
 for his cause that did the wrong, nor 
 for his cause that suffered the wrong, 
 but that your earnest care for us might 
 be made manifest unto you in the sight 
 
 13 of God. Therefore we have been com- 
 forted : and in our comfort we joyed the 
 more exceedingly for the joy of Titus, 
 because his spirit hath been refreshed 
 
 14 by you aU. For if in anything I have 
 gloried to him on your behalf, I was 
 not put to shame ; but as we spake 
 all things to you in truth, so our glory- 
 ing also, which I made before Titus, 
 
 15 was found to be truth. And his in- 
 ward affection is more abundantly to- 
 ward you, whilst he remenibereth the 
 obedience of you all, how with fear and 
 
 16 trembling ye received him. I rejoice 
 that in everything I am of good 
 coiu'age concerning you. 
 
 8 Moreover, brethren, we make known 
 to you the grace of God which hath 
 been given in the chm'ches of Mace- 
 
 2 douia ; how that in much proof of 
 affliction the abundance of their joy 
 and their deep jjoverty abounded 
 unto the riches of their shberahty. 
 
 3 For according to their power, I bear 
 witness, yea and beyond their jjower, 
 
 4, they gave of their own accord, be- 
 seechiug us with much intreaty in 
 regard of this grace and the feUow- 
 ship in the ministering to the saints: 
 
 5 and tliis, not as we had hoped, but first 
 they gave their own selves to the Lord, 
 
 liGr. 
 prosenoe. 
 
 1 Some 
 ancient 
 authori- 
 ties omit 
 /or. 
 
 8 Or, 
 
 unto a 
 salvation 
 ir/i icfi 
 briiifjeth 
 no regret 
 
 9 Gr. «■«-■ 
 gleness. 
 
 P5
 
 138 
 
 II. CORINTHIANS. 
 
 8. 5. 
 
 ' Some 
 ancient 
 authori- 
 ties read 
 
 our love 
 
 to ffOU. 
 
 2Gr. 
 apoetlei. 
 
 3 Or, 
 
 SJiew 1/e 
 ' there/ore 
 in the 
 face . . 
 on your 
 behal/ 
 unto 
 them 
 
 6 and to iis by tlie will of God. Inso- 
 much that we exhorted Titus, that as 
 he had made a begiiuiiug before, so he 
 would also comi)lete in you this grace 
 
 7 also. But as ye abound in everything, 
 in faith, and utterance, and knowledge, 
 and in all earnestness, and in i your love 
 to us, see that ye abound in this grace 
 
 8 also. I speak not by way of conunand- 
 ment, but as proving through the ear- 
 nestness of others the sincerity also of 
 
 9 yoiu- love. For ye know the grace of our 
 Lord Jesus Christ, that, though he was 
 rich, yet for your sakes he became 
 l)oor, that ye through his poverty might 
 
 10 become rich. And herein I give mij 
 judgement : for tliis is expedient tor 
 you, who were the first to make a 
 beguming a year ago, not only to do, 
 
 11 but also to wLU. But now complete the 
 doing also ; tliat as there ii-an the readi- 
 ness to will, so there iiiai/ be the com- 
 
 12 pletion also out of your ability. For if 
 the readmess is there, it in acceptable 
 accorcUng as a man hath, not according 
 
 13 as he hath not. For / saij not this, 
 that others may be eased, and ye dis- 
 
 14 tressed: but by equahty ; your abund- 
 ance being a supiAii at this present time 
 for their want, that theu" abundance 
 also may become a siippli/ for your 
 
 15 want ; that there may be equahtj' : as 
 it is written, He that gathered much 
 had nothing over ; and he that gathered 
 little had no lack. 
 
 16 But thanks be to God, which putteth 
 the same earnest care for you into the 
 
 17 heart of Titus. For indeed he accepted 
 our exhortation ; but being himself 
 very earnest, he went forth unto you of 
 
 18 his own accord. And we have sent 
 together with him the brother whose 
 praise in the gospel is spread through 
 
 19 all the churches ; and not oidy so, but 
 who was also appointed by the churches 
 to travel with us in the matter of this 
 grace, which is ministered by us to the 
 glory of the Lord, and to shew our 
 
 20 readiness : avoiding this, that any man 
 should blame us in the matter of tliis 
 
 21 bounty which is ministered by us : for 
 we take thought for things honourable, 
 not only in the sight of the Lord, but 
 
 22 also in the sight of men. And we have 
 sent with them our brother, whom we 
 have many times proved earnest in 
 many things, but now much more ear- 
 nest, by reason of the great confidence 
 
 23 which he hath in you. Whether any 
 inquire about Titus, he is my partner 
 and mij feUow- worker to you-ward ; or 
 our brethren, they are the 2 messengers 
 of the churches, they are the glory of 
 
 24 Christ. ^ Shew ye therefore mito them 
 in the face of the churches the proof of 
 yiur love, and of our glorying on your 
 behalf. 
 
 9 For as touching the ministering to 
 the saints, it is superfluous for me 
 
 2 to write to you : f(jr I know your 
 readiness, of which I gloiy on your 
 behalf to them of Macedonia, that 
 Achaia hath been prepared for a year 
 past ; and ■'your zeal hath stirred up 
 
 ;!''very many of them. But I have sent 
 the brethren, that our glorying on your 
 beliaU' may not be made void ui this 
 respect ; that, even as I said, ye may 
 
 4 be prepared: lest by aiiy means, if 
 there come with me any of Macedonia, 
 and find you unprepared, we (that we 
 say not, jq) should be i)ut to shame in 
 
 5 this confidence. I thought it necessary 
 tlieref(jre to iutreat the brethren, that 
 they would go before nnto you, and 
 make up beforehand your aforepro- 
 mised " bounty, that the same might be 
 ready, as a matter of bounty, aud not 
 of 'extortion. 
 
 6 But tliis / say, He that soweth spar- 
 ingly shall reaj) also spai'ingly ; and he 
 that soweth «bountifuUy shall reap also 
 
 7*" bountifully. Let eacli man do accord- 
 ing as he hath purposed in his heart ; 
 not y grudgingly, or of necessity: for 
 8 God loveth a cheerful giver. And God 
 is able to make all grace abound unto 
 you; that ye, having always all suffi- 
 ciency in every thuig, may abound unto 
 '.) every good worlc; as it is written. 
 He hath scattered abroad, ho hath 
 
 gi^eu to the poor ; 
 His righteousness abideth for ever. 
 
 10 And he that supplieth seed to the sower 
 and bread for food, shall supply and 
 multiply your seed for sowuig, and in- 
 crease the fruits of your righteousness : 
 
 11 ye being enriched in everything imto 
 all loiiberaUtj', which worketh tlirough 
 
 12 us thanksgiving to God. For the mi- 
 nistration of this service not only filleth 
 up the measure of the wants of the 
 samts, but aboundeth also through 
 
 13 many thanksgivings mito God; seeing 
 that through the proving of you by this 
 ministration they glorify God for the 
 obedience of your confession unto 
 the gospel of Clu-ist, and for the 
 i^liberality of yoiir contribution unto 
 
 14 them and unto all; while they them- 
 selves also, with suppUcatioii on 
 your behalf, long after you by reason 
 of the exceeding gi-ace of God in 
 
 15 you. Thanks be to God for his un- 
 speakable gift. 
 
 10 Now I Paul myself intreat you 
 by the meekness and gentleness of 
 Chi-ist, I who in your presence am 
 lowly among you, but being absent 
 am of good courage toward you : 
 2 yea, I beseech you, that I may 
 not when present shew courage 
 with the confidence wherewith I 
 count to be bold against some, 
 which count of us as if we walked 
 
 3 according to the flesh. For though 
 we walk in the flesh, we do not war 
 
 4 according to the flesh (for the wea-
 
 7 
 
 11. 26. 
 
 II. CORINTHIANS. 
 
 139 
 
 1 Or, ren- 
 soningn 
 
 2 Or. 
 Do I/O 
 look . . 
 face/ 
 
 SGr. 
 
 tojudge 
 
 ourselves 
 
 among, 
 
 or to 
 
 Judge 
 
 ourselves 
 
 vrith. 
 
 lOr. 
 Umii 
 Gr. meet- 
 &uring- 
 rod. 
 
 !0r, iwrc 
 the first 
 to come 
 
 6 Or, but 
 indeed 
 ye do 
 bear 
 with me. 
 'Gr. a 
 Jealousy 
 of <jOd, 
 
 eOr. 
 thoughts. 
 
 pons of our warfare arc not of tlio Ik'sli, 
 but ini),'lity before (xod to Mic casting,' 
 
 5 clown of strong holds); casting down 
 1 imaginations, and every high thing 
 that is exiilted against the knowledge 
 of Clod, and bringing every thought into 
 caiitivity to tho obedience of Christ; 
 
 6 and b(;ing in readiness to avenge all 
 disobedience, when your obedience 
 
 7 shall be fulfilled. ^ Ye look at the things 
 that are before j'(jur face. If any man 
 trusteth in himself that he is Chi'ist's, 
 let him consider this again with him- 
 self, that, even as he is Christ's, so also 
 
 8 are we. For though I should gloiy 
 somewhat abundantlj' concerning our 
 anthority (which the Lord gave for 
 building you up, and not for casting 
 you down), I shall not be put to shame : 
 
 9 that I may not seem as if I would 
 
 10 terrify you by my letters. For, His 
 letters, they say, are weighty and 
 strong ; but his bodilj' presence is «\'eak, 
 
 11 and his speech of no account. Let 
 such a one reckon this, that, what we 
 are in word by letters when we are 
 absent, f-Axch are ire also in deed when 
 
 12 we are present. For we are not bold 
 3 to number or compare ourselves with 
 certain of them that commend them- 
 selves : but they themselves, measuring 
 themselves by themselves, and compar- 
 ing themselves with themselves, are 
 
 13 without understanduig. But we will 
 not glory beyond ot(r measure, but ac- 
 cording to the measure of the ■* province 
 which God apportioned to us as a 
 
 14measiu-e, to reach even unto you. For 
 we stretch not ourselves overmuch, as 
 though we reached not unto you: fur 
 we 5 came even as far as unto you in 
 
 15 the gospel of Christ: not glorying 
 beyond our measure, that is, m other 
 men's labours ; but having hope that, 
 as your faith groweth, we shall be 
 maguilied m you according to our ^pro- 
 
 IGvince miio further abundance, so as 
 to preach the gospel even mito the parts 
 beyond you, and not to glory in 
 another's ■'in'ovince in regard of things 
 
 17 ready to cur hand. But he that 
 
 18 gloiieth, let him glory in the Lord. For 
 not he that commendeth himself is 
 approved, but whom the Lord com- 
 mendeth. 
 
 11 Woiild that ye could bear with me hi 
 a little foolishness: ^nay indeed bear 
 
 2 with me. For I am jealous over you 
 with ''a godly jealousy: for I espoused 
 you to one husband, that I might pre- 
 sent you as a pure virgin to Christ. 
 
 3 But I fear, lest by any means, as the 
 serpent beguiled Eve m his craftiness, 
 your Sniinds should be corrupted from 
 the simplicity and the purity that is 
 
 4 toward Christ. For if he that cometh 
 preacheth another Jesus, whom we did 
 not preach, or if ye receive a different 
 spirit, which ye did not receive, or a 
 
 different gospel, wliich ye did not ac- 
 5 cept, y (! do well to bear with li im . For I 
 reckon that I am not a whit behind ''the 
 ti very chiefest apostles. But though / be 
 mdo ia speech, yet am /not in know- 
 ledge ; nay, in everything we have made 
 it manifest among all men to you-ward. 
 
 7 Or did I commit a sin in abasing myself 
 that ye might be exalted, because I 
 preached to you the gospel of God for 
 
 8 nought ? I robbed other churches, tak- 
 ing wages of them that I might minister 
 
 9 unto you ; and when I was present with 
 you and was in want, I was not a bur- 
 den on any man ; for the bretlu'en , when 
 they came f rc>m Macedonia, supplied the 
 measure of my want ; and in eveiything 
 I kept myself from being burdensome 
 unto you, and .so will I keep myself. 
 
 10 As the truth of Chi-ist is in me, no man 
 shall stop me of this glorying in the 
 
 11 regions of Achaia. '^Tierefore? because 
 12 1 love you not '? God knoweth. But 
 
 what I do, that I will do, that I may cut 
 off 10 occasion from them which desire 
 an occasion ; that wherein they gloiy, 
 
 13 they maybe found even as we. For such 
 men are false apostles, deceitful work- 
 ers, fashioning themselves mto apostles 
 
 14 of Christ. And no marvel; for even 
 Satan fashioneth himself into an angel 
 
 15 of light. It is no great thmg therefore if 
 his ministers also fashion themselves as 
 muiisters of righteousness ; whose end 
 sliaU be according to their works. 
 
 16 I say again. Let no man thuik me fool- 
 ish ; but if ye do, yet as foohsh receive 
 
 17 me, that I also may gloiy a little. That 
 which I speak, I speak not after the 
 Lord, but as in fooUshness, in this con- 
 
 18 fidence of glorying. Seemg that many 
 glory after the flesh, I wiU glory also. 
 
 19 For ye bear wuth the foohsh glaiUy, 
 
 20 being wise yourselves. For ye beai' with 
 a man, if hehringeth you into bondage, | 
 if he devoureth you, if he taketh you | 
 captive, if he exalteth himself, ifhesmi- \ 
 
 21 teth you on the face. I speak by way of 
 disparagement, as though we had been ! 
 weak. Yet whereinsoever any is bold (I 
 speak in foolishness), I am bold also. 
 
 22 Are they Hebrews ? so am I. Ai'e they 
 Israelites ? so am I. Ai'e they the seed 
 
 23 of Abraham ? so am I. Are they minis- 
 ters of Christ ? (I speak as one beside 
 himself) I more ; in labours more abun- 
 dantly, in prisons more abundantly, in 
 stripes above measure, in deaths oft. 
 
 24 Of the Jews five times received I 
 
 25 forty stripes save one. Thi-ice was I 
 beaten with rods, once was I stoned, 
 thrice I suffered shipwreck, a night 
 
 26 and a day have I been in the deep ; in 
 journeyings often, in perils of rivers, 
 in perils of robbers, in perils from 
 viij 11 countrymen, in, perils from 
 the Gentiles, in perils in the city, in 
 perils in the wilderness, in perUs 
 in the sea, in perUs among false 
 
 »0r, 
 
 those 
 ]re- 
 ejninrtit 
 apostles 
 
 19 Or. the 
 
 oecciHon 
 of them. 
 
 11 Gr. 
 ractt. 
 
 F6
 
 140 
 
 II. CORINTHIANS. 
 
 11. 26. 
 
 'Or, 
 
 Beside 
 
 the 
 
 things 
 
 which I 
 
 omit 
 
 Or, 
 
 Beside 
 
 the 
 
 things 
 
 that 
 
 come out 
 
 of course 
 
 ^Gr.unio 
 
 the ages. 
 
 3 Some 
 ancient 
 authori- 
 ties read 
 Now to 
 glory is 
 not ex- 
 pedient, 
 but 1 will 
 come &c. 
 
 4 Or, 
 stake 
 
 5 Or, 
 cover mc 
 Gr. 
 
 spread 
 a taber- 
 Tiade 
 over me. 
 
 6 Or, 
 
 tliose 
 pre- 
 eminent 
 apostles 
 
 'Gr. 
 powers. 
 
 27 brethren; in labour and travail, in 
 watcMngs often, in hunger and thii'st, 
 in fastings often, in cold and nakedness. 
 
 28 1 Beside those things that are without, 
 there is that which presseth upon me 
 
 29 daily, anxiety for aU the churches. Who 
 is weak, and I am not weak? who is 
 
 30 made to stumble, and I burn not ? If I 
 must needs glory, I wiU glory of the 
 
 31 things that concern my weakness. The 
 God and Father of the Ijord Jesus, he 
 who is blessed ^for evennore, knoweth 
 
 32 that I lie not. In Damascus the governor 
 under Ai'etas the king guarded the city 
 of the Damascenes, in order to take me : 
 
 33 and through a window was I let down 
 in a basket by the wall, and escaped 
 his hands. 
 
 12 ^I must needs glory, though it is not 
 expedient; but I will come to visions 
 
 2 and revelations of the Lord. I know 
 a man in Christ, fourteen years ago 
 (whether in the body, I know not ; or 
 whether out of the body, I know not ; 
 God knoweth), such a one caught u}) 
 
 3 even to the third heaven. And I know 
 such a man (whether in the body, or 
 apart from the body, I know not ; God 
 
 4 knoweth), how that he was caught up 
 into Paradise, and heard unspeakable 
 words, which it is not lawful for a man 
 
 5 to utter. On behalf of such a one will 
 I glory : but on mine own behalf I will 
 
 Snot glory, save in my weaknesses. For 
 if I should desire to gloiy, I shall not 
 be foolish ; for I shaU s^jeak the truth : 
 but I forbear, lest any man should ac- 
 count of me above that which he seeth 
 
 7 me to he, or heareth from me. And by 
 reason of the exceeding greatness of 
 the revelations — wherefore, that I 
 should not be exalted overmuch, there 
 was given to me a ^ thorn in the flesh, 
 a messenger of Satan to buffet me, that 
 
 8 1 should not be exalted oveiinuch. Con- 
 cerning this thing I besought the Lord 
 thrice, that it might depart from me. 
 
 9 And he hath said unto me. My grace is 
 sulficient for thee: for my power is 
 made perfect in weakness. Most gladly 
 therefore will I rather glory in my 
 weaknesses, that the strength of Christ 
 
 10 may ^ rest upon me. Wherefore I take 
 pleasure in weaknesses, in injuries, in 
 necessities, in persecutions, in dis- 
 tresses, for Christ's sake: for when 
 I am weak, then am I strong. 
 
 11 I am become foolish : ye compelled 
 me ; for I ought to have been commend- 
 ed of you : for in nothing was I behind 
 "the very chiefest apostles, though I 
 
 12 am nothing. Truly the signs of an 
 apostle were vsrought among you in aU 
 patience, by signs and wonders and 
 
 13 7mighty works. For what is there 
 wherein ye were made inferior to the 
 rest of the churches, except it he 
 that I myself was not a burden to 
 you ? forgive me this wrong. 
 
 14 Behold, this is the third time I am 
 ready to come to you ; and I will not be 
 a burden to you : for I seek not yours, 
 but you: for the children ought not to 
 lay up for the parents, but the parents 
 
 15 for the chil(b-en. And I wiU most 
 gladly spend and be » spent for your 
 souls. If I love you more abundantly, 
 
 16 am I loved the less ? But be it so, I 
 chd not myself burden you ; but, being 
 
 17 crafty, I caught you with guile. Did I 
 take advantage of you by any one of 
 
 18 them whom I have sent mito you ? I ex- 
 horted Titus, and I sent the brother 
 with him. Did Titus take any advan- 
 tage of you ? walked we not by the same 
 Spirit? -walked ice not in the same steps? 
 
 19 3 Ye think all this time that we ai'e ex- 
 cusing ourselves unto you. In the sight 
 of God speak we in Christ. But aU 
 things, beloved, are for your edifymg. 
 
 20 For I fear, lest by any means, when I 
 come, I should find you not such as I 
 would, and should myself be found of 
 you such as ye would not ; lest by any 
 means there should he strife, jealousy, 
 wraths, factions, backbitings, whisper- 
 
 21ings, swellings, lo tumults; lest, when 
 
 I come again, my God should humble me 
 before you, and I should moui'n for 
 many of them that have sinned hereto- 
 fore, and rej)ented not of the unclean- 
 uess and fornication and lasciviousness 
 which they committed. 
 
 13 This is the thu-d time I am coming to 
 
 you. At the mouth of two witnesses or 
 
 three shall every word be estabhshed. 
 
 2 1 have said ii beforehand, and I do say 
 
 II beforehand, 12 as when I was present 
 the second time, so now, being absent, 
 to them that have sinned heretofore, 
 and to aU the rest, that, if I come again, 
 
 3 1 wiU not spare ; seeing that ye seek a 
 proof of Christ that speaketh in me ; 
 who to you- ward is not weak, but is 
 
 4 jiowerful in you : for he was crucified 
 thi'ough weakness,y et he li veth through 
 the power of God. For we also are weak 
 I'Mn him, but we shall Uve with him 
 through the power of God toward you. 
 
 5 Try your own selves, whether ye be in 
 the faith ; prove your own selves. Or 
 know ye not as to youi- own selves, that 
 Jesus Christ is in you ? unless indeed 
 
 6 ye be reprobate. But I hope that ye 
 shall know that we are not reprobate. 
 
 7 Now we pray to God that ye do no evil ; 
 not that we may appear approved, but 
 that ye may do that which is honour- 
 
 8 able, 1* though we be as reprobate. For 
 we can do nothing against the truth, but 
 
 9 for the truth. For we rejoice, when we 
 are weak, and ye are strong: this we 
 
 10 also pray for, even your perfecting. For 
 this cause I write these things while 
 absent, that I may not when present 
 deal shai-ply, according to the authority 
 which the Lord gave me for building 
 uj), and not for casting down.
 
 2. 11. 
 
 TO THE GALATIANS. 
 
 141 
 
 1 Or, re- 
 joice : be 
 perfect- 
 ed 
 
 lOr, 
 a man 
 
 2 Some 
 ancient 
 authori- 
 ties read 
 from 
 God. our 
 Father, 
 and the 
 Lord 
 Jesus 
 Christ. 
 
 3 Or, o^ 
 4Gr. 
 unto the 
 ages of 
 the ages. 
 
 5 Some 
 ancient 
 
 ' authori- 
 ties omit 
 unto 
 you. 
 
 6 Or, 
 
 contrary 
 to that 
 
 7Gr. 
 bond- 
 servant. 
 
 8 Gr. in 
 my race. 
 
 11 Finally, brethren, i farewell. I5o per- 
 fected ; be comforted ; he of the saine 
 
 *inmd ; live in peace: and the Trod of 
 love and peace shall bo with you. 
 
 12 Salute one another with a holy kiss. 
 
 l.S All the saints salute you. 
 
 14 The grace of the Ijord Jesus Christ, 
 and the love of God, and the com- 
 munion of tho Holy Ghost, be with 
 you all. 
 
 THE EPISTLE OF PAUL TO THE 
 
 GALATIANS. 
 
 1 Paul, an apostle (not from men, 
 neither tln-ough iman, but through 
 Jesus Christ, and God the Father, who 
 
 braised him from tho dead), and all the 
 brethren which are with me, unto the 
 
 :! churches of Galatia : Grace to you and 
 jieace ^from God the Father, and our 
 
 4 Lord Jesus Christ, who gave himself 
 for our sins, that he might deliver us 
 out of this present evil ^ world, accord- 
 ing to the will of our God and Father : 
 
 5 to whom he the glory ^for ever and 
 ever. Amen. 
 
 6 I marvel that ye are so quickly re- 
 moving from him that called you in 
 the grace of Christ unto a different 
 
 7 gospel ; which is not another gospel : 
 only thei'e are some that trouble you, 
 and would pervert the gospel of Christ. 
 
 8 But though we, or an angel from 
 heaven, should preach ^unto you any 
 gospel *> other than that which we 
 preached unto you, let him be anathema. 
 
 9 As we have said before, so say I now 
 again. If any man proacheth unto you 
 any gospel other than that which ye 
 
 10 received, let him be anathema. For am 
 I now persuading men, or God ? or am 
 I seeking to please men? if I were 
 still pleasing men, I should not be a 
 ' servant of Christ. 
 
 11 For I make known to you, brethren, as 
 touching the gospel which was preached 
 
 12 by me, that it is not after man. For 
 neither did I receive it from i man, nor 
 was I taught it, but it came to me 
 through revelation of Jesus Christ. 
 
 13 For ye have heard of my manner of life 
 in time past in the Jews' religion, bow 
 that beyond measure I persecuted the 
 church of God, and made havock of it : 
 
 14 and I advanced in the Jews' religion 
 beyond many of mine own age f' among 
 my countrymen, being more exceeding- 
 ly zealous for the traditions of my 
 
 15 fathers. But when it was the good 
 pleasure of God, who separated me, 
 even from my mother's womb, and 
 
 16 called me throiigh liis grace, to reveal 
 his Son in me, that I might preach 
 him among the GentUes ; immediately 
 I conferred not with flesh and blood : 
 
 17 neither went I uj) to Jerusalem to them 
 which were apostles before me : hut I 
 went away into Arabia ; and agaui I 
 returned unto Damascus. 
 
 18 Then after three years I wont up to 
 Jenisalem to "visit Cephas, and tamed 
 
 19 with him fifteen days. But other of the 
 apostles saw I none, lOsave James the 
 
 20 Lord's brother. Now touching the 
 things wliieh I write, unto you, behold, 
 
 21 before God, I lie not. Then I came into 
 
 22 the regions of Syria and Cilicia, And 
 I was still unknown by face unto the 
 churches of Judtea which were in 
 
 23 Christ : but they only heard say. He 
 that once persecuted us now preacheth 
 the faith of which he once made Uavock ; 
 
 24 and they glorified God in me. 
 
 2 Then "after the space of fourteen 
 years I went up again to Jerusalem 
 with Barnabas, taking Titus also with 
 
 2 me. And I went up by i-evelation ; and 
 I laid before them the gospel which I 
 preach among the Gentiles, but pri- 
 vately before them who 12 were of re- 
 pute, lest by any means I should be 
 
 3 running, or had run, in vain. But not 
 even Titus who was with me, being a 
 Greek, was compelled to be circum- 
 
 4cised: i^an^ tj^at because of the false 
 brethren privily brought in, who came 
 in privUy to spy out our liberty which 
 we have in Christ Jesus, that they 
 
 .5 might bring us into bondage : to whom 
 we gave place in the way of subjection, 
 no, not for an hour ; that the truth of 
 the gospel might continue with you. 
 
 6 But from those who 12 were reputed to 
 be somewhat (i^ whatsoever they were, 
 it maketh no matter to me : God accept- 
 eth not man's person) — they, I say, who 
 were of repute imparted nothing to me : 
 
 7 but contrariwise, when they saw that I 
 had been intrusted with the gospel of 
 the uncircumcision, even as Peter with 
 
 8 the gofiiiel of the circumcision (for he 
 that wrought for Peter unto the apostle- 
 ship of the circumcision wrought for me 
 
 9 also unto the Gentiles) ; and when they 
 perceived the grace that was given un- 
 to me, James and Cephas and John, 
 they who ^'^were reputed to be iiillars, 
 gave to me and Barnabas the right 
 hands of fellowship, that we should 
 go unto the Gentiles, and they unto 
 
 10 the cu'cumcision ; only they would 
 that we should remember the poor; 
 which very thmg I was also zealous 
 to do. 
 
 11 But when Cephas came to Antioch, 
 
 oor. 
 
 become 
 ac- 
 quainted 
 with 
 10 Or. 
 but only 
 
 "Or. 
 in the 
 course of 
 
 12 Or. are 
 
 13 Or, but 
 it was be- 
 cause of 
 
 "Or. 
 what 
 they 
 once 
 were
 
 142 
 
 TO THE GALATIANS. 
 
 2. 11. 
 
 lOr, 
 worki of 
 
 law 
 
 but only 
 
 3 Or, taw 
 
 *Ot, a^ld 
 it is n6 
 longer I 
 that live, 
 but 
 Christ 
 ic. 
 
 "'Or, 
 message 
 
 «0r, do 
 ye now 
 make an 
 end in 
 the flesh I 
 
 7Gr 
 powers. 
 f Or, in 
 
 OOr Te 
 perceive 
 
 "Gr 
 
 iusttfi- 
 
 eth. 
 
 liGr 
 
 ntatonS: 
 
 I 
 
 I resisted liim to the face, because he 
 
 12 stood condemned. For before that 
 certain came from James, he did eat 
 •with the Gentiles : but when they came, 
 he drew back and separated hmiself, 
 fearing them that were of the circura- 
 
 13cision. And the i-est of the Jews dis- 
 sembled Ukewise with him ; insomuch 
 that even Barnabas was carried away 
 
 14 with their dissimulation. But when I 
 saw that they walked not uprightly 
 according to the truth of the gospel, I 
 said unto Cephas before them all. If 
 thou, being a Jew, livest as do the 
 GcntQes, and not as do the Jews, how 
 compellest thou the Gentries to live as 
 
 15 do the Jews ? We being Jews by nature, 
 
 16 and not sinners of the (rentiles, yet 
 knowing that a man is not justified by 
 1 the works of tlie law, ^ save through 
 faith in Jesus Christ, even we beUeved 
 on Christ Jesus, that we might be jus- 
 tified by faith in Christ, and not by the 
 works of the law : because by the works 
 of the law shall no flesh be justified. 
 
 17 But if, while we sought to be justified 
 in Christ, we ourselves also were found 
 sinners, is Christ a minister of sin? 
 
 13 God forbid. For if I build up again 
 those things which I destroyed, I in-ove 
 
 19 myself a transgi-essor. For I through 
 3 the law died mito 3 the law, that I 
 
 20 might live unto God. I have been 
 crucified with Chi'ist ; ^ yet I live ; and 
 yet no longer I, but Chi'ist liveth in 
 me : and that life which I now live in 
 the flesh I live in faith, the faith wliich 
 is in the Son of God, who loved me, and 
 
 21 gave himself up for me. I do not 
 make void the grace of God ; for if 
 3-ighteousuess is through sthe law, 
 then Christ died for nought. 
 
 3 fooUsh Galatians, who did bewitch 
 you, before whose eyes Jesus Christ 
 
 2 was openly set forth crucified? This 
 only would I learn from you. Received 
 ye the Spirit by i the works of the law, 
 
 3 or by the ^ hearing of faith ? Are ye so 
 foolish? having begun in the Spirit, 
 C'are ye now perfected in the flesh? 
 
 4 Did ye suffer so many things in vain ? 
 
 5 if it be indeed in vain. He therefore 
 that suppUeth to you the Spirit, and 
 worketh 'miracles ^ among you, doeth 
 he it by i the works of the law, or by the 
 
 6 'hearing of faith? Even as Abraham 
 believed God, and it Vv'as reckoned unto 
 
 7 him for righteousness. ^Know there- 
 fore that they which be of faith, the 
 
 8 same are sons of Abraham. And the 
 scriptm-e, foreseeing that God lo would 
 justify the ^Gentiles by faith, preached 
 the gospel beforehand unto Abraham, 
 saying. In thee shall ail the nations be 
 
 9 blessed. So then they which be of faith 
 are blessed with tlie faithful Abraham. 
 
 10 For as many as are of i the works of the 
 law are unde; a ciu'se : for it is written, 
 Cm-sed is every one which contmueth 
 
 not in all things that are written in the 
 
 11 book of the law, to do them. Now that 
 no man is justified I'^by the Liv/ in the 
 sight of God, is evident : for, The right- 
 
 12 eous shall live by faith ; and the law is 
 not of faith ; but. He that doeth them 
 
 13 shall live in them. Cluist redeemed us 
 from the curse of the law, having be- 
 come a cm\se for us : for it is written. 
 Cursed is eveiy one that hangeth on a 
 
 14 tree : that ujion the GentOes might 
 come the blessing of Abraham in Christ 
 Jesus ; that we might receive the pro- 
 mise of the Spirit through faith. 
 
 15 Brethren, I speak after the manner of 
 men : Though it be but a man's i'' cove- 
 nant, yet when it hath been confirmed, 
 no one maketh it void, or addeth there- 
 
 16 to. Now to Abraham were the promises 
 spoken, and to his .seed. He saith not. 
 And to seeds, as of many ; but as of one, 
 
 17 And to thy seed, which is Christ. Now 
 this I say ; A i^ covenant confirmed 
 beforehand by God, the law, which 
 came fom* hundred and thirty years 
 after, doth not disannul, so as to make 
 
 18 the promise of none effect. For if the 
 inheritance is of the law, it is no more 
 of promise • but God hath granted it to 
 
 19 Abraham by promise. What then is the 
 law? It was added because of trans- 
 gressions, till the seed should come to 
 wliom the promise hath been made ; 
 and it 7oas ordained through angels by 
 
 20 the hand of a mediator. Now a media- 
 tor is not a mediator of one ; but God is 
 
 21 one. Is the law then against the pro- 
 mises of God ? God forbid : for if there 
 had been a law given which could make 
 alive, verily righteousness would have 
 
 22 been of the law. Howbeit the scripture 
 hath shut up aU things under sin, that 
 the promise by faith in Jesus Christ 
 might be given to them that believe. 
 
 23 But before i ' faith came, we were kept 
 in ward under the law, slmt up unto the 
 faith which should afterwards be re- 
 
 24 vealed. So that the law hath been our 
 tutor to bring us unto Christ, that we 
 
 25 might .be justified by faith. But now 
 that faith is come, we are no longer 
 
 26 under a tutor. For ye are all sons of 
 God, through faith, in Christ Jesus. 
 
 27 For as many of you as were baptized 
 
 28 into Christ did put on Christ. There 
 can be neither Jew nor Gi-eek, there can 
 be neither bond nor free, there can be 
 no male and female : for ye all are one 
 
 •29iman in Christ Jesus. And if ye are 
 Christ's, then ai'e ye Abraham's seed, 
 heirs according to promise. 
 
 4 But I say that so long as the heir 
 is a child, he differeth nothing from 
 a bondservarit, though he is lord of 
 
 2 all; but is under guardians and 
 stewards until the term appointed 
 
 :->of the father. So we also, when we 
 were children, were held in bondage 
 under the i^ rudiments of the world:
 
 5. 21. 
 
 TO THK GALATIANS. 
 
 143 
 
 'Or, 
 elements 
 
 «Gr. 
 former. 
 
 TGr. 
 spat out. 
 
 lOr, 
 of yours 
 
 B Or, deal 
 
 truly 
 
 toithpou 
 
 "Many 
 ancient 
 authori- 
 ties read 
 For Si- 
 nai is a 
 m'nin- 
 tain in 
 .irabia. 
 
 4 but when the fiihiesH of the time came, 
 Godsentfortli liis 8oii,hornof awomau, 
 
 Shorn under the law, that lie niif,'ht re- 
 deem tlieni wliich were under tlie law, 
 that we mifjht receive the adoption of 
 
 6 sons. And I)ecMUse ye are sons, God 
 sent fortli tlie Siiirit of liis Son into our 
 
 7 hearts, ei-ying, A))ha, Father. So that 
 tliou art )io longer a l)ondserva)it, but a 
 son ; and if a son, then an lieir through 
 God. 
 
 8 Howbeit at that time, not knowing 
 God, ye were in bondage to them which 
 
 9 by nature are no gods : but now that ye 
 have come to know God, or rather to be 
 known of God, how turn ye back again 
 to the weak and beggarly i rudiments, 
 whereixnto ye desire to be in bondage 
 
 10 over again ? Ye observe days, and 
 
 1 1 months, and seasons, and years. I am 
 afraid of you, lest by any means I have 
 bestowed labom' upon you in vain. 
 
 1'2 I beseech you, brethren, be as lam, for 
 I am as ye arc. Ye did me no wrong: 
 
 13 but ye know that because of an in- 
 fiimity of the flesh I preached the 
 
 14 gospel unto you the 2 first time: and 
 that wliich was a temj^tation to you in 
 my flesh ye despised not, nor ^ rejected ; 
 but ye received me as an angel of God, 
 
 i5e?v)/ as Christ Jesus. Wliere then is 
 that gratulatiun *of yourselves? fori 
 bear you witness, that, if possible, ye 
 would have plucked out your eyes and 
 
 16 given them to me. So then am I become 
 your enemy, because I ^tell you the 
 
 17 truth? They zealously seek you in no 
 good way ; nay, they desire to shut you 
 
 18 out, that ye may seek them. But it is 
 good to be zealously sought in a good 
 matter at all times, and not only when 
 
 19 1 am present with you. My little chil- 
 dren, of whom I am again in travail 
 
 •20 until Christ be formed in you, yea, I 
 could wish to be present with you now, 
 and to change my voice; for I am per- 
 plexed about you. 
 
 •21 Tell me, ye that desu-e to be under the 
 
 22 law, do ye not hear the law ? For it is 
 written, that Abraham had two sons, 
 one by the handmaid, and one by the 
 
 23freewoman. Howbeit the son by the 
 handmaid is born after the flesh ; but 
 thesowbythefreewomanjs born through 
 
 24 promise. Which things contain an alle- 
 gory: for these women are two cove- 
 nants ; one from moimt Suiai, bearmg 
 children unto bondage, which is Hagar. 
 
 250 Now this Hagar is mount Sinai in 
 Arabia, and answeretb to the Jeru- 
 salem that now is : for she is in bondage 
 
 26 with her children. But the Jerusalem 
 that is above is free, wliich is our mo- 
 
 27 ther. For it is written, 
 
 Eejoice, thou barren that bearest 
 
 not ; 
 Break forth and cry, thou that 
 
 travailest not : 
 For more are the children of the 
 
 d(^solat(! than of her which hath 
 the liusbaiid. 
 
 28 Now ''■wi\ ))retliren, as Isaac was, are 
 
 29 children of promise. ]}ut as then he 
 that was born after tlie flesh persecuted 
 him thai ira.f born after the Spirit, even 
 
 30 so it is now. Howb(;it what saitli the 
 scripture? Cast out the handmaid and 
 her son : for the son of the handmaid 
 shall not inherit with the son of the 
 
 Slfreewoman. Wherefore, brethren, we 
 are not children of a handmaid, but of 
 
 5 the freewoman. ^With freedom did 
 Christ set us free : stand fast therefore, 
 and be not entangled again in a yoke 
 of bondage. 
 
 2 Behead, I Paul say unto you, that, if 
 ye receive circumcision, Christ will 
 
 3 profit you nothmg. Yea, I testify a- 
 gain to every man that receiveth cu-- 
 cumcision, that he is a debtor to do 
 
 4 the whole law. Ye are ^ severed from 
 Clirist, ye who would be justified by 
 the law ; ye are fallen away from grace. 
 
 5 For we through the Spirit by faith 
 wait for the hope of rigliteousness. 
 
 6 For in Christ Jesus neither circum- 
 cision availeth anything, nor uncircum- 
 cision; but faith 10 working tlirough 
 
 7 love. Ye were running well; who did 
 
 hinder you that ye should not obey the 
 
 8 truth? This persuasion came not of 
 
 9 him that calleth you. A little leaven 
 
 lOleaveneth the whole lump. I have 
 
 confidence to you-ward in the Lord, 
 
 that ye wiU be none otherwise minded : 
 
 but he that troubleth you shall bear 
 
 11 his judgement, whosoever he be. But 
 I. brethren, if I still preach circum- 
 cision, why am I still persecuted ? then 
 hath the stmiiblingblock of tb.e cross 
 
 12 been done away. I would that they 
 which unsettle you would even "cut 
 tliemselves off. 
 
 13 For ye, brethren, were called for 
 freedom ; oidy use not your freedom 
 for an occasion to the flesh, but through 
 
 14 love be servants one to another. For 
 the whole law is fulfilled in one word, 
 even in this ; Thou shall love thy neigh- 
 
 15 hour as thyself. But if ye bite and 
 devour one another, take heed that ye 
 be not consumed one of another. 
 
 16 But I say. Walk by the Spirit, and 
 ye shall not fulfil the lust of the flesh. 
 
 17 For the flesh lusteth against the Spirit, 
 and the Spirit against the flesh; for 
 these are contrary the one to the 
 other; that ye may not do the tilings 
 
 IS that ye would. But if ye are led by 
 the Siiirit, ye are not under the law. 
 
 19 Now the works of the flesh are manifest, 
 which are these, fornication, i;nclean- 
 
 20ness, lasciviousness, idolati-y, sorcery, 
 enmities, strife, jealousies, wi-aths, f ac- 
 
 21 tions, divisions, 12 heresies, envyings, 
 di'unkemiess, reveUings, and such 
 like: of the which I i-^ forewarn you, 
 even as I did i-^ forewarn you, that 
 
 ' Many 
 ancient 
 authori- 
 ties read 
 V- 
 
 " Or, Fur 
 freedom 
 
 oor. 
 brought 
 to 
 nought. 
 
 wor, 
 wrought 
 
 "Or, 
 mutilate 
 them- 
 selves 
 
 12 Or, 
 
 parties 
 
 13 Or, 
 tell you 
 plainly
 
 144 
 
 TO THE GALATIANS. 
 
 5. 21. 
 
 lOr. 
 trol 
 
 JGr. 
 
 the other. 
 
 iOiAoad 
 
 ^ Some 
 verj; 
 ancient 
 authori- 
 ties omit 
 at Ephe- 
 sut. 
 
 2 Or, 
 him: 
 having 
 in love 
 
 ' fore- 
 
 ! ordained 
 
 I us 
 
 3 Or. 
 where- 
 laith he 
 endued 
 us 
 
 4 Or, 
 
 where- 
 
 withhea- 
 
 hminded 
 
 they which practise such things shall 
 
 22 not inherit tlie kingdom of God. But 
 
 the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, 
 
 longsuffering, kindness, goodiiess,faith- 
 
 23 fulness, meekness, i temperance: a- 
 
 24 gainst such there is no law. And they 
 that are of Christ Jesus have crucified 
 the flesh with the passions and the lusts 
 thereof. 
 
 25 If we Uve by the Spii'it, by the Spirit 
 
 26 let us also walk. Let us not be vain- 
 glorious, provoking one another, envy- 
 ing one another. 
 
 6 Brethren, even if a man be overtaken 
 in any trespass, ye whicli are spiritual, 
 restore such a one in a sj)irit of meek- 
 ness ; looking to thyself, lest J.hou al;;o 
 
 2 be tempted. Bear ye one another's 
 burdens, and so fulfil the law of Chi-ist. 
 
 3 For if a man thinketh himself to be 
 something, when he is nothing, he de- 
 
 4ceiveth himself. But let each man 
 prove his own work, and then shall he 
 have his glorying in regard of himself 
 alone, and not of 2 his neighbour. 
 
 5 For each man shall bear his own 
 3 burden. 
 
 6 But let him that is taught in the word 
 communicate unto him that teacheth in 
 
 7 all good things. Be not deceived ; God 
 is not mocked : for wliatsoever a man 
 
 Ssoweth, that shall he also reap. For 
 he that soweth unto his own flesh shall 
 
 of the flesh reap corruption; but he 
 that soweth unto the Spirit shall of the 
 ',) Spirit reap .eternal life. And let us not 
 be weary in well-doing: for in due 
 season we shall reap, if we faint not. 
 
 10 So then, as we have opportunity, let us 
 work that which is good toward all 
 men, and especially toward them that 
 are of the household of the faith. 
 
 11 See with how large letters I *have 
 written unto you with mine own hand. 
 
 12 As many as desu-e to make a fair show 
 in the flesh, they compel you to be 
 circumcised; only that they may not 
 be persecuted 5 for the cross of Christ. 
 
 13 For not even they who '' receive circum- 
 cision do themselves keep ' the law ; but 
 they desire to have you cu-cumcised, 
 
 14 that they may gloiy in your flesh. But 
 far be it from me to gloiy, save in the 
 cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, through 
 8 which the world hath been crucified 
 
 15 unto me, and I unto the world. For 
 neither is circumcision anything, nor 
 uncircumcision, but a new 9 creature. 
 
 16 And as many as shaU walk by this 
 rule, peace he upon them, and mercy, 
 and upon the Israel of God. 
 
 17 From henceforth let no man trouble 
 me: for I bear branded on my )x»dy 
 the marks of Jesus. 
 
 18 The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ 
 be with your spirit, brethren. Amen. 
 
 THE EPISTLE OF PAUL THE APOSTLE TO THE 
 
 EPHESIANS. 
 
 1 Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus 
 through the wiU of God, to the saints 
 which are i at Ephesus, and the faithful ! 
 
 2 in Christ Jesus : Grace to you and peace | 
 from God our Father and the Lord I 
 Jesus Christ. 
 
 3 Blessed he the God and Father of our 
 Lord Jesus Christ, who hath blessed 
 us with every spiritual blessing in the 
 
 4 heavenly -places m Christ: even as he 
 chose us in him before the foundation 
 of the world, that we should be holy 
 and without blemish before 2 him in 
 
 5 love: having foreordained us unto 
 adoption as sons through Jesus Christ 
 unto himself, according to the good 
 
 6 pleasure of his wiU, to the praise of the 
 glory of his grace, ^ which lie freely 
 
 7 bestowed on us in the Beloved: in 
 whom we have our redemption through 
 his blood, the forgiveness of om- tres- 
 passes, according to the riches of his 
 
 8 grace, * which he made to abound to- 
 ward us in all wisdom and jirudence, 
 
 9 having made known unto us the mys- 
 tery of his will, according to his good 
 
 pleasure which he pmijosed in him 
 
 10 unto a dispensation of the fuhiess of the 
 5 times, to sum up all thmgs in Christ, 
 the things •'in the heavens, and the 
 
 11 things upon the earth; in him, I say, 
 in whom also we were made a heritage, 
 having been foreordained according to 
 the purpose of him who worketh all 
 
 12 things after the counsel of his will ; to 
 the end that we should be unto the 
 praise of his g:loiy, we who 'had be- 
 
 13 fore hoped in Clu-ist: in whom ye also, 
 having heard the word of the truth, the 
 gospel of your salvation, — in whom, 
 having also believed, ye were sealed 
 
 14 with the Holy Spirit of in-omise, which 
 is an earnest of our inheritance, un- 
 to the redemption of God's own 
 possession, unto tlie praise of his 
 gloiy. 
 
 15 For this cause I also, having heard 
 of the faith in the Lord Jesus which 
 is 8 among you, and 'J which ye shew 
 
 16 toward all the sauits, cease not to 
 give thanks for you, making men- 
 
 17tion of you in my prayers; that the
 
 3. 18. 
 
 TO THE EPHESIANS. 
 
 145 
 
 1 Or, age 
 
 2 Gr. agn. 
 
 3Gr. 
 thou^gJUji. 
 
 ■1 Some 
 ancient 
 authori- 
 ties read 
 in Christ. 
 
 (rod of our Lord Jesus Christ, the 
 Father of lilorj, may give unto you a 
 spirit of wisdom and reveUitioii in the 
 
 ISlmowledgo of him; having the eyes of 
 your heart enhglitcnt^d, that ye may 
 know what is the hope of his calliiif:;, 
 what the riches of the glory of liis in- 
 
 19heritance in the saints, and what the 
 exceeding greatness of his power to 
 US-ward who heUeve, according to that 
 working of the strength of liis might 
 
 ■20 which lie wrought in Christ, when he 
 raised hun from the dead, and made 
 him to sit at his right hand in the 
 
 21 heavenly 7)/ares, far above all rule, and 
 authority, and power, and dominion, 
 and every name that is named, not only 
 in this 1 woiid, hut also in that which 
 
 22 is to come: and he put all thing§ in 
 subjection under his feet, and gave him 
 to be head over all things to the 
 
 23 chiu-eh, wliich is his body, the fulness 
 of him that tilleth all in all. 
 
 2 And you did he quicken, when ye were 
 dead through your trespasses and sins, 
 
 2 wherein aforetime ye walked according 
 to the 2 course of this world, according 
 to the prince of the power of the air, 
 of the spirit that now worketh in the 
 
 3 sons of disobedience ; among whom we 
 also all once lived in the lusts of our 
 fiesli, doing the desires of the flesh and 
 of the 8 mind, and were by nature chil- 
 
 4dren of wrath, even as the rest: — but 
 God, being rich in mercy, for his great 
 
 5 love wherewith he loved us, even when 
 we were dead through our trespasses, 
 quickened us together •* with Christ (by 
 
 6 grace have ye been saved), and raised 
 us up with him, and made us to sit 
 with him in the heavenly places, in 
 
 7 Christ Jesus : that in the ages to come 
 he might shew the exceeding riches of 
 his grace in kindness toward us in 
 
 8 Christ Jesus: for by grace have yo 
 been saved through faith ; and that not 
 
 9 of yourselves : it is the gift of God : not 
 of works, that no man should glory. 
 
 10 For we are his woi-kmanship, created in 
 Christ Jesus for good works, which God 
 afore prepared that we should walk 
 in them. 
 
 11 Wlierefore remember, that aforetime 
 ye, the Gentiles in the flesh, who are 
 called Uncircumcision by that which is 
 called Cu'cumcision, in the flesh, made 
 
 12 by hands ; that ye were at that time 
 separate from Christ, alienated from 
 the commonwealth of Israel, and 
 strangers from the covenants of the 
 promise, having no hope and without 
 
 13 God in the world. But now in Christ 
 Jesus ye that once were far off are 
 
 14 made nigh in the blood of Christ. For 
 he is our peace, who made both one, 
 and brake down the middle wall of 
 
 15 partition, having abohshed in his flesh 
 the enmity, even the law of command- 
 ments contained in ordinances; that 
 
 he might creattdn himself of the twain 
 
 16 one new man, .syi making peace; and 
 
 might reconcile tliem both in one body 
 
 unto God through the cross, having 
 
 17 slain the enmity there))y : and he came 
 
 and ''preached peacelo you that were 
 
 far off, and iieacc to them that were 
 
 18 nigh: for through him we both have 
 
 our access in one Spirit unto the Fa- 
 
 19 ther. So then ye are no more strangers 
 and sojourners, but ye are fellow- 
 citizens with the saints, and of the 
 
 20 household of God, being built upon the 
 foundation of the ai^ostles and pro- 
 phets, Christ Jesus himself being the 
 
 21 chief corner stone ; in whom ^ each 
 several building, fitly framed together, 
 groweth into a holy ■? temple in the 
 
 22 Lord; in whom ye also are builded 
 together sfor a habitation of God in 
 the Spirit. 
 
 3 For this cause I Paul, the prisonei" of 
 Christ Jesus in behalf of you Gen tiles, — 
 
 2 if so be that ye have heard of the 9 dis- 
 pensation of that grace of God which 
 
 3 was given me to yoii-ward ; how that by 
 revelation was made known unto me the 
 mystery, as I wrote afore in few words, 
 
 4 whereby, when ye read, ye can perceive 
 my understanding in the mystery of 
 
 .5 Christ ; which in other generations was 
 not made knovm unto the sons of men, 
 as it hath now been revealed unto his 
 holy apostles and prophets in the Spirit ; 
 
 6 to init, that the Gentiles are fellow -heirs, 
 and fellow-members of the body, and fel- 
 low-partakers of the promise in Christ 
 
 7 Jesus through the gospel, whereof I was 
 made a minister, according to the gift of 
 that grace of God which was given me 
 according to the working of his power. 
 
 8 Unto me, who am less than the least of 
 all saints, was this grace given, to preach 
 unto the Gentiles the unsearchable 
 
 9 riches of Christ ; and to lOmake aU men 
 see what is the 9 dispensation of the 
 mysteiy which from all ages hath been 
 
 10 hid in God who created aU things ; to 
 the intent that now unto the principali- 
 ties and the ijowers in the heavenly 
 •places might be made known through 
 the church the manifold wisdom of 
 
 11 God, according to thei^eternalpm-pose 
 which he purposed in Christ Jesus our 
 
 12 Lord : in whom we have boldness and 
 access in confidence through i^oiu' faith 
 
 13 in him. Wlierefore I ask that ^^ye 
 faint not at my tribulations for you, 
 which 1-1 are your glory. 
 
 14 For this cause I bow my knees unto the 
 I."? Father, from whom every i^fai^^Uy in 
 16 heaven and on earth is named, that he 
 
 would gi-ant you, according to the 
 riches of his gloiy, that ye may be 
 strengthened with power through his 
 
 17 Spirit in the inward man ; that Christ 
 may dwell in your hearts through 
 faith ; to the end tliat ye, being rooted 
 
 18 and grounded in love, may be strong to 
 
 liGr. 
 
 etl good 
 tidings 
 o/peace. 
 
 CGr. 
 
 evertf 
 
 OuMding. 
 
 'Or, 
 
 sanc- 
 
 tuary 
 
 8Gr. 
 
 into. 
 
 "Or. 
 steward- 
 ship 
 
 10 Some 
 ancient 
 authori- 
 ties read 
 bring to 
 light 
 what ig. 
 
 UGr. 
 pu/rpos^ 
 tfthc 
 ages. 
 
 12 Or, the 
 
 faith of 
 him 
 
 13 Or, / 
 11 Or, is 
 
 15 Gr. fa- 
 ther- 
 hood.
 
 146 
 
 TO THE EPHESIANS. 
 
 3. 18. 
 
 iGr. 
 
 all the 
 genera- 
 tions of 
 the age 
 of the 
 aget. 
 
 2 Some 
 ancient 
 authori- 
 ties in- 
 sert ;?r4;. 
 
 3 Or, 
 
 dealing 
 truly 
 
 IGr, 
 through 
 everii 
 joint of 
 the sitp- 
 ply. 
 
 ■' Or, to 
 moAe a 
 trade of 
 eOr, 
 covetoiu- 
 ness 
 
 apprelieiul ^^•itll all the saints what 
 is the breadth and length and height 
 
 19 and deptli, and to know the love of 
 Christ which jiasseth knowledge,that y e 
 may be tilled unto all the f uhiess of God. 
 
 20 Now unto him tliat is able to do ex- 
 ceeding abundantly above all that we 
 ask or think, according to the power that 
 
 ■21 worketh in us, unto 1 dm be the glory in 
 the church and in Christ Jesus unto i all 
 generations for ever and ever. Amen. 
 
 4 I therefore, the pi-isoncr in the Lord, 
 beseech you to walk worthily of the 
 
 2 calling wherewith ye were called, with 
 all lowliness and meekness, with long- 
 suffering, forl)earing one another in 
 
 3 love ; giving diligence to keep the unity 
 
 4 of the Spirit in the bond of peace. There 
 is one body, and one Spirit, even as also 
 ye were called in one hoi^e of your call- 
 
 5 ing ; one Lord, one faith, one baptism, 
 Gone God and Father of all, wlio is 
 
 over all, and through all, and in all. 
 
 7 But unto each one of us was the grace 
 given according to the measure of the 
 
 8 gift of Chribt. Wherefore he saith. 
 
 When lie ascended on high, he led 
 
 captivity captive. 
 And gave gifts unto men. 
 
 9 (Now this, He ascended, what is it but 
 that he also descended ^into the lower 
 
 10 parts of the earth ? He that descended 
 is the same also that ascended far above 
 all the heavens, that he might fill all 
 
 11 things.) And he gave some to he apo- 
 stles ; and some, prophets ; and some, 
 evangelists; and some, pastors and 
 
 12 teachers; for the perfecting of the saints, 
 unto the work of ministering, unto the 
 
 13 building up of the body of Christ: till 
 we all attain unto the unity of the 
 faith, and of the knowledge of the Sou 
 of God, unto a fullgrownman, unto the 
 measure of the statni-e of the fulness 
 
 14 of Christ : that we may be no longer 
 children, tossed to and fro and carried 
 about with every wind of doctrine, by 
 the sleight of men, in craftiness, after 
 
 15 the wiles of error ; but s speaking truth 
 in love, may grow up in all things into 
 him, v/hich is the head, even Chi-ist; 
 
 16 from whom all the body fitly framed 
 and knit together ^ through that which 
 every joint suppheth, according to the 
 working in due measure of each se- 
 veral part, maketli the increase of the 
 body unto the building up of itself in 
 love. 
 
 17 This I say therefore, and testify in 
 the Lord, that ye no longer walk as 
 the Gentiles also walk, in the vanity 
 
 18 of their mind, being darkened in their 
 understanding, alienated from the life 
 of God because of the ignorance that 
 is in them, because of the hardening 
 
 19 of their heart ; who being jiast feeling 
 gave themselves up to lasciviousness, 
 *to work (ill uncleanness with ^greedi- 
 
 20ness. But ye did not so learn Christ; 
 
 21 if so be that ye heard Lhn. and were 
 taught in Lira, even as truth is in 
 
 22 Jesus : that ye put away, as concerning 
 your former manner of life, the old man, 
 which waxeth cornipt after the lusts 
 
 23 of deceit ; and that ye be renewed in 
 
 24 the spu-it of your mind, and ])ut on the 
 now man, 'which after God hath been 
 created in righ.teousness and holiness 
 of truth. 
 
 2,") Wherefore, putting away falsehood, 
 speak ye truth each one with his neigh- 
 bour: for we are members one of another . 
 
 26 Be ye angiy, and sin not : let not the 
 
 27 sun go down upon your s wrath : neither 
 
 28 give place to the de^il. Let him that 
 stole steal no more : but rather let him 
 labour, working with his hands the thing 
 that is good, that he may have whereof 
 
 29 to give to hun that hath need. Let no 
 corrupt speech proceed out of your 
 mouth, but such as is good for 9 edifying 
 as the need may be, that it may give grace 
 
 30 to them that hear. And grieve not the 
 Holy Spirit of God, in whom ye were 
 
 31 sealed unto the day of redemption. Let 
 all bitterness, and wrath, and anger, and 
 clamour, and railing, be ])ut away from 
 
 32 you, with aU mahce : and be ye kind one 
 to another, tenderhearted, forgiving 
 each other, even as God also in Christ 
 forgave lOyon. 
 
 5 Be ye therefore imitators of God, as 
 
 2 beloved children ; and walk in love, even 
 as Christ also loved you, and gave him- 
 self up for 11 us, an offering and a sacri- 
 fice to God for an odour of a sweet smell. 
 
 3 But fornication, and all uncleanness, or 
 covetousness, let it not even be named 
 
 4 among you, as becometh saints ; nor 
 filthiness, nor foolish talking, or jesting, 
 which are not befitthig: but rather 
 
 5 giving of thanks. For this ye know 
 of a surety, that no fornicator, nor 
 unclean person, nor covetous man, 
 which is an idolater, hath any in- 
 lieritance in the kuigdom of Christ 
 
 6 and God. Let no man deceive you 
 with empty words : for because of 
 these things eometh the v.-rath of 
 God upon the sons of disobedience. 
 
 7 Be not ye therefore partakers with 
 
 8 them ; for ye were once darkness, 
 but are now light in the Lord : walk as 
 
 9 children of light (for the fruit of the 
 light is in all goodness and righteousness 
 
 10 and truthj, proving what is well-pleas- 
 
 11 ing unto the Lord; and have no 
 fellowship with the unfruitful works of 
 darkness, but )ather even i'^ reprove 
 
 12 them ; for the things which are done by 
 them in secret it is a shame even to 
 
 13 speak of. But all things when they 
 are i^reproved are made mainfest by 
 the light : for everything that is 
 
 14 made manifest is light. Wherefore 
 he saith. Awake, thou that sleepe.st, 
 and arise from the dead, and Christ 
 .shall .shine upon thee.
 
 6. 24. 
 
 TO THE EPHESIANS. 
 
 147 
 
 iGr. 
 buying 
 u;t the 
 oppor- 
 tunity. 
 
 2 Or, 
 
 in spirit 
 
 3 Or, 
 
 fo 1/our- 
 nvlves 
 
 i Gr. the 
 God and 
 Father. 
 
 s Or, so 
 are the 
 wives 
 also 
 
 8Gr. 
 laver. 
 
 'Or, 
 
 Shalt 
 8 Or.land 
 
 OGr. 
 Bond- 
 i servants. 
 
 10 Gr. 
 
 1.5 Look tliercforc carefully how yc walk, 
 
 10 not as unwise, but as wise ; i redeeming 
 
 the time, because tlic days arc evil. 
 
 17 Wliereftn'e be ye not foolish, but under- 
 
 18 stand wliat the will of the Lord is. And 
 be not drunken with wine, wherein is 
 riot, but be filkid '-^witli the Spirit; 
 
 19 speakuig •' one to another in psalms and 
 hymns and .s]iiritual songs, sinking and 
 making melody ivith your heart to the 
 
 20 Lord; giving thanks always for all 
 things in the name of our Lord Jesus 
 Christ to ^God, e^'en the Father; 
 
 21 subjecting yourselves one to another 
 in the fear of Clmst. 
 
 22 Wives, he in subjection unto your own 
 
 23 husbands, as unto the Lord. For the 
 husband is the head of the wife, as 
 Christ also is the head of the church, 
 heiijg himself the saviour of the body. 
 
 24 But as the chixrcli is subject to Christ, 
 ^so let the wives also he to their 
 
 25 husbands in everything. Husbands, 
 love your wives, even as Christ also 
 loved the church, and gave himself up 
 
 26 for it ; that he might sancLify it, havuig 
 cleansed it by the ^ washing of water 
 
 27 with the word, that he might in'esent 
 the church to himself a glorious church , 
 not having spot or viTinkle or any 
 such thing; but that it should be holy 
 
 28 and without l)lemish. Even so ought 
 husbands also to love their own wives 
 as their own bodies. He that loveth 
 
 29 his own wife loveth himself: for no 
 man ever hated his own flesh ; but 
 nourisheth and cherisheth it, even 
 
 30 as Clu-ist also the church ; because we 
 
 31 are members of his body. For this 
 cause shall a man leave his father and 
 mother, and shall cleave to his wife; 
 and the tw"ain shall become one flesh. 
 
 32 This mysteiy is gi'eat : but I speak in 
 regard of Christ and of the church. 
 
 33 Nevertheless do ye also severally love 
 each one his own wife even as himself ; 
 and let the wife see that she fear her 
 liusband. 
 
 6 Children, obey your parents in the 
 
 2 Lord: for this is right. Honour thy 
 father and mother (which is the first 
 
 3 commandment with promise), that it 
 may be well with thee, and thou 
 
 4'^mayest live long on the Seai-th. And, 
 ye fathers, jirovoke not your children 
 to wrath: bixt nurture them in the 
 chastening and admonition of the Lord. 
 
 .'> 3 Servants, be obedient unto them 
 that according to the flesh are your 
 10 masters, with fear and trembhng, in 
 singleness of your heart, as unto 
 
 t'l Christ ; not in the way of eyeservice, 
 as men pleasers; but as ^servants of 
 Christ, doing the will of Crod from 
 
 7tlio iiheart; with good will doing 
 service, as uuto the Lord, and not unto 
 
 8 men: knowing that wliatsoever good 
 tiling each one doeth, the same tshall 
 he receive again from the Lord, whether 
 
 '.) lie he bond or free. And, ye ^masters, 
 do the same things uuto them, and 
 foi'bear threatening: knowing that 
 both their Master and yours is in 
 heaven, and there is no respect of 
 persons with bun. 
 
 10 1'-^ Fin ally, ^-'be strong in the Lord, 
 and in the strength of his might. 
 
 11 Put on the whole aiinour of God, 
 that ye may be able to stand against 
 
 12 the wiles of the devil. For our wres- 
 tling is not against flesh and blood, 
 but against the principaUties, against 
 the powers, against the world-rulera 
 of this darkness, against the spiritual 
 ho.sfs of wickedness in the heavenly 
 
 13j;?«ef.s'. Wherefore take up the whole 
 armour of God, that ye mny be able 
 to withstand in the evil day, and, 
 
 14 having done all, to stand. Stand there- 
 fore, having girded your loins with 
 truth, and having irat on the breast- 
 
 15 j)late of righteousness, and havmg shod 
 yjur feet with the preparation of the 
 
 16 gospel of peace; withal taking up the 
 shield of faith, wherewith ye shall be 
 able to quench all the fiery darts of 
 
 17 the evil one. And take the helmet 
 of salvation, and the sword of the 
 S}>irit, W'hich is the word of God: 
 
 IS with aU prayer and supplication 
 i)raying at all seasons in the Spirit, 
 and watching thereunto in all jierse- 
 verance and supj>hcation for all the 
 
 19 saints, and on my behalf, that utter- 
 ance may be given unto me i* in opening 
 my mouth, to make known with bold- 
 
 20ness the mysteiy of the gospel, for 
 which I am an ambassador in i' chains ; 
 that in it I may speak boldly, as I 
 ought to speak. 
 
 21 But that ye also may know my affairs, 
 ' how I do, Tychicus, the beloved bi'other 
 
 and faithful minister in the Lord, shall 
 
 22 make known to you all things : whom 
 I have sent unto you for this very 
 purpose, that yo may know our state, 
 
 I and that he may comfort your hearts. 
 
 23 Peace be to the brethren, and love 
 with faith, from God the Father and the 
 
 [ 24 Lord Jesus Christ. Grace be with all 
 them that love our Lord Jesus Christ 
 in uucorruptness. 
 
 II Gr. 
 
 soul. 
 
 12 Or. 
 From 
 ftence- 
 forth 
 
 13 Gr. 
 
 be mad« 
 
 power- 
 
 fvX. 
 
 11 Or. in 
 
 opening 
 my 
 inoxiXh 
 with 
 bohlness, 
 to inake 
 known 
 15 Gr. 
 a chain.
 
 THE EPISTLE OF PAUL THE APOSTLE TO THE 
 
 PHILIPPIANS. 
 
 iGr. 
 
 band- 
 servants. 
 
 2 Or, 
 overseers 
 
 3 Or, 
 2/e have 
 me in 
 your 
 heart 
 
 4 Or, 
 
 prove the 
 things 
 that 
 differ 
 
 5Gr. 
 fruit. 
 
 e 6r. in 
 the whole 
 PrcEto- 
 
 rivjm. 
 
 7Gr. 
 trusting 
 
 in ray 
 bonds. 
 
 1 Paul and Timothy, i servants of 
 Christ Jesus, to all the saints in Christ 
 Jesus which are at PhUippi, with the 
 
 2 2 bishops and deacons: Grace to you 
 and peace from God our Father and 
 the Lord Jesus Christ. 
 
 3 I thank my God upon all my remem- 
 
 4brance of you, always in every sup- 
 plication of mine on behalf of you 
 all making my supphcation with joy, 
 
 5 for youi" fellowship in furtherance of 
 the gosjiel from the first day until 
 
 6 now ; being confident of this very thing, 
 that he which began a good work in 
 you wOl perfect it until the day of 
 
 7 Jesus Christ: even as it is right for 
 me to be thus minded on behalf of you 
 all, because si have you in my heart, 
 inasmuch as, both in my bonds and in 
 the defence and confinnation of the 
 gospel, ye all are partakers with me 
 8 of grace. For God is my witness, how 
 I long after you all in the tender 
 9mei-cies of Christ Jesus. And this I 
 pray, that your love may aboimd yet 
 more and more in knowledge and all 
 
 10 discernment ; so that ye may * approve 
 the things that are excellent ; that ye 
 may be sincere and void of offence 
 
 lliinto the day of Christ; being filled 
 with the s fruits of righteousness, 
 which are through Jesus Christ, unto 
 the glory and praise of God. 
 
 12 Now I would have you know, bre- 
 thren, that the things vrhich ha2H)ened 
 unto me have fallen out rather unto 
 
 13 the progress of the gospel; so that 
 my bonds became manifest in Christ 
 "throughout the whole prffitorian 
 
 14 guard, and to all the rest; and that 
 most of the brethren in the Lord, 
 ''being confident through my bonds, 
 are more abundantly bold to speak 
 
 15 the word of God without fear. Some 
 indeed preach Christ even of envy 
 and strife ; and some also of good [ 
 
 16 will: the one do it of love, know-   
 ing that I am set for the defence | 
 
 17 of the gospel: but the other proclaim 
 Christ of faction, not sincerely, think- 
 ing to raise up affliction for me m my j 
 
 18 ])onds. What then ? only that in every j 
 way, whether in pretence or in truth, 
 Christ is proclahned ; and therein I ' 
 
 19 rejoice, yea, and wiU rejoice. For I 
 know that this shall turn to my 
 salvation, through your supplication 
 and the supply of the Spirit of Jesus j 
 
 20 Christ, according to my earnest ex- I 
 pectation and hope, that in nothing t 
 
 shall I be put to shame, but tJ^at 
 with aU boldness, as always, so now 
 also Christ shall be magnified in my 
 body, whether by life, or by death. 
 
 21 For to me to live is Christ, and to 
 
 22 die is gain. ^'Bwi if to live in the 
 flesh, — if this is the fruit of my work, 
 then 9 what I shall choose i^i wot not. 
 
 23 But I am in a strait betwixt the two, 
 having the desire to depart and be 
 with Christ; for it is very far better: 
 
 24 yet to abide in the flesh is more needful 
 
 25 for your sake. And having this confi- 
 dence, I know that I shall abide, yea, 
 and abide with you all, for your pro- 
 
 26 gress and joy n in the faith ; that your 
 glorying may abound in Christ Jesus in 
 me through my presence with you 
 
 27 again. Only 12 let your manner of life 
 be worthy of the gospel of Christ: 
 that, whether I come and see you or 
 be absent, I may hear of your state, 
 that ye stand fast in one spirit, with 
 one soul striving I'^for the faith of the 
 
 28 gospel; and in nothing affrighted by 
 the adversaries : which is for them an 
 evident token of perdition, but of your 
 
 29 salvation, and that from God ; because 
 to you it hath been granted in the be- 
 half of Christ, not only to believe on 
 him, but also to suffer in his behalf: 
 
 30 having the same conflict which ye saw 
 in me, and now hear to be in me. 
 
 2 If there is therefore any comfort in 
 Christ, if ajiy consolation of love, if any 
 fellowship of the Spirit, if any tender 
 
 2 mercies and compassions, fulfil ye my 
 joy, that ye be of the same mind, having 
 the same love, being of one accord, 1^ of 
 
 3 one mind ; doing nothing through fac- 
 tion or through vainglory, but in low- 
 liness of mind each counting other 
 
 4 better than himself ; not looking each 
 of you to his own things, but each of 
 
 5 you also to the things of others. Have 
 this mind in you, which was also in 
 
 6 Christ Jesus : who, i^ being in the form 
 of God, counted it not i^ a prize to be 
 
 7 on an equality with God, but emptied 
 himself, taking the form ofa^' servant, 
 i'' being made in the likeness of men; 
 
 8 and being found in fashion as a man, he 
 humbled himself, becoming obedient 
 even unto death, yea, the death of the 
 
 9 cross. Wherefore also Godhighly exalt- 
 ed him, and gave unto him the name 
 
 10 which is above every name ; that in the 
 name of Jesus every knee should bow, of 
 things in heaven and tJtinr/.s on earth 
 
 11 and '^'^ things under the earth, and that
 
 4. 4. 
 
 TO THE PHILIPPIANS. 
 
 149 
 
 1 Some 
 ancient 
 authori- 
 tiee oniit 
 as. 
 
 2Gr. 
 
 lumi- 
 
 Tiaries. 
 
 3Gr. 
 poured 
 out as a 
 drirtfc- 
 offering. 
 
 i Gr. ge- 
 nuinely. 
 
 5Gr. 
 apostJe. 
 
 6 Many 
 ancient 
 authori- 
 ties read 
 to see 
 you aZl. 
 
 7 Many 
 ancient 
 authori- 
 ties read 
 the Lord. 
 
 8 Or, 
 farewell 
 
 "Or, 
 scemeth 
 
 evei'y tongue should confess tliat Jesus 
 Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the 
 Father. 
 
 12 So then, my beloved, even as ye have 
 always obeyed, not i as in luy presence 
 only, but now much iU(jre in my ab- 
 sence, work out your own salvation 
 
 13 with fear and trembhug ; for it is God 
 which worketh in you both to will and 
 
 14 to work, for his good pleasure. Do aU 
 things without murmurings and dis- 
 
 15 putings ; that ye may be blameless and 
 harmless, chibh-en of God without ble- 
 mish in the midst of a crooked audx^r- 
 verse generation, among whom ye are 
 
 16 seen as ^lights in the world, holiling 
 forth the word of life ; that I may have 
 whereof to glory in the day of Christ, 
 that I did not run in vain neither labour 
 
 17 in vain. Yea, and if I am ^ offered upon 
 the sacrifice and service of your faith, I 
 
 18 joy, and rejoice with you all : and in the 
 same manner do ye also joy, and re- 
 joice with me. 
 
 19 But I hope in the Lord Jesus to send 
 Timothy shortly unto you, that I also 
 may be of good comfort, when I know 
 
 20 your state. For I have no man hke- 
 minded, who will cai-e ■'truly for your 
 
 21 state. For they aU seek their own, not 
 
 22 the things of Jesus Christ. But ye 
 know the proof of him, that, as a chUd 
 serve th a father, so he served with me in 
 
 23 furtherance of the gospel. Him there- 
 fore I hoiie to send forthwith, so soon as 
 
 24 1 shall see how it will go with me : bul 
 I trust in the Lord that I myself also 
 
 2.5 shall come shortly. But I counted it 
 necessary to send to you Epaphroditus, 
 my brother and fellow-worker and fel- 
 low-soldier, and your ^ messenger and 
 
 26 minister to my need ; since he longed 
 6 after you aU, and was sore troubled, 
 because ye had heard that he was sick : 
 
 27 for indeed he was sick nigh unto death : 
 but God had mercy on him ; and not on 
 him only, but on me also, that I might 
 
 28 not have sorrow upon sorrow. I have 
 sent him therefore the more diligently, 
 that, when ye see him again, ye may re- 
 joice, and that I may be the less sor- 
 
 29 rowful. Receive him therefore in the 
 Lord with all joy; and hold such in 
 
 30 honour: because for the work of ^Christ 
 he came nigh unto death, hazarding his 
 life to supjily that which was lacking 
 in your service toward me. 
 
 3 Finally, my brethren, * rejoice in the 
 Lord. To write the same things to you, 
 to me indeed is not irksome, but for you 
 
 2 it is safe. Beware of the dogs, beware of 
 the evil workers, beware of the conci- 
 
 3 sion : for we are the circumcision, who 
 worship by the Spirit of God, and gloiy 
 in Christ Jesus, and have no confidence 
 
 4 in the flesh: though I myself might 
 have confidence even in the flesh : if 
 any other man s thinketh to have confi- 
 
 5 deuce in the flesh, I yet more : cu'cum- 
 
 cised the eighth day, of tlio stock of 
 Israel, of the tribe of Benjamin, a He- 
 brew of Hebrews ; as touching the law, 
 
 6 a I'harisee; as touching zeal, i>er.secu- 
 ting the chui'ch ; as touc;hing the right- 
 eousness which is in the law, found 
 
 7 blameless. Howbeit what things were 
 lOgain to me, these have I counted loss 
 
 8 for Chi'ist. Yea verily, and I count all 
 things to be loss for the excellency of j 
 the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord: 
 for whom I suffered the loss of all 
 things, and do count them but i' dung, 
 
 9 that I may gain Christ, and be found in 
 him, 12 not havuig a righteousness of 
 mine own, even that which is of the law, 
 but that which is through faith in 
 Christ, the righteousness which is of 
 
 10 God I'^by faith : that I may know hun, 
 and the power of his resurrection, and 
 the fellowship of his sufferings, becom- 
 
 11 ing confonued unto his death ; if by any 
 means I may attain unto the resurrec- 
 
 12 tion from the dead. Not that I have al- 
 ready obtained, or am already made per- 
 fect : but I press on, if so be that I may 
 1^ apprehend that for which also I was 
 
 13 apprehended by Christ Jesus. Bre- 
 thren, I count not myself i^yet to have 
 apprehended: but one thing / do, for- 
 getting the things which are behind, and 
 stretching foi"ward to the things which 
 
 14 are before, I press on toward the goal 
 unto the itrize of the i^high caUing of 
 
 15 God in Christ Jesus. Let us therefore, 
 as many as be perfect, be thus mmded : 
 and if in anything ye are otherwise 
 minded, even this shall God reveal unto 
 
 16 you : only, whereuuto we have already 
 attained, by that same rule let us walk. 
 
 17 Brethren, be ye imitators together of 
 me, and mark them which so walk even 
 
 18 as ye have us for an ensample. For 
 many walk, of whom I told you often, 
 and now teU you even weeping, that 
 thefi are the enemies of the cross of 
 
 19 Christ : whose end is perdition, whose 
 god is the beUy, and wliose glory is in 
 their shame, who mind earthly things. 
 
 20 For our i"? citizenship is in heaven ; from 
 whence also we wait for a Sa^dom-, the 
 
 21 Lord Jesus Christ : who shall fashion 
 anew the body of our humiliation, that 
 it may he confoiTued to the body of 
 his glory, according to the working 
 whereby he is ablfe even to subject all 
 things unto hunself. 
 
 4 Wherefore, my brethren beloved and 
 longed for, my joy and crown, so stand 
 fast in the Lord, my beloved. 
 
 2 I exhort Euodia, and I exliort Synty- 
 che, to be of the same mind in the 
 
 3 Lord. Yea, I beseech thee also, true 
 yokefellow, help these women, for they 
 laboured with me in the gospel, with 
 Clement also, and the rest of my fel- 
 low-workers, whose names are in the 
 book of life. 
 
 4 isjtejoice in the Lord alway: again 
 
 10 Gr. 
 gains. 
 
 11 Or, 
 re/use 
 
 12 Or. not 
 havinffaa 
 myrijht- 
 t; tas-riess 
 that 
 which 
 
 is of the 
 law 
 IT Gr. 
 upon. 
 
 n Or, ap- 
 prehend, 
 seeing 
 that also 
 I teas 
 ap2>re~ 
 hendcd 
 
 15 Many 
 ancient 
 authori- 
 ties omit 
 yet. 
 
 16 Or, 
 upward 
 
 nOr. 
 
 comynoyi- 
 
 wealth 
 
 18 Or, 
 Farewetl
 
 150 
 
 TO THE PHILIPPIANS. 
 
 4. 4. 
 
 1 Or, 
 Farewell 
 
 2 Or, gen- 
 tleneit 
 
 3 Gr. re- 
 verend. 
 
 4 Or, 
 ffracious 
 
 6Gr. 
 take ac- 
 count of. 
 
 rejoiced. 
 
 1 0r, see- 
 ing that 
 
 1 Gr. t'le 
 brother, 
 
 2 Or, to 
 those 
 t?iat are 
 at 
 
 Colossm, 
 holy and 
 faithful 
 brethren 
 in Christ 
 
 3 Many 
 ancient 
 authori- 
 ties read 
 your. 
 *0r, 
 unto all 
 pleasing, 
 in every 
 good 
 work, 
 bearing 
 fruit and 
 increas- 
 ing ic 
 
 5 1 will say, ^ Rejoice. Let your '-* forbear- 
 ance be known unto all men. The Lord 
 
 6 is at hand. In nothing be anxious ; luit \ 
 in everything by prayer and supiilica- 
 tion wi th thanksgiving let your requests ; 
 
 7 bo made known unto God. And the 
 peace of God, which passoth aU under- : 
 standing, shall guard your hearts and 
 your thoughts in Christ Jesu.s. j 
 
 8 Finally, brethren, whatsoever things i 
 are true, whatsoever things are ^^ho- | 
 nourable, whatsoever things are just, 
 whatsoever things are pure, whatsoever 
 things are lovely, whatsoever things are 
 *of good report ; if there be any virtue, 
 and if there be any praise, 5 think on 
 
 9 these things. The things which ye both 
 learned and received and heard and saw j 
 in me, these things do : and the God j 
 of peace shall be with you. 
 
 10 But I fi rejoice m the Lord gi-eatly, that 
 now at length ye have revived your 
 thought for me ; ' wherein ye did indeed 
 take thought, but ye lacked opportuni- 
 
 11 ty. Not that I sjjeak ui respect of want : j 
 for I have learned, in whatsoever state 
 
 121 am, thereui to be content. I know ; 
 how to be abased, and I know also how 
 to abound: in everything and in all 
 things have I learned the secret both 
 
 to be lilled and to bo hungry, both to 
 
 13 abound and to be hi want. I can do aU 
 things in bun that strengtheneth me. 
 
 14 Howbeit ye did well, tliat ye had f ellow- 
 
 15 ship with my affliction. And ye yom-- 
 selves also know, ye PliiUppiaus, that 
 in the beginning of tlie gospel, when I 
 departed from Macedonia, no cluirch 
 had fellowship with me in the matter of 
 
 16 gi^ing and receiving, but ye oidy ; for 
 even in Thessalonica ye sent once and 
 
 17 again unto my need. Not that I seek for 
 the gift; but I seek for the fruit that 
 
 18 mcreaseth to your accoitut. But I have 
 aU tilings, and abound: I am filled^ 
 having received from Epaphroditus 
 the things that came from you, an odour 
 of a sweet smell, a sacrifice acceptable, 
 
 19 well-pleasing to God. And my God shall 
 fulfil every need of yours accordmg to 
 his riches in glory in Christ Jesus. 
 
 •20 Now unto our God and Father be the 
 gloiy 8 for ever and ever. Amen. 
 
 '21 Salute every saint in Clu'ist Jesus. 
 The brethren which are with me salute 
 
 2'2you. All the saints salute you, espe- 
 cially they that are of C;esar's house- 
 hold. 
 
 23 The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ 
 be vnth your spirit. 
 
 THE EPISTLE OF PAUL THE APOSTLE TO THE 
 
 COLOSSIANS. 
 
 1 Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus 
 through the wiU of God, and Timothy 
 
 2 1 our brother, ^to the saints and faithful 
 brethi-eu ui Christ rvkich are at Colos- 
 si : Grace to you and peace from God 
 our Father. 
 
 3 We give thanks to God the Father of 
 our Lord Jesus Chiist, j)rayiiig always 
 
 4 for you, having heard of your faith in 
 Christ Jesus, and of the love wliich ye 
 
 5 have toward all the saints, because of 
 the hope which is laid up for you in the 
 heavens, whereof ye heard before in the 
 
 6 word of the truth of tlie gospel, which is j 
 come unto you ; even as it is also in all 
 the world bearing fruit and increasing, 
 as it doth in you also, since the day ye 
 heard and knew the grace of God in 
 
 7 tinith ; even as ye learned of Epaplu-as 
 our beloved feUow-servant, who is a 
 f aitliful minister of Christ on 8 our be- 
 
 8 half, who also declared unto us your 
 love ill the Spirit. 
 
 9 For this cause we also, since the day 
 we heard it, do not cease to pray and 
 make request for you, that ye may be 
 fiUed with the knowledge of his wiU in 
 aU spiritual wisdom and understanding, 
 
 10 to walk worthily of the Lord ^luito all 
 
 pleasing, bearing fruit in e\eiy good 
 work, and increasing ^iw tlie know- 
 
 11 ledge of God; •'strengthened ^with all 
 power, according to the might of his 
 glory, unto aU patience and longsuffer- 
 
 12 ing with joy; giving thanks unto the Fa- 
 ther, who made ^'us meet to be partakers 
 of the inheritance of the saints in light ; 
 
 13 who deUvered us out of the jjower of 
 darkness, and translated us into the 
 
 14 kingdom of the Son of his love ; in whom 
 we have our redemption, the forgive- 
 
 15 ness of our sins : who is the image of 
 the invisible God, the fii'stborn of aU 
 
 16 creation; for in hhn were all things 
 created, in the heavens and upon the 
 earth, things visible and things invisi- 
 ble, whether thrones or dominions or 
 princiijalities or powers ; all things 
 have been created through him, and 
 
 17 unto him; and he is before all things, 
 
 18 and in him aU thmgs ^consist. Aid 
 he is the head of the body, the 
 church: who is the beginning, the 
 firstborn from the dead; lothat in 
 all things he might have the pre- 
 
 19 eminence. "For it was the good 
 pleasure of the Father that* in him 
 
 20 should all the fuhiess dwell; and
 
 3. 10. 
 
 TO THE COLOSSIANS. 
 
 ir.i 
 
 lOr, 
 tutu htm 
 2 0r, /I'l-i 
 
 3 Some 
 ancient 
 authori- 
 ties read 
 yc have 
 been re- 
 concileti. 
 
 *0r, 
 
 itezvariir 
 ship 
 
 «Gr. 
 
 /rom tJie 
 ages atnl 
 from the 
 genera- 
 tiaiis. 
 
 6 0r, iu 
 power 
 
 7 Or, 
 fulfieis 
 
 SThe 
 ancient 
 autiiori- 
 ties vary 
 much in 
 the text 
 of this 
 passage. 
 
 oOr, Jy 
 
 10 Some 
 ancient 
 authori- 
 ties in- 
 sert in it. 
 
 11 Or, See 
 whether 
 
 12 Or. 
 elements 
 
 tlirdugli him to reconcile all tliiiigH 
 luulu -hiiuself, having made peace 
 through tlie hlood of his ci'oss ; through 
 him, J sail, whether things upon the 
 
 21 earth, or things in the heavens. And 
 you, being in time past aUenated and 
 enemies in your mind in your evil works. 
 
 '2'2 yet now •'hatli he recDiieiled in tliehoil}' 
 of his Hesh througli death, to present 
 you holy and withiiut blemish and unre- 
 
 23i)roveable before him: if so be that ye 
 continue in the faith, grounded and sted- 
 fast, and not moved away from the 
 hope of the gospel which ye heard, 
 which was preached in all creation 
 under heaven ; whereof I Paul was 
 made a minister. 
 
 24 Now I rejoice in my sufferings for your 
 sake, and fill up on my part tiiat whicli 
 is lacking of the afflictions of Clirist in 
 my flesh for his body's sake, which is 
 
 25 the church ; whereof I was made a 
 minister, according to tlie * dispensa- 
 tion of God which was given me to you- 
 
 26 wai'd, to fulfil the word of God, even the 
 mystery which hath been hid sfrom aU 
 ages and generations : but now hath it 
 
 27 been manifested to his saints, to whom 
 God was pleased to make known what 
 is the riches of the glorj' of this mystery 
 among the Gentiles, which is Christ in 
 
 28 you, the hope of gloiy: whom we pro- 
 claim, admonishing every man and 
 tea(;liing every man hi aU wisdom, that 
 we may present every man perfect in 
 
 29 Ckrist ; whereunto I labour also, striv- 
 ing according to his working, which 
 worketh in me ''mightily. 
 
 2 For I would have you know how great- 
 ly I strive for you, and for them at 
 Laodicea, and for as many as have not 
 
 2 seen my face in the flesh ; that their 
 hearts may be comforted, they lieing 
 knit together in love, and unto all riches 
 of the '^full assurance of understanding, 
 that they may know the mystery of God, 
 
 i^even Christ, ui whom are all the trea- 
 sures of wisdom and knowledge hidden. 
 
 ■i This I say, that no one may delude you 
 
 5 with persuasiveness of speech. For 
 though I am absent in the flesh, yet am 
 I with you ill the sijirit, joying and be- 
 holding your order, and the stedfast- 
 ness of your faith in Christ. 
 
 6 As therefore ye received Christ Jesus 
 
 7 the Lord, so walk in him, rooted and 
 buildcd up in him, and stablished ''in 
 your faith, even as ye were taught, 
 abounding ^oin thanksgiving. 
 
 8 iiTake heed lest there shall be any one 
 that maketh spoil of you through his 
 philosophy and vain deceit, after the 
 tradition of men, after the 12 rudiments 
 
 9 of the world, and not after Christ : for 
 in him dwelleth aU the fuhiess of the 
 
 10 Godhead bodOy, and in him ye are made 
 full, who is the head of all principahty 
 
 11 and power : in whom ye w ere also cir- 
 cumcised with a ch'cumcision not made 
 
 with hiuids, ill tlie putting off of the 
 body of tiie flesh, in tin; circumcision of 
 
 12 Clirist; liaving been buried witli him in 
 baptism, whereui ye were also raised 
 with him tlirough faith in the working 
 of God, who raised him from the dead. 
 
 1:5 And you, lieing dead through your tros- 
 jiasses and the uncircumcision of youi" 
 flesh, you, /.s«//, did he quicken together 
 with him, having forgiven us all our 
 
 It trespasses ; having l)lotted out i^-the 
 bond written in ordinances that was 
 ngauist us, which was contrary to 
 u-s: and he hath taken it out of the 
 
 1.5 way, nailing it to the cross; i^iaving 
 put oft' from himself the pruicipalities 
 and the powers, he made a show of 
 them openly, triumphing over them 
 in it. 
 
 Itj Let no man therefore judge you in 
 meat, or in di'ink, or in respect of a 
 feast day or a new moon or a sabbath 
 
 17 day : which are a shadow of the things 
 
 18 to come; but the body is Christ's. Let 
 no man rob you of your prize i''by a 
 volmitary humility and worshipping of 
 the angels, i'' dwelling in the things 
 which lie hath i^seen, vainly puffed up 
 
 19 by his fleshly mind, and not holding fast 
 the Head, from whom all the body, being 
 supplied and knit together through the 
 joints and bands, increaseth with the 
 increase of God. 
 
 20 If ye died with Christ from the 
 1- rudiments of the world, why, as 
 though li^'ing in the world, do ye tubject 
 
 21 yourselves to ordinances. Handle not, 
 
 22 nor taste, nor touch (aU which things 
 are to perish with the using), after the 
 
 23 precepts and doctruies of men ? Ar\1iicli 
 things have indeed a show of wisdom 
 in vviU-worshii), and humility, and 
 severity to the body; hut are not of 
 any i^ value against the indulgence of 
 the flesh. 
 
 3 If then ye were raised together with 
 Christ, seek the things that are above, 
 where Clu'ist is, seated 011 the right 
 
 2 hand of God. Set your mind on the 
 things that are above, not on the things 
 
 3 that are upon the earth. For ye died, 
 and your life is hid v.'ith Christ in God. 
 
 1 ^^Tien Christ, )rho is "oiu- life, shall be 
 manifested, then shall ye also with him 
 be manifested in glory. 
 
 5 -0 Mortify therefore yom" members 
 which are upon the earth ; fornication, 
 undeanness, passion, evil desire, and 
 
 (j covetousness, the which is idolatry ; for 
 which thuigs' sake cometh the wrath 
 of God '^iiipon the sons of disobedience ; 
 
 7 '•^'■^ in the whicli ye also walked afore- 
 time, when ye lived m these things. 
 
 8 But now put ye also away aU these; 
 anger, wrath, malice, railing, shame- 
 
 9ful speaking out of your mouth: lie 
 
 not one to another; seeing that ye 
 
 have put off the old man with his 
 
 10 doings, and have put on the new 
 
 13 Or, 
 the bond 
 that wa.i 
 against 
 us by i(j 
 ordi- 
 nances 
 11 Or, 
 hapirvr 
 2>ut off 
 from 
 himself 
 tiis body, 
 ha made 
 a shoivof 
 the prin- 
 cipalities 
 ic. 
 
 15 Or, uf 
 his oivn 
 mere 
 will, by 
 humilitt/ 
 ic. 
 
 16 Or, 
 taking 
 his stand 
 tipon 
 
 1' Many 
 authori- 
 ties, 
 some 
 anciei.t, 
 infert 
 not. 
 
 13 Or, 
 honour 
 
 w Many 
 ancient 
 authori- 
 ties read 
 your. 
 20 Gr. 
 Make 
 dead. 
 
 21 Some 
 ancient 
 authori- 
 ties omit 
 upon the 
 sons of 
 disobe- 
 dience. 
 See EplL 
 V. 6. 
 
 22 Or, 
 amo7t!7f't 
 vihuyn
 
 152 
 
 TO THE COLOSSIANS. 
 
 3. 10. 
 
 1 Many 
 ancient 
 authori- 
 ties read 
 Christ. 
 
 2 Gr. ar- 
 bitrate. 
 
 ■' Some 
 ancient 
 authori- 
 ties read 
 the Lord: 
 others, 
 Ood. 
 4 Or, 
 your- 
 selves 
 
 SGr. 
 Bond- 
 servant f:. 
 iGr. 
 lords. 
 
 'Gr. 
 
 from, the 
 soul. 
 
 8Gr. 
 
 receive 
 
 again 
 
 the 
 
 vyrong. 
 
 3Gr. 
 
 equality. 
 
 man, which is being renewed unto 
 knowledge after the image of him that 
 
 11 created him: where there cannot be 
 Greek and Jew, cu'cumeision and uncir- 
 cumcision, barbarian, Scythian, bond- 
 man, freeman: but Christ is all, and 
 in all. 
 
 12 Put on therefore, as God's elect, holy 
 and beloved, a heart of compassion, 
 kindness, humility, meekness, long- 
 
 13 suffering ; forbearmg one another, and 
 forgiving each other, if any man have a 
 complaint against any; even as ^the 
 
 14 Lord forgave you, so also do ye : and 
 above all these fhmgs put on love, which 
 
 15 is the bond of perfectness. And let the 
 peace of Christ 2 rule in your hearts, to 
 the which also ye were called in one 
 
 16 body; and be ye thankful. Let the word 
 of 3 Christ dwell in you richly in all wis- 
 dom; teaching and admonishing *one 
 another with ijsahus and hymns atid 
 spiritual songs, singing with grace in 
 
 17 your hearts unto God. And whatsoever 
 ye do, in word or in deed, do aU in 
 the name of the Lord Jesus, giving 
 thanks to God the Father through him. 
 
 18 Wives, be in subjection to yoiu- hus- 
 
 19 bands, as is fitting in the Lord. Hus- 
 bands, love yoiu' wives, and be not bit- 
 
 20 ter against them. ChUdi-en, obey your 
 parents in aU things, for this is weU- 
 
 21 pleasing in the Lord. Fathers, provoke 
 not your chUdi'en, that they be not 
 
 22 discouraged, ^gei-vants, obey in all 
 things them that are youi- "masters ac- 
 cording to the flesh ; not with eyeser- 
 vice, as men-pleasers, but in singleness 
 
 23 of heart, f earmg the Lord : wliatsoever 
 ye do, work 'heartily, as unto the Lord, 
 
 24 and not unto men ; knowing that from 
 the Lord ye shall receive the recom- 
 pense of the inheritance : ye sei-ve the 
 
 25 Lord Christ. For he that doeth wi-ong 
 shall 8 receive again for the wrong that 
 he hath done : and there is no respect of 
 
 4 persons. 6 Masters, render unto your 
 5 servants that which is just and ^equal; 
 knowing that ye also have a Master in 
 heaven. 
 
 2 Continue stedfastly in prayer, watch- 
 
 3 ing therein with thanksgiving ; withal 
 
 praying for us also, that God may open 
 unto us a door for the word, to speak 
 the mystei-y of Christ, for which I am 
 
 4 also in bonds ; that I may make it mani- 
 
 5 fest, as I ought to sjjeak. Walk in wis- 
 dom toward them that are without, 
 
 6 10 redeeming the time . Let your speech 
 be always with grace, seasoned with 
 salt, that ye may know how ye ought 
 to answer each one. 
 
 7 AH my affairs shall Tychicus make 
 know^n unto you, the beloved brother 
 and faithful mmister andf eUow-servant 
 
 8 in the Lord : whom I have sent unto 
 you for this very purpose, that ye may 
 know our estate, and that he may com- 
 
 9 fort your hearts ; together with Onesi- 
 mus, the faithful and beloved brother, 
 who is one of you. They shall make 
 known unto you all things that are 
 done here. 
 
 10 Axistarchus my fellow-prisoner salu- 
 teth you, and Mark, the cousin of Bar- 
 nabas (touching whom ye received 
 conunandments ; if he come unto you, 
 
 11 receive him), and Jesus, which is called 
 Justus, who are of the circumcision: 
 these only are my fellow-workers unto 
 the kingdom of God, men that have 
 
 12 been a comfort unto me. Epaphras, 
 who is one of you, a ii servant of Christ 
 Jesus, saluteth you, always striving for 
 you in his prayers, that ye may stand 
 perfect and fully assured in all the wiU 
 
 13 of God. For I bear him witness, that 
 he hath much labour for you, and for 
 them in Laodicea, and for them in 
 
 14Hierapohs. Luke, the beloved physi- 
 IScian, and Demas salute you. Salute 
 the brethren that are in Laodicea, and 
 J^Nymphas, and the church that is in 
 IB^stheir house. And when i^this epi- 
 stle hath been read among you, cause 
 that it be read also in the church of 
 the Laodiceans ; and that ye also read 
 
 17 the epistle from Laodicea. And say 
 to Archippus, Take heed to the minis- 
 try which thou hast received in the 
 Lord, that thou fulfil it. 
 
 18 The salutation of me Paul with mine 
 own hand. Remember my bonds. 
 Grace be with you. 
 
 THE FIRST EPISTLE OF PAUL THE APOSTLE 
 
 TO THE 
 
 THESSALONIANS. 
 
 1 P.\UL, and SUvanus, and Timothy, 
 unto the church of the Thessalonians 
 in God the Father and the Lord Jesus 
 Christ : Grace to you and peace. 
 
 2 We give thanks to God always for 
 you all, making mention of you in oui- 
 
 3 prayers ; remembering without ceasing 
 your work of faith and labour of love 
 
 and patience of hope in our Lord Jesus 
 Christ, before our God and Father ; 
 4 knowing, brethren beloved of God, 
 5yom- election, ihow that our gospel 
 came not unto you in word only, but 
 also in power, and in the ^ Holy Ghost, 
 and in much 8 assurance; even as 
 ye know what manner of men we
 
 I. THESSALONIANS. 
 
 153 
 
 lOr, 
 Holy 
 Hpirit 
 
 2 Or, 
 
 claiyned 
 honour 
 
 S Most 
 of the 
 ancient 
 autliori- 
 ties reaii 
 balKS. 
 
 iSonie 
 ancient 
 authori- 
 ties read 
 called, 
 
 5 Gr. tlic 
 word of 
 hearing. 
 
 shewed ourselves toward yuu for your 
 
 6 sake. And ye became imitators of us, 
 and of the Lord, haviiif^ received tlie 
 word in much idiiictioii, with joy of tlie 
 
 7 ' Holy CxJiost ; so tltat ye became an en- 
 sample to all that believe in Macedonia 
 
 Hand in Achaia. For from you hath 
 sounded forth the word of the Lord, not 
 only in Macedonia and Achaia, but in 
 every place your faith to God-ward is 
 gone forth ; so that we need not to speak 
 
 9 anything. For they themselves report 
 concerning us what maimer of entering 
 Ln we had unto you ; and how ye turned 
 unto God from idols, to serve a living 
 10 and true God, and to wait for his Sou 
 from heaven, whom he raised from the 
 dead, even Jesus, which delivereth us 
 fi-om the wrath to come. 
 2 Foryourselves,bretlu-en, know our en- 
 tering in luito you, that it hath not been 
 
 '2 found vain : but having suffered before, 
 and been shamefully entreated, as ye 
 know, at Phihppi, we waxed bold in our 
 God to speak unto you the gospel of God 
 
 3 in much conflict. For our exliortatiou 
 /*■ not of error, nor of uncleamiess, nor 
 
 4 in guile : but even as we have been ap- 
 proved of God to be intrusted with the 
 gospel, so we speak; not as pleasing 
 men, but God which proveth oiu- hearts. 
 
 5 For neither at any time were we f omul 
 using words of flattery, as ye know, nor 
 a cloke of covetousness, God is wit- 
 
 6 ness ; nor seeking glory of men, neither 
 from you, nor from others, when we 
 might have '^been bm-deusome, as apo- 
 
 7 sties of Christ. But we were ^ gentle 
 ill the nudst of you, as when a nurse 
 
 8 cherisheth her own children : even so, 
 being affectionately desirous of you, we 
 were well pleased to impart unto you, 
 not the gospel of God only, but also oui' 
 own souls, because ye were become very 
 
 9 dear to us. For ye remember, brethren, 
 our labour and travail : working night 
 and day, that we might not burden any 
 of you, we preached unto you the gos- 
 
 10 pel of God. Ye are witnesses, ami God 
 also, hov.' holily and righteously and 
 unblameably we behaved ourselves to- 
 ll v/ard you that believe : as ye know 
 how we dealt icith each one of you, 
 as a father with his own children, ex- 
 horting you, and encouraging you, 
 
 12 and testifying, to the end that ye 
 should walk worthily of God, who 
 ^caUeth you into Lis own kingdom and 
 glory. 
 
 13 And for this cause we also thank God 
 without ceasing, that, when ye received 
 from us 5 the word of the message, even 
 the uord of God, ye accepted it not as 
 the word of men, but, as it is in truth, 
 the word of God, which also worketh 
 
 14 in you that believe. For ye, brethren, 
 became imitators of the churches of 
 God which are in Judaa in Christ 
 Jesus: for ve also suffered the same 
 
 things of your own counti-ymen, even 
 15 as they did of the Jews ; who both 
 killeil the Lord Jesus and the prophets, 
 and drave out us, and please not God, 
 IG and are contrary to all men ; forbidding 
 us to speak to the Gentiles that they 
 may be saved; to fill up their sins al- 
 way : but the wrath is come upon them 
 to the utterm<jst. 
 
 17 But we, brethren, being bereaved of 
 you for " a short season, in presence, not 
 in lieart, endeavoured the more exceed- 
 ingly to see your face with great de- 
 
 18 sire : because we would faui have come 
 unto you, I Paul once and again ; and 
 
 19 Satan hindered us. For what is our 
 hope, or joy, or crown of glorying ? Are 
 not even ye, before oui' Lord Jesus at 
 
 20 his ■? coming ? For ye are our glory and 
 our joy. 
 
 3 Wherefore when we could no longer 
 forbear, we thought it good to be left 
 
 2 behiml at Athens alone ; and sent Ti- 
 mothy , our brother and** God's minister 
 in the gospel of Chi-ist, to estabhsh you, 
 and to comfort i/oii, concerning your 
 
 o faith ; that no man be moved by these 
 afflictions; for yom'selves know that 
 
 4 heremito we are appointed. For verily, 
 when we were with you, we told you 
 '■* beforehand that we are to suffer aftiic- 
 tion ; even as it came to pass, and ye 
 
 5 know. For this cause I also, when 
 I could no longer forbear, sent that 
 I might know your faith, lest by any 
 means the tempter had tempted you, 
 
 6 and our labour should be in vaui. But 
 when Timothy came even now unto us 
 from you, and brought us glad tidings 
 of your faith and love, and that ye have 
 good remembrance of us always, long- 
 ing to see us, even as we also to see 
 
 7 you; for this cause, brethren, we were 
 comforted over you in all our distress 
 
 8 and affliction through your faith : for 
 now we live, if ye stand fast in the 
 
 9 Lord. For what thanksgiving can we 
 render again unto God for you, for all 
 the joy wherewith we joy for yoiu" 
 
 10 sakes before our God ; night and day 
 praying exceedingly that we may see 
 your face, and may perfect that which 
 is lacking in your faith ? 
 
 11 Now may our God and Father him- 
 self, and GUI' Lortl Jesus, direct cur 
 
 12 way unto you : and the Lord make 
 you to increase and abound in love one 
 toward another, and toward all men, 
 
 13 even as we also do toward you ; to 
 the end he may stablish your hearts 
 unblameable in holiness before our 
 God and Father, at the 7 coming of 
 our Lord Jesus with all his saints. lo 
 
 4 FinaUy then, brethren, we beseech 
 and exhort you in the Lord Jesus, 
 that, as ye received of us how ye 
 ought to walk and to please God, 
 even as ye do walk, — that ye abound 
 
 2 more and more. For ye knov>' what 
 
 oGr.a 
 season of 
 an hour. 
 
 7Gr. 
 Xjresence. 
 
 8 Some 
 ancient 
 authori- 
 ties i'ead 
 fcllotC' 
 worker 
 ivith 
 God. 
 
 9 Or, 
 
 plaint 1/ 
 
 10 Many 
 
 ancieut 
 authori- 
 ties add 
 A nen.
 
 154 
 
 I. THESSALONIANS. 
 
 4. 2. 
 
 iGr. 
 charges. 
 
 2 Or. 
 
 over- 
 reach 
 
 3 Or, 
 
 told you 
 plainly 
 
 iGr. 
 
 he ambi- 
 tious. 
 
 6Gr. 
 through. 
 Or, will 
 Qod 
 
 through 
 Jesus 
 !Gr. 
 presence. 
 
 'Or. 
 exhort 
 
 1 charge we gave you through the Lord 
 
 3 Jesus. For this is the will of God, 
 even your saiictiiieatiou, that ye ab- 
 
 4 stain from fornication ; that each one 
 of you know how to possess himself 
 of his own vessel in sanctification and 
 
 5 honour', not in the passion of lust, 5 
 even as the Gentiles which know not 
 
 6 God; that no man ^ transgress, and J 6 
 wrong his brother in the matter : be- 
 cause the Lord is an avenger in all 7 
 these things, as also we ^ forewarned 
 
 7 you and testified. For God called us 
 not for uucleaimess, but in sanctifi- 8 
 
 8 cation. Therefore he that rejecteth, 
 rejecteth not man, but God, who 
 giveth his Holy Spirit unto you. 9 
 
 9 But concerning love of the brethi-en 
 ye have no need that one write unto 
 you: for ye yoiu-selves are taught of 10 
 
 10 God to love one another; for indeed 
 ye do it toward all the bretlireu wliich 11 
 are m all Macedonia. But we exhort 
 you, brethren, that ye abound more 
 
 11 and more ; and that ye *' study to be 12 
 quiet, and to do your own business, 
 and to work with your hands, even as 
 
 12 we charged you; that ye may walk li! 
 honestly toward them that are with- 
 out, and may liave need of nothing. 
 
 13 But we would not have you ignorant, 14 
 bretlu'en, concerning them that fall 
 asleep ; that ye sorrow not, even as 
 
 14 the rest, wliich have no hope. For if 15 
 we beUeve that Jesus died and rose 
 again, even so them also that are 
 fallen asleep ^in Jesus will God bring 16 
 
 15 with him. For this we say unto you | 17 
 by the word of the Lord, that we that 18 
 are alive, that are left unto the 6 com- j^g 
 ing of the Lord, shall in no wise pre- 20 
 
 16 cede them that are fallen asleep. For 
 the Lord himself shall descend from ! 22 
 heaven, with a shout, with the voice 
 
 of the archangel, and with the trump 23 
 of God : and the dead in Christ shall 
 
 17 rise first : then we that are alive, that 
 are left, shall together with them be 
 caught up in the clouds, to meet the 24 
 Lord in the air : and so shall we ever 
 
 18 be with the Lord. Wherefore 1 comfort 
 one another with these words. 25 
 
 5 But concerning the times and the 26 
 seasons, brethren, ye have no need | 27 
 
 2 that aught be written unto you. For 
 yoiu-selves know perfectly that the 
 day of the Lord so cometh as a 28 
 
 3 thief in the night. When they are 
 
 saying. Peace and safety, then sud- 
 den destruction cometh upon them, as 
 travail upon a woman with chUd ; and 
 they shall in no wise escape. But 
 ye, brethren, are not in darkness, that 
 that day should overtake you 8 as a 
 thief : for ye are all sons of light, and 
 sons of the day : we are not of the 
 night, nor of darkness ; so then let us 
 not sleep, as do the rest, but let us 
 watch and be sober. For they that 
 sleep sleep m the night ; and they that 
 be di'mikeu are drunken in the night. 
 But let us, since we are of the day, be 
 sober, putting on the breastplate of 
 faith and love ; and for a helmet, the 
 ho^je of salvation. For God appointed 
 us not unto wrath, but mito the obtain- 
 ing of salvation through our Lord Jesus 
 Christ, who died for us, that, whether 
 we 9 wake or sleep, we should live to- 
 gether with him. Wherefore lOexliort 
 one another, and build each other up, 
 even as also ye do. 
 
 But we beseech you, brethren, to 
 know them that labour among you, 
 and are over you in the Lord, and ad- 
 monish you ; and to esteem them ex- 
 ceeding highly in love for their work's 
 sake. Be at peace among yoiu'selves. 
 And we exhort you, brethren, ad- 
 monish the disorderly, encoui-age the 
 famthearted, support the weak, be 
 longsuffering toward aU. See that none 
 render unto any one evil for evil ; but 
 alway foUow after that which is good, 
 one toward another, and towardall. Re- 
 joice alway; pray without ceasing; 
 in everything give thanks : for this is 
 the will of God in Christ Jesus to you- 
 ward. Quench not the Spirit; despise 
 not prophesyings ; " prove aU things; 
 hold fast that which is good; abstain 
 from every I'-^fomi of evil. 
 
 And the God of peace himself sanc- 
 tify you wholly ; and may yom- spirit 
 and soul and body be preserved en- 
 tire, without blame at the ^ coming 
 of our Lord Jesus Christ. FaithfiU 
 is he that caUeth you, who will also 
 do it. 
 
 Brethren, pray for us^^. 
 
 Salute all the brethren with a holy 
 Idss. I adjure you by the Lord that 
 this epistle be read unto all the i-' bre- 
 thren. 
 
 The grace of our Lord Jesus Chiist 
 be with you.
 
 THE SECOND EPISTLE OF PAUL THE APOSTLE 
 
 TO THE 
 
 THESSALONIANS. 
 
 iGr. 
 good 
 pleasure 
 of good- 
 ness. 
 
 2 Gr. in 
 behalf of. 
 3Gr. 
 preserwx. 
 
 i Mauy 
 ancient 
 authori- 
 ties read 
 lawless- 
 ness. 
 
 5 Gr. an 
 object of 
 worship. 
 
 6 Or. 
 sanc- 
 tuary 
 
 1 Paul, and Silviuius, ami Timothy, 
 unto the churcli of the Thessalouians 
 hi Goil our Father and the Lord Jesus 
 
 2 Christ ; Grace to you and peace from 
 God the Father and the Lord Jesus 
 Christ. 
 
 3 We are bound to give thanks to God 
 alway for you, brethren, even as it is 
 meet, for that your faith groweth ex- 
 ceedingly, and the love of each one of 
 you all toward one another abouudeth ; 
 
 4 so that we ourselves glory in you iu the 
 churches of God for your patience and 
 faith in all your ijersecutions and iu 
 
 5 the afflictions which ye eudure ; which 
 is a manifest token of the righteous 
 judgenient of God ; to the end that ye 
 may be counted worthy of the kingdom 
 
 6 of God, for which ye also suffer : if so 
 be that it is a righteous thing with 
 God to recompense affliction to them 
 
 7 that afflict you, and to you that are af- 
 flicted rest with us, at the revelation 
 of the Lord Jesus from heaven with the 
 
 8 angels of his power in flaming fire, 
 rendering vengeance to them that know 
 not God, aud to them that obey not the 
 
 9 gospel of our Lord Jesus: who shall 
 suffer punishment, even eternal de- 
 struction from the face of the Lord and 
 
 10 from the glory of his might, when he 
 shall come to be glorified in his saints, 
 and to be marvelled at in all them that 
 believed (because our testimony unto 
 
 11 you was believed) in that day. To 
 which end we also pray always for you, 
 that our God may count you worthy of 
 your calling, and fulfil every idesh-e of 
 goodness and every work of faith, with 
 
 12 power; that the name of om- Lord Jesus 
 may be glorified in you, and ye iu 
 him, according to the grace of our God 
 and the Lord Jesus Christ. 
 
 2 Now v/e beseech you, brethreu,^ touch- 
 ing the ^coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, 
 and our gathering together luito him ; 
 
 2 to the end that ye be not quickly 
 shaken from your mind, nor yet be 
 troubled, either by spirit, or by word, or 
 by epistle as from us, as that the day 
 
 3 of the Lord is now present ; let no man 
 beguile you iu any wise: for it ivill 
 not be, except the falling away come 
 first, and the man of * sin be revealed, 
 
 4 the son of perdition, he that opposeth 
 and exalteth himself against all that 
 is called God or ^tliat is worshipped; 
 so that he sitteth in the c temple of 
 God, setting himself forth as God. 
 
 5Kemember ye not, that, when I was 
 
 yet with you, I told you tliosc things? 
 
 () And now ye know that which restram- 
 
 eth, to the end that he may be re- 
 
 7 vealed in his own season. For the 
 mystery of lawlessness doth akeady 
 work: Tonlj theie is one that restrain- 
 eth now, until he be taken out of the 
 
 8 way. And then shall be revealed the 
 lawless one, whom the Lord 8 Jesus 
 shall 9slay with the breath of his mouth, 
 and bring to nought by the mani- 
 
 9festatiou of his ^commg; even he, 
 whose 3 coming is according to the 
 working of Satan with all ^Ojiower 
 
 10 aud signs and lying wonders, and with 
 all deceit of imrighteousness for them 
 that are perishmg; because they re- 
 ceived not the love of the truth, that 
 
 11 they might be saved. And for this 
 cause God sendeth them a working 
 of error, that they should believe a lie : 
 
 12 that they all might be judged who 
 beheved not the truth, but had plea- 
 sure in mu-ighteousness. 
 
 13 But we are bound to give thanks 
 to God alway for you, brethren be- 
 loved of the Lord, for that God chose 
 you 11 from the beginning unto salva- 
 tion in sanctification of the Spirit and 
 
 Mi^behef of the tmth: whereunto he 
 called you through our gospel, to the 
 obtaining of the gloi-y of our Lord Jesus 
 
 15 Christ. So then, brethren, stand fast, 
 and hold the traditions which ye wei'e 
 taught, whether by word, or by epistle 
 of ours. 
 
 16 Now our Lord Jesus Christ himself, 
 and God our Father which loved us 
 and gave us eternal comfort aud good 
 
 17 hope through grace,comfort your hearts 
 and stabhsh them m every good work 
 and word. 
 
 3 Finally, brethren, pray for us, that 
 the word of the Lord may run aud be 
 glorified, even as also it is with you ; 
 
 2 and that we may be delivered from un- 
 reasonable and evil men ; for all have 
 
 3 not i3faith. But the Lord is faithful, 
 who shall stablish you, and guard you 
 
 4 from I'ithe evil one. Aud we have con- 
 fidence in the Lord touchmg you, 
 that ye both do and will do the 
 
 5 things which we command. And the 
 Lord dh-ect your hearts into the love 
 of God, and into the patience of 
 Cln-ist. 
 
 6 Now we command you, brethren, 
 in the name of our Lord Jesus 
 Christ, that ye witluh-aw yourselves 
 from every brother that walketh 
 
 7 Or, 
 only 
 until ho 
 thitt now 
 ri-'strain- 
 cth 
 
 be taken 
 &<: 
 
 8 Some 
 aniicnt 
 authori- 
 ties omit 
 J>- sus. 
 oSome 
 ancient 
 authori- 
 ties read 
 consume. 
 10 Gr. 
 2>ower 
 and 
 sigjis 
 andwon- 
 ders of 
 false- 
 hood. 
 
 11 Many 
 ancient 
 authori- 
 ties read 
 as first- 
 fruits. 
 
 12 Or, 
 faith 
 
 13 Or, the 
 faith 
 
 liOr. 
 
 evil
 
 166 
 
 II. THESSALONIANS. 
 
 3. 6. 
 
 1 Some 
 ancient 
 authori- 
 ties read 
 
 lOr, 
 steward- 
 ship 
 
 2Gr. 
 
 missed 
 
 the 
 
 mark. 
 
 = 0r, 
 
 smiters 
 
 4Gr. 
 
 heaZth- 
 
 fvl. 
 
 5 Or. 
 teoKhing 
 
 6 Some 
 ancient 
 authori- 
 ties re.id 
 enatfleth. 
 
 disorderly, and not after the tradition 
 7 which 1 they received of us. For your- 
 selves know how ye ought to imitate 
 us : for we behaved not ourselves dis- 
 8 orderly among you; neither did we 
 eat bread for nought at any man's 
 hand, but in labom* and travail, work- 
 ing night and day, that we might not 
 9 burden any of you: not because we 
 have not the right, but to make 
 ourselves an ensample unto you, that 
 
 10 ye should imitate us. For even when 
 we were with you, this we commanded 
 you, If any will not work, neither let 
 
 llhun eat. For we hear of some that 
 walk among you disorderly, that work 
 
 12 not at all, but are busybodies. Now 
 them that are such we command and 
 
 exhort in the Lord Jesus Christ, that 
 with quietness they work, and eat their 
 
 13 own bread. But ye, brethren, be not 
 
 14 weaiy in well-doing. Ajid if any man 
 obeyeth not om- word by this epistle, 
 note that man, that ye have no com- 
 pany with him, to the end that he 
 
 1.5 may be ashamed. And i/et count him 
 not as an enemy, but admonish him 
 as a brother. 
 
 16 Now the Lord of peace himself give 
 you peace at aU times in all ways. 
 The Lord be with you all. 
 
 17 The salutation of me Paul with mine 
 own hand, which is the token in 
 
 18 every epistle: so I write. The gi'ace 
 of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you 
 all. 
 
 THE FIRST EPISTLE OF PAUL THE APOSTLE TO 
 
 TIMOTHY. 
 
 1 Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus ac- 
 corduig to the commandment of God 
 our Sa\-iour, and Christ Jesus our hope ; 
 
 '2 mito Timothy, my tnae child in faith : 
 Grace, mercy, peace, from God the 
 Father and Christ Jesus our I^ord. 
 
 3 As I exhorted thee to tarry at Ephe- 
 sus, when I was going into Macedonia, 
 that thou mightest charge certain men 
 
 4 not to teach a different doctrine, neither 
 to give heed to fables and endless genea- 
 logies, the which minister questionuigs, 
 rather than a i dispensation of God 
 
 5 which is in faith • so do F now. But 
 the end of the charge is love out of a 
 pure heart and a good conscience and 
 
 6 faith unfeigned : from which things [ 
 some having 2 swerved have turned ; 
 
 7 aside unto vain talking ; deshlng to be | 
 teachers of the law, though they under- 1 
 stand neither what they say, nor where- ! 
 
 8 of they confidently afiii-m. But we know ' 
 that the law is good, if a man use it 
 
 9 LiwfuUy, as knowing this, that law is 
 not made for a righteous man, but 
 for the lawless and uniuly, for the un- 
 godly and sinners, for the unholy and 
 j)rofaiie, for •'*mui'derers of fathers and | 
 s murderers of mothers, for manslayers, 
 
 10 for fornicators, for abusers of them- 
 selves with men, for men-stenlers, for 
 liars, for false swearers, and if there 
 be any other thing contrary to the 
 
 Unsound 'doctrine; according to the 
 gospel of the gloiy of the blessed God, 
 which Yv'as conmiitted to my trust. 
 
 12 I thank him that "enabled me, fvcn 
 Christ Jesus our Lord, for that he [ 
 counted me faithful, appointing me 
 
 1.3 to Ids service; though I was before 
 a blasphemer, and a persecutor, and 
 injurious: howbeit I obtauied mercy. 
 
 because I did it ignorantly in unbelief ; 
 
 Hand the gi-ace of our Lord abounded 
 
 exceedingly with faith and love which 
 
 15 is in Christ Jesus. Faithful is the say- 
 ing, and worthy of all acceptation, that 
 Christ Jesus came mto the world to 
 
 16 save sinners ; of whom I am chief : how- 
 beit for this cause I obtained mercy, that 
 in me as chief might Jesus Christ 
 shew forth all his longsuffering, for an 
 ensample of them which should here- 
 after beUeve on him unto eternal life. 
 
 17 Now uuto the King '' eternal, mcoiTupti- 
 ble, invisible, the only God, he honour 
 and gloiy f for ever and ever. Amen. 
 
 18 This charge I commit unto thee, 
 my child Timothy, according to the 
 prophecies which ^ went before on thee, 
 that by them thou may est war the good 
 
 19 warfare; holding faith and a good 
 conscience ; which some having thrust 
 from them made shipwreck concern- 
 '20 mg the faith: of whom is Hymenreus 
 and Alexander ; whom I delivered unto 
 Satan, that they might be taught not 
 to blaspheme. 
 
 2 I exhort therefore, first of all, i^that 
 supplications, prayers, intercessions, 
 tiianksgivings, be undo for all men; 
 
 2 for kuigs and all that are in high place ; 
 that we may lead a tranquil and 
 quiet life in all godliness and gravity. 
 
 .') This is good and acceptable in the 
 
 ■4 sight of God our Saviour; who will- 
 eth that all men should be saved, and 
 come to the knowledge of the truth. 
 
 5 For there is one God, one mediator 
 also between God and men, himself 
 
 Oman, Christ Jesus, who gave himself 
 a ransom for all; the testimony to 
 
 Ihe home in its own times; wiiei'e- 
 unto I was appointed a n preacher
 
 5. 9. 
 
 I. TIMOTHY. 
 
 157 
 
 lOr, 
 
 douhtiug 
 
 2 Or. 
 her 
 child- 
 bearing 
 
 3 Some 
 connect 
 the 
 words 
 Faithful 
 istho say- 
 ing with 
 the pre- 
 ceding 
 para- 
 graph. 
 
 4 Or, 
 overseer 
 
 5 Or, not 
 qxtarrel- 
 S07ne 
 over 
 mne 
 
 8Gr. 
 Judge- 
 ment. 
 
 ■'Or, 
 
 how thou 
 ought est 
 to behave 
 thgsi-!/ 
 'Or, 
 stay 
 'The 
 word 
 Ood, in 
 place of 
 He who, 
 rest* on 
 no suflfi- 
 cient 
 ancient 
 evidence. 
 Some 
 ancient 
 authori- 
 ties read 
 which. 
 
 anil an apostle (I speak the trutli, I lie 
 not), a teachei" of the Gentiles in faitli 
 and truth. 
 
 8 I desire therefore that the men pray 
 in every place, lifting up holy hands, 
 
 9without wrath and idisputing. In like 
 manner, that women adorn themselves 
 in modest apparel, with shamcfastness 
 and sohriety ; not with braided hair, 
 and gold or pearls or costly raiment ; 
 
 10 but (which becometh women jirofessing 
 
 11 godliness) through good works. Let a 
 woman learn in quietness with all sub- 
 
 12jection. But I permit not a woman to 
 teach, nor to have dominion over a man , 
 
 l.Sbut to be in quietness. For Adam was 
 
 14 first formed, then Eve ; and Adam was 
 not beguiled, but the woman being 
 beguiled hath fallen into transgression : 
 
 15 but she shall be saved through '-the 
 childbearing, if they continue in faith 
 and love and sanctiflcation with so- 
 briety. 
 
 3 8 Faithful is the sayiiig, If a man seek- 
 
 eth the ofBce of a ^bishop, he desireth 
 
 2a good work. The ^bishop therefore 
 
 must be without reproach, the husband 
 
 of one wife, temjierate, soberminded, 
 
 orderly, given to hosiiitality, apt to 
 
 3 teach; ^iio brawler, no striker; but 
 
 gentle, not contentious, no lover of 
 
 4 money; one that rtileth well his own 
 
 house, having // in children in subjection 
 
 5 with aU gravity ; (but if a man knoweth 
 not how to rule his own house, how shall 
 
 6 he take care of the church of God?) not 
 a novice, lest being puffed up he fall 
 into the ''condemnation of the devil. 
 
 7 Moreover he must have good testimony 
 from them that are without ; lest he fall 
 into reproach and the snare of the devil. 
 
 8 Deacons in like manner mu.st he gi'ave, 
 not doubletongued, not given to much 
 
 9 wine, not greedy of filthy lucre ; holding 
 the mysteiy of the faith in a i)ure cou- 
 
 10 science. And let these also first be 
 proved; then lei them serve as deacons, 
 
 11 if they be blameless. Women in like 
 manner must he grave, not slanderers, 
 
 12 temperate, faithful in all things. Let 
 deacons be husbands of one wife, ruling 
 their children and their own houses 
 
 13 well. For they that have served well 
 as deacons gaui to themselves a good 
 standing, and great boldness in the 
 faith which is in Clmst Jesus. 
 
 14 These things write I uuto thee, hoping 
 
 15 to come unto thee shortly; but if I tarry 
 long, that thou mayest know '' how men 
 ought to behave themselves in the houae 
 of God, which is the church of the 
 hving God, the pillar and Aground of 
 
 16 the truth. And without controversy 
 great is the mysteiy of godUness; oHe 
 who was manifested in the flesh, jus- 
 tified in the spirit, seen of angels, 
 preached among the nations, be- 
 lieved on in the world, received up in 
 glory. 
 
 4 But the Spirit saith e.\pres.sly, that in 
 later times some .shall fall away from 
 the faith, giving heed to seducing .si)irits 
 
 '2 and doctrmes of lodevils, thi'ough the 
 hvpocri.sy of men that .sjjeak lies, 
 11 branded in their own conscience as 
 
 3 with a hot iron; forbidding to marry, 
 andcoiiiiiiandimi to abstain from meats, 
 which God created to be received with 
 th mksgiving by them that believe and 
 
 4 know the truth. For every creature of 
 God is good, and nothhig is to be reject- 
 ed, if it be received with thanksgiving: 
 
 5 for it is sanctified thi'ough the word of 
 God and jirayer. 
 
 If thou put the brethren in mind of 
 these things, thou slialt be a good minis- 
 ter of Christ Jesus, nourished in the 
 words of the faith, and of the good doc- 
 trine which thou hast followed until 
 
 7 now : but refuse iirofane and old wives' 
 fables. And exercise thyself unto god- 
 
 8 Uness : for bodily exercise is jn'ofitable 
 i2for a little ; but godliness is profitable 
 for all thmgs, having promise of the 
 Ufe which now is, and of that which 
 
 9 is to come. Faithful is the saying, and 
 
 10 worthy of aU acceptation. For to this 
 end we labour and strive, because we 
 have our hope set on the living God, 
 who is the Saviour of all men, si)eciaUy 
 
 11 of them that believe. These things 
 
 12 command and teach. Let no man 
 despise thy youth ; biit be thou an en- 
 simple to them that beheve, in word, 
 in maimer of life, in love, in faith, in 
 
 13 purity. TiU I come, give heed to 
 leading, to exhortation, to teaching. 
 
 14 Neglect not the gift that is in thee, 
 which was given thee by prophecy, with 
 the laymg on of the hands of the presby- 
 
 15tery. Be diligent in these things ; give 
 thyself wholly to them; th:!t thy pro- 
 
 16 gi-ess may be manifest unto all. Take 
 heed to thyself, and to thy teaching. 
 Continue in these things ; for in doing 
 this thou shalt save both thyself and 
 them that hear thee. 
 
 5 Eebuke not an elder, but exhort him 
 as a father ; the younger men as bre- 
 
 2 thren : the elder women as mothers : 
 the younger as sisters, ui all purity. 
 
 3 Honour Tiidows that are widows indeed. 
 
 4 But if any widow hath chOdren or grand- 
 children, let them learn first to shew 
 piety towards their own family, and to 
 requite their parents : for this is ac- 
 
 5 ceptable in the sight of God. Now she 
 that is a widow indeed, and desolate, 
 hath her hope set on God, and continu- 
 eth in supplications and jirayers night 
 
 6 and day. But she that giveth herself 
 to jileasure is dead while she Uveth. 
 
 7 These things also command, that they 
 
 8 may be without reproach. But if any 
 provideth not for his own, and speci- 
 ally his own household, he hath de- 
 nied the faith, and is worse than an 
 
 9 imbeliever. Let none be enrolled as 
 
 loGr. 
 demons. 
 
 "Or, 
 
 Mareit 
 
 12 Or, 
 /or litae
 
 158 
 
 I. TIMOTHY. 
 
 5. 9. 
 
 lOr, 
 women 
 
 2 Or, pre- 
 ference 
 
 3Gr. 
 
 the works 
 that are 
 good are 
 evident, 
 4Gr. 
 hond- 
 servanu. 
 
 6 Or, lay 
 hold of 
 
 6Gr. 
 
 health- 
 ful. 
 
 a widow under tlu-eescore years old, 
 lOhaving been the wife of one man, well 
 reported of for good works ; if she hath 
 brought up children, if she hath used 
 hospitahty to strangers, if she hath 
 washed the samts' feet, if she hath re- 
 lieved the afflicted, if she hath dili- 
 il gently followed every good work. But 
 younger widows refuse : for when they 
 have waxed wanton against Christ, they 
 
 12 desire to marry ; having condemnation, 
 because they have rejected their fii-st 
 
 13 faith. And withal they learn also to be 
 idle, going about from house to house ; 
 and not only ifUe, but tattlers also and 
 busybodies, speaking things which they 
 
 14 ought not. I desire therefore that the 
 joxmger ^7vidoivs marry, bear children, 
 rule the household, give none occasion 
 
 15 to the adversary for reviling: for al- 
 ready some are turned aside after Satan . 
 
 16 If any woman that believeth hath wi- 
 dows, let her relieve them, and let not 
 the church be burdened ; that it may re- 
 lieve them that are widows indeed. 
 
 17 Let the elders that rule well be coimted 
 worthy of double honour, especially 
 those who labour in the word and in 
 
 18 teachmg. For the scripture saith, Thou 
 shalt not muzzle the ox when he tread- 
 eth out the com. And, The labourer is 
 
 19 worthy of his hire. Against an elder 
 receive not an accusation, except at the 
 
 20 mouth of two or three witnesses. Them 
 that sin reprove in the sight of all, that 
 
 21 the rest also may be in fear. I charge 
 thee in the sight of God, and Christ 
 Jesus, and the elect angels, that thou 
 observe these things without ^j^i-e- 
 
 22 judice, doing nothing by partiaUty . Lay 
 hands hastily on no man, neither be 
 partaker of other men's sins : keep thy- 
 
 23 self pure. Be no longer a diiuker of 
 water, but use a little wine for thy 
 stomach's sake and thine often in- 
 
 24fii-mities. Some men's sins are evi- 
 dent, going before unto judgement; and 
 
 25 some men also they follow after. In 
 like manner also 3 there are good works 
 that are evident ; and such as are other- 
 wise cannot be hid. 
 
 Let as many as are ^seiwants under 
 the yoke count their own masters wor- 
 thy of all honour, that the name of God 
 and the doctrine be not blasphemed. 
 
 2 And they that have beheving masters, 
 let them not despise them, because they 
 are brethren ; but let them serve them 
 the rather, because they that ^joartake 
 of the benefit are believing and beloved. 
 These things teach and exhort. 
 
 3 If any man teacheth a different doc- 
 trine, and consenteth not to ^ sound 
 
 words, even the words of our Lord Jesus 
 Chi-ist, and to the doctrine which is 
 
 4 according to godliness ; he is puffed up, 
 knowing nothing, but 'dotmg about 
 questionings and disputes of words, 
 whereof cometh envy, strife, raihngs, 
 
 5 evil surmisings, wrangUngs of men cor- 
 mpted in mind and bereft of the truth, 
 supposing that godliness is a way of 
 
 6 gain. But godliness with contentment 
 
 7 is great gain : for we brought nothing 
 into the world, for neither can we cany 
 
 8 anything out; but having food and cover- 
 ing 8 we shall be therewith content. 
 
 9 But they that desu-e to be rich fall into 
 a temptation and a snare and many 
 f oohsh and hurtful lusts, such as di-own 
 
 10 men in destruction and jjerdition. For 
 the love of money is a root of all 9 kinds 
 of evil : which some reaching after have 
 been led astray from the faith, and have 
 pierced themselves through with many 
 sorrows. 
 
 11 But thou, O man of God, flee these 
 things ; and follow after righteousness, 
 godliness, faith, love, patience, meek- 
 
 12 ness. Fight the good fight of the faith, 
 lay hold on the Ufe eternal, whereunto 
 thou wast called, and didst confess the 
 good confession in the sight of many 
 
 13 witnesses. I charge thee in the sight of 
 God, who lOquickeneth all things, and 
 of Christ Jesus, who before Pontius 
 Pilate witnessed the good confession ; 
 
 14 that thou keep the commandment, with- 
 out .spot, without reproach, imtU the 
 appearmg of om- Lord Jesus Christ: 
 
 15 which in "its own times he shall shew, 
 who is the blessed and only Potentate, 
 the King of i%ings, and Lord of i^^lords ; 
 
 16 who only hath immortality, dwelling in 
 light unapproachable ; whom no man 
 hath seen, nor can see: to whom be 
 honour and i)ower eternal. Amen. 
 
 17 Charge them that are rich in this 
 present i* world, that they be not high- 
 minded, nor have their hope set on the 
 micertainty of riches, but on God, who 
 giveth us richly all things to enjoy; 
 
 18 that they do good, that they be rich in 
 good works, that they be ready to dis- 
 
 19 tribute, 15 willing to communicate ; lay- 
 ing up in store for themselves a good 
 foundation against the time to come, 
 that they may lay hold on the hfe 
 which is life indeed. 
 
 20 O Timothy, guard is that which is com- 
 mitted unto thee, turning away from 
 the profane babblings and oppositions 
 of the knowledge which is falsely so 
 
 21 called ; which some professing have 
 17 erred concerning the faith. 
 
 Grace be with you. 
 
 \
 
 THE SECOND EPISTLE OF PAUL THE APOSTLE TO 
 
 TIMOTHY. 
 
 iGr. 
 through. 
 
 I- Or.. joy 
 
 in being 
 remind^ 
 ed 
 
 3Gr. 
 stir into 
 flame. 
 
 *Gr. 
 sobering. 
 
 6Gr. 
 herald. 
 
 6 Or that 
 which he 
 hath 
 commit' 
 ted unto 
 me 
 
 Gr. mg 
 deposit, 
 rOr. 
 health- 
 ful. 
 
 ' Or. The 
 good 
 deposit, 
 9 Or, 
 Holy 
 Spirit 
 
 1 Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus iby 
 the will of God, according to the pro- 
 mise of the life which is in Christ Jesns, 
 
 •1 to Timothy, my beloved child : Grace, 
 mercy, i)eace, from God the Father and 
 Christ Jesus oiu- Lord. 
 
 3 I thank God, whom I serve from my 
 forefathers in a pure conscience, how 
 unceasing is my remembrance of thee 
 
 4 inmy sui)plications, night and day long- 
 ing to see thee, remembering thy tears, 
 
 5 that I may be filled with ^joy ; having 
 been reminded of the unfeigned faith 
 that is in thee; which dwelt first in 
 thy grandmother Lois, and thy mother 
 Eunice ; and, I am persuaded, in thee 
 
 6 also. For the which cause I put thee in 
 I'emembrance that thou ^ stu" up the gift 
 of God, which is in thee through the 
 
 7 laying on of my hands. For God gave 
 us not a spirit of f eaiiulness ; but of 
 
 8 power and love and * discipUne. Be not 
 ashamed therefore of the testimony of 
 our Lord, nor of me his prisoner: but 
 suffer hardship with the gospel accord- 
 
 9 iiig to the power of God ; who saved us, 
 and called us with a holy caUuig, not 
 according to oiu" works, but according 
 to his own purpose and grace, which 
 was given us in Christ Jesus before 
 
 10 times eternal, but hath now been mani- 
 fested by the appearing of our Saviour 
 Christ Jesus, who abohshed death, and 
 brought life and incorruption to light 
 
 11 through the gospel, wheremito I was 
 appointed a ^ preacher, and an apostle, 
 
 12 and a teacher. For the which cause I 
 suffer also these things : yet I am not 
 ashamed ; for I know him whom I have 
 behoved, and I am persuaded that he 
 is able to guard "that which I have 
 committed unto him against that day. 
 
 1 3 Hold the pattern of sound words which 
 thou hast heard from me, in faith and 
 
 14 love which is in Christ Jesus. ^That 
 good thing which was committed unto 
 thee guard through the 'JHoly Ghost 
 which dwelleth in us. 
 
 15 This thou knowest, that aU that are in 
 Asia turned away from me; of whom 
 
 16 are Phygelus and Hermogenes. The 
 Lord grant mercy unto the house of 
 Onesiphoms : for he oft refreshed me, 
 
 17 and was not ashamed of my chain ; but, 
 when he was m Rome, he sought me 
 
 18 dUigently, and found me (the Lord grant 
 unto him to find mercy of the Lord in 
 that day) ; and in how many things he 
 
 ministered at Ephesus, thou knowest 
 very well. 
 
 2 Thou therefore, my child, be strength- 
 ened in the gi-ace that is in Christ Jesus. 
 
 2 And the things which thou hast heard 
 from me among many witnesses, the 
 same commit thou to faithful men, who 
 shall be able to teach others also. 
 
 3i0Suifer hardship with me, as a good 
 
 4 soldier of Christ Jesus. No soldier on 
 service entaugleth himself in the affairs 
 of thi.H life ; that he may please him who 
 
 5 enrolled him as a soldier. And if also 
 a man contend in the games, he is not 
 crowned, except he have contended law- 
 
 6 fully. The husbandman that laboureth 
 must be the first to partake of the fruits. 
 
 7 Consider what I say ; for the Lord shall 
 give thee imder standing in aU things. 
 
 8 Eemember Jesus Christ, risen from the 
 dead, of the seed of David, according to 
 
 9 my gospel : wherem I suffer hardship 
 vmto bonds, as a malefactor; but the 
 
 10 word of God is not bound. Therefore 
 I endui'e all things for the elect's sake, 
 that they also may obtain the salvation 
 which is in Christ Jesus with eternal 
 
 11 glory. Faithful is the ^i saying : For if 
 we died with him, we shall also hve 
 
 12 with him : if we endm-e, we shall also 
 reign with him : if we shall deny him, 
 
 13 he also will deny us : if we are faithless, 
 he abideth faithful ; for he cannot deny 
 himself. 
 
 14 Of these things put them m remem- 
 brance, charging them in the sight of 
 12 the Lord, that they strive not about 
 words, to no profit, to the subverting 
 
 15 of them that hear. Give diligence to 
 present thyself approved unto God, a 
 workman that needeth not to be asham- 
 ed, ishandhng aright the word of truth. 
 
 16 But shun profane babbhngs : for they 
 
 17 will proceed further in ungodliness, and 
 their word wiU i^eat as doth a gangrene : 
 of whom is Hymenseus and PhUetus; 
 
 18 men who concerning the truth have 
 i^eiTed, saying that i^the resurrection 
 is past ah-eady, and overthrow the faith 
 
 19 of some. Howbeit the fiirn foundation 
 of God standeth, ha\'ing this seal. The 
 Lord knoweth them that are his : and, 
 Let every one that nameth the name of 
 the Lord depart from unrighteousness. 
 
 20 Now in a great house there are not 
 only vessels of gold and of silver, but 
 also of wood and of earth ; and 
 some unto honour, and some unto 
 
 10 Or, 
 Take thy 
 part in 
 suffering 
 hard- 
 ship, as 
 
 "Or, 
 saying ; 
 for if Ao. 
 
 '- Many 
 ancient 
 authori- 
 ties read 
 Ood. 
 
 13 Or, 
 
 holding a 
 straight 
 course in 
 the word 
 of truth 
 Or, 
 
 rightly 
 dividing 
 the word 
 of truth 
 HOr, 
 spread 
 "Gr. 
 missed 
 the 
 
 mark. 
 16 Some 
 ancient 
 authori- 
 ties read 
 a resur- 
 rection.
 
 160 
 
 If. TIMOTHY. 
 
 2. 20. 
 
 IGr. 
 bond- 
 servant. 
 ! Or, in- 
 structing 
 
 3 Gr. re- 
 turn to 
 sober- 
 ness. 
 4Gr. 
 taken 
 alive. 
 5 Or, by 
 the devil, 
 unto the 
 will of 
 God 
 Gr.by 
 him, 
 unto the 
 vHll of 
 him. 
 In the 
 Greek 
 the two 
 pronouns 
 are dif- 
 ferent. 
 
 6Gr. 
 vfhat 
 perso7i3. 
 'Or. 
 Evert/ 
 scrip- 
 ture is 
 in.^pired 
 of Qod, 
 andjyro- 
 fitabu 
 8 Or, <«>- 
 ciplino 
 
 '21 dishonoiu". If a man therefore jrarge 
 liimself from these, he shall he a vessel 
 unto lionoiir, sanctified, meet for the 
 master's use, prepared unto every good 
 
 22 work. But flee youthful lusts, and fol- 
 low after righteousness, faith, love, 
 peace, with them that call on the Lord 
 
 23 out of a iiure heart. But foolish and 
 ignorant (juestionings refuse, knowing 
 
 24 that they gender strifes. And the 
 Lord's 1 servant must not strive, hut 
 be gentle towards all, apt to teach, for- 
 
 25 hearing, in meekness 2 correctmg them 
 that oppose themselves; if ]ieradven- 
 ture God may give them repentance 
 
 26 unto the knowledge of the truth, and 
 they may 3 recover themselves out of 
 the snare of the devil, having been 
 -taken captive ^by the Lord's servant 
 luito the will of God. 
 
 3 But know this, that in the last days 
 
 2 grievous tunes shall come. For men 
 shall be lovers of self, lovers of money, 
 boastful, haughty, railers, disobedient 
 
 3 to parents, unthankful, iinholy, with- 
 out natiu'al affection, implacable, slan- 
 derers, witlioiit self-control, fierce, no 
 
 4 lovers of good, traitors, headstrong, 
 puffed Tip, lovers of iileasiire rather 
 
 .') than lovers of God ; hfildiug a form 
 of godliness, but having denied the 
 power thereof: from these also turn 
 
 6 away. For of these are they that creep 
 into houses, and take captive silly 
 women laden with sins, led away by 
 
 7 divers lusts, ever learning, and never 
 able to come to the knowledge of the 
 
 8 truth. And hke as Jannes and Jambres 
 withstood Moses, so do these also with- 
 stand thetruth; men corruptedinmind, 
 
 9 reprobate concerning the faith. But 
 they shall proceed no further : for their 
 folly shall be evident unto all men, as 
 
 10 theirs also came to be. But thou didst 
 foUow my teaching, conduct, pm'pose, 
 
 11 faith, longsuffering, love, patience, per- 
 secutions, sufferings ; Vviiat things be- 
 fell me at Antiocli, at Iconium, at Lys- 
 tra; what per.jecutions I endured: 
 and out of them all the Lord delivered 
 
 12 me. Yea, and aU that would live godly 
 in Christ Jesus shall suffer pei'secution. 
 
 13 But evil men and impostors shall wax 
 worse and worse, deceiving an.d being 
 
 14 deceived. But abide thou in the things 
 which thou hast learned and hast l^een 
 assured of, knowing of "whom thou 
 
 15 hast learned them; and that from a 
 babe thou liast known the sacred writ- 
 ings which are able to make thee wise 
 unto salvation through faitli which is 
 
 16 in Christ Jesus. '^ Every scripture in- 
 spu'ed of God is- also profitable for teach- 
 ing, for reproof, for correction, for 8 in- 
 struction whicli is in righteousness : 
 
 17 that tlie man of God may bo complete, 
 furnished completely unto every good 
 work. 
 
 4 ^I charge ihee in the sight of God, 
 and of Christ Jesus, who shall judge 
 the quick and the dead, and by his ap- 
 
 2 pearing and his kingdom ; iireach the 
 word ; be instant in season, out of sea- 
 son ; M reprove, rebuke, exhort, with all 
 
 3 longsutiering and teaching. For the 
 time will come when they wiU not en- 
 dure the 11 sound i^ doctrine ; but, hav- 
 ing itching ears, will heap to them- 
 selves teachers after their own lusts ; 
 
 4 iind will tiuii away their ears from the 
 
 5 truth, and turn aside unto fables. But 
 be thou sober in all things, .sufl'erhard- 
 .ship, do the work of nn evangehst, 
 
 G fulfil thy mmistry. For I am already 
 being i ''offered, and the time of my 
 
 7 departure is come. I have fought the 
 good fight, I liave finished the course, 
 
 81 have kept the faitli: henceforth 
 there is lai(l up for me the crown of 
 righteousness, which the Lord, the 
 righteous judge, sliallgive to me at that 
 dny : and not oidy to me, but also to 
 aU them that have loved his appearing. 
 
 Do thy diligence to come shortly unto 
 
 10 me: for Demaa forsook me, having 
 
 loved this present i-* world, and wont 
 
 toThessalonica; Crescensto i^Galitia, 
 
 11 Titus to Dalmatia. Only Luke is with 
 me. Take Mark, and bring him with 
 thee : for he is useful to me for minister- 
 
 12 ing. But Tychicus I sent to Bphesus. 
 
 13 The cloke that I left at Troas with 
 Caiims, ])ring when thou comest, and 
 the books, especially the iiarchments. 
 
 14iUexander the coppersmith i''did me 
 juixch evil : the Lord will render to him 
 
 15 accoi'ding to his works : of whom be 
 thou ware also; for he gi'eatly with- 
 
 Iti stood our words. At my first defence 
 no one took my part, but all forsook 
 me : may it not be laid to their ac- 
 
 17coiint. But the Lord stood by me, 
 and 1' strengthened me; that through 
 me the is message might be fully pro- 
 claimed, and that all the Gentiles might 
 hear: and I was delivered out of the 
 
 18 mouth of the lion. The Lord will de- 
 liver me from every evil work, and will 
 save me unto his heavenly kingdom: 
 to whom he the glory i^for ever and 
 ever. Amen. 
 
 19 Salute Prisca and Aquila, and the 
 
 20 house of Onesiphorus. Erastus abode 
 at Corinth: but Trophimus I left at 
 
 21 Miletus sick. Do thy diligence to come 
 before winter. Eubulus saluteth thee, 
 and Pudens, and Linus, and Claudia, 
 and all the brethren. 
 
 22 The Lord be with thy spirit. Grace 
 be Vi'ith vou.
 
 THE EPISTLE OF PAUL TO 
 
 TITUS. 
 
 8Gr. 
 bellies. 
 
 1 Paul, a i servant of God, ami an 
 apostle of Jesus Christ, according to 
 the faith of God's elect, and the know- 
 ledge of the truth which is according to 
 
 2 godliness, in hope of eternal life, which 
 God, who caimot he, promised before 
 
 3 times eternal ; but in 2 his own seasons 
 manifested his word in the ^ message, 
 wherewith I w;is intrusted according 
 to the commandment of God our 
 
 4 Saviour ; to Titus, my tnie child after 
 a common faith: Grace and peace 
 from God the Father and Chi'ist Jesus 
 our Saviour. 
 
 5 For this cause left I thee in Crete, 
 that thou shouldest set in order the 
 things that were wanting, and appoint 
 elders in eveiy city, as I gave thee 
 
 6 charge ; if any man is blameless, the 
 husband of one ynie, having children 
 that beUeve, who are not accused of 
 
 7 riot or uniiily. For the * bishop must 
 be blameless, as God's steward; not 
 self willed, not soon angry, ^uo brawler, 
 no striker, not gi'eedy of filthy lucre ; 
 
 8 but given to hospitahty, a lover of 
 good, sobermiuded, just, holy, tem- 
 
 9perate; holding to the faithful word 
 which is according to the teaching, that 
 he may be able both to exhort in the 
 fi sound 'doctrine, and to convict the 
 gainsay ers. 
 
 10 For there are many unruly men, vain 
 talkers and deceivers, specially they of 
 
 lithe circumcision, whose mouths must 
 be stopped ; men who overthrow whole 
 houses, teaching things which they 
 
 12 ought not, for filthy lucre's sake. One 
 of themselves, a prophet of their own, 
 said, Cretans are alway Uars, evil 
 
 13 beasts, idle ^gluttons. This testimony 
 is true. For which cause reprove them 
 sharply, that they may be » sound in the 
 
 14 faith, not givmg heed to Jewish fables, 
 and commandments of men who turn 
 
 15 away from the truth. To the pure all 
 things are pure: but to them that 
 are defiled and unbeheving nothing is 
 pure ; but both their mind and their 
 
 16 conscience are defiled. They profess 
 that they know God ; but by their 
 works they deny him, being abomina- 
 ble, and disobedient, and unto eveiy 
 good work reprobate. 
 
 2 But speak thou the things which 
 
 2 befit the « sormd ■? doctrine : that aged 
 men be temperate, grave, sobei-minded, 
 9 soimd in faith, in love, in patience : 
 
 3 that aged women likewise be reverent 
 m demeanour, not slanderers nor en- 
 slaved to much wine, teachers of that 
 
 4 which is good; that they may train 
 
 the young women to love their hus- 
 
 5 bands, to love their children, to be 
 soberminded, chaste, workers at home, 
 kind, being in subjection to their own 
 husbands, that the word of God be 
 
 6 not blasphemed : the younger men 
 
 7 likewise exhort to be soberminded : in 
 all things shewing thyself an ensample 
 of good works ; in thy doctrine sheioi.ng 
 
 8 uncorruptness, gravity, sound sjieech, 
 that cannot be condemned ; that he 
 that is of the contrary part may be 
 ashamed, having no evQ thing to say 
 
 9 of us. Exhort lOgei'vants to be in 
 subjection to their own masters, a7id 
 to be weU-pleasing to them in all things ; 
 
 10 not gainsaying ; not pui'loining, but 
 shewing all good fidelity ; that they 
 may adorn the doctrine of God our 
 
 11 Saviour in all things. For the grace 
 of God 11 hath appeared, bringing salva- 
 
 12 tion to aU men, instructing us, to the 
 intent that, denying imgodliness and 
 worldly lusts, we should live soberly 
 and righteously and godly in this 
 
 13 present i'^ world; lookuigfor the bless- 
 ed hope and appearing of the glory 
 13 of our gi'eat God and Saviour Jesus 
 
 14 Chi-ist ; who gave himself for us, that 
 he might redeem us from aU iniquity, 
 and purify unto himself a jpeople for 
 his own possession, zealous of good 
 works. 
 
 15 These thmgs speak and exhort and 
 reprove with all i'* authority. Let no 
 man despise thee. 
 
 3 Put them in mmd to be in subjec- 
 tion to riders, to authorities, to be 
 obedient, to be ready unto every good 
 
 2 work, to speak evil of no man, not 
 to be contentious, to be gentle, shew- 
 
 3 ing all meekness toward all men. For 
 we also were aforetime foolish, disobe- 
 dient, deceived, serving divers lusts and 
 pleasures, living in maHce and envj-, 
 
 4 hateful, hating one another. But when 
 the kindness of God oui' Saviour, and 
 
 Shis love toward man, appeared, not 
 by works done in righteousness, which 
 we did ourselves, but according to 
 his mercy he saved us, through the 
 15 washing of regeneration i^aud re- 
 
 6newmg of the i' Holy .Ghost, which 
 he poured out upon us richly, thi-ough 
 
 7 Jesus Christ our Saviour ; that, being 
 justified by his grace, we might be 
 made is heirs according to the hoi)e of 
 
 8 eternal hfe. Faithful is the sayiug, and 
 concermng these things I wQl that thou 
 affii-m confidently, to the end that they 
 which have believed God may be careful 
 to i^maintain good works . These things 
 
 WGr. 
 bond- 
 servants. 
 
 11 Or, 
 hath ap' 
 peared 
 to all 
 7ncn, 
 bringing 
 salvation 
 
 12 Or, age 
 
 13 Or, 0/ 
 the great 
 Ood and 
 our Sa- 
 viour 
 
 11 Gr. 
 com- 
 niand- 
 ment. 
 
 15 Or, 
 
 laeer 
 
 1'' Or, 
 
 and 
 
 through 
 
 reneio- 
 
 ing 
 
 1" Or, 
 Buly 
 Spirit 
 
 18 Or, 
 heirs, ac- 
 cording 
 to hope, 
 of eter- 
 nal life 
 
 19 Or, 
 profess 
 honest 
 occupa- 
 tions 
 
 G
 
 162 
 
 TO TITUS. 
 
 3. 8. 
 
 'Or, 
 factious 
 
 2 Or, 
 avoid 
 
 1 Gr. the 
 
 brother. 
 
 2 Gr. the 
 sister. 
 
 3 Or, 
 tht/ love 
 ami 
 faith 
 
 4 Many 
 ancient 
 authori- 
 ties read 
 
 6 Or, nw 
 ambas- 
 sadOTy 
 and now 
 &c, 
 
 6 The 
 
 Greek 
 
 word 
 
 means 
 
 Helpful. 
 
 IGr. 
 a Son. 
 2Gr, 
 
 ageff. 
 
 are good and profitable unto men: 
 9 but shiui foolish questionings, and 
 genealogies, and strifes, and fight- 
 ings about the law ; for they are un- 
 
 10 profitable and vain. A man that is 
 1 heretical after a first and second 
 
 11 admonition 2 refuse ; knowing that such 
 a one is perverted, and sinneth, being 
 self-condenuied. 
 
 12 When I shall send Ai-temas unto thee, 
 or Tychicus, give diligence to come 
 
 unto me to NicopoUs : for there I have 
 
 13 determined to winter. Set fonvard 
 Zenas the lawyer and Apollos on their 
 journey dihgently, that nothing be 
 
 14 wanting imto them. And let our 
 jieople also learn to ^ maintain good 
 works for necessary biases, that they 
 be not unfruitful. 
 
 15 All that are with me salute thee. 
 Salute them that love us in faith. 
 
 Grace be with you all. 
 
 THE EPISTLE OF PAUL TO 
 
 PHILEMON. 
 
 1 Paul, a prisoner of Chi'ist Jesus, 
 and Timothy   our brother, to PhUemon 
 
 2 oui- beloved and fellow-worker, and to 
 Appliia 2oui- sister, and to Archippus 
 our fellow-soldier, and to the chm-ch 
 
 Sin thy house: Grace to you and peace 
 from God oiu- Father and the Lord 
 Jesus Christ. 
 4 I thank my God always, making men- 
 5tion of thee in my prayers, heai'ing 
 of '^thy love, and of the faith which 
 thou hast toward the Lord Jesus, 
 
 6 and toward all the sauits ; that the 
 fellowship of thy faith may become 
 effectual, in the Imowledge of every 
 good thing which is in *you, unto 
 
 7 Christ. For I had much joy and com- 
 fort in thy love, because the heai'ts of 
 the saints have been refreshed through 
 thee, brother. 
 
 8 Wherefore, though I have all bold- 
 ness in Christ to enjoui thee that which 
 
 9 is befitting, yet for love's sake I rather 
 beseech, being such a one as Paul ^ the 
 aged, and now a prisoner also of Christ 
 
 10 Jesus: I beseech thee for my chUd, 
 whom I have begotten in my bonds, 
 
 llcOuesimus, who was aforetime un- 
 profitable to thee, but now is profitable 
 
 12 to thee and to me : whom I have sent 
 back to thee in his own person, that 
 
 13 is, my very heart : whom I would f aui 
 have kept with me, that in thy behalf 
 
 he might minister mito me in the bonds 
 
 14 of the gospel : but without thy mind I 
 would do nothing ; tliat thy goodness 
 should not be as of necessity, but of 
 
 15 free will. For perhaps he was therefore 
 partedyVont tkee for a season, that thou 
 
 16 shouldest have htni for ever ; no longer 
 as a ■? servant, but more than a "^ servant, 
 a brother beloved, specially to me, but 
 how much rather to thee, both in the 
 
 17 flesh and in the Lord. If then thou 
 countest me a partner, receive him as 
 
 18 myself. But if he hath wronged thee 
 at aU, or oweth thee aught, put that to 
 
 19 mine account; I Paul write it with 
 mine own hand, I will repay it : that 
 I say not unto thee how that thou 
 owest to me even thine own self besides. 
 
 20 Yea, brother, let me have ''joy of thee 
 in the Lord : refresh my heart in Christ. 
 
 21 Having confidence in thine obedience 
 I write unto thee, knowing that thou 
 
 22 wQt do even beyond what I say. But 
 withal prepare me also a lodging : for I 
 hope that through your prayers I shall 
 be granted unto you. 
 
 23 Epaphras, my fellow -prisoner in Christ 
 
 24 Jesus, saluteth thee ; and so do Mai'k, 
 Ai-istarchus, Demas, Luke, my feUow- 
 workers. 
 
 25 The grace of ^our Lord Jesus 
 Chi-ist be with your spirit. ^'^A- 
 
 THE EPISTLE OF PAUL THE APOSTLE TO THE 
 
 HEBEEWS. 
 
 1 God, having of old time spoken unto 
 the fathers in the prophets by divers 
 
 2 portions and ia divers manners, hath 
 at the end of these days spoken imto us 
 in 1 ?iis Son, whom he appointed heir of 
 aU things, through whom also he made 
 
 3 the 2 worlds; who being the effulgence 
 
 of his glory, and » the very image of his 
 substance, and upholding aU things by 
 the word of his power, when he had 
 made pmificatiou of sins, sat down on 
 the right hand of the Majesty on high; 
 4 havuig become by so much better than 
 the angels, as he hath inherited a more 
 
 3 Or, 
 profess 
 honest 
 occupa- 
 tions 
 
 4 Or, 
 wanis 
 
 TGr. 
 bond- 
 servant. 
 
 8 Or, 
 help 
 
 9 Some 
 ancient 
 authori- 
 ties read 
 the. 
 
 w Many 
 ancient 
 authori- 
 ties omit 
 Amen, 
 
 3 Or, 
 
 the irn- 
 jjress of 
 his sub- 
 stance
 
 3. 6. 
 
 TO THE HEBREWS. 
 
 163 
 
 11 
 
 12 
 
 Soxcellerit name than they. For nnto 
 wliic-h of the angels said he at any time, 
 Thou art my Son, 
 Tliis thiy have I begotten thee ? 
 and again, 
 
 I will be to him a Fatlier, 
 And he shall be to nie a Son ? 
 (JiAiid when h'l again '^bringeth in the 
 lirstboi'n into -'the world he saith, And 
 let all the angels of fi-od worship him. 
 7 And of the angels he saith. 
 
 Who maketh his angels ^ winds. 
 And his ministers a llame of fire : 
 8btit of the Sou he i<aith. 
 
 Thy throne, O God, is for ever and 
 
 ever; 
 And the sceptre of uprightness is the 
 sceptre of ^tliy kingdom. 
 9 Thou hast loved righteousness, and 
 hated iniquity; 
 Therefore trod, thy God, hath a- 
 
 nointed thee 
 With the oil of gladness above thy 
 fellows. 
 10 And, 
 
 Thou, Lord, in the begmniug hast 
 
 laid the foundation of the earth, 
 And the heavens are the works of 
 
 thy hands : 
 They shall i>erish; but thou con- 
 
 tinuest : 
 And they all shall wax old as dotb 
 
 a garment ; 
 And as a mantle shalt thou roll 
 
 them up. 
 As a garment, and they shall be 
 
 changed : 
 But thou art the same. 
 And thy years shall not fail. 
 
 13 But of which of the angels hath he 
 said at any time. 
 
 Sit thou on my right hand, 
 TiU I make thine enemies the foot- 
 stool of thy feet ? 
 
 14 Are they not all ministering spirits, 
 sent forth to do service for the sake of 
 them that shall inherit salvation ? 
 
 2 Therefore we ought to give the more 
 earnest heed to the things that were 
 heard, lest haply we drift awayyVo?H 
 
 2 them. For if the word s^wkeu through 
 angels proved stedf ast, and every trans- 
 gression and disobedience received a 
 
 3 just recompense of reward ; how shall 
 we escape, if we neglect so great salva- 
 tion? which having at the first been 
 spoken through the Lord, was conlirm- 
 
 4ed unto us by them that heard; God 
 
 also bearing witness with them, both 
 
 by signs and wonders, and by manifold 
 
 powers, and by c gifts of the ^Holy 
 
 Ghost, according to his own wiU. 
 
 5 For not unto angels did he subj ect ^ the 
 
 (j world to come, whereof we speak. But 
 
 one hath somewhere testified, saying, 
 
 What is man, that thou art mindful 
 
 of him ? 
 Or the sou of man, that thou "sisitest 
 him '? 
 
 7 Thou madest him ^a little lower 
 
 than the angels ; 
 Thou crownedst him with glory and 
 
 honour, 
 "And didst set him over the works 
 
 of thy hands: 
 
 8 Thou didst put all things in subjec- 
 
 tion under his feet. 
 For in that lie subjected all things 
 luito him, he left nothing that is not 
 subject to him. But now we see not 
 i)yet all things subjected to him. But 
 we behold huu who hath been made 
 ^a little lower than the angels, even 
 Jesus, because of the suffermg of death 
 crowned with gloi^y and honour, that by 
 the grace of God he should taste death 
 
 10 for evei'y man . For it became him, for 
 whom areaUthhigs, and through whom 
 are all things, lOin bringing many sons 
 unto glory, to make the "author of 
 theu' salvation perfect through suffer- 
 
 11 iugs. For both he that sanctifieth and 
 they that are sanctified are all of one : 
 for which cause he is not ashamed to 
 
 12 call them brethren, saying, 
 
 I wiU declare thy name unto my 
 
 brethren. 
 In the midst of the 12 congregation 
 
 will I sing thy jjraise. 
 
 13 And again, I will put my tnist in him. 
 And again. Behold, I and the children 
 
 14 which God hath given me. Since then 
 the chDdi-en are sharers in i-' flesh and 
 blood, he also himself in like mamier 
 partook of the same ; that through 
 death he 1^ might bring to nought him 
 that i5]iad the power of death, that is, 
 
 15 the devil ; and 1^ might dehver all them 
 who through fear of death were aU 
 
 16 their lifetime subject to bondage. For 
 verily not of angels doth he take hold, 
 but he taketh hold of the seed of Abra- 
 
 17 ham. Wherefore it behoved him in aU 
 things to be made like unto his lirethreu , 
 that he might be a merciful and faithful 
 high priest in things ijertaining to God, 
 to make j)ropitiation for the sins of the 
 
 18 people. 16 j'or i^ in that he himself hath 
 suffered being tempted, he is able to 
 succour them that are tempted. 
 
 3 Wherefore, holy brethren, partakers 
 of a heavenly calling, consider the 
 Apostle and High Priest of our conf es- 
 
 2 sion, even Jesus ; who was faithful to 
 him that is appointed hmi, as also was 
 
 o Moses in all I'Jhis house. For he hath 
 been counted v/or thy of more glory than 
 Moses, by so much as he that -" buUt the 
 house hath more honour than the house. 
 
 4 For every house is 20 budded by some 
 one ; but he that 20 buUt all things is 
 
 5 God. Aud Moses indeed was faithful in 
 all 19 his house as a servant, for a testi- 
 mony of those things which were after- 
 
 G vv^ard to be spoken ; but Christ as a 
 son, over 19 his house ; whose house 
 are we, if we hold fast our boldness 
 and the glorying of our hope firm 
 
 ^ Or, /or 
 
 u liltld 
 
 white 
 lower 
 
 ^ Many 
 authori- 
 ties omit 
 . ( lid 
 
 illdxt . . . 
 hands. 
 
 10 Or, 
 
 havinff 
 
 hrought 
 
 "Or, 
 
 captain 
 
 12 Or, 
 church 
 
 13 Gr. 
 blood 
 and 
 fl-Mh. 
 
 nOr, 
 iniuj 
 15 Or, 
 hath 
 
 leOr, 
 For hav- 
 ing been 
 himself 
 tempted 
 in that 
 wherein 
 he hath 
 suffered 
 "Or, 
 ivherein 
 18 Gr. 
 made. 
 11 That 
 is, God's 
 house. 
 See Num. 
 xii. 7. 
 2» Or, es- 
 tablished 
 
 2
 
 16-i 
 
 TO THE HEBREWS. 
 
 3. 6. 
 
 lOr. 
 Wliere 
 
 2 Gr. // 
 they 
 shall 
 enter. 
 
 3 Or, ivith 
 
 4Gr. 
 limbs. 
 
 6 Or, 
 a gospel 
 
 e Some 
 ancient 
 authori- 
 ties read 
 it was. 
 ■7 Some 
 ancient 
 authori- 
 ties read 
 We 
 
 there- 
 fore. 
 
 8 Or, the 
 gosjjel 
 ioas 
 
 8 Or, To- 
 day, say- 
 ing in 
 David, 
 after so 
 long a 
 tiine, as 
 it hath 
 been &c. 
 
 7 mito the end. Wherefore, even as the 
 Holy Ghost saith, 
 
 To-day if ye shall hear his voice, 
 
 8 Harden not yoiu- hearts, as in the 
 
 provocation, 
 Like as in the day of the temptation 
 in the wilderness, 
 
 9 1 Wherewith your fathers tempted me 
 
 by proving me, 
 Aiid saw my works forty years. 
 
 10 Wherefore 1 was displeased with this 
 
 generation, 
 And said, They do alway err in their 
 
 heart : 
 But they did not know my ways ; 
 
 11 As I swai-e in my wrath, 
 
 2 They shall not enter into my rest. 
 
 12 Take heed, brethren, lest haply there 
 shall be in any one of you an evil heart 
 of unbehef, in falling away from the 
 
 13 living God : but exhort one another day 
 by day, so long as it is called To-day ; 
 lest any one of you be hardened by the 
 
 14 deceitfulness of sin : for we are become 
 partakers 3 of Christ, if we hold fast the 
 begimiing of om- confidence firm unto 
 
 15 the end : while it is said. 
 
 To-day if ye shall hear his voice. 
 Harden not your hearts, as in the 
 provocation. 
 
 16 For who, when they heard, did pro- 
 voke ? nay, did not all they that came 
 
 17 out of Egypt by Moses? And with 
 whom was he displeased forty years ? 
 was it not with them that sinned, whose 
 
 18 * carcases fell in the wilderness ? And 
 to whom sware he that they should not 
 enter into his rest, but to them that 
 
 19 were disobedient ? Aiid we see that 
 they were not able to enter in because 
 of unbehef. 
 
 4 Let us fear therefore, lest haply, a 
 promise being left of entering into his 
 rest, any one of you should seem to have 
 
 2 come short of it. For indeed we have 
 had 5 good tidings iweached mito us, 
 even as also they : but the word of hear- 
 ing did not profit them, because 6 they 
 were not united by faith with them 
 
 3 that heard. 'For we which have be- 
 heved do enter into that rest ; even as 
 he hath said. 
 
 As I sware in my wrath, 
 2 They shall not enter into my rest : 
 although the works were finished from 
 
 4 the foundation of the world. For he 
 hath said somewhere of the seventh 
 day on this wise. And God rested on 
 the seventh day from aU his works; 
 
 5 and in this place again, 
 
 2 They shall not enter into my rest. 
 
 6 Seemg therefore it remaineth that some 
 should enter thereinto, and they to 
 whom sthe good tidings were before 
 preached failed to enter in because 
 
 7 of disobedience, he again defineth a 
 certain day, ^ saying in David, after so 
 long a time, To-day, as it hath been 
 before said. 
 
 To-day if ye shall hear his voice. 
 Harden not yoiu' hearts. 
 
 8 For if 10 Joshua had given them rest, he 
 would not have spoken afterward of 
 
 9 another day. There remaineth therefore 
 a sabbath rest for the j)eople of God. 
 
 10 For he that is entered into his rest 
 hath himself also rested from his works, 
 
 11 as God did from his. Let us therefore 
 give dihgence to enter into that rest, 
 that no man fall ^ after the same ex- 
 
 12 ample of disobedience. For the word of 
 God is hving, and active, and shai-per 
 than any two-edged sword, and piercing 
 even to the dividing of soul and spu-it, of 
 both joints and marrow, and quick to 
 discern the thoughts and intents of the 
 
 13 heart. And there is no creature that is 
 not manifest in his sight : but all thmgs 
 are naked and laid open before the eyes 
 of him with whom we have to do. 
 
 14 Having then a great high priest, who 
 hath passed through the heavens, Jesus 
 the Son of God, let us hold fast our 
 
 15 confession. For we have not a high 
 priest that cannot be touched with the 
 feehng of our infirmities ; but one that 
 hath been in all pouits tempted like as 
 
 16 lee are, yet without sin. Let us there- 
 fore draw near with boldness unto the 
 throne of grace, that we may receive 
 mercy, and may find grace to help its 
 in time of need. 
 
 5 For every high priest, being taken 
 from among men, is appomted for men 
 in things pertaining to God, that he 
 may offer both gifts and sacrifices for 
 
 2 sius : who can bear gently with the 
 ignorant and erring, for that he himself 
 
 3 also is compassed with infirmity ; and 
 by reason thereof is bound, as for the 
 people, so also for himself, to offer for 
 
 4 sius. And no man taketh the honour 
 unto himself, but when he is called of 
 
 5 God, even as was Aaron. So Christ 
 also glorified not himself to be made a 
 high priest, but he that spake imto him, 
 
 Thou art my Son, 
 
 This day have I begotten thee : 
 
 6 as he saith also in another ^Zace, 
 
 Thou art a priest for ever 
 After the order of Melchizedek. 
 
 7 Who in the days of his flesh, having 
 offered up prayers and sujjplicatiojis 
 with strong crying and tears unto him 
 that was able to save him 12 from death, 
 and having been heard for his godly 
 
 8 fear, though he was a Son, yet learned 
 obedience by the things which he suf- 
 
 9 fered ; and having been made perfect, 
 he became unto aU them that obey 
 bim the 13 author of eternal salvation ; 
 
 10 named of God a high priest after 
 the order of Melchizedek. 
 
 11 Of i^whom we have many things 
 to say, and hard of intei-pretation, 
 seemg ye are become dull of hear- 
 
 12ing. For when by reason of the 
 time ye ought to be teachers ye
 
 7. 20. 
 
 TO THE HEBREWS. 
 
 1G5 
 
 1 Or, that 
 one teach 
 you 
 
 which be 
 t?n; rudi- 
 orients 
 
 2 Gr. be- 
 ginning. 
 
 3 Or, 
 
 perfect 
 
 JGr. 
 
 leave the 
 word of 
 th ebe- 
 gimiinij 
 of Christ. 
 ^ Or, full 
 growth 
 
 6 Some 
 ancient 
 authori- 
 ties read, 
 even the 
 teaching 
 of. 
 
 7 Or. 
 washings 
 
 8 Or, 
 having 
 both 
 
 tasted of 
 , . . and 
 being 
 made . . , 
 and 
 having 
 tasted 
 &c. 
 oOr. 
 tasted 
 the ic'ord 
 of God 
 that it 
 
 is good 
 10 Or, 
 t?ie while 
 
 11 Or, are 
 near to 
 
 12 Or, 
 full as- 
 surance 
 
 i3Gr.ii!i- 
 dif-Ucd. 
 
 have need again ^tliat some one teach 
 you the ruchments of the '^ first priiici- 
 l)les of the oracles of God ; and are be- 
 come such as have need of milk, and 
 
 13 not of solid food. For every one that 
 liartaketh of milk is without experience 
 of the word of righteousness ; for he is 
 
 14 a babe. But solid food is for ■* f uUgrown 
 men, even those who by reason of use 
 have their senses exercised to discern 
 good and evil. 
 
 G Wierefore let us "i cease to speak of 
 the first prhiciples of Christ, and press 
 on imto 5 perfection ; not laying again a 
 foundation of repentance from dead 
 2 works, and of faith toward God, "of 
 the teaching of ^ baptisms, and of lay- 
 ing on of hands, and of resurrection of 
 the dead, and of eternal judgement. 
 
 3 And this will we do, if God permit. 
 
 4 For as touching those who were once 
 enlightened ^ and tasted of the heavenly 
 gift, and were made i)artakers of the 
 
 5 Holy Ghost, and 9 pasted the good word 
 of God, and the powers of the age to 
 
 6 come, and then fell away, it is impos- 
 sible to renew them again luito repent- 
 ance; 10 seeing they crucify to them- 
 selves the Son of God afresh, and put 
 
 7 him to an open shame. For the land 
 which hath drunk the rain that cometh 
 oft upon it, and bringeth forth herbs 
 meet for them for whose sake it is also 
 
 8 tUled, receiveth blessing from God : but 
 if it beareth thorns and thistles, it is 
 rejected and nigh unto a cru'se ; whose 
 end is to be biuiied. 
 
 9 But, beloved, we are persuaded better 
 things of you, and things that n accom- 
 pany salvation, though we thus speak : 
 
 10 for God is not mu'ighteous to forget 
 your work and the love which ye shewed 
 toward his name, in that ye ministered 
 imto the saints, and still do minister. 
 1 And we desire that each one of you may 
 shew the same diligence unto the I'-^ful- 
 
 12 ness of hojie even to the end : that ye 
 be not sluggish, but imitators of them 
 who through faith and patience uiherit 
 the iiromises. 
 
 13 For when God made promise to Abra- 
 ham, since he could swear by none 
 
 14 greater, he sware by himself, saying, 
 Sm-ely blessing I wiU bless thee, and 
 
 15multiplyuig I will multiply thee. And 
 thus, having patiently endured, he ob- 
 
 16 taiued the promise. For men swear bj' 
 the greater: and in every dispute of 
 theirs the oath is final for confirmation. 
 
 17 Wherein God, being minded to shew 
 more abundantly luito the heirs of the 
 promise the immutabihty of his coun- 
 
 ISsel, i^iutei-posed with an oath: that 
 by two immutable thmgs, in which it 
 is impossible for God to lie, we may 
 have a strong eucom-agement, who 
 have fled for refuge to lay hold of the 
 
 19 hope set before us ; which we have as 
 an anchor of the soul, a hope both 
 
 sure and stedfast and entering into 
 20 that which is within the veil ; whither 
 as a forerunner Jesus entered for us, 
 having become a high priest for ever 
 after the order of Melchizedek. 
 Y For this Melchizedek, king of Salem, 
 priest of God Most High, who met 
 Abraham returnuig from the slaughter 
 
 2 of the kings, and blessed him, to whom 
 also Abraham divided a tenth part of 
 all (being first, by inteiin'ctation. King 
 of righteousness, and then also King 
 of Salem, which is, Khig of peace ; 
 
 3 without father, without mother, with- 
 oixt genealogy, having neither begin- 
 ning of days nor end of life, biit made 
 like unto the Son of God), abideth a 
 priest contmually. 
 
 4 Now consider how great this man 
 was, unto whom Abraham, the patri- 
 arch, gave a tenth out of the chief 
 
 5 spoils. And they indeed of the sons of 
 Levi that receive the priest's office have 
 commandment to take tithes of the 
 people according to the law, that is, of 
 their brethren, though these have come 
 
 6 out of the loins of Abraham : but he 
 whose genealogy is not counted from 
 them hath taken tithes of Abraham, 
 and hath blessed him that hath the 
 
 7 promises. But without any dispute the 
 
 8 less is blessed of the better. And here 
 men that die receive tithes ; but there 
 one, of whom it is witnessed that he 
 
 9 liveth. And, so to say, through Abra- 
 ham even Levi, who receiveth tithes, 
 
 10 hath paid tithes ; for he was yet in the 
 loins of his father, when Melchizedek 
 met him. 
 
 11 Now if there was perfection through 
 the Levitical ijriesthood (for under it 
 hath the people received the law), what 
 further need loas there that another 
 priest should arise after the order of 
 Melchizedek, and not be reckoned after 
 
 12 the order of Aaron ? For the priesthood 
 being changed, there is made of neces- 
 
 13 sity a change also i-'of the law. For he 
 of whom these things are said i^belong- 
 eth to another tribe, from which no man 
 
 14 hath given attendance at the altar. For 
 it is evident that oiu- Lord hath sprung 
 out of Judah ; as to which tribe Moses 
 
 15 spake nothing concerning priests. And 
 ■iC'kat ive say is yet more abundantly e^'i- 
 dent, if after the Hkeness of Melchizedek 
 
 16 there ariseth another priest, who hath 
 been made, not after the law of a carnal 
 commandment,but after the power of an 
 
 17 1'^ endless life : for it is witnessed qfh im, 
 Thou art a i)riest for ever 
 After the order of Melchizedek. 
 
 18 For there is a disaimuUing of a fore- 
 going commandment because of its 
 
 19 weakness and unprofitableness (for 
 the law made nothing perfect), and 
 a bringing in thereupon of a bet- 
 ter hope, thi-ough which we draw 
 
 20 nigh unto God. And inasmuch as it 
 
 11 Or, 
 of law 
 15 Gr. 
 hath 
 parta- 
 ken of. 
 See ch. 
 ii. 14. 
 
 16 Gr. 
 indis- 
 soluble.
 
 166 
 
 TO THE HEBREWS. 
 
 7. 20. 
 
 lOr, 
 
 through 
 
 2 Or. 
 
 U7ltO 
 
 3 Or, tcs- 
 tameiit 
 
 4 Or, 
 hath a 
 priest- 
 hood that 
 doth not 
 pass to 
 another 
 ^ Or, in- 
 violable 
 6Gr. 
 com- 
 pletely. 
 
 7 Or, 
 Now to 
 sum up 
 what we 
 are sail- 
 ing: iVe 
 have &c. 
 8Gr. 
 upon. 
 3 Or, 
 holy 
 things 
 
 10 Or, 
 complete 
 
 11 Gr. «_• 
 
 com- 
 
 plish. 
 
 is not without the taking of an oath 
 
 21 (for they indeed have been made 
 
 priests without an oath ; but he with 
 
 an oath iby him that saith 2 of him, 
 
 The Lord sware and wUl not repent 
 
 himself, 
 Thou art a jiriest for ever) ; 
 ■22 by so much also hath Jesus become 
 
 23 the sui'ety of a better 3 covenant. And 
 they indeed have been made priests 
 many in number, because that by death 
 
 24 they are hindered from coutmuing : but 
 he, because he abideth for ever, *hath 
 
 25 his priesthood ^ michangeable. Where- 
 fore also he is able to save "to the 
 uttermost them that draw near mito 
 God tlu-ough him, seeing he ever liveth 
 to make intercession for them. 
 
 26 For such a high priest became us, 
 holy, guileless, undefiled, separated 
 from sinners, and made higher than the 
 
 27 heavens ; who ueedeth not daUy, like 
 those high priests, to offer up sacrifices, 
 first for his own sins, and then for the 
 sins of the people : for this he did once 
 
 28 for all, when he offered up himself. For 
 the law appomteth men high priests, 
 having infirmity ; but the word of the 
 oath, which was after the law, ap- 
 2>ointefk a Son, jserfected for evermore. 
 
 8 'Now fiu the things which we are 
 saying the chief point is this : We have 
 such a high priest, who sat down on the 
 right hand of the thi'one of the Majesty 
 
 2 in the heavens, a minister of ^ the sanc- 
 tuary, and of the true tabernacle, which 
 
 3 the Lord pitched, not man. For every 
 high priest is appointed to offer both 
 gifts and sacrifices : wherefore it is ne- 
 cessaiy that this high piiest also have 
 
 4 somewhat to offer. Now if he were on 
 earth, he would not be a priest at all, 
 seeing there are those who offer the 
 
 5 gifts according to the law ; who serve 
 that which is a copy and shadow of 
 the heaverJy things, even as Moses is 
 warned of God when he is about to 
 lOmake tlae tabernacle: for. See, saith 
 he, that thou make all things accoriliug 
 to the pattern that was shewed thee in 
 
 6 the momat. But now hath he obtained 
 a ministry the more excellent, by how 
 much also he is the mediator of a better 
 3 covenant, which hath been enacted 
 
 7 upon better promises. For if that first 
 covenant had been faultless, then would 
 no place have been sought for a second. 
 
 8 For finding fault with them, he saith. 
 
 Behold , the days come, saith the Lord. 
 That I will 11 make a new » covenant 
 
 with the house of Israel and with 
 
 the house of Judah ; 
 
 9 Not accordhig to the ^ covenant that 
 
 I made with their fathers 
 Li the day that I took them by the 
 
 hand to lead them forth out of the 
 
 land of Egypt ; 
 For they continued not in my 
 
 8 covenant, 
 
 And I regarded them not, saith the 
 Lord. 
 
 10 For this is the 3 covenant that 12 1 
 
 wUl make with the house of Israel 
 After those days, saith the Lord ; 
 I wiU i)ut my laws uito their mind, 
 And on their heart also wUl I write 
 
 them : 
 And I will be to them a God, 
 And they shall be to me a people : 
 
 11 And they shall not teach every man 
 
 his fellow-citizen, 
 And every man his brother, saying. 
 
 Know the Lord : 
 For all shall know me, 
 From the least to the greatest of them. 
 
 12 For I will be merciful to their 
 
 iniquities. 
 And then- sms wiU I remember no 
 more. 
 13 In that he saith, A new covenant, he 
 hath made the fii'st old. But that 
 which is becoming old and waxeth 
 aged is nigh unto vanishing away. 
 9 Now even the first covenant had 
 ordinances of divine service, and its 
 sanctuary, a sanctuary of this world. 
 
 2 For there was a tabernacle prepared, 
 the first, wherein i3((ie;-e the candlestick, 
 and the table, and i-ifhe shewbread; 
 
 3 which is called the Holy place. And 
 after the second veil, the tabernacle 
 which is called the Holy of holies ; 
 
 4 having a golden i5 censer, and the ark 
 of the covenant overlaid round about 
 with gold, whereLQ I6 was a golden pot 
 holtling the mamia, and Aaron's rod 
 that budded, and the tables of the cove- 
 
 5 nant ; and above it cherubim of gloiy 
 overshadowing I'the mercy-seat; of 
 which things we cannot now speak 
 
 6 severally. Now these things having 
 been thus prepared, the priests go in 
 continually into the first tabei-nacle, 
 
 7 accompUsning the services ; but into 
 the second the high j)riest alone, once 
 in the year, not without blood, which 
 he offereth for himself, and for the 
 
 8 1« errors of the people : the Holy Ghost 
 this signifying, that the way into the 
 holy place hath not yet been made 
 manifest, while as the first tabernacle 
 
 9 is yet standing; which is a parable 
 for the tune no 10 present; according 
 to which are offered both gifts and 
 sacrifices that cannot, as touching the 
 conscience, make the worshipper per- 
 
 10 feet, being only (with meats and drinks 
 and divers washings) carnal ordinances, 
 imposed until a time of reformation. 
 
 11 But Chrifct having come a high 
 priest of 19 the good thiugs to come, 
 thi'ough the greater and more per- 
 fect tabernacle, not made with 
 hands, that is to say, not of this 
 
 12 creation, nor yet through the blood 
 of goats and calves, biit through his 
 own blood, entered in once for aU 
 into the holy place, havtag obtain-
 
 10. 25. 
 
 TO THE HEBREWS. 
 
 167 
 
 1 Many 
 anrieiit 
 authori- 
 ties read 
 our. 
 •2 The 
 Greek 
 word 
 here used 
 signifies 
 both 
 
 covenant 
 and tes- 
 tament, 
 
 3 Gr. 6.! 
 brought. 
 
 iGr. 
 
 over the, 
 decAl. 
 5 Or, for 
 it doth 
 net'er . . . 
 liveth. 
 
 5 Or. 
 
 eonsuyn- 
 mation 
 7 Or, 
 by his 
 sacrifice. 
 
 5 Gr. laid 
 up for. 
 
 9 Some 
 ancient 
 authori- 
 ties read 
 it can. 
 
 18 ed eternal redemption . For if the blood 
 of goats and bulls, and tho ashes of a 
 lieifer sprinkling theiti that have been 
 defiled, sanctify nnto tho cleanness of 
 
 14 the Hesh : how mucli more sliall the 
 blood of Christ, who through the 
 eternal Spirit offered himself without 
 blemish unto God, cleanse lyour con- 
 science front dead works to sei-ve tho 
 
 1.5 living God ? And for this cause he is 
 the mediator of a new * covenant, that 
 a death having taken place for the re- 
 demption of the transgressions that 
 were under the first '^covenant, they 
 that have been called may receive the 
 
 16 promise of the eternal inheritance. For 
 where a 2 testament is, there must of 
 necessity ^be the death of him that 
 
 17 made it. For a '^testament is of force 
 ^ where there hath been death : ^ f or 
 doth it ever avail while he that made 
 
 18 it liveth ? Wlierefore even the lii'st 
 covenant hath not been dedicated witli- 
 
 19 out blood. For when eveiy command- 
 ment had been spoken by Moses unto 
 aU the people accoi'ding to the law, he 
 took the blood of the calves and the 
 goats, with water and scarlet wool and 
 hyssoii, and sjirinkled both the book 
 
 '20 itself, and aU the i)eople, saying, This 
 is the blood of the '-^covenant which 
 
 21 God commanded to you-ward. More- 
 over the tabernacle and all the vessels 
 of the ministry he sprinkled in like 
 
 22 mamier with the blood. And according 
 to the law, I may ahnost say, all things 
 are cleansed with blood, and ajaart from 
 shedding of blood there is no remission. 
 
 23 It was necessary therefore that the 
 copies of the things in the heavens 
 should be cleansed with these ; but the 
 heavenly thmgs themselves with better 
 
 24 sacrifices than these. For Christ en- 
 tered not into a holy place made with 
 hands, like in pattern to the true ; but 
 mto heaven itself, now to ajjpear before 
 
 25 the face of God for us : nor yet that he 
 should ofl^er himself often ; as the high 
 priest entereth into the holy idace year 
 
 26 by year with blood not his own ; else 
 must he often have suffered since the 
 foundation of the world : but now once 
 at the 6 end of the ages hath he been 
 manifested to put away sin 7 by the 
 
 27 sacrifice of himself. And inasmuch as 
 it is 8 appointed unto men once to die, 
 
 28 and after this cometh. judgement ; so 
 Christ also, having been once offered 
 to bear the sins of many, shall ajipear 
 a second time, apart from sin, to them 
 that wait for him, unto salvation. 
 
 10 For the law having a shadow of the 
 good things to come, not the very image 
 of the things, ^ they can never with the 
 same sacrifices year by year, which 
 they offer continually, make perfect 
 2 them that draw nigh. Else would they 
 not have ceased to be offered, because 
 the worshippers, having been once 
 
 cleansed, would have had no more con- 
 
 3 science of sins ? But in those Kacrifice.s 
 there is a remembrance made of sins 
 
 4 year by year. For it is impossible that 
 the blood of buUs and goats should take 
 
 5 away sins. Wherefore when he cometh 
 into the world, he saith, 
 
 Sacrifice and offering thou wouldest 
 
 not, 
 But a b(jdy didst thou prepare for me ; 
 (5 In whole burnt offerings and sacri- 
 Jicen for sin thou hadst no jjleasure : 
 
 7 Then said I, Lo, I am come 
 
 (In the roU. of the book it is written 
 
 of me) 
 To do thy will, God. 
 
 8 Saying above. Sacrifices and offerings 
 and whole burnt offerings and sacri- 
 Jjce-1 for sin thou wouldest not, neither 
 hadst pleasure thereui (the which are 
 
 9 offered according to the law), then hath 
 he said, Lo, I am come to do thy wiU. 
 He taketli away the first, that he may 
 
 10 establish the second. lOBy which will 
 we have been sanctified through the 
 offering of the body of Jesus Christ 
 
 1 1 once for all. And every n priest indeed 
 standeth day by day ministering and 
 offering oftentimes the same sacrifices, 
 the which can never take away sins : 
 
 12 but he, when he had offered one sacri- 
 fice for i-^sins for ever, sat down on the 
 
 13 right hand of God; from henceforth 
 expecting till his enemies be made the 
 
 14 footstool of his feet. For by one offer- 
 ing he hath perfected for ever them that 
 
 15 are sanctified. And the Holy Ghost also 
 beareth witness to us : for after he hath 
 said, 
 
 16 This is the 13 covenant that i*I will 
 
 make with them 
 After those days, saith the Lord ; 
 I will i)ut my laws on their heart, 
 And upon their mind also will I 
 
 write them ; 
 then saith he, 
 
 17 -And their sins and their iniquities 
 
 will I remember no more. 
 
 18 Now where remission of these is, there 
 is no more offering for sin. 
 
 19 Having therefore, brethi'en, boldness 
 to enter into the holy place by the 
 
 20 blood of Jesus, by the way which he 
 dedicated for us, a new and Uving way, 
 tlu-ough the veil , that is to say, his flesh; 
 
 21 and having a great priest over the house 
 
 22 of God ; let us draw near with a true 
 heart in i^fuLness of faith, havmg oiu- 
 hearts .sprinkled from an evil i*> con- 
 science, and our body washed with pnre 
 
 23 water : let us hold fast the confession 
 of our hope that it waver not ; for he 
 
 24 is faithful that promised: and let us 
 consider one another to provoke unto 
 
 25 love and good works; not forsaking 
 the assembhng of oui'selves together, 
 as the custom of some is, but exhortmg 
 one another ; and so much the more, 
 as ye see the day drawing nigh. 
 
 10 Or, In 
 
 " Some 
 ancient 
 authori- 
 ties read 
 h i(fh 
 priest, 
 
 12 Or, 
 
 sins, for 
 ever sat 
 dovm&c. 
 
 13 Or, tes- 
 tament 
 11 Gr. / 
 loill cove- 
 nant. 
 
 15 Or, 
 full as- 
 surance 
 
 16 Or, 
 con- 
 science : 
 and hav- 
 ing our 
 hodr/ 
 washed 
 with 
 pure 
 water, 
 let u^ 
 holdfast
 
 168 
 
 TO THE HEBREWS. 
 
 10. 26. 
 
 lOr, 
 Jea/ousy 
 
 SGr. a 
 
 comynon 
 
 thing. 
 
 3 Or, 
 that ye 
 have 
 yourozon 
 selves for 
 a better 
 posses- 
 sion 
 
 4 Some 
 ancient 
 authori- 
 ties read 
 ye have 
 for your- 
 selves 
 
 a better 
 
 posses- 
 
 sioti. 
 
 5 Some 
 ancient 
 authori- 
 ties read 
 the right- 
 eous orie. 
 
 6 Gr. of 
 shriiik- 
 inqback 
 
 '. but 
 of faith. 
 
 7 Or, 
 gaining 
 
 8 Or. the 
 giving 
 sub- 
 stance to 
 
 9 Or, test 
 
 10 Gr. 
 ages. 
 
 "The 
 Greek 
 text in 
 this 
 
 clause is 
 some- 
 what un- 
 certain. 
 12 Or. 
 over his 
 gifts 
 
 26 For if we sin wilfully after that we 
 have received the knowledge of the 
 truth, there remaineth no more a sacri- 
 
 27 fice for sins, but a certain fearful ex- 
 pectation of judgement, and a i fierce- 
 ness of fii'e which shall devoiu" the 
 
 28 adversaries. A man that hath set at 
 nought Moses' law dieth without com- 
 passion on the v;ord of two or three 
 
 29 witnesses : of how much sorer pmiish- 
 ment, think ye, shall he be judged 
 worthy, who hath trodden under foot 
 the Son of God, and hath counted the 
 blood of the covenant, wherewith he 
 was sanctified, 2 an unholy thing, and 
 hath done desjrite unto the Spirit of 
 
 30 grace? For we know him that said, 
 Vengeance belongeth unto me, I will 
 recompense. Ajid again, The Lord shall 
 
 31 judge his j)eoi)le. It is a fearful thing 
 to fall into the hands of the hraig God. 
 
 32 But call to remembrance the fonuer 
 days, in which, after ye were enlight- 
 ened, ye endui-ed a great conflict of 
 
 33 sufferings ; partly, being made a gazing- 
 stock both by reproaches and afflictions; 
 and partly, becoming jjartakers with 
 
 34 them that were so used. For ye both 
 had compassion on them that were in 
 bonds, and took joyfully the spoiling of 
 your ijossessions, kuo^Tng sthat ^ye 
 yoiu'selves have a better possession and 
 
 35 an abiding one. Cast not awply there- 
 fore your boldness, which hath great 
 
 36 recompense of reward. For ye have 
 need of loatieuce, that, havmg done the 
 v/Ol of God, ye may receive the promise. 
 
 37 For yet a very Uttle while. 
 
 He that cometh shall come, and shall 
 not tarry. 
 
 38 But 5 my righteous one shaU live by 
 
 faith: 
 
 And if he shrink back, my soul hath 
 
 no pleasure in him. 
 
 39 But we are not "of them that shrink 
 
 b?xk unto perdition ; but of them that 
 
 have faith unto the 1 saving of the soul. 
 
 11 Now faith is ^the assurance of things 
 
 hoped for, the o proving of things not 
 
 2 seen. For therein the elders had 
 
 3 witness borne to them. By faith we 
 understand that the i" worlds have been 
 framed by the word of God, so that 
 what is seen hath not been made out 
 
 4 of things which do appear. By faith 
 Abel offered unto God a more excellent 
 sacrifice than Cain, through which he 
 had witness borne to him that he was 
 righteous, i^God bearing witness I'^in 
 respect of his gifts : r^nd through it he 
 
 5 being dead yet speaketh. By faith 
 Enoch was translated that he should 
 not see death ; and he was not f omid, 
 because God translated him : for before 
 his translation he hath had witness 
 borne to him that he had been well- 
 
 6 pleasmg imto God : and without faith 
 it is impossible to be weU-pleasiiig 
 unto him : for he that cometh to God 
 
 must beheve that he is, and that he is 
 a rewarder of them that seek after him. 
 
 7 By faith Noah, being warned of God 
 concerning things not seen as yet,moved 
 with godly fear, prepared an ark to the 
 saving of his house ; through which he 
 condemned the world, and became heir 
 of the righteousness which is according 
 
 8 to faith. By faith Abraham, when he was 
 called, obeyed to go out unto a place 
 which he was to receive for an inherit- 
 ance; and he went out, not knowing whi- 
 
 9 ther he went. By faith he became a so- 
 journer in the land of promise, as in a 
 ZawfZnothis own, Indwelling in tents,with 
 Isaac and Jacob, the heirs with bim of 
 
 10 the same promise : for he looked for the 
 city which hath the foundations, whose 
 
 11 1 J builder and maker is God. By faith 
 even Sarah herself received power to 
 conceive seed when she was past age, 
 since she counted him faithful who 
 
 12 had j)romised: wherefore also there 
 sprang of one, and him as good as dead, 
 so many as the stiirs of heaven in 
 multitude, and as the sand, which is 
 by the sea shore, innumerable. 
 
 13 These all died is in faith, not having 
 received the promises, but having seen 
 them and greeted them from afar, and 
 having confessed that they were stran- 
 
 11 gers and pilgrims on the earth. For 
 they that say such things make it 
 manifest that they are seeking after a 
 
 15 country of their own. And if indeed 
 they had been mindful of that country 
 from which they went out, they would 
 
 16 have had opportunity to retm-n. But 
 now they desire a better country, that 
 is, a heavenly : wherefore God is not 
 ashamed of them, to be called then- God: 
 for he hath jirepared for them a city. 
 
 17 By faith Abraham, bemg tried, Wof- 
 fered up Isaac : yea, he that had gladly 
 received the promises was offering up 
 
 18 his only begotten son; even he I'to 
 whom it was said. In Isaac shall thy 
 
 19 seed be called: accounting that God is 
 able to raise up, even from the dead ; 
 fi'om whence he did also in a parable 
 
 20 receive him back. By faith Isaac 
 blessed Jacob and Esau, even coucern- 
 
 21 mg things to come. By faith Jacob, 
 when he was a dying, blessed each of 
 the sons of Joseph; and worshipped, 
 
 22 leaning upon the top of his staff. By 
 faith Joseph, when his end was nigh, 
 made mention of the departure of the 
 children of Israel ; and gave command- 
 
 23 ment concerning his bones. By faith 
 Moses, when he was born, was hid 
 three months by his parents, because 
 they saw he was a goodly child; and 
 they were not afraid of the king's com- 
 
 24mandment. By faith Moses, when he 
 was grown up, refused to be called the 
 
 25 son of Pharaoh's daughter ; choos- 
 ing rather to be evU entreated with 
 the people of God, than to enjoy the 
 
 "Or, 
 
 having 
 taken up 
 his abode 
 in tents 
 
 UOr, 
 
 architect 
 
 15 Gr. 
 accord- 
 ing to. 
 
 16 Gr. 
 hath of- 
 fered up. 
 
 n Or, of
 
 12. 25. 
 
 TO THE HEBREWS. 
 
 169 
 
 2 Or, 
 institut- 
 ed 
 
 Gr. hath 
 made. 
 
 3 Or, 
 beaten 
 to death 
 i Gr. the 
 redevip' 
 tion. 
 
 '2(ipleasiirps of sin for a season; accoimt- 
 1 Or, the ingtlien^proacliof 'CLristgreaterrichc'8 
 
 '^''*^ than the treasures of Epyiit: forliolook- 
 
 '27 ed unto the recompense of reward. By 
 faith he forsook Egyjjt, not fearing the 
 wrath of the king; for he endured, as 
 
 '28 seeing him who is invisible. By f aitli ho 
 ^kept tile passover, and the sprinldbig 
 of the blood, that the destroyer of the 
 
 '29 lirstborn should not touch them. By 
 faith they i)assed through the Red sea 
 as by iby land; which the Egyiitians 
 
 30 assaying to do were swallowed up. By 
 faith the walls of Jericho fell down, after 
 they had been compassed about for 
 
 31 seven days. By faith Eahab the harlot 
 perished not with them that were diso- 
 bedient, having received the spies with 
 
 3*2 peace. Aiid what shall I more say ? for 
 the time will fail me if I tell of Gideon, 
 Barak, Samson, Jephthah; of David and 
 
 33 Samuel and the prophets : who tlirough 
 faith subdued kingdoms, wi-oughtright- 
 eousness, obtained i)romises, stojjped 
 
 34 the mouths of Uons, quenched the power 
 of fire, escaped the edge of the sword, 
 from weakness were made strong, wax- 
 ed mighty in war, turned to flight armies 
 
 35 of aliens. Women received their dead 
 by a resiuTection : and others wero ^tor- 
 tui-ed, not accepting * their deUverance; 
 that they might obtain a better resur- 
 
 36 rection : and others had trial of mockings 
 and scourgings, yea, moreover of bonds 
 
 37 and imprisonment : they were stoned, 
 they were sawn asunder, they were 
 tempted, they were slain with the sword, 
 they went about in sheepskins, in goat- 
 skins ; being destitute, afflicted, evil en- 
 
 38 treated (of whom the world was not 
 worthy), wandering in deserts and 
 mountains and caves, and the holes of 
 
 39 the earth. And these all, having had 
 witness borne to them through their 
 
 40 faith, received not the promise, God 
 havhig "provided some better thing con- 
 cernmg us, that ajiart from us they 
 should not be made perfect. 
 
 12 Therefore let us also, seeing we are 
 compassed about with so great a cloud of 
 witnesses, lay aside c every weight, and 
 the siu which 'doth so easOy beset us, 
 and let us run with jjatience the race that 
 '2 is set bef t re us, looking unto Jesus the 
 8 author and perfecter of oii,r faith, who 
 for the joy that was set before him eu- 
 dui'ed the cross, despising shame, and 
 hath sat down at the right hand of the 
 
 3 throne of God. For consider him that 
 hathenduredsuch gainsaying of sinners 
 against ^themselves, that ye wax not 
 
 4 weary, fainting in your souls. Ye have 
 not yet resisted unto blood, striving 
 
 5 against sin : and ye have forgotten the 
 exhortation, which reasoneth with you 
 as with sons. 
 
 My sou, regard not Ughtly the chas- 
 tening of the Lord, 
 Nor faint when tliou art reiiroved 
 
 sor, 
 
 foreseen 
 
 6 Or. 
 all cum- 
 brance 
 ~ Or, doth 
 closely 
 cling 
 to us 
 Or, is 
 (.tdmired 
 of many 
 
 "Or, 
 captain 
 
 < Manjr 
 
 ftuthori- 
 
 ties,9orae 
 
 .■rncient, 
 
 read 
 
 himself. 
 
 of him ; 
 () For whom tiie Lord loveth he clias- 
 teneth, 
 And scourgeth every son wlioni he 
 receiveth, 
 7 10 It is for cliastening tliat ye endure; 
 God dealetli witli yim as with sons ; 
 for what son is there wliom his father 
 Hchasteneth not? But if ye are with- 
 out chastening, whereof all have been 
 made partakers, then are ye bastards, 
 9 and not sons. Furthennore, wo had 
 the fathers of our flesh to chasten us, 
 and we gave them reverence: shall 
 wo not much rather be in subjection 
 unto the Father of n spirits, and live ? 
 
 10 For tliey verily for a few days chas- 
 tened lis as seemed good to them ; but 
 he for our profit, that ive may be 
 
 11 partakers of his holiness. All chasten- 
 ing seemeth for the present to be not 
 joyous, but grievous : yet afterward it 
 yieldeth peaceable frait unto them that 
 have been exercised thereby, even the 
 
 Vifi uit of righteousness. Wherefore ^mit 
 uj) the hands that hang down, and the 
 
 13 palsied knees ; and make straight paths 
 for youi' feet, that that wliich is lame 
 be not 13 turned out (f the w'ay, but 
 rather be healed. 
 
 14 Follow after j)eace with all men, and 
 the sanctification without which no 
 
 1.5 man ahaU see the Lord: looking care- 
 fully Idlest there be any man that isfall- 
 eth short of the grace of God ; lest any 
 root of bitterness spruiging up trouble 
 you, and thereby the many be defiled ; 
 
 16 Idlest there be any fornicator, or pro- 
 fane iierson, as Esau, who for one mess 
 
 17 of meat sold his owm birthright. For 
 ye know that even when he afterward 
 desired to inherit the blessing, he was 
 rejected (for he found no jilace of repen- 
 tance), though he sought it dUigeutly 
 with tears, 
 
 18 For ye are not come unto 16 ^ mount 
 that might be touched, and that burned 
 with fii'e, and unto blackness, and dark- 
 
 19 ness, and tem]3est, and the sound of a 
 trumpet, and the voice of words ; which 
 ■voice they that heard intreated that no 
 word more should be spoken unto them : 
 
 '20 for they could not endure that which 
 was enjoined. If even a beast touch the 
 
 '21 mountain, it shaU be stoned ; and so 
 fearful was the axJiiearance, that Moses 
 
 '22 spid, I exceedingly fear and quake : but 
 ye are come unto mount Zion, and 
 unto the city of the Uving God, the hea- 
 venly Jerusalem, i' and to is inuumer- 
 
 '28 able hosts of angels, to the general 
 assembly and church of the firstborn 
 who are eni-olled in heaven, and to God 
 the Judge of aU, and to the spu-its of 
 
 '24 just men made perfect, and to Jesus 
 the mediator of a new i9 covenant, and 
 to the blood of sprinlding that speak- 
 
 'ioeth better '^"than that of Abel. See 
 that ye refuse not him that speaketh. 
 
 10 Or, 
 Endure 
 unto 
 chfxsten^ 
 
 11 Or, our 
 
 npirits 
 
 12 Gr. 
 inakti 
 straight. 
 
 13 Or. 
 put out 
 of joint 
 
 "Or, 
 
 whether 
 
 15 Or, 
 
 falleth 
 
 back 
 
 from 
 
 le Or, a 
 palpable 
 and kin 
 dlcdfirc 
 
 17 Or, 
 and to 
 innu- 
 merable 
 hosts, the 
 general 
 assembly 
 of 
 
 angels, 
 and the 
 ch urch 
 i-c. 
 13 Gr. 
 myriads 
 of angels. 
 loOr, 
 testa- 
 ment 
 21) Or, 
 than 
 .ibel 
 
 Go
 
 170 
 
 TO THE HEBREWS. 
 
 12. 25. 
 
 1 Or, that 
 
 \afrom. 
 
 heaven 
 
 2 Or, 
 thank- 
 fulness 
 
 3 Or, god- 
 ly fear 
 
 i Gr. Let 
 yoUT 
 turn of 
 mind 
 be free. 
 
 5Gr. 
 manner 
 of life. 
 eOr. 
 unto the 
 ages. 
 
 'Gr. 
 
 walked. 
 
 iGr. 
 bond- 
 servant. 
 
 2Gr. 
 
 7ifishcth 
 Joy. 
 3 Or, 
 trials 
 
 For if they escaped not, when they re- 
 fused hini that warned them on earth, 
 much more fthall not we escape, who 
 turn away from hun ithat warneth from 
 26 heaven: whoso voice then shook the 
 earth : hut now he hath promised, say- 
 mg. Yet once more will I make to 
 tremble not the earth only, hut also 
 
 27 the heaven. And this vjord, Yet once 
 more, signifieth the removing of those 
 thuigs that are shaken, as of things 
 that have been made, that those things 
 which are not shaken may remain. 
 
 28 Wherefore, receiving a kingdom that 
 cannot be shaken, let us have 2 grace, 
 whereby we may offer service v/ell- 
 pleasing to God with s reverence and 
 
 29 awe : for oui- God is a consuming fire. 
 13 Let love of the brethren continue. 
 
 2 Forget not to shew love unto strangers : 
 for thereby some have entertained an- 
 
 Sgels imawares. Eemember them that 
 are in bonds, as bound with them; them 
 that are evil entreated, as being youi-- 
 
 4 selves also in the body. Let marriage 
 he had in honoiur among all, and let the 
 bed he midefiled: for fornicators and 
 
 5 adulterers God will judge. *Be ye free 
 from the love of money ; content with 
 such things as ye have: for himself 
 hath said, I will iii no wise fail thee, 
 neither will I in any wise forsake thee. 
 
 6 So that with good corn-age we say. 
 
 The Lord is my helper; I will not 
 
 fear : 
 What shall man do unto me ? 
 
 7 Eemember them that had the rule over 
 you, which spake unto you the word of 
 God ; and considering the issue of their 
 
 8 5 life, imitate then- faith. Jesus Christ 
 is the same yesterday and to-day, yea 
 
 9 and ^for ever. Be not carried away 
 by divers and strange teachmgs: for 
 it is good that the heart be stabhshed 
 by grace ; not by meats, wherem they 
 that 7 occupied themselves were not 
 
 10 profited. We have an altar, whereof 
 
 tliey have no right to eat which serve 
 
 lithe tabernacle. For the bodies of 
 
 those beasts, whose blood is brought 
 into the holy place 8 by the high priest 
 as an c{ff'erin<j for sio, are burned vsith- 
 
 12 out the camp. Wherefore Jesus also, 
 that he might sanctify the i^eople 
 through his own blood, suffered with- 
 
 13 out the gate. Let us therefore go 
 forth mito him without the camp, 
 
 libearmg his rejiroach. For we have 
 not here an abiding city, but we 
 seek after the city which is to come. 
 
 15 Through him 9 then let us offer up 
 a sacrifice of jiraise to God continu- 
 ally, that is, the fruit of U^js which 
 
 IGmake confession to his name. But 
 to do good and to communicate forget 
 not: for with such sacrifices God is 
 
 17 well pleased. Obey them that have 
 the rule over you, and submit to them: 
 for they watch in behalf of your souls, 
 as they that shaU give account; that 
 they m.iy do this with joy, and not 
 with 10 grief : for this were improfitable 
 for you. 
 
 18 Pray for us: for we are persuaded 
 that we have a good conscience, de- 
 su'ing to Uve honestly in all things. 
 
 19 And I exhort you the more exceed- 
 iugly to do this, that I may be restored 
 to you the sooner. 
 
 20 Now the God of peace, who brought 
 again from the dead the great shep- 
 herd of the sheejj ^with the blood of 
 the eternal covenant, eve7i our Lord 
 
 21 Jesus, make you perfect in every good 
 i^thuig to do his wOl, working in is us 
 that which is well-pleasing ui his sight, 
 through Jesus Christ ; to whom be the 
 glory I'^for ever and ever. Amen. 
 
 22 But I exhort you, brethren, bear 
 with the word of exhortation: for I 
 have written imto you iu few words. 
 
 23 Know ye that otu* brother Timothy 
 hath been set at liberty ; with whom, 
 if he come shortly, I will see you. 
 
 24 Salute all them that have the rale 
 over you, and all the saiuts. They 
 of Italy salute you. 
 
 25 Grace be with you all. Amen. 
 
 THE GENERAL EPISTLE OF 
 
 JAMES. 
 
 1 James, a i servant of God and of 
 the Lord Jesus Christ, to the twelve 
 tribes which are of the Dispersion, 
 2greetmg. 
 
 2 Count it an joy, my brethren, when 
 ye fall into manifold ^ temptations ; 
 
 3 knowing that the proof of your faith 
 4worketh patience. And let patience 
 
 have its perfect work, that ye may 
 be perfect and entii-e, lacking in 
 nothing. 
 5 But if any of you lacketh wisdom, 
 let him ask of God, who giveth to 
 
 all UberaUy and upbraideth not; and 
 
 G it shall be given him. But let him ask 
 
 in faith, nothing doubting : for he that 
 
 doubteth is like the sm-ge of the sea 
 
 7 driven by the wind and tossed. For 
 let not that man think *that he shall 
 
 8 receive anythiug of the Lord ; a 
 doubleminded man, unstable ia all 
 his ways. 
 
 9 But let the brother of low de- 
 lOgree glory in his high estate: and 
 
 the rich, in that he is made low: be- 
 cause as the flower of the grass he
 
 3. 2. 
 
 JAMES. 
 
 171 
 
 iGr. 
 from. 
 
 2 Or, is 
 untried 
 in evil 
 
 3 Gr. evil 
 things. 
 
 lOr, 
 tempted 
 by his 
 own lust, 
 being 
 drawn 
 away by 
 it, and 
 enticed 
 6 Or, 
 giving 
 
 6 Or, 
 Know ye 
 
 7 Or, 
 malice 
 «0r, 
 inborn 
 
 Gr. the 
 face of 
 his birth. 
 
 WOr, 
 Seenieth 
 to be 
 
 11 Or, do 
 ye. in 
 accept- 
 ing 
 
 persons^ 
 hold the 
 faith . . . 
 glory! 
 
 12 Or, 
 assembly 
 
 13 Or, do 
 ye not 
 make 
 distinc- 
 tions 
 WOr, 
 among 
 yov/r- 
 selves 
 
 11 shall pass away. For the sun ariseth 
 with the scorchmg wind, and withereth 
 the grass ; and the flower thereof faU- 
 eth, and the grace of the fashion of 
 it perisheth : so also shall the rich 
 man fade away in his goings. 
 
 12 Blessed is the man that endiireth 
 temptation : for when he hath been 
 approved, he shall receive the crown 
 of life, which the Lord promised to 
 
 13 them that love him. Let no man say 
 when he is temjited, I am tempted i of 
 God : for God '■* cannot be tempted with 
 3 evil, and he himself tempteth no man : 
 
 14 but each man is * tempted, when he is 
 di-awn away by his own lust, and en- 
 
 15ticed. Then the lust, when it hath 
 conceived, beareth sui : and the sin, 
 when it is fullgrown, bringeth forth 
 
 16 death. Be not deceived, my beloved 
 
 17 brethren. Every good '-> gift and every 
 perfect boon is from above, commg 
 down from the Father of lights, with 
 whom can be no variation, neither 
 
 18 shadow that is cast by turning. Of his 
 own will he brought us forth by the 
 word of truth, that we should be a 
 kind of firstfruits of his creatures. 
 
 19 ''Ye know this, my beloved brethren. 
 But let eveiy man be swift to hear, 
 
 20 slow to speak, slow to wrath : for the 
 wrath of man worketh not the right- 
 
 21eousness of God. Wherefore putting 
 away all filthiness and overflowing of 
 ' wickedness, receive with meekness the 
 8 implanted word, which is able to save 
 
 22 your souls. But be ye doers of the word, 
 and not hearers only, deluding yom- own 
 
 23 selves. For if any one is a hearer of the 
 word, and not a doer, he is like unto a 
 man beholding 9 his natural face in a 
 
 24 mirror : for he beholdeth himself, and 
 goeth away, and straightway f orgetteth 
 
 25 what manner of man he was. But he 
 that looketh into the iierfect law, the 
 law of hberty, and so coutinueth, being 
 not a hearer that forgetteth, but a doer 
 that worketh, this man shaU be blessed 
 
 26 in his doing. If any man lothinketh 
 himself to be rehgious, while he bridleth 
 not his tongue but deceiveth his heart, 
 
 27 this man's reUgion is vain. Pure reli- 
 gion and undefiled before our God and 
 Father is this, to visit the fatherless and 
 widows in their affliction, and to keep 
 himself unspotted from the world. 
 
 2 My brethren, Hhold not the faith of 
 our Lord Jesus Christ, the Lord of 
 
 2 glory, with respect of persons. For if 
 there come into your i'-^ synagogue a 
 man with a gold ring, iu fine clothing, 
 and there come iu also a poor man 
 
 3 in vile clothing ; and ye have regard 
 to him that weareth the fine cloth- 
 ing, ajid say. Sit thou here in a good 
 place ; and ye say to the poor man. 
 Stand thou there, or sit under my 
 
 4 footstool; 18 are ye not divided ^''iu 
 your own mind, and become judges 
 
 ,5 with evil thoughts ? Hearken, my be- 
 loved brethren; did not God choose 
 them that are poor as to the world 
 to he rich in faith, and heirs of the king- 
 dom which he jiron listed to them that 
 
 6 love him? But ye have dishonoiu-ed 
 the poor man. Do not the rich oppress 
 you, and themselves (b-ag you before 
 
 7 the judgement-seats ? Do not they blas- 
 pheme the honourable name ^^hy the 
 
 8 which ye are called ? Howbeit if ye 
 fulfil the royal law, according to the 
 scripture, Thou shalt love thy neigh- 
 
 9 bom* as thyself, ye do well : but if ye 
 have resjiect of persons, ye commit sin, 
 being convicted by the law as transgres- 
 
 lOsors. For whosoever shall keei) the 
 whole law, and yet stumble in oneiwint, 
 
 11 he is become guilty of all. For he that 
 said. Do not conunit adultery, said also. 
 Do not kill. Now if thou dost not com- 
 mit adultei-y, but kUlest, thou art be- 
 
 12 come a transgressor of the law. So 
 speak ye, and so do, as men that are to 
 
 13 be judged by a law of liberty. For judge- 
 ment is without mercy to him that hath 
 shewed no mercy: mercy glorieth 
 against judgement. 
 
 14 What doth it profit, my bretkren, if a 
 man say he hath faith, but have not 
 
 15 works '? can that faith save him ? If a 
 brother or sister be naked, and in lack of 
 
 16 daily food, and oneof you say unto them. 
 Go in peace, be ye warmed and fUled ; 
 and yet ye give them not the things need- 
 ful to the body; what doth it profit? 
 
 17 Even so faith, if it have not works, is 
 
 18 dead in itself. '^'° Yea, a man wiU say. 
 Thou hast faith, and I have works : shew 
 me thy faith apart from thy works, and 
 I by my works will shew thee mn faith. 
 
 19 Thou behevest that 17 God is one ; thou 
 doest well : the is devils also beheve, and 
 
 20 shudder. But wilt thou know, O vain 
 man, that faith apart from works is 
 
 21 barren ? Was not Abraham our father 
 justified by works, in that he offered up 
 
 22 Isaac his son upon the altar ? i'-* Thou 
 seest that faith wrought with his works, 
 and by works was faith made per- 
 
 23 feet; and the scripture was fulfilled 
 which saith. And Abraham beheved 
 God, and it was reckoned luito him for 
 righteousness; and he was called the 
 
 24 friend of God. Ye see that by works 
 a man is justified, and not only by faith. 
 
 25 And in like manner was not also Ea- 
 hab the harlot justified by works, in 
 that she received the messengers, and 
 
 26 sent them out another way ? For as 
 the body apart from the sjiirit is 
 dead, even so faith apart from works 
 is dead. 
 
 3 Be not many teachers, my bre- 
 thren, knowing that we shaU receive 
 
 2 20 heavier judgement. For iu many 
 things we all stumble. If any 
 stmnbleth not iu word, the same 
 is a perfect man, able to bridle the 
 
 15 Gr. 
 
 which 
 
 was 
 
 called 
 
 upon 
 
 you. 
 
 sotnc one 
 will say 
 
 17 Some 
 ancient 
 .authori- 
 ties read 
 there is 
 one God. 
 
 18 Gr. 
 demons. 
 
 19 Or, 
 Seest 
 thou . . . 
 perfect t 
 
 20 Gr. 
 greater. 
 
 G6
 
 172 
 
 JAMES. 
 
 3. 2. 
 
 1 Or, how 
 great a 
 forest 
 
 2 0r, rt 
 
 fire, that 
 
 world of 
 
 iniquity: 
 
 the 
 
 tongue 
 
 is among 
 
 our 
 
 members 
 
 that 
 
 which &c. 
 
 3 Or. that 
 world 
 
 of ini- 
 quity, the 
 tongue, 
 is among 
 our 
 
 members 
 that 
 which S-c. 
 
 4 Or, 
 birth 
 5Gr. 
 nature. 
 
 6 Or, 
 unto 
 
 7 Gr. the 
 human 
 nature. 
 
 3 whole body also. Now if wo put the 
 horses' britUes into then- mouths, that 
 they may obey us, we tui'u about their 
 
 4 whole body also. Behold, the shijis also, 
 though they ai-e so great, aud are di-iven 
 by rough winds, are yet turned aboiit 
 by a very small rudder, whither the im- 
 
 5 pulse of the steersman wUleth. So the 
 tongue also is a little member, andboast- 
 eth great things. Behold, ^how much 
 
 6 wood is kindled by how small a firet And 
 the tongue is -a fire: 3 the world of 
 iniquity among our members is the 
 tongue, which defileth the whole body, 
 and setteth on fire the wheel of * nature, 
 
 7 and is set on fire by heU. For evei-y ^ kind 
 of beasts and birds, of creeping things 
 and things in the sea, is tamed, and 
 
 8 hath been tamed ''by ''mankind: but 
 the tongue can no man tame ; it is a 
 restless evil, it is full of deadly poison. 
 
 9 Therewith bless we the Lord and 
 Father ; and therewith curse we men, 
 which are made after the Ukeness of 
 10 God: out of the same mouth cometh 
 forth blessing and cursing. My bre- 
 thren, these things ought not so to be. 
 
 11 Doth the foimtain send foi'th from the 
 same opening sweet ivater and bitter ? 
 
 12 can a fig tree, my brethren, yield oUves, 
 or a vine figs ? neither can salt water 
 yield sweet. 
 
 13 Who is wise and understanding among 
 you ? let hmi shew by his good hf e his 
 
 14 works in meekness of wisdom. But if 
 ye have bitter jealousy aud faction in 
 your heart, gloiy not and lie not against 
 
 15 the truth. This wisdomis not a wisdom 
 that cometh down from above, but is 
 
 16 earthly, 8 sensual, 9 devilish. For whase 
 jealousy and faction are, theie is coiifu- 
 
 17 sion and every vUe deed. But the wis- 
 dom that is from above is first pure, 
 then peaceable, gentle, easy to be in- 
 treated, full of mercy and good fruits, 
 without 10 variance, without hypocrisy. 
 
 18 And the fruit of righteousness is sown 
 in peace n for them that make peace. 
 
 4 Whence come wars and whence come 
 fightings among you? comt. they not 
 hence, even of youi' pleasm-es that war 
 
 2 in your members? Ye lust, and have 
 not ; ye kill, and i^covet, and caimot ob- 
 tain : ye fight and war ; ye have not, be- 
 
 3 cause ye ask not. Ye ask, and receive 
 not, because ye ask amiss, that ye may 
 
 4 spend it in yom- pleasm-cs. Ye adulter- 
 esses, know ye not that the friendship 
 of the world is enmity with God ? Who- 
 soever therefore would be a friend 
 of the world maketh himself an enemy 
 
 5 of God. Or thuik ye that the scriptui'e 
 i^speaketh in vain? i^Doth the spirit 
 which i%e made to dwell in us long unto 
 
 6 envying ? But he giveth i^more grace. 
 Wherefore the scripture saith, God 
 resisteth the i^roud, but giveth grace 
 
 7 to the humble. Be subject there- 
 fore unto God ; but resist the devil. 
 
 8 and he will flee from you. Draw nigh 
 to God, and he wUl draw nigh to you. 
 Cleanse yoiu: hands, ye sinners; and 
 piu'ify yoiu" hearts, ye doublemuided. 
 
 9 Be afflicted, and mourn, and weep : let 
 your laughter be turned to mourning, 
 
 10 and your joy to heaviness. Humble 
 yourselves m the sight of the Lord, 
 and he shall exalt you. 
 
 11 Speak not one against another, bre- 
 thren. He that speaketh against a bro- 
 ther, or judgeth his brother, speaketh 
 against the law, and judgeth the law : 
 but if thou judgest the law, thou art 
 not a doer of the law, but a judge. 
 
 12 One only is the lawgiver and judge, even 
 he who is able to save and to destroy : 
 but who art thou that judgest thy 
 neighbour ? 
 
 13 Go to now, ye that say. To-day or to- 
 morrow we wiU go into this city, and 
 spend a year there, and trade, and get 
 
 14 gain : whereas ye know not what shall 
 be on the morrow. What is your life ? 
 For ye are a vapour*, that appeareth for 
 a little time, and then vanisheth away. 
 
 15 17 For that ye ought to say. If the Lord 
 wUl, we shall both Uve, and do this or 
 
 16 that. But now ye glory in youi- vaunt- 
 
 17 ings: aU such glorying is evil. To him 
 therefore that knoweth to do good, and 
 doeth it not, to him it is sin. 
 
 5 Go to now, ye rich, weep and howl 
 for your miseries that are commg upon 
 
 2 you. Your riches are corrujjted, and 
 
 3 your garments are moth-eaten. Your 
 gold and your silver are rusted; and 
 their rust shall be for a testimony i^a- 
 gainst you, and shall eat youi- flesh as 
 fire. Ye have laid up your treasure m 
 
 4 the last days. Behold, the hire of the 
 labourers who mowed your fields, which 
 is of you kept back by fraud, crieth out : 
 and the cries of them that reaped have 
 entered into the ears of the Lord of Sa- 
 
 5 baoth. Ye have Uved dehcately on the 
 earth, and taken yoiu-pleasui-e ; ye have 
 nourished your hearts in a day of 
 
 6 slaughter. Ye have condemned, ye have 
 killed the righteous one ; he doth not 
 resist you. 
 
 7 Be patient therefore, brethi-en, until 
 the I'-'coming of the Lord. Behold, the 
 husbandman waiteth for the precious 
 fruit of the earth, being patient over it, 
 until 20 it receive the early and latter 
 
 8 rain. Be ye also patient; stabUsh your 
 hearts : for the I'J coming of the Lord is 
 
 9 at hand. Murmur not, brethren, one 
 against another, that ye be not judged : 
 behold, the judge standeth before the 
 
 10 doors. Take, brethren, for an example 
 of suffering and of patience , the prophets 
 
 1 1 who spake in the name of the Lord. Be- 
 hold, we call them blessed which en- 
 dured : ye have heard of the ^i patience 
 of Job, and have seen the end of the 
 Lord, how that tho Lord is full of 
 pity, and merciful. 
 
 17 Gr. 
 Instead 
 of your 
 saying. 
 
 18 Or, 
 unto 
 
 19 Gr. 
 jyresence. 
 
 ->» Or, he 
 
 il Or, en- 
 durance
 
 1. 23. 
 
 T. PETER. 
 
 173 
 
 1 Or. let 
 pours be 
 the pea, 
 pea, and 
 the nay, 
 nay 
 
 Compare 
 Matt. V. 
 37. 
 
 2 Or, 
 having 
 anointed 
 
 lOr, 
 
 trials 
 
 2Gr. 
 glorified. 
 
 12 But above all things, my brethren, 
 swear not, iieitlier by the heaven, noi- 1 
 by the eartli, nor by any other oatli: 
 bnt 1 let yonr yea be yea, and your nay, 
 nay ; tliat ye fall not under judfjeniont. 
 
 13 la any among you suffering ? let him 
 pray. Is any cheerful ? let him sing 
 
 14 praise. Is any anunig you sick ? let 
 him c'all for the elders f)f the churcli ; 
 and lot them pray over him, -anoint- 
 ing him with oil in the name of the 
 
 15 Lord : and the prayer of faith shall 
 save him that is sick, and the Lord . 
 shall i-aise him up ; and if he have 
 committed sins, it shall be forgiven 
 
 16 kim. Confess therefore your sins one | 
 
 to another, and pray one for another, 
 that ye miy l)e healed. The supplica- 
 ti(m of a righteous man availeth much 
 
 17in its working. Elijah was a man of like 
 '* passions with us, and lie prayed ^fer- 
 vently tliat it might not rain ; and it 
 rained not on the earth for tlirec years 
 
 18 and six months. And he prayed again ; 
 and the heaven gave rain, and the 
 earth brought fortli her fruit. 
 
 l',» My brethren, if any among you do 
 err from the tnith, and one convert him; 
 
 20 ^let him know, that he which converteth 
 a sinner from the error of his way 
 shall save a soul from death, and shall 
 cover a nniltitude of sins. 
 
 THE FIRST EPISTLE GENERAL OF 
 
 PETE R. 
 
 3Gr. 
 
 unto. 
 
 1 Peter, an apostle of Jesiis Christ, to 
 the elect who are sojourners of the 
 Dispersion in Pontus, Galatia, Cappa- 
 
 2 docia, Asia, and l>ithynia, according to 
 the foreknowledge of God the Father, in 
 sanctiflcation of the Spirit, unto obedi- 
 ence and sprinkling of the blood of 
 Jesus Christ : Grace to you and peace 
 be multiplied. 
 
 3 Blessed he the God and Father of our 
 Lord Jesus Christ, w"ho according to his 
 gi-eat mercy begat us again unto a 
 living hope by the resurrection of Jesus 
 
 4 Chi'ist from the dead, unto an inherit- 
 ance incorruptible, and undefiled, and 
 that fadeth not away, reserved in 
 
 5 heaven for you, who by the power of 
 God are guarded through faith unto a 
 salvation ready to be revealed in the 
 
 6 last time. Wherein ye greatly rejoice, 
 tliough now for a little while, if need 
 be, ye have been j)ut to grief in mani- 
 
 7 fold 1 temptations, that the jiroof of 
 your faith, being more precious than 
 gold that perisheth though it is proved 
 by fire, might be found unto praise and 
 glory and honour at the revelation of 
 
 8 Jesus Chi'ist : whom not having seen 
 ye love ; on whom, though now ye see 
 him not, yet believing, ye rejoice greatly 
 with joy luispeakable and ^fjxll of 
 
 9 glory : receiving the end of your faith, 
 lOet.'en the salvation oiyotir souls. Con- 
 cerning which salvation the prophets 
 sought and searched dihgently, who 
 prophesied of the grace that should 
 
 11 come unto you : searching what time ox 
 what manner of time the Spirit of Christ 
 which was in tliem did point unto, when 
 it testified beforehand the sutf erings 8 of 
 Chi-ist, and the glories that should 
 
 12 follow them. To whom it was revealed. 
 
 that not unto themselves, but unto you, 
 did they minister these things, which 
 now have been announced unto you 
 thi'ough them that preached the gospel 
 unto you ^ by the ^Holy Ghost sent 
 forth from heaven ; which things angels 
 desire to look into. 
 
 13 Wherefore gii'ding up the loins of your 
 mind, be sober and set your hope per- 
 fectly on the grace that ^ is to be brought 
 unto you at the revelation of Jesus 
 
 14 Christ ; as cliildren of obedience, not 
 fashioning yourselves according to your 
 former lusts in the time o/'your igno- 
 
 15 ranee : but ^like as be which called you 
 is holy, be ye yourselves also holy in aU 
 
 16 manner of living ; because it is written, 
 
 17 Ye shall be holy ; for I am holy. And 
 if ye call on him as Father, who with- 
 out respect of persons jiidgeth accord- 
 ing to each man's work, pass the time 
 
 18 of your sojourning in fear: knowing 
 that ye were redeemed, not with cor- 
 ruptible things, with silver or gold, 
 from yoiu' vain manner of hfe handed 
 
 19 down from your fathers; but with 
 precious blood, as of a lamb without 
 blemish and without spot, ey^w'/ieiZoot^ 
 
 20 of Christ : who was foreknown indeed 
 before the foundation of the world, but 
 was manifested at the end of the times 
 
 21 for your sake, who through him are be- 
 lievers in God, which raised him from the 
 dead, and gave him glory ; so that your 
 
 22 faith and hope might be in God. Seemg 
 ye have purified your souls in your 
 obedience to the tmtb unto imfeigned 
 love of the brethren, love one another 
 
 23 8 from the heart fervently : having been 
 begotten again, not of corruj^tible seed, 
 but of incorruptible, through the word 
 of 9 God, which liveth and abideth. 
 
 3 Or, 
 nature 
 
 4 Or. 
 with 
 jyrayer. 
 
 f* Some 
 ancient 
 authori- 
 ties read 
 know ye. 
 
 i Gr. in. 
 5 Or, 
 Boll/ 
 Spirit 
 
 6Gr. 
 is being 
 brought. 
 
 'Or, 
 like the 
 Holy One 
 which 
 called 
 you 
 
 8 Many 
 ancient 
 authori- 
 ties read 
 frotn a 
 clean 
 heart. 
 a Or, 
 Qod who 
 liveth
 
 174 
 
 I. PETER. 
 
 1. 24. 
 
 iGr. 
 saying. 
 
 2 Or, 
 malice 
 
 3Gr. 
 reason- 
 able. 
 
 i Or, /io- 
 nourable 
 
 6 Or, a 
 spirittial 
 house far 
 a holy 
 priest- 
 hood 
 
 6 Or, a 
 scrip- 
 ture 
 
 7 Or, it 
 
 8 Or, 
 In your 
 sight 
 oOr, 
 ho7ionr 
 
 10 Gr. 
 who. 
 
 11 Or, 
 stumble, 
 being ,i/5- 
 obedient 
 to the 
 word 
 
 12 Gr. 
 creation. 
 
 13 Gr. 
 through. 
 
 UGr. 
 having. 
 
 24 For, 
 
 All flesh is as gi-ass, 
 
 And all the glory thereof as the 
 
 flower of grass. 
 The grass withereth, and the flower 
 
 faUeth: 
 
 25 But the i word of the Lord abideth 
 
 for ever. 
 And this is the i word of good tidings 
 which was preached unto you. 
 2 Putting away therefore all ^ wicked- 
 ness, and all guile, and hyijocrisies, 
 
 2 and envies, and all evil speakings, as 
 newborn babes, long for the s spiritual 
 milk which is without guile, that ye 
 
 3 may grow thereby unto salvation ; if ye 
 have tasted that the Lord is gracious : 
 
 4 unto whom coming, a hving stone, 
 rejected indeed of men, but with God 
 
 5 elect, ^ precious, ye also, as hving stones, 
 are built up ^ a spiritual house, to be a 
 holy priesthood, to offer up spiritual 
 sacrifices, acceptable to God through 
 
 6 Jesus Christ. Because it is contained 
 in o scripture, 
 
 Behold, I lay in Zion a chief corner 
 
 stone, elect, * precious : 
 And he that beheveth on '' him shall 
 not be put to shame. 
 7fFor you therefore which believe is 
 the 9 preciousness : but for such as 
 disbeUeve, 
 
 The ston e which the builders rejected. 
 The same was made the head of the 
 corner ; 
 Sand, 
 
 A stone of stumbling, and a rock of 
 offence ; 
 10 for they Ustiimble at the word, being 
 disobedient : whereuuto also they were 
 9 appointed. But ye are an elect race, a 
 royal i^riesthood, a holy nation, a peo- 
 ple for God's own possession, that ye 
 may shew forth the excellencies of him 
 who called you out of darkness into his 
 10 marvellous light: which in time past 
 were no people, but now are the people 
 of God : which had not obtained mercy, 
 but now have obtained mercy. 
 
 11 Beloved, I beseech you as sojourners 
 and i)ilgrims, to abstain from fleshly 
 
 12 lusts, which war against the soul ; hav- 
 ing your behaviour seemly among the 
 Gentiles; that, wherein they speak 
 against you as evil-doers, they may by 
 your good works, which they behold, 
 glorify God in the day of visitation. 
 
 13 Be subject to every 12 ordinance of man 
 for the Lord's sake : whether it be to the 
 
 14 king, as supreme ; or unto governors, 
 as sent i^by hun for vengeance on evil- 
 doers and for praise to them that do 
 
 15 well. For so is the will of God, that by 
 well-doing ye should put to silence the 
 
 16 ignorance of f oohsh men : as free, and 
 not i* using your freedom for a cloke of 
 2 wickedness, but as bondservants of 
 
 17 God. Honour all men. Love the bro- 
 therhood. Fear God. Honour the king. 
 
 18 15 Servants, he in subjection to your 
 masters with all fear ; not only to the 
 good and gentle, but also to the fro- 
 
 19 ward. For this is i" accejitable, if for 
 conscience 1^ toward God a man endur- 
 
 20eth griefs, sufferuig vsrongfuUy. For 
 what glory is it, if, when ye sin, and 
 are buffeted for it, ye shall take it 
 patiently? but if, when ye do well, 
 and suffer for it, ye shall take it pa- 
 tiently, this is ic acceptable with God. 
 
 21 For heremito were ye called : because 
 Christ also suffered for you, leaving you 
 an example, that ye should foUow his 
 
 22 steps : who did no sin, neither was 
 
 23 guile f oimd in his mouth : who, when 
 he was reviled, reviled not again ; when 
 he suffered, threatened not ; but com- 
 mitted ^^himself to him that judgeth 
 
 24 righteously : who his own self i^ bare 
 our sins in his body upon the tree, 
 that we, having died mito sins, might 
 live unto righteousness ; by whose 
 
 25 20 stripes ye were healed . For ye were 
 going astray hke sheep ; but are now 
 retm-ned luito the Shepherd and 
 21 Bishop of your souls. 
 
 3 Li like manner, ye wives, he in 
 subjection to your own husbands ; that, 
 even if any obey not the word, they 
 may without the word be gained by 
 
 2 the 22 behaviour of their wives ; behold- 
 ing your chaste 22 behaviour coupled 
 
 3 with fear. Whose adorning let it not 
 be the outward adorning of plaiting 
 the hair, and of wearing jewels of gold, 
 
 4 or of putting on apparel ; but let it he 
 the hidden man of the heart, in the in- 
 corruptible apparel of a meek and quiet 
 spirit, which is in the sight of God of 
 
 5 great price. For after this manner 
 aforetime the holy women also, who 
 hoped in God, adorned themselves, be- 
 ing in subjection to their own 23bus- 
 
 6 bands : as Sarah obeyed Abraham, call- 
 ing him lord : whose children ye now 
 are, if ye do weU, and are not 24 put 
 m fear by any terror. 
 
 7 Ye husbands, in like manner, dwell 
 with your loives according to knowledge, 
 giving honour 25 unto the woman, as 
 unto the weaker vessel, as being also 
 joint-heirs of the grace of life ; to the 
 end that your prayers be not hindered. 
 
 8 Finally, he ye all hkeminded, 26 com- 
 passionate, loving as brethren, tender- 
 
 9 hearted, humbleminded : not rendering 
 evil for evO, or reviling for revihng ; but 
 contrariwise blessing ; for heremito 
 were ye called, that ye should inherit a 
 
 10 blessing. For, 
 
 He that would love life. 
 
 And see good days, 
 
 Let him refrain his tongue from 
 
 evil. 
 And his lips that they speak no guile : 
 
 11 And let him turn away from e^'il, 
 
 and do good ; 
 Let him seek peace, and pursue it. 
 
 15 Gr. 
 Ilouse- 
 hold- 
 servay^ts. 
 
 iSGr. 
 grace. 
 "Gr. 0/ 
 
 w Or, his 
 ciuse 
 13 Or, 
 carried 
 up... to 
 the tree 
 
 20 Gr. 
 bruise. 
 
 21 Or, 
 Overseer 
 
 22 Or, 
 manner 
 of life 
 
 23 Or, 
 hus- 
 bands {as 
 Hxrah 
 ...ye are 
 become), 
 doing 
 well, and 
 not being 
 afraid 
 21 Or, 
 afraid 
 uith 
 2.5 Gr. 
 unto the 
 female 
 vessel, as 
 weaker. 
 25 Gr. 
 s'nnpa- 
 thetic.
 
 5. 10. 
 
 I. PETER. 
 
 175 
 
 I Many 
 ancient 
 authori- 
 ties read 
 died. 
 
 2 Or. 
 
 i7ltO 
 
 <i'hich 
 few, that 
 is, eight 
 soul^, 
 were 
 brought 
 safely 
 through 
 water 
 
 3 Or. 
 
 in the 
 antitype 
 
 4 Or, 
 inquiry 
 Or, 
 appeal 
 
 5 Or, 
 thought 
 
 6 Some 
 ancient 
 authori- 
 ties read 
 
 tl7ltO 
 
 sins. 
 
 7 Or, 
 he 710 
 longer... 
 his time 
 
 8 Or, 
 fiood 
 
 9 Or. 
 
 were 
 the good 
 tidings 
 jyreach- 
 €d 
 
 10 Gr. 
 prayers 
 
 1-2 
 
 For the eyes of the Lord are upon 
 the righteous, 
 
 And his ears unto their supplica- 
 tion : 
 
 But tlie face of the Lord is upon 
 them that do evil. 
 
 13 And who is he that will hann you, if 
 ye be zealous of that which is good? 
 
 14 But and if ye should suffer for right- 
 eousness' sake, blessed are ye : and 
 fear not their fear, neither be troubled; 
 
 15 but sanctify in yoiir hearts Christ as 
 Lord : being ready always to give an- 
 swer to every man that asketh you a 
 reason concerning the hope that is in 
 
 16 you, yet with meekness and fear: havuig 
 a good conscience ; that, whereui ye are 
 spoken against, they may be put to 
 shame who revile your good manner of 
 
 17 life in Christ. For it is better, if the 
 will of God should so will, that ye suf- 
 fer for weU-doing than for evil-doing. 
 
 18 Because Christ also i suffered for sins 
 once, the righteous for theuiu-ighteous, 
 that he might bring us fo God ; being 
 put to death in the flesh, but quickened 
 
 19 in the spirit ; in which also he went and 
 preached unto the spii'its in prison, 
 
 20 which aforetime were disobedient, when 
 the longsuffering of God waited in the 
 days of Noah, while the ark was a 
 preparing, 2 wherein few, that is, eight 
 
 21 souls, were saved through water : which 
 also s after a true likeness doth now 
 save you, eveyi baptism, not the putting 
 away of the filth of the flesh, but the 
 ^inten-ogation of a good conscience 
 toward God, through the resurrection 
 
 22 of Jesus Christ; who is on the right 
 hand of God, having gone into heaven ; 
 angels and authorities and powers be- 
 ing made subject mito him. 
 
 4 Forasmuch then as Christ suffered in 
 the flesh, arm ye yourselves also with 
 the same ^ mind ; for he that hath suff er- 
 
 • ed in the flesh hath ceased "from sin ; 
 
 2 that ''ye no longer should Hve the rest 
 of yom- time in the flesh to the lusts of 
 
 3 men, but to the wiU of God. For the 
 time past may suffice to have wrought 
 the desire of the Gentdes, and to have 
 walked in lasciviousness, lusts, wine- 
 bibbings, revellings, carousings, and 
 
 4 abominable idolatries: wherem they 
 tliuik it strange that ye run not with 
 them mto the same ^excess of riot, 
 
 5 speaking evU of you : who shall give 
 account to him that is ready to judge 
 
 6 the quick and the dead. For unto this 
 end 8 was the gospel preached even to 
 the dead, that they might be judged 
 according to men in the flesh, but live 
 according to God in the spirit. 
 
 7 But the end of all things is at hand : 
 be ye therefore of sound mind, and be 
 
 8 sober unto Sprayer: above all things 
 being fervent in yoiu- love among your- 
 selves ; for love covereth a multitude of 
 
 9 sins : using hospitality one to another 
 
 10 without mtmnuring: according as 
 each hath received a gift, ministering 
 it among yourselves, as good stewards 
 
 11 of the manifold grace of God; if any 
 man speaketh, upeaking as it were 
 oracles of God ; if any man minister- 
 eth, ministerinf/ as of the strength 
 which God suiiplietli : that in all things 
 God may be glorified through Jesus 
 Christ, whose is the glory and the 
 dominion Hfor ever and ever. Amen. 
 
 12 Beloved, think it not strange concern- 
 ing the fiery trial among you, which 
 cometh upon you to prove you, as 
 though a strange thing happened unto 
 
 13 you : but insomuch as ye are partakers 
 of Christ's sufferings, rejoice ; that at 
 the revelation of his glory also ye may 
 
 14 rejoice with exceeding joy. If ye are 
 reproached i^foi- the name of Christ, 
 blessed are ye ; because the Sjdrit of 
 glory and the Spirit of God resteth upon 
 
 15 you. For let none of you suffer as a 
 mui'derer, or a thief, or an evil-doer, 
 or as a meddler in other men's matters : 
 
 16 but if a man suffer as a Christian, let 
 him not be ashamed ; but let him glorify 
 
 17 God in this name. For the time is come 
 for judgement to begin at the house of 
 God : and if it begin first at us, what 
 shall he the end of them that obey not 
 
 18 the gospel of God ? And if the right- 
 eous is scarcely saved, where shall the 
 
 19 ungodly and sinner appear ? Wherefore 
 let them also that suffer according to 
 the will of God coml^lit their sords in 
 well-doing unto a faithful Creator. 
 
 5 The elders therefore among you I ex- 
 hort, who am a fellow-elder, and a wit- 
 ness of the sufferings of Christ, who am 
 also a partaker of the glory that shall be 
 
 2 revealed : Tend the flock of God which 
 is among you, i^exercismg the over- 
 sight, not of constraint, but wiUingly, 
 1^ accordmg unto God ; nor yet for filthy 
 
 3 lucre, but of a ready mind ; neither as 
 lording it over the charge allotted to 
 you, but making yourselves ensamples 
 
 4 to the flock. And when the chief Shep- 
 herd shall be manifested, ye shaU re- 
 ceive the crown of glory that f adeth not 
 
 5 away. 1= Likewise, ye younger, be sub- 
 ject unto the elder. Yea, all of you gird 
 yourselves with humility, to serve one 
 another : for God resisteth the proud, 
 
 6 but giveth grace to the humble. Hum- 
 ble yourselves therefore under the 
 mighty hand of God, that he may 
 
 7 exalt you in due time ; casting 
 all your anxiety upon him, because 
 
 8 he careth for you. Be sober, be watch- 
 ful: your adversaiy the devil, as a 
 roai-ing lion, walketh about, seeking 
 
 9 whom he may devour : whom with- 
 stand stedfast in i6your faith, knowing 
 that the same sufferings are ^^ac- 
 comphshed in your i® brethren who 
 
 lOai'e in the world. And the God 
 of all grace, who called yon unto his
 
 176 
 
 I. PETER. 
 
 5. 10. 
 
 lOr, 
 restore 
 2 Mail) 
 ancient 
 authori- 
 ties add 
 settle, 
 3Gr. 
 unto the 
 ages (if 
 the ages. 
 4Gr the. 
 
 1 Many 
 ancient 
 authori- 
 ties read 
 Syineon. 
 
 2Gr, 
 
 hotidr- 
 
 servant. 
 
 3 Gr. an 
 equally 
 precious. 
 
 4 Or, 
 mor Qod 
 and the 
 Saviour 
 
 5 Some 
 ancient 
 authori- 
 ties read 
 through 
 glory 
 and 
 virtue. 
 «0r, a 
 
 7 Or, 
 
 self- 
 control 
 
 8 Or, 
 
 closing 
 his eyes 
 
 » Or, de- 
 parture 
 
 eternal glory in Clirist, after that ye 
 liave suffered a little while, shall hiiu- 
 self 1 perfect, stablish, strengthen ^ you. 
 
 11 To liim he the dominion '^for ever 
 and ever. Ameu. 
 
 12 By SUvanus, ^our faitliful brother, 
 as I account him, I have written unto 
 you bi'iefly, exhorting, and testify- 
 
 ing that this is the trae grace of 
 
 13 God : stand ye fast therein. 8 gj^e 
 that is in Babylon, elect together 
 with 2/ou, saluteth you ; and so doth 
 
 14 Mark my son. Salute one another 
 with a kiss of love. 
 
 Peace be unto vou all that are in 
 Christ. 
 
 THE SECOND EPISTLE GENERAL OF 
 
 P E T E E. 
 
 1 1 Simon Peter, a 2 servant and apostle 
 of Jesus Christ, to them that have 
 obtained 3 a Uke ijrecious faith with us 
 in the righteousness of "^our God and 
 
 2 Saviour Jesus Clu-ist : Grace to you 
 and peace be multiplied in the know- 
 ledge of God and of Jesus our Lord ; 
 
 3 seeing that his divine power hath grant- 
 ed unto us all things that pertain mito 
 life and godliness, through the know- 
 ledge of him that called us s by his own 
 
 4 glory and wtue; whereby he hath 
 granted imto us his precious and ex- 
 ceedhig great promises ; that through 
 these ye may become partakers of 6 the 
 di\'ine nature, having escaped from the 
 corruption that is iu the world by lust. 
 
 5 Yea, and for this veiy caiise adding 
 on your jjart all diligence, in your 
 faith supply virtue ; and m your virtue 
 
 6 knowledge; and in yoiir knowledge 
 ■? temiierance ; and in you?- '' temperance 
 patience; and in your j)atience godli- 
 
 7 ness ; and in your godliness love of the 
 brethren ; and iu your love of the 
 
 8 brethi'en love. For if these things are 
 yours and abound, they make you to 
 be not idle uor unfniitful unto the 
 knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ. 
 
 9 For he that lacketh these things is 
 bluid, f seeing only what is near, hav- 
 ing forgotten the cleansing from his 
 
 10 old sms. Wlierefore, brethren, give 
 the more diligence to make your 
 calling and election sure : for if ye do 
 these things, ye shall never stumble: 
 
 11 for thus shall be richly supphed luito 
 you the entrance into the eternal king- 
 dom of our Lord and Sa-siour Jesus 
 Christ. 
 
 12 "Wherefore I shall be ready always 
 to put you m remembrance of these 
 things, though ye know them, and are 
 established in the truth which is with 
 
 13«/oM. And I think it right, as long as 
 I am in this tabernacle, to stir you 
 up by puttuig you in remembrance; 
 
 14 knowing that the putting off of my 
 tabernacle cometh swiftly, even as our 
 Lord Jesus Clu-ist signified unto me. 
 
 15 Yea, I wOl give dihgence that at eveiy 
 time ye may be able after my ^ decease 
 to call these things to remembrance. 
 
 16 For we did not foUow cimningly devis- 
 ed fables, when we made known mato 
 you the power and incoming of our 
 Lord Jesus Christ, but we were eye- 
 
 17 witnesses of his majesty. For he 
 11 received from God the Father honour 
 and glory, when there 12 came such a 
 voice to hun from the excellent glory, 
 This is my beloved Son, in whom I am 
 
 18 well pleased: and this voice we our- 
 selves heard i^'come out of heaven, 
 when we were with him in the holy 
 
 19 mount. And we have the word of i>ro- 
 phecy made more sure; whereuuto ye 
 do well that ye take heed, as unto a 
 lamp shinuig in a i^dark place, until 
 the day dawn, and the day-star aiise 
 
 20 in your hearts: knowing this first, 
 that no prophecy of scriptui'e is of 
 
 21i''private interpretation. For no iiro- 
 phecy ever i^ came by the wUl of man : 
 but men spake from God, being moved 
 by the "Holy Ghost. 
 
 2 But there arose false prophets also 
 among the people, as among you also 
 there shall be false teachers, who shall 
 privily bring in is destructive heresies, 
 denying even the Master that bought 
 them, bringing upon themselves swift 
 
 2 destruction. And many shall foUow 
 their lascivious doings; by reason of 
 whom the way of the truth shall 
 
 3 be evil spoken of. And in covetous- 
 ness shall they with feigned words 
 make merchandise of you : whose sen- 
 tence now from of old lingereth not, 
 and their destruction slumbereth not. 
 
 4 For if God spared not angels when 
 they sinned, but i^cast them down to 
 20 hell, and committed them to sijnts 
 of darkness, to be reserved unto judge- 
 
 5 ment ; and spared not the ancient 
 world, but i^reserved Noah with seven 
 others, ^'^a, preacher of righteousness, 
 when he brought a flood uoon the 
 
 G world of the ungodly ; and turning the 
 cities of Sodom and Gomorrah into 
 ashes condemned them with an over- 
 throw, having made them an example 
 inito those that should live ungodly; 
 
 7 and delivered righteous Lot, sore dis- 
 tressed by the lascivious life of the 
 
 8 wicked (for that righteous man dweUing 
 
 5 That is. 
 The 
 church, 
 or, The 
 
 sister. 
 
 10 Gr. 
 presence. 
 
 11 Gr. 
 having 
 received. 
 
 12 Gr. was 
 brought 
 .. .by the 
 m ijestic 
 glory. 
 
 13 Gr. 
 brought. 
 
 "Gr. 
 sqiwMd. 
 
 15 Or, 
 special 
 
 16 Gr. 
 was 
 
 brought. 
 "Or, 
 Holy 
 Spirit 
 
 IS Or. 
 
 sects of 
 per- 
 dition 
 
 19 Or, 
 cast 
 them 
 into diwtr 
 geons 
 
 20 Gr. 
 Tar- 
 tarus. 
 
 21 Some 
 ancient 
 authori- 
 ties read 
 chains. 
 22Gr. a 
 herald.
 
 3. 18. 
 
 ir. PETER. 
 
 177 
 
 1 Gr. lor- 
 mriitett. 
 
 2Gr. 
 glories. 
 
 SGr. 
 natural. 
 •lOr, 
 to take 
 and to 
 destroy 
 6 Or, 
 corrup- 
 tion 
 
 6 Many 
 ancient 
 authori- 
 ties read 
 deceiv- 
 ings. 
 'Gr. 
 an adul- 
 teress. 
 
 I 6 Many 
 \ ancient 
 authori- 
 ties read 
 Bosor. 
 
 oOr, 
 what 
 
 l« Many 
 ancient 
 autliori- 
 ties read 
 our. 
 
 nmong them, in scciiif:; and lu^ariiip, I 
 H'exe(l///.s- rigliteouH soul from day to 
 '.) (lay with t/wif lawless deeds) : the Lord ! 
 kuoweth how to deliver the godly out 
 of temptation, and to keep the unright- 
 eous under pmiishinent unto the day of 
 
 10 judgement ; hut chielly them that walk 
 after the llesh in the lust of defile- 
 ment, and despise dominion. Daruig, 
 sclfwilled, they tremble not to rail at 
 
 11'-^ dignities: whereas angels, though 
 greater in might and power, bring not 
 a railing judgement against them before 
 
 12 the Lord. But these, as creatures with- 
 out reason, born ^mere auunals ^to be 
 taken and destroyed, i-ailing iia matters 
 whereof tliey are ignoi'ant, shall in 
 theii' s destroying surely be destroyed, 
 
 13 suffermg wrong as the hire of wroiig- 
 douig ; vK'ti that count it pleasure to 
 revel in the day-time, spots and ble- 
 mishes, revelling in their C' love-feasts 
 
 14 while they feast with you ; having eyes 
 full of ' adultery, and that camiot cease 
 from sin ; enticing unstedfast souls ; 
 having a heart exercised in covetous- 
 
 15uess; children of ciu-siug; forsaking 
 the right way, they went astray, having 
 followed the way of Balaam the sou of 
 ^Beor, who loved the hire of wroug- 
 
 16 doing ; but he was rebuked for his own 
 transgression : a dumb ass spake with 
 man's voice and stayed the madness of 
 
 17 the prophet. These are springs with- 
 out water, and mists di-iven by a storm ; 
 for whom the blackness of darknesshath 
 
 18 been reserved. For, uttering great 
 swelhng v^ords of vanity, they entice in 
 the lusts of the flesh, by lasci\aousness, 
 those who are just escaping from them 
 
 19 that live in error ; promising them Uber- 
 ty, while they themselves are bondser- 
 vants of corruption; forof^whomaman 
 is overcome, of the same is he also 
 
 20 brought into bondage . For if, after they 
 have escaped the defilements of the 
 world through the knowledge of lothe 
 Lord and Saviour Jesus Chi'ist, they are 
 again entangled therein and overcome, 
 the last state is become worse with 
 
 21 them than the first. For it were 
 better for them not to have known 
 the way of righteousness, than, after 
 knowing it, to turn back from the 
 holy coimiiandmeut deUvered unto 
 
 22 them. It has happened unto them 
 according to the true proverb. The 
 dog tiuniiiig to his own vomit again, 
 and the sow that had washed to wal- 
 lowing in the mire. 
 
 3 This is now, beloved, the second 
 epistle that I Vta-ite unto you; and 
 in both of them I stii- up your sincere 
 mind by putting you in remembrance ; 
 
 2 that }'e should remember the words 
 wliich were spoken before by the 
 
 li'ily jirophtts, and the commandment 
 of the Lord and Saviour through your 
 
 .T apostles: knowing this first, that 'Un 
 the last daj's mockers shall come with 
 mockery, walking after their own lusts, 
 
 4 and saying. Where is the promise of 
 his i-coming? for, from the day that 
 the fathers fell asleep, all things con- 
 tinue as they were from the beginning 
 
 T) of the creation. For this they wilfully 
 forget, that there were heavens from 
 of old, and an earth compacted out of 
 water and i'^ amidst water, by the word 
 
 G of God ; by which means the world 
 that then was, being overflowed with 
 
 7 water, perished : but the heavens that 
 now are, and the earth, by the same 
 word have been i^ stored up for fire, 
 being reserved against the day of judge- 
 ment and destruction of ungodly men. 
 
 8 But forget not this one thing, beloved, 
 that one day is with the Lord as a thou- 
 sand years, and a thousand years as 
 
 9 one day. The Lord is not slack con- 
 cerniug his in-omise, as some count 
 slackness ; but is longsuffering to you- 
 ward, not wishing that any should 
 perish, but that aU should come to re- 
 
 10 pentance. But the day of the Lord will 
 come as a thief; in the which the 
 heavens shall pass away with a gr-eat 
 noise, and the i^ elements shall be dis- 
 solved with fervent heat, and the earth 
 and the works that are therein shall be 
 
 11 i^biu-ned up. Seeing that these things 
 are thus all to be dissolved, what man- 
 ner of persons ought ye to be in all holy 
 
 12 living and godliness, looking for and 
 17 earnestly desiring the i'^ coming of the 
 day of God, by reason of which the hea- 
 vens being on fir-e shall be dissolved, and 
 the 15 elements shall melt with fervent 
 
 13 heat? But, according to his promise, we 
 look for new heavens and a new earth, 
 wherein dwelleth righteousness. 
 
 14 VvTierefore, beloved, seeing that ye look 
 for these thmgs, give diligence that ye 
 may be found in peace, without spot and 
 
 15 blameless in his sight. And account that 
 the longsuffering of our Lord is salva- 
 tion ; even as oiu- beloved brother Paul 
 also, according to the wisdom given to 
 
 16 him, wrote unto you ; as also in all /) is 
 epistles, speaking in them of these 
 things ; wherein are some things hard 
 to be understood, which the ignorant 
 and nnstedfast wrest, as they do also 
 the other scriptures, unto their own 
 
 17 destruction. Ye therefore, beloved, 
 knowing these things beforehand, be- 
 ware lest, being caiTied away v.ith the 
 error of the wicked, ye fall from your 
 
 ISovra stedfastness. But grow in the 
 grace and knowledge of our Lord and 
 Saviour Jesus Chi-ist. To him he the 
 glory both now and i^for ever. Amen. 
 
 11 (;r. in 
 Ihi' lust 
 uflhi- 
 da.'/i*. 
 
 I.! Gr. 
 presence. 
 
 i^ir. 
 through 
 
 n Or, 
 stored 
 with fire 
 
 15 Or, 
 
 heavenly 
 
 bodies 
 
 18 The 
 most 
 ancient 
 manu- 
 scripts 
 read dis- 
 covered. 
 1- Or. 
 htisten- 
 ing 
 
 18 Gr. 
 unto the 
 day oj 
 eternity.
 
 THE FIRST EPISTLE GENERAL OF 
 
 JOHN. 
 
 lOr. 
 word 
 
 2 Many 
 ancient 
 authori- 
 ties read 
 your. 
 
 3 Or, 
 Cotn- 
 farter 
 Or, 
 
 Helper 
 'Gr. Pa- 
 rtKJete. 
 
 1 That which was from the heguming, 
 that which we have heard, that which 
 we have seen with our eyes, that which 
 we heheld, and our hands handled, con- 
 
 2 cerning the i Word of hfe (and the life 
 was manifested, and we have seen, and 
 hear witness, and declare unto you the 
 life, the eternal life, which was with 
 the Father, and was manifested unto 
 
 3 us) ; that which we have seen and heard 
 declare we unto you also, that ye also 
 may have fellowship with us : yea, and 
 our feUowship is with the Father, and 
 
 4 with his Son Jesus Chi-ist : and these 
 things we vsrite, that ^our joy may he 
 fulfilled. 
 
 5 And this is the message which we have 
 heard from him, and announce unto 
 you, that God is light, and in him is no 
 
 6 darkness at all. If we say that we have 
 feUowship with him, and walk in the 
 darkness, we he, and do not the truth: 
 
 7 but if we walk m the hght, as he is in 
 the light, we have feUowship one with 
 another, and the blood of Jesus his Son 
 
 Scleanseth us from aU sin. If we say 
 that we have no sin, we deceive our- 
 9 selves, and the truth is not in us. If 
 we confess our sins, he is faithful and 
 righteous to forgive us our sins, and to 
 cleanse us from aU unrighteousness. 
 10 If we say that we have not sinned, we 
 make him a liar, and his word is not 
 in us. 
 
 2 My little children, these things write 
 I unto you, that ye may not sin. And 
 if any man sin, we have an 8 Advocate 
 with the Father, Jesus Christ the right- 
 
 2eous: and he is the propitiation for 
 our sins; and not for ours only, hut 
 
 3 also for the whole world. And hereby 
 know we that we know him, if we keep 
 
 4 his conunandments. He that saith, I 
 know him, and keepeth not his com- 
 mandments, is a liar, and the truth is 
 
 5 not in him : but whoso keepeth his word, 
 in him verUy hath the love of God been 
 perfected. Hereby know we that we 
 
 6 are m him : he that saith he abideth m 
 him ought himself also to walk even as 
 he walked. 
 
 7 Beloved, no new commandment write 
 I unto you, but an old commandment 
 which ye had from the beginning: 
 the old commandment is the word 
 
 8 which ye heard. Again, a new com- 
 mandment wi-ite I unto you, which thing 
 is true in hun and in you ; because the 
 dai-kness is jiassmg away, and the true 
 
 9 light aheady shineth. He that saith 
 he is in the light, and hateth his bro- 
 
 ther, is in the darkness even until now. 
 
 10 He that loveth his brother abideth in 
 the light, and there is none occasion 
 
 11 of stiunbling in him. But he that 
 hateth his brother is in the darkness, 
 and walketh in the darkness, andknow- 
 eth not whither he goeth, hecause the 
 darkness hath blinded his eyes. 
 
 12 I write unto you, mtj little children, 
 because your sins are forgiven you for 
 
 18 his name's sake. I write unto you, 
 fathers, because ye know him which is 
 from the beginnmg. I write rmto you, 
 young men, because ye have overcome 
 the evU one . * I have written imto you, 
 little children, because ye know the 
 
 14 Father. ■'I have written unto you, 
 fathers, because ye know him which is 
 from the beginning. ■* I have written 
 unto you, yoimg men, because ye are 
 strong, and the word of God abideth 
 in you, and ye have overcome the evU 
 
 15 one. Love not the world, neither the 
 things that are in the world. If any 
 man love the world, the love of the 
 
 16 Father is not in him. For aU that is 
 in the world, the lust of the flesh, and 
 the lust of the eyes, and the vainglory 
 of life, is not of the Father, but is of 
 
 17 the world. And the world jmsseth 
 away, and the lust thereof: but he 
 that doeth the wUl of God abideth for 
 ever. 
 
 18 Little children, it is the last hour: 
 and as ye heard that antichrist cometh, 
 even now have there arisen many 
 antichrists ; whereby we know that it 
 
 19 is the last hour. They went out from us, 
 but they were not of us; for if they 
 had been of us, they would have con- 
 tinued with us : but they went caU, that 
 they might be made manifest ^how 
 
 20 that they aU are not of us. And ye 
 have an anointing from the Holy One, 
 
 21 6 and ye know aU thmgs. I have not 
 written unto you because ye know not 
 the truth, but because ye know it, and 
 
 22 ''because no lie is of the truth. Wlio 
 is the liar but he that denieth that 
 Jesus is the Christ ? This is the anti- 
 christ, even he that denieth the Father 
 
 23 and the Son. Whosoever denieth the 
 Son, the same hath not the Father : he 
 that conf esseth the Son hath the Father 
 
 24 also. As for you, let that abide in 
 you which ye heard from the begin- 
 ning. If that which ye heard from 
 the begimaing abide in you, ye also 
 shaU ahide in the Son, and in the 
 
 25 Father. And this is the promise which 
 he promised 8 us, even the hfe eternal.
 
 4. 16. 
 
 I. JOHN. 
 
 179 
 
 1 Or. go it 
 
 is truf, 
 and is 
 no Jit' ; 
 and evrn 
 as d-c. 
 
 2 Or, 
 abide ye 
 3Gr. 
 from 
 
 h ini. 
 
 i r.r. 
 
 2)rese)}Ct'. 
 6 Or, 
 know ye 
 
 e Or, it 
 
 ' Or, bear 
 sins 
 
 iOr.hath 
 known 
 
 26 These things have I written unto you 
 concerning tlieni tliat would learl yon 
 
 '27 astray. And as for you, tlie anointing 
 which ye received of him ahidetli in 
 you, and ye need not that any one 
 teach you ; hut as his anointing teach- 
 eth you concerning all things, land is 
 true, and is no lie, and even as it 
 
 "28 taught you, ^ye ahide in hun . And now, 
 m;i little chikken, ahide in him; that, 
 if he shall he manifested, we may have 
 boldness, and not be ashamed ■** before 
 
 '29 him at his ^ coming. If ye know that 
 he is righteous, ^ye know that every 
 one also that doeth righteousness is 
 begotten of him. 
 
 3 Behold what manner of love the 
 Father hath bestowed upon us, that 
 we should be called children of God: 
 and such we are. For this cause the 
 world kuoweth us not, because it knew 
 
 2 him not. Beloved, now are we childi'en 
 of God, and it is not yet made manifest 
 what we shall be. We know that, if 
 6 he shall be manifested, we shall be like 
 him ; for we shall see him even as he is. 
 
 3 And every one that hath this hope set on 
 him pvu-ifleth himself, even as he is 
 
 4piu'e. Every one that doeth sin doeth 
 also lawlessness: and sin is lawless- 
 
 5ness. And ye know that he was mani- 
 fested to ■? take away sms ; and in him 
 
 6 is no sin. Whosoever abideth in hun 
 sinneth not : whosoever siuneth hath not 
 
 7 seen him, neither ^knoweth him. My 
 httle children, let no man lead you 
 astray : he that doeth righteousness is 
 
 8 righteous, even as he is righteous : he 
 that doeth sin is of the devil ; for the 
 devU sinneth from the beguming. To 
 this end was the Son of God manifested, 
 that he might destroy the works of the 
 
 9 devil. Whosoever is begotten of God 
 doeth no sin, because his seed abideth in 
 him : and he camiot sin, because he is 
 
 10 begotten of God. In this the children of 
 God are manifest, andthechildi'enof the 
 devil : whosoever doeth not righteous- 
 ness is not of God, neither he that loveth 
 
 11 not his brother. For this is the message 
 which ye heard from the beguming, that 
 
 12 we should love one another : not as Cam 
 was of the evil one, and slew his bro- 
 ther. And wherefore .slev/ he him ? Be- 
 cause his works were evil, and his bro- 
 ther's righteous. 
 
 13 Marvel not, brethi'en, if the world 
 14hateth you. We know that we have 
 
 passed out of death into life, because 
 we love the brethi-en. He that loveth 
 
 15 not abideth in death. Whosoever hat- 
 eth his brother is a miu-derer : and ye 
 know that no mmderer hath eternal life 
 
 16 abiduig in him. Hereby know we love, 
 because he laid down his life for us: 
 and we ought to lay down our lives 
 
 17 for the brethi-en. But whoso hath 
 the world's goods, and beholdeth his 
 brother in need, and shutteth up his 
 
 compassion from him, how doth the 
 
 18 love of God abide in him ? My little 
 children, let us not love in word, neither 
 with the tongue ; ' but in deed and 
 
 19 truth. Hereby shall we know that we 
 are of the truth, and shall ^ assure our 
 
 20 heart before him, whereinsoever our 
 heart condemn us; because God is 
 greater than our heart, and knoweth all 
 
 21 things. Beloved, if our heart condemn 
 us not, we have boldness toward God ; 
 
 22 and whatsoever we ask, we receive of 
 him, because we keep his command- 
 ments, and do the things that are pleas- 
 
 23 ing in his sight. And this is his com- 
 mandment, that we should lo believe in 
 the name of his Son Jesus Christ, and 
 love one another, even as he gave us 
 
 24 commandment. And he that keepeth 
 his commandments abideth in him, and 
 he in him. And hereby we know that 
 he abideth in us, by the Spirit which he 
 gave us. 
 
 4 Beloved, believe not every spirit, but 
 prove the spirits, whether they are 
 of God : because many false prophets 
 
 2 are gone out into the world. Hereby 
 know ye the Spirit of God : every spirit 
 which confesseth that Jesus Christ is 
 
 3 come in the flesh is of God : and every 
 spirit which ^ confesseth not Jesus is 
 not of God : and this is the spirit of the 
 antichrist, whereof ye have heard that 
 it cometh ; and now it is in the world 
 
 4 ah-eady. Ye are of God, my httle chil- 
 dren, and have overcome them : because 
 greater is he that is in you than he that 
 
 5 is in the world. They are of the world : 
 therefore speak they as of the world, 
 
 6 and the world heareth them. We are 
 of God : he that knoweth God heareth 
 us ; he who is not of God heareth us 
 not. By this we know the spirit of 
 trath, and the spii'it of error. 
 
 7 Beloved, let us love one another : for 
 love is of God; and every one that loveth 
 is begotten of God, and knoweth God. 
 
 8 He that loveth not knoweth not God ; 
 
 9 for God is love. Herein was the love 
 of Godmanifestedi^inus, that God hath 
 sent his only begotten Son into the 
 world, that we might Uve through him. 
 
 10 Herein is love, not that we loved God, 
 but that he loved us, and sent his Son to 
 
 11 he the propitiation for our sins. Be- 
 loved, if God so loved us, we also ought 
 
 12 to love one another. No man hath be- 
 held God at any time : if we love one 
 another, God abideth in us, and his 
 
 13 love is perfected m us: hereby know 
 we that we abide in hun, and he m us, 
 because he hath given us of his Sjiirit. 
 
 14 And we have beheld and bear witness 
 that the Father hath sent the Son to he 
 
 15 the Savioiu' of the world, '\\1iosoever 
 shiill confess that Jesus is the Son of 
 God, God abideth in him, and he in God. 
 
 ]6And we know and have beheved the 
 love which God hath i^in us. God is 
 
 ^ Gr. per- 
 suade. 
 
 10 Gr. be- 
 iif'vf' the 
 name. 
 
 n Some 
 ancient 
 authori- 
 ties read 
 anniti' 
 !eth 
 Jesns.. 
 
 12 Or, in 
 our case
 
 180 
 
 I. JOHN 
 
 4. 16. 
 
 1 Many 
 ancient 
 authori- 
 ties read 
 how can 
 he love 
 Ood 
 whom 
 he hath 
 not seen I 
 
 2Gr. in. 
 
 love ; and he that ahideth in love aLid- 
 eth in God, and God ahideth in him. 
 
 17 Herein is love made perfect with us, 
 that we may have holdness in the day 
 of judgement ; because as he is, even so 
 
 18 are we in this world. There is no fear 
 in love: but jjerfect love casteth out 
 fear, because fear hath punishment ; 
 and he that feareth is not made perfect 
 
 19 in love. We love, because he first loved 
 
 20 us. If a man say, I love God, and hateth 
 his brother, he is a liar : for he that 
 loveth not his brother whom he hath 
 seen, i cannot love God whom he hath 
 
 21 not seen. And this commandment have 
 we from bun, that he who loveth God 
 love his brother also. 
 
 5 Whosoever believeth that Jesus is the 
 Christ is begotten of God : and whoso- 
 ever loveth him that begat loveth him 
 
 2 also that is begotten of him. Hereby 
 we know that we love the chikh-en of 
 God, when we love God, and do his 
 
 3 commandments. For this is the love of 
 God, that we keej) his commandments : 
 and his commandments ai'e not griev- 
 
 4 ous. For whatsoever is begotten of God 
 overcometh the world : and this is the 
 victory that hath ovei'come the world, 
 
 5 even our faith. And who is he that over- 
 cometh the world, but he that believeth 
 
 6 that Jesus is the Son of God? This is 
 he that came by water and blood, even 
 Jesus Clu-ist ; not ^ with the water only, 
 but 2 with the water and ^with the 
 
 7 blood. And it is the Spirit that bear- 
 ctli witness, because the Spiiit is the 
 
 8 truth. For there are three who bear 
 witness, the Spirit, and the water, and 
 the blood: and the tlu'ee agree in one. 
 
 9 If we receive the witness of men, the 
 witness of God is greater : for the wit- 
 ness of God is this, tliat he hath borne 
 
 10 witness concerning his Son. He that 
 beUeveth on the Son of God hath the 
 witness in him : he that believeth not 
 God hath made him a liar; because 
 he hath not lieheved in the witness that 
 God hath borne conceniing his Son. 
 
 11 And the witness is this, that God gave 
 unto us eternal life, and this life is 
 
 12 in his Son. He that hath the Son 
 hath the life; he that hath not the 
 Son of God hath not the life. 
 
 13 These things have I written xinto 
 you, that ye may know that ye have 
 eternal life, even unto you that believe 
 
 14 on the name of the Son of God. And 
 this is the boldness which we have to- 
 ward him, that, if we ask anything 
 according to his wOl, he heareth us : 
 
 15 and if we know that he heareth us what- 
 soever we ask, we know that we have 
 the petitions which we have asked of 
 
 16 him. If any man see his brother sin- 
 ning a sin not unto death, 3 he shall 
 ask, and God will give him life for 
 them that sin not unto death. There 
 is ^ a sin unto death : not concern- 
 ing this do I say that he should make 
 
 17 request. All unrighteousness is sin: 
 and there is ^a sin not unto death. 
 
 18 We know that whosoever is begotten 
 of God sinneth not ; but he that was 
 begotten of God keepeth 5 him, and the 
 
 19 evil one toucheth him not. We know 
 that we are of God, and the whole 
 
 20 world lieth in the evil one. And 
 we know that the Son of God is 
 come, and hath given us an under- 
 standing, that we know him that is 
 true, and we are in hun that is true, 
 eve7i in his Son Jesus Clmst. This 
 
 21 is the true God, and eternal life. My 
 little children, guard yourselves from 
 idols. 
 
 THE SECOND EPISTLE OF 
 
 JOHN. 
 
 1 The .elder unto the elect lady and her 
 children, whom 1 1 ive in truth ; and not 
 I only, but also all they that know the 
 
 2 truth; for the truth's sake which ahideth 
 in us, and it shaU be with us for ever : 
 
 3 Grace,mercy,peace shall be withus, from 
 God the Father, and from Jesus Christ, 
 the Son of the Father, in truth and love. 
 
 4 I rejoice greatly that I have found 
 certain of thy childi'en walking in truth, 
 even as we received commandment 
 
 5 from the Father. Ajid now I beseech 
 thee, lady, not as though I wrote to 
 thee a new commandment, but that 
 which we had from the l)eginning, 
 
 6 that we love one another. And this 
 is love, that we should walk after his 
 
 commandments. This is the command- 
 ment, even as ye heard from the be- 
 ginning, that ye should walk in it. 
 
 7 For many deceivers are gone forth 
 into the world, eiien they that confess 
 not that Jesus Christ cometli in the 
 flesh. This is the deceiver and the 
 
 8 antichrist. Look to yoiirselves, that 
 ye ilose not the things which 2 we have 
 wrought, but that ye receive a full re- 
 
 9 ward. Whosoever Sgoeth onward and 
 ahideth not in the teaching of Christ, 
 hath not God : he that abideth in 
 the teaching, the same hath both the 
 
 10 Father and the Son. If any one cometh 
 unto you, and bringeth not this teach- 
 ing, receive him not intoyour house, and
 
 VER. 11. 
 
 JUDE. 
 
 181: 
 
 lOr, 
 
 rejoice 
 
 greatly, 
 
 when 
 
 brethren 
 
 come 
 
 and bear 
 
 witness 
 
 2 Some 
 ancient 
 authori- 
 ties read 
 ijrace. 
 
 3 Or. 
 these 
 things, 
 that / 
 may 
 hear 
 
 iGr. 
 bond- 
 ser-oant. 
 -i Or. to 
 theon 
 that are 
 beloved 
 in Hod 
 the Fa- 
 ther, and 
 kept for 
 Jesus 
 Christ, 
 being 
 called 
 
 3 Or, 
 
 the only 
 
 Master, 
 
 and our 
 
 Lord 
 
 Jrsua 
 
 Christ 
 
 i Many 
 
 very 
 
 ancient 
 
 auihori- 
 
 ties read 
 
 JtSUS. 
 
 5 Gr. the 
 
 second 
 
 time. 
 
 11 give him no greetiiif^^ : for he that giveth 
 him greeting partaketh in his evil works. 
 
 1*2 Having many things to write unto 
 you, I would not tcrlte ihcm Avithpai)er 
 
 and ink : but I hope to cf)me unto you, 
 
 and to speak face to face, tliat your 
 
 i;^joy may Ik; fulfilled. The children of 
 
 thine elect sister salute thee. 
 
 THE THIRD EPISTLE OF 
 
 JOHN. 
 
 1 The elder unto Gaivis the beloved, 
 whom I love in truth. 
 
 2 Beloved, I pray that m all things thou 
 uiayest prosper and be in health, even 
 
 3 as thy soul prospereth . For 1 1 re j oiced 
 greatly, when brethren came and bare 
 witness unto thy truth, even as thou 
 
 4walkest in truth. Greater 2 joy have 
 I none than ^this, to hear of my 
 childi-eu walking in the truth. 
 
 .5 Beloved, thou doest a faithful work 
 ill whatsoever thou doe'^t toward them 
 that are brethren and strangers withal ; 
 
 who bare witness to thy love before 
 the church : whom thou wUt do well to 
 set forward on their jom-iiey worthily 
 
 7 of God: because that for the sake of 
 the Name they went forth, taking no- 
 
 8 thing of the Gentiles. We therefore 
 ought to welcome such, that we may 
 be fellow-workers with the trath. 
 
 9 I wrote somewhat unto the church: 
 but Diotrephes, who loveth to have 
 
 the preeminence among them, receiv- 
 
 10 eth us not. Therefore, if I come, I will 
 bring to remembrance his works which 
 he doeth, prating against us with 
 wicked words : and not content there- 
 with, neither doth he himself receive 
 the brethren, and them that would he 
 forbiddeth, and casteth them out of 
 
 11 the church. Beloved, imitate not that 
 which is evil, but that which is good. 
 He that doeth good is of God : he that 
 
 12 doeth evil hath not seen God. Deme- 
 trius hath the witness of all men, and 
 of the truth itself : yea, we also bear 
 witness ; and thou knowest that our 
 witness is true. 
 
 13 I had many things to write unto 
 thee, but I am unwilling to v/rite 
 
 14 them to thee with ink and pen : but I 
 hope shortly to see thee, and we shall 
 speak face to face. Peace be unto thee. 
 The friends salute thee. Salute the 
 friends by name. 
 
 THE GENERAL EPISTLE OF 
 
 JUDE. 
 
 1 Judas, a i servant of Jesus Christ, 
 and brother of James, ^to them that 
 are called, beloved in God the Father, 
 
 2 and kept for Jesus Chi-ist : Mercy unto 
 you and peace and love be multipUed. 
 
 3 Beloved, while I was giving all dili- 
 gence to write unto you of our common 
 salvation, I was constrained to write 
 unto you exliorting you to contend 
 earnestly for the faith which was once 
 
 4 for all dehvered unto the saints. For 
 there are certain men crept in privily, 
 even they who were of old set forth 
 unto this condemnation, migodly men, 
 turning the grace of our God into lasci- 
 viousness, and denying 3 our only Mas- 
 ter and Lord, Jesus Christ. 
 
 5 Now I desire to put you in remem- 
 brance, though ye know aU things once 
 for aU, how that ''the Lord, havmg 
 saved a people out of the land of Egyiit, 
 s afterward destroyed them that behev- 
 
 6ed not. And angels which kept not 
 then- own principality, but left their 
 proper habitation, he hath kept in 
 
 everlasting bonds under darkness unto 
 
 7 the judgement of the great day. Even 
 as Sodom and Gomorrah, and the cities 
 about them, having in like manner 
 with these given themselves over to 
 fornication, and gone after strange 
 flesh, are set forth ^as an example, 
 suifering the jiunishment of eternal 
 
 8 fire. Yet in like manner these also 
 in then- dreamings defile the flesh, and 
 set at nought domuiion, and rail at 
 
 9 ''dignities. IBut Michael the archangel, 
 when contending wdth the devil he 
 disputed about the body of Moses, 
 durst not bring against him a rail- 
 ing judgement, but said, The Lord 
 
 10 rebuke thee. But these rail at what- 
 soever things they know not: and 
 what they miderstand natiU-aUy, 
 Uke the creatures without reason, 
 ill these things are they 8 destroyed. 
 
 11 Woe unto theml for they went in 
 the way of Cain, and 9 ran riotously 
 in the error of Balaam for hu-e, and 
 perished in the gainsaying of Korah. 
 
 eOr, 
 
 OS an 
 
 example 
 
 o/eter- 
 
 luil firr. 
 
 suffering 
 
 puiush- 
 
 nient 
 
 7Gr. 
 
 glories. 
 
 8 Or, cor- 
 rupted 
 
 9 Or, ca^t I 
 them- 
 selves 
 away 
 through
 
 182 
 
 JUDE. 
 
 VEK. 12. 
 
 lOr, 
 spots 
 
 2Gr. 
 shatnes. 
 
 ■iGr. 
 
 his holy 
 myriads. 
 
 1 Or, gave 
 vmto 
 hitn, to 
 shew 
 unto his 
 servants 
 the 
 things 
 &c. 
 2Gr. 
 hond- 
 servants: 
 and so 
 through- 
 out this 
 book. 
 3 Or, 
 them 
 
 4 Or, 
 
 which 
 Cometh 
 
 5 Manj; 
 authori- 
 ties, some 
 ancient, 
 read 
 washed. 
 
 6 Gr. in. 
 7Gr. 
 unto the 
 ages of 
 the ages. 
 Many 
 ancient 
 authori- 
 ties omit 
 of the 
 ages. 
 
 8 Or, 
 
 the Ijord. 
 the God 
 
 9 Or, 
 
 h^. which 
 
 12 These are they who are i hidden rocks 
 in youi' love-feasts when they feast 
 with you, sheiiherds that without fear 
 feed themselves ; clouds without water, 
 carried along by winds ; autumn trees 
 without frait, twice dead, plucked ui) 
 
 13 by the roots; wild waves of the sea, 
 foaming out then- own 2 shame; wan- 
 dering stars, for whom the blackness of 
 darkness hath been reserved for ever. 
 
 14 And to these also Enoch, the seventh 
 from Adam, pro^jhesied, sayuig. Behold, 
 the Lord came with ^ten thousands of 
 
 15 his holy ones, to execute judgement 
 upon all, and to convict all the vmgodly 
 of aU their works of uugodUness which 
 they have ungodly wrought, and of aU 
 the hard things which luigodly sinners 
 
 16 have spoken against him. These are 
 mmmurers, complaiuers, walking after 
 their lusts (and their mouth speaketh 
 great swelling loords), shewuig respect 
 of persons for the sake of advantage. 
 
 17 But ye, beloved, remember ye the 
 words which have been spoken before 
 
 j by the apostles of our Lord Jesus 
 
 18 Christ ; how that they said to you, Li 
 the last time there shaU be mockers, 
 walking after * their own ungodly lusts. 
 
 19 These are they who make separations, 
 
 20 ° sensual, having not the Spirit. But 
 ye, beloved, buUding up yourselves on 
 your most holy faith, praying in the 
 
 21 Holy Spirit, keep yourselves in the 
 love of God, looking for the mercy of 
 oiu" Lord Jesus Clrrist iinto eternal 
 
 22 life. ^Aa\A on some have mercy, '^ who 
 
 23 are in doubt ; and some save, snatching 
 them out of the fire; and on some 
 have mercy with fear ; hating even the 
 garment sjjotted by the flesh. 
 
 24 Now unto him that is able to guard 
 you from stumbling, and to set you 
 before the presence of his glory 
 without blemish in exceeding joy, 
 
 25 to the only God our Saviom', through 
 Jesus Christ oui" Lord, he glory, 
 majesty, dominion and power, before 
 aU time, and now, and 8 for evermore. 
 Amen. 
 
 THE REVELATION 
 
 OF 
 
 S. JOHN THE DIVINE. 
 
 1 The Revelation of Jesus Christ, 
 which God igave him to shew unto 
 his 2 servants, even the things which 
 must shortly come to pass : and he sent 
 and signified s U by his angel unto his 
 
 2 servant John ; who bare witness of the 
 word of God, and of the testimony of 
 Jesus Christ, even of all things that 
 
 She saw. Blessed is he that readeth, 
 and they that hear the words of the i)ro- 
 phecy, and keej) the things which are 
 written therein : for the time is at hand. 
 
 4 John to the seven chui'ches which are 
 in Asia: Grace to you and peace, from 
 him which is and which was and * which 
 is to come ; and f I'om the seven Spirits 
 
 5 which are Ijefore his throne ; and from 
 Jesus Christ, who is the faithful wit- 
 ness, the firstborn of the dead, and 
 the ruler of the kings of the earth. 
 Unto hun that loveth its, and ^ loosed 
 
 6 us from oiu- sins "by his blood ; and he 
 made us to he. a kingdom, to he priests 
 unto his God and Father ; to him he the 
 glory and the dominion ''for ever and 
 
 7 ever. Amen. Behold, he cometh with 
 the cloitds; and eveiy eye shall see 
 him, and they which pierced him ; and 
 aU the tribes of the earth shall mourn 
 over him. Even so, Amen. 
 
 8 I am the Alpha and the Omega, saith 
 8 the Lord God, Swliich is and which was 
 
 and ^ which is to come, the Almighty. 
 9 I John, your brother and partaker 
 with you in the tribulation andkmgdom 
 and j)atience loJiich are in Jesus, was in 
 the isle that is called Patmos, for the 
 word of God and the testimony of Je- 
 
 10 sus. I was in the Spirit on the Lord's 
 day, and I heard behuid me a great 
 
 11 voice, as of a trumpet saying, What 
 thou seest, write in a book, and send 
 it to the seven chiu-ches ; unto Ephe- 
 sus, and unto Smyrna, and unto 
 Pergamum, and unto Thyatira, and 
 unto Sardis, and unto Philadelphia, 
 
 12 and unto Laodicea. And I turned to 
 see the voice which spake with me. 
 And having turned I saw seven golden 
 
 13 10 candlesticks ; and in the midst of the 
 10 candlesticks one like unto ^a son of 
 man, clothed with a garment down to 
 the foot, and girt about at the breasts 
 
 14 with a golden girdle. And his head 
 and his hair were white as white wool, 
 ivJiite as snow; and his eyes were 
 
 15 as a flame of fire ; and his feet like 
 unto burnishetl brass, as if it had been 
 refined in a furnace; and his voice 
 
 16 as the voice of many waters. And he 
 had in his right hand seven stars: 
 and out of his mouth proceeded a 
 sharp two-edged sword: and his 
 comitenance was as the sun shineth in 
 
 17 his strength. And when I saw him, I
 
 3. 3. 
 
 REVELATION. 
 
 183 
 
 IGr. 
 beca7tie, 
 2Gr. 
 unto the 
 ages of 
 the ages. 
 
 SGr. 
 
 upon. 
 
 «Gr. 
 latnp- 
 
 stands. 
 
 SGr. 
 
 la)np- 
 
 stand. 
 
 6 Or, 
 garden : 
 as iu 
 Gen. ii. 8. 
 
 7 Or, 
 reviling 
 
 8 Some 
 ancient 
 authori- 
 ties read 
 and may 
 have. 
 9Gr. a 
 tribula- 
 tion of 
 ten days. 
 
 lOTlie 
 Greelc 
 text liere 
 is some- 
 what un- 
 certain. 
 
 feU at liis feet as one dead. Aiid he 
 laid bis right hand upon nie, sayuig, 
 Fear not; I am the tirst and the last, 
 
 18 and the Living one ; and I i was dead, 
 and behold, I am alive '-^for evermore, 
 and I have the keys of death and of 
 
 19 Hades. Write therefore the things 
 which thou sawest, and the things 
 which are, and the things which shall 
 
 '20 come to pass hereafter ; the mystery 
 of the seven stars which thou sawest 
 8iu my right baud, and the seven golden 
 ^candlesticks. The seven stars are the 
 angels of the seven churches : and the 
 seven ■'candlesticks are seven churches. 
 
 2 To the angel of the church iu Ephesus 
 
 write ; 
 
 These things saith he that holdeth the 
 
 seven stars in his right hand, he that 
 
 walketh m the midst of the seven golden 
 
 2 ^candlesticks: I know thy works, and 
 thy toil and patience, and that thou 
 canst not bear evil men, and didst try 
 them which call themselves apostles, 
 and they are not, and didst find them 
 
 3 false ; and thou hast patience and didst 
 bear for my name's sake, and hast not 
 
 4 grovra weary. But I have this against 
 thee, that thou didst leave thy first 
 
 5 love. Kemember therefore from whence 
 thou art faUen, and repent, and do the 
 first works; or else I come to thee, 
 and will move thy ^ candlestick out of 
 
 6 its iilace, except thou rejient. But this 
 thou hast, that thou hatest the works 
 of the Nicolaitans, which I also hate. 
 
 7 He that hath an ear, let him hear what 
 the Spirit saith to the chm-ches. To 
 him that overcometh, to him will I 
 give to eat of the tree of Ufe, which 
 is in the ^ Paradise of God. 
 
 8 And to the angel of the chmxh in 
 Smyrna write ; 
 
 These things saith the fu'st and the 
 last, which i was dead, and lived again : 
 9 1 know thy tribulation, and thy poverty 
 (but thou art rich), and the ' blasphemy 
 of them which say they are Jews, and 
 they are not, but are a synagogue of 
 
 10 Satan. Fear not the thmgs which thou 
 ai't about to suffer : behold, the devil 
 is about to cast some of you into prison, 
 that ye may be tried; 8 and ye shaU 
 have 'J tribulation ten days. Be thou 
 faithful unto death, and I wUl give thee 
 
 11 the crown of life. He that hath an ear, 
 let him hear what the Spu'it saith to 
 the churches. He that overcometh 
 shall not be hirrt of the second death. 
 
 12 And to the angel of the chm-ch in 
 Pergamrmi write ; 
 
 These thmgs saith he that hath the 
 
 13 sharp two-edged sword : I know where 
 thou dweUest, even where Satan's 
 throne is: and thou boldest fast my 
 name, and didst not deny my faith, 
 even in the days ' i^of Antipas my 
 witness, my faithful one, who w^as 
 killed amongyoUjWhere Satan dweUeth. 
 
 14 But I have a few things against thee, 
 because thoix hast there some that hold 
 the teaching of Balaam, who taught 
 Balak to cast a stumljlingblock before 
 the chikh'en of Israel, to eat things 
 sacrificed to idols, and to coumiit for- 
 
 15 nication. So hast thou also some that 
 hold the teaching of the Nicolaitans ui 
 
 IG like manner. llei)eut therefore ; or else 
 I come to thee quickly, and I will make 
 war against them with the sword of my 
 
 17 mouth. He that hath an ear, let him 
 hear what the Spirit saith to the 
 chm'ches. To bun that overcometh, to 
 him will I give of the hidden manna, 
 and I will give him a white stone, and up- 
 on the stone a new name written, which 
 no one knoweth but he that receivethit. 
 
 18 And to the angel of the church in 
 Thyatira write ; 
 
 These things saith the Son of God, 
 who hath his eyes hke a flame of fire, 
 and his feet are Uke imto bui-nished 
 
 19 brass : I know thy works, and thy love 
 and faith and mmisti-y and patience, 
 and that thy last works are more than 
 
 20 the first. But I have this against thee, 
 that thou sufferest i^the woman Jeze- 
 bel, which caUeth herself a proi)hetess ; 
 and she teacheth and seduceth my ser- 
 vants to commit fornication, and to eat 
 
 21 things sacrificed to idols. And I gave 
 her time that she should repent ; and 
 she willeth not to repent of her f oruica- 
 
 22 tion. Behold, I do cast her into a bed, 
 and them that commit adultery with 
 her mto great tribulation, excejit they 
 
 23 repent of i^ her works. And I wiU. kill 
 her chilch-en with i^ death ; and aU the 
 churches shall know that I am he 
 which searcheth the rems and hearts : 
 and I will give mito each one of you 
 
 24 according to your works. But to you 
 I say, to the rest that are in Thyatira, 
 as many as have not this teaching, 
 which know not the deep things of 
 Satan, as they say; I cast u^jon you 
 
 25 none other bm-den. Howbeit that which 
 
 26 ye have, hold fast till I come. And 
 he that overcometh, and he that keep- 
 eth my works unto the end, to him wUl 
 
 27 1 give authority over the nations : and 
 he shall rule them with a rod of i^irou, 
 as the vessels of the jjotter are broken to 
 shivers ; as I also have received of my 
 
 28 Father : and I wiU give him the morning 
 
 29 star. He that hath an ear, let him hear 
 what the Spirit saith to the chui'ches. 
 
 3 And to the angel of the chmch m 
 Sardis vrrite ; 
 
 These things saith he that hath the se- 
 ven Spmts of God, and the seven stars : 
 I know thy works, that thoii hast a name 
 
 2 that thou livest, and thou art dead. Be 
 tliou watchful, and stablish the things 
 that remain, which were ready to die : 
 for I have i^ found no works of thine 
 
 3 fulfilled before my God. Eemember 
 tlierefore how thou hast received and 
 
 11 Many 
 authori- 
 ties, some 
 ancient, 
 rend thy 
 wife. 
 
 12 Many 
 ancient 
 authori- 
 ties read 
 their. 
 
 13 Or, 
 2^'SH- 
 lenee 
 
 11 Or, 
 
 iron; a 
 vessels of 
 the pot- 
 ter, are 
 they 
 broken 
 
 15 Many 
 ancient 
 authori- 
 ties read 
 not 
 
 found 
 thy 
 jforTc.''.
 
 184 
 
 REVELATION; 
 
 3. 3. 
 
 IGr. 
 
 given. 
 
 2 Or, 
 
 teinpta- 
 tion 
 
 3 Gr. in- 
 habited 
 earth. 
 
 tempt 
 
 5 Or, 
 sanc- 
 tuary : 
 and so 
 thri urIi- 
 out this 
 book. 
 
 didst hear; and keep it, and reiient. 
 If therefore thou shalt not watch, I will 
 come as a tliief , and thou shalt not know 
 
 4 what hoiu' I will come upon thee. But 
 tliou hast a few names in Saixlis which 
 did not defile their garments : and they 
 sliall walk with me in white ; for they 
 
 5 are wortliy. He that overcometh shall 
 thus he arrayed in white garments ; and 
 I will m no wise hlot his name out of the 
 book of life, and I will confess his name 
 before my Father, and before his angels. 
 
 6 He that liath an ear, let him hear 
 what the Sjiirit saith to the churche.s. 
 
 7 And to the angel of the church in 
 Philadelphia write ; 
 
 These things saith he that is holy, he 
 that is true, he that hath the key of 
 David, he that openeth, and none shall 
 shut, and that shutteth, and none 
 
 8 openeth : I know thy works (behold, I 
 have iset before thee a door opened, 
 which none can shut), that thou hast a 
 little power, and didst keei) my word, 
 
 9 and didst not deny my name. Behold, 
 I give of the synagogue of Satan, of 
 them which say they are Jews, and they 
 are not, but do lie ; behold, I will make 
 them to come and worshii^ before thy 
 feet, and to knovif that I have loved 
 
 10 thee. Becaiise thf lU didst keep the word 
 of my patience, I also will keep thee 
 from the hour of 2 trial, that kmir which 
 is to come upon the whole 3 world, to 
 ^try them that dwell upon the eai'th. 
 
 Ill come quickly: hold fast that which 
 tliou hast, that no one take thy crown. 
 
 12 He that overcometh, I will make him a 
 pillar in the ^ temple of my God, and he 
 shaU go out thence no more : and I will 
 write upon him the name of my God, 
 and the name of the city of my God, 
 the new Jerusalem, which cometh 
 down out of heaven from my God, and 
 
 13 mme own new name. He that hath an 
 ear, let hmi hear what the Spirit saith 
 to the churches. 
 
 14 And to the angel of the church m 
 Laodicea wiite ; 
 
 These things saith the Amen, the 
 
 faithful and true witness, the beginnuig 
 
 1.5 of the creation of God: I know thy 
 
 works, that thou art neither cold nor 
 
 16 hot : I would tliou wert cold or hot. So 
 because thou art lukewarm, and neither 
 hot nor cold, I will spew thee out of my 
 
 17 mouth. Because thou sayest, I am rich, 
 and have gotten riches, and have need 
 of nothing ; and knowest not that thou 
 art the wretched one and miserable and 
 
 18 poor and blind and naked: I counsel 
 thee to buy of me gold refined by fire, 
 that thou mayest become rich; and 
 white garments, that thou mayest 
 clothe tliysetf, and that the shame of 
 thy nakedness be not made manifest ; 
 and eyesalve to anoint thine eyes, that 
 
 19 thou mayest see. As many as I love, 
 I reprove and chasten : be zealous 
 
 20 therefore, and repent. Behold, I stand 
 at the door and knock : if any man hear 
 my voice and open the door, I will come 
 in to bun, and wOl sup with bun, and 
 
 21 he with me. He that overcometh, I 
 wiU give to liim to sit down with me m 
 my tiirone, as I also overcame, and sat 
 down with my Father in his throne. 
 
 22 He that hath an ear, let him hear what 
 the Spirit saith to the churches. 
 
 4 After these things I saw, and behold, 
 a door opened in heaven, and the first 
 voice which I heard, a voice as of a 
 trumpet si)eaking with me, one saying. 
 Come up hither, and I will shew thee 
 the things which must Gcome to pass 
 
 2 hereafter. Straightway I was in the 
 Spirit : and behold, there was a throne 
 set in heaven, and one sitting upon the 
 
 3 throne ; and he that sat icas to look 
 upon like a jasper stone and a sardius: 
 and there tra-i a rainbow round about 
 the throne, like an emerald to look ujxin. 
 
 4 And round about the throne v-ere four 
 and twenty thrones : and upon the 
 thrones / .saw four and twenty elders 
 sitting, arrayed in white garments; 
 and on their heads crowns of gold. 
 
 5 And out of the throne in-oceed light- 
 nings and voices and thmiders. And 
 there ivere seven lamps of fire burning 
 before the throne, which arc the seven 
 
 (5 S2iirits of God; and before the throne, 
 as it were a glassy sea like unto crystal ; 
 and in the midst of the throne, and round 
 about the throne, four living creatures 
 
 7 full of eyes before and behind. And 
 the first creature ivas hke a lion, and 
 the second creature like a calf, and the 
 third creature had a face as of a man, 
 and the fourth creature was like a flyuig 
 
 8 eagle. And the four living creatures, 
 having each one of them six wings, are 
 fuU of eyes round about and within : and 
 they have no rest day and niglit, saying, 
 Holy, holy, holy, is the Lord God, the 
 Almighty, wliich was and which is and 
 
 9 "^ which is to come. And when the living 
 creatures shall give glory and honour 
 and thanks to him that sitteth on the 
 throne, to him that liveth 8for ever and 
 
 10 ever, the four and twenty elders shaU 
 fall down before him that sitteth on the 
 throne, and.shall worship him thatliveth 
 8 for ever and ever, and shall cast their 
 
 11 crowns before the throne, saying. Wor- 
 thy art thou, our Lord and om- God, to 
 receive the glory and the honour and 
 the power: iov thou didst create all 
 things, and because of thy will they 
 were, and vf ere created. 
 
 5 And I saw '•'iu the right hand of 
 him that sat on the throne a book 
 written within and on the back, 
 
 2 close sealed with seven seals. And 
 I saw a strong angel proclaiming 
 with a great voice. Who is worthy 
 to open the book, and to loose the 
 
 3 seals thereof ? And no one in the
 
 7. 4. 
 
 REVELATION. 
 
 185 
 
 1 Some 
 ancient 
 authori- 
 ties omit 
 sevcti. 
 2Gr. 
 hath 
 taken. 
 
 3Gr. 
 
 'into the 
 ages of 
 the ages. 
 
 4 Some 
 ancient 
 autliori- 
 tie:5 add 
 and see. 
 
 5 Soiat 
 ancient 
 authori- 
 ties read 
 thepeace 
 of the 
 earth. 
 
 heaven, or on the earth, or under the 
 earth, was able to open the hook, or to 
 
 4 h)ok tliereon. And I wept iimch, he- 
 cause no one was found worthy to open 
 
 5 the hook, or to h)ok thereon : and one 
 of the ehlers saith unto me, Wee)) not : 
 behokl, the Lion that is of tlie ti-ihe of 
 Judali, the Root of David, hatli over- 
 come, to open tlie hook and the seven 
 
 (5 seals thereof. And I saw in the midst 
 of the throne and of the four living crea- 
 tures, and in the midst of the elders, a 
 Lamh standing, as though it had been 
 slain, having seven horns, and seven 
 eyes, which are the i seven Sphits of 
 
 7 God, sent forth into all the earth. Aiid 
 he came, and he ^taketh it out of the 
 right hand of him that sat on the 
 
 8 throne. And when he had taken the 
 book, the four Uving creatures and the 
 f oiu' and twenty elders fell down before 
 the Lamb, havuig each one a harji, and 
 golden bowls full of mcense, which are 
 
 9 the prayers of the saints. And they 
 sing a new song, saying. Worthy art 
 thou to take the book, and to open the 
 seals thereof : for thou wast slain, and 
 didst purchase unto God with thy blood 
 men of every tribe, and tongue, and 
 
 10 people, and nation, and madest them to 
 be unto oiu* God a kingdom and priests ; 
 
 11 and they reign upon the earth. And I 
 saw, and I heard a voice of many angels 
 round about the throne and the living 
 creatm-es and the elders ; and the num- 
 ber of them was ten thousand times ten 
 thousand, and thousands of thousands ; 
 
 12 sayhig with a great voice, Worthy is 
 the Lamb that hath been slain to re- 
 ceive the power, and riches, and wis- 
 dom, and might, and honour, and glory, 
 
 13 and blessing. And every created thing 
 which is in the heaven, and on the earth, 
 and under the earth, and on the sea, 
 and all things that are in them, heard I 
 saying, Unto him that sitteth on the 
 throne, and unto the Lamb, be the 
 blessing, and the honour, and the glory, 
 and the dominion, 3for ever and ever. 
 
 14 And the four living creatures said. 
 Amen. And the elders fell down and 
 worshipped. 
 
 6 And I saw when the Lamb opened one 
 of the seven seals, and I heard one of the 
 four living creatures saying as with a 
 
 '2 voice of thunder. Come •*. And I saw, 
 and behold, a white horse, and he that 
 sat thereon had a how ; and there was 
 given unto him a crown : and he came 
 forth conquering, and to conquer. 
 
 3 And when he opened the second seal, 
 I heard the second hving creature say- 
 
 4 ing. Come ■'. And another Jwrse came 
 forth, a red horse : and to him that sat 
 thereon it was given to take ^peace from 
 the earth, and that they should slay one 
 another : and there was given luito him 
 a great sword. 
 
 5 And when he opened the third seal, I 
 
 heard the third livuig creature saying, 
 Come'i. And I saw, and behold, a black 
 horse ; and he that sat thereon had a 
 G balance in his hand. And I heard as it 
 were a voice ui the midst of the four 
 living creatures sayhig, A "measure of 
 wheat for a 'i'i)enny, and three measures 
 of barley for a ''pemiy ; and the oil and 
 the wine hurt thou not. 
 
 7 And when he ojjcned the fourth seal, I 
 heard the voice of the fourth living 
 
 8 creature saying. Come'. And I saw, and 
 behold, a pale horse : and he that sat up- 
 on bun, his name was Death ; and Hades 
 followed with him. And there was given 
 unto them authority over the fourth 
 part of the earth, to kill with sword, 
 and with famine, and with sheath, 
 and by the wild beasts of the earth. 
 
 9 And when he opened the fifth seal, I 
 saw underneath the altar the souls of 
 them that had been slain for the word 
 of God, and for the testimony which 
 
 10 they held : and they cried with a great 
 voice, saying, How long, Master, the 
 holy and trae, dost thou not judge and 
 avenge our blood on them that dwell 
 
 lion the earth? And there was given 
 them to each one a white robe ; and it 
 was said unto them, that they should 
 rest yet for a httle time, until their 
 fellow-servants also and their brethren, 
 which should be killed even as they 
 were, should ^he fulfilled. 
 
 12 And I saw when he opened the sixth 
 seal, and there was a great earthquake ; 
 and the sun became black as sackcloth of 
 hair, and the whole moon became as 
 
 13 blood ; and the stars of the heaven fell 
 unto the earth, as a fig tree casteth her 
 unripe figs, when she is shaken of a 
 
 14 great wind. And the heaven was re- 
 moved as a scroll when it is roUed up ; 
 and every mountain and island were 
 
 15 moved out of their places. Andthe kings 
 of the earth, and the princes, and the 
 10 chief cajitains, and the rich, and the 
 strong, and every bondman and free- 
 man, hid themselves iu the caves and in 
 
 16 the rocks of the moiintains; and they say 
 to the moitntains and to the rocks. Fall 
 on us, and hide us from the face of him 
 that sitteth on the throne, and from the 
 
 17 wrath of the Lamb : for the great day of 
 their wrath is come ; and who is able 
 to stand? 
 
 "7 After this I saw four angels standing at 
 the four corners of the earth, holding the 
 four winds of the earth, that no wind 
 should blow on the earth, or on the sea, 
 
 2 or upon any tree. And I saw another 
 angel ascend from the sunrising, having 
 the seal of the living God : and he cried 
 with a great voice to the four angels, to 
 v/hom it v.-as given to hurt the earth and 
 
 3 the sea, saying. Hurt not the earth, nei- 
 ther the sea, nor the trees, till we shall 
 have sealed the servants of oui* God on 
 
 4 their foreheads. And I heard the num- 
 
 ecr. 
 
 chmnix, 
 a small 
 measure. 
 7 See 
 marginal 
 note on 
 Matt. 
 xviii. 28. 
 
 8 Or, pes- 
 tilence 
 
 oSome 
 ancient 
 authori- 
 ties read 
 haveful- 
 fiUed 
 their 
 course. 
 
 10 Or, 
 yyiilitary 
 tr-ibunes 
 Gr. cJiili- 
 archs.
 
 186 
 
 REVELATION. 
 
 7. 4. 
 
 1 Gr. The 
 blessing, 
 and the 
 glory, S. c. 
 
 2Gr. 
 
 unto the 
 ages of 
 the ages. 
 
 3Gr. 
 have, 
 said. 
 
 ber of them which were sealed, a hun- 
 dred and forty and four thousand, seal- 
 ed out of every tribe of the children of 
 Israel. 
 
 5 Of the tribe of Judah loere sealed 
 
 twelve thousand : 
 
 Of the tribe of Keuben twelve thou- 
 sand : 
 
 Of the tribe of Gad twelve thousand : 
 
 6 Of the tribe of Asher twelve thou- 
 
 sand : 
 
 Of the tribe of Naplitali twelve thou- 
 sand: 
 
 Of the tribe of Mauasseh twelve thou- 
 sand : 
 
 7 Of the tribe of Simeon twelve thou- 
 
 sand : 
 Of the tribe of Levi twelve thousand: 
 Of the tribe of Issachar twelve thou- 
 sand : 
 
 8 Of the tribe of Zebuluu twelve thou- 
 
 sand : 
 
 Of the tribe of Joseph twelve thou- 
 sand : 
 
 Of the tribe of Benjamin ivere seal- 
 ed twelve thousand. 
 
 9 After these things I saw, and behold, a 
 great multitude, which no man could 
 number, out of eveiy nation, and of all 
 tribes and ijeoples and tongues, stand- 
 ing before the thi-one and before the 
 Lamb, arrayed in white robes, and pahiis 
 
 10 in their hands; and they cry with a great 
 voice, saying, Salvation mito our God 
 which sitteth on tlie throne, and unto 
 
 lithe Lamb. Arid all the angels were 
 standing round about the throne, and 
 aJjoitt the elders and the four hvmgci'ea- 
 tures ; and they fell before the throne 
 on their faces, and worshipj)ed God, 
 
 12 saying, Amen : i Blessmg, and gloiy, 
 and wisdom, and thanksgiving, and 
 honour, and power, and might, be unto 
 our God 2 for ever and ever. Amen. 
 
 13 And one of the elders answered, saying 
 unto me. These which are arrayed in 
 the white robes, who are they, and 
 
 14 whence came they ? And I 8 say iiuto 
 him. My lord, thou kuowest. And he 
 said to me, These are they which come 
 out of the great tribulation, and they 
 washed theii- robes, and made them 
 
 15 white in the blood of the Lamb. There- 
 fore are they before the throne of God ; 
 and they serve him day and night in his 
 temple : and he that sitteth on the 
 throne shall spread his tabernacle over 
 
 16 them. They shall hmiger no more, nei- 
 ther thii'st any mere ; neither shall the 
 
 17 sun strike upon them, nor any heat : for 
 the Lamb which is in the midst of the 
 throne shall be their shepherd, and 
 shall guide them unto fountains of 
 waters of life : and God shall wipe away 
 every tear from theii- eyes. 
 
 8 And when he opened the seventh seal, 
 there followed a silence in heaven about 
 
 '2 the space of half an horn-. Ajid 1 sav/ 
 the seven angels which stand before 
 
 God ; and there were given unto them 
 seven trixmpets. 
 3 And another angel came and stood 
 ■'over the altar, having a golden censer; 
 and there was given unto him much in- 
 cense, that he should ^ add it unto the 
 prayers of aU the saints upon the golden 
 
 1 altar which was before the throne. And 
 the smoke of the incense, ^with the 
 prayers of the samts, went up before 
 
 5 God out of the angel's hand. And the 
 angel 'taketh the censer ; and he filled 
 it with the fire of the altar, and cast it 
 ^upon the earth: and there followed 
 thunders, and voices, and lightnings, 
 and an eartliquake. 
 
 t) ihid the seven angels which had the 
 seven trumpets prepared themselves to 
 sound. 
 
 7 And the first sounded, and there follow- 
 ed hail and fire, mmgled with blood, and 
 they were cast ^upon the earth: and 
 the third part of the earth was burnt 
 up, and the third part of the trees was 
 burnt up, and all green grass was burnt 
 up. 
 
 8 And the second angel sounded, and as 
 it were a great momitaiu bm-nmg with 
 fire was cast into the sea : and the third 
 
 9 part of the sea became blood ; and there 
 died the third j)art of the creatures 
 which were in the sea, even they that 
 had life ; and the third part of the ships 
 was destroyed. 
 
 10 And the third angel sounded, and there 
 fell from heaven a great star, burning as 
 a torch, and it fell upon the third jjart 
 of the rivers, and upon the fountains of 
 
 11 the waters ; and the name of the star is 
 called Woi-mwood : and the thu-d part 
 of the waters became wormwood ; and 
 many men died of the waters, because 
 they were made bitter. 
 
 12 And the fourth angel soimded, and the 
 third part of the sun was smitten, and 
 the third part of the moon, and the third 
 part of the stars ; that the thu-d part 
 of them should be darkened, and the 
 day should not shine for the thii-d part 
 of it, and the night in like manner. 
 
 13 And I saw, and I heard » an eagle, fly- 
 ing in mid heaven, saying with a great 
 voice, Woe, woe, woe, for them that 
 dwell on the earth, by reason of the 
 other voices of the trumpet of the three 
 angels, who are yet to sound. 
 
 9 And the fifth angel somided, and I 
 saw a star from heaven faUen unto the 
 earth : and there was given to him the 
 
 2 key of the pit of the abyss. And he 
 opened the jiit of the abyss ; and there 
 went up a smoke out of the pit, as the 
 smoke of a great furnace ; and the smi 
 and the air were darkened by reason 
 
 3 of the smoke of the pit. And out of 
 the smoke came forth locusts upon 
 the earth ; and power was given them, 
 as the scorpions of the earth have 
 
 4i)ower. And it was said unto them
 
 11. 6. 
 
 REVELATION. 
 
 187 
 
 1 (!r. Jike- 
 
 2 That 
 is, Dc- 
 stroT/er. 
 
 » Gt. one 
 voice. 
 
 iGr. 
 
 demonn. 
 
 that they should not hurt tho j,'rass of 
 the earth, neither any p;reen tiling, nei- 
 ther any tree, but only such men as 
 have not the seal of God on tlu^irt'ore- 
 
 5 heads. And it was given them that they 
 should not kill them, but that they 
 should be tonnented live months: and 
 their tonnent was as the torment of 
 a scorpion, when it sti-iketli a man. 
 
 6 And in those days men .shall seek death, 
 and shall in no wise find it ; and they 
 shall desire to die, and death tieeth from 
 
 7 them. Aiid the i shapes of the locusts 
 were like unto horses prepared for war ; 
 and upon their heads as it were crowns 
 like unto gold, and their faces were as 
 
 8 men's faces. And they had hair as the 
 hair of women, and their teeth were as 
 
 ^the teeth of lions. And they had breast- 
 plates, as it were breastplates of iron ; 
 and the sound of their wings was as the 
 sound of chariots, of many horses rusli- 
 
 10 ing to war. And they have tails like 
 unto scorpions, and stings ; and in their 
 tails is their power to hurt men five 
 
 11 months. They have over them as king 
 the angel of the abyss: his name in 
 Hebrew is Abaddon, and in the Greek 
 tongue he hath the name 2Apollyon. 
 
 12 The first Woe is i>ast : behold, there 
 come yet two Woes hereafter. 
 
 13 And the sixth angel sounded, and I 
 heard ^ a voice from the horns of the 
 
 14 golden altar which is before God, one 
 saying to the sixth angel, which had 
 the trumpet. Loose the four angels 
 which are bound at the great river 
 
 15 Euphrates. And the four angels were 
 loosed, which had been prepared for the 
 hour and day and month and year, that 
 they should kill the third jiart of men. 
 
 16 And the number of the armies of the 
 horsemen was twice ten thousand times 
 ten thousand : I heard the nmuber of 
 
 17 them. And thus I saw the horses in 
 the vision, and them that sat on them, 
 having breastplates as of fire and of hya- 
 cinth and of brimstone : and the heads 
 of the horses are as the heads of Uons ; 
 and out of their mouths i^roceedeth fire 
 
 18 and smoke and brimstone. By these 
 three jjlagues was the third part of men 
 killed, by the fire and the smoke and 
 the brimstone, which proceeded out of 
 
 19 their mouths. For the power of the 
 horses is in their mouth, and in theu- 
 tails : for their tails are hke unto ser- 
 pents, and have heads ; and with them 
 
 20 they do hurt. And the rest of man- 
 kind, which were not killed with these 
 plagues, repented not of the works of 
 their hands, that they should not wor- 
 ship J devils, and the idols of gold, and of 
 silver, and of brass, and of stone, and of 
 wood ; which can neither see, nor hear, 
 
 21 nor walk: and they repented not of 
 their murders, nor of their sorceries, 
 nor of their fornication, nor of their 
 thefts. 
 
 10 And T saw another strong angel com- 
 ing down out of heaven, arrayed with 
 a cloud ; and th(^ rainbow was upon his 
 head, and his fac(^ was as tho sun, and 
 
 2 his feet as pillai's (jf fire ; and he had in 
 his hand a little book open : and he set 
 liis right foot upon the sea, and his 
 
 8 left u])on the earth ; and he cried with 
 a great voice, as a lion roareth : and 
 when he cried, the seven thunders ut- 
 
 4 tered their voices. And when the seven 
 thunders uttered their voices, I was 
 about to write : and I heard a voice from 
 heaven saying, Seal up the things which 
 the seven thundei-s uttered, and write 
 
 5 them not. And the angel which I saw 
 standing upon the sea and ujion the 
 earth lifted up his right hand to heaven, 
 
 6 and sware by him that liveth -^forever 
 and ever, who created the heaven and 
 the things that are therein, and the 
 earth and the things that are therein, 
 " and the sea and the things that are 
 therein, that there shall be 'tune no 
 
 7 longer : but in the days of the voice of 
 the seventh angel, when he is about to 
 sound, then is finished the mystery of 
 God, according to the good tidings which 
 he declared to his servants theprophets. 
 
 8 And the voice which I heard from hea- 
 ven, I heard it again speaking with me, 
 and saying. Go, take the book which is 
 open in the hand of the angel that stand- 
 eth upon the sea and ujiou the earth. 
 
 9 And I went unto the angel, saying unto 
 him that he should give me the little 
 book. And he saith unto me. Take it, 
 and eat it uj); and it shall make thy 
 belly bitter, but in thy mouth it shall 
 
 10 be sweet as honey. And I took the 
 little book out of the angel's hand, and 
 ate it up ; and it was in my mouth sweet 
 as honey : and when I had eaten it, my 
 
 11 belly was made bitter. And they say 
 unto me. Thou must projihesy again 
 8 over many peoples and nations and 
 tongues and kings. 
 
 11 And there was given me a reed like 
 unto a rod: '^and one said, Else, and 
 measure the temple of God, and the 
 altar, and them that worship therein. 
 
 2 And the court which is without the tem- 
 ple 10 leave without, and measure it not ; 
 for it hath been given unto the nations : 
 and the holy city shall they tread un- 
 
 3 der foot forty and two months. And I 
 wiU give unto my two vritnesses, and 
 they shall i^rophesy a thousand two 
 hundred and threescore days, cloth- 
 
 4ed in sackcloth. These are the two 
 ohve trees and the two n candlesticks, 
 standing before the Lord of the earth. 
 
 5 And if any man desu'eth to hurt them, 
 fire proceedeth out of their mouth, 
 and devoureth their enemies: and if 
 any man shall desire to hurt them, in 
 
 6 this manner must he be killed. These 
 have the power to shut the heaven, 
 that it rain not during the days of 
 
 5(;r. 
 unto the 
 afjes of 
 the agex. 
 
 6 Some 
 
 ancient 
 authori- 
 ties oniii 
 and the 
 sea and 
 the 
 
 flihii/.i 
 j that avii 
 thrn'ht. 
 "Or, 
 delay 
 
 s Or. con- 
 cerning 
 
 3Gr. 
 saying. 
 
 10 Gr. 
 cast 
 nnthout. 1 
 
 11 Gr. 
 larno- 
 stands.
 
 188 
 
 REVELATION. 
 
 11. 6. 
 
 iGr. 
 
 carcase. 
 
 2Gr. 
 
 naines 
 
 ofment 
 
 seven 
 
 thovr 
 
 land. 
 
 3Gr. 
 unto the 
 ages of 
 the ajes. 
 
 < Or, tes- 
 tament 
 
 their prophecy : and they have power 
 over the waters to tiu-n them into blood, 
 and to smite the earth with every 
 
 7 plague, as often as they shall desire. And 
 when they shall have finished then- tes- 
 timony, the beast that cometh w^ out of 
 the abyss shaU make war with them, and 
 
 8 overcome them, and kill them. And 
 their i dead bodies Zje in the street of the 
 great city, which spiritually is caUed 
 Sodom and Egypt, where also their Lord 
 
 9 was crucified. And from among the 
 peoples and tribes and tongues and 
 nations Aomeyi look upon their ^dead 
 bodies thi-ee days and a half, and suffer 
 not their dead bodies to be laid ui a tomb . 
 
 10 And they that dwell on the earth rejoice 
 over them, and make merry ; and they 
 shall send gifts one to another ; because 
 these two prophets tormented them 
 
 11 that dwell on the earth. And after the 
 three days and a half the breath of Uf e 
 from God entered into them, and they 
 stood upon then- feet ; and gi-eat fear 
 
 12 feU upon them which beheld them. And 
 they heard a great voice from heaven 
 saying mito them. Come vqi hither. And 
 they went up into heaven m the cloud ; 
 
 13 and then- enemies beheld them. And 
 in that hour there was a great earth- 
 quake, and the tenth part of the city fell ; 
 and there were kLUed in the earthquake 
 2 seven thousand persons : and the rest 
 were affrighted, and gave glory to the 
 God of heaven. 
 
 14 The second Woe is past : behold, the 
 third Woe cometh quickly. 
 
 15 And the seventh angel sounded; and 
 there followed great voices in heaven, 
 and they said. The kingdom of the world 
 is become the kingdom of our Lord, and 
 of his Christ: and he shall reign 3 for 
 
 16 ever and ever. And the four and twenty 
 elders, which sit before God on theu' 
 thrones, feU upon then- faces, and wor- 
 
 17 shipped God, saying. We give thee 
 thanks, Lord God, the Almighty, 
 
 ' which art and which wast ; because thoii 
 hast taken thy gi-eat power, and didst 
 
 18 reign. And the nations were wroth, and 
 thy wrath came, and the time of the 
 dead to be judged, and the time to give 
 their reward to thy servants the pro- 
 phets, and to the saints, and to them 
 that fear thy name, the small and the 
 gi-eat; and to destroy them that de- 
 stroy the earth. 
 
 19 And there was opened the temple of 
 God that is in heaven ; and there was 
 seen in his temple the ark of his ^cove- 
 nant; and there followed lightnings, 
 and voices, and thunders, and an earth- 
 quake, and great haU. 
 
 12 And a great sign was seen in heaven ; 
 a woman arrayed with the svm, and the 
 moon under her feet, and upon her head 
 2 a crown of twelve stars ; and she was 
 with child : and she crieth out, travail- 
 ing in bhth, and in pain to be deUvered. 
 
 SAiid there was seen another sign in 
 heaven; and behold, a great red di'agon, 
 having seven heads and ten horns, and 
 
 4 upon his heads seven diadems. And his 
 tail draweth the third part of the stars 
 of heaven, and did cast them to the 
 earth : and the dragon stood before the 
 woman which was about to be deUver- 
 ed, that when she was dehvered, he 
 
 5 might devour her child. And she was 
 delivered of a son, a man child, who is 
 to rule aU the nations with a rod of 
 iron : and her child was caught up urito 
 
 6 God, and unto his throne. And the 
 woman fled into the wilderness, where 
 she hath a i^lace jirepared of God, that 
 there they may nourish her a thou- 
 sand two hundred and threescore 
 days. 
 
 7 And there was war in heaven: Michael 
 and his angels going forth to war with 
 the dragon ; and the dragon warred and 
 
 8 his angels ; and they prevailed not, nei- 
 ther was then- place fomid any more in 
 
 9 heaven. And the great di-agon was cast 
 down, the old seiijent, he that is called 
 the DevQ and Satan, the deceiver of the 
 whole 5 world ; he was cast down to the 
 earth, and his angels were cast down 
 
 10 with him. And I heard a great voice 
 in heaven, saying, 6 Now is come the 
 salvation, and the power, and the king- 
 dom of oiu- God, and the authority of 
 his Chi'ist : for the accuser of our bre- 
 thren is cast down, which accuseth them 
 
 11 before our God day and night. And 
 they overcame him because of the blood 
 of the Lamb, and because of the word of 
 then- testimony; and they loved not 
 
 12theu' life even unto death. There- 
 fore rejoice, heavens, and ye that 
 'dweU in them. Woe for the earth 
 and for the sea : because the devil is 
 gone down unto you, having gi-eat 
 wrath, knowuig that he hath but a 
 short time. 
 
 13 And when the di-agon saw that he was 
 cast down to the earth, he persecuted 
 the woman which brought forth the 
 
 14 man child. And there were given to 
 the woman the two wiags of the great 
 eagle, that she might fly into the wil- 
 derness unto her place, where she is 
 nourished for a time, and times, and 
 half a time, from the face of the seii5ent. 
 
 15 And the seiiient cast out of his mouth 
 after the woman water as a river, that 
 he might cause her to be carried away 
 
 16 by the stream. And the earth helped 
 the woman, and the earth opened her 
 mouth, and swallowed up the river 
 which the dragon cast out of his 
 
 17 mouth. And the dragon waxed wroth 
 with the woman, and went away to 
 make war with the rest of her seed, 
 which keei3 the commandments of 
 God, and hold the testimony of Jesus : 
 
 13 and he stood upon the sand of the 
 sea.
 
 14. 13. 
 
 REVELATION. 
 
 189 
 
 iGr. 
 
 slain. 
 
 2 Or, to 
 d^> his 
 works 
 durinfj 
 See Pan. 
 xi. 2^. 
 
 3 Gr. f«- 
 bernuctc. 
 
 i Some 
 ancient 
 autliori- 
 ties omit 
 And it 
 was 
 given 
 . . , over- 
 come 
 them, 
 
 6 Or, 
 written 
 from the 
 founda- 
 tion of 
 the world 
 in the 
 book . . . 
 slain 
 'The 
 Greek 
 text in 
 tills verse 
 is some- 
 what un- 
 certain. 
 
 7 Or, 
 leadeth 
 into cap- 
 tivity 
 
 8 Some 
 ancient 
 autiiori- 
 ties read 
 that even 
 the 
 
 image of 
 the beast 
 should 
 speak ; 
 a7id he 
 shall 
 caiwe ic. 
 
 And I saw a beast coming up out of 
 the sea, having ten horns and seven 
 heads, and on liis horns ten diadems, 
 and upon his licads names of blasphemy. 
 
 2 And the beast which I saw was like 
 unto a leopard, and his feet were as the 
 feet of a bear, and his mouth as the 
 mouth of a lion : and the dragon gave 
 him his power, and his throne, and 
 
 3 great authority. And / saw one of his 
 heads as thougli it had been i smitten 
 unto death; and his death-stroke was 
 healed : and the whole earth wondered 
 
 4 after the beast ; and they worshipped 
 the dragon, because he gave his au- 
 thority unto the beast ; and they wor- 
 shipped the beast, saying. Who is like 
 unto the beast ? and who is able to war 
 
 5 with him ? and there was given to him 
 a mouth speaking great things and 
 blasphemies ; and there was given to 
 him authority ^to continue forty and 
 
 6 two mouths. And he ojiened his mouth 
 for blasphemies against God, to blas- 
 pheme his name, and his tabernacle, 
 even them that s dwell in the heaven. 
 
 7* And it was given unto hmi to make 
 war with the saints, and to overcome 
 them: and there was given to him 
 authority over every tribe and people 
 
 8 and tongue and nation. And all that 
 dwell on the earth shall worship him, 
 every one whose name hath not been 
 5 written in the book of life of the Lamb 
 that hath been slain from the founda- 
 
 9 tion of the world. If any man hath an 
 
 10 ear, let him hear. 6 if any man "J is 
 for captivity, into captivity he goetli : 
 if any man shaU kill with the sword, 
 with the sword must he be killed. Here 
 is the patience and the faith of the 
 saints. 
 
 11 Andl saw another beast coming uj) out 
 of the earth ; and he had two horns hke 
 imto a lamb, and he spake as a dragon. 
 
 12 And he exerciseth all the authority of 
 the first beast in his sight. And he 
 maketh the earth and them that dwell 
 therein to worship the first beast, whose 
 
 13 death-stroke was healed. And he doeth 
 great signs, that he should even make 
 fire to come down out of heaven upon 
 
 14 the earth in the sight of men. And he 
 deceiveth them that dwell on the earth 
 by reason of the signs which it was 
 given him to do in the sight of the beast ; 
 saying to them that dwell on the earth, 
 that they should make an image to the 
 beast, who hath the stroke of the sword, 
 
 15andUved. Aiid it was given ?(?i^o/«'m to 
 give breath to it, even to the image of 
 the beast, 8 that the image of the beast 
 should both speak, and cause that as 
 many as should not worship the image 
 
 16 of the beast should be killed. And he 
 causeth all, the small and the great, 
 and the rich and the poor, and the free 
 and the bond, that there be given 
 them a mark on their right hand, or 
 
 17 upon their forehead; and that no man 
 should be able to buy or to sell, save 
 he that hath the mark, even the name 
 of the beast or the number of his name. 
 
 18 Here is wisdom. He that hath under- 
 standing, let him count the number of 
 the beast; for it is tlie number of a 
 man : and his number is ^Six himdred 
 and sixty and six. 
 
 14 And I saw, and behold, the Lamb 
 standuig on the mount Zion, and with 
 him a hundred and forty and four thou- 
 sand, having his name, and the name of 
 his Father, written on their foreheads. 
 
 2 And I heard a voice from heaven, as the 
 voice of many waters, and as the voice 
 of a great thunder : and the voice which 
 I heard loas as the voice of harriers hai^p- 
 
 3 ing with their harjis : and they smg as 
 it were a new song before the throne, 
 and before the four living creatures and 
 the elders : and no man could learn the 
 song save the hundred and forty and 
 four thousand, even they that had been 
 
 4 purchased out of the earth. These are 
 theywhich were not defiled with women ; 
 for they are virgins. These are they 
 which follow the Lamb whithersoever 
 he goeth. These were i)m'chased from 
 among men, to he the firstfruits unto 
 
 5 God and unto the Lamb. And in theu- 
 mouth was found no lie : they are with- 
 out blemish. 
 
 6 And I saw another angel flying in mid 
 heaven, having an eternal gospel to 
 proclaim unto them that lo dwell on the 
 earth, and rmto every nation and tribe 
 
 7 and tongue and i)eoi)le ; and he saith 
 with a great voice. Fear God, and give 
 him gloiy ; for the hour of his judge- 
 ment is come : and worship him that 
 made the heaven and the earth and sea 
 and fountains of waters. 
 
 8 And another, a second angel, followed, 
 saying, Fallen, fallen is Babylon the 
 great, which hath made aU the nations 
 to drink of the wine of the wrath of 
 her fornication. 
 
 9 And another angel, a third, followed 
 them, saying with a great voice, If 
 any man worshippeth the beast and 
 his image, and receiveth a mark on 
 
 10 his forehead, or upon his hand, he also 
 shall di'Lnk of the wine of the wrath 
 of God, which is ii prepared unmixed in 
 the cup of his anger ; and he shall be 
 tomiented with fire and brimstone 
 in the presence of the holy angels, and 
 
 11 in the jireseuce of the Lamb : and the 
 smoke of their torment goeth up isfor 
 ever and ever ; and they have no rest 
 day and night, they that worship the 
 beast and his image, and whoso re- 
 
 12 ceiveth the mark of his name. Here 
 is the patience of the saints, they that 
 keep the commandments of God, and 
 the faith of Jesus. 
 
 13 And I heard a voice from heaven 
 saymg, Write, Blessed are the dead 
 
 ■I Some 
 ancient 
 auttiori- 
 ties read 
 Six hun- 
 dred and 
 sixteen. 
 
 l« Gr. sU. 
 
 11 Gr. 
 mingled. 
 
 12 Gr. 
 unto ages 
 of ages.
 
 190 
 
 REVELATION. 
 
 14. 13. 
 
 1 Or, in 
 the Lord. 
 Fruiii 
 hence- 
 forth, 
 yea. 
 
 faith the 
 Sxnrit 
 
 2 Or, 
 
 the Son 
 
 3 Gr. 
 dried up. 
 
 4Gr. 
 
 Vl7U\ 
 
 5 Or, 
 upon 
 
 " Many 
 r.ucient 
 authori- 
 ties read 
 7iatiotis. 
 
 ~ Many 
 ancient 
 autliori- 
 ties read 
 ill linen. 
 
 CGr. 
 
 n7Uo the 
 
 ag-s of 
 
 1 the ai)es. 
 
 which (lie ^ui the Lord from hence- 
 forth : yea, saith the Spirit, that they 
 may rest from theu- labours ; for theh- 
 works follow with them. 
 
 14 Ami I saw, and behold, a white cloud ; 
 and on the cloud / saw one sitting hke 
 iiuto -a son of man, having on his head 
 a golden cro^vTi, and in his hand a sharp 
 
 15 sickle. And another angel came out 
 from the temple, crying with a great 
 voice to him that sat on the cloud, Send 
 forth thy sickle, and reap : for the horn- 
 to reaj) is come ; for the harvest of the 
 
 16 earth is 3 over-ripe. And he that sat on 
 the cloud cast his sickle upon the eai'th ; 
 and the earth was reaped. 
 
 17 And another angel came out from the 
 temj)le which is in heaven, he also hav- 
 
 18 ing a sharp sickle. And another angel 
 came out from the altar, he that hath 
 power over lire ; and he called with a 
 great voice to him that had the sharp 
 sickle, saying. Send forth thy sharp 
 sickle, and gather the clusters of the 
 vLue of the earth ; for her grapes are 
 
 19 fully ripe. And the angel cast his sickle 
 into the earth, and gathered the *vin- 
 tage of the earth, and cast it mto the 
 winepress, the great winepress, of the 
 
 20 wrath of God. And the winepress 
 was trodden without the city, and there 
 came out bloodfrom the winepress, even 
 unto the bridles of the horses, as far 
 as a thousand and six hundred fm-- 
 longs. 
 
 15 And I saw another sign in heaven, 
 great andmarveUous, seven angels hav- 
 ing seven i)lagues, which are the last, 
 for in them is finished the wrath of God. 
 
 2 And I saw as it were a glassy sea 
 mingled with fire ; and them that come 
 Adctorious from the beast, and from his 
 image, and from the number of his 
 name, standing ^ by the glassy sea, hav- 
 
 3 ing harps of God. And they sing the 
 song of Moses the servant of God, and 
 the song of the Lamb, saying, Great 
 and marvellous are thy works, O Lord 
 God, the Almighty ; righteous and true 
 are thy ways, thou King of the "ages. 
 
 4 Who shaU not fear, O Lord, and glorify 
 thy name ? for thou only art holy ; for 
 aU the nations shaU come and worship 
 before thee ; for thy righteous acts have 
 been made manifest. 
 
 5 And after these things T saw, and the 
 temple of the tabernacle of the testi- 
 
 6 mony in heaven was opened : and there 
 came out from the temple the seven 
 angels that had the seven plagues, ar- 
 rayed ''with precicms stone, pure and 
 bright, and gkt about their breasts with 
 
 7 golden girdles. And one of the foiu- 
 living creatui'es gave unto the seven 
 angels seven golden bowls fuU of the 
 ^vrath of God, who liveth ^for ever and 
 
 8 ever. And the temple was filled with 
 smoke from the gloi-y of God, and 
 from his power ; and none was able to 
 
 enter into the temple, tUl the seven 
 plagues of the seven angels should be 
 finished. 
 16 And I heard a great voice out of the 
 temple, saying to the seven angels, Go 
 ye, and pour out the seven bowls of the 
 wrath of God into the earth. 
 
 2 And the first went, and poiu'ed out his 
 bowl into the earth ; and 9 it became a 
 noisome and grievous sore upon the men 
 which had the mark of the beast, and 
 which worshipped his image. 
 
 3 And the second poured out his bowl 
 into the sea ; and 9 it became blood as 
 of a dead man ; and every lOUving soul 
 died, even the things that were in the 
 sea. 
 
 4 And the third poured out his bowl 
 into the rivers and the fountains of the 
 
 5 waters ; n and •' it became blood. And 
 I heard the angel of the waters saying. 
 Righteous art thou, which art and which 
 v/ast, thou Holy One, because thou didst 
 
 C thus 12 judge : for they poiired out the 
 blood of saints and prophets, and blood 
 hast thou given them to drink : they are 
 
 7 worthy. And I heard the altar saying, 
 Yea, O Lord God, the Almighty, true 
 and righteous are thy judgements. 
 
 8 And the fourth pom-ed out his bowl 
 upon the sun ; and it was given unto 
 
 9 13 it to scorch men with fire. And men 
 were scorched with great heat : and 
 they blasphemed the name of the God 
 which hath the power over these 
 plagues; and they repented not to give 
 him gloiy. 
 
 10 And the fifth poured out his bowl 
 upon the throne of the beast ; and his 
 kingdom was darkened ; and they 
 
 11 gnawed their tongues for pain, and 
 they blasphemed the God of heaven be- 
 cause of their pams and then* sores; 
 and they repented not of their works. 
 
 12 And the sixth poured out his bowl up- 
 on the great river, the river Euphrates ; 
 and the water thereof -svas di-ied up, 
 that the way might Ije made ready for 
 the kmgs that come from the sunrising. 
 
 13 And I saw coming out of the mouth of 
 the di-agon, and out of the mouth of 
 the beast, and out of the mouth of 
 the false i)roi5het, three unclean spirits, 
 
 14 as it were frogs : for they are spirits of 
 i^devils, working signs ; which go forth 
 15 unto the kings of the whole i^world, to 
 gather them together unto the war of 
 the great day of God, the Almighty. 
 
 15 (Behold, I come as a thief. Blessed is 
 lie that watcheth, and keepeth his gar- 
 ments, lest he walk naked, and they 
 
 16 see his shame.) And they gathered 
 them together into the place which is 
 called in Hebrew Har-Magedon. 
 
 17 And the seventh poured out his 
 bowl upon the air; and there came 
 forth a great voice out of the tem- 
 ple, from the throne, saying, It is 
 
 18 done : and there were lightnings.
 
 18. 11. 
 
 Rp]VELAT10N. 
 
 191 
 
 1 Some 
 ancient 
 autbori- 
 ties read 
 there vfas 
 a 7uan. 
 
 2 Or, 
 
 navies 
 
 .fun of 
 
 blns- 
 
 phi'mi/ 
 
 3Gl'. 
 
 gilded. 
 
 ^ Or, and 
 
 of the 
 
 nn clean 
 
 tilings 
 
 5 Or. a 
 
 inysteri/. 
 
 BABY- 
 
 I.Otf 
 
 THE 
 
 GREAT 
 
 <* Or. wit- 
 nesses 
 
 ~ Some 
 ancient 
 authori- 
 ties read 
 a/id he 
 goeth. 
 8 Gr. oil. 
 
 9 Or. 
 shaU be 
 jivcsent. 
 
 10 Or, 
 iiu'-antng 
 "Or, 
 there are 
 
 and voices, and thunders ; and there 
 was a great earthquake, sucli as was not 
 since ^ there were men upon the earth, 
 
 li) so great an earthquake, so niiglity. And 
 the great city was divided into three 
 jiarts, and the cities of the nations fell: 
 and Bahylon tlie great was reniemhered 
 in the sight of Clod, to give unto her the 
 cup of the wine of the iierceness of his 
 
 20 wrath. And every island fled away, and 
 
 '21 the mountains were not found. And 
 great hail, ei-eri/ sto?i.e about thewfiight 
 of a talent, cometh down out of hetiven 
 upon men ; and men blasphemed God 
 liecause of the plague of the hail ; for 
 the plague thereof is exceeding great. 
 
 17 And there came one of the seven 
 angels that had the seven bowls, and 
 spake with me, saying, Come hither, 
 I wiU shew thee the judgement of the 
 great harlot that sitteth upon many 
 2 waters; with whom the kings of the 
 earth conmiitted fornication, and they 
 that dwell in the earth were made 
 drunken v;ith the wine of her fornica- 
 3 tion. And he carried me away in the 
 Spirit into a wilderness : and I saw a 
 woman sitting upon a scarlet-coloured 
 beast, 2full of names of blasphemy, hav- 
 ■iing seven heads and ten horns. And 
 the woman was arrayed in ]mrple and 
 scarlet, and 8 decked with gold and pre- 
 cious stone and pearls, having in her 
 hand a golden cup full of abominations, 
 ^ even the uncle.m things of her f ornica- 
 
 5 tion, and upon her forehead a name 
 written, Sjiystee y, babylon the great, 
 
 THE MOTHER OF THE HARLOTS AND OF 
 
 6 THE ABOMINATIONS OF THE EARTH. And 
 
 I saw the woman drunken with the 
 blood of the saints, and with the blood 
 of the (J martyrs of Jesus. And when 
 I saw her, I wondered with a great 
 
 7 wonder. And the angel said unto me. 
 Wherefore didst thou wonder ? I will 
 teU thee the mystery of the woman, and 
 of the beast that carriethher, which hath 
 the seven heads and the ten horns. 
 
 8 The beast that thou sawest was, and is 
 not ; and is about to come uji out of 
 the abyss, 'and to go into iierdition. 
 And they that dwell on the earth shall 
 wonder, theif whose name hath not been 
 written 8 in the book of life from the 
 foundation of the world, when they be- 
 hold the beast, how that he was, and 
 
 9 is not, and ^ shall come. Here is the 
 10 mind which hath wisdom. The seven 
 heads are seven mountains, on which 
 
 10 the woman sitteth : and nthey are seven 
 kings; the live are fallen, the one is, 
 the other is not yet come ; and when 
 he cometh, he must continue a little 
 
 11 while. And the beast that was, and is 
 not, is himself also an eighth, and is 
 of the seven ; and he goeth into jter- 
 
 12dition. And the ten horns that thou 
 sawest are ten kings, which have re- 
 ceived no kingdom as yet ; but they 
 
 receive authority as kings, with the 
 
 i;5 beast, for one hour. Tliese have one 
 
 mind, and they give theu' power and 
 
 14 authority unto the beast. Tliese shall 
 war against the Lamb, and the Laml) 
 shall overcome them, for he is Lord of 
 lords, and King of kings ; and they also 
 kJiuI/ nrercame that are with him, called 
 
 15 and chosen and faithful. And he saith 
 unto me. The w. iters wliich thou saw- 
 est, where the harlot sitteth, are peo- 
 ples, and multitudes, and nations, and 
 
 1() tongues. And the ten horns which thou 
 sawest, and the beast, these shall hate 
 the liarlot, and shaU make her desolate 
 and naked, and shall eat her flesh, and 
 
 17 shall burn her utterly with fire. For 
 (rod did put in their hearts to do his 
 mind, and to come to one mind, and to 
 give their kmgdom unto the beast, until 
 tlie words of God should be accomphsh- 
 
 18 ed. And the woman whom thou sawest 
 is the great city, which i^reigiieth over 
 the kings of the earth. 
 
 1 8 After these things I saw another angel 
 coming down out of heaven, having 
 great authority; andtheeai-thwaslight- 
 
 2 eiied with his glory. And he cried with 
 a mighty voice, saying, Fallen, fallen is 
 Babylon the great, and is become a 
 habitation of is devils, and a i^hold of 
 everyunclean si)irit,and a i^hold of every 
 
 3 unclean and hateful bird. For i=by i'>the 
 wine of the wrath of her fornication 
 all the nations are fallen ; and the kings 
 of the earth committed fornication with 
 her, and the merchants of the earthwax- 
 edrichbythepowerofheri'i^wantoimess. 
 
 4 Andlheardanother voice fromheaven, 
 saying, Come forth, my people, out of 
 her, that ye have no fellowship with her 
 sins, and that ye receive not of her 
 
 5i)lagues: for her sins i8}jave reached 
 even unto heaven, and God hath remem- 
 
 6 bered her iniquities. Render unto her 
 even as she rendered, and double un- 
 to her the double according to her works: 
 in the cup which she mingled, mingle 
 
 7 unto her double. How much soever she 
 glorified herself, and waxed i^wauton, 
 ^J ( ) much give her of torment and mourn- 
 ing : for she saith in her heart, I sit a 
 queen, and am no widow, and shall in 
 
 8 no wise see mourning. Therefore in 
 one day shaU her jjlagues come, death, 
 and mournmg, and famine; and she 
 shall be utterly bm-ned with fire ; for 
 strong is ^o the Lord God which judged 
 
 9 her. And the kings of the earth, who 
 committed fornication andHved -i wan- 
 tonly with her, shall weep and waU 
 over her, when they look upon the 
 
 10 smoke of her burning, standuig afar 
 off for the fear of her torment, say- 
 ing. Woe, woe, the great city, Babylon, 
 the strong city ! for in one hour is thy 
 
 11 judgement come. And the merchants 
 of the earth weep and mourn over her, 
 for no man buveth their ^'-^ merchandise 
 
 12 Gr. 
 hatha 
 Ulnij- 
 doin. 
 
 13 Gr. 
 
 demons. 
 
 11 Or, 
 
 2>rison 
 
 1^ Some 
 
 autlKiri- 
 
 ties read 
 
 o.fthe 
 
 wine . . . 
 
 have 
 
 drunk. 
 
 1(5 Some 
 
 ancient 
 
 autliori- 
 
 tieri omit 
 
 the wine 
 
 of. 
 
 I'Or, 
 
 hixurij 
 
 i-iOr, 
 
 clave 
 
 iof/cther 
 
 1-1 Or. 
 luxu- 
 rious 
 
 21 Some 
 ancient 
 authori- 
 ties omit 
 the Lord. 
 21 Or, 
 fiixu- 
 riousli/ 
 
 22 Gr. 
 cargo.
 
 192 
 
 REVELATION. 
 
 18. 11. 
 
 iGr. 
 cargo. 
 
 2 Gr. a- 
 momum. 
 
 'Gr. 
 
 hodhi 
 lOr, 
 
 Uvcs 
 
 5Gr. 
 gilded. 
 
 6Gr. 
 
 Wffrkthe 
 
 sea. 
 
 ' Gr. one. 
 
 8 Some 
 ancient 
 authori- 
 ties ODlit 
 of what- 
 soever 
 cr:t/t. 
 
 12 any more; i merchandise of gold, and 
 silver, and precious stone, and pearls, 
 and fine linen, and purple, and silk, and 
 scarlet ; and all tbyiue wood, and every 
 vessel of ivory, and every vessel made 
 of most i)recious wood, and of brass, and 
 
 13 iron, and marble; and cinnamon, and 
 ^sjiice, and incense, and ointment, and 
 frankincense, and wine, and oU, and fine 
 flour, and wheat, and cattle, and sheep ; 
 andmerchavdise of horses and chariots 
 
 14 and 3 slaves; and * souls of men. And 
 the fruits which thy soul lusted after are 
 gone from thee, and all things that were 
 daiiityand sumptuous are perished from 
 thee, and ?ne» shall find them no more 
 
 15 at all. The merchants of these things, 
 who were made rich by her, shall stand 
 afar off for the fear of her torment,weep- 
 
 16 ing and mom-niug ; saying. Woe, woe, 
 the great city, she that was arrayed in 
 fine linen and purple and scarlet, and 
 s decked with gold and precious stone 
 
 1 7 and pearl ! for in one hour so great riches 
 is made desolate. And every shipmaster, 
 and eveiy one that saileth any whither, 
 and mariners, and as many as ''gain their 
 
 18 living by sea, stood afar off, and cried 
 out as they looked upon the smoke of 
 her burning, saying. What city is like 
 
 19 the great city ? And they cast dust on 
 their heads, and cried, weeping and 
 mournuig, saying. Woe, woe, the great 
 city, wherem were made rich all that 
 had their ships in the sea by reason of 
 her costliness! for in one hour is she 
 
 20 made desolate. Rejoice over her, thou 
 heaven, and ye saints, and ye apostles, 
 and ye j^rophets ; for God hath judged 
 your judgement on her. 
 
 21 And ^ a strong angel took up a stone 
 as it were a great mUlstone, and cast it 
 into the sea, sayuig, Thus with a mighty 
 fall shall Babylon, the great city, be cast 
 down, and shall be found no more at all. 
 
 22 And the voice of harpers and minstrels 
 and flute-players and trumpeters shall 
 be heard no more at all in thee ; and no 
 craftsman, ^of whatsoever craft, shall be 
 found any more at all in thee ; and the 
 voice of a millstone shall be heard no 
 
 23 more at all in thee ; and the light of a 
 lamp shall shbie no more at all in thee ; 
 and the voice of the bridegroom and of 
 the bride shall be heard no more at all 
 in thee: for thy merchants were the 
 princes of the earth ; for with thy 
 sorcery were all the nations deceived. 
 
 24 And m her was found the blood of 
 Ijrophets and of samts, and of all that 
 have been slain upon the earth. 
 
 10 After these things I heard as it were 
 a great voice of a great multitude in 
 heaven, saying, Hallelujah ; Salvation, 
 and glory,and i)ower , belong to our God: 
 2 for true and righteous are his judge- 
 ments; for he hath judged the great 
 harlot, which did corrupt the earth 
 with her fornication, and he hath 
 
 avenged the blood of his servants 
 
 3 at her hand. And a second time they 
 3 say. Hallelujah. And her smoke goeth 
 
 4 up 10 for ever and ever. And the 
 four and twenty elders and the four 
 hving creatures fell down and wor- 
 shipped God that sitteth on the throne, 
 
 5 saymg, Amen ; Hallelujah. And a voice 
 came forth from the throne, say ing, Give 
 Ijraise to our God, all ye his servants, 
 ye that fear him,the small and the great. 
 
 6 And I heard as it were the voice of a 
 great multitude, and as the voice of 
 many waters, and as the voice of mighty 
 thimders, saymg. Hallelujah: for the 
 Lord our God, the Almighty, reigneth. 
 
 7 Let us rejoice and be exceeding glad, 
 and let us give the glory unto him: 
 for the marriage of the Lamb is come, 
 and his wife hath made herself ready. 
 
 8 And it was given unto her that she 
 should array herself in fine linen, briglit 
 and ])ure : for the fine linen is the right- 
 
 9eous acts of the saints. And he saith 
 unto me. Write, Blessed are they which 
 are bidden to the marriage supper of 
 the Lamb. And he saith unto me, 
 
 10 These' are true words of God. And I 
 fell down before his feet to worship 
 him. And he saith unto me. See thou 
 do it not : I am a f eUow-servant with 
 thee and with thy brethren that hold 
 the testimony of Jesus : worship God : 
 for the testimony of Jesus is the spu-it 
 of prophecy. 
 
 11 And I saw the heaven opened; and 
 behold, a white horse, and he that sat 
 thereon, "called Faithful and True; 
 and in righteousness he doth judge and 
 
 12 make war. And his eyes are a flame 
 of fire, and upon his head are many 
 diadems ; and he hath a name written, 
 which no one knoweth but he himself. 
 
 13 And he is arrayed iu a garment i'^ sprin- 
 kled with blood : and his name is called 
 
 14 The Word of God. And the aimies 
 which are in heaven followed him 
 upon white horses, clothed in fine 
 
 15 linen, white a7id pm'e. And out of his 
 mouth proceedeth a sharp sword, that 
 with it he should smite the nations: 
 and he shall rule them with a rod of 
 u-on: and he treadeth the is winepress 
 of the fierceness of the wrath of Al- 
 
 16 mighty God. And he hath on his gar- 
 ment and on his thigh a name written, 
 
 KING OF KINGS, AND LOHD OF LORDS. 
 
 17 And I saw '?an angel standing in the 
 sun ; and he cried with a loud voice, 
 saying to all the bii'ds that fly in 
 mid heaven. Come and be gathered 
 together mito the great supper of God ; 
 
 18 that ye may eat the flesh of kings, and 
 the flesh of i*captains, and the flesh of 
 mighty men, and the flesh of horses 
 and of them that sit thereon, and 
 the flesh of all men, both free and 
 bond, and small and great. 
 
 19 And I saw the beast, and the
 
 21. 13. 
 
 REVELATION. 
 
 193 
 
 kings of the earth, and their armies, 
 gathered together to make war against 
 him that sat upon the horse, and a- 
 
 20 gainst his army. And the beast was 
 taken, and with limi the false prophet 
 that wrought the signs in his sight, 
 wherewith ]ie deceived them that had 
 received the mark of the beast, and them 
 that worsliipped his image : they twain 
 were cast ahve into the lake of tire that 
 
 21 burneth with brimstone : and the rest 
 were killed with the sword of hmi that 
 sat u^ion the horse, even the, sworilvA\\c\\ 
 came forth out of his mouth : and all 
 the birds were filled with their flesh. 
 
 20 And I saw an angel coming down out 
 of heaven, having the key of the abyss 
 
 2 and a great chaui lin his hand. And 
 he laid hold on the diagou, the old ser- 
 pent, which is the Devil and Satan, and 
 
 3 bound him for a thousand years, and 
 cast hun into the abyss, and shut it, 
 and sealed it over him, that he should 
 deceive the nations no more, until the 
 thousand years should be finished: after 
 this he must be loosed for a little time. 
 
 4 And I saw thrones, and they sat upon 
 them, and judgement was given unto 
 them : and I saw the souls of them that 
 had been beheaded for the testimony 
 of Jesus, and for the word of God, and 
 such as worshipped not the beast, nei- 
 ther his image, and received not the 
 mark upon their forehead and upon 
 their hand ; and they lived, and reigned 
 
 5 with Christ a thousand years. The rest 
 of the dead lived not until the thousand 
 years should be finished. This is the 
 
 6 first resiu-rection. Blessed and holy is 
 he that hath part in the first resurrec- 
 tion : over these the second death hath 
 no 2 power ; but they shall be priests of 
 God and of Christ, and shall reign with 
 him 3 a thousand years. 
 
 7 And when the thousand years are 
 finished, Satan shall be loosed out of 
 
 8 his prison, and shall come forth to de- 
 ceive the nations which are in the four 
 corners of the earth, Gog and Magog, 
 to gather them together to the war : the 
 number of whom is as the sand of the 
 
 9 sea. And they went up over the breadth 
 of the earth, and compassed the camp 
 of the saints about, and the beloved 
 city : andflre came down * out of heaven, 
 
 10 and devovu'ed them. And the devU that 
 deceived them was cast into the lake 
 of fire and brimstone, where are also the 
 beast and the false prophet ; and they 
 shall be tormented day and night ^for 
 ever and ever. 
 
 11 And I saw a great white throne, and 
 him that sat upon it, from whose face 
 the earth and the heaven fled away ; 
 and there was fomad no place for 
 
 12 them. And I saw the dead, the gi-eat 
 and the small, standing before the 
 throne ; and books were opened : and 
 another book was opened, which is the 
 
 hook of life : and the dead were judged 
 out of the things which were written 
 in the books, according to then* wtn-ks. 
 
 13 And the sea gave up the dead whivh 
 were in it ; and death and Hades gave 
 up the dead which were in them : and 
 they were judged every man according 
 
 14 to their works. And death and Hades 
 were cast into the lake of fire. This 
 is the second death, even the lake 
 
 15 of fire. And if any was not found 
 written in the book of life, he was 
 cast into the lake of fire. 
 
 21 And I saw a new heaven and a new 
 earth: for the first heaven and the 
 first earth are passed away; and the 
 
 2 sea is no more. And I saw 6 the 
 holy city, new Jerusalem, connng 
 down out of heaven from God, made 
 ready as a bride adorned for her hus- 
 
 3 band. And I heard a great voice 
 out of the throne saying. Behold, the 
 tabernacle of God is with men, and 
 he shall ■? dwell with them, and they 
 shall be his peoples, and God himself 
 shall be with them, 8 and he then- God : 
 
 4 and he shall wipe away every tear 
 from their eyes; and death shall be 
 no more; neither shall there be 
 mourning, nor crying, nor pain, any 
 more : the first things are passed 
 
 5 away. And he that sitteth on the 
 throne said. Behold, I make all things 
 new. And he saith, 'J Write: for these 
 
 6 words are faithful and true. And he 
 said mito me. They are come to pass. 
 I am the Alpha and the Omega, the 
 begimiing and the end. I will give 
 unto him that is athirst of the foun- 
 
 7 tain of the water of life freely. He 
 that overcometh shall inherit these 
 things; and I will be his God, 
 
 Sand he shall be my son. But for 
 the fearful, and mibelieving, and 
 abominable, and murderers, and for- 
 nicators, and sorcerers, and idolaters, 
 and all hars, their part shall he in the 
 lake that burneth with fire and brim- 
 stone; which is the second death. 
 
 9 And there came one of the seven an- 
 gels who had the seven bowls, who were 
 laden with the seven last plagues ; and 
 he spake with me, saying. Come hither, 
 
 I will shew thee the bride, the wife of 
 
 10 the Lamb. And he carried me away 
 in the Spirit to a momitain great 
 and high, and shewed me the holy 
 city Jerusalem, commg down out of 
 
 11 heaven from God, havmg the glory 
 of God: her loiight was like unto a 
 stone most precious, as it were a 
 
 12 jasjier stone, clear as crystal: having 
 a wall great and high ; having twelve 
 
 II gates, and at the Agates twelve 
 angels; and names written thereon, 
 which are the names of the twelve 
 
 13 tribes of the children of Israel: on 
 the east were three " gates; and on 
 the north three n gates; and on the 
 
 <■■ Or, the 
 Jtoly citg 
 Jerusa- 
 J-cni com- 
 ing down 
 new out 
 o/hcavcn 
 
 ' Gr. ta- 
 bernacle. 
 
 8 Some 
 ancien t 
 authori- 
 ties omit, 
 and be 
 their 
 Ood. 
 
 a Or. 
 
 Write, 
 I'hese 
 words 
 are 
 
 faithfid 
 andiruc. 
 
 10 Gr. lu- 
 minary. 
 
 11 Gr. 
 portals.
 
 194 
 
 REVELATION. 
 
 21. 13. 
 
 1 Or. 
 portals. 
 
 •! Or, 
 
 • Or. 
 sapphire 
 
 *0r, 
 
 parent 
 as ^lass 
 
 5 Or, 
 
 avji the 
 
 thr Imtip 
 thereof 
 
 6 Or. 61/ 
 
 7Gr. 
 
 *0r, 
 
 fioeth 
 9 Or. the 
 
 In the 
 midst of 
 tJie. Rtreet 
 the^'cof, 
 and on. 
 either 
 side of 
 the river, 
 was the 
 tre^ of 
 life 
 w Or. 
 a tree 
 
 11 Or, 
 crops of 
 fruit 
 i^Or, 
 
 «o nyore 
 any- 
 thinij 
 aecurxcrf 
 
 youth thrco i gates; aud on the west 
 
 1 J; three i gates. And the wall of the 
 city had twelve foundations, aud on 
 them twelve names of the twelve apo- 
 
 15 sties of the Lamb. And he that spake 
 with me had for a measm'e a golden 
 reed to measure the city, and the 
 1 gates thereof, and the wall thereof. 
 
 IGAiid the city heth foursquare, and 
 the length thereof is as great as 
 the breadth: and he measured the 
 city with the reed, twelve thousand 
 furlongs : the length and the breadth 
 
 1 7 and the height thereof are equal. And 
 he measured the wall thereof, a hun- 
 dred and forty and four cubits, accord- 
 in;/ to the measiire of a man, that is, 
 
 IS of an angel. Aud the building of the 
 wall thereof was jasper: and the city 
 was pm-e gold, like unto pure glass. 
 
 19 The foundations of the wall of the 
 city were adorned with all manner of 
 precious stones. The first foundation 
 was jasper ; the second, "■^sapphire ; the 
 third, chalcedony; thefoui'th, emerald; 
 
 ■20 the tifth, sardonyx; the sixth, sar- 
 dius; the seventh, chrysoUte; the 
 eighth, beryl ; the ninth, topaz ; the 
 tenth, chrysoprase ; the eleventh, 
 
 21 3 jacinth; the twelfth, amethyst. And 
 the twelve i gates were twelve pearls ; 
 each one of the several Agates was 
 of one pearl: and the street of the 
 city was pui-e gold, *as it were trans- 
 
 2"2i)arent glass. And I saw no temple 
 therein: for the Lord God the Al- 
 mighty, and the Lamb, are the temple 
 
 23 thereof. And the city hath no need 
 of the smi, neither of the moon, to shiue 
 upon it: for the gloiy of God did 
 lighten it, ^ and the lamp thereof in the 
 
 24 Lamb. And the nations shall walk 
 ''amidst the light thereof: and the 
 kings of the earth do bring their glory 
 
 25 into it. And the i gates thereof shall 
 iu no wise be shut by day (for there 
 
 26 shall be no night there) : and they 
 shall bring the glory and the honour 
 
 27 of the nations into it: aud there 
 shall in no wise enter into it anything 
 ^unclean, or ho that Smaketh an 
 abomination and a lie: but only they 
 which are written in the Lamb's book 
 
 22 of life. And he shewed me a river 
 of water of hfe, bright as ciystal, 
 proceeding out of the throne of God 
 
 2 and of othe Lamb, in the midst of the 
 street thereof. Ajid on this side of 
 the river and on that was ^Ofhe tree 
 of hfe, bearing twelve ^^ manner of 
 fruits, yielding its fruit every month : 
 and the leaves of the tree were for 
 
 3 the healing of the nations. And there 
 shall be i"no curse any more: and the 
 throne of God and of the Lamb shall 
 be therein: and his servants shall do 
 
 4 him service; and they shall see his 
 face; aud his name shall he on their 
 
 5 foreheads. And there shall be night no 
 more ; and they need no light of lamp, 
 neither hght of sun ; for the Lord God 
 shall give them light: and they shall 
 reign is for ever and ever. 
 
 6 And he said unto me. These words are 
 faithful and tme: aud the Lord, the 
 God of the spirits of the prophets, sent 
 his angel to shew unto his sei-vants the 
 things which must shortly come to pass. 
 
 7 Aud behold, I come quickly. Blessed 
 is he that keepeth the words of the 
 prophecy of this book. 
 
 8 Aud I John am he that heard and saw 
 these things. And when I heard and 
 saw, I fell down to worship before the 
 feet of the angel which shewed me these 
 
 9 things. And he saith unto me, See thou 
 do it not : I am a fellow-servant with 
 thee and with thybretlu-en the prophets, 
 and -with them which keep the words 
 of this book : worship God. 
 
 10 And he saith unto me. Seal not up the 
 words of the prophecy of this book? 
 
 11 for the time is at hand. He that is un- 
 righteous, let him do unrighteousness 
 11 stUl : and he that is fUthy, let him be 
 made fUthy n still : and he that is right- 
 eous, let him do righteousness n still: 
 aud he that is holy, let him be made 
 
 12 holy 11 stUl. Behold, I come quickly ; 
 and my i^ reward is with me, to render 
 to ear-h man according as his work is. 
 
 13 1 am the Alpha and the Omega, the first 
 and the last, the beginning and the end. 
 
 14 Blessed are they that wash then- robes, 
 that they may have i^ the right to come 
 to the tree of life, and may enter in by 
 
 15 the 1 gates into the city. Without ai'e 
 the dogs, and the sorcerers, and the for- 
 nicators, aud the murderers, and the 
 idolaters, and every one that loveth and 
 **maketh a lie. 
 
 16 I Jesus have sent mine angel to tes- 
 tify unto you these things I'for the 
 churches. I am the root and the off- 
 spruigof David, the bright, the morning 
 star. 
 
 17 if^Aud the Spirit and the bride say, 
 Come. Aud he that heareth, let him 
 say, Come. Aud he that is athirst, let 
 him come: he that will, let him take 
 the water of life freely. 
 
 18 I testify unto eveiy man that heai'eth 
 the words of the proijhecy of this book, 
 If any man shall add i^mito them, God 
 shall add i^mito him the plagues which 
 
 19 are written in this book: and if any 
 man shall take away from the words 
 of the book of this prophecy, God 
 shall take away his part from the 
 tree of life, and out of the holy city, 
 20 which are wiitten in this book. 
 
 20 He which testifieth these things saith, 
 Yea : I come quickly. Amen : come, 
 Lord Jesus. 
 
 21 The grace of the Lord Jesus ^i be 
 —with the saints. Amen.
 
 JAst of readings and renderings preferred by the American Committee, 
 recorded at their desire. See Preface to New Testamevt. 
 
 CLASSES OF PASSAGES. 
 
 I. Strike out "S." (i.e. Saint) from the title of the Gospels and from the heading of the pages. 
 II. Strike out "the Apostle" from the title of the Pauline Epistles, and "of Paul the Apostle " 
 from the title of the Epistle to the Hebrews; strike out the word "General" from the 
 title of the Epistles of James, Peter, 1 John, and Jude; and let the title of the E<evelatiou 
 run "The Revelation of John." 
 III. For "Holy Ghost" adopt uniformly the rendering "Holy Spirit." 
 
 IV. At the word "worship" in Matt. ii. 2, etc., add the marginal note "The Greek word denotes 
 
 an act of reverence, whether paid to man (see chap, xviii. 2o) or to God (see chap. iv. 10)." 
 
 V. Put into the text uniformly the marginal rendering "through" in place of "by" when it 
 
 relates to prophecy, viz. in Matt. ii. 5, 17, 23; iii. 3; iv. 14; viii. 17; xii. 17; xiii. 35; xxi. 4; 
 
 xxiv. 15; xxvii. 9; Luke xviii. 31; Acts ii. 16; xxviii. 25. 
 
 VI. For "tempt" ("temptation") substitute "try" or "make trial of" ("trial") wherever 
 enticement to what is wrong is not evidently spoken of; viz. in the following instances: 
 Matt. iv. 7; xvi. 1; xix. 3; xxii. 18, 35; Mark viii. 11; x. 2; xii. 15; Luke iv. 12; x. 25; xi. 
 16; xxii. 28; John viii. 6; Acts v. 9; xv. 10 ; 1 Cor. x. 9; Heb. iii. 8, 9; 1 Pet. i. 6. 
 VII. Substitute modern forms of speech for the following archaisms, viz. "who" or "that" for 
 "which" when used of persons; "are" for "be" in the present indicative; "know" 
 "knew" for "wot" "wist"; "drag" or "drag away " for "hale." 
 VIII. Substitute for "devil" ("devils") the word "demon" ("demons") wherever the latter 
 word is given in the margin (or represents the Greek words &aLixtov, SaiMo^'io"); and for 
 "possessed with a devil" (or "devils") substitute either "demoniac" or "possessed 
 with a demon" (or "demons'"). 
 IX. After "baptize" let the marg. "Or, in" and the text "with" exchange places. 
 X. Let the word "testament" be everywhere changed to "covenant" (without an alternate in 
 the margin), except in Heb. ix. 15—17. 
 XI. Wherever "patience" occurs as the rendering of vVomoi'v? add "stedfastness" as an alternate 
 in the margin, except iti 2 Cor. i. 6; James v. 11; Luke viii. 15; Heb. xii. 1. 
 XII. Let oo-o-a'pioi' (Matt. x. 29; Luke xii. G) be translated "penny," and Srivapiof "shilling," 
 except in Matt. xxii. 19; Mark xii. 15; Luke xx. 24, where the name of the coin, "a 
 denarius," should be given. 
 XIII. Against the expression "the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ" add the marginal 
 rendering "Or, God and the Fathei-" etc. ; viz. in Rom. xv. 6; 2 Cor. i. 3; xi. 31; Eph. i. 3; 
 Col. i. 3; 1 Pet. i. 3. And against the expression "our God and Father" add the marg. 
 "Or, God and our Father"; viz. in Gal. i. 4; Phil. iv. 20; 1 Thcss. i. 3; iii. 11, IS; 
 Jas. i. 27. And against the expression "his God and Father" add the marg. "Or, God and 
 his Father", viz. in Rev. i. 6. 
 XIV. Let the use of "fulfil" be confined to those cases in which it denotes "accomplish,'' 
 "bring to pass," or the like. 
 
 H2
 
 196 . MATTHEW III. 7— LUKE IX. 18. 
 
 MATTHEW. 
 
 III. 7 Against "to his baptism" add marg. Or, for baptism 
 
 10 Por " is the axe laid unto" read " tlie axe lieth at" So in Luke iii. 9. 
 VI. 11 Let the marg. read Qr. our bread for the coming day, or otir needful bread. So in Luke 
 xi. 3. 
 27 For "his stature" read "the measure of his life" (with marg. Or, his stature) 
 So in Luke xii. 25. 
 VIII. 4 Here and in Matt, xxvii. 65; Mark i. U, for "go thy [your] way" read simply "go" 
 IX. 6, 8 For "power" read "authority" (see marg. ") So in Mark ii. 10; Luke v. 21. 
 X. 39 " life " strike out the marg. So in xvi. 25 ; Mark viii. 35 ; Luke ix. 24 ; xvii. 33 ; John xii. 25. 
 XIL 23 For "Is this the son of David?" read "Can this be the son of David?" [Comp. John 
 iv. 29.] 
 31 " unto men" strike out the marg. 
 XIX. 14 For "of such is" read "to such belongeth" with marg. Or, of such is So in Mark x. 14; 
 
 Luke xviii. 16. 
 XX. 1 For "that is " read " that was" 
 XXII. 23 For marg. ^ read "Many ancient authorities read saying." 
 XXIII. 9 For "Father, which is in heaven" read " Father, even he who is in heaven." 
 
 23 For "judgement" read "justice" So in Luke xi. 42. 
 XXVI. 29 For " I will not drink" read " I shall not drink" Similarly in Mark xiv. 25; Luke xxii. 
 16, 18. 
 XXVII. 27 For "palace" read "Proetorium" with marg. Or, palace [as in Markxv. 16] So in John 
 xviii. 28, 33; xix. 9. 
 
 MARK. 
 
 II. 4, 9, 11, 12 "bed" add marg. Or, pallet So in vi. 55; John v. 8, 9, 10, 11, 12; Acts v. 15: 
 ix. 33. 
 VIL 4 For "wash" read "bathe" [Comp Luke xi. 38.] 
 X. 13 For "brought" read " were bringing" So in Luke xviii. 15. 
 32 "and they that followed" etc. omit the marg. 
 45 For "For verily" etc. read "For the Son of man also" etc. 
 XI. 24 For "have received" read "receive" with marg. Gr. received. 
 XIV. 3 For "spikenard" read "pure nard" (with marg. Or, liquid nard), and omit marg.^ So 
 in John xii. 3. 
 
 LUKE. 
 
 I. 35 Let the text run "wherefore also the holy thing which is begotten shall be called the 
 Son of God" with the present text in the margin. 
 70 For "since the world began" read "of old" Similarly Acts iii. 21 ; xv. 18. 
 II. 34 For " and rising up" read "and the rising" 
 
 37 For "even for" read "even unto" 
 III. 14 For " Do violence to no man" etc. read "Extort from no man by violence, neither 
 accuse any one wrongfully" and omit marg. ^ 
 20 For "added yet this above all" read "added this also to them all" 
 IV. 1 For "by the Spirit" read "in the Spirit" and omit the marg. 
 VI. 16 For " was the traitor" read " became a traitor" 
 VIII. 3 For "Chuza" read "Chuzas" 
 
 29 For "commanded" read "was commanding" 
 83 For "\vere choked" read "were drowned" 
 IX. 12 For "victuals" read "provisions" 
 18 For "alone" read "apart"
 
 LUKE IX. 46— JOHN XVII. 24. 197 
 
 IX. 46 For "should be greatest" read " was the greatest" 
 XL 38 For "washed" read "bathed himself" [Comp. Mark vii. 4.] 
 XII. 49 For "what will I" etc. read "what do I desire" (with the marg. Or, how I would that 
 
 it were already kindled!) 
 XIII. 82 " I am perfected" add marg. Or, / end my course 
 
 XV. 10 For "have been filled" read "have filled his belly" (with the marg. Many ancient 
 authorities read have been filled.) 
 
 XVII. 6 Read "If ye had faith" etc. and " it would obey you." 
 
 11 For "through the midst of" read "along the borders of" and substitute the present 
 text for marg. '' 
 XVIII. 5 "lest she wear me" etc. add marg. Or, lest at last by her coming she wear me out 
 
 7 For "and he" etc. read "and yet he" etc. with the marg. Or, and is he slow to punish 
 on their behalf/ 
 XIX. 29 Yor" the mount ot Olives" read "Olivet" So in xxi. 37; see Acts i. 12. 
 42 "day" add marg. Some ancient authorities read thy day. 
 "peace" add marg. Some ancient authorities read thy peace. 
 XX. 20 "rule" add marg. Or, ruling power 
 XXII. 21 For "is accounted" read "was accounted" 
 
 70 For "Ye say that I am" read "Ye say it, for I am" and substitute the text for the 
 marg. 
 
 XXIII. 2 "Christ a king" omit the marg. 
 
 15 "he sent him" etc. add marg. Many ancient authorities read I sent you to him. 
 
 23 For "instant" read "urgent" 
 
 46 Let margin and text exchange places. 
 
 XXIV. 30 Read "he took the bread and blessed; and breaking it he gave to them" 
 38 For "reasonings" read "questionings" 
 
 JOHN 
 
 I. 3, 10, 17 Substitute the marginal rendering for the text. 
 II. 17 For " The zeal of thine house" read "Zeal for thy house" 
 III. 20 For "ill "read "evil" So in v. 29. 
 
 29 For "fulfilled" read "made full" [and so xv. 11; xvi. 21; xvii. 13. See "Classes of 
 Passages," XIV.] 
 V. 27 Substitute the marginal rendering for the text. 
 
 VII. 8 For "I go not up yet" read "I go not up" and change the marg. to Many ancient 
 authorities add yet. 
 21, 22 For "marvel. For this cause hath Moses" etc. read "marvel because thereof 
 
 Moses hath" etc. and omit the marg. 
 23 "a man every whit whole" add marg. Gr. a whole man sound. 
 38 For "out of his belly" read "from within him" (with marg. Gr. out of his belly.) 
 VIII. 24, 28 "I am he" omit marg. ' (and the corresponding portion of marg. ■") So in xiii. 19. 
 
 25 Substitute for the present marg. 2 Or, Altogether that which I also speak unto you 
 
 26 "unto the world "omit marg. 3 "Gr into." 
 
 41 For "stood" read " standeth " and omit marg.^" 
 52, 53 For "is dead" and "are dead" read "died" [Compare vi. 49, 58.] 
 58 For "was" read "was born" and omit marg. 2 
 X. 8 "before me" add marg. Some ancient authorities omit before me. 
 
 XII. 43 For " the glory of men . . . the glory of God " read " the glory that is of men . . . the glory 
 that is ot God." 
 
 XIV. 1 Let marg. i' and the text exchange places. 
 
 14 For "shall ask me anything" read "shall ask anything" and let marg.' read Many 
 ancient authorities add me. 
 XVI. 25, 29 For "proverbs" read "dark sayings" 
 XVII. 24 For " I will " read " I desire "
 
 198 JOHN XVIII. 37— ROMANS IV. 1. 
 
 XVIII. 37 For "Thou sayest that" etc. read " Thou sayest it, for I am a king" and substitute t\y 
 present text for the marg. [Comp. Luke xxii. 70.] 
 XXI. 7 " was naked" add marg. Or, had on his under garment only 
 
 ACTS OF THE APOSTLES. 
 
 II. 47 For "those that were being saved" read "those that were saved" with tlio text in 
 the marg. 
 III. 21 Por "since the world began" read "from of old" 
 VIII. IG For "he was fallen" read "it was fallen" 
 XIII. IS For "suffered he their manners" read "as a nursing-father bare he th?-m", and in the 
 
 marg read Many ancient authorities read suffered he their manners. 
 XIV. 9 "made whole" omit marg. ' 
 XV. 18 For "from the beginning of the world" road "from of old" 
 
 23 For " The apostles and the elder brethren " read " The apostles and the elder.s, brethren," 
 and put the present text into the marg 
 XVII. 22 For "somewhat superstitious" read "very religious" and put the present text in the 
 
 marg. 
 XIX. 31 For "chief oflicers of Asia" read "Asiarchs" (with marg. i.e. officers having charge of 
 
 festivals in the Roman province of Asia.) 
 XX. 2S For "God" read " the Lord " (with marg. Some ancient authorities, including the two 
 
 oldest Msa., read God.) 
 XXI. 10 For "many days" read "some days " 
 XXIII. 30 "against the man" etc. add marg. Many ancient authorities read against the man oh 
 their part, I sent him to thee, charging etc. 
 85 For "hear thy cause" road "hear thee fully" 
 XXIV. 17 For "many years" read "some years" 
 XXV. 3 For "laying wait" read "laying a plot" 
 XXVI. 28 "With but" etc. add marg. Or, In a little time 
 
 29 "whether with little" etc. add marg. Or, hu(h in little and in great, i.e. in all respect* 
 XXVII. 87 Omit marg. * 
 
 ROMANS. 
 
 I. 17 For "by faith" read "from faith " and omit the marg. 
 
 IS For "hold down" read "hinder" 
 II. 12 "have sinned " add marg. Gr. sinned. 
 ]3 For "a law" read 'the law" 
 1 1 For "which have no" read "that have not the" 
 
 For "having no" read "not having the" 
 1 1, 15 Enclose in a parcTithcsis. 
 ] J "their thouglits" etc add marg. Or, their thoughts accusing or els^ excusing tli.'ui on-e 
 
 with another 
 13 In marg.i* for " provcst" read "dost distinguish" 
 fl Omit the marg. 
 
 III. 9 For "in worse case" read "better" and omit the mMi-g. 
 21 Begin a paragraph 
 2'> "have sinned" add marg. Gr. sinned. 
 25 "set forth" omit marg i» ("pnrposed") 
 
 For "by his blood" read "in liis blood" (retaining the comma after "faith") nnd omit 
 marg. ^- 
 r,l Make a paragraph of verse SI. 
 
 IV. 1 For "according to tlie fles!,, hath found" read "hath found according to the flesh " and 
 put the present text into Ihe margin.
 
 ROMANS V. 1—1 CORINTHIANS XIII. 13. 199 
 
 V. 1 l''or "let us liave" read "wo have" and in rnarg. ^ read Many ancient autborilies read lei 
 V.I have. So in vorsns 2, 3 for "lot us" read "we" (twice). 
 7 Omit marR. » ("that tvhich is good") 
 VI. 7 "justified" add marg. Or, released 
 
 \'i[. 25 For "I myself with the mind serve" read "I of myself with the mind, indeed, sr-rve" 
 VIII. 8 Ijet marg. "^ ("and fur sin") and the text exchange jjlaces. 
 5, G, 9, 18 For "spirit" read "Spirit" 
 13 For "mortify" read "put to death" and omit marg.^ 
 2-t For "by" read "in" (witli marg. Or, by) 
 2rt For "himself" read "it.self" 
 3-1 For "shall condemn" read "condemneth" 
 IX. 5 For marg. '^ read Or, fl^sh: he trho is over all, God, be blessed for ever 
 
 22 "willing" add marg. Or, althoiiyh willing 
 XI. 11 Begin the paragraph here instead of at ver. 13. 
 Xil. 1 For "reasonable" read "spiritual" with marg. Gr. helo7iging to the reason. 
 fi Omit marg. {"the faith") 
 13 Lot marg. ' (" the wratJi of God ") and the text exchange places. 
 
 1 CORINTHIANS. 
 
 I. 18 For "are perishing . . . are being saved" read "perish . . . are saved" and put the present 
 text into the marg. 
 
 19 For "And., .reject" read "And the discernment of the discerning will I bring to 
 
 nought" 
 
 20 Omit marg. ^ ("Or, have part therein") 
 
 II. 6 For "the perfect" read "them that are fullgrown" 
 S For " knoweth" read "hath known" 
 
 12 For "is of God" read "is from God" 
 
 For "are freely given to us by God" read "were freely given to us of God " 
 
 13 For "comparing spiritual things with spiritual" read "combining spiritual things 
 
 with spiritual ivords" and omit marg. is 
 It "natural" add marg. Or, iinspiritual Gr. psychical. 
 
 IV. 8 For "have reigned" read "have come to reign" 
 
 9 For "and to angels" read "both to angels" and substitute the present text for the 
 marg. 
 
 21 For "meekness" read "gentleness" 
 
 V. 10, 11 Let marg. 3 and * and the text exchange places. 
 
 VII. G For "permission" read "concession" 
 
 21 Let marg.2 ("nay, even if") and the text exchange places. 
 
 2.5 For "faithful" read "trustworthy" 
 
 2o For "the present distress'" read "the distress that is upon us" 
 
 31 For "abusing it" read "using it to the full" and omit the margin. 
 
 VIII. 3 For "of him" read "by him" 
 
 S "commend" add marg. Gr. 2:)resent. 
 
 IX. 10 "altogether" let "assuredly" be the rendering in the text, and substitute "altogether" 
 for the marg. 
 27 "have preached" add marg. Or, have been a herald 
 
 XI. 10 Cmifc marg. 5 ["have authority over") 
 
 10 For "heresies" read "factions" (with marg. Gr. heresies.) 
 27 For "unworthily" read "in an unworthy manner" 
 
 XII. 81 Read "And moreover a most excellent way" etc. 
 
 XIII. 12 Read "then shall I know fully even as also I was fully known" and omit marg. ' 
 and w 
 IS Omit marg." ("but greater than these"}
 
 200 1 CORINTHIANS XIV. 3— GALATIANS VI. 11. 
 
 XIV. 8 For "comfort" read "exhortation" 
 
 33, 34 For "of peace; as" etc. read "of peace. As in all the churches of the saints, let" 
 etc. [and begin the paragraph with "As" etc.] 
 XV. 2 Adopt marg.'- for the text (substituting "the word which" for "what"). 
 8 For "as unto . . . time" read "as to the child untimely born" 
 19 Let marg. ^ and the text exchange places. 
 33 For "Evil company doth corrupt good manners" read "Evil companionships corrupt 
 
 good morals" 
 31 For "Awake up" read "Awake to soberness" and omit marg.i" 
 44, 46 "natural" add marg, Gr. jisychical. 
 51 For "We shall not all" read "We all shall not" and put the present text into the marg. 
 
 2 CORINTHIANS. 
 
 I. 9 For "answer" read "sentence" (with marg. Gr. answer.) 
 15 For "before" read "first" 
 24 Read in the text "for in faith ye stand fast" 
 II. 14 Begin a new paragraph with this verse. 
 
 15 For "are being saved . . . are perishing" read "are saved. . . perish" and put the present 
 text into the marg. 
 
 III. 9 For "is glory" read "hath glory "and let marg. 15 run Many etc. For if the ministration 
 of condemnatioti is glory. 
 18 Let marg. i and the text exchange places. 
 Omit marg.^ {"the Spirit which is the Lord") 
 IV. 3 For "are perishing " read " perish " and put the present text into the marg. 
 VIL 8, 9 For "I do not regret it, though" etc. read "I do not regret it: though I did regret 
 it (for I see that that epistle made you sorry, though but for a season), I now 
 rejoice" etc. 
 
 XII, 7 Strike out "—wherefore" and add marg. Some ancient authorities read —where- 
 fore. 
 
 GALATIANS. 
 
 I. 7 " which is not another gospel : only " etc. add the marg. Or, which is nothing else save 
 that etc. 
 10 Read "For am I now seeking the favour of men or of God" and for "seeking to please" 
 read "striving to please" 
 
 II. 1 Strike out marg. i^ {"in the course of") 
 16 For "save" read "but" and omit marg. 2 
 20 For "yet Hive; and yet no longer I "read "and it is no longer I that live" and omit marg. * 
 
 III. 22 For "hath shut up" read "shut up" 
 
 23 Omit marg. " {"the faith") 
 
 24 For "hath been" read "is become" 
 
 IV. 12 For "be" read "become" 
 
 For "I am as" read "I also am become as" 
 16 For "because I tell you" read "by telling you" 
 
 19 Substitute a dash for the comma after "you" 
 V. 1 Substitute marg. ' (" For freedom ") for the text. 
 
 12 For "cut themselves off" read "go beyond circumcision" 
 
 20 Substitute marg. 12 {"parties") for the text. 
 VI. 1 "in any trespass" add marg. Or, by 
 
 10 "as" add marg. Or, since 
 
 11 Let the marg. {"write") and the text exchange places.
 
 EPHESIANS I. 15—1 TIMOTHY II. 15. 201 
 
 EPHESIANS. 
 
 I. 15 For "and which ye shew" read "and the love which j/e s/icw'' and in marg." for "insert" 
 
 read "omit" 
 II. 2 For "power" read "powers" (with marg. Gr. power.) 
 III. 13 For "ye faint not" read "I may not faint" (with marg. Or, ye) 
 VI. 9 For " both" read "he who is both" 
 
 PHILIPPIANS. 
 
 I. 16 To "the one" etc. add marg. Or, they that are moved by love do it 
 
 17 To "but the other" etc. add the marg. Or, hut they that are factious 'proclaim Christ 
 22 Read in the text "?/this shall bring fruit from ray work" with marg. Gr. this is 
 for me fruit of work. 
 Omit marg. ^^ {" I do not make knoton") 
 II. 1 For "comfort" read "exhortation" 
 
 6 For "being" read "existing" and omit marg. ^'^ 
 Let the text run ' ' counted not the being on an equality with God a thing to be grasped " 
 and omit marg. '^^ 
 li For "disputings" read "questionings" 
 15 For "may be" read "may become" 
 
 III. 8 Substitute marg. " {"refuse ") for the text. 
 9 For " of God" read "from God" 
 
 12 For "apprehend . . . apprehended" read "lay hold on. . . laid hold on", and in marg." 
 
 for " appreJietid . . . apprehended" read "lay hold . . . laid hold on" 
 
 13 For "apprehended" read "laid hold" 
 
 IV. 4 Omit marg. iS{"FaretveH") 
 
 19 For "fulfil" read "supply" [Comp. " Classes of Passages," xiv.] 
 
 COLOSSIANS. 
 
 I. 26 For "from all" read "for" 
 
 II. 15 For "having put off from himself" read "having despoiled" and substitute the text 
 for marg. i' 
 
 III. 5 For "Mortify" read "Put to death" and omit marg.^o 
 
 16 For "richly "read "richly;" and omit the semicolon after" wisdom" putting the present 
 text into the marg. 
 
 1 THESSALONIANS. 
 
 II. 6 Let marg. 2 run claimed authority, and then let the marg. and the text exchange 
 
 places. 
 IV. 12 For "honestly" read "becomingly" 
 V. 22 Omit raarg.'^- {" appearance") 
 
 2 THESSALONIANS. 
 
 II. 2 For "is now present" read "is just at hand" 
 
 10 For "are perishing" read "perish" with the text in the marg. 
 IIL 2 Omitmarg.i3("^^e/a;Y;t") 
 
 1 TIMOTHY. 
 
 I. 16 For "hereafter "read "thereafter" 
 
 18 Substitute marg.^ {"led the way to thee") for the text. 
 
 II. 4 Read "who would have all men to be saved" 
 15 Let marg. ^ and the text exchange places.
 
 202 1 TIMOTHY V. 12— HEBREWS XIII. 24. 
 
 V. 12 For "faith" read "pledge" (with marg. Gt. faith.) 
 VI. 9 For "desire" read "are minded" 
 
 2 TIMOTHY. 
 
 I. 10 For " incormption " read "immortality" with marg. Gr. incorruplion. 
 
 II. 2G Read "having been taken captive by him unto his will"; and let marg. ^ run Or, by 
 him, unto the tvill of God Gr. by him etc. 
 
 TITUS. 
 
 I. 2 "before times eternal" add marg. Or, long ages ago 
 II. 1.3 Let the text and marg. " exchange places. 
 III. 10 For "A man . . . heretical" read "a factious man" 
 
 HEBREWS. 
 
 I. 7 Omit marg. * ("spirits") 
 
 9 To the first " God" add marg. Or, O God 
 II. 16 Let the text run "For verily not to angels doth he give help, but he giveth help to" etc. 
 (with marg. Gr. For verily not of angels doth he take hold, but he taketh hohl of ate.) 
 17 For "might be" read "might become" 
 
 III. 9 Let marg. ^ (" Where") and the text exchange places. 
 11 "As" add marg. Or, So So in iv. 3. 
 
 IV'. 2 Letthetext and marg. « exchange places, reading in marg. "Many ancient authorities" etc. 
 7 Read "a certnin day, To day, saying in David, so long a time afterward (even as 
 hath been said before). To-day it ye" etc. 
 VI. 1 For "let us cease" etc. read "leaving *the doctrine of the first principles of Christ, 
 let us" with marg. *Gr. the word of the beginning of Christ. 
 9 In marg. 11 for "are 7iear to" read "belong to" 
 VIII. 8 "finding fault" etc. add marg. Some ancient authorities vq&A finding fault y^Wix 
 it he saith unto them. 
 IX. 4 Let marg. i^ and the text exchange places. 
 9 For "parable" read "figure" So in xi. 19. 
 
 Omit "noio" 
 14 "the eternal Spirit" add marg. Or, his eternal spirit 
 17 Let marg. = and the text exchange places. 
 X. 1 For "they can "read "can" (and for marg. " readMany ancient authoritits read /hey can.) 
 22, 23 Let the text and marg. i" exchange places. 
 
 25 For "the assembling of ourselves together" read "our own assembling together" 
 S-t i'or "^ye yourselves have" read "^ye have for yourselves" (and omit marg.*, letting 
 marg. ^ read Many ancient authorities read that ye have your own selves for a etc.) 
 
 XI. 1 Read "faith is assurance of things hoped for, a conviction" etc. 
 
 5 lU'ad in the text "fur he hath had witness borne to him that before his translation he 
 had been" etc. with the present text in the marg. 
 XII. 3 For "themselves" read "himself" (and let marg. 9 run Many ancient authorities read 
 Hicynselves.) 
 17 For "rejected (for... of repentance)" read "rejected ; for he found no place for a 
 change of mind in his father" with marg. Or, rejected {for ho found no place of 
 repentance), etc. Or, rejected; for . . . of repentance etc. 
 XIII. 18 For "honestly" read "honourably" 
 
 20 For "the eternal" read "an eternar' 
 
 21 "They of" add marg. Or, The brethren //-ojjt
 
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