And it came to pass, that, when Abram was come into Egypt, the Egyptians beheld the woman that she was very fair.

So when Abram entered Egypt, the Egyptians saw that the woman was very beautiful.

And Lot lifted up his eyes, and beheld all the plain of Jordan, that it was well watered every where, before the LORD destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah, even as the garden of the LORD, like the land of Egypt, as thou comest unto Zoar.

And Lot looked out and saw that the whole plain of the Jordan, all the way to Zoar, was well watered like the garden of the LORD, like the land of Egypt. (This was before the LORD destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah.)

And he looked toward Sodom and Gomorrah, and toward all the land of the plain, and beheld, and, lo, the smoke of the country went up as the smoke of a furnace.

He looked down toward Sodom and Gomorrah and all the land of the plain, and he saw the smoke rising from the land like smoke from a furnace.

And Jacob beheld the countenance of Laban, and, behold, it was not toward him as before.

And Jacob saw from the countenance of Laban that his attitude toward him had changed.

And Israel beheld Joseph’s sons, and said, Who are these?

When Israel saw the sons of Joseph, he asked, “Who are these?”

And Moses made a serpent of brass, and put it upon a pole, and it came to pass, that if a serpent had bitten any man, when he beheld the serpent of brass, he lived.

So Moses made a bronze snake and mounted it on a pole. If anyone who was bitten looked at the bronze snake, he would live.

He hath not beheld iniquity in Jacob, neither hath he seen perverseness in Israel: the LORD his God is with him, and the shout of a king is among them.

He considers no disaster for Jacob; He sees no trouble for Israel. The LORD their God is with them, and the shout of the King is among 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 made sport.

Now the temple was full of men and women; all the lords of the Philistines were there, and about three thousand men and women were on the roof watching Samson entertain them.

And David arose, and came to the place where Saul had pitched: and David beheld the place where Saul lay, and Abner the son of Ner, the captain of his host: and Saul lay in the trench, and the people pitched round about him.

Then David set out and went to the place where Saul had camped. He saw the place where Saul and Abner son of Ner, the general of his army, had lain down. Saul was lying inside the inner circle of the camp, with the troops camped around him.

And God sent an angel unto Jerusalem to destroy it: and as he was destroying, the LORD beheld, and he repented him of the evil, and said to the angel that destroyed, It is enough, stay now thine hand. And the angel of the LORD stood by the threshingfloor of Ornan the Jebusite.

Then God sent an angel to destroy Jerusalem, but as the angel was doing so, the LORD saw it and relented from the calamity, and He said to the angel who was destroying the people, “Enough! Withdraw your hand now!” At that time the angel of the LORD was standing by the threshing floor of Ornan the Jebusite.

If I beheld the sun when it shined, or the moon walking in brightness;

if I have beheld the sun in its radiance or the moon moving in splendor,

To see thy power and thy glory, so as I have seen thee in the sanctuary.

So I have seen You in the sanctuary and beheld Your power and glory.

I beheld the transgressors, and was grieved; because they kept not thy word.

I look on the faithless with loathing because they do not keep Your word.

I looked on my right hand, and beheld, but there was no man that would know me: refuge failed me; no man cared for my soul.

Look to my right and see; no one attends to me. There is no refuge for me; no one cares for my soul.

And beheld among the simple ones, I discerned among the youths, a young man void of understanding,

I saw among the simple, I noticed among the youths, a young man lacking judgment,

Then I beheld all the work of God, that a man cannot find out the work that is done under the sun: because though a man labour to seek it out, yet he shall not find it; yea further; though a wise man think to know it, yet shall he not be able to find it.

I saw every work of God, and that a man is unable to comprehend the work that is done under the sun. Despite his efforts to search it out, he cannot find its meaning; even if the wise man claims to know, he is unable to comprehend.

For I beheld, and there was no man; even among them, and there was no counsellor, that, when I asked of them, could answer a word.

When I look, there is no one; there is no counselor among them; when I ask them, they have nothing to say.

I beheld the earth, and, lo, it was without form, and void; and the heavens, and they had no light.

I looked at the earth, and it was formless and void; I looked to the heavens, and they had no light.

I beheld the mountains, and, lo, they trembled, and all the hills moved lightly.

I looked at the mountains, and behold, they were quaking; all the hills were swaying.

I beheld, and, lo, there was no man, and all the birds of the heavens were fled.

I looked, and no man was left; all the birds of the air had fled.