1,260 verses contain “About” (in the KJV: 716, in the BSB: 653) — showing 401–500
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They send forth their little ones like a flock, and their children dance.
They send forth their little ones like a flock; their children skip about,
For what pleasure hath he in his house after him, when the number of his months is cut off in the midst?
For what does he care about his household after him, when the number of his months has run out?
Should I lie against my right? my wound is incurable without transgression.
Would I lie about my case? My wound is incurable, though I am without transgression.’
And it is turned round about by his counsels: that they may do whatsoever he commandeth them upon the face of the world in the earth.
They swirl about, whirling at His direction, accomplishing all that He commands over the face of all the earth.
I will not conceal his parts, nor his power, nor his comely proportion.
I cannot keep silent about his limbs, his power and graceful form.
Who can open the doors of his face? his teeth are terrible round about.
Who can open his jaws, ringed by his fearsome teeth?
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, as my servant Job hath.
After the LORD had spoken these words to Job, He said to Eliphaz the Temanite, “My wrath is kindled against you and your two friends. For you have not spoken about Me accurately, as My servant Job has.
Therefore take unto you now seven bullocks and seven rams, and go to my servant Job, and offer up for yourselves a burnt offering; and my servant Job shall pray for you: for him will I accept: lest I deal with you after your folly, in that ye have not spoken of me the thing which is right, like my servant Job.
So now, take seven bulls and seven rams, go to My servant Job, and sacrifice a burnt offering for yourselves. Then My servant Job will pray for you, for I will accept his prayer and not deal with you according to your folly. For you have not spoken accurately about Me, as My servant Job has.”
I will not be afraid of ten thousands of people, that have set themselves against me round about.
I will not fear the myriads set against me on every side.
So shall the congregation of the people compass thee about: for their sakes therefore return thou on high.
Let the assembled peoples gather around You; take Your seat over them on high.
The sorrows of hell compassed me about: the snares of death prevented me.
And now shall mine head be lifted up above mine enemies round about me: therefore will I offer in his tabernacle sacrifices of joy; I will sing, yea, I will sing praises unto the LORD.
Then my head will be held high above my enemies around me. At His tabernacle I will offer sacrifices with shouts of joy; I will sing and make music to the LORD.
Thou art my hiding place; thou shalt preserve me from trouble; thou shalt compass me about with songs of deliverance. Selah.
You are my hiding place. You protect me from trouble; You surround me with songs of deliverance. Selah
Many sorrows shall be to the wicked: but he that trusteth in the LORD, mercy shall compass him about.
Many are the sorrows of the wicked, but loving devotion surrounds him who trusts in the LORD.
The angel of the LORD encampeth round about them that fear him, and delivereth them.
The angel of the LORD encamps around those who fear Him, and he delivers them.
False witnesses did rise up; they laid to my charge things that I knew not.
Hostile witnesses come forward; they make charges I know nothing about.
Then said I, Lo, I come: in the volume of the book it is written of me,
Then I said, “Here I am, I have come— it is written about me in the scroll:
For innumerable evils have compassed me about: mine iniquities have taken hold upon me, so that I am not able to look up; they are more than the hairs of mine head: therefore my heart faileth me.
For evils without number surround me; my sins have overtaken me, so that I cannot see. They are more than the hairs of my head, and my heart has failed within me.
Wherefore should I fear in the days of evil, when the iniquity of my heels shall compass me about?
Why should I fear in times of trouble, when wicked usurpers surround me?
Our God shall come, and shall not keep silence: a fire shall devour before him, and it shall be very tempestuous round about him.
Therefore pride compasseth them about as a chain; violence covereth them as a garment.
Therefore pride is their necklace; a garment of violence covers them.
Vow, and pay unto the LORD your God: let all that be round about him bring presents unto him that ought to be feared.
Make and fulfill your vows to the LORD your God; let all the neighboring lands bring tribute to Him who is to be feared.
And he let it fall in the midst of their camp, round about their habitations.
He felled them in the midst of their camp, all around their dwellings.
O LORD God of hosts, who is a strong LORD like unto thee? or to thy faithfulness round about thee?
O LORD God of Hosts, who is like You? O mighty LORD, Your faithfulness surrounds You.
Clouds and darkness are round about him: righteousness and judgment are the habitation of his throne.
Clouds and darkness surround Him; righteousness and justice are His throne’s foundation.
A fire goeth before him, and burneth up his enemies round about.
Fire goes before Him and consumes His foes on every side.
All nations compassed me about: but in the name of the LORD will I destroy them.
All the nations surrounded me, but in the name of the LORD I cut them off.
They compassed me about; yea, they compassed me about: but in the name of the LORD I will destroy them.
They surrounded me on every side, but in the name of the LORD I cut them off.
They compassed me about like bees; they are quenched as the fire of thorns: for in the name of the LORD I will destroy them.
They swarmed around me like bees, but they were extinguished like burning thorns; in the name of the LORD I cut them off.
As the mountains are round about Jerusalem, so the LORD is round about his people from henceforth even for ever.
As the mountains surround Jerusalem, so the LORD surrounds His people, both now and forevermore.
Thy wife shall be as a fruitful vine by the sides of thine house: thy children like olive plants round about thy table.
Your wife will be like a fruitful vine flourishing within your house, your sons like olive shoots sitting around your table.
For there is not a word in my tongue, but, lo, O LORD, thou knowest it altogether.
Even before a word is on my tongue, You know all about it, O LORD.
If I say, Surely the darkness shall cover me; even the night shall be light about me.
If I say, “Surely the darkness will hide me, and the light become night around me”—
As for the head of those that compass me about, let the mischief of their own lips cover them.
May the heads of those who surround me be covered in the trouble their lips have caused.
Bring my soul out of prison, that I may praise thy name: the righteous shall compass me about; for thou shalt deal bountifully with me.
Free my soul from prison, that I may praise Your name. The righteous will gather around me because of Your goodness to me.
He that goeth about as a talebearer revealeth secrets: therefore meddle not with him that flattereth with his lips.
He who reveals secrets is a constant gossip; avoid the one who babbles with his lips.
Have not I written to thee excellent things in counsels and knowledge,
Have I not written for you thirty sayings about counsel and knowledge,
If thou sayest, Behold, we knew it not; doth not he that pondereth the heart consider it? and he that keepeth thy soul, doth not he know it? and shall not he render to every man according to his works?
If you say, “Behold, we did not know about this,” does not He who weighs hearts consider it? Does not the One who guards your life know? Will He not repay a man according to his deeds?
The wind goeth toward the south, and turneth about unto the north; it whirleth about continually, and the wind returneth again according to his circuits.
The wind blows southward, then turns northward; round and round it swirls, ever returning on its course.
Also when they shall be afraid of that which is high, and fears shall be in the way, and the almond tree shall flourish, and the grasshopper shall be a burden, and desire shall fail: because man goeth to his long home, and the mourners go about the streets:
when men fear the heights and dangers of the road, when the almond tree blossoms, the grasshopper loses its spring, and the caper berry shrivels— for then man goes to his eternal home and mourners walk the streets.
I will rise now, and go about the city in the streets, and in the broad ways I will seek him whom my soul loveth: I sought him, but I found him not.
I will arise now and go about the city, through the streets and squares. I will seek the one I love. So I sought him but did not find him.
The watchmen that go about the city found me: to whom I said, Saw ye him whom my soul loveth?
I encountered the watchmen on their rounds of the city: “Have you seen the one I love?”
Behold, it is Solomon’s carriage, escorted by sixty of the mightiest men of Israel.
For, behold, the Lord, the LORD of hosts, doth take away from Jerusalem and from Judah the stay and the staff, the whole stay of bread, and the whole stay of water,
For behold, the Lord GOD of Hosts is about to remove from Jerusalem and Judah both supply and support: the whole supply of food and water,
But wild beasts of the desert shall lie there; and their houses shall be full of doleful creatures; and owls shall dwell there, and satyrs shall dance there.
Behold, the LORD will carry thee away with a mighty captivity, and will surely cover thee.
Look, O mighty man! The LORD is about to shake you violently. He will take hold of you,
Come, my people, enter thou into thy chambers, and shut thy doors about thee: hide thyself as it were for a little moment, until the indignation be overpast.
Go, my people, enter your rooms and shut your doors behind you. Hide yourselves a little while until the wrath has passed.
And I will camp against thee round about, and will lay siege against thee with a mount, and I will raise forts against thee.
I will camp in a circle around you; I will besiege you with towers and set up siege works against you.
For the vile person will speak villany, and his heart will work iniquity, to practise hypocrisy, and to utter error against the LORD, to make empty the soul of the hungry, and he will cause the drink of the thirsty to fail.
For a fool speaks foolishness; his mind plots iniquity. He practices ungodliness and speaks falsely about the LORD; he leaves the hungry empty and deprives the thirsty of drink.
And he heard say concerning Tirhakah king of Ethiopia, He is come forth to make war with thee. And when he heard it, he sent messengers to Hezekiah, saying,
Now Sennacherib had been warned about Tirhakah king of Cush: “He has set out to fight against you.” On hearing this, Sennacherib sent messengers to Hezekiah, saying,
Therefore thus saith the LORD concerning the king of Assyria, He shall not come into this city, nor shoot an arrow there nor come before it with shields, nor cast a bank against it.
In those days was Hezekiah sick unto death. And Isaiah the prophet the son of Amoz came unto him, and said unto him, Thus saith the LORD, Set thine house in order: for thou shalt die, and not live.
At that time Merodach-baladan, the son of Baladan, king of Babylon, sent letters and a present to Hezekiah: for he had heard that he had been sick, and was recovered.
Therefore he hath poured upon him the fury of his anger, and the strength of battle: and it hath set him on fire round about, yet he knew not; and it burned him, yet he laid it not to heart.