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In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.
In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.
And he went on his journeys from the south even to
Bethel, unto the place where his tent had been at the
beginning, between
Bethel and Hai;
From the Negev he journeyed from place to place toward
Bethel, until he came to the place between
Bethel and
Ai where his tent had formerly been pitched,
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
beginning. So I
awoke.
When they had
devoured them, however, no one could tell that they had done so; their appearance was as
ugly as it had been before. Then I
awoke.
And he searched, and began at the eldest, and left at the youngest: and the cup was found in Benjamin’s
sack.
The
steward searched,
beginning with the oldest and ending with the youngest—and the cup was found in Benjamin’s
sack.
This month shall be unto you the beginning of months: it shall be the first month of the year to you.
“This month is the beginning of months for you; it shall be the first month of your year.
Also in the day of your
gladness, and in your solemn days, and in the
beginnings of your months, ye shall blow with the
trumpets over your burnt offerings, and over the sacrifices of your peace offerings; that they may be to you for a
memorial before your God: I am the LORD your God.
And on your
joyous occasions, your appointed feasts, and the
beginning of each month, you are to blow the
trumpets over your burnt offerings and
fellowship offerings to serve as a reminder for you before your God. I am the LORD your God.”
And in the beginnings of your months ye shall offer a burnt offering unto the LORD; two young bullocks, and one ram, seven lambs of the first year without spot;
At the
beginning of every month, you are to present to the LORD a burnt offering of two young bulls, one ram, and seven male lambs a year old, all
unblemished,
A land which the LORD thy God careth for: the eyes of the LORD thy God are always upon it, from the beginning of the year even unto the end of the year.
It is a land for which the LORD your God cares; the eyes of the LORD your God are always on it, from the beginning to the end of the year.
But he shall acknowledge the son of the
hated for the
firstborn, by giving him a double portion of all that he hath: for he is the
beginning of his strength; the right of the
firstborn is his.
Instead, he must acknowledge the
firstborn, the son of his unloved wife, by giving him a double portion of all that he has. For that son is the firstfruits of his father’s strength; the right of the
firstborn belongs to him.
And it came to pass, when Moses had made an end of writing the words of this law in a book, until they were finished,
When Moses had finished writing in a book the words of this law from beginning to end,
And Moses spake in the ears of all the congregation of Israel the words of this song, until they were ended.
Then Moses recited
aloud to the whole assembly of Israel the words of this song from
beginning to end:
I will make mine arrows
drunk with blood, and my sword shall
devour flesh; and that with the blood of the slain and of the
captives, from the
beginning of revenges upon the enemy.
I will make My arrows
drunk with blood, while My sword devours flesh— the blood of the slain and
captives, the heads of the enemy leaders.”
So
Gideon, and the hundred men that were with him, came unto the outside of the camp in the
beginning of the middle watch; and they had but newly set the watch: and they
blew the
trumpets, and
brake the pitchers that were in their hands.
Gideon and the hundred men with him reached the outskirts of the camp at the
beginning of the middle watch, just after the changing of the guard. They
blew their horns and broke the jars that were in their hands.
So
Naomi returned, and
Ruth the
Moabitess, her daughter in law, with her, which returned out of the country of Moab: and they came to
Bethlehem in the
beginning of barley harvest.
So
Naomi returned from the land of Moab with her daughter-in-law
Ruth the
Moabitess. And they arrived in
Bethlehem at the
beginning of the barley harvest.
And he said, Blessed be thou of the LORD, my daughter: for thou hast shewed more kindness in the latter end than at the beginning, inasmuch as thou followedst not young men, whether poor or rich.
Then Boaz said, “May the LORD
bless you, my daughter. You have shown more kindness now than before, because you have not run after the younger men, whether rich or poor.
In that day I will perform against
Eli all things which I have spoken concerning his house: when I begin, I will also make an end.
On that day I will carry out against
Eli everything I have spoken about his family, from
beginning to end.
Moreover I will
appoint a place for my people Israel, and will plant them, that they may dwell in a place of their own, and move no more; neither shall the children of wickedness
afflict them any more, as
beforetime,
And I will provide a place for My people Israel and will plant them so that they may dwell in a place of their own and be disturbed no more. No longer will the sons of wickedness
oppress them as they did at the
beginning And he delivered them into the hands of the Gibeonites, and they
hanged them in the hill before the LORD: and they fell all seven together, and were put to death in the days of harvest, in the first days, in the
beginning of barley harvest.
And he delivered them into the hands of the Gibeonites, and they
hanged them on the hill before the LORD. So all seven of them fell together; they were put to death in the first days of the harvest, at the
beginning of the barley harvest.
And Rizpah the daughter of Aiah took
sackcloth, and spread it for her upon the rock, from the
beginning of harvest until water dropped upon them out of heaven, and suffered neither the birds of the air to rest on them by day, nor the beasts of the field by night.
And Rizpah the daughter of Aiah took
sackcloth and spread it out for herself on a rock. From the
beginning of the harvest until the rain from heaven poured down on the bodies, she did not allow the birds of the air to rest on them by day, nor the beasts of the field by night.
And so it was at the
beginning of their dwelling there, that they feared not the LORD: therefore the LORD sent lions among them, which
slew some of them.
Now when the settlers first lived there, they did not worship the LORD, so He sent lions among them, which killed some of them.
Also I will
ordain a place for my people Israel, and will plant them, and they shall dwell in their place, and shall be moved no more; neither shall the children of wickedness waste them any more, as at the
beginning,
And I will provide a place for My people Israel and will plant them so that they may dwell in a place of their own and be disturbed no more. No longer will the sons of wickedness
oppress them as they did at the
beginning Now the rest of the acts of Solomon, first and last, are they not written in the book of
Nathan the prophet, and in the prophecy of
Ahijah the Shilonite, and in the visions of
Iddo the
seer against
Jeroboam the son of Nebat?
As for the rest of the acts of Solomon, from
beginning to end, are they not written in the Records of
Nathan the Prophet, in the Prophecy of
Ahijah the Shilonite, and in the Visions of
Iddo the
Seer concerning
Jeroboam son of Nebat?
And, behold, the acts of
Asa, first and last, lo, they are written in the book of the kings of Judah and Israel.
Now the rest of the acts of
Asa, from
beginning to end, are indeed written in the Book of the Kings of Judah and Israel.
Now the rest of the acts of
Jehoshaphat, first and last, behold, they are written in the book of
Jehu the son of Hanani, who is mentioned in the book of the kings of Israel.
As for the rest of the acts of
Jehoshaphat, from
beginning to end, they are indeed written in the Chronicles of
Jehu son of Hanani, which are recorded in the Book of the Kings of Israel.
Now the rest of the acts of
Amaziah, first and last, behold, are they not written in the book of the kings of Judah and Israel?
As for the rest of the acts of
Amaziah, from
beginning to end, are they not written in the Book of the Kings of Judah and Israel?
Now the rest of the acts of Uzziah, first and last, did Isaiah the prophet, the son of Amoz, write.
As for the rest of the acts of Uzziah, from beginning to end, they are recorded by the prophet Isaiah son of Amoz.
Now the rest of his acts and of all his ways, first and last, behold, they are written in the book of the kings of Judah and Israel.
As for the rest of the acts of
Ahaz and all his ways, from
beginning to end, they are indeed written in the Book of the Kings of Judah and Israel.
And his deeds, first and last, behold, they are written in the book of the kings of Israel and Judah.
his acts from beginning to end—they are indeed written in the Book of the Kings of Israel and Judah.
And in the reign of
Ahasuerus, in the
beginning of his reign, wrote they unto him an
accusation against the inhabitants of Judah and Jerusalem.
Though thy beginning was small, yet thy latter end should greatly increase.
Though your
beginnings were modest, your latter days will
flourish.
So the LORD blessed the latter end of Job more than his
beginning: for he had fourteen thousand sheep, and six thousand camels, and a thousand yoke of oxen, and a thousand she
asses.
So the LORD blessed Job’s latter days more than his first. He owned 14,000 sheep, 6,000 camels, 1,000 yoke of oxen, and 1,000 female
donkeys.
I will open my mouth in a parable: I will utter dark sayings of old:
I will open my mouth in parables; I will utter things hidden from the beginning,
Of old hast thou laid the foundation of the earth: and the heavens are the work of thy hands.
In the beginning You laid the foundations of the earth, and the heavens are the work of Your hands.
The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom: a good understanding have all they that do his commandments: his praise endureth for ever.
The fear of the LORD is the
beginning of wisdom; all who follow His precepts gain rich understanding. His praise endures
forever!
Thy word is true from the beginning: and every one of thy righteous judgments endureth for ever.
The fear of the LORD is the
beginning of knowledge: but fools
despise wisdom and instruction.
The fear of the LORD is the
beginning of knowledge, but fools
despise wisdom and discipline.
The LORD possessed me in the beginning of his way, before his works of old.
The LORD created me as His first course, before His works of old.
I was set up from
everlasting, from the
beginning, or ever the earth was.
From
everlasting I was established, from the
beginning, before the earth began.
The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom: and the knowledge of the holy is understanding.
The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom, and knowledge of the Holy One is understanding.
The
beginning of
strife is as when one letteth out water: therefore leave off
contention, before it be
meddled with.
To start a quarrel is to release a flood; so
abandon the dispute before it breaks out.
An inheritance may be
gotten hastily at the
beginning; but the end thereof shall not be blessed.
An inheritance gained quickly will not be blessed in the end.
He hath made every thing beautiful in his time: also he hath set the world in their heart, so that no man can find out the work that God maketh from the beginning to the end.
He has made everything beautiful in its time. He has also set
eternity in the hearts of men, yet they cannot
fathom the work that God has done from
beginning to end.
Better is the end of a thing than the beginning thereof: and the patient in spirit is better than the proud in spirit.
The end of a matter is better than the beginning, and a patient spirit is better than a proud one.
The beginning of his talk is folly, and the end of his speech is evil madness.
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 faithful city.
I will restore your judges as at first, and your counselors as at the beginning. After that you will be called the City of Righteousness, the Faithful City.”
That sendeth ambassadors by the sea, even in vessels of bulrushes upon the waters, saying, Go, ye swift messengers, to a nation scattered and
peeled, to a people terrible from their
beginning hitherto; a nation meted out and
trodden down, whose land the rivers have
spoiled!
which sends couriers by sea, in
papyrus vessels on the waters. Go, swift messengers, to a people tall and smooth-
skinned, to a people widely feared, to a powerful nation of strange speech, whose land is divided by rivers.
In that time shall the present be brought unto the LORD of hosts of a people scattered and
peeled, and from a people terrible from their
beginning hitherto; a nation meted out and
trodden under foot, whose land the rivers have
spoiled, to the place of the name of the LORD of hosts, the mount
Zion.
At that time gifts will be brought to the LORD of Hosts— from a people tall and smooth-
skinned, from a people widely feared, from a powerful nation of strange speech, whose land is divided by rivers— to Mount
Zion, the place of the Name of the LORD of Hosts.
Have ye not known? have ye not heard? hath it not been told you from the beginning? have ye not understood from the foundations of the earth?
Do you not know? Have you not heard? Has it not been declared to you from the beginning? Have you not understood since the foundation of the earth?
Who hath wrought and done it, calling the generations from the beginning? I the LORD, the first, and with the last; I am he.
Who has performed this and carried it out, calling forth the generations from the beginning? I, the LORD—the first and the last— I am He.”
Who hath declared from the
beginning, that we may know? and
beforetime, that we may say, He is righteous?
yea, there is none that sheweth,
yea, there is none that declareth,
yea, there is none that heareth your words.
Who has declared this from the
beginning, so that we may know, and from times past, so that we may say: ‘He was right’? No one
announced it, no one
foretold it, no one heard your words.
Declaring the end from the beginning, and from ancient times the things that are not yet done, saying, My counsel shall stand, and I will do all my pleasure:
I declare the end from the
beginning, and ancient times from what is still to come. I say, ‘My purpose will stand, and all My good pleasure I will
accomplish.’
I have declared the former things from the beginning; and they went forth out of my mouth, and I shewed them; I did them suddenly, and they came to pass.
I
foretold the former things long ago; they came out of My mouth and I proclaimed them. Suddenly I acted, and they came to pass.
I have even from the
beginning declared it to thee; before it came to pass I shewed it thee: lest thou shouldest say, Mine
idol hath done them, and my
graven image, and my
molten image, hath commanded them.
Therefore I declared it to you long ago; I
announced it before it came to pass, so that you could not claim, ‘My
idol has done this; my carved image and
molten god has ordained it.’
They are created now, and not from the beginning; even before the day when thou heardest them not; lest thou shouldest say, Behold, I knew them.
They are created now, and not long ago; you have not heard of them before
today. So you cannot claim, ‘I already knew them!’
Come ye near unto me, hear ye this; I have not spoken in secret from the beginning; from the time that it was, there am I: and now the Lord GOD, and his Spirit, hath sent me.
Come near to Me and
listen to this: From the
beginning I have not spoken in secret; from the time it happened, I was there.” And now the Lord GOD has sent me, accompanied by His Spirit.
For since the beginning of the world men have not heard, nor perceived by the ear, neither hath the eye seen, O God, beside thee, what he hath prepared for him that waiteth for him.
From ancient times no one has heard, no ear has perceived, no eye has seen any God besides You, who acts on behalf of those who wait for Him.
A glorious high throne from the beginning is the place of our sanctuary.
A glorious throne,
exalted from the
beginning, is the place of our sanctuary.
For, lo, I begin to bring evil on the city which is called by my name, and should ye be utterly unpunished? Ye shall not be unpunished: for I will call for a sword upon all the inhabitants of the earth, saith the LORD of hosts.
For behold, I am
beginning to bring
disaster on the city that bears My Name, so how could you possibly go unpunished? You will not go unpunished, for I am calling down a sword upon all the inhabitants of the earth, declares the LORD of Hosts.’
In the
beginning of the reign of
Jehoiakim the son of
Josiah king of Judah came this word from the LORD, saying,
At the
beginning of the reign of
Jehoiakim son of
Josiah king of Judah, this word came from the LORD:
In the
beginning of the reign of
Jehoiakim the son of
Josiah king of Judah came this word unto Jeremiah from the LORD, saying,
At the
beginning of the reign of
Zedekiah son of
Josiah king of Judah, this word came to Jeremiah from the LORD.
And it came to pass the same year, in the
beginning of the reign of
Zedekiah king of Judah, in the fourth year, and in the fifth month, that Hananiah the son of Azur the prophet, which was of
Gibeon, spake unto me in the house of the LORD, in the presence of the priests and of all the people, saying,
In the fifth month of that same year, the fourth year, near the
beginning of the reign of King
Zedekiah of Judah, the prophet Hananiah son of Azzur, who was from
Gibeon, said to me in the house of the LORD in the presence of the priests and all the people:
The word of the LORD that came to Jeremiah the prophet against
Elam in the
beginning of the reign of
Zedekiah king of Judah, saying,
This is the word of the LORD that came to Jeremiah the prophet concerning
Elam at the
beginning of the reign of
Zedekiah king of Judah.
Arise, cry out in the night: in the
beginning of the watches pour out thine heart like water before the face of the Lord: lift up thy hands toward him for the life of thy young children, that
faint for hunger in the top of every street.
Arise, cry out in the night from the first watch of the night. Pour out your heart like water in the presence of the Lord. Lift up your hands to Him for the lives of your children who are
fainting from hunger on the corner of every street.
Therefore, behold, I will open the side of Moab from the cities, from his cities which are on his frontiers, the glory of the country, Beth-jeshimoth,
Baal-meon, and Kiriathaim,
therefore I will indeed
expose the
flank of Moab
beginning with its frontier cities—Beth-jeshimoth,
Baal-meon, and Kiriathaim—the glory of the land.
And I will multiply upon you man and beast; and they shall increase and bring fruit: and I will settle you after your old estates, and will do better unto you than at your beginnings: and ye shall know that I am the LORD.
I will fill you with people and animals, and they will multiply and be fruitful. I will make you as inhabited as you once were, and I will make you
prosper more than before. Then you will know that I am the LORD.
In the five and
twentieth year of our captivity, in the
beginning of the year, in the tenth day of the month, in the
fourteenth year after that the city was
smitten, in the
selfsame day the hand of the LORD was upon me, and brought me thither.
In the twenty-fifth year of our exile, at the
beginning of the year, on the tenth day of the month—in the
fourteenth year after Jerusalem had been struck down—on that very day the hand of the LORD was upon me, and He took me there.
And the gates of the city shall be after the names of the tribes of Israel: three gates northward; one gate of
Reuben, one gate of Judah, one gate of Levi.
Beginning on the north side, which will be 4,500 cubits long, the gates of the city will be named after the tribes of Israel. On the north side there will be three gates: the gate of
Reuben, the gate of Judah, and the gate of Levi.
Yea, whiles I was speaking in prayer, even the man
Gabriel, whom I had seen in the vision at the
beginning, being caused to fly swiftly, touched me about the time of the evening
oblation.
while I was still praying,
Gabriel, the man I had seen in the earlier vision, came to me in swift flight about the time of the evening sacrifice.
At the
beginning of thy supplications the commandment came forth, and I am come to
shew thee; for thou art greatly beloved: therefore understand the matter, and consider the vision.
At the beginning of your petitions, an answer went out, and I have come to tell you, for you are highly precious. So consider the message and understand the vision:
And at that time shall Michael stand up, the great prince which standeth for the children of thy people: and there shall be a time of trouble, such as never was since there was a nation even to that same time: and at that time thy people shall be delivered, every one that shall be found written in the book.
“At that time Michael, the great prince who stands watch over your people, will rise up. There will be a time of distress, the likes of which will not have occurred from the
beginning of nations until that time. But at that time your people—
everyone whose name is found written in the book—will be delivered.
The
beginning of the word of the LORD by
Hosea. And the LORD said to
Hosea, Go, take unto thee a wife of whoredoms and children of whoredoms: for the land hath committed great
whoredom, departing from the LORD.
Thus hath the Lord GOD shewed unto me; and, behold, he formed grasshoppers in the beginning of the shooting up of the latter growth; and, lo, it was the latter growth after the king’s mowings.
This is what the Lord GOD showed me: He was preparing swarms of locusts just after the king’s harvest, as the late spring crop was coming up.
O thou inhabitant of
Lachish, bind the
chariot to the swift beast: she is the
beginning of the sin to the daughter of
Zion: for the transgressions of Israel were found in thee.
Harness your
chariot horses, O dweller of
Lachish. You were the
beginning of sin to the Daughter of
Zion, for the transgressions of Israel were found in you.
But when he saw the wind
boisterous, he was afraid; and
beginning to sink, he
cried, saying, Lord, save me.
But when he saw the strength of the wind, he was afraid, and
beginning to sink,
cried out, “Lord, save me!”
And he answered and said unto them, Have ye not read, that he which made them at the beginning made them male and female,
Jesus answered, “Have you not read that from the
beginning the
Creator ‘made them male and female,’
He saith unto them, Moses because of the hardness of your hearts suffered you to put away your wives: but from the beginning it was not so.
Jesus replied, “Moses permitted you to
divorce your wives because of your hardness of heart; but it was not this way from the
beginning.
So when even was come, the lord of the
vineyard saith unto his
steward, Call the labourers, and give them their
hire,
beginning from the last unto the first.
When evening came, the owner of the
vineyard said to his
foreman, ‘Call the workers and pay them their wages, starting with the last ones
hired and moving on to the first.’
All these are the beginning of sorrows.
All these are the beginning of birth pains.
For then shall be great
tribulation, such as was not since the
beginning of the world to this time, no, nor ever shall be.
For at that time there will be great
tribulation,
unmatched from the
beginning of the world until now, and never to be seen again.
The beginning of the gospel of Jesus Christ, the Son of God;
This is the beginning of the gospel of Jesus Christ, the Son of God.
But from the beginning of the creation God made them male and female.
However, from the beginning of creation, ‘God made them male and female.’
For nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom: and there shall be earthquakes in
divers places, and there shall be famines and troubles: these are the
beginnings of sorrows.
Nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom. There will be earthquakes in various places, as well as famines. These are the beginning of birth pains.
For in those days shall be
affliction, such as was not from the
beginning of the creation which God created unto this time, neither shall be.
For those will be days of
tribulation unmatched from the
beginning of God’s creation until now, and never to be seen again.
Even as they delivered them unto us, which from the beginning were eyewitnesses, and ministers of the word;
just as they were handed down to us by the initial eyewitnesses and servants of the word.
It seemed good to me also, having had perfect understanding of all things from the very first, to write unto thee in order, most excellent
Theophilus,
Therefore, having carefully investigated everything from the
beginning, it seemed good also to me to write an orderly account for you, most excellent
Theophilus,
And they were the more fierce, saying, He stirreth up the people, teaching throughout all
Jewry,
beginning from
Galilee to this place.
But they kept
insisting, “He stirs up the people all over
Judea with His teaching. He began in
Galilee and has come all the way here.”
And that day was the preparation, and the sabbath drew on.
It was Preparation Day, and the Sabbath was beginning.
And
beginning at Moses and all the prophets, he
expounded unto them in all the scriptures the things concerning himself.
And beginning with Moses and all the Prophets, He explained to them what was written in all the Scriptures about Himself.
And that
repentance and remission of sins should be preached in his name among all nations,
beginning at Jerusalem.
and in His name
repentance and
forgiveness of sins will be proclaimed to all nations,
beginning in Jerusalem.
In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.
In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.
The same was in the beginning with God.
He was with God in the beginning.
And saith unto him, Every man at the
beginning doth set forth good wine; and when men have well
drunk, then that which is worse: but thou hast kept the good wine until now.
and said, “
Everyone serves the fine wine first, and then the
cheap wine after the guests are
drunk. But you have saved the fine wine until now!”
This
beginning of miracles did Jesus in
Cana of
Galilee, and manifested forth his glory; and his disciples believed on him.
Jesus performed this, the first of His signs, at
Cana in
Galilee. He thus revealed His glory, and His disciples believed in Him.
But there are some of you that believe not. For Jesus knew from the
beginning who they were that believed not, and who should
betray him.
However, there are some of you who do not believe.” (For Jesus had known from the
beginning which of them did not believe and who would
betray Him.)
And they which heard it, being
convicted by their own conscience, went out one by one,
beginning at the eldest, even unto the last: and Jesus was left alone, and the woman standing in the midst.
When they heard this, they began to go away one by one, beginning with the older ones, until only Jesus was left, with the woman standing there.
Then said they unto him, Who art thou? And Jesus saith unto them, Even the same that I said unto you from the beginning.
“Who are You?” they asked. “Just what I have been telling you from the beginning,” Jesus replied.
Ye are of your father the devil, and the lusts of your father ye will do. He was a murderer from the
beginning, and abode not in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaketh a lie, he speaketh of his own: for he is a
liar, and the father of it.
You belong to your father, the devil, and you want to carry out his desires. He was a murderer from the
beginning, refusing to
uphold the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he lies, he speaks his native language, because he is a
liar and the father of lies.
And ye also shall bear witness, because ye have been with me from the beginning.
And you also must
testify, because you have been with Me from the
beginning.