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And to every beast of the earth, and to every fowl of the air, and to every thing that creepeth upon the earth, wherein there is life, I have given every
green herb for meat: and it was so.
And to every beast of the earth and every bird of the air and every creature that crawls upon the earth—everything that has the breath of life in it—I have given every green plant for food.” And it was so.
Every moving thing that liveth shall be meat for you; even as the
green herb have I given you all things.
Everything that lives and moves will be food for you; just as I gave you the green plants, I now give you all things.
And Jacob took him rods of
green poplar, and of the
hazel and
chesnut tree; and
pilled white strakes in them, and made the white appear which was in the rods.
Jacob, however, took fresh branches of
poplar,
almond, and plane trees, and
peeled the bark,
exposing the white inner wood of the branches.
For they covered the face of the whole earth, so that the land was
darkened; and they did eat every
herb of the land, and all the fruit of the trees which the
hail had left: and there remained not any
green thing in the trees, or in the herbs of the field, through all the land of Egypt.
They covered the face of all the land until it was black, and they consumed all the plants on the ground and all the fruit on the trees that the
hail had left behind. Nothing
green was left on any tree or plant in all the land of Egypt.
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 tent.
So Moses went out to meet his father-in-law and bowed down and
kissed him. They
greeted each other and went into the tent.
And if thou offer a meat offering of thy firstfruits unto the LORD, thou shalt offer for the meat offering of thy firstfruits green ears of corn dried by the fire, even corn beaten out of full ears.
If you bring a grain offering of firstfruits to the LORD, you shall offer
crushed heads of new grain
roasted on the fire.
And if the plague be
greenish or reddish in the garment, or in the skin, either in the
warp, or in the
woof, or in any thing of skin; it is a plague of
leprosy, and shall be shewed unto the priest:
And he shall look on the plague, and, behold, if the plague be in the walls of the house with hollow strakes,
greenish or reddish, which in sight are lower than the wall;
He is to examine the house, and if the
mildew on the walls consists of
green or red depressions that appear to be beneath the surface of the wall,
And ye shall eat neither bread, nor
parched corn, nor
green ears, until the
selfsame day that ye have brought an offering unto your God: it shall be a statute for ever throughout your generations in all your dwellings.
You must not eat any bread or
roasted or new grain until the very day you have brought this offering to your God. This is to be a permanent statute for the generations to come, wherever you live.
Ye shall utterly destroy all the places, wherein the nations which ye shall possess served their gods, upon the high mountains, and upon the hills, and under every green tree:
Destroy completely all the places where the nations you are dispossessing have served their gods—
atop the high mountains, on the hills, and under every
green tree.
And Jael went out to meet Sisera, and said unto him, Turn in, my lord, turn in to me; fear not. And when he had turned in unto her into the tent, she covered him with a
mantle.
Jael went out to
greet Sisera and said to him, “Come in, my lord. Come in with me. Do not be afraid.” So he entered her tent, and she covered him with a
blanket.
And, behold, as
Barak pursued Sisera, Jael came out to meet him, and said unto him, Come, and I will
shew thee the man whom thou seekest. And when he came into her tent, behold, Sisera lay dead, and the
nail was in his temples.
When
Barak arrived in pursuit of Sisera, Jael went out to
greet him and said to him, “Come, and I will show you the man you are seeking.” So he went in with her, and there lay Sisera dead, with a tent
peg through his temple.
Then it shall be, that
whatsoever cometh forth of the doors of my house to meet me, when I return in peace from the children of
Ammon, shall surely be the LORD’S, and I will offer it up for a burnt offering.
then whatever comes out the door of my house to
greet me on my
triumphant return from the
Ammonites will belong to the LORD, and I will offer it up as a burnt offering.”
And
Samson said unto her, If they bind me with seven
green withs that were never dried, then shall I be weak, and be as another man.
Samson told her, “If they
tie me up with seven fresh bowstrings that have not been dried, I will become as weak as any other man.”
Then the lords of the Philistines brought up to her seven green withs which had not been dried, and she bound him with them.
So the lords of the Philistines brought her seven fresh bowstrings that had not been dried, and she
tied him up with them.
So they turned aside there and went to the home of the young
Levite, the house of
Micah, and
greeted him.
And they will
salute thee, and give thee two
loaves of bread; which thou shalt receive of their hands.
They will
greet you and give you two
loaves of bread, which you will accept from their hands.
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
salute him.
Just as he finished offering the burnt offering, Samuel arrived, and Saul went out to
greet him.
And the people
flew upon the
spoil, and took sheep, and oxen, and
calves, and
slew them on the ground: and the people did eat them with the blood.
So they
rushed greedily to the
plunder, taking sheep, cattle, and
calves. They slaughtered them on the ground and
ate meat with the blood still in it.
And David sent out ten young men, and David said unto the young men, Get you up to
Carmel, and go to Nabal, and
greet him in my name:
But one of the young men told
Abigail, Nabal’s wife, saying, Behold, David sent messengers out of the wilderness to
salute our master; and he railed on them.
Meanwhile, one of Nabal’s young men informed Nabal’s wife
Abigail, “Look, David sent messengers from the wilderness to
greet our master, but he
scolded them.
And David came to the two hundred men, which were so
faint that they could not follow David, whom they had made also to
abide at the
brook Besor: and they went forth to meet David, and to meet the people that were with him: and when David came near to the people, he
saluted them.
When David came to the two hundred men who had been too exhausted to follow him from the
Brook of Besor, they came out to meet him and the troops with him. As David approached the men, he
greeted them,
Then Toi sent
Joram his son unto king David, to
salute him, and to
bless him, because he had fought against Hadadezer, and
smitten him: for Hadadezer had wars with Toi. And
Joram brought with him vessels of silver, and vessels of gold, and vessels of brass:
he sent his son
Joram to
greet King David and
bless him for fighting and defeating Hadadezer, who had been at war with Toi.
Joram brought with him articles of silver and gold and bronze,
Bath-
sheba therefore went unto king Solomon, to speak unto him for Adonijah. And the king rose up to meet her, and bowed himself unto her, and sat down on his throne, and caused a seat to be set for the king’s mother; and she sat on his right hand.
So Bathsheba went to King Solomon to speak to him for Adonijah. The king stood up to
greet her, bowed to her, and sat down on his throne. Then the king had a throne brought for his mother, who sat down at his right hand.
For they also built them high places, and images, and groves, on every high hill, and under every green tree.
They also built for themselves high places, sacred pillars, and Asherah poles on every high hill and under every green tree.
Then he 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 staff upon the face of the child.
So
Elisha said to Gehazi, “
Tie up your garment, take my staff in your hand, and go! If you meet
anyone, do not
greet him, and if
anyone greets you, do not answer him. Then lay my staff on the boy’s face.”
Jehu met with the brethren of
Ahaziah king of Judah, and said, Who are ye? And they answered, We are the brethren of
Ahaziah; and we go down to
salute the children of the king and the children of the queen.
Jehu met some relatives of
Ahaziah king of Judah and asked, “Who are you?” “We are relatives of
Ahaziah,” they answered, “and we have come down to
greet the sons of the king and of the queen mother.”
And when he was departed thence, he lighted on Jehonadab the son of Rechab 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 him his hand; and he took him up to him into the
chariot.
When he left there, he found Jehonadab son of Rechab, who was coming to meet him.
Jehu greeted him and asked, “Is your heart as true to mine as my heart is to yours?” “It is!” Jehonadab replied. “If it is,” said
Jehu, “give me your hand.” So he gave him his hand, and
Jehu helped him into his
chariot,
And he sacrificed and burnt incense in the high places, and on the hills, and under every green tree.
And he sacrificed and burned incense on the high places, on the hills, and under every green tree.
And they set them up images and groves in every high hill, and under every green tree:
They set up for themselves sacred pillars and Asherah poles on every high hill and under every green tree.
Therefore their inhabitants were of small power, they were dismayed and confounded; they were as the grass of the field, and as the
green herb, as the grass on the house tops, and as corn blasted before it be grown up.
Therefore their inhabitants, devoid of power, are dismayed and
ashamed. They are like plants in the field, tender
green shoots, grass on the rooftops,
scorched before it is grown.
He sent Hadoram his son to king David, to
enquire of his
welfare, and to
congratulate him, because he had fought against Hadarezer, and
smitten him; (for Hadarezer had war with Tou;) and with him all manner of vessels of gold and silver and brass.
he sent his son Hadoram to
greet King David and
bless him for fighting and defeating Hadadezer, who had been at war with Tou. Hadoram brought all kinds of articles of gold and silver and bronze,
He sacrificed also and burnt incense in the high places, and on the hills, and under every green tree.
And he sacrificed and burned incense on the high places, on the hills, and under every green tree.
Then sent the king an answer unto Rehum the chancellor, and to Shimshai the
scribe, and to the rest of their companions that dwell in Samaria, and unto the rest beyond the river, Peace, and at such a time.
Then the king sent this reply: To Rehum the commander, Shimshai the
scribe, and the rest of your associates living in Samaria and elsewhere in the region west of the Euphrates:
Greetings.
Artaxerxes, king of kings, unto
Ezra the priest, a
scribe of the law of the God of heaven, perfect peace, and at such a time.
Artaxerxes, king of kings. To
Ezra the priest, the
scribe of the Law of the God of heaven:
Greetings.
Where were white,
green, and blue, hangings, fastened with cords of fine linen and purple to silver rings and pillars of marble: the beds were of gold and silver, upon a
pavement of red, and blue, and white, and black, marble.
Hangings of white and blue linen were fastened with cords of fine white and purple material to silver rings on the marble pillars. Gold and silver couches were arranged on a mosaic
pavement of
porphyry, marble, mother-of-
pearl, and other costly stones.
Whilst it is yet in his
greenness, and not cut down, it withereth before any other
herb.
While the shoots are still uncut, they dry up quicker than grass.
He is green before the sun, and his branch shooteth forth in his garden.
He is a well-watered plant in the
sunshine, spreading its shoots over the garden.
It shall be accomplished before his time, and his branch shall not be green.
It will be paid in full before his time, and his branch will not
flourish.
The range of the mountains is his pasture, and he searcheth after every green thing.
He roams the mountains for pasture, searching for any green thing.
For the wicked boasteth of his heart’s desire, and blesseth the
covetous, whom the LORD abhorreth.
For the wicked man boasts in the cravings of his heart; he blesses the
greedy and reviles the LORD.
Like as a lion that is
greedy of his prey, and as it were a young lion
lurking in secret places.
He maketh me to lie down in green pastures: he leadeth me beside the still waters.
He makes me lie down in green pastures; He leads me beside quiet waters.
For they shall soon be cut down like the grass, and wither as the
green herb.
For they wither quickly like grass and
wilt like tender plants.
I have seen the wicked in great power, and spreading himself like a green bay tree.
I have seen a wicked,
ruthless man flourishing like a well-rooted native tree,
But I am like a green olive tree in the house of God: I trust in the mercy of God for ever and ever.
But I am like an olive tree flourishing in the house of God; I trust in the loving devotion of God
forever and ever.
Before your pots can feel the thorns, he shall take them away as with a
whirlwind, both living, and in his wrath.
Before your pots can feel the burning thorns— whether
green or dry— He will
sweep them away.
They shall still bring forth fruit in old age; they shall be fat and flourishing;
In old age they will still bear fruit; healthy and green they will remain,
So are the ways of every one that is
greedy of gain; which taketh away the life of the owners thereof.
Such is the fate of all who are
greedy, whose unjust gain takes the lives of its possessors.
He that is
greedy of gain troubleth his own house; but he that hateth gifts shall live.
He who is
greedy for unjust gain brings trouble on his household, but he who hates bribes will live.
He coveteth
greedily all the day long: but the righteous giveth and spareth not.
All day long he covets more, but the righteous give without restraint.
He that is of a proud heart stirreth up
strife: but he that putteth his trust in the LORD shall be made fat.
Behold, thou art fair, my beloved,
yea, pleasant: also our bed is
green.
How handsome you are, my beloved! Oh, how delightful! The soft grass is our bed.
The fig tree putteth forth her
green figs, and the vines with the tender
grape give a good smell. Arise, my love, my fair one, and come away.
The fig tree ripens its figs; the
blossoming vines spread their
fragrance. Arise, come away, my
darling; come away with me, my beautiful one.”
Hell from beneath is moved for thee to meet thee at thy coming: 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.
Sheol beneath is eager to meet you upon your arrival. It stirs the spirits of the dead to
greet you— all the rulers of the earth. It makes all the kings of the nations rise from their thrones.
For the waters of Nimrim shall be
desolate: for the hay is
withered away, the grass faileth, there is no
green thing.
The waters of Nimrim are dried up, and the grass is
withered; the vegetation is gone, and the
greenery is no more.
Therefore their inhabitants were of small power, they were dismayed and confounded: they were as the grass of the field, and as the
green herb, as the grass on the housetops, and as corn blasted before it be grown up.
Therefore their inhabitants, devoid of power, are dismayed and
ashamed. They are like plants in the field, tender
green shoots, grass on the rooftops,
scorched before it is grown.
All ye beasts of the field, come to
devour,
yea, all ye beasts in the forest.
Come, all you beasts of the field; eat
greedily, all you beasts of the forest.
Yea, they are
greedy dogs which can never have enough, and they are
shepherds that cannot understand: they all look to their own way, every one for his gain, from his quarter.
Like
ravenous dogs, they are never satisfied. They are
shepherds with no
discernment; they all turn to their own way, each one seeking his own gain:
Enflaming
yourselves with idols under every
green tree,
slaying the children in the valleys under the clifts of the rocks?
who burn with
lust among the oaks, under every
luxuriant tree, who slaughter your children in the valleys, under the clefts of the rocks?
I was
enraged by his sinful
greed, so I struck him and
hid My face in anger; yet he kept turning back to the desires of his heart.
For of old time I have broken thy yoke, and
burst thy bands; and thou saidst, I will not
transgress; when upon every high hill and under every
green tree thou wanderest, playing the
harlot.
“For long ago you broke your yoke and
tore off your chains, saying, ‘I will not serve!’ Indeed, on every high hill and under every
green tree you lay down as a
prostitute.
The LORD said also 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 every
green tree, and there hath played the
harlot.
Now in the days of King
Josiah, the LORD said to me, “Have you seen what faithless Israel has done? She has gone up on every high hill and under every
green tree to
prostitute herself there.
Only 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 voice, saith the LORD.
Only acknowledge your guilt, that you have rebelled against the LORD your God. You have scattered your favors to foreign gods under every green tree and have not obeyed My voice,’” declares the LORD.
For from the least of them even unto the greatest of them every one is given to
covetousness; and from the prophet even unto the priest every one dealeth falsely.
“For from the least of them to the greatest, all are
greedy for gain; from prophet to priest, all practice
deceit.
Therefore will I give their wives unto others, and their fields to them that shall
inherit them: for every one from the least even unto the greatest is given to
covetousness, from the prophet even unto the priest every one dealeth falsely.
Therefore I will give their wives to other men and their fields to new owners. For from the least of them to the greatest, all are
greedy for gain; from prophet to priest, all practice
deceit.
The LORD called thy name, A
green olive tree, fair, and of goodly fruit: with the noise of a great
tumult he hath
kindled fire upon it, and the branches of it are broken.
The LORD once called you a flourishing olive tree, beautiful with well-formed fruit. But with a mighty
roar He will set it on fire, and its branches will be consumed.
Whilst their children remember their altars and their groves by the green trees upon the high hills.
Even their children remember their altars and Asherah poles by the green trees and on the high hills.
For he shall be as a tree planted by the waters, and that spreadeth out her roots by the river, and shall not see when heat cometh, but her leaf shall be
green; and shall not be careful in the year of
drought, neither shall cease from yielding fruit.
He is like a tree planted by the waters that sends out its roots toward the stream. It does not fear when the heat comes, and its leaves are always
green. It does not
worry in a year of
drought, nor does it cease to produce fruit.
Then shall ye know that I am the LORD, when their slain men shall be among their idols round about their altars, upon every high hill, in all the tops of the mountains, and under every green tree, and under every thick oak, the place where they did offer sweet savour to all their idols.
Then you will know that I am the LORD, when their slain lie among their idols around their altars, on every high hill, on all the mountaintops, and under every
green tree and
leafy oak—the places where they offered
fragrant incense to all their idols.
And all the trees of the field shall know that I the LORD have brought down the high tree, have
exalted the low tree, have dried up the
green tree, and have made the dry tree to
flourish: I the LORD have brought down the high tree, have
exalted the low tree, have dried up the
green tree, and have made the dry tree to
flourish: I the LORD have spoken and have done it.
Then all the trees of the field will know that I am the LORD. I bring the tall tree down and make the low tree tall. I dry up the
green tree and make the
withered tree
flourish. I, the LORD, have spoken, and I have done it.’”
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
devour every
green tree in thee, and every dry tree: the flaming flame shall not be
quenched, and all faces from the south to the north shall be burned therein.
Say to the forest of the Negev: Hear the word of the LORD! This is what the Lord GOD says: I am about to
ignite in you a fire, and it will
devour all your trees, both
green and dry. The
blazing flame will not be
quenched, and by it every face from south to north will be
scorched.
In thee have they taken gifts to shed blood; thou hast taken
usury and increase, and thou hast
greedily gained of thy neighbours by
extortion, and hast forgotten me, saith the Lord GOD.
In you they take bribes to shed blood. You
engage in
usury, take excess interest, and
extort your neighbors. But Me you have forgotten, declares the Lord GOD.
And the rough goat is the king of
Grecia: and the great horn that is between his eyes is the first king.
The
shaggy goat represents the king of
Greece, and the large horn between his eyes is the first king.
Then said he, Knowest thou wherefore I come unto thee? and now will I return to fight with the prince of Persia: and when I am gone forth, lo, the prince of
Grecia shall come.
“Do you know why I have come to you?” he said. “I must return at once to fight against the prince of Persia, and when I have gone forth, behold, the prince of Greece will come.
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 by his strength through his riches he shall
stir up all against the realm of
Grecia.
Now then, I will tell you the truth: Three more kings will arise in Persia, and then a fourth, who will be far richer than all the others. By the power of his wealth, he will
stir up
everyone against the kingdom of
Greece.
Ephraim shall say, What have I to do any more with idols? I have heard him, and observed him: I am like a
green fir tree. From me is thy fruit found.
O Ephraim, what have I to do anymore with idols? It is I who answer and watch over him. I am like a flourishing
cypress; your fruit comes from Me.
Be not afraid, ye beasts of the field: for the pastures of the wilderness do spring, for the tree beareth her fruit, the fig tree and the vine do yield their strength.
Do not be afraid, O beasts of the field, for the open pastures have turned green, the trees bear their fruit, and the fig tree and vine yield their best.
The children also of Judah and the children of Jerusalem have ye sold unto the Grecians, that ye might remove them far from their border.
You sold the people of Judah and Jerusalem to the Greeks, to send them far from their homeland.
And it came to pass, that when they had made an end of eating the grass of the land, then I said, O Lord GOD,
forgive, I
beseech thee: by whom shall Jacob arise? for he is small.
And when the locusts had eaten every
green plant in the land, I said, “Lord GOD, please
forgive! How will Jacob
survive, since he is so small?”
When I have bent Judah for me, filled the bow with Ephraim, and raised up thy sons, O
Zion, against thy sons, O
Greece, and made thee as the sword of a mighty man.
For I will bend Judah as My bow and fit it with Ephraim. I will
rouse your sons, O
Zion, against the sons of
Greece. I will make you like the sword of a mighty man.
And if ye
salute your brethren only, what do ye more than others? do not even the publicans so?
And if you
greet only your brothers, what are you doing more than others? Do not even Gentiles do the same?
And when ye come into an house,
salute it.
As you enter the home,
greet its occupants.
And
greetings in the markets, and to be called of men,
Rabbi,
Rabbi.
the
greetings in the marketplaces, and the title of ‘
Rabbi’ by which they are addressed.
Going directly to Jesus, he said, “
Greetings,
Rabbi!” and
kissed Him.
And as they went to tell his disciples, behold, Jesus met them, saying, All
hail. And they came and held him by the feet, and worshipped him.
Suddenly Jesus met them and said, “
Greetings!” They came to Him,
grasped His feet, and worshiped Him.
And he commanded them to make all sit down by companies upon the green grass.
Then Jesus directed them to have the people sit in groups on the green grass.
The woman was a
Greek, a Syrophenician by nation; and she
besought him that he would cast forth the devil out of her daughter.
Now she was a
Greek woman of Syrophoenician origin, and she kept asking Jesus to drive the
demon out of her daughter.
As soon as all the people saw Jesus, they were filled with
awe and ran to
greet Him.
And he said unto them in his doctrine,
Beware of the
scribes, which love to go in long clothing, and love
salutations in the marketplaces,
In His teaching Jesus also said, “Watch out for the
scribes. They like to walk around in long robes, to receive
greetings in the marketplaces,
And the angel came in unto her, and said,
Hail, thou that art highly favoured, the Lord is with thee: blessed art thou among women.
The angel appeared to her and said, “Greetings, you who are highly favored! The Lord is with you.”
And when she saw him, she was troubled at his saying, and cast in her mind what manner of
salutation this should be.
Mary was greatly troubled at his words and wondered what kind of
greeting this might be.
And it came to pass, that, when Elisabeth heard the
salutation of Mary, the
babe leaped in her
womb; and Elisabeth was filled with the Holy Ghost:
When Elizabeth heard Mary’s
greeting, the
baby leaped in her
womb, and Elizabeth was filled with the Holy Spirit.
Thou gavest me no
kiss: but this woman since the time I came in hath not ceased to
kiss my feet.
You did not
greet Me with a
kiss, but she has not stopped
kissing My feet since I arrived.
And the Lord said unto him, Now do ye
Pharisees make clean the outside of the cup and the
platter; but your inward part is full of
ravening and wickedness.
“Now then,” said the Lord, “you
Pharisees clean the outside of the cup and
dish, but inside you are full of
greed and wickedness.