28 verses contain “Played” (in the KJV: 22, in the BSB: 12) — showing 1–28
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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 also, behold, she is with child by
whoredom. And Judah said, Bring her forth, and let her be burnt.
About three months later, Judah was told, “Your daughter-in-law Tamar has
prostituted herself, and now she is
pregnant.” “Bring her out!” Judah replied. “Let her be burned to death!”
And his
concubine played the
whore against him, and went away from him unto her father’s house to Bethlehemjudah, and was there four whole months.
But she was unfaithful to him and left him to return to her father’s house in
Bethlehem in Judah. After she had been there four months,
And it came to pass, when the evil spirit from God was upon Saul, that David took an
harp, and
played with his hand: so Saul was refreshed, and was well, and the evil spirit departed from him.
And whenever the spirit from God came upon Saul, David would
pick up his
harp and play, and Saul would become well, and the spirit of distress would depart from him.
And the women answered one another as they played, and said, Saul hath slain his thousands, and David his ten thousands.
And as the women danced, they
sang out: “Saul has slain his thousands, and David his tens of thousands.”
And it came to pass on the
morrow, that the evil spirit from God came upon Saul, and he
prophesied in the midst of the house: and David
played with his hand, as at other times: and there was a
javelin in Saul’s hand.
The next day a spirit of distress sent from God came upon Saul, and he
prophesied inside the house while David
played the
harp as usual. Now Saul was holding a
spear,
And the evil spirit from the LORD was upon Saul, as he sat in his house with his
javelin in his hand: and David
played with his hand.
But as Saul was sitting in his house with his
spear in his hand, a spirit of distress from the LORD came upon him. While David was playing the
harp,
Then said Saul, I have
sinned: return, my son David: for I will no more do thee
harm, because my soul was precious in thine eyes this day: behold, I have
played the
fool, and have
erred exceedingly.
Then Saul replied, “I have
sinned. Come back, David my son. I will never
harm you again, because
today you considered my life precious. I have
played the
fool and have committed a grave error!”
And David and all the house of Israel
played before the LORD on all manner of instruments made of
fir wood, even on harps, and on
psalteries, and on
timbrels, and on cornets, and on cymbals.
David and all the house of Israel were
celebrating before the LORD with all kinds of wood instruments, harps, stringed instruments, tambourines, sistrums, and cymbals.
But now bring me a
minstrel. And it came to pass, when the
minstrel played, that the hand of the LORD came upon him.
And David and all Israel
played before God with all their might, and with singing, and with harps, and with
psalteries, and with
timbrels, and with cymbals, and with
trumpets.
David and all the Israelites were
celebrating before God with all their might, with songs and on harps and lyres, with tambourines, cymbals, and
trumpets.
They say, 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; yet return again to me, saith the LORD.
“If a man divorces his wife and she leaves him to marry another, can he ever return to her? Would not such a land be completely
defiled? But you have
played the
harlot with many lovers— and you would return to Me?” declares the LORD.
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.
And I saw, when for all the causes whereby
backsliding Israel committed
adultery I had put her away, and given her a bill of
divorce; yet her
treacherous sister Judah feared not, but went and
played the
harlot also.
She saw that because faithless Israel had committed
adultery, I gave her a
certificate of
divorce and sent her away. Yet that unfaithful sister Judah had no fear and
prostituted herself as well.
Therefore I said, Surely these are poor; they are
foolish: for they know not the way of the LORD, nor the judgment of their God.
Then I said, “They are only the poor; they have
played the
fool, for they do not know the way of the LORD, the justice of their God.
But thou
didst trust in thine own beauty, and
playedst the
harlot because of thy
renown, and pouredst out thy fornications on every one that passed by; his it was.
But because of your fame, you trusted in your beauty and
played the
harlot. You
lavished your favors on
everyone who passed by, and your beauty was theirs for the asking.
And of thy garments thou
didst take, and deckedst thy high places with
divers colours, and
playedst the
harlot thereupon: the like things shall not come, neither shall it be so.
You took some of your garments and made colorful high places for
yourself, and on them you
prostituted yourself. Such things should not have happened; never should they have occurred!
Thou hast
played the
whore also with the Assyrians, because thou
wast unsatiable;
yea, thou hast
played the
harlot with them, and yet couldest not be satisfied.
Then you
prostituted yourself with the Assyrians, because you were not yet satisfied. Even after that, you were still not satisfied.
And they committed whoredoms in Egypt; they committed whoredoms in their youth: there were their breasts pressed, and there they
bruised the teats of their
virginity.
and they
played in Egypt,
prostituting themselves from their youth. Their breasts were
fondled there, and their virgin bosoms
caressed.
And Aholah
played the
harlot when she was mine; and she
doted on her lovers, on the Assyrians her neighbours,
Oholah
prostituted herself while she was still Mine. She
lusted after her lovers, the Assyrians—warriors
Yet she multiplied her whoredoms, in calling to
remembrance the days of her youth, wherein she had
played the
harlot in the land of Egypt.
Yet she multiplied her
promiscuity, remembering the days of her youth, when she had
prostituted herself in the land of Egypt
For their mother hath
played the
harlot: she that conceived them hath done
shamefully: for she said, I will go after my lovers, that give me my bread and my water, my wool and my flax, mine oil and my drink.
For their mother has
played the
harlot and has conceived them in disgrace. For she thought, ‘I will go after my lovers, who give me bread and water, wool and linen, oil and drink.’
My people ask counsel at their stocks, and their staff declareth unto them: for the spirit of whoredoms hath caused them to
err, and they have gone a
whoring from under their God.
My people
consult their wooden idols, and their divining rods inform them. For a spirit of
prostitution leads them
astray and they have
played the
harlot against their God.
Rejoice not, O Israel, for joy, as other people: for thou hast gone a
whoring from thy God, thou hast loved a reward upon every
cornfloor.
And saying, We have piped unto you, and ye have not danced; we have
mourned unto you, and ye have not
lamented.
They are like unto children sitting in the marketplace, and calling one to another, and saying, We have piped unto you, and ye have not danced; we have
mourned to you, and ye have not
wept.
They are like children sitting in the marketplace and calling out to one another: ‘We
played the
flute for you, and you did not dance; we
sang a
dirge, and you did not
weep.’
And all their brethren played, and he made them go up together with them.
For first, she hath disobeyed the law of the most High; and secondly, she hath
trespassed against her own husband; and thirdly, she hath
played the
whore in
adultery, and brought children by another man.
He played with lions as with kids, and with bears as with lambs.