333 verses contain “Returned” (in the KJV: 222, in the BSB: 219) — showing 1–100
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And the waters
returned from off the earth continually: and after the end of the hundred and fifty days the waters were
abated.
The waters
receded steadily from the earth, and after 150 days the waters had gone down.
But the
dove found no rest for the sole of her foot, and she
returned unto him into the ark, for the waters were on the face of the whole earth: then he put forth his hand, and took her, and pulled her in unto him into the ark.
But the
dove found no place to rest her foot, and she
returned to him in the ark, because the waters were still covering the surface of all the earth. So he reached out his hand and brought her back inside the ark.
And the
dove came in to him in the evening; and, lo, in her mouth was an olive leaf pluckt off: so
Noah knew that the waters were
abated from off the earth.
And behold, the
dove returned to him in the evening with a freshly
plucked olive leaf in her
beak. So
Noah knew that the waters had
receded from the earth.
And he stayed yet other seven days; and sent forth the
dove; which
returned not again unto him any more.
And
Noah waited seven more days and sent out the
dove again, but this time she did not return to him.
And they
returned, and came to En-mishpat, which is Kadesh, and
smote all the country of the
Amalekites, and also the
Amorites that dwelt in Hazezon-tamar.
Then they turned back to
invade En-mishpat (that is, Kadesh), and they conquered the whole territory of the
Amalekites, as well as the
Amorites who lived in Hazazon-tamar.
And the king of
Sodom went out to meet him after his return from the slaughter of
Chedorlaomer, and of the kings that were with him, at the valley of Shaveh, which is the king’s
dale.
After
Abram returned from defeating
Chedorlaomer and the kings allied with him, the king of
Sodom went out to meet him in the Valley of Shaveh (that is, the King’s Valley).
And the LORD went his way, as soon as he had left communing with Abraham: and Abraham returned unto his place.
When the LORD had finished speaking with Abraham, He departed, and Abraham returned home.
And Abraham
gat up early in the morning to the place where he stood before the LORD:
Early the next morning, Abraham got up and returned to the place where he had stood before the LORD.
Thus they made a covenant at Beer-
sheba: then
Abimelech rose up, and Phichol the chief captain of his host, and they
returned into the land of the Philistines.
After they had made the covenant at
Beersheba,
Abimelech and Phicol the commander of his army got up and
returned to the land of the Philistines.
So Abraham
returned unto his young men, and they rose up and went together to Beer-
sheba; and Abraham dwelt at Beer-
sheba.
Abraham went back to his servants, and they got up and set out together for
Beersheba. And Abraham settled in
Beersheba.
And Isaac came from the way of the well Lahai-roi; for he dwelt in the south country.
Now Isaac had just returned from Beer-lahai-roi, for he was living in the Negev.
And it came to pass, as soon as Isaac had made an end of blessing Jacob, and Jacob was yet
scarce gone out from the presence of Isaac his father, that
Esau his brother came in from his hunting.
As soon as Isaac had finished blessing him and Jacob had left his father’s presence, his brother
Esau returned from the
hunt.
And early in the morning
Laban rose up, and
kissed his sons and his daughters, and blessed them: and
Laban departed, and
returned unto his place.
Early the next morning,
Laban got up and
kissed his grandchildren and daughters and blessed them. Then he left to return home.
And the messengers
returned to Jacob, saying, We came to thy brother
Esau, and also he cometh to meet thee, and four hundred men with him.
When the messengers
returned to Jacob, they said, “We went to your brother
Esau, and now he is coming to meet you—he and four hundred men with him.”
So
Esau returned that day on his way unto
Seir.
So that day
Esau started on his way back to
Seir,
And Jacob heard that he had
defiled Dinah his daughter: now his sons were with his cattle in the field: and Jacob held his peace until they were come.
Jacob heard that
Shechem had
defiled his daughter Dinah, but since his sons were with his
livestock in the field, he remained silent about it until they
returned.
And the sons of Jacob came out of the field when they heard it: and the men were
grieved, and they were very
wroth, because he had wrought folly in Israel in lying with Jacob’s daughter; which thing ought not to be done.
When Jacob’s sons heard what had happened, they
returned from the field. They were filled with grief and
fury, because
Shechem had committed an
outrage in Israel by lying with Jacob’s daughter—a thing that should not be done.
And God appeared unto Jacob again, when he came out of Padan-
aram, and blessed him.
After Jacob had
returned from Paddan-
aram, God appeared to him again and blessed him.
And Jacob came unto Isaac his father unto
Mamre, unto the city of Arbah, which is
Hebron, where Abraham and Isaac
sojourned.
Jacob
returned to his father Isaac at
Mamre, near Kiriath-arba (that is,
Hebron), where Abraham and Isaac had stayed.
And
Reuben returned unto the pit; and, behold, Joseph was not in the pit; and he rent his clothes.
When
Reuben returned to the pit and saw that Joseph was not there, he
tore his clothes,
And he
returned unto his brethren, and said, The child is not; and I,
whither shall I go?
returned to his brothers, and said, “The boy is gone! What am I going to do?”
And he
returned to Judah, and said, I cannot find her; and also the men of the place said, that there was no
harlot in this place.
So Hirah
returned to Judah and said, “I could not find her, and
furthermore, the men of that place said, ‘No
shrine prostitute has been here.’”
And he turned himself about from them, and
wept; and
returned to them again, and communed with them, and took from them
Simeon, and bound him before their eyes.
And he turned away from them and
wept. When he turned back and spoke to them, he took
Simeon from them and had him bound before their eyes.
And he said unto his brethren, My money is restored; and, lo, it is even in my
sack: and their heart failed them, and they were afraid, saying one to another, What is this that God hath done unto us?
“My silver has been
returned!” he said to his brothers. “It is here in my
sack.” Their hearts
sank, and
trembling, they turned to one another and said, “What is this that God has done to us?”
For except we had
lingered, surely now we had
returned this second time.
If we had not delayed, we could have come and gone twice by now.”
And the men were afraid, because they were brought into Joseph’s house; and they said, Because of the money that was
returned in our sacks at the first time are we brought in; that he may seek occasion against us, and fall upon us, and take us for
bondmen, and our
asses.
But the brothers were
frightened that they had been taken to Joseph’s house. “We have been brought here because of the silver that was
returned in our bags the first time,” they said. “They intend to overpower us and take us as slaves, along with our
donkeys.”
Then they rent their clothes, and
laded every man his
ass, and
returned to the city.
Then they all
tore their clothes, loaded their
donkeys, and
returned to the city.
And it came to pass when we came up unto thy servant my father, we told him the words of my lord.
Now when we returned to your servant my father, we relayed your words to him.
And Joseph
returned into Egypt, he, and his brethren, and all that went up with him to
bury his father, after he had buried his father.
After Joseph had buried his father, he
returned to Egypt with his brothers and all who had gone with him to
bury his father.
And when they came to Reuel their father, he said, How is it that ye are come so soon to day?
When the daughters
returned to their father Reuel, he asked them, “Why have you
returned so early
today?”
And Moses went and returned to Jethro his father in law, and said unto him, Let me go, I pray thee, and return unto my brethren which are in Egypt, and see whether they be yet alive. And Jethro said to Moses, Go in peace.
Then Moses went back to his father-in-law Jethro and said to him, “Please let me return to my brothers in Egypt to see if they are still alive.” “Go in peace,” Jethro replied.
And Moses took his wife and his sons, and set them upon an
ass, and he
returned to the land of Egypt: and Moses took the rod of God in his hand.
So Moses took his wife and sons, put them on a
donkey, and headed back to Egypt. And he took the staff of God in his hand.
And Moses
returned unto the LORD, and said, Lord, wherefore hast thou so evil
entreated this people? why is it that thou hast sent me?
So Moses returned to the LORD and asked, “Lord, why have You brought trouble upon this people? Is this why You sent me?
And Moses stretched forth his hand over the sea, and the sea returned to his strength when the morning appeared; and the Egyptians fled against it; and the LORD overthrew the Egyptians in the midst of the sea.
So Moses stretched out his hand over the sea, and at
daybreak the sea
returned to its normal state. As the Egyptians were retreating, the LORD swept them into the sea.
And the waters
returned, and covered the
chariots, and the
horsemen, and all the host of Pharaoh that came into the sea after them; there remained not so much as one of them.
The waters flowed back and covered the
chariots and
horsemen—the entire army of Pharaoh that had
chased the Israelites into the sea. Not one of them survived.
And Moses let his father in law depart; and he went his way into his own land.
Then Moses sent his father-in-law on his way, and Jethro returned to his own land.
And all the people answered together, and said, All that the LORD hath spoken we will do. And Moses returned the words of the people unto the LORD.
And all the people answered together, “We will do everything that the LORD has spoken.” So Moses brought their words back to the LORD.
And Moses
returned unto the LORD, and said, Oh, this people have
sinned a great sin, and have made them gods of gold.
So Moses returned to the LORD and said, “Oh, what a great sin these people have committed! They have made gods of gold for themselves.
And Moses called unto them; and Aaron and all the rulers of the congregation returned unto him: and Moses talked with them.
But Moses called out to them; so Aaron and all the leaders of the congregation returned to him, and Moses spoke to them.
But if the priest’s daughter be a widow, or
divorced, and have no child, and is
returned unto her father’s house, as in her youth, she shall eat of her father’s meat: but there shall no stranger eat thereof.
But if a priest’s daughter with no children becomes widowed or
divorced and returns to her father’s house, she may share her father’s food as in her youth. But no outsider may share it.
And Moses
gat him into the camp, he and the elders of Israel.
Then Moses returned to the camp, along with the elders of Israel.
And they returned from searching of the land after forty days.
After forty days the men
returned from
spying out the land,
And the men, which Moses sent to search the land, who
returned, and made all the congregation to
murmur against him, by bringing up a
slander upon the land,
So the men Moses had sent to
spy out the land, who had
returned and made the whole congregation
grumble against him by bringing out a bad report about the land—
And Aaron returned unto Moses unto the door of the tabernacle of the congregation: and the plague was stayed.
Then Aaron
returned to Moses at the entrance to the Tent of Meeting, since the plague had been
halted.
And the princes of Moab rose up, and they went unto Balak, and said,
Balaam refuseth to come with us.
And the princes of Moab arose,
returned to Balak, and said, “
Balaam refused to come with us.”
And he returned unto him, and, lo, he stood by his burnt sacrifice, he, and all the princes of Moab.
So he returned to Balak, who was standing there beside his burnt offering, with all the princes of Moab.
And when he came to him, behold, he stood by his burnt offering, and the princes of Moab with him. And Balak said unto him, What hath the LORD spoken?
So he returned to Balak, who was standing there by his burnt offering with the princes of Moab. “What did the LORD say?” Balak asked.
And
Balaam rose up, and went and
returned to his place: and Balak also went his way.
Then
Balaam arose and
returned to his homeland, and Balak also went on his way.
And ye
returned and
wept before the LORD; but the LORD would not
hearken to your voice, nor give ear unto you.
And you
returned and
wept before the LORD, but He would not
listen to your voice or give ear to you.
Thine ox shall be slain before thine eyes, and thou shalt not eat thereof: thine
ass shall be violently taken away from before thy face, and shall not be restored to thee: thy sheep shall be given unto thine enemies, and thou shalt have none to
rescue them.
Your ox will be slaughtered before your eyes, but you will not eat any of it. Your
donkey will be taken away and not
returned to you. Your flock will be given to your enemies, and no one will save you.
And she said unto them, Get you to the mountain, lest the pursuers meet you; and hide
yourselves there three days, until the pursuers be
returned: and afterward may ye go your way.
“Go to the hill country,” she said, “so that your pursuers will not find you. Hide
yourselves there for three days until they have
returned; then go on your way.”
And they went, and came unto the mountain, and abode there three days, until the pursuers were returned: and the pursuers sought them throughout all the way, but found them not.
So the
spies went out into the hill country and stayed there three days, until their pursuers had
returned without finding them, having searched all along the road.
So the two men
returned, and descended from the mountain, and passed over, and came to Joshua the son of
Nun, and told him all things that
befell them:
Then the two men started back, came down from the hill country, and crossed the river. So they came to Joshua son of
Nun and reported all that had happened to them.
And it came to pass, when the priests that bare the ark of the covenant of the LORD were come up out of the midst of Jordan, and the soles of the priests’ feet were lifted up unto the dry land, that the waters of Jordan returned unto their place, and flowed over all his banks, as they did before.
When the priests carrying the ark of the covenant of the LORD came up out of the Jordan and their feet touched the dry land, the waters of the Jordan returned to their course and overflowed all the banks as before.
So the ark of the LORD compassed the city, going about it once: and they came into the camp, and
lodged in the camp.
So he had the ark of the LORD carried around the city, circling it once. And the people returned to the camp and spent the night there.
And the second day they compassed the city once, and returned into the camp: so they did six days.
So on the second day they marched around the city once and returned to the camp. They did this for six days.
And they
returned to Joshua, and said unto him, Let not all the people go up; but let about two or three thousand men go up and
smite Ai; and make not all the people to labour thither; for they are but few.
On returning to Joshua, they reported, “There is no need to send all the people; two or three thousand men are enough to go up and attack
Ai. Since the people of
Ai are so few, you need not wear out all our people there.”
And it came to pass, when Israel had made an end of
slaying all the inhabitants of
Ai in the field, in the wilderness wherein they
chased them, and when they were all fallen on the edge of the sword, until they were consumed, that all the Israelites
returned unto
Ai, and
smote it with the edge of the sword.
When Israel had finished killing all the men of
Ai who had pursued them into the field and wilderness, and when every last one of them had fallen by the sword, all the Israelites
returned to
Ai and put it to the sword as well.
And Joshua
returned, and all Israel with him, unto the camp to
Gilgal.
Then Joshua
returned with all Israel to the camp at
Gilgal.
And all the people returned to the camp to Joshua at Makkedah in peace: none moved his tongue against any of the children of Israel.
The whole army
returned safely to Joshua in the camp at Makkedah, and no one
dared to utter a word against the Israelites.
And Joshua returned, and all Israel with him, to Debir; and fought against it:
Finally Joshua and all Israel with him turned toward Debir and fought against it.
And Joshua
returned, and all Israel with him, unto the camp to
Gilgal.
Then Joshua
returned with all Israel to the camp at
Gilgal.
And the men went and passed through the land, and described it by cities into seven parts in a book, and came again to Joshua to the host at
Shiloh.
So the men departed and went throughout the land,
mapping it city by city into seven portions. Then they
returned with the document to Joshua at the camp in
Shiloh.
And the children of
Reuben and the children of
Gad and the half tribe of
Manasseh returned, and departed from the children of Israel out of
Shiloh, which is in the land of
Canaan, to go unto the country of
Gilead, to the land of their possession,
whereof they were possessed, according to the word of the LORD by the hand of Moses.
So the Reubenites, the Gadites, and the half-tribe of
Manasseh left the Israelites at
Shiloh in the land of
Canaan to return to their own land of
Gilead, which they had acquired according to the command of the LORD through Moses.
And
Phinehas the son of
Eleazar the priest, and the princes,
returned from the children of
Reuben, and from the children of
Gad, out of the land of
Gilead, unto the land of
Canaan, to the children of Israel, and brought them word again.
Then
Phinehas son of
Eleazar the priest, together with the other leaders,
returned to the Israelites in the land of
Canaan and brought back a report regarding the Reubenites and Gadites in the land of
Gilead.
And it came to pass, when the judge was dead, that they
returned, and corrupted themselves more than their fathers, in following other gods to serve them, and to bow down unto them; they ceased not from their own doings, nor from their
stubborn way.
But when the judge died, the Israelites became even more corrupt than their fathers, going after other gods to serve them and bow down to them. They would not give up their evil practices and
stubborn ways.
Her wise ladies answered her,
yea, she
returned answer to herself,
Her wisest ladies answer; indeed she keeps telling herself,
Now therefore go to,
proclaim in the ears of the people, saying,
Whosoever is fearful and afraid, let him return and depart early from mount
Gilead. And there
returned of the people twenty and two thousand; and there remained ten thousand.
Now, therefore,
proclaim in the hearing of the people: ‘
Whoever is fearful and
trembling may turn back and leave Mount
Gilead.’” So twenty-two thousand of them turned back, but ten thousand remained.
And it was so, when
Gideon heard the telling of the dream, and the interpretation thereof, that he worshipped, and
returned into the host of Israel, and said, Arise; for the LORD hath delivered into your hand the host of
Midian.
When
Gideon heard the dream and its interpretation, he bowed in worship. He
returned to the camp of Israel and said, “Get up, for the LORD has delivered the camp of
Midian into your hand.”
And
Gideon the son of
Joash returned from battle before the sun was up,
And Jerubbaal the son of
Joash went and dwelt in his own house.
and he—Jerubbaal son of
Joash—
returned home and settled down.
And
Jephthah came to Mizpeh unto his house, and, behold, his daughter came out to meet him with
timbrels and with dances: and she was his only child; beside her he had neither son nor daughter.
And when
Jephthah returned home to
Mizpah, there was his daughter coming out to meet him with tambourines and dancing! She was his only child; he had no son or daughter besides her.
And it came to pass at the end of two months, that she
returned unto her father, who did with her according to his
vow which he had
vowed: and she knew no man. And it was a custom in Israel,
After two months, she
returned to her father, and he did to her as he had
vowed. And she had never had relations with a man. So it has become a custom in Israel
And God
hearkened to the voice of
Manoah; and the angel of God came again unto the woman as she sat in the field: but
Manoah her husband was not with her.
And God
listened to the voice of
Manoah, and the angel of God
returned to the woman as she was sitting in the field; but her husband
Manoah was not with her.
And he came up, and told his father and his mother, and said, I have seen a woman in Timnath of the daughters of the Philistines: now therefore get her for me to wife.
So he returned and told his father and mother, “I have seen a daughter of the Philistines in Timnah. Now get her for me as a wife.”
And after a time he
returned to take her, and he turned aside to see the
carcase of the lion: and, behold, there was a
swarm of bees and honey in the
carcase of the lion.
When
Samson returned later to take her, he left the road to see the lion’s
carcass, and in it was a
swarm of bees, along with their honey.
And he took thereof in his hands, and went on eating, and came to his father and mother, and he gave them, and they did eat: but he told not them that he had taken the honey out of the
carcase of the lion.
So he
scooped some honey into his hands and
ate it as he went along. And when he
returned to his father and mother, he gave some to them and they
ate it. But he did not tell them that he had taken the honey from the lion’s
carcass.
And the Spirit of the LORD came upon him, and he went down to Ashkelon, and
slew thirty men of them, and took their
spoil, and gave change of garments unto them which
expounded the
riddle. And his anger was
kindled, and he went up to his father’s house.
Then the Spirit of the LORD came
mightily upon him, and he went down to Ashkelon, killed thirty of their men, took their
apparel, and gave their clothes to those who had
solved the
riddle. And burning with anger,
Samson returned to his father’s house,
But God
clave an hollow place that was in the jaw, and there came water
thereout; and when he had
drunk, his spirit came again, and he revived: wherefore he called the name thereof En-hakkore, which is in Lehi unto this day.
So God opened up the hollow place in Lehi, and water came out of it. When
Samson drank, his strength
returned, and he was revived. That is why he named it En-hakkore, and it remains in Lehi to this day.
And when he had restored the eleven hundred shekels of silver to his mother, his mother said, I had wholly dedicated the silver unto the LORD from my hand for my son, to make a
graven image and a
molten image: now therefore I will restore it unto thee.
And when he had
returned the eleven hundred shekels of silver to his mother, she said, “I wholly
dedicate the silver to the LORD for my son’s benefit, to make a
graven image and a
molten idol. Therefore I will now return it to you.”
Yet he restored the money unto his mother; and his mother took two hundred shekels of silver, and gave them to the founder, who made thereof a
graven image and a
molten image: and they were in the house of
Micah.
So he
returned the silver to his mother, and she took two hundred shekels of silver and gave them to a
silversmith, who made them into a
graven image and a
molten idol. And they were placed in the house of
Micah.
And they came unto their brethren to Zorah and Eshtaol: and their brethren said unto them, What say ye?
When the men returned to Zorah and Eshtaol, their brothers asked them, “What did you find?”
And Benjamin came again at that time; and they gave them wives which they had saved alive of the women of
Jabesh-
gilead: and yet so they sufficed them not.
And at that time the Benjamites
returned and were given the women who were
spared from
Jabesh-
gilead. But there were not enough women for all of them.
And the children of Benjamin did so, and took them wives, according to their number, of them that danced, whom they caught: and they went and returned unto their inheritance, and repaired the cities, and dwelt in them.
The Benjamites did as
instructed and carried away the number of women they needed from the dancers they caught. They went back to their own inheritance, rebuilt their cities, and settled in them.
And the children of Israel departed thence at that time, every man to his tribe and to his family, and they went out from thence every man to his inheritance.
And at that time, each of the Israelites returned from there to his own tribe and clan, each to his own inheritance.
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 the servant that was set over the reapers answered and said, It is the
Moabitish damsel that came back with
Naomi out of the country of Moab:
And when she came to her mother in law, she said, Who art thou, my daughter? And she told her all that the man had done to her.
When
Ruth returned to her mother-in-law,
Naomi asked her, “How did it go, my daughter?” Then
Ruth told her all that Boaz had done for her.
And he said unto the
kinsman,
Naomi, that is come again out of the country of Moab, selleth a
parcel of land, which was our brother Elimelech’s:
And he said to the
kinsman-
redeemer, “
Naomi, who has
returned from the land of Moab, is selling the piece of land that belonged to our brother Elimelech.
And they rose up in the morning early, and worshipped before the LORD, and
returned, and came to their house to
Ramah: and Elkanah knew
Hannah his wife; and the LORD remembered her.
The next morning Elkanah and
Hannah got up early to bow in worship before the LORD, and then
returned home to
Ramah. And Elkanah had relations with his wife
Hannah, and the LORD remembered her.
And when the people were come into the camp, the elders of Israel said, Wherefore hath the LORD
smitten us to day before the Philistines? Let us
fetch the ark of the covenant of the LORD out of
Shiloh unto us, that, when it cometh among us, it may save us out of the hand of our enemies.
When the troops
returned to the camp, the elders of Israel asked, “Why has the LORD brought defeat on us before the Philistines
today? Let us bring the ark of the covenant of the LORD from
Shiloh, so that it may go with us to save us from the hand of our enemies.”
And when they of
Ashdod arose early on the
morrow, behold,
Dagon was fallen upon his face to the earth before the ark of the LORD. And they took
Dagon, and set him in his place again.
When the people of
Ashdod got up early the next morning, there was
Dagon, fallen on his face before the ark of the LORD. So they took
Dagon and
returned him to his place.
And when the five lords of the Philistines had seen it, they
returned to
Ekron the same day.
And when the five rulers of the Philistines saw this, they
returned to
Ekron that same day.
As a guilt offering to the LORD, the Philistines had sent back one gold
tumor for each city:
Ashdod,
Gaza, Ashkelon,
Gath, and
Ekron.
And they sent messengers to the inhabitants of Kirjath-jearim, saying, The Philistines have brought again the ark of the LORD; come ye down, and
fetch it up to you.
So they sent messengers to the people of Kiriath-jearim, saying, “The Philistines have returned the ark of the LORD. Come down and take it up with you.”
Then Saul went up from following the Philistines: and the Philistines went to their own place.
Then Saul gave up his pursuit of the Philistines, and the Philistines returned to their own land.
But David went and
returned from Saul to feed his father’s sheep at
Bethlehem.
but David went back and forth from Saul to tend his father’s sheep in
Bethlehem.
And the children of Israel
returned from
chasing after the Philistines, and they
spoiled their tents.
When the Israelites
returned from their pursuit of the Philistines, they
plundered their camps.
And as David
returned from the slaughter of the
Philistine,
Abner took him, and brought him before Saul with the head of the
Philistine in his hand.
So when David
returned from killing the
Philistine, still holding his head in his hand,
Abner took him and brought him before Saul.
And it came to pass as they came, when David was
returned from the slaughter of the
Philistine, that the women came out of all cities of Israel, singing and dancing, to meet king Saul, with tabrets, with joy, and with instruments of musick.
As the troops were returning home after David had killed the
Philistine, the women came out of all the cities of Israel to meet King Saul with singing and dancing, with joyful songs, and with tambourines and other instruments.