164 verses contain “Stretch” (in the KJV: 148, in the BSB: 86) — showing 1–100
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And Abraham
stretched forth his hand, and took the knife to
slay his son.
Then Abraham reached out his hand and took the knife to slaughter his son.
And Israel
stretched out his right hand, and laid it upon Ephraim’s head, who was the younger, and his left hand upon
Manasseh’s head, guiding his hands
wittingly; for
Manasseh was the
firstborn.
But Israel
stretched out his right hand and put it on the head of Ephraim, the younger; and crossing his hands, he put his left on
Manasseh’s head, although
Manasseh was the
firstborn.
And I will
stretch out my hand, and
smite Egypt with all my wonders which I will do in the midst thereof: and after that he will let you go.
So I will stretch out My hand and strike the Egyptians with all the wonders I will perform among them. And after that, he will release you.
And the LORD said unto Moses, Put forth thine hand, and take it by the tail. And he put forth his hand, and caught it, and it became a rod in his hand:
“
Stretch out your hand and
grab it by the tail,” the LORD said to Moses, who reached out his hand and caught the
snake, and it turned back into a staff in his hand.
Wherefore say unto the children of Israel, I am the LORD, and I will bring you out from under the burdens of the Egyptians, and I will rid you out of their
bondage, and I will
redeem you with a
stretched out arm, and with great judgments:
Therefore tell the Israelites: ‘I am the LORD, and I will bring you out from under the yoke of the Egyptians and deliver you from their
bondage. I will
redeem you with an outstretched arm and with mighty acts of judgment.
And the Egyptians shall know that I am the LORD, when I stretch forth mine hand upon Egypt, and bring out the children of Israel from among them.
And the Egyptians will know that I am the LORD, when I stretch out My hand against Egypt and bring the Israelites out from among them.”
And the LORD spake unto Moses, Say unto Aaron, Take thy rod, and stretch out thine hand upon the waters of Egypt, upon their streams, upon their rivers, and upon their ponds, and upon all their pools of water, that they may become blood; and that there may be blood throughout all the land of Egypt, both in vessels of wood, and in vessels of stone.
And the LORD said to Moses, “Tell Aaron, ‘Take your staff and stretch out your hand over the waters of Egypt—over their rivers and canals and ponds and reservoirs—that they may become blood.’ There will be blood throughout the land of Egypt, even in the vessels of wood and stone.”
And the LORD spake unto Moses, Say unto Aaron, Stretch forth thine hand with thy rod over the streams, over the rivers, and over the ponds, and cause frogs to come up upon the land of Egypt.
And the LORD said to Moses, “Tell Aaron, ‘
Stretch out your hand with your staff over the rivers and canals and ponds, and cause the frogs to come up
onto the land of Egypt.’”
And Aaron stretched out his hand over the waters of Egypt; and the frogs came up, and covered the land of Egypt.
So Aaron stretched out his hand over the waters of Egypt, and the frogs came up and covered the land of Egypt.
And the LORD said unto Moses, Say unto Aaron,
Stretch out thy rod, and
smite the dust of the land, that it may become
lice throughout all the land of Egypt.
Then the LORD said to Moses, “Tell Aaron, ‘Stretch out your staff and strike the dust of the earth, that it may turn into swarms of gnats throughout the land of Egypt.’”
And they did so; for Aaron
stretched out his hand with his rod, and
smote the dust of the earth, and it became
lice in man, and in beast; all the dust of the land became
lice throughout all the land of Egypt.
This they did, and when Aaron stretched out his hand with his staff and struck the dust of the earth, gnats came upon man and beast. All the dust of the earth turned into gnats throughout the land of Egypt.
For now I will
stretch out my hand, that I may
smite thee and thy people with
pestilence; and thou shalt be cut off from the earth.
For by this time I could have
stretched out My hand and struck you and your people with a plague to
wipe you off the earth.
And the LORD said unto Moses,
Stretch forth thine hand toward heaven, that there may be
hail in all the land of Egypt, upon man, and upon beast, and upon every
herb of the field, throughout the land of Egypt.
Then the LORD said to Moses, “
Stretch out your hand toward heaven, so that
hail may fall on all the land of Egypt—on man and beast and every plant of the field throughout the land of Egypt.”
And Moses
stretched forth his rod toward heaven: and the LORD sent
thunder and
hail, and the fire ran along upon the ground; and the LORD rained
hail upon the land of Egypt.
So Moses
stretched out his staff toward heaven, and the LORD sent
thunder and
hail, and
lightning struck the earth. So the LORD rained down
hail upon the land of Egypt.
And the LORD said unto Moses,
Stretch out thine hand over the land of Egypt for the locusts, that they may come up upon the land of Egypt, and eat every
herb of the land, even all that the
hail hath left.
Then the LORD said to Moses, “
Stretch out your hand over the land of Egypt, so that the locusts may
swarm over it and
devour every plant in the land—everything that the
hail has left behind.”
And Moses stretched forth his rod over the land of Egypt, and the LORD brought an east wind upon the land all that day, and all that night; and when it was morning, the east wind brought the locusts.
So Moses stretched out his staff over the land of Egypt, and throughout that day and night the LORD sent an east wind across the land. By morning the east wind had brought the locusts.
And the LORD said unto Moses, Stretch out thine hand toward heaven, that there may be darkness over the land of Egypt, even darkness which may be felt.
Then the LORD said to Moses, “
Stretch out your hand toward heaven, so that darkness may spread over the land of Egypt—a
palpable darkness.”
And Moses stretched forth his hand toward heaven; and there was a thick darkness in all the land of Egypt three days:
So Moses stretched out his hand toward heaven, and total darkness covered all the land of Egypt for three days.
But lift thou up thy rod, and stretch out thine hand over the sea, and divide it: and the children of Israel shall go on dry ground through the midst of the sea.
And as for you, lift up your staff and stretch out your hand over the sea and divide it, so that the Israelites can go through the sea on dry ground.
And Moses stretched out his hand over the sea; and the LORD caused the sea to go back by a strong east wind all that night, and made the sea dry land, and the waters were divided.
Then Moses stretched out his hand over the sea, and all that night the LORD drove back the sea with a strong east wind that turned it into dry land. So the waters were divided,
And the LORD said unto Moses,
Stretch out thine hand over the sea, that the waters may come again upon the Egyptians, upon their
chariots, and upon their
horsemen.
Then the LORD said to Moses, “
Stretch out your hand over the sea, so that the waters may flow back over the Egyptians and their
chariots and
horsemen.”
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.
Thou
stretchedst out thy right hand, the earth
swallowed them.
You
stretched out Your right hand, and the earth
swallowed them up.
And the
cherubim shall
stretch forth their wings on high, covering the mercy seat with their wings, and their faces shall look one to another; toward the mercy seat shall the faces of the cherubims be.
And the
cherubim are to have wings that spread upward, overshadowing the mercy seat. The
cherubim are to face each other, looking toward the mercy seat.
Or hath God
assayed to go and take him a nation from the midst of another nation, by temptations, by signs, and by wonders, and by war, and by a mighty hand, and by a
stretched out arm, and by great terrors, according to all that the LORD your God did for you in Egypt before your eyes?
Or has any god tried to take as his own a nation out of another nation—by trials, signs, wonders, and war, by a strong hand and an outstretched arm, and by great terrors—as the LORD your God did for you in Egypt, before your eyes?
And remember that thou
wast a servant in the land of Egypt, and that the LORD thy God brought thee out thence through a mighty hand and by a
stretched out arm: therefore the LORD thy God commanded thee to keep the sabbath day.
Remember that you were a slave in the land of Egypt, and that the LORD your God brought you out of there with a mighty hand and an outstretched arm. That is why the LORD your God has commanded you to keep the Sabbath day.
The great temptations which thine eyes saw, and the signs, and the wonders, and the mighty hand, and the stretched out arm, whereby the LORD thy God brought thee out: so shall the LORD thy God do unto all the people of whom thou art afraid.
the great trials that you saw, the signs and wonders, and the mighty hand and outstretched arm by which the LORD your God brought you out. The LORD your God will do the same to all the peoples you now fear.
Yet they are thy people and thine inheritance, which thou broughtest out by thy mighty power and by thy stretched out arm.
But they are Your people, Your inheritance, whom You brought out by Your great power and outstretched arm.”
And know ye this day: for I speak not with your children which have not known, and which have not seen the
chastisement of the LORD your God, his greatness, his mighty hand, and his
stretched out arm,
Know this day that it is not your children who have known and seen the discipline of the LORD your God: His greatness, His mighty hand, and His outstretched arm;
And the LORD said unto Joshua,
Stretch out the
spear that is in thy hand toward
Ai; for I will give it into thine hand. And Joshua
stretched out the
spear that he had in his hand toward the city.
Then the LORD said to Joshua, “Hold out your battle
lance toward
Ai, for into your hand I will deliver the city.” So Joshua held out his battle
lance toward
Ai,
And the
ambush arose quickly out of their place, and they ran as soon as he had
stretched out his hand: and they entered into the city, and took it, and hasted and set the city on fire.
and as soon as he did so, the men in
ambush rose quickly from their position. They
rushed forward, entered the city, captured it, and immediately set it on fire.
For Joshua drew not his hand back,
wherewith he
stretched out the
spear, until he had utterly destroyed all the inhabitants of
Ai.
Joshua did not draw back the hand that held his battle
lance until he had devoted to destruction all who lived in
Ai.
And their border went up toward the sea, and Maralah, and reached to Dabbasheth, and reached to the river that is before Jokneam;
The border of their inheritance
stretched as far as Sarid. It went up westward to Maralah, reached Dabbesheth, and met the
brook east of Jokneam.
And he said unto his men, The LORD
forbid that I should do this thing unto my master, the LORD’S
anointed, to
stretch forth mine hand against him, seeing he is the
anointed of the LORD.
So he said to his men, “The LORD
forbid that I should do such a thing to my master, the LORD’s
anointed. May I never lift my hand against him, since he is the LORD’s
anointed.”
And David said to
Abishai, Destroy him not: for who can
stretch forth his hand against the LORD’S
anointed, and be guiltless?
But David said to
Abishai, “Do not destroy him, for who can lift a hand against the LORD’s
anointed and be guiltless?”
The LORD
forbid that I should
stretch forth mine hand against the LORD’S
anointed: but, I pray thee, take thou now the
spear that is at his
bolster, and the
cruse of water, and let us go.
But the LORD
forbid that I should
stretch out my hand against the LORD’s
anointed. Instead, take the
spear and water
jug by his head, and let us go.”
The LORD render to every man his righteousness and his faithfulness: for the LORD delivered thee into my hand to day, but I would not
stretch forth mine hand against the LORD’S
anointed.
May the LORD repay every man for his righteousness and faithfulness. For the LORD delivered you into my hand
today, but I would not
stretch out my hand against the LORD’s
anointed.
And David said unto him, How
wast thou not afraid to
stretch forth thine hand to destroy the LORD’S
anointed?
So David asked him, “Why were you not afraid to lift your hand to destroy the LORD’s
anointed?”
And when the angel
stretched out his hand upon Jerusalem to destroy it, the LORD
repented him of the evil, and said to the angel that destroyed the people, It is enough: stay now thine hand. And the angel of the LORD was by the threshingplace of Araunah the Jebusite.
But when the angel
stretched out his hand to destroy Jerusalem, the LORD relented from the
calamity and said to the angel who was destroying the people, “Enough! Withdraw your hand now!” At that time the angel of the LORD was by the
threshing floor of Araunah the Jebusite.
And he set the cherubims within the inner house: and they
stretched forth the wings of the cherubims, so that the wing of the one touched the one wall, and the wing of the other
cherub touched the other wall; and their wings touched one another in the midst of the house.
And he placed the
cherubim inside the
innermost room of the temple. Since their wings were spread out, the wing of the first
cherub touched one wall, while the wing of the second
cherub touched the other wall, and in the middle of the room their wingtips touched.
(For they shall hear of thy great name, and of thy strong hand, and of thy stretched out arm;) when he shall come and pray toward this house;
for they will hear of Your great name and mighty hand and outstretched arm—when he comes and prays toward this temple,
And it came to pass, when king
Jeroboam heard the saying of the man of God, which had
cried against the altar in
Bethel, that he put forth his hand from the altar, saying, Lay hold on him. And his hand, which he put forth against him, dried up, so that he could not pull it in again to him.
Now when King
Jeroboam, who was at the altar in
Bethel, heard the word that the man of God had
cried out against it, he
stretched out his hand and said, “Seize him!” But the hand he
stretched out toward him
withered, so that he could not pull it back.
And he
stretched himself upon the child three times, and
cried unto the LORD, and said, O LORD my God, I pray thee, let this child’s soul come into him again.
Then he
stretched himself out over the child three times and
cried out to the LORD, “O LORD my God, please let this boy’s life return to him!”
And he went up, and lay upon the child, and put his mouth upon his mouth, and his eyes upon his eyes, and his hands upon his hands: and he stretched himself upon the child; and the flesh of the child waxed warm.
Then
Elisha got on the bed and lay on the boy, mouth to mouth, eye to eye, and hand to hand. As he
stretched himself out over him, the boy’s body became warm.
Then he returned, and walked in the house to and
fro; and went up, and
stretched himself upon him: and the child
sneezed seven times, and the child opened his eyes.
Elisha turned away and
paced back and forth across the room. Then he got on the bed and
stretched himself out over the boy again, and the boy
sneezed seven times and opened his eyes.
But the LORD, who brought you up out of the land of Egypt with great power and a stretched out arm, him shall ye fear, and him shall ye worship, and to him shall ye do sacrifice.
Instead, worship the LORD, who brought you out of the land of Egypt with great power and an outstretched arm. You are to bow down to Him and offer sacrifices to Him.
And I will
stretch over Jerusalem the line of Samaria, and the
plummet of the house of
Ahab: and I will
wipe Jerusalem as a man wipeth a
dish,
wiping it, and turning it
upside down.
I will
stretch out over Jerusalem the measuring line used against Samaria and the
plumb line used against the house of
Ahab, and I will
wipe out Jerusalem as one wipes out a
bowl—
wiping it and turning it
upside down.
And David lifted up his eyes, and saw the angel of the LORD stand between the earth and the heaven, having a drawn sword in his hand
stretched out over Jerusalem. Then David and the elders of Israel, who were clothed in
sackcloth, fell upon their faces.
When David lifted up his eyes and saw the angel of the LORD standing between heaven and earth, with a drawn sword in his hand
stretched out over Jerusalem, David and the elders, clothed in
sackcloth, fell facedown.
Moreover concerning the stranger, which is not of thy people Israel, but is come from a far country for thy great name’s sake, and thy mighty hand, and thy stretched out arm; if they come and pray in this house;
And as for the foreigner who is not of Your people Israel but has come from a distant land because of Your great name and Your mighty hand and outstretched arm—when he comes and prays toward this temple,
But put forth thine hand now, and touch all that he hath, and he will
curse thee to thy face.
But
stretch out Your hand and strike all that he has, and he will surely
curse You to Your face.”
But put forth thine hand now, and touch his bone and his flesh, and he will
curse thee to thy face.
But
stretch out Your hand and strike his flesh and bones, and he will surely
curse You to Your face.”
Which alone spreadeth out the heavens, and treadeth upon the waves of the sea.
He alone stretches out the heavens and treads on the waves of the sea.
If thou prepare thine heart, and stretch out thine hands toward him;
As for you, if you direct your heart and lift up your hands to Him,
For he
stretcheth out his hand against God, and strengtheneth himself against the
Almighty.
For he has
stretched out his hand against God and has
vaunted himself against the
Almighty,
He stretcheth out the north over the empty place, and hangeth the earth upon nothing.
He stretches out the north over empty space; He hangs the earth upon nothing.
Howbeit he will not
stretch out his hand to the grave, though they cry in his destruction.
Yet no one
stretches out his hand to a ruined man when he
cries for help in his distress.
Who hath laid the measures thereof, if thou knowest? or who hath stretched the line upon it?
Who fixed its measurements? Surely you know! Or who stretched a measuring line across it?
Doth the
hawk fly by thy wisdom, and
stretch her wings toward the south?
Does the
hawk take flight by your understanding and spread his wings toward the south?
If we have forgotten the name of our God, or stretched out our hands to a strange god;
If we had forgotten the name of our God or spread out our hands to a foreign god,
Princes shall come out of Egypt;
Ethiopia shall soon
stretch out her hands unto God.
Envoys will arrive from Egypt;
Cush will
stretch out her hands to God.
Why withdrawest thou thy hand, even thy right hand?
pluck it out of thy
bosom.
Why do You withdraw Your strong right hand? Stretch it out to destroy them!
Mine eye mourneth by reason of
affliction: LORD, I have called daily upon thee, I have
stretched out my hands unto thee.
My eyes grow
dim with grief. I call to You daily, O LORD; I spread out my hands to You.
Who coverest
thyself with light as with a garment: who
stretchest out the heavens like a
curtain:
He wraps Himself in light as with a garment; He stretches out the heavens like a tent,
To him that stretched out the earth above the waters: for his mercy endureth for ever.
He spread out the earth upon the waters. His loving devotion endures
forever.
With a strong hand, and with a stretched out arm: for his mercy endureth for ever.
with a mighty hand and an outstretched arm. His loving devotion endures
forever.
Though I walk in the midst of trouble, thou
wilt revive me: thou shalt
stretch forth thine hand against the wrath of mine enemies, and thy right hand shall save me.
If I walk in the midst of trouble, You preserve me from the anger of my foes; You extend Your hand, and Your right hand saves me.
I
stretch forth my hands unto thee: my soul thirsteth after thee, as a
thirsty land.
Selah.
I
stretch out my hands to You; my soul thirsts for You like a
parched land.
Selah Because I have called, and ye refused; I have stretched out my hand, and no man regarded;
Because you refused my call, and no one took my outstretched hand,
She
stretches out her hands to the
distaff and grasps the
spindle with her fingers.
She
stretcheth out her hand to the poor;
yea, she reacheth forth her hands to the
needy.
She opens her arms to the poor and reaches out her hands to the
needy.
Moreover the LORD saith, Because the daughters of
Zion are
haughty, and walk with
stretched forth necks and
wanton eyes, walking and
mincing as they go, and making a
tinkling with their feet:
Therefore is the anger of the LORD
kindled against his people, and he hath
stretched forth his hand against them, and hath
smitten them: and the hills did
tremble, and their carcases were
torn in the midst of the streets. For all this his anger is not turned away, but his hand is
stretched out still.
Therefore the anger of the LORD burns against His people; His hand is raised against them to strike them down. The mountains
quake, and the corpses lay like refuse in the streets.
Despite all this, His anger is not turned away; His hand is still upraised.
And he shall pass through Judah; he shall overflow and go over, he shall reach even to the neck; and the
stretching out of his wings shall fill the breadth of thy land, O
Immanuel.
It will pour into Judah,
swirling and
sweeping over it, reaching up to the neck; its spreading streams will cover your entire land, O
Immanuel!
The Syrians before, and the Philistines behind; and they shall
devour Israel with open mouth. For all this his anger is not turned away, but his hand is
stretched out still.
Aram from the east and Philistia from the west have
devoured Israel with open mouths.
Despite all this, His anger is not turned away; His hand is still upraised.
Therefore the Lord shall have no joy in their young men, neither shall have mercy on their fatherless and widows: for every one is an
hypocrite and an
evildoer, and every mouth speaketh folly. For all this his anger is not turned away, but his hand is
stretched out still.
Therefore the Lord takes no pleasure in their young men; He has no
compassion on their fatherless and widows. For every one of them is godless and wicked, and every mouth speaks folly.
Despite all this, His anger is not turned away; His hand is still upraised.
Manasseh, Ephraim; and Ephraim,
Manasseh: and they together shall be against Judah. For all this his anger is not turned away, but his hand is
stretched out still.
Manasseh devours Ephraim, and Ephraim
Manasseh; together they turn against Judah.
Despite all this, His anger is not turned away; His hand is still upraised.
Without me they shall bow down under the prisoners, and they shall fall under the slain. For all this his anger is not turned away, but his hand is stretched out still.
Nothing will remain but to
crouch among the
captives or fall among the slain.
Despite all this, His anger is not turned away; His hand is still upraised.
This is the purpose that is purposed upon the whole earth: and this is the hand that is stretched out upon all the nations.
This is the plan devised for the whole earth, and this is the hand stretched out over all the nations.
For the LORD of hosts hath purposed, and who shall
disannul it? and his hand is
stretched out, and who shall turn it back?
The LORD of Hosts has purposed, and who can
thwart Him? His hand is outstretched, so who can turn it back?
For the fields of
Heshbon languish, and the vine of Sibmah: the lords of the heathen have broken down the principal plants thereof, they are come even unto Jazer, they
wandered through the wilderness: her branches are
stretched out, they are gone over the sea.
For the fields of
Heshbon have
withered, along with the grapevines of Sibmah. The rulers of the nations have
trampled its choicest vines, which had reached as far as Jazer and spread toward the desert. Their shoots had spread out and passed over the sea.
He
stretched out his hand over the sea, he
shook the kingdoms: the LORD hath given a commandment against the merchant city, to destroy the strong holds thereof.
The LORD has
stretched out His hand over the sea; He has made kingdoms
tremble. He has given a command that the strongholds of
Canaan be destroyed.
For the bed is shorter than that a man can
stretch himself on it: and the covering narrower than that he can
wrap himself in it.
Indeed, the bed is too short to
stretch out on, and the
blanket too small to
wrap around you.
Now the Egyptians are men, and not God; and their horses flesh, and not spirit. When the LORD shall
stretch out his hand, both he that helpeth shall fall, and he that is
holpen shall fall down, and they all shall fail together.
But the Egyptians are men, not God; their horses are flesh, not spirit. When the LORD
stretches out His hand, the helper will
stumble, and the one he helps will fall; both will perish together.
Thine eyes shall see the king in his beauty: they shall behold the land that is very far off.
Your eyes will see the King in His beauty and behold a land that
stretches afar.
But the
cormorant and the
bittern shall possess it; the
owl also and the
raven shall dwell in it: and he shall
stretch out upon it the line of confusion, and the stones of
emptiness.
The desert
owl and
screech owl will possess it, and the great
owl and
raven will dwell in it. The LORD will
stretch out over
Edom a measuring line of
chaos and a
plumb line of destruction.
It is he that sitteth upon the circle of the earth, and the inhabitants thereof are as grasshoppers; that
stretcheth out the heavens as a
curtain, and spreadeth them out as a tent to dwell in:
He sits enthroned above the circle of the earth; its dwellers are like grasshoppers. He
stretches out the heavens like a
curtain, and spreads them out like a tent to dwell in.
Thus saith God the LORD, he that created the heavens, and stretched them out; he that spread forth the earth, and that which cometh out of it; he that giveth breath unto the people upon it, and spirit to them that walk therein:
This is what God the LORD says— He who created the heavens and stretched them out, who spread out the earth and its offspring, who gives breath to the people on it and life to those who walk in it:
The
carpenter stretcheth out his rule; he marketh it out with a line; he fitteth it with planes, and he marketh it out with the compass, and maketh it after the figure of a man, according to the beauty of a man; that it may remain in the house.
The woodworker extends a measuring line; he marks it out with a
stylus; he shapes it with chisels and outlines it with a compass. He fashions it in the likeness of man, like man in all his glory, that it may dwell in a
shrine.
Thus saith the LORD, thy
redeemer, and he that formed thee from the
womb, I am the LORD that maketh all things; that
stretcheth forth the heavens alone; that spreadeth abroad the earth by myself;
Thus says the LORD, your
Redeemer who formed you from the
womb: “I am the LORD, who has made all things, who alone
stretched out the heavens, who by Myself spread out the earth,
I have made the earth, and created man upon it: I, even my hands, have stretched out the heavens, and all their host have I commanded.
It is I who made the earth and created man upon it. It was My hands that stretched out the heavens, and I ordained all their host.
And forgettest the LORD thy maker, that hath
stretched forth the heavens, and laid the foundations of the earth; and hast feared continually every day because of the
fury of the
oppressor, as if he were ready to destroy? and where is the
fury of the
oppressor?
But you have forgotten the LORD, your Maker, who
stretched out the heavens and laid the foundations of the earth. You live in terror all day long because of the
fury of the
oppressor who is bent on destruction. But where is the
fury of the
oppressor?
Enlarge the place of thy tent, and let them
stretch forth the curtains of thine habitations:
spare not,
lengthen thy cords, and
strengthen thy stakes;
“
Enlarge the site of your tent,
stretch out the curtains of your dwellings, do not hold back.
Lengthen your ropes and drive your stakes in deep.
For I have heard a voice as of a woman in
travail, and the
anguish as of her that bringeth forth her first child, the voice of the daughter of
Zion, that bewaileth herself, that spreadeth her hands, saying,
Woe is me now! for my soul is
wearied because of murderers.
For I hear a cry like a woman in labor, a cry of
anguish like one bearing her first child— the cry of the Daughter of
Zion gasping for breath,
stretching out her hands to say, “
Woe is me, for my soul
faints before the murderers!”
Prepare ye war against her; arise, and let us go up at
noon.
Woe unto us! for the day goeth away, for the shadows of the evening are
stretched out.
‘Prepare for battle against her; rise up, let us attack at
noon.
Woe to us, for the
daylight is
fading; the evening shadows grow long.
And their houses shall be turned unto others, with their fields and wives together: for I will stretch out my hand upon the inhabitants of the land, saith the LORD.
Their houses will be turned over to others, their fields and wives as well, for I will stretch out My hand against the inhabitants of the land,” declares the LORD.
He hath made the earth by his power, he hath established the world by his wisdom, and hath
stretched out the heavens by his
discretion.
The LORD made the earth by His power; He established the world by His wisdom and stretched out the heavens by His understanding.
My tabernacle is
spoiled, and all my cords are broken: my children are gone forth of me, and they are not: there is none to
stretch forth my tent any more, and to set up my curtains.
My tent is destroyed, and all its ropes are
snapped. My sons have departed from me and are no more. I have no one left to pitch my tent or set up my curtains.
Thou hast
forsaken me, saith the LORD, thou art gone backward: therefore will I
stretch out my hand against thee, and destroy thee; I am
weary with
repenting.
You have
forsaken Me, declares the LORD. You have turned your back. So I will
stretch out My hand against you and I will destroy you; I am
weary of showing
compassion.
And the measuring line shall yet go forth over against it upon the hill Gareb, and shall compass about to Goath.
The measuring line will once again stretch out straight to the hill of Gareb and then turn toward Goah.
Ah Lord GOD! behold, thou hast made the heaven and the earth by thy great power and
stretched out arm, and there is nothing too hard for thee:
“Oh, Lord GOD! You have made the heavens and the earth by Your great power and outstretched arm. Nothing is too difficult for You!