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And he lift up his eyes and looked, and, lo, three men stood by him: and when he saw them, he ran to meet them from the tent door, and bowed himself toward the ground,
And Abraham looked up and saw three men standing nearby. When he saw them, he ran from the entrance of his tent to meet them and bowed low to the ground.
And there came two angels to
Sodom at even; and Lot sat in the gate of
Sodom: and Lot seeing them rose up to meet them; and he
bowed himself with his face toward the ground;
Now the two angels arrived at
Sodom in the evening, and Lot was sitting in the
gateway of the city. When Lot saw them, he got up to meet them,
bowed facedown,
And Abraham stood up, and
bowed himself to the people of the land, even to the children of
Heth.
Then Abraham rose and
bowed down before the people of the land, the
Hittites.
And Abraham bowed down himself before the people of the land.
Again Abraham bowed down before the people of the land
And the man bowed down his head, and worshipped the LORD.
Then the man bowed down and worshiped the LORD,
And I bowed down my head, and worshipped the LORD, and blessed the LORD God of my master Abraham, which had led me in the right way to take my master’s brother’s daughter unto his son.
Then I
bowed down and worshiped the LORD; and I blessed the LORD, the God of my master Abraham, who led me on the right road to take the
granddaughter of my master’s brother for his son.
And it came to pass, that, when Abraham’s servant heard their words, he worshipped the LORD, bowing himself to the earth.
When Abraham’s servant heard their words, he bowed down to the ground before the LORD.
And he passed over before them, and bowed himself to the ground seven times, until he came near to his brother.
But Jacob himself went on
ahead and
bowed to the ground seven times as he approached his brother.
Then the handmaidens came near, they and their children, and they bowed themselves.
Then the maidservants and their children approached and bowed down.
And Leah also with her children came near, and
bowed themselves: and after came Joseph near and
Rachel, and they
bowed themselves.
Leah and her children also approached and
bowed down, and then Joseph and
Rachel approached and
bowed down.
For, behold, we were binding
sheaves in the field, and, lo, my
sheaf arose, and also stood upright; and, behold, your
sheaves stood round about, and made
obeisance to my
sheaf.
We were binding
sheaves of grain in the field, and suddenly my
sheaf rose and stood upright, while your
sheaves gathered around and
bowed down to mine.”
And Joseph was the governor over the land, and he it was that sold to all the people of the land: and Joseph’s brethren came, and bowed down themselves before him with their faces to the earth.
Now Joseph was the ruler of the land; he was the one who sold grain to all its people. So when his brothers arrived, they bowed down before him with their faces to the ground.
And when Joseph came home, they brought him the present which was in their hand into the house, and bowed themselves to him to the earth.
When Joseph came home, they presented him with the gifts they had brought, and they bowed to the ground before him.
And they answered, Thy servant our father is in good health, he is yet alive. And they
bowed down their heads, and made
obeisance.
“Your servant our father is well,” they answered. “He is still alive.” And they bowed down to honor him.
And he said,
Swear unto me. And he
sware unto him. And Israel
bowed himself upon the bed’s head.
“
Swear to me,” Jacob said. So Joseph
swore to him, and Israel
bowed in worship at the head of his bed.
And Joseph brought them out from between his knees, and he bowed himself with his face to the earth.
Then Joseph removed his sons from his father’s knees and bowed facedown.
And he saw that rest was good, and the land that it was pleasant; and bowed his shoulder to bear, and became a servant unto tribute.
He saw that his resting place was good and that his land was pleasant, so he bent his shoulder to the burden and submitted to labor as a servant.
And his brethren also went and fell down before his face; and they said, Behold, we be thy servants.
His brothers also came to him, bowed down before him, and said, “We are your slaves!”
And the people believed: and when they heard that the LORD had visited the children of Israel, and that he had looked upon their
affliction, then they
bowed their heads and worshipped.
and they believed. And when they heard that the LORD had attended to the Israelites and had seen their
affliction, they
bowed down and worshiped.
That ye shall say, It is the sacrifice of the LORD’S
passover, who passed over the houses of the children of Israel in Egypt, when he
smote the Egyptians, and delivered our houses. And the people
bowed the head and worshipped.
you are to reply, ‘It is the
Passover sacrifice to the LORD, who passed over the houses of the Israelites in Egypt when He struck down the Egyptians and
spared our homes.’” Then the people
bowed down and worshiped.
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.
They have turned aside quickly out of the way which I commanded them: they have made them a
molten calf, and have worshipped it, and have sacrificed
thereunto, and said, These be thy gods, O Israel, which have brought thee up out of the land of Egypt.
How quickly they have turned aside from the way that I commanded them! They have made for themselves a
molten calf and have
bowed down to it. They have sacrificed to it and said, ‘These, O Israel, are your gods, who brought you up out of the land of Egypt.’”
And Moses made
haste, and
bowed his head toward the earth, and worshipped.
Moses immediately bowed down to the ground and worshiped.
Then the LORD opened the eyes of
Balaam, and he saw the angel of the LORD standing in the way, and his sword drawn in his hand: and he
bowed down his head, and fell flat on his face.
Then the LORD opened
Balaam’s eyes, and he saw the angel of the LORD standing in the road with a drawn sword in his hand. And
Balaam bowed low and fell facedown.
And they called the people unto the sacrifices of their gods: and the people did eat, and bowed down to their gods.
who also invited them to the sacrifices for their gods. And the people
ate and
bowed down to these gods.
When ye have
transgressed the covenant of the LORD your God, which he commanded you, and have gone and served other gods, and
bowed yourselves to them; then shall the anger of the LORD be
kindled against you, and ye shall perish quickly from off the good land which he hath given unto you.
If you
transgress the covenant of the LORD your God, which He commanded you, and go and serve other gods and bow down to them, then the anger of the LORD will burn against you, and you will quickly perish from this good land He has given you.”
And they
forsook the LORD God of their fathers, which brought them out of the land of Egypt, and followed other gods, of the gods of the people that were round about them, and
bowed themselves unto them, and
provoked the LORD to anger.
Thus they
forsook the LORD, the God of their fathers, who had brought them out of the land of Egypt, and they followed after various gods of the peoples around them. They
bowed down to them and
provoked the LORD to anger,
And yet they would not
hearken unto their judges, but they went a
whoring after other gods, and
bowed themselves unto them: they turned quickly out of the way which their fathers walked in, obeying the commandments of the LORD; but they did not so.
Israel, however, did not
listen to their judges. Instead, they
prostituted themselves with other gods and
bowed down to them. They quickly turned from the way of their fathers, who had walked in obedience to the LORD’s commandments; they did not do as their fathers had done.
At her feet he bowed, he fell, he lay down: at her feet he bowed, he fell: where he bowed, there he fell down dead.
And the number of them that
lapped, putting their hand to their mouth, were three hundred men: but all the rest of the people
bowed down upon their knees to drink water.
And the number of those who
lapped the water with their hands to their mouths was three hundred men; all the others
knelt to drink.
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
Samson said, Let me die with the Philistines. And he
bowed himself with all his might; and the house fell upon the lords, and upon all the people that were therein. So the dead which he
slew at his death were more than they which he
slew in his life.
Samson said, “Let me die with the Philistines.” Then he pushed with all his might, and the temple fell on the lords and all the people in it. So in his death he killed more than he had killed in his life.
Then she fell on her face, and bowed herself to the ground, and said unto him, Why have I found grace in thine eyes, that thou shouldest take knowledge of me, seeing I am a stranger?
At this, she fell on her face, bowing low to the ground, and said to him, “Why have I found such favor in your eyes that you should take notice of me, even though I am a foreigner?”
And his daughter in law,
Phinehas’ wife, was with child, near to be delivered: and when she heard the
tidings that the ark of God was taken, and that her father in law and her husband were dead, she
bowed herself and
travailed; for her pains came upon her.
Now
Eli’s daughter-in-law, the wife of
Phinehas, was
pregnant and about to give birth. When she heard the news of the capture of God’s ark and the deaths of her father-in-law and her husband, she
collapsed and gave birth, for her labor pains overtook her.
And as soon as the
lad was gone, David arose out of a place toward the south, and fell on his face to the ground, and
bowed himself three times: and they
kissed one another, and
wept one with another, until David exceeded.
When the young man had gone, David got up from the south side of the stone, fell facedown, and
bowed three times. Then he and
Jonathan kissed each other and
wept together—though David
wept more.
David also arose afterward, and went out of the cave, and
cried after Saul, saying, My lord the king. And when Saul looked behind him, David
stooped with his face to the earth, and
bowed himself.
After that, David got up, went out of the cave, and called out to Saul, “My lord the king!” When Saul looked behind him, David bowed facedown in reverence
And when
Abigail saw David, she hasted, and lighted off the
ass, and fell before David on her face, and
bowed herself to the ground,
When
Abigail saw David, she quickly got off the
donkey, fell facedown, and
bowed before him.
And she arose, and
bowed herself on her face to the earth, and said, Behold, let thine
handmaid be a servant to wash the feet of the servants of my lord.
She arose, then
bowed facedown and said, “Here is your
maidservant, ready to serve and to wash the feet of my lord’s servants.”
And he said unto her, What form is he of? And she said, An old man cometh up; and he is covered with a
mantle. And Saul perceived that it was Samuel, and he
stooped with his face to the ground, and
bowed himself.
“What does he look like?” asked Saul. “An old man is coming up,” she replied. “And he is wearing a
robe.” So Saul knew that it was Samuel, and he
bowed facedown in reverence.
And he bowed himself, and said, What is thy servant, that thou shouldest look upon such a dead dog as I am?
Mephibosheth bowed down and said, “What is your servant, that you should show regard for a dead dog like me?”
And
Joab fell to the ground on his face, and
bowed himself, and
thanked the king: and
Joab said,
Today thy servant knoweth that I have found grace in thy sight, my lord, O king, in that the king hath fulfilled the request of his servant.
Joab fell facedown in
homage and blessed the king. “
Today,” said
Joab, “your servant knows that he has found favor with you, my lord the king, because the king has granted his request.”
So
Joab came to the king, and told him: and when he had called for
Absalom, he came to the king, and
bowed himself on his face to the ground before the king: and the king
kissed Absalom.
So
Joab went and told the king, and David summoned
Absalom, who came to him and
bowed facedown before him. Then the king
kissed Absalom.
Then said
Joab to Cushi, Go tell the king what thou hast seen. And Cushi
bowed himself unto
Joab, and ran.
So
Joab said to a
Cushite, “Go, tell the king what you have seen.” The
Cushite bowed to
Joab and took off running.
And
Ahimaaz called, and said unto the king, All is well. And he fell down to the earth upon his face before the king, and said, Blessed be the LORD thy God, which hath delivered up the men that lifted up their hand against my lord the king.
Then
Ahimaaz called out to the king, “All is well!” And he
bowed facedown before the king. He continued, “Blessed be the LORD your God! He has delivered up the men who raised their hands against my lord the king.”
And he bowed the heart of all the men of Judah, even as the heart of one man; so that they sent this word unto the king, Return thou, and all thy servants.
So he
swayed the hearts of all the men of Judah as though they were one man, and they sent word to the king: “Return, you and all your servants.”
He bowed the heavens also, and came down; and darkness was under his feet.
He parted the heavens and came down with dark clouds beneath His feet.
And Araunah looked, and saw the king and his servants coming on toward him: and Araunah went out, and bowed himself before the king on his face upon the ground.
When Araunah looked out and saw the king and his servants coming toward him, he went out and bowed facedown before the king.
And Bath-
sheba bowed, and did
obeisance unto the king. And the king said, What wouldest thou?
And Bathsheba
bowed down in
homage to the king, who asked, “What is your desire?”
And they told the king, saying, Behold
Nathan the prophet. And when he was come in before the king, he
bowed himself before the king with his face to the ground.
So the king was told, “
Nathan the prophet is here.” And
Nathan went in and
bowed facedown before the king.
Then Bath-
sheba bowed with her face to the earth, and did reverence to the king, and said, Let my lord king David live for ever.
Bathsheba
bowed facedown in
homage to the king and said, “May my lord King David live
forever!”
And moreover the king’s servants came to
bless our lord king David, saying, God make the name of Solomon better than thy name, and make his throne greater than thy throne. And the king
bowed himself upon the bed.
The king’s servants have also gone to
congratulate our lord King David, saying, ‘May your God make the name of Solomon more famous than your own name, and may He make his throne greater than your throne.’ And the king has
bowed in worship on his bed,
So king Solomon sent, and they brought him down from the altar. And he came and bowed himself to king Solomon: and Solomon said unto him, Go to thine house.
So King Solomon summoned Adonijah down from the altar, and he came and bowed down before King Solomon, who said to him, “Go to your home.”
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.
Yet I have left me seven thousand in Israel, all the knees which have not
bowed unto
Baal, and every mouth which hath not
kissed him.
Nevertheless, I have reserved seven thousand in Israel—all whose knees have not
bowed to
Baal and whose mouths have not
kissed him.”
And when the sons of the prophets which were to view at
Jericho saw him, they said, The spirit of
Elijah doth rest on
Elisha. And they came to meet him, and
bowed themselves to the ground before him.
When the sons of the prophets who were facing him from
Jericho saw what had happened, they said, “The spirit of
Elijah rests on
Elisha.” And they went to meet him and
bowed down to the ground before him.
Then she went in, and fell at his feet, and bowed herself to the ground, and took up her son, and went out.
She came in, fell at his feet, and
bowed to the ground. Then she
picked up her son and went out.
And they left all the commandments of the LORD their God, and made them
molten images, even two
calves, and made a
grove, and worshipped all the host of heaven, and served
Baal.
They abandoned all the commandments of the LORD their God and made for themselves two cast idols of
calves and an Asherah pole. They
bowed down to all the host of heaven and served
Baal.
And as David came to Ornan, Ornan looked and saw David, and went out of the threshingfloor, and bowed himself to David with his face to the ground.
David came to Ornan, and when Ornan looked out and saw David, he left the
threshing floor and
bowed facedown before David.
And David said to all the congregation, Now
bless the LORD your God. And all the congregation blessed the LORD God of their fathers, and
bowed down their heads, and worshipped the LORD, and the king.
Then David said to the whole assembly, “Blessed be the LORD your God.” So the whole assembly blessed the LORD, the God of their fathers. They
bowed down and paid
homage to the LORD and to the king.
And when all the children of Israel saw how the fire came down, and the glory of the LORD upon the house, they
bowed themselves with their faces to the ground upon the
pavement, and worshipped, and praised the LORD, saying, For he is good; for his mercy endureth for ever.
When all the Israelites saw the fire coming down and the glory of the LORD above the temple, they
bowed down on the
pavement with their faces to the ground, and they worshiped and gave
thanks to the LORD: “For He is good; His loving devotion endures
forever.”
And
Jehoshaphat bowed his head with his face to the ground: and all Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem fell before the LORD,
worshipping the LORD.
Then
Jehoshaphat bowed facedown, and all the people of Judah and Jerusalem fell down before the LORD to worship Him.
Now it came to pass, after that
Amaziah was come from the slaughter of the Edomites, that he brought the gods of the children of
Seir, and set them up to be his gods, and
bowed down himself before them, and burned incense unto them.
When
Amaziah returned from the slaughter of the Edomites, he brought back the gods of the Seirites, set them up as his own gods,
bowed before them, and burned sacrifices to them.
And when they had made an end of offering, the king and all that were present with him bowed themselves, and worshipped.
When the offerings were completed, the king and all those present with him bowed down and worshiped.
Moreover
Hezekiah the king and the princes commanded the Levites to sing praise unto the LORD with the words of David, and of
Asaph the
seer. And they
sang praises with
gladness, and they
bowed their heads and worshipped.
Then King
Hezekiah and his officials ordered the Levites to sing praises to the LORD in the words of David and of
Asaph the
seer. So they
sang praises with
gladness and
bowed their heads and worshiped.
And
Ezra blessed the LORD, the great God. And all the people answered,
Amen,
Amen, with lifting up their hands: and they
bowed their heads, and worshipped the LORD with their faces to the ground.
Then
Ezra blessed the LORD, the great God, and with their hands
uplifted, all the people said, “
Amen,
Amen!” Then they
bowed down and worshiped the LORD with their faces to the ground.
And all the king’s servants, that were in the king’s gate,
bowed, and reverenced
Haman: for the king had so commanded concerning him. But
Mordecai bowed not, nor did him reverence.
All the royal servants at the king’s gate
bowed down and paid
homage to
Haman, because the king had commanded that this be done for him. But
Mordecai would not bow down or pay
homage.
And when
Haman saw that
Mordecai bowed not, nor did him reverence, then was
Haman full of wrath.
He bowed the heavens also, and came down: and darkness was under his feet.
He parted the heavens and came down with dark clouds beneath His feet.
I
behaved myself as though he had been my friend or brother: I
bowed down
heavily, as one that mourneth for his mother.
I
paced about as for my friend or brother; I was
bowed down with grief, like one
mourning for his mother.
I am troubled; I am
bowed down greatly; I go
mourning all the day long.
I am bent and brought low; all day long I go about
mourning.
For our soul is
bowed down to the dust: our
belly cleaveth unto the earth.
For our soul has sunk to the dust; our bodies
cling to the earth.
They have prepared a net for my steps; my soul is
bowed down: they have
digged a pit before me, into the midst
whereof they are fallen themselves.
Selah.
They spread a net for my feet; my soul was
despondent. They
dug a pit before me, but they themselves have fallen into it!
Selah The LORD upholdeth all that fall, and raiseth up all those that be bowed down.
The LORD upholds all who fall and lifts up all who are bowed down.
The LORD openeth the eyes of the blind: the LORD raiseth them that are bowed down: the LORD loveth the righteous:
the LORD opens the eyes of the blind, the LORD lifts those who are
weighed down, the LORD loves the righteous.
The lofty looks of man shall be humbled, and the
haughtiness of men shall be
bowed down, and the LORD alone shall be
exalted in that day.
The proud look of man will be humbled, and the
loftiness of men brought low; the LORD alone will be
exalted in that day.
And the
loftiness of man shall be
bowed down, and the
haughtiness of men shall be made low: and the LORD alone shall be
exalted in that day.
So the pride of man will be brought low, and the
loftiness of men will be humbled; the LORD alone will be
exalted in that day,
Therefore are my loins filled with pain: pangs have taken hold upon me, as the pangs of a woman that travaileth: I was bowed down at the hearing of it; I was dismayed at the seeing of it.
Therefore my body is filled with
anguish. Pain grips me, like the pains of a woman in labor. I am
bewildered to hear, I am dismayed to see.
The elders of the daughter of
Zion sit upon the ground, and keep silence: they have cast up dust upon their heads; they have
girded themselves with
sackcloth: the virgins of Jerusalem
hang down their heads to the ground.
The elders of the Daughter of
Zion sit on the ground in silence. They have thrown dust on their heads and put on
sackcloth. The young women of Jerusalem have
bowed their heads to the ground.
And when they had
platted a crown of thorns, they put it upon his head, and a reed in his right hand: and they
bowed the
knee before him, and
mocked him, saying,
Hail, King of the Jews!
And they twisted together a crown of thorns and set it on His head. They put a staff in His right hand and
knelt down before Him to
mock Him, saying, “
Hail, King of the Jews!”
And they
smote him on the head with a reed, and did
spit upon him, and bowing their knees worshipped him.
They kept striking His head with a staff and
spitting on Him. And they
knelt down and
bowed before Him.
And, behold, there was a woman which had a spirit of
infirmity eighteen years, and was
bowed together, and could in no wise lift up herself.
and a woman there had been disabled by a spirit for eighteen years. She was
hunched over and could not stand up straight.
And as they were afraid, and bowed down their faces to the earth, they said unto them, Why seek ye the living among the dead?
As the women bowed their faces to the ground in terror, the two men asked them, “Why do you look for the living among the dead?
When Jesus therefore had received the
vinegar, he said, It is finished: and he
bowed his head, and gave up the ghost.
When Jesus had received the
sour wine, He said, “It is finished.” And bowing His head, He yielded up His spirit.
But what saith the answer of God unto him? I have reserved to myself seven thousand men, who have not
bowed the
knee to the image of
Baal.
And what was the divine reply to him? “I have reserved for Myself seven thousand men who have not
bowed the
knee to
Baal.”
Then all the people were wonderfully
astonished, and
bowed themselves and worshipped God, and said with one
accord, Blessed be thou, O our God, which hast this day brought to
nought the enemies of thy people.
Then lifting up his countenance that
shone with majesty, he looked very fiercely upon her: and the queen fell down, and was pale, and
fainted, and
bowed herself upon the head of the
maid that went before her.
And they bowed themselves down to worship the second time, that they might receive a blessing from the most High.
I
bowed down mine ear a little, and received her, and
gat much learning.
They also that serve them are
ashamed: for if they fall to the ground at any time, they cannot rise up again of themselves: neither, if one set them upright, can they move of themselves: neither, if they be
bowed down, can they make themselves straight: but they set gifts before them as unto dead men.
I am
bowed down with many iron bands, that I cannot lift up mine head, neither have any release: for I have
provoked thy wrath, and done evil before thee: I did not thy will, neither kept I thy commandments: I have set up abominations, and have multiplied offences.