1,335 verses contain “can” (in the KJV: 773, in the BSB: 1,043) — showing 1,301–1,335
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As for their tongue, it is polished by the
workman, and they themselves are
gilded and laid over with silver; yet are they but false, and
cannot speak.
Yet
cannot these gods save themselves from
rust and
moth, though they be covered with purple
raiment.
And he that
cannot put to death one that offendeth him holdeth a
sceptre, as though he were a judge of the country.
He hath also in his right hand a
dagger and an
ax: but
cannot deliver himself from war and
thieves.
They light them
candles,
yea, more than for themselves,
whereof they
cannot see one.
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.
For how can they be called gods? because women set meat before the gods of silver, gold, and wood.
Whether it be evil that one doeth unto them, or good, they are not able to
recompense it: they
can neither set up a king, nor put him down.
In like manner, they
can neither give riches nor money: though a man make a
vow unto them, and keep it not, they will not require it.
They can save no man from death, neither deliver the weak from the mighty.
They cannot restore a blind man to his sight, nor help any man in his distress.
They
can shew no mercy to the widow, nor do good to the fatherless.
Who if they shall see one
dumb that
cannot speak, they bring him, and intreat
Bel that he may speak, as though he were able to understand.
Yet they cannot understand this themselves, and leave them: for they have no knowledge.
They are made of carpenters and goldsmiths: they can be nothing else than the workmen will have them to be.
And they themselves that made them can never continue long; how should then the things that are made of them be gods?
How then cannot men perceive that they be no gods, which can neither save themselves from war, nor from plague?
For neither can they set up a king in the land, nor give rain unto men.
Neither
can they judge their own cause, nor redress a wrong, being unable: for they are as
crows between heaven and earth.
Moreover they
cannot withstand any king or enemies: how
can it then be thought or said that they be gods?
Neither
can they
shew signs in the heavens among the heathen, nor
shine as the sun, nor give light as the moon.
The beasts are better than they: for they can get under a cover and help themselves.
And now we cannot open our mouths, we are become a shame and reproach to thy servants; and to them that worship thee.
Behold, the garden doors are shut, that no man can see us, and we are in love with thee; therefore consent unto us, and lie with us.
Then
Susanna sighed, and said, I am
straitened on every side: for if I do this thing, it is death unto me: and if I do it not I
cannot escape your hands.
But if ye
can certify me that
Bel devoureth them, then Daniel shall die: for he hath spoken
blasphemy against
Bel. And Daniel said unto the king, Let it be according to thy word.
And the king said unto Daniel,
Wilt thou also say that this is of brass? lo, he liveth, he eateth and drinketh; thou
canst not say that he is no living god: therefore worship him.
whom all men fear, and
tremble before thy power; for the majesty of thy glory
cannot be borne, and thine
angry threatening toward sinners is importable:
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.
And entered proudly into the sanctuary, and took away the golden altar, and the
candlestick of light, and all the vessels thereof,
They made also new holy vessels, and into the temple they brought the
candlestick, and the altar of burnt offerings, and of incense, and the table.
And upon the altar they burned incense, and the lamps that were upon the
candlestick they lighted, that they might give light in the temple.
I
cannot tell how ye came into my
womb: for I neither gave you breath nor life, neither was it I that formed the members of every one of you;
For they, said he, trust in their weapons and boldness; but our confidence is in the
Almighty who at a
beck can cast down both them that come against us, and also all the world.