12,750 verses contain “for” (in the KJV: 10,422, in the BSB: 7,841) — showing 4,301–4,400
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For thou shalt be in league with the stones of the field: and the beasts of the field shall be at peace with thee.
For you will have a covenant with the stones of the field, and the wild animals will be at peace with you.
Lo this, we have searched it, so it is; hear it, and know thou it for thy good.
Indeed, we have investigated, and it is true! So hear it and know for yourself.”
Oh that I might have my request; and that God would grant me the thing that I long for!
If only my request were granted and God would fulfill my hope:
Then should I yet have comfort; yea, I would harden myself in sorrow: let him not spare; for I have not concealed the words of the Holy One.
It still brings me comfort, and joy through unrelenting pain, that I have not denied the words of the Holy One.
To him that is afflicted pity should be shewed from his friend; but he forsaketh the fear of the Almighty.
A despairing man should have the kindness of his friend, even if he forsakes the fear of the Almighty.
For now ye are no thing; ye see my casting down, and are afraid.
For now you are of no help; you see terror, and you are afraid.
Did I say, Bring unto me? or, Give a reward for me of your substance?
Have I ever said, ‘Give me something; offer me a bribe from your wealth;
Now therefore be content, look upon me; for it is evident unto you if I lie.
But now, please look at me. Would I lie to your face?
The eye of him that hath seen me shall see me no more: thine eyes are upon me, and I am not.
The eye that beholds me will no longer see me. You will look for me, but I will be no more.
And why dost thou not pardon my transgression, and take away mine iniquity? for now shall I sleep in the dust; and thou shalt seek me in the morning, but I shall not be.
Why do You not pardon my transgression and take away my iniquity? For soon I will lie down in the dust; You will seek me, but I will be no more.”
If thy children have sinned against him, and he have cast them away for their transgression;
When your children sinned against Him, He gave them over to their rebellion.
But if you would earnestly seek God and ask the Almighty for mercy,
If thou wert pure and upright; surely now he would awake for thee, and make the habitation of thy righteousness prosperous.
if you are pure and upright, even now He will rouse Himself on your behalf and restore your righteous estate.
He is green before the sun, and his branch shooteth forth in his garden.
He is a well-watered plant in the sunshine, spreading its shoots over the garden.
Whom, though I were righteous, yet would I not answer, but I would make supplication to my judge.
For even if I were right, I could not answer. I could only beg my Judge for mercy.
For he is not a man, as I am, that I should answer him, and we should come together in judgment.
For He is not a man like me, that I can answer Him, that we can take each other to court.
Thine hands have made me and fashioned me together round about; yet thou dost destroy me.
Your hands shaped me and altogether formed me. Would You now turn and destroy me?
For thou hast said, My doctrine is pure, and I am clean in thine eyes.
You have said, ‘My doctrine is sound, and I am pure in Your sight.’
And that he would shew thee the secrets of wisdom, that they are double to that which is! Know therefore that God exacteth of thee less than thine iniquity deserveth.
and disclose to you the secrets of wisdom, for true wisdom has two sides. Know then that God exacts from you less than your iniquity deserves.
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,
But the eyes of the wicked shall fail, and they shall not escape, and their hope shall be as the giving up of the ghost.
But the eyes of the wicked will fail, and escape will elude them; they will hope for their last breath.”
But ye are forgers of lies, ye are all physicians of no value.
You, however, smear with lies; you are all worthless physicians.
Oh that ye would altogether hold your peace! and it should be your wisdom.
If only you would remain silent; for that would be your wisdom!
Will ye speak wickedly for God? and talk deceitfully for him?
Will you speak wickedly on God’s behalf or speak deceitfully for Him?
Will ye accept his person? will ye contend for God?
He also shall be my salvation: for an hypocrite shall not come before him.
Moreover, this will be my salvation, for no godless man can appear before Him.
Wherefore hidest thou thy face, and holdest me for thine enemy?
Why do You hide Your face and consider me as Your enemy?
For thou writest bitter things against me, and makest me to possess the iniquities of my youth.
For You record bitter accusations against me and bequeath to me the iniquities of my youth.
Thou puttest my feet also in the stocks, and lookest narrowly unto all my paths; thou settest a print upon the heels of my feet.
You put my feet in the stocks and stand watch over all my paths; You set a limit for the soles of my feet.
Oh that thou wouldest hide me in the grave, that thou wouldest keep me secret, until thy wrath be past, that thou wouldest appoint me a set time, and remember me!
Thou prevailest for ever against him, and he passeth: thou changest his countenance, and sendest him away.
You forever overpower him, and he passes on; You change his countenance and send him away.
But his flesh upon him shall have pain, and his soul within him shall mourn.
He feels only the pain of his own body and mourns only for himself.”
Art thou the first man that was born? or wast thou made before the hills?
Were you the first man ever born? Were you brought forth before the hills?
Are the consolations of God small with thee? is there any secret thing with thee?
Are the consolations of God not enough for you, even words spoken gently to you?
Unto whom alone the earth was given, and no stranger passed among them.
to whom alone the land was given when no foreigner passed among them.
He believeth not that he shall return out of darkness, and he is waited for of the sword.
He despairs of his return from darkness; he is marked for the sword.
He wandereth abroad for bread, saying, Where is it? he knoweth that the day of darkness is ready at his hand.
He wanders about as food for vultures; he knows the day of darkness is at hand.
Though I speak, my grief is not asswaged: and though I forbear, what am I eased?
Even if I speak, my pain is not relieved, and if I hold back, how will it go away?
Not for any injustice in mine hands: also my prayer is pure.
yet my hands are free of violence and my prayer is pure.
O earth, cover not thou my blood, and let my cry have no place.
O earth, do not cover my blood; may my cry for help never be laid to rest.
When a few years are come, then I shall go the way whence I shall not return.
For when only a few years are past I will go the way of no return.
My breath is corrupt, my days are extinct, the graves are ready for me.
“My spirit is broken; my days are extinguished; the grave awaits me.
He that speaketh flattery to his friends, even the eyes of his children shall fail.
If a man denounces his friends for a price, the eyes of his children will fail.
But as for you all, do ye return, and come now: for I cannot find one wise man among you.
But come back and try again, all of you. For I will not find a wise man among you.
If I wait, the grave is mine house: I have made my bed in the darkness.
If I look for Sheol as my home, if I spread out my bed in darkness,
And where is now my hope? as for my hope, who shall see it?
where then is my hope? Who can see any hope for me?
They that dwell in mine house, and my maids, count me for a stranger: I am an alien in their sight.
My guests and maidservants count me as a stranger; I am a foreigner in their sight.
I called my servant, and he gave me no answer; I intreated him with my mouth.
I call for my servant, but he does not answer, though I implore him with my own mouth.
Whom I shall see for myself, and mine eyes shall behold, and not another; though my reins be consumed within me.
I will see Him for myself; my eyes will behold Him, and not as a stranger. How my heart yearns within me!
Be ye afraid of the sword: for wrath bringeth the punishments of the sword, that ye may know there is a judgment.
then you should fear the sword yourselves, because wrath brings punishment by the sword, so that you may know there is a judgment.”
Yet he shall perish for ever like his own dung: they which have seen him shall say, Where is he?
he will perish forever, like his own dung; those who had seen him will ask, ‘Where is he?’
His children shall seek to please the poor, and his hands shall restore their goods.
His sons will seek the favor of the poor, for his own hands must return his wealth.