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520 verses contain “nigh” (in the KJV: 484, in the BSB: 320) — showing 201–300
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And Mordecai wrote these things, and sent letters unto all the Jews that were in all the provinces of the king Ahasuerus, both nigh and far,
Mordecai recorded these events and sent letters to all the Jews in all the provinces of King Xerxes, both near and far,
So they sat down with him upon the ground seven days and seven nights, and none spake a word unto him: for they saw that his grief was very great.
Then they sat on the ground with him for seven days and seven nights, but no one spoke a word to him because they saw how intense his suffering was.
Let the day perish wherein I was born, and the night in which it was said, There is a man child conceived.
“May the day of my birth perish, and the night it was said, ‘A boy is conceived.’
As for that night, let darkness seize upon it; let it not be joined unto the days of the year, let it not come into the number of the months.
If only darkness had taken that night away! May it not appear among the days of the year; may it never be entered in any of the months.
Lo, let that night be solitary, let no joyful voice come therein.
Behold, may that night be barren; may no joyful voice come into it.
Because it shut not up the doors of my mother’s womb, nor hid sorrow from mine eyes.
For that night did not shut the doors of the womb to hide the sorrow from my eyes.
In thoughts from the visions of the night, when deep sleep falleth on men,
In disquieting visions in the night, when deep sleep falls on men,
They meet with darkness in the daytime, and grope in the noonday as in the night.
They encounter darkness by day and grope at noon as in the night.
So am I made to possess months of vanity, and wearisome nights are appointed to me.
So I am allotted months of futility, and nights of misery are appointed me.
When I lie down, I say, When shall I arise, and the night be gone? and I am full of tossings to and fro unto the dawning of the day.
When I lie down I think: ‘When will I get up?’ But the night drags on, and I toss and turn until dawn.
They change the night into day: the light is short because of darkness.
They have turned night into day, making light seem near in the face of darkness.
He shall fly away as a dream, and shall not be found: yea, he shall be chased away as a vision of the night.
He will fly away like a dream, never to be found; he will be chased away like a vision in the night.
They cause the naked to lodge without clothing, that they have no covering in the cold.
Without clothing, they spend the night naked; they have no covering against the cold.
The murderer rising with the light killeth the poor and needy, and in the night is as a thief.
When daylight is gone, the murderer rises to kill the poor and needy; in the night he is like a thief.
He hath compassed the waters with bounds, until the day and night come to an end.
He has inscribed a horizon on the face of the waters at the boundary between light and darkness.
Terrors take hold on him as waters, a tempest stealeth him away in the night.
Terrors overtake him like a flood; a tempest sweeps him away in the night.
My root was spread out by the waters, and the dew lay all night upon my branch.
My roots will spread out to the waters, and the dew will rest nightly on my branches.
For want and famine they were solitary; fleeing into the wilderness in former time desolate and waste.
Gaunt from poverty and hunger, they gnawed the dry land, and the desolate wasteland by night.
My bones are pierced in me in the night season: and my sinews take no rest.
Night pierces my bones, and my gnawing pains never rest.
In a dream, in a vision of the night, when deep sleep falleth upon men, in slumberings upon the bed;
In a dream, in a vision in the night, when deep sleep falls upon men as they slumber on their beds,
In a moment shall they die, and the people shall be troubled at midnight, and pass away: and the mighty shall be taken away without hand.
They die in an instant, in the middle of the night. The people convulse and pass away; the mighty are removed without human hand.
Therefore he knoweth their works, and he overturneth them in the night, so that they are destroyed.
Therefore, He recognizes their deeds; He overthrows them in the night and they are crushed.
But none saith, Where is God my maker, who giveth songs in the night;
But no one asks, ‘Where is God my Maker, who gives us songs in the night,
Desire not the night, when people are cut off in their place.
Do not long for the night, when people vanish from their homes.
Will the unicorn be willing to serve thee, or abide by thy crib?
Will the wild ox consent to serve you? Will he stay by your manger at night?
But his delight is in the law of the LORD; and in his law doth he meditate day and night.
But his delight is in the Law of the LORD, and on His law he meditates day and night.
I am weary with my groaning; all the night make I my bed to swim; I water my couch with my tears.
I am weary from groaning; all night I flood my bed with weeping and drench my couch with tears.
I will bless the LORD, who hath given me counsel: my reins also instruct me in the night seasons.
I will bless the LORD who counsels me; even at night my conscience instructs me.
Thou hast proved mine heart; thou hast visited me in the night; thou hast tried me, and shalt find nothing; I am purposed that my mouth shall not transgress.
You have tried my heart; You have visited me in the night. You have tested me and found no evil; I have resolved not to sin with my mouth.
Day unto day uttereth speech, and night unto night sheweth knowledge.
Day after day they pour forth speech; night after night they reveal knowledge.
O my God, I cry in the daytime, but thou hearest not; and in the night season, and am not silent.
I cry out by day, O my God, but You do not answer, and by night, but I have no rest.
For his anger endureth but a moment; in his favour is life: weeping may endure for a night, but joy cometh in the morning.
For His anger is fleeting, but His favor lasts a lifetime. Weeping may stay the night, but joy comes in the morning.
For day and night thy hand was heavy upon me: my moisture is turned into the drought of summer. Selah.
For day and night Your hand was heavy upon me; my strength was drained as in the summer heat. Selah
For this shall every one that is godly pray unto thee in a time when thou mayest be found: surely in the floods of great waters they shall not come nigh unto him.
Therefore let all the godly pray to You while You may be found. Surely when great waters rise, they will not come near.
The LORD is nigh unto them that are of a broken heart; and saveth such as be of a contrite spirit.
The LORD is near to the brokenhearted; He saves the contrite in spirit.
My tears have been my meat day and night, while they continually say unto me, Where is thy God?
My tears have been my food both day and night, while men ask me all day long, “Where is your God?”
Yet the LORD will command his lovingkindness in the daytime, and in the night his song shall be with me, and my prayer unto the God of my life.
The LORD decrees His loving devotion by day, and at night His song is with me as a prayer to the God of my life.
Day and night they go about it upon the walls thereof: mischief also and sorrow are in the midst of it.
Day and night they encircle the walls, while malice and trouble lie within.
Evening, and morning, and at noon, will I pray, and cry aloud: and he shall hear my voice.
Morning, noon, and night, I cry out in distress, and He hears my voice.
When I remember thee upon my bed, and meditate on thee in the night watches.
When I remember You on my bed, I think of You through the watches of the night.
Draw nigh unto my soul, and redeem it: deliver me because of mine enemies.
Draw near to my soul and redeem me; ransom me because of my foes.
But as for me, my feet were almost gone; my steps had well nigh slipped.
But as for me, my feet had almost stumbled; my steps had nearly slipped.
The day is thine, the night also is thine: thou hast prepared the light and the sun.
The day is Yours, and also the night; You established the moon and the sun.
In the day of my trouble I sought the Lord: my sore ran in the night, and ceased not: my soul refused to be comforted.
In the day of trouble I sought the Lord; through the night my outstretched hands did not grow weary; my soul refused to be comforted.
I call to remembrance my song in the night: I commune with mine own heart: and my spirit made diligent search.
At night I remembered my song; in my heart I mused, and my spirit pondered:
In the daytime also he led them with a cloud, and all the night with a light of fire.
He led them with a cloud by day and with a light of fire all night.
Surely his salvation is nigh them that fear him; that glory may dwell in our land.
Surely His salvation is near to those who fear Him, that His glory may dwell in our land.
O LORD God of my salvation, I have cried day and night before thee:
O LORD, the God of my salvation, day and night I cry out before You.
For my soul is full of troubles: and my life draweth nigh unto the grave.
For my soul is full of troubles, and my life draws near to Sheol.
For a thousand years in thy sight are but as yesterday when it is past, and as a watch in the night.
For in Your sight a thousand years are but a day that passes, or a watch of the night.
Thou shalt not be afraid for the terror by night; nor for the arrow that flieth by day;
You will not fear the terror of the night, nor the arrow that flies by day,
A thousand shall fall at thy side, and ten thousand at thy right hand; but it shall not come nigh thee.
Though a thousand may fall at your side, and ten thousand at your right hand, no harm will come near you.
There shall no evil befall thee, neither shall any plague come nigh thy dwelling.
no evil will befall you, no plague will approach your tent.
To shew forth thy lovingkindness in the morning, and thy faithfulness every night,
to proclaim Your loving devotion in the morning and Your faithfulness at night
Thou makest darkness, and it is night: wherein all the beasts of the forest do creep forth.
You bring darkness, and it becomes night, when all the beasts of the forest prowl.
He spread a cloud for a covering; and fire to give light in the night.
He spread a cloud as a covering and a fire to light up the night.
I have remembered thy name, O LORD, in the night, and have kept thy law.
In the night, O LORD, I remember Your name, that I may keep Your law.
Mine eyes prevent the night watches, that I might meditate in thy word.
My eyes anticipate the watches of night, that I may meditate on Your word.
They draw nigh that follow after mischief: they are far from thy law.
Those who follow after wickedness draw near; they are far from Your law.
The sun shall not smite thee by day, nor the moon by night.
The sun will not strike you by day, nor the moon by night.
Behold, bless ye the LORD, all ye servants of the LORD, which by night stand in the house of the LORD.
Come, bless the LORD, all you servants of the LORD who serve by night in the house of the LORD!
The moon and stars to rule by night: for his mercy endureth for ever.
the moon and stars to govern the night. His loving devotion endures forever.
If I say, Surely the darkness shall cover me; even the night shall be light about me.
If I say, “Surely the darkness will hide me, and the light become night around me”—
Yea, the darkness hideth not from thee; but the night shineth as the day: the darkness and the light are both alike to thee.
even the darkness is not dark to You, but the night shines like the day, for darkness is as light to You.
The LORD is nigh unto all them that call upon him, to all that call upon him in truth.
The LORD is near to all who call on Him, to all who call out to Him in truth.
Remove thy way far from her, and come not nigh the door of her house:
Keep your path far from her; do not go near the door of her house,
In the twilight, in the evening, in the black and dark night:
at twilight, as the day was fading into the dark of the night.
She riseth also while it is yet night, and giveth meat to her household, and a portion to her maidens.
She rises while it is still night to provide food for her household and portions for her maidservants.
She perceiveth that her merchandise is good: her candle goeth not out by night.
She sees that her gain is good, and her lamp is not extinguished at night.
For all his days are sorrows, and his travail grief; yea, his heart taketh not rest in the night. This is also vanity.
Indeed, all his days are filled with grief, and his task is sorrowful; even at night, his mind does not rest. This too is futile.
When I applied mine heart to know wisdom, and to see the business that is done upon the earth: (for also there is that neither day nor night seeth sleep with his eyes:)
When I applied my mind to know wisdom and to observe the task that one performs on the earth—though his eyes do not see sleep in the day or even in the night—
Remember now thy Creator in the days of thy youth, while the evil days come not, nor the years draw nigh, when thou shalt say, I have no pleasure in them;
Remember your Creator in the days of your youth, before the days of adversity come and the years approach of which you will say, “I find no pleasure in them,”
A bundle of myrrh is my wellbeloved unto me; he shall lie all night betwixt my breasts.
My beloved is to me a sachet of myrrh resting between my breasts.
By night on my bed I sought him whom my soul loveth: I sought him, but I found him not.
On my bed at night I sought the one I love; I sought him, but did not find him.
They all hold swords, being expert in war: every man hath his sword upon his thigh because of fear in the night.
All are skilled with the sword, experienced in warfare. Each has his sword at his side prepared for the terror of the night.
I sleep, but my heart waketh: it is the voice of my beloved that knocketh, saying, Open to me, my sister, my love, my dove, my undefiled: for my head is filled with dew, and my locks with the drops of the night.
I sleep, but my heart is awake. A sound! My beloved is knocking: “Open to me, my sister, my darling, my dove, my flawless one. My head is drenched with dew, my hair with the dampness of the night.”
Come, my beloved, let us go forth into the field; let us lodge in the villages.
Come, my beloved, let us go to the countryside; let us spend the night among the wildflowers.
And the LORD will create upon every dwelling place of mount Zion, and upon her assemblies, a cloud and smoke by day, and the shining of a flaming fire by night: for upon all the glory shall be a defence.
Then the LORD will create over all of Mount Zion and over her assemblies a cloud of smoke by day and a glowing flame of fire by night. For over all the glory there will be a canopy,
Woe unto them that rise up early in the morning, that they may follow strong drink; that continue until night, till wine inflame them!
Woe to those who rise early in the morning in pursuit of strong drink, who linger into the evening, to be inflamed by wine.
That say, Let him make speed, and hasten his work, that we may see it: and let the counsel of the Holy One of Israel draw nigh and come, that we may know it!
to those who say, “Let Him hurry and hasten His work so that we may see it! Let the plan of the Holy One of Israel come so that we may know it!”
They are gone over the passage: they have taken up their lodging at Geba; Ramah is afraid; Gibeah of Saul is fled.
They have crossed at the ford: “We will spend the night at Geba.” Ramah trembles; Gibeah of Saul flees.
The burden of Moab. Because in the night Ar of Moab is laid waste, and brought to silence; because in the night Kir of Moab is laid waste, and brought to silence;
This is the burden against Moab: Ar in Moab is ruined, destroyed in a night! Kir in Moab is devastated, destroyed in a night!
Take counsel, execute judgment; make thy shadow as the night in the midst of the noonday; hide the outcasts; bewray not him that wandereth.
“Give us counsel; render a decision. Shelter us at noonday with shade as dark as night. Hide the refugees; do not betray the one who flees.
My heart panted, fearfulness affrighted me: the night of my pleasure hath he turned into fear unto me.
My heart falters; fear makes me tremble. The twilight of my desire has turned to horror.
And he cried, A lion: My lord, I stand continually upon the watchtower in the daytime, and I am set in my ward whole nights:
Then the lookout shouted: “Day after day, my lord, I stand on the watchtower; night after night I stay at my post.
The burden of Dumah. He calleth to me out of Seir, Watchman, what of the night? Watchman, what of the night?
This is the burden against Dumah: One calls to me from Seir, “Watchman, what is left of the night? Watchman, what is left of the night?”
The watchman said, The morning cometh, and also the night: if ye will enquire, enquire ye: return, come.
The watchman replies, “Morning has come, but also the night. If you would inquire, then inquire. Come back yet again.”
With my soul have I desired thee in the night; yea, with my spirit within me will I seek thee early: for when thy judgments are in the earth, the inhabitants of the world will learn righteousness.
My soul longs for You in the night; indeed, my spirit seeks You at dawn. For when Your judgments come upon the earth, the people of the world learn righteousness.
I the LORD do keep it; I will water it every moment: lest any hurt it, I will keep it night and day.
I, the LORD, am its keeper; I water it continually. I guard it night and day so no one can disturb it;
From the time that it goeth forth it shall take you: for morning by morning shall it pass over, by day and by night: and it shall be a vexation only to understand the report.
As often as it passes through, it will carry you away; it will sweep through morning after morning, by day and by night.” The understanding of this message will bring sheer terror.
And the multitude of all the nations that fight against Ariel, even all that fight against her and her munition, and that distress her, shall be as a dream of a night vision.
All the many nations going out to battle against Ariel— even all who war against her, laying siege and attacking her— will be like a dream, like a vision in the night,
Ye shall have a song, as in the night when a holy solemnity is kept; and gladness of heart, as when one goeth with a pipe to come into the mountain of the LORD, to the mighty One of Israel.
You will sing as on the night of a holy festival, and your heart will rejoice like one who walks to the music of a flute, going up to the mountain of the LORD, to the Rock of Israel.
It shall not be quenched night nor day; the smoke thereof shall go up for ever: from generation to generation it shall lie waste; none shall pass through it for ever and ever.
It will not be quenched—day or night. Its smoke will ascend forever. From generation to generation it will lie desolate; no one will ever again pass through it.
The wild beasts of the desert shall also meet with the wild beasts of the island, and the satyr shall cry to his fellow; the screech owl also shall rest there, and find for herself a place of rest.
The desert creatures will meet with hyenas, and one wild goat will call to another. There the night creature will settle and find her place of repose.
Mine age is departed, and is removed from me as a shepherd’s tent: I have cut off like a weaver my life: he will cut me off with pining sickness: from day even to night wilt thou make an end of me.
My dwelling has been picked up and removed from me like a shepherd’s tent. I have rolled up my life like a weaver; He cuts me off from the loom; from day until night You make an end of me.
I reckoned till morning, that, as a lion, so will he break all my bones: from day even to night wilt thou make an end of me.
I composed myself until the morning. Like a lion He breaks all my bones; from day until night You make an end of me.
And if thou draw out thy soul to the hungry, and satisfy the afflicted soul; then shall thy light rise in obscurity, and thy darkness be as the noonday:
and if you give yourself to the hungry and satisfy the afflicted soul, then your light will go forth in the darkness, and your night will be like noonday.
We grope for the wall like the blind, and we grope as if we had no eyes: we stumble at noonday as in the night; we are in desolate places as dead men.
Like the blind, we feel our way along the wall, groping like those without eyes. We stumble at midday as in the twilight; among the vigorous we are like the dead.
Therefore thy gates shall be open continually; they shall not be shut day nor night; that men may bring unto thee the forces of the Gentiles, and that their kings may be brought.
Your gates will always stand open; they will never be shut, day or night, so that the wealth of the nations may be brought into you, with their kings being led in procession.
The sun shall be no more thy light by day; neither for brightness shall the moon give light unto thee: but the LORD shall be unto thee an everlasting light, and thy God thy glory.
No longer will the sun be your light by day, nor the brightness of the moon shine on your night; for the LORD will be your everlasting light, and your God will be your splendor.