KJV - 1 O Lord our Lord, how excellent is thy name in all the earth! who hast set thy glory above the heavens.

3 When I consider thy heavens, the work of thy fingers, the moon and the stars, which thou hast ordained; 4 What is man, that thou art mindful of him? and the son of man, that thou visitest him? 5 For thou hast made him a little lower than the angels, and hast crowned him with glory and honour. 6 Thou madest him to have dominion over the works of thy hands; thou hast put all things under his feet: 7 All sheep and oxen, yea, and the beasts of the field; 8 The fowl of the air, and the fish of the sea, and whatsoever passeth through the paths of the seas. 9 O Lord our Lord, how excellent is thy name in all the earth!

KJV - 17 What is man, that thou shouldest magnify him? and that thou shouldest set thine heart upon him?

NRSV - 17 What are human beings, that you make so much of them, that you set your mind on them,

TEV - "The First Dialogue" - 17 Why is man so important to you? Why pay attention to what he does? 18 You inspect him every morning and test him every minute. 19 Won't you look away long enough for me to swallow my spit? 20 Are you harmed by my sin, you jailer? Why use me for your target practice? Am I so great a burden to you? 21 Can't you ever forgive my sin? Can't you pardon the wrong I do? Soon I will be in my grave, and I'll be gone when you look for me.

KJV - 10 Ye are my witnesses, saith the Lord, and my servant whom I have chosen: that ye may know and believe me, and understand that I am he:...

11 I, even I, am the Lord;…

21 This people have I formed for myself; they shall shew forth my praise.

NRSV - 10 You are my witnesses, says the LORD, and my servant whom I have chosen, so that you may know and believe me and understand that I am he...

11 I, I am the LORD, and besides me there is no savior.

21 the people whom I formed for myself so that they might declare my praise.

TEV - "Israel Is the LORD's Witness" - 10 "People of Israel, you are my witnesses; I chose you to be my servant, so that you would know me and believe in me and understand that I am the only God. Besides me there is no other god; there never was and never will be. 11 "I alone am the LORD, the only one who can save you. 12 I predicted what would happen, and then I came to your aid. No foreign god has ever done this; you are my witnesses. 13 I am God and always will be. No one can escape from my power; no one can change what I do."

"Escape from Babylon" - 18 But the LORD says, "Do not cling to events of the past or dwell on what happened long ago. 19 Watch for the new thing I am going to do. It is happening already -- you can see it now! I will make a road through the wilderness and give you streams of water there. 20 Even the wild animals will honor me; jackals and ostriches will praise me when I make rivers flow in the desert to give water to my chosen people. 21 They are the people I made for myself, and they will sing my praises!"

• Isa 43:10 - witnesses
• Isa 43:10-13
• S&H 149:31
• Mis 150:21

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KJV - 1 Thus the heavens and the earth were finished, and all the host of them.

6 But there went up a mist from the earth, and watered the whole face of the ground. 7 And the Lord God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul.

NRSV - 1 Thus the heavens and the earth were finished, and all their multitude.

6 but a stream would rise from the earth, and water the whole face of the ground -- 7 then the LORD God formed man from the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and the man became a living being.

TEV - "The Story of Creation" - 1 And so the whole universe was completed. 2 By the seventh day God finished what he had been doing and stopped working. 3 He blessed the seventh day and set it apart as a special day, because by that day he had completed his creation and stopped working. 4 And that is how the universe was created.

"The Garden of Eden" 4b When the LORD God made the universe, 5 there were no plants on the earth and no seeds had sprouted, because he had not sent any rain, and there was no one to cultivate the land; 6 but water would come up from beneath the surface and water the ground. 7 Then the LORD God took some soil from the ground and formed a man out of it; he breathed life-giving breath into his nostrils and the man began to live. 8 Then the LORD God planted a garden in Eden, in the East, and there he put the man he had formed. 9 He made all kinds of beautiful trees grow there and produce good fruit. In the middle of the garden stood the tree that gives life and the tree that gives knowledge of what is good and what is bad.

• Gen 2:6
• S&H 521:21
• S&H 546:12
• Mis 30:28
• Gen 2:7 - man (Hebrew: adam, Strong's #0120) - This is the identical Hebrew word translated as "man" or "human beings" in Gen 1:26,27; and it is the also the identical Hebrew word translated as Adam throughout Genesis 2 and in the rest of the Old Testament..
• Paul, in 1Co 15:45-49, contrasts the Genesis 2 man with the Christly man. The Genesis 2 man is described as as "physical," "earthly" and "of the dust;" and it describes the Christly man as "spiritual" and as "of heaven." Paul leads up to his description of the victory in Christ (see 1Co 15:57), when he writes, "Just as we have borne the image of the man of dust, we will also bear the image of the man of heaven." (Paul says much the same in Rom 8:29 and 2Co 3:18.)
• This is consistent with some pre-Nicene (pre-325 A.D.) Christian emphasis on man as the image of God, as pronounced in Genesis 1. For examples, see:
  • Clement of Alexandria's words at http://www.bibletexts.com/versecom/gen01v26.htm#clement
  • Beyond Belief: The Secret Gospel of Thomas, by Elaine Pagels (NY: Random House, 2003), especially pages 40-45, 54-58, 95-96 (cf, 66, 152, 177-178), which quotes and describes the debate in early Christianity regarding the meaning of man being made in the image of God. The so-called orthodox church organized and enforced by Constantine imposed the view that the image of God referred only to Christ and that it applied to humanity only through baptism into Christ. That church also taught that it was "impossible, even blasphemous" to try to emulate Christ (page 178). Other early Christians who had a different view were later condemned by the so-called "orthodox" church as heretics. Explaining what those other early Christians taught, Elaine Pagels writes:

  ...The key to interpreting Thomas suggest instead that everyone, in creation, receives the innate capacity to know God. (Page 46.)

  ...According to both the Gospel of Thomas and the Gospel of John, Jesus reveals that the kingdom of God, which many believers, including Mark, expect in the future, not only is '"coming" but is already here -- an immediate and continuing spiritual reality. (Page 49. See also Luk 17:20,21, and other early gospels, including the Gospel of Mary Magdalene 8:15-20.)

  ...After dismissing those who expect the future coming of the kingdom of God, as countless Christians have always done and still do, Thomas's Jesus declares that

  the kingdom is inside you, and outside you. When you come to know yourselves, then you will be known, and you will see that it is you who are the children of the living Father. But if you will not know yourselves, you dwell in poverty, and it is you are are that poverty. (Page 54 and Tho 3.)

  ...According to Genesis, "in the beginning" there was , first of all, the primordial light. For Thomas this means that in creating "adam [humankind] in his image," as Genesis 1:26 says, God created us in the image of the primordial light. Like many other readers of Genesis, then and now, Thomas suggests that what appeared in the primordial light was "a human being, very marvelous," a being of radiant light, the prototype of the human Adam [i.e., "man," the translation of the Hebrew word adam used in Gen 1:26], whom God created on the sixth day. This "light Adam," although human in form, is simultaneously, in some mysterious way, also divine. Thus Jesus suggests here that we have spiritual resources within us precisely because we are made "in the image of God." Irenaeus, the Christian bishop of Lyons (c. 180) warns his flock to despise "heretics" who speak like this... What Irenaeus here dismisses as heretical later became a central theme of Jewish mystical tradition -- that the "image of God" is hidden within each of us secretly linking God and all humankind.

  Thus Thomas's Jesus tells his disciples that not only he comes forth from divine light but so do we all... (Page 55.)

  • Ancient Christian Commentary on Scripture [ACCS], Old Testament I, Genesis I-II (edited by Andrew Louth, Downers Grove, IL: InterVarsity Press, 2001), pages 27-37, which quotes the prevailing church view of the meaning of man being made in the image of God.
• To explore the correlation of Gen 1:26,27 with 1Co 15:45-49, browse http://www.bibletexts.com/terms/soul.htm. The contents of this article includes:
1. Soul defined from its Hebrew word nephesh
2. Two accounts of the creation of man/woman -- man/woman as originating from the dust/earth (Gen 2:7) versus man/woman as the image of God (Gen 1:26,27)
3. Two types of man/woman -- earthly, physical man/woman of the dust versus spiritual, heavenly man/woman (1Co 15:45-47)
• Gen 2:7 - KJV wording: dust - correct translation: soil (or: dirt)
• To read commentary on whether "dust" or "soil" is the most appropriate term for Gen 2:7, browse http://www.bibletexts.com/qa/qa039.htm.
• Gen 2:7
• To read a question and BibleTexts.com response about "Evolution and the Bible's accounts of creation." browse http://www.bibletexts.com/qa/qa056.htm.
• Gen 2:7 - the breath of life
• In contrast with "the breath of life" of Gen 2:7 is "the Spirit of God," which can also be translated as the wind of God or the breath of God. To explore "the Spirit of God," browse http://www.bibletexts.com/glossary/holyspirit.htm.
• Gen 2:7
• Gen 3:19
• Job 10:9
• Job 33:4
• Psa 104:29,30
• 1Co 15:45,47
  

KJV - 1 How is the gold become dim! how is the most fine gold changed!…

2 The precious sons of Zion, comparable to fine gold, how are they esteemed as earthen pitchers, the work of the hands of the potter!

NRSV - 1 How the gold has grown dim, how the pure gold is changed!...

2 The precious children of Zion, worth their weight in fine gold -- how they are reckoned as earthen pots, the work of a potter's hands!

TEV - "Jerusalem after Its Fall" - 1 Our glittering gold has grown dull; the stones of the Temple lie scattered in the streets. 2 Zion's young men were as precious to us as gold, but now they are treated like common clay pots. 3 Even a mother wolf will nurse her cubs, but my people are like ostriches, cruel to their young. 4 They let their babies die of hunger and thirst; children are begging for food that no one will give them. 5 People who once ate the finest foods die starving in the streets; those raised in luxury are pawing through garbage for food.

KJV - 16 Surely your turning of things upside down shall be esteemed as the potter's clay:…

NRSV - 16 You turn things upside down! Shall the potter be regarded as the clay?...

TEV - "Hope for the Future" - 15 Those who try to hide their plans from the LORD are doomed! They carry out their schemes in secret and think no one will see them or know what they are doing. 16 They turn everything upside down. Which is more important, the potter or the clay? Can something a man has made tell him, "You didn't make me"? Or can it say to him, "You don't know what you are doing"? 17 As the saying goes, before long the dense forest will become farmland, and the farmland will go back to forest.

KJV - 5 O house of Jacob, come ye, and let us walk in the light of the Lord.

22 Cease ye from man, whose breath is in his nostrils: for wherein is he to be accounted of?

NRSV - 5 O house of Jacob, come, let us walk in the light of the LORD!

22 Turn away from mortals, who have only breath in their nostrils, for of what account are they?

TEV - "Everlasting Peace" - 4 He will settle disputes among great nations. They will hammer their swords into plows and their spears into pruning knives. Nations will never again go to war, never prepare for battle again. 5 Now, descendants of Jacob, let us walk in the light which the LORD gives us!

"Arrogance Will Be Destroyed" - 19 People will hide in caves in the rocky hills or dig holes in the ground to try to escape from the LORD's anger and to hide from his power and glory, when he comes to shake the earth. 20 When that day comes, they will throw away the gold and silver idols they have made, and abandon them to the moles and the bats. 21 When the LORD comes to shake the earth, people will hide in holes and caves in the rocky hills to try to escape from his anger and to hide from his power and glory. 22 Put no more confidence in mortal men. What are they worth?

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KJV - 12 O Lord of hosts, blessed is the man that trusteth in thee.

NRSV - 12 O LORD of hosts, happy is everyone who trusts in you.

TEV - "Longing for God's House" - 10 One day spent in your Temple is better than a thousand anywhere else; I would rather stand at the gate of the house of my God than live in the homes of the wicked. 11 The LORD is our protector and glorious king, blessing us with kindness and honor. He does not refuse any good thing to those who do what is right. 12 LORD Almighty, how happy are those who trust in you!

KJV - 8 He shall have dominion also from sea to sea, and from the river unto the ends of the earth.

NRSV - 8 May he have dominion from sea to sea, and from the River to the ends of the earth.

TEV - "A Prayer for the King" - 8 His kingdom will reach from sea to sea, from the Euphrates to the ends of the earth. 9 The peoples of the desert will bow down before him; his enemies will throw themselves to the ground. 10 The kings of Spain and of the islands will offer him gifts; the kings of Sheba and Seba will bring him offerings. 11 All kings will bow down before him; all nations will serve him.

KJV - 7…Jesus withdrew himself with his disciples to the sea:…

NRSV - 7 Jesus departed with his disciples to the sea,...

TEV - "A Crowd by the Lake" - 7 Jesus and his disciples went away to Lake Galilee, and a large crowd followed him. They had come from Galilee, from Judea, 8 from Jerusalem, from the territory of Idumea, from the territory on the east side of the Jordan, and from the region around the cities of Tyre and Sidon. All these people came to Jesus because they had heard of the things he was doing. 9 The crowd was so large that Jesus told his disciples to get a boat ready for him, so that the people would not crush him. 10 He had healed many people, and all the sick kept pushing their way to him in order to touch him. 11 And whenever the people who had evil spirits in them saw him, they would fall down before him and scream, "You are the Son of God!"

• Mar 3:7
  • Mat 4:24

KJV - 35 And the same day, when the even was come, he saith unto them, Let us pass over unto the other side. 36 And when they had sent away the multitude, they took him even as he was in the ship. And there were also with him other little ships. 37 And there arose a great storm of wind, and the waves beat into the ship, so that it was now full. 38 And he was in the hinder part of the ship, asleep on a pillow: and they awake him, and say unto him, Master, carest thou not that we perish? 39 And he arose, and rebuked the wind, and said unto the sea, Peace, be still. And the wind ceased, and there was a great calm. 40 And he said unto them, Why are ye so fearful? how is it that ye have no faith? 41 And they feared exceedingly, and said one to another, What manner of man is this, that even the wind and the sea obey him?

NRSV - 35 On that day, when evening had come, he said to them, "Let us go across to the other side." 36 And leaving the crowd behind, they took him with them in the boat, just as he was. Other boats were with him. 37 A great windstorm arose, and the waves beat into the boat, so that the boat was already being swamped. 38 But he was in the stern, asleep on the cushion; and they woke him up and said to him, "Teacher, do you not care that we are perishing?" 39 He woke up and rebuked the wind, and said to the sea, "Peace! Be still!" Then the wind ceased, and there was a dead calm. 40 He said to them, "Why are you afraid? Have you still no faith?" 41 And they were filled with great awe and said to one another, "Who then is this, that even the wind and the sea obey him?"

TEV - "Jesus Calms a Storm" - 35 On the evening of that same day Jesus said to his disciples, "Let us go across to the other side of the lake." 36 So they left the crowd; the disciples got into the boat in which Jesus was already sitting, and they took him with them. Other boats were there too. 37 Suddenly a strong wind blew up, and the waves began to spill over into the boat, so that it was about to fill with water. 38 Jesus was in the back of the boat, sleeping with his head on a pillow. The disciples woke him up and said, "Teacher, don't you care that we are about to die?" 39 Jesus stood up and commanded the wind, "Be quiet!" and he said to the waves, "Be still!" The wind died down, and there was a great calm. 40 Then Jesus said to his disciples, "Why are you frightened? Do you still have no faith?" 41 But they were terribly afraid and began to say to one another, "Who is this man? Even the wind and the waves obey him!"

 

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KJV - 1 Bless the Lord, O my soul:…

4 Who redeemeth thy life from destruction;…

5 Who satisfieth thy mouth with good things; so that thy youth is renewed like the eagle's.

NRSV - 1 Bless the LORD, O my soul,...

4 who redeems your life from the Pit,...

5 who satisfies you with good as long as you live so that your youth is renewed like the eagle's.

TEV - "The Love of God" - 1 Praise the LORD, my soul! All my being, praise his holy name! 2 Praise the LORD, my soul, and do not forget how kind he is. 3 He forgives all my sins and heals all my diseases. 4 He keeps me from the grave and blesses me with love and mercy. 5 He fills my life with good things, so that I stay young and strong like an eagle.

• Psa 103:5 - KJV wording: mouth - corrected wording: life
• Robert Bratcher and William Reyburn provide the following textual comments in their A Handbook on Psalms (New York: United Bible Societies, 1991, page 103):

  The Masoretic [Hebrew] text has a word that seems to mean "your ornaments" (see 2 Sam 1:24), which makes no sense here (KJV "your mouth" is wrong). Most emend to a word meaning "your lifetime" (see Briggs, Anderson, see 104:33; 146:2) or else translate the Masoretic Text as "the prime of life" (NEB, NJV). The Septuagint [Greek] has "your desire" (so Weiser, "your longing"); NAB translates the Masoretic Text "your lifetime"; Dahood translates it "your eternity," as a reference to the blessed afterlife in heaven; TOB has "your strength." If the translator follows the TEV model, the expression "fills my life with..." may have to be recast to say "he gives me good things as long as I live."

• Psa 103:5
• My 13:22
• S&H 90:23

KJV - 13 Those that be planted in the house of the Lord shall flourish in the courts of our God. 14 They shall still bring forth fruit in old age; they shall be fat and flourishing; 15 To shew that the Lord is upright:…

NRSV - 13 They are planted in the house of the LORD; they flourish in the courts of our God. 14 In old age they still produce fruit; they are always green and full of sap, 15 showing that the LORD is upright;...

TEV - "A Song of Praise" - 12 The righteous will flourish like palm trees; they will grow like the cedars of Lebanon. 13 They are like trees planted in the house of the LORD, that flourish in the Temple of our God, 14 that still bear fruit in old age and are always green and strong. 15 This shows that the LORD is just, that there is no wrong in my protector.

KJV - 14 I know that, whatsoever God doeth, it shall be for ever: nothing can be put to it, nor any thing taken from it:…

15 That which hath been is now; and that which is to be hath already been; and God requireth that which is past.

NRSV - 14 I know that whatever God does endures forever; nothing can be added to it, nor anything taken from it;...

15 That which is, already has been; that which is to be, already is; and God seeks out what has gone by.

TEV - "A Time for Everything" - 9 What do we gain from all our work? 10 I know the heavy burdens that God has laid on us. 11 He has set the right time for everything. He has given us a desire to know the future, but never gives us the satisfaction of fully understanding what he does. 12 So I realized that all we can do is be happy and do the best we can while we are still alive. 13 All of us should eat and drink and enjoy what we have worked for. It is God's gift. 14 I know that everything God does will last forever. You can't add anything to it or take anything away from it. And one thing God does is to make us stand in awe of him. 15 Whatever happens or can happen has already happened before. God makes the same thing happen again and again.

KJV - 20 There shall be no more thence an infant of days, nor an old man that hath not filled his days:…

21 And they shall build houses, and inhabit them; and they shall plant vineyards, and eat the fruit of them. 22 They shall not build, and another inhabit; they shall not plant, and another eat:…

23 They shall not labour in vain, nor bring forth for trouble; for they are the seed of the blessed of the Lord, and their offspring with them.

NRSV - 20 No more shall there be in it an infant that lives but a few days, or an old person who does not live out a lifetime;...

21 They shall build houses and inhabit them; they shall plant vineyards and eat their fruit. 22 They shall not build and another inhabit; they shall not plant and another eat;...

23 They shall not labor in vain, or bear children for calamity; for they shall be offspring blessed by the LORD -- and their descendants as well.

TEV - "The New Creation" - 17 The LORD says, "I am making a new earth and new heavens. The events of the past will be completely forgotten. 18 Be glad and rejoice forever in what I create. The new Jerusalem I make will be full of joy, and her people will be happy. 19 I myself will be filled with joy because of Jerusalem and her people. There will be no weeping there, no calling for help. 20 Babies will no longer die in infancy, and all people will live out their life span. Those who live to be a hundred will be considered young. To die before that would be a sign that I had punished them. 21...22 People will build houses and get to live in them -- they will not be used by someone else. They will plant vineyards and enjoy the wine -- it will not be drunk by others. Like trees, my people will live long lives. They will fully enjoy the things that they have worked for. 23 The work they do will be successful, and their children will not meet with disaster. I will bless them and their descendants for all time to come. 24 Even before they finish praying to me, I will answer their prayers. 25 Wolves and lambs will eat together; lions will eat straw, as cattle do, and snakes will no longer be dangerous. On Zion, my sacred hill, there will be nothing harmful or evil."

KJV - 6 For I am the Lord, I change not; therefore ye sons of Jacob are not consumed.

NRSV - 6 For I the LORD do not change; therefore you, O children of Jacob, have not perished.

TEV - "The Payment of Tithes" - 6 "I am the LORD, and I do not change. And so you, the descendants of Jacob, are not yet completely lost.

 

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KJV - 27 …the Lord of hosts hath purposed, and who shall disannul it? and his hand is stretched out, and who shall turn it back?

NRSV - 27 ...the LORD of hosts has planned, and who will annul it? His hand is stretched out, and who will turn it back?

TEV - "God Will Destroy the Assyrians" - 24 The LORD Almighty has sworn an oath: "What I have planned will happen. What I have determined to do will be done. 25 I will destroy the Assyrians in my land of Israel and trample them on my mountains. I will free my people from the Assyrian yoke and from the burdens they have had to bear. 26 This is my plan for the world, and my arm is stretched out to punish the nations." 27 The LORD Almighty is determined to do this; he has stretched out his arm to punish, and no one can stop him.

KJV - 4 Behold, he that keepeth Israel shall neither slumber nor sleep. 5 The Lord is thy keeper: the Lord is thy shade upon thy right hand.

7 The Lord shall preserve thee from all evil: he shall preserve thy soul. 8 The Lord shall preserve thy going out and thy coming in from this time forth, and even for evermore.

NRSV - 4 He who keeps Israel will neither slumber nor sleep. 5 The LORD is your keeper; the LORD is your shade at your right hand.

7 The LORD will keep you from all evil; he will keep your life. 8 The LORD will keep your going out and your coming in from this time on and forevermore.

TEV - "The LORD Our Protector" - 1 I look to the mountains; where will my help come from? 2 My help will come from the LORD, who made heaven and earth. 3 He will not let you fall; your protector is always awake. 4 The protector of Israel never dozes or sleeps. 5 The LORD will guard you; he is by your side to protect you. 6 The sun will not hurt you during the day, nor the moon during the night. 7 The LORD will protect you from all danger; he will keep you safe. 8 He will protect you as you come and go now and forever.

• Psa 121:7-8
• Num 6:24-26
• Psa 121:8
• [see Psa 121:7-8]
• Deu 28:6

KJV - 31 For who is God save the Lord? or who is a rock save our God?

35 Thou hast also given me the shield of thy salvation: and thy right hand hath holden me up, and thy gentleness hath made me great. 36 Thou hast enlarged my steps under me, that my feet did not slip.

NRSV - 31 For who is God except the LORD? And who is a rock besides our God? --

35 You have given me the shield of your salvation, and your right hand has supported me; your help has made me great. 36 You gave me a wide place for my steps under me, and my feet did not slip.

TEV - "David's Song of Victory" - 30 This God -- how perfect are his deeds! How dependable his words! He is like a shield for all who seek his protection. 31 The LORD alone is God; God alone is our defense. 32 He is the God who makes me strong, who makes my pathway safe. 33 He makes me sure-footed as a deer; he keeps me safe on the mountains. 34 He trains me for battle, so that I can use the strongest bow. 35 O LORD, you protect me and save me; your care has made me great, and your power has kept me safe. 36 You have kept me from being captured, and I have never fallen. 37 I pursue my enemies and catch them; I do not stop until I destroy them. 38 I strike them down, and they cannot rise; they lie defeated before me. 39 You give me strength for the battle and victory over my enemies. 40 You make my enemies run from me; I destroy those who hate me. 41 They cry for help, but no one saves them; they call to the LORD, but he does not answer.

KJV - 4 In God I will praise his word, in God I have put my trust; I will not fear what flesh can do unto me.

NRSV - 4 In God, whose word I praise, in God I trust; I am not afraid; what can flesh do to me?

TEV - "A Prayer of Trust in God" - 1 Be merciful to me, O God, because I am under attack; my enemies persecute me all the time. 2 All day long my opponents attack me. There are so many who fight against me. 3 When I am afraid, O LORD Almighty, I put my trust in you. 4 I trust in God and am not afraid; I praise him for what he has promised. What can a mere human being do to me?

• Psa 56:4
• Psa 27:1
• Psa 118:6
• Isa 12:2
• Isa 51:12
• Mat 10:28

KJV - 6 …destructions are come to a perpetual end:

NRSV - 6 The enemies have vanished in everlasting ruins;... the very memory of them has perished.

TEV - "Thanksgiving to God for His Justice" - 3 My enemies turn back when you appear; they fall down and die. 4 You are fair and honest in your judgments, and you have judged in my favor. 5 You have condemned the heathen and destroyed the wicked; they will be remembered no more. 6 Our enemies are finished forever; you have destroyed their cities, and they are completely forgotten. 7 But the LORD is king forever; he has set up his throne for judgment. 8 He rules the world with righteousness; he judges the nations with justice.

 

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KJV - 1 And as Jesus passed by, he saw a man which was blind from his birth. 2 And his disciples asked him, saying, Master, who did sin, this man, or his parents, that he was born blind? 3 Jesus answered, Neither hath this man sinned, nor his parents: but that the works of God should be made manifest in him.

6 When he had thus spoken, he spat on the ground, and made clay of the spittle, and he anointed the eyes of the blind man with the clay, 7 And said unto him, Go, wash in the pool of Siloam, (which is by interpretation, Sent.) He went his way therefore, and washed, and came seeing. 8 The neighbours therefore, and they which before had seen him that he was blind, said, Is not this he that sat and begged? 9 Some said, This is he: others said, He is like him: but he said, I am he.

13 They brought to the Pharisees him that aforetime was blind.

17 They say unto the blind man again, What sayest thou of him, that he hath opened thine eyes? He said, He is a prophet.

32 Since the world began was it not heard that any man opened the eyes of one that was born blind.

NRSV - 1 As he walked along, he saw a man blind from birth. 2 His disciples asked him, "Rabbi, who sinned, this man or his parents, that he was born blind?" 3 Jesus answered, "Neither this man nor his parents sinned; he was born blind so that God's works might be revealed in him.

6 When he had said this, he spat on the ground and made mud with the saliva and spread the mud on the man's eyes, 7 saying to him, "Go, wash in the pool of Siloam" (which means Sent). Then he went and washed and came back able to see. 8 The neighbors and those who had seen him before as a beggar began to ask, "Is this not the man who used to sit and beg?" 9 Some were saying, "It is he." Others were saying, "No, but it is someone like him." He kept saying, "I am the man."

13 They brought to the Pharisees the man who had formerly been blind.

17 So they said again to the blind man, "What do you say about him? It was your eyes he opened." He said, "He is a prophet."

32 Never since the world began has it been heard that anyone opened the eyes of a person born blind.

TEV - "Jesus Heals a Man Born Blind" - 1 As Jesus was walking along, he saw a man who had been born blind. 2 His disciples asked him, "Teacher, whose sin caused him to be born blind? Was it his own or his parents' sin?" 3 Jesus answered, "His blindness has nothing to do with his sins or his parents' sins. He is blind so that God's power might be seen at work in him. 4 As long as it is day, we must do the work of him who sent me; night is coming when no one can work. 5 While I am in the world, I am the light for the world." 6 After he said this, Jesus spat on the ground and made some mud with the spittle; he rubbed the mud on the man's eyes 7 and told him, "Go and wash your face in the Pool of Siloam." (This name means "Sent.") So the man went, washed his face, and came back seeing. 8 His neighbors, then, and the people who had seen him begging before this, asked, "Isn't this the man who used to sit and beg?" 9 Some said, "He is the one," but others said, "No he isn't; he just looks like him." So the man himself said, "I am the man." 10 "How is it that you can now see?" they asked him. 11 He answered, "The man called Jesus made some mud, rubbed it on my eyes, and told me to go to Siloam and wash my face. So I went, and as soon as I washed, I could see." 12 "Where is he?" they asked. "I don't know," he answered.

"The Pharisees Investigate the Healing" - 13 Then they took to the Pharisees the man who had been blind. 14 The day that Jesus made the mud and cured him of his blindness was a Sabbath. 15 The Pharisees, then, asked the man again how he had received his sight. He told them, "He put some mud on my eyes; I washed my face, and now I can see." 16 Some of the Pharisees said, "The man who did this cannot be from God, for he does not obey the Sabbath law." Others, however, said, "How could a man who is a sinner perform such miracles as these?" And there was a division among them. 17 So the Pharisees asked the man once more, "You say he cured you of your blindness -- well, what do you say about him?" "He is a prophet," the man answered.

28 They insulted him and said, "You are that fellow's disciple; but we are Moses' disciples. 29 We know that God spoke to Moses; as for that fellow, however, we do not even know where he comes from!" 30 The man answered, "What a strange thing that is! You do not know where he comes from, but he cured me of my blindness! 31 We know that God does not listen to sinners; he does listen to people who respect him and do what he wants them to do. 32 Since the beginning of the world nobody has ever heard of anyone giving sight to a person born blind. 33 Unless this man came from God, he would not be able to do a thing." 34 They answered, "You were born and brought up in sin -- and you are trying to teach us?" And they expelled him from the synagogue.

• Joh 9:3
• Joh 11:4
• Joh 9:6 - KJV wording: eyes <3788> of the blind <5185> man <-> - corrected wording: his <846> eyes <3788> - (based on the original text's correction of KJV's Greek text)
• Joh 9:6
• Mar 8:23
• Joh 9:7 - KJV wording: interpretation <2059> - modern translation: translation [referring to translation of the Aramaic word into the Greek meaning, which modern versions in turn translated into English]

KJV - 1 Make a joyful noise unto the Lord, all ye lands.

3 Know ye that the Lord he is God: it is he that hath made us, and not we ourselves; we are his people, and the sheep of his pasture.

5 For the Lord is good; his mercy is everlasting; and his truth endureth to all generations.

NRSV - 1 Make a joyful noise to the LORD, all the earth.

3 Know that the LORD is God. It is he that made us, and we are his; we are his people, and the sheep of his pasture.

5 For the LORD is good; his steadfast love endures forever, and his faithfulness to all generations.

TEV - "A Hymn of Praise" - 1 Sing to the LORD, all the world! 2 Worship the LORD with joy; come before him with happy songs! 3 Acknowledge that the LORD is God. He made us, and we belong to him; we are his people, we are his flock. 4 Enter the Temple gates with thanksgiving; go into its courts with praise. Give thanks to him and praise him. 5 The LORD is good; his love is eternal and his faithfulness lasts forever.

• Psa 100:3
• Psa 95:7
• Mis 286:26

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ADDENDUM Textual Commentary on Genesis 1:26,27

The text of Genesis 1:26,27

KJV <Strong's #> - 26 ...God <0430> said <0559>, Let us make <06213> man <0120> in our image <06754>, after our likeness <01823>: and let them have dominion <07287> over the fish <01710> of the sea <03220>, and over the fowl <05775> of the air <08064>, and over the cattle <0929>, and over all <03605> the earth <0776>, and over every <03605> creeping <07431> thing that creepeth <07430> upon the earth <0776>.

KJV - 26 And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth. 27 So God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them.

NRSV - 26 Then God said, "Let us make humankind in our image, according to our likeness; and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the birds of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the wild animals of the earth, and over every creeping thing that creeps upon the earth." 27 So God created humankind in his image, in the image of God he created them; male and female he created them.

NAB - 26 Then God said: "Let us make man in our image, after our likeness. Let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, the birds of the air, and the cattle, and over all the wild animals and all the creatures that crawl on the ground." 27 God created man in his image; in the divine image he created him; male and female he created them.

TEV - "The Story of Creation" - 26 Then God said, "And now we will make human beings; they will be like us and resemble us. They will have power over the fish, the birds, and all animals, domestic and wild, large and small." 27 So God created human beings, making them to be like himself. He created them male and female, 28 blessed them, and said, "Have many children, so that your descendants will live all over the earth and bring it under their control. I am putting you in charge of the fish, the birds, and all the wild animals. 29 I have provided all kinds of grain and all kinds of fruit for you to eat; 30 but for all the wild animals and for all the birds I have provided grass and leafy plants for food" -- and it was done. 31 God looked at everything he had made, and he was very pleased. Evening passed and morning came -- that was the sixth day.

Commentary on Gen 1:26,27

• Gen 1:26 - us and our (plural references to God)
• To explore why the plural pronouns, "us" and "our," are used to refer to God in this verse, browse http://www.bibletexts.com/qa/qa083.htm.
• Gen 1:26 - likeness or similitude - Hebrew: demuth <Strong's #01823>
• This Hebrew word is translated in the KJV as follows: likeness Gen 1:26, Gen 5:1,3, Isa 40:18, Eze 1:5-28, Eze 8:2, Eze 10:1-22; fashion 2Ki 16:10; similitude 2Ch 4:3, Dan 10:16; after the manner of Eze 23:15.
• To explore "Man (Gen 1:26,27) and Christ as the image of God" (or as reflecting God's nature, qualities, and power), browse http://www.bibletexts.com/terms/image.htm.
• Gen 1:26 - dominion
• To explore additional references, browse "DOMINION" at http://www.bibletexts.com/topics/d.htm.
• Gen 1:26,27 - man or human beings or humankind or humans - Hebrew: adam <Strong's Hebrew #0120>
• To further explore this Hebrew term and its translation into English, browse "Hebrew: adam - English: man or human beings? (Gen 1:26,27) - Is the term man or the term human beings more accurate/appropriate, or are both accurate/appropriate?" at http://www.bibletexts.com/terms/heb-adam.htm.

• The New American Bible, an excellent translation and study Bible [book review at http://www.bibletexts.com/reviews/bibles/nab.htm), translates Gen 1:26,27 as follows:

Then God said: "Let us make man in our image, after our likeness. Let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, the birds of the air, and the cattle, and over all the wild animals and all the creatures that crawl on the ground." God created man in his image; in the divine image he created him; male and female he created them.

• The following are Bible dictionary definitions of the Hebrew word adam, which is used in Gen 1:26,27; Gen 2:5,7,8, and in more than 500 other verses throughout the Old Testament:

Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (edited by Brown, Driver, and Briggs, Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1978, page 9)

1. a man... 2. coll. man, mankind... 3. Adam, first man... 4. city in Jordan valley...

Theological Dictionary of the Old Testament, Volume 1 (edited by Botterweck and Ringgren, translated by John T. Willis, Grand Rapids, Michigan: Eerdmans, 1977, page 75-87)

'adham, meaning "man" or the proper name "Adam"... usually appears in prose texts with the article, and in poetic texts without the article. Predominantly, this word occurs as a collective singluar designating a class (as "man" in English), and therefore can be translated by "mankind" or as a plural "men." At the same time, it is often used of individuals... and functions adjectivally ("human") or indefinitely ("someone"), but never appears in the plural or in the construct... {page 75}

The use of the word 'adham in the OT presents one of the strongest evidences for ancient Israelite universalism. In most passages using 'adham, including the earliest texts, it is clear that this word is not intended to refer particularly to Israelites, but to all men... {pages 83-84}

A Theological Word Book of the Bible (edited by Alan Richardson, New York: Macmillan, 1950, page 15)

Adam. The word means originally a human being (cf. Gen. 2.5) or mankind collectively (Gen.1.26). Only for the purposes of the myth [the Adam and Eve story] does it become a proper name. (The precise etymology of the word is doubtful.) Thus we may claim biblical sanction for the statement that Adam is Everyman. The myth was, of course, taken literally for centuries; it was traditionally held that Adam was the first human being...

• Gen 1:26,27 - image (or: resemblance or likeness) - Hebrew: tselem <Strong's #06754>

• This Hebrew word tselem is always translated in the KJV as "image" or "images."
• Gen 1:26,27, Gen 5:3, Gen 9:6; Num 33:52, 1Sa 6:5,11, 2Ki 11:18, 2Ch 23:17, Psa 73:20, Eze 7:20, Eze 16:17, Eze 23:14, Amo 5:26
• The Aramaic word tselem is always translated in the KJV as "image."
• Dan 2:31-35 and Dan 3:1-19
• "Biblical texts on Man (Gen 1:26,27) and Christ as the image of God," describing man reflecting God's nature, qualities, and power, can be read at http://www.bibletexts.com/terms/image.htm.

• Clement of Alexandria (150-215 A.D.) in his Exhortation to the Greeks 10, as found in Ancient Christian Commentary on Scripture: Genesis I-II, edited by Andrew Louth and Marco Conti (Downers Grove, IL, USA: InterVarsity Press, 2001, page 29) wrote:

For "the image of God" is his Word (and the divine Word, the light who is the archetype of light, is a genuine son of Mind [the Father]); and an image of the Word is the true man, that is, the mind of man, who on this account is said to have been created "in the image" of God and "in his likeness," because through his understanding heart he is made like the divine Word or Reason [Logos], and so rational [logikos].

• To explore other pre-Nicene (pre-325 A.D.) Christian emphasis on man being the image of God, see B5 commentary on early Christian views of man as the mage of God.

• Paul, in 1Co 15:45-49, contrasts the Adam man with the Christly man. The Adam man is described as as "physical," "earthly" and "of the dust;" and it describes the Christly man as "spiritual" and as "of heaven." Paul leads up to his description of the victory in Christ (see 1Co 15:57), when he writes, "Just as we have borne the image of the man of dust, we will also bear the image of the man of heaven." (Paul says much the same in Rom 8:29 and 2Co 3:18.) To explore the correlation of Gen 1:26,27 with 1Co 15:45-49, browse http://www.bibletexts.com/terms/soul.htm. The contents of this article includes:
1. Soul defined from its Hebrew word nephesh
2. Two accounts of the creation of man/woman -- man/woman as originating from the dust/earth (Gen 2:7) versus man/woman as the image of God (Gen 1:26,27)
3. Two types of man/woman -- earthly, physical man/woman of the dust versus spiritual, heavenly man/woman (1Co 15:45-47)
• Gen 1:27 - male and female
• To further explore this subject, browse:
• The webpage references on "MALE AND FEMALE" at http://www.bibletexts.com/topics/m.htm.
• The webpage article on "ADAM, MAN, OR HUMAN BEINGS" at http://www.bibletexts.com/terms/heb-adam.htm.
• The webpage articles on "WOMEN" that are listed at http://www.bibletexts.com/women.htm.

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