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Keywords: ARAM,ARPHAXAD,ASSHUR,ELAMITES,LUD,SYRIA
Description: Genesis 10:22
NET Translation: The sons of Shem were Elam, Asshur, ArphAXad, Lud, and Aram.
DARBY Translation: The sons of Shem: Elam, and Asshur, and ArphAXad, and Lud, and AramD93.
KJV Translation: The children of Shem; Elam, and Asshur, and ArphAXadK82, and Lud, and Aram.
Keywords: HEBREW,SALAH
Description: Genesis 10:24
NET Translation: ArphAXad was the father of Shelah, and Shelah was the father of Eber.
DARBY Translation: And ArphAXad begot Shelah; and Shelah begot Eber.
KJV Translation: And ArphAXad begat SalahK83; and Salah begat Eber.
Keywords: ARPHAXAD,GENEALOGY,LONGEVITY,SHEM
Description: Genesis 11:10
NET Translation: This is the account of Shem. Shem was 100 years old when he became the father of ArphAXad, two years after the flood.
DARBY Translation: These are the generations of Shem. Shem was a hundred years old, and begot ArphAXad two years after the flood.
KJV Translation: These [are] the generations of Shem: Shem [was] an hundred years old, and begat ArphAXad two years after the flood:
Verse Intro: Shem's Descendants
Keywords: LONGEVITY
Description: Genesis 11:11
NET Translation: And after becoming the father of ArphAXad, Shem lived 500 years and had other sons and daughters.
DARBY Translation: And Shem lived after he had begotten ArphAXad five hundred years, and begot sons and daughters.
KJV Translation: And Shem lived after he begat ArphAXad five hundred years, and begat sons and daughters.
Keywords: LONGEVITY,SALAH
Description: Genesis 11:12
NET Translation: When ArphAXad had lived 35 years, he became the father of Shelah.
DARBY Translation: And ArphAXad lived thirty-five years, and begot Shelah.
KJV Translation: And ArphAXad lived five and thirty years, and begat Salah:
Keywords: LONGEVITY
Description: Genesis 11:13
NET Translation: And after he became the father of Shelah, ArphAXad lived 403 years and had other sons and daughters.
DARBY Translation: And ArphAXad lived after he had begotten Shelah four hundred and three years, and begot sons and daughters.
KJV Translation: And ArphAXad lived after he begat Salah four hundred and three years, and begat sons and daughters.
Keywords: DERISION,DOUBTING,MIRACLES
Description: Genesis 18:12
NET Translation: So Sarah laughed to herself, thinking, “After I am worn out will I have pleasure, especially when my husband is old too?”
DARBY Translation: And Sarah laughed within herself, saying, After I am become old, shall I have pleasure, and my lord old?
KJV Translation: Therefore Sarah laughed within herself, saying, After I am wAXed old shall I have pleasure, my lord being old also?
Keywords: DEATH,HOLY SPIRIT,REPROBACY,SIN
Description: Genesis 19:13
NET Translation: because we are about to destroy it. The outcry against this place is so great before the Lord that he has sent us to destroy it.”
DARBY Translation: For we are going to destroy this place, because the cry of them is great before Jehovah, and Jehovah has sent us to destroy it.
KJV Translation: For we will destroy this place, because the cry of them is wAXen great before the face of the LORD; and the LORD hath sent us to destroy it.
Keywords: ISAAC,MEDITATION,PRAYER
Description: Genesis 24:63
NET Translation: He went out to relAX in the field in the early evening. Then he looked up and saw that there were camels approaching.
DARBY Translation: And Isaac had gone out to meditate in the fields toward the beginning of evening. And he lifted up his eyes and saw, and behold, camels were coming.
KJV Translation: And Isaac went out to meditateK139in the field at the eventide: and he lifted up his eyes, and saw, and, behold, the camels [were] coming.
Description: Genesis 26:13
NET Translation: The man became wealthy. His influence continued to grow until he became very prominent.
DARBY Translation: And the man became great, and he became continually greater, until he was very great.
KJV Translation: And the man wAXed great, and went forwardK145, and grew until he became very great:
Keywords: TAX
Description: Genesis 41:34
NET Translation: Pharaoh should do this—he should appoint officials throughout the land to collect one-fifth of the produce of the land of Egypt during the seven years of abundance.
DARBY Translation: Let Pharaoh do [this]: let him appoint overseers over the land, and take the fifth part of the land of Egypt during the seven years of plenty,
KJV Translation: Let Pharaoh do [this], and let him appoint officersK266over the land, and take up the fifth part of the land of Egypt in the seven plenteous years.
Keywords: CITIES,FRUGALITY,TAX
Description: Genesis 41:48
NET Translation: Joseph collected all the excess food in the land of Egypt during the seven years and stored it in the cities. In every city he put the food gathered from the fields around it.
DARBY Translation: And he gathered up all the food of the seven years that was in the land of Egypt, and put the food in the cities; the food of the fields of the city, which were round about it, he laid up in it.
KJV Translation: And he gathered up all the food of the seven years, which were in the land of Egypt, and laid up the food in the cities: the food of the field, which [was] round about every city, laid he up in the same.
Description: Genesis 41:56
NET Translation: While the famine was over all the earth, Joseph opened the storehouses and sold grain to the Egyptians. The famine was severe throughout the land of Egypt.
DARBY Translation: And the famine was on all the earthD347. And Joseph opened every place in which there was [provision], and sold grain to the Egyptians; and the famine was grievous in the land of Egypt.
KJV Translation: And the famine was over all the face of the earth: And Joseph opened all the storehousesK275, and sold unto the Egyptians; and the famine wAXed sore in the land of Egypt.
Keywords: JOSEPH,TAX
Description: Genesis 47:26
NET Translation: So Joseph made it a statute, which is in effect to this day throughout the land of Egypt: One-fifth belongs to Pharaoh. Only the land of the priests did not become Pharaoh’s.
DARBY Translation: And Joseph made it a law over the land of Egypt to this day, [that] the fifth should be for Pharaoh, except the land of the priests: theirs alone did not become Pharaoh's.
KJV Translation: And Joseph made it a law over the land of Egypt unto this day, [that] Pharaoh should have the fifth [part]; except the land of the priestsK316only, [which] became not Pharaoh's.
Keywords: ISRAEL
Description: Exodus 1:7
NET Translation: The Israelites, however, were fruitful, increased greatly, multiplied, and became extremely strong, so that the land was filled with them.
DARBY Translation: And the children of Israel were fruitful, and swarmed and multiplied, and became exceeding strong; and the land was full of them.
KJV Translation: And the children of Israel were fruitful, and increased abundantly, and multiplied, and wAXed exceeding mighty; and the land was filled with them.
Description: Exodus 1:20
NET Translation: So God treated the midwives well, and the people multiplied and became very strong.
DARBY Translation: And God dealt well with the midwives; and the people multiplied and became very strong.
KJV Translation: Therefore God dealt well with the midwives: and the people multiplied, and wAXed very mighty.
Keywords: BARLEY,FLAX,HARVEST
Description: Exodus 9:31
NET Translation: (Now the flAX and the barley were struck by the hail, for the barley had ripened and the flAX was in bud.
DARBY Translation: And the flAX and the barley were smitten; for the barley was in the ear, and the flAX was bolledD460.
KJV Translation: And the flAX and the barley was smitten: for the barley [was] in the ear, and the flAX [was] bolled.
Keywords: BREAD,GLUTTONY
Description: Exodus 16:21
NET Translation: So they gathered it each morning, each person according to what he could eat, and when the sun got hot, it would melt.
DARBY Translation: And they gathered it every morning, every man as much as he could eat; and when the sun became hot, it melted.
KJV Translation: And they gathered it every morning, every man according to his eating: and when the sun wAXed hot, it melted.
Keywords: GOD,PROPHETS
Description: Exodus 19:19
NET Translation: When the sound of the horn grew louder and louder, Moses was speaking and God was answering him with a voice.
DARBY Translation: And the sound of the trumpet increased and became exceeding loud; Moses spoke, and God answered him by a voice.
KJV Translation: And when the voice of the trumpet sounded long, and wAXed louder and louder, Moses spake, and God answered him by a voice.
Keywords: ANGER
Description: Exodus 22:24
NET Translation: and my anger will burn and I will kill you with the sword, and your wives will be widows and your children will be fatherless.
DARBY Translation: and my anger shall burn, and I will slay you with the sword; and your wives shall be widows, and your children fatherless.
KJV Translation: And my wrath shall wAX hot, and I will kill you with the sword; and your wives shall be widows, and your children fatherless.
Keywords: RELIGION,TABERNACLE,TAX
Description: Exodus 30:11
NET Translation: The Lord spoke to Moses,
DARBY Translation: And Jehovah spoke to Moses, saying,
KJV Translation: And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
Verse Intro: The Census TAX
Keywords: ANGER
Description: Exodus 32:10
NET Translation: So now, leave me alone so that my anger can burn against them and I can destroy them, and I will make from you a great nation.”
DARBY Translation: And now let me alone, that my anger may burn against them, and I may consume them; and I will make of thee a great nation.
KJV Translation: Now therefore let me alone, that my wrath may wAX hot against them, and that I may consume them: and I will make of thee a great nation.
Keywords: INTERCESSION,PRAYER
Description: Exodus 32:11
NET Translation: But Moses sought the favor of the Lord his God and said, “O Lord, why does your anger burn against your people, whom you have brought out from the land of Egypt with great power and with a mighty hand?
DARBY Translation: And Moses besought Jehovah his God, and said, Why, Jehovah, doth thy wrath burn against thy people, which thou hast brought forth out of the land of Egypt with great power and with a strong hand?
KJV Translation: And Moses besought the LORDK483his God, and said, LORD, why doth thy wrath wAX hot against thy people, which thou hast brought forth out of the land of Egypt with great power, and with a mighty hand?
Keywords: AMUSEMENTS AND WORLDLY PLEASURES,DANCING,ICONOCLASM,IDOLATRY,ISRAEL,MOSES,REPROOF,RELIGIOUS ZEAL
Description: Exodus 32:19
NET Translation: When he approached the camp and saw the calf and the dancing, Moses became extremely angry. He threw the tablets from his hands and broke them to pieces at the bottom of the mountain.
DARBY Translation: And it came to pass, when he came near the camp, and saw the calf and the dancing, that Moses' anger burned, and he cast the tables out of his hands, and shattered them beneath the mountain.
KJV Translation: And it came to pass, as soon as he came nigh unto the camp, that he saw the calf, and the dancing: and Moses' anger wAXed hot, and he cast the tables out of his hands, and brake them beneath the mount.
Keywords: COWARDICE,EXCUSES,MOSES,RESPONSIBILITY
Description: Exodus 32:22
NET Translation: Aaron said, “Do not let your anger burn hot, my lord; you know these people, that they tend to evil.
DARBY Translation: And Aaron said, Let not the anger of my lord burn! thou knowest the people, that they are [set] on mischief.
KJV Translation: And Aaron said, Let not the anger of my lord wAX hot: thou knowest the people, that they [are set] on mischief.
Keywords: BEKAH,CENSUS,RELIGION,TALENT,TAX
Description: Exodus 38:26
NET Translation: one beka per person, that is, a half shekel, according to the sanctuary shekel, for everyone who crossed over to those numbered, from twenty years old or older, 603,550 in all.
DARBY Translation: a bekah the head half a shekel, according to the shekel of the sanctuary, for every one that passed the numbering from twenty years old and upward, [of] the six hundred and three thousand five hundred and fifty.
KJV Translation: A bekah for every manK501, [that is], half a shekel, after the shekel of the sanctuary, for every one that went to be numbered, from twenty years old and upward, for six hundred thousand and three thousand and five hundred and fifty [men].
Keywords: DEBTOR,HOMESTEAD,POOR,REDEMPTION
Description: Leviticus 25:25
NET Translation: “‘If your brother becomes impoverished and sells some of his property, his near redeemer is to come to you and redeem what his brother sold.
DARBY Translation: If thy brother grow poor, and sell of his possession, then shall his redeemer, his nearest relationD918, come and redeem that which his brother sold.
KJV Translation: If thy brother be wAXen poor, and hath sold away [some] of his possession, and if any of his kin come to redeem it, then shall he redeem that which his brother sold.
Keywords: ALMS,BENEFICENCE,CREDITOR,LENDING,POOR,SERVANT,STRANGERS,USURY
Description: Leviticus 25:35
NET Translation: “‘If your brother becomes impoverished and is indebted to you, you must support him; he must live with you like a foreign resident.
DARBY Translation: And if thy brother grow poor, and he be fallen into decay beside thee, then thou shalt relieve him, [be he] stranger or sojourner, that he may live beside thee.
KJV Translation: And if thy brother be wAXen poor, and fallen in decayK599with thee; then thou shalt relieve him: [yea, though he be] a stranger, or a sojourner; that he may live with thee.
Verse Intro: Kindness for Poor Brothers
Keywords: POOR,SERVANT
Description: Leviticus 25:39
NET Translation: “‘If your brother becomes impoverished with regard to you so that he sells himself to you, you must not subject him to slave service.
DARBY Translation: And if thy brother grow poor beside thee, and be sold unto thee, thou shalt not compel him to serve as a bondservant:
KJV Translation: And if thy brother [that dwelleth] by thee be wAXen poor, and be sold unto thee; thou shalt not compel him to serve as a bondservantK600:
Keywords: DEBTOR,SERVANT
Description: Leviticus 25:47
NET Translation: “‘If a resident foreigner who is with you prospers and your brother becomes impoverished with regard to him so that he sells himself to a resident foreigner who is with you or to a member of a foreigner’s family,
DARBY Translation: And if a stranger or sojourner become wealthy beside thee, and thy brother beside him grow poor, and sell himself unto the stranger, who is settled by thee, or to a scion of the stranger's family,
KJV Translation: And if a sojourner or stranger wAX richK603by thee, and thy brother [that dwelleth] by him wAX poor, and sell himself unto the stranger [or] sojourner by thee, or to the stock of the stranger's family:
Verse Intro: Redeeming a Poor Man
Keywords: GOD,HAND
Description: Numbers 11:23
NET Translation: And the Lord said to Moses, “Is the Lord’s hand shortened? Now you will see whether my word to you will come true or not!”
DARBY Translation: And Jehovah said to Moses, Hath Jehovah's hand become short? Now shalt thou see whether my word will come to pass unto thee or not.
KJV Translation: And the LORD said unto Moses, Is the LORD'S hand wAXed short? thou shalt see now whether my word shall come to pass unto thee or not.
Keywords: CLOTHING,GOD,ISRAEL
Description: Deuteronomy 8:4
NET Translation: Your clothing did not wear out nor did your feet swell all these forty years.
DARBY Translation: Thy clothing grew not old upon thee, neither did thy foot swell, these forty years.
KJV Translation: Thy raiment wAXed not old upon thee, neither did thy foot swell, these forty years.
Keywords: CREDITOR,POOR
Description: Deuteronomy 15:2
NET Translation: This is the nature of the cancellation: Every creditor must remit what he has loaned to another person; he must not force payment from his fellow Israelite, for it is to be recognized as “the Lord’s cancellation of debts.”
DARBY Translation: and this is the manner of the release: Every creditor shall relAX his hand from the loan which he hath lent unto his neighbour; he shall not demand it of his neighbour, or of his brother; for a release to Jehovah hath been proclaimed.
KJV Translation: And this [is] the manner of the release: Every creditor that lendethK816[ought] unto his neighbour shall release [it]; he shall not exact [it] of his neighbour, or of his brother; because it is called the LORD'S release.
Keywords: AX
Description: Deuteronomy 19:5
NET Translation: Suppose he goes with someone else to the forest to cut wood and when he raises the AX to cut the tree, the AX head flies loose from the handle and strikes his fellow worker so hard that he dies. The person responsible may then flee to one of these cities to save himself.
DARBY Translation: as when he goeth into the wood with his neighbour to hew wood, and his hand fetcheth a stroke with the AXe to cut down the tree, and the iron slippeth from the handle, and lighteth upon his neighbour, that he die; such an one shall flee unto one of these cities, and live;
KJV Translation: As when a man goeth into the wood with his neighbour to hew wood, and his hand fetcheth a stroke with the AXe to cut down the tree, and the headK835slippeth from the helveK836, and lightethK837upon his neighbour, that he die; he shall flee unto one of those cities, and live:
Keywords: FORT,FRUIT TREES,HORTICULTURE,SIEGE
Description: Deuteronomy 20:19
NET Translation: If you besiege a city for a long time while attempting to capture it, you must not chop down its trees, for you may eat fruit from them and should not cut them down. A tree in the field is not human that you should besiege it!
DARBY Translation: When thou shalt besiege a city many days, in making war against it to take it, thou shalt not destroy the trees thereof by lifting up an AXe against them; for thou canst eat of them; and thou shalt not cut them down, for is the tree of the field a man that it should be besiegedD1300?
KJV Translation: When thou shalt besiege a city a long time, in making war against it to take it, thou shalt not destroy the trees thereof by forcing an AXe against them: for thou mayest eat of them, and thou shalt not cut them down (for the tree of the field [is] man's [life]) to employ [them] in the siege:
Keywords: BLESSING,CLOTHING,GOD,ISRAEL,MIRACLES,SHOE
Description: Deuteronomy 29:5
NET Translation: I have led you through the wilderness for forty years. Your clothing has not worn out nor have your sandals deteriorated.
DARBY Translation: And I have led you forty years in the wilderness; your clothes are not grown old upon you, and thy sandal is not grown old upon thy foot;
KJV Translation: And I have led you forty years in the wilderness: your clothes are not wAXen old upon you, and thy shoe is not wAXen old upon thy foot.
Keywords: PROSPERITY,RICHES
Description: Deuteronomy 31:20
NET Translation: For after I have brought them to the land I promised to their ancestors—one flowing with milk and honey—and they eat their fill and become fat, then they will turn to other gods and worship them; they will reject me and break my covenant.
DARBY Translation: For I shall bring them into the land which I swore unto their fathers, which floweth with milk and honey; and they will eat and fill themselves, and wAX fat, and will turn unto other gods, and serve them, and despise me, and break my covenant.
KJV Translation: For when I shall have brought them into the land which I sware unto their fathers, that floweth with milk and honey; and they shall have eaten and filled themselves, and wAXen fat; then will they turn unto other gods, and serve them, and provoke me, and break my covenant.
Keywords: APOSTASY,BACKSLIDERS,GOD,GODLESSNESS,IDOLATRY,INFIDELITY,INGRATITUDE,JESHURUN,PROSPERITY,REPROOF,RICHES,SALVATION
Description: Deuteronomy 32:15
NET Translation: But Jeshurun became fat and kicked; you got fat, thick, and stuffed! Then he deserted the God who made him, and treated the Rock who saved him with contempt.
DARBY Translation: Then JeshurunD1378 grew fat, and kicked Thou art wAXen fat, Thou art grown thick, And thou art covered with fatness; He gave up GodD1379 who made him, And lightly esteemed the Rock of his salvation.
KJV Translation: But Jeshurun wAXed fat, and kicked: thou art wAXen fat, thou art grown thick, thou art covered [with fatness]; then he forsook God [which] made him, and lightly esteemed the Rock of his salvation.
Verse Intro: Israel's Rebellion
Keywords: FLAX,HOUSE,KINDNESS
Description: Joshua 2:6
NET Translation: (Now she had taken them up to the roof and had hidden them in the stalks of flAX she had spread out on the roof.)
DARBY Translation: But she had taken them up to the roof, and secreted them under the stalks of flAX, which she had laid out on the roof.
KJV Translation: But she had brought them up to the roof of the house, and hid them with the stalks of flAX, which she had laid in order upon the roof.
Keywords: EPHRAIM,GEZER,TRIBUTE (TAXES)
Description: Joshua 16:10
NET Translation: The Ephraimites did not conquer the Canaanites living in Gezer. The Canaanites live among the Ephraimites to this very day and do hard labor as their servants.
DARBY Translation: But they did not dispossess the Canaanites that dwelt at Gezer; and the Canaanites dwell in the midst of Ephraim to this day, and serve under tribute.
KJV Translation: And they drave not out the Canaanites that dwelt in Gezer: but the Canaanites dwell among the Ephraimites unto this day, and serve under tribute.
Description: Joshua 17:13
NET Translation: Whenever the Israelites were strong militarily, they forced the Canaanites to do hard labor, but they never totally conquered them.
DARBY Translation: And it came to pass when the children of Israel were become strong, that they made the Canaanites tributary; but they did not utterly dispossess them.
KJV Translation: Yet it came to pass, when the children of Israel were wAXen strong, that they put the Canaanites to tribute; but did not utterly drive them out.
Keywords: ISRAEL,JOSHUA
Description: Joshua 23:1
NET Translation: A long time passed after the Lord made Israel secure from all their enemies, and Joshua was very old.
DARBY Translation: And it came to pass a long time after that Jehovah had given rest to Israel from all their enemies round about, and Joshua had become old, advanced in ageD1561,
KJV Translation: And it came to pass a long time after that the LORD had given rest unto Israel from all their enemies round about, that Joshua wAXed old [and] stricken in ageK1024.
Verse Intro: Joshua's Charge to Israel's Leaders
Keywords: KITRON,NAHALLAL,TRIBUTE (TAXES),ZEBULUN
Description: Judges 1:30
NET Translation: The men of Zebulun did not conquer the people living in Kitron and Nahalol. The Canaanites lived among them and were forced to do hard labor.
DARBY Translation: Zebulun did not dispossess the inhabitants of Kitron, nor the inhabitants of Nahalol; but the Canaanites dwelt among them, and became tributaries.
KJV Translation: Neither did Zebulun drive out the inhabitants of Kitron, nor the inhabitants of Nahalol; but the Canaanites dwelt among them, and became tributaries.
Keywords: ZALMON
Description: Judges 9:48
NET Translation: He and all his men went up on Mount Zalmon. He took an AX in his hand and cut off a tree branch. He put it on his shoulder and said to his men, “Quickly, do what you have just seen me do!”
DARBY Translation: Then Abimelech went up to mount Zalmon, he and all the people that were with him; and Abimelech took an AXeAXes.'" href="#" data-html="true" data-toggle="tooltip">D1657 in his hand, and cut down a bough from the trees, and took it up and laid it on his shoulder, and said to the people that was with him, What ye have seen me do, make haste, do as I have done.
KJV Translation: And Abimelech gat him up to mount Zalmon, he and all the people that [were] with him; and Abimelech took an AXe in his hand, and cut down a bough from the trees, and took it, and laid [it] on his shoulder, and said unto the people that [were] with him, What ye have seen me doK1125, make haste, [and] do as I [have done].
Description: Judges 15:14
NET Translation: When he arrived in Lehi, the Philistines shouted as they approached him. But the Lord’s Spirit empowered him. The ropes around his arms were like flAX dissolving in fire, and they melted away from his hands.
DARBY Translation: When he came to Lehi, the Philistines shouted against him. And the Spirit of Jehovah came upon him, and the cords that were on his arms became as threads of flAX that are burned with fire, and his bands loosed from off his hands.
KJV Translation: [And] when he came unto Lehi, the Philistines shouted against him: and the Spirit of the LORD came mightily upon him, and the cords that [were] upon his arms became as flAX that was burnt with fire, and his bands loosedK1162from off his hands.
Verse Intro: Samsom Slays Philistines with Jawbone
Keywords: GAZATHITES
Description: Judges 16:2
NET Translation: The Gazites were told, “Samson has come here!” So they surrounded the town and hid all night at the city gate, waiting for him to leave. They relAXed all night, thinking, “He will not leave until morning comes; then we will kill him!”
DARBY Translation: [And it was told] the Gazathites, saying, Samson is come hither. And they surrounded [him], and laid wait for him all night at the gate of the city, and were quiet all the night, saying, In the morning light we will kill him.
KJV Translation: [And it was told] the Gazites, saying, Samson is come hither. And they compassed [him] in, and laid wait for him all night in the gate of the city, and were quietK1169all the night, saying, In the morning, when it is day, we shall kill him.
Keywords: SEVEN
Description: 1 Samuel 2:5
NET Translation: The well fed hire themselves out to earn food, but the hungry no longer lack. Even the barren woman has given birth to seven, but the one with many children has declined.
DARBY Translation: They that were full have hired themselves out for bread; and the hungry are [so] no more: Even the barren beareth seven, and she that hath many children is wAXed feeble.
KJV Translation: [They that were] full have hired out themselves for bread; and [they that were] hungry ceased: so that the barren hath born seven; and she that hath many children is wAXed feeble.
Description: 1 Samuel 3:2
NET Translation: Eli’s eyes had begun to fail, so that he was unable to see well. At that time he was lying down in his place,
DARBY Translation: And it came to pass at that time, when Eli lay in his place (now his eyes began to grow dim, he could not see),
KJV Translation: And it came to pass at that time, when Eli [was] laid down in his place, and his eyes began to wAX dim, [that] he could not see;
Keywords: AX,MATTOCK,PLOW
Description: 1 Samuel 13:20
NET Translation: So all Israel had to go down to the Philistines in order to get their plowshares, cutting instruments, AXes, and sickles sharpened.
DARBY Translation: And all Israel went down to the Philistines, every man to get his ploughshare, and his hoe, and his AXe, and his sickle sharpened,
KJV Translation: But all the Israelites went down to the Philistines, to sharpen every man his share, and his coulter, and his AXe, and his mattock.
Keywords: AX,FILE,FORK,GOAD,MATTOCK
Description: 1 Samuel 13:21
NET Translation: They charged two-thirds of a shekel to sharpen plowshares and cutting instruments, and one-third of a shekel to sharpen picks and AXes, and to set ox goads.
DARBY Translation: when the edges of the sickles, and the hoes, and the forksD1826, and the AXes were blunted; and to set the goads.
KJV Translation: Yet they had a file for the mattocksK1361, and for the coulters, and for the forks, and for the AXes, and to sharpenK1362the goads.
Keywords: ARMIES,DAUGHTER,MARRIAGE
Description: 1 Samuel 17:25
NET Translation: The men of Israel said, “Have you seen this man who is coming up? He does so to defy Israel. But the king will make the man who can strike him down very wealthy! He will give him his daughter in marriage, and he will make his father’s house exempt from tAX obligations in Israel.”
DARBY Translation: And the men of Israel said, Have ye seen this man that comes up? for to defy Israel is he come up: and it shall be, that the man who smites him, him will the king enrich with great riches, and will give him his daughter, and make his father's house free in Israel.
KJV Translation: And the men of Israel said, Have ye seen this man that is come up? surely to defy Israel is he come up: and it shall be, [that] the man who killeth him, the king will enrich him with great riches, and will give him his daughter, and make his father's house free in Israel.
Keywords: DAVID,HEBRON,ISRAEL,WAR
Description: 2 Samuel 3:1
NET Translation: However, the war was prolonged between the house of Saul and the house of David. David was becoming steadily stronger, while the house of Saul was becoming increasingly weaker.
DARBY Translation: And the war was long between the house of Saul and the house of David; but David became continually stronger, and the house of Saul became continually weaker.
KJV Translation: Now there was long war between the house of Saul and the house of David: but David wAXed stronger and stronger, and the house of Saul wAXed weaker and weaker.
Verse Intro: Abner Switches Allegiance to David from Saul
Keywords: ABLUTION,CONTINENCE
Description: 2 Samuel 11:8
NET Translation: Then David said to Uriah, “Go down to your home and relAX.” When Uriah left the palace, the king sent a gift to him.
DARBY Translation: And David said to Urijah, Go down to thy house and wash thy feet. And Urijah departed out of the king's house, and there followed him presents from the king.
KJV Translation: And David said to Uriah, Go down to thy house, and wash thy feet. And Uriah departed out of the king's house, and there followed himK1581a mess [of meat] from the king.
Keywords: AX,BRICK,BRICK-KILN,CAPTIVE,HARROW,IRON,PRISONERS,SAW
Description: 2 Samuel 12:31
NET Translation: He removed the people who were in it and made them labor with saws, iron picks, and iron AXes, putting them to work at the brick kiln. This was his policy with all the Ammonite cities. Then David and all the army returned to Jerusalem.
DARBY Translation: And he brought out the people that were in it, and put them under the saw, and under harrows of iron, and under AXes of iron, and made them pass through the brickkilns. And so did he to all the cities of the children of Ammon. And David and all the people returned to Jerusalem.
KJV Translation: And he brought forth the people that [were] therein, and put [them] under saws, and under harrows of iron, and under AXes of iron, and made them pass through the brickkiln: and thus did he unto all the cities of the children of Ammon. So David and all the people returned unto Jerusalem.
Keywords: ADONIRAM,ADORAM,AHILUD,HADORAM,JEHOSHAPHAT,KING,SECRETARY (RECORDIST),TAX
Description: 2 Samuel 20:24
NET Translation: Adoniram was supervisor of the work crews. Jehoshaphat son of Ahilud was the secretary.
DARBY Translation: and Adoram was over the levyD2026; and Jehoshaphat the son of Ahilud was recorder;
KJV Translation: And Adoram [was] over the tribute: and Jehoshaphat the son of Ahilud [was] recorderK1688:
Keywords: ARMIES,CHAMPIONSHIP,DAVID,GOLIATH
Description: 2 Samuel 21:15
NET Translation: Another battle was fought between the Philistines and Israel. So David went down with his soldiers and fought the Philistines. David became exhausted.
DARBY Translation: And the Philistines had yet war again with Israel; and David went down, and his servants with him, and fought with the Philistines. And David was exhausted.
KJV Translation: Moreover the Philistines had yet war again with Israel; and David went down, and his servants with him, and fought against the Philistines: and David wAXed faint.
Verse Intro: David Protected in War with the Philistines
Keywords: ABDA,ADONIRAM,AHISHAR,HADORAM,KING,TAX
Description: 1 Kings 4:6
NET Translation: Ahishar was supervisor of the palace. Adoniram son of Abda was supervisor of the work crews.
DARBY Translation: and Ahishar was over the householdD2089; and Adoniram the son of Abda was over the levy-service.
KJV Translation: And Ahishar [was] over the household: and Adoniram the son of Abda [was] over the tributeK1774.
Keywords: CANAAN,COMMISSARY,KING,PURVEYOR,RULERS,SOLOMON,TAX
Description: 1 Kings 4:7
NET Translation: Solomon had twelve district governors appointed throughout Israel who acquired supplies for the king and his palace. Each was responsible for one month in the year.
DARBY Translation: And Solomon had twelve superintendentsD2090 over all Israel; and they provided food for the king and his household: each man his month in the year had to make provision.
KJV Translation: And Solomon had twelve officers over all Israel, which provided victuals for the king and his household: each man his month in a year made provision.
Keywords: HAMMER,IRON,STONES,TEMPLE
Description: 1 Kings 6:7
NET Translation: As the temple was being built, only stones shaped at the quarry were used; the sound of hammers, pickAXes, or any other iron tool was not heard at the temple while it was being built.
DARBY Translation: And the house, when it was being built, was built of stone entirely made ready before it was brought thitherD2104; so that there was neither hammer nor AXe nor any tool of iron heard in the house while it was being built.
KJV Translation: And the house, when it was in building, was built of stone made ready before it was brought thither: so that there was neither hammer nor AXe [nor] any tool of iron heard in the house, while it was in building.
Description: 1 Kings 7:30
NET Translation: Each stand had four bronze wheels with bronze AXles and four supports. Under the basin the supports were fashioned on each side with wreaths.
DARBY Translation: And every base had four wheels of brass, and AXles of brass; and on its four corners were shoulder-pieces: under the laver were shoulder-pieces molten, behind every garland.
KJV Translation: And every base had four brasen wheels, and plates of brass: and the four corners thereof had undersetters: under the laver [were] undersetters molten, at the side of every addition.
Keywords: AXLETREE
Description: 1 Kings 7:32
NET Translation: The four wheels were under the frames, and the crossbars of the AXles were connected to the stand. Each wheel was 27 inches high.
DARBY Translation: And the four wheels were under the panels; and the supports of the wheels were in the base; and the height of a wheel was a cubit and half a cubit.
KJV Translation: And under the borders [were] four wheels; and the AXletrees of the wheels [were joined] to the base: and the height of a wheel [was] a cubit and half a cubit.
Keywords: AXLETREE
Description: 1 Kings 7:33
NET Translation: The wheels were constructed like chariot wheels; their crossbars, rims, spokes, and hubs were made of cast metal.
DARBY Translation: And the work of the wheels was like the work of a chariot wheel: their supports, and their rims, and their spokes and their naves were all molten.
KJV Translation: And the work of the wheels [was] like the work of a chariot wheel: their AXletrees, and their naves, and their felloes, and their spokes, [were] all molten.
Keywords: GEZER,HAZOR,JERUSALEM,MEGIDDO,MILLO,SOLOMON,TAX
Description: 1 Kings 9:15
NET Translation: Here are the details concerning the work crews King Solomon conscripted to build the Lord’s temple, his palace, the terrace, the wall of Jerusalem, and the cities of Hazor, Megiddo, and Gezer.
DARBY Translation: And this is the account of the levy which king Solomon raised, to build the house of Jehovah, and his own house, and Millo, and the wall of Jerusalem, and Hazor, and Megiddo, and Gezer.
KJV Translation: And this [is] the reason of the levy which king Solomon raised; for to build the house of the LORD, and his own house, and Millo, and the wall of Jerusalem, and Hazor, and Megiddo, and Gezer.
Keywords: DUTY (TAX),KING,MERCHANT,SOLOMON
Description: 1 Kings 10:15
NET Translation: besides what he collected from the merchants, traders, Arabian kings, and governors of the land.
DARBY Translation: besides what [came] by the dealers, and by the traffic of the merchants, and by all the kings of Arabia, and by the governors of the country.
KJV Translation: Beside [that he had] of the merchantmen, and of the traffick of the spice merchants, and of all the kings of Arabia, and of the governorsK1869of the country.
Keywords: ADONIRAM,KING,TAX
Description: 1 Kings 12:18
NET Translation: King Rehoboam sent Adoniram, the supervisor of the work crews, out after them, but all Israel stoned him to death. King Rehoboam managed to jump into his chariot and escape to Jerusalem.
DARBY Translation: And king Rehoboam sent Adoram, who was over the levy; but all Israel stoned him with stones, that he died. And king Rehoboam hastened to mount his chariot, to flee to Jerusalem.
KJV Translation: Then king Rehoboam sent Adoram, who [was] over the tribute; and all Israel stoned him with stones, that he died. Therefore king Rehoboam made speedK1891to get him up to his chariot, to flee to Jerusalem.
Description: 2 Kings 4:34
NET Translation: He got up on the bed and spread his body out over the boy; he put his mouth on the boy’s mouth, his eyes over the boy’s eyes, and the palms of his hands against the boy’s palms. As he bent down across him, the boy’s skin grew warm.
DARBY Translation: And he went up, and lay upon the child, and put his mouth upon his mouth, and his eyes upon his eyes, and his hands upon his hands, and bent over him; and the flesh of the child grew warm.
KJV Translation: And he went up, and lay upon the child, and put his mouth upon his mouth, and his eyes upon his eyes, and his hands upon his hands: and he stretched himself upon the child; and the flesh of the child wAXed warm.
Keywords: BEN-HADAD,SCHOOL
Description: 2 Kings 6:1
NET Translation: Some of the prophets said to Elisha, “Look, the place where we meet with you is too cramped for us.
DARBY Translation: And the sons of the prophets said to Elisha, Behold now, the place where we dwellD2246 before thee is too strait for us.
KJV Translation: And the sons of the prophets said unto Elisha, Behold now, the place where we dwell with thee is too strait for us.
Verse Intro: Elisha Makes AXe Head Float
Keywords: AX
Description: 2 Kings 6:5
NET Translation: As one of them was felling a tree, the AX head dropped into the water. He shouted, “Oh no, my master! It was borrowed!”
DARBY Translation: And it came to pass as one was felling a beam, that the iron fell into the water; and he cried and said, Alas, master, and it was borrowed!
KJV Translation: But as one was felling a beam, the AXe headK2031fell into the water: and he cried, and said, Alas, master! for it was borrowed.
Keywords: AX,ELISHA,IRON,MIRACLES
Description: 2 Kings 6:6
NET Translation: The prophet asked, “Where did it drop in?” When he showed him the spot, Elisha cut off a branch, threw it in at that spot, and made the AX head float.
DARBY Translation: And the man of God said, Where did it fall? And he shewed him the place. And he cut down a stick, and cast it in thither, and made the iron to swim.
KJV Translation: And the man of God said, Where fell it? And he shewed him the place. And he cut down a stick, and cast [it] in thither; and the iron did swim.
Keywords: CHURCH,CHURCH AND STATE,JEHOIADA,JOASH,LIBERALITY,MONEY,TEMPLE,TREASURE-HOUSES
Description: 2 Kings 12:4
NET Translation: Jehoash said to the priests, “I place at your disposal all the consecrated silver that has been brought to the Lord’s temple, including the silver collected from the census tAX, the silver received from those who have made vows, and all the silver that people have voluntarily contributed to the Lord’s temple.
DARBY Translation: And Jehoash said to the priests, All the money of the hallowed things that is brought into the house of Jehovah, the money of every one that passes [the account], the money at which every man is valued, [and] all the money that comes into any man's heart to bring into the house of Jehovah,
KJV Translation: And Jehoash said to the priests, All the money of the dedicated thingsK2090that is brought into the house of the LORD, [even] the money of every one that passeth [the account], the money that every man is set atK2091, [and] all the money that cometh into any man's heart to bring into the house of the LORD,
Verse Intro: Joash Repairs the Temple
Keywords: ASSYRIA,PUL,TAX,TRIBUTE (TAXES)
Description: 2 Kings 15:19
NET Translation: Pul king of Assyria invaded the land, and Menahem paid him 1,000 talents of silver to gain his support and to solidify his control of the kingdom.
DARBY Translation: Pul the king of Assyria came against the land; and Menahem gave Pul a thousand talents of silver, that his hand might be with him to establish the kingdom in his hand.
KJV Translation: [And] Pul the king of Assyria came against the land: and Menahem gave Pul a thousand talents of silver, that his hand might be with him to confirm the kingdom in his hand.
Keywords: MONEY,TAX
Description: 2 Kings 15:20
NET Translation: Menahem got this silver by tAXing all the wealthy men in Israel; he took fifty shekels of silver from each one of them and paid it to the king of Assyria. Then the king of Assyria left; he did not stay there in the land.
DARBY Translation: And Menahem exacted the money of Israel, of all those who were wealthy, of each man fifty shekels of silver, to give to the king of Assyria. And the king of Assyria turned back, and stayed not there in the land.
KJV Translation: And Menahem exactedK2114the money of Israel, [even] of all the mighty men of wealth, of each man fifty shekels of silver, to give to the king of Assyria. So the king of Assyria turned back, and stayed not there in the land.
Keywords: JEHOAHAZ,RIBLAH
Description: 2 Kings 23:33
NET Translation: Pharaoh Necho imprisoned him in Riblah in the land of Hamath and prevented him from ruling in Jerusalem. He imposed on the land a special tAX of 100 talents of silver and a talent of gold.
DARBY Translation: And Pharaoh-Nechoh had him bound at Riblah in the land of Hamath, that he might not reign in Jerusalem; and laid a tribute upon the land of a hundred talents of silver and a talent of gold.
KJV Translation: And Pharaohnechoh put him in bands at Riblah in the land of Hamath, that he might not reignK2175in Jerusalem; and put the land to a tributeK2176of an hundred talents of silver, and a talent of gold.
Keywords: MONEY,TAX,TRIBUTE (TAXES)
Description: 2 Kings 23:35
NET Translation: Jehoiakim paid Pharaoh the required amount of silver and gold, but to meet Pharaoh’s demands Jehoiakim had to tAX the land. He collected an assessed amount from each man among the people of the land in order to pay Pharaoh Necho.
DARBY Translation: And Jehoiakim gave the silver and the gold to Pharaoh; but he laid a proportional tAX on the land to give the money according to the command of Pharaoh: he exacted the silver and the gold of the people of the land, of every one according to his estimation,D2335 to give it to Pharaoh-Nechoh.
KJV Translation: And Jehoiakim gave the silver and the gold to Pharaoh; but he tAXed the land to give the money according to the commandment of Pharaoh: he exacted the silver and the gold of the people of the land, of every one according to his tAXation, to give [it] unto Pharaohnechoh.
Keywords: ARAM,ARPHAXAD,ASSHUR,HUL,LUD,MESHECH,SHEM,SYRIA,UZ
Description: 1 Chronicles 1:17
NET Translation: The sons of Shem: Elam, Asshur, ArphAXad, Lud, and Aram. The sons of Aram: Uz, Hul, Gether, and Meshech.
DARBY Translation: The sons of Shem: Elam, and Asshur, and ArphAXad, and Lud, and Aram, and Uz, and Hul, and Gether, and Meshech.
KJV Translation: The sons of Shem; Elam, and Asshur, and ArphAXad, and Lud, and Aram, and Uz, and Hul, and Gether, and MeshechK2194.
Verse Intro: Noah's Son Shem's Descendants to Abraham
Keywords: ARPHAXAD,SALAH
Description: 1 Chronicles 1:18
NET Translation: ArphAXad was the father of Shelah, and Shelah was the father of Eber.
DARBY Translation: And ArphAXad begot Shelah, and Shelah begot Eber.
KJV Translation: And ArphAXad begat Shelah, and Shelah begat Eber.
Keywords: ARPHAXAD,SALAH
Description: 1 Chronicles 1:24
NET Translation: Shem, ArphAXad, Shelah,
DARBY Translation: Shem, ArphAXad, Shelah,
KJV Translation: Shem, ArphAXad, Shelah,
Keywords: DAVID
Description: 1 Chronicles 11:9
NET Translation: David’s power steadily grew, for the Lord of Heaven’s Armies was with him.
DARBY Translation: And David became continually greater; and Jehovah of hosts was with him.
KJV Translation: So David wAXed greater and greaterK2319: for the LORD of hosts [was] with him.
Keywords: CAPTIVE,HARROW,PRISONERS
Description: 1 Chronicles 20:3
NET Translation: He removed the city’s residents and made them labor with saws, iron picks, and AXes. This was his policy with all the Ammonite cities. Then David and all the army returned to Jerusalem.
DARBY Translation: And he brought out the people that were in it, and cut them with the saw, and with harrows of iron, and with sawsAXes,' as 2 Sam. 12.31." href="#" data-html="true" data-toggle="tooltip">D2444. And so David did to all the cities of the children of Ammon. And David and all the people returned to Jerusalem.
KJV Translation: And he brought out the people that [were] in it, and cut [them] with saws, and with harrows of iron, and with AXes. Even so dealt David with all the cities of the children of Ammon. And David and all the people returned to Jerusalem.
Keywords: ARABIA,ARABIANS,MERCHANT,REVENUE,TRIBUTE (TAXES)
Description: 2 Chronicles 9:14
NET Translation: besides what he collected from the merchants and traders. All the Arabian kings and the governors of the land also brought gold and silver to Solomon.
DARBY Translation: besides [what] dealers and merchants brought, and [what] all the kings of Arabia and the governors of the country brought of gold and silver to Solomon.
KJV Translation: Beside [that which] chapmen and merchants brought. And all the kings of Arabia and governorsK2544of the country brought gold and silver to Solomon.
Keywords: HADORAM,TAX
Description: 2 Chronicles 10:18
NET Translation: King Rehoboam sent Hadoram, the supervisor of the work crews, out after them, but the Israelites stoned him to death. King Rehoboam managed to jump into his chariot and escape to Jerusalem.
DARBY Translation: And king Rehoboam sent Hadoram, who was over the levy; but the children of Israel stoned him with stones, that he died. And king Rehoboam hastened to mount his chariot, to flee to Jerusalem.
KJV Translation: Then king Rehoboam sent Hadoram that [was] over the tribute; and the children of Israel stoned him with stones, that he died. But king Rehoboam made speedK2553to get him up to [his] chariot, to flee to Jerusalem.
Keywords: CONCUBINAGE,POLYGAMY
Description: 2 Chronicles 13:21
NET Translation: Abijah’s power grew; he had fourteen wives and fathered twenty-two sons and sixteen daughters.
DARBY Translation: But Abijah strengthened himself, and took fourteen wives, and begot twenty-two sons and sixteen daughters.
KJV Translation: But Abijah wAXed mighty, and married fourteen wives, and begat twenty and two sons, and sixteen daughters.
Keywords: ARABIA,ARABIANS,GOAT,JEHOSHAPHAT,KING,PHILISTINES,SHEEP,TRIBUTE (TAXES)
Description: 2 Chronicles 17:11
NET Translation: Some of the Philistines brought Jehoshaphat tribute, including a load of silver. The Arabs brought him 7,700 rams and 7,700 goats from their flocks.
DARBY Translation: And some of the Philistines brought Jehoshaphat gifts and tribute-silverD2560. The Arabians also brought him flocks, seven thousand seven hundred rams, and seven thousand seven hundred he-goats.
KJV Translation: Also [some] of the Philistines brought Jehoshaphat presents, and tribute silver; and the Arabians brought him flocks, seven thousand and seven hundred rams, and seven thousand and seven hundred he goats.
Keywords: ARMIES,CASTLE,CITIES,JEHOSHAPHAT
Description: 2 Chronicles 17:12
NET Translation: Jehoshaphat’s power kept increasing. He built fortresses and storage cities throughout Judah.
DARBY Translation: And Jehoshaphat wAXed exceeding great; and he built in Judah castles and store-cities.
KJV Translation: And Jehoshaphat wAXed great exceedingly; and he built in Judah castlesK2581, and cities of store.
Keywords: MINISTER,CHRISTIAN,PRIEST,TABERNACLE,TEMPLE
Description: 2 Chronicles 24:6
NET Translation: So the king summoned Jehoiada the chief priest, and said to him, “Why have you not made the Levites collect from Judah and Jerusalem the tAX authorized by Moses the Lord’s servant and by the assembly of Israel at the tent containing the tablets of the law?”
DARBY Translation: And the king called for Jehoiada the chief, and said to him, Why hast thou not required of the Levites to bring in out of Judah and out of Jerusalem the tribute of Moses the servant of Jehovah [laid upon] the congregation of Israel, for the tent of the testimony?
KJV Translation: And the king called for Jehoiada the chief, and said unto him, Why hast thou not required of the Levites to bring in out of Judah and out of Jerusalem the collection, [according to the commandment] of Moses the servant of the LORD, and of the congregation of Israel, for the tabernacle of witness?
Description: 2 Chronicles 24:9
NET Translation: An edict was sent throughout Judah and Jerusalem requiring the people to bring to the Lord the tAX that Moses, God’s servant, imposed on Israel in the wilderness.
DARBY Translation: and they made a proclamation through Judah and Jerusalem, to bring to Jehovah the tribute of Moses the servant of God [laid upon] Israel in the wilderness.
KJV Translation: And they made a proclamationK2630through Judah and Jerusalem, to bring in to the LORD the collection [that] Moses the servant of God [laid] upon Israel in the wilderness.
Keywords: LONGEVITY
Description: 2 Chronicles 24:15
NET Translation: Jehoiada grew old and died at the age of 130.
DARBY Translation: And Jehoiada grew old and was full of days, and he died; he was a hundred and thirty years old when he died.
KJV Translation: But Jehoiada wAXed old, and was full of days when he died; an hundred and thirty years old [was he] when he died.
Keywords: EGYPTIANS,JEHOAHAZ,PHARAOH
Description: 2 Chronicles 36:3
NET Translation: The king of Egypt prevented him from ruling in Jerusalem and imposed on the land a special tAX of 100 talents of silver and a talent of gold.
DARBY Translation: And the king of Egypt put him downD2659 at Jerusalem, and imposed a fine upon the land of a hundred talents of silver and a talent of gold.
KJV Translation: And the king of Egypt put him downK2762at Jerusalem, and condemnedK2763the land in an hundred talents of silver and a talent of gold.
Keywords: ARTAXERXES,BISHLAM,LANGUAGE,MITHREDATH,TABEEL
Description: Ezra 4:7
NET Translation: And during the reign of ArtAXerxes, Bishlam, Mithredath, Tabeel, and the rest of their colleagues wrote to King ArtAXerxes of Persia. This letter was first written in Aramaic but then translated.
DARBY Translation: And in the days of ArtAXerxesD2684, Bishlam, Mithredath, Tabeel, and the rest of his companions, wrote to ArtAXerxes king of Persia; and the writing of the letter was written in AramaicD2685, and interpreted in Aramaic.
KJV Translation: And in the days of ArtAXerxes wrote BishlamK2799, Mithredath, Tabeel, and the rest of their companionsK2800, unto ArtAXerxes king of Persia; and the writing of the letter [was] written in the Syrian tongue, and interpreted in the Syrian tongue.
Verse Intro: Letter to the King Against the City being Rebuilt
Keywords: CHANCELLOR,GOVERNMENT,REHUM,SHIMSHAI
Description: Ezra 4:8
NET Translation: Rehum the commander and Shimshai the scribe wrote a letter concerning Jerusalem to King ArtAXerxes as follows:
DARBY Translation: Rehum the chancellor and Shimshai the scribe wrote a letter against Jerusalem to ArtAXerxes the king after this sort:
KJV Translation: Rehum the chancellor and Shimshai the scribe wrote a letter against Jerusalem to ArtAXerxes the king in this sort:
Description: Ezra 4:11
NET Translation: (This is a copy of the letter they sent to him.) “To King ArtAXerxes, from your servants in Trans-Euphrates:
DARBY Translation: This is the copy of the letter that they sent to him: To ArtAXerxes the king: Thy servants the men on this side the river, and so forth.
KJV Translation: This [is] the copy of the letter that they sent unto him, [even] unto ArtAXerxes the king; Thy servants the men on this side the river, and at such a time.
Description: Ezra 4:13
NET Translation: Let the king also be aware that if this city is built and its walls are completed, no more tAX, custom, or toll will be paid, and the royal treasury will suffer loss.
DARBY Translation: Be it known therefore unto the king, that, if this city be built and the walls be completed, they will not pay tribute, tAX, and toll, and in the end it will bring damage to the kingsD2688.
KJV Translation: Be it known now unto the king, that, if this city be builded, and the walls set up [again, then] will they not payK2806toll, tribute, and custom, and [so] thou shalt endamage the revenueK2807of the kings.
Description: Ezra 4:20
NET Translation: Powerful kings have been over Jerusalem who ruled throughout the entire Trans-Euphrates and who were the beneficiaries of tribute, custom, and toll.
DARBY Translation: And there have been mighty kings over Jerusalem, who have ruled over all beyond the river; and tribute, tAX, and toll were paid to them.
KJV Translation: There have been mighty kings also over Jerusalem, which have ruled over all [countries] beyond the river; and toll, tribute, and custom, was paid unto them.
Keywords: REHUM,SHIMSHAI
Description: Ezra 4:23
NET Translation: Then, as soon as the copy of the letter from King ArtAXerxes was read in the presence of Rehum, Shimshai the scribe, and their colleagues, they proceeded promptly to the Jews in Jerusalem and stopped them with threat of armed force.
DARBY Translation: As soon as the copy of king ArtAXerxes' letter was read before Rehum, and Shimshai the scribe, and their companions, they went up in haste to Jerusalem to the Jews, and made them cease by force and power.
KJV Translation: Now when the copy of king ArtAXerxes' letter [was] read before Rehum, and Shimshai the scribe, and their companions, they went up in haste to Jerusalem unto the Jews, and made them to cease by force and powerK2815.
Description: Ezra 6:8
NET Translation: “I also hereby issue orders as to what you are to do with those elders of the Jews in order to rebuild this temple of God. From the royal treasury, from the tAXes of Trans-Euphrates, the complete costs are to be given to these men so that there may be no interruption of the work.
DARBY Translation: Moreover, I give orders what ye shall do to these elders of the Jews, for the building of this house of God: that of the king's goods, of the tribute beyond the river, expenses be diligently given to these men, that they be not hindered.
KJV Translation: Moreover I make a decreeK2825what ye shall do to the elders of these Jews for the building of this house of God: that of the king's goods, [even] of the tribute beyond the river, forthwith expenses be given unto these men, that they be not hinderedK2826.
Keywords: HAGGAI,IDDO,LIBERALITY,TEMPLE,ZECHARIAH (ZECHARIAS)
Description: Ezra 6:14
NET Translation: The elders of the Jews continued building and prospering, while at the same time Haggai the prophet and Zechariah the son of Iddo continued prophesying. They built and brought it to completion by the command of the God of Israel and by the command of Cyrus and Darius and ArtAXerxes king of Persia.
DARBY Translation: And the elders of the Jews built; and they prospered through the prophesying of Haggai the prophet and Zechariah the son of Iddo. And they built and completed [it] according to the commandment of the God of Israel, and according to the commandment of Cyrus, and Darius, and ArtAXerxes king of Persia.
KJV Translation: And the elders of the Jews builded, and they prospered through the prophesying of Haggai the prophet and Zechariah the son of Iddo. And they builded, and finished [it], according to the commandmentK2829of the God of Israel, and according to the commandment of Cyrus, and Darius, and ArtAXerxes king of Persia.
Keywords: ARTAXERXES,PROPHECIES CONCERNING ISRAEL,RULERS,AZARIAH,EZRA,GENEALOGY,HILKIAH,PRIEST,SERAIAH
Description: Ezra 7:1
NET Translation: Now after these things had happened, during the reign of King ArtAXerxes of Persia, Ezra came up from Babylon. Ezra was the son of Seraiah, who was the son of Azariah, who was the son of Hilkiah,
DARBY Translation: And after these things, in the reign of ArtAXerxesAXerxes Longimanus, son of Xerxes, Esther 1.1." href="#" data-html="true" data-toggle="tooltip">D2694, king of Persia, Ezra the son of Seraiah, the son of Azariah, the son of Hilkijah,
KJV Translation: Now after these things, in the reign of ArtAXerxes king of Persia, Ezra the son of Seraiah, the son of Azariah, the son of Hilkiah,
Verse Intro: Ezra Returns to Jerusalem
Keywords: LEVITES,NETHINIMS,PRIEST
Description: Ezra 7:7
NET Translation: In the seventh year of King ArtAXerxes, Ezra brought up to Jerusalem some of the Israelites and some of the priests, the Levites, the attendants, the gatekeepers, and the temple servants.
DARBY Translation: (And there went up [some] of the children of Israel, and of the priests, and the Levites, and the singers, and the doorkeepers, and the Nethinim, to Jerusalem, in the seventh year of ArtAXerxes the king.)
KJV Translation: And there went up [some] of the children of Israel, and of the priests, and the Levites, and the singers, and the porters, and the Nethinims, unto Jerusalem, in the seventh year of ArtAXerxes the king.
Keywords: TEMPLE
Description: Ezra 7:11
NET Translation: What follows is a copy of the letter that King ArtAXerxes gave to Ezra the priestly scribe. Ezra was a scribe in matters pertaining to the commandments of the Lord and his statutes over Israel:
DARBY Translation: And this is the copy of the letter that king ArtAXerxes gave to Ezra the priest, the scribe, a scribe of the words of the commandments of Jehovah, and of his statutes to IsraelD2697:
KJV Translation: Now this [is] the copy of the letter that the king ArtAXerxes gave unto Ezra the priest, the scribe, [even] a scribe of the words of the commandments of the LORD, and of his statutes to Israel.
Keywords: KING
Description: Ezra 7:12
NET Translation: “ArtAXerxes, king of kings, to Ezra the priest, a scribe of the law of the God of heaven:
DARBY Translation: ArtAXerxes, king of kings, to Ezra the priest, an accomplishedD2698 scribe of the law of the God of the heavens, and so forth.
KJV Translation: ArtAXerxes, king of kings, unto Ezra the priest, a scribe of the law of the God of heaven, perfect [peace], and at such a time.
Verse Intro: Artecerxes' Decree Supporting the Temple
Keywords: EZRA,TREASURE-HOUSES
Description: Ezra 7:21
NET Translation: “I, King ArtAXerxes, hereby issue orders to all the treasurers of Trans-Euphrates, that you precisely execute all that Ezra the priestly scribe of the law of the God of heaven may request of you—
DARBY Translation: And I, I ArtAXerxes the king, do give orders to all the treasurers that are beyond the river, that whatever Ezra the priest and scribe of the law of the God of the heavens shall require of you, it be done diligently,
KJV Translation: And I, [even] I ArtAXerxes the king, do make a decree to all the treasurers which [are] beyond the river, that whatsoever Ezra the priest, the scribe of the law of the God of heaven, shall require of you, it be done speedily,
Keywords: CHURCH AND STATE,MINISTER,CHRISTIAN,NETHINIMS,PRIEST,TAX
Description: Ezra 7:24
NET Translation: Furthermore, be aware of the fact that you have no authority to impose tAX, tribute, or toll on any of the priests, the Levites, the musicians, the doorkeepers, the temple servants, or the attendants at the temple of this God.
DARBY Translation: Also we inform you, as regards all the priests and Levites, singers, doorkeepers, Nethinim, and ministers of this house of God, it shall not be lawful to impose tribute, tAX, and toll upon them.
KJV Translation: Also we certify you, that touching any of the priests and Levites, singers, porters, Nethinims, or ministers of this house of God, it shall not be lawful to impose toll, tribute, or custom, upon them.
Keywords: CAPTIVITY,PROPHECIES CONCERNING ISRAEL,GENEALOGY
Description: Ezra 8:1
NET Translation: These are the leaders and those enrolled with them by genealogy who were coming up with me from Babylon during the reign of King ArtAXerxes:
DARBY Translation: And these are the chief fathers, and their genealogy, who went up with me from Babylon in the reign of ArtAXerxes the king.
KJV Translation: These [are] now the chief of their fathers, and [this is] the genealogy of them that went up with me from Babylon, in the reign of ArtAXerxes the king.
Verse Intro: Record of those Returning with Ezra
Keywords: NEHEMIAH,CHISLEU,COUNTRY,HACHALIAH,PALACE,SHUSHAN (SUSA)
Description: Nehemiah 1:1
NET Translation: These are the words of Nehemiah son of Hacaliah: It so happened that in the month of Kislev, in the twentieth year, I was in Susa the citadel.
DARBY Translation: The words of NehemiahD2719 the son of Hachaliah. And it came to pass in the month Chislev, in the twentieth yearAXerxes Longimanus; see ch. 2.1; Ezra 7.1." href="#" data-html="true" data-toggle="tooltip">D2720, as I was in ShushanD2721 the fortressD2722,
KJV Translation: The words of Nehemiah the son of Hachaliah. And it came to pass in the month Chisleu, in the twentieth year, as I was in Shushan the palace,
Verse Intro: Report from Jerusalem
Keywords: ARTAXERXES,PROPHECIES CONCERNING ISRAEL,JERUSALEM,NEHEMIAH,PERSIA,RULERS,BUTLER,COUNTRY,MONTH
Description: Nehemiah 2:1
NET Translation: Then in the month of Nisan, in the twentieth year of King ArtAXerxes, when wine was brought to me, I took the wine and gave it to the king. Previously I had not been depressed in the king’s presence.
DARBY Translation: And it came to pass in the month Nisan, in the twentieth year of ArtAXerxesD2724 the king, [that] wine was before him, and I took up the wine and gave it to the king. Now, I had never been sad in his presence.
KJV Translation: And it came to pass in the month Nisan, in the twentieth year of ArtAXerxes the king, [that] wine [was] before him: and I took up the wine, and gave [it] unto the king. Now I had not been [beforetime] sad in his presence.
Verse Intro: ArtAXerxes Permits Nehemiah to Go to Jerusalem
Keywords: DEBT,DEBTOR,HOMESTEAD,HOUSE,LAND,MORTGAGE,TAX
Description: Nehemiah 5:3
NET Translation: There were others who said, “We are putting up our fields, our vineyards, and our houses as collateral in order to obtain grain during the famine.”
DARBY Translation: And there were that said, We have had to pledge our fields, and our vineyards, and our houses, that we might procure corn in the dearth.
KJV Translation: [Some] also there were that said, We have mortgaged our lands, vineyards, and houses, that we might buy corn, because of the dearth.
Keywords: DEBT,MONEY,TAX
Description: Nehemiah 5:4
NET Translation: Then there were those who said, “We have borrowed money to pay our tAXes to the king on our fields and our vineyards.
DARBY Translation: And there were that said, We have borrowed money for the king's tribute upon our fields and vineyards;
KJV Translation: There were also that said, We have borrowed money for the king's tribute, [and that upon] our lands and vineyards.
Keywords: ARTAXERXES,CIVIL SERVICE,GOVERNMENT,INTEGRITY,PERSIA,RULERS,UNSELFISHNESS
Description: Nehemiah 5:14
NET Translation: From the day that I was appointed governor in the land of Judah, that is, from the twentieth year until the thirty-second year of King ArtAXerxes—twelve years in all—neither I nor my relatives ate the food allotted to the governor.
DARBY Translation: Moreover from the time that I was appointed to be their governor in the land of Judah, from the twentieth year even to the thirty-second year of ArtAXerxes the king, twelve years, I and my brethren have not eaten the breadD2777 of the governor.
KJV Translation: Moreover from the time that I was appointed to be their governor in the land of Judah, from the twentieth year even unto the two and thirtieth year of ArtAXerxes the king, [that is], twelve years, I and my brethren have not eaten the bread of the governor.
Keywords: CLOTHING,ISRAEL
Description: Nehemiah 9:21
NET Translation: For forty years you sustained them. Even in the wilderness they never lacked anything. Their clothes did not wear out and their feet did not swell.
DARBY Translation: Yea, forty years didst thou sustain them in the wilderness; they lacked nothing; their clothes grew not old, and their feet swelled not.
KJV Translation: Yea, forty years didst thou sustain them in the wilderness, [so that] they lacked nothing; their clothes wAXed not old, and their feet swelled not.
Keywords: LIBERALITY,SHEKEL,SHEWBREAD (SHOWBREAD),TAX
Description: Nehemiah 10:32
NET Translation: We accept responsibility for fulfilling the commands to give one third of a shekel each year for the work of the temple of our God,
DARBY Translation: And we made ordinancesD2810 for us, to charge ourselves yearly with the third part of a shekel for the service of the house of our God,
KJV Translation: Also we made ordinances for us, to charge ourselves yearly with the third part of a shekel for the service of the house of our God;
Keywords: OFFERINGS
Description: Nehemiah 13:6
NET Translation: During all this time I was not in Jerusalem, for in the thirty-second year of King ArtAXerxes of Babylon, I had gone back to the king. After some time I had requested leave of the king,
DARBY Translation: And during all that [time] I was not at Jerusalem; for in the two-and-thirtieth year of ArtAXerxes king of Babylon I came to the king; and after some time I obtained leave of the king.
KJV Translation: But in all this [time] was not I at Jerusalem: for in the two and thirtieth year of ArtAXerxes king of Babylon came I unto the king, and after certain daysK2947 obtained I leaveK2948of the king:
Keywords: FLAX
Description: Esther 1:16
NET Translation: Memucan then replied to the king and the officials, “The wrong of Queen Vashti is not against the king alone, but against all the officials and all the people who are throughout all the provinces of King Ahasuerus.
DARBY Translation: Then said Memucan before the king and the princes, The queen Vashti has not done wrong to the king only, but also to all the princes, and to all the peoples that are in all the provinces of the king Ahasuerus.
KJV Translation: And Memucan answered before the king and the princes, Vashti the queen hath not done wrong to the king only, but also to all the princes, and to all the people that [are] in all the provinces of the king Ahasuerus.
Description: Esther 9:4
NET Translation: Mordecai was of high rank in the king’s palace, and word about him was spreading throughout all the provinces. His influence continued to become greater and greater.
DARBY Translation: For Mordecai was great in the king's house, and his fame went forth throughout the provinces; for the man Mordecai became continually greater.
KJV Translation: For Mordecai [was] great in the king's house, and his fame went out throughout all the provinces: for this man Mordecai wAXed greater and greater.
Description: Job 3:18
NET Translation: There the prisoners relAX together; they do not hear the voice of the oppressor.
DARBY Translation: The prisoners together are at ease; they hear not the voice of the taskmaster.
KJV Translation: [There] the prisoners rest together; they hear not the voice of the oppressor.
Description: Job 6:17
NET Translation: When they are scorched, they dry up, when it is hot, they vanish from their place.
DARBY Translation: At the time they diminishD2907, they are dried up; when heat affecteth them, they vanish from their place:
KJV Translation: What time they wAX warm, they vanishK3096: when it is hotK3097, they are consumedK3098out of their place.
Description: Job 12:18
NET Translation: He loosens the bonds of kings and binds a loincloth around their waist.
DARBY Translation: He weakenethAXeth.' see ch. 30.11." href="#" data-html="true" data-toggle="tooltip">D2947 the government of kings, and bindeth their loins with a fetter;
KJV Translation: He looseth the bond of kings, and girdeth their loins with a girdle.
Keywords: LIFE
Description: Job 13:12
NET Translation: Your mAXims are proverbs of ashes; your defenses are defenses of clay.
DARBY Translation: Your memorable sayings are proverbs of ashes, your bulwarks are bulwarks of mire.
KJV Translation: Your remembrances [are] like unto ashes, your bodies to bodies of clay.
Description: Job 14:8
NET Translation: Although its roots may grow old in the ground and its stump begins to die in the soil,
DARBY Translation: Though its root grow old in the earth, and its stock die in the ground,
KJV Translation: Though the root thereof wAX old in the earth, and the stock thereof die in the ground;
Keywords: AFFLICTIONS AND ADVERSITIES
Description: Psalms 6:7
NET Translation: My eyes grow dim from suffering; they grow weak because of all my enemies.
DARBY Translation: Mine eye wasteth away through grief; it hath grown old because of all mine oppressorsD3200.
KJV Translation: Mine eye is consumed because of grief; it wAXeth old because of all mine enemies.
Keywords: BOWELS,HEART,WAX
Description: Psalms 22:14
NET Translation: My strength drains away like water; all my bones are dislocated. My heart is like wAX; it melts away inside me.
DARBY Translation: I am poured out like water, and all my bones are out of joint: my heart is become like wAX; it is melted in the midst of my bowels.
KJV Translation: I am poured out like water, and all my bones are out of jointK3546: my heart is like wAX; it is melted in the midst of my bowels.
Keywords: AFFLICTIONS AND ADVERSITIES,PRAYER
Description: Psalms 32:3
NET Translation: When I refused to confess my sin, my whole body wasted away, while I groaned in pain all day long.
DARBY Translation: When I kept silence, my bones wAXed old, through my groaning all the day long.
KJV Translation: When I kept silence, my bones wAXed old through my roaring all the day long.
Keywords: PRAYER,WAX,WICKED (PEOPLE)
Description: Psalms 68:2
NET Translation: As smoke is driven away by the wind, so you drive them away. As wAX melts before fire, so the wicked are destroyed before God.
DARBY Translation: As smoke is driven, thou wilt drive them away; as wAX melteth before the fire, the wicked shall perish at the presence of God.
KJV Translation: As smoke is driven away, [so] drive [them] away: as wAX melteth before the fire, [so] let the wicked perish at the presence of God.
Keywords: AX
Description: Psalms 74:5
NET Translation: They invade like lumberjacks swinging their AXes in a thick forest.
DARBY Translation: [A man] was known as he could lift up AXes in the thicket of trees;
KJV Translation: [A man] was famous according as he had lifted up AXes upon the thick trees.
Keywords: AX,CARVING
Description: Psalms 74:6
NET Translation: And now they are tearing down all its engravings with AXes and crowbars.
DARBY Translation: And now they break down its carved work altogether, with hatchets and hammers.
KJV Translation: But now they break down the carved work thereof at once with AXes and hammers.
Keywords: GOD,MOUNTAIN,VOLCANOES,WAX
Description: Psalms 97:5
NET Translation: The mountains melt like wAX before the Lord, before the Lord of the whole earth.
DARBY Translation: The mountains melted like wAX at the presence of Jehovah, at the presence of the Lord of the whole earth.
KJV Translation: The hills melted like wAX at the presence of the LORD, at the presence of the Lord of the whole earth.
Keywords: HEAVEN
Description: Psalms 102:26
NET Translation: They will perish, but you will endure. They will wear out like a garment; like clothes you will remove them and they will disappear.
DARBY Translation: *They* shall perish, but *thou* continuest; and all of them shall grow old as a garment: as a vesture shalt thou change them, and they shall be changed.
KJV Translation: They shall perish, but thou shalt endureK3941: yea, all of them shall wAX old like a garment; as a vesture shalt thou change them, and they shall be changed:
Keywords: SLEEP
Description: Proverbs 6:10
NET Translation: A little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to relAX,
DARBY Translation: A little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to rest!
KJV Translation: [Yet] a little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to sleep:
Keywords: POVERTY,RISING
Description: Proverbs 24:33
NET Translation: “A little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to relAX,
DARBY Translation: A little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to rest!
KJV Translation: [Yet] a little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to sleep:
Keywords: FLAX,INDUSTRY,WIFE,WOOL
Description: Proverbs 31:13
NET Translation: She sought out wool and flAX, then worked happily with her hands.
DARBY Translation: She seeketh wool and flAX, and worketh willingly with her handsD4463.
KJV Translation: She seeketh wool, and flAX, and worketh willingly with her hands.
Keywords: AFFLICTIONS AND ADVERSITIES
Description: Ecclesiastes 2:23
NET Translation: For all day long his work produces pain and frustration, and even at night his mind cannot relAX. This also is futile!
DARBY Translation: For all his days are sorrows, and his travail vexation: even in the night his heart taketh no rest. This also is vanity.
KJV Translation: For all his days [are] sorrows, and his travail grief; yea, his heart taketh not rest in the night. This is also vanity.
Keywords: IRON,PRUDENCE,WISDOM
Description: Ecclesiastes 10:10
NET Translation: If an iron AXhead is blunt and a workman does not sharpen its edge, he must exert a great deal of effort; so wisdom has the advantage of giving success.
DARBY Translation: If the iron be blunt, and one do not whet the edge, then must he apply more strength; but wisdom is profitable to give success.
KJV Translation: If the iron be blunt, and he do not whet the edge, then must he put to more strength: but wisdom [is] profitable to direct.
Keywords: BOASTING,INFIDELITY,PRESUMPTION,SAW,SCOFFING
Description: Isaiah 10:15
NET Translation: Does an AX exalt itself over the one who wields it, or a saw magnify itself over the one who cuts with it? As if a scepter should brandish the one who raises it, or a staff should lift up what is not made of wood!
DARBY Translation: Shall the AXe boast itself against him that heweth therewith? shall the saw magnify itself against him that wieldeth it? As if the rod should wield them that lift it up; as if the staff should lift up [him who is] not woodD4686!
KJV Translation: Shall the AXe boast itself against him that heweth therewith? [or] shall the saw magnify itself against him that shaketh it? as if the rod should shake [itself] against them that lift it up, [or] as if the staff should lift up [itself, as if it were] no wood.
Keywords: IRON
Description: Isaiah 10:34
NET Translation: The thickets of the forest will be chopped down with an AX, and mighty Lebanon will fall.
DARBY Translation: and he shall make clearings in the thickets of the forest with iron; and Lebanon shall fall by a mighty one.
KJV Translation: And he shall cut down the thickets of the forest with iron, and Lebanon shall fall by a mighty oneK4622.
Description: Isaiah 17:4
NET Translation: “At that time Jacob’s splendor will be greatly diminished, and he will become skin and bones.
DARBY Translation: And in that day it shall come to pass, that the glory of Jacob shall be made thin, and the fatness of his flesh shall become lean.
KJV Translation: And in that day it shall come to pass, [that] the glory of Jacob shall be made thin, and the fatness of his flesh shall wAX lean.
Keywords: FLAG,FLAX,REED
Description: Isaiah 19:6
NET Translation: The canals will stink; the streams of Egypt will trickle and then dry up; the bulrushes and reeds will decay,
DARBY Translation: and the rivers shall stink, and the streamsD4757 of EgyptD4758 shall be diminished and drain away: the reeds and sedges shall wither.
KJV Translation: And they shall turn the rivers far away; [and] the brooks of defence shall be emptied and dried up: the reeds and flags shall wither.
Keywords: WEAVING
Description: Isaiah 19:9
NET Translation: Those who make clothes from combed flAX will be embarrassed; those who weave will turn pale.
DARBY Translation: And they that work in fineD4759 flAX, and they that weave white stuffs shall be ashamed.
KJV Translation: Moreover they that work in fine flAX, and they that weave networksK4690, shall be confounded.
Description: Isaiah 29:22
NET Translation: So this is what the Lord, the one who delivered Abraham, has said to the family of Jacob: “Jacob will no longer be ashamed; their faces will no longer show their embarrassment.
DARBY Translation: Therefore thus saith Jehovah who redeemed Abraham, concerningD4847 the house of Jacob: Jacob shall not now be ashamed, neither shall his face now be pale;
KJV Translation: Therefore thus saith the LORD, who redeemed Abraham, concerning the house of Jacob, Jacob shall not now be ashamed, neither shall his face now wAX pale.
Keywords: TAX
Description: Isaiah 33:18
NET Translation: Your mind will recall the terror you experienced, and you will ask yourselves, “Where is the scribe? Where is the one who weighs the money? Where is the one who counts the towers?”
DARBY Translation: Thy heart shall meditate on terror: Where is the scribe? where is the receiver? where is he that counted the towers?
KJV Translation: Thine heart shall meditate terror. Where [is] the scribe? where [is] the receiver? where [is] he that counted the towers?
Keywords: AFFLICTIONS AND ADVERSITIES,BACKSLIDERS,FLAX,JESUS THE CHRIST,REED
Description: Isaiah 42:3
NET Translation: A crushed reed he will not break, a dim wick he will not extinguish; he will faithfully make just decrees.
DARBY Translation: A bruised reed shall he not break, and smoking flAX shall he not quench: he shall bring forth judgment according toD4955 truth.
KJV Translation: A bruised reed shall he not break, and the smokingK4900flAX shall he not quenchK4901: he shall bring forth judgment unto truth.
Keywords: WAITING
Description: Isaiah 42:4
NET Translation: He will not grow dim or be crushed before establishing justice on the earth; the coastlands will wait in anticipation for his decrees.”
DARBY Translation: He shall not faint nor be in hasteAX].' There is an evident correspondence between the words." href="#" data-html="true" data-toggle="tooltip">D4956, till he have set justiceD4957 in the earth: and the isles shall wait for his law.
KJV Translation: He shall not fail nor be discouragedK4902, till he have set judgment in the earth: and the isles shall wait for his law.
Keywords: EGYPT,GOD,RED SEA
Description: Isaiah 43:17
NET Translation: the one who led chariots and horses to destruction, together with a mighty army. They fell down, never to rise again; they were extinguished, put out like a burning wick:
DARBY Translation: who bringeth forth chariot and horse, army and power they lie down together, they shall not rise; they are extinct, they are quenched as towAX,' ch. 42.3." href="#" data-html="true" data-toggle="tooltip">D4970:
KJV Translation: Which bringeth forth the chariot and horse, the army and the power; they shall lie down together, they shall not rise: they are extinct, they are quenched as tow.
Keywords: SMITH
Description: Isaiah 44:12
NET Translation: A blacksmith works with his tool and forges metal over the coals. He forms it with hammers; he makes it with his strong arm. He gets hungry and loses his energy; he drinks no water and gets tired.
DARBY Translation: The iron-smith [hath] a chiselAXe.'" href="#" data-html="true" data-toggle="tooltip">D4982, and he worketh in the coals, and he fashioneth it with hammers, and worketh it with his strong arm; but he is hungry, and his strength faileth; he hath not drunk water, and he is faint.
KJV Translation: The smith with the tongsAXe." href="#" data-html="true" data-toggle="tooltip">K4920both worketh in the coals, and fashioneth it with hammers, and worketh it with the strength of his arms: yea, he is hungry, and his strength faileth: he drinketh no water, and is faint.
Keywords: JESUS THE CHRIST,LIFE,MOTH,WICKED (PEOPLE)
Description: Isaiah 50:9
NET Translation: Look, the Sovereign Lord helps me. Who dares to condemn me? Look, all of them will wear out like clothes; a moth will eat away at them.
DARBY Translation: Behold, the Lord Jehovah will help me; who is he that shall condemn me? Behold, they all shall grow old as a garment; the moth shall eat them up.
KJV Translation: Behold, the Lord GOD will help me; who [is] he [that] shall condemn me? lo, they all shall wAX old as a garment; the moth shall eat them up.
Keywords: EARTH,GOD,HEAVEN,JESUS THE CHRIST,JUSTIFICATION
Description: Isaiah 51:6
NET Translation: Look up at the sky. Look at the earth below. For the sky will dissipate like smoke, and the earth will wear out like clothes; its residents will die like gnats. But the deliverance I give is permanent; the vindication I provide will not disappear.
DARBY Translation: Lift up your eyes to the heavens, and look on the earth beneath: for the heavens shall vanish away like smoke, and the earth shall grow old like a garment, and they that dwell therein shall die in like mannerD5039; but my salvation shall be for ever, and my righteousness shall not be abolished.
KJV Translation: Lift up your eyes to the heavens, and look upon the earth beneath: for the heavens shall vanish away like smoke, and the earth shall wAX old like a garment, and they that dwell therein shall die in like manner: but my salvation shall be for ever, and my righteousness shall not be abolished.
Keywords: CAGE,DECEIT,THE RICH
Description: Jeremiah 5:27
NET Translation: Like a cage filled with the birds that have been caught, their houses are filled with the gains of their fraud and deceit. That is how they have gotten so rich and powerful.
DARBY Translation: As a cage full of birds, so are their houses full of deceit: therefore they are become great, and have enriched themselves.
KJV Translation: As a cageK5083is full of birds, so [are] their houses full of deceit: therefore they are become great, and wAXen rich.
Keywords: DECEIT,ORPHAN,RULERS
Description: Jeremiah 5:28
NET Translation: That is how they have grown fat and sleek. There is no limit to the evil things they do. They do not plead the cause of the fatherless in such a way as to win it. They do not defend the rights of the poor.
DARBY Translation: They are become fat, they shine, yea, they surpass in deeds of wickedness; they judge not the cause, the cause of the fatherless, and they prosperD5199; and the right of the needy do they not adjudge.
KJV Translation: They are wAXen fat, they shine: yea, they overpass the deeds of the wicked: they judge not the cause, the cause of the fatherless, yet they prosper; and the right of the needy do they not judge.
Keywords: BIRTH,WAR
Description: Jeremiah 6:24
NET Translation: The people cry out, “We have heard reports about them. We have become helpless with fear! Anguish grips us, agony like that of a woman giving birth to a baby!
DARBY Translation: We have heard the report thereof: our hands are grown feeble; anguish hath taken hold of us, pain as of a woman that travaileth.
KJV Translation: We have heard the fame thereof: our hands wAX feeble: anguish hath taken hold of us, [and] pain, as of a woman in travail.
Keywords: GENTILES,IDOLATRY
Description: Jeremiah 10:3
NET Translation: For the religion of these people is worthless. They cut down a tree in the forest, and a craftsman makes it into an idol with his tools.
DARBY Translation: For the statutes of the peoples are vanity; for [it is] a tree cut out of the forest, worked with a chiselAXe.'" href="#" data-html="true" data-toggle="tooltip">D5240 by the hands of the artizan;
KJV Translation: For the customs of the people [are] vain: for [one] cutteth a tree out of the forest, the work of the hands of the workman, with the AXe.
Keywords: CEDAR
Description: Jeremiah 22:7
NET Translation: I will send men against it to destroy it with their AXes and hatchets. They will hack up its fine cedar panels and columns and throw them into the fire.
DARBY Translation: And I will prepareD5304 destroyers against thee, every one with his weapons; and they shall cut down the choice of thy cedars, and cast [them] into the fire.
KJV Translation: And I will prepare destroyers against thee, every one with his weapons: and they shall cut down thy choice cedars, and cast [them] into the fire.
Keywords: AX
Description: Jeremiah 46:22
NET Translation: Egypt will run away, hissing like a snake, as the enemy comes marching up in force. They will come against her with AXes as if they were woodsmen chopping down trees.
DARBY Translation: Her voice shall go like a serpent's; for they shall march with an army, and come against her with AXes, as hewers of wood.
KJV Translation: The voice thereof shall go like a serpent; for they shall march with an army, and come against her with AXes, as hewers of wood.
Keywords: MINISTER,CHRISTIAN,WAR
Description: Jeremiah 48:10
NET Translation: A curse on anyone who is lAX in doing the Lord’s work! A curse on anyone who keeps from carrying out his destruction!
DARBY Translation: Cursed be he that doeth the work of Jehovah negligently, and cursed be he that keepeth back his sword from blood!
KJV Translation: Cursed [be] he that doeth the work of the LORD deceitfullyK5341, and cursed [be] he that keepeth back his sword from blood.
Description: Jeremiah 49:24
NET Translation: The people of Damascus will lose heart and turn to flee. Panic will grip them. Pain and anguish will seize them like a woman in labor.
DARBY Translation: Damascus is grown feeble: she turneth herself to flee, and terror hath seized on her; trouble and sorrows have taken hold of her as of a woman in travail.
KJV Translation: Damascus is wAXed feeble, [and] turneth herself to flee, and fear hath seized on [her]: anguish and sorrows have taken her, as a woman in travail.
Description: Jeremiah 50:43
NET Translation: The king of Babylon will become paralyzed with fear when he hears news of their coming. Anguish will grip him, agony like that of a woman giving birth to a baby.
DARBY Translation: The king of Babylon hath heard the report of them, and his hands wAX feeble; trouble hath taken hold of him, pangs as of a woman in travail.
KJV Translation: The king of Babylon hath heard the report of them, and his hands wAXed feeble: anguish took hold of him, [and] pangs as of a woman in travail.
Keywords: AGENCY,AX,BATTLE-AX,GOD
Description: Jeremiah 51:20
NET Translation: “Babylon, you are my war club, my weapon for battle. I used you to smash nations. I used you to destroy kingdoms.
DARBY Translation: Thou art my maul, [my] weapons of war: and with thee I will break in pieces the nations, and I will with thee destroy kingdoms;
KJV Translation: Thou [art] my battle AXe [and] weapons of war: for with theeK5387will I break in pieces the nations, and with thee will I destroy kingdoms;
Description: Ezekiel 16:7
NET Translation: I made you plentiful like sprouts in a field; you grew tall and came of age so that you could wear jewelry. Your breasts had formed and your hair had grown, but you were still naked and bare.
DARBY Translation: I caused thee to multiplyD5657, as the bud of the field; and thou didst increase and grow great, and thou camest to fulness of beautyD5658; [thy] breasts were fashioned, and thy hair grew: but thou wast naked and bare.
KJV Translation: I have caused thee to multiplyK5554as the bud of the field, and thou hast increased and wAXen great, and thou art come to excellent ornamentsK5555: [thy] breasts are fashioned, and thine hair is grown, whereas thou [wast] naked and bare.
Keywords: ARMIES,AX,ENGINE
Description: Ezekiel 26:9
NET Translation: He will direct the blows of his battering rams against your walls and tear down your towers with his weapons.
DARBY Translation: and he shall set his engines of attack against thy walls, and with his spikes he shall break down thy towers.
KJV Translation: And he shall set engines of war against thy walls, and with his AXes he shall break down thy towers.
Keywords: FLAX,REED
Description: Ezekiel 40:3
NET Translation: When he brought me there, I saw a man whose appearance was like bronze, with a linen cord and a measuring stick in his hand. He was standing in the gateway.
DARBY Translation: And he brought me thither, and behold, there was a man whose appearance was like the appearance of brass, with a flAX-cord in his hand, and a measuring-reed; and he stood in the gate.
KJV Translation: And he brought me thither, and, behold, [there was] a man, whose appearance [was] like the appearance of brass, with a line of flAX in his hand, and a measuring reed; and he stood in the gate.
Keywords: WICKED (PEOPLE)
Description: Daniel 4:4
NET Translation: (4:1) I, Nebuchadnezzar, was relAXing in my home, living luxuriously in my palace.
DARBY Translation: I Nebuchadnezzar was at rest in my house, and flourishing in my palace.
KJV Translation: I Nebuchadnezzar was at rest in mine house, and flourishing in my palace:
Verse Intro: Nebuchadnezzar's Dream of a Colossal Tree Cut Down
Description: Daniel 8:8
NET Translation: The male goat acted even more arrogantly. But no sooner had the large horn become strong than it was broken, and there arose four conspicuous horns in its place, extending toward the four winds of the sky.
DARBY Translation: And the he-goat became exceeding great; but when he was become strong, the great horn was broken; and in its stead came up four notable ones toward the four winds of the heavens.
KJV Translation: Therefore the he goat wAXed very great: and when he was strong, the great horn was broken; and for it came up four notable ones toward the four winds of heaven.
Description: Daniel 8:9
NET Translation: From one of them came a small horn, but it grew to be very great toward the south and the east and toward the beautiful land.
DARBY Translation: And out of one of them came forth a little horn, which became exceeding great, toward the south, and toward the east, and toward the beauty [of the earth]D6034.
KJV Translation: And out of one of them came forth a little horn, which wAXed exceeding great, toward the south, and toward the east, and toward the pleasant [land].
Keywords: INFIDELITY,STARS
Description: Daniel 8:10
NET Translation: It grew so great it reached the army of heaven, and it brought about the fall of some of the army and some of the stars to the ground, where it trampled them.
DARBY Translation: And it became great, even to the host of heaven; and it cast down [some] of the host and of the stars to the ground, and trampled upon them.
KJV Translation: And it wAXed great, [even] to the hostK5961of heaven; and it cast down [some] of the host and of the stars to the ground, and stamped upon them.
Keywords: TAX
Description: Daniel 11:20
NET Translation: There will arise after him one who will send out an exactor of tribute to enhance the splendor of the kingdom, but after a few days he will be destroyed, though not in anger or battle.
DARBY Translation: And in his place shall one stand up who shall cause the exactor to pass through the glory of the kingdom; but in a few days he shall be broken, neither in anger nor in battle.
KJV Translation: Then shall stand up in his estate a raiser of tAXesK6016[in] the glory of the kingdom: but within few days he shall be destroyed, neither in angerK6017, nor in battle.
Keywords: FLAX,OIL
Description: Hosea 2:5
NET Translation: For their mother has committed adultery; she who conceived them has acted shamefully. For she said, “I will seek out my lovers; they are the ones who give me my bread and my water, my wool, my flAX, my olive oil, and my wine.
DARBY Translation: For their mother hath played the harlot; she that conceived them hath done shamefully: for she said, I will go after my lovers, that give [me] my bread and my water, my wool and my flAX, mine oil and my drink.
KJV Translation: For their mother hath played the harlot: she that conceived them hath done shamefully: for she said, I will go after my lovers, that give [me] my bread and my water, my wool and my flAX, mine oil and my drinkK6047.
Keywords: FLAX,INGRATITUDE,WICKED (PEOPLE)
Description: Hosea 2:9
NET Translation: Therefore, I will take back my grain during the harvest time and my new wine when it ripens; I will take away my wool and my flAX that I had provided in order to clothe her.
DARBY Translation: Therefore will I return, and take away my corn in the time thereof, and my new wine in its season, and will withdraw my wool and my flAX which should have covered her nakedness.
KJV Translation: Therefore will I return, and take away my corn in the time thereof, and my wine in the season thereof, and will recoverK6051my wool and my flAX [given] to cover her nakedness.
Keywords: HOUSE,INJUSTICE,JUSTICE,OPPRESSION,POOR,RULERS,STONES,TAX
Description: Amos 5:11
NET Translation: Therefore, because you make the poor pay tAXes on their crops and exact a grain tAX from them, you will not live in the houses you built with chiseled stone, nor will you drink the wine from the fine vineyards you planted.
DARBY Translation: Forasmuch, therefore, as ye trample upon the poor, and take from him presents of wheat: ye have built houses of hewn stone, but ye shall not dwell in them; ye have planted pleasantD6279 vineyards, and ye shall not drink the wine of them.
KJV Translation: Forasmuch therefore as your treading [is] upon the poor, and ye take from him burdens of wheat: ye have built houses of hewn stone, but ye shall not dwell in them; ye have planted pleasant vineyardsK6197, but ye shall not drink wine of them.
Keywords: PROPHECIES CONCERNING ISRAEL,MOWING,TAX,VISION
Description: Amos 7:1
NET Translation: The Sovereign Lord showed me this: I saw him making locusts just as the crops planted late were beginning to sprout. (The crops planted late sprout after the royal harvest.)
DARBY Translation: Thus did the Lord Jehovah shew unto me; and behold, he formed locustsD6292 in the beginning of the shooting up of the latter growth, and behold, it was the latter growth after the king's mowings.
KJV Translation: Thus hath the Lord GOD shewed unto me; and, behold, he formed grasshoppersK6214in the beginning of the shooting up of the latter growth; and, lo, [it was] the latter growth after the king's mowings.
Verse Intro: Symbolic Illustrations of Judgment
Keywords: GOD,MOUNTAIN,VOLCANOES,WAX
Description: Micah 1:4
NET Translation: The mountains will crumble beneath him, and the valleys will split apart like wAX before a fire, like water dumped down a steep slope.
DARBY Translation: And the mountains shall be melted under him, and the valleys shall be cleft, as wAX before the fire, as waters poured down a steep place.
KJV Translation: And the mountains shall be molten under him, and the valleys shall be cleft, as wAX before the fire, [and] as the waters [that are] poured down a steep placeK6276.
Keywords: AX,UNFAITHFULNESS,UNFRUITFULNESS,WICKED (PEOPLE)
Description: Matthew 3:10
NET Translation: Even now the AX is laid at the root of the trees, and every tree that does not produce good fruit will be cut down and thrown into the fire.
DARBY Translation: And already the AXe is applied toD6645 the root of the trees; every tree therefore not producingD6646 good fruit is cut down and cast into the fire.
KJV Translation: And now also the AXe is laid unto the root of the trees: therefore every tree which bringeth not forth good fruit is hewn down, and cast into the fire.
Keywords: PUBLICANS,TAX
Description: Matthew 5:46
NET Translation: For if you love those who love you, what reward do you have? Even the tAX collectors do the same, don’t they?
DARBY Translation: For if ye should love those who love you, what reward have ye? Do not also the tAX-gatherers the same?
KJV Translation: “For if ye love them which love you, what reward have ye? do not even the publicans the same?”
Keywords: APOSTLES,CALL,DECISION,JESUS THE CHRIST,MATTHEW,MINISTER,CHRISTIAN,OBEDIENCE,PUBLICANS,SELF-DENIAL
Description: Matthew 9:9
NET Translation: As Jesus went on from there, he saw a man named Matthew sitting at the tAX booth. “Follow me,” he said to him. So he got up and followed him.
DARBY Translation: And Jesus, passing on thence, saw a man sitting at the tAX-office, called Matthew, and says to him, Follow me. And he rose up and followed him.
KJV Translation: And as Jesus passed forth from thence, he saw a man, named Matthew, sitting at the receipt of custom: and he saith unto him, “Follow me.” And he arose, and followed him.
Verse Intro: The Call of Matthew (Levi) - TAX Collectors and Sinners Need Help
Keywords: APOSTLES,ECCLESIASTICISM,JESUS THE CHRIST,MATTHEW,SELF-RIGHTEOUSNESS
Description: Matthew 9:10
NET Translation: As Jesus was having a meal in Matthew’s house, many tAX collectors and sinners came and ate with Jesus and his disciples.
DARBY Translation: And it came to pass, as he lay at table in the house, that behold, many tAX-gatherers and sinners came and lay at table with Jesus and his disciples.
KJV Translation: And it came to pass, as Jesus sat at meat in the house, behold, many publicans and sinners came and sat down with him and his disciples.
Keywords: PHARISEES,PUBLICANS,TAX
Description: Matthew 9:11
NET Translation: When the Pharisees saw this they said to his disciples, “Why does your teacher eat with tAX collectors and sinners?”
DARBY Translation: And the Pharisees seeing [it], said to his disciples, Why does your teacher eat with tAX-gatherers and sinners?
KJV Translation: And when the Pharisees saw [it], they said unto his disciples, Why eateth your Master with publicans and sinners?
Keywords: ALPHEUS (ALPHAEUS),BARTHOLOMEW,JAMES,LEBBAEUS,MATTHEW,PHILIP,PUBLICANS,THADDAEUS,THOMAS
Description: Matthew 10:3
NET Translation: Philip and Bartholomew; Thomas and Matthew the tAX collector; James the son of Alphaeus, and Thaddaeus;
DARBY Translation: Philip and Bartholomew; Thomas, and Matthew the tAX-gatherer; James the [son] of Alphaeus, and Lebbaeus, who was surnamed Thaddaeus;
KJV Translation: Philip, and Bartholomew; Thomas, and Matthew the publican; James [the son] of Alphaeus, and Lebbaeus, whose surname was Thaddaeus;
Keywords: ABSTEMIOUSNESS,ASCETICISM,BIGOTRY,DRUNKENNESS,FALSEHOOD,JESUS THE CHRIST,PERSECUTION,PUBLICANS,SLANDER,TAX,WINEBIBBER (A WINO),WISDOM
Description: Matthew 11:19
NET Translation: The Son of Man came eating and drinking, and they say, ‘Look at him, a glutton and a drunk, a friend of tAX collectors and sinners!’ But wisdom is vindicated by her deeds.”
DARBY Translation: The Son of man has come eating and drinking, and they say, Behold, a man [that is] eating and wine-drinkingD6737, a friend of tAX-gatherers, and of sinners: and wisdom has been justified by her children.
KJV Translation: “The Son of man came eating and drinking, and they say, Behold a man gluttonous, and a winebibber, a friend of publicans and sinners. But wisdom is justified of her children.”
Keywords: FLAX,JESUS THE CHRIST,MEEKNESS,PENITENT,REED
Description: Matthew 12:20
NET Translation: He will not break a bruised reed or extinguish a smoldering wick, until he brings justice to victory.
DARBY Translation: a bruised reed shall he not break, and smoking flAX shall he not quench, until he bring forthD6747 judgment untoD6748 victory;
KJV Translation: A bruised reed shall he not break, and smoking flAX shall he not quench, till he send forth judgment unto victory.
Keywords: DEAFNESS,HEARERS,IMPENITENCE,QUOTATIONS AND ALLUSIONS,REPROBACY
Description: Matthew 13:15
NET Translation: For the heart of this people has become dull; they are hard of hearing, and they have shut their eyes, so that they would not see with their eyes and hear with their ears and understand with their hearts and turn, and I would heal them.’
DARBY Translation: for the heart of this people has grown fat, and they have heard heavily with their ears, and they have closed their eyes as asleep, lestD6762 they should see with the eyes, and hear with the ears, and understand with the heart, and should be converted, and I should heal them.
KJV Translation: “For this people's heart is wAXed gross, and” [their] “ears are dull of hearing, and their eyes they have closed; lest at any time they should see with” [their] “eyes, and hear with” [their] “ears, and should understand with” [their] “heart, and should be converted, and I should heal them.”
Keywords: CAPERNAUM,CITIZENS,JESUS THE CHRIST,KING,MIRACLES,TAX,TRIBUTE (TAXES)
Description: Matthew 17:24
NET Translation: After they arrived in Capernaum, the collectors of the temple tAX came to Peter and said, “Your teacher pays the double drachma tAX, doesn’t he?”
DARBY Translation: And when they came to Capernaum, those who received the didrachmasD6822 came to Peter and said, Does your teacher not pay the didrachmas?
KJV Translation: And when they were come to Capernaum, they that received tribute [money] came to Peter, and said, Doth not your master pay tribute?
Verse Intro: The Temple TAX
Description: Matthew 17:25
NET Translation: He said, “Yes.” When Peter came into the house, Jesus spoke to him first, “What do you think, Simon? From whom do earthly kings collect tolls or tAXes—from their sons or from foreigners?”
DARBY Translation: He says, YesD6823. And when he came into the house, Jesus anticipated him, saying, What dost thou think, Simon? the kings of the earth, from whom do they receive custom or tribute? from their own sons or from strangers?
KJV Translation: He saith, Yes. And when he was come into the house, Jesus prevented him, saying, “What thinkest thou, Simon? of whom do the kings of the earth take custom or tribute? of their own children, or of strangers?”
Keywords: CHURCH,FELLOWSHIP,PUBLICANS,TAX
Description: Matthew 18:17
NET Translation: If he refuses to listen to them, tell it to the church. If he refuses to listen to the church, treat him like a Gentile or a tAX collector.
DARBY Translation: But if he will not listen to them, tell it to the assembly; and if also he will not listen to the assembly, let him be to thee as one of the nations and a tAX-gatherer.
KJV Translation: “And if he shall neglect to hear them, tell” [it] “unto the church: but if he neglect to hear the church, let him be unto thee as an heathen man and a publican.”
Keywords: CHURCH,PUBLICANS,SALVATION,TAX
Description: Matthew 21:31
NET Translation: Which of the two did his father’s will?” They said, “The first.” Jesus said to them, “I tell you the truth, tAX collectors and prostitutes will go ahead of you into the kingdom of God!
DARBY Translation: Which of the two did the will of the father? They say [to him], The first. Jesus says to them, Verily I say unto you that the tAX-gatherers and the harlots go into the kingdom of God before you.
KJV Translation: “Whether of them twain did the will of” [his] “father?” They say unto him, The first. Jesus saith unto them, “Verily I say unto you, That the publicans and the harlots go into the kingdom of God before you.”
Keywords: JESUS THE CHRIST,JOHN,PUBLICANS,UNBELIEF
Description: Matthew 21:32
NET Translation: For John came to you in the way of righteousness, and you did not believe him. But the tAX collectors and prostitutes did believe. Although you saw this, you did not later change your minds and believe him.
DARBY Translation: For John came to you in the way of righteousness, and ye believed him not; but the tAX-gatherers and the harlots believed him; but *ye* when ye saw [it] repented not yourselves afterwards to believe him.
KJV Translation: “For John came unto you in the way of righteousness, and ye believed him not: but the publicans and the harlots believed him: and ye, when ye had seen” [it], “repented not afterward, that ye might believe him.”
Keywords: CRAFTINESS,JESUS THE CHRIST,PERSECUTION,PHARISEES,TRIBUTE (TAXES)
Description: Matthew 22:15
NET Translation: Then the Pharisees went out and planned together to entrap him with his own words.
DARBY Translation: Then went the Pharisees and held a council how they might ensnare him in speaking.
KJV Translation: Then went the Pharisees, and took counsel how they might entangle him in [his] talk.
Verse Intro: The Question of Paying TAXes to Ceasar
Keywords: CITIZENS,GOVERNMENT
Description: Matthew 22:17
NET Translation: Tell us then, what do you think? Is it right to pay tAXes to Caesar or not?”
DARBY Translation: tell us therefore what thou thinkest: Is it lawful to give tribute to Caesar, or not?
KJV Translation: Tell us therefore, What thinkest thou? Is it lawful to give tribute unto Caesar, or not?
Keywords: PENNY
Description: Matthew 22:19
NET Translation: Show me the coin used for the tAX.” So they brought him a denarius.
DARBY Translation: Shew me the money of the tribute. And they presented to him a denarius.
KJV Translation: “Shew me the tribute money.” And they brought unto him a pennyK6585.
Keywords: AFFECTIONS,APOSTASY,BACKSLIDERS,COMPANY
Description: Matthew 24:12
NET Translation: and because lawlessness will increase so much, the love of many will grow cold.
DARBY Translation: and because lawlessness shall prevailD6909, the love of the mostD6910 shall grow cold;
KJV Translation: “And because iniquity shall abound, the love of many shall wAX cold.”
Keywords: JESUS THE CHRIST
Description: Mark 2:13
NET Translation: Jesus went out again by the sea. The whole crowd came to him, and he taught them.
DARBY Translation: And he went out again by the sea, and all the crowd cameD6981 to him, and he taught them.
KJV Translation: And he went forth again by the sea side; and all the multitude resorted unto him, and he taught them.
Verse Intro: The Call of Matthew (Levi) - TAX Collectors and Sinners Need Help
Keywords: ALPHEUS (ALPHAEUS),CALL,JESUS THE CHRIST,MATTHEW,MINISTER,CHRISTIAN,OBEDIENCE,PUBLICANS,SELF-DENIAL,TAX
Description: Mark 2:14
NET Translation: As he went along, he saw Levi, the son of Alphaeus, sitting at the tAX booth. “Follow me,” he said to him. And he got up and followed him.
DARBY Translation: And passing by, he saw Levi the [son] of Alphaeus sitting at the tAX-office, and says to him, Follow me. And he rose up and followed him.
KJV Translation: And as he passed by, he saw Levi the [son] of Alphaeus sitting at the receipt of custom, and said unto him, “Follow me.” And he arose and followed him.
Keywords: JESUS THE CHRIST,MATTHEW
Description: Mark 2:15
NET Translation: As Jesus was having a meal in Levi’s home, many tAX collectors and sinners were eating with Jesus and his disciples, for there were many who followed him.
DARBY Translation: And it came to pass as he lay at table in his house, that many tAX-gatherers and sinners lay at table with Jesus and his disciples; for they were many, and they followed him.
KJV Translation: And it came to pass, that, as Jesus sat at meat in his house, many publicans and sinners sat also together with Jesus and his disciples: for there were many, and they followed him.
Keywords: BIGOTRY,SELF-RIGHTEOUSNESS
Description: Mark 2:16
NET Translation: When the experts in the law and the Pharisees saw that he was eating with sinners and tAX collectors, they said to his disciples, “Why does he eat with tAX collectors and sinners?”
DARBY Translation: And the scribes and the Pharisees, seeing him eating with sinners and tAX-gatherers, said to his disciples, Why [is it] that he eats and drinks with tAX-gatherers and sinners?
KJV Translation: And when the scribes and Pharisees saw him eat with publicans and sinners, they said unto his disciples, How is it that he eateth and drinketh with publicans and sinners?
Keywords: CRAFTINESS,HERODIANS,HYPOCRISY,JESUS THE CHRIST,PERSECUTION,SATIRE
Description: Mark 12:13
NET Translation: Then they sent some of the Pharisees and Herodians to trap him with his own words.
DARBY Translation: And they send to him certain of the Pharisees and of the Herodians, that they might catch him in speaking.
KJV Translation: And they send unto him certain of the Pharisees and of the Herodians, to catch him in [his] words.
Verse Intro: The Question of Paying TAXes to Ceasar
Keywords: CITIZENS,HYPOCRISY,JESUS THE CHRIST
Description: Mark 12:14
NET Translation: When they came they said to him, “Teacher, we know that you are truthful and do not court anyone’s favor, because you show no partiality but teach the way of God in accordance with the truth. Is it right to pay tAXes to Caesar or not? Should we pay or shouldn’t we?”
DARBY Translation: And they come and say to him, Teacher, we know that thou art true, and carest not for any one; for thou regardest not men's personD7097, but teachest the way of God with truth: Is it lawful to give tribute to Caesar or not?
KJV Translation: And when they were come, they say unto him, Master, we know that thou art true, and carest for no man: for thou regardest not the person of men, but teachest the way of God in truth: Is it lawful to give tribute to Caesar, or not?
Keywords: CHILDREN,JOHN
Description: Luke 1:80
NET Translation: And the child kept growing and becoming strong in spirit, and he was in the wilderness until the day he was revealed to Israel.
DARBY Translation: And the child grew and was strengthened in spirit; and he was in the deserts until the day of his shewing to Israel.
KJV Translation: And the child grew, and wAXed strong in spirit, and was in the deserts till the day of his shewing unto Israel.
Keywords: AUGUSTUS,CAESAR,CENSUS,GOVERNMENT,JESUS THE CHRIST,JOSEPH,ROMAN EMPIRE,TAX,TRIBUTE (TAXES)
Description: Luke 2:1
NET Translation: Now in those days a decree went out from Caesar Augustus to register all the empire for tAXes.
DARBY Translation: But it came to pass in those days that a decree went out from Caesar Augustus, that a censusD7187 should be made of all the habitable world.
KJV Translation: And it came to pass in those days, that there went out a decree from Caesar Augustus, that all the world should be tAXedK6646.
Verse Intro: The Census of Ceasar Augustus
Keywords: CYRENIUS (QUIRINIUS),QUIRINIUS,SYRIA
Description: Luke 2:2
NET Translation: This was the first registration, taken when Quirinius was governor of Syria.
DARBY Translation: The census itself first took place when Cyrenius had the government of Syria.
KJV Translation: ([And] this tAXing was first made when Cyrenius was governor of Syria.)
Keywords: SYRIA
Description: Luke 2:3
NET Translation: Everyone went to his own town to be registered.
DARBY Translation: And all went to be inscribed in the census rollD7188, each to his own city:
KJV Translation: And all went to be tAXed, every one into his own city.
Keywords: MARY
Description: Luke 2:5
NET Translation: He went to be registered with Mary, who was promised in marriage to him, and who was expecting a child.
DARBY Translation: to be inscribed in the census rollD7190 with Mary who was betrothed to him [as his] wife, she being great with child.
KJV Translation: To be tAXed with Mary his espoused wife, being great with child.
Keywords: CHILDREN,JESUS THE CHRIST
Description: Luke 2:40
NET Translation: And the child grew and became strong, filled with wisdom, and the favor of God was upon him.
DARBY Translation: And the child grew and wAXed strong [in spirit], filled with wisdom, and God's grace was upon him.
KJV Translation: And the child grew, and wAXed strong in spirit, filled with wisdom: and the grace of God was upon him.
Keywords: UNFRUITFULNESS
Description: Luke 3:9
NET Translation: Even now the AX is laid at the root of the trees, and every tree that does not produce good fruit will be cut down and thrown into the fire.”
DARBY Translation: And already also the AXe is applied toD7216 the root of the trees; every tree therefore not producing good fruit is cut down and cast into [the] fire.
KJV Translation: And now also the AXe is laid unto the root of the trees: every tree therefore which bringeth not forth good fruit is hewn down, and cast into the fire.
Keywords: BAPTISM,HONESTY,PUBLICANS
Description: Luke 3:12
NET Translation: TAX collectors also came to be baptized, and they said to him, “Teacher, what should we do?”
DARBY Translation: And tAX-gatherers came also to be baptised, and they said to him, Teacher, what should we do?
KJV Translation: Then came also publicans to be baptized, and said unto him, Master, what shall we do?
Keywords: HONESTY,INTEGRITY,TAX
Description: Luke 3:13
NET Translation: He told them, “Collect no more than you are required to.”
DARBY Translation: And he said to them, Take no more [money] than what is appointed to you.
KJV Translation: And he said unto them, Exact no more than that which is appointed you.
Keywords: ARPHAXAD,CAINAN,GENEALOGY,LAMECH,SHEM
Description: Luke 3:36
NET Translation: the son of Cainan, the son of ArphAXad, the son of Shem, the son of Noah, the son of Lamech,
DARBY Translation: of Cainan, of ArphAXad, of Sem, of Noe, of Lamech,
KJV Translation: Which was [the son] of Cainan, which was [the son] of ArphAXad, which was [the son] of Sem, which was [the son] of Noe, which was [the son] of Lamech,
Keywords: CALL,JESUS THE CHRIST,MATTHEW,PUBLICANS,SELF-DENIAL,TAX
Description: Luke 5:27
NET Translation: After this, Jesus went out and saw a tAX collector named Levi sitting at the tAX booth. “Follow me,” he said to him.
DARBY Translation: And after these things he went forth and saw a tAX-gatherer, Levi by name, sitting at the receipt of tAXes, and said to him, Follow me.
KJV Translation: And after these things he went forth, and saw a publican, named Levi, sitting at the receipt of custom: and he said unto him, “Follow me.”
Verse Intro: The Call of Matthew (Levi) - TAX Collectors and Sinners Need Help
Keywords: JESUS THE CHRIST
Description: Luke 5:29
NET Translation: Then Levi gave a great banquet in his house for Jesus, and there was a large crowd of tAX collectors and others sitting at the table with them.
DARBY Translation: And Levi made a great entertainment for him in his house, and there was a great crowd of tAX-gatherers and others who were at table with them.
KJV Translation: And Levi made him a great feast in his own house: and there was a great company of publicans and of others that sat down with them.
Keywords: JESUS THE CHRIST,SELF-RIGHTEOUSNESS
Description: Luke 5:30
NET Translation: But the Pharisees and their experts in the law complained to his disciples, saying, “Why do you eat and drink with tAX collectors and sinners?”
DARBY Translation: And their scribes and the Pharisees murmured at his disciples, saying, Why do ye eat and drink with tAX-gatherers and sinners?
KJV Translation: But their scribes and Pharisees murmured against his disciples, saying, Why do ye eat and drink with publicans and sinners?
Keywords: BAPTISM,PUBLICANS
Description: Luke 7:29
NET Translation: (Now all the people who heard this, even the tAX collectors, acknowledged God’s justice, because they had been baptized with John’s baptism.
DARBY Translation: (And all the people who heard [it], and the tAX-gatherers, justified God, having been baptised with the baptism of John;
KJV Translation: And all the people that heard [him], and the publicans, justified God, being baptized with the baptism of John.
Keywords: ASCETICISM,PERSECUTION,WINEBIBBER (A WINO)
Description: Luke 7:34
NET Translation: The Son of Man has come eating and drinking, and you say, ‘Look at him, a glutton and a drunk, a friend of tAX collectors and sinners!’
DARBY Translation: The Son of man has come eating and drinking, and ye say, Behold an eater and wine-drinkerD7260, a friend of tAX-gatherers and sinners;
KJV Translation: “The Son of man is come eating and drinking; and ye say, Behold a gluttonous man, and a winebibber, a friend of publicans and sinners!”
Keywords: CONFIDENCE,GLUTTONY,SELF-DELUSION,SENSUALITY,WORLDLINESS
Description: Luke 12:19
NET Translation: And I will say to myself, “You have plenty of goods stored up for many years; relAX, eat, drink, celebrate!”’
DARBY Translation: and I will say to my soulD7328, SoulD7329, thou hast much good things laid by for many years; repose thyself, eat, drink, be merry.
KJV Translation: “And I will say to my soul, Soul, thou hast much goods laid up for many years; take thine ease, eat, drink,” [and] “be merry.”
Keywords: ALMS,COVETOUSNESS,HEAVEN,LIBERALITY,POOR,TREASURE
Description: Luke 12:33
NET Translation: Sell your possessions and give to the poor. Provide yourselves purses that do not wear out—a treasure in heaven that never decreases, where no thief approaches and no moth destroys.
DARBY Translation: Sell what ye possess and give alms; make to yourselves purses which do not grow old, a treasure which does not fail in the heavens, where thief does not draw near nor moth destroy.
KJV Translation: “Sell that ye have, and give alms; provide yourselves bags which wAX not old, a treasure in the heavens that faileth not, where no thief approacheth, neither moth corrupteth.”
Keywords: GOSPEL,JESUS THE CHRIST,KINGDOM OF HEAVEN
Description: Luke 13:19
NET Translation: It is like a mustard seed that a man took and sowed in his garden. It grew and became a tree, and the wild birds nested in its branches.”
DARBY Translation: It is like a grain of mustard [seed] which a man took and cast into his garden; and it grew and became a great tree, and the birds of heaven lodged in its branches.
KJV Translation: “It is like a grain of mustard seed, which a man took, and cast into his garden; and it grew, and wAXed a great tree; and the fowls of the air lodged in the branches of it.”
Keywords: JESUS THE CHRIST,PHARISEES,REPENTANCE
Description: Luke 15:1
NET Translation: Now all the tAX collectors and sinners were coming to hear him.
DARBY Translation: And all the tAX-gatherers and the sinners were comingD7348 near to him to hear him;
KJV Translation: Then drew near unto him all the publicans and sinners for to hear him.
Verse Intro: Parable of the Lost Sheep
Keywords: BIGOTRY,CONFIDENCE,JESUS THE CHRIST,PUBLICANS,SELF-RIGHTEOUSNESS,WORKS
Description: Luke 18:9
NET Translation: Jesus also told this parable to some who were confident that they were righteous and looked down on everyone else.
DARBY Translation: And he spoke also to some, who trusted in themselves that they were righteous and made nothing of all the rest [of men], this parable:
KJV Translation: And he spake this parable unto certain which trusted in themselves that they were righteousK6689, and despised others:
Verse Intro: Parable of the Praying Pharisee and the TAX Collector
Keywords: CHURCH,PENITENT,REPENTANCE,TEMPLE,WORSHIP
Description: Luke 18:10
NET Translation: “Two men went up to the temple to pray, one a Pharisee and the other a tAX collector.
DARBY Translation: Two men went up into the templeD7374 to pray; the one a Pharisee, and the other a tAX-gatherer.
KJV Translation: “Two men went up into the temple to pray; the one a Pharisee, and the other a publican.”
Keywords: CONCEIT,EXTORTION,HYPOCRISY,PRESUMPTION,PUBLICANS,SELF-DELUSION,TAX,THANKFULNESS
Description: Luke 18:11
NET Translation: The Pharisee stood and prayed about himself like this: ‘God, I thank you that I am not like other people: extortionists, unrighteous people, adulterers—or even like this tAX collector.
DARBY Translation: The Pharisee, standing, prayed thus to himself: God, I thank thee that I am not as the rest of men, rapacious, unjust, adulterers, or even as this tAX-gatherer.
KJV Translation: “The Pharisee stood and prayed thus with himself, God, I thank thee, that I am not as other men” [are], “extortioners, unjust, adulterers, or even as this publican.”
Keywords: HUMILITY,PRAYER
Description: Luke 18:13
NET Translation: The tAX collector, however, stood far off and would not even look up to heaven, but beat his breast and said, ‘God, be merciful to me, sinner that I am!’
DARBY Translation: And the tAX-gatherer, standing afar off, would not lift up even his eyes to heaven, but smote upon his breast, saying, O God, have compassion on me, the sinner.
KJV Translation: “And the publican, standing afar off, would not lift up so much as” [his] “eyes unto heaven, but smote upon his breast, saying, God be merciful to me a sinner.”
Keywords: PUBLICANS,THE RICH
Description: Luke 19:2
NET Translation: Now a man named Zacchaeus was there; he was a chief tAX collector and was rich.
DARBY Translation: And behold, [theD7380re was] a man by name called Zacchaeus, and he was chief tAX-gatherer, and he was rich.
KJV Translation: And, behold, [there was] a man named Zacchaeus, which was the chief among the publicans, and he was rich.
Keywords: CRAFTINESS
Description: Luke 20:19
NET Translation: Then the experts in the law and the chief priests wanted to arrest him that very hour, because they realized he had told this parable against them. But they were afraid of the people.
DARBY Translation: And the chief priests and the scribes sought the same hour to lay hands on him, and they feared the people; for they knew that he had spoken this parable ofD7396 them.
KJV Translation: And the chief priests and the scribes the same hour sought to lay hands on him; and they feared the people: for they perceived that he had spoken this parable against them.
Verse Intro: The Question of Paying TAXes to Ceasar
Keywords: CAESAR,CITIZENS,LAW
Description: Luke 20:22
NET Translation: Is it right for us to pay the tribute tAX to Caesar or not?”
DARBY Translation: Is it lawful for us to give tribute to Caesar, or not?
KJV Translation: Is it lawful for us to give tribute unto Caesar, or no?
Keywords: FALSE ACCUSATION,INDICTMENTS,JESUS THE CHRIST,PRIEST,SLANDER,TREASON
Description: Luke 23:2
NET Translation: They began to accuse him, saying, “We found this man subverting our nation, forbidding us to pay the tribute tAX to Caesar and claiming that he himself is Christ, a king.”
DARBY Translation: And they began to accuse him, saying, We have found this [man] perverting our nation, and forbidding to give tribute to Caesar, saying that he himself is Christ, a king.
KJV Translation: And they began to accuse him, saying, We found this [fellow] perverting the nation, and forbidding to give tribute to Caesar, saying that he himself is Christ a King.
Keywords: CITIZENS,JESUS THE CHRIST,JUDAS (JUDE),PUNISHMENT,SEDITION
Description: Acts 5:37
NET Translation: After him Judas the Galilean arose in the days of the census, and incited people to follow him in revolt. He too was killed, and all who followed him were scattered.
DARBY Translation: After him rose Judas the Galilean in the days of the census, and drew away [a number of] people after him; and *he* perished, and all, as many as obeyed him, were scattered abroad.
KJV Translation: After this man rose up Judas of Galilee in the days of the tAXing, and drew away much people after him: he also perished; and all, [even] as many as obeyed him, were dispersed.
Keywords: GENTILES,JESUS THE CHRIST,LIFE,PREACHING
Description: Acts 13:46
NET Translation: Both Paul and Barnabas replied courageously, “It was necessary to speak the word of God to you first. Since you reject it and do not consider yourselves worthy of eternal life, we are turning to the Gentiles.
DARBY Translation: And Paul and Barnabas spoke boldly and said, It was necessary that the word of God should be first spoken to you; but, since ye thrust it from you, and judge yourselves unworthy of eternal life, lo, we turn to the nations;
KJV Translation: Then Paul and Barnabas wAXed bold, and said, It was necessary that the word of God should first have been spoken to you: but seeing ye put it from you, and judge yourselves unworthy of everlasting life, lo, we turn to the Gentiles.
Keywords: DEAFNESS,HEART,JESUS THE CHRIST
Description: Acts 28:27
NET Translation: For the heart of this people has become dull, and their ears are hard of hearing, and they have closed their eyes, so that they would not see with their eyes and hear with their ears and understand with their heart and turn, and I would heal them.”’
DARBY Translation: For the heart of this people has become fat, and they hear heavily with their ears, and they have closed their eyes; lest they should see with their eyes, and hear with their ears, and understand with their heart, and be converted, and I should heal them.
KJV Translation: For the heart of this people is wAXed gross, and their ears are dull of hearing, and their eyes have they closed; lest they should see with [their] eyes, and hear with [their] ears, and understand with [their] heart, and should be converted, and I should heal them.
Description: Romans 13:6
NET Translation: For this reason you also pay tAXes, for the authorities are God’s servants devoted to governing.
DARBY Translation: For on this account ye pay tribute also; for they are God's officers, attending continually on this very thing.
KJV Translation: For for this cause pay ye tribute also: for they are God's ministers, attending continually upon this very thing.
Description: Romans 13:7
NET Translation: Pay everyone what is owed: tAXes to whom tAXes are due, revenue to whom revenue is due, respect to whom respect is due, honor to whom honor is due.
DARBY Translation: Render to all their dues: to whom tribute [is due], tribute; to whom custom, custom; to whom fear, fear; to whom honour, honour.
KJV Translation: Render therefore to all their dues: tribute to whom tribute [is due]; custom to whom custom; fear to whom fear; honour to whom honour.
Description: Philippians 1:14
NET Translation: and most of the brothers and sisters, having confidence in the Lord because of my imprisonment, now more than ever dare to speak the word fearlessly.
DARBY Translation: and that the most of the brethren, trusting in [the] Lord through my bonds, dare more abundantly to speak the word of God fearlessly.
KJV Translation: And many of the brethren in the Lord, wAXing confident by my bonds, are much more bold to speak the word without fear.
Keywords: TALEBEARER
Description: 1 Timothy 5:11
NET Translation: But do not accept younger widows on the list, because their passions may lead them away from Christ and they will desire to marry,
DARBY Translation: But younger widows decline; for when they grow wanton against Christ, they desire to marry,
KJV Translation: But the younger widows refuse: for when they have begun to wAX wanton against Christ, they will marry;
Keywords: DECEIT,DOCTRINES,HYPOCRISY,MINISTER,CHRISTIAN,SEDUCTION,SIN,TEMPTATION
Description: 2 Timothy 3:13
NET Translation: But evil people and charlatans will go from bad to worse, deceiving others and being deceived themselves.
DARBY Translation: But wicked men and juggling impostors shall advance in evilD8926, leading and being led astray.
KJV Translation: But evil men and seducers shall wAX worse and worse, deceiving, and being deceived.
Description: Hebrews 1:11
NET Translation: They will perish, but you continue. And they will all grow old like a garment,
DARBY Translation: They shall perish, but *thou* continuest still; and they all shall grow old as a garment,
KJV Translation: They shall perish; but thou remainest; and they all shall wAX old as doth a garment;
Description: Hebrews 8:13
NET Translation: When he speaks of a new covenant, he makes the first obsolete. Now what is growing obsolete and aging is about to disappear.
DARBY Translation: In that he says NewD9078, he has made the first old; but that which grows old and aged [is] near disappearing.
KJV Translation: In that he saith, A new [covenant], he hath made the first old. Now that which decayeth and wAXeth old [is] ready to vanish away.
Keywords: ABED-NEGO,FIGHT OF FAITH
Description: Hebrews 11:34
NET Translation: quenched raging fire, escaped the edge of the sword, gained strength in weakness, became mighty in battle, put foreign armies to flight,
DARBY Translation: quenched [the] power of fire, escaped [the] edge of the sword, became strong out of weakness, became mighty in war, made [the] armies of strangers give way.
KJV Translation: Quenched the violence of fire, escaped the edge of the sword, out of weakness were made strong, wAXed valiant in fight, turned to flight the armies of the aliens.
Keywords: COMMERCE,MERCHANT
Description: Revelation 18:3
NET Translation: For all the nations have fallen from the wine of her immoral passion, and the kings of the earth have committed sexual immorality with her, and the merchants of the earth have gotten rich from the power of her sensual behavior.”
DARBY Translation: because all the nations have drunk of the wine of the fury of her fornication; and the kings of the earth have committed fornication with her, and the merchants of the earth have been enriched through the might of her luxury.
KJV Translation: For all nations have drunk of the wine of the wrath of her fornication, and the kings of the earth have committed fornication with her, and the merchants of the earth are wAXed rich through the abundanceK7324of her delicacies.