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Keywords: EGYPT,JAMBRES,JANNES,MAGICIAN,SORCERY,WISE MEN
Description: Exodus 7:11
NET Translation: Then Pharaoh also summoned wise men and sorcerers, and the magicians of Egypt by their secret arts did the same thing.
DARBY Translation: And Pharaoh also called the sages and the sorcerers; and they too, the scribesD446 of Egypt, did so with their enchantments:
KJV Translation: Then Pharaoh also called the wise men and the sorcerers: now the magicians of Egypt, they also did in like manner with their enchantments.
Keywords: DISOBEDIENCE TO GOD,HEART,MAGICIAN,MIRACLES,SORCERY
Description: Exodus 7:22
NET Translation: But the magicians of Egypt did the same by their secret arts, and so Pharaoh’s heart remained hard, and he refused to listen to Moses and Aaron—just as the Lord had predicted.
DARBY Translation: And the scribes of Egypt did so with their sorceries; and Pharaoh's heart was stubborn, neither did he hearken to them, as Jehovah had said.
KJV Translation: And the magicians of Egypt did so with their enchantments: and Pharaoh's heart was hardened, neither did he hearken unto them; as the LORD had said.
Keywords: MAGICIAN,MIRACLES,SORCERY
Description: Exodus 8:7
NET Translation: The magicians did the same with their secret arts and brought up frogs on the land of Egypt too.
DARBY Translation: And the scribes did so with their sorceries, and brought up frogs on the land of Egypt.
KJV Translation: And the magicians did so with their enchantments, and brought up frogs upon the land of Egypt.
Keywords: MAGICIAN,SORCERY
Description: Exodus 8:18
NET Translation: When the magicians attempted to bring forth gnats by their secret arts, they could not. So there were gnats on people and on animals.
DARBY Translation: And the scribes did so with their sorceries, to bring forth gnats; but they could not. And the gnats were on man and on beast.
KJV Translation: And the magicians did so with their enchantments to bring forth lice, but they could not: so there were lice upon man, and upon beast.
Keywords: PUNISHMENT,SORCERY,WITCHCRAFT
Description: Exodus 22:18
NET Translation: “You must not allow a sorceress to live.
DARBY Translation: Thou shalt not suffer a witch to live.
KJV Translation: Thou shalt not suffer a witch to live.
Keywords: BLOOD,SANITATION,SORCERY
Description: Leviticus 19:26
NET Translation: “‘You must not eat anything with the blood still in it. You must not practice either divination or soothsaying.
DARBY Translation: Ye shall eat nothing with the blood. Ye shall not practise enchantment, nor use auguries.
KJV Translation: Ye shall not eat [any thing] with the blood: neither shall ye use enchantment, nor observe times.
Keywords: FAMILIAR SPIRITS,SORCERY,WITCHCRAFT
Description: Leviticus 19:31
NET Translation: Do not turn to the spirits of the dead and do not seek familiar spirits to become unclean by them. I am the Lord your God.
DARBY Translation: Turn not unto necromancers and unto soothsayers; seek not after them to make yourselves unclean: I am Jehovah your God.
KJV Translation: Regard not them that have familiar spirits, neither seek after wizards, to be defiled by them: I [am] the LORD your God.
Keywords: FAMILIAR SPIRITS,SORCERY,WITCHCRAFT
Description: Leviticus 20:6
NET Translation: “‘The person who turns to the spirits of the dead and familiar spirits to commit prostitution by going after them, I will set my face against that person and cut him off from the midst of his people.
DARBY Translation: And the soul that turneth unto necromancers and unto soothsayers, to go a whoring after them, I will set my face against that soul, and will cut him off from among his people.
KJV Translation: And the soul that turneth after such as have familiar spirits, and after wizards, to go a whoring after them, I will even set my face against that soul, and will cut him off from among his people.
Keywords: FAMILIAR SPIRITS,PUNISHMENT,SORCERY,WITCHCRAFT
Description: Leviticus 20:27
NET Translation: “‘A man or woman who has in them a spirit of the dead or a familiar spirit must be put to death. They must pelt them with stones; their blood guilt is on themselves.’”
DARBY Translation: And if there be a man or a woman in whom is a spirit of Python or of divinationD873, they shall certainly be put to death: they shall stone them with stones; their blood is upon them.
KJV Translation: A man also or woman that hath a familiar spirit, or that is a wizard, shall surely be put to death: they shall stone them with stones: their blood [shall be] upon them.
Keywords: CURSE,PRAYER,SORCERY
Description: Numbers 22:6
NET Translation: So now, please come and curse this nation for me, for they are too powerful for me. Perhaps I will prevail so that we may conquer them and drive them out of the land. For I know that whoever you bless is blessed, and whoever you curse is cursed.”
DARBY Translation: And now come, I pray thee, curse me this people; for they are mightier than I: perhaps I may be able to smite them, and drive them out of the land; for I know that he whom thou blessest is blessed, and he whom thou cursest is cursed.
KJV Translation: Come now therefore, I pray thee, curse me this people; for they [are] too mighty for me: peradventure I shall prevail, [that] we may smite them, and [that] I may drive them out of the land: for I wot that he whom thou blessest [is] blessed, and he whom thou cursest is cursed.
Keywords: GOD,SORCERY
Description: Numbers 23:23
NET Translation: For there is no spell against Jacob, nor is there any divination against Israel. At this time it must be said of Jacob and of Israel, ‘Look at what God has done!’
DARBY Translation: For there is no enchantment against Jacob, neither is there any divination against Israel. At this timeD1089 it shall be said of Jacob and of Israel, What hath God wrought!
KJV Translation: Surely [there is] no enchantment againstK712Jacob, neither [is there] any divination against Israel: according to this time it shall be said of Jacob and of Israel, What hath God wrought!
Keywords: SORCERY
Description: Deuteronomy 13:5
NET Translation: As for that prophet or dreamer, he must be executed because he encouraged rebellion against the Lord your God who brought you from the land of Egypt, redeeming you from that place of slavery, and because he has tried to entice you from the way the Lord your God has commanded you to go. In this way you must purge evil from among you.
DARBY Translation: And that prophet, or that dreamer of dreams, shall be put to death; for he hath spoken revolt against Jehovah your God who brought you out of the land of Egypt, and redeemed you out of the house of bondage, to drawD1259 thee out of the way that Jehovah thy God commanded thee to walk in; and thou shalt putD1260 evil away from thy midst.
KJV Translation: And that prophet, or that dreamer of dreams, shall be put to death; because he hath spoken to turn [you] away from the LORD your God, which brought you out of the land of Egypt, and redeemed you out of the house of bondage, to thrust thee out of the way which the LORD thy God commanded thee to walk in. So shalt thou put the evil away from the midst of thee.
Keywords: EXAMPLE,SORCERY
Description: Deuteronomy 18:9
NET Translation: When you enter the land the Lord your God is giving you, you must not learn the abhorrent practices of those nations.
DARBY Translation: When thou art come into the land which Jehovah thy God giveth thee, thou shalt not learn to do according to the abominations of those nations.
KJV Translation: When thou art come into the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee, thou shalt not learn to do after the abominations of those nations.
Verse Intro: Abominable Practices
Keywords: IDOLATRY,IMPENITENCE,REPROBACY,SELF-WILL,SORCERY
Description: 1 Samuel 15:23
NET Translation: For rebellion is like the sin of divination, and presumption is like the evil of idolatry. Because you have rejected the Lord’s orders, he has rejected you from being king.”
DARBY Translation: For rebellion is [as] the sin of divination, And selfwill is [as] iniquity and idolatryD1847. Because thou hast rejected the word of Jehovah, He hath also rejected thee from being king.
KJV Translation: For rebellion [is as] the sin of witchcraftK1382, and stubbornness [is as] iniquity and idolatry. Because thou hast rejected the word of the LORD, he hath also rejected thee from [being] king.
Keywords: EN-DOR,MIRACLES,NECROMANCY,SORCERY,WITCHCRAFT
Description: 1 Samuel 28:7
NET Translation: So Saul instructed his servants, “Find me a woman who is a medium, so that I may go to her and inquire of her.” His servants replied to him, “There is a woman who is a medium in Endor.”
DARBY Translation: Then said Saul to his servants, Seek me a woman that has a spirit of Python, that I may go to her and inquire of her. And his servants said to him, Behold, there is a woman who has a spirit of Python at En-dor.
KJV Translation: Then said Saul unto his servants, Seek me a woman that hath a familiar spirit, that I may go to her, and enquire of her. And his servants said to him, Behold, [there is] a woman that hath a familiar spirit at Endor.
Keywords: JEZEBEL,SORCERY,WHOREDOM
Description: 2 Kings 9:22
NET Translation: When Joram saw Jehu, he asked, “Is everything all right, Jehu?” He replied, “How can everything be all right as long as your mother Jezebel promotes idolatry and pagan practices?”
DARBY Translation: And it came to pass when Joram saw Jehu, that he said, Is it peace, Jehu? And he said, What peace, so long as the fornications of thy mother Jezebel and her sorceries are so many?
KJV Translation: And it came to pass, when Joram saw Jehu, that he said, [Is it] peace, Jehu? And he answered, What peace, so long as the whoredoms of thy mother Jezebel and her witchcrafts [are so] many?
Keywords: HILKIAH,JOSIAH,OBEDIENCE,SORCERY
Description: 2 Kings 23:24
NET Translation: Josiah also got rid of the ritual pits used to conjure up spirits, the magicians, personal idols, disgusting images, and all the detestable idols that had appeared in the land of Judah and in Jerusalem. In this way he carried out the terms of the law recorded on the scroll that Hilkiah the priest had discovered in the Lord’s temple.
DARBY Translation: Moreover the necromancers and the soothsayers, and the teraphim and the idols, and all the abominations that were seen in the land of Judah and in Jerusalem, Josiah took away, that he might perform the words of the law which were written in the book that Hilkijah the priest had found in the house of Jehovah.
KJV Translation: Moreover the [workers with] familiar spirits, and the wizards, and the imagesK2173, and the idols, and all the abominations that were spied in the land of Judah and in Jerusalem, did Josiah put away, that he might perform the words of the law which were written in the book that Hilkiah the priest found in the house of the LORD.
Keywords: DEATH,FAMILIAR SPIRITS,SAUL,SORCERY,WICKED (PEOPLE)
Description: 1 Chronicles 10:13
NET Translation: So Saul died because he was unfaithful to the Lord and did not obey the Lord’s instructions; he even tried to conjure up underworld spirits.
DARBY Translation: And Saul died for his unfaithfulness which he committed against Jehovah, because of the word of Jehovah which he kept not, and also for having inquired of the spirit of Python, asking counsel of it;
KJV Translation: So Saul died for his transgression which he committedK2311against the LORD, [even] against the word of the LORD, which he kept not, and also for asking [counsel] of [one that had] a familiar spirit, to enquire [of it];
Keywords: HINNOM,IDOLATRY,SORCERY,TOPHET
Description: 2 Chronicles 33:6
NET Translation: He passed his sons through the fire in the Valley of Ben Hinnom and practiced divination, omen reading, and SORCERY. He set up a ritual pit to conjure up underworld spirits and appointed magicians to supervise it. He did a great amount of evil in the sight of the Lord and angered him.
DARBY Translation: He also caused his children to pass through the fire in the valley of the son of Hinnom; and he used magic and divination and SORCERY, and appointed necromancers and soothsayers: he wrought evil beyond measure in the sight of Jehovah, to provoke him to anger.
KJV Translation: And he caused his children to pass through the fire in the valley of the son of Hinnom: also he observed times, and used enchantments, and used witchcraft, and dealt with a familiar spirit, and with wizards: he wrought much evil in the sight of the LORD, to provoke him to anger.
Keywords: DESIRE,FAMILIAR SPIRITS,MINISTER,CHRISTIAN,NECROMANCY,SEEKERS,SORCERY
Description: Isaiah 8:19
NET Translation: They will say to you, “Seek oracles at the pits used to conjure up underworld spirits, from the magicians who chirp and mutter incantations. Should people not seek oracles from their gods, by asking the dead about the destiny of the living?”
DARBY Translation: And when they shall say unto you, Seek unto the necromancers and unto the soothsayers, who chirp and who mutter, [say,] Shall not a people seek unto their God? [Will they go] for the living unto the dead?
KJV Translation: And when they shall say unto you, Seek unto them that have familiar spirits, and unto wizards that peep, and that mutter: should not a people seek unto their God? for the living to the dead?
Verse Intro: The People of the Nation in Darkness
Keywords: CHARMERS AND CHARMING,FAMILIAR SPIRITS,SORCERY
Description: Isaiah 19:3
NET Translation: The Egyptians will panic, and I will confuse their strategy. They will seek guidance from the idols and from the spirits of the dead, from the pits used to conjure up underworld spirits, and from the magicians.
DARBY Translation: And the spirit of Egypt shall fail in the midst of it, and I will destroyD4755 the counsel thereof; and they shall seek unto the idols and unto the conjurers, and unto the necromancers, and unto the soothsayers.
KJV Translation: And the spirit of Egypt shall failK4686in the midst thereof; and I will destroyK4687the counsel thereof: and they shall seek to the idols, and to the charmers, and to them that have familiar spirits, and to the wizards.
Keywords: SORCERY,ZOAN
Description: Isaiah 19:11
NET Translation: The officials of Zoan are nothing but fools; Pharaoh’s wise advisers give stupid advice. How dare you say to Pharaoh, “I am one of the sages, one well-versed in the writings of the ancient kings?”
DARBY Translation: They are but fools, the princes of ZoanD4760, the wise counsellors of Pharaoh: [their] counsel is become senseless. How say ye unto Pharaoh, I am the son of the wise, the son of ancient kings?
KJV Translation: Surely the princes of Zoan [are] fools, the counsel of the wise counsellors of Pharaoh is become brutish: how say ye unto Pharaoh, I [am] the son of the wise, the son of ancient kings?
Keywords: SORCERY
Description: Isaiah 19:12
NET Translation: But where, oh where, are your wise men? Let them tell you, let them find out what the Lord of Heaven’s Armies has planned for Egypt.
DARBY Translation: Where are they then, thy wise [men]? Let them now tell thee, and let them make known what Jehovah of hosts hath purposed upon Egypt.
KJV Translation: Where [are] they? where [are] thy wise [men]? and let them tell thee now, and let them know what the LORD of hosts hath purposed upon Egypt.
Keywords: NECROMANCY,SORCERY,VENTRILOQUISM
Description: Isaiah 29:4
NET Translation: You will fall; while lying on the ground you will speak; from the dust where you lie, your words will be heard. Your voice will sound like a spirit speaking from the underworld; from the dust you will chirp as if muttering an incantation.
DARBY Translation: And thou shalt be brought low, thou shalt speak out of the ground, and thy speech shall come low out of the dust, and thy voice shall be as of one that hath a familiar spirit, out of the ground, and thy speech shall whisper out of the dust.
KJV Translation: And thou shalt be brought down, [and] shalt speak out of the ground, and thy speech shall be low out of the dust, and thy voice shall be, as of one that hath a familiar spirit, out of the ground, and thy speech shall whisperK4772out of the dust.
Keywords: SORCERY
Description: Isaiah 44:25
NET Translation: who frustrates the omens of the empty talkers and humiliates the omen readers, who overturns the counsel of the wise men and makes their advice seem foolish,
DARBY Translation: he that frustrateth the tokens of the liars, and maketh diviners mad; that turneth wise men backward, and maketh their knowledge foolish;
KJV Translation: That frustrateth the tokens of the liars, and maketh diviners mad; that turneth wise [men] backward, and maketh their knowledge foolish;
Keywords: PLEASURE,SECURITY,SORCERY
Description: Isaiah 47:9
NET Translation: Both of these will come upon you suddenly, in one day! You will lose your children and be widowed. You will be overwhelmed by these tragedies, despite your many incantations and your numerous amulets.
DARBY Translation: yet these two things shall come upon thee in a moment, in one day, loss of children and widowhood; they shall come upon thee in full measure forD5011 the multitude of thy sorceries, forD5012 the great abundance of thine enchantments.
KJV Translation: But these two [things] shall come to thee in a moment in one day, the loss of children, and widowhood: they shall come upon thee in their perfection for the multitude of thy sorceries, [and] for the great abundance of thine enchantments.
Keywords: ASTROLOGY,GENTILES,GOD,SORCERY
Description: Jeremiah 10:2
NET Translation: The Lord says: “Do not start following pagan religious practices. Do not be in awe of signs that occur in the sky even though the nations hold them in awe.
DARBY Translation: Thus saith Jehovah: Learn not the way of the nations, and be not dismayed at the signs of the heavens; for the nations are dismayed at them.
KJV Translation: Thus saith the LORD, Learn not the way of the heathen, and be not dismayed at the signs of heaven; for the heathen are dismayed at them.
Keywords: DECEIT,PROPHECIES CONCERNING ISRAEL,SORCERY,VISION
Description: Jeremiah 14:14
NET Translation: Then the Lord said to me, “Those prophets are prophesying lies while claiming my authority! I did not send them. I did not commission them. I did not speak to them. They are prophesying to these people false visions, worthless predictions, and the delusions of their own mind.
DARBY Translation: And Jehovah said unto me, The prophets prophesy falsehood in my name; I have not sent them, neither have I commanded them, nor spoken unto them: they prophesy unto you a false vision, and divination, and a thing of nought, and the deceit of their heart.
KJV Translation: Then the LORD said unto me, The prophets prophesy lies in my name: I sent them not, neither have I commanded them, neither spake unto them: they prophesy unto you a false vision and divination, and a thing of nought, and the deceit of their heart.
Keywords: AMMONITES,DREAM,MINISTER,CHRISTIAN,SORCERY
Description: Jeremiah 27:9
NET Translation: So do not listen to your prophets or to those who claim to predict the future by divination, by dreams, by consulting the dead, or by practicing magic. They keep telling you, ‘You do not need to be subject to the king of Babylon.’
DARBY Translation: And ye, hearken not to your prophets, nor to your diviners, nor to your dreamers, nor to your soothsayersD5346, nor to your sorcerers, who speak unto you saying: Ye shall not serve the king of Babylon.
KJV Translation: Therefore hearken not ye to your prophets, nor to your diviners, nor to your dreamersK5229, nor to your enchanters, nor to your sorcerers, which speak unto you, saying, Ye shall not serve the king of Babylon:
Keywords: DREAM,SORCERY
Description: Jeremiah 29:8
NET Translation: “For the Lord of Heaven’s Armies, the God of Israel, says, ‘Do not let the prophets among you or those who claim to be able to predict the future by divination deceive you. And do not pay any attention to the dreams that you are encouraging them to dream.
DARBY Translation: For thus saith Jehovah of hosts, the God of Israel: Let not your prophets that are in your midst, nor your diviners deceive you, neither hearken to your dreamD5348s, which ye like to dream.
KJV Translation: For thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Let not your prophets and your diviners, that [be] in the midst of you, deceive you, neither hearken to your dreams which ye cause to be dreamed.
Keywords: SORCERY
Description: Jeremiah 29:9
NET Translation: They are prophesying lies to you and claiming my authority to do so. But I did not send them. I, the Lord, affirm it!’
DARBY Translation: For they prophesy falsely unto you in my name: I have not sent them, saith Jehovah.
KJV Translation: For they prophesy falselyK5235unto you in my name: I have not sent them, saith the LORD.
Keywords: PROVERBS,SORCERY
Description: Ezekiel 12:23
NET Translation: Therefore tell them, ‘This is what the Sovereign Lord says: I hereby end this proverb; they will not recite it in Israel any longer.’ But say to them, ‘The days are at hand when every vision will be fulfilled.
DARBY Translation: Tell them therefore, Thus saith the Lord Jehovah: I will make this proverbD5647 to cease, and they shall no more use it as a proverb in Israel; but say unto them, The days are at hand, and the accomplishmentD5648 of every vision.
KJV Translation: Tell them therefore, Thus saith the Lord GOD; I will make this proverb to cease, and they shall no more use it as a proverb in Israel; but say unto them, The days are at hand, and the effect of every vision.
Keywords: SORCERY
Description: Ezekiel 12:24
NET Translation: For there will no longer be any false visions or flattering omens amidst the house of Israel.
DARBY Translation: For there shall be no more any vain vision nor flattering divination in the midst of the house of Israel.
KJV Translation: For there shall be no more any vain vision nor flattering divination within the house of Israel.
Keywords: SORCERY
Description: Ezekiel 13:6
NET Translation: They see delusion and their omens are a lie. They say, “The Lord declares,” though the Lord has not sent them; yet they expect their word to be confirmed.
DARBY Translation: They have seen vanity and lying divination, that say, Jehovah saith! and Jehovah hath not sent them; and they make [them] to hope that the word will be fulfilled.
KJV Translation: They have seen vanity and lying divination, saying, The LORD saith: and the LORD hath not sent them: and they have made [others] to hope that they would confirm the word.
Keywords: SORCERY,WOMEN
Description: Ezekiel 13:23
NET Translation: Therefore you will no longer see false visions and practice divination. I will rescue my people from your power, and you will know that I am the Lord.’”
DARBY Translation: therefore ye shall no more see vanity, nor divine divinations; and I will deliver my people out of your hand: and ye shall know that I [am] Jehovah.
KJV Translation: Therefore ye shall see no more vanity, nor divine divinations: for I will deliver my people out of your hand: and ye shall know that I [am] the LORD.
Keywords: ARROW,LIVER,SORCERY
Description: Ezekiel 21:21
NET Translation: For the king of Babylon stands at the fork in the road at the head of the two routes. He looks for omens: He shakes arrows, he consults idols, he examines animal livers.
DARBY Translation: For the king of Babylon standeth at the partingD5711 of the way, at the head of the two ways, to use divination: he shaketh [his] arrows, he inquireth of the teraphimD5712, he looketh in the liver.
KJV Translation: For the king of Babylon stood at the parting of the wayK5604, at the head of the two ways, to use divination: he made [his] arrowsK5605bright, he consulted with imagesK5606, he looked in the liver.
Keywords: ARMIES,BATTERING-RAM,SORCERY
Description: Ezekiel 21:22
NET Translation: Into his right hand comes the portent for Jerusalem—to set up battering rams, to give the signal for slaughter, to shout out the battle cry, to set up battering rams against the gates, to erect a siege ramp, to build a siege wall.
DARBY Translation: In his right hand is the lotD5713 of Jerusalem to appoint battering-rams, to open the mouth for bloodshed, to lift up the voice with shouting, to appoint battering-rams against the gates, to cast mounds, to build siege-towers.
KJV Translation: At his right hand was the divination for Jerusalem, to appoint captainsK5607, to open the mouth in the slaughter, to lift up the voice with shouting, to appoint [battering] rams against the gates, to cast a mount, [and] to build a fort.
Keywords: SORCERY
Description: Ezekiel 21:29
NET Translation: while seeing false visions about you and reading lying omens about you—to place you on the necks of the profane wicked, whose day has come, the time of final punishment.
DARBY Translation: whilst they see vanity for thee, whilst they divine a lie unto thee, to lay thee upon the necks of the wicked that are slain, whose day is come at the time of the iniquity of the end.
KJV Translation: Whiles they see vanity unto thee, whiles they divine a lie unto thee, to bring thee upon the necks of [them that are] slain, of the wicked, whose day is come, when their iniquity [shall have] an end.
Keywords: MINISTER,CHRISTIAN,MORTAR,SORCERY
Description: Ezekiel 22:28
NET Translation: Her prophets coat their messages with whitewash. They see false visions and announce lying omens for them, saying, ‘This is what the Sovereign Lord says,’ when the Lord has not spoken.
DARBY Translation: And her prophets have daubed for them with untempered [mortar], seeing vanity and divining lies unto them, saying, Thus saith the Lord Jehovah! and Jehovah hath not spoken.
KJV Translation: And her prophets have daubed them with untempered [morter], seeing vanity, and divining lies unto them, saying, Thus saith the Lord GOD, when the LORD hath not spoken.
Keywords: CHALDEANS,MAGICIAN,SORCERY
Description: Daniel 2:2
NET Translation: The king issued an order to summon the magicians, astrologers, sorcerers, and wise men in order to explain his dreams to him. So they came and awaited the king’s instructions.
DARBY Translation: And the king commanded to call the scribesD5978, and the magicians, and the sorcerers, and the Chaldeans, to shew the king his dreams; and they came and stood before the king.
KJV Translation: Then the king commanded to call the magicians, and the astrologers, and the sorcerers, and the Chaldeans, for to shew the king his dreams. So they came and stood before the king.
Keywords: SORCERY
Description: Daniel 2:10
NET Translation: The wise men replied to the king, “There is no man on earth who is able to disclose the king’s secret, for no king, regardless of his position and power, has ever requested such a thing from any magician, astrologer, or wise man.
DARBY Translation: The Chaldeans answered before the king and said, There is not a man upon the earth that can shew the king's matter; therefore there is no king, however great and powerful, that hath asked such a thing of any scribe, or magician, or Chaldean.
KJV Translation: The Chaldeans answered before the king, and said, There is not a man upon the earth that can shew the king's matter: therefore [there is] no king, lord, nor ruler, [that] asked such things at any magician, or astrologer, or Chaldean.
Keywords: ASTROLOGY,SORCERY
Description: Daniel 2:27
NET Translation: Daniel replied to the king, “The mystery that the king is asking about is such that no wise men, astrologers, magicians, or diviners can possibly disclose it to the king.
DARBY Translation: Daniel answered in the presence of the king and said, The secret that the king hath demanded cannot the wise men, the magicians, the scribes, the astrologers, shew unto the king;
KJV Translation: Daniel answered in the presence of the king, and said, The secret which the king hath demanded cannot the wise [men], the astrologers, the magicians, the soothsayers, shew unto the king;
Keywords: ASTROLOGY,CHAINS,CHALDEANS,COLORS,DRESS,SORCERY
Description: Daniel 5:7
NET Translation: The king called out loudly to summon the astrologers, wise men, and diviners. The king proclaimed to the wise men of Babylon that anyone who could read this inscription and disclose its interpretation would be clothed in purple and have a golden collar placed on his neck and be third ruler in the kingdom.
DARBY Translation: The king cried aloud to bring in the magicians, the Chaldeans, and the astrologers. The king spoke and said to the wise men of Babylon, Whosoever shall read this writing, and shew me the interpretation thereof, shall be clothed with purple, and have a chain of gold about his neck, and shall be the third ruler in the kingdom.
KJV Translation: The king cried aloudK5928to bring in the astrologers, the Chaldeans, and the soothsayers. [And] the king spake, and said to the wise [men] of Babylon, Whosoever shall read this writing, and shew me the interpretation thereof, shall be clothed with scarletK5929, and [have] a chain of gold about his neck, and shall be the third ruler in the kingdom.
Keywords: SORCERY
Description: Daniel 5:15
NET Translation: Now the wise men and astrologers were brought before me to read this writing and make known to me its interpretation. But they were unable to disclose the interpretation of the message.
DARBY Translation: And now the wise men, the magicians, have been brought in before me, that they should read this writing, and make known unto me the interpretation thereof; but they could not shew the interpretation of the thingD6015.
KJV Translation: And now the wise [men], the astrologers, have been brought in before me, that they should read this writing, and make known unto me the interpretation thereof: but they could not shew the interpretation of the thing:
Keywords: IDOLATRY,SORCERY
Description: Hosea 4:12
NET Translation: They consult their wooden idols, and their diviner’s staff answers with an oracle. The wind of prostitution blows them astray; they commit spiritual adultery against their God.
DARBY Translation: My people ask counsel of their stock, and their staff declareth unto them; for the spirit of whoredoms causeth [them] to err, and they have gone a whoring from under their God:
KJV Translation: My people ask counsel at their stocks, and their staff declareth unto them: for the spirit of whoredoms hath caused [them] to err, and they have gone a whoring from under their God.
Keywords: ECLIPSE,SORCERY,SUN
Description: Micah 3:6
NET Translation: Therefore night will fall, and you will receive no visions; it will grow dark, and you will no longer be able to read the omens. The sun will set on these prophets, and the daylight will turn to darkness over their heads.
DARBY Translation: therefore ye shall have night without a vision; and it shall be dark unto you, without divination; and the sun shall go down upon the prophets, and the day shall be black over them.
KJV Translation: Therefore night [shall be] unto you, that ye shall not have a visionK6299; and it shall be dark unto you, that ye shall not divineK6300; and the sun shall go down over the prophets, and the day shall be dark over them.
Keywords: MOURNING,PROPHETS,SORCERY
Description: Micah 3:7
NET Translation: The prophets will be ashamed; the omen readers will be humiliated. All of them will cover their mouths, for they will receive no divine oracles.”
DARBY Translation: And the seers shall be ashamed, and the diviners confounded; and they shall all cover their lips, for there will be no answer of God.
KJV Translation: Then shall the seers be ashamed, and the diviners confounded: yea, they shall all cover their lipsK6301; for [there is] no answer of God.
Keywords: IDOLATRY,SORCERY
Description: Micah 5:12
NET Translation: I will remove the SORCERY that you practice, and you will no longer have omen readers living among you.
DARBY Translation: And I will cut off sorceries out of thy hand; and thou shalt have no soothsayers.
KJV Translation: And I will cut off witchcrafts out of thine hand; and thou shalt have no [more] soothsayers:
Keywords: SORCERY
Description: Nahum 3:4
NET Translation: Because you have acted like a wanton prostitute—a seductive mistress who practices SORCERY, who enslaves nations by her harlotry, and entices peoples by her SORCERY—
DARBY Translation: Because of the multitude of the fornications of the well-favoured harlot, mistress of sorceries, that selleth nations through her fornications, and families through her sorceries,
KJV Translation: Because of the multitude of the whoredoms of the wellfavoured harlot, the mistress of witchcrafts, that selleth nations through her whoredoms, and families through her witchcrafts.
Keywords: SORCERY
Description: Nahum 3:5
NET Translation: “I am against you,” declares the Lord of Heaven’s Armies. “I will strip off your clothes! I will show your nakedness to the nations and your shame to the kingdoms.
DARBY Translation: behold, I am against thee, saith Jehovah of hosts; and I will uncover thy skirts upon thy face, and I will shew the nations thy nakedness, and the kingdoms thy shame.
KJV Translation: Behold, I [am] against thee, saith the LORD of hosts; and I will discover thy skirts upon thy face, and I will shew the nations thy nakedness, and the kingdoms thy shame.
Keywords: DREAM,IDOLATRY,SORCERY
Description: Zechariah 10:2
NET Translation: For the household gods have spoken wickedness, the soothsayers have seen a lie, and the dreamers have disclosed emptiness and give comfort in vain. Therefore the people set out like sheep and become scattered because they have no shepherd.
DARBY Translation: For the teraphim have spoken vanity, and the diviners have seen a lie, and have told false dreams: they comfort in vain. Therefore they have gone away as a flock, they are in distressD6551, because there is no shepherd.
KJV Translation: For the idolsK6486have spoken vanity, and the diviners have seen a lie, and have told false dreams; they comfort in vain: therefore they went their way as a flock, they were troubledK6487, because [there was] no shepherd.
Keywords: ALIENS,CHILDREN,EMPLOYEE,EMPLOYER,GOD,HIRELING,LABOR,MASTER,OPPRESSION,ORPHAN,PERJURY,SERVANT,SORCERY,STRANGERS,WAGES,WIDOW
Description: Malachi 3:5
NET Translation: “I will come to you in judgment. I will be quick to testify against those who practice divination; those who commit adultery; those who break promises; and those who exploit workers, widows, and orphans, who refuse to help the resident foreigner and in this way show they do not fear me,” says the Lord of Heaven’s Armies.
DARBY Translation: And I will come near to you to judgment; and I will be a swift witness against the sorcerers, and against the adulterers, and against the false swearers, and against those that oppressD6606 the hired servant in [his] wages, the widow and the fatherless, and that turn aside the stranger [from his right]D6607, and fear not me, saith Jehovah of hosts.
KJV Translation: And I will come near to you to judgment; and I will be a swift witness against the sorcerers, and against the adulterers, and against false swearers, and against those that oppressK6545the hireling in [his] wages, the widow, and the fatherless, and that turn aside the stranger [from his right], and fear not me, saith the LORD of hosts.
Keywords: ANTICHRIST,MINISTER,CHRISTIAN,MIRACLES,SORCERY
Description: Matthew 24:24
NET Translation: For false messiahs and false prophets will appear and perform great signs and wonders to deceive, if possible, even the elect.
DARBY Translation: For there shall arise false Christs, and false prophets, and shall give great signs and wonders, so as to mislead, if possibleD6914, even the elect.
KJV Translation: “For there shall arise false Christs, and false prophets, and shall shew great signs and wonders; insomuch that, if” [it were] “possible, they shall deceive the very elect.”
Keywords: FAITH,MINISTER,CHRISTIAN,MIRACLES,SELF-EXALTATION,SIMON,SORCERY
Description: Acts 8:9
NET Translation: Now in that city was a man named Simon, who had been practicing magic and amazing the people of Samaria, claiming to be someone great.
DARBY Translation: But a certain man, by name Simon, had been before in the city, using magic arts, and astonishing the nation of Samaria, saying that himself was some great one.
KJV Translation: But there was a certain man, called Simon, which beforetime in the same city used SORCERY, and bewitched the people of Samaria, giving out that himself was some great one:
Verse Intro: Simon the Magician Believes in Christ
Keywords: SORCERY,GENTILES,PETER
Description: Acts 11:1
NET Translation: Now the apostles and the brothers who were throughout Judea heard that the Gentiles too had accepted the word of God.
DARBY Translation: And the apostles and the brethren who were in Judaea heard that the nations also had received the word of God;
KJV Translation: And the apostles and brethren that were in Judaea heard that the Gentiles had also received the word of God.
Verse Intro: Peter Before Jewish Believers in Jerusalem Defends Actions with Gentiles
Keywords: DEPUTY,ELYMAS,MIRACLES,SORCERY
Description: Acts 13:8
NET Translation: But the magician Elymas (for that is the way his name is translated) opposed them, trying to turn the proconsul away from the faith.
DARBY Translation: But Elymas the magician (for so his name is by interpretation) opposed them, seeking to turn away the proconsul from the faith.
KJV Translation: But Elymas the sorcerer (for so is his name by interpretation) withstood them, seeking to turn away the deputy from the faith.
Keywords: DEMONS,PAUL,SORCERY,VENTRILOQUISM
Description: Acts 16:16
NET Translation: Now as we were going to the place of prayer, a slave girl met us who had a spirit that enabled her to foretell the future by supernatural means. She brought her owners a great profit by fortune-telling.
DARBY Translation: And it came to pass as we were going to prayer that a certain female slave, having a spirit of Python, met us, who brought much profit to her masters by prophesying.
KJV Translation: And it came to pass, as we went to prayer, a certain damsel possessed with a spirit of divinationK6775met us, which brought her masters much gain by soothsaying:
Verse Intro: Paul Casts Out Evil Spirit from Slave Girl
Keywords: DEMONS,EPHESUS,JESUS THE CHRIST,MIRACLES,PAUL,PRESUMPTION,SCEVA,SORCERY,SUPERSTITION
Description: Acts 19:13
NET Translation: But some itinerant Jewish exorcists tried to invoke the name of the Lord Jesus over those who were possessed by evil spirits, saying, “I sternly warn you by Jesus whom Paul preaches.”
DARBY Translation: And certain of the Jewish exorcists also, who went about, took in hand to call upon those who had wicked spirits the name of the Lord Jesus, saying, I adjure you by Jesus, whom Paul preaches.
KJV Translation: Then certain of the vagabond Jews, exorcists, took upon them to call over them which had evil spirits the name of the Lord Jesus, saying, We adjure you by Jesus whom Paul preacheth.
Keywords: PRESUMPTION,SORCERY
Description: Acts 19:14
NET Translation: (Now seven sons of a man named Sceva, a Jewish high priest, were doing this.)
DARBY Translation: And there were certain [men], seven sons of Sceva, Jewish high priest, who were doing this.
KJV Translation: And there were seven sons of [one] Sceva, a Jew, [and] chief of the priests, which did so.
Keywords: DEMONS,SORCERY
Description: Acts 19:15
NET Translation: But the evil spirit replied to them, “I know about Jesus and I am acquainted with Paul, but who are you?”
DARBY Translation: But the wicked spirit answering said to them, Jesus I know, and Paul I am acquainted withD7886; but *ye*, who are ye?
KJV Translation: And the evil spirit answered and said, Jesus I know, and Paul I know; but who are ye?
Keywords: RIGHTEOUSNESS,SILVER,SORCERY
Description: Acts 19:19
NET Translation: Large numbers of those who had practiced magic collected their books and burned them up in the presence of everyone. When the value of the books was added up, it was found to total 50,000 silver coins.
DARBY Translation: And many of those that practised curious arts brought their books [of charms] and burnt them before all. And they reckoned up the prices of them, and found it fifty thousand pieces of silver.
KJV Translation: Many of them also which used curious arts brought their books together, and burned them before all [men]: and they counted the price of them, and found [it] fifty thousand [pieces] of silver.
Keywords: HATRED,SORCERY,WICKED (PEOPLE)
Description: Galatians 5:20
NET Translation: idolatry, SORCERY, hostilities, strife, jealousy, outbursts of anger, selfish rivalries, dissensions, factions,
DARBY Translation: idolatry, SORCERY, hatred, strifes, jealousies, angers, contentions, disputes, schools of opinion,
KJV Translation: Idolatry, witchcraft, hatred, variance, emulations, wrath, strife, seditions, heresies,
Keywords: MIRACLES,SATAN,SORCERY
Description: 2 Thessalonians 2:9
NET Translation: The arrival of the lawless one will be by Satan’s working with all kinds of miracles and signs and false wonders,
DARBY Translation: whoseD8817 coming is according to the workingD8818 of Satan in allD8819 power and signs and wonders of falsehood,
KJV Translation: [Even him], whose coming is after the working of Satan with all power and signs and lying wonders,
Keywords: MERCHANT
Description: Revelation 18:23
NET Translation: Even the light from a lamp will never shine in you again! The voices of the bridegroom and his bride will never be heard in you again. For your merchants were the tycoons of the world, because all the nations were deceived by your magic spells!
DARBY Translation: and light of lamp shall shine no more at all in thee, and voice of bridegroom and bride shall be heard no more at all in thee; for thy merchants were the great ones of the earth; for by thy SORCERY have all the nations been deceived.
KJV Translation: And the light of a candle shall shine no more at all in thee; and the voice of the bridegroom and of the bride shall be heard no more at all in thee: for thy merchants were the great men of the earth; for by thy sorceries were all nations deceived.