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Description: Genesis 43:7
NET Translation: They replied, “The man questioned us thoroughly about ourselves and our family, saying, ‘Is your father still alive? Do you have another brother?’ So we answered him in this way. How could we possibly know that he would say, ‘Bring your brother down’?”
DARBY Translation: And they said, The man asked very closely after us, and after our kindred, saying, Is your father yet alive? have ye a brother? And we told him according to the tenor of these words. Could we at all know that he would say, Bring your brother down?
KJV Translation: And they said, The man asked us Straitly of our state, and of our kindred, saying, [Is] your father yet alive? have ye [another] brother? and we told him according to the tenor of these words: could we certainly know that he would say, Bring your brother down?
Keywords: Bones, Joseph
Description: Exodus 13:19
NET Translation: Moses took the bones of Joseph with him, for Joseph had made the Israelites solemnly swear, “God will surely attend to you, and you will carry my bones up from this place with you.”
DARBY Translation: And Moses took the bones of Joseph with him; for he had made the children of Israel swear an oath, saying, God will be sure to visit you; then ye shall carry my bones with you hence.
KJV Translation: And Moses took the bones of Joseph with him: for he had Straitly sworn the children of Israel, saying, God will surely visit you; and ye shall carry up my bones away hence with you.
Description: Deuteronomy 28:53
NET Translation: You will then eat your own offspring, the flesh of the sons and daughters the Lord your God has given you, because of the severity of the siege by which your enemies will constrict you.
DARBY Translation: And in the siege, and in the Straitness, wherewith thine enemies shall distress thee, thou shalt eat the fruit of thine own body, the flesh of thy sons and of thy daughters whom Jehovah thy God hath given thee.
KJV Translation: And thou shalt eat the fruit of thine own body, the flesh of thy sons and of thy daughters, which the LORD thy God hath given thee, in the siege, and in the Straitness, wherewith thine enemies shall distress thee:
Description: Deuteronomy 28:55
NET Translation: He will withhold from all of them his children’s flesh that he is eating (since there is nothing else left), because of the severity of the siege by which your enemy will constrict you in your villages.
DARBY Translation: so that he will not give to any of them of the flesh of his children that he eateth, because he hath nothing left him in the siege and in the Straitness wherewith thine enemies shall distress thee in all thy gates.
KJV Translation: So that he will not give to any of them of the flesh of his children whom he shall eat: because he hath nothing left him in the siege, and in the Straitness, wherewith thine enemies shall distress thee in all thy gates.
Description: Deuteronomy 28:57
NET Translation: and will secretly eat her afterbirth and her newborn children (since she has nothing else), because of the severity of the siege by which your enemy will constrict you in your villages.
DARBY Translation: because of her afterbirth which hath come out between her feet, and her children whom she shall bear; for she shall secretly eat them for want of everything in the siege and in the Straitness wherewith thine enemy shall distress thee in thy gates.
KJV Translation: And toward her young one that cometh out from between her feet, and toward her children which she shall bear: for she shall eat them for want of all [things] secretly in the siege and Straitness, wherewith thine enemy shall distress thee in thy gates.
Description: Joshua 6:1
NET Translation: Now Jericho was shut tightly because of the Israelites. No one was allowed to leave or enter.
DARBY Translation: Now Jericho was shut up and was barred, because of the children of Israel: none went out, and none came in.
KJV Translation: Now Jericho was Straitly shut up because of the children of Israel: none went out, and none came in.
Verse Intro: The Fall of Jericho
Keywords: Israel
Description: 1 Samuel 13:6
NET Translation: The men of Israel realized they had a problem because their army was hard pressed. So the army hid in caves, thickets, cliffs, strongholds, and cisterns.
DARBY Translation: And the men of Israel saw that they were in a Strait (for the people were distressed); and the people hid themselves in caves, and in thickets, and in cliffs, and in strongholds, and in pits.
KJV Translation: When the men of Israel saw that they were in a Strait, (for the people were distressed,) then the people did hide themselves in caves, and in thickets, and in rocks, and in high places, and in pits.
Keywords: Food, Man
Description: 1 Samuel 14:28
NET Translation: Then someone from the army informed him, “Your father put the army under a strict oath saying, ‘Cursed be the man who eats food today.’ That is why the army is tired.”
DARBY Translation: Then answered one of the people and said, Thy father strictly adjured the people, saying, Cursed be the man that eateth food this day; and the people are faint.
KJV Translation: Then answered one of the people, and said, Thy father Straitly charged the people with an oath, saying, Cursed [be] the man that eateth [any] food this day. And the people were faint.
Keywords: David, Hand
Description: 2 Samuel 24:14
NET Translation: David said to Gad, “I am very upset! I prefer that we be attacked by the Lord, for his mercy is great; I do not want to be attacked by human hands!”
DARBY Translation: And David said to Gad, I am in a great Strait: let us fall, I pray thee, into the hand of Jehovah; for his mercies are great; but let me not fall into the hand of man.
KJV Translation: And David said unto Gad, I am in a great Strait: let us fall now into the hand of the LORD; for his mercies [are] great: and let me not fall into the hand of man.
Keywords: Strait
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 dwell 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.
Keywords: David, Hand
Description: 1 Chronicles 21:13
NET Translation: David said to Gad, “I am very upset! I prefer to be attacked by the Lord, for his mercy is very great; I do not want to be attacked by men!”
DARBY Translation: And David said to Gad, I am in a great Strait: let me fall, I pray thee, into the hand of Jehovah, for his mercies are very great; but let me not fall into the hand of man.
KJV Translation: And David said unto Gad, I am in a great Strait: let me fall now into the hand of the LORD; for very great [are] his mercies: but let me not fall into the hand of man.
Description: Job 12:23
NET Translation: He makes nations great, and destroys them; he extends the boundaries of nations and disperses them.
DARBY Translation: He increaseth the nations, and destroyeth them; he spreadeth out the nations, and bringeth them in;
KJV Translation: He increaseth the nations, and destroyeth them: he enlargeth the nations, and Straiteneth them [again].
Keywords: Counsel, Strength
Description: Job 18:7
NET Translation: His vigorous steps are restricted, and his own counsel throws him down.
DARBY Translation: The steps of his strength shall be Straitened, and his own counsel shall cast him down.
KJV Translation: The steps of his strength shall be Straitened, and his own counsel shall cast him down.
Keywords: Hand, Wicked
Description: Job 20:22
NET Translation: In the fullness of his sufficiency, distress overtakes him. The full force of misery will come upon him.
DARBY Translation: In the fulness of his sufficiency he shall be in Straits; every hand of the wretched shall come upon him.
KJV Translation: In the fulness of his sufficiency he shall be in Straits: every hand of the wicked shall come upon him.
Keywords: Strait, Table
Description: Job 36:16
NET Translation: And surely, he drew you from the mouth of distress, to a wide place, unrestricted, and to the comfort of your table filled with rich food.
DARBY Translation: Even so would he have allured thee out of the jaws of distress into a broad place, where there is no Straitness; and the supply of thy table [would be] full of fatness.
KJV Translation: Even so would he have removed thee out of the Strait [into] a broad place, where [there is] no Straitness; and that which should be set on thy table [should be] full of fatness.
Keywords: God
Description: Job 37:10
NET Translation: The breath of God produces ice, and the breadth of the waters freeze solid.
DARBY Translation: By the breath of God ice is given; and the breadth of the waters is Straitened.
KJV Translation: By the breath of God frost is given: and the breadth of the waters is Straitened.
Keywords: Halt
Description: Proverbs 4:12
NET Translation: When you walk, your steps will not be hampered, and when you run, you will not stumble.
DARBY Translation: When thou goest, thy steps shall not be Straitened; and when thou runnest, thou shalt not stumble.
KJV Translation: When thou goest, thy steps shall not be Straitened; and when thou runnest, thou shalt not stumble.
Keywords: Arrow, Son
Description: Isaiah 49:19
NET Translation: Yes, your land lies in ruins; it is desolate and devastated. But now you will be too small to hold your residents, and those who devoured you will be far away.
DARBY Translation: For [in] thy waste and thy desolate places, and thy destroyed land, thou shalt even now be too Straitened by reason of the inhabitants, and they that swallowed thee up shall be far away.
KJV Translation: For thy waste and thy desolate places, and the land of thy destruction, shall even now be too narrow by reason of the inhabitants, and they that swallowed thee up shall be far away.
Keywords: Children, Halt, Strait
Description: Isaiah 49:20
NET Translation: Yet the children born during your time of bereavement will say within your hearing, ‘This place is too cramped for us, make room for us so we can live here.’
DARBY Translation: The children of thy bereavement shall yet say in thine ears, The place is too narrow for me: make room for me, that I may dwell.
KJV Translation: The children which thou shalt have, after thou hast lost the other, shall say again in thine ears, The place [is] too Strait for me: give place to me that I may dwell.
Keywords: Flesh, Friend, Seek, Siege
Description: Jeremiah 19:9
NET Translation: I will reduce the people of this city to desperate Straits during the siege imposed on it by their enemies who are seeking to kill them. I will make them so desperate that they will eat the flesh of their own sons and daughters and the flesh of one another.”’”
DARBY Translation: And I will cause them to eat the flesh of their sons and the flesh of their daughters, and they shall eat everyone the flesh of his friend, in the siege and in the Straitness wherewith their enemies, and they that seek their lives, shall Straiten them.
KJV Translation: And I will cause them to eat the flesh of their sons and the flesh of their daughters, and they shall eat every one the flesh of his friend in the siege and Straitness, wherewith their enemies, and they that seek their lives, shall Straiten them.
Keywords: Captivity, Judah
Description: Lamentations 1:3
NET Translation: ג (Gimel). Judah has departed into exile under affliction and harsh oppression. She lives among the nations; she has found no resting place. All who pursued her overtook her in narrow Straits.
DARBY Translation: Judah is gone into captivity because of affliction, and because of great servitude; she dwelleth among the nations, she findeth no rest: all her pursuers have overtaken her within the Straits.
KJV Translation: Judah is gone into captivity because of affliction, and because of great servitude: she dwelleth among the heathen, she findeth no rest: all her persecutors overtook her between the Straits.
Description: Ezekiel 42:6
NET Translation: For they were in three stories and had no pillars like the pillars of the courts; therefore, the upper chambers were set back from the ground more than the lower and middle ones.
DARBY Translation: For they were in three [stories], but had not pillars as the pillars of the courts; therefore [the third story] was Straitened more than the lowest and the middle-most from the ground.
KJV Translation: For they [were] in three [stories], but had not pillars as the pillars of the courts: therefore [the building] was Straitened more than the lowest and the middlemost from the ground.
Keywords: Hough, King
Description: Hosea 8:10
NET Translation: Even though they have hired lovers among the nations, I will soon gather them together for judgment. Then they will begin to waste away under the oppression of a mighty king.
DARBY Translation: Although they hire among the nations, now will I gather them, and they shall begin to be Straitened under the burden of the king of princes.
KJV Translation: Yea, though they have hired among the nations, now will I gather them, and they shall sorrow a little for the burden of the king of princes.
Keywords: Spirit
Description: Micah 2:7
NET Translation: Does the family of Jacob say, “The Lord’s patience can’t be exhausted—he would never do such things”? To be sure, my commands bring a reward for those who obey them,
DARBY Translation: O thou [that art] named the house of Jacob, Is Jehovah impatient? are these his doings? Do not my words do good to him that walketh uprightly?
KJV Translation: O [thou that art] named the house of Jacob, is the spirit of the LORD Straitened? [are] these his doings? do not my words do good to him that walketh uprightly?
Keywords: Strait
Description: Matthew 7:13
NET Translation: “Enter through the narrow gate, because the gate is wide and the way is spacious that leads to destruction, and there are many who enter through it.
DARBY Translation: Enter in through the narrow gate, for wide the gate and broad the way that leads to destruction, and many are they who enter in through it.
KJV Translation: “Enter ye in at the Strait gate: for wide” [is] “the gate, and broad” [is] “the way, that leadeth to destruction, and many there be which go in thereat:”
Description: Matthew 7:14
NET Translation: How narrow is the gate and difficult the way that leads to life, and there are few who find it!
DARBY Translation: For narrow the gate and Straitened the way that leads to life, and they are few who find it.
KJV Translation: “Because Strait” [is] “the gate, and narrow” [is] “the way, which leadeth unto life, and few there be that find it.”
Keywords: Jesus, Man
Description: Matthew 9:30
NET Translation: And their eyes were opened. Then Jesus sternly warned them, “See that no one knows about this!”
DARBY Translation: And their eyes were opened; and Jesus charged them sharply, saying, See, let no man know it.
KJV Translation: And their eyes were opened; and Jesus Straitly charged them, saying, “See” [that] “no man know” [it].
Description: Mark 1:43
NET Translation: Immediately Jesus sent the man away with a very strong warning.
DARBY Translation: And having sharply charged him, he straightway sent him away,
KJV Translation: And he Straitly charged him, and forthwith sent him away;
Description: Mark 3:12
NET Translation: But he sternly ordered them not to make him known.
DARBY Translation: And he rebuked them much, that they might not make him manifest.
KJV Translation: And he Straitly charged them that they should not make him known.
Keywords: Man
Description: Mark 5:43
NET Translation: He strictly ordered that no one should know about this, and told them to give her something to eat.
DARBY Translation: And he charged them much that no one should know this; and he desired that [something] should be given her to eat.
KJV Translation: And he charged them Straitly that no man should know it; and commanded that something should be given her to eat.
Keywords: Man
Description: Mark 8:30
NET Translation: Then he warned them not to tell anyone about him.
DARBY Translation: And he charged them Straitly, in order that they should tell no man about him.
KJV Translation: And he charged them that they should tell no man of him.
Keywords: Man
Description: Luke 9:21
NET Translation: But he forcefully commanded them not to tell this to anyone,
DARBY Translation: But, earnestly charging them, he enjoined [them] to say this to no man,
KJV Translation: And he Straitly charged them, and commanded [them] to tell no man that thing;
Keywords: Baptism
Description: Luke 12:50
NET Translation: I have a baptism to undergo, and how distressed I am until it is finished!
DARBY Translation: But I have a baptism to be baptised with, and how am I Straitened until it shall have been accomplished!
KJV Translation: “But I have a baptism to be baptized with; and how am I Straitened till it be accomplished!”
Keywords: Seek, Strait
Description: Luke 13:24
NET Translation: “Exert every effort to enter through the narrow door, because many, I tell you, will try to enter and will not be able to.
DARBY Translation: Strive with earnestness to enter in through the narrow door, for many, I say to you, will seek to enter in and will not be able.
KJV Translation: “Strive to enter in at the Strait gate: for many, I say unto you, will seek to enter in, and shall not be able.”
Keywords: Man
Description: Acts 4:17
NET Translation: But to keep this matter from spreading any further among the people, let us warn them to speak no more to anyone in this name.”
DARBY Translation: But that it be not further spread among the people, let us threaten them severely no longer to speak to any man in this name.
KJV Translation: But that it spread no further among the people, let us Straitly threaten them, that they speak henceforth to no man in this name.
Keywords: Blood, Jerusalem
Description: Acts 5:28
NET Translation: saying, “We gave you strict orders not to teach in this name. Look, you have filled Jerusalem with your teaching, and you intend to bring this man’s blood on us!”
DARBY Translation: saying, We strictly enjoined you not to teach in this name: and lo, ye have filled Jerusalem with your doctrine, and purpose to bring upon us the blood of this man.
KJV Translation: Saying, Did not we Straitly command you that ye should not teach in this name? and, behold, ye have filled Jerusalem with your doctrine, and intend to bring this man's blood upon us.
Keywords: Test
Description: Acts 26:5
NET Translation: They know, because they have known me from time past, if they are willing to testify, that according to the strictest party of our religion, I lived as a Pharisee.
DARBY Translation: who knew me before from the outset [of my life], if they would bear witness, that according to the strictest sect of our religion I lived a Pharisee.
KJV Translation: Which knew me from the beginning, if they would testify, that after the most Straitest sect of our religion I lived a Pharisee.
Keywords: Hough, Time, Wives
Description: 1 Corinthians 7:29
NET Translation: And I say this, brothers and sisters: The time is short. So then those who have wives should be as those who have none,
DARBY Translation: But this I say, brethren, the time is Straitened. For the rest, that they who have wives, be as not having [any]:
KJV Translation: But this I say, brethren, the time [is] short: it remaineth, that both they that have wives be as though they had none;
Description: 2 Corinthians 4:8
NET Translation: We are experiencing trouble on every side, but are not crushed; we are perplexed, but not driven to despair;
DARBY Translation: every way afflicted, but not Straitened; seeing no apparent issue, but our way not entirely shut up;
KJV Translation: [We are] troubled on every side, yet not distressed; [we are] perplexed, but not in despair;
Description: 2 Corinthians 6:4
NET Translation: But as God’s servants, we have commended ourselves in every way, with great endurance, in persecutions, in difficulties, in distresses,
DARBY Translation: but in everything commending ourselves as God's ministers, in much endurance, in afflictions, in necessities, in Straits,
KJV Translation: But in all [things] approving ourselves as the ministers of God, in much patience, in afflictions, in necessities, in distresses,
Description: 2 Corinthians 6:12
NET Translation: Our affection for you is not restricted, but you are restricted in your affections for us.
DARBY Translation: Ye are not Straitened in us, but ye are Straitened in your affections;
KJV Translation: Ye are not Straitened in us, but ye are Straitened in your own bowels.
Description: 2 Corinthians 12:10
NET Translation: Therefore I am content with weaknesses, with insults, with troubles, with persecutions and difficulties for the sake of Christ, for whenever I am weak, then I am strong.
DARBY Translation: Wherefore I take pleasure in weaknesses, in insults, in necessities, in persecutions, in Straits, for Christ: for when I am weak, then I am powerful.
KJV Translation: Therefore I take pleasure in infirmities, in reproaches, in necessities, in persecutions, in distresses for Christ's sake: for when I am weak, then am I strong.
Keywords: Strait
Description: Philippians 1:23
NET Translation: I feel torn between the two, because I have a desire to depart and be with Christ, which is better by far,
DARBY Translation: But I am pressed by both, having the desire for departure and being with Christ, [for] [it is] very much better,
KJV Translation: For I am in a Strait betwixt two, having a desire to depart, and to be with Christ; which is far better: