Septuagint Bible w/ Apocrypha LXX
New Revised Standard w/ Apocrypha NRSA
1 Therefore by the like were they punished worthily, and by the multitude of beasts tormented.
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Therefore those people were deservedly punished through such creatures, and were tormented by a multitude of animals.
2 Instead of which punishment, dealing graciously with thine own people, thou preparedst for them meat of a strange taste, even quails to stir up their appetite:
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Instead of this punishment you showed kindness to your people, and you prepared quails to eat, a delicacy to satisfy the desire of appetite;
3 To the end that they, desiring food, might for the ugly sight of the beasts sent among them lothe even that, which they must needs desire; but these, suffering penury for a short space, might be made partakers of a strange taste.
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in order that those people, when they desired food, might lose the least remnant of appetite because of the odious creatures sent to them, while your people, after suffering want a short time, might partake of delicacies.
4 For it was requisite, that upon them exercising tyranny should come penury, which they could not avoid: but to these it should only be shewed how their enemies were tormented.
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For it was necessary that upon those oppressors inescapable want should come, while to these others it was merely shown how their enemies were being tormented.
5 For when the horrible fierceness of beasts came upon these, and they perished with the stings of crooked serpents, thy wrath endured not for ever:
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For when the terrible rage of wild animals came upon your people and they were being destroyed by the bites of writhing serpents, your wrath did not continue to the end;
6 But they were troubled for a small season, that they might be admonished, having a sign of salvation, to put them in remembrance of the commandment of thy law.
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they were troubled for a little while as a warning, and received a symbol of deliverance to remind them of your law's command.
7 For he that turned himself toward it was not saved by the thing that he saw, but by thee, that art the Saviour of all.
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For the one who turned toward it was saved, not by the thing that was beheld, but by you, the Savior of all.
8 And in this thou madest thine enemies confess, that it is thou who deliverest from all evil:
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And by this also you convinced our enemies that it is you who deliver from every evil.
9 For them the bitings of grasshoppers and flies killed, neither was there found any remedy for their life: for they were worthy to be punished by such.
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For they were killed by the bites of locusts and flies, and no healing was found for them, because they deserved to be punished by such things.
10 But thy sons not the very teeth of venomous dragons overcame: for thy mercy was ever by them, and healed them.
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But your children were not conquered even by the fangs of venomous serpents, for your mercy came to their help and healed them.
11 For they were pricked, that they should remember thy words; and were quickly saved, that not falling into deep forgetfulness, they might be continually mindful of thy goodness.
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To remind them of your oracles they were bitten, and then were quickly delivered, so that they would not fall into deep forgetfulness and become unresponsive to your kindness.
12 For it was neither herb, nor mollifying plaister, that restored them to health: but thy word, O Lord, which healeth all things.
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For neither herb nor poultice cured them, but it was your word, O Lord, that heals all people.
13 For thou hast power of life and death: thou leadest to the gates of hell, and bringest up again.
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For you have power over life and death; you lead mortals down to the gates of Hades and back again.
14 A man indeed killeth through his malice: and the spirit, when it is gone forth, returneth not; neither the soul received up cometh again.
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A person in wickedness kills another, but cannot bring back the departed spirit, or set free the imprisoned soul.
15 But it is not possible to escape thine hand.
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To escape from your hand is impossible;
16 For the ungodly, that denied to know thee, were scourged by the strength of thine arm: with strange rains, hails, and showers, were they persecuted, that they could not avoid, and through fire were they consumed.
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for the ungodly, refusing to know you, were flogged by the strength of your arm, pursued by unusual rains and hail and relentless storms, and utterly consumed by fire.
17 For, which is most to be wondered at, the fire had more force in the water, that quencheth all things: for the world fighteth for the righteous.
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For—most incredible of all—in water, which quenches all things, the fire had still greater effect, for the universe defends the righteous.
18 For sometime the flame was mitigated, that it might not burn up the beasts that were sent against the ungodly; but themselves might see and perceive that they were persecuted with the judgment of God.
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At one time the flame was restrained, so that it might not consume the creatures sent against the ungodly, but that seeing this they might know that they were being pursued by the judgment of God;
19 And at another time it burneth even in the midst of water above the power of fire, that it might destroy the fruits of an unjust land.
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and at another time even in the midst of water it burned more intensely than fire, to destroy the crops of the unrighteous land.
20 Instead whereof thou feddest thine own people with angels' food, and didst send them from heaven bread prepared without their labour, able to content every man's delight, and agreeing to every taste.
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Instead of these things you gave your people food of angels, and without their toil you supplied them from heaven with bread ready to eat, providing every pleasure and suited to every taste.
21 For thy sustenance declared thy sweetness unto thy children, and serving to the appetite of the eater, tempered itself to every man's liking.
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For your sustenance manifested your sweetness toward your children; and the bread, ministering to the desire of the one who took it, was changed to suit everyone's liking.
22 But snow and ice endured the fire, and melted not, that they might know that fire burning in the hail, and sparkling in the rain, did destroy the fruits of the enemies.
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Snow and ice withstood fire without melting, so that they might know that the crops of their enemies were being destroyed by the fire that blazed in the hail and flashed in the showers of rain;
23 But this again did even forget his own strength, that the righteous might be nourished.
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whereas the fire, in order that the righteous might be fed, even forgot its native power.
24 For the creature that serveth thee, who art the Maker increaseth his strength against the unrighteous for their punishment, and abateth his strength for the benefit of such as put their trust in thee.
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For creation, serving you who made it, exerts itself to punish the unrighteous, and in kindness relaxes on behalf of those who trust in you.
25 Therefore even then was it altered into all fashions, and was obedient to thy grace, that nourisheth all things, according to the desire of them that had need:
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Therefore at that time also, changed into all forms, it served your all-nourishing bounty, according to the desire of those who had need,
26 That thy children, O Lord, whom thou lovest, might know, that it is not the growing of fruits that nourisheth man: but that it is thy word, which preserveth them that put their trust in thee.
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so that your children, whom you loved, O Lord, might learn that it is not the production of crops that feeds humankind but that your word sustains those who trust in you.
27 For that which was not destroyed of the fire, being warmed with a little sunbeam, soon melted away:
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For what was not destroyed by fire was melted when simply warmed by a fleeting ray of the sun,
28 That it might be known, that we must prevent the sun to give thee thanks, and at the dayspring pray unto thee.
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to make it known that one must rise before the sun to give you thanks, and must pray to you at the dawning of the light;
29 For the hope of the unthankful shall melt away as the winter's hoar frost, and shall run away as unprofitable water.
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for the hope of an ungrateful person will melt like wintry frost, and flow away like waste water.
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