Septuagint Bible w/ Apocrypha LXX
New Revised Standard w/ Apocrypha NRSA
1 And after him rose up Nathan to prophesy in the time of David.
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After him Nathan rose up to prophesy in the days of David.
2 As is the fat taken away from the peace offering, so was David chosen out of the children of Israel.
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As the fat is set apart from the offering of well-being, so David was set apart from the Israelites.
3 He played with lions as with kids, and with bears as with lambs.
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He played with lions as though they were young goats, and with bears as though they were lambs of the flock.
4 Slew he not a giant, when he was yet but young? and did he not take away reproach from the people, when he lifted up his hand with the stone in the sling, and beat down the boasting of Goliath?
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In his youth did he not kill a giant, and take away the people's disgrace, when he whirled the stone in the sling and struck down the boasting Goliath?
5 For he called upon the most high Lord; and he gave him strength in his right hand to slay that mighty warrior, and set up the horn of his people.
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For he called on the Lord, the Most High, and he gave strength to his right arm to strike down a mighty warrior, and to exalt the power of his people.
6 So the people honoured him with ten thousands, and praised him in the blessings of the Lord, in that he gave him a crown of glory.
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So they glorified him for the tens of thousands he conquered, and praised him for the blessings bestowed by the Lord, when the glorious diadem was given to him.
7 For he destroyed the enemies on every side, and brought to nought the Philistines his adversaries, and brake their horn in sunder unto this day.
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For he wiped out his enemies on every side, and annihilated his adversaries the Philistines; he crushed their power to our own day.
8 In all his works he praised the Holy One most high with words of glory; with his whole heart he sung songs, and loved him that made him.
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In all that he did he gave thanks to the Holy One, the Most High, proclaiming his glory; he sang praise with all his heart, and he loved his Maker.
9 He set singers also before the altar, that by their voices they might make sweet melody, and daily sing praises in their songs.
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He placed singers before the altar, to make sweet melody with their voices.
10 He beautified their feasts, and set in order the solemn times until the end, that they might praise his holy name, and that the temple might sound from morning.
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He gave beauty to the festivals, and arranged their times throughout the year, while they praised God's holy name, and the sanctuary resounded from early morning.
11 The Lord took away his sins, and exalted his horn for ever: he gave him a covenant of kings, and a throne of glory in Israel.
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The Lord took away his sins, and exalted his power forever; he gave him a covenant of kingship and a glorious throne in Israel.
12 After him rose up a wise son, and for his sake he dwelt at large.
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After him a wise son rose up who because of him lived in security:
13 Solomon reigned in a peaceable time, and was honoured; for God made all quiet round about him, that he might build an house in his name, and prepare his sanctuary for ever.
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Solomon reigned in an age of peace, because God made all his borders tranquil, so that he might build a house in his name and provide a sanctuary to stand forever.
14 How wise wast thou in thy youth and, as a flood, filled with understanding!
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How wise you were when you were young! You overflowed like the Nile with understanding.
15 Thy soul covered the whole earth, and thou filledst it with dark parables.
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Your influence spread throughout the earth, and you filled it with proverbs having deep meaning.
16 Thy name went far unto the islands; and for thy peace thou wast beloved.
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Your fame reached to far-off islands, and you were loved for your peaceful reign.
17 The countries marvelled at thee for thy songs, and proverbs, and parables, and interpretations.
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Your songs, proverbs, and parables, and the answers you gave astounded the nations.
18 By the name of the Lord God, which is called the Lord God of Israel, thou didst gather gold as tin and didst multiply silver as lead.
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In the name of the Lord God, who is called the God of Israel, you gathered gold like tin and amassed silver like lead.
19 Thou didst bow thy loins unto women, and by thy body thou wast brought into subjection.
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But you brought in women to lie at your side, and through your body you were brought into subjection.
20 Thou didst stain thy honour, and pollute thy seed: so that thou broughtest wrath upon thy children, and wast grieved for thy folly.
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You stained your honor, and defiled your family line, so that you brought wrath upon your children, and they were grieved at your folly,
21 So the kingdom was divided, and out of Ephraim ruled a rebellious kingdom.
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because the sovereignty was divided and a rebel kingdom arose out of Ephraim.
22 But the Lord will never leave off his mercy, neither shall any of his works perish, neither will he abolish the posterity of his elect, and the seed of him that loveth him he will not take away: wherefore he gave a remnant unto Jacob, and out of him a root unto David.
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But the Lord will never give up his mercy, or cause any of his works to perish; he will never blot out the descendants of his chosen one, or destroy the family line of him who loved him. So he gave a remnant to Jacob, and to David a root from his own family.
23 Thus rested Solomon with his fathers, and of his seed he left behind him Roboam, even the foolishness of the people, and one that had no understanding, who turned away the people through his counsel. There was also Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who caused Israel to sin, and shewed Ephraim the way of sin:
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Solomon rested with his ancestors, and left behind him one of his sons, broad in folly and lacking in sense, Rehoboam, whose policy drove the people to revolt. Then Jeroboam son of Nebat led Israel into sin and started Ephraim on its sinful ways.
24 And their sins were multiplied exceedingly, that they were driven out of the land.
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Their sins increased more and more, until they were exiled from their land.
25 For they sought out all wickedness, till the vengeance came upon them.
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For they sought out every kind of wickedness, until vengeance came upon them.
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