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World English Bible
King James w/Strong’s #s
Young’s Literal Translation

Isaiah 55:11 (79.42%)

World English Bible:

so is my word that goes out of my mouth: it will not return to me void, but it will accomplish that which I please, and it will prosper in the thing I sent it to do.

King James w/Strong’s #s:

So shall my word H1697 be that goeth forth H3318 (8799) out of my mouth H6310: it shall not return H7725 (8799) unto me void H7387, but it shall accomplish H6213 (8804) that which I please H2654 (8804), and it shall prosper H6743 (8689) [in the thing] whereto I sent H7971 (8804) it.

Young’s Literal Translation:

So is My word that goeth out of My mouth, It turneth not back unto Me empty, But hath done that which I desired, And prosperously effected that for which I sent it.

Hosea 7:10 (66.91%)

World English Bible:

The pride of Israel testifies to his face; yet they haven’t returned to Yahweh their God, nor sought him, for all this.

King James w/Strong’s #s:

And the pride H1347 of Israel H3478 testifieth H6030 (8804) to his face H6440: and they do not return H7725 (8804) to the LORD H3068 their God H430, nor seek H1245 (8765) him for all this.

Young’s Literal Translation:

And humbled hath been the excellency of Israel to his face, And they have not turned back unto Jehovah their God, Nor have they sought Him for all this.

Jeremiah 8:4 (64.09%)

World English Bible:

“Moreover you shall tell them, ‘Yahweh says: “ ‘Do men fall, and not rise up again? Does one turn away, and not return?

King James w/Strong’s #s:

Moreover thou shalt say H559 (8804) unto them, Thus saith H559 (8804) the LORD H3068; Shall they fall H5307 (8799), and not arise H6965 (8799)? shall he turn away H7725 (8799), and not return H7725 (8799)?

Young’s Literal Translation:

And thou hast said unto them: Thus said Jehovah, Do they fall, and not rise? Doth he turn back, and not return?

Isaiah 55:10 (62.18%)

World English Bible:

For as the rain comes down and the snow from the sky, and doesn’t return there, but waters the earth, and makes it grow and bud, and gives seed to the sower and bread to the eater;

King James w/Strong’s #s:

For as the rain H1653 cometh down H3381 (8799), and the snow H7950 from heaven H8064, and returneth H7725 (8799) not thither, but watereth H7301 (8689) the earth H776, and maketh it bring forth H3205 (8689) and bud H6779 (8689), that it may give H5414 (8804) seed H2233 to the sower H2232 (8802), and bread H3899 to the eater H398 (8802):

Young’s Literal Translation:

For, as come down doth the shower, And the snow from the heavens, And thither returneth not, But hath watered the earth, And hath caused it to yield, and to spring up, And hath given seed to the sower, and bread to the eater,

1 Kings 13:17 (58.86%)

World English Bible:

For it was said to me by Yahweh’s word, ‘You shall eat no bread or drink water there, and don’t turn again to go by the way that you came.’ ”

King James w/Strong’s #s:

For it was said H1697 to me by the word H1697 of the LORD H3068, Thou shalt eat H398 (8799) no bread H3899 nor drink H8354 (8799) water H4325 there, nor turn again H7725 (8799) to go H3212 (8800) by the way H1870 that thou camest H1980 (8804).

Young’s Literal Translation:

for a word is unto me by the word of Jehovah, Thou dost not eat bread nor drink there water, thou dost not turn back to go in the way in which thou camest.’

Numbers 6:12 (58.26%)

World English Bible:

He shall separate to Yahweh the days of his separation, and shall bring a male lamb a year old for a trespass offering; but the former days shall be void, because his separation was defiled.

King James w/Strong’s #s:

And he shall consecrate H5144 (8689) unto the LORD H3068 the days H3117 of his separation H5145, and shall bring H935 (8689) a lamb H3532 of the first H1121 year H8141 for a trespass offering H817: but the days H3117 that were before H7223 shall be lost H5307 (8799), because his separation H5145 was defiled H2930 (8804).

Young’s Literal Translation:

and he hath separated to Jehovah the days of his separation, and he hath brought in a lamb, a son of a year, for a guilt-offering, and the former days are fallen, for his separation hath been defiled.

Joel 2:13 (57.02%)

World English Bible:

Tear your heart and not your garments, and turn to Yahweh, your God; for he is gracious and merciful, slow to anger, and abundant in loving kindness, and relents from sending calamity.

King James w/Strong’s #s:

And rend H7167 (8798) your heart H3824, and not your garments H899, and turn H7725 (8798) unto the LORD H3068 your God H430: for he [is] gracious H2587 and merciful H7349, slow H750 to anger H639, and of great H7227 kindness H2617, and repenteth H5162 (8737) him of the evil H7451.

Young’s Literal Translation:

And rend your heart, and not your garments, And turn back unto Jehovah your God, For gracious and merciful is He, Slow to anger, and abundant in kindness, And He hath repented concerning the evil.

Proverbs 6:32 (56.68%)

World English Bible:

He who commits adultery with a woman is void of understanding. He who does it destroys his own soul.

King James w/Strong’s #s:

[But] whoso committeth adultery H5003 (8802) with a woman H802 lacketh H2638 understanding H3820: he [that] doeth H6213 (8799) it destroyeth H7843 (8688) his own soul H5315.

Young’s Literal Translation:

He who committeth adultery with a woman lacketh heart, He is destroying his soul who doth it.

1 Kings 13:9 (56.66%)

World English Bible:

for so was it commanded me by Yahweh’s word, saying, ‘You shall eat no bread, drink no water, and don’t return by the way that you came.’ ”

King James w/Strong’s #s:

For so was it charged H6680 (8765) me by the word H1697 of the LORD H3068, saying H559 (8800), Eat H398 (8799) no bread H3899, nor drink H8354 (8799) water H4325, nor turn again H7725 (8799) by the same way H1870 that thou camest H1980 (8804).

Young’s Literal Translation:

for so He commanded me by the word of Jehovah, saying, Thou dost not eat bread nor drink water, nor turn back in the way that thou hast come.’

World English Bible:

Therefore Yahweh says, “If you return, then I will bring you again, that you may stand before me; and if you take out the precious from the vile, you will be as my mouth. They will return to you, but you will not return to them.

King James w/Strong’s #s:

Therefore thus saith H559 (8804) the LORD H3068, If thou return H7725 (8799), then will I bring thee again H7725 (8686), [and] thou shalt stand H5975 (8799) before H6440 me: and if thou take forth H3318 (8686) the precious H3368 from the vile H2151 (8802), thou shalt be as my mouth H6310: let them return H7725 (8799) unto thee; but return H7725 (8799) not thou unto them.

Young’s Literal Translation:

Therefore, thus said Jehovah: If thou turnest back, then I bring thee back, Before Me thou dost stand, And if thou bringest out the precious from the vile, As My mouth thou art! They-they turn back unto thee, And thou dost not turn back unto them.

World English Bible:

but if you return to the city, and tell Absalom, ‘I will be your servant, O king. As I have been your father’s servant in time past, so I will now be your servant; then will you defeat for me the counsel of Ahithophel.’

King James w/Strong’s #s:

But if thou return H7725 (8799) to the city H5892, and say H559 (8804) unto Absalom H53, I will be thy servant H5650, O king H4428; [as] I [have been] thy father’s H1 servant H5650 hitherto H227, so [will] I now also [be] thy servant H5650: then mayest thou for me defeat H6565 (8689) the counsel H6098 of Ahithophel H302.

Young’s Literal Translation:

and if to the city thou dost turn back, and hast said to Absalom, Thy servant I am, O king; servant of thy father I am also hitherto, and now, I am also thy servant; then thou hast made void for me the counsel of Ahithophel;

1 Samuel 6:3 (54.33%)

World English Bible:

They said, “If you send away the ark of the God of Israel, don’t send it empty; but by all means return a trespass offering to him. Then you will be healed, and it will be known to you why his hand is not removed from you.”

King James w/Strong’s #s:

And they said H559 (8799), If ye send away H7971 (8764) the ark H727 of the God H430 of Israel H3478, send H7971 (8762) it not empty H7387; but in any wise H7725 (8687) return H7725 (8686) him a trespass offering H817: then ye shall be healed H7495 (8735), and it shall be known H3045 (8738) to you why his hand H3027 is not removed H5493 (8799) from you.

Young’s Literal Translation:

And they say, ‘If ye are sending away the ark of the God of Israel, ye do not send it away empty; for ye do certainly send back to Him a guilt-offering; then ye are healed, and it hath been known to you why His hand doth not turn aside from you.’

Hosea 8:13 (54.27%)

World English Bible:

As for the sacrifices of my offerings, they sacrifice meat and eat it, but Yahweh doesn’t accept them. Now he will remember their iniquity, and punish their sins. They will return to Egypt.

King James w/Strong’s #s:

They sacrifice H2076 (8799) flesh H1320 [for] the sacrifices H2077 of mine offerings H1890, and eat H398 (8799) [it; but] the LORD H3068 accepteth H7521 (8804) them not; now will he remember H2142 (8799) their iniquity H5771, and visit H6485 (8799) their sins H2403: they shall return H7725 (8799) to Egypt H4714.

Young’s Literal Translation:

The sacrifices of Mine offerings! They sacrifice flesh, and they eat, Jehovah hath not accepted them, Now doth He remember their iniquity, And inspect their sin, They-to Egypt they turn back.

World English Bible:

When you reap your harvest in your field, and have forgotten a sheaf in the field, you shall not go again to get it. It shall be for the foreigner, for the fatherless, and for the widow, that Yahweh your God may bless you in all the work of your hands.

King James w/Strong’s #s:

When thou cuttest down H7114 (8799) thine harvest H7105 in thy field H7704, and hast forgot H7911 (8804) a sheaf H6016 in the field H7704, thou shalt not go again H7725 (8799) to fetch H3947 (8800) it: it shall be for the stranger H1616, for the fatherless H3490, and for the widow H490: that the LORD H3068 thy God H430 may bless H1288 (8762) thee in all the work H4639 of thine hands H3027.

Young’s Literal Translation:

‘When thou reapest thy harvest in thy field, and hast forgotten a sheaf in a field, thou dost not turn back to take it; to the sojourner, to the fatherless, and to the widow, it is; so that Jehovah thy God doth bless thee in all the work of thy hands.

Malachi 3:18 (53.92%)

World English Bible:

Then you shall return and discern between the righteous and the wicked, between him who serves God and him who doesn’t serve him.

King James w/Strong’s #s:

Then shall ye return H7725 (8804), and discern H7200 (8804) between the righteous H6662 and the wicked H7563, between him that serveth H5647 (8802) God H430 and him that serveth H5647 (8804) him not.

Young’s Literal Translation:

And ye have turned back and considered, Between the righteous and the wicked, Between the servant of God and him who is not His servant.

World English Bible:

Observe and hear all these words which I command you, that it may go well with you and with your children after you forever, when you do that which is good and right in Yahweh your God’s eyes.

King James w/Strong’s #s:

Observe H8104 (8798) and hear H8085 (8804) all these words H1697 which I command H6680 (8764) thee, that it may go well H3190 (8799) with thee, and with thy children H1121 after H310 thee for H5704 ever H5769, when thou doest H6213 (8799) [that which is] good H2896 and right H3477 in the sight H5869 of the LORD H3068 thy God H430.

Young’s Literal Translation:

Observe, and thou hast obeyed all these words which I am commanding thee, in order that it may be well with thee and with thy sons after thee-to the age, when thou dost that which is good and right in the eyes of Jehovah thy God.

Joshua 22:9 (52.07%)

World English Bible:

The children of Reuben and the children of Gad and the half-tribe of Manasseh returned, and departed from the children of Israel out of Shiloh, which is in the land of Canaan, to go to the land of Gilead, to the land of their possession, which they owned, according to the commandment of Yahweh by Moses.

King James w/Strong’s #s:

And the children H1121 of Reuben H7205 and the children H1121 of Gad H1410 and the half H2677 tribe H7626 of Manasseh H4519 returned H7725 (8799), and departed H3212 (8799) from the children H1121 of Israel H3478 out of Shiloh H7887, which [is] in the land H776 of Canaan H3667, to go H3212 (8800) unto the country H776 of Gilead H1568, to the land H776 of their possession H272, whereof they were possessed H270 (8738), according to the word H6310 of the LORD H3068 by the hand H3027 of Moses H4872.

Young’s Literal Translation:

And the sons of Reuben, and the sons of Gad, and the half of the tribe of Manasseh, turn back and go from the sons of Israel out of Shiloh, which is in the land of Canaan, to go unto the land of Gilead, unto the land of their possession, in which they have possession, according to the command of Jehovah, by the hand of Moses;

Ruth 1:6 (51.68%)

World English Bible:

Then she arose with her daughters-in-law, that she might return from the country of Moab; for she had heard in the country of Moab how Yahweh° had visited his people in giving them bread.

Ruth 1:6 “Yahweh” is God’s proper Name, sometimes rendered “LORD” (all caps) in other translations.

King James w/Strong’s #s:

Then she arose H6965 (8799) with her daughters in law H3618, that she might return H7725 (8799) from the country H7704 of Moab H4124: for she had heard H8085 (8804) in the country H7704 of Moab H4124 how that the LORD H3068 had visited H6485 (8804) his people H5971 in giving H5414 (8800) them bread H3899.

Young’s Literal Translation:

And she riseth, she and her daughters-in-law, and turneth back from the fields of Moab, for she hath heard in the fields of Moab that God hath looked after His people,-to give to them bread.

1 Kings 12:24 (51.67%)

World English Bible:

‘Yahweh says, “You shall not go up or fight against your brothers, the children of Israel. Everyone return to his house; for this thing is from me.” ’ ” So they listened to Yahweh’s word, and returned and went their way, according to Yahweh’s word.

King James w/Strong’s #s:

Thus saith H559 (8804) the LORD H3068, Ye shall not go up H5927 (8799), nor fight H3898 (8735) against your brethren H251 the children H1121 of Israel H3478: return H7725 (8798) every man H376 to his house H1004; for this thing H1697 is H1961 (8738) from me. They hearkened H8085 (8799) therefore to the word H1697 of the LORD H3068, and returned H7725 (8799) to depart H3212 (8800), according to the word H1697 of the LORD H3068.

Young’s Literal Translation:

Thus said Jehovah, Ye do not go up nor fight with your brethren the sons of Israel; turn back each to his house, for from Me hath this thing been;’ and they hear the word of Jehovah, and turn back to go according to the word of Jehovah.

Numbers 14:3 (51.12%)

World English Bible:

Why does Yahweh bring us to this land, to fall by the sword? Our wives and our little ones will be captured or killed! Wouldn’t it be better for us to return into Egypt?”

King James w/Strong’s #s:

And wherefore hath the LORD H3068 brought H935 (8688) us unto this land H776, to fall H5307 (8800) by the sword H2719, that our wives H802 and our children H2945 should be a prey H957? were it not better H2896 for us to return H7725 (8800) into Egypt H4714?

Young’s Literal Translation:

and why is Jehovah bringing us in unto this land to fall by the sword? our wives and our infants are become a prey; is it not good for us to turn back to Egypt?’

1 Kings 2:23 (50.90%)

World English Bible:

Then King Solomon swore by Yahweh, saying, “God do so to me, and more also, if Adonijah has not spoken this word against his own life.

King James w/Strong’s #s:

Then king H4428 Solomon H8010 sware H7650 (8735) by the LORD H3068, saying H559 (8800), God H430 do H6213 (8799) so to me, and more also H3254 (8686), if Adonijah H138 have not spoken H1696 (8765) this word H1697 against his own life H5315.

Young’s Literal Translation:

And king Solomon sweareth by Jehovah, saying, ‘Thus doth God to me, and thus He doth add-surely against his soul hath Adonijah spoken this word;

World English Bible:

For if a man finds his enemy, will he let him go away unharmed? Therefore may Yahweh reward you good for that which you have done to me today.

King James w/Strong’s #s:

For if a man H376 find H4672 (8799) his enemy H341 (8802), will he let him go H7971 (8765) well H2896 away H1870? wherefore the LORD H3068 reward H7999 (8762) thee good H2896 for that thou hast done H6213 (8804) unto me this day H3117.

Young’s Literal Translation:

and that a man doth find his enemy, and hath sent him away in a good manner; and Jehovah doth repay thee good for that which thou didst to me this day.

World English Bible:

Scripture quotations are taken from The World English Bible™ of eBible.org, 2020 stable text edition. It is in the public domain.

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