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Search results for “the word of God doesn’t return void” (22 matches)

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 be that goeth forth () out of my mouth : it shall not return () unto me void , but it shall accomplish () that which I please (), and it shall prosper () [in the thing] whereto I sent () 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 of Israel testifieth () to his face : and they do not return () to the LORD their God , nor seek () 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 () unto them, Thus saith () the LORD ; Shall they fall (), and not arise ()? shall he turn away (), and not return ()?

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 cometh down (), and the snow from heaven , and returneth () not thither, but watereth () the earth , and maketh it bring forth () and bud (), that it may give () seed to the sower (), and bread to the eater ():

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 to me by the word of the LORD , Thou shalt eat () no bread nor drink () water there, nor turn again () to go () by the way that thou camest ().

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 () unto the LORD the days of his separation , and shall bring () a lamb of the first year for a trespass offering : but the days that were before shall be lost (), because his separation was defiled ().

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 () your heart , and not your garments , and turn () unto the LORD your God : for he [is] gracious and merciful , slow to anger , and of great kindness , and repenteth () him of the evil .

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 () with a woman lacketh understanding : he [that] doeth () it destroyeth () his own soul .

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 () me by the word of the LORD , saying (), Eat () no bread , nor drink () water , nor turn again () by the same way that thou camest ().

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 () the LORD , If thou return (), then will I bring thee again (), [and] thou shalt stand () before me: and if thou take forth () the precious from the vile (), thou shalt be as my mouth : let them return () unto thee; but return () 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 () to the city , and say () unto Absalom , I will be thy servant , O king ; [as] I [have been] thy father’s servant hitherto , so [will] I now also [be] thy servant : then mayest thou for me defeat () the counsel of Ahithophel .

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 (), If ye send away () the ark of the God of Israel , send () it not empty ; but in any wise () return () him a trespass offering : then ye shall be healed (), and it shall be known () to you why his hand is not removed () 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 () flesh [for] the sacrifices of mine offerings , and eat () [it; but] the LORD accepteth () them not; now will he remember () their iniquity , and visit () their sins : they shall return () to Egypt .

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 () thine harvest in thy field , and hast forgot () a sheaf in the field , thou shalt not go again () to fetch () it: it shall be for the stranger , for the fatherless , and for the widow : that the LORD thy God may bless () thee in all the work of thine hands .

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 (), and discern () between the righteous and the wicked , between him that serveth () God and him that serveth () 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.

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 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 () unto the country of Gilead , to the land of their possession , whereof they were possessed (), according to the word of the LORD by the hand of Moses .

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;

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 () and hear () all these words which I command () thee, that it may go well () with thee, and with thy children after thee for ever , when thou doest () [that which is] good and right in the sight of the LORD thy God .

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.

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 () the LORD , Ye shall not go up (), nor fight () against your brethren the children of Israel : return () every man to his house ; for this thing is () from me. They hearkened () therefore to the word of the LORD , and returned () to depart (), according to the word of the LORD .

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.

Ruth 1:6 (51.34%)

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 () with her daughters in law , that she might return () from the country of Moab : for she had heard () in the country of Moab how that the LORD had visited () his people in giving () them bread .

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 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 Solomon sware () by the LORD , saying (), God do () so to me, and more also (), if Adonijah have not spoken () this word against his own life .

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;

Numbers 14:3 (50.83%)

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 brought () us unto this land , to fall () by the sword , that our wives and our children should be a prey ? were it not better for us to return () into Egypt ?

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?’

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 find () his enemy (), will he let him go () well away ? wherefore the LORD reward () thee good for that thou hast done () unto me this day .

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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