TBESH · H5869A
עַ֫יִן · a.yin · eye
: eye 1) eye 1a) eye 1a1) of physical eye 1a2) as showing mental qualities 1a3) of mental and spiritual faculties (fig.)
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עַ֫יִן (a.yin) means “eye” in the TBESH Hebrew lexicon from STEPBible.
Pronunciation guide: ah'-yin Strong’s Hebrew pronunciation spelling.
עַ֫יִן · a.yin · eye
: eye 1) eye 1a) eye 1a1) of physical eye 1a2) as showing mental qualities 1a3) of mental and spiritual faculties (fig.)
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עַ֫יִן · a.yin · Fountain (Gate)
§ spring, fountain
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עַ֫יִן · a.yin · Fountain of
§ spring, fountain
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עַ֫יִן · a.yin · eye: seeing
: seeing 1) eye 1a) eye 1a1) of physical eye 1a2) as showing mental qualities 1a3) of mental and spiritual faculties (fig.)
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עַ֫יִן · a.yin · eye: appearance
: appearance 1) eye 1a) eye 1a1) of physical eye 1a2) as showing mental qualities 1a3) of mental and spiritual faculties (fig.)
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עַ֫יִן · a.yin · eye: before(the eyes)
: before(the_eyes) 1) eye 1a) eye 1a1) of physical eye 1a2) as showing mental qualities 1a3) of mental and spiritual faculties (fig.)
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עַ֫יִן · a.yin · eye: sin
: sin 1) eye 1a) eye 1a1) of physical eye 1a2) as showing mental qualities 1a3) of mental and spiritual faculties (fig.)
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עַ֫יִן · a.yin · spring
spring, fountain
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probably a primitive word; an eye (literally or figuratively); by analogy, a fountain (as the eye of the landscape)
KJV glosses: affliction, outward appearance, [phrase] before, [phrase] think best, colour, conceit, [phrase] be content, countenance, [phrase] displease, eye((-brow), (-d), -sight), face, [phrase] favour, fountain, furrow (from the margin), [idiom] him, [phrase] humble, knowledge, look, ([phrase] well), [idiom] me, open(-ly), [phrase] (not) please, presence, [phrase] regard, resemblance, sight, [idiom] thee, [idiom] them, [phrase] think, [idiom] us, well, [idiom] you(-rselves).
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Counts below follow each translation’s tagged words. A rendering can cover a phrase. Differences in text editions and tagging can produce different totals.
| Rendering | Count |
|---|---|
| in the sight | 106 |
| my eyes | 51 |
| your eyes | 38 |
| in the eyes | 36 |
| in your sight | 29 |
| eyes | 27 |
| his eyes | 25 |
| the eyes | 19 |
| eye | 17 |
| in my sight | 16 |
| in your eyes | 16 |
| in his sight | 12 |
| their eyes | 11 |
| with your own eyes | 11 |
| in his own eyes | 10 |
| in the presence | 9 |
| the eye | 8 |
| before their eyes | 7 |
| before your very eyes | 6 |
| before your eyes | 5 |
| in his eyes | 5 |
| in their sight | 5 |
| our eyes | 5 |
| sight | 5 |
| the spring | 5 |
| to the eyes | 5 |
| to you | 5 |
| and his eyes | 4 |
| and my eyes | 4 |
| as they watch | 4 |
| before his eyes | 4 |
| from my eyes | 4 |
| the face | 4 |
| the fountain | 4 |
| to him | 4 |
| your sight | 4 |
| before | 3 |
| before our eyes | 3 |
| her eyes | 3 |
| in full view | 3 |
| in my eyes | 3 |
| may your eyes | 3 |
| of your eyes | 3 |
| seemed | 3 |
| they have eyes | 3 |
| to my eyes | 3 |
| up my eyes | 3 |
| with his eyes | 3 |
| with my own eyes | 3 |
| with your eyes | 3 |
| you | 3 |
| a spring | 2 |
| and | 2 |
| and your eyes | 2 |
| as the eyes | 2 |
| but the eyes | 2 |
| do you really believe | 2 |
| him | 2 |
| his sight | 2 |
| in their own eyes | 2 |
| in your own eyes | 2 |
| let your eyes | 2 |
| look | 2 |
| look on them | 2 |
| me | 2 |
| of his eye | 2 |
| springs | 2 |
| to | 2 |
| to eye | 2 |
| to the spring | 2 |
| vvv | 2 |
| what you think | 2 |
| whose eyes | 2 |
| with eyes | 2 |
| your own eyes | 2 |
| a gleam | 1 |
| and as i watched | 1 |
| and as they watch | 1 |
| and eyes | 1 |
| and fountains | 1 |
| and his gaze | 1 |
| and in full view of the people | 1 |
| and in the presence | 1 |
| and it seemed | 1 |
| and its appearance | 1 |
| and let us feast our eyes | 1 |
| and let your eyes | 1 |
| and may the eyes | 1 |
| and the eyes | 1 |
| and those who | 1 |
| and thought | 1 |
| and turn their eyes | 1 |
| and watch | 1 |
| and your own eyes | 1 |
| appear to you | 1 |
| are their eyes | 1 |
| as for the eye | 1 |
| as he looks on | 1 |
| as i watched | 1 |
| as my eyes | 1 |
| as the gleam | 1 |
| as they watched | 1 |
| as you please | 1 |
| as you see | 1 |
| be | 1 |
| before them | 1 |
| but his eyes | 1 |
| but pay no regard | 1 |
| but your eyes | 1 |
| by | 1 |
| by the spring | 1 |
| by what his eyes | 1 |
| can see it | 1 |
| do you have eyes | 1 |
| do your eyes | 1 |
| every eye | 1 |
| eyesight | 1 |
| face | 1 |
| for eye | 1 |
| for myself | 1 |
| from | 1 |
| from his sight | 1 |
| from my sight | 1 |
| from the eyes | 1 |
| glance of your eyes | 1 |
| gleamed | 1 |
| gleaming | 1 |
| he sees | 1 |
| his eye | 1 |
| his eyes are | 1 |
| his eyes tightly | 1 |
| i valued | 1 |
| i will cause your eyes | 1 |
| i will not look upon you | 1 |
| in appearance | 1 |
| in my presence | 1 |
| in our eyes | 1 |
| in our own sight | 1 |
| in the sight of the people | 1 |
| in your presence | 1 |
| iniquity | 1 |
| is their iniquity | 1 |
| it seemed | 1 |
| it seems | 1 |
| it with your own eyes | 1 |
| let his eyes | 1 |
| let your eyes be on | 1 |
| like | 1 |
| like the gleam | 1 |
| look after | 1 |
| look in his eyes | 1 |
| man has eyes | 1 |
| may their eyes | 1 |
| my eyes favor | 1 |
| my sight | 1 |
| myself | 1 |
| of my eyes | 1 |
| of the eyes | 1 |
| of the springs | 1 |
| of their eyes | 1 |
| of your eye | 1 |
| our eyes are | 1 |
| our very eyes | 1 |
| pleased | 1 |
| presence | 1 |
| regard it | 1 |
| seem | 1 |
| show pity | 1 |
| sight of them | 1 |
| sight of this | 1 |
| so that you look upon | 1 |
| so the eyes | 1 |
| that our eyes | 1 |
| the gleam | 1 |
| the notice | 1 |
| the outward appearance | 1 |
| the well | 1 |
| them | 1 |
| then the eyes | 1 |
| this spring | 1 |
| thought | 1 |
| to displease | 1 |
| to face | 1 |
| to his eyes | 1 |
| to our eyes | 1 |
| to see | 1 |
| to the eye | 1 |
| to your eyes | 1 |
| to your face | 1 |
| transgression | 1 |
| turn your eyes | 1 |
| us | 1 |
| value | 1 |
| was a gleam | 1 |
| was also displeased | 1 |
| was like that | 1 |
| were pleased | 1 |
| what the eye | 1 |
| whatever seems | 1 |
| when the fountains | 1 |
| when they saw | 1 |
| wherever it seems | 1 |
| while they watch | 1 |
| while your eyes | 1 |
| who has an eye | 1 |
| who have eyes | 1 |
| whose eyesight | 1 |
| with my eyes | 1 |
| with their eyes | 1 |
| with you | 1 |
| with yourselves | 1 |
| without the knowledge | 1 |
| yet his eyes | 1 |
| you considered | 1 |
| you please | 1 |
| you saw him | 1 |
| you will look | 1 |
| your eye | 1 |
| your eyes look | 1 |
| your very eyes | 1 |
| Rendering | Count |
|---|---|
| in the sight | 118 |
| mine eyes | 35 |
| his eyes | 33 |
| in thy sight | 27 |
| thine eyes | 27 |
| in the eyes | 22 |
| the eyes | 19 |
| in my sight | 16 |
| mine eye | 13 |
| their eyes | 13 |
| eyes | 12 |
| in their sight | 12 |
| in thine eyes | 12 |
| eye | 11 |
| in his sight | 10 |
| pleased | 10 |
| and his eyes | 9 |
| before their eyes | 9 |
| before | 7 |
| in his own eyes | 7 |
| in your eyes | 7 |
| the eye | 7 |
| and thine eyes | 6 |
| your eyes | 6 |
| and mine eyes | 5 |
| and the eyes | 5 |
| before mine eyes | 5 |
| before your eyes | 5 |
| in mine eyes | 5 |
| of thine eyes | 5 |
| with thine eyes | 5 |
| and mine eye | 4 |
| as the colour | 4 |
| before his eyes | 4 |
| before thine eyes | 4 |
| displeased | 4 |
| from mine eyes | 4 |
| her eyes | 4 |
| in his eyes | 4 |
| in his own conceit | 4 |
| in the presence | 4 |
| in whose sight | 4 |
| of eyes | 4 |
| the face | 4 |
| well | 4 |
| which thine eyes | 4 |
| and in the sight | 3 |
| between thine eyes | 3 |
| for eye | 3 |
| from the eyes | 3 |
| in their own eyes | 3 |
| look | 3 |
| looks | 3 |
| now thine eyes | 3 |
| of the eyes | 3 |
| our eyes | 3 |
| that thine eyes | 3 |
| unto the well | 3 |
| what seemeth | 3 |
| with his eyes | 3 |
| and in the eyes | 2 |
| and in the presence | 2 |
| and their eyes | 2 |
| and thine eye | 2 |
| be in his sight | 2 |
| before our eyes | 2 |
| between his eyes | 2 |
| between your eyes | 2 |
| but having his eyes | 2 |
| but the eyes | 2 |
| but thine eyes | 2 |
| by a fountain | 2 |
| by the well | 2 |
| for his eyes | 2 |
| for mine eyes | 2 |
| for the eyes | 2 |
| from thine eyes | 2 |
| his colour | 2 |
| his eye | 2 |
| in her eyes | 2 |
| in our sight | 2 |
| in them in the sight | 2 |
| in your sight | 2 |
| it pleased | 2 |
| let thine eyes | 2 |
| not eyes | 2 |
| of his eye | 2 |
| of his eyes | 2 |
| of the fountain | 2 |
| of their eyes | 2 |
| of thine eye | 2 |
| thee in the sight | 2 |
| them before your eyes | 2 |
| thereof as the colour | 2 |
| thine eye | 2 |
| thinkest | 2 |
| to the eyes | 2 |
| unto thee | 2 |
| which have eyes | 2 |
| whose eyes | 2 |
| with mine eyes | 2 |
| with the eye | 2 |
| with their eyes | 2 |
| all that seemed | 1 |
| also | 1 |
| also was displeased | 1 |
| an open | 1 |
| and | 1 |
| and also in the sight | 1 |
| and as for me also mine eye | 1 |
| and at the fountain | 1 |
| and behold your eyes | 1 |
| and convenient | 1 |
| and eyes | 1 |
| and he thought | 1 |
| and his eye | 1 |
| and his eyebrows | 1 |
| and i will look well | 1 |
| and it displease | 1 |
| and it displeased | 1 |
| and it pleased | 1 |
| and let our eye | 1 |
| and let thine eyes | 1 |
| and no eye | 1 |
| and so we were in their sight | 1 |
| and that seemed good | 1 |
| and that the eyes | 1 |
| and the colour | 1 |
| and they seemed | 1 |
| and thou mayest be to us instead of eyes | 1 |
| and we were in our own sight | 1 |
| and what do thy eyes | 1 |
| and whatsoever mine eyes | 1 |
| and your eyes | 1 |
| and your own eyes | 1 |
| any more but thine eyes | 1 |
| are their eyes | 1 |
| as for us our eyes | 1 |
| as it seemeth | 1 |
| as seemed | 1 |
| as the eyes | 1 |
| as thine eyes | 1 |
| at the well | 1 |
| before the eyes | 1 |
| behold as the eyes | 1 |
| behold the eye | 1 |
| behold the eyes | 1 |
| but mine eyes | 1 |
| but now mine eye | 1 |
| but our eyes | 1 |
| but your eyes | 1 |
| by a well | 1 |
| by the fountain | 1 |
| countenance | 1 |
| displease | 1 |
| even the eyes | 1 |
| eyed | 1 |
| face | 1 |
| for me | 1 |
| for myself and mine eyes | 1 |
| for thine eyes | 1 |
| for us that our eyes | 1 |
| fountains | 1 |
| from his face | 1 |
| from me and with their eyes | 1 |
| from my sight | 1 |
| furrows | 1 |
| hast thou eyes | 1 |
| he was content | 1 |
| her eye | 1 |
| her face | 1 |
| her for me for she pleaseth me well | 1 |
| him and look well | 1 |
| him and they pleased | 1 |
| him before their eyes | 1 |
| himself in his own eyes | 1 |
| i pray you how mine eyes | 1 |
| i was eyes | 1 |
| if it seem good | 1 |
| if she please | 1 |
| in his eye | 1 |
| in his eye sight | 1 |
| in his eyesight | 1 |
| in mine own sight | 1 |
| in our eyes | 1 |
| in their eyes | 1 |
| in thine own eyes | 1 |
| in thine own sight | 1 |
| in thyself in the sight | 1 |
| in whose eyes | 1 |
| in you before | 1 |
| in you before their eyes | 1 |
| it displeased | 1 |
| it unto whom it seemed | 1 |
| it with his eyes | 1 |
| it with thine eyes | 1 |
| let i beseech thee thine eyes | 1 |
| let it not displease | 1 |
| let not your eye | 1 |
| let their eyes | 1 |
| like in colour | 1 |
| like the colour | 1 |
| like unto the colour | 1 |
| lo mine eye | 1 |
| looketh | 1 |
| me and i shall seem | 1 |
| me and when the eye | 1 |
| me in the eyes | 1 |
| me now therefore if it displease thee | 1 |
| neither hath the eye | 1 |
| neither have our eyes | 1 |
| neither is his eye | 1 |
| neither shall mine eye | 1 |
| neither shall thine eyes | 1 |
| nevertheless mine eye | 1 |
| no eye | 1 |
| no eyes | 1 |
| none eye | 1 |
| nor mine eyes | 1 |
| not his eyes | 1 |
| not in your eyes | 1 |
| not thine eyes | 1 |
| now mine eyes | 1 |
| now the eyes | 1 |
| now therefore in the sight | 1 |
| of fountains | 1 |
| of mine eyes | 1 |
| of the eye | 1 |
| of the fountains | 1 |
| of thee in the sight | 1 |
| of thy sight | 1 |
| of your eyes | 1 |
| on mine affliction | 1 |
| on the outward appearance | 1 |
| only with thine eyes | 1 |
| openly | 1 |
| or have caused the eyes | 1 |
| or the eye | 1 |
| our eye | 1 |
| out of his sight | 1 |
| over him in thy sight | 1 |
| peradventure it will please | 1 |
| person | 1 |
| pleased me well | 1 |
| seemeth | 1 |
| should seem vile | 1 |
| sight | 1 |
| so in the sight | 1 |
| so our eyes | 1 |
| so the eyes | 1 |
| that it pleased | 1 |
| that thou displease | 1 |
| that which seemeth | 1 |
| the fountain | 1 |
| the fountains | 1 |
| thee in the presence | 1 |
| thee not | 1 |
| thee thine eye | 1 |
| thee with mine eye | 1 |
| their eye | 1 |
| their resemblance | 1 |
| them and your eyes | 1 |
| them with her eyes | 1 |
| then it had pleased thee well | 1 |
| then the eyes | 1 |
| then was i in his eyes | 1 |
| thereof then your eyes | 1 |
| thereof when the eyes | 1 |
| thinking to have brought | 1 |
| thou mine eyes | 1 |
| thou unto us whatsoever seemeth | 1 |
| thought | 1 |
| thy eyes | 1 |
| thy face | 1 |
| to eye | 1 |
| to face | 1 |
| to her as it pleaseth thee | 1 |
| to him that which shall seem good | 1 |
| to him what shall seem good | 1 |
| to me as seemeth | 1 |
| to mine eyes | 1 |
| to the eye | 1 |
| to the well | 1 |
| to thee | 1 |
| to thine eyes | 1 |
| to whom they think | 1 |
| unto | 1 |
| unto him | 1 |
| unto him in the presence | 1 |
| unto him in the sight | 1 |
| unto him neither shall thine eye | 1 |
| unto thee but if it seem ill | 1 |
| unto them if ye think | 1 |
| unto them let mine eyes | 1 |
| unto them what seemeth | 1 |
| upon his eyes | 1 |
| upon his face | 1 |
| upon thee in the sight | 1 |
| upon thine eyes | 1 |
| us | 1 |
| was displeased | 1 |
| wells | 1 |
| what he thought | 1 |
| whatsoever seemeth | 1 |
| where it pleaseth | 1 |
| wheresoever it seemeth convenient | 1 |
| which pleaseth | 1 |
| whom | 1 |
| whom thine eyes | 1 |
| with me and doth not mine eye | 1 |
| with me as seemeth | 1 |
| with them as it seemeth | 1 |
| with them what seemeth | 1 |
| with us all that seemeth | 1 |
| with your eyes | 1 |
| with yourselves | 1 |
| without the knowledge | 1 |
| yet his eyes | 1 |
| you | 1 |
Page 6 of 17. 827 verses in the selected STEP text, printed below in BSB where available. Read each verse in its chapter to follow the author’s thought.
But when they said, “Give us a king to judge us,” their demand was displeasing in the sight of Samuel; so he prayed to the LORD.
Read word by wordBut Nahash the Ammonite replied, “I will make a treaty with you on one condition, that I may put out everyone’s right eye and bring reproach upon all Israel.”
Read word by wordThen the men of Jabesh said to Nahash, “Tomorrow we will come out, and you can do with us whatever seems good to you.”
Read word by wordHere I am. Bear witness against me before the LORD and before His anointed: Whose ox or donkey have I taken? Whom have I cheated or oppressed? From whose hand have I accepted a bribe and closed my eyes? Tell me, and I will restore it to you.”
Read word by wordNow, therefore, present yourselves and see this great thing that the LORD will do before your eyes.
Read word by wordIs it not the wheat harvest today? I will call on the LORD to send thunder and rain, so that you will know and see what a great evil you have committed in the sight of the LORD by asking for a king.”
Read word by wordJonathan, however, had not heard that his father had bound the people with the oath. So he reached out the end of the staff in his hand, dipped it into the honeycomb, and put his hand to his mouth, and his eyes brightened.
Read word by word“My father has brought trouble to the land,” Jonathan replied. “Just look at how my eyes have brightened because I tasted a little of this honey.
Read word by wordAnd Saul said, “Let us go down after the Philistines by night and plunder them until dawn, leaving no man alive!” “Do what seems good to you,” the troops replied. But the priest said, “We must consult God here.”
Read word by wordThen Saul said to all Israel, “You stand on one side, and I and my son Jonathan will stand on the other side.” “Do what seems good to you,” the troops replied.
Read word by wordAnd Samuel said, “Although you were once small in your own eyes, have you not become the head of the tribes of Israel? The LORD anointed you king over Israel
Read word by wordSo why did you not obey the LORD? Why did you rush upon the plunder and do evil in the sight of the LORD?”
Read word by wordBut the LORD said to Samuel, “Do not consider his appearance or height, for I have rejected him; the LORD does not see as man does. For man sees the outward appearance, but the LORD sees the heart.”
Read word by wordSo Jesse sent for his youngest son and brought him in. He was ruddy, with beautiful eyes and a handsome appearance. And the LORD said, “Rise and anoint him, for he is the one.”
Read word by wordThen Saul sent word to Jesse, saying, “Let David remain in my service, for I am pleased with him.”
Read word by wordSo David marched out and prospered in everything Saul sent him to do, and Saul set him over the men of war. And this was pleasing in the sight of all the people, and of Saul’s officers as well.
Read word by wordAnd Saul was furious and resented this song. “They have ascribed tens of thousands to David,” he said, “but only thousands to me. What more can he have but the kingdom?”
Read word by wordNow Saul’s daughter Michal loved David, and when this was reported to Saul, it pleased him.
Read word by wordBut when Saul’s servants relayed these words to David, he replied, “Does it seem trivial in your sight to be the son-in-law of the king? I am a poor man and lightly esteemed.”
Read word by wordWhen the servants reported these terms to David, he was pleased to become the king’s son-in-law. Before the wedding day arrived,
Read word by wordBut David again vowed, “Your father knows very well that I have found favor in your eyes, and he has said, ‘Jonathan must not know of this, or he will be grieved.’ As surely as the LORD lives and as you yourself live, there is but a step between me and death.”
Read word by wordsaying, ‘Please let me go, because our clan is holding a sacrifice in the city, and my brother has told me to be there. So now, if I have found favor in your eyes, please let me go and see my brothers.’ That is why he has not come to the king’s table.”
Read word by wordSo he changed his behavior before them and feigned madness in their hands; he scratched on the doors of the gate and let his saliva run down his beard.
Read word by wordSource alternate reference: 21.14
So David’s men said to him, “This is the day about which the LORD said to you, ‘Behold, I will deliver your enemy into your hand, that you may do with him as you wish.’” Then David crept up and stealthily cut off a corner of Saul’s robe.
Read word by wordSource alternate reference: 24.5
Behold, this day you have seen with your own eyes that the LORD delivered you into my hand in the cave. I was told to kill you, but I spared you and said, ‘I will not lift my hand against my lord, since he is the LORD’s anointed.’
Read word by wordSource alternate reference: 24.11
Ask your young men, and they will tell you. So let my young men find favor with you, for we have come on the day of a feast. Please give whatever you can spare to your servants and to your son David.’”
Read word by wordThen Saul replied, “I have sinned. Come back, David my son. I will never harm you again, because today you considered my life precious. I have played the fool and have committed a grave error!”
Read word by wordAs surely as I valued your life today, so may the LORD value my life and rescue me from all trouble.”
Read word by wordThen David said to Achish, “If I have found favor in your eyes, let me be assigned a place in one of the outlying towns, so I can live there. For why should your servant live in the royal city with you?”
Read word by wordNow the Philistines brought all their forces together at Aphek, while Israel camped by the spring in Jezreel.
Read word by wordSo Achish summoned David and told him, “As surely as the LORD lives, you have been upright, and it seems right in my sight that you should march in and out with me in the army, because I have found no fault in you from the day you came to me until this day. But you are not good in the sight of the leaders.
Read word by wordTherefore turn back now and go in peace, so that you will not do anything to displease the leaders of the Philistines.”
Read word by wordAchish replied, “I know that you are as pleasing in my sight as an angel of God. But the commanders of the Philistines have said, ‘He must not go into battle with us.’
Read word by wordAbner also spoke to the Benjamites. Then he went to Hebron to tell David all that seemed good to Israel and to the whole house of Benjamin.
Read word by wordAll the people took note and were pleased. In fact, everything the king did pleased them.
Read word by wordwhen someone told me, ‘Look, Saul is dead,’ and thought he was a bearer of good news, I seized him and put him to death at Ziklag. That was his reward for his news!
Read word by wordWhen David returned home to bless his own household, Saul’s daughter Michal came out to meet him. “How the king of Israel has distinguished himself today!” she said. “He has uncovered himself today in the sight of the maidservants of his subjects, like a vulgar person would do.”
Read word by wordand I will humiliate and humble myself even more than this. Yet I will be honored by the maidservants of whom you have spoken.”
Read word by wordAnd as if this was a small thing in Your eyes, O Lord GOD, You have also spoken about the future of the house of Your servant. Is this Your custom with man, O Lord GOD?
Read word by wordthe princes of the Ammonites said to Hanun their lord, “Just because David has sent you comforters, do you really believe he is showing respect for your father? Has not David instead sent his servants to explore the city, spy it out, and overthrow it?”
Read word by wordBe strong and let us fight bravely for our people and for the cities of our God. May the LORD do what is good in His sight.”
Read word by wordThen David told the messenger, “Say this to Joab: ‘Do not let this matter upset you, for the sword devours one as well as another. Strengthen your attack against the city and demolish it.’ Encourage him with these words.”
Read word by wordAnd when the time of mourning was over, David had her brought to his house, and she became his wife and bore him a son. But the thing that David had done was evil in the sight of the LORD.
Read word by wordWhy then have you despised the command of the LORD by doing evil in His sight? You put Uriah the Hittite to the sword and took his wife as your own. You have slain him with the sword of the Ammonites.
Read word by wordThis is what the LORD says: ‘I will raise up adversity against you from your own house. Before your very eyes I will take your wives and give them to another, and he will lie with them in broad daylight.
Read word by wordAmnon was sick with frustration over his sister Tamar, for she was a virgin, and it seemed implausible for him to do anything to her.
Read word by wordJonadab told him, “Lie down on your bed and pretend you are ill. When your father comes to see you, say to him, ‘Please let my sister Tamar come and give me something to eat. Let her prepare it in my sight so I may watch her and eat it from her hand.’”
Read word by wordSo Amnon lay down and feigned illness. When the king came to see him, Amnon said, “Please let my sister Tamar come and make a couple of cakes in my sight, so that I may eat from her hand.”
Read word by wordSo Tamar went to the house of her brother Amnon, who was lying down. She took some dough, kneaded it, made cakes in his sight, and baked them.
Read word by wordMeanwhile, Absalom had fled. When the young man standing watch looked up, he saw many people coming down the road west of him, along the side of the hill. And the watchman went and reported to the king, “I see men coming from the direction of Horonaim, along the side of the hill.”
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