Job 3:20
New King James Version
Job 3:20
New American Standard Bible
20 “Why is (A)light given to one burdened with grief,
And life to the bitter of soul,
Job 3:20
Amplified Bible
20
“Why is the light given to him who is in misery,
And life to the bitter in soul,
Job 3:20
King James Version
20 Wherefore is light given to him that is in misery, and life unto the bitter in soul;
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Job 15:22
New King James Version
22 He does not believe that he will (A)return from darkness,
For a sword is waiting for him.
Job 15:22
New American Standard Bible
Job 15:22
Amplified Bible
22
“He does not believe that he will return out of the darkness [for fear of being murdered],
And he is destined for the sword [of God’s vengeance].
Job 15:22
King James Version
22 He believeth not that he shall return out of darkness, and he is waited for of the sword.
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Job 25:3
New King James Version
Footnotes
- Job 25:3 Can His armies be counted?
Job 25:3
New American Standard Bible
3 Is there any number to (A)His troops?
And upon whom does His light not rise?
Job 25:3
Amplified Bible
3
“Is there any number to His [vast celestial] armies?
And upon whom does His light not rise?
Job 25:3
King James Version
3 Is there any number of his armies? and upon whom doth not his light arise?
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Job 29:3
New King James Version
3 (A)When His lamp shone upon my head,
And when by His light I walked through darkness;
Job 29:3
New American Standard Bible
Job 29:3
Amplified Bible
3
When His lamp shone upon my head
And by His light I walked through darkness;
Job 29:3
King James Version
3 When his candle shined upon my head, and when by his light I walked through darkness;
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Job 33:30
New King James Version
30 (A)To bring back his soul from the Pit,
That he may be enlightened with the light of life.
Job 33:30
New American Standard Bible
30 To (A)bring back his soul from the pit,
So that he may be enlightened with the light of life.
Job 33:30
Amplified Bible
30
To bring his life back from the pit [of destruction],
That he may be enlightened with the light of the living.
Job 33:30
King James Version
30 To bring back his soul from the pit, to be enlightened with the light of the living.
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John 1:1-5
New King James Version
The Eternal Word(A)
1 In the beginning (B)was the Word, and the (C)Word was (D)with God, and the Word was (E)God. 2 (F)He was in the beginning with God. 3 (G)All things were made through Him, and without Him nothing was made that was made. 4 (H)In Him was life, and (I)the life was the light of men. 5 And (J)the light shines in the darkness, and the darkness did not [a]comprehend it.
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- John 1:5 Or overcome
John 1:1-5
New American Standard Bible
1 (A)In the beginning was (B)the Word, and the Word was (C)with God, and (D)the Word was God. 2 [a]He was in the beginning with God. 3 (E)All things came into being through Him, and apart from Him [b]not even one thing came into being that has come into being. 4 (F)In Him was life, and the life was (G)the Light of mankind. 5 And (H)the Light shines in the darkness, and the darkness did not [c]grasp it.
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John 1:1-5
Amplified Bible
The Deity of Jesus Christ
1 In the beginning [before all time] was the Word ([a]Christ), and the Word was with God, and [b]the Word was God Himself.(A) 2 He was [continually existing] in the beginning [co-eternally] with God. 3 All things were made and came into existence through Him; and without Him not even one thing was made that has come into being. 4 In Him was life [and the power to bestow life], and the life was the Light of men. 5 The Light shines on in the [c]darkness, and the darkness did not understand it or overpower it or appropriate it or absorb it [and is unreceptive to it].(B)
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- John 1:1 In John the Apostle’s vision (Rev 19), he sees Christ returning as Warrior-Messiah-King, and “...His name is called The Word of God...and LORD OF LORDS.” (Rev 19:13, 16).
- John 1:1 In this phrase, “God” appears first in the Greek word order, emphasizing the fact that “the Word” (Christ) was God—so “God Himself.”
- John 1:5 I.e. the world immersed in sin: all that stands in opposition to God and biblical truth.
John 1:1-5
King James Version
1 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.
2 The same was in the beginning with God.
3 All things were made by him; and without him was not any thing made that was made.
4 In him was life; and the life was the light of men.
5 And the light shineth in darkness; and the darkness comprehended it not.
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John 1:9
New King James Version
9 (A)That[a] was the true Light which gives light to every man coming into the world.
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- John 1:9 Or That was the true Light which, coming into the world, gives light to every man.
John 1:9
Amplified Bible
9 There it was—the true Light [the genuine, perfect, steadfast Light] which, coming into the world, enlightens everyone.(A)
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John 1:9
King James Version
9 That was the true Light, which lighteth every man that cometh into the world.
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