Abraham bowed his face to the ground {to show he respected God}. But he laughed and said to himself, “I am 100 years old. I can’t have a son. And Sarah is 90 years old. She can’t have a child.”
Joshua 5:14 - Easy To Read Version The man answered, “I am not an enemy. I am the commander of the Lord’s army. I have just now come to you.” More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And he said, Nay; but as captain of the host of the LORD am I now come. And Joshua fell on his face to the earth, and did worship, and said unto him, What saith my lord unto his servant? Amplified Bible - Classic Edition And He said, No [neither], but as Prince of the Lord's host have I now come. And Joshua fell on his face to the earth and worshiped, and said to Him, What says my Lord to His servant? American Standard Version (1901) And he said, Nay; but as prince of the host of Jehovah am I now come. And Joshua fell on his face to the earth, and did worship, and said unto him, What saith my lord unto his servant? Common English Bible He said, “Neither! I’m the commander of the LORD’s heavenly force. Now I have arrived!” Then Joshua fell flat on his face and worshipped. Joshua said to him, “What is my master saying to his servant?” Catholic Public Domain Version And he responded: "Not at all. Instead, I am a prince of the host of the Lord, and now I have arrived." Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And he answered: No: but I am prince of the host of the Lord, and now I am come. |
Abraham bowed his face to the ground {to show he respected God}. But he laughed and said to himself, “I am 100 years old. I can’t have a son. And Sarah is 90 years old. She can’t have a child.”
I am nothing but a servant. {And you have been so kind to me.} But you have also said these kind things about my future family. Lord, my Master, you don’t always talk like this to people, do you?
How can I continue talking to you? Lord, my Master, you know that I am only a servant.
The Lord said to my master,\par “Sit by me at my right side,\par while I put your enemies\par under your control. {\cf2\super [572]} ”\par
Who is that glorious King?\par The Lord All-powerful is that King.\par He is the glorious King!\par
But Moses said to the Lord, “But Lord, I am telling you the truth, I am not a skilled speaker. I have never been able to speak well. And now, even after talking to you, I am still not a good speaker. You know that I talk slowly and don’t use the best words.” [32]
I made David a witness of my power\par for all nations.\par I promised David that he would become\par a ruler and a commander of many nations.”\par
Then I heard my Lord’s voice. The Lord said, “Who can I send? Who will go for us?”
But the prince (angel) of Persia has been fighting against me and bothering me for 21 days. Then Michael, one of the most important princes (angels), came to help me because I was stuck there with the king of Persia.
“\{The man in the vision said,\} ‘Daniel, at that time, the great prince (angel) Michael will stand up. Michael is in charge of your people, the Jews. There will be a time of much trouble, the worst time since nations have been on earth. But Daniel, at that time, every one of your people whose name is found written in the book \{of life\} will be saved.
That little horn became very strong. And then it turned against the Ruler of the Stars (God). The little horn stopped the daily sacrifices that were offered to the Ruler (God). The place where people worshiped the Ruler was pulled down.
Fire came out from the Lord and burned the burnt offering and fat on the altar. [114] When all the people saw this, they shouted and bowed their faces low to the ground.
But Moses and Aaron bowed to the ground and cried out, “God, you know what people are thinking. [208] Please don’t be angry at all these people. Only one man really sinned.”
“Move away from those people so that I can destroy them now.” So Moses and Aaron bowed with their faces to the ground.
Then the Lord allowed Balaam to see the angel. The Lord’s angel was standing in the road, holding a sword in his hand. Balaam bowed low to the ground.
‘The Lord (God) said to my Lord (Christ):\par Sit by me at my right side,\par and I will put your enemies under your control. {\cf2\super [325]} ’\par \i (Psalm 110:1)\i0 \par
Then a man sick with leprosy {\cf2\super [87]} came to Jesus. The man bowed down before Jesus and said, “Lord, you have the power to heal me if you want.”
You are the mother of my Lord, and you have come to me! Why has something so good happened to me?
One time Jesus was in a town where a very sick man lived. This man was covered with leprosy. {\cf2\super [91]} When the man saw Jesus, he bowed before Jesus and begged him, “Lord, you have the power to heal me if you want.”
Get up now and go into the city. Someone there will tell you what you must do.”
Not only those things, but now I think that all things are worth nothing compared with the greatness of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord. Because of Christ, I lost all those things \{I thought were important\}. And now I know that all those things are worthless trash. This allows me to have Christ.
God is the One who made all things. And all things are for his glory. God wanted to have many people to be his children and share his glory. So God did what he needed to do. He made perfect the One (Jesus) who leads those people to salvation. God made Jesus \{a\} perfect \{Savior\} through Jesus’ suffering.
Then there was a war in heaven. Michael {\cf2\super [91]} and his angels fought against the giant snake. The snake and his angels fought back.