And Abraham said, Because I thought, Surely the fear of God is not in this place; and they will slay me for my wife's sake.
Genesis 42:18 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895 And Joseph said unto them the third day, This do, and live; for I fear God: More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And Joseph said unto them the third day, This do, and live; for I fear God: Amplified Bible - Classic Edition And Joseph said to them on the third day, Do this and live! I reverence and fear God. American Standard Version (1901) And Joseph said unto them the third day, This do, and live; for I fear God: Common English Bible On the third day, Joseph said to them, “Do this and you will live, for I’m a God-fearing man. Catholic Public Domain Version Then, on the third day, he brought them out of prison, and he said: "Do as I have said, and you will live. For I fear God. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And the third day he brought them out of prison, and said: Do as I have said, and you shall live; for I fear God. |
And Abraham said, Because I thought, Surely the fear of God is not in this place; and they will slay me for my wife's sake.
there is none greater in this house than I; neither hath he kept back any thing from me but thee, because thou art his wife: how then can I do this great wickedness, and sin against God?
if ye be true men, let one of your brethren be bound in your prison house; but go ye, carry corn for the famine of your houses:
But the former governors that were before me were chargeable unto the people, and took of them bread and wine, beside forty shekels of silver; yea, even their servants bare rule over the people: but so did not I, because of the fear of God.
Also I said, The thing that ye do is not good: ought ye not to walk in the fear of our God, because of the reproach of the heathen our enemies?
There was a man in the land of Uz, whose name was Job; and that man was perfect and upright, and one that feared God, and eschewed evil.
But the midwives feared God, and did not as the king of Egypt commanded them, but saved the men children alive.
Moreover thou shalt provide out of all the people able men, such as fear God, men of truth, hating unjust gain; and place such over them, to be rulers of thousands, rulers of hundreds, rulers of fifties, and rulers of tens:
And ye shall not wrong one another; but thou shalt fear thy God: for I am the LORD your God.
saying, There was in a city a judge, which feared not God, and regarded not man:
And he would not for a while: but afterward he said within himself, Though I fear not God, nor regard man;