The LORD was with Yosef, and he was a prosperous man. He was in the house of his master the Egyptian.
Ecclesiastes 12:1 - Hebrew Names version (HNV) Remember also your Creator in the days of your youth, before the evil days come, and the years draw near, when you will say, *I have no pleasure in them;* Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Remember now thy Creator in the days of thy youth, while the evil days come not, nor the years draw nigh, when thou shalt say, I have no pleasure in them; Amplified Bible - Classic Edition REMEMBER [earnestly] also your Creator [that you are not your own, but His property now] in the days of your youth, before the evil days come or the years draw near when you will say [of physical pleasures], I have no enjoyment in them–[II Sam. 19:35.] American Standard Version (1901) Remember also thy Creator in the days of thy youth, before the evil days come, and the years draw nigh, when thou shalt say, I have no pleasure in them; Common English Bible Remember your creator in your prime, before the days of trouble arrive, and those years, about which you’ll say, “I take no pleasure in these”— Catholic Public Domain Version Remember your Creator in the days of your youth, before the time of affliction arrives and the years draw near, about which you will say, "These do not please me." Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Remember thy Creator in the days of thy youth, before the time of affliction come, and the years draw nigh of which thou shalt say: They please me not: |
The LORD was with Yosef, and he was a prosperous man. He was in the house of his master the Egyptian.
The keeper of the prison didn't look after anything that was under his hand, because the LORD was with him; and that which he did, the LORD made it prosper.
I am this day eighty years old: can I discern between good and bad? can your servant taste what I eat or what I drink? can I hear any more the voice of singing men and singing women? why then should your servant be yet a burden to my lord the king?
Your servant would but just go over the Yarden with the king: and why should the king recompense it me with such a reward?
All Yisra'el shall mourn for him, and bury him; for he only of Yarov`am shall come to the grave, because in him there is found some good thing toward the LORD, the God of Yisra'el, in the house of Yarov`am.
It will happen, as soon as I am gone from you, that the Spirit of the LORD will carry you I don't know where; and so when I come and tell Ach'av, and he can't find you, he will kill me: but I your servant fear the LORD from my youth.
I looked, and rose up, and said to the nobles, and to the rulers, and to the rest of the people, Don't be you afraid of them: remember the Lord, who is great and awesome, and fight for your brothers, your sons, and your daughters, your wives, and your houses.
Of what use is the strength of their hands to me, men in whom ripe age has perished?
I have remembered your name, LORD, in the night, and I obey your law.
Come, you children, listen to me. I will teach you the fear of the LORD.
when I remember you on my bed, and think about you in the night watches.
The days of our years are seventy, or even by reason of strength eighty years; yet their pride is but labor and sorrow, for it passes quickly, and we fly away.
Train up a child in the way he should go, and when he is old he will not depart from it.
Therefore remove sorrow from your heart, and put away evil from your flesh; for youth and the dawn of life are vanity.
Give a portion to seven, yes, even to eight; for you don't know what evil will be on the earth.
Yes, if a man lives many years, let him rejoice in them all; but let him remember the days of darkness, for they shall be many. All that comes is vanity.
Yes, in the way of your judgments, the LORD, have we waited for you. Your name and your renown are the desire of our soul.
Now as for these four youths, God gave them knowledge and skill in all learning and wisdom: and Daniyel had understanding in all visions and dreams.
Strangers have devoured his strength, and he doesn't realize it. Indeed, gray hairs are here and there on him, and he doesn't realize it.
For he will be great in the sight of the Lord, and he will drink no wine nor strong drink. He will be filled with the Holy Spirit, even from his mother's womb.
Yeshua summoned them, saying, *Allow the little children to come to me, and don't hinder them, for the Kingdom of God belongs to such as these.
You fathers, don't provoke your children to wrath, but nurture them in the discipline and instruction of the Lord.
But you shall remember the LORD your God, for it is he who gives you power to get wealth; that he may establish his covenant which he swore to your fathers, as at this day.
From infancy, you have known the sacred writings which are able to make you wise for salvation through faith, which is in Messiah Yeshua.
therefore also I have granted him to the LORD; as long as he lives he is granted to the LORD. He worshiped the LORD there.
But the LORD said to Shemu'el, *Don't look on his face, or on the height of his stature; because I have rejected him: for [the LORD sees] not as man sees; for man looks at the outward appearance, but the LORD looks at the heart.*
But Shemu'el ministered before the LORD, being a child, girded with a linen efod.
The child Shemu'el grew on, and increased in favor both with the LORD, and also with men.