He had possessions of flocks, possessions of herds, and a great household. The Pelishtim envied him.
James 4:5 - Hebrew Names version (HNV) Or do you think that the Scripture says in vain, *The Spirit who lives in us yearns jealously*? Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Do ye think that the scripture saith in vain, The spirit that dwelleth in us lusteth to envy? Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Or do you suppose that the Scripture is speaking to no purpose that says, The Spirit Whom He has caused to dwell in us yearns over us and He yearns for the Spirit [to be welcome] with a jealous love? [Jer. 3:14; Hos. 2:19ff.] American Standard Version (1901) Or think ye that the scripture speaketh in vain? Doth the spirit which he made to dwell in us long unto envying? Common English Bible Or do you suppose that scripture is meaningless? Doesn’t God long for our faithfulness in the life he has given to us? Catholic Public Domain Version Or do you think that Scripture says in vain: "The spirit which lives within you desires unto envy?" Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Or do you think that the scripture saith in vain: To envy doth the spirit covet which dwelleth in you? |
He had possessions of flocks, possessions of herds, and a great household. The Pelishtim envied him.
When Rachel saw that she bore Ya`akov no children, Rachel envied her sister. She said to Ya`akov, *Give me children, or else I will die.*
Onan knew that the seed wouldn't be his; and it happened, when he went in to his brother's wife, that he spilled it on the ground, lest he should give seed to his brother.
The LORD saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every imagination of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually.
The LORD smelled the sweet savor. The LORD said in his heart, *I will not again curse the ground any more for man's sake, because the imagination of man's heart is evil from his youth; neither will I ever again strike everything living, as I have done.
The soul of the wicked desires evil; his neighbor finds no mercy in his eyes.
Then I saw all the labor and achievement that is the envy of a man's neighbor. This also is vanity and a striving after wind.
The envy also of Efrayim will depart, and those who persecute Yehudah will be cut off. Efrayim won't envy Yehudah, and Yehudah won't persecute Efrayim.
Moshe said to him, Are you jealous for my sake? would that all the LORD's people were prophets, that the LORD would put his Spirit on them!
God is not a man, that he should lie, nor the son of man, that he should repent. Has he said, and will he not do it? Or has he spoken, and will he not make it good?
If he called them gods, to whom the word of God came (and the Scripture can't be broken),
Again another Scripture says, *They will look on him whom they pierced.*
Hasn't the Scripture said that the Messiah comes of the seed of David, and from Beit-Lechem, the village where David was?*
*The patriarchs, moved with jealousy against Yosef, sold him into Egypt. God was with him,
being filled with all unrighteousness, sexual immorality, wickedness, covetousness, maliciousness; full of envy, murder, strife, deceit, evil habits, secret slanderers,
For the Scripture says to Par`oh, *For this very purpose I caused you to be raised up, that I might show in you my power, and that my name might be proclaimed in all the earth.*
Or don't you know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit which is in you, which you have from God? You are not your own,
What agreement has a temple of God with idols? For you are a temple of the living God. Even as God said, *I will dwell in them, and walk in them; and I will be their God, and they will be my people.*
The Scripture, foreseeing that God would justify the Gentiles by faith, preached the Good News beforehand to Avraham, saying, *In you all the nations will be blessed.*
For we were also once foolish, disobedient, deceived, serving various lusts and pleasures, living in malice and envy, hateful, and hating one another.