His mouth was smooth as butter, but his heart was war. His words were softer than oil, yet they were drawn swords.
Matthew 2:7 - Hebrew Names version (HNV) Then Herod secretly called the wise men, and learned from them exactly what time the star appeared. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Then Herod, when he had privily called the wise men, enquired of them diligently what time the star appeared. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Then Herod sent for the wise men [astrologers] secretly, and accurately to the last point ascertained from them the time of the appearing of the star [that is, how long the star had made itself visible since its rising in the east]. American Standard Version (1901) Then Herod privily called the Wise-men, and learned of them exactly what time the star appeared. Common English Bible Then Herod secretly called for the magi and found out from them the time when the star had first appeared. Catholic Public Domain Version Then Herod, quietly calling the Magi, diligently learned from them the time when the star appeared to them. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Then Herod, privately calling the wise men, learned diligently of them the time of the star which appeared to them; |
His mouth was smooth as butter, but his heart was war. His words were softer than oil, yet they were drawn swords.
Come, let us deal wisely with them, lest they multiply, and it happen that when any war breaks out, they also join themselves to our enemies, and fight against us, and escape out of the land.*
I see him, but not now. I see him, but not near. A star will come out of Ya`akov. A scepter will rise out of Yisra'el, and shall strike through the corners of Mo'av, and break down all the sons of Sheth.
Now when Yeshua was born in Beit-Lechem of Yehudah in the days of Herod the king, behold, wise men from the east came to Yerushalayim, saying,
Then Herod, when he saw that he was mocked by the wise men, was exceedingly angry, and sent out, and killed all the male children who were in Beit-Lechem and in all the surrounding countryside, from two years old and under, according to the exact time which he had learned from the wise men.
He sent them to Beit-Lechem, and said, *Go and search diligently for the young child. When you have found him, bring me word, so that I also may come and worship him.*
But Felix, having more exact knowledge concerning the Way, deferred them, saying, *When Lysias, the commanding officer, comes down, I will decide your case.*
The serpent spewed water out of his mouth after the woman like a river, that he might cause her to be carried away by the stream.
Sha'ul said, I will give her to him, that she may be a snare to him, and that the hand of the Pelishtim may be against him. Therefore Sha'ul said to David, You shall this day be my son-in-law a second time.