Say, I pray thee, thou art my sister: that it may be well with me for thy sake, and that my soul may live because of thee.
Genesis 18:15 - Revised Version 1885 Then Sarah denied, saying, I laughed not; for she was afraid. And he said, Nay; but thou didst laugh. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Then Sarah denied, saying, I laughed not; for she was afraid. And he said, Nay; but thou didst laugh. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Then Sarah denied it, saying, I did not laugh; for she was afraid. And He said, No, but you did laugh. American Standard Version (1901) Then Sarah denied, saying, I laughed not; for she was afraid. And he said, Nay; but thou didst laugh. Common English Bible Sarah lied and said, “I didn’t laugh,” because she was frightened. But he said, “No, you laughed.” Catholic Public Domain Version Sarah denied it, saying, "I did not laugh." For she was terribly afraid. But the Lord said, "It is not so; for you did laugh." Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Sara denied, saying: I did not laugh. For she was afraid. But the Lord said: Nay; but thou didst laugh: |
Say, I pray thee, thou art my sister: that it may be well with me for thy sake, and that my soul may live because of thee.
Is any thing too hard for the LORD? At the set time I will return unto thee, when the season cometh round, and Sarah shall have a son.
And the men rose up from thence, and looked toward Sodom: and Abraham went with them to bring them on the way.
And the LORD said unto Cain, Where is Abel thy brother? And he said, I know not: am I my brother's keeper?
But he said unto her, Thou speakest as one of the foolish women speaketh. What? shall we receive good at the hand of God, and shall we not receive evil? In all this did not Job sin with his lips.
Shall not God search this out? For he knoweth the secrets of the heart.
Yea, for thy sake are we killed all the day long; We are counted as sheep for the slaughter.
The lip of truth shall be established for ever: But a lying tongue is but for a moment.
He that covereth his transgressions shall not prosper: But whoso confesseth and forsaketh them shall obtain mercy.
And straightway Jesus, perceiving in his spirit that they so reasoned within themselves, saith unto them, Why reason ye these things in your hearts?
The maid therefore that kept the door saith unto Peter, Art thou also one of this man's disciples? He saith, I am not.
and because he needed not that any one should bear witness concerning man; for he himself knew what was in man.
Now we know that what things soever the law saith, it speaketh to them that are under the law; that every mouth may be stopped, and all the world may be brought under the judgement of God:
lie not one to another; seeing that ye have put off the old man with his doings,
If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us.