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NIV, New Testament with Psalms and Proverbs
NIV, New Testament with Psalms and Proverbs
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    New Testament with Psalms and Proverbs

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    Table of Contents

    Cover Page

    Articles and Resources

    OLD TESTAMENT

    NEW TESTAMENT

    Copyright Page

    OLD TESTAMENT

    NEW TESTAMENT

    Psalms by Chapters

    Proverbs by Chapters

    Matthew by Chapters

    Mark by Chapters

    Luke by Chapters

    John by Chapters

    Acts by Chapters

    Romans by Chapters

    1 Corinthians by Chapters

    2 Corinthians by Chapters

    Galatians by Chapters

    Ephesians by Chapters

    Philippians by Chapters

    Colossians by Chapters

    1 Thessalonians by Chapters

    2 Thessalonians by Chapters

    1 Timothy by Chapters

    2 Timothy by Chapters

    Titus by Chapters

    Philemon

    Hebrews by Chapters

    James by Chapters

    1 Peter by Chapters

    2 Peter by Chapters

    1 John by Chapters

    2 John

    3 John

    Jude

    Revelation by Chapters

    Articles and Resources

    How to Use the NIV New Testament with Psalms and Proverbs, eBook Edition

    Preface

    Alphabetical Order of the Books of the Bible

    Table of Weights and Measures

    Maps

    Index to Color Maps

    How to Use the NIV New Testament with Psalms and Proverbs, eBook Edition

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    Preface

    The goal of the New International version (NIV) is to enable English-speaking people from around the world to read and hear God’s eternal Word in their own language. Our work as translators is motivated by our conviction that the Bible is God’s Word in written form. We believe that the Bible contains the divine answer to the deepest needs of humanity, sheds unique light on our path in a dark world and sets forth the way to our eternal well-being. Out of these deep convictions, we have sought to recreate as far as possible the experience of the original audience—blending transparency to the original text with accessibility for the millions of English speakers around the world. We have prioritized accuracy, clarity and literary quality with the goal of creating a translation suitable for public and private reading, evangelism, teaching, preaching, memorizing and liturgical use. We have also sought to preserve a measure of continuity with the long tradition of translating the Scriptures into English.

    The complete NIV Bible was first published in 1978. It was a completely new translation made by over a hundred scholars working directly from the best available Hebrew, Aramaic and Greek texts. The translators came from the United States, Great Britain, Canada, Australia and New Zealand, giving the translation an international scope. They were from many denominations and churches—including Anglican, Assemblies of God, Baptist, Brethren, Christian Reformed, Church of Christ, Evangelical Covenant, Evangelical Free, Lutheran, Mennonite, Methodist, Nazarene, Presbyterian, Wesleyan and others. This breadth of denominational and theological perspective helped to safeguard the translation from sectarian bias. For these reasons, and by the grace of God, the NIV has gained a wide readership in all parts of the English-speaking world.

    The work of translating the Bible is never finished. As good as they are, English translations must be regularly updated so that they will continue to communicate accurately the meaning of God’s Word. Updates are needed in order to reflect the latest developments in our understanding of the biblical world and its languages and to keep pace with changes in English usage. Recognizing, then, that the NIV would retain its ability to communicate God’s Word accurately only if it were regularly updated, the original translators established The Committee on Bible Translation (CBT). The committee is a self-perpetuating group of biblical scholars charged with keeping abreast of advances in biblical scholarship and changes in English and issuing periodic updates to the NIV. CBT is an independent, self-governing body and has sole responsibility for the NIV text. The committee mirrors the original group of translators in its diverse international and denominational makeup and in its unifying commitment to the Bible as God’s inspired Word.

    In obedience to its mandate, the committee has issued periodic updates to the NIV. An initial revision was released in 1984. A more thorough revision process was completed in 2005, resulting in the separately published Today’s New International version (TNIV). The updated NIV you now have in your hands builds on both the original NIV and the TNIV and represents the latest effort of the committee to articulate God’s unchanging Word in the way the original authors might have said it had they been speaking in English to the global English-speaking audience today.

    The first concern of the translators has continued to be the accuracy of the translation and its faithfulness to the intended meaning of the biblical writers. This has moved the translators to go beyond a formal word-for-word rendering of the original texts. Because thought patterns and syntax differ from language to language, accurate communication of the meaning of the biblical authors demands constant regard for varied contextual uses of words and idioms and for frequent modifications in sentence structures.

    As an aid to the reader, sectional headings have been inserted. They are not to be regarded as part of the biblical text and are not intended for oral reading. It is the committee’s hope that these headings may prove more helpful to the reader than the traditional chapter divisions, which were introduced long after the Bible was written.

    For the Old Testament the standard Hebrew text, the Masoretic Text as published in the latest edition of Biblia Hebraica, has been used throughout. The Masoretic Text tradition contains marginal notations that offer variant readings. These have sometimes been followed instead of the text itself. Because such instances involve variants within the Masoretic tradition, they have not been indicated in the textual notes. In a few cases, words in the basic consonantal text have been divided differently than in the Masoretic Text. Such cases are usually indicated in the textual footnotes. The Dead Sea Scrolls contain biblical texts that represent an earlier stage of the transmission of the Hebrew text. They have been consulted, as have been the Samaritan Pentateuch and the ancient scribal traditions concerning deliberate textual changes. The translators also consulted the more important early versions—the Greek Septuagint, Aquila, Symmachus and Theodotion, the Latin vulgate, the Syriac Peshitta, the Aramaic Targums and, for the Psalms, the Juxta Hebraica of Jerome. Readings from these versions, the Dead Sea Scrolls and the scribal traditions were occasionally followed where the Masoretic Text seemed doubtful and where accepted principles of textual criticism showed that one or more of these textual witnesses appeared to provide the correct reading. In rare cases, the committee has emended the Hebrew text where it appears to have become corrupted at an even earlier stage of its transmission. These departures from the Masoretic Text are also indicated in the textual footnotes. Sometimes the vowel indicators (which are later additions to the basic consonantal text) found in the Masoretic Text did not, in the judgment of the committee, represent the correct vowels for the original text. Accordingly, some words have been read with a different set of vowels. These instances are usually not indicated in the footnotes.

    The Greek text used in translating the New Testament is an eclectic one, based on the latest editions of the Nestle-Aland/United Bible Societies’ Greek New Testament. The committee has made its choices among the variant readings in accordance with widely accepted principles of New Testament textual criticism. Footnotes call attention to places where uncertainty remains.

    The New Testament authors, writing in Greek, often quote the Old Testament from its ancient Greek version, the Septuagint. This is one reason why some of the Old Testament quotations in the NIV New Testament are not identical to the corresponding passages in the NIV Old Testament. Such quotations in the New Testament are indicated with the footnote (see Septuagint).

    Other footnotes in this version are of several kinds, most of which need no explanation. Those giving alternative translations begin with Or and generally introduce the alternative with the last word preceding it in the text, except when it is a single-word alternative. When poetry is quoted in a footnote, a slash mark indicates a line division.

    It should be noted that references to diseases, minerals, flora and fauna, architectural details, clothing, jewelry, musical instruments and other articles cannot always be identified with precision. Also, linear measurements and measures of capacity can only be approximated (see the Table of Weights and Measures). Although Selah, used mainly in the Psalms, is probably a musical term, its meaning is uncertain. Since it may interrupt reading and distract the reader, this word has not been kept in the English text, but every occurrence has been signaled by a footnote.

    One of the main reasons the task of Bible translation is never finished is the change in our own language, English. Although a basic core of the language remains relatively stable, many diverse and complex linguistic factors continue to bring about subtle shifts in the meanings and/or connotations of even old, well-established words and phrases. One of the shifts that creates particular challenges to writers and translators alike is the manner in which gender is presented. The original NIV (1978) was published in a time when a man would naturally be understood, in many contexts, to be referring to a person, whether male of female. But most English speakers today tend to hear a distinctly male connotation in this word. In recognition of this change in English, this edition of the NIV, along with almost all other recent English translations, substitutes other expressions when the original text intends to refer generically to men and women equally. Thus, for instance, the NIV (1984) rendering of 1 Corinthians 8:3, But the man who loves God is known by God becomes in this edition But whoever loves God is known by God. On the other hand, man and mankind, as ways of denoting the human race, are still widely used. This edition of the NIV therefore continues to use these words, along with other expressions, in this way.

    A related shift in English creates a greater challenge for modern translations: the move away from using the third-person masculine singular pronouns—he/him/his—to refer to men and women equally. This usage does persist at a low level in some forms of English, and this revision therefore occasionally uses these pronouns in a generic sense. But the tendency, recognized in day-to-day usage and confirmed by extensive research, is away from the generic use of he, him and his. In recognition of this shift in language and in an effort to translate into the common English that people are actually using, this revision of the NIV generally uses other constructions when the biblical text is plainly addressed to men and women equally. The reader will frequently encounter a they, them or their to express a generic singular idea. Thus, for instance, Mark 8:36 reads: What good is it for someone to gain the whole world, yet forfeit their soul? This generic use of the indefinite or singular they/them/their has a venerable place in English idiom and has quickly become established as standard English, spoken and written, all over the world. Where an individual emphasis is deemed to be present, anyone or everyone or some other equivalent is generally used as the antecedent of such pronouns.

    Sometimes the chapter and/or verse numbering in English translations of the Old Testament differs from that found in published Hebrew texts. This is particularly the case in the Psalms, where the traditional titles are often included in the Hebrew verse numbering. Such differences are indicated in the footnotes at the bottom of the page. In the New Testament, verse numbers that marked off portions of the traditional English text not supported by the best Greek manuscripts now appear in brackets, with a footnote indicating the text that has been omitted (see, for example, Matthew 17:[21]).

    Mark 16:9–20 and John 7:53–8:11, although long accorded virtually equal status with the rest of the Gospels in which they stand, have a very questionable—and confused—standing in the textual history of the New Testament, as noted in the bracketed annotations with which they are set off. A different typeface has been chosen for these passages to indicate even more clearly their uncertain status.

    Basic formatting of the text, such as lining the poetry, paragraphing (both prose and poetry), setting up of (administrative-like) lists, indenting letters and lengthy prayers within narratives and the insertion of sectional headings, has been the work of the committee. However, the choice between single-column and double-column formats has been left to the publishers. Also the issuing of red-letter editions is a publisher’s choice—one the committee does not endorse.

    The committee has again been reminded that every human effort is flawed—including this revision of the NIV. We trust, however, that many will find in it an improved representation of the Word of God, through which they hear his call to faith in our Lord Jesus Christ and to service in his kingdom. We offer this version of the Bible to him in whose name and for whose glory it has been made.

    The Committee on Bible Translation

    September 2010

    Alphabetical Order of the Books of the Bible

    The books of the New Testament are indicated by italics.

    Table of Weights and Measures

    The figures of the table are calculated on the basis of a shekel equaling 11.5 grams, a cubit equaling 18 inches and an ephah equaling 22 liters. The quart referred to is either a dry quart (slightly larger than a liter) or a liquid quart (slightly smaller than a liter), whichever is applicable. The ton referred to in the footnotes is the American ton of 2,000 pounds.

    This table is based upon the best available information, but it is not intended to be mathematically precise; like the measurement equivalents in the footnotes, it merely gives approximate amounts and distances. Weights and measures differed somewhat at various times and places in the ancient world. There is uncertainty particularly about the ephah and the bath; further discoveries may shed more light on these units of capacity.

    Maps

    Map 1:World of the Patriarchs

    Map 2: Holy Land and Sinai

    Map 3: Exodus and Conquest of Canaan

    Map 4: Land of the Twelve Tribes

    Map 5: Kingdom of David and Solomon

    Map 6: Kingdoms of Israel and Judah

    Map 7: Prophets in Israel and Judah

    Map 8: Assyrian and Babylonian Empires

    Map 9: Holy Land in the Time of Jesus

    Map 10: Jerusalem in the Time of Jesus

    Map 11: Jesus’ Ministry

    Map 12: Apostles’ Early Travel

    Map 13: Paul’s Missionary Journeys

    Map 14: Roman Empire

    Maps

    Index to Color Maps

    The Index to Color Maps will lead you to place-names found on the color maps in the back of this Bible. References are to the map number and the margin markings.

    Abana River 6 C/D1/2; 7 C/D1/2; 9 C/D1/2

    Abarim Mts. 2 D4

    Abel Meholah 7 B/C3

    Abel Shittim 3 D2/3

    Abila 9 C3

    Abilene 9 D1; 13 D8

    Acco See Akko

    Achaia 13 C4/5; 14 C/D3

    Adora 9 B5

    Adriatic Sea 13 A/B3; 14 C2

    Aegean Sea 1 A1; 13 C5; 14 C2

    Africa 13 D1/2; 14 B/C3

    Ai 1 C3; 3 C/D2/3

    Aijalon 6 B3/4

    Akko 2 D2; 4 B2; 5 B3/4; 6 B2; 9 B2/3

    Aleppo 1 D2; 5 C1; 8a B1/2; 8b B4/5; 12 D1; 13 D8

    Alexandria 14 D3/4

    Alexandrium 9 B4

    Altar 10 C3

    Amathus 9 B/C4

    Amman 2 D/E3

    Ammon 3 D2/3; 4 D4; 5 B/C4/5; 6 D3; 7 C4

    Amphipolis 13 B5

    Anathoth 7 B4

    Antinoe 14 D/E4

    Antioch 12 C1/2; 13 D8; 14 E3

    Antipatris 9 A/B4

    Antonia Fortress 10 B2

    Aphek 4 B3/4; 6 B3; 7 B3

    Apollonia 13 B5

    Arabah 2 D5

    Arabia 1 D3; 13 E/F7/8

    Arabians 8a B/C2/3

    Arad 7 B4; 9 B5

    Aram 4 D1/2; 5 C3; 6 C/D2; 7 C/D2

    Aramean Desert 5 D3

    Ararat See Urartu

    Ararat, Mt. 1 E1; 8a C1

    Araxes River 1 F1; 8a D1

    Arbela 8b C4/5

    Armenia 14 F2/3

    Arnon River 2 D4; 3 D3; 4 C5; 6 C4; 7 C4; 9 C5

    Aroer 4 C5

    Arrapkha 8a C2; 8b C5

    Arubu 8a B/C2/3

    Arvad 5 B2; 8a B2; 8b B5

    Ashdod 4 A/B4; 5 A/B4/5; 6 B3/4; 9 A4

    Asher 4 B/C2

    Ashkelon 4 A4; 6 A/B4; 9 A4

    Ashtaroth 4 C/D2/3; 5 B/C3/4; 6 C2/3

    Asia 13 C6

    Asshur 1 E2; 8a C2; 8b C4/5

    Assos 13 C5/6

    Athens 13 C5; 14 D3

    Atlantic Ocean 14 A1

    Attalia 13 C/D6/7

    Auranitis 9 D3

    Azekah 3 C3

    Azotus 12 B5/6

    Babylon 1 E3; 8a C2; 8b C5

    Babylonians 1 E/F3

    Bashan 3 D1/2

    Batanea 9 C3

    Beautiful, Gate 10 C/D3

    Beersheba 1 C3; 2 C/D4; 3 C3; 4 B5; 5 B5; 6 B4; 7 B4; 9 A/B5

    Beersheba, Desert of 7 A/B4/5

    Behistun 8b D5

    Beirut 6 B/C1

    Benjamin 4 B/C4

    Berea 13 B/C4/5

    Berothai 5 B/C2/3

    Besor Brook 2 C4; 3 C3; 6 A/B4; 7 A/B4; 9 A5

    Beth Horon 3 C2/3

    Beth Shan 4 C3; 5 B4; 6 C3

    Beth Shemesh 4 B4

    Bethany 9 B4; 11 B5

    Bethany beyond Jordan 9 B/C3; 11 C3, C5

    Bethel 1 C/D3; 3 C/D2/3; 4 B4; 6 B3/4; 7 B3/4

    Bethesda Pool 10 C2

    Bethlehem 2 D3/4; 4 B4; 6 B4; 9 B4; 11 B5

    Bethsaida 9 B/C2/3; 11 C2

    Bethsura 12 B5/6

    Betogabris 12 B5/6

    Bezer 4 C4

    Bithynia & Pontus 13 B7; 14 D/E2/3

    Black Sea 1 B1; 8a A/B1; 13 A/B7; 14 E2

    Bozrah 6 C5

    Britain 14 A/B1

    Byblos 1 C/D2/3; 5 B2/3; 8a B2; 8b B5; 12 B/C3/4

    Byzantium 14 D2/3

    Cabul See Kabul

    Caesarea 9 A/B3; 11 A3; 12 B5; 13 E7/8

    Caesarea Philippi 9 B/C2; 11 C1; 12 C4

    Calah 8a C1/2

    Cana 9 B3; 11 B2/3

    Canaan 3 C/D2/3

    Capernaum 9 B2/3; 11 B/C2; 12 B/C4/5

    Caphtor 1 A2/3

    Cappadocia 13 C8; 14 E2/3

    Carchemish 1 D2; 8a B1/2; 8b B4/5

    Carmel, Mt. 2 C/D2/3; 6 B2/3; 7 B2/3; 9 A/B3

    Carthage 14 B/C3

    Caspian Sea 1 F1; 8a D1; 8b D4; 14 F2

    Caucasus Mts. 14 F2

    Cenchrea 13 C/D5

    Chorazin See Korazin

    Cilicia 12 B1; 13 C/D7/8; 14 E3

    Cnidus 13 C/D6

    Cologna 14 B1

    Colosse 13 C6

    Commagene 13 C8

    Corinth 13 C4/5; 14 C/D3

    Corsica 13 A/B1/2; 14 B/C2

    Cos 13 C/D6

    Crete 1 A2/3; 13 D5; 14 D3

    Cyprus (island) 1 C2/3; 5 A2; 12 A2/3; 13 D7; 14 D3

    Cyprus (town) 9 B4

    Cyrenaica 13 E/F4/5

    Cyrene (region) 14 C/D4

    Cyrene (town) 14 C/D3/4

    Cyrus River 14 F2/3

    Dacia 13 A5; 14 D2

    Dalmatia 13 A3/4

    Damascus 1 C/D3; 2 E1/2; 4 D1; 5 B/C3; 6 C/D2; 7 C/D2; 8a B2; 8b B5; 9 C/D2; 12 C4; 13 D/E8; 14 E3

    Dan (town) 2 D2; 4 C1/2; 5 B3; 6 C2

    Dan (tribe) 4 B4

    Danube River 14 C1

    Dead Sea 2 D4

    Debir 3 C/D3

    Decapolis 9 C/D3/4; 11 C/D3/4

    Delphi 13 C4/5

    Derbe 13 C7; 14 E3

    Dibon 3 D3; 4 C4/5; 6 C4

    Dion 9 C3

    Dnieper River 14 D/E1

    Dophkah 3 B/C4/5

    Dor 4 B2/3; 9 A/B3

    Dothan 1 C3; 7 B3

    Dur Sharrukin 8a C1/2; 8b C4/5

    Dura-Europos 14 E/F3

    Eastern Desert 2 E/F4/5; 5 C/D4/5

    Ebal, Mt. 2 D3; 4 B/C3; 6 B3; 9 B3/4

    Ebla 1 C/D2

    Ecbatana 8a D2; 8b D5

    Edessa 14 E3

    Edom 3 C/D3/4; 4 C6; 5 B5; 6 C5/6; 7 C5/6

    Edom, Desert of 2 D/E5

    Edrei 3 D2; 4 C/D3; 5 B/C4; 6 C3

    Eglon 3 C3; 4 A/B4/5

    Egypt 3 A3; 13 E/F6/7; 14 D4

    Egyptians 1 C4

    Egypt, Wadi of 2 B/C4; 5 A5

    Ekron 4 B4

    Elim 3 B4

    Emmaus 9 B4; 11 A5; 12 B5

    En Gedi 2 D4; 4 B/C5

    Ephesus 13 C6; 14 D3

    Ephraim 4 B4

    Epirus 13 C4

    Erech/Uruk 1 E/F3

    Esbus See Heshbon

    Essene Gate 10 A5

    Essene Quarter 10 A/B5

    Euphrates River 1D2; 5 D1; 8a C2; 8b C5; 13 C8; 14 E3

    Ezion Geber 2 C/D6; 3 C4; 5 B6

    Fair Haven 13 D5

    First Wall 10 B3/4

    Fish Gate 10 A/B2

    Foothills 2 C/D4

    Forum of Appius 13 B2/3

    Gad 4 C3/4

    Gadara 9 B/C3; 11 C3

    Galatia 13 C7; 14 D/E3

    Galilean Mts. 2 D2

    Galilee 7 B/C2; 9 B/C2/3; 11 B2; 12 B4/5

    Galilee, Sea of 2 D2; 11 C2; 12 B/C4/5

    Gallia 13 A1

    Garden Tomb 10 B1

    Gate Beautiful 10 C/D3

    Gath 4 B4; 5 A/B4/5; 6 B4

    Gath Hepher 7 B2/3

    Gaul 14 B1/2

    Gaulanitis 9 C2

    Gaza 2 C4; 4 A4/5; 5 A4/5; 6 A/B4; 9 A5; 12 B6

    Gebal 5 B2/3

    Gennath Gate 10 A/B3/4

    Gennesaret 9 B2/3

    Gentiles, Court of the 10 C3

    Gerar 1 C3; 4 A5; 6 A/B4

    Gerasa 9 C3/4

    Gergesa/Kursi 9 B/C3; 11 C2/3

    Gerizim, Mt. 2 D3; 4 B/C3/4; 6 B3; 9 B4; 11 B4; 12 B5

    Germania 13 A4

    Germany 14 C1

    Gethsemane 10 D2

    Gezer 4 B4; 5 B4; 6 B3/4

    Gibeah 5 B4

    Gibeon 3 C2/3; 4 B4

    Gihon Spring 10 D4/5

    Gilboa, Mt. 2 D3; 3 C/D2; 5 B4; 6 B/C3

    Gilead 7 C3/4

    Gilgal 3 C/D2/3; 4 C4; 7 B/C3/4

    Golan 4 C/D2/3

    Golden Gate 10 D3

    Golgotha 10 A/B3

    Goshen 3 A/B3/4

    Gozan 8a C1/2; 8b C4/5

    Great Bitter Lake 2 A5; 3 A/B3/4

    Great Sea, The 1 B3; 2 B2; 3 B2; 4 A2; 5 A3; 6 A2; 7 A2; 8a A2; 8b A5; 9 A2; 11 A2; 12 A3/4; 13 D3

    Gulf of Aqaba 5 B6

    Habor River 8a B/C1/2; 8b B/C4/5

    Halak, Mt. 2 D4

    Hamath (region) 5 C/D1/2

    Hamath (town) 5 C2; 8a B2; 8b B5; 12 C/D2/3

    Haran 1 D2; 8a B/C1/2; 8b B/C4/5

    Hattusha 1 C1

    Hazeroth 3 C4/5

    Hazor 1 C/D3; 3 C/D2; 4 C2; 5 B3/4; 6 B/C2

    Hebron 1 C3; 2 D4; 3 C/D3; 4 B4/5; 5 B4/5; 6 B4; 9 B5

    Heliopolis 1 B/C3/4; 3 A4

    Hermon, Mt. 2 D2; 4 C1/2; 5 B3; 6 C2; 9 C2; 11 C1

    Herod Antipas’s Palace 10 B4

    Herod’s Palace 10 A4

    Herodium 9 B4/5

    Heshbon 3 D2/3; 4 C4; 6 C3/4; 9 C4

    Hezekiah’s Tunnel 10 C/D5

    High Priest’s House 10 A/B5

    Hinnom Valley 10 A/B6

    Hippicus, Tower of 10 A3/4

    Hippos 9 B/C3

    Hittites 1 C1/2

    Horeb, Mt. See Sinai, Mt.

    Hormah 4 B5

    Hula, Lake 9 B/C2

    Huldah Gates 10 C/D4

    Hyrcania 9 B4/5

    Ibleam 6 B/C3

    Iconium 13 C7

    Idumea 9 A/B5

    Ijon 4 C1/2

    Illyricum 14 C1/2

    Inner Court 10 C3

    Ionian Sea 13 C4

    Israel 6 B/C3/4

    Israel, Court of 10 C3

    Israel Pool 10 C/D2

    Issachar 4 B/C3

    Issus 13 C/D8

    Italy 13 A/B2/3; 14 C2

    Iturea 9 C1/2

    Iye Abarim 3 D3

    Jabbok River 2 D/E3; 4 C3/4; 6 C3; 7 C3; 9 C3/4; 11 C4

    Jabesh Gilead 4 C3; 6 C3

    Jahaz 3 D3

    Jarmuk, Mt. 6 B/C2; 9 B2/3

    Jamnia 9 A4

    Jarmuth 3 C2/3

    Jazer 4 C4

    Jericho 2 D3; 3 C/D2/3; 4 C4; 6 B/C3/4; 7 B/C3/4; 9 B4; 11 B/C5

    Jerusalem 2 D3/4; 3 C/D2/3; 4 B4; 5 B4/5; 6 B3/4; 7 B4; 8a B2/3; 8b B5/6; 9 B4; 11 B5; 12 B5/6; 13 E8; 14 E3/4

    Jezreel 4 B/C3; 7 B3

    Joppa 2 C/D3; 4 A/B3/4; 5 A/B4; 6 B3/4; 7 B3/4; 9 A/B4; 12 B5

    Jordan River 2 D3; 3 C/D2; 4 C3; 5 B4; 6 C3; 7 B/C3; 8a B2/3; 8b B5/6; 9 B/C3/4; 11 B/C5; 12 B/C5; 13 E8

    Judah 4 B4/5; 6 B4/5; 7 B4

    Judea 9 B4/5; 11 B5; 12 B6; 13 E8; 14 E3

    Judean Mts. 2 C/D4

    Kabul 4 B/C2

    Kadesh See Kedesh

    Kadesh Barnea 1 C3/4; 3 C3/4; 5 A/B5/6; 6 A/B5

    Kedesh 3 C/D1/2; 4 C2; 5 C2; 6 B/C2

    Kerith Ravine 7 C3

    Khersa See Gergesa/Kursi

    Kidron Valley 10 D4/5

    Kinnereth, Sea of 2 D2/3; 3 D2; 4 C2; 5 B3/4; 6 B/C2/3; 7 B/C2/3; 9 B/C2/3

    Kios 13 C5/6

    Kir Hareseth 5 B5; 6 C4/5; 7 C4/5

    Kiriath Jearim 4 B4

    Kishon River 2 D2/3; 4 B2/3; 6 B2/3; 7 B2/3; 9 B3

    Kittim 1 C2/3; 5 A2

    Knossos 1 A2

    Korazin 9 B/C2/3; 11 B/C2

    Lachish 3 C3; 4 B4/5

    Laodicea 13 C6

    Lasea 13 D5

    Leontes River 9 B2

    Libnah 3 C3

    Litani River 2 D2; 4 C1; 5 B3; 6 C1/2; 12 C4

    Little Bitter Lake 2 A/B5

    Loire River 14 B1/2

    London 14 B1

    Lower City 10 B/C5

    Lycaonia 13 C7

    Lycia 13 C/D6/7

    Lydda 12 B5

    Lydia 13 C5/6

    Lyon 14 B1/2

    Lystra 13 C/D7

    Macedonia, Former Yugoslav Republic of 13 B4/5; 14 D2

    Machaerus 9 B/C4/5; 11 C5/6

    Magdala 9 B3; 11 B/C2

    Mahanaim 4 C3/4; 5 B4

    Mainz 14 B/C1

    Makkedah 3 C3

    Malatha 9 B5

    Malta 13 D2/3

    Manasseh 4 B3

    Manasseh, East 4 C/D2

    Marah 3 B4

    Mareshah 6 B4

    Mari 1 D/E2/3

    Mariamne, Tower of 10 A4

    Masada 9 B5

    Mauretania 14 A/B3

    Medeba 5 B4/5; 6 C4

    Media 8a D2; 8b D4/5

    Mediterranean Sea 2 B/2; 14 C3

    Megiddo 1 C3; 4 B/C3; 5 B4; 6 B3; 9 B3

    Me Jarkon River See Yarkon River

    Memphis 1 B/C4; 3 A4; 8a A3; 8b A6; 14 D/E4

    Men, Court of See Israel, Court of

    Menzaleh, Lake 3 A/B3

    Merom 3 C/D2; 4 C2

    Mesopotamia 14 E/F3

    Midian 3 C5

    Miletus 13 C/D6

    Mitylene 13 C5/6

    Mizpah 4 B/C4; 7 B3/4; 8b B5/6

    Moab 3 D3; 4 C5; 5 B5; 6 C4; 7 B/C4/5

    Moesia 13 A6; 14 D2

    Moreh, Mt. 2 D2/3; 4 B/C2/3; 6 B/C2/3

    Moresheth Gath 7 B4

    Mycenae 1 A2

    Myra 13 D6/7

    Mysia 13 B/C6; 14 D2/3

    Nabatea 9 C5; 14 E3/4

    Nain 9 B3; 11 B3

    Naphtali 4 C2

    Nazareth 2 D2/3; 9 B3; 11 B3

    Neapolis 13 B5

    Nebo, Mt. 2 D3/4; 3 D2/3; 4 C4; 6 C3/4

    Negev 2 C/D4

    Nile River 1 B/C4; 3 A4/5; 13 F7; 14 D/E4

    Nineveh 1 E2; 8a C1/2; 8b C4/5

    Nippur 1 E3; 8a C/D2/3; 8b C/D5

    Noph See Memphis

    Numidia 13 C/D1

    Nuzi 1 E2

    Oboth 3 C/D3/4

    Olives, Mt. of 2 D3/4; 10 D3; 11 B5

    Olympus, Mt. 13 B/C4/5

    On See Heliopolis

    Orontes River 5 B/C1; 8a B1/2; 8b B4/5; 12 C/D3

    Paddan Aram 1 D2

    Pamphylia 13 C/D6/7

    Paphos 13 D7

    Paran, Desert of 2 B/C5; 3 B/C4

    Parthia 14 F3

    Patara 13 C/D6

    Patmos 13 C/D5/6

    Pella 9 B/C3/4; 14 E3/4

    Penuel 6 C3

    Perea 9 B/C4; 11 C4

    Perga 13 C/D6/7

    Pergamum 13 C6; 14 D2/3

    Persian Gulf 1 F4; 8a D3; 8b D6; 14 F4

    Pharpar River 4 D1/2; 6 C2; 7 C2; 9 C2

    Phasael, Tower of 10 A4

    Philadelphia 9 C4; 13 C6

    Philippi 13 B5; 14 D2

    Philistia 3 C3; 5 A/B4; 6 A/B4/5; 7 A4/5

    Phoenicia 5 B3; 6 B/C2; 7 C1/2; 9 B2; 11 B1; 13 D8

    Phoenix 13 D5

    Phrygia 14 D/E3

    Pinnacle of the Temple 10 D4

    Pisidia 13 C6/7

    Pisidian Antioch 13 C7

    Pithom 3 A/B3/4

    Po River 14 B/C2

    Ptolemais 11 A/B2; 12 B4/5; 13 D/E7/8

    Punon 3 C/D3/4

    Puteoli 13 B3; 14 C2/3

    Qatna 5 C2

    Rabbah 4 C/D4; 5 B/C4; 6 C3/4

    Ramah 7 B4

    Rameses 3 A/B3

    Ramoth Gilead 4 C/D3; 5 B/C4; 6 C3; 7 C3

    Raphana 9 C2/3

    Raphia 6 A/B4; 9 A5

    Red Sea 1 C4; 2 C/D8; 3 C6; 8a B3; 8b B6; 13 F7/8; 14 E4

    Rephidim 3 B/C5

    Reuben 4 C4/5

    Rezeph 8a B/C2; 8b B/C5

    Rhegium 13 C3

    Rhine River 14 B/C1

    Rhodes 13 D6

    Rhone River 14 B2

    Riblah 8b B5

    Rimmon 4 B/C2/3

    Robinson’s Arch 10 C4

    Rome 13 B2; 14 C2

    Royal Porch 10 C/D3/4

    Salamis 13 D7/8

    Salim 9 B/C3/4; 11 B/C3/4

    Salmone 13 D5/6

    Salt Sea 2 D4; 3 C/D3; 4 B/C5; 5 B5; 6 B/C4; 7 B/C4; 9 B5; 11 B/C6; 12 B/C6

    Samaria (region) 7 B3; 9 B3/4; 11 B3/4; 12 B5

    Samaria (town) 4 B3; 6 B3; 7 B3; 8a B2/3; 12 B5

    Samos 13 C5/6

    Samothrace 13 B/C5/6

    Sardinia 13 B/C1/2; 14 B/C2/3

    Sardis 13 C6

    Sarmatia 14 D1

    Scythopolis 9 B/C3

    Sebaste See Samaria (town)

    Second Quarter 10 B3

    Second Wall 10 B1/2

    Seleucia 13 D8

    Serpent’s Pool 10 A5

    Sharon, Plain of 2 C/D3

    Shechem 1 C/D3; 2 D3; 3 C/D2/3; 4 B/C3/4; 5 B4; 6 B3

    Sheep Gate 10 C/D2/3

    Sheep Pool 10 C/D2

    Shephelah 2 C/D4

    Shiloh 3 C/D2/3; 4 B/C4; 6 B3; 7 B3/4

    Shunem 7 B/C3

    Shur, Desert of 2 B5; 3 B/C3/4

    Sicily 13 C2/3; 14 C3

    Sidon 5 B3; 6 B/C1/2; 7 B/C1/2; 9 B1/2; 12 B/C4; 13 D/E8; 14 E3

    Siloam, Pool of 10 C5/6

    Simeon 4 A/B5

    Sin, Desert of 2 B6; 3 B/C4/5

    Sinai 1 C4; 2 B/C5/6; 3 B/C4

    Sinai, Desert of 2 B/C 7

    Sinai, Mt. 2 C7; 3 C5

    Smyrna 13 C6

    Spain 14 A2

    Sparta 13 C/D4/5

    Succoth 1 B/C3/4; 3 A/B3/4; 4 C3/4; 6 C3

    Susa 8a D2/3; 8b D5

    Sychar 9 B3/4; 11 B4; 12 B5

    Syracuse 13 C/D3; 14 C3

    Syria 9 C/D2; 12 C/D2; 13 D8; 14 E3

    Taanach 4 B/C3; 5 B4; 6 B3

    Tabor, Mt. 2 D2/3; 3 C/D2; 4 C2/3; 6 B/C2/3; 9 B3; 11 B3

    Tadmor 1 D2/3; 5 D2; 8a B/C2; 8b B/C5

    Tagus River 14 A2

    Tamar 5 B5

    Tanis See Zoan

    Tarsus 12 B1; 13 C/D7/8; 14 E3

    Taurus Mts. 1 C2

    Tekoa 7 B4

    Tel Aviv 2 C/D3

    Temple 10 C3

    Tetrarchy of Philip 9 C2/3

    Theater 10 B4/5

    Thessalonica 13 B/C4/5; 14 C/D2/3

    Thrace 13 B5; 14 D2/3

    Three Taverns 13 B2/3

    Thyatira 13 C6

    Tiberias 2 D2/3; 9 B/C3; 11 B/C2/3

    Tigris River 1 E2; 8a C2; 8b C5; 14 F3

    Tiphsah 5 D1; 8a B/C2

    Tirzah 4 B/C3; 6 B/C3

    Tishbe 7 C3

    Tower Pool 10 A3

    Trachonitis 9 C/D2/3

    Tripolitania 13 E2/3

    Troas 13 B/C5/6

    Troy 1 A/B1

    Tyre 2 D2; 4 B/C1/2; 5 B3; 6 B2; 7 B2; 9 B2; 11 B1; 12 B4; 13 D/E7/8; 14 E3/4

    Tyropoeon Valley 10 B2/3

    Tyrrhenian Sea 13 B/C2/3; 14 B/C2/3

    Ugarit 1 C/D2/3

    Upper City 10 B4

    Upper Room 10 A/B5

    Ur 1 E/F3; 8a C/D2/3; 8b C/D5/6

    Urartu 8a C1; 8b C4

    Urmia, Lake 1 E/F2; 8a C/D1/2; 8b C/D4

    Uruk 1 E/F3

    Valley Gate 10 C4

    Van, Lake 8a C1; 8b C4

    Vistula River 14 C/D1

    Volga River 14 F1/2

    Water Gate 10 C/D5/6

    Wadi el-Arish 6 A4/5

    Wilson’s Arch 10 B/C3/4

    Women, Court of 10 C3

    Yarkon River 2 C/D3; 9 A/B4

    Yarmuk River 2 D/E2/3; 4 C2/3; 6 C2/3; 7 C2/3; 9 C3; 11 C2/3

    Zarephath 7 B/C2

    Zebulun 4 B/C2/3

    Zered Brook 2 D4; 3 C/D3; 4 C5/6; 6 C4/5; 7 B/C5; 9 B/C5/6

    Ziklag 4 A/B5; 5 A/B5

    Zin, Desert of 2 C/D5; 3 C3/4

    Zoan 1 B/C3/4

    Zoar 1 C/D3/4

    The Old Testament

    Psalms

    BOOK I
    Psalms 1—41

    Psalm 1

    ¹Blessed is the one

    who does not walk in step with the wicked

    or stand in the way that sinners take

    or sit in the company of mockers,

    ²but whose delight is in the law of the LORD,

    and who meditates on his law day and night.

    ³That person is like a tree planted by streams of water,

    which yields its fruit in season

    and whose leaf does not wither—

    whatever they do prospers.

    ⁴Not so the wicked!

    They are like chaff

    that the wind blows away.

    ⁵Therefore the wicked will not stand in the judgment,

    nor sinners in the assembly of the righteous.

    ⁶For the LORD watches over the way of the righteous,

    but the way of the wicked leads to destruction.

    Psalm 2

    ¹Why do the nations conspire[1]

    and the peoples plot in vain?

    ²The kings of the earth rise up

    and the rulers band together

    against the LORD and against his anointed, saying,

    ³"Let us break their chains

    and throw off their shackles."

    ⁴The One enthroned in heaven laughs;

    the Lord scoffs at them.

    ⁵He rebukes them in his anger

    and terrifies them in his wrath, saying,

    ⁶"I have installed my king

    on Zion, my holy mountain."

    ⁷I will proclaim the LORD’s decree:

    He said to me, "You are my son;

    today I have become your father.

    ⁸Ask me,

    and I will make the nations your inheritance,

    the ends of the earth your possession.

    ⁹You will break them with a rod of iron[2];

    you will dash them to pieces like pottery."

    ¹⁰Therefore, you kings, be wise;

    be warned, you rulers of the earth.

    ¹¹Serve the LORD with fear

    and celebrate his rule with trembling.

    ¹²Kiss his son, or he will be angry

    and your way will lead to your destruction,

    for his wrath can flare up in a moment.

    Blessed are all who take refuge in him.

    Psalm 3

    [3]

    A psalm of David. When he fled from his son Absalom.

    ¹LORD, how many are my foes!

    How many rise up against me!

    ²Many are saying of me,

    God will not deliver him.[4]

    ³But you, LORD, are a shield around me,

    my glory, the One who lifts my head high.

    ⁴I call out to the LORD,

    and he answers me from his holy mountain.

    ⁵I lie down and sleep;

    I wake again, because the LORD sustains me.

    ⁶I will not fear though tens of thousands

    assail me on every side.

    ⁷Arise, LORD!

    Deliver me, my God!

    Strike all my enemies on the jaw;

    break the teeth of the wicked.

    ⁸From the LORD comes deliverance.

    May your blessing be on your people.

    Psalm 4

    [5]

    For the director of music. With stringed instruments. A psalm of David.

    ¹Answer me when I call to you,

    my righteous God.

    Give me relief from my distress;

    have mercy on me and hear my prayer.

    ²How long will you people turn my glory into shame?

    How long will you love delusions and seek false gods[6]?[7]

    ³Know that the LORD has set apart his faithful servant for himself;

    the LORD hears when I call to him.

    ⁴Tremble and[8] do not sin;

    when you are on your beds,

    search your hearts and be silent.

    ⁵Offer the sacrifices of the righteous

    and trust in the LORD.

    ⁶Many, LORD, are asking, Who will bring us prosperity?

    Let the light of your face shine on us.

    ⁷Fill my heart with joy

    when their grain and new wine abound.

    ⁸In peace I will lie down and sleep,

    for you alone, LORD,

    make me dwell in safety.

    Psalm 5

    [9]

    For the director of music. For pipes. A psalm of David.

    ¹Listen to my words, LORD,

    consider my lament.

    ²Hear my cry for help,

    my King and my God,

    for to you I pray.

    ³In the morning, LORD, you hear my voice;

    in the morning I lay my requests before you

    and wait expectantly.

    ⁴For you are not a God who is pleased with wickedness;

    with you, evil people are not welcome.

    ⁵The arrogant cannot stand

    in your presence.

    You hate all who do wrong;

    ⁶you destroy those who tell lies.

    The bloodthirsty and deceitful

    you, LORD, detest.

    ⁷But I, by your great love,

    can come into your house;

    in reverence I bow down

    toward your holy temple.

    ⁸Lead me, LORD, in your righteousness

    because of my enemies—

    make your way straight before me.

    ⁹Not a word from their mouth can be trusted;

    their heart is filled with malice.

    Their throat is an open grave;

    with their tongues they tell lies.

    ¹⁰Declare them guilty, O God!

    Let their intrigues be their downfall.

    Banish them for their many sins,

    for they have rebelled against you.

    ¹¹But let all who take refuge in you be glad;

    let them ever sing for joy.

    Spread your protection over them,

    that those who love your name may rejoice in you.

    ¹²Surely, LORD, you bless the righteous;

    you surround them with your favor as with a shield.

    Psalm 6

    [10]

    For the director of music. With stringed instruments. According to sheminith.[11] A psalm of David.

    ¹LORD, do not rebuke me in your anger

    or discipline me in your wrath.

    ²Have mercy on me, LORD, for I am faint;

    heal me, LORD, for my bones are in agony.

    ³My soul is in deep anguish.

    How long, LORD, how long?

    ⁴Turn, LORD, and deliver me;

    save me because of your unfailing love.

    ⁵Among the dead no one proclaims your name.

    Who praises you from the grave?

    ⁶I am worn out from my groaning.

    All night long I flood my bed with weeping

    and drench my couch with tears.

    ⁷My eyes grow weak with sorrow;

    they fail because of all my foes.

    ⁸Away from me, all you who do evil,

    for the LORD has heard my weeping.

    ⁹The LORD has heard my cry for mercy;

    the LORD accepts my prayer.

    ¹⁰All my enemies will be overwhelmed with shame and anguish;

    they will turn back and suddenly be put to shame.

    Psalm 7

    [12]

    A shiggaion[13] of David, which he sang to the LORD concerning Cush, a Benjamite.

    ¹LORD my God, I take refuge in you;

    save and deliver me from all who pursue me,

    ²or they will tear me apart like a lion

    and rip me to pieces with no one to rescue me.

    ³LORD my God, if I have done this

    and there is guilt on my hands—

    ⁴if I have repaid my ally with evil

    or without cause have robbed my foe—

    ⁵then let my enemy pursue and overtake me;

    let him trample my life to the ground

    and make me sleep in the dust.[14]

    ⁶Arise, LORD, in your anger;

    rise up against the rage of my enemies.

    Awake, my God; decree justice.

    ⁷Let the assembled peoples gather around you,

    while you sit enthroned over them on high.

    ⁸Let the LORD judge the peoples.

    Vindicate me, LORD, according to my righteousness,

    according to my integrity, O Most High.

    ⁹Bring to an end the violence of the wicked

    and make the righteous secure—

    you, the righteous God

    who probes minds and hearts.

    ¹⁰My shield[15] is God Most High,

    who saves the upright in heart.

    ¹¹God is a righteous judge,

    a God who displays his wrath every day.

    ¹²If he does not relent,

    he[16] will sharpen his sword;

    he will bend and string his bow.

    ¹³He has prepared his deadly weapons;

    he makes ready his flaming arrows.

    ¹⁴Whoever is pregnant with evil

    conceives trouble and gives birth to disillusionment.

    ¹⁵Whoever digs a hole and scoops it out

    falls into the pit they have made.

    ¹⁶The trouble they cause recoils on them;

    their violence comes down on their own heads.

    ¹⁷I will give thanks to the LORD because of his righteousness;

    I will sing the praises of the name of the LORD Most High.

    Psalm 8

    [17]

    For the director of music. According to gittith.[18] A psalm of David.

    ¹LORD, our Lord,

    how majestic is your name in all the earth!

    You have set your glory

    in the heavens.

    ²Through the praise of children and infants

    you have established a stronghold against your enemies,

    to silence the foe and the avenger.

    ³When I consider your heavens,

    the work of your fingers,

    the moon and the stars,

    which you have set in place,

    ⁴what is mankind that you are mindful of them,

    human beings that you care for them?[19]

    ⁵You have made them[20] a little lower than the angels[21]

    and crowned them[22] with glory and honor.

    ⁶You made them rulers over the works of your hands;

    you put everything under their[23] feet:

    ⁷all flocks and herds,

    and the animals of the wild,

    ⁸the birds in the sky,

    and the fish in the sea,

    all that swim the paths of the seas.

    ⁹LORD, our Lord,

    how majestic is your name in all the earth!

    Psalm 9

    [24],[25]

    For the director of music. To the tune of The Death of the Son. A psalm of David.

    ¹I will give thanks to you, LORD, with all my heart;

    I will tell of all your wonderful deeds.

    ²I will be glad and rejoice in you;

    I will sing the praises of your name, O Most High.

    ³My enemies turn back;

    they stumble and perish before you.

    ⁴For you have upheld my right and my cause,

    sitting enthroned as the righteous judge.

    ⁵You have rebuked the nations and destroyed the wicked;

    you have blotted out their name for ever and ever.

    ⁶Endless ruin has overtaken my enemies,

    you have uprooted their cities;

    even the memory of them has perished.

    ⁷The LORD reigns forever;

    he has established his throne for judgment.

    ⁸He rules the world in righteousness

    and judges the peoples with equity.

    ⁹The LORD is a refuge for the oppressed,

    a stronghold in times of trouble.

    ¹⁰Those who know your name trust in you,

    for you, LORD, have never forsaken those who seek you.

    ¹¹Sing the praises of the LORD, enthroned in Zion;

    proclaim among the nations what he has done.

    ¹²For he who avenges blood remembers;

    he does not ignore the cries of the afflicted.

    ¹³LORD, see how my enemies persecute me!

    Have mercy and lift me up from the gates of death,

    ¹⁴that I may declare your praises

    in the gates of Daughter Zion,

    and there rejoice in your salvation.

    ¹⁵The nations have fallen into the pit they have dug;

    their feet are caught in the net they have hidden.

    ¹⁶The LORD is known by his acts of justice;

    the wicked are ensnared by the work of their hands.[26]

    ¹⁷The wicked go down to the realm of the dead,

    all the nations that forget God.

    ¹⁸But God will never forget the needy;

    the hope of the afflicted will never perish.

    ¹⁹Arise, LORD, do not let mortals triumph;

    let the nations be judged in your presence.

    ²⁰Strike them with terror, LORD;

    let the nations know they are only mortal.

    Psalm 10

    [27]

    ¹Why, LORD, do you stand far off?

    Why do you hide yourself in times of trouble?

    ²In his arrogance the wicked man hunts down the weak,

    who are caught in the schemes he devises.

    ³He boasts about the cravings of his heart;

    he blesses the greedy and reviles the LORD.

    ⁴In his pride the wicked man does not seek him;

    in all his thoughts there is no room for God.

    ⁵His ways are always prosperous;

    your laws are rejected by[28] him;

    he sneers at all his enemies.

    ⁶He says to himself, Nothing will ever shake me.

    He swears, No one will ever do me harm.

    ⁷His mouth is full of lies and threats;

    trouble and evil are under his tongue.

    ⁸He lies in wait near the villages;

    from ambush he murders the innocent.

    His eyes watch in secret for

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