Sahidic Coptic Old Testament

And I will kindle a fire on the walls of Rabbath, and it shall devour her foundations with shouting in the day of war, and she shall be shaken in the days of her destruction:

In God will we do valiantly; and he shall bring to nought them that harass us.

And Debbora said to Barac, Rise up, for this is the day on which the Lord has delivered Sisara into thy hand, for the Lord shall go forth before thee: and Barac went down from mount Thabor, and ten thousand men after him.

But thou, O man like minded, my guide, and my acquaintance,

And Esther sent the man that came to her to Mardochaeus, saying,

and ten of the chiefs with him; there was one chief of every household out of all the tribes of Israel; (the heads of families are the captains of thousands in Israel.)

Or didst thou take clay of the ground, and form a living creature, and set it with the power of speech upon the earth?

And king Joram had returned to be healed in Jezrael of the wounds which the Syrians had given him, in his war with Azael king of Syria. And Ju said, If your heart is with me, let there not go forth out of the city one fugitive to go and report to Jezrael.

And Saul sent messengers to take David; and they say that he is sick.

And Zosara his wife and his friends said to him, Let there be a gallows made for thee of fifty cubits, and in the morning do thou speak to the king, and let Mardochaeus be hanged on the gallows: but do thou go in to the feast with the king, and be merry. And the saying pleased Aman, and the gallows was prepared.

And it came to pass when they entered into Samaria, that Elisaie said, Open, I pray thee, O Lord, their eyes, and let them see. And the Lord opened their eyes, and they saw; and, behold, they were in the midst of Samaria.

Ephraim rooted them out in Amalec, behind thee was Benjamin among thy people: the inhabitants of Machir came down with me searching out the enemy, and from Zabulon came they that draw with the scribe's pen of record.

While they were yet speaking, the chamberlains arrived, to hasten Aman to the banquet which Esther had prepared.

And Elisaie went into the house, and shut the door upon themselves, the two, and prayed to the Lord.

and he took the mantle of Eliu, which fell from off him, and smote the water, and said, Where is the Lord God of Eliu? and he smote the waters, and they were divided hither and thither; and Elisaie went over.

But having known their works, he delivered them into darkness: and in the night one will be as a thief:

And the angel of the Lord turned to him, and said, Go in this thy strength, and thou shalt save Israel out of the hand of Madiam: behold, I have sent thee.

And Mardochaeus went forth robed in the royal apparel, and wearing a golden crown, and a diadem of fine purple linen: and the people in Susa saw it and rejoiced.

Deliver me from blood-guiltiness, O God, the God of my salvation: and my tongue shall joyfully declare thy righteousness.

And the Lord said, Who will deceive Achaab king of Israel, that he may go up and fall in Remmath Galaad? and one spoke one way, and another another way.

And they sounded with the three hundred horns; and the Lord set every man's sword in all the host against his neighbour.

And the chiefs took of their provision, and asked not counsel of the Lord.

And he permitted it to be so done; and he gave up to the Jews of the city the bodies of the sons of Aman to hang.

And he guided them with a cloud by day, and all the night with a light of fire.

And the servants of the king of Syria, even they said, The God of Israel is a God of mountains, and not a God of valleys; therefore has he prevailed against us: but if we should fight against them in the plain, verily we shall prevail against them.

and Aelom and its suburbs; and Tema and its suburbs;

And they lusted exceedingly in the wilderness, and tempted God in the dry land.

And Joshua and Israel saw, and retreated from before them.

And Gedeon said to them, I will not rule, and my son shall not rule among you; the Lord shall rule over you.

for I am full of words, for the spirit of my belly destroys me.

but if not, let fire come out from Abimelech, and devour the men of Sicima, and the house of Bethmaalo; and let fire come out from the men of Sicima and from the house of Bethmaalo, and devour Abimelech.

And one of the servants reported to Abigaia the wife of Nabal, saying, Behold, David sent messengers out of the wilderness to salute our lord; but he turned away from them.

And, behold, there came a messenger to Job, and said to him, The yokes of oxen were ploughing, and the she-asses were feeding near them;

Offer to God the sacrifice of praise; and pay thy vows to the Most High.

This their way is an offence to them: yet afterwards men will commend their sayings. Pause.

Mark ye well her strength, and observe her palaces; that ye may tell the next generation.

they have ears, but they cannot hear; they have noses, but they cannot smell;

And Jephthae again sent messengers to the king of the children of Ammon,

And spare thy servant the attack of strangers: if they do not gain the dominion over me, then shall I be blameless, and I shall be clear from great sin.

And David said to Gad, On every side I am much straitened: let me fall now into the hands of the Lord, for his compassions are very many; and let me not fall into the hands of man.

The rams of the flock are clothed with wool, and the valleys shall abound in corn; they shall cry aloud, yea they shall sing hymns.

But the Lord has softened my heart, and the Almighty has troubled me.

with kings and councillors of the earth, who gloried in their swords;

And Abenner said to Joab, Let now the young men arise, and play before us. And Joab said, Let them arise.

And David was then in the strong hold, and the garrison of the Philistines was then in Bethleem.

He suffered no man to wrong them; and he rebuked kings for their sakes:

which my lips framed, and my mouth uttered in my affliction.

And he had forty sons, and thirty grandsons, that rode upon seventy colts: and he judged Israel eight years.

She shall eat of nothing that comes of the vine yielding wine, and let her not drink wine or strong liquor, and let her not eat anything unclean: all things that I have charged her she shall observe.

And the first slaughter which Jonathan and his armour-bearer effected was twenty men, with darts and slings, and pebbles of the field.

horror and trembling seized me, and caused all my bones greatly to shake.

And he said to them, Meat came forth of the eater, and sweetness out of the strong: and they could not tell the riddle for three days.

And the borders shall come round northward to Amoth, and their going out shall be at Gaephael,

All her glory is that of the daughter of the king of Esebon, robed as she is in golden fringed garments,

And there was not such a day either before or after, so that God should hearken to a man, because the Lord fought on the side of Israel.

In the day darkness shall come upon them, and let them grope in the noon-day even as in the night:

The Lord thundered out of heaven, and the Most High uttered his voice.

And they came to Lechi: and the Philistines shouted, and ran to meet him: and the Spirit of the Lord came mightily upon him, and the ropes that were upon his arms became as tow which is burnt with fire; and his bonds were consumed from off his hands.

And they buried the bones of Saul and the bones of Jonathan his son, and the bones of them that had been hanged, in the land of Benjamin in the hill, in the sepulchre of Cis his father; and they did all things that the king commanded: and after this God hearkened to the prayers of the land.

And the borders shall pass through and proceed to the part that looks toward the sea, on the south, from the mountain in front of Baethoron southward, and its termination shall be at Cariath-Baal, this is Cariath-Jarin, a city of the children of Juda; this is the part toward the west.

And it came to pass when he was asleep, that Dalida took the seven locks of his head, and wove them with the web, and fastened them with the pin into the wall, and she said, The Philistines are upon thee, Sampson: and he awoke out of his sleep, and carried away the pin of the web out of the wall.

And he went through all the tribes of Israel to Abel, and to Bethmacha; and all in Charri too were assembled, and followed after him.

My nearest relations have not regarded me; they have passed me by like a failing brook, or like a wave.

He makes grass to grow for the cattle, and green herb for the service of men, to bring bread out of the earth;

Will he address thee with a petition? softly, with the voice of a suppliant?

This is my rest for ever: here will I dwell; for I have chosen it.

And ye shall say to Amessai, Art thou not my bone and my flesh? and now God do so to me, and more also, if thou shalt not be commander of the host before me continually in the room of Joab.

And if too I overlooked the naked as he was perishing, and did not clothe him;

As the old proverb says, Transgression will proceed from the wicked ones: but my hand shall not be upon thee.

Thou wilt separate life from my spirit; and yet keep my bones from death.

And the sons of Joseph answered Joshua, saying, Wherefore hast thou caused us to inherit one inheritance, and one line? whereas I am a great people, and God has blessed me.

And there was no deliverer, because the city is far from the Sidonians, and they have no intercourse with men, and it is in the valley of the house of Raab; and they built the city, and dwelt in it.

For the Lord shall judge his people, and comfort himself concerning his servants.

For his house shall be without inhabitants, and his tent shall prove a spider's web.

And Joab said, I will begin this; I will not thus remain with thee. And Joab took three darts in his hand, and thrust them into the heart of Abessalom, while he was yet alive in the heart of the oak.

For he knows our frame: remember that we are dust.

And they were comforting their heart, when, behold, the men of the city, sons of transgressors, compassed the house, knocking at the door: and they spoke to the old man the owner of the house, saying, Bring out the man who came into thy house, that we may know him.

Thou hast made us a reproach to our neighbours, a scorn and derision them that are round about us.

And Abessalom, and all the men of Israel said, The counsel of Chusi the Arachite is better than the counsel of Achitophel. For the Lord ordained to disconcert the good counsel of Achitophel, that the Lord might bring all evil upon Abessalom.

And if indeed I continue to live, then shalt thou deal mercifully with me; and if I indeed die,

Oh then that he would hearken to me, or judge my cause.

and overthrew Pharao and his host in the Red Sea: for his mercy endures for ever.

And the children of Benjamin were gathered from their cities to Gabaa, to go forth to fight with the children of Israel.

Even if ye should lie among the lots, ye shall have the wings of a dove covered with silver, and her breast with yellow gold.

Thou shalt arise, and have mercy upon Sion: for it is time to have mercy upon her, for the set time is come.

And David said to all his servants who were with him in Jerusalem, Rise, and let us flee, for we have no refuge from Abessalom: make haste and go, lest he overtake us speedily, and bring evil upon us, and smite the city with the edge of the sword.

Blessed be the Lord God of Israel from everlasting, and to everlasting. So be it, so be it.

And if I should sin, thou watchest me; and thou hast not cleared me from iniquity.

Yet he filled their houses with good things: but the counsel for the wicked is far from him.

For we shall surely die, and be as water poured upon the earth, which shall not be gathered up, and God shall take the life, even as he devises to thrust forth from him his outcast.

Be thou exalted, O Lord, in thy strength: we will sing and praise thy mighty acts.

But I will cry to thee, O Lord, in my prayer; O God, it is a propitious time: in the multitude of thy mercy hear me, in the truth of thy salvation.

I will give thee thanks; for thou art fearfully wondrous; wondrous are thy works; and my soul knows it well.

And they lifted up their voice, and wept again; and Orpha kissed her mother-in-law and returned to her people; but Ruth followed her.

if there is any iniquity in thy hands, put if far from thee, and let not unrighteousness lodge in thy habitation.

Surely the righteous shall give thanks to thy name: the upright shall dwell in thy presence.

But Amnon would not hearken to her voice; and he prevailed against her, and humbled her, and lay with her.

Be pleased, O Lord, to deliver me; O Lord, draw nigh to help me.

And Booz said to her, Now it is time to eat; come hither, and thou shalt eat of the bread, and thou shalt dip thy morsel in the vinegar: and Ruth sat by the side of the reapers: and Booz handed her meal, and she ate, and was satisfied, and left.

And Samuel spoke to the people, saying, Let us go to Galgala, and there renew the kingdom.