Sahidic Coptic Old Testament

So Isaac sent away Jacob, and he went into Mesopotamia to Laban the son of Bethuel the Syrian, the brother of Rebecca the mother of Jacob and Esau.

And all the Egyptians shall know that I am the Lord, stretching out my hand upon Egypt, and I will bring out the children of Israel out of the midst of them.

and the upper part of their shoes and their sandals old and clouted on their feet, and their garments old upon themand the bread of their provision was dry and mouldy and corrupt.

And, behold, a second beast like a bear, and it supported itself on one side, and there were three ribs in its mouth, between its teeth: and thus they said to it, Arise, devour much flesh.

For thou shouldest not say, There shall be no visitation of a man, whereas there is a visitation on him from the Lord.

And ye shall keep the charges of the holy things, and the charges of the altar, and so there shall not be anger among the children of Israel.

For the Lord takes pleasure in his people; and will exalt the meek with salvation.

Blessed is he whom thou hast chosen and adopted; he shall dwell in thy courts; we shall be filled with the good things of thy house; thy temple is holy.

For my house is not so with the Mighty One: for he has made an everlasting covenant with me, ready, guarded at every time; for all my salvation and all my desire is, that the wicked should not flourish.

who call upon idols under the leafy trees, slaying your children in the valleys among the rocks?

He that prepares a net in the way of his own friend, entangles his own feet in it.

And the governors said, We shall not find occasion against Daniel, except in the ordinances of his God.

And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying,

because the Lord has chosen him out of all thy tribes, to stand before the Lord thy God, to minister and bless in his name, himself and his sons among the children of Israel.

Then Azarias stood up, and prayed on this manner; and opening his mouth in the midst of the fire said,

Nations which know thee not, shall call upon thee, and peoples which are not acquainted with thee, shall flee to thee for refuge, for the sake of the Lord thy God, the Holy One of Israel; for he has glorified thee.

The mountains were shaken before the face of the Lord Eloi, this Sina before the face of the Lord God of Israel.

Evil men will not understand judgment: but they that seek the Lord will understand everything.

And he put his life in his hand, and smote the Philistine, and the Lord wrought a great deliverance; and all Israel saw, and rejoined: why then dost thou sin against innocent blood, to slay David without a cause?

Thou art guilty by the words of thy mouth, neither hast thou discerned the words of the mighty.

And Heliakim the son of Chelcias, the steward, and Somnas the scribe, and Joas the son of Saphat the recorder came in to Ezekias, having rent their garments; and they reported to him the words of Rapsakes.

Remember his wonderful works that he has done; his wonders, and the judgments of his mouth;

And they that encamp next shall be of the tribe of Issachar, and the prince of the sons of Issachar shall be Nathanael the son of Sogar.

Seven years and six months he reigned in Chebron over Juda, and thirty-three years he reigned over all Israel and Juda in Jerusalem.

I will give to them in my house and within my walls an honourable place, better than sons and daughters: I will give them an everlasting name, and it shall not fail.

And as for the one that was broken, in whose place there stood up four horns, four kings shall arise out of his nation, but not in their own strength.

And it shall be, the man whom I shall choose, his rod shall blossom; and I will remove from me the murmuring of the children of Israel, which they murmur against you.

And Daniel purposed in his heart, that he would not defile himself with the king's table, nor with the wine of his drink: and he intreated the chief of the eunuchs that he might not defile himself.

And it came to pass when the ark of the Lord entered into the camp, that all Israel cried out with a loud voice, and the earth resounded.

Let them praise the name of the Lord: for he spoke, and they were made; he commanded, and they were created.

Open reproofs are better than secret love.

For it is the Lord that made thee; the Lord of hosts is his name: and he that delivered thee, he is the God of Israel, and shall be called so by the whole earth.

And I hearkened to the groaning of the children of Israel (the affliction with which the Egyptians enslave them) and I remembered the covenant with you.

who have said, We will magnify our tongue; our lips are our own: who is Lord of us?

And thou shalt measure outside the city on the east side two thousand cubits, and on the south side two thousand cubits, and on the west side two thousand cubits, and on the north side two thousand cubits; and your city shall be in the midst of this, and the suburbs of the cities as described.

Who establishes the earth on her sure foundation: it shall not be moved for ever.

And from the borders of Manasse, from the eastern parts as far as the west coasts, for Ephraim, one.

Not for thy righteousness, nor for the holiness of thy heart, dost thou go in to inherit their land, but because of the wickedness of these nations the Lord will destroy them from before thee, and that he may establish the covenant, which the Lord sware to our fathers, to Abraam, and to Isaac, and to Jacob.

to shoot in secret at the blameless; they will shoot him suddenly, and will not fear.

Yet answer a fool according to his folly, lest he seem wise in his own conceit.

And the princess of the Philistines came up to her, and said to her, Beguile him, and see wherein his great strength is, and wherewith we shall prevail against him, and bind him to humble him; and we will give thee each eleven hundred pieces of silver.

But they hearkened not, and made their neck harder than the neck of their fathers.

and again he measured a thousand; and he could not pass through: for the water rose as of a torrent which men cannot pass over.

But he was wounded on account of our sins, and was bruised because of our iniquities: the chastisement of our peace was upon him; and by his bruises we were healed.

And now why are ye here? Thus saith the Lord, Because my people was taken for nothing, wonder ye and howl. Thus saith the Lord, On account of you my name is continually blasphemed among the Gentiles.

And these are the names of the men who shall be present with you; of the tribe of Ruben, Elisur the son of Sediur.

And Isaac said to Jacob, Draw night to me, and I will feel thee, son, if thou art my son Esau or not.

And Pharao said, Behold now, the people is very numerous; let us not then give them rest from their work.

Not a man shall stand against you all the days of thy life; and as I was with Moses, so will I also be with thee, and I will not fail thee, or neglect thee.

and a freewill-offering, a meat-offering for the ram, and a meat-offering for the lambs, the gift of his hand, and a hin of oil for the meat-offering.

In the days of our kings, the princes began to be inflamed with wine: he stretched out his hand with pestilent fellows.

And he raised up a testimony in Jacob, and appointed a law in Israel, which he commanded our fathers, to make it known to their children:

For the troubles of death compassed me, the floods of iniquity amazed me:

My righteousness speedily draws nigh, and my salvation shall go forth as light, and on mine arm shall the Gentiles trust: the isles shall wait for me, and on mine arm shall they trust.

And Rechab and Baana the sons of Remmon the Berothite went, and they came in the heat of the day into the house of Jebosthe; and he was sleeping on a bed at noon.

who satisfies thy desire with good things: so that thy youth shall be renewed like that of the eagle.

if even his life should be but one day upon the earth: and his months are numbered by him: thou hast appointed him for a time, and he shall by no means exceed it.

And if it be from five years old to twenty, the valuation of a male shall be twenty didrachms, and of a female ten didrachms.

Thieves have risen up against me,

And the Spirit took me up, and brought me into the inner court; and, behold, the house of the Lord was full of glory.

And the upper walks were in like manner: for the peristyle projected from it, even from the range of columns below, and there was a space between; so were there a peristyle and a space between, and so were there two porticos.

And the people spoke against God and against Moses, saying, Why is this? Hast thou brought us ought of Egypt to slay us in the wilderness? for there is not bread nor water; and our soul loathes this light bread.

Then went up Raasson king of Syria and Phakee son of Romelias king of Israel against Jerusalem to war, and besieged Achaz, but could not prevail against him.

From these were the islands of the Gentiles divided in their land, each according to his tongue, in their tribes and in their nations.

And now, thus saith the Lord that formed me from the womb to be his own servant, to gather Jacob to him and Israel. I shall be gathered and glorified before the Lord, and my God shall be my strength.

And he had a helmet upon his head, and he wore a breastplate of chain armour; and the weight of his breastplate was five thousand shekels of brass and iron.

And he measured the wall of the house, six cubits: and the breadth of each side, four cubits round about.

If thou shouldest fix thine eye upon him, he will disappear; for wings like an eagle's are prepared for him, and he returns to the house of his master.

I will dwell in thy tabernacle for ever; I will shelter myself under the shadow of thy wings. Pause.

And I told thee of old what should be before it came upon thee; I made it known to thee, lest thou shouldest say, My idols have done it for me; and shouldest say, My graven and molten images have commanded me.

I am blighted like grass, and my heart is dried up; for I have forgotten to eat my bread.

Great is our Lord, and great is his strength; and his understanding is infinite.

And behold a wall round about the house without, and in the man's hand a reed, the measure of it was six cubits by the cubit, and a span: and he measured across the front wall; the breadth was equal to the reed, and the length of it equal to the reed.

They only took counsel to set at nought mine honour: I ran in thirst: with their mouth they blessed, but with their heart they cursed. Pause.

Divinations, and soothsayings, and dreams, are vain: and the heart fancieth, as a woman's heart in travail.

A wise man is better than a strong man; and a man who has prudence than a large estate.

and the instruction of the Lord, even the Lord, opens mine ears, and I do not disobey, nor dispute.

the length shall be twenty-five thousand, and the breadth twenty thousand: and the Levites that attend the house, they shall have cities to dwell in for a possession.

But would that ye were silent, and it would be wisdom to you in the end.

and it became a rod in his hand, that they may believe thee, that the God of thy fathers has appeared to thee, the God of Abraam, and God of Isaac, and God of Jacob.

There is a companion, which helpeth his friend for the belly, and taketh up the buckler against the enemy.

And your threshing time shall overtake the vintage, and your vintage shall overtake your seed time; and ye shall eat your bread to the full; and ye shall dwell safely upon your land, and war shall not go through your land.

Sit thou down pierced with woe, go into darkness, O daughter of the Chaldeans: thou shalt no more be called the strength of a kingdom.

And he ran to Heli, and said, Here am I, for thou didst call me: and he said, I did not call thee; return, go to sleep; and he returned and went to sleep.

Thou shalt fall on the face of the field: for I have spoken it, saith the Lord.

Do not engage in war against them, for I will not give you of their land even enough to set your foot upon, for I have given mount Seir to the children of Esau as an inheritance.

And he said, What say ye? speak, and I will do it for you. And they said to the king, The man who would have made an end of us, and persecuted us, who plotted against us to destroy us, let us utterly destroy him, so that he shall have no standing in all the coasts of Israel.

I acknowledged my sin, and hid not mine iniquity: I said, I will confess mine iniquity to the Lord against myself; and thou forgavest the ungodliness of my heart. Pause.

And she sat under the palm-tree of Debbora between Rama and Baethel in mount Ephraim; and the children of Israel went up to her for judgment.

Thou hast shewn thy people hard things: thou has made us drink the wine of astonishment.

To whom have ye compared me? see, consider, ye that go astray.

He that gathers treasures with a lying tongue pursues vanity on to the snares of death.

So Moses the servant of the Lord died in the land of Moab by the word of the Lord.

And Isaac sowed in that land, and he found in that year barley and hundred-fold, and the Lord blessed him.

Counsel in a man's heart is deep water; but a prudent man will draw it out.

He gives snow like wool: he scatters the mist like ashes.

Blessed shall be thy barns, and thy stores.

Blessed is he whose helper is the God of Jacob, whose hope is in the Lord his God:

And he said, Draw not nigh hither: loose thy sandals from off thy feet, for the place whereon thou standest is holy ground.

Thistles and snares are in perverse ways; but he that keeps his soul will refrain from them.