Sahidic Coptic Old Testament

Will a bird fall on the earth without a fowler? will a snare be taken up from the earth without having taken anything?

And all the days of Adam which he lived were nine hundred and thirty years, and he died.

And they shall take the gold, and the blue, and the purple, and the scarlet, and the fine linen.

Him that privily speaks against his neighbour, him have I driven from me: he that is proud in look and insatiable in heart, with him I have not eaten.

And David said to Anchus, If now thy servant has found grace in thine eyes, let them give me, I pray thee, a place in one of the cities in the country, and I will dwell there: for why does thy servant dwell with thee in a royal city?

For, behold the kings of the earth were assembled, they came together.

Therefore, behold, I roll under you, as a waggon full of straw is rolled.

And hinds calved in the field, and forsook it, because there was no grass.

O Lord, bow thy heavens, and come down: touch the mountains, and they shall smoke.

And thou shalt put them below under the grate of the altar, and the grate shall extend to the middle of the altar.

And I will bring bread, and ye shall eat, and after this ye shall depart on your journey, on account of which ye have turned aside to your servant. And he said, So do, as thou hast said.

and whose leaves were flourishing, and its fruit abundant, (and it was meat for all; under it the wild beasts lodged, and the birds of the sky took shelter in its branches:)

And if any one should have recently taken a wife, he shall not go out to war, neither shall any thing be laid upon him; he shall be free in his house; for one year he shall cheer his wife whom he has taken.

And I will break to pieces the bars of Damascus, and will destroy the inhabitants out of the plain of On, and will cut in pieces a tribe out of the men of Charrhan: and the famous people of Syria shall be led captive, saith the Lord.

They have sinned, not pleasing him; spotted children, a froward and perverse generation.

And I said, Woe is me, for I am pricked to the heart; for being a man, and having unclean lips, I dwell in the midst of a people having unclean lips; and I have seen with mine eyes the King, the Lord of hosts.

And Olibema bore Jeus, and Jeglom, and Core; these the sons of Esau, which were born to him in the land of Chanaan.

For all the gods of the heathen are devils: but the Lord made the heavens.

because ye have taken my silver and my gold, and ye have brought my choice ornaments into your temples;

And thou shalt make fifty golden rings; and thou shalt join the curtains to each other with the rings, and it shall be one tabernacle.

Thus will I mar the pride of Juda, and the pride of Jerusalem;

and the provision of Solomon and the sitting of his attendants, and the standing of his servants, and his raiment, and his cup-bearers, and his whole-burnt-offering which he offered in the house of the Lord, and she was utterly amazed.

See, thou shalt make them according to the pattern shewed thee in the mount.

Thou hast turned away from me, saith the Lord, thou wilt go back: therefore I will stretch out my hand, and will destroy thee, and will no more spare them.

And they read the law without, and called for public professions: proclaim aloud that the children of Israel have loved these things, saith the Lord.

He has chosen out his inheritance for us, the beauty of Jacob which he loved. Pause.

And ye shall be circumcised in the flesh of your foreskin, and it shall be for a sign of a covenant between me and you.

And the woman conceived; and she sent and told David, and said, I am with child.

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

I remembered the days of old; and I meditated on all thy doings: yea, I meditated on the works of thine hands.

Thy feet run, and they cause thee to faint; how wilt thou prepare to ride upon horses? and thou hast been confident in the land of thy peace? how wilt thou do in the roaring of Jordan?

A concert of musick in a banquet of wine is as a signet of carbuncle set in gold.

because ye have taken my silver and my gold, and ye have brought my choice ornaments into your temples;

And he sent forth the young men of the children of Israel, and they offered whole burnt-offerings, and they sacrificed young calves as a peace-offering to God.

And he shall come, and it shall be with regard to every place of mount Sion, yea, all the region round about it shall a cloud overshadow by day, and there shall be as it were the smoke and light of fire burning by night: and upon all the glory shall be a defence.

But thus shall ye do to them; ye shall destroy their altars, and shall break down their pillars, and shall cut down their groves, and shall burn with fire the graven images of their gods.

And Joshua said to the people, Sanctify yourselves against to-morrow, for to-morrow the Lord will do wonders among you.

As the sound of chariots on the tops of mountains shall they leap, and as the sound of a flame of fire devouring stubble, and as a numerous and strong people setting themselves in array for battle.

O Lord, that judgest righteously, trying the reins and hearts, let me see thy vengeance taken upon them, for to thee I have declared my cause.

And Sara said to Abram, I am injured by thee; I gave my handmaid into thy bosom, and when I saw that she was with child, I was dishonoured before her. The Lord judge between me and thee.

And Jacob came to Luza, which is in the land of Chanaan, which is Baethel, he and all the people that were with him.

If it be that they shall sin against thee, (for there is not a man who will not sin,) and thou shalt bring them and deliver them up before their enemies, and they that take them captive shall carry them to a land far or near,

And the people shall fall, man upon man, and every man upon his neighbor: the child shall insult the elder man, and the base the honourable.

They shall return, and dwell under his shadow: they shall live and be satisfied with corn, and he shall flower as a vine: his memorial shall be to Ephraim as the wine of Libanus.

For the sea is his, and he made it: and is hands formed the dry land.

Alas, Alas, Alas for the day! for the day of the Lord is nigh, and it will come as trouble upon trouble.

they will set them up that they may not move; it is wrought silver, they will not walk, it is forged silver They must certainly be borne, for they cannot ride of themselves. Fear them not; for they cannot do any evil, and there is no good in them.

And if thou see thine enemy's ass fallen under its burden, thou shalt not pass by it, but shalt help to raise it with him.

The inhabitants of Samaria shall dwell near the calf of the house of On; for the people of it mourned for it: and as they provoked him, they shall rejoice at his glory, because he has departed from them.

And one kid of the goats for a sin-offering, to make atonement for you.

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.

For they have pulled down what thou didst frame, but what has the righteous done?

I looked on my right hand, and behold, for there was none that noticed me; refuge failed me; and there was none that cared for my soul.

And now I will tell you what I will do to my vineyard: I will take away its hedge, and it shall be for a spoil; and I will pull down its walls, and it shall be left to be trodden down.

then would I insult you with words, and I would shake my head at you.

And as for the son of Aram, and the son of Romelias, forasmuch as they have devised an evil counsel, saying,

And the men of Israel saw that they were in a strait so that they could not draw nigh, and the people hid themselves in caves, and sheepfolds, and rocks, and ditches, and pits.

Now there was a Jew in the city Susa, and his name was Mardochaeus, the son of Jairus, the son of Semeias, the son of Cisaeus, of the tribe of Benjamin;

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 thou shalt offer the tenth part of an ephah of fine flour for a meat-offering, mingled with oil, with the fourth part of a hin.

Therefore thus saith the Lord, Behold, I will try them with fire, and prove them; for I will do thus because of the wickedness of the daughter of my people.

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

They that were full of bread are brought low; and the hungry have forsaken the land; for the barren has born seven, and she that abounded in children has waxed feeble.

And Solomon awoke, and, behold, it was a dream: and he arose and came to Jerusalem, and stood before the altar that was in front of the ark of the covenant of the Lord in Sion: and he offered whole-burnt-offerings, and sacrificed peace-offerings, and made a great banquet for himself and all his servants.

Therefore have I mown down your prophets; I have slain them with the word of my mouth: and my judgment shall go forth as the light.

Thy testimonies are made very sure: holiness becomes thine house, O Lord, for ever.

And now, O house of Jacob, come, and let us walk in the light of the Lord.

when, I say, the days of the marriage feast were completed, the king made a banquet to the nations who were present in the city six days, in the court of the king's house,

They have afflicted thy people, O Lord, and hurt thine heritage.

And the pride of Israel shall be brought low before his face; and Israel and Ephraim shall fall in their iniquities; and Judas also shall fall with them.

Behold, there is a sound of the cry of the daughter of my people from a land afar off: Is not the Lord in Sion? is there not a king there? because they have provoked me with their graven images, and with strange vanities.

And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying,

And if any one should feed down a field or a vineyard, and should send in his beast to feed down another field, he shall make compensation of his own field according to his produce; and if he shall have fed down the whole field, he shall pay for compensation the best of his own field and the best of his vineyard.

And they numbered of the thousands of Israel a thousand of each tribe, twelve thousands; these were armed for war.

The righteous shall chasten me with mercy, and reprove me: but let not the oil of the sinner anoint my head: for yet shall my prayer also be in their pleasures.

And David arose secretly, and goes into the place where Saul was sleeping, and there was Abenner the son of Ner, the captain of his host: and Saul was sleeping in a chariot, and the people had encamped along round about him.

If thou castest me out this day from the face of the earth, and I shall be hidden from thy presence, and I shall be groaning and trembling upon the earth, then it will be that any one that finds me shall slay me.

As the Lord commanded Moses, so did the children of Israel; and they divided the land.

so that it is evil with you; yet have ye come, and stood before me in the house, whereon my name is called, and ye have said, We have refrained from doing all these abominations.

And they said, If we have found grace in thy sight, let this land be given to thy servants for a possession, and do not cause us to pass over Jordan.

For thou, O Lord, hast made me glad with thy work: and in the operations of thy hands will I exult.

Therefore they shall fall by day, and the prophet with thee shall fall: I have compared thy mother unto night.

and bend thy bow, and prosper, and reign, because of truth and meekness and righteousness; and thy right hand shall guide thee wonderfully.

The flowings of the river gladden the city of God: the Most High has sanctified his tabernacle.

And they brought David word concerning the men; and he sent to meet them, for the men were greatly dishonoured: and the king said, Remain in Jericho till your beards have grown, and then ye shall return.

Why should ye be smitten any more, transgressing more and more? the whole head is pained, and the whole heart sad.

But take great heed to do the commands and the law, which Moses the servant of the Lord commanded you to do; to love the Lord our God, to walk in all his ways, to keep his commands, and to cleave to him, and serve him with all your mind, and with all your soul.

And Jacob heard that the son of Emmor had defiled Dina his daughter (now his sons were with his cattle in the plain). And Jacob was silent until they came.

He has not lent his money on usury, and has not received bribes against the innocent. He that does these things shall never be moved.

And afterward shall the children of Israel return, and shall seek the Lord their God, and David their king; and shall be amazed at the Lord and at his goodness in the latter days.

What is man, that thou art mindful of him? or the son of man, that thou visitest him?

Thou shalt not be afraid of terror by night; nor of the arrow flying by day;

Land I and all with me will draw near to the city: and it shall come to pass when the inhabitants of Gai shall come forth to meet us, as before, that we will flee from before them.

Thou art indeed my King and my God, who commandest deliverances for Jacob.

For they and their stock came up, and their tents were with them, as the locust in multitude, and there was no number to them and their camels; and they came to the land of Israel, and laid it waste.

And Abessalom said, Call now also Chusi the Arachite, and let us hear what is in his mouth, even in his also.

Wherefore do ye bring me frankincense from Saba, and cinnamon from a land afar off? your whole-burnt-offerings are not acceptable, and your sacrifices have not been pleasant to me.

Who is this that comes up all white, leaning on her kinsman? I raised thee up under an apple-tree; there thy mother brought thee forth; there she that bore thee brought thee forth.

And I will recompense on her the days of Baalim, wherein she sacrificed to them, and put on her ear-rings, and her necklaces, and went after her lovers, and forgot me, saith the Lord.