Sahidic Coptic Old Testament

And all the men of war went up with him, and they went forward and came over against the city eastward.

Am I a sea, or a serpent, that thou hast set a watch over me?

His wealth unjustly collected shall be vomited up; a messenger of wrath shall drag him out of his house.

And Abessalom, whom we anointed over us, is dead in battle: and now why are ye silent about bringing back the king? And the word of all Israel came to the king.

I have repented that I have made Saul to be king: for he has turned back from following me, and has not kept my word. And Samuel was grieved, and cried to the Lord all night.

As they went up the ascent to the city, they find damsels come out to draw water, and they say to them, Is the seer here?

And the woman said, Whom shall I bring up to thee? and he said, Bring up to me Samuel.

And the children of Dan said to him, Let not thy voice be heard with us, lest angry men run upon thee, and take away thy life, and the lives of thy house.

Trust not in unrighteousness, and lust not after robberies: if wealth should flow in, set not your heart upon it.

And the lot of the tribe of Benjamin came forth first according to their families: and the borders of their lot came forth between the children of Juda and the children of Joseph.

The Lord sware in truth to David, and he will not annul it, saying, Of the fruit of thy body will I set a king upon thy throne.

And an angel of the Lord came, and sat down under the fir tree, which was in Ephratha in the land of Joas father of Esdri; and Gedeon his son was threshing wheat in a wine-press in order to escape from the face of Madiam.

And Michaias consecrated the Levite, and he became to him a priest, and he was in the house of Michaias.

And when they fled from the face of the children of Israel at the descent of Oronin, then the Lord cast upon them hailstones from heaven to Azeca; and they were more that died by the hailstones, than those whom the children of Israel slew with the sword in the battle.

And all Israel and Juda loved David, because he came in and went out before the people.

And he gave it him; and David arose, and fled in that day from he presence of Saul: and David came to Anchus king of Geth.

And I have not saved man or woman alive to bring them to Geth, saying, Lest they carry a report to Geth against us, saying, These things David does. And this was his manner all the days that David dwelt in the country of the Philistines.

They shall give drink to all the wild beasts of the field: the wild asses shall take of them to quench their thirst.

And the land was quiet forty years; and Gothoniel the son of Kenez died.

And there stood over him one of the servants of Joab, and said, Who is he that is for Joab, and who is on the side of David following Joab?

Is my strength the strength of stones? or is my flesh of brass?

And it came to pass on the morrow, that Saul divided the people into three companies, and they go into the midst of the camp in the morning watch, and they smote the children of Ammon until the day was hot; at it came to pass that those who were left were scattered, and there were not left among them two together.

And he said to her, If they should bind me fast with new ropes with which work has not been done, then shall I be weak, and shall be as another man.

In God, will I praise his word; in the Lord will I praise his saying.

Be glad in the Lord, and exult, ye righteous: and glory, all ye that are upright in heart.

Hear, O daughter, and see, and incline thine ear; forget also thy people, and thy father's house.

But Mardochaeus used to walk every day by the women's court, to see what would become of Esther.

If there should be a flood, he will not perceive it; he trust that Jordan will rush up into his mouth.

And the king said to Aman, Keep the silver, and treat the nation as thou wilt.

And it was told David what Respha the daughter of Aia the concubine of Saul had done, and they were faint, and Dan, the son of Joa of the offspring of the giants overtook them.

And the mother of the child said, As the Lord lives and as thy soul lives, I will not leave thee. And Elisaie arose, and went after her.

And they gave the money that had been collected into the hands of them that wrought the works, the overseers of the house of the Lord; and they gave it out to the carpenters and to the builders that wrought in the house of the Lord.

Thou hast made known to me the ways of life; thou wilt fill me with joy with thy countenance: at thy right hand there are delights for ever.

the sea and Magelda, and it shall reach to Baetharaba in the valley, which is opposite Jekman.

And I said, Now I have begun; this is the change of the right hand of the Most High.

I was cast on thee from the womb: thou art my God from my mother's belly.

And the king sent to call Abimelech son of Achitob and all his father's sons, the priests that were in Nomba; and they all came to the king.

And he rode upon the cherubs and did fly, and was seen upon the wings of the wind.

who exalts the lowly, and raises up them that are lost:

So Aman took the robe and the horse, and arrayed Mardochaeus, and mounted him on the horse, and went through the street of the city, and proclaimed, saying, Thus shall it be to every man whom the king wishes to honour.

And the three thousand men of Juda went down to the hole of the rock Etam, and they said to Sampson, Knowest thou not that the Philistines rule over us? and what is this that thou hast done to us? and Sampson said to them, As they did to me, so have I done to them.

The Lord forbid it me that I should lift up my hand against the anointed of the Lord: and now take, I pray thee, the spear from his bolster, and the pitcher of water, and let us return home.

saying To thee will I give the land of Chanaan, the line of your inheritance:

And it came to pass when they saw him, that they took thirty guests, and they were with him.

The old lion has perished for want of food, and the lions' whelps have forsaken one another.

neither shall I transgress; but I have hid his words in my bosom.

And Manoe arose and followed his wife, and came to the man, and said to him, Art thou the man that spoke to the woman? and the angel said, I am.

And they went up thence to the inhabitants of Dabir; but the name of Dabir was before Cariathsepher, the city of Letters.

And I said to it, Hitherto shalt thou come, but thou shalt not go beyond, but thy waves shall be confined within thee.

And they forgot his benefits, and his miracles which he had shewed them;

As for my God, his mercy shall go before me: my God will shew me vengeance on mine enemies.

The Lord will give strength to his people; the Lord will bless his people with peace.

And after him Samaia the son of Asa the Arachite: and the Philistines were gathered to Theria; and there was there a portion of ground full of lentiles; and the people fled before the Philistines.

And shall I take my bread, and my wine, and my beasts that I have slain for my shearers, and shall I give them to men of whom I know not whence they are?

Thou broughtest us into the snare; thou laidest afflictions on our back.

because they rebelled against the words of God, and provoked the counsel of the Most High.

And I will break all the horns of sinners; but the horns of the righteous one shall be exalted.

For why died I not in the belly? and why did I not come forth from the womb and die immediately?

And after him Aelom of Zabulon judged Israel ten years.

And ye crossed over Jordan, and came to Jericho; and the inhabitants of Jericho fought against us, the Amorite, and the Chananite, and the Pherezite, and the Evite, and the Jebusite, and the Chettite, and the Gergesite, and the Lord delivered them into our hands.

And he did that which was evil in the sight of the Lord; he departed not from all the sin of Jeroboam the son of Nabat, who led Israel to sin: he walked in it.

Be still, and know that I am God: I will be exalted among the nations, I will be exalted in the earth.

The Lord heard, and had compassion upon me; the Lord is become my helper.

And the Lord was angry with the whole seed of Israel, and troubled them, and gave them into the hand of them that spoiled them, until he cast them out of his presence.

ye that are delivered from the noise of disturbers among the drawers of water; there shall they relate righteous acts: O Lord, increase righteous acts in Israel: then the people of the Lord went down to the cities.

And David rose early in the morning, and the word of the Lord came to the prophet Gad, the seer, saying, Go, and speak to David, saying,

Saturate her furrows, multiply her fruits; the crop springing up shall rejoice in its drops.

Now his three friends having heard of all the evil that was come upon him, came to him each from his own country: Eliphaz the king of the Thaemans, Baldad sovereign of the Saucheans, Sophar king of he Minaeans: and they came to him with one accord, to comfort and to visit him.

The righteous shall rejoice when he sees the vengeance of the ungodly: he shall wash his hands in the blood of the sinner.

And Jephthae went with the elders of Galaad, and the people made him head and ruler over them: and Jephthae spoke all his words before the Lord in Massepha.

And Chaber the Kenite had removed from Caina, from the sons of Jobab the father-in-law of Moses, and pitched his tent by the oak of the covetous ones, which is near Kedes.

And Solomon said, If he should be a valiant man, there shall not a hair of his fall to the ground; but if evil be found in him, he shall die.

And he said, Go, see where this man is, and I will send and take him. And they sent word to him, saying, Behold, he is in Dothaim.

Who will bring me into the fortified city? or who will guide me to Idumea?

But our God has done in heaven and on earth, whatsoever he has pleased.

And all that had known him before came, and saw, and behold, he was in the midst of the prophets: and the people said every one to his neighbour, What is this that has happened to the son of Kis? is Saul also among the prophets?

And the days which David reigned over Israel were forty years; he reigned seven years in Chebron, and thirty-three years in Jerusalem.

According to thy name, O God, so is also thy praise to the ends of the earth: thy right hand is full of righteousness.

And the children of Israel heard say, Behold, the sons of Ruben, and the sons of Gad, and the half tribe of Manasse have built an altar at the borders of the land of Chanaan at Galaad of Jordan, on the opposite side to the children of Israel.

And the children of Israel wrought evil before the Lord, and served Baalim.

And he shewed them his wealth, and the glory with which the king had invested him, and how he had caused him to take precedence and bear chief rule in the kingdom.

When he shall see wise men dying, the fool and the senseless one shall perish together; and they shall leave their wealth to strangers.

Serve the Lord with fear, and rejoice in him with trembling.

For the inward thought of man shall give thanks to thee: and the memorial of his inward thought shall keep a feast to thee.

The water covered those that oppressed them: there was not one of them left.

I know all the birds of the sky; and the beauty of the field is mine.

And it came to pass in that night, that Saul sent messengers to the house of David to watch him, in order to slay him in the morning; and Melchol David's wife told him, saying, Unless thou save thy life this night, to-morrow thou shalt be slain.

Let his creditor exact all that belongs to him: and let strangers spoil his labours.

But put forth thine hand, and touch all that he has: verily he will bless thee to thy face.

as my father fought for you, and put his life in jeopardy, and delivered you out of the hand of Madiam;

to bring in the queen to him, to enthrone her, and crown her with the diadem, and to shew her to the princes, and her beauty to the nations: for she was beautiful.

Judge them, O God; let them fail of their counsels: cast them out according to the abundance of their ungodliness; for they have provoked thee, O Lord.

But the meek shall inherit the earth; and shall delight themselves in the abundance of peace.

And the rest of the acts of Zacharias, behold, they are written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel.

vex him with distressing hunger: and a signal destruction has been prepared for him.

Let all mine enemies be put to shame and sore troubled: let them be turned back and grievously put to shame speedily.

And now evil men have slain a righteous men in his house on his bed: now then I will require his blood of your hand, and I will destroy you from off the earth.

And the ark of God was taken, and both the sons of Heli, Ophni, and Phinees, died.

And the Lord said to Samuel, Behold, I execute my words in Israel; whoever hears them, both his ears shall tingle.

And it came to pass when Eliu heard, that he wrapt his face in his mantle, and went forth and stood in the cave: and, behold, a voice came to him and said, What doest thou here, Eliu?