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Baruch 3

37 verses · King James Version

  1. 1O Lord Almighty, God of Israel, the soul in anguish the troubled spirit, crieth unto thee.Compare translations of Baruch 3:1
  2. 2Hear, O Lord, and have mercy; ar thou art merciful: and have pity upon us, because we have sinned before thee.Compare translations of Baruch 3:2
  3. 3For thou endurest for ever, and we perish utterly.Compare translations of Baruch 3:3
  4. 4O Lord Almighty, thou God of Israel, hear now the prayers of the dead Israelites, and of their children, which have sinned before thee, and not hearkened unto the voice of thee their God: for the which cause these plagues cleave unto us.Compare translations of Baruch 3:4
  5. 5Remember not the iniquities of our forefathers: but think upon thy power and thy name now at this time.Compare translations of Baruch 3:5
  6. 6For thou art the Lord our God, and thee, O Lord, will we praise.Compare translations of Baruch 3:6
  7. 7And for this cause thou hast put thy fear in our hearts, to the intent that we should call upon thy name, and praise thee in our captivity: for we have called to mind all the iniquity of our forefathers, that sinned before thee.Compare translations of Baruch 3:7
  8. 8Behold, we are yet this day in our captivity, where thou hast scattered us, for a reproach and a curse, and to be subject to payments, according to all the iniquities of our fathers, which departed from the Lord our God.Compare translations of Baruch 3:8
  9. 9Hear, Israel, the commandments of life: give ear to understand wisdom.Compare translations of Baruch 3:9
  10. 10How happeneth it Israel, that thou art in thine enemies’ land, that thou art waxen old in a strange country, that thou art defiled with the dead,Compare translations of Baruch 3:10
  11. 11That thou art counted with them that go down into the grave?Compare translations of Baruch 3:11
  12. 12Thou hast forsaken the fountain of wisdom.Compare translations of Baruch 3:12
  13. 13For if thou hadst walked in the way of God, thou shouldest have dwelled in peace for ever.Compare translations of Baruch 3:13
  14. 14Learn where is wisdom, where is strength, where is understanding; that thou mayest know also where is length of days, and life, where is the light of the eyes, and peace.Compare translations of Baruch 3:14
  15. 15Who hath found out her place? or who hath come into her treasures?Compare translations of Baruch 3:15
  16. 16Where are the princes of the heathen become, and such as ruled the beasts upon the earth;Compare translations of Baruch 3:16
  17. 17They that had their pastime with the fowls of the air, and they that hoarded up silver and gold, wherein men trust, and made no end of their getting?Compare translations of Baruch 3:17
  18. 18For they that wrought in silver, and were so careful, and whose works are unsearchable,Compare translations of Baruch 3:18
  19. 19They are vanished and gone down to the grave, and others are come up in their steads.Compare translations of Baruch 3:19
  20. 20Young men have seen light, and dwelt upon the earth: but the way of knowledge have they not known,Compare translations of Baruch 3:20
  21. 21Nor understood the paths thereof, nor laid hold of it: their children were far off from that way.Compare translations of Baruch 3:21
  22. 22It hath not been heard of in Chanaan, neither hath it been seen in Theman.Compare translations of Baruch 3:22
  23. 23The Agarenes that seek wisdom upon earth, the merchants of Meran and of Theman, the authors of fables, and searchers out of understanding; none of these have known the way of wisdom, or remember her paths.Compare translations of Baruch 3:23
  24. 24O Israel, how great is the house of God! and how large is the place of his possession!Compare translations of Baruch 3:24
  25. 25Great, and hath none end; high, and unmeasurable.Compare translations of Baruch 3:25
  26. 26There were the giants famous from the beginning, that were of so great stature, and so expert in war.Compare translations of Baruch 3:26
  27. 27Those did not the Lord choose, neither gave he the way of knowledge unto them:Compare translations of Baruch 3:27
  28. 28But they were destroyed, because they had no wisdom, and perished through their own foolishness.Compare translations of Baruch 3:28
  29. 29Who hath gone up into heaven, and taken her, and brought her down from the clouds?Compare translations of Baruch 3:29
  30. 30Who hath gone over the sea, and found her, and will bring her for pure gold?Compare translations of Baruch 3:30
  31. 31No man knoweth her way, nor thinketh of her path.Compare translations of Baruch 3:31
  32. 32But he that knoweth all things knoweth her, and hath found her out with his understanding: he that prepared the earth for evermore hath filled it with fourfooted beasts:Compare translations of Baruch 3:32
  33. 33He that sendeth forth light, and it goeth, calleth it again, and it obeyeth him with fear.Compare translations of Baruch 3:33
  34. 34The stars shined in their watches, and rejoiced: when he calleth them, they say, Here we be; and so with cheerfulness they shewed light unto him that made them.Compare translations of Baruch 3:34
  35. 35This is our God, and there shall none other be accounted of in comparison of himCompare translations of Baruch 3:35
  36. 36He hath found out all the way of knowledge, and hath given it unto Jacob his servant, and to Israel his beloved.Compare translations of Baruch 3:36
  37. 37Afterward did he shew himself upon earth, and conversed with men.Compare translations of Baruch 3:37