Parallel Verses
- New Living Translation - Long ago God spoke many times and in many ways to our ancestors through the prophets.
- 新标点和合本 - 神既在古时藉着众先知多次多方地晓谕列祖，
- 和合本2010（上帝版-简体） - 古时候，上帝藉着众先知多次多方向列祖说话，
- 和合本2010（神版-简体） - 古时候， 神藉着众先知多次多方向列祖说话，
- 当代译本 - 在古代，上帝曾借着先知多次多方向我们的祖先说话，
- 圣经新译本 - 神在古时候，曾经多次用种种方法，藉着先知向我们的祖先说话；
- 中文标准译本 - 过去，神在不同的时代，用不同的方式，藉着先知们对祖先说话，
- 现代标点和合本 - 神既在古时藉着众先知多次多方地晓谕列祖，
- 和合本（拼音版） - 上帝既在古时藉着众先知多次多方地晓谕列祖；
- New International Version - In the past God spoke to our ancestors through the prophets at many times and in various ways,
- New International Reader's Version - In the past, God spoke to our people through the prophets. He spoke at many times. He spoke in different ways.
- English Standard Version - Long ago, at many times and in many ways, God spoke to our fathers by the prophets,
- The Message - Going through a long line of prophets, God has been addressing our ancestors in different ways for centuries. Recently he spoke to us directly through his Son. By his Son, God created the world in the beginning, and it will all belong to the Son at the end. This Son perfectly mirrors God, and is stamped with God’s nature. He holds everything together by what he says—powerful words!
- Christian Standard Bible - Long ago God spoke to our ancestors by the prophets at different times and in different ways.
- New American Standard Bible - God, after He spoke long ago to the fathers in the prophets in many portions and in many ways,
- New King James Version - God, who at various times and in various ways spoke in time past to the fathers by the prophets,
- Amplified Bible - God, having spoken to the fathers long ago in [the voices and writings of] the prophets in many separate revelations [each of which set forth a portion of the truth], and in many ways,
- American Standard Version - God, having of old time spoken unto the fathers in the prophets by divers portions and in divers manners,
- King James Version - God, who at sundry times and in divers manners spake in time past unto the fathers by the prophets,
- New English Translation - After God spoke long ago in various portions and in various ways to our ancestors through the prophets,
- World English Bible - God, having in the past spoken to the fathers through the prophets at many times and in various ways,
- 新標點和合本 - 神既在古時藉着眾先知多次多方地曉諭列祖，
- 和合本2010（上帝版-繁體） - 古時候，上帝藉着眾先知多次多方向列祖說話，
- 和合本2010（神版-繁體） - 古時候， 神藉着眾先知多次多方向列祖說話，
- 當代譯本 - 在古代，上帝曾藉著先知多次多方向我們的祖先說話，
- 聖經新譯本 - 神在古時候，曾經多次用種種方法，藉著先知向我們的祖先說話；
- 呂振中譯本 - 上帝既用許多階段許多方式、在往古時候、藉着眾神言人 向列祖說話，
- 中文標準譯本 - 過去，神在不同的時代，用不同的方式，藉著先知們對祖先說話，
- 現代標點和合本 - 神既在古時藉著眾先知多次多方地曉諭列祖，
- 文理和合譯本 - 昔上帝以諸先知多次多方諭列祖、
- 文理委辦譯本 - 伊昔上帝、以多方托先知、數諭我祖、今值季世、使其子諭我、
- 施約瑟淺文理新舊約聖經 - 古時天主藉諸先知屢次多方諭列祖、
- 吳經熊文理聖詠與新經全集 - 粵若稽古、天主迭假先知之口、多方曉諭列祖；
- Nueva Versión Internacional - Dios, que muchas veces y de varias maneras habló a nuestros antepasados en otras épocas por medio de los profetas,
- 현대인의 성경 - 옛날 하나님께서는 예언자들을 통하여 여러 가지 방법으로 수없이 우리 조상 들에게 말씀하셨습니다.
- Новый Русский Перевод - Бог, многократно и многообразно говоривший в прошлом к нашим предкам через пророков,
- Восточный перевод - В прошлом Всевышний много раз и самым различным образом обращался к нашим предкам через пророков.
- Восточный перевод, версия с «Аллахом» - В прошлом Всевышний много раз и самым различным образом обращался к нашим предкам через пророков.
- Восточный перевод, версия для Таджикистана - В прошлом Всевышний много раз и самым различным образом обращался к нашим предкам через пророков.
- La Bible du Semeur 2015 - A bien des reprises et de bien des manières, Dieu a parlé autrefois à nos ancêtres par les prophètes.
- リビングバイブル - 神は昔、幻や夢や、時には直接の啓示などいろいろな方法で、預言者を通してご自分の計画を少しずつ明らかになさいました。
- Nestle Aland 28 - Πολυμερῶς καὶ πολυτρόπως πάλαι ὁ θεὸς λαλήσας τοῖς πατράσιν ἐν τοῖς προφήταις
- unfoldingWord® Greek New Testament - πολυμερῶς καὶ πολυτρόπως πάλαι, ὁ Θεὸς, λαλήσας τοῖς πατράσιν ἐν τοῖς προφήταις
- Nova Versão Internacional - Há muito tempo Deus falou muitas vezes e de várias maneiras aos nossos antepassados por meio dos profetas,
- Hoffnung für alle - In der Vergangenheit hat Gott immer wieder und auf vielfältige Weise durch die Propheten zu unseren Vorfahren gesprochen.
- Kinh Thánh Hiện Đại - Thời xưa, Đức Chúa Trời đã dùng các nhà tiên tri dạy bảo tổ phụ chúng ta nhiều lần nhiều cách.
- พระคริสตธรรมคัมภีร์ไทย ฉบับอมตธรรมร่วมสมัย - ในอดีตพระเจ้าตรัสกับบรรพบุรุษของเราผ่านทางผู้เผยพระวจนะหลายครั้งหลายคราด้วยวิธีการต่างๆ
- พระคัมภีร์ ฉบับแปลใหม่ - ในสมัยก่อน พระเจ้าได้กล่าวกับบรรพบุรุษของเราโดยผ่านบรรดาผู้เผยคำกล่าวของพระเจ้าหลายครั้ง และด้วยวิธีต่างๆ กัน
Cross Reference
- Genesis 6:3 - Then the Lord said, “My Spirit will not put up with humans for such a long time, for they are only mortal flesh. In the future, their normal lifespan will be no more than 120 years.”
- Genesis 32:24 - This left Jacob all alone in the camp, and a man came and wrestled with him until the dawn began to break.
- Genesis 32:25 - When the man saw that he would not win the match, he touched Jacob’s hip and wrenched it out of its socket.
- Genesis 32:26 - Then the man said, “Let me go, for the dawn is breaking!” But Jacob said, “I will not let you go unless you bless me.”
- Genesis 32:27 - “What is your name?” the man asked. He replied, “Jacob.”
- Genesis 32:28 - “Your name will no longer be Jacob,” the man told him. “From now on you will be called Israel, because you have fought with God and with men and have won.”
- Genesis 32:29 - “Please tell me your name,” Jacob said. “Why do you want to know my name?” the man replied. Then he blessed Jacob there.
- Genesis 32:30 - Jacob named the place Peniel (which means “face of God”), for he said, “I have seen God face to face, yet my life has been spared.”
- Genesis 8:15 - Then God said to Noah,
- Genesis 8:16 - “Leave the boat, all of you—you and your wife, and your sons and their wives.
- Genesis 8:17 - Release all the animals—the birds, the livestock, and the small animals that scurry along the ground—so they can be fruitful and multiply throughout the earth.”
- Genesis 8:18 - So Noah, his wife, and his sons and their wives left the boat.
- Genesis 8:19 - And all of the large and small animals and birds came out of the boat, pair by pair.
- Exodus 3:1 - One day Moses was tending the flock of his father-in-law, Jethro, the priest of Midian. He led the flock far into the wilderness and came to Sinai, the mountain of God.
- Exodus 3:2 - There the angel of the Lord appeared to him in a blazing fire from the middle of a bush. Moses stared in amazement. Though the bush was engulfed in flames, it didn’t burn up.
- Exodus 3:3 - “This is amazing,” Moses said to himself. “Why isn’t that bush burning up? I must go see it.”
- Exodus 3:4 - When the Lord saw Moses coming to take a closer look, God called to him from the middle of the bush, “Moses! Moses!” “Here I am!” Moses replied.
- Exodus 3:5 - “Do not come any closer,” the Lord warned. “Take off your sandals, for you are standing on holy ground.
- Exodus 3:6 - I am the God of your father —the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob.” When Moses heard this, he covered his face because he was afraid to look at God.
- Exodus 3:7 - Then the Lord told him, “I have certainly seen the oppression of my people in Egypt. I have heard their cries of distress because of their harsh slave drivers. Yes, I am aware of their suffering.
- Exodus 3:8 - So I have come down to rescue them from the power of the Egyptians and lead them out of Egypt into their own fertile and spacious land. It is a land flowing with milk and honey—the land where the Canaanites, Hittites, Amorites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites now live.
- Exodus 3:9 - Look! The cry of the people of Israel has reached me, and I have seen how harshly the Egyptians abuse them.
- Exodus 3:10 - Now go, for I am sending you to Pharaoh. You must lead my people Israel out of Egypt.”
- Exodus 3:11 - But Moses protested to God, “Who am I to appear before Pharaoh? Who am I to lead the people of Israel out of Egypt?”
- Exodus 3:12 - God answered, “I will be with you. And this is your sign that I am the one who has sent you: When you have brought the people out of Egypt, you will worship God at this very mountain.”
- Exodus 3:13 - But Moses protested, “If I go to the people of Israel and tell them, ‘The God of your ancestors has sent me to you,’ they will ask me, ‘What is his name?’ Then what should I tell them?”
- Exodus 3:14 - God replied to Moses, “I Am Who I Am. Say this to the people of Israel: I Am has sent me to you.”
- Exodus 3:15 - God also said to Moses, “Say this to the people of Israel: Yahweh, the God of your ancestors—the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob—has sent me to you. This is my eternal name, my name to remember for all generations.
- Exodus 3:16 - “Now go and call together all the elders of Israel. Tell them, ‘Yahweh, the God of your ancestors—the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob—has appeared to me. He told me, “I have been watching closely, and I see how the Egyptians are treating you.
- Exodus 3:17 - I have promised to rescue you from your oppression in Egypt. I will lead you to a land flowing with milk and honey—the land where the Canaanites, Hittites, Amorites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites now live.”’
- Exodus 3:18 - “The elders of Israel will accept your message. Then you and the elders must go to the king of Egypt and tell him, ‘The Lord, the God of the Hebrews, has met with us. So please let us take a three-day journey into the wilderness to offer sacrifices to the Lord, our God.’
- Exodus 3:19 - “But I know that the king of Egypt will not let you go unless a mighty hand forces him.
- Exodus 3:20 - So I will raise my hand and strike the Egyptians, performing all kinds of miracles among them. Then at last he will let you go.
- Exodus 3:21 - And I will cause the Egyptians to look favorably on you. They will give you gifts when you go so you will not leave empty-handed.
- Exodus 3:22 - Every Israelite woman will ask for articles of silver and gold and fine clothing from her Egyptian neighbors and from the foreign women in their houses. You will dress your sons and daughters with these, stripping the Egyptians of their wealth.”
- Genesis 26:2 - The Lord appeared to Isaac and said, “Do not go down to Egypt, but do as I tell you.
- Genesis 26:3 - Live here as a foreigner in this land, and I will be with you and bless you. I hereby confirm that I will give all these lands to you and your descendants, just as I solemnly promised Abraham, your father.
- Genesis 26:4 - I will cause your descendants to become as numerous as the stars of the sky, and I will give them all these lands. And through your descendants all the nations of the earth will be blessed.
- Genesis 26:5 - I will do this because Abraham listened to me and obeyed all my requirements, commands, decrees, and instructions.”
- Genesis 28:12 - As he slept, he dreamed of a stairway that reached from the earth up to heaven. And he saw the angels of God going up and down the stairway.
- Genesis 28:13 - At the top of the stairway stood the Lord, and he said, “I am the Lord, the God of your grandfather Abraham, and the God of your father, Isaac. The ground you are lying on belongs to you. I am giving it to you and your descendants.
- Genesis 28:14 - Your descendants will be as numerous as the dust of the earth! They will spread out in all directions—to the west and the east, to the north and the south. And all the families of the earth will be blessed through you and your descendants.
- Genesis 28:15 - What’s more, I am with you, and I will protect you wherever you go. One day I will bring you back to this land. I will not leave you until I have finished giving you everything I have promised you.”
- Genesis 6:13 - So God said to Noah, “I have decided to destroy all living creatures, for they have filled the earth with violence. Yes, I will wipe them all out along with the earth!
- Genesis 6:14 - “Build a large boat from cypress wood and waterproof it with tar, inside and out. Then construct decks and stalls throughout its interior.
- Genesis 6:15 - Make the boat 450 feet long, 75 feet wide, and 45 feet high.
- Genesis 6:16 - Leave an 18-inch opening below the roof all the way around the boat. Put the door on the side, and build three decks inside the boat—lower, middle, and upper.
- Genesis 6:17 - “Look! I am about to cover the earth with a flood that will destroy every living thing that breathes. Everything on earth will die.
- Genesis 6:18 - But I will confirm my covenant with you. So enter the boat—you and your wife and your sons and their wives.
- Genesis 6:19 - Bring a pair of every kind of animal—a male and a female—into the boat with you to keep them alive during the flood.
- Genesis 6:20 - Pairs of every kind of bird, and every kind of animal, and every kind of small animal that scurries along the ground, will come to you to be kept alive.
- Genesis 6:21 - And be sure to take on board enough food for your family and for all the animals.”
- Genesis 6:22 - So Noah did everything exactly as God had commanded him.
- Genesis 9:1 - Then God blessed Noah and his sons and told them, “Be fruitful and multiply. Fill the earth.
- Genesis 9:2 - All the animals of the earth, all the birds of the sky, all the small animals that scurry along the ground, and all the fish in the sea will look on you with fear and terror. I have placed them in your power.
- Genesis 9:3 - I have given them to you for food, just as I have given you grain and vegetables.
- Genesis 9:4 - But you must never eat any meat that still has the lifeblood in it.
- Genesis 9:5 - “And I will require the blood of anyone who takes another person’s life. If a wild animal kills a person, it must die. And anyone who murders a fellow human must die.
- Genesis 9:6 - If anyone takes a human life, that person’s life will also be taken by human hands. For God made human beings in his own image.
- Genesis 9:7 - Now be fruitful and multiply, and repopulate the earth.”
- Genesis 9:8 - Then God told Noah and his sons,
- Genesis 9:9 - “I hereby confirm my covenant with you and your descendants,
- Genesis 9:10 - and with all the animals that were on the boat with you—the birds, the livestock, and all the wild animals—every living creature on earth.
- Genesis 9:11 - Yes, I am confirming my covenant with you. Never again will floodwaters kill all living creatures; never again will a flood destroy the earth.”
- Genesis 9:12 - Then God said, “I am giving you a sign of my covenant with you and with all living creatures, for all generations to come.
- Genesis 9:13 - I have placed my rainbow in the clouds. It is the sign of my covenant with you and with all the earth.
- Genesis 9:14 - When I send clouds over the earth, the rainbow will appear in the clouds,
- Genesis 9:15 - and I will remember my covenant with you and with all living creatures. Never again will the floodwaters destroy all life.
- Genesis 9:16 - When I see the rainbow in the clouds, I will remember the eternal covenant between God and every living creature on earth.”
- Genesis 9:17 - Then God said to Noah, “Yes, this rainbow is the sign of the covenant I am confirming with all the creatures on earth.”
- Genesis 46:2 - During the night God spoke to him in a vision. “Jacob! Jacob!” he called. “Here I am,” Jacob replied.
- Genesis 46:3 - “I am God, the God of your father,” the voice said. “Do not be afraid to go down to Egypt, for there I will make your family into a great nation.
- Genesis 46:4 - I will go with you down to Egypt, and I will bring you back again. You will die in Egypt, but Joseph will be with you to close your eyes.”
- Acts of the Apostles 28:23 - So a time was set, and on that day a large number of people came to Paul’s lodging. He explained and testified about the Kingdom of God and tried to persuade them about Jesus from the Scriptures. Using the law of Moses and the books of the prophets, he spoke to them from morning until evening.
- Acts of the Apostles 13:32 - “And now we are here to bring you this Good News. The promise was made to our ancestors,
- John 7:22 - But you work on the Sabbath, too, when you obey Moses’ law of circumcision. (Actually, this tradition of circumcision began with the patriarchs, long before the law of Moses.)
- Hebrews 2:2 - For the message God delivered through angels has always stood firm, and every violation of the law and every act of disobedience was punished.
- Genesis 12:1 - The Lord had said to Abram, “Leave your native country, your relatives, and your father’s family, and go to the land that I will show you.
- Genesis 12:2 - I will make you into a great nation. I will bless you and make you famous, and you will be a blessing to others.
- Genesis 12:3 - I will bless those who bless you and curse those who treat you with contempt. All the families on earth will be blessed through you.”
- Luke 24:44 - Then he said, “When I was with you before, I told you that everything written about me in the law of Moses and the prophets and in the Psalms must be fulfilled.”
- Luke 1:72 - He has been merciful to our ancestors by remembering his sacred covenant—
- Luke 1:55 - For he made this promise to our ancestors, to Abraham and his children forever.”
- John 9:29 - We know God spoke to Moses, but we don’t even know where this man comes from.”
- Genesis 3:15 - And I will cause hostility between you and the woman, and between your offspring and her offspring. He will strike your head, and you will strike his heel.”
- Acts of the Apostles 2:30 - But he was a prophet, and he knew God had promised with an oath that one of David’s own descendants would sit on his throne.
- Luke 24:27 - Then Jesus took them through the writings of Moses and all the prophets, explaining from all the Scriptures the things concerning himself.
- Numbers 12:6 - And the Lord said to them, “Now listen to what I say: “If there were prophets among you, I, the Lord, would reveal myself in visions. I would speak to them in dreams.
- Numbers 12:7 - But not with my servant Moses. Of all my house, he is the one I trust.
- Numbers 12:8 - I speak to him face to face, clearly, and not in riddles! He sees the Lord as he is. So why were you not afraid to criticize my servant Moses?”
- 1 Peter 1:10 - This salvation was something even the prophets wanted to know more about when they prophesied about this gracious salvation prepared for you.
- 1 Peter 1:11 - They wondered what time or situation the Spirit of Christ within them was talking about when he told them in advance about Christ’s suffering and his great glory afterward.
- 1 Peter 1:12 - They were told that their messages were not for themselves, but for you. And now this Good News has been announced to you by those who preached in the power of the Holy Spirit sent from heaven. It is all so wonderful that even the angels are eagerly watching these things happen.
- Joel 2:28 - “Then, after doing all those things, I will pour out my Spirit upon all people. Your sons and daughters will prophesy. Your old men will dream dreams, and your young men will see visions.
- 2 Peter 1:20 - Above all, you must realize that no prophecy in Scripture ever came from the prophet’s own understanding,
- 2 Peter 1:21 - or from human initiative. No, those prophets were moved by the Holy Spirit, and they spoke from God.