And he came near, and kissed him. And he smelt the smell of his clothes, and blessed him, and said, See, the smell of my son is as the smell of a field which Jehovah hath blessed.

And the words of Esau her elder son were told to Rebecca. And she sent and called Jacob her younger son, and said to him, Behold, thy brother Esau, as touching thee, comforts himself that he will kill thee.

And Pharaoh said to Joseph, Since God has made all this known to thee, there is none so discreet and wise as thou.

The man, the lord of the land, spoke roughly to us, and treated us as spies of the land.

As to all manner of fraud, as to ox, as to ass, as to sheep, as to clothing, as to everything lost, of which a man saith, It is this the cause of both parties shall come before the judges: he whom the judges shall condemn shall restore double to his neighbour.

And Moab said to the elders of Midian, Now will this company lick up all that is round about us, as an ox licks up the green herb of the field. Now Balak the son of Zippor was king of Moab at that time.

Look down from thy holy habitation, from the heavens, and bless thy people Israel, and the land that thou hast given us as thou didst swear unto our fathers, a land flowing with milk and honey!

His majesty is as the firstling of his ox; And his horns are as the horns of a buffalo. With them shall he push the peoples Together to the ends of the earth. These are the myriads of Ephraim, And these are the thousands of Manasseh.

And I and all the people that are with me will approach to the city; and it shall come to pass when they come out against us, as at the first, that we will flee before them.

And they will come out after us till we have drawn them from the city; for they will say, They flee before us, as at the first; and we will flee before them.

And the Benjaminites said, "They are routed before us, as at the first." But the men of Israel said, "Let us flee, and draw them away from the city to the highways."

the men of Israel should turn in battle. Now Benjamin had begun to smite and kill about thirty men of Israel; they said, "Surely they are smitten down before us, as in the first battle."

Here I am: testify against me before Jehovah, and before his anointed. Whose ox have I taken? or whose ass have I taken? or whom have I defrauded? whom have I injured? or of whose hand have I received any ransom and blinded mine eyes therewith? and I will restore it to you.

For rebellion is as the sin of divination, And selfwill is as iniquity and idolatry. Because thou hast rejected the word of Jehovah, He hath also rejected thee from being king.

And the woman said, Why then hast thou thought such a thing against God's people? and the king in saying this thing, is as one guilty, in that the king does not bring back his banished one.

and I will bring back all the people to thee. The man whom thou seekest is as if all returned: all the people shall be in peace.

and even the valiant man whose heart is as the heart of a lion shall utterly melt; for all Israel knows that thy father is a mighty man, and they that are with him are valiant men.

And he has slandered thy servant to my lord the king; but my lord the king is as an angel of God; do therefore what is good in thy sight.

Jehovah our God be with us, as he was with our fathers; let him not forsake us nor cast us off:

yet now our flesh is as the flesh of our brethren, our children as their children; and behold, we must bring into bondage our sons and our daughters to be servants, and some of our daughters are brought into bondage already; neither is it in the power of our hand to redeem them, for other men have our fields and our vineyards.

What my soul refuseth to touch, that is as my loathsome food.

A land of gloom, as darkness itself; of the shadow of death, without any order, where the light is as thick darkness.

It is as the heights of heaven; what wilt thou do? deeper than Sheol; what canst thou know?

The murderer riseth with the light, killeth the afflicted and needy, and in the night is as a thief.

Behold, my belly is as wine which hath no vent; like new flasks, it is ready to burst.

And he is as a tree planted by brooks of water, which giveth its fruit in its season, and whose leaf fadeth not; and all that he doeth prospereth.

And he is as a bridegroom going forth from his chamber; he rejoiceth as a strong man to run the race.

Behold, thou hast made my days as hand-breadths, and my lifetime is as nothing before thee; verily, every man, even the high placed, is altogether vanity. Selah.

For thou, O God, hast proved us: thou hast tried us, as silver is tried.

Their heart is as fat as grease: as for me, I delight in thy law.

Surely I have restrained and composed my soul, like a weaned child with its mother: my soul within me is as a weaned child.

Even darkness hideth not from thee, and the night shineth as the day: the darkness is as the light.

But the path of the righteous is as the shining light, going on and brightening until the day be fully come.

The way of the wicked is as darkness: they know not at what they stumble.

The tongue of the righteous man is as choice silver; the heart of the wicked is little worth.

It is as sport to a foolish man to do wickedness; but a man of understanding hath wisdom.

A fair woman who is without discretion, is as a gold ring in a swine's snout.

A woman of worth is a crown to her husband; but she that maketh ashamed is as rottenness in his bones.

The way of the sluggard is as a hedge of thorns; but the path of the upright is made plain.

The fury of a king is as messengers of death; but a wise man will pacify it.

In the light of the king's countenance is life, and his favour is as a cloud of the latter rain.

A man of Belial diggeth up evil, and on his lips there is as a scorching fire.

The beginning of contention is as when one letteth out water; therefore leave off strife before it become vehement.

The king's displeasure is as the roaring of a lion; but his favour is as dew upon the grass.

The terror of a king is as the roaring of a lion: he that provoketh him to anger sinneth against his own soul.

The king's heart in the hand of Jehovah is as brooks of water: he turneth it whithersoever he will.

He that hath no rule over his own spirit is as a city broken down, without walls.

Wisdom is as good as an inheritance, and profitable to them that see the sun.

Who is as the wise? and who knoweth the explanation of things? A man's wisdom maketh his face to shine, and the boldness of his face is changed.

Behold, thou art fair, my love; behold, thou art fair; Thine eyes are doves behind thy veil; Thy hair is as a flock of goats, On the slopes of mount Gilead.

His head is as the finest gold; His locks are flowing, black as the raven;

Turn away thine eyes from me, For they overcome me. Thy hair is as a flock of goats On the slopes of Gilead.

Thy neck is as a tower of ivory; Thine eyes, like the pools in Heshbon, By the gate of Bath-rabbim; Thy nose like the tower of Lebanon, Which looketh toward Damascus;

Through the wrath of Jehovah of hosts is the land burned up, and the people is as fuel for fire: a man spareth not his brother;

For this is as the waters of Noah unto me, since I have sworn that the waters of Noah should no more go over the earth: so have I sworn that I will no more be wroth with thee, nor rebuke thee.

He that slaughtereth an ox, smiteth a man; he that sacrificeth a lamb, breaketh a dog's neck; he that offereth an oblation, it is as swine's blood; he that presenteth a memorial of incense, is as he that blesseth an idol. As they have chosen their own ways, and their soul delighteth in their abominations,

Their quiver is as an open sepulchre; they are all mighty men.

Zion spreadeth forth her hands; there is none to comfort her; Jehovah hath commanded concerning Jacob, that his adversaries should be round about him; Jerusalem is as an impurity among them.

See, Jehovah, for I am in distress, my bowels are troubled; my heart is turned within me, for I have grievously rebelled: without, the sword hath bereaved me, within, it is as death.

and she lusted after their paramours, whose flesh is as the flesh of asses, and whose issue is as the issue of horses.

and we shall know, we shall follow on to know Jehovah: his going forth is assured as the morning dawn; and he will come unto us as the rain, as the latter rain which watereth the earth.

What shall I do unto thee, Ephraim? What shall I do unto thee, Judah? For your goodness is as a morning cloud, and as the dew that early passeth away.

A fire devoureth before them, and behind them a flame burneth; the land is as a garden of Eden before them, and behind them a desolate wilderness: yea, and nothing escapeth them.

The appearance of them is as the appearance of horses; and as horsemen, so they run.

The best of them is as a briar; the most upright, worse than a thorn-fence. The day of thy watchmen, thy visitation is come; now shall be their perplexity.