Thematic Bible: Anthropomorphisms


Thematic Bible





For the Lord your God is walking among your tents, to keep you safe and to give up into your hands those who are fighting against you; then let your tents be holy, so that he may see no unclean thing among you, and be turned away from you

Thick clouds are covering him, so that he is unable to see; and he is walking on the arch of heaven.

The feet of your horses were on the sea, on the mass of great waters.


But the seventh day is a Sabbath to the Lord your God; on that day do no work, you or your son or your daughter, or your man-servant or your woman-servant, or your ox or your ass or any of your cattle, or the man from a strange country who is living among you; so that your man-servant and your woman-servant may have rest as well as you.

And on the seventh day God came to the end of all his work; and on the seventh day he took his rest from all the work which he had done. And God gave his blessing to the seventh day and made it holy: because on that day he took his rest from all the work which he had made and done.

For in six days the Lord made heaven and earth, and the sea, and everything in them, and he took his rest on the seventh day: for this reason the Lord has given his blessing to the seventh day and made it holy.

It is a sign between me and the children of Israel for ever; because in six days the Lord made heaven and earth, and on the seventh day he took his rest and had pleasure in it.

For in one place he has said of the seventh day, And God had rest from all his works on the seventh day;

For the man who comes into his rest has had rest from his works, as God did from his.


And with whom was he angry for forty years? was it not with those who did evil, who came to their deaths in the waste land?


So they put away the strange gods from among them, and became the Lord's servants; and his soul was angry because of the sorrows of Israel.

For forty years I was angry with this generation, and said, They are a people whose hearts are turned away from me, for they have no knowledge of my ways;

So that I was angry with this generation, and I said, Their hearts are in error at all times, and they have no knowledge of my ways;


He will be laughed at by the Lord, who sees that his day is coming.

Then he whose seat is in the heavens will be laughing: the Lord will make sport of them.

But you are laughing at them, O Lord; you will make sport of all the nations.



And he saw that there was no man, and was surprised that there was no one to take up their cause: so his arm gave salvation, and he made righteousness his support.

And I saw that there was no helper, and I was wondering that no one gave them support: so my arm did the work of salvation, and my wrath was my support.

And he was greatly surprised because they had no faith. And he went about the country places teaching.


Put me in mind of this; let us take up the cause between us: put forward your cause, so that you may be seen to be in the right.

Then the early days came to their minds, the days of Moses his servant: and they said, Where is he who made the keeper of his flock come up from the sea? where is he who put his holy spirit among them,


Why are you sleeping, O Lord? awake! and come to our help, do not give us up for ever.

And he let his strength be taken prisoner, and gave his glory into the hands of his hater.


The Lord has taken an oath by his right hand, and by the arm of his strength, Truly, I will no longer give your grain to be food for your haters; and men of strange countries will not take the wine for which your work has been done:








And the bow will be in the cloud, and looking on it, I will keep in mind the eternal agreement between God and every living thing on the earth.


But you will say to me, Why does he still make us responsible? who is able to go against his purpose?


Basic English, produced by Mr C. K. Ogden of the Orthological Institute - public domain