'Yet' in the Bible

Now no shrub of the field had yet grown on the earth, and no plant of the field had yet sprouted, for the Lord God had not caused it to rain on the earth, and there was no man to cultivate the ground.

In the fourth generation your descendants will return here, for the sin of the Amorites has not yet reached its limit."

She went on to say, "Who would have said to Abraham that Sarah would nurse children? Yet I have given birth to a son for him in his old age!"

She named him Joseph, saying, "May the Lord give me yet another son."

Now I understand that you have gone away because you longed desperately for your father's house. Yet why did you steal my gods?"

Then she had yet another son, whom she named Shelah. She gave birth to him in Kezib.

Yet Pharaoh's heart became hard, and he did not listen to them, just as the Lord had predicted.

But as for you and your servants, I know that you do not yet fear the Lord God."

"'When a man has sexual intercourse with a woman, although she is a slave woman designated for another man and she has not yet been ransomed, or freedom has not been granted to her, there will be an obligation to pay compensation. They must not be put to death, because she was not free.

For all the people have seen my glory and my signs that I did in Egypt and in the wilderness, and yet have tempted me now these ten times, and have not obeyed me,

Also, your infants, who you thought would die on the way, and your children, who as yet do not know good from bad, will go there; I will give them the land and they will possess it.

You approached and stood at the foot of the mountain, a mountain ablaze to the sky above it and yet dark with a thick cloud.

for you have not yet come to the final stop and inheritance the Lord your God is giving you.

Yet Joshua spared Rahab the prostitute, her father's family, and all who belonged to her. She lives in Israel to this very day because she hid the messengers Joshua sent to spy on Jericho.

The officials of Succoth said, "You have not yet overpowered Zebah and Zalmunna. So why should we give bread to your army?"

He approached the men of Succoth and said, "Look what I have! Zebah and Zalmunna! You insulted me, saying, 'You have not yet overpowered Zebah and Zalmunna. So why should we give bread to your exhausted men?'"

In those days Israel had no king. And in those days the Danite tribe was looking for a place to settle, because at that time they did not yet have a place to call their own among the tribes of Israel.

and the lamp of God had not yet been extinguished. Samuel was lying down in the temple of the Lord as well; the ark of God was also there.

Now Samuel did not yet know the Lord; the word of the Lord had not yet been revealed to him.

So they inquired again of the Lord, "Has the man arrived here yet?" The Lord said, "He has hidden himself among the equipment."

another band turned toward the road leading to Beth Horon; and yet another band turned toward the road leading to the border that overlooks the valley of Zeboim in the direction of the desert.

So his servants told David these things and David agreed to become the king's son-in-law. Now the specified time had not yet expired

These words of Ish-bosheth really angered Abner and he said, "Am I the head of a dog that belongs to Judah? This very day I am demonstrating loyalty to the house of Saul your father and to his relatives and his friends! I have not betrayed you into the hand of David. Yet you have accused me of sinning with this woman today!

But Absalom said nothing to Amnon, either bad or good, yet Absalom hated Amnon because he had humiliated his sister Tamar.

Yet another battle occurred with the Philistines in Gob. On that occasion Elhanan the son of Jair the Bethlehemite killed the brother of Goliath the Gittite, the shaft of whose spear was like a weaver's beam.

Yet another battle occurred in Gath. On that occasion there was a large man who had six fingers on each hand and six toes on each foot, twenty-four in all! He too was a descendant of Rapha.

Now the people were offering sacrifices at the high places, because in those days a temple had not yet been built to honor the Lord.

The high places were not eliminated, yet Asa was wholeheartedly devoted to the Lord throughout his lifetime.

The rest of the events of Asa's reign, including all his successes and accomplishments, as well as a record of the cities he built, are recorded in the scroll called the Annals of the Kings of Judah. Yet when he was very old he developed a foot disease.

"I raised you up from the dust and made you ruler over my people Israel. Yet you followed in Jeroboam's footsteps and encouraged my people Israel to sin; their sins have made me angry.

Yet he persisted in the sins of Jeroboam son of Nebat, who encouraged Israel to sin; he did not turn from them.

Yet the Lord's great anger against Judah did not subside; he was still infuriated by all the things Manasseh had done.

Yet they will become his subjects, so they can experience how serving me differs from serving the surrounding nations."

The high places were not eliminated from Israel, yet Asa was wholeheartedly devoted to the Lord throughout his lifetime.

He did what the Lord approved, just as his father Uzziah had done. (He did not, however, have the audacity to enter the temple.) Yet the people were still sinning.

And now you are planning to enslave the people of Judah and Jerusalem. Yet are you not also guilty before the Lord your God?

The majority of the many people from Ephraim, Manasseh, Issachar, and Zebulun were ceremonially unclean, yet they ate the Passover in violation of what is prescribed in the law. For Hezekiah prayed for them, saying: "May the Lord, who is good, forgive

Then this Sheshbazzar went and laid the foundations of the temple of God in Jerusalem. From that time to the present moment it has been in the process of being rebuilt, although it is not yet finished.'

When it became the turn of Esther daughter of Abihail the uncle of Mordecai (who had raised her as if she were his own daughter) to go to the king, she did not request anything except what Hegai the king's eunuch, who was overseer of the women, had recommended. Yet Esther met with the approval of all who saw her.

Yet all of this fails to satisfy me so long as I have to see Mordecai the Jew sitting at the king's gate."

Then they sat down with him on the ground for seven days and seven nights, yet no one spoke a word to him, for they saw that his pain was very great.

Is not their excess wealth taken away from them? They die, yet without attaining wisdom.

Then I would yet have my comfort, then I would rejoice, in spite of pitiless pain, for I have not concealed the words of the Holy One.

He will yet fill your mouth with laughter, and your lips with gladness.

And after my skin has been destroyed, yet in my flesh I will see God,

But it was he who filled their houses with good things -- yet the counsel of the wicked was far from me.

"If I go to the east, he is not there, and to the west, yet I do not perceive him.

Yet I have not been silent because of the darkness, because of the thick darkness that covered my face.

Now I was paying you close attention, yet there was no one proving Job wrong, not one of you was answering his statements!

Yet God finds occasions with me; he regards me as his enemy!

But if God is quiet, who can condemn him? If he hides his face, then who can see him? Yet he is over the individual and the nation alike,

Yet its voice echoes throughout the earth; its words carry to the distant horizon. In the sky he has pitched a tent for the sun.

Yet I wait for you, O Lord! You will respond, O Lord, my God!

Yet you have battered us, leaving us a heap of ruins overrun by wild dogs; you have covered us with darkness.

Yet because of you we are killed all day long; we are treated like sheep at the slaughtering block.

Yet God will make you a permanent heap of ruins. He will scoop you up and remove you from your home; he will uproot you from the land of the living. (Selah)

so that the next generation, children yet to be born, might know about them. They will grow up and tell their descendants about them.

Yet they continued to sin against him, and rebelled against the sovereign One in the desert.

They were not yet filled up, their food was still in their mouths,

Yet he is compassionate. He forgives sin and does not destroy. He often holds back his anger, and does not stir up his fury.

Yet he brought out his people like sheep; he led them through the wilderness like a flock.

Yet they challenged and defied the sovereign God, and did not obey his commands.

Yet you will die like mortals; you will fall like all the other rulers."

I will listen to what God the Lord says. For he will make peace with his people, his faithful followers. Yet they must not return to their foolish ways.

The account of his intervention will be recorded for future generations; people yet to be born will praise the Lord.

Yet he delivered them for the sake of his reputation, that he might reveal his power.

Yet he took notice of their distress, when he heard their cry for help.

Yet he protected the needy from oppression, and cared for his families like a flock of sheep.

Arrogant people do nothing but scoff at me. Yet I do not turn aside from your law.

The wicked prepare to kill me, yet I concentrate on your rules.

I am insignificant and despised, yet I do not forget your precepts.

Distress and hardship confront me, yet I find delight in your commands.

The enemies who chase me are numerous. Yet I do not turn aside from your rules.

/ (Sin/Shin) Rulers pursue me for no reason, yet I am more afraid of disobeying your instructions.

Although he is scornful to arrogant scoffers, yet he shows favor to the humble.

yet it prepares its food in the summer; it gathers at the harvest what it will eat.

Yet if he is caught he must repay seven times over, he might even have to give all the wealth of his house.

One person is generous and yet grows more wealthy, but another withholds more than he should and comes to poverty.

Better is a person of humble standing who nevertheless has a servant, than one who pretends to be somebody important yet has no food.

There is one who pretends to be rich and yet has nothing; another pretends to be poor and yet possesses great wealth.

There is a generation who are pure in their own eyes and yet are not washed from their filthiness.

No one remembers the former events, nor will anyone remember the events that are yet to happen; they will not be remembered by the future generations.

So I was far wealthier than all my predecessors in Jerusalem, yet I maintained my objectivity:

Yet when I reflected on everything I had accomplished and on all the effort that I had expended to accomplish it, I concluded: "All these achievements and possessions are ultimately profitless -- like chasing the wind! There is nothing gained from them on earth."

The wise man can see where he is going, but the fool walks in darkness. Yet I also realized that the same fate happens to them both.

Who knows if he will be a wise man or a fool? Yet he will be master over all the fruit of my labor for which I worked so wisely on earth! This also is futile!

A man who is all alone with no companion, he has no children nor siblings; yet there is no end to all his toil, and he is never satisfied with riches. He laments, "For whom am I toiling and depriving myself of pleasure?" This also is futile and a burdensome task!

There is no end to all the people nor to the past generations, yet future generations will not rejoice in him. This also is profitless and like chasing the wind.

God gives a man riches, property, and wealth so that he lacks nothing that his heart desires, yet God does not enable him to enjoy the fruit of his labor -- instead, someone else enjoys it! This is fruitless and a grave misfortune.

though it never saw the light of day nor knew anything, yet it has more rest than that man --

if he should live a thousand years twice, yet does not enjoy his prosperity. For both of them die!

All of man's labor is for nothing more than to fill his stomach -- yet his appetite is never satisfied!

Even though a sinner might commit a hundred crimes and still live a long time, yet I know that it will go well with God-fearing people -- for they stand in fear before him.

yet a fool keeps on babbling. No one knows what will happen; who can tell him what will happen in the future?

The Beloved's Brothers: We have a little sister, and as yet she has no breasts. What shall we do for our sister on the day when she is spoken for?

All the people were aware of it, the people of Ephraim and those living in Samaria. Yet with pride and an arrogant attitude, they said,

The day you begin cultivating, you do what you can to make it grow; the morning you begin planting, you do what you can to make it sprout. Yet the harvest will disappear in the day of disease and incurable pain.

Yet he too is wise and he will bring disaster; he does not retract his decree. He will attack the wicked nation, and the nation that helps those who commit sin.

You did not buy me aromatic reeds; you did not present to me the fat of your sacrifices. Yet you burdened me with your sins; you made me weary with your evil deeds.

who announces the end from the beginning and reveals beforehand what has not yet occurred, who says, 'My plan will be realized, I will accomplish what I desire,'