'Among' in the Bible

Then Job took a piece of broken pottery to scrape himself while he sat among the ashes.

If only darkness had taken that night away!May it not appear among the days of the yearor be listed in the calendar.

Among unsettling thoughts from visions in the night,when deep sleep descends on men,

His roots are intertwined around a pile of rocks.He looks for a home among the stones.

the land was given to them alonewhen no foreigner passed among them.

But come back and try again, all of you.I will not find a wise man among you.

He has no children or descendants among his people,no survivor where he used to live.

I directed their course and presided as chief.I lived as a king among his troops,like one who comforts those who mourn. >

They plucked mallow among the shrubs,and the roots of the broom tree were their food.

They are living on the slopes of the wadis,among the rocks and in holes in the ground.

They bray among the shrubs;they huddle beneath the thistles.

They die in their youth;their life ends among male cult prostitutes.

Will traders bargain for himor divide him among the merchants?

Sing to the Lord, who dwells in Zion;proclaim His deeds among the nations.

You have freed me from the feuds among the people;You have appointed me the head of nations;a people I had not known serve me.

Therefore I will praise You, Yahweh, among the nations;I will sing about Your name.

They divided my garments among themselves,and they cast lots for my clothing.

Lord, You brought me up from Sheol;You spared me from among thosegoing down to the Pit.

I will praise You in the great congregation;I will exalt You among many people.

You hand us over to be eaten like sheepand scatter us among the nations.

You make us a joke among the nations,a laughingstock among the peoples.

Kings’ daughters are among your honored women;the queen, adorned with gold from Ophir,stands at your right hand.

“Stop your fighting—and know that I am God,exalted among the nations, exalted on the earth.”

I will praise You, Lord, among the peoples;I will sing praises to You among the nations.

so that Your way may be known on earth,Your salvation among all nations.

While you lie among the sheepfolds,the wings of a dove are covered with silver,and its feathers with glistening gold.

God’s chariots are tens of thousands,thousands and thousands;the Lord is among them in the sanctuaryas He was at Sinai.

Singers lead the way,with musicians following;among them are young womenplaying tambourines.

Ascribe power to God.His majesty is over Israel,His power among the clouds.

May he vindicate the afflicted among the people,help the poor,and crush the oppressor.

You are the God who works wonders;You revealed Your strength among the peoples.

He sent among them swarms of flies,which fed on them,and frogs, which devastated them.

He abandoned the tabernacle at Shiloh,the tent where He resided among men.

Why should the nations ask,“Where is their God?”Before our eyes,let vengeance for the shed blood of Your servantsbe known among the nations.

There must not be a strange god among you;you must not bow down to a foreign god.

A psalm of Asaph.God has taken His place in the divine assembly;He judges among the gods:

Lord, there is no one like You among the gods,and there are no works like Yours.

I am counted among those going down to the Pit.I am like a man without strength,

abandoned among the dead.I am like the slain lying in the grave,whom You no longer remember,and who are cut off from Your care.

For who in the skies can compare with the Lord?Who among the heavenly beings is like the Lord?

Declare His glory among the nations,His wonderful works among all peoples.

Say among the nations: “The Lord reigns.The world is firmly established; it cannot be shaken.He judges the peoples fairly.”

Moses and Aaron were among His priests;Samuel also was among those calling on His name.They called to Yahweh and He answered them.

I am like a desert owl,like an owl among the ruins.

The birds of the sky live beside the springs;they sing among the foliage.

Give thanks to Yahweh, call on His name;proclaim His deeds among the peoples.

They performed His miraculous signs among them,and wonders in the land of Ham.

Then He brought Israel out with silver and gold,and no one among His tribes stumbled.

He gave them what they asked for,but sent a wasting disease among them.

and would disperse their descendantsamong the nations,scattering them throughout the lands.

I will praise You, Lord, among the peoples;I will sing praises to You among the nations.

They surrounded me like bees;they were extinguished like a fire among thorns;in the name of Yahweh I destroyed them.

What misery that I have stayed in Meshech,that I have lived among the tents of Kedar!

Our mouths were filled with laughter then,and our tongues with shouts of joy.Then they said among the nations,“The Lord has done great things for them.”

and brought Israel out from among them        His love is eternal.

a lying witness who gives false testimony,and one who stirs up trouble among brothers.

I saw among the inexperienced,I noticed among the youths,a young man lacking sense.

Fools mock at making restitution,but there is goodwill among the upright.

Wisdom resides in the heart of the discerning;she is known even among fools.

One who listens to life-giving rebukeswill be at home among the wise.

A wise servant will rule over a disgraceful sonand share an inheritance among brothers.

indeed, she sets an ambush like a robberand increases those among men who are unfaithful.

There is a generation whose teeth are swords,whose fangs are knives,devouring the oppressed from the landand the needy from among mankind.

a lion, which is mightiest among beastsand doesn’t retreat before anything,

Her husband is known at the city gates,where he sits among the elders of the land.

There is no remembrance of those who came before;and of those who will come afterthere will also be no remembranceby those who follow them.

which my soul continually searches for but does not find: among a thousand people I have found one true man, but among all these I have not found a true woman.

I compare you, my darling,to a mare among Pharaoh’s chariots.

M Like a lily among thorns,so is my darling among the young women.

W Like an apricot tree among the trees of the forest,so is my love among the young men.I delight to sit in his shade,and his fruit is sweet to my taste.

W My love is mine and I am his;he feeds among the lilies.

Your breasts are like two fawns,twins of a gazelle, that feed among the lilies.

W My love is fit and strong,notable among ten thousand.

I am my love’s and my love is mine;he feeds among the lilies.

Before I knew it,my desire put meamong the chariots of my noble people.

Come, my love,let’s go to the field;let’s spend the night among the henna blossoms.

He will settle disputes among the nationsand provide arbitration for many peoples.They will turn their swords into plowsand their spears into pruning knives.Nations will not take up the sword against other nations,and they will never again train for war.

Lambs will grazeas if in their own pastures,and strangers will eatamong the ruins of the rich.

Then I said:Woe is me for I am ruinedbecause I am a man of unclean lipsand live among a people of unclean lips,and because my eyes have seen the King,the Lord of Hosts.

Bind up the testimony.Seal up the instruction among my disciples.

to keep the poor from getting a fair trialand to deprive the afflicted among my people of justice,so that widows can be their spoiland they can plunder the fatherless.

There will be nothing to doexcept crouch among the prisonersor fall among the slain.In all this, His anger is not removed,and His hand is still raised to strike.

and on that day you will say:“Give thanks to Yahweh; proclaim His name!Celebrate His works among the peoples.Declare that His name is exalted.

Cry out and sing, citizen of Zion,for the Holy One of Israel is among youin His greatness.”

Listen, a tumult on the mountains,like that of a mighty people!Listen, an uproar among the kingdoms,like nations being gathered together!The Lord of Hosts is mobilizing an army for war.

on many waters.Tyre’s revenue was the grain from Shihor—the harvest of the Nile.She was the merchant among the nations.

For this is how it will be on earthamong the nations:like a harvested olive tree,like a gleaning after a grape harvest.

Its collapse will be like the shatteringof a potter’s jar, crushed to pieces,so that not even a fragment of potterywill be found among its shattered remains—no fragment large enough to take fire from a hearthor scoop water from a cistern.”

The sinners in Zion are afraid;trembling seizes the ungodly:“Who among us can dwell with a consuming fire?Who among us can dwell with ever-burning flames?”

When I look, there is no one;there is no counselor among them;when I ask them, they have nothing to say.

Who among you will pay attention to this?Let him listen and obey in the future.

All the nations are gathered together,and the peoples are assembled.Who among them can declare this,and tell us the former things?Let them present their witnessesto vindicate themselves,so that people may hear and say, “It is true.”

I alone declared, saved, and proclaimed—and not some foreign god among you.So you are My witnesses”—this is the Lord’s declaration—“and I am God.

They will sprout among the grasslike poplars by flowing streams.

He cuts down cedars for his use,or he takes a cypress or an oak.He lets it grow strong among the trees of the forest.He plants a laurel, and the rain makes it grow.

“Woe to the one who argues with his Maker—one clay pot among many.Does clay say to the one forming it,‘What are you making?’Or does your work say,‘He has no hands’?

All of you, assemble and listen!Who among the idols has declared these things?The Lord loves him;he will accomplish His will against Babylon,and His arm will be against the Chaldeans.

Who among you fears the Lord,listening to the voice of His Servant?Who among you walks in darkness,and has no light?Let him trust in the name of Yahweh;let him lean on his God.

There is no one to guide heramong all the children she has raised;there is no one to take hold of her handamong all the offspring she has brought up.

Therefore I will give Him the many as a portion,and He will receive the mighty as spoil,because He submitted Himself to death,and was counted among the rebels;yet He bore the sin of manyand interceded for the rebels.