34 occurrences in 13 translations

'Saying' in the Bible

They have answered a second time, and are saying, 'Let the king tell the dream to his servants, and the interpretation we do shew.

Verse ConceptsWisdom, Human NatureSpeaking AgainTelling Dreams

The Chaldeans have answered before the king, and are saying, 'There is not a man on the earth who is able to shew the king's matter; therefore, no king, chief, and ruler, hath asked such a thing as this of any scribe, and enchanter, and Chaldean;

Verse ConceptsAstrologyDivinationUnique EventsNo One Available

So Arioch quickly ushered Daniel into the king's presence, saying to him, "I have found a man from the captives of Judah who can make known the interpretation to the king."

Verse ConceptsHasty Action

King Nebuchadnezzar replied by saying to Daniel (whose Babylonian name is Belteshazzar), "Are you able to tell me about the dream and its meaning?"

Verse ConceptsDisclosuresDreams Interpreted

And a crier is calling mightily: 'To you they are saying: O peoples, nations, and languages!

Verse ConceptsHeraldMessengerLanguages ConfusedAll LanguagesAll Nations

they have answered, yea, they are saying to Nebuchadnezzar the king, 'O king, to the ages live!

Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-Nego have answered, yea, they are saying to the king Nebuchadnezzar, 'We have no need concerning this matter to answer thee.

Verse ConceptsExamples Of FaithCourage, Examples OfOthers Not AnsweringMotivationfirefightersanswers

Then Nebuchadnezzar the king hath been astonished, and hath risen in haste; he hath answered and said to his counsellors, 'Have we not cast three men into the midst of the fire -- bound?' They have answered and are saying to the king, 'Certainly, O king.'

Verse ConceptsMiracles, Responses ToAmazement, Of God's ActionsAstonishmentThree MenHasty ActionPeople Getting UpTying Up

{He answered}, saying, "Look, I see four men unbound walking in the midst of the fire and there is no damage to them, and the appearance of the fourth [man] resembles the son of a god."

Verse ConceptsFireAngels Helping UsFour PeopleFractions, One FourthSaved From FirePeople Made PerfectFourthGod Freeing CaptivesAppearances ofHurtfirefighters

Then Nebuchadnezzar approached the door of the furnace of blazing fire, [and] he called out, saying, "Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego, {servants} of the Most High God, come out and come here!"

Verse ConceptsServants Of The LordGoing OutsideFurnaces

Nebuchadnezzar {responded}, saying, "Blessed be their God, [the God] of Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego, who sent his angel and rescued his servants who trusted in him, and the command of the king they disobeyed, and they gave their bodies so that they [did] not serve and [did] not worship any god except their God.

Verse ConceptsGiving, Of OneselfCivil authoritiesdefianceMiracles, Responses ToSafetyTrust, Importance OfWorship, Acceptable AttitudesAngels Looking After PeopleBelieving In GodGod Saves The NeedyHow Not To WorshipOthers Believing In GodAngels Providing ProtectionBless The Lord!

And it is my decision that any people, nation, or language saying evil against the God of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego, will be cut to bits and their houses made waste: because there is no other god who is able to give salvation such as this.

Verse ConceptsFalse GodsCoercionPeople Torn To PiecesRubbishBlasphemy

But at the last Daniel came in before me, whose name was Belteshazzar, according to the name of my god, and in whom is the spirit of the holy gods: and before him I told the dream, saying,

saying, "Belteshazzar, chief of the magicians, in whom I know there to be a spirit of the holy gods and whom no mystery baffles, consider my dream that I saw and set forth its interpretation!

Verse ConceptsMysterySpirit, Emotional Aspects OfEasy For People

by the decree of the sifters is the sentence, and by the saying of the holy ones the requirement, to the intent that the living may know that the Most High is ruler in the kingdom of men, and to whom He willeth He giveth it, and the lowest of men He doth raise up over it.

Verse ConceptsDivine MessengerCivil authoritiesHuman Authority, Nature OfHuman Authority, Instituted By GodAuthority, of human institutionsGovernmentWhat God GivesSeasons, Of LifeThe Most HighAuthorityGod Saves From Sin And DeathJudicial PunishmentOther Unimportant PeopleSpecific Holy IndividualsKnowing About God's Kingdom

And whereas the king saw a watcher and an holy one coming down from heaven, and saying, Hew the tree down, and destroy it; yet leave the stump of the roots thereof in the earth, even with a band of iron and brass, in the tender grass of the field; and let it be wet with the dew of heaven, and let his portion be with the beasts of the field, till seven times pass over him;

Verse ConceptsStumps Of A TreeFelling TreesSeven YearsIron ObjectsRelation Of Animals To ManSpecific Holy Individuals

While the word was in the king's mouth, there fell a voice from heaven, saying, O king Nebuchadnezzar, to thee it is spoken; The kingdom is departed from thee.

Verse ConceptsLossSpeech, DivineGod's VoiceWhile Still SpeakingGod Speaks From HeavenPeople Lacking AuthorityDeposing

Then these men are saying, 'We do not find against this Daniel any cause of complaint, except we have found it against him in the law of his God.'

Verse ConceptsFulfilling The LawPeople Accusing Peopleconnection

Then these presidents and satraps have assembled near the king, and thus they are saying to him: 'O king Darius, to the ages live!

Verse ConceptsAgreeing For Evil

then they have come near, yea, they are saying before the king concerning the king's interdict: 'Hast thou not signed an interdict, that any man who seeketh from any god and man until thirty days, save of thee, O king, is cast into a den of lions?' Answered hath the king, and said, 'The thing is certain as a law of Media and Persia, that doth not pass away.'

Verse ConceptsAuthority, of human institutionsOne MonthThrowing PeopleHuman LawNot PrayingUnchanging Relationships

Then they have answered, yea, they are saying before the king, that, 'Daniel, who is of the sons of the Removed of Judah, hath not placed on thee, O king, any regard, nor on the interdict that thou hast signed, and three times in a day he is seeking his petition.'

Verse ConceptsdefianceLeaders, PoliticalSeveral Times A DayWhen To PrayPeople Of Judah

Then these men have assembled near the king, and are saying to the king, 'know, O king, that the law of Media and Persia is: That any interdict and statute that the king doth establish is not to be changed.'

Verse ConceptsAgreeing For EvilHuman LawUnchanging Relationships

So the king gave the order, and Daniel was brought and thrown into a den of lions. The king consoled Daniel by saying, "Your God whom you continually serve will rescue you!"

Verse ConceptsDeath penaltyPunishment, Legal Aspects OfAmbivalenceDensThrowing PeopleGod Saves The NeedyIn Danger From Lionsorder

And lo, another beast, a second, like to a bear, and to the same authority it hath been raised, and three ribs are in its mouth, between its teeth, and thus they are saying to it, Rise, consume much flesh.

Verse ConceptsTeethBearsAnimals Eating PeopleBonesThree Other ThingsFour Beasts Of Daniel

I was watching the horns with care, and I saw another coming up among them, a little one, before which three of the first horns were pulled up by the roots: and there were eyes like a man's eyes in this horn, and a mouth saying great things.

Verse ConceptsAntichristIrreverenceSuperiorityAntichrist, Names ForHorns In AllegoryPlucking OutEyes In ProphecyHorns BrokenThree Other ThingsLike MenSpeaking With The Mouth

And about the ten horns on his head and the other which came up, causing the fall of three; that horn which had eyes, and a mouth saying great things, which seemed to be greater than the other horns.

Verse ConceptsTen ThingsHorns In AllegoryEyes In ProphecyThree Other Things

And the voice of a man came to my ears between the sides of the Ulai, crying out and saying, Gabriel, make the vision clear to this man.

Verse ConceptsAngels as God's servantsAnnunciationsCanalsHearing God's VoiceUnderstanding God's Wordgabriel

And while I was still saying these words in prayer, and putting my sins and the sins of my people Israel before the Lord, and requesting grace from the Lord my God for the holy mountain of my God;

Verse ConceptsFasting, Reasons ForSin ConfessedGod Answering Prayersconfessinggabriel

He said to me, “Daniel, you are a man treasured by God. Understand the words that I’m saying to you. Stand on your feet, for I have now been sent to you.” After he said this to me, I stood trembling.

Verse ConceptsCommendationStandingIndividuals TremblingGet Up!People Getting Up

While he was saying these words to me, I turned my face toward the ground and was speechless.

Verse ConceptsReverence, And Obedience

Then one who appeared to be a human being was touching my lips. I opened my mouth and started to speak, saying to the one who was standing before me, "Sir, due to the vision, anxiety has gripped me and I have no strength.

Verse ConceptsdefeatTouchTouching For HealingLike MenNo Strength Left

And the king will do his pleasure; he will put himself on high, lifting himself over every god, and saying things to be wondered at against the God of gods; and all will be well for him till the wrath is complete; for what has been purposed will be done.

Verse ConceptsBoasting, FoolishBlasphemy, At GodAntichrist, Names ForBlasphemyThe Wicked ProsperSpeed Of God's AngerProud PeopleSeeking HonourThe Will Of Men

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