7 occurrences in 12 translations

'Sit' in the Bible

And there were four leprous men at the entering in of the gate: and they said one to another, Why sit we here until we die?

Verse ConceptsGatesLeprosyLonelinessQuarantineFour PeopleWaiting At GatesHow Death Is InevitableDyingWaiting Till Marriagesyria

If we say, We will enter into the city, then the famine is in the city, and we shall die there: and if we sit still here, we die also. Now therefore come, and let us fall unto the host of the Syrians: if they save us alive, we shall live; and if they kill us, we shall but die.

Verse ConceptsPessimismResigned To DeathDyingSurrender

And the LORD said unto Jehu, Because thou hast done well in executing that which is right in mine eyes, and hast done unto the house of Ahab according to all that was in mine heart, thy children of the fourth generation shall sit on the throne of Israel.

Verse ConceptsGenerationsSittingThrone

This was the word of the LORD which he spake unto Jehu, saying, Thy sons shall sit on the throne of Israel unto the fourth generation. And so it came to pass.

Verse ConceptsGenerationsProphecy, Fulfilment Of OtThroneWord Of GodWords To Individuals Fulfilled

But Rabshakeh said unto them, Hath my master sent me to thy master, and to thee, to speak these words? hath he not sent me to the men which sit on the wall, that they may eat their own dung, and drink their own piss with you?

Verse ConceptsSiegesRepulsive FoodDefecationUrinatingpoop

Hezekiah prayed before Yahweh, and said, "Yahweh, the God of Israel, who sit [above] the cherubim, you are the God, even you alone, of all the kingdoms of the earth. You have made heaven and earth.

Verse ConceptsEarth, Creation OfHeaven And EarthJudgment SeatKingdomsUniverseNo Other Is GodThe Lord [Yahweh] Is God

"But when you sit down, when you go out, and when you come in, I'm aware of it!

Verse ConceptsGod, All knowingGoing Out And Coming In

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