Fondare 18 Risultati per: Captive
and committed him to the prison in which the king’s prisoners were kept. There lay Joseph, then, a captive, (Genesis 39, 20)
Then, at midnight, the Lord’s stroke fell; fell on every first-born thing in the land of Egypt, whether it were the first-born of Pharao, where he sat on his throne, or the first-born of some captive woman where she lay in her dungeon; all the first-born, too, of their cattle. (Exodus 12, 29)
and lay aside the garb of a captive, that she wore till now. Let her have a month, dwelling in thy house, to bewail the loss of her father and mother; then thou mayest take her to thy bed and make her thy wife. (Deuteronomy 21, 13)
Even now, like enough, he is dividing up the spoil, of the captive women choosing out the fairest; Sisara shall have embroidered garments for his share; see the pile of necklaces that lies there, so intricate in design! (Judges 5, 30)
Graciously did Evil-Merodach receive him, gave him a seat of honour above the other captive kings, (2 Kings 25, 28)
Could but the groaning of the captive reach thy presence! Thy arm has not lost its strength; from our bonds deliver us, a race doomed to die. (Psalms 78, 11)
Listen, then, to my plea; thou seest me all defenceless. Rescue me from persecutors who are too strong for me; restore liberty to a captive soul. (Psalms 141, 7)
Alas, the ready speech that beguiles him, the seducing lips that lead him captive away! (Proverbs 7, 21)
And this I have ascertained; death itself is not so cruel as woman’s heart that wheedles and beguiles, as woman’s clutches that release their captive never. God’s friends escape her; of sinners she makes an easy prey. (Ecclesiastes 7, 27)
To my mother’s house I will lead thee, my captive; there thou shalt teach me my lessons, and I will give thee spiced wine to drink, fresh brewed from my pomegranates. (Song of Solomon 8, 2)
Alien peoples will take them by the hand, to escort them back to their home; content now to be Israel’s servants and hand-maidens, the captors captive, the oppressors tributary now. (Isaiah 14, 2)
Shake the dust from thee, Jerusalem, rise up and take thy throne; rid thy neck of the chains that bound it, Sion, once captive queen! (Isaiah 52, 2)
