The Apocrypha Translated Out of the Greek and Latin Tongues: Being the Version Set Forth A.D. 1611 Compared with the Most Ancient Authorities and Revised A.D. 1894 |
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Alcimus altar Antiochus army Asshur authori Azotus Babylon Bacchides battle behold bless ye brethren Brother Azarias brought captivity children of Israel Chislev cometh commanded counsel covenant death deliver Demetrius destroy dwelt earth Ecbatana Egypt enemies Esdras evil exalt fathers fear feast fire gave Gazara give glory gold Greek text hand hath heard heart heaven Holofernes holy honour host hundred Israel Jerusalem Jews Jonathan Judæa Judah Judas judgement king king's kingdom land Lysias Mattathias Menelaus mercy mighty multitude nation Nebuchadnezzar ness omitted pass Phoenicia praise Ptolemy Raguel reign righteous saith sanctuary sent unto servants shew silver Simon sinner sins sons soul spoils sword Syriac temple thereof thine things thorities thou art thou didst thou hast thou shalt thousand thyself tion took ungodly unrighteous unto the Lord unto thee verse wisdom words wrath
Popular passages
Page 44 - I am Raphael, one of the seven holy angels, which present the prayers of the saints, and which go in and out before the glory of the Holy One.
Page 45 - Many nations shall come from far to the Name of the LORD GOD with gifts in their hands, even gifts to the King of heaven ; all generations shall praise thee with great joy.
Page 79 - They that fear the Lord will prepare their hearts, and humble their souls in his sight, Saying, We will fall into the hands of the Lord, and not into the hands of men: for as his majesty is, so is his mercy.
Page 66 - For she is a breath of the power of God, and a clear effluence of the glory of the Almighty; therefore can nothing defiled find entrance into her. For she is an effulgence from everlasting light, and an unspotted mirror of the working of God, and an image of his goodness.
Page 82 - Let thy mind be upon the ordinances of the Lord, and meditate continually in his commandments: he shall establish thine heart, and give thee wisdom at thine own desire.
Page 107 - My son, in thy sickness be not negligent : but pray unto the LORD, and He will make thee whole.
Page 62 - ... smoke, and while our heart beateth reason is a spark, which being extinguished, the body shall be turned into ashes, and the spirit shall be dispersed as thin air. And our name shall be forgotten in time, and no man shall remember our works; and our life shall pass away as the traces of a cloud...
Page 80 - Be as a father unto the fatherless, and instead of a husband unto their mother: so shalt thou be as a son of the Most High, and he shall love thee more than thy mother doth.
Page 89 - Say not thou, It is through the Lord that I fell away: for thou oughtest not to do the things that he hateth. Say not thou, He hath caused me to err: for he hath no need of the sinful man.
Page 142 - Thou didst choose this house to be called by thy name, to be a house of prayer and supplication for thy people : take vengeance on this man and his army, and let them fall by the sword : remember their blasphemies, and suffer them not to live any longer.