2 Kings 2:21 Then Elisha went to the spring of water and threw the salt in it and said, “Thus says the Lord: ‘I [not the salt] have purified and healed these waters; ther...

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Amplified Bible - Then Elisha went to the spring of water and threw the salt in it and said, “Thus says the Lord: ‘I [not the salt] have purified and healed these waters; there shall no longer be death or barrenness because of it.’ ”
新标点和合本 - 他出到水源，将盐倒在水中，说：“耶和华如此说：‘我治好了这水，从此必不再使人死，也不再使地土不生产。’”
和合本2010（上帝版-简体） - 他出去到了水源，把盐倒在那里，说：“耶和华如此说：‘我治好了这水，从那里不会再有死亡和不生产的事了。’”
和合本2010（神版-简体） - 他出去到了水源，把盐倒在那里，说：“耶和华如此说：‘我治好了这水，从那里不会再有死亡和不生产的事了。’”
当代译本 - 以利沙走到水源那里，把盐倒在水中说：“耶和华说，‘我洁净了这水，从此它不会再使人死亡，也不会再使土地贫瘠。’”
圣经新译本 - 他就出去到水源那里，把盐倒在那里，然后说：“耶和华这样说：‘我已经医好了这水，从此不再有人死亡，地也不再没有出产了。’”
中文标准译本 - 以利沙出去到水源那里，把盐倒进去，说：“耶和华如此说：我已经治好这水，再不会因这水而有死亡或流产的事了。”
现代标点和合本 - 他出到水源，将盐倒在水中，说：“耶和华如此说：我治好了这水，从此必不再使人死，也不再使地土不生产。”
和合本（拼音版） - 他出到水源，将盐倒在水中，说：“耶和华如此说：‘我治好了这水，从此必不再使人死，也不再使地土不生产。’”
New International Version - Then he went out to the spring and threw the salt into it, saying, “This is what the Lord says: ‘I have healed this water. Never again will it cause death or make the land unproductive.’ ”
New International Reader's Version - Then he went out to the spring. He threw the salt into it. He told the people, “The Lord says, ‘I have made this water pure. It will never cause death again. It will never keep the land from producing crops again.’ ”
English Standard Version - Then he went to the spring of water and threw salt in it and said, “Thus says the Lord, I have healed this water; from now on neither death nor miscarriage shall come from it.”
New Living Translation - Then he went out to the spring that supplied the town with water and threw the salt into it. And he said, “This is what the Lord says: I have purified this water. It will no longer cause death or infertility. ”
The Message - He then went to the spring, sprinkled the salt into it, and proclaimed, “God’s word: I’ve healed this water. It will no longer kill you or poison your land.” And sure enough, the water was healed—and remains so to this day, just as Elisha said.
Christian Standard Bible - Elisha went out to the spring, threw salt in it, and said, “This is what the Lord says: ‘I have healed this water. No longer will death or unfruitfulness result from it.’”
New American Standard Bible - Then he went out to the spring of water and threw salt in it and said, “This is what the Lord says: ‘I have purified these waters; there shall not come from there death or unfruitfulness any longer.’ ”
New King James Version - Then he went out to the source of the water, and cast in the salt there, and said, “Thus says the Lord: ‘I have healed this water; from it there shall be no more death or barrenness.’ ”
American Standard Version - And he went forth unto the spring of the waters, and cast salt therein, and said, Thus saith Jehovah, I have healed these waters; there shall not be from thence any more death or miscarrying.
King James Version - And he went forth unto the spring of the waters, and cast the salt in there, and said, Thus saith the Lord, I have healed these waters; there shall not be from thence any more death or barren land.
New English Translation - He went out to the spring and threw the salt in. Then he said, “This is what the Lord says, ‘I have purified this water. It will no longer cause death or fail to produce crops.”
World English Bible - He went out to the spring of the waters, and threw salt into it, and said, “Yahweh says, ‘I have healed these waters. There shall not be from there any more death or barren wasteland.’”
新標點和合本 - 他出到水源，將鹽倒在水中，說：「耶和華如此說：『我治好了這水，從此必不再使人死，也不再使地土不生產。』」
和合本2010（上帝版-繁體） - 他出去到了水源，把鹽倒在那裏，說：「耶和華如此說：『我治好了這水，從那裏不會再有死亡和不生產的事了。』」
和合本2010（神版-繁體） - 他出去到了水源，把鹽倒在那裏，說：「耶和華如此說：『我治好了這水，從那裏不會再有死亡和不生產的事了。』」
當代譯本 - 以利沙走到水源那裡，把鹽倒在水中說：「耶和華說，『我潔淨了這水，從此它不會再使人死亡，也不會再使土地貧瘠。』」
聖經新譯本 - 他就出去到水源那裡，把鹽倒在那裡，然後說：“耶和華這樣說：‘我已經醫好了這水，從此不再有人死亡，地也不再沒有出產了。’”
呂振中譯本 - 他出去到水之源那裏，將鹽倒在水裏，說：『永恆主這麼說：「我治好了這水，此後再也不會有死亡或不能生產的事從這裏發出了。」』
中文標準譯本 - 以利沙出去到水源那裡，把鹽倒進去，說：「耶和華如此說：我已經治好這水，再不會因這水而有死亡或流產的事了。」
現代標點和合本 - 他出到水源，將鹽倒在水中，說：「耶和華如此說：我治好了這水，從此必不再使人死，也不再使地土不生產。」
文理和合譯本 - 以利沙出至水泉、投鹽其中、曰、耶和華云、我治此水、自茲以往、不復令人死、不使土產不稔而隕、
文理委辦譯本 - 以利沙至水泉、以鹽投之曰、耶和華云、我使此水變為佳矣。今而後不致人死、土亦可產。
施約瑟淺文理新舊約聖經 - 以利沙出、至水泉、以鹽投於其中、曰、主如是云、我治此水、不再使人死、亦不再使土硝瘠、或作亦不再使人小產
Nueva Versión Internacional - Eliseo fue al manantial y, arrojando allí la sal, exclamó: —Así dice el Señor: “¡Yo purifico esta agua para que nunca más cause muerte ni esterilidad!”
현대인의 성경 - 그것을 가지고 샘으로 가서 물에 소금을 뿌리며 외쳤다. “이것은 여호와의 말씀이다. ‘내가 이 물을 고쳤으니 다시는 이 물을 먹고 사람이 죽거나 농산물이 열매를 맺지 못하는 일이 없을 것이다!’ ”
Новый Русский Перевод - Он вышел к источнику и бросил в него соль, говоря: – Так говорит Господь: «Я исцелил эту воду. Никогда впредь не будет от нее ни смерти, ни бесплодия».
Восточный перевод - Он вышел к источнику и бросил в него соль, говоря: – Так говорит Вечный: «Я очистил эту воду. Никогда впредь не будет от неё ни смерти, ни бесплодия».
Восточный перевод, версия с «Аллахом» - Он вышел к источнику и бросил в него соль, говоря: – Так говорит Вечный: «Я очистил эту воду. Никогда впредь не будет от неё ни смерти, ни бесплодия».
Восточный перевод, версия для Таджикистана - Он вышел к источнику и бросил в него соль, говоря: – Так говорит Вечный: «Я очистил эту воду. Никогда впредь не будет от неё ни смерти, ни бесплодия».
La Bible du Semeur 2015 - Il se rendit à la source des eaux, y jeta du sel et dit : Voici ce que déclare l’Eternel : « J’ai rendu cette eau saine ; elle ne causera plus la mort et ne rendra plus la terre infertile. »
リビングバイブル - エリシャは町の井戸へ出かけ、塩を振りまいて、「主がこの水をきよめてくださった。これからはもう流産する人もないし、水にあたって死ぬ人もいない」と宣言しました。
Nova Versão Internacional - ele foi à nascente, jogou o sal ali e disse: “Assim diz o Senhor: ‘Purifiquei esta água. Não causará mais mortes nem deixará a terra improdutiva’ ”.
Hoffnung für alle - und er ging damit vor die Stadt hinaus zur Quelle, schüttete das Salz ins Wasser und rief: »So spricht der Herr: Ich mache dieses Wasser gesund; nie mehr soll es seinetwegen Tod und Fehlgeburten geben!«
Kinh Thánh Hiện Đại - Ông đi ra suối nước, đổ muối xuống suối và nói: “Chúa Hằng Hữu phán: ‘Ta cho nước này hóa lành, từ nay nước sẽ không gây chết chóc nhưng sẽ làm cho đất sinh sản hoa màu.’”
พระคริสตธรรมคัมภีร์ไทย ฉบับอมตธรรมร่วมสมัย - เอลีชาจึงเดินออกไปที่บ่อน้ำเมืองนั้น เทเกลือลงไปและประกาศว่า “องค์พระผู้เป็นเจ้าตรัสว่า ‘เราได้ทำให้น้ำแห่งนี้มีสภาพดีแล้ว ตั้งแต่นี้ไปมันจะไม่เป็นเหตุให้ตายหรือทำให้แผ่นดินไม่เกิดผลอีก’ ”
พระคัมภีร์ ฉบับแปลใหม่ - ท่านก็ไปที่น้ำพุ และโยนเกลือลงในนั้น และพูดว่า “พระผู้เป็นเจ้ากล่าวดังนี้ว่า ‘เราทำให้น้ำในนี้ดีแล้ว ตั้งแต่นี้ไปจะไม่มีใครตายหรือแท้งลูกเพราะน้ำจากที่นี่อีกต่อไป’”

交叉引用

Matthew 5:11 - “Blessed [morally courageous and spiritually alive with life-joy in God’s goodness] are you when people insult you and persecute you, and falsely say all kinds of evil things against you because of [your association with] Me.
Revelation 21:4 - and He will wipe away every tear from their eyes; and there will no longer be death; there will no longer be sorrow and anguish, or crying, or pain; for the former order of things has passed away.”
1 Corinthians 1:18 - For the message of the cross is foolishness [absurd and illogical] to those who are perishing and spiritually dead [because they reject it], but to us who are being saved [by God’s grace] it is [the manifestation of] the power of God.
1 Corinthians 1:19 - For it is written and forever remains written, “I will destroy the wisdom of the wise [the philosophy of the philosophers], And the cleverness of the clever [who do not know Me] I will nullify.”
1 Corinthians 1:20 - Where is the wise man (philosopher)? Where is the scribe (scholar)? Where is the debater (logician, orator) of this age? Has God not exposed the foolishness of this world’s wisdom?
1 Corinthians 1:21 - For since the world through all its [earthly] wisdom failed to recognize God, God in His wisdom was well-pleased through the foolishness of the message preached [regarding salvation] to save those who believe [in Christ and welcome Him as Savior].
1 Corinthians 1:22 - For Jews demand signs (attesting miracles), and Greeks pursue [worldly] wisdom and philosophy,
1 Corinthians 1:23 - but we preach Christ crucified, [a message which is] to Jews a stumbling block [that provokes their opposition], and to Gentiles foolishness [just utter nonsense],
1 Corinthians 1:24 - but to those who are the called, both Jews and Greeks (Gentiles), Christ is the power of God and the wisdom of God.
1 Corinthians 1:25 - [This is] because the foolishness of God [is not foolishness at all and] is wiser than men [far beyond human comprehension], and the weakness of God is stronger than men [far beyond the limits of human effort].
1 Corinthians 1:26 - Just look at your own calling, believers; not many [of you were considered] wise according to human standards, not many powerful or influential, not many of high and noble birth.
1 Corinthians 1:27 - But God has selected [for His purpose] the foolish things of the world to shame the wise [revealing their ignorance], and God has selected [for His purpose] the weak things of the world to shame the things which are strong [revealing their frailty].
1 Corinthians 1:28 - God has selected [for His purpose] the insignificant (base) things of the world, and the things that are despised and treated with contempt, [even] the things that are nothing, so that He might reduce to nothing the things that are,
Psalms 107:33 - He turns rivers into a wilderness, And springs of water into a thirsty ground;
Psalms 107:34 - A productive land into a [barren] salt waste, Because of the wickedness of those who dwell in it.
Psalms 107:35 - He turns a wilderness into a pool of water And a dry land into springs of water;
Psalms 107:36 - And there He has the hungry dwell, So that they may establish an inhabited city,
Psalms 107:37 - And sow fields and plant vineyards, And produce an abundant harvest.
Psalms 107:38 - Also He blesses them so that they multiply greatly, And He does not let [the number of] their cattle decrease.
Ezekiel 47:8 - Then he said to me, “These waters go out toward the eastern region and go down into the Arabah (the Jordan Valley); then they go toward the sea, being made to flow into the sea, and the waters of the Dead Sea shall be healed and become fresh.
Ezekiel 47:9 - It will come about that every living creature which swarms in every place where the river goes, will live. And there will be a very great number of fish, because these waters go there so that the waters of the sea are healed and become fresh; so everything will live wherever the river goes.
Ezekiel 47:10 - And it will come about that fishermen will stand beside it [at the banks of the Dead Sea]; from Engedi to Eneglaim there will be dry places to spread nets. Their fish will be of very many kinds, like the fish of the Great [Mediterranean] Sea.
Ezekiel 47:11 - But its swamps and marshes will not become fresh [and wholesome for animal life]; they will [as the river subsides] be left encrusted with salt.
Revelation 22:2 - in the middle of its street. On either side of the river was the tree of life, bearing twelve kinds of fruit, yielding its fruit every month; and the leaves of the tree were for the healing of the nations.
Revelation 22:3 - There will no longer exist anything that is cursed [because sin and illness and death are gone]; and the throne of God and of the Lamb will be in it, and His bond-servants will serve and worship Him [with great awe and joy and loving devotion];
Leviticus 2:13 - You shall season every grain offering with salt so that the salt (preservation) of the covenant of your God will not be missing from your grain offering. You shall offer salt with all your offerings.
John 9:6 - When He had said this, He spat on the ground and made mud with His saliva, and He spread the mud [like an ointment] on the man’s eyes.
Mark 9:50 - Salt is good and useful; but if salt has lost its saltiness (purpose), how will you make it salty? Have salt within yourselves continually, and be at peace with one another.”
2 Kings 6:6 - The man of God said, “Where did it fall?” When he showed him the place, Elisha cut off a stick and threw it in there, and made the iron [axe head] float.
2 Kings 4:41 - But he said, “Bring flour.” And he threw it into the pot and said, “Serve it for the people so that they may eat.” Then there was nothing harmful in the pot.
Exodus 15:25 - Then he cried to the Lord [for help], and the Lord showed him a tree, [a branch of] which he threw into the waters, and the waters became sweet. There the Lord made a statute and an ordinance for them, and there He tested them,
Exodus 15:26 - saying, “If you will diligently listen and pay attention to the voice of the Lord your God, and do what is right in His sight, and listen to His commandments, and keep [foremost in your thoughts and actively obey] all His precepts and statutes, then I will not put on you any of the diseases which I have put on the Egyptians; for I am the Lord who heals you.”

逐节对照

交叉引用

Amplified Bible - Then Elisha went to the spring of water and threw the salt in it and said, “Thus says the Lord: ‘I [not the salt] have purified and healed these waters; there shall no longer be death or barrenness because of it.’ ”
新标点和合本 - 他出到水源，将盐倒在水中，说：“耶和华如此说：‘我治好了这水，从此必不再使人死，也不再使地土不生产。’”
和合本2010（上帝版-简体） - 他出去到了水源，把盐倒在那里，说：“耶和华如此说：‘我治好了这水，从那里不会再有死亡和不生产的事了。’”
和合本2010（神版-简体） - 他出去到了水源，把盐倒在那里，说：“耶和华如此说：‘我治好了这水，从那里不会再有死亡和不生产的事了。’”
当代译本 - 以利沙走到水源那里，把盐倒在水中说：“耶和华说，‘我洁净了这水，从此它不会再使人死亡，也不会再使土地贫瘠。’”
圣经新译本 - 他就出去到水源那里，把盐倒在那里，然后说：“耶和华这样说：‘我已经医好了这水，从此不再有人死亡，地也不再没有出产了。’”
中文标准译本 - 以利沙出去到水源那里，把盐倒进去，说：“耶和华如此说：我已经治好这水，再不会因这水而有死亡或流产的事了。”
现代标点和合本 - 他出到水源，将盐倒在水中，说：“耶和华如此说：我治好了这水，从此必不再使人死，也不再使地土不生产。”
和合本（拼音版） - 他出到水源，将盐倒在水中，说：“耶和华如此说：‘我治好了这水，从此必不再使人死，也不再使地土不生产。’”
New International Version - Then he went out to the spring and threw the salt into it, saying, “This is what the Lord says: ‘I have healed this water. Never again will it cause death or make the land unproductive.’ ”
New International Reader's Version - Then he went out to the spring. He threw the salt into it. He told the people, “The Lord says, ‘I have made this water pure. It will never cause death again. It will never keep the land from producing crops again.’ ”
English Standard Version - Then he went to the spring of water and threw salt in it and said, “Thus says the Lord, I have healed this water; from now on neither death nor miscarriage shall come from it.”
New Living Translation - Then he went out to the spring that supplied the town with water and threw the salt into it. And he said, “This is what the Lord says: I have purified this water. It will no longer cause death or infertility. ”
The Message - He then went to the spring, sprinkled the salt into it, and proclaimed, “God’s word: I’ve healed this water. It will no longer kill you or poison your land.” And sure enough, the water was healed—and remains so to this day, just as Elisha said.
Christian Standard Bible - Elisha went out to the spring, threw salt in it, and said, “This is what the Lord says: ‘I have healed this water. No longer will death or unfruitfulness result from it.’”
New American Standard Bible - Then he went out to the spring of water and threw salt in it and said, “This is what the Lord says: ‘I have purified these waters; there shall not come from there death or unfruitfulness any longer.’ ”
New King James Version - Then he went out to the source of the water, and cast in the salt there, and said, “Thus says the Lord: ‘I have healed this water; from it there shall be no more death or barrenness.’ ”
American Standard Version - And he went forth unto the spring of the waters, and cast salt therein, and said, Thus saith Jehovah, I have healed these waters; there shall not be from thence any more death or miscarrying.
King James Version - And he went forth unto the spring of the waters, and cast the salt in there, and said, Thus saith the Lord, I have healed these waters; there shall not be from thence any more death or barren land.
New English Translation - He went out to the spring and threw the salt in. Then he said, “This is what the Lord says, ‘I have purified this water. It will no longer cause death or fail to produce crops.”
World English Bible - He went out to the spring of the waters, and threw salt into it, and said, “Yahweh says, ‘I have healed these waters. There shall not be from there any more death or barren wasteland.’”
新標點和合本 - 他出到水源，將鹽倒在水中，說：「耶和華如此說：『我治好了這水，從此必不再使人死，也不再使地土不生產。』」
和合本2010（上帝版-繁體） - 他出去到了水源，把鹽倒在那裏，說：「耶和華如此說：『我治好了這水，從那裏不會再有死亡和不生產的事了。』」
和合本2010（神版-繁體） - 他出去到了水源，把鹽倒在那裏，說：「耶和華如此說：『我治好了這水，從那裏不會再有死亡和不生產的事了。』」
當代譯本 - 以利沙走到水源那裡，把鹽倒在水中說：「耶和華說，『我潔淨了這水，從此它不會再使人死亡，也不會再使土地貧瘠。』」
聖經新譯本 - 他就出去到水源那裡，把鹽倒在那裡，然後說：“耶和華這樣說：‘我已經醫好了這水，從此不再有人死亡，地也不再沒有出產了。’”
呂振中譯本 - 他出去到水之源那裏，將鹽倒在水裏，說：『永恆主這麼說：「我治好了這水，此後再也不會有死亡或不能生產的事從這裏發出了。」』
中文標準譯本 - 以利沙出去到水源那裡，把鹽倒進去，說：「耶和華如此說：我已經治好這水，再不會因這水而有死亡或流產的事了。」
現代標點和合本 - 他出到水源，將鹽倒在水中，說：「耶和華如此說：我治好了這水，從此必不再使人死，也不再使地土不生產。」
文理和合譯本 - 以利沙出至水泉、投鹽其中、曰、耶和華云、我治此水、自茲以往、不復令人死、不使土產不稔而隕、
文理委辦譯本 - 以利沙至水泉、以鹽投之曰、耶和華云、我使此水變為佳矣。今而後不致人死、土亦可產。
施約瑟淺文理新舊約聖經 - 以利沙出、至水泉、以鹽投於其中、曰、主如是云、我治此水、不再使人死、亦不再使土硝瘠、或作亦不再使人小產
Nueva Versión Internacional - Eliseo fue al manantial y, arrojando allí la sal, exclamó: —Así dice el Señor: “¡Yo purifico esta agua para que nunca más cause muerte ni esterilidad!”
현대인의 성경 - 그것을 가지고 샘으로 가서 물에 소금을 뿌리며 외쳤다. “이것은 여호와의 말씀이다. ‘내가 이 물을 고쳤으니 다시는 이 물을 먹고 사람이 죽거나 농산물이 열매를 맺지 못하는 일이 없을 것이다!’ ”
Новый Русский Перевод - Он вышел к источнику и бросил в него соль, говоря: – Так говорит Господь: «Я исцелил эту воду. Никогда впредь не будет от нее ни смерти, ни бесплодия».
Восточный перевод - Он вышел к источнику и бросил в него соль, говоря: – Так говорит Вечный: «Я очистил эту воду. Никогда впредь не будет от неё ни смерти, ни бесплодия».
Восточный перевод, версия с «Аллахом» - Он вышел к источнику и бросил в него соль, говоря: – Так говорит Вечный: «Я очистил эту воду. Никогда впредь не будет от неё ни смерти, ни бесплодия».
Восточный перевод, версия для Таджикистана - Он вышел к источнику и бросил в него соль, говоря: – Так говорит Вечный: «Я очистил эту воду. Никогда впредь не будет от неё ни смерти, ни бесплодия».
La Bible du Semeur 2015 - Il se rendit à la source des eaux, y jeta du sel et dit : Voici ce que déclare l’Eternel : « J’ai rendu cette eau saine ; elle ne causera plus la mort et ne rendra plus la terre infertile. »
リビングバイブル - エリシャは町の井戸へ出かけ、塩を振りまいて、「主がこの水をきよめてくださった。これからはもう流産する人もないし、水にあたって死ぬ人もいない」と宣言しました。
Nova Versão Internacional - ele foi à nascente, jogou o sal ali e disse: “Assim diz o Senhor: ‘Purifiquei esta água. Não causará mais mortes nem deixará a terra improdutiva’ ”.
Hoffnung für alle - und er ging damit vor die Stadt hinaus zur Quelle, schüttete das Salz ins Wasser und rief: »So spricht der Herr: Ich mache dieses Wasser gesund; nie mehr soll es seinetwegen Tod und Fehlgeburten geben!«
Kinh Thánh Hiện Đại - Ông đi ra suối nước, đổ muối xuống suối và nói: “Chúa Hằng Hữu phán: ‘Ta cho nước này hóa lành, từ nay nước sẽ không gây chết chóc nhưng sẽ làm cho đất sinh sản hoa màu.’”
พระคริสตธรรมคัมภีร์ไทย ฉบับอมตธรรมร่วมสมัย - เอลีชาจึงเดินออกไปที่บ่อน้ำเมืองนั้น เทเกลือลงไปและประกาศว่า “องค์พระผู้เป็นเจ้าตรัสว่า ‘เราได้ทำให้น้ำแห่งนี้มีสภาพดีแล้ว ตั้งแต่นี้ไปมันจะไม่เป็นเหตุให้ตายหรือทำให้แผ่นดินไม่เกิดผลอีก’ ”
พระคัมภีร์ ฉบับแปลใหม่ - ท่านก็ไปที่น้ำพุ และโยนเกลือลงในนั้น และพูดว่า “พระผู้เป็นเจ้ากล่าวดังนี้ว่า ‘เราทำให้น้ำในนี้ดีแล้ว ตั้งแต่นี้ไปจะไม่มีใครตายหรือแท้งลูกเพราะน้ำจากที่นี่อีกต่อไป’”

Matthew 5:11 - “Blessed [morally courageous and spiritually alive with life-joy in God’s goodness] are you when people insult you and persecute you, and falsely say all kinds of evil things against you because of [your association with] Me.
Revelation 21:4 - and He will wipe away every tear from their eyes; and there will no longer be death; there will no longer be sorrow and anguish, or crying, or pain; for the former order of things has passed away.”
1 Corinthians 1:18 - For the message of the cross is foolishness [absurd and illogical] to those who are perishing and spiritually dead [because they reject it], but to us who are being saved [by God’s grace] it is [the manifestation of] the power of God.
1 Corinthians 1:19 - For it is written and forever remains written, “I will destroy the wisdom of the wise [the philosophy of the philosophers], And the cleverness of the clever [who do not know Me] I will nullify.”
1 Corinthians 1:20 - Where is the wise man (philosopher)? Where is the scribe (scholar)? Where is the debater (logician, orator) of this age? Has God not exposed the foolishness of this world’s wisdom?
1 Corinthians 1:21 - For since the world through all its [earthly] wisdom failed to recognize God, God in His wisdom was well-pleased through the foolishness of the message preached [regarding salvation] to save those who believe [in Christ and welcome Him as Savior].
1 Corinthians 1:22 - For Jews demand signs (attesting miracles), and Greeks pursue [worldly] wisdom and philosophy,
1 Corinthians 1:23 - but we preach Christ crucified, [a message which is] to Jews a stumbling block [that provokes their opposition], and to Gentiles foolishness [just utter nonsense],
1 Corinthians 1:24 - but to those who are the called, both Jews and Greeks (Gentiles), Christ is the power of God and the wisdom of God.
1 Corinthians 1:25 - [This is] because the foolishness of God [is not foolishness at all and] is wiser than men [far beyond human comprehension], and the weakness of God is stronger than men [far beyond the limits of human effort].
1 Corinthians 1:26 - Just look at your own calling, believers; not many [of you were considered] wise according to human standards, not many powerful or influential, not many of high and noble birth.
1 Corinthians 1:27 - But God has selected [for His purpose] the foolish things of the world to shame the wise [revealing their ignorance], and God has selected [for His purpose] the weak things of the world to shame the things which are strong [revealing their frailty].
1 Corinthians 1:28 - God has selected [for His purpose] the insignificant (base) things of the world, and the things that are despised and treated with contempt, [even] the things that are nothing, so that He might reduce to nothing the things that are,
Psalms 107:33 - He turns rivers into a wilderness, And springs of water into a thirsty ground;
Psalms 107:34 - A productive land into a [barren] salt waste, Because of the wickedness of those who dwell in it.
Psalms 107:35 - He turns a wilderness into a pool of water And a dry land into springs of water;
Psalms 107:36 - And there He has the hungry dwell, So that they may establish an inhabited city,
Psalms 107:37 - And sow fields and plant vineyards, And produce an abundant harvest.
Psalms 107:38 - Also He blesses them so that they multiply greatly, And He does not let [the number of] their cattle decrease.
Ezekiel 47:8 - Then he said to me, “These waters go out toward the eastern region and go down into the Arabah (the Jordan Valley); then they go toward the sea, being made to flow into the sea, and the waters of the Dead Sea shall be healed and become fresh.
Ezekiel 47:9 - It will come about that every living creature which swarms in every place where the river goes, will live. And there will be a very great number of fish, because these waters go there so that the waters of the sea are healed and become fresh; so everything will live wherever the river goes.
Ezekiel 47:10 - And it will come about that fishermen will stand beside it [at the banks of the Dead Sea]; from Engedi to Eneglaim there will be dry places to spread nets. Their fish will be of very many kinds, like the fish of the Great [Mediterranean] Sea.
Ezekiel 47:11 - But its swamps and marshes will not become fresh [and wholesome for animal life]; they will [as the river subsides] be left encrusted with salt.
Revelation 22:2 - in the middle of its street. On either side of the river was the tree of life, bearing twelve kinds of fruit, yielding its fruit every month; and the leaves of the tree were for the healing of the nations.
Revelation 22:3 - There will no longer exist anything that is cursed [because sin and illness and death are gone]; and the throne of God and of the Lamb will be in it, and His bond-servants will serve and worship Him [with great awe and joy and loving devotion];
Leviticus 2:13 - You shall season every grain offering with salt so that the salt (preservation) of the covenant of your God will not be missing from your grain offering. You shall offer salt with all your offerings.
John 9:6 - When He had said this, He spat on the ground and made mud with His saliva, and He spread the mud [like an ointment] on the man’s eyes.
Mark 9:50 - Salt is good and useful; but if salt has lost its saltiness (purpose), how will you make it salty? Have salt within yourselves continually, and be at peace with one another.”
2 Kings 6:6 - The man of God said, “Where did it fall?” When he showed him the place, Elisha cut off a stick and threw it in there, and made the iron [axe head] float.
2 Kings 4:41 - But he said, “Bring flour.” And he threw it into the pot and said, “Serve it for the people so that they may eat.” Then there was nothing harmful in the pot.
Exodus 15:25 - Then he cried to the Lord [for help], and the Lord showed him a tree, [a branch of] which he threw into the waters, and the waters became sweet. There the Lord made a statute and an ordinance for them, and there He tested them,
Exodus 15:26 - saying, “If you will diligently listen and pay attention to the voice of the Lord your God, and do what is right in His sight, and listen to His commandments, and keep [foremost in your thoughts and actively obey] all His precepts and statutes, then I will not put on you any of the diseases which I have put on the Egyptians; for I am the Lord who heals you.”