Yahweh said, “Will I hide from Abraham what I do,
Parallel translations
- KJV And the LORD said, Shall I hide from Abraham that thing which I do;
- BSB And the LORD said, “Shall I hide from Abraham what I am about to do?
- NKJV And the Lord said, “Shall I hide from Abraham what I am doing,
- NASB The Lord said, “Shall I hide from Abraham what I am about to do,
- NLT “Should I hide my plan from Abraham?” the Lord asked.
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Cross-references · 7
- Amos 3:7Surely the Lord Yahweh will do nothing, unless he reveals his secret to his servants the prophets.
- Ps 25:14The friendship of Yahweh is with those who fear him. He will show them his covenant.
- John 15:15No longer do I call you servants, for the servant doesn’t know what his lord does. But I have called you friends, for everything that I heard from my Father, I have made known to you.
- Jas 2:23and the Scripture was fulfilled which says, “Abraham believed God, and it was accounted to him as righteousness”; and he was called the friend of God.
- Gen 19:24Then Yahweh rained on Sodom and on Gomorrah sulfur and fire from Yahweh out of the sky.
- 2 Kgs 4:27When she came to the man of God to the hill, she caught hold of his feet. Gehazi came near to thrust her away; but the man of God said, “Leave her alone; for her soul is troubled within her; and Yahweh has hidden it from me, and has not told me.”
- 2 Chr 20:7Didn’t you, our God, drive out the inhabitants of this land before your people Israel, and give it to the offspring of Abraham your friend forever?
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