The man said, “I heard your voice in the garden, and I was afraid, because I was naked; and I hid myself.”
Parallel translations
- KJV And he said, I heard thy voice in the garden, and I was afraid, because I was naked; and I hid myself.
- BSB “I heard Your voice in the garden,” he replied, “and I was afraid because I was naked; so I hid myself.”
- NKJV So he said, “I heard Your voice in the garden, and I was afraid because I was naked; and I hid myself.”
- NASB He said, “I heard the sound of You in the garden, and I was afraid because I was naked; so I hid myself.”
- NLT He replied, “I heard you walking in the garden, so I hid. I was afraid because I was naked.”
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- Gen 2:25The man and his wife were both naked, and they were not ashamed.
- Ps 119:120My flesh trembles for fear of you. I am afraid of your judgments. AYIN
- Isa 57:11“Whom have you dreaded and feared, so that you lie, and have not remembered me, nor laid it to your heart? Haven’t I held my peace for a long time, and you don’t fear me?
- Isa 47:3Your nakedness will be uncovered. Yes, your shame will be seen. I will take vengeance, and will spare no one.”
- Job 23:15Therefore I am terrified at his presence. When I consider, I am afraid of him.
- Exod 3:6Moreover he said, “I am the God of your father, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob.” Moses hid his face; for he was afraid to look at God.
- 1 Jn 3:20because if our heart condemns us, God is greater than our heart, and knows all things.
- Isa 33:14The sinners in Zion are afraid. Trembling has seized the godless ones. Who among us can live with the devouring fire? Who among us can live with everlasting burning?
- Exod 32:25When Moses saw that the people had broken loose, (for Aaron had let them loose for a derision among their enemies),
- Rev 16:15“Behold, I come like a thief. Blessed is he who watches, and keeps his clothes, so that he doesn’t walk naked, and they see his shame.”
- Gen 3:7Their eyes were opened, and they both knew that they were naked. They sewed fig leaves together, and made coverings for themselves.
- Rev 3:17–18Because you say, ‘I am rich, and have gotten riches, and have need of nothing;’ and don’t know that you are the wretched one, miserable, poor, blind, and naked;
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