The Lord said, “Simon, Simon, behold, Satan asked to have you, that he might sift you as wheat,
Parallel translations
- KJV And the Lord said, Simon, Simon, behold, Satan hath desired to have you, that he may sift you as wheat:
- BSB Simon, Simon, Satan has asked to sift each of you like wheat.
- NKJV And the Lord said, “Simon, Simon! Indeed, Satan has asked for you, that he may sift you as wheat.
- NASB “Simon, Simon, behold, Satan has demanded to sift you men like wheat;
- NLT “Simon, Simon, Satan has asked to sift each of you like wheat.
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- 1 Pet 5:8Be sober and self-controlled. Be watchful. Your adversary, the devil, walks around like a roaring lion, seeking whom he may devour.
- Zech 3:1He showed me Joshua the high priest standing before Yahweh’s angel, and Satan standing at his right hand to be his adversary.
- Job 1:6–12Now on the day when God’s sons came to present themselves before Yahweh, Satan also came among them.
- Job 2:1–6Again, on the day when the God’s sons came to present themselves before Yahweh, Satan came also among them to present himself before Yahweh.
- Rev 12:10I heard a loud voice in heaven, saying, “Now the salvation, the power, and the Kingdom of our God, and the authority of his Christ has come; for the accuser of our brothers has been thrown down, who accuses them before our God day and night.
- Amos 9:9“For, behold, I will command, and I will sift the house of Israel among all the nations, as grain is sifted in a sieve, yet not the least kernel will fall on the earth.
- Luke 10:41Jesus answered her, “Martha, Martha, you are anxious and troubled about many things,
- Acts 9:4He fell on the earth, and heard a voice saying to him, “Saul, Saul, why do you persecute me?”
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