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Lexicon :: Strong's H8040 - śᵊmō'l

Aa
שְׂמֹאל
Transliteration
śᵊmō'l
Pronunciation
sem-ole'
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Part of Speech
masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
A primitive word [rather perhaps from the same as שִׂמְלָה (H8071) (by insertion of the aleph) through the idea of wrapping up]
Dictionary Aids

TWOT Reference: 2267a

Strong’s Definitions

שְׂמֹאול sᵉmôʼwl, sem-ole'; or שְׂמֹאל sᵉmôʼl; a primitive word (rather perhaps from the same as H8071 (by insertion of the aleph) through the idea of wrapping up); properly, dark (as enveloped), i.e. the north; hence (by orientation), the left hand:—left (hand, side).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 54x

The KJV translates Strong's H8040 in the following manner: left (36x), left hand (17x), left side (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 54x
The KJV translates Strong's H8040 in the following manner: left (36x), left hand (17x), left side (1x).

  1. the left, the left hand, the left side

    1. left

    2. left hand

    3. north (as one faces east)

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
שְׂמֹאול sᵉmôʼwl, sem-ole'; or שְׂמֹאל sᵉmôʼl; a primitive word (rather perhaps from the same as H8071 (by insertion of the aleph) through the idea of wrapping up); properly, dark (as enveloped), i.e. the north; hence (by orientation), the left hand:—left (hand, side).
STRONGS H8040: Abbreviations
שְׂמאֹל, שְׂמאֹול (BaerJoshua 1:7)54 noun [masculine] the left (Late Hebrew id.; Assyrian šumêlu; Arabic bdb096905(also bdb096906and bdb096907, bdb096908, north wind); Old Aramaic שמאל, Palmyrene (suffix) סמלך; Syriac bdb096909; √ dubious, שאם + ל NöM 128 HomA. u. A. i. (1892), 21 Köii. 1. 148, 405; (see also Thes DietrWortforschung 234), compare Arabic bdb096910be unlucky, bdb096911left, bdb096912, bdb096913north; Sabean שאם north, unlucky DHMEpigr. Denkm. 29; Epigr. Denkm. Arabic Nos. 6. 7; other views in Sta§ 299 LagBN 116); — שְׂמאֹל abs, Genesis 13:9 +, construct Genesis 48:13; 2 Kings 23:8; שְׂמאֹול absolute Numbers 20:17 +; suffix שְׂמאֹלֶ֑ךָ 2 Samuel 2:21, שְׂמאֹלוֺ Genesis 48:13 +, etc.; — opposed to יָמִין except Genesis 14:15; Judges 19:27; 2 Kings 23:8; —
1. left, region on the left, Genesis 13:9 (J); on the left is עַלשּֿׂ׳ 2 Kings 23:8; Ezekiel 16:46; Zechariah 4:3, 11, עַלהַֿשּׂ׳ 1 Chronicles 6:29 compare 2 Chronicles 18:18, also מִשּׂ׳ (a sinistra) Exodus 14:22, 29 (P), 2 Samuel 16:6 + 7 times + מִהַשּׂ׳ 2 Chronicles 3:17; Ezekiel 1:10, לִשׂ׳ Ecclesiastes 10:2, שׂ׳ alone Job 23:9; toward the left is עַלשֿׂ׳ Genesis 24:49 (J), 2 Samuel 2:21; Zechariah 12:6, עַלהַֿשּׂ׳ 2 Samuel 2:19, שׂ׳ alone 1 Samuel 6:12; Isaiah 9:20 + 13 times
†2. יַדשֿׂ׳ left hand, Judges 3:21; Judges 7:20, so שׂ׳ alone Genesis 48:18, 13, 14 (E), Judges 16:29; Ezekiel 39:8; Jonah 4:11; Proverbs 3:16; Daniel 12:7; Songs 2:6; Songs 8:3.
†3. = north (on left of one facing east, compare אָחוֺר d, יָמִין 4, קֶדֶם 1 b) Genesis 14:15; Joshua 19:27(P); of. Ezekiel 16:46.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

13:9; 13:9; 14:15; 14:15; 24:49; 48:13; 48:13; 48:13; 48:14; 48:18

Exodus

14:22; 14:29

Numbers

20:17

Joshua

1:7; 19:27

Judges

3:21; 7:20; 16:29; 19:27

1 Samuel

6:12

2 Samuel

2:19; 2:21; 2:21; 16:6

2 Kings

23:8; 23:8; 23:8

1 Chronicles

6:29

2 Chronicles

3:17; 18:18

Job

23:9

Proverbs

3:16

Ecclesiastes

10:2

Song of Songs

2:6; 8:3

Isaiah

9:20

Ezekiel

1:10; 16:46; 16:46; 39:8

Daniel

12:7

Jonah

4:11

Zechariah

4:3; 4:11; 12:6

H8040

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Strong's Number H8040 matches the Hebrew שְׂמֹאל (śᵊmō'l),
which occurs 54 times in 53 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Page 1 / 2 (Gen 13:9–Jon 4:11)

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 13:9 - “Is the entire H3605 land H776 not before H6440 you? Please H4994 separate H6504 from me; if H518 you choose the left H8040, then I will go H3231 to the right H3231; or if H518 you choose the right H3225, then I will go H8041 to the left H8041.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 14:15 - Then he divided H2505 [fn]his forces against H5921 them by night H3915, he and his servants H5650, and [fn]defeated H5221 them, and pursued H7291 them as far H5704 as Hobah H2327, which H834 is [fn]north H8040 of Damascus H1834.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:49 - “So now H6258 if H518 you are H3426 going H3426 to H3426 [fn]deal H6213 kindly H2617 and truthfully H571 with my master H113, tell H5046 me; and if H518 not, tell H5046 me now H5046, so that I may turn H6437 to the right H3225 or H176 the left H8040.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 48:13 - And Joseph H3130 took H3947 them both H8147, Ephraim H669 with his right H3225 hand H3225 toward H4480 Israel’s H3478 left H8040, and Manasseh H4519 with his left H8040 hand H8040 toward H4480 Israel’s H3478 right H3225, and brought H5066 them close H5066 to him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 48:14 - But Israel H3478 reached H7971 out H7971 his right H3225 hand H3225 and placed H7896 it on the head H7218 of Ephraim H669, who H1931 was the younger H6810, and his left H8040 hand H8040 on Manasseh’s H4519 head H7218, crossing H7919 his hands H3027, although H3588 Manasseh H4519 was the firstborn H1060.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 14:22 - So the sons H1121 of Israel H3478 [fn]went H935 through H935 the midst H8432 of the sea H3220 on the dry H3004 land H3004, and the waters H4325 were like a wall H2346 to them on their right H3225 and on their left H8040.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 14:29 - But the sons H1121 of Israel H3478 walked H1980 on dry H3004 land H3004 through the midst H8432 of the sea H3220, and the waters H4325 were like a wall H2346 to them on their right H3225 and on their left H8040.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 20:17 - ‘Please H4994 let us pass H5674 through your land H776. We will not pass H5674 through field H7704 or vineyard H3754; we will not even drink H8354 water H4325 from a well H875. We will go H1980 along the king’s H4428 road H1870, not turning H5186 to the right H3225 or left H8040, until H5704 H834 we pass H5674 through H5674 your territory H1366.’”

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 22:26 - Then the angel H4397 of the LORD H3068 went H5674 farther H3254, and stood H5975 in a narrow H6862 place H4725 where H834 there H369 was H369 no H369 way H1870 to turn H5186 to the right H3225 or to the left H8040.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 2:27 - ‘Let me pass H5674 through your land H776; I will [fn]travel H1980 only on the road H1870. I will not turn H5493 aside H5493 to the right H3225 or to the left H8040.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 5:32 - “So you shall be H8104 careful H8104 to do H6213 just H834 as H834 the LORD H3068 your God H430 has commanded H6680 you; you shall not turn H5493 aside H5493 to the right H3225 or to the left H8040.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 17:11 - “In H5921 accordance H5921 with H5921 the [fn]terms H6310 of the law H8451 about which H834 they instruct H3384 you, and in H5921 accordance H5921 with H5921 the verdict H4941 which H834 they tell H5046 you, you shall act H6213; you shall not turn H5493 aside H5493 from the word H1697 which H834 they declare H5046 to you, to the right H3225 or the left H8040.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 17:20 - so that his heart H3824 will not be H7311 haughty H7311 toward H4480 his countrymen H251, and that he will not turn H5493 away H5493 from the commandment H4687 to the right H3225 or the left H8040, so H4616 that H4616 he and his sons H1121 may [fn]live H748 long H748 H3117 in his kingdom H4467 in the midst H7130 of Israel H3478.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 28:14 - and do not turn H5493 aside H5493 from any H3605 of the words H1697 which H834 I am commanding H6680 you today H3117, to the right H3225 or the left H8040, to pursue H1980 H310 other H312 gods H430 to serve H5647 them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 1:7 - “Only H7534 be strong H2388 and very H3966 courageous H553; [fn]be H8104 careful H8104 to do H6213 according to all H3605 the Law H8451 which H834 Moses H4872 My servant H5650 commanded H6680 you; do not turn H5493 from it to the right H3225 or to the left H8040, so H4616 that H4616 you may [fn]achieve H7919 success H7919 wherever H3605 H834 you go H1980.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 19:27 - It turned H7725 toward the [fn]east H4217 H8121 to Beth-dagon H1016 and reached H6293 Zebulun H2074, and to the Valley H1516 of Iphtahel H3317 northward H6828 to Beth-emek H1025 and Neiel H5272; then it proceeded H3318 on [fn]north H8040 to Cabul H3521,

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 23:6 - “Be H2388 very H3966 determined H2388, then, to keep H8104 and do H6213 everything H3605 that is written H3789 in the Book H5612 of the Law H8451 of Moses H4872, so that you will not turn H5493 aside H5493 from it to the right H3225 or to the left H8040,

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 3:21 - Then Ehud H164 reached H7971 out H7971 with his left H8040 hand H8040 and took H3947 the sword H2719 from his right H3225 thigh H3409, and thrust H8628 it into his belly H990.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 7:20 - When the three H7969 [fn]units H7218 blew H8628 the trumpets H7782 and broke H7665 the pitchers H3537, they held H2388 the torches H3940 in their left H8040 hands H3027 and the trumpets H7782 in their right H3225 hands H3027 for blowing H8628, and shouted H7121, “A sword H2719 for the LORD H3068 and for Gideon H1439!”

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 16:29 - Then Samson H8123 grasped H3943 the two H8147 middle H8432 pillars H5982 on which H834 the house H1004 rested H3559, and braced H5564 himself against H5921 them, the one H259 with his right H3225 hand H3225 and the other H259 with his left H8040.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 6:12 - Now the cows H6510 went H3474 straight H3474 in the [fn]direction H1870 of Beth-shemesh H1053; they went H1980 on the same H259 road H4546, bellowing H1600 as they went H1980, and did not turn H5493 off H5493 to the right H3225 or to the left H8040. And the governors H5633 of the Philistines H6430 followed H1980 H310 them to the border H1366 of Beth-shemesh H1053.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 2:19 - Asahel H6214 pursued H7291 H310 Abner H74 and did not turn H5186 [fn]to the right H3225 or to the left H8040 from following H310 Abner H74.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 2:21 - So Abner H74 said H559 to him, “Turn H5186 aside H5186 for your own good to your right H3225 or H176 to your left H8040, and take H270 hold H270 of one H259 of the young H5288 men H5288 for yourself, and take H3947 for yourself his equipment H2488.” But Asahel H6214 was unwilling H3808 H14 to turn H5493 aside H5493 from following H310 him.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 16:6 - He also threw H5619 stones H68 at David H1732 and all H3605 the servants H5650 of King H4428 David H1732; and all H3605 the people H5971 and all H3605 the warriors H1368 were on his right H3225 and on his left H8040.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 7:39 - Then he placed H5414 the stands H4350, five H2568 on the right H3225 side H3802 of the house H1004 and five H2568 on the left H8040 side H3802 of the house H1004; and he set H5414 the [fn]Sea H3220 of cast metal on the right H3233 side H3802 of the house H1004 eastward H6924 toward H4480 H4136 the south H5045.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 7:49 - and the lampstands H4501 of pure H5458 gold H2091, five H2568 on the right H3225 side H3225 and five H2568 on the left H8040, in front H6440 of the inner H1687 sanctuary H1687; and the flowers H6525, the lamps H5216, and the tongs H4457, of gold H2091;

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 22:19 -

And Micaiah said H559, “Therefore H3651, hear H8085 the word H1697 of the LORD H3068. I saw H7200 the LORD H3068 sitting H3427 on His throne H3678, and all H3605 the [fn]angels H6635 of heaven H8064 standing H5975 by Him on His right H3225 and on His left H8040.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 22:2 - He did H6213 what H3477 was H3477 right H3477 in the sight H5869 of the LORD H3068 and walked H1980 [fn]entirely H3605 in the way H1870 of his father H1 David H1732, and did not turn H5493 aside H5493 to the right H3225 or to the left H8040.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 23:8 - Then he brought H935 all H3605 the priests H3548 from the cities H5892 of Judah H3063, and defiled H2930 the high H1116 places H1116 where H834 H8033 the priests H3548 had burned H6999 incense H6999, from Geba H1387 to Beersheba H884; and he tore H5422 down H5422 the high H1116 places H1116 of the gates H8179 that were at the entrance H6607 of the gate H8179 of Joshua H3091 the governor H8269 of the city H5892, which H834 were on one’s H376 left H8040 at the city H5892 gate H8179.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 6:44 - On the left H8040 hand H8040 were their kinsmen H251 the sons H1121 of Merari H4847: Ethan H387 the son H1121 of Kishi H7029, the son H1121 of Abdi H5660, the son H1121 of Malluch H4409,

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 3:17 - He erected H6965 the pillars H5982 in front H6440 of the temple H1964, one H259 on the right H3225 and the other H259 on the left H8040, and named H7121 H8034 the one on the right H3233 Jachin H3199 and the one on the left H8042 Boaz H1162.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 4:6 - He also made H6213 ten H6235 basins H3595 in which H1992 to wash H7364, and he set H5414 five H2568 on the right H3225 side H3225 and five H2568 on the left H8040 [fn]to rinse H1740 things H4639 for the burnt H5930 offering H5930; but the Sea H3220 was for the priests H3548 to wash H7364 in.

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Then he made H6213 the ten H6235 golden H2091 lampstands H4501 in the way H4941 prescribed H4941 for them, and he set H5414 them in the temple H1964, five H2568 on the right H3225 side H3225 and five H2568 on the left H8040.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 4:8 - He also made H6213 ten H6235 tables H7979 and placed H5117 them in the temple H1964, five H2568 on the right H3225 side H3225 and five H2568 on the left H8040. And he made H6213 a hundred H3967 golden H2091 bowls H4219.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 18:18 -

And Micaiah said H559, “Therefore H3651, hear H8085 the word H1697 of the LORD H3068. I saw H7200 the LORD H3068 sitting H3427 on His throne H3678, and all H3605 the [fn]angels H6635 of heaven H8064 standing H5975 on His right H3225 and on His left H8040.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 34:2 - He did H6213 what was right H3477 in the sight H5869 of the LORD H3068, and walked H1980 in the ways H1870 of his father H1 David H1732 and did not turn H5493 aside H5493 to the right H3225 or the left H8040.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 8:4 - Ezra H5830 the scribe H5608 stood H5975 at a wooden H6086 podium H4026 which H834 they had made H6213 for the purpose H1697. And beside H681 him stood H5975 Mattithiah H4993, Shema H8087, Anaiah H6043, Uriah H223, Hilkiah H2518, and Maaseiah H4641 on his right H3225; and Pedaiah H6305, Mishael H4332, Malchijah H4441, Hashum H2828, Hashbaddanah H2806, Zechariah H2148, and Meshullam H4918 on his left H8040.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 23:9 -

When He acts H6213 on the left H8040, I cannot H3808 see H2372 Him;

He turns H5848 to the right H3225, but I cannot H3808 see H7200 Him.

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[fn]Long H753 life H3117 is in her right H3225 hand H3225;

In her left H8040 hand H8040 are riches H6239 and honor H3519.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 4:27 -

Do not turn H5186 to the right H3225 or to the left H8040;

Turn H5493 your foot H7272 from evil H7451.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 10:2 - A wise H2450 person’s H2450 heart H3820 directs him toward the right H3225, but the foolish H3684 person’s H3684 heart H3820 directs him toward the left H8040.

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Unchecked Copy BoxSng 2:6 -

“His left H8040 hand H8040 is under H8478 my head H7218,

And his right H3225 hand H3225 embraces H2263 me.”

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“Let his left H8040 hand H8040 be under H8478 my head H7218,

And his right H3225 hand H3225 embrace H2263 me.”

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[fn]They devour H1504 what is on the right H3225 hand H3225 but are still hungry H7456,

And [fn]they eat H398 what is on the left H8040 hand H8040, but they are H7646 not satisfied H7646;

Each H376 of them eats H398 the flesh H1320 of his own arm H2220.

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“For you will spread H6555 out H6555 to the right H3225 and to the left H8040.

And your [fn]descendants H2233 will possess H3423 nations H1471

And will resettle H3427 the desolate H8074 cities H5892.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 1:10 - As for the form H1823 of their faces H6440, each had a human H120 face H6440; [fn]all four H702 had the face H6440 of a lion H738 on the right H3225 and the face H6440 of a bull H7794 on the left H8040, and [fn]all four H702 had the face H6440 of an eagle H5404.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 16:46 - “Now your older H1419 sister H269 is Samaria H8111, who lives H3427 [fn]north H8040 of you with her [fn]daughters H1323; and your younger H6996 sister H269, who lives H3427 [fn]south H3225 of you, is Sodom H5467 with her [fn]daughters H1323.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 39:3 - “Then I will strike H5221 your bow H7198 from your left H8040 hand H3027 and make H5307 your arrows H2671 fall H5307 from your right H3225 hand H3027.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 12:7 - And I heard H8085 the man H376 dressed H3847 in linen H906, who H834 was above H4480 H4605 the waters H4325 of the stream H2975, [fn]as he raised H7311 his right H3225 hand H3225 and his left H8040 toward H413 heaven H8064, and swore H7650 by Him who lives H2416 forever H5769 that it would be for a [fn]time H4150, [fn]times H4150, and half H2677 a [fn]time; and as soon as [fn]they finish H3615 smashing H5310 the [fn]power H3027 of the holy H6944 people H5971, all H3605 these H428 events will be completed H3615.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJon 4:11 - “Should I not also have H2347 compassion H2347 on Nineveh H5210, the great H1419 city H5892 in which H834 there H3426 are H3426 more H7235 than H4480 120,000 H8147 H6240 H7239 people H120, who H834 do not know H3045 the difference between H996 their right H3225 hand H3225 and their left H8040, as well as many H7227 animals H929?”

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Blue Letter Bible offers several daily devotional readings in order to help you refocus on Christ and the Gospel of His peace and righteousness.

Daily Bible Reading Plans

Recognizing the value of consistent reflection upon the Word of God in order to refocus one's mind and heart upon Christ and His Gospel of peace, we provide several reading plans designed to cover the entire Bible in a year.

One-Year Plans

Two-Year Plan