"This is the same Moses they had rejected with the words, 'Who made you ruler and judge?' He was sent to be their ruler and deliverer by God himself, through the angel who appeared to him in the bush."
NIV
It was this very Moses whom they had denied (disowned and rejected), saying, Who made you our ruler (referee) and judge? whom God sent to be a ruler and deliverer and redeemer, by and with the [protecting and helping] hand of the Angel that appeared to him in the bramblebush. [Exod. 2:14.]AMP
This Moses whom they refused, saying, Who made thee a ruler and a judge? the same did God send to be a ruler and a deliverer by the hand of the angel which appeared to him in the bush.
KJV
Haven't you read this passage of Scripture: "The stone the builders rejected has become the cornerstone;"
NIV
Have you not even read this [passage of] Scripture: The very Stone which [after putting It to the test] the builders rejected has become the Head of the corner [Cornerstone]AMP
And have ye not read this scripture; The stone which the builders rejected is become the head of the corner:
KJV
But the Pharisees and the experts in the law rejected God's purpose for themselves, because they had not been baptized by John.)
NIV
But the Pharisees and the lawyers [of the Mosaic Law] annulled and rejected and brought to nothing God's purpose concerning themselves, by [refusing and] not being baptized by him [John].
AMP
But the Pharisees and lawyers rejected the counsel of God against themselves, being not baptized of him.
KJV
"Because they have despised the LORD's word and broken his commands, they must surely be cut off; their guilt remains on them."
NIV
Because he has despised and rejected the word of the Lord, and has broken His commandment, that person shall be utterly cut off; his iniquity shall be upon him.
AMP
Because he hath despised the word of the LORD, and hath broken his commandment, that soul shall utterly be cut off; his iniquity shall be upon him.
KJV
He replied, "I have been very zealous for the LORD God Almighty. The Israelites have rejected your covenant, torn down your altars, and put your prophets to death with the sword. I am the only one left, and now they are trying to kill me too."
NIV
He said, I have been very jealous for the Lord God of hosts, because the Israelites have forsaken Your covenant, thrown down Your altars, and slain Your prophets with the sword. And I, I only, am left, and they seek my life, to destroy it.
AMP
And he said, I have been very jealous for the LORD God of hosts: because the children of Israel have forsaken thy covenant, thrown down thine altars, and slain thy prophets with the sword; and I, even I only, am left; and they seek my life, to take it away.
KJV
"But our ancestors refused to obey him. Instead, they rejected him and in their hearts turned back to Egypt."
NIV
[And yet] our forefathers determined not to be subject to him [refusing to listen to or obey him]; but thrusting him aside they rejected him, and in their hearts yearned for and turned back to Egypt. [Num. 14:3, 4.]AMP
To whom our fathers would not obey, but thrust him from them, and in their hearts turned back again into Egypt,
KJV
They rejected his decrees and the covenant he had made with their ancestors and the statutes he had warned them to keep. They followed worthless idols and themselves became worthless. They imitated the nations around them although the LORD had ordered them, "Do not do as they do."
NIV
They despised and rejected His statutes and His covenant which He made with their fathers and His warnings to them, and they followed vanity (false gods--falsehood, emptiness, and futility) and [they themselves and their prayers] became false (empty and futile). They went after the heathen round about them, of whom the Lord had charged them that they should not do as they did.
AMP
And they rejected his statutes, and his covenant that he made with their fathers, and his testimonies which he testified against them; and they followed vanity, and became vain, and went after the heathen that were round about them, concerning whom the LORD had charged them, that they should not do like them.
KJV
A maskil of Asaph. O God, why have you rejected us forever? Why does your anger smolder against the sheep of your pasture?
NIV
A skillful song, or a didactic or reflective poem, of Asaph. O GOD, why do You cast us off forever? Why does Your anger burn and smoke against the sheep of Your pasture?
AMP
O God, why hast thou cast us off for ever? why doth thine anger smoke against the sheep of thy pasture?
KJV
