I beg you that when I come I may not have to be as bold as I expect to be toward some people who think that we live by the standards of this world.
NIV
I entreat you when I do come [to you] that I may not [be driven to such] boldness as I intend to show toward those few who suspect us of acting according to the flesh [on the low level of worldly motives and as if invested with only human powers].
AMP
But I beseech you, that I may not be bold when I am present with that confidence, wherewith I think to be bold against some, which think of us as if we walked according to the flesh.
KJV
Absalom went to the king and said, "Your servant has had shearers come. Will the king and his attendants please join me?"
NIV
Absalom came to the king and said, Behold, your servant has sheepshearers; I pray you, let the king and his servants go with your servant.
AMP
And Absalom came to the king, and said, Behold now, thy servant hath sheepshearers; let the king, I beseech thee, and his servants go with thy servant.
KJV
And the earth will respond to the grain, the new wine and the olive oil, and they will respond to Jezreel.
NIV
And the earth shall respond to the grain and the wine and the oil [which beseech it to bring them forth], and these shall respond to Jezreel [restored Israel, who prays for a supply of them].
AMP
And the earth shall hear the corn, and the wine, and the oil; and they shall hear Jezreel.
KJV
Remember that you molded me like clay. Will you now turn me to dust again?
NIV
Remember [earnestly], I beseech You, that You have fashioned me as clay [out of the same earth material, exquisitely and elaborately]. And will You bring me into dust again?
AMP
Remember, I beseech thee, that thou hast made me as the clay; and wilt thou bring me into dust again?
KJV
"In accordance with your great love, forgive the sin of these people, just as you have pardoned them from the time they left Egypt until now."
NIV
Pardon, I pray You, the iniquity of this people according to the greatness of Your mercy and loving-kindness, just as You have forgiven [them] from Egypt until now.
AMP
Pardon, I beseech thee, the iniquity of this people according unto the greatness of thy mercy, and as thou hast forgiven this people, from Egypt even until now.
KJV
When they had stripped the land clean, I cried out, "Sovereign LORD, forgive! How can Jacob survive? He is so small!"
NIV
And when [the locusts] had finished eating the plants of the land, then I said, O Lord God, forgive, I pray You. How can Jacob stand? For he is so small!
AMP
And it came to pass, that when they had made an end of eating the grass of the land, then I said, O Lord GOD, forgive, I beseech thee: by whom shall Jacob arise? for he is small.
KJV
