But if only God would speak, if only he would open his lips against you,

But you, however, are inventors of lies; all of you are worthless physicians!

But as a mountain falls away and crumbles, and as a rock will be removed from its place,

“But now, O Job, listen to my words, and hear everything I have to say!

He called that place Bethel, although the former name of the town was Luz.

But truly, as I live, all the earth will be filled with the glory of the Lord.

“But as for me, I would seek God, and to God I would set forth my case.

“But now, ask the animals and they will teach you, or the birds of the sky and they will tell you.

But I wish to speak to the Almighty, and I desire to argue my case with God.

“But turn, all of you, and come now! I will not find a wise man among you.

But for this purpose I have caused you to stand: to show you my strength, and so that my name may be declared in all the earth.

They named it Dan after their ancestor, who was one of Israel’s sons. But the city’s name used to be Laish.

But extend your hand and strike everything he has, and he will no doubt curse you to your face!”

But extend your hand and strike his bone and his flesh, and he will no doubt curse you to your face!”

But I am full of the courage that the Lord’s Spirit gives, and have a strong commitment to justice. This enables me to confront Jacob with its rebellion, and Israel with its sin.

But his father refused and said, “I know, my son, I know. He too will become a nation and he too will become great. In spite of this, his younger brother will be even greater and his descendants will become a multitude of nations.”

Taking an oath, David again said, “Your father is very much aware of the fact that I have found favor with you, and he has thought, ‘Don’t let Jonathan know about this, or he will be upset.’ But as surely as the Lord lives and you live, there is about one step between me and death!”

Otherwise, as surely as the Lord, the God of Israel, lives – he who has prevented me from harming you – if you had not come so quickly to meet me, by morning’s light not even one male belonging to Nabal would have remained alive!”

Now the advisers of the king of Syria said to him: “Their God is a god of the mountains. That’s why they overpowered us. But if we fight them in the plains, we will certainly overpower them.