Topic
Lay; Laying
24 passages cited, from 1 classic reference work.
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The verses
The passages the works cite, those cited by more of them first.
- Numbers 35:20ISBE
But if he thrust him of hatred, or hurl at him by laying of wait, that he die;
- Deuteronomy 21:8ISBE
Be merciful, O LORD, unto thy people Israel, whom thou hast redeemed, and lay not innocent blood unto thy people of Israel’s charge. And the blood shall be forgiven them.
- Deuteronomy 29:22ISBE
So that the generation to come of your children that shall rise up after you, and the stranger that shall come from a far land, shall say, when they see the plagues of that land, and the sicknesses which the LORD hath laid upon it;
- 1 Samuel 15:2ISBE
Thus saith the LORD of hosts, I remember that which Amalek did to Israel, how he laid wait for him in the way, when he came up from Egypt.
- 2 Kings 9:25ISBE
Then said Jehu to Bidkar his captain, Take up, and cast him in the portion of the field of Naboth the Jezreelite: for remember how that, when I and thou rode together after Ahab his father, the LORD laid this burden upon him;
- 2 Kings 11:16ISBE
And they laid hands on her; and she went by the way by the which the horses came into the king’s house: and there was she slain.
- 2 Kings 12:11ISBE
And they gave the money, being told, into the hands of them that did the work, that had the oversight of the house of the LORD: and they laid it out to the carpenters and builders, that wrought upon the house of the LORD,
- 2 Chronicles 23:15ISBE
So they laid hands on her; and when she was come to the entering of the horse gate by the king’s house, they slew her there.
- Ezra 8:31ISBE
¶ Then we departed from the river of Ahava on the twelfth day of the first month, to go unto Jerusalem: and the hand of our God was upon us, and he delivered us from the hand of the enemy, and of such as lay in wait by the way.
- Job 17:3ISBE
Lay down now, put me in a surety with thee; who is he that will strike hands with me?
- Job 24:12ISBE
Men groan from out of the city, and the soul of the wounded crieth out: yet God layeth not folly to them.
- Job 34:23ISBE
For he will not lay upon man more than right; that he should enter into judgment with God.
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- Psalms 104:5 ISBE
- Isaiah 28:17 ISBE
- Isaiah 53:6 ISBE
- Isaiah 54:11 ISBE
- Jeremiah 5:26 ISBE
- Ezekiel 4:5 ISBE
- Ezekiel 33:28 ISBE
- Mark 7:8 ISBE
- Luke 19:44 ISBE
- Acts 9:24 ISBE
- James 1:21 ISBE
- 1 Peter 2:1 ISBE
In the reference works
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915) · 24 references
la, la'-ing:
(1) sim, "to put," and the Greek equivalent, tithemi, are very frequently translated by "to lay." the Revised Version (British and American) very often changes the King James Version rendering of sim, but never that of tithemi: 1Sa 15:2, "how he set himself against him in the way" (the King James Version "he laid wait for him"); 2Ki 11:16, "So they made way for her" (the King James Version "And they laid hands on her"); compare 2Ch 23:15; Job 24:12, "God regardeth not the folly" (the King James Version "God layeth not folly"); Job 34:23, "For he needeth not further to consider a man" (the King James Version "For he will not lay upon man more"); Isa 28:17, "And I will make justice the line" (the King James Version "Judgment also will I lay to the line"); Job 17:3, "Give now a pledge" (the King James Version "Lay down now").
(2) nathan, literally, "to give," is very commonly translated by "to lay." the Revised Version (British and American) changes the translation of the King James Version in Eze 4:5, "I have appointed"; Eze 33:28 f, "I will make the land a desolation" (the King James Version "I will lay the land most desolate").
(3) "To lay" of the King James Version is frequently rendered differently in the Revised Version (British and American); Isa 54:11, "I will set thy stones" (the King James Version "lay thy stones"); De 29:22, "the sicknesses wherewith Yahweh hath made it sick" (the King James Version "sicknesses which the Lord hath laid upon"). For other differences of the Revised Version (British and American) and the King James Version compare De 21:8; 2Ki 9:25 m; 2Ki 12:11; Ezr 8:31; Ps 104:5 m; Isa 53:6; Jer 5:26; Mr 7:8; Lu 19:44; Jas 1:21; 1Pe 2:1. In most of these passages the change of the Revised Version (British and American) is due to the peculiar use of the word "to lay" in the King James Version. The following expressions are found very frequently: "to lay hands on," "to lay wait," "to lay up," "to lay aside," "to lay upon," "to lay down," etc.
"Laying of wait," the King James Version, is rendered "lying in wait" in Nu 35:20 ff; Ac 9:24 reads: "But their plot became known" (the King James Version "But their laying await was known"). The "laying on of hands" is a very general expression.
See HANDS, IMPOSITION, LAYING ON OF.
A. L. Breslich
Texts: International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915), from the CrossWire SWORD modules (public domain). Verse references were parsed from the works' own markup and checked against the KJV verse list.