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And he would not for a while: but afterward he said within himself, Though I fear not God, nor regard man;

And {G2532} he would {G2309} not {G3756} for {G1909} a while {G5550}: but {G1161} afterward {G5023}{G3326} he said {G2036} within {G1722} himself {G1438}, Though {G1499} I fear {G5399} not {G3756} God {G2316}, nor {G2532}{G3756} regard {G1788} man {G444};

For a long time he refused; but after awhile, he said to himself, ‘I don’t fear God, and I don’t respect other people;

For a while he refused, but later he said to himself, ‘Though I neither fear God nor respect men,

And he would not for a while: but afterward he said within himself, Though I fear not God, nor regard man;

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Cross-References

  • Hebrews 4:12 (7 votes)

    For the word of God [is] quick, and powerful, and sharper than any twoedged sword, piercing even to the dividing asunder of soul and spirit, and of the joints and marrow, and [is] a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart.

  • Hebrews 4:13 (7 votes)

    Neither is there any creature that is not manifest in his sight: but all things [are] naked and opened unto the eyes of him with whom we have to do.

  • Luke 16:3 (3 votes)

    Then the steward said within himself, What shall I do? for my lord taketh away from me the stewardship: I cannot dig; to beg I am ashamed.

  • Luke 12:17 (3 votes)

    And he thought within himself, saying, What shall I do, because I have no room where to bestow my fruits?