I do not say this to condemn you; I have said before that you have such a place in our hearts that we would live or die with you.
NIV
I do not say this to reproach or condemn [you], for I have said before that you are [nested] in our hearts, [and you will remain there] together [with us], whether we die or live.
AMP
I speak not this to condemn you: for I have said before, that ye are in our hearts to die and live with you.
KJV
Then I said to them, "You see the trouble we are in: Jerusalem lies in ruins, and its gates have been burned with fire. Come, let us rebuild the wall of Jerusalem, and we will no longer be in disgrace."
NIV
Then I said to them, You see the bad situation we are in--how Jerusalem lies in ruins, and its gates are burned with fire. Come, let us build up the wall of Jerusalem, that we may no longer be a disgrace.
AMP
Then said I unto them, Ye see the distress that we are in, how Jerusalem lieth waste, and the gates thereof are burned with fire: come, and let us build up the wall of Jerusalem, that we be no more a reproach.
KJV
You will be a reproach and a taunt, a warning and an object of horror to the nations around you when I inflict punishment on you in anger and in wrath and with stinging rebuke. I the LORD have spoken.
NIV
So it shall be a reproach and a taunt, a warning and a horror and an astonishment to the [heathen] nations around you when I shall execute judgments upon you in anger and in wrath and in furious chastisements and rebukes--I the Lord have spoken it. [Deut. 28:37; Ps. 79:4; Jer. 24:9.]AMP
So it shall be a reproach and a taunt, an instruction and an astonishment unto the nations that are round about thee, when I shall execute judgments in thee in anger and in fury and in furious rebukes. I the LORD have spoken it.
KJV
Hear us, our God, for we are despised. Turn their insults back on their own heads. Give them over as plunder in a land of captivity.
NIV
[And Nehemiah prayed] Hear, O our God, for we are despised. Turn their taunts upon their own heads, and give them for a prey in a land of their captivity.
AMP
Hear, O our God; for we are despised: and turn their reproach upon their own head, and give them for a prey in the land of captivity:
KJV
"I will make you a ruin and a reproach among the nations around you, in the sight of all who pass by."
NIV
Moreover, I will make you a desolation and a reproach among the nations that are round about you and in the sight of all who pass by. [Lev. 26:31, 32; Neh. 2:17.]AMP
Moreover I will make thee waste, and a reproach among the nations that are round about thee, in the sight of all that pass by.
KJV
Then Jesus began to denounce the towns in which most of his miracles had been performed, because they did not repent.
NIV
Then He began to censure and reproach the cities in which most of His mighty works had been performed, because they did not repent [and their hearts were not changed].
AMP
Then began he to upbraid the cities wherein most of his mighty works were done, because they repented not:
KJV
That is why we labor and strive, because we have put our hope in the living God, who is the Savior of all people, and especially of those who believe.
NIV
With a view to this we toil and strive, [yes and] suffer reproach, because we have [fixed our] hope on the living God, Who is the Savior (Preserver, Maintainer, Deliverer) of all men, especially of those who believe (trust in, rely on, and adhere to Him).
AMP
For therefore we both labour and suffer reproach, because we trust in the living God, who is the Saviour of all men, specially of those that believe.
KJV
