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Holy Bible
Amplified Version

About the Amplified Version –
The Amplified New Testament was published by the Lockman
Foundation and Zondervan Publishing House in 1958, with the Old
Testament in two parts in 1962 and 1964. The entire Amplified Bible
was first published in 1965.

In its quest to make the Bible understandable to contemporary readers,
the translators chose to use a system of amplification to reveal any
shades of meaning that might exist. The translators felt that
amplification would help the reader comprehend what the Hebrew or
Greek listener understood.

The symbols used for the types of amplification are:
 Parentheses and dashes, which signify additional phases of
meaning included in the original word, phrase, or clause of
the original language.
 Commas are used to set off titles of Deity.
 Brackets contain justified clarifying words or comments not
actually expressed in the original text.
 Italics point out familiar passages now recognized as not
adequately supported by the original manuscripts
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Genesis Matthew
Exodus Mark
Leviticus Luke
Numbers John
Deuteronomy Acts
Joshua Romans
Judges 1st Corinthians
Ruth 2nd Corinthians
1st Samuel Galatians
2nd Samuel Ephesians
1st Kings Philippians
2nd Kings Colossians
1st Chronicles 1st Thessalonians
2nd Chronicles 2nd Thessalonians
Ezra 1st Timothy
Nehemiah 2nd Timothy
Esther Titus
Job Philemon
Psalms Hebrews
Proverbs James
Ecclesiastes 1st Peter
Song of Solomon 2nd Peter
Isaiah 1st John
Jeremiah 2nd John
Lamentations 3rd John
Ezekiel Jude
Daniel Revelation
Hosea
Joel
Amos
Obadiah
Jonah
Micah
Nahum
Habakkuk
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Haggai
Zechariah
Malachi

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Genesis
9And God said, Let the waters under the
heavens be collected into one place [of
1
standing], and let the dry land appear.
IN THE beginning God (prepared,
And it was so.
formed, fashioned, and) created the
heavens and the earth.
10God called the dry land Earth, and the
accumulated waters He called Seas.
2The earth was without form and an
And God saw that this was good (fitting,
empty waste, and darkness was upon admirable) and He approved it.
the face of the very great deep. The
Spirit of God was moving (hovering,
11And God said, Let the earth put forth
brooding) over the face of the waters.
[tender] vegetation: plants yielding seed
and fruit trees yielding fruit whose seed
3And God said, Let there be light; and
is in itself, each according to its kind,
there was light. upon the earth. And it was so.
4And God saw that the light was good 12The earth brought forth vegetation:
(suitable, pleasant) and He approved it;
plants yielding seed according to their
and God separated the light from the
own kinds and trees bearing fruit in
darkness.
which was their seed, each according to
its kind. And God saw that it was good
5And God called the light Day, and the (suitable, admirable) and He approved it.
darkness He called Night. And there
was evening and there was morning, 13And there was evening and there was
one day. morning, a third day.
6And God said, Let there be a firmament 14And God said, Let there be lights in
[the expanse of the sky] in the midst of
the expanse of the heavens to separate
the waters, and let it separate the
the day from the night, and let them be
waters [below] from the waters [above].
signs and tokens [of God's provident
care], and [to mark] seasons, days, and
7And God made the firmament [the years,
expanse] and separated the waters
which were under the expanse from the 15And let them be lights in the expanse
waters which were above the expanse.
of the sky to give light upon the earth.
And it was so. And it was so.
8And God called the firmament Heavens. 16And God made the two great lights--
And there was evening and there was
the greater light (the sun) to rule the day
morning, a second day.
and the lesser light (the moon) to rule domestic animals according to their
the night. He also made the stars. kinds, and everything that creeps upon
the earth according to its kind. And God
17And God set them in the expanse of saw that it was good (fitting, pleasant)
the heavens to give light upon the earth, and He approved it.
18To rule over the day and over the night, 26God said, Let Us [Father, Son, and
and to separate the light from the Holy Spirit] make mankind in Our image,
darkness. And God saw that it was good after Our likeness, and let them have
(fitting, pleasant) and He approved it. complete authority over the fish of the
sea, the birds of the air, the [tame]
19And there was evening and there was beasts, and over all of the earth, and
over everything that creeps upon the
morning, a fourth day.
earth.
20And God said, Let the waters bring
27So God created man in His own image,
forth abundantly and swarm with living
in the image and likeness of God He
creatures, and let birds fly over the earth
created him; male and female He
in the open expanse of the heavens.
created them.
21God created the great sea monsters
28And God blessed them and said to
and every living creature that moves,
them, Be fruitful, multiply, and fill the
which the waters brought forth
earth, and subdue it [using all its vast
abundantly, according to their kinds, and
resources in the service of God and
every winged bird according to its kind.
man]; and have dominion over the fish
And God saw that it was good (suitable,
of the sea, the birds of the air, and over
admirable) and He approved it.
every living creature that moves upon
the earth.
22And God blessed them, saying, Be
fruitful, multiply, and fill the waters in the
29And God said, See, I have given you
seas, and let the fowl multiply in the
every plant yielding seed that is on the
earth.
face of all the land and every tree with
seed in its fruit; you shall have them for
23And there was evening and there was food.
morning, a fifth day.
30And to all the animals on the earth and
24And God said, Let the earth bring forth
to every bird of the air and to everything
living creatures according to their kinds:
that creeps on the ground--to everything
livestock, creeping things, and [wild]
in which there is the breath of life--I
beasts of the earth according to their
have given every green plant for food.
kinds. And it was so. And it was so.
25And God made the [wild] beasts of the 31And God saw everything that He had
earth according to their kinds, and
made, and behold, it was very good
(suitable, pleasant) and He approved it 9And out of the ground the Lord God
completely. And there was evening and made to grow every tree that is pleasant
there was morning, a sixth day. to the sight or to be desired--good
(suitable, pleasant) for food; the tree of
life also in the center of the garden, and
2
the tree of the knowledge of [the
THUS THE heavens and the earth
difference between] good and evil and
were finished, and all the host of them. blessing and calamity.
2And on the seventh day God ended His 10Now a river went out of Eden to water
work which He had done; and He rested
the garden; and from there it divided
on the seventh day from all His work and became four [river] heads.
which He had done.
11The first is named Pishon; it is the one
3And God blessed (spoke good of) the
flowing around the whole land of Havilah,
seventh day, set it apart as His own, where there is gold.
and hallowed it, because on it God
rested from all His work which He had
12The gold of that land is of high quality;
created and done.
bdellium (pearl?) and onyx stone are
there.
4This is the history of the heavens and
of the earth when they were created. In
13The second river is named Gihon; it is
the day that the Lord God made the
the one flowing around the whole land of
earth and the heavens--
Cush.
5When no plant of the field was yet in
14The third river is named Hiddekel [the
the earth and no herb of the field had
Tigris]; it is the one flowing east of
yet sprung up, for the Lord God had not
Assyria. And the fourth river is the
[yet] caused it to rain upon the earth and
Euphrates.
there was no man to till the ground,
6But there went up a mist (fog, vapor) 15And the Lord God took the man and
put him in the Garden of Eden to tend
from the land and watered the whole
and guard and keep it.
surface of the ground--
7Then the Lord God formed man from 16And the Lord God commanded the
man, saying, You may freely eat of
the dust of the ground and breathed into
every tree of the garden;
his nostrils the breath or spirit of life, and
man became a living being.
17But of the tree of the knowledge of
8And the Lord God planted a garden good and evil and blessing and calamity
you shall not eat, for in the day that you
toward the east, in Eden [delight]; and
eat of it you shall surely die.
there He put the man whom He had
formed (framed, constituted).
18Now the Lord God said, It is not good 25And the man and his wife were both
(sufficient, satisfactory) that the man naked and were not embarrassed or
should be alone; I will make him a ashamed in each other's presence.
helper meet (suitable, adapted,
complementary) for him.
3
NOW THE serpent was more subtle
19And out of the ground the Lord God
and crafty than any living creature of the
formed every [wild] beast and living
field which the Lord God had made. And
creature of the field and every bird of the
he [Satan] said to the woman, Can it
air and brought them to Adam to see
really be that God has said, You shall
what he would call them; and whatever
not eat from every tree of the garden?
Adam called every living creature, that
was its name.
2And the woman said to the serpent, We
may eat the fruit from the trees of the
20And Adam gave names to all the
garden,
livestock and to the birds of the air and
to every [wild] beast of the field; but for
3Except the fruit from the tree which is in
Adam there was not found a helper
the middle of the garden. God has said,
meet (suitable, adapted, complementary)
for him. You shall not eat of it, neither shall you
touch it, lest you die.
21And the Lord God caused a deep
4But the serpent said to the woman, You
sleep to fall upon Adam; and while he
shall not surely die,
slept, He took one of his ribs or a part of
his side and closed up the [place with]
flesh. 5For God knows that in the day you eat
of it your eyes will be opened, and you
22And the rib or part of his side which will be like God, knowing the difference
between good and evil and blessing and
the Lord God had taken from the man
calamity.
He built up and made into a woman, and
He brought her to the man.
6And when the woman saw that the tree
23Then Adam said, This [creature] is was good (suitable, pleasant) for food
and that it was delightful to look at, and
now bone of my bones and flesh of my
a tree to be desired in order to make
flesh; she shall be called Woman,
because she was taken out of a man. one wise, she took of its fruit and ate;
and she gave some also to her husband,
and he ate.
24Therefore a man shall leave his father
and his mother and shall become united
7Then the eyes of them both were
and cleave to his wife, and they shall
become one flesh. opened, and they knew that they were
naked; and they sewed fig leaves
together and made themselves
apronlike girdles.
8And they heard the sound of the Lord 16To the woman He said, I will greatly
God walking in the garden in the cool of multiply your grief and your suffering in
the day, and Adam and his wife hid pregnancy and the pangs of
themselves from the presence of the childbearing; with spasms of distress
Lord God among the trees of the garden. you will bring forth children. Yet your
desire and craving will be for your
9But the Lord God called to Adam and husband, and he will rule over you.
said to him, Where are you?
17And to Adam He said, Because you
10He said, I heard the sound of You have listened and given heed to the
[walking] in the garden, and I was afraid voice of your wife and have eaten of the
because I was naked; and I hid myself. tree of which I commanded you, saying,
You shall not eat of it, the ground is
11And He said, Who told you that you under a curse because of you; in sorrow
and toil shall you eat [of the fruits] of it
were naked? Have you eaten of the tree
all the days of your life.
of which I commanded you that you
should not eat?
18Thorns also and thistles shall it bring
12And the man said, The woman whom forth for you, and you shall eat the
plants of the field.
You gave to be with me--she gave me
[fruit] from the tree, and I ate.
19In the sweat of your face shall you eat
13And the Lord God said to the woman, bread until you return to the ground, for
out of it you were taken; for dust you are
What is this you have done? And the
and to dust you shall return.
woman said, The serpent beguiled
(cheated, outwitted, and deceived) me,
and I ate. 20The man called his wife's name Eve
[life spring], because she was the
14And the Lord God said to the serpent, mother of all the living.
Because you have done this, you are
cursed above all [domestic] animals and 21For Adam also and for his wife the
above every [wild] living thing of the field; Lord God made long coats (tunics) of
upon your belly you shall go, and you skins and clothed them.
shall eat dust [and what it contains] all
the days of your life. 22And the Lord God said, Behold, the
man has become like one of Us [the
15And I will put enmity between you and Father, Son, and Holy Spirit], to know
the woman, and between your offspring [how to distinguish between] good and
and her Offspring; He will bruise and evil and blessing and calamity; and now,
tread your head underfoot, and you will lest he put forth his hand and take also
lie in wait and bruise His heel. from the tree of life and eat, and live
forever--
23Therefore the Lord God sent him forth 8And Cain said to his brother, Let us go
from the Garden of Eden to till the out to the field. And when they were in
ground from which he was taken. the field, Cain rose up against Abel his
brother and killed him.
24So [God] drove out the man; and He
placed at the east of the Garden of 9And the Lord said to Cain, Where is
Eden the cherubim and a flaming sword Abel your brother? And he said, I do not
which turned every way, to keep and know. Am I my brother's keeper?
guard the way to the tree of life.
10And [the Lord] said, What have you
4 done? The voice of your brother's blood
AND ADAM knew Eve as his wife, is crying to Me from the ground.
and she became pregnant and bore
Cain; and she said, I have gotten and 11And now you are cursed by reason of
gained a man with the help of the Lord. the earth, which has opened its mouth
to receive your brother's [shed] blood
2And [next] she gave birth to his brother from your hand.
Abel. Now Abel was a keeper of sheep,
but Cain was a tiller of the ground. 12When you till the ground, it shall no
longer yield to you its strength; you shall
3And in the course of time Cain brought be a fugitive and a vagabond on the
earth [in perpetual exile, a degraded
to the Lord an offering of the fruit of the
outcast].
ground.
4And Abel brought of the firstborn of his 13Then Cain said to the Lord, My
punishment is greater than I can bear.
flock and of the fat portions. And the
Lord had respect and regard for Abel
and for his offering, 14Behold, You have driven me out this
day from the face of the land, and from
5But for Cain and his offering He had no Your face I will be hidden; and I will be a
fugitive and a vagabond and a wanderer
respect or regard. So Cain was
on the earth, and whoever finds me will
exceedingly angry and indignant, and he
kill me.
looked sad and depressed.
6And the Lord said to Cain, Why are you 15And the Lord said to him, Therefore, if
anyone kills Cain, vengeance shall be
angry? And why do you look sad and
taken on him sevenfold. And the Lord
depressed and dejected?
set a mark or sign upon Cain, lest
anyone finding him should kill him.
7If you do well, will you not be accepted?
And if you do not do well, sin crouches
16So Cain went away from the presence
at your door; its desire is for you, but
of the Lord and dwelt in the land of Nod
you must master it.
[wandering], east of Eden.
17And Cain's wife [one of Adam's 26And to Seth also a son was born,
offspring] became pregnant and bore whom he named Enosh. At that time
Enoch; and Cain built a city and named men began to call [upon God] by the
it after his son Enoch. name of the Lord.
18To Enoch was born Irad, and Irad was 5
the father of Mehujael, and Mehujael the THIS IS the book (the written record,
father of Methusael, and Methusael the
the history) of the generations of the
father of Lamech.
offspring of Adam. When God created
man, He made him in the likeness of
19And Lamech took two wives; the name God.
of the one was Adah and of the other
was Zillah. 2He created them male and female and
blessed them and named them [both]
20Adah bore Jabal; he was the father of Adam [Man] at the time they were
those who dwell in tents and have cattle created.
and purchase possessions.
3When Adam had lived 130 years, he
21His brother's name was Jubal; he was had a son in his own likeness, after his
the father of all those who play the lyre image; and he named him Seth.
and pipe.
4After he had Seth, Adam lived 800
22Zillah bore Tubal-cain; he was the years and had other sons and daughters.
forger of all [cutting] instruments of
bronze and iron. The sister of Tubal-cain 5So altogether Adam lived 930 years,
was Naamah.
and he died.
23Lamech said to his wives, Adah and 6When Seth was 105 years old, Enosh
Zillah, Hear my voice; you wives of
was born.
Lamech, listen to what I say; for I have
slain a man [merely] for wounding me,
7Seth lived after the birth of Enosh 807
and a young man [only] for striking and
bruising me. years and had other sons and daughters.
24If Cain is avenged sevenfold, truly 8So Seth lived 912 years, and he died.
Lamech [will be avenged] seventy-
sevenfold. 9When Enosh was 90 years old, Kenan
was born to him.
25And Adam's wife again became
pregnant, and she bore a son and called 10Enosh lived after the birth of Kenan
his name Seth. For God, she said, has 815 years and had other sons and
appointed for me another child instead daughters.
of Abel, for Cain slew him.
11So Enosh lived 905 years, and he died. 24And Enoch walked [in habitual
fellowship] with God; and he was not, for
12When Kenan was 70 years old, God took him [home with Him].
Mahalalel was born.
25When Methuselah was 187 years old,
13Kenan lived after the birth of Mahalalel Lamech was born to him.
840 years and had other sons and
daughters. 26Methuselah lived after the birth of
Lamech 782 years and had other sons
14So Kenan lived 910 years, and he died. and daughters.
15When Mahalalel was 65 years old, 27So Methuselah lived 969 years, and
Jared was born. he died.
16Mahalalel lived after the birth of Jared 28When Lamech was 182 years old, a
830 years and had other sons and son was born.
daughters.
29He named him Noah, saying, This one
17So Mahalalel lived 895 years, and he shall bring us relief and comfort from our
died. work and the [grievous] toil of our hands
due to the ground being cursed by the
18When Jared was 162 years old, Enoch Lord.
was born.
30Lamech lived after the birth of Noah
19Jared lived after the birth of Enoch 800 595 years and had other sons and
daughters.
years and had other sons and daughters.
20So Jared lived 962 years, and he died. 31So all the days of Lamech were 777
years, and he died.
21When Enoch was 65 years old,
32After Noah was 500 years old, he
Methuselah was born.
became the father of Shem, Ham, and
Japheth.
22Enoch walked [in habitual fellowship]
with God after the birth of Methuselah
300 years and had other sons and 6
daughters. WHEN MEN began to multiply on the
face of the land and daughters were
23So all the days of Enoch were 365 born to them,
years.
2The sons of God saw that the
daughters of men were fair, and they
took wives of all they desired and chose.