Haller's Concordance: WHILE
- For yet a while, and after seven days, I will rain upon the earth forty days and forty nights: and I will destroy every substance that I have made, from the face of the earth. Gen. 7:4
- And to the children of the concubines he gave gifts, and separated them from Isaac his son, while he yet lived, to the east country. Gen. 25:6
- So when the ewes went first to ram, Jacob put the rods in the troughs of water before the eyes of the rams, and of the ewes, that they might conceive while they were looking upon them. Gen. 30:41
- And he turned himself away a little while, and wept: and returning, he spoke to them. Gen. 42:24
- And while they were fulfilling his commands, there passed forty days: for this was the manner with bodies that were embalmed, and Egypt mourned for him seventy days. Gen. 50:3
- He delivered all the offerings of the children of Israel unto them. And while they were earnest about the work, the people daily in the morning offered their vows. Ex. 36:3
- While these things were a doing, when Moses sought for the buck goat, that had been offered for sin, he found it burnt. And being angry with Eleazar and Ithamar, the sons of Aaron that were left, he said: Lev. 10:16
- Thou shalt not take thy wife's sister for a harlot, to rival her: neither shalt thou discover her nakedness, while she is yet living. Lev. 18:18
- He answered: Tarry here this night and I will answer whatsoever the Lord shall say to me. And while they stayed with Balaam, God came and said to him: Num. 22:8
- And Balaam said to Balac: Stand a while by thy burnt offering, until I go, to see if perhaps the Lord will meet me, and whatsoever he shall command, I will speak to thee. Num. 23:3
- He said to Balac: Stand here by thy burnt offering while I go to meet him. Num. 23:15
- For I know thy obstinacy, and thy most stiff neck. While I am yet living, and going in with you, you have always been rebellious against the Lord: how much more when I shall be dead? Dt. 31:27
- In that day the Lord magnified Josue in the sight of all Israel, that they should fear him, as they had feared Moses, while he lived. Josu. 4:14
- But Aod, while they were in confusion, escaped, and passed by the place of the idols from whence he had returned. And he came to Seirath: Judg. 3:26
- But Madian was humbled before the children of Israel, neither could they any more lift up their heads: but the land rested for forty years, while Gedeon presided. Judg. 8:28
- And they set an ambush against him on the top of the mountains: and while they waited for his coming, they committed robberies, taking spoils of all that passed by: and it was told Abimelech. Judg. 9:25
- ¤ And a while after, when the days of the wheat harvest were at hand, Samson came, meaning to visit his wife, and he brought her a kid of the flock. And when he would have gone into her chamber, as usual, her father would not suffer him, saying: Judg. 15:1
- While they were making merry, and refreshing their bodies with meat and drink, after the labour of the journey, the men of that city, sons of Belial (that is, without yoke), came and beset the old man's house, and began to knock at the door, calling to the master of the house, and saying: Bring forth the man that came into thy house, that we may abuse him: Judg. 19:22
- ¤ Then Booz went up to the gate, and sat there. And when he had seen the kinsman going by, of whom he had spoken before, he said to him, calling him by his name: Turn aside for a little while, and sit down here. He turned aside, and sat down. Ruth 4:1
- Nor the office of the priests to the people: but whosoever had offered a sacrifice, the servant of the priest came, while the flesh was in boiling, with a fleshhook of three teeth in his hand, 1 Ki. 2:13
- And while they were carrying it about, the hand of the Lord came upon every city with an exceeding great slaughter: and he smote the men of every city, both small and great, and they had emerods in their secret parts. And the Gethites consulted together, and made themselves seats of skins. 1 Ki. 5:9
- And as they were going down in the end of the city, Samuel said to Saul: Speak to the servant to go before us, and pass on: but stand thou still a while, that I may tell thee the word of the Lord. 1 Ki. 9:27
- And while Saul spoke to the priest, there arose a great uproar in the camp of the Philistines: and it increased by degrees, and was heard more clearly. And Saul said to the priest: Draw in thy hand. 1 Ki. 14:19
- I have heard that thy shepherds that were with us in the desert were shearing: we never molested them, neither was there ought missing to them of the flock at any time, all the while they were with us in Carmel. 1 Ki. 25:7
- They were a wall unto us, both by night and day, all the while we were with them keeping the sheep. 1 Ki. 25:16
- Now while Joab and Abisai pursued after Abner, the sun went down: and they came as far as the hill of the aqueduct, that lieth over against the valley by the way of the wilderness in Gabaon. 2 Ki. 2:24
- Now while there was war between the house of Saul and the house of David, Abner the son of Ner ruled the house of Saul. 2 Ki. 3:6
- And when all the people came to take meat with David, while it was yet broad day, David swore, saying: So do God to me, and more also, if I taste bread or any thing else before sunset. 2 Ki. 3:35
- And his servants said to him: What thing is this that thou hast done? thou didst fast and weep for the child, while it was alive, but when the child was dead, thou didst rise up, and eat bread. 2 Ki. 12:21
- And he said: While the child was yet alive, I fasted and wept for him: for I said: Who knoweth whether the Lord may not give him to me, and the child may live? 2 Ki. 12:22
- And while they were yet in the way, a rumour came to David, saying: Absalom hath slain all the king's sons, and there is not one of them left. 2 Ki. 13:30
- Absalom also sent for Achitophel the Gilonite, David's counsellor, from his city Gilo. And while he was offering sacrifices, there was a strong conspiracy, and the people running together increased with Absalom. 2 Ki. 15:12
- And it happened that Absalom met the servants of David, riding on a mule: and as the mule went under a thick and large oak, his head stuck in the oak: and while he hung between the heaven and the earth, the mule on which he rode passed on. 2 Ki. 18:9
- And while thou art yet speaking there with the king, I will come in after thee, and will fill up thy words. 3 Ki. 1:14
- While he yet spoke, Jonathan, the son of Abiathar, the priest, came: and Adonias said to him: Come in, because thou art a valiant man, and bringest good news. 3 Ki. 1:42
- And rising in the dead time of the night, she took my child from my side, while I, thy handmaid, was asleep, and laid it in her bosom: and laid her dead child in my bosom. 3 Ki. 3:20
- King Roboam took counsel with the old men, that stood before Solomon, his father, while he yet lived, and he said: What counsel do you give me, that I may answer this people? 3 Ki. 12:6
- And after midday was past, and while they were prophesying, the time was come of offering sacrifice, and there was no voice heard, nor did any one answer, nor regard them as they prayed. 3 Ki. 18:29
- And while he turned himself this way and that way, behold the heavens grew dark, with clouds and wind, and there fell a great rain. And Achab getting up, went away to Jezrahel: 3 Ki. 18:45
- While he was yet speaking to them, the messenger appeared, who was coming to him. And he said: Behold, so great an evil is from the Lord: what shall I look for more from the Lord? 4 Ki. 6:33
- ¤ Now these are they that came to David to Siceleg, while he yet fled from Saul the son of Cis, and they were most valiant and excellent warriors, 1 Par. 12:1
- He took counsel with the ancients, who had stood before his father Solomon, while he yet lived, saying: What counsel give you to me, that I may answer the people? 2 Par. 10:6
- While he spoke these things, Jeroboam caused an ambushment to come about behind him. And while he stood facing the enemies, he encompassed Juda, who perceived it not, with his army. 2 Par. 13:13
- And he said to Juda: Let us build these cities, and compass them with walls, and fortify them with towers, and gates, and bars, while all is quiet from wars, because we have sought the Lord the God of our fathers, and he hath given us peace round about. So they built, and there was no hinderance in building. 2 Par. 14:7
- And they set the altar of God upon its bases, while the people of the lands round about put them in fear, and they offered upon it a holocaust to the Lord morning and evening. 1 Esd. 3:3
- And I said to them: Let not the gates of Jerusalem be opened till the sun be hot. And while they were yet standing by the gates were shut, and barred: and I set watchmen of the inhabitants of Jerusalem, every one by their courses, and every man over against his house. 2 Esd. 7:3
- I tell thee also, my son, that I lent ten talents of silver, while thou wast yet a child, to Gabelus, in Rages a city of the Medes, and I have a note of his hand with me: Tob. 4:21
- But go now, and seek thee out some faithful man, to go with thee for his hire: that thou mayst receive it, while I yet live. Tob. 5:4
- And while she watched his coming from that place, she saw him afar off, and presently perceived it was her son coming: and returning she told her husband, saying: Behold thy son cometh. Tob. 11:6
- And therefore there is no one to help us, while we are cast down before their eyes in thirst, and sad destruction. Jud. 7:14
- And his officers said to him: Who can despise the people of the Hebrews, who have such beautiful women, that we should not think it worth our while for their sakes to fight against them? Jud. 10:18
- And after a while she went out, and delivered the head of Holofernes to her maid, and bade her put it into her wallet. Jud. 13:11
- And while she was speaking, she fell down again, and was almost in a swoon. Esther 15:18
- While with crafty fraud they deceive the ears of princes that are well meaning, and judge of others by their own nature. Esther 16:6
- And while he was yet speaking, another came, and said: The fire of God fell from heaven, and striking the sheep and the servants, hath consumed them; and I alone have escaped to tell thee. Job 1:16
- And while he also was yet speaking, there came another, and said: The Chaldeans made three troops, and have fallen upon the camels, and taken them; moreover, they have slain the servants with the sword: and I alone have escaped to tell thee. Job 1:17
- Consider the paths of Thema, the ways of Saba, and wait a little while. Job 6:19
- I will speak, and will not fear him: for I cannot answer while I am in fear. Job 9:35
- Hold your peace a little while, that I may speak whatsoever my mind shall suggest to me. Job 13:13
- Thou hast strengthened him for a little while, that he may pass away for ever: thou shalt change his face, and shalt send him away. Job 14:20
- But yet his flesh, while he shall live, shall have pain, and his soul shall mourn over him. Job 14:22
- They are lifted up for a little while and shall not stand, and shall be brought down as all things, and shall be taken away, and as the tops of the ears of corn they shall be broken. Job 24:24
- So Eliu waited while Job was speaking because they were his elders that were speaking. Job 32:4
- For I know not how long I shall continue, and whether after a while my Maker may take me away. Job 32:22
- Lest at any time he seize upon my soul like a lion, while there is no one to redeem me, nor to save. Ps. 7:2
- For I have heard the blame of many that dwell round about. While they assembled together against me, they consulted to take away my life. Ps. 31:13
- For yet a little while, and the wicked shall not be: and thou shalt seek his place, and shalt not find it. Ps. 37:10
- I will sing to the Lord as long as I live: I will sing praise to my God while I have my being. Ps. 104:33
- This is a very great evil among all things that are done under the sun, that the same things happen to all men: whereby also the hearts of the children of men are filled with evil, and with contempt while they live, and afterwards they shall be brought down to hell. Eccl. 9:3
- While the king was at his repose, my spikenard sent forth the odour thereof. Cant. 1:12
- For by what things their enemies were punished, when their drink failed them, while the children of Israel abounded therewith, and rejoiced: Wis. 11:5
- For while the wicked thought to be able to have dominion over the holy nation, they themselves being fettered with the bonds of darkness, and a long night, shut up in their houses, lay there exiled from the eternal providence. Wis. 17:2
- And while they thought to lie hid in their obscure sins, they were scattered under a dark veil of forgetfullness, being horribly afraid, and troubled with exceeding great astonishment. Wis. 17:3
- And while there is less expectation from within, the greater doth it count the ignorance of that cause which bringeth the torment. Wis. 17:12
- For while all things were in quiet silence, and the night was in the midst of her course, Wis. 18:14
- For while the elements are changed in themselves, as in an instrument the sound of the quality is changed, yet all keep their sound: which may clearly be perceived by the very sight. Wis. 19:17
- There is not a more wicked thing than to love money: for such a one setteth even his own soul to sale: because while he liveth he hath cast away his bowels. Sir. 10:10
- An enemy hath tears in his eyes, and while he pretendeth to help thee, will undermine thy feet. Sir. 12:18
- While the ungodly curseth the devil, he curseth his own soul. Sir. 21:30
- While he lived he saw and rejoiced in him: and when he died he was not sorrowful, neither was he confounded before his enemies. Sir. 30:5
- Bow down his neck while he is young, and beat his sides while he is a child, lest he grow stubborn, and regard thee not, and so be a sorrow of heart to thee. Sir. 30:12
- Give not to son or wife, brother or friend, power over thee while thou livest; and give not thy estate to another, lest thou repent, and thou entreat for the same. Sir. 33:20
- While he openeth his hands he shall rejoice: but transgressors shall pine away in the end. Sir. 40:14
- For yet a little and a very little while, and my indignation shall cease, and my wrath shall be upon their wickedness. Isa. 10:25
- Is it not yet a very little while, and Libanus shall be turned into charmel, and charmel shall be esteemed as a forest? Isa. 29:17
- In a moment of indignation have I hid my face a little while from thee, but with everlasting kindness have I had mercy on thee, said the Lord thy Redeemer. Isa. 54:8
- Seek ye the Lord, while he may be found: call upon him, while he is near. Isa. 55:6
- If thou turn away thy foot from the sabbath, from doing thy own will in my holy day, and call the sabbath delightful, and the holy of the Lord glorious, and glorify him, while thou dost not thy own ways, and thy own will is not found, to speak a word: Isa. 58:13
- She that hath borne seven is become weak, her soul hath fainted away: her sun is gone down, while it was yet day: she is confounded, and ashamed: and the residue of them I will give up to the sword in the sight of their enemies, saith the Lord. Jer. 15:9
- ¤ And the word of the Lord came to Jeremias the second time, while he was yet shut up in the court of the prison, saying: Jer. 33:1
- For thus saith the Lord of hosts the God of Israel: The daughter of Babylon is like a thrashingfloor, this is the time of her thrashing: yet a little while, and the time of her harvest shall come. Jer. 51:33
- Coph. I called for my friends, but they deceived me: my priests and my ancients pined away in the city: while they sought their food, to relieve their souls. Lam. 1:19
- Ain. While we were yet standing, our eyes failed, expecting help for us in vain, when we looked attentively towards a nation that was not able to save. Lam. 4:17
- And they say that the creeping things which are of the earth, gnaw their hearts, while they eat them and their garments, and they feel it not. Bar. 6:19
- And while the word was yet in the king's mouth, a voice came down from heaven: To thee, O king Nabuchodonosor, it is said: Thy kingdom shall pass from thee. Dan. 4:31
- Now while I was yet speaking, and praying, and confessing my sins, and the sins of my people of Israel, and presenting my supplications in the sight of my God, for the holy mountain of my God: Dan. 9:20
- And the Lord said to him: Call his name Jezrahel: for yet a little while, and I will visit the blood of Jezrahel upon the house of Jehu, and I will cause to cease the kingdom of the house of Israel. Osee 1:4
- But even though they shall have hired the nations, now will I gather them together: and they shall rest a while from the burden of the king, and the princes. Osee 8:10
- For as thorns embrace one another: so while they are feasting and drinking together, they shall be consumed as stubble that is fully dry. Nah. 1:10
- For thus saith the Lord of hosts: Yet one little while, and I will move the heaven and the earth, and the sea, and the dry land. Agg. 2:6
- And this shall be the plague wherewith the Lord shall strike all nations that have fought against Jerusalem: the flesh of every one shall consume away while they stand upon their feet, and their eyes shall consume away in their holes, and their tongue shall consume away in their mouth. Zach. 14:12
- And he called his servants, the nobles that were brought up with him from his youth: and he divided his kingdom among them, while he was yet alive. 1 Ma. 1:7
- Elias, while he was full of zeal for the law, was taken up into heaven. 1 Ma. 2:58
- And while they were yet reading these letters, behold there came other messengers out of Galilee with their garments rent, who related according to these words: 1 Ma. 5:14
- In that day some priests fell in battle, while desiring to do manfully they went out unadvisedly to fight. 1 Ma. 5:67
- Now Lysias heard that Philip; whom king Antiochus while he lived had appointed to bring up his son, Antiochus, and to reign, 1 Ma. 6:55
- And all the priests made prayer, while the sacrifice was consuming, Jonathan beginning, and the rest answering. 2 Ma. 1:23
- Thus Antiochus going astray in mind, did not consider that God was angry for a while, because of the sins of the inhabitants of the city: and therefore this contempt had happened to the place: 2 Ma. 5:17
- And when he was now maimed in all parts, he commanded him, being yet alive, to be brought to the fire, and to be fried in the fryingpan: and while he was suffering therein long torments, the rest, together with the mother, exhorted one another to die manfully, 2 Ma. 7:5
- But stay patiently a while, and thou shalt see his great power, in what manner he will torment thee and thy seed. 2 Ma. 7:17
- While she was yet speaking these words, the young man said: For whom do you stay? I will not obey the commandment of the king, but the commandment of the law which was given us by Moses. 2 Ma. 7:30
- And though the Lord, our God, is angry with us a little while, for our chastisement and correction, yet he will be reconciled again to his servants. 2 Ma. 7:33
- Because they were afraid to be deprived of the law, and of their country, and of the holy temple: and that he would not suffer the people, that had of late taken breath for a little while, to be again in subjection to blasphemous nations. 2 Ma. 13:11
- And as he had yet breath in him, being inflamed in mind, he arose: and while his blood ran down with a great stream, and he was grievously wounded, he ran through the crowd: 2 Ma. 14:45
- But while he thought on these things, behold the Angel of the Lord appeared to him in his sleep, saying: Joseph, son of David, fear not to take unto thee Mary thy wife, for that which is conceived in her, is of the Holy Ghost. Mt. 1:20
- But while men were asleep, his enemy came and oversowed cockle among the wheat and went his way. Mt. 13:25
- And after a little while, they came that stood by and said to Peter: Surely thou also art one of them. For even thy speech doth discover thee. Mt. 26:73
- Saying: Sir, we have remembered, that that seducer said, while he was yet alive: After three days I will rise again. Mt. 27:63
- While he was yet speaking, some come from the ruler of the synagogue's house, saying: Thy daughter is dead: why dost thou trouble the master any further? Mk. 5:35
- And they came to a farm called Gethsemani. And he saith to his disciples: Sit you here, while I pray. Mk. 14:32
- And while he was yet speaking, cometh Judas Iscariot, one of the twelve: and with him a great multitude with swords and staves, from the chief priests and the scribes and the ancients. Mk. 14:43
- But he denied again. And after a, while they that stood by said again to Peter: Surely thou art one of them; for thou art also a Galilean. Mk. 14:70
- Now they upon the rock are they who when they hear receive the word with joy: and these have no roots: for they believe for a while and in time of temptation they fall away. Lk. 8:13
- And all were astonished at the mighty power of God. But while all wondered at all the things he did, he said to his disciples: Lk. 9:43
- Or else, while the other is yet afar off, sending an embassy, he desireth conditions of peace. Lk. 14:32
- And after a little while, another seeing him, said: Thou also art one of them. But Peter said: O man, I am not. Lk. 22:58
- And it came to pass that while they talked and reasoned with themselves, Jesus himself also, drawing near, went with them. Lk. 24:15
- But while they yet believed not and wondered for joy, he said: Have you here any thing to eat? Lk. 24:41
- And he said to them: These are the words which I spoke to you while I was yet with you, that all things must needs be fulfilled which are written in the law of Moses and in the prophets and in the psalms, concerning me. Lk. 24:44
- Jesus therefore said to them: Yet a little while I am with you: and then I go to him that sent me. Jn. 7:33
- Jesus therefore said to them: Yet a little while, the light is among you. Walk whilst you have the light, that the darkness overtake you not. And he that walketh in darkness knoweth not whither he goeth. Jn. 12:35
- Little children, yet a little while I am with you. You shall seek me. And as I said to the Jews: Whither I go you cannot come; so I say to you now. Jn. 13:33
- Yet a little while and the world seeth me no more. But you see me: because I live, and you shall live. Jn. 14:19
- A little while, and now you shall not see me: and again a little while, and you shall see me: because I go to the Father. Jn. 16:16
- Then some of his disciples said one to another: What is this that he saith to us: A little while, and you shall not see me: and again a little while, and you shall see me, and, Because I go to the Father? Jn. 16:17
- They said therefore: What is this that he saith, A little while? We know not what he speaketh. Jn. 16:18
- And Jesus knew that they had a mind to ask him. And he said to them: Of this do you inquire among yourselves, because I said: A little while, and you shall not see me; and again a little while, and you shall see me? Jn. 16:19
- While I was with them, I kept them in thy name. Those whom thou gavest me have I kept: and none of them is lost, but the son of perdition: that the scripture may be fulfilled. Jn. 17:12
- And when he had said these things, while they looked on, he was raised up: and a cloud received him out of their sight. Acts 1:9
- And while they were beholding him going up to heaven, behold two men stood by them in white garments. Acts 1:10
- But one in the council rising up, a Pharisee, named Gamaliel, a doctor of the law, respected by all the people, commanded the men to be put forth a little while. Acts 5:34
- While Peter was yet speaking these words, the Holy Ghost fell on all them that heard the word. Acts 10:44
- ¤ And it came to pass, while Apollo was at Corinth, that Paul, having passed through the upper coasts, came to Ephesus and found certain disciples. Acts 19:1
- For while one saith: I indeed am of Paul: and another: I am of Apollo: are you not men? 1 Cor. 3:4
- While we look not at the things which are seen, but at the things which are not seen. For the things which are seen are temporal: but the things which are not seen, are eternal. 2 Cor. 4:18
- Therefore having always confidence, knowing that while we are in the body we are absent from the Lord. 2 Cor. 5:6
- But if, while we seek to be justified in Christ, we ourselves also are found sinners, is Christ then the minister of sin? God forbid! Gal. 2:17
- For she that liveth in pleasures is dead while she is living. 1 Tim. 5:6
- While it is said: To day, if you shall hear his voice, harden not your hearts, as in that provocation. Heb. 3:15
- For yet a little and a very little while, and he that is to come will come and will not delay. Heb. 10:37
- Whereas you know not what shall be on the morrow. For what is your life? It is a vapour which appeareth for a little while and afterwards shall vanish away. Jas. 4:14
- For, speaking proud words of vanity, they allure by the desires of fleshly riotousness those who for a little while escape, such as converse in error: 2 Pet. 2:18
- The third order, they see the witness which he that fashioned them beareth concerning them, that while they lived they kept the law which was given them in trust. 4 Esd. 7:94
- The fifth order, they rejoice, seeing how they have now escaped from that which is corruptible, and how they shall inherit that which is to come, while they see moreover the straitness and the painfulness from which they have been delivered, and the large room which they shall receive with joy and immortality. 4 Esd. 7:96