Haller's Concordance: AFAR
- And on the third day, lifting up his eyes, he saw the place afar off. Gen. 22:4
- And he was gone forth to meditate in the field, the day being now well spent: and when he had lifted up his eyes, he saw camels coming afar off. Gen. 24:63
- And when they saw him afar off, before he came nigh them, they thought to kill him: Gen. 37:18
- His sister standing afar off, and taking notice what would be done. Ex. 2:4
- And all the people saw the voices and the flames, and the sound of the trumpet, and the mount smoking; and being terrified and struck with fear, they stood afar off, Ex. 20:18
- And the people stood afar off. But Moses went to the dark cloud wherein God was. Ex. 20:21
- ¤ And he said to Moses: Come up to the Lord, thou, and Aaron, Nadab and Abiu, and seventy of the ancients of Israel, and you shall adore afar off. Ex. 24:1
- Neither did he lay his hand upon those of the children of Israel, that retired afar off, and they saw God, and they did eat and drink. Ex. 24:11
- Moses also taking the tabernacle, pitched it without the camp afar off, and called the name thereof, The tabernacle of the covenant. And all the people, that had any question, went forth to the tabernacle of the covenant, without the camp. Ex. 33:7
- Say to the children of Israel: The man that shall be unclean by occasion of one that is dead, or shall be in a journey afar off in your nation, let him make the phase to the Lord. Num. 9:10
- Of all the nations round about, that are near or afar off, from one end of the earth to the other, Dt. 13:7
- The Lord will bring upon thee a nation from afar, and from the uttermost ends of the earth, like an eagle that flyeth swiftly, whose tongue thou canst not understand, Dt. 28:49
- And the following generation shall say, and the children that shall be born hereafter, and the strangers that shall come from afar, seeing the plagues of that land and the evils wherewith the Lord hath afflicted it, Dt. 29:22
- And let there be between you and the ark the space of two thousand cubits: that you may see it afar off, and know which way you must go: for you have not gone this way before: and take care you come not near the ark. Josu. 3:4
- The waters that came down from above stood in one place, and swelling up like a mountain, were seen afar off, from the city that is called Adom, to the place of Sarthan: but those that were beneath, ran down into the sea of the wilderness, (which now is called the Dead Sea) until they wholly failed. Josu. 3:16
- And when David was gone over to the other side, and stood on the top of the hill afar off, and a good space was between them, 1 Ki. 26:13
- And the king going forth and all Israel on foot, stood afar off from the house: 2 Ki. 15:17
- So when they all sounded together, both with trumpets, and voice, and cymbals, and organs, and with divers kind of musical instruments, and lifted up their voice on high: the sound was heard afar off, so that when they began to praise the Lord, and to say: Give glory to the Lord for he is good, for his mercy endureth for ever: the house of God was filled with a cloud. 2 Par. 5:13
- And if they sin against thee (for there is no man that sinneth not) and thou be angry with them, and deliver them up to their enemies, and they lead them away captive to a land either afar off, or near at hand, 2 Par. 6:36
- And when Juda came to the watch tower, that looketh toward the desert, they saw afar off all the country, for a great space, full of dead bodies, and that no one was left that could escape death. 2 Par. 20:24
- So that one could not distinguish the voice of the shout of joy, from the noise of the weeping of the people: for one with another the people shouted with a loud shout, and the voice was heard afar off. 1 Esd. 3:13
- And they sacrificed on that day great sacrifices, and they rejoiced: for God had made them joyful with great joy: their wives also and their children rejoiced, and the joy of Jerusalem was heard afar off. 2 Esd. 12:43
- But she could by no means be comforted, but daily running out looked round about, and went into all the ways by which there seemed any hope he might return, that she might if possible see him coming afar off. Tob. 10:7
- But Anna sat beside the way daily, on the top of a hill, from whence she might see afar off. Tob. 11:5
- 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
- Nations from afar shall come to thee: and shall bring gifts, and shall adore the Lord in thee, and shall esteem thy land as holy. Tob. 13:14
- And Judith from afar off cried to the watchmen upon the walls: Open the gates for God is with us, who hath shewn his power in Israel. Jud. 13:13
- And Mardochai wrote all these things, and sent them comprised in letters to the Jews that abode in all the king's provinces, both those that lay near and those afar off, Esther 9:20
- And when they had lifted up their eyes afar off, they knew him not, and crying out, they wept, and rending their garments, they sprinkled dust upon their heads toward heaven. Job 2:12
- All men see him, every one beholdeth afar off. Job 36:25
- When he heareth the trumpet he saith: Ha, ha: he smelleth the battle afar off, the encouraging of the captains, and the shouting of the army. Job 39:25
- From thence she looketh for the prey, and her eyes behold afar off. Job 39:29
- ¤ Why, O Lord, hast thou retired afar off? why dost thou slight us in our wants, in the time of trouble? Ps. 10:1
- My friends and my neighbours have drawn near, and stood against me. And they that were near me stood afar off: Ps. 38:11
- Wonderful in justice. Hear us, O God our saviour, who art the hope of all the ends of the earth, and in the sea afar off. Ps. 65:5
- For the Lord is high, and looketh on the low: and the high he knoweth afar off. Ps. 138:6
- Thou hast understood my thoughts afar off: my path and my line thou hast searched out. Ps. 139:3
- Thy own friend, and thy father's friend, forsake not: and go not into thy brother's house in the day of thy affliction. Better is a neighbour that is near than a brother afar off. Pr. 27:10
- She is like the merchant's ship, she bringeth her bread from afar. Pr. 31:14
- And those whom men could not honour in presence, because they dwelt far off, they brought their resemblance from afar, and made an express image of the king, whom they had a mind to honour: that by this their diligence, they might honour as present, him that was absent. Wis. 14:17
- He that is mighty by a bold tongue is known afar off, but a wise man knoweth to slip by him. Sir. 21:8
- For I make doctrine to shine forth to all as the morning light, and I will declare it afar off. Sir. 24:44
- Follow after him no more, for he is gone afar off, he is fled, as a roe escaped out of the snare because his soul is wounded. Sir. 27:22
- And he will lift up a sign to the nations afar off, and will whistle to them from the ends of the earth: and behold they shall come with speed swiftly. Isa. 5:26
- Gather yourselves together, O ye people, and be overcome, and give ear, all ye lands afar off: strengthen yourselves, and be overcome, gird yourselves, and be overcome. Isa. 8:9
- What will you do in the day of visitation, and of the calamity which cometh from afar? to whom will ye flee for help? and where will ye leave your glory? Isa. 10:3
- To them that come from a country afar off, from the end of heaven: the Lord and the instruments of his wrath, to destroy the whole land. Isa. 13:5
- Is not this your city, which gloried from of old in her antiquity? her feet shall carry her afar off to sojourn. Isa. 23:7
- Behold the name of the Lord cometh from afar, his wrath burneth, and is heavy to bear: his lips are filled with indignation, and his tongue as a devouring fire. Isa. 30:27
- I will say to the north: Give up: and to the south: Keep not back: bring my sons from afar, and my daughters from the ends of the earth. Isa. 43:6
- I have brought my justice near, it shall not be afar off: and my salvation shall not tarry. I will give salvation in Sion, and my glory in Israel. Isa. 46:13
- ¤ Give ear, ye islands, and hearken, ye people from afar. The Lord hath called me from the womb, from the bowels of my mother he hath been mindful of my name. Isa. 49:1
- Behold these shall come from afar, and behold these from the north and from the sea, and these from the south country. Isa. 49:12
- Lift up thy eyes round about, and see: all these are gathered together, they are come to thee: thy sons shall come from afar, and thy daughters shall rise up at thy side. Isa. 60:4
- For, the islands wait for me, and the ships of the sea in the beginning: that I may bring thy sons from afar: their silver, and their gold with them, to the name of the Lord thy God, and to the Holy One of Israel, because he hath glorified thee. Isa. 60:9
- And I will set a sign among them, and I will send of them that shall be saved, to the Gentiles into the sea, into Africa, and Lydia them that draw the bow: into Italy, and Greece, to the islands afar off, to them that have not heard of me, and have not seen my glory. And they shall declare my glory to the Gentiles: Isa. 66:19
- Behold I will bring upon you a nation from afar, O house of Israel, saith the Lord: a strong nation, an ancient nation, a nation whose language thou shalt not know, nor understand what they say. Jer. 5:15
- Am I, think ye, a God at hand, saith the Lord, and not a God afar off? Jer. 23:23
- Therefore fear thou not, my servant Jacob, saith the Lord, neither be dismayed, O Israel: for behold, I will save thee from a country afar off, and thy seed from the land of their captivity: and Jacob shall return, and be at rest, and abound with all good things, and there shall be none whom he may fear: Jer. 30:10
- The Lord hath appeared from afar to me. Yea I have loved thee with an everlasting love, therefore have I drawn thee, taking pity on thee. Jer. 31:3
- Hear the word of the Lord, O ye nations, and declare it in the islands that are afar off, and say: He that scattered Israel will gather him: and he will keep him as the shepherd doth his flock. Jer. 31:10
- And thou my servant Jacob, fear not and be not thou dismayed, O Israel: for behold I will save thee from afar off, and thy seed out of the land of thy captivity: and Jacob shall return and be at rest, and prosper: and there shall be none to terrify him. Jer. 46:27
- You that have escaped the sword, come away, stand not still: remember the Lord afar off, and let Jerusalem come into your mind. Jer. 51:50
- For he hath brought a nation upon them from afar, a wicked nation, and of a strange tongue: Bar. 4:15
- Son of man, behold the house of Israel, they that say: The visions that this man seeth, is for many days to come: and this man prophesieth of times afar off. Ezec. 12:27
- They sent for men coming from afar, to whom they had sent a messenger: and behold they came: for whom thou didst wash thyself, and didst paint thy eyes, and wast adorned with women's ornaments. Ezec. 23:40
- And he shall judge among many people, and rebuke strong nations afar off: and they shall beat their swords into ploughshares, and their spears into spades: nation shall not take sword against nation: neither shall they learn war anymore. Mic. 4:3
- Their horses are lighter than leopards, and swifter than evening wolves; and their horsemen shall be spread abroad: for their horsemen shall come from afar, they shall fly as an eagle that maketh haste to eat. Hab. 1:8
- And I will sow them among peoples: and from afar they shall remember me: and they shall live with their children, and shall return. Zach. 10:9
- And Peter followed him afar off, even to the court of the high priest, And going in, he sat with the servants, that he might see the end. Mt. 26:58
- And there were there many women afar off, who had followed Jesus from Galilee, ministering unto him: Mt. 27:55
- And seeing Jesus afar off, he ran and adored him. Mk. 5:6
- And if I shall send them away fasting to their home, they will faint in the way: for some of them came from afar off. Mk. 8:3
- And when he had seen afar off a fig tree having leaves, he came, if perhaps he might find any thing on it. And when he was come to it, he found nothing but leaves. For it was not the time for figs. Mk. 11:13
- And Peter followed him afar off, even into the court of the high priest. And he sat with the servants at the fire and warmed himself. Mk. 14:54
- And there were also women looking on afar off: among whom was Mary Magdalen and Mary the mother of James the Less and of Joseph and Salome, Mk. 15:40
- Or else, while the other is yet afar off, sending an embassy, he desireth conditions of peace. Lk. 14:32
- And lifting up his eyes when he was in torments, he saw Abraham afar off and Lazarus in his bosom: Lk. 16:23
- And as he entered into a certain town, there met him ten men that were lepers, who stood afar off. Lk. 17:12
- And the publican, standing afar off, would not so much as lift up his eyes towards heaven; but struck his breast, saying: O God, be merciful to me a sinner. Lk. 18:13
- And apprehending him, they led him to the high priest's house. But Peter followed afar off. Lk. 22:54
- And all his acquaintance and the women that had followed him from Galilee stood afar off, beholding these things. Lk. 23:49
- And he said to me: Go, for unto the Gentiles afar off will I send thee. Acts 22:21
- But now in Christ Jesus, you, who some time were afar off, are made nigh by the blood of Christ. Eph. 2:13
- And coming, he preached peace to you that were afar off: and peace to them that were nigh. Eph. 2:17
- All these died according to faith, not having received the promises but beholding them afar off and saluting them and confessing that they are pilgrims and strangers on the earth. Heb. 11:13
- Standing afar off for fear of her torments, saying: Alas! alas! that great city, Babylon, that mighty city: for in one hour is thy judgment come. Apoc. 18:10
- The merchants of these things, who were made rich, shall stand afar off from her, for fear of her torments, weeping and mourning, Apoc. 18:15
- For in one hour are so great riches come to nought. And every shipmaster and all that sail into the lake, and mariners, and as many as work in the sea, stood afar off, Apoc. 18:17