Complete Opposite

The meaning of the passage is inverted to suggest the polar opposite of the KJV. 52 verses

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  1. Genesis 1:2KJV And the earth was without form, and void; and darkness was upon the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters.NIV Now the earth was formless and empty, darkness was over the surface of the deep, and the Spirit of God was hovering over the waters.
  2. Genesis 7:1KJV And the LORD said unto Noah, Come thou and all thy house into the ark; for thee have I seen righteous before me in this generation.NIV The LORD then said to Noah, “Go into the ark, you and your whole family, because I have found you righteous in this generation.
  3. Genesis 10:21KJV Unto Shem also, the father of all the children of Eber, the brother of Japheth the elder, even to him were children born.NASB Also to Shem, the father of all the children of Eber, and the older brother of Japheth, children were born.
  4. Genesis 25:18KJV And they dwelt from Havilah unto Shur, that is before Egypt, as thou goest toward Assyria: and he died in the presence of all his brethren.NASB They settled from Havilah to Shur which is east of Egypt going toward Assyria; he settled in defiance of all his relatives.
  5. Genesis 27:39KJV And Isaac his father answered and said unto him, Behold, thy dwelling shall be the fatness of the earth, and of the dew of heaven from above;NIV His father Isaac answered him, “Your dwelling will be away from the earth’s richness, away from the dew of heaven above.
  6. Genesis 30:27KJV And Laban said unto him, I pray thee, if I have found favour in thine eyes, tarry: for I have learned by experience that the LORD hath blessed me for thy sake.ESV But Laban said to him, “If I have found favor in your sight, I have learned by divination that the LORD has blessed me because of you.
  7. Genesis 47:21KJV And as for the people, he removed them to cities from one end of the borders of Egypt even to the other end thereof.NIV and Joseph reduced the people to servitude, from one end of Egypt to the other.
  8. Exodus 22:28KJV Thou shalt not revile the gods, nor curse the ruler of thy people.NASB “You shall not curse God, nor curse a ruler of your people.
  9. Exodus 34:33KJV And till Moses had done speaking with them, he put a vail on his face.NASB When Moses had finished speaking with them, he put a veil over his face.
  10. Numbers 11:25KJV And the LORD came down in a cloud, and spake unto him, and took of the spirit that was upon him, and gave it unto the seventy elders: and it came to pass, that, when the spirit rested upon them, they prophesied, and…NIV Then the LORD came down in the cloud and spoke with him, and he took some of the power of the Spirit that was on him and put it on the seventy elders. When the Spirit rested on them, they prophesied—but did not do so…
  11. Deuteronomy 22:28KJV If a man find a damsel that is a virgin, which is not betrothed, and lay hold on her, and lie with her, and they be found;NIV If a man happens to meet a virgin who is not pledged to be married and rapes her and they are discovered,
  12. Deuteronomy 27:25KJV Cursed be he that taketh reward to slay an innocent person. And all the people shall say, Amen.NIV “Cursed is anyone who accepts a bribe to kill an innocent person.” Then all the people shall say, “Amen!”
  13. Joshua 1:13KJV Remember the word which Moses the servant of the LORD commanded you, saying, The LORD your God hath given you rest, and hath given you this land.NKJV “Remember the word which Moses the servant of the LORD commanded you, saying, ‘The LORD your God is giving you rest and is giving you this land.’
  14. Joshua 7:1KJV But the children of Israel committed a trespass in the accursed thing: for Achan, the son of Carmi, the son of Zabdi, the son of Zerah, of the tribe of Judah, took of the accursed thing: and the anger of the LORD was…CEB The Israelites did a disrespectful thing concerning the items reserved for God. Achan was the son of Carmi, grandson of Zabdi, great-grandson of Zerah. He was from the tribe of Judah. He took some of the things…
  15. 1 Samuel 13:1KJV Saul reigned one year; and when he had reigned two years over Israel,NIV Saul was thirty years old when he became king, and he reigned over Israel forty- two years.
  16. 2 Samuel 14:14KJV For we must needs die, and are as water spilt on the ground, which cannot be gathered up again; neither doth God respect any person: yet doth he devise means, that his banished be not expelled from him.NIV Like water spilled on the ground, which cannot be recovered, so we must die. But that is not what God desires; rather, he devises ways so that a banished person does not remain banished from him.
  17. 2 Samuel 15:7KJV And it came to pass after forty years, that Absalom said unto the king, I pray thee, let me go and pay my vow, which I have vowed unto the LORD, in Hebron.NASB Now it came about at the end of four years that Absalom said to the king, “Please let me go and pay my vow which I have made to the LORD, in Hebron.
  18. 2 Kings 23:29KJV In his days Pharaoh–nechoh king of Egypt went up against the king of Assyria to the river Euphrates: and king Josiah went against him; and he slew him at Megiddo, when he had seen him.NIV While Josiah was king, Pharaoh Necho king of Egypt went up to the Euphrates River to help the king of Assyria. King Josiah marched out to meet him in battle, but Necho faced him and killed him at Megiddo.
  19. 1 Chronicles 4:10KJV And Jabez called on the God of Israel, saying, Oh that thou wouldest bless me indeed, and enlarge my coast, and that thine hand might be with me, and that thou wouldest keep me from evil, that it may not grieve me! And…NKJV And Jabez called on the God of Israel saying, “Oh, that You would bless me indeed, and enlarge my territory, that Your hand would be with me, and that You would keep me from evil, that I may not cause pain!” So God…
  20. Job 13:15KJV Though he slay me, yet will I trust in him: but I will maintain mine own ways before him.NLT God might kill me, but I have no other hope. I am going to argue my case with him.
  21. Job 21:30KJV That the wicked is reserved to the day of destruction? they shall be brought forth to the day of wrath.NIV that the wicked are spared from the day of calamity, that they are delivered from the day of wrath?
  22. Psalm 3:4KJV I cried unto the LORD with my voice, and he heard me out of his holy hill. Selah.AMP With my voice I was crying to the LORD, And He answered me from His holy mountain. Selah.
  23. Psalm 4:1KJV To the chief Musician on Neginoth, A Psalm of David. Hear me when I call, O God of my righteousness: thou hast enlarged me when I was in distress; have mercy upon me, and hear my prayer.AMP To the Chief Musician; on stringed instruments. A Psalm of David. Answer me when I call, O God of my righteousness! You have freed me when I was hemmed in and relieved me when I was in distress; Be gracious to me and…
  24. Psalm 10:5KJV His ways are always grievous; thy judgments are far above out of his sight: as for all his enemies, he puffeth at them.NIV His ways are always prosperous; your laws are rejected by him; he sneers at all his enemies.
  25. Psalm 19:3KJV There is no speech nor language, where their voice is not heard.NIV They have no speech, they use no words; no sound is heard from them.
  26. Proverbs 18:1KJV Through desire a man, having separated himself, seeketh and intermeddleth with all wisdom.NIV An unfriendly person pursues selfish ends and against all sound judgment starts quarrels.
  27. Proverbs 18:8KJV The words of a talebearer are as wounds, and they go down into the innermost parts of the belly.NASB The words of a gossiper are like dainty morsels, And they go down into the innermost parts of the body.
  28. Proverbs 18:24KJV A man that hath friends must shew himself friendly: and there is a friend that sticketh closer than a brother.NASB A person of too many friends comes to ruin, But there is a friend who sticks closer than a brother.
  29. Proverbs 19:27KJV Cease, my son, to hear the instruction that causeth to err from the words of knowledge.NIV Stop listening to instruction, my son, and you will stray from the words of knowledge.
  30. Proverbs 25:23KJV The north wind driveth away rain: so doth an angry countenance a backbiting tongue.NIV Like a north wind that brings unexpected rain is a sly tongue—which provokes a horrified look.
  31. Proverbs 26:22KJV The words of a talebearer are as wounds, and they go down into the innermost parts of the belly.NASB The words of a gossiper are like dainty morsels, And they go down into the innermost parts of the body.
  32. Isaiah 9:1KJV Nevertheless the dimness shall not be such as was in her vexation, when at the first he lightly afflicted the land of Zebulun and the land of Naphtali, and afterward did more grievously afflict her by the way of the…NIV Nevertheless, there will be no more gloom for those who were in distress. In the past he humbled the land of Zebulun and the land of Naphtali, but in the future he will honor Galilee of the nations, by the Way of the…
  33. Isaiah 9:3KJV Thou hast multiplied the nation, and not increased the joy: they joy before thee according to the joy in harvest, and as men rejoice when they divide the spoil.NIV You have enlarged the nation and increased their joy; they rejoice before you as people rejoice at the harvest, as warriors rejoice when dividing the plunder.
  34. Isaiah 10:18KJV And shall consume the glory of his forest, and of his fruitful field, both soul and body: and they shall be as when a standardbearer fainteth.NASB And He will destroy the glory of his forest and of his fruitful garden, both soul and body, And it will be as when a sick person wastes away.
  35. Daniel 12:4KJV But thou, O Daniel, shut up the words, and seal the book, even to the time of the end: many shall run to and fro, and knowledge shall be increased.GNT He said to me, “And now, Daniel, close the book and put a seal on it until the end of the world. Meanwhile, many people will waste their efforts trying to understand what is happening.”
  36. Hosea 11:12KJV Ephraim compasseth me about with lies, and the house of Israel with deceit: but Judah yet ruleth with God, and is faithful with the saints.NIV Ephraim has surrounded me with lies, Israel with deceit. And Judah is unruly against God, even against the faithful Holy One.
  37. Hosea 13:14KJV I will ransom them from the power of the grave; I will redeem them from death: O death, I will be thy plagues; O grave, I will be thy destruction: repentance shall be hid from mine eyes.NIV “I will deliver this people from the power of the grave; I will redeem them from death. Where, O death, are your plagues? Where, O grave, is your destruction? “I will have no compassion,
  38. Amos 2:13KJV Behold, I am pressed under you, as a cart is pressed that is full of sheaves.NIV “Now then, I will crush you as a cart crushes when loaded with grain.
  39. Zechariah 13:6KJV And one shall say unto him, What are these wounds in thine hands? Then he shall answer, Those with which I was wounded in the house of my friends.NIV If someone asks, ‘What are these wounds on your body?’ they will answer, ‘The wounds I was given at the house of my friends’.
  40. Matthew 26:45KJV Then cometh he to his disciples, and saith unto them, Sleep on now, and take your rest: behold, the hour is at hand, and the Son of man is betrayed into the hands of sinners.NIV Then he returned to the disciples and said to them, “Are you still sleeping and resting? Look, the hour has come, and the Son of Man is delivered into the hands of sinners.
  41. Mark 1:41KJV And Jesus, moved with compassion, put forth his hand, and touched him, and saith unto him, I will; be thou clean.NIV Jesus was indignant. He reached out his hand and touched the man. “I am willing,” he said. “Be clean!”
  42. John 11:33KJV When Jesus therefore saw her weeping, and the Jews also weeping which came with her, he groaned in the spirit, and was troubled,NLT When Jesus saw her weeping and saw the other people wailing with her, a deep anger welled up within him, and he was deeply troubled.
  43. Acts 12:25KJV And Barnabas and Saul returned from Jerusalem, when they had fulfilled their ministry, and took with them John, whose surname was Mark.LSB And Barnabas and Saul returned to Jerusalem, fulfilling their ministry, taking along with them John, who was also called Mark.
  44. 2 Corinthians 8:7KJV Therefore, as ye abound in every thing, in faith, and utterance, and knowledge, and in all diligence, and in your love to us, see that ye abound in this grace also.NASB But just as you excel in everything, in faith, speaking, knowledge, and in all earnestness and in the love we inspired in you, see that you also excel in this gracious work.
  45. Colossians 2:18KJV Let no man beguile you of your reward in a voluntary humility and worshipping of angels, intruding into those things which he hath not seen, vainly puffed up by his fleshly mind,NIV Do not let anyone who delights in false humility and the worship of angels disqualify you . Such a person also goes into great detail about what they have seen; they are puffed up with idle notions by their unspiritual…
  46. Colossians 4:15KJV Salute the brethren which are in Laodicea, and Nymphas, and the church which is in his house.NIV Give my greetings to the brothers and sisters at Laodicea, and to Nympha and the church in her house.
  47. Hebrews 2:14KJV Forasmuch then as the children are partakers of flesh and blood, he also himself likewise took part of the same; that through death he might destroy him that had the power of death, that is, the devil;NIV Since the children have flesh and blood, he too shared in their humanity so that by his death he might break the power of him who holds the power of death—that is, the devil—
  48. Hebrews 9:11KJV But Christ being come an high priest of good things to come, by a greater and more perfect tabernacle, not made with hands, that is to say, not of this building;NIV But when Christ came as high priest of the good things that are now already here, he went through the greater and more perfect tabernacle that is not made with human hands, that is to say, is not a part of this creation.
  49. 1 John 1:4KJV And these things write we unto you, that your joy may be full.NASB These things we write , so that our joy may be made complete.
  50. 2 John 1:3KJV Grace be with you, mercy, and peace, from God the Father, and from the Lord Jesus Christ, the Son of the Father, in truth and love.NIV Grace, mercy and peace from God the Father and from Jesus Christ, the Father’s Son, will be with us in truth and love.
  51. Revelation 9:4KJV And it was commanded them that they should not hurt the grass of the earth, neither any green thing, neither any tree; but only those men which have not the seal of God in their foreheads.NKJV They were commanded not to harm the grass of the earth, or any green thing, or any tree, but only those men who do not have the seal of God on their foreheads.
  52. Revelation 13:1KJV And I stood upon the sand of the sea, and saw a beast rise up out of the sea, having seven heads and ten horns, and upon his horns ten crowns, and upon his heads the name of blasphemy.NASB And the dragon stood on the sand of the seashore. Then I saw a beast coming up out of the sea, having ten horns and seven heads, and on his horns were ten crowns, and on his heads were blasphemous names.