Bible Verses Where “Behold” Has Been Replaced With “Look, Buddy”

Genesis 3:21-23

“Also for Adam and his wife the Lord God made tunics of skin, and clothed them.

Then the Lord God said, “Look, buddy, the man has become like one of Us, to know good and evil.”

Genesis 6:17

“Look, buddy, I Myself am bringing floodwaters on the earth, to destroy from under heaven all flesh in which is the breath of life; everything that is on the earth shall die.”

Genesis 16:11

“And the Angel of the Lord said to her: ‘Listen, buddy, you are with child, And you shall bear a son. You shall call his name Ishmael, Because the Lord has heard your affliction.'”

Genesis 20:16

“Then to Sarah he said, ‘Look, buddy, I have given your brother a thousand pieces of silver; indeed this vindicates you before all who are with you and before everybody.’ Thus she was rebuked.”

Genesis 27:2

“Then he said, “Look, pal, I am old. I do not know the day of my death.'”

Exodus 6:29-30

The Lord said to Moses, “I am the Lord; tell Pharaoh king of Egypt all that I say to you.”

But Moses said to the Lord, “Look, buddy, I am but a poor speaker; how then shall Pharaoh listen to me?”

Exodus 34:10

“And He said: ‘Listen, pal, I make a covenant with you. Before all your people I will do marvels such as have not been done in all the earth, nor in any nation; and all the people among whom you are shall see the work of the Lord. For it is an awesome thing that I will do with you.'”

Numbers 23:20

“Look, buddy, I have received a command to bless; He has blessed, and I cannot reverse it.”

Judges 13:5

“Listen, buddy, you shall conceive and bear a son. And no razor shall come upon his head, for the child shall be a Nazirite to God from the womb; and he shall begin to deliver Israel out of the hand of the Philistines.”

1 Kings 21:21

“‘Listen, buddy, I will bring calamity on you. I will take away your posterity, and will cut off from Ahab every male in Israel, both bond and free.'”

Job 1:12

“And the Lord said to Satan, ‘Listen, guy, all that he has is in your power; only do not lay a hand on his person.’ So Satan went out from the presence of the Lord.”

Isaiah 13:9

“Listen, pal, the day of the Lord comes, Cruel, with both wrath and fierce anger, To lay the land desolate; And He will destroy its sinners from it.”

Jeremiah 50:31

“‘Look, pal, I am against you, O most haughty one!’ says the Lord God of hosts; ‘For your day has come, The time that I will punish you.'”

Matthew 1:23

“Listen, buddy, the virgin shall be with child, and bear a Son, and they shall call His name Immanuel,” which is translated, “God with us.”

This edition of the CTRL+R Bible brought to you at the request of Libbie Hawker.