But they could not reply to this.

I also could speak like you, if you were in my place; I could pile up words against you and I could shake my head at you.

He turned their rivers into blood, and they could not drink from their streams.

I begged your disciples to cast it out, but they could not do so.”

For this reason they could not believe, because again Isaiah said,

She did what she could. She anointed my body beforehand for burial.

Again he measured 1,750 feet and it was a river I could not cross, for the water had risen; it was deep enough to swim in, a river that could not be crossed.

I brought him to your disciples, but they were not able to heal him.”

If this man were not from God, he could do nothing.”

The priests could not carry out their duties because of the cloud; the Lord’s glory filled his temple.

The priests could not carry out their duties because of the cloud; the Lord’s splendor filled God’s temple.

Although I am innocent, I could not answer him; I could only plead with my judge for mercy.

But then one passes by, and suddenly they have disappeared! I looked for them, but they could not be found.

He lived among the tombs, and no one could bind him anymore, not even with a chain.

So when we could bear it no longer, we decided to stay on in Athens alone.

Indeed, it is not an enemy who insults me, or else I could bear it; it is not one who hates me who arrogantly taunts me, or else I could hide from him.

All the Egyptians dug around the Nile for water to drink, because they could not drink the water of the Nile.

The magicians could not stand before Moses because of the boils, for boils were on the magicians and on all the Egyptians.

But David could not go before it to seek God’s will, for he was afraid of the sword of the Lord’s messenger.

The priests were unable to enter the Lord’s temple because the Lord’s splendor filled the Lord’s temple.