But he said, “Far be it from me that I should do so! Only the man in whose hand the cup was found shall be my slave; but as for you, go up in peace to your father.”
1 Kings 21:3 - Revised Standard Version But Naboth said to Ahab, “The Lord forbid that I should give you the inheritance of my fathers.” Dugang nga mga bersyonKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And Naboth said to Ahab, The LORD forbid it me, that I should give the inheritance of my fathers unto thee. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Naboth said to Ahab, The Lord forbid that I should give the inheritance of my fathers to you. American Standard Version (1901) And Naboth said to Ahab, Jehovah forbid it me, that I should give the inheritance of my fathers unto thee. Common English Bible Naboth responded to Ahab, “LORD forbid that I give you my family inheritance!” Catholic Public Domain Version Naboth responded to him, "May the Lord be gracious to me, lest I give to you the inheritance of my fathers." Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Naboth answered him: The Lord be merciful to me, and not let me give thee the inheritance of my fathers. |
But he said, “Far be it from me that I should do so! Only the man in whose hand the cup was found shall be my slave; but as for you, go up in peace to your father.”
They said to him, “Why does my lord speak such words as these? Far be it from your servants that they should do such a thing!
and said, “Far be it from me before my God that I should do this. Shall I drink the lifeblood of these men? For at the risk of their lives they brought it.” Therefore he would not drink it. These things did the three mighty men.
Far be it from me to say that you are right; till I die I will not put away my integrity from me.
The prince shall not take any of the inheritance of the people, thrusting them out of their property; he shall give his sons their inheritance out of his own property, so that none of my people shall be dispossessed of his property.”
The land shall not be sold in perpetuity, for the land is mine; for you are strangers and sojourners with me.
The inheritance of the people of Israel shall not be transferred from one tribe to another; for every one of the people of Israel shall cleave to the inheritance of the tribe of his fathers.
So no inheritance shall be transferred from one tribe to another; for each of the tribes of the people of Israel shall cleave to its own inheritance.’ ”
Do we then overthrow the law by this faith? By no means! On the contrary, we uphold the law.
By no means! Let God be true though every man be false, as it is written, “That thou mayest be justified in thy words, and prevail when thou art judged.”
What then? Are we to sin because we are not under law but under grace? By no means!
Did that which is good, then, bring death to me? By no means! It was sin, working death in me through what is good, in order that sin might be shown to be sin, and through the commandment might become sinful beyond measure.
What then shall we say? That the law is sin? By no means! Yet, if it had not been for the law, I should not have known sin. I should not have known what it is to covet if the law had not said, “You shall not covet.”
Do you not know that your bodies are members of Christ? Shall I therefore take the members of Christ and make them members of a prostitute? Never!
But far be it from me to glory except in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, by which the world has been crucified to me, and I to the world.
Far be it from us that we should rebel against the Lord, and turn away this day from following the Lord by building an altar for burnt offering, cereal offering, or sacrifice, other than the altar of the Lord our God that stands before his tabernacle!”
Then the people answered, “Far be it from us that we should forsake the Lord, to serve other gods;
Moreover as for me, far be it from me that I should sin against the Lord by ceasing to pray for you; and I will instruct you in the good and the right way.
He said to his men, “The Lord forbid that I should do this thing to my lord, the Lord's anointed, to put forth my hand against him, seeing he is the Lord's anointed.”