Let the righteous one smite me Or reprove me in loving-commitment – It is oil on my head. Let my head not refuse it. My prayer is still against their evil deeds.
1 Samuel 25:33 - The Scriptures 2009 “And blessed is your good taste, and blessed are you, because you have kept me this day from coming to bloodshed and from avenging myself with my own hand. Dugang nga mga bersyonKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 and blessed be thy advice, and blessed be thou, which hast kept me this day from coming to shed blood, and from avenging myself with mine own hand. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition And blessed be your discretion and advice, and blessed be you who have kept me today from bloodguiltiness and from avenging myself with my own hand. American Standard Version (1901) and blessed be thy discretion, and blessed be thou, that hast kept me this day from bloodguiltiness, and from avenging myself with mine own hand. Common English Bible And bless you and your good judgment for preventing me from shedding blood and taking vengeance into my own hands today! Catholic Public Domain Version And blessed are you, who prevented me today from going to blood, and from taking revenge for myself with my own hand. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And blessed be thou, who hast kept me to-day, from coming to blood, and revenging me with my own hand. |
Let the righteous one smite me Or reprove me in loving-commitment – It is oil on my head. Let my head not refuse it. My prayer is still against their evil deeds.
“If the thief is found breaking in, and he is struck so that he dies, there is no guilt for his bloodshed.
The Torah of the wise is a fountain of life, Turning one away from the snares of death.
Reproof enters deeper into a wise man Than a hundred strikes on a fool.
A ring of gold, and an ornament of fine gold, Is a wise one’s reproof to an ear that hears.
A refining pot is for silver and a furnace for gold, So a man is tried by his praise.
He who reproves a man finds more favour afterward Than he who flatters with the tongue.
Give instruction to a wise one, and he is wiser still; Teach a righteous one, and he increases in learning.
“For if a man finds his enemy, shall he let him get away safely? And let יהוה reward you with good for what you have done to me today.
“And now my master, as יהוה lives and as your being lives, since יהוה has withheld you from coming to bloodshed and from avenging yourself with your own hand, now then, let your enemies be as Naḇal, even those seeking evil against my master.
do not let this be a staggering and stumbling of heart to my master, that you have shed blood without cause, or that my master has saved himself. And when יהוה has done good to my master, then remember your female servant.”