The king said to the Cushite, “Is it well with the young man Absalom?” And the Cushite answered, “May the enemies of my lord the king, and all who rise up against you for evil, be like that young man.”
Job 27:7 - Revised Standard Version CI “Let my enemy be as the wicked, and let him that rises up against me be as the unrighteous. Flere versionerKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Let mine enemy be as the wicked, And he that riseth up against me as the unrighteous. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Let my enemy be as the wicked, and let him who rises up against me be as the unrighteous. American Standard Version (1901) Let mine enemy be as the wicked, And let him that riseth up against me be as the unrighteous. Common English Bible Let my enemy be like the wicked, my opposition like the vicious. Catholic Public Domain Version Let the impious be as my enemy, and the sinful, as my adversary. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Let my enemy be as the ungodly: and my adversary as the wicked one. |
The king said to the Cushite, “Is it well with the young man Absalom?” And the Cushite answered, “May the enemies of my lord the king, and all who rise up against you for evil, be like that young man.”
I hold fast my righteousness, and will not let it go; my heart does not reproach me for any of my days.
For what is the hope of the godless when God cuts him off, when God takes away his life?
Oh, that I had one to hear me! (Here is my signature! let the Almighty answer me!) Oh, that I had the indictment written by my adversary!
Then Daniel, whose name was Belteshazzar, was dismayed for a moment, and his thoughts alarmed him. The king said, “Belteshazzar, let not the dream or the interpretation alarm you.” Belteshazzar answered, “My lord, may the dream be for those who hate you and its interpretation for your enemies!
Now then, my lord, as the Lord lives, and as your soul lives, seeing the Lord has restrained you from bloodguilt, and from taking vengeance with your own hand, now then let your enemies and those who seek to do evil to my lord be as Nabal.