Then Zedekiah the son of Chenaanah came near and struck Micaiah on the cheek, and said, “How did the Spirit of the Lord go from me to speak to you?”
Job 15:11 - Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI) Are the consolations of God too small for you, or the word that deals gently with you? Flere versionerKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Are the consolations of God small with thee? Is there any secret thing with thee? Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Are God's consolations [as we have interpreted them to you] too trivial for you? Is there any secret thing (any bosom sin) which you have not given up? [Or] were we too gentle [in our first speech] toward you to be effective? American Standard Version (1901) Are the consolations of God too small for thee, Even the word that is gentle toward thee? Common English Bible Are God’s comforts not enough for you, a word spoken gently with you? Catholic Public Domain Version Is it so important that God should console you? But your own depraved words prevent this. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Is it a great matter that God should comfort thee? But thy wicked words hinder this. |
Then Zedekiah the son of Chenaanah came near and struck Micaiah on the cheek, and said, “How did the Spirit of the Lord go from me to speak to you?”
Have you listened in the council of God? And do you limit wisdom to yourself?
I have not departed from the commandment of his lips; I have treasured in my bosom the words of his mouth.
He delivers the afflicted by their affliction, and opens their ear by adversity.
He also allured you out of distress into a broad place where there was no cramping, and what was set on your table was full of fatness.
This would be my consolation; I would even exult in pain unsparing; for I have not denied the words of the Holy One.