Also I said, It is not good that ye do: ought ye not to walk in the fear of our God because of the reproach of the heathen our enemies?
Nehemiah 4:4 - King James Version with Apocrypha - American Edition Hear, O our God; for we are despised: and turn their reproach upon their own head, and give them for a prey in the land of captivity: More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Hear, O our God; for we are despised: and turn their reproach upon their own head, and give them for a prey in the land of captivity: Amplified Bible - Classic Edition [And Nehemiah prayed] Hear, O our God, for we are despised. Turn their taunts upon their own heads, and give them for a prey in a land of their captivity. American Standard Version (1901) Hear, O our God; for we are despised: and turn back their reproach upon their own head, and give them up for a spoil in a land of captivity; Common English Bible Listen, God; we are despised! Turn their insults to us back on their heads and make them like plunder in a captive land. Catholic Public Domain Version Listen, O our God, for we have become an object of contempt. Turn their reproach upon their own head, and grant that they may be despised in a land of captivity. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Hear thou our God, for we are despised. Turn their reproach upon their own head, and give them to be despised in a land of captivity. |
Also I said, It is not good that ye do: ought ye not to walk in the fear of our God because of the reproach of the heathen our enemies?
and render unto our neighbors sevenfold into their bosom their reproach, wherewith they have reproached thee, O Lord.
Let all their wickedness come before thee; and do unto them, as thou hast done unto me for all my transgressions: for my sighs are many, and my heart is faint.
E´phra-im provoked him to anger most bitterly: therefore shall he leave his blood upon him, and his reproach shall his Lord return unto him.
And David spake to the men that stood by him, saying, What shall be done to the man that killeth this Philistine, and taketh away the reproach from Israel? for who is this uncircumcised Philistine, that he should defy the armies of the living God?