The righteousness of the blameless keeps their ways straight, but the wicked fall by their own wickedness.
Judges 20:41 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021 Then the main body of Israel turned, and the Benjaminites were dismayed, for they saw that disaster was close upon them. More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And when the men of Israel turned again, the men of Benjamin were amazed: for they saw that evil was come upon them. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition When the men of Israel turned back again, the men of Benjamin were dismayed, for they saw that disaster had come upon them. American Standard Version (1901) And the men of Israel turned, and the men of Benjamin were dismayed; for they saw that evil was come upon them. Common English Bible The main force of the Israelites turned around, and the Benjaminites lost heart, because they recognized that disaster had fallen on them. Catholic Public Domain Version And those who before had pretended to flee, turning their faces, withstood them more strongly. And when the sons of Benjamin had seen this, they turned their backs in flight, Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version They that before had made as if they fled, turning their faces, stood bravely against them. Which the children of Benjamin seeing, turned their backs, |
The righteousness of the blameless keeps their ways straight, but the wicked fall by their own wickedness.
The righteousness of the upright saves them, but the treacherous are taken captive by their schemes.
In the transgression of the evil there is a snare, but the righteous sing and rejoice.
The iniquities of the wicked ensnare them, and they are caught in the coils of their sin.
The sinners in Zion are afraid; trembling has seized the godless: “Who among us can live with the devouring fire? Who among us can live with everlasting flames?”
People will faint from fear and foreboding of what is coming upon the world, for the powers of the heavens will be shaken.
When they say, “There is peace and security,” then sudden destruction will come upon them, as labor pains come upon a pregnant woman, and there will be no escape!
So when the men of Ai looked back, the smoke of the city was rising to the sky. They had no power to flee this way or that, for the people who fled to the wilderness turned back against the pursuers.
These people, however, are like irrational animals, mere creatures of instinct, born to be caught and killed. They slander what they do not understand, and as those creatures are destroyed, they also will be destroyed,