They buried Abner at Hebron. The king lifted up his voice and wept at the grave of Abner, and all the people wept.
Proverbs 24:17 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021 Do not rejoice when your enemies fall, and do not let your heart be glad when they stumble, More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Rejoice not when thine enemy falleth, And let not thine heart be glad when he stumbleth: Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Rejoice not when your enemy falls, and let not your heart be glad when he stumbles or is overthrown, American Standard Version (1901) Rejoice not when thine enemy falleth, And let not thy heart be glad when he is overthrown; Common English Bible When your enemies fall, don’t rejoice. When they stumble, don’t let your heart be glad, Catholic Public Domain Version When your enemy will fall, do not be glad, and do not let your heart exult in his ruin, Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version When thy enemy shall fall, be not glad, and in his ruin let not thy heart rejoice: |
They buried Abner at Hebron. The king lifted up his voice and wept at the grave of Abner, and all the people wept.
“If I have rejoiced at the ruin of those who hated me or exulted when evil overtook them—
But at my stumbling they gathered in glee; they gathered together against me; ruffians whom I did not know tore at me without ceasing;
Do not let my treacherous enemies rejoice over me or those who hate me without cause wink the eye.
As with a deadly wound in my body, my adversaries taunt me, while they say to me continually, “Where is your God?”
Those who mock the poor insult their Maker; those who are glad at calamity will not go unpunished.
lest the Lord see it and be displeased and turn away his anger from them.
But you should not have gloated over your brother on the day of his misfortune; you should not have rejoiced over the people of Judah on the day of their ruin; you should not have boasted on the day of distress.
Do not rejoice over me, my enemies; when I fall, I shall rise; when I sit in darkness, the Lord will be a light to me.
And when their hearts were merry, they said, “Call Samson, and let him entertain us.” So they called Samson out of the prison, and he performed for them. They made him stand between the pillars,