It may be that the Lord will look on my distress, and the Lord will repay me with good for this cursing of me today.”
Proverbs 26:2 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021 Like a sparrow in its flitting, like a swallow in its flying, an undeserved curse goes nowhere. More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 As the bird by wandering, as the swallow by flying, So the curse causeless shall not come. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Like the sparrow in her wandering, like the swallow in her flying, so the causeless curse does not alight. [Num. 23:8.] American Standard Version (1901) As the sparrow in her wandering, as the swallow in her flying, So the curse that is causeless alighteth not. Common English Bible Like a darting sparrow, like a flying swallow, so an undeserved curse never arrives. Catholic Public Domain Version Like a bird flying away to another place, and like a sparrow that hurries away freely, so also a curse uttered against someone without cause will pass away. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version As a bird flying to other places, and a sparrow going here or there: so a curse uttered without cause shall come upon a man. |
It may be that the Lord will look on my distress, and the Lord will repay me with good for this cursing of me today.”
The Lord has avenged on all of you the blood of the house of Saul, in whose place you have reigned, and the Lord has given the kingdom into the hand of your son Absalom. See, disaster has overtaken you, for you are a man of blood.”
because they did not meet the Israelites with bread and water but hired Balaam against them to curse them—yet our God turned the curse into a blessing.
Let them curse, but you will bless. Let my assailants be put to shame; may your servant be glad.
Like fluttering birds, like scattered nestlings, so are the daughters of Moab at the fords of the Arnon.
How can I curse whom God has not cursed? How can I denounce those whom the Lord has not denounced?
The Philistine said to David, “Am I a dog, that you come to me with sticks?” And the Philistine cursed David by his gods.