Why then hast thou not kept the oath of the LORD, and the commandment that I have charged thee with?
1 Kings 2:44 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895 The king said moreover to Shimei, Thou knowest all the wickedness which thine heart is privy to, that thou didst to David my father: therefore the LORD shall return thy wickedness upon thine own head. More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 The king said moreover to Shimei, Thou knowest all the wickedness which thine heart is privy to, that thou didst to David my father: therefore the LORD shall return thy wickedness upon thine own head; Amplified Bible - Classic Edition The king also said to Shimei, You are aware in your own heart of all the evil you did to my father David; so the Lord will return your evil upon your own head. American Standard Version (1901) The king said moreover to Shimei, Thou knowest all the wickedness which thy heart is privy to, that thou didst to David my father: therefore Jehovah shall return thy wickedness upon thine own head. Common English Bible The king said further, “You know quite well all the evil that you did to my father David. May the LORD return your evil on your own head. Catholic Public Domain Version And the king said to Shimei: "You know all the evil, of which your heart is conscious, which you did to David, my father. The Lord has repaid your wickedness upon your own head." Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And the king said to Semei: Thou knowest all the evil, of which thy heart is conscious, which thou didst to David my father. The Lord hath returned thy wickedness upon thy own head. |
Why then hast thou not kept the oath of the LORD, and the commandment that I have charged thee with?
Now when Athaliah the mother of Ahaziah saw that her son was dead, she arose and destroyed all the seed royal.
Then he brought out the king's son, and put the crown upon him, and gave him the testimony; and they made him king, and anointed him; and they clapped their hands, and said, God save the king.
This is the reward of mine adversaries from the LORD, And of them that speak evil against my soul.
His mischief shall return upon his own head, And his violence shall come down upon his own pate.
His own iniquities shall take the wicked, And he shall be holden with the cords of his sin.
Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD As I live, surely mine oath that he hath despised, and my covenant that he hath broken, I will even bring it upon his own head.
And it shall be, like people, like priest: and I will punish them for their ways, and will reward them their doings.
And they, when they heard it, went out one by one, beginning from the eldest, even unto the last: and Jesus was left alone, and the woman, where she was, in the midst.
in that they shew the work of the law written in their hearts, their conscience bearing witness therewith, and their thoughts one with another accusing or else excusing them;
whereinsoever our heart condemn us; because God is greater than our heart, and knoweth all things.
And when David heard that Nabal was dead, he said, Blessed be the LORD, that hath pleaded the cause of my reproach from the hand of Nabal, and hath kept back his servant from evil: and the evil-doing of Nabal hath the LORD returned upon his own head. And David sent and spake concerning Abigail, to take her to him to wife.