“Be strong, and let us show strength for our people and for the cities of our Elohim, and let יהוה do what is good in His eyes.”
2 Samuel 15:26 - The Scriptures 1998 “But if He says thus, ‘I have not delighted in you,’ here I am, let Him do to me as seems good in His eyes.” More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 but if he thus say, I have no delight in thee; behold, here am I, let him do to me as seemeth good unto him. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition But if He says, I have no delight in you, then here I am; let Him do to me what seems good to Him. American Standard Version (1901) but if he say thus, I have no delight in thee; behold, here am I, let him do to me as seemeth good unto him. Common English Bible But if God says, ‘I’m not pleased with you,’ then I am ready. Let him do to me whatever pleases him.” Catholic Public Domain Version But if he will say to me, 'You are not pleasing,' I am ready. Let him do whatever is good in his own sight." Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version But if he shall say to me: Thou pleasest me not: I am ready. Let him do that which is good before him. |
“Be strong, and let us show strength for our people and for the cities of our Elohim, and let יהוה do what is good in His eyes.”
“For all of my father’s house were but dead men before my master the sovereign. Yet you set your servant among those who eat at your own table. Therefore what right have I still to cry out any more to the sovereign?”
“And He brought me out into a large place, He delivered me for He delighted in me.
“Blessed be יהוה your Elohim, who delighted in you, to put you on the throne of Yisra’ĕ
And it was evil in the eyes of Elohim, concerning this matter, and He smote Yisra’ĕ
“Blessed be יהוה your Elohim, who delighted in you, to put you on His throne to be sovereign for יהוה your Elohim! Because your Elohim has loved Yisra’ĕ
“See, My Servant whom I uphold, My Chosen One My being has delighted in! I have put My Spirit upon Him; He brings forth right-ruling to the nations.
No longer are you called “Forsaken,” and no longer is your land called “Deserted.” But you shall be called “Ḥ
“Is this man Konyahu a despised broken pot, or an undesirable vessel? Why are they hurled out, he and his descendants, and cast into a land which they do not know?
‘And I shall rejoice over them to do good to them, and shall plant them in this land in truth, with all My heart and with all My being.’
“If יהוה has delighted in us, then He shall bring us into this land and give it to us, ‘a land which is flowing with milk and honey.’
“And now, see, we are in your hands. Do with us as it seems good and right to do to us.”