“Now look! You have put your trust in the staff of this crushed reed, Mitsrayim, on which if a man leans, it shall go into his hand and pierce it. So is Pharaoh sovereign of Mitsrayim to all who trust in him.
Matthew 12:20 - The Scriptures 1998 “A crushed reed He shall not break, and smoking flax He shall not quench, till He brings forth right-ruling forever. More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 A bruised reed shall he not break, And smoking flax shall he not quench, Till he send forth judgment unto victory. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition A bruised reed He will not break, and a smoldering (dimly burning) wick He will not quench, till He brings justice and a just cause to victory. American Standard Version (1901) A bruised reed shall he not break, And smoking flax shall he not quench, Till he send forth judgment unto victory. Common English Bible He won’t break a bent stalk, and he won’t snuff out a smoldering wick, until he makes justice win. Catholic Public Domain Version He shall not crush the bruised reed, and he shall not extinguish the smoking wick, until he sends forth judgment unto victory. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version The bruised reed he shall not break: and smoking flax he shall not extinguish: till he send forth judgment unto victory. |
“Now look! You have put your trust in the staff of this crushed reed, Mitsrayim, on which if a man leans, it shall go into his hand and pierce it. So is Pharaoh sovereign of Mitsrayim to all who trust in him.
The slaughterings of Elohim are a broken spirit, A heart broken and crushed, O Elohim, These You do not despise.
He feeds His flock like a shepherd, He gathers the lambs with His arm, and carries them in His bosom, gently leading those who are with young.
For thus declares the high and exalted One who dwells forever, whose Name is set-apart, “I dwell in the high and set-apart place, with him who has a bruised and humble spirit, to revive the spirit of the humble, and to revive the heart of bruised ones.
“I shall seek out the lost and bring back the strayed. And I shall bind up the broken and strengthen what was sick, but the fat and the strong I shall destroy. I shall feed them with right-ruling.”
“Come to Me, all you who labour and are burdened, and I shall give you rest.
And as these were going, יהושע began to say to the crowds concerning Yoḥ
“The Spirit of יהוה is upon Me, because He has anointed Me to bring the Good News to the poor. He has sent Me to heal the broken-hearted, to proclaim release to the captives and recovery of sight to the blind, to send away crushed ones with a release,
But thanks be to Elohim who always leads us on, to overcome in Messiah, and manifests through us the fragrance of His knowledge in every place.
so that, on the contrary, you should rather forgive and comfort, lest somehow such a one be swallowed up with too much sadness.
And I looked and saw a white horse , and he who sat on it holding a bow. And a crown was given to him, and he went out overcoming and to overcome.