2 Samuel 16:12 - New Revised Standard Version

¹² 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.”

More versions

King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹² It may be that the LORD will look on mine affliction, and that the LORD will requite me good for his cursing this day.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹² It may be that the Lord will look on the iniquity done me and will recompense me with good for his cursing this day.

American Standard Version (1901)

¹² It may be that Jehovah will look on the wrong done unto me, and that Jehovah will requite me good for his cursing of me this day.

Common English Bible

¹² Perhaps the LORD will see my distress; perhaps the LORD will repay me with good for this cursing today.”

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹² Perhaps the Lord may look with favor upon my affliction, and the Lord may repay me good, in place of the cursing of this day."

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

¹² Perhaps the Lord may look upon my affliction, and the Lord may render me good for the cursing of this day.

2 Samuel 16:12 Cross References

2 Samuel 16:13

So David and his men went on the road, while Shimei went along on the hillside opposite him and cursed as he went, throwing stones and flinging dust at him.

2 Kings 19:4

It may be that the Lord your God heard all the words of the Rabshakeh, whom his master the king of Assyria has sent to mock the living God, and will rebuke the words that the Lord your God has heard; therefore lift up your prayer for the remnant that is left.”

Psalm 10:14

But you do see! Indeed you note trouble and grief, that you may take it into your hands; the helpless commit themselves to you; you have been the helper of the orphan.

Psalm 109:28

Let them curse, but you will bless. Let my assailants be put to shame; may your servant be glad.

Psalm 132:1

O Lord, remember in David's favor all the hardships he endured;

Psalm 25:18

Consider my affliction and my trouble, and forgive all my sins.

Proverbs 25:22

for you will heap coals of fire on their heads, and the Lord will reward you.

Proverbs 26:2

Like a sparrow in its flitting, like a swallow in its flying, an undeserved curse goes nowhere.

Isaiah 27:7

Has he struck them down as he struck down those who struck them? Or have they been killed as their killers were killed?

Joel 2:14

Who knows whether he will not turn and relent, and leave a blessing behind him, a grain offering and a drink offering for the Lord, your God?

Romans 8:28

We know that all things work together for good for those who love God, who are called according to his purpose.

2 Corinthians 4:17

For this slight momentary affliction is preparing us for an eternal weight of glory beyond all measure,

Deuteronomy 23:5

(Yet the Lord your God refused to heed Balaam; the Lord your God turned the curse into a blessing for you, because the Lord your God loved you.)

Deuteronomy 23:6

You shall never promote their welfare or their prosperity as long as you live.

2 Thessalonians 1:7

and to give relief to the afflicted as well as to us, when the Lord Jesus is revealed from heaven with his mighty angels

Hebrews 12:10

For they disciplined us for a short time as seemed best to them, but he disciplines us for our good, in order that we may share his holiness.

1 Samuel 1:11

She made this vow: “O Lord of hosts, if only you will look on the misery of your servant, and remember me, and not forget your servant, but will give to your servant a male child, then I will set him before you as a nazirite until the day of his death. He shall drink neither wine nor intoxicants, and no razor shall touch his head.”