2 Samuel 16:12 - The Scriptures 2009

¹² “If so be, יהוה does look on my affliction, and יהוה shall return good to me for his cursing today.”

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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

And as Dawiḏ and his men went in the way, Shim‛i walked alongside him on the hillside, and cursed as he went, and threw stones at him and kicked up dust.

2 Kings 19:4

It could be that יהוה your Elohim does hear all the words of the Raḇshaqĕh, whom his master the sovereign of Ashshur has sent to reproach the living Elohim, and shall rebuke the words which יהוה your Elohim has heard. Therefore lift up your prayer for the remnant that is left.’ ”

Psalm 10:14

Rĕsh You have seen it, for You observe trouble and grief, To repay with Your hand. The poor commits himself to You; You are the helper of the fatherless.

Psalm 109:28

Let them curse, but You bless. They shall arise, but be ashamed, And let Your servant rejoice.

Psalm 132:1

O יהוה, remember Dawiḏ, All his afflictions;

Psalm 25:18

Rĕsh Look on my affliction and my toil, And forgive all my sins.

Proverbs 25:22

For you are heaping coals of fire on his head, And יהוה rewards you.

Proverbs 26:2

As a bird wanders, as a swallow flies about, So a curse without cause does not come.

Isaiah 27:7

Has He smitten him as he struck the ones who were striking him? Or as a killer – was he killed as he was killing?

Joel 2:14

Who knows – He might turn and relent, and leave a blessing behind Him, a grain offering and a drink offering for יהוה your Elohim?

Romans 8:28

And we know that all matters work together for good to those who love Elohim, to those who are called according to his purpose.

2 Corinthians 4:17

For this slight momentary pressure is working for us a far more exceeding and everlasting weight of esteem.

Deuteronomy 23:5

“But יהוה your Elohim refused to listen to Bil‛am, and יהוה your Elohim turned the curse into a blessing for you, because יהוה your Elohim loves you.

Deuteronomy 23:6

“Do not seek their peace nor their good, all your days, forever.

2 Thessalonians 1:7

and to give you who are afflicted rest with us when the Master יהושע is revealed from heaven with His mighty messengers,

Hebrews 12:10

For they indeed disciplined us for a few days as seemed best to them, but He does it for our profit, so that we might share His apartness.

1 Samuel 1:11

And she made a vow and said, “O יהוה of hosts, if You would indeed look on the affliction of your female servant and remember me, and not forget your female servant, but shall give your female servant a male child, then I shall give him to יהוה all the days of his life, and let no razor come upon his head.”