When thou with rebukes dost correct man for iniquity,\par\tab Thou makest his beauty to consume away like a moth:\par\tab Surely every man is vanity. {\i Selah\par
2 Peter 2:16 - American Standard Version 2015 but he was rebuked for his own transgression: a dumb ass spake with man's voice and stayed the madness of the prophet. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 but was rebuked for his iniquity: the dumb ass speaking with man's voice forbad the madness of the prophet. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition But he was rebuked for his own transgression when a dumb beast of burden spoke with human voice and checked the prophet's madness. [Num. 22:21-31.] American Standard Version (1901) but he was rebuked for his own transgression: a dumb ass spake with man’s voice and stayed the madness of the prophet. Common English Bible But Balaam was rebuked for his wrongdoing. A donkey, which has no voice, spoke with a human voice and put a stop to the prophet’s madness. Catholic Public Domain Version Yet truly, he had a correction of his madness: the mute animal under the yoke, which, by speaking with a human voice, forbid the folly of the prophet. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version But had a check of his madness, the dumb beast used to the yoke, which speaking with man's voice, forbade the folly of the prophet. |
When thou with rebukes dost correct man for iniquity,\par\tab Thou makest his beauty to consume away like a moth:\par\tab Surely every man is vanity. {\i Selah\par
I turned about, and my heart {\i was set} to know and to search out, and to seek wisdom and the reason {\i of things}, and to know that wickedness is folly, and that foolishness is madness.
This is an evil in all that is done under the sun, that there is one event unto all: yea also, the heart of the sons of men is full of evil, and madness is in their heart while they live, and after that {\i they go} to the dead.
The days of visitation are come, the days of recompense are come; Israel shall know it: the prophet is a fool, the man that hath the spirit is mad, for the abundance of thine iniquity, and because the enmity is great.
If therefore ye have not been faithful in the unrighteous mammon, who will commit to your trust the true {\i riches}?
And punishing them oftentimes in all the synagogues, I strove to make them blaspheme; and being exceedingly mad against them, I persecuted them even unto foreign cities.