let it fall upon the head of Joab, and upon all his father's house; and let there not fail from the house of Joab one that hath an issue, or that is a leper, or that leaneth on a staff, or that falleth by the sword, or that lacketh bread.
Psalm 7:17 - American Standard Version 2015 I will give thanks unto Jehovah according to his righteousness,\par\tab And will sing praise to the name of Jehovah Most High.\par Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 I will praise the LORD according to his righteousness: And will sing praise to the name of the LORD most high. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition I will give to the Lord the thanks due to His rightness and justice, and I will sing praise to the name of the Lord Most High. American Standard Version (1901) I will give thanks unto Jehovah according to his righteousness, And will sing praise to the name of Jehovah Most High. Common English Bible But I will thank the LORD for his righteousness; I will sing praises to the name of the LORD Most High. Catholic Public Domain Version His sorrow will be turned upon his own head, and his iniquity will descend upon his highest point. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version His sorrow shall be turned on his own head: and his iniquity shall come down upon his crown. |
let it fall upon the head of Joab, and upon all his father's house; and let there not fail from the house of Joab one that hath an issue, or that is a leper, or that leaneth on a staff, or that falleth by the sword, or that lacketh bread.
And Jehovah will return his blood upon his own head, because he fell upon two men more righteous and better than he, and slew them with the sword, and my father David knew it not, to wit, Abner the son of Ner, captain of the host of Israel, and Amasa the son of Jether, captain of the host of Judah.
but when {\i the matter} came before the king, he commanded by letters that his wicked device, which he had devised against the Jews, should return upon his own head, and that he and his sons should be hanged on the gallows.\par
His work is honor and majesty;\par\tab And his righteousness endureth for ever.
Let burning coals fall upon them:\par\tab Let them be cast into the fire,\par\tab Into deep pits, whence they shall not rise.
They shall utter the memory of thy great goodness,\par\tab And shall sing of thy righteousness.
And my tongue shall talk of thy righteousness\par\tab {\i And} of thy praise all the day long.\par
Deliver me from bloodguiltiness, O God, thou God of my salvation;\par\tab {\i And} my tongue shall sing aloud of thy righteousness.
I will be glad and exult in thee;\par\tab I will sing praise to thy name, O thou Most High.
{\b A Psalm, a Song for the sabbath day.}\par\par\tab It is a good thing to give thanks unto Jehovah,\par\tab And to sing praises unto thy name, O Most High;
Jehovah hath made known his salvation:\par\tab His righteousness hath he openly showed in the sight of the nations.
The sentence is by the decree of the watchers, and the demand by the word of the holy ones; to the intent that the living may know that the Most High ruleth in the kingdom of men, and giveth it to whomsoever he will, and setteth up over it the lowest of men.
that thou shalt be driven from men, and thy dwelling shall be with the beasts of the field, and thou shalt be made to eat grass as oxen, and shalt be wet with the dew of heaven, and seven times shall pass over thee; till thou know that the Most High ruleth in the kingdom of men, and giveth it to whomsoever he will.
And at the end of the days I, Nebuchadnezzar, lifted up mine eyes unto heaven, and mine understanding returned unto me, and I blessed the Most High, and I praised and honored him that liveth for ever; for his dominion is an everlasting dominion, and his kingdom from generation to generation;
Howbeit the Most High dwelleth not in {\i houses} made with hands; as saith the prophet,
that the violence done to the threescore and ten sons of Jerubbaal might come, and that their blood might be laid upon Abimelech their brother, who slew them, and upon the men of Shechem, who strengthened his hands to slay his brethren.
and all the wickedness of the men of Shechem did God requite upon their heads: and upon them came the curse of Jotham the son of Jerubbaal.