Abraham stepped forward and said, ‘Will you really sweep away the righteous with the wicked?
2 Samuel 20:19 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised I am one of the peaceful and faithful in Israel, but you’re trying to destroy a city that is like a mother in Israel. Why would you devour the Lord’s inheritance? ’ Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 I am one of them that are peaceable and faithful in Israel: thou seekest to destroy a city and a mother in Israel: why wilt thou swallow up the inheritance of the LORD? Amplified Bible - Classic Edition I am one of the peaceable and faithful in Israel. You seek to destroy a city which is a mother in Israel. Why will you swallow up the inheritance of the Lord? American Standard Version (1901) I am of them that are peaceable and faithful in Israel: thou seekest to destroy a city and a mother in Israel: why wilt thou swallow up the inheritance of Jehovah? Common English Bible I am one of the peaceful and faithful in Israel, but you are trying to kill a city that is one of Israel’s mothers! Why would you annihilate the LORD’s inheritance?” Catholic Public Domain Version Am I not the one who responds with the truth in Israel? And yet you are seeking to overthrow the city, and to overturn a mother in Israel! Why would you cast down the inheritance of the Lord?" Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Am not I she that answer truth in Israel? And thou seekest to destroy the city, and to overthrow a mother in Israel? Why wilt thou throw down the inheritance of the Lord? |
Abraham stepped forward and said, ‘Will you really sweep away the righteous with the wicked?
The king will surely listen in order to keep his servant from the grasp of this man who would eliminate both me and my son from God’s inheritance.
Now send someone quickly and tell David, “Don’t spend the night at the wilderness ford, but be sure to cross over the Jordan, , or the king and all the people with him will be devoured.” ’
She said, ‘In the past they used to say, “Seek counsel in Abel,” and that’s how they settled disputes.
He asked the Gibeonites, ‘What should I do for you? How can I make atonement so that you will bring a blessing on the Lord’s inheritance? ’
For you, Lord God, have set them apart as your inheritance from all peoples of the earth, as you spoke through your servant Moses when you brought our ancestors out of Egypt.
‘King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon has devoured me; he has crushed me. He has set me aside like an empty dish; he has swallowed me like a sea monster; he filled his belly with my delicacies; he has vomited me out.
I will punish Bel in Babylon. I will make him vomit what he swallowed. The nations will no longer stream to him; even Babylon’s wall will fall.
All your enemies open their mouths against you. They hiss and gnash their teeth, saying, ‘We have swallowed her up. This is the day we have waited for! We have lived to see it.’
Without compassion the Lord has swallowed up all the dwellings of Jacob. In his wrath he has demolished the fortified cities of Daughter Judah. He brought them to the ground and defiled the kingdom and its leaders.
The Lord is like an enemy; he has swallowed up Israel. He swallowed up all its palaces and destroyed its fortified cities. He has multiplied mourning and lamentation within Daughter Judah.
The earth opened its mouth and swallowed them and their households, all Korah’s people, and all their possessions.
The earth opened its mouth and swallowed them with Korah, when his followers died and the fire consumed 250 men. They serve as a warning sign.
When this corruptible body is clothed with incorruptibility, and this mortal body is clothed with immortality, then the saying that is written will take place: Death has been swallowed up in victory. ,
Indeed, we groan while we are in this tent, burdened as we are, because we do not want to be unclothed but clothed, so that mortality may be swallowed up by life.
‘When you approach a city to fight against it, make an offer of peace.
for kings and all those who are in authority, so that we may lead a tranquil and quiet life in all godliness and dignity.
Villages were deserted, they were deserted in Israel, until I, Deborah, arose, a mother in Israel.
Samuel took the flask of oil, poured it out on Saul’s head, kissed him, and said, ‘Hasn’t the Lord anointed you ruler over his inheritance? ,
Now, may my lord the king please hear the words of his servant: If it is the Lord who has incited you against me, then may he accept an offering. But if it is people, may they be cursed in the presence of the Lord, for today they have banished me from sharing in the inheritance of the Lord, saying, “Go and worship other gods.”