When Abram was ninety-nine years old, the Lord appeared to him, saying, ‘I am God Almighty. Live in my presence and be blameless.
Isaiah 57:2 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised He will enter into peace – they will rest on their beds – everyone who lives uprightly. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 He shall enter into peace: they shall rest in their beds, each one walking in his uprightness. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition He [in death] enters into peace; they rest in their beds, each one who walks straight and in his uprightness. American Standard Version (1901) He entereth into peace; they rest in their beds, each one that walketh in his uprightness. Common English Bible They will find peace; those who walk in straight paths will find rest on their burial beds. Catholic Public Domain Version Let peace arrive. Let he who has walked in his righteousness find rest on his bed. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Let peace come: let him rest in his bed that hath walked in his uprightness. |
When Abram was ninety-nine years old, the Lord appeared to him, saying, ‘I am God Almighty. Live in my presence and be blameless.
He was buried in his own tomb that he had made for himself in the city of David. They laid him out in a coffin that was full of spices and various mixtures of prepared ointments; then they made a great fire in his honour.
There the wicked cease to make trouble, and there the weary find rest.
and the dust returns to the earth as it once was, and the spirit returns to God who gave it.
The path of the righteous is level; you clear a straight path for the righteous.
This is what the Lord says: Stand by the roadways and look. Ask about the ancient paths, ‘Which is the way to what is good? ’ Then take it and find rest for yourselves. But they protested, ‘We won’t! ’
Among the slain they prepare a bed for Elam with all her hordes. Her graves are all around her. All of them are uncircumcised, slain by the sword, although their terror was once spread in the land of the living. They bear their disgrace with those who descend to the Pit. They are placed among the slain.
But as for you, go on your way to the end; you will rest, and then you will rise to receive your allotted inheritance at the end of the days.’
‘His master said to him, “Well done, good and faithful servant! You were faithful over a few things; I will put you in charge of many things. Share your master’s joy.”
Both were righteous in God’s sight, living blamelessly according to all the commands and requirements of the Lord.
One day the poor man died and was carried away by the angels to Abraham’s side. , The rich man also died and was buried.
For we know that if our earthly tent we live in is destroyed, we have a building from God, an eternal dwelling in the heavens, not made with hands.
In fact, we are confident, and we would prefer to be away from the body and at home with the Lord.
I am torn between the two. I long to depart and be with Christ #– #which is far better #– #
Then I heard a voice from heaven saying, ‘Write: Blessed are the dead who die in the Lord from now on.’ ‘Yes,’ says the Spirit, ‘so they will rest from their labours, since their works follow them.’