When a person’s ways please the Lord, he makes even his enemies to be at peace with him.
Jeremiah 39:12 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised ‘Take him and look after him. Don’t do him any harm, but do for him whatever he says.’ Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Take him, and look well to him, and do him no harm; but do unto him even as he shall say unto thee. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Take him and look after him well; do him no harm but deal with him as he may ask of you. American Standard Version (1901) Take him, and look well to him, and do him no harm; but do unto him even as he shall say unto thee. Common English Bible “Find Jeremiah and look after him; don’t harm him but do whatever he asks from you.” Catholic Public Domain Version "Take him, and set your eyes on him, and you shall do no harm to him at all. But as he is willing, so shall you do with him." Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Take him and set thy eyes upon him and do him no harm: but as he hath a mind, so do with him. |
When a person’s ways please the Lord, he makes even his enemies to be at peace with him.
A king’s heart is like channelled water in the Lord’s hand: He directs it wherever he chooses.
As soon as your eyes fly to it, it disappears, for it makes wings for itself and flies like an eagle to the sky.
The Lord said: Haven’t I set you loose for your own good? Haven’t I punished you in a time of trouble, in a time of distress with the enemy?
I will rescue you from the power of evil people and redeem you from the grasp of the ruthless.
I will keep my eyes on them for their good and will return them to this land. I will build them up and not demolish them; I will plant them and not uproot them.
Nebuzaradan, captain of the guards, Nebushazban the chief of staff, Nergal-sharezer the chief soothsayer, and all the captains of Babylon’s king
Now pay attention: Today I am setting you free from the chains that were on your hands. If it pleases you to come with me to Babylon, come, and I will take care of you. But if it seems wrong to you to come with me to Babylon, go no further. Look #– #the whole land is in front of you. Wherever it seems good and right for you to go, go there.’
And if they are driven by their enemies into captivity, from there I will command the sword to kill them. I will keep my eye on them for harm and not for good.
and rescued him out of all his troubles. He gave him favour and wisdom in the sight of Pharaoh, king of Egypt, who appointed him ruler over Egypt and over his whole household.