1 Kings 2:6 - Easy To Read Version But you are the king now. So you should punish him in the way you think is the most wise. {But you must be sure that he is killed.} Don’t let him die peacefully of old age! Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Do therefore according to thy wisdom, and let not his hoar head go down to the grave in peace. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Do therefore according to your wisdom, but let not his hoary head go down to Sheol (the place of the dead) in peace. American Standard Version (1901) Do therefore according to thy wisdom, and let not his hoar head go down to Sheol in peace. Common English Bible So act wisely: Don’t allow him to die a peaceful death. Catholic Public Domain Version Therefore, act according to your wisdom. And you shall not allow his gray head to be led away to death in peace. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Do therefore according to thy wisdom: and let not his hoary head go down to hell in peace. |
But Jacob said, “I will not let Benjamin go with you. His brother is dead, and he is the only son left from my wife Rachel. It would kill me if anything happened to him during the trip to Egypt. You would send me to the grave [244] a very sad, old man.”
I will demand your blood for your lives. That is, I will demand the life of any animal that kills a person. And I will demand the life of any person who takes another person’s life.
“God made people as a copy of himself. So any person who kills a person must be killed by a person.
And it was on the very same day that I was anointed [20] to be the king. These sons of Zeruiah have caused me a lot of trouble. I hope the Lord gives these men the punishment they deserve.”
“Be kind to the children of Barzillai of Gilead. Let them be your friends and eat at your table. They helped me when I ran away from your brother Absalom.
Now, don’t leave him unpunished. You are a wise man. You will know what you must do to him. But don’t let him die peacefully of old age.”
So, I will give you the thing you asked. I will make you wise and intelligent. I will make your wisdom so great, that there has never in the past been anyone like you. And in the future, there will never be anyone like you.
‘I will bring you to be with your ancestors. [276] You will die and go to your grave in peace. So your eyes will not see all the trouble that I am bringing on this place (Jerusalem).’”
Be pure and honest.\par Peace loving people\par will have many descendants.\par
A wise king will decide which people are evil. And that king will punish those people.
If a person is guilty of killing another person, then that person will never have peace. Don’t support that person.
Sometimes people are not immediately punished for the bad things they do. Their punishment is slow to come. And that makes other people want to do bad things too.
But peace will come,\par and the people will rest in their\par own beds.\par They will live the way God wants them to.\par
There will never be a child from that city,\par that is born and lives only a few days.\par No person from that city will die\par after only a short life.\par Every child will live a long life,\par and every older person will live\par for a long, long time.\par A person that lives 100 years\par will be called young.\par And people will think a person was cursed\par if he does not live to be 100 years old.\par
“Don’t let your land be ruined with innocent blood. If a person murders someone, then the only payment for that crime is that the murderer must be killed! There is no other payment that will free the land from that crime.