Deuteronomy 25:18 - Easy To Read Version The Amalekites did not respect God. They attacked you when you were weak and tired. They killed all your people who were slow and walking behind everyone else. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 how he met thee by the way, and smote the hindmost of thee, even all that were feeble behind thee, when thou wast faint and weary; and he feared not God. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition How he did not fear God, but when you were faint and weary he attacked you along the way and cut off all the stragglers at your rear. [Exod. 17:14.] American Standard Version (1901) how he met thee by the way, and smote the hindmost of thee, all that were feeble behind thee, when thou wast faint and weary; and he feared not God. Common English Bible how he met up with you on the way, striking from behind those who were lagging back because you were weak and tired, and because he didn’t fear God. Catholic Public Domain Version how he met you and cut down the stragglers of the troops, who were sitting down, exhausted, when you were consumed by hunger and hardship, and how he did not fear God. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version How he met thee: and slew the hindmost of the army, who sat down, being weary, when thou wast spent with hunger and labour, and he feared not God. |
But the governors that ruled before me made life hard for the people. Those governors forced every person to pay 1 pound {\cf2\super [17]} of silver. They also made those people give them food and wine. The leaders under those governors also ruled over the people \{and made life even harder\}. But I respected and feared God, so I didn’t do things like that.
So I continued speaking. I said, “What you people are doing is not right! You know that you should fear and respect God. You should not do the shameful things other people do!
A bad person does a very bad thing\par when he says to himself,\par “I will not fear and respect God.”\par
At Rephidim the Amalekite people came and fought against the people of Israel.
True love and loyalty will make you pure. {\cf2\super [21]} Respect the Lord, and you will stay far away from evil.