And the woman said to Elijah, “You are a man of God. [194] Can you help me? Or did you come here only to cause me to remember all of my sins? Did you come here only to cause my son to die?”
Job 13:26 - Easy To Read Version God, you say bitter things against me.\par Are you making me suffer\par for the sins I did when I was young.\par Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 For thou writest bitter things against me, And makest me to possess the iniquities of my youth. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition For You write bitter things against me [in Your bill of indictment] and make me inherit and be accountable now for the iniquities of my youth. American Standard Version (1901) For thou writest bitter things against me, And makest me to inherit the iniquities of my youth: Common English Bible You even write bitter things about me, make me inherit my youthful indiscretions. Catholic Public Domain Version For you write bitter things against me, and you want to consume me for the sins of my youth. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version For thou writest bitter things against me, and wilt consume me for the sins of my youth. |
And the woman said to Elijah, “You are a man of God. [194] Can you help me? Or did you come here only to cause me to remember all of my sins? Did you come here only to cause my son to die?”
When he was young his bones were strong,\par but, like the rest of his body,\par they soon will lie in the dirt.\par
“Why must a suffering person\par continue to live?\par Why give life to a person\par whose soul is bitter?\par
God would’t let me catch my breath again.\par He would just give me more trouble.\par
Don’t remember the sins and bad things\par that I did when I was young.\par For your good name, Lord,\par remember me with love.\par
Lord, I wandered away from you.\par But I learned about the bad things I did.\par So I changed my heart and life.\par I am ashamed and embarrassed about the foolish things I did when I was young.’\par
Later Jesus found the man at the temple. {\cf2\super [78]} Jesus said to him, “See, you are well now. But stop sinning or something worse may happen to you!”
But Naomi told the people, “Don’t call me Naomi, [4] call me Marah. [5] Use this name because {God} All-Powerful has made my life very sad.