Elisha went from that city to Bethel. Elisha was walking up the hill to the city, and some boys were coming down out of the city. They began making fun of Elisha. They said to him, “Go up, you bald headed man! Go up, you bald headed man!”
Job 30:1 - Easy To Read Version But now, even the men who are younger than I am are making fun of me.\par And their fathers were so worthless\par that I wouldn’t put them with the dogs\par guarding my sheep.\par Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 But now they that are younger than I have me in derision, Whose fathers I would have disdained to have set with the dogs of my flock. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition BUT NOW they who are younger than I have me in derision, whose fathers I disdained to set with the dogs of my flock. American Standard Version (1901) But now they that are younger than I have me in derision, Whose fathers I disdained to set with the dogs of my flock. Common English Bible But now those younger than I mock me, whose fathers I refused to put beside my sheepdogs. Catholic Public Domain Version But now, those younger in years scorn me, whose fathers I would not have seen fit to place with the dogs of my flock, Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version But now the younger in time scorn me, whose fathers I would not have set with the dogs of my flock. |
Elisha went from that city to Bethel. Elisha was walking up the hill to the city, and some boys were coming down out of the city. They began making fun of Elisha. They said to him, “Go up, you bald headed man! Go up, you bald headed man!”
“My friends laugh at me now.\par They say,\par ‘He prayed to God,\par and he got his answer.\par \{That is why all these bad things\par happened to him.\}’\par
The fathers of those young men\par are too weak to help me.\par They are old and tired—their muscles\par are not hard and strong any more.\par
People who think they are better than me\par insulted me constantly.\par But I did not stop following your teachings.\par
They talk about me in public places.\par The beer drinkers make up songs about me.\par
Every person will be against every other person. Young people will not respect older people. Common people will not respect the important people.”
Some of the people there spit at Jesus. They covered Jesus’ eyes and hit him with their fists. They said, “Be a prophet {\cf2\super [221]} and tell us who hit you!” Then the guards led Jesus away and beat him.
Pilate said to them, “You brought this man (Jesus) to me. You said that he was trying to change the people. But I judged him before you all. I found no wrong that he had done. Jesus is not guilty of the things you say.
The people stood there watching \{Jesus\}. The Jewish leaders laughed at Jesus. They said, “If he is God’s Chosen One, the Christ, {\cf2\super [378]} then let him save himself. He saved other people, didn’t he?”
One of the criminals began to shout very bad things at Jesus: “Aren’t you the Christ {\cf2\super [379]} ? Then save yourself! And save us too!”
But the Jews \{that did not believe\} became jealous. They hired some bad men from the city. These bad men gathered many people and made trouble in the city. They went to Jason’s house, looking for Paul and Silas. They wanted to bring Paul and Silas out before the people.
Even one of their own prophets (teachers) \{from Crete\} said, “Cretan people are always liars. They are evil animals and lazy people who do nothing but eat.”