But evil people say to God,\par ‘Leave us alone!\par We don’t care what you want us to do!’\par
Job 34:27 - Easy To Read Version Why? Because the bad people\par stopped obeying God.\par And those bad people didn’t care\par about doing what God wants.\par Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Because they turned back from him, And would not consider any of his ways: Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Because they turned aside from Him and would not consider or show regard for any of His ways, [I Sam. 15:11.] American Standard Version (1901) Because they turned aside from following him, And would not have regard in any of his ways: Common English Bible Because they turned from following him and didn’t value all his ways, Catholic Public Domain Version They, as if with great diligence, have withdrawn from him, and they refused to understand all his ways, Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Who as it were on purpose have revolted from him, and would not understand all his ways: |
But evil people say to God,\par ‘Leave us alone!\par We don’t care what you want us to do!’\par
If a person is wise,\par he will remember these things.\par Then he will begin to understand\par what God’s love really is.\par
Evil people do crooked things.\par The Lord will punish those evil people.\par
Bad people don’t understand the good things the Lord does.\par They don’t see the good things God does.\par No, they don’t understand;\par they only try to destroy.\par
If a person begins to live wrong, then he will be punished. And the person that hates to be corrected will be destroyed.
But all criminals and sinners will be destroyed. (They are the people that don’t follow the Lord.)
A cow knows its master.\par And a donkey knows the place where its owner feeds it.\par But the people of Israel don’t know me.\par My people don’t understand.”\par
You party with your wine, harps, {\cf2\super [52]} drums, flutes, and other musical instruments. And you don’t see the things the Lord has done. The Lord’s hands have made many, many things—but you don’t notice those things. So, it will be very bad for you people.
This trouble is your own fault!\par The Lord your God\par was leading you the right way, {\cf2\super [10]} \par but you turned away from him.\par
Some people turned away from the Lord. They quit following me. Those people stopped asking the Lord for help. So I will remove those people from that place.”
But \{on their first trip\} John Mark had left them at Pamphylia; he did not continue with them in the work. So Paul did not think it was a good idea to take him.
Demas loved this world too much. That is why he left me. He went to Thessalonica. Crescens went to Galatia. And Titus went to Dalmatia.
But we are not those people who turn back and are lost. No. We are the people who have faith and are saved.
The Lord said, “Saul has stopped following me. So I am sorry that I made Saul king. He is not doing what I tell him.” Samuel became angry and cried to the Lord all night.