Maybe the Lord will see the wrong things that are happening to me. Then maybe the Lord will give me something good for every bad thing that Shimei says today.”
Proverbs 26:2 - Easy To Read Version Don’t worry if a person asks for bad things to happen to you. If you did nothing wrong, nothing bad will happen. That person’s words are like birds that fly past you and never stop. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 As the bird by wandering, as the swallow by flying, So the curse causeless shall not come. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Like the sparrow in her wandering, like the swallow in her flying, so the causeless curse does not alight. [Num. 23:8.] American Standard Version (1901) As the sparrow in her wandering, as the swallow in her flying, So the curse that is causeless alighteth not. Common English Bible Like a darting sparrow, like a flying swallow, so an undeserved curse never arrives. Catholic Public Domain Version Like a bird flying away to another place, and like a sparrow that hurries away freely, so also a curse uttered against someone without cause will pass away. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version As a bird flying to other places, and a sparrow going here or there: so a curse uttered without cause shall come upon a man. |
Maybe the Lord will see the wrong things that are happening to me. Then maybe the Lord will give me something good for every bad thing that Shimei says today.”
The Lord is punishing you. Why? Because you killed people in Saul’s family. You stole Saul’s place as king. But now the same bad things are happening to you. The Lord has given the kingdom to your son Absalom. Why? Because you are a murderer.” [95]
That law was written because those people didn’t give the people of Israel food and water. And those people had paid Balaam to say a curse {\cf2\super [79]} against the people of Israel. But our God changed that curse and made it a blessing for us.
Those bad people curse me,\par but you can bless me, Lord.\par They attacked me, so defeat them.\par Then I, your servant, will be happy.\par
The women of Moab {\cf2\super [166]} try to cross\par the river Arnon.\par They run from one place to another\par looking for help.\par They are like little birds lost on the ground\par after their nest has fallen from a tree.\par
But God is not against those people, So I can’t speak against them either! The Lord has not asked for bad things to happen to those people. So I can’t do that either.
Goliath said to David, “What is that stick for? Did you come to chase me away like a dog?” Then Goliath used the names of his gods to say curses against David.