People really bragged about how good-looking Absalom was. No man in Israel was as handsome as Absalom. There was not a blemish on Absalom—from his head to his feet.
Psalm 119:96 - Easy To Read Version Everything has its limits,\par except your law.\par Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 I have seen an end of all perfection: But thy commandment is exceeding broad. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition I have seen that everything [human] has its limits and end [no matter how extensive, noble, and excellent]; but Your commandment is exceedingly broad and extends without limits [into eternity]. [Rom. 3:10-19.] American Standard Version (1901) I have seen an end of all perfection; But thy commandment is exceeding broad. מ MEM. Common English Bible I’ve seen that everything, no matter how perfect, has a limit, but your commandment is boundless. |
People really bragged about how good-looking Absalom was. No man in Israel was as handsome as Absalom. There was not a blemish on Absalom—from his head to his feet.
At that time, the advice of Ahithophel was very {important} to both David and Absalom. It was as {important as} God’s word to a man.
Ahithophel saw that the Israelites did not accept his advice. Ahithophel put a saddle on his donkey and went back to his home town. He made plans for his family and then he hanged himself. After Ahithophel died, the people buried him in his father’s tomb. [101]
Then Joab’s men took Absalom’s body and threw it into a large hole in the forest. They filled the large hole with many stones.
Everything is so meaningless. The Teacher says that it is all a waste of time! {\cf2\super [47]}
But then I looked at all the things I had done. I thought about all the hard work I did. I decided it was all a waste of time! It was like trying to catch the wind. {\cf2\super [8]} There is nothing to gain from all the things we do in this life.
The whole world, earth and sky, will be destroyed, but the words I have said will never be destroyed!
I tell you the truth. Nothing will disappear from the law until heaven and earth are gone. The law will not lose even the smallest letter or the smallest part of a letter until all has happened.
But I tell you that if a person looks at a woman and wants to sin sexually with her, then that person has already done that sin with the woman in his mind.
We know that the law {\cf2\super [57]} is spiritual. But I am not spiritual. Sin rules me like I am its slave.
Each day Goliath would come out and shout a challenge to the Israelite soldiers. He would say, “Why are all of your soldiers lined up ready for battle? You are Saul’s servants. I am a Philistine. So choose one man and send him to fight me.
Kish had a son named Saul. Saul was a handsome young man. There was no one more handsome than Saul. Saul stood a head taller than any other man in Israel.