Then he said to them, “Go your way. Eat the fat and drink sweet wine and send portions to anyone who has nothing ready, for this day is holy to our Lord. And do not be grieved, for the joy of the Lord is your strength.”
Ecclesiastes 11:2 - English Standard Version 2016 Give a portion to seven, or even to eight, for you know not what disaster may happen on earth. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Give a portion to seven, and also to eight; for thou knowest not what evil shall be upon the earth. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Give a portion to seven, yes, even [divide it] to eight, for you know not what evil may come upon the earth. American Standard Version (1901) Give a portion to seven, yea, even unto eight; for thou knowest not what evil shall be upon the earth. Common English Bible Give a portion to seven people, even to eight: you don’t know what disaster may come upon the land. Catholic Public Domain Version Give a portion to seven, and indeed even to eight. For you do not know what evil may be upon the earth in the future. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Give a portion to seven, and also to eight: for thou knowest not what evil shall be upon the earth. |
Then he said to them, “Go your way. Eat the fat and drink sweet wine and send portions to anyone who has nothing ready, for this day is holy to our Lord. And do not be grieved, for the joy of the Lord is your strength.”
Therefore the Jews of the villages, who live in the rural towns, hold the fourteenth day of the month of Adar as a day for gladness and feasting, as a holiday, and as a day on which they send gifts of food to one another.
as the days on which the Jews got relief from their enemies, and as the month that had been turned for them from sorrow into gladness and from mourning into a holiday; that they should make them days of feasting and gladness, days for sending gifts of food to one another and gifts to the poor.
He will deliver you from six troubles; in seven no evil shall touch you.
He has distributed freely; he has given to the poor; his righteousness endures forever; his horn is exalted in honor.
Whoever is generous to the poor lends to the Lord, and he will repay him for his deed.
There are six things that the Lord hates, seven that are an abomination to him:
If the clouds are full of rain, they empty themselves on the earth, and if a tree falls to the south or to the north, in the place where the tree falls, there it will lie.
So if a person lives many years, let him rejoice in them all; but let him remember that the days of darkness will be many. All that comes is vanity.
Remember also your Creator in the days of your youth, before the evil days come and the years draw near of which you will say, “I have no pleasure in them”;
Therefore, O king, let my counsel be acceptable to you: break off your sins by practicing righteousness, and your iniquities by showing mercy to the oppressed, that there may perhaps be a lengthening of your prosperity.”
And he shall be their peace. When the Assyrian comes into our land and treads in our palaces, then we will raise against him seven shepherds and eight princes of men;
Jesus said to him, “I do not say to you seven times, but seventy-seven times.
Give to the one who begs from you, and do not refuse the one who would borrow from you.
and if he sins against you seven times in the day, and turns to you seven times, saying, ‘I repent,’ you must forgive him.”
Brothers, if anyone is caught in any transgression, you who are spiritual should restore him in a spirit of gentleness. Keep watch on yourself, lest you too be tempted.
Remember those who are in prison, as though in prison with them, and those who are mistreated, since you also are in the body.
Ask your young men, and they will tell you. Therefore let my young men find favor in your eyes, for we come on a feast day. Please give whatever you have at hand to your servants and to your son David.’”