And while he was still speaking with them, the messenger came down to him and said, “This trouble is from the Lord! Why should I wait for the Lord any longer?”
Proverbs 19:3 - English Standard Version 2016 When a man’s folly brings his way to ruin, his heart rages against the Lord. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 The foolishness of man perverteth his way: And his heart fretteth against the LORD. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition The foolishness of man subverts his way [ruins his affairs]; then his heart is resentful and frets against the Lord. American Standard Version (1901) The foolishness of man subverteth his way; And his heart fretteth against Jehovah. Common English Bible People’s own folly corrupts their way, but their hearts rage against the LORD. Catholic Public Domain Version The foolishness of a man undermines his steps. And then he seethes in his soul against God. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version The folly of a man supplanteth his seeps: and he fretteth in his mind against God. |
And while he was still speaking with them, the messenger came down to him and said, “This trouble is from the Lord! Why should I wait for the Lord any longer?”
that you turn your spirit against God and bring such words out of your mouth?
Fret not yourself because of evildoers; be not envious of wrongdoers!
Be still before the Lord and wait patiently for him; fret not yourself over the one who prospers in his way, over the man who carries out evil devices!
The integrity of the upright guides them, but the crookedness of the treacherous destroys them.
For the fool speaks folly, and his heart is busy with iniquity, to practice ungodliness, to utter error concerning the Lord, to leave the craving of the hungry unsatisfied, and to deprive the thirsty of drink.
Why should a living man complain, a man, about the punishment of his sins?
“Yet you say, ‘The way of the Lord is not just.’ Hear now, O house of Israel: Is my way not just? Is it not your ways that are not just?
And Samuel said to Saul, “You have done foolishly. You have not kept the command of the Lord your God, with which he commanded you. For then the Lord would have established your kingdom over Israel forever.
For rebellion is as the sin of divination, and presumption is as iniquity and idolatry. Because you have rejected the word of the Lord, he has also rejected you from being king.”