If the anger of the ruler rises against you, do not leave your place, for calmness will lay great offenses to rest.
Zechariah 6:8 - English Standard Version 2016 Then he cried to me, “Behold, those who go toward the north country have set my Spirit at rest in the north country.” Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Then cried he upon me, and spake unto me, saying, Behold, these that go toward the north country have quieted my spirit in the north country. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Then He summoned me and said to me, Behold, these that go toward the north country have quieted My Spirit [of wrath] and have caused it to rest in the north country. American Standard Version (1901) Then cried he to me, and spake unto me, saying, Behold, they that go toward the north country have quieted my spirit in the north country. Common English Bible Then he called out and said to me, “Look, the ones going north have provided rest for my spirit in the north.” Catholic Public Domain Version And he called me and spoke with me, saying, "Behold, those who go forth to the land of the North, have quieted my spirit in the land of the North." Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And he called me, and spoke to me, saying: Behold they that go forth into the land of the north, have quieted my spirit in the land of the north. |
If the anger of the ruler rises against you, do not leave your place, for calmness will lay great offenses to rest.
Therefore the Lord declares, the Lord of hosts, the Mighty One of Israel: “Ah, I will get relief from my enemies and avenge myself on my foes.
“Assemble, all of you, and listen! Who among them has declared these things? The Lord loves him; he shall perform his purpose on Babylon, and his arm shall be against the Chaldeans.
So will I satisfy my wrath on you, and my jealousy shall depart from you. I will be calm and will no more be angry.
that you may remember and be confounded, and never open your mouth again because of your shame, when I atone for you for all that you have done, declares the Lord God.”
On account of your unclean lewdness, because I would have cleansed you and you were not cleansed from your uncleanness, you shall not be cleansed anymore till I have satisfied my fury upon you.
“Thus shall my anger spend itself, and I will vent my fury upon them and satisfy myself. And they shall know that I am the Lord—that I have spoken in my jealousy—when I spend my fury upon them.
And I am exceedingly angry with the nations that are at ease; for while I was angry but a little, they furthered the disaster.
And Samson said to them, “If this is what you do, I swear I will be avenged on you, and after that I will quit.”
God has given into your hands the princes of Midian, Oreb and Zeeb. What have I been able to do in comparison with you?” Then their anger against him subsided when he said this.