Now the men of Sedom were exceedingly wicked and sinners against the LORD.
Genesis 39:9 - Hebrew Names version (HNV) He isn't greater in this house than I, neither has he kept back anything from me but you, because you are his wife. How then can I do this great wickedness, and sin against God?* Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 there is none greater in this house than I; neither hath he kept back any thing from me but thee, because thou art his wife: how then can I do this great wickedness, and sin against God? Amplified Bible - Classic Edition He is not greater in this house than I am; nor has he kept anything from me except you, for you are his wife. How then can I do this great evil and sin against God? American Standard Version (1901) he is not greater in this house than I; neither hath he kept back anything from me but thee, because thou art his wife: how then can I do this great wickedness, and sin against God? Common English Bible No one is greater than I am in this household, and he hasn’t denied me anything except you, since you are his wife. How could I do this terrible thing and sin against God?” Catholic Public Domain Version Neither is there anything which is not in my power, or that he has not delivered to me, except you, for you are his wife. How then can I do this evil act and sin against my God?" Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Neither is there any thing which is not in my power, or that he hath not delivered to me, but thee, who art his wife: How then can I do this wicked thing, and sin against my God? |
Now the men of Sedom were exceedingly wicked and sinners against the LORD.
But God came to Avimelekh in a dream of the night, and said to him, *Behold, you are a dead man, because of the woman whom you have taken. For she is a man's wife.*
God said to him in the dream, *Yes, I know that in the integrity of your heart you have done this, and I also withheld you from sinning against me. Therefore I didn't allow you to touch her.
Then Avimelekh called Avraham, and said to him, *What have you done to us? How have I sinned against you, that you have brought on me and on my kingdom a great sin? You have done deeds to me that ought not to be done!*
Avraham said to his servant, the elder of his house, who ruled over all that he had, *Please put your hand under my thigh.
As she spoke to Yosef day by day, he didn't listen to her, to lie by her, or to be with her.
You shall be over my house, and according to your word will all my people be ruled. Only in the throne I will be greater than you.*
Yosef said to them the third day, *Do this, and live, for I fear God.
When the mourning was past, David sent and took her home to his house, and she became his wife, and bore him a son. But the thing that David had done displeased the LORD.
David said to Natan, *I have sinned against the LORD.* Natan said to David, *The LORD also has put away your sin. You will not die.
But the former governors who were before me were chargeable to the people, and took of them bread and wine, besides forty shekels of silver; yes, even their servants bore rule over the people: but I didn't do so, because of the fear of God.
I said, Should such a man as I flee? and who is there that, being such as I, would go into the temple to save his life? I will not go in.
For calamity from God is a terror to me. Because his majesty, I can do nothing.
Against you, and you only, have I sinned, and done that which is evil in your sight; that you may be proved right when you speak, and justified when you judge.
So is he who goes in to his neighbor's wife. Whoever touches her will not be unpunished.
He who commits adultery with a woman is void of understanding. He who does it destroys his own soul.
I find more bitter than death the woman whose heart is snares and traps, whose hands are chains. Whoever pleases God shall escape from her; but the sinner will be ensnared by her.
Therefore thus says the LORD, Behold, I will send you away from off the surface of the earth: this year you shall die, because you have spoken rebellion against the LORD.
All who found them have devoured them; and their adversaries said, We are not guilty, because they have sinned against the LORD, the habitation of righteousness, even the LORD, the hope of their fathers.
*'The man who commits adultery with another man's wife, even he who commits adultery with his neighbor's wife, the adulterer and the adulteress shall surely be put to death.
*If anyone sins, and commits a trespass against the LORD, and deals falsely with his neighbor in a matter of deposit, or of bargain, or of robbery, or has oppressed his neighbor,
But if you will not do so, behold, you have sinned against the LORD; and be sure your sin will find you out.
but he who didn't know, and did things worthy of stripes, will be beaten with few stripes. To whoever much is given, of him will much be required; and to whom much was entrusted, of him more will be asked.
Here, moreover, it is required of stewards, that they be found faithful.
not stealing, but showing all good fidelity; that they may adorn the doctrine of God, our Savior, in all things.
Let marriage be held in honor among all, and let the bed be undefiled: but God will judge the sexually immoral and adulterers.
Whoever is born of God doesn't commit sin, because his seed remains in him; and he can't sin, because he is born of God.
But for the cowardly, unbelieving, sinners, abominable, murderers, sexually immoral, sorcerers, idolaters, and all liars, their part is in the lake that burns with fire and sulfur, which is the second death.*
Outside are the dogs, the sorcerers, the sexually immoral, the murderers, the idolaters, and everyone who loves and practices falsehood.