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!*
James 3:10 - Hebrew Names version (HNV) Out of the same mouth comes forth blessing and cursing. My brothers, these things ought not to be so. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Out of the same mouth proceedeth blessing and cursing. My brethren, these things ought not so to be. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Out of the same mouth come forth blessing and cursing. These things, my brethren, ought not to be so. American Standard Version (1901) out of the same mouth cometh forth blessing and cursing. My brethren, these things ought not so to be. Common English Bible Blessing and cursing come from the same mouth. My brothers and sisters, it just shouldn’t be this way! Catholic Public Domain Version From the same mouth proceeds blessing and cursing. My brothers, these things ought not to be so! Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Out of the same mouth proceedeth blessing and cursing. My brethren, these things ought not so to be. |
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!*
She answered him, No, my brother, do not force me; for no such thing ought to be done in Yisra'el. Don't you do this folly.
Her leaders judge for bribes, and her Kohanim teach for a price, and her prophets of it tell fortunes for money: yet they lean on the LORD, and say, *Isn't the LORD in the midst of us? No disaster will come on us.*
for you are still fleshly. For insofar as there is jealousy, strife, and factions among you, aren't you fleshly, and don't you walk in the ways of men?
Besides, they also learn to be idle, going about from house to house. Not only idle, but also gossips and busybodies, saying things which they ought not.
So, then, my beloved brothers, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, and slow to anger;
Let not many of you be teachers, my brothers, knowing that we will receive heavier judgment.
With it we bless our God and Father, and with it we curse men, who are made in the image of God.
not rendering evil for evil, or reviling for reviling; but instead blessing; knowing that to this were you called, that you may inherit a blessing.