While he was yet talking with them, behold, the messenger came down to him: and he said, Behold, this evil is of the LORD; why should I wait for the LORD any longer?
Proverbs 19:3 - Hebrew Names version (HNV) The foolishness of man subverts his way; 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. |
While he was yet talking with them, behold, the messenger came down to him: and he said, Behold, this evil is of the LORD; why should I wait for the LORD any longer?
That you turn your spirit against God, and let such words go out of your mouth?
Rest in the LORD, and wait patiently for him. Don't fret because of him who prospers in his way, because of the man who makes wicked plots happen.
The integrity of the upright shall guide them, but the perverseness of the treacherous shall destroy them.
For the fool will speak folly, and his heart will work iniquity, to practice profanity, and to utter error against the LORD, To make empty the soul of the hungry, and to cause the drink of the thirsty to fail.
Why does a living man complain, a man for the punishment of his sins?
Yet you say, The way of the Lord is not equal. Hear now, house of Yisra'el: Is my way not equal? Aren't your ways unequal?
Shemu'el said to Sha'ul, You have done foolishly; you have not kept the mitzvah of the LORD your God, which he commanded you: for now would the LORD have established your kingdom on Yisra'el forever.
For rebellion is as the sin of witchcraft, and stubbornness is as idolatry and terafim. Because you have rejected the word of the LORD, he has also rejected you from being king.