It may be that the LORD will look on the wrong done to me, and that the LORD will requite me good for [his] cursing of me this day.
Proverbs 26:2 - Hebrew Names version (HNV) Like a fluttering sparrow, like a darting swallow, so the undeserved curse doesn't come to rest. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 As the bird by wandering, as the swallow by flying, So the curse causeless shall not come. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Like the sparrow in her wandering, like the swallow in her flying, so the causeless curse does not alight. [Num. 23:8.] American Standard Version (1901) As the sparrow in her wandering, as the swallow in her flying, So the curse that is causeless alighteth not. Common English Bible Like a darting sparrow, like a flying swallow, so an undeserved curse never arrives. Catholic Public Domain Version Like a bird flying away to another place, and like a sparrow that hurries away freely, so also a curse uttered against someone without cause will pass away. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version As a bird flying to other places, and a sparrow going here or there: so a curse uttered without cause shall come upon a man. |
It may be that the LORD will look on the wrong done to me, and that the LORD will requite me good for [his] cursing of me this day.
The LORD has returned on you all the blood of the house of Sha'ul, in whose place you have reigned; and the LORD has delivered the kingdom into the hand of Avshalom your son; and behold, you are [taken] in your own mischief, because you are a man of blood.
because they didn't meet the children of Yisra'el with bread and with water, but hired Bil`am against them, to curse them: however our God turned the curse into a blessing.
They may curse, but you bless. When they arise, they will be shamed, but your servant shall rejoice.
As a bird that wanders from her nest, so is a man who wanders from his home.
For it will be that as wandering birds, as a scattered nest, so will the daughters of Mo'av be at the fords of the Arnon.
How shall I curse, whom God has not cursed? How shall I defy, whom the LORD has not defied?
The Pelishti said to David, Am I a dog, that you come to me with sticks? The Pelishti cursed David by his gods.