If the spirit of the ruler rises up against you, don't leave your place; for gentleness lays great offenses to rest.
Zechariah 6:8 - Hebrew Names version (HNV) Then he called to me, and spoke to me, saying, *Behold, those who go toward the north country have quieted my spirit 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 spirit of the ruler rises up against you, don't leave your place; for gentleness lays great offenses to rest.
Therefore the Lord, the LORD of Armies, the Mighty One of Yisra'el, says: *Ah, I will get relief from my adversaries, and avenge myself of my enemies;
Assemble yourselves, all you, and hear; who among them has declared these things? He whom the LORD loves shall perform his pleasure on Bavel, and his arm [shall be on] the Kasdim.
So will I cause my wrath toward you to rest, and my jealousy shall depart from you, and I will be quiet, and will be no more angry.
that you may remember, and be confounded, and never open your mouth any more, because of your shame, when I have forgiven you all that you have done, says the Lord GOD.
In your filthiness is lewdness: because I have cleansed you and you weren't cleansed, you shall not be cleansed from your filthiness any more, until I have caused my wrath toward you to rest.
Thus shall my anger be accomplished, and I will cause my wrath toward them to rest, and I shall be comforted; and they shall know that I, the LORD, have spoken in my zeal, when I have accomplished my wrath on them.
I am very angry with the nations that are at ease; for I was but a little displeased, but they added to the calamity.*
Shimshon said to them, If you do after this manner, surely I will be avenged of you, and after that I will cease.
God has delivered into your hand the princes of Midyan, `Orev and Ze'ev: and what was I able to do in comparison with you? Then their anger was abated toward him, when he had said that.