Also I said, It is not good what you do: ought you not to walk in the fear of our God because of the reproach of the nations our enemies?
Nehemiah 4:4 - King James 2000 Hear, O our God; for we are despised: and turn their reproach upon their own head, and give them for a spoil in a land of captivity: Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Hear, O our God; for we are despised: and turn their reproach upon their own head, and give them for a prey in the land of captivity: Amplified Bible - Classic Edition [And Nehemiah prayed] Hear, O our God, for we are despised. Turn their taunts upon their own heads, and give them for a prey in a land of their captivity. American Standard Version (1901) Hear, O our God; for we are despised: and turn back their reproach upon their own head, and give them up for a spoil in a land of captivity; Common English Bible Listen, God; we are despised! Turn their insults to us back on their heads and make them like plunder in a captive land. Catholic Public Domain Version Listen, O our God, for we have become an object of contempt. Turn their reproach upon their own head, and grant that they may be despised in a land of captivity. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Hear thou our God, for we are despised. Turn their reproach upon their own head, and give them to be despised in a land of captivity. |
Also I said, It is not good what you do: ought you not to walk in the fear of our God because of the reproach of the nations our enemies?
And render unto our neighbors sevenfold into their bosom their reproach, with which they have reproached you, O Lord.
Let all their wickedness come before you; and do unto them, as you have done unto me for all my transgressions: for my sighs are many, and my heart is faint.
Ephraim provoked him to anger most bitterly: therefore shall he leave his bloodguilt upon him, and his reproach shall his Lord return unto him.
And David spoke to the men that stood by him, saying, What shall be done to the man that kills this Philistine, and takes away the reproach from Israel? for who is this uncircumcised Philistine, that he should defy the armies of the living God?