It may be that the LORD will look on my affliction, and that the LORD will repay me good for his cursing this day.
Proverbs 26:2 - King James 2000 As the bird by flitting, as the swallow by flying, so the curse without cause shall not alight. 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 my affliction, and that the LORD will repay me good for his cursing this day.
The LORD has returned upon you all the blood of the house of Saul, in whose place you have reigned; and the LORD has delivered the kingdom into the hand of Absalom your son: and, behold, you are taken in your mischief, because you are a bloody man.
Because they met not the children of Israel with bread and with water, but hired Balaam against them, that he should curse them: however our God turned the curse into a blessing.
Let them curse, but you bless: when they arise, let them be ashamed; but let your servant rejoice.
As a bird that wanders from her nest, so is a man that wanders from his place.
For it shall be, that, as a wandering bird cast out of the nest, so the daughters of Moab shall be at the fords of the Arnon.
How shall I curse, whom God has not cursed? or how shall I denounce, whom the LORD has not denounced?
And the Philistine said unto David, Am I a dog, that you come to me with sticks? And the Philistine cursed David by his gods.