which justify the wicked for reward, and take away the righteousness of the righteous from him!
James 5:6 - King James Version - American Edition Ye have condemned and killed the just; and he doth not resist you. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Ye have condemned and killed the just; and he doth not resist you. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition You have condemned and have murdered the righteous (innocent man), [while] he offers no resistance to you. American Standard Version (1901) Ye have condemned, ye have killed the righteous one; he doth not resist you. Common English Bible You have condemned and murdered the righteous one, who doesn’t oppose you. Catholic Public Domain Version You led away and killed the Just One, and he did not resist you. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version You have condemned and put to death the Just One, and he resisted you not. |
which justify the wicked for reward, and take away the righteousness of the righteous from him!
He was oppressed, and he was afflicted, yet he opened not his mouth: he is brought as a lamb to the slaughter, and as a sheep before her shearers is dumb, so he openeth not his mouth.
But when the husbandmen saw the son, they said among themselves, This is the heir; come, let us kill him, and let us seize on his inheritance.
But the chief priests and elders persuaded the multitude that they should ask Barab´bas, and destroy Jesus.
but I say unto you, That ye resist not evil: but whosoever shall smite thee on thy right cheek, turn to him the other also.
And he said, The God of our fathers hath chosen thee, that thou shouldest know his will, and see that Just One, and shouldest hear the voice of his mouth.
Which of the prophets have not your fathers persecuted? and they have slain them which showed before of the coming of the Just One; of whom ye have been now the betrayers and murderers:
The place of the Scripture which he read was this, He was led as a sheep to the slaughter; and like a lamb dumb before his shearer, so opened he not his mouth:
Now the just shall live by faith: but if any man draw back, my soul shall have no pleasure in him.
But ye have despised the poor. Do not rich men oppress you, and draw you before the judgment seats?
Ye lust, and have not: ye kill, and desire to have, and cannot obtain: ye fight and war, yet ye have not, because ye ask not.
And if the righteous scarcely be saved, where shall the ungodly and the sinner appear?