Now Na´aman, captain of the host of the king of Syria, was a great man with his master, and honorable, because by him the Lord had given deliverance unto Syria: he was also a mighty man in valor, but he was a leper.
Proverbs 6:35 - King James Version with Apocrypha - American Edition He will not regard any ransom; neither will he rest content, though thou givest many gifts. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 He will not regard any ransom; Neither will he rest content, though thou givest many gifts. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition He will not consider any ransom [offered to buy him off from demanding full punishment]; neither will he be satisfied, though you offer him many gifts and bribes. American Standard Version (1901) He will not regard any ransom; Neither will he rest content, though thou givest many gifts. Common English Bible He won’t accept compensation; he’ll refuse even a large bribe. Catholic Public Domain Version nor will he agree to the pleadings of anyone, nor will he accept, as repayment, a multitude of gifts. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Nor will he yield to any man's prayers, nor will he accept for satisfaction ever so many gifts. |
Now Na´aman, captain of the host of the king of Syria, was a great man with his master, and honorable, because by him the Lord had given deliverance unto Syria: he was also a mighty man in valor, but he was a leper.
For I was my father's son, tender and only beloved in the sight of my mother.
For jealousy is the rage of a man: therefore he will not spare in the day of vengeance.
So she caught him, and kissed him, and with an impudent face said unto him,
Before the mountains were settled, before the hills was I brought forth:
Many waters cannot quench love, neither can the floods drown it: if a man would give all the substance of his house for love, it would utterly be contemned.
Behold, I will stir up the Medes against them, which shall not regard silver; and as for gold, they shall not delight in it.
and the mean man boweth down, and the great man humbleth himself: therefore forgive them not.
Therefore have I also made you contemptible and base before all the people, according as ye have not kept my ways, but have been partial in the law.