And it happened after these things that God tested Abraham, and said to him, Abraham! And he said, Behold me.
Psalm 11:5 - Modern King James Version Jehovah tries the righteous; but His soul hates the wicked and the one who loves violence, Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 The LORD trieth the righteous: But the wicked and him that loveth violence his soul hateth. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition The Lord tests and proves the [unyieldingly] righteous, but His soul abhors the wicked and him who loves violence. [James 1:12.] American Standard Version (1901) Jehovah trieth the righteous; But the wicked and him that loveth violence his soul hateth. Common English Bible The LORD examines both the righteous and the wicked; his very being hates anyone who loves violence. Catholic Public Domain Version They have said: "We will magnify our tongue; our lips belong to us. What is Lord to us?" Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Who have said: We will magnify our tongue; our lips are our own. Who is Lord over us? |
And it happened after these things that God tested Abraham, and said to him, Abraham! And he said, Behold me.
For the wicked boasts of his heart's desire, and blesses the covetous whom Jehovah despises.
To the Chief Musician, A Psalm of David. O Jehovah, You have searched me and have known me.
You have proved my heart; You have visited me in the night; You have tried me, and You will find nothing; my thoughts do not pass beyond my mouth.
Your hand shall find out all Your enemies; Your right hand shall find out those who hate You.
You shall destroy those who speak lies; Jehovah will despise the bloody and deceitful man.
O let the wickedness of the wicked come to an end, but establish the just. For the righteous God tries the minds and hearts.
My inheritance is to Me as a lion in the forest; it cries out against Me; therefore I have hated it.
But, O Jehovah of Hosts, who tries the righteous and sees the reins and the heart, let me see Your vengeance on them. For I have committed my cause to You.
I also cut off three shepherds in one month; and my soul was impatient with them, and their soul also despised me.
And I will bring the third part through the fire, and will refine them as silver is refined, and will try them as gold is tried. They shall call on My name, and I will answer them; I will say, It is My people; and they shall say, Jehovah is my God.
And He shall sit as a refiner and purifier of silver. And He shall purify the sons of Levi, and purge them as gold and silver, that they may be offerers of a food offering in righteousness to Jehovah.
Blessed is the man who endures temptation, because having been approved, he will receive the crown of life which the Lord has promised to those who love Him.
so that the trial of your faith (being much more precious than that of gold that perishes, but being proven through fire) might be found to praise and honor and glory at the revelation of Jesus Christ,
Beloved, do not be astonished at the fiery trial which is to try you, as though a strange thing happened to you,