And a certain man saw it, and told Joab, “Behold, I saw Absalom hanging in an oak.”
Job 31:3 - Revised Standard Version Does not calamity befall the unrighteous, and disaster the workers of iniquity? Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Is not destruction to the wicked? And a strange punishment to the workers of iniquity? Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Does not calamity [justly] befall the unrighteous, and disaster the workers of iniquity? American Standard Version (1901) Is it not calamity to the unrighteous, And disaster to the workers of iniquity? Common English Bible Isn’t it disaster for the wicked, destruction for workers of iniquity? Catholic Public Domain Version Is not destruction held for the wicked and repudiation kept for those who work injustice? Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Is not destruction to the wicked, and aversion to them that work iniquity? |
And a certain man saw it, and told Joab, “Behold, I saw Absalom hanging in an oak.”
His strength is hunger-bitten, and calamity is ready for his stumbling.
This is the wicked man's portion from God, the heritage decreed for him by God.”
“How often is it that the lamp of the wicked is put out? That their calamity comes upon them? That God distributes pains in his anger?
that the wicked man is spared in the day of calamity, that he is rescued in the day of wrath?
For I was in terror of calamity from God, and I could not have faced his majesty.
There is no gloom or deep darkness where evildoers may hide themselves.
But thou, O God, wilt cast them down into the lowest pit; men of blood and treachery shall not live out half their days. But I will trust in thee.
Truly thou dost set them in slippery places; thou dost make them fall to ruin.
when panic strikes you like a storm, and your calamity comes like a whirlwind, when distress and anguish come upon you.
The Lord is a stronghold to him whose way is upright, but destruction to evildoers.
When justice is done, it is a joy to the righteous, but dismay to evildoers.
For the Lord will rise up as on Mount Perazim, he will be wroth as in the valley of Gibeon; to do his deed—strange is his deed! and to work his work—alien is his work!
But if the Lord creates something new, and the ground opens its mouth, and swallows them up, with all that belongs to them, and they go down alive into Sheol, then you shall know that these men have despised the Lord.”
“Enter by the narrow gate; for the gate is wide and the way is easy, that leads to destruction, and those who enter by it are many.
What if God, desiring to show his wrath and to make known his power, has endured with much patience the vessels of wrath made for destruction,
When people say, “There is peace and security,” then sudden destruction will come upon them as travail comes upon a woman with child, and there will be no escape.
They shall suffer the punishment of eternal destruction and exclusion from the presence of the Lord and from the glory of his might,
But false prophets also arose among the people, just as there will be false teachers among you, who will secretly bring in destructive heresies, even denying the Master who bought them, bringing upon themselves swift destruction.
just as Sodom and Gomorrah and the surrounding cities, which likewise acted immorally and indulged in unnatural lust, serve as an example by undergoing a punishment of eternal fire.
And a certain woman threw an upper millstone upon Abimelech's head, and crushed his skull.