Jehu said to Bidkar his aide, “Take him up, and cast him on the plot of ground belonging to Naboth the Jezreelite; for remember, when you and I rode side by side behind Ahab his father, how the Lord uttered this oracle against him:
Psalm 37:10 - Revised Standard Version Yet a little while, and the wicked will be no more; though you look well at his place, he will not be there. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 For yet a little while, and the wicked shall not be: Yea, thou shalt diligently consider his place, and it shall not be. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition For yet a little while, and the evildoers will be no more; though you look with care where they used to be, they will not be found. [Heb. 10:36, 37; Rev. 21:7, 8.] American Standard Version (1901) For yet a little while, and the wicked shall not be: Yea, thou shalt diligently consider his place, and he shall not be. Common English Bible In just a little while the wicked won’t exist! If you go looking around their place, they won’t be there. Catholic Public Domain Version O Lord, all my desire is before you, and my groaning before you has not been hidden. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Lord, all my desire is before thee, and my groaning is not hidden from thee. |
Jehu said to Bidkar his aide, “Take him up, and cast him on the plot of ground belonging to Naboth the Jezreelite; for remember, when you and I rode side by side behind Ahab his father, how the Lord uttered this oracle against him:
And the king said, “Hang him on that.” So they hanged Haman on the gallows which he had prepared for Mordecai. Then the anger of the king abated.
But man dies, and is laid low; man breathes his last, and where is he?
that the exulting of the wicked is short, and the joy of the godless but for a moment?
They are exalted a little while, and then are gone; they wither and fade like the mallow; they are cut off like the heads of grain.
he returns no more to his house, nor does his place know him any more.
Why dost thou not pardon my transgression and take away my iniquity? For now I shall lie in the earth; thou wilt seek me, but I shall not be.”
for the wind passes over it, and it is gone, and its place knows it no more.
Yea, he shall see that even the wise die, the fool and the stupid alike must perish and leave their wealth to others.
But God will break you down for ever; he will snatch and tear you from your tent; he will uproot you from the land of the living. Selah
The house of the wicked will be destroyed, but the tent of the upright will flourish.
The end of all things is at hand; therefore keep sane and sober for your prayers.