Then Asa was wroth with the seer, and put him in the prison house; for he was in a rage with him because of this thing. And Asa oppressed some of the people the same time.
2 Chronicles 18:26 - Revised Version 1885 and say, Thus saith the king, Put this fellow in the prison, and feed him with bread of affliction and with water of affliction, until I return in peace. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 and say, Thus saith the king, Put this fellow in the prison, and feed him with bread of affliction and with water of affliction, until I return in peace. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition And say, Thus says the king: Put this fellow in prison and feed him with bread and water of affliction until I return in peace. American Standard Version (1901) and say, Thus saith the king, Put this fellow in the prison, and feed him with bread of affliction and with water of affliction, until I return in peace. Common English Bible Tell them, ‘The king says: Put this man in prison and feed him minimum rations of bread and water until I return safely.’” Catholic Public Domain Version And you shall say: 'Thus says the king: Send this man to prison, and give to him a little bread and a little water, until I return in peace.' " Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And say: Thus saith the king: Put this fellow in prison, and give him bread and water in a small quantity till I return in peace. |
Then Asa was wroth with the seer, and put him in the prison house; for he was in a rage with him because of this thing. And Asa oppressed some of the people the same time.
And the king said to him, How many times shall I adjure thee that thou speak unto me nothing but the truth in the name of the LORD?
His ways are firm at all times; Thy judgements are far above out of his sight: As for all his adversaries, he puffeth at them.
For I have eaten ashes like bread, And mingled my drink with weeping.
Thou hast fed them with the bread of tears, And given them tears to drink in large measure.
A wise man feareth, and departeth from evil: But the fool beareth himself insolently, and is confident.
And though the Lord give you the bread of adversity and the water of affliction, yet shall not thy teachers be hidden any more, but thine eyes shall see thy teachers:
And the king commanded Jerahmeel the king's son, and Seraiah the son of Azriel, and Shelemiah the son of Abdeel, to take Baruch the scribe and Jeremiah the prophet: but the LORD hid them.
And the princes were wroth with Jeremiah, and smote him, and put him in prison in the house of Jonathan the scribe; for they had made that the prison.
But when the Pharisees heard it, they said, This man doth not cast out devils, but by Beelzebub the prince of the devils.
Rejoice, and be exceeding glad: for great is your reward in heaven: for so persecuted they the prophets which were before you.
And they began to accuse him, saying, We found this man perverting our nation, and forbidding to give tribute to Caesar, and saying that he himself is Christ a king.
And they gave him audience unto this word; and they lifted up their voice, and said, Away with such a fellow from the earth: for it is not fit that he should live.
Are they ministers of Christ? (I speak as one beside himself) I more; in labours more abundantly, in prisons more abundantly, in stripes above measure, in deaths oft.
and it come to pass, when he heareth the words of this curse, that he bless himself in his heart, saying, I shall have peace, though I walk in the stubbornness of mine heart, to destroy the moist with the dry:
and others had trial of mockings and scourgings, yea, moreover of bonds and imprisonment:
And they that dwell on the earth rejoice over them, and make merry; and they shall send gifts one to another; because these two prophets tormented them that dwell on the earth.
Now David had said, Surely in vain have I kept all that this fellow hath in the wilderness, so that nothing was missed of all that pertained unto him: and he hath returned me evil for good.