Jeremiah 11:18 - Tree of Life Version Moreover, Adonai gave me knowledge of it, and I knew it, then You showed me their deeds. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And the LORD hath given me knowledge of it, and I know it: then thou shewedst me their doings. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition And the Lord gave me [Jeremiah] knowledge of it [their plot], and I knew it; then You [O Lord] showed me their doings. American Standard Version (1901) And Jehovah gave me knowledge of it, and I knew it: then thou showedst me their doings. Common English Bible The LORD informed me and I knew. Then he helped me see what they were up to. Catholic Public Domain Version But you, O Lord, have revealed this to me, and I have understood. Then you displayed their efforts to me. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version But thou, O Lord, hast shewn me, and I have known: then thou shewedst me their doings. |
Now Elisha was sitting in his house, and the elders were sitting with him. The king had sent a messenger ahead, yet even before the messenger arrived, Elisha said to the elders, “Do you see, this son of a murderer was sent to take away my head! Look, when the messenger comes, shut the door and hold the door fast against him. Is not the sound of his master’s footsteps behind him?”
But I was like a gentle lamb led to slaughter. I did not know they had devised plots against me: “Let us destroy the tree with its fruit. Let us cut him off from the land of the living, so that his name will be no more remembered.”
If anyone says anything to you, you shall say, ‘The Master needs them.’ And right away he will send them.”
But if by my lie the truth of God abounds to His glory, why am I still judged as a sinner?