You say, ‘God stores up the punishment for his children.’ Let Him repay the wicked so he may know it!
Jeremiah 31:29 - Tree of Life Version Rather each will die for his own iniquity: if anyone eats the sour grapes, his own teeth will be blunted.” Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 In those days they shall say no more, The fathers have eaten a sour grape, and the children's teeth are set on edge. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition In those days they shall say no more, The fathers have eaten sour grapes, and the children's teeth are set on edge. [Ezek. 18:2.] American Standard Version (1901) In those days they shall say no more, The fathers have eaten sour grapes, and the children’s teeth are set on edge. Common English Bible In those days, people will no longer say: Sour grapes eaten by parents leave a bitter taste in the mouths of their children. Catholic Public Domain Version In those days, they will no longer say: 'The fathers ate a bitter grape, and the teeth of the sons have been affected.' Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version In those days they shall say no more: The fathers have eaten a sour grape, and the teeth of the children are set on edge. |
You say, ‘God stores up the punishment for his children.’ Let Him repay the wicked so he may know it!
“Behold, days are coming” —it is a declaration of Adonai— “when I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel and with the house of Judah—
“Fathers are not to be put to death for children, and children are not to be put to death for fathers—each one is to be put to death for his own sin.