Now a worthless fellow happened to be there, a Benjamite named Sheba son of Bichri. He blew the shofar and said, “We have no portion in David, no inheritance in the son of Jesse! Every man to his tents, O Israel!”
Nahum 1:11 - Tree of Life Version Out of you has come a schemer of evil against Adonai, a counselor of Belial. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 There is one come out of thee, that imagineth evil against the LORD, a wicked counsellor. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition There is one gone forth out of you [O Nineveh] who plots evil against the Lord, a villainous counselor [the king of Assyria, who counsels for wickedness and worthlessness]. [II Kings 19:20-23; Isa. 10:5-7; 36:15-20.] American Standard Version (1901) There is one gone forth out of thee, that deviseth evil against Jehovah, that counselleth wickedness. Common English Bible From you goes out one who plots evil against the LORD— a worthless counselor! Catholic Public Domain Version Out of you will go forth one who thinks up evil against the Lord, dragging betrayals through his mind. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Out of thee shall come forth one that imagineth evil against the Lord, contriving treachery in his mind. |
Now a worthless fellow happened to be there, a Benjamite named Sheba son of Bichri. He blew the shofar and said, “We have no portion in David, no inheritance in the son of Jesse! Every man to his tents, O Israel!”
Nor let Hezekiah persuade you to trust in Adonai by saying: “Adonai will surely deliver us—this city will not be given into the hand of the king of Assyria.””’
Riffraff and scoundrels gathered around him and pressed hard on Rehoboam son of Solomon, when Rehoboam was young and tenderhearted and could not stand up to them.
He said to me, “Son of man, these are the men that devise sin and give wicked counsel in this city,
Oy to them who scheme wickedness, who work out evil upon their beds! In the light of the morning, they do it, for the power is in their hands.
What can you scheme against Adonai? He will make a complete destruction. Distress will not arise twice.