Far be it from You to do such a thing—to cause the righteous to die with the wicked, so that the righteous and the wicked share the same fate! Far be it from You! Shall the Judge of the whole world not exercise justice?”
Nehemiah 9:33 - Tree of Life Version You are righteous in all that has come upon us. For You have acted faithfully while we have done wickedly. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Howbeit thou art just in all that is brought upon us; for thou hast done right, but we have done wickedly: Amplified Bible - Classic Edition However, You are just in all that has come upon us; for You have dealt faithfully, but we have done wickedly; American Standard Version (1901) Howbeit thou art just in all that is come upon us; for thou hast dealt truly, but we have done wickedly; Common English Bible You have been just in all that has happened to us; you have acted faithfully, and we have done wrong. Catholic Public Domain Version For you are just, concerning all things that have overwhelmed us. For you have done truth, but we have acted impiously. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And thou art just in all things that have come upon us: because thou hast done truth, but we have done wickedly. |
Far be it from You to do such a thing—to cause the righteous to die with the wicked, so that the righteous and the wicked share the same fate! Far be it from You! Shall the Judge of the whole world not exercise justice?”
Adonai, God of Israel, You are righteous, for we are left this day as a remnant. Behold, here we are before You in our guilt; because of it no one can stand before You.”
Our kings, our leaders, our kohanim, and our ancestors have not kept Your Torah or paid attention to Your mitzvot or Your testimonies by which you have admonished them.
You found his heart faithful before You and made the covenant with him to give the land of the Canaanite, Hittite, Amorite, Perizzite, Jebusite and the Girgashite to his seed. You have fulfilled Your words, for You are righteous.
He sings to others, saying, ‘I have sinned and perverted what is right, but I did not get what I deserved.
For He does not consider a man further that he should go before God in judgment.
We have sinned with our fathers, we have committed iniquity, we have acted wickedly.
Then Moses returned to Adonai and said, “Alas, these people have sinned greatly, and made gods of gold!
Righteous are You, Adonai, when I plead my case with You. Yet I speak with You about justice. Why does the way of the wicked prosper? Why do all the treacherous thrive?
because of their wickedness which they committed to provoke Me, by continuing to burn sacrifices for and serve other gods, whom they had not known—not they, nor you, nor your fathers.
“Adonai is righteous, for I have rebelled against His word. Hear now, all peoples— look at my suffering! My maidens and my young men have gone into captivity.
So you will know that I am Adonai, whose laws you did not follow and whose ordinances you did not obey. Instead, you have acted in accord with the ordinances of the nations around you.”