Perhaps Adonai will look on my affliction and return good to me for his cursing this day.”
Proverbs 26:2 - Tree of Life Version Like a fluttering sparrow or a flying swallow, so an undeserved curse does not land. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 As the bird by wandering, as the swallow by flying, So the curse causeless shall not come. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Like the sparrow in her wandering, like the swallow in her flying, so the causeless curse does not alight. [Num. 23:8.] American Standard Version (1901) As the sparrow in her wandering, as the swallow in her flying, So the curse that is causeless alighteth not. Common English Bible Like a darting sparrow, like a flying swallow, so an undeserved curse never arrives. Catholic Public Domain Version Like a bird flying away to another place, and like a sparrow that hurries away freely, so also a curse uttered against someone without cause will pass away. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version As a bird flying to other places, and a sparrow going here or there: so a curse uttered without cause shall come upon a man. |
Perhaps Adonai will look on my affliction and return good to me for his cursing this day.”
Adonai has returned on you all the blood of Saul’s house, in whose place you’ve reigned. Adonai has handed the kingdom over to your son Absalom—so see, your own evil has overtaken you, because you are a man of bloodshed.”
For they did not meet Bnei-Yisrael with bread and water, but instead hired Balaam against them to curse them. However, our God turned the curse into a blessing.
They may curse, but You bless. When they arise, they will be ashamed, but Your servant will rejoice.
Like a bird that strays from its nest is a man that wanders from his home.
For like fluttering birds, scattered from a nest, so will the daughters of Moab be at the fords of Arnon.
How can I curse one whom God has not cursed? How can I denounce one whom Adonai has not denounced?
Then the Philistine said to David, “Am I a dog, that you come to me with sticks?” Then the Philistine cursed David by his gods.