Let me hear joy and gladness, that the bones which you have broken may rejoice.
Luke 15:32 - Y'all Version Bible But we had to celebrate and rejoice, because this brother of yours was dead and is alive again. He was lost and is found.’” Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 It was meet that we should make merry, and be glad: for this thy brother was dead, and is alive again; and was lost, and is found. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition But it was fitting to make merry, to revel and feast and rejoice, for this brother of yours was dead and is alive again! He was lost and is found! American Standard Version (1901) But it was meet to make merry and be glad: for this thy brother was dead, and is alive again; and was lost, and is found. Common English Bible But we had to celebrate and be glad because this brother of yours was dead and is alive. He was lost and is found.’” Catholic Public Domain Version But it was necessary to feast and to rejoice. For this brother of yours was dead, and has revived; he was lost, and is found.' " Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version But it was fit that we should make merry and be glad, for this thy brother was dead and is come to life again; he was lost, and is found. |
Let me hear joy and gladness, that the bones which you have broken may rejoice.
Then YHWH’s ransomed ones will return, and come with singing to Zion; and everlasting joy will be on their heads. They will obtain gladness and joy, and sorrow and sighing will flee away.”
Who is wise, that he may understand these things? Who is prudent, that he may know them? For the ways of YHWH are right, and the righteous walk in them, but the rebellious stumble in them.
For this son of mine was dead and is alive again. He was lost and is found.’ Then they began to celebrate.
“The father said to him, ‘Son, you are always with me, and everything I have is yours.
The Son of Humanity has come eating and drinking, and you say, ‘Look, a glutton and a drunkard, a friend of tax collectors and sinners!’
For if their rejection brings the reconciliation of the world, what would their acceptance be, but life from the dead?
Now we know that whatever the law says, it says to those under the law, so that every mouth may be closed, and all the world would become accountable to God.
Absolutely not! Yes, let God be found true, but every human a liar. As it is written, “that you might be justified in your words, and might conquer when you come into judgment.”