The kings of the earth take a stand, and the rulers take counsel together against YHWH, and against ʜɪꜱ Anointed One, saying,
Matthew 22:15 - Y'all Version Bible Then the Pharisees went out and plotted how they might trap Jesus in his words. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Then went the Pharisees, and took counsel how they might entangle him in his talk. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Then the Pharisees went and consulted and plotted together how they might entangle Jesus in His talk. American Standard Version (1901) Then went the Pharisees, and took counsel how they might ensnare him in his talk. Common English Bible Then the Pharisees met together to find a way to trap Jesus in his words. Catholic Public Domain Version Then the Pharisees, going out, took counsel as to how they might entrap him in speech. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Then the Pharisees going, consulted among themselves how to insnare him in his speech. |
The kings of the earth take a stand, and the rulers take counsel together against YHWH, and against ʜɪꜱ Anointed One, saying,
When he comes to see me, he speaks falsehood. His stores up evil in his heart. When he goes outside, he tells it.
They have prepared a net for my steps. My soul is bowed down. They dig a pit before me. They fall into the middle of it themselves. Selah.
Because look, they set an ambush for my soul. Powerful men are against me, not for my disobedience, nor for my sin, YHWH.
who cause a person to be indicted by a word, and lay a snare for one who reproves in the gate, and who deprive the innocent of justice with false testimony.
Then they said, “Come, y’all! Let’s devise plans against Jeremiah, for the law won’t be lost from the priest, nor counsel from the wise, nor the word from the prophet. Come, y’all, and let’s strike him with the tongue, and let’s not give heed to any of his words.”
For I have heard the defaming of many: “Terror on every side! Y’all denounce him, and we will denounce him!” say all my familiar friends, those who watch for my fall. “Perhaps he will be deceived, and we will deceived him, and we will take our revenge on him.”
But the Pharisees went out and conspired against him, as to how they might destroy him.
I am saying this for y’all’s own benefit, not to restrict y’all, but toward an honorable devotion to the Lord that is without distraction.
For y’all should contemplate him and the hostility he endured from sinners, so that y’all don’t grow weary and lose heart.