Now there was not such another as Achab, who was sold to do evil in the sight of the Lord: for his wife Jezabel set him on.
Ecclesiastes 8:12 - Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version But though a sinner do evil a hundred times, and by patience be borne withal, I know from thence that it shall be well with them that fear God, who dread his face. 更多版本King James Version (Oxford) 1769 Though a sinner do evil an hundred times, and his days be prolonged, yet surely I know that it shall be well with them that fear God, which fear before him: Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Though a sinner does evil a hundred times and his days [seemingly] are prolonged [in his wickedness], yet surely I know that it will be well with those who [reverently] fear God, who revere and worship Him, realizing His continual presence. [Ps. 37:11, 18, 19; Isa. 3:10, 11; Matt. 25:34.] American Standard Version (1901) Though a sinner do evil a hundred times, and prolong his days, yet surely I know that it shall be well with them that fear God, that fear before him: Common English Bible Wrongdoers may commit a hundred crimes but still live long lives. But I also know that it will go well for those who fear God, for those who are reverent before God. Catholic Public Domain Version But although a sinner may do evil of himself one hundred times, and by patience still endure, I realize that it will be well with those who fear God, who revere his face. English Standard Version 2016 Though a sinner does evil a hundred times and prolongs his life, yet I know that it will be well with those who fear God, because they fear before him. |
Now there was not such another as Achab, who was sold to do evil in the sight of the Lord: for his wife Jezabel set him on.
Let all the earth be moved at his presence: for he hath founded the world immoveable.
For he doth not now bring on his fury: neither doth he revenge wickedness exceedingly.
Often have they fought against me from my youth: but they could not prevail over me.
My heart is troubled, my strength hath left me, and the light of my eyes itself is not with me.
For thou art the most high Lord over all the earth: thou art exalted exceedingly above all gods.
Therefore God dealt well with the midwives: and the people multiplied and grew exceedingly strong.
Blessed is the man that is always fearful: but he that is hardened in mind, shall fall into evil.
Let us all hear together the conclusion of the discourse. Fear God, and keep his commandments: for this is all man:
I have learned that all the works which God hath made, continue for ever: we cannot add any thing, nor take away from those things which God hath made that he may be feared.
All the days of his life he eateth in darkness, and in many cares, and in misery, and sorrow.
If thou shalt see the oppressions of the poor, and violent judgments, and justice perverted in the province, wonder not at this matter: for he that is high hath another higher, and there are others still higher than these:
In the good day enjoy good things, and beware beforehand of the evil day: for God hath made both the one and the other, that man may not find against him any just complaint.
They are not cleansed even to this day: neither have they feared nor walked in the law of the Lord nor in my commandments which I set before you and your fathers.
Then shall the king say to them that shall be on his right hand: Come, ye blessed of my Father, possess you the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world.
But according to thy hardness and impenitent heart, thou treasurest up to thyself wrath, against the day of wrath, and revelation of the just judgment of God.
What if God, willing to shew his wrath, and to make his power known, endured with much patience vessels of wrath, fitted for destruction,
That it may be well with thee and thy children after thee, when thou shalt do that which is pleasing in the sight of the Lord.
Observe and hear all the things that I command thee, that it may be well with thee and thy children after thee for ever, when thou shalt do what is good and pleasing in the sight of the Lord thy God.
Keep his precepts and commandments, which I command thee. That it may be well with thee, and thy children after thee: and thou mayst remain a long time upon the land, which the Lord thy God will give thee.
The Lord knoweth how to deliver the godly from temptation, but to reserve the unjust unto the day of judgment to be tormented.