As a lame man hath fair legs in vain: so a parable is unseemly in the mouth of fools.
Psalm 50:16 - Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Deliver me from blood, O God, thou God of my salvation: and my tongue shall extol thy justice. 更多版本King James Version (Oxford) 1769 But unto the wicked God saith, What hast thou to do to declare my statutes, or that thou shouldest take my covenant in thy mouth? Amplified Bible - Classic Edition But to the wicked, God says: What right have you to recite My statutes or take My covenant or pledge on your lips, American Standard Version (1901) But unto the wicked God saith, What hast thou to do to declare my statutes, And that thou hast taken my covenant in thy mouth, Common English Bible But to the wicked God says, “Why do you talk about my laws? Why do you even mention my covenant? Catholic Public Domain Version Free me from blood, O God, the God of my salvation, and my tongue will extol your justice. English Standard Version 2016 But to the wicked God says: “What right have you to recite my statutes or take my covenant on your lips? |
As a lame man hath fair legs in vain: so a parable is unseemly in the mouth of fools.
And the Lord said: Forasmuch as this people draw near me with their mouth, and with their lips glorify me, but their heart is far from me, and they have feared me with the commandment and doctrines of men:
And when the wicked turneth himself away from his wickedness, which he hath wrought, and doeth judgment and justice, he shall save his soul alive.
But I chastise my body, and bring it into subjection: lest perhaps, when I have preached to others, I myself should become a castaway.
Not according to the testament which I made to their fathers, on the day when I took them by the hand to lead them out of the land of Egypt: because they continued not in my testament: and I regarded them not, saith the Lord.
Leaving the right way they have gone astray, having followed the way of Balaam of Bosor, who loved the wages of iniquity,