Verse
KJV
King James Version
BSB
Berean Standard Bible
The righteous perisheth
, and no man
layeth
it to heart :
and
merciful
men are taken
away, none
considering
that the righteous is
taken
away
from the evil to
come
.
The righteous perish
, and no one
takes
it to heart ;
devout
men are swept
away, while
no
one
considers
that the righteous are
guided
from the presence
of
evil.
He
shall
enter into peace :
they shall
rest in
their
beds
, each
one
walking
in his
uprightness
.
Those
who
walk
uprightly
enter into peace ;
they find
rest, lying
down
in death
.
But draw
near
hither
, ye
sons of the
sorceress, the
seed
of the
adulterer
and the
whore.
“
But come
here
, you
sons of a
sorceress, you
offspring
of adulterers
and prostitutes!
Against
whom do
ye
sport
yourselves
? against
whom make
ye
a
wide
mouth,
and draw
out the
tongue? are ye
not children of transgression, a
seed
of falsehood.
Whom are
you
mocking
? At
whom do
you
snarl
and stick
out your
tongue? Are you
not children of transgression, offspring
of deceit,
Enflaming
yourselves
with idols
under every green
tree, slaying
the
children in the valleys under the clifts
of the rocks?
who
burn
with lust
among
the
oaks,
under every luxuriant
tree, who
slaughter
your
children in the valleys ,
under the clefts
of the rocks?
Among the smooth stones of the stream
is
thy
portion
; they
, they are thy
lot :
even to them hast
thou
poured a drink offering ,
thou
hast
offered a meat
offering. Should I receive
comfort
in
these?
Your
portion
is
among the smooth stones of the valley
; indeed
, they are your
lot .
Even to them you
have
poured out
a drink offering and
offered a grain
offering. Should I relent
because
of
these?
Upon
a lofty
and
high mountain
hast
thou
set
thy
bed :
even
thither
wentest
thou
up to offer sacrifice
.
On
a high and
lofty
hill
you
have
made
your
bed ,
and
there
you
went
up to offer sacrifices
.
Behind the doors
also
and the
posts
hast
thou
set up thy
remembrance:
for
thou
hast
discovered
thyself
to
another
than
me, and
art
gone
up;
thou
hast
enlarged
thy
bed ,
and made thee
a covenant
with them
; thou
lovedst
their bed
where
thou
sawest
it
.
Behind the door
and doorpost
you
have
set up your
memorial.
Forsaking
Me, you
uncovered
your
bed ;
you
climbed
up
and opened
it
wide.
And
you
have
made a pact
with those
whose
bed
you
have
loved
; you
have
gazed
upon
their nakedness
.
And
thou
wentest
to the
king
with ointment,
and didst
increase
thy
perfumes ,
and
didst
send
thy
messengers
far
off,
and
didst
debase
thyself
even unto
hell
.
You
went
to Molech
with oil
and multiplied
your
perfumes .
You
have
sent
your
envoys
a
great
distance;
you
have
descended
even to
Sheol
itself
.
Thou
art
wearied in
the
greatness
of
thy
way;
yet
saidst
thou
not, There is no hope :
thou
hast
found the
life
of thine
hand
; therefore thou
wast
not grieved
.
You
are
wearied by
your
many
journeys,
but
you
did
not say
, “
There is no hope !”
You
found renewal
of your
strength
; therefore you
did
not grow
weak
.
And
of
whom hast
thou
been
afraid
or
feared, that thou
hast
lied ,
and hast
not
remembered
me ,
nor
laid
it
to thy
heart? have
not I held
my
peace
even
of
old,
and
thou
fearest
me
not?
Whom have
you
dreaded
and
feared, so
that you
lied and failed
to
remember
Me or
take
this
to heart? Is
it
not because
I have
long
been
silent
that
you
do
not fear
Me
?
I will declare
thy
righteousness ,
and thy
works ;
for
they shall
not profit thee
.
I will expose
your
righteousness and your
works ,
and
they will
not profit you
.
When thou
criest
, let thy
companies deliver thee;
but
the wind shall
carry them
all away;
vanity
shall
take them :
but he that
putteth
his
trust
in me shall
possess
the land ,
and shall
inherit
my holy mountain ;
When you
cry
out
, let your
companies of
idols
deliver you!
Yet
the wind will
carry off
all of
them,
a
breath
will
take them away.
But he who
seeks
refuge
in Me will
inherit
the land and possess
My holy mountain .”
And shall
say
, Cast
ye
up, cast
ye
up, prepare the way, take up
the
stumblingblock
out of the way of my people.
And it
will
be
said
, “Build
it
up, build
it
up, prepare the way, take every
obstacle
out of the way of My people. ”
For thus saith
the high and lofty
One
that
inhabiteth
eternity, whose name is Holy ;
I dwell in the
high and holy place, with him
also
that
is
of
a
contrite
and humble spirit, to revive
the spirit of the humble,
and to
revive the heart of the contrite ones
.
For thus says
the One
who
is
high and lifted
up,
who
inhabits
eternity, whose name is Holy :
“
I dwell in a
high and holy place, and
with the
oppressed
and humble in
spirit, to restore
the spirit of the lowly
and revive the heart of the contrite.
For I will not contend
for
ever
, neither
will I be
always wroth:
for the spirit should
fail
before me, and
the souls
which
I have made.
For I will not accuse
you
forever
, nor
will I always be
angry;
for then
the spirit of
man
would
grow
weak
before Me, with
the breath
of
those
I have made.
For
the
iniquity
of
his
covetousness
was
I wroth,
and
smote
him:
I
hid
me,
and
was wroth
, and he
went
on
frowardly
in the way
of his heart.
I was enraged
by
his
sinful
greed
, so
I
struck
him
and hid
My
face
in anger;
yet
he
kept
turning
back
to
the desires
of his heart.
I have seen his ways, and
will heal him :
I will lead
him also,
and restore comforts
unto
him and to
his mourners .
I have seen his ways, but
I
will heal him ;
I will guide
him and restore comfort
to
him and his mourners ,
I
create
the
fruit
of
the
lips ;
Peace, peace to him
that
is
far off,
and to
him
that
is
near, saith
the LORD ;
and I will heal him
.
bringing
praise
to
their
lips .
Peace, peace to those
far and near, ”
says
the LORD ,
“
and I will heal them
. ”
But the wicked are like the troubled
sea, when
it cannot rest
, whose
waters
cast
up mire and dirt
.
But the wicked are like the storm-tossed
sea, for
it cannot be
still
, and
its
waves
churn
up mire and muck
.
There is no peace, saith
my God, to
the wicked.
“
There is no peace, ”
says
my God, “for
the wicked. ”
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