(NIV)
Cursed be their anger, so fierce,
and their fury, so cruel!
I will scatter them in Jacob
and disperse them in Israel.
Cursed be their
anger,
for it is
fierce,
and their
wrath,
for it is
cruel!
I will
divide them in
Jacoband
scatter them in
Israel.
(NIV)
A people that you do not know will eat what your land and labour produce, and you will have nothing but cruel oppression all your days.
A
nation that you have
not known shall
eat up the
fruit of your
ground and of
all your
labors, and you shall
be only oppressed and
crushed continually,
(NIV)
Their wine is the venom of serpents,
the deadly poison of cobras.
their
wine is the
poison of
serpentsand the
cruel venom of
asps.
(NIV)
You turn on me ruthlessly;
with the might of your hand you attack me.
You have
turned cruel to me;
with the
might of your
hand you
persecute me.
(NIV)
They sharpen their tongues like swords
and aim cruel words like deadly arrows.
who whet their
tongues like
swords,
who
aim bitter words like
arrows,
(NIV)
Deliver me, my God, from the hand of the wicked,
from the grasp of those who are evil and cruel.
Rescue me, O my
God,
from the
hand of the
wicked,
from the
grasp of the
unjust and
cruel man.
(NIV)
to the One who gives victory to kings,
who delivers his servant David.
From the deadly sword
who
gives victory to
kings,
who
rescues David his
servant from the
cruel sword.
(NIV)
lest you lose your honour to others
and your dignity to one who is cruel,
lest you
give your
honor to
othersand your
years to the
merciless,
(NIV)
Those who are kind benefit themselves,
but the cruel bring ruin on themselves.
A
man who is
kind benefits himself,
but a
cruel man hurts himself.
(NIV)
The righteous care for the needs of their animals,
but the kindest acts of the wicked are cruel.
Whoever is
righteous has
regard for the
life of his
beast,
but the
mercy of the
wicked is
cruel.
(NIV)
Evildoers foster rebellion against God;
the messenger of death will be sent against them.
An
evil man seeks only rebellion,
and a
cruel messenger will be
sent against
him.
(NIV)
Anger is cruel and fury overwhelming,
but who can stand before jealousy?
Wrath is
cruel,
anger is
overwhelming,
but
who can
stand before jealousy?
(NIV)
A tyrannical ruler practises extortion,
but one who hates ill-gotten gain will enjoy a long reign.
A
ruler who
lacks understanding is a
cruel oppressor,
but he who
hates unjust gain will
prolong his
days.
(NIV)
Moreover, no one knows when their hour will come:
As fish are caught in a cruel net,
or birds are taken in a snare,
so people are trapped by evil times
that fall unexpectedly upon them.
For man does
not know his
time. Like
fish that are
taken in an
evil net, and
like birds that are
caught in a
snare, so the
children of
man are
snared at an
evil time, when it
suddenly falls upon them.
(NIV)
See, the day of the
Lord is coming
– a cruel day, with wrath and fierce anger –
to make the land desolate
and destroy the sinners within it.
Behold,
the
day of the
Lord comes,
cruel, with
wrath and
fierce anger,
to make the
land a
desolationand to
destroy its
sinners from it.
(NIV)
I will hand the Egyptians over
to the power of a cruel master,
and a fierce king will rule over them,’
declares the Lord, the
Lord Almighty.
and I will
give over the
Egyptiansinto the
hand of a
hard master,
and a
fierce king will
rule over them,
declares the
Lord God of
hosts.
(NIV)
They are armed with bow and spear;
they are cruel and show no mercy.
They sound like the roaring sea
as they ride on their horses;
they come like men in battle formation
to attack you, Daughter Zion.’
They lay
hold on
bow and
javelin;
they are
cruel and have
no mercy;
the
sound of them is like the
roaring sea;
they
ride on horses,
set in
array as a
man for
battle,
against you, O
daughter of
Zion!”
(NIV)
‘I will save you from the hands of the wicked
and deliver you from the grasp of the cruel.’
I will
deliver you out of the
hand of the
wicked,
and
redeem you from the
grasp of the
ruthless.”
(NIV)
All your allies have forgotten you;
they care nothing for you.
I have struck you as an enemy would
and punished you as would the cruel,
because your guilt is so great
and your sins so many.
All your
lovers have
forgotten you;
they
care nothing for you;
for I have
dealt you the
blow of an
enemy,
the
punishment of a
merciless foe,
because your
guilt is
great,
because
your sins are
flagrant.
(NIV)
They are armed with bows and spears;
they are cruel and without mercy.
They sound like the roaring sea
as they ride on their horses;
they come like men in battle formation
to attack you, Daughter Babylon.
They lay
hold of
bow and
spear;
they are
cruel and have
no mercy.
The
sound of them is like the
roaring of the
sea;
they
ride on horses,
arrayed as a
man for
battleagainst you, O
daughter of
Babylon!
(NIV)
Even jackals offer their breasts
to nurse their young,
but my people have become heartless
like ostriches in the desert.
Even jackals offer the
breast;
they
nurse their
young;
but the
daughter of my
people has
become cruel,
like the
ostriches in the
wilderness.
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