14 Alexander(A) the metalworker did me a great deal of harm. The Lord will repay him for what he has done.(B)

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14 Alexander the coppersmith did me much evil: the Lord reward him according to his works:

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20 Among them are Hymenaeus(A) and Alexander,(B) whom I have handed over to Satan(C) to be taught not to blaspheme.

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20 Of whom is Hymenaeus and Alexander; whom I have delivered unto Satan, that they may learn not to blaspheme.

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God is just:(A) He will pay back trouble to those who trouble you(B)

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Seeing it is a righteous thing with God to recompense tribulation to them that trouble you;

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Repay them for their deeds
    and for their evil work;
repay them for what their hands have done(A)
    and bring back on them what they deserve.(B)

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Give them according to their deeds, and according to the wickedness of their endeavours: give them after the work of their hands; render to them their desert.

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Give back to her as she has given;
    pay her back(A) double(B) for what she has done.
    Pour her a double portion from her own cup.(C)

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Reward her even as she rewarded you, and double unto her double according to her works: in the cup which she hath filled fill to her double.

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33 The Jews in the crowd pushed Alexander to the front, and they shouted instructions to him. He motioned(A) for silence in order to make a defense before the people. 34 But when they realized he was a Jew, they all shouted in unison for about two hours: “Great is Artemis of the Ephesians!”(B)

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33 And they drew Alexander out of the multitude, the Jews putting him forward. And Alexander beckoned with the hand, and would have made his defence unto the people.

34 But when they knew that he was a Jew, all with one voice about the space of two hours cried out, Great is Diana of the Ephesians.

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12 May the Lord judge(A) between you and me. And may the Lord avenge(B) the wrongs you have done to me, but my hand will not touch you.

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12 The Lord judge between me and thee, and the Lord avenge me of thee: but mine hand shall not be upon thee.

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20 “Rejoice over her, you heavens!(A)
    Rejoice, you people of God!
    Rejoice, apostles and prophets!
For God has judged her
    with the judgment she imposed on you.”(B)

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20 Rejoice over her, thou heaven, and ye holy apostles and prophets; for God hath avenged you on her.

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10 They called out in a loud voice, “How long,(A) Sovereign Lord,(B) holy and true,(C) until you judge the inhabitants of the earth(D) and avenge our blood?”(E)

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10 And they cried with a loud voice, saying, How long, O Lord, holy and true, dost thou not judge and avenge our blood on them that dwell on the earth?

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16 If you see any brother or sister commit a sin that does not lead to death, you should pray and God will give them life.(A) I refer to those whose sin does not lead to death. There is a sin that leads to death.(B) I am not saying that you should pray about that.(C)

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16 If any man see his brother sin a sin which is not unto death, he shall ask, and he shall give him life for them that sin not unto death. There is a sin unto death: I do not say that he shall pray for it.

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19 Do not take revenge,(A) my dear friends, but leave room for God’s wrath, for it is written: “It is mine to avenge; I will repay,”[a](B) says the Lord.

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Footnotes

  1. Romans 12:19 Deut. 32:35

19 Dearly beloved, avenge not yourselves, but rather give place unto wrath: for it is written, Vengeance is mine; I will repay, saith the Lord.

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19 Listen to me, Lord;
    hear what my accusers(A) are saying!
20 Should good be repaid with evil?(B)
    Yet they have dug a pit(C) for me.
Remember that I stood(D) before you
    and spoke in their behalf(E)
    to turn your wrath away from them.
21 So give their children over to famine;(F)
    hand them over to the power of the sword.(G)
Let their wives be made childless and widows;(H)
    let their men be put to death,
    their young men(I) slain by the sword in battle.
22 Let a cry(J) be heard from their houses
    when you suddenly bring invaders against them,
for they have dug a pit(K) to capture me
    and have hidden snares(L) for my feet.
23 But you, Lord, know
    all their plots to kill(M) me.
Do not forgive(N) their crimes
    or blot out their sins from your sight.
Let them be overthrown before you;
    deal with them in the time of your anger.(O)

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19 Give heed to me, O Lord, and hearken to the voice of them that contend with me.

20 Shall evil be recompensed for good? for they have digged a pit for my soul. Remember that I stood before thee to speak good for them, and to turn away thy wrath from them.

21 Therefore deliver up their children to the famine, and pour out their blood by the force of the sword; and let their wives be bereaved of their children, and be widows; and let their men be put to death; let their young men be slain by the sword in battle.

22 Let a cry be heard from their houses, when thou shalt bring a troop suddenly upon them: for they have digged a pit to take me, and hid snares for my feet.

23 Yet, Lord, thou knowest all their counsel against me to slay me: forgive not their iniquity, neither blot out their sin from thy sight, but let them be overthrown before thee; deal thus with them in the time of thine anger.

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They repay me evil for good,(A)
    and hatred for my friendship.

Appoint someone evil to oppose my enemy;
    let an accuser(B) stand at his right hand.
When he is tried, let him be found guilty,(C)
    and may his prayers condemn(D) him.
May his days be few;(E)
    may another take his place(F) of leadership.
May his children be fatherless
    and his wife a widow.(G)
10 May his children be wandering beggars;(H)
    may they be driven[a] from their ruined homes.
11 May a creditor(I) seize all he has;
    may strangers plunder(J) the fruits of his labor.(K)
12 May no one extend kindness to him
    or take pity(L) on his fatherless children.
13 May his descendants be cut off,(M)
    their names blotted out(N) from the next generation.
14 May the iniquity of his fathers(O) be remembered before the Lord;
    may the sin of his mother never be blotted out.
15 May their sins always remain before(P) the Lord,
    that he may blot out their name(Q) from the earth.

16 For he never thought of doing a kindness,
    but hounded to death the poor
    and the needy(R) and the brokenhearted.(S)
17 He loved to pronounce a curse—
    may it come back on him.(T)
He found no pleasure in blessing—
    may it be far from him.
18 He wore cursing(U) as his garment;
    it entered into his body like water,(V)
    into his bones like oil.
19 May it be like a cloak wrapped(W) about him,
    like a belt tied forever around him.
20 May this be the Lord’s payment(X) to my accusers,
    to those who speak evil(Y) of me.

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 109:10 Septuagint; Hebrew sought

And they have rewarded me evil for good, and hatred for my love.

Set thou a wicked man over him: and let Satan stand at his right hand.

When he shall be judged, let him be condemned: and let his prayer become sin.

Let his days be few; and let another take his office.

Let his children be fatherless, and his wife a widow.

10 Let his children be continually vagabonds, and beg: let them seek their bread also out of their desolate places.

11 Let the extortioner catch all that he hath; and let the strangers spoil his labour.

12 Let there be none to extend mercy unto him: neither let there be any to favour his fatherless children.

13 Let his posterity be cut off; and in the generation following let their name be blotted out.

14 Let the iniquity of his fathers be remembered with the Lord; and let not the sin of his mother be blotted out.

15 Let them be before the Lord continually, that he may cut off the memory of them from the earth.

16 Because that he remembered not to shew mercy, but persecuted the poor and needy man, that he might even slay the broken in heart.

17 As he loved cursing, so let it come unto him: as he delighted not in blessing, so let it be far from him.

18 As he clothed himself with cursing like as with his garment, so let it come into his bowels like water, and like oil into his bones.

19 Let it be unto him as the garment which covereth him, and for a girdle wherewith he is girded continually.

20 Let this be the reward of mine adversaries from the Lord, and of them that speak evil against my soul.

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