16 (A)For their feet run to evil,
And they make haste to shed blood.

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16 for their feet rush into evil,(A)
    they are swift to shed blood.(B)

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(A)Their feet run to evil,
And they make haste to shed (B)innocent blood;
(C)Their thoughts are thoughts of iniquity;
Wasting and (D)destruction are in their paths.

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Their feet rush into sin;
    they are swift to shed innocent blood.(A)
They pursue evil schemes;(B)
    acts of violence mark their ways.(C)

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18 (A)A heart that devises wicked plans,
(B)Feet that are swift in running to evil,

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18         a heart that devises wicked schemes,
        feet that are quick to rush into evil,(A)

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16 (A)For they do not sleep unless they have done evil;
And their sleep is [a]taken away unless they make someone fall.

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 4:16 Lit. robbed

16 For they cannot rest until they do evil;(A)
    they are robbed of sleep till they make someone stumble.

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But if our unrighteousness demonstrates the righteousness of God, what shall we say? Is God unjust who inflicts wrath? (A)(I speak as a man.)

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But if our unrighteousness brings out God’s righteousness more clearly,(A) what shall we say? That God is unjust in bringing his wrath on us? (I am using a human argument.)(B)

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