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

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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

30 [a]For we know him that hath said, (A)Vengeance belongeth unto me: I will recompense, saith the Lord. And again, The Lord shall [b]judge his people.

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Footnotes

  1. Hebrews 10:30 The reason of all these things is, because God is a revenger of such as despise him: otherwise he should not rightly govern his Church. Now there is nothing more horrible then the wrath of the living God.
  2. Hebrews 10:30 Rule or govern.

30 For we know him who said, “It is mine to avenge; I will repay,”[a](A) and again, “The Lord will judge his people.”[b](B)

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Footnotes

  1. Hebrews 10:30 Deut. 32:35
  2. Hebrews 10:30 Deut. 32:36; Psalm 135:14