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16 Don’t wish for a multitude
of worthless children,
and don’t be glad about sons and daughters if they are ungodly.
2 If they have children,
don’t rejoice over them
unless they respect the Lord.
3 Don’t be confident that they will live,
and don’t rely on their great number.[a]
One is better than a thousand,
and it’s better to die childless
than to have ungodly children.
4 A city will be populated
through one intelligent person,
but a tribe of lawless people
can transform it into a desert.
5 My eye has seen many such things,
and my ear has heard more extraordinary matters than these.
6 A fire will be kindled
in an assembly of sinners,
and wrath will flash forth
in a disobedient nation.
7 The Lord didn’t seek reconciliation
with the ancient giants[b]
who rebelled in their might.
8 He didn’t spare Lot’s neighbors,
whom he detested
because of their arrogance.
9 He showed no mercy on a nation
doomed to destruction,
on people who were driven off
because of their sins.[c]
10 So also he showed no mercy
to the six hundred thousand
foot soldiers
who gathered together
in their stubbornness.[d]
11 Even if there was one
stiff-necked person,
it would be amazing
if that one would go unpunished,
because mercy and wrath are with him,
the Lord who reconciles
and who pours out wrath.
12 His scrutiny is as severe
as his mercy is abundant;
he will judge people
according to their deeds.
13 A sinner won’t escape with plunder,
and the endurance of the godly
will never fail.
14 He will make allowance
for every act of charity;
everyone will receive their just reward.[e]
17 Don’t say, “I’ll be hidden from the Lord,”
and “Who from on high
will call me to mind?
Among a great many people,
I’ll never be recognized;
for what am I in such a vast creation?
18 Look at the heavens,
indeed the highest heavens;
the abyss and the earth
will tremble at the Lord’s visitation.[f]
19 All at once the mountains
and the foundations of the earth
will shake together, quaking,
when he looks upon them.
20 The mind cannot even think
about these things.
Who can ponder his ways?
21 Most of his deeds are hidden
like a hurricane that no one can see.[g]
22 Who will announce just actions?
Or who will endure,
since God’s covenant is far off?”[h]
23 Those who lack sense think this way;
a foolish and misguided person
thinks foolish things.
24 Listen to me, my child: gain knowledge
and apply your mind to my words.
25 I will disclose instruction accurately,[i]
and with precision
I will declare knowledge.
26 The Lord’s works in creation
existed from the beginning,
and he defined their exact stations
when he made them.
27 He set their works in order forever,
and arranged their spheres of authority
for as long as they last.
They have never gotten hungry
or grown weary,
and they have never
abandoned their tasks.
28 None of them crowd out their neighbor,
and none will ever disobey his word.
29 Afterward, the Lord looked at the earth
and filled it with his good things.
30 He covered its surface
with every living being,
and they return into it.
16 For he coveteth not the multitude of sons unfaithful and unprofitable. [Forsooth he coveteth not the multitude of unfaithful sons and unprofitable.] 2 Be thou not glad in wicked sons, if they be multiplied; neither delight thou on (or in) them, if the dread of God is not in them. [Make thou not m...
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God’s Punishment of Sinners16 Do not desire a multitude of useless children, nor rejoice in ungodly sons.2 If they multiply, do not rejoice in them, unless the fear of the Lord is in them.3 Do not trust in their survival, and do not rely on their multitude;for one is better than a thousand,[a] and t...
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God’s Punishment of Sinners16 Do not desire a multitude of useless children, nor rejoice in ungodly sons.2 If they multiply, do not rejoice in them, unless the fear of the Lord is in them.3 Do not trust in their survival, and do not rely on their multitude;for one is better than a thousand,[a] and t...
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God’s Punishment of Sinners16 Do not desire a multitude of worthless[a] children, and do not rejoice in ungodly offspring.2 If they multiply, do not rejoice in them, unless the fear of the Lord is in them.3 Do not trust in their survival, or rely on their numbers;[b]for one can be better than a thou...
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God’s Punishment of Sinners16 Do not desire a multitude of worthless[a] children, and do not rejoice in ungodly offspring.2 If they multiply, do not rejoice in them, unless the fear of the Lord is in them.3 Do not trust in their survival, or rely on their numbers;[b]for one can be better than a thou...
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God’s Punishment of Sinners16 Do not desire a multitude of worthless[a] children, and do not rejoice in ungodly offspring.2 If they multiply, do not rejoice in them, unless the fear of the Lord is in them.3 Do not trust in their survival, or rely on their numbers;[b]for one can be better than a thou...
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God’s Punishment of Sinners16 Do not desire a multitude of worthless[a] children, and do not rejoice in ungodly offspring.2 If they multiply, do not rejoice in them, unless the fear of the Lord is in them.3 Do not trust in their survival or rely on their numbers,[b]for one can be better than a thous...
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God's Punishment of Sinners16 A large family is nothing to be desired if the children are worthless. Godless children are nothing to be proud of. 2 No matter how many children you have, don't look on them with pride unless they fear the Lord. 3 Don't put much hope in their future or expect them to l...
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16 Rejoice not in ungodly children, if they be multiplied: neither be delighted in them, if the fear of God be not with them. 2 Trust not to their life, and respect not their labours. 3 For better is one that feareth God, than a thousand ungodly children. 4 And it is better to die without children, ...
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