He allowed no man to do them wrong. Yes, he reproved kings for their sakes,
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He allowed no man to do them wrong. Yes, he reproved kings for their sakes,
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He suffered no man to do them wrong: yea, he reproved kings for their sakes,
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He suffered no man to do them wrong, yea, for their sake He reproved kings:
Cross-references (7)
Passages linked to 1 Chronicles 16:21 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, ordered by reader-vote popularity; verse text shown in World English Bible.
- Genesis 20:3 But God came to Abimelech in a dream of the night, and said to him, “Behold, you are a dead man, because of the woman whom you have taken; for she is a man’s wife.”
- Genesis 12:17 Yahweh afflicted Pharaoh and his house with great plagues because of Sarai, Abram’s wife.
- Genesis 31:29 It is in the power of my hand to hurt you, but the God of your father spoke to me last night, saying, ‘Be careful that you don’t speak to Jacob either good or bad.’
- Exodus 7:15-18 Go to Pharaoh in the morning. Behold, he is going out to the water. You shall stand by the river’s bank to meet him. You shall take the rod which was turned to a serpent in your hand. You shall tell him, ‘Yahweh, the God of the Hebrews, has sent me to you, saying, “Let my people go, that they may serve me in the wilderness. Behold, until now you haven’t listened.” Yahweh says, “In this you shall know that I am Yahweh. Behold: I will strike with the rod that is in my hand on the waters which are in the river, and they shall be turned to blood. The fish that are in the river will die and the river will become foul. The Egyptians will loathe to drink water from the river.” ’ ”
- Genesis 31:24 God came to Laban the Syrian in a dream of the night, and said to him, “Be careful that you don’t speak to Jacob either good or bad.”
- Genesis 31:42 Unless the God of my father, the God of Abraham, and the fear of Isaac, had been with me, surely now you would have sent me away empty. God has seen my affliction and the labor of my hands, and rebuked you last night.”
- Exodus 9:13-18 Yahweh said to Moses, “Rise up early in the morning, and stand before Pharaoh, and tell him, ‘This is what Yahweh, the God of the Hebrews, says: “Let my people go, that they may serve me. For this time I will send all my plagues against your heart, against your officials, and against your people; that you may know that there is no one like me in all the earth. For now I would have stretched out my hand, and struck you and your people with pestilence, and you would have been cut off from the earth; but indeed for this cause I have made you stand: to show you my power, and that my name may be declared throughout all the earth, because you still exalt yourself against my people, that you won’t let them go. Behold, tomorrow about this time I will cause it to rain a very grievous hail, such as has not been in Egypt since the day it was founded even until now.
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Geneva Bible translators 1599 · Public Domain As Pharaoh and Abimelech.
As Pharaoh and Abimelech.
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The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain 21. he reproved kings] Gen_20:3-7.
21. he reproved kings] Gen_20:3-7.
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Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers 1878 · Public Domain (21) This verse was originally the apodosis to 1Ch_16:19.…
(21) This verse was originally the apodosis to 1Ch_16:19. as in Psalms 105 : “When they were but few . . . and went from nation to nation . . . he suffered no man,” &c.
He suffered no man.—Heb., he permitted to no man, as in 2Sa_16:11. Psalms 105 has the mere accusative, and a different word for “man” (’âdâm).
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