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Proverbs 24:29

Conflict and reconciliationForgiving othersAnger

27 Complete your outdoor work and prepare your field; after that, you may build your house.

28 Do not testify against your neighbor without cause, and do not deceive with your lips.

Do not say, “I will do to him as he has done to me; I will repay the man according to his work.”

30 I went past the field of a slacker and by the vineyard of a man lacking judgment.

31 Thorns had grown up everywhere, thistles had covered the ground, and the stone wall was broken down.

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BSB
Do not say, “I will do to him as he has done to me; I will repay the man according to his work.”
KJV
Say not, I will do so to him as he hath done to me: I will render to the man according to his work.
WEB
Don’t say, “I will do to him as he has done to me; I will repay the man according to his work.”
ASV
Say not, I will do so to him as he hath done to me; I will render to the man according to his work.
DARBY
Say not, I will do so to him as he hath done to me, I will render to the man according to his work.
BLB
Do not say, “According to what he has done to me, so I will do to him; I will return to the man according to his deed.”
ÅB
Si ikke: Som han har gjort mot meg, slik vil jeg gjøre mot ham; jeg vil gjengjelde enhver etter hans gjerninger.
OTB
Si ikke, «Jeg vil gjøre mot dem som de har gjort mot meg; jeg vil gjengjelde dem for det de har gjort.»
B1930
Si ikke: Som han har gjort mot mig, således vil jeg gjøre mot ham; jeg vil gjengjelde enhver efter hans gjerninger.

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