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But he did not put to death the children of the murderers, according to what is written in the book of the law of Moses, where the Lord commanded, “The parents shall not be put to death for the children or the children be put to death for the parents, but all shall be put to death for their own sins.”(A)

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Yet he did not put the children of the assassins to death, in accordance with what is written in the Book of the Law(A) of Moses where the Lord commanded: “Parents are not to be put to death for their children, nor children put to death for their parents; each will die for their own sin.”[a](B)

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Kings 14:6 Deut. 24:16

He will repay my enemies for their evil.
    In your faithfulness, put an end to them.(A)

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Let evil recoil(A) on those who slander me;
    in your faithfulness(B) destroy them.

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13     I cry for help[a] until morning;
like a lion he breaks all my bones;
    from day to night you bring me to an end.(A)

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Footnotes

  1. 38.13 Cn: Meaning of Heb uncertain

13 I waited patiently(A) till dawn,
    but like a lion he broke(B) all my bones;(C)
    day and night(D) you made an end of me.

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