A CURSE WITHOUT A CAUSE:

A CURSE WITHOUT A CAUSE:

17 August 2013. 

1. English - (Different translations) 

[Proverbs 26:2]

NIV Translation:

Like a fluttering sparrow or a darting swallow, an undeserved curse does not come to rest. 

NKJ Translation:

Like a flitting sparrow, like a flying swallow, so a curse without cause shall not alight. 

AMPLIFIED BIBLE VERSION:

(More direct translation from the original Greek and Hebrew text):

Like a sparrow in her wandering, like a swallow in her flying, so the causeless curse does not alight. 

[Numbers 23:8]

How can I curse those whom God Has not cursed? Or how can I (violently) denounce those whom the Lord Has not denounced? 

2. Afrikaans - (Ou Afrikaanse Vertaling):

'n VERVLOEKING SONDER REDE:

Soos die voëltjie wegvladder, soos die swaweltjie wegvlieg, so is 'n vervloeking sonder oorsaak: dit kom nie uit nie. 

[Númeri 23:8]

Hoe sal ek vloek wie Gòd nie vloek nie? En hoe sal ek verwens vir wie die Here nie verwens nie?

Photo by/Foto deur Martin Heigan.