KJV King James Version
If I say, I will speak thus; behold, I should offend [against] the generation of thy children.
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Psalm 73:15
If I say, I will speak thus; behold, I should offend [against] the generation of thy children.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
If I had said, “I will speak this way,” then I would have betrayed Your children.
WEB World English Bible
If I had said, “I will speak thus;” behold, I would have betrayed the generation of your children.
ASV American Standard Version
If I had said, I will speak thus; Behold, I had dealt treacherously with the generation of thy children.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
If I have said, ‘I recount thus,’ Lo, a generation of Thy sons I have deceived.
Surrounding context — Psalm 73
12 Behold, these [are] the ungodly, who prosper in the world; they increase [in] riches.
13 Verily I have cleansed my heart [in] vain, and washed my hands in innocency.
14 For all the day long have I been plagued, and chastened every morning.
15 If I say, I will speak thus; behold, I should offend [against] the generation of thy children.
16 When I thought to know this, it [was] too painful for me;
17 Until I went into the sanctuary of God; [then] understood I their end.
18 Surely thou didst set them in slippery places: thou castedst them down into destruction.
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Romans 14:15But if thy brother be grieved with [thy] meat, now walkest thou not charitably. Destroy not him with thy meat, for whom Christ died.Malachi 2:8But ye are departed out of the way; ye have caused many to stumble at the law; ye have corrupted the covenant of Levi, saith the LORD of hosts.Matthew 18:6-7But whoso shall offend one of these little ones which believe in me, it were better for him that a millstone were hanged about his neck, and [that] he were drowned in the depth of the sea.Psalm 24:6This [is] the generation of them that seek him, that seek thy face, O Jacob. Selah.Psalm 22:30A seed shall serve him; it shall be accounted to the Lord for a generation.1 Peter 2:9But ye [are] a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, an holy nation, a peculiar people; that ye should shew forth the praises of him who hath called you out of darkness into his marvellous light:Psalm 14:5There were they in great fear: for God [is] in the generation of the righteous.Romans 14:21[It is] good neither to eat flesh, nor to drink wine, nor [any thing] whereby thy brother stumbleth, or is offended, or is made weak.1 Samuel 2:24Nay, my sons; for [it is] no good report that I hear: ye make the LORD’S people to transgress.1 Corinthians 8:11-13And through thy knowledge shall the weak brother perish, for whom Christ died?
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