He prevents the godless from ruling so they cannot be a snare to the people.

使不虔敬的人不得作王，免得有人牢笼百姓。

不虔敬的人不得作王，免得百姓陷入圈套。

不虔敬的人不得作王，免得百姓陷入圈套。

以免不敬虔者做王，祸国殃民。

别让不敬虔的人作王，免得他危害人民。

使不虔敬的人不得作王，免得有人牢籠百姓。

不虔敬的人不得作王，免得百姓陷入圈套。

不虔敬的人不得作王，免得百姓陷入圈套。

以免不敬虔者做王，禍國殃民。

別讓不敬虔的人作王，免得他危害人民。

好使不拜上帝的人不得作王，免得有人牢籠人民。

致不虔者、不得操權、免其罔民、

不義者黜其位、不使為民坎阱。

不容惡人為君、阻其陷害人民、

to keep the godless from ruling, from laying snares for the people.

He keeps those who are ungodly from ruling. He keeps them from laying traps for others.

that a godless man should not reign, that he should not ensnare the people.

so that godless men should not rule or ensnare the people.

So that godless people would not rule, Nor be snares for the people.

That the hypocrite should not reign, Lest the people be ensnared.

That the godless man reign not, That there be none to ensnare the people.

so that godless men should not rule or ensnare the people.

That the hypocrite reign not, lest the people be ensnared.

so that the godless man should not rule, and not lay snares for the people.

that the godless man may not reign, that there be no one to ensnare the people.

“ For God watches how people live; he sees everything they do.

Then I saw another beast come up out of the earth. He had two horns like those of a lamb, but he spoke with the voice of a dragon.He exercised all the authority of the first beast. And he required all the earth and its people to worship the first beast, whose fatal wound had been healed.He did astounding miracles, even making fire flash down to earth from the sky while everyone was watching.And with all the miracles he was allowed to perform on behalf of the first beast, he deceived all the people who belong to this world. He ordered the people to make a great statue of the first beast, who was fatally wounded and then came back to life.

You keep only the laws of evil King Omri; you follow only the example of wicked King Ahab! Therefore, I will make an example of you, bringing you to complete ruin. You will be treated with contempt, mocked by all who see you.”

The people of Israel will be crushed and broken by my judgment because they are determined to worship idols.

So on the advice of his counselors, the king made two gold calves. He said to the people,“ It is too much trouble for you to worship in Jerusalem. Look, Israel, these are the gods who brought you out of Egypt!”He placed these calf idols in Bethel and in Dan— at either end of his kingdom.But this became a great sin, for the people worshiped the idols, traveling as far north as Dan to worship the one there.

When the godly are in authority, the people rejoice. But when the wicked are in power, they groan.The man who loves wisdom brings joy to his father, but if he hangs around with prostitutes, his wealth is wasted.A just king gives stability to his nation, but one who demands bribes destroys it.To flatter friends is to lay a trap for their feet.Evil people are trapped by sin, but the righteous escape, shouting for joy.The godly care about the rights of the poor; the wicked don’t care at all.Mockers can get a whole town agitated, but the wise will calm anger.If a wise person takes a fool to court, there will be ranting and ridicule but no satisfaction.The bloodthirsty hate blameless people, but the upright seek to help them.Fools vent their anger, but the wise quietly hold it back.If a ruler pays attention to liars, all his advisers will be wicked.

even though the wicked strut about, and evil is praised throughout the land.

I saw that one of the heads of the beast seemed wounded beyond recovery— but the fatal wound was healed! The whole world marveled at this miracle and gave allegiance to the beast.They worshiped the dragon for giving the beast such power, and they also worshiped the beast.“ Who is as great as the beast?” they exclaimed.“ Who is able to fight against him?”

But the people refused to listen, and Manasseh led them to do even more evil than the pagan nations that the Lord had destroyed when the people of Israel entered the land.

In my anger I gave you kings, and in my fury I took them away.

He will exalt himself and defy everything that people call god and every object of worship. He will even sit in the temple of God, claiming that he himself is God.Don’t you remember that I told you about all this when I was with you?And you know what is holding him back, for he can be revealed only when his time comes.For this lawlessness is already at work secretly, and it will remain secret until the one who is holding it back steps out of the way.Then the man of lawlessness will be revealed, but the Lord Jesus will slay him with the breath of his mouth and destroy him by the splendor of his coming.This man will come to do the work of Satan with counterfeit power and signs and miracles.He will use every kind of evil deception to fool those on their way to destruction, because they refuse to love and accept the truth that would save them.So God will cause them to be greatly deceived, and they will believe these lies.

Better to have wisdom than weapons of war, but one sinner can destroy much that is good.