When our enemies heard that we were aware of their plot and that God had frustrated it, we all returned to the wall, each to our own work.
NIV
And when our enemies heard that their plot was known to us and that God had frustrated their purpose, we all returned to the wall, everyone to his work.
AMP
And it came to pass, when our enemies heard that it was known unto us, and God had brought their counsel to nought, that we returned all of us to the wall, every one unto his work.
KJV
Fathers, do not embitter your children, or they will become discouraged.
NIV
Fathers, do not provoke or irritate or fret your children [do not be hard on them or harass them], lest they become discouraged and sullen and morose and feel inferior and frustrated. [Do not break their spirit.]AMP
Fathers, provoke not your children to anger, lest they be discouraged.
KJV
I will not accuse them forever, nor will I always be angry, for then they would faint away because of me – the very people I have created.
NIV
For I will not contend forever, neither will I be angry always, for [if I did stay angry] the spirit [of man] would faint and be consumed before Me, and [My purpose in] creating the souls of men would be frustrated.
AMP
For I will not contend for ever, neither will I be always wroth: for the spirit should fail before me, and the souls which I have made.
KJV
It has frustrated all efforts; its heavy deposit has not been removed, not even by fire.
NIV
She has wearied herself and Me with toil; yet her great rust and scum go not forth out of her, for however hotly the fire burns, her thick rust and filth will not go out of her by fire.
AMP
She hath wearied herself with lies, and her great scum went not forth out of her: her scum shall be in the fire.
KJV
