Jacob 3:7
~544–420 BC
1830 Edition
Behold, their husbands love their wives, and their wives love their husbands, and their husbands and their wives love their children; and their unbelief and their hatred towards you, is because of the iniquity of their fathers; wherefore, how much better are you than they, in the sight of your Great Creator?
Influences
Colossians 3:19 (KJV)
Husbands, love your wives, and be not bitter against them.
Changes
Behold, their husbands love their wives, and their wives love their husbands,; and their husbands and their wives love their children; and their unbelief and their hatred towards you, is because of the iniquity of their fathers; wherefore, how much better are you than they, in the sight of your Ggreat Creator?
Simple English
Their husbands love their wives. Their wives love their husbands. They both love their children. They don’t believe in God and hate you because of what their fathers did wrong. So how are you better than them in God’s eyes?
Paraphrase
Their husbands love their wives. Their wives love their husbands. And both love their children. Their hatred toward you comes from the wrongs done by their ancestors. So how are you any better than them in the eyes of your Creator?