36 Then Jacob was angry and rebuked Laban, and Jacob answered and said to Laban: “What is my [a]trespass? What is my sin, that you have so hotly pursued me?

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Footnotes

  1. Genesis 31:36 transgression

36 Jacob was angry and took Laban to task. “What is my crime?” he asked Laban. “How have I wronged(A) you that you hunt me down?(B)

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For he took his (A)life in his hands and (B)killed the Philistine, and (C)the Lord brought about a great deliverance for all Israel. You saw it and rejoiced. (D)Why then will you (E)sin against innocent blood, to kill David without a cause?”

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He took his life(A) in his hands when he killed the Philistine. The Lord won a great victory(B) for all Israel, and you saw it and were glad. Why then would you do wrong to an innocent(C) man like David by killing him for no reason?”

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Open your mouth, (A)judge righteously,
And (B)plead the cause of the poor and needy.

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Speak up and judge fairly;
    defend the rights of the poor and needy.(A)

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23 Then the governor said, (A)“Why, what evil has He done?”

But they cried out all the more, saying, “Let Him be crucified!”

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23 “Why? What crime has he committed?” asked Pilate.

But they shouted all the louder, “Crucify him!”

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22 Then he said to them the third time, “Why, what evil has He done? I have found no reason for death in Him. I will therefore chastise Him and let Him go.”

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22 For the third time he spoke to them: “Why? What crime has this man committed? I have found in him no grounds for the death penalty. Therefore I will have him punished and then release him.”(A)

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