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NASB | Romans 12:20 "BUT IF YOUR ENEMY IS HUNGRY, FEED HIM, AND IF HE IS THIRSTY, GIVE HIM A DRINK; FOR IN SO DOING YOU WILL HEAP BURNING COALS ON HIS HEAD." |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Romans 12:20 "BUT IF YOUR ENEMY IS HUNGRY, FEED HIM; IF HE IS THIRSTY, GIVE HIM A DRINK; FOR BY DOING THIS YOU WILL HEAP BURNING COALS ON HIS HEAD." [Prov 25:21, 22] |
Bible Question:
Word study ... anthrax is from Middle English antrax carbuncle, from Latin anthrax, from Greek, coal, carbuncle. (Strong's 440) So how is heaping this on someone's head positive? |
Bible Answer: When you return good for ill it irritates them because they (and everyone else who saw it) know that they had no just cause for what they did to you. |