Tobit 3:3
Good News Translation
I beg you, treat me with kindness. Do not punish me for my sins, not even for sins of which I am unaware. My ancestors rebelled and disobeyed your commands, but do not punish me for their sins. You let our people be plundered, taken captive and killed. You made an example of our people, an object of contempt and disgrace in all the nations where you scattered us.

New Revised Standard Version
And now, O Lord, remember me and look favorably upon me. Do not punish me for my sins and for my unwitting offenses and those that my ancestors committed before you. They sinned against you,

Contemporary English Version
Please be kind and forgive me, especially for those sins I didn't mean to commit. And don't make me suffer for the sins of my ancestors.

New American Bible
And now, Lord, be mindful of me and look with favor upon me. Do not punish me for my sins, or for my inadvertent offenses, or for those of my ancestors. “They sinned against you,

Douay-Rheims Bible
And now, O Lord, think of me, and take not revenge of my sins, neither remember my offences, nor those of my parents.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

And now, O Lord, think of me, and take not revenge of my sins, neither remember my offences, nor those of my parents.

Tobit 3:1
Then Tobias sighed, and began to pray with tears,

Tobit 3:2
Saying, Thou art just, O Lord, and all thy judgments are just, and all thy ways mercy, and truth, and judgment:

Tobit 3:4
For we have not obeyed thy commandments, therefore are we delivered to spoil and to captivity, and death, and are made a fable, and a reproach to all nations, amongst which thou hast scattered us.

Tobit 3:5
And now, O Lord, great are thy judgments, because we have not done according to thy precepts, and have not walked sincerely before thee.

Context
Tobit 3
2Saying, Thou art just, O Lord, and all thy judgments are just, and all thy ways mercy, and truth, and judgment: 3And now, O Lord, think of me, and take not revenge of my sins, neither remember my offences, nor those of my parents. 4For we have not obeyed thy commandments, therefore are we delivered to spoil and to captivity, and death, and are made a fable, and a reproach to all nations, amongst which thou hast scattered us.…
Cross References
Tobit 3:1
Then Tobias sighed, and began to pray with tears,

Tobit 3:2
Saying, Thou art just, O Lord, and all thy judgments are just, and all thy ways mercy, and truth, and judgment:

Tobit 3:4
For we have not obeyed thy commandments, therefore are we delivered to spoil and to captivity, and death, and are made a fable, and a reproach to all nations, amongst which thou hast scattered us.

Tobit 3:5
And now, O Lord, great are thy judgments, because we have not done according to thy precepts, and have not walked sincerely before thee.



(T To Tob Tobias)

Tobit 3:2
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