Parallel Verses

World English Bible

Tell the righteous "Good!" For they shall eat the fruit of their deeds.

New American Standard Bible

Say to the righteous that it will go well with them,
For they will eat the fruit of their actions.

King James Version

Say ye to the righteous, that it shall be well with him: for they shall eat the fruit of their doings.

Holman Bible

Tell the righteous that it will go well for them,
for they will eat the fruit of their labor.

International Standard Version

"Tell the righteous that things will go well, because they will enjoy the fruit of their actions."

A Conservative Version

Say ye of the righteous, that [it is] well, for they shall eat the fruit of their doings.

American Standard Version

Say ye of the righteous, that it shall be well with him ; for they shall eat the fruit of their doings.

Amplified


Say to the righteous that it will go well with them,
For they will eat the fruit of their [righteous] actions.

Bible in Basic English

Happy is the upright man! for he will have joy of the fruit of his ways.

Darby Translation

Say ye of the righteous that it shall be well with him, for they shall eat the fruit of their doings.

Julia Smith Translation

Say to the just, that it is good that they shall eat the fruit of their doings.

King James 2000

Say you to the righteous, that it shall be well with him: for they shall eat the fruit of their deeds.

Lexham Expanded Bible

Tell [the] innocent that [it is] good for they shall eat the fruit of their deeds.

Modern King James verseion

Say to the righteous that it is well; for they shall eat the fruit of their doings.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

Bid the righteous do well, for they shall enjoy the fruits of their studies.

NET Bible

Tell the innocent it will go well with them, for they will be rewarded for what they have done.

New Heart English Bible

Tell the righteous "Good." For they shall eat the fruit of their deeds.

The Emphasized Bible

Say ye to the righteous It is well! For the fruit of their doings, shall they eat:

Webster

Say ye to the righteous, that it shall be well with him: for they shall eat the fruit of their doings.

Youngs Literal Translation

Say ye to the righteous, that it is good, Because the fruit of their doings they eat.

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
ye to the righteous
צדּיק 
Tsaddiyq 
Usage: 206

אכל 
'akal 
Usage: 809

the fruit
פּרי 
P@riy 
Usage: 119

References

Easton

Fausets

Hastings

Context Readings

Leaders Of Judah And Jerusalem

9 The look of their faces testify against them. They parade their sin like Sodom. They don't hide it. Woe to their soul! For they have brought disaster upon themselves. 10 Tell the righteous "Good!" For they shall eat the fruit of their deeds. 11 Woe to the wicked! Disaster is upon them; for the deeds of his hands will be paid back to him.


Cross References

Deuteronomy 28:1-14

It shall happen, if you shall listen diligently to the voice of Yahweh your God, to observe to do all his commandments which I command you this day, that Yahweh your God will set you on high above all the nations of the earth:

Ecclesiastes 8:12

Though a sinner commits crimes a hundred times, and lives long, yet surely I know that it will be better with those who fear God, who are reverent before him.

Psalm 18:23-24

I was also blameless with him. I kept myself from my iniquity.

Psalm 128:1-2

Blessed is everyone who fears Yahweh, who walks in his ways.

Isaiah 26:20-21

Come, my people, enter into your rooms, and shut your doors behind you. Hide yourself for a little moment, until the indignation is past.

Jeremiah 15:11

Yahweh said, Most certainly I will strengthen you for good; most certainly I will cause the enemy to make supplication to you in the time of evil and in the time of affliction.

Ezekiel 9:4

Yahweh said to him, Go through the midst of the city, through the midst of Jerusalem, and set a mark on the foreheads of the men that sigh and that cry over all the abominations that are done in its midst.

Ezekiel 18:9-19

has walked in my statutes, and has kept my ordinances, to deal truly; he is just, he shall surely live, says the Lord Yahweh.

Zephaniah 2:3

Seek Yahweh, all you humble of the land, who have kept his ordinances. Seek righteousness. Seek humility. It may be that you will be hidden in the day of Yahweh's anger.

Malachi 3:18

Then you shall return and discern between the righteous and the wicked, between him who serves God and him who doesn't serve him.

Romans 2:5-11

But according to your hardness and unrepentant heart you are treasuring up for yourself wrath in the day of wrath, revelation, and of the righteous judgment of God;

Galatians 6:7-8

Don't be deceived. God is not mocked, for whatever a man sows, that he will also reap.

Hebrews 6:10

For God is not unrighteous, so as to forget your work and the labor of love which you showed toward his name, in that you served the saints, and still do serve them.

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