Parallel Verses

Darby Translation

Their webs shall not become garments, neither shall they cover themselves with their works; their works are works of iniquity, and the act of violence is in their hands.

New American Standard Bible

Their webs will not become clothing,
Nor will they cover themselves with their works;
Their works are works of iniquity,
And an act of violence is in their hands.

King James Version

Their webs shall not become garments, neither shall they cover themselves with their works: their works are works of iniquity, and the act of violence is in their hands.

Holman Bible

Their webs cannot become clothing,
and they cannot cover themselves with their works.
Their works are sinful works,
and violent acts are in their hands.

International Standard Version

Their cobwebs cannot become clothing, they cannot cover themselves with what they make. Their deeds are deeds of iniquity, and acts of violence fill their hands.

A Conservative Version

Their webs shall not become garments, nor shall they cover themselves with their works. Their works are works of iniquity, and the act of violence is in their hands.

American Standard Version

Their webs shall not become garments, neither shall they cover themselves with their works: their works are works of iniquity, and the act of violence is in their hands.

Amplified


Their webs will not serve as clothing,
Nor will they cover themselves with what they make;
Their works are works of wickedness [of sin, of injustice, of wrongdoing],
And the act of violence is in their hands.

Bible in Basic English

Their twisted threads will not make clothing, and their works will give them nothing for covering themselves: their works are works of sin, and violent acts are in their hands.

Julia Smith Translation

Their webs shall not be for a garment, and they shall not be covered with their works: their works the works of vanity, and the work of violence in their hands.

King James 2000

Their webs shall not become garments, neither shall they cover themselves with their works: their works are works of iniquity, and the act of violence is in their hands.

Lexham Expanded Bible

Their webs cannot become clothing, and they cannot cover themselves with their works. Their works [are] works of iniquity, and deeds of violence [are] in their hands.

Modern King James verseion

Their webs shall not become clothing, nor shall they cover themselves with their works; their works are works of iniquity, and the act of violence is in their hands.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

Their web maketh no cloth and they may not cover themselves with their labours. Their deeds are the deeds of wickedness, and the work of robbery is in their hands.

NET Bible

Their webs cannot be used for clothing; they cannot cover themselves with what they make. Their deeds are sinful; they commit violent crimes.

New Heart English Bible

Their webs shall not become garments, neither shall they cover themselves with their works: their works are works of iniquity, and the act of violence is in their hands.

The Emphasized Bible

Their thread, shall not become a garment, Neither shall they cover themselves with their fabrics, - Their fabrics, are fabrics of iniquity, Yea the product of violence is in their hands;

Webster

Their webs shall not become garments, neither shall they cover themselves with their works: their works are works of iniquity, and the act of violence is in their hands.

World English Bible

Their webs shall not become garments, neither shall they cover themselves with their works: their works are works of iniquity, and the act of violence is in their hands.

Youngs Literal Translation

Their webs become not a garment, Nor do they cover themselves with their works, Their works are works of iniquity, And a deed of violence is in their hands.

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
קוּר 
Quwr 
web
Usage: 2

מעשׂה 
Ma`aseh 
Usage: 234

מעשׂה 
Ma`aseh 
Usage: 234

מעשׂה 
Ma`aseh 
Usage: 234

and the act
פּעל 
Po`al 
Usage: 37

References

Hastings

Context Readings

Rampant Transgression

5 They hatch serpents' eggs, and weave the spider's web: he that eateth of their eggs dieth, and that which is crushed breaketh out into a viper. 6 Their webs shall not become garments, neither shall they cover themselves with their works; their works are works of iniquity, and the act of violence is in their hands. 7 Their feet run to evil, and they make haste to shed innocent blood; their thoughts are thoughts of iniquity; wasting and destruction are in their paths;


Cross References

Isaiah 57:12

I will declare thy righteousness, and thy works; and they shall not profit thee.

Jeremiah 6:7

As a well poureth forth her waters, so she poureth forth her wickedness: violence and destruction are heard in her; before me continually are grief and wounds.

Ezekiel 7:11

Violence is risen up into a rod of wickedness: nothing of them shall remain, nor of their multitude, nor of their wealth, nor of the magnificence in the midst of them.

Genesis 6:11

And the earth was corrupt before God, and the earth was full of violence.

Job 8:14-15

Whose confidence shall be cut off, and his reliance is a spider's web.

Psalm 58:2

Yea, in heart ye work wickedness; ye weigh out the violence of your hands in the earth.

Isaiah 5:7

For the vineyard of Jehovah of hosts is the house of Israel, and the men of Judah the plant of his delight: and he looked for justice, and behold, blood-shedding; for righteousness, and behold, a cry.

Isaiah 28:18-20

And your covenant with death shall be annulled, and your agreement with Sheol shall not stand; when the overflowing scourge shall pass through, ye shall be trodden down by it.

Isaiah 30:1

Woe to the rebellious children, saith Jehovah, who take counsel, but not of me, and who make leagues, but not by my Spirit, that they may heap sin upon sin;

Isaiah 30:12-14

Therefore thus saith the Holy One of Israel: Because ye reject this word, and confide in oppression and wilfulness, and depend thereon,

Isaiah 58:4

Behold, ye have fasted for strife and debate, and to smite with the fist of wickedness; ye do not at present fast, to cause your voice to be heard on high.

Isaiah 64:6

And we are all become as an unclean thing, and all our righteousnesses are as filthy rags; and we all fade as a leaf, and our iniquities, like the wind, have carried us away;

Ezekiel 7:23

Make the chain; for the land is full of bloody crimes, and the city is full of violence.

Amos 3:10

and they know not to do right, saith Jehovah, who store up violence and plunder in their palaces.

Amos 6:3

Ye that put far away the evil day, and cause the seat of violence to come near;

Micah 2:1-3

Woe to them that devise iniquity and work evil upon their beds! When the morning is light they practise it, because it is in the power of their hand.

Micah 2:8

But of late my people is risen up as an enemy: ye strip off the mantle with the garment from them that pass by securely, that are averse from war.

Micah 3:1-11

And I said, Hear, I pray you, ye heads of Jacob, and princes of the house of Israel: Is it not for you to know judgment?

Micah 6:12

For her rich men are full of violence, and her inhabitants speak lies, and their tongue is deceitful in their mouth.

Habakkuk 1:2-4

Jehovah, how long shall I cry and thou wilt not hear? I cry out unto thee, Violence! and thou dost not save.

Zephaniah 1:9

And in that day will I punish all those that leap over the threshold, who fill their master's house with violence and deceit.

Zephaniah 3:3-4

Her princes in the midst of her are roaring lions; her judges are evening wolves, that leave nothing for the morning.

Romans 3:20-22

Wherefore by works of law no flesh shall be justified before him; for by law is knowledge of sin.

Romans 4:6-8

Even as David also declares the blessedness of the man to whom God reckons righteousness without works:

Revelation 3:17-18

Because thou sayest, I am rich, and am grown rich, and have need of nothing, and knowest not that thou art the wretched and the miserable, and poor, and blind, and naked;

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