Parallel Verses
Youngs Literal Translation
And man saith: 'Surely fruit is for the righteous: Surely there is a God judging in the earth!'
New American Standard Bible
Surely there is a God who
King James Version
So that a man shall say, Verily there is a reward for the righteous: verily he is a God that judgeth in the earth.
Holman Bible
“Yes, there is a reward for the righteous!
There is a God who judges on earth!”
International Standard Version
A person will say, "Certainly, the righteous are rewarded; certainly there is a God who judges the earth." To the Director: A special Davidic psalm to the tune of "Do Not Destroy," when Saul sent men to watch the house in order to kill him.
A Conservative Version
so that men shall say, Truly there is a reward for the righteous man. Truly there is a God who judges in the earth.
American Standard Version
So that men shall say, Verily there is a reward for the righteous: Verily there is a God that judgeth in the earth.
Amplified
Men will say, “Surely there is a reward for the righteous;
Surely there is a God who judges on the earth.”
Bible in Basic English
So that men will say, Truly there is a reward for righteousness; truly there is a God who is judge on the earth.
Darby Translation
And men shall say, Verily there is fruit for the righteous; verily there is a God that judgeth in the earth.
Julia Smith Translation
And man shall say, Truly, fruit to the just one: truly there is a God judging in the earth.
King James 2000
So that a man shall say, Verily there is a reward for the righteous: verily he is a God who judges in the earth.
Lexham Expanded Bible
And people will say, "Surely [there is] a {reward} for the righteous. Surely there is a God [who] judges in the land."
Modern King James verseion
And man shall say, Truly, there is a reward for the righteous; truly, there is a God judging in the earth.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
So that men shall say, "Verily there is a reward for the righteous! Doubtless, there is a God that judgeth the earth!"
NET Bible
Then observers will say, "Yes indeed, the godly are rewarded! Yes indeed, there is a God who judges in the earth!"
New Heart English Bible
so that men shall say, "Most certainly there is a reward for the righteous. Most certainly there is a God who judges the earth."
The Emphasized Bible
So that a son of earth may say - Surely there is fruit for the righteous man! Surely there are gods who judge in the earth!
Webster
So that a man shall say, Verily there is a reward for the righteous: verily he is a God that judgeth in the earth.
World English Bible
so that men shall say, "Most certainly there is a reward for the righteous. Most certainly there is a God who judges the earth." For the Chief Musician. To the tune of "Do Not Destroy." A poem by David, when Saul sent, and they watched the house to kill him.
Word Count of 20 Translations in Psalm 58:11
Verse Info
Context Readings
A Cry Against Injustice
10 The righteous rejoiceth that he hath seen vengeance, His steps he washeth in the blood of the wicked. 11 And man saith: 'Surely fruit is for the righteous: Surely there is a God judging in the earth!'
Cross References
Psalm 67:4
Rejoice and sing do nations, For Thou judgest peoples uprightly, And peoples on earth comfortest. Selah.
Isaiah 3:10
Say ye to the righteous, that it is good, Because the fruit of their doings they eat.
Psalm 9:8
And He judgeth the world in righteousness, He judgeth the peoples in uprightness.
Psalm 9:16
Jehovah hath been known, Judgment He hath done, By a work of his hands Hath the wicked been snared. Meditation. Selah.
Psalm 18:20
Jehovah doth recompense me According to my righteousness, According to the cleanness of my hands, He doth return to me.
Psalm 33:18
Lo, the eye of Jehovah is to those fearing Him, To those waiting for His kindness,
Psalm 64:9
And all men fear, and declare the work of God, And His deed they have considered wisely.
Psalm 73:13-15
Only -- a vain thing! I have purified my heart, And I wash in innocency my hands,
Psalm 92:15
To declare that upright is Jehovah my rock, And there is no perverseness in Him!
Psalm 94:2
Be lifted up, O Judge of the earth, Send back a recompence on the proud.
Psalm 96:13
Before Jehovah, for He hath come, For He hath come to judge the earth. He judgeth the world in righteousness, And the peoples in His faithfulness!
Psalm 98:9
Before Jehovah, For He hath come to judge the earth, He judgeth the world in righteousness, And the people in uprightness!
Malachi 2:17
Ye have wearied Jehovah with your words, And ye have said: 'In what have we wearied Him?' In your saying: 'Every evil-doer is good in the eyes of Jehovah, And in them He is delighting,' Or, 'Where is the God of judgment?'
Malachi 3:14
Ye have said, 'A vain thing to serve God! And what gain when we kept His charge? And when we have gone in black, Because of Jehovah of Hosts?
Romans 2:5
but, according to thy hardness and impenitent heart, thou dost treasure up to thyself wrath, in a day of wrath and of the revelation of the righteous judgment of God,
Romans 6:21-22
what fruit, therefore, were ye having then, in the things of which ye are now ashamed? for the end of those is death.
2 Peter 3:4-10
and saying, 'Where is the promise of his presence? for since the fathers did fall asleep, all things so remain from the beginning of the creation;'