Parallel Verses

A Conservative Version

LORD has also a controversy with Judah, and will punish Jacob according to his ways. He will recompense him according to his doings.

New American Standard Bible

The Lord also has a dispute with Judah,
And will punish Jacob according to his ways;
He will repay him according to his deeds.

King James Version

The LORD hath also a controversy with Judah, and will punish Jacob according to his ways; according to his doings will he recompense him.

Holman Bible

The Lord also has a dispute with Judah.
He is about to punish Jacob according to his ways;
He will repay him based on his actions.

International Standard Version

The LORD accuses Judah, and will punish Jacob according to his ways; he will repay him for what he does.

American Standard Version

Jehovah hath also a controversy with Judah, and will punish Jacob according to his ways; according to his doings will he recompense him.

Amplified


The Lord also has a dispute [a legal complaint and an indictment] with Judah,
And He will punish Jacob in accordance with his ways;
He will repay him in accordance with his deeds.

Bible in Basic English

The Lord has a cause against Judah, and will give punishment to Jacob for his ways; he will give him the reward of his acts.

Darby Translation

Jehovah hath also a controversy with Judah, and he will punish Jacob according to his ways; according to his doings will he recompense him.

Julia Smith Translation

And a contention to Jehovah with Judah, and to review Jacob according to his ways; he will turn back to him according to his doings.

King James 2000

The LORD has also a controversy with Judah, and will punish Jacob according to his ways; according to his deeds will he recompense him.

Lexham Expanded Bible

Yahweh has a quarrel with Judah and will punish Jacob according to his ways and repay him according to his deeds.

Modern King James verseion

Jehovah also has a quarrel with Judah and will punish Jacob according to his ways; according to his doings He will repay him.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

The LORD hath a court to hold with Judah, and will punish Jacob: After their own ways and according to their own inventions, shall he recompense them.

NET Bible

The Lord also has a covenant lawsuit against Judah; he will punish Jacob according to his ways and repay him according to his deeds.

New Heart English Bible

The LORD also has a controversy with Judah, and will punish Jacob according to his ways and according to his deeds he will repay him.

The Emphasized Bible

But, a controversy, hath Yahweh with Judah, - so that he may bring punishment on Jacob, according to his ways, According to his doings, repay him.

Webster

The LORD hath also a controversy with Judah, and will punish Jacob according to his ways; according to his doings will he recompense him.

World English Bible

Yahweh also has a controversy with Judah, and will punish Jacob according to his ways; according to his deeds he will repay him.

Youngs Literal Translation

And a controversy hath Jehovah with Judah, To lay a charge on Jacob according to his ways, According to his doings He returneth to him.

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
רב ריב 
Riyb 
Usage: 60

with Judah
יהוּדה 
Y@huwdah 
Usage: 648

יעקב 
Ya`aqob 
Usage: 349

דּרך 
Derek 
Usage: 704

מעלל 
Ma`alal 
Usage: 41

will he recompense
שׁוּב 
Shuwb 
Usage: 1058

References

Easton

Hastings

Context Readings

God's Case Against Jacob's Heirs

1 Ephraim feeds on wind, and follows after the east wind. He continually multiplies lies and desolation. And they make a covenant with Assyria, and oil is carried into Egypt. 2 LORD has also a controversy with Judah, and will punish Jacob according to his ways. He will recompense him according to his doings. 3 In the womb he took his brother by the heel, and in his manhood he had strength with God.

Cross References

Hosea 4:1

Hear the word of LORD, ye sons of Israel, for LORD has a controversy with the inhabitants of the land, because there is no truth, nor goodness, nor knowledge of God in the land.

Micah 6:2

Hear, O ye mountains, LORD's controversy, and ye enduring foundations of the earth, for LORD has a controversy with his people, and he will contend with Israel.

2 Kings 17:19-20

Also Judah did not keep the commandments of LORD their God, but walked in the statutes of Israel which they made.

Isaiah 3:11

Woe to the wicked! [It is] ill [with him], for what his hands have done shall be done to him.

Isaiah 8:7-8

now therefore, behold, LORD brings up upon them the waters of the River, strong and many, [even] the king of Assyria and all his glory. And it shall come up over all its channels, and go over all its banks,

Isaiah 10:6

I will send him against a profane nation, and against the people of my wrath. I will give him a charge, to take the spoil, and to take the prey, and to tread them down like the mire of the streets.

Isaiah 10:12

Therefore it shall come to pass, that, when LORD has performed his whole work upon mount Zion and on Jerusalem, I will punish the fruit of the arrogant heart of the king of Assyria, and the glory of his high looks.

Isaiah 24:21

And it shall come to pass in that day, that LORD will punish the host of the high ones on high, and the kings of the earth upon the earth.

Isaiah 59:18

According to their deeds, accordingly he will repay, wrath to his adversaries, recompense to his enemies. He will repay recompense to the islands.

Jeremiah 25:31

A noise shall come even to the end of the earth, for LORD has a controversy with the nations. He will enter into judgment with all flesh. As for the wicked, he will give them to the sword, says LORD.

Ezekiel 23:11-21

And her sister Oholibah saw this, yet she was more corrupt in her doting than she, and in her whoredoms which were more than the whoredoms of her sister.

Ezekiel 23:31-32

Thou have walked in the way of thy sister, therefore I will give her cup into thy hand.

Hosea 2:13

And I will visit upon her the days of the Baalim, to which she burned incense when she decked herself with her earrings and her jewels, and went after her lovers, and forgot me, says LORD.

Hosea 4:9

And it shall be, like people, like priest. And I will punish them for their ways, and will requite them their doings.

Hosea 8:13

As for the sacrifices of my offerings, they sacrifice flesh and eat it, but LORD does not accept them. He will now remember their iniquity, and visit their sins. They shall return to Egypt.

Hosea 9:9

They have deeply corrupted themselves, as in the days of Gibeah. He will remember their iniquity. He will visit their sins.

Matthew 16:27

For the Son of man is going to come in the glory of his Father with his heavenly agents, and then he will reward each man according to his actions.

Romans 2:6

who will render to each man according to his works,

Galatians 6:7

Be not misled, God is not mocked, for whatever a man sows this he will also reap.

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