Parallel Verses

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.

World English Bible

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

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 appearance of their countenance witnesses against them, and they declare their sin as Sodom; they hide it not. Woe unto their soul! For they have rewarded evil unto themselves. 10 Say to the righteous that it will go well with them,
For they will eat the fruit of their actions.
11 Woe unto the wicked! It shall be ill with him, for according to the work of his hands it shall be done unto him.


Cross References

Deuteronomy 28:1-14

And it shall come to pass if thou shalt hearken diligently unto the voice of the LORD thy God to keep and to do all his commandments which I command thee this day, that the LORD thy God will set thee on high above all the Gentiles of the earth;

Ecclesiastes 8:12

Though a sinner does evil one hundred times and his judgment is prolonged, yet surely I know that it shall be well with those that fear God, who fear before his presence;

Psalm 18:23-24

I was perfect before him, and I kept myself from my iniquity.

Psalm 128:1-2

Blessed is every one that fears the LORD, that walks in his ways.

Isaiah 26:20-21

Come, my people, enter thou into thy chambers, and shut thy doors about thee: hide thyself, as it were, for a little moment until the indignation is overpast.

Jeremiah 15:11

The LORD said, Verily it shall be well with thy remnant; verily I will cause the enemy to entreat thee well in the time of evil and in the time of affliction.

Ezekiel 9:4

and the LORD said unto him, Go through the midst of the city, through the midst of Jerusalem and set a mark upon the foreheads of the men that sigh and that cry out because of all the abominations that are done in the midst of her.

Ezekiel 18:9-19

walks in my statutes, and keeps my rights, to do according to the truth: he is just; he shall surely live, said the Lord GOD.

Zephaniah 2:3

Seek ye the LORD, all ye humble of the earth, who have wrought his judgment; seek righteousness, seek humility: it may be ye shall be kept in the day of the LORD's anger.

Malachi 3:18

Therefore become ye converted, and ye shall make a difference between the just and the wicked, between him that serves God and him that did not serve him.

Romans 2:5-11

But after thy hardness and impenitent heart treasures up unto thyself wrath against the day of wrath and revelation of the righteous judgment of God,

Galatians 6:7-8

Do not deceive yourselves; God is not mocked: for whatever a man sows that shall he also reap.

Hebrews 6:10

For God is not unjust to forget your work and labour of charity which ye have showed in his name, having helped the saints and helping them.

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