Parallel Verses

King James 2000

Say you to the righteous, that it shall be well with him: 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.

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 look on their countenance does witness against them; and they declare their sin as Sodom, they hide it not. Woe unto their soul! for they have brought evil unto themselves. 10 Say you to the righteous, that it shall be well with him: for they shall eat the fruit of their deeds. 11 Woe unto the wicked! it shall be ill with him: for the reward of his hands shall be done to him.

Cross References

Deuteronomy 28:1-14

And it shall come to pass, if you shall hearken diligently unto the voice of the LORD your God, to observe and to do all his commandments which I command you this day, that the LORD your God will set you on high above all nations of the earth:

Ecclesiastes 8:12

Though a sinner does evil a hundred times, and his days are prolonged, yet surely I know that it shall be well with them that fear God, who fear before him:

Psalm 18:23-24

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

Psalm 128:1-2

[A song of ascents.] Blessed is every one that fears the LORD; that walks in his ways.

Isaiah 26:20-21

Come, my people, enter you into your chambers, and shut your doors about you: hide yourself as it were for a little moment, until the indignation is past.

Jeremiah 15:11

The LORD said, Verily it shall be well with your remnant; verily I will cause the enemy to treat you 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 for all the abominations that are done in its midst.

Ezekiel 18:9-19

Has walked in my statutes, and has kept my judgments faithfully; he is just, he shall surely live, says the Lord GOD.

Zephaniah 2:3

Seek you the LORD, all you meek of the earth, who have kept his commands; seek righteousness, seek meekness: it may be you shall be hidden in the day of the LORD'S anger.

Malachi 3:18

Then shall you return, and discern between the righteous and the wicked, between him that serves God and him that serves him not.

Romans 2:5-11

But according to your hardness and unrepentant heart treasure up unto yourself wrath against the day of wrath and revelation of the righteous judgment of God;

Galatians 6:7-8

Be not deceived; God is not mocked: for whatsoever a man sows, that shall he also reap.

Hebrews 6:10

For God is not unrighteous to forget your work and labor of love, which you have showed toward his name, in that you have ministered to the saints, and do minister.

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