Parallel Verses

Bible in Basic English

Unhappy is the sinner! for the reward of his evil doings will come on him.

New American Standard Bible

Woe to the wicked! It will go badly with him,
For what he deserves will be done to him.

King James Version

Woe unto the wicked! it shall be ill with him: for the reward of his hands shall be given him.

Holman Bible

Woe to the wicked—it will go badly for them,
for what they have done will be done to them.

International Standard Version

"How terrible it will be for the wicked! Disaster is headed their way, because what they did with their hand will be repaid to them.

A Conservative Version

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

American Standard Version

Woe unto the wicked! it shall be ill with him ; for what his hands have done shall be done unto him.

Amplified


Woe (judgment is coming) to the wicked! It shall go badly with him,
For what his hand has done shall be done to him.

Darby Translation

Woe unto the wicked! it shall be ill with him, because the desert of his hands shall be rendered unto him.

Julia Smith Translation

Wo to the unjust! evil! for the reward of his hands shall be done to him.

King James 2000

Woe unto the wicked! it shall be ill with him: for the reward of his hands shall be done to him.

Lexham Expanded Bible

Woe to the wicked! [It is] bad! For what is done [by] his hands will be done to him.

Modern King James verseion

Woe to the wicked! For the evil doing of his hand will be done to him.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

But woe be unto the ungodly and unrighteous, for they shall be rewarded after their works.

NET Bible

Too bad for the wicked sinners! For they will get exactly what they deserve.

New Heart English Bible

Woe to the wicked. Disaster is upon them; for the deeds of his hands will be paid back to him.

The Emphasized Bible

Alas! for the lawless, it is ill, For what his own hand hath matured, shall he done to him.

Webster

Woe to the wicked! it shall be ill with him: for the reward of his hands shall be given him.

World English Bible

Woe to the wicked! Disaster is upon them; for the deeds of his hands will be paid back to him.

Youngs Literal Translation

Woe to the wicked -- evil, Because the deed of his hand is done to him.

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
Woe
אוי 
'owy 
Usage: 24

unto the wicked
רשׁע 
Rasha` 
Usage: 263

with him for the reward
גּמוּל 
G@muwl 
Usage: 19

of his hands
יד 
Yad 
Usage: 1612

References

Context Readings

Leaders Of Judah And Jerusalem

10 Happy is the upright man! for he will have joy of the fruit of his ways. 11 Unhappy is the sinner! for the reward of his evil doings will come on him. 12 As for my people, their ruler is acting like a child, and those who have authority over them are women. O my people, your guides are the cause of your wandering, turning your footsteps out of the right way.

Cross References

Deuteronomy 28:15-68

But if you do not give ear to the voice of the Lord your God, and take care to do all his orders and his laws which I give you today, then all these curses will come on you and overtake you:

Ecclesiastes 8:13

But it will not be well for the evil-doer; he will not make his days long like a shade, because he has no fear before God.

Psalm 1:3-5

He will be like a tree planted by the rivers of water, which gives its fruit at the right time, whose leaves will ever be green; and he will do well in all his undertakings.

Psalm 11:5-6

The Lord puts the upright and the sinner to the test, but he has hate in his soul for the lover of violent acts.

Psalm 28:4

Give them the right reward of their acts, and of their evil doings: give them punishment for the works of their hands, let them have their full reward.

Psalm 62:12

And mercy, O Lord, is yours, for you give to every man the reward of his work.

Proverbs 1:31

So the fruit of their way will be their food, and with the designs of their hearts they will be made full.

Isaiah 48:22

There is no peace, says the Lord, for the evil-doers.

Isaiah 57:20-21

But the evil-doers are like the troubled sea, for which there is no rest, and its waters send up earth and waste.

Isaiah 65:13-15

For this cause says the Lord God, My servants will have food, but you will be in need of food: my servants will have drink, but you will be dry: my servants will have joy, but you will be shamed:

Isaiah 65:20

No longer will there be there a child whose days are cut short, or an old man whose days have not come to their full measure: for the young man at his death will be a hundred years old, and he whose life is shorter than a hundred years will seem as one cursed.

2 Corinthians 5:10

For we all have to come before Christ to be judged; so that every one of us may get his reward for the things done in the body, good or bad.

James 2:13

For the man who has had no mercy will be judged without mercy, but mercy takes pride in overcoming judging.

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