Parallel Verses

Lexham Expanded Bible

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

Bible in Basic English

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

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 Tell [the] innocent that [it is] good for they shall eat the fruit of their deeds. 11 Woe to the wicked! [It is] bad! For what is done [by] his hands will be done to him. 12 My people--children are their oppressors, and women rule over them. My people, your leaders are misleading [you], and they confuse the course of your paths.


Cross References

Deuteronomy 28:15-68

"{And then} if you do not listen to the voice of Yahweh your God {by diligently observing} all of his commandments and his statutes that I [am] commanding you {today}, then all of these curses shall come upon you, and they shall overtake you:

Ecclesiastes 8:13

But it will not go well with the wicked, and they will not prolong [their] days, like the shadow; because there is no fearing {God's presence}.

Psalm 1:3-5

And so, he is like a tree planted by streams of water that gives its fruit in its season; its leaf also does not wither. Therefore all that he does prospers.

Psalm 11:5-6

Yahweh tests [the] righteous, but [the] wicked and [the] lover of violence his soul hates.

Psalm 28:4

Give to them according to their work, even according to the evil of their deeds. Give to them according to the work of their hands; repay them their rightful due.

Psalm 62:12

And to you [belongs] loyal love, O Lord, because you will render to each according to his work.

Psalm 120:3-4

What shall be given to you, and what more shall be done to you, deceitful tongue?

Proverbs 1:31

They shall eat from the fruit of their way, and they shall be sated from their own schemes,

Isaiah 48:22

"There is no peace," says Yahweh, "for the wicked."

Isaiah 57:20-21

But the wicked [are] like the churning sea, that is not able to keep quiet, and its waters toss up mire and mud.

Isaiah 65:13-15

Therefore thus says the Lord Yahweh: "Look! My servants shall eat but you, you shall be hungry. Look! My servants shall drink but you, you shall be thirsty. Look! My servants shall rejoice but you, you shall be ashamed.

Isaiah 65:20

There will no longer be a nursing infant {who lives only a few} days, or an old man who does not fill his days, for the boy will die {a hundred years old}, and the one who {fails to reach} {a hundred years} will be {considered} accursed.

2 Corinthians 5:10

For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ, in order that each one may receive back the [things] through the body according to what he has done, whether good or bad.

James 2:13

For judgment [is] merciless to the one who has not practiced mercy. Mercy triumphs over judgment.

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