Parallel Verses

NET Bible

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

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.

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.

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 it will go well with them, for they will be rewarded for what they have done. 11 Too bad for the wicked sinners! For they will get exactly what they deserve. 12 Oppressors treat my people cruelly; creditors rule over them. My people's leaders mislead them; they give you confusing directions.

Cross References

Deuteronomy 28:15-68

"But if you ignore the Lord your God and are not careful to keep all his commandments and statutes I am giving you today, then all these curses will come upon you in full force:

Ecclesiastes 8:13

But it will not go well with the wicked, nor will they prolong their days like a shadow, because they do not stand in fear before God.

Psalm 1:3-5

He is like a tree planted by flowing streams; it yields its fruit at the proper time, and its leaves never fall off. He succeeds in everything he attempts.

Psalm 11:5-6

The Lord approves of the godly, but he hates the wicked and those who love to do violence.

Psalm 28:4

Pay them back for their evil deeds! Pay them back for what they do! Punish them!

Psalm 62:12

and you, O Lord, demonstrate loyal love. For you repay men for what they do.

Psalm 120:3-4

How will he severely punish you, you deceptive talker?

Proverbs 1:31

Therefore they will eat from the fruit of their way, and they will be stuffed full of their own counsel.

Isaiah 48:22

There will be no prosperity for the wicked," says the Lord.

Isaiah 57:20-21

But the wicked are like a surging sea that is unable to be quiet; its waves toss up mud and sand.

Isaiah 65:13-15

So this is what the sovereign Lord says: "Look, my servants will eat, but you will be hungry! Look, my servants will drink, but you will be thirsty! Look, my servants will rejoice, but you will be humiliated!

Isaiah 65:20

Never again will one of her infants live just a few days or an old man die before his time. Indeed, no one will die before the age of a hundred, anyone who fails to reach the age of a hundred will be considered cursed.

2 Corinthians 5:10

For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ, so that each one may be paid back according to what he has done while in the body, whether good or evil.

James 2:13

For judgment is merciless for the one who has shown no mercy. But mercy triumphs over judgment.

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