Parallel Verses

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.

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 righteous that blessings will come to them. They will taste the fruit of their labor. 11 Woe to the wicked! It will go badly with him,
For what he deserves will be done to him.
12 Children oppress my people! Women rule over them. O My people! Those who guide you lead you astray. They confuse the direction of your paths.

Cross References

Deuteronomy 28:15-68

If you do not obey Jehovah your God, to observe to do all his commandments and his statutes with which I charge you today, that all these curses will come upon you and overtake you:

Ecclesiastes 8:13

Things will not go well with the wicked. He will not prolong his days. His days are like a shadow. He does not respect God.

Psalm 1:3-5

He is like a tree planted by streams of water. It yields its fruit in season and its leaves do not wither. Whatever he does prospers.

Psalm 11:5-6

Jehovah tests (examines) righteous and wicked people alike. He hates wicked people and the ones who love violence.

Psalm 28:4

Pay them back for what they have done, for their evil deeds. Pay them back for what their hands have done, and give them recompense.

Psalm 62:12

Loving-kindness belongs to you, O Jehovah. You reward a person based on what he has done.

Psalm 120:3-4

You deceitful tongue, what can Jehovah give you? What more can he do for you?

Proverbs 1:31

Now you will get what you deserve for what you have done. Your own advice will make you sick.

Isaiah 48:22

There is no peace for the wicked, says Jehovah.

Isaiah 57:20-21

But the wicked are like the troubled and restless sea, whose waters cast up mire and dirt.

Isaiah 65:13-15

Therefore this is what the Sovereign Lord Jehovah says: My servants will eat, but you will go hungry. My servants will drink, but you will go thirsty. My servants will rejoice, but you will be put to shame!

Isaiah 65:20

Never again will there be in it an infant who lives but a few days, or an old man who does not live out his years. He who dies at a hundred will be thought a mere youth. The sinner who reaches a hundred will be considered accursed.

2 Corinthians 5:10

We must all appear before the judgment-seat of Christ; that each one may receive the things done in the body, according to what he has done, whether it is good or bad.

James 2:13

For judgment is without mercy to him who shows no mercy. And mercy triumphs over judgment.

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