Parallel Verses

Youngs Literal Translation

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

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.

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 Say ye to the righteous, that it is good, Because the fruit of their doings they eat. 11 Woe to the wicked -- evil, Because the deed of his hand is done to him. 12 My people -- its exactors are sucklings, And women have ruled over it. My people -- thy eulogists are causing to err, And the way of thy paths swallowed up.

Cross References

Deuteronomy 28:15-68

'And it hath been, if thou dost not hearken unto the voice of Jehovah thy God to observe to do all His commands, and His statutes, which I am commanding thee to-day, that all these revilings have come upon thee, and overtaken thee:

Ecclesiastes 8:13

And good is not to the wicked, and he doth not prolong days as a shadow, because he is not fearing before God.

Psalm 1:3-5

And he hath been as a tree, Planted by rivulets of water, That giveth its fruit in its season, And its leaf doth not wither, And all that he doth he causeth to prosper.

Psalm 11:5-6

Jehovah the righteous doth try. And the wicked and the lover of violence, Hath His soul hated,

Psalm 28:4

Give to them according to their acting, And according to the evil of their doings. According to the work of their hands give to them. Return their deed to them.

Psalm 62:12

And with Thee, O Lord, is kindness, For Thou dost recompense to each, According to his work!

Psalm 120:3-4

What doth He give to thee? And what doth He add to thee? O deceitful tongue!

Proverbs 1:31

And they eat of the fruit of their way, And from their own counsels they are filled.

Isaiah 48:22

There is no peace, said Jehovah, to the wicked!

Isaiah 57:20-21

And the wicked are as the driven out sea, For to rest it is not able, And its waters cast out filth and mire.

Isaiah 65:13-15

Therefore, thus said the Lord Jehovah: Lo, My servants do eat, and ye do hunger, Lo, My servants do drink, and ye do thirst, Lo, My servants rejoice, and ye are ashamed,

Isaiah 65:20

There is not thence any more a suckling of days, And an aged man who doth not complete his days, For the youth a hundred years old dieth, And the sinner, a hundred years old, is lightly esteemed.

2 Corinthians 5:10

for all of us it behoveth to be manifested before the tribunal of the Christ, that each one may receive the things done through the body, in reference to the things that he did, whether good or evil;

James 2:13

for the judgment without kindness is to him not having done kindness, and exult doth kindness over judgment.

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