Parallel Verses

New American Standard Bible

“I will declare your righteousness and your deeds,
But they will not profit you.

King James Version

I will declare thy righteousness, and thy works; for they shall not profit thee.

Holman Bible

I will expose your righteousness,
and your works—they will not profit you.

International Standard Version

"I will denounce your righteousness and your works, for your collections of idols will not benefit you.

A Conservative Version

I will declare thy righteousness. And as for thy works, they shall not profit thee.

American Standard Version

I will declare thy righteousness; and as for thy works, they shall not profit thee.

Amplified


“I will declare your [hypocritical] righteousness and your deeds,
But they will not benefit you.

Bible in Basic English

I will make clear what your righteousness is like and your works; you will have no profit in them.

Darby Translation

I will declare thy righteousness, and thy works; and they shall not profit thee.

Julia Smith Translation

I will announce thy justice and thy works, and they shall not profit thee.

King James 2000

I will declare your righteousness, and your works; for they shall not profit you.

Lexham Expanded Bible

I myself will declare your righteousness and your works, but they will not benefit you.

Modern King James verseion

I will declare your righteousness, and your works; for they shall not do you any good.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

Yea, verily, I will declare thy goodness and thy works, but they shall not profit thee.

NET Bible

I will denounce your so-called righteousness and your deeds, but they will not help you.

New Heart English Bible

I will declare your righteousness; and as for your works, they shall not profit you.

The Emphasized Bible

I, will expose thy righteousness, - And thy works - but they will not profit thee!

Webster

I will declare thy righteousness, and thy works; for they shall not profit thee.

World English Bible

I will declare your righteousness; and as for your works, they shall not profit you.

Youngs Literal Translation

I declare thy righteousness, and thy works, And they do not profit thee.

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
I will declare
נגד 
Nagad 
Usage: 370

and thy works
מעשׂה 
Ma`aseh 
Usage: 234

יעל 
Ya`al 
Usage: 23

Context Readings

Idolatry Is Adultery

11 And of whom hast thou reverenced or feared? Why dost thou lie; that thou hast not remembered me, nor have I come to thy thought? Have I not held my peace even of old, and thou hast never feared me? 12 “I will declare your righteousness and your deeds,
But they will not profit you.
13 When thou criest, let thy companions deliver thee; but the wind shall carry them all away; vanity shall take them: but he that waits in me shall have the land by inheritance and shall possess the mountain of my holiness.

Cross References

Micah 3:2-4

Who hate the good, and love the evil, who steal their skin from off them, and their flesh from off their bones;

Isaiah 1:11-15

To what purpose is the multitude of your sacrifices unto me? shall the LORD say. I am full of the burnt offerings of rams and the fat of fed beasts; and I do not delight in the blood of bullocks or of lambs or of he goats.

Isaiah 29:15

Woe unto those that hide themselves from the LORD, covering the counsel; and their works are in the dark, and they say, Who sees us? and who knows us?

Isaiah 58:2-6

That they seek me daily and want to know my ways, as people that do righteousness and have not forsaken the rights of their God: they ask me of the rights of righteousness and desire to approach God.

Isaiah 59:6-8

Their cloth is unfit to be a garment, neither shall they cover themselves with their works; their works are works of violence, and the work of iniquity is in their hands.

Isaiah 64:5

Thou didst come out to meet him that with rejoicing had worked righteous ness. In thy ways they remembered thee. Behold, thou art wroth; for we have sinned: thy ways are eternal, and we shall be saved.

Isaiah 66:3-4

He that kills an ox is as if he slew a man; he that sacrifices a lamb as if he cut off a dog's neck; he that offers an oblation as if he offered swine's blood; he that burns incense as if he blessed iniquity. They have chosen their own ways, and their soul delights in their abominations.

Jeremiah 7:4-11

Do not trust in lying words, saying, The temple of the LORD, The temple of the LORD, The temple of the LORD are these.

Matthew 23:5

But they do all their works that they may be seen of men: they make broad their phylacteries and enlarge the borders of their garments

Matthew 23:13

But woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye shut up the kingdom of the heavens in front of men, for ye neither go in yourselves, neither suffer ye those that are entering to go in.

Romans 3:10-20

as it is written, There is no one righteous, no, not one;

Romans 10:2-3

For I give testimony that they have a zeal of God, but not according to knowledge.

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