Parallel Verses
New American Standard Bible
For they have
Remember how I
To speak good on their behalf,
So as to turn away Your wrath from them.
King James Version
Shall evil be recompensed for good? for they have digged a pit for my soul. Remember that I stood before thee to speak good for them, and to turn away thy wrath from them.
Holman Bible
Yet they have dug a pit for me.
Remember how I stood before You
to speak good on their behalf,
to turn Your anger from them.
International Standard Version
Should good be repaid with evil? Yet they have dug a pit to take my life. Remember! I stood before you and spoke good on their behalf in order to turn your wrath away from them.
A Conservative Version
Shall evil be recompensed for good? For they have dug a pit for my soul. Remember how I stood before thee to speak good for them, to turn away thy wrath from them.
American Standard Version
Shall evil be recompensed for good? for they have digged a pit for my soul. Remember how I stood before thee to speak good for them, to turn away thy wrath from them.
Amplified
Should good be repaid with evil?
Yet they have dug a pit for me.
Remember [with compassion] that I stood before You
To speak good on their behalf,
To turn Your anger away from them.
Bible in Basic English
Is evil to be the reward of good? for they have made a deep hole for my soul. Keep in mind how I took my place before you, to say a good word for them so that your wrath might be turned away from them.
Darby Translation
Shall evil be recompensed for good? For they have digged a pit for my soul. Remember how I stood before thee to speak good for them, to turn away thy wrath from them.
Julia Smith Translation
Shall evil be requited for good? for they dug a pit for my soul. Remember my standing before thee to speak good for them, to turn back thy wrath from them.
King James 2000
Shall evil be recompensed for good? for they have dug a pit for my soul. Remember that I stood before you to speak good for them, and to turn away your wrath from them.
Lexham Expanded Bible
Should good be repaid in place of evil? Yet they have dug a pit for me. Remember my standing {before you} to speak good for them, to avert your wrath from them.
Modern King James verseion
Should evil be repaid for good? For they have dug a pit for my soul. Remember that I stood before You to do good for them, and to turn away Your wrath from them.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Do they not recompense evil for good, when they dig a pit for my soul? Remember, how that I stood before thee, to speak for them, and to turn away thy wrath from them.
NET Bible
Should good be paid back with evil? Yet they are virtually digging a pit to kill me. Just remember how I stood before you pleading on their behalf to keep you from venting your anger on them.
New Heart English Bible
Shall evil be recompensed for good? For they have dug a pit for my soul. Remember how I stood before you to speak good for them, to turn away your wrath from them.
The Emphasized Bible
Shall, evil, be recompensed for good? For they have digged a pit for my life, - Remember how I stood before thee To speak in their behalf what was good! To turn back thine indignation from them.
Webster
Shall evil be recompensed for good? for they have digged a pit for my soul. Remember that I stood before thee to speak good for them, and to turn away thy wrath from them.
World English Bible
Shall evil be recompensed for good? for they have dug a pit for my soul. Remember how I stood before you to speak good for them, to turn away your wrath from them.
Youngs Literal Translation
Is evil recompensed instead of good, That they have dug a pit for my soul? Remember my standing before Thee to speak good of them, To turn back Thy wrath from them.
Themes
Evil » Social in the church » In politics
Evil for good » Evil for good, the returning of
Ingratitude » To man, instances of
Ingratitude » Of man to man » Jeremiah's enemies
Interlinear
Ra`
Shalam
Towb
Nephesh
Zakar
`amad
Paniym
Dabar
Towb
References
Hastings
Smith
Word Count of 20 Translations in Jeremiah 18:20
Verse Info
Context Readings
Jeremiah's Imprecatory Prayer
19
Hear me, O LORD, and listen to the voice of my adversaries.
20
For they have
Remember how I
To speak good on their behalf,
So as to turn away Your wrath from them.
Phrases
Cross References
Psalm 35:7
For without cause they hid their net for me; without cause they dug a pit for my life.
Psalm 57:6
They set a net for my steps; my soul was bowed down. They dug a pit in my way, but they have fallen into it themselves. Selah
Psalm 106:23
Therefore he said he would destroy them-- had not Moses, his chosen one, stood in the breach before him, to turn away his wrath from destroying them.
Psalm 35:12
They repay me evil for good; my soul is bereft.
Jeremiah 18:22
May a cry be heard from their houses, when you bring the plunderer suddenly upon them! For they have dug a pit to take me and laid snares for my feet.
Genesis 18:22-32
So the men turned from there and went toward Sodom, but Abraham still stood before the LORD.
1 Samuel 24:17-19
He said to David, "You are more righteous than I, for you have repaid me good, whereas I have repaid you evil.
Job 6:27
You would even cast lots over the fatherless, and bargain over your friend.
Psalm 7:15
He makes a pit, digging it out, and falls into the hole that he has made.
Psalm 38:20
Those who render me evil for good accuse me because I follow after good.
Psalm 109:4-5
In return for my love they accuse me, but I give myself to prayer.
Psalm 119:95
The wicked lie in wait to destroy me, but I consider your testimonies.
Proverbs 17:13
If anyone returns evil for good, evil will not depart from his house.
Proverbs 26:27
Whoever digs a pit will fall into it, and a stone will come back on him who starts it rolling.
Ecclesiastes 10:8
He who digs a pit will fall into it, and a serpent will bite him who breaks through a wall.
Jeremiah 7:16
"As for you, do not pray for this people, or lift up a cry or prayer for them, and do not intercede with me, for I will not hear you.
Jeremiah 11:14
"Therefore do not pray for this people, or lift up a cry or prayer on their behalf, for I will not listen when they call to me in the time of their trouble.
Jeremiah 14:7-11
"Though our iniquities testify against us, act, O LORD, for your name's sake; for our backslidings are many; we have sinned against you.
Jeremiah 14:20-1
We acknowledge our wickedness, O LORD, and the iniquity of our fathers, for we have sinned against you.
Ezekiel 22:30-31
And I sought for a man among them who should build up the wall and stand in the breach before me for the land, that I should not destroy it, but I found none.
Zechariah 3:1-2
Then he showed me Joshua the high priest standing before the angel of the LORD, and Satan standing at his right hand to accuse him.
John 10:32
Jesus answered them, "I have shown you many good works from the Father; for which of them are you going to stone me?"
John 15:25
But the word that is written in their Law must be fulfilled: 'They hated me without a cause.'