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
Consider me, O LORD, and hear the voice of those that contend with me.
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 have hid their net for me in a pit, which without cause they have dug for my soul.
Psalm 57:6
They have prepared a net for my steps; my soul is bowed down; they have dug a pit before me, into the midst of which they are fallen themselves. Selah.
Psalm 106:23
Therefore he said that he would destroy them, had not Moses his chosen stood before him in the breach, to turn away his wrath lest he should destroy them.
Psalm 35:12
They rewarded me evil for good until my soul was alone.
Jeremiah 18:22
Let a cry be heard from their houses, when thou shalt bring a troop suddenly upon them; for they have dug a pit to take me and hid snares for my feet.
Genesis 18:22-32
And the men turned their faces from there and went toward Sodom; but Abraham stood yet before the LORD.
1 Samuel 24:17-19
And he said to David, Thou art more righteous than I, for thou hast repaid me with good, whereas I have repaid thee with evil.
Job 6:27
Ye also overwhelm the fatherless and dig a pit before your friend.
Psalm 7:15
He made a pit and deepened it and shall fall into the ditch which he made.
Psalm 38:20
rendering evil for good they are against me because I follow that which is good.
Psalm 109:4-5
They have responded to my love by becoming my adversaries, but I give myself unto prayer.
Psalm 119:95
The wicked have waited for me to destroy me, but I will consider thy testimonies.
Proverbs 17:13
Whosoever rewards evil for good, evil shall not depart from his house.
Proverbs 26:27
Whosoever digs a pit shall fall therein, and he that rolls a stone, it will return upon him.
Ecclesiastes 10:8
He that digs a pit shall fall into it, and whosoever breaks a hedge, a serpent shall bite him.
Jeremiah 7:16
Therefore pray not thou for this people, neither lift up cry nor prayer for them, neither make intercession to me: for I will not hear thee.
Jeremiah 11:14
Therefore pray not thou for this people, neither lift up a cry or prayer for them for I will not hear them in the time that they cry unto me in their trouble.
Jeremiah 14:7-11
O LORD, though our iniquities testify against us, do it for thy name's sake; for our rebellions have multiplied; we have sinned against thee.
Jeremiah 14:20-1
We acknowledge, O LORD, our wickedness, and the iniquity of our fathers; for we have sinned against thee.
Ezekiel 22:30-31
And I sought for a man among them that should make up the hedge and stand in the gap before me for the land that I should not destroy it, but I found no one.
Zechariah 3:1-2
And he showed me Joshua the high priest, standing before the angel of the LORD, and Satan standing at his right hand to resist him.
John 10:32
Jesus answered them, Many good works have I showed you from my Father; for which of those works do ye stone me?
John 15:25
But this comes to pass that the word might be fulfilled that is written in their law, They hated me without a cause.