Parallel Verses

Julia Smith Translation

Are they irritating me? says Jehovah. Are they not themselves to the shame of their faces?

New American Standard Bible

Do they spite Me?” declares the Lord. “Is it not themselves they spite, to their own shame?”

King James Version

Do they provoke me to anger? saith the LORD: do they not provoke themselves to the confusion of their own faces?

Holman Bible

But are they really provoking Me?” This is the Lord’s declaration. “Isn’t it they themselves being provoked to disgrace?”

International Standard Version

Are they provoking me?" asks the LORD. "Is it not themselves, and to their own shame?"

A Conservative Version

Do they provoke me to anger? says LORD, [and] not themselves, to the confusion of their own faces?

American Standard Version

Do they provoke me to anger? saith Jehovah; do they not provoke themselves, to the confusion of their own faces?

Amplified

Do they offend and provoke Me to anger?” says the Lord. “Is it not themselves [they offend], to their own shame?”

Bible in Basic English

Are they moving me to wrath? says the Lord; are they not moving themselves to their shame?

Darby Translation

Is it I whom they provoke to anger? saith Jehovah; is it not themselves, to the shame of their own face?

King James 2000

Do they provoke me to anger? says the LORD: do they not provoke themselves to the shame of their own faces?

Lexham Expanded Bible

[Are] they provoking me to anger? " {declares} Yahweh, "[Is it] not themselves [they hurt], for the sake of the shame of their faces?"

Modern King James verseion

Do they vex Me? says Jehovah. Is it not themselves, to the shame of their own faces?

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

Howbeit, they hurt not me," sayeth the LORD, "but rather confound, and shame themselves."

NET Bible

But I am not really the one being troubled!" says the Lord. "Rather they are bringing trouble on themselves to their own shame!

New Heart English Bible

Do they provoke me to anger?" says the LORD. "Do they not provoke themselves, to the confusion of their own faces?"

The Emphasized Bible

Is it me, they are provoking? Enquireth Yahweh, - Is it not themselves, - unto the shame of their own faces?

Webster

Do they provoke me to anger? saith the LORD: do they not provoke themselves to the confusion of their own faces?

World English Bible

Do they provoke me to anger? says Yahweh; [do they] not [provoke] themselves, to the confusion of their own faces?

Youngs Literal Translation

Me are they provoking to anger? an affirmation of Jehovah, Is it not themselves, For the shame of their own faces?

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
Do they provoke me to anger
כּעס 
Ka`ac 
Usage: 55

נאם 
N@'um 
Usage: 376

the Lord

Usage: 0

בּשׁת 
Bosheth 
Usage: 30

References

Context Readings

Do Not Pray For Judah

18 The sons are gathering up woods, and the fathers kindling the fire, and the women knead the dough to make cakes for the queen of the heavens, and to pour out libations to other gods, to irritate me. 19 Are they irritating me? says Jehovah. Are they not themselves to the shame of their faces? 20 For this, thus said the Lord Jehovah; Behold my anger and my wrath was poured out to this place, upon man, and upon cattle, and upon the tree of the field, and upon the fruit of the land; and it burnt and it shall not be quenched.

Cross References

1 Corinthians 10:22

Do we emulate the Lord? are we stronger than he?

Deuteronomy 32:16

He will cause him to be jealous with strangers, With abominations they will irritate him.

Deuteronomy 32:21-22

They made me jealous with not God; They irritated me with their vanities: And I will make them jealous with not a people; With a foolish nation will I irritate them.

Ezra 9:7

From the days of our fathers we are in a great trespass even to this day; and in our iniquities we were given, we, our kings, our priests, into the hand of the kings of the lands, to the sword, to captivity and to plunder, and to shame of face as this day.

Job 35:6

If thou sinnedst, what wilt thou do against him? and thy transgressions were multiplied, what wilt thou do to him?

Isaiah 1:20

And if ye shall refuse and rebel, ye shall be eaten by the sword: for the mouth of Jehovah spake.

Isaiah 1:24

For this says the lord Jehovah of armies, the mighty one of Israel, Wo! I will take vengeance of mine adversaries, and I will avenge myself of mine enemies:

Isaiah 45:16

They were ashamed and also disgraced, all of them: together they went in shame the workmen of images.

Jeremiah 2:17

Wilt thou not do this to thyself? thou didst forsake Jehovah thy God in the time of thy being led in the way.

Jeremiah 2:19

Thy wickedness shall correct thee, and thy turnings back shall convict thee: and know thou and see that evil and bitter thy forsaking Jehovah thy God, and that my fear was not to thee, says the Lord Jehovah of armies.

Jeremiah 9:19

For a voice of lamentation was heard from Zion: How were we laid waste! we were greatly ashamed, for we forsook the land, and cast away our dwellings

Jeremiah 20:11

And Jehovah is with me as a strong terrible one: for this, they pursuing shall be weak, and they shall not prevail; they were greatly ashamed, for they prospered not; perpetual shame shall not be forgotten.

Ezekiel 8:17-18

And he said to me, Sawest, thou son of man? Was it light to the house of Judah doing the abominations which they did here? for they filled the land with violence, and they turned back to irritate me: and behold them sending the branch to their nose.

Daniel 9:7-8

To thee, O Jehovah, justice, and to us shame of face, as this day to the men of Judah, and to those dwelling in Jerusalem, and to all Israel being near and being far off, in all the lands where thou didst thrust them there in their transgression which they transgressed against thee.

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