Parallel Verses

Modern King James verseion

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

Julia Smith Translation

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

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 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 gather wood, and the fathers kindle the fire, and the women knead dough, to make cakes to the queen of heaven and to pour out drink offerings to other gods, that they may provoke Me to anger. 19 Do they vex Me? says Jehovah. Is it not themselves, to the shame of their own faces? 20 Therefore so says the Jehovah God; Behold, My anger and My fury shall be poured out on this place, on man, and on animal, and on the trees of the field, and on the fruit of the ground; and it shall burn, and shall not be put out.

Cross References

1 Corinthians 10:22

Or do we provoke the Lord to jealousy? Are we stronger than He?

Deuteronomy 32:16

They provoked Him to jealousy with strange gods; with abominations they provoked Him to anger.

Deuteronomy 32:21-22

They have moved Me to jealousy with a no-god. They have provoked Me to anger with their vanities. And I will move them to jealousy with a no-people. I will provoke them to anger with a foolish nation.

Ezra 9:7

Since the days of our fathers we have been in a great sin until this day. And for our iniquities we, our kings, our priests, have been delivered into the hand of the kings of the lands, to the sword, to captivity, and to a spoil, and to shame of face, as it is this day.

Job 35:6

If you sin, what do you do against Him? Or if your transgressions are multiplied, what do you do to Him?

Isaiah 1:20

but if you refuse and rebel, you shall be devoured with the sword; for the mouth of Jehovah has spoken.

Isaiah 1:24

And the Lord, Jehovah of Hosts, the mighty One of Israel, says, Alas! I will ease Myself of My foes, and avenge Myself of My enemies.

Isaiah 45:16

They shall be ashamed, and also confounded, all of them; they who are makers of idols shall go into disgrace together.

Jeremiah 2:17

Have you not brought this on yourself, in that you have forsaken Jehovah your God, when He led you by the way?

Jeremiah 2:19

Your own evil shall correct you, and your backslidings shall reprove you, therefore know and see that it is an evil and bitter thing that you have forsaken Jehovah your God, and that My fear is not in you, says the Lord Jehovah of Hosts.

Jeremiah 9:19

For a voice of weeping is heard out of Zion. How are we plundered! We are greatly ashamed, because we have forsaken the land, because they have thrown down our tents.

Jeremiah 20:11

But Jehovah is with me like a mighty, awesome one. Therefore my persecutors shall stumble, and they shall not overcome me. They shall be greatly ashamed; for they shall not be blessed. Their everlasting shame shall never be forgotten.

Ezekiel 8:17-18

And He said to me, Have you seen, O son of man? Is it a light thing to the house of Judah that they do the hateful things which they do here? For they have filled the land with violence and have turned to provoke Me to anger. And lo, they put the branch to their nose.

Daniel 9:7-8

O Lord, righteousness belongs to You, but to us the shame of our faces, as it is today to the men of Judah and to the people of Jerusalem, and to all Israel who are near and who are afar off, through all the countries where You have driven them because of their sin which they have sinned against You.

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