Parallel Verses

A Conservative Version

For the company of the hypocrites shall be barren, and fire shall consume the tents of bribery.

New American Standard Bible

“For the company of the godless is barren,
And fire consumes the tents of the corrupt.

King James Version

For the congregation of hypocrites shall be desolate, and fire shall consume the tabernacles of bribery.

Holman Bible

For the company of the godless will have no children,
and fire will consume the tents of those who offer bribes.

International Standard Version

For the company of the godless is desolation, and fire consumes the tents of those who bribe.

American Standard Version

For the company of the godless shall be barren, And fire shall consume the tents of bribery.

Amplified


“For the company of the godless is barren,
And fire consumes the tents of bribery (wrong and injustice).

Bible in Basic English

For the band of the evil-doers gives no fruit, and the tents of those who give wrong decisions for reward are burned with fire.

Darby Translation

For the family of the ungodly shall be barren, and fire shall consume the tents of bribery.

Julia Smith Translation

For the assembly of the profane is hard, and fire consumed the tents of the gift

King James 2000

For the congregation of hypocrites shall be desolate, and fire shall consume the tents of bribery.

Lexham Expanded Bible

for [the] company of [the] godless [is] barren, and fire consumes the tents of those who accept bribes.

Modern King James verseion

For the company of the ungodly shall be barren, and fire shall devour the tents of bribery.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

For the congregation of hypocrites is unfruitful, and the fire shall consume the houses of such as are greedy to receive gifts.

NET Bible

For the company of the godless is barren, and fire consumes the tents of those who accept bribes.

New Heart English Bible

For the company of the godless shall be barren, and fire shall consume the tents of bribery.

The Emphasized Bible

For, the family of the impious, is unfruitful, and, a fire, hath devoured the tents of bribery;

Webster

For the congregation of hypocrites shall be desolate, and fire shall consume the tabernacles of bribery.

World English Bible

For the company of the godless shall be barren, and fire shall consume the tents of bribery.

Youngs Literal Translation

For the company of the profane is gloomy, And fire hath consumed tents of bribery.

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
עדה 
`edah 
Usage: 149

חנף 
Chaneph 
Usage: 13

גּלמוּד 
Galmuwd 
Usage: 4

and fire
אשׁ 
'esh 
Usage: 378

אכל 
'akal 
Usage: 809

אהל 
'ohel 
Usage: 345

Context Readings

Eliphaz's Second Response To Job

33 He shall shake off his unripe grape as the vine, and shall cast off his flower as the olive tree. 34 For the company of the hypocrites shall be barren, and fire shall consume the tents of bribery. 35 They conceive mischief, and bring forth iniquity, and their heart prepares deceit.

Cross References

Job 8:13

So are the paths of all who forget God. And the hope of the profane man shall perish,

1 Samuel 8:3

And his sons did not walk in his ways, but turned aside after dishonest gain, and took bribes, and perverted justice.

1 Samuel 12:3

Here I am. Witness against me before LORD, and before his anointed: Whose ox have I taken? Or whose donkey have I taken? Or whom have I defrauded? Whom have I oppressed? Or of whose hand have I taken a bribe to blind my eyes with i

Job 8:22

Those who hate thee shall be clothed with shame, and the tent of the wicked shall be no more.

Job 11:14

if iniquity is in thy hand, put it far away, and let not unrighteousness dwell in thy tents.

Job 12:6

The tents of robbers prosper, and those who provoke God are secure. Into whose hand God brings [abundantly].

Job 20:1

Then Zophar the Naamathite answered, and said,

Job 22:5-9

Is not thy wickedness great? Neither is there any end to thine iniquities.

Job 27:8

For what is the hope of the profane, though he gets him gain, when God takes away his soul?

Job 29:12-17

Because I delivered the poor who cried, also the fatherless who had none to help him.

Job 36:13

But those who are godless in heart lay up anger. They do not cry for help when he binds them.

Isaiah 33:14-15

The sinners in Zion are afraid. Trembling has seized the profane. Who among us can dwell with the devouring fire? Who among us can dwell with everlasting burnings?

Amos 5:11-12

Inasmuch therefore as ye trample upon the poor, and take exactions of wheat from him. Ye have built houses of hewn stone, but ye shall not dwell in them. Ye have planted pleasant vineyards, but ye shall not drink the wine thereof.

Micah 7:2

The devout man has perished out of the earth, and there is none upright among men. They all lay in wait for blood. They hunt every man his brother with a net.

Matthew 24:51

and he will cut him in two, and place his share with the hypocrites. There will be the weeping and the gnashing of teeth.

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