Parallel Verses

New American Standard Bible

“For He pays a man according to his work,
And makes him find it according to his way.

King James Version

For the work of a man shall he render unto him, and cause every man to find according to his ways.

Holman Bible

For He repays a person according to his deeds,
and He brings his ways on him.

International Standard Version

because he repays a person for his behavior; and according to a person's conduct, he lets it happen to him.

A Conservative Version

For the work of a man he will render to him, and cause every man to find according to his ways.

American Standard Version

For the work of a man will he render unto him, And cause every man to find according to his ways.

Amplified


“For God pays a man according to his work,
And He will make every man find [appropriate] compensation according to his way.

Bible in Basic English

For he gives to every man the reward of his work, and sees that he gets the fruit of his ways.

Darby Translation

For a man's work will he render to him, and cause every one to find according to his way.

Julia Smith Translation

For the work of man shall he recompense to him, and a man shall find himself according to his way.

King James 2000

For the work of a man shall he render unto him, and cause every man to find according to his ways.

Lexham Expanded Bible

Indeed, he will repay [according to] a human being's deeds, and according to a man's way he will let [it] happen [to] him.

Modern King James verseion

For He repays man's work, and causes him to find according to his ways.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

but he rewardeth the works of man, and causeth every man to find according to his ways.

NET Bible

For he repays a person for his work, and according to the conduct of a person, he causes the consequences to find him.

New Heart English Bible

For the work of a man he will render to him, and cause every man to find according to his ways.

The Emphasized Bible

For, what any son of earth doeth, he repayeth him, and, according to every man's course, he causeth him to find.

Webster

For the work of a man he shall render to him, and cause every man to find according to his ways.

World English Bible

For the work of a man he will render to him, and cause every man to find according to his ways.

Youngs Literal Translation

For the work of man he repayeth to him, And according to the path of each He doth cause him to find.

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
For the work
פּעל 
Po`al 
Usage: 37

of a man
אדם 
'adam 
Usage: 541

אישׁ 
'iysh 
Usage: 692

to find
מצא 
Matsa' 
Usage: 455

Context Readings

Elihu Asserts God's Justice

10 Therefore, hearken unto me, ye men of understanding: far be it from God, that he should do wickedness; and from the Almighty, that he should commit iniquity. 11 “For He pays a man according to his work,
And makes him find it according to his way.
12 Yea, surely God will not do wickedly, neither will the Almighty pervert judgment.

Cross References

Psalm 62:12

Also unto thee, O Lord, belongs mercy, for thou renderest to every man according to his work.

Jeremiah 32:19

great in counsel and magnificent in works: for thine eyes are open upon all the ways of the sons of men to give unto each one according to his ways and according to the fruit of his doings;

Matthew 16:27

For the Son of man shall come in the glory of his Father with his angels, and then he shall reward everyone according to their works.

Romans 2:6

who will render to everyone according to his deeds:

2 Corinthians 5:10

For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ that each one may receive according to that which they have done in the body, good or evil.

Proverbs 24:12

if thou should say, Behold, we knew it not; shall not he that weighs the hearts understand it? and he that keeps thy soul, does he not know it? and shall he not render to every man according to his works?

Revelation 22:12

And, behold, I come quickly, and my reward is with me, to give each one according as his work shall be.

Galatians 6:7-8

Do not deceive yourselves; God is not mocked: for whatever a man sows that shall he also reap.

1 Peter 1:17

And if ye invoke as Father, he who without respect of persons judges according to the work of each one, converse in fear the entire time of your sojourning here,

Job 33:26

He shall pray unto God, and he will love him; and he shall see his face with shouts of joy; for he will render unto the man the recompense of his righteousness.

Proverbs 1:31

Therefore they shall eat of the fruit of their own way, and be filled with their own counsel.

Ezekiel 33:17-20

Then the sons of thy people shall say, The way of the Lord is not straight: but their way is the one that is not straight.

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