Parallel Verses

A Conservative Version

He strikes them as wicked men in the open sight of others

New American Standard Bible

“He strikes them like the wicked
In a public place,

King James Version

He striketh them as wicked men in the open sight of others;

Holman Bible

In full view of the public,
He strikes them for their wickedness,

International Standard Version

"He strikes the wicked among them in a place where they can be seen

American Standard Version

He striketh them as wicked men In the open sight of others;

Amplified


“He strikes them like the wicked
In a public place,

Bible in Basic English

The evil-doers are broken by his wrath, he puts his hand on them with force before the eyes of all onlookers.

Darby Translation

He striketh them as wicked men in the open sight of others,

Julia Smith Translation

He struck them for the unjust in the place of those seeing;

King James 2000

He strikes them as wicked men in the open sight of others;

Lexham Expanded Bible

He strikes them {where the wicked stood}, {where there are onlookers},

Modern King James verseion

He strikes them for evil deeds in the place of the watchers,

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

They that were in the stead of Seers, dealt like ungodly men.

NET Bible

He strikes them for their wickedness, in a place where people can see,

New Heart English Bible

He strikes them as wicked men in the open sight of others;

The Emphasized Bible

In the place of lawless men, hath he chastised them, in presence of beholders.

Webster

He striketh them as wicked men in the open sight of others;

World English Bible

He strikes them as wicked men in the open sight of others;

Youngs Literal Translation

As wicked He hath stricken them, In the place of beholders.

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
שׂפק ספק 
Caphaq 
Usage: 10

them as
תּחת 
Tachath 
instead, under, for, as, with, from, flat, in the same place
Usage: 505

רשׁע 
Rasha` 
Usage: 263

in the open
מקמה מקומה מקם מקום 
Maqowm 
Usage: 401

ראה 
Ra'ah 
Usage: 1308

Context Readings

Elihu Asserts God's Justice

25 Therefore he takes knowledge of their works, and he overturns them in the night, so that they are destroyed. 26 He strikes them as wicked men in the open sight of others 27 because they turned aside from following him, and would not have regard in any of his ways,



Cross References

Exodus 14:30

Thus LORD saved Israel that day out of the hand of the Egyptians, and Israel saw the Egyptians dead upon the sea-shore.

Deuteronomy 13:9-11

but thou shall surely kill him. Thy hand shall be first upon him to put him to death, and afterwards the hand of all the people.

Deuteronomy 21:21

And all the men of his city shall stone him to death with stones. So thou shall put away the evil from the midst of thee, and all Israel shall hear, and fear.

2 Samuel 12:11-12

Thus says LORD, Behold, I will raise up evil against thee out of thine own house. And I will take thy wives before thine eyes, and give them to thy neighbor, and he shall lay with thy wives in the sight of this sun.

Psalm 58:10-11

A righteous man shall rejoice when he sees the vengeance. He shall wash his feet in the blood of the wicked,

Isaiah 66:24

And they shall go forth, and look upon the dead bodies of the men who have transgressed against me. For their worm shall not die, nor shall their fire be quenched, and they shall be an abhorring to all flesh.

1 Timothy 5:20

Those who sin, rebuke in the sight of all, so that the others may also have fear.

1 Timothy 5:24

The sins of some men are evident, leading to judgment, but also for some they follow after.

Revelation 18:9-10

And the kings of the earth who fornicated and lived wantonly with her, will weep and will beat their breasts for her when they see the smoke of her burning,

Revelation 18:20

Be glad over her, thou heaven, and the sanctified, and the apostles, and the prophets, because God has decreed your judgment of her.

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