Parallel Verses

Darby Translation

He striketh 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

A Conservative Version

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

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.

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 Since he knoweth their actions; and he overthroweth them in the night, and they are crushed. 26 He striketh them as wicked men in the open sight of others, 27 Because they have turned back from him, and would consider none of his ways;



Cross References

Exodus 14:30

Thus Jehovah saved Israel that day out of the hand of the Egyptians; and Israel saw the Egyptians dead on the sea-shore.

Deuteronomy 13:9-11

but thou shalt in any case kill him: thy hand shall be the first against him to put him to death, and afterwards the hands of all the people;

Deuteronomy 21:21

And all the men of his city shall stone him with stones, that he die. And thou shalt put evil away from thy midst; and all Israel shall hear and fear.

2 Samuel 12:11-12

Thus saith Jehovah: 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 unto thy neighbour, and he shall lie with thy wives in the sight of this sun.

Psalm 58:10-11

The righteous shall rejoice when he seeth the vengeance; he shall wash his footsteps in the blood of the wicked:

Isaiah 66:24

And they shall go forth, and look upon the carcases of the men that have transgressed against me: for their worm shall not die, neither shall their fire be quenched; and they shall be an abhorrence unto all flesh.

1 Timothy 5:20

Those that sin convict before all, that the rest also may have fear.

1 Timothy 5:24

Of some men the sins are manifest beforehand, going before to judgment, and some also they follow after.

Revelation 18:9-10

And the kings of the earth, who have committed fornication, and lived luxuriously with her, shall weep and wail over her, when they see the smoke of her burning,

Revelation 18:20

Rejoice over her, heaven, and ye saints and apostles and prophets; for God has judged your judgment upon her.

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