Parallel Verses

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.

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 knows their works,
And He overthrows them in the night,
And they are crushed.
26 “He strikes them like the wicked
In a public place,
27 Because they turned aside from following Him,
And had no regard for any of His ways;



Cross References

Exodus 14:30

Thus the Lord saved Israel that day from the hand of the Egyptians, and Israel saw the Egyptians dead on the seashore.

Deuteronomy 13:9-11

But you shall surely kill him; your hand shall be first against him to put him to death, and afterwards the hand of all the people.

Deuteronomy 21:21

Then all the men of his city shall stone him to death; so you shall remove the evil from your midst, and all Israel will hear of it and fear.

2 Samuel 12:11-12

Thus says the Lord, ‘Behold, I will raise up evil against you from your own household; I will even take your wives before your eyes and give them to your companion, and he will lie with your wives in broad daylight.

Psalm 58:10-11

The righteous will rejoice when he sees the vengeance;
He will wash his feet in the blood of the wicked.

Isaiah 66:24

“Then they will go forth and look
On the corpses of the men
Who have transgressed against Me.
For their worm will not die
And their fire will not be quenched;
And they will be an abhorrence to all mankind.”

1 Timothy 5:20

Those who continue in sin, rebuke in the presence of all, so that the rest also will be fearful of sinning.

1 Timothy 5:24

The sins of some men are quite evident, going before them to judgment; for others, their sins follow after.

Revelation 18:9-10

“And the kings of the earth, who committed acts of immorality and lived sensuously with her, will weep and lament over her when they see the smoke of her burning,

Revelation 18:20

Rejoice over her, O heaven, and you saints and apostles and prophets, because God has pronounced judgment for you against her.”

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