Parallel Verses

International Standard Version

So that no one entices you with riches, don't let a large ransom turn you astray.

New American Standard Bible

“Beware that wrath does not entice you to scoffing;
And do not let the greatness of the ransom turn you aside.

King James Version

Because there is wrath, beware lest he take thee away with his stroke: then a great ransom cannot deliver thee.

Holman Bible

Be careful that no one lures you with riches;
do not let a large ransom lead you astray.

A Conservative Version

and there shall be wrath upon the impious because of the ungodliness of bribes which the unrighteous receive.

American Standard Version

For let not wrath stir thee up against chastisements; Neither let the greatness of the ransom turn thee aside.

Amplified


“Do not let wrath entice you into scoffing;
And do not let the greatness and the extent of the ransom turn you aside.

Darby Translation

Because there is wrath, beware lest it take thee away through chastisement: then a great ransom could not avail thee.

Julia Smith Translation

Because of wrath, lest he shall remove thee with smiting, and a multitude of covering shall not turn thee away.

King James 2000

Because there is wrath, beware lest he take you away with one blow: then a great ransom cannot deliver you.

Lexham Expanded Bible

Yes, [it is] wrath, so that it will not incite you into mockery; and do not let [the] ransom's greatness turn you aside.

Modern King James verseion

For beware wrath, that He not lure you with His scorn; then a great ransom cannot turn you aside.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

For then shall not thy cause be stilled with cruelty, nor pacified with many gifts.

NET Bible

Be careful that no one entices you with riches; do not let a large bribe turn you aside.

New Heart English Bible

Do not let riches entice you to wrath, neither let the great size of a bribe turn you aside.

The Emphasized Bible

Because there is wrath, beware lest he take thee away with a stroke, Then let not, a great ransom, mislead thee.

Webster

Because there is wrath, beware lest he take thee away with his stroke: then a great ransom cannot deliver thee.

World English Bible

Don't let riches entice you to wrath, neither let the great size of a bribe turn you aside.

Youngs Literal Translation

Lest He move thee with a stroke, And the abundance of an atonement turn thee not aside.

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
סוּת 
Cuwth 
Usage: 18

with his stroke
שׂפק ספק 
Cepheq 
Usage: 2

כּפר 
Kopher 
Usage: 17

References

Morish

Context Readings

Elihu Extols God's Greatness

17 But now you are occupied with the case of the wicked; but justice and judgment will be served. 18 So that no one entices you with riches, don't let a large ransom turn you astray. 19 "Will your wealth sustain you when you're in distress, despite your most powerful efforts?



Cross References

Job 33:24

to show favor to him and to plead, "Deliver him from having to go down to the Pit I know where his ransom is!'

Romans 1:18

For God's wrath is being revealed from heaven against all the ungodliness and wickedness of those who in their wickedness suppress the truth.

Ephesians 5:6

Do not let anyone deceive you with meaningless words, for it is because of these things that God becomes angry with those who disobey.

Psalm 2:5

In his anger he rebukes them, and in his wrath he terrifies them:

Psalm 2:12

Kiss the son before he becomes angry, and you die where you stand. Indeed, his wrath can flare up quickly. How blessed are those who take refuge in him. A Davidic Psalm, when he fled from his son Absalom.

Psalm 39:10

Stop scourging me, since I have been crushed by your heavy hand.

Psalm 49:7-8

No man can redeem the life of another, nor can he give to God a sufficient payment for him

Psalm 110:5

The Lord is at your right hand; he will utterly destroy kings in the time of his wrath.

Isaiah 14:6

that struck down nations in anger with unceasing blows, that oppressed nations in fury with relentless persecution.

Ezekiel 24:16

"Son of Man, pay attention! I'm about to take away your most precious treasure with a single, fatal stroke, but you are not to mourn, weep, nor even let tears well up in your eyes.

Matthew 3:7

But when John saw many Pharisees and Sadducees coming to where he was baptizing, he told them, "You children of serpents! Who warned you to flee from the coming wrath?

Romans 2:5

But because of your stubborn and unrepentant heart you are reserving wrath for yourself on the day of wrath, when God's righteous judgment will be revealed.

1 Timothy 2:6

He gave himself as a ransom for everyone, the testimony at the proper time.

Hebrews 2:3

how will we escape if we neglect a salvation as great as this? It was first proclaimed by the Lord himself, and then it was confirmed to us by those who heard him,

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