Parallel Verses

NET Bible

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

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.

International Standard Version

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

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 preoccupied with the judgment due the wicked, judgment and justice take hold of you. 18 Be careful that no one entices you with riches; do not let a large bribe turn you aside. 19 Would your wealth sustain you, so that you would not be in distress, even all your mighty efforts?

Cross References

Job 33:24

and if God is gracious to him and says, 'Spare him from going down to the place of corruption, I have found a ransom for him,'

Romans 1:18

For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of people who suppress the truth by their unrighteousness,

Ephesians 5:6

Let nobody deceive you with empty words, for because of these things God's wrath comes on the sons of disobedience.

Psalm 2:5

Then he angrily speaks to them and terrifies them in his rage, saying,

Psalm 2:12

Give sincere homage! Otherwise he will be angry, and you will die because of your behavior, when his anger quickly ignites. How blessed are all who take shelter in him!

Psalm 39:10

Please stop wounding me! You have almost beaten me to death!

Psalm 49:7-8

Certainly a man cannot rescue his brother; he cannot pay God an adequate ransom price

Psalm 110:5

O sovereign Lord, at your right hand he strikes down kings in the day he unleashes his anger.

Isaiah 14:6

It furiously struck down nations with unceasing blows. It angrily ruled over nations, oppressing them without restraint.

Ezekiel 24:16

"Son of man, realize that I am about to take the delight of your eyes away from you with a jolt, but you must not mourn or weep or shed tears.

Matthew 3:7

But when he saw many Pharisees and Sadducees coming to his baptism, he said to them, "You offspring of vipers! Who warned you to flee from the coming wrath?

Romans 2:5

But because of your stubbornness and your unrepentant heart, you are storing up wrath for yourselves in the day of wrath, when God's righteous judgment is revealed!

1 Timothy 2:6

who gave himself as a ransom for all, revealing God's purpose at his appointed time.

Hebrews 2:3

how will we escape if we neglect such a great salvation? It was first communicated through the Lord and was confirmed to us by those who heard him,

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