Parallel Verses

Modern King James verseion

I have seen the fool taking root, but suddenly I cursed his dwelling place.

New American Standard Bible

“I have seen the foolish taking root,
And I cursed his abode immediately.

King James Version

I have seen the foolish taking root: but suddenly I cursed his habitation.

Holman Bible

I have seen a fool taking root,
but I immediately pronounced a curse on his home.

International Standard Version

"I myself saw a fool becoming established, but I suddenly cursed where he lived.

A Conservative Version

I have seen the foolish taking root, but suddenly I cursed his habitation.

American Standard Version

I have seen the foolish taking root: But suddenly I cursed his habitation.

Amplified


“I have seen the foolish taking root [and outwardly prospering],
But I cursed his dwelling immediately [for his destruction was certain].

Bible in Basic English

I have seen the foolish taking root, but suddenly the curse came on his house.

Darby Translation

I myself saw the foolish taking root, but suddenly I cursed his habitation.

Julia Smith Translation

I saw the foolish one taking root, and suddenly I shall curse his habitation.

King James 2000

I have seen the foolish taking root: but suddenly I cursed his habitation.

Lexham Expanded Bible

I have seen a fool taking root, but suddenly I cursed his dwelling.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

I have seen myself, when the foolish was deep rooted, that his beauty was suddenly destroyed,

NET Bible

I myself have seen the fool taking root, but suddenly I cursed his place of residence.

New Heart English Bible

I have seen the foolish taking root, but suddenly I cursed his habitation.

The Emphasized Bible

I, have seen the foolish taking root, and then hath his home decayed, in a moment:

Webster

I have seen the foolish taking root: but suddenly I cursed his habitation.

World English Bible

I have seen the foolish taking root, but suddenly I cursed his habitation.

Youngs Literal Translation

I -- I have seen the perverse taking root, And I mark his habitation straightway,

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
ראה 
Ra'ah 
Usage: 1308

the foolish
אויל 
'eviyl 
Usage: 26

שׁרשׁ 
Sharash 
...root, root out
Usage: 8

but suddenly
פּתאם פּתאום 
Pith'owm 
Usage: 25

Context Readings

Eliphaz's Response Continues

2 For vexation kills the fool, and envy slays the simple one. 3 I have seen the fool taking root, but suddenly I cursed his dwelling place. 4 His children are far from safety, and they are crushed in the gate, nor is there any to deliver them.


Cross References

Psalm 37:35-36

I have seen the wicked ruthless, and spreading himself like a luxuriant native tree.

Psalm 73:18-20

Surely You set them in slippery places; You cast them down into ruin.

Deuteronomy 27:15-26

Cursed is the man that makes any graven or molten image, an abomination to Jehovah, the work of the hands of the craftsman, and puts it in a secret place. And all the people shall answer and say, Amen.

Job 24:18

He is swift on the waters; their portion is cursed in the earth; he does not behold the way of the vineyards.

Job 27:8

For what is the hope of the ungodly when He cuts off, when God takes away his soul?

Psalm 69:25

Let their dwelling be wasted; let none dwell in their tents.

Psalm 73:3-9

For I was jealous of the proud, when I saw the peace of the wicked.

Psalm 92:7

When the wicked spring as the grass, and when all the workers of iniquity blossom, it is that they shall be destroyed forever;

Jeremiah 12:1-3

Righteous are You, O Jehovah, that I might contend with You; yet let me speak with You about Your judgments. Why does the way of the wicked prosper? Why are all those happy who deal treacherously?

Acts 1:20

For it is written in the Book of Psalms, "Let his estate become forsaken, and he not be living in it." And, "Let another take his overseership."

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