Parallel Verses

Youngs Literal Translation

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

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 King James verseion

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

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.

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 provocation slayeth the perverse, And envy putteth to death the simple, 3 I -- I have seen the perverse taking root, And I mark his habitation straightway, 4 Far are his sons from safety, And they are bruised in the gate, And there is no deliverer.

Cross References

Psalm 37:35-36

I have seen the wicked terrible, And spreading as a green native plant,

Psalm 73:18-20

Only, in slippery places Thou dost set them, Thou hast caused them to fall to desolations.

Deuteronomy 27:15-26

Cursed is the man who maketh a graven and molten image, the abomination of Jehovah, work of the hands of an artificer, and hath put it in a secret place, -- and all the people have answered and said, Amen.

Job 24:18

Light he is on the face of the waters, Vilified is their portion in the earth, He turneth not the way of vineyards.

Job 27:8

For what is the hope of the profane, When He doth cut off? When God doth cast off his soul?

Psalm 69:25

Their tower is desolated, In their tents there is no dweller.

Psalm 73:3-9

The peace of the wicked I see, That there are no bands at their death,

Psalm 92:7

When the wicked flourish as a herb, And blossom do all workers of iniquity -- For their being destroyed for ever and ever!

Jeremiah 12:1-3

Righteous art Thou, O Jehovah, When I plead towards thee, Only, judgments do I speak with Thee, Wherefore did the way of the wicked prosper? At rest have been all treacherous dealers.

Acts 1:20

for it hath been written in the book of Psalms: Let his lodging-place become desolate, and let no one be dwelling in it, and his oversight let another take.

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