Parallel Verses

Holman Bible

Look, I am about to rouse them up from the place where you sold them; I will bring retribution on your heads.

New American Standard Bible

behold, I am going to arouse them from the place where you have sold them, and return your recompense on your head.

King James Version

Behold, I will raise them out of the place whither ye have sold them, and will return your recompence upon your own head:

International Standard Version

"Look, I will bring them up from where you sold them, I will turn your revenge back upon you,

A Conservative Version

behold, I will stir them up out of the place where ye have sold them, and will return your recompense upon your own head.

American Standard Version

behold, I will stir them up out of the place whither ye have sold them, and will return your recompense upon your own head;

Amplified

behold, I am going to stir them up from the place where you have sold them [and return them to their land], and I shall return your action [of retaliation] on your own head.

Bible in Basic English

See, I will have them moved from the place where you have sent them, and will let what you have done come back on your head;

Darby Translation

Behold, I will raise them up out of the place whither ye have sold them, and will bring your recompence upon your own head.

Julia Smith Translation

Behold me raising them up from the place where ye sold them there, and I turned back your recompense upon your head:

King James 2000

Behold, I will raise them out of the place to which you have sold them, and will return your recompense upon your own head:

Lexham Expanded Bible

Look! I [am] rousing them from the place where you have sold them, and I will return what you deserve on your head!

Modern King James verseion

Behold, I am raising them out of the place where you have sold them, and will turn your reward on your own head.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

Behold, therefore, I will raise them out of the place, where ye have sold them, and will reward you even upon your head.

NET Bible

Look! I am rousing them from that place to which you sold them. I will repay you for what you have done!

New Heart English Bible

Behold, I will stir them up out of the place where you have sold them, and will return your repayment on your own head;

The Emphasized Bible

Behold me! rousing them up out of the place whither ye sold them, - So will I bring back your dealing upon your own head.

Webster

Behold, I will raise them out of the place whither ye have sold them, and will return your recompense upon your own head:

World English Bible

Behold, I will stir them up out of the place where you have sold them, and will return your repayment on your own head;

Youngs Literal Translation

Lo, I am stirring them up out of the place Whither ye have sold them, And I have turned back your recompence on your head,

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
Behold, I will raise
עוּר 
`uwr 
Usage: 80

them out of the place
מקמה מקומה מקם מקום 
Maqowm 
Usage: 401

מכר 
Makar 
sell, seller, at all
Usage: 80

them, and will return
שׁוּב 
Shuwb 
Usage: 1058

גּמוּל 
G@muwl 
Usage: 19

References

Context Readings

Yahweh's Judgment On The Nations

6 You sold the people of Judah and Jerusalem to the Greeks to remove them far from their own territory. 7 Look, I am about to rouse them up from the place where you sold them; I will bring retribution on your heads. 8 I will sell your sons and daughters into the hands of the people of Judah, and they will sell them to the Sabeans, to a distant nation, for the Lord has spoken.


Cross References

Isaiah 43:5-6

Do not fear, for I am with you;
I will bring your descendants from the east,
and gather you from the west.

Jeremiah 23:8

but, ‘As the Lord lives, who brought and led the descendants of the house of Israel from the land of the north and from all the other countries where I had banished them.’ They will dwell once more in their own land.”

Joel 3:4

And also: Tyre, Sidon, and all the territories of Philistia—what are you to Me? Are you paying Me back or trying to get even with Me? I will quickly bring retribution on your heads.

2 Thessalonians 1:6

since it is righteous for God to repay with affliction those who afflict you

Judges 1:7

Adoni-bezek said, “Seventy kings with their thumbs and big toes cut off used to pick up scraps under my table. God has repaid me for what I have done.” They brought him to Jerusalem, and he died there.

1 Samuel 15:33

Samuel declared:

As your sword has made women childless,
so your mother will be childless among women.


Then he hacked Agag to pieces before the Lord at Gilgal.

Esther 7:10

They hanged Haman on the gallows he had prepared for Mordecai. Then the king’s anger subsided.

Isaiah 11:12

He will lift up a banner for the nations
and gather the dispersed of Israel;
He will collect the scattered of Judah
from the four corners of the earth.

Isaiah 49:12

See, these will come from far away,
from the north and from the west,
and from the land of Sinim.

Jeremiah 30:10

As for you, My servant Jacob,
do not be afraid—
this is the Lord’s declaration—
and do not be dismayed, Israel,
for without fail I will save you from far away,
your descendants, from the land of their captivity!
Jacob will return and have calm and quiet
with no one to frighten him.

Jeremiah 30:16

Nevertheless, all who devoured you will be devoured,
and all your adversaries—all of them—
will go off into exile.
Those who plunder you will be plundered,
and all who raid you will be raided.

Jeremiah 31:8

Watch! I am going to bring them from the northern land.
I will gather them from remote regions of the earth
the blind and the lame will be with them,
along with those who are pregnant and those about to give birth.
They will return here as a great assembly!

Jeremiah 32:37

I am about to gather them from all the lands where I have banished them in My anger, rage and great wrath, and I will return them to this place and make them live in safety.

Ezekiel 34:12-13

As a shepherd looks for his sheep on the day he is among his scattered flock, so I will look for My flock. I will rescue them from all the places where they have been scattered on a cloudy and dark day.

Ezekiel 36:24

“For I will take you from the nations and gather you from all the countries, and will bring you into your own land.

Ezekiel 38:8

After a long time you will be summoned. In the last years you will enter a land that has been restored from war and regathered from many peoples to the mountains of Israel, which had long been a ruin. They were brought out from the peoples, and all of them now live securely.

Zechariah 10:6-10

I will strengthen the house of Judah
and deliver the house of Joseph.
I will restore them
because I have compassion on them,
and they will be
as though I had never rejected them.
For I am Yahweh their God,
and I will answer them.

Matthew 7:2

For with the judgment you use, you will be judged, and with the measure you use, it will be measured to you.

James 2:13

For judgment is without mercy to the one who hasn’t shown mercy. Mercy triumphs over judgment.

Revelation 13:10

If anyone is destined for captivity,
into captivity he goes.
If anyone is to be killed with a sword,
with a sword he will be killed.


This demands the perseverance and faith of the saints.

Revelation 16:6

Because they poured out
the blood of the saints and the prophets,
You also gave them blood to drink;
they deserve it!

Revelation 19:2

because His judgments are true and righteous,
because He has judged the notorious prostitute
who corrupted the earth with her sexual immorality;
and He has avenged the blood of His slaves
that was on her hands.

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