Parallel Verses

New American Standard Bible

“For the day of the Lord draws near on all the nations.
As you have done, it will be done to you.
Your dealings will return on your own head.

King James Version

For the day of the LORD is near upon all the heathen: as thou hast done, it shall be done unto thee: thy reward shall return upon thine own head.

Holman Bible

For the Day of the Lord is near,
against all the nations.
As you have done, so it will be done to you;
what you deserve will return on your own head.

International Standard Version

"Indeed, the Day of the Lord approaches all nations. As you have done it will be done to you your deeds will return to haunt you! so will all nations drink from the cup of my wrath perpetually.

A Conservative Version

For the day of LORD is near upon all the nations. As thou have done, it shall be done to thee. Thy dealing shall return upon thine own head.

American Standard Version

For the day of Jehovah is near upon all the nations: as thou hast done, it shall be done unto thee; thy dealing shall return upon thine own head.

Amplified


“For the [judgment] day of the Lord draws near on all the nations.
As you have done, it shall be done to you [in retribution];
Your [evil] dealings will return on your own head.

Bible in Basic English

For the day of the Lord is coming quickly on all nations: as you have done it will be done to you; the reward of your acts will come on your head.

Darby Translation

For the day of Jehovah is near upon all the nations: as thou hast done, it shall be done unto thee: thy recompence shall return upon thine own head.

Julia Smith Translation

For the day of Jehovah is near upon all the nations: as thou didst, it shall be done to thee: thy recompense shall turn back upon thy head.

King James 2000

For the day of the LORD is near upon all the nations: as you have done, it shall be done unto you: your reward shall return upon your own head.

Lexham Expanded Bible

"For the day of Yahweh [is] near against all the nations! Just as you have done, it will be done to you. Your deeds will return on your [own] head.

Modern King James verseion

For the day of Jehovah is near on all the nations; as you have done, it shall be done to you. Your reward shall return upon your head.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

For the day of the LORD is hard by upon all Heathen. Like as thou hast done, so shalt thou be dealt withal. Yea, thou shalt be rewarded even upon thine head.

NET Bible

"For the day of the Lord is approaching for all the nations! Just as you have done, so it will be done to you. You will get exactly what your deeds deserve.

New Heart English Bible

For the day of the LORD is near all the nations. As you have done, it will be done to you. Your deeds will return upon your own head.

The Emphasized Bible

For, near, is the day of Yahweh, upon all the nations, - Just as thou hast done, shall it be done to thee, Thy dealing, shall come back upon thine own head.

Webster

For the day of the LORD is near upon all the heathen: as thou hast done, it shall be done to thee: thy reward shall return upon thy own head.

World English Bible

For the day of Yahweh is near all the nations! As you have done, it will be done to you. Your deeds will return upon your own head.

Youngs Literal Translation

For near is the day of Jehovah, on all the nations, As thou hast done, it is done to thee, Thy deed doth turn back on thine own head.

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
For the day
יום 
Yowm 
Usage: 2293

of the Lord

Usage: 0

is near
קרב קרוב 
Qarowb 
Usage: 77

גּי גּוי 
Gowy 
Usage: 558

as thou hast done

Usage: 0

גּמוּל 
G@muwl 
Usage: 19

שׁוּב 
Shuwb 
Usage: 1058

References

American

Fausets

Context Readings

The Day Of The Lord Is Near

14 Do not stand at the crossroads to cut off his fugitives; do not hand over his survivors in the day of distress. 15 “For the day of the Lord draws near on all the nations.
As you have done, it will be done to you.
Your dealings will return on your own head.
16 For as you have drunk on my holy mountain, so all the nations shall drink continually; they shall drink and swallow, and shall be as though they had never been.

Cross References

Habakkuk 2:8

Because you have plundered many nations, all the remnant of the peoples shall plunder you, for the blood of man and violence to the earth, to cities and all who dwell in them.

Ezekiel 30:3

For the day is near, the day of the LORD is near; it will be a day of clouds, a time of doom for the nations.

Jeremiah 50:29

"Summon archers against Babylon, all those who bend the bow. Encamp around her; let no one escape. Repay her according to her deeds; do to her according to all that she has done. For she has proudly defied the LORD, the Holy One of Israel.

Ezekiel 35:15

As you rejoiced over the inheritance of the house of Israel, because it was desolate, so I will deal with you; you shall be desolate, Mount Seir, and all Edom, all of it. Then they will know that I am the LORD.

Judges 1:7

And Adoni-bezek said, "Seventy kings with their thumbs and their big toes cut off used to pick up scraps under my table. As I have done, so God has repaid me." And they brought him to Jerusalem, and he died there.

Psalm 110:5-6

The Lord is at your right hand; he will shatter kings on the day of his wrath.

Psalm 137:8

O daughter of Babylon, doomed to be destroyed, blessed shall he be who repays you with what you have done to us!

Jeremiah 9:25-26

"Behold, the days are coming, declares the LORD, when I will punish all those who are circumcised merely in the flesh--

Jeremiah 25:15-29

Thus the LORD, the God of Israel, said to me: "Take from my hand this cup of the wine of wrath, and make all the nations to whom I send you drink it.

Jeremiah 49:12

For thus says the LORD: "If those who did not deserve to drink the cup must drink it, will you go unpunished? You shall not go unpunished, but you must drink.

Lamentations 4:21-22

Rejoice and be glad, O daughter of Edom, you who dwell in the land of Uz; but to you also the cup shall pass; you shall become drunk and strip yourself bare.

Joel 1:15

Alas for the day! For the day of the LORD is near, and as destruction from the Almighty it comes.

Joel 3:7-8

Behold, I will stir them up from the place to which you have sold them, and I will return your payment on your own head.

Joel 3:11-14

Hasten and come, all you surrounding nations, and gather yourselves there. Bring down your warriors, O LORD.

Micah 5:15

And in anger and wrath I will execute vengeance on the nations that did not obey.

Zechariah 14:14-18

Even Judah will fight at Jerusalem. And the wealth of all the surrounding nations shall be collected, gold, silver, and garments in great abundance.

Matthew 7:2

For with the judgment you pronounce 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 one who has shown no mercy. Mercy triumphs over judgment.

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