Parallel Verses

Holman Bible

If the righteous will be repaid on earth,
how much more the wicked and sinful.


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New American Standard Bible

If the righteous will be rewarded in the earth,
How much more the wicked and the sinner!

King James Version

Behold, the righteous shall be recompensed in the earth: much more the wicked and the sinner.

International Standard Version

If the righteous receive what they are due here on earth, how much more will the wicked and the sinner.

A Conservative Version

Behold, a righteous man shall be recompensed in the earth, how much more the wicked man and the sinner!

American Standard Version

Behold, the righteous shall be recompensed in the earth: How much more the wicked and the sinner!

Amplified


If the righteous will be rewarded on the earth [with godly blessings],
How much more [will] the wicked and the sinner [be repaid with punishment]!

Bible in Basic English

If the upright man is rewarded on earth, how much more the evil-doer and the sinner!

Darby Translation

Behold, the righteous shall be requited on the earth: how much more the wicked and the sinner.

Julia Smith Translation

Behold, the just shall be requited in the earth: much more the unjust one and the sinning.

King James 2000

Behold, the righteous shall be recompensed on the earth: much more the wicked and the sinner.

Lexham Expanded Bible

If the righteous on earth will be repaid, {how much more} the wicked and sinner.

Modern King James verseion

Behold, the righteous shall be rewarded in the earth; much more the wicked and the sinner.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

If the righteous be recompensed upon earth, how much more then the ungodly and the sinner?

NET Bible

If the righteous are recompensed on earth, how much more the wicked sinner!

New Heart English Bible

Behold, the righteous shall be repaid in the earth; how much more the wicked and the sinner.

The Emphasized Bible

Lo! the righteous, in the earth shall be recompensed, how much more the lawless and the sinner.

Webster

Behold, the righteous shall be recompensed upon the earth: much more the wicked and the sinner.

World English Bible

Behold, the righteous shall be repaid in the earth; how much more the wicked and the sinner!

Youngs Literal Translation

Lo, the righteous in the earth is recompensed, Surely also the wicked and the sinner!

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
צדּיק 
Tsaddiyq 
Usage: 206

in the earth
ארץ 
'erets 
Usage: 2504

רשׁע 
Rasha` 
Usage: 263

Context Readings

Proverbs Of Solomon

30 The fruit of the righteous is a tree of life,
but violence takes lives.
31 If the righteous will be repaid on earth,
how much more the wicked and sinful.


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Cross References

Jeremiah 25:29

For I am already bringing disaster on the city that bears My name, so how could you possibly go unpunished? You will not go unpunished, for I am summoning a sword against all the inhabitants of the earth”—this is the declaration of the Lord of Hosts.

2 Samuel 7:14-15

I will be a father to him, and he will be a son to Me. When he does wrong, I will discipline him with a human rod and with blows from others.

2 Samuel 12:9-12

Why then have you despised the command of the Lord by doing what I consider evil? You struck down Uriah the Hittite with the sword and took his wife as your own wife—you murdered him with the Ammonite’s sword.

1 Kings 13:24

When he left, a lion attacked him along the way and killed him. His corpse was thrown on the road, and the donkey was standing beside it; the lion was standing beside the corpse too.

Proverbs 13:21

Disaster pursues sinners,
but good rewards the righteous.

1 Corinthians 11:30-32

This is why many are sick and ill among you, and many have fallen asleep.

1 Peter 4:17-18

For the time has come for judgment to begin with God’s household, and if it begins with us, what will the outcome be for those who disobey the gospel of God?

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