Parallel Verses
A Conservative Version
LORD has made everything for its own end, yea, even the wicked for the day of evil.
New American Standard Bible
Even the
King James Version
The LORD hath made all things for himself: yea, even the wicked for the day of evil.
Holman Bible
even the wicked for the day of disaster.
International Standard Version
The LORD made everything answerable to him, including the wicked at the time of trouble.
American Standard Version
Jehovah hath made everything for its own end; Yea, even the wicked for the day of evil.
Amplified
The Lord has made everything for its own purpose,
Even the wicked [according to their role] for the day of evil.
Bible in Basic English
The Lord has made everything for his purpose, even the sinner for the day of evil.
Darby Translation
Jehovah hath wrought everything on his own account, yea, even the wicked for the day of evil.
Julia Smith Translation
Jehovah made all to his purpose, and also the unjust for the day of evil.
King James 2000
The LORD has made all things for himself: yea, even the wicked for the day of evil.
Lexham Expanded Bible
All Yahweh has made [is] for his purpose, and even the wicked for the day of trouble.
Modern King James verseion
Jehovah has made all for His purpose; yea, even the wicked for the day of evil.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
The LORD doth all things for his own sake; yea, and when he keepeth the ungodly for the day of wrath.
NET Bible
The Lord works everything for its own ends -- even the wicked for the day of disaster.
New Heart English Bible
The LORD has made everything for its own end?yes, even the wicked for the day of evil.
The Emphasized Bible
Everything, hath Yahweh made for its own purpose, yea, even the lawless one, for the day of calamity.
Webster
The LORD hath made all things for himself: yes, even the wicked for the day of evil.
World English Bible
Yahweh has made everything for its own end -- yes, even the wicked for the day of evil.
Youngs Literal Translation
All things hath Jehovah wrought for Himself, And also the wicked worketh for a day of evil.
Themes
Jesus Christ, Deity Of » As jehovah, for whose glory all things were created
Creation » Effected » For God's pleasure
Design » In nature, evidence of
Evil » Who the lord created for the day of evil
Jesus Christ » Divinity of » Jehovah, for whose glory all things were created
Topics
Interlinear
Word Count of 20 Translations in Proverbs 16:4
Verse Info
Context Readings
Proverbs Of Solomon
3 Commit thy works to LORD, and thy purposes shall be established. 4 LORD has made everything for its own end, yea, even the wicked for the day of evil. 5 Everyone who is proud in heart is an abomination to LORD. Hand in hand, he shall not be unpunished.
Names
Cross References
Romans 9:22
And if God, wanting to show his wrath, and to make his power known, endured with much longsuffering vessels of wrath prepared for destruction,
Job 21:30
that the evil man is reserved to the day of calamity? That they are led forth to the day of wrath?
Isaiah 43:7
everyone who is called by my name, and whom I have created for my glory, whom I have formed, yea, whom I have made.
Romans 11:36
Because from him, and through him, and for him, are all things. To him is the glory into the ages. Truly.
Isaiah 43:21
the people whom I formed for myself, that they might set forth my praise.
1 Peter 2:8
and, A stone of stumbling and a rock of offense, men who stumble at the word, being disobedient, for which also they were set.
2 Peter 2:3
And they will exploit you in greed with fabricated words, whose judgment is not idle for long, and their destruction will not slumber.
2 Peter 2:9
the Lord knows how to rescue the pious out of temptation, and to hold in reserve unrighteous men being cut off for a day of judgment.
Revelation 4:11
Thou are worthy, our Lord and God, the Holy, to take the glory and the honor and the power, because thou created all things, and because by thy will they are, and were created.