Parallel Verses

New American Standard Bible

He who sows iniquity will reap vanity,
And the rod of his fury will perish.

King James Version

He that soweth iniquity shall reap vanity: and the rod of his anger shall fail.

Holman Bible

The one who sows injustice will reap disaster,
and the rod of his fury will be destroyed.

International Standard Version

Whoever sows wickedness reaps trouble, and the anger he uses for a weapon will be destroyed.

A Conservative Version

He who sows iniquity shall reap calamity, and the rod of his wrath shall fail.

American Standard Version

He that soweth iniquity shall reap calamity; And the rod of his wrath shall fail.

Amplified


He who sows injustice will reap [a harvest of] trouble,
And the rod of his wrath [with which he oppresses others] will fail.

Bible in Basic English

By planting the seed of evil a man will get in the grain of sorrow, and the rod of his wrath will be broken.

Darby Translation

He that soweth unrighteousness shall reap iniquity, and the rod of his wrath shall have an end.

Julia Smith Translation

He sowing iniquity shall reap vanity, and the rod of his wrath shall be finished.

King James 2000

He that sows iniquity shall reap trouble: and the rod of his anger shall fail.

Lexham Expanded Bible

He who sows injustice will reap calamity, and the rod of his anger will fail.

Modern King James verseion

He who sows iniquity shall reap vanity; and the rod of his anger shall fail.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

He that soweth wickedness shall reap sorrow; and the rod of his plague shall destroy him.

NET Bible

The one who sows iniquity will reap trouble, and the rod of his fury will end.

New Heart English Bible

He who sows wickedness reaps trouble, and the rod of his fury will be destroyed.

The Emphasized Bible

He that soweth perversity, shall reap trouble, and, the rod of his wrath, shall be ready.

Webster

He that soweth iniquity shall reap vanity: and the rod of his anger shall fail.

World English Bible

He who sows wickedness reaps trouble, and the rod of his fury will be destroyed.

Youngs Literal Translation

Whoso is sowing perverseness reapeth sorrow, And the rod of his anger weareth out.

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
זרע 
Zara` 
Usage: 56

עלה עולה עולה עול עול 
`evel 
Usage: 53

קצר 
Qatsar 
Usage: 49

and the rod
שׁבט 
Shebet 
Usage: 190

of his anger
עברה 
`ebrah 
Usage: 34

Context Readings

Proverbs Of Solomon

7 The rich rules over the poor, and the borrower is servant to the lender. 8 He who sows iniquity will reap vanity,
And the rod of his fury will perish.
9 He who has a bountiful eye will be blessed for he gives of his bread to the poor.

Cross References

Job 4:8

When I saw those who plowed wickedness and planted misery, they gathered its harvest.

Psalm 125:3

For the rod of the wicked shall not rest on the lot of the righteous in case the righteous put forth their hands to iniquity.

Isaiah 30:31

The people of Assyria will be shattered at the sound of Jehovah's voice. He will strike them with his rod.

Hosea 10:13

But instead you plowed evil and harvested unrighteousness. You have eaten the fruit produced by your lies. This is because you trusted in your way and in the large number of your soldiers.

Proverbs 14:3

The rod of pride is in the mouth of the foolish. The lips of the wise will preserve them.

Isaiah 9:4

As in the day of Midian's defeat, you have shattered the yoke of his burdens: the bar across their shoulders, the rod of their oppressor.

Isaiah 10:5

How horrible it will be for Assyria! It is the rod of my anger. My fury is in the staff of the Assyrians' hands.

Isaiah 14:29

The rod that beat you is broken, but you have no reason to be glad. When one snake dies, a worse one comes in its place. A snake's egg hatches a flying dragon.

Hosea 8:7

The people of Israel plant the wind, but they harvest a storm. A field of grain that does not ripen will never produce any grain. Even if it did produce grain, foreigners would eat it all.

Galatians 6:7-8

Do not be deceived. God is not mocked! A man will harvest what he sows.

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