Parallel Verses
Youngs Literal Translation
Whoso is sowing perverseness reapeth sorrow, And the rod of his anger weareth out.
New American Standard Bible
And the
King James Version
He that soweth iniquity shall reap vanity: and the rod of his anger shall fail.
Holman Bible
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.
Themes
Bearing fruit » Those that sow iniquity
Evil » Sowing » Sowing evil, on the part of the wicked
Iniquity » Those that sow iniquity
Punishment of the The Wicked » Is the fruit of their sin
Reaping » Illustrative of » Receiving the reward of wickedness
Sowing » Evil, on the part of the wicked
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Word Count of 20 Translations in Proverbs 22:8
Verse Info
Context Readings
Proverbs Of Solomon
7 The rich over the poor ruleth, And a servant is the borrower to the lender. 8 Whoso is sowing perverseness reapeth sorrow, And the rod of his anger weareth out. 9 The good of eye -- he is blessed, For he hath given of his bread to the poor.
Phrases
Cross References
Job 4:8
As I have seen -- ploughers of iniquity, And sowers of misery, reap it!
Psalm 125:3
For the rod of wickedness resteth not On the lot of the righteous, That the righteous put not forth on iniquity their hands.
Isaiah 30:31
For from the voice of Jehovah broken down is Asshur, With a rod He smiteth.
Hosea 10:13
Ye have ploughed wickedness, Perversity ye have reaped, Ye have eaten the fruit of lying, For thou hast trusted in thy way, In the abundance of thy might.
Proverbs 14:3
In the mouth of a fool is a rod of pride, And the lips of the wise preserve them.
Isaiah 9:4
Because the yoke of its burden, And the staff of its shoulder, the rod of its exactor, Thou hast broken as in the day of Midian.
Isaiah 10:5
Woe to Asshur, a rod of Mine anger, And a staff in their hand is Mine indignation.
Isaiah 14:29
Rejoice not thou, Philistia, all of thee, That broken hath been the rod of thy smiter, For from the root of a serpent cometh out a viper, And its fruit is a flying saraph.
Hosea 8:7
For wind they sow, and a hurricane they reap, Stalk it hath none -- a shoot not yielding grain, If so be it yield -- strangers do swallow it up.
Galatians 6:7-8
Be not led astray; God is not mocked; for what a man may sow -- that also he shall reap,