Parallel Verses
A Conservative Version
Say not, I will do so to him as he has done to me; I will render to the man according to his work.
New American Standard Bible
I will
King James Version
Say not, I will do so to him as he hath done to me: I will render to the man according to his work.
Holman Bible
I’ll repay the man for what he has done.”
International Standard Version
Don't say, "I'll do to him like he did to me, I'll be sure to pay him back for what he did."
American Standard Version
Say not, I will do so to him as he hath done to me; I will render to the man according to his work.
Amplified
Do not say, “I will do to him as he has done to me;
I will pay the man back for his deed.”
Bible in Basic English
Say not, I will do to him as he has done to me; I will give the man the reward of his work.
Darby Translation
Say not, I will do so to him as he hath done to me, I will render to the man according to his work.
Julia Smith Translation
Thou shalt not say, According to what he did to me, thus will I do to him: I will turn back to the man according to his work.
King James 2000
Say not, I will do so to him as he has done to me: I will render to the man according to his work.
Lexham Expanded Bible
Do not say, "Just as he has done to me, so shall I do to him; I will pay back the man according to his deed."
Modern King James verseion
Do not say, I will do so to him as he has done to me; I will give to the man according to his work.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Say not, "I will handle him, even as he hath dealt with me, and will reward every man according to his deeds."
NET Bible
Do not say, "I will do to him just as he has done to me; I will pay him back according to what he has done."
New Heart English Bible
Do not say, "I will do to him as he has done to me; I will render to the man according to his work."
The Emphasized Bible
Do not say - According to what he hath done to me, so, will I do to him, I will repay every one according to his work.
Webster
Say not, I will do so to him as he hath done to me: I will render to the man according to his work.
World English Bible
Don't say, "I will do to him as he has done to me; I will render to the man according to his work."
Youngs Literal Translation
Say not, 'As he did to me, so I do to him, I render to each according to his work.'
Interlinear
References
Smith
Word Count of 20 Translations in Proverbs 24:29
Verse Info
Context Readings
More Sayings Of The Wise
28 Be not a witness against thy neighbor without cause, and deceive not with thy lips. 29 Say not, I will do so to him as he has done to me; I will render to the man according to his work. 30 I went by the field of the sluggard, and by the vineyard of the man void of understanding.
Cross References
Proverbs 20:22
Say thou not, I will recompense evil. Wait for LORD, and he will save thee.
Judges 15:11
Then three thousand men of Judah went down to the cleft of the rock of Etam, and said to Samson, Know thou not that the Philistines are rulers over us? What then is this that thou have done to us? And he said to them, As they did t
2 Samuel 13:22-28
And Absalom spoke to Amnon neither good nor bad, for Absalom hated Amnon, because he had forced his sister Tamar.
Proverbs 25:21-22
If thine enemy is hungry, give him bread to eat, and if he is thirsty, give him water to drink.
Matthew 5:39-44
But I say to you, not to resist what is troublesome, but whoever will strike thee on thy right cheek, turn to him the other also.
Romans 12:17-21
rendering to no man evil for evil, premeditating things right in the sight of all men.
1 Thessalonians 5:15
See that not any man repays evil for evil to any man, but always pursue the good, both for each other and for all.