Parallel Verses
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.
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."
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.
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.”
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 Do not be a violent witness against your neighbour, or let your lips say what is false. 29 Say not, I will do to him as he has done to me; I will give the man the reward of his work. 30 I went by the field of the hater of work, and by the vine-garden of the man without sense;
Cross References
Proverbs 20:22
Do not say, I will give punishment for evil: go on waiting for the Lord, and he will be your saviour.
Judges 15:11
Then three thousand of the men of Judah went down to the crack of the rock of Etam, and said to Samson, Is it not clear to you that the Philistines are our rulers? What is this you have done to us? And he said to them, I only did to them as they did to me.
2 Samuel 13:22-28
But Absalom said nothing to his brother Amnon, good or bad: for he was full of hate for him, because he had taken his sister Tamar by force.
Proverbs 25:21-22
If your hater is in need of food, give him bread; and if he is in need of drink, give him water:
Matthew 5:39-44
But I say to you, Do not make use of force against an evil man; but to him who gives you a blow on the right side of your face let the left be turned.
Romans 12:17-21
Do not give evil for evil to any man. Let all your business be well ordered in the eyes of all men.
1 Thessalonians 5:15
Let no one give evil for evil; but ever go after what is good, for one another and for all.