Parallel Verses

New American Standard Bible

His own iniquities will capture the wicked,
And he will be held with the cords of his sin.

King James Version

His own iniquities shall take the wicked himself, and he shall be holden with the cords of his sins.

Holman Bible

A wicked man’s iniquities entrap him;
he is entangled in the ropes of his own sin.

International Standard Version

The wicked person's iniquities will capture him, and he will be held with the cords of his sin.

A Conservative Version

His own iniquities shall take a wicked man, and he shall be held with the cords of his sin.

American Standard Version

His own iniquities shall take the wicked, And he shall be holden with the cords of his sin.

Amplified


The iniquities done by a wicked man will trap him,
And he will be held with the cords of his sin.

Bible in Basic English

The evil-doer will be taken in the net of his crimes, and prisoned in the cords of his sin.

Darby Translation

His own iniquities shall take the wicked, and he shall be holden with the cords of his sin.

Julia Smith Translation

His iniquities shall take the unjust one, and with the cords of his sins shall he be held fast.

King James 2000

His own iniquities shall take the wicked himself, and he shall be held with the cords of his sins.

Lexham Expanded Bible

His iniquities shall ensnare him, the evildoer, and in the vanity of his sin he shall be caught.

Modern King James verseion

His own iniquities shall take the wicked himself, and he shall be held with the cords of his sin.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

The wickedness of the ungodly shall catch himself, and with the snares of his own sins shall he be trapped.

NET Bible

The wicked will be captured by his own iniquities, and he will be held by the cords of his own sin.

New Heart English Bible

The evil deeds of the wicked ensnare him. The cords of his sin hold him firmly.

The Emphasized Bible

His own iniquities, shall entrap him with the lawless, and, by the cords of his own sin, shall he be seized.

Webster

His own iniquities shall take the wicked himself, and he shall be held with the cords of his sins.

World English Bible

The evil deeds of the wicked ensnare him. The cords of his sin hold him firmly.

Youngs Literal Translation

His own iniquities do capture the wicked, And with the ropes of his sin he is holden.

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
עוון עון 
`avon 
Usage: 230

לכד 
Lakad 
Usage: 121

the wicked
רשׁע 
Rasha` 
Usage: 263

himself, and he shall be holden
תּמך 
Tamak 
Usage: 21

with the cords
חבל חבל 
Chebel 
Usage: 62

References

Easton

Fausets

Context Readings

Do Not Commit Adultery Against Wisdom

21 For a man's ways are before the eyes of the LORD, and he ponders all his paths. 22 His own iniquities will capture the wicked,
And he will be held with the cords of his sin.
23 He dies for lack of discipline, and because of his great folly he is led astray.

Cross References

Psalm 7:15-16

He makes a pit, digging it out, and falls into the hole that he has made.

Psalm 9:15

The nations have sunk in the pit that they made; in the net that they hid, their own foot has been caught.

Numbers 32:23

But if you will not do so, behold, you have sinned against the LORD, and be sure your sin will find you out.

Proverbs 1:18

but these men lie in wait for their own blood; they set an ambush for their own lives.

Proverbs 1:31-32

therefore they shall eat the fruit of their way, and have their fill of their own devices.

Proverbs 11:3

The integrity of the upright guides them, but the crookedness of the treacherous destroys them.

Proverbs 11:5

The righteousness of the blameless keeps his way straight, but the wicked falls by his own wickedness.

Ecclesiastes 7:26

And I find something more bitter than death: the woman whose heart is snares and nets, and whose hands are fetters. He who pleases God escapes her, but the sinner is taken by her.

Jeremiah 2:19

Your evil will chastise you, and your apostasy will reprove you. Know and see that it is evil and bitter for you to forsake the LORD your God; the fear of me is not in you, declares the Lord GOD of hosts.

Hosea 4:11-14

whoredom, wine, and new wine, which take away the understanding.

1 Corinthians 5:9-10

I wrote to you in my letter not to associate with sexually immoral people--

Galatians 5:19-21

Now the works of the flesh are evident: sexual immorality, impurity, sensuality,

Galatians 6:7-8

Do not be deceived: God is not mocked, for whatever one sows, that will he also reap.

Ephesians 5:5-6

For you may be sure of this, that everyone who is sexually immoral or impure, or who is covetous (that is, an idolater), has no inheritance in the kingdom of Christ and God.

Hebrews 13:4

Let marriage be held in honor among all, and let the marriage bed be undefiled, for God will judge the sexually immoral and adulterous.

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