Parallel Verses

Holman Bible

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

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.

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 Lord’s eyes,
and He considers all his paths.
22 A wicked man’s iniquities entrap him;
he is entangled in the ropes of his own sin.
23 He will die because there is no discipline,
and be lost because of his great stupidity.



Cross References

Psalm 7:15-16

He dug a pit and hollowed it out
but fell into the hole he had made.

Psalm 9:15

The nations have fallen into the pit they made;
their foot is caught in the net they have concealed.

Numbers 32:23

But if you don’t do this, you will certainly sin against the Lord; be sure your sin will catch up with you.

Proverbs 1:18

but they set an ambush to kill themselves;
they attack their own lives.

Proverbs 1:31-32

they will eat the fruit of their way
and be glutted with their own schemes.

Proverbs 11:3

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

Proverbs 11:5

The righteousness of the blameless clears his path,
but the wicked person will fall because of his wickedness.

Ecclesiastes 7:26

And I find more bitter than death the woman who is a trap, her heart a net, and her hands chains. The one who pleases God will escape her, but the sinner will be captured by her.

Jeremiah 2:19

Your own evil will discipline you;
your own apostasies will reprimand you.
Think it over and see how evil and bitter it is
for you to abandon the Lord your God
and to have no fear of Me.
This is the declaration
of the Lord God of Hosts.

Hosea 4:11-14

Promiscuity, wine, and new wine
take away one’s understanding.

1 Corinthians 5:9-10

I wrote to you in a letter not to associate with sexually immoral people.

Galatians 5:19-21

Now the works of the flesh are obvious: sexual immorality, moral impurity, promiscuity,

Galatians 6:7-8

Don’t be deceived: God is not mocked. For whatever a man sows he will also reap,

Ephesians 5:5-6

For know and recognize this: Every sexually immoral or impure or greedy person, who is an idolater, does not have an inheritance in the kingdom of the Messiah and of God.

Hebrews 13:4

Marriage must be respected by all, and the marriage bed kept undefiled, because God will judge immoral people and adulterers.

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