Parallel Verses

Modern King James verseion

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

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 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 the ways of man are before the eyes of Jehovah, and He watches all his paths. 22 His own iniquities shall take the wicked himself, and he shall be held with the cords of his sin. 23 He shall die without instruction; and in the greatness of his folly he shall go astray.



Cross References

Psalm 7:15-16

He dug a pit and bored it, and has fallen into the ditch which he made.

Psalm 9:15

The nations have sunk down in the pit that they made; their foot is caught in the net which they hid.

Numbers 32:23

But if you will not do so, behold, you have sinned against Jehovah. And be sure your sin will find you out.

Proverbs 1:18

And they lie in wait for their own blood; they watch secretly for their own lives.

Proverbs 1:31-32

and they shall eat the fruit of their own way, and be filled with their own desires.

Proverbs 11:3

The integrity of the upright shall guide them; but the crookedness of traitors shall destroy them.

Proverbs 11:5

The righteousness of the perfect shall make his way right, but the wicked shall fall by his own wickedness.

Ecclesiastes 7:26

and I find more bitter than death the woman whose heart is snares and nets, and her hands like bands. Whoever pleases God shall escape from her, but the sinner shall be taken by her.

Jeremiah 2:19

Your own evil shall correct you, and your backslidings shall reprove you, therefore know and see that it is an evil and bitter thing that you have forsaken Jehovah your God, and that My fear is not in you, says the Lord Jehovah of Hosts.

Hosea 4:11-14

Fornication and wine and new wine take away the heart.

1 Corinthians 5:9-10

I wrote to you in the letter not to associate intimately with fornicators;

Galatians 5:19-21

Now the works of the flesh are clearly revealed, which are: adultery, fornication, uncleanness, lustfulness,

Galatians 6:7-8

Do not be deceived, God is not mocked. For whatever a man sows, that he also will reap.

Ephesians 5:5-6

For you know this, that no fornicator, or unclean person, or covetous one (who is an idolater), has any inheritance in the kingdom of Christ and of God.

Hebrews 13:4

Marriage is honorable in all, and the bed undefiled, but fornicators and adulterers God will judge.

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