Parallel Verses

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

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

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.

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 every man's ways are open in the sight of the LORD, and he pondereth all their goings. 22 The wickedness of the ungodly shall catch himself, and with the snares of his own sins shall he be trapped. 23 Because he would not be reformed, he shall die: and for his great foolishness he shall be destroyed.



Cross References

Psalm 7:15-16

He hath graven and dug up a pit, and is fallen himself into the destruction that he made for others.

Psalm 9:15

The Heathen are sunk down in the pit that they made; in the same net which they hid privily, is their own foot taken.

Numbers 32:23

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

Proverbs 1:18

Yea, they themselves lay wait one for another's blood, and one of them would slay another.

Proverbs 1:31-32

Therefore shall they eat the fruits of their own way, and be filled with their own counsels:

Proverbs 11:3

The innocent dealing of the just shall lead them; but the unfaithfulness of the despisers shall be their own destruction.

Proverbs 11:5

The righteousness of the innocent ordereth his way; but the ungodly shall fall in his own wickedness.

Ecclesiastes 7:26

And I found, that a woman is bitterer than death: for she is a very angle, her heart is a net, and her hands are chains. Who so pleaseth God shall escape from her, but the sinner will be taken with her.

Jeremiah 2:19

Thine own wickedness shall reprove thee, and thy turning away shall condemn thee: that thou mayest know and understand, how evil and hurtful a thing it is, that thou hast forsaken the LORD thy God, and not feared him, sayeth the LORD God of Hosts.

Hosea 4:11-14

Whoredom, wine and drunkenness take the heart away.

1 Corinthians 5:9-10

I wrote unto you in an epistle that ye should not company with fornicators.

Galatians 5:19-21

The deeds of the flesh are manifest, which are these: adultery, fornication, uncleanness, wantonness,

Galatians 6:7-8

Be not deceived, God is not mocked. For whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he reap.

Ephesians 5:5-6

For this ye know, that no whoremonger, either unclean person, or covetous person, which is the worshipper of images, hath any inheritance in the kingdom of Christ, and of God.

Hebrews 13:4

Let wedlock be had in price in all points, and let the chamber be undefiled: for whore keepers and adulterers God will judge.

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