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 The ways of man are before the eyes of Jehovah. 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 without instruction. He goes astray because of his foolishness.

Cross References

Psalm 7:15-16

They dig out a pit and fall into the hole that they have made.

Psalm 9:15

The nations have dug a pit and fallen in. They have been caught in their own trap.

Numbers 32:23

If you do not keep your promise, I warn you that you will be sinning against Jehovah. Do not doubt this, you will be punished for your sin.

Proverbs 1:18

They lie in wait for their own blood (murder). They set an ambush for their own lives.

Proverbs 1:31-32

Now you will get what you deserve for what you have done. Your own advice will make you sick.

Proverbs 11:3

The integrity of the upright will guide them. The perverseness of transgressors will destroy them.

Proverbs 11:5

Righteousness of the undefiled [man of integrity] directs his way! Wickedness causes the evil to fall.

Ecclesiastes 7:26

I find what was worse than death is the woman whose heart is snares and nets, and her hands are chains. He who pleases God will escape from her. But she will capture the sinner.

Jeremiah 2:19

Your own wickedness will correct you. Your apostasies (unfaithful ways) will punish you! You should know and see how evil and bitter it is for you when you abandon Jehovah your God! You do not respect (reverence) me, says the Sovereign Lord Jehovah of Hosts.

Hosea 4:11-14

Prostitution, wine and new wine take away the understanding.

1 Corinthians 5:9-10

I wrote in a letter to you not to keep company with fornicators.

Galatians 5:19-21

Now the works of the flesh (sinful human nature) are apparent. They are: fornication, uncleanness, loose conduct,

Galatians 6:7-8

Do not be deceived. God is not mocked! A man will harvest what he sows.

Ephesians 5:5-6

For you know this with certainty, that no fornicator, no unclean person, no covetous man, who is an idolater, has any inheritance in the kingdom of Christ and of God.

Hebrews 13:4

Let marriage be honorable among all, and let the marriage bed be undefiled: for God will judge fornicators and adulterers.

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