Parallel Verses
Bible in Basic English
Give them the right reward of their acts, and of their evil doings: give them punishment for the works of their hands, let them have their full reward.
New American Standard Bible
Requite them according to the deeds of their hands;
Repay them their
King James Version
Give them according to their deeds, and according to the wickedness of their endeavours: give them after the work of their hands; render to them their desert.
Holman Bible
according to the evil of their deeds.
Repay them according to the work of their hands;
give them back what they deserve.
International Standard Version
Reward them according to their deeds; according to the evil of their actions. Reward them based on what they do; give them what they deserve.
A Conservative Version
Give them according to their work, and according to the wickedness of their doings. Give them after the operation of their hands. Render to them their recompense,
American Standard Version
Give them according to their work, and according to the wickedness of their doings: Give them after the operation of their hands; Render to them their desert.
Amplified
Repay them according to their work and according to the evil of their practices;
Repay them according to the deeds of their hands;
Repay them what they deserve.
Darby Translation
Give them according to their doing, and according to the wickedness of their deeds; give them after the work of their hands, render to them their desert.
Julia Smith Translation
Give to them according to their work and according to the evil of their doings, according to the word of their hands; give to them, turn back to them their recompense.
King James 2000
Give them according to their deeds, and according to the wickedness of their endeavors: give them after the work of their hands; render to them what they deserve.
Lexham Expanded Bible
Give to them according to their work, even according to the evil of their deeds. Give to them according to the work of their hands; repay them their rightful due.
Modern King James verseion
Give them according to their deeds, and according to the wickedness of their practices, give them according to the work of their hands; give them what they deserve.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Reward them according to their deeds and wickedness of their own inventions. Recompense them after the works of their hands; pay them that they have deserved.
NET Bible
Pay them back for their evil deeds! Pay them back for what they do! Punish them!
New Heart English Bible
Give them according to their work, and according to the wickedness of their doings. Give them according to the operation of their hands. Bring back on them what they deserve.
The Emphasized Bible
Give them, according to their deed, and, according to the wrong of their practices, - According to the work of their own hands, give thou unto them, Bring back their own dealing to themselves.
Webster
Give them according to their deeds, and according to the wickedness of their endeavors: give them after the work of their hands; render to them their desert.
World English Bible
Give them according to their work, and according to the wickedness of their doings. Give them according to the operation of their hands. Bring back on them what they deserve.
Youngs Literal Translation
Give to them according to their acting, And according to the evil of their doings. According to the work of their hands give to them. Return their deed to them.
Word Count of 20 Translations in Psalm 28:4
Verse Info
Context Readings
My Strength
3 Do not take me away with the sinners and the workers of evil, who say words of peace to their neighbours, but evil is in their hearts. 4 Give them the right reward of their acts, and of their evil doings: give them punishment for the works of their hands, let them have their full reward. 5 Because they have no respect for the works of the Lord, or for the things which his hands have made, they will be broken down and not lifted up by him.
Cross References
2 Timothy 4:14
Alexander the copper-worker did me much wrong: the Lord will give him the reward of his works:
Revelation 18:6
Give to her as she gave, even an increased reward for her works; in the cup which was mixed by her, let there be mixed as much again for herself.
Psalm 62:12
And mercy, O Lord, is yours, for you give to every man the reward of his work.
Ezra 9:13
And after everything which has come on us because of our evil-doing and our great sin, and seeing that the punishment which you, O God, have given us, is less than the measure of our sins, and that you have kept from death those of us who are here;
Psalm 2:1-5
Why are the nations so violently moved, and why are the thoughts of the people so foolish?
Psalm 5:10
Send them to destruction, O Lord; let their evil designs be the cause of their fall; let them be forced out by all their sins; because they have gone against your authority.
Psalm 21:10
Their fruit will be cut off from the earth, and their seed from among the children of men.
Psalm 59:12-13
Because of the sin of their mouths and the word of their lips, let them even be taken in their pride; and for their curses and their deceit,
Psalm 69:22-24
Let their table before them be for their destruction; let their feasts become a net to take them.
Psalm 103:3-4
He has forgiveness for all your sins; he takes away all your diseases;
Psalm 103:10
He has not given us the punishment for our sins, or the reward of our wrongdoing.
Psalm 109:17-21
As he took pleasure in cursing, so let it come on him; and as he had no delight in blessing, let it be far from him.
Jeremiah 18:21-23
For this cause, let their children be without food, and give them over to the power of the sword; and let their wives be without children and become widows; let their men be overtaken by death, and their young men be put to the sword in the fight.
Ezekiel 38:10
This is what the Lord has said: In that day it will come about that things will come into your mind, and you will have thoughts of an evil design:
Romans 2:6-8
Who will give to every man his right reward:
Romans 11:22
See then that God is good but his rules are fixed: to those who were put away he was hard, but to you he has been good, on the condition that you keep in his mercy; if not, you will be cut off as they were.
Revelation 22:12
See, I come quickly; and my reward is with me, to give to every man the outcome of his works.