Parallel Verses
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.
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.
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.
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 Draw me not away with the wicked, and with the workers of iniquity, who speak peace to their neighbours, and mischief is in their heart. 4 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. 5 For they regard not the deeds of Jehovah, nor the work of his hands: he will destroy them, and not build them up.
Cross References
2 Timothy 4:14
Alexander the smith did many evil things against me. The Lord will render to him according to his works.
Revelation 18:6
Recompense her even as she has recompensed; and double to her double, according to her works. In the cup which she has mixed, mix to her double.
Psalm 62:12
And unto thee, O Lord, belongeth loving-kindness; for thou renderest to every man according to his work.
Ezra 9:13
And after all that is come upon us for our evil deeds and for our great trespass, seeing that thou our God hast punished us less than our iniquities deserve, and hast given us such deliverance as this,
Psalm 2:1-5
Why are the nations in tumultuous agitation, and why do the peoples meditate a vain thing?
Psalm 5:10
Bring guilt upon them, O God; let them fall by their own counsels: drive them out in the multitude of their transgressions, for they have rebelled against thee.
Psalm 21:10
Their fruit shalt thou destroy from the earth, and their seed from among the children of men.
Psalm 59:12-13
Because of the sin of their mouth, the word of their lips, let them even be taken in their pride; and because of cursing and lying which they speak.
Psalm 69:22-24
Let their table become a snare before them, and their very welfare a trap;
Psalm 103:3-4
Who forgiveth all thine iniquities, who healeth all thy diseases;
Psalm 103:10
He hath not dealt with us according to our sins, nor rewarded us according to our iniquities.
Psalm 109:17-21
And he loved cursing; so let it come unto him. And he delighted not in blessing; and let it be far from him.
Jeremiah 18:21-23
Therefore give up their children to the famine, and deliver them over to the power of the sword; and let their wives be bereaved of children and be widows; and let their men be swept off by death, their young men be smitten by the sword in battle.
Ezekiel 38:10
Thus saith the Lord Jehovah: It shall even come to pass in that day that things shall come into thy mind, and thou shalt think an evil thought;
Romans 2:6-8
who shall render to each according to his works:
Romans 11:22
Behold then the goodness and severity of God: upon them who have fallen, severity; upon thee goodness of God, if thou shalt abide in goodness, since otherwise thou also wilt be cut away.
Revelation 22:12
Behold, I come quickly, and my reward with me, to render to every one as his work shall be.