Parallel Verses

New American Standard Bible

Requite them according to their work and according to the evil of their practices;
Requite them according to the deeds of their hands;
Repay them their recompense.

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

Repay them according to what they have done—
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.

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.

Verse Info

Context Readings

My Strength

3 Do not catch me away with the wicked, and with the workers of iniquity, who speak peace to their neighbours, but evil is in their hearts. 4 Requite them according to their work and according to the evil of their practices;
Requite them according to the deeds of their hands;
Repay them their recompense.
5 Because they do not regard the works of the LORD nor the operation of his hands, he shall destroy them and not build them up.


Cross References

2 Timothy 4:14

Alexander the coppersmith did me much evil: the Lord reward him according to his works:

Revelation 18:6

Reward her even as she rewarded you and pay her double according to her works; in the cup which she has given thee to drink, give her double.

Psalm 62:12

Also unto thee, O Lord, belongs mercy, 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 guiltiness, seeing that thou our God hast intervened that we no longer be oppressed because of our iniquities and hast given us such an escape as this,

Psalm 2:1-5

Why do the Gentiles rage, and the peoples imagine a vain thing?

Psalm 5:10

Declare them guilty, O God; let them fall by their own counsels; cast them out for the multitude of their rebellions; 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

For the sin of their mouth and the words of their lips, let them even be taken in their pride; they shall be subject to weakness and to a curse.

Psalm 69:22-24

Let their table become a snare before them, and that which should have been for their prosperity, let it become a stumbling block.

Psalm 103:3-4

Who forgives all thine iniquities; who heals all thy diseases;

Psalm 103:10

He has not dealt with us after our sins, nor rewarded us according to our iniquities.

Psalm 109:17-21

As he loved the curse, so let it come unto him; as he delighted not in the blessing, so let it be far from him.

Jeremiah 18:21-23

Therefore deliver up their sons to the famine, and pour out their blood by the force of the sword; and let their wives be bereaved of their children, and be widows; and let their men be put to death; let their young men be slain by the sword in battle.

Ezekiel 38:10

Thus hath the Lord GOD said: It shall also come to pass in that day, that words shall rise up in thy heart, and thou shalt conceive an evil thought:

Romans 2:6-8

who will render to everyone according to his deeds:

Romans 11:22

Behold, therefore, the goodness and severity of God: on those who fell, severity, but toward thee, goodness if thou continue in his goodness; otherwise thou also shalt be cut off.

Revelation 22:12

And, behold, I come quickly, and my reward is with me, to give each one according as his work shall be.

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