Parallel Verses
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.
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.
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.
Word Count of 20 Translations in Psalm 28:4
Verse Info
Context Readings
My Strength
3 Draw me not with the wicked, And with workers of iniquity, Speaking peace with their neighbours, And evil in their heart. 4 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. 5 For they attend not to the doing of Jehovah, And unto the work of His hands. He throweth them down, And doth not build them up.
Cross References
2 Timothy 4:14
Alexander the coppersmith did me much evil; may the Lord repay to him according to his works,
Revelation 18:6
Render to her as also she did render to you, and double to her doubles according to her works; in the cup that she did mingle mingle to her double.
Psalm 62:12
And with Thee, O Lord, is kindness, For Thou dost recompense to each, According to his work!
Ezra 9:13
'And after all that hath come upon us for our evil works, and for our great guilt (for Thou, O our God, hast kept back of the rod from our iniquities, and hast given to us an escape like this),
Psalm 2:1-5
Why have nations tumultuously assembled? And do peoples meditate vanity?
Psalm 5:10
Declare them guilty, O God, Let them fall from their own counsels, In the abundance of their transgressions Drive them away, Because they have rebelled against Thee.
Psalm 21:10
Their fruit from earth Thou destroyest, And their seed from the sons of men.
Psalm 59:12-13
The sin of their mouth is a word of their lips, And they are captured in their pride, And from the curse and lying they recount.
Psalm 69:22-24
Their table before them is for a snare, And for a recompence -- for a trap.
Psalm 103:3-4
Who is forgiving all thine iniquities, Who is healing all thy diseases,
Psalm 103:10
Not according to our sins hath He done to us, Nor according to our iniquities Hath He conferred benefits upon us.
Psalm 109:17-21
And he loveth reviling, and it meeteth him, And he hath not delighted in blessing, And it is far from him.
Jeremiah 18:21-23
Therefore, give up their sons to famine, And cause them to run on the sides of the sword, And their wives are bereaved and widows, And their men are slain by death, Their young men smitten by sword in battle,
Ezekiel 38:10
Thus said the Lord Jehovah: And it hath come to pass in that day, Come up do things on thy heart, And thou hast thought an evil thought,
Romans 2:6-8
who shall render to each according to his works;
Romans 11:22
Lo, then, goodness and severity of God -- upon those indeed who fell, severity; and upon thee, goodness, if thou mayest remain in the goodness, otherwise, thou also shalt be cut off.
Revelation 22:12
And lo, I come quickly, and my reward is with me, to render to each as his work shall be;