Parallel Verses

Youngs Literal Translation

The righteous rejoiceth that he hath seen vengeance, His steps he washeth in the blood of the wicked.

New American Standard Bible

The righteous will rejoice when he sees the vengeance;
He will wash his feet in the blood of the wicked.

King James Version

The righteous shall rejoice when he seeth the vengeance: he shall wash his feet in the blood of the wicked.

Holman Bible

The righteous one will rejoice
when he sees the retribution;
he will wash his feet in the blood of the wicked.

International Standard Version

The righteous person will rejoice when he sees your vengeance; when he washes his feet in the blood of the wicked.

A Conservative Version

A righteous man shall rejoice when he sees the vengeance. He shall wash his feet in the blood of the wicked,

American Standard Version

The righteous shall rejoice when he seeth the vengeance: He shall wash his feet in the blood of the wicked;

Amplified


The [unyieldingly] righteous will rejoice when he sees the vengeance [of God];
He will wash his feet in the blood of the wicked.

Bible in Basic English

The upright man will be glad when he sees their punishment; his feet will be washed in the blood of the evil-doer.

Darby Translation

The righteous shall rejoice when he seeth the vengeance; he shall wash his footsteps in the blood of the wicked:

Julia Smith Translation

The just one shall rejoice as seeing vengeance: he shall wash his footsteps in the blood of the unjust one.

King James 2000

The righteous shall rejoice when he sees the vengeance: he shall wash his feet in the blood of the wicked.

Lexham Expanded Bible

[The] righteous will rejoice when he sees [the] vengeance; he will wash his feet in the blood of the wicked.

Modern King James verseion

The righteous shall rejoice when he sees the vengeance; he shall wash his feet in the blood of the wicked.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

The righteous shall rejoice when he seeth the vengeance, and shall wash his feet in the blood of the ungodly.

NET Bible

The godly will rejoice when they see vengeance carried out; they will bathe their feet in the blood of the wicked.

New Heart English Bible

The righteous shall rejoice when he sees the vengeance. He shall wash his feet in the blood of the wicked;

The Emphasized Bible

The righteous man will rejoice when he hath seen an avenging, His feet, will he bathe in the blood of the lawless one: -

Webster

The righteous shall rejoice when he seeth the vengeance: he shall wash his feet in the blood of the wicked.

World English Bible

The righteous shall rejoice when he sees the vengeance. He shall wash his feet in the blood of the wicked;

References

Easton

Context Readings

A Cry Against Injustice

9 Before your pots discern the bramble, As well the raw as the heated He whirleth away. 10 The righteous rejoiceth that he hath seen vengeance, His steps he washeth in the blood of the wicked. 11 And man saith: 'Surely fruit is for the righteous: Surely there is a God judging in the earth!'

Cross References

Psalm 68:23

So that thou dashest thy foot in blood, In the blood of enemies -- the tongue of Thy dogs.'

Psalm 64:10

The righteous doth rejoice in Jehovah, And hath trusted in Him, And boast themselves do all the upright of heart!

Psalm 107:42

The upright do see and rejoice, And all perversity hath shut her mouth.

Deuteronomy 32:43

Sing ye nations -- with his people, For the blood of His servants He avengeth, And vengeance He turneth back on His adversaries, And hath pardoned His land -- His people.'

Judges 5:31

So do all Thine enemies perish, O Jehovah, And those loving Him are As the going out of the sun in its might!' and the land resteth forty years.

Job 22:19

See do the righteous and they rejoice, And the innocent mocketh at them,

Job 29:6

When washing my goings with butter, And the firm rock is with me rivulets of oil.

Psalm 52:6

And the righteous see, And fear, and laugh at him.

Psalm 68:1-3

To the Overseer. -- A Psalm, a song of David. Rise doth God -- scattered are His enemies! And those hating Him flee from His face.

Psalm 91:8

But with thine eyes thou lookest, And the reward of the wicked thou seest,

Proverbs 11:10

In the good of the righteous a city exulteth, And in the destruction of the wicked is singing.

Revelation 11:17-18

saying, 'We give thanks to Thee, O Lord God, the Almighty, who art, and who wast, and who art coming, because Thou hast taken Thy great power and didst reign;

Revelation 14:20

and trodden was the wine-press outside of the city, and blood did come forth out of the wine-press -- unto the bridles of the horses, a thousand, six hundred furlongs.

Revelation 18:20

'Be glad over her, O heaven, and ye holy apostles and prophets, because God did judge your judgment of her!'

Revelation 19:1-6

And after these things I heard a great voice of a great multitude in the heaven, saying, 'Alleluia! the salvation, and the glory, and the honour, and the power, is to the Lord our God;

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