Parallel Verses

New American Standard Bible

The Lord has made Himself known;
He has executed judgment.
In the work of his own hands the wicked is snared. Higgaion Selah.

King James Version

The LORD is known by the judgment which he executeth: the wicked is snared in the work of his own hands. Higgaion. Selah.

Holman Bible

The Lord has revealed Himself;
He has executed justice,
striking down the wicked
by the work of their hands.Higgaion. Selah

International Standard Version

The LORD has made himself known, executing judgment. The wicked are ensnared by what their hands have made. Interlude

A Conservative Version

LORD has made himself known. He has executed justice. The wicked man is snared in the work of his own hands. Higgaion. Selah.

American Standard Version

Jehovah hath made himself known, he hath executed judgment: The wicked is snared in the work of his own hands. Higgaion. Selah

Amplified


The Lord has made Himself known;
He executes judgment;
The wicked are trapped by the work of their own hands. Higgaion (meditation) Selah.

Bible in Basic English

The Lord has given knowledge of himself through his judging: the evil-doer is taken in the net which his hands had made. (Higgaion. Selah.)

Darby Translation

Jehovah is known by the judgment he hath executed: the wicked is ensnared in the work of his own hands. Higgaion. Selah.

Julia Smith Translation

And Jehovah was known by the judgment he did: by the work of his hands the unjust was snared. Meditation. Silence.

King James 2000

The LORD is known by the judgment which he executes: the wicked is snared in the work of his own hands. Higgaion. Selah.

Lexham Expanded Bible

Yahweh has made himself known; he has executed judgment. The wicked is snared by the work of his hands. Higgaion Selah

Modern King James verseion

Jehovah is known. He has executed judgment; the wicked is snared in the work of his own hands. A meditation. Selah.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

The LORD is known to execute judgment; the ungodly is trapped in the work of his own hands. Selah.

NET Bible

The Lord revealed himself; he accomplished justice; the wicked were ensnared by their own actions. (Higgaion. Selah)

New Heart English Bible

The LORD has made himself known. He has executed judgment. The wicked is snared by the work of his own hands. Meditation. Selah.

The Emphasized Bible

To be known is Yahweh, by the sentence he hath executed, By the doing of his own hands, is he about to strike down the lawless one. Refunding music. Selah.

Webster

The LORD is known by the judgment which he executeth: the wicked is snared in the work of his own hands. Higgaion. Selah.

World English Bible

Yahweh has made himself known. He has executed judgment. The wicked is snared by the work of his own hands. Meditation. Selah.

Youngs Literal Translation

Jehovah hath been known, Judgment He hath done, By a work of his hands Hath the wicked been snared. Meditation. Selah.

References

Context Readings

Celebration Of God's Justice

15 The nations have dug a pit and fallen in. They have been caught in their own trap. 16 The Lord has made Himself known;
He has executed judgment.
In the work of his own hands the wicked is snared. Higgaion Selah.
17 The grave is the destiny of all the wicked, of all those who reject God.

Cross References

Exodus 7:5

The Egyptians will know that I am Jehovah when I use my power against Egypt and bring the sons of Israel out of there.

Exodus 14:4

I will make him stubborn. He will pursue you. My victory over the king and his army will bring me honor. Then the Egyptians will know that I am Jehovah! The Israelites did as they were told.

Exodus 14:10

The Israelites saw the king coming with his army. They were frightened and begged Jehovah for help.

Exodus 14:31

The Israelites saw the great power with which Jehovah had defeated the Egyptians. So they stood in awe of Jehovah. They had faith in Jehovah and in his servant Moses.

Deuteronomy 29:22-28

The next generation of your children and foreigners who come from distant countries will see the plagues that have happened in this land and the diseases Jehovah sent here.

Joshua 2:10-11

We heard how Jehovah dried up the water of the Red sea for you when you came out of Egypt. And what you did to the two kings of the Amorites that were on the other side of Jordan, Sihon and Og, whom you utterly destroyed.

Judges 1:7

And Adoni-bezek said: Seventy kings with their big toes cut off have gathered food scrapes under my table. God has repaid me for what I have done. So they brought him to Jerusalem where he died.

1 Samuel 6:19-20

Some of the men of Bethshemesh looked inside the Ark. Jehovah killed seventy of them. This made the people of Bethshemesh very sad.

1 Samuel 17:46

Today Jehovah will help me defeat you. I will knock you down and cut off your head! I will feed the bodies of the other Philistine soldiers to the birds and wild animals. Then the whole world will know that Israel has a real God.

2 Kings 19:19

Rescue us from Assyria's control, O Jehovah our God, so that all the kingdoms on earth will know that you alone are Jehovah God.

2 Kings 19:34-35

I will defend this city and protect it. It is for the sake of my own honor and because of the promise I made to my servant David.

Psalm 5:1

([Psalm of David]) Listen to my words, O Jehovah, Consider my innermost thoughts.

Psalm 11:6

He rains down fire and burning sulfur upon wicked people. He makes them drink from a cup filled with scorching wind.

Psalm 19:14

May the words from my mouth and the thoughts from my heart be acceptable to you, O Jehovah, my rock and my Redeemer (Purchaser).

Psalm 48:11

May Mount Zion be glad and the cities of Judah rejoice because of your judgments.

Psalm 58:10-11

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

Psalm 83:17-18

Let them be disappointed and dismayed forever. Yes, let them be confounded and perish,

Psalm 92:3

To do this on a ten-stringed instrument with a melody on a harp.

Psalm 140:9

Let the heads of those who surround me be covered with their own threats.

Proverbs 6:2

You are snared with the words of your mouth. You are captured by the words of your mouth!

Proverbs 12:13

The wicked is snared by the transgression of his lips. The righteous will depart from trouble.

Isaiah 8:15

Many will stumble over them. They will fall and be broken. They will be trapped and caught.

Isaiah 28:13

But the word of Jehovah to them was: Precept upon precept, precept upon precept, line upon line, line upon line, here a little, there a little, that they might go and fall backward, and be broken and snared and caught.

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