Parallel Verses

A Conservative Version

He who chastises the nations, shall he not correct, [even] he who teaches man knowledge?

New American Standard Bible

He who chastens the nations, will He not rebuke,
Even He who teaches man knowledge?

King James Version

He that chastiseth the heathen, shall not he correct? he that teacheth man knowledge, shall not he know?

Holman Bible

The One who instructs nations,
the One who teaches man knowledge—
does He not discipline?

International Standard Version

The one who disciplines nations can rebuke them, can he not? The one who teaches mankind can discern, can he not?

American Standard Version

He that chastiseth the nations, shall not he correct, Even he that teacheth man knowledge?

Amplified


He who instructs the nations,
Does He not rebuke and punish,
He who teaches man knowledge?

Bible in Basic English

He who is the judge of the nations, will he not give men the reward of their acts, even he who gives knowledge to man?

Darby Translation

He that instructeth the nations, shall not he correct he that teacheth man knowledge?

Julia Smith Translation

He chastising the nations, shall he not do justice? he teaching man knowledge.

King James 2000

He that chastises the nations, shall he not correct? he that teaches man knowledge, shall he not know?

Lexham Expanded Bible

Will [the] one who instructs nations not rebuke, the one who teaches humankind knowledge?

Modern King James verseion

He who chastens the nations, shall He not correct, He who teaches man knowledge?

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

He that nurtureth the Heathen, and teacheth a man knowledge, shall not he punish?

NET Bible

Does the one who disciplines the nations not punish? He is the one who imparts knowledge to human beings!

New Heart English Bible

He who disciplines the nations, won't he punish? He who teaches man knows.

The Emphasized Bible

He that correcteth nations, shall he not reprove? He that teacheth man knowledge!

Webster

He that chastiseth the heathen, shall he not correct? he that teacheth man knowledge, shall he not know?

World English Bible

He who disciplines the nations, won't he punish? He who teaches man knows.

Youngs Literal Translation

He who is instructing nations, Doth He not reprove? He who is teaching man knowledge is Jehovah.

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
the heathen
גּי גּוי 
Gowy 
Usage: 558

shall not he correct
יכח 
Yakach 
Usage: 59

man
אדם 
'adam 
Usage: 541

דּעת 
Da`ath 
Usage: 91

Context Readings

A Prayer For Retribution Against Oppressors

9 He who planted the ear, shall he not hear? He who formed the eye, shall he not see? 10 He who chastises the nations, shall he not correct, [even] he who teaches man knowledge? 11 LORD knows the thoughts of man, that they are vanity.

Cross References

Job 35:11

who teaches us more than the beasts of the earth, and makes us wiser than the birds of the heavens?

Isaiah 28:26

For his God instructs him aright, [and] teaches him.

Psalm 44:2

Thou drove out the nations with thy hand, but thou planted them. Thou afflicted the peoples, but thou spread them abroad.

Psalm 9:5

Thou have rebuked the nations. Thou have destroyed the wicked. Thou have blotted out their name forever and ever.

Psalm 10:16

LORD is King forever and ever. The nations have perished out of his land.

Psalm 25:8-9

Good and upright is LORD. Therefore he will instruct sinners in the way.

Psalm 119:66

Teach me good judgment and knowledge, for I have believed in thy commandments.

Psalm 135:8-12

who smote the firstborn of Egypt, both of man and beast,

Psalm 149:7

to execute vengeance upon the nations, and punishments upon the peoples,

Proverbs 2:6

For LORD gives wisdom. Out of his mouth [is] knowledge and understanding.

Isaiah 2:3

And many peoples shall go and say, Come ye, and let us go up to the mountain of LORD, to the house of the God of Jacob, and he will teach us of his ways, and we will walk in his paths. For out of Zion shall go forth the law, and th

Isaiah 10:5-6

Ho, Assyrian, the rod of my anger, the staff in whose hand is my indignation!

Isaiah 10:12

Therefore it shall come to pass, that, when LORD has performed his whole work upon mount Zion and on Jerusalem, I will punish the fruit of the arrogant heart of the king of Assyria, and the glory of his high looks.

Isaiah 37:36

And the agent of LORD went forth, and smote in the camp of the Assyrians a hundred and eighty-five thousand. And when men arose early in the morning, behold, these were all dead bodies.

Isaiah 54:13

And all thy sons shall be taught of LORD, and great shall be the peace of thy sons.

Jeremiah 10:25

Pour out thy wrath upon the nations that know thee not, and upon the families that call not on thy name. For they have devoured Jacob. Yea, they have devoured him and consumed him, and have laid waste his habitation.

Ezekiel 39:21

And I will set my glory among the nations. And all the nations shall see my judgment that I have executed, and my hand that I have laid upon them.

Amos 3:2

You only I have known of all the families of the earth. Therefore I will visit upon you all your iniquities.

Habakkuk 1:12

Are not thou from everlasting, O LORD my God, my Holy One? We shall not die. O LORD, thou have ordained him for judgment, and thou, O Rock, have established him for correction.

Habakkuk 3:12

Thou marched though the land in indignation. Thou threshed the nations in anger.

John 6:45

It is written in the prophets, And they will all be taught of God. Every man who hears from the Father, and having learned, comes to me.

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