Parallel Verses

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?

A Conservative Version

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

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, does he not hear? He who formed the eye, does he not see? 10 He who chastens the nations, will He not rebuke,
Even He who teaches man knowledge?
11 the LORD--knows the thoughts of man, that they are but a breath.

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 he is rightly instructed; his God teaches him.

Psalm 44:2

you with your own hand drove out the nations, but them you planted; you afflicted the peoples, but them you set free;

Psalm 9:5

You have rebuked the nations; you have made the wicked perish; you have blotted out their name forever and ever.

Psalm 10:16

The LORD is king forever and ever; the nations perish from his land.

Psalm 25:8-9

Good and upright is the LORD; therefore he instructs sinners in the way.

Psalm 119:66

Teach me good judgment and knowledge, for I believe in your commandments.

Psalm 135:8-12

He it was who struck down the firstborn of Egypt, both of man and of beast;

Psalm 149:7

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

Proverbs 2:6

For the LORD gives wisdom; from his mouth come knowledge and understanding;

Isaiah 2:3

and many peoples shall come, and say: "Come, let us go up to the mountain of the LORD, to the house of the God of Jacob, that he may teach us his ways and that we may walk in his paths." For out of Zion shall go the law, and the word of the LORD from Jerusalem.

Isaiah 10:5-6

Ah, Assyria, the rod of my anger; the staff in their hands is my fury!

Isaiah 10:12

When the Lord has finished all his work on Mount Zion and on Jerusalem, he will punish the speech of the arrogant heart of the king of Assyria and the boastful look in his eyes.

Isaiah 37:36

And the angel of the LORD went out and struck down a hundred and eighty-five thousand in the camp of the Assyrians. And when people arose early in the morning, behold, these were all dead bodies.

Isaiah 54:13

All your children shall be taught by the LORD, and great shall be the peace of your children.

Jeremiah 10:25

Pour out your wrath on the nations that know you not, and on the peoples that call not on your name, for they have devoured Jacob; 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 on them.

Amos 3:2

"You only have I known of all the families of the earth; therefore I will punish you for all your iniquities.

Habakkuk 1:12

Are you not from everlasting, O LORD my God, my Holy One? We shall not die. O LORD, you have ordained them as a judgment, and you, O Rock, have established them for reproof.

Habakkuk 3:12

You marched through the earth in fury; you threshed the nations in anger.

John 6:45

It is written in the Prophets, 'And they will all be taught by God.'Everyone who has heard and learned from the Father comes to me--

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