Parallel Verses

NET Bible

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

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?

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 Does the one who makes the human ear not hear? Does the one who forms the human eye not see? 10 Does the one who disciplines the nations not punish? He is the one who imparts knowledge to human beings! 11 The Lord knows that peoples' thoughts are morally bankrupt.

Cross References

Job 35:11

who teaches us more than the wild animals of the earth, and makes us wiser than the birds of the sky?'

Isaiah 28:26

His God instructs him; he teaches him the principles of agriculture.

Psalm 44:2

You, by your power, defeated nations and settled our fathers on their land; you crushed the people living there and enabled our ancestors to occupy it.

Psalm 9:5

You terrified the nations with your battle cry; you destroyed the wicked; you permanently wiped out all memory of them.

Psalm 10:16

The Lord rules forever! The nations are driven out of his land.

Psalm 25:8-9

The Lord is both kind and fair; that is why he teaches sinners the right way to live.

Psalm 119:66

Teach me proper discernment and understanding! For I consider your commands to be reliable.

Psalm 135:8-12

He struck down the firstborn of Egypt, including both men and animals.

Psalm 149:7

in order to take revenge on the nations, and punish foreigners.

Proverbs 2:6

For the Lord gives wisdom, and from his mouth comes knowledge and understanding.

Isaiah 2:3

many peoples will come and say, "Come, let us go up to the Lord's mountain, to the temple of the God of Jacob, so he can teach us his requirements, and we can follow his standards." For Zion will be the center for moral instruction; the Lord will issue edicts from Jerusalem.

Isaiah 10:5-6

Assyria, the club I use to vent my anger, is as good as dead, a cudgel with which I angrily punish.

Isaiah 10:12

But when the sovereign master finishes judging Mount Zion and Jerusalem, then I will punish the king of Assyria for what he has proudly planned and for the arrogant attitude he displays.

Isaiah 37:36

The Lord's messenger went out and killed 185,000 troops in the Assyrian camp. When they got up early the next morning, there were all the corpses!

Isaiah 54:13

All your children will be followers of the Lord, and your children will enjoy great prosperity.

Jeremiah 10:25

Vent your anger on the nations that do not acknowledge you. Vent it on the peoples who do not worship you. For they have destroyed the people of Jacob. They have completely destroyed them and left their homeland in utter ruin.

Ezekiel 39:21

"I will display my majesty among the nations. All the nations will witness the judgment I have executed, and the power I have exhibited among them.

Amos 3:2

"I have chosen you alone from all the clans of the earth. Therefore I will punish you for all your sins."

Habakkuk 1:12

Lord, you have been active from ancient times; my sovereign God, you are immortal. Lord, you have made them your instrument of judgment. Protector, you have appointed them as your instrument of punishment.

Habakkuk 3:12

You furiously stomp on the earth, you angrily trample down the nations.

John 6:45

It is written in the prophets, 'And they will all be taught by God.' Everyone who hears and learns from the Father comes to me.

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