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 God created ears. Do you think he cannot hear? He formed eyes. Do you think he cannot see? 10 He who chastens the nations, will He not rebuke,
Even He who teaches man knowledge?
11 Jehovah knows the thoughts of man. He knows that they a mere vanity.

Cross References

Job 35:11

Who teaches us more than the animals of the earth, and makes us wiser than the birds of the air?

Isaiah 28:26

He instructs him in right judgment and his God teaches him.

Psalm 44:2

You drove out the nations with your own hand (great power). Then you planted them; you afflicted the peoples and spread them abroad.

Psalm 9:5

You condemned nations. You destroyed wicked people. You erased their names forever and ever.

Psalm 10:16

Jehovah is king forever and ever. The nations have vanished from his land.

Psalm 25:8-9

Jehovah is good and decent. That is why he teaches sinners the way they should live.

Psalm 119:66

Teach me goodness, discernment and knowledge, for I believe in your commandments.

Psalm 135:8-12

He destroyed the first-born of Egypt, both of man and animal.

Psalm 149:7

to take vengeance on the nations, to punish the people of the world,

Proverbs 2:6

Jehovah gives wisdom. From his mouth come knowledge and understanding.

Isaiah 2:3

Then many people will come and say: Let us go to the mountain of Jehovah, to the House of the God of Jacob. He will teach us his ways so that we may live by them. The law will go out from Zion. The word of Jehovah will go out from Jerusalem.

Isaiah 10:5-6

How horrible it will be for Assyria! It is the rod of my anger. My fury is in the staff of the Assyrians' hands.

Isaiah 10:12

It will happen when Jehovah has performed all his work on Mount Zion and in Jerusalem. He will say: I will punish the fruit of the arrogant heart of the king of Assyria, and the glory of his haughty appearance.

Isaiah 37:36

The angel of Jehovah put to death a hundred and eighty-five thousand men in the Assyrian camp. The people got up the next morning and saw all the dead bodies!

Isaiah 54:13

Your sons will all be taught by Jehovah. Your sons will have an abundance of peace.

Jeremiah 10:25

Pour out your fury on the nations who do not know you and on people who do not worship you. They have devoured the descendants of Jacob. They have devoured them completely. They have destroyed their homes.

Ezekiel 39:21

I will show my greatness among the nations. All the nations will see how I will turn my power against them to punish them.

Amos 3:2

Of all the families of the earth I have chosen (known) only you. Therefore I will punish you for all your sins.

Habakkuk 1:12

You are from everlasting, O Jehovah my God, my Holy One, You are eternal. O Jehovah, you have appointed them (the Chaldean) to execute judgment. You, O Rock, have established them for correction.

Habakkuk 3:12

You marched through the land in indignation. You trampled the nations in anger.

John 6:45

It is written in the prophets: Jehovah shall teach them all. Every one who hears the Father and has learned comes to me. (Jeremiah 31:34)

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