Parallel Verses

New Heart English Bible

that you may give him rest from the days of adversity, until the pit is dug for the wicked.

New American Standard Bible

That You may grant him relief from the days of adversity,
Until a pit is dug for the wicked.

King James Version

That thou mayest give him rest from the days of adversity, until the pit be digged for the wicked.

Holman Bible

to give him relief from troubled times
until a pit is dug for the wicked.

International Standard Version

keeping him calm when times are troubled until a pit has been dug for the wicked.

A Conservative Version

that thou may give him rest from the days of adversity, until the pit is dug for a wicked man.

American Standard Version

That thou mayest give him rest from the days of adversity, Until the pit be digged for the wicked.

Amplified


That You may grant him [power to calm himself and find] peace in the days of adversity,
Until the pit is dug for the wicked and ungodly.

Bible in Basic English

So that you may give him rest from the days of evil, till a hole is made ready for the destruction of the sinners.

Darby Translation

That thou mayest give him rest from the days of evil, until the pit be digged for the wicked.

Julia Smith Translation

To give rest to him from the days of evil, till the pit shall be dug for the unjust

King James 2000

That you may give him rest from the days of adversity, until the pit is dug for the wicked.

Lexham Expanded Bible

to give him rest from days of trouble, until a pit is dug for the wicked.

Modern King James verseion

that You may give him rest from the days of trouble, until the pit is dug for the wicked.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

that thou mayest give him patience in time of adversity, until the pit be digged up for the ungodly.

NET Bible

in order to protect him from times of trouble, until the wicked are destroyed.

The Emphasized Bible

That thou mayest give him rest from the days of misfortune, Until there be digged - for the lawless one - a pit.

Webster

That thou mayest give him rest from the days of adversity, until the pit be digged for the wicked.

World English Bible

that you may give him rest from the days of adversity, until the pit is dug for the wicked.

Youngs Literal Translation

To give rest to him from days of evil, While a pit is digged for the wicked.

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
שׁקט 
Shaqat 
Usage: 41

from the days
יום 
Yowm 
Usage: 2293

until the pit
שׁחת 
Shachath 
Usage: 23

be digged
כּרה 
Karah 
Usage: 16

Context Readings

A Prayer For Retribution Against Oppressors

12 Blessed is the man whom you discipline, LORD, and teach out of your Law; 13 that you may give him rest from the days of adversity, until the pit is dug for the wicked. 14 For the LORD won't reject his people, neither will he forsake his inheritance.

Cross References

Psalm 55:23

But you, God, will bring them down into the pit of destruction. Bloodthirsty and deceitful men shall not live out half their days, but I will trust in you.

Psalm 9:15

The nations have sunk down in the pit that they made. In the net which they hid, their own foot is taken.

Habakkuk 3:16

I heard, and my body trembled. My lips quivered at the voice. Rottenness enters into my bones, and I tremble in my place, because I must wait quietly for the day of trouble, for the coming up of the people who invade us.

2 Peter 2:9

the Lord knows how to deliver the godly out of temptation and to keep the unrighteous under punishment for the day of judgment;

Revelation 14:13

I heard the voice from heaven saying, "Write, 'Blessed are the dead who die in the Lord from now on.'" "Yes," says the Spirit, "that they may rest from their labors; for their works follow with them."

Job 34:29

When he gives quietness, who then can condemn? When he hides his face, who then can see him? Alike whether to a nation, or to a man,

Psalm 49:5

Why should I fear in the days of evil, when iniquity at my heels surrounds me?

Isaiah 26:20-21

Come, my people, enter into your chambers, and shut your doors behind you. Hide yourself for a little moment, until the indignation is past.

Jeremiah 18:20

Shall evil be recompensed for good? For they have dug a pit for my soul. Remember how I stood before you to speak good for them, to turn away your wrath from them.

Jeremiah 18:22

Let a cry be heard from their houses, when you shall bring a troop suddenly on them; for they have dug a pit to take me, and hid snares for my feet.

2 Corinthians 4:17-18

For our light affliction, which is for the moment, works for us more and more exceedingly an eternal weight of glory;

2 Thessalonians 1:7-8

and to give relief to you who are afflicted with us, when the Lord Jesus is revealed from heaven with his mighty angels in flaming fire,

Hebrews 4:9

There remains therefore a Sabbath rest for the people of God.

2 Peter 3:3-7

knowing this first, that in the last days scoffers will come, mocking and walking after their own lusts,

Revelation 6:10-11

They called out with a loud voice, saying, "How long, Master, the holy and true, until you judge and avenge our blood on those who dwell on the earth?"

Revelation 11:18

The nations were angry, and your wrath came, as did the time for the dead to be judged, and to give your bondservants the prophets, their reward, as well as to the saints, and those who fear your name, to the small and the great; and to destroy those who destroy the earth."

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