Parallel Verses

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.

New Heart English Bible

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

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 Jehovah, how happy are those you instruct, the ones to whom you teach your law! 13 That You may grant him relief from the days of adversity,
Until a pit is dug for the wicked.
14 Jehovah will not abandon his people. He will not desert those who belong to him.

Cross References

Psalm 55:23

But You, O God, will bring them down to the corruption of the grave. Men of bloodshed and deceit will not live out half their days. But I will trust in you.

Psalm 9:15

The nations have dug a pit and fallen in. They have been caught in their own trap.

Habakkuk 3:16

I heard and my body trembled! My lips quivered at the voice. Rottenness entered into my bones and I tremble. I must wait quietly for the day of trouble, for the people who invade us.

2 Peter 2:9

Jehovah knows how to deliver the godly out of temptation, and to preserve the unrighteous for the Day of Judgment. (Psalm 34:19) (Matthew 25:46)

Revelation 14:13

Then I heard a voice from heaven say: Write: Blessed are the dead who die in union with the Lord from this time forward: Yes, says the Spirit, that they may rest from their labors; and their works follow them.

Job 34:29

If God decided to do nothing at all, no one could criticize him. If he hid his face (refused to assist), we would be helpless.

Psalm 49:5

Why should I be afraid in times of trouble, when slanderers surround me with evil?

Isaiah 26:20-21

Go, my people, enter your rooms and shut the doors behind you. Hide yourselves for a little while until his rage has passed by.

Jeremiah 18:20

Should good be repaid with evil? For they have dug a pit for me. Remember how I stood before you to speak good on their behalf. I tried to turn away your wrath from them.

Jeremiah 18:22

Let an outcry be heard from their houses when you suddenly bring raiders upon them. For they have dug a pit to capture me and hidden snares for my feet.

2 Corinthians 4:17-18

Our light affliction is for the moment. It works more exceedingly an eternal weight of glory for us.

2 Thessalonians 1:7-8

You who are afflicted rest with us at the revelation of the Lord Jesus from heaven with the angels of his power in flaming fire.

Hebrews 4:9

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

2 Peter 3:3-7

Know this first, that in the last days, mockers will come with mockery, walking after their own lusts,

Revelation 6:10-11

They cried with a loud voice, saying: How long, O Lord, holy and true, before you judge and avenge our blood on those who dwell on the earth?

Revelation 11:18

The nations were angry. Your wrath (indignation) has come! It is time to judge the dead, to reward your servants the prophets, the holy ones, and those who reverence your name the small and the great. Time to destroy (exterminate) (eradicate) those who destroy the earth.

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