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God’s Justice

Lamentations 3:64

In 11 translations

BSB
You will pay them back what they deserve, O LORD, according to the work of their hands.
KJV
¶ Render unto them a recompence, O LORD, according to the work of their hands.
WEB
You will pay them back, Yahweh, according to the work of their hands.
ASV
Thou wilt render unto them a recompense, O Jehovah, according to the work of their hands.
LSV
You return to them the deed, O YHWH, || According to the work of their hands.
YLT
Thou returnest to them the deed, O Jehovah, According to the work of their hands.
DBY
Render unto them a recompence, O Jehovah, according to the work of their hands;
DRC
Thau. Thou shalt render them a recompense, O Lord, according to the works of their hands.
GNV
Giue them a recompence, O Lord, according to the worke of their handes.
JPS
Thou wilt render unto them a recompense, O LORD, according to the work of their hands.
LXXE
Thou wilt render them a recompence, O Lord, according to the works of their hands.

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Original-language editions

WLC
תָּשִׁ֨יב לָהֶ֥ם גְּמ֛וּל יְהוָ֖ה כְּמַעֲשֵׂ֥ה יְדֵיהֶֽם׃
LXX-Br
Ἀποδώσεις αὐτοῖς ἀνταπόδομα, Κύριε, κατὰ τὰ ἔργα τῶν χειρῶν αὐτῶν.

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Cross-references most cited first

  • Psalms 28:4Repay them according to their deeds and for their works of evil. Repay them for what their hands have done; bring back on them what they deserve.
  • Jeremiah 11:20O LORD of Hosts, who judges righteously, who examines the heart and mind, let me see Your vengeance upon them, for to You I have committed my cause.
  • Revelation 6:10And they cried out in a loud voice, “How long, O Lord, holy and true, until You avenge our blood and judge those who dwell upon the earth?”
  • 2 Timothy 4:14Alexander the coppersmith did great harm to me. The Lord will repay him according to his deeds.
  • Revelation 18:6Give back to her as she has done to others; pay her back double for what she has done; mix her a double portion in her own cup.
  • Jeremiah 50:29Summon the archers against Babylon, all who string the bow. Encamp all around her; let no one escape. Repay her according to her deeds; do to her as she has done. For she has defied the LORD, the Holy One of Israel.

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