The Reply of the Tongue Is from the LORD
Proverbs 16:4
In 10 translations
- BSB
- The LORD has made everything for His purpose— even the wicked for the day of disaster.
- KJV
- The LORD hath made all things for himself: yea, even the wicked for the day of evil.
- WEB
- Yahweh has made everything for its own end— yes, even the wicked for the day of evil.
- ASV
- Jehovah hath made everything for its own end; Yea, even the wicked for the day of evil.
- LSV
- YHWH has worked all things for Himself, || And also the wicked—for a day of evil.
- YLT
- All things hath Jehovah wrought for Himself, And also the wicked [worketh] for a day of evil.
- DBY
- Jehovah hath wrought everything on his own account, yea, even the wicked for the day of evil.
- DRC
- The Lord hath made all things for himself: the wicked also for the evil day.
- GNV
- The Lord hath made all things for his owne sake: yea, euen the wicked for the day of euill.
- JPS
- The LORD hath made every things for His own purpose, yea, even the wicked for the day of evil.
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Words in brackets are English the glossers added; the Hebrew has no word for them, and they can carry a choice of tense or meaning.
Original-language editions
- WLC
- כֹּ֤ל פָּעַ֣ל יְ֭הוָה לַֽמַּעֲנֵ֑הוּ וְגַם־רָ֝שָׁ֗ע לְי֣וֹם רָעָֽה׃We read one or more accents in L differently from BHQ.
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ManDesignCreationEndPredestinationProverbs, the Book ofProvidenceForeknow; ForeknowledgeChrist Is GodWicked (People)
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Cross-references most cited first
- 2 Peter 2:9if all this is so, then the Lord knows how to rescue the godly from trials and to hold the unrighteous for punishment on the day of judgment.
- Isaiah 43:21The people I formed for Myself will declare My praise.
- Romans 9:22What if God, intending to show His wrath and make His power known, bore with great patience the vessels of His wrath, prepared for destruction?
- Isaiah 43:7everyone called by My name and created for My glory, whom I have indeed formed and made.”
- 1 Peter 2:8and, “A stone of stumbling and a rock of offense.” They stumble because they disobey the word—and to this they were appointed.
- Revelation 4:11“Worthy are You, our Lord and God, to receive glory and honor and power, for You created all things; by Your will they exist and came to be.”
- Job 21:30Indeed, the evil man is spared from the day of calamity, delivered from the day of wrath.
- 2 Peter 2:3In their greed, these false teachers will exploit you with deceptive words. The longstanding verdict against them remains in force, and their destruction does not sleep.
- Romans 11:36For from Him and through Him and to Him are all things. To Him be the glory forever! Amen.
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