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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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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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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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