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God Judges the Earth

Psalms 58:11

In 11 translations

BSB
Then men will say, “There is surely a reward for the righteous! There is surely a God who judges the earth!”
KJV
So that a man shall say, Verily there is a reward for the righteous: verily he is a God that judgeth in the earth.a reward…: Heb. fruit of the, etc
WEB
so that men shall say, “Most certainly there is a reward for the righteous. Most certainly there is a God who judges the earth.”
ASV
So that men shall say, Verily there is a reward for the righteous: Verily there is a God that judgeth in the earth.
LSV
And man says: “Surely fruit [is] for the righteous: Surely there is a God judging in the earth!”
YLT
And man saith: 'Surely fruit [is] for the righteous: Surely there is a God judging in the earth!'
DBY
And men shall say, Verily there is fruit for the righteous; verily there is a God that judgeth in the earth.Elohim
DRC57:12
And man shall say: If indeed there be fruit to the just: there is indeed a God that judgeth them on the earth.
GNV
And men shall say, Verily there is fruite for the righteous: doutlesse there is a God that iudgeth in the earth.
JPS58:12
And men shall say: 'Verily there is a reward for the righteous; verily there is a God that judgeth in the earth.'
LXXE57:12
And a man shall say, Verily then there is a reward for the righteous: verily there is a God that judges them in the earth.Gr. fruit.

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Original-language editions

WLC58:12
וְיֹאמַ֣ר אָ֭דָם אַךְ־פְּרִ֣י לַצַּדִּ֑יק אַ֥ךְ יֵשׁ־אֱ֝לֹהִ֗ים שֹׁפְטִ֥ים בָּאָֽרֶץ׃KJV:Ps.58.11
LXX-Br57:12
Καὶ ἐρεῖ ἄνθρωπος, εἰ ἄρα ἐστὶ καρπὸς τῷ δικαίῳ, ἄρα ἐστὶν ὁ Θεὸς κρίνων αὐτοὺς ἐν τῇ γῇ.

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Cross-references most cited first

  • Psalms 67:4Let the nations be glad and sing for joy, for You judge the peoples justly and lead the nations of the earth. Selah
  • Isaiah 3:10Tell the righteous it will be well with them, for they will enjoy the fruit of their labor.
  • Psalms 64:9Then all mankind will fear and proclaim the work of God; so they will ponder what He has done.
  • Psalms 33:18Surely the eyes of the LORD are on those who fear Him, on those whose hope is in His loving devotion
  • Malachi 3:14You have said, ‘It is futile to serve God. What have we gained by keeping His requirements and walking mournfully before the LORD of Hosts?
  • Romans 2:5But because of your hard and unrepentant heart, you are storing up wrath against yourself for the day of wrath, when God’s righteous judgment will be revealed.
  • Malachi 2:17You have wearied the LORD with your words; yet you ask, “How have we wearied Him?” By saying, “All who do evil are good in the sight of the LORD, and in them He delights,” or, “Where is the God of justice?”
  • Psalms 98:9before the LORD, for He comes to judge the earth. He will judge the world with righteousness and the peoples with equity.
  • Romans 6:21–22What fruit did you reap at that time from the things of which you are now ashamed? The outcome of those things is death. But now that you have been set free from sin and have become slaves to God, the fruit you reap…
  • 2 Peter 3:4–10“Where is the promise of His coming?” they will ask. “Ever since our fathers fell asleep, everything continues as it has from the beginning of creation.” But they deliberately overlook the fact that long ago by God’s…
  • Psalms 73:13–15Surely in vain I have kept my heart pure; in innocence I have washed my hands. For I am afflicted all day long and punished every morning. If I had said, “I will speak this way,” then I would have betrayed Your children.
  • Psalms 96:13before the LORD, for He is coming— He is coming to judge the earth. He will judge the world in righteousness and the peoples in His faithfulness.
  • Psalms 94:2Rise up, O Judge of the earth; render a reward to the proud.
  • Psalms 92:15to proclaim, “The LORD is upright; He is my Rock, and in Him there is no unrighteousness.”
  • Psalms 18:20The LORD has rewarded me according to my righteousness; He has repaid me according to the cleanness of my hands.
  • Psalms 9:8He judges the world with justice; He governs the people with equity.

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  • 58:12 in some Bibles
  • 58:11 in most Bibles

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