Psalm 107:17 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

¹⁷ Some were sick through their sinful ways and because of their iniquities endured affliction;

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹⁷ Fools because of their transgression, And because of their iniquities, are afflicted.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹⁷ Some are fools [made ill] because of the way of their transgressions and are afflicted because of their iniquities.

American Standard Version (1901)

¹⁷ Fools because of their transgression, And because of their iniquities, are afflicted.

Common English Bible

¹⁷ Some of the redeemed were fools because of their sinful ways. They suffered because of their wickedness.

Psalm 107:17 Cross References

Lamentations 3:39

Why should any who draw breath complain about the punishment of their sins?

Proverbs 1:22

“How long, O simple ones, will you love being simple? How long will scoffers delight in their scoffing and fools hate knowledge?

Jeremiah 2:19

Your wickedness will punish you, and your faithlessness will convict you. Know and see that it is evil and bitter for you to forsake the Lord your God; the fear of me is not in you, says the Lord God of hosts.

Proverbs 7:7

and I saw among the simple ones, I observed among the youths, a young man without sense,

Psalm 92:6

The dullard cannot know; the stupid cannot understand this:

Psalm 14:1

Fools say in their hearts, “There is no God.” They are corrupt; they do abominable deeds; there is no one who does good.

Proverbs 7:22

Right away he follows her and goes like an ox to the slaughter or bounds like a stag toward the trap