Do not say, “I will repay evil”; wait for the Lord, and he will help you.
Proverbs 24:29 - New Revised Standard Version Do not say, “I will do to others as they have done to me; I will pay them back for what they have done.” Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Say not, I will do so to him as he hath done to me: I will render to the man according to his work. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Say not, I will do to him as he has done to me; I will pay the man back for his deed. [Prov. 20:22; Matt. 5:39, 44; Rom. 12:17, 19.] American Standard Version (1901) Say not, I will do so to him as he hath done to me; I will render to the man according to his work. Common English Bible Don’t say, “I’ll do to them what they did to me. I’ll pay them back for their actions.” Catholic Public Domain Version Do not say, "I will do to him as he has done to me." I will repay each one according to his work. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Say not: I will do to him as he hath done to me: I will render to every one according to his work. |
Do not say, “I will repay evil”; wait for the Lord, and he will help you.
See that none of you repays evil for evil, but always seek to do good to one another and to all.
Then three thousand men of Judah went down to the cleft of the rock of Etam, and they said to Samson, “Do you not know that the Philistines are rulers over us? What then have you done to us?” He replied, “As they did to me, so I have done to them.”