Do not say, “I will pay back evil!” Wait for Adonai, so He may deliver You.
Proverbs 24:29 - Tree of Life Version Do not say, “I will do to him what he has done to me; I will pay him back for his deed!” 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 pay back evil!” Wait for Adonai, so He may deliver You.
See that no one repays evil for evil to anyone, but always pursue what is good for one another and for all.
Then 3,000 men of Judah went down to the cleft of the rock of Etam and said to Samson, “Don’t you realize that the Philistines are ruling over us? So what is this that you have done to us?” He said to them, “As they did to me, so I have done to them.”