Romans 13:4 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

⁴ For it is God’s servant for your good. But if you do wrong, be afraid, because it does not carry the sword for no reason. For it is God’s servant, an avenger  that brings wrath on the one who does wrong.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁴ for he is the minister of God to thee for good. But if thou do that which is evil, be afraid; for he beareth not the sword in vain: for he is the minister of God, a revenger to execute wrath upon him that doeth evil.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁴ For he is God's servant for your good. But if you do wrong, [you should dread him and] be afraid, for he does not bear and wear the sword for nothing. He is God's servant to execute His wrath (punishment, vengeance) on the wrongdoer.

American Standard Version (1901)

⁴ for he is a minister of God to thee for good. But if thou do that which is evil, be afraid; for he beareth not the sword in vain: for he is a minister of God, an avenger for wrath to him that doeth evil.

Common English Bible

⁴ It is God’s servant given for your benefit. But if you do what’s wrong, be afraid because it doesn’t have weapons to enforce the law for nothing. It is God’s servant put in place to carry out his punishment on those who do what is wrong.

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁴ For he is a minister of God for you unto good. But if you do what is evil, be afraid. For it is not without reason that he carries a sword. For he is a minister of God; an avenger to execute wrath upon whomever does evil.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

⁴ For he is God's minister to thee, for good. But if thou do that which is evil, fear: for he beareth not the sword in vain. For he is God's minister: an avenger to execute wrath upon him that doth evil.

Romans 13:4 Tagairtí Cros

1 Kings 10:9

Blessed be the Lord your God! He delighted in you and put you on the throne of Israel,  because of the Lord’s eternal love for Israel.  He has made you king to carry out justice and righteousness.’

2 Chronicles 19:6

Then he said to the judges, ‘Consider what you are doing, for you do not judge for a man, but for the Lord, who is with you in the matter of judgement.

Proverbs 16:14

A king’s fury is a messenger of death, but a wise person appeases it.

Proverbs 20:2

A king’s terrible wrath is like the roaring of a lion; anyone who provokes him endangers himself.

Proverbs 20:26

A wise king separates out the wicked and drives the threshing wheel  over them.

Proverbs 20:8

A king sitting on a throne to judge separates out all evil with his eyes.

Isaiah 1:17

Learn to do what is good. Pursue justice. Correct the oppressor. Defend the rights of the fatherless. Plead the widow’s cause.

Jeremiah 5:28

They have become fat  and sleek. They have also excelled in evil matters. They have not taken up cases, such as the case of the fatherless, so they might prosper, and they have not defended the rights of the needy.

Ezekiel 22:27

‘Her officials within her are like wolves tearing their prey, shedding blood, and destroying lives in order to make profit dishonestly.

Ezekiel 25:14

I will take my vengeance  on Edom through my people Israel, and they will deal with Edom according to my anger and wrath. So they will know my vengeance. This is the declaration of the Lord God.

Micah 3:9

Listen to this, leaders of the house of Jacob, you rulers of the house of Israel, who abhor justice and pervert everything that is right,

Romans 12:19

Friends, do not avenge yourselves; instead, leave room for God’s wrath, because it is written, Vengeance belongs to me; I will repay,   , says the Lord.

Romans 13:6

And for this reason you pay taxes, since the authorities are God’s servants, continually attending to these tasks.

1 Thessalonians 4:6

This means one must not transgress against and take advantage  of a brother or sister in this manner, because the Lord is an avenger of all these offences, as we also previously told and warned you.

Joshua 20:5

And if the avenger of blood pursues him, they must not hand the one who committed manslaughter over to him, for he killed his neighbour accidentally and did not hate him beforehand.

Joshua 20:9

These are the cities appointed for all the Israelites and the foreigners residing among them,  so that anyone who kills a person unintentionally may flee there and not die at the hand of the avenger of blood until he stands before the assembly.

1 Peter 2:14

or to governors as those sent out by him to punish those who do what is evil and to praise those who do what is good.