Jeremiah 18:20 - Revised Version 1885

²⁰ Shall evil be recompensed for good? for they have digged a pit for my soul. Remember how I stood before thee to speak good for them, to turn away thy fury from them.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

²⁰ Shall evil be recompensed for good? for they have digged a pit for my soul. Remember that I stood before thee to speak good for them, and to turn away thy wrath from them.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

²⁰ Shall evil be recompensed for good? Yet they have dug a pit for my life. [Earnestly] remember that I stood before You to speak good for them, to turn away Your anger from them.

American Standard Version (1901)

²⁰ Shall evil be recompensed for good? for they have digged a pit for my soul. Remember how I stood before thee to speak good for them, to turn away thy wrath from them.

Common English Bible

²⁰ Should evil be returned for good? Yet they have set traps for me. Remember that I stood before you, begging you to be merciful and not to punish them.

Catholic Public Domain Version

²⁰ Should evil be rendered for good? For they have dug a pit for my soul! Remember that I have stood in your sight, so as to speak on their behalf for good, and to avert your indignation from them.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

²⁰ Shall evil be rendered for good, because they have digged a pit for my soul? Remember that I have stood in thy sight, to speak good for them and turn away thy indignation from them.

Jeremiah 18:20 Tagairtí Cros

Job 6:27

Yea, ye would cast lots upon the fatherless, And make merchandise of your friend.

Psalm 106:23

Therefore he said that he would destroy them, Had not Moses his chosen stood before him in the breach, To turn away his wrath, lest he should destroy them.

Psalm 119:95

The wicked have waited for me to destroy me; But I will consider thy testimonies.

Psalm 35:12

They reward me evil for good, To the bereaving of my soul.

Psalm 35:7

For without cause have they hid for me their net in a pit, Without cause have they digged a pit for my soul.

Psalm 38:20

They also that render evil for good Are adversaries unto me, because I follow the thing that is good.

Psalm 57:6

They have prepared a net for my steps; Thy soul is bowed down: They have digged a pit before me; They are fallen into the midst thereof themselves. Selah

Psalm 7:15

He hath made a pit, and digged it, And is fallen into the ditch which he made.

Proverbs 17:13

Whoso rewardeth evil for good, Evil shall not depart from his house.

Proverbs 26:27

Whoso diggeth a pit shall fall therein: And he that rolleth a stone, it shall return upon him.

Ecclesiastes 10:8

He that diggeth a pit shall fall into it; and whoso breaketh through a fence, a serpent shall bite him.

Jeremiah 11:14

Therefore pray not thou for this people, neither lift up cry nor prayer for them: for I will not hear them in the time that they cry unto me for their trouble.

Jeremiah 14:20

We acknowledge, O LORD, our wickedness, and the iniquity of our fathers: for we have sinned against thee.

Jeremiah 15:1

Then said the LORD unto me, Though Moses and Samuel stood before me, yet my mind could not be toward this people: cast them out of my sight, and let them go forth.

Jeremiah 17:18

Let them be ashamed that persecute me, but let not me be ashamed; let them be dismayed, but let not me be dismayed: bring upon them the day of evil, and destroy them with double destruction.

Jeremiah 18:19

Give heed to me, O LORD, and hearken to the voice of them that contend with me.

Jeremiah 18:22

Let a cry be heard from their houses, when thou shalt bring a troop suddenly upon them: for they have digged a pit to take me, and hid snares for my feet.

Jeremiah 27:18

But if they be prophets, and if the word of the LORD be with them, let them now make intercession to the LORD of hosts, that the vessels which are left in the house of the LORD, and in the house of the king of Judah, and at Jerusalem, go not to Babylon.

Jeremiah 5:26

For among my people are found wicked men: they watch, as fowlers lie in wait; they set a trap, they catch men.

Jeremiah 7:16

Therefore pray not thou for this people, neither lift up cry nor prayer for them, neither make intercession to me: for I will not hear thee.

Lamentations 3:59

O LORD, thou hast seen my wrong; judge thou my cause.

John 10:32

Jesus answered them, Many good works have I shewed you from the Father; for which of those works do ye stone me?

John 15:25

But this cometh to pass, that the word may be fulfilled that is written in their law, They hated me without a cause.

1 Samuel 19:4

And Jonathan spake good of David unto Saul his father, and said unto him, Let not the king sin against his servant, against David; because he hath not sinned against thee, and because his works have been to thee-ward very good: