Parallel Verses

Holman Bible

The Lord has prepared everything for His purpose—
even the wicked for the day of disaster.

New American Standard Bible

The Lord has made everything for its own purpose,
Even the wicked for the day of evil.

King James Version

The LORD hath made all things for himself: yea, even the wicked for the day of evil.

International Standard Version

The LORD made everything answerable to him, including the wicked at the time of trouble.

A Conservative Version

LORD has made everything for its own end, yea, even the wicked for the day of evil.

American Standard Version

Jehovah hath made everything for its own end; Yea, even the wicked for the day of evil.

Amplified


The Lord has made everything for its own purpose,
Even the wicked [according to their role] for the day of evil.

Bible in Basic English

The Lord has made everything for his purpose, even the sinner for the day of evil.

Darby Translation

Jehovah hath wrought everything on his own account, yea, even the wicked for the day of evil.

Julia Smith Translation

Jehovah made all to his purpose, and also the unjust for the day of evil.

King James 2000

The LORD has made all things for himself: yea, even the wicked for the day of evil.

Lexham Expanded Bible

All Yahweh has made [is] for his purpose, and even the wicked for the day of trouble.

Modern King James verseion

Jehovah has made all for His purpose; yea, even the wicked for the day of evil.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

The LORD doth all things for his own sake; yea, and when he keepeth the ungodly for the day of wrath.

NET Bible

The Lord works everything for its own ends -- even the wicked for the day of disaster.

New Heart English Bible

The LORD has made everything for its own end?yes, even the wicked for the day of evil.

The Emphasized Bible

Everything, hath Yahweh made for its own purpose, yea, even the lawless one, for the day of calamity.

Webster

The LORD hath made all things for himself: yes, even the wicked for the day of evil.

World English Bible

Yahweh has made everything for its own end -- yes, even the wicked for the day of evil.

Youngs Literal Translation

All things hath Jehovah wrought for Himself, And also the wicked worketh for a day of evil.

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
The Lord

Usage: 0

פּעל 
Pa`al 
Usage: 57

מענה 
Ma`aneh 
Usage: 8

yea, even the wicked
רשׁע 
Rasha` 
Usage: 263

for the day
יום 
Yowm 
Usage: 2293

Context Readings

Proverbs Of Solomon

3 Commit your activities to the Lord,
and your plans will be achieved.
4 The Lord has prepared everything for His purpose—
even the wicked for the day of disaster.
5 Everyone with a proud heart is detestable to the Lord;
be assured, he will not go unpunished.



Cross References

Romans 9:22

And what if God, desiring to display His wrath and to make His power known, endured with much patience objects of wrath ready for destruction?

Job 21:30

Indeed, the evil man is spared from the day of disaster,
rescued from the day of wrath.

Isaiah 43:7

everyone called by My name
and created for My glory.
I have formed him; indeed, I have made him.”

Romans 11:36

For from Him and through Him
and to Him are all things.
To Him be the glory forever. Amen.

Isaiah 43:21

The people I formed for Myself
will declare My praise.

1 Peter 2:8

and

A stone to stumble over,
and a rock to trip over.


They stumble because they disobey the message; they were destined for this.

2 Peter 2:3

They will exploit you in their greed with deceptive words. Their condemnation, pronounced long ago, is not idle, and their destruction does not sleep.

2 Peter 2:9

then the Lord knows how to rescue the godly from trials and to keep the unrighteous under punishment until the day of judgment,

Revelation 4:11

Our Lord and God,
You are worthy to receive
glory and honor and power,
because You have created all things,
and because of Your will
they exist and were created.

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