Parallel Verses

International Standard Version

The LORD accuses Judah, and will punish Jacob according to his ways; he will repay him for what he does.

New American Standard Bible

The Lord also has a dispute with Judah,
And will punish Jacob according to his ways;
He will repay him according to his deeds.

King James Version

The LORD hath also a controversy with Judah, and will punish Jacob according to his ways; according to his doings will he recompense him.

Holman Bible

The Lord also has a dispute with Judah.
He is about to punish Jacob according to his ways;
He will repay him based on his actions.

A Conservative Version

LORD has also a controversy with Judah, and will punish Jacob according to his ways. He will recompense him according to his doings.

American Standard Version

Jehovah hath also a controversy with Judah, and will punish Jacob according to his ways; according to his doings will he recompense him.

Amplified


The Lord also has a dispute [a legal complaint and an indictment] with Judah,
And He will punish Jacob in accordance with his ways;
He will repay him in accordance with his deeds.

Bible in Basic English

The Lord has a cause against Judah, and will give punishment to Jacob for his ways; he will give him the reward of his acts.

Darby Translation

Jehovah hath also a controversy with Judah, and he will punish Jacob according to his ways; according to his doings will he recompense him.

Julia Smith Translation

And a contention to Jehovah with Judah, and to review Jacob according to his ways; he will turn back to him according to his doings.

King James 2000

The LORD has also a controversy with Judah, and will punish Jacob according to his ways; according to his deeds will he recompense him.

Lexham Expanded Bible

Yahweh has a quarrel with Judah and will punish Jacob according to his ways and repay him according to his deeds.

Modern King James verseion

Jehovah also has a quarrel with Judah and will punish Jacob according to his ways; according to his doings He will repay him.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

The LORD hath a court to hold with Judah, and will punish Jacob: After their own ways and according to their own inventions, shall he recompense them.

NET Bible

The Lord also has a covenant lawsuit against Judah; he will punish Jacob according to his ways and repay him according to his deeds.

New Heart English Bible

The LORD also has a controversy with Judah, and will punish Jacob according to his ways and according to his deeds he will repay him.

The Emphasized Bible

But, a controversy, hath Yahweh with Judah, - so that he may bring punishment on Jacob, according to his ways, According to his doings, repay him.

Webster

The LORD hath also a controversy with Judah, and will punish Jacob according to his ways; according to his doings will he recompense him.

World English Bible

Yahweh also has a controversy with Judah, and will punish Jacob according to his ways; according to his deeds he will repay him.

Youngs Literal Translation

And a controversy hath Jehovah with Judah, To lay a charge on Jacob according to his ways, According to his doings He returneth to him.

Interlinear

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

Usage: 0

רב ריב 
Riyb 
Usage: 60

with Judah
יהוּדה 
Y@huwdah 
Usage: 648

יעקב 
Ya`aqob 
Usage: 349

דּרך 
Derek 
Usage: 704

מעלל 
Ma`alal 
Usage: 41

will he recompense
שׁוּב 
Shuwb 
Usage: 1058

References

Easton

Hastings

Context Readings

God's Case Against Jacob's Heirs

1 "Ephraim feeds on the wind, chasing after the eastern winds, storing up lies and desolation day after day. They are making a contract with the Assyrians, and sending oil to Egypt. 2 The LORD accuses Judah, and will punish Jacob according to his ways; he will repay him for what he does. 3 He circumvented his brother in the womb, and as an adult he fought with God.



Cross References

Hosea 4:1

"Hear this message from the LORD, people of Israel. Indeed, the LORD brings a charge against the people who live in the land for there is no truth and no gracious love or knowledge of God in the land.

Micah 6:2

Listen, you mountains, to the LORD's argument! Listen, you strong foundations of the earth, because the LORD has a dispute with his people, and he will set out his case before Israel.

2 Kings 17:19-20

But Judah, too, did not keep the commands of the LORD their God. Instead, they lived the lifestyle that Israel had chosen,

Isaiah 3:11

"How terrible it will be for the wicked! Disaster is headed their way, because what they did with their hand will be repaid to them.

Isaiah 8:7-8

watch out! The LORD God is about to bring the flood waters of the Euphrates River against them, mighty and strong.

Isaiah 10:6

I'm sending my fury against a godless nation, and I'll command him against the people with whom I'm angry to seize loot and snatch plunder, and to trample them down like mud in the streets.

Isaiah 10:12

"For the Lord has finished all his work against Mount Zion and against Jerusalem; he will punish the speech that comes from that willful heart of Assyria's king and the haughty look in his eyes.

Isaiah 24:21

"And it will come about at that time, the LORD will punish the armies of the exalted ones in the heavens, and the rulers of the earth on earth.

Isaiah 59:18

So he will repay according to their action: Anger to his enemies, retribution to his foes; to the coastlands he will render their due.

Jeremiah 3:8-11

I saw that even though I had sent unfaithful Israel away for all her adulteries and had given her a divorce decree, her treacherous sister Judah didn't fear, and she, too, committed adultery.

Jeremiah 25:31

A tumult reaches to the ends of the earth because the LORD is bringing an indictment against the nations. He judges all flesh. He has given the wicked over to the sword,' declares the LORD.

Ezekiel 23:11-21

"Her sister Oholibah saw this, but she was more corrupt in her lust and sexual immorality than her sister had been in her own sexual immorality.

Ezekiel 23:31-32

You took the path of your sister, so I'll place her cup in your hand.'

Hosea 2:13

I'll punish her for the time she has devoted to the Baals, to whom she burned incense, and for whom she put on her earrings and jewels so she could go after her lovers and forget me," declares the LORD.

Hosea 4:9

So it will be: like people, like priest. I will punish them for their lifestyles, rewarding them according to their behavior.

Hosea 8:13

They offer me meat from the sacrifices of my offerings, and they eat from it, but the LORD does not accept them. He will now remember their transgression and pay them back for their sins; to Egypt they will return.

Hosea 9:9

They have corrupted themselves deeply, as did Gibeah in its day. Therefore God will remember their lawlessness, and he will pay them back for their sins.

Matthew 16:27

The Son of Man is going to come with his angels in his Father's glory, and then he will repay everyone according to what he has done.

Romans 2:6

For he will repay everyone according to what that person has done:

Galatians 6:7

Stop being deceived; God is not to be ridiculed. A person harvests whatever he plants:

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