Parallel Verses
Amplified
“For God pays a man according to his work,
And He will make every man find [appropriate] compensation according to his way.
New American Standard Bible
And makes
King James Version
For the work of a man shall he render unto him, and cause every man to find according to his ways.
Holman Bible
and He brings his ways on him.
International Standard Version
because he repays a person for his behavior; and according to a person's conduct, he lets it happen to him.
A Conservative Version
For the work of a man he will render to him, and cause every man to find according to his ways.
American Standard Version
For the work of a man will he render unto him, And cause every man to find according to his ways.
Bible in Basic English
For he gives to every man the reward of his work, and sees that he gets the fruit of his ways.
Darby Translation
For a man's work will he render to him, and cause every one to find according to his way.
Julia Smith Translation
For the work of man shall he recompense to him, and a man shall find himself according to his way.
King James 2000
For the work of a man shall he render unto him, and cause every man to find according to his ways.
Lexham Expanded Bible
Indeed, he will repay [according to] a human being's deeds, and according to a man's way he will let [it] happen [to] him.
Modern King James verseion
For He repays man's work, and causes him to find according to his ways.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
but he rewardeth the works of man, and causeth every man to find according to his ways.
NET Bible
For he repays a person for his work, and according to the conduct of a person, he causes the consequences to find him.
New Heart English Bible
For the work of a man he will render to him, and cause every man to find according to his ways.
The Emphasized Bible
For, what any son of earth doeth, he repayeth him, and, according to every man's course, he causeth him to find.
Webster
For the work of a man he shall render to him, and cause every man to find according to his ways.
World English Bible
For the work of a man he will render to him, and cause every man to find according to his ways.
Youngs Literal Translation
For the work of man he repayeth to him, And according to the path of each He doth cause him to find.
Interlinear
Word Count of 20 Translations in Job 34:11
Verse Info
Context Readings
Elihu Asserts God's Justice
10
“Therefore hear me, you men of understanding.
Far be it from God that He would do wickedness,
And from the Almighty to do wrong.
“For God pays a man according to his work,
And He will make every man find [appropriate] compensation according to his way.
“Surely God will not act wickedly,
Nor will the Almighty pervert justice.
Phrases
Names
Cross References
Psalm 62:12
Also to You, O Lord, belong lovingkindness and compassion,
For You compensate every man according to [the value of] his work.
Jeremiah 32:19
great [are You] in counsel and mighty in deed, whose eyes are open to all the ways of the sons of men, to reward or repay each one according to his ways and according to the fruit of his deeds;
Matthew 16:27
Romans 2:6
He will pay back to each person according to his deeds [justly, as his deeds deserve]:
2 Corinthians 5:10
For we [believers will be called to account and] must all appear before the
Proverbs 24:12
If you [claim ignorance and] say, “See, we did not know this,”
Does He not consider it who weighs and examines the hearts and their motives?
And does He not know it who guards your life and keeps your soul?
And will He not repay [you and] every man according to his works?
Revelation 22:12
Galatians 6:7-8
Do not be deceived, God is not mocked [He will not allow Himself to be ridiculed, nor treated with contempt nor allow His precepts to be scornfully set aside]; for whatever a man sows, this and this only is what he will reap.
1 Peter 1:17
If you address as Father, the One who impartially judges according to each one’s work, conduct yourselves in [reverent] fear [of Him] and with profound respect for Him throughout the time of your stay on earth.
Job 33:26
“He will pray to God, and He shall be favorable to him,
So that he looks at His face with joy;
For God restores to man His righteousness [that is, his right standing with God—with its joys].
Proverbs 1:31
“Therefore they shall eat of the fruit of their own [wicked] way
And be satiated with [the penalty of] their own devices.
Ezekiel 33:17-20
“Yet your people [who are in exile in Babylon] say, ‘The way of the Lord is not right;’ but as for them, it is their own way that is not right.