Parallel Verses

Holman Bible

Don’t say, “I’ll do to him what he did to me;
I’ll repay the man for what he has done.”

New American Standard Bible

Do not say, “Thus I shall do to him as he has done to me;
I will render to the man according to his work.”

King James Version

Say not, I will do so to him as he hath done to me: I will render to the man according to his work.

International Standard Version

Don't say, "I'll do to him like he did to me, I'll be sure to pay him back for what he did."

A Conservative Version

Say not, I will do so to him as he has done to me; I will render to the man according to his work.

American Standard Version

Say not, I will do so to him as he hath done to me; I will render to the man according to his work.

Amplified


Do not say, “I will do to him as he has done to me;
I will pay the man back for his deed.”

Bible in Basic English

Say not, I will do to him as he has done to me; I will give the man the reward of his work.

Darby Translation

Say not, I will do so to him as he hath done to me, I will render to the man according to his work.

Julia Smith Translation

Thou shalt not say, According to what he did to me, thus will I do to him: I will turn back to the man according to his work.

King James 2000

Say not, I will do so to him as he has done to me: I will render to the man according to his work.

Lexham Expanded Bible

Do not say, "Just as he has done to me, so shall I do to him; I will pay back the man according to his deed."

Modern King James verseion

Do not say, I will do so to him as he has done to me; I will give to the man according to his work.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

Say not, "I will handle him, even as he hath dealt with me, and will reward every man according to his deeds."

NET Bible

Do not say, "I will do to him just as he has done to me; I will pay him back according to what he has done."

New Heart English Bible

Do not say, "I will do to him as he has done to me; I will render to the man according to his work."

The Emphasized Bible

Do not say - According to what he hath done to me, so, will I do to him, I will repay every one according to his work.

Webster

Say not, I will do so to him as he hath done to me: I will render to the man according to his work.

World English Bible

Don't say, "I will do to him as he has done to me; I will render to the man according to his work."

Youngs Literal Translation

Say not, 'As he did to me, so I do to him, I render to each according to his work.'

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
not, I will do

Usage: 0

so to him as he hath done

Usage: 0

to me I will render
שׁוּב 
Shuwb 
Usage: 1058

to the man
אישׁ 
'iysh 
Usage: 692

References

Context Readings

More Sayings Of The Wise

28 Don’t testify against your neighbor without cause.
Don’t deceive with your lips.
29 Don’t say, “I’ll do to him what he did to me;
I’ll repay the man for what he has done.”
30 I went by the field of a slacker
and by the vineyard of a man lacking sense.



Cross References

Proverbs 20:22

Don’t say, “I will avenge this evil!”
Wait on the Lord, and He will rescue you.

Judges 15:11

Then 3,000 men of Judah went to the cave at the rock of Etam, and they asked Samson, “Don’t you realize that the Philistines rule over us? What have you done to us?”

“I have done to them what they did to me,” he answered.

2 Samuel 13:22-28

Absalom didn’t say anything to Amnon, either good or bad, because he hated Amnon since he disgraced his sister Tamar.

Proverbs 25:21-22

If your enemy is hungry, give him food to eat,
and if he is thirsty, give him water to drink;

Matthew 5:39-44

But I tell you, don’t resist an evildoer. On the contrary, if anyone slaps you on your right cheek, turn the other to him also.

Romans 12:17-21

Do not repay anyone evil for evil. Try to do what is honorable in everyone’s eyes.

1 Thessalonians 5:15

See to it that no one repays evil for evil to anyone, but always pursue what is good for one another and for all.

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