Parallel Verses
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."
New American Standard Bible
I will
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.
Holman Bible
I’ll repay the man for what he has done.”
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
References
Smith
Word Count of 20 Translations in Proverbs 24:29
Verse Info
Context Readings
More Sayings Of The Wise
28 Don't testify against your neighbor without a cause, and don't lie when you speak. 29 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." 30 I went by the field belonging to a lazy man, by a vineyard belonging to a senseless person.
Cross References
Proverbs 20:22
Don't say "I'll avenge that wrong!" Wait on the LORD and he will deliver you.
Judges 15:11
In response, 3,000 soldiers from the tribe of Judah went down to the caves of the rock of Etam and asked Samson, "Don't you know that the Philistines have us in their control? What have you done to us?" "I did to them what they did to me," he answered.
2 Samuel 13:22-28
But Absalom never said a word, either good or bad, to Amnon. Nevertheless, he hated Amnon because he had humiliated his sister Tamar.
Proverbs 25:21-22
If your enemy hungers, give him food to eat; and if he thirsts, give him water to drink.
Matthew 5:39-44
But I tell you not to resist an evildoer. On the contrary, whoever slaps you on the right cheek, turn the other to him as well.
Romans 12:17-21
Do not pay anyone back evil for evil, but focus your thoughts on what is right in the sight of all people.
1 Thessalonians 5:15
Make sure that no one pays back evil for evil. Instead, always pursue what is good for each other and for everyone else.