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New King James Version

Isaiah 3:11

Woe to the wicked! It shall be ill with him, For the reward of his hands shall be given him.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Judgment;   Sin;   Wicked (People);   The Topic Concordance - Bearing Fruit;   Wickedness;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Hands, the;   Punishment of the Wicked, the;  

Dictionaries:

- Charles Buck Theological Dictionary - Infinity;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Mines;   Olive;   Resurrection;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Evil;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Death;   Punishment, Everlasting;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Day of the Lord;   Shirah, Pereḳ (Pirḳe);  

Devotionals:

- Daily Light on the Daily Path - Devotion for February 20;   Every Day Light - Devotion for April 28;  

Parallel Translations

Easy-to-Read Version
But it will be very bad for wicked people, because they, too, will get what they deserve. They will get what they did to others.
New Living Translation
But the wicked are doomed, for they will get exactly what they deserve.
Update Bible Version
Woe to the wicked! [it shall be] ill [with him]; for what his hands have done shall be done to him.
New Century Version
But how terrible it will be for the wicked! They will be punished for all the wrong they have done.
New English Translation
Too bad for the wicked sinners! For they will get exactly what they deserve.
Webster's Bible Translation
Woe to the wicked! [it shall be] ill [with him]: for the reward of his hands shall be given him.
World English Bible
Woe to the wicked! Disaster is upon them; For the deeds of his hands will be paid back to him.
Amplified Bible
Woe (judgment is coming) to the wicked! It shall go badly with him, For what his hand has done shall be done to him.
English Standard Version
Woe to the wicked! It shall be ill with him, for what his hands have dealt out shall be done to him.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Wo to the wickid man in to yuel; for whi the yeldyng of hise hondis schal be maad to hym.
English Revised Version
Woe unto the wicked! it shall be ill with him: for the reward of his hands shall be given him.
Berean Standard Bible
Woe to the wicked; disaster is upon them! For they will be repaid with what their hands have done.
Contemporary English Version
Tell those who disobey, "You're in big trouble— what you did to others will come back to you."
American Standard Version
Woe unto the wicked! it shall be ill with him; for what his hands have done shall be done unto him.
Bible in Basic English
Unhappy is the sinner! for the reward of his evil doings will come on him.
Complete Jewish Bible
but woe to the wicked, it will go badly with him; for what he has done will be done to him.
Darby Translation
Woe unto the wicked! it shall be ill [with him], because the desert of his hands shall be rendered unto him.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
Woe unto the wicked! it shall be ill with him; for the work of his hands shall be done to him.
King James Version (1611)
Woe vnto the wicked, it shall be ill with him: for the reward of his handes shalbe giuen him.
New Life Bible
It will be bad for the sinful man! It will not go well for him, for what he has done will be done to him.
New Revised Standard
Woe to the guilty! How unfortunate they are, for what their hands have done shall be done to them.
Geneva Bible (1587)
Woe be to the wicked, it shalbe euill with him: for the reward of his handes shalbe giuen him.
George Lamsa Translation
Woe to the wicked! it shall be ill with him, for the reward of his hands shall be given him.
Good News Translation
But evil people are doomed; what they have done to others will now be done to them.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Alas! for the lawless, it is ill, For what his own hand hath matured, shall he done to him.
Douay-Rheims Bible
Woe to the wicked unto evil: for the reward of his hands shall be given him.
Revised Standard Version
Woe to the wicked! It shall be ill with him, for what his hands have done shall be done to him.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
[But] wo be vnto the wicked, for it shalbe euyll with hym: for he shalbe rewarded after his owne workes.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
Woe to the transgressor! evils shall happen to him according to the works of his hands.
Christian Standard Bible®
Woe to the wicked—it will go badly for them,for what they have done will be done to them.
Hebrew Names Version
Woe to the wicked! Disaster is upon them; For the deeds of his hands will be paid back to him.
King James Version
Woe unto the wicked! it shall be ill with him: for the reward of his hands shall be given him.
Lexham English Bible
Woe to the wicked! It is bad! For what is done by his hands will be done to him.
Literal Translation
Woe to the wicked! For the evil, the doing of his hand will be done to him.
Young's Literal Translation
Wo to the wicked -- evil, Because the deed of his hand is done to him.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
But wo be to ye vngodly and vnrightuous for they shalbe rewarded after their workes.
New American Standard Bible
Woe to the wicked! It will go badly for him, For what he deserves will be done to him.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
Woe to the wicked! It will go badly with him, For what he deserves will be done to him.
Legacy Standard Bible
Woe to the wicked! It will go badly with him,For what he has dealt out will be done to him.

Contextual Overview

9 The look on their countenance witnesses against them, And they declare their sin as Sodom; They do not hide it. Woe to their soul! For they have brought evil upon themselves. 10 "Say to the righteous that it shall be well with them, For they shall eat the fruit of their doings. 11 Woe to the wicked! It shall be ill with him, For the reward of his hands shall be given him. 12 As for My people, children are their oppressors, And women rule over them. O My people! Those who lead you cause you to err, And destroy the way of your paths." 13 The LORD stands up to plead, And stands to judge the people. 14 The LORD will enter into judgment With the elders of His people And His princes: "For you have eaten up the vineyard; The plunder of the poor is in your houses. 15 What do you mean by crushing My people And grinding the faces of the poor?" Says the Lord GOD of hosts.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Woe: Isaiah 48:22, Isaiah 57:20, Isaiah 57:21, Isaiah 65:13-15, Isaiah 65:20, Psalms 1:3-5, Psalms 11:5, Psalms 11:6, Ecclesiastes 8:13

for the reward: Psalms 28:4, Psalms 62:12, Proverbs 1:31, 2 Corinthians 5:10, James 2:13

given him: Heb. done to him, Psalms 120:3, Psalms 120:4

Reciprocal: Genesis 4:5 - wroth Genesis 4:7 - If thou doest well Genesis 7:1 - thee Genesis 18:25 - that the Genesis 19:13 - Lord hath Numbers 32:23 - be sure your sin Deuteronomy 11:28 - General Deuteronomy 28:15 - all these curses Judges 20:34 - knew not 1 Samuel 4:11 - the two sons 1 Samuel 12:15 - But if ye 1 Samuel 12:25 - But if 1 Kings 8:32 - condemning 1 Kings 18:18 - in that ye have 1 Kings 22:8 - concerning me 1 Kings 22:23 - and the Lord 2 Chronicles 6:23 - requiting 2 Chronicles 18:22 - and the Lord Ezra 8:22 - The hand Job 10:15 - If I be wicked Job 27:13 - the portion Job 36:12 - if Psalms 9:17 - The wicked Psalms 19:11 - keeping Psalms 32:10 - Many Psalms 34:21 - Evil Psalms 91:8 - reward Psalms 140:11 - evil Proverbs 2:22 - the wicked Proverbs 10:16 - labour Proverbs 12:14 - and Proverbs 13:21 - righteous Proverbs 16:5 - unpunished Proverbs 24:20 - there Ecclesiastes 2:26 - wisdom Ecclesiastes 8:6 - therefore Ecclesiastes 8:12 - surely Isaiah 1:20 - if ye refuse Isaiah 10:1 - Woe Jeremiah 17:10 - fruit Jeremiah 21:14 - according Jeremiah 23:17 - Ye Jeremiah 31:30 - General Ezekiel 2:10 - lamentations Ezekiel 3:18 - I say Ezekiel 7:27 - I will Ezekiel 14:4 - I the Lord Ezekiel 16:59 - I will Ezekiel 18:18 - even Ezekiel 18:20 - righteousness Ezekiel 24:14 - according to thy ways Ezekiel 33:8 - O wicked Ezekiel 33:14 - Thou shalt Ezekiel 39:24 - General Hosea 12:2 - according to his doings Hosea 13:9 - thou Micah 3:4 - as Micah 7:13 - for Malachi 3:18 - discern Matthew 16:27 - and then Romans 2:6 - General Romans 6:13 - unrighteousness Romans 6:23 - For the wages Galatians 5:21 - that they Galatians 6:5 - General Ephesians 5:11 - unfruitful Ephesians 6:8 - whatsoever 2 Peter 2:13 - the reward Revelation 2:23 - and I will Revelation 22:12 - and my

Cross-References

Genesis 4:10
And He said, "What have you done? The voice of your brother's blood cries out to Me from the ground.
Psalms 50:21
These things you have done, and I kept silent; You thought that I was altogether like you; But I will rebuke you, And set them in order before your eyes.
Romans 3:20
Therefore by the deeds of the law no flesh will be justified in His sight, for by the law is the knowledge of sin.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Woe unto the wicked! [it shall be] ill [with him],.... In time, and to eternity, in times of public calamity, and under all afflictions, and adverse dispensations of Providence; he has no God to go to; all that befalls him is in wrath; at death he is driven away in his wickedness; at judgment he will be bid to depart as cursed, and his portion will be in the lake of fire, with devils and damned spirits for ever. Some l render it, "woe to the wicked, evil"; or who is evil, who is exceedingly bad, a very great sinner, the chief of sinners, such as the Sodomites were, sinners before the Lord exceedingly,

Genesis 13:13 to whom these men are compared, Isaiah 3:9. So the Targum,

"woe to the ungodly, whose works are evil:''

the Jews, as they distinguish between a good man and a righteous man, so between a wicked man and an evil man; there are, say they m, a righteous good man, and a righteous man that is not good; but he that is good to God, and good to men, he is a righteous good man; he that is good to God, and not good to men, he is a righteous man, that is not good; and there are a wicked evil man, and a wicked man that is not evil; he that is evil to God, and evil to men, he is a wicked evil man; he that is evil to God, and not evil to men, he is a wicked man that is not evil. See Romans 5:7

for the reward of his hands shall be given him; in righteous judgment, in strict justice, as a just recompense of reward; nor shall he have reason to complain of unrighteousness in God.

l אוי לרשע רע "vae impio malo", Munster, Vatablus; so Ben Melech. m T. Bab. Kiddushin, fol. 40. 1.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Wo unto the wicked - To all the wicked - but here having particular reference to the Jews whom Isaiah was addressing.

It shall be ill with him - The word “ill” is the only word here in the original. It is an emphatic mode of speaking - expressing deep abhorrence and suddenness of denunciation. ‘Woe to the impious! Ill!’

For the reward of his hands - Of his conduct. The hands are the instruments by which we accomplish anything, and hence, they are put for the whole man.

Shall be given him - That is, shall be repaid to him; or he shall be justly recompensed for his crimes. This is the principle on which God rules the world. It shall be well here and hereafter, with those who obey God; it shall be ill here and forever, with those who disobey him.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Isaiah 3:11. Wo unto the wicked — לרשע lerasha, the man who is,

1. Evil in his heart.

2. Evil in his purposes.

3. Evil in his life.

As he is wicked, he does that which is wicked; and is influenced by the wicked one, of whom he is the servant and the son. It shall be ill with him, רע ra; in a single word say to him - evil! Of him you can speak no good; and to him you can speak no good - all is evil, in him - before him - after him - round about him - above him - below him. Evil in time - evil through eternity!

The reward of his hands. — What he has deserved he shall get. He shall be paid that for which he has laboured, and his reward shall be in proportion to his work. O, what a lot is that of the wicked! Cursed in time, and accursed through eternity!


 
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