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2 Timothy 4:14
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Alexander the metalworker caused me so much harm. The Lord will punish him for what he did.
Alexander the coppersmyth did me moche evyll the lorde rewarde him accordynge to his dedes
Alexander, the coppersmith, did much evil to me. The Lord will repay him according to his works,
Alexander the coppersmith did me great harm; the Lord will repay him according to his deeds.
Alexander the metalworker did many harmful things against me. The Lord will punish him for what he did.
Alexander the coppersmith did me much evil: the Lord will render to him according to his works:
Alexander the copper-smith did me much evil: the Lord reward him according to his works:
Alexander the coppersmith did me great harm; the Lord will repay him according to his deeds.
Alexander, the coppersmith, did much evil to me. The Lord will repay him according to his works,
Alexander the coppersmith did me much evil; the Lord will reward him according to his works.
Alexander the metal-worker showed bitter hostility towards me: the Lord will requite him according to his doings.
Alisaundre, the tresorer, schewide to me myche yuele; `the Lord schal yelde to hym aftir his werkis.
Alexander the coppersmith did me much evil: the Lord will render to him according to his works:
Alexander the coppersmith did great harm to me. The Lord will repay him according to his deeds.
Alexander, the metalworker, has hurt me in many ways. But the Lord will pay him back for what he has done.
Alexander the coppersmith did me great harm; [but that is no concern of mine, for] the Lord will repay him according to his actions.
Alexander the coppersmith did me much evil: the Lord will render to him according to his works:
Alexander the copper-worker did me much wrong: the Lord will give him the reward of his works:
Alexander the metalworker did me a great deal of harm; the Lord will render to him according to his works;
Alexander the smith did many evil things against me. The Lord will render to him according to his works.
Alexander the metalworker did me a great deal of harm. The Lord will pay him back for what he did.2 Samuel 3:39; Psalm 28:4; Acts 19:33; 1 Timothy 1:20; Revelation 18:6;">[xr]
Alexander the brass-worker many evils hath showed me: our Lord awardeth to him according to his deeds.
Alexander the coppersmith showed me many ills: our Lord will reward him according to his doings.
Alexander the Coppersmith did mee much euill, the Lord reward him according to his works.
Alexander the coppersmith did me much harm, but the Lord will judge him for what he has done.
Alexander, the man who makes things out of copper, has worked hard against me. The Lord will give him the pay that is coming to him.
Alexander the coppersmith did me great harm; the Lord will pay him back for his deeds.
Alexander the coppersmith hath done me much euill: the Lorde rewarde him according to his workes.
Alexander, the blacksmith, has done me much evil: our LORD reward him according to his works:
Alexander the coppersmith, of much baseness towards me, hath given proof, - the Lord will render unto him according to his works. -
Alexander the coppersmith hath done me much evil: the Lord will reward him according to his works:
Alexander the coppersmith shewed me much euyll: The Lorde rewarde hym accordyng to his deedes.
Alexander the metalworker did me great harm; the Lord will reward him according to what he has done.
Alexander the coppersmith did great harm to me. The Lord will repay him according to his works.
Alexander the coppersmith did me much evil: the Lord reward him according to his works:
Alexander the metalworker did me much harm; may the Lord pay back to him according to his deeds,
Alexander the coppersmith showed many evil things to me. The Lord "will give back to him according to his works." LXX-Psa. 61:13; Prov. 24:12; MT-Psa. 62:12
Alexander the coppersmith did me much evil; may the Lord repay to him according to his works,
Alexader the coppersmyth dyd me moch euell, the LORDE rewarde him acordynge to his dedes,
Alexander the copper-smith did me many injuries: the Lord may reward him according to his actions.
Watch out for Alexander the coppersmith. Fiercely opposed to our Message, he caused no end of trouble. God will give him what he's got coming.
Alexander the coppersmith did me a great deal of harm. The Lord will repay him in keeping with his deeds.
Alexander the coppersmith did me much harm. May the Lord repay him according to his works.
Alexander the metalworker did a number on me. The Lord knows his sins and he will get what's coming to him, of that I am positive.
Alexander the coppersmith did me much harm; the Lord will repay him according to his deeds.
Alexander the coppersmith showed me much harm; the Lord will award him according to his deeds.
Contextual Overview
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
Alexander: Acts 19:33, Acts 19:34, 1 Timothy 1:20
reward: 1 Samuel 24:12, 2 Samuel 3:39, Psalms 28:4, Psalms 109:5-20, Jeremiah 15:15, Jeremiah 18:19-23, 2 Thessalonians 1:6, 1 John 5:16, Revelation 6:10, Revelation 18:6, Revelation 18:20
Reciprocal: Judges 16:28 - that I may 1 Samuel 26:19 - cursed 2 Chronicles 24:22 - The Lord Nehemiah 4:5 - cover not Nehemiah 6:14 - think thou Nehemiah 13:29 - Remember Job 21:19 - he rewardeth Job 42:8 - lest Psalms 54:5 - reward Psalms 69:27 - iniquity Jeremiah 11:20 - let Jeremiah 18:21 - deliver Lamentations 3:64 - General Matthew 7:6 - turn Acts 13:8 - withstood Philippians 3:2 - of dogs 1 Thessalonians 5:21 - hold Hebrews 6:4 - it is 2 Peter 2:13 - the reward
Cross-References
but for Cain and his offering he had no regard. So Cain was very angry, and his countenance fell.
The LORD said to Cain, "Why are you angry, and why has your countenance fallen?
And now you are cursed from the ground, which has opened its mouth to receive your brother's blood from your hand.
When you till the ground, it shall no longer yield to you its strength; you shall be a fugitive and a wanderer on the earth."
Cain said to the LORD, "My punishment is greater than I can bear.
Behold, thou hast driven me this day away from the ground; and from thy face I shall be hidden; and I shall be a fugitive and a wanderer on the earth, and whoever finds me will slay me."
Then the LORD said to him, "Not so! If any one slays Cain, vengeance shall be taken on him sevenfold." And the LORD put a mark on Cain, lest any who came upon him should kill him.
Then Cain went away from the presence of the LORD, and dwelt in the land of Nod, east of Eden.
Adah bore Jabal; he was the father of those who dwell in tents and have cattle.
If Cain is avenged sevenfold, truly Lamech seventy-sevenfold."
Gill's Notes on the Bible
Alexander the coppersmith did me much evil,.... This seems to be the same person that was at Ephesus in the tumult, when the apostle was there, Acts 20:33 and whom he afterwards delivered to Satan, along with Hymenaeus, for blasphemy, 1 Timothy 1:20. It was very likely he had lately been at Rome, though now returned to Ephesus, and had done great injury to the apostle's character, and had reproached and reviled him as a man of bad principles and practices; his business is mentioned, to distinguish him from any other of that name, and to show the insolence of the man, that though he was an illiterate person, and in such a mean station of life, yet took upon him to resist the apostle and his doctrine.
The Lord reward him according to his works; which may be considered either as an imprecation upon him, as knowing him to be a wicked blasphemer, and a reprobate person; and which arose, not from private resentment, and on account of the private injury he had done to him; but from a pure zeal for the glory of God, and the honour of his name, without mingling his own spirit and passions with it: or as a prophecy, or declaration of what would be; and so the Alexandrian copy, and the Vulgate Latin and Syriac versions, read, "the Lord will render to him", &c.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
Alexander the coppersmith - Or, rather, “the brazier” - ὁ χαλκεύς ho chalkeus. The word is used, however, to denote a worker in any kind of metals. This is probably the same person who is mentioned in 1 Timothy 1:20, and perhaps the same as the one mentioned in Acts 19:33; see the notes on 1 Timothy 1:20.
Did me much evil - In what way this was done, is not mentioned. If this is the same person who is referred to in 1 Timothy 1:20, it is probable that it was not evil to Paul personally, so much as embarrassment to the cause of religion which he advocated; compare 2 Timothy 2:17-18.
The Lord reward him according to his works; - compare the notes at 1 Timothy 1:20. This need not be regarded as an expression of private feeling; still less should it be understood as expressing a desire of revenge. It is the language of one who wished that God would treat him exactly as he ought to be treated, and might be in accordance with the highest benevolence of any heart. It is the aim of every just government that every one should be treated exactly as he deserves; and every good citizen should desire and pray that exact justice may be done to all. It is the business of a police officer to ferret out the guilty, to bring them to trial, to secure a just sentence; and any police officer might “pray,” with the utmost propriety, that God would assist him in his endeavors, and enable him to perform his duty. This might be done with no malevolent feeling toward any human being, but with the purest love of country, and the most earnest desire for the welfare of all.
if such a police officer, or if a judge, or a juryman, were heard thus to pray, who would dare to accuse him of having a vindictive spirit, or a malevolent heart? And why should Paul be so charged, when his prayer amounts to no more than this? For it remains yet to be proved that he refers to any private wrong which Alexander had done him, or that he was actuated by any other desire than that the sacred interests of truth should be guarded, and equal justice done to all. Why is it wrong to desire or to pray that universal justice may be done, and that every man may be treated as, under all the circumstances of the case, he ought to be treated? On the subject of the “Imprecations in the Scriptures,” the reader may consult an article in the Bibliotheca Sacra, vol. 1, pp. 97-110. It should be added here, that some manuscripts, instead of ἀποδῴη apodōē, “may the Lord reward,” read it in the future - ἀποδώσει apodōsei, “will reward.” See Wetstein. The future is also found in the Vulgate, Coptic, and in Augustine, Theodoret, and Chrysostom. Augustine says (on the Sermon on the Mount), “He does not say, may he reward (reddat); but, he will reward (reddet), which is a verb of prophecy, not of imprecation. The authority, however, is not sufficient to justify a change in the present reading. These variations have doubtless arisen from a belief that the common reading expresses a sentiment inconsistent with the true spirit of a Christian, and a desire to find a better. But there is no reason for “desiring” a change in the text.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse 14. Alexander the coppersmith — We are not to understand this of any tradesman, but of some rabbin; for it was not unusual for the Jews to apply the name of some trade as an epithet to their rabbins and literary men. He is, in all probability, the very same mentioned Acts 19:33, where see the note; and it is not unlikely that he may have been the same whom the apostle was obliged to excommunicate, 1 Timothy 1:20.
The Lord reward him — Αποδῳη αυτῳ ὁ Κυριος· But instead of αποδωη, which has here the power of a solemn imprecation, αποδωσει, he will reward, is the reading of the very best MSS., several of the versions, and some of the chief Greek fathers. This makes the sentence declaratory: The Lord WILL reward him according to his works. This reading is most like the spirit and temper of this heavenly man. See 2 Timothy 4:16.
