Say ye to the righteous, that it shall be well with him: for they shall eat the fruit of their doings.
Parallel translations
- WEB Tell the righteous “Good!” For they shall eat the fruit of their deeds.
- BSB Tell the righteous it will be well with them, for they will enjoy the fruit of their labor.
- NKJV “Say to the righteous that it shall be well with them, For they shall eat the fruit of their doings.
- NASB Say to the righteous that it will go well for them, For they will eat the fruit of their actions.
- NLT Tell the godly that all will be well for them. They will enjoy the rich reward they have earned!
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Quick answer
The righteous are assured it will be well, for they will enjoy the fruit of their deeds. Amid judgment, God distinguishes and blesses the righteous.
Overview
In contrast to the surrounding doom, God promises good to the righteous. This reflects the biblical principle that one reaps what one sows (Galatians 6:7-8). It offers hope that God remembers the faithful even in times of national judgment, ultimately securing their reward in Christ.
Cross-references & the web
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- Ps 128:1–2Blessed is every one that feareth the LORD; that walketh in his ways.
- Heb 6:10For God is not unrighteous to forget your work and labour of love, which ye have shewed toward his name, in that ye have ministered to the saints, and do minister.
- Gal 6:7–8Be not deceived; God is not mocked: for whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap.
- Eccl 8:12Though a sinner do evil an hundred times, and his days be prolonged, yet surely I know that it shall be well with them that fear God, which fear before him:
- Ezek 18:9–19Hath walked in my statutes, and hath kept my judgments, to deal truly; he is just, he shall surely live, saith the Lord GOD.
- Deut 28:1–14And it shall come to pass, if thou shalt hearken diligently unto the voice of the LORD thy God, to observe and to do all his commandments which I command thee this day, that the LORD thy God will set thee on high above all nations of the earth:
- Ps 18:23–24I was also upright before him, and I kept myself from mine iniquity.
- Mal 3:18Then shall ye return, and discern between the righteous and the wicked, between him that serveth God and him that serveth him not.
- Jer 15:11The LORD said, Verily it shall be well with thy remnant; verily I will cause the enemy to entreat thee well in the time of evil and in the time of affliction.
- Isa 26:20–21Come, my people, enter thou into thy chambers, and shut thy doors about thee: hide thyself as it were for a little moment, until the indignation be overpast.
- Zeph 2:3Seek ye the LORD, all ye meek of the earth, which have wrought his judgment; seek righteousness, seek meekness: it may be ye shall be hid in the day of the LORD’s anger.
- Rom 2:5–11But after thy hardness and impenitent heart treasurest up unto thyself wrath against the day of wrath and revelation of the righteous judgment of God;
- Ezek 9:4And the LORD said unto him, Go through the midst of the city, through the midst of Jerusalem, and set a mark upon the foreheads of the men that sigh and that cry for all the abominations that be done in the midst thereof.
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