For according to a man’s deeds He repays him; according to a man’s ways He brings consequences.
Parallel translations
- WEB For the work of a man he will render to him, and cause every man to find according to his ways.
- KJV For the work of a man shall he render unto him, and cause every man to find according to his ways.
- NKJV For He repays man according to his work, And makes man to find a reward according to his way.
- NASB “For He repays a person for his work, And lets things happen in correspondence to a man’s behavior.
- NLT He repays people according to their deeds. He treats people as they deserve.
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Quick answer
God calls Israel to obey His commands and promises to drive out the Canaanite nations. Covenant grace comes with the call to obedience.
Overview
God reaffirms His commitment to dispossess the inhabitants of the land while charging Israel to keep His commands. Obedience is the grateful response to, not the basis of, His covenant grace. The listing of the nations underscores that the land is God's gift to be received on His terms.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 12
- 2 Cor 5:10For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ, that each one may receive his due for the things done in the body, whether good or bad.
- Rom 2:6God “will repay each one according to his deeds.”
- Rev 22:12“Behold, I am coming soon, and My reward is with Me, to give to each one according to what he has done.
- Ps 62:12and loving devotion to You, O Lord. For You will repay each man according to his deeds.
- Matt 16:27For the Son of Man will come in His Father’s glory with His angels, and then He will repay each one according to what he has done.
- Jer 32:19the One great in counsel and mighty in deed, whose eyes are on all the ways of the sons of men, to reward each one according to his ways and according to the fruit of his deeds.
- Gal 6:7–8Do not be deceived: God is not to be mocked. Whatever a man sows, he will reap in return.
- Prov 24:12If you say, “Behold, we did not know about this,” does not He who weighs hearts consider it? Does not the One who guards your life know? Will He not repay a man according to his deeds?
- 1 Pet 1:17Since you call on a Father who judges each one’s work impartially, conduct yourselves in reverent fear during your stay as foreigners.
- Prov 1:31So they will eat the fruit of their own way, and be filled with their own devices.
- Ezek 33:17–20Yet your people say, ‘The way of the Lord is not just.’ But it is their way that is not just.
- Job 33:26He prays to God and finds favor; he sees God’s face and shouts for joy, and God restores His righteousness to that man.
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