They are free from burdens of men, neither are they plagued like other men.
Parallel translations
- KJV They are not in trouble as other men; neither are they plagued like other men.
- BSB They are free of the burdens others carry; they are not afflicted like other men.
- NKJV They are not in trouble as other men, Nor are they plagued like other men.
- NASB They are not in trouble like other people, Nor are they tormented together with the rest of mankind.
- NLT They don’t have troubles like other people; they’re not plagued with problems like everyone else.
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Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 8
- Ps 73:12Behold, these are the wicked. Being always at ease, they increase in riches.
- Job 21:9Their houses are safe from fear, neither is the rod of God upon them.
- Rev 3:19As many as I love, I reprove and chasten. Be zealous therefore, and repent.
- Jer 12:1–2You are righteous, Yahweh, when I contend with you; yet I would reason the cause with you: why does the way of the wicked prosper? why are all they at ease who deal very treacherously?
- 1 Cor 11:32But when we are judged, we are punished by the Lord, that we may not be condemned with the world.
- Heb 12:8But if you are without discipline, of which all have been made partakers, then are you illegitimate, and not children.
- Prov 3:11–12My son, don’t despise Yahweh’s discipline, neither be weary of his reproof:
- Job 21:6When I remember, I am troubled. Horror takes hold of my flesh.
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