then I will punish their sin with the rod, and their iniquity with stripes.
Parallel translations
- KJV Then will I visit their transgression with the rod, and their iniquity with stripes.
- BSB I will attend to their transgression with the rod, and to their iniquity with stripes.
- NKJV Then I will punish their transgression with the rod, And their iniquity with stripes.
- NASB Then I will punish their wrongdoing with the rod, And their guilt with afflictions.
- NLT then I will punish their sin with the rod, and their disobedience with beating.
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- 2 Sam 7:14I will be his father, and he will be my son. If he commits iniquity, I will chasten him with the rod of men, and with the stripes of the children of men;
- Heb 12:6–11For whom the Lord loves, he chastens, and scourges every son whom he receives.”
- Prov 3:11–12My son, don’t despise Yahweh’s discipline, neither be weary of his reproof:
- 1 Kgs 11:39I will afflict the offspring of David for this, but not forever.’”
- 1 Kgs 11:14Yahweh raised up an adversary to Solomon: Hadad the Edomite. He was one of the king’s offspring in Edom.
- Amos 3:2“I have only chosen you of all the families of the earth. Therefore I will punish you for all of your sins.”
- 1 Kgs 11:31He said to Jeroboam, “Take ten pieces; for Yahweh, the God of Israel, says, ‘Behold, I will tear the kingdom out of the hand of Solomon, and will give ten tribes to you
- 1 Kgs 11:6Solomon did that which was evil in Yahweh’s sight, and didn’t go fully after Yahweh, as David his father did.
- Exod 32:34Now go, lead the people to the place of which I have spoken to you. Behold, my angel shall go before you. Nevertheless in the day when I punish, I will punish them for their sin.”
- Job 9:34Let him take his rod away from me. Let his terror not make me afraid;
- 1 Cor 11:31–32For if we discerned ourselves, we wouldn’t be judged.
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