You will only look with your eyes, and see the recompense of the wicked.
Parallel translations
- KJV Only with thine eyes shalt thou behold and see the reward of the wicked.
- BSB You will only see it with your eyes and witness the punishment of the wicked.
- NKJV Only with your eyes shall you look, And see the reward of the wicked.
- NASB You will only look on with your eyes And see the retaliation against the wicked.
- NLT Just open your eyes, and see how the wicked are punished.
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Cross-references · 7
- Ps 37:34Wait for Yahweh, and keep his way, and he will exalt you to inherit the land. When the wicked are cut off, you shall see it.
- Prov 3:25–26Don’t be afraid of sudden fear, neither of the desolation of the wicked, when it comes:
- Ps 92:11My eye has also seen my enemies. My ears have heard of the wicked enemies who rise up against me.
- Mal 1:5Your eyes will see, and you will say, “Yahweh is great — even beyond the border of Israel!”
- Ps 58:10–11The righteous shall rejoice when he sees the vengeance. He shall wash his feet in the blood of the wicked;
- Isa 3:11Woe to the wicked! Disaster is upon them; for the deeds of his hands will be paid back to him.
- Heb 2:2For if the word spoken through angels proved steadfast, and every transgression and disobedience received a just recompense;
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