Just open your eyes, and see how the wicked are punished.
Parallel translations
- WEB You will only look with your eyes, and see the recompense of the wicked.
- 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.
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Quick answer
The believer will witness God's just judgment on the wicked.
Overview
From the place of safety, the trusting one sees the "recompense" that befalls the wicked. The verse affirms God's righteous justice in the world. Such judgment is finally and perfectly administered by Christ, the appointed Judge of all (Acts 17:31).
Cross-references & the web
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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