Jeremiah 18:20

American Standard Version (1901) ☆

Shall evil be recompensed for good? for they have digged a pit for my soul. Remember how I stood before thee to speak good for them, to turn away thy wrath from them.

ASV Byzantine Text ☆

Shall evil be recompensed for good? for they have dug a pit for my soul. Remember how I stood before thee to speak good for them, to turn away thy wrath from them.

English Berean Standard Bible ☆

Should good be repaid with evil? Yet they have dug a pit for me. Remember how I stood before You to speak good on their behalf, to turn Your wrath from them.

Bible in Basic English ☆

Is evil to be the reward of good? for they have made a deep hole for my soul. Keep in mind how I took my place before you, to say a good word for them so that your wrath might be turned away from them.

Brenton English Septuagint ☆

Forasmuch as evil is rewarded for good; for they have spoken words against my soul, and they have hidden the punishment they meant for me; remember that I stood before thy face, to speak good for them, to turn away thy wrath from them.

Darby Translation ☆

Shall evil be recompensed for good? For they have digged a pit for my soul. Remember how I stood before thee to speak good for them, to turn away thy wrath from them.

Douay-Rheims 1899 ☆

Shall evil be rendered for good, because they have digged a pit for my soul? Remember that I have stood in thy sight, so speak good for them, and turn away thy indignation from them.

Geneva Bible 1599 ☆

Shall euill be recompensed for good? for they haue digged a pit for my soule: remember that I stood before thee, to speake good for the, and to turne away thy wrath from them.

Noyes Bible ☆

Shall evil be returned for good? For they have digged a pit for me. Remember how I have stood before thee, To announce good to them, And to turn away thy wrath from them!

Leeser Tanakh ☆

Shall evil be recompensed instead of good, that they have dug a pit for my life? Remember my standing before thee to speak good concerning them, to cause thy wrath to turn away from them.

JPS TaNaKH 1917 ☆

Shall evil be recompensed for good? For they have digged a pit for my soul. Remember how I stood before Thee to speak good for them, to turn away Thy wrath from them.

King James Version ☆

Shall evil be recompensed for good? for they have digged a pit for my soul. Remember that I stood before thee to speak good for them, and to turn away thy wrath from them.

King James Version + Apocrypha ☆

Shall evil be recompensed for good? for they have digged a pit for my soul. Remember that I stood before thee to speak good for them, and to turn away thy wrath from them.

KJV Cambridge Paragraph ☆

Shall evil be recompensed for good? for they have digged a pit for my soul. Remember that I stood before thee to speak good for them, and to turn away thy wrath from them.

LXX2012 U. S. English ☆

Forasmuch as evil is rewarded for good; for they have spoken words against my soul, and they have hidden the punishment they meant for me; remember that I stood before your face, to speak good for them, to turn away your wrath from them.

British English Septuagint 2012 ☆

Forasmuch as evil is rewarded for good; for they have spoken words against my soul, and they have hidden the punishment they meant for me; remember that I stood before your face, to speak good for them, to turn away your wrath from them.

Majority Standard BIble ☆

Should good be repaid with evil? Yet they have dug a pit for me. Remember how I stood before You to speak good on their behalf, to turn Your wrath from them.

Webster Bible ☆

Shall evil be recompensed for good? for they have digged a pit for my soul. Remember that I stood before thee to speak good for them, and to turn away thy wrath from them.

Revised Version ☆

Shall evil be recompensed for good? for they have digged a pit for my soul. Remember how I stood before thee to speak good for them, to turn away thy fury from them.

Updated Brenton English Septuagint ☆

Forasmuch as evil is rewarded for good; for they have spoken words against my soul, and they have hidden the punishment they meant for me; remember that I stood before thy face, to speak good for them, to turn away thy wrath from them.

World English Bible ☆

Should evil be recompensed for good? For they have dug a pit for my soul. Remember how I stood before you to speak good for them, to turn away your wrath from them.

World English Bible (Catholic) ☆

Should evil be recompensed for good? For they have dug a pit for my soul. Remember how I stood before you to speak good for them, to turn away your wrath from them.

World English Bible British Edition ☆

Should evil be recompensed for good? For they have dug a pit for my soul. Remember how I stood before you to speak good for them, to turn away your wrath from them.

World English Bible British Edition with Deuterocanon ☆

Should evil be recompensed for good? For they have dug a pit for my soul. Remember how I stood before you to speak good for them, to turn away your wrath from them.

World English Bible Classic ☆

Should evil be recompensed for good? For they have dug a pit for my soul. Remember how I stood before you to speak good for them, to turn away your wrath from them.

World English Bible Updated ☆

Should evil be recompensed for good? For they have dug a pit for my soul. Remember how I stood before you to speak good for them, to turn away your wrath from them.

World Messianic Bible ☆

Should evil be recompensed for good? For they have dug a pit for my soul. Remember how I stood before you to speak good for them, to turn away your wrath from them.

World Messianic Bible British Edition ☆

Should evil be recompensed for good? For they have dug a pit for my soul. Remember how I stood before you to speak good for them, to turn away your wrath from them.

Young's Literal Translation ☆

Is evil recompensed instead of good, That they have dug a pit for my soul? Remember my standing before Thee to speak good of them, To turn back Thy wrath from them.

The Orthodox Jewish Bible - Tanakh and Orthodox Jewish Brit Chadasha - The Holy Bible ☆

Shall ra'ah be repaid for tovah? For they have dug a pit for my nefesh. Remember that I stood before Thee to speak tovah concerning them, and to turn away Thy wrath from them.

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Arabic Van Dyck Bible ☆

هَلْ يُجَازَى عَنْ خَيْرٍ بِشَرٍّ؟ لِأَنَّهُمْ حَفَرُوا حُفْرَةً لِنَفْسِي. ٱذْكُرْ وُقُوفِي أَمَامَكَ لِأَتَكَلَّمَ عَنْهُمْ بِٱلْخَيْرِ لِأَرُدَّ غَضَبَكَ عَنْهُمْ.

Burmese Common Language Bible ☆

ကောင်း​ကျိုး​ကို​ဆိုး​ကျိုး​ဖြင့်​ပေး​ချေ​သင့်​ပါ မည်​လော။ သို့​ပါ​လျက်​သူ​တို့​သည်​ကျွန်​တော် မျိုး​လိမ့်​ကျ​စေ​ရန်​တွင်း​ကို​တူး​ကြ​ပါ​ပြီ။ ကျွန်​တော်​မျိုး​သည်​အ​ထံ​တော်​သို့​လာ​၍​သူ တို့​အား​အ​မျက်​တော်​နှင့်​ဆက်​ဆံ​တော်​မ​မူ ရန် သူ​တို့​ကိုယ်​စား​အ​ဘယ်​သို့​ပြန်​ကြား လျှောက်​ထား​ခဲ့​သည်​ကို​အောက်​မေ့​သ​တိ​ရ တော်​မူ​ပါ။-

Judson Burmese Bible ☆

ကျေးဇူး ပြုသောအတွက် အပြစ် ပေး သင့်ပါမည် လော။ သူတို့သည် အကျွန်ုပ် အသက် ဘို့ တွင်း ကိုတူး ကြ ပါပြီ။ အကျွန်ုပ်သည် သူ တို့ အကျိုး အလိုငှါ လျှောက် ၍၊ သူ တို့မှ အမျက် တော်ကို လွှဲ ခြင်းငှါ ၊ ရှေ့ တော်၌ ရပ် နေကြောင်းကို အောက်မေ့ တော်မူပါ။

Asang Khongca Bible ☆

Kahoih hmuen to kasae hmuen hoiah na pathok han maw? Nihcae loe ka hinghaih aphum hanah tangqom takaeh o boeh. Nihcae hoihhaih kawng to thuih moe, nihcae khae hoi palung na phuihaih paqoi let hanah, na hmaa ah kang doet, tito panoek ah.

Matupi Chin Standard Bible 2019 ☆

Ka hinglu ham vaam a vueh uh lalah a boethae te a then neh ka thuung venim? Na mikhmuh ah ka pai ham, amih yueng a then thui ham, na kosi te amih taeng lamloh a mael ham khaw poek lah.

Matupi Chin Standard Bible w/ Strongs ☆

Ka hinglu ham vaam a vueh uh lalah a boethae te a then neh ka thuung venim? Na mikhmuh ah ka pai ham, amih yueng a then thui ham, na kosi te amih taeng lamloh a mael ham khaw poek lah.

Chinese Union Version (simplified) ☆

岂可以恶报善呢？ 他们竟挖坑要害我的性命！ 求你记念我怎样站在你面前为他们代求， 要使你的忿怒向他们转消。

Chinese Union Version (traditional) ☆

豈可以惡報善呢？ 他們竟挖坑要害我的性命！ 求你記念我怎樣站在你面前為他們代求， 要使你的忿怒向他們轉消。

World Chinese Bible ☆

难道可以以恶报善吗？ 他们竟为我的性命挖了坑。 求你记得我怎样站在你面前为他们说好话， 要使你的烈怒转离他们。

Croatian Bible ☆

TÓa zar se dobro uzvraća zlim? A oni mi jamu kopaju! Sjeti se kako stajah pred licem tvojim da u tebe milost tražim za njih, da odvratim od njih jarost tvoju.

Czech Kralická Bible 1613 ☆

Zdaliž má odplacováno býti za dobré zlým, že mi jámu kopají? Rozpomeň se, že jsem se postavoval před oblíčejem tvým, abych se přimlouval k jejich dobrému, a odvrátil prchlivost tvou od nich.

Danish Bible 1931 ☆

Skal godt gengældes med ondt? De grov jo min Sjæl en Grav. Kom i Hu, at jeg stod for dit Åsyn for at tale til Bedste for dem og vende din Vrede fra dem!

Dutch Bible 1917 ☆

Zal dan kwaad voor goed vergolden worden? want zij hebben mijn ziel een kuil gegraven; gedenk, dat ik voor Uw aangezicht gestaan heb, om goed voor hen te spreken, om Uw grimmigheid van hen af te wenden.

Dutch Bible, Petrus Canisius ☆

Mag men dan goed met kwaad vergelden, Dat ze mij een kuil mogen graven? Gedenk toch, dat ik bij U voor hen stond te pleiten, Om uw gramschap van hen af te wenden.

Esperanto Bible ☆

Ĉu oni devas repagi bonon per malbono? ĉar ili fosis foson por mia animo. Memoru, kiel mi staris antaŭ Vi, por paroli bonon pri ili, por forklini de ili Vian koleron.

French: Bible J.N. Darby ☆

Le mal sera-t-il rendu pour le bien ? car ils ont creusé une fosse pour mon âme. Souviens-toi que je me suis tenu devant ta face afin de parler pour eux en bien, afin de détourner d’eux ton courroux.

French Ostervald Bible ☆

Le mal sera-t-il rendu pour le bien? Car ils ont creusé une fosse pour mon âme. Souviens-toi que je me suis tenu devant toi, afin de parler pour leur bien, afin de détourner d'eux ta colère.

French Louis Segond 1910 Bible ☆

Le mal sera-t-il rendu pour le bien? Car ils ont creusé une fosse pour m’ôter la vie. Souviens-t’en, je me suis tenu devant toi, Afin de parler en leur faveur, Et de détourner d’eux ta colère.

French Free Holy Bible for the World ☆

Le mal doit-il être rendu pour le bien ? Car ils ont creusé une fosse pour me tuer. Souviens-toi de la façon dont je me suis tenu devant toi pour parler en leur faveur, afin de détourner ta colère loin d'eux.

German Unrevised Elberfelder Bible ☆

Soll Böses für Gutes vergolten werden? Denn sie haben meiner Seele eine Grube gegraben. Gedenke, daß ich vor dir gestanden habe, Gutes über sie zu reden, um deinen Grimm von ihnen abzuwenden.

German Luther Bible 1912 ☆

Ist's recht, daß man Gutes mit Bösem vergilt? Denn sie haben meiner Seele eine Grube gegraben. Gedenke doch, wie ich vor dir gestanden bin, daß ich ihr Bestes redete und deinen Grimm von ihnen wendete.

German Textbibel ☆

Soll denn für Gutes Böses vergolten werden, daß sie mir eine Grube gegraben haben? Gedenke, wie ich vor dir betend stand, um ihnen zum Besten zu reden, um deinen Grimm von ihnen abzuwenden!

German Schlachter Bible 1951 ☆

Soll Gutes mit Bösem vergolten werden, da sie meiner Seele eine Grube gegraben haben? Gedenke, wie ich vor dir gestanden habe, zu ihrem Besten zu reden, um deinen Zorn von ihnen abzuwenden!

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SEPTUAGINTA ☆

εἰ ἀνταποδίδοται ἀντὶ ἀγαθῶν κακά; ὅτι συνελάλησαν ρήματα κακὰ τῆς ψυχῆς μου καὶ τὴν κόλασιν αὐτῶν ἔκρυψάν μοι· μνήσθητι ἑστηκότος μου κατὰ πρόσωπόν σου τοῦ λαλῆσαι ὑπὲρ αὐτῶν ἀγαθά, τοῦ ἀποστρέψαι τὸν θυμόν σου ἀπ' αὐτῶν.

Brenton Septuagint ☆

Εἰ ἀνταποδίδοται ἀντὶ ἀγαθῶν κακὰ, ὅτι συνελάλησαν ῥήματα κατὰ τῆς ψυχῆς μου, καὶ τὴν κόλασιν αὐτῶν ἔκρυψάν μοι· μνήσθητι ἑστηκότος μου κατὰ πρόσωπόν σου, τοῦ λαλῆσαι ὑπὲρ αὐτῶν ἀγαθὰ, τοῦ ἀποστρέψαι τὸν θυμόν σου ἀπʼ αὐτῶν.

Haitian Creole Bible 1985 ☆

Lè yon moun fè ou byen, èske se mal pou ou fè li? Yo fouye yon twou pou fè m' tonbe ladan l'. Chonje jan m' te kanpe devan ou pou m' te pale pou yo, pou m' te mande ou pa fè kòlè sou yo.

Hawaiian Bible 1868 ☆

E hoihoi ia anei ka hewa no ka maikai? No ka mea, ua kohi lakou i lua no ko'u ola. E hoomanao oe i ko'u ku ana imua ou, e olelo i ka maikai no lakou, e hoohuli aku i kou inaina mai o lakou aku.

Hebrew Masoretic OT ☆

הַיְשֻׁלַּ֤ם תַּֽחַת־טֹובָה֙ רָעָ֔ה כִּֽי־כָר֥וּ שׁוּחָ֖ה לְנַפְשִׁ֑י זְכֹ֣ר ׀ עָמְדִ֣י לְפָנֶ֗יךָ לְדַבֵּ֤ר עֲלֵיהֶם֙ טֹובָ֔ה לְהָשִׁ֥יב אֶת־חֲמָתְךָ֖ מֵהֶֽם׃

Modern Hebrew Bible ☆

הישלם תחת טובה רעה כי כרו שוחה לנפשי זכר עמדי לפניך לדבר עליהם טובה להשיב את חמתך מהם׃

Italian Diodati Bible ☆

Devesi rendere mal per bene? conciossiachè essi abbiano cavata una fossa all'anima mia. Ricordati che io mi son presentato dinanzi a te, per parlare in favor loro, per istornar l'ira tua da loro.

Italian Riveduta Bible ☆

Il male sarà esso reso per il bene? Poiché essi hanno scavato una fossa per l’anima mia. Ricordati com’io mi son presentato dinanzi a te per parlare in loro favore, e per stornare da loro l’ira tua.

Japanese Freedom Bible ☆

善に悪を返してよいのか。 彼らは私の命を奪うために穴を掘った。 私があなたの御前に立って彼らのために良いことを語り、 あなたの憤りを彼らからそらそうとしたことを覚えてください。

Korean Bible 1910 ☆

어찌 악으로 선을 갚으리이까마는 그들이 나의 생명을 해하려고 구덩이를 팠나이다 내가 주의 분노를 그들에게서 돌이키려 하고 주의 앞에 서서 그들을 위하여 선한 말씀 한 것을 기억하옵소서

Kosraean Bible ☆

Ya ma koluk uh pa molin ma wo? A liye, elos pukanak luf se nu sik nga in putatyang nu loac. Esam lah nga tuh tuku nu yurum in kwafe kaclos, ac srike in loangelos liki kasrkusrak lom.

Clementine Vulgate 1598 ☆

Numquid redditur pro bono malum, quia foderunt foveam animæ meæ? Recordare quod steterim in conspectu tuo ut loquerer pro eis bonum, et averterem indignationem tuam ab eis.

Old Persion Version Bible ☆

آیا بدی به عوض نیکویی ادا خواهدشد زیرا که حفره‌ای برای جان من کنده‌اند. بیادآور که چگونه به حضور تو ایستاده بودم تا درباره ایشان سخن نیکو گفته، حدت خشم تو را ازایشان بگردانم.

World Portuguese Bible ☆

Acaso o mal deve ser retribuído pelo bem? Pois eles cavaram uma cova para a minha alma. Lembra-te de como me coloquei diante de ti para falar o bem a favor deles, para desviar deles a tua ira.

Portuguese Bíblia Livre ☆

Por acaso se pagará ao bem com o mal? Pois já cavaram uma cova para a minha alma! Lembra-te que me pus diante de ti para falar pelo bem deles, para desviar deles a tua ira.

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Romanian BTF Bible ☆

Va fi răul răsplătit în locul binelui? Pentru că ei au săpat o groapă sufletului meu. Amintește-ți că am stat în picioare înaintea ta pentru a vorbi bine pentru ei și pentru a întoarce furia ta de la ei.

Romanian Bible (Cyrillic) ☆

Ку рэу се рэсплэтеште бинеле? Кэч ау сэпат о гроапэ ка сэ-мь я вяца. Аду-Ць аминте кэ ам стат ынаинтя Та ка сэ ворбеск бине пентру ей ши сэ абат мыния Та де ла ей.

Russian Synodal Bible ☆

Должно ли воздавать злом за добро? а они роют яму душе моей. Вспомни, что я стою пред лицем Твоим, чтобы говорить за них доброе, чтобы отвратить от них гнев Твой.

Serbian DK Bible (Latin) ☆

Eda li će se zlo vratiti za dobro, kad mi kopaju jamu? Opomeni se da sam stajao pred Tobom govoreći za njihovo dobro, da bih odvratio gnev Tvoj od njih.

Serbian DK Bible (Cyrillic) ☆

Еда ли ће се зло вратити за добро, кад ми копају јаму? Опомени се да сам стајао пред Тобом говорећи за њихово добро, да бих одвратио гнев Твој од њих.

Mashi Bible ☆

K’omuntu anagalule obubî oku minjà? Bôhe badwîrhage bampumbira omwîna. Kengêra oku nayimangaga embere zâwe nti mbaderhere ebinja, nti mbayâse oburhè bwâwe.

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Reina Valera 1909 ☆

¿Dase mal por bien, para que hayan cavado hoyo á mi alma? Acuérdate que me puse delante de ti para hablar bien por ellos, para apartar de ellos tu ira.

Spanish BLL ☆

¿Acaso se paga el bien con el mal? ¡Pues ellos han cavado una fosa para quitarme la vida! Recuerda que yo me presenté ante ti para interceder por ellos, para que no descargaras tu enojo sobre ellos.

Spanish Free Bible for the World ☆

¿Se da mal por bien? Porque han cavado hoyo para mi vida. Acuérdate que me puse delante de ti para hablar bien por ellos, para apartar de ellos tu ira.

La Biblia en Español Sencillo ☆

¿Es el mal la recompensa del bien? porque han hecho un agujero profundo para mi alma. Recuerda cómo tomé mi lugar ante ti, para decirles una buena palabra para que tu ira pueda ser rechazada.

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Spanish Bible (God's Word for You) ☆

¿Se paga el bien con mal? Porque cavaron una fosa para mi vida. Recuerda cómo intercedí por ellos ante Ti, para apartar tu ira de ellos.

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Revised West Version ☆

‌ʻE totongi koā ʻaki ʻae kovi ki he lelei? He kuo nau keli ʻae luo ki hoku laumālie. Ke ke manatu naʻaku tuʻu ʻi ho ʻao, ke hūfia ʻakinautolu, pea ke fakaafe ho houhau meiate kinautolu.

Ukrainian Bible by P. Kulish ☆

Чи годиться ж віддячувати злом за добро? а вони менї яму копають. Спогадай, що я все стояв перед тобою, благаючи добра їм, аби гнїв твій од них одвернути.

Ukrainian Freedom Bible ☆

Чи годиться ж віддячувати злом за добро? а вони менї яму копають. Спогадай, що я все стояв перед тобою, благаючи добра їм, аби гнїв твій од них одвернути.

Vietnamese Bible 1923 ☆

Người ta có lẽ nào lấy ác báo thiện sao? vì họ đã đào hầm đặng hại linh hồn tôi. Xin Ngài nhớ rằng tôi từng đứng trước mặt Ngài đặng vì họ cầu phước, làm cho cơn giận Ngài xây khỏi họ.

Hebrew OT (WLC) ☆

הַיְשֻׁלַּ֤ם תַּֽחַת־טוֹבָה֙ רָעָ֔ה כִּֽי־כָר֥וּ שׁוּחָ֖ה לְנַפְשִׁ֑י זְכֹ֣ר ׀ עָמְדִ֣י לְפָנֶ֗יךָ לְדַבֵּ֤ר עֲלֵיהֶם֙ טוֹבָ֔ה לְהָשִׁ֥יב אֶת־חֲמָתְךָ֖ מֵהֶֽם׃