Proverbs 24:29
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New International Version (©2011)
Do not say, "I'll do to them as they have done to me; I'll pay them back for what they did."

New Living Translation (©2007)
And don't say, "Now I can pay them back for what they've done to me! I'll get even with them!"

English Standard Version (©2001)
Do not say, “I will do to him as he has done to me; I will pay the man back for what he has done.”

New American Standard Bible (©1995)
Do not say, "Thus I shall do to him as he has done to me; I will render to the man according to his work."

King James Bible (Cambridge Ed.)
Say not, I will do so to him as he hath done to me: I will render to the man according to his work.

Holman Christian Standard Bible (©2009)
Don't say, "I'll do to him what he did to me; I'll repay the man for what he has done."

International Standard Version (©2012)
Don't say, "I'll do to him like he did to me, I'll be sure to pay him back for what he did."

NET Bible (©2006)
Do not say, "I will do to him just as he has done to me; I will pay him back according to what he has done."

Aramaic Bible in Plain English (©2010)
And do not say, “I shall do to him as he does to me and I shall pay him according to his works.”

GOD'S WORD® Translation (©1995)
Do not say, "I'll treat him as he treated me. I'll pay him back for what he has done to me."

King James 2000 Bible (©2003)
Say not, I will do so to him as he has done to me: I will render to the man according to his work.

American King James Version
Say not, I will do so to him as he has done to me: I will render to the man according to his work.

American Standard Version
Say not, I will do so to him as he hath done to me; I will render to the man according to his work.

Douay-Rheims Bible
Say not: I will do to him as he hath done to me: I will render to every one according to his work.

Darby Bible Translation
Say not, I will do so to him as he hath done to me, I will render to the man according to his work.

English Revised Version
Say not, I will do so to him as he hath done to me; I will render to the man according to his work.

Webster's Bible Translation
Say not, I will do so to him as he hath done to me: I will render to the man according to his work.

World English Bible
Don't say, "I will do to him as he has done to me; I will render to the man according to his work."

Young's Literal Translation
Say not, 'As he did to me, so I do to him, I render to each according to his work.'

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary

24:28,29. There are three defaults in a witness pointed out.

Pulpit Commentary

Verse 29. - The subject is still continued, as if the moralist would say, "Though a man has done you an injury by gratuitously testifying against you, do not you retaliate in the same way." Say not, I will do so to him as he hath done to me (see Proverbs 20:22, and note there). The lex talionis should not be applied to private wrongs. The high morality of the Christian code is here anticipated, the Holy Spirit guiding both.

Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Say not, I will do so to him as he hath done to me,.... He has falsely accused and reproached me, and bore a false testimony, or suborned false witnesses against me, and I will do the same to him, now an opportunity serves; but as private revenge itself is sinful, so especially when it is pursued in a wicked way;

I will render to the man according to his work; this should be left to the Lord, whose prerogative it is; see Proverbs 24:19.

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Bible Commentary

29. Especially avoid retaliation (Mt 5:43-45; Ro 12:17).

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Further Sayings of the Wise
…28Be not a witness against your neighbor without cause; and deceive not with your lips. 29Say not, I will do so to him as he has done to me: I will render to the man according to his work. 30I went by the field of the slothful, and by the vineyard of the man void of understanding; …

Matthew 5:39 But I tell you, do not resist an evil person. If anyone slaps you on the right cheek, turn to them the other cheek also.
Romans 12:17 Do not repay anyone evil for evil. Be careful to do what is right in the eyes of everyone.
Romans 12:19 Do not take revenge, my dear friends, but leave room for God's wrath, for it is written: "It is mine to avenge; I will repay," says the Lord.
Proverbs 20:22 Do not say, "I'll pay you back for this wrong!" Wait for the LORD, and he will avenge you.