Romans 2:9
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New International Version (©2011)
There will be trouble and distress for every human being who does evil: first for the Jew, then for the Gentile;

New Living Translation (©2007)
There will be trouble and calamity for everyone who keeps on doing what is evil--for the Jew first and also for the Gentile.

English Standard Version (©2001)
There will be tribulation and distress for every human being who does evil, the Jew first and also the Greek,

New American Standard Bible (©1995)
There will be tribulation and distress for every soul of man who does evil, of the Jew first and also of the Greek,

King James Bible (Cambridge Ed.)
Tribulation and anguish, upon every soul of man that doeth evil, of the Jew first, and also of the Gentile;

Holman Christian Standard Bible (©2009)
affliction and distress for every human being who does evil, first to the Jew, and also to the Greek;

International Standard Version (©2012)
There will be suffering and anguish for every human being who practices doing evil, for Jews first and for Greeks as well.

NET Bible (©2006)
There will be affliction and distress on everyone who does evil, on the Jew first and also the Greek,

Aramaic Bible in Plain English (©2010)
Suffering and trouble, to every person who cultivates wickedness, to the Jews first and to the Aramaeans,

GOD'S WORD® Translation (©1995)
There will be suffering and distress for every person who does evil, for Jews first and Greeks as well.

King James 2000 Bible (©2003)
Tribulation and anguish, upon every soul of man that does evil, of the Jew first, and also of the Greek;

American King James Version
Tribulation and anguish, on every soul of man that does evil, of the Jew first, and also of the Gentile;

American Standard Version
tribulation and anguish, upon every soul of man that worketh evil, of the Jew first, and also of the Greek;

Douay-Rheims Bible
Tribulation and anguish upon every soul of man that worketh evil, of the Jew first, and also of the Greek.

Darby Bible Translation
tribulation and distress, on every soul of man that works evil, both of Jew first, and of Greek;

English Revised Version
tribulation and anguish, upon every soul of man that worketh evil, of the Jew first, and also of the Greek;

Webster's Bible Translation
Tribulation and anguish upon every soul of man that doeth evil, of the Jew first, and also of the Gentile;

Weymouth New Testament
coming upon the soul of every man and woman who deliberately does wrong--upon the Jew first, and then upon the Gentile;

World English Bible
oppression and anguish, on every soul of man who works evil, to the Jew first, and also to the Greek.

Young's Literal Translation
tribulation and distress, upon every soul of man that is working the evil, both of Jew first, and of Greek;

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary

2:1-16 The Jews thought themselves a holy people, entitled to their privileges by right, while they were unthankful, rebellious, and unrighteous. But all who act thus, of every nation, age, and description, must be reminded that the judgment of God will be according to their real character. The case is so plain, that we may appeal to the sinner's own thoughts. In every wilful sin, there is contempt of the goodness of God. And though the branches of man's disobedience are very various, all spring from the same root. But in true repentance, there must be hatred of former sinfulness, from a change wrought in the state of the mind, which disposes it to choose the good and to refuse the evil. It shows also a sense of inward wretchedness. Such is the great change wrought in repentance, it is conversion, and is needed by every human being. The ruin of sinners is their walking after a hard and impenitent heart. Their sinful doings are expressed by the strong words, treasuring up wrath. In the description of the just man, notice the full demand of the law. It demands that the motives shall be pure, and rejects all actions from earthly ambition or ends. In the description of the unrighteous, contention is held forth as the principle of all evil. The human will is in a state of enmity against God. Even Gentiles, who had not the written law, had that within, which directed them what to do by the light of nature. Conscience is a witness, and first or last will bear witness. As they nature. Conscience is a witness, and first or last will bear witness. As they kept or broke these natural laws and dictates, their consciences either acquitted or condemned them. Nothing speaks more terror to sinners, and more comfort to saints, than that Christ shall be the Judge. Secret services shall be rewarded, secret sins shall be then punished, and brought to light.

Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Tribulation and anguish,.... These, with the foregoing words, are expressive of the second death, the torments of hell, the worm that never dies, and the fire that is not quenched: which will fall

upon every soul of man that doth evil; whose course of life and conversation is evil; for "the soul that sins shall die", Ezekiel 18:4, unless satisfaction is made for his sins by the blood of Christ:

of the Jew first, and also of the Gentile; regard being had to what nation they belong.

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Bible Commentary

9. Tribulation and anguish—the effect of these in the sinner himself.

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God's Righteous Judgment
…8But to them that are contentious, and do not obey the truth, but obey unrighteousness, indignation and wrath, 9Tribulation and anguish, on every soul of man that does evil, of the Jew first, and also of the Gentile; 10But glory, honor, and peace, to every man that works good, to the Jew first, and also to the Gentile: …

2 Chronicles 6:23 then hear from heaven and act. Judge between your servants, condemning the guilty and bringing down on their heads what they have done, and vindicating the innocent by treating them in accordance with their innocence.
Psalm 32:10 Many are the woes of the wicked, but the LORD's unfailing love surrounds the one who trusts in him.
Proverbs 11:23 The desire of the righteous ends only in good, but the hope of the wicked only in wrath.
Ezekiel 22:31 So I will pour out my wrath on them and consume them with my fiery anger, bringing down on their own heads all they have done, declares the Sovereign LORD."
Amos 3:2 "You only have I chosen of all the families of the earth; therefore I will punish you for all your sins."
Acts 3:26 When God raised up his servant, he sent him first to you to bless you by turning each of you from your wicked ways."
Romans 1:16 For I am not ashamed of the gospel, because it is the power of God that brings salvation to everyone who believes: first to the Jew, then to the Gentile.
Romans 2:10 but glory, honor and peace for everyone who does good: first for the Jew, then for the Gentile.
Romans 8:35 Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Shall trouble or hardship or persecution or famine or nakedness or danger or sword?
1 Peter 4:17 For it is time for judgment to begin with God's household; and if it begins with us, what will the outcome be for those who do not obey the gospel of God?