Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version Do not say, “I’ll pay you back for this wrong!” Wait for the LORD, and he will avenge you. New Living Translation Don’t say, “I will get even for this wrong.” Wait for the LORD to handle the matter. English Standard Version Do not say, “I will repay evil”; wait for the LORD, and he will deliver you. Berean Standard Bible Do not say, “I will avenge this evil!” Wait on the LORD, and He will save you. King James Bible Say not thou, I will recompense evil; but wait on the LORD, and he shall save thee. New King James Version Do not say, “I will recompense evil”; Wait for the LORD, and He will save you. New American Standard Bible Do not say, “I will repay evil”; Wait for the LORD, and He will save you. NASB 1995 Do not say, “I will repay evil"; Wait for the LORD, and He will save you. NASB 1977 Do not say, “I will repay evil”; Wait for the LORD, and He will save you. Legacy Standard Bible Do not say, “I will repay evil”; Hope in Yahweh, and He will save you. Amplified Bible Do not say, “I will repay evil”; Wait [expectantly] for the LORD, and He will rescue and save you. Christian Standard Bible Don’t say, “I will avenge this evil! ” Wait on the LORD, and he will rescue you. Holman Christian Standard Bible Don’t say, “I will avenge this evil!” Wait on the LORD, and He will rescue you. American Standard Version Say not thou, I will recompense evil: Wait for Jehovah, and he will save thee. Aramaic Bible in Plain English Do not say, "I shall pay evil instead of good”, but wait for LORD JEHOVAH that he may save you. Brenton Septuagint Translation Say not, I will avenge myself on my enemy; but wait on the Lord, that he may help thee. Contemporary English Version Don't try to get even. Trust the LORD, and he will help you. Douay-Rheims Bible Say not: I will return evil: wait for the Lord and he will deliver thee. English Revised Version Say not thou, I will recompense evil: wait on the LORD, and he shall save thee. GOD'S WORD® Translation Do not say, "I'll get even with you!" Wait for the LORD, and he will save you. Good News Translation Don't take it on yourself to repay a wrong. Trust the LORD and he will make it right. International Standard Version Don't say "I'll avenge that wrong!" Wait on the LORD and he will deliver you. JPS Tanakh 1917 Say not thou: 'I will requite evil'; Wait for the LORD, and He will save thee. Literal Standard Version Do not say, “I repay evil,” | Wait for YHWH, and He delivers you. Majority Standard Bible Do not say, “I will avenge this evil!” Wait on the LORD, and He will save you. New American Bible Do not say, “I will repay evil!” Wait for the LORD, who will help you. NET Bible Do not say, "I will pay back evil!" Wait for the LORD, so that he may vindicate you. New Revised Standard Version Do not say, “I will repay evil”; wait for the LORD, and he will help you. New Heart English Bible Do not say, "I will pay back evil." Wait for the LORD, and he will save you. Webster's Bible Translation Say not thou, I will recompense evil; but wait on the LORD, and he shall save thee. World English Bible Don’t say, “I will pay back evil.” Wait for Yahweh, and he will save you. Young's Literal Translation Do not say, 'I recompense evil,' Wait for Jehovah, and He delivereth thee. Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context Wine is a Mocker…21An inheritance gained quickly will not be blessed in the end. 22Do not say, “I will avenge this evil!” Wait on the LORD, and He will save you. 23Unequal weights are detestable to the LORD, and dishonest scales are no good.… Cross References Matthew 5:39 But I tell you not to resist an evil person. If someone slaps you on your right cheek, turn to him the other also; Romans 12:17 Do not repay anyone evil for evil. Carefully consider what is right in the eyes of everybody. Romans 12:19 Do not avenge yourselves, beloved, but leave room for God's wrath. For it is written: "Vengeance is Mine; I will repay, says the Lord." 1 Thessalonians 5:15 Make sure that no one repays evil for evil. Always pursue what is good for one another and for all people. 1 Peter 3:9 Do not repay evil with evil or insult with insult, but with blessing, because to this you were called so that you may inherit a blessing. Psalm 27:14 Wait patiently for the LORD; be strong and courageous. Wait patiently for the LORD! Proverbs 20:21 An inheritance gained quickly will not be blessed in the end. Treasury of Scripture Say not you, I will recompense evil; but wait on the LORD, and he shall save you. I Proverbs 17:13 Whoso rewardeth evil for good, evil shall not depart from his house. Proverbs 24:29 Say not, I will do so to him as he hath done to me: I will render to the man according to his work. Deuteronomy 32:35 To me belongeth vengeance, and recompence; their foot shall slide in due time: for the day of their calamity is at hand, and the things that shall come upon them make haste. wait 2 Samuel 6:12 And it was told king David, saying, The LORD hath blessed the house of Obededom, and all that pertaineth unto him, because of the ark of God. So David went and brought up the ark of God from the house of Obededom into the city of David with gladness. Psalm 27:14 Wait on the LORD: be of good courage, and he shall strengthen thine heart: wait, I say, on the LORD. Psalm 37:34 Wait on the LORD, and keep his way, and he shall exalt thee to inherit the land: when the wicked are cut off, thou shalt see it. Jump to Previous Deliver Delivereth Evil Help I'll Pay Punishment Recompense Repay Requite Save Saviour Wait Waiting WrongJump to Next Deliver Delivereth Evil Help I'll Pay Punishment Recompense Repay Requite Save Saviour Wait Waiting WrongProverbs 20 1. Proper Living(22) Wait on the Lord and he shall save thee.--Do not look for vengeance on enemies (for they are to be forgiven), but for deliverance from their attacks; forget their malice, remember only God's love for thee, and trust in Him. (Comp. 1Peter 3:13, Romans 8:28.)Verse 22. - Say not thou, I will recompense evil (Proverbs 24:29). The jus talonis is the natural feeling of man, to do to others as they have done unto you, to requite evil with evil. But the moralist teaches a better lesson, urging men not to study revenge, and approaching nearer to Christ's injunction, which gives the law of charity, "Whatsoever ye would (οπσα α}ν θέλητε) that men should do to you, do ye even so to them" (Matthew 7:12). The Christian rule is expounded fully by St. Paul (Romans 12:14, 17, etc). It was not unknown to the Jews; for we read in Tobit 4:15, "Do that to no man which thou hatest;" and Hillel enjoins, "Do not thou that to thy neighbour which thou hatest when it is done to thee." Even the heathens had excogitated this great principle. There is a saying of Aristotle, preserved by Diogenes Laertius, "Act towards your friends as you would wish them to act towards you." The Chinese have a proverb, "Water does not remain on the mountain, or vengeance in a great mind." Wait on the Lord, and he shall save thee. The pious writer urges the injured person to commit his cause to the Lord, not in the hope of seeing vengeance taken on his enemy, but in the certainty that God will help him to bear the wrong and deliver him in his own good time and way. The Christian takes St. Peter's view, "Who is he that will harm you if ye be followers of that which is good?" (1 Peter 3:13), knowing that "all things work together for good to them that love God" (Romans 8:28; comp. Ecclus. 2:2, 6). Septuagint, "Say not, I will avenge myself on my enemy, but wait on the Lord, that (ἵνα) he may help thee." The last clause may be grammatically rendered thus, but it is more in accordance with the spirit st' the proverb, as Delitzsch observes, to regard it as a promise. Vulgate, et liberabit te. Parallel Commentaries ... Hebrew Do notאַל־ (’al-) Adverb Strong's 408: Not say, תֹּאמַ֥ר (tō·mar) Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine singular Strong's 559: To utter, say “I will avenge אֲשַׁלְּמָה־ (’ă·šal·lə·māh-) Verb - Piel - Imperfect Cohortative - first person common singular Strong's 7999: To be safe, to be, completed, to be friendly, to reciprocate this evil!” רָ֑ע (rā‘) Adjective - masculine singular Strong's 7451: Bad, evil Wait קַוֵּ֥ה (qaw·wêh) Verb - Piel - Imperative - masculine singular Strong's 6960: To bind together, collect, to expect on the LORD, לַֽ֝יהוָ֗ה (Yah·weh) Preposition-l | Noun - proper - masculine singular Strong's 3068: LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel and He will deliver וְיֹ֣שַֽׁע (wə·yō·ša‘) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Conjunctive imperfect Jussive - third person masculine singular Strong's 3467: To be open, wide, free, to be safe, to free, succor you. לָֽךְ׃ (lāḵ) Preposition | second person feminine singular Strong's Hebrew Links Proverbs 20:22 NIVProverbs 20:22 NLT Proverbs 20:22 ESV Proverbs 20:22 NASB Proverbs 20:22 KJV Proverbs 20:22 BibleApps.com Proverbs 20:22 Biblia Paralela Proverbs 20:22 Chinese Bible Proverbs 20:22 French Bible Proverbs 20:22 Catholic Bible OT Poetry: Proverbs 20:22 Don't say I will pay back evil (Prov. 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