Verse List for ROM 12:20

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OET (OET-RV) But if your enemies are hungry, then feed them, and if they’re thirsty, then give them a drink, because you’ll be leaving them to their own shame and judgement.

OET-LV But if may _be _hungering the enemy of _you, be _feeding him, if he _may _be _thirsting, be _giving _to _drink him, because/for this doing, charcoal of _fire you _will _be _heaping on the head of _him.

ULT But, “If your enemy is hungry, feed him. ⇔ If he is thirsty, give him a drink. ⇔ For doing this, you will heap coals of fire on his head.”

UST Rather than permitting us to retaliate, God instructed us in the Scriptures, “Feed your enemy if that person is hungry. Give your enemy something to drink if that person is thirsty. Do this because when you do so, your enemy will feel ashamed, as if you were piling up burning coals on top of that person’s head.”

BSB On the contrary, ⇔ “If your enemy is hungry, feed him; ⇔  if he is thirsty, give him a drink. ⇔ For in so doing, ⇔  you will heap burning coals on his head.”[fn]

MSB Therefore,[fn] ⇔ “If your enemy is hungry, feed him; ⇔  if he is thirsty, give him a drink. ⇔ For in so doing, ⇔  you will heap burning coals on his head.”[fn]

BLB On the contrary, "If your enemy should hunger, feed him; if he should thirst, give him to drink; for doing this, you will heap coals of fire upon his head."

AICNT {But}[fn] if your enemy is hungry, feed him; if he is thirsty, give him something to drink; for by doing this you will heap burning coals on his head.

OEB Rather – “If your enemy is hungry, feed him; if he is thirsty, give him to drink. By doing this you will heap coals of fire on his head.”

WEBBE & WMBB Therefore ⇔ “If your enemy is hungry, feed him. ⇔  If he is thirsty, give him a drink; ⇔  for in doing so, you will heap coals of fire on his head.”

NET Rather, if your enemy is hungry, feed him; if he is thirsty, give him a drink; for in doing this you will be heaping burning coals on his head.

LSV I will repay again, says the LORD”; if, then, your enemy hungers, feed him; if he thirsts, give him drink; for doing this, you will heap coals of fire on his head.

FBV If those who hate you are hungry, give them food; if they're thirsty, give them a drink; for by doing so you pile fiery coals on their heads.[fn]

TCNT Therefore, “If yoʋr enemy is hungry, feed him; if he is thirsty, give him something to drink; for by doing so, yoʋ will heap coals of fire on his head.”

T4T Instead of doing something evil to those who have done something evil to you, do as the Scriptures teach: “If your (sg) enemies are hungry, feed them! If they are thirsty, give them something to drink! By doing that, you (sg) will cause them to feel ashamed and perhaps they will change their attitude toward you [IDM].”

LEB But “if your enemy is hungry, feed him; if he is thirsty, give him something to drink; for by[fn] doing this, you will heap up coals of fire upon his head.”[fn]

BBE But if one who has hate for you is in need of food or of drink, give it to him, for in so doing you will put coals of fire on his head.

Moff if your enemy is hungry, feed him, ⇔  if he is thirsty, give him drink; ⇔ for in this way you will make him ⇔  feel a burning sense of shame.

Wymth On the contrary, therefore, if your enemy is hungry, give him food; if he is thirsty, quench his thirst. For by doing this you will be heaping burning coals upon his head.

ASV But if thine enemy hunger, feed him; if he thirst, give him to drink: for in so doing thou shalt heap coals of fire upon his head.

DRA But if thy enemy be hungry, give him to eat; if he thirst, give him to drink. For, doing this, thou shalt heap coals of fire upon his head.

YLT I will recompense again, saith the Lord;' if, then, thine enemy doth hunger, feed him; if he doth thirst, give him drink; for this doing, coals of fire thou shalt heap upon his head;

Drby If therefore thine enemy should hunger, feed him; if he should thirst, give him drink; for, so doing, thou shalt heap coals of fire upon his head.

RV But if thine enemy hunger, feed him; if he thirst, give him to drink: for in so doing thou shalt heap coals of fire upon his head.
(But if thine/your enemy hunger, feed him; if he thirst, give him to drink: for in so doing thou/you shalt/shall heap coals of fire upon his head.)

SLT If therefore thine enemy hunger, feed him; if he thirst, give him drink: for doing this, thou shalt heap up coals of fire on his head.

Wbstr Therefore if thy enemy hungereth, feed him; if he thirsteth, give him drink: for in so doing thou shalt heap coals of fire on his head.

KJB-1769 Therefore if thine enemy hunger, feed him; if he thirst, give him drink: for in so doing thou shalt heap coals of fire on his head.
(Therefore if thine/your enemy hunger, feed him; if he thirst, give him drink: for in so doing thou/you shalt/shall heap coals of fire on his head.)

KJB-1611 Therefore if thine enemie hunger, feed him: if he thirst, giue him drink. For in so doing thou shalt heape coales of fire on his head.
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above, apart from capitalisation and punctuation)

Bshps Therfore, yf thyne enemie hunger, feede hym: yf he thyrst, geue him drinke. For in so doyng, thou shalt heape coales of fyre on his head.
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above, apart from capitalisation and punctuation)

Gnva Therefore, if thine enemie hunger, feede him: if he thirst, giue him drinke: for in so doing, thou shalt heape coales of fire on his head.
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above, apart from punctuation)

Cvdl Therfore yf thine enemye hunger, fede him: Yf he thyrst, geue him drinke. For in so doinge thou shalt heape coales of fyre vpo his heade.
(Therefore if thine/your enemy hunger, feed him: If he thirst, give him drink. For in so doing thou/you shalt/shall heap coals of fire upon his head.)

TNT Therfore yf thyn enemy honger fede him: yf he thurst geve him drinke. For in so doynge thou shalt heape coles of fyre on his heed:
(Therefore if thine/your enemy hunger feed him: if he thirst give him drink. For in so doing thou/you shalt/shall heap coals of fire on his heed:)

Wycl But if thin enemy hungrith, fede thou hym; if he thirstith, yyue thou drynke to hym; for thou doynge this thing schalt gidere togidere colis on his heed.
(But if thine/your enemy hungryth, feed thou/you him; if he thirstith, give thou/you drink to him; for thou/you doing this thing shalt/shall gidere together colis on his heed.)

Luth So nun deinen Feind hungert, so speise ihn; dürstet ihn, so tränke ihn. Wenn du das tust, so wirst du feurige Kohlen auf sein Haupt sammeln.
(So now your(s) enemy starving, so speise him/it; thirsts him/it, so tränke him/it. When you(sg) the do/act, so will you(sg) fiery coal on/in/to be head collect.)

ClVg Sed si esurierit inimicus tuus, ciba illum: si sitit, potum da illi: hoc enim faciens, carbones ignis congeres super caput ejus.[fn]
(But when/but_if esurierit the_enemy your(sg), ciba him: when/but_if thirsty, drink give them: this because making, coals fire congeres over the_head his/her.)

SR-GNT “Ἀλλὰ ἐὰν πεινᾷ ὁ ἐχθρός σου, ψώμιζε αὐτόν· ἐὰν διψᾷ, πότιζε αὐτόν· τοῦτο γὰρ ποιῶν, ἄνθρακας πυρὸς σωρεύσεις ἐπὶ τὴν κεφαλὴν αὐτοῦ.” ‡

UGNT ἀλλὰ ἐὰν πεινᾷ ὁ ἐχθρός σου, ψώμιζε αὐτόν; ἐὰν διψᾷ, πότιζε αὐτόν; τοῦτο γὰρ ποιῶν, ἄνθρακας πυρὸς σωρεύσεις ἐπὶ τὴν κεφαλὴν αὐτοῦ.

SBL-GNT ⸂ἀλλὰ ἐὰν⸃ πεινᾷ ὁ ἐχθρός σου, ψώμιζε αὐτόν· ἐὰν διψᾷ, πότιζε αὐτόν· τοῦτο γὰρ ποιῶν ἄνθρακας πυρὸς σωρεύσεις ἐπὶ τὴν κεφαλὴν αὐτοῦ.

RP-GNT Ἐὰν οὖν πεινᾷ ὁ ἐχθρός σου, ψώμιζε αὐτόν· ἐὰν διψᾷ, πότιζε αὐτόν· τοῦτο γὰρ ποιῶν, ἄνθρακας πυρὸς σωρεύσεις ἐπὶ τὴν κεφαλὴν αὐτοῦ.

TC-GNT [fn]ἐὰν οὖν πεινᾷ ὁ ἐχθρός σου, ψώμιζε αὐτόν· ἐὰν διψᾷ, πότιζε αὐτόν· τοῦτο γὰρ ποιῶν ἄνθρακας πυρὸς σωρεύσεις ἐπὶ τὴν κεφαλὴν αὐτοῦ.