JER 18:20 Parallel Verse View

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BrLXX 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.
(Ei antapodidotai anti agathōn kaka, hoti sunelalaʸsan ɽaʸmata kata taʸs psuⱪaʸs mou, kai taʸn kolasin autōn ekrupsan moi; mnaʸsthaʸti hestaʸkotos mou kata prosōpon sou, tou lalaʸsai huper autōn agatha, tou apostrepsai ton thumon sou apʼ autōn. )

BrTr 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.

ULT Will disaster from them really be my reward for being good to them? For they have dug a pit for me.
⇔ Remember how I stood before you to speak for their welfare, to cause your fury to turn away from them.

UST I am doing things that are good,
⇔ so it is disgusting that they are paying me back by doing evil things to me.
⇔ It is as though they have dug a pit for me to fall into and die.
⇔ Do not forget that one time I stood in front of you and pleaded for you to help them,
⇔ and I tried to prevent you from punishing them, even though you were very angry with them.

BSB 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.

OEB Shall evil be rendered for good
⇔ That a pit they have dug for my life?
⇔ Call to mind how I stood before Thee,
⇔ To utter a prayer for their welfare,
⇔ And to turn Thy fury from them.

WEBBE 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.

WMBB (Same as above)

NET Should good be paid back with evil?
⇔ Yet they are virtually digging a pit to kill me.
⇔ Just remember how I stood before you
⇔ pleading on their behalf
⇔ to keep you from venting your anger on them.

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

FBV Should good be paid back with evil? Yet they have dug a pit to trap me! Remember how I stood before you to plead on their behalf, to stop you being angry with them?

T4T I am doing things that are good,
⇔ so it is disgusting that [RHQ] they are paying me back by doing evil things to me.
⇔ It is as though they have dug a pit for me to fall into and die.
⇔ Do not forget that one time I stood in front of you and pleaded for you to help them,
⇔ and I tried to prevent you from punishing them [MTY], even though you were very angry with them.

LEB • Yet they have dug a pit for me. • Remember my standing[fn] to speak good for them, • to avert your wrath from them.

18:18 Literally “to the face of you”

BBE 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.

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JPS 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 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.

DRA 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.

YLT 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.

Drby 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.

RV 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.

Wbstr 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.

KJB-1769 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.
(Shall evil be recompensed for good? for they have digged a pit for my soul. Remember that I stood before thee/you to speak good for them, and to turn away thy/your wrath from them. )

KJB-1611 Shall euill bee recompensed for good? for they haue digged a pit for my soule: remember that I stood before thee to speake good for them, and to turne away thy wrath from them.
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above, apart from capitalisation and punctuation)

Bshps Shall they recompence euyll for good? for they haue digged a pit for my soule: Remember howe that I stoode before thee to speake good for them, and to turne away thy wrath from them.
(Shall they recompense evil for good? for they have digged a pit for my soul: Remember how that I stood before thee/you to speak good for them, and to turn away thy/your wrath from them.)

Gnva 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.
(Shall evil be recompensed for good? for they have digged a pit for my soul: remember that I stood before thee/you, to speak good for them, and to turn away thy/your wrath from them. )

Cvdl Do they not recompence euell for good, when they dygg a pyt for my soule? Remembre, how that I stode before the, to speake for the, ad to turne awaye thy wrath from them.
(Do they not recompense evil for good, when they dygg a pit for my soule? Remembre, how that I stood before them, to speak for them, ad to turn away thy/your wrath from them.)

Wycl Whether yuel is yoldun for good, for thei han diggid a pit to my soule; haue thou mynde, that Y stoode in thi siyt, to speke good for hem, and to turne awei thin indignacioun fro hem.
(Whether evil is yoldun for good, for they have diggid a pit to my soule; have thou/you mind, that I stood in thy/your sight, to speak good for them, and to turn away thin indignation from them.)

Luth 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!
(Ist‘s recht, that man Goodness with Bösem vergilt? Because they/she/them have my SeeLE one Grube gegraben. Gedenke doch, like I before/in_front_of you/to_you gestanden am, that I you/their/her Bestes talked and deinen Grimm from to_them wendete!)

ClVg 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.
(Numquid redditur for bono evil, because foderunt foveam animæ meæ? Recordare that steterim in in_sight tuo as loquerer for to_them bonum, and averterem indignationem tuam away eis. )

UTN uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / rquestion

(Occurrence 0) Will disaster from them really be my reward for being good to them?

(Some words not found in UHB: the,repaid with good evil that/for/because/then/when dug pit for,life,my remember stood,I to=your=face to,speak on_~_behalf,their good to,turn_away DOM wrath,your from,them )

Jeremiah asks this question to emphasize that good actions should not be repaid with bad things. Alternate translation: “Disaster from them should not be my reward for being good to them.”

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

(Occurrence 0) they have dug a pit for me

Jeremiah speaks of his enemies planning to kill him as if they had dug a pit in which to trap him.

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / metonymy

(Occurrence 0) to cause your fury to turn away from them

Here the word “fury” represents the punishment that Yahweh intended to inflict upon them.

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