22Say not thou, I will recompense evil; but wait on the LORD, and he shall save thee.


In Context

19 He that goeth about as a talebearer revealeth secrets: therefore meddle not with him that flattereth with his lips.

20 Whoso curseth his father or his mother, his lamp shall be put out in obscure darkness.

21 An inheritance may be gotten hastily at the beginning; but the end thereof shall not be blessed.

22 Say not thou, I will recompense evil; but wait on the LORD, and he shall save thee.

23 Divers weights are an abomination unto the LORD; and a false balance is not good.

24 Man’s goings are of the LORD; how can a man then understand his own way?

Proverbs 20:22 in Other Translations

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

20:22Do not say, "I'll pay you back for this wrong!" Wait for the Lord , and he will deliver you.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

20:22Say not: I will return evil: wait for the Lord and he will deliver thee.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

20:22Say not thou, I will recompense evil: Wait for Jehovah, and he will save thee.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

20:22Say not, I will recompense evil: wait on Jehovah, and he shall save thee.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

20:22Say not thou, I will recompense evil: wait on the LORD, and he shall save thee.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

20:22Say not thou, I will recompense evil; but wait on the LORD, and he shall save thee.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

20:22Don't say, |I will pay back evil.| Wait for Yahweh, and he will save you.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

20:22Do not say, 'I recompense evil,' Wait for Jehovah, and He delivereth thee.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

20:22Say not you, I will recompense evil; but wait on the LORD, and he shall save you.