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


In Context

19 A gossip betrays a confidence; so avoid a man who talks too much.

20 If a man curses his father or mother, his lamp will be snuffed out in pitch darkness.

21 An inheritance quickly gained at the beginning will not be blessed at the end.

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

23 The Lord detests differing weights, and dishonest scales do not please him.

24 A man's steps are directed by the Lord . How then can anyone understand his own way?

Proverbs 20:22 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

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

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.