29Do not say, "I'll do to him as he has done to me; I'll pay that man back for what he did."


In Context

26 An honest answer is like a kiss on the lips.

27 Finish your outdoor work and get your fields ready; after that, build your house.

28 Do not testify against your neighbor without cause, or use your lips to deceive.

29 Do not say, "I'll do to him as he has done to me; I'll pay that man back for what he did."

30 I went past the field of the sluggard, past the vineyard of the man who lacks judgment;

31 thorns had come up everywhere, the ground was covered with weeds, and the stone wall was in ruins.

Proverbs 24:29 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

24:29Say not, I will do so to him as he hath done to me: I will render to the man according to his work.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

24:29Say not: I will do to him as he hath done to me: I will render to every one according to his work.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

24:29Say not, I will do so to him as he hath done to me; I will render to the man according to his work.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

24:29Say not, I will do so to him as he hath done to me, I will render to the man according to his work.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

24:29Say not, I will do so to him as he hath done to me; I will render to the man according to his work.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

24:29Say not, I will do so to him as he hath done to me: I will render to the man according to his work.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

24:29Don't say, |I will do to him as he has done to me; I will render to the man according to his work.|

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

24:29Say not, 'As he did to me, so I do to him, I render to each according to his work.'

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

24:29Say not, I will do so to him as he has done to me: I will render to the man according to his work.