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


In Context

19 He who goes about as a tale-bearer reveals secrets; therefore don't keep company with him who opens wide his lips.

20 Whoever curses his father or his mother, his lamp shall be put out in blackness of darkness.

21 An inheritance quickly gained at the beginning, won't be blessed in the end.

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

23 Yahweh detests differing weights, and dishonest scales are not pleasing.

24 A man's steps are from Yahweh; how then can man understand his 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 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 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.