4All things hath Jehovah wrought for Himself, And also the wicked worketh for a day of evil.


In Context

1 Of man are arrangements of the heart, And from Jehovah an answer of the tongue.

2 All the ways of a man are pure in his own eyes, And Jehovah is pondering the spirits.

3 Roll unto Jehovah thy works, And established are thy purposes,

4 All things hath Jehovah wrought for Himself, And also the wicked worketh for a day of evil.

5 An abomination to Jehovah is every proud one of heart, Hand to hand he is not acquitted.

6 In kindness and truth pardoned is iniquity, And in the fear of Jehovah Turn thou aside from evil.

Proverbs 16:4 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

16:4The LORD hath made all [things] for himself: yea, even the wicked for the day of evil.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

16:4The Lord works out everything for his own ends- even the wicked for a day of disaster.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

16:4The Lord hath made all things for himself: the wicked also for the evil day.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

16:4Jehovah hath made everything for its own end; Yea, even the wicked for the day of evil.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

16:4Jehovah hath wrought everything on his own account, yea, even the wicked for the day of evil.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

16:4The LORD hath made every thing for its own end: yea, even the wicked for the day of evil.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

16:4The LORD hath made all things for himself: yes, even the wicked for the day of evil.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

16:4Yahweh has made everything for its own end— yes, even the wicked for the day of evil.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

16:4The LORD has made all things for himself: yes, even the wicked for the day of evil.