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


In Context

19 A revealer of secret counsels is the busybody, And for a deceiver with his lips make not thyself surety.

20 Whoso is vilifying his father and his mother, Extinguished is his lamp in blackness of darkness.

21 An inheritance gotten wrongly at first, Even its latter end is not blessed.

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

23 An abomination to Jehovah are a stone and a stone, And balances of deceit are not good.

24 From Jehovah are the steps of a man, And man — how understandeth he 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 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 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.