Isaiah 3:11 “Woe to the wicked; disaster is upon them! For they will be repaid with…”

Isaiah 3:11

Woe to the wicked; disaster is upon them! For they will be repaid with what their hands have done.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

Woe unto the wicked! it shall be ill with him: for the reward of his hands shall be given him.

World English Bible

Woe to the wicked! Disaster is upon them, for the deeds of their hands will be paid back to them.

American Standard Version

Woe unto the wicked! it shall be ill with him; for what his hands have done shall be done unto him.

Geneva Bible 1599

Woe be to the wicked, it shalbe euill with him: for the reward of his handes shalbe giuen him.

Darby Translation

Woe unto the wicked! it shall be ill [with him], because the desert of his hands shall be rendered unto him.

Young's Literal Translation

Woe to the wicked — evil, Because the deed of his hand is done to him.

Bible in Basic English

Unhappy is the sinner! for the reward of his evil doings will come on him.

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Cross references

“Woe”

Ecclesiastes 8:13 Isaiah 48:22 Isaiah 65:13–15 Isaiah 65:20 Psalm 1:3–5 Isaiah 57:20

Ecclesiastes 8:13 · BSB

Yet because the wicked do not fear God, it will not go well with them, and their days will not lengthen like a shadow.

Isaiah 48:22 · BSB

“There is no peace,” says the LORD, “for the wicked.”

Isaiah 65:13–15 · BSB

Therefore this is what the Lord GOD says: “My servants will eat, but you will go hungry; My servants will drink, but you will go thirsty; My servants will rejoice, but you will be put to shame.

Isaiah 65:20 · BSB

No longer will a nursing infant live but a few days, or an old man fail to live out his years. For the youth will die at a hundred years, and he who fails to reach a hundred will be considered accursed.

Psalm 1:3–5 · BSB

He is like a tree planted by streams of water, yielding its fruit in season, whose leaf does not wither, and who prospers in all he does.

Isaiah 57:20 · BSB

But the wicked are like the storm-tossed sea, for it cannot be still, and its waves churn up mire and muck.

“for the reward”

James 2:13 Psalm 28:4 Psalm 62:12 Proverbs 1:31 2 Corinthians 5:10

James 2:13 · BSB

For judgment without mercy will be shown to anyone who has not been merciful. Mercy triumphs over judgment.

Psalm 28:4 · BSB

Repay them according to their deeds and for their works of evil. Repay them for what their hands have done; bring back on them what they deserve.

Psalm 62:12 · BSB

and loving devotion to You, O Lord. For You will repay each man according to his deeds.

Proverbs 1:31 · BSB

So they will eat the fruit of their own way, and be filled with their own devices.

2 Corinthians 5:10 · BSB

For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ, that each one may receive his due for the things done in the body, whether good or bad.

“given him”

Psalm 120:3 Psalm 120:4

Psalm 120:3 · BSB

What will He do to you, and what will be added to you, O deceitful tongue?

Psalm 120:4 · BSB

Sharp arrows will come from the warrior, with burning coals of the broom tree!

Also

Deuteronomy 28:15–68

Deuteronomy 28:15–68 · BSB

If, however, you do not obey the LORD your God by carefully following all His commandments and statutes I am giving you today, all these curses will come upon you and overtake you:

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

10Tell the righteous it will be well with them, for they will enjoy the fruit of their labor.

12Youths oppress My people, and women rule over them. O My people, your guides mislead you; they turn you from your paths.

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