Jeremiah 18:20 “Should good be repaid with evil? Yet they have dug a pit for me. Remem…”

Jeremiah 18:20

Should good be repaid with evil? Yet they have dug a pit for me. Remember how I stood before You to speak good on their behalf, to turn Your wrath from them.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

Shall evil be recompensed for good? for they have digged a pit for my soul. Remember that I stood before thee to speak good for them, and to turn away thy wrath from them.

World English Bible

Should evil be recompensed for good? For they have dug a pit for my soul. Remember how I stood before you to speak good for them, to turn away your wrath from them.

American Standard Version

Shall evil be recompensed for good? for they have digged a pit for my soul. Remember how I stood before thee to speak good for them, to turn away thy wrath from them.

Geneva Bible 1599

Shall euill be recompensed for good? for they haue digged a pit for my soule: remember that I stood before thee, to speake good for the, and to turne away thy wrath from them.

Darby Translation

Shall evil be recompensed for good? For they have digged a pit for my soul. Remember how I stood before thee to speak good for them, to turn away thy wrath from them.

Young's Literal Translation

Is evil recompensed instead of good, That they have dug a pit for my soul? Remember my standing before Thee to speak good of them, To turn back Thy wrath from them.

Bible in Basic English

Is evil to be the reward of good? for they have made a deep hole for my soul. Keep in mind how I took my place before you, to say a good word for them so that your wrath might be turned away from them.

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Cross references

“evil”

1 Samuel 24:17–19 Psalm 35:12 Psalm 38:20 Proverbs 17:13 John 10:32 John 15:25

1 Samuel 24:17–19 · BSB

and said to David, “You are more righteous than I, for you have rewarded me with good, though I have rewarded you with evil.

Psalm 35:12 · BSB

They repay me evil for good, to the bereavement of my soul.

Psalm 38:20 · BSB

Those who repay my good with evil attack me for pursuing the good.

Proverbs 17:13 · BSB

If anyone returns evil for good, evil will never leave his house.

John 10:32 · BSB

But Jesus responded, “I have shown you many good works from the Father. For which of these do you stone Me?”

John 15:25 · BSB

But this is to fulfill what is written in their Law: ‘They hated Me without reason.’

“digged”

Psalm 35:7 Psalm 57:6 Jeremiah 18:22 Psalm 119:95 Proverbs 26:27 Ecclesiastes 10:8

Psalm 35:7 · BSB

For without cause they laid their net for me; without reason they dug a pit for my soul.

Psalm 57:6 · BSB

They spread a net for my feet; my soul was despondent. They dug a pit before me, but they themselves have fallen into it! Selah

Jeremiah 18:22 · BSB

Let a cry be heard from their houses when You suddenly bring raiders against them, for they have dug a pit to capture me and have hidden snares for my feet.

Psalm 119:95 · BSB

The wicked wait to destroy me, but I will ponder Your testimonies.

Proverbs 26:27 · BSB

He who digs a pit will fall into it, and he who rolls a stone will have it roll back on him.

Ecclesiastes 10:8 · BSB

He who digs a pit may fall into it, and he who breaches a wall may be bitten by a snake.

“Remember”

Psalm 106:23 Jeremiah 7:16 Jeremiah 11:14 Jeremiah 14:7–11 Genesis 18:22–32 Jeremiah 14:20–22

Psalm 106:23 · BSB

So He said He would destroy them— had not Moses His chosen one stood before Him in the breach to divert His wrath from destroying them.

Jeremiah 7:16 · BSB

As for you, do not pray for these people, do not offer a plea or petition on their behalf, and do not beg Me, for I will not listen to you.

Jeremiah 11:14 · BSB

As for you, do not pray for these people. Do not raise up a cry or a prayer on their behalf, for I will not be listening when they call out to Me in their time of disaster.

Jeremiah 14:7–11 · BSB

Although our iniquities testify against us, O LORD, act for the sake of Your name. Indeed, our rebellions are many; we have sinned against You.

Genesis 18:22–32 · BSB

And the two men turned away and went toward Sodom, but Abraham remained standing before the LORD.

Jeremiah 14:20–22 · BSB

We acknowledge our wickedness, O LORD, the guilt of our fathers; indeed, we have sinned against You.

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

In context

19Attend to me, O LORD. Hear what my accusers are saying!

21Therefore, hand their children over to famine; pour out the power of the sword upon them. Let their wives become childless and widowed; let their husbands be slain by disease, their young men struck down by the sword in battle.

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