Lamentations 3:64

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

Thou wilt render unto them a recompense, O Jehovah, according to the work of their hands.

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American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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Divine name rendering: Frequently renders the Tetragrammaton as Jehovah in the Old Testament, following ASV tradition.
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Strong's numbers are a concordance index, not full lexical definitions

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Referenced Verses

Ps 28:4 : 4 Give them according to their work, and according to the wickedness of their doings: Give them after the operation of their hands; Render to them their desert.
Jer 11:20 : 20 But, O Jehovah of hosts, who judgest righteously, who triest the heart and the mind, I shall see thy vengeance on them; for unto thee have I revealed my cause.
2 Tim 4:14 : 14 Alexander the coppersmith did me much evil: the Lord will render to him according to his works:
Rev 6:10 : 10 and they cried with a great voice, saying, How long, O Master, the holy and true, dost thou not judge and avenge our blood on them that dwell on the earth?
Rev 18:6 : 6 Render unto her even as she rendered, {G5213} and double [unto her] the double according to her works: in the cup which she mingled, mingle unto her double.
Jer 50:29 : 29 Call together the archers against Babylon, all them that bend the bow; encamp against her round about; let none thereof escape: recompense her according to her work; according to all that she hath done, do unto her; for she hath been proud against Jehovah, against the Holy One of Israel.

Similar Verses (AI)

These verses are found using AI-powered semantic similarity based on meaning and context. Results may occasionally include unexpected connections.

Ps 28:4-5
2 verses
87%
4Give them according to their work, and according to the wickedness of their doings: Give them after the operation of their hands; Render to them their desert.
5Because they regard not the works of Jehovah, Nor the operation of his hands, He will break them down and not build them up.
Lam 3:65
82%
65Thou wilt give them hardness of heart, thy curse unto them.
Ps 79:12
77%
12And render unto our neighbors sevenfold into their bosom Their reproach, wherewith they have reproached thee, O Lord.
Isa 59:18
76%
18According to their deeds, accordingly he will repay, wrath to his adversaries, recompense to his enemies; to the islands he will repay recompense.
Rom 2:6
75%
6who will render to every man according to his works:
Ps 62:12
75%
12Also unto thee, O Lord, belongeth lovingkindness; For thou renderest to every man according to his work.
Prov 24:29
75%
29Say not, I will do so to him as he hath done to me; I will render to the man according to his work.
Jer 25:14
74%
14For many nations and great kings shall make bondmen of them, even of them; and I will recompense them according to their deeds, and according to the work of their hands.
Isa 3:9-11
3 verses
74%
9The show of their countenance doth witness against them; and they declare their sin as Sodom, they hide it not. Woe unto their soul! for they have done evil unto themselves.
10Say ye of the righteous, that [it shall be] well [with him]; for they shall eat the fruit of their doings.
11Woe unto the wicked! [it shall be] ill [with him]; for what his hands have done shall be done unto him.
Isa 65:6
74%
6Behold, it is written before me: I will not keep silence, but will recompense, yea, I will recompense into their bosom,
Lam 3:63
73%
63Behold thou their sitting down, and their rising up; I am their song.
Ps 94:2
73%
2Lift up thyself, thou judge of the earth: Render to the proud [their] desert.
Ps 69:27
73%
27Add iniquity unto their iniquity; And let them not come into thy righteousness.
Ps 41:10
73%
10But thou, O Jehovah, have mercy upon me, and raise me up, That I may requite them.
Joel 3:4
72%
4Yea, and what are ye to me, O Tyre, and Sidon, and all the regions of Philistia? will ye render me a recompense? and if ye recompense me, swiftly and speedily will I return your recompense upon your own head.
Ps 69:22-24
3 verses
72%
22Let their table before them become a snare; And when they are in peace, [let it become] a trap.
23Let their eyes be darkened, so that they cannot see; And make their loins continually to shake.
24Pour out thine indignation upon them, And let the fierceness of thine anger overtake them.
Job 34:11
72%
11For the work of a man will he render unto him, And cause every man to find according to his ways.
Ps 109:20
72%
20This is the reward of mine adversaries from Jehovah, And of them that speak evil against my soul.
Rev 18:6
72%
6Render unto her even as she rendered, {G5213} and double [unto her] the double according to her works: in the cup which she mingled, mingle unto her double.
Rom 11:9
72%
9And David saith, Let their table be made {G1519} a snare, and {G1519} a trap, And {G1519} a stumblingblock, and {G1519} a recompense unto them:
Deut 32:35
72%
35Vengeance is mine, and recompense, At the time when their foot shall slide: For the day of their calamity is at hand, And the things that are to come upon them shall make haste.
2 Chr 20:11
72%
11behold, how they reward us, to come to cast us out of thy possession, which thou hast given us to inherit.
Lam 3:60-61
2 verses
72%
60Thou hast seen all their vengeance and all their devices against me.
61Thou hast heard their reproach, O Jehovah, and all their devices against me,
Deut 7:10
71%
10and repayeth them that hate him to their face, to destroy them: he will not be slack to him that hateth him, he will repay him to his face.
Jer 18:23
71%
23Yet, Jehovah, thou knowest all their counsel against me to slay me; forgive not their iniquity, neither blot out their sin from thy sight; but let them be overthrown before thee; deal thou with them in the time of thine anger.
Ps 54:5
71%
5He will requite the evil unto mine enemies: Destroy thou them in thy truth.
Jer 51:24
71%
24And I will render unto Babylon and to all the inhabitants of Chaldea all their evil that they have done in Zion in your sight, saith Jehovah.
Job 21:31
71%
31Who shall declare his way to his face? And who shall repay him what he hath done?
Hos 4:9
71%
9And it shall be, like people, like priest; and I will punish them for their ways, and will requite them their doings.
Ps 149:7
71%
7To execute vengeance upon the nations, And punishments upon the peoples;
Obad 1:15
71%
15For the day of Jehovah is near upon all the nations: as thou hast done, it shall be done unto thee; thy dealing shall return upon thine own head.
Jer 16:18
71%
18And first I will recompense their iniquity and their sin double, because they have polluted my land with the carcasses of their detestable things, and have filled mine inheritance with their abominations.
Ps 109:5
71%
5And they have rewarded me evil for good, And hatred for my love.
Ps 64:7-8
2 verses
71%
7But God will shoot at them; With an arrow suddenly shall they be wounded.
8So they shall be made to stumble, their own tongue being against them: All that see them shall wag the head.
Ps 5:10
71%
10Hold them guilty, O God; Let them fall by their own counsels; Thrust them out in the multitude of their transgressions; For they have rebelled against thee.
Prov 12:14
70%
14A man shall be satisfied with good by the fruit of his mouth; And the doings of a man's hands shall be rendered unto him.
Ps 109:27
70%
27That they may know that this is thy hand; [That] thou, Jehovah, hast done it.
Isa 2:8
70%
8Their land also is full of idols; they worship the work of their own hands, that which their own fingers have made.
Hos 7:2
70%
2And they consider not in their hearts that I remember all their wickedness: now have their own doings beset them about; they are before my face.
Ps 18:20
70%
20Jehovah hath rewarded me according to my righteousness; According to the cleanness of my hands hath he recompensed me.
Luke 14:14
70%
14and thou shalt be blessed; because they have not [wherewith] to recompense thee: for thou shalt be recompensed in the resurrection of the just.
Jer 18:20
70%
20Shall 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.
Ps 125:4
70%
4Do good, O Jehovah, unto those that are good, And to them that are upright in their hearts.