Lamentations 3:64
Render unto them a recompence, O Lord, according to the work of their hands.
Lamentations 3:64 in other translations
| BSB | You will pay them back what they deserve, O LORD, according to the work of their hands. |
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| WEB | You will pay them back, LORD, according to the work of their hands. |
| ASV | Thou wilt render unto them a recompense, O Jehovah, according to the work of their hands. |
| YLT | Thou returnest to them the deed, O Jehovah, According to the work of their hands. |
| DARBY | Render unto them a recompence, O Jehovah, according to the work of their hands; |
| BBE | You will give them their reward, O Lord, answering to the work of their hands. |
| Webster | Render to them a recompense, O LORD, according to the work of their hands. |
What does Lamentations 3:64 mean?
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Lamentations 3:64-66
Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Lamentations 3:55-66
Faith comes off conqueror, for in these verses the prophet concludes with some comfort. Prayer is the breath of the new man, drawing in the air of mercy in petitions, and returning it in praises; it proves and maintains the spiritual life. He silenced their fears, and quieted their spirits. Thou saidst, Fear not. This was the language of God's grace, by the witness of his Spirit with their spirits. And what are all…
Lamentations 3:64 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for Lamentations 3:64
- Psalms 28:4
Give them according to their deeds, and according to the wickedness of their endeavours: give them after the work of their hands; render to them their desert.
- Jeremiah 11:20
But, O Lord of hosts, that judgest righteously, that triest the reins and the heart, let me see thy vengeance on them: for unto thee have I revealed my cause.
- Revelation 6:10
And they cried with a loud voice, saying, How long, O Lord, holy and true, dost thou not judge and avenge our blood on them that dwell on the earth?
- 2 Timothy 4:14
Alexander the coppersmith did me much evil: the Lord reward him according to his works:
- Jeremiah 50:29
Call together the archers against Babylon: all ye that bend the bow, camp against it 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 the Lord, against the Holy One of Israel.
- Revelation 18:6
Reward her even as she rewarded you, and double unto her double according to her works: in the cup which she hath filled fill to her double.
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Context
- Lamentations 3:63
Behold their sitting down, and their rising up; I am their musick.
- Lamentations 3:64
Render unto them a recompence, O Lord, according to the work of their hands.
- Lamentations 3:65
Give them sorrow of heart, thy curse unto them.
Lamentations 3:64 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Dales el pago, oh Jehová, según la obra de sus manos. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Rends-leur une récompense, ô Éternel! selon l’ouvrage de leurs mains. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Jehova, erstatte ihnen Vergeltung nach dem Werke ihrer Hände! |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Redes eis vicem, Domine, juxta opera manuum suarum. |