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Psalms 28:4

New American Standard Bible (NASB ©1995) [2]
— Requite them according to their work and according to the evil of their practices; Requite them according to the deeds of their hands; Repay them their recompense.
King James Version (KJV 1769) [2]
— 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.
English Revised Version (ERV 1885)
— 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.
American Standard Version (ASV 1901) [2]
— 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.
Webster's Revision of the KJB (WEB 1833)
— Give them according to their deeds, and according to the wickedness of their endeavors: give them after the work of their hands; render to them their desert.
Darby's Translation (DBY 1890)
— Give them according to their doing, and according to the wickedness of their deeds; give them after the work of their hands, render to them their desert.
Rotherham's Emphasized Bible (EBR 1902)
— Give them, according to their deed, and, according to the wrong of their practices,—According to the work of their own hands, give thou unto them, Bring back their own dealing to themselves.
Young's Literal Translation (YLT 1898)
— Give to them according to their acting, And according to the evil of their doings. According to the work of their hands give to them. Return their deed to them.
Douay-Rheims Challoner Revision (DR 1750)
— Give them according to their works, and according to the wickedness of their inventions. According to the works of their hands give thou to them: render to them their reward.
Geneva Bible (GNV 1560)
— Reward them according to their deedes, and according to the wickednes of their inuentions: recompense them after the woorke of their handes: render them their reward.
Original King James Bible (AV 1611) [2]
— Giue them according to their deedes, and according to the wickednes of their endeuours: giue them after the worke of their handes, render to them their desert.
Lamsa Bible (1957)
— Reward them according to their deeds and according to their evil doings.
Brenton Greek Septuagint (LXX, Restored Names)
— Give them according to their works, and according to the wickedness of their devices: give them according to the works of their hands; render their recompense unto them.
Full Hebrew Names / Holy Name KJV (2008) [2] [3]
— 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.

Strong's Numbers & Hebrew NamesHebrew Old TestamentColor-Code/Key Word Studies
Give 5414
{5414} Prime
נָתַן
nathan
{naw-than'}
A primitive root; to give, used with great latitude of application (put, make, etc.).
z8798
<8798> Grammar
Stem - Qal (See H8851)
Mood - Imperative (See H8810)
Count - 2847
them according to their deeds, 6467
{6467} Prime
פֹּעַל
po`al
{po'-al}
From H6466; an act or work (concretely).
and according to the wickedness 7455
{7455} Prime
רֹעַ
roa`
{ro'-ah}
From H7489; badness (as marring), physically or morally.
of their endeavours: 4611
{4611} Prime
מַעֲלָל
ma`alal
{mah-al-awl'}
From H5953; an act (good or bad).
give 5414
{5414} Prime
נָתַן
nathan
{naw-than'}
A primitive root; to give, used with great latitude of application (put, make, etc.).
z8798
<8798> Grammar
Stem - Qal (See H8851)
Mood - Imperative (See H8810)
Count - 2847
them after the work 4639
{4639} Prime
מַעֲשֶׂה
ma`aseh
{mah-as-eh'}
From H6213; an action (good or bad); generally a transaction; abstractly activity; by implication a product (specifically a poem) or (generally) property.
of their hands; 3027
{3027} Prime
יָד
yad
{yawd}
A primitive word; a hand (the open one (indicating power, means, direction, etc.), in distinction from H3709, the closed one); used (as noun, adverb, etc.) in a great variety of applications, both literally and figuratively, both proximate and remote.
render 7725
{7725} Prime
שׁוּב
shuwb
{shoob}
A primitive root; to turn back (hence, away) transitively or intransitively, literally or figuratively (not necessarily with the idea of return to the starting point); generally to retreat; often adverbially again.
z8685
<8685> Grammar
Stem - Hiphil (See H8818)
Mood - Imperative (See H8810)
Count - 731
to them their desert. 1576
{1576} Prime
גְּמוּל
g@muwl
{ghem-ool'}
From H1580; treatment, that is, an act (of good or ill); by implication service or requital.
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary

Psalms 28:4

_ _ The imprecation is justified in Psalms 28:5. The force of the passage is greatly enhanced by the accumulation of terms describing their sin.

_ _ endeavours — points out their deliberate sinfulness.

Matthew Henry's Commentary

See commentary on Psalms 28:1-5.

John Wesley's Explanatory Notes

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Geneva Bible Translation Notes

Psalms 28:4

(d) 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.

(d) He thus prayed in respect to God's glory and not for his own cause, being assured that God would punish the persecutors of his Church.

Cross-Reference Topical ResearchStrong's Concordance
Give:

Psalms 5:10 Destroy thou them, O God; let them fall by their own counsels; cast them out in the multitude of their transgressions; for they have rebelled against thee.
Psalms 59:12-13 [For] the sin of their mouth [and] the words of their lips let them even be taken in their pride: and for cursing and lying [which] they speak. ... Consume [them] in wrath, consume [them], that they [may] not [be]: and let them know that God ruleth in Jacob unto the ends of the earth. Selah.
Psalms 69:22-24 Let their table become a snare before them: and [that which should have been] for [their] welfare, [let it become] a trap. ... Pour out thine indignation upon them, and let thy wrathful anger take hold of them.
Jeremiah 18:21-23 Therefore deliver up their children to the famine, and pour out their [blood] by the force of the sword; and let their wives be bereaved of their children, and [be] widows; and let their men be put to death; [let] their young men [be] slain by the sword in battle. ... Yet, LORD, 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 [thus] with them in the time of thine anger.
2 Timothy 4:14 Alexander the coppersmith did me much evil: the Lord reward him according to his works:
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.

and:

Psalms 2:1-5 Why do the heathen rage, and the people imagine a vain thing? ... Then shall he speak unto them in his wrath, and vex them in his sore displeasure.
Psalms 21:10 Their fruit shalt thou destroy from the earth, and their seed from among the children of men.
Ezekiel 38:10 Thus saith the Lord GOD; It shall also come to pass, [that] at the same time shall things come into thy mind, and thou shalt think an evil thought:

the work:

Psalms 62:12 Also unto thee, O Lord, [belongeth] mercy: for thou renderest to every man according to his work.
Psalms 103:10 He hath not dealt with us after our sins; nor rewarded us according to our iniquities.
Psalms 109:17-21 As he loved cursing, so let it come unto him: as he delighted not in blessing, so let it be far from him. ... But do thou for me, O GOD the Lord, for thy name's sake: because thy mercy [is] good, deliver thou me.
Psalms 103:3-4 Who forgiveth all thine iniquities; who healeth all thy diseases; ... Who redeemeth thy life from destruction; who crowneth thee with lovingkindness and tender mercies;
Romans 2:6-8 Who will render to every man according to his deeds: ... But unto them that are contentious, and do not obey the truth, but obey unrighteousness, indignation and wrath,
Romans 11:22 Behold therefore the goodness and severity of God: on them which fell, severity; but toward thee, goodness, if thou continue in [his] goodness: otherwise thou also shalt be cut off.

render:

Ezra 9:13 And after all that is come upon us for our evil deeds, and for our great trespass, seeing that thou our God hast punished us less than our iniquities [deserve], and hast given us [such] deliverance as this;
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Chain-Reference Bible SearchCross References with Concordance

Ezr 9:13. Ps 2:1; 5:10; 21:10; 59:12; 62:12; 69:22; 103:3, 10; 109:17. Jr 18:21. Ezk 38:10. Ro 2:6; 11:22. 2Ti 4:14. Rv 18:6.

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