Lamentations 3:64

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“You will pay them back what they deserve, O LORD, according to the work of their hands.”

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Read Lamentations 3:64 in the flow of Lamentations3 for its full sense, then follow the cross-references below to the passages that echo it. Open Lamentations3 to see the surrounding context.

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BSBPD

“You will pay them back what they deserve, O LORD, according to the work of their hands.”

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“Render unto them a recompence, O Lord, according to the work of their hands.”

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

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

American Standard Version · Public Domain
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“Thou returnest to them the deed, O Jehovah, According to the work of their hands.”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Lamentations 3:64 — 8 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Psalms 28:4Repay 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.
  2. Jeremiah 11:20O LORD of Hosts, who judges righteously, who examines the heart and mind, let me see Your vengeance upon them, for to You I have committed my cause.
  3. Jeremiah 15:15You understand, O LORD; remember me and attend to me. Avenge me against my persecutors. In Your patience, do not take me away. Know that I endure reproach for Your honor.
  4. Jeremiah 50:29Summon the archers against Babylon, all who string the bow. Encamp all around her; let no one escape. Repay her according to her deeds; do to her as she has done. For she has defied the LORD, the Holy One of Israel.
  5. Jeremiah 51:56For a destroyer is coming against her— against Babylon. Her warriors will be captured, and their bows will be broken, for the LORD is a God of retribution; He will repay in full.
  6. 2 Timothy 4:14Alexander the coppersmith did great harm to me. The Lord will repay him according to his deeds.
  7. Revelation 6:10And they cried out in a loud voice, “How long, O Lord, holy and true, until You avenge our blood and judge those who dwell upon the earth?”
  8. Revelation 18:6Give back to her as she has done to others; pay her back double for what she has done; mix her a double portion in her own cup.

Cross-reference data: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (public domain) via OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0).

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