11 translations · Hebrew
Isaiah 3:10
Tell the righteous “Good!” For they shall eat the fruit of their deeds.
Isaiah 3:10 in 11 translations
- WEB World English Bible
- Tell the righteous “Good!” For they shall eat the fruit of their deeds.
- KJV King James Version
- Say ye to the righteous, that it shall be well with him: for they shall eat the fruit of their doings.
- BSB Berean Standard Bible
- Tell the righteous it will be well with them, for they will enjoy the fruit of their labor.
- ASV American Standard Version
- Say ye of the righteous, that it shall be well with him; for they shall eat the fruit of their doings.
- LSV Literal Standard Version
- Say to the righteous that [it is] good, || Because they eat the fruit of their doings.
- FBV Free Bible Version
- Tell those who live right that they will be fine, for they will be happy to receive the reward for what they have done.
- YLT Young’s Literal Translation
- Say ye to the righteous, that [it is] good, Because the fruit of their doings they eat.
- DBY Darby Translation
- Say ye of the righteous that it shall be well [with him], for they shall eat the fruit of their doings.
- WBT Webster’s Bible
- Say ye to the righteous, that it shall be well with him : for they shall eat the fruit of their doings.
- WEBC World English Bible (Catholic)
- Tell the righteous that it will be well with them, for they will eat the fruit of their deeds.
- DRA Douay-Rheims 1899
- Say to the just man that it is well, for he shall eat the fruit of his doings.
The Hebrew words
Each word of the Hebrew text in order, with its transliteration, the Berean Standard Bible’s English for it, and its Strong’s number and short definition.
| Word | Transliteration | English (BSB) | Strong’s |
|---|---|---|---|
| אִמְר֥וּ | ’im·rū | Tell | H559 אָמַר to say |
| צַדִּ֖יק | ṣad·dîq | the righteous | H6662 צַדִּיק righteous |
| כִּי־ | kî- | — | H3588 כִּי for |
| ט֑וֹב | ṭō·wḇ | it will be well | H2896 טוֹב pleasant |
| כִּֽי־ | kî- | with them | H3588 כִּי for |
| פְרִ֥י | p̄ə·rî | the fruit | H6529 פְּרִי fruit |
| מַעַלְלֵיהֶ֖ם | ma·‘al·lê·hem | of their labor | H4611 מַעֲלָל deed |
| יֹאכֵֽלוּ׃ | yō·ḵê·lū | for they will enjoy | H398 אָכַל to eat |
Related verses
- Psalm 128:1–2
Blessed is everyone who fears Yahweh, who walks in his ways. For you will eat the labor of your hands. You will be happy, and it will be well with you.
- Hebrews 6:10
For God is not unrighteous, so as to forget your work and the labor of love which you showed toward his name, in that you served the saints, and still do serve them.
- Galatians 6:7–8
Don’t be deceived. God is not mocked, for whatever a man sows, that he will also reap. For he who sows to his own flesh will from the flesh reap corruption. But he who sows to the Spirit will from the Spirit reap eternal life.
- Ecclesiastes 8:12
Though a sinner commits crimes a hundred times, and lives long, yet surely I know that it will be better with those who fear God, who are reverent before him.
- Ezekiel 18:9–19
has walked in my statutes, and has kept my ordinances, to deal truly; he is just, he shall surely live,” says the Lord Yahweh. “If he fathers a son who is a robber who sheds blood, and who does any one of these things, or who does not do any of those things, but even has eaten at the mountain shrines, and defiled his neighbor’s wife, …
- Deuteronomy 28:1–14
It shall happen, if you shall listen diligently to Yahweh your God’s voice, to observe to do all his commandments which I command you today, that Yahweh your God will set you high above all the nations of the earth. All these blessings will come upon you, and overtake you, if you listen to Yahweh your God’s voice. You shall be blessed in the city, and you shall be blessed in the field. …
- Psalm 18:23–24
I was also blameless with him. I kept myself from my iniquity. Therefore Yahweh has rewarded me according to my righteousness, according to the cleanness of my hands in his eyesight.
- Malachi 3:18
Then you shall return and discern between the righteous and the wicked, between him who serves God and him who doesn’t serve him.
- Isaiah 26:20–21
Come, my people, enter into your rooms, and shut your doors behind you. Hide yourself for a little moment, until the indignation is past. For, behold, Yahweh comes out of his place to punish the inhabitants of the earth for their iniquity. The earth also will disclose her blood, and will no longer cover her slain.
- Jeremiah 15:11
Yahweh said, “Most certainly I will strengthen you for good. Most certainly I will cause the enemy to make supplication to you in the time of evil and in the time of affliction.
Cross references from OpenBible.info, CC BY 4.0, most-voted first; text from the World English Bible.
In context
8 For Jerusalem is ruined, and Judah is fallen; because their tongue and their doings are against Yahweh, to provoke the eyes of his glory.
9 The look of their faces testify against them. They parade their sin like Sodom. They don’t hide it. Woe to their soul! For they have brought disaster upon themselves.
10 Tell the righteous “Good!” For they shall eat the fruit of their deeds.
11 Woe to the wicked! Disaster is upon them; for the deeds of his hands will be paid back to him.
12 As for my people, children are their oppressors, and women rule over them. My people, those who lead you cause you to err, and destroy the way of your paths.
Read all of Isaiah 3 in the World English Bible.
Edition and source notes
Each translation is shown as its source prints it, in its own verse numbering; where an edition numbers this verse differently, its own reference is given. The World English Bible, King James Version and Berean Standard Bible link to their chapter pages. Edition notes.
Literal Standard Version (2020) © Covenant Press and the Covenant Christian Coalition, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0. Imported from the checksum-pinned eBible.org USFX source; the extracted verse text is an adaptation shared under the same license. Free Bible Version (2018) © Dr. Jonathan Gallagher, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0. Imported from the checksum-pinned eBible.org USFX source; the extracted verse text is an adaptation shared under the same license.
The original words and their English come from the Berean Standard Bible translation tables (public domain); lemmas and short definitions from STEPBible (CC BY 4.0), with Greek definitions based on Abbott-Smith.
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