Proverbs 24:29
New International Version
Do not say, “I’ll do to them as they have done to me; I’ll pay them back for what they did.”

New Living Translation
And don’t say, “Now I can pay them back for what they’ve done to me! I’ll get even with them!”

English Standard Version
Do not say, “I will do to him as he has done to me; I will pay the man back for what he has done.”

Berean Standard Bible
Do not say, “I will do to him as he has done to me; I will repay the man according to his work.”

King James Bible
Say not, I will do so to him as he hath done to me: I will render to the man according to his work.

New King James Version
Do not say, “I will do to him just as he has done to me; I will render to the man according to his work.”

New American Standard Bible
Do not say, “I shall do the same to him as he has done to me; I will repay the person according to his work.”

NASB 1995
Do not say, “Thus I shall do to him as he has done to me; I will render to the man according to his work.”

NASB 1977
Do not say, “Thus I shall do to him as he has done to me; I will render to the man according to his work.”

Legacy Standard Bible
Do not say, “As he did to me so I shall do to him; I will render to the man according to his work.”

Amplified Bible
Do not say, “I will do to him as he has done to me; I will pay the man back for his deed.”

Christian Standard Bible
Don’t say, “I’ll do to him what he did to me; I’ll repay the man for what he has done.”

Holman Christian Standard Bible
Don’t say, “I’ll do to him what he did to me; I’ll repay the man for what he has done.”

American Standard Version
Say not, I will do so to him as he hath done to me; I will render to the man according to his work.

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
And do not say, "I shall do to him as he does to me and I shall pay him according to his works.”

Brenton Septuagint Translation
Say not, As he has treated me, so will I treat him, and I will avenge myself on him for that wherein he has injured me.

Contemporary English Version
or say to someone, "I'll get even with you!"

Douay-Rheims Bible
Say not: I will do to him as he hath done to me: I will render to every one according to his work.

English Revised Version
Say not, I will do so to him as he hath done to me; I will render to the man according to his work.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
Do not say, "I'll treat him as he treated me. I'll pay him back for what he has done to me."

Good News Translation
Don't say, "I'll do to them just what they did to me! I'll get even with them!"

International Standard Version
Don't say, "I'll do to him like he did to me, I'll be sure to pay him back for what he did."

JPS Tanakh 1917
Say not: 'I will do so to him as he hath done to me; I will render to the man according to his work.'

Literal Standard Version
Do not say, “As he did to me, so I do to him, | I render to each according to his work.”

Majority Standard Bible
Do not say, “I will do to him as he has done to me; I will repay the man according to his work.”

New American Bible
Do not say, “As they did to me, so will I do to them; I will repay them according to their deeds.”

NET Bible
Do not say, "I will do to him just as he has done to me; I will pay him back according to what he has done."

New Revised Standard Version
Do not say, “I will do to others as they have done to me; I will pay them back for what they have done.”

New Heart English Bible
Do not say, "I will do to him as he has done to me; I will render to the man according to his work."

Webster's Bible Translation
Say not, I will do so to him as he hath done to me: I will render to the man according to his work.

World English Bible
Don’t say, “I will do to him as he has done to me; I will repay the man according to his work.”

Young's Literal Translation
Say not, 'As he did to me, so I do to him, I render to each according to his work.'

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Context
Further Sayings of the Wise
28Do not testify against your neighbor without cause, and do not deceive with your lips. 29Do not say, “I will do to him as he has done to me; I will repay the man according to his work.” 30I went past the field of a slacker and by the vineyard of a man lacking judgment.…

Cross References
Matthew 5:39
But I tell you not to resist an evil person. If someone slaps you on your right cheek, turn to him the other also;

Romans 12:17
Do not repay anyone evil for evil. Carefully consider what is right in the eyes of everybody.

Romans 12:19
Do not avenge yourselves, beloved, but leave room for God's wrath. For it is written: "Vengeance is Mine; I will repay, says the Lord."

Proverbs 20:22
Do not say, "I will avenge this evil!" Wait on the LORD, and He will save you.


Treasury of Scripture

Say not, I will do so to him as he has done to me: I will render to the man according to his work.

say

Proverbs 20:22
Say not thou, I will recompense evil; but wait on the LORD, and he shall save thee.

Proverbs 25:21,22
If thine enemy be hungry, give him bread to eat; and if he be thirsty, give him water to drink: …

Matthew 5:39-44
But I say unto you, That ye resist not evil: but whosoever shall smite thee on thy right cheek, turn to him the other also…

i will do

Judges 15:11
Then three thousand men of Judah went to the top of the rock Etam, and said to Samson, Knowest thou not that the Philistines are rulers over us? what is this that thou hast done unto us? And he said unto them, As they did unto me, so have I done unto them.

2 Samuel 13:22-28
And Absalom spake unto his brother Amnon neither good nor bad: for Absalom hated Amnon, because he had forced his sister Tamar…

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(29) Say not, I will do so to him as he hath done to me.--A wonderful anticipation this of New Testament teaching, very different from the spirit of Leviticus 24:19-20. Comp. Proverbs 20:22, and James 2:13, "For he shall have judgment without mercy that shewed no mercy."

Verse 29. - The subject is still continued, as if the moralist would say, "Though a man has done you an injury by gratuitously testifying against you, do not you retaliate in the same way." Say not, I will do so to him as he hath done to me (see Proverbs 20:22, and note there). The lex talionis should not be applied to private wrongs. The high morality of the Christian code is here anticipated, the Holy Spirit guiding both.

Parallel Commentaries ...


Hebrew
Do not
אַל־ (’al-)
Adverb
Strong's 408: Not

say,
תֹּאמַ֗ר (tō·mar)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine singular
Strong's 559: To utter, say

“I will do
עָֽשָׂה־ (‘ā·śāh-)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 6213: To do, make

to him
לִ֭י (lî)
Preposition | first person common singular
Strong's Hebrew

as
כַּאֲשֶׁ֣ר (ka·’ă·šer)
Preposition-k | Pronoun - relative
Strong's 834: Who, which, what, that, when, where, how, because, in order that

he has done
אֶֽעֱשֶׂה־ (’e·‘ĕ·śeh-)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - first person common singular
Strong's 6213: To do, make

to me;
לּ֑וֹ (lōw)
Preposition | third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew

I will repay
אָשִׁ֖יב (’ā·šîḇ)
Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - first person common singular
Strong's 7725: To turn back, in, to retreat, again

the man
לָאִ֣ישׁ (lā·’îš)
Preposition-l, Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 376: A man as an individual, a male person

according to his work.”
כְּפָעֳלֽוֹ׃ (kə·p̄ā·‘o·lōw)
Preposition-k | Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular
Strong's 6467: Doing, deed, work


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