Other translations
American Standard Version
The backslider in heart shall be filled with his own ways; And a good man'shall be satisfied from himself.
Aramaic Bible in Plain English
He who is rash in his heart will be filled with his ways, and a good man will be filled from the awe of his soul.
Darby Bible Translation
The backslider in heart shall be filled with his own ways, and the good man from what is in himself.
Holy Bible: Douay-Rheims Version (Genuine Leather Black)
A fool shall be filled with his own ways, and the good man shall be above him.
ERV 1885 English Revised Version with Strong's Concordance
The backslider in heart shall be filled with his own ways: and a good man shall be satisfied from himself.
English Standard Version Journaling Bible
The backslider in heart will be filled with the fruit of his ways, and a good man will be filled with the fruit of his ways.
God's Word
A heart that turns [from God] becomes bored with its own ways, but a good person is satisfied with God's ways.
Holman Christian Standard Bible
The disloyal one will get what his conduct deserves, and a good man, what his deeds deserve.
International Standard Version
The faithless one will pay for his behavior, but a good man will be rewarded for his.
NET Bible
The backslider will be paid back from his own ways, but a good person will be rewarded for his.
New American Standard Bible
The backslider in heart will have his fill of his own ways, But a good man will be satisfied with his.
New International Version
The faithless will be fully repaid for their ways, and the good rewarded for theirs.
New Living Translation
Backsliders get what they deserve; good people receive their reward.
Webster's Bible Translation
The backslider in heart shall be filled with his own ways: and a good man shall be satisfied from himself.
The World English Bible
The unfaithful will be repaid for his own ways; likewise a good man will be rewarded for his ways.
EasyEnglish Bible
If someone turns away from what is right, he will receive the punishment that he deserves. But good people will receive the good things that they deserve.
Young‘s Literal Translation
From his ways is the backslider in heart filled, And a good man -- from his fruits.
New Life Version
The man who has gone back into sin will get the fruit of his ways, and a good man will get the fruit of what he does.
The Voice Bible
A disloyal heart has its fill of disloyal ways, but a good person will be satisfied from above.
Living Bible
The backslider gets bored with himself; the godly man’s life is exciting.
New Catholic Bible
The perverse man suffers the consequences of his ways, while a good man reaps what his deeds deserve.
Legacy Standard Bible
The one who turns back in his heart will be satisfied with his ways, But a good man will be satisfied with his.
Jubilee Bible 2000
The backslider in heart shall be filled with his own ways, and the good man shall be separated from him.
Christian Standard Bible
The disloyal one will get what his conduct deserves, and a good one, what his deeds deserve.
Amplified Bible © 1954
The backslider in heart [from God and from fearing God] shall be filled with [the fruit of] his own ways, and a good man shall be satisfied with [the fruit of] his ways [with the holy thoughts and actions which his heart prompts and in which he delights].
New Century Version
Evil people will be paid back for their evil ways, and good people will be rewarded for their good ones.
The Message
A mean person gets paid back in meanness, a gracious person in grace.
Evangelical Heritage Version ™
A backslider will be satisfied with his ways, and a good man will be satisfied with his.
New Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition
The perverse get what their ways deserve, and the good, what their deeds deserve.
Good News Translation®
Bad people will get what they deserve. Good people will be rewarded for their deeds.
Wycliffe Bible
A fool shall be filled with his ways; and a good man shall be above him. (A fool shall reap the fruit of his foolish ways; and a good person that of his deeds, or of his labour.)
Contemporary English Version
You harvest what you plant, whether good or bad.
Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition
A perverse man will be filled with the fruit of his ways, and a good man with the fruit of his deeds.
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
The perverse get what their ways deserve, and the good, what their deeds deserve.
New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised Catholic Edition
The perverse get what their ways deserve, and the good, what their deeds deserve.
Common English Bible © 2011
Rebellious hearts receive satisfaction from their ways; the good receive the due reward for their deeds.
Amplified Bible © 2015
The backslider in heart will have his fill with his own [rotten] ways, But a good man will be satisfied with his ways [the godly thought and action which his heart pursues and in which he delights].
English Standard Version Anglicised
The backslider in heart will be filled with the fruit of his ways, and a good man will be filled with the fruit of his ways.
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
From their own ways turncoats are sated, from their own actions, the loyal.
New American Standard Bible
One with a wayward heart will have his fill of his own ways, But a good person will be satisfied with his.
The Expanded Bible
·Evil people [L Rebellious hearts] will be paid back for their evil ·ways [paths], and good people will be rewarded for their ·good ones [deeds].
Tree of Life Version
A backsliding heart partakes of its ways, and a good man is rewarded for his.
Revised Standard Version
A perverse man will be filled with the fruit of his ways, and a good man with the fruit of his deeds.
New International Reader's Version
Those who aren’t faithful will be paid back for what they’ve done. And good people will receive rewards for how they’ve lived.
BRG Bible
The backslider in heart shall be filled with his own ways: and a good man shall be satisfied from himself.
Complete Jewish Bible
A backslider is filled up with his own ways, but a good person gets satisfaction from himself.
New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised
The perverse get what their ways deserve, and the good, what their deeds deserve.
Orthodox Jewish Bible
The sug (backslider, faithless one) in lev is filled with his own drakhim (roads), but an ish tov shall be satisfied from above himself.
Names of God Bible
A heart that turns from God becomes bored with its own ways, but a good person is satisfied with Yahweh’s ways.
Modern English Version
The backslider in heart will be filled with his own ways, but a good man will be satisfied with his.
Easy-to-Read Version
Evil people will be paid back for the wrong they do, and good people will be rewarded for the good they do.
International Children’s Bible
Evil people will be paid back for their evil ways. And good people will be rewarded for their good ones.
Lexham English Bible
From his ways, the perverse of heart will be satisfied, and from his own, so shall a good man.
New International Version - UK
The faithless will be fully repaid for their ways, and the good rewarded for theirs.