King James Version

Isaiah 3:11

Woe unto the wicked! it shall be ill with him: for the reward of his hands shall be given him.

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א֖וֹיoyalasאוֹיparticle, interjection — “alas”H188lamentation; also interjectionally Oh!alas, woe.לְרָשָׁ֣עlerashato guiltyרָשָׁעpreposition, adjective, adjective, masculine, singular, absolute — “to guilty”, the ordinary formH7563morally wrong; concretely, an (actively) bad person[phrase] condemned, guilty, ungodly, wicked (man), that did wrong.רָ֑עrabadרַעverb, qal, perfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “bad”, a completed actionH7451bad or (as noun) evil (natural or moral)adversity, affliction, bad, calamity, [phrase] displease(-ure), distress, evil((-favouredness), man, thing), [phrase] exceedingly, [idiom] great, grief(-vous), harm, heavy, hurt(-ful), ill (favoured), [phrase] mark, mischief(-vous), misery…כִּֽיkiassuredכִּיconjunction — “assured”H3588(by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexedand, + (forasmuch, inasmuch, where-) as, assured(-ly), + but, certainly, doubtless, + else, even, + except, for, how, (because, in, so, than) that, + nevertheless, now, rightly, seeing, since, surely, then, therefore, + (al-) though, + til…גְמ֥וּלgemulbenefitגְּמוּלnoun, common, masculine, singular, construct — “benefit”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH1576treatment, i.e. an act (of good or ill); by implication, service or requital[phrase] as hast served, benefit, desert, deserving, that which he hath given, recompense, reward.יָדָ֖יוyadayvhandיָדnoun, common, both genders, dual, construct, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “hand”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH3027a hand (the open one (indicating power, means, direction, etc.),([phrase] be) able, [idiom] about, [phrase] armholes, at, axletree, because of, beside, border, [idiom] bounty, [phrase] broad, (broken-) handed, [idiom] by, charge, coast, [phrase] consecrate, [phrase] creditor, custody, debt, dominion, […יֵעָ֥שֶׂהyeasehdoעָשָׂהverb, niphal, imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “do”, an unfinished actionH6213to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest applicationaccomplish, advance, appoint, apt, be at, become, bear, bestow, bring forth, bruise, be busy, [idiom] certainly, have the charge of, commit, deal (with), deck, [phrase] displease, do, (ready) dress(-ed), (put in) execute(-ion), exercise, f…לּֽוֹlvotoלּֽוֹpreposition, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “to”to

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

Woe unto the wicked! it shall be ill with him; for the work of his hands shall be done to him.

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American Standard Version (1901)

Woe unto the wicked! it shall be ill with him ; for what his hands have done shall be done unto him.

Young’s Literal Translation

Woe to the wicked — evil, Because the deed of his hand is done to him.

World English Bible

Woe to the wicked! Disaster is upon them, for the deeds of their hands will be paid back to them.

Darby Translation

Woe unto the wicked! it shall be ill [with him], because the desert of his hands shall be rendered unto him.

Douay-Rheims

Woe to the wicked unto evil: for the reward of his hands shall be given him.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

Woe unto the wicked! it shall be ill with him; for the work of his hands shall be done to him.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

Woe to the transgressor! evils shall happen to him according to the works of his hands.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Οὐαὶ τῷ ἀνόμῳ, πονηρὰ κατὰ τὰ ἔργα τῶν χειρῶν αὐτοῦ συμβήσεται αὐτῷ.