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Proverbs 16:4

pThe Lord has made everything for its purpose,

even qthe wicked for the day of trouble.

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Proverbs 16:4 — The New International Version (NIV)

The Lord works out everything to its proper end—

even the wicked for a day of disaster.

Proverbs 16:4 — King James Version (KJV 1900)

The Lord hath made all things for himself:

Yea, even the wicked for the day of evil.

Proverbs 16:4 — New Living Translation (NLT)

The Lord has made everything for his own purposes,

even the wicked for a day of disaster.

Proverbs 16:4 — The New King James Version (NKJV)

The Lord has made all for Himself,

Yes, even the wicked for the day of doom.

Proverbs 16:4 — New Century Version (NCV)

The Lord makes everything go as he pleases.

He has even prepared a day of disaster for evil people.

Proverbs 16:4 — American Standard Version (ASV)

Jehovah hath made everything for its own end;

Yea, even the wicked for the day of evil.

Proverbs 16:4 — 1890 Darby Bible (DARBY)

Jehovah hath wrought everything on his own account, yea, even the wicked for the day of evil.

Proverbs 16:4 — GOD’S WORD Translation (GW)

The Lord has made everything for his own purpose, 

even wicked people for the day of trouble. 

Proverbs 16:4 — The Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB)

The Lord has prepared everything for His purpose—

even the wicked for the day of disaster.

Proverbs 16:4 — The New Revised Standard Version (NRSV)

The Lord has made everything for its purpose,

even the wicked for the day of trouble.

Proverbs 16:4 — The Lexham English Bible (LEB)

All Yahweh has made is for his purpose,

and even the wicked for the day of trouble.

Proverbs 16:4 — New International Reader’s Version (1998) (NIrV)

The Lord works everything out for his own purposes.

Even those who do wrong were made for a day of trouble.

Proverbs 16:4 — New American Standard Bible: 1995 Update (NASB95)

The Lord has made everything for its own purpose,

Even the wicked for the day of evil.


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