Sinful people are destroyed. Trouble comes to those who do what is wrong.

岂不是祸患临到不义的，灾害临到作孽的呢？

岂不是祸患临到不义的，灾害临到作恶的吗？

岂不是祸患临到不义的，灾害临到作恶的吗？

岂不是降灾难给不义之人，降祸患给作恶的人？

灾难不是临到不义的人吗？灾祸不是临到作孽的人吗？

豈不是禍患臨到不義的，災害臨到作孽的呢？

豈不是禍患臨到不義的，災害臨到作惡的嗎？

豈不是禍患臨到不義的，災害臨到作惡的嗎？

豈不是降災難給不義之人，降禍患給作惡的人？

災難不是臨到不義的人嗎？災禍不是臨到作孽的人嗎？

豈不是災難臨到不義之人，而禍患臨到作孽之輩麼？

在於不義者、豈非禍患乎、在於行惡者、豈非災害乎、

惡者災害及之、奇禍中之、

奸邪者豈能不遭禍、行惡者豈能不遇災、

Is it not ruin for the wicked, disaster for those who do wrong?

Is not calamity for the unrighteous, and disaster for the workers of iniquity?

Isn’t it calamity for the wicked and misfortune for those who do evil?

Doesn’t disaster come to the unjust and misfortune to evildoers?

Is it not disaster to the criminal, And misfortune to those who practice injustice?

Is it not destruction for the wicked, And disaster for the workers of iniquity?

Is it not calamity to the unrighteous, And disaster to the workers of iniquity?

Doesn’t disaster come to the unjust and misfortune to evildoers?

[ Is] not destruction to the wicked? and a strange[ punishment] to the workers of iniquity?

Is it not misfortune for the unjust, and disaster for those who work iniquity?

Is it not calamity to the unrighteous, and disaster to the workers of iniquity?

They’ll tell you that sinful people are spared from the day of trouble. They’ll say that those people are saved from the day when God will judge.

There is no deep shadow or total darkness where those who do what is evil can hide.

“ Enter God’s kingdom through the narrow gate. The gate is large and the road is wide that leads to ruin. Many people go that way.

The Lord will rise up to judge, just as he did at Mount Perazim. He will get up to act, just as he did in the Valley of Gibeon. He’ll do his work, but it will be strange work. He’ll carry out his task, but it will be an unexpected one.

God, I’m sure you will make them slip and fall. You will throw them down and destroy them.

The way of the Lord is a safe place for those without blame. But that way destroys those who do evil.

What if God chose to show his great anger? What if he chose to make his power known? But he put up with the people he was angry with. They were made to be destroyed.

God, you will bring sinners down to the grave. Murderers and liars won’t live out even half of their lives. But I trust in you.

People will be saying that everything is peaceful and safe. Then suddenly they will be destroyed. It will happen like birth pains coming on a pregnant woman. None of the people will escape.

I will laugh when hard times hit you like a storm. I will laugh when danger comes your way like a windstorm. I will make fun of you when suffering and trouble come.

But there were also false prophets among the people. In the same way there will be false teachers among you. In secret they will bring in teachings that will destroy you. They will even turn against the Lord and Master who died to pay for their sins. So they will quickly destroy themselves.

When you do what is fair, you make godly people glad. But you terrify those who do what is evil.

They will be destroyed forever. They will be shut out of heaven. They will never see the glory of the Lord’s strength.

The people of Sodom and Gomorrah and the towns around them also did evil things. They freely committed sexual sins. They committed sins of the worst possible kind. There is a fire that never goes out. Those people are an example of those who are punished with it.