Parallel Verses
- The Message - “But if Judgment Day isn’t hidden from the Almighty, why are we kept in the dark? There are people out there getting by with murder— stealing and lying and cheating. They rip off the poor and exploit the unfortunate, Push the helpless into the ditch, bully the weak so that they fear for their lives. The poor, like stray dogs and cats, scavenge for food in back alleys. They sort through the garbage of the rich, eke out survival on handouts. Homeless, they shiver through cold nights on the street; they’ve no place to lay their heads. Exposed to the weather, wet and frozen, they huddle in makeshift shelters. Nursing mothers have their babies snatched from them; the infants of the poor are kidnapped and sold. They go about patched and threadbare; even the hard workers go hungry. No matter how backbreaking their labor, they can never make ends meet. People are dying right and left, groaning in torment. The wretched cry out for help and God does nothing, acts like nothing’s wrong!
- 新标点和合本 - “全能者既定期罚恶， 为何不使认识他的人看见那日子呢？
- 和合本2010（上帝版-简体） - “为何全能者不定下期限？ 为何认识他的人看不到那些日子呢？
- 和合本2010（神版-简体） - “为何全能者不定下期限？ 为何认识他的人看不到那些日子呢？
- 当代译本 - “全能者为何不定下审判的日期？ 为何认识祂的人要空等一场？
- 圣经新译本 - “为什么全能者不保留赏善罚恶 的时间？ 为什么认识他的人不能看见他的日子？
- 现代标点和合本 - “全能者既定期罚恶， 为何不使认识他的人看见那日子呢？
- 和合本（拼音版） - “全能者既定期罚恶， 为何不使认识他的人看见那日子呢？
- New International Version - “Why does the Almighty not set times for judgment? Why must those who know him look in vain for such days?
- New International Reader's Version - “Why doesn’t the Mighty One set a time for judging sinful people? Why do those who know him have to keep waiting for that day?
- English Standard Version - “Why are not times of judgment kept by the Almighty, and why do those who know him never see his days?
- New Living Translation - “Why doesn’t the Almighty bring the wicked to judgment? Why must the godly wait for him in vain?
- Christian Standard Bible - Why does the Almighty not reserve times for judgment? Why do those who know him never see his days?
- New American Standard Bible - “Why are times not stored up by the Almighty, And why do those who know Him not see His days?
- New King James Version - “Since times are not hidden from the Almighty, Why do those who know Him see not His days?
- Amplified Bible - “Why does the Almighty not set seasons for judgment? Why do those who know Him not see His days [for punishment of the wicked]?
- American Standard Version - Why are times not laid up by the Almighty? And why do not they that know him see his days?
- King James Version - Why, seeing times are not hidden from the Almighty, do they that know him not see his days?
- New English Translation - “Why are times not appointed by the Almighty? Why do those who know him not see his days?
- World English Bible - “Why aren’t times laid up by the Almighty? Why don’t those who know him see his days?
- 新標點和合本 - 全能者既定期罰惡， 為何不使認識他的人看見那日子呢？
- 和合本2010（上帝版-繁體） - 「為何全能者不定下期限？ 為何認識他的人看不到那些日子呢？
- 和合本2010（神版-繁體） - 「為何全能者不定下期限？ 為何認識他的人看不到那些日子呢？
- 當代譯本 - 「全能者為何不定下審判的日期？ 為何認識祂的人要空等一場？
- 聖經新譯本 - “為甚麼全能者不保留賞善罰惡 的時間？ 為甚麼認識他的人不能看見他的日子？
- 呂振中譯本 - 『為甚麼全能者既不將 罰惡 的日期貯藏着， 又不使認識他的人望見那日子呢？
- 現代標點和合本 - 「全能者既定期罰惡， 為何不使認識他的人看見那日子呢？
- 文理和合譯本 - 全能者既定鞫期、識之者何不見其日乎、
- 文理委辦譯本 - 全能之主、知無不周、既定期罰惡、何不使善者見之。
- 施約瑟淺文理新舊約聖經 - 凡所遇之事、 所遇之事原文作時期 既不能隱於全能之主、 又作全能之主何不備定審鞫之期 識主之人、何不得見其降罰之日、
- Nueva Versión Internacional - »Si los tiempos no se esconden del Todopoderoso, ¿por qué no los perciben quienes dicen conocerlo?
- 현대인의 성경 - “어째서 하나님이 심판의 시기를 정하지 않으시는가? 어째서 그를 아는 자들이 그 날을 헛되게 기다리는가?
- Новый Русский Перевод - Почему Всемогущий не назначит время для суда? Почему те, кто знает Его, этих дней ожидают тщетно?
- Восточный перевод - Почему Всемогущий не назначит время для суда? Почему те, кто знает Его, этих дней ожидают тщетно?
- Восточный перевод, версия с «Аллахом» - Почему Всемогущий не назначит время для суда? Почему те, кто знает Его, этих дней ожидают тщетно?
- Восточный перевод, версия для Таджикистана - Почему Всемогущий не назначит время для суда? Почему те, кто знает Его, этих дней ожидают тщетно?
- La Bible du Semeur 2015 - Pourquoi le Tout-Puissant ╵n’a-t-il pas réservé des temps ╵pour exercer son jugement ? Et pourquoi ceux qui le connaissent ╵ne voient-ils pas les jours ╵de son intervention ?
- リビングバイブル - なぜ、神は法廷を開いて、 私の訴えを聞いてくれないのか。 なぜ、神を愛する者が待ちぼうけをくうのか。
- Nova Versão Internacional - “Por que o Todo-poderoso não marca as datas de julgamento? Por que aqueles que o conhecem não chegam a vê-las?
- Hoffnung für alle - »Warum setzt Gott, der Allmächtige, keine Gerichtstage fest? Warum muss jeder, der ihn kennt, vergeblich darauf warten?
- Kinh Thánh Hiện Đại - “Sao Đấng Toàn Năng không mang kẻ ác ra xét đoán? Tại sao để người biết Chúa phải mòn mỏi chờ trông?
- พระคริสตธรรมคัมภีร์ไทย ฉบับอมตธรรมร่วมสมัย - “ทำไมหนอองค์ทรงฤทธิ์จึงไม่ทรงกำหนดเวลาไว้เพื่อการพิพากษา? ทำไมบรรดาผู้ที่รู้จักพระองค์ต้องชะเง้อหาวันเวลาเช่นนั้นโดยเปล่าประโยชน์?
- พระคัมภีร์ ฉบับแปลใหม่ - เหตุใดองค์ผู้กอปรด้วยมหิทธานุภาพจึงไม่กำหนดเวลาพิพากษา และทำไมบรรดาผู้ที่รู้จักพระองค์จึงไม่เห็นพระองค์ลงโทษคนชั่ว
Cross Reference
- Jeremiah 46:10 - “But it’s not your day. It’s the Master’s, me, God-of-the-Angel-Armies— the day when I have it out with my enemies, The day when Sword puts an end to my enemies, when Sword exacts vengeance. I, the Master, God-of-the-Angel-Armies, will pile them on an altar—a huge sacrifice!— In the great north country, along the mighty Euphrates.
- 1 Thessalonians 5:1 - I don’t think, friends, that I need to deal with the question of when all this is going to happen. You know as well as I that the day of the Master’s coming can’t be posted on our calendars. He won’t call ahead and make an appointment any more than a burglar would. About the time everybody’s walking around complacently, congratulating each other—“We’ve sure got it made! Now we can take it easy!”—suddenly everything will fall apart. It’s going to come as suddenly and inescapably as birth pangs to a pregnant woman.
- Genesis 18:17 - Then God said, “Shall I keep back from Abraham what I’m about to do? Abraham is going to become a large and strong nation; all the nations of the world are going to find themselves blessed through him. Yes, I’ve settled on him as the one to train his children and future family to observe God’s way of life, live kindly and generously and fairly, so that God can complete in Abraham what he promised him.”
- 1 Timothy 4:1 - The Spirit makes it clear that as time goes on, some are going to give up on the faith and chase after demonic illusions put forth by professional liars. These liars have lied so well and for so long that they’ve lost their capacity for truth. They will tell you not to get married. They’ll tell you not to eat this or that food—perfectly good food God created to be eaten heartily and with thanksgiving by believers who know better! Everything God created is good, and to be received with thanks. Nothing is to be sneered at and thrown out. God’s Word and our prayers make every item in creation holy.
- Psalms 36:10 - Keep on loving your friends; do your work in welcoming hearts. Don’t let the bullies kick me around, the moral midgets slap me down. Send the upstarts sprawling flat on their faces in the mud.
- Ecclesiastes 9:11 - I took another walk around the neighborhood and realized that on this earth as it is— The race is not always to the swift, Nor the battle to the strong, Nor satisfaction to the wise, Nor riches to the smart, Nor grace to the learned. Sooner or later bad luck hits us all.
- Ecclesiastes 9:12 - No one can predict misfortune. Like fish caught in a cruel net or birds in a trap, So men and women are caught By accidents evil and sudden.
- Genesis 18:20 - God continued, “The cries of the victims in Sodom and Gomorrah are deafening; the sin of those cities is immense. I’m going down to see for myself, see if what they’re doing is as bad as it sounds. Then I’ll know.”
- Jeremiah 12:1 - You are right, O God, and you set things right. I can’t argue with that. But I do have some questions: Why do bad people have it so good? Why do con artists make it big? You planted them and they put down roots. They flourished and produced fruit. They talk as if they’re old friends with you, but they couldn’t care less about you. Meanwhile, you know me inside and out. You don’t let me get by with a thing! Make them pay for the way they live, pay with their lives, like sheep marked for slaughter. How long do we have to put up with this— the country depressed, the farms in ruin— And all because of wickedness, these wicked lives? Even animals and birds are dying off Because they’ll have nothing to do with God and think God has nothing to do with them. * * *
- Romans 2:5 - You’re not getting by with anything. Every refusal and avoidance of God adds fuel to the fire. The day is coming when it’s going to blaze hot and high, God’s fiery and righteous judgment. Make no mistake: In the end you get what’s coming to you—Real Life for those who work on God’s side, but to those who insist on getting their own way and take the path of least resistance, Fire!
- 2 Peter 3:8 - Don’t overlook the obvious here, friends. With God, one day is as good as a thousand years, a thousand years as a day. God isn’t late with his promise as some measure lateness. He is restraining himself on account of you, holding back the End because he doesn’t want anyone lost. He’s giving everyone space and time to change.
- Acts 1:7 - He told them, “You don’t get to know the time. Timing is the Father’s business. What you’ll get is the Holy Spirit. And when the Holy Spirit comes on you, you will be able to be my witnesses in Jerusalem, all over Judea and Samaria, even to the ends of the world.”