Behold, the righteous shall be recompensed in the earth: much more the wicked and the sinner.
Behold, the righteous shall be recompensed in the earth: much more the wicked and the sinner.
Behold, the righteous shall be recompensed in the earth: How much more the wicked and the sinner!
If the upright man is rewarded on earth, how much more the evil-doer and the sinner!
Behold, the righteous shall be recompensed upon the earth: much more the wicked and the sinner.
Behold, the righteous shall be repaid in the earth; how much more the wicked and the sinner!
Behold, the righteous shall be recompensed in the earth: how much more the wicked and the sinner!
Behold, the righteous shall be recompensed in the earth, etc. - The Septuagint, Syrian, and Arabic read this verse as follows: "And if the righteous scarcely be saved, where shall the ungodly and the sinner appear?" And this St, Peter quotes literatim, 1 Peter 4:18 (note), where see the note.
The sense would appear to be, "The righteous is requited, i. e., is punished for his lesser sins, or as a discipline; much more the wicked, etc." Compare 1 Peter 4:18.
11:31 Recompensed - Punished for his sins.