2 Thessalonians 1:6

Seeing it is a righteous thing with God to recompence tribulation to them that trouble you:
- King James Version (1611) - View 1611 Bible Scan

For after all it is {only} just for God to repay with affliction those who afflict you,
- New American Standard Version (1995)

if so be that it is righteous thing with God to recompense affliction to them that afflict you,
- American Standard Version (1901)

For it is an act of righteousness on God's part to give trouble as their reward to those who are troubling you,
- Basic English Bible

if at least [it is a] righteous thing with God to render tribulation to those that trouble you,
- Darby Bible

Seeing it is a righteous thing with God to recompense tribulation to them that trouble you;
- Webster's Bible

A plain token of God's righteous judgement, I say, since it is a righteous thing for Him to requite with affliction those who are now afflicting you;
- Weymouth Bible

Since it is a righteous thing with God to repay affliction to those who afflict you,
- World English Bible

If netheles it is iust tofor God to quite tribulacioun to hem that troblen you,
- Wycliffe Bible

since [it is] a righteous thing with God to give back to those troubling you -- trouble,
- Youngs Literal Bible

Wesley's Notes for 2 Thessalonians 1:6

1:6 It is a righteous thing with God - (However men may judge) to transfer the pressure from you to them. And it is remarkable that about this time, at the passover, the Jews raising a tumult, a great number (some say thirty thousand) of them were slain. St. Paul seems to allude to this beginning of sorrows, #1Th 2:16|, which did not end but with their destruction.