Slanderers, God-haters, insolent, arrogant and boastful; they invent ways of doing evil; they disobey their parents
NIV
Slanderers, hateful to and hating God, full of insolence, arrogance, [and] boasting; inventors of new forms of evil, disobedient and undutiful to parents.
AMP
Backbiters, haters of God, despiteful, proud, boasters, inventors of evil things, disobedient to parents,
KJV
As you have understood us in part, you will come to understand fully that you can boast of us just as we will boast of you in the day of the Lord Jesus.
NIV
[Just] as you have [already] partially known and understood and acknowledged us and recognized that you can [honestly] be proud of us, even as we [can be proud] of you on the day of our Lord Jesus.
AMP
As also ye have acknowledged us in part, that we are your rejoicing, even as ye also are our's in the day of the Lord Jesus.
KJV
Granted. But they were broken off because of unbelief, and you stand by faith. Do not be arrogant, but tremble.
NIV
That is true. But they were broken (pruned) off because of their unbelief (their lack of real faith), and you are established through faith [because you do believe]. So do not become proud and conceited, but rather stand in awe and be reverently afraid.
AMP
Well; because of unbelief they were broken off, and thou standest by faith. Be not highminded, but fear:
KJV
We are not trying to commend ourselves to you again, but are giving you an opportunity to take pride in us, so that you can answer those who take pride in what is seen rather than in what is in the heart.
NIV
We are not commending ourselves to you again, but we are providing you with an occasion and incentive to be [rightfully] proud of us, so that you may have a reply for those who pride themselves on surface appearances [on the virtues they only appear to have], although their heart is devoid of them.
AMP
For we commend not ourselves again unto you, but give you occasion to glory on our behalf, that ye may have somewhat to answer them which glory in appearance, and not in heart.
KJV
Indeed, wine betrays him; he is arrogant and never at rest. Because he is as greedy as the grave and like death is never satisfied, he gathers to himself all the nations and takes captive all the peoples.
NIV
Moreover, wine and wealth are treacherous; the proud man [the Chaldean invader] is restless and cannot stay at home. His appetite is large like that of Sheol and [his greed] is like death and cannot be satisfied; he gathers to himself all nations and collects all people as if he owned them.
AMP
Yea also, because he transgresseth by wine, he is a proud man, neither keepeth at home, who enlargeth his desire as hell, and is as death, and cannot be satisfied, but gathereth unto him all nations, and heapeth unto him all people:
KJV
"But now we call the arrogant blessed. Certainly evildoers prosper, and even when they put God to the test, they get away with it."
NIV
And now we consider the proud and arrogant to be happy and favored; evildoers are exalted and prosper; yes, and when they test God, they escape [unpunished].
AMP
And now we call the proud happy; yea, they that work wickedness are set up; yea, they that tempt God are even delivered.
KJV
He has performed mighty deeds with his arm; he has scattered those who are proud in their inmost thoughts.
NIV
He has shown strength and made might with His arm; He has scattered the proud and haughty in and by the imagination and purpose and designs of their hearts.
AMP
He hath shewed strength with his arm; he hath scattered the proud in the imagination of their hearts.
KJV
