Proverbs 16:4

Modern

The LORD has made everything for His purpose—even the wicked for the day of disaster.

Traditional

The Lord hath made all things for himself: yea, even the wicked for the day of evil.

Literal

YHWH has made everything for its own end—even the wicked for the day of evil.

Latin

Universa propter semetipsum operatus est Dominus; impium quoque ad diem malum.

Hebrew

English

The LORD has made everything for His purpose—even the wicked for the day of disaster.

The wicked will face difficulties in life and after death. God controls everything (see also Romans 9:10–24; 2 Peter 2:9).

Romans 9:22
What if God, intending to show His wrath and make His power known, bore with great patience the vessels of His wrath, prepared for destruction?
Isaiah 43:21
The people I formed for Myself will declare My praise.
2 Peter 2:9
…if all this is so, then the Lord knows how to rescue the godly from trials and to hold the unrighteous for punishment on the day of judgment.
Isaiah 43:7
…everyone called by My name and created for My glory, whom I have indeed formed and made.”
1 Peter 2:8
…and, “A stone of stumbling and a rock of offense.” They stumble because they disobey the word—and to this they were appointed.
Revelation 4:11
“Worthy are You, our Lord and God, to receive glory and honor and power, for You created all things; by Your will they exist and were created.”
Job 21:30
Indeed, the evil man is spared from the day of calamity, delivered from the day of wrath.
2 Peter 2:3
In their greed, these false teachers will exploit you with deceptive words. The longstanding verdict against them remains in force, and their destruction does not sleep.
Romans 11:36
For from Him and through Him and to Him are all things. To Him be the glory forever! Amen.