Parallel Verses

NET Bible

The righteous will never be moved, but the wicked will not inhabit the land.

New American Standard Bible

The righteous will never be shaken,
But the wicked will not dwell in the land.

King James Version

The righteous shall never be removed: but the wicked shall not inhabit the earth.

Holman Bible

The righteous will never be shaken,
but the wicked will not remain on the earth.

International Standard Version

The righteous will never be overthrown, but the wicked will never inhabit the land.

A Conservative Version

A righteous man shall never be removed, but the wicked shall not dwell in the land.

American Standard Version

The righteous shall never be removed; But the wicked shall not dwell in the land.

Amplified


The [consistently] righteous will never be shaken,
But the wicked will not inhabit the earth.

Bible in Basic English

The upright man will never be moved, but evil-doers will not have a safe resting-place in the land.

Darby Translation

The righteous man shall never be moved; but the wicked shall not inhabit the land.

Julia Smith Translation

The just one shall not be moved forever: and the unjust shall not inhabit the earth.

King James 2000

The righteous shall never be removed: but the wicked shall not inhabit the land.

Lexham Expanded Bible

The righteous one is forever; he will not be removed. But the wicked will not remain in the land.

Modern King James verseion

The righteous shall never be moved; and the wicked shall not live in the earth.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

The righteous shall never be overthrown; but the ungodly shall not remain in the land.

New Heart English Bible

The righteous will never be removed, but the wicked will not dwell in the land.

The Emphasized Bible

The righteous, to times age-abiding, shall remain unshaken, but, the lawless, shall not inhabit the earth.

Webster

The righteous shall never be removed: but the wicked shall not inhabit the earth.

World English Bible

The righteous will never be removed, but the wicked will not dwell in the land.

Youngs Literal Translation

The righteous to the age is not moved, And the wicked inhabit not the earth.

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
The righteous
צדּיק 
Tsaddiyq 
Usage: 206

עלם עולם 
`owlam 
Usage: 438

but the wicked
רשׁע 
Rasha` 
Usage: 263

שׁכן 
Shakan 
Usage: 128

Context Readings

Proverbs Of Solomon

29 The way of the Lord is like a stronghold for the upright, but it is destruction to evildoers. 30 The righteous will never be moved, but the wicked will not inhabit the land. 31 The speech of the righteous bears the fruit of wisdom, but the one who speaks perversion will be destroyed.



Cross References

Psalm 37:22

Surely those favored by the Lord will possess the land, but those rejected by him will be wiped out.

Psalm 125:1

A song of ascents. Those who trust in the Lord are like Mount Zion; it cannot be upended and will endure forever.

Psalm 37:28-29

For the Lord promotes justice, and never abandons his faithful followers. They are permanently secure, but the children of evil men are wiped out.

Proverbs 2:21-22

For the upright will reside in the land, and those with integrity will remain in it,

Proverbs 10:25

When the storm passes through, the wicked are swept away, but the righteous are an everlasting foundation.

Psalm 16:8

I constantly trust in the Lord; because he is at my right hand, I will not be upended.

Psalm 37:9-10

Wicked men will be wiped out, but those who rely on the Lord are the ones who will possess the land.

Psalm 52:5

Yet God will make you a permanent heap of ruins. He will scoop you up and remove you from your home; he will uproot you from the land of the living. (Selah)

Psalm 112:6

For he will never be upended; others will always remember one who is just.

Ezekiel 33:24-26

"Son of man, the ones living in these ruins in the land of Israel are saying, 'Abraham was only one man, yet he possessed the land, but we are many; surely the land has been given to us for a possession.'

Micah 2:9-10

You wrongly evict widows among my people from their cherished homes. You defraud their children of their prized inheritance.

Matthew 21:41

They said to him, "He will utterly destroy those evil men! Then he will lease the vineyard to other tenants who will give him his portion at the harvest."

Romans 8:35-39

Who will separate us from the love of Christ? Will trouble, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or danger, or sword?

2 Peter 1:10-11

Therefore, brothers and sisters, make every effort to be sure of your calling and election. For by doing this you will never stumble into sin.

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