Parallel Verses
Youngs Literal Translation
The wicked is getting a lying wage, And whoso is sowing righteousness -- a true reward.
New American Standard Bible
But he who
King James Version
The wicked worketh a deceitful work: but to him that soweth righteousness shall be a sure reward.
Holman Bible
but the one who sows righteousness, a true reward.
International Standard Version
Evil people earn deceptive wages, but those who plant righteousness are truly rewarded.
A Conservative Version
A wicked man earns deceitful wages, but he who sows righteousness [has] a sure reward.
American Standard Version
The wicked earneth deceitful wages; But he that soweth righteousness hath a sure reward.
Amplified
The wicked man earns deceptive wages,
But he who sows righteousness and lives his life with integrity will have a true reward [that is both permanent and satisfying].
Bible in Basic English
The sinner gets the payment of deceit; but his reward is certain who puts in the seed of righteousness.
Darby Translation
The wicked worketh a deceitful work; but he that soweth righteousness hath a sure reward.
Julia Smith Translation
The unjust one did a work of falsehood: and the seed of justice the reward of truth.
King James 2000
The wicked works a deceitful work: but to him that sows righteousness shall be a sure reward.
Lexham Expanded Bible
The wicked earns {deceptive gain}, but he who sows righteousness, a {true reward}.
Modern King James verseion
The wicked makes a deceitful wage; but one sowing righteousness has a sure reward.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
The labour of the ungodly prospereth not; but he that showeth righteousness, shall receive a sure reward.
NET Bible
The wicked person earns deceitful wages, but the one who sows righteousness reaps a genuine reward.
New Heart English Bible
Wicked people earn deceitful wages, but one who sows righteousness reaps a sure reward.
The Emphasized Bible
The lawless man, earneth the wages of falsehood, but, he that soweth righteousness, hath the reward of fidelity.
Webster
The wicked worketh a deceitful work: but to him that soweth righteousness shall be a sure reward.
World English Bible
Wicked people earn deceitful wages, but one who sows righteousness reaps a sure reward.
Themes
Bearing fruit » Those that sow righteousness
the Reward of saints » Is sure
Righteousness » Brings its own reward
Sowing » Spiritual, the blessings of
Sowing and reaping » Reaping, harvest of sin » Sowing, spiritual, the blessings of
Topics
Interlinear
Sheqer
Ts@daqah
Word Count of 20 Translations in Proverbs 11:18
Verse Info
Context Readings
Proverbs Of Solomon
17 A kind man is rewarding his own soul, And the fierce is troubling his own flesh. 18 The wicked is getting a lying wage, And whoso is sowing righteousness -- a true reward. 19 Rightly is righteousness for life, And whoso is pursuing evil -- for his own death.
Cross References
Hosea 10:12-13
Sow for yourselves in righteousness, Reap according to loving-kindness, Till for yourselves tillage of knowledge, To seek Jehovah, Till he come and shew righteousness to you.
Galatians 6:8-9
because he who is sowing to his own flesh, of the flesh shall reap corruption; and he who is sowing to the Spirit, of the Spirit shall reap life age-during;
James 3:18
and the fruit of the righteousness in peace is sown to those making peace.
Job 27:13-23
This is the portion of wicked man with God, And the inheritance of terrible ones From the Mighty they receive.
Psalm 126:5-6
Those sowing in tears, with singing do reap,
Proverbs 1:18
And they for their own blood lay wait, They watch secretly for their own lives.
Proverbs 5:22
His own iniquities do capture the wicked, And with the ropes of his sin he is holden.
Proverbs 22:8
Whoso is sowing perverseness reapeth sorrow, And the rod of his anger weareth out.
Ecclesiastes 10:8
Whoso is digging a pit falleth into it, And whoso is breaking a hedge, a serpent biteth him.
Isaiah 59:5-8
Eggs of a viper they have hatched, And webs of a spider they weave, Whoso is eating their eggs doth die, And the crushed hatcheth a viper.
Ephesians 4:22
ye are to put off concerning the former behaviour the old man, that is corrupt according to the desires of the deceit,