Parallel Verses
Amplified
If the righteous will be rewarded on the earth [with godly blessings],
How much more [will] the wicked and the sinner [be repaid with punishment]!
New American Standard Bible
How much more the wicked and the sinner!
King James Version
Behold, the righteous shall be recompensed in the earth: much more the wicked and the sinner.
Holman Bible
how much more the wicked and sinful.
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International Standard Version
If the righteous receive what they are due here on earth, how much more will the wicked and the sinner.
A Conservative Version
Behold, a righteous man shall be recompensed in the earth, how much more the wicked man and the sinner!
American Standard Version
Behold, the righteous shall be recompensed in the earth: How much more the wicked and the sinner!
Bible in Basic English
If the upright man is rewarded on earth, how much more the evil-doer and the sinner!
Darby Translation
Behold, the righteous shall be requited on the earth: how much more the wicked and the sinner.
Julia Smith Translation
Behold, the just shall be requited in the earth: much more the unjust one and the sinning.
King James 2000
Behold, the righteous shall be recompensed on the earth: much more the wicked and the sinner.
Lexham Expanded Bible
If the righteous on earth will be repaid, {how much more} the wicked and sinner.
Modern King James verseion
Behold, the righteous shall be rewarded in the earth; much more the wicked and the sinner.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
If the righteous be recompensed upon earth, how much more then the ungodly and the sinner?
NET Bible
If the righteous are recompensed on earth, how much more the wicked sinner!
New Heart English Bible
Behold, the righteous shall be repaid in the earth; how much more the wicked and the sinner.
The Emphasized Bible
Lo! the righteous, in the earth shall be recompensed, how much more the lawless and the sinner.
Webster
Behold, the righteous shall be recompensed upon the earth: much more the wicked and the sinner.
World English Bible
Behold, the righteous shall be repaid in the earth; how much more the wicked and the sinner!
Youngs Literal Translation
Lo, the righteous in the earth is recompensed, Surely also the wicked and the sinner!
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Word Count of 20 Translations in Proverbs 11:31
Verse Info
Context Readings
Proverbs Of Solomon
30
The fruit of the [consistently] righteous is a tree of life,
And he who is wise captures and wins souls [for God—he gathers them for eternity].
If the righteous will be rewarded on the earth [with godly blessings],
How much more [will] the wicked and the sinner [be repaid with punishment]!
Cross References
Jeremiah 25:29
For behold, I am beginning to work disaster in the city which is called by My Name, and shall you go unpunished? You will not be exempt from punishment, for I am calling for a sword against all the inhabitants of the earth,” says the Lord of hosts.’
2 Samuel 7:14-15
I will be his Father, and he shall be My son. When he commits iniquity (wrongdoing), I will discipline him with the rod of men and with the strokes of the sons of man.
2 Samuel 12:9-12
Why have you despised the word of the Lord by doing evil in His sight? You have struck down Uriah the Hittite with the sword and have taken his wife to be your wife. You have killed him with the sword of the Ammonites.
1 Kings 13:24
Now when he had gone, a lion met him by the road and killed him, and his body was thrown in the road, with the donkey standing beside it; the lion was also standing beside the body.
Proverbs 13:21
Adversity pursues sinners,
But the [consistently] upright will be rewarded with prosperity.
1 Corinthians 11:30-32
That [careless and unworthy participation] is the reason why many among you are weak and sick, and a number sleep [in death].
1 Peter 4:17-18
For it is the time [destined] for judgment to begin with the household of God; and if it begins with us, what will the outcome be for those who do not respect or believe or obey the gospel of God?