Parallel Verses

Youngs Literal Translation

The righteousness of the upright delivereth them, And in mischief the treacherous are captured.

New American Standard Bible

The righteousness of the upright will deliver them,
But the treacherous will be caught by their own greed.

King James Version

The righteousness of the upright shall deliver them: but transgressors shall be taken in their own naughtiness.

Holman Bible

The righteousness of the upright rescues them,
but the treacherous are trapped by their own desires.

International Standard Version

The righteousness of the upright delivers them, but the treacherous are trapped by their evil desires.

A Conservative Version

The righteousness of the upright shall deliver them, but the treacherous shall be taken in their own iniquity.

American Standard Version

The righteousness of the upright shall deliver them; But the treacherous shall be taken in their own iniquity.

Amplified


The righteousness of the upright will rescue them,
But the treacherous will be caught by their own greed.

Bible in Basic English

The righteousness of the upright will be their salvation, but the false will themselves be taken in their evil designs.

Darby Translation

The righteousness of the upright delivereth them; but the treacherous are taken in their own craving.

Julia Smith Translation

The justice of the upright shall deliver them, and transgressors shall be taken in their mischief.

King James 2000

The righteousness of the upright shall deliver them: but transgressors shall be taken in their own lust.

Lexham Expanded Bible

The righteousness of the upright will save them, but by a scheme the treacherous will be taken captive.

Modern King James verseion

The righteousness of the upright shall deliver them, but deceivers shall be taken in lust.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

The righteousness of the just shall deliver them; but the despisers shall be taken in their own ungodliness.

NET Bible

The righteousness of the upright will deliver them, but the faithless will be captured by their own desires.

New Heart English Bible

The righteousness of the upright shall deliver them, but the unfaithful will be trapped by evil desires.

The Emphasized Bible

The righteousness of the upright, shall deliver them, but, by their own craving, shall the treacherous be captured.

Webster

The righteousness of the upright shall deliver them: but transgressors shall be taken in their own naughtiness.

World English Bible

The righteousness of the upright shall deliver them, but the unfaithful will be trapped by evil desires.

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
נצל 
Natsal 
Usage: 213

לכד 
Lakad 
Usage: 121

References

Hastings

Context Readings

Proverbs Of Solomon

5 The righteousness of the perfect maketh right his way, And by his wickedness doth the wicked fall. 6 The righteousness of the upright delivereth them, And in mischief the treacherous are captured. 7 In the death of a wicked man, hope perisheth, And the expectation of the iniquitous hath been lost.



Cross References

Ecclesiastes 10:8

Whoso is digging a pit falleth into it, And whoso is breaking a hedge, a serpent biteth him.

Genesis 30:33

and my righteousness hath answered for me in the day to come, when it cometh in for my hire before thy face; -- every one which is not speckled and spotted among my goats, and brown among my lambs -- it is stolen with me.'

Genesis 31:37

for thou hast felt all my vessels: what hast thou found of all the vessels of thy house? set here before my brethren, and thy brethren, and they decide between us both.

1 Samuel 12:3-4

Lo, here am I; testify against me, over-against Jehovah, and over-against His anointed; whose ox have I taken, and whose ass have I taken, and whom have I oppressed; whom have I bruised, and of whose hand have I taken a ransom, and hide mine eyes with it? -- and I restore to you.'

1 Kings 2:32-33

and Jehovah hath turned back his blood on his own head, who hath fallen on two men more righteous and better than he, and slayeth them with the sword, -- and my father David knew not -- Abner son of Ner, head of the host of Israel, and Amasa son of Jether, head of the host of Judah;

1 Kings 2:44

And the king saith unto Shimei, 'Thou hast known all the evil that thy heart hath known, which thou didst to David my father, and Jehovah hath turned back thine evil on thy head,

Psalm 7:15-16

A pit he hath prepared, and he diggeth it, And he falleth into a ditch he maketh.

Proverbs 5:22

His own iniquities do capture the wicked, And with the ropes of his sin he is holden.

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