Parallel Verses
International Standard Version
Administering justice brings joy to the righteous, but terror to those who practice iniquity.
New American Standard Bible
But is
King James Version
It is joy to the just to do judgment: but destruction shall be to the workers of iniquity.
Holman Bible
but a terror to those who practice iniquity.
A Conservative Version
It is joy to the righteous to do justice, but it is a destruction to the workers of iniquity.
American Standard Version
It is joy to the righteous to do justice; But it is a destruction to the workers of iniquity.
Amplified
When justice is done, it is a joy to the righteous (the upright, the one in right standing with God),
But to the evildoers it is disaster.
Bible in Basic English
It is a joy to the good man to do right, but it is destruction to the workers of evil.
Darby Translation
It is joy to a righteous man to do what is right; but it is ruin for the workers of iniquity.
Julia Smith Translation
Joy to the just one to do judgment: and destruction to those working iniquity.
King James 2000
It is joy to the just to do justice: but destruction shall be to the workers of iniquity.
Lexham Expanded Bible
[It is] a joy to the righteous to do justice, but dismay to those who do evil.
Modern King James verseion
It is joy to the just to do judgment, but ruin shall be to the workers of iniquity.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
The just delighteth in doing the thing that is right, but the workers of wickedness abhor the same.
NET Bible
Doing justice brings joy to the righteous and terror to those who do evil.
New Heart English Bible
It is joy to the righteous to do justice; but it is a destruction to the workers of iniquity.
The Emphasized Bible
It is a joy, to a righteous man, to do justice, but, dismay, to the workers of iniquity.
Webster
It is joy to the just to do judgment: but destruction shall be to the workers of iniquity.
World English Bible
It is joy to the righteous to do justice; but it is a destruction to the workers of iniquity.
Youngs Literal Translation
To do justice is joy to the righteous, But ruin to workers of iniquity.
Themes
Iniquity » The workers of iniquity
Joy » Experienced by » The just
Topics
Interlinear
Word Count of 20 Translations in Proverbs 21:15
Verse Info
Context Readings
Proverbs Of Solomon
14 Privately given gifts pacify wrath, and payments made secretly appease great anger. 15 Administering justice brings joy to the righteous, but terror to those who practice iniquity. 16 Whoever wanders from the path of understanding will end up where the dead are gathered.
Cross References
Proverbs 10:29
To the upright, the way of the LORD is a place of safety, but it's a place of ruin to those who practice evil.
Job 29:12-17
because I delivered the poor who were crying for help, along with orphans who had no one to help them.
Psalm 40:8
I delight to do your will, my God. Your Law is part of my inner being."
Psalm 112:1
Hallelujah! How happy is the person who fears the LORD, who truly delights in his commandments.
Psalm 119:16
I am delighted with your statutes; I will not forget your word. Gimmel
Psalm 119:92
Had your instruction not been my pleasure, I would have died in my affliction.
Proverbs 5:20
Why should you be intoxicated by an adulteress, my son, and embrace the bosom of a foreign woman?
Proverbs 21:12
The righteous God considers the house of the wicked, bringing the wicked to ruin.
Ecclesiastes 3:12
I have concluded that the only worthwhile thing for them is to take pleasure in doing good in life;
Isaiah 64:5
You come to the aid of those who gladly do what's right, To those who remember you in your ways. See, you were angry, and we sinned against them for a long time, but we will be saved.
Matthew 7:23
Then I will tell them plainly, "I never knew you. Get away from me, you who practice evil!'"
Matthew 13:41-42
The Son of Man will send his angels, and they will gather from his kingdom everything that causes others to sin and those who practice lawlessness
Luke 13:27-28
But he will tell you, "I don't know where you come from. Get away from me, all you who practice evil!'
John 4:34
Jesus told them, "My food is doing the will of the one who sent me and completing his work.
Romans 7:22
For I delight in the Law of God in my inner being,