Parallel Verses
Youngs Literal Translation
The wicked is an atonement for the righteous, And for the upright the treacherous dealer.
New American Standard Bible
And the
King James Version
The wicked shall be a ransom for the righteous, and the transgressor for the upright.
Holman Bible
and the treacherous, for
International Standard Version
The wicked are ransom for the righteous, and the unfaithful for the upright.
A Conservative Version
A wicked man is a ransom for a righteous man, and the treacherous dealer for the upright.
American Standard Version
The wicked is a ransom for the righteous; And the treacherous cometh in the stead of the upright.
Amplified
The wicked become a ransom for the righteous,
And the treacherous in the place of the upright [for they fall into their own traps].
Bible in Basic English
The evil-doer will be given as a price for the life of the good man, and the worker of deceit in the place of the upright.
Darby Translation
The wicked is a ransom for the righteous, and a treacherous man in the stead of the upright.
Julia Smith Translation
The unjust one a ransom for the just one, and he transgressing, instead of the upright
King James 2000
The wicked shall be a ransom for the righteous, and the transgressor for the upright.
Lexham Expanded Bible
A ransom for the righteous is the wicked, and [the] faithless instead of the upright.
Modern King James verseion
The wicked shall be a ransom for the righteous, and the transgressor for the upright.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
The ungodly shall be given for the righteous; and the wicked for the just.
NET Bible
The wicked become a ransom for the righteous, and the faithless are taken in the place of the upright.
New Heart English Bible
The wicked is a ransom for the righteous; the treacherous for the upright.
The Emphasized Bible
A ransom for the righteous, is the lawless, and, instead of upright men, the traitor.
Webster
The wicked shall be a ransom for the righteous, and the transgressor for the upright.
World English Bible
The wicked is a ransom for the righteous; the treacherous for the upright.
Interlinear
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References
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Word Count of 20 Translations in Proverbs 21:18
Verse Info
Context Readings
Proverbs Of Solomon
17 Whoso is loving mirth is a poor man, Whoso is loving wine and oil maketh no wealth. 18 The wicked is an atonement for the righteous, And for the upright the treacherous dealer. 19 Better to dwell in a wilderness land, Than with a woman of contentions and anger.
Cross References
Proverbs 11:8
The righteous from distress is drawn out, And the wicked goeth in instead of him.
Isaiah 43:3-4
For I -- Jehovah thy God, The Holy One of Israel, thy Saviour, I have appointed Egypt thine atonement, Cush and Seba in thy stead.
Isaiah 53:4-5
Surely our sicknesses he hath borne, And our pains -- he hath carried them, And we -- we have esteemed him plagued, Smitten of God, and afflicted.
Isaiah 55:8-9
For not My thoughts are your thoughts, Nor your ways My ways, -- an affirmation of Jehovah,
1 Peter 3:18
because also Christ once for sin did suffer -- righteous for unrighteous -- that he might lead us to God, having been put to death indeed, in the flesh, and having been made alive in the spirit,