Parallel Verses

American Standard Version

Mark the perfect man, and behold the upright; For there is a happy end to the man of peace.

New American Standard Bible

Mark the blameless man, and behold the upright;
For the man of peace will have a posterity.

King James Version

Mark the perfect man, and behold the upright: for the end of that man is peace.

Holman Bible

Watch the blameless and observe the upright,
for the man of peace will have a future.

International Standard Version

Observe the blameless! Take note of the upright! Indeed, the future of that man is peace.

A Conservative Version

Mark the perfect man, and behold the upright, for there is a [happy] end to the man of peace.

Amplified


Mark the blameless man [who is spiritually complete], and behold the upright [who walks in moral integrity];
There is a [good] future for the man of peace [because a life of honor blesses one’s descendants].

Bible in Basic English

Give attention to the good man, and take note of the upright; because the end of that man is peace.

Darby Translation

Mark the perfect, and behold the upright, for the end of that man is peace;

Julia Smith Translation

Watch the blameless, and see the upright one, for the latter state to the man peace.

King James 2000

Mark the perfect man, and behold the upright: for the end of that man is peace.

Lexham Expanded Bible

Observe [the] blameless and look at [the] upright, for [there is] a future for a man of peace.

Modern King James verseion

Watch the perfect and behold the upright one; for the end of that man is peace.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

Keep innocency, and take heed unto the thing that is right; for that shall bring a man peace at the last.

NET Bible

Take note of the one who has integrity! Observe the godly! For the one who promotes peace has a future.

New Heart English Bible

Mark the perfect man, and see the upright, for there is a future for the man of peace.

The Emphasized Bible

Mark the blameless man, and behold the upright, for there is a hereafter for the man of peace;

Webster

Mark the perfect man, and behold the upright: for the end of that man is peace.

World English Bible

Mark the perfect man, and see the upright, for there is a future for the man of peace.

Youngs Literal Translation

Observe the perfect, and see the upright, For the latter end of each is peace.

References

Fausets

Context Readings

Instruction In Wisdom

36 But one passed by, and, lo, he was not: Yea, I sought him, but he could not be found. 37 Mark the perfect man, and behold the upright; For there is a happy end to the man of peace. 38 As for transgressors, they shall be destroyed together; The end of the wicked shall be cut off.


Cross References

Isaiah 57:1-2

The righteous perisheth, and no man layeth it to heart; and merciful men are taken away, none considering that the righteous is taken away from the evil to come .

Job 1:1

There was a man in the land of Uz, whose name was Job; and that man was perfect and upright, and one that feared God, and turned away from evil.

Job 42:12-17

So Jehovah blessed the latter end of Job more than his beginning: And he had fourteen thousand sheep, and six thousand camels, and a thousand yoke of oxen, and a thousand she-asses.

Proverbs 14:32

The wicked is thrust down in his evil-doing; But the righteous hath a refuge in his death.

Isaiah 32:17

And the work of righteousness shall be peace; and the effect of righteousness, quietness and confidence for ever.

Luke 2:25-29

And behold, there was a man in Jerusalem whose name was Simeon; and this man was righteous and devout, looking for the consolation of Israel: and the Holy Spirit was upon him.

Acts 7:59-60

And they stoned Stephen, calling upon the Lord , and saying, Lord Jesus, receive my spirit.

2 Timothy 4:6-8

For I am already being offered, and the time of my departure is come.

2 Peter 1:14

knowing that the putting off of my tabernacle cometh swiftly, even as our Lord Jesus Christ signified unto me.

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