Parallel Verses

Youngs Literal Translation

He reviveth not the wicked, And the judgment of the poor appointeth;

New American Standard Bible

“He does not keep the wicked alive,
But gives justice to the afflicted.

King James Version

He preserveth not the life of the wicked: but giveth right to the poor.

Holman Bible

He does not keep the wicked alive,
but He gives justice to the afflicted.

International Standard Version

He doesn't let the wicked live; he grants justice to the afflicted.

A Conservative Version

He does not preserve the life of the wicked, but gives to the afflicted [their] right.

American Standard Version

He preserveth not the life of the wicked, But giveth to the afflicted their right.

Amplified


“He does not prolong the life of the wicked,
But gives the afflicted their justice.

Bible in Basic English

His eyes are ever on the upright, and he gives to the crushed their right;

Darby Translation

He saveth not the wicked alive; but he doeth justice to the afflicted.

Julia Smith Translation

He will not save alive the unjust one, and he will give the judgment of the poor.

King James 2000

He preserves not the life of the wicked: but gives justice to the poor.

Lexham Expanded Bible

He does not keep [the] wicked alive but grants justice [to the] afflicted.

Modern King James verseion

He will not keep alive one who is wicked, but gives right to the afflicted.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

As for the ungodly, he preserveth them not, but helpeth the poor to their right.

NET Bible

He does not allow the wicked to live, but he gives justice to the poor.

New Heart English Bible

He doesn't preserve the life of the wicked, but gives to the afflicted their right.

The Emphasized Bible

He will not keep alive one who is lawless, but, the right of oppressed ones, will he grant;

Webster

He preserveth not the life of the wicked: but giveth right to the poor.

World English Bible

He doesn't preserve the life of the wicked, but gives to the afflicted their right.

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
He preserveth not the life
חיה 
Chayah 
Usage: 264

of the wicked
רשׁע 
Rasha` 
Usage: 263

but giveth
נתן 
Nathan 
Usage: 2011

Context Readings

Elihu Extols God's Greatness

5 Lo, God is mighty, and despiseth not, Mighty in power and heart. 6 He reviveth not the wicked, And the judgment of the poor appointeth; 7 He withdraweth not from the righteous His eyes, And from kings on the throne, And causeth them to sit for ever, and they are high,



Cross References

Psalm 72:12-14

For he delivereth the needy who crieth, And the poor when he hath no helper,

Psalm 140:12

I have known that Jehovah doth execute The judgment of the afflicted, The judgment of the needy.

Proverbs 22:22-23

Rob not the poor because he is poor, And bruise not the afflicted in the gate.

Exodus 22:22-24

'Any widow or orphan ye do not afflict;

Job 5:15

And He saveth the wasted from their mouth, And from a strong hand the needy,

Job 8:22

Those hating thee do put on shame, And the tent of the wicked is not!

Job 21:7-9

Wherefore do the wicked live? They have become old, Yea, they have been mighty in wealth.

Job 21:30

That to a day of calamity is the wicked spared. To a day of wrath they are brought.

Job 29:12-17

For I deliver the afflicted who is crying, And the fatherless who hath no helper.

Psalm 9:12

For He who is seeking for blood Them hath remembered, He hath not forgotten the cry of the afflicted.

Psalm 10:14-15

Thou hast seen, For Thou perverseness and anger beholdest; By giving into Thy hand, On Thee doth the afflicted leave it, Of the fatherless Thou hast been an helper.

Psalm 55:23

And Thou, O God, dost bring them down To a pit of destruction, Men of blood and deceit reach not to half their days, And I -- I do trust in Thee!

Psalm 72:4

He judgeth the poor of the people, Giveth deliverance to the sons of the needy, And bruiseth the oppressor.

Psalm 82:1-4

-- A Psalm of Asaph. God hath stood in the company of God, In the midst God doth judge.

Isaiah 11:4

And he hath judged in righteousness the poor, And decided in uprightness for the humble of earth, And hath smitten earth with the rod of his mouth, And with the breath of his lips he putteth the wicked to death.

Jeremiah 12:1-2

Righteous art Thou, O Jehovah, When I plead towards thee, Only, judgments do I speak with Thee, Wherefore did the way of the wicked prosper? At rest have been all treacherous dealers.

2 Peter 2:9

The Lord hath known to rescue pious ones out of temptation, and unrighteous ones to a day of judgment, being punished, to keep,

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