Parallel Verses

Darby Translation

The righteous man shall never be moved; but the wicked shall not inhabit the land.

New American Standard Bible

The righteous will never be shaken,
But the wicked will not dwell in the land.

King James Version

The righteous shall never be removed: but the wicked shall not inhabit the earth.

Holman Bible

The righteous will never be shaken,
but the wicked will not remain on the earth.

International Standard Version

The righteous will never be overthrown, but the wicked will never inhabit the land.

A Conservative Version

A righteous man shall never be removed, but the wicked shall not dwell in the land.

American Standard Version

The righteous shall never be removed; But the wicked shall not dwell in the land.

Amplified


The [consistently] righteous will never be shaken,
But the wicked will not inhabit the earth.

Bible in Basic English

The upright man will never be moved, but evil-doers will not have a safe resting-place in the land.

Julia Smith Translation

The just one shall not be moved forever: and the unjust shall not inhabit the earth.

King James 2000

The righteous shall never be removed: but the wicked shall not inhabit the land.

Lexham Expanded Bible

The righteous one is forever; he will not be removed. But the wicked will not remain in the land.

Modern King James verseion

The righteous shall never be moved; and the wicked shall not live in the earth.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

The righteous shall never be overthrown; but the ungodly shall not remain in the land.

NET Bible

The righteous will never be moved, but the wicked will not inhabit the land.

New Heart English Bible

The righteous will never be removed, but the wicked will not dwell in the land.

The Emphasized Bible

The righteous, to times age-abiding, shall remain unshaken, but, the lawless, shall not inhabit the earth.

Webster

The righteous shall never be removed: but the wicked shall not inhabit the earth.

World English Bible

The righteous will never be removed, but the wicked will not dwell in the land.

Youngs Literal Translation

The righteous to the age is not moved, And the wicked inhabit not the earth.

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
צדּיק 
Tsaddiyq 
Usage: 206

עלם עולם 
`owlam 
Usage: 438

but the wicked
רשׁע 
Rasha` 
Usage: 263

שׁכן 
Shakan 
Usage: 128

Context Readings

Proverbs Of Solomon

29 The way of Jehovah is strength to the perfect man, but destruction to the workers of iniquity. 30 The righteous man shall never be moved; but the wicked shall not inhabit the land. 31 The mouth of a righteous man putteth forth wisdom; but the froward tongue shall be cut out.

Cross References

Psalm 37:22

for those blessed of him shall possess the land, and they that are cursed of him shall be cut off.

Psalm 125:1

{A Song of degrees.} They that confide in Jehovah are as mount Zion, which cannot be moved; it abideth for ever.

Psalm 37:28-29

for Jehovah loveth judgment, and will not forsake his saints: They are preserved for ever; but the seed of the wicked shall be cut off.

Proverbs 2:21-22

For the upright shall dwell in the land, and the perfect shall remain in it;

Proverbs 10:25

As a whirlwind passeth, so is the wicked no more; but the righteous is an everlasting foundation.

Psalm 16:8

I have set Jehovah continually before me; because he is at my right hand, I shall not be moved.

Psalm 37:9-10

For evil-doers shall be cut off; but those that wait on Jehovah, they shall possess the land.

Psalm 52:5

God shall likewise destroy thee for ever; he shall take thee away, and pluck thee out of thy tent, and root thee out of the land of the living. Selah.

Psalm 112:6

For he shall not be moved for ever: the righteous shall be in everlasting remembrance.

Ezekiel 33:24-26

Son of man, they that inhabit those waste places in the land of Israel speak, saying, Abraham was one, and he inherited this land, and we are many: the land is given us for a possession.

Micah 2:9-10

The women of my people do ye cast out from their pleasant houses; from their young children do ye take away my magnificence for ever.

Matthew 21:41

They say to him, He will miserably destroy those evil men, and let out the vineyard to other husbandmen, who shall render him the fruits in their seasons.

Romans 8:35-39

Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? tribulation or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or danger, or sword?

2 Peter 1:10-11

Wherefore the rather, brethren, use diligence to make your calling and election sure, for doing these things ye will never fall;

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