Parallel Verses

Modern King James verseion

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

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.

Darby Translation

The righteous man shall never be moved; but the wicked shall not inhabit 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 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 upright; but ruin is to the workers of iniquity. 30 The righteous shall never be moved; and the wicked shall not live in the earth. 31 The mouth of the just brings forth wisdom; but the perverse tongue shall be cut out.

Cross References

Psalm 37:22

For His blessed ones shall inherit the earth; and those cursed by Him shall be cut off.

Psalm 125:1

A Song of degrees. They who trust in Jehovah shall be like Mount Zion; it is not shaken, but remains forever.

Psalm 37:28-29

For Jehovah loves judgment and does not forsake His saints; they are kept forever; 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 the storm passes, so the wicked is no more; but the righteous is an everlasting foundation.

Psalm 16:8

I have set Jehovah always before Me; because He is at My right hand, I shall not be moved.

Psalm 37:9-10

For evildoers shall be cut off; but those who wait on Jehovah, they shall inherit the earth.

Psalm 52:5

God will likewise destroy you forever; He shall take you away, and pluck you out of your tent, and root you out of the land of the living. Selah.

Psalm 112:6

Surely he shall not be moved forever; the righteous shall be remembered forever.

Ezekiel 33:24-26

Son of man, those who live in those wastes of the land of Israel are speaking, saying, Abraham was one, and he inherited the land. But we are many; the land is given to us for inheritance.

Micah 2:9-10

You have thrown the wives of My people out from the house of her delight; from their children you have taken away My majesty forever.

Matthew 21:41

They said to Him, Bad men! He will miserably destroy them and will rent out his vineyard to other vinedressers who will give him the fruits in their seasons.

Romans 8:35-39

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

2 Peter 1:10-11

Therefore, brothers, rather be diligent to make your calling and election sure, for if you do these things, you shall never fall.

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