Parallel Verses
Lexham Expanded Bible
By the blessing of the upright, a city will be exalted, but by the mouth of the wicked, it will be overthrown.
New American Standard Bible
But by the mouth of the wicked it is torn down.
King James Version
By the blessing of the upright the city is exalted: but it is overthrown by the mouth of the wicked.
Holman Bible
but it is torn down by the mouth of the wicked.
International Standard Version
Through the blessing of the righteous a city is built up, but what the wicked say tears it down.
A Conservative Version
By the blessing of the upright the city is exalted, but it is overthrown by the mouth of the wicked.
American Standard Version
By the blessing of the upright the city is exalted; But it is overthrown by the mouth of the wicked.
Amplified
By the blessing [of the influence] of the upright the city is exalted,
But by the mouth of the wicked it is torn down.
Bible in Basic English
By the blessing of the upright man the town is made great, but it is overturned by the mouth of the evil-doer.
Darby Translation
By the blessing of the upright the city is exalted; but it is overthrown by the mouth of the wicked.
Julia Smith Translation
By the blessing of the upright the city shall be exalted: and by the mouth of the unjust it shall be overthrown.
King James 2000
By the blessing of the upright the city is exalted: but it is overthrown by the mouth of the wicked.
Modern King James verseion
By the blessing of the upright the city is lifted up, but it is overthrown by the mouth of the wicked.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
When the just are in wealth, the city prospereth; but when the ungodly have the rule, it decayeth.
NET Bible
A city is exalted by the blessing provided from the upright, but it is destroyed by the counsel of the wicked.
New Heart English Bible
By the blessing of the upright, the city is exalted, but it is overthrown by the mouth of the wicked.
The Emphasized Bible
When the upright are blessed, exalted is the city, but, by the mouth of the lawless, it is overthrown.
Webster
By the blessing of the upright the city is exalted: but it is overthrown by the mouth of the wicked.
World English Bible
By the blessing of the upright, the city is exalted, but it is overthrown by the mouth of the wicked.
Youngs Literal Translation
By the blessing of the upright is a city exalted, And by the mouth of the wicked thrown down.
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Word Count of 20 Translations in Proverbs 11:11
Verse Info
Context Readings
Proverbs Of Solomon
10 When good [is with] the righteous, [the] city rejoices, and with the perishing of the wicked, jubilation. 11 By the blessing of the upright, a city will be exalted, but by the mouth of the wicked, it will be overthrown. 12 He who lacks {sense} belittles his neighbor, but a person of intelligence will remain silent.
Cross References
Proverbs 29:8
Men of scoffing set a city aflame, but the wise turn away wrath.
Genesis 41:38-42
Then Pharaoh said to his servants, "Can we find a man like this in whom is the spirit of God?"
Genesis 45:8
So now, you yourselves did not send me here, but God put me here as father to Pharaoh and as master of all his household, and a ruler over all the land of Egypt.
2 Samuel 20:1
Now a man of wickedness was found there whose name [was] Sheba the son of Bichri, a Benjaminite. He blew the horn and said, "There is no share for us in David, and there [is] no inheritance for us in the son of Jesse; each to his tents, O Israel!"
2 Chronicles 32:20-22
Then King Hezekiah and Isaiah the son of Amoz, the prophet, prayed concerning this. And they cried to the heavens.
Esther 3:8-15
And Haman said to King Ahasuerus, "There is a certain people scattered and separated among the peoples in all of the provinces of your kingdom; their laws [are] different from every [other] people, and they do not {observe} the laws of the king; it is not appropriate for the king to tolerate them.
Esther 9:1-16
In the twelfth month, that [is] the month of Adar, on the thirteenth day, on which the edict of the king arrived and his law was enacted, on the day in which the enemies of the Jews had hoped to gain power over them but was overturned, [and] the Jews gained power against their enemies,
Job 22:30
He will deliver the guilty, and he will escape because of the cleanness of your hands."
Proverbs 14:34
Righteousness will exalt a nation, but sin [is] a reproach to a people.
Ecclesiastes 9:15
Now, a poor wise man was found in it, and he delivered the city by his wisdom.
James 3:6
And the tongue [is] a fire! The world of unrighteousness, the tongue, is set among our members, defiling the whole body and setting on fire {the course of human existence}, being set on fire by hell.