Parallel Verses

Bible in Basic English

If the upright man is rewarded on earth, how much more the evil-doer and the sinner!

New American Standard Bible

If the righteous will be rewarded in the earth,
How much more the wicked and the sinner!

King James Version

Behold, the righteous shall be recompensed in the earth: much more the wicked and the sinner.

Holman Bible

If the righteous will be repaid on earth,
how much more the wicked and sinful.


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International Standard Version

If the righteous receive what they are due here on earth, how much more will the wicked and the sinner.

A Conservative Version

Behold, a righteous man shall be recompensed in the earth, how much more the wicked man and the sinner!

American Standard Version

Behold, the righteous shall be recompensed in the earth: How much more the wicked and the sinner!

Amplified


If the righteous will be rewarded on the earth [with godly blessings],
How much more [will] the wicked and the sinner [be repaid with punishment]!

Darby Translation

Behold, the righteous shall be requited on the earth: how much more the wicked and the sinner.

Julia Smith Translation

Behold, the just shall be requited in the earth: much more the unjust one and the sinning.

King James 2000

Behold, the righteous shall be recompensed on the earth: much more the wicked and the sinner.

Lexham Expanded Bible

If the righteous on earth will be repaid, {how much more} the wicked and sinner.

Modern King James verseion

Behold, the righteous shall be rewarded in the earth; much more the wicked and the sinner.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

If the righteous be recompensed upon earth, how much more then the ungodly and the sinner?

NET Bible

If the righteous are recompensed on earth, how much more the wicked sinner!

New Heart English Bible

Behold, the righteous shall be repaid in the earth; how much more the wicked and the sinner.

The Emphasized Bible

Lo! the righteous, in the earth shall be recompensed, how much more the lawless and the sinner.

Webster

Behold, the righteous shall be recompensed upon the earth: much more the wicked and the sinner.

World English Bible

Behold, the righteous shall be repaid in the earth; how much more the wicked and the sinner!

Youngs Literal Translation

Lo, the righteous in the earth is recompensed, Surely also the wicked and the sinner!

Interlinear

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

in the earth
ארץ 
'erets 
Usage: 2504

רשׁע 
Rasha` 
Usage: 263

Context Readings

Proverbs Of Solomon

30 The fruit of righteousness is a tree of life, but violent behaviour takes away souls. 31 If the upright man is rewarded on earth, how much more the evil-doer and the sinner!



Cross References

Jeremiah 25:29

For see, I am starting to send evil on the town which is named by my name, and are you to be without any punishment? You will not be without punishment: for I will send a sword on all people living on the earth, says the Lord of armies.

2 Samuel 7:14-15

I will be to him a father and he will be to me a son: if he does wrong, I will give him punishment with the rod of men and with the blows of the children of men;

2 Samuel 12:9-12

Why then have you had no respect for the word of the Lord, doing what is evil in his eyes? You have put Uriah the Hittite to death with the sword, and have taken his wife to be your wife; you have put him to death with the sword of the children of Ammon.

1 Kings 13:24

And he went on his way; but on the road a lion came rushing at him and put him to death; and his dead body was stretched in the road with the ass by its side, and the lion was there by the body.

Proverbs 13:21

Evil will overtake sinners, but the upright will be rewarded with good.

1 Corinthians 11:30-32

For this cause a number of you are feeble and ill, and a number are dead.

1 Peter 4:17-18

For the time has come for the judging, starting with the church of God; but if it makes a start with us, what will be the end of those who are not under the rule of God?

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