Parallel Verses

Bible in Basic English

Wealth is of no profit in the day of wrath, but righteousness keeps a man safe from death.

New American Standard Bible

Riches do not profit in the day of wrath,
But righteousness delivers from death.

King James Version

Riches profit not in the day of wrath: but righteousness delivereth from death.

Holman Bible

Wealth is not profitable on a day of wrath,
but righteousness rescues from death.

International Standard Version

Wealth won't help in the time of judgment, but righteousness will deliver from death.

A Conservative Version

Riches do not profit in the day of wrath, but righteousness delivers from death.

American Standard Version

Riches profit not in the day of wrath; But righteousness delivereth from death.

Amplified


Riches will not provide security in the day of wrath and judgment,
But righteousness rescues from death.

Darby Translation

Wealth profiteth not in the day of wrath; but righteousness delivereth from death.

Julia Smith Translation

Wealth will not profit in the day of wrath, and justice will deliver from death.

King James 2000

Riches profit not in the day of wrath: but righteousness delivers from death.

Lexham Expanded Bible

Wealth does not profit on the day of wrath, but righteousness will deliver from death.

Modern King James verseion

Riches do not profit in the day of wrath, but righteousness delivers from death.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

Riches help not in the day of vengeance; but righteousness delivereth from death.

NET Bible

Wealth does not profit in the day of wrath, but righteousness delivers from mortal danger.

New Heart English Bible

Riches do not profit in the day of wrath, but righteousness delivers from death.

The Emphasized Bible

Wealth, shall not profit, in the day of wrath, but, righteousness, shall deliver from death.

Webster

Riches profit not in the day of wrath: but righteousness delivereth from death.

World English Bible

Riches don't profit in the day of wrath, but righteousness delivers from death.

Youngs Literal Translation

Wealth profiteth not in a day of wrath, And righteousness delivereth from death.

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
הון 
Hown 
Usage: 26

יעל 
Ya`al 
Usage: 23

not in the day
יום 
Yowm 
Usage: 2293

of wrath
עברה 
`ebrah 
Usage: 34

נצל 
Natsal 
Usage: 213

References

Context Readings

Proverbs Of Solomon

3 The righteousness of the upright will be their guide, but the twisted ways of the false will be their destruction. 4 Wealth is of no profit in the day of wrath, but righteousness keeps a man safe from death. 5 The righteousness of the good man will make his way straight, but the sin of the evil-doer will be the cause of his fall.

Cross References

Genesis 7:1

And the Lord said to Noah, Take all your family and go into the ark, for you only in this generation have I seen to be upright.

Proverbs 10:2

Wealth which comes from sin is of no profit, but righteousness gives salvation from death.

Zephaniah 1:18

Even their silver and their gold will not be able to keep them safe in the day of the Lord's wrath; but all the land will be burned up in the fire of his bitter wrath: for he will put an end, even suddenly, to all who are living in the land.

Ezekiel 7:19

They will put out their silver into the streets, and their gold will be as an unclean thing; their silver and their gold will not be able to keep them safe in the day of the wrath of the Lord; they will not get their desire or have food for their need: because it has been the cause of their falling into sin.

Psalm 49:6-8

Even of those whose faith is in their wealth, and whose hearts are lifted up because of their stores.

Proverbs 12:28

In the road of righteousness is life, but the way of the evil-doer goes to death.

Matthew 16:26

For what profit has a man, if he gets all the world with the loss of his life? or what will a man give in exchange for his life?

Luke 12:20

But God said to him, You foolish one, tonight I will take your soul from you, and who then will be the owner of all the things which you have got together?

Romans 5:17

For, if by the wrongdoing of one, death was ruling through the one, much more will those to whom has come the wealth of grace and the giving of righteousness, be ruling in life through the one, even Jesus Christ.

1 Timothy 4:8

For the training of the body is of profit for a little, but religion is of profit in every way, giving hope for the life which now is, and for that which is to come.

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