Parallel Verses
Youngs Literal Translation
The righteousness of the perfect maketh right his way, And by his wickedness doth the wicked fall.
New American Standard Bible
But
King James Version
The righteousness of the perfect shall direct his way: but the wicked shall fall by his own wickedness.
Holman Bible
but the wicked person will fall because of his wickedness.
International Standard Version
The righteousness of the innocent creates a level path, but the wicked fall by their wickedness.
A Conservative Version
The righteousness of the perfect shall direct his way, but the wicked man shall fall by his own wickedness.
American Standard Version
The righteousness of the perfect shall direct his way; But the wicked shall fall by his own wickedness.
Amplified
The righteousness of the blameless will smooth their way and keep it straight,
But the wicked will fall by his own wickedness.
Bible in Basic English
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.
Darby Translation
The righteousness of the perfect maketh plain his way; but the wicked falleth by his own wickedness.
Julia Smith Translation
The justice of the blameless shall make straight his way, and in his injustice the unjust shall fall.
King James 2000
The righteousness of the perfect shall direct his way: but the wicked shall fall by his own wickedness.
Lexham Expanded Bible
The righteousness of the blameless will keep his ways straight, but the wicked will fall by his wickedness.
Modern King James verseion
The righteousness of the perfect shall make his way right, but the wicked shall fall by his own wickedness.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
The righteousness of the innocent ordereth his way; but the ungodly shall fall in his own wickedness.
NET Bible
The righteousness of the blameless will make straight their way, but the wicked person will fall by his own wickedness.
New Heart English Bible
The righteousness of the blameless will direct his way, but the wicked shall fall by his own wickedness.
The Emphasized Bible
The righteousness of the blameless, shall smooth his way, but, by his own lawlessness, shall the lawless one, fall.
Webster
The righteousness of the perfect shall direct his way: but the wicked shall fall by his own wickedness.
World English Bible
The righteousness of the blameless will direct his way, but the wicked shall fall by his own wickedness.
Themes
Business life » Debts » Suretyship, (indorsement), the dangers of
Credit system » Debts » Suretyship, (indorsement), the dangers of
Insecurity of the wicked » Fall of the wicked foretold
Righteousness » Keep saints in the right way
Suretyship » Suretyship, (endorsement), the dangers of
The fruit of righteousness » The righteousness of the perfect
Interlinear
Ts@daqah
Yashar
References
Hastings
Word Count of 20 Translations in Proverbs 11:5
Verse Info
Context Readings
Proverbs Of Solomon
4 Wealth profiteth not in a day of wrath, And righteousness delivereth from death. 5 The righteousness of the perfect maketh right his way, And by his wickedness doth the wicked fall. 6 The righteousness of the upright delivereth them, And in mischief the treacherous are captured.
Names
Cross References
Proverbs 5:22
His own iniquities do capture the wicked, And with the ropes of his sin he is holden.
2 Samuel 17:23
And Ahithophel hath seen that his counsel was not done, and he saddleth the ass, and riseth and goeth unto his house, unto his city, and giveth charge unto his household, and strangleth himself, and dieth, and he is buried in the burying-place of his father.
Esther 7:3-10
And Esther the queen answereth and saith, 'If I have found grace in thine eyes, O king, and if to the king it be good, let my life be given to me at my petition, and my people at my request;
Psalm 9:15-16
Sunk have nations in a pit they made, In a net that they hid hath their foot been captured.
Proverbs 1:31-32
And they eat of the fruit of their way, And from their own counsels they are filled.
Proverbs 3:6
In all thy ways know thou Him, And He doth make straight thy paths.
Proverbs 11:3
The integrity of the upright leadeth them, And the perverseness of the treacherous destroyeth them.
Matthew 27:4-5
I did sin, having delivered up innocent blood;' and they said, 'What -- to us? thou shalt see!'