Parallel Verses
A Conservative Version
The righteousness of the upright shall deliver them, but the treacherous shall be taken in their own iniquity.
New American Standard Bible
But the treacherous will
King James Version
The righteousness of the upright shall deliver them: but transgressors shall be taken in their own naughtiness.
Holman Bible
but the treacherous are trapped by their own desires.
International Standard Version
The righteousness of the upright delivers them, but the treacherous are trapped by their evil desires.
American Standard Version
The righteousness of the upright shall deliver them; But the treacherous shall be taken in their own iniquity.
Amplified
The righteousness of the upright will rescue them,
But the treacherous will be caught by their own greed.
Bible in Basic English
The righteousness of the upright will be their salvation, but the false will themselves be taken in their evil designs.
Darby Translation
The righteousness of the upright delivereth them; but the treacherous are taken in their own craving.
Julia Smith Translation
The justice of the upright shall deliver them, and transgressors shall be taken in their mischief.
King James 2000
The righteousness of the upright shall deliver them: but transgressors shall be taken in their own lust.
Lexham Expanded Bible
The righteousness of the upright will save them, but by a scheme the treacherous will be taken captive.
Modern King James verseion
The righteousness of the upright shall deliver them, but deceivers shall be taken in lust.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
The righteousness of the just shall deliver them; but the despisers shall be taken in their own ungodliness.
NET Bible
The righteousness of the upright will deliver them, but the faithless will be captured by their own desires.
New Heart English Bible
The righteousness of the upright shall deliver them, but the unfaithful will be trapped by evil desires.
The Emphasized Bible
The righteousness of the upright, shall deliver them, but, by their own craving, shall the treacherous be captured.
Webster
The righteousness of the upright shall deliver them: but transgressors shall be taken in their own naughtiness.
World English Bible
The righteousness of the upright shall deliver them, but the unfaithful will be trapped by evil desires.
Youngs Literal Translation
The righteousness of the upright delivereth them, And in mischief the treacherous are captured.
Interlinear
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Word Count of 20 Translations in Proverbs 11:6
Verse Info
Context Readings
Proverbs Of Solomon
5 The righteousness of the perfect shall direct his way, but the wicked man shall fall by his own wickedness. 6 The righteousness of the upright shall deliver them, but the treacherous shall be taken in their own iniquity. 7 When a wicked man dies, [his] expectation shall perish, and the hope of iniquity perishes.
Cross References
Ecclesiastes 10:8
He who digs a pit shall fall into it, and he who breaks through a wall, a serpent shall bite him.
Genesis 30:33
So shall my righteousness answer for me after this, when thou shall come concerning my hire that is before thee. Every one that is not speckled and spotted among the goats, and black among the sheep, that [is] with me, shall be con
Genesis 31:37
Whereas thou have felt around all my stuff, what have thou found of all thy household stuff? Set it here before my brothers and thy brothers, that they may judge between us two.
1 Samuel 12:3-4
Here I am. Witness against me before LORD, and before his anointed: Whose ox have I taken? Or whose donkey have I taken? Or whom have I defrauded? Whom have I oppressed? Or of whose hand have I taken a bribe to blind my eyes with i
1 Kings 2:32-33
And LORD will return his blood upon his own head, because he fell upon two men more righteous and better than he, and killed them with the sword, and my father David did not know it, [namely], Abner the son of Ner, captain of the a
1 Kings 2:44
The king said moreover to Shimei, Thou know all the iniquity which thy heart is privy to, what thou did to David my father. Therefore LORD shall return thy iniquity upon thine own head.
Psalm 7:15-16
He has made a pit, and dug it, and is fallen into the ditch which he made.
Proverbs 5:22
His own iniquities shall take a wicked man, and he shall be held with the cords of his sin.