Parallel Verses

Amplified


The righteous is rescued from trouble,
And the wicked takes his place.

New American Standard Bible

The righteous is delivered from trouble,
But the wicked takes his place.

King James Version

The righteous is delivered out of trouble, and the wicked cometh in his stead.

Holman Bible

The righteous one is rescued from trouble;
in his place, the wicked one goes in.

International Standard Version

The righteous person is delivered from trouble; it comes upon the wicked instead.

A Conservative Version

A righteous man is delivered out of trouble, and a wicked man comes in his stead.

American Standard Version

The righteous is delivered out of trouble, And the wicked cometh in his stead.

Bible in Basic English

The upright man is taken out of trouble, and in his place comes the sinner.

Darby Translation

The righteous is delivered out of trouble, and the wicked cometh in his stead.

Julia Smith Translation

The just one was delivered from straits, and the unjust will come in his stead.

King James 2000

The righteous is delivered out of trouble, and the wicked comes in his stead.

Lexham Expanded Bible

The righteous is delivered from trouble, but the wicked enters into it.

Modern King James verseion

The righteous is delivered out of trouble, and the wicked comes in his place.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

The righteous shall be delivered out of trouble; and the ungodly shall come in his stead.

NET Bible

The righteous person is delivered out of trouble, and the wicked turns up in his stead.

New Heart English Bible

A righteous person is delivered out of trouble, and the wicked takes his place.

The Emphasized Bible

The righteous man, out of distress, is delivered, then cometh a lawless man into his place.

Webster

The righteous is delivered out of trouble, and the wicked cometh in his stead.

World English Bible

A righteous person is delivered out of trouble, and the wicked takes his place.

Youngs Literal Translation

The righteous from distress is drawn out, And the wicked goeth in instead of him.

Interlinear

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

and the wicked
רשׁע 
Rasha` 
Usage: 263


come, bring, ... in, enter, go, carry, ...down, pass, ...out,
Usage: 0

Context Readings

Proverbs Of Solomon

7
When the wicked man dies, his expectation will perish;
And the hope of [godless] strong men perishes.
8 
The righteous is rescued from trouble,
And the wicked takes his place.
9
With his mouth the godless man destroys his neighbor,
But through knowledge and discernment the righteous will be rescued.



Cross References

Proverbs 21:18


The wicked become a ransom for the righteous,
And the treacherous in the place of the upright [for they fall into their own traps].

Esther 7:9-10

Then Harbonah, one of the eunuchs serving the king said, “Now look, there are gallows fifty cubits (75 ft.) high standing at Haman’s house, which Haman made for Mordecai, whose good warning saved the king.” And the king said, “Hang him on it.”

Isaiah 43:3-4


“For I am the Lord your God,
The Holy One of Israel, your Savior;
I have given Egypt [to the Babylonians] as your ransom,
Cush (ancient Ethiopia) and Seba [its province] in exchange for you.

Daniel 6:23-24

Then the king was greatly pleased and ordered that Daniel be taken out of the den. So Daniel was taken out of the den, and no injury whatever was found on him, because he believed in and relied on and trusted in his God.

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