Parallel Verses

World English Bible

A righteous person is delivered out of 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.

Amplified


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

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.

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
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 a wicked man dies, hope perishes, and expectation of power comes to nothing. 8 A righteous person is delivered out of trouble, and the wicked takes his place. 9 With his mouth the godless man destroys his neighbor, but the righteous will be delivered through knowledge.

Cross References

Proverbs 21:18

The wicked is a ransom for the righteous; the treacherous for the upright.

Esther 7:9-10

Then Harbonah, one of the eunuchs who were with the king said, "Behold, the gallows fifty cubits high, which Haman has made for Mordecai, who spoke good for the king, is standing at Haman's house." The king said, "Hang him on it!"

Isaiah 43:3-4

For I am Yahweh your God, the Holy One of Israel, your Savior. I have given Egypt as your ransom, Ethiopia and Seba in your place.

Daniel 6:23-24

Then was the king exceeding glad, and commanded that they should take Daniel up out of the den. So Daniel was taken up out of the den, and no kind of harm was found on him, because he had trusted in his God.

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