Parallel Verses
Julia Smith Translation
The unjust one desired the net of the evil: and the root of the just will give.
New American Standard Bible
But the root of the righteous
King James Version
The wicked desireth the net of evil men: but the root of the righteous yieldeth fruit.
Holman Bible
but the root of the righteous produces fruit.
International Standard Version
The wicked desires what evil people gain, but the foundation of the righteous is productive.
A Conservative Version
A wicked man desires the net of evil men, but the root of the righteous gives.
American Standard Version
The wicked desireth the net of evil men; But the root of the righteous yieldeth fruit .
Amplified
The wicked desire the plunder of evil men,
But the root of the righteous yields richer fruit.
Bible in Basic English
The resting-place of the sinner will come to destruction, but the root of upright men is for ever.
Darby Translation
The wicked desireth the net of evil men; but the root of the righteous yieldeth fruit.
King James 2000
The wicked desires the net of evil men: but the root of the righteous yields fruit.
Lexham Expanded Bible
The wicked covets the proceeds of evil, but the root of the righteous {bears fruit}.
Modern King James verseion
The wicked desires the net of evils; but the root of the righteous yields fruit.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
The desire of the ungodly hunteth after mischief; but the root of the righteous bringeth forth fruit.
NET Bible
The wicked person desires a stronghold, but the righteous root endures.
New Heart English Bible
The wicked desires the plunder of evil men, but the root of the righteous flourishes.
The Emphasized Bible
A lawless man craveth the prey of the wicked, but, the root of the righteous, is enduring.
Webster
The wicked desireth the net of evil men: but the root of the righteous yieldeth fruit.
World English Bible
The wicked desires the plunder of evil men, but the root of the righteous flourishes.
Youngs Literal Translation
The wicked hath desired the net of evil doers, And the root of the righteous giveth.
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Word Count of 20 Translations in Proverbs 12:12
Verse Info
Context Readings
Proverbs Of Solomon
11 He working his earth shall be filled with bread: and he pursuing vain things wanted heart. 12 The unjust one desired the net of the evil: and the root of the just will give. 13 In the transgression of the lips is the snare of evil: and the just one shall come forth out of straits.
Cross References
Psalm 10:9
He will lie in wait in secret as the lion in her den: he will lie in wait to catch the poor one: he will catch the poor one in drawing him into his net
Psalm 1:3
And he was as a tree planted by the streams of water which will give its fruit in its time; his leaf shall not fall away, and all which he shall do shall be prospered.
Psalm 9:15
The nations sank into the pit they made: in the net they hid, their foot was taken by it
Proverbs 1:17-19
For gratuitously the net was spread in the eyes of all possessing a wing.
Proverbs 10:15
The wealth of the rich his strong city: the destruction of the poor their poverty.
Proverbs 29:5-6
A man making smooth against his neighbor spreads a net for his steps.
Isaiah 27:6
Those coming of Jacob shall he cause to take root: Israel shall blossom and be fruitful, and they filled the face of the habitable globe with produce.
Isaiah 37:31
And the escaping of the house of Judah being left shall add a root downward and make fruit upward:
Jeremiah 5:26-28
for evil ones were found among my people: he will look about as the stooping of fowlers; they set snares, they will take men.
Jeremiah 17:7-8
Blessed the man who shall trust in Jehovah, and his trust was Jehovah.
Micah 7:2
The merciful one perished from the earth, and none upright among men: they all will lie in wait for bloods; they will hunt each his brother with a net.
Habakkuk 1:15-17
And he brought up a completion with the book, he will drag him in his net, and he will gather him in his fishnet: for this he will rejoice and be glad.
Luke 8:13-15
And they upon the rock, who, when they hear, with joy receive the word; and they have no root, who for a time believe, and in time of trial fly away.
John 15:5
I am the vine, ye the branches: he remaining in me, and I in him, he bears much fruit: for without me ye can do nothing.
John 15:16
Ye chose not me, but I chose you, and I have set you, that ye might retire and bear fruit, and your fruit remain: that whatever ye ask the Father in my name, he might give you.
Romans 6:22
And now freed from sin, and subdued to God, ye have your fruit to consecration, and the end life eternal.