Parallel Verses
Youngs Literal Translation
The good bringeth forth favour from Jehovah, And the man of wicked devices He condemneth.
New American Standard Bible
But He will condemn a man
King James Version
A good man obtaineth favour of the LORD: but a man of wicked devices will he condemn.
Holman Bible
but He condemns a man who schemes.
International Standard Version
The good person will gain favor from the LORD, but the man who plots evil will be condemned by him.
A Conservative Version
A good man shall obtain favor of LORD, but he will condemn a man of wicked devices.
American Standard Version
A good man shall obtain favor of Jehovah; But a man of wicked devices will he condemn.
Amplified
A good man will obtain favor from the Lord,
But He will condemn a man who devises evil.
Bible in Basic English
A good man has grace in the eyes of the Lord; but the man of evil designs gets punishment from him.
Darby Translation
A good man obtaineth favour of Jehovah; but a man of mischievous devices will he condemn.
Julia Smith Translation
The good shall obtain acceptance from Jehovah: and the man of mischief he will condemn.
King James 2000
A good man obtains favor of the LORD: but a man of wicked intentions will he condemn.
Lexham Expanded Bible
The good obtains favor from Yahweh, but anyone who schemes, he condemns.
Modern King James verseion
The good gets grace from Jehovah, but He will condemn a man of wicked thoughts.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
A good man is acceptable unto the LORD; but the wicked will he condemn.
NET Bible
A good person obtains favor from the Lord, but the Lord condemns a person with wicked schemes.
New Heart English Bible
A good man shall obtain favor from the LORD, but he will condemn a man of wicked devices.
The Emphasized Bible
A good man, obtaineth favour from Yahweh, but, a man of wicked devices, will he condemn.
Webster
A good man obtaineth favor from the LORD: but a man of wicked devices he will condemn.
World English Bible
A good man shall obtain favor from Yahweh, but he will condemn a man of wicked devices.
Themes
Condemnation » Who is condemned
Condemnation » Inseparable consequence of sin
Evil » Devices » Will be defeated
Plans of men » Devices, evil » Will be defeated
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Word Count of 20 Translations in Proverbs 12:2
Verse Info
Context Readings
Proverbs Of Solomon
1 Whoso is loving instruction, is loving knowledge, And whoso is hating reproof is brutish. 2 The good bringeth forth favour from Jehovah, And the man of wicked devices He condemneth. 3 A man is not established by wickedness, And the root of the righteous is not moved.
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Cross References
Proverbs 8:35
For whoso is finding me, hath found life, And bringeth out good-will from Jehovah.
Psalm 9:15
Sunk have nations in a pit they made, In a net that they hid hath their foot been captured.
Psalm 112:5
Good is the man -- gracious and lending, He sustaineth his matters in judgment.
Proverbs 1:31
And they eat of the fruit of their way, And from their own counsels they are filled.
Proverbs 6:18
A heart devising thoughts of vanity -- Feet hasting to run to evil --
Ecclesiastes 8:8
There is no man ruling over the spirit to restrain the spirit, and there is no authority over the day of death, and there is no discharge in battle, and wickedness delivereth not its possessors.
Isaiah 32:5-7
A fool is no more called 'noble,' And to a miser it is not said, 'rich;'
Acts 11:24
because he was a good man, and full of the Holy Spirit, and of faith, and a great multitude was added to the Lord.
Romans 5:7
for scarcely for a righteous man will any one die, for for the good man perhaps some one also doth dare to die;