Parallel Verses
A Conservative Version
A man shall not be established by wickedness, but the root of the righteous shall not be moved.
New American Standard Bible
But the root of the
King James Version
A man shall not be established by wickedness: but the root of the righteous shall not be moved.
Holman Bible
but the root of the righteous is immovable.
International Standard Version
A person doesn't gain security by wickedness, but the righteous won't be uprooted.
American Standard Version
A man shall not be established by wickedness; But the root of the righteous shall not be moved.
Amplified
A man will not be established by wickedness,
But the root of the [consistently] righteous will not be moved.
Bible in Basic English
No man will make himself safe through evil-doing; but the root of upright men will never be moved.
Darby Translation
A man shall not be established by wickedness; but the root of the righteous shall not be moved.
Julia Smith Translation
A man shall not be prepared by injustice: and the root of the Just shall not be moved.
King James 2000
A man shall not be established by wickedness: but the root of the righteous shall not be moved.
Lexham Expanded Bible
A person will not be established by wickedness, but the root of the righteous will not be moved.
Modern King James verseion
A man shall not be established by wickedness, but the root of the righteous shall not be moved.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
A man cannot endure in ungodliness; but the root of the righteous shall not be moved.
NET Bible
No one can be established through wickedness, but a righteous root cannot be moved.
New Heart English Bible
A man shall not be established by wickedness, but the root of the righteous shall not be moved.
The Emphasized Bible
A son of earth, shall not be established, by lawlessness, but, the root of the righteous, shall not be disturbed.
Webster
A man shall not be established by wickedness: but the root of the righteous shall not be moved.
World English Bible
A man shall not be established by wickedness, but the root of the righteous shall not be moved.
Youngs Literal Translation
A man is not established by wickedness, And the root of the righteous is not moved.
Themes
Bearing fruit » Who is planted firmly
Righteousness » They who walk in and follow » Shall never be moved
Interlinear
References
Fausets
Word Count of 20 Translations in Proverbs 12:3
Verse Info
Context Readings
Proverbs Of Solomon
2 A good man shall obtain favor of LORD, but he will condemn a man of wicked devices. 3 A man shall not be established by wickedness, but the root of the righteous shall not be moved. 4 A worthy woman is the crown of her husband, but she who makes ashamed is as rottenness in his bones.
Phrases
Names
Cross References
Proverbs 10:25
When the whirlwind passes, the wicked man is no more, but the righteous man is an everlasting foundation.
1 Samuel 25:33
and blessed be thy discretion, and blessed be thou, who have kept me this day from blood guiltiness, and from avenging myself with my own hand.
Job 5:3-5
I have seen the foolish taking root, but suddenly I cursed his habitation.
Job 15:29
He shall not be rich, neither shall his substance continue, neither shall their possessions be extended on the earth.
Job 20:5-9
that the triumphing of the wicked is short, and the joy of the profane but for a moment?
Job 27:16-18
Though he heaps up silver as the dust, and prepares raiment as the clay,
Psalm 15:5
he who puts not his money out to interest, nor takes a bribe against the innocent. He who does these things shall never be moved.
Psalm 125:1-2
Those who trust in LORD are as mount Zion, which cannot be moved, but abides forever.
Proverbs 12:12
A wicked man desires the net of evil men, but the root of the righteous gives.
Ephesians 3:17
For the Christ to dwell in your hearts through faith,
Colossians 2:7
rooted and built up in him and established in the faith, just as ye were taught, abounding in it with thankfulness.