Parallel Verses

Darby Translation

A man shall not be established by wickedness; but the root of the righteous shall not be moved.

New American Standard Bible

A man will not be established by wickedness,
But the root of the righteous will not be moved.

King James Version

A man shall not be established by wickedness: but the root of the righteous shall not be moved.

Holman Bible

Man cannot be made secure by wickedness,
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.

A Conservative Version

A man shall not be established by wickedness, but the root of the righteous shall not be moved.

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.

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.

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
A man
אדם 
'adam 
Usage: 541

רשׁע 
Resha` 
Usage: 30

but the root
שׁרשׁ 
Sheresh 
Usage: 33

of the righteous
צדּיק 
Tsaddiyq 
Usage: 206

References

Context Readings

Proverbs Of Solomon

2 A good man obtaineth favour of Jehovah; but a man of mischievous devices will he condemn. 3 A man shall not be established by wickedness; but the root of the righteous shall not be moved. 4 A woman of worth is a crown to her husband; but she that maketh ashamed is as rottenness in his bones.



Cross References

Proverbs 10:25

As a whirlwind passeth, so is the wicked no more; but the righteous is an everlasting foundation.

1 Samuel 25:33

And blessed be thy discernment, and blessed be thou, who hast kept me this day from coming with bloodshed, and from avenging myself with mine own hand.

Job 5:3-5

I myself saw the foolish taking root, but suddenly I cursed his habitation.

Job 15:29

He shall not become rich, neither shall his substance continue, and their possessions shall not extend upon the earth.

Job 20:5-9

The exultation of the wicked is short, and the joy of the ungodly man but for a moment?

Job 27:16-18

Though he heap up silver as the dust, and prepare clothing as the clay;

Psalm 15:5

He that putteth not out his money to usury, nor taketh reward against the innocent. He that doeth these things shall never be moved.

Psalm 125:1-2

{A Song of degrees.} They that confide in Jehovah are as mount Zion, which cannot be moved; it abideth for ever.

Proverbs 12:12

The wicked desireth the net of evil men; but the root of the righteous yieldeth fruit.

Ephesians 3:17

that the Christ may dwell, through faith, in your hearts, being rooted and founded in love,

Colossians 2:7

rooted and built up in him, and assured in the faith, even as ye have been taught, abounding in it with thanksgiving.

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