Parallel Verses
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.
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.
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
The good man shall attain the favour of the LORD, but the man of wicked thoughts he will condemn.
3
But the root of the
Phrases
Names
Cross References
Proverbs 10:25
When the whirlwind passes, the wicked is no more, but the righteous is founded for ever.
1 Samuel 25:33
and blessed be thy advice, and blessed be thou who hast kept me this day from coming to shed blood and from avenging myself with my own hand.
Job 5:3-5
I have seen the foolish taking root, but at the same time I cursed his habitation.
Job 15:29
He shall not become rich, nor shall his strength be established, neither shall he extend his beauty upon the earth.
Job 20:5-9
that the triumphing of the wicked is short, and the joy of the hypocrite 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 that does not put out his money to usury nor take a bribe against the innocent. He that does these things shall never be moved.
Psalm 125:1-2
Those that trust in the LORD are as Mount Zion, which cannot be removed but abides for ever.
Proverbs 12:12
The wicked desires the net of evil men, but the root of the righteous shall yield fruit.
Ephesians 3:17
that the Christ may dwell in your hearts by faith, that ye, being rooted and grounded in charity,
Colossians 2:7
rooted and built up in him and confirmed in the faith, as ye have been taught, abounding therein with thanksgiving.