Parallel Verses

Lexham Expanded Bible

A person will not be established by wickedness, but the root of the righteous will 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.

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.

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 The good obtains favor from Yahweh, but anyone who schemes, he condemns. 3 A person will not be established by wickedness, but the root of the righteous will not be moved. 4 A woman of strength [is] the crown of her master, but like rot in his bones is she who brings shame.

Cross References

Proverbs 10:25

With the passing of the tempest, there is no wickedness, but [the] righteous have a foundation forever.

1 Samuel 25:33

And blessed be your discretion, and blessed be you who have prevented me this day from bloodguilt and [from] delivering myself by my own hand.

Job 5:3-5

I have seen a fool taking root, but suddenly I cursed his dwelling.

Job 15:29

He will not become rich, and his wealth will not endure, and their possessions will not stretch across the earth.

Job 20:5-9

that [the] rejoicing of [the] wicked [is] {short}, and the joy of [the] godless {lasts only a moment}?

Job 27:16-18

If he heaps up silver like the dust and fashions clothing like the clay,

Psalm 15:5

He does not lend his money at interest, and does not take a bribe against [the] innocent. He who does these [things] will never be shaken.

Psalm 125:1-2

Those who trust in Yahweh [are] like Mount Zion, which cannot be moved, [but] abides forever.

Proverbs 12:12

The wicked covets the proceeds of evil, but the root of the righteous {bears fruit}.

Ephesians 3:17

[that] Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith (you having been firmly rooted and established in love),

Colossians 2:7

firmly rooted and built up in him and established in the faith, just as you were taught, abounding with thankfulness.

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