Parallel Verses

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

A man cannot endure in ungodliness; 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.

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.

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 is acceptable unto the LORD; but the wicked will he condemn. 3 A man cannot endure in ungodliness; but the root of the righteous shall not be moved. 4 A steadfast woman is a crown unto her husband; but she that behaveth herself dishonestly is a corruption in his bones.

Cross References

Proverbs 10:25

The ungodly is like a tempest that passeth over, and is no more seen; but the righteous remaineth sure forever.

1 Samuel 25:33

And blessed be thy behaviour, and blessed be thou which hath kept me this day from coming to shed blood and from avenging myself with mine own hand.

Job 5:3-5

I have seen myself, when the foolish was deep rooted, that his beauty was suddenly destroyed,

Job 15:29

He shall not be rich, neither shall his substance continue, nor increase upon earth.

Job 20:5-9

the praise of the ungodly hath been short, and that the joy of the hypocrites continued but the twinkling of an eye?

Job 27:16-18

Though he have as much money as the dust of the earth, and raiment as ready as the clay,

Psalm 15:5

He that hath not given his money upon usury, nor taken reward against the innocent. Whoso doeth these things shall never fall.

Psalm 125:1-2

{A song of the stairs} They that put their trust in the LORD are even as the mount Zion, which may not be removed, but standeth fast forever.

Proverbs 12:12

The desire of the ungodly hunteth after mischief; but the root of the righteous bringeth forth fruit.

Ephesians 3:17

that Christ may dwell in your hearts by faith; that ye, being rooted and grounded in love,

Colossians 2:7

and steadfast in the faith, as ye have learned: and therein be plenteous in giving thanks.

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