Parallel Verses
Webster
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.
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.
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 obtaineth favor from the LORD: but a man of wicked devices he will condemn. 3 A man shall not be established by wickedness: but the root of the righteous shall not be moved. 4 A virtuous woman is a crown to her husband: but she that maketh ashamed is as rottenness in his bones.
Phrases
Names
Cross References
Proverbs 10:25
As the whirlwind passeth, so is the wicked no more: but the righteous is an everlasting foundation.
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 suddenly I cursed his habitation.
Job 15:29
He shall not be rich, neither shall his substance continue, neither shall he prolong the perfection of it 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 should heap up silver as the dust, and prepare raiment 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 trust in the LORD, shall be as mount Zion, which cannot be removed, but 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 Christ may dwell in your hearts by faith; that ye, being rooted and grounded in love,
Colossians 2:7
Rooted and built up in him, and established in the faith, as ye have been taught, abounding in it with thanksgiving.