Parallel Verses

Youngs Literal Translation

A man is not established by wickedness, And the root of the righteous is not 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.

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.

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 bringeth forth favour from Jehovah, And the man of wicked devices He condemneth. 3 A man is not established by wickedness, And the root of the righteous is not moved. 4 A virtuous woman is a crown to her husband, And as rottenness in his bones is one causing shame.

Cross References

Proverbs 10:25

As the passing by of a hurricane, So the wicked is not, And the righteous is a foundation age-during.

1 Samuel 25:33

and blessed is thy discretion, and blessed art thou in that thou hast restrained me this day from coming in with blood, and to restrain my hand to myself.

Job 5:3-5

I -- I have seen the perverse taking root, And I mark his habitation straightway,

Job 15:29

He is not rich, nor doth his wealth rise, Nor doth he stretch out on earth their continuance.

Job 20:5-9

That the singing of the wicked is short, And the joy of the profane for a moment,

Job 27:16-18

If he heap up as dust silver, And as clay prepare clothing,

Psalm 15:5

His silver he hath not given in usury, And a bribe against the innocent Hath not taken; Whoso is doing these is not moved to the age!

Psalm 125:1-2

A Song of the Ascents. Those trusting in Jehovah are as Mount Zion, It is not moved -- to the age it abideth.

Proverbs 12:12

The wicked hath desired the net of evil doers, And the root of the righteous giveth.

Ephesians 3:17

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

Colossians 2:7

being rooted and built up in him, and confirmed in the faith, as ye were taught -- abounding in it in thanksgiving.

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