Parallel Verses

Holman Bible

The words of the wicked are a deadly ambush,
but the speech of the upright rescues them.

New American Standard Bible

The words of the wicked lie in wait for blood,
But the mouth of the upright will deliver them.

King James Version

The words of the wicked are to lie in wait for blood: but the mouth of the upright shall deliver them.

International Standard Version

The words of the wicked lead to bloodshed, but the speech of the upright delivers them.

A Conservative Version

The words of the wicked lay in wait for blood, but the mouth of the upright shall deliver them.

American Standard Version

The words of the wicked are of lying in wait for blood; But the mouth of the upright shall deliver them.

Amplified


The [malevolent] words of the wicked lie in wait for [innocent] blood [to slander],
But the mouth of the upright will rescue and protect them.

Bible in Basic English

The words of sinners are destruction for the upright; but the mouth of upright men is their salvation.

Darby Translation

The words of the wicked are a lying-in-wait for blood; but the mouth of the upright shall deliver them.

Julia Smith Translation

The words of the unjust are the lying in wait of blood: and the mouth of the upright shall deliver them.

King James 2000

The words of the wicked are to lie in wait for blood: but the mouth of the upright shall deliver them.

Lexham Expanded Bible

The words of the wicked [are] an ambush of blood, but the mouth of the upright delivers them.

Modern King James verseion

The words of the wicked are to lie in wait for blood; but the mouth of the upright shall deliver them.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

The talking of the ungodly is how they may lay wait for blood; but the mouth of the righteous will deliver them.

NET Bible

The words of the wicked lie in wait to shed innocent blood, but the words of the upright will deliver them.

New Heart English Bible

The words of the wicked are about lying in wait for blood, but the speech of the upright rescues them.

The Emphasized Bible

The words of the lawless, are - of lying in wait for blood, but, the mouth of the upright, shall deliver them.

Webster

The words of the wicked are to lie in wait for blood: but the mouth of the upright shall deliver them.

World English Bible

The words of the wicked are about lying in wait for blood, but the speech of the upright rescues them.

Youngs Literal Translation

The words of the wicked are: 'Lay wait for blood,' And the mouth of the upright delivereth them.

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
The words
דּבר 
Dabar 
Usage: 1438

of the wicked
רשׁע 
Rasha` 
Usage: 263

are to lie in wait
ארב 
'arab 
Usage: 42

דּם 
Dam 
Usage: 359

but the mouth
פּה 
Peh 
Usage: 497

נצל 
Natsal 
Usage: 213

Context Readings

Proverbs Of Solomon

5 The thoughts of the righteous are just,
but guidance from the wicked leads to deceit.
6 The words of the wicked are a deadly ambush,
but the speech of the upright rescues them.
7 The wicked are overthrown and perish,
but the house of the righteous will stand.



Cross References

Proverbs 14:3

The proud speech of a fool brings a rod of discipline,
but the lips of the wise protect them.

2 Samuel 17:1-4

Ahithophel said to Absalom, “Let me choose 12,000 men, and I will set out in pursuit of David tonight.

Esther 4:7-14

Mordecai told him everything that had happened as well as the exact amount of money Haman had promised to pay the royal treasury for the slaughter of the Jews.

Esther 7:4-6

For my people and I have been sold out to destruction, death, and extermination. If we had merely been sold as male and female slaves, I would have kept silent. Indeed, the trouble wouldn’t be worth burdening the king.”

Proverbs 1:11-19

If they say—“Come with us!
Let’s set an ambush and kill someone.
Let’s attack some innocent person just for fun!

Isaiah 59:7

Their feet run after evil,
and they rush to shed innocent blood.
Their thoughts are sinful thoughts;
ruin and wretchedness are in their paths.

Jeremiah 5:26

for wicked men live among My people.
They watch like fowlers lying in wait.
They set a trap;
they catch men.

Micah 7:1-2

How sad for me!
For I am like one who—
when the summer fruit has been gathered
after the gleaning of the grape harvest
finds no grape cluster to eat,
no early fig, which I crave.

Acts 23:12

When it was day, the Jews formed a conspiracy and bound themselves under a curse: neither to eat nor to drink until they had killed Paul.

Acts 23:15

So now you, along with the Sanhedrin, make a request to the commander that he bring him down to you as if you were going to investigate his case more thoroughly. However, before he gets near, we are ready to kill him.”

Acts 25:3

asking him to do them a favor against Paul, that he might summon him to Jerusalem. They were preparing an ambush along the road to kill him.

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