Parallel Verses

Lexham Expanded Bible

By his evildoing, the wicked will be overthrown, and the righteous will find refuge in his death.

New American Standard Bible

The wicked is thrust down by his wrongdoing,
But the righteous has a refuge when he dies.

King James Version

The wicked is driven away in his wickedness: but the righteous hath hope in his death.

Holman Bible

The wicked one is thrown down by his own sin,
but the righteous one has a refuge in his death.

International Standard Version

The wicked person is thrown down by his own wrongdoing, but the righteous person has a place of safety in death.

A Conservative Version

An evil man is thrust down in his evil-doing, but a righteous man has hope in his death.

American Standard Version

The wicked is thrust down in his evil-doing; But the righteous hath a refuge in his death.

Amplified


The wicked is overthrown through his wrongdoing,
But the righteous has hope and confidence and a refuge [with God] even in death.

Bible in Basic English

The sinner is overturned in his evil-doing, but the upright man has hope in his righteousness.

Darby Translation

The wicked is driven away by his evil-doing; but the righteous trusteth, even in his death.

Julia Smith Translation

The unjust one shall be driven away in his evil: and the just one trusted in his death.

King James 2000

The wicked is driven away in his wickedness: but the righteous has hope in his death.

Modern King James verseion

The wicked is driven away in his wickedness, but the righteous has hope in his death.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

The ungodly is afraid of every peril; but the righteous hath a good hope even in death.

NET Bible

The wicked will be thrown down in his trouble, but the righteous have refuge even in the threat of death.

New Heart English Bible

The wicked is brought down in his calamity, but in death, the righteous has a refuge.

The Emphasized Bible

By his own wickedness, shall the lawless man, be thrust down, but the righteous, seeketh refuge in his integrity.

Webster

The wicked is driven away in his wickedness: but the righteous hath hope in his death.

World English Bible

The wicked is brought down in his calamity, but in death, the righteous has a refuge.

Youngs Literal Translation

In his wickedness is the wicked driven away, And trustful in his death is the righteous.

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
The wicked
רשׁע 
Rasha` 
Usage: 263

דּחח דּחה 
Dachah 
Usage: 10

but the righteous
צדּיק 
Tsaddiyq 
Usage: 206

חסה 
Chacah 
to trust, to make a refuge, have hope
Usage: 37

References

Fausets

Hastings

Context Readings

Proverbs Of Solomon

31 He who oppresses the poor insults him who made him, but he who has mercy on the poor honors him. 32 By his evildoing, the wicked will be overthrown, and the righteous will find refuge in his death. 33 In the heart of him who has understanding, wisdom rests, but [even] in the midst of fools it becomes known.



Cross References

2 Timothy 4:18

The Lord will rescue me from every evil deed, and will save [me] for his heavenly kingdom, to whom [be] the glory {forever and ever}. Amen.

Genesis 49:18

I wait for your salvation, O Yahweh.

2 Corinthians 1:9

But [we] ourselves had the sentence of death in ourselves, so that we would not be putting confidence in ourselves, but in God who raises the dead,

2 Corinthians 5:8

so we are confident and prefer rather to be absent from the body and to be at home with the Lord.

Job 13:15

Look, [though] he kill me, I will hope in him; however, I will defend my ways {before him}.

Job 19:25-27

But I myself know [that] my redeemer [is] alive, and [at the] last he will stand up upon {the earth}.

Psalm 23:4

Even when I walk in a dark valley, I fear no evil because you [are] with me. Your rod and your staff, they comfort me

Psalm 37:37

Observe [the] blameless and look at [the] upright, for [there is] a future for a man of peace.

Job 18:18

"They thrust him from light into darkness, and they drive him out from [the] world.

Job 27:20-22

Terrors overtake him like the water; a storm wind carries him off [in the] night.

Psalm 16:11

You will make known to me [the] path of life. In your presence [is] fullness of joy. At your right hand [are] pleasures forever.

Psalm 17:15

[By contrast,] I in righteousness shall see your face. Upon awakening I will be satisfied [seeing] your form.

Psalm 58:9

Before your pots can feel [the heat of] a thornbush, whether green [or] {dry}, he will sweep it away.

Proverbs 6:15

Upon {such a man}, suddenly shall his calamity come; in a moment he will be damaged and there is no healing.

Proverbs 24:16

For seven [times] the righteous will fall, but he will rise, but the wicked will be overthrown by calamity.

Daniel 5:26-30

"This [is] the explanation of the matter: 'Mene'--God has numbered your kingdom and brought an end [to] it.

Luke 2:29

"Now dismiss your slave in peace, Lord, according to your word.

John 8:21

So he said to them again, "I am going away, and you will seek me and will die in your sin. Where I am going you cannot come!"

John 8:24

Thus I said to you that you will die in your sins. For if you do not believe that I am [he], you will die in your sins."

Romans 9:22

And [what] if God, wanting to demonstrate his wrath and to make known his power, endured with much patience vessels of wrath prepared for destruction?

1 Corinthians 15:55-58

Where, O death, [is] your victory? Where, O death, [is] your sting?

Philippians 1:21

For to me to live [is] Christ and to die [is] gain.

Philippians 1:23

But I am hard pressed {between the two options}, having the desire to depart and to be with Christ, {for this is very much better}.

1 Thessalonians 5:3

Whenever they say "Peace and security," then sudden destruction will overtake them like the birth pains of {a pregnant woman}, and they will not possibly escape.

Revelation 14:13

And I heard a voice from heaven saying, "Write: 'Blessed [are] the dead who die in the Lord from now on!'" "Yes," says the Spirit, "in order that they may rest from their labors, for their deeds follow after them."

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