Parallel Verses
Lexham Expanded Bible
For those who are upright will dwell [in the] land, and those who are blameless will remain in it.
New American Standard Bible
And
King James Version
For the upright shall dwell in the land, and the perfect shall remain in it.
Holman Bible
and those of integrity will remain in it;
International Standard Version
For the upright will live in the land, and people of integrity will remain in it.
A Conservative Version
For the upright shall dwell in the land, and the perfect shall remain in it.
American Standard Version
For the upright shall dwell in the land, And the perfect shall remain in it.
Amplified
For the upright [those who are in right standing with God] will live in the land
And those [of integrity] who are blameless [in God’s sight] will remain in it;
Bible in Basic English
For the upright will be living in the land, and the good will have it for their heritage.
Darby Translation
For the upright shall dwell in the land, and the perfect shall remain in it;
Julia Smith Translation
For the upright shall dwell in the land, and the blameless shall remain in it
King James 2000
For the upright shall dwell in the land, and the blameless shall remain in it.
Modern King James verseion
For the upright shall dwell in the land, and the perfect shall remain in it.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
For the just shall dwell in the land, and the innocent shall remain in it.
NET Bible
For the upright will reside in the land, and those with integrity will remain in it,
New Heart English Bible
For the upright will dwell in the land. The perfect will remain in it.
The Emphasized Bible
For, the upright, shall abide on the earth, - and, the men of integrity, shall remain therein;
Webster
For the upright shall dwell in the land, and the perfect shall remain in it.
World English Bible
For the upright will dwell in the land. The perfect will remain in it.
Youngs Literal Translation
For the upright do inhabit the earth, And the perfect are left in it,
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Word Count of 20 Translations in Proverbs 2:21
Verse Info
Context Readings
The Benefits Of Wisdom
20 So that you will walk on the road of those who are good, and the paths of those who are righteous you shall keep. 21 For those who are upright will dwell [in the] land, and those who are blameless will remain in it. 22 And those who are wicked will be cut off from the land, and those who are treacherous will be uprooted from it.
Phrases
Cross References
Psalm 37:29
[The] righteous will possess [the] land and abide in it forever.
Psalm 37:9
For evildoers will be cut off, but those who wait for Yahweh-- they will possess [the] land.
Psalm 84:11
Because Yahweh God [is] a sun and a shield; Yahweh gives grace and honor. He does not withhold good from those who walk blamelessly.
Job 1:1
[There] was a man in the land of Uz whose name [was] Job. That man was blameless and upright and God-fearing and turning away from evil.
Job 42:12
So Yahweh blessed Job's latter days more than his beginning. {Thus he had} fourteen thousand sheep and goats and six thousand camels and a thousand pair of oxen and a thousand female donkeys.
Psalm 37:3
Trust Yahweh and do good. Abide [in the] land and feed on faithfulness.
Psalm 37:11
But [the] afflicted will possess [the] land, and they will take pleasure in an abundance of peace.
Psalm 37:22
For those blessed [by] him shall possess [the] land, but those cursed [by] him shall be cut off.
Psalm 112:4-6
[His] light rises in the darkness for the upright; [he is] gracious and compassionate and righteous.
Proverbs 10:30
The righteous one is forever; he will not be removed. But the wicked will not remain in the land.