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.

Lexham Expanded Bible

For those who are upright will dwell [in the] land, and those who are blameless will 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.

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,

Themes

Perfection » Blessedness of

Transgression » Transgressors

Uprightness » They who walk in, shall » Dwell in the land

Wisdom » The lord giving wisdom

Topics

Uprightness

Interlinear

English(KJV)

Strong's

Root Form

Definition

Usage

For the upright

H3477

ישׁר
Yashar

right, upright, righteous, straight, convenient, Jasher, equity, just, meet, meetest, upright ones, uprightly, uprightness, well

Usage: 119

shall dwell

H7931

שׁכן
Shakan

dwell, abide, place, remain, inhabit, rest, set, continue, dwellers, dwelling,

Usage: 128

in the land

H776

ארץ
'erets

land, earth, country, ground, world, way, common, field, nations, wilderness

Usage: 2504

and the perfect

H8549

תּמים
Tamiym

without blemish, perfect, upright, without spot, uprightly, whole, sincerely, complete, full,

Usage: 91

shall remain

H3498

יתר
Yathar

leave, remain, rest, remainder, remnant, reserved, residue, plenteous, behind, excel, much, preserve

Usage: 107

References

Hastings

Perfection

Word Count of 20 Translations in Proverbs 2:21

Verse Info

Bible Rank: 9473
Proverbs Rank: 261
1 Topic
4 Themes
10 Cross References
1 Reading
Interlinear
1 Phrase
1 Reference

Context Readings

²⁰ So you will walk in the way of good people, and will keep on the paths of the righteous. ²¹ For the upright will reside in the land, and those with integrity will remain in it, ²² but the wicked will be removed from the land, and the treacherous will be torn away from it.

Phrases

Dwell in the Land

Cross References

Psalm 37:29

The godly will possess the land and will dwell in it permanently.

Psalm 37:9

Wicked men will be wiped out, but those who rely on the Lord are the ones who will possess the land.

Psalm 84:11

For the Lord God is our sovereign protector. The Lord bestows favor and honor; he withholds no good thing from those who have integrity.

Job 1:1

There was a man in the land of Uz whose name was Job. And that man was pure and upright, one who feared God and turned away from evil.

Job 42:12

So the Lord blessed the second part of Job's life more than the first. He had 14,000 sheep, 6,000 camels, 1,000 yoke of oxen, and 1,000 female donkeys.