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.

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.

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 that you may walk in the way of good men, and keep the paths of the righteous. ²¹ For the upright will dwell in the land. The perfect will remain in it. ²² But the wicked will be cut off from the land. The treacherous will be rooted out of it.

Phrases

Dwell in the Land

Cross References

Psalm 37:29

The righteous shall inherit the land, and live in it forever.

Psalm 37:9

For evildoers shall be cut off, but those who wait for Yahweh shall inherit the land.

Psalm 84:11

For Yahweh God is a sun and a shield. Yahweh will give grace and glory. He withholds no good thing 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 one who feared God, and turned away from evil.

Job 42:12

So Yahweh blessed the latter end of Job more than his beginning. He had fourteen thousand sheep, six thousand camels, one thousand yoke of oxen, and a thousand female donkeys.