Parallel Verses
Lexham Expanded Bible
The righteous observes the house of the wicked; he throws the wicked to ruin.
New American Standard Bible
Turning the
King James Version
The righteous man wisely considereth the house of the wicked: but God overthroweth the wicked for their wickedness.
Holman Bible
He brings the wicked to ruin.
International Standard Version
The righteous God considers the house of the wicked, bringing the wicked to ruin.
A Conservative Version
A righteous man considers the house of the wicked: the wicked are overthrown to ruin.
American Standard Version
The righteous man considereth the house of the wicked, How the wicked are overthrown to their ruin.
Amplified
The righteous one keeps an eye on the house of the wicked—
How the wicked are cast down to ruin.
Bible in Basic English
The Upright One, looking on the house of the evil-doer, lets sinners be overturned to their destruction.
Darby Translation
One that is righteous wisely considereth the house of the wicked: he overthroweth the wicked to their ruin.
Julia Smith Translation
The just one being circumspect for the house of the unjust one: overthrowing the unjust for evil.
King James 2000
The righteous man wisely considers the house of the wicked: but God overthrows the wicked for their wickedness.
Modern King James verseion
The righteous wisely considers the house of the wicked; but God overthrows the wicked for their wickedness.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
The righteous man wisely considereth the house of the wicked; and for their wickedness, God overthroweth the ungodly.
NET Bible
The Righteous One considers the house of the wicked; he overthrows the wicked to their ruin.
New Heart English Bible
The Righteous One considers the house of the wicked, and brings the wicked to ruin.
The Emphasized Bible
The Righteous One observeth the house of the lawless, - He is ready to cast down lawless men into misfortune.
Webster
The righteous man wisely considereth the house of the wicked: but God overthroweth the wicked for their wickedness.
World English Bible
The Righteous One considers the house of the wicked, and brings the wicked to ruin.
Youngs Literal Translation
The Righteous One is acting wisely Towards the house of the wicked, He is overthrowing the wicked for wickedness.
Interlinear
Sakal
Word Count of 20 Translations in Proverbs 21:12
Verse Info
Context Readings
Proverbs Of Solomon
11 With the punishment of a scoffer, the simple will become wise, and with the instruction of the wise, he will obtain knowledge. 12 The righteous observes the house of the wicked; he throws the wicked to ruin. 13 He who closes his ear from the cry of the poor, he also will cry out and not be heard.
Cross References
Psalm 37:35-36
I have seen [the] wicked acting violently and spreading himself out like a luxuriant native tree.
Genesis 19:29
So it was, when God destroyed the cities of the plain that God remembered Abraham and sent Lot out from the midst of the overthrow, when he overthrew the cities in which Lot lived.
Job 5:3
I have seen a fool taking root, but suddenly I cursed his dwelling.
Job 8:15
He will lean himself against his house, but it will not stand; he will take hold of it, but it will not endure.
Job 18:14-21
He is torn from his tent {in which he trusted}, and it brought him to the king of terrors.
Job 21:28-30
For you say, 'Where is the nobleman's house, and where [are] {the tents in which the wicked dwell}?'
Job 27:13-23
"This [is the] portion of [the] wicked human being with God, and they receive from Shaddai [the] inheritance of [the] ruthless.
Psalm 52:5
but God will pull you down forever. He will snatch you and tear you away from [your] tent, and [he] will uproot you from [the] land of [the] living. Selah
Psalm 107:43
Whoever [is] wise, then let him observe these [things], and let them consider Yahweh's acts of loyal love.
Proverbs 11:3-5
The integrity of the upright guides them, but the crookedness of the treacherous destroys them.
Proverbs 13:6
Righteousness will guard the upright of way, but wickedness will overthrow sin.
Proverbs 14:11
The house of the wicked will be destroyed, but the tent of the upright will flourish.
Proverbs 14:32
By his evildoing, the wicked will be overthrown, and the righteous will find refuge in his death.
Hosea 14:9
Who [is] wise that he can understand these [things]? Who is discerning that he knows them? The ways of Yahweh [are] right, and [the] righteous walk in them; but transgressors stumble in them.
Amos 4:11
"I overthrew some of you as God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah, and you were as a stick snatched from [the] fire, and yet you did not return to me," [is] the declaration of Yahweh.
Habakkuk 2:9-12
Woe to [him who] obtains profit [from] evil gain for his house, to set his nest on high, to be saved from the hand of misfortune!
1 Corinthians 10:5
But God was not pleased with the majority of them, for they were struck down in the desert.
2 Peter 2:4-9
For if God did not spare the angels who sinned, but held [them] captive in Tartarus with chains of darkness [and] handed [them] over to be kept for judgment,
2 Peter 3:6-7
by means of which things the world that existed at that time was destroyed [by] being inundated with water.