Parallel Verses

Holman Bible

Justice executed is a joy to the righteous
but a terror to those who practice iniquity.

New American Standard Bible

The exercise of justice is joy for the righteous,
But is terror to the workers of iniquity.

King James Version

It is joy to the just to do judgment: but destruction shall be to the workers of iniquity.

International Standard Version

Administering justice brings joy to the righteous, but terror to those who practice iniquity.

A Conservative Version

It is joy to the righteous to do justice, but it is a destruction to the workers of iniquity.

American Standard Version

It is joy to the righteous to do justice; But it is a destruction to the workers of iniquity.

Amplified


When justice is done, it is a joy to the righteous (the upright, the one in right standing with God),
But to the evildoers it is disaster.

Bible in Basic English

It is a joy to the good man to do right, but it is destruction to the workers of evil.

Darby Translation

It is joy to a righteous man to do what is right; but it is ruin for the workers of iniquity.

Julia Smith Translation

Joy to the just one to do judgment: and destruction to those working iniquity.

King James 2000

It is joy to the just to do justice: but destruction shall be to the workers of iniquity.

Lexham Expanded Bible

[It is] a joy to the righteous to do justice, but dismay to those who do evil.

Modern King James verseion

It is joy to the just to do judgment, but ruin shall be to the workers of iniquity.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

The just delighteth in doing the thing that is right, but the workers of wickedness abhor the same.

NET Bible

Doing justice brings joy to the righteous and terror to those who do evil.

New Heart English Bible

It is joy to the righteous to do justice; but it is a destruction to the workers of iniquity.

The Emphasized Bible

It is a joy, to a righteous man, to do justice, but, dismay, to the workers of iniquity.

Webster

It is joy to the just to do judgment: but destruction shall be to the workers of iniquity.

World English Bible

It is joy to the righteous to do justice; but it is a destruction to the workers of iniquity.

Youngs Literal Translation

To do justice is joy to the righteous, But ruin to workers of iniquity.

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
It is joy
שׂמחה 
Simchah 
Usage: 93

to the just
צדּיק 
Tsaddiyq 
Usage: 206

to do

Usage: 0

מחתּה 
M@chittah 
Usage: 11

shall be to the workers
פּעל 
Pa`al 
Usage: 57

Context Readings

Proverbs Of Solomon

14 A secret gift soothes anger,
and a covert bribe, fierce rage.
15 Justice executed is a joy to the righteous
but a terror to those who practice iniquity.
16 The man who strays from the way of wisdom
will come to rest
in the assembly of the departed spirits.



Cross References

Proverbs 10:29

The way of the Lord is a stronghold for the honorable,
but destruction awaits the malicious.

Job 29:12-17

For I rescued the poor man who cried out for help,
and the fatherless child who had no one to support him.

Psalm 40:8

I delight to do Your will, my God;
Your instruction lives within me.”

Psalm 112:1

Hallelujah!
Happy is the man who fears the Lord,
taking great delight in His commands.

Psalm 119:16

I will delight in Your statutes;
I will not forget Your word.

Psalm 119:92

If Your instruction had not been my delight,
I would have died in my affliction.

Proverbs 5:20

Why, my son, would you be infatuated
with a forbidden woman
or embrace the breast of a stranger?

Proverbs 21:12

The Righteous One considers the house of the wicked;
He brings the wicked to ruin.

Ecclesiastes 3:12

I know that there is nothing better for them than to rejoice and enjoy the good life.

Isaiah 64:5

You welcome the one who joyfully does what is right;
they remember You in Your ways.
But we have sinned, and You were angry.
How can we be saved if we remain in our sins?

Matthew 7:23

Then I will announce to them, ‘I never knew you! Depart from Me, you lawbreakers!

Matthew 13:41-42

The Son of Man will send out His angels, and they will gather from His kingdom everything that causes sin and those guilty of lawlessness.

Luke 13:27-28

But He will say, ‘I tell you, I don’t know you or where you’re from. Get away from Me, all you workers of unrighteousness!’

John 4:34

“My food is to do the will of Him who sent Me and to finish His work,” Jesus told them.

Romans 7:22

For in my inner self I joyfully agree with God’s law.

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