Parallel Verses
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
The just delighteth in doing the thing that is right, but the workers of wickedness abhor the same.
New American Standard Bible
But is
King James Version
It is joy to the just to do judgment: but destruction shall be to the workers of iniquity.
Holman Bible
but a terror to those who practice 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.
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.
Themes
Iniquity » The workers of iniquity
Joy » Experienced by » The just
Topics
Interlinear
Word Count of 20 Translations in Proverbs 21:15
Verse Info
Context Readings
Proverbs Of Solomon
14 A privy reward pacifieth displeasure; and a gift in the bosom stilleth furiousness. 15 The just delighteth in doing the thing that is right, but the workers of wickedness abhor the same. 16 The man that wandereth out of the way of wisdom, shall remain in the congregation of the dead.
Cross References
Proverbs 10:29
The way of the LORD giveth a courage unto the godly; but it is a fear for wicked doers.
Job 29:12-17
"For I delivered the poor when he cried, and the fatherless that wanted help.
Psalm 40:8
that I should fulfill thy will, O my God. I am content to do it; yea, thy law is within my heart."
Psalm 112:1
{Praise the Everlasting} Blessed is the man that feareth the LORD, and hath great delight in his commandments.
Psalm 119:16
My delight shall be in thy statutes, and I will not forget thy words.
Psalm 119:92
If my delight were not in thy law, I should perish in my trouble.
Proverbs 5:20
My son, why wilt thou have pleasure in a harlot, and embrace the bosom of another woman?
Proverbs 21:12
The righteous man wisely considereth the house of the wicked; and for their wickedness, God overthroweth the ungodly.
Ecclesiastes 3:12
So I perceived, that in these things there is nothing better for a man, then to be merry and to do well so long as he liveth.
Isaiah 64:5
Thou helpest him that doth right with cheerfulness, and them that think upon thy ways. But lo, thou art angry: for we offend, and have been ever in sin, and there is not one whole.
Matthew 7:23
And then will I knowledge unto them, that I never knew them: 'Depart from me, ye workers of iniquity.'
Matthew 13:41-42
The son of man shall send forth his angels, and they shall gather out of his kingdom all things that do offend, and all them which do iniquity,
Luke 13:27-28
And he shall say, 'I tell you, I know you not whence ye are: depart from me all ye workers of iniquity.'
John 4:34
Jesus said unto them, "My meat is to do the will of him that sent me. And to finish his work.
Romans 7:22
I delight in the law of God, as concerning the inner man.