Parallel Verses
International Standard Version
The wicked are ransom for the righteous, and the unfaithful for the upright.
New American Standard Bible
And the
King James Version
The wicked shall be a ransom for the righteous, and the transgressor for the upright.
Holman Bible
and the treacherous, for
A Conservative Version
A wicked man is a ransom for a righteous man, and the treacherous dealer for the upright.
American Standard Version
The wicked is a ransom for the righteous; And the treacherous cometh in the stead of the upright.
Amplified
The wicked become a ransom for the righteous,
And the treacherous in the place of the upright [for they fall into their own traps].
Bible in Basic English
The evil-doer will be given as a price for the life of the good man, and the worker of deceit in the place of the upright.
Darby Translation
The wicked is a ransom for the righteous, and a treacherous man in the stead of the upright.
Julia Smith Translation
The unjust one a ransom for the just one, and he transgressing, instead of the upright
King James 2000
The wicked shall be a ransom for the righteous, and the transgressor for the upright.
Lexham Expanded Bible
A ransom for the righteous is the wicked, and [the] faithless instead of the upright.
Modern King James verseion
The wicked shall be a ransom for the righteous, and the transgressor for the upright.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
The ungodly shall be given for the righteous; and the wicked for the just.
NET Bible
The wicked become a ransom for the righteous, and the faithless are taken in the place of the upright.
New Heart English Bible
The wicked is a ransom for the righteous; the treacherous for the upright.
The Emphasized Bible
A ransom for the righteous, is the lawless, and, instead of upright men, the traitor.
Webster
The wicked shall be a ransom for the righteous, and the transgressor for the upright.
World English Bible
The wicked is a ransom for the righteous; the treacherous for the upright.
Youngs Literal Translation
The wicked is an atonement for the righteous, And for the upright the treacherous dealer.
Interlinear
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Word Count of 20 Translations in Proverbs 21:18
Verse Info
Context Readings
Proverbs Of Solomon
17 Pleasure lovers become poor; loving wine and oil doesn't bring riches. 18 The wicked are ransom for the righteous, and the unfaithful for the upright. 19 It's better to live in the wilderness than to live with a contentious and irritable woman.
Cross References
Proverbs 11:8
The righteous person is delivered from trouble; it comes upon the wicked instead.
Isaiah 43:3-4
"I am the LORD your God, the Holy One of Israel, your Redeemer And I've given Egypt as your ransom, Cush and the people of Seba in exchange for you.
Isaiah 53:4-5
"Surely he has borne our sufferings and carried our sorrows; yet we considered him stricken, and struck down by God, and afflicted.
Isaiah 55:8-9
For my thoughts are not your thoughts, nor are your ways my ways," declares the LORD.
1 Peter 3:18
For the Messiah also suffered for sins once for all, an innocent person for the guilty, so that he could bring you to God. He was put to death in a mortal body but was brought to life by the Spirit,