Parallel Verses
Modern King James verseion
The robbery of the wicked shall destroy them, because they refuse to do judgment.
New American Standard Bible
Because they
King James Version
The robbery of the wicked shall destroy them; because they refuse to do judgment.
Holman Bible
because they refuse to act justly.
International Standard Version
Devastation caused by the wicked will drag them away because they refuse to do what is just.
A Conservative Version
The violence of the wicked shall sweep them away, because they refuse to do justice.
American Standard Version
The violence of the wicked shall sweep them away, Because they refuse to do justice.
Amplified
The violence of the wicked will [return to them and] drag them away [like fish caught in a net],
Because they refuse to act with justice.
Bible in Basic English
By their violent acts the evil-doers will be pulled away, because they have no desire to do what is right.
Darby Translation
The devastation of the wicked sweepeth them away, because they refuse to do what is right.
Julia Smith Translation
The violence of the unjust shall sweep them away, for they refuse to do judgment
King James 2000
The violence of the wicked shall destroy them; because they refuse to do justice.
Lexham Expanded Bible
The violence of the wicked will sweep them away, for they refuse to do justice.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
The robberies of the ungodly shall be their own destruction; for they would not do the thing that was right.
NET Bible
The violence done by the wicked will drag them away because they refuse to do what is right.
New Heart English Bible
The violence of the wicked will drive them away, because they refuse to do what is right.
The Emphasized Bible
The violence of the lawless, shall drag them away, - because they have refused to do justice.
Webster
The robbery of the wicked shall destroy them; because they refuse to do judgment.
World English Bible
The violence of the wicked will drive them away, because they refuse to do what is right.
Youngs Literal Translation
The spoil of the wicked catcheth them, Because they have refused to do judgment.
Themes
Destruction » What destroys people
The judgment of babylon » The reward for refusing to do judgment
Topics
Word Count of 20 Translations in Proverbs 21:7
Verse Info
Context Readings
Proverbs Of Solomon
6 The getting of treasures by a lying tongue is a vanity tossed to and fro by those who seek death. 7 The robbery of the wicked shall destroy them, because they refuse to do judgment. 8 The way of a guilty man is perverted; but the pure, his work is right.
Names
Cross References
Psalm 7:16
His mischief shall return on his own head, and his violence shall come on his own crown.
Psalm 9:16
Jehovah is known. He has executed judgment; the wicked is snared in the work of his own hands. A meditation. Selah.
Proverbs 1:18-19
And they lie in wait for their own blood; they watch secretly for their own lives.
Proverbs 10:6
Blessings are on the head of the just; but violence covers the mouth of the wicked.
Proverbs 21:21
He who follows after righteousness and mercy finds life, righteousness, and honor.
Proverbs 22:22-23
Do not rob the poor, because he is poor; nor press down the afflicted in the gate;
Isaiah 1:23-24
your rulers are rebellious, and companions of thieves; everyone loves a bribe, and is pursuing rewards; they do not judge the orphan, nor does the cause of the widow come to them.
Jeremiah 7:9-11
Will you steal, murder, and commit adultery, and swear falsely, and burn incense to Baal, and walk after other gods whom you do not know;
Jeremiah 7:15
And I will cast you out of My sight, as I have cast out all your brothers, the whole seed of Ephraim.
Ezekiel 18:18
His father, because he extorted, robbed his brother by robbery, and did what is not good among his people; lo, even he shall die in his iniquity.
Ezekiel 22:13-14
And behold, I have struck My palm against your unjust gain which you have made, and at your blood which has been in your midst.
Micah 3:9-12
Please hear this, heads of the house of Jacob, and magistrates of the house of Israel, who hate justice and pervert all equity.
Zechariah 5:3-4
And he said to me, This is the curse that goes forth over the face of the whole earth; for from now on everyone who steals shall be cut off according to it; and everyone who swears from now on shall be cut off according to it.
Ephesians 5:6
Let no man deceive you with vain words, for because of these things the wrath of God comes upon the children of disobedience.