Parallel Verses

New American Standard Bible

Do not rejoice when your enemy falls,
And do not let your heart be glad when he stumbles;

King James Version

Rejoice not when thine enemy falleth, and let not thine heart be glad when he stumbleth:

Holman Bible

Don’t gloat when your enemy falls,
and don’t let your heart rejoice when he stumbles,

International Standard Version

Don't rejoice when your enemy falls; don't let yourself be glad when he stumbles.

A Conservative Version

Rejoice not when thine enemy falls, and let not thy heart be glad when he is overthrown,

American Standard Version

Rejoice not when thine enemy falleth, And let not thy heart be glad when he is overthrown;

Amplified


Do not rejoice and gloat when your enemy falls,
And do not let your heart be glad [in self-righteousness] when he stumbles,

Bible in Basic English

Do not be glad at the fall of your hater, and let not your heart have joy at his downfall:

Darby Translation

Rejoice not when thine enemy falleth, and let not thy heart be glad when he stumbleth;

Julia Smith Translation

In the falling of thine enemies thou shalt not rejoice, and in his stumbling thy heart shall not exult:

King James 2000

Rejoice not when your enemy falls, and let not your heart be glad when he stumbles:

Lexham Expanded Bible

While your enemies are falling, do not rejoice; when he trips himself, may your heart not be glad

Modern King James verseion

Do not rejoice when your enemy falls, and do not let your heart be glad when he stumbles;

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

Rejoice not thou at the fall of thine enemy; and let not thine heart be glad when he stumbleth.

NET Bible

Do not rejoice when your enemy falls, and when he stumbles do not let your heart rejoice,

New Heart English Bible

Do not rejoice when your enemy falls. Do not let your heart be glad when he is overthrown;

The Emphasized Bible

When thine enemy falleth, do not thou rejoice, and, when he stumbleth, let not thy heart exult:

Webster

Rejoice not when thy enemy falleth, and let not thy heart be glad when he stumbleth:

World English Bible

Don't rejoice when your enemy falls. Don't let your heart be glad when he is overthrown;

Youngs Literal Translation

In the falling of thine enemy rejoice not, And in his stumbling let not thy heart be joyful,

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
שׂמח 
Samach 
Usage: 155

אויב איב 
'oyeb 
Usage: 272

be glad
גּוּל גּיל 
Giyl 
Usage: 45

Context Readings

Learning From Your Father

16 for the righteous falls seven times and rises again, but the wicked stumble in times of calamity. 17 Do not rejoice when your enemy falls,
And do not let your heart be glad when he stumbles;
18 lest the LORD see it and be displeased, and turn away his anger from him.

Cross References

Job 31:29

"If I have rejoiced at the ruin of him who hated me, or exulted when evil overtook him

Proverbs 17:5

Whoever mocks the poor insults his Maker; he who is glad at calamity will not go unpunished.

Obadiah 1:12

But do not gloat over the day of your brother in the day of his misfortune; do not rejoice over the people of Judah in the day of their ruin; do not boast in the day of distress.

Psalm 35:15

But at my stumbling they rejoiced and gathered; they gathered together against me; wretches whom I did not know tore at me without ceasing;

Psalm 35:19

Let not those rejoice over me who are wrongfully my foes, and let not those wink the eye who hate me without cause.

1 Corinthians 13:6-7

it does not rejoice at wrongdoing, but rejoices with the truth.

Judges 16:25

And when their hearts were merry, they said, "Call Samson, that he may entertain us." So they called Samson out of the prison, and he entertained them. They made him stand between the pillars.

2 Samuel 16:5-14

When King David came to Bahurim, there came out a man of the family of the house of Saul, whose name was Shimei, the son of Gera, and as he came he cursed continually.

Psalm 42:10

As with a deadly wound in my bones, my adversaries taunt me, while they say to me all the day long, "Where is your God?"

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