Parallel Verses
Amplified
When the wicked rise [to power], men hide themselves;
But when the wicked perish, the [consistently] righteous increase and become great.
New American Standard Bible
But when they perish, the righteous increase.
King James Version
When the wicked rise, men hide themselves: but when they perish, the righteous increase.
Holman Bible
people hide,
but when they are destroyed,
the righteous flourish.
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International Standard Version
When the wicked rise to power, people hide themselves, but when the wicked perish, the righteous increase.
A Conservative Version
When the wicked rise, men hide themselves, but when they perish, the righteous increase.
American Standard Version
When the wicked rise, men hide themselves; But when they perish, the righteous increase.
Bible in Basic English
When evil-doers are lifted up, men take cover; but when destruction overtakes them, the upright are increased.
Darby Translation
When the wicked rise, men hide themselves; but when they perish, the righteous increase.
Julia Smith Translation
In the rising up of the unjust, man shalt hide: and in their perishing, the lust shall increase.
King James 2000
When the wicked arise, men hide themselves: but when they perish, the righteous increase.
Lexham Expanded Bible
With [the] rising of the wicked, humankind will be hidden, and with their perishing, [the] righteous will multiply.
Modern King James verseion
When the wicked rise, a man hides himself, but when they perish, the righteous increase.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
When the ungodly are come up, men are fain to hide themselves; but when they perish, the righteous increase.
NET Bible
When the wicked gain control, people hide themselves, but when they perish, the righteous increase.
New Heart English Bible
When the wicked rise, men hide themselves; but when they perish, the righteous thrive.
The Emphasized Bible
When lawless men rise, a common man will hide himself, but, when they perish, righteous men multiply.
Webster
When the wicked rise, men hide themselves: but when they perish, the righteous increase.
World English Bible
When the wicked rise, men hide themselves; but when they perish, the righteous thrive.
Youngs Literal Translation
In the rising of the wicked a man is hidden, And in their destruction the righteous multiply!
Interlinear
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Word Count of 20 Translations in Proverbs 28:28
Verse Info
Context Readings
All About Life
27
He who gives to the poor will never want,
But he who shuts his eyes [from their need] will have many curses.
When the wicked rise [to power], men hide themselves;
But when the wicked perish, the [consistently] righteous increase and become great.
Phrases
Cross References
Proverbs 28:12
When the righteous triumph, there is great glory and celebration;
But when the wicked rise [to prominence], men hide themselves.
Job 24:4
“They crowd the needy off the road;
The poor of the land all hide themselves.
Esther 8:17
In each and every province and in each and every city, wherever the king’s command and his decree arrived, the Jews celebrated with gladness and joy, a feast and a holiday. And many among the peoples of the land
Proverbs 29:2
When the righteous are in authority and become great, the people rejoice;
But when the wicked man rules, the people groan and sigh.
Acts 12:23-24
And at once an angel of the Lord struck him down because he did not give God the glory [and instead permitted himself to be worshiped], and