Parallel Verses
King James 2000
Envy you not the oppressor, and choose none of his ways.
New American Standard Bible
And do not choose any of his ways.
King James Version
Envy thou not the oppressor, and choose none of his ways.
Holman Bible
or choose any of his ways;
International Standard Version
Do not envy a violent man, and do not emulate his lifestyle.
A Conservative Version
Do not envy thou the man of violence, and choose none of his ways.
American Standard Version
Envy thou not the man of violence, And choose none of his ways.
Amplified
Do not envy a man of violence
And do not choose any of his ways.
Bible in Basic English
Have no envy of the violent man, or take any of his ways as an example.
Darby Translation
Envy not the man of violence, and choose none of his ways.
Julia Smith Translation
Thou shalt not envy against a man of violence, and thou shalt choose in all his ways.
Lexham Expanded Bible
Do not envy a man of violence, and do not choose any of his ways,
Modern King James verseion
Do not envy the cruel man, and choose none of his ways.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Follow not a wicked man, and choose none of his ways:
NET Bible
Do not envy a violent man, and do not choose to imitate any of his ways;
New Heart English Bible
Do not envy the man of violence. Choose none of his ways.
The Emphasized Bible
Do not thou envy the man of violence, neither choose thou any of his ways;
Webster
Envy thou not the oppressor, and choose none of his ways.
World English Bible
Don't envy the man of violence. Choose none of his ways.
Youngs Literal Translation
Be not envious of a man of violence, Nor fix thou on any of his ways.
Interlinear
References
Fausets
Word Count of 20 Translations in Proverbs 3:31
Verse Info
Context Readings
Role Of Wisdom In Creation And Society
30 Strive not with a man without cause, if he has done you no harm. 31 Envy you not the oppressor, and choose none of his ways. 32 For the perverse is abomination to the LORD: but his secret is with the righteous.
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Cross References
Psalm 37:1
[A Psalm of David.] Fret not yourself because of evildoers, neither be you envious of the workers of iniquity.
Proverbs 24:1
Be not envious against evil men, neither desire to be with them.
Psalm 37:7-9
Rest in the LORD, and wait patiently for him: fret not yourself because of him who prospers in his way, because of the man who brings wicked devices to pass.
Psalm 73:3
For I was envious at the foolish, when I saw the prosperity of the wicked.
Proverbs 1:15-18
My son, walk not in the way with them; refrain your foot from their path:
Proverbs 2:12-15
To deliver you from the way of the evil man, from the man that speaks perverse things;
Proverbs 12:12
The wicked desires the net of evil men: but the root of the righteous yields fruit.
Proverbs 22:22-25
Rob not the poor, because he is poor: neither oppress the afflicted in the gate:
Proverbs 23:17
Let not your heart envy sinners: but be in the fear of the LORD all the day long.
Proverbs 24:19-20
Fret not yourself because of evil men, neither be you envious at the wicked;
Ecclesiastes 5:8
If you see the oppression of the poor, and violent perverting of justice and righteousness in a province, marvel not at the matter: for the high official is watched by a higher one; and there are yet higher ones over them.
Galatians 5:21
Envyings, murders, drunkenness, revelings, and such like: of which I tell you beforehand, as I have also told you in time past, that they who do such things shall not inherit the kingdom of God.