Parallel Verses

New American Standard Bible

Riches do not profit in the day of wrath,
But righteousness delivers from death.

King James Version

Riches profit not in the day of wrath: but righteousness delivereth from death.

Holman Bible

Wealth is not profitable on a day of wrath,
but righteousness rescues from death.

International Standard Version

Wealth won't help in the time of judgment, but righteousness will deliver from death.

A Conservative Version

Riches do not profit in the day of wrath, but righteousness delivers from death.

American Standard Version

Riches profit not in the day of wrath; But righteousness delivereth from death.

Amplified


Riches will not provide security in the day of wrath and judgment,
But righteousness rescues from death.

Bible in Basic English

Wealth is of no profit in the day of wrath, but righteousness keeps a man safe from death.

Darby Translation

Wealth profiteth not in the day of wrath; but righteousness delivereth from death.

Julia Smith Translation

Wealth will not profit in the day of wrath, and justice will deliver from death.

King James 2000

Riches profit not in the day of wrath: but righteousness delivers from death.

Lexham Expanded Bible

Wealth does not profit on the day of wrath, but righteousness will deliver from death.

Modern King James verseion

Riches do not profit in the day of wrath, but righteousness delivers from death.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

Riches help not in the day of vengeance; but righteousness delivereth from death.

NET Bible

Wealth does not profit in the day of wrath, but righteousness delivers from mortal danger.

New Heart English Bible

Riches do not profit in the day of wrath, but righteousness delivers from death.

The Emphasized Bible

Wealth, shall not profit, in the day of wrath, but, righteousness, shall deliver from death.

Webster

Riches profit not in the day of wrath: but righteousness delivereth from death.

World English Bible

Riches don't profit in the day of wrath, but righteousness delivers from death.

Youngs Literal Translation

Wealth profiteth not in a day of wrath, And righteousness delivereth from death.

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
הון 
Hown 
Usage: 26

יעל 
Ya`al 
Usage: 23

not in the day
יום 
Yowm 
Usage: 2293

of wrath
עברה 
`ebrah 
Usage: 34

נצל 
Natsal 
Usage: 213

References

Context Readings

Proverbs Of Solomon

3 The integrity of the upright will guide them,
But the crookedness of the treacherous will destroy them.
4 Riches do not profit in the day of wrath,
But righteousness delivers from death.
5 The righteousness of the blameless will smooth his way,
But the wicked will fall by his own wickedness.

Cross References

Genesis 7:1

Then the Lord said to Noah, “Enter the ark, you and all your household, for you alone I have seen to be righteous before Me in this time.

Proverbs 10:2

Ill-gotten gains do not profit,
But righteousness delivers from death.

Zephaniah 1:18

Neither their silver nor their gold
Will be able to deliver them
On the day of the Lord’s wrath;
And all the earth will be devoured
In the fire of His jealousy,
For He will make a complete end,
Indeed a terrifying one,
Of all the inhabitants of the earth.

Ezekiel 7:19

They will fling their silver into the streets and their gold will become an abhorrent thing; their silver and their gold will not be able to deliver them in the day of the wrath of the Lord. They cannot satisfy their appetite nor can they fill their stomachs, for their iniquity has become an occasion of stumbling.

Job 36:18-19

“Beware that wrath does not entice you to scoffing;
And do not let the greatness of the ransom turn you aside.

Psalm 49:6-8

Even those who trust in their wealth
And boast in the abundance of their riches?

Proverbs 12:28

In the way of righteousness is life,
And in its pathway there is no death.

Matthew 16:26

For what will it profit a man if he gains the whole world and forfeits his soul? Or what will a man give in exchange for his soul?

Luke 12:20

But God said to him, ‘You fool! This very night your soul is required of you; and now who will own what you have prepared?’

Romans 5:17

For if by the transgression of the one, death reigned through the one, much more those who receive the abundance of grace and of the gift of righteousness will reign in life through the One, Jesus Christ.

1 Timothy 4:8

for bodily discipline is only of little profit, but godliness is profitable for all things, since it holds promise for the present life and also for the life to come.

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