Dishonest Scales
Proverbs 11:3
In 11 translations
- BSB
- The integrity of the upright guides them, but the perversity of the faithless destroys them.
- KJV
- The integrity of the upright shall guide them: but the perverseness of transgressors shall destroy them.
- WEB
- The integrity of the upright shall guide them, but the perverseness of the treacherous shall destroy them.
- ASV
- The integrity of the upright shall guide them; But the perverseness of the treacherous shall destroy them.
- LSV
- The integrity of the upright leads them, || And the perverseness of the treacherous destroys them.
- YLT
- The integrity of the upright leadeth them, And the perverseness of the treacherous destroyeth them.
- DBY
- The integrity of the upright guideth them; but the crookedness of the unfaithful destroyeth them.
- DRC
- The simplicity of the just shall guide them: and the deceitfulness of the wicked shall destroy them.
- GNV
- The vprightnes of the iust shall guide them: but the frowardnes of the transgressers shall destroy them.
- JPS
- The integrity of the upright shall guide them; but the perverseness of the faithless shall destroy them.
- LXXE
- When a just man dies he leaves regret: but the destruction of the ungodly is speedy, and causes joy.the Alexandrine text reads: “The integrity of the upright shall guide them, but the overthrow of the rebellious shall spoil them.”Comp. Heb.
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- Written (Ketiv): וְשַׁדָּם׃ (“and [is] destruction their”). Read aloud (Qere): יְשָׁדֵּֽם׃ (“it destroys them”) — the form shown in the word-by-word reader.
Spelling, punctuation and minor wording (1)
- Leningrad Codex reads וְשָׁדֵּֽם׃; read aloud (Qere) reads יְשָׁדֵּֽם׃ (“it destroys them”).
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Original-language editions
- WLC
- תֻּמַּ֣ת יְשָׁרִ֣ים תַּנְחֵ֑ם וְסֶ֖לֶף בּוֹגְדִ֣ים ושדם׃Read aloud as (qere): יְשָׁדֵּֽם
- LXX-Br
- Ἀποθανὼν δίκαιος ἔλιπε μετάμελον, πρόχειρος δὲ γίνεται καὶ ἐπίχαρτος ἀσεβῶν ἀπώλεια.
In the reference works topics that cite this verse
From public-domain Bible dictionaries and topical indexes (1884–1915).
Cross-references most cited first
- Proverbs 28:18He who walks with integrity will be kept safe, but whoever is perverse in his ways will suddenly fall.
- Proverbs 13:6Righteousness guards the man of integrity, but wickedness undermines the sinner.
- Psalms 25:21May integrity and uprightness preserve me, because I wait for You.
- Psalms 26:1Vindicate me, O LORD! For I have walked with integrity; I have trusted in the LORD without wavering.
- Proverbs 19:3A man’s own folly subverts his way, yet his heart rages against the LORD.
- John 7:17If anyone desires to do His will, he will know whether My teaching is from God or whether I speak on My own.
- Proverbs 11:5The righteousness of the blameless directs their path, but the wicked fall by their own wickedness.
- Ecclesiastes 7:17Do not be excessively wicked, and do not be a fool. Why should you die before your time?
- Isaiah 1:28But rebels and sinners will together be shattered, and those who forsake the LORD will perish.
- Proverbs 21:7The violence of the wicked will sweep them away because they refuse to do what is just.
From the OpenBible.info cross-reference set (votes from readers; not every link is a quotation or allusion).