Dishonest Scales
Proverbs 11:8
In 11 translations
- BSB
- The righteous man is delivered from trouble; in his place the wicked man goes in.
- KJV
- The righteous is delivered out of trouble, and the wicked cometh in his stead.
- WEB
- A righteous person is delivered out of trouble, and the wicked takes his place.
- ASV
- The righteous is delivered out of trouble; And the wicked cometh in his stead.
- LSV
- The righteous is drawn out from distress, || And the wicked goes in instead of him.
- YLT
- The righteous from distress is drawn out, And the wicked goeth in instead of him.
- DBY
- The righteous is delivered out of trouble, and the wicked cometh in his stead.
- DRC
- The just is delivered out of distress: and the wicked shall be given up for him.
- GNV
- The righteous escapeth out of trouble, and the wicked shall come in his steade.
- JPS
- The righteous is delivered out of trouble, and the wicked cometh in his stead.
- LXXE
- A righteous man escapes from a snare, and the ungodly man is delivered up in his place.
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Words in brackets are English the glossers added; the Hebrew has no word for them, and they can carry a choice of tense or meaning.
Original-language editions
- WLC
- צַ֭דִּיק מִצָּרָ֣ה נֶחֱלָ֑ץ וַיָּבֹ֖א רָשָׁ֣ע תַּחְתָּֽיו׃
- LXX-Br
- Δίκαιος ἐκ θήρας ἐκδύνει, ἀντʼ αὐτοῦ δὲ παραδίδοται ὁ ἀσεβής.
In the reference works topics that cite this verse
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Cross-references most cited first
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- Proverbs 21:18The wicked become a ransom for the righteous, and the faithless for the upright.
- Esther 7:9–10Then Harbonah, one of the eunuchs attending the king, said: “There is a gallows fifty cubits high at Haman’s house. He had it built for Mordecai, who gave the report that saved the king.” “Hang him on it!” declared the…
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