The Benefits of Wisdom
Proverbs 2:21
In 11 translations
- BSB
- For the upright will inhabit the land, and the blameless will remain in it;
- KJV
- For the upright shall dwell in the land, and the perfect shall remain in it.
- WEB
- For the upright will dwell in the land. The perfect will remain in it.
- ASV
- For the upright shall dwell in the land, And the perfect shall remain in it.
- LSV
- For the upright inhabit the earth, || And the perfect are left in it,
- YLT
- For the upright do inhabit the earth, And the perfect are left in it,
- DBY
- For the upright shall dwell in the land, and the perfect shall remain in it;
- DRC
- For they that are upright shall dwell in the earth, and the simple shall continue in it.
- GNV
- For the iust shall dwell in the land, and the vpright men shall remaine in it.
- JPS
- For the upright shall dwell in the land, and the whole-hearted shall remain in it.
- LXXE
- For the upright shall dwell in the earth, and the holy shall be left behind in it.
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Spelling, punctuation and minor wording (1)
- Biblia Hebraica Stuttgartensia and Aleppo Codex and Ben Chaim’s Second Rabbinic Bible reads יִשְׁכְּנוּ־; Leningrad Codex reads יִשְׁכְּנוּ (“they will dwell”).
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Original-language editions
- WLC
- כִּֽי־יְשָׁרִ֥ים יִשְׁכְּנוּ אָ֑רֶץ וּ֝תְמִימִ֗ים יִוָּ֥תְרוּ בָֽהּ׃Marks a place where we agree with BHQ against BHS in reading L.Marks an anomalous form.We read punctuation in L differently from BHS.
- LXX-Br
- Ὅτι εὐθεῖς κατασκηνώσουσι γῆν, καὶ ὅσιοι ὑπολειφθήσονται ἐν αὐτῇ.
In the reference works topics that cite this verse
From public-domain Bible dictionaries and topical indexes (1884–1915).
Cross-references most cited first
- Psalms 84:11For the LORD God is a sun and a shield; the LORD gives grace and glory; He withholds no good thing from those who walk with integrity.
- Psalms 37:29The righteous will inherit the land and dwell in it forever.
- Psalms 37:9For the evildoers will be cut off, but those who hope in the LORD will inherit the land.
- Proverbs 10:30The righteous will never be shaken, but the wicked will not inhabit the land.
- Job 42:12So the LORD blessed Job’s latter days more than his first. He owned 14,000 sheep, 6,000 camels, 1,000 yoke of oxen, and 1,000 female donkeys.
- Psalms 37:11But the meek will inherit the land and delight in abundant prosperity.
- Psalms 37:22Surely those He blesses will inherit the land, but the cursed will be destroyed.
- Psalms 37:3Trust in the LORD and do good; dwell in the land and cultivate faithfulness.
- Psalms 112:4–6Light dawns in the darkness for the upright— for the gracious, compassionate, and righteous. It is well with the man who is generous and lends freely, whose affairs are guided by justice. Surely he will never be…
- Job 1:1There was a man in the land of Uz whose name was Job. And this man was blameless and upright, fearing God and shunning evil.
From the OpenBible.info cross-reference set (votes from readers; not every link is a quotation or allusion).