Proverbs 21:18

In 11 translations

BSB

The wicked become a ransom for the righteous, and the faithless for the upright.

KJV

The wicked shall be a ransom for the righteous, and the transgressor for the upright.

WEB

The wicked is a ransom for the righteous, the treacherous for the upright.

ASV

The wicked is a ransom for the righteous; And the treacherous cometh in the stead of the upright.

LSV

The wicked [is] an atonement for the righteous, || And the treacherous dealer for the upright.

YLT

The wicked [is] an atonement for the righteous, And for the upright the treacherous dealer.

DBY

The wicked is a ransom for the righteous, and a treacherous [man] in the stead of the upright.

DRC

The wicked is delivered up for the just: and the unjust for the righteous.

GNV

The wicked shalbe a ransome for the iust, and the transgressour for the righteous.

JPS

The wicked is a ransom for the righteous; and the faithless cometh in the stead of the upright.

LXXE

and a transgressor is the abomination of a righteous man.Gr. `off-scouring;' perhaps `ransom,' q. d. that which cleans.

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Original-language editions

WLC

כֹּ֣פֶר לַצַּדִּ֣יק רָשָׁ֑ע וְתַ֖חַת יְשָׁרִ֣ים בּוֹגֵֽד׃

LXX-Br

Περικάθαρμα δὲ δικαίου ἄνομος.

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Cross-references most cited first

• Proverbs 11:8The righteous man is delivered from trouble; in his place the wicked man goes in.
• Isaiah 43:3–4For I am the LORD your God, the Holy One of Israel, your Savior; I give Egypt for your ransom, Cush and Seba in your place. Because you are precious and honored in My sight, and because I love you, I will give men in…
• Isaiah 53:4–5Surely He took on our infirmities and carried our sorrows; yet we considered Him stricken by God, struck down and afflicted. But He was pierced for our transgressions, He was crushed for our iniquities; the punishment…
• 1 Peter 3:18For Christ also suffered for sins once for all, the righteous for the unrighteous, to bring you to God. He was put to death in the body but made alive in the Spirit,
• Isaiah 55:8–9“For My thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways My ways,” declares the LORD. “For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so My ways are higher than your ways and My thoughts than your thoughts.

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