The Boldness of the Righteous
Proverbs 28:28
In 11 translations
- BSB
- When the wicked come to power, people hide themselves; but when they perish, the righteous flourish.
- KJV
- When the wicked rise, men hide themselves: but when they perish, the righteous increase.
- WEB
- When the wicked rise, men hide themselves; but when they perish, the righteous thrive.
- ASV
- When the wicked rise, men hide themselves; But when they perish, the righteous increase.
- LSV
- A man is hidden in the rising of the wicked, || And the righteous multiply in their destruction!
- YLT
- In the rising of the wicked a man is hidden, And in their destruction the righteous multiply!
- DBY
- When the wicked rise, men hide themselves; but when they perish, the righteous increase.
- DRC
- When the wicked rise up, men shall hide themselves: when they perish, the lust shall be multiplied.
- GNV
- When the wicked rise vp, men hide them selues: but when they perish, ye righteous increase.
- JPS
- When the wicked rise, men hide themselves; but when they perish, the righteous increase.
- LXXE
- In the places of ungodly men the righteous mourn: but in their destruction the righteous shall be multiplied.Gr. groan.
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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
- בְּק֣וּם רְ֭שָׁעִים יִסָּתֵ֣ר אָדָ֑ם וּ֝בְאָבְדָ֗ם יִרְבּ֥וּ צַדִּיקִֽים׃
- LXX-Br
- Ἐν τόποις ἀσεβῶν στένουσι δίκαιοι, ἐν δὲ τῇ ἐκείνων ἀπωλείᾳ πληθυνθήσονται δίκαιοι.
In the reference works topics that cite this verse
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Cross-references most cited first
- Proverbs 29:2When the righteous flourish, the people rejoice, but when the wicked rule, the people groan.
- Proverbs 28:12When the righteous triumph, there is great glory, but when the wicked rise, men hide themselves.
- Acts 12:23–24Immediately, because Herod did not give glory to God, an angel of the Lord struck him down, and he was eaten by worms and died. But the word of God continued to spread and multiply.
- Job 24:4They push the needy off the road and force all the poor of the land into hiding.
- Esther 8:17In every province and every city, wherever the king’s edict and decree reached, there was joy and gladness among the Jews, with feasting and celebrating. And many of the people of the land themselves became Jews,…
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