“But you are obsessed with the case of the wicked; judgment and justice seize you.
Proverbs 11:21 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021 Be assured, the wicked will not go unpunished, but those who are righteous will escape. More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Though hand join in hand, the wicked shall not be unpunished: But the seed of the righteous shall be delivered. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Assuredly [I pledge it] the wicked shall not go unpunished, but the multitude of the [uncompromisingly] righteous shall be delivered. American Standard Version (1901) Though hand join in hand, the evil man shall not be unpunished; But the seed of the righteous shall be delivered. Common English Bible The evil person will surely not go unpunished, but the children of the righteous will escape. Catholic Public Domain Version Hand in hand, the evil shall not be innocent. But the offspring of the just shall be saved. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Hand in hand the evil man shall not be innocent: but the seed of the just shall be saved. |
“But you are obsessed with the case of the wicked; judgment and justice seize you.
They are ever giving liberally and lending, and their children become a blessing.
You shall not follow a majority in wrongdoing; when you bear witness in a lawsuit, you shall not side with the majority so as to pervert justice,
Keep far from a false charge, and do not kill the innocent and those in the right, for I will not acquit the guilty.
Crooked minds are an abomination to the Lord, but those of blameless ways are his delight.
Like a gold ring in a pig’s snout is a beautiful woman without good sense.
No harm happens to the righteous, but the wicked are filled with trouble.
The good leave an inheritance to their children’s children, but the sinner’s wealth is laid up for the righteous.
All those who are arrogant are an abomination to the Lord; be assured, they will not go unpunished.
I have no wrath. If it gives me thorns and briers, I will march to battle against it. I will burn it up.
I will give them one heart and one way, that they may fear me for all time, for their own good and the good of their children after them.
Then all the men who were aware that their wives had been making offerings to other gods and all the women who stood by, a great assembly, all the people who lived in Pathros in the land of Egypt, answered Jeremiah:
For the promise is for you, for your children, and for all who are far away, everyone whom the Lord our God calls to him.”