Proverbs 11:8 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

⁸ The righteous are delivered from trouble, and the wicked come into it instead.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁸ The righteous is delivered out of trouble, And the wicked cometh in his stead.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁸ The [uncompromisingly] righteous is delivered out of trouble, and the wicked gets into it instead.

American Standard Version (1901)

⁸ The righteous is delivered out of trouble; And the wicked cometh in his stead.

Common English Bible

⁸ The righteous are saved from distress, and the wicked take their place.

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁸ The just one is freed from anguish. And the impious one will be handed over instead of him.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

⁸ The just is delivered out of distress: and the wicked shall be given up for him.

Proverbs 11:8 Cross References

Psalm 37:39

The salvation of the righteous is from the Lord; he is their refuge in the time of trouble.

Proverbs 11:7

When the wicked die, hope perishes, and the expectation of strength comes to nothing.

Proverbs 11:9

With their mouths the godless would destroy their neighbors, but by knowledge the righteous are delivered.

Proverbs 12:13

The evil are ensnared by the transgression of their lips, but the righteous escape from trouble.

Proverbs 21:18

The wicked is a ransom for the righteous and the faithless for the upright.

Daniel 6:25

Then King Darius wrote to all peoples and nations of every language throughout the whole world: “May you have abundant prosperity!