Proverbs 11:8 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895

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

More versions

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

But the salvation of the righteous is of the LORD: He is their strong hold in the time of trouble.

Proverbs 11:7

When a wicked man dieth his expectation shall perish: And the hope of iniquity perisheth.

Proverbs 11:9

With his mouth the godless man destroyeth his neighbour: But through knowledge shall the righteous be delivered.

Proverbs 12:13

In the transgression of the lips is a snare to the evil man: But the righteous shall come out of trouble.

Proverbs 21:18

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

Daniel 6:25

Then king Darius wrote unto all the peoples, nations, and languages, that dwell in all the earth; Peace be multiplied unto you.