The righteous are delivered from trouble, and the wicked get into it instead.
Proverbs 21:18 - New Revised Standard Version The wicked is a ransom for the righteous, and the faithless for the upright. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 The wicked shall be a ransom for the righteous, And the transgressor for the upright. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition The wicked become a ransom for the [uncompromisingly] righteous, and the treacherous for the upright [because the wicked themselves fall into the traps and pits they have dug for the good]. American Standard Version (1901) The wicked is a ransom for the righteous; And the treacherous cometh in the stead of the upright. Common English Bible The wicked are a ransom for the righteous; the treacherous will be punished in the place of the virtuous. Catholic Public Domain Version The impious is given over instead of the just, and the iniquitous is given over in place of the upright. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version The wicked is delivered up for the just: and the unjust for the righteous. |
The righteous are delivered from trouble, and the wicked get into it instead.
For Christ also suffered for sins once for all, the righteous for the unrighteous, in order to bring you to God. He was put to death in the flesh, but made alive in the spirit,