Parallel Verses
A Conservative Version
The violence of the wicked shall sweep them away, because they refuse to do justice.
New American Standard Bible
Because they
King James Version
The robbery of the wicked shall destroy them; because they refuse to do judgment.
Holman Bible
because they refuse to act justly.
International Standard Version
Devastation caused by the wicked will drag them away because they refuse to do what is just.
American Standard Version
The violence of the wicked shall sweep them away, Because they refuse to do justice.
Amplified
The violence of the wicked will [return to them and] drag them away [like fish caught in a net],
Because they refuse to act with justice.
Bible in Basic English
By their violent acts the evil-doers will be pulled away, because they have no desire to do what is right.
Darby Translation
The devastation of the wicked sweepeth them away, because they refuse to do what is right.
Julia Smith Translation
The violence of the unjust shall sweep them away, for they refuse to do judgment
King James 2000
The violence of the wicked shall destroy them; because they refuse to do justice.
Lexham Expanded Bible
The violence of the wicked will sweep them away, for they refuse to do justice.
Modern King James verseion
The robbery of the wicked shall destroy them, because they refuse to do judgment.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
The robberies of the ungodly shall be their own destruction; for they would not do the thing that was right.
NET Bible
The violence done by the wicked will drag them away because they refuse to do what is right.
New Heart English Bible
The violence of the wicked will drive them away, because they refuse to do what is right.
The Emphasized Bible
The violence of the lawless, shall drag them away, - because they have refused to do justice.
Webster
The robbery of the wicked shall destroy them; because they refuse to do judgment.
World English Bible
The violence of the wicked will drive them away, because they refuse to do what is right.
Youngs Literal Translation
The spoil of the wicked catcheth them, Because they have refused to do judgment.
Themes
Destruction » What destroys people
The judgment of babylon » The reward for refusing to do judgment
Topics
Word Count of 20 Translations in Proverbs 21:7
Verse Info
Context Readings
Proverbs Of Solomon
6 The getting of treasures by a lying tongue is a vapor driven to and fro by those who seek death. 7 The violence of the wicked shall sweep them away, because they refuse to do justice. 8 The way of him who is laden with guilt is exceedingly crooked, but as for a pure man, his work is right.
Names
Cross References
Psalm 7:16
His mischief shall return upon his own head, and his violence shall come down upon his own scalp.
Psalm 9:16
LORD has made himself known. He has executed justice. The wicked man is snared in the work of his own hands. Higgaion. Selah.
Proverbs 1:18-19
and these lay wait for their own blood. They lurk secretly for their own lives.
Proverbs 10:6
Blessings are upon the head of a righteous man, but violence covers the mouth of the wicked.
Proverbs 21:21
He who follows after righteousness and kindness finds life, righteousness, and honor.
Proverbs 22:22-23
Do not rob a poor man, because he is poor, nor oppress an afflicted man in the gate.
Isaiah 1:23-24
Thy rulers are rebellious, and companions of thieves. Everyone loves bribes, and follows after rewards. They judge not the fatherless, nor does the cause of the widow come to them.
Jeremiah 7:9-11
Will ye steal, murder, and commit adultery, and swear falsely, and burn incense to Baal, and walk after other gods that ye have not known,
Jeremiah 7:15
And I will cast you out of my sight, as I have cast out all your brothers, even the whole seed of Ephraim.
Ezekiel 18:18
As for his father, because he cruelly oppressed, robbed his brother, and did that which is not good among his people, behold, he shall die in his iniquity.
Ezekiel 22:13-14
Behold, therefore, I have smitten my hand at thy dishonest gain which thou have made, and at thy blood which has been in the midst of thee.
Micah 3:9-12
Hear this, I pray you, ye heads of the house of Jacob, and rulers of the house of Israel, who abhor justice, and pervert all equity.
Zechariah 5:3-4
Then he said to me, This is the curse that goes forth over the face of the whole land. For everyone who steals shall be cut off on the one side according to it, and everyone who swears shall be cut off on the other side according t
Ephesians 5:6
Let no man deceive you by empty words, for because of these things the wrath of God comes upon the sons of disobedience.