Parallel Verses
International Standard Version
An evil man is trapped by transgression, but the righteous person sings and rejoices.
New American Standard Bible
But the righteous
King James Version
In the transgression of an evil man there is a snare: but the righteous doth sing and rejoice.
Holman Bible
but the righteous one sings and rejoices.
A Conservative Version
In the transgression of an evil man there is a snare, but a righteous man sings and rejoices.
American Standard Version
In the transgression of an evil man there is a snare; But the righteous doth sing and rejoice.
Amplified
By his wicked plan an evil man is trapped,
But the righteous man sings and rejoices [for his plan brings good things to him].
Bible in Basic English
In the steps of an evil man there is a net for him, but the upright man gets away quickly and is glad.
Darby Translation
In the transgression of an evil man there is a snare; but the righteous shall sing and rejoice.
Julia Smith Translation
In the transgression of an evil man is a snare: and the just one shall rejoice and be glad:
King James 2000
In the transgression of an evil man there is a snare: but the righteous does sing and rejoice.
Lexham Expanded Bible
In transgression, an evil man [is] a snare, but [the] righteous will sing and rejoice.
Modern King James verseion
In the sin of an evil man there is a snare; but the righteous sings and rejoices.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
The sin of the wicked is his own snare, but the righteous shall be glad and rejoice.
NET Bible
In the transgression of an evil person there is a snare, but a righteous person can sing and rejoice.
New Heart English Bible
An evil man is snared by his sin, but the righteous can sing and be glad.
The Emphasized Bible
In the transgression of a wicked man, is a snare, but, the righteous, doth shout in triumph and rejoice.
Webster
In the transgression of an evil man there is a snare: but the righteous doth sing and rejoice.
World English Bible
An evil man is snared by his sin, but the righteous can sing and be glad.
Youngs Literal Translation
In the transgression of the evil is a snare, And the righteous doth sing and rejoice.
Interlinear
Word Count of 20 Translations in Proverbs 29:6
Verse Info
Context Readings
All About Life
5 A strong man who flatters his neighbor is setting a trap where he walks. 6 An evil man is trapped by transgression, but the righteous person sings and rejoices. 7 The righteous person is concerned about the poor; but the wicked don't understand what they need to know.
Names
Cross References
Ecclesiastes 9:12
In addition, no human being knows his time: Like fish captured in a cruel net, or as birds caught in a snare, so also are human beings caught by bad timing that surprises them.
Exodus 15:1
Then Moses and the Israelis sang this song to the LORD: "I'll sing to the LORD, for he is highly exalted. The horse and its rider he has thrown into the sea.
Job 18:7-10
His strong steps are restricted, and his own advice trips him up.
Psalm 11:6
He rains on the wicked burning coals and sulfur; a scorching wind is their destiny.
Psalm 97:11
Light shines on the righteous; gladness on the morally upright.
Psalm 118:15
There's exultation for deliverance in the tents of the righteous: "The right hand of the LORD is victorious!
Psalm 132:16
I will clothe its priests with salvation and its godly ones will shout for joy.
Proverbs 5:22
The wicked person's iniquities will capture him, and he will be held with the cords of his sin.
Proverbs 11:5-6
The righteousness of the innocent creates a level path, but the wicked fall by their wickedness.
Proverbs 12:13
An evil man's sinful speech ensnares him, but the righteous person escapes from trouble.
Isaiah 8:14-15
Then he will be a sanctuary, but for both houses of Israel he'll also be a stone with which someone strikes himself, a rock one stumbles over, a trap and a snare to those who live in Jerusalem.
Romans 5:2-3
Through him we have also obtained access by faith into this grace by which we have been established, and we boast because of our hope in God's glory.
2 Timothy 2:26
so that they might escape from the Devil's snare, even though they've been held captive by him to do his will.
James 1:2
Consider it pure joy, my brothers, when you are involved in various trials,
1 Peter 1:8
Though you have not seen him, you love him. And even though you do not see him now, you believe in him and rejoice with an indescribable and glorious joy,
1 John 1:4
We are writing these things so that our joy may be full.