Parallel Verses
King James Version
A good man obtaineth favour of the LORD: but a man of wicked devices will he condemn.
New American Standard Bible
But He will condemn a man
Holman Bible
but He condemns a man who schemes.
International Standard Version
The good person will gain favor from the LORD, but the man who plots evil will be condemned by him.
A Conservative Version
A good man shall obtain favor of LORD, but he will condemn a man of wicked devices.
American Standard Version
A good man shall obtain favor of Jehovah; But a man of wicked devices will he condemn.
Amplified
A good man will obtain favor from the Lord,
But He will condemn a man who devises evil.
Bible in Basic English
A good man has grace in the eyes of the Lord; but the man of evil designs gets punishment from him.
Darby Translation
A good man obtaineth favour of Jehovah; but a man of mischievous devices will he condemn.
Julia Smith Translation
The good shall obtain acceptance from Jehovah: and the man of mischief he will condemn.
King James 2000
A good man obtains favor of the LORD: but a man of wicked intentions will he condemn.
Lexham Expanded Bible
The good obtains favor from Yahweh, but anyone who schemes, he condemns.
Modern King James verseion
The good gets grace from Jehovah, but He will condemn a man of wicked thoughts.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
A good man is acceptable unto the LORD; but the wicked will he condemn.
NET Bible
A good person obtains favor from the Lord, but the Lord condemns a person with wicked schemes.
New Heart English Bible
A good man shall obtain favor from the LORD, but he will condemn a man of wicked devices.
The Emphasized Bible
A good man, obtaineth favour from Yahweh, but, a man of wicked devices, will he condemn.
Webster
A good man obtaineth favor from the LORD: but a man of wicked devices he will condemn.
World English Bible
A good man shall obtain favor from Yahweh, but he will condemn a man of wicked devices.
Youngs Literal Translation
The good bringeth forth favour from Jehovah, And the man of wicked devices He condemneth.
Themes
Condemnation » Who is condemned
Condemnation » Inseparable consequence of sin
Evil » Devices » Will be defeated
Plans of men » Devices, evil » Will be defeated
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Word Count of 20 Translations in Proverbs 12:2
Verse Info
Context Readings
Proverbs Of Solomon
1 Whoso loveth instruction loveth knowledge: but he that hateth reproof is brutish. 2 A good man obtaineth favour of the LORD: but a man of wicked devices will he condemn. 3 A man shall not be established by wickedness: but the root of the righteous shall not be moved.
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Cross References
Proverbs 8:35
For whoso findeth me findeth life, and shall obtain favour of the LORD.
Psalm 9:15
The heathen are sunk down in the pit that they made: in the net which they hid is their own foot taken.
Psalm 112:5
A good man sheweth favour, and lendeth: he will guide his affairs with discretion.
Proverbs 1:31
Therefore shall they eat of the fruit of their own way, and be filled with their own devices.
Proverbs 6:18
An heart that deviseth wicked imaginations, feet that be swift in running to mischief,
Ecclesiastes 8:8
There is no man that hath power over the spirit to retain the spirit; neither hath he power in the day of death: and there is no discharge in that war; neither shall wickedness deliver those that are given to it.
Isaiah 32:5-7
The vile person shall be no more called liberal, nor the churl said to be bountiful.
Acts 11:24
For he was a good man, and full of the Holy Ghost and of faith: and much people was added unto the Lord.
Romans 5:7
For scarcely for a righteous man will one die: yet peradventure for a good man some would even dare to die.