Parallel Verses
Holman Bible
and the treacherous, for
New American Standard Bible
And the
King James Version
The wicked shall be a ransom for the righteous, and the transgressor for the upright.
International Standard Version
The wicked are ransom for the righteous, and the unfaithful for the upright.
A Conservative Version
A wicked man is a ransom for a righteous man, and the treacherous dealer for the upright.
American Standard Version
The wicked is a ransom for the righteous; And the treacherous cometh in the stead of the upright.
Amplified
The wicked become a ransom for the righteous,
And the treacherous in the place of the upright [for they fall into their own traps].
Bible in Basic English
The evil-doer will be given as a price for the life of the good man, and the worker of deceit in the place of the upright.
Darby Translation
The wicked is a ransom for the righteous, and a treacherous man in the stead of the upright.
Julia Smith Translation
The unjust one a ransom for the just one, and he transgressing, instead of the upright
King James 2000
The wicked shall be a ransom for the righteous, and the transgressor for the upright.
Lexham Expanded Bible
A ransom for the righteous is the wicked, and [the] faithless instead of the upright.
Modern King James verseion
The wicked shall be a ransom for the righteous, and the transgressor for the upright.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
The ungodly shall be given for the righteous; and the wicked for the just.
NET Bible
The wicked become a ransom for the righteous, and the faithless are taken in the place of the upright.
New Heart English Bible
The wicked is a ransom for the righteous; the treacherous for the upright.
The Emphasized Bible
A ransom for the righteous, is the lawless, and, instead of upright men, the traitor.
Webster
The wicked shall be a ransom for the righteous, and the transgressor for the upright.
World English Bible
The wicked is a ransom for the righteous; the treacherous for the upright.
Youngs Literal Translation
The wicked is an atonement for the righteous, And for the upright the treacherous dealer.
Interlinear
Kopher
Bagad
References
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Word Count of 20 Translations in Proverbs 21:18
Verse Info
Context Readings
Proverbs Of Solomon
17
whoever loves wine and oil will not get rich.
and the treacherous, for
than with a nagging and hot-tempered wife.
Cross References
Proverbs 11:8
in his place, the wicked one goes in.
Isaiah 43:3-4
the Holy One of Israel, and your Savior,
give Egypt as a ransom for you,
Cush and Seba in your place.
Isaiah 53:4-5
and He carried our pains;
but we in turn regarded Him stricken,
struck down by God,
Isaiah 55:8-9
and your ways are not My ways.”
This is the Lord’s declaration.
1 Peter 3:18
the righteous for the unrighteous,
that He might bring you
after being put to death in the fleshly realm
but made alive in the spiritual realm.