Parallel Verses
Youngs Literal Translation
The spoil of the wicked catcheth them, Because they have refused to do judgment.
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.
A Conservative Version
The violence of the wicked shall sweep them away, because they refuse to do justice.
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.
Themes
Destruction » What destroys people
The judgment of babylon » The reward for refusing to do judgment
Topics
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Word Count of 20 Translations in Proverbs 21:7
Verse Info
Context Readings
Proverbs Of Solomon
6 The making of treasures by a lying tongue, Is a vanity driven away of those seeking death. 7 The spoil of the wicked catcheth them, Because they have refused to do judgment. 8 Froward is the way of a man who is vile, And the pure -- upright is his work.
Names
Cross References
Psalm 7:16
Return doth his perverseness on his head, And on his crown his violence cometh down.
Psalm 9:16
Jehovah hath been known, Judgment He hath done, By a work of his hands Hath the wicked been snared. Meditation. Selah.
Proverbs 1:18-19
And they for their own blood lay wait, They watch secretly for their own lives.
Proverbs 10:6
Blessings are for the head of the righteous, And the mouth of the wicked cover doth violence.
Proverbs 21:21
Whoso is pursuing righteousness and kindness, Findeth life, righteousness, and honour.
Proverbs 22:22-23
Rob not the poor because he is poor, And bruise not the afflicted in the gate.
Isaiah 1:23-24
Thy princes are apostates, and companions of thieves, Every one loving a bribe, and pursuing rewards, The fatherless they judge not, And the plea of the widow cometh not to them.
Jeremiah 7:9-11
Stealing, murdering, and committing adultery, And swearing to falsehood, and giving perfume to Baal, And going after other gods whom ye knew not.
Jeremiah 7:15
And I have cast you from before My face, As I have cast out all your brethren, The whole seed of Ephraim.
Ezekiel 18:18
His father -- because he used oppression, Did violently Plunder a brother, And that which is not good did in the midst of his people, And lo, he is dying in his iniquity.
Ezekiel 22:13-14
And lo, I have smitten My hand, Because of thy dishonest gain that thou hast gained, And for thy blood that hath been in thy midst.
Micah 3:9-12
Hear this, I pray you, heads of the house of Jacob, And ye judges of the house of Israel, Who are making judgment abominable, And all uprightness do pervert.
Zechariah 5:3-4
And he saith unto me, 'This is the execration that is going forth over the face of all the land, for every one who is stealing, on the one side, according to it, hath been declared innocent, and every one who hath sworn, on the other side, according to it, hath been declared innocent.
Ephesians 5:6
Let no one deceive you with vain words, for because of these things cometh the anger of God upon the sons of the disobedience,