Devine Scripture

Proverbs 11:8

Proverbs chapter 11 · verse 8 in three public-domain English translations with cross-references

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

The righteous is delivered out of trouble; And the wicked cometh in his stead.

KJV

King James Version · 1611

The righteous is delivered out of trouble, and the wicked cometh in his stead.

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

The righteous is delivered out of trouble; And the wicked cometh in his stead.

Context

v.7When a wicked man dieth, his expectation shall perish; And the hope of iniquity perisheth.

v.8This passage

v.9With his mouth the godless man destroyeth his neighbor; But through knowledge shall the righteous be delivered.

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • Daniel 6:23

    Then was the king exceeding glad, and commanded that they should take Daniel up out of the den. So Daniel was taken up out of the den, and no manner of hurt was found upon him, because he had trusted in his God.

  • Isaiah 43:3

    For I am Jehovah thy God, the Holy One of Israel, thy Saviour; I have given Egypt as thy ransom, Ethiopia and Seba in thy stead.

  • Esther 7:9

    Then said Harbonah, one of the chamberlains that were before the king, Behold also, the gallows fifty cubits high, which Haman hath made for Mordecai, who spake good for the king, standeth in the house of Haman. And the king said, Hang him thereon.

  • Proverbs 21:18

    The wicked is a ransom for the righteous; And the treacherouscomethin the stead of the upright.