Proverbs 2:21
What does Proverbs 2:21 mean?
A plain-English look at Proverbs 2:21 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000For the upright shall dwell in the land, And the perfect shall remain in it.
KJV
King James Version · 1611For the upright shall dwell in the land, and the perfect shall remain in it.
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901For the upright shall dwell in the land, And the perfect shall remain in it.
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949For the upright will be living in the land, and the good will have it for their heritage.
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862For the upright do inhabit the earth, And the perfect are left in it,
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752For they that are upright, shall dwell in the earth; and the simple shall continue in it.
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890For the upright shall dwell in the land, and the perfect shall remain in it;
Context
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Psalms 37:9
For evil-doers shall be cut off; But those that wait for Jehovah, they shall inherit the land.
- Psalms 84:11
For Jehovah God is a sun and a shield: Jehovah will give grace and glory; No good thing will he withhold from them that walk uprightly.
- Psalms 37:3
Trust in Jehovah, and do good; Dwell in the land, and feed onhisfaithfulness.
- Job 42:12
So Jehovah blessed the latter end of Job more than his beginning: and he had fourteen thousand sheep, and six thousand camels, and a thousand yoke of oxen, and a thousand she-asses.
- Proverbs 10:30
The righteous shall never be removed; But the wicked shall not dwell in the land.
- Psalms 37:22
For such as are blessed of him shall inherit the land; And they that are cursed of him shall be cut off.
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