Proverbs 24:11

What does Proverbs 24:11 mean?

A plain-English look at Proverbs 24:11 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

Deliver them that are carried away unto death, And those that are ready to be slain see that thou hold back.

KJV

King James Version · 1611

If thou forbear to deliver them that are drawn unto death, and those that are ready to be slain;

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

Deliver them that are carried away unto death, And those that are ready to be slain see that thou hold back.

BBE

Bible in Basic English · 1949

Be the saviour of those who are given up to death, and do not keep back help from those who are slipping to destruction.

YLT

Young's Literal Translation · 1862

If <FI>from<Fi> delivering those taken to death, And those slipping to the slaughter--thou keepest back.

DRA

Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752

Deliver them that are led to death: and those that are drawn to death, forbear not to deliver.

DBY

Darby Bible · 1890

Deliver them that are taken forth unto death, and withdraw not from them that stagger to slaughter.

Context

v.10If thou faint in the day of adversity, Thy strength is small.

v.11This passage

v.12If thou sayest, Behold, we knew not this; Doth not he that weigheth the hearts consider it? And he that keepeth thy soul, doth not he know it? And shall not he render to every man according to his work?

Cross references

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

  • Acts 18:17

    And they all laid hold on Sosthenes, the ruler of the synagogue, and beat him before the judgment-seat. And Gallio cared for none of these things.

  • Acts 23:10

    And when there arose a great dissension, the chief captain, fearing lest Paul should be torn in pieces by them, commanded the soldiers to go down and take him by force from among them, and bring him into the castle.

  • 1 Samuel 26:8

    Then said Abishai to David, God hath delivered up thine enemy into thy hand this day: now therefore let me smite him, I pray thee, with the spear to the earth at one stroke, and I will not smite him the second time.

  • Luke 23:23

    But they were urgent with loud voices, asking that he might be crucified. And their voices prevailed.

  • Job 29:17

    And I brake the jaws of the unrighteous, And plucked the prey out of his teeth.

  • Luke 10:31

    And by chance a certain priest was going down that way: and when he saw him, he passed by on the other side.

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