Proverbs 21:18

23 translations in 9 languages

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“The wicked is a ransom for the righteous; cometh in the stead of the upright.”

ASV · English

📚 Other Translations

23 available

📖 English

ASV

The wicked is a ransom for the righteous; cometh in the stead of the upright.

BBE

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

The wicked is a ransom for the righteous, and a treacherous [man] in the stead of the upright.

DRB

The wicked is delivered up for the just: and the unjust for the righteous.

JPS

The wicked is a ransom for the righteous; And the faithless cometh in the stead of the upright.

KJV

The wicked shall be a ransom for the righteous, and the transgressor for the upright.

LXX Brenton

and a transgressor is the abomination of a righteous man.

WEB

The wicked is a ransom for the righteous; the treacherous for the upright.

YLT

The wicked [is] an atonement for the righteous, And for the upright the treacherous dealer.

📖 French

CRAMPON

Le méchant sert de rançon pour le juste, et le perfide pour les hommes droits.

DARBY_FR

Le méchant est une rançon pour le juste, et le perfide est à la place des hommes intègres.

LS1910

Le méchant sert de rançon pour le juste, Et le perfide pour les hommes droits.

📖 German

LUT1545

Der Gottlose muß für den Gerechten gegeben werden und der Verächter für die Frommen.

LUT1912

Der Gottlose muß für den Gerechten gegeben werden und der Verächter für die Frommen.

📖 Greek

Codex Alexandrinus

περικάθαρμα δὲ δικαίου ἄνομος

📖 Hebrew

Leningrad Codex

כֹּפֶר לַצַּדִּיק רָשָׁע וְתַחַת יְשָׁרִים בּוֹגֵד׃ ‬

📖 Italian

Diodati1885

L’empio sarà per riscatto del giusto; E il disleale sarà in iscambio degli uomini diritti

📖 Polish

Gdansk

Niezbożnik będzie okupem za sprawiedliwego, a za uprzejmych przewrotnik.

📖 Portuguese

ALM1628

O resgate do justo é o ímpio; o do honrado é o perverso.

ALM1753

Resgate para o justo é o ímpio; e em lugar do reto ficará o prevaricador.

📖 Spanish

BO1569

El rescate del justo será el impío, y por los rectos el prevaricador.

RV1909

El rescate del justo es el impío, Y por los rectos el prevaricador.

RVA

El rescate del justo es el impío, Y por los rectos el prevaricador.

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Available Bible Versions

Complete Bible (Old & New Testament)

🇪🇸 Reina-Valera 1909 (RV1909)

Classic Spanish Protestant translation from the Reina-Valera tradition.

🇪🇸 Biblia del Oso 1569 (RV1569)

The first complete Spanish Bible translated by Casiodoro de Reina.

🇪🇸 Reina-Valera Antigua (RVA)

Historic Spanish revision based on early Reina-Valera texts.

🇵🇹 Almeida 1628 (ALM1628)

Early Portuguese Bible translation by João Ferreira de Almeida.

🇵🇹 Almeida 1753 (ALM1753)

Historic revision of the Portuguese Almeida Bible.

🇮🇹 Diodati 1885 (DIOD1885)

Classic Italian Protestant Bible translation.

🇬🇧 World English Bible (WEB)

Modern public domain English translation based on the American Standard Version.

🇬🇧 King James Version (KJV)

Historic English Bible translation first published in 1611.

🇫🇷 Louis Segond 1910 (LS1910)

Classic French Protestant translation widely used in French-speaking churches.

🇩🇪 Luther Bible 1912 (LUT1912)

German Bible based on Martin Luther’s historic translation.

🇵🇱 Biblia Jakuba Wujka 1599 (WUJ1599)

Historic Polish Catholic Bible translated by Jakub Wujek.

🇵🇱 Biblia Warszawska 1881 (BW1881)

Classic Polish Protestant Bible translation.

Old Testament Sources

🇮🇱 Leningrad Codex (Hebrew)

The oldest complete manuscript of the Hebrew Bible used for modern critical editions.

🇬🇧 Jewish Publication Society (JPS)

English translation of the Hebrew Scriptures by Jewish scholars.

🇬🇷 Codex Alexandrinus (Greek)

Ancient Greek manuscript containing major portions of the Septuagint.

🇬🇧 Brenton Septuagint (LXX Brenton)

English translation of the Greek Septuagint by Sir Lancelot Brenton.

🇮🇱 Samaritan Pentateuch (Hebrew)

Ancient Hebrew version of the Torah preserved by the Samaritan community.

🇬🇧 Samaritan Pentateuch (English)

English translation of the Samaritan Torah.

🇸🇾 Targum Onkelos (Aramaic)

Ancient Aramaic translation of the Torah traditionally attributed to Onkelos.

🇬🇧 Targum Onkelos (English)

English translation of the Aramaic Targum Onkelos.