Proverbs 21:18
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Atonement Dealer Deceit Evil-Doer Faithless Good Life Price Ransom Righteous Stead Transgressor Treacherous Unfaithful Upright Wicked Worker
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English Standard Version
The wicked is a ransom for the righteous, and the traitor for the upright.

New American Standard Bible
The wicked is a ransom for the righteous, And the treacherous is in the place of the upright.

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

Holman Christian Standard Bible
The wicked are a ransom for the righteous, and the treacherous, for the upright.

International Standard Version
The wicked are ransom for the righteous, and the unfaithful for the upright.

NET Bible
The wicked become a ransom for the righteous, and the faithless are taken in the place of the upright.

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
The evil is an exchange for the righteous and a liar for the upright.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
Wicked people become a ransom for righteous people, and treacherous people will take the place of decent people.

King James 2000 Bible
The wicked shall be a ransom for the righteous, and the transgressor for the upright.

American King James Version
The wicked shall be a ransom for the righteous, and the transgressor for the upright.

American Standard Version
The wicked is a ransom for the righteous; And the treacherous cometh in the stead of the upright.

Douay-Rheims Bible
The wicked is delivered up for the just: and the unjust for the righteous.

Darby Bible Translation
The wicked is a ransom for the righteous, and a treacherous man in the stead of the upright.

English Revised Version
The wicked is a ransom for the righteous; and the treacherous cometh in the stead of the upright.

Webster's Bible Translation
The wicked shall be a ransom for the righteous, and the transgressor for the upright.

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

Young's Literal Translation
The wicked is an atonement for the righteous, And for the upright the treacherous dealer.
Lexicon
The wicked
rasha`  (raw-shaw')
morally wrong; concretely, an (actively) bad person -- + condemned, guilty, ungodly, wicked (man), that did wrong.
shall be a ransom
kopher  (ko'-fer)
a cover, i.e. (literally) a village (as covered in); (specifically) bitumen (as used for coating), and the henna plant (as used for dyeing); figuratively, a redemption-price
for the righteous
tsaddiyq  (tsad-deek')
just -- just, lawful, righteous (man).
and the transgressor
bagad  (baw-gad')
to cover (with a garment); figuratively, to act covertly; by implication, to pillage
for the upright
yashar  (yaw-shawr')
straight -- convenient, equity, Jasher, just, meet(-est), + pleased well right(-eous), straight, (most) upright(-ly, -ness).
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