Parallel Verses English Standard Version An evil man is ensnared by the transgression of his lips, but the righteous escapes from trouble. King James Bible The wicked is snared by the transgression of his lips: but the just shall come out of trouble. American Standard Version In the transgression of the lips is a snare to the evil man; But the righteous shall come out of trouble. Douay-Rheims Bible For the sins of the lips ruin draweth nigh to the evil mall: but the just shall escape out of distress. English Revised Version In the transgression of the lips is a snare to the evil man: but the righteous shall come out of trouble. Webster's Bible Translation The wicked is snared by the transgression of his lips: but the just shall come out of trouble. Proverbs 12:13 Parallel Commentary Keil and Delitzsch Biblical Commentary on the Old Testament7 The godless are overturned and are no more, But the house of the righteous stands. Bertheau and Zckler explain: The wicked turn about, then are they no more; i.e., as we say: it is over with them "in the turning of a hand." The noun in the inf. absol. may certainly be the subject, like Proverbs 17:12, as well as the object (Ewald, 328c), and הפך may be used of the turning about of oneself, Psalm 78:9; 2 Kings 5:26; 2 Chronicles 9:12. That explanation also may claim for itself that הפך nowhere occurs with a personal object, if we except one questionable passage, Isaiah 1:7. But here the interpretation of the רשׁעים as the object lies near the contrast of בית, and moreover the interpretation of the הפך, not in the sense of στρέφεσθαι (lxx), but of καταστρέφειν (Syr., Targ., Jerome, Graec. Venet., Luther), lies near the contrast of יעמד. The inf. absol. thus leaves the power from which the catastrophe proceeds indefinite, as the pass. יהפפכוּ would also leave it, and the act designedly presented in a vague manner to connect with ו the certain consequences therewith, as Proverbs 25:4., as if to say: there comes only from some quarter an unparalleled overthrow which overwhelms the godless; thus no rising up again is to be thought on, it is all over with them; while, on the contrary, the house of the righteous withstands the storm which sweeps away the godless. Treasury of Scripture Knowledge wicked is snared by the transgression of his lips. or snare of the wicked is in the transgression of the lips; Proverbs 18:6,7 A fool's lips enter into contention, and his mouth calls for strokes... 1 Kings 2:23 Then king Solomon swore by the LORD, saying, God do so to me, and more also... Matthew 27:25 Then answered all the people, and said, His blood be on us, and on our children. but Proverbs 11:8 The righteous is delivered out of trouble, and the wicked comes in his stead. Psalm 34:19 Many are the afflictions of the righteous: but the LORD delivers him out of them all. Cross References 2 Peter 2:9 then the Lord knows how to rescue the godly from trials, and to keep the unrighteous under punishment until the day of judgment, Psalm 59:12 For the sin of their mouths, the words of their lips, let them be trapped in their pride. For the cursing and lies that they utter, Psalm 64:8 They are brought to ruin, with their own tongues turned against them; all who see them will wag their heads. Proverbs 11:8 The righteous is delivered from trouble, and the wicked walks into it instead. Proverbs 18:7 A fool's mouth is his ruin, and his lips are a snare to his soul. Proverbs 18:21 Death and life are in the power of the tongue, and those who love it will eat its fruits. Proverbs 21:23 Whoever keeps his mouth and his tongue keeps himself out of trouble. Jump to Previous Distress Ensnared Escape Escapes Evil Forth Lips Net Righteous Sin Sinful Sinfulness Sinner Snare Snared Talk Transgression Trapped Trouble Upright WickedJump to Next Distress Ensnared Escape Escapes Evil Forth Lips Net Righteous Sin Sinful Sinfulness Sinner Snare Snared Talk Transgression Trapped Trouble Upright WickedLinks Proverbs 12:13 NIVProverbs 12:13 NLT Proverbs 12:13 ESV Proverbs 12:13 NASB Proverbs 12:13 KJV Proverbs 12:13 Bible Apps Proverbs 12:13 Biblia Paralela Proverbs 12:13 Chinese Bible Proverbs 12:13 French Bible Proverbs 12:13 German Bible Bible Hub ESV Text Edition: 2016. The Holy Bible, English Standard Version® copyright © 2001 by Crossway Bibles, a publishing ministry of Good News Publishers. |