Proverbs 12:21
NASB Lexicon
NASB ©HebrewStrong'sOrigin
Noלֹא־
(lo-)
3808: nota prim. adverb
harmאָ֑וֶן
(a·ven;)
205: trouble, sorrow, wickednessfrom an unused word
befallsיְאֻנֶּ֣ה
(ye·'un·neh)
579: to be opportune, to meet, encounter opportunelya prim. root
the righteous,לַצַּדִּ֣יק
(la·tzad·dik)
6662: just, righteousfrom the same as tsedeq
But the wickedוּ֝רְשָׁעִ֗ים
(u·re·sha·'im)
7563: wicked, criminalfrom an unused word
are filledמָ֣לְאוּ
(ma·le·'u)
4390: to be full, to filla prim. root
with trouble.רָֽע׃
(ra.)
7451b: evil, distress, misery, injury, calamityfrom the same as roa


















KJV Lexicon
There shall no evil
'aven  (aw-ven')
to come to naught); strictly nothingness; also trouble. vanity, wickedness; specifically an idol
happen
'anah  (aw-naw')
to approach; hence, to meet in various senses -- befall, deliver, happen, seek a quarrel.
to the just
tsaddiyq  (tsad-deek')
just -- just, lawful, righteous (man).
but the wicked
rasha`  (raw-shaw')
morally wrong; concretely, an (actively) bad person -- + condemned, guilty, ungodly, wicked (man), that did wrong.
shall be filled
male'  (maw-lay')
a primitive root, to fill or (intransitively) be full of, in a wide application (literally and figuratively)
with mischief
ra`  (rah)
bad or (as noun) evil (natural or moral)one), worse(-st), wretchedness, wrong. (Incl. feminine raaah; as adjective or noun.).
Parallel Verses
New American Standard Bible
No harm befalls the righteous, But the wicked are filled with trouble.

King James Bible
There shall no evil happen to the just: but the wicked shall be filled with mischief.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
No disaster overcomes the righteous, but the wicked are full of misery.

International Standard Version
No harm overwhelms the righteous, but the wicked overflow with trouble.

NET Bible
The righteous do not encounter any harm, but the wicked are filled with calamity.

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
Nothing depraved is good to the righteous man, and the evil are filled with evil.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
No [lasting] harm comes to a righteous person, but wicked people have lots of trouble.

King James 2000 Bible
There shall no evil happen to the just: but the wicked shall be filled with trouble.
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