Proverbs 21:12
Modern Translations
New International Version
The Righteous One takes note of the house of the wicked and brings the wicked to ruin.

New Living Translation
The Righteous One knows what is going on in the homes of the wicked; he will bring disaster on them.

English Standard Version
The Righteous One observes the house of the wicked; he throws the wicked down to ruin.

Berean Study Bible
The Righteous One considers the house of the wicked and brings the wicked to ruin.

New American Standard Bible
The righteous one considers the house of the wicked, Bringing the wicked to ruin.

NASB 1995
The righteous one considers the house of the wicked, Turning the wicked to ruin.

NASB 1977
The righteous one considers the house of the wicked, Turning the wicked to ruin.

Amplified Bible
The righteous one keeps an eye on the house of the wicked— How the wicked are cast down to ruin.

Christian Standard Bible
The Righteous One considers the house of the wicked; he brings the wicked to ruin.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
The Righteous One considers the house of the wicked; He brings the wicked to ruin.

Contemporary English Version
God is always fair! He knows what the wicked do and will punish them.

Good News Translation
God, the righteous one, knows what goes on in the homes of the wicked, and he will bring the wicked down to ruin.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
A righteous person wisely considers the house of a wicked person. He throws wicked people into disasters.

International Standard Version
The righteous God considers the house of the wicked, bringing the wicked to ruin.

NET Bible
The Righteous One considers the house of the wicked; he overthrows the wicked to their ruin.
Classic Translations
King James Bible
The righteous man wisely considereth the house of the wicked: but God overthroweth the wicked for their wickedness.

New King James Version
The righteous God wisely considers the house of the wicked, Overthrowing the wicked for their wickedness.

King James 2000 Bible
The righteous man wisely considers the house of the wicked: but God overthrows the wicked for their wickedness.

New Heart English Bible
The Righteous One considers the house of the wicked, and brings the wicked to ruin.

World English Bible
The Righteous One considers the house of the wicked, and brings the wicked to ruin.

American King James Version
The righteous man wisely considers the house of the wicked: but God overthrows the wicked for their wickedness.

American Standard Version
The righteous man considereth the house of the wicked, How the wicked are overthrown to their ruin.

A Faithful Version
The righteous wisely considers the house of the wicked, but God overthrows the wicked for their wickedness.

Darby Bible Translation
One that is righteous wisely considereth the house of the wicked: he overthroweth the wicked to [their] ruin.

English Revised Version
The righteous man considereth the house of the wicked; how the wicked are overthrown to their ruin.

Webster's Bible Translation
The righteous man wisely considereth the house of the wicked: but God overthroweth the wicked for their wickedness.

Early Modern
Geneva Bible of 1587
The righteous teacheth the house of the wicked: but God ouerthroweth the wicked for their euill.

Bishops' Bible of 1568
The righteous man wysely considereth the house of the wicked, and for their wickednesse God ouerthroweth the vngodly.

Coverdale Bible of 1535
The rightuous enfourmeth the house of the vngodly, but ye vngodly go on still after their owne wickednesse.
Literal Translations
Literal Standard Version
The Righteous One is acting wisely "" Toward the house of the wicked, "" He is overthrowing the wicked for wickedness.

Young's Literal Translation
The Righteous One is acting wisely Towards the house of the wicked, He is overthrowing the wicked for wickedness.

Smith's Literal Translation
The just one being circumspect for the house of the unjust one: overthrowing the unjust for evil.

Catholic Translations
Douay-Rheims Bible
The just considereth seriously the house of the wicked, that he may withdraw the wicked from evil.

Catholic Public Domain Version
The just thinks carefully about the house of the impious, so that he may draw the impious away from evil.

Translations from Aramaic
Peshitta Holy Bible Translated
The Righteous One understands the heart of the evil, and he drives out the evil ones unto affliction.

Lamsa Bible
The righteous man wisely understands the hearts of the wicked; and he overthrows the wicked into mischief.

OT Translations
JPS Tanakh 1917
The Righteous One considereth the house of the wicked; Overthrowing the wicked to their ruin.

Brenton Septuagint Translation
A righteous man understands the hearts of the ungodly: and despises the ungodly for their wickedness.
















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