|
|
Proverbs 3:27-35 Parallel Bible Translations
|
NLT New Living Translation |
ESV English Standard Version |
NIV New International Version |
Add |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 27 | Do not withhold good from those who deserve it when it’s in your power to help them. | Do not withhold good from those to whom it is due, when it is in your power to do it. | Do not withhold good from those to whom it is due, when it is in your power to act. | |
| 28 | If you can help your neighbor now, don’t say, “Come back tomorrow, and then I’ll help you.” | Do not say to your neighbor, “Go, and come again, tomorrow I will give it”—when you have it with you. | Do not say to your neighbor, “Come back tomorrow and I’ll give it to you|— when you already have it with you. | |
| 29 | Don’t plot harm against your neighbor, for those who live nearby trust you. | Do not plan evil against your neighbor, who dwells trustingly beside you. | Do not plot harm against your neighbor, who lives trustfully near you. | |
| 30 | Don’t pick a fight without reason, when no one has done you harm. | Do not contend with a man for no reason, when he has done you no harm. | Do not accuse anyone for no reason— when they have done you no harm. | |
| 31 | Don’t envy violent people or copy their ways. | Do not envy a man of violence and do not choose any of his ways, | Do not envy the violent or choose any of their ways. | |
| 32 | Such wicked people are detestable to the LORD, but he offers his friendship to the godly. | for the devious person is an abomination to the LORD, but the upright are in his confidence. | For the LORD detests the perverse but takes the upright into his confidence. | |
| 33 | The LORD curses the house of the wicked, but he blesses the home of the upright. | The LORD’s curse is on the house of the wicked, but he blesses the dwelling of the righteous. | The LORD’s curse is on the house of the wicked, but he blesses the home of the righteous. | |
| 34 | The LORD mocks the mockers but is gracious to the humble. | Toward the scorners he is scornful, but to the humble he gives favor. | He mocks proud mockers but shows favor to the humble and oppressed. | |
| 35 | The wise inherit honor, but fools are put to shame! | The wise will inherit honor, but fools get disgrace. | The wise inherit honor, but fools get only shame. | |
| Read New Living Translation Copyright © 1996, 2004, 2015 by Tyndale House Foundation. |
Read English Standard Version Copyright © 2001 by Crossway Bibles. |
Read New International Version Copyright © 1973, 1978, 1984, 2011 by Biblica, Inc. |
||
