Proverbs 11:8
New International Version
The righteous person is rescued from trouble, and it falls on the wicked instead.

New Living Translation
The godly are rescued from trouble, and it falls on the wicked instead.

English Standard Version
The righteous is delivered from trouble, and the wicked walks into it instead.

Berean Standard Bible
The righteous man is delivered from trouble; in his place the wicked man goes in.

King James Bible
The righteous is delivered out of trouble, and the wicked cometh in his stead.

New King James Version
The righteous is delivered from trouble, And it comes to the wicked instead.

New American Standard Bible
The righteous is rescued from trouble, But the wicked takes his place.

NASB 1995
The righteous is delivered from trouble, But the wicked takes his place.

NASB 1977
The righteous is delivered from trouble, But the wicked takes his place.

Legacy Standard Bible
The righteous is rescued from distress, But the wicked takes his place.

Amplified Bible
The righteous is rescued from trouble, And the wicked takes his place.

Christian Standard Bible
The righteous one is rescued from trouble; in his place, the wicked one goes in.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
The righteous one is rescued from trouble; in his place, the wicked one goes in.

American Standard Version
The righteous is delivered out of trouble, And the wicked cometh in his stead.

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
The righteous is delivered from trouble and the evil one will enter in his place.

Brenton Septuagint Translation
A righteous man escapes from a snare, and the ungodly man is delivered up in his place.

Contemporary English Version
Trouble goes right past the LORD's people and strikes the wicked.

Douay-Rheims Bible
The just is delivered out of distress: and the wicked shall be given up for him.

English Revised Version
The righteous is delivered out of trouble, and the wicked cometh in his stead.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
A righteous person is rescued from trouble, and a wicked person takes his place.

Good News Translation
The righteous are protected from trouble; it comes to the wicked instead.

International Standard Version
The righteous person is delivered from trouble; it comes upon the wicked instead.

JPS Tanakh 1917
The righteous is delivered out of trouble, And the wicked cometh in his stead.

Literal Standard Version
The righteous is drawn out from distress, | And the wicked goes in instead of him.

Majority Standard Bible
The righteous man is delivered from trouble; in his place the wicked man goes in.

New American Bible
The just are rescued from a tight spot, but the wicked fall into it instead.

NET Bible
The righteous person is delivered out of trouble, and the wicked turns up in his stead.

New Revised Standard Version
The righteous are delivered from trouble, and the wicked get into it instead.

New Heart English Bible
A righteous person is delivered out of trouble, and the wicked takes his place.

Webster's Bible Translation
The righteous is delivered out of trouble, and the wicked cometh in his stead.

World English Bible
A righteous person is delivered out of trouble, and the wicked takes his place.

Young's Literal Translation
The righteous from distress is drawn out, And the wicked goeth in instead of him.

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Context
Dishonest Scales
7When the wicked man dies, his hope perishes, and the hope of his strength vanishes. 8The righteous man is delivered from trouble; in his place the wicked man goes in. 9With his mouth the ungodly man destroys his neighbor, but through knowledge the righteous are rescued.…

Cross References
Proverbs 11:7
When the wicked man dies, his hope perishes, and the hope of his strength vanishes.

Proverbs 11:9
With his mouth the ungodly man destroys his neighbor, but through knowledge the righteous are rescued.

Proverbs 12:13
An evil man is trapped by his rebellious speech, but a righteous man escapes from trouble.

Proverbs 21:18
The wicked become a ransom for the righteous, and the faithless for the upright.


Treasury of Scripture

The righteous is delivered out of trouble, and the wicked comes in his stead.

Proverbs 21:18
The wicked shall be a ransom for the righteous, and the transgressor for the upright.

Esther 7:9,10
And Harbonah, one of the chamberlains, said before the king, Behold also, the gallows fifty cubits high, which Haman had made for Mordecai, who had spoken good for the king, standeth in the house of Haman. Then the king said, Hang him thereon…

Isaiah 43:3,4
For I am the LORD thy God, the Holy One of Israel, thy Saviour: I gave Egypt for thy ransom, Ethiopia and Seba for thee…

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(8) The righteous is delivered out of trouble. . . .--That is, misfortunes pass by the righteous and fall upon the wicked. (Comp. Proverbs 21:18.) Or, it may mean that the righteous "is taken away from the evil to come "by death (Isaiah 57:1), the wicked lives on to suffer in his place.

Verse 8. - Out of trouble; i.e. God is at hand to help the righteous out of straits (de angustia, Vulgate); or takes him away from the evil to come (Isaiah 57:1; Wisd. 4:10-14). Septuagint, "escapeth from the chase." In his stead (Proverbs 21:18). The evil from which the righteous is saved fails upon the wicked. As Abraham says to Dives in the parable, "He is comforted, but thou art tormented" (Luke 16:25). Of this substitution many instances occur in Scripture. Thus Haman was hanged on the gallows which he had erected for Mordecai (Esther 7:10); Daniel's accusers were cast into the den of lions from which he was saved (Daniel 6:24; comp. Isaiah 43:4).

Parallel Commentaries ...


Hebrew
The righteous man
צַ֭דִּיק (ṣad·dîq)
Adjective - masculine singular
Strong's 6662: Just, righteous

is delivered
נֶחֱלָ֑ץ (ne·ḥĕ·lāṣ)
Verb - Nifal - Perfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 2502: To pull off, to strip, to depart, to deliver, equip, present, strengthen

from trouble;
מִצָּרָ֣ה (miṣ·ṣā·rāh)
Preposition-m | Noun - feminine singular
Strong's 6869: Tightness, a female rival

in his place
תַּחְתָּֽיו׃ (taḥ·tāw)
Preposition | third person masculine singular
Strong's 8478: The bottom, below, in lieu of

the wicked man
רָשָׁ֣ע (rā·šā‘)
Adjective - masculine singular
Strong's 7563: Wrong, an, bad person

goes in.
וַיָּבֹ֖א (way·yā·ḇō)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 935: To come in, come, go in, go


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