Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version The wicked become a ransom for the righteous, and the unfaithful for the upright. New Living Translation The wicked are punished in place of the godly, and traitors in place of the honest. English Standard Version The wicked is a ransom for the righteous, and the traitor for the upright. Berean Standard Bible The wicked become a ransom for the righteous, and the faithless for the upright. King James Bible The wicked shall be a ransom for the righteous, and the transgressor for the upright. New King James Version The wicked shall be a ransom for the righteous, And the unfaithful for the upright. New American Standard Bible The wicked is a ransom for the righteous, And the treacherous is in the place of the upright. NASB 1995 The wicked is a ransom for the righteous, And the treacherous is in the place of the upright. NASB 1977 The wicked is a ransom for the righteous, And the treacherous is in the place of the upright. Legacy Standard Bible The wicked is a ransom for the righteous, And the treacherous is in the place of the upright. Amplified Bible The wicked become a ransom for the righteous, And the treacherous in the place of the upright [for they fall into their own traps]. Christian Standard Bible The wicked are a ransom for the righteous, and the treacherous, for the upright. Holman Christian Standard Bible The wicked are a ransom for the righteous, and the treacherous, for the upright. American Standard Version The wicked is a ransom for the righteous; And the treacherous cometh in the stead of the upright. Aramaic Bible in Plain English The evil is an exchange for the righteous and a liar for the upright. Brenton Septuagint Translation and a transgressor is the abomination of a righteous man. Contemporary English Version God's people will escape, but all who are wicked will pay the price. Douay-Rheims Bible The wicked is delivered up for the just: and the unjust for the righteous. English Revised Version The wicked is a ransom for the righteous; and the treacherous cometh in the stead of the upright. GOD'S WORD® Translation Wicked people become a ransom for righteous people, and treacherous people will take the place of decent people. Good News Translation The wicked bring on themselves the suffering they try to cause good people. International Standard Version The wicked are ransom for the righteous, and the unfaithful for the upright. JPS Tanakh 1917 The wicked is a ransom for the righteous; And the faithless cometh in the stead of the upright. Literal Standard Version The wicked [is] an atonement for the righteous, | And the treacherous dealer for the upright. Majority Standard Bible The wicked become a ransom for the righteous, and the faithless for the upright. New American Bible The wicked serve as ransom for the just, and the faithless for the upright. NET Bible The wicked become a ransom for the righteous, and the faithless are taken in the place of the upright. New Revised Standard Version The wicked is a ransom for the righteous, and the faithless for the upright. New Heart English Bible The wicked is a ransom for the righteous; the treacherous for the upright. Webster's Bible Translation The wicked shall be a ransom for the righteous, and the transgressor for the upright. World English Bible The wicked is a ransom for the righteous, the treacherous for the upright. Young's Literal Translation The wicked is an atonement for the righteous, And for the upright the treacherous dealer. Additional Translations ... Context The King's Heart…17He who loves pleasure will become poor; the one who loves wine and oil will never be rich. 18The wicked become a ransom for the righteous, and the faithless for the upright. 19Better to live in the desert than with a contentious and ill-tempered wife.… Cross References Proverbs 11:8 The righteous man is delivered from trouble; in his place the wicked man goes in. Isaiah 43:3 For I am the LORD your God, the Holy One of Israel, your Savior; I give Egypt for your ransom, Cush and Seba in your place. Treasury of Scripture The wicked shall be a ransom for the righteous, and the transgressor for the upright. wicked Proverbs 11:8 The righteous is delivered out of trouble, and the wicked cometh in his stead. 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… Isaiah 53:4,5 Surely he hath borne our griefs, and carried our sorrows: yet we did esteem him stricken, smitten of God, and afflicted… Jump to Previous Atonement Dealer Deceit Evil-Doer Faithless Good Life Price Ransom Righteous Stead Transgressor Treacherous Unfaithful Upright Wicked WorkerJump to Next Atonement Dealer Deceit Evil-Doer Faithless Good Life Price Ransom Righteous Stead Transgressor Treacherous Unfaithful Upright Wicked WorkerProverbs 21 1. The king's heart in the hand of the Lord(18) The wicked shall be a ransom for the righteous.--The righteous is "delivered out of trouble (Proverbs 11:8; comp. Isaiah 57:1), and the wicked cometh in his stead" to receive upon his own head God's descending punishment. So it was with Mordecai and Haman.Verse 18. - The wicked shall be a ransom for the righteous. The same thought occurs in Proverbs 11:8 (where see note). כֹּפֶר (kopher), "price of atonement," means of reconciliation. Delitzsch instances that the great movement which gathered the nations together for the destruction of Babylon put an end to Israel's exile; and that Cyrus, the scourge of so many heathen peoples, was the liberator of the Jews (comp. Isaiah 44:28). And the transgressor for the upright. The faithless takes the place of the upright; the stroke passes over the latter, to fall on the former, as in Egypt the destroying angel spared the houses of the Israelites, and poured his wrath on the Egyptians. Septuagint, "A transgressor is the offscouring (περικάθαρμα, perhaps equivalent to 'ransom') of a righteous man." Parallel Commentaries ... Hebrew The wickedרָשָׁ֑ע (rā·šā‘) Adjective - masculine singular Strong's 7563: Wrong, an, bad person [shall become] a ransom כֹּ֣פֶר (kō·p̄er) Noun - masculine singular Strong's 3724: A cover, a village, bitumen, the henna plant, a redemption-price for the righteous, לַצַּדִּ֣יק (laṣ·ṣad·dîq) Preposition-l, Article | Adjective - masculine singular Strong's 6662: Just, righteous and the faithless בּוֹגֵֽד׃ (bō·w·ḡêḏ) Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular Strong's 898: To cover, to act covertly, to pillage for וְתַ֖חַת (wə·ṯa·ḥaṯ) Conjunctive waw | Preposition Strong's 8478: The bottom, below, in lieu of the upright. יְשָׁרִ֣ים (yə·šā·rîm) Adjective - masculine plural Strong's 3477: Straight, right Links Proverbs 21:18 NIVProverbs 21:18 NLT Proverbs 21:18 ESV Proverbs 21:18 NASB Proverbs 21:18 KJV Proverbs 21:18 BibleApps.com Proverbs 21:18 Biblia Paralela Proverbs 21:18 Chinese Bible Proverbs 21:18 French Bible Proverbs 21:18 Catholic Bible OT Poetry: Proverbs 21:18 The wicked is a ransom (Prov. 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