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Proverbs 11:21

Though hand join in hand, the wicked shall not be unpunished: but the seed of the righteous shall be delivered.

KJV

Manus in manu non erit innocens malus ; semen autem justorum salvabitur.

Vulgate

χειρὶ χεῖρας ἐμβαλὼν ἀδίκως οὐκ ἀτιμώρητος ἔσται, ὁ δὲ σπείρων δικαιοσύνην λήμψεται μισθὸν πιστόν.

LXX

Thoughhandjoinin hand, the evil man shall not be unpunished; But the seed of the righteous shall be delivered.

ASV

יָ֣ד לְ֭/יָד לֹא יִנָּ֣קֶה רָּ֑ע וְ/זֶ֖רַע צַדִּיקִ֣ים נִמְלָֽט

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

7 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

ה
h
verb · 95×
וֹ
v
noun · 226×
וֹ
v
noun · 1620×
לֹ֣א
l'
proper_noun · 5171×
נַקֵּ֖ה
nqh
verb · 42×
צַדִּ֑יק
tsdyq
adjective · 199×
רָ֑ע
r'
verb · 664×

Historic Christian voices

4 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • Acts 2:39 — For the promise is unto you, and to your children, and to all that are afar off, even as many as the LORD our God shall call.
  • Exod 23:2 — Thou shalt not follow a multitude to do evil; neither shalt thou speak in a cause to decline after many to wrest judgment:
  • Gen 17:7 — And I will establish my covenant between me and thee and thy seed after thee in their generations for an everlasting covenant, to be a God unto thee, and to thy seed after thee.
  • Isa 8:9 — Associate yourselves, O ye people, and ye shall be broken in pieces; and give ear, all ye of far countries: gird yourselves, and ye shall be broken in pieces; gird yourselves, and ye shall be broken i
  • Jer 32:39 — And I will give them one heart, and one way, that they may fear me for ever, for the good of them, and of their children after them:
  • Jer 44:15 — Then all the men which knew that their wives had burned incense unto other gods, and all the women that stood by, a great multitude, even all the people that dwelt in the land of Egypt, in Pathros, an
  • Job 36:19 — Will he esteem thy riches? no, not gold, nor all the forces of strength.
  • Prov 12:7 — The wicked are overthrown, and are not: but the house of the righteous shall stand.
  • Prov 13:22 — A good man leaveth an inheritance to his children’s children: and the wealth of the sinner is laid up for the just.
  • Prov 16:5 — Every one that is proud in heart is an abomination to the LORD: though hand join in hand, he shall not be unpunished.
  • Prov 16:5 — Every one that is proud in heart is an abomination to the LORD: though hand join in hand, he shall not be unpunished.
  • Ps 37:26 — He is ever merciful, and lendeth; and his seed is blessed.
  • Ps 112:1 — Praise ye the LORD. Blessed is the man that feareth the LORD, that delighteth greatly in his commandments.
  • Rom 2:3 — And thinkest thou this, O man, that judgest them which do such things, and doest the same, that thou shalt escape the judgment of God?