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Proverbs 11:8

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

KJV

Justus de angustia liberatus est, et tradetur impius pro eo.

Vulgate

δίκαιος ἐκ θήρας ἐκδύνει, ἀντ’ αὐτοῦ δὲ παραδίδοται ὁ ἀσεβής.

LXX

The righteous is delivered out of trouble; And the wicked cometh in his stead.

ASV

צַ֭דִּיק מִ/צָּרָ֣ה נֶחֱלָ֑ץ וַ/יָּבֹ֖א רָשָׁ֣ע תַּחְתָּֽי/ו

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

6 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

בָּ֣א
b'
verb · 2573×
ו
v
noun · 505×
נִי
ny
verb · 44×
צַדִּ֑יק
tsdyq
adjective · 199×
צָרָֽה
tsrh
noun · 72×
רְשָׁעִ֣ים
rsh'ym
adjective · 257×

Historic Christian voices

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

Cross-references

  • Dan 3:22 — Therefore because the king’s commandment was urgent, and the furnace exceeding hot, the flame of the fire slew those men that took up Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego.
  • Dan 6:23 — Then was the king exceeding glad for him, and commanded that they should take Daniel up out of the den. So Daniel was taken up out of the den, and no manner of hurt was found upon him, because he beli
  • Esth 7:9 — 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 H
  • Isa 43:3 — 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.
  • Isa 43:3 — 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.
  • Prov 12:13 — The wicked is snared by the transgression of his lips: but the just shall come out of trouble.
  • Prov 21:18 — The wicked shall be a ransom for the righteous, and the transgressor for the upright.
  • Prov 21:18 — The wicked shall be a ransom for the righteous, and the transgressor for the upright.
  • Ps 141:10 — Let the wicked fall into their own nets, whilst that I withal escape.