Proverbs 21:18
The wicked shall be a ransom for the righteous, and the transgressor for the upright.
KJV
Pro justo datur impius, et pro rectis iniquus.
Vulgate
περικάθαρμα δὲ δικαίου ἄνομος.
LXX
The wicked is a ransom for the righteous; And the treacherouscomethin the stead of the upright.
ASV
כֹּ֣פֶר לַ/צַּדִּ֣יק רָשָׁ֑ע וְ/תַ֖חַת יְשָׁרִ֣ים בּוֹגֵֽד
Hebrew
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In the original Hebrew
6 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.
בֹּגְדִ֣ים
bgdym
verb · 49×
ו
v
noun · 505×
יָּשָׁ֖ר
yshr
adjective · 114×
כֹּ֣פֶר
kpr
noun · 17×
צַדִּ֑יק
tsdyq
adjective · 199×
רְשָׁעִ֣ים
rsh'ym
adjective · 257×
Historic Christian voices
4 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
Cross-references
- 1Pet 3:18 — For Christ also hath once suffered for sins, the just for the unjust, that he might bring us to God, being put to death in the flesh, but quickened by the Spirit:
- 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.
- 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.
- Isa 53:4 — Surely he hath borne our griefs, and carried our sorrows: yet we did esteem him stricken, smitten of God, and afflicted.
- Isa 55:8 — For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways, saith the LORD.
- Prov 11:8 — The righteous is delivered out of trouble, and the wicked cometh in his stead.
- Prov 11:8 — The righteous is delivered out of trouble, and the wicked cometh in his stead.