English Standard Version
Proverbs 11:8
8The righteous is delivered from trouble, and the wicked walks into it instead.
Proverbs 11:8 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)The righteous is delivered out of trouble, and the wicked cometh in his stead.
- New International Version (NIV)The righteous person is rescued from trouble, and it falls on the wicked instead.
- New King James Version (NKJV)The righteous is delivered from trouble, And it comes to the wicked instead.
- New Living Translation (NLT)The godly are rescued from trouble, and it falls on the wicked instead.
Context of Proverbs 11:8
6The righteousness of the upright delivers them, but the treacherous are taken captive by their lust. 7When the wicked dies, his hope will perish, and the expectation of wealth perishes too. The righteous is delivered from trouble, and the wicked walks into it instead. 9With his mouth the godless man would destroy his neighbor, but by knowledge the righteous are delivered. 10When it goes well with the righteous, the city rejoices, and when the wicked perish there are shouts of gladness.
Read all of Proverbs 11Proverbs 11:8 word by word
צַ֭דִּיק מִצָּרָ֣ה נֶחֱלָ֑ץ וַיָּבֹ֖א רָשָׁ֣ע תַּחְתָּֽיו׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Proverbs 11:8
- Proverbs 21:18The wicked is a ransom for the righteous, and the traitor for the upright.
- Esther 7:9Then Harbona, one of the eunuchs in attendance on the king, said, "Moreover, the gallows that Haman has prepared for Mordecai, whose word saved the king, is standing at Haman's house, fifty cubits high." And the king said, "Hang him on that."
- Isaiah 43:3For I am the Lord your God, the Holy One of Israel, your Savior. I give Egypt as your ransom, Cush and Seba in exchange for you.
- Daniel 6:23Then the king was exceedingly glad, and commanded that Daniel be taken up out of the den. So Daniel was taken up out of the den, and no kind of harm was found on him, because he had trusted in his God.
Commentaries on Proverbs 11:8
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 8The wicked cometh in his stead - Often God makes this distinction; in public calamities and in sudden accidents he rescues the righteous, and leaves the wicked, who has filled up the measure of his iniquities, to be seized by the hand of death. Justice, then, does its own work; for mercy has been rejected.Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 8Verse 8 The righteous are often wonderfully kept from going into dangerous situations, and the ungodly go in their stead.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 88. Perhaps the trouble prepared by the wicked, and which he inherits (compare Pr 11:6).Read the comment
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Commentaries on Proverbs 11
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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