Tree of Life Version
Proverbs 11:8
8The righteous is rescued from trouble. Instead it comes on the wicked.
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.
- English Standard Version (ESV)The righteous is delivered from trouble, and the wicked walks into it instead.
- New King James Version (NKJV)The righteous is delivered from trouble, And it comes to the wicked instead.
Context of Proverbs 11:8
6The righteousness of the upright delivers them, but the treacherous are trapped by their desire. 7When the wicked dies, his hope perishes, and the hope of the strong vanishes. The righteous is rescued from trouble. Instead it comes on the wicked. 9With his mouth the ungodly destroys his neighbor, but through knowledge the righteous will be delivered. 10When the righteous do well, a city rejoices. When the wicked perish, there are shouts of joy.
Read all of Proverbs 11Proverbs 11:8 word by word
צַ֭דִּיק מִצָּרָ֣ה נֶחֱלָ֑ץ וַיָּבֹ֖א רָשָׁ֣ע תַּחְתָּֽיו׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Proverbs 11:8
- Proverbs 21:18The wicked is a ransom for the righteous and the faithless for the upright.
- Esther 7:9Harbonah, one of the eunuchs attending the king, said, “Look, a gallows fifty cubits high is standing next to Haman’s house. Haman himself made it for Mordecai, who spoke good on behalf of the king!” The king said, “Hang him on it!”
- Isaiah 43:3For I am Adonai your God, the Holy One of Israel, your Savior. I have given Egypt as your ransom, Ethiopia and Seba in your place.
- Daniel 6:23My God sent His angel to shut the lions’ mouths so that they haven’t harmed me, because I was found innocent before Him. Nor have I committed any crime against you, O king.”
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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