Compare Translations for Proverbs 21:18

18 The wicked are a ransom for the righteous, and the treacherous, for the upright.
18 The wicked is a ransom for the righteous, and the traitor for the upright.
18 The wicked shall be a ransom for the righteous, and the transgressor for the upright.
18 What a bad person plots against the good, boomerangs; the plotter gets it in the end.
18 The wicked is a ransom for the righteous, And the treacherous is in the place of the upright.
18 The wicked become a ransom for the righteous, and the unfaithful for the upright.
18 The wicked shall be a ransom for the righteous, And the unfaithful for the upright.
18 The wicked are punished in place of the godly, and traitors in place of the honest.
18 The wicked is a ransom for the righteous, and the faithless for the upright.
18 The wicked is a ransom for the righteous; And the treacherous [cometh] in the stead of the upright.
18 The evil-doer will be given as a price for the life of the good man, and the worker of deceit in the place of the upright.
18 The wicked are a ransom for the righteous; the treacherous will be punished in the place of the virtuous.
18 The wicked are a ransom for the righteous; the treacherous will be punished in the place of the virtuous.
18 The wicked serve as a ransom for the righteous, and likewise the perfidious for the upright.
18 The wicked is a ransom for the righteous, and a treacherous [man] in the stead of the upright.
18 The wicked bring on themselves the suffering they try to cause good people.
18 The wicked bring on themselves the suffering they try to cause good people.
18 Wicked people become a ransom for righteous people, and treacherous people will take the place of decent people.
18 The wicked is a ransom for the righteous; The treacherous for the upright.
18 The wicked shall be a ransom for the righteous, and the transgressor for the upright.
18 The wicked shall be a ransom for the righteous, and the transgressor for the upright.
18 A ransom for the righteous is the wicked, and [the] faithless instead of the upright.
18 and a transgressor is the abomination of a righteous man.
18 Wicked people will suffer instead of good people, and those who cannot be trusted will suffer instead of those who do right.
18 Those who do what is evil pay the price for setting godly people free. Those who aren't faithful pay the price for honest people.
18 The wicked is a ransom for the righteous, and the faithless for the upright.
18 The wicked is delivered up for the just: and the unjust for the righteous.
18 The wicked is a ransom for the righteous, and the faithless for the upright.
18 The wicked is a ransom for the righteous, and the faithless for the upright.
18 The wicked shall be a ransom for the righteous, and the transgressor for the upright.
18 The wicked shall be a ransom for the righteous, and the transgressor for the upright.
18 pro iusto datur impius et pro rectis iniquus
18 pro iusto datur impius et pro rectis iniquus
18 The wicked [shall be] a ransom for the righteous, and the transgressor for the upright.
18 The wicked is a ransom for the righteous; The treacherous for the upright.
18 An unpious man shall be given for a just man; and a wicked man shall be given for a rightful man. (An evil person shall be given as a ransom for a righteous person; and a wicked person shall be given as a ransom for an upright person.)
18 The wicked [is] an atonement for the righteous, And for the upright the treacherous dealer.

Proverbs 21:18 Commentaries