Proverbs 11:23 — Compare Translations
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English (YLT) 1898 Young's Literal Translation by Robert Young
The desire of the righteous [is] only good, The hope of the wicked [is] transgression.
English ASV
The desire of the righteous is only good; But the expectation of the wicked is wrath.
English Amplified
The desire of the [consistently] righteous brings only good, but the expectation of the wicked brings wrath.
English Amplified Classic Bible 1987
The desire of the [consistently] righteous brings only good, but the expectation of the wicked brings wrath.
English Berean Standard Bible (BSB) 2025
The desire of the righteous leads only to good, but the hope of the wicked brings wrath.
English CSB 2017 - Christian Standard Bible
The desire of the righteous turns out well, but the hope of the wicked leads to wrath.
English Darby 1890 : Public Domain
The desire of the righteous is only good; the expectation of the wicked is wrath.
English EASY 2024
Righteous people want good things to happen. Wicked people only hope to cause anger.
English ERV 2006 - Only For Website
What good people want brings more good. What evil people want brings more trouble.
English ESV 2016 == The Holy Bible, English Standard Version. ESV® Text Edition: 2016. Copyright © 2001 by Crossway Bibles
The desire of the righteous ends only in good; the expectation of the wicked in wrath.
English GNT (Good News Translation)
What good people want always results in good; when the wicked get what they want, everyone is angry.
English God's Word - GW 1995
The desire of righteous people ends only in good, but the hope of wicked people ends only in fury.
English HCSB 2004 - Copyrighted Only For Website
The desire of the righteous [turns out] well, but the hope of the wicked [leads to] wrath.
English KJV 1611
The desire of the righteous is only good: but the expectation of the wicked is wrath.
English LSB
The desire of the righteous is only good, But the hope of the wicked is wrath.
English MEV 2014 (Modern English Version)
The desire of the righteous ends only in good, but the hope of transgressors, only in wrath.
English NASB (New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995)
The desire of the righteous is only good, But the expectation of the wicked is wrath.
English NASU 1989 - New American Standard Update - Only for Website
The desire of the just ends only in good; the expectation of the wicked is wrath.
English NET Bible - 2005 (New English Translation)
What the righteous desire leads only to good, but what the wicked hope for leads to wrath.
English NIRV 1996 - Copyrighted only for Website
What godly people long for ends only in what is good. But what sinners hope for ends only in God's anger.
English NIV
The desire of the righteous ends only in good, but the hope of the wicked only in wrath.
English NKJ 1982
The desire of the righteous is only good, But the expectation of the wicked is wrath.
English NLT
The godly can look forward to happiness, while the wicked can expect only wrath.
English NRSV 1989 - Only for website
The desire of the righteous ends only in good; the expectation of the wicked in wrath.
English Passion Translation Bible 2020
True lovers of God are filled with longings for what is pleasing and good, but the wicked can only expect doom.
English RSV (Revised Standard Version)
The desire of the righteous ends only in good; the expectation of the wicked in wrath.
English TL (The Living Bible) (1971)
The good man can look forward to happiness, while the wicked can expect only wrath.
English Tyndale 1537
The just labour for peace and tranquility, but the ungodly for disquietness.