Proverbs 14:19 — Compare Translations
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English (YLT) 1898 Young's Literal Translation by Robert Young
The evil have bowed down before the good, And the wicked at the gates of the righteous.
English ASV
The evil bow down before the good; And the wicked, at the gates of the righteous.
English Amplified
The evil men bow before the good, and the wicked [stand suppliantly] at the gates of the [uncompromisingly] righteous.
English Amplified Classic Bible 1987
The evil men bow before the good, and the wicked [stand suppliantly] at the gates of the [uncompromisingly] righteous.
English Berean Standard Bible (BSB) 2025
The evil bow before the good, and the wicked at the gates of the righteous.
English CSB 2017 - Christian Standard Bible
The evil bow before those who are good, and the wicked, at the gates of the righteous.
English Darby 1890 : Public Domain
The evil bow before the good, and the wicked at the gates of the righteous [man].
English EASY 2024
Evil people will respect good people. Wicked people will ask righteous people to be kind to them.
English ERV 2006 - Only For Website
Good people will defeat those who are evil, and the wicked will be forced to show respect to those who live right.
English ESV 2016 == The Holy Bible, English Standard Version. ESV® Text Edition: 2016. Copyright © 2001 by Crossway Bibles
The evil bow down before the good, the wicked at the gates of the righteous.
English GNT (Good News Translation)
Evil people will have to bow down to the righteous and humbly beg their favor.
English God's Word - GW 1995
Evil people will bow to good people. Wicked people will bow at the gates of a righteous person.
English HCSB 2004 - Copyrighted Only For Website
The evil bow before those who are good, the wicked, at the gates of the righteous.
English KJV 1611
The evil bow before the good; and the wicked at the gates of the righteous.
English LSB
The evil will bow down before the good, And the wicked at the gates of the righteous.
English MEV 2014 (Modern English Version)
The evil will bow before the good, the wicked at the gates of the righteous.
English NASB (New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995)
The evil will bow down before the good, And the wicked at the gates of the righteous.
English NASU 1989 - New American Standard Update - Only for Website
Evil men must bow down before the good, and the wicked, at the gates of the just.
English NET Bible - 2005 (New English Translation)
Those who are evil will bow before those who are good, and the wicked will bow at the gates of the righteous.
English NIRV 1996 - Copyrighted only for Website
Evil people will bow down in front of good people. And those who do wrong will bow down at the gates of those who do right.
English NIV
Evil men will bow down in the presence of the good, and the wicked at the gates of the righteous.
English NKJ 1982
The evil will bow before the good, And the wicked at the gates of the righteous.
English NLT
Evil people will bow before good people; the wicked will bow at the gates of the godly.
English NRSV 1989 - Only for website
The evil bow down before the good, the wicked at the gates of the righteous.
English Passion Translation Bible 2020
Evil ones will pay tribute to good people and eventually come to be servants of the godly.
English RSV (Revised Standard Version)
The evil bow down before the good, the wicked at the gates of the righteous.
English TL (The Living Bible) (1971)
Evil men shall bow before the godly.
English Tyndale 1537
The evil shall bow themselves before the good, and the ungodly shall wait at the doors of the righteous.