Proverbs 21:7 — Compare Translations
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English (YLT) 1898 Young's Literal Translation by Robert Young
The spoil of the wicked catcheth them, Because they have refused to do judgment.
English ASV
The violence of the wicked shall sweep them away, Because they refuse to do justice.
English Amplified
The violence of the wicked shall sweep them away, because they refuse to do justice.
English Amplified Classic Bible 1987
The violence of the wicked shall sweep them away, because they refuse to do justice.
English Berean Standard Bible (BSB) 2025
The violence of the wicked will sweep them away because they refuse to do what is just.
English CSB 2017 - Christian Standard Bible
The violence of the wicked sweeps them away because they refuse to act justly.
English Darby 1890 : Public Domain
The devastation of the wicked sweepeth them away, because they refuse to do what is right.
English EASY 2024
When wicked people do violent things, it destroys them. They refuse to do what is right.
English ERV 2006 - Only For Website
The bad things that evil people do will destroy them, because they refuse to do what is right.
English ESV 2016 == The Holy Bible, English Standard Version. ESV® Text Edition: 2016. Copyright © 2001 by Crossway Bibles
The violence of the wicked will sweep them away, because they refuse to do what is just.
English GNT (Good News Translation)
The wicked are doomed by their own violence; they refuse to do what is right.
English God's Word - GW 1995
The violence of wicked people will drag them away since they refuse to do what is just.
English HCSB 2004 - Copyrighted Only For Website
The violence of the wicked sweeps them away because they refuse to act justly.
English KJV 1611
The robbery of the wicked shall destroy them; because they refuse to do judgment.
English LSB
The destruction of the wicked will drag them away, Because they refuse to do justice.
English MEV 2014 (Modern English Version)
The violence of the wicked will drag them away, because they refuse to do justice.
English NASB (New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995)
The violence of the wicked will drag them away, Because they refuse to act with justice.
English NASU 1989 - New American Standard Update - Only for Website
The oppression of the wicked will sweep them away, because they refuse to do what is right.
English NET Bible - 2005 (New English Translation)
The violence done by the wicked will drag them away because they refuse to do what is right.
English NIRV 1996 - Copyrighted only for Website
The harmful things that evil people do will drag them away. They refuse to do what is right.
English NIV
The violence of the wicked will drag them away, for they refuse to do what is right.
English NKJ 1982
The violence of the wicked will destroy them, Because they refuse to do justice.
English NLT
Because the wicked refuse to do what is just, their violence boomerangs and destroys them.
English NRSV 1989 - Only for website
The violence of the wicked will sweep them away, because they refuse to do what is just.
English Passion Translation Bible 2020
Violent rebels don’t have a chance, for their rejection of truth and their love of evil will drag them deeper into darkness.
English RSV (Revised Standard Version)
The violence of the wicked will sweep them away, because they refuse to do what is just.
English TL (The Living Bible) (1971)
Because the wicked are unfair, their violence boomerangs and destroys them.
English Tyndale 1537
The robberies of the ungodly shall be their own destruction, for they would not do the thing that was right.