Proverbs 12:21
Modern Translations
New International Version
No harm overtakes the righteous, but the wicked have their fill of trouble.

New Living Translation
No harm comes to the godly, but the wicked have their fill of trouble.

English Standard Version
No ill befalls the righteous, but the wicked are filled with trouble.

Berean Study Bible
No harm befalls the righteous, but the wicked are filled with trouble.

New American Standard Bible
No harm happens to the righteous, But the wicked are filled with trouble.

NASB 1995
No harm befalls the righteous, But the wicked are filled with trouble.

NASB 1977
No harm befalls the righteous, But the wicked are filled with trouble.

Amplified Bible
No harm befalls the righteous, But the wicked are filled with trouble.

Christian Standard Bible
No disaster overcomes the righteous, but the wicked are full of misery.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
No disaster overcomes the righteous, but the wicked are full of misery.

Contemporary English Version
Good people never have trouble, but troublemakers have more than enough.

Good News Translation
Nothing bad happens to righteous people, but the wicked have nothing but trouble.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
No [lasting] harm comes to a righteous person, but wicked people have lots of trouble.

International Standard Version
No harm overwhelms the righteous, but the wicked overflow with trouble.

NET Bible
The righteous do not encounter any harm, but the wicked are filled with calamity.
Classic Translations
King James Bible
There shall no evil happen to the just: but the wicked shall be filled with mischief.

New King James Version
No grave trouble will overtake the righteous, But the wicked shall be filled with evil.

King James 2000 Bible
There shall no evil happen to the just: but the wicked shall be filled with trouble.

New Heart English Bible
No mischief shall happen to the righteous, but the wicked shall be filled with evil.

World English Bible
No mischief shall happen to the righteous, but the wicked shall be filled with evil.

American King James Version
There shall no evil happen to the just: but the wicked shall be filled with mischief.

American Standard Version
There shall no mischief happen to the righteous; But the wicked shall be filled with evil.

A Faithful Version
There shall no harm befall the righteous, but the wicked shall be filled with trouble.

Darby Bible Translation
There shall no evil happen to a righteous [man]; but the wicked shall be filled with mischief.

English Revised Version
There shall no mischief happen to the righteous: but the wicked shall be filled with evil.

Webster's Bible Translation
There shall no evil happen to the just: but the wicked shall be filled with mischief.

Early Modern
Geneva Bible of 1587
There shal none iniquitie come to the iust: but the wicked are full of euill.

Bishops' Bible of 1568
There shall no aduersitie happen vnto the iust: but the vngodly shalbe fylled with miserie.

Coverdale Bible of 1535
There shal no mysfortune happen vnto the iust, but the vngodly shal be fylled with misery.
Literal Translations
Literal Standard Version
No iniquity is desired by the righteous, "" And the wicked have been full of evil.

Young's Literal Translation
No iniquity is desired by the righteous, And the wicked have been full of evil.

Smith's Literal Translation
No iniquity shall approach to the just one: and the unjust were filled with evil.

Catholic Translations
Douay-Rheims Bible
Whatsoever shall befall the just man. it shall not make him sad: but the wicked shall be filled with mischief.

Catholic Public Domain Version
Whatever may befall the just, it will not discourage him. But the impious will be filled with disasters.

Translations from Aramaic
Peshitta Holy Bible Translated
Nothing depraved is good to the righteous man, and the evil are filled with evil.

Lamsa Bible
A deceitful thing is not good in the eyes of the righteous; but the wicked are filled with mischief.

OT Translations
JPS Tanakh 1917
There shall no mischief befall the righteous; But the wicked are filled with evil.

Brenton Septuagint Translation
No injustice will please a just man; but the ungodly will be filled with mischief.
















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