Proverbs 11:8 The righteous is delivered out of trouble, and the wicked comes in his stead. Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego came unhurt out of the "burning fiery furnace"; whilst the men who cast them in were slain by the fierceness of the heat (Daniel 3:22-27.) Daniel was taken up alive and uninjured out of the lions' den; whilst the men who had accused him were cast into the same den, and the lions, which had not touched Daniel, "brake all their bones in pieces" before they reached "the bottom of the den" (Daniel 6:23, 24). Parallel Verses KJV: The righteous is delivered out of trouble, and the wicked cometh in his stead.WEB: A righteous person is delivered out of trouble, and the wicked takes his place. |