Proverbs 11:8

NET ©

The righteous person is delivered 1  out of trouble, and the wicked turns up in his stead. 2 

NIV ©

The righteous man is rescued from trouble, and it comes on the wicked instead.

NASB ©

The righteous is delivered from trouble, But the wicked takes his place.

NLT ©

God rescues the godly from danger, but he lets the wicked fall into trouble.

MSG ©

A good person is saved from much trouble; a bad person runs straight into it.

BBE ©

The upright man is taken out of trouble, and in his place comes the sinner.

NRSV ©

The righteous are delivered from trouble, and the wicked get into it instead.

NKJV ©

The righteous is delivered from trouble, And it comes to the wicked instead.

KJV
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and the wicked
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HEBREW
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Ulxn
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qydu (11:8)
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LXXM
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A-NSM
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PREP
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PRT
paradidotai
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T-NSM
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NET © [draft] ITL
The righteous
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person is delivered
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out of trouble
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, and the wicked
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turns up
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in his stead
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NET © Notes

1 tn The verb is the Niphal perfect from the first root חָלַץ (khalats), meaning “to draw off; to withdraw,” and hence “to be delivered.”

sn The verse is not concerned with the problem of evil and the suffering of the righteous; it is only concerned with the principle of divine justice.

2 tn The verb is masculine singular, so the subject cannot be “trouble.” The trouble from which the righteous escape will come on the wicked – but the Hebrew text literally says that the wicked “comes [= arrives; turns up; shows up] in the place of the righteous.” Cf. NASB “the wicked takes his place”; NRSV “the wicked get into it instead”; NIV “it comes on the wicked instead.”