Proverbs 12:21
ContextNET © | The righteous do not encounter 1 any harm, 2 but the wicked are filled with calamity. 3 |
NIV © | No harm befalls the righteous, but the wicked have their fill of trouble. |
NASB © | No harm befalls the righteous, But the wicked are filled with trouble. |
NLT © | No real harm befalls the godly, but the wicked have their fill of trouble. |
MSG © | No evil can overwhelm a good person, but the wicked have their hands full of it. |
BBE © | No trouble will come to upright men, but sinners will be full of evil. |
NRSV © | No harm happens to the righteous, but the wicked are filled with trouble. |
NKJV © | No grave trouble will overtake the righteous, But the wicked shall be filled with evil. |
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NET © | The righteous do not encounter 1 any harm, 2 but the wicked are filled with calamity. 3 |
NET © Notes |
1 tn Heb “is not allowed to meet to the righteous.” 2 tn Heb “all calamity.” The proper nuance of אָוֶן (’aven) is debated. It is normally understood metonymically (effect) as “harm; trouble,” that is, the result/effect of wickedness (e.g., Gen 50:20). Rashi, a Jewish scholar who lived 3 tn The expression רָע מָלְאוּ (malÿ’u ra’, “to be full of evil”) means (1) the wicked do much evil or (2) the wicked experience much calamity (cf. NAB, NIV, NRSV, NLT). |