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Monday, November 25th, 2024
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Proverbs 21:7

The violence of the wicked will [return to them and] drag them away [like fish caught in a net], Because they refuse to act with justice.

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Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Theft and Thieves;   The Topic Concordance - Destruction;   Judges;   Wickedness;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Theft;  

Dictionaries:

- Charles Buck Theological Dictionary - Pardon;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Proverbs, Book of;   Violence;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Robber;  

Parallel Translations

New Living Translation
The violence of the wicked sweeps them away, because they refuse to do what is just.
Update Bible Version
The violence of the wicked shall sweep them away, Because they refuse to do justice.
New Century Version
The violence of the wicked will destroy them, because they refuse to do what is right.
New English Translation
The violence done by the wicked will drag them away because they refuse to do what is right.
Webster's Bible Translation
The robbery of the wicked shall destroy them; because they refuse to do judgment.
World English Bible
The violence of the wicked will drive them away, Because they refuse to do what is right.
English Standard Version
The violence of the wicked will sweep them away, because they refuse to do what is just.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
The raueyns of vnpitouse men schulen drawe hem doun; for thei nolden do doom.
English Revised Version
The violence of the wicked shall sweep them away; because they refuse to do judgment.
Berean Standard Bible
The violence of the wicked will sweep them away because they refuse to do what is just.
Contemporary English Version
You destroy yourself by being cruel and violent and refusing to live right.
American Standard Version
The violence of the wicked shall sweep them away, Because they refuse to do justice.
Bible in Basic English
By their violent acts the evil-doers will be pulled away, because they have no desire to do what is right.
Complete Jewish Bible
The violence of the wicked will sweep them away, because they refuse to act justly.
Darby Translation
The devastation of the wicked sweepeth them away, because they refuse to do what is right.
Easy-to-Read Version
The bad things that evil people do will destroy them, because they refuse to do what is right.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
The violence of the wicked shall drag them away; because they refuse to do justly.
King James Version (1611)
The robbery of the wicked shall destroy them; because they refuse to doe iudgement.
New Life Bible
The way the sinful hurt others will draw them away, because they will not do what is right and fair.
New Revised Standard
The violence of the wicked will sweep them away, because they refuse to do what is just.
Geneva Bible (1587)
The robberie of the wicked shall destroy them: for they haue refused to execute iudgement.
George Lamsa Translation
The destruction of the wicked shall come upon them because they refused to do justice.
Good News Translation
The wicked are doomed by their own violence; they refuse to do what is right.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
The violence of the lawless, shall drag them away, - because they have refused to do justice.
Douay-Rheims Bible
The robberies of the wicked shall be their downfall, because they would not do judgment.
Revised Standard Version
The violence of the wicked will sweep them away, because they refuse to do what is just.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
The robberies of the vngodly shalbe their owne destruction: for they wyll not do the thing that is right.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
Destruction shall lodge with the ungodly; for they refuse to do justly.
Christian Standard Bible®
The violence of the wicked sweeps them awaybecause they refuse to act justly.
Hebrew Names Version
The violence of the wicked will drive them away, Because they refuse to do what is right.
King James Version
The robbery of the wicked shall destroy them; because they refuse to do judgment.
Lexham English Bible
The violence of the wicked will sweep them away, for they refuse to do justice.
Literal Translation
The violence of the wicked drags them down, because they refuse to do justice.
Young's Literal Translation
The spoil of the wicked catcheth them, Because they have refused to do judgment.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
The robberies of the vngodly shalbe their owne destruccion, for they wolde not do the thynge that was right.
THE MESSAGE
The wicked get buried alive by their loot because they refuse to use it to help others.
New American Standard Bible
The violence of the wicked will sweep them away, Because they refuse to act with justice.
New King James Version
The violence of the wicked will destroy them, [fn] Because they refuse to do justice.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
The violence of the wicked will drag them away, Because they refuse to act with justice.
Legacy Standard Bible
The destruction of the wicked will drag them away,Because they refuse to do justice.

Contextual Overview

7The violence of the wicked will [return to them and] drag them away [like fish caught in a net], Because they refuse to act with justice.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

robbery: Proverbs 1:18, Proverbs 1:19, Proverbs 10:6, Proverbs 22:22, Proverbs 22:23, Psalms 7:16, Psalms 9:16, Isaiah 1:23, Isaiah 1:24, Jeremiah 7:9-11, Jeremiah 7:15, Ezekiel 22:13, Ezekiel 22:14, Micah 3:9-12

destroy them: Heb. saw them, or, dwell with them, Zechariah 5:3, Zechariah 5:4

because: Proverbs 21:21, Ezekiel 18:18, Ephesians 5:6

Reciprocal: Proverbs 11:3 - the perverseness Proverbs 16:8 - great Isaiah 10:14 - And my

Cross-References

Genesis 21:11
The situation distressed Abraham greatly because of his son [Ishmael].
Genesis 21:12
God said to Abraham, "Do not let it distress you because of Ishmael and your maid; whatever Sarah tells you, listen to her and do what she asks, for your descendants will be named through Isaac.
Genesis 21:32
So they made a covenant at Beersheba; then Abimelech and Phicol, the commander of his army, got up and returned to the land of the Philistines.
Genesis 21:34
And Abraham lived [as a resident alien] in the land of the Philistines for many days.
Numbers 23:23
"For there is no enchantment or omen against Jacob, Nor is there any divination against Israel. At the proper time it shall be said to Jacob And to Israel, what has God done!
Psalms 86:8
There is no one like You among the gods, O Lord, Nor are there any works [of wonder and majesty] like Yours.
Psalms 86:10
For You are great and do wondrous works! You alone are God.
Isaiah 49:21
"Then [Zion], you will say in your heart, 'Who has borne me these children, Since I have been bereaved of my children And am barren, an exile and a wanderer? And who has reared these? Indeed, I was left alone; From where then did these children come?'"
Isaiah 66:8
"Who has heard of such a thing? Who has seen such things? Can a land be born in one day? Or can a nation be brought forth in a moment? As soon as Zion was in labor, she also brought forth her sons.
Ephesians 3:10
So now through the church the multifaceted wisdom of God [in all its countless aspects] might now be made known [revealing the mystery] to the [angelic] rulers and authorities in the heavenly places.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

The robbery of the wicked shall destroy them,.... Or cut them, so Ben Melech: dissect or "saw" s them; cut them to the heart; that is, when the sins they have been guilty of, in robbing God of his due, or doing injury to men in their properties, cheating them or stealing from them, are set home on their consciences, they are in the utmost agonies and distress; it is as if a saw was drawn to and fro over them, and will be their case for ever without true repentance: this is the worm that never dies, and the fire that is never quenched; this is everlasting destruction from the presence of the Lord, and is very just and righteous;

because they refuse to do judgment; to do that which is just between man and man, to let everyone enjoy his own property: as it is true of private robbers, so of men in public offices, whose business it is to defend men in the quiet possession of property; which, if they refuse to do, as it is a refusal to do judgment, it is in effect a robbery of them; and will be charged on their consciences at one time or another.

s יגורם "dissecabit eos", Junius Tremellius, Piscator "serrabit eos", Aben Ezra Kimchi in Mercer. Michaelis "gravem ipsis uterum trahit", Schultens.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Robbery - Probably the “violence” which the wicked practice.

Shall destroy them - More literally, carries them away.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Proverbs 21:7. The robbery of the wicked — The wicked shall be terrified and ruined by the means they use to aggrandize themselves. And as they refuse to do judgment, they shall have judgment without mercy.


 
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