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Proverbs 28:12

When good people become leaders, everything is great, but when the wicked rise to power, everyone hides.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Joy;   The Topic Concordance - Glory;   Hiding;   Rejoice;   Righteousness;   Wickedness;  

Dictionaries:

- Charles Buck Theological Dictionary - Pardon;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Proverbs, Book of;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Greek Versions of Ot;   Proverbs, Book of;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Hidden;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
When the righteous triumph,there is great rejoicing,but when the wicked come to power,people hide.
Hebrew Names Version
When the righteous triumph, there is great glory; But when the wicked rise, men hide themselves.
King James Version
When righteous men do rejoice, there is great glory: but when the wicked rise, a man is hidden.
English Standard Version
When the righteous triumph, there is great glory, but when the wicked rise, people hide themselves.
New American Standard Bible
When the righteous triumph, there is great glory, But when the wicked rise, people hide themselves.
New Century Version
When good people triumph, there is great happiness, but when the wicked get control, everybody hides.
Amplified Bible
When the righteous triumph, there is great glory and celebration; But when the wicked rise [to prominence], men hide themselves.
World English Bible
When the righteous triumph, there is great glory; But when the wicked rise, men hide themselves.
Geneva Bible (1587)
When righteous men reioyce, there is great glory: but when the wicked come vp, the man is tried.
Legacy Standard Bible
When the righteous exult, there is great honor,But when the wicked rise, man has to be sought out.
Berean Standard Bible
When the righteous triumph, there is great glory, but when the wicked rise, men hide themselves.
Contemporary English Version
When an honest person wins, it's time to celebrate; when crooks are in control, it's best to hide.
Complete Jewish Bible
When the just are triumphant, there is great rejoicing, but when the wicked rise up, people hide.
Darby Translation
When the righteous triumph, there is great glory; but when the wicked rise, men conceal themselves.
George Lamsa Translation
When righteous men are strong, there is a great glory; but when the wicked rise to power, the glory diminishes.
Good News Translation
When good people come to power, everybody celebrates, but when bad people rule, people stay in hiding.
Lexham English Bible
When the righteous triumphs, great is the glory, but with the rising of the wicked, a person will be hidden.
Literal Translation
When the righteous rejoice, great is the glory, but when the wicked rise, a man will be sought for.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
When rightuous men are in prosperite, the doth honoure florish: but when the vngodly come vp, ye state of men chaungeth.
American Standard Version
When the righteous triumph, there is great glory; But when the wicked rise, men hide themselves.
Bible in Basic English
When the upright do well, there is great glory; but when evil-doers are lifted up, men do not let themselves be seen.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
When the righteous exult, there is great glory; but when the wicked rise, men must be sought for.
King James Version (1611)
When righteous men do reioyce, there is great glory: but when the wicked rise, a man is hidden.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
When righteous men do reioyce, there is great glory: but when the wicked come vp, the man is tryed.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
I have seen a man who seemed to himself to be wise; but a fool had more hope than he.
English Revised Version
When the righteous triumph, there is great glory: but when the wicked rise, men hide themselves.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
In enhaunsing of iust men is miche glorie; whanne wickid men regnen, fallyngis of men ben.
Update Bible Version
When the righteous triumph, there is great glory; But when the wicked rise, man will hide.
Webster's Bible Translation
When righteous [men] rejoice, [there is] great glory: but when the wicked rise, a man is hidden.
New English Translation
When the righteous rejoice, great is the glory, but when the wicked rise to power, people are sought out.
New King James Version
When the righteous rejoice, there is great glory; But when the wicked arise, men hide themselves.
New Living Translation
When the godly succeed, everyone is glad. When the wicked take charge, people go into hiding.
New Life Bible
When those who are right with God win, there is great honor, but when the sinful rule, men hide themselves.
New Revised Standard
When the righteous triumph, there is great glory, but when the wicked prevail, people go into hiding.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
In the exulting of the righteous, there is great glorying, but, when the lawless arise, a man must be sought for.
Douay-Rheims Bible
In the joy of the just there is great glory: when the wicked reign, men are ruined.
Revised Standard Version
When the righteous triumph, there is great glory; but when the wicked rise, men hide themselves.
Young's Literal Translation
In the exulting of the righteous the glory [is] abundant, And in the rising of the wicked man is apprehensive.
THE MESSAGE
When good people are promoted, everything is great, but when the bad are in charge, watch out!
New American Standard Bible (1995)
When the righteous triumph, there is great glory, But when the wicked rise, men hide themselves.

Contextual Overview

12 When good people become leaders, everything is great, but when the wicked rise to power, everyone hides.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

righteous: Proverbs 28:28, Proverbs 11:10, Proverbs 29:2, 1 Chronicles 15:25-28, 1 Chronicles 16:7-36, 1 Chronicles 29:20-22, 2 Chronicles 7:10, 2 Chronicles 30:22-27, Esther 8:15-17, Job 29:11-20, Luke 19:37, Luke 19:38

but: 1 Samuel 24:11, 1 Kings 17:3-24, 1 Kings 18:13, 1 Kings 19:3, Ecclesiastes 10:6, Ecclesiastes 10:16, Jeremiah 36:26, Hebrews 11:37, Hebrews 11:38

hidden: Heb. sought for, Jeremiah 5:1

Reciprocal: Job 24:4 - hide Psalms 49:16 - Be not Jeremiah 36:19 - General Daniel 2:49 - he set 2 Peter 2:8 - that

Cross-References

Genesis 15:1
After all these things happened, the word of the Lord came to Abram in a vision. God said, "Abram, don't be afraid. I will defend you and give you a great reward."
Genesis 15:12
The sun began to go down and Abram got very sleepy. While he was asleep, a very terrible darkness came over him.
Genesis 20:3
But one night God spoke to Abimelech in a dream and said, "You will die. The woman you took is married."
Genesis 28:1
Isaac called Jacob and blessed him. Then Isaac gave him a command and said, "You must not marry a Canaanite woman.
Genesis 28:2
So leave this place and go to Paddan Aram. Go to the house of Bethuel, your mother's father. Laban, your mother's brother, lives there. Marry one of his daughters.
Genesis 28:5
So Isaac sent Jacob to Rebekah's brother in Paddan Aram. Jacob went to Laban, son of Bethuel the Aramean. Laban was the brother of Rebekah, the mother of Jacob and Esau.
Genesis 28:6
Esau learned that his father Isaac blessed Jacob and sent him away to Paddan Aram to find a wife there. He also learned that Isaac commanded Jacob not to marry a Canaanite woman.
Genesis 28:7
Esau learned that Jacob obeyed his father and his mother and went to Paddan Aram.
Genesis 28:11
The sun had already set when he came to a good place to spend the night. He took a rock there and laid his head on it to sleep.
Genesis 28:12
Jacob had a dream. He dreamed there was a ladder that was on the ground and reached up into heaven. He saw the angels of God going up and down the ladder.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

When righteous [men] do rejoice, [there is] great glory,.... When it is well with them; when they are in prosperous circumstances; when they are countenanced and encouraged by the government under which they are; when they have the free exercise of their religion; and especially when they are advanced to places of profit, honour, and trust, which must make them cheerful and joyful; it is a glory to a land, it adds greatly to the glory of it, and a fine prospect there is of the increase and continuance of it;

but when the wicked rise: to honour and dignity, and are set in high places, and are in great power and authority, which they exercise to the distress of the righteous and all good men:

a man is hidden: a good man; he hides himself, as in Proverbs 28:28; he withdraws himself from court, from city, from company, from commerce, and business, because of the tyranny and persecution of wicked men; and flees to distant places, and wanders in deserts and mountains, in caves and dens of the earth; as some saints, under the Old Testament, did, and as the Church, in Gospel times, fled from the tyranny of antichrist into the wilderness, to hide herself: or, "a man is" or "shall be sought for" i, and searched out; as wicked persecutors are very diligent to search for and find out such persons that hide themselves, and fetch them out of their hiding places, and cruelly use them.

i יחפש "investigabitur", Pagninus, Montanus; "exploratur", Tigurine version; "explorabitur", Baynus; "pervestigatur", Junius & Tremellius, Piscator, Michaelis.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

There is great glory - Men array themselves in festive apparel, and show their joy conspicuously.

A man is hidden - Better, men hide themselves, they shrink and cower for fear, and yet are hunted out.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Proverbs 28:12. When righteous men do rejoice — When true religion is no longer persecuted, and the word of God duly esteemed, there is great glory; for the word of the Lord has then free course, runs, and is glorified: but when the wicked rise-when they are elevated to places of trust, and put at the head of civil affairs, then the righteous man is obliged to hide himself; the word of the Lord becomes scarce, and there is no open vision. The first vas the case in this country, in the days of Edward VI.; the second in the days of his successor, MARY I. Popery, cruelty, and knavery, under her, nearly destroyed the Church and the State in these islands.


 
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