Proverbs 24:19

Good News Translation

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Don't let evil people worry you; don't be envious of them.

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
Don’t be agitated by evildoers,and don’t envy the wicked.

Hebrew Names Version
Don't fret yourself because of evildoers; Neither be envious of the wicked:

King James Version
Fret not thyself because of evil men, neither be thou envious at the wicked:

English Standard Version
Fret not yourself because of evildoers, and be not envious of the wicked,

New American Standard Bible
Do not get upset because of evildoers Or be envious of the wicked;

New Century Version
Don't envy evil people, and don't be jealous of the wicked.

Amplified Bible
Do not get upset because of evildoers, Or be envious of the wicked,

World English Bible
Don't fret yourself because of evildoers; Neither be envious of the wicked:

Geneva Bible (1587)
Fret not thy selfe because of the malicious, neither be enuious at the wicked.

Legacy Standard Bible
Do not fret because of evildoersDo not be jealous of the wicked;

Berean Standard Bible
Do not fret over evildoers, and do not be envious of the wicked.

Contemporary English Version

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Don't let evil people worry you or make you jealous.

Complete Jewish Bible
Don't get upset because of evildoers; don't be envious of the wicked.

Darby Translation
Fret not thyself because of evil-doers, [and] be not envious of the wicked:

Easy-to-Read Version
Don't let those who are evil upset you, and don't be jealous of them.

George Lamsa Translation
Do not envy evildoers nor be jealous of the wicked;

Lexham English Bible
Do not fret because of the evildoers; do not envy the wicked.

Literal Translation
Do not burn in anger because of evildoers, and do not envy the wicked;

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Let not yi wrath & gelousy moue ye, to foolow ye wicked and vngodly.

American Standard Version
Fret not thyself because of evil-doers; Neither be thou envious at the wicked:

Bible in Basic English
Do not be troubled because of evil-doers, or have envy of sinners:

JPS Old Testament (1917)
Fret not thyself because of evildoers, neither be thou envious at the wicked;

King James Version (1611)
Fret not thy selfe because of euill men; neither be thou enuious at the wicked.

Bishop's Bible (1568)
Fret not thy selfe because of the malitious, neither be enuious at the wicked:

Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
Rejoice not in evil-doers, neither be envious of sinners.

English Revised Version
Fret not thyself because of evil-doers; neither be thou envious at the wicked:

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Stryue thou not with `the worste men, nether sue thou wickid men.

Update Bible Version
Don't fret yourself because of evil-doers; Neither be envious at the wicked:

Webster's Bible Translation
Fret not thyself because of evil [men], neither be thou envious at the wicked;

New English Translation
Do not fret because of evil people or be envious of wicked people,

New King James Version
Do not fret because of evildoers, Nor be envious of the wicked;

New Living Translation
Don't fret because of evildoers; don't envy the wicked.

New Life Bible
Do not worry yourself because of those who do wrong, and do not be jealous of the sinful.

New Revised Standard
Do not fret because of evildoers. Do not envy the wicked;

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Burn not with vexation against evil doers, be not envious of lawless men;

Douay-Rheims Bible
Contend not with the wicked, nor seek to be like the ungodly.

Revised Standard Version
Fret not yourself because of evildoers, and be not envious of the wicked;

Young's Literal Translation
Fret not thyself at evil doers, Be not envious at the wicked,

THE MESSAGE
29 Don't bother your head with braggarts or wish you could succeed like the wicked. Those people have no future at all; they're headed down a dead-end street.

New American Standard Bible (1995)
Do not fret because of evildoers Or be envious of the wicked;

Contextual Overview

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Don't let evil people worry you; don't be envious of them. ²⁰ A wicked person has no future—nothing to look forward to.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Fret: or, Keep not company with the wicked. Proverbs 13:20, Numbers 16:26, Psalms 1:1, Psalms 26:4, Psalms 26:5, Psalms 119:115, 2 Corinthians 6:17, Ephesians 5:11, 2 Timothy 3:2-5, Revelation 18:4

neither: Proverbs 24:1, Proverbs 23:17, Psalms 37:1, Psalms 73:3

Reciprocal: Proverbs 3:31 - Envy 1 Peter 2:1 - envies

Cross-References

Genesis 24:14
I will say to one of them, ‘Please, lower your jar and let me have a drink.' If she says, ‘Drink, and I will also bring water for your camels,' may she be the one that you have chosen for your servant Isaac. If this happens, I will know that you have kept your promise to my master."

Genesis 24:45
Before I had finished my silent prayer, Rebecca came with a water jar on her shoulder and went down to the well to get water. I said to her, ‘Please give me a drink.'

Genesis 24:46
She quickly lowered her jar from her shoulder and said, ‘Drink, and I will also water your camels.' So I drank, and she watered the camels.

1 Peter 4:9
Open your homes to each other without complaining.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Fret not thyself because of evil [men],.... Because of their outward prosperity and worldly happiness, any more than rejoice at their adversity; neither do the one nor the other; where the one prevails, the other does also; by the frequent repetition of this advice, it looks as if this evil is what good men are prone to, and which was very common in Solomon's time, and in the time of his father David, from whom he seems to have borrowed these words, Psalms 37:1; see Proverbs 23:17;

neither be thou envious at the wicked; though they may stand when thou fallest, or be in prosperity when thou art in adversity; the reasons follow.