Proverbs 3:33

Good News Translation

The Lord puts a curse on the homes of the wicked, but blesses the homes of the righteous.

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
The Lord’s curse is on the household of the wicked,but he blesses the home of the righteous;

Hebrew Names Version
The curse of the LORD is in the house of the wicked, But he blesses the habitation of the righteous.

King James Version
The curse of the Lord is in the house of the wicked: but he blesseth the habitation of the just.

English Standard Version
The Lord 's curse is on the house of the wicked, but he blesses the dwelling of the righteous.

New Century Version
The Lord will curse the evil person's house, but he will bless the home of those who do right.

New English Translation
The Lord 's curse is on the household of the wicked, but he blesses the home of the righteous.

Amplified Bible
The curse of the LORD is on the house of the wicked, But He blesses the home of the just and righteous.

New American Standard Bible
The curse of the LORD is on the house of the wicked, But He blesses the home of the righteous.

World English Bible
The curse of Yahweh is in the house of the wicked, But he blesses the habitation of the righteous.

Geneva Bible (1587)
The curse of the Lorde is in the house of the wicked: but he blesseth the habitation of the righteous.

Legacy Standard Bible
The curse of Yahweh is on the house of the wicked one,But He blesses the abode of the righteous.

Berean Standard Bible
The curse of the LORD is on the house of the wicked, but He blesses the home of the righteous.

Contemporary English Version
He places a curse on the home of everyone who is evil, but he blesses the home of every good person.

Complete Jewish Bible
Adonai 's curse is in the house of the wicked, but he blesses the home of the righteous.

Darby Translation
The curse of Jehovah is in the house of the wicked; but he blesseth the habitation of the righteous.

Easy-to-Read Version
The Lord curses a wicked family, but he blesses the homes of those who live right.

George Lamsa Translation
The curse of the LORD is in the house of the wicked; but he blesses the habitation of the righteous.

Lexham English Bible
The curse of Yahweh is on the house of the wicked, and the abode of the righteous ones he blesses.

Literal Translation
The curse of Jehovah is in the house of the wicked, but He blesses the abode of the just.

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
The curse of the LORDE is in the house of the vngodly, but he blesseth the dwellinges of the righteous.

American Standard Version
The curse of Jehovah is in the house of the wicked; But he blesseth the habitation of the righteous.

Bible in Basic English
The curse of the Lord is on the house of the evil-doer, but his blessing is on the tent of the upright.

JPS Old Testament (1917)
The curse of the LORD is in the house of the wicked; but He blesseth the habitation of the righteous.

King James Version (1611)
The curse of the Lord is in the house of the wicked: but he blesseth the habitation of the iust.

Bishop's Bible (1568)
The curse of the Lord is in the house of the vngodly: but he blesseth the dwellinges of the righteous.

Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
The curse of God is in the houses of the ungodly; but the habitations of the just are blessed.

English Revised Version
The curse of the LORD is in the house of the wicked; but he blesseth the habitation of the righteous.

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Nedinesse is sent of the Lord in the hous of a wickid man; but the dwelling places of iust men schulen be blessid.

Update Bible Version
The curse of Yahweh is in the house of the wicked; But he blesses the habitation of the righteous.

Webster's Bible Translation
The curse of the LORD [is] in the house of the wicked: but he blesseth the habitation of the just.

New King James Version
The curse of the LORD is on the house of the wicked, But He blesses the home of the just.

New Living Translation
The Lord curses the house of the wicked, but he blesses the home of the upright.

New Life Bible
The punishment of the Lord is on the house of the sinful, but He makes good come to the house of those who are right with Him.

New Revised Standard
The Lord 's curse is on the house of the wicked, but he blesses the abode of the righteous.

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
The curse of Yahweh, is in the house of the lawless one, but, the home of the righteous, he blesseth.

Douay-Rheims Bible
Want is from the Lord in the house of the wicked: but the habitations of the just shall be blessed.

Revised Standard Version
The LORD's curse is on the house of the wicked, but he blesses the abode of the righteous.

Young's Literal Translation
The curse of Jehovah [is] in the house of the wicked. And the habitation of the righteous He blesseth.

THE MESSAGE
God 's curse blights the house of the wicked, but he blesses the home of the righteous. He gives proud skeptics a cold shoulder, but if you're down on your luck, he's right there to help. Wise living gets rewarded with honor; stupid living gets the booby prize.

New American Standard Bible (1995)
The curse of the LORD is on the house of the wicked, But He blesses the dwelling of the righteous.

Contextual Overview

²⁷ Whenever you possibly can, do good to those who need it. ²⁸ Never tell your neighbors to wait until tomorrow if you can help them now. ²⁹ Don't plan anything that will hurt your neighbors; they live beside you, trusting you. ³⁰ Don't argue with others for no reason when they have never done you any harm. ³¹ Don't be jealous of violent people or decide to act as they do, ³² because the Lord hates people who do evil, but he takes righteous people into his confidence. ³³ The Lord puts a curse on the homes of the wicked, but blesses the homes of the righteous. ³⁴ He has no use for conceited people, but shows favor to those who are humble. ³⁵ Wise people will gain an honorable reputation, but stupid people will only add to their own disgrace.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

curse: Proverbs 21:12, Leviticus 26:14-46, Deuteronomy 7:26, Deuteronomy 28:15-68, Deuteronomy 29:19-29, Joshua 6:18, Joshua 7:13, Psalms 37:22, Zechariah 5:3, Zechariah 5:4, Malachi 2:2

he blesseth: Deuteronomy 28:2-14, 2 Samuel 6:11, Job 8:6, Job 8:7, Psalms 1:3, Psalms 91:10

Reciprocal: Leviticus 14:34 - I put the plague of leprosy Leviticus 14:35 - a plague Deuteronomy 28:16 - in the city Job 24:18 - their portion Job 31:12 - General Psalms 37:16 - General Psalms 112:8 - shall Proverbs 14:11 - house Mark 11:21 - General

Gill's Notes on the Bible

The curse of the Lord is in the house of the wicked,.... The wicked man, being a transgressor of the law, is under the curse of it; and all that he has, his house, his substance, his very blessings are curses; see Malachi 2:2; he is accursed amidst his greatest affluence, and sometimes from a plentiful estate is reduced to penury and want: and Aben Ezra interprets it, "the curse of want"; and the Vulgate Latin version is, "want from the Lord is", c.

but he blesseth the habitation of the just the righteous man, as before described; he is blessed himself, having the righteousness of Christ imputed to him, and his sins forgiven him for his sake; and what he has of worldly substance, though it be ever so little, he has it with a blessing; and therefore it is better than the riches of many wicked men; his house, though it is but a courage, as the word k here signifies, is blessed with the presence of God in it; his family, his children, and servants, are blessed, having his instructions and example, and especially when made effectual by the grace of God; as the house of Obededom was blessed for the sake of the ark, so is a just man's house, being a "bethel", an house of God, blessed on account of his worship in it; see 2 Samuel 6:11.

k נוה "tugurio", Montanus; "tugurium, vel casam pastoritiam", Gejerus.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

A marked change in style. The continuous exhortation is replaced by a series of maxims.

From them to whom it is due - literally, as in the margin. The precept expresses the great Scriptural thought that the so-called possession of wealth is but a stewardship; that the true owners of what we call our own are those to whom, with it, we may do good. Not to relieve them is a breach of trust.

Proverbs 3:28

Procrastination is especially fatal to the giving impulse. The Septuagint adds the caution: “for thou knowest not what the morrow will bring forth.”

Proverbs 3:29

Securely - i. e., “With full trust,” without care or suspicion. Compare Judges 18:7, Judges 18:27.

Proverbs 3:31

A protest against the tendency to worship success, to think the lot of the “man of violence” enviable, and therefore to be chosen.

Proverbs 3:32

The true nature of such success. That which people admire is an abomination to Yahweh. His “secret,” i. e., His close, intimate communion as of “friend with friend,” is with the righteous.

Proverbs 3:33

The thought, like that which appears in Zechariah 5:3-4, and pervades the tragedies of Greek drama, is of a curse, an Ate, dwelling in a house from generation to generation, the source of ever-recurring woes. There is, possibly, a contrast between the “house” or “palace” of the rich oppressor and the lowly shepherd’s hut, the “sheep-cote” 2 Samuel 7:8 ennobled only by its upright inhabitants.

Proverbs 3:34

Surely - Better, If he scorneth the scorners, i. e., Divine scorn of evil is the complement, and, as it were, the condition, of divine bounty to the lowly (compare the marginal reference and the Proverbs 1:26 note).

Proverbs 3:35

The margin conveys the thought that “fools” glory in that which is indeed their shame. Others take the clause as meaning “every fool takes up shame,” i. e., gains nothing but that.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Proverbs 3:33. The curse of the Lord — No godly people meet in such a house; nor is God ever an inmate there.

But he blesseth the habitation of the just. — He considers it as his own temple. There he is worshipped in spirit and in truth; and hence God makes it his dwelling-place.