Proverbs 24:19

New Living Translation

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

Parallel Translations

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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:

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.

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.

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;

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

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

Good News Translation

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

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;

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.

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:

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;

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

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

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
Do not get upset because of evildoers Or be envious of the wicked;

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

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

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

Contextual Overview

¹⁹ Don't fret because of evildoers; don't envy the wicked. ²⁰ For evil people have no future; the light of the wicked will be snuffed out.

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
This is my request. I will ask one of them, ‘Please give me a drink from your jug.' If she says, ‘Yes, have a drink, and I will water your camels, too!'—let her be the one you have selected as Isaac's wife. This is how I will know that you have shown unfailing love to my master."

Genesis 24:45
"Before I had finished praying in my heart, I saw Rebekah coming out with her water jug on her shoulder. She went down to the spring and drew water. So I said to her, ‘Please give me a drink.'

Genesis 24:46
She quickly lowered her jug from her shoulder and said, ‘Yes, have a drink, and I will water your camels, too!' So I drank, and then she watered the camels.

1 Peter 4:9
Cheerfully share your home with those who need a meal or a place to stay.

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.