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Proverbs 12:21

New American Standard Bible (NASB ©1995) [2]
— No harm befalls the righteous, But the wicked are filled with trouble.
King James Version (KJV 1769) [2]
— There shall no evil happen to the just: but the wicked shall be filled with mischief.
English Revised Version (ERV 1885)
— There shall no mischief happen to the righteous: but the wicked shall be filled with evil.
American Standard Version (ASV 1901) [2]
— There shall no mischief happen to the righteous; But the wicked shall be filled with evil.
Webster's Revision of the KJB (WEB 1833)
— There shall no evil happen to the just: but the wicked shall be filled with mischief.
Darby's Translation (DBY 1890)
— There shall no evil happen to a righteous [man]; but the wicked shall be filled with mischief.
Rotherham's Emphasized Bible (EBR 1902)
— Unseemly to the righteous, is any trouble, but, the lawless, are full of misfortune.
Young's Literal Translation (YLT 1898)
— No iniquity is desired by the righteous, And the wicked have been full of evil.
Douay-Rheims Challoner Revision (DR 1750)
— Whatsoever shall befall the just man, shall not make him sad: but the wicked shall be filled with mischief.
Geneva Bible (GNV 1560)
— There shal none iniquitie come to the iust: but the wicked are full of euill.
Original King James Bible (AV 1611) [2]
— There shall no euill happen to the iust: but the wicked shall bee filled with mischiefe.
Lamsa Bible (1957)
— A deceitful thing is not good in the eyes of the righteous; but the wicked are filled with mischief.
Brenton Greek Septuagint (LXX, Restored Names)
— No injustice will please a just man; but the ungodly will be filled with mischief.
Full Hebrew Names / Holy Name KJV (2008) [2] [3]
— There shall no evil happen to the just: but the wicked shall be filled with mischief.

Strong's Numbers & Hebrew NamesHebrew Old TestamentColor-Code/Key Word Studies
There shall no x3808
(3808) Complement
לֹא
lo'
{lo}
lo; a primitive particle; not (the simple or abstract negation); by implication no; often used with other particles.
x3605
(3605) Complement
כֹּל
kol
{kole}
From H3634; properly the whole; hence all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense).
evil 205
{0205} Prime
אָוֶן
'aven
{aw-ven'}
From an unused root perhaps meaning properly to pant (hence to exert oneself, usually in vain; to come to naught); strictly nothingness; also trouble, vanity, wickedness; specifically an idol.
happen 579
{0579} Prime
אָנַה
'anah
{aw-naw'}
A primitive root (perhaps rather identical with H0578 through the idea of contraction in anguish); to approach; hence to meet in various senses.
z8792
<8792> Grammar
Stem - Pual (See H8849)
Mood - Imperfect (See H8811)
Count - 93
to the just: 6662
{6662} Prime
צַדִּיק
tsaddiyq
{tsad-deek'}
From H6663; just.
but the wicked 7563
{7563} Prime
רָשָׁע
rasha`
{raw-shaw'}
From H7561; morally wrong; concretely an (actively) bad person.
shall be filled 4390
{4390} Prime
מָלֵא
male'
{maw-lay'}
A primitive root, to fill or (intransitively) be full of, in a wide application (literally and figuratively).
z8804
<8804> Grammar
Stem - Qal (See H8851)
Mood - Perfect (See H8816)
Count - 12562
with mischief. 7451
{7451} Prime
רָע
ra`
{rah}
From H7489; bad or (as noun) evil (naturally or morally). This includes the second (feminine) form; as adjective or noun.
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary

Proverbs 12:21

_ _ no evil — (as in Psalms 91:10), under God’s wise limitations (Romans 8:28).

_ _ mischief — as penal evil.

Matthew Henry's Commentary

Proverbs 12:21

_ _ Note, 1. Piety is a sure protection. If men be sincerely righteous, the righteous God has engaged that no evil shall happen to them. He will, by the power of his grace in them, that principle of justice, keep them from the evil of sin; so that, though they be tempted, yet they shall not be overcome by the temptation, and though they may come into trouble, into many troubles, yet to them those troubles shall have no evil in them, whatever they have to others (Psalms 91:10), for they shall be overruled to work for their good. 2. Wickedness is as sure a destruction. Those that live in contempt of God and man, that are set on mischief, with mischief they shall be filled. They shall be more mischievous, shall be filled with all unrighteousness, Romans 1:29. Or they shall be made miserable with the mischiefs that shall come upon them. Those that delight in mischief shall have enough of it. Some read the whole verse thus, There shall no evil happen to the just, though the wicked be filled with mischief and spite against them. They shall be safe under the protection of Heaven, though hell itself break loose upon them.

John Wesley's Explanatory Notes

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Geneva Bible Translation Notes

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Cross-Reference Topical ResearchStrong's Concordance
no:

Romans 8:28 And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to [his] purpose.
1 Corinthians 3:22-23 Whether Paul, or Apollos, or Cephas, or the world, or life, or death, or things present, or things to come; all are yours; ... And ye are Christ's; and Christ [is] God's.
2 Corinthians 4:17 For our light affliction, which is but for a moment, worketh for us a far more exceeding [and] eternal weight of glory;

filled:

Proverbs 1:31 Therefore shall they eat of the fruit of their own way, and be filled with their own devices.
Proverbs 14:14 The backslider in heart shall be filled with his own ways: and a good man [shall be satisfied] from himself.
Jeremiah 13:12-14 Therefore thou shalt speak unto them this word; Thus saith the LORD God of Israel, Every bottle shall be filled with wine: and they shall say unto thee, Do we not certainly know that every bottle shall be filled with wine? ... And I will dash them one against another, even the fathers and the sons together, saith the LORD: I will not pity, nor spare, nor have mercy, but destroy them.
Habakkuk 2:16 Thou art filled with shame for glory: drink thou also, and let thy foreskin be uncovered: the cup of the LORD'S right hand shall be turned unto thee, and shameful spewing [shall be] on thy glory.
Revelation 18:6 Reward her even as she rewarded you, and double unto her double according to her works: in the cup which she hath filled fill to her double.
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Chain-Reference Bible SearchCross References with Concordance

Pv 1:31; 14:14. Jr 13:12. Hab 2:16. Ro 8:28. 1Co 3:22. 2Co 4:17. Rv 18:6.

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