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Proverbs 21:18

New American Standard Bible (NASB ©1995) [2]
— The wicked is a ransom for the righteous, And the treacherous is in the place of the upright.
King James Version (KJV 1769) [2]
— The wicked [shall be] a ransom for the righteous, and the transgressor for the upright.
English Revised Version (ERV 1885)
— The wicked is a ransom for the righteous; and the treacherous [cometh] in the stead of the upright.
American Standard Version (ASV 1901) [2]
— The wicked is a ransom for the righteous; And the treacherous [cometh] in the stead of the upright.
Webster's Revision of the KJB (WEB 1833)
— The wicked [shall be] a ransom for the righteous, and the transgressor for the upright.
Darby's Translation (DBY 1890)
— The wicked is a ransom for the righteous, and a treacherous [man] in the stead of the upright.
Rotherham's Emphasized Bible (EBR 1902)
— A ransom for the righteous, is the lawless, and, instead of upright men, the traitor.
Young's Literal Translation (YLT 1898)
— The wicked [is] an atonement for the righteous, And for the upright the treacherous dealer.
Douay-Rheims Challoner Revision (DR 1750)
— The wicked is delivered up for the just: and the unjust for the righteous.
Geneva Bible (GNV 1560)
— The wicked shalbe a ransome for the iust, and the transgressour for the righteous.
Original King James Bible (AV 1611) [2]
— The wicked [shalbe] a ransome for the righteous; and the transgressour for the vpright.
Lamsa Bible (1957)
— The wicked shall be given as a ransom for the righteous, and the deceitful for the upright.
Brenton Greek Septuagint (LXX, Restored Names)
— and a transgressor is the abomination of a righteous man.
Full Hebrew Names / Holy Name KJV (2008) [2] [3]
— The wicked [shall be] a ransom for the righteous, and the transgressor for the upright.

Strong's Numbers & Hebrew NamesHebrew Old TestamentColor-Code/Key Word Studies
The wicked 7563
{7563} Prime
רָשָׁע
rasha`
{raw-shaw'}
From H7561; morally wrong; concretely an (actively) bad person.
[shall be] a ransom 3724
{3724} Prime
כֹּפֶר
kopher
{ko'-fer}
From H3722; properly a cover, that is, (literally) a village (as covered in); (specifically) bitumen (as used for coating), and the henna plant (as used for dyeing); figuratively a redemption price.
for the righteous, 6662
{6662} Prime
צַדִּיק
tsaddiyq
{tsad-deek'}
From H6663; just.
and the transgressor 898
{0898} Prime
בּגד
bagad
{baw-gad'}
A primitive root; to cover (with a garment); figuratively to act covertly; by implication to pillage.
z8802
<8802> Grammar
Stem - Qal (See H8851)
Mood - Participle Active (See H8814)
Count - 5386
for x8478
(8478) Complement
תַּחַת
tachath
{takh'-ath}
From the same as H8430; the bottom (as depressed); only adverbially below (often with prepositional prefix underneath), in lieu of, etc.
the upright. 3477
{3477} Prime
יָשָׁר
yashar
{yaw-shawr'}
From H3474; straight (literally or figuratively).
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary

Proverbs 21:18

_ _ (Compare Proverbs 11:8). By suffering what they had devised for the righteous, or brought on them, the wicked became their ransom, in the usual sense of substitutes (compare Joshua 7:26; Esther 7:9).

Matthew Henry's Commentary

Proverbs 21:18

_ _ This intimates, 1. What should be done by the justice of men: The wicked, that are the troublers of a land, ought to be punished, for the preventing and turning away of those national judgments which otherwise will be inflicted and in which even the righteous are many times involved. Thus when Achan was stoned he was a ransom for the camp of righteous Israel; and the seven sons of Saul, when they were hanged, were a ransom for the kingdom of righteous David. 2. What is often done by the providence of God: The righteous is delivered out of trouble, and the wicked comes in his stead, and so seems as if he were a ransom for him, Proverbs 11:8. God will rather leave many wicked people to be cut off than abandon his own people. I will give men for thee, Isaiah 43:3, Isaiah 43:4.

John Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Proverbs 21:18

A ransom — The wicked shall be brought into those troubles, which were designed by wicked men for the righteous: thus Haman was a ransom for Mordecai.

Geneva Bible Translation Notes

Proverbs 21:18

The (h) wicked [shall be] a ransom for the righteous, and the transgressor for the upright.

(h) God will cause that to fall on their own heads, which they intended against the just by delivering the just, and putting the wicked in their places.

Cross-Reference Topical ResearchStrong's Concordance
wicked:

Proverbs 11:8 The righteous is delivered out of trouble, and the wicked cometh in his stead.
Isaiah 43:3-4 For I [am] the LORD thy God, the Holy One of Israel, thy Saviour: I gave Egypt [for] thy ransom, Ethiopia and Seba for thee. ... Since thou wast precious in my sight, thou hast been honourable, and I have loved thee: therefore will I give men for thee, and people for thy life.
Isaiah 53:4-5 Surely he hath borne our griefs, and carried our sorrows: yet we did esteem him stricken, smitten of God, and afflicted. ... But he [was] wounded for our transgressions, [he was] bruised for our iniquities: the chastisement of our peace [was] upon him; and with his stripes we are healed.
Isaiah 55:8-9 For my thoughts [are] not your thoughts, neither [are] your ways my ways, saith the LORD. ... For [as] the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways, and my thoughts than your thoughts.
1 Peter 3:18 For Christ also hath once suffered for sins, the just for the unjust, that he might bring us to God, being put to death in the flesh, but quickened by the Spirit:
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Pv 11:8. Is 43:3; 53:4; 55:8. 1P 3:18.

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