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Proverbs 21:15

15  When justice is done, it is a joy to the righteous

sbut terror to evildoers.

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Proverbs 21:15 — The New International Version (NIV)

15 When justice is done, it brings joy to the righteous

but terror to evildoers.

Proverbs 21:15 — King James Version (KJV 1900)

15 It is joy to the just to do judgment:

But destruction shall be to the workers of iniquity.

Proverbs 21:15 — New Living Translation (NLT)

15 Justice is a joy to the godly,

but it terrifies evildoers.

Proverbs 21:15 — The New King James Version (NKJV)

15 It is a joy for the just to do justice,

But destruction will come to the workers of iniquity.

Proverbs 21:15 — New Century Version (NCV)

15 When justice is done, good people are happy,

but evil people are ruined.

Proverbs 21:15 — American Standard Version (ASV)

15 It is joy to the righteous to do justice;

But it is a destruction to the workers of iniquity.

Proverbs 21:15 — 1890 Darby Bible (DARBY)

15 It is joy to a righteous man to do what is right; but it is ruin for the workers of iniquity.

Proverbs 21:15 — GOD’S WORD Translation (GW)

15 When justice is done, a righteous person is delighted, 

but troublemakers are terrified. 

Proverbs 21:15 — The Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB)

15 Justice executed is a joy to the righteous

but a terror to those who practice iniquity.

Proverbs 21:15 — The New Revised Standard Version (NRSV)

15 When justice is done, it is a joy to the righteous,

but dismay to evildoers.

Proverbs 21:15 — The Lexham English Bible (LEB)

15 It is a joy to the righteous to do justice,

but dismay to those who do evil.

Proverbs 21:15 — New International Reader’s Version (1998) (NIrV)

15 When you do what is fair, you make godly people glad.

But you terrify those who do what is evil.

Proverbs 21:15 — New American Standard Bible: 1995 Update (NASB95)

15 The exercise of justice is joy for the righteous,

But is terror to the workers of iniquity.


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