18 The wicked become a ransom for the righteous,

and the unfaithful for the upright.

18 The wicked shall be a ransom for the righteous,

And the transgressor for the upright.

18 The wicked are punished in place of the godly,

and traitors in place of the honest.

18 The wicked shall be a ransom for the righteous,

And the unfaithful for the upright.

18 Wicked people will suffer instead of good people,

and those who cannot be trusted will suffer instead of those who do right.

18 The wicked is a ransom for the righteous;

And the treacherous cometh in the stead of the upright.

18 The wicked is a ransom for the righteous, and a treacherous man in the stead of the upright.

18 Wicked people become a ransom for righteous people, 

and treacherous people will take the place of decent people. 

18 The wicked are a ransom for the righteous,

and the treacherous, for the upright.

18 The wicked is a ransom for the righteous,

and the faithless for the upright.

18 A ransom for the righteous is the wicked,

and the faithless instead of the upright.

18 Those who do what is evil pay the price for setting godly people free.

Those who aren’t faithful pay the price for honest people.

18 The wicked is a ransom for the righteous,

And the treacherous is in the place of the upright.