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Proverbs 12:12

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12The wicked desireth ||the vnet of evil men:

But the root of the righteous wyieldeth fruit.

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Footnotes

  1. ||Or, the fortress. Eccles. 9:14. So Isai. 29:7. Ezek. 19:9 in the Heb.
  2. vEc. 7:26 (Heb.). So Job 19:6. Eccles. 9:12. Comp. Ps. 10:8–10.
  3. wSo ch. 13:23?

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

Whoever is wicked covets the spoil of evildoers,

but the root of the righteous bears fruit.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

The wicked desire the stronghold of evildoers,

but the root of the righteous endures.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

The wicked desire what evil people have caught,

but the root of the righteous is productive.

NLTNew Living Translation

Thieves are jealous of each other’s loot,

but the godly are well rooted and bear their own fruit.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

The wicked covets the proceeds of evil,

but the root of the righteous bears fruit.