Proverbs 21:17–18
Proverbs 21:17–18 — The New International Version (NIV)
17 Whoever loves pleasure will become poor;
whoever loves wine and olive oil will never be rich.
18 The wicked become a ransom for the righteous,
and the unfaithful for the upright.
Proverbs 21:17–18 — English Standard Version (ESV)
17 Whoever loves pleasure will be a poor man;
he who loves wine and oil will not be rich.
18 The wicked is a ransom for the righteous,
and the traitor for the upright.
Proverbs 21:17–18 — King James Version (KJV 1900)
17 He that loveth pleasure shall be a poor man:
He that loveth wine and oil shall not be rich.
18 The wicked shall be a ransom for the righteous,
And the transgressor for the upright.
Proverbs 21:17–18 — New Living Translation (NLT)
17 Those who love pleasure become poor;
those who love wine and luxury will never be rich.
18 The wicked are punished in place of the godly,
and traitors in place of the honest.
Proverbs 21:17–18 — The New King James Version (NKJV)
17 He who loves pleasure will be a poor man;
He who loves wine and oil will not be rich.
18 The wicked shall be a ransom for the righteous,
And the unfaithful for the upright.
Proverbs 21:17–18 — New Century Version (NCV)
17 Whoever loves pleasure will become poor;
whoever loves wine and perfume will never be rich.
18 Wicked people will suffer instead of good people,
and those who cannot be trusted will suffer instead of those who do right.
Proverbs 21:17–18 — American Standard Version (ASV)
17 He that loveth pleasure shall be a poor man:
He that loveth wine and oil shall not be rich.
18 The wicked is a ransom for the righteous;
And the treacherous cometh in the stead of the upright.
Proverbs 21:17–18 — 1890 Darby Bible (DARBY)
17 He that loveth mirth shall be a poor man; he that loveth wine and oil shall not be rich.
18 The wicked is a ransom for the righteous, and a treacherous man in the stead of the upright.
Proverbs 21:17–18 — GOD’S WORD Translation (GW)
17 Whoever loves pleasure will become poor.
Whoever loves wine and expensive food will not become rich.
18 Wicked people become a ransom for righteous people,
and treacherous people will take the place of decent people.
Proverbs 21:17–18 — The Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB)
17 The one who loves pleasure will become a poor man;
whoever loves wine and oil will not get rich.
18 The wicked are a ransom for the righteous,
and the treacherous, for the upright.
Proverbs 21:17–18 — The New Revised Standard Version (NRSV)
17 Whoever loves pleasure will suffer want;
whoever loves wine and oil will not be rich.
18 The wicked is a ransom for the righteous,
and the faithless for the upright.
Proverbs 21:17–18 — The Lexham English Bible (LEB)
17 A man of want is he who loves pleasure;
he who loves wine and oil will not become rich.
18 A ransom for the righteous is the wicked,
and the faithless instead of the upright.
Proverbs 21:17–18 — New International Reader’s Version (1998) (NIrV)
17 Anyone who loves pleasure will become poor.
Anyone who loves wine and oil will never be rich.
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.