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Proverbs 11:6

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11:6The righteousness of the upright will deliver them,15

but the faithless will be captured16 by their own desires.17

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Footnotes

  1. 15 The contrast is between being rescued or delivered (נָצַל, natsal) and being captured (לָכַד, lakhad). Righteousness is freeing; [evil] desires are enslaving.
  2. 16 Heb “taken captive” (so ); , “are trapped.”
  3. 17 Heb “but by the desire of the faithless are they taken captive.”

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

The righteousness of the upright delivers them,

but the treacherous are taken captive by their lust.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

The righteousness of the upright delivers them,

but the unfaithful are trapped by evil desires.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

The righteousness of the upright rescues them,

but the treacherous are trapped by their own desires.

NLTNew Living Translation

The godliness of good people rescues them;

the ambition of treacherous people traps them.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

The righteousness of the upright will save them,

but by a scheme the treacherous will be taken captive.

KJV 1900King James Version

The righteousness of the upright shall deliver them:

But transgressors shall be taken in their own naughtiness.