Proverbs 21:18
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21:18The wicked become57 a ransom58 for the righteous,
and the faithless59 are taken60 in the place of the upright.
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- 57 The term “become” is supplied in the translation.
- 58 The Hebrew word translated “ransom” (כֹּפֶר, kofer) normally refers to the price paid to free a prisoner. R. N. Whybray (Proverbs [], 121) gives options for the meaning of the verse: (1) If it means that the wicked obtain good things that should go to the righteous, it is then a despairing plea for justice (which would be unusual in the book of Proverbs); but if (2) it is taken to mean that the wicked suffers the evil he has prepared for the righteous, then it harmonizes with Proverbs elsewhere (e.g., 11:8). The ideal this proverb presents—and the future reality—is that in calamity the righteous escape and the wicked suffer in their place (e.g., Haman in the book of Esther).
- 59 Or “treacherous” (so , , ); “the unfaithful.”
- 60 The phrase “are taken” does not appear in the Hebrew but is implied by the parallelism; it is supplied in the translation for smoothness.
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ESVEnglish Standard Version
The wicked is a ransom for the righteous,
and the traitor for the upright.
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NIVNew International Version (2011)
The wicked become a ransom for the righteous,
and the unfaithful for the upright.
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CSBChristian Standard Bible
The wicked are a ransom for the righteous,
and the treacherous, for the upright.
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NLTNew Living Translation
The wicked are punished in place of the godly,
and traitors in place of the honest.
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LEBThe Lexham English Bible
A ransom for the righteous is the wicked,
and the faithless instead of the upright.
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KJV 1900King James Version
The wicked shall be a ransom for the righteous,
And the transgressor for the upright.
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