Proverbs 11 · Verse 10

Proverbs 11:10

When it goeth well with the righteous, the city rejoiceth: and when the wicked perish, there is shouting.
Proverbs 11:10, King James Version

Proverbs 11:10 in other translations

BSBWhen the righteous thrive, the city rejoices, and when the wicked perish, there are shouts of joy.
WEBWhen it goes well with the righteous, the city rejoices. When the wicked perish, there is shouting.
ASVWhen it goeth well with the righteous, the city rejoiceth; And when the wicked perish, there is shouting.
YLTIn the good of the righteous a city exulteth, And in the destruction of the wicked is singing.
DARBYWhen it goeth well with the righteous, the city rejoiceth; and when the wicked perish, there is shouting.
BBEWhen things go well for the upright man, all the town is glad; at the death of sinners, there are cries of joy.
WebsterWhen the righteous prosper, the city rejoiceth: and when the wicked perish, there is shouting.

What does Proverbs 11:10 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Proverbs 11:10-11
10-11. The last may be a reason for the first. Together, they set forth the relative moral worth of good and bad men.

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 10 When it goeth well - An upright, pious, sensible man is a great blessing to the neighborhood where he resides, by his example, his advice, and his prayers. The considerate prize him on these accounts, and rejoice in his prosperity. But when the wicked perish, who has been a general curse by the contagion of his example and conversation, there is not only no regret expressed for his decease, but a general joy because God has removed him.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Proverbs 11:10-11
Nations prosper when wicked men are cast down.

Matthew Henry, 1706 · public domain

Proverbs 11:10 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

בְּט֣וּבbe.Tuvin [the] prosperity ofH2898
צַ֭דִּיקִיםTza.di.kimrighteous [people]H6662
תַּעֲלֹ֣ץta.'a.Lotzit rejoicesH5970
קִרְיָ֑הkir.Yaha townH7151
וּבַאֲבֹ֖דu.va.'a.Vodand when perishH6
רְשָׁעִ֣יםre.sha.'Imwicked [people]H7563
רִנָּֽה\׃ri.Naha shout of joyH7440

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Proverbs 11:10

  • Proverbs 28:12

    When righteous men do rejoice, there is great glory: but when the wicked rise, a man is hidden.

  • Psalms 58:10-11

    The righteous shall rejoice when he seeth the vengeance: he shall wash his feet in the blood of the wicked. So that a man shall say, Verily there is a reward for the righteous: verily he is a God that judgeth in the earth.

  • Esther 8:15-16

    And Mordecai went out from the presence of the king in royal apparel of blue and white, and with a great crown of gold, and with a garment of fine linen and purple: and the city of Shushan rejoiced and was glad. The Jews had light, and gladness, and joy, and honour.

  • Proverbs 28:28

    When the wicked rise, men hide themselves: but when they perish, the righteous increase.

  • Judges 5:31

    So let all thine enemies perish, O Lord: but let them that love him be as the sun when he goeth forth in his might. And the land had rest forty years.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
it goeth.
28:12,28; Es 8:15,16
when.
Ex 15:21; Jud 5:31; Job 27:23; Ps 58:10,11; Re 19:1-7

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Context

  • Proverbs 11:9

    An hypocrite with his mouth destroyeth his neighbour: but through knowledge shall the just be delivered.

  • Proverbs 11:10

    When it goeth well with the righteous, the city rejoiceth: and when the wicked perish, there is shouting.

  • Proverbs 11:11

    By the blessing of the upright the city is exalted: but it is overthrown by the mouth of the wicked.

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Proverbs 11:10 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		En el bien de los justos la ciudad se alegra: mas cuando los impíos perecen, hay fiestas.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		La ville se réjouit du bien-être des justes; et quand les méchants périssent il y a des cris de joie.
German
Elberfelder 1871		Die Stadt frohlockt beim Wohle der Gerechten, und beim Untergang der Gesetzlosen ist Jubel.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		In bonis justorum exsultabit civitas, et in perditione impiorum erit laudatio.