Proverbs 11 · Verse 8

Proverbs 11:8

The righteous is delivered out of trouble, and the wicked cometh in his stead.

Proverbs 11:8, King James Version

Proverbs 11:8 in other translations

BSB	The righteous man is delivered from trouble; in his place the wicked man goes in.
WEB	A righteous person is delivered out of trouble, and the wicked takes his place.
ASV	The righteous is delivered out of trouble; And the wicked cometh in his stead.
YLT	The righteous from distress is drawn out, And the wicked goeth in instead of him.
DARBY	The righteous is delivered out of trouble, and the wicked cometh in his stead.
BBE	The upright man is taken out of trouble, and in his place comes the sinner.
Webster	The righteous is delivered out of trouble, and the wicked cometh in his stead.

What does Proverbs 11:8 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown

8. Perhaps the trouble prepared by the wicked, and which he inherits (compare Pr 11:6).

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

Adam Clarke's Commentary

Verse 8 The wicked cometh in his stead - Often God makes this distinction; in public calamities and in sudden accidents he rescues the righteous, and leaves the wicked, who has filled up the measure of his iniquities, to be seized by the hand of death. Justice, then, does its own work; for mercy has been rejected.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary

The righteous are often wonderfully kept from going into dangerous situations, and the ungodly go in their stead.

Matthew Henry, 1706 · public domain

Proverbs 11:8 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.

צַ֭דִּיקTza.dika righteous [person]H6662

מִצָּרָ֣הmi.tza.Rahfrom distressH6869

נֶחֱלָ֑ץne.che.Latz[is] deliveredH2502

וַיָּבֹ֖אvai.ya.Vo'and he cameH935

רָשָׁ֣עra.Sha'a wicked [person]H7563

תַּחְתָּֽיו\׃tach.Tavin place hisH8478

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

Cross references for Proverbs 11:8

Daniel 6:23-24
Then was the king exceeding glad for him, and commanded that they should take Daniel up out of the den. So Daniel was taken up out of the den, and no manner of hurt was found upon him, because he believed in his God. And the king commanded, and they brought those men which had accused Daniel, and they cast them into the den of lions, them, their children, and their wives; and the lions had the mastery of them, and brake all their bones in pieces or ever they came at the bottom of the den.
Proverbs 21:18
The wicked shall be a ransom for the righteous, and the transgressor for the upright.
Esther 7:9-10
And Harbonah, one of the chamberlains, said before the king, Behold also, the gallows fifty cubits high, which Haman had made for Mordecai, who had spoken good for the king, standeth in the house of Haman. Then the king said, Hang him thereon. So they hanged Haman on the gallows that he had prepared for Mordecai. Then was the king’s wrath pacified.
Isaiah 43:3-4
For I am the Lord thy God, the Holy One of Israel, thy Saviour: I gave Egypt for thy ransom, Ethiopia and Seba for thee. Since thou wast precious in my sight, thou hast been honourable, and I have loved thee: therefore will I give men for thee, and people for thy life.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

21:18; Es 7:9,10; Isa 43:3,4; Da 6:23,24

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (Samuel Bagster, c. 1836) · public domain

Context

Proverbs 11:7
When a wicked man dieth, his expectation shall perish: and the hope of unjust men perisheth.
Proverbs 11:8
The righteous is delivered out of trouble, and the wicked cometh in his stead.
Proverbs 11:9
An hypocrite with his mouth destroyeth his neighbour: but through knowledge shall the just be delivered.

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Proverbs 11:8 in other languages

Spanish Reina-Valera 1909	El justo es librado de la tribulación: mas el impío viene en lugar suyo.
French Bible J.N. Darby 1885	Le juste est délivré de la détresse, et le méchant y entre à sa place.
German Elberfelder 1871	Der Gerechte wird aus der Drangsal befreit, und der Gesetzlose tritt an seine Stelle.
Latin Clementine Vulgate	Justus de angustia liberatus est, et tradetur impius pro eo.