Verse List for PROV 11:18

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B I ◄ ← Prov 11:18 ↓ → ► ═ ©

Text critical issues=none Clarity of original=clear Importance to us=normal Speaker(s)=Narrator (All still tentative.)

OET (OET-RV) A wicked person can make a living from telling lies, ⇔ ^ but someone who sows goodness gets a genuine wage.

OET-LV A _wicked_person is_making wage[s]_of falsehood and_one _who_sows righteousness wage[s]_of truth.

ULT A wicked, one makes a wage of falsehood, ⇔ but, one sowing righteousness, a wage of truth.

UST People who act wickedly falsely believe that they have gained something good, ⇔  but God truly rewards people who do what is right.

BSB & MSB The wicked man earns an empty wage, ⇔  but he who sows righteousness [reaps] a true reward.

OEB No OEB PROV book available

WEBBE & WMBB Wicked people earn deceitful wages, ⇔  but one who sows righteousness reaps a sure reward.

NET The wicked person earns deceitful wages, ⇔ but the one who sows righteousness reaps a genuine reward.

LSV The wicked is getting a lying wage,
And whoever is sowing righteousness—a true reward.

FBV The wicked earn wages that cheat them,[fn] but those who sow goodness reap a genuine reward.

T4T ⇔  If wicked people earn a lot of money, that will deceive them because they will not keep it for very long, ⇔  but those who do what is right will surely be rewarded by God forever.

LEB • The wicked earns[fn] deceptive gain ,[fn]
• but he who sows righteousness, a true reward .[fn]

BBE The sinner gets the payment of deceit; but his reward is certain who puts in the seed of righteousness.

Moff It is not real, what a bad man gains; ⇔  but goodness yields a lasting profit.

JPS The wicked earneth deceitful wages; but he that soweth righteousness hath a sure reward.

ASV The wicked earneth deceitful wages; ⇔ But he that soweth righteousness hath a sure reward.

DRA The wicked maketh an unsteady work: but to him that soweth justice, there is a faithful reward.

YLT The wicked is getting a lying wage, And whoso is sowing righteousness — a true reward.

Drby The wicked worketh a deceitful work; but he that soweth righteousness hath a sure reward.

RV The wicked earneth deceitful wages: but he that soweth righteousness hath a sure reward.
(The wicked earneth deceitful wages: but he that soweth/sows righteousness hath/has a sure reward.)

SLT The unjust one did a work of falsehood: and the seed of justice the reward of truth.

Wbstr The wicked worketh a deceitful work: but to him that soweth righteousness shall be a sure reward.

KJB-1769 The wicked worketh a deceitful work: but to him that soweth righteousness shall be a sure reward.
(The wicked worketh/works a deceitful work: but to him that soweth/sows righteousness shall be a sure reward.)

KJB-1611 The wicked worketh a deceitfull worke: but to him that soweth righteousnesse, shall be a sure reward.
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above, apart from punctuation)

Bshps The vngodly worketh deceiptfull workes: but he that soweth righteousnesse shall receaue a sure rewarde.
(The ungodly worketh/works deceitful works: but he that soweth/sows righteousness shall receive a sure reward.)

Gnva The wicked worketh a deceitful worke: but hee that soweth righteousnes, shall receiue a sure rewarde.
(The wicked worketh/works a deceitful work: but he that soweth/sows righteousness, shall receive a sure reward.)

Cvdl The laboure of the vngodly prospereth not, but he that soweth rightuosnes, shal receaue a sure rewarde.
(The labour of the ungodly prospereth not, but he that soweth/sows rightuosnes, shall receive a sure reward.)

Wycl A wickid man makith vnstable werk; but feithful mede is to hym, that sowith riytfulnesse.
(A wicked man maketh/makes unstable werk; but faithful reward/merit is to him, that soweth/sows rightfulness/righteousness.)

Luth Der GOttlosen Arbeit wird fehlen; aber wer Gerechtigkeit säet, das ist gewiß Gut.
(The godless_one(s) work/job becomes miss/lack; but who justice sows, the is certainly good_(one).)

ClVg Impius facit opus instabile, seminanti autem justitiam merces fidelis.
(Impius he/it_does work/need instabile, they_sowi however justice reward/wages faithful.)

UHB רָשָׁ֗ע עֹשֶׂ֥ה פְעֻלַּת־שָׁ֑קֶר וְ⁠זֹרֵ֥עַ צְ֝דָקָ֗ה שֶׂ֣כֶר אֱמֶֽת׃ ‡

BrLXX Ἀσεβὴς ποιεῖ ἔργα ἄδικα, σπέρμα δὲ δικαίων μισθὸς ἀληθείας.

BrTr An ungodly man performs unrighteous works: but the seed of the righteous is a reward of truth.