Proverbs 12:3

NETBible

No one 1  can be established 2  through wickedness, but a righteous root 3  cannot be moved.

NIV ©

A man cannot be established through wickedness, but the righteous cannot be uprooted.

NASB ©

A man will not be established by wickedness, But the root of the righteous will not be moved.

NLT ©

Wickedness never brings stability; only the godly have deep roots.

MSG ©

You can't find firm footing in a swamp, but life rooted in God stands firm.

BBE ©

No man will make himself safe through evil-doing; but the root of upright men will never be moved.

NRSV ©

No one finds security by wickedness, but the root of the righteous will never be moved.

NKJV ©

A man is not established by wickedness, But the root of the righteous cannot be moved.

KJV
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NASB ©
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NET [draft] ITL
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NETBible

No one 1  can be established 2  through wickedness, but a righteous root 3  cannot be moved.

NET Notes

1 tn Heb “a man cannot be.”

2 tn The Niphal imperfect of כּוּן (cun, “to be established”) refers to finding permanent “security” (so NRSV, TEV, CEV) before God. Only righteousness can do that.

3 tn Heb “a root of righteousness.” The genitive צַדִּיקִים (tsadiqim, “righteousness”) functions as an attributive adjective. The figure “root” (שֹׁרֶשׁ, shoresh) stresses the security of the righteous; they are firmly planted and cannot be uprooted (cf. NLT “the godly have deep roots”). The righteous are often compared to a tree (e.g., 11:30; Ps 1:3; 92:13).