Proverbs 11:6

11:6 The righteousness of the upright will deliver them,

but the faithless will be captured by their own desires.


sn The contrast is between being rescued or delivered (נָצַל, natsal) and being captured (לָכַד, lakhad). Righteousness is freeing; [evil] desires are enslaving.

tn Heb “taken captive” (so NRSV); NIV, TEV “are trapped.”

tn Heb “but by the desire of the faithless are they taken captive.”