Proverbs 11:8

The righteous person is delivered ¹  out of trouble, and the wicked turns up in his stead. ² 

biblegateway Pro 11:8

The righteous man is rescued from trouble, and it comes on the wicked instead.

biblegateway Pro 11:8

The righteous is delivered from trouble, But the wicked takes his place.

biblegateway Pro 11:8

God rescues the godly from danger, but he lets the wicked fall into trouble.

biblegateway Pro 11:8

A good person is saved from much trouble; a bad person runs straight into it.

SABDAweb Pro 11:8

The upright man is taken out of trouble, and in his place comes the sinner.

bibleoremus Pro 11:8

The righteous are delivered from trouble, and the wicked get into it instead.

biblegateway Pro 11:8

The righteous is delivered from trouble, And it comes to the wicked instead.

biblegateway Pro 11:8

The righteous person is delivered ¹  out of trouble, and the wicked turns up in his stead. ² 

¹ tn The verb is the Niphal perfect from the first root חָלַץ (khalats), meaning “to draw off; to withdraw,” and hence “to be delivered.”

¹ sn The verse is not concerned with the problem of evil and the suffering of the righteous; it is only concerned with the principle of divine justice.

² tn The verb is masculine singular, so the subject cannot be “trouble.” The trouble from which the righteous escape will come on the wicked – but the Hebrew text literally says that the wicked “comes [= arrives; turns up; shows up] in the place of the righteous.” Cf. NASB “the wicked takes his place”; NRSV “the wicked get into it instead”; NIV “it comes on the wicked instead.”