Proverbs Chapter 11 verse 31 Holy Bible

ASV Proverbs 11:31

Behold, the righteous shall be recompensed in the earth: How much more the wicked and the sinner!
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BBE Proverbs 11:31

If the upright man is rewarded on earth, how much more the evil-doer and the sinner!
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DARBY Proverbs 11:31

Behold, the righteous shall be requited on the earth: how much more the wicked and the sinner.
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KJV Proverbs 11:31

Behold, the righteous shall be recompensed in the earth: much more the wicked and the sinner.
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WEB Proverbs 11:31

Behold, the righteous shall be repaid in the earth; How much more the wicked and the sinner!
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YLT Proverbs 11:31

Lo, the righteous in the earth is recompensed, Surely also the wicked and the sinner!
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Pulpit Commentary

Pulpit CommentaryVerse 31. - The righteous shall be recompensed in the earth. Them are two ways of understanding this verse. The word rendered "recompensed," שַׁלַַ(shalam), is a vox media, and can be taken either in a good or bad sense. So the meaning will be, "The righteous meets with his reward upon earth, much more the sinner," the "reward" of the latter being, of course, punishment. But the versions lead to another interpretation, by which "recompensed" is rendered "chastised;" and the meaning is - if even the righteous shall be punished for their trespasses, as Moses, David, etc., how much more the wicked! The Septuagint, quoted exactly by St. Peter (1 Peter 4:18) has, "If the righteous scarcely be saved, where shall the ungodly and the sinner appear?"

Ellicott's Commentary

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(31) Behold the righteous shall be recompensed in the earth.--That is, even he shall be punished for his misdeeds, as were Jacob, Moses, David; how much more shall "the wicked and the sinner." The LXX. translates freely, "If the righteous scarcely be saved, where shall the ungodly and the sinner appear?" a rendering adopted in 1Peter 4:18.