Proverbs 2:21
Modern Translations
New International Version
For the upright will live in the land, and the blameless will remain in it;

New Living Translation
For only the godly will live in the land, and those with integrity will remain in it.

English Standard Version
For the upright will inhabit the land, and those with integrity will remain in it,

Berean Study Bible
For the upright will inhabit the land, and the blameless will remain in it;

New American Standard Bible
For the upright will live in the land, And the blameless will remain in it;

NASB 1995
For the upright will live in the land And the blameless will remain in it;

NASB 1977
For the upright will live in the land, And the blameless will remain in it;

Amplified Bible
For the upright [those who are in right standing with God] will live in the land And those [of integrity] who are blameless [in God’s sight] will remain in it;

Christian Standard Bible
For the upright will inhabit the land, and those of integrity will remain in it;

Holman Christian Standard Bible
For the upright will inhabit the land, and those of integrity will remain in it;

Contemporary English Version
If you are honest and innocent, you will keep your land;

Good News Translation
Righteous people--people of integrity--will live in this land of ours.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
Decent people will live in the land. People of integrity will remain in it.

International Standard Version
For the upright will live in the land, and people of integrity will remain in it.

NET Bible
For the upright will reside in the land, and those with integrity will remain in it,
Classic Translations
King James Bible
For the upright shall dwell in the land, and the perfect shall remain in it.

New King James Version
For the upright will dwell in the land, And the blameless will remain in it;

King James 2000 Bible
For the upright shall dwell in the land, and the blameless shall remain in it.

New Heart English Bible
For the upright will dwell in the land. The perfect will remain in it.

World English Bible
For the upright will dwell in the land. The perfect will remain in it.

American King James Version
For the upright shall dwell in the land, and the perfect shall remain in it.

American Standard Version
For the upright shall dwell in the land, And the perfect shall remain in it.

A Faithful Version
For the upright shall dwell in the land, and the perfect shall remain in it.

Darby Bible Translation
For the upright shall dwell in the land, and the perfect shall remain in it;

English Revised Version
For the upright shall dwell in the land, and the perfect shall remain in it.

Webster's Bible Translation
For the upright shall dwell in the land, and the perfect shall remain in it.

Early Modern
Geneva Bible of 1587
For the iust shal dwell in the land, and the vpright men shall remaine in it.

Bishops' Bible of 1568
For the iust shal dwell in the lande, and they that be perfect shall remayne in it.

Coverdale Bible of 1535
For the iust shal dwell in the londe, and the innocentes shal remayne in it:
Literal Translations
Literal Standard Version
For the upright inhabit the earth, "" And the perfect are left in it,

Young's Literal Translation
For the upright do inhabit the earth, And the perfect are left in it,

Smith's Literal Translation
For the upright shall dwell in the land, and the blameless shall remain in it.

Catholic Translations
Douay-Rheims Bible
For they that are upright shall dwell in the earth, and the simple shall continue in it.

Catholic Public Domain Version
For those who are upright shall live upon the earth, and the simple shall continue upon it.

Translations from Aramaic
Peshitta Holy Bible Translated
Because the upright dwell in the land and those without blemish are spared in it

Lamsa Bible
For the upright shall dwell in the land, and those who are unblemished shall remain in it.

OT Translations
JPS Tanakh 1917
For the upright shall dwell in the land, And the whole-hearted shall remain in it.

Brenton Septuagint Translation
For the upright shall dwell in the earth, and the holy shall be left behind in it.
















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