Proverbs 11:21
New International Version
Be sure of this: The wicked will not go unpunished, but those who are righteous will go free.

New Living Translation
Evil people will surely be punished, but the children of the godly will go free.

English Standard Version
Be assured, an evil person will not go unpunished, but the offspring of the righteous will be delivered.

Berean Standard Bible
Be assured that the wicked will not go unpunished, but the offspring of the righteous will escape.

King James Bible
Though hand join in hand, the wicked shall not be unpunished: but the seed of the righteous shall be delivered.

New King James Version
Though they join forces, the wicked will not go unpunished; But the posterity of the righteous will be delivered.

New American Standard Bible
Be assured, the evil person will not go unpunished, But the descendants of the righteous will be rescued.

NASB 1995
Assuredly, the evil man will not go unpunished, But the descendants of the righteous will be delivered.

NASB 1977
Assuredly, the evil man will not go unpunished, But the descendants of the righteous will be delivered.

Legacy Standard Bible
Assuredly, the evil man will not go unpunished, But the seed of the righteous will escape.

Amplified Bible
Assuredly, the evil man will not go unpunished, But the descendants of the righteous will be freed.

Christian Standard Bible
Be assured that a wicked person will not go unpunished, but the offspring of the righteous will escape.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
Be assured that the wicked will not go unpunished, but the offspring of the righteous will escape.

American Standard Version
Though hand join in hand, the evil man shall not be unpunished; But the seed of the righteous shall be delivered.

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
He that stretches his hand against his neighbor will not be innocent of evil, and the seed of the righteous will be delivered.

Brenton Septuagint Translation
He that unjustly strikes hands shall not be unpunished: but he that sows righteousness he shall receive a faithful reward.

Contemporary English Version
You can be sure of this: All crooks will be punished, but God's people won't.

Douay-Rheims Bible
Hand in hand the evil man shall not be innocent: but the seed of the just shall be saved.

English Revised Version
Though hand join in hand, the evil man shall not be unpunished: but the seed of the righteous shall be delivered.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
Certainly, an evil person will not go unpunished, but the descendants of righteous people will escape.

Good News Translation
You can be sure that evil people will be punished, but the righteous will escape.

International Standard Version
Be sure of this: the wicked will not go unpunished, but the descendants of the righteous will go free.

JPS Tanakh 1917
My hand upon it! the evil man shall not be unpunished; But the seed of the righteous shall escape.

Literal Standard Version
Hand to hand, the wicked is not acquitted, | And the seed of the righteous has escaped.

Majority Standard Bible
Be assured that the wicked will not go unpunished, but the offspring of the righteous will escape.

New American Bible
Be assured, the wicked shall not go unpunished, but the offspring of the just shall escape.

NET Bible
Be assured that the evil person will certainly be punished, but the descendants of the righteous will not suffer unjust judgment.

New Revised Standard Version
Be assured, the wicked will not go unpunished, but those who are righteous will escape.

New Heart English Bible
Most certainly, the evil man will not be unpunished, but the descendants of the righteous will be delivered.

Webster's Bible Translation
Though hand join in hand, the wicked shall not be unpunished: but the seed of the righteous shall be delivered.

World English Bible
Most certainly, the evil man will not be unpunished, but the offspring of the righteous will be delivered.

Young's Literal Translation
Hand to hand, the wicked is not acquitted, And the seed of the righteous hath escaped.

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Context
Dishonest Scales
20The perverse in heart are an abomination to the LORD, but the blameless in their walk are His delight. 21Be assured that the wicked will not go unpunished, but the offspring of the righteous will escape. 22Like a gold ring in a pig’s snout is a beautiful woman who lacks discretion.…

Cross References
Proverbs 11:20
The perverse in heart are an abomination to the LORD, but the blameless in their walk are His delight.

Proverbs 11:22
Like a gold ring in a pig's snout is a beautiful woman who lacks discretion.

Jeremiah 44:15
Then all the men who knew that their wives were burning incense to other gods, and all the women standing by--a great assembly--along with all the people living in the land of Egypt and in Pathros, said to Jeremiah,


Treasury of Scripture

Though hand join in hand, the wicked shall not be unpunished: but the seed of the righteous shall be delivered.

hand

Proverbs 16:5
Every one that is proud in heart is an abomination to the LORD: though hand join in hand, he shall not be unpunished.

Exodus 23:2
Thou shalt not follow a multitude to do evil; neither shalt thou speak in a cause to decline after many to wrest judgment:

the seed

Proverbs 13:22
A good man leaveth an inheritance to his children's children: and the wealth of the sinner is laid up for the just.

Genesis 17:7,8
And I will establish my covenant between me and thee and thy seed after thee in their generations for an everlasting covenant, to be a God unto thee, and to thy seed after thee…

Psalm 37:26
He is ever merciful, and lendeth; and his seed is blessed.

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(21) Though hand join in hand.--For this sense comp. Isaiah 28:15, sqq. The passage may also mean "hand to hand," i.e., from one generation to another; or, what is most probable, "the hand to it," i.e., assuredly. For the general sense of the verse, comp. Psalms 37

Verse 21. - Though hand join in hand (Proverbs 16:5); literally, hand to hand, which may be taken variously. The Septuagint and some other versions take the phrase in the sense of unjust violence: "He who layeth hand upon hand unjustly;" Vulgate, manus in manu, "hand in hand," which is as enigmatical as the Hebrew. Some Jewish interpreters consider it an adverbial expression, signifying simply "soon." Some moderns take it to mean "sooner or later," as the Italian da mano in mano, or, in succession of one generation after another (Gesenius, Wordsworth). Others deem it a form of adjuration, equivalent to "I hereby attest, my hand upon it!" And this seems the most probable interpretation; assuredly the Divine justice shall be satisfied by the punishment of the wicked (comp. Psalm 37.). The Authorized Version gives a very good sense: "Though hands be plighted in faith, and men may associate together in evil, the wicked shall not go unpunished" (comp. Isaiah 28:15). St. Gregory ('Mor. in Job,' lib. 25.) takes a very different view: "Hand in hand the wicked shall not be innocent;" for hand is wont to he joined with hand when it rests at ease, and no laborious employment exercises it. As though he were saying, "Even when the hand rests from sinful deeds, yet the wicked, by reason of his thoughts, is not innocent" (Oxford transl.). This exposition is, of course, divorced from the context. The seed of the righteous. This is not "the posterity of the righteous," but is a periphrasis for "the righteous," as in Psalm 24:6; Psalm 112:2, "the generation of the righteous" (comp. Isaiah 65:23). The climax which some see here - as if the author intended to say, "Not only the good themselves, but their descendants also shall be delivered" - is non-existent and unnecessary. Septuagint, "But he that soweth righteousness shall receive a sure reward," which is another rendering of the second member of ver. 18. Shall be delivered; i.e. in the time of God's wrath (vers. 4, 23; Proverbs 2:22).

Parallel Commentaries ...


Hebrew
Be assured
יָ֣ד (yāḏ)
Noun - feminine singular
Strong's 3027: A hand

that the wicked
רָּ֑ע (rā‘)
Adjective - masculine singular
Strong's 7451: Bad, evil

will not
לֹא־ (lō-)
Adverb - Negative particle
Strong's 3808: Not, no

go unpunished,
יִנָּ֣קֶה (yin·nā·qeh)
Verb - Nifal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 5352: To be, clean, to be bare, extirpated

but the offspring
וְזֶ֖רַע (wə·ze·ra‘)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's 2233: Seed, fruit, plant, sowing-time, posterity

of the righteous
צַדִּיקִ֣ים (ṣad·dî·qîm)
Adjective - masculine plural
Strong's 6662: Just, righteous

will escape.
נִמְלָֽט׃ (nim·lāṭ)
Verb - Nifal - Perfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 4422: To be smooth, to escape, to release, rescue, to bring forth young, emit sparks


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