Proverbs 10:24
Modern Translations
New International Version
What the wicked dread will overtake them; what the righteous desire will be granted.

New Living Translation
The fears of the wicked will be fulfilled; the hopes of the godly will be granted.

English Standard Version
What the wicked dreads will come upon him, but the desire of the righteous will be granted.

Berean Study Bible
What the wicked man dreads will overtake him, but the desire of the righteous will be granted.

New American Standard Bible
What the wicked fears will come upon him, But the desire of the righteous will be granted.

NASB 1995
What the wicked fears will come upon him, But the desire of the righteous will be granted.

NASB 1977
What the wicked fears will come upon him, And the desire of the righteous will be granted.

Amplified Bible
What the wicked fears will come upon him, But the desire of the righteous [for the blessings of God] will be granted.

Christian Standard Bible
What the wicked dreads will come to him, but what the righteous desire will be given to them.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
What the wicked dreads will come to him, but what the righteous desire will be given to them.

Contemporary English Version
What evil people dread most will happen to them, but good people will get what they want most.

Good News Translation
The righteous get what they want, but the wicked will get what they fear most.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
That which wicked people dread happens to them, but [the LORD] grants the desire of righteous people.

International Standard Version
What the wicked fears will come about, but the longing of the righteous will be granted.

NET Bible
What the wicked fears will come on him; what the righteous desire will be granted.
Classic Translations
King James Bible
The fear of the wicked, it shall come upon him: but the desire of the righteous shall be granted.

New King James Version
The fear of the wicked will come upon him, And the desire of the righteous will be granted.

King James 2000 Bible
The fear of the wicked, it shall come upon him: but the desire of the righteous shall be granted.

New Heart English Bible
What the wicked fear, will overtake them, but the desire of the righteous will be granted.

World English Bible
What the wicked fear, will overtake them, but the desire of the righteous will be granted.

American King James Version
The fear of the wicked, it shall come on him: but the desire of the righteous shall be granted.

American Standard Version
The fear of the wicked, it shall come upon him; And the desire of the righteous shall be granted.

A Faithful Version
The fears of the wicked shall come upon him, but the desire of the righteous shall be granted.

Darby Bible Translation
The fear of a wicked [man], it shall come upon him; but the desire of the righteous shall be granted.

English Revised Version
The fear of the wicked, it shall come upon him: and the desire of the righteous shall be granted.

Webster's Bible Translation
The fear of the wicked, it shall come upon him: but the desire of the righteous shall be granted.

Early Modern
Geneva Bible of 1587
That which the wicked feareth, shal come vpon him: but God wil graunt the desire of the righteous.

Bishops' Bible of 1568
The thing that the vngodly is afraide of, shall come vpon hym: but the ryghteous shall haue their desire.

Coverdale Bible of 1535
The thinge that the vngodly are afrayed of, shal come vpon them, but the rightuous shal haue their desyre.
Literal Translations
Literal Standard Version
The feared thing of the wicked meets him, "" And the desire of the righteous is given.

Young's Literal Translation
The feared thing of the wicked it meeteth him, And the desire of the righteous is given.

Smith's Literal Translation
The fear of the unjust one it shall come to him: and the desire of the just shall be given.

Catholic Translations
Douay-Rheims Bible
That which the wicked feareth, shall come upon him: to the just their desire shall be given.

Catholic Public Domain Version
What the impious fear will overwhelm them. The just shall be given their desire.

Translations from Aramaic
Peshitta Holy Bible Translated
The evil one is dragged to destruction and hope is given to the righteous.

Lamsa Bible
The wicked shall be dragged to ruin; but the desire of the righteous shall be granted.

OT Translations
JPS Tanakh 1917
The fear of the wicked, it shall come upon him; And the desire of the righteous shall be granted.

Brenton Septuagint Translation
The ungodly is engulphed in destruction; but the desire of the righteous is acceptable.
















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