Proverbs 14:19
Modern Translations
New International Version
Evildoers will bow down in the presence of the good, and the wicked at the gates of the righteous.

New Living Translation
Evil people will bow before good people; the wicked will bow at the gates of the godly.

English Standard Version
The evil bow down before the good, the wicked at the gates of the righteous.

Berean Study Bible
The evil bow before the good, and the wicked at the gates of the righteous.

New American Standard Bible
The evil will bow down before the good, And the wicked at the gates of the righteous.

NASB 1995
The evil will bow down before the good, And the wicked at the gates of the righteous.

NASB 1977
The evil will bow down before the good, And the wicked at the gates of the righteous.

Amplified Bible
The evil will bow down before the good, And the wicked [will bow down] at the gates of the righteous.

Christian Standard Bible
The evil bow before those who are good, and the wicked, at the gates of the righteous.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
The evil bow before those who are good, the wicked, at the gates of the righteous.

Contemporary English Version
The wicked will come crawling to those who obey God.

Good News Translation
Evil people will have to bow down to the righteous and humbly beg their favor.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
Evil people will bow to good people. Wicked people will bow at the gates of a righteous person.

International Standard Version
Evil men will bow down in the presence of good men and the wicked at the gates of the righteous.

NET Bible
Those who are evil will bow before those who are good, and the wicked will bow at the gates of the righteous.
Classic Translations
King James Bible
The evil bow before the good; and the wicked at the gates of the righteous.

New King James Version
The evil will bow before the good, And the wicked at the gates of the righteous.

King James 2000 Bible
The evil bow before the good; and the wicked at the gates of the righteous.

New Heart English Bible
The evil bow down before the good, and the wicked at the gates of the righteous.

World English Bible
The evil bow down before the good, and the wicked at the gates of the righteous.

American King James Version
The evil bow before the good; and the wicked at the gates of the righteous.

American Standard Version
The evil bow down before the good; And the wicked, at the gates of the righteous.

A Faithful Version
The evil bow down before the good, and the wicked at the gates of the righteous.

Darby Bible Translation
The evil bow before the good, and the wicked at the gates of the righteous [man].

English Revised Version
The evil bow before the good; and the wicked at the gates of the righteous.

Webster's Bible Translation
The evil bow before the good; and the wicked at the gates of the righteous.

Early Modern
Geneva Bible of 1587
The euill shall bowe before the good, and the wicked at the gates of the righteous.

Bishops' Bible of 1568
The euyll shall bowe them selues before the good: and the vngodly shall wayte at the gates of the ryghteous.

Coverdale Bible of 1535
The euell shal bowe them selues before ye good, and the vngodly shal wayte at the dores of the rightuous.
Literal Translations
Literal Standard Version
The evil have bowed down before the good, "" And the wicked at the gates of the righteous.

Young's Literal Translation
The evil have bowed down before the good, And the wicked at the gates of the righteous.

Smith's Literal Translation
The evil bowed before the good, and the unjust at the gates of the just one.

Catholic Translations
Douay-Rheims Bible
The evil shall fall down before the good: and the wicked before the gates of the just.

Catholic Public Domain Version
The evil will fall down before the good. And the impious will fall down before the gates of the just.

Translations from Aramaic
Peshitta Holy Bible Translated
The evil will fall in front of the good and the evil will come to the door of the righteous.

Lamsa Bible
Evil men shall prostrate themselves before good men; and the wicked shall come to beg at the gates of the righteous.

OT Translations
JPS Tanakh 1917
The evil bow before the good, And the wicked at the gates of the righteous.

Brenton Septuagint Translation
Evil men shall fall before the good; and the ungodly shall attend at the gates of the righteous.
















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