Proverbs 18:3
Modern Translations
New International Version
When wickedness comes, so does contempt, and with shame comes reproach.

New Living Translation
Doing wrong leads to disgrace, and scandalous behavior brings contempt.

English Standard Version
When wickedness comes, contempt comes also, and with dishonor comes disgrace.

Berean Study Bible
With a wicked man comes contempt as well, and shame is accompanied by disgrace.

New American Standard Bible
When a wicked person comes, contempt also comes, And with dishonor comes taunting.

NASB 1995
When a wicked man comes, contempt also comes, And with dishonor comes scorn.

NASB 1977
When a wicked man comes, contempt also comes, And with dishonor comes reproach.

Amplified Bible
When the wicked man comes [to the depth of evil], contempt [of all that is pure and good] also comes, And with inner baseness (dishonor) comes outer shame (scorn).

Christian Standard Bible
When a wicked person comes, contempt also comes, and along with dishonor, derision.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
When a wicked man comes, contempt also does, and along with dishonor, disgrace.

Contemporary English Version
Wrongdoing leads to shame and disgrace.

Good News Translation
Sin and shame go together. Lose your honor, and you will get scorn in its place.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
When wickedness comes, contempt also comes, and insult comes along with disgrace.

International Standard Version
When an evil person comes, contempt also comes, along with dishonor and disgrace.

NET Bible
When a wicked person arrives, contempt shows up with him, and with shame comes a reproach.
Classic Translations
King James Bible
When the wicked cometh, then cometh also contempt, and with ignominy reproach.

New King James Version
When the wicked comes, contempt comes also; And with dishonor comes reproach.

King James 2000 Bible
When the wicked comes, then comes also contempt, and with dishonor comes reproach.

New Heart English Bible
When wickedness comes, contempt also comes, and with shame comes disgrace.

World English Bible
When wickedness comes, contempt also comes, and with shame comes disgrace.

American King James Version
When the wicked comes, then comes also contempt, and with ignominy reproach.

American Standard Version
When the wicked cometh, there cometh also contempt, And with ignominy cometh reproach.

A Faithful Version
When the wicked comes, contempt also comes, and with dishonor comes disgrace.

Darby Bible Translation
When the wicked cometh, there cometh also contempt, and with ignominy reproach.

English Revised Version
When the wicked cometh, there cometh also contempt, and with ignominy cometh reproach.

Webster's Bible Translation
When the wicked cometh, then cometh also contempt, and with ignominy reproach.

Early Modern
Geneva Bible of 1587
When the wicked commeth, then commeth contempt, and with the vile man reproch.

Bishops' Bible of 1568
When the vngodly commeth, then commeth also disdayne: and with the dishonest person commeth shame and dishonour.

Coverdale Bible of 1535
Where vngodlynes is, there is also disdayne: & so there foloweth shame & dishonor.
Literal Translations
Literal Standard Version
Contempt has also come with the coming of the wicked, "" And with shame—reproach.

Young's Literal Translation
With the coming of the wicked come also hath contempt, And with shame -- reproach.

Smith's Literal Translation
In the coming of the unjust also came contempt, and with dishonor, reproach.

Catholic Translations
Douay-Rheims Bible
The wicked man when he is come into the depth of sins, contemneth: but ignominy and reproach follow him.

Catholic Public Domain Version
The impious, when he has arrived within the depths of sin, thinks little of it. But ill repute and disgrace follow him.

Translations from Aramaic
Peshitta Holy Bible Translated
And when an evil one comes to the depths of evils, madness, dishonor and reproach come upon him.

Lamsa Bible
When the wicked reaches the depths of evil, then folly comes upon him, iniquity, disgrace, and shame.

OT Translations
JPS Tanakh 1917
When the wicked cometh, there cometh also contempt, And with ignominy reproach.

Brenton Septuagint Translation
When an ungodly man comes into a depth of evils, he despises them; but dishonour and reproach come upon him.
















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