Proverbs 24:15
New International Version
Do not lurk like a thief near the house of the righteous, do not plunder their dwelling place;

New Living Translation
Don’t wait in ambush at the home of the godly, and don’t raid the house where the godly live.

English Standard Version
Lie not in wait as a wicked man against the dwelling of the righteous; do no violence to his home;

Berean Standard Bible
Do not lie in wait, O wicked man, near the dwelling of the righteous; do not destroy his resting place.

King James Bible
Lay not wait, O wicked man, against the dwelling of the righteous; spoil not his resting place:

New King James Version
Do not lie in wait, O wicked man, against the dwelling of the righteous; Do not plunder his resting place;

New American Standard Bible
Do not lie in ambush, you wicked person, against the home of the righteous; Do not destroy his resting place;

NASB 1995
Do not lie in wait, O wicked man, against the dwelling of the righteous; Do not destroy his resting place;

NASB 1977
Do not lie in wait, O wicked man, against the dwelling of the righteous; Do not destroy his resting place;

Legacy Standard Bible
Do not lie in wait, O wicked man, against the abode of the righteous; Do not destroy his resting place;

Amplified Bible
Do not lie in wait, O wicked man, against the dwelling of the righteous; Do not destroy his resting place;

Christian Standard Bible
Don’t set an ambush, you wicked one, at the camp of the righteous man; don’t destroy his dwelling.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
Wicked man, don’t set an ambush, at the camp of the righteous man; don’t destroy his dwelling.

American Standard Version
Lay not wait, O wicked man, against the habitation of the righteous; Destroy not his resting-place:

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
Do not plot evil in the dwelling of the righteous and do not plunder the place of his dwelling.

Brenton Septuagint Translation
Bring not an ungodly man into the dwelling of the righteous: neither be deceived by the feeding of the belly.

Contemporary English Version
Don't be a cruel person who attacks good people and hurts their families.

Douay-Rheims Bible
Lie not in wait, nor seek after wickedness in the house of the just, nor spoil his rest.

English Revised Version
Lay not wait, O wicked man, against the habitation of the righteous; spoil not his resting place:

GOD'S WORD® Translation
You wicked one, do not lie in ambush at the home of a righteous person. Do not rob his house.

Good News Translation
Don't be like the wicked who scheme to rob honest people or to take away their homes.

International Standard Version
Don't lie in wait like an outlaw to attack where the righteous live;

JPS Tanakh 1917
Lie not in wait, O wicked man, against the dwelling of the righteous, Spoil not his resting-place;

Literal Standard Version
Do not lay wait, O wicked one, | At the habitation of the righteous. Do not spoil his resting place.

Majority Standard Bible
Do not lie in wait, O wicked man, near the dwelling of the righteous; do not destroy his resting place.

New American Bible
Do not lie in wait at the abode of the just, do not ravage their dwelling places;

NET Bible
Do not lie in wait like the wicked against the place where the righteous live; do not assault his home.

New Revised Standard Version
Do not lie in wait like an outlaw against the home of the righteous; do no violence to the place where the righteous live;

New Heart English Bible
Do not lie in wait, wicked man, against the habitation of the righteous. Do not destroy his resting place.

Webster's Bible Translation
Lay not wait, O wicked man, against the dwelling of the righteous; destroy not his resting-place:

World English Bible
Don’t lay in wait, wicked man, against the habitation of the righteous. Don’t destroy his resting place;

Young's Literal Translation
Lay not wait, O wicked one, At the habitation of the righteous. Do not spoil his resting-place.

Additional Translations ...
Audio Bible



Context
Do not Envy
14Know therefore that wisdom is sweet to your soul. If you find it, there is a future for you, and your hope will never be cut off. 15Do not lie in wait, O wicked man, near the dwelling of the righteous; do not destroy his resting place. 16For though a righteous man may fall seven times, he still gets up; but the wicked stumble in bad times.…

Cross References
Psalm 10:9
He lies in wait like a lion in a thicket; he lurks to seize the oppressed; he catches the lowly in his net.

Psalm 10:10
They are crushed and beaten down; the hapless fall prey to his strength.


Treasury of Scripture

Lay not wait, O wicked man, against the dwelling of the righteous; spoil not his resting place:

lay

Proverbs 1:11
If they say, Come with us, let us lay wait for blood, let us lurk privily for the innocent without cause:

1 Samuel 9:11
And as they went up the hill to the city, they found young maidens going out to draw water, and said unto them, Is the seer here?

1 Samuel 22:18,19
And the king said to Doeg, Turn thou, and fall upon the priests. And Doeg the Edomite turned, and he fell upon the priests, and slew on that day fourscore and five persons that did wear a linen ephod…

spoil

Proverbs 22:28
Remove not the ancient landmark, which thy fathers have set.

Isaiah 32:18
And my people shall dwell in a peaceable habitation, and in sure dwellings, and in quiet resting places;

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Proverbs 24
1. Precepts and Warnings














Verses 15, 16. - A warning against plotting for the ruin of a good man's house, with a view doubtless of profiting by the disaster. Verse 15. - Lay not wait, O wicked man, against the dwelling of the righteous. רָשָׁע (rasha) is vocative (comp. Ezekiel 33:8); taken appositionally, as in Revised Version margin, "as a wicked man," it is senseless; for how could he lay wait in any other character? Spoil not his resting-place. "Spoil," as Proverbs 19:26 (where see note). Drive him not from his house by violence and chicanery. Vulgate, "Seek not impiety in the house of the righteous;" do not attempt to cloak your insidious designs by detecting some evil in the good man, and making yourself the instrument of retribution, as if you were doing God service in afflicting him (John 16:2). Septuagint, "Bring not an ungodly man into the pasture (νομῇ) of the righteous, neither be thou deceived by the feasting of the belly."

Parallel Commentaries ...


Hebrew
Do not
אַל־ (’al-)
Adverb
Strong's 408: Not

lie in wait,
תֶּאֱרֹ֣ב (te·’ĕ·rōḇ)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine singular
Strong's 693: To lie in wait

O wicked [man],
רָ֭שָׁע (rā·šā‘)
Adjective - masculine singular
Strong's 7563: Wrong, an, bad person

near the dwelling
לִנְוֵ֣ה (lin·wêh)
Preposition-l | Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's 5116: Abode of shepherd or flocks, habitation

of the righteous;
צַדִּ֑יק (ṣad·dîq)
Adjective - masculine singular
Strong's 6662: Just, righteous

do not
אַֽל־ (’al-)
Adverb
Strong's 408: Not

destroy
תְּשַׁדֵּ֥ד (tə·šad·dêḏ)
Verb - Piel - Imperfect - second person masculine singular
Strong's 7703: To deal violently with, despoil, devastate, ruin

his resting place.
רִבְצוֹ׃‪‬‪‬ (riḇ·ṣōw)
Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular
Strong's 7258: (place of) lying down, resting place, dwelling place


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