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Proverbs 11:6

The righteousness of the upright shall deliver them: but transgressors shall be taken in their own naughtiness.

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צִדְקַ֣תtsidqatjusticeצְדָקָהnoun, common, feminine, singular, construct — “justice”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH6666rightness (abstractly), subjectively (rectitude), objectively (justice), morally (virtue) or figuratively (prosperity)justice, moderately, right(-eous) (act, -ly, -ness).יְ֭שָׁרִיםyesharimstraightיָשָׁרadjective, adjective, masculine, plural, absolute — “straight”, the ordinary formH3477straight (literally or figuratively)convenient, equity, Jasher, just, meet(-est), [phrase] pleased well right(-eous), straight, (most) upright(-ly, -ness).תַּצִּילֵ֑םtatsilemdefendנָצַלverb, hiphil, imperfect, 3rd person, feminine, singular, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, plural — “defend”, an unfinished actionH5337to snatch away, whether in a good or a bad sense[idiom] at all, defend, deliver (self), escape, [idiom] without fail, part, pluck, preserve, recover, rescue, rid, save, spoil, strip, [idiom] surely, take (out).וּ֝בְהַוַּ֗תuvehavatand in calamityהַוָּהconjunction, preposition, noun, common, feminine, singular, construct — “and in calamity”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH1942by implication, of falling); desire; also ruincalamity, iniquity, mischief, mischievous (thing), naughtiness, naughty, noisome, perverse thing, substance, very wickedness.בֹּגְדִ֥יםbogedimdeal deceitfullyבָּגַדverb, qal, participle, absolute — “deal deceitfully”, a verb used as a describing wordH898to cover (with a garment); figuratively, to act covertly; by implication, to pillagedeal deceitfully (treacherously, unfaithfully), offend, transgress(-or), (depart), treacherous (dealer, -ly, man), unfaithful(-ly, man), [idiom] very.יִלָּכֵֽדוּyilakhedvcatchלָכַדverb, niphal, imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, plural — “catch”, an unfinished actionH3920to catch (in a net, trap or pit); generally, to capture or occupy; also to choose (by lot); figuratively, to cohere[idiom] at all, catch (self), be frozen, be holden, stick together, take.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

The righteousness of the upright shall deliver them; but the faithless shall be trapped in their own crafty device.

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American Standard Version (1901)

The righteousness of the upright shall deliver them; But the treacherous shall be taken in their own iniquity.

Young’s Literal Translation

The righteousness of the upright delivereth them, And in mischief the treacherous are captured.

World English Bible

The righteousness of the upright shall deliver them, but the unfaithful will be trapped by evil desires.

Darby Translation

The righteousness of the upright delivereth them; but the treacherous are taken in their own craving.

Douay-Rheims

The justice of the righteous shall deliver them: and the unjust shall be caught in their own snares.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

The righteousness of the upright shall deliver them; but the faithless shall be trapped in their own crafty device.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

The righteousness of upright men delivers them: but transgressors are caught in their own destruction.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Δικαιοσύνη ἀνδρῶν ὀρθῶν ῥύεται αὐτούς, τῇ δὲ ἀπωλείᾳ αὐτῶν ἁλίσκονται παράνομοι.