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Proverbs 12:7

The wicked are overthrown, and are not: but the house of the righteous shall stand.

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הָפ֣וֹךְhafokhechangeהָפַךְverb, qal, infinitive absolute — “change”, the verb used for emphasisH2015to turn about or over; by implication, to change, overturn, return, pervert[idiom] become, change, come, be converted, give, make (a bed), overthrow (-turn), perverse, retire, tumble, turn (again, aside, back, to the contrary, every way).רְשָׁעִ֣יםreshaimguiltyרָשָׁעadjective, adjective, masculine, plural, absolute — “guilty”, the ordinary formH7563morally wrong; concretely, an (actively) bad person[phrase] condemned, guilty, ungodly, wicked (man), that did wrong.וְאֵינָ֑םveeynamand elseאַיִןconjunction, particle, negative, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, plural — “and else”H369a non-entity; generally used as a negative particleelse, except, fail, (father-) less, be gone, in(-curable), neither, never, no (where), none, nor, (any, thing), not, nothing, to nought, past, un(-searchable), well-nigh, without. Compare H370 (אַיִן).וּבֵ֖יתuveytand familyבַּיִתconjunction, noun, common, masculine, singular, construct — “and family”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH1004a house (in the greatest variation of applications, especially family, etc.)court, daughter, door, [phrase] dungeon, family, [phrase] forth of, [idiom] great as would contain, hangings, home(born), (winter) house(-hold), inside(-ward), palace, place, [phrase] prison, [phrase] steward, [phrase] tablet, temple, web,…צַדִּיקִ֣יםtsadiqimjustצַדִּיקadjective, adjective, masculine, plural, absolute — “just”, the ordinary formH6662justjust, lawful, righteous (man).יַעֲמֹֽדyaamodstandעָמַדverb, qal, imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “stand”, an unfinished actionH5975to stand, in various relations (literal and figurative, intransitive and transitive)abide (behind), appoint, arise, cease, confirm, continue, dwell, be employed, endure, establish, leave, make, ordain, be (over), place, (be) present (self), raise up, remain, repair, [phrase] serve, set (forth, over, -tle, up), (make to, m…

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

The wicked are overthrown, and are not; but the house of the righteous shall stand.

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American Standard Version (1901)

The wicked are overthrown, and are not; But the house of the righteous shall stand.

Young’s Literal Translation

Overthrow the wicked, and they are not, And the house of the righteous standeth.

World English Bible

The wicked are overthrown, and are no more, but the house of the righteous shall stand.

Darby Translation

Overthrow the wicked, and they are no [more]; but the house of the righteous shall stand.

Douay-Rheims

Turn the wicked, and they shall not be: but the house of the just shall stand firm.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

The wicked are overthrown, and are not; but the house of the righteous shall stand.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

When the ungodly is overthrown, he vanishes away; but the houses of the just remain.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Οὗ ἐὰν στραφῇ ὁ ἀσεβὴς, ἀφανίζεται, οἶκοι δὲ δικαίων παραμένουσι·