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Proverbs 21:15

It is joy to the just to do judgment: but destruction shall be to the workers of iniquity.

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שִׂמְחָ֣הsimchahgladnessשִׂמְחָהnoun, common, feminine, singular, absolute — “gladness”, the ordinary formH8057blithesomeness or glee, (religious or festival)[idiom] exceeding(-ly), gladness, joy(-fulness), mirth, pleasure, rejoice(-ing).לַ֭צַּדִּיקlatsadiqto justצַדִּיקpreposition, with the article, adjective, adjective, masculine, singular, absolute — “to just”, the ordinary formH6662justjust, lawful, righteous (man).עֲשׂ֣וֹתasotdoעָשָׂהverb, qal, infinitive construct — “do”, the to-form of the verbH6213to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest applicationaccomplish, advance, appoint, apt, be at, become, bear, bestow, bring forth, bruise, be busy, [idiom] certainly, have the charge of, commit, deal (with), deck, [phrase] displease, do, (ready) dress(-ed), (put in) execute(-ion), exercise, f…מִשְׁפָּ֑טmishpatlawמִשְׁפָּטnoun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “law”, the ordinary formH4941properly, a verdict (favorable or unfavorable) pronounced judicially, especially a sentence or formal decree (human or (participant's) divine law, individual or collective), including the act, the place, the suit, the crime, and the penalty; abstractly, justice, including a participant's right or privilege (statutory or customary), or even a style[phrase] adversary, ceremony, charge, [idiom] crime, custom, desert, determination, discretion, disposing, due, fashion, form, to be judged, judgment, just(-ice, -ly), (manner of) law(-ful), manner, measure, (due) order, ordinance, right,…וּ֝מְחִתָּ֗הumechitahand ruinמְחִתָּהconjunction, noun, common, feminine, singular, absolute — “and ruin”, the ordinary formH4288properly, a dissolution; concretely, a ruin, or (abstractly) consternationdestruction, dismaying, ruin, terror.לְפֹ֣עֲלֵיlefoaleto doפָּעַלpreposition, verb, qal, participle, construct — “to do”, a verb used as a describing wordH6466to do or make (systematically and habitually), especially to practisecommit, (evil-) do(-er), make(-r), ordain, work(-er).אָֽוֶןavenidolאָוֶןnoun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “idol”, the ordinary formH205strictly nothingness; also trouble. vanity, wickedness; specifically an idolaffliction, evil, false, idol, iniquity, mischief, mourners(-ing), naught, sorrow, unjust, unrighteous, vain, vanity, wicked(-ness). Compare H369 (אַיִן).

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

To do justly is joy to the righteous, but ruin to the workers of iniquity.

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American Standard Version (1901)

It is joy to the righteous to do justice; But it is a destruction to the workers of iniquity.

Young’s Literal Translation

To do justice [is] joy to the righteous, But ruin to workers of iniquity.

World English Bible

It is joy to the righteous to do justice; but it is a destruction to the workers of iniquity.

Darby Translation

It is joy to a righteous [man] to do what is right; but it is ruin for the workers of iniquity.

Douay-Rheims

It is joy to the just to do judgment: and dread to them that work iniquity.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

To do justly is joy to the righteous, but ruin to the workers of iniquity.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

It is the joy of the righteous to do judgment: but a holy man is abominable with evil-doers.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Εὐφροσύνη δικαίων ποιεῖν κρίμα, ὅσιος δὲ ἀκάθαρτος παρὰ κακούργοις.