Proverbs 21:18
WEB
The wicked is a ransom for the righteous, the treacherous for the upright.
BSB
The wicked become a ransom for the righteous, and the faithless for the upright.
KJV
The wicked shall be a ransom for the righteous, and the transgressor for the upright.
Matthew Henry
Hebrew interlinear
H3724
n-m — cover, village, bitumen, henna plant, redemption-price
Derivation: from 3722;
properly, a cover, i.e. (literally) a village (as covered in); (specifically) bitumen (as used for coating), and the henna plant (as used for dyeing); figuratively, a redemption-price
KJV: bribe, camphire, pitch, ransom, satisfaction, sum of money, village.
n.m — El Ḥenna
כֹּ֫פֶר n.m. name of a plant, El Ḥenna
n.m — the price of a life
כֹּפֶר n.m. the price of a life, ransom
H6662
a — just
Derivation: from 6663;
just
KJV: just, lawful, righteous (man).
adj — just
צַדִּיק 206 adj. just, righteous
H7563
a — wrong, bad
Derivation: from 7561;
morally wrong; concretely, an (actively) bad person
KJV: condemned, guilty, ungodly, wicked (man), that did wrong.
adj — wicked
רָשָׁע 263 adj. wicked, criminal
H8478
n-m — bottom, below, in lieu of
Derivation: from the same as 8430;
the bottom (as depressed); only adverbially, below (often with prepositional prefix underneath), in lieu of, etc.
KJV: as, beneath, × flat, in(-stead), (same) place (where...is), room, for...sake, stead of, under, × unto, × when...was mine, whereas, (where-) fore, with.
n.[m.] — the under part
תַּחַת n.[m.] the under part, hence as adv. accus. and prep. underneath, below, instead of
H3477
a — straight
Derivation: from 3474;
straight (literally or figuratively)
KJV: convenient, equity, Jasher, just, meet(-est), pleased well right(-eous), straight, (most) upright(-ly, -ness).
adj — straight
יָשָׁר adj. straight, right
1. straight, level
2. right, pleasing
3. straightforward, just, upright
4. abstr., uprightness
H898
v — cover, act covertly, pillage
Derivation: a primitive root;
to cover (with a garment); figuratively, to act covertly; by implication, to pillage
KJV: deal deceitfully (treacherously, unfaithfully), offend, transgress(-or), (depart), treacherous (dealer, -ly, man), unfaithful(-ly, man), × very.
vb — act treacherously
[בָּגַד] vb. act or deal treacherously
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Verse 18
Proverbs 21:18
This intimates, 1. What should be done by the justice of men: The wicked, that are the troublers of a land, ought to be punished, for the preventing and turning away of those national judgments which otherwise will be inflicted and in which even the righteous are many times involved. Thus when Achan was stoned he was a ransom for the camp of righteous Israel; and the seven sons of Saul, when they were hanged, were a ransom for the kingdom of righteous David. 2. What is often done by the providence of God: The righteous is delivered out of trouble, and the wicked comes in his stead, and so seems as if he were a ransom for him, Pro 11:8. God will rather leave many wicked people to be cut off than abandon his own people. I will give men for thee, Isa 43:3, Isa 43:4.
Cross-references: Prov 11:8 · Isa 43:3 · Isa 43:4