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Myles Coverdale Bible

Proverbs 14:19

The euell shal bowe them selues before ye good, and the vngodly shal wayte at the dores of the rightuous.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Wicked (People);   The Topic Concordance - Bowing;   Evil;   Goodness;   Righteousness;   Wickedness;  

Dictionaries:

- Charles Buck Theological Dictionary - Pardon;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Proverbs, Book of;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
The evil bow before those who are good,and the wicked, at the gates of the righteous.
Hebrew Names Version
The evil bow down before the good, And the wicked, at the gates of the righteous.
King James Version
The evil bow before the good; and the wicked at the gates of the righteous.
English Standard Version
The evil bow down before the good, the wicked at the gates of the righteous.
New American Standard Bible
The evil will bow down before the good, And the wicked at the gates of the righteous.
New Century Version
Evil people will bow down to those who are good; the wicked will bow down at the door of those who do right.
Amplified Bible
The evil will bow down before the good, And the wicked [will bow down] at the gates of the righteous.
World English Bible
The evil bow down before the good, And the wicked, at the gates of the righteous.
Geneva Bible (1587)
The euill shall bowe before the good, and the wicked at the gates of the righteous.
Legacy Standard Bible
The evil will bow down before the good,And the wicked at the gates of the righteous.
Berean Standard Bible
The evil bow before the good, and the wicked at the gates of the righteous.
Contemporary English Version
The wicked will come crawling to those who obey God.
Complete Jewish Bible
The evil bow down before the good, and the wicked at the gates of the righteous.
Darby Translation
The evil bow before the good, and the wicked at the gates of the righteous [man].
Easy-to-Read Version
Good people will defeat those who are evil, and the wicked will be forced to show respect to those who live right.
George Lamsa Translation
Evil men shall prostrate themselves before good men; and the wicked shall come to beg at the gates of the righteous.
Good News Translation
Evil people will have to bow down to the righteous and humbly beg their favor.
Lexham English Bible
The evil bow down before the good, and the wicked at the gates of the righteous.
Literal Translation
The evil bow before the good; yea, the wicked at the gates of the just.
American Standard Version
The evil bow down before the good; And the wicked, at the gates of the righteous.
Bible in Basic English
The knees of the evil are bent before the good; and sinners go down in the dust at the doors of the upright.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
The evil bow before the good, and the wicked at the gates of the righteous.
King James Version (1611)
The euill bowe before the good: and the wicked at the gates of the righteous.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
The euyll shall bowe them selues before the good: and the vngodly shall wayte at the gates of the ryghteous.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
Evil men shall fall before the good; and the ungodly shall attend at the gates of the righteous.
English Revised Version
The evil bow before the good; and the wicked at the gates of the righteous.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Yuel men schulen ligge bifor goode men; and vnpitouse men bifor the yatis of iust men.
Update Bible Version
The evil bow down before the good; And the wicked, at the gates of the righteous.
Webster's Bible Translation
The evil bow before the good; and the wicked at the gates of the righteous.
New English Translation
Those who are evil will bow before those who are good, and the wicked will bow at the gates of the righteous.
New King James Version
The evil will bow before the good, And the wicked at the gates of the righteous.
New Living Translation
Evil people will bow before good people; the wicked will bow at the gates of the godly.
New Life Bible
Sinful men will bow in front of the good, and at the gates of those who are right with God.
New Revised Standard
The evil bow down before the good, the wicked at the gates of the righteous.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Abased are the wicked, before the good, and, the lawless, at the gates of the righteous.
Douay-Rheims Bible
The evil shall fall down before the good: and the wicked before the gates of the just.
Revised Standard Version
The evil bow down before the good, the wicked at the gates of the righteous.
Young's Literal Translation
The evil have bowed down before the good, And the wicked at the gates of the righteous.
THE MESSAGE
Eventually, evil will pay tribute to good; the wicked will respect God-loyal people.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
The evil will bow down before the good, And the wicked at the gates of the righteous.

Contextual Overview

19 The euell shal bowe them selues before ye good, and the vngodly shal wayte at the dores of the rightuous.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Genesis 42:6, Genesis 43:28, Exodus 8:8, Exodus 9:27, Exodus 9:28, Exodus 11:8, 2 Kings 3:12, Esther 7:7, Esther 7:8, Psalms 49:14, Isaiah 60:14, Micah 7:9, Micah 7:10, Micah 7:16, Micah 7:17, Malachi 4:3, Acts 16:39, Revelation 3:9

Reciprocal: Exodus 6:9 - hearkened

Cross-References

Genesis 14:6
and ye Horites in their owne mount Seir vnto the playne of Pharan, which bordreth vpo the wildernes.
Genesis 14:7
And then they turned, & came to the well of iudgment (which is Cades) & smote all the countre of the Amalechites, and also the Amorites, that dwelt in Hazezon Thamar.
Genesis 14:9
wt Kedorlaomer the kynge of Elam, & with Thideal ye kynge of the Heithen, & with Amraphel ye kynge of Synear, & with Arioch the kynge of Ellasar: foure kynges wt fyue.
Genesis 14:16
and brought agayne all the goodes, and also his brother Lot, and his goodes, ye wemen also and the people.
Genesis 14:22
But Abram sayde vnto the kinge of Sodome: I lift vp my honde vnto the LORDE the most hye God, possessor of heauen and earth,
Genesis 14:23
that I wyll not take of all that is thyne, so moch as a threde or a shue lachet, lest thou shuldest saye: I haue made Abram ryche:
Genesis 27:4
and make me meate (soch as I loue) and brynge it me herein, that I may eate, yt my soule maye blesse the, before I dye.
Genesis 47:7
Ioseph brought in Iacob his father also, & set him before Pharao. And Iacob thanked Pharao.
Genesis 47:10
And Iacob thanked Pharao, and wete out from him.
Genesis 49:28
All these are the twolue trybes of Israel: and this is it that their father spake vnto them, whan he blessed them, euery one with a sundrye blessynge.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

The evil bow before the good,.... Wicked men before good men. This, as Jarchi observes, respects future time; even the latter day glory, or the spiritual times of the Messiah, when the kingdom under the whole heaven shall be given to the saints of the most High: for though there may have been some few instances of this kind, as Haman bowing before Mordecai, and the Heathen emperors before Constantine; and there may be some now, in some cases where obligation requires; yet this is far from being general, as it will be in the spiritual reign of Christ; when the sons of those that afflicted the church will come bending to her, and they that have despised her shall bow themselves down at the soles of her feet; and even great personages too shall bow down and lick the dust of her feet; the kings of the earth, who before have been in confederacy with antichrist, and have persecuted the saints, now shall hate the whore, and honour the true church of Christ: this will be in the Philadelphian state, which is the same with the spiritual reign of Christ; such who called themselves Jews, and are not, shall come and worship before the feet of the church, and own that she and her members are the favourites of heaven, Daniel 7:27

Isaiah 49:23;

and the wicked at the gates of the righteous; or, "come to the gates of the righteous", as the Syriac version supplies it; they come and knock there, stand and wait, or lay themselves down; become prostrate and humble supplicants for relief and protection, as beggars do. This may also respect their attendance at Wisdom's gates, at the gates of Zion, on public ordinances, for counsel and instruction, which before they despised, Proverbs 8:34. The Septuagint version is, "shall serve thy gates"; that is, at them; see Isaiah 60:11.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Proverbs 14:19. The evil bow before the good — They are almost constrained to show them respect; and the wicked, who have wasted their substance with riotous living, bow before the gates of the righteous-of benevolent men-begging a morsel of bread.


 
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