15It is joy to the just to do judgment: but destruction shall be to the workers of iniquity.


In Context

12 The righteous man wisely considers the house of the wicked: but God overthrows the wicked for their wickedness.

13 Whoever stops his ears at the cry of the poor, he also shall cry himself, but shall not be heard.

14 A gift in secret pacifies anger: and a reward in the bosom strong wrath.

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

16 The man that wanders out of the way of understanding shall remain in the congregation of the dead.

17 He that loves pleasure shall be a poor man: he that loves wine and oil shall not be rich.

Proverbs 21:15 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

21:15[It is] joy to the just to do judgment: but destruction [shall be] to the workers of iniquity.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

21:15When justice is done, it brings joy to the righteous but terror to evildoers.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

21:15It is joy to the just to do judgment: and dread to them that work iniquity.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

21:15It is joy to the righteous to do justice; But it is a destruction to the workers of iniquity.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

21:15It is joy to a righteous man to do what is right; but it is ruin for the workers of iniquity.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

21:15It is joy to the righteous to do judgment; but it is a destruction to the workers of iniquity.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

21:15It is joy to the just to do judgment: but destruction shall be to the workers of iniquity.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

21:15It is joy to the righteous to do justice; but it is a destruction to the workers of iniquity.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

21:15To do justice is joy to the righteous, But ruin to workers of iniquity.