3The Lord will not afflict the soul of the just with famine, and he will disappoint the deceitful practices of the wicked.


In Context

1 A wise son maketh the father glad: but a foolish son is the sorrow of his mother.

2 Treasures of wickedness shall profit nothing: but justice shall deliver from death.

3 The Lord will not afflict the soul of the just with famine, and he will disappoint the deceitful practices of the wicked.

4 The slothful hand hath wrought poverty: but the hand of the industrious getteth riches. He that trusteth to lies feedeth the winds: and the same runneth after birds that fly away.

5 He that gathered in the harvest is a wise son: but he that snorteth in the summer, is the son of confusion.

Proverbs 10:3 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

10:3The LORD will not suffer the soul of the righteous to famish: but he casteth away the substance of the wicked.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

10:3The Lord does not let the righteous go hungry but he thwarts the craving of the wicked.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

10:3Jehovah will not suffer the soul of the righteous to famish; But he thrusteth away the desire of the wicked.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

10:3Jehovah suffereth not the soul of the righteous man to famish; but he repelleth the craving of the wicked.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

10:3The LORD will not suffer the soul of the righteous to famish: but he thrusteth away the desire of the wicked.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

10:3The LORD will not suffer the soul of the righteous to famish: but he casteth away the substance of the wicked.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

10:3Yahweh will not allow the soul of the righteous to go hungry, but he thrusts away the desire of the wicked.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

10:3Jehovah causeth not the soul of the righteous to hunger, And the desire of the wicked He thrusteth away.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

10:3The LORD will not suffer the soul of the righteous to famish: but he casts away the substance of the wicked.