22Say not: I will return evil: wait for the Lord and he will deliver thee.


In Context

19 Meddle not with him that revealeth secrets, and walketh deceitfully, and openeth wide his lips.

20 He that curseth his father, and mother, his lamp shall be put out in the midst of darkness.

21 The inheritance gotten hastily in the beginning, in the end shall be without a blessing.

22 Say not: I will return evil: wait for the Lord and he will deliver thee.

23 Diverse weights are an abomination before the Lord: a deceitful balance is not good.

24 The steps of man are guided by the Lord: but who is the man that can understand his own way?

Proverbs 20:22 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

20:22Say not thou, I will recompense evil; [but] wait on the LORD, and he shall save thee.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

20:22Do not say, "I'll pay you back for this wrong!" Wait for the Lord , and he will deliver you.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

20:22Say not thou, I will recompense evil: Wait for Jehovah, and he will save thee.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

20:22Say not, I will recompense evil: wait on Jehovah, and he shall save thee.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

20:22Say not thou, I will recompense evil: wait on the LORD, and he shall save thee.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

20:22Say not thou, I will recompense evil; but wait on the LORD, and he shall save thee.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

20:22Don't say, |I will pay back evil.| Wait for Yahweh, and he will save you.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

20:22Do not say, 'I recompense evil,' Wait for Jehovah, and He delivereth thee.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

20:22Say not you, I will recompense evil; but wait on the LORD, and he shall save you.