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


In Context

12 The Righteous One takes note of the house of the wicked and brings the wicked to ruin.

13 If a man shuts his ears to the cry of the poor, he too will cry out and not be answered.

14 A gift given in secret soothes anger, and a bribe concealed in the cloak pacifies great wrath.

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

16 A man who strays from the path of understanding comes to rest in the company of the dead.

17 He who loves pleasure will become poor; whoever loves wine and oil will never 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 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.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

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