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King James Bible - Proverbs 11:31

Behold, the righteous shall be recompensed in the earth: much more the wicked and the sinner.

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World English Bible

Behold, the righteous shall be repaid in the earth; how much more the wicked and the sinner!

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Douay-Rheims - Proverbs 11:31

If the just man receive in the earth, how much more the wicked and the sinner.

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Webster's Bible Translation

Behold, the righteous shall be recompensed upon the earth: much more the wicked and the sinner.

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Original Hebrew

הן 2005 צדיק 6662 בארץ 776 ישׁלם 7999 אף 637 כי 3588 רשׁע 7563 וחוטא׃ 2398

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Treasury of Scriptural Knowledge

VERSE (31) - 2Sa 7:14,15; 12:9-12 1Ki 13:24 Jer 25:29 1Co 11:30-32

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SEV Biblia, Chapter 11:31

¶ Ciertamente el justo será recompensado en la tierra; ¡cuánto más el impío y el pecador!

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Clarke's Bible Commentary - Proverbs 11:31

Verse 31. Behold, the righteous shall be recompensed in the earth, &c. ] The Septuagint, Syrian, and Arabic read this verse as follows: "And if the righteous scarcely be saved, where shall the ungodly and the sinner appear?" And this St, Peter quotes literatim, 1Pe iv. 18, where see the note.

There is a reward for the righteous, and which they have now in keeping, though not “for” keeping, the commandments of God; they have the promise of this life, as well as of that which is to come, and which is made good to them; they have every good thing now which is proper and convenient for them; and they shall be recompensed in the new earth, in which only righteous persons will dwell. But it seems better, with Jarchi, to interpret it of the recompence of their sins and transgressions; that is, of their chastisements and afflictions, with which they are chastised by their heavenly Father, when they sin against him; which are all in love and for their good; and which they have only here on earth, while they are in this world; they will be all over in another, when there will be no more sin, and no more chastisement for it, much less condemnation; (see Corinthians 11:32); much more the wicked and the sinner ; who shall not only be punished on earth as they often are, but in hell to all eternity. The Septuagint, Syriac, and Arabic versions, render the whole thus; “if the righteous be scarcely saved, where shall the ungodly and the sinner appear?” Which words are used by the Apostle Peter, to show, that if judgment or chastisement begin at the house of God, or with the righteous, that the end of the wicked must be very bad; which entirely agrees with the sense of this passage; (see Peter 4:17,18); a “behold” is prefixed to the whole, as a note, either of admiration, or rather of attention to what is sure and certain, and worthy of regard and consideration. The Targum is, “behold, the righteous are strengthened in the earth; but the wicked and the sinners shall be consumed out of the earth;” which seems to agree with Aben Ezra’s sense of the words; see ( <19A435> Psalm 104:35).

Matthew Henry Commentary

Original Hebrew