NLT
KJV
18. The wicked [shall be] a ransom for the righteous, and the transgressor for the upright.

ASV
18. The wicked is a ransom for the righteous; And the treacherous cometh in the stead of the upright.

ESV
18. The wicked is a ransom for the righteous, and the traitor for the upright.

ERVEN
18. The wicked must pay for what happens to good people—the cheaters will be taken in exchange for the honest.

WEB
18. The wicked is a ransom for the righteous; The treacherous for the upright.

NET
18. The wicked become a ransom for the righteous, and the faithless are taken in the place of the upright.

NLV
18. The sinful man is the price given for the man who is right with God, the man who is not faithful for the faithful man.

HCSB
18. The wicked are a ransom for the righteous, and the treacherous, for the upright.

YLT
18. The wicked [is] an atonement for the righteous, And for the upright the treacherous dealer.

LITV
18. The wicked shall be a ransom for the just, and the treacherous in the place of the upright.

RV
18. The wicked is a ransom for the righteous; and the treacherous {cf15i cometh} in the stead of the upright.

NCV
18. Wicked people will suffer instead of good people, and those who cannot be trusted will suffer instead of those who do right.

MKJV
18. The wicked shall be a ransom for the righteous, and the transgressor for the upright.

AKJV
18. The wicked shall be a ransom for the righteous, and the transgressor for the upright.

LXXEN
18. and a transgressor is the [Gr. «off-scouring;’ perhaps «ransom,’ q. d. that which cleans] abomination of a righteous man.



KJV
18. The wicked [shall be] a ransom for the righteous, and the transgressor for the upright.

AMP
18. The wicked become a ransom for the [uncompromisingly] righteous, and the treacherous for the upright [because the wicked themselves fall into the traps and pits they have dug for the good].

KJVP
18. The wicked H7563 AMS [ shall ] [ be ] a ransom H3724 NMS for the righteous H6662 , and the transgressor H898 for H8478 the upright H3477 AMP .

YLT
18. The wicked [is] an atonement for the righteous, And for the upright the treacherous dealer.

ASV
18. The wicked is a ransom for the righteous; And the treacherous cometh in the stead of the upright.

WEB
18. The wicked is a ransom for the righteous; The treacherous for the upright.

NASB
18. The wicked man serves as ransom for the just, and the faithless man for the righteous.

ESV
18. The wicked is a ransom for the righteous, and the traitor for the upright.

RV
18. The wicked is a ransom for the righteous; and the treacherous {cf15i cometh} in the stead of the upright.

RSV
18. The wicked is a ransom for the righteous, and the faithless for the upright.

NKJV
18. The wicked [shall be] a ransom for the righteous, And the unfaithful for the upright.

MKJV
18. The wicked shall be a ransom for the righteous, and the transgressor for the upright.

AKJV
18. The wicked shall be a ransom for the righteous, and the transgressor for the upright.

NRSV
18. The wicked is a ransom for the righteous, and the faithless for the upright.

NIV
18. The wicked become a ransom for the righteous, and the unfaithful for the upright.

NIRV
18. Those who do what is evil pay the price for setting godly people free. Those who aren't faithful pay the price for honest people.

NLT
18. The wicked are punished in place of the godly, and traitors in place of the honest.

MSG
18. What a bad person plots against the good, boomerangs; the plotter gets it in the end.

GNB
18. The wicked bring on themselves the suffering they try to cause good people.

NET
18. The wicked become a ransom for the righteous, and the faithless are taken in the place of the upright.

ERVEN
18. The wicked must pay for what happens to good people—the cheaters will be taken in exchange for the honest.