Proverbs 2:21 — Bible Verse (KJV)

“For the upright shall dwell in the land, and the perfect shall remain in it.”

Proverbs 2:21 — King James Version (KJV), 1611

Proverbs 2:21 in 6 Bible Translations

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Proverbs 2:21 WEB — World English Bible (2000)

“For the upright will dwell in the land. The perfect will remain in it.”

Proverbs 2:21 — World English Bible

Proverbs 2:21 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)

“For the upright shall dwell in the land, And the perfect shall remain in it. ”

Proverbs 2:21 — American Standard Version

Proverbs 2:21 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)

“For the upright do inhabit the earth, And the perfect are left in it,”

Proverbs 2:21 — Young's Literal Translation

Proverbs 2:21 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)

“For the upright shall dwell in the land, and the perfect shall remain in it; ”

Proverbs 2:21 — Darby Translation

Proverbs 2:21 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)

“For the iust shall dwell in the land, and the vpright men shall remaine in it.”

Proverbs 2:21 — Geneva Bible

Proverbs 2:21 in Context — Proverbs 2

19 None that go unto her return again, neither take they hold of the paths of life.

20 That thou mayest walk in the way of good men, and keep the paths of the righteous.

21 For the upright shall dwell in the land, and the perfect shall remain in it.

22 But the wicked shall be cut off from the earth, and the transgressors shall be rooted out of it.

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What Does Proverbs 2:21 Mean?

Proverbs 2:21 is a verse from the Book of Proverbs, part of the Old Testament. It appears in Proverbs chapter 2. Use The Living Sword's word-by-word study mode to explore every word in the original Hebrew and Aramaic.

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