The Meaning of Proverbs 11:31 Explained

Proverbs 11:31

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

YLT: Lo, the righteous in the earth is recompensed, Surely also the wicked and the sinner!

Darby: Behold, the righteous shall be requited on the earth: how much more the wicked and the sinner.

ASV: Behold, the righteous shall be recompensed in the earth: How much more the wicked and the sinner!

KJV Reverse Interlinear

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

What does Proverbs 11:31 Mean?

Verse Meaning

No one sins with impunity. God will judge every sin. Peter quoted this proverb ( 1 Peter 4:18). [1]

Chapter Summary: Proverbs 11

1  On Deception

What do the individual words in Proverbs 11:31 mean?

If the righteous on the earth will be recompensed much more how much more the ungodly and the sinner
הֵ֣ן צַ֭דִּיק בָּאָ֣רֶץ יְשֻׁלָּ֑ם אַ֝֗ף כִּֽי־ רָשָׁ֥ע וְחוֹטֵֽא

צַ֭דִּיק  the  righteous 
Parse: Adjective, masculine singular
Root: צַדִּיק  
Sense: just, lawful, righteous.
בָּאָ֣רֶץ  on  the  earth 
Parse: Preposition-b, Article, Noun, feminine singular
Root: אֶרֶץ  
Sense: land, earth.
יְשֻׁלָּ֑ם  will  be  recompensed 
Parse: Verb, Pual, Imperfect, third person masculine singular
Root: שָׁלֵם  
Sense: .
אַ֝֗ף  much  more 
Parse: Conjunction
Root: אַף  
Sense: also, yea, though, so much the more adv.
כִּֽי־  how  much  more 
Parse: Conjunction
Root: כִּי 
Sense: that, for, because, when, as though, as, because that, but, then, certainly, except, surely, since.
רָשָׁ֥ע  the  ungodly 
Parse: Adjective, masculine singular
Root: רָשָׁע  
Sense: wicked, criminal.
וְחוֹטֵֽא  and  the  sinner 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Qal, Participle, masculine singular
Root: חָטָא 
Sense: to sin, miss, miss the way, go wrong, incur guilt, forfeit, purify from uncleanness.