KJV: The wicked shall be a ransom for the righteous, and the transgressor for the upright.
YLT: The wicked is an atonement for the righteous, And for the upright the treacherous dealer.
Darby: The wicked is a ransom for the righteous, and a treacherous man in the stead of the upright.
ASV: The wicked is a ransom for the righteous; And the treacherous cometh in the stead of the upright.
כֹּ֣פֶר | A ransom |
Parse: Noun, masculine singular Root: כֹּפֶר Sense: price of a life, ransom, bribe. |
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לַצַּדִּ֣יק | for the righteous |
Parse: Preposition-l, Article, Adjective, masculine singular Root: צַדִּיק Sense: just, lawful, righteous. |
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רָשָׁ֑ע | the wicked [shall be] |
Parse: Adjective, masculine singular Root: רָשָׁע Sense: wicked, criminal. |
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וְתַ֖חַת | and for |
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Preposition Root: מִתְחָה Sense: the under part, beneath, instead of, as, for, for the sake of, flat, unto, where, whereas. |
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יְשָׁרִ֣ים | the upright |
Parse: Adjective, masculine plural Root: יָשָׁר Sense: straight, upright, correct, right. |
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בּוֹגֵֽד | the unfaithful |
Parse: Verb, Qal, Participle, masculine singular Root: בָּגַד Sense: to act treacherously, deceitfully, deal treacherously. |