Proverbs 11:27

American Standard Version (1901)

He that diligently seeketh good seeketh favor; But he that searcheth after evil, it shall come unto him.

ASV Byzantine Text

He that diligently seeketh good seeketh favor; But he that searcheth after evil, it shall come unto him.

Asang Khongca Bible

Kahoih hmuen pakrong kami loe hoihaih to hnuk; toe kahoih ai hmuen pakrong kami loe sethaih to hnu tih.

Matupi Chin Standard Bible w/ Strongs

A then aka toem loh kolonah a tlap tih, boethae aka tlap tah amah a thoeng thil.

Matupi Chin Standard Bible 2019

A then aka toem loh kolonah a tlap tih, boethae aka tlap tah amah a thoeng thil.

Hawaiian Bible 1868

O ka mea imi i ka maikai, imi no ia i ke alohaia mai; O ka mea imi i ka hewa, e hiki mai no ia io na la.

English Berean Standard Bible

He who searches out good finds favor, but evil will come to him who seeks it.

Haitian Creole Bible 1985

Moun k'ap chache fè sa ki byen ap jwenn favè Bondye. Men, moun k'ap kouri dèyè malè, se malè ki pou rive l'.

Clementine Vulgate 1598

Bene consurgit diluculo qui quærit bona; qui autem investigator malorum est, opprimetur ab eis.

Bible in Basic English

He who, with all his heart, goes after what is good is searching for grace; but he who is looking for trouble will get it.

French: Bible J.N. Darby

Qui recherche le bien cherche la faveur, mais le mal arrive à qui le recherche.

Czech Kralická Bible 1613

Kdo pilně hledá dobrého, nalézá přízeň; kdož pak hledá zlého, potká jej.

Kosraean Bible

Mwe finsrak lom fin wo, kom ac akfulatyeyuk, tuh kom fin suk lokoalok, na lokoalok uh ac fah sun kom.

World Portuguese Bible

Quem busca diligentemente o bem, busca favor, mas quem procura o mal, este o alcançará.

Romanian BTF Bible

Cel ce caută stăruitor binele procură favoare, dar cel ce caută ticăloșie, aceasta va veni peste el.

Brenton English Septuagint

He that devises good counsels seeks good favour: but as for him that seeks after evil, evil shall overtake him.

Burmese Common Language Bible

ကောင်းသောအရာကိုကြိုးစား၍ ရှာသော သူသည် ကျေးဇူးကို ခံရလိမ့်မည်။ သူ့အကျိုးကိုဖျက်ခြင်းငှါ ရှာကြံသောသူမူကား၊ ကိုယ်အကျိုးပျက်ခြင်းရှိလိမ့်မည်။

Darby Translation

He that is earnest after good seeketh favour; but he that searcheth for mischief, it shall come upon him.

German Unrevised Elberfelder Bible

Wer das Gute eifrig sucht, sucht Wohlgefallen; wer aber nach Bösem trachtet, über ihn wird es kommen.

Dutch Bible 1917

Wie het goede vroeg nazoekt, zoekt welgevalligheid; maar wie het kwade natracht, dien zal het overkomen.

Dutch Bible, Petrus Canisius

Wie naar het goede streeft, vindt welbehagen; Wie het kwaad najaagt, hem zal het treffen.

Italian Diodati Bible

Chi cerca il bene procaccia benevolenza; Ma il male avverrà a chi lo cerca .

Douay-Rheims 1899

Well doth he rise early who seeketh good things; but he that seeketh after evil things shall be oppressed by them.

Geneva Bible 1599

He that seeketh good things, getteth fauour: but he that seeketh euill, it shall come to him.

Noyes Bible

He, who earnestly seeketh good, seeketh favor; But he that seeketh mischief, it shall come upon him.

Danish Bible 1931

Hvo der jager efter godt, han søger efter Yndest, hvo der higer efter ondt, ham kommer det over.

Leeser Tanakh

He that diligently searcheth after good seeketh favor; but if one inquireth after evil, it will come unto him.

JPS TaNaKH 1917

He that diligently seeketh good seeketh favour; but he that searcheth for evil, it shall come unto him.

King James Version

He that diligently seeketh good procureth favour: but he that seeketh mischief, it shall come unto him.

King James Version + Apocrypha

He that diligently seeketh good procureth favour: but he that seeketh mischief, it shall come unto him.

Vietnamese Bible 1923

Ai tìm cầu sự thiện, tìm kiếm ân điển; Nhưng ai tìm cầu điều ác, tất ác sẽ xảy đến cho nó.

KJV Cambridge Paragraph

He that diligently seeketh good procureth favour: But he that seeketh mischief, it shall come unto him.

Revised West Version

‌ʻOku maʻu ʻae ongoongolelei ʻe ia ʻoku kumi fakamātoato ki he lelei: ka ko ia ʻoku kumi ki he kovi, ʻe hoko mai pe ia kiate ia.

French Ostervald Bible

Celui qui recherche le bien, acquiert de la faveur; mais le mal arrivera à celui qui le poursuit.

Esperanto Bible

Kiu celas bonon, tiu atingos plaĉon; Sed kiu serĉas malbonon, tiun ĝi trafos.

French Louis Segond 1910 Bible

Celui qui recherche le bien s’attire de la faveur, Mais celui qui poursuit le mal en est atteint.

German Luther Bible 1912

Wer da Gutes sucht, dem widerfährt Gutes; wer aber nach Unglück ringt, dem wird's begegnen.

LXX2012 U. S. English

He that devises good counsels seeks good favor: but as for him that seeks after evil, evil shall overtake him.

British English Septuagint 2012

He that devises good counsels seeks good favour: but as for him that seeks after evil, evil shall overtake him.

Majority Standard BIble

He who searches out good finds favor, but evil will come to him who seeks it.

Webster Bible

He that diligently seeketh good procureth favor: but he that seeketh mischief, it shall come to him.

Revised Version

He that diligently seeketh good seeketh favour: but he that searcheth after mischief, it shall come unto him.

Italian Riveduta Bible

Chi procaccia il bene s’attira benevolenza, ma chi cerca il male, male gl’incoglierà.

French Free Holy Bible for the World

Celui qui recherche avec zèle le bien s'attire la faveur, mais celui qui poursuit le mal le verra venir sur lui.

Reina Valera 1909

El que madruga al bien, buscará favor: mas el que busca el mal, vendrále.

Spanish BLL

El que madruga para hacer el bien se gana el favor, pero al que busca el mal, el mal lo alcanzará.

Spanish Free Bible for the World

El que procura el bien buscará favor, mas al que busca el mal, el mal le vendrá.

Croatian Bible

Tko traži dobro, nalazi milost, a tko za zlom ide, ono će ga snaći.

Serbian DK Bible (Latin)

Ko traži dobro, dobija ljubav; a ko traži zlo, zadesiće ga.

German Textbibel

Wer auf Gutes bedacht ist, sucht, was wohlgefällig ist; wer aber nach Bösem trachtet, über den wird es kommen.

Updated Brenton English Septuagint

He that devises good counsels seeks good favor: But as for him that seeks after evil, evil shall overtake him.

Hebrew OT (WLC)

שֹׁ֣חֵֽר ט֭וֹב יְבַקֵּ֣שׁ רָצ֑וֹן וְדֹרֵ֖שׁ רָעָ֣ה תְבוֹאֶֽנּוּ׃

World English Bible

He who diligently seeks good seeks favor, but he who searches after evil, it shall come to him.

World English Bible (Catholic)

He who diligently seeks good seeks favor, but he who searches after evil, it shall come to him.

World English Bible British Edition

He who diligently seeks good seeks favour, but he who searches after evil, it shall come to him.

World English Bible British Edition with Deuterocanon

He who diligently seeks good seeks favour, but he who searches after evil, it shall come to him.

World English Bible Classic

He who diligently seeks good seeks favor, but he who searches after evil, it shall come to him.

World English Bible Updated

He who diligently seeks good seeks favor, but he who searches after evil, it shall come to him.

World Messianic Bible

He who diligently seeks good seeks favor, but he who searches after evil, it shall come to him.

World Messianic Bible British Edition

He who diligently seeks good seeks favour, but he who searches after evil, it shall come to him.

Young's Literal Translation

Whoso is earnestly seeking good Seeketh a pleasing thing, And whoso is seeking evil — it meeteth him.

SEPTUAGINTA

τεκταινόμενος ἀγαθὰ ζητεῖ χάριν ἀγαθήν, ἐκζητοῦντα δὲ κακά, καταλήψεται αὐτόν.

Brenton Septuagint

Τεκταινόμενος ἀγαθὰ ζητεῖ χάριν ἀγαθὴν, ἐκζητοῦντα δὲ κακὰ καταλήψεται αὐτόν.

Romanian Bible (Cyrillic)

Чине урмэреште бинеле ышь кыштигэ бунэвоинцэ, дар чине урмэреште рэул есте атинс де ел.

Ukrainian Bible by P. Kulish

Хто дбає про добро, той знаходить ласкавість, а хто шукає зла, до того воно й приходить.

Ukrainian Freedom Bible

Хто дбає про добро, той знаходить ласкавість, а хто шукає зла, до того воно й приходить.

Serbian DK Bible (Cyrillic)

Ко тражи добро, добија љубав; а ко тражи зло, задесиће га.

Russian Synodal Bible

Кто стремится к добру, тот ищет благоволения; а кто ищет зла, к тому оно и приходит.

Hebrew Masoretic OT

שֹׁ֣חֵֽר טֹ֭וב יְבַקֵּ֣שׁ רָצֹ֑ון וְדֹרֵ֖שׁ רָעָ֣ה תְבֹואֶֽנּוּ׃

Modern Hebrew Bible

שחר טוב יבקש רצון ודרש רעה תבואנו׃

Arabic Van Dyck Bible

مَنْ يَطْلُبُ ٱلْخَيْرَ يَلْتَمِسُ ٱلرِّضَا، وَمَنْ يَطْلُبُ ٱلشَّرَّ فَٱلشَّرُّ يَأْتِيهِ.

Old Persion Version Bible

کسی‌که نیکویی را بطلبد رضامندی رامی جوید، و هر‌که بدی را بطلبد بر او عارض خواهد شد.

Judson Burmese Bible

ကောင်း သောအရာကိုကြိုးစား၍ ရှာ သောသူသည် ကျေးဇူး ကိုခံရ လိမ့်မည်။ သူ့အကျိုးကိုဖျက်ခြင်းငှါရှာ ကြံသောသူမူကား ၊ ကိုယ် အကျိုးပျက်ခြင်းရှိ လိမ့်မည်။

Korean Bible 1910

자기의 재물을 의지하는 자는 패망하려니와 의인은 푸른 잎사귀 같아서 번성하리라

Japanese Freedom Bible

熱心に善を求める者は好意を求めるが、 悪を探し求める者には、悪が降りかかる。

World Chinese Bible

殷勤寻求良善的，是寻求恩惠； 搜寻邪恶的，邪恶必临到他。

Chinese Union Version (simplified)

恳切求善的，就求得恩惠； 惟独求恶的，恶必临到他身。

Chinese Union Version (traditional)

懇切求善的，就求得恩惠； 惟獨求惡的，惡必臨到他身。

Portuguese Bíblia Livre

Aquele que com empenho busca o bem, busca favor; porém o que procura o mal, sobre ele isso lhe virá.

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Mashi Bible

Olwîra obwinjà kurhona alonza olwîra obubî abubona.

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German Schlachter Bible 1951

Wer eifrig das Gute sucht, ist auf sein Glück bedacht; wer aber nach Bösem trachtet, dem wird es begegnen.

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La Biblia en Español Sencillo

El que, con todo su corazón, va tras lo que es bueno, está buscando la gracia; pero el que está buscando problemas lo obtendrá.

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Spanish Bible (God's Word for You)

El que busca el bien, halla favor, Pero el que busca el mal, Éste le vendrá.

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The Orthodox Jewish Bible - Tanakh and Orthodox Jewish Brit Chadasha - The Holy Bible

He that diligently seeketh tov procureth ratzon, but he that seeketh ra'ah, it shall come unto him.

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