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Source language
JPS Hebrew-English TANAKH   
כי שבע יפול צדיק וקם ורשעים יכשלו ברעה
Hebrew - Transliteration via code library   
ky SHb` ypvl TSdyq vqm vrSH`ym ykSHlv br`h

Intermediate language
Vulgate (Latin)   
septies enim cadet iustus et resurget impii autem corruent in malum

King James Variants
American King James Version   
For a just man falls seven times, and rises up again: but the wicked shall fall into mischief.
King James 2000 (out of print)   
For a just man falls seven times, and rises up again: but the wicked shall fall by calamity.
King James Bible (Cambridge, large print)   
For a just man falleth seven times, and riseth up again: but the wicked shall fall into mischief.
Authorized (King James) Version   
for a just man falleth seven times, and riseth up again: but the wicked shall fall into mischief.
New King James Version   
For a righteous man may fall seven times And rise again, But the wicked shall fall by calamity.
21st Century King James Version   
for a just man falleth seven times and riseth up again, but the wicked shall fall into trouble.

Other translations
American Standard Version   
For a righteous man falleth seven times, and riseth up again; But the wicked are overthrown by calamity.
Aramaic Bible in Plain English   
Because the righteous falls seven times, and he rises, and the wicked is overthrown by evil.
Darby Bible Translation   
For the righteous falleth seven times, and riseth up again; but the wicked stumble into disaster.
Holy Bible: Douay-Rheims Version (Genuine Leather Black)   
For a just man shall fall seven times and shall rise again: but the wicked shall fall down into evil.
ERV 1885 English Revised Version with Strong's Concordance   
For a righteous man falleth seven times, and riseth up again: but the wicked are overthrown by calamity.
English Standard Version Journaling Bible   
for the righteous falls seven times and rises again, but the wicked stumble in times of calamity.
God's Word   
A righteous person may fall seven times, but he gets up again. However, in a disaster wicked people fall.
Holman Christian Standard Bible   
Though a righteous man falls seven times, he will get up, but the wicked will stumble into ruin.
International Standard Version   
for though a righteous man falls seven times, he will rise again, but the wicked stumble into calamity.
NET Bible   
Although a righteous person may fall seven times, he gets up again, but the wicked will be brought down by calamity.
New American Standard Bible   
For a righteous man falls seven times, and rises again, But the wicked stumble in time of calamity.
New International Version   
for though the righteous fall seven times, they rise again, but the wicked stumble when calamity strikes.
New Living Translation   
The godly may trip seven times, but they will get up again. But one disaster is enough to overthrow the wicked.
Webster's Bible Translation   
For a just man falleth seven times, and riseth again: but the wicked shall fall into mischief.
The World English Bible   
for a righteous man falls seven times, and rises up again; but the wicked are overthrown by calamity.
EasyEnglish Bible   
If an honest person falls down seven times, he will still stand up again. But when trouble comes to a wicked person, that is the end of him.
Young‘s Literal Translation   
For seven [times] doth the righteous fall and rise, And the wicked stumble in evil.
New Life Version   
For a man who is right with God falls seven times, and rises again, but the sinful fall in time of trouble.
The Voice Bible   
For a good man may fall seven times and get back up again, but the wicked will stumble around and fall into misfortune.
Living Bible   
O evil man, leave the upright man alone and quit trying to cheat him out of his rights. Don’t you know that this good man, though you trip him up seven times, will each time rise again? But one calamity is enough to lay you low.
New Catholic Bible   
For a righteous man falls seven times and rises again, but the wicked stumble into calamity.
Legacy Standard Bible   
For a righteous man falls seven times, and rises again, But the wicked will stumble in calamity.
Jubilee Bible 2000   
For a just man falls seven times and rises up again, but the wicked shall fall into evil.
Christian Standard Bible   
Though a righteous person falls seven times, he will get up, but the wicked will stumble into ruin.
Amplified Bible © 1954   
For a righteous man falls seven times and rises again, but the wicked are overthrown by calamity.
New Century Version   
Even though good people may be bothered by trouble seven times, they are never defeated, but the wicked are overwhelmed by trouble.
The Message   
Don’t interfere with good people’s lives; don’t try to get the best of them. No matter how many times you trip them up, God-loyal people don’t stay down long; Soon they’re up on their feet, while the wicked end up flat on their faces.
Evangelical Heritage Version ™   
because a righteous person may fall seven times, but he will get up, while wicked people will stumble into misfortune.
New Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition   
for though they fall seven times, they will rise again; but the wicked are overthrown by calamity.
Good News Translation®   
No matter how often honest people fall, they always get up again; but disaster destroys the wicked.
Wycliffe Bible   
For a just man shall fall seven times in the day, and shall rise again; but wicked men shall fall into evil. (For a righteous person shall fall seven times in a day, and shall rise up again each time; but the wicked shall fall into evil, and shall never get out of it.)
Contemporary English Version   
Even if good people fall seven times, they will get back up. But when trouble strikes the wicked, that's the end of them.
Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition   
for a righteous man falls seven times, and rises again; but the wicked are overthrown by calamity.
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition   
for though they fall seven times, they will rise again, but the wicked are overthrown by calamity.
New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised Catholic Edition   
for though they fall seven times, they will rise again; but the wicked are overthrown by calamity.
Common English Bible © 2011   
The righteous may fall seven times but still get up, but the wicked will stumble into trouble.
Amplified Bible © 2015   
For a righteous man falls seven times, and rises again, But the wicked stumble in time of disaster and collapse.
English Standard Version Anglicised   
for the righteous falls seven times and rises again, but the wicked stumble in times of calamity.
New American Bible (Revised Edition)   
Though the just fall seven times, they rise again, but the wicked stumble from only one mishap.
New American Standard Bible   
For a righteous person falls seven times and rises again, But the wicked stumble in time of disaster.
The Expanded Bible   
Even though ·good [righteous] people may ·be bothered by trouble [L fall] seven times, they ·are never defeated [L get back up], but the wicked ·are overwhelmed by [stumble into] trouble.
Tree of Life Version   
For though the righteous one may fall seven times, he gets up again, but the wicked stumble in adversity.
Revised Standard Version   
for a righteous man falls seven times, and rises again; but the wicked are overthrown by calamity.
New International Reader's Version   
Even if godly people fall down seven times, they always get up. But those who are evil trip and fall when trouble comes.
BRG Bible   
For a just man falleth seven times, and riseth up again: but the wicked shall fall into mischief.
Complete Jewish Bible   
For though he falls seven times, he will get up again; it’s the wicked who fail under stress.
New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised   
for though they fall seven times, they will rise again; but the wicked are overthrown by calamity.
Orthodox Jewish Bible   
For a tzaddik falleth sheva (seven times), and riseth up again, but the resha’im are overthrown in ra’ah.
Names of God Bible   
A righteous person may fall seven times, but he gets up again. However, in a disaster wicked people fall.
Modern English Version   
for a just man falls seven times and rises up again, but the wicked will fall into mischief.
Easy-to-Read Version   
Good people might fall again and again, but they always get up. It is the wicked who are defeated by their troubles.
International Children’s Bible   
A good man may be bothered by trouble seven times, but he does not give up. But the wicked are overwhelmed by trouble.
Lexham English Bible   
For seven times the righteous will fall, but he will rise, but the wicked will be overthrown by calamity.
New International Version - UK   
for though the righteous fall seven times, they rise again, but the wicked stumble when calamity strikes.