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Source language
JPS Hebrew-English TANAKH   
עזבי תורה יהללו רשע ושמרי תורה יתגרו בם
Hebrew - Transliteration via code library   
`zby tvrh yhllv rSH` vSHmry tvrh ytgrv bm

Intermediate language
Vulgate (Latin)   
qui derelinquunt legem laudant impium qui custodiunt succenduntur contra eum

King James Variants
American King James Version   
They that forsake the law praise the wicked: but such as keep the law contend with them.
King James 2000 (out of print)   
They that forsake the law praise the wicked: but such as keep the law contend with them.
King James Bible (Cambridge, large print)   
They that forsake the law praise the wicked: but such as keep the law contend with them.
Authorized (King James) Version   
They that forsake the law praise the wicked: but such as keep the law contend with them.
New King James Version   
Those who forsake the law praise the wicked, But such as keep the law contend with them.
21st Century King James Version   
They that forsake the law praise the wicked, but such as keep the law contend with them.

Other translations
American Standard Version   
They that forsake the law praise the wicked; But such as keep the law contend with them.
Aramaic Bible in Plain English   
Those that forsake the Law praise evil and those that keep the Law strengthen their souls.
Darby Bible Translation   
They that forsake the law praise the wicked; but such as keep the law contend with them.
Holy Bible: Douay-Rheims Version (Genuine Leather Black)   
They that forsake the law, praise the wicked man: they that keep it, are incensed against him.
ERV 1885 English Revised Version with Strong's Concordance   
They that forsake the law praise the wicked: but such as keep the law contend with them.
English Standard Version Journaling Bible   
Those who forsake the law praise the wicked, but those who keep the law strive against them.
God's Word   
Those who abandon [God's] teachings praise wicked people, but those who follow [God's] teachings oppose wicked people.
Holman Christian Standard Bible   
Those who reject the law praise the wicked, but those who keep the law battle against them.
International Standard Version   
Those who forsake the Law praise the wicked, but whoever keeps it fights them.
NET Bible   
Those who forsake the law praise the wicked, but those who keep the law contend with them.
New American Standard Bible   
Those who forsake the law praise the wicked, But those who keep the law strive with them.
New International Version   
Those who forsake instruction praise the wicked, but those who heed it resist them.
New Living Translation   
To reject the law is to praise the wicked; to obey the law is to fight them.
Webster's Bible Translation   
They that forsake the law praise the wicked: but such as keep the law contend with them.
The World English Bible   
Those who forsake the law praise the wicked; but those who keep the law contend with them.
EasyEnglish Bible   
People who do not obey the law praise wicked people. But people who obey the law speak against wicked people.
Young‘s Literal Translation   
Those forsaking the law praise the wicked, Those keeping the law plead against them.
New Life Version   
Those who turn away from the law praise the sinful, but those who keep the law fight against them.
The Voice Bible   
Those who turn their backs on God’s teaching applaud the wicked, while those who observe His instruction oppose them at every turn.
Living Bible   
To complain about the law is to praise wickedness. To obey the law is to fight evil.
New Catholic Bible   
Those who forsake the law praise the wicked man, but those who observe the law are in constant opposition to him.
Legacy Standard Bible   
Those who forsake the law praise the wicked, But those who keep the law strive with them.
Jubilee Bible 2000   
Those that forsake the law praise the wicked, but such as keep the law contend with them.
Christian Standard Bible   
Those who reject the law praise the wicked, but those who keep the law pit themselves against them.
Amplified Bible © 1954   
Those who forsake the law [of God and man] praise the wicked, but those who keep the law [of God and man] contend with them.
New Century Version   
Those who disobey what they have been taught praise the wicked, but those who obey what they have been taught are against them.
The Message   
If you desert God’s law, you’re free to embrace depravity; if you love God’s law, you fight for it tooth and nail.
Evangelical Heritage Version ™   
Those who abandon the law praise the wicked, but those who keep the law oppose them.
New Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition   
Those who forsake the law praise the wicked, but those who keep the law struggle against them.
Good News Translation®   
If you have no regard for the law, you are on the side of the wicked; but if you obey it, you are against them.
Wycliffe Bible   
They that forsake the law, praise the wicked man; they that keep the law, be kindled, or stirred [up], against him. (They who desert the law, praise the wicked; they who keep the law, be kindled, or stirred up, against them.)
Contemporary English Version   
Lawbreakers praise criminals, but law-abiding citizens always oppose them.
Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition   
Those who forsake the law praise the wicked, but those who keep the law strive against them.
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition   
Those who forsake the law praise the wicked, but those who keep the law struggle against them.
New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised Catholic Edition   
Those who forsake the law praise the wicked, but those who keep the law struggle against them.
Common English Bible © 2011   
Those who abandon Instruction praise the wicked, but those who follow Instruction battle them.
Amplified Bible © 2015   
Those who set aside the law [of God and man] praise the wicked, But those who keep the law [of God and man] struggle with them.
English Standard Version Anglicised   
Those who forsake the law praise the wicked, but those who keep the law strive against them.
New American Bible (Revised Edition)   
Those who abandon instruction praise the wicked, but those who keep instruction oppose them.
New American Standard Bible   
Those who abandon the Law praise the wicked, But those who keep the Law strive against them.
The Expanded Bible   
Those who ·disobey what they have been taught [forsake/abandon instruction/law] praise the wicked, but those who ·obey what they have been taught [guard instruction/law] ·are against [battle] them.
Tree of Life Version   
Those who forsake Torah praise the wicked, but those who keep Torah stir them up.
Revised Standard Version   
Those who forsake the law praise the wicked, but those who keep the law strive against them.
New International Reader's Version   
Those who turn away from instruction praise sinners. But those who learn from it oppose them.
BRG Bible   
They that forsake the law praise the wicked: but such as keep the law contend with them.
Complete Jewish Bible   
Those who abandon Torah praise the wicked, but those who keep Torah fight them.
New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised   
Those who forsake the law praise the wicked, but those who keep the law struggle against them.
Orthodox Jewish Bible   
They that forsake the torah praise the rasha, but such as be shomer over the torah contend against them.
Names of God Bible   
Those who abandon God’s teachings praise wicked people, but those who follow God’s teachings oppose wicked people.
Modern English Version   
Those who forsake instruction praise the wicked, but such as keep instruction contend with them.
Easy-to-Read Version   
Those who refuse to obey the law promote evil. Those who obey the law oppose evil.
International Children’s Bible   
People who disobey what they have been taught praise the wicked. But those who obey what they have been taught are against the wicked.
Lexham English Bible   
Those who forsake instruction will praise the wicked, but they who guard instruction will struggle against them.
New International Version - UK   
Those who forsake instruction praise the wicked, but those who heed it resist them.