Blessings are upon the head of the just: but violence covereth the mouth of the wicked.

Blessings are on the head of the righteous, but the mouth of the wicked conceals violence.

The righteousness of the perfect shall direct his way: but the wicked shall fall by his own wickedness.

The righteousness of the blameless directs their path, but the wicked fall by their own wickedness.

The righteousness of the upright shall deliver them: but transgressors shall be taken in their own naughtiness.

The righteousness of the upright delivers them, but the faithless are trapped by their own desires.

When a wicked man dieth, his expectation shall perish: and the hope of unjust men perisheth.

When the wicked man dies, his hope perishes, and the hope of his strength vanishes.

The righteous is delivered out of trouble, and the wicked cometh in his stead.

The righteous man is delivered from trouble; in his place the wicked man goes in.

As righteousness tendeth to life: so he that pursueth evil pursueth it to his own death.

Genuine righteousness leads to life, but the pursuit of evil brings death.

The wicked are overthrown, and are not: but the house of the righteous shall stand.

The wicked are overthrown and perish, but the house of the righteous will stand.