Pro 11:8 | NETfull | STEP | The righteous person is delivered out of trouble, and the wicked turns up in his stead.

Proverbs 11:8

8 The righteous person is delivered ^{▼▼ The verb is the Niphal perfect from the first root חָלַץ (khalats), meaning “to draw off; to withdraw,” and hence “to be delivered.”} ^{▼▼ The verse is not concerned with the problem of evil and the suffering of the righteous; it is only concerned with the principle of divine justice.} out of trouble,
and the wicked turns up in his stead. ^{▼▼ The verb is masculine singular, so the subject cannot be “trouble.” The trouble from which the righteous escape will come on the wicked – but the Hebrew text literally says that the wicked “comes [= arrives; turns up; shows up] in the place of the righteous.” Cf. NASB “the wicked takes his place”; NRSV “the wicked get into it instead”; NIV “it comes on the wicked instead.”}