18 The wicked shall be a ransom for the righteous, and the transgressor for the upright.
18 The wicked become a ransom for the righteous, and the unfaithful for the upright.
18 The wicked is a ransom for the righteous, and the traitor for the upright.
18 What a bad person plots against the good, boomerangs; the plotter gets it in the end.
18 The wicked shall be a ransom for the righteous, And the unfaithful for the upright.
18 The wicked are punished in place of the godly, and traitors in place of the honest.
Matthew Henry's Commentary on Proverbs 21:18
Commentary on Proverbs 21:18
(Read Proverbs 21:18)
The righteous is often delivered out of trouble, and the wicked comes in his stead, and so seems as a ransom for him.