Parallel Verses

A Conservative Version

Life is in the way of righteousness, and in the pathway thereof there is no death.

New American Standard Bible

In the way of righteousness is life,
And in its pathway there is no death.

King James Version

In the way of righteousness is life; and in the pathway thereof there is no death.

Holman Bible

There is life in the path of righteousness,
but another path leads to death.


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International Standard Version

In the pathway to righteousness there is life, and in that lifestyle there is no death.

American Standard Version

In the way of righteousness is life; And in the pathway thereof there is no death.

Amplified


In the way of righteousness is life,
And in its pathway there is no death [but immortality—eternal life].

Bible in Basic English

In the road of righteousness is life, but the way of the evil-doer goes to death.

Darby Translation

In the path of righteousness is life, and in the pathway thereof there is no death.

Julia Smith Translation

In the way of justice is life; and the way of its beaten path not death.

King James 2000

In the way of righteousness is life; and in the pathway thereof there is no death.

Lexham Expanded Bible

On the road of righteousness is life, and [on] the way of the path, [may there be] no death.

Modern King James verseion

In the way of righteousness is life, and in that pathway there is no death.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

In the way of righteousness there is life; as for any other way, it is the path unto death.

NET Bible

In the path of righteousness there is life, but another path leads to death.

New Heart English Bible

In the way of righteousness is life; in its path there is no death.

The Emphasized Bible

In the way of righteousness, is life, and, in the path thereof, immortality,

Webster

In the way of righteousness is life; and in the path of it there is no death.

World English Bible

In the way of righteousness is life; in its path there is no death.

Youngs Literal Translation

In the path of righteousness is life, And in the way of that path is no death!

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
In the way
ארח 
'orach 
Usage: 59

is life
חי 
Chay 
Usage: 502

and in the pathway
נתבה נתיבה נתיב 
Nathiyb 
Usage: 26

References

Fausets

Law

Context Readings

Proverbs Of Solomon

27 The slothful man roasts not that which he took in hunting, but the substance of a diligent man [is] precious. 28 Life is in the way of righteousness, and in the pathway thereof there is no death.



Cross References

3 John 1:11

Beloved, do not imitate the evil, but the good. The man doing right is of God. The man doing wrong has not seen God.

Deuteronomy 30:15

See, I have set before thee this day life and good, and death and evil,

Proverbs 8:35

For he who finds me finds life, and shall obtain favor of LORD.

Proverbs 9:11

For by me thy days shall be multiplied, and the years of thy life shall be increased.

Proverbs 10:16

The labor of a righteous man produces life. The fruit of a wicked man [is] to sin.

Proverbs 11:19

He who is steadfast in righteousness [comes] to life, and he who pursues evil [comes] to his own death.

Ezekiel 18:9

has walked in my statutes, and has kept my ordinances, to deal truly, he is just. He shall surely live, says lord LORD.

Ezekiel 18:20-24

The soul that sins, it shall die. The son shall not bear the iniquity of the father, nor shall the father bear the iniquity of the son. The righteousness of a righteous man shall be upon him, and the wickedness of a wicked man shal

Romans 5:21

so that, as sin reigned in death, so also grace might reign, through righteousness, for eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.

Romans 6:22-23

But now having been made free from sin, and having become servile to God, ye have your fruit for sanctification, and the end, eternal life.

Titus 2:11-12

For the saving grace of God has appeared to all men,

1 John 2:29

If ye know that he is righteous, know ye that every man doing righteousness has been begotten of him.

1 John 3:7

Little children, let no man lead you astray. He who is doing righteousness is righteous, just as that man is righteous.

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