Parallel Verses

Julia Smith Translation

So the ways of every one plundering plunder; he will take the soul of those possessing it.

New American Standard Bible

So are the ways of everyone who gains by violence;
It takes away the life of its possessors.

King James Version

So are the ways of every one that is greedy of gain; which taketh away the life of the owners thereof.

Holman Bible

Such are the paths of all who make profit dishonestly;
it takes the lives of those who receive it.

International Standard Version

Such is the way of all those who seek illicit gain it takes away the lives of those who possess it.

A Conservative Version

So are the ways of everyone who is greedy of gain. It takes away the life of the owners of it.

American Standard Version

So are the ways of every one that is greedy of gain; It taketh away the life of the owners thereof.

Amplified


So are the ways of everyone who is greedy for gain;
Greed takes away the lives of its possessors.

Bible in Basic English

Such is the fate of everyone who goes in search of profit; it takes away the life of its owners.

Darby Translation

So are the paths of every one that is greedy of gain: it taketh away the life of its possessors.

King James 2000

So are the ways of everyone that is greedy of gain; which takes away the life of its owners.

Lexham Expanded Bible

Thus are the ways of all who are greedy [for] gain-- it will take the life of its possessors.

Modern King James verseion

So are the ways of everyone who gains unjust gain; it takes away its owners' life.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

These are the ways of all such as be covetous, that one would ravish another's life.

NET Bible

Such are the ways of all who gain profit unjustly; it takes away the life of those who obtain it!

New Heart English Bible

So are the ways of everyone who is greedy for gain. It takes away the life of its owners.

The Emphasized Bible

Such are the ways of every one that graspeth with greed, The life of the owners thereof, it taketh away!

Webster

So are the ways of every one that is greedy of gain; who taketh away the life of its owners.

World English Bible

So are the ways of everyone who is greedy for gain. It takes away the life of its owners.

Youngs Literal Translation

So are the paths of every gainer of dishonest gain, The life of its owners it taketh.

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
So are the ways
ארח 
'orach 
Usage: 59

בּצע 
Batsa` 
Usage: 17

of gain
בּצע 
Betsa` 
Usage: 22

לקח 
Laqach 
Usage: 966

the life
נפשׁ 
Nephesh 
Usage: 753

of the owners
בּעל 
Ba`al 
Usage: 85

Verse Info

Context Readings

Advice To The Young

18 And they will lie in wait for their blood; they will hide for their souls. 19 So the ways of every one plundering plunder; he will take the soul of those possessing it. 20 Wisdom will cry without; in the broad places she will give her voice:

Cross References

Proverbs 15:27

He plundering plunder troubled his house; and he hating gifts shall live.

2 Samuel 18:11-13

And Joab will say to the man announcing to him, And behold, thou sawest, and wherefore didst thou not strike him there to the earth? and for me to give to thee ten of silver and one girdle.

2 Kings 5:20-27

And Gehazi the boy of Elisha, the man of God, will say, Behold, my lord spared Naaman this Aramite from taking from his hand what he brought: Jehovah lives, for if I ran after him land book from him something.

Job 31:39

If I ate its strength without silver, and caused its possessors to expire:

Proverbs 23:3-4

Thou shalt not long for his dainties: and it is the bread of lies.

Ecclesiastes 5:13

There is an evil making sick I saw under the sun: riches watched to its owners for their evil.

Jeremiah 22:17-19

For thine eyes and thy heart not but for thy plunder and for guiltless blood to pour out, and for oppression and for running, to do.

Micah 2:1-3

Wo to them purposing vanity, and working evil upon their beds! In the light of the morning they will do it because it is to the strength of their hand.

Micah 3:10-12

Building Zion with bloods and Jerusalem with iniquity.

Habakkuk 2:9

Wo! to him plundering an evil plunder to his house, to set his nest on high, to deliver from the hand of evil.

Acts 8:19-20

Saying, Give me also this power, that upon whomsoever I put hands, he might receive the Holy Spirit.

1 Timothy 3:3

Not intoxicated, not a quarrelsome person, not occupied in sordid gain; but equitable, without fighting, exempt from avarice;

1 Timothy 6:9-10

And they wishing to be rich fall into temptation and a snare, and many eager desires, unwise and hurtful, which sink men into ruin and perdition.

James 5:1-4

Come on now, ye rich, weep, uttering loud cries of grief for the misfortunes coming upon you.

2 Peter 2:3

And by covetousness with feigned words shall trade in you: to whom judgment since a long while is not inactive, and their perdition sleeps not.

2 Peter 2:14-16

Having eyes full of an adulteress, not ceasing from sin; decoying unstable souls: having a heart exercised with covetousness; children of a curse:

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