Parallel Verses

American Standard Version

There is a way which seemeth right unto a man, But the end thereof are the ways of death.

New American Standard Bible

There is a way which seems right to a man,
But its end is the way of death.

King James Version

There is a way that seemeth right unto a man, but the end thereof are the ways of death.

Holman Bible

There is a way that seems right to a man,
but its end is the way to death.

International Standard Version

There is a road that seems right for a man to travel, but in the end it's the road to death.

A Conservative Version

There is a way which seems right to a man, but the end thereof are the ways of death.

Amplified


There is a way which seems right to a man and appears straight before him,
But its end is the way of death.

Bible in Basic English

There is a way which seems straight before a man, but its end is the ways of death.

Darby Translation

There is a way that seemeth right unto a man, but the end thereof is the ways of death.

Julia Smith Translation

There is a way straight before a man, and its latter state the ways of death.

King James 2000

There is a way that seems right unto a man, but the end thereof are the ways of death.

Lexham Expanded Bible

There is a way [that seems] upright {to} a man, but its end [is] the way of death.

Modern King James verseion

There is a way that seems right to a man, but the end of it is the ways of death.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

There is a way that men think to be right; but the end thereof leadeth unto death.

NET Bible

There is a way that seems right to a person, but its end is the way that leads to death.

New Heart English Bible

There is a way which seems right to a man, but in the end it leads to death.

The Emphasized Bible

There is a way that enticeth a man, but, at the latter end thereof, are the ways of death.

Webster

There is a way that seemeth right to a man, but the end of it is the ways of death.

World English Bible

There is a way which seems right to a man, but in the end it leads to death.

Youngs Literal Translation

There is a way right before a man, And its latter end -- ways of death.

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
There is
ישׁ 
Yesh 
is, be, have, there,
Usage: 135

a way
דּרך 
Derek 
Usage: 704

פּנים 
Paniym 
Usage: 2119

a man
אישׁ 
'iysh 
Usage: 692

but the end
אחרית 
'achariyth 
Usage: 61

דּרך 
Derek 
Usage: 704

References

Context Readings

Proverbs Of Solomon

24 Pleasant words are as a honeycomb, Sweet to the soul, and health to the bones. 25 There is a way which seemeth right unto a man, But the end thereof are the ways of death. 26 The appetite of the laboring man laboreth for him; For his mouth urgeth him thereto .



Cross References

Proverbs 14:12

There is a way which seemeth right unto a man; But the end thereof are the ways of death.

Proverbs 12:15

The way of a fool is right in his own eyes; But he that is wise hearkeneth unto counsel.

Proverbs 12:26

The righteous is a guide to his neighbor; But the way of the wicked causeth them to err.

Isaiah 28:15-19

Because ye have said, We have made a covenant with death, and with Sheol are we at agreement; when the overflowing scourge shall pass through, it shall not come unto us; for we have made lies our refuge, and under falsehood have we hid ourselves:

John 7:47-49

The Pharisees therefore answered them, Are ye also led astray?

John 9:40

Those of the Pharisees who were with him heard these things, and said unto him, Are we also blind?

Acts 26:9

I verily thought with myself that I ought to do many things contrary to the name of Jesus of Nazareth.

2 Corinthians 13:5

Try your own selves, whether ye are in the faith; prove your own selves. Or know ye not as to your own selves, that Jesus Christ is in you? unless indeed ye be reprobate.

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