Parallel Verses

Modern King James verseion

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

American Standard Version

There is a way which seemeth right unto 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 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 like a honeycomb, sweet to the soul, and health to the bones. 25 There is a way that seems right to a man, but the end of it is the ways of death. 26 He who labors works for himself, for his mouth craves it from him.



Cross References

Proverbs 14:12

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

Proverbs 12:15

The way of a fool is right in his own eyes, but he who listens to advice is wise.

Proverbs 12:26

The righteous is more excellent than his neighbor, but the way of the wicked seduces them.

Isaiah 28:15-19

Because you have said, We have made a covenant with death, and we have made a vision with hell; when the overwhelming rod shall pass through, it shall not come to us; for we have made lies our refuge, and we have hidden ourselves under falsehood,

John 7:47-49

Then the Pharisees answered them, Also, have you not been deceived?

John 9:40

And those of the Pharisees who were with Him heard these words, and said to Him, Are we also blind?

Acts 26:9

I truly thought within myself that I ought to do many things contrary to the name of Jesus of Nazareth,

2 Corinthians 13:5

examine yourselves, whether you are in the faith, prove your own selves. Do you not know your own selves, that Jesus Christ is in you, unless you are reprobates?

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