Parallel Verses

Youngs Literal Translation

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

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 Sayings of pleasantness are a honeycomb, Sweet to the soul, and healing to the bone. 25 There is a way right before a man, And its latter end -- ways of death. 26 A labouring man hath laboured for himself, For his mouth hath caused him to bend over it.

Cross References

Proverbs 14:12

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

Proverbs 12:15

The way of a fool is right in his own eyes, And whoso is hearkening to counsel is wise.

Proverbs 12:26

The righteous searcheth his companion, And 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 we have made a provision, An overflowing scourge, when it passeth over, Doth not meet us, Though we have made a lie our refuge, And in falsehood have been hidden.'

John 7:47-49

The Pharisees, therefore, answered them, 'Have ye also been led astray?

John 9:40

And those of the Pharisees who were with him heard these things, and they said to him, 'Are we also blind?'

Acts 26:9

I, indeed, therefore, thought with myself, that against the name of Jesus of Nazareth it behoved me many things to do,

2 Corinthians 13:5

Your own selves try ye, if ye are in the faith; your own selves prove ye; do ye not know your own selves, that Jesus Christ is in you, if ye be not in some respect disapproved of?

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