Parallel Verses

Bible in Basic English

By his foolish behaviour a man's ways are turned upside down, and his heart is bitter against the Lord.

New American Standard Bible

The foolishness of man ruins his way,
And his heart rages against the Lord.

King James Version

The foolishness of man perverteth his way: and his heart fretteth against the LORD.

Holman Bible

A man’s own foolishness leads him astray,
yet his heart rages against the Lord.

International Standard Version

A man's foolishness ruins his life, yet his heart rages against the LORD.

A Conservative Version

The foolishness of a man subverts his way, and his heart rages against LORD.

American Standard Version

The foolishness of man subverteth his way; And his heart fretteth against Jehovah.

Amplified


The foolishness of man undermines his way [ruining whatever he undertakes];
Then his heart is resentful and rages against the Lord [for, being a fool, he blames the Lord instead of himself].

Darby Translation

The folly of man distorteth his way, and his heart is irritated against Jehovah.

Julia Smith Translation

The folly of man will subvert his way: and his heart will be angry against Jehovah.

King James 2000

The foolishness of man perverts his way: and his heart frets against the LORD.

Lexham Expanded Bible

As for the folly of humankind, its way leads to ruin, and against Yahweh his heart will rage.

Modern King James verseion

The foolishness of man perverts his way, and his heart frets against Jehovah.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

Foolishness maketh a man to go out of his way, and then is his heart impatient against the LORD.

NET Bible

A person's folly subverts his way, and his heart rages against the Lord.

New Heart English Bible

The foolishness of man subverts his way; his heart rages against the LORD.

The Emphasized Bible

The folly of a man, subverteth his way, and, against Yahweh, his heart is angry.

Webster

The foolishness of man perverteth his way: and his heart fretteth against the LORD.

World English Bible

The foolishness of man subverts his way; his heart rages against Yahweh.

Youngs Literal Translation

The folly of man perverteth his way, And against Jehovah is his heart wroth.

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
אוּלת 
'ivveleth 
Usage: 25

of man
אדם 
'adam 
Usage: 541

סלף 
Calaph 
Usage: 7

דּרך 
Derek 
Usage: 704

זעף 
Za`aph 
Usage: 5

References

Fausets

Context Readings

How To Avoid Fools And Foolishness

2 Further, without knowledge desire is not good; and he who is over-quick in acting goes out of the right way. 3 By his foolish behaviour a man's ways are turned upside down, and his heart is bitter against the Lord. 4 Wealth makes a great number of friends; but the poor man is parted from his friend.

Cross References

Psalm 37:7

Take your rest in the Lord, waiting quietly for him; do not be angry because of the man who does well in his evil ways, and gives effect to his bad designs.

Genesis 3:6-12

And when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and a delight to the eyes, and to be desired to make one wise, she took of its fruit, and gave it to her husband.

Genesis 4:5-14

But in Cain and his offering he had no pleasure. And Cain was angry and his face became sad.

Numbers 16:19-41

And Korah made all the people come together against them to the door of the Tent of meeting: and the glory of the Lord was seen by all the people.

Numbers 17:12-13

And the children of Israel said to Moses, Truly, destruction has come on us; an evil fate has overtaken us all.

1 Samuel 13:13

And Samuel said to Saul, You have done a foolish thing: you have not kept the rules which the Lord your God gave you; it was the purpose of the Lord to make your authority over Israel safe for ever.

1 Samuel 15:23

For to go against his orders is like the sin of those who make use of secret arts, and pride is like giving worship to images. Because you have put away from you the word of the Lord, he has put you from your place as king.

1 Samuel 22:13-23

And Saul said to him, Why have you made designs against me with the son of Jesse, giving him food and a sword and getting directions from the Lord for him, and helping him to take up arms against me, and to be on the watch to make a secret attack on me as he is doing now?

1 Kings 20:42-43

And he said to him, These are the words of the Lord: Because you have let go from your hands the man whom I had put to the curse, your life will be taken for his life, and your people for his people.

2 Kings 3:9-10

So the king of Israel went with the king of Judah and the king of Edom by a roundabout way for seven days: and there was no water for the army or for the beasts they had with them.

2 Kings 6:33

While he was still talking to them, the king came down and said, This evil is from the Lord; why am I to go on waiting any longer for the Lord?

2 Chronicles 16:9-10

For the eyes of the Lord go this way and that, through all the earth, letting it be seen that he is the strong support of those whose hearts are true to him. In this you have done foolishly, for from now you will have wars.

Psalm 37:1

Do not be angry because of the wrongdoers, or have envy of the workers of evil.

Proverbs 11:3

The righteousness of the upright will be their guide, but the twisted ways of the false will be their destruction.

Isaiah 8:21-22

And he will go through the land in bitter trouble and in need of food; and when he is unable to get food, he will become angry, cursing his king and his God, and his eyes will be turned to heaven on high;

Acts 13:45-46

But when the Jews saw such a great number of people, they were full of envy and said evil words against Paul's preaching.

Revelation 16:9-11

And men were burned with great heat: and they said evil things against the name of the God who has authority over these punishments; and they were not turned from their evil ways to give him glory.

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