Parallel Verses
Youngs Literal Translation
For her house hath inclined unto death, And unto Rephaim her paths.
New American Standard Bible
And her tracks lead to the
King James Version
For her house inclineth unto death, and her paths unto the dead.
Holman Bible
and her ways to the land of the departed spirits.
International Standard Version
For her house leads down to death, and her paths down to the realm of the dead.
A Conservative Version
(for her house inclines to death, and her paths to the dead;
American Standard Version
For her house inclineth unto death, And her paths unto the dead;
Amplified
For her house leads down to death
And her paths lead to the dead;
Bible in Basic English
For her house is on the way down to death; her footsteps go down to the shades:
Darby Translation
for her house inclineth unto death, and her paths unto the dead;
Julia Smith Translation
For her house sunk down to death, and her tracks to the shades.
King James 2000
For her house leads unto death, and her paths unto the dead.
Lexham Expanded Bible
for her house sinks to death, and to the dead are her paths.
Modern King James verseion
For her house bows down to death, and her paths to the dead.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
For her house is inclined unto death, and her paths into hell.
NET Bible
For her house sinks down to death, and her paths lead to the place of the departed spirits.
New Heart English Bible
for her house leads down to death, her paths to the dead.
The Emphasized Bible
For she hath appointed, unto death, her house, and unto the shades, her courses;
Webster
For her house inclineth to death, and her paths to the dead.
World English Bible
for her house leads down to death, her paths to the dead.
Themes
Alliance and society with the enemies of God » Means of preservation from
Straying » Who strays from the right path
Understanding » What understanding does
Wisdom » The lord giving wisdom
Wisdom » The time when wisdom enters into your heart
Interlinear
Bayith
Word Count of 20 Translations in Proverbs 2:18
Verse Info
Context Readings
The Benefits Of Wisdom
17 Who is forsaking the guide of her youth, And the covenant of her God hath forgotten. 18 For her house hath inclined unto death, And unto Rephaim her paths. 19 None going in unto her turn back, Nor do they reach the paths of life.
Cross References
Proverbs 5:4-14
And her latter end is bitter as wormwood, Sharp as a sword with mouths.
Proverbs 6:26-35
For a harlot consumeth unto a cake of bread, And an adulteress the precious soul hunteth.
Proverbs 7:22-27
He is going after her straightway, As an ox unto the slaughter he cometh, And as a fetter unto the chastisement of a fool,
Proverbs 9:18
And he hath not known that Rephaim are there, In deep places of Sheol her invited ones!
1 Corinthians 6:9-11
have ye not known that the unrighteous the reign of God shall not inherit? be not led astray; neither whoremongers, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor effeminate, nor sodomites,
Galatians 5:19-21
And manifest also are the works of the flesh, which are: Adultery, whoredom, uncleanness, lasciviousness,
Ephesians 5:5
for this ye know, that every whoremonger, or unclean, or covetous person, who is an idolater, hath no inheritance in the reign of the Christ and God.
Revelation 21:8
and to fearful, and unstedfast, and abominable, and murderers, and whoremongers, and sorcerers, and idolaters, and all the liars, their part is in the lake that is burning with fire and brimstone, which is a second death.'
Revelation 22:15
and without are the dogs, and the sorcerers, and the whoremongers, and the murderers, and the idolaters, and every one who is loving and is doing a lie.