Parallel Verses
New American Standard Bible
Will
King James Version
The man that wandereth out of the way of understanding shall remain in the congregation of the dead.
Holman Bible
will come to rest
in the assembly of the departed spirits.
International Standard Version
Whoever wanders from the path of understanding will end up where the dead are gathered.
A Conservative Version
The man who wanders out of the way of understanding shall rest in the assembly of the dead.
American Standard Version
The man that wandereth out of the way of understanding Shall rest in the assembly of the dead.
Amplified
A man who wanders from the way of understanding (godly wisdom)
Will remain in the assembly of the dead.
Bible in Basic English
The wanderer from the way of knowledge will have his resting-place among the shades.
Darby Translation
The man that wandereth out of the way of wisdom shall abide in the congregation of the dead.
Julia Smith Translation
A man wandering from the way of understanding shall rest in the convocation of the shades.
King James 2000
The man that wanders out of the way of understanding shall remain in the congregation of the dead.
Lexham Expanded Bible
Whoever wanders from the way of understanding, in the assembly of the dead he will rest.
Modern King James verseion
The man who wanders out of the way of understanding shall rest in the assembly of departed spirits.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
The man that wandereth out of the way of wisdom, shall remain in the congregation of the dead.
NET Bible
The one who wanders from the way of wisdom will end up in the company of the departed.
New Heart English Bible
The man who wanders out of the way of understanding shall rest in the assembly of the dead.
The Emphasized Bible
The man who wandereth from the way of discretion, in the gathered host of the shades, shall settle down.
Webster
The man that wandereth out of the way of understanding shall remain in the congregation of the dead.
World English Bible
The man who wanders out of the way of understanding shall rest in the assembly of the dead.
Youngs Literal Translation
A man who is wandering from the way of understanding, In an assembly of Rephaim resteth.
Interlinear
Ta`ah
Sakal
Nuwach
Word Count of 20 Translations in Proverbs 21:16
Verse Info
Context Readings
Proverbs Of Solomon
15
It is joy to the just to do judgment, but it shall be destruction to the workers of iniquity.
16
Will
Cross References
Psalm 49:14
Like sheep they are laid in Sheol; death shall feed on them, and the upright shall have dominion over them in the morning, and their beauty shall be consumed in the grave from their dwelling.
Psalm 125:5
As for such as turn aside unto their crooked ways, the LORD shall take them away with the workers of iniquity; and peace shall be upon Israel.
Proverbs 2:18-19
Therefore her house inclines unto death, and her paths unto the dead.
Proverbs 7:26-27
For she has caused many to fall down dead; yea, all the strong men have been slain by her.
Proverbs 9:18
But he does not know that the dead are there and that her guests are in the depths of Sheol.
Proverbs 13:20
He that walks with wise men shall be wise, but the companion of fools shall be destroyed.
Zephaniah 1:6
and those that have turned back from following the LORD and those that did not seek the LORD, nor enquired about him.
John 3:19-20
And this is the condemnation, that the light is come into the world, and men loved darkness more than the light because their deeds were evil.
Ephesians 2:1
And he has made you alive, who were dead in trespasses and sins,
Hebrews 6:4-6
For it is impossible that those who once received the light and tasted of that heavenly gift and were made partakers of the Holy Spirit
Hebrews 10:26-27
For if we sin wilfully after we have received the knowledge of the truth, there remains no more sacrifice for sins,
Hebrews 10:38
Now the just shall live by faith, but if any man draws back, my soul shall have no pleasure in him.
2 Peter 2:21-22
For it would have been better for them not to have known the way of righteousness, than, after they have known it, to turn back from the holy commandment delivered unto them.
1 John 2:19
They went out from us, but they were not of us; for if they had been of us, they would no doubt have continued with us; but this happened that it might be made manifest that they were not all of us.
Jude 1:12
These are spots in your banquets of charity, feeding themselves without any fear whatsoever: clouds without water, carried to and fro of the winds; trees withered as in fall, without fruit, twice dead, plucked up by the roots;