Parallel Verses
Darby Translation
The man that wandereth out of the way of wisdom shall abide in the congregation of the dead.
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.
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 a righteous man to do what is right; but it is ruin for the workers of iniquity. 16 The man that wandereth out of the way of wisdom shall abide in the congregation of the dead. 17 He that loveth mirth shall be a poor man; he that loveth wine and oil shall not be rich.
Cross References
Psalm 49:14
Like sheep are they laid in Sheol: Death feedeth on them; and the upright shall have dominion over them in the morning; and their comeliness shall be for Sheol to consume, that there be no habitation for them.
Psalm 125:5
But as for such as turn aside unto their crooked ways, Jehovah will lead them forth with the workers of iniquity. Peace be upon Israel!
Proverbs 2:18-19
for her house inclineth unto death, and her paths unto the dead;
Proverbs 7:26-27
for she hath cast down many wounded, and all slain by her were strong.
Proverbs 9:18
But he knoweth not that the dead are there; that her guests are in the depths of Sheol.
Proverbs 13:20
He that walketh with wise men becometh wise; but a companion of the foolish will be depraved.
Zephaniah 1:6
and them that turn back from after Jehovah, and that do not seek Jehovah, nor inquire for him.
John 3:19-20
And this is the judgment, that light is come into the world, and men have loved darkness rather than light; for their works were evil.
Ephesians 2:1
and you, being dead in your offences and sins --
Hebrews 6:4-6
For it is impossible to renew again to repentance those once enlightened, and who have tasted of the heavenly gift, and have been made partakers of the Holy Spirit,
Hebrews 10:26-27
For where we sin wilfully after receiving the knowledge of the truth, there no longer remains any sacrifice for sins,
Hebrews 10:38
But the just shall live by faith; and, if he draw back, my soul does not take pleasure in him.
2 Peter 2:21-22
For it were better for them not to have known the way of righteousness, than having known it to turn back from the holy commandment delivered to them.
1 John 2:19
They went out from among us, but they were not of us; for if they had been of us, they would have surely remained with us, but that they might be made manifest that none are of us.
Jude 1:12
These are spots in your love-feasts, feasting together with you without fear, pasturing themselves; clouds without water, carried along by the winds; autumnal trees, without fruit, twice dead, rooted up;