Parallel Verses

New American Standard Bible

A man who wanders from the way of understanding
Will rest in the assembly of the dead.

King James Version

The man that wandereth out of the way of understanding shall remain in the congregation of the dead.

Holman Bible

The man who strays from the way of wisdom
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

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
אדם 
'adam 
Usage: 541

תּעה 
Ta`ah 
Usage: 50

out of the way
דּרך 
Derek 
Usage: 704

נוּח 
Nuwach 
Usage: 144

in the congregation
קהל 
Qahal 
Usage: 123

References

American

Easton

Fausets

Watsons

Context Readings

Proverbs Of Solomon

15 When justice is done, it is a joy to the righteous but terror to evildoers. 16 A man who wanders from the way of understanding
Will rest in the assembly of the dead.
17 Whoever loves pleasure will be a poor man; he who loves wine and oil will not be rich.

Cross References

Psalm 49:14

Like sheep they are appointed for Sheol; death shall be their shepherd, and the upright shall rule over them in the morning. Their form shall be consumed in Sheol, with no place to dwell.

Psalm 125:5

But those who turn aside to their crooked ways the LORD will lead away with evildoers! Peace be upon Israel!

Proverbs 2:18-19

for her house sinks down to death, and her paths to the departed;

Proverbs 7:26-27

for many a victim has she laid low, and all her slain are a mighty throng.

Proverbs 9:18

But he does not know that the dead are there, that her guests are in the depths of Sheol.

Proverbs 13:20

Whoever walks with the wise becomes wise, but the companion of fools will suffer harm.

Zephaniah 1:6

those who have turned back from following the LORD, who do not seek the LORD or inquire of him."

John 3:19-20

And this is the judgment: the light has come into the world, and people loved the darkness rather than the light because their works were evil.

Ephesians 2:1

And you were dead in the trespasses and sins

Hebrews 6:4-6

For it is impossible, in the case of those who have once been enlightened, who have tasted the heavenly gift, and have shared in the Holy Spirit,

Hebrews 10:26-27

For if we go on sinning deliberately after receiving the knowledge of the truth, there no longer remains a sacrifice for sins,

Hebrews 10:38

but my righteous one shall live by faith, and if he shrinks back, my soul has no pleasure in him."

2 Peter 2:21-22

For it would have been better for them never to have known the way of righteousness than after knowing it to turn back from the holy commandment delivered to 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 have continued with us. But they went out, that it might become plain that they all are not of us.

Jude 1:12

These are hidden reefsat your love feasts, as they feast with you without fear, shepherds feeding themselves; waterless clouds, swept along by winds; fruitless trees in late autumn, twice dead, uprooted;

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