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 It is joy to the righteous to do justice. Destruction will come to those who do evil. 16 A man who wanders from the way of understanding
Will rest in the assembly of the dead.
17 He that loves pleasure will be poor. He who loves wine and oil will not be rich.

Cross References

Psalm 49:14

Like sheep, they are laid in the grave. Death will shepherd them. The upright will rule them in the morning. Their forms will decay in the grave, far away from their comfortable homes.

Psalm 125:5

Jehovah will lead those who turn away from their crooked ways with the workers of iniquity. Israel will have peace.

Proverbs 2:18-19

If you go to her house, you are traveling the road to death. To go there is to approach the dead.

Proverbs 7:26-27

She has wounded many. Many strong men have been slain by her.

Proverbs 9:18

He does not know the dead are there. Her guests are in the depths of the grave.

Proverbs 13:20

The one who walks with wise men will be wise. A companion of fools will be destroyed.

Zephaniah 1:6

The same for those who have turned back from following Jehovah, and those who have not sought Jehovah or inquired of Him.

John 3:19-20

This is the judgment, that the light has come into the world. People loved the darkness rather than the light for their works were evil.

Ephesians 2:1

You were once dead because of your trespasses and sins.

Hebrews 6:4-6

Those who were once enlightened, and have tasted of the heavenly gift, and were made partakers of the Holy Spirit,

Hebrews 10:26-27

If we continue to (practice) (deliberately persist in) sin willfully after we have received the knowledge of the truth, there remains no more sacrifice for sins.

Hebrews 10:38

My righteous people will live by faith. If any of them turn back, I will not be pleased with them.

2 Peter 2:21-22

For it were better for them not 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. If they had belonged to us, they would have continued with us. But they went out that it made it plain that they all are not of us.

Jude 1:12

These men are hidden rocks in your love feasts when they feast (entertain) with you. They are shepherds that without fear feed themselves. They are clouds without water, carried along by winds. They are autumn leaves without fruit, twice dead, plucked up by the roots.

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