Parallel Verses

American Standard Version

A wicked man hardeneth his face; But as for the upright, he establisheth his ways.

New American Standard Bible

A wicked man displays a bold face,
But as for the upright, he makes his way sure.

King James Version

A wicked man hardeneth his face: but as for the upright, he directeth his way.

Holman Bible

A wicked man puts on a bold face,
but the upright man considers his way.

International Standard Version

The wicked man puts up a bold appearance, but the upright thinks about what he is doing.

A Conservative Version

A wicked man hardens his face, but as for an upright man, he establishes his ways.

Amplified


A wicked man puts on a bold face,
But as for the upright, he considers, directs, and establishes his way [with the confidence of integrity].

Bible in Basic English

The evil-doer makes his face hard, but as for the upright, he gives thought to his way.

Darby Translation

A wicked man hardeneth his face; but as for the upright, he establisheth his way.

Julia Smith Translation

An unjust man strengthened with his face: and the upright he will prepare his ways.

King James 2000

A wicked man hardens his face: but as for the upright, he considers his way.

Lexham Expanded Bible

A wicked man is strong in {his countenance}, but the upright will appoint his paths.

Modern King James verseion

A wicked man hardens his face, but the upright establishes his way.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

An ungodly man goeth forth rashly; but the just reformeth his own way.

NET Bible

A wicked person shows boldness with his face, but as for the upright, he discerns his ways.

New Heart English Bible

A wicked man hardens his face; but as for the upright, he establishes his ways.

The Emphasized Bible

A lawless man emboldeneth his face, but, as for the upright, he, directeth his ways.

Webster

A wicked man hardeneth his face: but as for the upright, he directeth his way.

World English Bible

A wicked man hardens his face; but as for the upright, he establishes his ways.

Youngs Literal Translation

A wicked man hath hardened by his face, And the upright -- he prepareth his way.

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
A wicked
רשׁע 
Rasha` 
Usage: 263

man
אישׁ 
'iysh 
Usage: 692

עזז 
`azaz 
Usage: 12

פּנים 
Paniym 
Usage: 2119

References

Hastings

Context Readings

Proverbs Of Solomon

28 A false witness shall perish; But the man that heareth shall speak so as to endure. 29 A wicked man hardeneth his face; But as for the upright, he establisheth his ways. 30 There is no wisdom nor understanding Nor counsel against Jehovah.

Cross References

Proverbs 11:5

The righteousness of the perfect shall direct his way; But the wicked shall fall by his own wickedness.

Psalm 119:5

Oh that my ways were established To observe thy statutes!

Psalm 119:59

I thought on my ways, And turned my feet unto thy testimonies.

Proverbs 28:14

Happy is the man that feareth alway; But he that hardeneth his heart shall fall into mischief.

Proverbs 29:1

He that being often reproved hardeneth his neck Shall suddenly be destroyed, and that without remedy.

Jeremiah 3:2-3

Lift up thine eyes unto the bare heights, and see; where hast thou not been lain with? By the ways hast thou sat for them, as an Arabian in the wilderness; and thou hast polluted the land with thy whoredoms and with thy wickedness.

Jeremiah 5:3

O Jehovah, do not thine eyes look upon truth? thou hast stricken them, but they were not grieved; thou hast consumed them, but they have refused to receive correction: they have made their faces harder than a rock; they have refused to return.

Jeremiah 8:12

Were they ashamed when they had committed abomination? nay, they were not at all ashamed, neither could they blush: therefore shall they fall among them that fall; in the time of their visitation they shall be cast down, saith Jehovah.

Jeremiah 44:16-17

As for the word that thou hast spoken unto us in the name of Jehovah, we will not hearken unto thee.

Ezekiel 18:28

Because he considereth, and turneth away from all his transgressions that he hath committed, he shall surely live, he shall not die.

Haggai 1:5

Now therefore thus saith Jehovah of hosts: Consider your ways.

Haggai 1:7

Thus saith Jehovah of hosts: Consider your ways.

Haggai 2:15

And now, I pray you, consider from this day and backward, before a stone was laid upon a stone in the temple of Jehovah.

Haggai 2:18-19

Consider, I pray you, from this day and backward, from the four and twentieth day of the ninth month , since the day that the foundation of Jehovah's temple was laid, consider it.

Luke 15:17-18

But when he came to himself he said, How many hired servants of my father's have bread enough and to spare, and I perish here with hunger!

1 Thessalonians 3:11

Now may our God and Father himself, and our Lord Jesus, direct our way unto you:

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