Parallel Verses
Modern King James verseion
A wicked man hardens his face, but the upright establishes his way.
New American Standard Bible
But as for the
King James Version
A wicked man hardeneth his face: but as for the upright, he directeth his way.
Holman Bible
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.
American Standard Version
A wicked man hardeneth his face; But as for the upright, he establisheth 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 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.
Themes
Impress of sin » Seen in its degrading marks left upon men
Sin » Harvest of » Impress of, seen in its degrading marks left upon men
Interlinear
Paniym
Yashar
References
Hastings
Word Count of 20 Translations in Proverbs 21:29
Verse Info
Context Readings
Proverbs Of Solomon
28 A false witness shall perish, but the man who hears speaks on and on. 29 A wicked man hardens his face, but the upright establishes his way. 30 There is no wisdom nor understanding nor counsel against Jehovah.
Cross References
Proverbs 11:5
The righteousness of the perfect shall make his way right, but the wicked shall fall by his own wickedness.
Psalm 119:5
O that my ways were fixed to keep Your Precepts!
Psalm 119:59
I thought on my ways, and turned my feet to Your testimonies.
Proverbs 28:14
Blessed is the man dreading God, but he who hardens his heart shall fall into mischief.
Proverbs 29:1
A man who hardens his neck when reproved shall be suddenly broken, and there will be no healing.
Jeremiah 3:2-3
Lift up your eyes to the high places, and see. Where have you not been lain with? By the highways you have sat for them, like the Arabian in the wilderness; and you have defiled the land with your fornications and with your wickedness.
Jeremiah 5:3
O Jehovah, are not Your eyes on the truth? You have stricken them, but they have not grieved; You have destroyed them, but they have refused to receive correction; they have made their faces harder than rock; they have refused to return.
Jeremiah 8:12
Were they ashamed when they had done an abomination? No, they were not at all ashamed, nor could they blush; therefore they shall fall among those who fall; in the time of their visitation they shall be cast down, says Jehovah.
Jeremiah 44:16-17
As for the Word that you have spoken to us in the name of Jehovah, we will not listen to you.
Ezekiel 18:28
Because he looks carefully, and turns away from all his sins that he has committed, he shall surely live; he shall not die.
Haggai 1:5
And now so says Jehovah of Hosts: Set your heart on your ways;
Haggai 1:7
So says Jehovah of Hosts: Set your heart on your ways.
Haggai 2:15
And now, I ask you, set your heart on it; from this day and onward, before the placing of a stone on a stone in the temple of Jehovah;
Haggai 2:18-19
Now set your heart from this day and forward, from the twenty-fourth day of the ninth month, from the day that Jehovah's temple was founded. Set your heart:
Luke 15:17-18
And when he came to himself, he said, How many hired servants of my father abound in loaves, and I perish with hunger!
1 Thessalonians 3:11
And may God Himself and our Father and our Lord Jesus Christ direct our way to you.