Parallel Verses

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

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

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.

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 King James verseion

A wicked man hardens his face, but the upright establishes his 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 he that will be content to hear, shall always have power to speak himself. 29 An ungodly man goeth forth rashly; but the just reformeth his own way. 30 There is no wisdom, there is no understanding, there is no counsel against the LORD.

Cross References

Proverbs 11:5

The righteousness of the innocent ordereth his way; but the ungodly shall fall in his own wickedness.

Psalm 119:5

O that my ways were made so direct, that I might keep thy statutes!

Psalm 119:59

I call mine own ways to remembrance, and turn my feet into thy testimonies.

Proverbs 28:14

Well is him that standeth always in awe; as for him that hardeneth his heart, he shall fall into mischief.

Proverbs 29:1

He that is stiff necked and will not be reformed, shall suddenly be destroyed without any help.

Jeremiah 3:2-3

Lift up thine eyes on every side, and look, if thou be not defiled. Thou hast waited for them in the streets, and as a murderer in the wilderness. through thy whoredoms and shameful blasphemies, is the land defiled.

Jeremiah 5:3

Where as thou, O LORD, lookest only upon faith and truth. Thou hast scourged them, but they took no repentance: thou hast corrected them for amendment, but they refused thy correction. They made their faces harder than stone, and would not amend.

Jeremiah 8:12

Fie! For shame! How abominable things do they? And yet they be not ashamed; yea, they know of no shame. Wherefore in the time of their visitation, they shall fall among the dead bodies, sayeth the LORD.

Jeremiah 44:16-17

"As for the words that thou hast spoken unto us in the name of the LORD, we will in no wise hear them:

Ezekiel 18:28

because he feared and turned from all his wickedness which he did, he shall live and not die, saith the Lord almighty.

Haggai 1:5

Consider now your own ways in your hearts, sayeth the LORD of Hosts.

Haggai 1:7

Thus sayeth the LORD of Hosts: Consider your own ways in your hearts,

Haggai 2:15

And now, I pray you, consider from this day forth, and how it hath gone with you afore - before there was laid one stone upon another in the temple of the LORD -

Haggai 2:18-19

Consider then from this day forth and afore, namely, from the twenty fourth day of the ninth month, unto the day that the foundation of the LORD's temple was laid: Mark it well,

Luke 15:17-18

Then he came to himself and said, 'How many hired servants at my father's have bread enough, and I die for hunger.

1 Thessalonians 3:11

God himself, our father, and our Lord Jesus Christ guide our journey unto you:

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