Parallel Verses
New American Standard Bible
But as for the pure, his conduct is upright.
King James Version
The way of man is froward and strange: but as for the pure, his work is right.
Holman Bible
but the behavior of the innocent is upright.
International Standard Version
The conduct of a guilty man is perverse, but the behavior of the pure is upright.
A Conservative Version
The way of him who is laden with guilt is exceedingly crooked, but as for a pure man, his work is right.
American Standard Version
The way of him that is laden with guilt is exceeding crooked; But as for the pure, his work is right.
Amplified
The way of the guilty is [exceedingly] crooked,
But as for the pure, his conduct is upright.
Bible in Basic English
Twisted is the way of him who is full of crime; but as for him whose heart is clean, his work is upright.
Darby Translation
Very crooked is the way of a guilty man; but as for the pure, his work is upright.
Julia Smith Translation
The way of man is crooked and strange: and the pure his work is right
King James 2000
The way of man is perverse and strange: but as for the pure, his work is right.
Lexham Expanded Bible
Crooked is the way of a man and a foreigner, but the pure [is] upright [in] his conduct.
Modern King James verseion
The way of a guilty man is perverted; but the pure, his work is right.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
The ways of the froward are strange; but the works of him that is clean, are right.
NET Bible
The way of the guilty person is devious, but as for the pure, his way is upright.
New Heart English Bible
The way of the guilty is devious, but the conduct of the innocent is upright.
The Emphasized Bible
Crooked is the way of a guilty man, but, as for the pure, straight is his dealing.
Webster
The way of man is froward and strange: but as for the pure, his work is right.
World English Bible
The way of the guilty is devious, but the conduct of the innocent is upright.
Youngs Literal Translation
Froward is the way of a man who is vile, And the pure -- upright is his work.
Interlinear
Word Count of 20 Translations in Proverbs 21:8
Verse Info
Context Readings
Proverbs Of Solomon
7
The robbery of the wicked shall destroy them because they refuse to do judgment.
8
But as for the pure, his conduct is upright.
Cross References
Proverbs 2:15
whose ways are crooked, and they are crooked in their paths;
Genesis 6:5-6
And GOD saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth and that every imagination of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually.
Genesis 6:12
And God looked upon the earth, and, behold, it was corrupt, for all flesh had corrupted its way upon the earth.
Job 15:14-16
What is man that he should be clean and that he that is born of a woman should be justified?
Psalm 14:2-3
The LORD looked down from heaven upon the children of men to see if there were any that did understand and seek God.
Proverbs 15:26
The thoughts of the wicked are an abomination to the LORD, but the speech of the pure is pure.
Proverbs 30:12
There is a generation that are pure in their own eyes, and yet is not washed from their filthiness.
Ecclesiastes 7:29
Behold, this only have I found: that God has made man upright, but they have sought out many perversions.
Ecclesiastes 9:3
This is an evil among all things that are done under the sun, that there is one event unto all; and also that the heart of the sons of men is full of evil, and madness is in their heart while they live, and after that they go to the dead.
Daniel 12:10
Many shall be purified and made white and purged, but the wicked shall get worse; and none of the wicked shall understand, but the wise shall understand.
Matthew 5:8
Blessed are the pure in heart, for they shall see God.
Matthew 12:33
Either make the tree good and its fruit good, or else make the tree corrupt and its fruit corrupt; for the tree is known by its fruit.
Acts 15:9
and put no difference between us and them, purifying their hearts by faith.
1 Corinthians 3:3
For ye are yet carnal: for whereas there is among you envying and strife and divisions, are ye not carnal and walk as men?
Ephesians 2:2-3
in which in time past ye walked according to the course of this world, according to the will of the prince of the power of this air, the spirit that now works in the sons of disobedience,
Titus 1:15
For unto the pure all things are pure, but unto those that are defiled and unfaithful, nothing is pure, but even their soul and conscience is defiled.
Titus 2:14
who gave himself for us that he might redeem us from all iniquity and purify unto himself a people of his own, zealous of good works.
Titus 3:3
For we ourselves also were foolish in another time, rebellious, deceived, serving diverse lusts and pleasures, living in malice and envy, hateful, and hating one another.
Titus 3:5
not by works of righteousness which we have done, but according to his mercy he saved us, by the washing of regeneration and renewing of the Holy Spirit,
1 Peter 1:22-23
Having purified your souls in the obedience of the truth, by the Spirit, in unfeigned brotherly love, love one another with a pure heart fervently,
1 John 2:29
If ye know that he is righteous, also know that any one that does righteousness is born of him.
1 John 3:3
And every one that has this hope in him purifies himself, even as he is pure.