Parallel Verses
Modern King James verseion
The way of a guilty man is perverted; but the pure, his work is right.
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 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 The way of a guilty man is perverted; but the pure, his work is right. 9 It is better to dwell in a corner of the housetop than with a quarrelsome woman and to share a house.
Cross References
Proverbs 2:15
whose ways are crooked, and are devious in their paths.
Genesis 6:5-6
And Jehovah saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and 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 corrupted! For all flesh had corrupted its way upon the earth.
Job 15:14-16
What is man, that he should be clean? And what is he born of a woman that he should be righteous?
Psalm 14:2-3
Jehovah looked down from Heaven on the sons of men, to see if there were any who understood and sought God.
Proverbs 15:26
The thoughts of the wicked are very hateful to Jehovah, but the words of the pure are pleasant words.
Proverbs 30:12
There is a generation that are pure in their own eyes, and yet is not washed from their own filth.
Ecclesiastes 7:29
Lo, this only I have found, that God has made man upright, but they have sought out many inventions.
Ecclesiastes 9:3
This is an evil among all things that are done under the sun, that there is one event to all. Yea, also 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 tried. But the wicked shall do wickedly. 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 He put no difference between us and them, purifying their hearts by faith.
1 Corinthians 3:3
For you are yet carnal. For in that there is among you envyings and strife and divisions, are you not carnal, and do you not walk according to men?
Ephesians 2:2-3
in which you once walked according to the course of this world, according to the prince of the power of the air, the spirit that now works in the children of disobedience;
Titus 1:15
To the pure all things are pure. But to those who are defiled and unbelieving nothing is pure, but even their mind and conscience is defiled.
Titus 2:14
who gave Himself for us that He might redeem us from all iniquity and purify to Himself a special people, zealous of good works.
Titus 3:3
For we ourselves also were once foolish, disobedient, deceived, slaving for various lusts and pleasures, living in malice and envy, hateful, hating one another.
Titus 3:5
not by works of righteousness which we have done, but according to His mercy He saved us, through the washing of regeneration and renewal of the Holy Spirit,
1 Peter 1:22-23
Purifying your souls in the obedience of the truth through the Spirit to unfeigned love of the brothers, love one another fervently out of a pure heart,
1 John 2:29
If you know that He is righteous, you know that everyone who does righteousness has been born of Him.
1 John 3:3
And everyone who has this hope on him purifies himself, even as that One is pure.