Parallel Verses
Amplified
He will die for lack of instruction (discipline),
And in the greatness of his foolishness he will go astray and be lost.
New American Standard Bible
And in the greatness of his folly he will go astray.
King James Version
He shall die without instruction; and in the greatness of his folly he shall go astray.
Holman Bible
and be lost because of his great stupidity.
International Standard Version
He will die for lack of discipline, and he goes astray because of his great folly.
A Conservative Version
He shall die for lack of instruction. And in the greatness of his folly he shall go astray.
American Standard Version
He shall die for lack of instruction; And in the greatness of his folly he shall go astray.
Bible in Basic English
He will come to his end for need of teaching; he is so foolish that he will go wandering from the right way.
Darby Translation
He shall die for want of discipline; and in the greatness of his folly he shall go astray.
Julia Smith Translation
He shall die in not being instructed, and he shall wander in the multitude of his folly.
King James 2000
He shall die for lack of instruction; and in the greatness of his folly he shall go astray.
Lexham Expanded Bible
He shall die {for lack of} discipline, and in the greatness of his folly he shall be lost.
Modern King James verseion
He shall die without instruction; and in the greatness of his folly he shall go astray.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Because he would not be reformed, he shall die: and for his great foolishness he shall be destroyed.
NET Bible
He will die because there was no discipline; because of the greatness of his folly he will reel.
New Heart English Bible
He will die for lack of instruction. In the greatness of his folly, he will go astray.
The Emphasized Bible
He, shall die, for lack of discipline, and, by the abounding of his perversity, shall he be lost.
Webster
He shall die without instruction; and in the greatness of his folly he shall go astray.
World English Bible
He will die for lack of instruction. In the greatness of his folly, he will go astray.
Youngs Literal Translation
He dieth without instruction, And in the abundance of his folly magnifieth himself!
Themes
death » Spiritual » Of the wicked
Dying » Sought as a relief from trouble death spiritual » Of the wicked
Man » Sought as a relief from trouble death spiritual » Of the wicked
Interlinear
Muwth
Muwcar
Word Count of 20 Translations in Proverbs 5:23
Verse Info
Context Readings
Do Not Commit Adultery Against Wisdom
22
The iniquities done by a wicked man will trap him,
And he will be held with the cords of his sin.
He will die for lack of instruction (discipline),
And in the greatness of his foolishness he will go astray and be lost.
Phrases
Names
Cross References
Job 4:21
‘Is not their tent-cord drawn up within them [so that the tent collapses]?
Do they not die, and yet without [acquiring] wisdom?’
Job 36:12
“But if they do not hear and obey, they will die by the sword [of God’s destructive judgments]
And they will die [in ignorance] without [true] knowledge.
Psalm 81:12
“So I gave them up to the stubbornness of their heart,
To walk in [the path of] their own counsel.
Proverbs 10:21
The lips of the righteous feed and guide many,
But fools [who reject God and His wisdom] die for lack of understanding.
Proverbs 14:14
The backslider in heart will have his fill with his own [rotten] ways,
But a good man will be satisfied with his ways [the godly thought and action which his heart pursues and in which he delights].
Proverbs 14:32
The wicked is overthrown through his wrongdoing,
But the righteous has hope and confidence and a refuge [with God] even in death.
2 Peter 2:15-22
Abandoning the straight road [that is, the right way to live], they have gone astray; they have followed the way of [the false teacher] Balaam the son of Beor, who loved the reward of wickedness;