Parallel Verses
American Standard Version
He shall die for lack of instruction; And in the greatness of his folly he shall go astray.
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.
Amplified
He will die for lack of instruction (discipline),
And in the greatness of his foolishness he will go astray and be lost.
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 His own iniquities shall take the wicked, And he shall be holden with the cords of his sin. 23 He shall die for lack of instruction; And in the greatness of his folly he shall go astray.
Phrases
Names
Cross References
Job 4:21
Is not their tent-cord plucked up within them? They die, and that without wisdom.
Job 36:12
But if they hearken not, they shall perish by the sword, And they shall die without knowledge.
Psalm 81:12
So I let them go after the stubbornness of their heart, That they might walk in their own counsels.
Proverbs 10:21
The lips of the righteous feed many; But the foolish die for lack of understanding.
Proverbs 14:14
The backslider in heart shall be filled with his own ways; And a good man'shall be satisfied from himself.
Proverbs 14:32
The wicked is thrust down in his evil-doing; But the righteous hath a refuge in his death.
2 Peter 2:15-22
forsaking the right way, they went astray, having followed the way of Balaam the'son of Beor, who loved the hire of wrong-doing;