Parallel Verses

NET Bible

He will die because there was no discipline; because of the greatness of his folly he will reel.

New American Standard Bible

He will die for lack of instruction,
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

He will die because there is no discipline,
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.

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.

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!

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
He shall die
מוּת 
Muwth 
Usage: 839

and in the greatness
רב 
Rob 
Usage: 153

of his folly
אוּלת 
'ivveleth 
Usage: 25

Context Readings

Do Not Commit Adultery Against Wisdom

22 The wicked will be captured by his own iniquities, and he will be held by the cords of his own sin. 23 He will die because there was no discipline; because of the greatness of his folly he will reel.

Cross References

Job 4:21

Is not their excess wealth taken away from them? They die, yet without attaining wisdom.

Job 36:12

But if they refuse to listen, they pass over the river of death, and expire without knowledge.

Psalm 81:12

I gave them over to their stubborn desires; they did what seemed right to them.

Proverbs 10:21

The teaching of the righteous feeds many, but fools die for lack of wisdom.

Proverbs 14:14

The backslider will be paid back from his own ways, but a good person will be rewarded for his.

Proverbs 14:32

The wicked will be thrown down in his trouble, but the righteous have refuge even in the threat of death.

2 Peter 2:15-22

By forsaking the right path they have gone astray, because they followed the way of Balaam son of Bosor, who loved the wages of unrighteousness,

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