Parallel Verses
International Standard Version
Without prophetic vision, people abandon restraint, but those who obey the Law are happy.
New American Standard Bible
But
King James Version
Where there is no vision, the people perish: but he that keepeth the law, happy is he.
Holman Bible
but one who listens to instruction will be happy.
A Conservative Version
Where there is no vision, the people cast off restraint, but he who keeps the law, happy is he.
American Standard Version
Where there is no vision, the people cast off restraint; But he that keepeth the law, happy is he.
Amplified
Where there is no vision [no revelation of God and His word], the people are unrestrained;
But happy and blessed is he who keeps the law [of God].
Bible in Basic English
Where there is no vision, the people are uncontrolled; but he who keeps the law will be happy.
Darby Translation
Where there is no vision the people cast off restraint; but happy is he that keepeth the law.
Julia Smith Translation
In no vision the people shall be unruly: and he watching the law, happy is he.
King James 2000
Where there is no vision, the people perish: but he that keeps the law, happy is he.
Lexham Expanded Bible
When there is no prophecy, the people cast off restraint, but as for he who guards instruction, happiness [is] his.
Modern King James verseion
Where there is no vision, the people perish; but he who keeps the law, he is blessed.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Where no Prophet is, there the people perish; but well is him that keepeth the law.
NET Bible
When there is no prophetic vision the people cast off restraint, but the one who keeps the law, blessed is he!
New Heart English Bible
Where there is no revelation, the people cast off restraint; but he who keeps the law is blessed.
The Emphasized Bible
Where there is no vision, a people is let loose, but, he that keepeth instruction, how happy is he!
Webster
Where there is no vision, the people perish: but he that keepeth the law, happy is he.
World English Bible
Where there is no revelation, the people cast off restraint; but one who keeps the law is blessed.
Youngs Literal Translation
Without a Vision is a people made naked, And whoso is keeping the law, O his happiness!
Themes
Blindness » The place where there is no vision
Happiness » General references to
Perishing » Where people perish
Seeing » The place where there is no vision
The bible » Purpose » The standard of faith and duty
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Word Count of 20 Translations in Proverbs 29:18
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Prayers for Proverbs 29:18
Verse Info
Context Readings
All About Life
17 Correct your son and he will comfort you; he will also delight your soul. 18 Without prophetic vision, people abandon restraint, but those who obey the Law are happy. 19 By mere words a servant will not be corrected; even though he understands, there will be no response.
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Cross References
John 13:17
If you understand these things, how blessed you are if you put them into practice!
1 Samuel 3:1
Meanwhile the boy Samuel was serving the LORD before Eli. A word from the LORD was rare in those days, and visions were infrequent.
Psalm 119:2
How blessed are those who observe his decrees, who seek him with all of their heart,
Amos 8:11-12
"Look! The days are coming," declares the Lord GOD, "when I will send a famine throughout the land not a famine of food or a thirst for water but rather a famine of hearing the words of the LORD.
Hosea 4:6
My people are destroyed because they lack knowledge of me. Because you rejected that knowledge, I will reject you as a priest for me. Since you forget the Law of your God, I will also forget your children.
Luke 11:28
But he said, "Instead, how blessed are those who hear God's word and obey it!"
James 1:25
But the one who looks at the perfect law of freedom and remains committed to it thereby demonstrating that he is not a forgetful hearer but a doer of what that law requires will be blessed in what he does.
Exodus 32:25
When Moses saw that the people were out of control since Aaron had let them get out of control, something that incited ridicule from their enemies
2 Chronicles 28:19
because the LORD was humiliating Judah because of King Ahaz of Israel, since Ahaz had brought about a lack of restraint within Judah and had remained unfaithful to the LORD.
Psalm 1:1-2
How blessed is the person, who does not take the advice of the wicked, who does not stand on the path with sinners, and who does not sit in the seat of mockers.
Psalm 19:11
Moreover your servant is warned by them; and there is great reward in keeping them.
Psalm 74:9
We see no signs for us; there is no longer a prophet, and no one among us knows the future.
Proverbs 19:16
Whoever obeys a commandment keeps himself safe, but someone who is contemptuous in conduct will die.
Matthew 9:36
When he saw the crowds, he was deeply moved with compassion for them, because they were troubled and helpless, like sheep without a shepherd.
John 14:21-23
The person who has my commandments and keeps them is the one who loves me. The one who loves me will be loved by my Father, and I, too, will love him and reveal myself to him."
Romans 10:13-15
"Everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved."
Revelation 22:14
"How blessed are those who wash their robes so that they may have the right to the tree of life and may go through the gates into the city!