Parallel Verses

Julia Smith Translation

Thou shalt not decline to the right and the left: turn away thy foot from evil

New American Standard Bible

Do not turn to the right nor to the left;
Turn your foot from evil.

King James Version

Turn not to the right hand nor to the left: remove thy foot from evil.

Holman Bible

Don’t turn to the right or to the left;
keep your feet away from evil.

International Standard Version

Do not turn to the right or to the left; turn your foot away from evil.

A Conservative Version

Turn not to the right hand nor to the left. Remove thy foot from evil.

American Standard Version

Turn not to the right hand nor to the left: Remove thy foot from evil.

Amplified


Do not turn away to the right nor to the left [where evil may lurk];
Turn your foot from [the path of] evil.

Bible in Basic English

Let there be no turning to the right or to the left, keep your feet from evil.

Darby Translation

Turn not to the right hand nor to the left; remove thy foot from evil.

King James 2000

Turn not to the right hand nor to the left: remove your foot from evil.

Lexham Expanded Bible

Do not swerve right or left; remove your foot from evil.

Modern King James verseion

Do not turn to the right hand nor to the left; remove your foot from evil.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

Turn not aside, neither to the righthand nor to the left; but withhold thy foot from evil.

NET Bible

Do not turn to the right or to the left; turn yourself away from evil.

New Heart English Bible

Do not turn to the right hand nor to the left. Remove your foot from evil.

The Emphasized Bible

Decline not, to the right hand or to the left, - Turn away thy foot from wickedness.

Webster

Turn not to the right hand nor to the left: remove thy foot from evil.

World English Bible

Don't turn to the right hand nor to the left. Remove your foot from evil.

Youngs Literal Translation

Incline not to the right or to the left, Turn aside thy foot from evil!

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
not to the right hand
ימין 
Yamiyn 
Usage: 139

nor to the left
שׂמאל שׂמאול 
S@mo'wl 
Usage: 54

שׂוּר סוּר 
Cuwr 
Usage: 301

רגל 
Regel 
Usage: 247

Context Readings

Staying The Course

26 Make level the track of thy feet, and all thy ways shall be prepared. 27 Thou shalt not decline to the right and the left: turn away thy foot from evil


Cross References

Deuteronomy 5:32

And watch ye to do as Jehovah your God commanded right: ye shall not turn aside to the right and to the left.

Deuteronomy 28:14

And thou shalt not turn aside from all the words which I command you this day, to the right and to the left, to go after other gods to serve them.

Joshua 1:7

Only be strong and be greatly active, to watch to do according to all the law which Moses my servant commanded thee: thou shalt not turn aside from it to the right and to the left, so that thou shalt be wise in all things where thou shalt go.

Deuteronomy 12:32

Every word which I command you, ye shall watch to do it: thou shalt not add upon it, and thou shalt not take away from it

Isaiah 1:16

Wash ye, cleanse yourselves: turn away evil from your doings from before mine eyes; leave off the evil;

Proverbs 16:17

The highway of the upright is to depart from evil: to watch his ways the guarding of his soul.

Romans 12:9

Love unfeigned. Hating evil; fastened to good.

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