Parallel Verses

International Standard Version

There is a road that seems right for a man to travel, but in the end it's the road to death.

New American Standard Bible

There is a way which seems right to a man,
But its end is the way of death.

King James Version

There is a way that seemeth right unto a man, but the end thereof are the ways of death.

Holman Bible

There is a way that seems right to a man,
but its end is the way to death.

A Conservative Version

There is a way which seems right to a man, but the end thereof are the ways of death.

American Standard Version

There is a way which seemeth right unto a man, But the end thereof are the ways of death.

Amplified


There is a way which seems right to a man and appears straight before him,
But its end is the way of death.

Bible in Basic English

There is a way which seems straight before a man, but its end is the ways of death.

Darby Translation

There is a way that seemeth right unto a man, but the end thereof is the ways of death.

Julia Smith Translation

There is a way straight before a man, and its latter state the ways of death.

King James 2000

There is a way that seems right unto a man, but the end thereof are the ways of death.

Lexham Expanded Bible

There is a way [that seems] upright {to} a man, but its end [is] the way of death.

Modern King James verseion

There is a way that seems right to a man, but the end of it is the ways of death.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

There is a way that men think to be right; but the end thereof leadeth unto death.

NET Bible

There is a way that seems right to a person, but its end is the way that leads to death.

New Heart English Bible

There is a way which seems right to a man, but in the end it leads to death.

The Emphasized Bible

There is a way that enticeth a man, but, at the latter end thereof, are the ways of death.

Webster

There is a way that seemeth right to a man, but the end of it is the ways of death.

World English Bible

There is a way which seems right to a man, but in the end it leads to death.

Youngs Literal Translation

There is a way right before a man, And its latter end -- ways of death.

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
There is
ישׁ 
Yesh 
is, be, have, there,
Usage: 135

a way
דּרך 
Derek 
Usage: 704

פּנים 
Paniym 
Usage: 2119

a man
אישׁ 
'iysh 
Usage: 692

but the end
אחרית 
'achariyth 
Usage: 61

דּרך 
Derek 
Usage: 704

References

Context Readings

Proverbs Of Solomon

24 Pleasant words are honey from a honeycomb sweet to the soul and healing for the body. 25 There is a road that seems right for a man to travel, but in the end it's the road to death. 26 The appetite of the laborer motivates him; indeed, his hunger drives him on.



Cross References

Proverbs 14:12

There is a pathway that seems right to a man, but in the end it's a road to death.

Proverbs 12:15

The lifestyle of the fool is right in his own opinion, but wise is the man who listens to advice.

Proverbs 12:26

The righteous person is cautious with respect to his neighbor, but the lifestyle of the wicked leads them astray.

Isaiah 28:15-19

Because you said: "We have entered into a covenant with death, and we have an agreement with Sheol, so when the overwhelming scourge makes its choice, it cannot reach us, since we have made lies our refuge and have concealed ourselves inside falsehood,'

John 7:47-49

Then the Pharisees replied to them, "You haven't been deceived, too, have you?

John 9:40

Some of the Pharisees who were near him overheard this and asked him, "We aren't blind, too, are we?"

Acts 26:9

Indeed, I myself thought it my duty to take extreme measures against the name of Jesus from Nazareth.

2 Corinthians 13:5

Keep examining yourselves to see whether you are continuing in the faith. Test yourselves! You know, don't you, that Jesus the Messiah lives in you? Could it be that you are failing the test?

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