Parallel Verses
International Standard Version
Whoever wanders from the path of understanding will end up where the dead are gathered.
New American Standard Bible
Will
King James Version
The man that wandereth out of the way of understanding shall remain in the congregation of the dead.
Holman Bible
will come to rest
in the assembly of the departed spirits.
A Conservative Version
The man who wanders out of the way of understanding shall rest in the assembly of the dead.
American Standard Version
The man that wandereth out of the way of understanding Shall rest in the assembly of the dead.
Amplified
A man who wanders from the way of understanding (godly wisdom)
Will remain in the assembly of the dead.
Bible in Basic English
The wanderer from the way of knowledge will have his resting-place among the shades.
Darby Translation
The man that wandereth out of the way of wisdom shall abide in the congregation of the dead.
Julia Smith Translation
A man wandering from the way of understanding shall rest in the convocation of the shades.
King James 2000
The man that wanders out of the way of understanding shall remain in the congregation of the dead.
Lexham Expanded Bible
Whoever wanders from the way of understanding, in the assembly of the dead he will rest.
Modern King James verseion
The man who wanders out of the way of understanding shall rest in the assembly of departed spirits.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
The man that wandereth out of the way of wisdom, shall remain in the congregation of the dead.
NET Bible
The one who wanders from the way of wisdom will end up in the company of the departed.
New Heart English Bible
The man who wanders out of the way of understanding shall rest in the assembly of the dead.
The Emphasized Bible
The man who wandereth from the way of discretion, in the gathered host of the shades, shall settle down.
Webster
The man that wandereth out of the way of understanding shall remain in the congregation of the dead.
World English Bible
The man who wanders out of the way of understanding shall rest in the assembly of the dead.
Youngs Literal Translation
A man who is wandering from the way of understanding, In an assembly of Rephaim resteth.
Interlinear
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Word Count of 20 Translations in Proverbs 21:16
Verse Info
Context Readings
Proverbs Of Solomon
15 Administering justice brings joy to the righteous, but terror to those who practice iniquity. 16 Whoever wanders from the path of understanding will end up where the dead are gathered. 17 Pleasure lovers become poor; loving wine and oil doesn't bring riches.
Cross References
Psalm 49:14
Like sheep, they are destined for the realm of the dead, with death as their shepherd. The upright will have dominion over them in the morning; their strength will be consumed in the afterlife, so that they have no home.
Psalm 125:5
But for those who choose their own devious paths, the LORD will lead them away, along with those who practice evil. Peace be upon Israel. A Song of Ascents
Proverbs 2:18-19
For her house leads down to death, and her paths down to the realm of the dead.
Proverbs 7:26-27
For many are the victims whom she has conquered, and many are her slain.
Proverbs 9:18
But he does not realize that the dead lurk there, and her invited guests wind up in the depths of Sheol.
Proverbs 13:20
Whoever keeps company with the wise becomes wise, but the companion of fools suffers harm.
Zephaniah 1:6
those who turn away from the LORD, don't seek the LORD, and never ask for his help."
John 3:19-20
And this is the basis for judgment: The light has come into the world, but people loved the darkness more than the light because their actions were evil.
Ephesians 2:1
You used to be dead because of your offenses and sins
Hebrews 6:4-6
For it is impossible to keep on restoring to repentance time and again people who have once been enlightened, who have tasted the heavenly gift, who have become partners with the Holy Spirit,
Hebrews 10:26-27
For if we choose to go on sinning after we have learned the full truth, there no longer remains a sacrifice for sins,
Hebrews 10:38
but my righteous one will live by faith, and if he turns back, my soul will take no pleasure in him."
2 Peter 2:21-22
It would have been better for them not to have known the way of righteousness than to know it and turn their backs on the holy commandment that was committed to them.
1 John 2:19
They left us, but they were not part of us, for if they had been part of us, they would have stayed with us. Their leaving made it clear that none of them was really part of us.
Jude 1:12
These people are stains on your love feasts. They feast with you without any sense of awe. They are shepherds who care only for themselves. They are waterless clouds blown about by the winds. They are autumn trees that are fruitless, totally dead, and uprooted.