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Proverbs 29:18

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18Where zthere is no prophetic vision the people acast off restraint,3

but blessed is he who bkeeps the law.

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Footnotes

  1. 3Or the people are discouraged

Cross references

  1. z1 Sam. 3:1; [2 Chr. 15:3; Ps. 74:9; Amos 8:11, 12]
  2. aEx. 32:25
  3. bLuke 11:28; John 13:17; James 1:25

In other versions

NIVNew International Version (2011)

Where there is no revelation, people cast off restraint;

but blessed is the one who heeds wisdom’s instruction.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

Without revelation people run wild,

but one who follows divine instruction will be happy.

NLTNew Living Translation

When people do not accept divine guidance, they run wild.

But whoever obeys the law is joyful.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

When there is no prophecy, the people cast off restraint,

but as for he who guards instruction, happiness is his.

KJV 1900King James Version

Where there is no vision, the people perish:

But he that keepeth the law, happy is he.