Proverbs 2:12–19
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12To deliver thee from the way of the evil man,
From the man that speaketh pfroward things;
13Who leave the paths of uprightness,
To qwalk in the ways of darkness;
14rWho rejoice to do evil,
And sdelight in the pfrowardness of the wicked;
15Whose ways are tcrooked,
And they ufroward in their paths:
16wTo deliver thee from the xstrange woman,
wEven from ythe stranger which zflattereth with her words;
17Which forsaketh athe guide of her youth,
And forgetteth the covenant of her God.
18For bher house inclineth unto death,
And her cpaths unto dthe dead.
19None that go unto her return again,
Neither take they hold of the paths of life.
Footnotes
- pDeut. 32:20. ver. 14. ch. 6:14. & 8:13. & 10:31, 32. & 16:28, 30. & 23:33 in the Heb.
- qSo Ps. 82:5. Comp. John 3:19, 20.
- rSo Jer. 11:15. See ch. 10:23.
- sSo Rom. 1:32.
- pDeut. 32:20. ver. 14. ch. 6:14. & 8:13. & 10:31, 32. & 16:28, 30. & 23:33 in the Heb.
- tSo Ps. 125:5.
- uch. 3:32. & 14:2 (Heb.). Is. 30:12 (Heb.). So ch. 4:24 (Heb.).
- wch. 7:5.
- xch. 5:3, 20. & 22:14. & 23:33.
- wch. 7:5.
- ych. 5:20. & 6:24. & 20:16? & 23:27. & 27:13 in the Heb.
- zPs. 5:9. ch. 6:24.
- aJer. 3:4. See Ps. 55:13. Comp. Hos. 2:15. Mal. 2:14, 15.
- bSee ch. 7:27.
- cver. 9, 15. See Ps. 17:5.
- dSee Job 26:5.
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ESVEnglish Standard Version
delivering you from the way of evil,
from men of perverted speech,
who forsake the paths of uprightness
to walk in the ways of darkness,
who rejoice in doing evil
and delight in the perverseness of evil,
men whose paths are crooked,
and who are devious in their ways.
So you will be delivered from the forbidden woman,
from the adulteress with her smooth words,
who forsakes the companion of her youth
and forgets the covenant of her God;
for her house sinks down to death,
and her paths to the departed;
none who go to her come back,
nor do they regain the paths of life.
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NIVNew International Version (2011)
Wisdom will save you from the ways of wicked men,
from men whose words are perverse,
who have left the straight paths
to walk in dark ways,
who delight in doing wrong
and rejoice in the perverseness of evil,
whose paths are crooked
and who are devious in their ways.
Wisdom will save you also from the adulterous woman,
from the wayward woman with her seductive words,
who has left the partner of her youth
and ignored the covenant she made before God.
Surely her house leads down to death
and her paths to the spirits of the dead.
None who go to her return
or attain the paths of life.
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CSBChristian Standard Bible
It will rescue you from the way of evil—
from anyone who says perverse things,
from those who abandon the right paths
to walk in ways of darkness,
from those who enjoy doing evil
and celebrate perversion,
whose paths are crooked,
and whose ways are devious.
It will rescue you from a forbidden woman,
from a wayward woman with her flattering talk,
who abandons the companion of her youth
and forgets the covenant of her God;
for her house sinks down to death
and her ways to the land of the departed spirits.
None return who go to her;
none reach the paths of life.
Copyright 2017 Holman Bible Publishers
NLTNew Living Translation
Wisdom will save you from evil people,
from those whose words are twisted.
These men turn from the right way
to walk down dark paths.
They take pleasure in doing wrong,
and they enjoy the twisted ways of evil.
Their actions are crooked,
and their ways are wrong.
Wisdom will save you from the immoral woman,
from the seductive words of the promiscuous woman.
She has abandoned her husband
and ignores the covenant she made before God.
Entering her house leads to death;
it is the road to the grave.
The man who visits her is doomed.
He will never reach the paths of life.
Holy Bible, New Living Translation, copyright © 1996, 2004, 2015 by Tyndale House Foundation. Used by permission of Tyndale House Publishers. All rights reserved.
LEBThe Lexham English Bible
in order to deliver you from the way of evil,
from a man who speaks devious things—
those who forsake the paths of uprightness
to walk in ways of darkness,
those who are happy to do evil,
for they delight in the deviousness of evil,
who are crooked in their ways,
and devious in their paths;
in order to deliver you from a strange woman,
from a foreign woman who flatters with her sayings,
she who forsakes the partner of her youth
and has forgotten the covenant of her God,
for her house sinks to death,
and to the dead are her paths.
Of all who go to her, none shall return,
nor do they reach paths of life.
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