Proverbs 2:12–13
Proverbs 2:12–13 — The New International Version (NIV)
12 Wisdom will save you from the ways of wicked men,
from men whose words are perverse,
13 who have left the straight paths
to walk in dark ways,
Proverbs 2:12–13 — English Standard Version (ESV)
12 delivering you from the way of evil,
from men of perverted speech,
13 who forsake the paths of uprightness
to walk in the ways of darkness,
Proverbs 2:12–13 — King James Version (KJV 1900)
12 To deliver thee from the way of the evil man,
From the man that speaketh froward things;
13 Who leave the paths of uprightness,
To walk in the ways of darkness;
Proverbs 2:12–13 — New Living Translation (NLT)
12 Wisdom will save you from evil people,
from those whose words are twisted.
13 These men turn from the right way
to walk down dark paths.
Proverbs 2:12–13 — The New King James Version (NKJV)
12 To deliver you from the way of evil,
From the man who speaks perverse things,
13 From those who leave the paths of uprightness
To walk in the ways of darkness;
Proverbs 2:12–13 — New Century Version (NCV)
12 It will keep you from the wicked,
from those whose words are bad,
13 who don’t do what is right
but what is evil.
Proverbs 2:12–13 — American Standard Version (ASV)
12 To deliver thee from the way of evil,
From the men that speak perverse things;
13 Who forsake the paths of uprightness,
To walk in the ways of darkness;
Proverbs 2:12–13 — 1890 Darby Bible (DARBY)
12 To deliver thee from the way of evil, from the man that speaketh froward things; 13 from those who leave the paths of uprightness, to walk in the ways of darkness;
Proverbs 2:12–13 — GOD’S WORD Translation (GW)
12 ⸤Wisdom will⸥ save you
from the way of evil,
from the person who speaks devious things,
13 from those who abandon the paths of righteousness
to walk the ways of darkness,
Proverbs 2:12–13 — The Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB)
12 rescuing you from the way of evil—
from the one who says perverse things,
13 from those who abandon the right paths
to walk in ways of darkness,
Proverbs 2:12–13 — The New Revised Standard Version (NRSV)
12 It will save you from the way of evil,
from those who speak perversely,
13 who forsake the paths of uprightness
to walk in the ways of darkness,
Proverbs 2:12–13 — The Lexham English Bible (LEB)
12 in order to deliver you from the way of evil,
from a man who speaks devious things—
13 those who forsake the paths of uprightness
to walk in ways of darkness,
Proverbs 2:12–13 — New International Reader’s Version (1998) (NIrV)
12 Wisdom will save you from the ways of evil men.
It will save you from men who twist their words.
13 Men like that leave the straight paths
to walk in dark ways.