Proverbs 12:28
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12:28In the path of righteousness there is life,
but another path leads to death.85
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- 85 The consonants אל־מות (’l-mvt) are vocalized by the as אַל־מָוֶת (’al-mavet, “no death”), meaning: “the journey of her path is no-death” = immortality. However, many medieval Hebrew and all the versions vocalize it as אֶל־מָוֶת (’el-mavet, “to death”), meaning: “but another path leads to death” (cf. , ). W. McKane adopts this reading, and suggests that is a scribal change toward eternal life (Proverbs [], 451–52). Others adopt this reading because they do not find the term “life” used in Proverbs for eternal life, nor do they find references to immortality elsewhere in Proverbs. Heb “no death.” This phrase may mean “immortality.” Those who enter the path of righteousness by faith and seek to live righteously are on their way to eternal life. However, M. Dahood suggests that it means permanence (“Immortality in Proverbs 12:28,” 41 [1960]: 176–81).
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ESVEnglish Standard Version
In the path of righteousness is life,
and in its pathway there is no death.
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NIVNew International Version (2011)
In the way of righteousness there is life;
along that path is immortality.
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CSBChristian Standard Bible
There is life in the path of righteousness,
and in its path there is no death.
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NLTNew Living Translation
The way of the godly leads to life;
that path does not lead to death.
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LEBThe Lexham English Bible
On the road of righteousness is life,
and on the way of the path, may there be no death.
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KJV 1900King James Version
In the way of righteousness is life;
And in the pathway thereof there is no death.
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