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Proverbs 14:22

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14:22Do not those who devise55 evil go astray?

But those who plan good exhibit56 faithful covenant love.57

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Footnotes

  1. 55 The verb חָרַשׁ (kharash) means (1) literally: “to cut in; to engrave; to plow,” describing the work of a craftsman; and (2) figuratively: “to devise,” describing the mental activity of planning evil (what will harm people) in the first colon, and planning good (what will benefit them) in the second colon.
  2. 56 The term “exhibit” does not appear in the Hebrew, but is supplied in the translation for clarity and smoothness.
  3. 57 Heb “loyal-love and truth.” The two terms חֶסֶד וֶאֱמֶת (khesed ve’emet) often form a hendiadys: “faithful love” or better “faithful covenant love.”

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

Do they not go astray who devise evil?

Those who devise good meet steadfast love and faithfulness.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

Do not those who plot evil go astray?

But those who plan what is good find love and faithfulness.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

Don’t those who plan evil go astray?

But those who plan good find loyalty and faithfulness.

NLTNew Living Translation

If you plan to do evil, you will be lost;

if you plan to do good, you will receive unfailing love and faithfulness.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

Have they not erred, those who plan evil?

But loyalty and faithfulness belong to those who plan good.

KJV 1900King James Version

Do they not err that devise evil?

But mercy and truth shall be to them that devise good.