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Proverbs 2:15

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2:15whose paths58 are morally crooked,59

and who are devious60 in their ways;

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Footnotes

  1. 58 The noun in this relative clause is an accusative of specification: The evil people are twisted with respect to their paths/conduct.
  2. 59 Heb “crooked.” The adjective עִקֵּשׁ (’iqqesh, “crooked; twisted”) uses the morphological pattern of adjectives that depict permanent bodily defects, e.g., blindness, lameness. Their actions are morally defective and, apart from repentance, are permanently crooked and twisted.
  3. 60 The Niphal participle of לוּז (luz, “devious; crooked”) describes conduct that is morally deceptive, crafty, and cunning (Isa 30:12).

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

men whose paths are crooked,

and who are devious in their ways.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

whose paths are crooked

and who are devious in their ways.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

whose paths are crooked,

and whose ways are devious.

NLTNew Living Translation

Their actions are crooked,

and their ways are wrong.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

who are crooked in their ways,

and devious in their paths;

KJV 1900King James Version

Whose ways are crooked,

And they froward in their paths: