Proverbs 21:16
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- 48 The text uses “man” as the subject and the active participle תּוֹעֶה (to’eh) as the predicate. The image of “wandering off the path” signifies leaving a life of knowledge, prudence, and discipline.
- 49 Or “prudence”; , , , “understanding”; “common sense.”
- 50 Heb “will remain” or “will rest.” The Hebrew word נוּחַ (nuakh) does not here carry any of the connotations of comforting repose in death that the righteous enjoy; it simply means “to remain; to reside; to dwell.” The choice of this verb might have an ironic twist to it, reminding the wicked what might have been.
- 51 The departed are the Shades (the Rephaim). The literal expression “will rest among the Shades” means “will be numbered among the dead.” So once again physical death is presented as the punishment for folly.
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ESVEnglish Standard Version
One who wanders from the way of good sense
will rest in the assembly of the dead.
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NIVNew International Version (2011)
Whoever strays from the path of prudence
comes to rest in the company of the dead.
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CSBChristian Standard Bible
The person who strays from the way of prudence
will come to rest in the assembly of the departed spirits.
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The person who strays from common sense
will end up in the company of the dead.
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LEBThe Lexham English Bible
Whoever wanders from the way of understanding,
in the assembly of the dead he will rest.
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KJV 1900King James Version
The man that wandereth out of the way of understanding
Shall remain in the congregation of the dead.
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