Proverbs 14:27

In 11 translations

BSB

The fear of the LORD is a fountain of life, turning a man from the snares of death.

KJV

The fear of the LORD is a fountain of life, to depart from the snares of death.

WEB

The fear of Yahweh is a fountain of life, turning people from the snares of death.

ASV

The fear of Jehovah is a fountain of life, That one may depart from the snares of death.

LSV

The fear of YHWH [is] a fountain of life, || To turn aside from snares of death.

YLT

The fear of Jehovah [is] a fountain of life, To turn aside from snares of death.

DBY

The fear of Jehovah is a fountain of life, to turn away from the snares of death.

DRC

The fear of the Lord is a fountain of life, to decline from the ruin of death.

GNV

The feare of the Lord is as a welspring of life, to auoyde the snares of death.

JPS

The fear of the LORD is a fountain of life, to depart from the snares of death.

LXXE

The commandment of the Lord is a fountain of life; and it causes men to turn aside from the snare of death.

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Original-language editions

WLC

יִרְאַ֣ת יְ֭הוָה מְק֣וֹר חַיִּ֑ים לָ֝ס֗וּר מִמֹּ֥קְשֵׁי מָֽוֶת׃

LXX-Br

Πρόσταγμα Κυρίου πηγὴ ζωῆς, ποιεῖ δὲ ἐκκλίνειν ἐκ παγίδος θανάτου.

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• Proverbs 13:14The teaching of the wise is a fountain of life, turning one from the snares of death.
• Revelation 21:6And He told me, “It is done! I am the Alpha and the Omega, the Beginning and the End. To the thirsty I will give freely from the spring of the water of life.
• Proverbs 2:10–18For wisdom will enter your heart, and knowledge will delight your soul. Discretion will watch over you, and understanding will guard you, to deliver you from the way of evil, from the man who speaks perversity, from…
• Isaiah 33:6He will be the sure foundation for your times, a storehouse of salvation, wisdom, and knowledge. The fear of the LORD is Zion’s treasure.
• Proverbs 22:5Thorns and snares lie on the path of the perverse; he who guards his soul stays far from them.
• Psalms 18:5The cords of Sheol entangled me; the snares of death confronted me.
• Ecclesiastes 7:26And I find more bitter than death the woman who is a snare, whose heart is a net, and whose hands are chains. The man who pleases God escapes her, but the sinner is ensnared.

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