The Benefits of Wisdom
Proverbs 2:19
In 11 translations
- BSB
- None who go to her return or negotiate the paths of life.
- KJV
- None that go unto her return again, neither take they hold of the paths of life.
- WEB
- None who go to her return again, neither do they attain to the paths of life.
- ASV
- None that go unto her return again, Neither do they attain unto the paths of life:
- LSV
- None going in to her return, || Nor do they reach the paths of life.
- YLT
- None going in unto her turn back, Nor do they reach the paths of life.
- DBY
- none that go unto her return again, neither do they attain to the paths of life:
- DRC
- None that go in unto her shall return again, neither shall they take hold of the paths of life,
- GNV
- All they that goe vnto her, returne not againe, neither take they holde of the wayes of life.
- JPS
- None that go unto her return, neither do they attain unto the paths of life;
- LXXE
- None that go by her shall return, neither shall they take hold of right paths, for they are not apprehended of the years of life.Singular variation from Heb.
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Words in brackets are English the glossers added; the Hebrew has no word for them, and they can carry a choice of tense or meaning.
Original-language editions
- WLC
- כָּל־בָּ֭אֶיהָ לֹ֣א יְשׁוּב֑וּן וְלֹֽא־יַ֝שִּׂ֗יגוּ אָרְח֥וֹת חַיִּֽים׃
- LXX-Br
- Πάντες οἱ πορευόμενοι ἐν αὐτῇ οὐκ ἀναστρέψουσιν, οὐδὲ μὴ καταλάβωσι τρίβους εὐθείας· οὐ γὰρ καταλαμβάνονται ὑπὸ ἐνιαυτῶν ζωῆς.
In the reference works topics that cite this verse
Path; PathwayKnowledgeChastityYoung MenHezekiah (2)CompanyHousesRighteousnessAlliance and Society with the Enemies of GodAdultery
From public-domain Bible dictionaries and topical indexes (1884–1915).
Cross-references most cited first
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- Psalms 81:12So I gave them up to their stubborn hearts to follow their own devices.
- Hosea 4:14I will not punish your daughters when they prostitute themselves, nor your daughters-in-law when they commit adultery. For the men themselves go off with prostitutes and offer sacrifices with shrine prostitutes. So a…
- Matthew 19:24–26Again I tell you, it is easier for a camel to pass through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to enter the kingdom of God.” When the disciples heard this, they were greatly astonished and asked, “Who then can be…
- Jeremiah 13:23Can the Ethiopian change his skin, or the leopard his spots? Neither are you able to do good— you who are accustomed to doing evil.
- Hebrews 6:18Thus by two unchangeable things in which it is impossible for God to lie, we who have fled to take hold of the hope set before us may be strongly encouraged.
- Proverbs 4:18The path of the righteous is like the first gleam of dawn, shining brighter and brighter until midday.
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