Proverbs 21:16

In 11 translations

BSB

The man who strays from the path of understanding will rest in the assembly of the dead.

KJV

The man that wandereth out of the way of understanding shall remain in the congregation of the dead.

WEB

The man who wanders out of the way of understanding shall rest in the assembly of the departed spirits.

ASV

The man that wandereth out of the way of understanding Shall rest in the assembly of the dead.

LSV

A man who is wandering from the way of understanding, || Rests in an assembly of Rephaim.

YLT

A man who is wandering from the way of understanding, In an assembly of Rephaim resteth.

DBY

The man that wandereth out of the way of wisdom shall abide in the congregation of the dead.

DRC

A man that shall wander out of the way of doctrine, shall abide in the company of the giants.

GNV

A man that wandreth out of the way of wisdome, shall remaine in the congregation of the dead.

JPS

The man that strayeth out of the way of understanding shall rest in the congregation of the shades.

LXXE

A man that wanders out of the way of righteousness, shall rest in the congregation of giants.Heb. Rephaim. see Appendix. Note on 2 Kings 5. 18.

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Original-language editions

WLC

אָדָ֗ם תּ֭וֹעֶה מִדֶּ֣רֶךְ הַשְׂכֵּ֑ל בִּקְהַ֖ל רְפָאִ֣ים יָנֽוּחַ׃

LXX-Br

Ἀνὴρ πλανώμενος ἐξ ὁδοῦ δικαιοσύνης, ἐν συναγωγῇ γιγάντων ἀναπαύσεται.

In the reference works topics that cite this verse

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Cross-references most cited first

• Hebrews 10:38But My righteous one will live by faith; and if he shrinks back, I will take no pleasure in him.”
• Psalms 125:5But those who turn to crooked ways the LORD will banish with the evildoers. Peace be upon Israel.
• 1 John 2:19They went out from us, but they did not belong to us. For if they had belonged to us, they would have remained with us. But their departure made it clear that none of them belonged to us.
• Zephaniah 1:6and those who turn back from following the LORD, neither seeking the LORD nor inquiring of Him.”
• Psalms 49:14Like sheep they are destined for Sheol. Death will be their shepherd. The upright will rule them in the morning, and their form will decay in Sheol, far from their lofty abode.
• Hebrews 10:26–27If we deliberately go on sinning after we have received the knowledge of the truth, no further sacrifice for sins remains, but only a fearful expectation of judgment and of raging fire that will consume all adversaries.
• Jude 1:12These men are hidden reefs in your love feasts, shamelessly feasting with you but shepherding only themselves. They are clouds without water, carried along by the wind; fruitless trees in autumn, twice dead after being…
• Ephesians 2:1And you were dead in your trespasses and sins,
• John 3:19–20And this is the verdict: The Light has come into the world, but men loved the darkness rather than the Light because their deeds were evil. Everyone who does evil hates the Light, and does not come into the Light for…
• Proverbs 7:26–27For she has brought many down to death; her slain are many in number. Her house is the road to Sheol, descending to the chambers of death.
• Hebrews 6:4–6It is impossible for those who have once been enlightened, who have tasted the heavenly gift, who have shared in the Holy Spirit, who have tasted the goodness of the word of God and the powers of the coming age— and…
• Proverbs 2:18–19For her house sinks down to death, and her tracks to the departed spirits. None who go to her return or negotiate the paths of life.
• Proverbs 13:20He who walks with the wise will become wise, but the companion of fools will be destroyed.
• Proverbs 9:18But they do not know that the dead are there, that her guests are in the depths of Sheol.
• 2 Peter 2:21–22It would have been better for them not to have known the way of righteousness than to have known it and then to turn away from the holy commandment passed on to them. Of them the proverbs are true: “A dog returns to…

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