Saying 3
Proverbs 22:25
In 11 translations
- BSB
- or you may learn his ways and entangle yourself in a snare.
- KJV
- Lest thou learn his ways, and get a snare to thy soul.
- WEB
- lest you learn his ways and ensnare your soul.
- ASV
- Lest thou learn his ways, And get a snare to thy soul.
- LSV
- Lest you learn his paths, || And have received a snare to your soul.
- YLT
- Lest thou learn his paths, And have received a snare to thy soul.
- DBY
- lest thou learn his paths, and get a snare to thy soul.
- DRC
- Lest perhaps thou learn his ways, and take scandal to thy soul.
- GNV
- Least thou learne his wayes, and receiue destruction to thy soule.
- JPS
- Lest thou learn his ways, and get a snare to thy soul.
- LXXE
- lest thou learn of his ways, and get snares to thy soul.
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- Written (Ketiv): אָרְחָתוֹ (“way his”). Read aloud (Qere): אֹֽרְחֹתָ֑יו (“ways his”) — the form shown in the word-by-word reader.
Spelling, punctuation and minor wording (1)
- Leningrad Codex reads אֹֽרְחֹתָ֑ו; read aloud (Qere) reads אֹֽרְחֹתָ֑יו (“ways his”).
Edition differences: STEP Bible, based on work at Tyndale House Cambridge (CC BY 4.0). Names and codes expanded; consecutive words grouped. Comparisons follow the editions used by the source; see version details.
Original-language editions
- WLC
- פֶּן־תֶּאֱלַ֥ף ארחתו וְלָקַחְתָּ֖ מוֹקֵ֣שׁ לְנַפְשֶֽׁךָ׃Read aloud as (qere): אֹֽרְחֹתָ֑יו
- LXX-Br
- μήποτε μάθῃς τῶν ὁδῶν αὐτοῦ, καὶ λάβῃς βρόχους τῇ σῇ ψυχῇ.
In the reference works topics that cite this verse
From public-domain Bible dictionaries and topical indexes (1884–1915).
Cross-references most cited first
- 1 Corinthians 15:33Do not be deceived: “Bad company corrupts good character.”
- Proverbs 13:20He who walks with the wise will become wise, but the companion of fools will be destroyed.
- Psalms 106:35but they mingled with the nations and adopted their customs.
From the OpenBible.info cross-reference set (votes from readers; not every link is a quotation or allusion).