Proverbs 4:27

In 11 translations

BSB

Do not swerve to the right or to the left; turn your feet away from evil.

KJV

Turn not to the right hand nor to the left: remove thy foot from evil.

WEB

Don’t turn to the right hand nor to the left. Remove your foot from evil.

ASV

Turn not to the right hand nor to the left: Remove thy foot from evil.

LSV

Do not incline [to] the right or to the left, || Turn aside your foot from evil!

YLT

Incline not [to] the right or to the left, Turn aside thy foot from evil!

DBY

Turn not to the right hand nor to the left; remove thy foot from evil.

DRC

Decline not to the right hand, nor to the left: turn away thy foot from evil. For the Lord knoweth the ways that are on the right hand: but those are perverse which are on the left hand. But he will make thy courses straight, he will bring forward thy ways in peace.

GNV

Turne not to the right hande, nor to the left, but remooue thy foote from euill.

JPS

Turn not to the right hand nor to the left; remove thy foot from evil.

LXXE

Turn not aside to the right hand nor to the left, but turn away thy foot from an evil way: [for God knows the ways on the right hand, but those on the left are crooked:] and he will make thy ways straight, and will guide thy steps in peace.Heb. omits.

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WLC

אַֽל־תֵּט־יָמִ֥ין וּשְׂמֹ֑אול הָסֵ֖ר רַגְלְךָ֣ מֵרָֽע׃

LXX-Br

Μὴ ἐκκλίνῃς εἰς τὰ δεξιὰ, μηδὲ εἰς τὰ ἀριστερά, ἀπόστρεψον δὲ σὸν πόδα ἀπὸ ὁδοῦ κακῆς· ὁδοὺς γὰρ τὰς ἐκ δεξιῶν οἶδεν ὁ Θεὸς, διεστραμμέναι δέ εἰσιν αἱ ἐξ ἀριστερῶν· αὐτὸς δὲ ὀρθὰς ποιήσει τὰς τροχιάς σου, τὰς δὲ πορείας σου ἐν εἰρήνῃ προάξει.

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Cross-references most cited first

• Deuteronomy 5:32So be careful to do as the LORD your God has commanded you; you are not to turn aside to the right or to the left.
• Joshua 1:7Above all, be strong and very courageous. Be careful to observe all the law that My servant Moses commanded you. Do not turn from it to the right or to the left, so that you may prosper wherever you go.
• Deuteronomy 28:14Do not turn aside to the right or to the left from any of the words I command you today, and do not go after other gods to serve them.
• Proverbs 16:17The highway of the upright leads away from evil; he who guards his way protects his life.
• Deuteronomy 12:32See that you do everything I command you; do not add to it or subtract from it.
• Romans 12:9Love must be sincere. Detest what is evil; cling to what is good.
• Isaiah 1:16Wash and cleanse yourselves. Remove your evil deeds from My sight. Stop doing evil!

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