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Avoiding Immorality

Proverbs 5:23

In 11 translations

BSB
He dies for lack of discipline, led astray by his own great folly.
KJV
He shall die without instruction; and in the greatness of his folly he shall go astray.
WEB
He will die for lack of instruction. In the greatness of his folly, he will go astray.
ASV
He shall die for lack of instruction; And in the greatness of his folly he shall go astray.
LSV
He dies without instruction, || And magnifies himself in the abundance of his folly!
YLT
He dieth without instruction, And in the abundance of his folly magnifieth himself!
DBY
He shall die for want of discipline; and in the greatness of his folly he shall go astray.
DRC
He shall die, because he hath not received instruction, and in the multitude of his folly he shall be deceived.
GNV
Hee shall die for fault of instruction, and shall goe astray through his great follie.
JPS
He shall die for lack of instruction; and in the greatness of his folly he shall reel.
LXXE
Such a man dies with the uninstructed; and he is cast forth from the abundance of his own substance, and has perished through folly.

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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
ה֗וּא יָ֭מוּת בְּאֵ֣ין מוּסָ֑ר וּבְרֹ֖ב אִוַּלְתּ֣וֹ יִשְׁגֶּֽה׃
LXX-Br
Οὗτος τελευτᾷ μετὰ ἀπαιδεύτων, ἐκ δὲ πλήθους τῆς ἑαυτοῦ βιότητος ἐξεῤῥίφη, καὶ ἀπώλετο διʼ ἀφροσύνην.

In the reference works topics that cite this verse

From public-domain Bible dictionaries and topical indexes (1884–1915).

Cross-references most cited first

  • Job 36:12But if they do not obey, then they perish by the sword and die without knowledge.
  • Job 4:21Are not their tent cords pulled up, so that they die without wisdom?’
  • 2 Peter 2:15–22They have left the straight way and wandered off to follow the way of Balaam son of Beor, who loved the wages of wickedness. But he was rebuked for his transgression by a donkey, otherwise without speech, that spoke…
  • Proverbs 10:21The lips of the righteous feed many, but fools die for lack of judgment.
  • Proverbs 14:32The wicked man is thrown down by his own sin, but the righteous man has a refuge even in death.
  • Proverbs 14:14The backslider in heart receives the fill of his own ways, but a good man is rewarded for his ways.
  • Psalms 81:12So I gave them up to their stubborn hearts to follow their own devices.

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