Proverbs 5:5

In 11 translations

BSB

Her feet go down to death; her steps lead straight to Sheol.Or lay hold of Sheol

KJV

Her feet go down to death; her steps take hold on hell.

WEB

Her feet go down to death. Her steps lead straight to Sheol.Sheol is the place of the dead.

ASV

Her feet go down to death; Her steps take hold on Sheol;

LSV

Her feet are going down to death, || Her steps take hold of Sheol.

YLT

Her feet are going down to death, Sheol do her steps take hold of.

DBY

Her feet go down to death; her steps take hold on Sheol.

DRC

Her feet go down into death, and her steps go in as far as hell.

GNV

Her feete goe downe to death, and her steps take holde on hell.

JPS

Her feet go down to death; her steps take hold on the nether-world;

LXXE

For the feet of folly lead those who deal with her down to the grave with death; and her steps are not established.

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Original-language editions

WLC

רַ֭גְלֶיהָ יֹרְד֣וֹת מָ֑וֶת שְׁ֝א֗וֹל צְעָדֶ֥יהָ יִתְמֹֽכוּ׃

LXX-Br

Τῆς γὰρ ἀφροσύνης οἱ πόδες κατάγουσι τοὺς χρωμένους αὐτῇ μετὰ θανάτου εἰς τὸν ᾅδην, τὰ δὲ ἴχνη αὐτῆς οὐκ ἐρείδεται.

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Cross-references most cited first

• Proverbs 7:27Her house is the road to Sheol, descending to the chambers of death.
• 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.

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