Verse List for PROV 15:24

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B I ◄ ← Prov 15:24 ↓ → ► ═ ©

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OET (OET-RV) Life’s path is upward for the wise person, ⇔ → to prevent them going down to the grave.

OET-LV the_path _of life is_upward_upwards for_one _who_acts _prudently so _as to _turn _aside from_Shəʼōl beneath.

ULT The path of life, is upward for the insightful one, ⇔ in order to turn away from Sheol below.

UST Insightful people live in a way that causes their lives to become increasingly better, ⇔  in order for them to avoid living in a way that would result in dying.

BSB & MSB The path of life [leads] upward for the wise, ⇔  that he may avoid going down to Sheol.

OEB No OEB PROV book available

WEBBE & WMBB The path of life leads upward for the wise, ⇔  to keep him from going downward to Sheol.[fn]

NET The path of life is upward for the wise person, ⇔ to keep him from going downward to Sheol.

LSV A path of life [is] on high for the wise,
To turn aside from Sheol beneath.

FBV Life's path for the wise leads upwards, so that they can avoid the grave below.

T4T ⇔  Wise people walk on a road that leads up to a long life; ⇔  they do not walk on a road that leads down to the place where dead people are.

LEB • The path of life leads upward for him who has insight,
• in order to turn away from Sheol below.

BBE Acting wisely is the way of life, guiding a man away from the underworld.

Moff The wise man’s road winds upward into life; ⇔  he shuns the downward path to death.

JPS The path of life goeth upward for the wise, that he may depart from the nether-world beneath.

ASV To the wise the way of life goeth upward, ⇔ That he may depart from Sheol beneath.

DRA The path of life is above for the wise, that he may decline from the lowest hell.

YLT A path of life [is] on high for the wise, To turn aside from Sheol beneath.

Drby The path of life is upwards for the wise, that he may depart from Sheol beneath.

RV To the wise the way of life goeth upward, that he may depart from Sheol beneath.
(To the wise the way of life goeth/goes upward, that he may depart from Sheol beneath.)

SLT The path of life is above to the understanding one, to depart from hades below.

Wbstr The way of life is above to the wise, that he may depart from hell beneath.

KJB-1769 The way of life is above to the wise, that he may depart from hell beneath.

KJB-1611 The way of life is aboue to the wise, that he may depart from hell beneath.
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above)

Bshps The way of lyfe is on hygh to the wise, that a man shoulde beware of hell beneath.
(The way of life is on high to the wise, that a man should beware of hell beneath.)

Gnva The way of life is on high to the prudent, to auoyde from hell beneath.
(The way of life is on high to the prudent, to avoide from hell beneath.)

Cvdl The waye of life ledeth vnto heaue, yt a man shulde bewarre of hell beneth.
(The way of life leadeth/leads unto heaven, it a man should beware of hell beneath.)

Wycl The path of lijf is on a lernyd man; that he bowe awei fro the laste helle.
(The path of life is on a lernyd man; that he bow away from the last hell.)

Luth Der Weg des Lebens gehet überwärts klug zu machen, auf daß man meide die Hölle unterwärts.
(The way/path/road the life goes abovewärts wise/clever to/for make, on/in/to that man avoid the hell downwards.)

ClVg Semita vitæ super eruditum, ut declinet de inferno novissimo.][fn]
(Semita of_life over instructsum, as declinet from/about hell the_last.])

UHB אֹ֣רַח חַ֭יִּים לְ⁠מַ֣עְלָ⁠ה לְ⁠מַשְׂכִּ֑יל לְמַ֥עַן ס֝֗וּר מִ⁠שְּׁא֥וֹל מָֽטָּה׃ ‡

BrLXX Ὁδοὶ ζωῆς διανοήματα συνετοῦ, ἵνα ἐκκλίνας ἐκ τοῦ ᾅδου σωθῇ.

BrTr The thoughts of the wise are ways of life, that he may turn aside and escape from hell.