Verse List for PROV 2:18

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B I ◄ ← Prov 2:18 ↓ → ► ═ ©

Text critical issues=small word differences Clarity of original=unclear Importance to us=normal Speaker(s)=Narrator (All still tentative.)

OET (OET-RV) Her house sinks down to death, ⇔ ≈ and her paths to the departed spirits.

OET-LV If/because she _sank _down to death house _of_her and_near/to the_shades tracks _of_her.

ULT For her house sinks down to death ⇔ and her tracks, to the spirits of dead ones.

UST Being discreet and insightful will rescue you because going to such a woman’s house will cause you to die. ⇔  Indeed, going with her is the same as going to the place where the spirits of dead people are.

BSB & MSB For her house sinks down to death, ⇔  and her tracks to the departed spirits.[fn]

OEB No OEB PROV book available

WEBBE & WMBB for her house leads down to death, ⇔  her paths to the departed spirits.

NET For her house sinks down to death, ⇔ and her paths lead to the place of the departed spirits.

LSV For her house has inclined to death,
And her paths to Rephaim.

FBV What happens in her house leads to death; following her way leads to the grave.

T4T If you go into houses of women who are like that, ⇔  you will die when you are still young; ⇔  the road to their houses leads to hell.

LEB • for her house sinks to death,
• and to the dead[fn] are her paths.

BBE For her house is on the way down to death; her footsteps go down to the shades:

Moff her house leads down to death, ⇔  her courses lead to death- land:

JPS For her house sinketh down unto death, and her paths unto the shades;

ASV For her house inclineth unto death, ⇔ And her paths unto the dead;

DRA And hath forgotten the covenant of her God: for her house inclineth unto death, and her paths to hell.

YLT For her house hath inclined unto death, And unto Rephaim her paths.

Drby — for her house inclineth unto death, and her paths unto the dead;

RV For her house inclineth unto death, and her paths unto the dead:

SLT For her house sunk down to death, and her tracks to the shades.

Wbstr For her house inclineth to death, and her paths to the dead.

KJB-1769 For her house inclineth unto death, and her paths unto the dead.

KJB-1611 For her house inclineth vnto death, and her pathes vnto the dead:
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above, apart from punctuation)

Bshps For her house is enclined vnto death, and her pathes vnto hell.
(For her house is inclined unto death, and her paths unto hell.)

Gnva Surely her house tendeth to death, and her paths vnto the dead.
(Surely her house tendeth/tends to death, and her paths unto the dead.)

Cvdl For hir house is enclyned vnto death, and hir pathes vnto hell.
(For her house is inclined unto death, and her paths unto hell.)

Wycl and hath foryete the couenaunt of hir God. For the hous of hir is bowid to deeth, and hir pathis to helle.
(and hath/has forget the covenant of her God. For the house of her is bowed to death, and her paths to hell.)

Luth denn ihr Haus neiget sich zum Tode und ihre Gänge zu den Verlornen;
(because/than you(pl)/their/her house tends/tilts itself/yourself/themselves for_the deaths and their/her corridors to/for the lost_(thing/person/place);)

ClVg et pacti Dei sui oblita est. Inclinata est enim ad mortem domus ejus, et ad inferos semitæ ipsius.[fn]
(and agreements of_God self forgotten it_is. Inclined it_is because to death home his/her, and to hell paths of_his/her_own.)

UHB כִּ֤י שָׁ֣חָה אֶל־מָ֣וֶת בֵּיתָ֑⁠הּ וְ⁠אֶל־רְ֝פָאִ֗ים מַעְגְּלֹתֶֽי⁠הָ׃ ‡

BrLXX Ἔθετο γὰρ παρὰ τῷ θανάτῳ τὸν οἶκον αὐτῆς, καὶ παρὰ τῷ ᾅδῃ μετὰ τῶν γηγενῶν τοὺς ἄξονας αὐτῆς.

BrTr For she has fixed her house near death, and guided her wheels near Hades with the [fn]giants.