Verse List for PROV 4:27

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B I ◄ ← Prov 4:27 ↓ ► ═ ©

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

OET (OET-RV) Don’t veer to the left or to the right— ⇔ keep your feet away from evil paths.

OET-LV Do _not turn _aside right and_left turn _aside foot _of_your from_evil.

ULT Do not veer right or left; ⇔ cause your foot to turn away from evil.

UST Do not do anything other than what is right. ⇔  Prevent yourself from doing what is evil.

BSB & MSB Do not swerve to the right or to the left; ⇔  turn your feet {away} from evil.

OEB No OEB PROV book available

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

MSG ^(23-27)Keep vigilant watch over your heart; that’s where life starts. Don’t talk out of both sides of your mouth; avoid careless banter, white lies, and gossip. Keep your eyes straight ahead; ignore all sideshow distractions. Watch your step, and the road will stretch out smooth before you. Look neither right nor left; leave evil in the dust.

NET Do not turn to the right or to the left; ⇔ turn yourself away from evil.

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

FBV Don't deviate to the right or the left, and turn away from evil.

T4T Do not leave the straight road by turning to the left or to the right. ⇔ Do only what is right ⇔  and keep yourself from doing what is evil.

LEB • Do not swerve right or left;
• remove your foot from evil.

BBE Let there be no turning to the right or to the left, keep your feet from evil.

Moff never turn to right or left, ⇔  draw back from a wrong step.

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

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

DRA 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.

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

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

RV Turn not to the right hand nor to the left: remove thy foot from evil.
(Turn not to the right hand nor to the left: remove thy/your foot from evil.)

SLT Thou shalt not decline to the right and the left: turn away thy foot from evil.

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

KJB-1769 Turn not to the right hand nor to the left: remove thy foot from evil.
(Turn not to the right hand nor to the left: remove thy/your foot from evil.)

KJB-1611 Turne not to the right hande nor to the left: remoue thy foot frō euil.
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above)

Bshps Turne not aside, neither to the right hande nor to the left: but wihholde thy foote from euyll.
(Turn not aside, neither to the right hand nor to the left: but wihholde thy/your foot from evil.)

Gnva Turne not to the right hande, nor to the left, but remooue thy foote from euill.
(Turn not to the right hand, nor to the left, but remove thy/your foot from evil.)

Cvdl Turne not asyde, nether to the right hande ner to the lefte, but witholde thy fote from euell.
(Turn not aside, neither to the right hand nor to the left, but withhold thy/your foot from evil.)

Wycl Bowe thou not to the riytside, nether to the leftside; turne awei thi foot fro yuel. For the Lord knowith the weies that ben at the riytside; but the weies ben weiward, that ben at the leftside. Forsothe he schal make thi goyngis riytful; and thi weies schulen be brouyt forth in pees.
(Bow thou/you not to the riytside, neither to the leftside; turn away thy/your foot from evil. For the Lord knoweth/knows the ways that been at the riytside; but the ways been wayward, that been at the leftside. For_certain/Truly he shall make thy/your goings rightful; and thy/your ways should be brought forth in peace.)

Luth Wanke weder zur Rechten noch zur Linken; wende deinen Fuß vom Bösen!
(Wanke neither to/for law/right still to/for left_(one); turn your(s) foot from_the evil/evil_(people)!)

ClVg Ne declines ad dexteram neque ad sinistram; averte pedem tuum a malo: vias enim quæ a dextris sunt novit Dominus: perversæ vero sunt quæ a sinistris sunt. Ipse autem rectos faciet cursus tuos, itinera autem tua in pace producet.][fn]
(Don’t declines to right_hand nor to left_side; turn_off foot your(sg) from I_prefer: ways/roads because which from on_the_right are he_knows Master: perversæ indeed/however are which from on_the_left are. Exactly_that however straights will_do course/running yours, itinera however your in/into/on peace producet.])

UHB אַֽל־תֵּט־יָמִ֥ין וּ⁠שְׂמֹ֑אול הָסֵ֖ר רַגְלְ⁠ךָ֣ מֵ⁠רָֽע׃ ‡

BrLXX Μὴ ἐκκλίνῃς εἰς τὰ δεξιὰ, μηδὲ εἰς τὰ ἀριστερά, ἀπόστρεψον δὲ σὸν πόδα ἀπὸ ὁδοῦ κακῆς·

BrTr Turn not aside to the right hand nor to the left, but turn away thy foot from an evil way: