Verse List for PROV 5:6

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OET (OET-RV) She doesn’t consider the path of life. ⇔ ≈ Her paths wander so she doesn’t know where she’ll end up.

OET-LV the_path _of life lest she _should _observe tracks _of_her they _wander not she _knows.

ULT lest she observe the path of life; ⇔ she does not know her tracks, are unstable.

UST She does not want to do what will cause her to live well. ⇔  She does not realize that she lives precariously like someone who is walking on a broken path.

BSB & MSB She does not consider the path of life; ⇔  she does not know that her ways are unstable.

OEB No OEB PROV book available

WEBBE & WMBB She gives no thought to the way of life. ⇔  Her ways are crooked, and she doesn’t know it.

NET Lest she should make level the path leading to life, ⇔ her paths are unstable but she does not know it.

LSV The path of life—lest you ponder,
Her paths have moved—you do not know.

FBV She doesn't follow the path that leads to life—she wanders away and doesn't even know she's lost.

T4T She is not concerned about the roads that lead to a long life. ⇔ She walks down a crooked path, ⇔  and she does not realize that she is on the wrong road.

LEB • She does not observe[fn] the path of life;
• her ways wander, and she does not know it.

BBE She never keeps her mind on the road of life; her ways are uncertain, she has no knowledge.

Moff the high road of Life is not for her, ⇔  shifty and slippery are her tracks.

JPS Lest she should walk the even path of life, her ways wander, but she knoweth it not.

ASV So that she findeth not the level path of life: ⇔ Her ways are unstable, and she knoweth it not.

DRA They walk not by the path of life, her steps are wandering, and unaccountable.

YLT The path of life — lest thou ponder, Moved have her paths — thou knowest not.

Drby Lest she should ponder the path of life, her ways wander, she knoweth not [whither].

RV So that she findeth not the level path of life: her ways are unstable and she knoweth it not.
(So that she findeth/finds not the level path of life: her ways are unstable and she knoweth/knows it not.)

SLT Lest thou shalt make level the path of life, her tracks wavered; thou wilt not know.

Wbstr Lest thou shouldst ponder the path of life, her ways are movable, that thou canst not know them .

KJB-1769 Lest thou shouldest ponder the path of life, her ways are moveable, that thou canst not know them.
(Lest thou/you shouldest/should ponder the path of life, her ways are moveable, that thou/you canst/can not know them.)

KJB-1611 Lest thou shouldest ponder the path of life, her wayes are moueable, that thou canst not know them.
(Lest thou/you shouldest/should ponder the path of life, her ways are moueable, that thou/you canst/can not know them.)

Bshps Perchaunce thou wylt ponder the path of her lyfe: so vnstedfast are her wayes that thou canst not know them.
(Perchance thou/you wilt/will ponder the path of her life: so unsteadfast are her ways that thou/you canst/can not know them.)

Gnva She weigheth not the way of life: her paths are moueable: thou canst not knowe them.
(She weigheth not the way of life: her paths are moueable: thou/you canst/can not know them.)

Cvdl She regardeth not the path of life, so vnstedfast are hir wayes, that thou canst not knowe them.
(She regardeth not the path of life, so unsteadfast are her ways, that thou/you canst/can not know them.)

Wycl Tho goon not bi the path of lijf; hir steppis ben vncerteyn, and moun not be souyt out.
(Tho gone not by the path of life; her steps been uncertain, and may/can not be sought out.)

Luth Sie gehet nicht stracks auf dem Wege des Lebens; unstet sind ihre Tritte, daß sie nicht weiß, wo sie gehet.
(They/She goes not straight_away on/in/to to_him ways the life; unstet are their/her steps(n), that they/she/them not white, where they/she/them goes.)

ClVg Per semitam vitæ non ambulant; vagi sunt gressus ejus et investigabiles.[fn]
(Through path of_life not/no they_walk; wander are steps his/her and unsearchable.)

UHB אֹ֣רַח חַ֭יִּים פֶּן־תְּפַלֵּ֑ס נָע֥וּ מַ֝עְגְּלֹתֶ֗י⁠הָ לֹ֣א תֵדָֽע׃פ ‡

BrLXX Ὁδοὺς γὰρ ζωῆς οὐκ ἐπέρχεται, σφαλεραὶ δὲ αἱ τροχιαὶ αὐτῆς, καὶ οὐκ εὔγνωστοι.

BrTr For she goes not upon the paths of life; but her ways are slippery, and not easily known.