PRO 14:12 Parallel Verse View

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BrLXX Ἔστιν ὁδὸς ἣ δοκεῖ παρὰ ἀνθρώποις ὀρθὴ εἶναι, τὰ δὲ τελευταῖα αὐτῆς ἔρχεται εἰς πυθμένα ᾅδου.
(Estin hodos haʸ dokei para anthrōpois orthaʸ einai, ta de teleutaia autaʸs erⱪetai eis puthmena hadou. )

BrTr There is a way which seems to be right with men, but the ends of it [fn]reach to the depth of hell.

ULT There is a right way before the face of a man,
⇔ but its end is the ways of death.

UST People think they know the right way to behave,
⇔ but people who behave that way will ultimately die.

BSB ⇔ There is a way that seems right to a man,
⇔ but its end is the way of death.

OEB Many a way seems straight to a man
⇔ which leads at the last to death.

WEBBE There is a way which seems right to a man,
⇔ but in the end it leads to death.

WMBB (Same as above)

NET There is a way that seems right to a person,
⇔ but its end is the way that leads to death.

LSV There is a way—right before a man,
And its latter end [are] ways of death.

FBV There's a way that seems to be right, but in the end it's the way of death.

T4T ⇔ There are some kinds of behavior [MET] that some people falsely think are right,
⇔ but ◄walking on those roads/continually doing those things► causes those people to die.

LEB • that seems upright[fn] a man, but its end is the way of death.

14:? Literally “to the face of”

BBE There is a way which seems straight before a man, but its end is the ways of death.

Moff No Moff PRO book available

JPS There is a way which seemeth right unto a man, but the end thereof are the ways of death.

ASV There is a way which seemeth right unto a man;
⇔ But the end thereof are the ways of death.

DRA There is a way which seemeth just to a man: but the ends thereof lead to death.

YLT There is a way — right before a man, And its latter end [are] ways of death.

Drby There is a way that seemeth right unto a man, but the end thereof is the ways of death.

RV There is a way which seemeth right unto a man, but the end thereof are the ways of death.

Wbstr There is a way which seemeth right to a man, but the end of it are the ways of death.

KJB-1769 There is a way which seemeth right unto a man, but the end thereof are the ways of death.

KJB-1611 [fn]There is a way which seemeth right vnto a man: but the end thereof are the wayes of death.
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above, apart from punctuation and footnotes)

14:12 Chap.16. 23.

Bshps There is a way which seemeth right vnto a man: but the ende therof are the wayes of death.
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above, apart from marking of added words (and possibly capitalisation and punctuation))

Gnva There is a way that seemeth right to a man: but the issues thereof are the wayes of death.
(There is a way that seemeth right to a man: but the issues thereof are the ways of death. )

Cvdl There is a waye, which some men thinke to be right, but the ende therof ledeth vnto death.
(There is a way, which some men thinke to be right, but the end thereof leadeth/leads unto death.)

Wycl Sotheli a weie is, that semeth iust to a man; but the laste thingis therof leden forth to deth.
(Truly a way is, that seemeth/seems just to a man; but the last things thereof led forth to death.)

Luth Es gefällt manchem ein Weg wohl; aber endlich bringt er ihn zum Tode.
(It gefällt manchem a path wohl; but endlich bringt he him/it for_the Tode.)

ClVg Est via quæ videtur homini justa, novissima autem ejus deducunt ad mortem.
(Est road which videtur homini justa, novissima however his deducunt to mortem. )

UTN uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

דֶּ֣רֶךְ

road/way_of

See how you translated the same use of way in 1:15.

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

לִ⁠פְנֵי־אִ֑ישׁ

to=(the)_face_of/in_front_of/before (a)_man

Here, before the face of refers to what a person perceives. If it would be helpful in your language, you could express the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: “that a man perceives”

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / genericnoun

אִ֑ישׁ

(a)_man

The word man represents a person in general, not one particular man. If it would be helpful in your language, you could use a more natural expression. Alternate translation: “a person”

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

וְ֝⁠אַחֲרִיתָ֗⁠הּ

and,end,its

Here, end refers to a final result. If it would be helpful in your language, you could state this explicitly. Alternate translation: “but its result”

Note 5 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

דַּרְכֵי־מָֽוֶת

way death

Here Solomon uses ways to refer to the destiny of those people who live according to what they themselves think is a right way. If it would be helpful in your language, you could express the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: “is the destiny of death”

Note 6 topic: figures-of-speech / possession

דַּרְכֵי־מָֽוֶת

way death

Here Solomon is using the possessive form to describe the ways that are death. If your language would not use the possessive form for this, you could use a different expression. Alternate translation: “is the ways that are death” or “is the destiny that is death”

Parallel PRO 14:12