Proverbs 14:12

Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

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

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

יֵ֤שׁ דֶּ֣רֶךְ יָ֭שָׁר לִפְנֵי־אִ֑ישׁ וְ֝אַחֲרִיתָ֗הּ דַּרְכֵי־מָֽוֶת׃

Transliteration

There is dereḵ yāšār before ʾîš wə-ʾaḥărîtāh darḵê-māwet

Grammar Details

• *dereḵ*: masculine singular noun - way
• *yāšār*: masculine singular adjective - straight
• *ʾîš*: masculine singular noun - man
• *wə-ʾaḥărîtāh*: conjunction + feminine singular noun + 3rd person feminine singular suffix - and its end
• *darḵê-māwet*: masculine plural construct + masculine singular noun - ways of death

Word Meanings

• *dereḵ*: way/road/path
• *yāšār*: straight/right/correct
• *ʾaḥărîtāh*: its end/its outcome/its future
• *darḵê-māwet*: ways of death/paths to death

Other Translations

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

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

• KJV1611 – Modern English

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

• King James Version 1611 (Original)

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

• American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

  There is{H3426} a way{H1870} which seemeth right{H3477} unto{H6440} a man;{H376} But the end{H319} thereof are the ways{H1870} of death.{H4194}

• King James Version with Strong's Numbers

  There is{H3426} a way{H1870} which seemeth right{H3477} unto{H6440} a man{H376}, but the end{H319} thereof are the ways{H1870} of death{H4194}.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  There is a waye, which some men thinke to be right, but the ende therof ledeth vnto death.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

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

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  There is a way which seemeth right vnto a man: but the ende therof are the wayes of death.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

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

• Webster's Bible (1833)

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

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  There is a way -- right before a man, And its latter end `are' ways of death.

• American Standard Version (1901)

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

• American Standard Version (1901)

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

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

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

• World English Bible (2000)

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

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

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

Referenced Verses

• Prov 16:25 : 25 There is a way that seems right to a person, but its end is the way of death.
• Prov 12:15 : 15 The way of a fool seems right to them, but the wise listen to advice.
• Matt 7:13-14 : 13 Enter through the narrow gate; for the gate is wide and the path is broad that leads to destruction, and many enter through it. 14 For the gate is narrow, and the way is difficult that leads to life, and only a few find it.
• Jas 1:22 : 22 But be doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving yourselves.
• Gal 6:3 : 3 For if anyone thinks they are something when they are nothing, they deceive themselves.
• Rom 6:21 : 21 But what fruit did you produce then from the things you are now ashamed of? The outcome of those things is death.
• Eph 5:6 : 6 Let no one deceive you with empty words, for because of these things the wrath of God is coming upon the sons of disobedience.
• Luke 13:24 : 24 'Make every effort to enter through the narrow door, because many, I tell you, will try to enter and will not be able to.
• Prov 30:12 : 12 There is a generation that is pure in its own eyes, yet it is not cleansed from its filth.