Proverbs 14:12

KJV1611 – Modern English

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

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

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

• 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.

• 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 man, but its end are the ways of death.
• Prov 12:15 : 15 The way of a fool is right in his own eyes, but he who listens to counsel is wise.
• Matt 7:13-14 : 13 Enter by the narrow gate: for wide is the gate and broad is the way that leads to destruction, and many are those who go in by it. 14 Because narrow is the gate and difficult is the way which leads to life, and few are those who find it.
• Jas 1:22 : 22 But be doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving yourselves.
• Gal 6:3 : 3 For if a man thinks himself to be something, when he is nothing, he deceives himself.
• Rom 6:21 : 21 What fruit did you have then in the things of which you are now ashamed? For the end 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 comes upon the children of disobedience.
• Luke 13:24 : 24 Strive to enter through the narrow gate: for many, I say to you, will seek to enter and will not be able.
• Prov 30:12 : 12 There is a generation that is pure in their own eyes and yet is not cleansed from their filthiness.