Verse 18

For her house leads down to death, and her paths to the dead.

Other Translations

• GT, oversatt fra Hebraisk

  For hennes hus er en vei til døden, og hennes veier til skyggene av døden.

• Moderne oversettelse av Bibelen fra 1611 KJV med hebraisk kontekst

  For hennes hus leder ned til døden, og hennes stier til de døde.

• Norsk King James

  For hennes hus fører til døden, og hennes veier fører bort fra livet.

• Modernisert Norsk Bibel 1866

  for hennes hus synker ned til døden, og hennes veier til de døde;

• Oversettelse av hebraiske Bibeltekster til moderne norsk bokmål

  For hennes hus synker ned til døden, og hennes veier fører til skyggenes rike.

• Bibelen: En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611

  For hennes hus går ned til døden, og hennes veier fører til de døde.

• o3-mini KJV Norsk

  For hennes hus lener seg mot døden, og hennes stier fører til de dødes rike.

• En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611 (mar 2025)

  For hennes hus går ned til døden, og hennes veier fører til de døde.

• Lingvistisk bibeloversettelse fra grunntekst

  For hennes hus synker ned til døden, og hennes stier til de dødes ånder.

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  for her house sinks down to death, and her paths to the departed spirits.

• biblecontext

  { "verseID": "Proverbs.2.18", "source": "כִּ֤י שָׁ֣חָה אֶל־מָ֣וֶת בֵּיתָ֑הּ וְאֶל־רְ֝פָאִ֗ים מַעְגְּלֹתֶֽיהָ׃", "text": "for *šāḥāh* to-*māwеṯ* *bêṯāh* and-to-*rəfāʾîm* *maʿgəlōṯеhā*", "grammar": { "*šāḥāh*": "verb, qal perfect 3rd person feminine singular - she has sunk down", "*māwеṯ*": "noun, masculine singular - death", "*bêṯāh*": "noun, masculine singular construct with 3rd person feminine singular suffix - her house", "*rəfāʾîm*": "noun, masculine plural - spirits of the dead/shades", "*maʿgəlōṯеhā*": "noun, feminine plural construct with 3rd person feminine singular suffix - her tracks" }, "variants": { "*šāḥāh*": "sink down/bow down/incline", "*māwеṯ*": "death/dying", "*rəfāʾîm*": "spirits of the dead/shades/departed spirits", "*maʿgəlōṯеhā*": "her tracks/her paths/her ways" } }

• GT, oversatt fra hebraisk Aug2024

  For hennes hus synker ned til døden, og hennes stier til dødningene.

• Original Norsk Bibel 1866

  thi hendes Huus bøier sig til Døden, og hendes Veie til Dødninger;

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  For her house inclineth unto death, and her paths unto the dead.

• KJV 1769 norsk

  For hennes hus heller mot døden, og hennes stier til de døde.

• Norsk oversettelse av Webster

  For hennes hus leder ned til døden, og hennes veier til de døde.

• Norsk oversettelse av Youngs Literal Translation

  For hennes hus fører ned til døden, og hennes veier til de dødes skygger.

• Norsk oversettelse av ASV1901

  For hennes hus fører ned til døden, og hennes stier til de døde;

• Norsk oversettelse av BBE

  For hennes hus fører ned til døden; hennes fotspor går mot skyggene;

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  For hir house is enclyned vnto death, and hir pathes vnto hell.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  Surely her house tendeth to death, and her paths vnto the dead.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  For her house is enclined vnto death, and her pathes vnto hell.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  For her house inclineth unto death, and her paths unto the dead.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  For her house leads down to death, Her paths to the dead.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  For her house hath inclined unto death, And unto Rephaim her paths.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  For her house inclineth unto death, And her paths unto the dead;

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  For her house is on the way down to death; her footsteps go down to the shades:

• World English Bible (2000)

  for her house leads down to death, her paths to the dead.

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  For she has set her house by death, and her paths by the place of the departed spirits.

Referenced Verses

• Prov 5:4-9 : 4 But her end is bitter as wormwood, sharp as a two-edged sword. 5 Her feet go down to death; her steps take hold on hell. 6 Lest you should ponder the path of life, her ways are unstable, so that you cannot know them. 7 Hear me now therefore, O children, and do not depart from the words of my mouth. 8 Remove your way far from her, and do not come near the door of her house: 9 Lest you give your honor to others, and your years to the cruel: 10 Lest strangers be filled with your wealth, and your labors be in the house of a stranger; 11 And you mourn at the last, when your flesh and your body are consumed, 12 And say, How have I hated instruction, and my heart despised reproof; 13 And have not obeyed the voice of my teachers, nor inclined my ear to those who instructed me! 14 I was almost in all evil in the midst of the congregation and assembly.
• Prov 6:26-35 : 26 For by means of a harlot a man is brought to a piece of bread: and the adulteress will hunt for the precious life. 27 Can a man take fire into his bosom, and his clothes not be burned? 28 Can one walk on hot coals, and his feet not be burned? 29 So is he who goes in to his neighbor's wife; whoever touches her shall not be innocent. 30 Men do not despise a thief, if he steals to satisfy himself when he is hungry; 31 But if he is found, he shall restore sevenfold; he shall give all the substance of his house. 32 But whoever commits adultery with a woman lacks understanding: he who does it destroys his own soul. 33 A wound and dishonor shall he get; and his reproach shall not be wiped away. 34 For jealousy is a husband's fury: therefore he will not spare in the day of vengeance. 35 He will not regard any ransom; neither will he be content, though you give many gifts.
• Prov 7:22-27 : 22 He goes after her immediately, as an ox goes to the slaughter, or as a fool to the correction of the stocks; 23 Until a dart strikes through his liver; as a bird hastes to the snare, and does not know that it is for his life. 24 Therefore listen to me now, O children, and attend to the words of my mouth. 25 Let not your heart incline to her ways, do not stray in her paths. 26 For she has cast down many wounded; indeed, many strong men have been slain by her. 27 Her house is the way to hell, going down to the chambers of death.
• Prov 9:18 : 18 But he does not know that the dead are there; and that her guests are in the depths of hell.
• 1 Cor 6:9-9 : 9 Do you not know that the unrighteous shall not inherit the kingdom of God? Be not deceived: neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor the effeminate, nor abusers of themselves with mankind, 10 Nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor extortioners, shall inherit the kingdom of God. 11 And such were some of you: but you are washed, but you are sanctified, but you are justified in the name of the Lord Jesus, and by the Spirit of our God.
• Gal 5:19-21 : 19 Now the works of the flesh are evident, which are these: adultery, fornication, uncleanness, lewdness, 20 idolatry, sorcery, hatred, contentions, jealousy, wrath, strife, seditious, heresies, 21 envy, murders, drunkenness, revelries, and the like; of which I tell you beforehand, just as I also told you in time past, that those who practice such things will not inherit the kingdom of God.
• Eph 5:5 : 5 For this you know, that no sexually immoral, unclean, or greedy person, who is an idolater, has any inheritance in the kingdom of Christ and God.
• Rev 21:8 : 8 But the fearful, and unbelieving, and the abominable, and murderers, and sexually immoral, and sorcerers, and idolaters, and all liars, shall have their part in the lake which burns with fire and brimstone: which is the second death.
• Rev 22:15 : 15 For outside are dogs, and sorcerers, and sexually immoral, and murderers, and idolaters, and whoever loves and makes a lie.