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Proverbs 21:16

The man that wandereth out of the way of understanding shall remain in the congregation of the dead.
Proverbs 21:16 · King James Version

In other versions

  • The man that wandereth out of the way of understanding Shall rest in the assembly of the dead.

    ASV

  • The wanderer from the way of knowledge will have his resting-place among the shades.

    BBE

  • The man that wandereth out of the way of wisdom shall abide in the congregation of the dead.

    DBY

  • The man who wanders out of the way of understanding Shall rest in the assembly of the dead.

    WEB

  • A man who is wandering from the way of understanding, In an assembly of Rephaim resteth.

    YLT

  • The man that wanders out of the way of understanding shall remain in the congregation of the dead.

    ENG

  • The man that wandereth out of the way of understanding shall remain in the congregation of the dead.

    WBT

  • The man who strays from the path of understanding will rest in the assembly of the dead.

    BSB

In context

14A gift in secret pacifieth anger: and a reward in the bosom strong wrath.

15It is joy to the just to do judgment: but destruction shall be to the workers of iniquity.

16The man that wandereth out of the way of understanding shall remain in the congregation of the dead.

17He that loveth pleasure shall be a poor man: he that loveth wine and oil shall not be rich.

18The wicked shall be a ransom for the righteous, and the transgressor for the upright.

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