Proverbs 5:6 — Bible Verse (KJV)
“Lest thou shouldest ponder the path of life, her ways are moveable, that thou canst not know them.”
Proverbs 5:6 — King James Version (KJV), 1611
Proverbs 5:6 in 6 Bible Translations
Read Proverbs 5:6 in the King James Version (KJV) and 5 other free, public-domain translations side by side.
Proverbs 5:6 WEB — World English Bible (2000)
“She gives no thought to the way of life. Her ways are crooked, and she doesn’t know it.”
Proverbs 5:6 — World English Bible
Proverbs 5:6 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)
“So that she findeth not the level path of life: Her ways are unstable, andshe knoweth it not. ”
Proverbs 5:6 — American Standard Version
Proverbs 5:6 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)
“The path of life--lest thou ponder, Moved have her paths--thou knowest not.”
Proverbs 5:6 — Young's Literal Translation
Proverbs 5:6 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)
“Lest she should ponder the path of life, her ways wander, she knoweth not [whither]. ”
Proverbs 5:6 — Darby Translation
Proverbs 5:6 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)
“She weigheth not the way of life: her paths are moueable: thou canst not knowe them.”
Proverbs 5:6 — Geneva Bible
Proverbs 5:6 in Context — Proverbs 5
4 But her end is bitter as wormwood, sharp as a twoedged sword.
5 Her feet go down to death; her steps take hold on hell.
6 Lest thou shouldest ponder the path of life, her ways are moveable, that thou canst not know them.
7 Hear me now therefore, O ye children, and depart not from the words of my mouth.
8 Remove thy way far from her, and come not nigh the door of her house:
What Does Proverbs 5:6 Mean?
Proverbs 5:6 is a verse from the Book of Proverbs, part of the Old Testament. It appears in Proverbs chapter 5. Use The Living Sword's word-by-word study mode to explore every word in the original Hebrew and Aramaic.
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