Proverbs 1:32
Modern Translations
New International Version
For the waywardness of the simple will kill them, and the complacency of fools will destroy them;

New Living Translation
For simpletons turn away from me—to death. Fools are destroyed by their own complacency.

English Standard Version
For the simple are killed by their turning away, and the complacency of fools destroys them;

Berean Study Bible
For the waywardness of the simple will slay them, and the complacency of fools will destroy them.

New American Standard Bible
“For the faithlessness of the naive will kill them, And the complacency of fools will destroy them.

NASB 1995
"For the waywardness of the naive will kill them, And the complacency of fools will destroy them.

NASB 1977
“For the waywardness of the naive shall kill them, And the complacency of fools shall destroy them.

Amplified Bible
“For the turning away of the naive will kill them, And the careless ease of [self-righteous] fools will destroy them.

Christian Standard Bible
For the apostasy of the inexperienced will kill them, and the complacency of fools will destroy them.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
For the turning away of the inexperienced will kill them, and the complacency of fools will destroy them.

Contemporary English Version
Sin and self-satisfaction bring destruction and death to stupid fools.

Good News Translation
Inexperienced people die because they reject wisdom. Stupid people are destroyed by their own lack of concern.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
"Gullible people kill themselves because of their turning away. Fools destroy themselves because of their indifference.

International Standard Version
Indeed, the waywardness of the na�ve will kill them, and the complacency of fools will destroy them.

NET Bible
For the waywardness of the simpletons will kill them, and the careless ease of fools will destroy them.
Classic Translations
King James Bible
For the turning away of the simple shall slay them, and the prosperity of fools shall destroy them.

New King James Version
For the turning away of the simple will slay them, And the complacency of fools will destroy them;

King James 2000 Bible
For the turning away of the simple shall slay them, and the prosperity of fools shall destroy them.

New Heart English Bible
For the backsliding of the simple will kill them. The careless ease of fools will destroy them.

World English Bible
For the backsliding of the simple will kill them. The careless ease of fools will destroy them.

American King James Version
For the turning away of the simple shall slay them, and the prosperity of fools shall destroy them.

American Standard Version
For the backsliding of the simple shall slay them, And the careless ease of fools shall destroy them.

A Faithful Version
For the waywardness of the simple shall slay them, and the complacency of fools destroys them.

Darby Bible Translation
For the turning away of the simple shall slay them, and the prosperity of the foolish shall cause them to perish.

English Revised Version
For the backsliding of the simple shall slay them, and the prosperity of fools shall destroy them.

Webster's Bible Translation
For the turning away of the simple shall slay them, and the prosperity of fools shall destroy them.

Early Modern
Geneva Bible of 1587
For ease slaieth the foolish, and the prosperitie of fooles destroyeth them.

Bishops' Bible of 1568
For the turnyng away of the vnwise shall slay them, and the prosperitie of fooles shall destroy them.

Coverdale Bible of 1535
for ye turnynge awaye of ye vnwyse shal slaye the, & ye prosperi of fooles shalbe their owne destruccio.
Literal Translations
Literal Standard Version
For the turning of the simple slays them, "" And the security of the foolish destroys them.

Young's Literal Translation
For the turning of the simple slayeth them, And the security of the foolish destroyeth them.

Smith's Literal Translation
For the turning away of the simple shall slay them, and the error of the foolish shall destroy them.

Catholic Translations
Douay-Rheims Bible
The turning away of little ones shall kill them, and the prosperity of fools shall destroy them.

Catholic Public Domain Version
The loathing of the little ones shall destroy them, and the prosperity of the foolish shall perish them.

Translations from Aramaic
Peshitta Holy Bible Translated
Because of this, the turning away of the children will kill them, and the error of feeble minds will destroy them.

Lamsa Bible
For the turning away of the simple shall slay them, and the error of the weak-minded men shall destroy them.

OT Translations
JPS Tanakh 1917
For the waywardness of the thoughtless shall slay them, And the confidence of fools shall destroy them.

Brenton Septuagint Translation
For because they wronged the simple, they shall be slain; and an inquisition shall ruin the ungodly.
















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