Proverbs 5:23
Modern Translations
New International Version
For lack of discipline they will die, led astray by their own great folly.

New Living Translation
He will die for lack of self-control; he will be lost because of his great foolishness.

English Standard Version
He dies for lack of discipline, and because of his great folly he is led astray.

Berean Study Bible
He dies for lack of discipline, led astray by his own great folly.

New American Standard Bible
He will die for lack of instruction, And in the greatness of his foolishness he will go astray.

NASB 1995
He will die for lack of instruction, And in the greatness of his folly he will go astray.

NASB 1977
He will die for lack of instruction, And in the greatness of his folly he will go astray.

Amplified Bible
He will die for lack of instruction (discipline), And in the greatness of his foolishness he will go astray and be lost.

Christian Standard Bible
He will die because there is no discipline, and be lost because of his great stupidity.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
He will die because there is no discipline, and be lost because of his great stupidity.

Contemporary English Version
They get lost and die because of their foolishness and lack of self-control.

Good News Translation
They die because they have no self-control. Their utter stupidity will send them to their graves.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
He will die for his lack of discipline and stumble around because of his great stupidity.

International Standard Version
He will die for lack of discipline, and he goes astray because of his great folly.

NET Bible
He will die because there was no discipline; because of the greatness of his folly he will reel.
Classic Translations
King James Bible
He shall die without instruction; and in the greatness of his folly he shall go astray.

New King James Version
He shall die for lack of instruction, And in the greatness of his folly he shall go astray.

King James 2000 Bible
He shall die for lack of instruction; and in the greatness of his folly he shall go astray.

New Heart English Bible
He will die for lack of instruction. In the greatness of his folly, he will go astray.

World English Bible
He will die for lack of instruction. In the greatness of his folly, he will go astray.

American King James Version
He shall die without instruction; and in the greatness of his folly he shall go astray.

American Standard Version
He shall die for lack of instruction; And in the greatness of his folly he shall go astray.

A Faithful Version
He shall die without instruction; and in the greatness of his folly he shall breathe his last.

Darby Bible Translation
He shall die for want of discipline; and in the greatness of his folly he shall go astray.

English Revised Version
He shall die for lack of instruction; and in the greatness of his folly he shall go astray.

Webster's Bible Translation
He shall die without instruction; and in the greatness of his folly he shall go astray.

Early Modern
Geneva Bible of 1587
Hee shall die for faute of instruction, and shall goe astraie through his great follie.

Bishops' Bible of 1568
He shall dye without amendement, and for his great foolishnes he shall go astray.

Coverdale Bible of 1535
Because he wolde not be refourmed, he shal dye: and for his greate foolishnesse he shal be destroyed.
Literal Translations
Literal Standard Version
He dies without instruction, "" And magnifies himself in the abundance of his folly!

Young's Literal Translation
He dieth without instruction, And in the abundance of his folly magnifieth himself!

Smith's Literal Translation
He shall die in not being instructed, and he shall wander in the multitude of his folly.

Catholic Translations
Douay-Rheims Bible
He shall die, because he hath not received instruction, and in the multitude of his folly he shall be deceived.

Catholic Public Domain Version
He shall die, for he has not held to discipline. And by the multitude of his foolishness, he shall be deceived.

Translations from Aramaic
Peshitta Holy Bible Translated
He will die without instruction and in the abundance of his error he will be led astray.

Lamsa Bible
He shall die without instruction; and in the greatness of his folly he shall go astray.

OT Translations
JPS Tanakh 1917
He shall die for lack of instruction; And in the greatness of his folly he shall reel.

Brenton Septuagint Translation
Such a man dies with the uninstructed; and he is cast forth from the abundance of his own substance, and has perished through folly.
















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