Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version But the way of the wicked is like deep darkness; they do not know what makes them stumble. New Living Translation But the way of the wicked is like total darkness. They have no idea what they are stumbling over. English Standard Version The way of the wicked is like deep darkness; they do not know over what they stumble. Berean Standard Bible But the way of the wicked is like the darkest gloom; they do not know what makes them stumble. King James Bible The way of the wicked is as darkness: they know not at what they stumble. New King James Version The way of the wicked is like darkness; They do not know what makes them stumble. New American Standard Bible The way of the wicked is like darkness; They do not know over what they stumble. NASB 1995 The way of the wicked is like darkness; They do not know over what they stumble. NASB 1977 The way of the wicked is like darkness; They do not know over what they stumble. Legacy Standard Bible The way of the wicked is like thick darkness; They do not know over what they stumble. Amplified Bible The way of the wicked is like [deep] darkness; They do not know over what they stumble. Christian Standard Bible But the way of the wicked is like the darkest gloom; they don’t know what makes them stumble. Holman Christian Standard Bible But the way of the wicked is like the darkest gloom; they don’t know what makes them stumble. American Standard Version The way of the wicked is as darkness: They know not at what they stumble. Contemporary English Version The lifestyle of the wicked is like total darkness, and they will never know what makes them stumble. English Revised Version The way of the wicked is as darkness: they know not at what they stumble. GOD'S WORD® Translation The way of wicked people is like deep darkness. They do not know what makes them stumble. Good News Translation The road of the wicked, however, is dark as night. They fall, but cannot see what they have stumbled over. International Standard Version But the way of the wicked is like deep darkness, and they do not know what they are stumbling over. Majority Standard Bible But the way of the wicked is like the darkest gloom; they do not know what makes them stumble. NET Bible The way of the wicked is like gloomy darkness; they do not know what causes them to stumble. New Heart English Bible The way of the wicked is like darkness. They do not know what they stumble over. Webster's Bible Translation The way of the wicked is as darkness: they know not at what they stumble. World English Bible The way of the wicked is like darkness. They don’t know what they stumble over. Literal Translations Literal Standard VersionThe way of the wicked [is] as darkness, "" They have not known at what they stumble. Young's Literal Translation The way of the wicked is as darkness, They have not known at what they stumble. Smith's Literal Translation The way of the unjust as darkness: they shall not know in what they shall stumble. Catholic Translations Douay-Rheims BibleThe way of the wicked is darksome: they know not where they fall. Catholic Public Domain Version The way of the impious is darkened. They do not know where they may fall. New American Bible The way of the wicked is like darkness; they do not know on what they stumble. New Revised Standard Version The way of the wicked is like deep darkness; they do not know what they stumble over. Translations from Aramaic Lamsa BibleThe way of the wicked is like darkness; they do not know at what they stumble. Peshitta Holy Bible Translated But the way of the wicked is darkness and they do not know on what they stumble. OT Translations JPS Tanakh 1917The way of the wicked is as darkness; They know not at what they stumble. Brenton Septuagint Translation But the ways of the ungodly are dark; they know not how they stumble. Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context A Father's Instruction…18The path of the righteous is like the first gleam of dawn, shining brighter and brighter until midday. 19But the way of the wicked is like the darkest gloom; they do not know what makes them stumble. 20My son, pay attention to my words; incline your ear to my sayings.… Cross References John 12:35 Then Jesus told them, “For a little while longer, the Light will be among you. Walk while you have the Light, so that darkness will not overtake you. The one who walks in the darkness does not know where he is going. 1 John 2:11 But whoever hates his brother is in the darkness and walks in the darkness. He does not know where he is going, because the darkness has blinded his eyes. Isaiah 59:9-10 Therefore justice is far from us, and righteousness does not reach us. We hope for light, but there is darkness; for brightness, but we walk in gloom. / Like the blind, we feel our way along the wall, groping like those without eyes. We stumble at midday as in the twilight; among the vigorous we are like the dead. Matthew 15:14 Disregard them! They are blind guides. If a blind man leads a blind man, both will fall into a pit.” Ephesians 4:18 They are darkened in their understanding and alienated from the life of God because of the ignorance that is in them due to the hardness of their hearts. 2 Corinthians 4:4 The god of this age has blinded the minds of unbelievers, so they cannot see the light of the gospel of the glory of Christ, who is the image of God. Job 18:5-6 Indeed, the lamp of the wicked is extinguished; the flame of his fire does not glow. / The light in his tent grows dark, and the lamp beside him goes out. Isaiah 8:20 To the law and to the testimony! If they do not speak according to this word, they have no light of dawn. Jeremiah 23:12 “Therefore their path will become slick; they will be driven away into the darkness and fall into it. For I will bring disaster upon them in the year of their punishment,” declares the LORD. Psalm 82:5 They do not know or understand; they wander in the darkness; all the foundations of the earth are shaken. Isaiah 60:2 For behold, darkness covers the earth, and thick darkness is over the peoples; but the LORD will rise upon you, and His glory will appear over you. 2 Peter 2:17 These men are springs without water and mists driven by a storm. Blackest darkness is reserved for them. Matthew 6:23 But if your eyes are bad, your whole body will be full of darkness. If then the light within you is darkness, how great is that darkness! Romans 1:21 For although they knew God, they neither glorified Him as God nor gave thanks to Him, but they became futile in their thinking and darkened in their foolish hearts. Isaiah 5:20 Woe to those who call evil good and good evil, who turn darkness to light and light to darkness, who replace bitter with sweet and sweet with bitter. Treasury of Scripture The way of the wicked is as darkness: they know not at what they stumble. 1 Samuel 2:9 He will keep the feet of his saints, and the wicked shall be silent in darkness; for by strength shall no man prevail. Job 5:14 They meet with darkness in the daytime, and grope in the noonday as in the night. Job 12:25 They grope in the dark without light, and he maketh them to stagger like a drunken man. Jump to Previous Cause Dark Darkness Deep Fall Makes Sinners Stumble Way WickedJump to Next Cause Dark Darkness Deep Fall Makes Sinners Stumble Way WickedProverbs 4 1. persuades to wisdom14. and to show wickedness 20. He exhorts to sanctification But the way of the wicked This phrase sets a stark contrast between the righteous and the wicked, a common theme in Proverbs. The "way" refers to the path or lifestyle one chooses. In Hebrew, "derek" (דֶּרֶךְ) signifies a road or course of life. The "wicked" (רְשָׁעִים, "reshayim") are those who live in opposition to God's commandments. Historically, the wicked are often depicted as those who reject divine wisdom, choosing instead a path of moral and spiritual darkness. This path is not just a physical journey but a metaphor for the choices and actions that lead away from God's light. is like the darkest gloom they do not know what makes them stumble Parallel Commentaries ... Hebrew But the wayדֶּ֣רֶךְ (de·reḵ) Noun - common singular construct Strong's 1870: A road, a course of life, mode of action of the wicked רְ֭שָׁעִים (rə·šā·‘îm) Adjective - masculine plural Strong's 7563: Wrong, an, bad person is like the darkest gloom; כָּֽאֲפֵלָ֑ה (kā·’ă·p̄ê·lāh) Preposition-k, Article | Noun - feminine singular Strong's 653: Duskiness, misfortune, concealment they do not לֹ֥א (lō) Adverb - Negative particle Strong's 3808: Not, no know יָ֝דְע֗וּ (yā·ḏə·‘ū) Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural Strong's 3045: To know what בַּמֶּ֥ה (bam·meh) Preposition-b | Interrogative Strong's 4100: What?, what!, indefinitely what makes them stumble. יִכָּשֵֽׁלוּ׃ (yik·kā·šê·lū) Verb - Nifal - Imperfect - third person masculine plural Strong's 3782: To totter, waver, to falter, stumble, faint, fall Links Proverbs 4:19 NIVProverbs 4:19 NLT Proverbs 4:19 ESV Proverbs 4:19 NASB Proverbs 4:19 KJV Proverbs 4:19 BibleApps.com Proverbs 4:19 Biblia Paralela Proverbs 4:19 Chinese Bible Proverbs 4:19 French Bible Proverbs 4:19 Catholic Bible OT Poetry: Proverbs 4:19 The way of the wicked is like (Prov. 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