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Proverbs 15:24
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KJ21
The path of life is upward for the wise, that he may depart from hell beneath.
ASV
To the wise the way of life goeth upward, That he may depart from Sheol beneath.
AMP
The [chosen] path of life leads upward for the wise, That he may keep away from Sheol (the nether world, the place of the dead) below.
AMPC
The path of the wise leads upward to life, that he may avoid [the gloom] in the depths of Sheol (Hades, the place of the dead).
BRG
The way of life is above to the wise, that he may depart from hell beneath.
CSB
For the prudent the path of life leads upward, so that he may avoid going down to Sheol.
CSBA
For the prudent the path of life leads upwards, so that he may avoid going down to Sheol.
CEB
For those with insight, life is an upward path, avoiding the grave below.
CJB
For the prudent, the path of life goes upward; thus he avoids Sh’ol below.
CEV
All who are wise follow a road that leads upward to life and away from death.
DARBY
The path of life is upwards for the wise, that he may depart from Sheol beneath.
DRA
The path of life is above for the wise, that he may decline from the lowest hell.
ERV
What wise people do leads to life here on earth and stops them from going down to the place of death.
EASY
A wise person walks on a path that leads him up to a long life. He keeps away from the path that would lead him down to death.
EHV
The path of life leads upward for a person with insight, so that he may turn away from hell below.
ESV
The path of life leads upward for the prudent, that he may turn away from Sheol beneath.
ESVUK
The path of life leads upwards for the prudent, that he may turn away from Sheol beneath.
EXB
·Wise [Insightful] people’s ·lives [L way] ·get better and better [move upward]. They ·avoid whatever would cause their death [L turn aside from Sheol/the grave below].
GNV
The way of life is on high to the prudent, to avoid from hell beneath.
GW
The path of life for a wise person leads upward in order to turn him away from hell below.
GNT
Wise people walk the road that leads upward to life, not the road that leads downward to death.
HCSB
For the discerning the path of life leads upward, so that he may avoid going down to Sheol.
ICB
A wise person does things that will make his life better. He avoids whatever would cause his death.
ISV
The way of life leads upward for the wise so he may avoid Sheol below.
JUB
¶ The way of life is uphill to the wise, that he may separate himself from Sheol below.
KJV
The way of life is above to the wise, that he may depart from hell beneath.
AKJV
The way of life is above to the wise, that he may depart from hell beneath.
LSB
The path of life leads upward for the one who has insight That he may turn away from Sheol below.
LEB
The path of life leads upward for him who has insight, in order to turn away from Sheol below.
TLB
The road of the godly leads upward, leaving hell behind.
MSG
Life ascends to the heights for the thoughtful— it’s a clean about-face from descent into hell.
MEV
The way of life leads above for the wise, that he may depart from Sheol below.
NOG
The path of life for a wise person leads upward in order to turn him away from hell below.
NABRE
The path of life leads upward for the prudent, turning them from Sheol below.
NASB
The path of life leads upward for the wise, So that he may keep away from Sheol below.
NASB1995
The path of life leads upward for the wise That he may keep away from Sheol below.
NCB
The path of life leads upward for the prudent man so that he may escape going down to the netherworld.
NCV
Wise people’s lives get better and better. They avoid whatever would cause their death.
NET
The path of life is upward for the wise person, to keep him from going downward to Sheol.
NIRV
The path of life leads up for those who are wise. It keeps them from going down to the place of the dead.
NIV
The path of life leads upward for the prudent to keep them from going down to the realm of the dead.
NIVUK
The path of life leads upward for the prudent to keep them from going down to the realm of the dead.
NKJV
The way of life winds upward for the wise, That he may turn away from hell below.
NLV
The path of life leads up for the wise, so he may keep away from hell below.
NLT
The path of life leads upward for the wise; they leave the grave behind.
NRSVA
For the wise the path of life leads upwards, in order to avoid Sheol below.
NRSVACE
For the wise the path of life leads upwards, in order to avoid Sheol below.
NRSVCE
For the wise the path of life leads upward, in order to avoid Sheol below.
NRSVUE
For the wise the path of life leads upward, in order to avoid Sheol below.
OJB
The Orach Chayyim leads upward to the wise, in order that he may depart from Sheol beneath.
RGT
The way of life is upward to the prudent, that he may avoid Hell beneath.
RSV
The wise man’s path leads upward to life, that he may avoid Sheol beneath.
RSVCE
The wise man’s path leads upward to life, that he may avoid Sheol beneath.
TLV
The path of life leads upward for the wise to keep him from going down to Sheol.
VOICE
For the wise the road of life climbs up steep grades in order to avoid the slide down to the grave.
WEB
The path of life leads upward for the wise, to keep him from going downward to Sheol.
WYC
The path of life is on a learned man; that he bow away from the last hell. (The path of life leadeth upward for the learned; yea, so that they turn away from Sheol, or the land of the dead/so that they turn away from hell, which is below.)
YLT
A path of life [is] on high for the wise, To turn aside from Sheol beneath.
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