NASB Lexicon
KJV Lexicon The wayderek (deh'-rek) a road (as trodden); figuratively, a course of life or mode of action, often adverb of the slothful `atsel (aw-tsale') indolent -- slothful, sluggard. man is as an hedge msuwkah (mes-oo-kaw') a hedge -- hedge. of thorns chedeq (khay'-dek) a prickly plant -- brier, thorn. but the way 'orach (o'-rakh) a well-trodden road; also a caravan -- manner, path, race, rank, traveller, troop, (by-, high-)way. of the righteous yashar (yaw-shawr') straight -- convenient, equity, Jasher, just, meet(-est), + pleased well right(-eous), straight, (most) upright(-ly, -ness). is made plain calal (saw-lal') to mound up (especially a turnpike); figurative, to exalt; reflexively, to oppose (as by a dam) -- cast up, exalt (self), extol, make plain, raise up. Parallel Verses New American Standard Bible The way of the lazy is as a hedge of thorns, But the path of the upright is a highway. King James Bible The way of the slothful man is as an hedge of thorns: but the way of the righteous is made plain. Holman Christian Standard Bible A slacker's way is like a thorny hedge, but the path of the upright is a highway. International Standard Version The lifestyle of the lazy is like a thorny hedge, but the path taken by the upright is an open highway. NET Bible The way of the sluggard is like a hedge of thorns, but the path of the upright is like a highway. Aramaic Bible in Plain English The ways of the lazy are filled with sorrows and the ways of the upright are clear. GOD'S WORD® Translation The path of lazy people is like a thorny hedge, but the road of decent people is an [open] highway. King James 2000 Bible The way of the slothful man is as a hedge of thorns: but the way of the righteous is made a highway. Links Proverbs 15:19Proverbs 15:19 NIV Proverbs 15:19 NLT Proverbs 15:19 ESV Proverbs 15:19 NASB Proverbs 15:19 KJV |