Proverbs 14:12
New International Version
There is a way that appears to be right, but in the end it leads to death.

New Living Translation
There is a path before each person that seems right, but it ends in death.

English Standard Version
There is a way that seems right to a man, but its end is the way to death.

Berean Standard Bible
There is a way that seems right to a man, but its end is the way of death.

King James Bible
There is a way which seemeth right unto a man, but the end thereof are the ways of death.

New King James Version
There is a way that seems right to a man, But its end is the way of death.

New American Standard Bible
There is a way which seems right to a person, But its end is the way of death.

NASB 1995
There is a way which seems right to a man, But its end is the way of death.

NASB 1977
There is a way which seems right to a man, But its end is the way of death.

Legacy Standard Bible
There is a way which seems right to a man, But its end is the way of death.

Amplified Bible
There is a way which seems right to a man and appears straight before him, But its end is the way of death.

Christian Standard Bible
There is a way that seems right to a person, but its end is the way to death.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
There is a way that seems right to a man, but its end is the way to death.

American Standard Version
There is a way which seemeth right unto a man; But the end thereof are the ways of death.

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
There is a way that men think is right, and its ways are the ways of death.

Brenton Septuagint Translation
There is a way which seems to be right with men, but the ends of it reach to the depths of hell.

Contemporary English Version
You may think you are on the right road and still end up dead.

Douay-Rheims Bible
There is a way which seemeth just to a man: but the ends thereof lead to death.

English Revised Version
There is a way which seemeth right unto a man, but the end thereof are the ways of death.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
There is a way that seems right to a person, but eventually it ends in death.

Good News Translation
What you think is the right road may lead to death.

International Standard Version
There is a pathway that seems right to a man, but in the end it's a road to death.

JPS Tanakh 1917
There is a way which seemeth right unto a man, But the end thereof are the ways of death.

Literal Standard Version
There is a way—right before a man, | And its latter end [are] ways of death.

Majority Standard Bible
There is a way that seems right to a man, but its end is the way of death.

New American Bible
Sometimes a way seems right, but the end of it leads to death!

NET Bible
There is a way that seems right to a person, but its end is the way that leads to death.

New Revised Standard Version
There is a way that seems right to a person, but its end is the way to death.

New Heart English Bible
There is a way which seems right to a man, but in the end it leads to death.

Webster's Bible Translation
There is a way which seemeth right to a man, but the end of it are the ways of death.

World English Bible
There is a way which seems right to a man, but in the end it leads to death.

Young's Literal Translation
There is a way -- right before a man, And its latter end are ways of death.

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Context
The Wise Woman
11The house of the wicked will be destroyed, but the tent of the upright will flourish. 12There is a way that seems right to a man, but its end is the way of death. 13Even in laughter the heart may ache, and joy may end in sorrow.…

Cross References
Romans 6:21
What fruit did you reap at that time from the things of which you are now ashamed? The outcome of those things is death.

Proverbs 12:15
The way of a fool is right in his own eyes, but a wise man listens to counsel.

Proverbs 16:25
There is a way that seems right to a man, but its end is the way of death.


Treasury of Scripture

There is a way which seems right to a man, but the end thereof are the ways of death.

Proverbs 12:15
The way of a fool is right in his own eyes: but he that hearkeneth unto counsel is wise.

Proverbs 16:25
There is a way that seemeth right unto a man, but the end thereof are the ways of death.

Proverbs 30:12
There is a generation that are pure in their own eyes, and yet is not washed from their filthiness.

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(12) There is a way which seemeth right unto a man, and yet he will be punished if he follows it, for his perverted conscience may arise from his desertion of God, and his refusal of the light He offered. (Comp. Romans 1:28, sqq.)

Verse 12. - This verse occurs again in Proverbs 16:25. There is a way which seemeth right unto a man. This may refer to the blinding effects of passion and self-will; for these make a man think his own way best and most desirable. But it seems better to take it as a warning against following a perverted or uninstructed conscience. Conscience needs to be informed by God's Word and ruled by God's will to make it a safe guide. When properly regulated, it is able to pronounce a verdict upon contemplated action, and its verdict must always he obeyed. But warped by prejudice, weakened by disuse and disobedience, judicially blinded in punishment and in consequence of sin, it loses all power of moral judgment, and becomes inoperative of good; and then, as to the way that seemed at the moment right, the end thereof are the ways of death (Proverbs 5:5). The man is following a false light, and is led astray, and goes headlong to destruction (comp. Romans 1:28; 1 Timothy 4:2; see on ver. 13). St. Gregory ('Moral.,' 5:12) has some words on this subject: "There are times when we are ignorant whether the very things which we believe we do aright, are rightly done in the strict Judge's eye. For it often happens that an action of ours, which is cause for our condemnation, passes with us for the aggrandizement of virtue. Often by the same act whereby we think to appease the Judge, he is urged to anger when favourable Hence, while holy men are getting the mastery over their evil habits, their very good practices even become an object of dread to them, lest, when they desire to do a good action, they be decoyed by a semblance of the thing, lest the baleful canker of corruption lurk under the fair appearance of a goodly colour. For they know that they are still charged with the burden of corruption, and cannot exactly discern the things that be good" (Oxford transl.).

Parallel Commentaries ...


Hebrew
There is
יֵ֤שׁ (yêš)
Adverb
Strong's 3426: Being, substance, existence, is

a way
דֶּ֣רֶךְ (de·reḵ)
Noun - common singular
Strong's 1870: A road, a course of life, mode of action

that seems right
יָ֭שָׁר (yā·šār)
Adjective - masculine singular
Strong's 3477: Straight, right

to
לִפְנֵי־ (lip̄·nê-)
Preposition-l | Noun - masculine plural construct
Strong's 6440: The face

a man,
אִ֑ישׁ (’îš)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 376: A man as an individual, a male person

but its end
וְ֝אַחֲרִיתָ֗הּ (wə·’a·ḥă·rî·ṯāh)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - feminine singular construct | third person feminine singular
Strong's 319: The last, end, the future, posterity

is the way
דַּרְכֵי־ (dar·ḵê-)
Noun - common plural construct
Strong's 1870: A road, a course of life, mode of action

of death.
מָֽוֶת׃ (mā·weṯ)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 4194: Death, the dead, their place, state, pestilence, ruin


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