Proverbs 22:5
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English Standard Version
Thorns and snares are in the way of the crooked; whoever guards his soul will keep far from them.

New American Standard Bible
Thorns and snares are in the way of the perverse; He who guards himself will be far from them.

King James Bible
Thorns and snares are in the way of the froward: he that doth keep his soul shall be far from them.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
There are thorns and snares on the path of the crooked; the one who guards himself stays far from them.

International Standard Version
Thorns and snares lie in the path of the perverse person, but whoever is cautious stays far away from them.

NET Bible
Thorns and snares are in the path of the perverse, but the one who guards himself keeps far from them.

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
Nets and snares are in the perverse way, and he that keeps his soul will be far from them.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
A devious person has thorns and traps ahead of him. Whoever guards himself will stay far away from them.

King James 2000 Bible
Thorns and snares are in the way of the perverse: he that does keep his soul shall be far from them.

American King James Version
Thorns and snares are in the way of the fraudulent: he that does keep his soul shall be far from them.

American Standard Version
Thorns and'snares are in the way of the perverse: He that keepeth his soul shall be far from them.

Douay-Rheims Bible
Arms and swords are in the way of the perverse: but he that keepeth his own soul departeth far from them.

Darby Bible Translation
Thorns and snares are in the way of the perverse: he that keepeth his soul holdeth himself far from them.

English Revised Version
Thorns and snares are in the way of the froward: he that keepeth his soul shall be far from them.

Webster's Bible Translation
Thorns and snares are in the way of the froward: he that doth keep his soul shall be far from them.

World English Bible
Thorns and snares are in the path of the wicked: whoever guards his soul stays from them.

Young's Literal Translation
Thorns -- snares are in the way of the perverse, Whoso is keeping his soul is far from them.
Lexicon
Thorns
tsen  (tsane)
a thorn; hence, a cactus-hedge -- thorn.
and snares
pach  (pakh)
a (metallic) sheet (as pounded thin); also a spring net (as spread out like a lamina) -- gin, (thin) plate, snare.
are in the way
derek  (deh'-rek)
a road (as trodden); figuratively, a course of life or mode of action, often adverb
of the froward
`iqqesh  (ik-kashe')
distorted; hence, false -- crooked, froward, perverse.
he that doth keep
shamar  (shaw-mar')
to hedge about (as with thorns), i.e. guard; generally, to protect, attend to, etc.
his soul
nephesh  (neh'-fesh)
a breathing creature, i.e. animal of (abstractly) vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or mental)
shall be far
rachaq  (raw-khak')
to widen (in any direction), i.e. (intransitively) recede or (transitively) remove (literally or figuratively, of place or relation)
from them
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