NASB Lexicon
KJV Lexicon So are the ways'orach (o'-rakh) a well-trodden road; also a caravan -- manner, path, race, rank, traveller, troop, (by-, high-)way. of every one that is greedy batsa` (baw-tsah') figuratively, to finish, or (intransitively) stop -- (be) covet(-ous), cut (off), finish, fulfill, gain (greedily), get, be given to (covetousness), greedy, perform, be wounded. of gain betsa` (beh'-tsah) plunder; by extension, gain (usually unjust) -- covetousness, (dishonest) gain, lucre, profit. which taketh away laqach (law-kakh') to take (in the widest variety of applications) the life 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) of the owners ba`al (bah'-al) a master; hence, a husband, or (figuratively) owner (often used with another noun in modifications of this latter sense) + married, master, person, + sworn, they of. thereof Parallel Verses New American Standard Bible So are the ways of everyone who gains by violence; It takes away the life of its possessors. King James Bible So are the ways of every one that is greedy of gain; which taketh away the life of the owners thereof. Holman Christian Standard Bible Such are the paths of all who make profit dishonestly; it takes the lives of those who receive it. International Standard Version Such is the way of all those who seek illicit gain— it takes away the lives of those who possess it. NET Bible Such are the ways of all who gain profit unjustly; it takes away the life of those who obtain it! Aramaic Bible in Plain English So are the ways of all who do evil and take the lives of their Masters. GOD'S WORD® Translation This is what happens to everyone who is greedy for unjust gain. Greed takes away his life. King James 2000 Bible So are the ways of everyone that is greedy of gain; which takes away the life of its owners. Links Proverbs 1:19Proverbs 1:19 NIV Proverbs 1:19 NLT Proverbs 1:19 ESV Proverbs 1:19 NASB Proverbs 1:19 KJV |
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