Proverbs 12:28
NASB Lexicon
NASB ©HebrewStrong'sOrigin
In the wayבְּאֹֽרַח־
(be·'o·rach-)
734: a way, pathfrom arach
of righteousnessצְדָקָ֥ה
(tze·da·kah)
6666: righteousnessfrom the same as tsedeq
is life, 
 
2425b: lifefrom chayah
And in [its] pathwayוְדֶ֖רֶךְ
(ve·de·rech)
1870: way, road, distance, journey, mannerfrom darak
there is noאַל־
(al-)
408: not (a subjective neg.)a prim. particle
death.מָֽוֶת׃
(ma·vet.)
4194: deathfrom muth


















KJV Lexicon
In the way
'orach  (o'-rakh)
a well-trodden road; also a caravan -- manner, path, race, rank, traveller, troop, (by-, high-)way.
of righteousness
tsdaqah  (tsed-aw-kaw')
rightness (abstractly), subjectively (rectitude), objectively (justice), morally (virtue) or figuratively (prosperity) -- justice, moderately, right(-eous) (act, -ly, -ness).
is life
chay  (khah'-ee)
age, alive, appetite, (wild) beast, company, congregation, life(-time), live(-ly), living (creature, thing), maintenance, + merry, multitude, + (be) old, quick, raw, running, springing, troop.
and in the pathway
nathiyb  (naw-theeb')
a (beaten) track -- path(-way), travel(-ler), way.
derek  (deh'-rek)
a road (as trodden); figuratively, a course of life or mode of action, often adverb
thereof there is no death
maveth  (maw'-veth)
death (natural or violent); concretely, the dead, their place or state (hades); figuratively, pestilence, ruin -- (be) dead(-ly), death, die(-d).
Parallel Verses
New American Standard Bible
In the way of righteousness is life, And in its pathway there is no death.

King James Bible
In the way of righteousness is life; and in the pathway thereof there is no death.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
There is life in the path of righteousness, but another path leads to death.

International Standard Version
In the pathway to righteousness there is life, and in that lifestyle there is no death.

NET Bible
In the path of righteousness there is life, but another path leads to death.

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
In the way of righteousness is life, and the way of the angry is unto death.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
Everlasting life is on the way of righteousness. Eternal death is not along its path.

King James 2000 Bible
In the way of righteousness is life; and in the pathway thereof there is no death.
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