Proverbs 16:25
NASB Lexicon
NASB ©HebrewStrong'sOrigin
Thereיֵ֤שׁ
(yesh)
3426: being, substance, existence, isof uncertain derivation
is a wayדֶּ֣רֶךְ
(de·rech)
1870: way, road, distance, journey, mannerfrom darak
[which seems] rightיָ֭שָׁר
(ya·shar)
3477: straight, rightfrom yashar
to a man,אִ֑ישׁ
(ish;)
376: manfrom an unused word
But its endוְ֝אַחֲרִיתָ֗הּ
(ve·'a·cha·ri·tah)
319: the after-part, endfrom achar
is the wayדַּרְכֵי־
(dar·chei-)
1870: way, road, distance, journey, mannerfrom darak
of death.מָֽוֶת׃
(ma·vet.)
4194: deathfrom muth


















KJV Lexicon
There is
yesh  (yaysh)
entity; used adverbially or as a copula for the substantive verb; there is or are
a way
derek  (deh'-rek)
a road (as trodden); figuratively, a course of life or mode of action, often adverb
that seemeth right
yashar  (yaw-shawr')
straight -- convenient, equity, Jasher, just, meet(-est), + pleased well right(-eous), straight, (most) upright(-ly, -ness).
unto
paniym  (paw-neem')
the face (as the part that turns); used in a great variety of applications (literally and figuratively); also (with prepositional prefix) as a preposition (before, etc.)
a man
'iysh  (eesh)
a man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term (and in such cases frequently not expressed in translation)
but the end
'achariyth  (akh-ar-eeth')
the last or end, hence, the future; also posterity -- (last, latter) end (time), hinder (utter) -most, length, posterity, remnant, residue, reward.
thereof are the ways
derek  (deh'-rek)
a road (as trodden); figuratively, a course of life or mode of action, often adverb
of 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
There is a way which seems right to a man, But its end is the way of death.

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

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

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

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

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
There is a way that seems right in the eyes of the children of men, and its paths are the paths of death.

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

King James 2000 Bible
There is a way that seems right unto a man, but the end thereof are the ways of death.
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