Proverbs 4:19
NASB Lexicon
NASB ©HebrewStrong'sOrigin
The wayדֶּ֣רֶךְ
(de·rech)
1870: way, road, distance, journey, mannerfrom darak
of the wickedרְ֭שָׁעִים
(re·sha·'im)
7563: wicked, criminalfrom an unused word
is like darkness;כָּֽאֲפֵלָ֑ה
(ka·'a·fe·lah;)
653: darkness, gloominess, calamityfrom the same as ophel
They do not knowיָ֝דְע֗וּ
(ya·de·'u)
3045: to knowa prim. root
over whatבַּמֶּ֥ה
(bam·meh)
4100: what? how? anythinga prim. interrogative and indefinite particle
they stumble.יִכָּשֵֽׁלוּ׃
(yik·ka·she·lu.)
3782: to stumble, stagger, tottera prim. root


















KJV Lexicon
The way
derek  (deh'-rek)
a road (as trodden); figuratively, a course of life or mode of action, often adverb
of the wicked
rasha`  (raw-shaw')
morally wrong; concretely, an (actively) bad person -- + condemned, guilty, ungodly, wicked (man), that did wrong.
is as darkness
'aphelah  (af-ay-law')
duskiness, figuratively, misfortune; concrete, concealment -- dark, darkness, gloominess, thick.
they know
yada`  (yaw-dah')
to know (properly, to ascertain by seeing); used in a great variety of senses, figuratively, literally, euphemistically and inferentially
not at what they stumble
kashal  (kaw-shal')
to totter or waver (through weakness of the legs, especially the ankle); by implication, to falter, stumble, faint or fall
Parallel Verses
New American Standard Bible
The way of the wicked is like darkness; They do not know over what they stumble.

King James Bible
The way of the wicked is as darkness: they know not at what they stumble.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
But the way of the wicked is like the darkest gloom; they don't know what makes them stumble.

International Standard Version
But the way of the wicked is like deep darkness, and they do not know what they are stumbling over.

NET Bible
The way of the wicked is like gloomy darkness; they do not know what causes them to stumble.

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
But the way of the wicked is darkness and they do not know on what they stumble.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
The way of wicked people is like deep darkness. They do not know what makes them stumble.

King James 2000 Bible
The way of the wicked is as darkness: they know not at what they stumble.
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