6Lest you should ponder the path of life, her ways are moveable, that you can not know them.


In Context

3 For the lips of a strange woman drop as an honeycomb, and her mouth is smoother than oil:

4 But her end is bitter as wormwood, sharp as a two-edged sword.

5 Her feet go down to death; her steps take hold on hell.

6 Lest you should ponder the path of life, her ways are moveable, that you can not know them.

7 Hear me now therefore, O you children, and depart not from the words of my mouth.

8 Remove your way far from her, and come not near the door of her house:

Proverbs 5:6 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

5:6Lest thou shouldest ponder the path of life, her ways are moveable, [that] thou canst not know [them. ]

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

5:6She gives no thought to the way of life; her paths are crooked, but she knows it not.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

5:6They walk not by the path of life, her steps are wandering, and unaccountable.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

5:6So that she findeth not the level path of life: Her ways are unstable, and'she knoweth it not.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

5:6Lest she should ponder the path of life, her ways wander, she knoweth not whither.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

5:6So that she findeth not the level path of life: her ways are unstable and she knoweth it not.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

5:6Lest thou shouldst ponder the path of life, her ways are movable, that thou canst not know them.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

5:6She gives no thought to the way of life. Her ways are crooked, and she doesn't know it.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

5:6The path of life — lest thou ponder, Moved have her paths — thou knowest not.