23He shall die for lack of instruction; And in the greatness of his folly he shall go astray.


In Context

20 For why shouldest thou, my son, be ravished with a strange woman, And embrace the bosom of a foreigner?

21 For the ways of man are before the eyes of Jehovah; And he maketh level all his paths.

22 His own iniquities shall take the wicked, And he shall be holden with the cords of his sin.

23 He shall die for lack of instruction; And in the greatness of his folly he shall go astray.

Proverbs 5:23 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

5:23He shall die without instruction; and in the greatness of his folly he shall go astray.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

5:23He will die for lack of discipline, led astray by his own great folly.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

5:23He shall die, because he hath not received instruction, and in the multitude of his folly he shall be deceived.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

5:23He shall die for want of discipline; and in the greatness of his folly he shall go astray.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

5:23He shall die for lack of instruction; and in the greatness of his folly he shall go astray.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

5:23He shall die without instruction; and in the greatness of his folly he shall go astray.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

5:23He will die for lack of instruction. In the greatness of his folly, he will go astray.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

5:23He dieth without instruction, And in the abundance of his folly magnifieth himself!

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

5:23He shall die without instruction; and in the greatness of his folly he shall go astray.