6It is a proverb: A young man according to his way, even when he is old he will not depart from it.


In Context

3 The prudent man saw the evil, and hid himself: the simple passed on, and suffered loss.

4 The fruit of humility is the fear of the Lord, riches and glory and life.

5 Arms and swords are in the way of the perverse: but he that keepeth his own soul departeth far from them.

6 It is a proverb: A young man according to his way, even when he is old he will not depart from it.

7 The rich ruleth over the poor: and the borrower is servant to him that lendeth.

8 He that soweth iniquity shall reap evils, and with the rod of his anger he shall be consumed.

Proverbs 22:6 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

22:6Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

22:6Train a child in the way he should go, and when he is old he will not turn from it.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

22:6Train up a child in the way he should go, And even when he is old he will not depart from it.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

22:6Train up the child according to the tenor of his way, and when he is old he will not depart from it.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

22:6Train up a child in the way he should go, and even when he is old he will not depart from it.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

22:6Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

22:6Train up a child in the way he should go, and when he is old he will not depart from it.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

22:6Give instruction to a youth about his way, Even when he is old he turneth not from it.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

22:6Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it.