16A man who strays from the path of understanding comes to rest in the company of the dead.


In Context

13 If a man shuts his ears to the cry of the poor, he too will cry out and not be answered.

14 A gift given in secret soothes anger, and a bribe concealed in the cloak pacifies great wrath.

15 When justice is done, it brings joy to the righteous but terror to evildoers.

16 A man who strays from the path of understanding comes to rest in the company of the dead.

17 He who loves pleasure will become poor; whoever loves wine and oil will never be rich.

18 The wicked become a ransom for the righteous, and the unfaithful for the upright.

Proverbs 21:16 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

21:16The man that wandereth out of the way of understanding shall remain in the congregation of the dead.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

21:16A man that shall wander out of the way of doctrine, shall abide in the company of the giants.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

21:16The man that wandereth out of the way of understanding Shall rest in the assembly of the dead.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

21:16The man that wandereth out of the way of wisdom shall abide in the congregation of the dead.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

21:16The man that wandereth out of the way of understanding shall rest in the congregation of the dead.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

21:16The man that wandereth out of the way of understanding shall remain in the congregation of the dead.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

21:16The man who wanders out of the way of understanding shall rest in the assembly of the dead.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

21:16A man who is wandering from the way of understanding, In an assembly of Rephaim resteth.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

21:16The man that wanders out of the way of understanding shall remain in the congregation of the dead.