18For her house leads down to death and her paths to the spirits of the dead.


In Context

15 whose paths are crooked and who are devious in their ways.

16 It will save you also from the adulteress, from the wayward wife with her seductive words,

17 who has left the partner of her youth and ignored the covenant she made before God.

18 For her house leads down to death and her paths to the spirits of the dead.

19 None who go to her return or attain the paths of life.

20 Thus you will walk in the ways of good men and keep to the paths of the righteous.

Proverbs 2:18 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

2:18For her house inclineth unto death, and her paths unto the dead.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

2:18And hath forgotten the covenant of her God: for her house inclineth unto death, and her paths to hell.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

2:18For her house inclineth unto death, And her paths unto the dead;

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

2:18for her house inclineth unto death, and her paths unto the dead;

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

2:18For her house inclineth unto death, and her paths unto the dead:

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

2:18For her house inclineth to death, and her paths to the dead.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

2:18for her house leads down to death, her paths to the dead.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

2:18For her house hath inclined unto death, And unto Rephaim her paths.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

2:18For her house inclines to death, and her paths to the dead.