17Who forsaketh the guide of her youth, and forgetteth the covenant of her God.


In Context

14 Who rejoice to do evil, and delight in the frowardness of the wicked;

15 Whose ways are crooked, and they froward in their paths:

16 To deliver thee from the strange woman, even from the stranger who flattereth with her words;

17 Who forsaketh the guide of her youth, and forgetteth the covenant of her God.

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

19 None that go to her return again, neither do they take hold of the paths of life.

Proverbs 2:17 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

2:17Which forsaketh the guide of her youth, and forgetteth the covenant of her God.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

2:17who has left the partner of her youth and ignored the covenant she made before God.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

2:17And forsaketh the guide of her youth,

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

2:17That forsaketh the friend of her youth, And forgetteth the covenant of her God:

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

2:17who forsaketh the guide of her youth, and forgetteth the covenant of her God;

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

2:17Which forsaketh the friend of her youth, and forgetteth the covenant of her God:

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

2:17who forsakes the friend of her youth, and forgets the covenant of her God:

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

2:17Who is forsaking the guide of her youth, And the covenant of her God hath forgotten.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

2:17Which forsakes the guide of her youth, and forgets the covenant of her God.