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


In Context

20 For why should you, my son, be captivated with an adulteress? Why embrace the bosom of another?

21 For the ways of man are before the eyes of Yahweh. He examines all his paths.

22 The evil deeds of the wicked ensnare him. The cords of his sin hold him firmly.

23 He will die for lack of instruction. In the greatness of his folly, he will 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 American Standard 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 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 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.