12There is a way — right before a man, And its latter end are ways of death.


In Context

9 Fools mock at a guilt-offering, And among the upright — a pleasing thing.

10 The heart knoweth its own bitterness, And with its joy a stranger doth not intermeddle.

11 The house of the wicked is destroyed, And the tent of the upright flourisheth.

12 There is a way — right before a man, And its latter end are ways of death.

13 Even in laughter is the heart pained, And the latter end of joy is affliction.

14 From his ways is the backslider in heart filled, And a good man — from his fruits.

Proverbs 14:12 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

14:12There is a way which seemeth right unto a man, but the end thereof [are] the ways of death.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

14:12There is a way that seems right to a man, but in the end it leads to death.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

14:12There is a way which seemeth just to a man: but the ends thereof lead to death.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

14:12There is a way which seemeth right unto a man; But the end thereof are the ways of death.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

14:12There is a way that seemeth right unto a man, but the end thereof is the ways of death.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

14:12There is a way which seemeth right unto a man, but the end thereof are the ways of death.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

14:12There is a way which seemeth right to a man, but the end of it are the ways of death.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

14:12There is a way which seems right to a man, but in the end it leads to death.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

14:12There is a way which seems right to a man, but the end thereof are the ways of death.