24A path of life is on high for the wise, To turn aside from Sheol beneath.


In Context

21 Folly is joy to one lacking heart, And a man of intelligence directeth his going.

22 Without counsel is the making void of purposes, And in a multitude of counsellors it is established.

23 Joy is to a man in the answer of his mouth, And a word in its season — how good!

24 A path of life is on high for the wise, To turn aside from Sheol beneath.

25 The house of the proud Jehovah pulleth down, And He setteth up the border of the widow.

26 An abomination to Jehovah are thoughts of wickedness, And pure are sayings of pleasantness.

Proverbs 15:24 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

15:24The way of life [is] above to the wise, that he may depart from hell beneath.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

15:24The path of life leads upward for the wise to keep him from going down to the grave.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

15:24The path of life is above for the wise, that he may decline from the lowest hell.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

15:24To the wise the way of life goeth upward, That he may depart from Sheol beneath.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

15:24The path of life is upwards for the wise, that he may depart from Sheol beneath.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

15:24To the wise the way of life goeth upward, that he may depart from Sheol beneath.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

15:24The way of life is above to the wise, that he may depart from hell beneath.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

15:24The path of life leads upward for the wise, to keep him from going downward to Sheol.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

15:24The way of life is above to the wise, that he may depart from hell beneath.