Proverbs 5:6
King James Version (KJV)
Lest thou shouldest ponder the path of life, her ways are moveable, that thou canst not know them.
In context
4 But her end is bitter as wormwood, sharp as a twoedged sword.
5 Her feet go down to death; her steps take hold on hell.
6 Lest thou shouldest ponder the path of life, her ways are moveable, that thou canst not know them.
7 Hear me now therefore, O ye children, and depart not from the words of my mouth.
8 Remove thy way far from her, and come not nigh the door of her house:
Proverbs 5:6 in every translation
- KJV King James Version
- Lest thou shouldest ponder the path of life, her ways are moveable, that thou canst not know them.
- WEB World English Bible
- She gives no thought to the way of life. Her ways are crooked, and she doesn’t know it.
- BSB Berean Standard Bible
- She does not consider the path of life; she does not know that her ways are unstable.
- ASV American Standard Version
- So that she findeth not the level path of life: Her ways are unstable, and she knoweth it not.
- YLT Young's Literal Translation
- The path of life — lest thou ponder, Moved have her paths — thou knowest not.
- DBY Darby Translation
- Lest she should ponder the path of life, her ways wander, she knoweth not [whither].
- WBS Webster Bible
- Lest thou shouldst ponder the path of life, her ways are movable, that thou canst not know them .