Proverbs 2:15 - Forerunner Commentary

Proverbs 2:15

13 From those who leave the paths of uprightness
To ^awalk in the ways of darkness;

14 ^aWho rejoice in doing evil,
And delight in the perversity of the wicked;

15 ^aWhose ways are crooked,
And who are devious in their paths;

16 To deliver you from ^athe immoral woman,
^bFrom the seductress who flatters with her words,

17 Who forsakes the companion of her youth,
And forgets the covenant of her God.

18 For ^aher house leads down to death,
And her paths to the dead;

19 None who go to her return,
Nor do they¹ regain the paths of life—

20 So you may walk in the way of goodness,
And keep to the paths of righteousness.

Verse Comparison: Proverbs 2:15

American Standard Version
Who are crooked in their ways, And wayward in their paths:

Amplified® Bible
Who are crooked in their ways, wayward {and} devious in their paths.

Contemporary English Version
They are dishonest themselves, and all they do is crooked.

Darby English Version
whose paths are crooked, and who are perverted in their course:

Good News Bible
unreliable people who cannot be trusted.

King James Version
Whose ways are crooked, and they froward in their paths:

New American Standard Bible
Whose paths are crooked, And who are devious in their ways;

New International Version
whose paths are crooked
and who are devious in their ways.

New King James Version
Whose ways are crooked,
And who are devious in their paths;

N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
Whose paths have become crooked, And who act deviously in their ways;

Revised Standard Version
men whose paths are crooked, and who are devious in their ways.

Young's Literal Translation
Whose paths `are' crooked, Yea, they are perverted in their ways.

New English Translation
whose paths¹ are morally crooked,² and who are devious³ in their ways;