Parallel Verses

NET Bible

For the waywardness of the simpletons will kill them, and the careless ease of fools will destroy them.

New American Standard Bible

“For the waywardness of the naive will kill them,
And the complacency of fools will destroy them.

King James Version

For the turning away of the simple shall slay them, and the prosperity of fools shall destroy them.

Holman Bible

For the turning away of the inexperienced will kill them,
and the complacency of fools will destroy them.

International Standard Version

Indeed, the waywardness of the naive will kill them, and the complacency of fools will destroy them.

A Conservative Version

For the backsliding of the simple shall kill them, and the careless ease of fools shall destroy them.

American Standard Version

For the backsliding of the simple shall slay them, And the careless ease of fools shall destroy them.

Amplified


“For the turning away of the naive will kill them,
And the careless ease of [self-righteous] fools will destroy them.

Bible in Basic English

For the turning back of the simple from teaching will be the cause of their death, and the peace of the foolish will be their destruction.

Darby Translation

For the turning away of the simple shall slay them, and the prosperity of the foolish shall cause them to perish.

Julia Smith Translation

For the turning away of the simple shall slay them, and the error of the foolish shall destroy them.

King James 2000

For the turning away of the simple shall slay them, and the prosperity of fools shall destroy them.

Lexham Expanded Bible

for the waywardness of the simple ones will kill them, and the complacency of fools will destroy them.

Modern King James verseion

For the turning away of the simple kills them, and the ease of fools destroys them.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

for the turning away of the unwise shall slay them, and the prosperity of fools shall be their own destruction.

New Heart English Bible

For the backsliding of the simple will kill them. The careless ease of fools will destroy them.

The Emphasized Bible

For, the turning away of the simple, will slay them, - and, the carelessness of dullards, will destroy them.

Webster

For the turning away of the simple shall slay them, and the prosperity of fools shall destroy them.

World English Bible

For the backsliding of the simple will kill them. The careless ease of fools will destroy them.

Youngs Literal Translation

For the turning of the simple slayeth them, And the security of the foolish destroyeth them.

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
משׁבה משׁוּבה 
M@shuwbah 
Usage: 12

of the simple
פּתאי פּתי פּתי 
P@thiy 
Usage: 19

הרג 
Harag 
Usage: 166

them, and the prosperity
שׁלוה 
Shalvah 
Usage: 8

of fools
כּסיל 
K@ciyl 
Usage: 70

References

Context Readings

The Call Of Lady Wisdom

31 Therefore they will eat from the fruit of their way, and they will be stuffed full of their own counsel. 32 For the waywardness of the simpletons will kill them, and the careless ease of fools will destroy them. 33 But the one who listens to me will live in security, and will be at ease from the dread of harm.

Cross References

Jeremiah 2:19

Your own wickedness will bring about your punishment. Your unfaithful acts will bring down discipline on you. Know, then, and realize how utterly harmful it was for you to reject me, the Lord your God, to show no respect for me," says the Lord God who rules over all.

Deuteronomy 32:15-44

But Jeshurun became fat and kicked, you got fat, thick, and stuffed! Then he deserted the God who made him, and treated the Rock who saved him with contempt.

Psalm 69:22

May their dining table become a trap before them! May it be a snare for that group of friends!

Psalm 92:6-7

The spiritually insensitive do not recognize this; the fool does not understand this.

Proverbs 8:36

But the one who does not find me brings harm to himself; all who hate me love death."

Jeremiah 48:11-12

"From its earliest days Moab has lived undisturbed. It has never been taken into exile. Its people are like wine allowed to settle undisturbed on its dregs, never poured out from one jar to another. They are like wine which tastes like it always did, whose aroma has remained unchanged.

Luke 12:16-21

He then told them a parable: "The land of a certain rich man produced an abundant crop,

Luke 16:19-25

"There was a rich man who dressed in purple and fine linen and who feasted sumptuously every day.

John 3:36

The one who believes in the Son has eternal life. The one who rejects the Son will not see life, but God's wrath remains on him.

Hebrews 10:38-39

But my righteous one will live by faith, and if he shrinks back, I take no pleasure in him.

Hebrews 12:8

But if you do not experience discipline, something all sons have shared in, then you are illegitimate and are not sons.

Hebrews 12:25

Take care not to refuse the one who is speaking! For if they did not escape when they refused the one who warned them on earth, how much less shall we, if we reject the one who warns from heaven?

James 5:5

You have lived indulgently and luxuriously on the earth. You have fattened your hearts in a day of slaughter.

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