Proverbs 1:32

Translations

Modern

For the waywardness of the simple will slay them, and the complacency of fools will destroy them.

Traditional

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

Literal

For the turning away of the simple ones slays them, and the complacency of fools destroys them.

Latin

Aversio parvulorum interficiet eos, et prosperitas stultorum perdet illos.

Interlinear

Hebrew

English

For the waywardness of the simple will slay them, and the complacency of fools will destroy them.

Notes

Proverbs 1:20–33

The author describes wisdom as a woman. In Hebrew, the word for wisdom, khokmah, is grammatically feminine. The author encourages his son to embrace wisdom (see Proverbs 3:18; 8:1–9:6).

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