Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version whose paths are crooked and who are devious in their ways. New Living Translation Their actions are crooked, and their ways are wrong. English Standard Version men whose paths are crooked, and who are devious in their ways. Berean Standard Bible whose paths are crooked and whose ways are devious. King James Bible Whose ways are crooked, and they froward in their paths: New King James Version Whose ways are crooked, And who are devious in their paths; New American Standard Bible Whose paths are crooked, And who are devious in their ways; NASB 1995 Whose paths are crooked, And who are devious in their ways; NASB 1977 Whose paths are crooked, And who are devious in their ways; Legacy Standard Bible Whose paths are crooked, And who are devious in their tracks; Amplified Bible Whose paths are crooked, And who are devious in their ways; Christian Standard Bible whose paths are crooked, and whose ways are devious. Holman Christian Standard Bible whose paths are crooked, and whose ways are devious. American Standard Version Who are crooked in their ways, And wayward in their paths: Aramaic Bible in Plain English Their ways are perverted and their paths are crooked. Brenton Septuagint Translation whose paths are crooked, and their courses winding; Contemporary English Version They are dishonest themselves, and so are all their deeds. Douay-Rheims Bible Whose ways are perverse, and their steps infamous. English Revised Version Who are crooked in their ways, and perverse in their paths: GOD'S WORD® Translation Their paths are crooked. Their ways are devious. Good News Translation unreliable people who cannot be trusted. International Standard Version whose paths are crooked and who are devious in their ways, JPS Tanakh 1917 Who are crooked in their ways, And perverse in their paths; Literal Standard Version Whose paths [are] crooked, | Indeed, they are perverted in their ways. Majority Standard Bible whose paths are crooked and whose ways are devious. New American Bible Whose ways are crooked, whose paths are devious; NET Bible whose paths are morally crooked, and who are devious in their ways; New Revised Standard Version those whose paths are crooked, and who are devious in their ways. New Heart English Bible who are crooked in their ways, and wayward in their paths: Webster's Bible Translation Whose ways are crooked, and they froward in their paths: World English Bible who are crooked in their ways, and wayward in their paths, Young's Literal Translation Whose paths are crooked, Yea, they are perverted in their ways. Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context The Benefits of Wisdom…14from those who enjoy doing evil and rejoice in the twistedness of evil, 15whose paths are crooked and whose ways are devious. 16It will rescue you from the forbidden woman, from the stranger with seductive words… Cross References Psalm 125:5 But those who turn to crooked ways the LORD will banish with the evildoers. Peace be upon Israel. Proverbs 8:8 All the words of my mouth are righteous; none are crooked or perverse. Proverbs 14:2 He who walks in uprightness fears the LORD, but the one who is devious in his ways despises Him. Proverbs 21:8 The way of a guilty man is crooked, but the conduct of the innocent is upright. Treasury of Scripture Whose ways are crooked, and they fraudulent in their paths: Deuteronomy 32:5 They have corrupted themselves, their spot is not the spot of his children: they are a perverse and crooked generation. Psalm 125:5 As for such as turn aside unto their crooked ways, the LORD shall lead them forth with the workers of iniquity: but peace shall be upon Israel. Isaiah 30:8-13 Now go, write it before them in a table, and note it in a book, that it may be for the time to come for ever and ever: … Jump to Previous Course Crooked Devious Evil Footsteps Froward Paths Perverse Perverted Straight Turned Ways WaywardJump to Next Course Crooked Devious Evil Footsteps Froward Paths Perverse Perverted Straight Turned Ways WaywardProverbs 2 1. wisdom promises godliness to her children10. and safety from evil company 20. and direction in good ways Verse 15. - Whose ways are crooked; better, perhaps, who as to their ways are crooked. This is the construction adopted by Fleischer, Berthean, Zockler, and others, though it may be remarked that the substantive אֹרַח (orakh), "way," is common gender, and may thin; agree with the adjective עֵקֵשׁ (ikesh), "perverse," which is masculine. The Targum, LXX., Vulgate, Syriac, and Arabic, all make "crooked" agree with "ways," do that, grammatically, the Authorized Version may be regarded as not incorrect. Crooked (עִקְּשִׁים ik'shim); i.e. tortuous, perverse, not straightforward, (σκολιαὶ, LXX.). Symmachus translates the original by σκαμβαί, i.e. "bent." Theodotion, by στριβλαί, "twisted, crookt? Sinners, in their perverseness, are ever winding about, turning in every direction, and changing from purpose to purpose, as wayward caprice or shifting inclination, the alternations of evil propensity, happen to dictate (Wardlaw). (For the expressions "crooked ways," see Psalm 125:5.) And they froward in their paths; i.e. perverse in their paths. The root idea of the Hebrew niph. participle וּנְלוזִים (vun'lozim), translated "and they froward," is "to bend aside," "to turn away." They are turned aside to the right hand and to the left in their walk. The niph. participle נָלוז (naloz) only occurs four times in the Scriptures - here; Proverbs 3:32; Proverbs 14:2; and Isaiah 30:12. This is the last feature in their wickedness. Parallel Commentaries ... Hebrew whoseאֲשֶׁ֣ר (’ă·šer) Pronoun - relative Strong's 834: Who, which, what, that, when, where, how, because, in order that paths אָרְחֹתֵיהֶ֣ם (’ā·rə·ḥō·ṯê·hem) Noun - common plural construct | third person masculine plural Strong's 734: A well-trodden road, a caravan are crooked, עִקְּשִׁ֑ים (‘iq·qə·šîm) Adjective - masculine plural Strong's 6141: Twisted, perverted and whose ways בְּמַעְגְּלוֹתָֽם׃ (bə·ma‘·gə·lō·w·ṯām) Preposition-b | Noun - feminine plural construct | third person masculine plural Strong's 4570: An entrenchment, track are devious. וּ֝נְלוֹזִ֗ים (ū·nə·lō·w·zîm) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Nifal - Participle - masculine plural Strong's 3868: To turn aside, to depart, be perverse Links Proverbs 2:15 NIVProverbs 2:15 NLT Proverbs 2:15 ESV Proverbs 2:15 NASB Proverbs 2:15 KJV Proverbs 2:15 BibleApps.com Proverbs 2:15 Biblia Paralela Proverbs 2:15 Chinese Bible Proverbs 2:15 French Bible Proverbs 2:15 Catholic Bible OT Poetry: Proverbs 2:15 Who are crooked in their ways (Prov. 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