Proverbs 16:17

American Standard Version (1901) ☆

The highway of the upright is to depart from evil: He that keepeth his way preserveth his soul.

ASV Byzantine Text ☆

The highway of the upright is to depart from evil: He that keepeth his way preserveth his soul.

English Berean Standard Bible ☆

The highway of the upright leads away from evil; he who guards his way protects his life.

Bible in Basic English ☆

The highway of the upright is to be turned away from evil: he who takes care of his way will keep his soul.

Brenton English Septuagint ☆

The paths of life turn aside from evil; and the ways of righteousness are length of life. He that receives instruction shall be in prosperity; and he that regards reproofs shall be made wise. He that keeps his ways, preserves his own soul; and he that loves his life will spare his mouth.

Darby Translation ☆

The highway of the upright is to depart from evil: he that taketh heed to his way keepeth his soul.

Douay-Rheims 1899 ☆

The path of the just departeth from evils: he that keepeth his soul keepeth his way.

Geneva Bible 1599 ☆

The pathe of the righteous is to decline from euil, and hee keepeth his soule, that keepeth his way.

Noyes Bible ☆

It is the highway of the upright to depart from evil; He that taketh heed to his way preserveth his life.

Leeser Tanakh ☆

The highway of the upright is to depart from evil: he preserveth his soul that watcheth his way.

JPS TaNaKH 1917 ☆

The highway of the upright is to depart from evil; he that keepeth his way preserveth his soul.

King James Version ☆

The highway of the upright is to depart from evil: he that keepeth his way preserveth his soul.

King James Version + Apocrypha ☆

The highway of the upright is to depart from evil: he that keepeth his way preserveth his soul.

KJV Cambridge Paragraph ☆

The highway of the upright is to depart from evil: He that keepeth his way preserveth his soul.

LXX2012 U. S. English ☆

The paths of life turn aside from evil; and the ways of righteousness are length of life. He that receives instruction shall be in prosperity; and he that regards reproofs shall be made wise. He that keeps his ways, preserves his own soul; and he that loves his life will spare his mouth.

British English Septuagint 2012 ☆

The paths of life turn aside from evil; and the ways of righteousness are length of life. He that receives instruction shall be in prosperity; and he that regards reproofs shall be made wise. He that keeps his ways, preserves his own soul; and he that loves his life will spare his mouth.

Majority Standard BIble ☆

The highway of the upright leads away from evil; he who guards his way protects his life.

Webster Bible ☆

The highway of the upright is to depart from evil: he that keepeth his way preserveth his soul.

Revised Version ☆

The highway of the upright is to depart from evil: he that keepeth his way preserveth his soul.

Updated Brenton English Septuagint ☆

The paths of life turn aside from evil; And the ways of righteousness are length of life. He that receives instruction shall be in prosperity; And he that regards reproofs shall be made wise. He that keeps his ways, preserves his own soul; And he that loves his life will spare his mouth.

World English Bible ☆

The highway of the upright is to depart from evil. He who keeps his way preserves his soul.

World English Bible (Catholic) ☆

The highway of the upright is to depart from evil. He who keeps his way preserves his soul.

World English Bible British Edition ☆

The highway of the upright is to depart from evil. He who keeps his way preserves his soul.

World English Bible British Edition with Deuterocanon ☆

The highway of the upright is to depart from evil. He who keeps his way preserves his soul.

World English Bible Classic ☆

The highway of the upright is to depart from evil. He who keeps his way preserves his soul.

World English Bible Updated ☆

The highway of the upright is to depart from evil. He who keeps his way preserves his soul.

World Messianic Bible ☆

The highway of the upright is to depart from evil. He who keeps his way preserves his soul.

World Messianic Bible British Edition ☆

The highway of the upright is to depart from evil. He who keeps his way preserves his soul.

Young's Literal Translation ☆

A highway of the upright [is], 'Turn from evil,' Whoso is preserving his soul is watching his way.

The Orthodox Jewish Bible - Tanakh and Orthodox Jewish Brit Chadasha - The Holy Bible ☆

The mesilat yesharim (highway of the upright) is to depart from rah; he that guards his derech is shomer over his nefesh (soul).

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Arabic Van Dyck Bible ☆

مَنْهَجُ ٱلْمُسْتَقِيمِينَ ٱلْحَيَدَانُ عَنِ ٱلشَّرِّ. حَافِظٌ نَفْسَهُ حَافِظٌ طَرِيقَهُ.

Burmese Common Language Bible ☆

ဖြောင့်မတ်သော သူလိုက်သောလမ်းမူကား၊ ဒုစရိုက်ကိုရှောင်ခြင်းတည်း။ ထိုလမ်းမှ မလွှဲဘဲ အမြဲလိုက် သောသူသည် မိမိအသက်ဝိညာဉ်ကို စောင့်တတ်၏။

Judson Burmese Bible ☆

ဖြောင့်မတ် သော သူလိုက်သောလမ်း မူကား၊ ဒုစရိုက် ကို ရှောင် ခြင်းတည်း။ ထိုလမ်း မှ မလွှဲဘဲ အမြဲ လိုက် သောသူသည် မိမိ အသက် ဝိညာဉ်ကို စောင့် တတ်၏။

Asang Khongca Bible ☆

Kahoih ai hmuen caehtaakhaih loe katoeng kami ih loklam ah oh; a caehhaih loklam hoi amkhraeng ai kami loe a hinghaih angvaeng thaih kami ah oh.

Matupi Chin Standard Bible 2019 ☆

Boethae lamloh aka nong hamla a thuem longpuei om tih, a hinglu aka ngaithuen loh a longpuei a kueinah.

Matupi Chin Standard Bible w/ Strongs ☆

Boethae lamloh aka nong hamla a thuem longpuei om tih, a hinglu aka ngaithuen loh a longpuei a kueinah.

Chinese Union Version (simplified) ☆

正直人的道是远离恶事； 谨守己路的，是保全性命。

Chinese Union Version (traditional) ☆

正直人的道是遠離惡事； 謹守己路的，是保全性命。

World Chinese Bible ☆

正直人的大道是离开恶事； 谨守自己道路的，保全自己的生命。

Croatian Bible ☆

Životni je put pravednih: kloniti se zla, i tko pazi na svoj put, čuva život svoj.

Czech Kralická Bible 1613 ☆

Cesta upřímých jest odstoupiti od zlého; ostříhá duše své ten, kdož ostříhá cesty své.

Danish Bible 1931 ☆

De retsindiges Vej er at vige fra ondt; den vogter sit Liv, som agter på sin Vej.

Dutch Bible 1917 ☆

De baan der oprechten is van het kwaad af te wijken; hij behoedt zijn ziel, die zijn weg bewaart.

Dutch Bible, Petrus Canisius ☆

Het pad der deugdzamen weet het kwaad te vermijden; Wie op zijn weg let, beschermt zichzelf.

Esperanto Bible ☆

La vojo de virtuloj evitas malbonon; Kiu gardas sian vojon, tiu konservas sian animon.

French: Bible J.N. Darby ☆

Le chemin des hommes droits, c’est de se détourner du mal ; celui-là garde son âme qui veille sur sa voie.

French Ostervald Bible ☆

Le chemin des hommes droits, c'est de se détourner du mal; celui-là garde son âme qui prend garde à sa conduite.

French Louis Segond 1910 Bible ☆

Le chemin des hommes droits, c’est d’éviter le mal; Celui qui garde son âme veille sur sa voie.

French Free Holy Bible for the World ☆

La route des hommes droits, c'est de se détourner du mal. Celui qui veille sur sa voie préserve son âme.

German Unrevised Elberfelder Bible ☆

Der Aufrichtigen Straße ist: vom Bösen weichen; wer seinen Weg bewahrt, behütet seine Seele.

German Luther Bible 1912 ☆

Der Frommen Weg meidet das Arge; und wer seinen Weg bewahrt, der erhält sein Leben.

German Textbibel ☆

Der Rechtschaffenen Bahn besteht im Meiden des Bösen; sein Leben bewahren, heißt auf seinen Wandel acht haben.

German Schlachter Bible 1951 ☆

Die Bahn der Redlichen bleibt vom Bösen fern; denn wer seine Seele hütet, gibt acht auf seinen Weg.

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SEPTUAGINTA ☆

τρίβοι ζωῆς ἐκκλίνουσιν ἀπὸ κακῶν, μῆκος δὲ βίου ὁδοὶ δικαιοσύνης. ὁ δεχόμενος παιδείαν ἐν ἀγαθοῖς ἔσται, ὁ δὲ φυλάσσων ἐλέγχους σοφισθήσεται. ὅς φυλάσσει τὰς ἑαυτοῦ ὁδούς, τηρεῖ τὴν ἑαυτοῦ ψυχήν, ἀγαπῶν δὲ ζωὴν αὐτοῦ φείσεται στόματος αὐτοῦ.

Brenton Septuagint ☆

Τρίβοι ζωῆς ἐκκλίνουσιν ἀπὸ κακῶν, μῆκος δὲ βίου ὁδοὶ δικαιοσύνης. Ὁ δεχόμενος παιδείαν ἐν ἀγαθοῖς ἔσται, ὁ δὲ φυλάσσων ἐλέγχους σοφισθήσεται· ὃς φυλάσσει τὰς ἑαυτοῦ ὁδοὺς, τηρεῖ τὴν ἑαυτοῦ ψυχήν· ἀγαπῶν δὲ ζωὴν αὐτοῦ, φείσεται στόματος αὐτοῦ.

Haitian Creole Bible 1985 ☆

Moun ki mache dwat fè chemen yo yon jan pou yo pa fè sa ki mal. Gade kote w'ap mete pye ou pou ou pa mouri mal.

Hawaiian Bible 1868 ☆

O ke alanui o ka poe pololei, hele ae la ia mai ka hewa aku; O ka mea malama i kona uhane, oia ke kiai i kona aoao.

Hebrew Masoretic OT ☆

מְסִלַּ֣ת יְ֭שָׁרִים ס֣וּר מֵרָ֑ע שֹׁמֵ֥ר נַ֝פְשֹׁ֗ו נֹצֵ֥ר דַּרְכֹּֽו׃

Modern Hebrew Bible ☆

מסלת ישרים סור מרע שמר נפשו נצר דרכו׃

Italian Diodati Bible ☆

La strada degli uomini diritti è di stornarsi dal male; Chi osserva la sua via guarda l'anima sua.

Italian Riveduta Bible ☆

La strada maestra dell’uomo retto è evitare il male; chi bada alla sua via preserva l’anima sua.

Japanese Freedom Bible ☆

正しい者の大路は悪から離れることであり、 自分の道を守る者は自分の命を保つ。

Korean Bible 1910 ☆

악을 떠나는 것은 정직한 사람의 대로니 그 길을 지키는 자는 자기의 영혼을 보전하느니라

Kosraean Bible ☆

Mwet wo elos fufahsryesr ke soko inkanek ma ac tia kololos nu ke ma koluk; ouinge karinganang acn kom fahsr nu we — mweyen ac ku in molela moul lom.

Clementine Vulgate 1598 ☆

Semita justorum declinat mala; custos animæ suæ servat viam suam.

Old Persion Version Bible ☆

طریق راستان، اجتناب نمودن از بدی است، و هر‌که راه خود را نگاه دارد جان خویش را محافظت می‌نماید.

World Portuguese Bible ☆

A estrada dos retos é desviar-se do mal. Aquele que guarda o seu caminho preserva a sua alma.

Portuguese Bíblia Livre ☆

A estrada dos corretos se afasta do mal; e guarda sua alma quem vigia seu caminho.

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Romanian BTF Bible ☆

Calea largă a celor integri este să se depărteze de rău; cel ce își păzește calea își păstrează sufletul.

Romanian Bible (Cyrillic) ☆

Каля оаменилор фэрэ приханэ есте сэ се феряскэ де рэу; ачела ышь пэзеште суфлетул, каре вегязэ асупра кэий сале.

Russian Synodal Bible ☆

Путь праведных - уклонение от зла: тот бережет душу свою, кто хранит путь свой.

Serbian DK Bible (Latin) ☆

Put je pravednih uklanjanje oda zla; čuva dušu svoju ko pazi na put svoj.

Serbian DK Bible (Cyrillic) ☆

Пут је праведних уклањање ода зла; чува душу своју ко пази на пут свој.

Mashi Bible ☆

Enjira y’abashinganyanya kunali kuyâka abagoma, omuntu ocîrhega-rhega ye langa akalamo kâge.

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Reina Valera 1909 ☆

El camino de los rectos es apartarse del mal: su alma guarda el que guarda su camino.

Spanish BLL ☆

El camino de los rectos es apartarse del mal; su alma preserva el que guarda su camino.

Spanish Free Bible for the World ☆

El camino de los rectos es apartarse del mal; su alma preserva el que guarda su camino.

La Biblia en Español Sencillo ☆

El camino de los rectos será apartado del mal; el que guarda su camino guardará su alma.

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Spanish Bible (God's Word for You) ☆

El camino de los rectos es apartarse del mal, El que guarda su camino preserva su vida.

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Revised West Version ☆

Ko e hala motuʻa ʻoe angatonu ko ʻenau afe mei he kovi: ko ia ʻoku tauhi ki hono hala ʻoku fakamoʻui ʻe ia hono laumālie.

Ukrainian Bible by P. Kulish ☆

Путь праведних одвертаєсь від зла; той береже душу свою, хто береже путь свій.

Ukrainian Freedom Bible ☆

Путь праведних одвертаєсь від зла; той береже душу свою, хто береже путь свій.

Vietnamese Bible 1923 ☆

Đạo của người ngay thẳng, ấy là lìa bỏ sự ác; Ai canh giữ tánh nết mình giữ lấy linh hồn mình.

Hebrew OT (WLC) ☆

מְסִלַּ֣ת יְ֭שָׁרִים ס֣וּר מֵרָ֑ע שֹׁמֵ֥ר נַ֝פְשׁ֗וֹ נֹצֵ֥ר דַּרְכּֽוֹ׃