American Standard Version (1901)
The highway of the upright is to depart from evil: He that keepeth his way preserveth his soul.
Proverbs 16:17
84 translations of 93 that include the Old Testament
ASV Byzantine Text
The highway of the upright is to depart from evil: He that keepeth his way preserveth his soul.
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 w/ Strongs
Boethae lamloh aka nong hamla a thuem longpuei om tih, a hinglu aka ngaithuen loh a longpuei a kueinah.
Matupi Chin Standard Bible 2019
Boethae lamloh aka nong hamla a thuem longpuei om tih, a hinglu aka ngaithuen loh a longpuei a kueinah.
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.
English Berean Standard Bible
The highway of the upright leads away from evil; he who guards his way protects his life.
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.
Clementine Vulgate 1598
Semita justorum declinat mala; custos animæ suæ servat viam suam.
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.
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.
Czech Kralická Bible 1613
Cesta upřímých jest odstoupiti od zlého; ostříhá duše své ten, kdož ostříhá cesty své.
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.
World Portuguese Bible
A estrada dos retos é desviar-se do mal. Aquele que guarda o seu caminho preserva a sua alma.
Romanian BTF Bible
Calea largă a celor integri este să se depărteze de rău; cel ce își păzește calea își păstrează sufletul.
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.
Burmese Common Language Bible
ဖြောင့်မတ်သော သူလိုက်သောလမ်းမူကား၊ ဒုစရိုက်ကိုရှောင်ခြင်းတည်း။ ထိုလမ်းမှ မလွှဲဘဲ အမြဲလိုက် သောသူသည် မိမိအသက်ဝိညာဉ်ကို စောင့်တတ်၏။
Darby Translation
The highway of the upright is to depart from evil: he that taketh heed to his way keepeth his soul.
German Unrevised Elberfelder Bible
Der Aufrichtigen Straße ist: vom Bösen weichen; wer seinen Weg bewahrt, behütet seine Seele.
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.
Italian Diodati Bible
La strada degli uomini diritti è di stornarsi dal male; Chi osserva la sua via guarda l'anima sua.
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.
Danish Bible 1931
De retsindiges Vej er at vige fra ondt; den vogter sit Liv, som agter på sin Vej.
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.
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.
KJV Cambridge Paragraph
The highway of the upright is to depart from evil: He that keepeth his way preserveth his soul.
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.
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.
Esperanto Bible
La vojo de virtuloj evitas malbonon; Kiu gardas sian vojon, tiu konservas sian animon.
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.
German Luther Bible 1912
Der Frommen Weg meidet das Arge; und wer seinen Weg bewahrt, der erhält sein Leben.
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.
Italian Riveduta Bible
La strada maestra dell’uomo retto è evitare il male; chi bada alla sua via preserva l’anima sua.
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.
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.
Croatian Bible
Životni je put pravednih: kloniti se zla, i tko pazi na svoj put, čuva život svoj.
Serbian DK Bible (Latin)
Put je pravednih uklanjanje oda zla; čuva dušu svoju ko pazi na put svoj.
German Textbibel
Der Rechtschaffenen Bahn besteht im Meiden des Bösen; sein Leben bewahren, heißt auf seinen Wandel acht haben.
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.
Hebrew OT (WLC)
מְסִלַּ֣ת יְ֭שָׁרִים ס֣וּר מֵרָ֑ע שֹׁמֵ֥ר נַ֝פְשׁ֗וֹ נֹצֵ֥ר דַּרְכּֽוֹ׃
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.
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.
Romanian Bible (Cyrillic)
Каля оаменилор фэрэ приханэ есте сэ се феряскэ де рэу; ачела ышь пэзеште суфлетул, каре вегязэ асупра кэий сале.
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.
Serbian DK Bible (Cyrillic)
Пут је праведних уклањање ода зла; чува душу своју ко пази на пут свој.
Russian Synodal Bible
Путь праведных - уклонение от зла: тот бережет душу свою, кто хранит путь свой.
Hebrew Masoretic OT
מְסִלַּ֣ת יְ֭שָׁרִים ס֣וּר מֵרָ֑ע שֹׁמֵ֥ר נַ֝פְשֹׁ֗ו נֹצֵ֥ר דַּרְכֹּֽו׃
Modern Hebrew Bible
מסלת ישרים סור מרע שמר נפשו נצר דרכו׃
Arabic Van Dyck Bible
مَنْهَجُ ٱلْمُسْتَقِيمِينَ ٱلْحَيَدَانُ عَنِ ٱلشَّرِّ. حَافِظٌ نَفْسَهُ حَافِظٌ طَرِيقَهُ.
Old Persion Version Bible
طریق راستان، اجتناب نمودن از بدی است، و هرکه راه خود را نگاه دارد جان خویش را محافظت مینماید.
Judson Burmese Bible
ဖြောင့်မတ် သော သူလိုက်သောလမ်း မူကား၊ ဒုစရိုက် ကို ရှောင် ခြင်းတည်း။ ထိုလမ်း မှ မလွှဲဘဲ အမြဲ လိုက် သောသူသည် မိမိ အသက် ဝိညာဉ်ကို စောင့် တတ်၏။
Korean Bible 1910
악을 떠나는 것은 정직한 사람의 대로니 그 길을 지키는 자는 자기의 영혼을 보전하느니라
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。
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。
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。
Portuguese Bíblia Livre
A estrada dos corretos se afasta do mal; e guarda sua alma quem vigia seu caminho.
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Mashi Bible
Enjira y’abashinganyanya kunali kuyâka abagoma, omuntu ocîrhega-rhega ye langa akalamo kâge.
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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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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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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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