Proverbs 21:8

American Standard Version (1901) ☆

The way of him that is laden with guilt is exceeding crooked; But as for the pure, his work is right.

ASV Byzantine Text ☆

The way of him that is laden with guilt is exceeding crooked; But as for the pure, his work is right.

English Berean Standard Bible ☆

The way of a guilty man is crooked, but the conduct of the innocent is upright.

Bible in Basic English ☆

Twisted is the way of him who is full of crime; but as for him whose heart is clean, his work is upright.

Brenton English Septuagint ☆

To the froward God sends froward ways; for his works are pure and right.

Darby Translation ☆

Very crooked is the way of a guilty man; but as for the pure, his work is upright.

Douay-Rheims 1899 ☆

The perverse way of a man is strange: but as for him that is pure, his work is right.

Geneva Bible 1599 ☆

The way of some is peruerted and strange: but of the pure man, his worke is right.

Noyes Bible ☆

The way of the guilty man is crooked; But he that is pure, his doings are right.

Leeser Tanakh ☆

Perverse is the way of the man that is estranged [from goodness]; but as for the pure, his work is upright.

JPS TaNaKH 1917 ☆

The way of man is froward and strange; but as for the pure, his work is right.

King James Version ☆

The way of man is froward and strange: but as for the pure, his work is right.

King James Version + Apocrypha ☆

The way of man is froward and strange: but as for the pure, his work is right.

KJV Cambridge Paragraph ☆

The way of man is froward and strange: But as for the pure, his work is right.

LXX2012 U. S. English ☆

To the froward God sends froward ways; for his works are pure and right.

British English Septuagint 2012 ☆

To the froward God sends froward ways; for his works are pure and right.

Majority Standard BIble ☆

The way of a guilty man is crooked, but the conduct of the innocent is upright.

Webster Bible ☆

The way of man is froward and strange: but as for the pure, his work is right.

Revised Version ☆

The way of him that is laden with guilt is exceeding crooked: but as for the pure, his work is right.

Updated Brenton English Septuagint ☆

To the froward God sends froward ways; For his works are pure and right.

World English Bible ☆

The way of the guilty is devious, but the conduct of the innocent is upright.

World English Bible (Catholic) ☆

The way of the guilty is devious, but the conduct of the innocent is upright.

World English Bible British Edition ☆

The way of the guilty is devious, but the conduct of the innocent is upright.

World English Bible British Edition with Deuterocanon ☆

The way of the guilty is devious, but the conduct of the innocent is upright.

World English Bible Classic ☆

The way of the guilty is devious, but the conduct of the innocent is upright.

World English Bible Updated ☆

The way of the guilty is devious, but the conduct of the innocent is upright.

World Messianic Bible ☆

The way of the guilty is devious, but the conduct of the innocent is upright.

World Messianic Bible British Edition ☆

The way of the guilty is devious, but the conduct of the innocent is upright.

Young's Literal Translation ☆

Froward [is] the way of a man who is vile, And the pure — upright [is] his work.

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

The derech of the guilty ish is hafachpach (crooked, tortuous), but as for the pure, his conduct is yashar (right).

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Arabic Van Dyck Bible ☆

طَرِيقُ رَجُلٍ مَوْزُورٍ هِيَ مُلْتَوِيَةٌ، أَمَّا ٱلزَّكِيُّ فَعَمَلُهُ مُسْتَقِيمٌ.

Burmese Common Language Bible ☆

လမ်းလွှဲသွားသောသူသည် ကွာဝေးရာသို့ ရောက်တတ်၏။ စင်ကြယ်သော သူပြုသောအမှုမူကား မှန်ပေ၏။

Judson Burmese Bible ☆

လမ်း လွှဲသွားသောသူ သည် ကွာဝေး ရာသို့ ရောက်တတ်၏။ စင်ကြယ် သော သူပြုသောအမှု မူကား မှန် ပေ၏။

Asang Khongca Bible ☆

Kami caehhaih loklam loe angkawnh; toe poekciim kami toksakhaih loe toeng.

Matupi Chin Standard Bible 2019 ☆

A ko aka boi hlang kah longpuei tah kawn dae, aka cil tah a bisai a thuem pah.

Matupi Chin Standard Bible w/ Strongs ☆

A ko aka boi hlang kah longpuei tah kawn dae, aka cil tah a bisai a thuem pah.

Chinese Union Version (simplified) ☆

负罪之人的路甚是弯曲； 至于清洁的人，他所行的乃是正直。

Chinese Union Version (traditional) ☆

負罪之人的路甚是彎曲； 至於清潔的人，他所行的乃是正直。

World Chinese Bible ☆

有罪之人的道路弯曲； 无辜之人的行为正直。

Croatian Bible ☆

Zapleten je put zločinca, a pravo je djelo čista čovjeka.

Czech Kralická Bible 1613 ☆

Muž, jehož cesta převrácená jest, cizí jest, čistého pak dílo přímé jest.

Danish Bible 1931 ☆

Skyldtynget Mand går Krogveje, den renes Gerning er ligetil.

Dutch Bible 1917 ☆

De weg des mensen is gans verkeerd en vreemd; maar het werk des zuiveren is recht.

Dutch Bible, Petrus Canisius ☆

Kronkelig is de weg van een bedrieger; Wie eerlijk is, handelt oprecht.

Esperanto Bible ☆

Malrekta estas la vojo de homo kulpa; Sed la agado de purulo estas ĝusta.

French: Bible J.N. Darby ☆

La voie d’un homme coupable est détournée ; mais l’œuvre de celui qui est pur est droite.

French Ostervald Bible ☆

La voie du coupable est tortueuse; mais l'innocent agit avec droiture.

French Louis Segond 1910 Bible ☆

Le coupable suit des voies détournées, Mais l’innocent agit avec droiture.

French Free Holy Bible for the World ☆

La voie du coupable est tortueuse, mais la conduite de l'innocent est droite.

German Unrevised Elberfelder Bible ☆

Vielgewunden ist der Weg des schuldbeladenen Mannes; der Lautere aber, sein Tun ist gerade.

German Luther Bible 1912 ☆

Wer mit Schuld beladen ist, geht krumme Wege; wer aber rein ist, des Werk ist recht.

German Textbibel ☆

Wer mit Schuld beladen ist, geht gewundene Wege; wer aber lauter ist, des Thun ist redlich.

German Schlachter Bible 1951 ☆

Wer schuldbeladen ist, muß krumme Wege gehen; wer aber lauter ist, der handelt redlich.

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SEPTUAGINTA ☆

πρὸς τοὺς σκολιοὺς σκολιὰς ὁδοὺς ἀποστέλλει ὁ Θεός, ἁγνὰ γὰρ καὶ ὀρθὰ τὰ ἔργα αὐτοῦ. 9κρεῖσσον οἰκεῖν ἐπὶ γωνίας ὑπαίθρου ἢ ἐν κεκονιαμένοις μετὰ ἀδικίας καὶ ἐν οἴκῳ κοινῷ.

Brenton Septuagint ☆

Πρὸς τοὺς σκολιοὺς σκολιὰς ὁδοὺς ἀποστέλλει ὁ Θεὸς, ἁγνὰ γὰρ καὶ ὀρθὰ τὰ ἔργα αὐτοῦ.

Haitian Creole Bible 1985 ☆

Moun k'ap fè sa ki mal ap mache sou chemen plen detou. Men, inonsan yo fè sa ki dwat.

Hawaiian Bible 1868 ☆

He kekee ka aoao o ke kanaka, a he ano e hoi; O ka mea maemae hoi, ua pololei kana hana.

Hebrew Masoretic OT ☆

הֲפַכְפַּ֬ךְ דֶּ֣רֶךְ אִ֣ישׁ וָזָ֑ר וְ֝זַ֗ךְ יָשָׁ֥ר פָּעֳלֹֽו׃

Modern Hebrew Bible ☆

הפכפך דרך איש וזר וזך ישר פעלו׃

Italian Diodati Bible ☆

La via stravolta dell'uomo è anche strana; Ma l'opera di chi è puro è diritta.

Italian Riveduta Bible ☆

La via del colpevole è tortuosa, ma l’innocente opera con rettitudine.

Japanese Freedom Bible ☆

罪を負う者の道は曲がっているが、 潔白な者の行いはまっすぐである。

Korean Bible 1910 ☆

죄를 크게 범한 자의 길은 심히 구부러지고 깨끗한 자의 길은 곧으니라

Kosraean Bible ☆

Mwet oru ma koluk elos fahsr ke inkanek kih; a mwet wangin mwata elos oru ma suwohs.

Clementine Vulgate 1598 ☆

Perversa via viri aliena est; qui autem mundus est, rectum opus ejus.

Old Persion Version Bible ☆

طریق مردی که زیر بار (گناه ) باشد بسیار کج است، اما اعمال مرد طاهر، مستقیم است.

World Portuguese Bible ☆

O caminho do culpado é tortuoso, mas a conduta do inocente é reta.

Portuguese Bíblia Livre ☆

O caminho do homem transgressor é problemático; porém a obra do puro é correta.

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Romanian BTF Bible ☆

Calea omului este perversă și sucită, dar cât despre cel pur, lucrarea lui este dreaptă.

Romanian Bible (Cyrillic) ☆

Чел виноват мерӂе пе кэй сучите, дар чел невиноват фаче че есте бине.

Russian Synodal Bible ☆

Превратен путь человека развращенного; а кто чист, того действие прямо.

Serbian DK Bible (Latin) ☆

Čiji je put kriv, on je tuđ; a ko je čist, njegovo je delo pravo.

Serbian DK Bible (Cyrillic) ☆

Чији је пут крив, он је туђ; а ко је чист, његово је дело право.

Mashi Bible ☆

Enjira y’enkola-maligo erhashongera, ebijiro by’entagengwa byôhe bibà bishongire.

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Reina Valera 1909 ☆

El camino del hombre perverso es torcido y extraño: mas la obra del limpio es recta.

Spanish BLL ☆

El camino del culpable es lleno de curvas, pero la conducta del inocente es recta.

Spanish Free Bible for the World ☆

El camino del hombre perverso es torcido y extraño; mas la obra del limpio es recta.

La Biblia en Español Sencillo ☆

Torcido es el camino del que está lleno de crimen; pero en cuanto a aquel cuyo corazón está limpio, su trabajo es recto.

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Spanish Bible (God's Word for You) ☆

La senda del vicioso es torcida y extraña, Las acciones del puro son rectas.

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Revised West Version ☆

‌ʻOku pikopiko mo ʻalu kehe ʻae hala ʻoe tangata: ka ʻoku totonu ʻae ngāue ʻaʻana ʻoku loto maʻa.

Ukrainian Bible by P. Kulish ☆

Дорога в грішника крива, а хто чистий, того поступки праві.

Ukrainian Freedom Bible ☆

Дорога в грішника крива, а хто чистий, того поступки праві.

Vietnamese Bible 1923 ☆

Con đường của kẻ gánh tội là quanh quẹo; Còn công việc kẻ trong sạch vốn ngay thẳng.

Hebrew OT (WLC) ☆

הֲפַכְפַּ֬ךְ דֶּ֣רֶךְ אִ֣ישׁ וָזָ֑ר וְ֝זַ֗ךְ יָשָׁ֥ר פָּעֳלֽוֹ׃