Proverbs 2:15
Whose ways are crooked, and they froward in their paths:
KJV
quorum viæ perversæ sunt, et infames gressus eorum.
Vulgate
ὧν αἱ τρίβοι σκολιαὶ καὶ καμπύλαι αἱ τροχιαὶ αὐτῶν,
LXX
Who are crooked in their ways, And wayward in their paths:
ASV
אֲשֶׁ֣ר אָרְחֹתֵי/הֶ֣ם עִקְּשִׁ֑ים וּ֝/נְלוֹזִ֗ים בְּ/מַעְגְּלוֹתָֽ/ם
Hebrew
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In the original Hebrew
5 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.
אֲשֶׁר
'shr
particle · 5461×
אֹ֣רַח
'rch
noun · 60×
מַּעְגָּ֔ל
m'gl
noun · 16×
נָל֔וֹז
nlvz
verb · 6×
עִקֵּ֖שׁ
'qsh
adjective · 11×
Historic Christian voices
2 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
Cross-references
- Deut 32:5 — They have corrupted themselves, their spot is not the spot of his children: they are a perverse and crooked generation.
- Isa 59:8 — The way of peace they know not; and there is no judgment in their goings: they have made them crooked paths: whosoever goeth therein shall not know peace.
- Phil 2:15 — That ye may be blameless and harmless, the sons of God, without rebuke, in the midst of a crooked and perverse nation, among whom ye shine as lights in the world;
- Prov 21:8 — The way of man is froward and strange: but as for the pure, his work is right.
- Prov 21:8 — The way of man is froward and strange: but as for the pure, his work is right.
- Ps 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.
- Ps 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.