Proverbs 2:19
None that go unto her return again, neither take they hold of the paths of life.
KJV
Omnes qui ingrediuntur ad eam non revertentur, nec apprehendent semitas vitæ.
Vulgate
πάντες οἱ πορευόμενοι ἐν αὐτῇ οὐκ ἀναστρέψουσιν οὐδὲ μὴ καταλάβωσιν τρίβους εὐθείας· οὐ γὰρ καταλαμβάνονται ὑπὸ ἐνιαυτῶν ζωῆς.
LXX
None that go unto her return again, Neither do they attain unto the paths of life:
ASV
כָּל בָּ֭אֶי/הָ לֹ֣א יְשׁוּב֑וּ/ן וְ/לֹֽא יַ֝שִּׂ֗יגוּ אָרְח֥וֹת חַיִּֽים
Hebrew
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In the original Hebrew
7 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.
אֹ֣רַח
'rch
noun · 60×
בָּ֣א
b'
verb · 2573×
חַי
chy
verb · 502×
כָּל
kl
noun · 5376×
לֹ֣א
l'
proper_noun · 5171×
ם
m
verb · 50×
שׁ֣וּב
shvb
verb · 1058×
Historic Christian voices
2 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
Cross-references
- Acts 2:28 — Thou hast made known to me the ways of life; thou shalt make me full of joy with thy countenance.
- Eccl 7:26 — And I find more bitter than death the woman, whose heart is snares and nets, and her hands as bands: whoso pleaseth God shall escape from her; but the sinner shall be taken by her.
- Judg 16:21 — But the Philistines took him, and put out his eyes, and brought him down to Gaza, and bound him with fetters of brass; and he did grind in the prison house.
- Ps 16:11 — Thou wilt shew me the path of life: in thy presence is fulness of joy; at thy right hand there are pleasures for evermore.
- Ps 81:12 — So I gave them up unto their own hearts’ lust: and they walked in their own counsels.