Proverbs 5:23
He shall die without instruction; and in the greatness of his folly he shall go astray.
KJV
Ipse morietur, quia non habuit disciplinam, et in multitudine stultitiæ suæ decipietur.
Vulgate
οὗτος τελευτᾷ μετὰ ἀπαιδεύτων, ἐκ δὲ πλήθους τῆς ἑαυτοῦ βιότητος ἐξερίφη καὶ ἀπώλετο δι’ ἀφροσύνην.
LXX
He shall die for lack of instruction; And in the greatness of his folly he shall go astray.
ASV
ה֗וּא יָ֭מוּת בְּ/אֵ֣ין מוּסָ֑ר וּ/בְ/רֹ֖ב אִוַּלְתּ֣/וֹ יִשְׁגֶּֽה
Hebrew
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In the original Hebrew
7 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.
אִוֶּֽלֶת
'vlt
noun · 25×
אֵ֥ין
'yn
noun · 787×
אֶשְׁגֶּ֖ה
'shgh
verb · 21×
ה֖וּא
hv'
pronoun · 1878×
הוּ
hv
verb · 834×
מוּסָ֑ר
mvsr
noun · 50×
רֹ֣ב
rb
noun · 149×
Historic Christian voices
2 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
Cross-references
- 2Pet 2:15 — Which have forsaken the right way, and are gone astray, following the way of Balaam the son of Bosor, who loved the wages of unrighteousness;
- Job 4:21 — Doth not their excellency which is in them go away? they die, even without wisdom.
- Job 36:12 — But if they obey not, they shall perish by the sword, and they shall die without knowledge.
- Prov 10:21 — The lips of the righteous feed many: but fools die for want of wisdom.
- Prov 10:21 — The lips of the righteous feed many: but fools die for want of wisdom.
- Prov 14:14 — The backslider in heart shall be filled with his own ways: and a good man shall be satisfied from himself.
- Prov 14:32 — The wicked is driven away in his wickedness: but the righteous hath hope in his death.
- Ps 81:12 — So I gave them up unto their own hearts’ lust: and they walked in their own counsels.