Revised Literal Translation
Proverbs 21:16
16The man that wandereth out of the way of understanding shall remain in the congregation of the dead.
Proverbs 21:16 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)The man that wandereth out of the way of understanding shall remain in the congregation of the dead.
- New International Version (NIV)Whoever strays from the path of prudence comes to rest in the company of the dead.
- English Standard Version (ESV)One who wanders from the way of good sense will rest in the assembly of the dead.
- New King James Version (NKJV)A man who wanders from the way of understanding Will rest in the assembly of the dead.
Context of Proverbs 21:16
14A gift in secret pacifieth anger: and a reward in the bosom strong wrath. 15It is joy to the just to do judgment: but destruction shall be to the workers of iniquity. The man that wandereth out of the way of understanding shall remain in the congregation of the dead. 17He that loveth pleasure shall be a poor man: he that loveth wine and oil shall not be rich. 18The wicked shall be a ransom for the righteous, and the transgressor for the upright.
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אָדָ֗ם תּ֭וֹעֶה מִדֶּ֣רֶךְ הַשְׂכֵּ֑ל בִּקְהַ֖ל רְפָאִ֣ים יָנֽוּחַ׃Read the interlinear
Cross-references for Proverbs 21:16
- Proverbs 13:20He that walketh with wise men shall be wise: but a companion of fools shall be destroyed.
- Psalms 125:5As for such as turn aside unto their crooked ways, Yhwh shall lead them forth with the workers of iniquity: but peace shall be upon Israel.
- Zephaniah 1:6And them that are turned back from Yhwh; and those that have not sought Yhwh, nor enquired for him.
- John 3:19And this is the condemnation, that light is come into the world, and men loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil.
- Hebrews 6:4For it is impossible for those who were once enlightened, and have tasted of the heavenly gift, and were made partakers of the Holy Ghost,
- Hebrews 10:26For if we sin wilfully after that we have received the knowledge of the truth, there remaineth no more sacrifice for sins,
- 2 Peter 2:21For it had been better for them not to have known the way of righteousness, than, after they have known it, to turn from the holy commandment delivered unto them.
- 1 John 2:19They went out from us, but they were not of us; for if they had been of us, they would no doubt have continued with us: but they went out, that they might be made manifest that they were not all of us.
- Proverbs 2:18For her house inclineth unto death, and her paths unto the dead.
- Proverbs 7:26For she hath cast down many wounded: yea, many strong men have been slain by her.
- Proverbs 9:18But he knoweth not that the dead are there; and that her guests are in the depths of hell.
- Ephesians 2:1And you hath he quickened, who were dead in trespasses and sins;
- Jude 1:12These are spots in your feasts of charity, when they feast with you, feeding themselves without fear: clouds they are without water, carried about of winds; trees whose fruit withereth, without fruit, twice dead, plucked up by the roots;
Commentaries on Proverbs 21:16
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 16The man once enlightened, that wandereth out of the way of understanding, in which he had walked, shall remain - have a permanent residence - in the congregation of the dead; רפאים rephaim, the lost; either separate spirits in general, or rather the assembly of separate spirits, which had fallen from primitive rectitude; and shall not be restored to the Divine favor; particularly those sinners who were destroyed by the deluge. This passage intimates that…Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 16congregation of the dead - The Rephaim (compare the Proverbs 2:18 note). Remain - i. e., “He shall find a resting place, but it shall be in Hades.”Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 16Verse 16 Of all wanderers in the ways of sin, those are in the most dangerous condition who turn aside into the ways of darkness. Yet there is hope even for them in the all-sufficient Saviour; but let them flee to him without delay.Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 16People with common sense can avoid life's dangers.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1616. the way of understanding--(Compare Pr 12:26; 14:22). remain--that is, rest as at a journey's end; death will be his unchanging home.Read the comment
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Commentaries on Proverbs 21
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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