American Standard Version (1901)
The way of the sluggard is as a hedge of thorns; But the path of the upright is made a highway.
Proverbs 15:19
84 translations of 93 that include the Old Testament
ASV Byzantine Text
The way of the sluggard is as a hedge of thorns; But the path of the upright is made a highway.
Asang Khongca Bible
Thasae kami ih loklam loe soekhring hoiah koi; toe katoeng kami caehhaih loklam loe manglaih lampui ah oh.
Matupi Chin Standard Bible w/ Strongs
Kolhnaw kah longpuei tah hling a buk banghui la om tih, aka thuem kah caehlong tah a picai pah.
Matupi Chin Standard Bible 2019
Kolhnaw kah longpuei tah hling a buk banghui la om tih, aka thuem kah caehlong tah a picai pah.
Hawaiian Bible 1868
O ka aoao o ka mea palaualelo, ua like ia me kahi paapu i na kakalaioa; O ka aoao hoi o ka poe pololei ua hooponoponoia.
English Berean Standard Bible
The way of the slacker is like a hedge of thorns, but the path of the upright is a highway.
Haitian Creole Bible 1985
Lè ou parese, ou wè pwoblèm toupatou. Men, pou moun ki pa pè travay, pa gen pwoblèm ki pou rete l'.
Clementine Vulgate 1598
Iter pigrorum quasi sepes spinarum; via justorum absque offendiculo.
Bible in Basic English
Thorns are round the way of the hater of work; but the road of the hard worker becomes a highway.
French: Bible J.N. Darby
La voie du paresseux est comme une haie d’épines, mais le sentier des hommes droits est aplani.
Czech Kralická Bible 1613
Cesta lenivého jest jako plot z trní, ale stezka upřímých jest vydlážená.
Kosraean Bible
Kom fin alsrangesr, kom ac sun ma upa yen nukewa, a kom fin suwohs, wangin mwe lokoalok ac sun kom.
World Portuguese Bible
O caminho do preguiçoso é como uma cerca de espinhos, mas a vereda dos retos é uma estrada plana.
Romanian BTF Bible
Calea leneșului este ca o îngrăditură de spini, dar calea celor drepți este netezită.
Brenton English Septuagint
The ways of sluggards are strewn with thorns; but those of the diligent are made smooth.
Burmese Common Language Bible
ပျင်းရိသောသူသွားရာ လမ်း၌ဆူးပင်ဆီးကာ လျက် ရှိ၏။ ဖြောင့်မတ်သောသူ သွားရာလမ်းမူကား၊ မို့မောက်လျက်ရှိ၏။
Darby Translation
The way of the sluggard is as a hedge of thorns; but the path of the upright is made plain.
German Unrevised Elberfelder Bible
Der Weg des Faulen ist wie eine Dornhecke, aber der Pfad der Aufrichtigen ist gebahnt.
Dutch Bible 1917
De weg des luiaards is als een doornheg; maar het pad der oprechten is welgebaand.
Dutch Bible, Petrus Canisius
De weg van een luiaard is als een doornheg, Het pad der vlijtigen is gebaand.
Italian Diodati Bible
La via del pigro è come una siepe di spine; Ma la via degli uomini diritti è elevata.
Douay-Rheims 1899
The way of the slothful is as a hedge of thorns; the way of the just is without offence.
Geneva Bible 1599
The way of a slouthfull man is as an hedge of thornes: but the way of the righteous is plaine.
Noyes Bible
The way of the slothful is as a hedge of thorns; But the way of the righteous is a highway.
Danish Bible 1931
Den lades Vej er spærret af Tjørn, de flittiges Sti er banet.
Leeser Tanakh
The way of the slothful man is like a hedge of thorns; but the path of the upright is a levelled [road].
JPS TaNaKH 1917
The way of the sluggard is as though hedged by thorns; but the path of the upright is even.
King James Version
The way of the slothful man is as an hedge of thorns: but the way of the righteous is made plain.
King James Version + Apocrypha
The way of the slothful man is as an hedge of thorns: but the way of the righteous is made plain.
Vietnamese Bible 1923
Đường kẻ biếng nhác như một hàng rào gai; Còn nẻo người ngay thẳng được ban bằng.
KJV Cambridge Paragraph
The way of the slothful man is as a hedge of thorns: But the way of the righteous is made plain.
Revised West Version
ʻOku tatau ʻae hala ʻoe tangata fakapikopiko mo e ʻā ʻakau talatala: ka ʻoku hangamālie ʻae hala ʻoe māʻoniʻoni.
French Ostervald Bible
La voie du paresseux est comme une haie de ronces; mais le sentier des hommes droits est comme un chemin battu.
Esperanto Bible
La vojo de maldiligentulo estas kiel dornarbeto; Sed la vojo de virtuloj estas ebenigita.
French Louis Segond 1910 Bible
Le chemin du paresseux est comme une haie d’épines, Mais le sentier des hommes droits est aplani.
German Luther Bible 1912
Der Weg des Faulen ist dornig; aber der Weg des Frommen ist wohl gebahnt.
LXX2012 U. S. English
The ways of sluggards are strewn with thorns; but those of the diligent are made smooth.
British English Septuagint 2012
The ways of sluggards are strewn with thorns; but those of the diligent are made smooth.
Majority Standard BIble
The way of the slacker is like a hedge of thorns, but the path of the upright is a highway.
Webster Bible
The way of the slothful man is as a hedge of thorns: but the way of the righteous is made plain.
Revised Version
The way of the sluggard is as an hedge of thorns: but the path of the upright is made an highway.
Italian Riveduta Bible
La via del pigro è come una siepe di spine, ma il sentiero degli uomini retti è piano.
French Free Holy Bible for the World
Le chemin du paresseux est comme une haie de ronces, mais le sentier des hommes droits est une route aplanie.
Reina Valera 1909
El camino del perezoso es como seto de espinos: mas la vereda de los rectos como una calzada.
Spanish BLL
El camino del flojo está lleno de espinas, pero el camino de los rectos es como una autopista.
Spanish Free Bible for the World
El camino del perezoso es como seto de espinos, mas la vereda de los rectos es como una calzada.
Croatian Bible
Put je ljenivčev kao glogov trnjak, a utrta je staza pravednika.
Serbian DK Bible (Latin)
Put je lenjoga kao ograda od trnja, a staza je pravednih nasuta.
German Textbibel
Des Faulen Weg ist wie eine Dornhecke, aber der Rechtschaffenen Pfad ist wohl gebahnt.
Updated Brenton English Septuagint
The ways of sluggards are strewn with thorns; But those of the diligent are made smooth.
Hebrew OT (WLC)
דֶּ֣רֶךְ עָ֭צֵל כִּמְשֻׂ֣כַת חָ֑דֶק וְאֹ֖רַח יְשָׁרִ֣ים סְלֻלָֽה׃
World English Bible
The way of the sluggard is like a thorn patch, but the path of the upright is a highway.
World English Bible (Catholic)
The way of the sluggard is like a thorn patch, but the path of the upright is a highway.
World English Bible British Edition
The way of the sluggard is like a thorn patch, but the path of the upright is a highway.
World English Bible British Edition with Deuterocanon
The way of the sluggard is like a thorn patch, but the path of the upright is a highway.
World English Bible Classic
The way of the sluggard is like a thorn patch, but the path of the upright is a highway.
World English Bible Updated
The way of the sluggard is like a thorn patch, but the path of the upright is a highway.
World Messianic Bible
The way of the sluggard is like a thorn patch, but the path of the upright is a highway.
World Messianic Bible British Edition
The way of the sluggard is like a thorn patch, but the path of the upright is a highway.
Young's Literal Translation
The way of the slothful [is] as a hedge of briers, And the path of the upright is raised up.
SEPTUAGINTA
ὁδοὶ ἀεργῶν ἐστρωμέναι ἀκάνθαις, αἱ δὲ τῶν ἀνδρείων τετριμμέναι.
Brenton Septuagint
Ὁδοὶ ἀεργῶν ἐστρωμέναι ἀκάνθαις, αἱ δὲ τῶν ἀνδρείων τετριμμέναι.
Romanian Bible (Cyrillic)
Друмул ленешулуй есте ка ун хэциш де спинь, дар кэраря челор фэрэ приханэ есте нетезитэ.
Ukrainian Bible by P. Kulish
Лїнивого дорога — мов тернєм встелена, дорога же праведних — гладка.
Ukrainian Freedom Bible
Лїнивого дорога — мов тернєм встелена, дорога же праведних — гладка.
Serbian DK Bible (Cyrillic)
Пут је лењога као ограда од трња, а стаза је праведних насута.
Russian Synodal Bible
Путь ленивого - как терновый плетень, а путь праведных - гладкий.
Hebrew Masoretic OT
דֶּ֣רֶךְ עָ֭צֵל כִּמְשֻׂ֣כַת חָ֑דֶק וְאֹ֖רַח יְשָׁרִ֣ים סְלֻלָֽה׃
Modern Hebrew Bible
דרך עצל כמשכת חדק וארח ישרים סללה׃
Arabic Van Dyck Bible
طَرِيقُ ٱلْكَسْلَانِ كَسِيَاجٍ مِنْ شَوْكٍ، وَطَرِيقُ ٱلْمُسْتَقِيمِينَ مَنْهَجٌ.
Old Persion Version Bible
راه کاهلان مثل خاربست است، اما طریق راستان شاهراه است.
Judson Burmese Bible
ပျင်းရိ သောသူသွားရာ လမ်း ၌ ဆူး ပင်ဆီး ကာ လျက် ရှိ၏။ ဖြောင့်မတ် သောသူ သွား ရာလမ်းမူကား ၊ မို့ မောက်လျက်ရှိ၏။
Korean Bible 1910
게으른 자의 길은 가시울타리 같으나 정직한 자의 길은 대로니라
Japanese Freedom Bible
怠け者の道はいばらの生け垣のようだが、 正しい者の道は大路である。
World Chinese Bible
懒惰人的道路像荆棘丛， 正直人的路径却是平坦大道。
Chinese Union Version (simplified)
懒惰人的道像荆棘的篱笆； 正直人的路是平坦的大道。
Chinese Union Version (traditional)
懶惰人的道像荊棘的籬笆； 正直人的路是平坦的大道。
Portuguese Bíblia Livre
O caminho do preguiçoso é como uma cerca de espinhos; mas a vereda dos corretos é bem aplanada.
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Mashi Bible
Enjira y’omwolo ebà eyunjwîre mishûgi, enjira y’obushinganyanya gubâ mulimbwa mugali?
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German Schlachter Bible 1951
Der Weg des Faulen ist wie mit Dornen verzäunt; aber der Pfad der Redlichen ist gebahnt.
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La Biblia en Español Sencillo
Las espinas están en el camino del enemigo del trabajo; pero el camino del trabajador duro se convierte en una carretera.
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Spanish Bible (God's Word for You)
El camino del perezoso es como un cercado de espinos, Pero la senda de los rectos es llana.
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The Orthodox Jewish Bible - Tanakh and Orthodox Jewish Brit Chadasha - The Holy Bible
The derech (road) of the atzel (sluggard, lazy one) is a thorny hedge, but the orach yesharim (way of the upright) is a highway.
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