American Standard Version (1901)
The way of him that is laden with guilt is exceeding crooked; But as for the pure, his work is right.
Proverbs 21:8
84 translations of 93 that include the Old Testament
ASV Byzantine Text
The way of him that is laden with guilt is exceeding crooked; But as for the pure, his work is right.
Asang Khongca Bible
Kami caehhaih loklam loe angkawnh; toe poekciim kami toksakhaih loe toeng.
Matupi Chin Standard Bible w/ Strongs
A ko aka boi hlang kah longpuei tah kawn dae, aka cil tah a bisai a thuem pah.
Matupi Chin Standard Bible 2019
A ko aka boi hlang kah longpuei tah kawn dae, aka cil tah a bisai a thuem pah.
Hawaiian Bible 1868
He kekee ka aoao o ke kanaka, a he ano e hoi; O ka mea maemae hoi, ua pololei kana hana.
English Berean Standard Bible
The way of a guilty man is crooked, but the conduct of the innocent is upright.
Haitian Creole Bible 1985
Moun k'ap fè sa ki mal ap mache sou chemen plen detou. Men, inonsan yo fè sa ki dwat.
Clementine Vulgate 1598
Perversa via viri aliena est; qui autem mundus est, rectum opus ejus.
Bible in Basic English
Twisted is the way of him who is full of crime; but as for him whose heart is clean, his work is upright.
French: Bible J.N. Darby
La voie d’un homme coupable est détournée ; mais l’œuvre de celui qui est pur est droite.
Czech Kralická Bible 1613
Muž, jehož cesta převrácená jest, cizí jest, čistého pak dílo přímé jest.
Kosraean Bible
Mwet oru ma koluk elos fahsr ke inkanek kih; a mwet wangin mwata elos oru ma suwohs.
World Portuguese Bible
O caminho do culpado é tortuoso, mas a conduta do inocente é reta.
Romanian BTF Bible
Calea omului este perversă și sucită, dar cât despre cel pur, lucrarea lui este dreaptă.
Brenton English Septuagint
To the froward God sends froward ways; for his works are pure and right.
Burmese Common Language Bible
လမ်းလွှဲသွားသောသူသည် ကွာဝေးရာသို့ ရောက်တတ်၏။ စင်ကြယ်သော သူပြုသောအမှုမူကား မှန်ပေ၏။
Darby Translation
Very crooked is the way of a guilty man; but as for the pure, his work is upright.
German Unrevised Elberfelder Bible
Vielgewunden ist der Weg des schuldbeladenen Mannes; der Lautere aber, sein Tun ist gerade.
Dutch Bible 1917
De weg des mensen is gans verkeerd en vreemd; maar het werk des zuiveren is recht.
Dutch Bible, Petrus Canisius
Kronkelig is de weg van een bedrieger; Wie eerlijk is, handelt oprecht.
Italian Diodati Bible
La via stravolta dell'uomo è anche strana; Ma l'opera di chi è puro è diritta.
Douay-Rheims 1899
The perverse way of a man is strange: but as for him that is pure, his work is right.
Geneva Bible 1599
The way of some is peruerted and strange: but of the pure man, his worke is right.
Noyes Bible
The way of the guilty man is crooked; But he that is pure, his doings are right.
Danish Bible 1931
Skyldtynget Mand går Krogveje, den renes Gerning er ligetil.
Leeser Tanakh
Perverse is the way of the man that is estranged [from goodness]; but as for the pure, his work is upright.
JPS TaNaKH 1917
The way of man is froward and strange; but as for the pure, his work is right.
King James Version
The way of man is froward and strange: but as for the pure, his work is right.
King James Version + Apocrypha
The way of man is froward and strange: but as for the pure, his work is right.
Vietnamese Bible 1923
Con đường của kẻ gánh tội là quanh quẹo; Còn công việc kẻ trong sạch vốn ngay thẳng.
KJV Cambridge Paragraph
The way of man is froward and strange: But as for the pure, his work is right.
Revised West Version
ʻOku pikopiko mo ʻalu kehe ʻae hala ʻoe tangata: ka ʻoku totonu ʻae ngāue ʻaʻana ʻoku loto maʻa.
French Ostervald Bible
La voie du coupable est tortueuse; mais l'innocent agit avec droiture.
Esperanto Bible
Malrekta estas la vojo de homo kulpa; Sed la agado de purulo estas ĝusta.
French Louis Segond 1910 Bible
Le coupable suit des voies détournées, Mais l’innocent agit avec droiture.
German Luther Bible 1912
Wer mit Schuld beladen ist, geht krumme Wege; wer aber rein ist, des Werk ist recht.
LXX2012 U. S. English
To the froward God sends froward ways; for his works are pure and right.
British English Septuagint 2012
To the froward God sends froward ways; for his works are pure and right.
Majority Standard BIble
The way of a guilty man is crooked, but the conduct of the innocent is upright.
Webster Bible
The way of man is froward and strange: but as for the pure, his work is right.
Revised Version
The way of him that is laden with guilt is exceeding crooked: but as for the pure, his work is right.
Italian Riveduta Bible
La via del colpevole è tortuosa, ma l’innocente opera con rettitudine.
French Free Holy Bible for the World
La voie du coupable est tortueuse, mais la conduite de l'innocent est droite.
Reina Valera 1909
El camino del hombre perverso es torcido y extraño: mas la obra del limpio es recta.
Spanish BLL
El camino del culpable es lleno de curvas, pero la conducta del inocente es recta.
Spanish Free Bible for the World
El camino del hombre perverso es torcido y extraño; mas la obra del limpio es recta.
Croatian Bible
Zapleten je put zločinca, a pravo je djelo čista čovjeka.
Serbian DK Bible (Latin)
Čiji je put kriv, on je tuđ; a ko je čist, njegovo je delo pravo.
German Textbibel
Wer mit Schuld beladen ist, geht gewundene Wege; wer aber lauter ist, des Thun ist redlich.
Updated Brenton English Septuagint
To the froward God sends froward ways; For his works are pure and right.
Hebrew OT (WLC)
הֲפַכְפַּ֬ךְ דֶּ֣רֶךְ אִ֣ישׁ וָזָ֑ר וְ֝זַ֗ךְ יָשָׁ֥ר פָּעֳלֽוֹ׃
World English Bible
The way of the guilty is devious, but the conduct of the innocent is upright.
World English Bible (Catholic)
The way of the guilty is devious, but the conduct of the innocent is upright.
World English Bible British Edition
The way of the guilty is devious, but the conduct of the innocent is upright.
World English Bible British Edition with Deuterocanon
The way of the guilty is devious, but the conduct of the innocent is upright.
World English Bible Classic
The way of the guilty is devious, but the conduct of the innocent is upright.
World English Bible Updated
The way of the guilty is devious, but the conduct of the innocent is upright.
World Messianic Bible
The way of the guilty is devious, but the conduct of the innocent is upright.
World Messianic Bible British Edition
The way of the guilty is devious, but the conduct of the innocent is upright.
Young's Literal Translation
Froward [is] the way of a man who is vile, And the pure — upright [is] his work.
SEPTUAGINTA
πρὸς τοὺς σκολιοὺς σκολιὰς ὁδοὺς ἀποστέλλει ὁ Θεός, ἁγνὰ γὰρ καὶ ὀρθὰ τὰ ἔργα αὐτοῦ. 9κρεῖσσον οἰκεῖν ἐπὶ γωνίας ὑπαίθρου ἢ ἐν κεκονιαμένοις μετὰ ἀδικίας καὶ ἐν οἴκῳ κοινῷ.
Brenton Septuagint
Πρὸς τοὺς σκολιοὺς σκολιὰς ὁδοὺς ἀποστέλλει ὁ Θεὸς, ἁγνὰ γὰρ καὶ ὀρθὰ τὰ ἔργα αὐτοῦ.
Romanian Bible (Cyrillic)
Чел виноват мерӂе пе кэй сучите, дар чел невиноват фаче че есте бине.
Ukrainian Bible by P. Kulish
Дорога в грішника крива, а хто чистий, того поступки праві.
Ukrainian Freedom Bible
Дорога в грішника крива, а хто чистий, того поступки праві.
Serbian DK Bible (Cyrillic)
Чији је пут крив, он је туђ; а ко је чист, његово је дело право.
Russian Synodal Bible
Превратен путь человека развращенного; а кто чист, того действие прямо.
Hebrew Masoretic OT
הֲפַכְפַּ֬ךְ דֶּ֣רֶךְ אִ֣ישׁ וָזָ֑ר וְ֝זַ֗ךְ יָשָׁ֥ר פָּעֳלֹֽו׃
Modern Hebrew Bible
הפכפך דרך איש וזר וזך ישר פעלו׃
Arabic Van Dyck Bible
طَرِيقُ رَجُلٍ مَوْزُورٍ هِيَ مُلْتَوِيَةٌ، أَمَّا ٱلزَّكِيُّ فَعَمَلُهُ مُسْتَقِيمٌ.
Old Persion Version Bible
طریق مردی که زیر بار (گناه ) باشد بسیار کج است، اما اعمال مرد طاهر، مستقیم است.
Judson Burmese Bible
လမ်း လွှဲသွားသောသူ သည် ကွာဝေး ရာသို့ ရောက်တတ်၏။ စင်ကြယ် သော သူပြုသောအမှု မူကား မှန် ပေ၏။
Korean Bible 1910
죄를 크게 범한 자의 길은 심히 구부러지고 깨끗한 자의 길은 곧으니라
Japanese Freedom Bible
罪を負う者の道は曲がっているが、 潔白な者の行いはまっすぐである。
World Chinese Bible
有罪之人的道路弯曲； 无辜之人的行为正直。
Chinese Union Version (simplified)
负罪之人的路甚是弯曲； 至于清洁的人，他所行的乃是正直。
Chinese Union Version (traditional)
負罪之人的路甚是彎曲； 至於清潔的人，他所行的乃是正直。
Portuguese Bíblia Livre
O caminho do homem transgressor é problemático; porém a obra do puro é correta.
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Mashi Bible
Enjira y’enkola-maligo erhashongera, ebijiro by’entagengwa byôhe bibà bishongire.
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German Schlachter Bible 1951
Wer schuldbeladen ist, muß krumme Wege gehen; wer aber lauter ist, der handelt redlich.
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La Biblia en Español Sencillo
Torcido es el camino del que está lleno de crimen; pero en cuanto a aquel cuyo corazón está limpio, su trabajo es recto.
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Spanish Bible (God's Word for You)
La senda del vicioso es torcida y extraña, Las acciones del puro son rectas.
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The Orthodox Jewish Bible - Tanakh and Orthodox Jewish Brit Chadasha - The Holy Bible
The derech of the guilty ish is hafachpach (crooked, tortuous), but as for the pure, his conduct is yashar (right).
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