Proverbs 1:32 — Compare All Translations

English (YLT) 1898 Young's Literal Translation by Robert Young

For the turning of the simple slayeth them, And the security of the foolish destroyeth them.

English ASV

For the backsliding of the simple shall slay them, And the careless ease of fools shall destroy them.

English Amplified

For the backsliding of the simple shall slay them, and the careless ease of [self-confident] fools shall destroy them. [Isa. 32:6.]

English Amplified Classic Bible 1987

For the backsliding of the simple shall slay them, and the careless ease of [self-confident] fools shall destroy them. [Isa. 32:6.]

English Berean Standard Bible (BSB) 2025

For the waywardness of the simple will slay them, and the complacency of fools will destroy them.

English CSB 2017 - Christian Standard Bible

For the apostasy of the inexperienced will kill them, and the complacency of fools will destroy them.

English Darby 1890 : Public Domain

For the turning away of the simple shall slay them, and the prosperity of the foolish shall cause them to perish.

English EASY 2024

Silly people have turned away from me, and that will kill them. Fools like an easy life, and that will destroy them.

English ERV 2006 - Only For Website

"Fools die because they refuse to follow wisdom. They are content to follow their foolish ways, and that will destroy them.

For the simple are killed by their turning away, and the complacency of fools destroys them;

English GNT (Good News Translation)

Inexperienced people die because they reject wisdom. Stupid people are destroyed by their own lack of concern.

English God's Word - GW 1995

"Gullible people kill themselves because of their turning away. Fools destroy themselves because of their indifference.

English HCSB 2004 - Copyrighted Only For Website

For the waywardness of the inexperienced will kill them, and the complacency of fools will destroy them.

English KJV 1611

For the turning away of the simple shall slay them, and the prosperity of fools shall destroy them.

English LSB

For the turning away of the simple will kill them, And the complacency of fools will destroy them.

English MEV 2014 (Modern English Version)

For the turning away of the simple will slay them, and the complacency of fools will destroy them.

English NASB (New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995)

"For the waywardness of the naive will kill them, And the complacency of fools will destroy them.

English NASU 1989 - New American Standard Update - Only for Website

For the self-will of the simple kills them, the smugness of fools destroys them.

English NET Bible - 2005 (New English Translation)

For the waywardness of the simpletons will kill them, and the careless ease of fools will destroy them.

English NIRV 1996 - Copyrighted only for Website

"Childish people go down the wrong path. They will die. Foolish people are satisfied with the way they live. They will be destroyed.

English NIV

For the waywardness of the simple will kill them, and the complacency of fools will destroy them;

English NKJ 1982

For the turning away of the simple will slay them, And the complacency of fools will destroy them;

English NLT

For they are simpletons who turn away from me--to death. They are fools, and their own complacency will destroy them.

English NRSV 1989 - Only for website

For waywardness kills the simple, and the complacency of fools destroys them;

English Passion Translation Bible 2020

Like an idiot you’ve turned away from me and chosen destruction instead. Your self-satisfied smugness will kill you.

English RSV (Revised Standard Version)

For the simple are killed by their turning away, and the complacence of fools destroys them;

English TL (The Living Bible) (1971)

For you turned away from me—to death; your own complacency will kill you. Fools!

English Tyndale 1537

for the turning away of the unwise shall slay them, and the prosperity of fools shall be their own destruction.

Proverbs 1:32 — Compare Translations