Proverbs 13:14 — Compare Translations
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English (YLT) 1898 Young's Literal Translation by Robert Young
The law of the wise [is] a fountain of life, To turn aside from snares of death.
English ASV
The law of the wise is a fountain of life, That one may depart from the snares of death.
English Amplified
The teaching of the wise is a fountain of life, that one may avoid the snares of death.
English Amplified Classic Bible 1987
The teaching of the wise is a fountain of life, that one may avoid the snares of death.
English Berean Standard Bible (BSB) 2025
The teaching of the wise is a fountain of life, turning one from the snares of death.
English CSB 2017 - Christian Standard Bible
A wise person’s instruction is a fountain of life, turning people away from the snares of death.
English Darby 1890 : Public Domain
The teaching of the wise [man] is a fountain of life, to turn away from the snares of death.
English EASY 2024
The teaching of wise people is like a spring of water that gives life. It will keep you away from death's dangerous traps.
English ERV 2006 - Only For Website
The teaching of the wise is a source of life; their words will save you from deadly traps.
English ESV 2016 == The Holy Bible, English Standard Version. ESV® Text Edition: 2016. Copyright © 2001 by Crossway Bibles
The teaching of the wise is a fountain of life, that one may turn away from the snares of death.
English GNT (Good News Translation)
The teachings of the wise are a fountain of life; they will help you escape when your life is in danger.
English God's Word - GW 1995
The teachings of a wise person are a fountain of life to turn {one} away from the grasp of death.
English HCSB 2004 - Copyrighted Only For Website
A wise man's instruction is a fountain of life, turning people away from the snares of death.
English KJV 1611
The law of the wise is a fountain of life, to depart from the snares of death.
English LSB
The instruction of the wise is a fountain of life, To turn aside from the snares of death.
English MEV 2014 (Modern English Version)
The teaching of the wise is a fountain of life, to turn a man away from the snares of death.
English NASB (New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995)
The teaching of the wise is a fountain of life, To turn aside from the snares of death.
English NASU 1989 - New American Standard Update - Only for Website
The teaching of the wise is a fountain of life, that a man may avoid the snares of death.
English NET Bible - 2005 (New English Translation)
Instruction from the wise is like a life-giving fountain, to turn a person from deadly snares.
English NIRV 1996 - Copyrighted only for Website
The teaching of wise people is like a fountain that gives life. It turns those who listen to it away from the jaws of death.
English NIV
The teaching of the wise is a fountain of life, turning a man from the snares of death.
English NKJ 1982
The law of the wise is a fountain of life, To turn one away from the snares of death.
English NLT
The advice of the wise is like a life-giving fountain; those who accept it avoid the snares of death.
English NRSV 1989 - Only for website
The teaching of the wise is a fountain of life, so that one may avoid the snares of death.
English Passion Translation Bible 2020
When the lovers of God teach you truth, a fountain of life opens up within you, and their wise instruction will deliver you from the ways of death.
English RSV (Revised Standard Version)
The teaching of the wise is a fountain of life, that one may avoid the snares of death.
English TL (The Living Bible) (1971)
The advice of a wise man refreshes like water from a mountain spring. Those accepting it become aware of the pitfalls on ahead.
English Tyndale 1537
The law is a well of life unto the wise, that it may keep him from the snares of death.