Proverbs 14:27 — Compare Translations
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English (YLT) 1898 Young's Literal Translation by Robert Young
The fear of Jehovah [is] a fountain of life, To turn aside from snares of death.
English ASV
The fear of Jehovah is a fountain of life, That one may depart from the snares of death.
English Amplified
Reverent and worshipful fear of the Lord is a fountain of life, that one may avoid the snares of death. [John 4:10, 14.]
English Amplified Classic Bible 1987
Reverent and worshipful fear of the Lord is a fountain of life, that one may avoid the snares of death. [John 4:10, 14.]
English Berean Standard Bible (BSB) 2025
The fear of the Lord is a fountain of life, turning a man from the snares of death.
English CSB 2017 - Christian Standard Bible
The fear of the LORD is a fountain of life, turning people away from the snares of death.
English Darby 1890 : Public Domain
The fear of Jehovah is a fountain of life, to turn away from the snares of death.
English EASY 2024
If you respect and obey the Lord, that is like a spring of water that gives you life. It will keep you safe from death's traps.
English ERV 2006 - Only For Website
Respect for the Lord gives true life and will save you from death's trap.
English ESV 2016 == The Holy Bible, English Standard Version. ESV® Text Edition: 2016. Copyright © 2001 by Crossway Bibles
The fear of the LORD is a fountain of life, that one may turn away from the snares of death.
English GNT (Good News Translation)
Do you want to avoid death? Reverence for the Lord is a fountain of life.
English God's Word - GW 1995
The fear of the Lord is a fountain of life to turn {one} away from the grasp of death.
English HCSB 2004 - Copyrighted Only For Website
The fear of the LORD is a fountain of life, turning people from the snares of death.
English KJV 1611
The fear of the LORD is a fountain of life, to depart from the snares of death.
English LSB
The fear of Yahweh is a fountain of life, To turn aside from the snares of death.
English MEV 2014 (Modern English Version)
The fear of the Lord is a fountain of life, to depart from the snares of death.
English NASB (New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995)
The fear of the LORD is a fountain of life, That one may avoid the snares of death.
English NASU 1989 - New American Standard Update - Only for Website
The fear of the LORD is a fountain of life, that a man may avoid the snares of death.
English NET Bible - 2005 (New English Translation)
The fear of the LORD is like a life-giving fountain, to turn people from deadly snares.
English NIRV 1996 - Copyrighted only for Website
Respect for the Lord is like a fountain that gives life. It turns you away from the jaws of death.
English NIV
The fear of the LORD is a fountain of life, turning a man from the snares of death.
English NKJ 1982
The fear of the Lord is a fountain of life, To turn one away from the snares of death.
English NLT
Fear of the LORD is a life-giving fountain; it offers escape from the snares of death.
English NRSV 1989 - Only for website
The fear of the LORD is a fountain of life, so that one may avoid the snares of death.
English Passion Translation Bible 2020
To worship God in wonder and awe opens a fountain of life within you, empowering you to escape death’s domain.
English RSV (Revised Standard Version)
The fear of the Lord is a fountain of life, that one may avoid the snares of death.
English TL (The Living Bible) (1971)
Reverence for the Lord is a fountain of life; its waters keep a man from death.
English Tyndale 1537
The fear of the LORD is a well of life, to avoid the snares of death.