Proverbs 2:17 — Compare Translations
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English (YLT) 1898 Young's Literal Translation by Robert Young
Who is forsaking the guide of her youth, And the covenant of her God hath forgotten.
English ASV
That forsaketh the friend of her youth, And forgetteth the covenant of her God:
English Amplified
Who forsakes the husband and guide of her youth and forgets the covenant of her God.
English Amplified Classic Bible 1987
Who forsakes the husband and guide of her youth and forgets the covenant of her God.
English Berean Standard Bible (BSB) 2025
who abandons the partner of her youth and forgets the covenant of her God.
English CSB 2017 - Christian Standard Bible
who abandons the companion of her youth and forgets the covenant of her God;
English Darby 1890 : Public Domain
who forsaketh the guide of her youth, and forgetteth the covenant of her God;
English EASY 2024
She leaves her own husband that she married when she was young. Now she forgets what she promised to God at the time of her marriage.
English ERV 2006 - Only For Website
She married when she was young, but then she left her husband. She forgot the marriage vows she made before God.
English ESV 2016 == The Holy Bible, English Standard Version. ESV® Text Edition: 2016. Copyright © 2001 by Crossway Bibles
who forsakes the companion of her youth and forgets the covenant of her God;
English GNT (Good News Translation)
who is faithless to her own husband and forgets her sacred vows.
English God's Word - GW 1995
who leaves {her husband,} the closest friend of her youth, and forgets her marriage vows to her God.
English HCSB 2004 - Copyrighted Only For Website
who abandons the companion of her youth and forgets the covenant of her God;
English KJV 1611
Which forsaketh the guide of her youth, and forgetteth the covenant of her God.
English LSB
Who forsakes the close companion of her youth And forgets the covenant of her God;
English MEV 2014 (Modern English Version)
who forsakes the companion of her youth and forgets the covenant of her God.
English NASB (New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995)
That leaves the companion of her youth And forgets the covenant of her God;
English NASU 1989 - New American Standard Update - Only for Website
Who forsakes the companion of her youth and forgets the pact with her God;
English NET Bible - 2005 (New English Translation)
who leaves the husband from her younger days, and forgets her marriage covenant made before God.
English NIRV 1996 - Copyrighted only for Website
She leaves the man she married when she was young. She breaks the promise she made to her God.
English NIV
who has left the partner of her youth and ignored the covenant she made before God.
English NKJ 1982
Who forsakes the companion of her youth, And forgets the covenant of her God.
English NLT
She has abandoned her husband and ignores the covenant she made before God.
English NRSV 1989 - Only for website
who forsakes the partner of her youth and forgets her sacred covenant;
English Passion Translation Bible 2020
She left her husband and has forgotten her wedding vows.
English RSV (Revised Standard Version)
who forsakes the companion of her youth and forgets the covenant of her God;
English TL (The Living Bible) (1971)
prostitutes; these girls have abandoned their husbands and flouted the laws of God.
English Tyndale 1537
forsaketh the husband of her youth, and forgeteth the covenant of her God.