Proverbs 2:18 — Compare All Translations

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

For her house hath inclined unto death, And unto Rephaim her paths.

English ASV

For her house inclineth unto death, And her paths unto the dead;

English Amplified

For her house sinks down to death and her paths to the spirits [of the dead].

English Amplified Classic Bible 1987

For her house sinks down to death and her paths to the spirits [of the dead].

English Berean Standard Bible (BSB) 2025

For her house sinks down to death, and her tracks to the departed spirits.

English CSB 2017 - Christian Standard Bible

for her house sinks down to death and her ways to the land of the departed spirits.

English Darby 1890 : Public Domain

for her house inclineth unto death, and her paths unto the dead;

English EASY 2024

Do not go into her house! If you do, you will be on the road to death. If you follow her, you will arrive at the home of the spirits of dead people.

English ERV 2006 - Only For Website

Going into her house leads to death. She will lead you to the grave.

for her house sinks down to death, and her paths to the departed;

English GNT (Good News Translation)

If you go to her house, you are traveling the road to death. To go there is to approach the world of the dead.

English God's Word - GW 1995

Her house sinks down to death. Her ways lead to the souls of the dead.

English HCSB 2004 - Copyrighted Only For Website

for her house sinks down to death and her ways to the land of the departed spirits.

English KJV 1611

For her house inclineth unto death, and her paths unto the dead.

English LSB

For her house sinks down to death And her tracks descend to the dead;

English MEV 2014 (Modern English Version)

For her house sinks down to death, and her paths to the dead;

English NASB (New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995)

For her house sinks down to death And her tracks lead to the dead;

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

For her path sinks down to death, and her footsteps lead to the shades;

English NET Bible - 2005 (New English Translation)

For her house sinks down to death, and her paths lead to the place of the departed spirits.

English NIRV 1996 - Copyrighted only for Website

Her house leads down to death. Her paths lead to the spirits of the dead.

English NIV

For her house leads down to death and her paths to the spirits of the dead.

English NKJ 1982

For her house leads down to death, And her paths to the dead;

English NLT

Entering her house leads to death; it is the road to hell.

English NRSV 1989 - Only for website

for her way leads down to death, and her paths to the shades;

English Passion Translation Bible 2020

You’ll find her house on the road to hell,

English RSV (Revised Standard Version)

for her house sinks down to death, and her paths to the shades;

English TL (The Living Bible) (1971)

Their houses lie along the road to death and hell.

English Tyndale 1537

For her house is inclined unto death, and her paths into hell.

Proverbs 2:18 — Compare Translations