Proverbs 14:12
Translations
King James Version (KJV)
There is a way which seems right to a man, but the end thereof are the ways of death.
American King James Version (AKJV)
There is a way which seems right to a man, but the end thereof are the ways of death.
American Standard Version (ASV)
There is a way which seemeth right unto a man; But the end thereof are the ways of death.
Basic English Translation (BBE)
There is a way which seems straight before a man, but its end is the ways of death.
Webster's Revision
There is a way which seemeth right to a man, but the end of it are the ways of death.
World English Bible
There is a way which seems right to a man, but in the end it leads to death.
English Revised Version (ERV)
There is a way which seemeth right unto a man, but the end thereof are the ways of death.
Clarke's Proverbs 14:12 Bible Commentary
There is a way which seemeth right unto a man - This may be his easily besetting sin, the sin of his constitution, the sin of his trade. Or it may be his own false views of religion: he may have an imperfect repentance, a false faith, a very false creed; and he may persuade himself that he is in the direct way to heaven. Many of the papists, when they were burning the saints of God in the flames at Smithfield, thought they were doing God service! And in the late Irish massacre, the more of the Protestants they piked to death, shot, or burnt, the more they believed they deserved of God's favor and their Church's gratitude. But cruelty and murder are the short road, the near way, to eternal perdition.
Barnes's Proverbs 14:12 Bible Commentary
A way ... - The way of the fool, the way of self-indulgence and self-will.
Wesley's Proverbs 14:12 Bible Commentary
14:12 Right - There are some evil courses which men may think to be lawful and good. The end - The event shews that they were sinful and destructive.