Proverbs 19:3

Translations

King James Version (KJV)

The foolishness of man perverts his way: and his heart frets against the LORD.

American King James Version (AKJV)

The foolishness of man perverts his way: and his heart frets against the LORD.

American Standard Version (ASV)

The foolishness of man subverteth his way; And his heart fretteth against Jehovah.

Basic English Translation (BBE)

By his foolish behaviour a man's ways are turned upside down, and his heart is bitter against the Lord.

Webster's Revision

The foolishness of man perverteth his way: and his heart fretteth against the LORD.

World English Bible

The foolishness of man subverts his way; his heart rages against Yahweh.

English Revised Version (ERV)

The foolishness of man subverteth his way; and his heart fretteth against the LORD.

Clarke's Proverbs 19:3 Bible Commentary

The foolishness of man - Most men complain of cross providences, because they get into straits and difficulties through the perverseness of their ways; and thus they fret against God; whereas, in every instance, they are the causes of their own calamities. O how inconsistent is man!

Barnes's Proverbs 19:3 Bible Commentary

The non-wisdom which, having brought about disasters by its own perverseness, then turns round and "fretteth," i. e., angrily complains against the Providence of God.

Perverteth - Rather, "overturneth," "maketh to fail."

Wesley's Proverbs 19:3 Bible Commentary

19:3 Perverteth - Blasts his designs and enterprises. Fretteth - He ascribes his unhappiness not to his own sin, but to God and his providence.