Proverbs 21:8

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Original Language Text
hebrew
הֲפַכְפַּ֬ךְ דֶּ֣רֶךְ אִ֣ישׁ וָזָ֑ר וְ֝/זַ֗ךְ יָשָׁ֥ר פָּעֳלֽ/וֹ
English Translation
You have turned the way of a man and a stranger, and the pure is straight in his dealings.

The way of him that is laden with guilt is exceeding crooked; But as for the pure, his work is right.

The way of him that is laden with guilt is exceeding crooked; But as for the pure, his work is right.

Twisted is the way of him who is full of crime; but as for him whose heart is clean, his work is upright.

Very crooked is the way of a guilty man; but as for the pure, his work is upright.

The perverse way of a man is strange: but as for him that is pure, his work is right.

It is better to dwell in the corner of the housetop, than with a contentious woman in a wide house.

The God (Elohim) of justice sees what happens in the homes of the wicked, and brings the wicked down in disaster.

The way of the guilty is devious, but the conduct of the innocent is upright.

The way of some is peruerted and strange: but of the pure man, his worke is right.

The way of man is froward and strange: but as for the pure, his work is right.

The way of a man who is vile is contrary, || And the pure—his work is upright.

The way of man is froward and strange: but as for the pure, his work is right.

The guilty walk a crooked path;<br>the innocent travel a straight road.<br>

The way of man is froward and strange: but as for the pure, his work is right.

The way of the guilty is devious, but the conduct of the innocent is upright.

The way of the guilty is devious, but the conduct of the innocent is upright.

The way of the guilty is devious, but the conduct of the innocent is upright.

Froward [is] the way of a man who is vile, And the pure -- upright [is] his work.