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There isיֵשׁa wayדֶּרֶךְthat is rightיָשָׁרbeforeלִפְנֵיa man,אִישׁbut its endוְאַחֲרִיתָהּis the waysדַּרְכֵיof death.מָוֶת
Proverbs 14:12
Study it in the app“There is a way that is right before a man, but its end is the ways of death.”
There is a way that is straight before a man, but its end is the ways of deathObedience
With the Hebrew beneath
Proverbs 14:12, word by word
- a wayדֶּרֶךְderech
manner
The way one lives and acts.
Where else “derech” appears- that is rightיָשָׁרyashar
upright
Acting well before YHWH, without bending.
Where else “yashar” appears- beforeפְנֵיfene
before
Literally "to the face of": in sight of someone, or on account of something.
Where else “fene” appears- a manאִישׁish
man
An adult male person; also each man of a people, a trade or a place.
Where else “ish” appears- but its endאַחֲרִיתָacharita
end
Where something ends, and how it ends.
Where else “acharita” appears- of deathמָוֶתmavet
death
The end of life: when someone stops breathing and returns to dust.
Where else “mavet” appears
Translation note
The same saying is repeated in 16:25.
The context
11The house of the wicked will be destroyed, but the tent of the upright will flourish.
12 · This verse (above)
13Even in laughter the heart aches, and the end of joy is grief.