Proverbs 21:16

The man who wanders out of the way of understanding shall rest in the assembly of the departed spirits.

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WEBBE

The man who wanders out of the way of understanding shall rest in the assembly of the departed spirits.

BSB

The man who strays from the path of understanding will rest in the assembly of the dead.

KJV

The man that wandereth out of the way of understanding shall remain in the congregation of the dead.

ASV

The man that wandereth out of the way of understanding Shall rest in the assembly of the dead.

BBE

The wanderer from the way of knowledge will have his resting-place among the shades.

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Commentary

Matthew Henry · Verse 16

Of all wanderers in the ways of sin, those are in the most dangerous condition who turn aside into the ways of darkness. Yet there is hope even for them in the all-sufficient Saviour; but let them flee to him without delay.

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