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Proverbs 10:29
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
Proverbs 10:29
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
29 The way of the Lord is a stronghold for the upright
but destruction for evildoers.(A)
Proverbs 10:29
New English Translation
Proverbs 10:29
New English Translation
29 The way of the Lord[a] is like[b] a stronghold for the upright,[c]
but it is destruction[d] to evildoers.[e]
Footnotes
- Proverbs 10:29 tc The LXX reads “the fear of the Lord.”sn The “way of the Lord” is an idiom for God’s providential administration of life; it is what the Lord does (“way” being a hypocatastasis).
- Proverbs 10:29 tn The comparative “like” does not appear in the Hebrew text, but is implied by the metaphor; it is supplied in the translation for the sake of clarity.
- Proverbs 10:29 tc Heb “for the one with integrity” (לַתֹּם, lattom). The versions appear to read לְתַם (letam) “for the blameless.”
- Proverbs 10:29 tn Or “ruin” (so NIV).
- Proverbs 10:29 tn Heb “those who practice iniquity.”
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