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Proverbs 12:28

In the way of righteousness is life: and in the pathway thereof there is no death.

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בְּאֹֽרַחbeorachin mannerאֹרַחpreposition, noun, common, both genders, singular, construct — “in manner”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH734a well-trodden road (literally or figuratively); also a caravanmanner, path, race, rank, traveller, troop, (by-, high-) way.צְדָקָ֥הtsedaqahjusticeצְדָקָהnoun, common, feminine, singular, absolute — “justice”, the ordinary formH6666rightness (abstractly), subjectively (rectitude), objectively (justice), morally (virtue) or figuratively (prosperity)justice, moderately, right(-eous) (act, -ly, -ness).חַיִּ֑יםchayimlifeחַיnoun, common, masculine, plural, absolute — “life”, the ordinary formH2416alive; hence, raw (flesh); fresh (plant, water, year), strong; also (as noun, especially in the feminine singular and masculine plural) life (or living thing), whether literally or figuratively[phrase] age, alive, appetite, (wild) beast, company, congregation, life(-time), live(-ly), living (creature, thing), maintenance, [phrase] merry, multitude, [phrase] (be) old, quick, raw, running, springing, troop.וְדֶ֖רֶךְvederekhand alongדֶּרֶךְconjunction, noun, common, both genders, singular, construct — “and along”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH1870a road (as trodden); figuratively, a course of life or mode of action, often adverbalong, away, because of, [phrase] by, conversation, custom, (east-) ward, journey, manner, passenger, through, toward, (high-) (path-) way(-side), whither(-soever).נְתִיבָ֣הnetivahpathנָתִיבnoun, common, both genders, singular, absolute — “path”, the ordinary formH5410a (beaten) trackpath(-way), [idiom] travel(-ler), way.אַלalnotאַלparticle, negative — “not”H408not (the qualified negation, used as a deprecative); once (Job 24:25) as a noun, nothingnay, neither, [phrase] never, no, nor, not, nothing (worth), rather than.מָֽוֶתmavetdeadמָוֶתnoun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “dead”, the ordinary formH4194death (natural or violent); concretely, the dead, their place or state (hades); figuratively, pestilence, ruin(be) dead(-ly), death, die(-d).

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

In the way of righteousness is life, and in the pathway thereof there is no death.

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American Standard Version (1901)

In the way of righteousness is life; And in the pathway thereof there is no death.

Young’s Literal Translation

In the path of righteousness [is] life, And in the way of [that] path [is] no death!

World English Bible

In the way of righteousness is life; in its path there is no death.

Darby Translation

In the path of righteousness is life, and in the pathway thereof there is no death.

Douay-Rheims

In the path of justice is life: but the by-way leadeth to death.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

In the way of righteousness is life, and in the pathway thereof there is no death.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

In the ways of righteousness is life; but the ways of those that remember injuries lead to death.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Ἐν ὁδοῖς δικαιοσύνης ζωὴ, ὁδοὶ δὲ μνησικάκων εἰς θάνατον.