Parallel Verses
- The Message - The path of lazy people is overgrown with briers; the diligent walk down a smooth road.
- 新标点和合本 - 懒惰人的道像荆棘的篱笆； 正直人的路是平坦的大道。
- 和合本2010（上帝版-简体） - 懒惰人的道像荆棘的篱笆； 正直人的路是平坦大道。
- 和合本2010（神版-简体） - 懒惰人的道像荆棘的篱笆； 正直人的路是平坦大道。
- 当代译本 - 懒惰人的路布满荆棘， 正直人的道平坦宽阔。
- 圣经新译本 - 懒惰人的道路好像荆棘篱笆； 正直人的路径是平坦的大道。
- 中文标准译本 - 懒惰人的道路，如同荆棘的篱笆； 正直人的路途，是平坦的大道。
- 现代标点和合本 - 懒惰人的道像荆棘的篱笆， 正直人的路是平坦的大道。
- 和合本（拼音版） - 懒惰人的道，像荆棘的篱笆； 正直人的路，是平坦的大道。
- New International Version - The way of the sluggard is blocked with thorns, but the path of the upright is a highway.
- New International Reader's Version - The way of people who don’t want to work is blocked with thorns. But the path of honest people is a wide road.
- English Standard Version - The way of a sluggard is like a hedge of thorns, but the path of the upright is a level highway.
- New Living Translation - A lazy person’s way is blocked with briers, but the path of the upright is an open highway.
- Christian Standard Bible - A slacker’s way is like a thorny hedge, but the path of the upright is a highway.
- New American Standard Bible - The way of the lazy one is like a hedge of thorns, But the path of the upright is a highway.
- New King James Version - The way of the lazy man is like a hedge of thorns, But the way of the upright is a highway.
- Amplified Bible - The way of the lazy is like a hedge of thorns [it pricks, lacerates, and entangles him], But the way [of life] of the upright is smooth and open like a highway.
- American Standard Version - The way of the sluggard is as a hedge of thorns; But the path of the upright is made a highway.
- King James Version - The way of the slothful man is as an hedge of thorns: but the way of the righteous is made plain.
- New English Translation - The way of the sluggard is like a hedge of thorns, but the path of the upright is like a highway.
- World English Bible - The way of the sluggard is like a thorn patch, but the path of the upright is a highway.
- 新標點和合本 - 懶惰人的道像荊棘的籬笆； 正直人的路是平坦的大道。
- 和合本2010（上帝版-繁體） - 懶惰人的道像荊棘的籬笆； 正直人的路是平坦大道。
- 和合本2010（神版-繁體） - 懶惰人的道像荊棘的籬笆； 正直人的路是平坦大道。
- 當代譯本 - 懶惰人的路佈滿荊棘， 正直人的道平坦寬闊。
- 聖經新譯本 - 懶惰人的道路好像荊棘籬笆； 正直人的路徑是平坦的大道。
- 呂振中譯本 - 懶惰人的道路攔滿着荊棘 ； 殷勤人 的路徑是康莊大道。
- 中文標準譯本 - 懶惰人的道路，如同荊棘的籬笆； 正直人的路途，是平坦的大道。
- 現代標點和合本 - 懶惰人的道像荊棘的籬笆， 正直人的路是平坦的大道。
- 文理和合譯本 - 惰者之途、如環棘籬、正人之路、成為達道、
- 文理委辦譯本 - 怠者困於蒺藜、義者行於坦途。
- 施約瑟淺文理新舊約聖經 - 惰者之道、如有荊棘之籬、正直人之路、盡為平坦、
- Nueva Versión Internacional - El camino del perezoso está plagado de espinas, pero la senda del justo es como una calzada.
- 현대인의 성경 - 게으른 자의 길은 가시밭과 같고 정직한 자의 길은 고속 도로와 같다.
- Новый Русский Перевод - Путь лентяя колючками зарос, а дорога праведных – гладкая.
- Восточный перевод - Путь лентяя колючками зарос, а дорога праведных – гладкая.
- Восточный перевод, версия с «Аллахом» - Путь лентяя колючками зарос, а дорога праведных – гладкая.
- Восточный перевод, версия для Таджикистана - Путь лентяя колючками зарос, а дорога праведных – гладкая.
- La Bible du Semeur 2015 - Le chemin du paresseux est une haie de ronces, mais le sentier des hommes droits est une route bien aplanie.
- リビングバイブル - 怠け者は年中問題をかかえ込み、 誠実な人は平和な一生を送ります。
- Nova Versão Internacional - O caminho do preguiçoso é cheio de espinhos, mas o caminho do justo é uma estrada plana.
- Hoffnung für alle - Der Weg eines Faulpelzes ist dornenreich, dem Zuverlässigen aber stehen alle Wege offen.
- Kinh Thánh Hiện Đại - Đường người biếng nhác như có rào gai ngăn chặn, đường người ngay lành luôn quang đãng hanh thông.
- พระคริสตธรรมคัมภีร์ไทย ฉบับอมตธรรมร่วมสมัย - ทางของคนเกียจคร้านมีแต่ขวากหนาม แต่วิถีของคนเที่ยงธรรมราบรื่น
- พระคัมภีร์ ฉบับแปลใหม่ - ทางของคนเกียจคร้านเหมือนมีรั้วหนามขวางกั้น แต่ทางของผู้มีความชอบธรรมกลับราบเรียบ
Cross Reference
- Psalms 25:12 - My question: What are God-worshipers like? Your answer: Arrows aimed at God’s bull’s-eye.
- Psalms 25:8 - God is fair and just; He corrects the misdirected, Sends them in the right direction.
- Psalms 25:9 - He gives the rejects his hand, And leads them step-by-step.
- Numbers 14:1 - The whole community was in an uproar, wailing all night long. All the People of Israel grumbled against Moses and Aaron. The entire community was in on it: “Why didn’t we die in Egypt? Or in this wilderness? Why has God brought us to this country to kill us? Our wives and children are about to become plunder. Why don’t we just head back to Egypt? And right now!”
- Isaiah 57:14 - Someone says: “Build, build! Make a road! Clear the way, remove the rocks from the road my people will travel.”
- Psalms 27:11 - Point me down your highway, God; direct me along a well-lighted street; show my enemies whose side you’re on. Don’t throw me to the dogs, those liars who are out to get me, filling the air with their threats.
- Proverbs 22:13 - The loafer says, “There’s a lion on the loose! If I go out I’ll be eaten alive!”
- Proverbs 26:13 - Loafers say, “It’s dangerous out there! Tigers are prowling the streets!” and then pull the covers back over their heads.
- Isaiah 35:8 - There will be a highway called the Holy Road. No one rude or rebellious is permitted on this road. It’s for God’s people exclusively— impossible to get lost on this road. Not even fools can get lost on it. No lions on this road, no dangerous wild animals— Nothing and no one dangerous or threatening. Only the redeemed will walk on it. The people God has ransomed will come back on this road. They’ll sing as they make their way home to Zion, unfading halos of joy encircling their heads, Welcomed home with gifts of joy and gladness as all sorrows and sighs scurry into the night.
- Proverbs 22:5 - The perverse travel a dangerous road, potholed and mud-slick; if you know what’s good for you, stay clear of it.