Proverbs 21:8

KJ21

The way of man is froward and strange, but as for the pure, his work is right.

ASV

The way of him that is laden with guilt is exceeding crooked; But as for the pure, his work is right.

AMP

The way of the guilty is [exceedingly] crooked, But as for the pure, his conduct is upright.

AMPC

The way of the guilty is exceedingly crooked, but as for the pure, his work is right and his conduct is straight.

BRG

The way of man is froward and strange: but as for the pure, his work is right.

CSB

A guilty one’s conduct is crooked, but the behavior of the innocent is upright.

CEB

The ways of some people are twisted and strange, but the behavior of those who do right is pure.

CJB

A criminal’s conduct is crooked, but the work of the pure is right.

CEV

All crooks are liars, but anyone who is innocent will do right.

DARBY

Very crooked is the way of a guilty man; but as for the pure, his work is upright.

DRA

The perverse way of a man is strange: but as for him that is pure, his work is right.

ERV

Criminals cause trouble wherever they go, but good people are honest and fair.

EASY

Guilty people are always going the wrong way. Good people keep on the right way.

EHV

A guilty person’s way is very crooked, but the conduct of a pure person is straight.

ESV

The way of the guilty is crooked, but the conduct of the pure is upright.

ESVUK

The way of the guilty is crooked, but the conduct of the pure is upright.

EXB

Guilty people live dishonest lives, but ·honest people do right [virtuous people are pure].

GNV

The way of some is perverted and strange, but of the pure man, his work is right.

The way of a guilty person is crooked, but the behavior of those who are pure is moral.

GNT

Guilty people walk a crooked path; the innocent do what is right.

HCSB

A guilty man’s conduct is crooked, but the behavior of the innocent is upright.

ICB

Guilty people live dishonest lives. But honest people do what is right.

ISV

The conduct of a guilty man is perverse, but the behavior of the pure is upright.

JUB

¶ The way of the perverse man is crooked and strange, but as for the pure, his work is right.

KJV

The way of man is froward and strange: but as for the pure, his work is right.

AKJV

The way of man is froward and strange: but as for the pure, his work is right.

LSB

The way of a guilty man is perverse, But as for the pure, his work is upright.

LEB

Crooked is the way of a man and a foreigner, but the pure is upright in his conduct.

TLB

A man is known by his actions. An evil man lives an evil life; a good man lives a godly life.

MSG

Mixed motives twist life into tangles; pure motives take you straight down the road.

MEV

The way of a guilty man is perverse; but as for the pure, his work is right.

NOG

The way of a guilty person is crooked, but the behavior of those who are pure is moral.

NABRE

One’s path may be winding and unfamiliar, but one’s conduct is blameless and right.

NASB

The way of a guilty person is crooked, But as for the pure, his conduct is upright.

NASB1995

The way of a guilty man is crooked, But as for the pure, his conduct is upright.

NCB

The way of the guilty is crooked, but the conduct of the innocent is straightforward.

NCV

Guilty people live dishonest lives, but honest people do right.

NET

The way of the guilty person is devious, but as for the pure, his way is upright.

NIRV

The path of those who are guilty is crooked. But the conduct of those who are not guilty is honest.

NIV

The way of the guilty is devious, but the conduct of the innocent is upright.

NIVUK

The way of the guilty is devious, but the conduct of the innocent is upright.

NKJV

The way of a guilty man is perverse; But as for the pure, his work is right.

NLV

The way of a guilty man is sinful, but the actions of the pure man are right.

NLT

The guilty walk a crooked path; the innocent travel a straight road.

NRSVA