Proverbs 2:19
New International Version
None who go to her return or attain the paths of life.

New Living Translation
The man who visits her is doomed. He will never reach the paths of life.

English Standard Version
none who go to her come back, nor do they regain the paths of life.

Berean Standard Bible
None who go to her return or negotiate the paths of life.

King James Bible
None that go unto her return again, neither take they hold of the paths of life.

New King James Version
None who go to her return, Nor do they regain the paths of life—

New American Standard Bible
None who go to her return, Nor do they reach the paths of life.

NASB 1995
None who go to her return again, Nor do they reach the paths of life.

NASB 1977
None who go to her return again, Nor do they reach the paths of life.

Legacy Standard Bible
All who go to her will not return, And they will not reach the paths of life.

Amplified Bible
None who go to her return again, Nor do they regain the paths of life—

Christian Standard Bible
None return who go to her; none reach the paths of life.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
None return who go to her; none reach the paths of life.

American Standard Version
None that go unto her return again, Neither do they attain unto the paths of life:

Contemporary English Version
Visit her, and you will never find the road to life again.

English Revised Version
None that go unto her return again, neither do they attain unto the paths of life:

GOD'S WORD® Translation
None who have sex with her come back. Nor do they ever reach the paths of life.

Good News Translation
No one who visits her ever comes back. He never returns to the road to life.

International Standard Version
None who go to her return, nor do they reach the paths of life.

Majority Standard Bible
None who go to her return or negotiate the paths of life.

NET Bible
None who go in to her will return, nor will they reach the paths of life.

New Heart English Bible
None who go to her return again, neither do they attain to the paths of life:

Webster's Bible Translation
None that go to her return again, neither do they take hold of the paths of life.

World English Bible
None who go to her return again, neither do they attain to the paths of life.
Literal Translations
Literal Standard Version
None going in to her return, "" Nor do they reach the paths of life.

Young's Literal Translation
None going in unto her turn back, Nor do they reach the paths of life.

Smith's Literal Translation
All going in it shall not turn back, and they shall not overtake the paths of life.
Catholic Translations
Douay-Rheims Bible
None that go in unto her shall return again, neither shall they take hold of the paths of life,

Catholic Public Domain Version
All those who enter to her will not return again, nor will they take hold of the paths of life.

New American Bible
None who enter there come back, or gain the paths of life.

New Revised Standard Version
those who go to her never come back, nor do they regain the paths of life.
Translations from Aramaic
Lamsa Bible
None who go to her return again, neither do they remember the path of life.

Peshitta Holy Bible Translated
None who enter unto her return, neither remember the way of life.
OT Translations
JPS Tanakh 1917
None that go unto her return, Neither do they attain unto the paths of life;

Brenton Septuagint Translation
None that go by her shall return, neither shall they take hold of right paths, for they are not apprehended of the years of life.

Additional Translations ...
Audio Bible



Context
The Benefits of Wisdom
18For her house sinks down to death, and her tracks to the departed spirits. 19None who go to her return or negotiate the paths of life. 20So you will follow in the ways of the good, and keep to the paths of the righteous.…

Cross References
Matthew 7:13-14
Enter through the narrow gate. For wide is the gate and broad is the way that leads to destruction, and many enter through it. / But small is the gate and narrow the way that leads to life, and only a few find it.

Proverbs 5:5-6
Her feet go down to death; her steps lead straight to Sheol. / She does not consider the path of life; she does not know that her ways are unstable.

Proverbs 7:27
Her house is the road to Sheol, descending to the chambers of death.

Romans 6:21-23
What fruit did you reap at that time from the things of which you are now ashamed? The outcome of those things is death. / But now that you have been set free from sin and have become slaves to God, the fruit you reap leads to holiness, and the outcome is eternal life. / For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.

Proverbs 9:18
But they do not know that the dead are there, that her guests are in the depths of Sheol.

Matthew 25:41-46
Then He will say to those on His left, ‘Depart from Me, you who are cursed, into the eternal fire prepared for the devil and his angels. / For I was hungry and you gave Me nothing to eat, I was thirsty and you gave Me nothing to drink, / I was a stranger and you did not take Me in, I was naked and you did not clothe Me, I was sick and in prison and you did not look after Me.’ ...

Proverbs 14:12
There is a way that seems right to a man, but its end is the way of death.

1 Corinthians 6:9-10
Do you not know that the wicked will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived: Neither the sexually immoral, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor men who submit to or perform homosexual acts, / nor thieves, nor the greedy, nor drunkards, nor verbal abusers, nor swindlers, will inherit the kingdom of God.

Proverbs 21:16
The man who strays from the path of understanding will rest in the assembly of the dead.

Galatians 5:19-21
The acts of the flesh are obvious: sexual immorality, impurity, and debauchery; / idolatry and sorcery; hatred, discord, jealousy, and rage; rivalries, divisions, factions, / and envy; drunkenness, orgies, and the like. I warn you, as I did before, that those who practice such things will not inherit the kingdom of God.

Psalm 1:6
For the LORD guards the path of the righteous, but the way of the wicked will perish.

Revelation 21:8
But to the cowardly and unbelieving and abominable and murderers and sexually immoral and sorcerers and idolaters and all liars, their place will be in the lake that burns with fire and sulfur. This is the second death.”

Isaiah 59:8
The way of peace they have not known, and there is no justice in their tracks. They have turned them into crooked paths; no one who treads on them will know peace.

Ephesians 5:5-6
For of this you can be sure: No immoral, impure, or greedy person (that is, an idolater) has any inheritance in the kingdom of Christ and of God. / Let no one deceive you with empty words, for because of such things the wrath of God is coming on the sons of disobedience.

Jeremiah 21:8
Furthermore, you are to tell this people that this is what the LORD says: ‘Behold, I set before you the way of life and the way of death.


Treasury of Scripture

None that go to her return again, neither take they hold of the paths of life.

none

Psalm 81:12
So I gave them up unto their own hearts' lust: and they walked in their own counsels.

Ecclesiastes 7:26
And I find more bitter than death the woman, whose heart is snares and nets, and her hands as bands: whoso pleaseth God shall escape from her; but the sinner shall be taken by her.

Jeremiah 13:23
Can the Ethiopian change his skin, or the leopard his spots? then may ye also do good, that are accustomed to do evil.

take

Proverbs 4:18
But the path of the just is as the shining light, that shineth more and more unto the perfect day.

Hebrews 6:18
That by two immutable things, in which it was impossible for God to lie, we might have a strong consolation, who have fled for refuge to lay hold upon the hope set before us:

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Proverbs 2
1. wisdom promises godliness to her children
10. and safety from evil company
20. and direction in good ways














None who go to her
This phrase warns of the irreversible consequences of following the path of folly and sin, often personified as a seductive woman in Proverbs. The Hebrew root for "go" (יָבוֹא, yavo) implies a deliberate action or choice, emphasizing the intentionality behind turning away from wisdom. Historically, this reflects the ancient Near Eastern understanding of wisdom as a path or journey, where each step is significant. The warning is clear: engaging with folly leads to a point of no return, a sobering reminder of the gravity of moral decisions.

return
The Hebrew word for "return" (יָשׁוּבוּן, yashuvun) suggests a physical and spiritual turning back. In the biblical context, returning often implies repentance or a change of heart. Here, the verse underscores the difficulty, if not impossibility, of returning to the path of righteousness once one has fully embraced the way of folly. This serves as a cautionary note, urging believers to remain steadfast in their pursuit of wisdom and righteousness.

or negotiate the paths of life
The phrase "negotiate the paths of life" speaks to the ability to navigate life's journey with discernment and understanding. The Hebrew root for "negotiate" (יַשִּׂיגוּ, yasigu) conveys the idea of reaching or attaining, suggesting that those who follow folly lose the ability to grasp or achieve the fullness of life that wisdom offers. In the broader scriptural context, the "paths of life" symbolize the way of righteousness and divine blessing. This imagery is consistent with the biblical theme that true life and prosperity are found in adherence to God's wisdom and commandments.

Verse 19. - None that go unto her return again. The fate of the companions of the strange woman is described as irrevocable. All who visit her shall not return again. The Targum reads, "They shall not return in peace." The difficulty which they who give themselves up to the indulgence of lust and passion encounter in extricating themselves makes the statement of the teacher an almost universal truth. Hence St. Chrysostom says, "It is as difficult to bring back a libidinous person to chastity as a dead man to life." This passage led some of the Fathers to declare that the sin of adultery was unpardonable. Fornication was classed by the scholastic divines among the seven deadly sins, and it has this character given to it in the Litany: "From fornication, and all other deadly sin." St. Paul says, "No whoremonger nor unclean person...hath any inheritance in the kingdom of Christ and of God" (Ephesians 5:5; cf. 1 Corinthians 6:9; Revelation 22:15). The sin which they commit who have dealings with the strange woman is deadly and leads on to death, and from death there is no return, nor laying hold of or regaining the paths of life (see Job 7:9, 10). Compare the words with which Deiphobe, the Cumaean sibyl, addresses AEneas -

"Tros Anchysiade, facilis descensus Averno
Sed revocare gradum superasque evadere ad auras,
Hoc opus, hic labor est."


(Virgil, 'AEneid,' 6:126-129.) O Trojan, son of Anchyses, easy is the path that leads to hell. But to retrace one's steps, and escape to the upper regions, this is a work, this is a task.

Parallel Commentaries ...


Hebrew
None
כָּל־ (kāl-)
Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's 3605: The whole, all, any, every

who go to her
בָּ֭אֶיהָ (bā·’e·hā)
Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural construct | third person feminine singular
Strong's 935: To come in, come, go in, go

return
יְשׁוּב֑וּן (yə·šū·ḇūn)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine plural | Paragogic nun
Strong's 7725: To turn back, in, to retreat, again

[or]
וְלֹֽא־ (wə·lō-)
Conjunctive waw | Adverb - Negative particle
Strong's 3808: Not, no

negotiate
יַ֝שִּׂ֗יגוּ (yaś·śî·ḡū)
Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - third person masculine plural
Strong's 5381: To reach, overtake

the paths
אָרְח֥וֹת (’ā·rə·ḥō·wṯ)
Noun - common plural construct
Strong's 734: A well-trodden road, a caravan

of life.
חַיִּֽים׃ (ḥay·yîm)
Noun - masculine plural
Strong's 2416: Alive, raw, fresh, strong, life


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