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Proverbs 13:15-17
Evangelical Heritage Version
Proverbs 13:15-17
Evangelical Heritage Version
15 Good sense yields grace,
but the way of the treacherous is unchanging.[a]
16 Every sensible person acts with knowledge,
but a fool displays stupidity.
17 A wicked[b] messenger falls into trouble,
but a trustworthy envoy brings healing.
Footnotes
- Proverbs 13:15 Or inescapable. The Hebrew reads the way of the treacherous always flows (that is, it is enduring). The translation above attempts to make sense of this difficult reading without emendation. Common emendations are to add the word not to the sentence (the way of the treacherous does not endure) or to change enduring to hard.
- Proverbs 13:17 Or an unreliable
Evangelical Heritage Version (EHV)
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