Proverbs 1:32

THE MESSAGE

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
For the apostasy of the inexperienced will kill them,and the complacency of fools will destroy them.

Hebrew Names Version
For the backsliding of the simple will kill them. The careless ease of fools will destroy them.

King James Version
For the turning away of the simple shall slay them, and the prosperity of fools shall destroy them.

English Standard Version
For the simple are killed by their turning away, and the complacency of fools destroys them;

New Century Version
Fools will die because they refuse to listen; they will be destroyed because they do not care.

New English Translation
For the waywardness of the simpletons will kill them, and the careless ease of fools will destroy them.

Amplified Bible
"For the turning away of the naive will kill them, And the careless ease of [self-righteous] fools will destroy them.

New American Standard Bible
"For the faithlessness of the naive will kill them, And the complacency of fools will destroy them.

World English Bible
For the backsliding of the simple will kill them. The careless ease of fools will destroy them.

Geneva Bible (1587)
For ease slaieth the foolish, and the prosperitie of fooles destroyeth them.

Legacy Standard Bible
For the turning away of the simple will kill them,And the complacency of fools will destroy them.

Berean Standard Bible
For the waywardness of the simple will slay them, and the complacency of fools will destroy them.

Contemporary English Version
Sin and self-satisfaction bring destruction and death to stupid fools.

Complete Jewish Bible
For the aimless wandering of the thoughtless will kill them, and the smug overconfidence of fools will destroy them;

Darby Translation
For the turning away of the simple shall slay them, and the prosperity of the foolish shall cause them to perish.

Easy-to-Read Version
"Fools die because they refuse to follow wisdom. They are content to follow their foolish ways, and that will destroy them.

George Lamsa Translation
For the turning away of the simple shall slay them, and the error of the weak-minded men shall destroy them.

Good News Translation
Inexperienced people die because they reject wisdom. Stupid people are destroyed by their own lack of concern.

Lexham English Bible
for the waywardness of the simple ones will kill them, and the complacency of fools will destroy them.

Literal Translation
For the going astray of the simple kills them, and the ease of fools destroys them.

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
for ye turnynge awaye of ye vnwyse shal slaye the, & ye prosperi of fooles shalbe their owne destruccio.

American Standard Version
For the backsliding of the simple shall slay them, And the careless ease of fools shall destroy them.

Bible in Basic English
For the turning back of the simple from teaching will be the cause of their death, and the peace of the foolish will be their destruction.

JPS Old Testament (1917)
For the waywardness of the thoughtless shall slay them, and the confidence of fools shall destroy them.

King James Version (1611)
For the turning away of the simple shall slay them, and the prosperity of fooles shall destroy them.

Bishop's Bible (1568)
For the turnyng away of the vnwise shall slay them, and the prosperitie of fooles shall destroy them.

Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
For because they wronged the simple, they shall be slain; and an inquisition shall ruin the ungodly.

English Revised Version
For the backsliding of the simple shall slay them, and the prosperity of fools shall destroy them.

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
The turnyng awei of litle men in wit schal sle hem; and the prosperite of foolis schal leese hem.

Update Bible Version
For the backsliding of the simple shall slay them, And the careless ease of fools shall destroy them.

Webster's Bible Translation
For the turning away of the simple shall slay them, and the prosperity of fools shall destroy them.

New King James Version
For the turning away of the simple will slay them, And the complacency of fools will destroy them;

New Living Translation
For simpletons turn away from me—to death. Fools are destroyed by their own complacency.

New Life Bible
For the foolish will be killed by their turning away. The trust that fools put in themselves will destroy them.

New Revised Standard
For waywardness kills the simple, and the complacency of fools destroys them;

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
For, the turning away of the simple, will slay them, - and, the carelessness of dullards, will destroy them.

Douay-Rheims Bible
The turning away of little ones shall kill them, and the prosperity of fools shall destroy them.

Revised Standard Version
For the simple are killed by their turning away, and the complacence of fools destroys them;

Young's Literal Translation
For the turning of the simple slayeth them, And the security of the foolish destroyeth them.

New American Standard Bible (1995)
"For the waywardness of the naive will kill them, And the complacency of fools will destroy them.

Contextual Overview

²⁰Lady Wisdom goes out in the street and shouts. At the town center she makes her speech. In the middle of the traffic she takes her stand. At the busiest corner she calls out: ²²"Simpletons! How long will you wallow in ignorance? Cynics! How long will you feed your cynicism? Idiots! How long will you refuse to learn? About face! I can revise your life. Look, I'm ready to pour out my spirit on you; I'm ready to tell you all I know. As it is, I've called, but you've turned a deaf ear; I've reached out to you, but you've ignored me. ²⁵"Since you laugh at my counsel and make a joke of my advice, How can I take you seriously? I'll turn the tables and joke about your troubles! What if the roof falls in, and your whole life goes to pieces? What if catastrophe strikes and there's nothing to show for your life but rubble and ashes? You'll need me then. You'll call for me, but don't expect an answer. No matter how hard you look, you won't find me. ²⁹"Because you hated Knowledge and had nothing to do with the Fear-of- God, Because you wouldn't take my advice and brushed aside all my offers to train you, Well, you've made your bed—now lie in it; you wanted your own way—now, how do you like it? Don't you see what happens, you simpletons, you idiots? Carelessness kills; complacency is murder. First pay attention to me, and then relax. Now you can take it easy—you're in good hands."

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

the turning: Proverbs 8:36, John 3:36, Hebrews 10:38, Hebrews 10:39, Hebrews 12:25

and the: Deuteronomy 32:15-44, Psalms 69:22, Psalms 92:6, Psalms 92:7, Luke 12:16-21, Luke 16:19-25, Hebrews 12:8, James 5:5

prosperity: or, ease, Jeremiah 48:11, Jeremiah 48:12

Reciprocal: Deuteronomy 8:11 - General Deuteronomy 28:17 - General Deuteronomy 30:17 - heart 2 Kings 5:11 - went away Esther 6:6 - To whom Psalms 55:19 - no changes Psalms 78:30 - But Psalms 119:67 - Before Proverbs 7:7 - the simple Proverbs 11:5 - direct Proverbs 14:14 - backslider Ecclesiastes 5:13 - riches Ecclesiastes 8:12 - surely Isaiah 26:10 - favour Isaiah 66:4 - will choose Jeremiah 12:1 - Wherefore doth Luke 6:24 - woe Romans 11:9 - their table 2 Timothy 4:4 - turn Hebrews 3:12 - in

Gill's Notes on the Bible

For the turning away of the simple shall slay them,.... Or be the cause of their being slain; even their turning away from Christ, their aversion to him; their turning their backs on him, and a deaf ear to him; their turning away from his Gospel, and putting it from them, thereby judging themselves unworthy of everlasting life: in all which they showed themselves to be the "simple" and "foolish" persons they were; and for which wrath and ruin came upon them, and they were slain with the sword and famine, and by one another. Some render it, as Aben Ezra, "the rest" or "quietness of the simple" k, c. taking up their rest in themselves, and in their observance of ceremonies and traditions and crying Peace, peace, when sudden destruction was at hand: or a stubborn hardened rest in sin, a seared conscience; having no sense of guilt, nor fear of punishment; living in carnal security till death should seize upon them;

and the prosperity of fools shall destroy them; that is, the abuse of it; leading them to commit sins, which bring destruction upon them; or, seeing sinners live with impunity, and prosper in the world, take encouragement from thence to indulge themselves in sin, which is their ruin; or, being in prosperity, think it will always be well with them, and therefore put away the evil day far from them, which comes upon them at an unawares; which was the case of the Jews.

k משובת "requies", Vatablus, Baynus, Mercerus, Gejerus; "quies", Junius Tremellius so some in Ben Melech.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Turning - Wisdom had called the simple to “turn,” and they had turned, but it was “away” from her. For “prosperity” read carelessness. Not outward prosperity, but the temper which it too often produces, the easy-going indifference to higher truths, is that which destroys.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Proverbs 1:32. For the turning away of the simple — This difficult place seems to refer to such a case as we term turning king's evidence; where an accomplice saves his own life by impeaching the rest of his gang. This is called his turning or repentance, משובה meshubah; and he was the most likely to turn, because he was of the פתים pethayim, seduced or deceived persons. And this evidence was given against them when they were in their prosperity, שלוה shalvah, their security, enjoying the fruits of their depredations; and being thus in a state of fancied security, they were the more easily taken and brought to justice.