# Proverbs 2.17

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**Book:** [Proverbs](/codex/proverbs/) · NASB95

## Immediate context (±2 verses)

**ASV** ([ASV](/codex/asv/))
> 15. Who are crooked in their ways, And wayward in their paths: 16. To deliver thee from the strange woman, Even from the foreigner that flattereth with her words;
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> **17. That forsaketh the friend of her youth, And forgetteth the covenant of her God:**
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> 18. For her house inclineth unto death, And her paths unto the dead; 19. None that go unto her return again, Neither do they attain unto the paths of life: (Proverbs 2:15-19, ASV)

**WEB** ([WEB](/codex/web/))
> 15. who are crooked in their ways, and wayward in their paths: 16. To deliver you from the strange woman, even from the foreigner who flatters with her words;
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> **17. who forsakes the friend of her youth, and forgets the covenant of her God:**
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> 18. for her house leads down to death, her paths to the departed spirits. 19. None who go to her return again, neither do they attain to the paths of life: (Proverbs 2:15-19, WEB)

**KJV** ([KJV](/codex/kjv/))
> 15. Whose ways are crooked, and they froward in their paths: 16. To deliver thee from the strange woman, even from the stranger which flattereth with her words;
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> **17. Which forsaketh the guide of her youth, and forgetteth the covenant of her God.**
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> 18. For her house inclineth unto death, and her paths unto the dead. 19. None that go unto her return again, neither take they hold of the paths of life. (Proverbs 2:15-19, KJV)

**YLT** ([YLT](/codex/ylt/))
> 15. Whose paths [are] crooked, Yea, they are perverted in their ways. 16. To deliver thee from the strange woman, From the stranger who hath made smooth her sayings,
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> **17. Who is forsaking the guide of her youth, And the covenant of her God hath forgotten.**
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> 18. For her house hath inclined unto death, And unto Rephaim her paths. 19. None going in unto her turn back, Nor do they reach the paths of life. (Proverbs 2:15-19, YLT)

## Setting

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## Theological reading

_Patristic / early-church-father exegesis, to be added._

## Key words

_Theologically-loaded Greek or Hebrew words in this verse may have entries in the lexicon. Curated to roughly 100 contested terms across the corpus, not every word._

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## Notes

_Your annotations._

## Why these four translations

ris3n chose ASV, WEB, KJV, and YLT for two reasons together. They are the **most literal English translations available** (formal-equivalence: word-for-word renderings that preserve the Hebrew and Greek grammar rather than smoothing it into modern dynamic-equivalence idiom). And they are in the **public domain in the United States**, which means fair-use quotation at any length requires no publisher license. Modern licensed translations (NASB95, ESV, NIV) restrict volume of quotation under their copyright terms, so they are not used at stub-level coverage here. NASB95 appears only on hand-curated rich passage hubs under Lockman Foundation's fair-use allowance.

The four:

- **[ASV](/codex/asv/)** (American Standard Version, 1901). The basis of the modern critical-text English tradition.
- **[WEB](/codex/web/)** (World English Bible, contemporary). Public-domain revision in the ASV line, in current English.
- **[KJV](/codex/kjv/)** (King James Version, 1611). Reformation-era, Textus Receptus base.
- **[YLT](/codex/ylt/)** (Young's Literal Translation, Robert Young, 1862). Hyper-literal preservation of Hebrew and Greek grammar; useful for word-study work even where English reads stiff.

See [Bibles](/codex/bibles/) for the full per-translation history, translators, textual basis, strengths, and weaknesses.