Proverbs 21:16
New International Version
Whoever strays from the path of prudence comes to rest in the company of the dead.

New Living Translation
The person who strays from common sense will end up in the company of the dead.

English Standard Version
One who wanders from the way of good sense will rest in the assembly of the dead.

Berean Standard Bible
The man who strays from the path of understanding will rest in the assembly of the dead.

King James Bible
The man that wandereth out of the way of understanding shall remain in the congregation of the dead.

New King James Version
A man who wanders from the way of understanding Will rest in the assembly of the dead.

New American Standard Bible
A person who wanders from the way of understanding Will rest in the assembly of the dead.

NASB 1995
A man who wanders from the way of understanding Will rest in the assembly of the dead.

NASB 1977
A man who wanders from the way of understanding Will rest in the assembly of the dead.

Legacy Standard Bible
A man who wanders from the way of insight Will rest in the assembly of the dead.

Amplified Bible
A man who wanders from the way of understanding (godly wisdom) Will remain in the assembly of the dead.

Christian Standard Bible
The person who strays from the way of prudence will come to rest in the assembly of the departed spirits.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
The man who strays from the way of wisdom will come to rest in the assembly of the departed spirits.

American Standard Version
The man that wandereth out of the way of understanding Shall rest in the assembly of the dead.

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
A son of man that strays from the way of understanding will descend with the children of the Earth.

Brenton Septuagint Translation
A man that wanders out of the way of righteousness, shall rest in the congregation of giants.

Contemporary English Version
If you stop using good sense, you will find yourself in the grave.

Douay-Rheims Bible
A man that shall wander out of the way of doctrine, shall abide in the company of the giants.

English Revised Version
The man that wandereth out of the way of understanding shall rest in the congregation of the dead.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
A person who wanders from the way of wise behavior will rest in the assembly of the dead.

Good News Translation
Death is waiting for anyone who wanders away from good sense.

International Standard Version
Whoever wanders from the path of understanding will end up where the dead are gathered.

JPS Tanakh 1917
The man that strayeth out of the way of understanding Shall rest in the congregation of the shades.

Literal Standard Version
A man who is wandering from the way of understanding, | Rests in an assembly of Rephaim.

Majority Standard Bible
The man who strays from the path of understanding will rest in the assembly of the dead.

New American Bible
Whoever strays from the way of good sense will abide in the assembly of the shades.

NET Bible
The one who wanders from the way of wisdom will end up in the company of the departed.

New Revised Standard Version
Whoever wanders from the way of understanding will rest in the assembly of the dead.

New Heart English Bible
The man who wanders out of the way of understanding shall rest in the assembly of the dead.

Webster's Bible Translation
The man that wandereth out of the way of understanding shall remain in the congregation of the dead.

World English Bible
The man who wanders out of the way of understanding shall rest in the assembly of the departed spirits.

Young's Literal Translation
A man who is wandering from the way of understanding, In an assembly of Rephaim resteth.

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Context
The King's Heart
15Justice executed is a joy to the righteous, but a terror to the workers of iniquity. 16The man who strays from the path of understanding will rest in the assembly of the dead. 17He who loves pleasure will become poor; the one who loves wine and oil will never be rich.…

Cross References
Psalm 49:14
Like sheep they are destined for Sheol. Death will be their shepherd. The upright will rule them in the morning, and their form will decay in Sheol, far from their lofty abode.

Proverbs 2:13
from those who leave the straight paths to walk in the ways of darkness,

Proverbs 11:19
Genuine righteousness leads to life, but the pursuit of evil brings death.

Ezekiel 18:24
But if a righteous man turns from his righteousness and practices iniquity, committing the same abominations as the wicked, will he live? None of the righteous acts he did will be remembered. Because of the unfaithfulness and sin he has committed, he will die.


Treasury of Scripture

The man that wanders out of the way of understanding shall remain in the congregation of the dead.

wandereth

Proverbs 13:20
He that walketh with wise men shall be wise: but a companion of fools shall be destroyed.

Psalm 125:5
As for such as turn aside unto their crooked ways, the LORD shall lead them forth with the workers of iniquity: but peace shall be upon Israel.

Zephaniah 1:6
And them that are turned back from the LORD; and those that have not sought the LORD, nor inquired for him.

remain

Proverbs 2:18,19
For her house inclineth unto death, and her paths unto the dead…

Proverbs 7:26,27
For she hath cast down many wounded: yea, many strong men have been slain by her…

Proverbs 9:18
But he knoweth not that the dead are there; and that her guests are in the depths of hell.

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(16) Shall remain in the congregation of the dead.--Described in Isaiah 14:9; he shall not take part in the resurrection of Isaiah 26:19. A prophecy of retribution after death.

Verse 16. - The man that wandereth out of the way of understanding. (For הַשְׂכֵּל, "understanding," see note on Proverbs 1:3.) He who forsakes the way of wisdom, the path of virtue, the religious life, and thus becomes in proverbial language "a fool," he shall remain (rest, dwell) in the congregation of the dead; in coetu gigantum commorabitur. "The dead" is, in the Hebrew, rephaim, for which see note on Proverbs 2:18. The denunciation means primarily that the sinner shall soon be with the shades of the dead, shall meet with a speedy death. Wordsworth considers that the writer is saying in bitter irony that the evil man shall rest as a guest at a banquet, shall lie down and be regaled, but it will be in the company of the dead. The contrast seems to lie between the wandering and the rest, and this rest is regarded as penal; so that one must needs see here an intimation of retribution after death; and setup, Proverbs 24:14, 20. The Fathers regarded the Rephaim, "the giants," as the descendants of the rebel angels, in accordance with their interpretation of Genesis 6:1-4. Thus St. Gregory writes ('Moral.' 17:30), quoting our passage, "For whosoever forsakes the way of righteousness, to whose number does he join himself, saving to the number of the proud spirits?"

Parallel Commentaries ...


Hebrew
The man
אָדָ֗ם (’ā·ḏām)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 120: Ruddy, a human being

who strays
תּ֭וֹעֶה (tō·w·‘eh)
Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular
Strong's 8582: To vacillate, reel, stray

from the path
מִדֶּ֣רֶךְ (mid·de·reḵ)
Preposition-m | Noun - common singular construct
Strong's 1870: A road, a course of life, mode of action

of understanding
הַשְׂכֵּ֑ל (haś·kêl)
Verb - Hifil - Infinitive absolute
Strong's 7919: To be, circumspect, intelligent

will rest
יָנֽוּחַ׃ (yā·nū·aḥ)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 5117: To rest, settle down

in the assembly
בִּקְהַ֖ל (biq·hal)
Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's 6951: Assembly, convocation, congregation

of the dead.
רְפָאִ֣ים (rə·p̄ā·’îm)
Noun - masculine plural
Strong's 7496: Shades, ghosts


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