Proverbs 16:29

NETBible

A violent person 1  entices 2  his neighbor, and leads him down a path that is terrible. 3 

NIV ©

A violent man entices his neighbour and leads him down a path that is not good.

NASB ©

A man of violence entices his neighbor And leads him in a way that is not good.

NLT ©

Violent people deceive their companions, leading them down a harmful path.

MSG ©

Calloused climbers betray their very own friends; they'd stab their own grandmothers in the back.

BBE ©

A violent man puts desire of evil into his neighbour’s mind, and makes him go in a way which is not good.

NRSV ©

The violent entice their neighbors, and lead them in a way that is not good.

NKJV ©

A violent man entices his neighbor, And leads him in a way that is not good.

KJV
A violent
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man
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enticeth
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his neighbour
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and leadeth
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him into the way
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[that is] not good
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NASB ©
A man
<376>
of violence
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entices
<6601>
his neighbor
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And leads
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him in a way
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that is not good
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.
LXXM
anhr
<435> 
N-NSM
paranomov {A-NSM} apopeiratai {V-PMI-3S} filwn
<5384> 
A-GPM
kai
<2532> 
CONJ
apagei
<520> 
V-PAI-3S
autouv
<846> 
D-APM
odouv
<3598> 
N-APF
ouk
<3364> 
ADV
agayav
<18> 
A-APF
NET [draft] ITL
A violent
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person
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entices
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his neighbor
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, and leads
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him down
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a path
<01870>
that is terrible
<02896>

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.
HEBREW
bwj
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al
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Krdb
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wkylwhw
<01980>
wher
<07453>
htpy
<06601>
omx
<02555>
sya (16:29)
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NETBible

A violent person 1  entices 2  his neighbor, and leads him down a path that is terrible. 3 

NET Notes

1 tn Heb “man of violence.” He influences his friends toward violence. The term חָמָס (khamas, “violence”) often refers to sins against society, social injustices, and crimes.

2 tn The verb in the first colon is the Piel imperfect, and the form in the second is the Hiphil perfect; the first is a habitual imperfect, and the second a gnomic perfect. The first verb, “to persuade, seduce, entice,” is the metonymy of cause; the second verb, “to lead,” is the metonymy of effect, the two together forming the whole process.

3 tn Heb “not good” (so KJV, NAB, NASB, NIV, NRSV); NLT “a harmful path.” The expression “a way that is not good” is an example of tapeinosis – a deliberate understatement for the sake of emphasis: It is terrible. This refers to crime and violence. The understatement is used to warn people away from villains and to remind them to follow a good path.