14:12 There is a way that seems right to a person, 1
but its end is the way that leads to death. 2
1 tn Heb “which is straight before a man.”
2 tn Heb “the ways of death” (so KJV, ASV). This construct phrase features a genitive of destiny: “ways that lead to [or, end in] death.” Here death means ruin (e.g., Prov 7:27; 16:25). The LXX adds “Hades,” but the verse seems to be concerned with events of this life.