Proverbs 2:20

NETBible

So 1  you will walk in the way of good people, 2  and will keep on the paths of the righteous. 3 

NIV ©

Thus you will walk in the ways of good men and keep to the paths of the righteous.

NASB ©

So you will walk in the way of good men And keep to the paths of the righteous.

NLT ©

Follow the steps of good men instead, and stay on the paths of the righteous.

MSG ©

So--join the company of good men and women, keep your feet on the tried and true paths.

BBE ©

So that you may go in the way of good men, and keep in the footsteps of the upright.

NRSV ©

Therefore walk in the way of the good, and keep to the paths of the just.

NKJV ©

So you may walk in the way of goodness, And keep to the paths of righteousness.

KJV
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NASB ©
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NETBible

So 1  you will walk in the way of good people, 2  and will keep on the paths of the righteous. 3 

NET Notes

1 tn The conjunction לְמַעַן (lÿma’an, “so; as a result”) introduces the concluding result (BDB 775 s.v. מַעַן 2; HALOT 614 s.v. מַעַן 2.c) of heeding the admonition to attain wisdom (2:1-11) and to avoid the evil men and women and their destructive ways (2:12-19).

2 tn The noun “good” (טוֹבִים, tovim) does not function as an attributive genitive (“the good way”) because it is a plural noun and the term “way” (דֶרֶךְ, derekh) is singular. Rather it functions as a genitive of possession identifying the people who walk on this path: “the way of the good people.”

3 tn In the light of the parallelism, the noun “righteous” (צַדִּיקִים, tsadiqim) functions as a genitive of possession rather than an attributive genitive.