12 There is a way that appears to be right, but in the end it leads to death.

Other Translations of Proverbs 14:12

King James Version

12 There is a way which seemeth right unto a man, but the end thereof are the ways of death.

English Standard Version

12 There is a way that seems right to a man, but its end is the way to death.Hebrew ways of death

The Message

12 There's a way of life that looks harmless enough; look again - it leads straight to hell.

New King James Version

12 There is a way that seems right to a man, But its end is the way of death.

New Living Translation

12 There is a path before each person that seems right, but it ends in death.

Matthew Henry's Commentary on Proverbs 14:12

Commentary on Proverbs 14:12-13

(Read Proverbs 14:12-13)

The ways of carelessness, of worldliness, and of sensuality, seem right to those that walk in them; but self-deceivers prove self-destroyers. See the vanity of carnal mirth.