The Two Paths
(Matthew 5:3-12; Luke 6:20-23) | 1Blessed is the one who does not walk in step with the wicked or stand in the way that sinners take or sit in the company of mockers, | 1Blessed is the man who walks not in the counsel of the wicked, nor stands in the way of sinners, nor sits in the seat of scoffers; | 1How blessed is the man who does not walk in the counsel of the wicked, Nor stand in the path of sinners, Nor sit in the seat of scoffers! | 1Blessed is the man that walketh not in the counsel of the ungodly, nor standeth in the way of sinners, nor sitteth in the seat of the scornful. | 1How happy is the man who does not follow the advice of the wicked or take the path of sinners or join a group of mockers! |
| 2but whose delight is in the law of the LORD, and who meditates on his law day and night. | 2but his delight is in the law of the LORD, and on his law he meditates day and night. | 2But his delight is in the law of the LORD, And in His law he meditates day and night. | 2But his delight is in the law of the LORD; and in his law doth he meditate day and night. | 2Instead, his delight is in the LORD's instruction, and he meditates on it day and night. |
| 3That person is like a tree planted by streams of water, which yields its fruit in season and whose leaf does not wither-- whatever they do prospers. | 3He is like a tree planted by streams of water that yields its fruit in its season, and its leaf does not wither. In all that he does, he prospers. | 3He will be like a tree firmly planted by streams of water, Which yields its fruit in its season And its leaf does not wither; And in whatever he does, he prospers. | 3And he shall be like a tree planted by the rivers of water, that bringeth forth his fruit in his season; his leaf also shall not wither; and whatsoever he doeth shall prosper. | 3He is like a tree planted beside streams of water that bears its fruit in season and whose leaf does not wither. Whatever he does prospers. |
| 4Not so the wicked! They are like chaff that the wind blows away. | 4The wicked are not so, but are like chaff that the wind drives away. | 4The wicked are not so, But they are like chaff which the wind drives away. | 4The ungodly are not so: but are like the chaff which the wind driveth away. | 4The wicked are not like this; instead, they are like chaff that the wind blows away. |
| 5Therefore the wicked will not stand in the judgment, nor sinners in the assembly of the righteous. | 5Therefore the wicked will not stand in the judgment, nor sinners in the congregation of the righteous; | 5Therefore the wicked will not stand in the judgment, Nor sinners in the assembly of the righteous. | 5Therefore the ungodly shall not stand in the judgment, nor sinners in the congregation of the righteous. | 5Therefore the wicked will not survive the judgment, and sinners will not be in the community of the righteous. |
| 6For the LORD watches over the way of the righteous, but the way of the wicked leads to destruction. | 6for the LORD knows the way of the righteous, but the way of the wicked will perish. | 6For the LORD knows the way of the righteous, But the way of the wicked will perish. | 6For the LORD knoweth the way of the righteous: but the way of the ungodly shall perish. | 6For the LORD watches over the way of the righteous, but the way of the wicked leads to ruin. |
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