The Meaning of Proverbs 16:25 Explained

Proverbs 16:25

KJV: There is a way that seemeth right unto a man, but the end thereof are the ways of death.

YLT: There is a way right before a man, And its latter end -- ways of death.

Darby: There is a way that seemeth right unto a man, but the end thereof is the ways of death.

ASV: There is a way which seemeth right unto a man, But the end thereof are the ways of death.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

There is  a way  that seemeth right  unto  a man,  but the end  thereof [are] the ways  of death. 

What does Proverbs 16:25 Mean?

Chapter Summary: Proverbs 16

1  The Plans of the heart

What do the individual words in Proverbs 16:25 mean?

There is a way [that seems] right to a man but its end [is] the way of death
יֵ֤שׁ דֶּ֣רֶךְ יָ֭שָׁר לִפְנֵי־ אִ֑ישׁ וְ֝אַחֲרִיתָ֗הּ דַּרְכֵי־ מָֽוֶת

יֵ֤שׁ  There  is 
Parse: Adverb
Root: יֵשׁ  
Sense: being, existence, substance, there is or are.
דֶּ֣רֶךְ  a  way 
Parse: Noun, common singular
Root: דֶּרֶךְ  
Sense: way, road, distance, journey, manner.
יָ֭שָׁר  [that  seems]  right 
Parse: Adjective, masculine singular
Root: יָשָׁר 
Sense: straight, upright, correct, right.
אִ֑ישׁ  a  man 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular
Root: אִישׁ 
Sense: man.
וְ֝אַחֲרִיתָ֗הּ  but  its  end  [is] 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Noun, feminine singular construct, third person feminine singular
Root: אַחֲרִית  
Sense: after part, end.
דַּרְכֵי־  the  way 
Parse: Noun, common plural construct
Root: דֶּרֶךְ  
Sense: way, road, distance, journey, manner.
מָֽוֶת  of  death 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular
Root: מָוֶת  
Sense: death, dying, Death (personified), realm of the dead.