KJV
24. The way of life [is] above to the wise, that he may depart from hell beneath.



KJV
24. The way of life [is] above to the wise, that he may depart from hell beneath.

AMP
24. The path of the wise leads upward to life, that he may avoid [the gloom] in the depths of Sheol (Hades, the place of the dead). [Phil. 3:20; Col. 3:1, 2.]

KJVP
24. The way H734 of life H2416 NMP [ is ] above H4605 to the wise H7919 , that H4616 L-CONJ he may depart H5493 VQI2MS from hell H7585 M-NMS beneath H4295 .

YLT
24. A path of life [is] on high for the wise, To turn aside from Sheol beneath.

ASV
24. To the wise the way of life goeth upward, That he may depart from Sheol beneath.

WEB
24. The path of life leads upward for the wise, To keep him from going downward to Sheol.

NASB
24. The path of life leads the prudent man upward, that he may avoid the nether world below.

ESV
24. The path of life leads upward for the prudent, that he may turn away from Sheol beneath.

RV
24. To the wise the way of life {cf15i goeth} upward, that he may depart from Sheol beneath.

RSV
24. The wise man's path leads upward to life, that he may avoid Sheol beneath.

NKJV
24. The way of life [winds] upward for the wise, That he may turn away from hell below.

MKJV
24. The way of life is above to the wise, so that he may turn away from hell below.

AKJV
24. The way of life is above to the wise, that he may depart from hell beneath.

NRSV
24. For the wise the path of life leads upward, in order to avoid Sheol below.

NIV
24. The path of life leads upward for the wise to keep him from going down to the grave.

NIRV
24. The path of life leads up for those who are wise. It keeps them from going down to the grave.

NLT
24. The path of life leads upward for the wise; they leave the grave behind.

MSG
24. Life ascends to the heights for the thoughtful-- it's a clean about-face from descent into hell.

GNB
24. Wise people walk the road that leads upward to life, not the road that leads downward to death.

NET
24. The path of life is upward for the wise person, to keep him from going downward to Sheol.

ERVEN
24. What wise people do leads to life here on earth and stops them from going down to the place of death.