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Douay-Rheims
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The perverse way of a man is strange: but as for him that is pure, his work is right.
King James
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The way of man is froward and strange: but as for the pure, his work is right.
Louis Second
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Le coupable suit des voies détournées, Mais l'innocent agit avec droiture
Martin Luther
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Wer einen andern Weg gehet, der ist verkehrt; wer aber in seinem Befehl gehet, des Werk ist recht.
Vulgate
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perversa via viri aliena est qui autem mundus est rectum opus eius

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary


perversa : corrupt, awry.
via : road, way, street.
qui : quae : que : quod : which, what, that.
qui : (masc. pl. nom.) Let THOSE (men) WHO have eyes to see..
qui : (masc. neut. nom.) (the prince) WHO loved a milkmaid.
qui : (question) how? in what way? / somehow / wherewith.
autem : but, on the other hand, however, moreover, also.
mundus : world, universe.
mundus : clean, neat, elegant.
rectum : virtue, right.
opus : deed, labor.