A violent person ¹  entices ²  his neighbor, and leads him down a path that is terrible. ³ 

biblegateway Pro 16:29

A man of violence entices his neighbor And leads him in a way that is not good.

A violent man lures his neighbor, leading him in a way that is not good.

A violent person misleads his neighbor and leads him on a path that is not good.

biblegateway Pro 16:29

A violent man entices his neighbour and leads him down a path that is not good.

A man of violence entices his neighbor and leads him in a way that is not good.

bibleoremus Pro 16:29

The violent entice their neighbors, and lead them in a way that is not good.

Anyone given to violence will entice others and lead them into evil ways.

biblegateway Pro 16:29

A violent man entices his neighbor, And leads him in a way that is not good.

A violent man enticeth his neighbour, and leadeth him into the way [that is] not good.

biblegateway Pro 16:29

A violent person ¹  entices ²  his neighbor, and leads him down a path that is terrible. ³ 

¹ tn Heb “man of violence.” He influences his friends toward violence. The term חָמָס (khamas, “violence”) often refers to sins against society, social injustices, and crimes.

² tn The verb in the first colon is the Piel imperfect, and the form in the second is the Hiphil perfect; the first is a habitual imperfect, and the second a gnomic perfect. The first verb, “to persuade, seduce, entice,” is the metonymy of cause; the second verb, “to lead,” is the metonymy of effect, the two together forming the whole process.

³ tn Heb “not good” (so KJV, NAB, NASB, NIV, NRSV); NLT “a harmful path.” The expression “a way that is not good” is an example of tapeinosis – a deliberate understatement for the sake of emphasis: It is terrible. This refers to crime and violence. The understatement is used to warn people away from villains and to remind them to follow a good path.