Translations
F.O.G.MPrimary
F.O.G MessageGood judgment wins favor with God and man, but the path of the treacherous is harsh and hard all the way.
F.O.GSecondary
The F.O.GGood sense wins favour; but the way of the treacherous is unrelenting.
KJV
King James VersionGood understanding giveth favour: but the way of transgressors is hard.
BSB
Berean Standard BibleGood understanding wins favor, but the way of the faithless is difficult.
Footnotes
שֵׂכֶל-טוֹב (*sekel-tov*, 'good sense/good insight') combines intellectual discernment with relational skill — the kind of wisdom that navigates situations well. חֵן (*chen*, 'grace/favour') is the quality that makes someone genuinely appealing and well-received in community. The final word אֵיתָן (*eitan*) is among the most debated in Proverbs — its primary meaning is 'perennial/ever-flowing/enduring' (like a permanent stream), but in this context describing the way of the בֹּגְדִים (*bogdim*, 'treacherous ones'), it likely means their path is unyielding and harsh, or leads to 'enduring ruin.' FOG renders it 'unrelenting' to capture the ironic permanence of their destruction; FOG Message makes it concrete with 'hard all the way.'