Proverbs 21:8
Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
The way of a guilty man is crooked, but the conduct of the innocent is upright.

Young's Literal Translation
Froward [is] the way of a man who is vile, And the pure—upright [is] his work.

King James Bible
The way of man [is] froward and strange: but [as for] the pure, his work [is] right.

Hebrew
The way
דֶּ֣רֶךְ (de·reḵ)
Noun - common singular construct
Strong's 1870: A road, a course of life, mode of action

of a guilty
וָזָ֑ר (wā·zār)
Adjective - masculine singular
Strong's 2054: Criminal, guilty

man
אִ֣ישׁ (’îš)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 376: A man as an individual, a male person

is crooked,
הֲפַכְפַּ֬ךְ (hă·p̄aḵ·paḵ)
Adjective - masculine singular
Strong's 2019: Very perverse

but the conduct
פָּעֳלֽוֹ׃ (pā·‘o·lōw)
Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular
Strong's 6467: Doing, deed, work

of the innocent
וְ֝זַ֗ךְ (wə·zaḵ)
Conjunctive waw | Adjective - masculine singular
Strong's 2134: Pure, clean

is upright.
יָשָׁ֥ר (yā·šār)
Adjective - masculine singular
Strong's 3477: Straight, right

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
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