luz describes devious or crooked conduct and, in warning clauses, a turning aside from what is kept in view.

The participial occurrences chiefly portray persons or paths marked by deviousness or crookedness, while the two jussive occurrences occur in warnings not to let matters turn aside from the eyes.

1. Devious conduct or crooked paths · dominant

   The Niphal participles describe a person contrasted with one who walks uprightly in Proverbs 14:2, and plural paths and tracks in Proverbs 2:15; the APB renders these clauses with “devious” and “crooked.” In Proverbs 3:32 the singular participle is set against the upright, while Isaiah 30:12 uses the same participial form in an accusation involving rejection, oppression, and deceit.

   Proverbs 14:2Proverbs 2:15Proverbs 3:32Isaiah 30:12
2. Turning aside from sight · common

   The jussive forms occur in prohibitions concerning what is before the eyes. In Proverbs 3:21 the APB renders the clause, “My son, do not let them be devious from your eyes,” and in Proverbs 4:21 it renders, “Do not let them turn aside from your eyes.”

   Proverbs 3:21Proverbs 4:21

In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB presents the participial occurrences with “devious” and, for paths, “crooked,” while its two warning clauses use “devious from your eyes” and “turn aside from your eyes.” These renderings show the clauses' presentation rather than a fixed English equivalent.