Proverbs 20:24

What does Proverbs 20:24 mean?

A plain-English look at Proverbs 20:24 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

A man’s goings are of Jehovah; How then can man understand his way?

KJV

King James Version · 1611

Man’s goings are of the Lord; how can a man then understand his own way?

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

A man’s goings are of Jehovah; How then can man understand his way?

BBE

Bible in Basic English · 1949

A man's steps are of the Lord; how then may a man have knowledge of his way?

YLT

Young's Literal Translation · 1862

From Jehovah <FI>are<Fi> the steps of a man, And man--how understandeth he his way?

DRA

Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752

The steps of men are guided by the Lord: but who is the man that can understand his own way?

DBY

Darby Bible · 1890

The steps of a man are from Jehovah; and how can a man understand his own way?

Context

v.23Diverse weights are an abomination to Jehovah; And a false balance is not good.

v.24This passage

v.25It is a snare to a man rashly to say, It is holy, And after vows to make inquiry.

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • Psalms 37:23

    A man’s goings are established of Jehovah; And he delighteth in his way.

  • Daniel 5:23

    but hast lifted up thyself against the Lord of heaven; and they have brought the vessels of his house before thee, and thou and thy lords, thy wives and thy concubines, have drunk wine from them; and thou hast praised the gods of silver and gold, of brass, iron, wood, and stone, which see not, nor hear, nor know; and the God in whose hand thy breath is, and whose are all thy ways, hast thou not glorified.

  • Jeremiah 10:23

    O Jehovah, I know that the way of man is not in himself; it is not in man that walketh to direct his steps.

  • Proverbs 14:8

    The wisdom of the prudent is to understand his way; But the folly of fools is deceit.

  • Acts 17:28

    for in him we live, and move, and have our being; as certain even of your own poets have said, For we are also his offspring.

  • Proverbs 16:9

    A man’s heart deviseth his way; But Jehovah directeth his steps.

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