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 · 2000A man’s goings are of Jehovah; How then can man understand his way?
KJV
King James Version · 1611Man’s goings are of the Lord; how can a man then understand his own way?
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901A man’s goings are of Jehovah; How then can man understand his way?
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949A man's steps are of the Lord; how then may a man have knowledge of his way?
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862From Jehovah <FI>are<Fi> the steps of a man, And man--how understandeth he his way?
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752The steps of men are guided by the Lord: but who is the man that can understand his own way?
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890The steps of a man are from Jehovah; and how can a man understand his own way?
Context
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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